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 JOHNSON'S 
 
 DICTION AR 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 VOL. I. A— K.

 
 
 DICTIONARY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE: 
 
 IN WHICH 
 
 THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, 
 
 AND 
 
 ILLUSTRATED IN THEIR DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS BY EXAMPLES FROM THE BEST WRITERS, 
 
 TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED 
 
 A HISTORY OF THE LANGUAGE, 
 
 AND 
 
 An ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 
 
 By SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D, 
 
 IN TWO VOLUMES. 
 VOL. L 
 
 THE EIGHTH EDITION; CORRECTED AND REVISED. 
 
 Cum tabulis animum cenforis fiimet honefli : 
 
 Audebit quaecunque parum fplendorls habebunt, 
 
 Et fine pondere erunt, et honore indigna ferentur, 
 
 Verba inovere loco ; qiiamvis invita recedant, 
 
 Et verfentur adhuc intra penetralia Veftac : 
 
 Obfcurata diu popiilo bonus eruet, atqiie 
 
 Proferet in lucem fpeciofa vocabula rerum, 
 
 Quae prifcis memorata Calonibus atque Cethegis 
 
 Nunc fitiis informis premit et deferta vetuftas. Hon. 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 PRINTED FOR J. JOHN'SON, C. DILLY, G. G. AND J. ROBINSON, W. J. AND J.RICHARDSON, D. OGILVY AND SOX, 
 R. BALDWIN, ELMSLEY AND BREMNER, F, AND C. RIVINGTON, R. FAULDER, J. CUTHELL, J. WALKER, W. LOWNDES, 
 ■J. MATTHEWS, LACKINGTON AND CO. J.SCATCHERD, G. WILKIE, T. EGERTON, T. PAYNE, R. LEA, VERNORAND 
 HOOD, T. N. LONGMAN, CADELL AND DAVIES, J. AND A. ARCH, MURRAY AND HIGHLEY, S. BAGSTER, LEE AX1> 
 HURST, J. HARDING, AND E. XEWBERV, 
 
 1799.

 
 E F A C E, 
 
 IT is the fate of thofe who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of 
 evil, than attradled by the profpect of good; to be expofed to cenfure, without hope of praife; 
 to be difgraced by mifcarriage, or puniflied for negleft, where fuccefs would have been without 
 applaufe, and diligence without reward. 
 
 - Among thefe unhappy mortals is the writer of didionaries ; whom mankind have confidered, not as 
 the pupil, but the flave of fcience, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbifli and clear 
 obftrudions from the paths through which Learning and Genius prefs forward to conqueft and glory, 
 without bellowing a fmile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progrefs. Every other author may 
 afpire to praife; the lexicographer can only hope to efcape reproach, and even this negative recompcnfc 
 has been yet granted to very few. 
 
 I have, notwithftanding this difccuragement, attempted a Didlionary of the Englijb language, which* 
 while it was employed in the cultivation of every fpecies of literature, has itfelf been hitherto negleded; 
 fuffered to fpread, under the diredion of chance, into wild exuberance; refigned to the tyranny of time 
 and falhion ; and expofed to the corruptions of ignorance, and caprices of innovation. 
 
 When I took the firft furvey of my undertaking, 1 found our fpeech copious without order, and 
 cnergetick without rules: wherever I turned my view, there was perplexity to be difentangled, and 
 confufion to be regulated ; choice was to be made out of boundlefs variety, without any eftablifhed 
 principle of feleftion; adulterations were to be deteiSled, without a fettled tefl: of purity ; and modes of 
 cxpreffion to be rejeded or received, without the fufFrages of any writers of clafTical reputation or 
 acknowledged authority. 
 
 Having therefore no afliftance but from general grammar, I applied myfelf to the perufal of our 
 writers; and noting whatever might be of ufe to afcertain or illuftrate any word or phrafe, accumulated, 
 in time the materials of a didionary, which, by degrees, I reduced to method, eftablifliing to myfelf, in 
 the progrefs of the work, fuch rules as experience and analogy fuggefted to me ; experience, which 
 pradice and obfervation were continually incrcafing ; and analogy, which, though in fome words ob- 
 icure, was evident in others. 
 
 In adjufting the Orthography, which has been to this time unfettled and fortuitous, I found it 
 neceflary to diflinguifh thofe irregularities that are inherent in our tongue, and perhaps coeval with it 
 from others which the ignorance or negligence of later writers has produced. Every language has its 
 anomalies, which, though inconvenient, and in themfelves once unnecefTary, mull: be tolerated among 
 the imperfedions of human things, and which require only to be regiftered, that they may not be 
 increafed, and afcertained, that they may not be confounded : but every language has likewife its im- 
 proprieties and abfurditics, which it is the duty of the lexicographer to corred or profcribe. 
 
 As language was at its beginning merely oral, all words of neceflary or common ufe were fpoken 
 before they were written ; and while they were unfixed by any vifible figns, muft have been fpoken with 
 great diverfity, as we now obferve thole who cannot read to catch founds imperfedly, and utter them 
 negligently. When this wild and barbarous jargon was firfl: reduced to an alphabet, every penman 
 endeavoured to exprels, as he could, the founds which he was accuftomed to pronounce or to receive 
 and vitiated in writing fuch words as were already vitiated in fpeech. The powers of the letters, when 
 they were applied to a new language, mull have been vague and unfettled, and therefore different hands 
 would exhibit the fame found by djfterent combinations. 
 
 Vol. I. a From
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 From this uncertain pronunciation arife in great part the various dialeds of the fame country, which 
 will always be obferved to grow fewer, and Icfs different, as books are multiplied; and from this 
 arbitrary reprefentation of founds by letters, proceeds that diverfity of fpeliing cbfervable in the Saxon 
 remains, and I fuppofe in the firft books of every nation, which perplexes or deftroys analogy, and pro- 
 duces anomalous formations, that, being once incorporated, can never be afterward difmifled or reformed. 
 
 Of this kind are the derivatives length from lDng,J}rength from J^rong, darling from dear, breadth from 
 hroad, from dry, drought, and from high, height, which Milton, in zeal for analogy, writes highth : 
 ^id te exempta juvat fpinis de pluribus una? to change all would be too much, and to chan^^e one is 
 nothing. 
 
 This uncertainty is mod frequent in the vowels, which are fo capricioufly pronounced, and fo differ- 
 ently modified, by accident or afFedlation, not only in every province, but in every mouth, that to 
 them, as is well known to etymologifts, little regard is to be fhown in the dedudion of one language from 
 another. 
 
 Such defers are not errours in orthography, but fpots or barbarity imprefTed fo deep in the EngliJIj 
 language, that criticifm can never wafh them away : thefe, therefore, muft be permitted to remain un- 
 touched; but many words have likewife been altered by accident, or depraved by ignorance, as the pro- 
 nunciation of the vulgar has been weakly followed; and fome ftill continue to be varioufly written, as 
 authors differ in their care or fki'l: of thefe it was proper to inquire the true orthography, which I have 
 always confidered as depending on their derivation, and have therefore referred them to their original lan- 
 guages: thus I write enchant^ enchantment, enchanter^ after the French, and incantation after the Latin; 
 thus entire is chofen rather than intire, becaufe it pafTed to us not from the Latin intiger, but from the 
 French entier. 
 
 Of many words it is difficult to fay whether they were immediately received from the Latin or the 
 French, fince, at the time when we had dominions in France, we had Latin fervice in our churches. It 
 is, however, my opinion, that the French generally fupplied us; for we have few Latin words among the 
 terms of domeftick ufe, which are not French; but many French, which are very remote from Latin. 
 
 Even in words of which the derivation is apparent, I have been often obliged to facrifice uniformity to 
 cuflom; thus I write, in com.pliance with a numberlefs majority, convey and inveigh, deceit and receipt, 
 fancy and phantom; fometimes the derivative varies from the primitive, as explain and explanation, repeat 
 and repetition. 
 
 Some combinations of letters having the fame power, are ufed indifi'erently without any difcoverable 
 reafon of choice, as in choak, choke; Joap, Jope; fewel,fuel, and many others; which I have fometimes 
 inferted twice, that thofe who fcarch for them under either form, may not fearch in vain. 
 
 In examining the orthography of any doubtful word, the mode of fpeliing by which it is inferted in the 
 feries of the dictionary, is to be confidered as that to which I give, perhaps not often rafhly, the preference. 
 I have left, in the examples, to every author his own pradice unmolefted, that the reader may balance 
 fuffrages, and judge between us; but this queftion is not always to be determined by reputed or by real 
 learning: fome men, intent upon greater things, have thought little on founds and derivations: fome, 
 knowing in the ancient tongues, have negleCled thofe in which our words are commonly to be fought. Thus 
 Hammond writes fecihlenejs for feafihlenefs, becaufe I fuppofe he imagined it derived immediately from 
 the Latin; and fome words, fuch as dependant, dependent; dependance, aependence, vary their final 
 fyllable, as one or another language is prcfent to the writer. 
 
 In this part of the work, where caprice has long wantoned without controul, and vanity fought praife 
 by petty reformation, I have endeavoured to proceed with a fcholar's reverence for antiquity, and a gram- 
 marian's regard to the genius of our tongue. 1 have attempted few alterations, and among thofe few, 
 perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ancient praftice; and I hope I may be allowed to recom- 
 mend to thofe whofe thoughts have been perhaps employed too anxioufly on verbal fingularities, not to 
 difturb, upon narrow views, or for minute propriety, the orthography of their fathers. It has been 
 afTerted, that for the law to be known, is of more importance than to be right. Change, fays Hooker, is 
 not made without inconvenience, even from worfe to better. There is in conftancy and ftability a general 
 and lading advantage, which will always overbalance the flow improvements of gradual corredion. 
 
 Much
 
 P . R E F A C E. 
 
 Much lefs ought our written language to comply with the corruptions of oral utterance, or copy that whick 
 every variation of time or place makes different fro.Ti itfelf, and imitate thofe changes which will again be 
 changed, while imitation is employed in obferving them. 
 
 This recommendation of fteadinefs and uniformity does not proceed from an opinion, that particular 
 combinations of letters have much influence on human happinefs; or that truth may not be fuccefsfully 
 taught by modes of fpclling fanciful and erroneous : I am not vet fo loft in lexicography, as to forget that 
 words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the Jons of heaven. Language is only the inftrument 
 of fcience, and words are but the figns of ideas: I wifli, however, that the inftrument might be lefs apt to 
 decay, and that figns might be permanent, like the things which they denote. 
 
 In fettling the orthography, I have not wholly negle(5ted the pronunciation, which I have direfted, by 
 printing an- accent upon the acute or elevated fyllable. It will fometimes be found, that the accent is 
 placed by the author quoted, on a different fyllable from that marked in the alphabetical. feries: it is thea 
 to be underftood, that cuftom has varied, or that the author has, in my opinion, pronounced wrong. 
 Short direflions are fometimes given where the found of letters is irregular; and if they are fometimes 
 omitted, defcft in fuch minute obfervations will be more eafily excufed, than fuperfluity. 
 
 In the ifiveftigation both of the orthography and fignification of words, their Etymology was n'ecef- 
 farily to be confidered, and they were therefore to be divided into primitives and derivatives. A primi- 
 tive word, is that which can be traced no further to any Englijh root; thus ctrcumfpe^, circumvent, circum- 
 Jiance, delude, concave, ^xnd compiicate, though compounds in the Z-<7//«, are to us primitives. Deriva- 
 tives, are all thofe that can be referred to any word in Englifh of greater fimplicity. 
 
 The derivatives I have referred to their primitives, with an accuracy fometimes needlefs; for who does 
 not fee that remotenefs comes from remote, lovely from love, concavity from concave, and demonftrative from 
 demonflrate? but this grammatical exuberance the fcheme of my work did not allow me to reprefs. It 
 is of great importance, in examining the general fabrick of a language, to trace one word from another, 
 by noting the ufual modes of derivation and inflexion; and uniformity muft be preferved in fyftematical 
 works, though fometimes at the expence of particular propriety. 
 
 Among other derivatives I have been careful to infert and elucidate the anomalous plurals of nouns and 
 preterites of verbs, which in the Teutonick dialefts are very frequent, and, though familiar to thofe who 
 have always ufed them, interrupt and embarrafs the learners of our language. 
 
 The two languages from which our primitives have been derived are the Roman and Teutonick : under 
 the Roman I comprehend the French and provincial tongues; and under the Teutonick range tht Saxon, 
 German, and all their kindred dialedts. Moll of our poly fyllables are Roman, and our words of one fyllable 
 are very often Teutonick. 
 
 In afllgning the /?o»w« original, it has perhaps fometimes happened that I have mentioned only the 
 Latin, when the word was boriowed from the French; and confidering myfelf as employed only in the 
 illuftration of my own language, I have not been very careful to oblerve whether the Latin word be pure 
 or barbarous, or the French elegant or obfolete. 
 
 For the Teutonick etymologies I am commonly indebted to Junius and Skinner, the only names which I 
 have forborne to quote when 1 copied their books; not that I might appropriate their labours or ufurp 
 their honours, but that I might Ipare a general repetition by one general acknowledgment. Of thcfe, 
 whom I ought not to mention but with reverence due to inftru£lors and benefactors, Junius appears to 
 have excelled in extent of learning, and Skinner in reftituJe of underftanding. Junius was accurately flvill- 
 €d in all the northern languages, Skinner probably examined the ancient and remoter dialedls only by oc- 
 cafional inlpedion into dittionai ies; but the learning o{ Junius is often of no other ufe than to fliovv him a 
 track by which he might deviate from his purpofe, to which Skinner always preffes forward bv the fhorteft 
 way. Skinner is often ignorant, but never ridiculous; Junius is always full of knowledge; but his variety 
 diftradls his judgment, and his learning is very frequently difgraced by his abfurdities. 
 
 The votaries of the northern mufes will not perhaps eafily reftrain their indignition, when they find the 
 name o( Junius thus degraded by a difadvantageous comparifon; but whatever reverence is due to his de- 
 ligence, or his attainments, it can be no criminal degree of cenlorioufnels to charge that etymologift with 
 want of judgment, who can ferioufly derive dream from drama, bccaufe life is a drama, and a drama is 
 
 * 2 a dream;
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 a dream', and who declares with a tone of defiance,' that no nnan can fail to derive »;««« from /i*(K);, moms, 
 fingle oxjolitary, who confiders that grief naturally loves to be alone*. 
 
 Our knowledge of the northern literature is fo fcanty, that of words undouhtHIy Teutonick, the original 
 is not always to be found in any ancient language; and I have therefore inlcrted Z)«/f^ or German fubfti- 
 tutes, which I confider not as radical, but parallel, not as the parents, but fifters of the EngliJ}}. 
 
 The words which,are reprefented as thus related by defcent or cognation, do not always agree rn fenfe; 
 for it is incident to words, as to their authors, to degenerate r'rom their anceflors, and to change their man- 
 ners when they change their country. It is fufRcient, in etymologic al inquiries, if the fenfes of kindred 
 words be found fuch as may eafily pafs into each other, or luch as may both be referred to one general 
 idea. 
 
 The etymology, fo far as it is yet known, was eafily found in the volumes where it is particularly and 
 profelTedly delivered ; and by proper attention to the rules of derivation, the orthography was foon adjufted. 
 But to COLLECT the Words of our language was a talk of greater difficulty : the deficiency of diclionaries 
 was immediately apparent; and when they were exhauded, what was yet wanting mull be fought by for- 
 tuitous and unguided excurfions into books, and gleaned as induftry lliould find, or chance fhould offer 
 it, in the boundlefs chaos of a living fpcech. My fearch, however, has been either fkilful or lucky; 
 for i have much augmented the vocabulary. 
 
 As my defign was a dictionary, common or appellative, I have omitted all words which have relation 
 to proper names; fuch as Arian, Socinian, Calvimft^ BenediEline, Mahometan; but have retained thofe 
 of a more general nature, as Heathen, Pagan. 
 
 Of the terms of art I have received fuch as could be found either in books of fclence-or technical dic- 
 tionaries; and have often inferted, from philofophical writers, words which are fupported perhaps only 
 by a fingle authority, and which. being not admitted into general ufc, ftand yet as candidates or proba- 
 tioners, and mull depend for their adoption on the fuffrage of futurity. 
 
 The words which our authors have introduced by their knowledge of foreign languages, or ignorance 
 of their own, by vanity or wantonnefs, by compliance with fafhion or lufi: of innovation, I have regiftered 
 as they occurred, though commonly only to cenfure them and warn others againfl; the folly of naturalizing 
 ufelefs foreigners to the injury of the natives. 
 
 I have not rejefted any by defign, merely becaufe they were unneceffary or exuberant; but have re- 
 ceived thofe which by different writers have been differently formed, as vijcid, and vifcidity, vi/cous, and 
 vifcofity. 
 
 Compounded or double words I have feldom noted, except when they obtain a fignification different 
 from that which the components have in their fimple ftate. Thus highwayman, woodman, and hor/eccur/er, 
 require an explanation ; but of thieflike or coachdriver no notice was needed, becaufe the primitives con- 
 tain the meaning of the compounds. 
 
 Words arbitrarily formed by a conRant and fetded analogy, like diminutive adjeiflives in ifi, as greenijh, 
 hluijh; adverbs in /j, as dully, openly; fubfl:antives in ne/i, as vilenefs,faultinefs; were lefs diligendy fought, 
 and fometimes have been omitted, when I had no authority that invited me to infert them; not that they 
 
 * That I may not appear to have fpoken too irreverently of Mat. xii. 22. ubi antique fcriptum invenimus semoeteb hxz 
 
 Junius, I have here fubjoined a few fpecimens of his etymolo- emetig. " Invcnit earn vacantem." 
 
 gical extravagance. Hill, mom, coUis. A. S. hyll. Quod videri poteft abfcilTunv 
 
 Banish, rcligare, ex lanno vd terrUorw ex'igen, in exUhim ex xuhu-n) vel xcAio.o,. Colhs, tumulus, locus in piano editior.. 
 
 aytre. G. bannir It. lamUrc, landcggtare. Ji. iartJir. B ban- Horn. 11. b.y. 8l I. s'ri o£ tk 'rf'wa'^oiSs 7I■l)^£o^ ais-tra xt^i'm- Ubi 
 
 ncn. jEvi medli fcriptores bannire dicebant. V. Spelm. in Ban- authori brevium fcholiorum xo^a'r/j exp. tocto; ei; ui^o; a.>r,xu<, 
 
 num & in Banlcnra. Quoniam vero regionum urbiumq; limites ■)'tl;^ofo; s|°X'^' 
 
 arduis plerumq; montibua, altis fluminibus, longis deniq; flexu- Nap, to take a nap. Dormire, comlonnifcere. Cym. heppian. 
 
 ofilq; anc;iiftllTimarum viariim amfraclibuo includebantur, fieri A. S. hnaeppan. Quod poftremum videri poteft defumptum ex 
 
 poteft id genus limites Ian dici ab eo quod Bana'rai & BkimIjoi xi/e^o..-, obfcuritas, teuebr.E : nihil ciiim a;que folet conciliare 
 
 Tarentinis dim, ficuti ti'adk Hefychius, vocabantur a,\ Ao^oi «ari fomnum, quam caligiiiofa profundae no£tis obfcuritas. 
 
 i>.i, iSi-T^m! ;■:(-., " obliqiia: ac minime in reftum tcndentes via;." Stammerkr, Balbus, blsfu.s. Goth. STAMMS. A. S. 
 
 Ac fortaffc quoque hue facit quod B=!.a\, eodem Hefychio tefte, |-raiTic;i, }*tamuji, D. ftam. B. ftamcler. Su. ftamma. 111. 
 
 dicebant otu r^ayyuV , monies arduos. ftamr. Sunt a Tu^t.v'Kiiti vel s•wf<.u^^E^, nimia loquacitate alios of- 
 
 Empty, emtie, iiflfMUj', /nOT(/x. A. S ./Emti^-^. Nefcio .an fint fenderc; quod imptdite loquentes hbcntiflime garrire foleant ; 
 
 ab :,asa/ vel ,//,i''a^. Vomo, evomo, vomitu evaciio. Videtin- in- vel quod aliis nimii I'emper vid'.antur, etiam parciffime loquen- 
 
 terin» etymologiam hanc non obfcure firraare codex llulb. tcs. 
 
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 are not genuine and regular offsprings of Englijh roots, but becaufe their relation to the prinnitive being 
 always the fame, their Tignificacion cannot be miftaken. 
 
 The verbal nouns in ing, fuch as the keefing of the caftle, the leading of the army, are always negleded, 
 or placed only to illulbate the fenfe of the- verb, except when they fignify things as well as aftions, and 
 have therefore a plural number, as dwelling, living ; or have an abfolute and abftrad fignificacion, as 
 colouring, painting, learning. 
 
 The participles are likewife omitted, unlefs, by fignifying rather habit or quality than aftion, they take 
 the nature ot" adjcftives: as a thinking man, a man of prudence; z pacing horfe, a horfe that can pace: 
 thefe I have ventured to call participial adjectives. But neither are thsfe always infcrted, becaufe they are 
 commonly to be underftood, without any danger of miftake, by confuiting the verb. 
 
 Obfolete words are admitted, when they are found in authors not obfolete, or when they have any force 
 or beauty that may deferve revival. 
 
 As compoficion is one of the chief charafteriflicks of a language, I have endeavoured to make fome 
 reparation for the univerfal negligence of my predeceffors, by inlerting great numbers of compounded 
 words, as may be found under after, fore, neiv, night, fair, and many more. Thefe, numerous as they 
 are, might be multiplied, but that ufe and curiofity are here fatisfied, and the frame of our language and 
 modes of our combination amply difcovered. 
 
 Of fome forms of compofition, fuch as that by which re is prefixed to note repetition, and tin to fignify 
 contrariety ox privation, all the examples cannot be accumulated, becaufe the ule of ihefe particles, if not 
 wholly arbitrary, is fo little limited, that they are hourly affixed to new words as occafion requires, or is 
 imagined to require them. 
 
 There is anorther kind of compofition more frequent in our language than perhaps in any other, from 
 which arifes to foreigners the greatefl difficulty. We modify the fignification of many words by a particle 
 fubjoined ; as to come cff, to efcape by a fetch ; to fall on, to attack ; lo fall off, to apoftatize; to break off, 
 to ftop abruptly ; to bear out, to judify ; \.o fall in, to comply ; to give over, to ceafe j to Jet off', to em- 
 bellilhj to Jet in, to begin a continual tenour; to /^/ out, to begin a courfe or journey j to take off] to 
 copy ; with innumerable expreffions of the fame kind, of which fome appear wildly irregular, being lo far 
 diftant from the fenfe of the fimple words, that no fagacity will be able to trace the fteps by which they 
 arrived at the prefent ufe. Thefe I have noted with great care; and though I cannot flatter myfelf that 
 the collection is complete, I believe I have io far aflilted the ftudents of our language, that this kind of 
 phrafeology will be no longer infuperable; and the combinations of verbs and particles, by chance omitted, 
 will be eafily explained by comparifon with thofe that may be found. 
 
 Many words yet (land fupported only by the name o^ Bailey, Ainjworth, Phillips, or the contracted 
 Di5l. for Di£fionaries fubjoined ; of thefe i am not always certain that they are read in any book but the 
 works of lexicographers. Of fuch 1 have omitted many, becaufe I had never read them; and many I 
 have inferred, becaufe they may perhaps exifb, though they have efcaped my notice : they are, however, 
 to be yet confidered as refting only upon the credit ot former didionanes. Others, which t confidered as 
 ufeful, or know to be proper, though I could not at prefent fupport them by authorities, I have fuitered 
 to ftand upon my own atteftation, claiming the fame privilege with my predeceffors, of being fometimes 
 credited without proof. 
 
 The words thus felcdled and difpofed, are grammatically confidered; they are referred to the different 
 parts offpecch: traced, when they are irregularly inflefled, through their various tern.;nanons ; and il- 
 iuftrated by obfervations, not indeed of great or Itriking iinportancc, fcparately confidered, but neceffary 
 to the elucidation of our language, and hitherto negletted or forgotten by Englifh grammarians. 
 
 That part of my work on which I expedt malignity mod frequently to faften is the Explanation ; in 
 which I cannot hope to fatisfy thofe, v/ho are perhaps not inclined to be pleafed, fince I have not always 
 been able to fatisfy mylclf. To interpret a language by itfelf is very difficult ; many words cannot be ex- 
 plained by fynonimes, becaufe the ideafignified by them has not more than one appellation ; nor by para- 
 phrafe, becaufe fimple ideas cannot bedefcribed. When the nature of things is unknown, or the notion 
 unfettled and indefinite, and various in various minds, the v/ords by which luch notions are conveyed, or 
 fuch things denoted, will be ambiguous and perplexed. And luch is the fate of haplefs lexicography, 
 that not only darknefs, but light, impedes and diftreflcs il; things may be not only too little, but too- 
 much
 
 P ^8. £ F A C E. 
 
 much known, to be happily illuftrated. To explain, requires the ufe of terms lefs abftrufe than that 
 which is to be explained, and fuch ternns cannot always be found ; for as nothing can be proved but by 
 fuppofing fomething intuitively known, and evident without proof, fo nothing can be defined but by the 
 ufe of words too plain to adnnit a definition. 
 
 Other words there are, of which the fenfe is too fubtle and evanefcent to be fixed in a paraphrafe ; fuch 
 are all thofe which are by the grannmarians termed expletives, and, in dead languages, are fufl^ered to pafs 
 for empty founds, of no other ufe than to fill a verfe, or to nnodulate a period, but which are eafily per- 
 ceived in living tongues to have power and emphafis, though it be fometimes fuch as no other form of 
 cxpreflion can convey. 
 
 My labour has likewife been much increafed by a clafs of verbs too frequent in the Englijh language, of 
 ■which the fignification is fo loofc and general, the ufe To vague and indeterminate, and the fcnfes detorted 
 fo widely from the firft idea, that it is hard to trace them through the maze of variation, to catch them on 
 the brink of utter inanity, to circumlcribe them by any limitations, or interpret them by any words of 
 diftinft and fettled meaning; fuch are hear, break, come, cafl, full, get, give, do, -put. Jet, go, run, make^ 
 take turn, throw. If of thefe the whole power is not accurately delivered, it mull be remembered, thac 
 while our language is yet living, and variable by*the caprice of e\?ery one that fpeaks it, thefe words are 
 hourly fhifting their relations, and can no more be afcertained in a diclionary, than a grove, in the agita- 
 tion of a ftorm, can be accurately delineated from its piClure in the water. 
 
 The particles are among all nations applied with fo great latitude, that they are not eafily reducible under 
 any recrular fcheme of explication ; this difficulty is not lefs, nor perhaps greater, in Englijh, than in other 
 lanoua'^es, I have laboured them with diligence, I hope with luccefs ; fuch at leaft as can be expefted 
 in a taflc, which no man, however learned or fagacious, has yet been able to perform. 
 
 Some words there are which I cannot explain, becaufe I do not underflrand them; thefe might have 
 been omitted very often with little inconvenience, but I would not fo far indulge my vanity as to decline 
 this confeffion : for when 1'ully owns himfelf ignorant whether lejfus, in the twelve tables, means a. funeral 
 fonz, or mourning garment ; and yfriy/o//^ doubts whether orVEw?, in the Iliad, fignifies a mule, or muleteer, 
 I may furely, without fhame, leave fome oblcurities to happier induftry, or future information. 
 
 The rigour of interpretative lexicography requires that the explanation, and the word explained, Jbould 
 le always reciprocal; this I have always endeavoured but could not always attain. Words are feldooi 
 exaflly fynonimous ; a new term was not introduced, but becaufe the former was thought inadequate : 
 names therefore, have often many ideas, but few ideas have many names. It was then necelTary to ufe 
 the proximate word, for the deficiency of fingle terms can very feldom be fupplied by circumlocution ; 
 nor is the inconvenience great of fuch mutilated interpretations, becaufe the fenfe may eafily be coUefted 
 entire from the examples. 
 
 In every word of extenfive ufe, it was requifite to mark the progrefs of its meaning, and fhow by what 
 oradations of intermediate fenfe it has paflTed from its primitive to its remote and accidental fignification ; 
 fo that every foregoing explanation fliould tend to that which follows, and the feries be regularly conca- 
 tenated from the firft notion to the laft. 
 
 This is fpecious, but not always praiSticable ; kindred fenfes may be fo interwoven, that the perplexity 
 cannot be difentanglcd, nor any reafon be affigncd why one (hould be ranged before the other. When the 
 radical idea branches out into parallel ramifications, how can a confecutive feries be formed of fenfes in their 
 nature collateral? The fliades of meaning fometimes pafs imperceptibly into each other; fo that though 
 on one fide they apparently difi:"er, yet it is impolTible to mark the point of contad. Ideas of the fame 
 race though not exaftlv alike, are fometimes fo little difirerent, that no words can exprefs the difTimilitude, 
 thoueh the mind eafily 'perceives it, when they are exhibited together; and lometimes there is kich a con- 
 fufion of acceptations, that difcernment is wearied, and diftinclion puzzled, and perleverance herfelf hur- 
 ries to an end, by crowding together what flie cannot feparate. 
 
 Thefe complaints of difficulty will, by thofe that have never confidered words beyond their popular ufe, 
 he thoukht only the jargon of a man willing to magnify his labours, and procure veneration to his ftudies 
 bv involu'ion and obfcurity. But every art is obfcure to thofe that have not learned it: this unce.tainty 
 of terms and commixture of ideas, is well known to thofe who have joined philolophy with grammari and
 
 P R E F A (^ E. 
 
 if I have not exprefTed them very clearly, it muft be remembered that I am fpeaking of that which words 
 are infufficient to explain. 
 
 The original fenfe of words is often driven out of ufe by their metaphorical acceptations, yet mufl: be in- 
 ferted for the fake of a regular origination. Thus I know not whether ardour is ufed for material heat, 
 or whether Jlagrant, in Englijh, ever fignifies the fame with burning; yet fuch are the primitive ideas of 
 theTe words, which are therefore fet firft, though without examples, that the figurative fenfes may be com- 
 modioufly deduced. 
 
 Such is the exuberance of fignification which many words have obrained, that it was fcarcely poffible to 
 collect all their fenfes; fometimes the meaning of derivatives nnuft be fought in the mother term, and fome- 
 times deficient explanations of the primitive may be fupplied in the train of derivation. In any cafe of 
 doubt or difficulty, it will be always proper to examine all the words of the fame race; for fome words are 
 fliohtly pafled over to avoid repetition, fome admitted eafier and clearer explanation than others, and all 
 will be better underftood, as they are confidered in greater variety of ftruflures and relations. 
 
 All the interpretations of words are not written with the fame fkill, or the fame happinefs: things 
 equally eafy in themfelves, are not all equally eafy to any fingle mind. Every writer of a long work com- 
 mits errours, where there appears neither ambiguity to miflead, nor obfcurity to confound him; and, in 
 a fearch like this, many felicities of expreffion will be cafually overlooked, many convenient parallels will 
 be forgotten, and many particulars will admit improvement from a mind utterly unequal to the whole 
 performance. 
 
 But many feeming faults are to be imputed rather to the nature of the undertaking, than the negligence 
 of the performer. Thus fome explanations are unavoidably reciprocal or circular, as hind, the female of 
 thejiag-y Jlag, the male of the hind : fometimes eafier words are changed into harder, as burial \nlo/eptd^ 
 ture or interment, drier into dejiccative, drynefs xnio fjccity or aridity, fit into paroxyfm; for the eafiefi: 
 word, whatever it be, can never be tranflated into one more eafy. But eafinefs and difficulty are merely 
 relative, and if the prefent prevalence of our language fhould invite foreigners to this diftionary, many will 
 be afTifted by thofe words which now feem only to increafe dr produce obfcurity. For this reafon I have 
 endeavoured frequendy tojoin a Teutonick znd Roman interpretation, as to cheep., to gladden., or exhila- 
 rate, that every learner oi Englifh may be affifted by his own tongue. 
 
 The folution of all difficulties, and the fupply of all defefts, muft be fought in the examples, fubjoined 
 to the various fenfes of each word, and ranged according to the time of their authors. 
 
 When I fiift colle(5led thefe authorities, I was defirous that every quotation fliould be ufeful to fome 
 other end than the illuftration of a word j I therefore extradlied from philofophers principles of fciencej 
 from hiftorians remarkable fafts; from chymifts complete proceffes; from divines ftriking exhortations j 
 and from poets beautiful defcriptions. Such is defign, while it is yet at a diftance from execution. When 
 the time called upon me to range this accumulation of elegance and wifdom into an alphabetical feries, I 
 foon difcovered that the bulk of my volumes would fright away the ftudent, and was forced to depart fiom 
 my Icherre of including all that was pleafingor ufeful in Englijh literature, and reduce my tranfcripts very 
 often to clufters of words, in which fcarcely any meaning is retained i thus to the wearinefs of copying, I 
 was condemned to add the vexation of expunging. Some paffages 1 have yet fpared, which may relieve 
 the labour of verbal fearches, and interfperfe with verdure and flowers the dufty defarts of barren philology. 
 
 The examples, thus mutilated, are no longer to be confidered as conveying the fentiments ordoflrineof 
 their authors; the word for the fake of which they are inferted, with all its appendant claufes, has been 
 carefully prefervcd; but it may fometimes happen, by hafty detruncation, that the general tendency of the 
 fentence may be changed: the divine may defert his tenets, or the philofopher his fyftem. 
 
 Some of the examples have been taken from writers who were never mentioned as mafters of elegance 
 or models of ftyle; but words muft be fought where they are ulcdj and in what pages, eminent for purity, 
 can terms of manufacture or agriculture be found ? Many quotations ferve no other purpule, than that 
 of prqving the bare exiftence of words, and are therefore feledted with lefs fcrupuloufnels than thofe which 
 are to teach their ftrudtures and relations. 
 
 My purpofe was to admit no teftimony of living authors, that I might not be mifled by partiality, and 
 that none of my contemporaries might have reafon to complainj nor have 1 departed from this relolution, 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 but when Tome performance of uncommon excellence excited my veneration, when my memory fupplied 
 me from late books with an example that was wanting, or when my heart, in the tendernefs of friendlliiD, 
 folicited admiffion for a favourite name. 
 
 So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have ftudiouny 
 endeavoured to colleifl: examples and authorities from the writers before the refironuion, whofe works I 
 regard as the wells of Englijh undefiled, as the pure fources of genuine diftion. Our language, for almoft 
 a century, has, by the concurrence of many caufes, been gradually departing from its original "Teatonick 
 charader, and deviating toward a Gallick ftrufture and phrafeology, from which it ought to be our en- 
 deavour to recal it, by making our ancient volumes the groundwork of ftyle, admitting among the addi- 
 tions of later times, only fuch as may fupply real deficiencies, fuch as are leadily adopted by the genius 
 of our tongue, and incorporate eafily with our native idioms. 
 
 But as every language has a time of rudenefs antecedent to perfeiStion, as well as of falfe refinement and 
 declenfion, I have been cautious left my zeal for antiquity might drive me into times too remote, and 
 crowd my book wilh words now no longer underftood. I have fixed Sidney's work for the boundary, be- 
 yond which I make few excurfions. From the authors which rofe in the tim.e o^ EUfabeth, a fpeech might 
 be formed adequate to all the purpofes of ufe and elegance. If the language of theology were extrafted 
 from Hooker and the tranflation ot the Bible; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon; the phrafes of 
 policy, war, and navigation from Raleigh; the dialed of poetry and fidlion from Sfeafer and Sidney ; and 
 the didtion of common life from Shak/peare, few ideas would be loft to mankind, for want o^ Englijh words, 
 in which they might be expreffed. 
 
 It is not fufficient that a word is found, unlefs it be fo combined as that its meaning is apparendy deter- 
 mined by the trad: and tenour of the fentence; fuch pafTages I have therefore chofen, and when it happened 
 that any author gave a definition of a term, or fuch an explanation as is equivalent to a definition, I have 
 placed his authority as a fupplement to my own, without regard to tlie chronological order, that is other- 
 wife obferved. 
 
 Some words, indeed, (land unfupported bj^any authority, but they are commonly derivative nouns or 
 adverbs, formed from their primitives by regular and conftant analogy, or names of things feldom oc- 
 curring in books, or words of which I have reafon to doubt the exiftence. 
 
 There is more danger of cenfure from the multiplicity than paucity of examples ; authorities will fome- 
 times feem to have been accumul^ited without neccffity or ufe, and perhaps fome will be found, which 
 might, without lofs, have been omitted. But a work of this kind is not hallily to be charged with fuper- 
 fluities: thofe quotations, which to carelefs or unfkilful perufers appear only to repeat the fame fenfe, will 
 often exhibit, to a more accurate examiner, diverfities of fignification, or, at leaft, afford different fliades 
 of the fame meaning: one will fhow the word applied to perfons, another to things; one will exprefs an 
 ill, another a good, and a third a neutral fenfe; one will prove the cxprefTion genuine from an ancient 
 author; another will Ihow it elegant from a modern: a doubtful authority is corroborated by another of 
 more credit; an ambiguous fentence is afcertained by a paifagc clear and determinate; the word, how often 
 foevcr repeated, appears with new alTociates and in different combinations, and every quotation contributes 
 fomething to the ftability or enlargement of the language. 
 
 When words are ufed equivocally, I receive them in either fenfe; when they are metaphorical, I adopt 
 them in their primitive acceptation. 
 
 I have fometimes, though rarely, yielded to the temptation of exhibiting a genealogy of fentiments, 
 by fhowing how one author copied the thoughts and didion of another: luch quotations are indeed little 
 more than repetitions, which might jultly be cenfured, did they not gratify the mind, by affording a kind 
 of intelledual hiftory. 
 
 The various fyntadical flrudures occurring in the examples have been carefully noted; the licence or 
 neolioence with which many words have been hitherto ufcd, has m^ade our (lyle capricious and indetermi- 
 nate: when the different combinations of the fame word are exhibited together, the preference is readily 
 given to propriety, and 1 have often endeavoured to dired the choice. 
 
 Thus have I laboured, by fettling the orthography, difplaying the analogy, regulating the flrudures, 
 and afccrtaining the lignification oi Englijh words, to perform all the parts of a faithful lexicographer: but 
 
 I have
 
 P R E F A C E. 
 
 I have not always executed my own fcheme, or fatisfied my own expedations. The work, whatever 
 proofs of diligence and attention it may exhibit, is yet capable of nnany improvements : the orthography 
 which I recoaimend is ftiU controvertible, the etymology which I adopt is uncertain, and perhaps fre- 
 quendy erroneous; the explanations arefometimes too much contracled and fometimes too muchdiffufed, 
 the fignihcations are diftinguiflied rather with fubtilty than fkill, and the attention is haraffed with unne- 
 cefTary minutenefs. 
 
 The examples are too often injudicioufly truncated, and perhaps fometimes, I hope very rarely, alleged 
 in a miftaken fenfe; for in making this colleition I trufted more to memory, than, in a (late of difquiet 
 and embarrafTment, memory can contain, and purpofed to fupply at the review what was left incomplete 
 in the firft tranfcription. 
 
 Many terms appropriated to particular occupations, though neceffiiry and fignificant, are undoubtedly 
 omitted; and of the words moft ftudioufly confidered and exemplified, many fenfes have efcaped obfer- 
 vation. 
 
 Yet thefe failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much 
 is always laudable, even when the enterprife is above the ftrength that undertakes it: To reft below hia 
 own aim is incident to every one whofe fancy is aflive, and whofe views are comprehenfive; nor is any 
 man fatisfied with himfelf becaufe he has done much, but becaufe he can conceive little. When firft I 
 engaged in this work, I refolved to leave neither words nor things unexamined, and pleafed myfelf with 
 a profpeft of the hours which I fhould revel away in feafts of literature, the obfcure recefles of northern 
 learning which I fhould enter and ranfack, the treafures with which I expefted every fearch into thofe 
 negleded mines to reward my labour, and the triumph with which I fhould difplay my aequifitions to 
 mankind. When I had thus inquired into the original of words, 1 refolved to fliow likewife my attention to 
 thingsj to pierce deep into every fcience, to inquire the nature of every fubftance of which I inferted the 
 name, to limit every idea by a definition ftriftly logical, and exhibit every produdlion of art or nature in an 
 accurate defcription, that my book might be in place of all other didionaries whether appellative or tech- 
 nical. But thefe were the dreams of a poet doomed at laft to wake a lexicographer. I foon found that it 
 is too late to look for inftruments, when the work calls for execution, and that whatever abilities I had 
 brought to my tafk, with thofe I muft finally perform it. To deliberate whenever I doubted, to inquire 
 whenever I was ignorant, would have protraded the undertaking without end, and, perhaps, without much 
 improvement; for I did not find by my firft experiments, that what I had not of my own was eafily to be 
 obtained: I faw that one inquiry only gave occafion to another, that book referred to book, that to fearch 
 was not always to find, and to find was not always to be informed; and that thus to purfue perfeftion, 
 was, like the firft inhabitants of Arcadia, to chafe the fun, which, when they had reached the hill where 
 he fi;emed to reft, was ftill beheld at the fame diftance from them. 
 
 I then contradted my defign, determining to confide in myfelf, and no longer to folicit auxiliaries, which 
 produced more incumbrance than alTiftance: by this I obtained at leaft one advantage, that I fet limits to 
 my work, which would in time be ended, though not completed. 
 
 Defpondency has never fo far prevailed as to deprefs me to negligence; fome faults will at laft appear 
 to be the effeds of anxious diligence and perfevering adivity. The nice and fubtle ramifications of mean- 
 ing were not eafily avoided by a mind intent upon accuracy, and convinced of the neceftity of difen- 
 tangling combinations, and feparating fimilitudes. IMany of the diftindtions which to common readers 
 appear ufelefs and idle, will be found real and important by men verfed in the fchool philofophy, without 
 which no didionary can ever be accurately compiled, or Ikilfully examined. 
 
 Some fenfes however there are, which, though not the fame, are yet fo nearly allied, that they are often 
 confounded. Moft men think indiftinftly, and therefore cannot fpeak with exaftnefs; and confequently 
 fome examples might be indifierently put to either fignincation : this uncertainty is not to be imputed to 
 me, who do not form, but regifter the language; who do not teach men how they ftiould think, but re- 
 late how they have hitherto exprefled their thoughts. 
 
 The imperfeft fenfe of fome examples I lamented, but could not remedy, and hope they will be com- 
 penfated by innumerable pafTages feleded with propriety, and preferved with exadlnefs; fome iliining with 
 fparks of imagination, and fome replete with treafures of wifdom. 
 
 The orthography and etymology, though imperfeft, are not imperfeft for want of carCj but becaufe 
 care will not always be fuccefsful, and recolledion or information come too late for ufe. 
 Vol, I. b That
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 TTiat many terms of art and manufafture are omitted, muft be frankly acknowledged; but for this de- 
 fe£l I may boldly allege that it was unavoidable: I could not vifit caverns to learn the miner's language, 
 nor take a voyage to perfeft my fkill in the dialedt of navigation, nor vifit the warelioufes of merchants, 
 and fliops of artificers, to gain the names of wares, tools and operations, of which no mention is found ia 
 books; what favourable accident, or eafy enquiry brought within my reach, has not been negle£led; but 
 it had been a hopelefs labour to glean up words, by courting living information, and contefting with the 
 fuUennefs of one, and the roughnels of another. 
 
 To furnifli the academicians della Crufca with words of this kind, a feries of comedies called la Fiera^ 
 or the Fair, was profefledly written by Buonarod; but 1 had no fuch afTiftanc, and therefore was concent 
 to want what they muft have wanted likewife, had they not luckily been fo fupplied. 
 
 Nor are all words which arc not found in the vocabulary, to be lamented as omifTions. Of the laborious 
 and mercantile part of the people, the diftion is in a great meafure cafual and mutable; many of their 
 terms are formed for fome temporary or local convenience, and though current at certain times and places, 
 are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a ftate of increafe or decay, cannot 
 be regarded as any pare of the durable materials of a language, and therefore muil be fuftcred to perifii 
 with other things unworthy of prefervation. 
 
 Care will fometimes betray to the appearance of negligence. He that is catching opportunities which 
 feldom occur, will fuffer thoie to pafs by unregarded, which heexpefts hourly to return; he that is fearch- 
 ino- for rare and remote things, will negleft thofe that are obvious and familiar: thus many of the moft com- 
 mon and curfory words have been inferred with little illuftration, becaufe in gathering the authorities, I 
 forbore to copy thofe which I thought likely to occur whenever they were wanted. It is remarkable that, 
 in reviewing my colleftion, I found the word Sea unexemplified. 
 
 Thus it happens, that in things difficult there is danger from ignorance, and in things eafy from con- 
 fidence; the mind, afraid of greatnefs, and difdainful of littlenefs, haftily withdraws herfelf from painful 
 fearches, and paffes with fcornful rapidity over taflcs not adequate to her powers, fo.iietimes too fecure for 
 caution' and a^ain too anxious for vigorous eftort; fometimes idle in a plain path, and fometimes dif- 
 tradedin labyrtnths, and dilFipated by different intentions. 
 
 A laroe work is difficult becaufe it is large, even though all its parts might fingly be performad with fa- 
 cility • where there are many things to be done, each muft be allowed its ihare of time and labour, in the 
 proportion only which it bears to the whole; nor can it be expefted, that the ftones which form the dome 
 of a temple, fliould be fquared and poliflied like the diamond of a ring. 
 
 Of the event of this work, for which, having laboured it with fo much application, I cannot but have 
 fome degree of parental fondnefs, it is natural to form conjeflures. Thofe who have been perfuaded to 
 think well of my defign, will require that it fliould fix our language, and put a ftop to thole alterations 
 which time and chance have hitherto been fuffered to make in it without oppofition. With this confe- 
 quence I will confefs that I flattered mylelf for a while; but now begin to fear that I have indulged expec- 
 tation which neither reafon nor experience can juftify. When we fee men grow old and die at a certain 
 time one after another, from century to century, we laugh at the elixir that promi:es to prolong life to a 
 thoufand years; and with equal juftice may the lexicographer be derided, who, being able to produce no 
 example of a nation that has prefer ved their words and phrafes from mutability, fliall imagine that his dic- 
 tionary can embalm his language, and fecure it from corruption and decay, that it is in his power to change 
 fublunary nature, and clear the world at once from folly, vanity, and afteftation. 
 
 With this hope, however, academies have been inftrtuted, to guard the avenues of their languages, to 
 retain fuoitives, and repulfe intruders; but their vigilance and adivity have hitherto bten vain; founds 
 are 00 volati e and fubtile for legal reftraints; to enchain fylhbles, and to lafh the wind, are «i-ally t e 
 vindemkmgs of pride, unwflling°to meafure its defires by its ftrength. TheFm;.Manguage has yifibly 
 changed ufder the infpedion ofthe academy; the ftyle o( Jmelo^s tranflation of father Paul is obferved 
 by I^Courayer to be L peu pajfe-, and no Italian will maintain, that the did.on of any modern writer ,s 
 not perceptibly different from that of Boccace, Machiavel, or Caro. 
 
 Total and fudden transformations of a language feldom happen; conquefts and migrations are now very 
 rare: but there are other caufcs of change, which, though flow in their operation, and '^'''^'^^^^^^'^^l^^
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 progrcfs, are perhaps as much fiiperiour to human refiftance, as the revolutions of the fi<y, or intumef- 
 cence of the tide. Commerce, however necefiary, however lucrative, as it depraves the manners, cor- 
 rupts the language; they that have frequent intercourfe with flrangers, to whom they endeavour to accom- 
 modate themfelves, muft in time learn a mingled dialeft, 'like the jargon which ferves the traffickers on the 
 Mediterranean and Indian coafls. This will not always be confined to the exchange, the warehoufe, or 
 the port, but will be communicated by degrees to. other ranks of the people, and be at laft incorporated 
 with the current fpeech. 
 
 There are likewife internal caufes equally forcible. The language mod likely to continue long without 
 alteration would be that of a nation raifed a little, and but a little, above barbarity, fecluded from ftrangers, 
 and totally employed in procuring the conveniencies of life; either without books, or, like fome of the 
 Mahometan countries, with very few: men thus bufied and unlearned, having only fuch words as common 
 ufe requires, would perhaps long continue to exprefs the fame notions by the fame figns. But no fuch con- 
 ftancy can be expeded in a people polifhed by arts, and clafTcd by fubordination, where one part of the 
 community is fuftained and accommodated by the labour of the other. Thofe who have much leifure to 
 think, will always be enlarging the flock of ideas; and every increafe of knowledge, whether real or fan- 
 cied, will produce new words, or combinations of words. When the mind is unchained from neceflityj 
 it will range after convenience; when it is left at large in the field of fpeculation, it will fnift opinions; as 
 any cuftom is difufed, the words that exprefled it muft perifh with it: as any opinion grows popular, ic 
 will innovate fpeech in the fame proportion as it alters praftice. 
 
 As by the cultivation of various fciences, a language is amplified, it will be more furnifhed with 
 •words deflefled from their original fenfej the geometrician will talk of a courtier's zenith, or the eccen- 
 trick virtue of a wild hero, and the phyfician of fanguine expedations and phlegmatick delays. Copiouf- 
 nefs of fpeech will give opportunities to capricious choice, by which fome words will be preferred, and 
 others degraded; vicilTitudes of fafliion will enforce the ufe of new, or extend the fignification of known 
 terms. The tropes of poetry will make hourly encroachments, and the metaphorical will become the 
 current fenle: pronunciation will be varied by levity or ignorance, and the pen muft at length comply 
 with the tongue; illiterate writers will, at one time or other, by publick infatuation, rife into renown, who, 
 not knowing the original import of words, will ufe them with colloquial licentioufnefs, confound diftinc- 
 tion, and forget propriety. As politenefs increafes, fomeexprelTions will be confidered as too grofs and 
 vulgar for the delicate, others as too formal and ceremonious for the gay and airy; new phrafes are there- 
 fore adopted, which mufl-, for the fame reafons, be in time difmiffed. Swift, in his petty treatife on the 
 EngliJIj language, allows that new words muft fometimes be introduced, but propofesthat none (hould be 
 fufFered to become obfolete. But what makes a word obfolete, more than general agreement to forbear 
 it? and how fliall it be continued, when it conveys an ofFenfive idea, or recalled again into the mouths of 
 mankind, when it has once become unfamiliar by difule, and unpleafing by unfamiliarity ? 
 
 There is another caufe of alteration more prevalent than any other, which yet in the prefent ftate of the 
 world cannot be obviated. A mixture of two languages will produce a third diftincl from both, and they 
 will always be mixed, where the chief part of education, and the moft confpicuous accomplilhment, is 
 fkill in ancient or in foreign tongues. He that has long cultivated another language, will find its words 
 and combinations crowd upon his memory ; and hafte and negligence, refinement and afFeftation, will ob- 
 trude borrowed terms and exotick expreffions. 
 
 The great peft of fpeech is frequency of tranflation. No book was ever turned from one language into 
 another, without imparting fomething of its native idiom; this is the moft mifchievous and comprehenfive 
 innovation; fingle words may enter by thoufands, and the fabrick of the tongue continue the fame; but 
 new phrafeology changes much at once; it alters not the fingle ftonesof the building, but the order of the 
 •columns. If an academy (hould be eftablilhed for the cultivation of our ftyle, which I, who can never 
 wifh to fee dependance multiplied, hope the fpirit of EngliJJj liberty will hinder or deftroy, let them, in- 
 ftead of compiling grammars and diftionaries, endeavour, with all their influence, to ftop the licence of 
 tranflators, whofe idlenefs and ignorance, if it be futferd to proceed, will reduce us to babble a dialect of 
 France, 
 
 If the changes that we fear be thus irrefiftible, what remains but to acquiefce with filence, as in the 
 other inlurmountable diftreffes of humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot repel, that we pal- 
 liate what we cannot cure. Life may be lengthened by care, though death cannot be ultimately defeated: 
 
 3 tongues,
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 tongue?, like governments, have a natural tendency to degeneration; we have long preferved our confli- 
 tucion, let us naake fome ftruggles for our language. 
 
 In hope of givir<g longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal, I have devoted this 
 book, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may no longer yield the palm of philo- 
 logy, without a contefl-, to the nations of the continent. The chief glory of every people arifes from its 
 authors: whether I fhall add any thing by my own writings to the reputation o^ EngUfh literature, mud be 
 left to time: much of my life has been lofi under the prefTures of difeafe; much has been trifled away; and 
 much has always been fpent in provifion for the day that was pafl'ing over me; but I (hall not think my 
 employment ufelefs or ignoble, if by my affiftance foreign nations, and diftant ages, gain accefs to the pro- 
 pagators of knowledge, and underPiand the teachers of truth; if my labours afford light to the repofitoriea 
 of fcience, and add celebrity to Bacoti, to Hooker, to Milton, and to Boyle. 
 
 When I am animated by this wifli, I look with pleafure on my book, however defedive, and deliver 
 it to the world with the fpirit of a man that has endeavoured well. That it will immediately become po- 
 pular I have not promifed to myfelf: a few wild blunders, and rifible abfurdities, from which no work of 
 luch multiplicity was ever free, may for'a time furnifh folly with laughter, and harden ignorance in con- 
 tempt; but ufeful diligence will at laft prevail, and there never can be wanting fome who diftinguifh de- 
 fert; who will ccuifider that no dictionary of a living tongue ever can be perfeft, fince while it is hallening 
 to publication, fome words are budding, and fome failing away; that a whole life cannot be fpent upon fyn- 
 tax and etymology, and that even a whole life would not be fufficient; that he, whofe defign includes 
 v^'hatever language can exprefs, muft often fpeak of what he does not underftand; that a writer will fome- 
 times be hurried by eagernefs to the end, and fometimes faint with wearinefs under a tafk, which Scaliger 
 compares to the labours of the anvil and the mine; that what is obvious is not always known, and what is 
 known is not always prefent; that fudden fits of inadvertency will furprife vigilance, flight avocations will 
 feduce attention, and cafual eclipfes of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer fhall often in vain 
 trace his memory at the moment of need, for that which yefterday he knew with intuitive readinefs, and 
 which will come uncalled into his thoughts to-morrow. 
 
 In this work, when it Ihall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewife is 
 ■performed; and though no book was ever fpared out of tendernefs to the author, and the world is little fo- 
 licitous to know whence proceeded the faults of that which it condemns; yet it may gratify curiofity to in- 
 form it, that the Engliflj Diofionary was written with little afiiftance of the learned, and without any pa- 
 tronage of the great; not in the foft obfcurities of retirement, or under the fhelter of academick bowers, 
 but amid inconvenience and diftra£l:ion, in ficknefs and in forrow. It may reprefs the triumph of malignant 
 criticifm to obferve, that if our language is not here fully difplayed, I have only failed in an attempt which 
 no human powers have hitherto completed. If the lexicons of ancient tongues, now immutably fixed, and 
 comprifed in a few volumes, be yet, after the toil of fuccefTive ages, inadequate and delufive; if the aggre- 
 gated knowledge, and co-operating diligence of the Italian academicians, did not fecure them from the cen- 
 iure of Beni; if the embodied criticks of France, when fifty years had been fpent upon their work, were 
 obliged to change its economy, and give their fecond edition another form, I may furely be contented with- 
 out the praife of perfeftion, which, if I could obtain, in this gloom of folitude, what would it avail me? 
 I have protraifted my work till moft of thofe whom I wifhed to pleafe have funk into the grave, and fuc- 
 cefs and mifcarriage are empty founds; I therefore difmifs it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear 
 or hope from cenfure or from praife. 
 
 THE
 
 T HE 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 THOUGH the Britains or JVelJJj were the 
 firft pofleflbrs of this ifland whofe names 
 are recorded, and are therefore in civil hif- 
 tory always confidered as the predecelTors of the 
 prefent inhabitants; yet the dedudion of the Eng- 
 lijh language, from the earlieft tinnes of which we 
 have any knowledge to its prefent ftate, requires 
 no mention of them : for we have fo few words 
 which can with any probability be referred to Bri- 
 tiflj roots, that we juftly regard the Saxons and Weljh 
 as nations totally diftinft. It has been conjedtured, 
 that when the Saxons feized this country, they fuf- 
 fered the Britains to live among them in a ftate of 
 vaflalage, employed in the culture of the ground, 
 and other laborious and ignoble fervices. But it is 
 fcarcely poffible, that a nation, however deprefTed, 
 fhould have been mixed with another in confider- 
 able numbers without fome communication of their 
 tongue, and therefore, it may, with great reafon, 
 be imagined, that thofe, who were not fheltered 
 in the mountains, perifhed by the fword. 
 
 The whole fabrick and fcheme of the Englijh 
 language is Gothick or Teutonick: it is a dialeit of 
 that tongue, which prevails over all the northern 
 countries of Europe, except thofe where the Scla- 
 vonian is fpoken. Of thefe languages Dr. Hickes 
 has thus exhibited the genealogy. 
 
 GOTHICK, 
 
 Anglo-Saxon, Francick, 
 
 Dutch, German. 
 
 Frifick, 
 
 Englilh. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 CiMBRICK, 
 
 Iflandick, 
 Norwegian, 
 Swedifh, 
 Danifh, 
 
 Of the Gothick, the only monument remaining 
 is a copy of the gofpels fomewhat mutilated, which, 
 from the filver with which the charafters are adorn- 
 ed, is called the filver book. It is now prefer ved 
 at Upfal, and having been twice publifhed before, 
 has been lately reprinted at Oxford, under the in- 
 fpeflion of Mr. Lye, the editor of Junius, Whe- 
 ther the diflion of this venerable manufcript be 
 purely Gothick, has been doubted; it feems how- 
 ever to exhibit the moft ancient dialeft now to be 
 found in the Teutonick race; and the Saxon, which 
 is the original of the prefent Englijh, was either 
 derived from it, or both have defcended from 
 fome common parent. 
 
 "What was the form of the Saxon language, when, 
 about the year 450, they firft entered Britain, can- 
 not now be known. They feem to have been a 
 people without learning, and very probably with- 
 out an alphabet; their fpeech, therefore, having 
 been always curfory and extemporaneous, muft 
 have been artlefs and unconnefted, without any 
 modes of tranfition or involution of claufes; which 
 abruptnefs and inconnedion may be obferved even 
 in their later writings. This barbarity may be 
 fuppofed to have continued during their wars with 
 the Britains, which for a time left them no leifure 
 for fofter ftudies ; nor is there any reafon for fup- 
 pofing it abated, till the year 570, when Augujline 
 came from Rome to convert them to chriftianity. 
 The chriftian religion always implies or produces 
 a certain degree of civility and learning ; they 
 then became by degrees acquainted with the Ro- 
 man language, and fo gained, from time to time, 
 fome knowledge and elegance, till in three centu- 
 ries they had formed a language capable of ex- 
 prefllng all the fentiments of a civilifed people, as 
 c appears
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 appears by king Alfred'^ paraphrafe or imitation of 
 Boethhis, and his fhort preface, which I have fe- 
 ieded as the firft Tpecimen of ancient Englifi. 
 
 CAP. I. 
 
 r\ N Ssejie tribe {?e Ejorun op Si^^ui mrFjI^e 
 ^^ pi); Romana jiice jepin upaliopon. •] mij? 
 heojia cyninjum. Ritbgora ant) eallefiica psejron 
 harne. Roniane bupij abjicecon. anb eall Iraha 
 pice j; 1]' berpux jiam munriim ■] Sicilia ^am 
 ealoiit^e in anpalb jepehron. -] |7a Kjreji ]?am 
 pojiej'pjTecenan cyiiinjum Deot)jtic penj ro \)zm. 
 ilcan jaice. j-e Deobnic psej^ Amulinja. he fs.y 
 Epij-ren. I^eah he on \>mx\ Apjir.nipcan je^polan 
 Sujihpunotie. ;^e jehet: Romanum hif jcjieont)- 
 j'Cipe. j~pa -jj hi mopran heopa ealiopiihta pynSe 
 beon. Ac he j^a jehat ppiSe ypele gelxpre. 
 -J fipiSe ppia|?e jeent5ot)e mib manejum mane. 
 "^ pep ro eacan oj^pium iinapimCoum yplum. f |)e 
 lohannep jrone papan hec opplean. Da pep pum 
 conpul. f pe hejxeroha hara]?. Boeriu^ psp 
 haren, pe pa?p in boccpi:T;prum •] on popiuto 
 jjeapum }-e piihrpipepra. 8e 6a onjear j^a manij- 
 realtian ypel |7e "pe cyninj Deobpiic pi]7 J^am 
 LpiiprenancDome ■] pij^ f^am Romanipcum pirum 
 t)ytie. he )7a jemun^oe ^ajia ej^neppa -3 |jajia eal- 
 fcjiihra 6e hi unt)epi SamLapepium hsption heopia 
 eialt5hlapop'Dum. Di onjan he pmeajan ■] leopini- 
 jan on him pelpum hii he f pice Sam unpihrpipan 
 cyninje apeppan mihre, ■] on pyhr jeleappul- 
 pa anb on pihrpippa anpalb jebpinjan. 8ent)e 
 ba bijelhce sepenbgeppirii ro j^am Eapepe ro 
 Eonprannnopohm. jpasp ip Epeca heah bupj •] 
 heopa cyneproh pop ))am pe Eapepe p£cp heopa 
 ealbhlapopt) cynnep. bsbon hine |7sr he him ro 
 heopa Epiprent)ome •] ro heopa ealt^pihrum je- 
 pulrumebe Da f onjear pe p.^lhpeopa cyninj 
 Deobpic. Sa her he hipe jebpmjan on capcepne 
 ■3 fsep inne bekican. Da hir Sa jelomp f pe 
 appypBa peep on ppa micelpe neapaneppe be- 
 com. fa pjep he ppa micle ppiSop on hip CQot>e 
 jebpepeb. ppa hip COot) cep ppiSop ro ym\ 
 popult) pcE fiim unjepot) pep. 3 he Sa nanpe 
 ppoppe be innan Jjam capcepne ne jemunbe. ac 
 he jepeoll Jiipol op tiune on J^a plop, ■] hine 
 aprpehre ppij^e unpor. anb opmob hine pelpne 
 ponjan pepan •] j^up pinjenbe cpe]?. 
 
 CAP. II. 
 
 DA hoS Jje ic ppecca jeo luprb^phce ponj. 
 ic pceal nu heopientoe pinjan. -] mit5 ppi unjepa- 
 iDum poptDum jeperran. j^eah ic jeo iipiiuni Te- 
 coplice pun'De. ac ic nu pepentJe 3 jipcientje op 
 jcpat>pi popt)a mippo, me ablentDan {^ap unjer- 
 peopan popiilt) pai'lj;a. ■] me |7a popleran ppa 
 b!int)ne on |)ip toimme hoi. Da bepeapotion 
 a^lcepe luprba^pneppe j^a Sa ic hun vcTpT^S; berpr 
 rpupotJe, 6a pent5on hi me heopa bsec ro anti me 
 mit) ealle ppomjepiran. To phon pceolban la 
 mine ppient) pejjan Ji.-er ic geposlig mon fds^iQ. 
 hu msej pe beon jepi^ii j pe 6e on 6am jepsell^um 
 Suphpuman ne mor:- 
 
 C A P. III. 
 
 D A ic ]?a 6ip leo|7. cp?e6 Boeriup. jeompientia 
 apunren hajptDe. Sa com 6iBp jan in ro me heo- 
 pencunt) piptjom. "] -f min mupnentse COot) mit> 
 hippopbum jejperre. ■] j^up cpx]?. ;^ii ne eapr 
 \>u pe mon J^e on muipe pcole pspe apet) 3 xe- 
 Ispet). Sc hpono'n pujitielpu mit) jjippum popult) 
 popjum l^up ppi|:e jeppencet). buron ic par ^ 
 f)ii h£ppr 6apa prepna ro hpa]:)e popjiren 6e ic 
 j?e a?p j-ealtie. Da clipotie pe pipbom 3 cpjeb. 
 Eepira|) nu apipjetje popult) popja op minep 
 jjegenep COotie. popj^am je pinb ]ja maepran 
 pceajjan. L^raf* hine epr hpeoppan ro minum 
 lapum. Da eot)e pe piptiom neap, cpsfi Boenup. 
 minum hpeoppient)an jejjohre. ■] hir ppa mopolil 
 hpser hpeja upapst)e. at)pigbe jja minenep 
 CDot)ep eajan. ant) hir ppan blij^um popt»um. 
 hpcTJjep hir oncneope hip poprepmot)op. mit3 
 6am |Te 6a j) OQob pi]? bepentie. 6a jecneop hir 
 ppi])e ppeorele hip ajne mot;op. -f psp pe pip- 
 t)om j;e hir ianje zep rybe 3 la^poe. ac hir on- 
 gear hip lape ppij'e roropenne •] ppij^e robpo- 
 cenne mio tJypijpa honbum. •] hine j?a ppan hu 
 •f jepupbe. Da ant)ppypt)e pe pipbom him -] 
 pa;be. •^ hip jinjpan ha^pbon hine ppa roropenne. 
 |)fep fia2p hi reohhot)on -f hi hine eallne habban 
 pceolt)on. ac hi je5atiepia6 monipealt) tjypi;^ on 
 ^x.j\s: poprpupiinja. ■] on |)am jilpe buran heopa 
 hpelc epr ro hype bore jecippe:- 
 
 This may perhaps be confidered as a fpecimen 
 of the Saxon in its higheft ftate of purity, for here 
 are fcarcely any words borrowed from the Roman 
 diaieds. 
 
 Of
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 or the following verfion of the gofpels the age 
 is not certainly known, but it was probably writ- 
 ten between the time of Alfred and that of the 
 Norman conqueft, and therefore may properly be 
 inferted here. 
 
 Tranflations feldom afford juft fpecimens of a 
 language, and leait of all thofe in which a fcrupu- 
 lous and verbal interpretation is endeavoured, be- 
 caufe they retain the phrafeology and ftruifture of 
 
 the original tongue; yet they have often this con- 
 venience, that the fame book, being tranflated ia 
 different ages, affords opportunity of marking the 
 gradations of change, and bringing one age into 
 comparifon with another. For this purpofe I have 
 placed the Saxcn verfion and that of IFickliffe, writ- 
 ten about the year 1380, in oppofite columns, be- 
 caufe the convenience of eafy collation feems greater 
 than that of regular chronology. 
 
 LUC^, Cap. I. 
 
 17ORDSCO l^e pirot)lice maneji Jjohron j^ajia 
 
 -j^inja jiace je-entjebyjat^an \>tt on uj- gepyl- 
 
 letje j^ynr. 
 
 LUK, Chap.L 
 
 2 Spa up bershcun J^a Se hir op ppiymSe 
 Tepapon. anb jptpie ppjisece J;enap pspion. 
 
 3 COe jejjuhre [oj::-pylijt)e ppiom ppiuma] 
 ^eopinlice eallum. [mi^S] entDebyji'Dneppe pjiiran 
 Se. Jju Se peiupra Theophilup. 
 
 4 D^r j?u oncnape j^apii popit)a poSpfeprneppe. 
 op j^am Se ]7u jel;ejiet> eapir:. 
 
 5 On ^ejiotJep tiijum liitsea cynincjep. pa^p 
 rum pacejit) on naman Zachajiiap. op Sbian rune. 
 -] hip pip p£ep op Sajionep tiohrpium. ant) hypie 
 nama y^Y Glizaberh:- 
 
 6 SoSlice hij pspion butu pihtrpipe bepopian 
 Dot)e. janjentie on eallum hip bebot5um •] jiihr- 
 pipneppum buran ppiohce:- 
 
 7 Snt) hij na-jtjon nan beapin. popij^am Se 
 Ghzaberh paep unbepentJe. "] hy on hypia tiajum 
 buru jojifeeotiun:- 
 
 8 Sotilice p-tp jepojiben J^a Zacha piiap hyp 
 pace]it)hat)ep bjieac on hipi jepjiixlep ent5ebypit)- 
 neppe bepopian Gotie. 
 
 9 iEprepi jepunan ]>ity paceptihatjep hlotrep. 
 he eotDe j5 he hip opppiunje perre. tia he on 
 Dot)ep tempel eobe. 
 
 10 Gall pejiot) J7;ep polcep psep ure 5ebit)t5eni5e 
 on |?asjie oppjiunje nman:- 
 
 1 1 Da sr) pt)e him Dpiihrnep en jel prantjentie 
 on |7£ep peopobep ppiSpian healpe. 
 
 12 Da peajit) Zachapiiap jeopepeti ■f jepe- 
 ontje. •] him eje onhjieap:- 
 
 1 3 Da cp.-eS pe en jel him ro. Ne ontDpaet) ])n 
 Se Zachapiiap. popj^am \im ben ip gehypeti. ■] 
 |)in pip 61iz;iberh j;e punu cenS. ant) ^u nempt 
 hyp naman lohannep. 
 
 14 •] he by?) jje ro jepean ■] ro blippe. "3 
 manej.i on hyp acennebneppe TepaTnia'S:- 
 
 15 SoSlice he byS mspe bepopan Dpihrne. 
 anb he net)pincSpin ne beop. -^ ne bi'S jepyelit) 
 on halijum Dapre. jjonne jyr op hip niot)op m- 
 noSe. 
 
 1 b Snb maneja Ippahela beapna he gecypS ro 
 Dpihrne hypa Eiobe. 
 
 17 Hnb 
 
 T N the dayes of Eroude kyng of Judce ther was a 
 ■*• preft Zacarye by name : of the fort of Abia, and 
 his wyf was of the doughtris of Aaron : and hir 
 name was Elizabeth. 
 
 2 An bothe weren jufte bifore God: goynge in 
 alle the maundementis and juftifyingis of the Lord 
 withouten playnt. 
 
 3. And thei hadden no child, for Elizabeth was 
 bareyn and bothe weren of greet age in her dayes. 
 
 4 And it bifel that whanne Zacarye fchould do 
 the office of prefthod in the ordir of his courfe to 
 fore God, 
 
 5 Aftir the cuftom of the prefthod, he wente 
 forth by lot and entride into the temple to encenfen. 
 
 6 And at the multitude of the puple was with- 
 out forth and preyede in the our of encenfying. 
 
 7 And an aungel of the Lord apperide to him : 
 and ftood on the right half of the auter of en- 
 cenfe. 
 
 8 And Zacarye feynge was afrayed : and drede 
 fel upon him. 
 
 9 And the aungel fayde to him, Zacarye drede 
 thou not : for thy preier is herd, and Elizabeth 
 thi wif Ichal bere to thee a fone: and his name fchal 
 be clepid Jon. 
 
 10 And joyeand gladyng fchal be to thee: and 
 manye fchulen havejoye in his natyvyte. 
 
 1 1 For he fchal be great bifore the Lord : and 
 he fchal not drinke wyn ne fydyr, and he fchal be 
 fulhld with the holy goft yit of his modir wombe. 
 
 12 And he fchal converte manye of the children 
 of Ifrael to her Lord God. 
 
 13 And
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 17 Snt) he ^asS rropnpan him on jaj-re -^ 
 Cliaj" mihte. -p he psOejia heoj;ran ro hy|ia 
 beapniim jecyjijae. •] unjeleappiillero pihtpij^pa 
 jleapj^cype. Dpihrne pulpjiemet) pole je- 
 geajipian:- 
 
 18 DacpfsS Zachajiiaj" ro fiam enjele. ^panun 
 par ic piy. ic eom nii ealt). ant) mm pip on hyjae 
 tJajum po]a^eot5e:- 
 
 19 Da an'Df-pajio'De him pe enjel. Ic eom Eia- 
 bjiiel. ic jje pranOe bepojian Ijot»e. ant) ic eom 
 apent) piS ]:e pppecan. -3 |7e j?ip botiian. 
 
 20 Tint) nu J^ii bipr pupijentie. ~\ pu pppecan 
 ne mihr oS |7one tiasg p& pay p^n-^ jepupSaS. 
 jrop|?am |)u minum pojit)um ne gelyptJepr. j^a 
 beoo on hyjia riman jepylletje:- 
 
 2 1 !Snt) -jj pole p.Tp Zachajiiam je-anbitJi^entoe. 
 ant) punt)jiot)on j5 he on ])am remple Iter ptp:- 
 
 22 Da he ur-eot)e ne mihre he him roppjie- 
 can. "3 hij oncneopon •^ he on ]7am remple pume 
 jepihr^e jepeah. •] he psep bicnient)e hym. "3 
 tf umb jJLiphpunetie:- 
 
 23 Da pasp 5epojtt)en l^a hip j^enunja t>ajap 
 jepyllebe p^ejion. he pejat)e ro hip liupe:- 
 
 24 SoSlice feprep t)a5um Slizaberh hip pip 
 jeeacnotie. ant)heo bet)ijlut)e hij pip monjjap. ■] 
 cpje'6. 
 
 25 So^lice me Djiihren jet3yt)e )jup. on fam 
 t)ajum l^e he gepJah minne hopp berpnx man- 
 num apyppan:- 
 
 26 So^lice on ]jam pyxran monSe pjep apent) 
 Eabpiel pe engel ppam Dpihrne on Eiaiilea 
 ceaprjie, jj^epe nama pasp Nazaperh. 
 
 27 To bepet)t)ut)pe psmnan anum pepe. pxy 
 nama pxy lopep. op Dauit)ep hupe. •] p?e]^e: 
 psmnan nama yxy COapia:- 
 
 28 Da cpaeS pe en^el injanjentje. ]9al pep fiu 
 mit) jype jepyilet). Dpihren mit) ];e. Su eapr 
 Teblerput) on pipiim:- 
 
 29 pa peapt) heo on hip pppsece 5et)pepet). 
 ant) Jjohre hpsr peo jpering pa;pe:- 
 
 30 Da cpjeS pe enTel. Ne ont5p£t) J^u Se 
 CDapia. poSlice j:iu jype mit) liotje jemerrepr. 
 
 31 SoSlice nu. Jiu on innotJe je-eacnapr. ant) 
 yunu cenpr. ant) hip naman ^relenb jenemnepr. 
 
 32 8e biS mjepe. •] J3:tp hehpran punu je- 
 ncmneb. ant) hmi pylS Dpihren Dob hip psbep 
 Dauibep perl. 
 
 33 Snb he picpaS on ecneppe on lacobep 
 hupe. -] hip picep enoe ne biS:- 
 
 34 Da cptS COapia ro f)am enjle. hu '^^^yp^'S 
 J^ip. popjjam ic pepe ne oncnape:- 
 
 4 
 
 25 Oa 
 
 13 And he fchal go bifore in the fpiryte and 
 vertu of Helye : and he fchal turne the hertis of the 
 fadris to the fonis, and men out of beleeve : to the 
 prudence of juft men, to make redy a perfyt puple 
 to the Lord. 
 
 14 And Zacarye feyde to the aungel: wherof 
 fchal Y wyte this? for Y am old : and my wyf hatti 
 gon fer in hir dayes. 
 
 15 And the aungel anfwerde and feyde to him, 
 for Y am Gabriel that flonde nygh before God, and 
 y am fent to thee to fpeke and to evangelife to 
 thee thefe thingis, and lo thou fchalt be doumbe. 
 
 16 And thou fchalt not mowe fpeke, till into the 
 day in which thefe thingis fchulen be don, for thou 
 haft not beleved to my wordis, whiche fchulen be 
 fulfild in her tyme. 
 
 17 And the puple was abidynge Zacarye : and 
 thei wondriden that he taryede in the temple. 
 
 18 And he gede out and myghte not fpeke to 
 hem: and thei kncwen that he hadde feyn a vifioun 
 in the temple, and he bekenide to hem : and he 
 dwellide ftilie doumbe. 
 
 19 And it was don whanne the dayes of his 
 office weren fulfillid : he wente into his hous. 
 
 ao And afcir thefe dayes Elizabeth his wif con- 
 fey vede and hidde hir fyve monethis and feyde. 
 
 2 1 For fo the Lord dide to me in the dayes in 
 whiche he biheld to take awey my reproof among 
 men. 
 
 22 But in.the fixte monethe the aungel Gabriel 
 was fent from God : into a cytee of Galilee whos 
 name was Nazareth. 
 
 23 To a maydun weddid to a man ; whos name 
 was Jofeph of the hous of Dauith, and the name of 
 the maydun was Marye. 
 
 24 And the aungel entride to hir, and fayde, 
 heil ful of grace the Lord be with thee : blcflid be 
 thou among wymmen. 
 
 25 And whanne fche hadde herd : fche was 
 troublid in his word, and thoughte what manner 
 falutacioun this was. 
 
 26 And the aungel feid to hir, ne drede not 
 thou Marye: for thou haft founden grace anentis 
 God. 
 
 27 Lo thou fchalt confeyve in wombe, and 
 fchalt bere a lone: and thou fchalt clepe his name 
 Jhefus. 
 
 28 This (hall be gret : and he fchal be clepid the 
 fone of the highefte, and the LordGod fchal geve to 
 him the feete of Dauith his fadir. 
 
 29 And he fchal regne in the hous of Jacob 
 withouten ende, and of his rewme fchal be noon 
 ende. 
 
 30 And Marye feyde to the aungel, on what 
 maner fchal this thing be don ? for Y knowe not 
 man. 
 
 31 And
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 35 Da an'oj'pajiot)e liyjie )-e enjel. Se haija 
 Eaj-r on J;e becymS, -j pxy heahj^ran mihr 
 be ojreji}"ceat)a^. anb pojaj^um j? halije jje op pc 
 acenneb biS. brS Dobep piinu jenemnet). 
 
 36 Snb nu. eiizaberh jjin maje pinu on hyjae 
 ylt)e jcacnot)e. ant) ]?ep mona^ ip hype j'yxra. 
 j-eo ij" unbepentJe jencmnet). 
 
 37 Fojifiain nij- aslc pojit) mit) Dobe unmihr- 
 ehc:- 
 
 38 Da cpje'S OOajaia. ^eji ij^ Dphrnej' Jjinen. 
 jepujx^ie me a-jrrep j^inum pojitie:- Snt) pe enjel 
 hype ppam-jepar:- 
 
 39 So'^hce on ];am tiajiim apap CDapia-] peptje 
 on munrhint) mit) oppre. on Iut)eipcpe ceaprpe. 
 
 40 -] eobe inro Zachapiap hupe. •] jperre 
 Ghzabech;- 
 
 • 41 Da yxy jepoptJen j^a Glizaberh ^ehypt^e 
 COapian jperinge. 'cJa jepa^nutie -f cilt) on hype 
 
 ^nnoSe. ant) pa peapS Ghzaberh hahjum Eapre 
 jepyllet). 
 
 42 ■] heo dypotie myceipe prepne. ant) cpasS. 
 Du eapr berpux pipum i^eblerput). ant) geble- 
 rpiit) ip J7inep innoSep pa^prm. 
 
 43 •] hpaniin ip me hip. -f mniep Dpihrnep 
 motiop ro me cume:- 
 
 44 Sona ppa j-iinpe ^perinje prepn on mmum 
 eopum 5epopt)en pasp. pa. pahnuOe [in ^Icetmipe] 
 min cilb on minum innoj^e. 
 
 45 Snti eat)ij ];u eapr j^u j^e jelypt^epr. "p 
 pulppemet)e pyar j)a pm-^ p& ppam Dpihrne 
 jepasOe pynt»:- 
 
 46 Da cpjeS COapia. OOin papel ma?ppaS 
 Dpihren, 
 
 47 •] mm japt: jeblipputje on Dot)e mmum 
 J)felent)e. 
 
 48 Fopl^am j^e he jepeah hip jjinene eat)- 
 mobneppe. poShce heonun-popS me eat)ije 
 pecja^ ealle cneopeppa. 
 
 49 Fopj-'am |re me mycele |?inj tiybe pe ^e 
 mihnj ip. •] hip nama ip halij. 
 
 50 ■] hip miltJ-heoprnep op cneopeppe on 
 cneopeppe hine ontspsetjentjum:- 
 
 51 pa pophre miEjne on hip eapme. he ra- 
 t)ffilt)e pa. opep-mot)an on mot)e hyj;a heopran. 
 
 52 5)e apeapp pa. pican op perle. ant) pa, eac)- 
 motian iipahop. ) 
 
 53 ^injpijentie he mit) jot)um jepyltie. ■] 
 opepmote ibele popler. 
 
 54 ^e apenj Ippahel hip cnihr. •] 5emunt)e 
 hip mito-heoprneppe. 
 
 55 Spa he ppprttc to upum pcetJepum. Sbpa- 
 hame ant) hip p<et)e on a peopult):- 
 
 56 SnShce QOapia punut)e mit) hype ppylce 
 f^j\y mon'Sap. ■] jepentie J^a ro hype hupe:- 
 
 57 Bii yxy jepyllet) Ghzaberhe cenninj-nb. 
 ant) heo piinu centie. 
 
 Vol. J. 58 ■] 
 
 31 And the aungel anfwerde and feyJe to hir, 
 the holy Goll fchal come fro above into thee : and 
 the vertu of the highcfte fchal ouer fchadowe thee : 
 and therfore that holy thing that fchal be borun of 
 thee : fchal be clepid the lune of God. 
 
 32 And to Elizabeth thi cofyn, and fche alfo hatl« 
 confeyved a fone in hir eclde, and this inonethe is 
 the fixte to hir that is clepid barcyn. 
 
 22 For every word fchal not be impolTyble anentis 
 God. 
 
 34 AndMarye feide to the hond maydun of the 
 Lord: be it doon to me aftir thi word; and the 
 aungel departide fro hir. 
 
 35 And Marye roos up in the dayes and wente 
 with hafte into the mountaynes into acitee of Judee. 
 
 26 And fche entride into the hous of Zacaryc 
 and grette Elizabeth. 
 
 37 And it was don as Elizabeth herde the falu- 
 tacioiin of Marye the young childe in hir wombe 
 gladide, and Elizabeth was fulPild with the holy 
 Goft. 
 
 38 And creyede with a grete voice and feyde, 
 bleffid be thou among wymmen and bleflid be the 
 fruyt of thy wombe. 
 
 39 And whereof is this thing to mcj that the 
 modir of my Lofd come to me ? 
 
 40 For lo as the vois of thi falutacioun was 
 maad in myn eerls: the yong child gladide in joyc 
 in my wombe. 
 
 41 And blefTid be thou that hafb beleeved : for 
 thilke thingis that ben feid of the Lord to thee 
 fchulen be parfytly don. 
 
 42 And Marye feyde, my foul magnifiech the 
 Lord. 
 
 43 And my fpiryt hath gladid in God myn 
 helthe. 
 
 44 For he hath behulden the mekenefie of his 
 hand-mayden: for lo for this alle generatiouns 
 fchulen feye that I am blefTid. 
 
 45 For he that is mighci hath don to me grete 
 thingis, and his name is holy. 
 
 46 And his merfy is fro kyndrede into kindredis 
 to men that dreden him. 
 
 47 He made myght in his arm, he fcateridc 
 proude men with the ihoughte of his herte. 
 
 43 Fie fette doun myghty men fro leete and en- 
 haunfide meke inerr. 
 
 49 He hath furnlJjd hungry men with goodis, 
 and he has left riche men voide. 
 
 50 Fie havynge mynde of his mercy took up 
 Ifrael his child, 
 
 51 As he hath fpokun to oure fadris, to Abra- 
 ham, and to his feed into worldis. 
 
 52 And Marye dwellide with hir as it were thrc. 
 moneihis and turned again into his hous. 
 
 53 But the tyme of beringe child was fulfiliid to 
 Elizabeth, and fche bar a fon. 
 
 d 54 And
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 58 "3 hype nelichebujia]' -3 hyjie cu^jn 'f je- 
 hyjinon. -f Djiihren hip milt)- heoprnej-j-e mit) 
 hype msepputje "3 hij mit) hype blippo'pon:- 
 
 59 Di on bam e.hreo^an 'os-^e luj comon -f 
 cilt) ymbpnifean. ant* nemt5on hir.e hip pa^tjep 
 
 "naman Zachapiam:- 
 
 60 Da an'Dppapo'De hip motjop. Ne pe poSep. 
 ac he bi'S Ichannep Tenemneti:- 
 
 61 Da cpjEtoon hi ro hype. Nip nan on jpii.ipe 
 m^T^e j;yppum naman jenemneti:- 
 
 62 Da bicnobon hi To hip y:xX)<::p.. hpsrr he 
 peine hyne jenemne'Dne beon:- 
 
 63 pa ppiar hejebetienum pex-bpetie. lohan- 
 nep ip hip nama. 'Sa punt)potion hij ealle:- 
 
 64 Da pe.^p'o pona hip muB -3 hip runje je- 
 openot). "3 he ppprec. Dpihren biefpijentJe:- 
 
 65 Da peap^ eje ^epoptjen opep ealle hypa 
 nehchebiipap. anb opep ealle lutoea munr-Iant) 
 papon fci]" popt) jepibma-'ppotje. 
 
 66-3 ealle j^a be hir jehyp'Don. on hypa hcop- 
 ran perrun -3 cpsebon. penpr Su hp:tr byS |jep 
 cnapa. p)rot)lice Dpihrnep hant; prep mit) him:- 
 
 67 Snt) Zachapiap hip parCep psp mib hale- 
 Tum Eapre jepylle'D. -3 le pireTot)e anb cpjeS. 
 
 68 Eieblerput) py Dpihren Ipp.ahela Elot). pop- 
 J? m )?e he '<;eneoput5e. ~} hip poicep alyj-et)neppe 
 tiytie. 
 
 69 "Knt) he up hxle hopn ap^pt)e on Daiu"Dep 
 hupe hip cnihrep. 
 
 70 8pa he pppsc J^uph hip halejpa pite^ena 
 muS. pa. be op popteep ppym Se pppeecon. 
 
 71 "3 he aiyptse up op upum peontJum. anb op 
 ealpa }japa hantja |?e up hatebon. 
 
 72 CQiltj-heoprneppe ro pypcenne m it) upum 
 paEt;epum. -3 jemunan hij' halejan cySneppe. 
 
 73 pyne uy ro pyilenne j'one aS ]:e he upum 
 pfttjep Sbpahame ppop. 
 
 74 DacT pe buran eje. op upe peontia hant)a 
 aly)"et)e. him j^eopian 
 
 75 On haliTneppe bepopan hmi eallum upum 
 tiajum:- 
 
 76 Snt) fiu cnapa bipr p?Ef hehpran pireja 
 jenemneb. pu X^epr bepopan Dpihrnep anpyne. 
 hip pe^ap jeappian. 
 
 77 I'o pyliene hip polce hsle jepir on h}^pa 
 pynna popjypneppe. 
 
 78 Duph innoSap upep Uotjep milT5-heopr- 
 reppe. on J;am he up jeneoput)e op eaprbcele 
 up-pypinjentie. 
 
 79 Onlyhran jiam pi on j^yprpum "] on tieaSep 
 rceabe pirraS. upe per ro jepeccenne on pibbe 
 
 bo 8oL)lice pe cnapa peox. -3 psp on japre 
 jeprpanjot). -3 prep on peprenum 00 jjone 'DEeg 
 hyp a:rypet>neppum on Ippahel:- 
 
 54 And the neyghbouris and cofyns of hir 
 herden that the Lord hadde magnyfied his mercy 
 with hir, and thti thankiden him, 
 
 55 And it was doon in the eigthirhe day thei 
 camen to circumfide the child, and thei ciepiden 
 him Zacarye by the name of his fadir. 
 
 56 And his modir anfvveride and feide, nay } 
 but he fchal be clepid Jon. 
 
 57 And thei ftiden to hir, for no man is in thi 
 kynrede that is clepid this name. 
 
 58 And thei bikenyden to his fadir, what he 
 wolde that he were clepid. 
 
 59 And he axinge a poyntel wroot feyinge, Jon 
 in his name, and alle men wondriden. 
 
 60 And annoon his mouth was openyd and his 
 tunge, and he fpak and bleffide God. 
 
 61 And drede was maad on all hir neighbouris, 
 and all the wordis weren puplifchid on alle moun- 
 teynes of Judee, 
 
 62 And, alle men that herden puttiden in he» 
 herte, and feiden what manner child fchal this be, 
 for the bond of the Lord was with him. 
 
 62 And Zacarye his fadir was fulfiilid with the 
 holy Goft, and piofeciede and feide. 
 
 64 BielTid be the Lord God of Ifrael, for he has 
 vifited and maad redempcioun of his puple. 
 
 65 And he has rered to us an horn of helthe in 
 the hous of Dauith his child. 
 
 66 As he fpak by the mouth of hife holy pro- 
 phetis that weren frx) the world. 
 
 67 Hekh tro oure enemyes, and fro the hond of 
 alle ir.en that hatiden us. 
 
 68 To do merfy with oure fadris, and to have 
 mynde of his holy teflament. 
 
 6g The grete ooth that he fwoor to Abraham 
 our fadir, 
 
 70 To geve himfelf to us, that we without 
 drede delyvercd fro the hond of our enemyes ferve 
 to him, 
 
 71 In holynefTe and rightwifnefie before him, 
 in alle our dayes. 
 
 72 And thou child fchalt be clepid the profete of 
 the highefte, for thou fchalt go before the face of 
 the Lord to make redy hife weyes. 
 
 73 To geve fcience of heelth to his puple into 
 remiflioun of her fynnes. 
 
 74 By the inwardenefs of the merfy of oure God, 
 in the which he fpringyng up fro on high hath 
 vifited us. 
 
 75 To geve light to them that fitten in derk- 
 nefiis, and in fchadowe of deeth, to dreflfe oure feet 
 into the weye of pees; 
 
 76 And the child wexide, and was confortid in 
 fpiryt, and was in defert placis till to the day of his 
 Ichewing to Yfrael, 
 
 3 Of
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Of the Sa^on poetry fome fpecimen is neceflary, 
 though our ignorance of the laws of their metre and 
 the quantities of their fyliables, which ic would be 
 very difficult, perliaps impoirible, to recover, ex- 
 cludes us from that pleafure which the old bards 
 undoubtedly gave to their contemporaries. 
 
 The firft poetry of the Saxons was without rhyme, 
 and confequently rnuft have depended up:;n the 
 quantity of their fyliables ; but they began in time 
 to imitate tlieir neighbours, and clofe their verfes 
 with correfpondent founds. 
 
 The two pafTages, which I have felefled, contain 
 apparently the rudiments of our prefent lyrick mea- 
 lures, and the writers may be juftly conlidered as 
 the genuine anceftors of the Englip poets. 
 
 J5e mai him j-ojxe at)pecen, 
 
 Drer he Sanne ope bit)t)e ne mujen, 
 
 Uoji -f bilimpeS dome. 
 
 ^cT ij" pi)" -^ bir ant) bore 
 
 Ant) ber buiojien borne. 
 
 Dea^ com on Sij- mit)elajit) 
 
 DupS ^sj- beplej' ont)e, 
 
 'Rnt) j-enne ant) foj^je ant) ij"pinc, 
 
 On j"e ant) on lont^e. 
 
 Ic am elt)ep Sanne ic pej^, 
 
 A pinrpe •] ec a lope. 
 
 Ic ealt5i mope Sanne ic t;et)e, 
 
 CQi pir o^^'nre To bi mope. 
 8e -f hiiie j-elue uopjer, 
 
 Uop piue o|7ep uop chiloe. 
 
 ^e j^al comen on euele j^rebe, 
 
 Bure jot) hmi bi milt)e. 
 
 Ne hopie pip ro hipe fS:]\,^, 
 
 Ne pepe ro hip piue. 
 
 Bi pop lum pelue eupich man, 
 
 D-'ep pile he bieS aliue. 
 
 eupich man niit» j) he haue^, 
 
 CDai bejjen heuepiche. 
 
 Se ^e leppe -3 pe t>e mope, 
 
 ^epe ait)ep iliche. 
 
 ;^euene anti epSe he oueppieS, 
 
 ^ip ejlien biS pulbpihr. 
 
 8unne •] mone ■] alle preppen, 
 
 BieS Sieprpe on hip iihre. 
 
 ^e por hper SencheS ant) hper t)0J?, 
 
 Alle quike pihre. 
 
 Nip no louept) ppich ip xipr, 
 
 Ne no kinj ppich ip t)pihre. 
 peuene 1 epSe ■] all Sar ip, 
 
 Biloken ip on hip hont)e. 
 
 ;^e tieS al f hip pille ip. 
 
 On pea ant) ec on lont>e. 
 ^e ip opt) alburen optje, 
 
 !Snt) entie alburen ent)e. 
 
 ^e one ip eupe on eche rret5e, 
 
 Hjentje pep 'Sii pent)e. 
 
 5)e ip buiien up ant) binc^en, 
 Biuopcn ant) ec bihint). 
 Se man jj jot)ep pdle t)eS, 
 J3ie mai hine aihpap uintie. 
 
 eche pune he ihepS, 
 TVnt) por eche ret)e. 
 f)e ^uph pigS echep i^anc, 
 lUai hpar pel up ro peOe. 
 
 8e man neupe nele t).)n jotj, 
 Ne neupe jot) lip let)en. 
 ep t>ec3 -] t)om come ro hipt)upe, 
 J3e mai him pope atipet)en. 
 
 ^unjep ■] ?iuppr here ■] chele, 
 eciSe ant) all unhelSe. 
 Duph tiecS com on ^ip mi'Delapt), 
 !Snt) oSep unipelSe. 
 
 Ne mai non hepre hir ijjenche, 
 Ne no runje relie. 
 ^u muchele pinum ant) hu uele, 
 Biec) inne helie. 
 
 Louie Dot) mit) upe hiepre. 
 !Snt) nut) all upe mihre. 
 Snt) upe enicpiprene ppo up pelp. 
 Spo up lepeS t)pihre. 
 
 Sume §en habbeS leppe mepj^e,. 
 !Sr.t) pume feep habbe^ mope. 
 ech eprep San j) he t)etie, 
 Gprep j) he ppanc pope, 
 
 Ne pel Sep bi bpet) ne pin, 
 Ne o|:ep ke:ir ep epre. 
 Got) one pel bi echep lijr, 
 Hnt) blipce anti eche pepre. 
 
 Ne pal Sap bi pcere ne pcput5, 
 Ne popltoep pe!e none. 
 Sc pi mepjjje •;p men up bihar, 
 Sll pall ben jot) one. 
 
 Ne mai no mepj|7e bi ppo muchei,, 
 Spo ip jotjep ipihSe. 
 ^1 ip po|7 pune ant) bpihr, 
 Snt) t)ai bure nihre. 
 
 Dep ip pele bure pane, 
 !Snt) pepre buren ippinche. 
 8e -f mai ant) nele Setiep come, 
 Sope hir pel uopSenche. 
 
 Deji ip blipce buren rpeje, 
 Snt) hp buren t)eaSe. 
 Der eupe pullen punie Sep, 
 BliSe hi biej; ant) eaSe. 
 
 Dep ip jeu je])e buren elbe, 
 !5nt) elt)e buren unhelj^e. 
 Nip Sep popje ne pop non, 
 Ne non unipeiSe. 
 
 Dep me pel topihren ipen, 
 8po ape he ip miti ipippe. 
 ^e one mai ant) pel al bien, 
 Snjlep ant) mannep blipce.- 
 
 To
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 To ^ajae blifcc uy bjimj jot), 
 Bee jiixeS buren eatoe. 
 Danne he ujxe j^aula unbinc, 
 Op Iichamlice benfc. 
 
 Epifr jeue i^y letje j"pich lip, 
 "Knt) habbe j-pichne enSe. 
 Der pe moren ^I'oep. cumen, 
 Danne pe hennej- pentje. 
 
 About the year 1 150, the Saxon began to take a 
 form in which the beginning of the prefent Efigli/h 
 may be plainly difcovered-, this change feems not to 
 have been the effeft of the Norman conqueft, for 
 very few Fn'nch words are found to have been in- 
 troduced in the firft hundred years after it; the 
 language mufl; therefore have been altered by caufes 
 like thofe which, notwithftanding the care of writers 
 and locieties inftituted to obviate them, are even 
 now daily making innovations in every living lan- 
 guage. I have exhibited a fpecimen of the lan- 
 guage of this age from the year 1 135 to 1 140 of the 
 .Saxon chronicle, of which the latter part was ap- 
 parently written near the time to which it relates. 
 
 Dip ja^jie poji ];e kinj Srcphne opeji ps ro 
 Nopmant)!. •] jjep pej- untJep-panjen. popSi -f 
 hi penben "f he pcult)e ben alpuic alpe \>e. eom pep. 
 *3 pop he hat)t5e jer hip rpepop. ac he t:o belt) 
 ir 1 j^carepet) porlice. COicel habtie ^enpi king 
 jatiepeti jolt) *] pyluep. ant) na jot) ne t?it)e me 
 pop hip paiile J)ap op. Da ])e king Srephne ro 
 Gnjla-jant) com pa macot) he hip jabepinj £e~ 
 Oxcne-popt). -3 ))ap he nam \j)t bipcop Rojep op 
 Sepep-bepi. •] Slexant)ep bipcop op Lincoln. 
 ■3 t:e Eancelep Rojep hipe neuep. •] t)it)e selle 
 m ppipun. ril hi japen up hepe caprlep. Da |)e 
 puikep untJcpjacron f he milt)e man |)ap •] popre 
 ■3 jon. •] na jupripe ne t)it)e. j).t t)it)sn hi alle 
 _punt)ep. ^i hat)ben him manpet) maket) ant) 
 aSep puopcn. ac hi nan rpeu'Se ne heoltien. alle 
 he pajpon popjpopen. ■] hepe rpeoSep pop- 
 lopen. pop x'lipic pice man hip caj-rlej^ maket)e 
 ant) ajrtnep him heolt>en. ant) 0lt)en \>t lant) pull 
 op caprlep. ;^i puencren pui^e ))e ppecce men 
 op J)e lant) mit) caprel-peopcep. ])a jje caprlep 
 papen maket). |)a pylt)en hi mi'o Ceoulep ant) yuele 
 men. Da namen hi j)a men ])e hi pentien -^ am 
 jot) heptDen. ba'^e be nihrrp ant) be t)s?iep. capl- 
 men •] pimmen. ant) tutien htom in ppipun eprep 
 jolt) ant) pyluep. •] pineb heom un-rellent);ice 
 pinmj. pop nc prepen naupe nan maprypp ppa 
 pmet) alpe hi p:tpon. CDi lienjet) up bi ])i per 
 ant) pmoket) heom mit) pul pmoke. me henjet) bi 
 jjt-Jjumbep. o^ep bi jje hepet). -3 henjen bpynijep 
 on hep per. COe t)it)e cnorret) prpLii jer aburon 
 hepe hasuet). •] uupySen ro ■;^ ir j?Et)e ro J? 
 hxpnep. ^1 t>it)cn heom in quaprcjinc }pap nat)pep 
 
 T pnakep ■] pabcp pnspon inne. -\ t)papen heom 
 pp.i. Slime hi t)it)en in cpucer-hup. -^ ip in an 
 cepre -p pap pcopr ^ napeu. -j un t)ep. •] t)it)e 
 pcseppe pranep ])ep inne. •] ]7penjt)e J)e man Jr'sp 
 inne. -f hi bpxcon alle ])e limtp. In mam op ^& 
 caprlep pspon lop 3 jpi. f pai-pon pachenrejep 
 •f rpa oSep ]7pe men hat)t)en onoh ro b^pon 
 onne. -f pap ppa macet) -f ip paiprnet) ro an 
 beom. •] t)it)en an pc:'epp ipen aburon j)a mannep 
 l^pore -^ hip halp. -f he ne mihre nopitieppapt)ep 
 ne pirren. ne lien, ne pjepen. oc bspon al j5 ipen. 
 COani |)upen hi t)papen mit) hiin jfep. J ne canne. 
 ■-] ne mairellen alle j^e punt)ep. ne alle ])& pinep -^ 
 hi t)it)en ppecce men on hip lant). -j ji laprebe |)a 
 XIX. pinrpe pile Srephne pap kinj. -3 supe ir pap 
 uueppe ant) uueppe. ^1 lasit)enj<'2ilt)ep on ])e 
 runep reupeu pile. -3 clepetien ir renpepie. \>i 
 jje ppecce men ne hat)t)en nan mope ro jiuen. pa 
 pr'uet)en hi ant) bpent)on alle J)e runep. •]; pel fiu 
 mihrep papen all at)£ip pape pcultjepr |)u neupe 
 pint)en man in rune pirrent)e. ne lant) nleb. Da 
 pap copn t)jepe. •] plec. •] crepe. •] burepe pop 
 nan ne pjep o |)e lant). Ulpecce men prupuen op 
 hunjasp. pume jeben on aslmep |)e papen pum 
 pile pice men. pum plujen ur op lande. IDep 
 n.Tupe J<^r mape ppeccehet) on lant). ne nsupe 
 heSen men y'^J^]'^ ^e t)it)en jjan hi t)it)en. pop 
 ouep pi^on ne pop-bapen hi nouSep cipce. ne 
 cypce-irrpt). oc nam al j^e jot) ■}) |)ap inne pap. 
 -] bpenben pySen ])e cypce ■] alrejst)epe. Ne hi 
 ne pop-bapen bipcopep lant). ne abborep. ne 
 ppeoprep. ac p:Euet)en mr.necep. -3 clepckep. -j 
 reupic man oSep |)e ouep myhre. Dip rpa men 
 oSep j^pe coman pitient) ro an run. al ^e run- 
 pcipe plujsn pop heom. pent)en "f hi pnspon 
 pjeuepfp. De bipcopep -3 Icpet) men heom cup- 
 petie supe. oc pap heom nahr ])ap op. pop hi 
 pjepon all pop-cuppjet) ■3pop-puopen -3 poplopen. 
 UJap yve. me rilet)e. |)e epSe ne bap nan copn. pop 
 j?e lant) pap all pop-t)on mit) puilce t)cet)ep. -3 hi 
 p,.Tstien openlice ji Epipr plep. "3 hiphalechen. Suilc 
 ■3 mape |;anne pe cunnen p.'Ein. pe ])olent)en xix. 
 pinrpe pop upe pinnep, (Jn al ])ip yuele rime 
 heolt) COaprin abbor hip abborpice xx. pinrep 
 •3 halp j*'p. "3 VIII. t)2eip. mit) micel puinc. •] 
 pant) |)e munekep. -3 re jeprep al •}) heom behouet). 
 •3 heolb mycel capiret) in rhe hup. ant) j)oS pe- 
 Sepe ppohre on ]>c cipce -3 perre |)ap rolant)ep •] 
 penrep. -3 jot)eti ir puySe ant)litrirpepen. ant> 
 bpohre heom inro |)e nepse mynprpe on p. Perpep 
 m;tppe-t)si mit) micel puprpcipe. ■f pap anno ab 
 incapnarione Dom. mcxu. a combuprionK loci 
 xxm. Snt) he pop ro Rome -3 J)£ep pn?p psel 
 unt)ep-panjen ppam J;e Pape Gujcnie. -3 bejasr 
 rhape ppiuilejiep. au up alle j;e laut)cp op jjabbor- 
 pice. ^3 an oSep op ])e lan&p ])e lien ro ])e cipce- 
 pican. "3 jip he lenj mopre luien. alpe he minr 
 
 ro
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 ro t)on op {^e hojibepi-pycan. "Knt) he be-^r^v in 
 lantie^ -p pice men heptjen mit) j-tpenjj^e. op 
 lUillelni OQalouir jje heolt) Rojinjham ]?a.' caprel 
 he pan Lorinjham -^ Gprun. ^ op ^ujo op Ujalr- 
 uile he pan ^yprlinjb. -\ 8ranepij. -] lx. poi". 
 op Siteepinjle jeIc Jtep. Ant) he make'De nianie 
 munekep. ■] planretie pinirept). -] makttJi manie 
 peopkep. ~\ pentDe j^e run berepe f^an it fep pa^p. 
 anb prtp jot) munec •] jot) man. -^ popSi hi luucGen 
 Eot) anb 30t)e men. Nu pe pillen prejen pumt)el 
 pat: bclamp on Srephne kinjep rime. On hip 
 rime pc JutJeup op Noj:-pic bohron an Epipren 
 Clio bepopen Gprpen. ant) pinet)en him alle fie 
 lice pininj-p upe Dpihrin pap pinet). ant) on lanj- 
 rpit)si him on pot>e henjen pop upe Dpihrnep 
 iuue. •] pySen bypiet5en him. ll]ent?en "p ir 
 pcult3e ben pop-holen. oc upe Dpihrin arypetje 
 ■f he pap hall mapryp. •] ro munekep him namen. 
 -J bebvpiet) hmi hejiice. in Se mynprpe. ~] he 
 maker J7up upe Dpihrin puntieplice ant> mani- 
 rs]t)!ice mipaclep. •] harre he p. Ujillelrn:- 
 
 On ^-ip jarp com Dauit) king op 8corlant) mit) 
 opmere prcpt) ro pip lant) polt)e pinnan j?ip lant). ~\ 
 him com ro^jenepUJiilelmeoplopAlbamapl^ekinj 
 atitie berehr 6uop-pic. •] ro o^ep sEuez men mit» 
 psu men ~j puhren pit) heom. -^ plemt)en pe kinj a;r 
 re j-rant)apt). ■] plojen puiSe micel op nip jenje:- 
 
 (Jn ])ip jsep polt)e j^e kmj Srephne rsccn Ror»- 
 bepr eopi op lilouceprpe. pc kinjep pune ^enpiep. 
 ac he ne mihre pop he papr ir pap. Da eprep hi 
 J)e lenjren J:^eprepebc pe punne -3 re t)fei aburon 
 nonnt) tiejcp. pa. men eren -p me lihret5e canblep 
 ro aeren bi. -] "p pap xiii. ki-. Appil. psepon men 
 puiSe oppuntjptti. ¥>e]\ eprep popt) ■ peopt)S lljil- 
 lelm j^pce-bipcop op Lanrpap-bypij. ■] re kinj 
 maktt); Tcobalt) i^pce-bipcop. |)epap abborin pi 
 Bee. Dep eprep psex puioe micel uueppe beruvx 
 |je kinj ~] Ranbolp eopi op Etprpe nohr pop^i 
 ■^ he ne jap him al -p he cu^e axen him.alpe he 
 tiitiealle o^pe. ocn?ppe|7emape lap heom j^e pasppe 
 hi prtpon him. De eopi hcolb Lincol ajfenep pQ 
 kinj. "] benam him a^•f he ahre ro hauen. -3 re 
 kinj pop |7it)ep -] bepxrre him ■] hip bpo^ep 
 UJiJlelm t)e R . . . ape in pe caprel. ~\ re eopi 
 prasl ur "3 peptie eprep Roobepr eopi op Dlou- 
 ceprpe. •] bpohr him jpitep mit) micel pepb. 
 anb puhren ppi^e on Eant)elmappe-t)iei aTcntp 
 heope lau pt). -3 nr.men him. pop hip men him 
 puyken -3 plujasn. ant) Ist? him ro Bpiprope ant) 
 feit)en |)ap in ppipun. ~] . . . rcpep. Da pap all 
 Gnj!e-lant) prypet) map j?an .tp y^X- ant) all vucl 
 j>:f:y in lant)e. i)(;^ eprep com |"e kin jep tohrep 
 pmpitp pc hept)" ben Gmpepic on Alamanie. •] nu 
 pnep cunreppe in An jou. "J com ro Luntiene. -3 re 
 Luntienippce pole hipe polt)e rfecen ~\ pes p!eh. -\ 
 poplep pap micel:- Yief. eprep |)e bipcop op 
 U)in ceprpe ^enpi. j)c kinjep bpoSep Src-phnep. 
 
 Vol. L 
 
 rpac pib Robbepr eop! -\ pib j^empepice anbppop 
 heom aSap -p he neupe ma imb re kinj hip bpoSep 
 polbe halben. -] cuppebj alle pe men pe mib hini 
 htolben. anb p^be heom -p he polbe ii'uen heora 
 up lUin ceprpe. -] bibe heom cumen })ibep. Da 
 hi jia^p inne p3;p?n pi. com pt kinjep cuen , . . 
 hipe prpenj^e -] bepsr heom. -p j?ep pasp inne 
 micel hunja^p. Da hi ne In^ ne muhr n })0len. px 
 prali hi ur ■] plujen. -3 hi pupSen pap. piSuren ~\ 
 polechcben heom. anb namen Rot)bepr eopi op 
 Dlou ceprpe ant) lebben him ro Roueceprpe. ant> 
 t)iben him |)ape in ppipun. anb re empepice pleh 
 mro an mynprpe. Da peoptjen Sa pipe men be- 
 rpyx. pe kinjep ppeonb -j re eoplep ppeonb. ant» 
 pahrlebe pua -p me pculbe leren ur |'e kinj op 
 ppipun pop pe eopi. -\ re eopi pop pe kmj. -] pua 
 bitien. SvSen Sep eprep par hleben ^e kmj ■] Ran- 
 t)olp eopi ar 8ran-popt) -] a?ep ppopen ant) 
 rpeuSep psepron -p hep nouSep pculbe bepuikea 
 oBep. ■] ir ne pop-prob nahr. pop pe kinj him 
 piSen nam in ^amrun. ]?uphe j7icci pst). •] bit)e 
 him in ppipun. -] ep ponep he ler him ur f)uphe 
 preppe pet)ro ■p popepapt)e -p he puop on halitoom, 
 T ^yplep panb. -p he alle hip caprlep pcutoe iiuen 
 up. 8ume he lap up anb pume ne lap lie nohr. 
 anb bibe ])anne pjeppe Sanne he hasp pculbe. Da 
 pap enjle-lanb puioe ro-beleb. pume helben mib 
 re kinj. •] pume mib |)empepice. pop p3. pe kin j 
 pap in ppipun. pa. penben pe eoplep •] re pice 
 men -p he neupe mape pculbe cumme ur. ~i 
 pshrleben pyb j?empepice. ^ bpohren hipe inro 
 Oxen-popb. ant) iauen hipe pe bupch:- Da Se kin j 
 pap urc. |)a hepbe -p ixx-^(in. anb r>)c hip pfopb 
 ■] beprer hipe in pt rup. ■] m. Ircr hipe bun on 
 nihr op pe rup mib parep. ■] pral ur ■] pcJE pleli 
 3 isibe on pore ro UJaling-popb. D.-ep eprep. 
 peas pepbe opep pfe. •] hi op Nopmanbi penben 
 alle ppa pe kinj ro pe eop! op Anjiru. pume hepe 
 pankep ^ pume hepe un-bankep. pop he bepa^tr 
 heom nl in aiauen up hepe caprlep. ~\ hi nan 
 helpe ne hsepben op pe kinj. Da pepbe Guprace 
 |3e kinjeppuneroFpance. •jnamfjekinjeppuprep 
 op Fpance ro pipe. pent)e ro bija^ron Nopmantu 
 ptp |7uph. oc he ppett'e lircl. ~\ be jotie pihrc. 
 pon he pap an yuel man. pop papepe he ... . t)it)e 
 mape yuel jranne jot), he peuctie pc lantiep ~] \£\T>e 
 mic . . . . ... pon. hebpo'ire hij-piproG.ijIc-lant). 
 
 -] t'it)e hipe in pe capre rcb. jot) pimmaa 
 
 pea* prep, oc peas hctit)? lire! blippe mit) mm. -j 
 xpipr ne polt)e -p he pcuit)e lanje pixan. ~] pa;pb 
 tiebant) hipmot)^p beien. •]reeopioj:Anjtupa;pt) 
 tct) •] hip pune pcnpi roc ro pe pice. Anb recuen 
 opFpancero-t)aE'lbe ppa pe king. -] pcce com ro f^e 
 uinje eopi ^enpi. •] hercc hipe ropipe. ^ al Pcirou 
 mit) hipe. Da pepbe he mit) micel pa;pb inco 
 Gnjle-lanb. -] pan caprlep. ']rc kiiij pejibeajencp 
 hirii micel mape pept). -7 |:uSp3"})epc puren hi uoLr. 
 c oc
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 oc pejiben pe iEpce b))-cop ~] tre pi]-e men be- 
 rpux heom. •] makebe -p pihre';pre kinj j^culbe 
 bsn lauejib •] king pile he liucbe. 'j apreja hij^ b<€i 
 pajie J^enpii king, -j he helbe hjm pop, pbep -] he 
 him poji pune. an'Dpib'] p;Ehre )-cult)ebenber|)yx 
 heom ~j on al Gnjle-lanG. Dip ant) "ce o^6jie 
 pojiuuapbtp l^rr hi makeben puojien ro ha!b?n 
 pc kinj •] re eopl. ant? re bipcop. -3 re eoptlep. 
 ■] pceiT.en alle. Da pap j^e eopil unt5eppan;5en 
 a^r lUin-ceprp.e anb a;r Lunbenc mib micel 
 pup.rpcipe. anb alle t)it5en hini man jitb, ant) 
 fiiopen ]7e paip ro halt)en. ant) hir pajib pone 
 pui^e job paip pua 'p neupe pap hejie. Da pap 
 & kinjprpenjejte jianne he feuepr hep pip, •] re 
 eopl pepbe ouep yx. ■] al pole him Iuuet)e. pop he 
 t)it)e got) jupripe •] maket)e pup:- 
 
 Nearly about this tinne, the following pieces of 
 poetry feem to have been written, of which I have 
 inferted only fhort fragnnents ; the firft is a rude 
 attempt at the prefent meafure of eight fyllables, 
 and the fecond is a natural introduction to Robert 
 cf Gloucejler, being compofed in the fame meafure, 
 which, however rude and barbarous it may feem, 
 taught the way to the Alexandrines of the French 
 poetry. 
 
 P UR in fee bi wefr fpavnge. 
 If a lont) ihore cokaygne. 
 Der nif lont) unt5er heuenriche. 
 Of wel of gotDnif hir liiche. 
 Doy parat)if be min ant) bnyr. 
 Eokaygn if of fairir fiyr. 
 Whar if |)er in paratJif. 
 Bor gralfe ant) flure ant) grenenf, 
 Doy l^er be 101 ant) grer t)ure. 
 Der nif mer bore frure. 
 Der nif halle bure no bench. 
 Bor warir man if Jjurfro quench. 
 Be]) J^er no men bur rwo. 
 ^ely ant) enok alfo. 
 Elinglich may hi go. 
 Whar j)er worn]) men no mo. 
 In cokaygne if mer ant) t)rink. 
 "VVi|)iire care how ant) fwink. 
 De mer if rrie ])e brink fo clere. 
 To none ruflln ant) fopper. 
 I figge for fo]) boure were. 
 Der nif lont) on er])e if pere. 
 Unt)er heuen nif lont) 1 wifle. 
 Of fo mochil 101 ant) blifTe. 
 Der if mam fwere fiyre. 
 A\ if t)ai nif ])er no niyre. 
 Der nif barer no]jer frrif. 
 Nif ])er no t)c]) ac euer Iif. 
 Der nif lac of mer no clo]?. 
 Der nif no man no woman wro]). 
 
 Der nif ferpenr wolf no foy. 
 ^orf no capil. kowe no ox. 
 Der nif fchepe no fwine no gore. 
 No non horwyja got) ir wore. 
 No])cr harare no}?er frot)°. 
 De hint) if ful of o})er got)e. 
 K)f {•'er fiei flc no lowfe. 
 Ill cloj) in roune bet) no Iioufe. 
 Der nif t)unnir Here no hawle. 
 No non vile worme no fnawile. 
 No non fcorm rem no wintie. 
 Der nif man no woman blint)e. 
 Ok al if game loi anr gle. 
 Wel if him ])ar ptr inai be. 
 Der be}) nverf grer ant) fine. 
 Of oile mclk honi ant) wine. 
 Warir feruij? fer ro no])ing. 
 Bor ro fiyr ant) ro wauffing. 
 
 SANTA MARGARETTA. 
 
 /^LDE anr yonge 1 preir ou oure folief forro 
 
 ^^ lere. 
 
 Dencher on got) })ar yef ou wir oure fiinnef ro 
 
 bere. 
 ^ere mai rellen ou. wit> wort5ef feire ant) fwere. 
 De vie of one meitian. waf horen CDaregrere. 
 
 ^ire fat)er waf a parriac. af ic ou rellen may. 
 In aunrioge wif echcf i Se falfe lay. 
 Dcve got)ef anr t)oumbe. he fervet) nitt anr t)ay". 
 80 t)et)en mony o])ere. pxc finger weilawey. 
 Theot)ofius waf if nome. on cnft ne levetie he 
 
 noutt. 
 ^e levet5e on J)e falfe got)ef. Sar peren wit) hontien 
 
 wroutt. 
 Do ])ar chilt) fcultie chnftine ben. ic com him well 
 
 in ])outt. 
 6 bet) wen ir were iborc. ro t)ej)e ir were ibpoutt. 
 De m.ot)er waf an he])ene wif |)ar hire ro wyman 
 
 bere. 
 Do Jjar chilt) ibore waf noIt)e ho hir furfare. 
 ^o fent)e ir inro afye. wit) meflagerf ful yare. 
 To a nopice pxc hire wiile. anr ferre hire ro 
 
 lore. 
 De nonce yxc hire wifie. chilt)ren aheuet)e feuene. 
 De eitte]ie waf maregrere. crifref may of heuene. 
 Talef ho am roltie. ful feire anr ful euene. 
 Wou ho ])olet)en marrirt)om. fein Laurence anr 
 
 feinre Sreuene. 
 
 In thefe fragments, the adulteration of the Saxon 
 tongue, by a mixture of the Norman, becomes 
 apparent; yet it is not fo much changed by the 
 admixture of new words, wliich might be imputed 
 to commerce with the continent, as by changes 
 of its own form and terminationsj for which no 
 reafon can be given. 
 
 3 Hitherto
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Hitherto the language ufed in this ifland, how- 
 ever different in fucceffive time, may be called 
 SaxQH; nor can it be expefted, from the nature of 
 things gradually changing, that any time can be 
 affjgried, when the Saxon may be faid to ceafe, and 
 the Engllp to commence. Robert of Gloiicefter 
 however, who is placed by the critics in the thir- 
 teenth century, fecms to have ufed a kind of in- 
 termediate diAion, neither Saxon nor E-iglijh; in 
 his work therefore we fee the tranfition exhibited, 
 and, as he is the firfi" of our writers in rhyme, of 
 whom any large work remains, a more extenfive 
 quotation is extradled. He writes apparently in the 
 fame meafure with the foregoing author of St. 
 Margarite, vvhieh, polifhed into greater exaclnefs, 
 appeared to our anceftors fo fuitable to the genius 
 of the Englijh language, that it was continued 
 in ufe almolt to the middle of the feventeenth 
 century. 
 
 /^F f>e batayles of Denemarch, fat hii dude in 
 
 ^^ |}ys ionde 
 
 fat worft were of alle oj^ere, we mote abbe an 
 
 honde. 
 Worfl hii were, vor ofiere adde fomwanne ydo. 
 As Romeyns & Saxons, & wel wufte |rat lond 
 
 {jerto. 
 Ac hii ne kept yt holde nojt, bote robby, and 
 
 fftrnde, 
 And deftrue, & berne, & Qe, & ne cou]?e abbe non 
 
 ende. 
 And bote lute yt nas worjj, }jey hii were ouercome 
 
 ylome. 
 Vor myd flypes and gret poer as preft effone hii 
 
 come, 
 Kyng Adelwolf of fiys lond kyng was tuenty jer. 
 Jre Deneys come by hym ryuor j^an hii dude er. 
 Vor in j^e al our vorft jer of ys kynedom 
 Myd jjre & l^rytty ffypuol men her prince hyder 
 
 come. 
 And at Sou|;amtone aryiiede, an hauene by Soufie. 
 Ano|3er gret oft j^ulke tyme aryuede at Portef- 
 
 mouj^e. 
 \>t kyng nufte wej^er kepe, at delde ys oft atuo. 
 fe Denes adde ]>t mayftre. \)o al was ydo, 
 And by Eftangle and Lyndefeye hii wende vorb atte 
 
 lafte. 
 And fo hamward al by Kent, & flowe & barnde 
 
 vafte, 
 Ajen wynter hii wende hem. anoj^er jer eft hii 
 
 come. 
 And deftrude Kent al out, and Londone nome. 
 J711S al an ten jer ]?at lond hii brojte jjer doune. 
 So l^at in )?e tej!e jer of ^& kynge's croune, 
 Al byfoujje hii come alond, and |7et folc of Somer- 
 
 fete 
 fiotu fe byftbp Alcfton and J^et folc of Dorfete 
 
 Hii come & fmyce an batayle, & ]?cre, jjoru Code's 
 
 grace, 
 ]je Deneys were al byne]7e, & |je lond folc adde be 
 
 place. 
 And more prowelTe dude Jjo, Jjan f»e kyng myrte 
 
 byuore, 
 ];eruore gode lond men ne Ixj:' nojt al verlore. 
 \>c kyng was J^e boldore |)o, &c ajen hem j^e more 
 
 drou. 
 And ys foure godes fones woxe vafte y nou, 
 Edelbold and Adelbryjc, Edelrcd and Alfred. 
 J^ys was a ftalvvarde tem, & of gret wyfdom & red. 
 And kynges were al foure, & defendede wel j^ys 
 
 Jond, 
 An Deneys dude flame ynou, |iat me vol wel vond.. 
 Is fyxtej^e ^ere of ])t kynge's kynedom 
 In eldeftc Tone Adelbold gret oft to hym nome. 
 And ys fader alfo god, and oJ?ere heye men al fo. 
 And wende a^en jjys Deneys, |7at muche wo adde 
 
 y do. 
 Vor myd tuo hondred ft"ypes & an alf at Temfe 
 
 mo'..i]j hii come. 
 And Londone, and Kanterbury, and o|)er tounes 
 
 nome. 
 And fo vor|7 in to So]:'ereye, & flowe & barnde vafte, 
 fere fe kyng and ys fone hem mette atte lafte. 
 fere was batayle ftrong ynou yfmyte in an frowe. 
 f e godes kynjtes leye adoun as gras, wan mede|* 
 
 mowe. 
 Heueden, (fat were of yfmyte,) & of er lymes alfo, 
 Flete in blode al fram f e grounde, ar f e batayle were 
 
 ydo. 
 Wanne bat blod ftod al abrod, vas fer gret wo y nou. 
 Nys yt reufe vorto hure, fat me fo vole flou ? 
 Ac our fuete Louerd atte lafte fTewede ys fuete grace,, 
 And fende }7e Criftyne EnglyiTe men f e mayftrye in. 
 
 fe place. 
 And fe hefene men of Denemarch bynefe were 
 
 echon. 
 Nou nas fer jut in Denemarch Criftendom non ; 
 fe kyng her after to holy chyrche ys herte fe more 
 
 drou. 
 And tefejede wel & al ys lond, as hii axte, wel y 
 
 nou. 
 Seyn Swythyn at Wyncheftre byfrop fo was, 
 And Alcfton at Syrebourne, fat amendede muche- 
 
 f ys cas. 
 f e kyng was wel f e betere man f orn her beyre red, 
 Tuenty wynter he was kyng, ar he were ded. 
 At Wyncheftre he was ybured, as he jut lyf fere. 
 Hys tueye fones he jef ys lond, as he byjet ham ere. 
 Adelbold, the eldore, fe kynedom of Jtftfex, 
 And fuffe Adelbryjt, Kent and Weftfex. 
 Eyjtc hondred jer yt was and feuene and fyfty al fo,, 
 Alter fat God anerfe com, fat f ys dede was ydo. 
 Eofe hii wufte by her tyme wel her kynedom. 
 At f e vyfte jer Adelbold out of fys lyue nome. 
 
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 At Siyretonme he was ybured, & ys broj^er Adel- 
 
 bryjt 
 His kynedom adde after hym, as lawe was and r^'jt. 
 By ys daye ]re verde com of J^e hej^ene men wel prout. 
 And Hamtefiyre and deftrude Wyncheftre al out. 
 And pat lond folc of Hamteffyre her red f^o nome 
 And of Barcffyie, and fo^ce and Jje ffrewen ouer- 
 
 come. 
 Adelbryjt was kyng of Kent jeres folle tene. 
 And of Weflfcx bote vyue, \!0 he deyde ych wene. 
 
 2^ DEL RED was after hym kyng y mad in ])e 
 ■^^ place, 
 
 Ey^tehondred&feiiene&fyxty as inj^ejer of grace. 
 Jie vorlle ger of ys kynedom j^e Deneys |;ycke com. 
 And robbcde and deftrude, and cytes vafte nome. 
 Mayftreshii addeof iieroft, as yt were dukes, tueye, 
 Hynguar and Hubba, j^at fircwen were beye. 
 In Eft Angle hii byleuede, to reft hem as yt were, 
 Myd her oft al pe wynter, of j^e vorft jerc. 
 J)e oj^er jer hii dude hem vor]7,&ouerHomber come, 
 Andflowe togrounde& barnde, &Euerwyk nome. 
 Jier was batayle ftrong y nou, vor yftawe was pere 
 Ofryckyngof Homberlond, & monye fat with hym 
 
 were. 
 \)o Homberlond was fius yflend, hii wende & tounes 
 
 nome. 
 So pat atte lafte to Eftangle ajen hym come, 
 fer hii barnde & robbede, and jjat folc to grounde 
 
 flowe. 
 And, as wolues among fTcp, reulych hem to drowe. 
 8cynt Edmond was ]?o her kyng, & j^o he fey p^t 
 
 deluol cas 
 Jiat me morpiede fo j^at folc, & non amendementnas, 
 He ches leuere to deye hymfulf, jjat fuch forwe to 
 
 yfey. 
 He dude hym vorj; among hys fon, nolde he nojjyg 
 
 fle. 
 Hii' nome hym & fcourged hym, & ful^l^e naked 
 
 hvm bounde 
 To a tre, & to hym flbte, & made hym mony a 
 
 wounde, 
 l^ac pQ are we were on hyrn J?o f^ycce, fat no ftede 
 
 nas byleuede. 
 Atte lafte hii martred hym, and fmyte of y's heued. 
 pe fyxte T^er of fe crounemeat of Aldered be kyng 
 A nywe oft com into fys lond, gret f oru alle f yng, 
 And anon to Redyngc robbede and flowe. 
 |?e king and Alfred ys broker nome men ynowe, 
 Mette hem, and a batayle fmyte vp Aftefdoune. 
 per was mony moder chyld, fat fonelay feidoune. 
 fe batayle ylafte vorte nyjt, and fer were aflawe 
 Vyf dukes of Denemarch, ar hii wolde wyf drawe. 
 And mony foufend of ofer men, & fo gonne hii 
 
 to fle; 
 Ac hii adde alle ybe affend, jyf f e ny5t madde y be. 
 
 Tueye batayles her after in fe fulf jere 
 
 Hii fmyte, and at bofe fe hefene mayftres were. 
 
 fe kyng Aldered fone fo fen wey of dcf nome. 
 
 As yt vel, fe vyfty jer of ys kynedom. 
 
 At Wymbourne he was ybured, as God xef fat cas, 
 
 fe gode Alfred, ys brofer, after hym kyng was. 
 
 A LP RED, fys noble man, as infejer of grace 
 ■^ he ncm 
 
 Eyjte hondred & fyxty & tuelue fe kynedom. 
 Arit he adde at Rome ybe, &, vor ys grete wyfdom, 
 f e pope Leon hym bleflede, f o he f uder com. 
 And fe kynge's crouneof hyslond, fat in fys lond 
 
 gut ys : 
 And he led hym to be kyng, ar he kyng were ywys. 
 An he was kyng of Engelond, of alle fat fer come, 
 fat vorft fus yiad was of fe pope of Rome, 
 An fuffe ofer after hym of fe erchebyflbpes echon. 
 So fat hyuor hym pore kyng nas fer non. 
 In f e Souf fyde of Temefe nyne batyales he nome 
 Ajen fe Deneys fe vorft jer of ys kynedom. 
 Nye jer he was fus in fys lond in batayle & in wo, 
 An ofce fyfie aboue was, and bynef e ottor mo ; 
 So longe, fat hym nere by leuede bote f re ffyren in 
 
 ys hond, 
 Hamtefiyre, and Wyltefl*yre, and Somerfete, of al 
 
 ys lond. 
 A day as he wery was, and afuoddrynge hym nome 
 And ys men were ywend auyfief , Seyn Cutbert to 
 
 hym com. 
 " Icham," hefeyde, " Cutbert, to fe ycham ywend 
 " To brynge pc gode tytynges. Fram God ycham 
 
 yfend. 
 *' Vor fat folc of fjrs lond to fynne her wylle al 
 
 jeue, 
 " And jut nolle herto her fynnes byleue 
 " f oru me & ofer halewen, fat in fys lond were 
 
 ybore -, 
 " fan vor gou byddef God, wanne we bef hym 
 
 hyuore, 
 " Hour Louerd myd ys eyen of milce on fe lokef 
 
 feruore, 
 " Andfypoer fe wole jyue ajen, fat fou aft ney 
 
 verlore. 
 " And fat fou fer of fof yfe, fou ftfalt abbe 
 
 tokynynge. 
 " Vor fym men, fat bef ago to day auyflynge, 
 " In lepes & in couftes fo muche vyfs hii Abide 
 
 hym brynge, 
 " fat ech man wondry fli! of fo gret cacchynge. 
 " And f e mor vor f e harde vorfte, fat f e water 
 
 yfrore hys, 
 *' fat fe more ajen fe kunde of vyftynge yt ys. 
 " Of ferueyt welajenGod, and ylef meys mefl'ager, 
 " And fou fl^all f y wylle abyde, as ycham ycold 
 
 her." 
 
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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 As |7ys kyng herof awoc, and of fys fyjte J'ojte, 
 Hys vylVares come to hym, & fo giti won of iyfs 
 
 hym brojce, 
 J»at wonder yt was, & namelyche vor J^e weder was 
 
 fo colde. 
 fo lyuede pe god man wel, pn Seyn Cutbert adde 
 
 ytold. 
 In Deuenyflyre J^er after aryuede of Deneys 
 bre and toenty fiypuol men, all ajen ]?c yeys, 
 he kynge's brof'er of Denemarch due of oft was. 
 Oure kynge's men of Engelond mstte hem by cas, 
 And fniytc j^er an batayle, and her jirec ducflowe, 
 And eyTte hondred & fourty men, & her caronyes 
 
 to drowe. 
 bo kyng Allred hurde );ys, ys herte gladede ])o, 
 J^at lond folc to hym come To pycke io yt myjte go. 
 Of Somerfete, of Wyltelfyre, of Hamtefiyre psno, 
 Euere as he wende, and of ys owe (olc al fo. 
 So fjat he adde poer ynoii, and atte latte hii come. 
 And a batayle a: Edendone ayn j;e Deneys nome. 
 And Howe to giounde, & wonne pe. mayftre of the 
 
 velde. 
 Jje kyng & ys grete duke bygonnc hem to jelde 
 To ps kyng Alfred to ys wylle, and oftages toke, 
 Vorto wende out of ys lond, jyf he yt woide loke ; 
 And jut jrerto, vor ys loue, to auonge Criftendom. 
 Kyng Gurmund, J?e hexte kyng, vorft j^er to come. 
 Kyng Alfred ys godfader was. & ybaptyfed ek |ier 
 
 were 
 Jretty of her hexte dukes, and muche of Jiat folc fere 
 Kyng Alfred hem huld viyp hym tuelf dawes as he 
 
 hende. 
 And {uppe he jef hem large jyftes, and let hym 
 
 wende. 
 Hii, fat nolde Criftyn be, of lande flo.ve fo. 
 And byjonde fee in Erance dude wel muche wo. 
 ^ut f e flrewen come a jen, and muche wo here wrogte. 
 Acfekyng Alfredatte iaile ro flame hem euere bro2i;te. 
 Kyng Alfred was fe wyfoft kyn^;, fat long was 
 
 byuore. 
 Vor fey mefegge felawes bc-f in worre tyme vorlore, 
 Nas yt nojt lo hiis daye. vor fey he in worre were, 
 Law£s he made ryjtuollore, and ftrengore fan er 
 
 were. 
 Clere he was god ynou, and gut, as me tcllef me. 
 He was more f ,in ten jer old, ar he coufc ys abcce. 
 Ac ys gode moder ofte fmale jyftes hym tok, 
 Vor to byleue ofer pie, and loky on ys boke. 
 So fat by por clcrgye ys ryjt lawes he wonde, 
 fat neuere cr nere y mad, to gouerny ys lond. 
 And vor fe worre was fo muche of fe kifer Deneys, 
 fe men of fys fulue lond were of fe worfe peys. 
 And robbede and Howe of ere, f eruor he byuonde, 
 fat fer were hondredes in eche contreye of ys lond. 
 And in ech toune of f e hondred a tef yngc were alfo, 
 And fat ech man wyfoute gret lond in tef yngc were 
 
 ydo, 
 Vol. I. 
 
 And fat ech man knewe ofer fat in tefynge were, 
 Andwufte fomdel of her lint, jyfmef n vp hem bcre. 
 So ftreyt he was, fat fey me ledde amydde v/eyes 
 
 heye 
 Sekter, fat non man ne dorfle yt ny'me, fey he yt 
 
 ■feye. 
 Abbeys he rerde mony on, and mony ftudes ywys. 
 Ac Wyncheftiye he rerde on, fat nywe munftre 
 
 ycluped ys. 
 Elys lyf eyjte and tuenty jer in ys kynedom ylafte. 
 After ys def he wos ybured at Wyncheftre atte lafte. 
 
 Sir Jchn Mandeville wrote, as he himfelf informs 
 us, in the fourteenth century, and his work, which. 
 conriprKing a relation of many different particulars, 
 confequently required the ufe of many wo.Ms and 
 phrafcs, may be properly fpecified in this place. 
 Of the following quotations, I have chofen the firft, 
 becaufe it fhows, in Ibme meafure, the ftate of 
 European fcience as well of the Englijh tongue j 
 and the fecond, becaufe it is valuable for the force 
 of thought and beauty of exprefiion. 
 
 TN that lond, ne in many othere bezonde that, 
 ■*■ no man may fee the fterre tranfmontane, that 
 is clept the fterre of the fee, that is unmevable, 
 and that is toward the Northe, that we clepen 
 the lode fterre. But men fee another flerre, the 
 contrarie to him, that is toward the Southe, that 
 is clept Antartyk. And right as the fchip men 
 taken here avys here, and governe hem be the lode 
 fterre, right fo don fchip men bezonde the parties, 
 be the fterre of the Southe, tlie which fterre ap- 
 perethe not to us. And this fterre, that is toward 
 the Northe, that wee clepen the lode fterre, ne 
 apperethe not to hem. P'or whiche caufe, men may 
 wel perceyve, that the londe and the fee ben of 
 rownde ichapp and forme. For the partie of the 
 firmament fchewethe in o contree, that fchewethe 
 not in another contree. And men may well prevea 
 be experience and fotyk compaffementof wytt, that 
 z:f a man fond palBges be fchippes, that wolde go 
 to ferchen the world, men myghte go be fchippe 
 alle aboute the world, and aboven and benethen. 
 The whiche thing I prove thus, aftre that I have 
 feyn. For I have been toward the parties of Bra- 
 ban, and beholden the Aftrolabre, that the fterre 
 that is clept the tranfmontayne, is ^^ degrees highe. 
 And moie forthere in Almayne and Eesvme, it 
 hathe 58 degrees. And more forthe toward the 
 parties feptemtrioneles, it is 62 degrees of heghte, 
 and certyn mynutcs. For I my felf have melurcd 
 it by the'AftroIabre. Now fchulle ze knowe, that 
 azen the Tranfmontayne, is the tother fterre, that 
 is clept Anrartyk ; as I have feyd before. And 
 tho 2 fterre? ne meeven nevere. And be hem 
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 THE HISTORY OF TH 
 
 turnethe alle the firmament, righte as dothe a wheel, 
 that turnethe be his axille tree: Co that tho fterres 
 beren the firmament in i egalle parties ; lb that it 
 hathe als mochel aboven, as it hath benethen. Afcre 
 this, 1 have gon toward the parties meridionales, 
 that is toward the Southe : and I have founden, 
 that in Lybye, men feen firft the fterre Antartyk. 
 And ib fer I have gon more in tho contrees, that I 
 have founde that fterre more highe-, fo that co- 
 ward the highe Lybye, it is i3 degrees of heghte, 
 and certeyn minutes (of the whiche, 60 minutes 
 malcen a degree) after goynge he fee and be londe, 
 toward this contree, of that I have fpoke, and to 
 other vies and londes bezonde that contree, I have 
 founden the fterre Antartyk of ^3 degrees of 
 heghte, and mo mynutes. And zif I hadde had 
 companye and fchippynge, for to go more bezonde, 
 I trowe wel in certyn, that wee fcholde have feen 
 alle the roundnefle of the firmament alle aboure. 
 For as I have feyd zcu be forn, the half of the 
 firmament is betvvene tho 2 flerres : the whiche 
 halfondelie I have fcyn. And of the tother halfon- 
 delle, I have feen toward the Northe, undre the 
 Tranfmontane 62 degrees and 10 mynutes j and 
 toward the partie meridionalle, I have feen undre 
 the Antartyk 33 degrees and 16 mynutes: and 
 thanne the halfondelie of the firmament in alle, nc 
 holdethe not but 180 degrees. And of tho 180, I 
 have feen 62 on that o part, and 33 on that other 
 parr, that ben 95 degrees, and nyghe the halfondelie 
 of a degree ; and fo there ne faylethe but that I 
 have ken alle the firmament, faf 84 degrees and 
 the halfondelie of a degree ; and that is not the 
 fourthe part of the firmament. For the 4 partie of 
 the roundnefle of the firmament holt 90 degrees : 
 lb there faylethe but 5 degrees and an half of the 
 fourthe partie. And alfo 1 have feen the 3 parties 
 of alle the roundnelle of the firmament, and more 
 zit 5 degrees and an half. Be the whiche 1 feye 
 zou certeyniy, that men may envirowne alle the 
 erthe of alle the world, as wel undre as aboven, 
 and turnen azen to his contree, that hadde com- 
 panye and fchippynge and conduyt: and alle weyes 
 he Icholde fynde men, londes, and yles, als wel as 
 in this contree. For zee wyten welle, that thei 
 that ben toward the Antartyk, thei ben ftreghte, 
 feet azen feet of hem, that dwellen undre the tranf- 
 montane; als wel as wee and thei that dwellyn 
 undre us, ben feet azenft feet. For alle the parties 
 of fee and of loud han here appofitees, habitables 
 or trepafiables, and thei of this half and bezond 
 half. And wycethe wel, that aftre that, that I 
 may parceyve and comprehende, the londes of 
 Prcftre John, emperour of Ynde ben undre us. 
 For in goynge from Scotlond or from Englond to- 
 ward jerufalem, men gon upward alweys. For 
 cure load is in the lowe partie of the erthe, toward 
 
 the Weft : and the lond of PreRre John is the lo^ 
 partie of the eithe, toward the Ell: and thei hart 
 there the dav, whan wee have the nyghte, and alfo 
 highe to the contrarie, thei han the nyghte, whan 
 wee han the day. For the erthe and the fee ben of 
 round forme and fchapp, as I have feyd beforn. 
 And than that men son upward to o coft, men gon 
 dounward to another coft. Alio zee have herd me 
 feye, that Jerufalem is in the myddes of the world ; 
 and that may men prcven and fchewen there, be a 
 fpere, that is pighte in to the erthe, upon the hour 
 of mydday, whan it is equenoxium, that fchewethe 
 no fchadwe on no fyde. And that it fcholde ben 
 in the myddes of the world, David wytnefilethe it 
 in the Pfautre, where he feythe, Deus operatus eft 
 falute in medio terre. Thanne thei that parten fro 
 the parties of the Weft, for to go toward Jerufa- 
 lem, als many iorneyes as thei gon upward for to 
 go thiJre, in als many iorneyes may thei gon fro 
 Jerufalem, unto other confynyes of the fuperficialrie 
 of the erthe bezonde. And whan men go bezonde 
 tho iourneyes, towardeYnde and to the foreyn yles, 
 alle is envyroaynge the roundnefle of the erthe and 
 of the fee, undre oure contrees on this half. And 
 therfore hathe it befallen many tymes of o thing, 
 that I have herd cownted, whan I was zong; how 
 a worthi man departed lometyme from our coun- 
 trees, for to go ferche the world. And fo he palTed 
 Ynde, and the yles bezond Ynde, where ben mo 
 than 5000 yles : and fo longe he wente he fee and 
 lond, and (o enviround the world be many fey Ions, 
 that he fond an yle, where he herde fpeke his own 
 langage, callynge on oxen in the piowghe, fuche 
 wordes as men fpeken to beftes in his owne contree : 
 whereof he hadde gret mervayle: for he knewe 
 not how it myghte be. But 1 feye, that he had 
 gon fo longe, be londe and be fee, that he had 
 envyround alle the erthe, that he was comen azen 
 envirounynge, that is to feye, goynge aboute, un- 
 to his owne marches, zif he wolde have pafled 
 forthe, til he had founden his contree and his owne 
 knouleche. But he turned azen from thens, from 
 whens he was com.e fro; and fo he loft moche 
 peynefuUe labour, as him felf feyde, a gret while 
 aftre, that he was comen hom. For it befelle aftre, 
 that he wente in to Norweye; and there cempeft of 
 the fee toke him; and he arryved in an yle; and 
 whan he was in that yle, he knew wel, that it was 
 the yle, where he had herd fpeke his owne lan- 
 gage before, and the callynge of the oxen at the 
 piowghe : and that was poflible thinge. But how 
 it femethe to fymple men unlerned, that men ne 
 movve not go undre the erthe, and alfo that men 
 fcholde falle toward the hevene, from undre ! Buc 
 that may not be, upon lefle, than wee mowe hWc 
 toward hevene, fro the erthe, where wee ben. For 
 fro what partie of the erthe that men duelle, 
 
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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 outher aboven or benethen, it femethe alweyes to 
 hem that duellen, thnt thei gon more righte than 
 ony other folk. And righte as it femethe to us, 
 that thei ben undre us, righte fo it femethe hi?m, 
 that wee ben undre hem. For zif a man mvghte 
 falle fro the erthe unto the firmament ; be grettere 
 refoun, the erthe and the fee, that ben fo grete and 
 fo hevy, fcholde fallen to the firmament : but that 
 may not be : and thcrfore feithe oure Lord God, 
 Non timeas me, qui fufpendi terra ex nichilo? And 
 alle be it, that it be pofiible thing, that men may 
 lb envyronne alle the world, natheles of a looo 
 perfones, on ne myghte not happen to returnen in 
 to his contree. For, for the gretneffe of the erthe 
 and of the fee, men may go be a looo and a looo 
 other vveyes, that no man cowde reyde him pcrfitciy 
 toward the parties that he cam fro, but zif it were 
 be aventdre and happ, or be the grace of God. 
 For the erthe is fulle large and fulle gret, and holt 
 in roundnefie and aboute envyroun, be aboven and 
 be benethen 20425 myles, aftre the opynyoun of 
 the old wife aftronomeres. And here feyenges I 
 repreve noughte. But aftre my lytylle wyt, it 
 femethe me, favynge here reverence, that it is 
 more. And for to have betcere undcrftondynge, I 
 feye thus, be ther ymagyned a figure, that hathe a 
 gret compas ,• and aboute the poynt of the gret 
 compas, that is clept the centre, be made another 
 litille compas: than afcre, be the gret compafs de- 
 vifed be lines in manye parties 5 and that alle the 
 lynes meeten at the centre ; fo that in als manye 
 parties, as the grete compas fchal be departed, 
 in als manye, fchalle be departed the litille, that 
 is aboute the centre, alle be it, that the fpaces 
 ben lelTe. Now thanne, be the gret compas repre- 
 fented for the firmament, and the litille compas 
 reprefentcd for the erthe. Now thanne the firma- 
 ment is devyfed, be aftronomeres, in 12 fignes ; 
 and every figne is devyfed in 30 degrees, that is 
 360 degrees, that the firmament hathe aboven. 
 Alio, be the erthe devyfed in als manye parties, as 
 the firmament; and lat every partye anfwere to a 
 degree of the firmament : and wytethe it wel, that 
 aftre the audoures of aflronomye, 700 furlonges of 
 erthe anfweren to a degree of the firmament; and 
 tho ben 87 miles and 4 furlonges. Now be that 
 here multiplyed be 360 fithes; and than thei ben 
 315000 myles, every of 8 furlonges, aftre myles of 
 oure contree. So moche hath the erthe in round- 
 nefTe, and of heghte enviroun, aftre myn opynyoun 
 and myn undirftondynge. And zee fchuUe undir- 
 ftonde, that aftre the opynyoun of olde wife philofo- 
 phres and aftronomeres, oure contree ne Irelond ne 
 \VaJes ne ScotJond ne Norweye ne the other yks 
 
 coftynge to hem, ne ben not in the fuperficyalte 
 cownted aboven the erthe ; as it fchewethe be alle 
 the bokes of aftronomye. For the fuperficialtee of 
 the erthe is departed in 7 parties, for the 7 planetes: 
 and tho parties ben clept clymates. And oure par- 
 ties be not of the 7 clymates : for thei ben defcend- 
 ynge toward the Weft. And alfo thefc yles of 
 Yndc, which beth evene azenft us, beth noghc 
 reckned in the clymates : for thei ben azenft: us, 
 that ben in the lowe contree. And the 7 clymates 
 ftrecchen hem envyrounynge the world. 
 
 II. And I John Maundevylle knyghte abovefeyd, 
 (alle thoughe I be unworthi) that departed from 
 our contrees and paffed the fee, the zeer of grace 
 1322. that have paiTed manye londes and manye 
 yles and contrees, and cerched manye fulle ftraunge 
 places, and have ben in manye a fulle gode ho- 
 nourable companye, and at manye a faire dede of 
 armes, (alle be it that I dide none myfelf, for myn 
 unable infuffifance) now I am comen hom(mawgrec 
 my felf) to refte : for gowtes, artetykes, that me 
 diilreynen, tho diftynen the ende of my labour, 
 azenft my wilie (God knowethe.) And thus tak- 
 ynge folace in my wrecched relte, recordynge the 
 tyme pafted, I have fulfilled theife thinges and 
 putte hem wryten in this boke, as it wolde come 
 in to my mynde, the zeer of grace 1356 in the 34 
 zeer that I departede from oure contrees. Wher- 
 fore I preye to alle the rederes and hereres of this 
 boke, zif it plefe hem, that thei wolde preyen to 
 God for me: and I fchalle preye for hem. And 
 alle tho that feyn for me a Pater nofter, with an 
 Ave Maria, that God forzeve mc my fynnes, I 
 make hem partneres and graunte hem part of alle 
 the gode pilgrymages and of alle the gode dedes,. 
 ,that i have don, zif ony be to his plefance : and- 
 noghte only of tho, but of alle that evere I fchalle 
 do unto my lyfes ende. And 1 befeche Almyghty 
 God, fro whom alle godenefie and grace comethe 
 fro, that he voucehfaf, of his excellent mercy and 
 habgndant grace, to fulle fylle hire foulcs v/ith infpi- 
 racioun of the Holy Goft, in makynge defence of alle 
 hiregoftly enemyes here in erthe, to hire falvacioun, 
 both of body and foule; to vvorfchipe and thankynge 
 of him, that is three and on, withouten begynnynge 
 and withouten endynge ; that is, withouten qua- 
 litee, good, and withouten quantytee, gret; that 
 in alle places is prefent, and alle thinges conten- 
 ynge; the whiche that no gocdnefle may amende, 
 ne non evelle empeyre j that in perfeyte trynytee 
 lyvethe and regnethe God, be alle worldes and be 
 all tymes. Anaen^ Amen, Araen. 
 
 ThCr
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 The firfl; of our authors, who can be properly 
 faid to have written Eiiglip, was Sir Johi Cozvcr, 
 who, in his tonfejion of a Lover, calls Chaucer his 
 riifciple, and may therefore be looked upon as the 
 father of our poetry. 
 
 "^"OWE for to fpcke of the commune, 
 ■*'^ It is to drede of that fortune. 
 Which hath befalle in fondrye londes : 
 But ofte for defaute of bondes 
 All fodeinly, er it be wift, 
 A tunne, when his lie arift 
 Tobreketh, and rennetii all aboute, 
 "Which els fliulde nought gone out^ 
 
 And eke full ofte a littell flcare 
 Vpon a bank, cr mtn be ware, 
 Let in the ftreme, whiche with gret peine. 
 If any man it fnall reilreine. 
 Where lawe failleth, errour groweth. 
 He is not wife, who that ne troweth. 
 For it hath proued oft er this. 
 And thus the common clamour is 
 In euery londe, where people dwelleth: 
 And eche in his complainte telleth, 
 How that the worlde is mifwent, 
 And therevpon his argument 
 Yeueth euery man in fondrie wife: 
 But what man wolde him fclfe auife 
 His confcience, and nought mifufe. 
 He maie well at the firft excufe 
 His God, whiche euer ftant in one. 
 In him there is defaute none 
 So muft it (land vpon vs felue. 
 Nought only vpon ten ne twelue. 
 But plenarly vpon vs all. 
 For man is caufe of that Ihall fall. 
 
 The hiflory of our language is now brought to the 
 point at which the hiilory of our poetry is ."'enc-rallv 
 fuppofed to commence, the time of the illuftrious 
 Geoffry Chaucer, who may, perhaps, with great juf- 
 tire, be ftyled the firft of our verfifiers who wrote 
 poetically. He does not; however, appear to have 
 deferved all the praife which he has received, or all 
 the cenfure that he has fuffered. Dryden, who, mii- 
 taking genius for learning, and in confidence of his 
 abilities, ventured to write of what he had not ex- 
 amined, afcribes to Chaucer the firft refinement of 
 our numbers, the firft produiflion of eafy and natural 
 rhymes, and the improvement of our language, by 
 words borrowed from the more polillied languages 
 of the continent. Skinner contrarily blames hirn in 
 harfh terms for having vitiated his native fpeech by 
 whale cartloads of foreign words. But he that reads 
 the works of Cower will find fmooth numbers and 
 eafy rhymes, of which Chaucer is fuppofed to have 
 been the inventor, and the French words, whether 
 good or b-id, of which Chaucer is charged as the 
 importer. Some innovations he might probably 
 make, like others, in the infancy of our poetry, 
 which the paucity of books does not allow us to dif- 
 cover with particular exaiftnefs ; but the works of 
 Cower and Lydgate fufficiently evince, that his dic- 
 tion was in general like that of his contemporaries : 
 and fome improvements he undoubtedly made by 
 the various difpofitions of his rhymes, and by the 
 mixture of different numbers, in which he feems to 
 have been happy and judicious. I have felcfled 
 feveral fpecimens both of his profe and verfe ; and 
 among them, part of his tranflation oi Boetius, to 
 which another verfion, made in the time of queen 
 Mary, is oppofed. It would be improper to quote 
 very fparingly an author of fo much reputation, or 
 to make very large extradts from a book lo gene- 
 rally known. 
 
 C H A U C E Fv. 
 
 k LAS! I wepyng am conftrained to begin verfe 
 ■" of forovvfull matter, that whilom in floriftiyng 
 fludie made delitabie ditees. For lo 1 rendyng 
 mufes of a Poetes editen to me thinges to be 
 writen, and drerie teres. At lafle no drede ne 
 might overcame tho mufes, that thei ne weren fel- 
 lowes, and foloweden my waic, that is to faie, 
 when I was exiled, thei that weren of my youth 
 v^'hilom welfull and grene, comforten now forrow- 
 fuU weirdes of me olde man : for elde is comen 
 unwarely upon me, hafted by the harmes that I 
 have, and forovve hath commaunded his age to be 
 in me. Heres here arcn {had overtimeliche upon 
 my hed : and the fl.icke fKinne trembleth of mine 
 empted bodie. Thilke deth of men is wclcfull, 
 that he ne cometh not in yeres that be fwete, but 
 
 cometh 
 
 C O L V I L E. 
 
 T That in tyme of profperite, and floryfhyng 
 iludye, made pleafaunte and delegable dities, 
 or verfes : alas now beyng heauy and fad ouer- 
 throwen in adurrfitie, am compelled to fele and taft 
 heuines and greif. Beholde the mufes Poetical), 
 that is to faye ; the pleafure that is in poetes 
 verfes, do appoynt me, and compel me to writ 
 thefe verfes in meter, and the forowfull verfes do 
 wet my wretched face with very waterye teares, 
 yfluinge out of my eyes for forovve. Whiche mufes 
 no fcare without doute could ouercome, but that 
 they wold folow me in my iourney of exile or ba- 
 niOiment. Sometyme the ioye of h ppy and lufty 
 deledtable youth dyd comfort me, and nowe the 
 courfe of forowfull olde age caufeth me to reioyfe. 
 For hafty old age vnloked for is come vpon me 
 
 with
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Cometh to wretches often icleped ! Alas, alas ! 
 with how defe an ere deth cniell turneth awaie fro 
 wretches, and naicth for to dole wepyng eyen. 
 While fortune unfaithful! favoured me with light 
 godcs, that forowfull houre, that is to faie, the 
 clcch, had almofte drente myne hedde: bat now 
 for fortune cloudie hath chaunged her decevable 
 chcre to p.-ievvarJe, myne unpitous life draweth 
 along unfreable dweliynges. O ye my freiides, 
 what, or whereto avaunted ye me to ben welfull ? 
 Fof he that hath faiiin, ftode in no ftedfaft degre. 
 
 I 
 
 N the mene while, that I ftill record thefe thynges 
 
 with my felf, and marked my wepelie complainte 
 with office of poinftell: I faugh ftondyng aboven 
 the hight of myn hed a woman of full grete reve- 
 rence, by femblaunr. Her eyen brennyng, and 
 cler^, fevng over the common might of menne, 
 with a lively colour, and wich Ibche vigour and 
 ftrength that ic ne might not be nempned, all were 
 it fo, that fhe were full of fo grete age, that menne 
 woulden not trowen in no manere, that (lie were 
 of our elde. 
 
 The (lature of her was of doutous Judgemente, 
 for fomet;.me Qie condrained and llironke herftlven, 
 like to the common mefure of menne : And fome- 
 tynie it femed, that flie touched the heven with 
 the highc of her hedde. And when fhe hove her 
 hedde higher, flie pcrced the felf heven, (o chat the 
 fight of menne lokvng was in ydeli; her clothes 
 wer mjked of right delie thredes, and lubtel craft 
 of perdurable matter. The whiche clothes fhe had 
 woven wirh her owne handes, as I knewe well after 
 by her felf declaryng, and lliewyng to me the 
 beautie: The wliiche clothes a darkntfTe of a for- 
 leten and difpifcd elde had duilced and da;ked, as 
 it is wonte to darke by fmokcd Images. 
 
 In the neihereft hemme and border of thefe 
 clothes menne redde iwoven therein a Grekilhe A. 
 that fignifieth the life adtive, and above that letter, 
 in the hicft bordure, a Grekifhe C. that fignifieth 
 the life contemplatife. And bctwcne thefe two 
 
 Vol. I. letters 
 
 with al Ijer incommodities and euyls, and forowe 
 hath commaunded and broughte me into the fame 
 old age, that is to fay: that forowe cauleth me to 
 be olde, before my time come of olde age. The 
 hoer heares do growe vntimely vpon my heade, 
 and my reuiled fl;\nne trembleth my llefh, cleanc 
 confumed and wafle with forowe. Mannes death 
 is happy, that cometh not in youth, when a man 
 is luflye, and in plealure or weith: but in time of 
 aduerlitie, when it is often defyred. Alas Alas 
 howe dull and delFe be the eares of cruel death vnto 
 men in mifery that would fayne dye: and yet re- 
 fufythe to come and fhutte vp theyr carefull wep- 
 yng eyes. Whiles that falfe fortune fauoryd me 
 with her tranfitorye goodes, then the howre of 
 death had almoft ouercome me. That is to fay 
 deathe was redy to opprelfe me when I was in pro- 
 fperitie. Nowe for by caufe that fortune beynge 
 turned, from profperitic into aduerfitie (as the clere 
 day is darkyd with cloudes) and hath chaungyd her 
 deceyuable countenaunce: my wretched life is yet 
 prolonged, and doth continue in dolour. O my 
 frendes, why haue you fo often bofted me, fayinge 
 that I was happy when I had honor poflefTions 
 riches, and authoritie whych be tranfitory thynges. 
 He that hath fallen was in no ftedefafl: degre. 
 
 '\7S/'HYLES that I confiderydde pryuylye with 
 my felfe the thynges before fayd, and defcry- 
 bed my wofull complaynte after the maner and 
 ofFyce of a wrytter, me thought I fawe a woman 
 ftand ouer my head of a reuerend countenaunce, 
 hauyng quycke and glyfteryng clere eye, aboue 
 the common forte of men in lyuely and delegable 
 coloure, and ful of ftrength, although fhe femed fo 
 olde that by no meanes flie is thought to be one of 
 this oure tyme, her ftature is of douteful know- 
 ledge, for nowe flie Ihewethe herfelfe at the corn- 
 men length or ftatur of men, and other whiles Ihe 
 fcmeth fo high, as though fne touched heuen with 
 the crown of her hed. And when fhe wold ftretch 
 fourth her hed hygher, it alfo perced thorough 
 heauen, fo that mens iyghte coulde not attaine to 
 behold her. Her veftures or cloths were perfyt of 
 the finyfte thredes, and (ubtyll vvorkemanfhyp, and 
 of fubftaunce permanent, whych vefturs fhe had 
 wouen with her own hands as I perceyued after by 
 her owne laiyngc. The kynde or beawtye of the 
 whyche vtftures, a certayne darkenes or rather ig- 
 noraunce of oldenes forgotten hadde obfcuryd and 
 darkened, as the fnsoke is wont to darken Images 
 that {land nyghe the fmoke. In the lower parte of 
 the faid veftures was read the Gi eke letter P. wouen 
 whych fignifyeth pradife or aiflyffe, and in the 
 hygher parte of the veftures the Greke letter T. 
 whych eftandeth for theorica, that fignifieth fpecu- 
 lacion or contemplation. And becwcne both the 
 [g] fayd
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 letters there were feen fdegrces nobly wrought, in 
 maner of ladders, by whiche degrees menne might 
 climben from the nethereft letter to the upperefh : 
 nathelefle handes of fonne men hadden kerve that 
 clothe, by violence or by ftrength, and everiche 
 manne of 'hem had borne awaie foche peces, as he 
 might getten. And forfothe this forfaied woman 
 bare fmale bokes in her right hande, and in her left 
 hand (he bare a fcepter. And when fhe fiwe thefe 
 Poeticall mufes approchyng about my bed, and 
 endityng wordes to my wepynges, fhe was a litle 
 amoved, and glowed with cniell eyen. Who (q*6 
 Ihe) hath fuffered approchen to this fike manne 
 thefe commen ftrompeites, of which is the place 
 that menne callen Theatre, the whiche onely ne 
 alTwagen not his forowes with remedies, but ihei 
 would feden and norifhe hym with fwete venime ? 
 Forfothe, that ben tho ihat with thorncs, and 
 prickynges of talentes of affeccions, whiche that ben 
 nothyng fruftiious nor profitable, diftroien the 
 Corne, plentuous of fruiftes of refon. For thei 
 holden hertes of men in ufage, but the! ne deliver 
 no folke fro maladie. But if ye mufes had with- 
 drawen fro me with your flatteries any unconnyng 
 and unprofitable manne, as ben wont to finde com- 
 menly emong the peple, I would well fufifre the 
 laffe grevoufly. For why, in foche an unprofitable 
 man myn ententes were nothyng endamaged. But 
 ye withdrowen from me this man, that hath ben 
 nourifhed in my ftudies or fcoles of Eleaticis, and 
 of Academicis in Grece. But goeth now rather 
 awaie ye Mermaidens, whiche that ben fwete, till 
 it be at the laft, and lufFreth this man to be cured 
 and heled by my mufes, that is to fay, by my note- 
 full fciences. And thus this companie of mufes 
 jblamed caften wrothly the chere dounward to the 
 ycrth, and flicwing by rednefle iher fhame, thei 
 paflcden forowfully the threlholde. And I of vt/hom 
 the fight plounged jn teres was darktd, fo that I ne 
 might not know what that woman was, of fo Im- 
 perial aui^horitie, i woxe all abaihed and Itonicd, 
 and call my fight doune to the yerth, and began 
 ftill for to abide what fhe would doen afterward. 
 Then came flie nere, and fet her doune upon the 
 uttereft corner of my bed, and fhe beholdyng my 
 chere, that was caft to the yerth,. hevie and grcvous 
 of wepyng, complained with thefe wordts (that I 
 Ihall laine) the pcrturbacion of my thought. 
 
 fayd letters were fene certayne degree?, wrought 
 after the maner of ladders, wherein was as it were 
 a paiVage or waye in fteppes or degrees from the 
 lower part vvher the letter P. was which is vnder- 
 ftand from praftys or adyf, unto the hygher parte 
 wher the letter T. was whych is vnderftand fpecu- 
 lacion or contemplacion. Neuertheles the handes 
 of fome vyolente perfones had cut the fayde vcftures 
 and had taken awaye certayne pecis thereof, fucli 
 as euery one coulde catch. And flie her feife dyd 
 bare in her ryght hand lirel bokes, and in her lefte 
 hande, a fcepter, which forefayd phylofophy (when 
 flie faw the mufes poetycal prefent at my bed, fpek- 
 yng forowfull wordes to my wepynges) beyng angry 
 fayd (with terrible or frownynge countenaunce) who 
 fufFred thefe crafty harlottes to com to thys fycke 
 man f whych can help hym by no means of hys 
 griefe by any kind of medicints, but rather increafe 
 the fame with fwete poyfon. Thefe be they that 
 doo dyltroye the fertile and plentious commodytyes 
 of reafon and the fruytes therof vvyth their pryck- 
 ynge thornes, or barren aflrVdtes, and accuilome or 
 fubdue mens myndes with fickenes, and heuynes, 
 and do not delyuer or heale them of the fame. But 
 yf your flatterye had conueyed or wythdrawen from 
 me, any vniernyd m^an as the comen forte of people 
 are wonte to be, I coulde haue ben better con- 
 tentyd, for in that my worke fhould not be hurt or 
 hynderyd. But you haue taken and conueyed 
 from me thys man that hath ben broughte vp in the 
 ftudyes of Ariftotel and of Plato. But yet get you 
 hence maremaids (that feme fwete untyll you hau£ 
 brought a man to deathe) and fuffer m.e to heale 
 thys my man vvyth my mules or fcyences that be 
 holfome and good. And after that philofophy hid 
 fpoken thefe wordes the fiiyd companye of the mulys 
 poeticall beynge rebukyd and fad, cafte down their 
 countenaunce to the grounde, and by bluflyng con- 
 feifed their (hamfaftnes, and went out of the dores. 
 But 1 (that had my fyght dull and biynd wyth 
 wepyng, (o that 1 kntvj not what woman this was 
 hauyng foo great audlhotitie) was amafyd or afto- 
 nyed, and lokyng downeward, towarde the grounde, 
 1 b(.'gan pryvylye to look what thyng (he would 
 faye (crther, then ("he had laid. Then (he ap- 
 procbing and drawynge nere vnto me, fat downs 
 vpon the vttermolt part of my bed, and lok)ng 
 vpon my face fad with weping, and declynyd 
 toward the earth fur forow, bcwuyied the trouble of 
 my mind vvyth thefe fayingcs fulowynge. 
 
 The
 
 ENGLISH 
 
 LANGUAGE. 
 
 The Conclufions of the Astrolabie. 
 
 This book (written to his Ton in the year of our 
 Lord 1 391, and in the 14 of King Richard II.) 
 ftandeth fo good at this day, cfpecially for the 
 horizoii of Oxford, as in the opinion of the 
 learned it cannot be amended, fays an Edit, of 
 Chaucer. 
 
 T YTEL Lowys my fonne, I perceve well by 
 ■'-' certaine evidences thyne abylyte to lerne fcy- 
 ences, touching nombres and proporcions, and 
 alfo well conl'ydre I thy befye prayer in efpecyal 
 to lerne the tretyfe of ihe aibolabye. Than tor 
 as moche as a philofopher faitlie, he wrapeth hym 
 in his frende, that condifcendeth to the ryght- 
 full prayers of his frende : therfore I have given 
 the a fufficient aflrolabye for oure orizont, com- 
 powned after the huitude of Oxenforde : upon the 
 whiche by mediacion of this lyttll tretife, I pur- 
 pofe to teche the a certaine nombre of conclufions, 
 pertainynge to this fame inftrumenf. I fay a cer- 
 taine nombre of conclufions for thre caufes, the 
 firft caufe is this. Trufte wel that al the conclufions 
 that have be founden, or ells pofTiblye might be 
 fbunde in lo noble an inllrument as in the aflro- 
 labye, ben unknowen perfitely to anye mortal man 
 in this region, as I fuppofe. Another caufe is 
 this, that fothely in any cartes of the aflrolabye 
 that I have yfene, ther ben fome conclufions, that 
 wol not in al thinges perfourme ther behefies : and 
 fome of 'hem ben to harde to thy tender age of 
 ten yere to conceve. This trctife divided in five 
 partes, wil I fliewe the wondir light rules and 
 naked wordes in Englifhe, for Latine ne canft 
 thou nat yet but finale, my litel fonne. But ne- 
 verthelefle fuffifeth to the thefe trewe conclufyons 
 m Englifhe, as wel as fuffifeth to thefe noble 
 derives Grekes thefe fame conclufyons in Greke, 
 and to the Arabines in Arabike, and to the Jcwes 
 in Hebrcvve, and to the Latin folke in Latyn: 
 whiche Latyn folke had 'hem firfteout of other di- 
 vers langages, and write 'hem in ther owne tonge, 
 that is to laine in Latine. 
 
 And God wote that in ail thefe langages and in 
 manye mo, have thefe conclufyons ben lufficientlye 
 lerned and taught, and yet by divers rules, right 
 as divers pathcs leden divers folke .the right v;aye 
 ^0 Rome. 
 
 Now wol I pray mekely every perfon difcrcte, 
 that redeth or hereth this lityl tretife to have my 
 rude eiuenting excufed, and my fuperfiuite of 
 wordes, for two caufes. The firft caufe is, for 
 that curious endityng and harde fentences is ful 
 hevy at ones, for foch a childe to lerne. And the 
 feconde caufe is this, that fothely me firmeth better 
 to writen unto a childe twifc a gode fentence, that 
 
 he foriete it ones. And, Lowis, if it be fo that I 
 fhewe the in my lith Knglilhe, as trew conclu- 
 fions touching this mater, and not only as trewc 
 but as many and fubtil conclufions as ben yfhewed 
 in Latin, in any comon tretife of the aftrolabye, 
 conne me the more thanke, and praye God fave the 
 kinge, that is lorde of this langage, and all that 
 him faith bereth, and obeieth everiche in his de- 
 gree, the m.ore and the laiTe. But confydreth 
 well, that 1 ne ufurpe not to have founden this 
 wcrke of my labour or of m.yne engin. I n'ame 
 but a leude compilatour of the laboure of oldc 
 afl:rologiens, and have it tranfiated in myn Englifha 
 oncly for thy dodtrine : and with this fwerde flial 
 I flene envy. 
 
 The firfi: party. 
 
 The firft partye of this trctife fhal reherce the 
 figures, and the membres of thyne aftrolaby, by- 
 caufe that thou fhalte have the greter knowinge cf 
 thine own inftrument. 
 
 The feconde party. 
 
 The feconde partye fhal teche the to werken the 
 very praftike of the forefaid conclufions, as fer- 
 forthe and alfo narowe as may be fliewed in fo- 
 fmale an inftrument portatife aboute. For weh 
 wote every aftrologien, that fmalleft fradlions na 
 wol not be fiiewed in fo fmal an inftrument, as in. 
 fubtil tables calculed for a caufe. 
 
 The Prologue of the Tsstament of LOVE." 
 
 TV/TANY men ther ben, that with eres openly 
 fprad fo moche fwalowen the delicioufnefie of 
 jeftes and of ryme, by queint knittinge coloures, 
 that of the godenefl"e or of the badneffe of the fen- 
 tence take they litel hede or els none. 
 
 Sothelye dulle witte and a thoughcfulle foule fo 
 fore have mined and graffcd in my fpintes, that 
 foche craft of enditinge woll nat ben of mins 
 acquaintaunce. And for rude wordes and boiftous 
 percen the herte of the herer to the inreft point, and 
 planten there the fentence of thinges, fo that with 
 litel hcipe it is able to fpring, this boke, that no- 
 thynge hath of the grete flode of wytte, ne of 
 ftmelyche colours, is dolven with rude wordes and 
 boiftous, and fo drawe togiSer to maken the catchers 
 therof ben the more redy to hent fentence. 
 
 Some men there ben, that painten vvith colours 
 riche and fome with wers, as with red inke, and 
 fome with coles and chalke: and yet is there gode 
 matter to the leude peple of thyike chalkye pur- 
 treyture, as 'hem thinketh for the time, and after^ 
 " ward.
 
 THE HISTORYOF THE 
 
 ward the fyght of the better colours yeven to 'hem 
 more joye for the firft leudenefle. So fothly this 
 leude clowdy occupacyon is not to prayfe, but by 
 the leude, for comenly leude leudeneffe commend- 
 eth. Eke it fhai yeve fight that other precyous 
 thynges fhail be the more in reverence. In Latin 
 and French hath many foveraine wittes had grete 
 delyte to endite, and have many noble thinges ful- 
 filde, but cei tes there btn fome that fpeken ther 
 poifye mater in Frenche, of whiche fpeche the 
 Frenche men have as gode a fantafye as we 
 have in heryng of French mens Engliflie. And 
 many termcs there ben in Englyfhe, whiche 
 unneth we Enghflie men connen declare the 
 knowleginge^ howc fliould than a Frenche man 
 borne? Ibche termes connejumpere in his matter, 
 but as the jay chatereth Englifhe. Right fo truely 
 the underftandyn of Engliihmen woU not ftretche 
 to the privie termes in Frenche, what fo ever we 
 boften of ftraunge langage. Let then clerkes 
 enditen in Latin, for they have the propertie of 
 Icience, and the knowinge in that facukie : and 
 lette Frenche men in ther Frenche alfo enditen ther 
 queint termes, for it is kyndely to ther mouthes; 
 and let us lliewe our fa'ntalies in fuch wordes as we 
 Jerneden of our dame's tonge. And although this 
 boke be lytel thank worthy for the leudeneffe in 
 travaile, yet foch writing exiten men to thilke 
 thinges that ben neceffarie : for every man therby 
 may as by a perpetual myrrour fene the vices or 
 vertues of other, in whyche thynge lightly may be 
 conceved to elchue perils, and nccelTaries to catch, 
 after as aventures have fallen to other peple or 
 perfons. 
 
 Certes the foverainfl thinge of defire and moft 
 creture rcfonable, have or els fhuld have full ap- 
 petite to ther perfeccyon : unrefonable beftes 
 mowen not, fithe rtfon hath in 'hem no workinge : 
 than refonable that wol not, is comparifoned to un- 
 refonable, and made lyke 'hem. Forfothe the mod 
 cveraine and final! perfcccion of man is in knovv- 
 ynge of a lothe, withouten any entent decevable, 
 and in love of one very God, thit is inchaungeable, 
 that is to knowe, and love his crcatour. 
 
 Nowe principally the mcne to brynge in know- 
 leging and lovynge his creatour, is the confidera- 
 cyon of thyngts made by the creatour, wher through 
 by thyike thinges that ben made, underftandynge 
 heie to our wyttes, arne the unlene pryvities of 
 God made to us fyghttuil and knowinge, in our 
 contemplacion and underftondinge. Thefe thinges 
 than forfothe moche bringen us to the ful know- 
 leginge lothe, and to the parfyte love of the maker 
 of hevenly thinges.' Lo ! David faith: thou hafte 
 delited me in makinge, as who faith, to have delite 
 in the tune how God hat lent me in confideracion 
 of thy makinge, Wherof Ariltotle in the boke 
 
 de Animalibus, faith to nature]) philofophers :" It is 
 a grete likynge in love of knowinge ther cretoure: 
 and alfo in knowinge of caufes in kindeiye thynges, 
 confidrid forfothe the formes of kindeiye thynges 
 and the fliap, a gret kyndelye love we fhulde have 
 to the werkman that 'hem made. The crafte of a 
 werkman is fhewed in the werk. Herefore trulie 
 the philofophers with a lyvely fludie manie noble 
 thinges, righte precious, and worthy to memorye, 
 writen, and by a gret fwet and travaille to us leften 
 of caufes the properties in natures of thinges, to 
 whiche therfore philofophers it was more joy, more 
 lykinge, more herty luft in kindely vertues and 
 matters of relon the perfeccion by bufy fludy to 
 knowe, than to have had all the trelbur, al the 
 richeffe, al the vaine glory, that the paffed empe- 
 rours, princes, or kinges hadden. Therfore the 
 names of 'hem in the boke of perpetual! memorie 
 in vertue and pece arne writen; and in the con- 
 trarie, that is to faine, in Styxe the foule pitte of 
 helle arne thilke preffed that foch godenes hated. 
 And bicaufe this boke fhall be of love, and the 
 prime caufes of ftering in. that doinge with paf- 
 fions and diteles for wantinge of dcfire, I wil that 
 this boke be cleped the teliament of love. 
 
 But nowe thou reder, who is thilke thar will not 
 in fcorne laughe, to here a dwarfe or els halfe a 
 man, fay he will rende out the fwerde of Hercules 
 handes, and alfo he (hulde fet Hercules Gades a 
 mile yet ferther, and over that he had povv-er of 
 ftrength to pijll up the fpere, that Alilander the 
 noble might never waggc, and that paiTinge al 
 thinge to ben mayfter of Fraunce by might, there 
 as the noble gracious Edwarde the thirdc for al his 
 grete proweffe in victories ne might al yet conquere? 
 
 Certes I wore well, ther fliall be made more 
 fcorne and jape of me, that I fo unworthely clothed 
 aitogither in the cloudie cloude of unconning, wil 
 putten me in prees to fpeke of love, or els of the 
 caufes in that matter, fitheii al the gretcclT: clerkes 
 han had ynough to don, and as who laith gathered 
 up clene toforne 'hem, and with ther (liarp fithes of 
 conning al inowen and made therof grete rekes and 
 noble, fill of al plenties to fede me and many an 
 other. Envye forfothe commenileth noiighte his 
 refon, that he hath in hain, be it never lb trully. 
 And although thcfe noble rt-pers, as gode work- 
 men and woniiy ther hier, han a! draw and bounde 
 up in the flicves, and made many fhockes, yet have 
 1 cnlaiTiple to gaSer the fmale crommcs, and tullin 
 ma walet of tho that failed from the bourde among 
 the Imalle houndes, notwuhrtanding the travaile of 
 the almolgner, that hath draw up in the cloth al 
 the remiffailes, as trenchours, and the rclefe to 
 bere to the almeffe. Yet alio heve I leve of the 
 noble hulbande Boece, although 1 be a rtraunger 
 of connirge to come after his doftrine, and thcfe 
 
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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 grete workmen, and glene my handfuls of the 
 ihedynge after ther handes, and yf me fade ought 
 of my fulj to encrefe my porcion with that I fhal 
 drawe by privyties out of fliockes ; a flye fervaunte 
 in his owne helpe is often moche commended ; 
 knowynge of trouthe in caufes of thynges, was 
 more hardier in the firfte fechers, and fo fayth 
 Ariftotle, and lighter in us that han folowed after. 
 For ther pafling ftudy han frslhed our wittes, and 
 oure undcrltandynge han excited in confideracion 
 of trouth by (harpenes of ther refons. Utterly 
 thefe thinges be no dremes ne japes, to throwe to 
 hogges, it is lifelych mete for children of trouth, 
 and as they me betiden whan I pilgramed out of 
 my kith in wintere, whan the wether out of mefure 
 was boiftous, and the wyld wynd Boreas, as his 
 ■kind afketh, with dryinge coldes maked the wawes 
 of the ocean fe fo to arife unkindely over the com- 
 mune bankes that it was in point to fpill all the 
 erthe. 
 
 The Prologues of the Canterbury Tales of 
 CHAUCER, from the MSS. 
 
 XX/HEN that Aprilis with his Ihouris fote, 
 ' The drought of March had percid to the rote. 
 And bathid every veyn in fuch licour. 
 Of which vertue engendrid is the flour. 
 When Zephyrus eke, with his fwete breth 
 Enfpirid hath, in very holt and heth 
 The tender croppisj and that the yong Sunn 
 Hath in the Ramm his halve cours yrunn : 
 And fmale foulis makin melodye. 
 That flepin alle night with opin eye, 
 (So prickith them nature in ther corage) 
 Then Jongin folk to go on pilgrimage : 
 And palmers for to fekin ftrange ftrondes. 
 To fervin hallowes couth in fondry londes : 
 And fpecialiy fro every fhir'is end 
 Of England, to Canterbury they wend, 
 The holy blisfuil martyr for to feke. 
 That them hath holpin, whan that they were feke. 
 
 Befell that in that fefon on a day 
 In Souchvverk at the Tabberd as I lay, 
 Redy to wendin on my pilgrimage 
 -To Canterbury, with devote corage. 
 At night wer come into that hoftery 
 Wele nine and twenty in a company 
 Of fundrie folk, by aventure yfall 
 In felafhipj and pilgrimes wer they all: 
 That toward Canterbury wouldin ride. 
 
 The chambers and the ftablis werin wide. 
 And well we werin efid at the bsft : 
 And fhortly whan the funne was to reft. 
 So had I fpokin with them everych one, 
 That I was of ther felalhip anonej 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 And made forward erli for to ri(e. 
 
 To take our vveye, ther as I did devifc. 
 
 But nathlefs while that I have time and fpace, 
 Er' that I farther in this tale pace, 
 Methinkith it accordaunt to refon, 
 To tell you alle the conditidn 
 Of ech of them, fo as it femid me, 
 And which they werin, and of what degree, 
 And eke in wh.it array that they were in : 
 And at a knight then woll I firft begin. 
 
 The Knight. 
 
 A knight ther was, and that a worthy man. 
 That fro the time that he nrft began 
 To ridin out, he lovid Chevalrie, 
 Trouth and honour, fredome and curtefy. 
 Full worthy was he in his lord'is werre. 
 And thereto had he riddin nane more ferre 
 As well in Chriftendom, as in Hethnefs; 
 And evyr honoured for his worthinefs. 
 
 At Aleflandre' he was whan it was won ; 
 Full oft timis he had the bord begon 
 Abovin alle naciouns in Prucej 
 In Lettow had he riddin, and in Luce, 
 No Chriften-man fo oft of his degree 
 In Granada } in the fege had he be 
 Of Algezir, and ridd in Belmaryj 
 At Leyis was he, and at Sataly, 
 Whan that they wer won; and in the grete fee 
 At many'a noble army had he be: 
 At mortal battails had he ben fiftene. 
 And foughtin for our feith at Trameiene, 
 In liftis thrys, and alwey flein his fo. 
 
 This ilkc worthy knight hath been alfo 
 Sometimis with the lord of Palathy, 
 Ayens anothir hethin in Turky; 
 And evirmore he had a fov'rane prize ; 
 And though that he was worthy, he was wifej 
 And of his port as meke as is a maid. 
 He nevir yet no villany he faid 
 In all his life unto no manner wight : 
 He was a very parfit gentil knight. 
 But for to tellin you ot his array. 
 His hors wer good ; but he was nothing gay. 
 Of fuftian he werid a gipon, 
 Alle befmottrid with his haburgeon. 
 For he was late ycorne from his viage. 
 And wente for to do his pilgrimage. 
 
 The House of FAME. 
 
 The Firfl Boke. 
 
 "VrOW herken, as I have you faied, 
 •*-^ What that I mette or 1 abraied, 
 Of December the tenith dale. 
 When it was night, to flepe I laie, 
 
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 Right as I was wonte for to doen. 
 And fill aflepe wondir fone, 
 As he that was werie forgo 
 On pilgrimage milis two 
 To the corps of fainft Leonarde, 
 To makin lithe that erft was harde. 
 But as me flept me mette I was 
 Within a temple' imade of glas, 
 In whiche there werin mo images 
 Of golde ftandyng in fondrie ftages, 
 Sette in mo riche tabirnacles, 
 And with perre mo pinnacles. 
 And mo curious portraituris. 
 And queint manir of figuris 
 Of golde worke, then I fiiwe evir. 
 
 But certainly I n'ift nevir 
 Where that it was, but well wift I 
 It was of Venus redily 
 This temple, for in purtreiture 
 I fawe anone right her figure 
 Nakid yfietyng in a fe. 
 And alfo on her hedde parde 
 Her rofy garland white and redde, 
 And her combe for to kembe her hedde 
 Her dovis, and Dan Cupido 
 Her blinde fonne, and Vulcano, 
 That in his face ywas full broune. 
 But as I romid up and doune, 
 I founde that on the wall there was 
 Thus writtin on a table' of bras. 
 I woll now fyng, if that I can. 
 The armis, and alfo the man, 
 That firft came through his deftine 
 Fugitife fro Troye the countre 
 Into Itaile, with full moche pine. 
 Unto the ftrondis of Lavine, 
 And tho began the ftorie' anone. 
 As I fhall tellin you echone. 
 
 Firft fawe I the diftruccion 
 Of Troie, thorough the Greke Sinon, 
 With his faife untrue forfwerynges. 
 And with his chere and his lefynges, 
 That made a horfe, brought into Troye, 
 By whiche Trojans lofte all their joyc. 
 
 And aftir this was graved, alas ! 
 How llions caftill aflailed was. 
 And won, and kyng Priamus flain. 
 And Polites his fonne certain, 
 Difpitoufly of Dan Pyrrhus. 
 
 And next that fawe I howe Venus, 
 When that fhe fawe the cadill brende, 
 Doune from hevin fhe gan difcende. 
 And bade her fonne /Eneas fle. 
 And how he fled, and how that he 
 
 Efcapid was from all the pres. 
 And toke his fathre', old Anchifes, 
 And bare hym on his backe av/aie. 
 Crying alas and welawaie ! 
 The whiche Anchifes in his hande. 
 Bare tho the goddis of the lande 
 I mene thilke that unbrennid were. 
 Then fawe I next that all in fere 
 How Creuf?, Dan ^^neas wife, 
 Whom that he lovid all his life, 
 And her yong fonne clepid Julo, 
 And eke Afcanius alfo, 
 Fleddin eke, with full drerie chere, 
 That it was pite for to here, 
 And in a foreft as thei went 
 How at a tournyng of a went 
 Creiifa was ilofte, alas ! 
 That rede not I, how that it was 
 How he her fought, and how her ghofte 
 Bad hym to flie the Grekis hofte, 
 And faied he muft into Itaile, 
 As was his deftinie, fauns faile, 
 That it was pitie for to here. 
 When that her fpirite gan appere. 
 The word is that flie to hym faied. 
 And for to kepe her fonne hym praied. 
 
 There fawe 1 gravin eke how he 
 His fathir eke, and his meine. 
 With his fhippis began to faile 
 Toward the countrey of Itaile, 
 As ftreight as ere thei mightin go. 
 
 I'here fawe I eke the, cruill Juno, 
 That art Dan Jupiter his wife. 
 That haft ihated all thy life 
 Mercilefs all the Trojan blode, 
 Rennin and crie as thou were wode 
 On i5iolus, the god of windes. 
 To blowin out of alle kindes 
 So loude, that he fliould ydrenche 
 Lorde, and ladie, and grome, and wenche 
 Of all the Trojanis nacion. 
 Without any' of their falvacion. 
 
 There fawe I foche tempeft arife. 
 That every herte might agrife. 
 To fe it paintid on the wall. 
 
 There fawe I eke gravin withall, 
 Venus, how ye, my ladie dere, 
 Ywepyng with full wofull chere 
 Yprayid Jupiter on hie. 
 To fave and kepin that navie 
 Of that dere Trojan iEneas, 
 Sithins that he your fonne ywas. 
 
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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Gode Counfaile of Chaucer. 
 
 FLIE fro the prefe and dwell with fothfaftnefle, 
 Suffife unto thy gode though it be fmall, 
 For horde hath hate, and climbyng tikilnefTe, 
 Prece hath envie, and wele it brent cer all. 
 Savour no more then the behovin fliall, 
 
 Rede well thy felf, that othir folke canft rede. 
 And trouthe the Ihall delivir it 'is no drede. 
 Paine the not eche crokid to redrelTe, 
 
 In truft of her that ^ournith as a balle, 
 Grete relt Itandith in litil bufinefle. 
 Beware alfo to fpurne againfl: a nalle, 
 Strive not as doith a crocke with a walle, 
 Demith thyfelf that demift othir's dede. 
 And trouthe the fhall deliver it 'is no drede. 
 That the is lent reteve in buxonnenefle ; 
 
 The wraRlyng of this worlde afkith a fall} 
 Here is no home, here is but wildirnelTe, 
 Forthe pilgrim, forthe o beft out of thy ftall, 
 Loke up on high, and thanke thy God of all. 
 Weivith thy lufte and let thy ghoft the lede, 
 And trouthe the fliall delivir, it 'is no drede. 
 
 Balade of the village without paintyng. 
 
 fT^HIS wretchid world'is tranfmutacion 
 ■*■ As wele and wo, nowe pore, and now honourj 
 Without ordir or due dilcrecion. 
 Govirnid is by fortune'is errour, 
 But nathelelle the lacke of her favour 
 
 Ne maie not doe me fyng though that I die, 
 J'ay tout perdu, mon temps & mon labeur 
 For finally fortune 1 doe defie, 
 Yet is me left the fight of my refoun 
 
 To knowin frende fro foe in thy mirrour. 
 So moche hath yet thy tournyng up and doun, 
 1 taughtin me to knowin in an hour. 
 But truiiy no force of thy reddour 
 
 To hym that ovir hymfelf hath maiftrie. 
 My fuffifaunce ylhal be my fuccour, 
 For finally fortune I do defie. 
 O Socrates, thou ftedfaft champion. 
 
 She ne might nevir be thy turmentour, 
 Thou nevir dreddift her oppreHion, 
 
 Ne in her chere foundin thou no favour. 
 Thou knewe wele the difceipt of her colour, 
 And that her mofte worfhip is for to lie, 
 I knowe her eke a falfe diffimulour. 
 For finally fortune J. do defie. 
 
 The anfwere of Fortune. 
 
 No man is wretchid but hymfelf it wene. 
 He that yhath hymfelf hath fuffifaunce. 
 
 Why faieft thou then I am to the fo kene. 
 That hath thy fclf out of my govirnaunce ? 
 
 Sale thus grant mercie of thin habundaunce, 
 
 That thou haft lent or this, thou (halt not ftrive. 
 What woft thou yet how I the woll avaunce ? 
 
 And eke thou haft thy befte frende alive. 
 I have the taught divifion betwene 
 
 Frende of effefte, and frende of countinuaunce. 
 The nedith not the galle of an hine. 
 
 That curith eyin derke for ther penaunce, 
 Now feeft thou clere that wee in ignorauncc. 
 
 Yet holt thine anker, and thou maieft arive 
 There bountie bereth the key of my fubftaunce. 
 
 And eke thou hafte they befte frende alive. 
 How many have 1 refufed to fullene, 
 
 Sith I have the foftrid in thy plefaunce ? 
 
 Wolt thou then make a ftatute on thy quene, 
 
 That I fliall be aie at thine ordinaunce ? 
 
 Thou born art in my reign of variaunce. 
 
 About the whele with othir muft thou drive 
 My lore is bet, then wicke is thy grevaunce, 
 
 And eke thou haft befte frende alive. 
 
 The anfwere to Fortune. 
 
 Thy lore I dampne, it is adverfitie. 
 
 My frend maift thou not revin blind goddefl*e. 
 That I thy frendis knowe I thanke it the. 
 Take 'hem again, let 'hem go lie a prefTe, 
 The nigardis in kepyng ther richefTe 
 
 Pronoftike is thou wolt ther toure afTaile, 
 Wicke appetite cometh aie before fickeneffe. 
 In generall this rule ne maie not faile. 
 
 Fortune. 
 Thou pinchift at my mutabilitie. 
 
 For I the lent a droppe of my richefTe, 
 And now me likith to withdrawin me. 
 Why fhouldift thou my roialtie oppreflfe ? 
 The fe maie ebbe and flowin more and lefte, 
 
 The welkin hath might to fhine, rain, and haile. 
 Right fo m.uft I kithin my brotilnefTe, 
 In generall this rule ne maie not faile. 
 
 The Plaintiff'e. 
 
 Lo, the' execucion of the majeftie. 
 
 That all purveighith of his rightwifenefte. 
 That fame thyng fortune yclepin ye. 
 Ye blindc beftis full of leudenefs ! 
 The heven hath propirtie of fikirnefs, 
 
 This worlde hath evir reftlelfe travaile. 
 The laft daie is the ende of myne entrefle. 
 In generall this rule ne maie not faile. 
 
 Th' envoye of Fortune. 
 Princes I praie you of your gentilneffe. 
 
 Let not this man and me thus crie and plain. 
 And I fhall quitiri you this bufinefTe, 
 
 And if ye lifte releve hym of his pain, 
 Praie ye his beft frende of his noblenefle 
 That to fome bettir ftate he maie attain. 
 
 Lydgatc
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Lydgate was a monk oi Bury, who wrote about 
 the fame time with Chaucer. Out of his prologue 
 to his third book of The Fall of Princes a few 
 ftanzas are ietcded, which, being compared with 
 the ftyle of his two contemporaries, will fhow that 
 our language was then not written by caprice, but 
 was in a fettled (late. 
 
 T I KE a pilgrime which that goeth on foote, 
 ■*-' And hath none horfe to releue his trauayle, 
 Whote, drye and vvery, and may finde no bote 
 Of wel cold whan thruft doth hym aHIiyle, 
 "Wine nor licour, that may to hym auayle, 
 Tight fo fare I which in my bufinefle. 
 No fuccour fynde my rudenes to redreffe. 
 
 I meane as thus, I haue no frefh licour 
 Out of the conduites of Calliope, 
 Nor through Clio in rhetorike no floure. 
 In my labour for to refrelh qie: 
 ■ Nor of the fufters in noumber thrife three. 
 Which with Cichera on Parnafo dwell. 
 They neuer me gaue drinke once of their wel. 
 
 Nor of theyr Ipringes clere and chriftaline. 
 That fprange by touchyng of the Pegafe, 
 Their fauour lacketh my making ten lumine 
 I fynde theyr bawme of fo great fcarcitie. 
 To tame their tonnes with fome drop of plentie 
 For Poliphemus throw his great blindnes. 
 Hath in me derked of Argos the brightnes. 
 
 Our life here fhort of wit the great dulnes 
 The heuy foule troubled with trauayle. 
 And of memorye the glafyng brotelnes, 
 Drede and vncunning haue made a ftrong batail 
 With werines my fpinte to aflayle, 
 And with their fubtil creping in moft queint 
 Hath made my fpirit in makyng for to feint. 
 
 And ouermore, the ferefuU forwardnes 
 Of my flepmother called obliuion. 
 Hath a baftyll of foryetfulnes. 
 To ftoppe the paflage, and (hadow my reafon 
 That I might haue no clere direccion. 
 In tranflating of new to quicke me. 
 Stories to write of olde antiquite. 
 
 Thus was I fet and ftode in double werre 
 At the metyng of feareful wayes tweyne. 
 The one was this, who euer lift to lere. 
 Whereas good wyll gan me conftrayne, 
 Bochas taccomplifh for to doe my payne. 
 Came ignoraunce, with a menace of drede. 
 My penne to reft I durft not procede. 
 
 Fcrtejcue was chief juftice of the Common-Pleas, 
 in the reign of king Henry VI. He retired in 
 147 1, after the battle of Tewkefbury, and pro- 
 bably wrote moft of his works in his privacy. 
 The following paflage is fcledted from his book 
 
 7 
 
 of The Difference between an ahjohte and limited 
 Monarchy. 
 
 H 
 
 [YT may peraventure be marvelid by fome men» 
 why one Realme is a Lordfhyp only Royally 
 and the Prynce thereof rulyth yt by his Law, callid 
 Jus Regale; and another Kyngdome is a Lordfchip, 
 Royall and Politike, and the Prince thereof rulyth by 
 a Lawe, callyd Jus Politicum £5? Regale; fythen thes 
 two Princes beth of-egall Aftate. 
 
 To this dowte it may be anfweryd in this man- 
 ner; The firft Inftitution of thes twoo Realmys, 
 upon the Incorporation of them, is the Caufe of 
 this diverfyte. 
 
 When Nembroth by Might, for his own Glorye, 
 made and incorporate the firft Realme, and fub- 
 duyd it to hymfelf by Tyrannye, he would noc 
 have it governyd by any otht! Rule or Lawe, 
 but by his own Will; by which and for th' ac- 
 complilhment thereof he made it. And therfor, 
 though he had thus made a Realme, holy Scripture 
 denyyd to cal hym a Kyng, ^ia Rex dicitur a Re~ 
 gendo; Whych thyng he dyd not, but oppreflyd 
 the People by Myght, and therfor he was a Ty- 
 rant, and callid Primus Tyrannorum. But holy 
 Writ callith hym Rohujtus Venator coram Deo. For 
 as the Hunter takyth the wyld befte for tofcle and 
 eate hym; fo Nembroth fubduyd to him the People 
 with Might, to have their fervice and their goods, 
 ufing upon them the Lordfchip that is callid Domi~ 
 tiimn Regale tantum. After hym Belus that was 
 callid firft a Kyng, and after hym his Sone Nynus, 
 and after hym other Panyms; They, by Example 
 of Nembroth, made them Realmys, would noC 
 have them rulyd by other Lawys than by their own 
 Wills. Which Lawys ben right good under good 
 Princes; and their Kyngdoms a then moft refemblyd 
 to the Kyngdome of God, which reynith upon Man, 
 rulyng him by hys own Will. Wherfor many 
 Cryftyn Princes ufen the-fame Lawe; and therfor it 
 is, that the Lawys fayen, ^od Principijtlacuit Legis 
 habet vigorem. And thus 1 I'uppofe firft beganne in 
 Realmys, Dominium tantum Regale. But afterward, 
 whan Mankynd was more manluete, and better dif- 
 pofyd to Vertue, Crete Communaltics, as was the 
 Felifhip, that came into this Lond with Brute, 
 wyllyng to be unyed and made a Body Politike 
 callid a Realme, havyng an Heed to governe itj 
 as after the Saying of the Philofopher, every Com- 
 munaltie unyed of many parts muft needs have an 
 Heed; than they choic the fame Brute to be their 
 Heed and Kyng. And they and he upon this In- 
 corporation and Inftitution, and onyng of themfelf 
 into a Realme, ordeynyd the fame Realme fo to be 
 rulyd and juftyfyd by fuch Lawys, as they al would 
 afTent unto; which Law therfor is callid Politicum ; 
 and bycaufe it is mynyftrid by a Kyng, it is callid 
 
 Regale.
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Regale. Dominium Politicum dicitur qnaft Regimen, 
 pluriumScieniia,/ive Cotifiliominiftratum. TheKyng 
 of Scotts reynith upon his People by his Lawe, 
 videlicet, Regimine Politico £5? Regali. And as Dio- 
 dorus Syculus faith, in his Boke de prijcis Hijloriis, 
 The Reahne of Egypte is rulid by the fame Lawe, 
 and therfor the Kyng therof cliaungith not his 
 Lawes, without the Aflent of his People. And in 
 like forme as he faith is ruled the Kyngdome of 
 Saba, in Felici Arabia, and the Lond of Libie; 
 And alfo the more parte of al the Realmys in 
 Afrike. Which manner of Rule and Lordfhip, the 
 fayd Diodorus in that Boke, prayfith gretely. For 
 it is not only good for the Prince, that may thereby 
 the more fewcrly do Juftice, than by his owne Ar- 
 bitriment ; but it is alfo good for his People that 
 receyve therby, fuch Juftice as they defyer them- 
 felf. Now as me feymth, it ys fliewvd opinly 
 ynough, why one Kyng rulyth and reynith on his 
 People Bominio tantum Regali, and that other rey- 
 nith Dominio Politico & Regali: For that one Kyng- 
 
 dome beganne, of and by, the Might of the Prince, 
 and the other beganne, by the Defier and Inftitu- 
 tion of the People of the fame Prince. 
 
 Of the works of Sir Thomas More it was neceflary 
 to give a larger fpccimen, both becaufe our lan- 
 guage was then in a great degree formed and 
 fettled, and becaufe it appears from Ben Joti/or;, 
 that his works were confidered as models of pure 
 and elegant ftyle. The tale, which is placed firft, 
 becaufe earlieft written, will fliow what an atten- 
 tive reader will, in perufing our old writers, often 
 remark, that the familiar and colloquial part of 
 our language, being difFufed among thofe claffes 
 who had no ambition of refinement, or affeftacion 
 of novelty, has fuffered very little change. There 
 is another reafon why the extradls from this author 
 are more copious: his works are carefully and cor- 
 re£lly printed, and may therefore be better trufted 
 than any other edition of the Englifro books of that 
 or the preceding ages. 
 
 A merry left how a fergeant would 
 
 learqe to playe the frere. Writ- 
 ten by maifter Thomas More in 
 
 hys youth. 
 "1X7 YSE men alway, 
 ^^ AfFyrme and fay. 
 
 That beft is for a man: 
 Diligently, 
 For to apply, 
 
 The bufinefs that he can, 
 And in no wyfe. 
 To enterpryfey 
 
 An other faculte, 
 For he that wyll. 
 And can no flcyll. 
 
 Is neuer lyke to the. 
 He that hath lafce, 
 The hofiers crafte. 
 
 And falleth to making flione, 
 The fmythe thatihall. 
 To payntyng fall, 
 
 His thrift is well nigh done. 
 A blacke draper. 
 With whyte paper, 
 
 To goe to writyng fcole, 
 An olde butler, 
 Becum a cutler, 
 
 I wene fliall proue a fole. 
 And an olde trot. 
 That can I wot, 
 
 Nothyng but kyfle the cup, 
 "With her phifick, 
 Wil kepe one ficke, 
 
 Tyll fhe haue foufcd bym vp. 
 Vol, I, 
 
 A man of lawe, 
 That neuer fawe. 
 
 The wayes to bye and fell, 
 Wenyng to ryfe. 
 By marchaundife, 
 
 I wifli to fpede hym well. 
 A marchaunt eke. 
 That wyll goo feke. 
 
 By all the meanes he may. 
 To fall in fute, 
 Tyll he difpute. 
 
 His money cleane away, 
 Pletyng the lawe, 
 For euery ftrawe. 
 
 Shall proue a thrifty man. 
 With bate and ftrife, 
 But by my life, 
 
 I cannot tell you whan. 
 Whan an hatter 
 Wyll go fmatter 
 
 In philofophy. 
 Or a pedlar. 
 Ware a medlar. 
 
 In theology, 
 All that enfue, 
 Suche craftes new. 
 
 They driue fo farre a caft. 
 That euermore. 
 They do therfore, 
 
 Beflirewe themfelfe at lad. 
 This thing was tryed 
 And verefyed, 
 
 Here by a fergeaunt late. 
 
 That thriftly was. 
 Or he coulde pas. 
 
 Rapped about the pate, 
 Whyle that he would 
 See how he could, 
 
 A little play the frere: 
 Now yf you wyll, 
 Knowe how it fyll. 
 
 Take hede and ye fliall here. 
 It happed fo. 
 Not long ago, 
 
 A thrifty man there dyed. 
 An hundred pounde,' 
 Of nobles rounde. 
 
 That had he layd a fide: 
 His fonne he wolde. 
 Should haue this golde, 
 
 For to beginne with all: 
 But to fuffifc 
 His chylde, well thrife. 
 
 That money was to fmal. 
 Yet or this day 
 I have hard fay. 
 
 That many a man certefie. 
 Hath with good caft. 
 Be ryche at laft, 
 
 That hath begonne with lelTeo 
 But this yonge manne, 
 So well beganne, 
 
 His money to imployj 
 That certainly. 
 His policy. 
 
 To fee it was a joy. 
 
 For
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 For left fum blaft, 
 Myght ouer caft, 
 
 His fhip, or by mlfchaunce, 
 Men with fum wile, 
 Myght hym begyle, 
 
 And minifa his fubRaunce, 
 For to put out, 
 Al maner dout. 
 
 He made a good puruay. 
 For euery whyt, 
 By his owne wyt. 
 
 And toke an other way : 
 Firft fayre and wele, 
 Therof much dele, 
 
 He dygged it in a pot. 
 But then him thought. 
 That way was nought. 
 
 And there he left it not. 
 So was he faine. 
 From thence agaync. 
 
 To put it in a cup. 
 And by and by, 
 Couetoudy, 
 
 He Tupped it fayre vp. 
 In his owne breft, 
 He thought it beft, 
 
 His money to enclofe. 
 Then will he well. 
 What euer fell, 
 
 He could it neuer lofe. 
 He borrowed then. 
 Of other men, 
 
 Money and marchaundife : 
 Neuer payd it. 
 Up he laid ir. 
 
 In like maner wyfe. 
 Y.et on the gere, 
 'I'hat he would were, 
 
 He reight not what he fpent. 
 So it were nyce. 
 As for the price. 
 
 Could him not mifcontent. 
 With lufty fporte. 
 And with refort. 
 
 Of ioly company. 
 In mirth and play. 
 Full many a day. 
 
 He liued merely. 
 And men had fworne. 
 Some man, is borne. 
 
 To have a lucky howre. 
 And fo was he. 
 For fuch degre. 
 
 He gat and fuche honour. 
 That without dout. 
 Whan he went out, 
 
 A fergeaunt well and fayre. 
 
 Was redy ftrayte, 
 On him to wayte. 
 
 As fone as on the mayre. 
 But he doubtlelTe, 
 Of his mekenefle. 
 
 Hated fuch pompe and pride, 
 And would not go, 
 Companied fo. 
 
 But drewe himfelf a fide, 
 To faint Katharine, 
 Streight as a line. 
 
 He gate him at a tyde. 
 For deuocion, 
 Or promocion, 
 
 There would he nedes abyde. 
 There fpent he faft. 
 Till all were paft. 
 
 And to him came there meny, 
 To aflce theyr det. 
 But none could get. 
 
 The valour of a peny. 
 With vifage (lout. 
 He bare it our, 
 
 Euen vnto the harde hedge, 
 A month or twaine, 
 Tyll he was fayne, 
 
 To laye his gowne to pledge. 
 Than was he there. 
 In greater feare. 
 
 Than ere that he came thither. 
 And would as fayne. 
 Depart againe, 
 
 But that he wift not whither. 
 Than after this, 
 To a frende of his. 
 
 He went and there abode. 
 Where as he lay. 
 So fick alway. 
 
 He myght not come abrode. 
 It happed than, 
 A marchant man. 
 
 That he ought money to. 
 Of an officere, 
 That gan enquere, 
 
 What him was beft to do. 
 And he anfwerde. 
 Be not aferde, 
 
 Take an accion therfore, 
 I you behefte, 
 I fliall hym reite. 
 
 And than care for no more, 
 I feare quod he. 
 It wyll not be, 
 
 For he wyll not come out. 
 The fergeaunt faid, 
 Be not afrayd, 
 
 It fliall be brought about. 
 
 In many a game, 
 Lyke to the fame, 
 
 Haue I bene well in vre^ 
 And for your fake. 
 Let me be bake, 
 
 But yf I do this cure. 
 Thus part they both. 
 And foorch then goth, 
 
 A pace this officere. 
 And for a day. 
 All his array. 
 
 He chaunged with a frerc. 
 So was he dighr, 
 That no man might, 
 
 Hym for a frere deny. 
 He dopped and dooked. 
 He fpakc and looked. 
 
 So religioufly. 
 Yet in a glaffe, 
 Or he would pafle, 
 
 He toted and he peered. 
 His harte for pryde, 
 Lepte in his fyde, 
 
 To fee how well he freered. 
 Than forth a pace. 
 Unto the place, 
 
 He goeth withouten Ihame 
 To do this dede. 
 But now take hede. 
 
 For here begynncth the game* 
 He drew hym ny. 
 And foftely, 
 
 S trey gh tat the dore h* knocked: 
 And a damfell. 
 That hard hym well. 
 
 There came and it vnlocked. 
 The frere fayd. 
 Good fpede fayre mayd, 
 
 Here lodgeth fuch a man. 
 It is told me: 
 Well fyr quod fhe. 
 
 And yf he do what than. 
 Quod he mayftreffe, 
 No harm doutleffe: 
 
 It longeth for our order. 
 To hurt no man. 
 But as we can, 
 
 Euery wight to forder. 
 With hym truly, 
 Fayne fpeake would I. 
 
 Sir quod flae by my fay. 
 He is lb fike 
 Ye be not lyke. 
 
 To fpeake with hym to day. 
 Quod he fayre may. 
 Yet I you pray, 
 
 This oiuch at my defire, 
 
 Vouchefafe
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Voucliefafc to do. 
 As go hym to, 
 
 And fay an aiiften frere 
 Vvould witli hym TpekCj 
 And matters breake. 
 
 For his auayle certayn. 
 Qiiod fne I wyll, 
 Stonde ye here ftyll, 
 
 Tyll 1 come downe agayn. 
 Vp is {he go. 
 And told hym fo, 
 
 As flie was bode to fay. 
 He miftruftyng, 
 No maner thyng, 
 
 Sayd mayden go thy way. 
 And feth him hyder, 
 That we togyder. 
 
 May talk. A downe flie gothe, 
 Vp fhe hym brought. 
 No harme (lie thought, 
 
 .But it made fome folke wrothe. 
 This officere. 
 This fayned frere. 
 
 Whan he was come aloft. 
 He dopped than. 
 And grete this man, 
 
 Religiouily and ofc. 
 And he agayn, 
 Ryght glad and fayn, 
 
 Toke hym there by the hande, 
 The frere than fayd. 
 Ye be difmayd, 
 
 With trouble I underftande. 
 In dede quod he. 
 It hath with me. 
 
 Bene better than it is. 
 Syr quod the frere, 
 Be of good chere, 
 
 Yet fhall it after this. 
 But I would now, 
 Comen with you. 
 
 In counfayle yf you pleafe. 
 Or ellys nac 
 Of matters that, 
 
 Shall fet your heart at cafe. 
 Downe went the mayd. 
 The marchaunt fayd. 
 
 No fay on gentle frere. 
 Of thys tydyng, 
 That ye me bryng, 
 
 I long full fore to here. 
 Whan there was none. 
 But they alone. 
 
 The frere with euyll grace. 
 
 Sayd, I reft the, 
 Come on with me, 
 
 And out he toke Iiis mace : 
 Thou flialt obay. 
 Come on thy way, 
 
 I have the in my douche, 
 Thou goeft not hence, 
 For all the penfe, 
 
 The mayre hath in his pouche. 
 This marchaunt there. 
 For wrath and fere. 
 
 He waxyng welnygh wood, 
 Sayd horfon thefe. 
 With a mifchefe. 
 
 Who hath taught the thy good. 
 And with his fill: 
 Vpon the lyft, 
 
 He gaue hym fuch a blow. 
 That backward downe, 
 Almofl: in fowne, 
 
 The frere is ouerthrow. 
 Yet was this man. 
 Well fearder than. 
 
 Left he the frere had flayne. 
 Till with good rappes. 
 And heuy clappes, 
 
 He dawde hym vp agayne. 
 The frere took harte. 
 And vp he ftarte. 
 
 And well he layde about. 
 And fo there goth, 
 Betwene them both. 
 
 Many a lufty clout. 
 They rent and tere, 
 Eche others here. 
 
 And claue togyder fafl-, 
 Tyll with luggyng. 
 And with tuggyng, 
 
 They fell downe bothe at laft. 
 Than on the grounde, 
 Togyder rounde, 
 
 With many a fadde flroke. 
 They roll and rumble. 
 They turne and tumble, 
 
 As pygges do in a poke. 
 So long aboue, 
 1'hey heue and flioue, 
 
 Togider that at laft, 
 The mayd and wyfe. 
 To breake the ftnfe. 
 
 Hyed them vpward faft. 
 And whan they fpye, 
 'J'he captaynes lye, 
 
 Both waltring on the place. 
 
 The freres hood, i 
 
 They pulled a good, 
 
 Adowne about his face. 
 Whyle he was blynde, 
 The wenche behynde, 
 
 Lend him Icyd on the fiore, 
 Many a ioule, 
 About the noule, 
 
 With a great batyldore. 
 The wyfe came yet. 
 And with her fete. 
 
 She holpe to kepe him downe. 
 And with her rocke, 
 Many a knocke, 
 
 She gaue hym on the crowne. 
 They layd his mace. 
 About his face. 
 
 That he was wood for paynei 
 The fryre frappe, 
 Gate many a fwappe, 
 
 Tyll he was full nygh flayne. 
 Vp they hym lift. 
 And with yll thrift, 
 
 Hedlyng a long the ftayre, 
 Downe they hym threwe, 
 And fayde adewe, 
 
 Commende us to the mayre. 
 The frere arofe. 
 But I fuppofe, 
 
 Amafed was his hed. 
 He flioke his eares, ) 
 
 And from grete feares. 
 
 He thought hym well yfled. 
 Quod he now loft. 
 Is all this coft. 
 
 We be neuer the nerc. 
 Ill mote he be. 
 That caufed me. 
 
 To make my felf a frere,' 
 Now mafters all. 
 Here now I fliall, 
 
 Ende there as I began. 
 In any wyfe, 
 I would auyfe. 
 
 And counfayle euery man. 
 His owne craft vfe, ' 
 
 All newe refufe. 
 
 And lyghtly let them gone: 
 Play not the frere. 
 Now make good chere. 
 
 And welcome cuerych one. 
 
 [i]2 
 
 A ruful
 
 THE HISTORY Of THE 
 
 A ruful lamentacion (written by mafter Thomas 
 More in liis youth) of the deth of quene Elifa- 
 beth nnother to king Henry the eight, wife to 
 king Henry the feuenth, and elded doughter 
 to king Edward the fourth, which quene Elifa- 
 beth dyed in childbed in February in the yere of 
 our Lord 1503, and in the 18 yere of the raigne 
 of king Henry the feuenth. 
 
 f^ YE that put your truft and confidence, 
 ^^ In worldly ioy and frayle profperite. 
 That fo lyue here as ye fhould neuer hence. 
 Remember death and loke here vppon me. 
 Enfaumple I thynke there may no better be. 
 Your feife wotte well that in this reamie was I, 
 Your quene but late, and lo now here I lye. 
 
 Was I not borne of oldc worthy linage? 
 V/as not my mother queene my father kyng? 
 Was I not a kinges fere in marriage ? 
 Had I not plenty of euery pleafaunt thyng ? 
 Merciful! God this is a ftraunge reckenyng : 
 Rychefle, honour, welth, and aunceftry, 
 Hath me forfaken and lo now here I ly. 
 
 If worlliip myght haue kept me, I had not gone. 
 If wyt myght haue me faued, I neded not fere. 
 If money myght haue holpe, I lacked none. 
 But O good God what vayleth all this gere. 
 When deth is come thy mighty meflangere. 
 Obey we muft there is no remedy. 
 Me hath he fommoned, and lo now here I ly. 
 
 Yet was I late promifed otherwyfe. 
 This yere to liue in welth and delice. 
 Lo where to commeth thy blandilhyng promyfe, 
 O falfe aftroiagy and deuynatrice, 
 OfGoddes fecretes makyng thy felf fo wyfe. 
 How true is for this year thy prophecy. 
 The yere yet larteth, and lo nowe here I ly. 
 
 O bryttill welth, as full of bitterneflTe, 
 Thy fingle pleafure doubled is with payne. 
 Account my forow firft and my diftrelie, 
 Jn fondry wyfe, and recken there agayne, 
 The ioy that I haue had, and I dare fayne. 
 For all my honour, endured yet haue I, 
 More wo then welth, and lo now here I ly. 
 
 Where are our cartels, now where are our towers, 
 Goodly Rychmonde fone art thou gone from me, 
 At Weftminfter that coftly worke of yours, 
 Myne owne dere lorde now fhall I neuer fee. 
 Almighty God vouchefafe to graunt that ye. 
 For you and your children well may edefy. 
 -My palyce bylded is, and lo now here I ly. 
 
 Adew royne owne dere fpoufe my worthy lorde. 
 The fai hfull loue, that dyd vs both combyne. 
 In manage and peafable concorde. 
 Into your handes here I cleane refyne, 
 To be bellowed vppon your children and myne, 
 Erft wer you father, and now muft ye fupply. 
 The mothers part alfo, for lo now here 1 ly. 
 
 Farewell my doughter lady Margerete. 
 God wotte full oft it greued hath my mynde. 
 That ye fhould go where we fhould feldome mete. 
 Now am I gone, and haue left you behynde. 
 O mortall folke that we be very blynde. 
 That we leaft feare, full oft it is moft nye, 
 From you depart I fyrft, and low now here I ly. 
 
 Farewell Madame my lordes worthy mother. 
 Comfort your fonne, and be ye of good chere. 
 Take all a worth, for it will be no nother. 
 Farewell my doughter Katherine late the fere. 
 To prince Arthur myne owne chyld fo dere. 
 It booteth not for me to wepe or cry, 
 Pray for my foule, for lo now here I ly, 
 
 Adew lord Henry my louying fonne adew. 
 Our lorde encreafe your honour and eftate, 
 Adew my doughter Mary bright of hew, 
 God make you vertuous wyfe and fortunate. 
 Adew fwete hart my little doughter Kate, 
 Thou fhalt fwete babe fuche is thy defteny. 
 Thy mother neuer know, for lo now here I ly» 
 
 Lady Cicyly Anne and Katheryne, 
 Farewell my welbeloved fifters three, 
 
 lady Briget other fifter myne, 
 Lo here the ende of worldly vanitee. 
 Now well are ye that earthly foly flee. 
 And heuenly thynges loue and magnify, 
 Farewell and pray for me, for lo now here I ly. 
 
 A dew my lordes, a dew my ladies all, 
 A dew my faithful leruauntes euerych one, 
 A dew my commons whom I neuer fhall 
 See in this world wherfore to the alone, 
 Immortall God verely three and one, 
 
 1 me commende. Thy infinite mercy. 
 Shew to thy feruant, for lo now here 1 ly. 
 
 Certain meters in Englifh written by mafler Thomas 
 More in hys youth for the boke of fortune, and 
 caufed them to be printed in the begynnyng of 
 that boke. 
 
 The wordes of Fortune to the people. 
 
 TV/TINE high eftate power and audtoritie, 
 
 If ye ne know, enferche and ye fliall fpye. 
 That richefte, worlhip, welth, and dignitie, 
 Joy, reft, and peace, and all thyng fynally. 
 That any pleafure or profit may come by. 
 To mannes comfort, ayde, and fuftinaunce. 
 Is all at my deuyfc and ordinaunce. 
 
 Without my fauour there is nothyng wonne. 
 Many a matter haue 1 brought at laft, 
 To good conclufion, that fondly was begonne. 
 And many a purpofe, bounden lure and faft: 
 With wife prouifion, I haue ouercaft. 
 Without good happe there may no wit fuffife. 
 Better is to be fortunate than wyle. 
 
 And
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 And therefore hath there fome men bene or this. 
 My deadly foes and written many a boke. 
 To my difprayfe. And other caufe there nys, 
 But for me lift not frendly on them loke. 
 Thus lyke the fox they fare that once forfoke, 
 The pleafaiint grapes, and gan for to defy them, 
 Becaufe ' e lept and yet could not come by them. 
 
 But let them write theyr labour is in vayne. 
 For well ye wote, myrth, honour, and richcfle. 
 Much better is than penury and payne. 
 The nedy wretch that lingereth in diftrefle. 
 Without myne helpe is euer comfortlefie, 
 A wery burden odious and loth, 
 To all the world, and eke to him felfe both. 
 
 But he that by my fauour may afcende. 
 To mighty power and excellent degree, 
 A common wele to gouerne and defende, 
 O in how blift condicion ftandeth he: 
 Him felf in honour and feiicite, 
 And ouer that, may forther and increafe, 
 A region hole in ioyfuU reft and peace. 
 
 Now in this poynt there is no more to fay, 
 Eche man hath of him felf the gouernauncc. 
 Let euery wight than folowe his owne way, 
 And he that out of pouertee and mifchaunce. 
 Lift for to liue, and wyll him felfe enhaunce. 
 In wealth and richcfle, come forth and wayte on 
 
 me. 
 And he that wyll be a beggar, let hym be. 
 
 Thomas More to them that truft in Fortune. 
 
 'TT'HOU thatare prowde of honour,ftiape or kynne, 
 -*• That hepeft vp this wretched worldes treafure. 
 Thy fingers fhrincd with gold, thy tawny fkynne. 
 With frefh apparyle garnifhed out of mealure. 
 And weneft to haue fortune at thy pleafure, 
 Caft vp thyne eye, and loke how flipper chaunce, 
 lliudeth her men with chaunge and varyaunce. 
 
 Sometyme ftie loketh as louely fayre and bright, 
 As goodly Uenus morhcr of Cupyde. 
 She becketh and (he fmileth on euery wight. 
 But this chere fayned, may not long abide. 
 There cometh a cloude, and farewell all our pryde. 
 Like any ferpcnt ftie beginneth to fwel), 
 And looketh as fierce as any fury of hell. 
 
 Yet for all that we brotle men are fayne, 
 (So wretched is our nature and fo blynde) 
 As foon as Fortune lift to laugh agayne. 
 With fayre countenaunce and difccitfull mynde, 
 To crouchc and knele and gape after the wynde. 
 Not one or twayne but thoufandes in a rout, 
 Lyke fwarmyng bees come flickeryng her aboute. 
 
 Then as a biyte (he bryngeth forth her ware^ 
 Siluer, gold, riche perle, and precious ftone ; 
 On whiche the mafcd people gafe and ftare. 
 And gape therefore, as dogges doe for the bone. 
 Fortune at them laugheth, and in her trone 
 
 Amyd her treafure and waueryng rychelTe, 
 Prowdly (he houeth as lady and emprefTe. 
 
 Faft by her fyde doth wery labour ftand, 
 Pale fere alfo, and forow all bewept, 
 Difdayn and hatred on that other hand. 
 Eke reftles warche fro flepe with trauayle kept. 
 His eyes drowfy and lokyng as he (lept. 
 Before her ftandeth daunger and enuy. 
 Flattery, dyfceyt, mifchiefe and tiranny. 
 
 About her commeth all the world to begge. 
 He afketh lande, and he to pas would bryng, 
 This toye and that, and ail not worth an egge: 
 He would in loue profper aboue all thyng: 
 He kneleth downe and would be made a kyng : 
 He forceth not fo he may money haue. 
 Though all the worlde accompte hym for a knaue. 
 
 Lo thus ye fee diuers heddes, diuers wittes. 
 Fortune alone as diuers as they ail, 
 Vnftable here and there among them flittes: 
 And at auenture downe her giftes fall, 
 Catch who fo may fhe throweth great and fmall 
 Not to ail men, as commeth fonne or dewe. 
 But for the moft part, all among a fewe. 
 
 And yet her brotell giftes long may not laft. 
 He that fhe'gaue them, loketh prowde and hye. 
 She whirlth about and pluckth away as faft, 
 And geueth them to an other by and by. 
 And thus from man to man continually. 
 She vfeth to geue and take, and flily tolTe, 
 One man to wynnyng of an others lo(re. 
 
 And when fhe robbeth one, down goth his pryde. 
 He wepeth and w yleth and curfeth her full fore,. 
 But he that receueth it, on that other fyde. 
 Is glad, and blefth her often tymes therefore. 
 But in a whyle when (he loueth him no more. 
 She glydeth from hym, and her giftes to. 
 And he her curfeth, as other fooles do. 
 
 Alas the folyfti people can not ceafe, 
 Ne voyd her trayne, tyll they the harme do fele. 
 About her alway, befely they preace. 
 But lord how he doth thynk hym felf ful! wele. 
 I'hat may fet once his hande vppon her whele. 
 He holdcth faft : but vpward as he flleth, 
 She whippeth her whele about, and there he lyeth. 
 
 Thus fell Julius from his mighty power. 
 Thus fell Danus the worthy kyng of Perfe. 
 Thus fell Alexander the great conqucrour. 
 Thus many mo than 1 may well reherfc. 
 Thus double fortune, when ftie lyft reuer(e 
 Her flipper fauour fro them that in her truft. 
 She fleetb her wey and leyeth them in the dull:.. 
 
 She Ibdeinly enhaunceth them aloft. 
 And fodeynly mifcheucth all the flocke. 
 The head that late lay eafily and full foft, 
 In ftede of pylows lyeth after on the blocker 
 And yet alas the moft cruell proude mocke: 
 The deynty mowth that ladycs kilTed haue. 
 She bryngeth in the cafe to kylTe a knaue,.
 
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 In chaiingyng of her courfe, the chaungc fliewth 
 this, 
 Vp (lartth a knaue, and downe there faith a knight. 
 The beggar ryche, and the rydie man pore is. 
 Hatred is turned to loue, loue to defpyght. 
 This is her fport, thus proueth Hit her rnyght. 
 Great bofte fhe makcth yf one be by her power, 
 Welthy and wretched both within an howre. 
 
 Pouertee thatof lier gifres wyl nothing take, 
 Wyth mery chere, looketh vppon the prece. 
 And Teeth how fortunes houfliold goeth to wrake. 
 Faft by her ftandeth the wyfe Socrates, 
 Arrillippus, Pythagoras, and many a Icfe 
 Of olde pliiiofophers. And eke agaynft the fonne 
 Bekvth hym poore Diogenes in his tonne. 
 
 With her is Byas, whofe countrey lackt defence. 
 And whylom of their foes ftode fo in dout. 
 That eche man haftely gan to cary thence. 
 And aflced hym why he nought caryedout. 
 I bere quod he all myne with me about; 
 Wifedom he ment, not fortunes brotle fees. 
 For nought he counted his that he might leefe. 
 
 Heraclitus eke, lyft felowfliip to kepe 
 With glade pouertee, Democritus alfo: 
 Of which the fyrft can neuer ceafe but wepe, 
 To fee how thicke the blynded people go. 
 With labour great to purchafe care and wo. 
 That other laugheth to fee the foolyfli apes. 
 How earneflly they walk about theyr capes. 
 
 Of this poore left, it is comen vfage, 
 Onely to take that nature may fuftayne, 
 BaniQiing cleane all other furplufage. 
 They be content, and of nothyng complayne. 
 No nvgarde eke is of his good lb fayne. 
 But they more pleafure haue a thoufande folde, 
 The fecrete draughtes of nature to beholde. 
 
 Set fortunes fervauntes by them and ye wull. 
 That one is free, that other euer thrall. 
 That one content, that other neuer full, 
 That one in furetye, that other lyke to fall. 
 Who lyft: to aduife them bothe, parceyue he fhall. 
 As great dificrence between them as we fee, 
 Betwixte wretchednes and felicite, 
 
 Nowe haue 1 fhewed you bothe: thefe whiche ye 
 
 lyft, 
 
 Stately fortune, or humble pouertee: 
 That is to fay, nowe lyeth it in your fyft. 
 To take here bondage, or free libertee. 
 But in thys poynte and ye do after me, 
 Draw you to fortune, and labour her to pleafe. 
 If that ye thynke your felfe to well at eafe. 
 
 And fyrft: vppon the louely fhall ftie fmile. 
 And frendly on the cafl: her wandering eyes, 
 Embrace the in her armes, and for a whyle. 
 Put the and kepe the in a fooles paradife : 
 And foorth with all what fo thou lyft deuife, 
 Slie wyll the graunt it liberally perhappes : 
 But (oi all that beware of after clappcs. 
 II 
 
 Recken you neuer of her fauoure fure: 
 Ye may in clowds as eafily trace an hare. 
 Or in drye lande caufe fifhes to endure. 
 And make the burnyng fyre his heate to fpare. 
 And all thys worlde in compace to forfare. 
 As her to make by craft or engine ftablc. 
 That of her nature is euer variable. 
 
 Serue her day and nyght as reuerently, 
 Vppon thy knees as any feruaunt may, 
 And in conclufion, that thou flialt winne thereby 
 Shall not be worth thy fervyce I dare fay. 
 And looke yet what ike geueth the to day. 
 With labour wonne flie fhall happly to morow 
 Plucke it agayne out of thyne hand with forow. 
 
 Wherefore yf thou in furetye lyft to ftande. 
 Take pouerties parte and let prowde fortune go, 
 Keceyue nothyng that commech from her hande. 
 Toue maner and vertue: they be onely tho. 
 Whiche double fortune may not take the fro. 
 Then mayft thou boldly dcfye her turnyng chaunce: 
 She can the neyther hynder nor auaunce. 
 
 But and thou wylt nedes medle with her treafure, 
 Truft not therein, and fpende it liberally, 
 Beare the not proude, nor take not out of meafure. 
 Bylde not thyne houfe on heyth vp in the fkye. 
 None falleth farre, but he that clnnbeth hye. 
 Remember nature fent the hyther bare. 
 The gyftes of fortune count them borowed ware» 
 
 Thomas More to them that feke Fortune. 
 
 XirH O fo delyteth to prouen and afl^ay. 
 
 Of waveryng fortune the vncertayne lot. 
 If that the aunfwere pleafe you not alway. 
 Blame ye not me: for I commaunde you not 
 Fortune to truft, and eke full well ye wot, 
 I haue of her no brydle in my lift. 
 She rennedi loofe, and turneth where fhe lyft. 
 
 The roUyngdyfe in whomeyour luckedothft:ande. 
 With whofe vnhappy chaunce ye be fo wroth. 
 Ye knowe your felfe came neuer in myne hande. 
 l-o in this ponde be fyihc and frogges both. 
 Caft- in your nette: but be you liefe or lothe. 
 Hold you content as fortune lyft aftTvne: 
 For it is your owne fyftiyng and not myne. 
 
 And though in one chaunce fortune you offend. 
 Grudge not there at, but beare a mery face. 
 In many an other fhe fliail it amende. 
 There is no manne fo farre out of her grace. 
 But he fometyme hath comfort and folace: 
 Ne none agayne fo farre foorth in her fauour, 
 That is full fatisfyed with her bchauiour. 
 
 Fortune is ftately, folemne, prowde, and hye: 
 And rycheffe geueth, to haue feruyce therefore. 
 The nedy begger catcheth an halfpeny : 
 Some manne a thoufande pounde, fome leflTe fome 
 
 more. 
 But for all that ftie kepeth ever in ftore, 
 
 Ftom
 
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 From eiiery manne fome paicell of his wyll, 
 That he may pray therfore and fcrue her ftyll. 
 Some manne hath good, but chyldren hath he 
 
 none. 
 
 Some manne hath both, but he can get none health. 
 Some hath al thre, but vp to honours trone. 
 Can lie not crepe, by no maner of ftelth. 
 To fome (he fendfth children, ryches, welthe. 
 Honour, woorfhyp, and reuerence all hys lyfe: 
 But yet fhe pyncheth hym with a fhrewde wyfe. 
 
 Then for afmuch as it is fortunes guyfe, 
 To graunt to manne all thyng that he wyll axe,, 
 But as her feife lyft order and deuyfe. 
 Doth euery manne his parte diuide and tax, 
 I counfayle you eche one trufle vp your packes. 
 And take no thyng at all, or be content, 
 With fuche rewarde as fortune hath you fent. 
 
 All thynges in this boke that ye (hall rede. 
 Doe as ye lyft, there (hall no manne you bynde. 
 Them to beleue, as furely as your crcde. 
 But notwithftandyng certes in my mynde, 
 I durft well fwere, as true as ye fliall them fynde. 
 In euery poynt eche anfwere by and by, 
 As are the iudgementes of aftronomye. 
 
 The Defcripcion of Richard the thirde. 
 
 ■piCHARDE the third fonne, of whom we 
 •■•^ nowe entreate, was in witte and courage egall 
 with either of them, in bodye and proweiie farre 
 vnder them bothe, little of ftature, ill fetured of 
 Jimmes, crnke backed, his left fnouldcr much 
 higher than his right, hard fauoured of vifage, and 
 fuch as is in ftates called warlye, in other menne 
 otherwife, he was malicious, wrathful!, enuious, 
 and from afore his birth, euer frowarde. It is for 
 trouth reported, that the duches his mother had fo 
 much a doe in her trauaile, that fliee coulde not 
 bee deiiuered of hym vncutte : and that he came 
 into the world _with the feete forwarde, as menne 
 bee borne outwarde, and (as the fame runneth) alfo 
 not vntothed, whither menne of hatred reporte 
 aboue the trouthe, or elles that nature chaunged 
 her courfe in hys beginninge, whiche in the courfe 
 of his lyfe many thinges vnnaturallye committed. 
 None euill captaine was hee in the warre, as to 
 whiche his difpoficion was more metely then for 
 peace. Sundrye victories hadde hee, and Ibmme- 
 time ouerthrowes, but neuer in dcfaulte as for his 
 owne parfone, either of hardinelTe or polytike order, 
 free was hee called of dyfpence, and Ibmniewhat 
 aboue hys power liberall, with large giftes hee get 
 him vnftedfafte frendefhippe, for whiche hee was 
 fain to pil and fpoyle in other places, and get him 
 ftedfaft hatred. Hee was clofe and fecrete, a deepe 
 difTimuler, lowlye af counteynaunce, arrogant of 
 heart, outwardly coumpinable where he inwardely 
 
 hated, not letting ro kifTc whome hee thoughte to 
 kyll : difpitious and cruell, not for euill will alway, 
 but after for ambicion, and either for the furetie and 
 encreafe of his eftate. Frende and foo was muche 
 what indifFerent, where his aduauntage grew, he 
 fparcd no mans deathe, whofe life withftoode his 
 purpofe. He flewe with his owne handes king 
 Henry the fixt, being prifoner in the Tower, as 
 menne conf^antly faye, and that without com- 
 maundeaient or knowledge of the king, whiche 
 woutde vndoubtedly yf he had entended that thinge, 
 haue appointed that boocherly olfice, to Ibme othcsr 
 then his owne borne brother. 
 
 Somme wife menne alfo weene, that his drift 
 couertly conuiyde, lacked not in helping furth hjs 
 brother of Clarence to his death: whiche hee refilled 
 openly, howbeit ibmwhat (as nienne deme) more 
 faintly then he that wer hartcly minded to his 
 welth. And they that thus deme, think that he 
 long time in king Edwardcs life, forethought to be 
 kin^r in that cafe the kins^ his brother (whofe lifs 
 hee looked that euil dyete ihoulde (horten) Oiouldii 
 happen to deceafe (as in dede he did) while his 
 children wer yonge. And thei deme, that for thys 
 intente he was gladde of his brothers death the 
 duke of Clarence, whofe life mull: nedes haue hin- 
 dered hvm fo entendynge, whither the fame duke 
 of Clarence hadde kepte him true to his nephew 
 the yonge king, or enterprifed to be kyng him- 
 felfe. But of al this pointe, is there no certaintie, 
 and wholb diuineth vppon coniectures, maye as wel 
 (hote to farre as to fliort, Howbeit this haue 1 by 
 credible informacion learned, that the felfe nighte 
 in whiche kynge Edwarde died, one Myftlebrooke 
 longe ere mornynge, came in greate hafte to the 
 houfe of one Pottyer dwellyng in Reddecroffe ftrete 
 without Crepulgate: and when he was with haftye 
 rappyng quickly letten in, hee fliewed vnto Pottyer 
 that kynge Edwarde was departed. By my trouthe 
 manne quod Pottyer then wyll my maylter the duke 
 of Gloucefter bee kynge. What caufe hee hadde foo 
 tothynke harde it is to faye, whyther hee being to- 
 ward him, anye thynge knewe that hee fuche thynge 
 purpofed, orotherwyfe had anye inkelynge thereof; 
 for hee was not likelye to fpeake it of noughte. 
 
 But nowe to returne to the courfe of this hyftorye, 
 were it that the duke of Gloucefter hadde of old 
 foreminded this conclufion, or was nowe at erfte 
 thereunto moued, and putte in hope by the oeca- 
 fion of the tender age of the younge princes, his 
 nephues (as opportunitye and lykelyhoode of fpede, 
 putteth a manne in courage of that hee neuer en<~ 
 tended) certayn is it that hee contriued theyr dc- 
 ftruccion, with the vfurpacion of the regal dig- 
 nitye vppon hymfelfe. And for as muche as hee 
 well wifte and hoipe to mayntayn, a long, continued 
 grudge and heaicc biennynoe bccwene the quenes 
 
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 kinred and the kinges blood eyther partye enuying 
 others authoritye, he nowe thought that their de- 
 uifion fliculde bee (as it was in dede) a forcherlye 
 begynnynge to the purfuite of his incente, and a 
 fure ground for the foundacion of al his building 
 yf he nnight firfte vnder the pretext of reuengynge 
 of oldedifpleafure, abufe the arger and ygnoraunce 
 of the tone partie, to the dedriiccion of the tocher: 
 and then wynne to this purpofe as manye as he 
 coulde: and thofe that coulde not be wonne, myght 
 be lofle ere they looked therefore. For of one 
 thynge was hee certayne, that if his entente were 
 perceiued, he (hold foone haue made peace bee- 
 twene the bothe parties, with his owne bloude. 
 
 Kynge Edwarde in his life, albeit that this dif- 
 cencion beetwene hys frendes fommewhat yrked 
 hym: yet in his good healeh he fommewhat the 
 lefle regarded ir, becaufe hee thought whatfoeuer 
 bufines fhoulde falle bctwene them, hymfelfe 
 fliould alwaye bee hable to rule boche the parties. 
 
 But in his lad ficknefTe, when hee receiued his 
 natural} ftrengthe foo fore enfebled, that hee dyf- 
 payred all recouerye, then hee confydery'nge the 
 youthe of his chyldren, albeit hee nothynge lefTe 
 miftrufted then that that happened, yet well for- 
 feynge that manye harmes myghte growe by theyr 
 debate, whyle the youth of hys children Ihoulde 
 lackedifcrecion of themfelf, and good counlayleof 
 their frendes, of whiche either party (hold coun- 
 fayle for their owne commodity and rather by plea- 
 faunte aduyfe too wynne themfelfe fauour, then by 
 profitable aduertifemente to do the children good, 
 he called fome of them before him that were at 
 variaunce, and in efpecyall the lorde marques Dor- 
 fette the quenes fonne by her fyrfte houfebande, 
 and Richarde the lorde Haftynges, a noble man, 
 than lorde chaumberlayne agayne whome the quene 
 fpecially grudged, for the great fauoure the kyng 
 bare hym, and alfo for that (hee thoughte hym fe- 
 cretelye familyer with the kynge in wanton coum- 
 panye. Her kynred alfo bare hym fore, as well 
 for that the kynge hadde made hym captayne of 
 Calyce (whiche office the lorde Ryuers, brother to 
 the quene, claimed of the kinges former promyfe) 
 as for diuerfe other great giftes whiche hee receyued, 
 that they loked for. When thefe lordes with di- 
 uerfe other of bothe the parties were comme in 
 preftnce, the kynge liftinge vppe himfelfe and 
 vnderfette with pillowes, as it is reported on this 
 wyfe fayd vnto them. My lordes, my dere kinf- 
 menne and alies, in what plighte I lye you fee, and 
 I fecle. By whiche the lefTe whyle I looke to 
 lyue with you, the more depelye am I moued to 
 care in what cafe I leaue you, for fuch as I leauve 
 you, fuche bee my children lyke to fynde you. 
 Whiche if they (houlde (that Godde forbydde) 
 /ynde you at varyaunce, myght happe to fall them- 
 
 felfe at warre ere their difcreclon vvoulde ferue to 
 fette you at peace. Ye fee their youthe, of whiche 
 I recken the onely furetie to relie in youre con- 
 cord. For it fuffifeth not al you louc them, 
 yf eche of you hate other. If they wer menne, 
 your faichfulneffe happelye woulde fuffife. But 
 childehood muft be maintained by mens authoritve, 
 and flipper youth vnderpropped with elder coun- 
 fayle, which neicher they can haue, but ye geue it 
 nor ye geue it, yf ye gree not. For wher eche la- 
 boureth to breake th'at the other maketh, and for 
 hatred of eche of others parfon, impugneth eche 
 others counfayle, there muft it nedes bee long ere 
 anye good conckifion goe forwarde. And alfo 
 while either partye laboureth to be chiefe, flattery 
 (hall haue more place then plaine and faithful] ad- 
 uyfe, of whyche mufte needes enfue the euyll bring- 
 ing vppe of the prynce, whofe mynd in tender 
 youth infeft, fhal redily fal to mifchief and riot, and 
 drawe down with this noble rclme to ruine: but if 
 grace turn him to wifdom, which if God fend, 
 then thei that by euill menes before pleafcd hinci 
 beft, (hal after fal! fartheft out of fauour, fo that 
 euer at length euill driftes dreue to nought, and 
 good plain wayes profper. Great variaunce hath 
 ther long bene betwene you, not alway for great 
 caufes. Sometime a thing right wel intended, our 
 mifconftruccion turneth vnto worfe or a fmal dif- 
 pleafure done vs, eyther our owne afFeccion or euii 
 tongues agreueth. But this wote I well ye neuer 
 had fo great caufe of hatred, as ye have of loue. 
 That we be al men, that we be chriften men, this 
 fhall I leaue for prechers to tel you (and yet I wote 
 nere whither any prechers wordes ought more to 
 moue you, then his that is by and by gooying to 
 the place that thei all preache of,) But this Ihal I 
 defire you to remember, that the one parte of you 
 is of my bloode, the other of myne alies, and eche 
 of yow with other, eyther of kindred or afKnitie, 
 whiche fpirytuall kynred of affynyty, if the facra- 
 nientes of Chriftes churche, beare that weyghte 
 with vs that woulde Godde thei did, flioulde no 
 lefle moue vs to charitye, then the refpeiSe of 
 flefhlye confanguinitye. Oure Lorde forbydde, that 
 you loue together the worfe, for the felfe caufe that 
 you ought to love the better. And yet that hap- 
 peneth. And no where fynde wee fo deadlye de- 
 bate, as amonge them, whyche by nature and lawe 
 molte oughte to agree together. Suche a peftilente 
 (erpente is ambicion and defyre of vaine glorye and 
 foueraintye, whiche amonge ftates where he once 
 entrech crepeth foorth fo farre, tyll with deuifion 
 and, variaunce hee turneth all to mifchiefe. Firfte 
 longing to be nexte the beft, after warde egall with 
 the belle, and at lafte chiefe and aboue the befle. 
 Of which immoderate appetite of woorfhip, and 
 thereby of debate and diifencion what loflTe, what 
 
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 forowe, what trouble hathe within thefe fewe yeares 
 growen in this rcalme, I praye Godde as wel for- 
 geate as wee wel remember. 
 
 Whiche thinner- yf I collide as wel haue forefene, 
 as I haue with my more pavnethen pleafure proued, 
 by Goddes blefled Ladie (fhat was euer his othe) 
 I woulde neuer haue won the courtefye of mennes 
 knees, with the loiTe of loo many heades. But (ichen 
 thyngespafled cannot be gaine called, mucheoughte 
 wee the more beware, by what occafion we haue 
 taken foo greate hurte afore, that we eftefoones fall 
 not in that occafion agayne. Nowe be thofe griefes 
 pafled, and all is (Godde be thanked) quiete, and 
 likelie righte wel to profper in- wealthfull peace 
 ■vndcr youre cofeyns my children, if Godde fende 
 them life and you loue. Of whiche twoo thinges, 
 the Icfie loffe wer they by whome thoughe Godde 
 dydde hys pleafure, yet flioulde the realme alway 
 finde kinges and peraduenture as good kinges. But 
 yf you among youre felfe in a childes reygne fall at 
 debate, many a good man fhall perilli and happely 
 he to, and ye to, ere thys land finde peace again. 
 Wherfore in thefe lade wordes that euer I looke to 
 ipeake with you : 1 exhort you and require you al, 
 for the loue that you haue euer borne to me, for 
 the loue that I haue euer borne to you, for the loue 
 that our Lord beareth to vs ail, from this time for- 
 warde, all grieues forgotten, cche of you loue 
 other. Whiche I verelye trufte you will, if ye any 
 thing earthly regard, either Godde or your king, 
 affinitie or kinred, this realme, your owne coun- 
 trey, or your owne furety. And therewithal the 
 king no longer enduring to fitte vp, laide him 
 down on his right fide, his face towarde them: and 
 none was there prefent that coulde refrain from 
 weping. But the lordes recomforting him with as 
 good wordes as tliey could, and anfvvering for the 
 time as thei thought to (land with his pleafure, 
 there in his prefence (as by their wordes appered) 
 eche forgaue other, and ioyned their hands toge- 
 ther, when (as it after appeared by their dedcs) 
 their hearts wer far a fonder. As fone as the' king 
 was departed, the noble prince his Ibnne drew to- 
 ward London, which at the time of his deceafe. 
 kept his houfhold at Ludlow in Wales. Which 
 countrey being far of from the law and recourfe to 
 iuftice, was begon to be farre oute of good wyll 
 and waxen wild, robbers and riuers walking at li- 
 bertie vncorreded. And for this encheafon the 
 prince was in the life of his father i'ente thither, to 
 the ende that the authoritie of his prefence fhould 
 refraine euill difpofcd parlbns fro the boldnes of 
 their formar outerages, to the gouernauncc and or- 
 dering of this yong prince at his fending ihyther, 
 was there appointed Sir Anthony Woduile lord 
 Riuers and brother vnto the quene, a right ho- 
 nourable man, as valiaunte of hande as politike in 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 counfale. Adioyned wer there vnto him other of 
 the fame partie, and in efFecft euery one as he was 
 nereft of kin vnto the quene, fo was planted next 
 about the prince. That drifte by the quene not 
 vnwilely deuifed, whereby her bloode mighte of 
 youth be rooted in the princes fauour, the duke of 
 Gloucefter turned vnto their deftruccion, and vpon 
 that grounde fet the foundacion of all his vnhappy 
 building. For whom foeuer he perceiued, either 
 at variance with them, or bearing himfelf their fauor, 
 hee brake vnto them, fom by . mouth, fom by- 
 writing or fecret mefiengers, that it neyther was 
 reafon nor in any wife to be fuffered, that the yong 
 king their mafter and kinfmanne, (boold bee in the 
 handes and cuftodye of his mothers kinred, fe- 
 quefl:red in maner from theyr compani and at- 
 tendance, of which eueri one ought him as faith- 
 ful feruice as they, and manye of them far more 
 honorable part of kin then his mothers fide: 
 whofe blood (quod he) fauing the kinges pleafure, 
 was ful vnmetely to be matched with his : whiche 
 nowe to be as who fay remoued from the kyng, 
 and the lefle noble to be left aboute him, is (quod 
 he) neither honorable to hys mageftie, nor vnto 
 vs, and alfo to his grace no furety to haue the 
 mightieft of his frendes from him, and vnto vs no 
 little ieopardy, to fufFer our welproued euil willers, 
 to grow in ouergret authoritie with the prince in 
 youth, namely which is lighte of beliefe and fone 
 perfwaded. Ye remember I trow king Edward 
 himfelf, albeit he was a manne of age and of dil- 
 crecion, yet was he in manye thynges ruled by the 
 bende, more then ftode either with his honour, or 
 our profite, or with the commodicie of any manne 
 els, except onely the immoderate aduauncement of 
 them felfe. Whiche whither they forer thirfted 
 after their owne weaie, or our woe, it wer harde I 
 wene to gefle. And if fome folkes frendfliip had 
 not holden better place with the king, then any re- 
 fpe6t of kinred, thei might peraduenture eafily 
 haue be trapped and brought to confufion fomme 
 of vs ere this. Why not as cafily as they haue 
 done fome other alreadye, as neere of his royal 
 bloode as we. But our Lord hath wrought his wil, 
 and thanke be to his grace that peril is pafte. Howe 
 be it as great is growing, yf wee fufFer this yonge 
 kyng in oure enemyes hande, whiche without his 
 wyttyng, might abufe the name of his commaun- 
 demenc, to ani of our vndoing, which thyng God 
 and good piouifion fotbyd. Of which good pro- 
 uifion none of vs hath any thing the lefle nede, for 
 the late made attonemente, in whiche the kinges 
 pleafure hadde more place then the parties willes. 
 Nor none of vs I belcue is fo vnwyfe, ouerfone to 
 trufte a newe frende made of an olde foe, or to 
 think that an houerly kindnes, fodainely contrail in 
 one houre continued, yet fcant a fortnight, fhold 
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 be deper fetled in their ftomackes : then a long 
 accuftomed nnaiice many yeres rooted. 
 
 With thefe wordes and wiitynges and fuche other, 
 the duke of Gloucefter fon^ fee a fyre, them that 
 were of themfclf ethe to kindle, and in efpeciall 
 twayne, Edwarde duke of Buckingham, and Rich- 
 !>i\]Q lorde Fiadirgcs and chaumberlayn, both men 
 of iionour and of great power. The tone by longe 
 fucceffion from his anceilrie, the toiher by his office 
 and the kinges fauor. Thefe two not bearing eche 
 to other fo muclie loue, as hatred bothe vnto the 
 quenes parte: in this poynte accorded together 
 wyth the duke of Gloucefter, that they woide 
 vtterlye amoue fro the kinges corapanye, all his 
 mothers frendes, vnder the name of their enemyes. 
 Vpon this concluded, the duke of Gloucefter vnder- 
 ftandyng, that the lordes whiche at that- cyme were 
 abouce the kyng, entended to bryng him vppe to 
 his coronacion, accoumpanied with fuche power of 
 theyr frendes, that it flioulde bee harde for hym to 
 brynge his purpofe to pafTe, without the gathering 
 and great alTemble of people and in maner of open 
 vvarre, whereof the ende he wifte was doubtous, 
 and in which the kyng being on their fide, his part 
 fhould haue the face and name of a rebellion: he 
 fecretly therefore by diuers meanes, caufed the 
 quene to be perfwaded and brought in. the mynd, 
 that it neither wer nede, and alfo fhold be ieopard- 
 ous, the king to come vp ftrong. For where as 
 nowe euery loide loued other, and none other thing 
 ftudyed vppon, but aboute the coronacion and ho- 
 noure of the king: if the lordes of her kinred 
 fliold afTemble in the kinges name muche people, 
 thei fliould geue the lordes atwixte whome and 
 them hadde bene fommetyme debate, to feare and 
 fufpetle, lefte they llaoulde gather thys people, not 
 for the kynges fauegarde whome no manne em- 
 pugned, but for theyr deftruccion, hauying more 
 regarde to their old variaunce, than their nevve at- 
 tonemenr. For whiche caufe thei fhoulde affemble 
 on the other partie muche people agayne for their 
 defence, whofe power fhe wyfte wel farre ftretched. 
 And thus fhould al the realme fall on a rore. And 
 of al the hurte that therof fhould enfue, which was 
 likely not to be litle, and the inoft harme there like 
 to fal wher fhe kft would, al the worlde woulde 
 put her and her kinred in the vvyght, and fay that 
 thei had vnwyfelye and vntrewlye alfo, broken the 
 amicie and peace that the kyng her hufband fo pru- 
 dentelye made, betwene hys kinne and hers in his 
 death bed, and whiche the other party faithfully 
 obferued. 
 
 The quene being in this wife perfwaded, fuche 
 woorde fent vnto her fonne, and vnto her brother 
 being aboute the kynge, and ouer that the duke of 
 Gloucefter hymfelfe and other lordes the chiefe of 
 hys bendc, v/fotc vnio the kynge foo rcuerentlye, 
 
 5 
 
 and to the quei^nes frendes there foo louyngelye, 
 that they nothynge earthelye myftruftynge, broughte 
 the kynge vppe in greate hafte, not in good Ipcde, 
 with a fober coumpanye. Nowe was the king in 
 his v/aye to. London gone, from Northannpton, 
 when thefe dukes of Gloucefter and Buckyngham 
 came thither. Where remained behynd, the lorde 
 Ryuers the kynges vncle, encendyng on the mo- 
 rowe to folow the kynge, and bee with him at 
 Stonye Stanford miles thence, earely or 
 
 hee departed. So was there made that nyghre 
 muche frendely chere betwene thefe dukes and the 
 lorde Iliuers a great whiie. But incontinente after 
 that they were oppenlye with greate courtefye de- 
 parted, and ijiie lorde Iliuers lodged, the dukes 
 fecretelye with a fewe of their mofte priuye frendes, 
 fette them downe in counfayie, wherin they fpent a 
 great parte of the nyght. And at their rifinge in the 
 dawnyng of the day, thei fent about priuily to their 
 feruantes in the innes and lodgynges about, geuinge- 
 them commaundemente to make them felfe Ihortely 
 readye, for their lordes wer to horfebackward^ 
 Vppon whiche mefl'ages, manye of their folke were 
 attendaunr, when manye of the lorde Riuers fer- 
 uantes v/ere vnreadye. Nowe hadSe thefe dukes 
 taken alfo into their cuftodye the kayes of the inne, 
 that none ftioulde paffe foorth without theyr li- 
 cence. 
 
 And ouer this in the hyghe waye toward Stonye 
 Stratforde where the kynge laye, they hadde bee- 
 ftowed ccrtayne of theyr folke, that fhoulde fende 
 backe agayne, and compell to retourne, anye manne 
 that were gotten oute of Northampton toward 
 Stonye Stratforde, tyll they fhould geue other 
 lycence. For as muche as the dukes themfelfe en- 
 tended for the fhewe of theire dyiygence, to bee the 
 fyifte that flioulde that daye attende vppon the 
 kynges highnede oute of that towne: thus bare 
 they folke in hande. But when the lord Ryuers 
 vnderftode the gates doled, and the wayes on euerye 
 fide befette, neyther hys feruauntcs nor hymfelf fuf- 
 fered to go oute, parceiuyng well fo greate a thyng 
 without his knowledge not begun for noughte, 
 comparyng this maner prefent with this laft nightes 
 chere, in lb few houres ib gret a chaunge marueyl- 
 ouflye rnifliked. How be 'it fithe hee coulde not 
 geat awaye, and keepe himlelfe dole, hee woulde 
 nor, lefte he flioulde feeme to hyde himfelfe for 
 fome fecret feare of hys owne faulte, whereof he 
 faw no fuch caufe in hym ielf: he determined vppon 
 the furetie of his own confcience, to goe boldclye 
 to them, and inquire what thys matter myghte 
 meane. Whome as foone as they fawe, they be- 
 ganne to quarrell with hym, and faye, that hee in- 
 tended to fette diftaunce bcetweene the kynge and 
 them, and to brynge them to confufion, but ic 
 llioulde not lye in hys power. And when hee be- 
 
 ganne
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 <»anne (as hee was a very well fpoken manne) in 
 goodly wife to excufe himfelf, they taryed not the 
 endc of his aunfwere, but fliortely tooke him and 
 putte him in warde, and that done, foorthwyth 
 wente to horfebacke, and tooke the waye to Stonye 
 Stratforde. Where they founde the kinge with his 
 companie readye to leape on horfebacke, and departs 
 forwarde, to leaue that lodging for them, becaufe it 
 was to ftreighte for bothe coumpanies. And as 
 fone as they came in his prefence, they lighte 
 adowne with all their companie aboute them. To 
 whome the duke of Buckingham faide, goe afore 
 gentlemenne and yeomen, kepe youre rowmes. 
 And thus in goodly arraye, thei came to the kinge, 
 and on theire knees in very humble wife, falued his 
 grace ; whiche receyued them in very ioyous and 
 amiable maner, nothinge earthlye knowing nor 
 miltruflinge as yet. But euen by and by in his 
 prefence, they piked a quarreil to the lorde Richarde 
 Grave, the kynges oiher brother by his mother, 
 fayinge that hee with the lorde marques his brother 
 and the lorde Riuers his vncle, hadde coumpafTed 
 to rule the kinge and the realme, and' to fette vari- 
 aunce among the ftates, and to fubdewe and de- 
 ftroye the noble blood of the realm, Tov^ard the 
 accoumplifhinge whereof, they fayde that the lorde 
 Marques hadde entered into the Tower of London, 
 and thence taken out the kinges treafor, and fent 
 menne to the fea. All whiche thinge thefe dukes 
 wifte well were done for good purpofes and neceflari 
 by the whole coiinfaile at London, fauing that 
 fommewhat thei muft fai. Vnto whiche woordes, 
 the kingaunfwered, what my brother Marques hadi 
 done I cannot faie. But in good faith I dare well 
 aunfwere for myne vncle Riuers and my brother 
 here, that thei be innocent of any fuch matters. 
 Ye my liege quod the duke of Buckingham thei 
 haue kepte theire dealing in thefe matters farre fro 
 the knowledge of your good grace. And foorth- 
 with thei arrclled the lord Richarde and Sir Thomas 
 Waughan knighte, in the kinges prefence, and 
 broughte the king and all backe vnto Northampton, 
 where they tooke againe further counfaile. And 
 there they fent awaie from the kinge whom it pleafed 
 them, and fette newe feruantes aboute him, fuche as 
 lyked better them than him. At whiciie dcalinge 
 hee wepte and was nothing contente, but it booted 
 not. *And at dyner the duke of Glouceller fente a 
 difliefrom hisowne table to the lord Riucis, prayinge 
 him to be of good chere, all fhould be well inough. 
 And he thanked the duke, and prayed the meffcnger 
 to beare it to his nephewe the lorde Richard with 
 the fame meflage for his comfort, who he thought 
 bad more nede of coumfort, as one to whom fuch 
 aducifitie was ftraunge. But himfelf had been al 
 
 his dayes in vre therewith ; and therfore cou!de 
 beare it the better. But for al this coumfortable 
 courtefye of the duke of Gloucefter he fent the 
 lorde Riuers and the lorde Richarde with Sir Tho- 
 mas Vaughan into the Northe countrey into diuers 
 places to prifon, and afterward al to Pomfrait, 
 where they were in conclufion beheaded. 
 
 Alerter written with a cole by SirTHOMAsMoRE to 
 hys doughter maiftres Margaret Roper, v;ith- 
 in a wliylc after he was prifoner in the Towre. 
 
 I'V/I'YNE own good doughter, our Lorde be 
 ^^^ thanked I am in good helthe of bodye, and 
 in good quiet of minde : and of all worldly thynges I 
 no more defyer then I haue. I befeche hym make 
 you all mery in the hope of heauen. And fuch 
 thynges as I fomewhat longed to talke with you all, 
 concerning the worlde to come, our Lorde put theim 
 into your myndes, as I trufte he dothe and better to 
 by hys holy fpirite: who bleiTc you and preferue 
 you all. Written wyth a cole by your tender louing 
 father, who in hys pore prayers forgetteth none of 
 you all nor your babes, nor your nurfes, nor your 
 good hufbandes, nor your good hufbandes flirewde 
 wyues, nor your fathers fhrewde wyfe neither, nor 
 our otiier frendes. And thus fare ye hartely well 
 for lacke of paper, 
 
 Thomas More, knight. 
 
 Two fliort Ballettes which Sir Thomas More made 
 for hys paftime while he was prifoner in the 
 Tower of London. 
 
 Lewys the loft louer. 
 
 "C^ Y flatering fortune, loke thou neuer fo fayre, 
 "^ Or neuer fo plefantly begin to fmile, 
 As though thou wouldft my ruine all repayre. 
 During my life thou fhalt not me begile. 
 Trull fhall I God, to entre in a while. 
 Hys hauen or heauen fure and vniforme. 
 Euer after thy calme, loke I for a Uorme. 
 
 Dauy the dycer. 
 
 T O NG was I lady Luke your fcruing man, 
 ■*— ' And now haue lofl: agayne all that 1 gat, 
 Wherfore whan 1 thiiike on you nowe and than, 
 And in my mynde remember this and that. 
 Ye may not blame me though I befhrew your car. 
 But in fayth 1 blelfe you agayne a rhoufand times. 
 For lending me now fome layfure to make rymes. 
 
 At the fame time with S\t Tlwma^ Afcre Uved 
 
 Skelton, the poet laureate oi Hem-yV \[\ . from whofe 
 
 [ k ] a works
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 works it feems proper to infert a few ftanzas, 
 though he cannot be faid to have attained great 
 elegance of language. 
 
 The Prologue to the Bouge of Courte. 
 
 "IN Autumpne when the fonne in vyrgyne 
 
 ■■■ By radyante hete enryped hath our corne, 
 
 When Luna full of mutabylyte 
 
 As Emperes the dyademe hath worne 
 
 Of our pole artyke, fmylynge half in a fcornc 
 
 At our foly and our vnftedfaftnelTe 
 
 The time whan Mars to warre hym dyd dres, 
 
 I cailynge to mynde the greate audoryte 
 Of poetes olde, whiche full craftely 
 Vnder as couerte termes as coulde be 
 Can touche a trouth, and cloke fubtylly 
 With fresfhe vtteraunce full fentencyoufly 
 Dyuerfe in ftyle fome fpared not vyce to wryte 
 Some cf mortalitie nobly did endyte 
 
 Whereby I rede, theyr renome and theyr fame 
 May neuer d^e, but euermore endure 
 I was fore moued to a forfe the fame 
 But ignoraunce full foone dyd me dyfcure 
 And Ihewed that in this arte I was not fure 
 For to illumine flie fayd I was to dulle 
 Aduyfynge me my penne awaye to pulle 
 
 And not to wryte, for he fo wyll atteyne 
 Excedyng ferther than his connynge is 
 His heed maye be harde, but feble is brayne 
 Yet haue I knowen fuche er this 
 But of reproche furely he maye not mys 
 That clymmeth hyer than he may fotinge haue 
 What and he flyde downe, who fhall him faue ? 
 
 Thus vp and downe my mynde was drawen and 
 caft 
 That I ne wyfte what to do was belle 
 So fore enwered that I was at the lafte 
 Enforfed to llepe, and for to take fome rede 
 And to lye downe as foone as I my drefte 
 At Harwyche porte flumbrynge as I laye 
 In myne hoftes houfe called powers keye. 
 
 Of the wits that flourifhed in the reign of 
 Hi'?!}yVll\. none has been more frequently cele- 
 brated than the earl o( Surry, and this hiftory would 
 therefore have been imperfeft without fome fpeci- 
 mens of his works, which yet it is not eafy to diflin- 
 guifli from thofe of Sir Thomas Wyat and others, 
 with which they are confounded in the edition that 
 has fallen into my hands. The three firft are, I 
 believe, Surry's ; the reft, being of the fame age, 
 are ftkifted, fome as examples of different mea- 
 fures, and one as the oldeft compofltion which I 
 have found in blank verfe. 
 
 Defpription of Spring, wherein eche thing renewes, 
 fave only the lover. 
 
 »T^nE foote feafon that bud, and bloom fourth 
 •*■ bringes, 
 
 With grene hath cladde the hyll, and eke the vale, 
 TheNightingall with fethers new fhe finges; 
 The turtle to her mate hath told the tale: 
 Somer is come, for every fpray now fpringes. 
 The hart hath hunge hys olde head on the pale. 
 The bucke in brake his winter coate he flyngesj 
 The fifiies flete with newe repayred fcaie: 
 The adder all her Hough away (he flynges. 
 The fwift fwallow purfuech the flyes fnialle. 
 The bufy bee her honey how fhe mynges; 
 Winter is worne that was the fiourcs bale. 
 And thus I fee among thefe pleafant thynges 
 Eche care decayes, and yet my forrow fprynges. 
 
 Defcripclon of the reftlefs eftate of a lover. 
 
 W 
 
 HEN youth had led me half the race. 
 That Cupides fcourge had made me runnej 
 I looked back to meet the place. 
 From whence my weary courfe begunne: 
 
 And then I faw howe my defyre 
 Mifguiding me had led the waye, 
 Myne eyne to greedy of theyre hyre. 
 Had made me lofe a better prey. 
 
 For when in fighes I fpent the day. 
 And could not cloake my grief with game; 
 The boyling fmoke dyd flill bewray, 
 The prefent heat of fccret flame: 
 
 And when fait teares do bayne my breaff. 
 Where love his pleafent traynes hath lown. 
 Her beauty hath the fruytes oppreft. 
 Ere that the buddes were fpronge and blowne. 
 
 And when myne eyen dyd ftill purfue, 
 The flying chafe of theyre requeft; 
 Theyre greedy looks dyd oft renew. 
 The hydden wounde within my brefte. 
 
 When every loke thefe checkes might flayne. 
 From dedly pale to glowing red; 
 By outward fignes appeared playne. 
 To her for heipe my hart was fled. 
 
 But all to late Love learneth me. 
 To paynt all kynd of Colours newj 
 To blynd theyre eyes that elfe fhould fee 
 My fpeckled chekes with Cupids hew. ' 
 
 And now the covert breft I clame, 
 That worfiiipt Cupide fecretely; 
 And nourifhed hys facred flame, 
 From whence no blairing fparks do flye. 
 
 Defcripcioti
 
 ENGLISH LANGU'AGE. 
 
 Defcripcion of the fickle AfFeftions, Pangs, and 
 Sleightes of Love. 
 
 Q UC H wayward wayes hath Love, that moft part 
 
 ^ in difcord 
 
 Our willes do (land, whereby our hartes but fel- 
 
 dom do accord: 
 Decyte is hys delighte, and to begyle and mocke 
 The fimple hartes which he doth ftrike with fro- 
 
 ward divers ftroke. 
 He caufeth th' one to rage with golden burning 
 
 darte. 
 And doth alay with Leaden cold, again the others 
 
 harte. 
 Whofe gleames of burning fyre and eafy fparkes of 
 
 flame. 
 In balance of unequal weyght he pondereth by ame 
 From eafye ford where I myghte wade and pafs full 
 
 well, 
 He me withdrawes and doth me drive, into a depe 
 
 dark hell : 
 And me witholdes where I am calde and ofFred place. 
 And willes me that my mortal foe I do befeke of 
 
 Grace; 
 He lettes me to purfue a conquefl: welnere wonne 
 To follow where my paynes were loft, ere that my 
 
 fute begunne. 
 So by this means I know how foon a hart may turne 
 From warre to peace, from truce to ftryfe, and fo 
 
 \ agayne returne. 
 
 I know how to content my felf in others luft. 
 Of little ftuffe unto my felf to weave a webbe of 
 
 truft: 
 And how to hyde my harmes with fole dyflembling 
 
 chere. 
 Whan in my face the painted thoughtes would out- 
 wardly appeare. 
 I know how that the bloud forfakes the face for 
 
 dred. 
 And how by fhame it ftaynes agayne the Chekes 
 
 with flamyng red : 
 I know under the Grene, the Serpent how he kirkes: 
 The hammer of the reftlefs forge I wote eke how it 
 
 workes. 
 I know and con by roate the tale that I woulde tell 
 But ofte the woordes come fourth awrye of him that 
 
 loveth well. 
 I know in heate and colde the Lover how he Ihakes, 
 In lynging how he doth complayne, in fleeping how 
 
 he wakes 
 To languifh without ache, fickelefle for to confume, 
 Athoufand thynges for to devyfe, refolvynge of his 
 
 fume; 
 And though he lyfte to fee his Ladyes Grace full 
 
 fore 
 Such pleafures as delyght his Eye, do not his helthe 
 
 reftore. 
 
 I know to feke the trafte of my defyred foe. 
 And fere to fynde that I do feek, but chiefly this I 
 
 know. 
 That Lovers muft transfourme into the thynge be- 
 loved, 
 And live (alas! who would believe?) with fprite 
 
 from Lyfe removed. 
 I knowe in harty fighes and laughters of the fpleene. 
 At once to chaunge my ftate, my will, and eke my 
 
 colour clene. 
 I knowe how to deceyve my felf vvythe others helpe. 
 And how the Lyon chaflifed is, by beatynge of the 
 
 whelpe. 
 In ftandynge nere the fyre, I know how that I freafe ; 
 Farre of 1 burne, in bothe I wafte, and fo my Lyfe 
 
 I leefe. 
 I know how Love doth rage upon a yeylding mynde. 
 How fmalle a nete may take and mafe a harte of 
 
 gentle kynde: 
 Or elfe with feldom fwete to {eaCon hepes of gall. 
 Revived with a glymple of Grace old forrowes to 
 
 let fall. 
 The hidden traynes I know, and fecret fnares of 
 
 Love, 
 How foone a loke will prynte a thoughte that never 
 
 may remove. 
 The flypper ftate I know, the fodein turnes frooi 
 
 welthe 
 The doubtfull hope, the certaine wooe, and fure 
 
 defpaired helthe. 
 
 A praife of his ladie. 
 
 /^ EVE place you ladies and be gone, 
 ^-^ Boaft not your felves at all. 
 For here at hande approcheth one, 
 Whofe face will ftayne you all. 
 
 The vertue of her lively lookes 
 Excels the precious (lone, 
 I wifhe to have none other bookes 
 To reade or look upon. 
 
 In eche of her two chriftall eyes, 
 Smyleth a naked boy; 
 Ic would you all in heart fufHfe 
 To fee that lampe of joye. 
 
 I think nature hath loft the moulde. 
 Where ftie her fhape did take; 
 Or elfe I doubte if nature coulde 
 So fayre a creature make. 
 
 She may be well comparde 
 Unto the Phenix kinde, 
 Whofe like was never {eene or heard. 
 That any man can fynde. 
 
 In lyfe (he is Diana chaft 
 In trouth Penelopey, 
 In woord and eke in dede ftedfaft^ 
 What will YOU more to fay : 
 
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 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 If all the world were foughte fo farre. 
 Who could finde fuche a wight, 
 Her beauty twinkleth lyke a ftarre 
 Within the frofty night. 
 
 The Lover refufed of his love, embraceth vertue. 
 
 MY youthfull yeres are paft, 
 My joyfuU dayes are gone. 
 My jyfe it may not lad. 
 My grave and I am one. 
 
 My Myrth andjoyes are fled, 
 And I a Man in wo, 
 Defirous to be ded. 
 My mifchefe to forgo. 
 
 I burne an^ am a colde, 
 I freefe arnyddes the fyer, 
 I fee fhe doth- witholde 
 That is my honeft defyre. 
 
 I fee my heipe at hande, 
 I fee my lyfe alfo, 
 I fee where fhe doth ftande 
 That is my deadly fo. 
 
 I fee how fhe doth fee. 
 And yet fhe wil be blynde, 
 I fee in helpyng me, 
 She fekes and wil not fynde. 
 
 I fee how flie doth wrye. 
 When I begynne to mone, 
 I fee when I come jiye. 
 How fayne flie would be gone. 
 
 I fee what will ye more, 
 She will me gladly kill. 
 And you fliall fee therfore 
 That llie fliall have her will. 
 
 I cannot live with ftones, 
 It is too hard a foode, 
 I wil be dead at ones 
 To do my Lady good. 
 
 The death of ZOROAS, an Egiptian aftronomer, 
 in the fiift fight that Alexander had with the 
 Perfians. 
 
 NOW chttring armes, now raging broyls of warre, 
 Gan pafle the noys of dredfuU trumpctts clang, 
 Shrowded with fliafts, the heaven with cloude of 
 
 dartcs, 
 Covered the ayre. Againft full fatted bulks, 
 As forced kyndled yre the lyons keene. 
 Whole greedy gutts the gnawing hunger prickes; 
 So tVlaceduns againft the Perfians fare, 
 Kuw forpfes hyde the iiurpuidc foyle with bloodj 
 Large flaughter on cche fidf, but i'crles more, 
 Moyll fieldes bcbled, iheyr heartes and numbers 
 
 bite, 
 Fainted while they gave backe, and fall to fiighte. 
 
 The litening Macedon by fwordes, by gleaves, 
 By bandes and troupes of footemen, with his garde, 
 Speedes to Dary, but hym his merefl: kyn, 
 Oxate praferves with horfemen on a plumpe 
 Before his carr, that none his charge fhould give. 
 Llere grunts, here groans, eche where fl:rong youth 
 
 is fpent : 
 Shaking her bloudy hands, Bellone among 
 The Perfes fowcth all kind of cruel death: 
 With throte yrent he roares, he lyeth along 
 His entrailes with a launce through gryded quyte, 
 Hym fmytes the club, hym v^oundes farre fl:ryking 
 
 bowe. 
 And hym the fling, and him the fliining fword; 
 He dyeth, he is all dead, he pantes, he reftes. 
 Right over fl:oode in fnowwhite armour brave. 
 The Memphite Zoroas, a cunnyng clarke, 
 To whom the heaven lay open as his bookej 
 And in celefliall bodies he could tell 
 The moving meeting light, afpe6t, eclips. 
 And influence, and conftellations all; 
 What earthly chaunces would betyde, what yere. 
 Of plenty fliorde, what figne forewarned death. 
 How winter gendreth fnow, what temperature. 
 In the prime tyde doth feafon well the foyle, 
 Whyfummer burnesjwhyautumne hath ripe grapes. 
 Whither the circle quadrate may become. 
 Whether our tunes heavens harmony can yelde 
 Of four begyns among themfelves how great 
 Proportion is ; what fway the erryng lightes 
 Doth fend in courfe gayne that fyrft movyng heavenj 
 What grees one from another difl:ance be. 
 What fl:arr doth lett the hurtfull fyre to rage. 
 Or him more mylde what oppofition makes. 
 What fyre doth qualifye Mavorfes fyre. 
 What houfe eche one doth feeke, what plannetr 
 
 raignes 
 
 Within this heaven fphere, nor that fmall thynges 
 
 I fpeake, whole heaven he clofeth in his brefl:. 
 
 This fage then in the fl:arres hath fpyed the fates 
 
 Threatned him death without delay, and, fith. 
 
 He faw he could not fatal! order chaunge, 
 
 Foreward he preft; in battayle, that he mght 
 
 Mete with the rulers of the Macedons, 
 
 Of his right hand defirous to be flain, 
 
 The bouldell borne, and worthiefl in the feildej 
 
 And as a wight, now weiy of his lyfe. 
 
 And feking death, in fyrfl front of his rage. 
 
 Comes defperately to Alexanders face, 
 
 At him with dartes one after other throwes, 
 
 With recklefle wordes and clamour him provokes. 
 
 And fayth, Neftanaks baflard fhamefull ftayne 
 
 Of mothers bed, why iolefl thou thy flrokcs, 
 
 Cowardes among. Turn thee to me, in cafe 
 
 Manhood there be fo much left in thy heart, 
 
 Come fight with me, that on my helmet weare 
 
 Apollo's
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 Apollo's laurell both for learninges laiide, 
 And eke for martiall praife, that in my fhielde 
 The feven fold Sophie of Minerve contein, 
 A match more mete, Syr King, then any here, 
 The noble prince amoved takes ruth upon 
 The wilfiill wight, and with fofc wordes ayen, 
 
 monftrous man (quoth he) what fo thou art, 
 
 1 pray thee live, nedo not with thy death 
 This lodge of Lore, the Mufes manfion marre; 
 That treafure houfe this hand fliall never fpoyle, 
 My fword fhall never bruile that fliillful brayne, 
 Long gather'd heapes of fcience fone to fpill; 
 
 O how fayre fruites may you to mortall men 
 From Wifdoms garden give; how many may 
 By you the wifer and the better prove: 
 "What error, what mad moode, what frenzy thee 
 Perfwades to be downe, fent to depe Averne, 
 Where no artes flourifli, nor no knowledge vailes 
 For all thefe favves. When thus the fovereign 
 
 faid, 
 Aliahted Zoroas with fword unfheached, 
 The carelefs king there fmoate above the greve. 
 At th' opening of his quiilies wounded him. 
 So that the blood down trailed on the ground: 
 The Macedon perceiving hurt, gan gnalhe. 
 But yet his mynde he bent in any v-^ife 
 Hym to forbeare, fett fpurrs unto his ftede. 
 And turnde away, left anger of his finarte 
 Should caule revenger hand deale baleful! blowcs. 
 But of the Macedonian chieftaines knights. 
 One Meleager could not bear this fight. 
 But ran upon the faid Egyptian rude, 
 And cutt him in both knees: he fell to ground. 
 Wherewith a whole rout came of fouldiours 
 
 ■ fterne. 
 And all in pieces hewed the fely feg. 
 But happely the foule fled to the ftarres. 
 Where, under him, he hath full fight of all, 
 Whereat he gazed here with reaching looke. 
 The Perfians waild fuch fapience to forgoe. 
 The very Tone the Macedonians wifht 
 He would have lived, king Alexander felfe 
 Demde him a man unmete to dye at all; 
 Who wonne like praile for conqueit of his Yre, 
 As for'ftoute men in field that day fubdued. 
 Who princes taught how to difcerne a man. 
 That in his head fo rare a jewel beares. 
 But over all thofe fame Camenes, thofe fame. 
 Divine Camenes, whole honour he procurde. 
 As tender parent doth his daughters weale. 
 Lamented, and for thankes, all that they can, 
 Do cherilli hym dececft, and fett him free. 
 From dark oblivion of devouring de^ith. 
 
 Barclay wrote about 1550; his chief work is the 
 Ship of Fooles, of which the following extradl wiH 
 fliow his ftyle. 
 
 Of Mockers and Scorners and falfe Accufers. 
 
 f^ Heartless fooles, hade here to our doflrine, 
 ^'^ Leaue ofF the wayes of your enormitie. 
 Enforce you to my preceptes to encline. 
 For here fhall I fliewe you pood and veritie: 
 Encline, and ye finde fliall great profperitie, 
 Enfuing the dodrine of our fathers olde. 
 And godly lawcs in valour worth great golde. 
 
 Who that will followe the graces manyfolde 
 Which are in vertue, fhall finde auauncement: 
 Wherfore ye fooles that in your finne are bolde, 
 Enfue ye wifdome, and leaue your lewde intent, 
 V/ifdome is the way of men moft excellent: 
 Therfore haue done, and Ihortly fpede your pace, 
 To quaynt your felf and company with grace. 
 
 Learne what is vertue, therin is great folace, 
 Learne what is truth, fadnes and prudence. 
 Let grutche be gone, and grauitie purchafe, 
 Forfake your folly and inconuenience, 
 Ceafc to be fooles, and ay to fue ofience, 
 Followe ye vertue, chiefe rcote of godlynes. 
 For it and wifedome is ground of clenlynes, 
 
 Wifcdoine and vertue two thinges are doubtles, 
 Vv hiche man endueth with honour fpeciall. 
 But fuche heartes as flepe in foolifhnes 
 Knoweth nothing, and will nought know ac all: 
 But in this little barge in principall 
 All foolifh mockers I purpofe to repreue, 
 Clawe he his backe that feeleth itch or greue. 
 
 Mockers and fcorners that are harde of beleue. 
 With a rough comb here v/ill I clawe and grate. 
 To proue if they will from their vice remeue. 
 And leaue their folly, which caufeth great debate:- 
 Suche caytiues fpare neyther poore man nor eftate,. 
 And where their felfe are moil worthy derifion. 
 Other men to fcorne is all their moft condition. 
 
 Yet are mo fooles of this abufion, 
 Whiche of wife men defpifeth the doflrine, 
 With mowes, mockes, fcorne, and collufion. 
 Rewarding rebukes for their good difcipline: 
 Shewe to luche wifdome, yet fhall they not encline: 
 Unto the fame, but fet nothing therby 
 But mocke ihy dodtrine, ftill or openly. 
 
 So in the worlde it appeareth commonly. 
 That who that will a foole rebuke or blame, 
 A mocke or mowe fhall he haue by and by: 
 Thus in derifion haue fooles their fpeciall game. 
 Correct a wife man that wouldeefchue ill name. 
 And fayne woukie learne, and his lewde life amende 
 And CO thy wordes he gladly (hall incende. 
 
 If
 
 THE HISTORY OF THE 
 
 If by misfortune a rightwife man offende, 
 He gladly fufFereth a iufte correifbion, 
 And him that him teacheth taketh for his frendc. 
 Him felfe putting mekely unto fubieftion, 
 Folowing his preceptes and good direftian: 
 But yf that one a foole rebuke or blame, 
 Heihall his teacher hate, (launder and diffame. 
 
 Howbeit his wordes oft turne to his own fhame, 
 And his owne dartes retourne to him agayne. 
 And fo is he fore wounded with the fame, 
 And in wo endeth, great mifery and payne. 
 It alfo proued full often is certayne. 
 That they that on mockers alway their mindes cad:, 
 Shall of all other be mocked at the laft. 
 
 He that goeth right, ftedfait, fure, and fad. 
 May him well mocke that goeth halting and lame, 
 And he that is white may well his fcornes caft, 
 Agaynft a man of Inde: but no man ought to blame 
 Anothers vice, while he vfeth the fame. 
 But who that of finne is cleane in dede and thought. 
 May him well fcorne whofe liuing is ftarke nought. 
 The fcornes of Naball full dere fhould haue been 
 
 bought. 
 If Abigayl his wife difcrete and fage. 
 Had not by kindnes right crafty meanes fought. 
 The wrath of Dauid to temper and aflwage. 
 Hath not two beares in their fury and rage 
 Two and fortie children rent and torne, 
 For they the prophete Helyfeus did fcorne. 
 
 So might they curfe the time that they were borne. 
 For their mocking of this prophete diuine: 
 So many other of this fort often mourne 
 For their lewde mockes, and fall into ruine. 
 Thus is it foly for wife men to encline. 
 To this lewde flocke of fooles, for fee thou fhall 
 Them mode fcorning that are moll bad of alK 
 
 The Lenuoy of Barclay to the fooles. 
 
 Ye mocking fooles that in fcorne fet your ioy. 
 Proudly defpifing Gods punition: 
 Take ye example by Cham the fonne of Noy, 
 Whicli laughed his father vnto derifion, 
 "Which him after curfed for his tranfgreirion. 
 And made him feruaunt to all his lyne and ftocke. 
 So fhall ye caytifs at the conclufion, 
 Since ye are nought, and other fcorne and mocke. 
 
 Thus have I deduced the Englip language from eafily traced, and die gradations obferved, by which 
 
 the age of ^//T^rf' to that of £/j/«i^f//.); in fome parts it advanced from its lirft rudenefs to its prefenJ 
 
 imperfedtly for want of materials j but I hope, at elegance. 
 leaft, in fuch a manner that its progrefs may be 
 
 About the year 1553 wrote Dr. Wiljon, a man 
 celebrated for the politenefs of his flyle, and the 
 extent of his knowledge: what was the ftate of our 
 language in his time, the following may be of ufe 
 to lliovv. 
 
 ■pRonunciation is an apte orderinge bothe of the 
 ■*■ voyce, countenaunce, and all the whole bodye, 
 accordynge to the worthines of fuche woordes and 
 mater as by fpeache are declared. The vfe 
 hereof is fuche for anye one that liketh to haue 
 prayfe for tellynge his tale in open aflemblie, that 
 hauing a good tongue, and a comeiye countenaunce, 
 he fhal be thought to pafTe all other that haue the 
 like vtteraunce: thoughe they haue rnuche better 
 learning. The tongue geueth a certayne grace to 
 euerye matter, and beautifieth the caufe in like 
 maner, as a fwete foundynge lute muche fetteth 
 forthe a meane deuifcd ballade. Or as the founde 
 of a good inftrumente ftyrreth the hearers, and 
 moueth much delite, fo a cleare foundyng voice 
 comforteth muche our deintie eares, with muche 
 fwete melodie, and caufeth vs to allowe the matter 
 rather for the reporters fake, then the reporter for 
 the matters fake. Demofthenes therfore, that fa- 
 moufe orarour, beyng afked what was the chiefeft 
 point in al oratorie, gaue the chiefe and onely 
 praife to Pronunciation j being demaunded, what 
 was the feconde, and the thirde, he ftill made 
 aniwere. Pronunciation, and would make none 
 other aunfwere, till they lefte aflcyng, declaryng 
 hereby that arte without vtteraunce can dooe no- 
 thyng, vtteraunce without arte can dooe right 
 muche. And no doubte that man is in outwarde 
 appearaunce halfe a good clarke, that hath a cleane 
 tongue, and a comely gefture of his body. iEfchines 
 lykwyfe beyng bannilhed his countrie through De- 
 mollhenes, when he had redde to the Rhodians his ^ 
 own oration, and Demofthenes aunfwere thereunto, 
 by force' whereof he was bannilhed, and all they 
 marueiled muche at the exceller.cie of the fame: 
 then (q d /Efchines) you would have marueiled 
 muche more if you had heard hymfelfe fpeak it. 
 Thus beyng caft in miferie and bannilhed for euer, 
 he could not but geue fuche greace reporce of his 
 deadly and mortal ennemy. 
 
 A GRAM-
 
 R A M M A 
 
 R 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ENGLISH TONGUE. 
 
 G 
 
 RAMMAR, which is the arl of vfing words properly, 
 comprifes four parts; Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, 
 and Profody. 
 
 la this divifion and order of the parts of grammar 1 follow the common gram- 
 marians, without inqijiring whether a titter dilltibution might not be found. Ex- 
 perience has long fhown this method to be fo d!i>indt as to obviate confufion, and 
 {o comprehenfive as to prevent any inconvenient omifiions. I likewife ufe the 
 terms already received, and already under.lord, though perhaps others more pro- 
 per might fomerimes be invented. Sylburgius, and other innovators, «hofe new 
 terms have funk their learning intJ neglefl, have left fufficient warning againll the 
 trifling ambition of teaching arts in a new language. 
 
 Orthography is the art of combining letters into fyllables, and 
 fyllables into -words. It therefore teaches previoufly the form and 
 found of letters. 
 
 
 
 The lett« 
 
 rs of the 
 
 Engli/h I 
 
 anguage are, 
 
 Saxoa. 
 
 Roman. 
 
 Italick 
 
 Old E 
 
 nglilh. Name. 
 
 ■K 
 
 a 
 
 A a 
 
 A 
 
 a 
 
 31 
 
 a. 
 
 a 
 
 B 
 
 b 
 
 B b 
 
 B 
 
 b 
 
 13 
 
 b 
 
 be 
 
 E 
 
 c 
 
 C c 
 
 C 
 
 c 
 
 C 
 
 c 
 
 h 
 
 D 
 
 b 
 
 D d 
 
 D 
 
 d 
 
 3D 
 
 D 
 
 dee 
 
 e 
 
 e 
 
 E e 
 
 E 
 
 e 
 
 <3 
 
 e 
 
 e 
 
 F 
 
 F 
 
 F f 
 
 F 
 
 f 
 
 iF 
 
 f 
 
 # 
 
 n 
 
 S 
 
 S « 
 
 G 
 
 S 
 
 «e 
 
 3 
 
 >f 
 
 B 
 
 h 
 
 H li 
 
 H 
 
 h 
 
 I? 
 
 b 
 
 aitch 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 I i 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 
 i 
 
 i (or fa 
 
 
 
 J J 
 
 J 
 
 } 
 
 IB 
 
 f 
 
 j confonant, 
 
 K 
 
 k 
 
 K k 
 
 K 
 
 h 
 
 li 
 
 b 
 
 ia 
 
 L 
 
 1 
 
 I. 1 
 
 L 
 
 I 
 
 11 
 
 I 
 
 el 
 
 TO 
 
 m 
 
 M m 
 
 M 
 
 m 
 
 
 lU 
 
 em 
 
 N 
 
 n 
 
 N n 
 
 N 
 
 n 
 
 n 
 
 en 
 
 O 
 
 o 
 
 O o 
 
 
 
 
 
 sD 
 
 
 
 
 
 P 
 
 P 
 
 P P 
 
 P 
 
 P 
 
 19 
 
 p 
 
 pee 
 
 ^ 
 
 cp 
 
 CLq 
 
 cO 
 
 1 
 
 jG 
 
 q 
 
 cue 
 
 R 
 
 n 
 
 R r 
 
 "r 
 
 r 
 
 IS 
 
 r ? 
 
 ar 
 
 S 
 
 r 
 
 S fs 
 
 s 
 
 .A 
 
 ^ 
 
 (e 
 
 efs 
 
 T 
 
 r. 
 
 T t 
 
 T 
 
 / 
 
 i: 
 
 t 
 
 tee 
 
 U 
 
 u 
 
 U u 
 
 U 
 
 u 
 
 
 u 
 
 u (or va 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 V V 
 
 V 
 
 1) 
 
 aa 
 
 ti 
 
 V confonant, 
 
 \a 
 
 P 
 
 W w 
 
 IV 
 
 ••Jil 
 
 m 
 
 to 
 
 double B 
 
 X 
 
 X 
 
 X X 
 
 A' 
 
 X 
 
 % 
 
 %■ 
 
 ex 
 
 Y 
 
 y 
 
 Y y 
 
 r 
 
 y 
 
 P 
 
 r 
 
 toy 
 
 z 
 
 L 
 
 . T 
 
 Z z 
 
 z 
 
 
 5 
 
 ? 
 
 zf//, more 
 commonly called 
 izzardoT uzzard, 
 tiatis,//j«r</. 
 
 To thefe may be added certain combinations of letters univer- 
 fally ufed in printing; as &, ft, fl, 11, (b, ([<, ff, (F, f,, fll, fi, ffi, ffl, 
 and &, or W/,rA and i!,Jl,Mji,Ji,f,f,f,Ji,Ji.j;,Jl, 
 cr. a, ft, fl, fl, ff, (T, C, 6, fli, flS, ef. 
 
 Our letters are commonly reckoned twenty-four, becaufe anciently ; and ;, aj 
 well as u and v, were expteHed by the fame charafter ; but as thofe letters, which 
 had always different powers, have now different forms, our alphabet may be pro. 
 perly faid to confift of twenty-fix letters. 
 
 None of the fmall confonants have a double form, except /, i ; of which / is 
 ufed in the beginning and middle, and s at the end. 
 
 Vowels are five, a, e, i, o, u. 
 
 Such is the number generally received ; but for / it is the prac- 
 tice to write jjr in the end of words, as tLy, holy; before ;', as from 
 die, dying; from beautify, beautifying; in the words fays, days, eyes; 
 and in words derived from the Greek, and written" originally with 
 V, as_/5y?«K, crvrriux; fyinpalhy, <rvn7rdSita. 
 
 For u we often write -ji after a vowel, to make a diphthong ; as 
 ratv, greiv, •vietu, •vo'w,flo'zuing, lownefs. 
 
 The founds of all the letters are various. 
 
 In treating on the letters, 1 fliail not, like fome other grammarians, inquire 
 into the original of their form, as an antiquarian ; nor into their formation and 
 prolation by ilie organs of fpeech, as a mcchanick, anatomift, or phyfiologift • 
 nor into the properties and gradation of founds, or the elegance or harftnefs of 
 pacticular combinations, as a writer of univcrfal and tranfcendental grammar. I 
 confider the Enjjifti alphabet only as it is Englifh ; and even in this narrow difqui. 
 fition I follow the example of former grammarians, perhaps viith more reverence 
 than judgment, becaufe by writing in Englifh I fuppofe my reader already ac- 
 quaintcd with the Englifli language, and confequently able to pronounce the let- 
 ters, of which 1 teach the pronunciation ; and becaufe of founds in general it may 
 be obferved, that words are unable to defcribe them. An account therefore of the 
 primitive and fimple letters is ufekfs almoft alike to thofe wjjo know their found, 
 and thofe who know it not. 
 
 Of V O W E L S. 
 A. 
 
 A has three founds, the llender, open, and broad. 
 
 A flcnder is found iri moft words, as face, mane; and I'n words 
 ending [nation, s.s creation, fahation, generation. 
 
 The a (lender is the proper Englifti a, called verv juftly by Erpenius, in his 
 Arabick Grammar, a jlnglkum cum e m:jium, as having a middle found between 
 the open a and the e. The French have a fimilar found in the word taij, and in 
 their c mafculine. 
 
 A open is the a of the Italian, or nearly refcmblcs it; Hi father, 
 rather, congratulate, fancy, glafs. 
 
 A broad refembles the a of the German ; as all, wall, call. 
 
 Many words pronounced with a broad were ancientU written with au, zs/.s:,!f 
 maul; ; and we Hill fay fault, imIi. This was probably the Sixon lound, tor
 
 GRAMMAR OF THE 
 
 it is yet rela'neH In the northern d'a'efls, and in t!ie ruftic pronunciation ; as maun 
 for jfjdn, hjund for l\:nd. 
 
 The fliort a approaches to the a open, as grafs. 
 
 The long a, if prolonged by e at the end of the word, is always 
 (lender, as gra-ze, fame. 
 
 A forms a diphthong only with i or y, and u or il'. At or ay, 
 as in />/«;'«, liuvn, gay, clay, has only the found of the long and 
 flender a, and differs not in the pronunciation from plane, luane. 
 
 All oxa-w has the found of the German a, as raiv, naughty, 
 
 Ai is fomeiimcs found in Latin words not compl^teiy naturalized or alTimiialed, 
 but is no Ejigiifh diiiluliong ; and is mo:e prope ly expieffed by finale e, as Cf/ji , 
 
 E is tlie letter that occurs moll frequently in tiie Englifh language. 
 E is long, as in fcene ; or ihort, as in cellar, feparate, celebrate, 
 rtien, then. 
 
 It is always fliort before a double confonant, or two confonants, 
 as in I'f.v, perplexity, relent, medlar, reptile, ferpent, cellar, cejfation, 
 blejfing , fell, fellhig, debt. 
 
 E is always mute at the end of a word, except in monofyllabks 
 that have no other vowel, as the; or proper names, as Penelope, 
 Phebe, Derbe ; being ufed to modify the foregoing confonant, as 
 Jince, once, hedge, oblige; or to lenghten the preceding vowel, as biiii, 
 bane; can, cane; pin, pine; tun, tune; rib, robe; pop, pope; fir, 
 fire; cur, cure; tub, tube. 
 
 Almoft all words uliich now terminate in confonants ended anciently in i, as 
 year, yeure\ milJncfs, •wtlJntJJi ; which e probably had the force of tlie French e 
 feminine, and conltituted a fyllable wich its affocinte cinlbnant ; for, in old edi- 
 tions, words are fometimes divided thus, clea-rl, fel-le, kmivled-ge. This e was 
 perhaps for a time vocal or filent in poetry, as convenience required j but it has 
 been long wholly mute. Camden in his Remaim calls it the fiient e. 
 
 It does not always lengthen the foregoing vowel, as glove, live, 
 give. 
 
 It has fometimes in the end of words a found obfcure, and 
 fcarcely perceptible, as open, Jlmpen, Jlootten, thijlle, participle, 
 lucre. 
 
 This faintnefs of found is found when e feparates a mute from a liquid, as in rot- 
 ten ; or follows a mute and liquid as in cattle. 
 
 E forms a diphthong with a, as near; with i, as deign, receive; 
 and with u or iv, as neivjjleiu. 
 
 Ea founds like e long, as mean; or like ee, as dear, clear, near. 
 
 Ei is founded like e long, asfeize, perceiving. 
 
 Eu founds as u long and foft. 
 
 E, a, u, arc combined in beauty and its derivatives, but liave only 
 the found of u. 
 
 E may be faid to form a diphthong by redupHcation, as agree, _ 
 Jleiping. 
 
 Ea is found \n yeomen, where it is founded as e (hort ; and in people, where it is 
 pronounced like ee. 
 
 I. 
 
 / has a found. loTig, aifine; and fliort, ?is fin. 
 
 That is eminently obfervable in i, which may be likewife remarked in other let- 
 ters, that the Ihort found is not the long found contrafled, but a found wholly dif. 
 lerent. 
 
 The long found in monofyllabks is always marked by the e 
 final, as thin, thine. 
 
 J is often founded before r as a fliort u; as flirt, fi>^,fhirt. 
 
 It forms a diphthong only with e, as ^eld, Jhield, which is 
 founded as the double ee; except friend, which is founded as 
 frettd, 
 
 1 is joined with eu in lieu, and ew in view ; which triphthongs are founded as the 
 open u. 
 
 o. 
 
 is long, as bone, obedient, corroding; or fliort, as bloci, hioci) 
 oblique, loll. 
 
 ll^omen is pronounced wimen. 
 
 The fliort has fometimes tlie found of a clofe u, i%foit, come. 
 
 coalefces into a diphthong with a, as moan, groan, approach} 
 oa has the foand of o long. 
 
 is united to e in fome words derived from Greek, as ceconoify ; but oe being 
 not an Englilh diphthong, they are better written as they are founded with only e, 
 econcny. 
 
 With /, as oil, foil, moil, noifome. 
 
 This coalition of letters feems to unite the founds of the two letters as frr as two 
 founds can be united without be'ng deftroyed, and th''re(ore aj^p caches more near- 
 ly than any combination in our tongue to the notion of a diphthong. 
 
 With 0, as boot, hoot, cooler; oo has the found of the Italian u. 
 
 With tt or 'w, as our, po':ver, flower ; but in iome words has only 
 the found of o long, as m foul, bowl, foiv, grotv. Thefe different 
 founds are ufed to difl;inguifli different fignifications; as bow, an 
 inftrument for fliooting ; boiu 2l depreflion of the head : fow, the flie 
 of a boar; fozv, to fcatter feed: bowl, an orbicular body; bowl, a 
 wooden veflel. 
 
 Ou is fometimes pronounced like o foft, as court ; fometimes like 
 fliort, as cough; fometimes like u clofc, as could; or « open, as 
 rough, tough ; which ufe only can teach. 
 
 Ou is frequently ufed in the laft fyllable of words which In Latin end in or, and 
 are made Engiiih, zs honour, labour, f'vcur, fromhororj labor, fafcr. 
 
 Some late innovators have rejected the u, vviihout confidering that the laft fyl- 
 lable gives the found neither oi ot nor ur, but a (bund between tl em, if not com- 
 pounded of both; befides ihit they are probably derived to us from the French 
 nouns in eur, as bonneur, fatjeur. 
 
 u. 
 
 U'li long in ufe, confufion; or fliort, as us, concujfion. 
 
 It coalefces with a, e, i, o; but has rather in thefe combinations 
 the force of the w, as qus^, que/1, quit, quite, languijh; fometimes in 
 ni the ; lofes its found, as m juice. It is fometimes mute before a, 
 <■> '> yy as guard, guejl, guife, buy. s 
 
 U is followed by e in virtue, but the e has no found. 
 
 Ue is fometimes mute at the end of a word, in imitation of the French, as pro- 
 rogue, jynagogue, plague, vague, harangue. 
 
 Y. 
 
 2'is a vowel, which, as Quintilian obferves of one of the Roman 
 letters, we might want without inconvenience, but that we have 
 it. It fupplies the place of i in the end of words, as thy; before 
 an i, as dying; and is commonly retained in derivative words 
 where it was part of a diphthong in the primitive ; as deflroy, de- 
 frayer; betray, betrayed, betrayer; pray, prayer ; fay, fuyer ; day, 
 days. 
 
 y being the Saxon vowel y, which was commonly ufed where ; is now put, oc- 
 curs very frequently in all old books. 
 
 General Rules. 
 
 A vowel in the beginning or middle fyllable, before two confo- 
 nants, is commonly fliort, as opportunity. 
 
 In monofyllables a Angle vowel before a fingle confonant is fliort, 
 ^^Jlagyfrog. 
 
 Mary is pronounced as if it were wrote manny. 
 
 . Of CONSONANTS. 
 B. 
 
 B has one unvaried found, fuch as it cbtains in other Ian. 
 guages. 
 
 It is mute in debt, debtor, fubtle, doubt, lamb, limb, dumb, thumbf 
 climb, comb, womb. 
 
 It is ufed befoie / and r, as blaci, brnuttt 
 
 c.
 
 ENGLISH TONGUE. 
 
 C. 
 
 C has before e and / the found of/; zsjlncercl^, cmtrick, century, 
 circuLir, cijlcrn^city-, ficctiy ; before a, o, and :;, it founds like /•, as 
 calm, concavity, copper, incorporate, curioftty, concupijcence. 
 
 C might b? omitted in ihe language without ln(s, fincconcuf its fount^s might be 
 fupv'icJ by/, .11 d the other by *, but that it pielervcs to the eye the etymology of 
 words, a fact (\omfjdll, ca/tlive ixom caft:'vus. 
 
 Ci'j has a found which is analyzed into tfi, as church, chin, crutch. 
 It is the fame found which the Itahans give to the c fimple before 
 i and e, as citli), cerro. 
 
 Ch is founded Hke k in words derived from the Greek, as chy- 
 w'lft, fcheme, choler. Arch is commonly founded ark before a vou^l, 
 as Archangel; and with the Englilh found of ch before a confonant, 
 as archhijhop. 
 
 Ch, in fome French worda not yet alTimilated, founds like p, as mjchm, 
 cbaifi. 
 
 C, having no determinate found, according to Englifh orthography, never ends 
 a wird; th rcfore ne write Jlici, Hock, which were originally y?;(/v, bifcke, in 
 luch words. C is noA- mute. 
 
 It is ufei before 1 and r, as clach, crofi, 
 
 D. 
 
 Is uniform in its found, as death, diligent. 
 It is ufed before r, as Jratu, drofs^ and ^v, as divell. 
 
 F. 
 
 F, though having a name beginning with a vowel, is numbered 
 by the grammarians among the femivowels ; yet has tliis quality 
 of a mute, that it is commodioufly founded before a liquid, a?,Jlaj1, 
 Jly, freckle. It has an unvariable found, except that of is fome- 
 times fpoken nearly as ov. 
 
 G has two founds; one hard, as in gay, go, gun; the other foft, 
 as in gem, giant. 
 
 At the end of a word it is always hard, ring, fnug,fong, frog. 
 
 Before e and i the found is uncertain. 
 
 G before e is foft, as gan, generation, except in gear, geld, 
 geefe, get, geugaiv, and derivatives from words ending in g, as 
 Jinging, jlronger, and generally before er at the end of words, as 
 fnger. 
 
 G is mute before n, as gnajh, fign, foreign. 
 
 G before ( is hard, as give, except in giant, gigantick, gibbet, gibe, 
 giblets, Giles, gill, gillijlower, gin, ginger, gingle, to which may be 
 added Egypt and gypfey. 
 
 Gh, in the beginning of a word, has the found of the hard^, as 
 ghojily; in the middle and fometimes at the end, it is quite filent, as 
 though, right, fought, fpoken iho' , rite,foiite. 
 
 It has often at the er.d the found of _/', as laugh, whence laughter 
 retains the fame found in the middle; cough, trough, fough, tough, 
 enough,flough. 
 
 It is not to be doubted, but that in the origin.31 pronuncia'ion gh had 
 the force of a confonwt deeply gutiu.al, which is ilill continued among the 
 S.;otch 
 
 C is ufed before /i, /, and r. 
 
 H. 
 
 /^ is a note of afpiration, and fliows that the following vowel 
 ir.uft be pronounced with a flrong emifiion of breath, as hat, 
 horfe. 
 
 It fcldom begins any but the firft fyllable, in which it is always 
 founded with a full breath, except in heir, herb, hojller, honour, 
 humble, honejl, humour, and their derivatives. 
 
 It fometimes begins middle or final fyllables in words compounded, iibktkbead ; 
 or derived from the Latin, as comfribindcd. 
 
 J- 
 
 y confonant founds uniformly like the foft g, and i-. thtrefore 
 a letter ufclefs, except in etymology, as ejaculation, jcflcr, jocund, 
 juice. 
 
 K. 
 
 K has the found of hard c, and is ufed before e and ;', where, 
 according to Englilh analogy, c would be foft, sskipt, king,fiirt, 
 Jkeptick, for fo it ftiould be WTittcn, aalfccptick, becaufeyir is founded 
 like_/i as mfcenc. 
 
 It is ufed before n, as kntll, knot, but totally lofes its found in modern pronunci- 
 ation, 
 
 K is nes'cr doubled ; but c i'? ufed before it to (hortcn the vowel 
 by a double confonant, as cockle, pickle. 
 
 L has in Englifli the fame liquid found as in other languages. 
 
 The cudom is to double the / at the end of monnfyllables, as kill, tvttl, full. 
 Thefc words were originally written k'tlle, ivilte, fulle ; and when the c full grew 
 filent and was afterward omitted, the // was retained, to give lorce, according to 
 the analogy of our Linguagc, to the foieguing vowel. 
 
 L is fometimes mute, as in calf, half, halves, calves, could, would, 
 Jhould, pfalm, talk, falmon, falcon. 
 
 The Saxons, who delighted in guttural founds, fometimes afpiratcd the/ at the 
 beginning of words, as hlap, a lojf, ot bread ; hlapop'o, a lord ; but this pronun- 
 ciation is now difufed. 
 
 Le at the end of words is pronounced like a weak el, in which 
 the e is almoft mute, as table, Jbuttk. 
 
 M. 
 
 M has alvrays the fame found, as murmur, moituiruntal, 
 
 N. 
 
 A'' has always the fame found, as noble, manners. 
 Nh fometimes mute after m, as damn, condemn, hymn. 
 
 P has always the fame found, which the Welfh and Germans 
 confound with b. 
 
 P is fometimes mute, as in pfalm, and between m and /, as 
 tempt. 
 
 Ph is ufed for/ in words derived from the Greek, z.% philofobher^ 
 philanthropy, Philip. 
 
 CL 
 
 ^, as in other languages, is always followed by a, and has a 
 found which our Saxon anceflors well cxprcfFed by cp, cw, as qua- 
 drant, queen, equejlrian, quilt, inquiry, quire, quotidian, ^t is never 
 followed by ;/. 
 
 ^i is fometimes founded, in words derived from the French, like 
 k, as conquer, liquor, rifqnc, chequer. 
 
 R. 
 
 R has the fame rough fnarling found as in other tongues. 
 
 The Saxons ufed often to put h b-.fore it, as bsfcre / .it the beginnins of 
 words. ^ 
 
 RIj is ufed In words derived from the Greek, a mj.rh, n:y,rtlnf, catnrrheus 
 rbtum, rbeumatlck, rLynte. * 
 
 Re, at the end of fome words derived from the Latin or French 
 is pronounced like a weak er, as theatre, fepulchre. ' 
 
 S has a hifling found, ■&%fibilation,fiJler. 
 
 A fingle J felJom ends any word, except in the third perfon of verbs 
 /ows, gioxoi-^ and _lhe plurals of nouns, i.% trees, tujhes, dijirtjjh ; the pronoi 
 
 8 ■>■ 
 
 as 
 
 pronouns 
 thii.
 
 GRAMMAR OF THE 
 
 tbi>, Bii, eur),puri, ui\ the adverb liui; and words derived {torn Latin, as rtbiii, 
 jurfiui: the dofe being always either in/f, as btujt, burje, orin/i, as grafs, ilrejs, 
 i/ifs, Icj'i, anciently jrj^j, areffi. 
 
 S fingle, at the end of words, has a grofTer found, like that of 
 E, as trfes, eyes; except this, thus, us, rebus, ftirplus. 
 
 It founds like s before ion, if a vowel goes before; it, as intrujton; 
 and like/, if it follows a confonant, as converfwn. 
 
 It founds like 2 before e mute, as refufe, and before jy final, as 
 mfy; and in thofe words bofom, dejire, luifdoin, prifon, prifoner, 
 prefint, prefent, damfel, cafement. 
 
 It is the peculiar quality of/, that it may be founded before all confonants, ex- 
 cept X and K, in which f is comprifed, x being only ks, and x. a hard or 
 grofs f. This / is therefore termed by grammarians furr fafejlaiis liiera ; the 
 reafon of which the learned Dr. Clarke erroneoully fuppofcd to be, that in 
 fome words it might be doubled at pleafure. Thus we find in feveral lan- 
 gu.iges : 
 
 tZir^vfxi, fcatter, jd':gf!o, Jdruciioh, ffavdlare, ff-fij-f, fgambrare, jgrav,u-c^ jhakc, 
 Jlumbirj jniell, fmj}e,fpacf, Jplentiour, jpr'ing, j^uec%c, preiti, jltp, jirergtb, jiramen, 
 ^np'^, {'Ventura, fivell. 
 
 S IS mute in i/Ii-, iJlanJ, demefne, vifcount, 
 
 T. 
 
 T has its cullomary found, ai taie, temptation. 
 
 Ti before a vowel has the found of /i, as fahation, except an f 
 goes htiore, a?, qiicflion ; excepting likeivife derivatives from words 
 ending in ty, as mighty, mightier. 
 
 Th has two founds; the one foft, as thus, whether; the other 
 hard, as thing, thinh. The found is foft in thefe words, then, thence, 
 and there, with their derivatives and compounds; and mtliat, thefe, 
 thou, thee, thy, thine, their, they, this, thofe, them, though, thus, and in 
 all words between two vowels, as father, whether; and between r 
 and a vowel, as burthen. 
 
 In other words it is hard, as thick, thunder, faith, faithful. 
 Where it is foftened at the end of a word, an e filent mull be add- 
 ed, as breath, breathe; cloth, clothe. 
 
 V has a found of near affinity to that of/, vain, vanity. 
 
 Froin /, in the Illandicic alphabet, v is only diOinguilhed by a diacritical 
 point* 
 
 w. 
 
 Of iu, which in diphthongs is often an undoubted vowel, fome 
 grammarians have doubted whether it ever be a confonant ; and not 
 rather, as it is called, a double u, or ou, as water may be re- 
 folved into ouater: but letters of the fame found are always rec- 
 koned confonants in other alphabets : and it may be obferved, 
 that iu folloivs a vowel without any hiatus or difficulty of utter- 
 ance, z^frcfly winter. 
 
 IVh has a foimd accounted peculiar to the Englifh, vi'hich the 
 Saxons better expreffed by li,-, Aw, ^s what, whence, whiting; in 
 •whore only, and fometimes in wiolefame, wh is founded like a 
 fimple h. 
 
 X begins no Englifh word ; it has the found of ts, as axle, ex- 
 
 4raneous. 
 
 T, when it follows a confonant, is a vowel ; when it precedes 
 eithet a vov/el or a diphthong, is a confonant, ye, young. It is 
 thought by fome to be in iill cafes a vowel. But it may be ob- 
 ferved of ^ as of Wf that it follows a vowel without any hiatus, as 
 Tofy youth. 
 
 The chief argument by which iu andji appear to be always vowels Is, that the 
 founds which they are fuppofed to have, as confonants, cannot be uttered after a 
 vowel, like that of all other confjnants ; thus we fay, Iu, ui ; ilo, odd; but in 
 viedf deWf ^ke two fountfrof w tvatt no rcfemblancc to each other. 
 
 Z begins np word origlnaHy in Englini ; it has the found, as its 
 name izzar^i or /hard expi-efles, of an /uttered with a clofcr com* 
 preflion of the palate by the tongue, 2is freez.e, fro%e. 
 
 In orthography I liave fuppofcd orthcrpy^ or jtifl utterance of tuords, to be in- 
 cluded j orthography being only the art of exprefiing certain founds by proper 
 char^fters. 1 have therefore obferved in what words any of the letters are 
 mute. 
 
 Mod: of the writers of EngHih grammar have given long tables of words pw- 
 nounceii otherwife thjn they are written, and leem not fulficiently to have 
 confidered, that of Englifti, as of all living tongues, there is a double pro- 
 nunciation, one curfory and co'loquial, the other regular and folcmn. The 
 curfory pronunciation is alwiys vague and uncertain, being made difterent in 
 different mouths by negligence, unJkilfulnefs, or aftVdlation. The folemn pro- 
 nunciation, though by no means immutable and permanent, is yet always 
 lefs remote from the orthography, and Icfs liable to capricious innovation. 
 They have however generally formed their tab!es accoiding to the curfory 
 fpeech of thofe with whom they happened to converfej and concluding that 
 the whole nation co;n bines to vitiate language in one manner, have often 
 eftabliihed the jargon of the lowell of the people as the model of fpeech. 
 
 For pronunciation the belt general rule is, to confider thofe as the moft elegant 
 fpeakers '*ho deviate Icaft from the written words. 
 
 There have bi'cn many fchemes offered for the emendarjon and fettlement of 
 our orthography, which, I'Jce that of other nations, being formed by chance, 
 or according to the fancy of the cdrlieft writers in rude ages, was at firft very 
 various and uncertain, and Is yec fufticiently Irregular. Of thefe reformerft 
 fome have ende.ivourt-d to accommodate orthograpliy better to the prcnunct- 
 acion, without confidering that this is to rr.eaiure by a Oiadow, to take that for 
 a model or Ilandard which is changing while they apply it. Others, lefs 
 abfurdly indeed, but with equal uniikciihood of fuccefs, have endeavoured to 
 proportion the number of letters to that of founds, that every found may have 
 its own character, and every character a (ingle found. Such would be the 
 orthography of a new language to be formed by a fynod of grammarians 
 upon principles of fcience. But who can hope to prevail on nations to change 
 their pra^ice, and make all their old books ufclcfs ? or what advantage would 
 a new orthography procure equivalent to the confufion and perplexity of fuch 
 an alteration? ^ 
 
 Some of thefe fchemes I (hall however exliibit, which may be ufed according 
 to the diverfities of genius, as a guide to reformers, or terrour to innovators. 
 
 One of the firft who piopofed a fcheme of regular orthography, was Sir 
 Thomas Smith, fecretary of Itate to Queen Elizabeth, a man of real learning, 
 and much praiflifed in grammatical difquifitions. Had he written the following 
 linss according to his fcheme, they would have appeared thus : 
 
 At length Erafmus, that great injured name, 
 The glory ot the pricfthood and the iliame, 
 Stemm'd the wild torrent o( a barb'rous age. 
 And drove thofe holy Vandals off the rtage. 
 
 At lengS Erafmas, ^at gret Vnjurd nam, 
 Ae glorV of {5c priifthud, and iSe zam, 
 Stemmd Se 'zvi\d torrent of a barbruus aj. 
 And drov Sos holi Vandals off iSe ^.13. 
 
 After him another mode of writing was offered by Dr. Gill, the celebrated 
 mafter of St. Paul's fcbool in London i which I cannot reprefent exactly for 
 want of types, but will approach as nearly as I can by means of charafters 
 now in ufe, fo as to make it underftood, exhibiting two ftanzas of Spencer in the 
 reformed oithouraphy. 
 
 Spenfer, book lii. canto 5. 
 Unthankful wretch, faid he, is this the meed, 
 With which herfovercign mercy thou dolt quite ? 
 Thy life Ihe faved by her gracious deed ; 
 But thou doll ween with vilian-us dflplght^ 
 Tt^ blot her honour, and her hcav'nly light. 
 Die, rarher die, than fo difioyally 
 Deem of high defert, or feem fo light. 
 Fair death it is to ihun more fhame ; then die. 
 Die, rather die, than ever love difloyally. 
 
 But if to love di/loyalty it be, 
 Shall I then hate her, that from deathes door 
 Me brought ? ah ! far be fuch reproach from me» 
 What can I lefs do, than her love therefore, 
 Sith 1 her due reward cannot reftore ? 
 Die, rather die, and dying do her fcrve, 
 Dying her ferve, and living her adore. 
 Thy life (he gave, thy life ihe doth defcrve ; 
 Die, rather die, than ever from her fcrvice fwcrve* 
 
 Vnllankful wr£3, fi^id hj, 12 ^is jSe mjd, 
 Wift UiiD b£r foDirjin m;rfi 35ou dult qujt ? 
 Dj Ijf rj faij^d bj htr grafius djd ; 
 Bui £ou duil wen wil) UiUnus difpjt.
 
 ENGLISH TONGUE. 
 
 Tu blot ksr Kano^ und hir liebnij Ii£t« 
 V}p rj^ir dj, )Sen fo dilloialj 
 pjm of hirhii) dezirt, or fjm foi'iH. 
 Ytiir del) it 12 tu j*"" "^'»'"" P*''^ » *e" ^j* " 
 Dj, raSer dj, Htn eUir lull dOo'iUlj. 
 
 But if tu tut) diH idltj it bj, 
 Sal I ^m hii hex 8u from dtJSez da^r 
 Wj brouit? dhl f<ir bj fuo reproa from mj« 
 Wjt kan 1 Us du ^sti iur luU Sirf^r, 
 5ii> I her du riward kinot reft«r ? 
 Dj> rj^Ef dj, and djjj du h«r f rb> 
 Djij^ hff ftr)if and liUij hir adiur, 
 i>j 'jf rj g-^lJ> ^j U* rJ 'i"^ djzfrU ; _ 
 Dj, tdXer dj, <5m eDer fiom hit fEcDis fw£rt]« 
 
 Dr. Gill was followed by Charles Butler, a man who did not want an un- 
 ilerftanding which nii^ht have qualified him for bettir employment. He (eems 
 to have been more fjn^uine th.in his predecelfors, for he printed his book ac- 
 cording to his own fcheme i which the following fpcciiuen will make ealily un- 
 der ftood. 
 
 But whenfoever you have occafion to trouble their patience, or to come 
 among them being troubled, U is better to Hand upon your guard, than to 
 trult to their gentkneis. For the fafeguard of your face, which they have 
 mofl mind unto, provide a purfchood, made of coarfe bouliering, to be drawn 
 and knit about your collar, which tor more fafety is to be lined againft the 
 eminent parts with woollen cloth. Fir^l cut a piece about an inch and a half 
 broad, and half a yard long, to reach round by the temples and forehead, from 
 one ear to the other; which being fowed in his place, join unto it two (hort 
 pieces of the fame breadth under the eyes, for the balls of the cheeks, and then 
 iei. another piece about the breadth of a ftiilling againft the top of the nofe. 
 At other times, when they are not angered, a litWe piece half a quarter broad, to 
 cover the eyes and parts about them, may fcrve, though it be in the heat of the 
 day. 
 
 Bet penfoevcr you hav* occafion to trubble <5cir patienc', or to coom among 
 8em bt'eing trubled, it is better to ftand upon your gard, ^an to truft to iSeir 
 gentlenes. For Ht faf ' gard vf your fac', pio 5ey hav' moft mind' unto, 
 provid' a purfehsod, mad* of cecrfe boultcring, to bee drawn and knit about 
 your collar, pia for mor* faf'ty is to bee lined againft J5' eminent parts wit 
 woollen clot. Firft cut a prfc' about an in? and a half broad, and half a yard 
 long, to reaa round by 5e temples and for'head, from one ear to iSe oSeri 
 piD bf(-ing fovved in his plac', join unto it two fort p^-^es of the fam breadt 
 under $e eys, for the b.nils of <Se ch«ks, and then fet an oJSer pffc* about 5e 
 brcadT of a pilling againft the top o JSe nofe. At oSer tim's, pen ^ey ar' 
 not angered, a little piec' half" a quarter broad, to cover 5e eys and parts about 
 them, may fcrve, JSowj it be in the heat of <5e day. Butlet ob the Nature and 
 Properties of Bees, 1634. 
 
 In the time of Charles I. there was a very prevalent inclination to change 
 the orthography j as appears, among other books, in fuch editions of the 
 works of Milton as weic publiflied by bimfelf. Of thefe reformers, every 
 man had his own fcheme j but they agieed in one general defign of accommo- 
 dating the letters to the pronunciation, by ejecting fuch as they thought fuper- 
 fluous. Some of them would have written thefe lines thus : 
 
 -All the erth 
 
 Shall then be paradis, far happier place 
 Then this of Eden, and far happier dais. 
 
 Bilbcp Wilkins afterward, in his great work of the philofophical language, 
 propofed without expe^ing to be followed, a regular orthography j by which the 
 Lord's prayer is to be written thus : 
 
 Ywr Fadher haltih art in hcven, h^alloed bi dhyi n^'m, dhyi cingdym cym, dhy 
 vill bi dyn in erth as it is in heven, &c. 
 
 We have fince had no general reformers ; but fome Ingenious men have 
 tndeavourcd to deferve well of their countiy, by writing hcTtor and /nhr for 
 tcrcur and labour^ red for read in the preter-tenfe, jaii (or J^yi^ repete for repeat^ 
 txplam for ex-p/ain, or declame for declaim. Of thefe It may be fiid, that as they 
 have done no good, they have done little harmj both becaufe they have innovated 
 little, and becaufe few have followed them. 
 
 The Engllfh language has properly no dlale£ls ; the ftyle of writers has no 
 profeffed diverfity in ihe ufe of words, or -cf their flexions, and terminations, 
 nor differs but by different degrees of /kill or care. The oral di^ion is uniform 
 in no fpacious country, but has lefs variation in England than in moft other 
 aations of equal extent. The language of the northern counties retains many 
 words now out of ufe, but which aie commnnly of the genuine Teutonick 
 lace, and Is uttered with a pronunciation which now feems hnrih and rough, 
 but was probably ufed by our anceftors. The northern fpcech is therefore not 
 b'^rbarous but obfolete. The fpeech In the weftern provinces Items to differ from 
 the general diftion rather by a depraved pronunciation, lh:in by any rtal difference 
 vrhich letters would exprefs. 
 
 ETYMOLOGY. 
 
 ETYMOLOGY teaches the dcduftion of one %vord from an- 
 other, and the various modilications by which the fcnfe of 
 the fame word is diverfified; as horfe, horfes; I love, I loved. 
 
 0/ lie A B. r I c I. E, 
 The Engli(h have two articles, an or a, and the. 
 
 An, a. 
 
 j4 has an indefinite fignification, and means one, with fome 
 reference to more; as This is a _^ood booi, that is, one amon^ the 
 books that are good. He was killed hy a [word, that h, fome f word. 
 This is abetter book for a man than a boy, that is, for one of thofe 
 that are men than one of thofe that are boys. An army might enter 
 without rcfjlance, that is any army. 
 
 In tlie fenfes in which we ufe a or an in the fingular, we fpeak 
 in the phiral without an article: as, thefe are good books. 
 
 I have made an the original article, becaafe it is only the Saxon an, or sen, ont, 
 applied to a new ufe, as the German t'tn, and the French un j the « being cut off 
 before a confonant in the fpeed of utterance. 
 
 Grammarians of the laft age d!re£l, that an fhould be ufed be- 
 fore h; whence it appears that the Englilh anciently afpirated 
 lefs. An is ftill ufed before the filent h, as, an herb, an honcjl man: 
 but otherwife a; as, 
 
 A horfe, a horfe, my kingdom for a horfe. Shakfpeare. 
 
 An or a can only be joined with a fingular, the correfpondent 
 plural is the noun without an article; as / iwant a pen, J luaat 
 pens: or with the pronominal adje(3;ive_/omf, 2& I want fome pem.^ 
 
 The. 
 
 The has a particular and definite fignificatiom 
 
 The fruit 
 Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal taile 
 Brought death into the world. Miltorr. 
 
 That is, that particular fruit, and this world in which we live.. 
 So, He giveth fodder for the cuttle, and green herbs for the ufe of mani 
 that is, for thofe beings that are cattle, and his ufe that is man. 
 
 The is ufed in both numbers. 
 
 I am as free as nature firft made man, 
 
 Ere the bafe laws of fervitude began. 
 
 When wild in woods the noble favage ran. Sryde/t.- 
 
 Many words are ufed without articles; as, 
 
 1. Proper names, as John, Alexander, Longinus, AriflarchuSf^ 
 Jerufalem, Athens, Rome, London. God is uitd as a proper name. 
 
 2. AbftraA names, as M;<:;{nf/,f, witchcraft, virtue, vice, beauty, 
 uglinefs, love, hatred, anger, good-nature, kindnefs. 
 
 3. Words in which nothing but the mere being of any thing is 
 implied: This is not beer, but water; this is not brafs, hxxtfleel. 
 
 0/" Nouns Substantives. 
 
 The relations of Englifh nouns to words going before or 
 following, are not cxpreiled by cafes, or changes of termination, 
 but as in moft of the other European languages by prepolitions, 
 unlefs we may be faid to have a genitive cait. 
 
 Siuijular. , 
 
 Nom. Magifter, a Maft«r, the Mailer. 
 
 Gen. Magiftri, c/"fl Mafter, o/zif Mafter, or Mafters,, 
 
 th Maft^rs. 
 Dat. Maglftro, to a Mafter, to the Maftcr. 
 Ace. Magiftrum, a Mafter, the Mafter. 
 Voc. Magifter, Mafter, Mafter. 
 
 Abl. Magiftro, frcm a Mafter, from ihe JNIafter* • • 
 
 Plural.
 
 A GRAMMAR OF THE 
 
 Nom. Maglftri, 
 Gen. Magiftrorum, 
 Magiftris, 
 Magiftros, 
 Magiftri, 
 
 Plural. 
 
 Mafters, the Mailers. 
 
 0/ Matters, o///jc Mafters. 
 
 to Mafters, to the Mafters. 
 
 Mafters, the Mafters. 
 
 Mafters, Mafters. 
 
 Dat. 
 
 Ace. 
 
 Voc. 
 
 Abl. Magiftris, from Mafters, from the Mafters, 
 
 Our nouns are therefore only declined thus: 
 
 Mafter, Gen. Mafters. Phir. Mafters. 
 
 Scholar, Gen. Scholars. Piur. Scholars. 
 
 Thcfe genitives are avv.iys wilt'.en with a mirk "f el fi in, maftr'i, fchoUr'u 
 according to an opinion long received, that the 'i is a contraction of bh, as the 
 Joldicr'i valour, for ibe filjier hh I'ahur : but ihis cjnaot be the true original, 
 becauf?: V is put to female nouns, tf'^om.ins heiWy, xMt l^i-%hi''s /iilka^y\ Hat^ghty 
 jfmw^s unteltiiting bale ^ and cr.Mef^ive n.'uns, as IVomen i pajfioiu, the rabblis 
 infilerce, tbc multlUidc'; foly : in all ih-fe cifcs i; is apparent ihac iir cannot be 
 underltjoii. We lay lilc-wifc, i)u- fjundalkn's Jfrciigth, ll:e d'umirii's luflre, rh, 
 lohter^s Jcvc try ; but in tlrefe calts hti may be underftood, h: and tjh having for- 
 merly been applied to neuters in the place mrw fuppli'd by it and /i. 
 
 The learned and fagacious Wallis, to whom every Englifli grammarian owes a 
 tribute of reverence, calls this modilicatiin of the noun an arljeBme ro/jijji-ve; 1 
 think with no more propriety than he m'ght have ap ilicJ the fam:: to ihe genitive 
 in eiju'itumdccui, Tic-iie or's, or any otlier Latin genitive. Dt. Lowth, on the other 
 part, fuppofcs the pofTeirive proncuns t7:'it;e and tbim' to be genitive caies. 
 
 This termination of the ncun lecms t.> conftitutc a real genitive, indicating 
 poiTeflion. It is derived to us f oni thole who d-clineJ p"'^! " /""'*; Gen. 
 j-miBer, of a fmitb; Plur. pmiS^j-, or rmiJSap, fmiihi; and fo in two other of 
 their feven declenfions. 
 
 It is a further canfirmation of this opinion, that in the old poets both the geni- 
 tive and plural were longer by a fyllable than the original word ; kniiU for knight's, 
 in Chaucer ^ teazis {or ieai/gi, in S/enler- 
 
 When a word ends in s, the genitive may be the fame with the nominative, as 
 
 The plural is formed by adding s, as table, tables; fy, flies; 
 
 jyier, yyiers; loood, •woods ; or es where s could not otherwife be 
 
 founded, as after ch, s,Jh, x, z; after c founded like s, and g 
 
 like j; the mute e is vocal before s, as leiirce, lances; outrage, 
 
 outrages. 
 
 The formation of the plural and genitive fingular i; the fame. 
 
 A few words dill make the plural in n, as mi'w, lujmcn, t.v,n, [-wire, and more 
 anciently eyen, jhwn. This formation is that which generally prevails in the Tue- 
 tonick diale£ls. 
 
 Words that end in/ commonly form their plural by ves, as loaf, 
 loaves; calf, calves. 
 
 Except a few, miff, muffs; chif, chiefs. So /o/, roof, proof, relief, mi/chief, 
 puff, cuff, diva-f, haniikerchiif, grief. 
 
 Irregular plurals are leeh from looib, lice from hii(c, mice from mMJc, geeje from 
 goof,, feel from foil, dice from die, pence hum Jenny, hrcibrcn from irotber, clitl- 
 drtn bom child. 
 
 Plurals ending in s have for the moft part no genitives; but we 
 fay, Womem excellencies, and IFeigh the mens ivits againjl //.re ladies 
 hairs. Pope. 
 
 Dr. Wallis thinks the L'lds' bcuf may be faid for the huje of Lords ; but fuch 
 phrafo are not now in ufe ; and furely an Englilh car rebels againll them. They 
 would commonly prrduce a troublefome annbiguity, as the Lord's houfe may be the 
 b <'/■■ fLordu or the heii/e (fa Lord. Belides that the ma k of elifion is improper, 
 for in ike Lords' houje norlung is cut iff- 
 
 Some Ei'glilh fubftanrives, like thnfe of many other lang-ages, change their 
 termi a'ion as th-y cxpiefs diflVrent f-xes, as ^i n«, ^rJBft s ; aB'ir, aEirejs; lion, 
 honejs; hero, heroine. To ihele mentiontd by Dr. Lowth may be added arbitreft, 
 po-tejs. ehauntrejs, duihejs, tigrefs, govern fs, lulrefs, fcerefs, authorcfs, tr.,ytreji, 
 anl perhaps ot! ers. Of thefe vaiiaiile terminations we have only a fufiicient 
 rumher to make us feel our v a it ; foi when we lay of a woman that (he is a 
 fhilol'ipher, an aftrcvomei , i bi/ildir, atveaicr, 2 dancer, we perceive an irnpro 
 prie'y 'n the termination wV.ich we cannot avoid ; but vjt can (ay tha' fh-? is .in 
 arMteH, a tnianijl, z/ludenl, bccau'e thefe terminations have nut annexed to them 
 the no', on of f'x. In words which the nfccffitics of lile ite often requiring, the 
 fex is d llinguilheo not by different terminations but by different names, a , a iull, 
 » cow, i horfe, 3mJ'e; eqiius, e^un; n co.k, 3 hen ; and lometiraes by pronouns 
 prefixed, as a ht-goat, a (he goat. 
 
 Of Adjectives. 
 Adjeftives in the Englifti language are wholly indeclinable; 
 having neither cafe, gender, uor number, and being added to 
 fubft. ntives in all relations without any change; zsagood nuotnan 
 
 The Comparifon of AdjeBives, 
 
 The comparative degree of adjeftives is forined by adding er, 
 the fuperlative by adding efl, to the pofitive; cis fair, fairer, (ane/l; 
 lovely, lovehcr, lovelif^; f-weet, fweete/-, (weete/l ; low, lower, 
 lowcft; high, higher, highr^. 
 
 Some words are irregularly compared ; as good, better, lefl ; 
 bad, ivorfe, ivorfl; Utile, lefs, leaf; near, nearer, next; much, 
 more, mojl ; many (or raoe), more (for moer), mnfl (for moefl) ; 
 I.tle, later, lalefl oxlafl. 
 
 Some comparatives form a fuperlative by adding mofi, as nether, 
 nethermojl; outer, oulermojl; under, undcnnofl; up, upper, upper- 
 mofl ; fore, former, foremojl. 
 
 Mofl is fometimes added to a fubftantive, as topmofl, fo-aihmofl. 
 
 Many adjeftives do not adinit of comparifon by terminations, 
 and are only compared by more and mofl, as benevolent, more bencva- 
 leirt, mofl benevolent. 
 
 All adjeflivco may be compared by more and mqjl, even when 
 they have compuratives and fuperlatives regularly formed; a?, fair; 
 fairer, or more fair; fairefl, or mofl fair. 
 
 In adjedfives that admit a regular compirifon, the comparat'vc more is oftener 
 ufed than the fuperlative ni-'f, as more fair is oftener written- for yij/rtr, than mofi 
 fa r for fairefl. 
 
 The comparifon of adjeftives is very uncertain; and being inuch 
 regulated by commodioufnefs of utterance, or agrecablenefs of 
 found, is not eafily reduced to rules. 
 
 Monofyllables are commonly coinpared. 
 
 PoUyfyllable-, or words of more than two fyllables, arc feldora 
 compared otherwife than by more and mojl, as deplorable, more 
 deplorable, mofl deplorable. 
 
 Dilfyllables are feldom compared if they terminate in fame, 
 as fulfome, toilfome ; in /;;/, as carefid, fpleenfid, dreadful; in 
 ing, as trifling, charming; in ous, as porous; in lefs, as carehfs, 
 harmlefs ; in ei^, as wretched; in id, as candid; iti al, as mortal; 
 in enl, as recent, fervent; in ain, as certain; in ive, as mijjive; 
 in dy, as luoody ;'^in fy, as pujy; in ky, as rocky, except lucky; 
 in my, as roomy; in ny, aijiinny; in py, as ropy, except happy; 
 in ry, as hoary. 
 
 Some cnmpaiatives and fuperlatives are yet found in good writers, formed with- 
 out regard to the fcregoing rules: but i.i a l.inguage fubjedled (0 little and ("0 lately 
 to grammar, fuch anomalies muft frequently occur. 
 
 So Jhady is compared by Milton. 
 
 She \npadip covert hid, 
 Tun'd her nodturnal note. 
 
 Paradije Loft, 
 
 goed women, of a good woman; a , 
 men. 
 
 id man, good men, of 
 
 And fir tuous. 
 
 What (he wills to fay or do. 
 Seems wifeft, viriuoujefl, difcreeteft, beft. Paradije Lojf, 
 
 So trifling, by 72jv, w'ho is indeed of no great authority. 
 
 It is not f 1 decorous, in relpeft of God, that he Ihould immediately do 
 all the meaneft and triflingejl things himlelf, without making ufe of any 
 inferior or fubordinate minifler. Ray on the Criation. 
 
 Famous, by Miitcn. 
 
 I (hall b; nani'd among ihefamcufeft 
 Of women, fung at folemn fellivals. Milton's Agonifles. 
 
 In-ventive, by Ajcham. 
 
 Thofe have the invttitiveji heads for all purpofes and rounded tongues in 
 all matters. jdjeham's S.boclmajler. 
 
 Mortal, by Bacon. 
 
 The mortalejl poifrns pia£lifed hy the Welt Indians, have fome mix- 
 ture of the blood, tat, or Heill of man. Bacon. 
 
 Natural, by Wotton. 
 
 I vi'i\ now deliver a few of the propered and n.ituralhji confiderations 
 that belong to this piece. IVoiions Ar^biiMure. 
 
 Wretched, by Jorfor. 
 
 The tmetcheder are the contemners of all he:ps; fuch as, prefuming on 
 their own naturals, deride diligence, and muck at terms when they under- 
 ftand not things. Ben Jonfon. 
 
 Powerful, by At. Iron. 
 
 Wc have lultain'd one day, in doubtful light. 
 What l.eav'n's great King huh /o;y'i/a//r/< to fend 
 Againlt us fio.ii about his throne. Feredije LtJI. 
 
 The
 
 ENGLISH TONGUE. 
 
 Tlie tfrminarlon 'n j/5 it ay be accounted in fomefort a dtgrteof compirifon, by 
 whicli ihe figr.ificjtion is diii.ini/hcil below the pofiiivc, as black, hlackijh, or tend- 
 ing 10 bbckn-l's: Jalt, jalt'jk, or having a liitle tafte of filt : they ihercfore admit 
 no cnmparirun. This tcrmiration is f< iJom addtrd but ti words cxprelling n iilililt- 
 qualities, nor often to words of above one fyllabie, and is fcatCily ufcd in the foltran 
 or fubl me Hyle. 
 
 Of Pronouns. 
 
 Pronouns, in the Englifti langua£je, are, /, ihou, he, with their 
 plurals, TOf, ye, ihey; it, tv!:o, which, luhat, whether, ivhofocivr, 
 ivhalfasvcr, wy, mine, cur, ours, thy, thine, your, yours, his, her, hers, 
 their, theirs, this, that, other, another, \\\it fame, Jome. 
 
 The pronouns perfonal are irregularly inflefted. 
 
 Norn. 
 
 Singular. . 
 I 
 
 Accuf. and other") y, 
 oblique cafes. J 
 
 Pliirnl. 
 We 
 
 Us 
 
 Knm. Thou Ye 
 
 Oblique. Thee You 
 
 Tm is commonly ufcd in modtrn writers for_y(?, particuiaily in the language of 
 cremony, where the fecond peifon plural is ufed for the fecond perfon fingular, 
 Ytju arc myJrUhd* 
 
 Singular. 
 
 Plural. 
 
 ^7- ge They 7 ^ j;^,^ ^^ marcullnes. 
 
 Oblique. Him Them J '^ 
 
 Nam. She They 7 a t j ^ r 
 
 ',,. TT rp, ■' 5- Applied to feminmes. 
 
 I Obhque. Her Them J *^^ 
 
 9 /-iw^" T. T'u f Applied to neuters or things. 
 
 ^ Obhque. Its Them J '^^ ^ 
 
 ^M^^ For it the pradlice of ancient writers was to ufe he, and for its, 
 
 ^^^^ The poflenive pronouns, like other adjedives, are without cafes 
 or change of termination. 
 
 The poffeffive of the firft perfon is my, mine, our, ours ; of the 
 fecond, thy, thine, your, yours ; of the third, from he, his ; from 
 Ihe, her and hers ; and in the plural their, theirs, for both fexes. 
 
 OuTSf yourSj tierSj theirs, are ufed when the fubftantive preceding is feparated 
 
 by a verb, as Thij^ are our ic.Ai. Tt?cfe bo^ki are ours. Your children cxctl ours 
 
 injfature, hut out^ Jurpajs yours in Icarnir^. 
 
 \^ Ours, yours, hers, theirs, notwithftanding their feem'ng plural termination, are 
 
 W applied equally to fingular and plural fubftantives, as This book is ours. Theje books 
 
 ^ are ours 
 
 ^k Mit:e and thine weie formerly ufed before a vowel, as mine amiable li,dy ; which, 
 
 ^^ though no'iV oifufed in profe, might be nill piop.:rly continued in poetry : they are 
 Kt ufed as ours and _jc'rrj j, and are refeired to a fublb.niivc preceding, as thy houl'e is 
 larger than mine, but my garden is more fj-acijus than tbme. 
 
 Their and theirs are the potTeflives likewlfe of they, when they is 
 the plural olit, and are therefore applied to things. 
 
 Pronouns relative are, ixiho, luhich, ivhat, whether, ivhofoe'ver, 
 lohatJocBer. 
 
 Sing, and Plur. 
 Norn. Who 
 
 Gen. Whofe 
 
 Other oblique cafes. Whom 
 
 Sing, and Plur. 
 Nom. Which 
 
 Gen. Of which, or whofe 
 Other oblique cafes. Which. 
 
 Who is now ufcd in relation to perfons, and ivhich in relation to things; i-iit 
 they were anciently confounded. At leait it was common to fay, the man i^cj 
 though T remember no example of the thing ieh\ 
 
 ffhofe is rather the poetical than regular genitive of which ; 
 The fruit 
 
 Of that forbidden tree, tvhc'fe mortal tafte 
 Brought death into the world. Mdton. 
 
 Whether is only ufed in the nominative and accufative cafes; and has no plural, 
 being applied only to ore of the number, commonly to one of two, as Whether of 
 thtjc is left I knew not. Whether Jha I! I chooje ? It is now almoft obfolete. 
 
 What, whether relative or interrogative, is without variation. 
 Whofccver, whalfoever, being compounded of ivho or what, and 
 fitter, follow the rule of their primitives. 
 7 
 
 In all cafes. 
 
 iTh 
 Th 
 Otl 
 WI 
 
 13 
 
 That 
 
 Other 
 
 Whether 
 
 Plural. 
 
 Tliffe 
 Thofe 
 Others 
 
 The plural others is not ufed but when it is referred to a fubftantive preceding, 
 
 li I have jim o\\\n lorjes. 1 tiave not Jcnt the Jjme horfis, 4uf others. 
 
 ytiiother, being only an other, has no plural. 
 
 Here, there, and where, joined with certain particles, have a re- 
 lative and pronominal ufe. Hereof, herein, hereby, hereafter, here- 
 with, thereof, therein, thereby, thereupon, therewith, whereof, wherein, 
 whereby, whereupon, wherewith, which fignify, of this, in this, &c. 
 of that, in that, &c. of which, in which, &c. 
 
 Therefore and wherfore, which are properly, therefor and where 
 for, for that, for which, are now reckoned conjunftions, and con- 
 tinued in ufe. The rell feem to be palling by degrees into neglcft, 
 though proper, ufeful, and analogous. They are referred botli 
 to fingiifer and plural antecedents. 
 
 There are two more woids ufcd only in conjunftlon with pro- 
 nouns, own v^ndfelf. 
 
 Own is added to poffcinves, both lingular and plural, as my own 
 hand, our own houfe. It is emphalical, and implies a filent con- 
 trariety or oppofition; as / live in my own houfe, that is, not in a 
 hired houfe. This I did with my own hand, that is, without help, or 
 not by proxy. 
 
 Self is added to poffeffives, as myfelf, yourfehies ; and fome times 
 to ptrfonal pronouns, as himfelf, itfelf, ihemfelves. It then, like 
 own, exprefl'es emphafis and oppofition, ai I did this myfelf , that is, 
 not another; or It forms a reciprocal pronoun, as We hurt ourfelves 
 by vain rage. 
 
 Himfelf, itfelf, themfel-vcs, are fuppofcji by Wallis to be put, by cnrruption, for 
 hisfi/f, it' j'elf, their ftlties ; [o that je.y is always a fubftantive. This feems juftly 
 obler\ed, for we lay, He come himfelf, Hiirfelf fl.jll do this j where himfelf cannot 
 be an accufative. 
 
 Of the Verb. 
 
 Englifh verbs are aftlve, as / loi<e ; or neuter, as / languijh. 
 The neuters are formed like the aftives. 
 
 Moft verbs figniAing i^Sicn may lilcewife fignify condition or liahit, and become 
 neuters, as 1 love, 1 am in love j I finkc, I am now ftriking. 
 
 Verbs have only two tenfes inflefted in their terminations, the 
 prefent, and the fimple preterit ; the other tenfes are compounded 
 of the auxiliary verbs have,^j/iiiall, will, let, may, can, and the in- 
 finite of the aftive or neuter verb. 
 
 The pafllve voice is formed by joining the participle preterit to 
 the fubftantive verb, as / am loved. 
 
 To have. Indicative Mood. 
 
 Prefent Tenfe. 
 Sing, /have; //o;/ haft; /k? halli o/- has; 
 Plur. /^f have; j'f have; they \iz\i:. 
 
 Ha! is a termination corrupted from /:a'/i, Lut now more frequently ufed both in 
 verfe and profe. 
 
 Simple Preterit, 
 ^ing. /had; thou hzdR.; he ha.d; 
 Plur. AFfhad; j'i? had; they had. 
 
 Compound Preterit. 
 Sing, /have had; thou haft had; he has cr hath had; 
 Plur. JVe have had; ye have had; they liave had. 
 
 PreterpluperfeB. 
 Sing, /had had; thou \\-\d\\ \\?.d; /;£■ liad had; 
 Plur. We had had ; ye had had ; they had had. 
 
 Future. 
 Sing. / Ihall have; thou (halt have; />£• rtiall have; 
 Plur. We fhall have; ye (hall have; they (hall have. 
 
 Second
 
 GRAMMAR OF THE 
 
 Second Future. 
 Sing, /will "have; i/^ou wilt have; he will have; 
 Plur. We will have ; ye will have ; they will have. 
 
 By reading thefe future tenfes. may be obferved the variations ai Jhall and 
 ■uUl. 
 
 Imperative Mood. 
 Sing. Have, or have thou; let hhn have ; 
 Flur. Let Kj have; havej orhavej'^,- let /i^m have. 
 
 Conjunftive Mood. 
 
 Prefent. 
 Sing. I have ; thou have ; he have ; 
 Plur. We have; ye have; they have. 
 
 ^Preterit Simple, as in the Indicative. 
 
 Preterit Compound. 
 Sing, /have had; thou have had; /><■ have had; 
 Plur. We have had; ye have had ; they have had. 
 
 Future. 
 Sing, I fliall have; as in the Indicative. 
 
 Second Future. 
 Sing. I (hall have had; thou fhalt have had; he Ihall have had; 
 Plur. We fliall have had; ye fliall have had; they (hall have had. 
 
 Potential. 
 The potential foitn of fpeaking is exprelTed by may, can, in the 
 pvefent; and might, ^ould, or Jhould, iu the preterit, joined with 
 the infinitive mood of the verb. 
 
 Prefeut. 
 Sing, /may Tiave^ ihou mayft have; he may have; 
 Plur, We may have; ye may have; they may have. 
 
 Preterit. 
 Sing, /might have; </;o« miglitft have; i^ might have; 
 Plur. We might have; j'c might have; they might have. 
 
 Prefent. 
 Sing, /can have; /^5« canft have ; ^f can have; 
 Plur, We can have ; ye can have ; they can have. 
 
 Preterit. 
 Sing, /could liave; /^o« couldfl have; /j? could have; 
 Plur. Hi could have ; ye could have; they could have. 
 
 In like m'dnner Jhould is united to the verb. 
 
 There is likewife a double Preterit. 
 Sing. I fhould have had ; thou fliouldlt have had ; he (liould have 
 
 had; 
 Plur. We (hould have had ; ye fliould have had ; they fliould have 
 had. 
 In like manner we ufe, / might have had; / could have had, 
 
 Infinitive Mood. 
 
 Prefent. To have. 
 Participle prefent. Having. 
 
 Preterit. To have had. 
 Parlieiple preterit. Had. 
 
 To Love. 
 
 Verb Aftive. 
 
 Indicative. Prefent. 
 Sing, /love; /7^ou lovefl; /j<r loveth, or loves; 
 Plur. We love; ye love; they love. 
 
 Preterit Jimple. 
 Sing. I loved ; thou lovedft ; he loved ; 
 Plur. We loved; ye loved; they loved. 
 
 PreUrper/eii compound. 1 have loved, ^c. 
 
 Prelerpluperfea. I had loved, £5*^. 
 
 Future. I (hall love, f^c. I will love, i^e. 
 
 Imperative. 
 Sing. Love, or\o\tthou; let i/»i love; 
 Plur. Let w love; love, or love jif; \et them \oTlt. 
 
 Conjunftive. Prefent. 
 Sing. I love ; thou love ; he love ; 
 Plur. We love; ye love; they love. 
 
 Preterit Jimple, as in the Indicative. 
 Preterit compound. I have loved, i^c. 
 Future. I (hall love, i3c. 
 Second Future. I (hall have loved, l^c. 
 
 Potential. 
 Prefent. I may or can love, £5°c. 
 Preterit, /might, could, or (hould love, £5*^. 
 Double preterit, /might, could, or (houU have loved, l^c. 
 
 Infinitive. 
 Prefent. To love. Preterit. To have loved. 
 
 Participle prefent. Loving. Participle prjl. Loved. 
 
 The paffive is formed by the addition of the participle preterit 
 to the different tenfes of the verb to be, which muft therefore be 
 here exhibited. 
 
 Indicative. Prefent. 
 Slug. I am ; thou art ; he is ; 
 Plur. We are, or be; ye are, or be; ilify are, or be. 
 
 The plural be is now little in ufe. 
 
 Preterit. 
 Sing, /was; //lou waft, or wert; Af was; 
 Clur. We were ; ye were ; they were. 
 
 Wcrt"\% properly of the fubjunftive mood, and ought not to be ufed in the indi- 
 cative. 
 
 Preterit compound. I have been, l^c. 
 PreterpluperfeS. /had been, l5c. 
 Future. I (liall or will be, isfc. 
 
 Imperative. 
 Sing. "Be thou; let him be ; 
 Plur. Let ai be; hiye; letthembe. 
 
 Conjunftlve. Prefent. 
 Sing, /be; //wa beeft ; he he; 
 Plur. We be ; ye be ; ihty be. 
 
 Preterit, 
 Sing, /were; thou wert; he were; 
 Plur. We were ; ye were ; they \\'ere. 
 
 Preterit compound. I have been, l^c. 
 Future. I (hall have been, l^c. 
 
 Potential, 
 /may or can; would, could, or (hould be ; could, would, or fliould 
 have been, ^c. 
 
 Infinitive. 
 Prefent. To be. Preterit. To have been. 
 
 Participle prefent. Being. Participle preterit. Having been. 
 
 PafTive Voice. Indicative Mood. 
 /am loved, l^c. /was loved, Isfc. / have been loved, Isfc. 
 
 Cotijunftlve Mood. 
 If / be loved, '^'c. If / were loved, <jfc. If / fliall have been 
 loved, tff. 
 
 Potential
 
 ENGLISH TONGUE. 
 
 Potential Mood. 
 / may df can be loved, Is'c. I miglit, could, or fljould be loved, 
 tff. / might, could, or fhould have been loved, ^c. 
 
 Infinitive. 
 Prefent. To be loved. Preterit. To have been loved. 
 Participle. Loved. 
 
 There is another form of Englifh verbs, in which the infinitive 
 mood is joined to the verb do in its various inflections, which are 
 therefore to be learned in this place. 
 
 To Do. 
 
 Indicative. Prefent. 
 Sing. I do; t/joit do{\.; /^c doth; 
 Plur. JVe do; ye do; they do. 
 
 Preterit. 
 Sing, /did; /Affadidil; he Aid; 
 Plur. We did; ye did; they did. 
 
 Preterit, ^c. /have done, ^c. / had done, \Sc, 
 Future. I fhall or will do, Jifr. 
 
 Imperative. 
 Sing. Tio thou; let him do; 
 Plur. Let w do; do^f; let f^fm do. i 
 
 Conjunftive. Prefent, 
 Sing. I do ; thou do ; he do ; 
 Plur. JVe do ; ye do ; they do. 
 
 The reft are as in the Indicative. 
 
 Infinitive. To do ; to have done. 
 
 Participle prefent. Doing. Participle preterit. Done. 
 
 Do is fometimes ufed fuperfluoufly, as / do love, I did love; 
 fimply for / love, or / loved; but this is confidered as a vicious 
 mode of fpeech. 
 
 It is fometimes ufed emphatically ; as, 
 
 / do love thee, and luhen I love thee not. 
 
 Chaos is come again. Shakfpeare. 
 
 It is frequently joined with a negative; as / like her, hut I 
 do not love her; I tvi/Iied him fuccefs, but did not help him. This, 
 by ciiilom at leaft, appears more eafy than the otlier form of 
 expreffing the fame fenfe by a negative adverb after the verb, / 
 like her, but love her not. 
 
 The Imperative prohibitory is feldom applied in the fecond 
 perfon, at leaft in profe, without the word do; as Slop him, but 
 do not hurt him ; Praif beauty, but do not date on it. 
 
 Its chief \.dt is in interrogative forms of fpeech, in which it is 
 
 ufed through all the pcrfons; as Do / live? Doil thou Jlrike 
 
 ive? Do they rebel? Did I complain? TUdH thou love her? Did 
 
 Jhe die? So likev/ife in negative interrogations; Do / not yet 
 
 grieve? Wd Jhe not die? 
 
 Do and dul arc thus ufed only for the prefent and fimple pre- 
 terit. 
 
 There is another manner of conjugating neuter verbs, which, 
 when it is ufed, may not impropeily denominate them neuter 
 pajfives, as they are inflefted according to the palfive form by the 
 htlp of the verb fubtlantive to be. Tliey anfwer nearly to the 
 reciprocal verbs in French; as 
 
 I am rifen, fimexi, Latin; Je me fuis leve, French. 
 
 I 'was -walked out , txieram; Je m'etois proraene. 
 
 In like manr.er we coniiroiily cxprefs the prefent teni'c ; as, I am going, cu. 
 I ?.m giieving, tialo.^ She is dyinf, i,7a tvoivur. The temreft is racing, /--nV 
 frcccuj. 1 am p'jrfuing an enemy, />j?,w i/j/i-^uir. So the oiher tenlcs, as, IV: 
 -.etrc -Mlki-g, iTu.yjroio^sucifiTO'lJiiEf, I huve bemivtlking, 1 l;ad bun -Melting, 
 hthall cr ■«•;// i/c lealking, 
 
 '.Vol. I, 
 
 There Is another manner of ufing tlie aflive participle, which gives it a paf- 
 five fignification : as, The grammar is now priming, grammM-.ca jam nunc 
 charth imprimitur. The brafs is foiging, tsra excuiluniur. This is, in my opi- 
 nion, a vitious cxprefTion, prubably corrupted from a phr:fe more pure, but now 
 fomewjiat oblulece; The Ifooi it a printing, Tke brafi is 2 forging; a being properly 
 at, and printing and /(urging verbal nouns fignifyiiig action, according to the ana- 
 logy of this language. 
 
 The indicative and conjunctive moods are by modern writers frequently con- 
 founded, or rather the conjunctive is wholly negleClcd, when fome convenience of 
 verfification docs not invite its revival. It is ufed among the purer writers of for- 
 mer times after if, though, ere, before, till or until, luhetbtr, except, unlcfi, lulat- 
 foe'ver, luh'jnifoevei , and words of wifliiiig ; a^, Doubtlfs thcu art our fatter, though 
 j^rabam be ignorant of us, and Jjrael acknowledge ui ret. 
 
 Of Irregular Verbs. 
 
 The Engliih verbs were divided by Ben Jonfon into four con- 
 jugations, without any reafon arifmg from the nature of the lan- 
 guage, which has properly but one conjugation, fuch as lias been 
 exemplified; from which all deviations are to be confidered as 
 anomalies, which are indeed in our monofyllable Saxon verbs, 
 and the verbs derived from them, very frequent ; but almoft all 
 the verbs which have been adopted from other languages, follow 
 the regular form. 
 
 Our verbs are obferved by Dr. Wallis to be irregular only in the formation of the 
 preterit, and its participle. Indeed, in the fcantinefs of our conjugations, there 
 is fcarcely any otlier plice for irregularity. 
 
 The firft irregularity is a flight deviation from the regular 
 form, by rapid utterance or poetical contradion: the lail fylla- 
 ble ed is often joined with the former by fupprcffion off; as lov'd 
 hv loved; afters, eh, Jh, f, k, x, and after the confonants/, th, 
 when more ftrongly pronounced, and fometimes after m, n, r, if 
 preceded by a flrort vowel, t is ufed in pronunciation, but very 
 leldom in writing, rather than d; as plac't, fnatch't, fjh't, wai't, 
 d-zvel'f, fmel't; fov plac'd, fnafch'd, J/Jj'd, ifai'd, d-wel'd, ftnel'd; 
 or placed, fnalched, Jified, -waked, divelled, fmelled. 
 
 Thole words which terminate in / or //, or p, make their pre- 
 terit in t, even in folemn language; as crept, felt, dwelt; 
 fometimes after x, ed is changed into /, as vext: this is not con- 
 ftant. 
 
 A long vowel is often changed into a (hort one ; thus, kept, 
 flepf, -wept, crept, fwept ; from the verbs, to keep, iofleep, to 'uieep, 
 to creep, to fweep. 
 
 Where d or t go before, the additional letter d or t, in this 
 contrafted form, coalefce into one letter witli the radical d or t: 
 if / -were the radical, they coalefce into t; but if d were the ra- 
 dical, then into d or t, as tlie one or the other letter may be 
 more eafily pronounced: as read, led, fpread, Jkcd, fired, bid, hid, 
 chid, fed, bled, bred, fped, Jlrid, Jlid, rid; from the verbs to read, 
 to lead, to fpreud, to fied, to fhread, to bid, to hide, to chide, to 
 feed, to bleed, to breed, to fpeed, to Jlride, to Jlide, to ride. And 
 thus cajl, hurt, cojl, burji, eat, beat, fiueel, jit, quit, fmit, lurif, 
 bit, hit, met, fijot ; from tlie verbs to cajl, to hurt, to cojl, to 
 burjl, to eat, to heat, to fiveat, to fit, to quit, to fmite, to write, 
 to bite, to hit, to meet, to fiwot. And in like manner, lent, fcnt, 
 rent, girt; from the verbs to lend, to fend, to rend, to gird. 
 
 Tlie participle preterit or pafiive is often formed in en, in- 
 Head of ed; as been, taken, given, Jlain, known s from the verbs to 
 be, to take, to give, to Jlay, to kiiJiu, 
 
 Many words have two or more participles, as not only ivriiten, 
 bitten, eaten, beaten, hidden, chidibn, fiotien, chofen, broken; but 
 likewife writ, hit, cat, beat, hid, chid, fi.wt, chofe, broke, are pro- 
 mifcuoiiflA' ufed in the participle, fi-om the verbs to write, to bite 
 to eat, to beat, to hide, to chide, to fioot, to cljoofe, to break, and 
 many fuch like. 
 
 In tlie (^m<i m?inmr fown, fiewn, hewn, mown, loaden, ladea, 
 as well as fow'd, fiew'd, hew'd, mcw'd, loaded, laded, from the 
 verbs to fow, to fhew, to hew, to mozu, to load, or lade. 
 
 Concerning thefe double participles it is diflicult to give any 
 rule; but he fiiall feldom err who remembers, that wlien a verb 
 has a participle dillinft from its preterit, as write, wrote, writ- 
 ten, that djiiincl participle is more proper and elegant, as The 
 h hoi
 
 GRAMMAR OF THE 
 
 iooi h v^ntten, h hetter ths.n Tf>e hoi is wrote. Wrote however, [firaigtien ; ftort, to Jhortens faft, to fajiin; white, to tuhtten; 
 
 may be iifed in poetry; at lead: if we allow any authority to 
 poets, who, in the exultation of genius, think themfelves perhaps 
 entitled to trample on grammarians. 
 
 There are other anomalies in the preterit. 
 
 1. Win, fpin, begin, fivlm, Jlr'ihe, fthli, fmg, Jlhig, f-'irt^, ring, 
 ivr'tng, Jpring, fiving, dniik, Jini, fir'ink, Jlinh, come, run, jind, 
 bind, grind, wind, both in the preterit imperfeft and parti- 
 ciple paffive, give ivon, fpun, Icgtin, fivum, Jrrtuk, Jluch, fung, 
 
 jlung,jlung, rung, irning, fpriing, fiviing, driinh, fiitii, JlorunI:, Jlunk, ■ 
 come, run, found, bound, ground, wound. And moft of them are 
 alfo formed in the preterit by a, as began, rang, fang, fprang, 
 drank, came, ran, and fome others; but moll of tliefe are now 
 obiolete. Some in the participle paffive likewife take en, as 
 
 Jlricken, Jlrucken, drunhen, bounden. 
 
 2. Fight, teach, reach, feet, befecch, catch, hti)', bring, think, 
 •work, make fought, taught, raiight, fought, befought, caught, bought, 
 hrought, thought, ivrought. 
 
 But a great many of thefe retain likewife the regular form, as 
 ieached, reached, befeeched, calched, workid. 
 
 3. Take, Jliahe, forfake, 'wake, aivake, Jland, break, fpeak, 
 hear, fhear, fiuear, tear, wear, ivea-ve, c/eaiie, J/rivc, thrive, drive, 
 
 Jhine, rife, arife, fmite, -write, bidi, abide, ride, choofe, chufe, 
 tread, get, beget, forget, feethe, make in both preterit and pailiciple 
 look, Jhook, forfook, woke, awoke, flood, broke, fpoke, b')rc,f}}ore, 
 fwore, tore, -wore, •wove, clove, Jlrove, throve, drove, fhone, rofe, 
 arofe, finote, wrote, bode, abode, rode, chofe, trade, got, begot, for- 
 got, fod. But we fay likewife, thrive, rife, fmit, writ, iibid, 
 rid. In the preterit fome are likewiie formed by a, as brake, 
 fpake, bare, fjjare, fivare, tare, ivare, clave, gat, begat, forgat, 
 and perhaps fome others, but more rarely. In the participle 
 paflive many of them are formed by en, as taken, Jljaken, forfaken, 
 broken, fpoken, born, Jhorn, fworn, torn, worn, iL'ovcn, cloven, 
 thriven, driven, rifen, fmitten, ridden, ehofcn, trodden, gotten, be- 
 gotten, forgotten, fodden. And many do likewife retain the ana- 
 logy in both, as waked, awaked, Jloeared, weavcd, leaved, abided, 
 feethcd. 
 
 4. Give, bid. Jit, make in the preterit ^fl^lc, bade, fate; in the 
 participle paflive, given, bidden, fitten ; but in both lid. 
 
 J. Draw, know, grow, throw, blow, crow like a cock, Jly, I 
 flay, fee, ly, make their preterit drew, knew, grew, threw, 
 blew, crew, Jlew, Jlew, faw, hiy ; their participles paffive by n, 
 draivn, known, grown, thrown, blown, flown, Jlain, feen. Hen, 
 lain. Yet from Jlee is made Jled; from go, went, from the old 
 -wend, the participle is gone. 
 
 Of Derivation. 
 
 That the "EngHflj language may be more eafily iinderflood, it is necefTary to 
 inquire ht)W its derivative words are deduced frcm rheir j.'rimitives, and liow the 
 primitives arc Lorrowcd fiom other languages. In this inquiry i ihall rometimes 
 copy Dr. Waliis, and fometimes endeavour to fupply h's delects, and rttlify his 
 errours. 
 
 Nouns are derived from verbs. 
 
 The thing implied in the verb, as done or produced, is com- 
 monly either the prefent of the verb; as to love, love; to fright, 
 z fright; to fight, ?ifght; or the preterit of the verb, as, to ftrike, 
 I ftrick or llrook, Tijlroke. 
 
 The ailion is the fame with the participle prefent, as loving, 
 frighting, fighting, flriking. 
 
 The agent, or perfon afting, is denoted by the fyllabe er added 
 to the verb, as lover, frighler, Jlriker. 
 
 Subttantives,' adjectives, and fometimes other parts of fpeech, 
 are changed into verbs: in which cafe the vowel is often lengthened, 
 or the tonfonaiit foftened; as a houfe, to houfe; braf;, to braze; 
 glafs, to glaze; grafs, to graze; price, to prize; breath, to breathe; 
 a fifli, /o_/5/2); oWy to oU; iuilUcr, to further; iorwdid, to forward; 
 hinder, to hinder. 
 
 Sometimes the termination en is added, efpecially to ad- 
 jcdives; as hafte, to hajlen; length, to lengthen; Ihength, to 
 
 '4 
 
 black, to blacken; hard, to harden; foft, to foften. 
 
 From fubftantives are formed adjeftives of plenty, by adding 
 the termination y; as a loufe, loufy ; wealth, wealthy; health, 
 healthy; might, mighty; worth, worthy; wit, witty; luft, lufly; 
 water, watery; earth, earthy; wood, a wood, woody; air, airy; 
 a heart, hearty; a hand, handy. 
 
 From fubftantives are formed adjcftives of plenty, by adding 
 the termination fd, denoting abundance; as joy, jo)ful; fruit, 
 fruitful; youtli, youthful; care, careful; ufe, ufeful; delight, 
 delightful ; plenty, plentiful; help, helpful. 
 
 Sometimes, in almoll the fame fenfe, but with fome kind of 
 diminution thereof, the fermination fome is added, denoting fome- 
 thing, or in fome degree; as delight, delightfome; game, gamefome; 
 irk, irkfome ; burden, burdenfomc ; trouble, troubhfome ; light, 
 light fome; hand, handfome; alone, lonefome; to:!, ioilfome. 
 
 On the contrary, the termination lefs added to fubftantives, 
 makes adjectives fignifying want; as "worthlefs, witlefs, heartlefs, 
 joylefs, carelefs, helplefs. Thus comfort, comfortlcfs; i'ap, fap- 
 lefs. _ 
 
 Privation or contrariety is very often denoted by the particle 
 un prefixed to many adjeftives, or in before words derived from 
 the Latin; as pleafant, unpleafant ; wife, unwife; profitable, un- 
 profitable; patient, impatient. Thus unworthy, unhealthy, unfruitful, 
 unujeful, and many more. 
 
 Tlie original Engliih privative is un ; but as wc often borrow from the Latin, 
 or its deicendants, words already fignif)ing piivatijn, 2^ inrfficacioui , impicui, in- 
 dijoccf , the infeparabie particles un and in tiave fallen into confufion, from which 
 it is not esfy to difcntangle ihem. 
 
 Vii is prefixed to all words originally Engliflj; as untrue, untruth, untaught, 
 unhnnftfotre. 
 
 Un is pielixed to all participles made piivitive adjeflives, as unfitting, unajfijl'mg, 
 unfltitcjf undctiglsted, uneniiem ed, 
 
 ■ U,} ought never to be prefixed to a part'ciple prefent, to mark a forbearance of 
 adlion, as un/igbing ; but a privation of habit, as nn^ityinir. 
 
 Un is prefixed to moil fubftantives whicli have an Englifli termination, as unftr- 
 titencfs^ unpcrfe^mft, which, if ihcy have borrowed terminations, take vi or im, as 
 infertility, imferfc^ion; unci-vily inci-vitity\ vnuLli've, inactivity. 
 
 Jn borrowing adjedlives, if we receive them already compounded, it is ufual 
 to retain the particle prefixed, as indecent, mctegant, im^> cpcr -^ but if we borrow 
 the adjedive, and add the privative particle, we commonly prefix un, as unpolite, 
 ung^llant. 
 
 The prepofitive particles dis and mis, derived from the des 
 and mes of the French, fignify almoft the fame as un; yet dit 
 rather imports contrariety than privation, fince it anfwers to 
 the Latin prepofitlon de. Mis infinuates fome errour, and for 
 the moft part may be rendered by the Latin words male or per- 
 peram. To like, to di/like ; honour, difhonour ; to honour, to 
 grace, to djjhcneur, to difgrace; to deign, to difdeign; chance, 
 hap, mifehance, mi/lMlp; to take, to mifiake; deed, mifdeed; 
 to ufe, to mifufe; to employ, to mifemploy ; to apply, to mif 
 apply. 
 
 Words derived from Latin written with de or dis retain the 
 fame fignification; as diflinguifh, diftinguo; detraS, detraho; 
 defame, dcfamo; iletain, dctineo. 
 
 The termination ly added to fubftantives, and fometimes to 
 adjedlives, fonns adjeftivcs that import fome kind of fimilhude 
 or agreement, being formed by contraction oi lick or like. 
 
 A giant, giantly, giantlike; earth, earthly; heaven, heavenly; 
 world, worldly; God, godly; good, goodly. 
 
 The fame termination ly added to adjeftives, forms adverbs 
 of like fignification; as beautiful, beautifully; fweet, fweetly ; 
 that is, in a beautiful manner; with fome degree of fweetnefs. 
 
 The termination //7j added to adjeftives, imports diminution; 
 and added to fubftantives, imports fimilitude or tendency to a 
 charafter; as green, greeni/h; white, whili/h;. foft, foftifh; a 
 thief, thievifj; a wolf, wohi/h; a child, childi/h. 
 
 We have forms of diminutives in fubftantives, though not 
 frequent; as a hill, a hillock; a cock, a cockrel; a pike, a 
 pickrel; this is a French termination: a goofe, a gofling; this 
 is a German termination: a lamb, a lambkin; a chick, a chicken; 
 a man, a manikin, a pipe, a pipkin; and thus Halkin, whence the 
 patroiiiraick, Hawkins; IVilkin, Thc/itdin, and others. 
 
 Vet
 
 ENGLISH TONGCIE. 
 
 Vet ftlll tlieie !• another form of iJiminutlon among the EngUlh, liv lefiening 
 the founj iifolf, efpecially of vowels ; as there is a form of augmenting them 
 by enhrging, or e^'en lengtliening it j and that fomctimes not io much by 
 change or the letters, as of their pronunciatiun ; :i% jup, fil^^ fi^oty fcp^ jippctj 
 where, belidc the cxfcnuatjon of the vowel, there is added the French termination 
 ft ; t^py tip ; fpiff fpctit \ habe^ InJiy ; horjhy^ Qiuem \ S'^^^^ pronounced lung, efpe- 
 cially if with a ftrongrr I'ound, ^rcfl./ j little pronounced long, /tY-r/c ; th^, ^^"St 
 to'igy imports a fucceflion of InitUer and then gtealer founds j and fo in jir.gL-, 
 japgie^ ting/cf /jr^/t', and many oclicr made words. 
 
 Much hotvt"vcr of this is arbitrary attd fattcifttly d-^pcrtdtrg ivholly en oral utterattct-, 
 and theref:rt fiercely ivoithy the notice- of PFiiUts. 
 
 Of concrete adjctftives are made abflradl fubftantlves, by add- 
 ing the termination nefs, and a few in hood or hcnti, noting 
 characler or qualities; as white, ivbitenefs; hard, kardnefs ; 
 great, greatnejs; flcilful, fiilfulnefs, vnjli'dfuhiefs ; godhead, man- 
 hood, maidenhead, iv'tdoiuhood, hn'tglithood, pr'tejlbood, I'lkdihood, 
 
 filfehood. 
 
 There are other abfiratfts, partly derived from adjeclives, and 
 partly from verbs, -which are formed by the addition of the ter- 
 mination th, a fmall cliaiige being lometimes made; as long, 
 length; llrong, Jlrenglh; broad, bmadib; wide, lu'idth; deep, 
 depth; true, truth; warm, warmth; dear, dearth; flow, Jloivth ; 
 incrrj-, mirth; heal, health; well, weal, 'jjealth; dry, droughlh ; 
 young, youth; and fo moon, month. 
 
 Like thefe are fome words derived from verbs; die, death; 
 till, tilth; grow, growth; mow, later mowth, after mow'lh; 
 commonly fpoken and written later math, after math; fteal, 
 
 Jkallh; bear, Lirth; rue, ruth; and probably earth from to 
 ear or plow; fly, Jlight ; weigh, weight; fray, fright; to draw, 
 draught. 
 
 Thefe (hould rather be written /i^i/i, frighth, only that cuftom will not fuffer 
 h to be twice repeated. 
 
 The fame loim retain faiih, fpiglt, tvrtathe, wrath, broth, fr-.th, breath, 
 jootb, ivortb, lights Kvight, and the like, whofe piimitives are either entirely obfo 
 lete, or icl ioni occur. Perhaps th y are deiived t'vom/c'y orfoy, j'pry, tvry, lurejk, 
 iriTo, maiUffy, bray, j.y, laort. 
 
 Some ending in Jhip, imply an office, employment, or condi- 
 tion ; as hingf/ip, wardjljip, guardiavjliip, partnetfiip, Jlewardjliip, 
 headjliip, lordjliip. 
 
 Thus •!i;orpif, that is, itiortbjhip ; whence luorjhipful, and to luorjhip. 
 
 Some few ending in (/?m, rick, wicl, do efpecially denote 
 dommion, at lead Hate or condition; as kingdom, dukedom, earl- 
 dom, princedom, popedom, chrijiendom, freedom, wifdom, whoredom, 
 hifhoprick, bailiwick. 
 
 Ment and age are plainly French terminations, and are of the 
 fame import with us as among them, fcarcely ever occurring, 
 except, in woids derived fiom the French, as commandment, 
 vfage. 
 
 There are in Englilh often long trains of worts allied by their meaning and deri- 
 vation ; as t'j beat, a bat, hafoott, a battle, a b-:etb, a Lutledoor, to batter, batter, 
 i kind of glutinous compofit on tor fond, made bv beaming ditterent bodies into one 
 mafs. All thefe are of fimilar fignification, and perhaps derived fr.im the Latin 
 iatuo. Thus take, touch, licilc, tack, tackle; all imply a loc.il co.ijunction, frum 
 the Latin largo, tetigi, laStum. 
 
 From tivo are formed tivain, twice, ttoerrty, ttveltte, fttiirs, tivitte, tzvijl, tiviri, 
 cwg, t'zvitcb, tivingc, bctiveen, betiuixt, tiviligbt, tiuihiL 
 
 The following remarks, extrafled from VVallis, are ii'genious, but of more fub- 
 tlety than fuliility, and fuch as perhaps might in every la.iguage be enlarged v;lth- 
 out end. 
 
 Sn ufu.il'y Imp'y the r.oj , and what rela'es to rt, From the Latin rtafiis are 
 derived the French r.cz and the Englini noje ; and t:-£e, a promontory, as prr.jcfting 
 like a nofe. But as if from the ccnfonants ns taken from tafus, and tra-ifpoted, 
 that they m^y the better correfpond, fn denote ttajtts; and thence are derived many 
 words that re ale to the nofe, as Jtioul, fr.ecae, fnorc, Jiiort, jneer, ftiUkir, Jvot, 
 Ir.ttiii, pite, Jmff, j":iffle, Ir.affe, jtiarle, jnurtge. 
 
 There is another y/i, which may perhaps be derived from the Latin yinw, as 
 fi.ake, frtek, Jnuil. jnare; fo I ike wife /no;), 2nii fr.atcb. Jail , ir.ub. 
 
 Bl imply a blafl ; as blo-w, bSafl, to bbjl, to hlighi, and, metaphorically, to blafi 
 one's reputation ; bUat, h'eak, a bleak place, to look bleak or vveatherbeaten, tkak, 
 hl^y, bleach, blufler, blurt, iliftcr, blab, bladder, bleb, bbjter, blabber -tip' t, 
 LhLber cbeeVi, bt!tted,hlote-herringt, blaji, blaxe, to blow, ihiX.h, bhjjorn, bloom; 
 and peihajs blood and hlujh. 
 
 Ill the native words ot our tongue is tj be found a great agrcc-nent between the 
 
 letters and the things fignified ; and therefore the founds of letters fmal lor, fliarper, 
 louder, clofcr, foftcr, (troni:cr, clearer, mnrcobfcure, and moie flridulous, d.j very 
 often intimate tlie like efteils in the things fi^nihcd. 
 
 Thus words that begin with/r iniimile the fnce and cIP.a of the thing fignifitd, 
 as if probably derived from t^^i-Av/Jn, or [Iretiuus; ii ftroitg^ prci.gtb, Jln-w, firilr, 
 ft, cake, ftri.te, fripe, ftriic, fttifc, ftnigglc, JI,ot.l, flrut, ftrettt, flrait, flt.d, 
 ftreight, that is, narrow, diftrain, Jl.cfs, dftrcfs, firing, ftrap, jtreani, fircamer, 
 ftroiul, fttip, Jiray, ftiuggle, flratgc, piidc, Jltaildle. 
 
 St in like manner imply (liengih, but in a le's degree, fo much only as Is 
 furticient to picfeivc what has been a ready lommnn'catcd, rather th.in acquire 
 any new degree; as if ic were derived fr^.m th.- Latiny/c; for example, flard, flay, 
 that is, to r main, or to prop; ftajf, flay, that is, to oppofe; Jlop, to Jlt,ff, 
 Ihfie, lojiay, that is, to (lop; ojiay, that is, an obftade ; p;k, ftut, fltsite: , 
 pamnK', Jlaggcr, fti.klc, ft.ck, Jiaie, a (ha p paV, and any thing dcpafitcd 
 at play; fiock, Jlem, fling, to ftwg, fli„k, fti'cb, flad, flarcbici:, flab, fii^bble, 
 to flub up, flump, \i\\m<ii flimhU, flalk, m flalk, flep, to flar.-p with the feet, 
 whence to flatr.f, that is, to make an impre'lhon and a ftamp; fi^-w, to flow, 
 to Inflow, flciaard or floiL-ard, flcad, flcady, (Itdjafl, flalle, a flable, a flail, to 
 flail, flo'A, flail, fltll, flail, flallage, flail, flag , lltll adj. and fliiUU.ftale, ftoi^r, 
 flurdy, field, float, flaliion, fliff, flark-dead, to ftartii with hunger or cold j 
 lor.e, fliil, flcrtt, flar.ch, to flartch blooJ, tj flare, fl:Cp, flecple, flair, flardard, 
 a (lated meafure, flately. In all thefe, and perhaps fome others, fl denote fome- 
 thing fim and fixed. 
 
 Ihr imply a m.ne violent degree of motion, as throw, tlnfl, thro-g, tbtob, 
 through, threat, threaten, thrall, throius. 
 
 IVr im- ly fome fott of obliquity or diftortion, as wry, to vireatte, wrefi, 
 wr.flle, wring, wrong, wrirtch, wrerch, wrangle, wiinilc, wrath, wreak, 
 ivrack, nvretrh, ivrifl, •wrap. 
 
 Hw imply a iilent agitation, or a fufter kind of lateral motion; as /way, fwag, 
 to fwry, fwigger, Jwer-ve, fweat, Jwcep, Jwill, Jwim, fwiiig, Jwijt, fwett, 
 j'lvitch, jiuige. 
 
 Nor is there much dilTerence of /m in fmooth, Jmug, fmile, fmirk, fmiti-, which 
 (ignifies the fame as to flr:ke, but is a fol'ter word; /)•;.://, fwcll, fmack, (mother, 
 /mart, a flnart blow properly fignifirs fuch a kind of (trcke as with an c tiginally 
 filent motion, implied mfm, proceeds to a quick violence, denoted by ar fi.ddenly 
 ended, as is (liewn by r. 
 
 CI denote a kind of adhelion or tenacity, as in cleave, clay, cling, cim:b, 
 clamber, clamny, ilajp, to clafp, to clip, to clinch, cloak, ckg, -cloje, to chje, a clod, ' 
 a clot, as a clot of blued, clouted cream, a clutter, a clufler. 
 
 Sp imply a kind of difiipaiion or cspanfion, efpecially a quick one, particu- 
 larly if there be an r, as if it were frcm fpargo, or feparo: for example, Jpread, 
 Jpring, /prig, Jprout, fprinile, fpli:, fpliittcr, jpul, fpit, Jpiitter, /patter. 
 
 SI denote a kind of filent fall, or a lefs obfervable morion; as m Jlime, JliJe, 
 flip, fl,pp,r, fly, /high, flit, flow, flack, flight, fling, flap. 
 
 And fo likewile a/h, in cr.yh, rafb, gafl:, f.ap, claflj, lap, flafli, fUJh, tra/j, 
 rnd cate fimething aOing more nimbly and (haiply. But vfo, in crujh, rufl:, 
 gtifi, fufij, bluflj, brtijh, hufl}, puflo, implies fomething as arfting more obtufeiy 
 and dully. Yet in both there is indicated a fwilt and fudden motion, not in- 
 ftantane.^us, but gr.idu4l, by the continued found /h. 
 
 Thus in fiing, png, ding, /wing, ,lirg, flng, wr'rg, fling, the tingling of 
 the termination ng, and the (harpnels of the vjwel ;, ini,^ly th; continuation of 
 a very (lender motion or tremor, at length indeed vaniihing, but not fuddenly In- 
 terrupted, But in tink, wink, fink, clink, chink, think, that end in a mute con- 
 (onant, thrre is alfo indicated a fudden ending. 
 
 If there be an /, as in jingle, tingU, tinkle, mlrgle, fprinkle, twinkle, there is 
 implied a frequency, or iteration of fmall afts. And tlie fame frequency of ads 
 but lefs fubtile by leafon of the clearer vowel a, is indicated in jangle, tangle' 
 fpangte, nangle, wrangle, brangle, dangle; as alf<i in mumble, grumble, jamlle', 
 tumble, flumhle, rumblt, crumble, fumble. But at the fame time the clofe tj im- 
 plies fomething obfcure or obtunded ; and a cnngeries of confonints mhl, denotes 
 a confufed kind of rolling or tumbling, as in ramble, flamble, fcrainble, wnnbli 
 amble; but in theli: there is fomething acute. ' 
 
 In nimble, the acutenefs of the vowel denotes celerity. In fparkle, fp denotes 
 dilTlpation, ar an acute crackling, k a fudJen infrruption, / a trcquent'itcr.^tion - 
 and in hjce manner in fprinkle, unhfs in may imply the fubtlllty of the diilirared 
 guttules. Thick and iLm ditler, in that the furmer ends with an obtufe confonant 
 ai.d the latter with an acute. ' 
 
 fort of founds with the things (ignitied : and this fo frequently h.ip°pens, that fcarce 
 any l.int:uage "hich 1 know can be compircd with nu'S. So that one monofyllabla 
 word, of which kind are almoft all ours, empha'icilly expieOes what in other 
 aoguages can fcarce be explained but by compounds, or decompounds, or fome- 
 times a tedit>us circumlocution. 
 
 We have many words borrowed fi-om the Latin; bsit the 
 greateft part of them are communicated by the intervention of 
 the French; as grace, face, elegant, elegance, refemble. 
 
 Som;; verbs which feem borrowed from tlie Latin, are formed 
 from the prefent tenfe, and fome from the fupines. 
 
 From the prefent are formed _/^™J, expend, expendo; conduce 
 conduce; dfpife, .defpicio; approve, ajiprobo; conceive, coal 
 cjpio. 
 
 5' 2 From
 
 A GRAMMAR OF THE 
 
 From the fupines, fuppllcate, fupplico; demonjlraie, demonftro; 
 difpofey difpoiioj expatiate j expatior; fupprefs, fupprimo; exempt y 
 cxirao. 
 
 Nothing is more apparent than that Wallls goes too far in queft of originals. 
 Many of thofe which feem feleft'^d as immediate dsfcendarits from the Latin, are 
 apparently French, as concei'Viy apprcve, exj-ojcy exitnft. 
 
 Some words purely French, not derived from the Latin, we 
 have transferred into our language; as garden^ garter-i buckler, to 
 advance, to cry, to plead, from the French, jardhi, jartier, boticUer, 
 avancer, crier, plalder; though indeed, even of thefe, part is of 
 L.atin original. 
 
 As to many words which we have in common with the Germans, it is doubt- 
 ful whether the eld Teutons borrowed them from the Latins, or the Latins 
 from the Teutons, or both had them from fome common original; as iviii', 
 vinum; tvinj, ventus; ivcnt, veni i ii^i^y, v.ia; tvatt, v.illum ; •zvaitoiVj volvo; 
 ivool, vellusj ivilly volo; •worm, vermis; 'ivorth, virtus j ivofj>, vefpa j day^ 
 dies J draiu,' K.X3.\\o\^tam£, domo, S'jjWs'a; ; yoke, jugum, ^eu^o;; every upper , 
 fufer, t'Tre^ ; am, Turn, £ijw(i breaks tiango ; fy-^ volo; hloio, flo. I m^kc no 
 doubt but the i eutonick is more ancient than the Latin; and It Is no lefs 
 certain, that the Latin, which borrowed a great number of words, not only 
 from the Greek, elpecially the ^'ollck, but from other neighbouiing languages, 
 as the Ofcan and others, which \\\vc long become obfolete, received not a few 
 from the Teutonick. It is certain, that the Englifti, German, and other Teu- 
 toniclc languages, letained fonne derived from the Greek, which the Latin has 
 not ; as ax^ achs^ mif, fordy pfurd, daughler, techier, mickle, wwg/e, moor, 
 fear, grO've, g'^'^, to grave, tojcrape, luhcle^ trom o*^r»j, /usra, w^-fS/^e:, ^vyj-rr,^, 
 fj(.iya,\tii, (Aiy^ucijf fj.y)vtj, £')fJc, ycd^v, oAo;. Since they received theie immedi- 
 ately from the Greeks, wichout ih; inrervention of the Latin Unguage, why may 
 not other words be derived immediately from the fame fountain, though they be 
 likewife found among the Latins? 
 
 Our anceftors were fludious to form borrowed words, however 
 long, into monofyllables; and not only cut off the formative 
 terminations, but cropped the hrll fyllable, efpecially in words 
 beginning with a vowel; and rcjecled not only vowels in the 
 middle, but likewife confoiiants of a weaker found, retaining the 
 ilronger, which feem the bones of word?, or changing them for 
 others of the fame organ, in order that the found might become 
 the fofter; but efpecially tranfpofmg their order, that they might 
 the more readily be pronounced without the intermediate vowels. 
 For example in expendo, fpend; exemplum, Jample; excipio, 
 fiape; txtrancus, Jlrange; extradlum, Jlretch^d; excrucio, to 
 Jcrcw; exfcorio, io fcour; excorio, to fcourge; excortico, to 
 fcratch ; and others beginning with ex: as alfo, emendo, to yiiend; 
 epifcopus, IjjJjop; in Danifh, Lifp; epillola, eplflle; hofpitale, 
 Jplttle; Hifpania, Spain; Vi^om, Jlory* 
 
 Many of thefe etyrnologies are doubtful, and fome evidently miftaken. 
 
 The following nre fomewhat harder, Alexander, Sander; Elijahetha^ Betty \ 
 apisj bee\ aper, bir\ p paffing into b, as in bipop\ and by cutting off a from 
 the beginning, which is reftored in the middle: but for the old bar or bare, 
 we now fay boar \ as for lang, lorig; for liatn, bane; for Jiane^ Jione; aprugna, 
 hraivtj, p being changed into b, and a tranfpofed, as in aper, and g changed 
 into 1*^, as in pignus, paivn; lege, /aiv ; dy-itsj',^, f^x ; cutting off the begin- 
 ning, and changing p intoy", as in pellis, a fell ; pullu«, a foal; pater, father; 
 pavor, fear; polio, fte; plco, impleo, fll, full; pifcis, fjh; and tranfpofmg o 
 into the middle, which w^s taken from the beginning j apex, a piece; peak, 
 pike; 20phorus, freez-; muitum, flum; defenfio, fence; difpenfator, fpericer; 
 afculto, efcouter, Fr. fcout; exfcalpo, fcrape, refloring / inltead of r, and hence 
 jcrap, jcrahile, Jcraivl ; e)CCu\po, Jcoop ; cxterritus, fiart ; extonitus, attonitus, 
 flonn^d; flomachus, maiu; oftVndo, fined \ obftipo, fop; audere, dare; civere, 
 •ware; whence a-ioare, be-'ware, loary, ivarn, ivarning, for the Latin -v con- 
 fonant formerly founded like our no, and the modern iound of the v confonant 
 was formerly that of the letter/, that is, the ^olick dlgamnia, which had the 
 found of tp, and the modern found of the lettery was thjt of ihe Greek <p ci pb; 
 ulcus, ulcere, ulcer, fore, and hcnct for ry, for roiu, forroiufu I ; ingenium, engine, 
 gin; fcalenus, leaning, unlefs you would lather derive it from jt^tiw, whence in- 
 clino ; infundibulum, funnel; gagates, jett ; projedlum, to jett forth, a jetty; 
 C'jcullus, a CIV I. 
 
 There are fynccpes fomewhat harder; from tempore, t'sme; from nonvne, 
 name; dcmina, dam^; zs \ht Yvench homme, femme, nom, from homine, femina, 
 nomine. Thus pagina, p^ge; -ErcT'igiov, pot; xuwsXXa, cup; cantharus, can; 
 tentorium, tent; piecor, pray; pritda, pey; fpecio, fpcculor, fpy; pllco, ply; 
 implico, in:/-ly; rcplico, trp/y ; complico, comply; fedes epifcopjlis, /ec, 
 
 A vowel is alfo cut off in the middle, that the number of the fyllables 
 may be lef^entd ; as amita, aur.t ; fpirltus, f/'ight; debitum, debt; dublto, 
 diubl ; comes, com'itis, ea/nt ; clcricus, iltrk; quieus, y(/;.', ^uiff ; acquieto, 
 tQ acquit -^ feparo, to fp^re; ilabilis, ftoble; lUbulum, JlubU; palaiiuiPj pa- 
 
 lace, place ; tabula, rail ; raw^ loraul, bra-wl, rahte, hrahle \ quMfitb, 
 ^uefi. 
 
 As alfo a confonant, or at leait one of a fofter found, or even a whole fyl- 
 lable; rotundas, round; fragilis, frail; fecurus, fure ; regula, rule; teguU, 
 tile; fubtilis, /ttiri/tf i nomeii, man; decanus, dean; coriijiuto, count; fubiti- 
 neus, ftiddain, foon; fuperare, to foar\ perlculum, peril -^ mirablie, marvel; as 
 magnus, main; djgnor, deign; tin^o, fain ; tlnitum, taint; pingo, paint; prae- 
 dari, reach. 
 
 The contraiftions may feem harder, where many of them mfet, as Kvpiay.o;, 
 kyrk, church; prefbyter, p'ufi; facriftanus, /fj^fc/i ; ftango, Ue^x, break, breach; 
 fagus, <pn}CL, beech; f changed Into b, and g into ch, which are letters ncjf 
 a-kifij ti\^t(co, ftccxe; fx\gzizo, frfo^ fc\n\o fb, ^% ahoyz'm bifjop, fifjy fo ia 
 fcapha, Jl<ifft f^'pj -^^^ lefrigefco, rcfrcjh ; but viiefco, fc/h ; phleboromus, fean: j 
 bovina, beef; vitulina, ital; fcutifer, fquire ; pxnitentia, penance j fandlua- 
 v'mm, fjn/iuary, fentry ; quaeficio, chafe; perquifitio, purcbafe; anguilla, eel; 
 infula, ifle. He, iflund, Hand; infuletca, iflctj ilet ; fygbt ; and more contradtedly 
 ey, whence Ozy//Vi'v, Ruleyj E'y; examinare, to fcau^ namely, by rejecting from 
 the beginning and end e and c, according to the ufual manner, the remainder 
 xamin, which the S.ixons, who did not ul'e x, write cfamen, or Jcanien, is con- 
 tradled into fcan ; ai Irom dominus, don; nomine, noun; abomino, ban; and 
 indeed apum txamen they turned into fcume ; for which we fay jivarme, by 
 inffvting r to denote the mm muring ; thefiurus, fiore ; fed ile, fi?ol ; vi]^^ 
 ivet; fudo, fiveat ; gaudium, gay; jocus, joy; fuccus, juice; catena, cbdin ^ 
 caliga, calga; chaule, chaulfe, Fr. koje ; extinguo, fiancb, fquencb, qutr.chf 
 flint; foras, forth; fpecies, y^/ce ; recito, read; adjuvo, aid; aim, asvum, ay^ 
 age, ever; fliccus, lock; excerpo, fcrape, fcrabble, fcraivl ; extravagus, firay^ 
 fl''aggle; coiieflum, clot, dutch; coMgo, c.H; recolligo, recoil; fevero, fivear ^ 
 ftridnlus, piill; procurator, proxy; pulfo, topufh; calamus, a quill; impetere, 
 to impeach-^ augeo, auxi, tvax; and vanefcn, vanui, ivane ; fjllabare, tofpell; 
 puteus, pit; granum, corn; comprimo, cramp, crum/*, crumple, crir.kie. 
 
 Some may feem harlher, yet may not be rejected, for it at leaft appears 
 that fome of them are derived from proper names, and there are others whjfe 
 etymology is acknowledged by every body ; as Alexander, E-ick, Scander, San- 
 der, SjrJy, Sanny ; Elizabetha, Eli-zabefb, Elijabetb^ Betty, B^fs; Margaretta, 
 Magaret, Marget, ALgy Peg; Maria, Mary, Mdl, Pal, Malkin, Maxokin^ 
 ATa'wLs ; Matthseus, Mat:ha, Matiheav ; Martha, Mutt^ Pat ; Guljelmus, 
 JVdlelmui, Girolamo, Gudlaume, Wiiliam, JVUl, Bill, M^ilkin, iVicken, TVtch, PVeeks. 
 
 Thus cariophyllu5, flos J gerofilo, Ital. giriflie, gllofer, Fr. _g"i//^(J7y(rr, which 
 the vulgar Zd,\\ julyf.oiotr, as if derived from tlie month Juy; petrofelinum, 
 pa^Jley ; pcrtulaca, purflain ; cyAon\um, quince ; cydoniatum, quiddcny; perf]- 
 cum, peach; cruca, erukc; which they corrupt to eariuig, as if it took its 
 name from the ear ; annulus geminus, a gimmal, or gmkal ting; and thus the 
 woid gimbal and jumbal is transferred to other things thus interwoven ; quelques 
 chofes, kkkjhjivs. Since the origin of thefe, and many others, however forced, 
 is evident, it ought to ap^.ear no wonder to any one if the ancients have thus 
 dishgured rrany, efprcijUy as they fo much affeOed monofyllables; and, to 
 make them found the fofter, took this liberty of maiming, taking away, chang- 
 ing, tranft)!)fing, and foftening them. 
 
 IJut while we derive thefe from the Luin, T do not mean to fay, that many 
 of them did not immediately come to us from the Saxon, DaniCi, Dutch, and 
 Teutonick languages, and o;her dialeils, and fome taken more lately fiom the 
 French, or Italians, or Spaniards. 
 
 The fame word according to its diffeient fignifica'ions, often has a different 
 origin; as to bejr a burden, from fro; but to bear, wheitcQ 'birth, born, bairn^ 
 comes from pari', and a bear, at leaft if it be of Latin original, from fera. 
 Thus perch, a Jilh, from pcrca; but perch^ a meafure, from pertica, and like- 
 wife to perch* To fpe/l is from fyllaba ; but fpcUy an enchantment, by which 
 it Is believed that tiie boundaries are fo hxed in lands, that no,Te can pafs them 
 againft the maker's will, from expello; and fpell, a melfenger, from epiflola-; 
 whence gofpef, gcod fpell, cr godjpell. Thus freefe, or feeze, from frigefco; 
 h\^t free-^e, an architeitonx word, from xcphjrus; but freefc, for cloth, from 
 Erfia, or perhaps Uom frigefcof as being more ht than any other for keeping out 
 the cold. 
 
 There are many words among us, even moniifyllables, compounded of two or 
 more words, at leaft ferving inftead of compounds, and comprifing the fignifi- 
 cation of more words than '-ne; as from fcrip and roll, comes fcroU; from proud 
 and dance, prance; from f of the verb ^^y, or fl and and out, is made fout ; 
 from fioui and hardy, furdy; from [p of Jpit or fpczVt and out, comes fpout ; 
 from the fame ^, with ihe termination hi, \%fiin; and adding OLt, fpin out \ 
 and from the fame fp, with it, is f/it, which only difteis from Jpcut in that it 
 is fmalier, and with Icfs noife and force; hxit fpmter is becaufe of the obfcure 
 ;/, fomething between j[/:if and ff-out ; and by reafon of adding r, it intimates 
 a frequent iteration and noije, but obfcurely confufed : wheiea^ [patter, on ac- 
 count of the (harper and cleaier vowel a, intimates a more diftind: noife, in 
 which it chiefly differs from f putter. From the (^n\z fp, and the termination 
 ark, comts [park, fignifying a fingle emiffion of fire with a noife; nxmely, fp 
 tlie eniifTlon, ar the more acu'e noife, and k the mute confonant, intimates its 
 being fuddtnly terminated ; but adding /, is made the frequentative fparkb; 
 The (imt Jjy, by adding r, that h fpr, implies a more lively impcius of diffufing 
 or expanding itleif; to which adding the termination ing, it becomes /fiino- ; 
 its vigour_//r imports, its iharpnefs the icrmlnauon ing; and laltly ;m acu'e and 
 tremulous, ending in ;he mute confonant g denotes the fud^en ending of any 
 motion, that it is meant in its primary fignificattnn, of a fingle, no: a com- 
 plicated exiition. Hence we call fpnng what^;ver has :m elaftick foice ; as 
 alfo a fount.iin of water, and ihencc tl^e oiigin of any ilung ; and ta ffrirg, 
 to gerounatcj and fpring^ one of the f<jur feafons. from the fams fpr and 
 
 iUty
 
 ENGLISH TONGUE. 
 
 tit, U foiir.ed (pi cut, and with the tei-mirution (f, fprig ; of which the follow- 
 ii g, for the mift pait, is tlie diflerence: Jprcuty of a grolfer found, im|)orti 
 a fatter cr grofier bud : fp^igt of" a ilendcrcr found, denotes a fmaller fhoot. 
 in like minner, from y?r ot the veib yirii^f, and out, cmti Jirnut tni Jiiui. 
 From the fame ftr, and the termination "r'gl- , is miit ftruggle; and tiiis ^f/ 
 imports, but without any great noife, by reafon of tlic obfcure found of tlie 
 vowel u. In lilte manner trom thrciu and r-j// is made troll; and ainioft in 
 the fame fcnfe is tmniiU, from tbrcio or thrup, and mndle. Thus g''iiff or 
 p*-"ij^h is compounded oi grave and rcK^ij and trudge Irom rrM^/ or frtr and 
 
 In tliefe obfervations it is eafy to difcover great fagacity and 
 ^rcat extravagance, an ability to do much defeated by the defire 
 of doing more than enough. It may be remarked, 
 
 1. That Wallis' derivations are often fo made, that by the 
 fame h'cence any language may be deduced from any other. 
 
 2. Tliat he makes no dilUnftion between words immediately 
 derived by us from the Latin, and thofe which, being copied from 
 other languages, can therefore afford no example of the genius of 
 tlie Engliih language, or its laws of derivation. 
 
 3. That he derives from the Latin, often with great harHinefs 
 and violence, words apparently Teutonick ; and therefore, ac- 
 cording to his own declaration, probably older than the tongue to 
 which he refers them. 
 
 4. That fome of his derivations are apparently erroneous. 
 
 SYNTAX. 
 
 The eftablirtied pra£lice of grammarians requires that I Hiould here treat of the 
 Syntax J but our larigu^ge has fo little infledijn, or variety of terminations, that 
 its conifruflion neither requires nor admits many rules. Wallis therefore has 
 totally neglcfled it j and Jonfon, whofe dehre of following the writers upon the 
 learned languages made him think a fynax indifpcnfably neceflary, has pubiillied 
 fuch petty obfervations as were better omitted. 
 
 The verb, as in other languages, agrees with the nomina- 
 tive in number and perfon ; as Thou fi^Jl from good; He runs to 
 death. 
 
 Our adjeftivcs and pronouns are invariable. 
 
 Of two i'ubftantives the noua pofTeffive is the genitive; as His 
 father^ s glvy, The full's heal. 
 
 Verbs tranfitive require an oblique cafe; as He loves me; Tou 
 fear him. 
 
 All prepofitions require an oblique cafe: as He gave this to me; 
 He took this from iw;; He fays this of me ; He came with n:i. 
 
 PROSODY. 
 
 It is common for thofd that deliver the gr.immar of modern languages, to omit 
 their Frofody. So that of the iialians is neg!efted by Buomatsd; that of the 
 French by D^Jmarais ; and that of the Engliih by IV^llh, Ccopsr, and even by yon- 
 fin, though a poet. But as the laws of metie are included in the idea of a gram- 
 mjr, I have thought it proper to inlerc them. 
 
 Profody comprifes orthoepy, or the rules of pronunciation; and 
 orthomelry, or the laws of verfification. 
 
 Pronunciation isjiift, when every letter has its proper found, 
 and when every fyllablc has its proper accent, or, which in Engliih 
 verfiiication is the fame, its proper quantity. 
 
 The founds of the letters have been already explained ; and the rules for the ac- 
 cent tr quantity are not ejfily to be given, being fubjedt to innumerable exceptions 
 Such however as 1 have read or formed, 1 ihall here propofe. 
 
 1 . Of diffyllables formed by affixing a termination, the former 
 fyllable is commonly accefited, as childi/Ij, liugdom, adej}, ailed, 
 tdilfeme, lover, fcnjfer, fairer, foremojl, ■zealous, fulnefs, godly, 
 tneekly, lirtifl. 
 
 2. DilTyllables formed by prefixing a fyllable to the radical 
 word, have commonly the accent on the latter; as to lege.', to 
 befeem, to Irflffj}. 
 
 3. Of diliylhbles, which are at once nouns and verbs, the verb 
 has commonly the accent on the latter, and the noun on the 
 
 4 
 
 former fyllable; as to defcant, a d'fcanl; to cement, a cements t9 
 contraS, a coiilracl. 
 
 This rule h..i many exception?. Though verbs feldom have their accent on the 
 former, yet nouns olten luve it on the latter fyllable; as, dit'igbt, perfume. 
 
 4. All diffyllables ending in y, as cranny; in our, as labour, 
 favour; in oiv, as lu'illoiu, lualloiu, except atloiu; in le, as battle, 
 
 bible; in ifb, as bani/h; in ck, as cambrich, caffock; in ter, as to 
 batter; in age, as courage; in en, •&% fajlen; in et, as quiet, accent 
 the former fyllable. 
 
 5. Diffyllable nonns in er, as canker, butter, have the accent on 
 the former fyllable. 
 
 6. Diflyllable verbs terminating in a confonant and e final, as 
 comprife, efcape; or having a diphthong in the laft fyllable, as 
 appcafe, reveal; or ending in two confonants, as attend, have the 
 accent on the latter fyllable. 
 
 7. Diffyllable nouns having a diphthong in the latter fyllablc, 
 have commonly their accent on the latter fyllable, as applaufe ; 
 except words in ain, certain, mountain. 
 
 8. Triffyllables formed by adding a termination, or prefixing 
 a fyllable, retain the accent of the radical word, as lovelinefs, 
 tendernefs, contemner, tuagonner, ph'yfical, befpatter, commenting, 
 commending, ajfurance. 
 
 9. Triffyllables ending in ous, as gracious, arduous; in al, as 
 capital; in ion, as mention, accent the firfl. 
 
 10. Triffyllables ending in ce, ent, and ate, accent the firfl 
 fyllable, as countenance, continence, armament, imminent, elegant, 
 propagate, except they be derived from words having the accent 
 on the lail, as connivance, acquaintance; or the middle fyllable 
 hath a vowel before two confonants, as promulgate. 
 
 1 1 . Triffyllables ending in y, as entity, fpecify, liberty, •uigory, 
 fiibfidy, commonly accent the firfl fyllable. 
 
 12. Triffyllables in re or le accent the firfl fyllable, as legible, 
 theatre; except difciple, and fome words which have a pofition, as 
 example, epijlle. 
 
 13. Trifl'yllables in ude commonly accent the firfl fyllable, as 
 plenitude. 
 
 14. Triffyllables ending in ator or atour, as creatour; or hav- 
 ing in the middle fyllable a diphthong, as endeavour; or a 
 vowel before two confonants, as domejlick, accent the middle 
 fyllable. • 
 
 15. Triffyllables that have their accent on the lafl fyllable are 
 commonly French, as acquiefce, repartee, magazine; or words 
 formed by prefixing one or two fyllables to an acute fyllable, as 
 immature, overcharge. 
 
 1 6. Pollyfyllablcs, or words of more than three fyllables, fol- 
 low the accents of the words from which they are derived, as 
 arrogating, continency, incontinently, commendable, communicablenefs. . 
 We fhould therefore fay difp'utable, indifputable, rather than dif- 
 putable, indifputable ; and advertifement rather than advertife.. 
 ment. 
 
 17. Words in ion have the accent upon the antepenult, zi fal- 
 vation, perturbation, concoSion; words in atour or ator on the pe- 
 nult, as dedicator. 
 
 18. Words ending in le commonly have the accent on the firfl 
 fyllable, as amicable, unlefs the fecond fyllable have a vowel before 
 two confonants, as combujiible. 
 
 19. Woids ending in ous have the accent on the antepenult, as 
 uxorious, voluptuous. 
 
 20. Words ending in ty have their accent on the antepenult, as 
 pujillanimity , aSivity, 
 
 Thefe rules are not advanced as complete or infallible, but propofed as ufcful. 
 Almoll every rule of every language has its exceptions ; and in Englifh, as in other 
 tongues, much muft be learned by example and authoiity. Ferhaps more and 
 better rules may be given that have efcapcd my obfervation. 
 
 Versificvtion is the an-angement of a certain number of fyl. 
 lables according to certain laws. 
 
 The feet of our verfes are either iambick, as aloft, create; or 
 
 trochaick, as huly, lofty. 
 
 Our
 
 GRAMMAR OF THE 
 
 Our iambick meafure comprifes vcrfes 
 
 Of four fyllables, 
 
 Moft good, moft fair. 
 
 Or things as rare, 
 
 To call you's loft; 
 
 For all the coft 
 
 Words can beftow, 
 
 So poorly (how 
 
 Upon your praife. 
 
 That all the ways 
 
 Senfe hath, come fliort. Drayton, 
 
 'With ravifli'd ears 
 
 The monarch hearj. Dryihi. 
 
 Of fix, 
 
 This while we are abroad, 
 
 Shall we not touch our lyre ? 
 Shall we not fmg an ode? 
 
 Shall that holy fire. 
 In us that ftrongly glow'd, 
 
 In this cold air expire ? 
 
 Though in the utmoft Peak 
 
 A while we do remain, 
 Amongft the mountains bleak, 
 
 Expos'd to fleet and rain, 
 No fport our hours (hall break, 
 
 To exercife our vein. 
 
 What though bright Phoebus' beams 
 
 Refrefli the fouthern ground, 
 And though the princely Thames 
 
 With beauteous nymphs abound, 
 And by old Camber's ftreams 
 
 Be many wonders found: 
 
 Yet many rivers clear 
 
 Here glide in filver fwathes. 
 And what of all moft dear, 
 
 Buxton's delicious baths. 
 Strong ale and noble chear, 
 
 T' afliiage breem winter's fcathes. 
 
 In places far or near, 
 
 Or famous or obfcure. 
 Where wholfom is the air, 
 
 Or where the moft impure, 
 All times and every where, 
 
 The mufe is ftill in ure. Drayton. 
 
 Of eight, which is the ufual meafure of (hort poems. 
 And may at laft my weary age 
 Find out the peaceful hermitage. 
 The hniij gown, and moflTy cell, 
 Where 1 may fit and nightly fpell 
 Of ev'ry ftar the fky doth (hew. 
 And ev'ry herb that fips the dew. Milton. 
 
 Of ten, which is the common meafure of lieroick and tragi 
 poetry. 
 
 Full in the midft of this created fpace. 
 
 Betwixt heav'p, earth, and fl<ies, there ftands a place 
 
 Confining on all three; with triple bound; 
 
 Whence all things, though remote, are view'd around, 
 
 And thither bring their undulating found. 
 
 The palace of loud Fame, her feat of pow'r, 
 
 Plac'd on the fummit ot a lofty tow'r; 
 
 A thoufand winding entries long and wide 
 
 Receive of trefli reports a flowing tide. 
 
 A thoufand crannies in the walls are made; 
 Nor gate nor bars exclude the bufy trade. 
 'Tis built of brafs, the better to di(fufe 
 The fpreading founds, and multiply the news; 
 Where echoes in repeated echoes play: 
 A mart for ever full; and open night and day. 
 Nor filence is within, nor voice exprefs, 
 But a deaf noife of founds that never ceafe; 
 Confus'd, and chiding, like the hollow roar 
 Of tides, receding from th' infulted (hore: 
 Or like the broken thunder, heard from far. 
 When Jove to diftance drives the rolling war. 
 The courts are fiU'd with a tumultuous din 
 Of crov^'ds, or ifluing forth, or ent'ring in: 
 A thorough-iare of news; where fome devife 
 Things never heard, fome mingle truth with lies: 
 The troubled air with empty founds they beat, 
 Intent to hear, and eager to repeat. 
 
 Dryihn. 
 
 In thefe meafures the accents are to be placed on even 
 fyllables ; and every line eonfidered by itfelf is more harmo- 
 nious as this rule is more ftnctly obfcrved. The variations ne- 
 cellary to pleafure belong to the art of poetry, not the rules of 
 gi-ammar. 
 
 Our trochaick meafures are 
 
 Of three fyllables, 
 
 Here we may 
 
 Think and pray, 
 
 Before death 
 
 Stops our breath: 
 
 Other joys 
 
 Are but toys. WaltotCs Angler. 
 
 Of five, 
 
 In the days of old. 
 Stories plainly told, 
 Lovers felt annoy. 
 
 Of feven. 
 
 Faireft piece of v/ell-form'd earth. 
 Urge not thus your haughty birth. 
 
 Old Ballad. 
 
 Walk, 
 
 ck 
 
 1 
 
 In thefe meafures the accent is to be placed on the odd fyl- 
 lables. 
 
 Thefe are the meafures which are now in ufe, and above the reft thofc of feven, 
 eight, and ten fyllables. Our ancient poets wrote verfes fomctimes of twelve fyl- 
 lables, as Drayton's Polyolbion. 
 
 Of all the Cambrian (hives their heads that bear fo high, 
 And farth'ft luivey their fuils with an ambitious eye, 
 Mervinia for her hills, as (or their malchlefs crowds. 
 The neareit that are laid to kifs the wand'ring clouds, 
 EfpecidI audience craves, offended with the throng, 
 That (he of all the re;f neglefted was fo long; 
 Alleging for heifelf, when through the Saxon's pride, 
 The gi'dlike race of Brute lo Si:vcrn's fetting liJe 
 Were cruelly enfoic'd, her mountains did relieve 
 Thofe whom dcvjuiing war elle every where did grieve. 
 And when all Wales befide (by fortune or by might) 
 Unto her ancient foe lefign'd lur ancient right, 
 A conltant ma d-.n (till (he only did remain. 
 The lall her germine laws which lloutly did reta'n. 
 And as each nne is praifed fir her peculiar things, 
 So only (he is rich in mountains, meres, and fprmgs ; 
 And holds herfelf as great in her fuperfluous walie, 
 As others by their towns and fruitftil tillage grac'd. 
 
 And of fourteen, as Chapman's Homer. 
 
 And as the mind of fuch a man, that 1 ath a long way gone. 
 And either knnweth not his way, or elfc would let alone 
 His purpoi'd journey, is diftrait. 
 The meafures of twelve and fourteen fylLibles were often mingled by our old 
 poetf, fom.tinies in alternate lines, and fomciimes in alternate couplets.
 
 ENGLISH 
 
 TONGUE. 
 
 The verfe of twtlve fyllables called an ^texandrini, is nuw only ufei to 
 dlveifify herckk lines, 
 
 W.iller was fmooth, but Divden tauglit to join 
 Tlie varied verfe, tlie full rclounding line, 
 Th: l',':g majifi'uk march, arj energy iii-vim. 
 
 The paufe in the Alexandrine mult be at the fixih fjllable. 
 
 The verfe of fourteen fyllahlcs is now broken into a foft lyrick mfafute of verfes 
 Confifting alternately oi eiyht fyllablcs and fix. 
 
 \ 
 
 ?ope. 3 
 
 She to receive thy radiant name^ 
 Sfltfls a whiter fpace. 
 
 When all (ball praife, and ev'ry lay 
 
 Devote a wreath to thee, 
 That day, for onme it will, that day 
 
 Shall 1 lament to fee. 
 
 Beneath this tomb an infant lies 
 
 'I'o earfh v^ ho t: boJy lent, 
 Hereafter (hall m^ le gl> lious rife, 
 
 Uut not mo-'c iiiiiocent. 
 When the Archantel's trump ihall blow. 
 
 And fouls to bodies juin. 
 What crowds (hail wilh their lives below 
 
 Had been as (hort as thine ! 
 
 Fentan- 
 
 Lnvis ta Pope, 
 
 Wefcy. 
 
 We have another meafure very quick and lively, and therefore much ufed in 
 longs, which may be Cilled the annftpul!, in which the accent refts upon every 
 third fyllable. 
 
 May I govern my palTjons with abfolute fway, 
 
 And grow wifer and better as life wears away. Dr. Pcpe, 
 
 In this meafute a fyllable is often retrenched from the firft foot, as 
 
 Diogenes furly and proud. Dr. P(pe. 
 
 When prefent we love, and when abfent agree, 
 I think not of I'ris nor I'ris of me. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Thefe meafuies are varied by many combinations, and fometlmes by dotble 
 endings, either with or without rhyme, as in the heioick meafute. 
 
 'TIs the divinity that ftirs lu'uhh ut, 
 'Tis Hcav'n itfelf points out an hereafter^ 
 And intimates eternity to man. 
 
 So In that of eight fyllables. 
 
 They u itlier added nor confonnded. 
 They neither wanted nor .ibounded. 
 
 In tliat of fevcn. 
 
 For refiftance I could fear none, 
 
 But with twenty ihips had done. 
 What thou, brave and happy Vernon, 
 Haft atchiev'd with fix alone. 
 
 In that of fix, 
 
 *Tw3s when the feas were roaring. 
 
 With hollow blafts of wind, 
 A damfel lay deploring. 
 All on a rock reclin'd. 
 
 In the anapeftick, 
 
 When terrible tempells aflail us, 
 
 And moun ainnus billows affright, 
 Nor power nor wealth can avail u''. 
 
 But fkilful induftry fteers right. 
 
 jtJflifon, 
 
 Prkr, 
 
 Clever 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Ballad. 
 
 To thefii meafures, and their laws, may be reduced every fpec'es of £ngliflx 
 verfe. 
 
 Oiii; verfification adinits of few licences, except z fynahpha, 
 or elilion of e in the before a vowel, as th' eternal; and more 
 rarely of o in to, as i" accept; and a fynxrejis, by which two 
 Ihort vowels coalefce into one fyllable, as qtiejl'wn, fpecial ; or a 
 word is contratfted by the expulfion of a fhort vowel before a li- 
 quid, as av'rrce, temp' ranee. 
 
 Thus have I cillefted rules and examples by which the Englirti language may 
 be learned, if the reader be already acquainted with giammatical teims, or taught 
 by a mafter to thofe that are trore ignorant. To have written a giammar for 
 fuch as are not yet initiated in the fchooJs, would have been tedious, and perhaps 
 at laft inefFeaual. 
 
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 A DI C-
 
 DICTIONARY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 
 
 A THE firfllctterof the European 
 alphabets, has, in the Englifh lan- 
 ' giiage> three different founds, 
 which may be termed the broad, open, 
 and {lender. 
 
 The broad found, refembling that of the 
 German a, is found in many of our 
 monofyllables, as all, tuall, mah, fait., 
 in which a is pronounced as au in cauje, 
 or a-iXi in law. Many of thefe words 
 were anciently written with au, z% fault, 
 tuanH ; which happens to be ftill re- 
 tained m fault. This was probably the 
 ancient found of the Saxons, fince it is 
 almofl uniformly prefcrved in the ruftic 
 pronunciation, and the northern dia- 
 lers, as mau7i for man, bound for hand. 
 
 A open, not unlike the a of the Italians, 
 is found in father, rather, and more ob- 
 fcurcly \n fancy, fafl, &c. 
 
 A (lender or clofe, is the peculiar a of the 
 Englidi language, refembling the found 
 of the French e mafculine, or diphthong 
 at in pals, or perhaps a middle found 
 between them, or between the a and e ; 
 to this the .'irabic a is faid nearly to ap- 
 proach. Of this found we have examples 
 in the words placi;, face, luafle ; and all 
 thofe that terminate in atlon, as relation, 
 nation, generation. 
 
 A is fhort, as shf-'t S"""/^ '■> or long, as 
 glaze, graze : it is marked long, gene- 
 rally, by an e final, plane, or by an i 
 added, as plain. The fhort a is open, 
 the long a clofe. 
 
 I. A, an article fet before nouns ofthefin- 
 gular number ; a man, a tree ; denoting 
 the number one, as, a man is coming ; 
 that is, no more than one ; or an indefinite 
 indication, as, a man may come this 
 way, that is, any man. This article 
 has no plural fignification. Before a 
 word beginning with a vowel, it is writ- 
 ten an, as, an ox, an egg, of which a 
 is the contrafiion. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 2. A, taken materially, or for itfelf, is a 
 noun ; as, a great A, a little a. 
 
 3. A is placed before a participle, or parti- 
 cipial noun ; and is confidered by Wallis 
 as a contraflion oi at, when it is put be- 
 fore a word denoting fome aftion not 
 yet finifhcd ; as, I am a walking. It 
 alfo fcems to be anciently contracted 
 from at, when placed before local fur- 
 names ; as, Thomas a Becket. In other 
 cafes, it feems to fignify to, like the 
 French a. 
 
 A hunting Chloe went. Vrior. 
 
 Tlicy go a begging to a bankrupt's door. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 May peace ftill flumber by thefe purling foun- 
 t.iins ! 
 Which we may every year 
 Find when we come a filhing here. Wotton, 
 
 Now the men fell n rubbing of armour, which 
 a great while had lain oiled. iVotfyn. 
 
 He will knap the fpears a pieces witK his 
 teeth. • Mora Antid. Aihm. 
 
 •Another falls a ringing a Petcennius Niger, 
 and judicioufly diftinguilhes the found oi if to 
 be modern. AJJif'itt nn AhJii/i. 
 
 4. A has a peculiar fignification, denoting 
 the proportion of one thing to another. 
 1 hus we fay, Thelandlotd hath a hun- 
 dred a year ; The Ihip's crew gained a 
 thoufand pounds a man. 
 
 The river Inn palTes through a wide open 
 country, during all its coarfe through Bavaria; 
 which i-i a voyage of two days, after the rate of 
 twenty leagues a day. AJ^iif^'i on Itaty. 
 
 5. A is ufed in burlefque poctiy, to length- 
 en out a fyllable, without adding to the 
 fenl'e. 
 
 For cloves and nutmegs to the line-a, 
 Ande\cn for oranges to China. Dryden. 
 
 6. A is fometimes, in familiar writings, 
 put by a barbarous corruption for he ; 
 as, will a come, for will he come. 
 
 7. A, in compofition, feems to have fome- 
 times the power of the French a in 
 thefe phrafes, a droit, a gauche. See. ; 
 and fometimes to be contrafted from at, 
 as, ajide, ajlope, afoot, ajleep, athirjl, 
 aware. 
 
 ABA 
 
 I gin to be a ^I'^ary of the (un ; 
 And wifli the rtate of th' woitd were rov 
 undone. 5hakfpcare' i Macbeth. 
 
 And now a breeze from ftiore began to blow, 
 The Tailors fliip their oais, and ceafe to row; 
 Then hoift their yards a-tiip, and all their faiU 
 Let fall, to court the wind and catch the gales. 
 
 Dry Jen* i Ceyx and AUyttne. 
 
 A little houfewith trees a row. 
 And, like its mailer, very low. Topers Horaee. 
 
 8. A is fometimes redundant j as, ariji, 
 arofc, atvake ; the fame with rife, roufe, 
 wake. 
 
 9. A, in abbreviations, ftands for arliuntt 
 or arts ; as, a. b. bachelor of arts, ar- 
 tium baccalaureus ; A. M, mafter of arts, 
 artium magifler ; or, anno ; as, a d. anno 
 domini. 
 
 AB, at the beginning of the names of 
 places, generally fhows that they have 
 fome relation to an abbey, as Abingdon. 
 
 Gibfon. 
 Aba'cke. adv. [isombach.'\ Backward, 
 Obfolete. 
 But when they came where thou thy (kill 
 didll Ihow, 
 They drew abacke, as half with (hame con- 
 found. Spenfer's Pujtorals. 
 
 ABACTOR, n. f [Latin.] One who 
 drives away or Iteals cattle in herds, or 
 great numbersat once, in diftinftioii from 
 thofe that Heal only a fiieep or two. 
 
 Blount. 
 
 ABACUS, n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 1. A counting-table, anciently ufed in cal- 
 culations. 
 
 2. [Inarchitedlure.] Theuppermoft mem- 
 ber of a column, which ferves as a fort of 
 crowning both to the capital and column. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Aba'ft. adv. [of abapr, Sax. behind.] 
 From the forepart of the fhip, toward 
 the ftern. Did. 
 
 Abai'sance. n. f, [from the French 
 abaifer, to deprefs, to bring down.] An 
 act of reverence, a bow. Obeyfance ie 
 confidered by Skinner as a corruption of 
 abaifance, but is now univerfally ufed.
 
 ABA 
 
 7'oADA'LIENATE.a'.<7.[fromfl3j&«a, 
 Lat.3 To make that another's which 
 was Dur own before. A term of the civil 
 law, not much ufcd in common fpcech, 
 
 Abaliena'tion. 7J. yl [Lat. ahaUeiiatio.~\ 
 The aft of giving up one's right to 
 another perfon ; or a making over an 
 ellate, goods, or chattels by fale, or due 
 courfe of law. Dicl. 
 
 'Jo Aba'nd. v. a. [A word contracted 
 from abandon, but not now in ufe. See 
 Abandon.] To forlake. 
 
 Thfy t^rongcr aic 
 TKan they which fought at firil their helping 
 
 hand, 
 And Vortiger enforced the kiagdom to abanii. 
 
 Spt'nftr^s Fjiry Queen. 
 
 To ABATsTDON. v. a. [Fr. aba,ulo,mer. 
 Derived, according to Menage, fiom the 
 Italian abandonare, which fignilies to 
 forfake hii colonrs ; bandum \yesiUuin'\ 
 deferere. Pcifquier thinks it a coalition 
 of a ban donner, to give up to a profcrip- 
 ti'on ; in which fenfe we, at this day, 
 mention thebanof the empire. Ban, in 
 our own olddialeft, fignifies a curfe ; and 
 to abandon, if conlidered as compounded 
 between French and Saxon, is exadly 
 equivalent to db-'is devovere."] 
 
 1. To give up, refign, or quit: often fol- 
 lowed by the particle to. 
 
 If fhe be fo a/'atiJ^n'il to her forro\r, 
 Aj it is fpoke, {he never will admit me. 
 
 Shaif^.TxvslJthKight. 
 The pafTjve gods behold the Greeks defile 
 1 heir temples, and abiindin to the f]>oil 
 Their own abodes; we, feeble few, confpire 
 To fave a finking town, involv'd in fire. 
 
 VryJen's jEncitL 
 
 Who is he fo ahandnned to fottilh cnicity, as 
 
 to think, that a clod of earth in a lack may evci-, 
 
 >'y eternal Ihaking, receive the fabric of man'^s 
 
 body? ftcnt/cy's Sermo^is. 
 
 Muft he, whofe altars on the Phrygian (fiore 
 
 ■ Witli frequent, lites, and pure, avow'd thy 
 
 pow'r, 
 •, Be doom'd the worfl of human ills to prove, 
 Unblcfs'd, aha^chn^d to the wrath of |o\'c ? 
 
 JV"> Odyjfey. 
 
 2. Todefert; fo forfake: in an ill fenfe. 
 
 The princes ufing the pafiions of fearing evil, 
 and defiring to cfcapc, only to ferve the rule of 
 virtue, not to alundoti one's felf, leapt to a rib 
 of the fhip. Sidney. 
 
 Seeing the hurt flag alone. 
 Left and niandori'd of his velvet friends, 
 'Tis right, quoth he ; thus mifery duth part 
 The flux of company. Sluikjp. ^'di you like it, 
 ■ Wlinr fate a M*retchcd fugitive attends, 
 ' Scorn'd by my foes, ah^nckn'd by my friends. 
 
 Dryden. 
 But to the parting goddcfs thus Iht pray'd: 
 Propitious IVtil be prefent to my aid. 
 Nor quite abandon your once favoured maid. 
 
 Drydtn^i Fahlsi. 
 
 3. To forfake ; to leave. 
 
 He boldly fpakcjSir knight, if knight thou be 
 jiita'.do'! thrs foteftallcd place at crft, 
 I'or fear of further harm, I counfel thee. 
 
 Spt'fifer'i Faiiy Queen. 
 
 To Abandon over. i». a. [a form of 
 writing not ufual, perhaps iiot exadi.] 
 To give up to, to refign. 
 
 Look «n me .ts a man uhandorCd o^er 
 To an eternal lethargy of Inve; 
 
 . To pull, and pinch, and wound me, cannot cure. 
 And but riifiurb the quiet of my death. Dryden. 
 
 Aba'ndoned. partidp. adj. Corrupted in 
 the highvrt degree ; as, an abandoned 
 lUfttch. In this fi-nfcj it is a coiitrattiun 
 9 
 
 ABA 
 
 of a longer form, abandoned [given up] 
 to wickednefs. 
 Abandoning, [a verbal noun, from j^itw- 
 don.'\ Defertioii, forfaking. 
 
 He hoped his ])aft meritorious at£lions might 
 outweigh his prefent abandoning the thought of 
 future adlion. C/anndon. 
 
 Aba'n'donment. '«. y. \_abandonnemcnt , 
 French.] 
 
 1. The a6t of abandoning. 
 
 2. The Hate of being abandoned. Did. 
 Abanni'tion. n f. [Lat. abanmtia.'\ A 
 
 banifliment for one or two years,for man- 
 flaughter. Obfolete. Dia. 
 
 To Aba're. 1'. a. [abajtian, Sax.] To 
 make bare, uncover, or difclofe. Did. 
 
 Abarticula'tion. 17./ [from ni5, from, 
 andrt/Y/Vu/uj-, ajoint, Lat.] A good and 
 aptconftruflion of the bones, by v.liich 
 they move ftrongly and eafily ; or that 
 fpccies of articulation that has manifell 
 motion. Dit^. 
 
 To Aba'se. v. a. [Fr. alalffcr, from the 
 Lat. bafts, or bajfns, a barbarous word, 
 fignlfying low, bafe.] 
 
 1. To deprefs ; to lower. 
 
 It is a point of cunning to wait upon him with 
 wliom you fpeak w'ith your eye ; yet with a de- 
 mure abafinz oi it fometime^. Btxion. 
 
 2. To caft down; to deprefs; to bring 
 low : in a figurative and perfonal fenfe, 
 which is the common ufc. 
 
 Happy (licpherd, to the gods be thankful, 
 that to thy advancement their wifdomshave thee 
 aitijed. Sidiity. 
 
 Behold every one that is proud, and almfe him. 
 
 Joi. 
 
 With unrcfifted might the monarch reigns; 
 He levels mountains, and he raifes plains; 
 And, not regarding difl"'rence of degiec, 
 ./J/)u.i'd your dnughtcr, and exalted me. Dryden. 
 
 If the mind be cuibcd and humbled too much 
 in childi'cn ; if their fpirits be ahafed and broken 
 much 1-y too ilruft an hand over th«m ; they lofe 
 al! their vigoui andindulhy. L'jcke on EJuc. 
 
 Aba'sed. adj. [with heralds] A term 
 ufed of the wings of eagle.s, when the 
 top locks downward toward the point 
 of the fliield ; or when the wings are 
 fhut ; the natural way of bearing them 
 being fpread, with the top pointing 
 to the chief of the angle. 
 
 Bailey. Chambers. 
 Aea'sement. n. f. The flate of being 
 brought low ; the ad\ of bringing low ; 
 depreflion. 
 
 There is an ahafement betraufe of glory ; and 
 there is that lifteth up his head from a low eftate. 
 
 El Jus. 
 
 TbAsA'sH. 1). a. [See Bashful. Per- 
 haps from ahaij[cr, French. ] 
 
 1. To put into confiifion ; to make aflia- 
 med. It- generally implies a ludden 
 impreffion of (hame. 
 
 Tht y bend and were .ji</;'J. Milt. Var. Lojl. 
 
 This beard, th' impel ious queen fat mute with 
 
 fear; 
 
 Nor further durft incenfc the gloomy thundcrcr. 
 
 Sdcnce was in the court at this ycUike : 
 
 Nor could the gods, ahajlt'd, fulhiin their fove- 
 
 rcign's Ifjok. Dryden*: Fid'i<i. 
 
 2. The paflive admits the particle at, 
 fometimes of, before the cauPal noun. 
 
 In no wife fpe.ik .-^g.iinft the truth, hut b'- 
 ahajhfd of the error of thy ignorance; licetw. 
 
 1 Ctid unto her, fiom whence is this kid? Is 
 it not flolenr But flic replied upon me, it was 
 
 ABA 
 
 given for a gift, more than the wages: Jiowovcr 
 I did not believe her, aud I was ahajlud at her 
 
 Tobit, 
 III the admiration only of wcnk minds, 
 Led captive ; ccal'e t' admire, and. ill her plumes 
 Fall flat, and fink into a tiivial toy, 
 ^c every fuddcn filghting quite ahujit, 
 
 Milton's Varadije L^* 
 The little Gupids hov'iing round, 
 (As pidlurcs piove) wilh garhuids crowu'd, 
 yihaj/it at what tluy faw and hoard, 
 Flew off, nor ever moic appear'd. 
 
 Swifr*s Mtfcclltmiet. 
 
 To ABA'TE. i». a. [fiom the French 
 ahhatre^ to beat down.] 
 
 1, To lefTen, to diminifh. 
 
 Who can tell whether the divine wifdom, to 
 abate the gloiy of thofc kin-gs, di-d Tior relerve 
 this work to be done by a queen, that it mighc 
 appear to be his own immediate work.' 
 
 Sir John Davics on Ireland, 
 
 If you did know to whom I gave the ring, 
 And how unwillingly I left the ring, 
 Vou would al/ate the Itrcngthof yourdifplca- 
 
 fnre. Siuikfpcare, 
 
 Here we fee the hopes of great bentJit and 
 light, from e-xpofitors and commentators, are in 
 a great part ubuled^ and tiii>fe who have molt 
 need of their help, can receive but little from 
 them. Lockt's i-j^^y on St. Paul's Epifies, 
 
 2. To dejeft, or deprefs the mind. 
 
 This iron world 
 Brings down the iloutcft hearts to loweft ftate ; 
 For mifery doth braveft mnid^ ahjtij. 
 
 Spcvjcr's Hubbcrd's Tule^ 
 Have tlie power A ill 
 To baniih your defenders, till at length 
 Your ignorance deliver you," 
 As mofi (;/'(i/e-f/ c.'iptives, to fome nation 
 That won you without blows ? Shaifpeare* 
 
 Ti-me thatchangcs ul|,ye'tchangesu5in vain, 
 The hody,. not the mind ; nor can controji 
 Th' immortal vigour, or abate the foul. 
 
 X)ryiiiTi'i j^fwid. 
 
 •3. In commerce, to let down the piice 
 in felling, fometimes to beat down the 
 price in buying. 
 To Aba'te. v.. fl. 
 
 1. To grow lefs V as, his paffion abates ; 
 the Ilorm /?toa. It is uUd fometimes 
 wIUi the particle cy before the thing 
 klFcned. 
 
 Our phyficians have obfcrved, that in proccfs 
 of time, fome difeaks have abated o/iheir viru- 
 lence, and have, in a manner, worn out their 
 malignity, fo as to be no longer niotlal. 
 
 ■■' ' < ' Drydcn'^i Wmd and'Vanthcr, 
 
 2. In common Taw. 
 
 It is 111 law ufed both afn'vcly and ncuterly; 
 a^ to abate a aiftlc, to beat it down. To afrnfe 
 a wnt, is, by fome exception, to dt-feat orovtr- 
 tlirow it, A ll^ranger ahutethy that is, cntcrcth 
 upon a houfc or land void by the dcaih of him 
 that lall pnfTciTed it, before the heir take hii 
 poil'elTion, and fo kccpcthhim out. Wherefore, 
 as he that puttcth out him in poflcnion, is laid to 
 diffeife; fo he that fteppeth in between the for- 
 mer polTellbr and his heir, li faid to alate, Iij 
 the neuter (ignJIicntiop, thus: The writ of the 
 demandmcnt Ihall nbatCj tiiat is,ihaU be difabled, 
 frulluited, or overthrown.- The appeal abatcth 
 by covin, that is, that the accufation is^ defeated 
 by deceit. Coiuell. 
 
 3. [Inhorfcmanfliip.] A horfe is (:ud to 
 abate or take down his curvets; when 
 woiklng upon curvets, he puts his two 
 hind legs to the ground both at once, 
 and obTerves the fame esaclnefs in all 
 the times. B'Ui^ 
 
 Aija'tement. n. f, [^cihtkcmetity Fr.] 
 1. The ad of abating orlcfitning.
 
 A B.B 
 
 Xenoplion tells us, that t!ie city contained 
 ^bout ten tlioul'and liotifcs, a'.ul .allowing one 
 man to cvei*)' lioufc, who couUI have any fhare 
 in the government (the reft confilling of women, 
 children, and fcrvants), and making other ob- 
 \\ons aliaiimeriis, thtfe fyrants, if they had I.'Ccn 
 carcfnl to adhere together, might have been a 
 majority even of the people colUftive. 
 
 Swft on /')£■ Cofitfjh of j-lthifii tirul Rome. 
 
 2. The llate of being abated. 
 
 Coi?ee has, in common with all nuts, an oil 
 ftrongly combined and entangled with earthy 
 particles. The moll noxious part of oil e\halcs 
 in roaftinj, to the abaament of nc.u- otic quarter 
 of its weight. .'Ithuthjwt on .^i hient^. 
 
 3. Tlie fum or quantity taken away by 
 the adl of abating. 
 
 The r.iw of works is that law, which rctjuircj 
 
 perfcdt obedience, without rcmifiion or abate- 
 
 mtttt ;'{o that, by that law, a man cannot be 
 
 . jurt, or jnllified, without an cjfail performance 
 
 of every tittle. Loike. 
 
 4. The caufc of abating ; extenuation. 
 
 As our advantages towards praiftifing and pro- 
 moting piety and virtue were greater than thofc 
 of other men; fo will our excufe be Icfs, if we 
 negleil to make ufe of them. We cannot plead 
 in lihatemifit of our guilt, that we were ignorant 
 of our duty, under the prepolTclTion of ill habits, 
 and the bias of a wrong cduciition. ' jhtcihury. 
 
 5. [Inlaw.] Tlie a£t of the abator; as, 
 the abatement of the heir into the land 
 before he hath agreed with the lord. 
 The afieftion or paflion of the thing 
 abated ; as, ahalemeitt of the writ. Coiuel/. 
 
 C. [Witli heralds.] An accidental mark, 
 which being added to a coat of arms, the 
 dignity of it is abafcd, by realon of foine 
 ilain or diflionourable quality of tlie 
 bearer. /)/<?. 
 
 Aba't-fr. n. /I The agent or caufe by 
 which an abatement is procured j tliat 
 by which any thing is leifened. 
 
 Abaters of acrimony or fharpnefs, arc ex- 
 prelTed oils of ripe vegetables, and all prepara- 
 tions of fuch ; as of almonds, piftachoes, and 
 other nuts. ^'libnthiot en Diirt, 
 
 Aba'tor. n.y. [a law term.] One who 
 intrudes into houfcs or land, void by 
 the death of the former polFeffor, and 
 yet not entered upon or taken up by 
 his heir. Diet. 
 
 A'batude. n. f. [old records.] Any 
 thing diminilhed. Bailey. 
 
 A'eature. n. f. [ixmxi ahatre, French.] 
 Thofe fprigs of grafs which are thrown 
 down by a liag in his pafTmg by. D'lR. 
 
 Abb. n.f. The yarn on a weaver's warp : 
 a term aiuong clothiers. Chambers. 
 
 ./TBBA. n.f. [Htb. :3{^»] A Syriac word, 
 which fignifies father. 
 
 A'dbacy. n.y; [Lat. (2Wi7//a.] The rights 
 Of privileges of an abbot. See Abbe v. 
 According to Fclinos, an abbacy is the dignity 
 itfelf, Alice an abbot is a term or word of dig- 
 nity, and not of office ; and, therefore, even a 
 t'ecular pcrfon, who has tjie cjrc of iVmls, is 
 fometimcs, in the canon law, alfo Itiled an 
 .ibbdt. u^y/.^e^s Par. Jutii C.inonui. 
 
 A'bbess. n.f. [Lat. Mattjfi, from whence 
 the Saxon abnbipj-e, then probably 
 allatefs, and by contraftion ahhejfe in 
 "Fr. and ahlcfs, Eng.] The fuperiour 
 ■or governefs of a nunnery or monaftery 
 ■of women. 
 
 They fled 
 Into this abbey, whither we purfucd them ; 
 And here the ..iit/i lliuts the gate on us, 
 AriI will not futfcr us to fetch liim out. Shakff. 
 
 ABB 
 
 I h.ive a liSer, aihiji iiiTerccrA', 
 Who loll her lover on her bridal day.' T>rybii. 
 Conftautia, as foon a« the lolcuiiiitiiS of- her 
 reccpiion were over, retired with the abb?fi into 
 her own apartmcr.t. AMijin. 
 
 A'BBny, or Abbv. n. f, [Lat. abbeiiia, 
 from whence probably firll Abbacv ; 
 which fee.] A monalieiy of religions 
 perlbns, whether men or women ; dil- 
 tingiiillied from religious hoiifes of other 
 denominations by larger privileges. See 
 Abpot. 
 
 With ea'.'y road« he came to LeiCcUer; 
 Lodg'd in the abiry^ where the reverend ahbotj 
 Wi'b all his con\entj honourably rectivcd liini. 
 
 i^htikjfec^re. 
 
 A'BBFy-LuEiiER. n. f. [See Lubber.] 
 A flgthful loiterer in a religious houfe, 
 under pretence of retirement and aufte- 
 lif. 
 
 1 ..'s is no father dominie, no huge over- 
 grjwn abbcy-hibiir ; this is but a diminutive 
 lucking fiiar. Dtydt-n''\ Si^^inija f'i.ir. 
 
 ABBOT, n.f. [in the lower Latin oWoj, 
 from ^IJJjfather, which fenfe v.'as flill im- 
 plied ; fo thut the abbots were called/.-j- 
 //•fj and abbeffes matresnw/tii/Ierii. Thus 
 Fortunatus to the abbot Paterniis : A'a- 
 minis ojjieium jure, P^'lrnie, geris.] Tlie 
 chief of a convent, or fellowfliip of 
 canons. Of thefe, fome in England 
 were mitred, fome not : thofe that were 
 mitred, were exempted from the jurif- 
 diclionof thediocefan, having in them- 
 felves, epilcopal authority within their 
 precinfts, and being alfo lonh of parlia- 
 ment. The other fort were fubjecl to 
 tlie diocefan in all fpiritual government. 
 
 ■Cawell. 
 See .Abbey. 
 
 A'bbotship. ^if. The Hate or privilege 
 of an abbot. Diet. 
 
 To ABBRE'VL-^.TE. v. a. [Lat. ab- 
 breviare. ] 
 
 1. To fliorten by contradion of parts, 
 without lofs of the main fubllance ; to 
 abridge. 
 
 It is one thing to nbhrevUite by contra^ing, 
 another by cutting oH'. Bacon^^ Kj[a\s. 
 
 The only invention of late years, which hath 
 contributed towards politenei^s in difcouife, is 
 that of abbreviating or reducing words of many 
 fy llables into one, by lopping otl the rclr. Siuijt. 
 
 2. To (horten ; tocutfliort. 
 
 Set the length of their days before the flood ; 
 which were abbrei>i,ited after, and contraified 
 into hundreds and threefcores. 
 
 J^ro~MK*s Vulgar Errzurs. 
 
 A^bbrevia'tiox. n.f, 
 
 1 . The aft of abbreviating. 
 
 2. The means ufed to abbreviate, as cha- 
 racters fignifying whole words ; words 
 contrafted. 
 
 Such is the propriety and energy in them all, 
 that they ne\er can be changed, but to difad- 
 vantagc, e,\cept in the circumltaiice uf iifing nb- 
 brc-uiiitions. Sn.<:Jf. 
 
 Abbrevi a'tor. n.f. [abbre'uiateur,'Fr.'\ 
 
 One who abbreviates, or abridges. 
 A'EBRF.'viATVKt..n.f.[abbrevii7liira,L.zt.1 
 
 1 . A mark ufed for the fake of fhortening. 
 
 2. A compendium or abridgment. 
 
 He is a good man, who grieves rather for him 
 th.it iiijurts hi'm, than for his own fuffering ; who 
 pr.iys fur hini that wrings him, forgising all liis 
 
 A B D 
 
 fault!; utio fooncr (hcwi mercy than angtt; 
 who otfcrs violence to Ins appetite, in all thinjs 
 endeavouring to fubdue the Hcfh 10 the fpirit. 
 This is an excellent itbhic-jintun of the whole 
 duty of a Chrillian. Tnyhr's Guide to Devotion. 
 
 JBBREUFOIR. [French, a wateriug 
 jjlace. Ital. ubbmeralo, dal verbo be-uere. 
 J^at. bibere. Abbeverari i cavalli. This 
 word is derived by Menace, not much 
 acquainted with the Teutonic dialefls, 
 from aSibare for adbibere ; bSit more pro- 
 bably it comes from the fame root with 
 trew. See Brew.] Among mafons, the 
 joint or jimflure of two ftones, or the 
 intcrftice bc!^vecn two (lanes to be filled 
 up « ith mortar. Di8. 
 
 .A'dby. See Abbey. 
 
 A, B, C. 
 
 1 . The alphabet ; as, he has not learned 
 Ins a, b, e. 
 
 2. The little book by which the elements 
 of reading are taught. 
 
 Tlien comes queilion like an a, ^, c. Look. 
 
 iiba^fpeire. 
 To ABDICATE, v. a. [Lat. ahctieo.] 
 To give up right ; to refign ; to lay 
 down an oflice. 
 
 Old S.iturn here, with upcaft o)'es, 
 Beheld his abdieateU Ikics. /Iddifon. 
 
 Abdication, n. f. [abe^cath, Lat.] 
 The ad of abdicating ; relignation ; 
 quitting an office by one's own proper 
 aft before the ufual or ftattd expiration. 
 Neither <ioth it appear how a pnncc's abdica~ 
 ti'm can make any other fort of vacancy in the 
 throne, tiian would be caufcd fey his death ; 
 fmce hecaniiot abdicate for his children, other- 
 wife than by his own content in form to a LilL 
 from the two houfes. Hwifi'i Ch. of Eng. Man. 
 A'bdicati-ve. ailj. That caul'es or im- 
 plies an abdication. Did. 
 A'BniTivE. adj. [from abdo, to hide.] 
 That has the power or quality of hiding. 
 
 Dia. 
 ABDO'MEN, n.f [Lat. {\om abeio, lo 
 hide.] A cavity commonly called the 
 lower venter or belly : it contains the 
 ftomaoh, guts, liver, fpleen, bladder, and 
 Is within lined with a membiane called 
 the peritoneum. The lower part is call- 
 ed the hypogallrinm ; the foiemoft part 
 is divided into the epigaftiium, theright 
 and left hypochondria, and the navel ; 
 'tis bounded above by the caitilago en- 
 fiformis and the diaphragm. Tideways 
 by the (liort or lower ribs, mid behind 
 by the vertebra; of the loins, the bones 
 of the coxendix, that of the pubcs, and 
 OS facrum. It is covered with feveral 
 mufclcs, from whole alternate relaxa- 
 lions and contraftions, in refpiration, 
 digelilon is forwarded, and the due mo- 
 tion of all the parts therein contained 
 promoted, both for fecretion and expul- 
 fion. Sliiiiiey. 
 
 The r.hdcntin confuls of parrs containing and 
 contained. ^J ifeman^s Sltr^ery. 
 
 Audo'minal. J adj. Relating to the 
 
 Abdo'minous. J abdomen. 
 
 To ABDU'CE. -v. a. [L^t. abdiu-o.] To 
 
 draw to a diflerent part ; to withdraw 
 
 one part from another : a w ord chiefly 
 
 ufed in phyfick or fcience. 
 
 If we •ibducc the eye unto either corner, the 
 ohjcft will not duplicate ; for, in that pwf.tion, 
 B 2
 
 ABE 
 
 iht axM of the con»s irmain in the fame plain, as 
 is demonftrated in the optics delivered hy Galen. 
 BrO'Wn^i Vulgnr E'TOurs. 
 
 Abdu'cent. adj. Mufcks abducent are 
 thofe which ferve to open or puU back, 
 divers parts of the body ; their oppo- 
 fites being called addncent, Di^. 
 
 Abdu'ction. n.f. [aii/ai^io, Lat.] 
 
 1 . The art of drawing apart, or withdraw- 
 ing one part from another. 
 
 2. A particular form of argument. 
 jBDU'CTOR.n.f. [aWu«or,Lat.] The 
 
 name given by anatomifts to the mufclesj 
 which ferve to draw back the feveral 
 
 members. 
 
 He fuppofed the conftriflors of the eychds 
 mull he ftrengtlieneri in the fupercilioiis ; the 
 ahduOir^ in diiinkards, and contemplative men, 
 who have the f.mie llcady and giavc motion ot the 
 eye. Ajhuthmt andPlfi'i yMrUnuiScr:hkrui. 
 
 Abe'ceda'rian. n. /". [from the names of 
 a, b, e, the firft thri;e letters of the al- 
 phabet.] He that teaches or learns the 
 alphabet, or fiiR rudiments of literature. 
 This word is ufed by Wood in his 
 yflheriis Oxoniaifes, where, mentioning 
 Farnaby the critic, he relates that, in 
 fome part of his life, he was reduced to 
 .follow the trade of an akcedarian by his 
 misfortunes. 
 
 A'becedary. adj. [See Abeceda- 
 rian.] 
 
 1. Belonging to the alphabet. 
 
 2. Infcribed with the alphabet. 
 
 This is pretended from the fyrapathy of two 
 needles touched with the loadflone, and placed 
 in the center of two abcaiary circles, or tnigs of 
 letters, dcfcribed round about them, one friend 
 keeping one, and another the other, and agree- 
 ing upon an hour wherein they will cornmuni- 
 f jt(,_ Brown's Vulg'ir ErrQU'U 
 
 Abe'd. adv. [from a, for «/, andi^rt".] In 
 bed. 
 
 It was a fliamc for them to mar their com- 
 plexions, yea and conditions too, with long 
 lying abed: when (he was of their age, Ihc 
 would have made a handkerchief by that time 
 o'day. f'^'-y'- 
 
 She has not been abed, but in her chapel 
 
 All night devoutly watch'd. Dryden. 
 
 Abe'rrance. I n.f. [from aberro, Lat. 
 
 Abe'rrancy. J to wander from the 
 
 right way.] A deviation from the right 
 
 way ; an errour ; a miftake ; a falfe 
 
 opinion. 
 
 They do not only fwarm with errouis, but 
 vices depending thereon. ^ Thus they commonly 
 affea no maii any farther 'than he dcferts his rea- 
 fon, or complies with tiieir abermtida. 
 
 Broiun'i Vulgar Errours. 
 Could a man be compofed to fuch an advan- 
 tage of conftitullon, that it Mwuld not at all 
 adulter.ue the imigcs of his mind; yet this fe- 
 cond nature would alter the crafts of his under- 
 flanding, and render it as obnoxious to aber- 
 rance as now. G/anviHt's Sceffn Scieritijica. 
 ABE'RRA^-T. adj. [from aberratis, Lat.] 
 Deviating ; wandering from the right 
 or known way. '^'^■ 
 Aberra'tion. n. f. [from abcrratw, 
 Lat.] The ad of deviating from the 
 common or from the right track. 
 
 If it be a miftaki-, there is no hcrel/m fuch 
 an harmlefs abtrrailon; the .probability of it will 
 render it a lapfe of eafy pardon. GU"Vi!!e 
 
 Abe'rrino. jJrir/. [from the verb aifr, of 
 aberro, Latjn. Of this verb I have found 
 BO example.] Wandering, going altriiy. 
 
 A B H 
 
 Divers were out in their account, aheirh'g Ce- 
 veralways from the true and juft compute, and 
 calling that one year, which perhaps might be 
 another. Brown's Vulgar E"ouri. 
 
 To Aberu'nCATE. v. a. [averuiico, Lat.] 
 To pull up by the roots ; to extirpate 
 utterly. ^'^^ 
 
 To ABE'T. V. a. [from beran. Sax. fig- 
 nifying to enkindle or animate.] _ To 
 pulh forward another, to fupport him in 
 his defigns by connivance, encourage- 
 ment, or help. It was once indifferent, 
 but is almoll always taken by inodcrn 
 writers in an ill fcnfe ; as may be leen 
 in Abetter. 
 
 To ahct, fignifieth, in our common law, a^ 
 much as to encourage or fct on. Cotufll. 
 
 Tr.en (hall I foon, quoth he, return again, 
 Abet that virgin's caufe difconfolalc, 
 And (hortly back leturn. Fairy Q^itt.-a. 
 
 A widow who by folcmn vows 
 Contrafted to me, for my fpuufc, 
 Combin'd with him to break her word. 
 And has abated all. Uudwras. 
 
 Men lay fo great weight upon light opinions, 
 and eagernels of abetting them, that they ac- 
 count that the unum ncceffaiium. Derayof Piety 
 They abetted both parties in the civil war, and 
 always furnilhed fupplies to the weaker fide, Icil 
 thcrclhouldbeanend put to thcfe fatal divifions. 
 Addifon's freeboider. 
 
 Abe'tment. n.f. The ad of abetting. 
 
 ma. 
 
 ABE'xTERjOr Abe'ttor. n.f He that 
 abets ; the fupporter or encourager of 
 another. 
 
 Whilft calumny has two fuch potent abetters, 
 we are not to wonder at its growth : as long as 
 men are malicious and defigning, they will be 
 traducing. Goi'ert-m tit of the Tongue. 
 
 You fliall be flill plain Torrifmond with me, 
 Th' abettor, partner (if you like the name), 
 The hulband of a tyrant, but no king ; 
 Till you deferve that title by your juftice. 
 
 Dt-y den's Spanijh Fiiar. 
 Thrfe confideration', though they may have 
 no infiuencc on the multitude, ought to fink into 
 the minds of thofe who arc their abettors, and 
 who, if they efcapc puniChment heic, muft know 
 th.it thefe feveral niifchiefs will be one day laid 
 to their charge. AdiiJ'on's Freeholder. 
 
 Abey'ance. n.f [from the French aboyet-, 
 allalrare, to bark at.] This word in 
 Littleton, cab. Difcoiit'tmiance, is thus 
 ufed. The 'right of fee-iimple lieth in 
 abeyance, when it is all only in the re- 
 membrance, intendment, and confidera- 
 tion of the law. The frank tenement 
 of the glebe of the parfonagc, is in no 
 man during the time that the parfonage 
 is void, but is in abeyance. Cowell. 
 
 Abgrega'tion. n.f [abgregatto, Lat.] 
 A reparation from the flock. Di&. 
 
 To ABHO'R. V. a. labhorreo, Lat.] To 
 hate with acrimony ; to deteft to extre- 
 mity ; to loathe ; to abominate. 
 
 Whilft I was big in clamour, came a man, 
 Who having feen me in my worfcr rtate, 
 Shunii'd my ahhon 'd fociety. Uliak. K. Lear 
 
 Juitly thou ab'norr'fl 
 
 That fon, who on'thequiet ftate uf men 
 Such trouble brought, afftfling to fubdue 
 Rational liberty. ^'""- Far. Loji. 
 
 The felf-fame thing they will abhor 
 One way, and long another for. Ihtdibras. 
 
 A churth of England man abhors the humour 
 of the age, in delighting to fling fcandals upon 
 the clergy in general ; which, belides the dif- 
 grace to the reformation, and to religion itfelf, 
 cart an ignominy upon the kiii£dom. Swift. 
 
 A B I 
 
 ABHO;RRENCe. ? „ . rf^om ^Wfir.] 
 
 Abhorrencv. ) "^ 
 
 I, The aft of abhorring ; deteftation. 
 
 It draws upon him the hatred and abhorrence 
 of all men here ; and fubjetts him to the wrath 
 of God hereafter. Sculli's Sermmt. 
 
 z. The difpofition to abhor; hatred. 
 
 Even a juft and neccllaiy defence does, tjr 
 giving men acquaintance with war, take off 
 fomewhat from the abhorrence of it, and infcn- 
 fibly dil'pofc ti.em te boftilities. Decay of Pietji. 
 
 The firll tendency to any injufticc that ap- 
 pears, mull be fuppreffed with a (hew of won- 
 der and aihorreney in the parents and goycrnours. 
 Lode ON Education. 
 
 Aeho'rrent. adj. [from abhor.'\ 
 
 1. Struck with abhorrence ; loathing. 
 
 For if the woilds 
 In worlds inclos'd could on his fenfes burft, 
 He would abhorrent turn. Tkomfon's Summer, 
 
 2 . Contrary to ; foreign ; inconfiUent 
 with. It is uled with the particles from 
 or to, but mure properly w'i\.\\ from. 
 
 This I conceive to be an hypothcfis well wor- 
 thy a rational belief; and yet it is (o abhorrent 
 from the vulgar, that they would as foon believe 
 Anaxagoras, that fnow is black, as him that 
 Ihould affirm it is not white. Glan. Sctf. Sclent. 
 
 Why then thefe foreign thoughts of Hate em» 
 ployments, 
 Abhorrent to your funflion and your breeding* 
 Poor droning truants of unpracftis'd cells, 
 Bred in the fcllowlhip of bearded boys, 
 What wonder is it if you know not men ? Dryden. 
 Abho'rrer. n. /. .[from abhor.'] The 
 perfon that abhors ; a hater ; a detefter. 
 
 The lower clergy were railed at, for deputing 
 the power of the bifliups, by the known dbhorrers 
 of epifcopacy, and abVifed for doing nothing in 
 the convocations, by thofe veiy nien who wanted 
 to bind up their hands. Swft's E.xamlntr. 
 
 Abho'rring. The objeft of abhorrence^ 
 This feems not to be the proper ufe of 
 the participial noun. 
 
 They Ihall go forth, and look upon tijc car- 
 cafes of the men that have tranfgrelTed againll 
 Me : for their worm Ihall not die, neither (hall 
 their fire be quenched, and they Ihall be an ab- 
 horing unto all (Icfh. Ifaiah. 
 
 To ABI'DE. t). n. pret. I abode or abid. 
 [from bibian, or aubibian. Sax.]] 
 
 1. To dwell in a place ; not to remove ; to 
 flay. 
 
 Thy fervant became furety for the lad unto 
 my falhcr, f.iying, if I bring him not unto tiiee, 
 then I (h.ill bear the blame to my father for ever. 
 Naw therefore 1 pi.iy thee, let thy fervant abidi: 
 inlldd of the lad, a bondman to my lord ; and 
 let the lad go up with his brethren. Genefis. 
 
 2. To dwell. 
 
 The marquis Dorfet, as I hear, is fled 
 To Richmond, in the parts where he abides. 
 
 S-liai/f. Riih. III.. 
 
 Thofe who apply themfclvcs to learning, are 
 forced to acknowledge one God, incorruptible 
 and unbegottcn ; who is the only true being, and 
 abides for ever above the highcll bcavens, from 
 whence He beholds all the things that arc done 
 in heaven and eaith. 
 
 Stilling Jl. Defence of Dip. on Rom. Idolatry. 
 
 3. To remain ; not to ceafe or fail ; to be 
 immovable. 
 
 They that truft in the Lord Ihall be as mount 
 Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for 
 ever. ■''/''""• 
 
 4. To continue in the fame flate. 
 
 The fear of the Lord tendelh to life ; and he 
 that hath it Ihall abule f.itislied. Proverbs. 
 
 There can be no lludy without time ; and the 
 mind mult .i/'i,/c and dwdl upon tbings, t>r be 
 always a ftrangct to the infide of them. South.
 
 A B I 
 
 5. To endure without offence, anger, or 
 contradiflion. 
 
 Who can abhie, that, againft their own doc- 
 tors, fix whole books fhould by their fatherhoods 
 be impcrioully obtruded upon God and his 
 church ? Hi/J. 
 
 6. It is ufed with the particle 'with before 
 a perfon, and al or in before a place. 
 
 It is better that I give her to thee, th^iii that 
 I Ihould give her to another man : ^■JiiM with 
 jne. Gutifjii. 
 
 For thy fervanC vowed a vow, while I n'r.Je at 
 Gcfhur in Syria, faying, if the Lord Ihall Innig 
 me 3g;un indeed to Jeiufalem, then 1 will lerve 
 the Loid. 2 5dw. 
 
 7. It is ufed with by before a tiling ; as, 
 to aliiif liy his teftimony ; to abide by his 
 on n fl<ill ; that is, to rely upon them ; to 
 abide by an opinion, to muinlain it ; to 
 abide by a man, is alfo, to defend or fup- 
 port him. But thefe forms are fomething 
 low. 
 
 To Abi'de. 1}. a.' 
 
 1. To wait for, expeiS, attend, wait upon, 
 await : ufed of things prepared for per- 
 fons, as well as of perfons c.vpefling 
 things. 
 
 Home is he brought, and hid in furap- 
 tLiOLis bed. 
 Where many Ikilful leeches him abide. 
 To faive liis hutfs. Fairy f^uecti. 
 
 While lions war and battle for thcirdciis. 
 Poor harmlefs lambs a/>iJt: their enmity. 
 
 S/tii^Jp. }Ien. VI. 
 Bonds and afflitftions ahidf- me. ^-?i7s. 
 
 2. To bear or fiipport the confequences of 
 a thing. 
 
 Ah me ! they little know 
 How dearly 1 abide that boaft fo vain. 
 
 MUton's P.ir. LiJ}. 
 
 3. To bear orfupport, without being con- 
 quered or deftroycd. 
 
 But the Lord he is the true God, he is the 
 living God, and .an everlafting king : At his 
 wrath the earth (hall tiemlile, and the nations 
 Ihail not be able to a^ide his indignation. Jeretrt. 
 It muft be allowed afairprefuniption in favour 
 of- the truth of my doflrincs, that they have 
 ahid a very rigorous teft now for above thirty 
 years, and the more ftriftly they arc Ijoked 
 into, the more they are confirmed. IFuad-.vard. 
 Of the participle abid I have found 
 only the example in iFoodivard, and 
 Ihould rather determine that abide in the 
 active fenfe has no pafiive participle, or 
 compounded preterit. 
 
 4. To bear without averfion : in which 
 fenfe it is commonly ufed with a negative. 
 
 Thou can'rt not abide Tiridates ; this is but 
 love of thyfclf. Sidiuy. 
 
 Thy vile race. 
 Though thou didit learn, had that in't, which 
 
 good natures 
 Could not abid£ robewMth; therefore w.ill thou 
 Defcrvcdiy confin'd unto this rock. 
 
 Shakjfearc' i TtmfeJI. 
 
 5. To bear or fufFer. 
 
 Gilt with circumfluous tides, 
 He dill calamitous conftraint ahida, Pjpe. 
 
 Abi'der. n.y; [from abide.] The perfon 
 that abides or dwells in a place; per- 
 haps that lives or endures. A word little 
 in ufe. 
 
 Abi'ding. n.f. [£i-om abide.] Continu- 
 ance ; (lay ; fixed ftate. 
 
 We .ire fir.nigers before Thee and fojourncrs, 
 as were .ill our fathers: our days on the earth 
 ai-c as a (tadow, and there is oouc abiding. ' 
 
 1 Chrtin. 
 
 i 
 
 A B I 
 
 The air In that region is fo violently removed, 
 and carried about with fuch Iwiftiu-fs, as nothing 
 ill that place can confift or h.ive abiding. 
 
 Raliigh'i Hi/loiy cf llu IVorld. 
 
 A'BJECT. adj. [abjellus, Lat. thrown 
 away as of no value. ] 
 
 1 . Mean ; wortiilefs ; bafe ; grovelling : 
 fpokcn of perfons, or their qualities. 
 
 Rebellion 
 Came like itfclf in bafe and nbjeCl routs. 
 Led on by bloody youth goaded with rage. 
 And countenanc'd by boys and beggary. 
 
 Sltakfp. Ife^ry IV. 
 
 I was at flirt, as other beafts that graze 
 The trodden herb, of ti^Vi^ thoughts and low. 
 Mi/tcn's Parcidlfe Lofi. 
 Honcft men, who tell their fovercigns what 
 they e.tpeft from them, and what obedience they 
 Ihail be always ready to pay them, are not upon 
 an etjual foot with bafe and ah;e£i flatterers. 
 
 AddiJo'C s ly hig Exiitniiifr, 
 
 2. Being of no hope or regard : ufed of 
 condition. 
 
 The rarer thy example Hands, 
 By how much from the top of wond'rous glory, 
 Strongert of mortal men. 
 
 To lowert pitch of abje^ fortune thou arc 
 fall'n. Aii/ton's Sampfrt.u ,'/go/iiJles. 
 
 We fee man .ind woman in the highcfl inno- 
 cence and pcrfci^ion, and ill the moft d/'/Vfl (late 
 of guilt and infirmity. Addtjon'i Spe^'itor. 
 
 3. Mean and defpicable : ufed of a<ftions. 
 
 The rapine is fo .i/y><9 and piofane. 
 They not from triHcs, nor from gods refrain. 
 
 Dtydt'n'i yitvenal. 
 
 To what bafe ends, and by what abjrH wdys, 
 
 Are mortals urg'd thiougli facicdlurt of praifc ! 
 
 Vopc'i i^Jfay &'i Cjiticijm. 
 
 A'bject. n.f. A man without hope; a 
 
 man whofe miferies are irretrieveable ; 
 
 one ofthelowcli condition. 
 
 Yea, the abje^s gathered themfelves together 
 againft me. VJabm. 
 
 To Abje'ct. "0. a. \_abjido, Lat.] To 
 throw away. A word rarely ufed. 
 
 Abje'ctedness. n.J'.[irom abject.] The 
 llate of an abjeft. 
 
 Our Saviour would love at no lefs rate than 
 death ; and, from the fupcreminent height of 
 glory, Hooped and abafed himfclf to the fufler- 
 ance of the extrcmert of indignities, and funk 
 himlelf to the bauura'of abj,l}ed?ifp, to exalt our 
 condition to the contrary extreme. Boyii's IVi.tks . 
 
 Abje'ction. n.f. [from «^Vi?.] Mcan- 
 nefs of mind ; want of fpirit ; fervility ; 
 bafenefs. 
 
 Tliat this fliould be termed bafenefs, abjuHon 
 
 of mind, or feivility, is it credible.^ llcdkcr. 
 
 The jull medium lies betwixt the pride and 
 
 the abjiiiwn, tlie two extremes. L'EJraiige, 
 
 A'bjectly. adv. [from a^yVr?.] In an 
 abjeCl manner ; meanly ; bafely ; fer- 
 vilely ; contemptibly. 
 A'bjectness. n.f. [from aljet!.] Ab- 
 jeflion ; fervility ; meannefs. 
 
 Servility and nbjidntf^ of humour is implicitly 
 involved in the charge of lying. 
 
 Gcvertinicnt cj the Tongue. 
 
 By humility I mean not the abjflineji of a 
 
 bnfe mind ; but a prudent caie not to over-value 
 
 ourfelves upon any account. Greiu'i Cc^. Sacru. 
 
 Abi'lity. n.f. [kabilite, Fr.] 
 
 I. The power to do any thing, whether 
 depending upon ikill, or riches, or 
 ilrength, or any other quality. 
 
 Of linging thou V.aff got the reputation. 
 Good Thyrfis, mine I yield to thy abiiity ; 
 My heart dolU feelt another eltirumion, !>i.Ufy. 
 
 A B L 
 
 If aught in my ability may fcrve 
 To liglii'jii wh.it lh..u liiffet'll, and appeafe 
 Thy mind with what amends is in my pow'r. 
 
 Mittln' i Sampfiit ..'iginijhi. 
 
 They gave after their ability unto the treafure. 
 
 If any man minifter, let him do it as of the 
 ability whitli god giveth ; that God in all thi^igs 
 may be glorified through Jefus Cbrilt. I Ptt:r. 
 
 Wherever we find our abilititi too weak for 
 the pciformaucc, he alTaies us of the alTirtance of 
 his Holy Spirit. R-igcn' Sirtr.ont, 
 
 2. Capacity of mind ; force of underftand- 
 ing ; mental power. 
 
 Children in wiiom there was noblemilh, but 
 well-favoured, and Ikilful in alt wifdom, and 
 cunning in knowledge, and underllaiiding fcitnce, 
 and fuch as iiad ability in them to rtand in the 
 king's palace. Daniil. 
 
 3 . When it has the plural number, abilities, 
 it frequently lignifies the faculties or 
 powers of the mind ; and fometimes tlie 
 force of underftanding given by nature, 
 as diiUnguiflied from acquired qualiti- 
 cations. 
 
 Whether it may be thought nccefTary, that in 
 certain traits of country, hkc what we call pa- 
 rilhes, there fliouId be one man, at lead, of 
 abilities to read and write .'' Siuijt. 
 
 Abinte'state. adj. [of ab, from, and 
 intejlaliis, I.,at.] A term of law, imply- 
 ing him that inherits from a man, who, 
 though he had the power to make a will, 
 yet did not make it. 
 To A'bjugate. -v. a. [abjugo, Lat.] To 
 unyoke ; to uncouple. Diif. 
 
 Abjuu.\'tion. n.f. {from abjure.] The 
 aft of abjuring; the oath ta.k.en forthr.t 
 end. 
 
 Until Henry viii. his time, if a man, having 
 committed felony, could go into a church, or 
 church-yard, befoje he were apprehende.-^, he 
 might nut be taken from thence to the ufual trial 
 of law, but confeffing his fault lo the juftiees, or 
 to the coroner, gave his oath to forfake the realm 
 for ever ; which was called abjuration. 
 
 There are foine abjuratiom ftill in force among 
 us here in England; as, by the ftaiute of the 
 ijthof king Ch,ulcs 11. all perfons that are ad- 
 mitted into any office, civil or mili^dry, murt take 
 the telf : which is an abjuration of fome dofflrines 
 of the church of Rome. 
 
 There is likewil'c another oath of a^Va-ar/sff, 
 which laymen and clergymen are both obliged 
 to take ; and that is, to abjure the pretender. 
 
 yiy'ife'i Parergnn juris Caiionici. 
 
 To ABJU'RE. v.a. [abjuro, Lat.] 
 
 1. To call off upon oath ; to fwear not to 
 do or not to have fomething. 
 
 Either to die the death, or to abiure 
 For ever the focicty of man. ' Shaifpeare. 
 
 I>io man therefore, that hath not abjured his 
 reafon, and iVorn allegiance to a preconceived 
 fantalfical hypothcfis, can undertake the de- 
 fence of fucli a fuppofition. Hal,-. 
 
 2. To relraft, recant, or abnegate a por- 
 tion upon oath. 
 
 roABLA'CTATE. -v. a. lab lad o,!.,,-,.] 
 To wean from thebreaft. 
 
 Abl.act.'.'tion. n.f. One of the me- 
 thods of grafting, and, according to the 
 fignilication of the word, 'as it were a 
 weaning- of a cion by degrees from its 
 mother ilcck ; not cutting it oiF wholly 
 from the ftock, till it is firmly united to 
 that on which it is grafted. 
 
 A B n A QU E .4't I o N . n.f. [abluqiiealio, Lat. ] 
 The ait or praftice of opening the
 
 A B L 
 
 ground about tlie roots of trees, to let 
 
 tlic air and water operate upon them. 
 
 ' Trench rhe ground, .and make it ready for the 
 
 .. fpring: Prepaie alio foil, and ufe it where you 
 
 have occafion : Dig hordcrs. Uncover as yet 
 
 ■ roots of trees, where abhv^ueatirm is reqiiifitt-. 
 
 Eii/yri'% Kiih/iii.t''. 
 
 The tenure in chief is the very root thatfloth 
 maintain this fdvtr ftcm, thiit by manyrich and 
 fruitful branches fpreadcth itl'eifj fo if it be 
 furfued to ftarve, by want oi ahliiqueatht:, and 
 other good hulbandry, this vc.iily fruit will much 
 dccre.ife. B<i<:c/i'i O^cc of j-lVunatkni. 
 
 ABLATION, n.f. [ato/o,Lat.] The 
 
 aft of taking away. 
 A'blative. adj. \_ahlaUvu!, Lat.] 
 I. That takes away. 
 
 3. The fixth cal't of the I.athi nouns; 
 the cafe which, among other figiiifica- 
 tions, includes the perfon from whom 
 fomething is taken away ; a term of 
 grammar. 
 
 A'BLE. adj. [hablk, Fr. habU'is, Lat. 
 fldlful, ready.] 
 
 1. Having llrong facuhies, or great 
 ftrength or knowledge, riches, or any 
 other power of mind, body, or fortune. 
 
 Henry vit. was not afraid of an able man, as 
 Xcwis Che-Etcventh was. But, coirtiariwifc, he 
 was fervcd by tiic <iA/>/; men that were to be 
 found ; without which his affairs could not 
 have profp^rcd as they did. Bacon^i llfr.ty \ll. 
 
 Such gambol faculties he hath, that (hew a 
 weak mnid and an (li/c body, for the which the 
 prince admits him. Sfuiifp. Ihi'iy iv. 
 
 2. Having power fuflicient; enabled. 
 
 All mankind acknowledge thcmfelves ab/e 
 and fufticicnt to do m^ny things, which aftually 
 they never do. Siutli'i Strtnorn. 
 
 E\ery man fhall give as he is ahh\ according 
 
 to the blcfling of the Loid thy God, which he 
 
 hath given thee. l^cnt. 
 
 ^. Before a vert, with the particle to, it 
 
 fignifies generally having the power. 
 
 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous ; but 
 who is atne t'j ftand before envy ? I'roicrhs. 
 
 4. With/o/- it is not often nor very pro- 
 perly iifed. 
 
 There have been fome inventions alfo, which 
 Viave been able for the utterance of articulate 
 -founds, as the fpeaking of certain words. 
 
 IFilkim^ i Mathcmadcul Magic. 
 
 To A'blk. ^'. a. To make able ; to en- 
 able, which is the word commonly ufed. 
 •See En.vble. 
 
 Plate fin with gold, 
 And the ftrong lance ofjufticehurtkTs breaks : 
 Arm it with jags, a pigmy's flrawdolh pierce it. 
 Konc- does offend, none, I f;iy none ; I'll 
 
 able 'em ; 
 Take that of me, my friend. Shakf. K. Lear. 
 
 Able-bodied, ctfj. Strong of body. 
 
 It lies in the power of cverv fine woman, to 
 fecurc at Icaft half a do^en dhU-bo:lie.i men to 
 V.is majcfty's fervice. j^ihllp.n*!, FrcchoUicr. 
 
 To A'BLEGATE. v. a. [ahkso, Lat.] 
 To fend abroad upon iorae employment ; 
 to fend out of the way. Did. 
 
 Abi.ega'tion. n.y; \i\om ahkgate.'] The 
 aft of fending abroad. D'ul. 
 
 A'bleness. n.f. [from rt/z/i".] Ability of 
 body or mind, vigour, force. 
 
 That nation d.'th fo excel, both for comellnefs 
 and abl,:ti.ifi^ that I'ruin neighbour countries they 
 ordinarily come, fomc to ftiivc, fonic to learn, 
 fome to Ijciiold. Sid'hy. 
 
 A'bi.f.psy, n./*. [^al^=^J/Ia, Gr.] Want of 
 fight ; blindncfs ; nnadvifcdncfs. Die!. 
 
 ABO 
 
 To A'bligate. 1;. a. \_alIigo, Lat.] To 
 
 tie up from. Die!. 
 
 Abliguri'tion. n.f. [_<illii;u>itio, Lat.] 
 
 Prodigal expence on meat and drink. 
 
 Did. 
 To A'BLOCATE. v. a. lalloco, Lat.] 
 
 To let out to hire. 
 
 Perhaps properly by him who has 
 
 hired it from another. Cah'm. 
 
 Abloca'tion. n.f. [from allocate.^ A 
 
 letting out to hire. 
 To Ablu'de. "y. ti. l_alhido, Lat.] To be 
 
 unlike. D'u'J. 
 
 A'bluent. adj. [ablncns, Lat. from iib/'w, 
 
 to walh away.] 
 
 1. That waflies clean. 
 
 2. That has the power of ckanfiiig. Di3. 
 Ablution. «. f. [ahlul'w, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of cleaniuig, or walhing clean. 
 
 There is a natural analogy between the ab- 
 hition of the body and the purification of the 
 foul ; between eating the holy bread .uid drink- 
 ing the fjcred chalice, and a paiticipalion of the 
 body and blood of Chrilh T<j\hr'i IJ'cuhy Com. 
 
 2. The water ufed in walhing. 
 
 Wafli'd by the briny wave, the pious train 
 Arc cicans'd, and call th' oWui/swsin the main. 
 
 Fore's llidA. 
 
 3. The rinfing of chymical preparations 
 in water, to diifolve and wafli away any 
 acrimonious particles, 
 
 4. The cup given, without confecration, 
 to the laity in the popldi chuiches. 
 
 To ABNEGATE, v. a. [from almgo, 
 Lat.] To deny. 
 
 Abn'ega'tion. n.f. i_al//iegal!o,'L3t. de- 
 nial, from ubiu'go, to deny.] Denial, re- 
 nunciation. 
 
 T\'ic abveg.itlon or renouncing of all liis own 
 holds and interefts, and trulls of all that man is 
 moft apt to depend upon, that he may the more 
 expeditely follow CbrilK llammjnd, 
 
 Abn'oda'tion. n. f. [ahnodalw, Lat.] 
 The aft of cutting away knots from 
 trees: a term of gaidcning. D'ui. 
 
 Abno'rmous. adj. \_abnornns, 'L2X. out 
 of rule.] Irregular; mifhapen. Did. 
 
 Abo'art). adv. [a fea term, but adopted 
 into common language ; derived imme- 
 diately from the French a lord, as, aller 
 a lord, etii'oyer a bord. Boid is itfelf a 
 word of very doubtftil original, and per- 
 haps, in its different acceptations, dedu- 
 cible from different roots. Bo)tb, in the 
 ancient Saxon, fignified a hoifc ; in 
 which fenfe, lo go aboard, is to take up 
 refidence in a fhip.] 
 
 1. In a Ihip. 
 
 He loudly call'd to fucli as were alo.irJ, 
 The little baric unto tl.c fiioic to draw, 
 And him to ferry over that deep ford. 
 
 F.liry Qiii-ffl. 
 
 He might land thnm, if it pleated him, or 
 otherwile keep them ,ibo,iril. 
 
 Si, ir. Rabeijri's Ef'J'- 
 
 2. Into a fliip. 
 
 When morning rofe, I fent my mates to 
 bring 
 Supiilics of water from a neighb'ring fpring, 
 Wliilfl I the motions of the winds cxploi'd ; 
 Then lummoii'din my erew,a<id wcnt.i//^<n,y. 
 
 ^.biifun'x Oind's Ali'tamfipbofeu 
 
 Abo'de. }i.f. [from abide.] 
 I. Habitation-, dwelling; place of refi- 
 dence. 
 
 ABO 
 
 But I know thy t^hcie and thy going oul", asd 
 tUy coming in. z A.V'.-^g't. 
 
 Otiicr.^ may ufe the ocean as their road, 
 Only the En^^lilh make it ihc'ir abode ; 
 Whufe vcadv l;nls witli every wind can fly, 
 Aiid iii'lce a cc/'nant with th' inconflant Iky. 
 
 2. Stay; continuance In a place. 
 
 Sweet f;iends, your patience fur my long 
 uf'O.ie ; 
 Xot 1, but my affairs, have made you wait. 
 
 S/t.ikJptiire's Mctchjftt ef Vertice, 
 
 Making a fliorr ahode in'Sicily the fecund lime, 
 
 bndine, in Italy, and making the war, mny be 
 
 rcafonably judged thcbufinefs but often months. 
 
 Drydcn's JEncid, 
 
 The woodcncks early vifit, and abode 
 
 Ol long continuance in our tcmp'ratc clime,. 
 
 Foictel a liberal harvcfl-. Philip;, 
 
 3. 2 ma he abode. To dwell; to relide;; 
 to inhabit. 
 
 Deep in a cave the Sjbyl makes ahode • 
 Thence full of f;ite returns, and ot the God. 
 
 Vrydffr. 
 
 To Atjo'de. i\ a. [See Bodf.] To fore- 
 token or forcfhow ; to be a prognoib'c^ 
 to be ominous. It is taken, with its 
 derivatives, in a good fenfe. 
 
 Eveiy man, 
 Afrerthc hideous ftorm that followed, was 
 A thing infpir'd ; and, not confullin^, broke 
 Into a general prophecy, chat this tempell, 
 Drilling the g.irment of this peace, nA^./t'c^ 
 The fudden breach of it. i^h^ikj. lltn. vi it. 
 
 Abo'dement. n,f. [from To abode.^ A 
 fecret anticipation of fomething fntnre; 
 an imprefiion upon the mind of fome 
 event to come; prognoftication ; omen. 
 
 I like not this : 
 For many uicn that IhimbJe at the thrcfliold, 
 Are well foretold that danger lurks within. — 
 — Tufh ! man, ahodemcUi inuft not now af- 
 fright us. Shakf. lien, vj. 
 My lord bilHop aflted him, Whctlier he had 
 never any fecret abodtrncnt in his mind ? No, 
 repliied tlie duke; but I think fome adventnrc 
 may kill me as well as another man. Mo^/o.':. 
 
 ToABO'LISH. v. a [<j^o/fo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To annul ; to make void. Apphed to 
 laws or iniUtiitions. 
 
 For us to aboiijh what be hath eflabllfbed* 
 were prefumption moft intoleraf)lc. Ihoker. 
 
 On the parliament's part it was propofed, that 
 all the bilhops, deans, and chapters, might be im- 
 mediately taken away, and abolijhed. Clarendon, 
 
 2. To put an end to, to deftroy. 
 
 Tlie long continued wars between the Englilh 
 and the Scots had then raifed invincible je;tlou- 
 fies and hate, which long continued peace hath 
 lincc abdij/ied. Sir John Hajiuard. 
 
 That Ihall Pcrocles well requite, I wot. 
 And with tby blood ubolijh fo reproachful blot. 
 
 Fairy Qiucn, 
 More deftroy'd than they, 
 We (hould be quite abolijh'd, and expire. Milton, 
 
 Or wilt thou thyfelf 
 Ah'Jijh thy creation, and unmake. 
 For him, what fur thy giory thou haft made ? 
 
 MlllOH. 
 
 Kur could Vulcanian flaine 
 The flench aMijIi, or the favour tame. Drydrn. 
 Fermented fpirits coniraift, harden, and con- 
 folidate many fibres togetlier, aholijhing many 
 canals ; cfpecially where tlie fibres are the ten- 
 dcrert, as in the brain. ^Adnttlmot on j-l/iment\. 
 
 ABo'LisH.iiiLr.rt^/;. [i\om alolyh.'] That 
 may be aboliflied. 
 
 Abo'lisher. ?/. ./; [itam alolifli.'\ He 
 th.at abolilhcs. 
 
 A-bo'lishm£NT. n. f. [from aboli/Jj.} 
 Tlic acl of abvli(hing»
 
 ABO 
 
 TJie pbin and direcl way had tcento prove 
 lliat ail luch tcrcmonius, m tl.ey require tu be 
 al)alilhed, arc rftamod by us wil'.i tlic hurt of tlic 
 church, or witn lefs bcncfu than the ahu^ijhment 
 (ii them wuiiM bring. Ho'Mr. 
 
 He lliauld ihmk. \\\c nhoUfiment of epifcopary 
 among irs, would prove a mighty Icandal and 
 corruption to our fiitli, and mamfcrtly danp.cr* 
 ous to our monarchy. Swift's uA. of Hn^. M^^n. 
 
 Aboli'tion. 7/.y*. [from aholtJJ:>J\ The 
 ft6l of aboliHiing. Tliis is now more 
 frequently ufud than ahoi'ifbmcnt. 
 
 From the total abolitiorj of the popular power, 
 may be dated the ruin of Rome: fur had the re- 
 ducing hereof to its ancient condition, propuicd 
 by Agripp.i, bi^en accepr^ri ij>ltcad of Ma-t:cnas's 
 model, tiiat Itatc mighi I nv-- coiUinucd unio this 
 <iay. Greiv^s Cofmu/ogiu S'lcm. 
 
 An apoplexy is a fudden ahrJuii' of all the 
 , fenfes, and ufall vohiiiiaiy motiJJi, by thcrtup- 
 page of the flux and reHux of the anima. fpliits 
 through the n-ervcs dellincd for thote motions. 
 
 Arimtkyiot on Diet. 
 
 Abo'minable. adj. \_ahominahilis , Lat.] 
 
 1. Hateful; detellable ; to be loathed. 
 
 This infcnuil pit 
 
 j^bonihi.iUe, accursed, the houfc of woe. Miiion. 
 
 The queen and minillry might cafily redrcfs 
 
 this abominnhir grievance, by endeavouring to 
 
 choofe men of vhtuous principles. Swift. 
 
 2. Unclean. 
 
 The foul that ftiaJltouch any unclean beaft, or 
 any nbotnirtable unclean thing, even that foul 
 (hail be cut oiTfrom his people, Leviticus. 
 
 3. In low and ludicrous language, it is a 
 word of loofe and Indeterminate cenfurc. 
 
 They fay you are a melancholy fellow. — I am 
 fo ; I do love it better than kiughing. — Thufe that 
 are in extiemity of either, are abomi/i.ibk fellows^. 
 and Iietray themklvcs to cveiy modern cenfure, 
 worfc than drunkards. Srialf. jtIs you like it. 
 
 Abo'mikaelenxss. 7t.f, [from ahomU 
 nable.'] The quality of being abomi- 
 nable ; hatefulnefs; odioufnefs. 
 
 Till we hive proved, in its proper place, tiie 
 eternal and elfcntial difference between viitue 
 and vice, we niuft forbear to urge atheills with 
 ■ the corrtiptioii and abominablenef of their prin- 
 ciples. Bentley's Sermojn. 
 
 Abo'Tvuv.vely. adv. \^roxt\ 'abomtnabie.'] 
 Excefiively ; extremely ; exceedingly ; 
 in an ill fenfe. A word of low or fami- 
 liar language,, and is not often ferioully 
 ufed. 
 
 I have obferved great abufcs and diCorders in 
 your family ; your fcrvanls arc mutinous and 
 quarrclfome, and chcar you mort jb-jmifiub/y. 
 
 , .^>hi/(hyot. 
 
 To ABOMINATE, v. a. [abomhwr, 
 Lut.] To abhor; to detefl. ; to hate 
 utterly. 
 
 Pride goeb iiatcd, curfed, and tibomlncu-il by nil. 
 
 Hmnnwnd, 
 
 Wc ai'c not guilry of your iniurics, 
 No way confcnr to tlicm j but do .iLlinr, 
 Ahominat t: j^n^ io.ith this cruchy. Sryuthtm^ i Qm:. 
 
 Ho prufeiTcd both to lihominatc :{[\d, dclpife ail 
 mytlery, refinement, and intrigue, either »i a 
 prince or minillcr. Sivift. 
 
 Abomina'tion. luf. 
 
 1. Hatred; detellation. 
 
 To affift king Charles by Englidi or Dutch 
 forces^ wouhl render him odious to his new fwb- 
 jidts, who have nothing in to great .ibamifuit.cn, 
 as thofc wiiom they hold for hcreticks. Swijt. 
 
 2. The objerl: of hatred. 
 
 Every ILcpherd is aii abQTNir.\-jt.\>i to the Egvp- 
 ' tiar.s. Go-irjn. 
 
 3. Pollution J defilement. 
 
 ABO 
 
 And there fliall in no wife enter into it awy 
 tiling that dcfilctti, neither whalfoe\tr workcth 
 abomination J or makcth a lie. >;^^•. 
 
 4. Wickedncfs ; hatefiil or fliamcful vice. 
 
 Tir adulterous Anthony, nioft laige 
 In his .ibotni/iiiiior'Sf turns you oif, 
 And gives his potent rfg,im<-nt toa trull, 
 That nofcs it a;jain(t us. Sli^dffcure. 
 
 5. The caufe of pollution. 
 
 And tlic high j-laces iliat were before Jcrufa- 
 1cm, which wcic on the right hand of the mount 
 of cunuption, wiiich Solomon the king oJ 
 IfracI had builded for Afhtorcth the ubominalian 
 of t.^e Zidonian'i, and for Chemofli the ubomma- 
 tion of the Moabitcs, anit fur Milcom the a^ow/- 
 ?int:or: of [he childien of Amnion, did the king 
 defile, 2 Kings. 
 
 JBOR/GINES. n.f. [Lat.] The ear- 
 lieft inliabitants of a country; thofe of 
 whom no original is to be traced ; as the 
 Welfli in Britain. 
 
 r^ABO'RT. IK n. [^^or/o, Lat.] To. 
 biing forth before the time; to mif- 
 carry. Did. 
 
 Abo'rtion. ;;./. [.tbortio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The a6^ of bringing forth untimely. 
 
 Thefe tlien need caufe noabort'on. Suruiys. 
 
 2. The produce of an untimely birth. 
 
 His wife mifcarried ; but, as the abortion 
 proved only a female foetus, he cnmfuited him- 
 fclf. j'lrhuthnot and Pope's Martinus Scriblcu^. 
 
 Behold my aim thus blaflcd,dry,and wither'd, 
 Shrunk like a foul abortion, and decay'd 
 Like fomc untimely produift of the fcafons. 
 
 Abo^rtive. n*f.. That which is born be- 
 fore the due time. Perhaps anciently 
 any thing inegularly produced. 
 
 No common wind, no cullomcd event, 
 But they will pluck away its nat'ral caufc;, 
 And call tiitm meteors, prodigies, and hgns, 
 Abor:-V'-^f and prcfagcs, tongues of heav'n, 
 Plaii^iy ficnoimcing- vengeance upon John. S/i^kf. 
 
 T?.k.(- the fnie (Ivui uf an aborii-vcy and, with 
 
 ftarch thin laid on, prepare your ground or tablet . 
 
 Peuckam on Draivin^. 
 
 Nfany arc prefcrvcd, and do fignal fervlcc to 
 tlicir country, who, without a provifion, migiic 
 ha\-e periflied as ab^.dvcs, or have come to an 
 untimely end, and peiliaps have brought upon 
 their guilty parents the like deItru(Stion. 
 
 Addifon^s Gu-iryiian. 
 
 Aeo'rtive. atij, \_abort'tvuSy l^^tX,"] 
 
 1. Brought forth before the due tinic of 
 birth. 
 
 If ever he have 'child, aboitive be it, 
 Prodigious, and untimely brought to light. Shaif. 
 
 All tli'unaccomplUh'd works of nature's hand, 
 ytboriive^ monliious, or unkindly n\i.\'d, 
 DiUblv'd on earth, fleet hither. Mih. Par. Lof}. 
 
 Nor will his fruit expedl 
 Th' .iiitunanal fcafon, bur, in (dimmer's pride 
 When olhci orchards fmile, aboriivt fail. Philips. 
 
 2. That fails for want of time: figura- 
 tively. 
 
 How often hall thou waited at my cup, 
 Remember it, and let it make tlice crell-fairii-; 
 Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shakf 
 
 3. That brings forth nothing. 
 
 The void profound 
 Of uncfTentinl night receives him next,. 
 M'ide-gaping ; and with utter iofs uf being 
 Threatens him, plung'd in that c.h'-rtive gulf. 
 
 MiltOfi's Paradije Lojl. 
 
 4'. That fails or mifcarries,from wha,tever 
 caufe. This is lefs proper. 
 
 Many politick conceptions, fo eUboratcly 
 formed and wrought, and grown at length ripe 
 for delivery, do yctj- ill the iffuc, mifcany and 
 ■prove abortive, Scut/t's Scna^Ki. 
 
 ABO 
 
 AB&'nTnrELY. «</<;. [from eiorlkt-'] 
 Boni without the due time ; inimature- 
 ly ; untimely. 
 
 Abo'rtivf.ness. n.f. [from aiortivt.'] 
 
 The llate of abortion. 
 ABo'KTMtNT. ;/. f. [from aliort.'] The 
 
 thing brought forth out of time ; art 
 
 untimely birth. 
 
 Coneratcd lleafures, row I0.I tp mankind,' 
 fhall be broaghl into ufc by the induftry ot con- 
 vi:rted penitents, whofe wretched carcafts the 
 impartial laws dedicate, as untimely feafts, to 
 the worms of the tirth, in whofc Wi.mb thofe 
 deferred mineral riches mult ever lie huricd as 
 loll iil'oitmcfitsj uniofs tliofe be made tho adtivc 
 midwives to deliver tlicm. £,ic. Phyfic. HemMn. 
 
 ABO'VE. prep, [from a, and bupaii, 
 Saxon; Loven, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To a higher place ; in a higher place. 
 
 So wiicn With crackling; fiarnes a cauldron fries, 
 The buijbiin^ waters from ti.t bottom rife; 
 ^hove the brims they force their fiery \\ av ; 
 Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud tiic day. 
 
 Diycifi. 
 
 2. More in quantity or number. 
 
 Every one that pafllth among them, that are 
 numbered from twenty years old and nio-jc, Dial I 
 give an offering unto the Lord Uxodm. 
 
 3. In a fuperiour degree, or to a fiiperiour 
 degree of rank, power, or excellence. 
 
 The Lord is high abi^vc all nations, and his 
 glory ulioiit: the heavens. VJiilm\. 
 
 Tile public power of all focieties is altn^e eveiy 
 foul contained in the fame focieties. Hooter. 
 
 There is no lichcs abare a foimd body^and no 
 joy ab'^vc the joy of the heart. Scclui. 
 
 To her . / 
 
 Thou didlt refign thy manhood, and the place ' 
 Wherein God let thee ab.-h' her, made of thee. 
 And for thee : whofe jierfeiHionfar cxccll'd- 
 Hcis, in all real i!;5nity. .Mi/tcn'a Par. Lei, 
 
 Latona fees licr ihine al'cvr the relf,. 
 And feeds with fecret joy he.' iilcnt htcaft. PiyJ. 
 
 4. In a flate of being. fuperiour to ; unat- 
 tainable by. 
 
 It is an old and true dilliniffion, that thingi 
 may be ubmi: our reafon,- without being con- 
 trary to it. Of this kind arc the'powci, the na- 
 ture, and the univerfal prcfcnc-e of Gojl, with 
 innuniciable other points. Sii:ft. 
 
 5. Beyond ; aioie than. 
 
 WewereprelVcd out of mi-.ifure, a^oivfl length ; 
 infomuch that we defpaired c.\en of life, li.cr*. 
 
 In having thoughts unconfnfed, and being able 
 to (liliiiiguilh one thing from aiiorher, where 
 there is but the teaft riiiyercnce, conlilU the cx-> 
 aftnefs of judgment and clearncfs of reafon, 
 which is in one man ab^vr another. L'nk'-, 
 
 The inhabitants ot Tirol have many privileges 
 above thofe ol the other hereditary countriejof 
 the emperor. ^^d.liton, 
 
 6. Too proud i"or; too high for. A phiv.fs 
 chiefly ulcd In fatiilliar expreflion. 
 
 Kings and princes, in the eailier ages of the 
 
 world, laboured in arts and occupations, ancf 
 
 were above nothing that tended to promote tjic 
 
 conveniences of life. ^oye'i Odyjfey. 
 
 Auo'vE. adv. 
 
 I. Overhead ; in a higlter place. 
 
 To men flaiuling below, men Handing .-vlof: 
 frem mucii lellened ; to thofe abmn^ men rtand. 
 ing beiow fccm not fo much Icffened. Bacon, 
 
 When he cftablilhcd the clouds above: wlun 
 he flrengthcncd the fountains of the deep; when 
 he gave to the fsa his decree, that the \raters 
 fhould not pals his commandment; when he 
 appointed the foundations of the caitli ; then I 
 was by him, as one biought up with him ; and 
 I was daily his delight, rcjo.cing always before 
 him. Provnbs. 
 
 Every good gift, and every perfcfl gift, is 
 /•mn Mvt, and comctli down from the Faihcj
 
 A B O^ 
 
 of licttts, vitli whom is no varlablenefS| ncifScr 
 ftiadjw of tiirninp. Jamei. 
 
 Tiic Trojans /row ahovf thcii foes beheld, 
 And with arm'd legions all the r.impircs fi]l*d. 
 
 2. In the regions of heaven. 
 
 Vourpinirt (he hiidifhaU chnnl in every grove, 
 
 And winds fliall waft it to the pow'ii ahovf. 
 
 Pofe't Pajiojali. 
 
 3, Before. [See Above-cited.] 
 
 I faid tihovf, that thcfc two machines of the 
 
 ^ala^ce, and the cliia, were only oinamcnt.nl, 
 
 and tlmt the fucccfs of the duel had been the f:imc 
 
 without them. DryMrt. 
 
 Above all. In the firfl place ; chiefly. 
 
 I rtudicd Virgil's defign, his difpolition of ii, 
 his ni.mncrs, liis judicious management of the 
 fignies, the fobcr retrenchments of his fenlc, 
 which always leaves fomething to gratify our 
 imagination, on which it may enlarge at plea- 
 fuic; Inil, ahare a!lj the fclegancc uf his cxprcf- 
 (ion, and tiie harmony of his numbers. Dtydcn. 
 Above-board. 
 
 1. In open fight ; without artifice or trick. 
 A figurative expreflion, borrowed from 
 gamefters, who, when they put their 
 handa under the table, are chiinglng 
 their cards. It is ufed only in familiar 
 language. 
 
 Ir is the part alfo of an honell man to deal 
 ahc'jc-hoardy and without tricks. JJ F.Jirange. 
 
 2. Without difguifc or concealment. 
 
 Though there liavc not been wanting fuch 
 heictofore, as havepiafliled thcfe unworthy arts, 
 for as much as there have been villains in all 
 places, and all ages, yet now-a-days they are 
 owned tf^Off-Z'oarf/, S9Uth'i Sermons. 
 
 Above-cited. Cited before. A figu- 
 rative expreffion, taken from the anci- 
 ent manner of writing books on fcrolls : 
 where whatever is cited or mentioned 
 before, in the fame page, mufl he alcove. 
 It appears from the authority abo-ue-citeJj that 
 th's is a fail confefTcd by heathens ihem- 
 fchcs. Addijof} on the CJnl/Uan Religion. 
 
 AnovE-GROUND. An expreflion ufed to 
 fignify alive ; not in the grave. 
 
 Above-mentioned. See Above-cited, 
 
 I do not icmembcr, that Homer anv where 
 falls into the taiilrs ahoi'e-tniJiiifnteJ^ which were 
 indeed the falfc relincmenti of latter ages. 
 
 ^iUifcn's Sj}i-^utor. 
 
 To ABO'UND. IK n, [ahundoy Lat. 
 ahondefy Fr.] 
 
 1. To have in great plenty; to be co- 
 pioufly. ftored. It is ufed fometimes 
 with the particle /«, and fometimes the 
 particle nvith. 
 
 Th.e iiing-bccoming graces, 
 I have nn ulilh of them, bui uhound 
 In the divifioii of each fcveial ciime, 
 Acting it many ways. Shjifpi\:re*s Macbeth. 
 
 Coin, wnie, and otl, arc wanting to this 
 ground, 
 /« which our countries fruitfully abound. Dryd. 
 
 A faithful mM\ fhall abound luith blcfTings : 
 but he rh.it makclh haile to be rich, fl-iail not he 
 innocent. Proverbs. 
 
 Now that languages arc made, and abound 
 luith words landing for combinations, an ufual 
 way of getting complex ideas, is by the expli- 
 cation of thofe terms that Itantl for them. Lcckti. 
 
 2. To be in great plenty. 
 
 And nccaufe iniquity ihall ahcur.dy the love of 
 
 many I'hall wax cold. Matikeio. 
 
 Words are like leaves, and whcic they moll 
 
 abound J 
 
 Much fruit of fenfe beneath is rarely found. P'>pe. 
 
 KV>0'\JT . pref>. [aburan, or abnron. Sax. 
 
 which feems to fignify encircling on the 
 
 outfide.] 
 
 ABO 
 
 1. Round; furrounding ; eflcircling. 
 
 l^ct not mercy and truth forfakc thee. Bind 
 them about thy neck ; write them upon the 
 table q{ tl.y heart. Ptove/b s 
 
 She cries, and tears her checks, 
 Her hair, her vcft ; and ftooping to the fands, 
 About his neck Die call hci trembling hands. 
 
 Dryden's Fables. 
 
 2. Near to. 
 
 speak unto the congrfgation, faying, get you 
 up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, 
 and Abiram. Exodus. 
 
 Thou dofl nothing, Sergius, 
 Thou canfl: endeavour nothing, nay, not think ; 
 But I both fee and hear it; and am with thee. 
 By and before, about and in thee too. 
 
 Ben yonfofT^s Cati/inc. 
 
 3. Concerning; with regard to ; relating 
 to. 
 
 When Con/lantinc had finished an houfe for 
 the fcrvice of God at Jerufnlem, the dedication 
 he judged a mattrr not unworthy, about the {o\GmTi 
 peiforinancc whereof the grcatefl part of the 
 bilhops in Chrillendom fhuuld meet together. 
 
 Hooier. 
 
 The painter is not to take fo much pains about 
 the drapery as about the face, wiieic the princi- 
 pal rcfcmblance lies. Vtjdei. 
 
 They are molt ficqucntly ufed as woids equi- 
 valent, and do both of them indifferently llpnify 
 either a fpeculative knowledge of things, or a 
 pr.iflical (kill <ihut them, according to the exi- 
 gency of the m:ittcr or thing fpoken of. Tilktfon. 
 
 Theft is always a fin, although the particular 
 fpccies of it, and the denominalion of particuUr 
 aifts, doth fuppofc politivc laws tiboui dominion 
 and property. Stii/irgffet. 
 
 Children fhould always be heard, and fairly 
 and kindly anfwered, when they a(k after any 
 thing they would know, and defircd to be in- 
 foxin^dahout. Curiofity fhould be as carefully 
 chcrilhcd in children as otiicr appetites fuppicffcd. 
 
 L:)cke. 
 
 It hath been prnflifcd as a method of making 
 men's court, when they arc afkcd about the 
 rate of lands, the abilities of tenants, the Hate of 
 trade, to anfwcr that all things are in a flourilh- 
 ing condition. Sivift's Short Piciu rif Ireland. 
 
 4. In a flate of being engaged iuf or em- 
 ployed upon. 
 
 Our blefled Lord was plMfcd to command the 
 reprefentation of his death and facrifice on the 
 crofs fhould be made by breaking of bread and 
 effufion of wine ; to figr.ify to us the nature and 
 faeVtdnefs of the liturgy we are about. Taylor. 
 
 Labour, for labour's fake, is againfl natuie. 
 The undei Handing, as well as all tjic other facul- 
 ties, choofcs always the ihoileft way to its end, 
 would prefenily obtainthe knowledge it i^about, 
 and then fct upon fome new cnq;nry. B^it this, 
 whether lazinefs'orhafle, often mifleads it. Loike. 
 
 Ourarniies ought to be provided wilhfccieta- 
 vies, to tell thtir ftory in plain Englilh, and to 
 let us know, in our mother tongue, what it is 
 our brave countrymen are cio;/^. .-iddif-n's Sf£L:t. 
 
 5. Appendant to the perfon, as clothes. 
 
 If yon have this about you, 
 And I will v;i\'e \ou w^liLn we go, you may 
 Boldly aflault the necromancer'ii hall. 
 
 Alilton's Cimua. 
 
 It is not ilrange to me, that perfons of the 
 
 faire^- fex fhould like, in all things about them, 
 
 tliat handfomcnefs for which they find them- 
 
 felves moft liked. Bcyle on Colours, 
 
 6. Relating to the perfon, as a fervant or 
 
 dependant. 
 
 Liking very well the young gentleman, fuch 
 T took him to be, admitted tiiis Dtiphantus 
 about me, who well fhcwcd, there is no fcrvice 
 like his that ferves becaufc he loves. Sidnty. 
 
 7. Relating to the perfon, as an aft or 
 office. 
 
 A B R 
 
 Good corporal, for my old dame's fakf, ftand 
 
 my friend : (he liath no body to do any thing 
 
 oliout hci when I am gone, and (he is old aiid 
 
 cannot help hcrfclf. Shakjfi.jrc' s Ihnry tv. 
 
 Abo'ut. (idv. 
 
 1. Circularly ; in a round ; c'trcum. 
 
 The wcyward fillers, hand in hand 
 Porters of the fca and land, 
 Thus do go tihout^ nbo'/ty 
 Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, 
 And thrice again to make up nine. Sltaijf, 
 
 2. In circuit ; in compafa. 
 
 I'll tell you what 1 am aiout — Two yaidj 
 and more. — No quijn now, Piftol : indeed 1 
 am in the walle two yards o/'o.v/ ; but I am 
 about no waftc, I am about thr.ift. Shakff. 
 
 A tun iiioni was cv'ry pillar there, 
 A polifli'd mirror flionc not half fo clear. Dryd. 
 
 3. Nearly ; circiter. 
 
 When the boats were come within about fixty 
 yards of the pillar, they found themfclves all 
 bound, and could go no faiil-.er ; yet fo as they 
 niiglit move to go about, but might not approach 
 nearer. Bacon' i Neiu ^talantii, 
 
 4. Here and there ; every way ; circa. 
 
 Up rofe the gentle virgin from her place. 
 And looked all ahcui, if Jhc might Ipy 
 Her lovely knight. Fairy Queen. 
 
 A wolf that was pad labour, in his old age, 
 borrows a habit, and fo abouT he goes, begging 
 charily from door to door, under the difguife of 
 a pilgrim. L'EjIrange. 
 
 J. With /o before a verb ; z^, about to fy\ 
 upon the point ; within a fmall diftance 
 of. 
 
 Thcfc dying lovers, and their floating fons, 
 Sufpcndtlic fight, and filencc all our guns : 
 Beauty and youth, about to pcnih, finds 
 Such noble pity in brave Englilh minds. Jfatler, 
 
 6. Round ; the longed way, in oppofition 
 to the fhort ftraight way. 
 
 Gold hath thefe natures; greatnefs of weighty 
 clofcnefs of parts; fixation; pliantnefs, or foft- 
 nefs ; immunity from ruft ; colour, or tincture 
 of yellow : Therefore the fure way (though moft 
 about') to make gold, is to know the caufcs of 
 the feveral natures before reheaifcd. BaciTi, 
 
 Spies of the Volfcians 
 Held me in chacc, tlut I was forced to wheel 
 Three or four miles a/'ct/t- clfe had 1, Sir, 
 Hall an hour fincc l;i ought my report. ^hakf, 
 
 7. To bring about, to bring to the point or 
 (late dehred ; as, he has brought about his 
 furpofes. 
 
 Whether this will he brought ablaut, by break- 
 ing his head, I veiy muchquclllon. S^ciiator. 
 
 8. To come about, to come to fome certain 
 ftate or point. It has commonly the 
 idea of revolution, or gyration. 
 
 Wherefore it came to pais, when the lime was 
 come about, after Hannah had conceived, that 
 file bare a fon. i Sam. 
 
 One evening itbeftl, that looking out. 
 The wind they long had wiih'd was come about'. 
 Well plcas'd they w^nl to rctl; and, if the gale 
 I'ill morn continued, both rclolvcil to fail. 
 
 DryAfn'i rabtei, 
 
 9. To go about, to prepare to do it. 
 
 Did not Mofes give you ihe law, and yet none 
 
 of you kcepeth the law ? Why go ye about to 
 
 kill me .' Jiin. 
 
 In common language, they fay, to 
 
 come about a man, to circumvent him. 
 
 Some of thefe phrafrs feem to derive 
 their original from the French a bout ; 
 venir a bout d'une chofe ; vcuir a bout de 
 guelqu'un. 
 A. Bp. for Archbifhop ; which fee. 
 ABRACADA'BRA. A fuperftitious 
 charm againft agues. 
 8
 
 A B R 
 
 To ABRA'DE. V. a. [alraJo, Lat.] To 
 rub off; to wear away from the other 
 parts ; to wafte by degrees. 
 
 By this means there miy be a continued fup- 
 ply uf what is fucccffneiy abraded from Ihem hy 
 tiecurfion of w.itcrs. Hale. 
 
 Abraham's Balm. The name of an 
 herb. 
 
 Abra'sion. n.f. [See Abrade.] 
 
 I. TheaA ofabiading, or rubbing off. 
 
 3. [In medicine.] The wearing away of 
 the natural mucus, which covers the 
 membranes, particularly thofe of the 
 ftomach and guts, by corrolive or (harp 
 
 ^ji'tncy. 
 
 medicines, or humours. 
 
 3. The matter worn off by the attrition of 
 
 bodies. 
 Abre'ast. adv. [See Brea«t.] Side 
 by fide ; in fuch a pofition that the 
 breafts may bear agaiiill the fame line. 
 
 My coiifin Suffolic, 
 My foul fliall thine keep company to heav'n : 
 Tarry, fwcctfoui, for mine, then ^^nhreaji. ShnkJ. 
 
 For honour travels in a llrcight fo nairow, 
 Where one but goes nbyrajl. SluikJ. 
 
 The liders rode ubif.ijl^ and one his (hicld, 
 His lance of cornel wood anotlier held. D'ydcn. 
 
 A'uRicoT. See Apricot. 
 roABRI'DGE. v.a. iabreger, Yx. ah- 
 
 brevio, Lat. ] 
 I. To make fiiorterin words, keeping ftill 
 
 the fame fubftance. 
 All thefe fiyings being declared by lafon of 
 
 Cyrene in five books, we will eflay to abriJire in 
 
 one volume. 2 Mjcc. 
 
 Z. To contraft; ; to diminifli ; tocutftiort. 
 
 The determination of the will, upon cnrjuirv, 
 is following ihe direiftion of that guide ; and he 
 that has a power to adl or not to at5f, accorrling 
 as fuch determination riirefts, is free. Sucii de- 
 termination abridges not that power wherein li- 
 berty confufs. Locke. 
 
 3. To deprive of 5 to cut ofF from. In 
 which fenfe it is followed by the particle 
 from, or of, preceding the thing taken 
 away. 
 
 I have difabled mine eflatc, 
 By (hewing fomething a more fwclling port. 
 Than my faint means would grant continuance; 
 Nor do I now make moan to be abriJg'd 
 from fuch a noble rate. Shakf. Mercli. Fcnire. 
 They were formerly, by the common law, 
 difcharged from pontage and murage; but this 
 privilege has been abridged them fince by feveral 
 ftatutcs. Jiyliffe^s Far ergon "Juris Canonici. 
 
 Abri'dgei) of. J>art. Deprived of j de- 
 barred from ; cut (hort. 
 Abri'dger. n.f. 
 
 1. He that abridges ; a (hortener. 
 
 a. A writer of compendiums or abridg- 
 ments. 
 
 Abri'dgment. n.f. la6regemMf,Trench.] 
 J . The epitome of a larger work contraft- 
 
 ed into a fmall compafs ; a compend ; 
 
 a fummary. 
 
 Surely this commandment containeth the law 
 and the prophets : and, in this one word, is the 
 abridgment of all volumes of fcripture. Hooter. 
 
 Idolatry is ceitainly the firft-born of folly, the 
 great and leading paradox ; nay, the very ubridg- 
 menl and fum total of all abfurdities. Soul/i. 
 
 2. A diminution in general. 
 
 All trying, by a love of litllcnefs, 
 To make abridgmenis, and to draw to lefs 
 Even that nothing, which at firft we were. Donne. 
 
 3. Contraflion ; redu<?iion. 
 
 The conftant , ^fne of happinefs, and the con- 
 Uraint it puts upon us, no body, I think, ac- 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 A B R 
 
 counts an .ilridgment of liiicrty, or at baft an 
 abridgment af lllicrty to be complained of. l.ocke. 
 4. Rellraint from a.iy thing plealing ; 
 contraClion of any thing enjoyed. 
 
 It is not baicly a man's ahiid^ment in his ex- 
 ternal accommodations which n.akoj him inilcr- 
 able, but when his confcience lliall teU Inm that 
 it was his fin and his folly whicli brought him 
 under that abridgment. Snuth. 
 
 Abro'ach. adv. [See To Biio.^CH.] 
 
 1. In a pollure to run out, or yield the li- 
 quor contained : properly fpokeii of 
 ved'els. 
 
 The jarrs of gen'rotis wine 
 He fct abrcaib, and for the feall prepar'd. Dryd. 
 The Templer fprilce, while ev'ry ("pout's 
 
 libtrjacllj 
 
 St.iys till 'tis fair, yet fcems to call a coach. 
 
 Sii'ijt's Mifctl. 
 
 2. In a figurative fenfe : in a flate to be dif- 
 fufed or extended ; in a Hate of fuch be- 
 ginning as promifes a piogiefs. 
 
 Tuat man, that fits witliin a monarch's heart. 
 And ripens in the funlfiiiic of his favour, 
 Would he abiifc the count'naiicc of the king. 
 Alack! what mifchiefs might be fet abriacb, 
 111 Ihadow of fuch gieatncls.' Shitif^eare. 
 
 Abroad, adv. [compounded of a and 
 broad. See B R o A D . j 
 
 1. Without confinement; widely; at large. 
 
 Intermit no watch 
 Againft a wakeful loe, while I abroad. 
 Thro' all the coarts of dark dertruiSion, feck 
 Deliverance. ^ Milton's faradife l.oji. 
 
 Again tiie lonely fox roams far abroad, 
 On fecret lapine bent, and midnight fiaud; 
 Now haunts the clitf, now traveil'es the lawn, 
 And flitsthe hated neighbourhood of man. I'rior, 
 
 2. Out of tliehoufc. 
 
 Welcome, fir. 
 This cell's my court; here have I few attendants. 
 And fubjeiffs none abroad, Siiai/peare. 
 
 Lady walked a whole hour abroad, with- 
 out dying after it. Pofe's Letters. 
 
 3. In another country. 
 
 They thought it better to be femewhat hardly 
 yoked at home, than fur ever abroad, and dif- 
 creditcd. Hooker. 
 
 Whofoever offers at verbal trannation, (hall 
 have the misfortune of that young traveller, who 
 loft his own Language abrcad, and brought home 
 no other inlfead of it. Sir f. Denliam. 
 
 What learn our youth abroad, but to refine 
 The homely vices of their native land.' Dryd. 
 
 He who fojourns in a foreign country, refers 
 what he fees and hears abroad, to the Hate of 
 things at home. yjtterbury's Sermons. 
 
 4. In all direftions ; this way and that ; 
 with wide expanfion. 
 
 Full in the midft of this infernal road. 
 An elm difplays her duiky arms abroad. Dryd. 
 
 5. Without ; not within. 
 
 Bodies politick being fubjeift, as much as na- 
 tural, to dilToIution by divers means, there are 
 undoubtedly more Hates overthrown through 
 difeafcs bred within themfelves, than through 
 violence from abroad. Hooker. 
 
 ro ABROGATE, v.a. [a^rofo.Lat.j 
 To take away from a law its force ; to 
 repeal ; to annul. 
 
 Laws have been made upon fpecial occalions, 
 which occafions ceafing, laws of that kind do 
 abrogate themfelves Hooker. 
 
 The negative precepts of men may ceafe by 
 many inftruracnts, by contrary culioms, by 
 public difrelilh, by long omiffion : hut the ne- 
 gative precepts of God never can ceafe, but when 
 they are cjprefsly abrogated by the fame autho- 
 rity. Taylor's Holy Living. 
 
 Abroga'tion. n. f. [abrogation, Lat.] 
 The aft of abrogating ; the repeal of a 
 law. 
 
 A B S 
 
 Th: comnnlfii.ners from the confederate Ro- 
 man catJK.lKs derHanded the ahrogaiton and rc- 
 pc.il of all thole laws, which were iit force againll 
 the e .eicil'e of the Rom.in religion. Clarendon. 
 To AnRo'oK. V. a. [from To brook, with a 
 fuperabundaut : a word not in ufc.] To 
 brook; to bear; to endure. 
 
 Sweet Kell, ill can thy noble mind ahrtsok 
 The al'icc\ petiple g.iz.ing on thy face 
 With envious looks, fli.l laughing at thy Oiame. 
 Shakfjieare's lltnry vl. 
 
 ABRU'PT. adj. [abruMus., Lat. broken 
 off.] 
 
 1. Broken ; craggy. 
 
 Rtlilllct*, roaring, dreadful, down it comes 
 Fioni the rude mountain, and the liiofly wild» 
 Tunihlilig ihroughrocksu^rw^r. 'Ihomjons kKtlt, 
 
 2. Divided ; withoutany thinginteryeoing, 
 
 Or Ipicad his any flight. 
 Upborn with indefatigable wings. 
 Over the \alf abrupt, eie he arrive 
 The happy iflc. Milton's I'araJife Lt^. 
 
 3. Sudden ; witkout the cuftoraary or pro- 
 per preparatives. 
 
 My lady craves 
 To know the caufe of your abrupt departure. 
 
 Shakj^earc. 
 
 The abrupt and unkind breaking off the two 
 
 (iilf parli.imcnts, was wholly imputed to th« 
 
 duke of Buckingham. Clarendon^ 
 
 y^bruft, with eagle-fpeed (he cut the (Icy i 
 Inrtant invifihle to mortal eye. 
 Then Hrft he recogniz'd th' ethereal gucft. Foft 
 
 4. Unconnefted. 
 
 The abruft llile, which hath many breachcsi 
 and doth notfcem to end but fall. Benjoifon. 
 
 Abru'pTED. adj .{abruplus t'L.z'im : a word 
 little in ufe.] Broken off fuddenly. 
 
 Tl'.e effeifls of their activity arc not precipi- 
 foufly abrupted, but gradually proceed to their 
 celfations. Broiun's Vulgar Errours . 
 
 Abru'ption. n.f \_alruptio,'Lzt.'\ Break* 
 ing off; violent and ftidden feparation. 
 Thofe which arc inclofcd in ftone, marble, or 
 fuch other folid matter, being difficultly fepara- 
 ble from it, btcaufe of its adhefion to all fidej 
 of them, have commonly fume of that matter 
 llill adhering to them, or at lealf marks of its 
 ab: upticn from them, on all their fides. Ifoodward. 
 
 .^BRu'pTLV.rti/t). [See.lLBRUPT.] Haftily ; 
 - without the due forms of preparation. 
 The fwectnefs of viitue's difpolition, jealous 
 even over itfelf, fuffered her not to enter abruptly 
 into queftions of Mufldorus. Sidney 
 
 Now miffing from their joy fo lately found. 
 So lately found, and fo abruptly gone. far. Rea 
 They both of them punaually obferved ttie 
 time thus agreed upon, and that in whatever 
 company or bulinefs they were engaged, they 
 left it abruptly, as foon as the clock warned them 
 to retire. Addijon's Speaator. 
 
 Abru'ptness. n.f. [from abrupt.] 
 
 1 . An abrupt manner ; haile ; fuddtqnefs • 
 untimely vehemence. 
 
 2. The ftate of an abrupt or broken thing ; 
 roughnefs ; craggednefs. as of a fragl 
 ment violently disjoined. 
 
 The ciyrtallized bodies found in the perpen- 
 dicular intervals, have always their root, as the 
 jeweilcMs call it, which is only the nbruptnefs at 
 the end of the body whereby it adhered to the 
 (lone, or fides of the intervals ; which ahruptnefs 
 is caufed by its being broke off from the faid 
 ftone. IFocdiuurd's Nat. Hiji. 
 
 A'nscESs. n.f. [atfcejus, Lat.] A mor- 
 bid cavity in the body ; a tuinour filled 
 with matter : a term of chiriirgery. 
 
 If the patient is not relieved, nor dies in eight 
 days, the inflammation ends in a fuppuration 
 and an abfcrjs in the lungs, and fometimes in 
 forac other part bf the body. Arbuthnot on Ditt,
 
 A B S 
 
 Lindanus coii}<:flurcdit miglit be fome hidden 
 abfcefi in tlie mcfentcry, which, breaking fome 
 few days after, was difcovcrcd to be an aportem 
 of the mefentcry. Harney 01 Coi:Jtmft:om. 
 
 To Absci'nd. "u. a. To cut off; either in 
 
 a natural or figurative fenfe. 
 ABCrSSJ. [Lat.] Part of the diameter of 
 
 a conic feftion, intercepted between the 
 
 vertex and a femiordinate. 
 Absci'ssion. n.f. [ah/cilfw, Lat.] 
 
 1. The ad of cutting off. 
 
 Fabricius ab Aquapcndente renders the ah- 
 fdffiort of them difficult enough, and not without 
 danger. IViftman'i Surgery. 
 
 2. The (late of being cut off. 
 
 By cclTation of oracles, with Montacutius, we 
 may undeiftand this ir.tercifion, not ahfciffwn, or 
 confummate defolation. Jiroinn's Vutg. Er. 
 
 To ABSCO'ND. 'V. n. [abfcomlo, Lat.] 
 To hide one's felf ; to retire from the 
 public view : generally nfed of perfons 
 in debt, or criminals eluding the law. 
 
 The marmotte, or miis alpinus, which ah- 
 fcands all winter, lives on its own fat : fcr in au- 
 tumn, when it ihuts itfelf up in its hole, it is 
 vei7 fat J but in the fpring time, when it comes 
 forth again, very lean. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 Absco'nder. n.f. \Jxom abfcond.^ The 
 
 perfon that abfconds. 
 A'bsence. n.f. [See Absent.] 
 1. The flate of being abfent ; oppoftd to 
 
 ^rejcnci. 
 
 Sir, 'tis fit 
 You have flrong patty to defend yourfclf 
 By calmnefs, or by ahje?ice : all's in danger. 
 
 Shakfpeare^i CorioL 
 
 His friends beheld, and pity'd him in vain, 
 For what advice can eafe a lover's pain ? 
 jlifence, the bert expedient they could find, 
 Mieiit favc the fortune, if net cute the mind. 
 
 Dryd. Failles. 
 
 You have given no diifertation upon the ah- 
 
 fence of lovers, nor laid down any methods how 
 
 they (hould fupport themfelves under thufe fe- 
 
 parations. yldiiifim'i Spiilnior. 
 
 2,. Want of appearance : in a legal fenfe. 
 
 jibfenci is of a fourfold kind or fpecies. The 
 firftis a ncceli'aiy ai/ence, as in banifhed perfons ; 
 this is entirely ncccffary. A fecond, neccffary 
 7.ud voluntary j as upon the account of the com- 
 mon wealth, or in the fcrvice of the church. 
 The third kind the civilians call a probable at- 
 fenre ; as, that of fludents on the fcore of rtudy. 
 And the fourth, .m ahj'ence entirely voluntary ; 
 as, on the .iccountof tiadc^nieichandife, and the 
 like. Some add a fifth kind of aifence, which 
 is comniitLcd eui>: dvh &' uu.'ptzj by a man's non- 
 appearance on a citation ; as, in a contumacious 
 perfon, who, in haired to his contumacy, is, by 
 the law, in fome refpefls reputed as a perfon 
 prcfcnt. ..^^/fjfe^s Parerg'jti 'Jurh Canon. 
 
 3. Inattention; heedleffnefs; negled of 
 the prefent objeft. 
 
 1 continued my walU, rtflecSing on the little 
 tij'tiiei and dirtraftions of mankind. SpeSiator. 
 
 4. It is ufed with the particleyr<;m. 
 
 His .-.h fence Jrofn his mother oft he'll mourn, 
 A'-.d, witli his eyes, lookwilhes to return. DryJ. 
 
 A'BSENF. adj. [ai^«j,Lat.] 
 
 I. Not prefent: uftd with the particle 
 
 from. 
 
 Ill fpring the fields, in autumn bills I love ; 
 At morn the plains, at noon the (liady grove ; 
 But Delia always ; ahjcnt from her fis,ht, 
 Nor plaint at morn, nor groves at noon delight. 
 
 ^ Vofc'i y,:ji. 
 
 Where there is advantage to be given, 
 Both more and lefs have ;z;iven him the revolt; 
 And none fervc with him hut coniiraincd things, 
 ■Whofc hearts arc ahfent too. S/iaiffieare. 
 
 Whether they were a/'fr«t 01 prefent, tlicy 
 were ve^ed alike. H'Jflcm. 
 
 A B S 
 
 2. Abfent in mind; inattentive; regard- 
 
 lefsofthe prefent objeft. 
 I diflinguiih a man that is ahfert bei:aufe he 
 
 thinks of fomcthing elfe, from him that is atjent 
 
 becaufe he thinks of nothing;. y7dJ:pn. 
 
 To Absent, -u. a. To withdraw; to 
 
 forbear to come into prefence. 
 
 If thoudidlt ever hold me in thy heart, 
 Ahjcnt thee ftoin felicity a wliile, 
 A.nd in this harlh world draw thy breath in pain, 
 To tell my tale. Shnkfpcme' s Hamlet. 
 
 Go — for thy ftay, not free, atfents thee more. 
 Milton's PaiaHife Loji. 
 Tho' I am forc'd thus to abfent mylelf 
 From all I love, I ihall contrive fome means, 
 Some friendly intervals, to vilit thee. 
 
 Southern' i Spartan Dame. 
 
 The Arengo is ftill called together in cafes of 
 
 importance; and if, after due funimons, any 
 
 mcmbciabfertfs himfelf, he is to be fined to the 
 
 value of about a penny Englilh. Adciifon. 
 
 Absent.'v.'necus. adj. Relating to ab- 
 
 fcnce; abfent. Did. 
 
 Abjentee'. n.f. He that isafefent from 
 
 hisftation, or employment, (?r country. 
 
 A word uftd commonly with regard to 
 
 Iriflimen living out of their country. 
 
 Then w.!S the firft ftatutc made ngainft alfrn- 
 leei, comanding all fuch as had land in Ireland, 
 to return and icfide thereupon. 
 
 Sir 'John Da'^tei on Ireland. 
 A great part of eliates in Ireland are owned by 
 chfenteei, and fuch as dr.iw over the profits raifed 
 out of Ireland, lefundinc; nuth.ing. Child. 
 
 Absi'nthiated. jari. [from ahfinthmm, 
 Lat. wonnvvood.] Imbittercd ;. impreg- 
 nated with wormwood. DiH. 
 To Absi'st. -j. n. {^alfflo, Lat.] To Itand 
 off; to leave off. Dicl. 
 roABSO'LVE. v.a. [a^/e/rff,Lat.] 
 
 1. To clear ; to acquit of a crime, in a 
 jtidicial fenfe. 
 
 Your great goodncfs out »f holy pity 
 .i^pfoh'd him with an axe. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Our victors, bleft in peace, forget their wars. 
 Enjoy part tiangers, ^r\dchfo!%ie the ftars. liekell. 
 
 As he hopes and gives out, by the influence of 
 his wealth, to "be here abflvtd; in condemning 
 this man, you have an opportunity of belying 
 that general fcandal, of redeeming the credit lull 
 by former judgments. S-wiJ:': AUf-illanies. 
 
 2. To fet free from an engagement or 
 promife. 
 
 Coi/ipcll'd by threats to take thathi'jody oath. 
 And thca£l ill, I am abfJv'dby both. 
 
 H'alhr's M.t/d'i Trag. 
 
 This comni.ind, which mull ncccHarilv eom- 
 prehcnd the perfons of our r.atural fatheis, mi.ll 
 mean a. duty we owe them, diiiinr^ trom our 
 obedience to the in.igiiiiate, and from which 
 the moil abfolute power of princes c:innot ab- 
 fohc us. Lo.ke. 
 
 3. To pronounce fin remitted, in tlie ec- 
 clefiallical fenfe. 
 
 But all is calm in tliis eternal flcep; 
 Here giief forgets to groan, and love taweep ; 
 Fv'n fupcrllition Ijie-; cv'ry fear; 
 Fijr God, not man, ^'>f(.lvei our frailties here. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 4. To finllTi ; to complete. This ufe is 
 not common. 
 
 What caiife 
 >fov'd the Creator, in his hu'y rell 
 Through all eternity, fo late to build 
 In chaos ; and tlie work begun, how foon 
 .Abfohi'J. Millon't r.iradife Lijl. 
 
 If that which is fo fuppofed infinitely diftant 
 from what is now current, is dillant from us by 
 a finil'e interval, and not infinitely, then that 
 one circulation which preceded it, murt neceffa- 
 rily be like olm-s, and confequently ubjohed in 
 the fpacc of twenty-fout hou«s. Hale. 
 
 A B S 
 
 A'ssoLUTE. adj. [aBfoIutus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Complete: applied as well to perfons 
 
 as things. 
 
 Bccaufc the things that proceed from him are 
 perfecJ, without any manner of deleft or maim; 
 it cannot he but that the words of his mouth arc 
 abfolute, ai.d lack nothing which they fhould 
 have, for perfoimance of that thing whercuiit9 
 they lend, Hioker. 
 
 What is bis ftiengfh by land > — 
 — Great and incicafing : but by fea 
 He is an abfolute mailer. Shakfpearf, 
 
 2. Unconditional ; as, an abfolute promife. 
 
 Although it tuns in foims abflute, yet it is in- 
 deed conditional, as depending upon the qualifi- 
 cation of the perfon to whom it is pronounced. 
 South's Sermoni. 
 
 3. Not relative ; as, abfolute fpace. In 
 this fenfe we fpeak of the ablative cafe 
 abfolute, in grammar. 
 
 I fee dill the dillii.ftions of fovereign and in- 
 ferior, of ahfohte and relative worlhip, will 
 bear any man out in the woi fhip of any creature 
 with rcl'pcil to God, as well at leaft, as it doth 
 in the worlhip of images, Stillingfiett. 
 
 An abfulute mode is that which belongs to its 
 fubjcifl, without refpcift to any other hcings 
 vhatfotver ; but a relative mode is derived from 
 the regard that one being has toothers. If'atti. 
 
 4. Not limited; zs, abfolute power. 
 
 My crown is abfo!iite, and helds of none : 
 I cannot in a h.ife fubjedlion live, 
 Nor fuffei you tu take, tho' I wauld give. TJrj'if. 
 
 5. Pofitive ; certaiir ; without any hefita- 
 tion. In this fenfe it rarely occurs. 
 
 Long is it fincc I law him. 
 But time hath nothing iilurr'd thofe lines of favour, 
 Which then he wore ; the fnatches in his voice. 
 And buri1 of fpeaking were as his : I'm abfolute 
 'Twas very Clotcn. Shaifpeare's Cymbeliae 
 
 A'nsoLUTELY. (jr/t). [horn abfolute."] 
 
 1. Completely; without tellriftion. 
 
 All the contradiclions which grow in thofe 
 minds, that neither .ufolutily climb the rock of 
 virtue, nor freely fink into the fea of vanity. 
 
 Sidney, 
 
 What merit they can build upon having joined 
 with a protellant army, under a king they ac- 
 knowledge, to defend their own liberties and pro- 
 perties, is, to me, abfolutely inconceivable ; and, 
 I believe, wiH equally be fo for ever. 
 
 S-iv,ft's Prejh. Vlca. 
 
 2 . Without relation ; in a. Hate unconneft- 
 
 ed. 
 
 Ahffjlutchj.sHz cannot difcommem!, we cannot 
 ahjAutil\' aiiprovc cither wlliingnefi la live, or 
 furw^rduefs to die. Hooker. 
 
 Thcfc thin being the perpetu:il caufes of zeal ; 
 the jjrc^ittrt good, or the ^ic.Ttcil cvilj either .jA- 
 f'jlut:l\' fu in thcmfcKcs., ur rcl.itivcly fo to u-^ ; 
 it is therefore guod to be LcalouHy affet'tcd for 
 the one againit the other. Spr>2i'i S<.'}ms'is. 
 
 No rcnfibl* ijunlity, a.s light, ;\ud colour, and 
 heat, and found,, caii be fubi'illent in the bodies- 
 t!icmfel\es, ii/>fc'' -ly confulered, without a re- 
 lation to our eyes ;ind e-.w^y and otfier ork^^ns of 
 fcnCc. Thcfc qualities arc only the efFcitsof our 
 Icnf.ition, which aiite hom the diffirent motions, 
 upon our nerves, from objt-i^s without, arcord- 
 ing to their various moditicitioii'i and pofitians. 
 
 3. Without limits ordependance. 
 
 The prince long time had courted forM.ni<'j 
 love, 
 But, once polTcfbM, did .thfihtely rcipn : 
 Thiii with their am.izons the hei.ies lirove, 
 And cunqncr'd firft thofe be:^ucics they wouli 
 g;iin. Dryden^s Annus Mirahtlif. 
 
 4. Without conth'tion. 
 
 And ot that nature, for thr moft part, are 
 things iibfolui\ly unto all men's f.ilvatioil nccef- 
 f.iry, cither to be bcltl or iknicd, cithct *> h* 
 duiK or avoidetl. iUiki'r., 
 
 5. Peremptorily; pofulvely.
 
 A B S 
 
 Titing as I am, why didft not iV.oa 
 Cornm.ind nic abfolutcfy not Xo go, 
 Goir.g into fuch d.iiiger, as than laidft ? Par. I.'J}. 
 ■ A'bsolutknfss. n, f. [from alfoiute.'\ 
 
 1. Completenefs. 
 
 2. Freedom from dcpendance, or limits. 
 
 The abjolutc'icf^ and illnnitcdncfs of liis com- 
 mifliun was gencrrilly much fpokcn of. C/tinnJcn 
 
 There is nothing that can r.iife a man to that 
 generous abf<,!utenefi of condition, as neither to 
 cringe, to fawn, or to depend meanly ; htit that 
 M'hichgivcshim that happinefs within himfelf, for 
 which men depend upon otlxrs. South' ^ Setm'iii. 
 
 3. Defpotlcifm. 
 
 He kept a Ilrait hand on his nobility, and 
 chofc ratlier to advnnre clerg^'mcn and lawyers, 
 wliich wcrL' more obl'cquious to him, but had 
 iefs i»iterelt in the people; which made for hit 
 ahjoiutetiff^t but not for his fafety. 
 
 Jiiti^n' i Hr-ttry V| i. 
 
 They drcfs up power with all the fplcndoranrl 
 temptation abjolutcnefi can add to it. Locke. 
 
 Absolu'tion. n.f, [abfolufio, h^t.] 
 
 X. Acquittal. 
 
 ^■^bff>!utio»ij in the civil law, imports a full 
 acquittal of a perfon by fomc fin.il fcntcnce of 
 law; alfo, a tcniporar)' difcharge of his farthcr 
 attendance upon a mcfne proccfs, through a fail- 
 ure or defeifl in pleading ; as it docs likcwifc in 
 the canon law, where, and among divines, it 
 likewife figniJies a relaxation of him from the 
 obligation of fomc fcntence pronounced citlier 
 in a court of law, or clfe in fr-o pcrritenri^i/i. 
 Thus there is, in tliis kind of law, one kind of 
 abfolutionj termed judicial, and another, ftyicd a 
 declaratory or extra-judicial abjoluthn. 
 
 -Tl'jTf'j Parcrgon. 
 
 2. The remiffion of fins, or penance, de- 
 clared by eccleliaftical authority. 
 
 The abj'j^iitnn pronounced by a pricll, whe- 
 ther pnpirt or piotcltant, is not a certain infal- 
 lible ground to ^i\e the perfon, fo abfolvcd, con- 
 fidence towards God. S'l'UTh'i SrrnDis. 
 A'liSOLUTOKV. adj. [ahfolutorius , Lat.] 
 That does abfolve* 
 
 Though sn a/filufory fcntence fhould be pro- 
 nounced in tavour of tlic perfons, upon the ac- 
 count of ncarncfi of blood; yet, if adultery Ihall 
 afterwards be truly proved, he may be again 
 proceeded ag.iinrt as an adulterer. 
 
 ^4y/i^e's Paref[gQn. 
 
 A'ssoNANT.rt^/^'. [See Absonous.] Con- 
 trary to rcafon ; wide from the pur- 
 pofc. 
 
 A'bsokous. adj. [fl5/o;fuj, Lat. ill-found- 
 ing.] Abfurd; contrary to rcafon. It is 
 not much in ufe, and it may be doubted 
 whether it fhould be followed by to or 
 from. 
 
 To fuppofc an unitcr of a middle conftitution, 
 that Ihould partake of fomc of the qualities of 
 both, is unwarranted by any of our faculties ; ye;i, 
 moft ahjmoui to our reafon. GUnviiWi Scepfi',. 
 
 To Abso'rd. *v. a. [ahforheo, Lat. prt-tei . 
 ahJorbed\ part. pret. abforlcd, or abfoi'ft.'\ 
 
 1. To fwallow lip. 
 
 Mufes imputed the deluge to the difruption of 
 ■t*ac ahyfs; and St. Pefcr to tlie particular conlti- 
 tution of that earth, which made it obnoxious to 
 be abjor^t in water. Burnet't Theory. 
 
 Some tokens fhew 
 Of fearlcfs fiiendfhip, and their finking mates 
 Suftain ; vain love, tho' laudable ; ahj-irpi 
 By a fierce eddy, they together found 
 The vat> profundity. ^ Philips. 
 
 2. To fuck up. See Absorbent. 
 
 The evils that come of exercife are that it 
 doth abjorb and attenuate the moifture of the 
 body. BiJcc:. 
 
 Suppofing the foremcntioned confumption 
 fhould prove fo dura-ble, as to abforb and cxtc- 
 fijute tst: faid fanguine ]pu;ts to an extreme de- 
 
 A B S 
 
 gr«, it is evident, that tlic fundiment.il parts 
 
 liiuli ricccfT.irily conic into danger, fl/in'ey '^n Coftj. 
 
 While wc pcilpirc, wc ahjoyb tlic outw.Trd .i;r. 
 
 Abso'rbent. rt. /. [^abforlem, I.,at.] A 
 medicine that, by the fofliiefs or porofuy 
 of its parts, eitlier cafes the afpcrities ot 
 puniroiit humours, or dries away fuper- 
 fluous moifture in the body. ^lincy. 
 
 Thcic is ;i tliiiri thifs of I'lihft.'inccs, commonly 
 Cidlcd ahpjt ictit i \ .as tlu: sariuus kind* of rticUs, 
 coral, chalk, rrahs cyct, l3j:. which likcwifc 
 raifc.iptlVcr.cfteneP with acids, nild nxc thcrefoc 
 c;il!cd alkalis, thoujjh, not fo propcily, fur tiicy 
 are not falls. Arhuthn^tt on Alimenti. 
 
 A B s o 'i! p T. part. [ from ahjorb. ] S waUowed 
 up: tiled as well, in a figurative fenfe, 
 of perfons, as, in theprimitive, of things. 
 What can ytJLi cxj^'el from a man, who has 
 not talked thefe five d.ays ? who is withdrawing 
 his thoughts, as far as he can, from all the pic- 
 fent world, its ciillonis and its manners, to te 
 fully poli'cffcd and abhtft in the part. Poj-e's Lit. 
 
 Abso'kptiom. n.f. [ixom ah/orb.] The 
 a6l of fwallowing up. 
 
 It wa» below the dignity of thofe fjcred pen- 
 men, or the fpirit of God that directed them, 
 to ihew us the caufcs of tliis difruption, or of 
 thii aifor^tron; tliis is left to the cn4uirics of 
 men. Burntf'i Tfieoiy of the Earth. 
 
 To ABSTAIN. V. n. [afJI'meo, Lat.] To 
 forbear ; to deny one's felf any gratilica- 
 tion : with the particle from. 
 
 If thou judt;e it h.ird and difficult, 
 Convcrling, looking, loving, to abfiuin 
 Frcm love's due rircs, nuptial embraces fweet ; 
 And, with dclirei, to languifh without hope. 
 
 MUtoti'i PuraUife Lo/i. 
 
 To be perpetually longing, and impaticntiy 
 
 dcfnous of any thing, fo that a man cannot al- 
 
 jlajn from if, is to lofe a m:in's liberty, and to 
 
 become a fcrvant of meat and drink, or fnioke. 
 
 7ayh'^s Rule of Uxin^ ko!\\ 
 
 Even then the doubtful billows fcarce ahflain 
 
 From the tofi'd vciT(.l on the troubled main. D'y.i. 
 
 ACSTE'lWIOUS. adj. [ahjle,nms, Lat.] 
 Temperate; fober; abllinent ; refrain- 
 ing from excefs or pleafures. It is ufcd 
 of perfons ; as, an abjlemious hermit : 
 and of thinfTS ; as, an ai/?fm;«HX diet. It 
 is fpokeii likewife of things that caufe 
 temperance. 
 
 The inllances of longevity are chiefly amongft 
 the ii'jiemioui. Ablinience in extremity will 
 prove a mortal difeafc ; bot the experiments of 
 it are very rare. ^rhtithnot en Ai.menti. 
 
 Clytorean ftrcams the love of wine expel, 
 (Such is the virtue of th* ahjlemhm well) 
 Whether the coidcr nymph that rules the flood 
 ExtinguiHies, and balks the drunken god; 
 Or that Mel.impus (fohavc fome .idLu'd) 
 When the mad Prxtideswith charms he cur'd. 
 And po\v'i ful iierbs, both charms and fim pies call 
 Into the fuber fprmg, where lliU their \irtLie^ lali. 
 
 Abstk'miously. adv. \^xomahjlem!ous.'\ 
 Temperately ; fcberly ; without indul- 
 gence. 
 
 Abste'miousness. n. f. [See Abste- 
 mious.] The quality of being ablie- 
 mious. 
 
 Abste'ntion. n. f. [from aljlineo, Lat. J 
 The afl of holding off, or reftraining ; 
 reilraint. Dia. 
 
 To ABSTE'RGE. 1.. a. [ai/Iergo, Lat.] 
 To cleanfe by wiping ; to wipe. 
 
 Abste'rgent. aaj. Cleanfirg ; having a 
 cieanfing quality. 
 
 A B S 
 
 ToAbste'rse. [See Absterct.] To 
 cleanfe; to purify : a word very little in 
 ufe, and Iefs analogical than abjier-rc. 
 
 Nor will we affirm, that iron receivcth, in the 
 flom.ich of the ufiricl;, no alteration; I'Ut wc 
 fufpcft tl.i^ eflcdt rather fro.m corrofion than di- 
 gcliiunj not any tcndencc to chilitication l-y the 
 natuial heat, but rather fomc attrition from an 
 acid and vitriolons hu.miditjrin thcrroraacli,whicit 
 may ahf.e^Jt and (have the fcorious p.aits thereof. 
 Brown's Vui^ar Errouri. 
 
 Abste'rsiox. n.f. [abjlnjio, Lat.] The 
 att cf cleanfing. See Asstkrge. 
 
 Ahf.'rfmn is plainly a fcouring off, or incifio:i 
 of the mo.'c vifcous humours, and making the 
 l)umoiirs mofe fluid, and ciitting between them 
 and the part; as is found in nitrous w.itcr, 
 which fcouieth linen cloth fpcedily from the 
 foulnefs. Baim'i ts'ai. U:J\. 
 
 Abste'rsive. ndj. \ixoxa. abjler^e.^ That 
 has the qu.rlity of ablterging or clean- 
 fing. 
 
 It is good, after ptirgi.ig, to ufe apozemes ar:d 
 broths, not fo much opening a.i thofe ufed before. 
 purging; but an/i.-r/fT.-e .niri mundifying clyfteri . 
 .alio arc good to conclude with, to draw away the 
 reliquc;, of the humours. Bar->n'i Sat. hf. 
 
 A tablet ftood of that ahft^rfive tree, 
 Whsre /Ethiop's I'watthy bird did l>uild to ncft. 
 Sir J. Den/iam. 
 Tiiere many a flow 'r ahjierfi-je grew, 
 Tiiy fav'rire Huw'rs of yellow hue. H-wift'iMif. 
 A'bSTINENCF.. J r r m- • t 
 
 A'nsTiNENcv. f "•/• [-^t/?"^"'"^. Lat.] 
 
 1 . Forbearance of any thing : with the ' 
 particleyrom. 
 
 Were our rewards for the ahftinir.cie!, or riots, 
 of this prefent life, under tho prejudices of fhort 
 or finite, the proniifes and threats of Chrilt 
 would lofe much of their virtue andchergr. 
 
 IlammoKd'i Fundamentals. 
 
 Becaufe the ahjilnenee from a prefcnt plealure, 
 that ofters itfelf, is a pain, nay, oftentimes a 
 veiy great one ; it is no wonder that that operates 
 alter the fame manner pain does, and leffcns, in 
 our thoughts, what is future ; and fo forces us, 
 as it were, blindfold into its embraces. Locke. 
 
 2. Falling, or forbearance of neceflary 
 food. It is generally diftinguifhed from 
 temperance, as the greater degree from 
 the Iefs : fometimes as fingle perform- 
 ances from habits; as, a day of aljli- 
 ner.ce, and a life of temperance. 
 
 S.iy, c.ni you fall .^ your ficmachs are tooyoung, 
 
 And .ihjlintnre ingendcrs maladies. Shatf, 
 
 And the faces of them, which have ufcd ah- 
 
 fii.e'ue, Ihall fhine above the liars; whereas our 
 
 faces Ihall he blacker than daiknefs. 2 Efiiraz, 
 
 Religious men, who hither muft be fent 
 As awtul guides of heavenly government; 
 To teach you penance, falis, and alijihience. 
 To punilli bodies for the foul's otfence. Dryden. 
 A'bsxinent. adj. [_aljlinens, Lat.] That 
 ufes abflincnce, in oppofition to co- 
 vetous, rapacious, or luxurious. It is 
 ufed chiefly of perfons. 
 Abstg'rter. adj. [al>Jlorliis,'Lzt.] Forced 
 away; wrung'frora another by violence. 
 
 Din. 
 
 To ABSTRA'CT. -u. a. lalfraU, Lat.] 
 
 1. To take one thing from another. 
 
 Could we ahjhart from thefe pernicious effefls, 
 and fuppofe this were innocent, it would be too 
 light to be matter of pr.i: ic. Dwy of Piety, 
 
 2. To feparate by diltillation. 
 
 Having dephlegmeri fpint of fait, and gently 
 aljit.iaed the whole fpirit, there rcniaineth in 
 the retort a ftyptical fublUnce. Bjytc. 
 
 3. To feparate ideas. 
 
 Thofe ^wlio cannot dirtinguiih, compare, and 
 abjraa, w(»ul(l hardly be able to undcrftaud and 
 C 2
 
 A B S 
 
 make ufc of language, or judge orreafon to any 
 tolerable degree. Locke. 
 
 4. To reduce to an epitome. 
 
 If we would fix in the memory the difcourfes 
 we hear, or what we defign to fpeak, let us ah- 
 JlrcB them into hiief compends, and review them 
 often. yVcttti' Imfnvement of ihi MinJ. 
 
 A'bstract. adj. [abflraSus, Lat. See 
 To Abstract.] 
 
 1. Separated from fomething elfe : gene- 
 rally ufed with relation to mental per- 
 ceptions ; as, ahflrafl mathematics, ab- 
 
 Jiraa terms, in oppoCtion to concrete. 
 
 Mathematics, in its latitude, is ufufally di- 
 vided into pure and mixed. And though tite pure 
 do handle only ahjirnil quantity in general, as 
 geometry, arithmetic; yet that wliich is mixed 
 cioth cunfidcr the quantity of fome particular de- 
 terminate ful-'je<ft. So altronomy handles tlie 
 qu.mtity of heavenly motions, mufic of founds, 
 and mechanics of weights and powers. 
 
 IVlUirs' Mathtmalicdl Magick. 
 
 j^hJIralJ terms fignify the moile or quality of 
 a being, without any regard to the fubjeift in 
 ■which it is; as whitenefs, roundnels, length, 
 breadth, witdom, mortality, life, death, kyatii. 
 
 2. With the particle /rom. 
 
 Another fruit from the confidering things in 
 themfelves abflra^ from our opinions and other 
 men's notions and difcourfes on them, will be, 
 that each man will purfue his thoughts in that 
 method, which will be moft agreeable to the na- 
 Jure of the thing, and to his apprehenfion of what 
 it fuggefts to him. Locke. 
 
 A'bstract. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A fmaller quantity, containing the vir- 
 tue or power of a greater. 
 
 You (hall there find a man who is the ahJlraU 
 Of all faidtsall men follow. Shakf. .■int. andCteof. 
 
 If yo« are falfe, thefe epithets are fmall; 
 Tou'te then the things, and ahjiraa of them all. 
 i>? \den* ^ Aur. 
 
 2. An epitome made by taking out the 
 principal parts. 
 
 When Mnemon came to the end of a chapter, 
 he recoUeitcd the fentimcnls he had remarked : 
 fo that he could give a tolerable analylis and ah- 
 JlraB of every treatife he had read, jull after he 
 h.ld finilhedit. iVatti' Imfvovcmctitoj the Mind. 
 
 3. The ftate of being abftrafted or dif- 
 
 joined. 
 
 The hearts of great princc-s, if they be confi- 
 dercd, as it were, in ai'Ji'.tH, without Ihc ne- 
 celTity of ftatcs, and circumilanccs of time, can 
 lake no full and proportional pleal'urc in the ex- 
 erclfe of any narrow bounty. iT'cttc:. 
 
 ABSTRA'CTED./flrt. atlj. [from nhftracl."] 
 1. Separated; disjoined. 
 
 That Ipare the evil one a'>Jlr,iBed ftoai 
 From his own evil, and for the time remain'd 
 Slupiriiy good. Milion. 
 
 2.JRefined; purified. 
 
 AhJlraBtd Ipiritual love, they like 
 Their fouls cxh.ii'd. Dar.ne. 
 
 3. Abftrufe; difikult. 
 
 4, Abfcnt of mind ; inattentive to prcftnt 
 objcfls ; as, an ahjiraEled icholar. 
 
 Abstra'ctedly. (li/i). Witli abflraftlon ; 
 fimply ; feparately from all contingent 
 circiimftances. 
 
 Or rvhclhci more ahflraacdly we look. 
 Or on the wriuis, or the written book; 
 Whence, but from heav'n, could men unfkili'd 
 
 in arts. 
 In feveral ages born, in fcvcral parts, 
 "Weave fuch agreeing truths ? or how, or why, 
 Should all cnnfpitc to cheat us with a litS .' 
 Unafli'd their p.iius, ungrateful ihcit advice, 
 biatving their gain, and niattyrtlom their price. 
 
 Prydyrs Relig'to L^'ri. 
 
 Abstra'ction. n.f. [aljlra^io, Lat.] 
 1. The aft of abftrafting. 
 
 A B S 
 
 The word ahfiraHion fignifiej a withdrawing 
 fome part of an idea from other parts of it ; by 
 which means fuch abrtraifled ideas are formed, 
 as neither reprefcnt any thing corporeal or fpi- 
 ritual ; that is, any thing peculiar or proper to 
 mind or body. IVatts' Logick. 
 
 2. The ftate of being abfirafted. 
 
 3. Abfence of mind ; inattention. 
 
 4. Difregard of worldly objecls. 
 
 A hermit wilhes to be praifcd for his ahflta^ion. 
 Pope's Lettcis. 
 
 Abstra'ctive. adj. [f rom aijlraa.'} Hav- 
 ing the power or quality of abllraiiting. 
 
 Abstra'ctly. adv. [from aljlratt.] In 
 an abftraft manner; abfolutcly ; with- 
 out reference to any thing elfe. 
 
 Matter uhjIraElly and abfolutcly confidered, 
 cannot have burn an infinite duration now paft 
 and expired. Bcntlc\'i Sermcti. 
 
 Abstra'ctness. n.f. [from aijliacl.] 
 Subtilty ; feparatiou from all matter or 
 common notion. 
 
 I have taken fome pains to make plain and 
 familiar to your thoughts, truths, which ePa- 
 blifbcd prejudice, or the ahjira^neji of the ideas 
 themfelves, might render difficult. Locke. 
 
 Abstri'ctev. part. adj. \_abjlri8us, Lat.] 
 Unbound. Did. 
 
 To Abstri'nge. i». a. To unbind. Di8. 
 
 To ABSTRU'DE. 1;. a. {ahflmdo, Lat.] 
 To thruft off, or pull away. Did. 
 
 Abstru'se. adj. \_ahjlnifus, Lat. thrull 
 out of fight.] 
 
 1. Hidden. 
 
 Th* eternal eye, whofe fight difccrns 
 Ahjhufeji thoughts, from forth his holy mount, 
 And from witiiin the golden lamps tiiat burn 
 Nightly before him, faw, without their light. 
 Rebellion liftng. Milton s Piiradijc Loji. 
 
 2. Difficult ; remote from conception or 
 apprehenfion. It is oppofed to obvious 
 and eafy. 
 
 So fpakc our fire, and by hi > countenance feem 'd 
 Ent'ring on Ifudioiis thoughts ahjirufe. Far.L^^Jt. 
 
 The motions and figures within the mouth are 
 ahfiyujcy and not eafy to be dilf inguilhed ; efpc- 
 cially thofc of the tongue, which is mo\cd 
 through the help of many muU Ics, fo eafily, and 
 habitually, and vaiioiifly, that we are fcarcc able 
 to give a judgnieui of motions and figures there- 
 by framed. Holder. 
 
 No man could give a rule of tlic greatefi beau- 
 ties, and the knowledge of them was { \ a^-Jirujc^ 
 that there was no manner of (peaking which cculd 
 c:<prefs them. l^tyde^t's Dtfrepwy. 
 
 Abstru'sely. adv. In an abftrufe man- 
 ner; obfcuvcly; not plainly, orobvioufly. 
 
 Abstru'se.ness. II. f. [from alftruft:.^^ 
 The quality of being abftrufe ; diffi- 
 culty ; obfcurity. 
 
 It is not oftentimes fo much what the fcrip- 
 turc fays, as what fome men pcrfuade others it 
 f.Tys, that makes it fecm obfcure ; and that as 
 to fome other paffiges, that are fo indeed, fincc 
 it is the ahfiriifrncfi of what is taugiit in them 
 that makes them almoft inevitably fo, it is little 
 Icfs faticy, upon fuch a fcorc, to find fault with 
 the llyle of the fcripture, than to do fo with the 
 author for making us but men. Bjyle. 
 
 Abstru'sity. n.f. [from abjirufe.^ 
 
 1. Abflrufenefs. 
 
 2. That which is abftrufe. A word fel- 
 dom ufed. 
 
 Authors arealfo fufpicious, nor greedily to be 
 fwallowed, who pretend to write of fecrets, to 
 deliver antipathies, fympathies, and the occult 
 ahj}rufuies of things. Broiuu's Vulg.ir Errours. 
 
 To Absu'me. v. a. \_abfvino, Lat.] To 
 bring to an end by a gradual wafte ; to 
 cat u^i. Au uacoiiunon word. 
 
 ABU 
 
 That which had been burning an infinite time 
 
 could never be burnt, no not fo much as any part 
 
 of it; for if it had burned part after part, tlic 
 
 whole muft needs be abjumed in a portion of time. 
 
 Hale's Origin of Mankiftd. 
 
 ABSU'RD. ^^'. [abfurdus,l,zi.] 
 
 1. Unreafonable ; without judgment ; as 
 ufed of men. 
 
 Seeming wife men may make (hitt to get opi- 
 nion ; but let no man chufe them for employ- 
 ment ; for certainly you had better take for bu- 
 finefs a man fomewliat abfuid than over formal. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 A man, who cannot write with wit on a pro- 
 per fubjedt, is dull and ftupid ; but one, who 
 Ihews it in an improper place, is as impeitincut 
 and ahjurd. Addijon* h Sf^^Jtor. 
 
 2. Jnconfiflent ; contrary to reafon ; ufed 
 of fentiments or pratlices. 
 
 The thing itfelf appeared dcfirahlc to him, 
 and accordingly he could not but like and delue 
 it ; but then, it was after a very inational nbjurd 
 way, and contrary to all the methods and prin- 
 ciples of a rational agent; which never wills a 
 tiling really and properly, but it applies to the 
 means by which it is to be acquired. South, 
 
 But grant that thofc can conquer, thefe can cheat, 
 'Tis phrafe obfurd to call a villain great ; 
 Who wickedly is wife, or madly brave. 
 Is but the more a foul, the mure a knave. Pope. 
 Absurdity. n.J. [from alfurJ,'} 
 
 1 . The quality of being abfurd ; want of 
 judgment, applied to men ; want of pro- 
 priety, apphed to things. 
 
 How clear focvcr this idea of the infinity of 
 number be, there is nothing more evident than 
 the abfurdity of the adlual idea of an inBnite. 
 number. Locke* 
 
 2. That which is abfurd ; as, his travels 
 were full of ahjurd'uhs. In which fenfc 
 it has a plural. 
 
 That fatisfadlion we receive from the opinion, 
 of fome pre-eminence in ourfelvcs, when we 
 fee X\\zabfurditie% of another, or when we reflcA 
 on any pafl ahjurditie% of our own. .Addijon, 
 
 ABsu'RDLY.rt</'U.[fromfliy]//v/.j After an ab- 
 furd manner; improperly; unreafonably. 
 
 But man we find the only creature, 
 Wlio, led by folly, combats nature ; 
 Who, when (he loudly cries, Forbear, 
 With obftinacy fixes there ; 
 And where his genius leaft inclines, 
 .Ahprdly bends hi^s whole defigns. Siuift'i Mljctl. 
 
 We may proceed yet further with the atheift, 
 and convince him, that not only his piinciple is 
 ;\bfurd, but his coufequcnccs alio as abjurdl-v de- 
 duced from it. lienllfy^s Strmons. 
 
 Absu'rdness. n,/, [from a/yar^/.] The 
 quality of being abfiird ; injudfciouf- 
 ni^fs ; impropriety. See iABsURDiTY,, 
 which is more frequently ufed. 
 
 Abu 'n DANCE. n,f. [aboftdauce, Fr.] 
 
 1. Plenty : a fenfe chiefly pocticah 
 
 At the whiipcr of thy word, 
 Crown'd ahufidaricf f^vc3.ds my board. Crajfiavi.. 
 
 The doubled charge his fubjc(its' lo\'c fupplics, 
 Who, in that bounty, to themfelves arc kind ; 
 
 So glad Egyptians fee their Nihis rife, 
 And, in his plenty, their abundance find. Dfyd, 
 
 2. Great numbers. 
 
 The river Iiin is fhut up between mountains, 
 coveieri with woods of fir-trees. Abundance of 
 peafants are employed in hewing down the 
 l.ngeft of thefe trees, that, after they are barked 
 and cut into (hapci are tumbled down. Jiddifoji. 
 
 3. A great quantity. 
 
 Their chief entcrpiiz.e was the recovery of 
 the Holy Land; in which wnithy, but extieinely 
 difBcult, station, It is lanicnt;ih!c to remember 
 what abunda'iie of nublc blood hath been fhed, 
 with very fmall benefit unto the chriftian ftate. 
 Raleigh's Ejfays, 
 
 4. Exuberance j more than enough.
 
 ABU 
 
 ABU 
 
 A C A 
 
 For wtll 1 wot, moft mighty fovereign, 
 That all this famous antique hiftory, 
 Of fi'mc, th' a'undante of an idle brain 
 Will judged be, and painted forgery. Sftnfn. 
 Abu'ndant. adj. [^abundans , Lat.] 
 
 1. Plentiful. 
 
 Good, the more 
 Communicated, more ahuidant grcrt ; 
 The author not impair'd, but hunoui'd more. 
 
 ParaJife Lt/l. 
 
 2. Exuberant. 
 
 If the vcffelsarcin a ftate of too great rigidity, 
 
 fo as not to yield, a llrong projcflile motion oc- 
 
 cafions their rupture, and hscmorrhages ; efpeci- 
 
 ally in the lungs, where the blood is abu>i,lant. 
 
 Aihuthnot on ,'iltmenti. 
 
 3. Fully ftored. It is followed fomctitnes 
 by in, commonly by ivitb. 
 
 The worUl began but fome agas before thcfc 
 were found out, and was abundant vjlth all things 
 at ftrft ; and men not very numerous ; and there- 
 fore were not put lb much fo the ule of their 
 wits, to find out ways for living commodioufly. 
 
 But net. 
 
 4. It is applied generally to things, fome- 
 times to perfons. 
 
 Tiic Lord, the Lord God, merciful and graci- 
 ous, longfuffering and abundant in goodnels and 
 truth. Exotiui . 
 
 Abu'ndantly. adv [from abundant.'^ 
 
 1. In plenty. 
 
 Let the wafers bring forth abundant!)/ the 
 moving creature that hath life. Genejit, 
 
 God on thee 
 j^bundantly his gifts hath alfo pouiM ; 
 Inward and outward both, his image fair, 
 
 ParaJifi Loj9. 
 
 2. Amply; liberally; more than fuffici- 
 
 ently. 
 
 Ye faw the French tongue abundcmtly purified. 
 
 Sprat. 
 Heroic poetiy has ever been efteemed the 
 greatelt work of human nature. In that rank 
 has .^rirtotle placed it; and Longinus is fo full 
 of the like exprelTions, that lit- abundantly con- 
 firms the other's tcrtimony. Drydcn. 
 What the example of our equals wants of au- 
 thority, is abundantly fupplied in the imagina- 
 tions of fricndlhip, and the repeated influences 
 of a conftant convcrfation. Rogers^ SL-rmons. 
 To ABU'SE. 'V. a. [aliutor, abufus, Lat.] 
 In ahifir, the verb, y lias the found of 2 ; 
 in the noun, the common found. 
 
 1. To make an ill ufe of. 
 
 They that ufc this world, as not cbufng it ; 
 for the falhion of this world pafieth away, i Cor. 
 
 He has fixed and dctcrnrined the time for our 
 ie]ientance, beyond which he will no longer 
 await the pcrvcrlVnefs of men, no longer fuffcr 
 his companion to be abufed. Rogcn* Scrmont. 
 
 2. To violate ; to defile. 
 
 Arachnc figured !row Jove did nbuft 
 Europa like a bull, and on his back 
 Hf r through the fea did bear. S^enjgr. 
 
 3. To deceive ; to impofe upon. 
 
 He perhaps. 
 Out of my weakncfs and my meiancholy, 
 As ho is very potent with fuch fpirits, 
 .^Jbufti me to damtr me. Shakfprare. 
 
 The world hath been much ahnffd by the 
 opinion of making gold : the work itfelf I judge 
 to be polTiblc ; but the means hitherto pro- 
 pounded are, in the practice, full of error. 
 
 Bacon^s Natural Hijloty. 
 
 If imports the niifrcprefcntation of the quali- 
 ties of things and ai^ions, to the common appre- 
 hcnfions of men, abufmg their minds with falfe 
 notions ; and fo, by this artifice, making evil 
 psfs for good, and good for evil, in all the great 
 concerns of life. Soutli'i Scrmom. 
 
 Nor be with all thcfe tempting words abui'd ; 
 Thefe tempting words were all to Sappho us'd. 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 4. To treat with rudeixfs ; to reproach. 
 
 I atn no ftrumpef, but of life a3 honeft 
 As you that thus abufe me. Sliakfptare. 
 
 But he mocked them, and laughed at them, 
 and abufed them fliamcfully, and fpakc proudly. 
 
 I Mar. 
 
 Somepraife at morning what they blame at 
 night, 
 But always think the laft opinion right. 
 A mufe by thefe is like a milfrefs us'd ; 
 This hour (he's idoli^'d, the next abui'd. 
 
 Pope's P.J[ay on Criticifm. 
 
 The next criticifm feems to be introduced for 
 no other reafun, but to mention Mr. Bicketftaft', 
 whn;ii the author cvciy where endeavours to 
 imitate and abufr. j^ddifon. 
 
 Abuse, n.f. [from the verb abufe.'\ 
 
 1. The ill ufe of any thing. 
 
 The calling away things profitable for the 
 fufteiiancc of man's life, is an unthankful abufs 
 of the Iruits ot God's good providence towards 
 mankind. Hooker. 
 
 Little knows 
 Any, but God alone, to value right 
 The good before him, but perverts bcft things 
 To worrt abufe, or to their meanell ufe. 
 
 Paradi/e Loft. 
 
 2. A corrupt praftice ; a bad cuftom. 
 
 The nature of things is fuch, that, \f abufet be 
 not remedied, they will certainly increafc. 
 
 Sivijt for j^dz'ancement of Religion. 
 
 3. Sediicement. 
 
 Was it not enough for him to have deceived 
 me, and through the deceit abufed me, and after 
 the abufe furfaken me, but that he murt now, of 
 all the company, and before all the company, lay 
 want of I»eauty to my charge ? Sidney. 
 
 4. Unjuft cenfure ; rude reproach ; con- 
 tumely. 
 
 I dark in light, expos'd 
 To daily fraud, contempt, abufe, and wrong. 
 
 Miltcn^i Sampfon jlgoniftei. 
 
 Abu'ser. n.f. [from the verb «^(//e.] 
 
 1. He that makes an ill ufe. 
 
 2. He that deceives. 
 
 Next thou, the abujer of thy prince's ear. 
 
 XJenham'i Sophy. 
 
 3. He that reproaches with rudenefs. 
 
 4. A ravifher ; a violater. 
 Abu'sive. adj. [from abufe."} 
 
 1 . Prafiifing abufe. 
 
 The tongue mov'd gently firlt, and fpcech 
 was low. 
 Till wrangUng Icience taught it nuife and (how. 
 And wicked wit arofc, thy nioit abuft^^e foe. 
 
 Pope's Mifiel. 
 
 Dame Nature, as the learned (how. 
 Provides each animal its foe ; 
 Hounds hunt the hare, the wily fox 
 Devours your gecfe, the wolf your docks. 
 Thus envy pleads a natural claim 
 To peifecute the mufe's fame ; •* 
 
 On poets in all times abufnie, 
 Fro;'\ Homei- down to Pope inclufive. S-^i^ift. 
 
 2. Containing abufe ; as, an abu/ive lam- 
 poon. 
 
 Next, Comedy appear'd with great applaufe, 
 Till her licentious and ahufive tongue 
 Wakcn'd the magiltrates coercive power. 
 
 ^QJ.ommon. 
 
 3. Deceitful : a feiife little ufed, yet not 
 improper. 
 
 It is verified by a Number «f examples, that 
 whatfocvcr is gained by an abufme treaty, ought 
 to be leftored rv integrum. Bacon. 
 
 Abu'sively. adv. [from abiife.] 
 
 1. Improperly ; by a wrong ufe. 
 
 The oil, abujimly called fpuif, of rofes fwims 
 at the top of the water, in the form of a white 
 butter J which I remember not to have obferved 
 in .;ny other oil drawn in any limbeck. 
 
 £oylt'i Sce^liial Cbymijl. 
 
 2, Reproachfully. 
 
 Abu'sivenf.ss. n.f. [from alufe."] The 
 quality of being ahufive ; fouhiefs of 
 language. 
 Pic k out of mirth, like flones out of thy 
 ground, 
 Profancncfs, filthinefs, abufrvtnejt. 
 Thefe arc the fcum with which coarfc witS 
 
 abound : 
 The fine may fpare thefe well, yet not go lefs. 
 
 Herbert. 
 
 To ABUT. V. n. Obfolete. \aboutir, to 
 touch at the end, Fr. ] To end at ; to 
 border upon ; to meet, or approach to, 
 with the particle upon. 
 
 Two mighty monarchies, 
 Whofe high uprcared and abutting fronts 
 The narrow perilous ocean parts aUmder. Shakf. 
 The Looes are two fcvcral corporations, dif- 
 tingui(hed by ihcaddiiionof eaft and wcR,ahuiling 
 upon a navigable creek, and joined by a fair 
 budge of many arches. Careiv, 
 
 Abutment, n.f. [froma3u/.]That which 
 abuts, or borders upon another. 
 
 Abu'ttal. r..f. [from abul.] The but- 
 ting or boundaries of any land. A w rit- 
 ing declaring on what lands, highways, 
 or other places, it does abut. Did. 
 
 Aby'sm. n.f. \_abyfme, old Fr. now writ- 
 ten contrafiedly a'u'ime.'] A gulf ; the 
 fame with abyfi. 
 
 My good ftars, that were my former guides, 
 Have empty left their orbs, and (hot their fires 
 Into the abyfm of hell. Shakjp. ylnt, and Cleop. 
 
 Abv'ss. n.f [abyjfus, Latin; aZvaa^t 
 bottomlefs.] 
 
 1. A depth without bottom. 
 
 Who (hall tempt with wand'ring feet 
 The d.nrk, unbottom'd, infinite abyjs, 
 And, through the palpable obfcure, find out 
 This uncouth way. Milton's Paradife Loft. 
 
 Thy lluone is darknefs in th' abyfs of light, 
 A blaze of glory that forbids the fight ; 
 O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, 
 And fcarch no farther than thyfclf rcvcal'd. 
 
 Drydtn, 
 Jove was not more pleas'd 
 With infant nature, when his fpaciuus hand 
 Had rounded this huge ball of earth and feas 
 To give it the firft pulh, and fee it roll 
 Along the va(l abyfs. yiddijon's Guardian. 
 
 2. A great depth ; a gulph : hypetbolically. 
 
 The yawning earth dilclos'd th' abyfs of hell. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 3. In a figurative fenfe, that in which any 
 thing is lolt. 
 
 For fcpulchrcs themfelves muft crumbling fa I 
 In time's abyfs, ihc common grave of all. Dryd. 
 
 If, difcovering how far we have clear and 
 cliflin»ft ideas, we confine our thoughts within the 
 contemplation of thole things that arc within the 
 reach of our underftandings, and launch not out 
 into that abyfs of darknefs, out of a prefumption 
 that nothing is beyond our comprehenfion. 
 
 Lode. 
 
 4. The body of waters fuppofed at the 
 centre of the earth. 
 
 We arc here to confirier what is generally un- 
 iifrllood by the great abyfs, in the common ex- 
 plication of the deluge ; and 'tis commonly in- 
 terpreted either to be the fea, or fubterraneous 
 w.-ittrs hid in the bowels of the earth. Burnet. 
 
 5. In the language of divines, hell. 
 
 From that infatUable abyfs. 
 Where flames devour, and fcrpents hifs, 
 Piomotc me to thy fear of blifs, Kofcomnton. 
 
 Ac, Ak, or Ake, being initials in the 
 names of places, as Adon, fignify an 
 oak, from the Saxon ac, an oak. 
 ^C^'CMn./. [Lat.]
 
 A C A 
 
 1. A drug broufjht from Egypt, which, 
 being fuppofed the infpifTnted juice of a 
 tiee, 13 imitated by the juice of floes, 
 boiled to the fame confiftence. 
 
 Didionnatre dc Comm. Savary, Tnvoux. 
 
 2. A tree commonly fo called here, though 
 different from that which produces the 
 true acacia ; and therefore termed /-feu- 
 docac'ia, or fiijinlan acacia. Miller. 
 
 Ar.vDE'MiAL. ao'f. [from accrc/emy.] Re- 
 lating to an academy ; belonging to an 
 academy. 
 Acaue'mian. n. f. [from academy.] A 
 fcholar of an academy or univerfity ; a 
 •member of an univerfity. Jl'ood, in his 
 Athend: Oxor.ienfis, mentions a great feaft 
 made for the academians. 
 Ac ade'mic.\l. adj. [^acadcinicus, Lat.] 
 Belonging to an univerfity. 
 
 He drew him fuft into the fatal circle, fmni a 
 kind of refohcd privatencfs ; where, after the 
 jicaJemica/ Wic, he \i^d rjikcit (uch a tali c of the 
 rural, as I have heard him fay, that he could 
 ■well have bent his mind to a retired couifc. 
 
 A<:a'I)EMi'cian. n. /. [academicien, Fr.] 
 The member of an academy. It is ge- 
 nerally ufed in fpeaking of the pro- 
 feflbrs in the academies of France. 
 Atade'mick. «. /. [from academy.] A 
 Student of an univerfity. 
 
 A young academic lliall dwell upon a journal 
 that treats of trade and he lavilh in the praife of 
 t!\c author ; while perfons (killed in thofe fuh- 
 jefls hear the tattle with contempt. If'att!. 
 
 Ac.\db'i.>ick. adj. [acadcmicus, "Lzt.] Re- 
 
 latlng to an univerfity. 
 
 Winle through poetic fccnts the genius roves, 
 
 • Or wanders wild in arj.l'mtc groves. Pj/r. 
 
 A'^ADF.MisT. n. f. [from dfcaifwy'.] The 
 
 member of an academy. This is not 
 
 often ufed. 
 
 It is ohfcrved hy the Paiifian a^a.lniiij!!, that 
 frame ampiiil/ioiis quadrupeds, particularly the 
 tea-calf or feal, Iwth his epiglottis cxtraoidina- 
 rtlv large. ^oy on the Creation. 
 
 A'CADEMY. /;./ [anciently, and pro- 
 perly, with t\ic acceiU on the firil fylla- 
 ble, now frequently on thefecond. Aca- 
 demici, Lat. from Academus of Athens, 
 whofe houfe was turned into a fchool, 
 i^iora whom the Groves of Academe in 
 Milton.] 
 
 1. An aflfembly or fociety of men, uniting 
 ■for the promotion of fome art. 
 
 Our court fhall be a little <rr.i.i-'mv, 
 Still and contemplative in living: aits. Shtiffp. 
 
 2. The place where fcieiices are taught. 
 
 Amon^ft the azademiciy wiiich were compqfed 
 by ihc rare genius of thofe great raqn, thefc four 
 are reckoned a^: the principal ; namely, the 
 Atl'.eniin .fchool, that of Sicyon, that of Rhodes, 
 ■xnA that of Corinth. Dryden'i Dufrc/t^y. 
 
 3. An univerfity. 
 
 4. A place of education, in contradiflinc- 
 tion to the univeriltics or public fchools. 
 The thing, and therefore the name, is 
 modern. 
 
 ACANTHUS, ti.f. [Lat.] The name of 
 the herb bears-breecli, remarkable for 
 being the model of the foihge on the 
 .Corinthian chapiter. 
 
 On citn-r fule 
 jf.nnihu^, ant! each od'rotis Imfhy ftirub, 
 Kcnc'd up tl\c verdant wall. Mlhon, 
 
 AcATALEC'tIC. n. /. [ a«»Tl»K'l'-.Tl«® . ] 
 
 A C C 
 
 A verfe v.'liich has the coTYipkte num- 
 ber of fyllables, without defcdl or fiper- 
 iluity. 
 
 To ACCE'DE. V, n. [arccih, Lat.] To be 
 added to ; to come to : generally ufed 
 in political accounts ; as, another power 
 has acceded to tlie treaty ; that is, has 
 become a party. 
 
 To ACCE'LERATE. ik a. [acctlcro, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. To make quick ; to ha (ten ; to quicken 
 motion ; to give a continual impulfe to 
 motion, .fo as perpetually to increafe. 
 
 Take new beer, and put in fi>iTic quantity of 
 ftalc beer into it; and fee whether it will not 
 accelerate the cUuificatinn, by opening the body 
 of the beer, whereby the grolTer parts may f-iH 
 down into lees. /iucon^s N^tt. Hiff. 
 
 By a (kilful application of ihufc notices, may 
 be gained the arct^erafing and bettering of fruits, 
 and tlic emptying of mines, at much more cafy 
 rates tlian by the common methods. Gft'ivfUe. 
 
 If the rays endeavour to iccctic from the dcn- 
 fcft part of the vibration, tliey may be alter- 
 nately acceterai^d ."K;d retarded bythe vibrations 
 overtaking them. NiVJton^i Optick^. 
 
 Spices quicken the pnlfc, and accelerate the 
 motion of the blood, and riiflipatc the fluids; 
 from whence Icannefs, pains in the Ilnmach, 
 loathings, and fevers. Aihuthno* on AJimcnts. 
 
 Lu ! from tlic drcdd immcniityof fpacc 
 Returning, with accekrated courlc, 
 The rulhing comet to the fun dcfctnds. thomj-.n. 
 
 2. It ^Is generally applied to matter, and 
 ufed chiefly in phiU)f()phical language ; 
 
 "but it is fometimes ufed on other occa- 
 fions. 
 
 \n which council the king himfclf, whofe 
 continual vigilaiicy did fuck jn fomctimci; caufe- 
 lefs fafpicions, wliich few cl/e knew, inclined 
 to the accelerating a battle. Bacon's Ifotry \ 11. 
 Pcrliaps it may point out to a Undent, now 
 and tlicn, what may employ the moft iifcful 
 labours of his thouglits, snd accelerate his dili- 
 gence in the mort momentous' enquiries. iJ'atts. 
 AccEL£R a'tjon. Ti. f. [accelerat'to, Lat.] 
 
 1. The a6l of qin'ckening motion. 
 
 The I.iw o( the accc/eration of f.iliing bodies, 
 difcovcrcd firft by Galileo, is, thai the velocilici 
 acijuircd by f.illiuij', being as the time in which 
 the body falls, the fpaces through winch it pafles 
 will be as the fquarcs nf the velocities, and the 
 *vcluciFy and time taken together, as in a qua- 
 druplicate ratio of trie fpnces. 
 
 2. The ftate of the body accelerated, or 
 quickened in its motion. 
 
 The degrees of acc-'/cration of moticwi, the 
 gia\-itation of the air, the cxlf^cnce or non-cxid- 
 cnce of empty fpaccs, cither coaccrvate or iu- 
 tcrfpctfed, and many the Uk,c, have taken up 
 the thoughts and iinies of men in difpiitcs con- 
 cerning thcni. Ihi/e^s Otisf^m c/ I^iankijid. 
 
 3. The a(fl of hailening. 
 
 Confidcring tlie languor cnfuJng tliata^f^ion in 
 fome, itnA llic vifiblc ncceloation ir makcth of 
 age in moH, we cannot but think vcncry much 
 abridgcth our days. Ihoivn, 
 
 To ACCE'ND. -y. a. \acccndo, Lat.] To 
 kindle ; to fet on fire ; a word very 
 rarely ufed. 
 
 Our devotion, if fufHcicntly «:«fl^ri/, would, 
 as theirs, burn up innumerable books of this 
 fort. Duayof P:ety. 
 
 Acce'nston. n, /. [acccnfio^ Lat.] The 
 3(^1 of kindling, or thi; liatc of being 
 kindled. 
 
 The fulminaring damp will take fire at a 
 c.indlc, o\ otiicr flame, and upon its acctn/jon, 
 give.-! a crack or report, like the difchargc of a 
 gWM, and makes ati t/.plofion fo forcible as fome- 
 times to kill the miuerB, Hiai^c the cailh, .\ud 
 
 A C C 
 
 force bodies, of great weight and bulk, from the 
 bottom of the pit or mitic. If'oodiuard'i Nat. Ulji. 
 A'CCENT. n.f. [accentus, Lat.] 
 
 1. The manner of fpeaking or pronounc- 
 ing, with regard either to force or ele- 
 gance. 
 
 I know, fir, I am no flatterer ; he' that be- 
 guiled you in a plain iicrnit was u plain knave ; 
 which, for my part, I will not be. ShakJ^. 
 
 2. The found given to the fy liable pro- 
 nounced. 
 
 Your nrcent is fomething finer rhan you could 
 purcbafc in fo remn\ed a dv.elling. Skakjp. 
 
 3. In grammar, the marks made upon lyl- 
 lables, to regulate their pronunciation. 
 
 Accenty as in the Greek names and ufage, 
 fccms to have regarded the tune of the \cice ; 
 the acute urcent raifing the voice in fome cer- 
 tain fyllables to a higher, /. e. more acute pitch 
 or tone, and the grave deprefling it lower ; and 
 both having fome cmphafis, i e. more vigorous 
 pronunci.ilion. Ihi.ltr . 
 
 4. Poetically, language or words. 
 
 How many ages hence* 
 Sliall this our lufrv Icenc he adtcd o'er. 
 In ilatcs ^nboru, and accents yet unknown. 
 
 ShakfpeaTc, 
 Winds on your wings to heav'n her uccenti 
 bear ; 
 Such words as heav'n alone is fitto hear. Dryd. 
 
 5. A modification of the voice, exprefiivc 
 of the paffions or fentiments. 
 
 The tender accent of a woman's cry 
 \\'ill pals unheard, will unregarded die; 
 When the rough fcanian'.s l-.'uder ibouts prevail, 
 When fair otcafion flicws tlie fpringing gale. 
 
 Pr/or. 
 
 To A'cCENT. V. a. [from accentus, l.at. 
 formerly elevated at the fecond fyllable, 
 now at the firft.] 
 
 1. To pronounce ; to fpcak words with 
 particular regard to the grammatical 
 marks or rules. 
 
 Having got fomehody to mark the laft fylla- 
 ble but one, where ii is long, in words above 
 two fyllables (which is enough to regulate her 
 proniinciaLion, and a^rf«:;«^ the words) let lier 
 lead dally in th.c golpcls, and avoid underlland- 
 ing them in Latin if Are can. Lccke. 
 
 2. In poetry, to pronounce or utter in 
 general. 
 
 O my unhappy lines ! you that before 
 Have ferv'd my youth to vent fome wanton crlct. 
 And, now cjngcal'd with grief, can Itaice 
 implore 
 Stiength Co accent^ Here my Albertus lies. 
 
 lyattan. 
 
 3. To write or note the accents. 
 
 To Acci;'ntu,\tf.. v. a. \^accenluer, Fr. ] 
 To plr.ce the proper accents over the 
 vowels. 
 
 Acchntua'tion. ti.f. [^(vara accentuate. 1 
 
 1. The a6l of placing the accent in pro- 
 nunciation. 
 
 2. Marking the accent in writing. 
 
 To ACCETT. -v. a. [acci/iio, Lat. accep- 
 ter, Fr.] 
 I. To take with pleafure ; to receive 
 kindly; to admit with approbation. It 
 is diftiiiguifhed from receive, as fpecj^c 
 from general ; noting a particular man- 
 ner of receiving. 
 
 Neither do ye kindle 6rc on my altar for 
 nought ; I have no pleafuto in you, faith the 
 1,01 d of hofts, neither will I acr/pt an offcrinj 
 at your hand. Maluchi. 
 
 God is no rcfpeiftcr of perfons : hut, in every 
 nation, he that feareth him, and workcth righ- 
 tcoufncfs, ij accrjitcd with him. A^U
 
 AGO 
 
 Vou have been gracioudy pleafcd tft a^cfft 
 this tender of my duty. Dtydai. 
 
 Charm by accefritig, by fiibmitling fw'ay, 
 Yet have your humour malt when you obey. 
 
 Pop:. 
 
 v. It is ufed in a kind of juridical fcnfe ; 
 as, to accept terms, accept a treaty. 
 
 They flaughtcr'd many of the gentry, for 
 whom no fcx or age could be accrfird for excufc. 
 
 Sidney. 
 His promife Palamon accffls, but pray'd 
 To keep it better than the f»H lie made. Dryd. 
 Thofc who have defended (lie proceedingi of 
 our ncgocialors at the treaty of Gertruydenburgh, 
 dwell upon their zeal and patience in endeavour- 
 ing to work the French up to their demands, 
 but fay nothing of the probability that France 
 wovild ever a.ce^t them. S-wift. 
 
 I. In the language of the Bible, to accept 
 perfons, is to adl with perfonal and par- 
 tial regard. 
 
 He will furely reprove you, if ye do fecrotly 
 accept perfons. J"^^'- 
 
 4. It is fometimcs uftd with the particle 
 of. 
 
 I will appeafc him with the prcfenl that goeth 
 
 before me, and nfterwaid I will fee his face ; 
 
 peradventurc he will accept of roe, Ger.tfn. 
 
 Acceptabi'lity. n.yi The quality of 
 
 being acceptable. See Acceptable. 
 
 He h.ith given us his natural bluod tu beflicd, 
 for the rcmiiliou of'our fin*:, and for tiie (tbtaining 
 the grace antl acceptability ni repentance. 
 
 Taylor' i Jf'ottJ:y Co^mnunicant. 
 Acce'ptABLK. adj, [acceptable, Fr. from 
 the Latin.] It is pronounced by fome 
 with the accent on the fird fyllable, as 
 by Milton ; by others, with the accent 
 on the fecond, which is more analogical. 
 I. That is likely to be accepted ; grate- 
 ful ; pleaUng. It is ufed with the par- 
 ticle /o before the perfon accepthig. 
 This woman, whom thou mad'll 10 be my 
 help, 
 And gav'it mc as thy perfe^ gift, fo good. 
 So fit, fo accfpiahlt'i I'o divine, 
 Tiiat from her hand 1 could expeil no ill. 
 
 P.iradij'e Loji. 
 
 X do not fee any other method left for men 
 
 ef that.funition to take, in order to reform the 
 
 world, than by uhng all honelt aits to mnke 
 
 thcmfelvcs acctptuhle fj the laity. Swift. 
 
 After he had made a peace fo accfptahU to 
 
 the church, and fo honourable to himfelf, he 
 
 died with an extraordinary reputation of fandlity. 
 
 AMif^n on Itulw 
 
 A C c e'p T A n L £ N' K s s . ti.f. [ froiii acccpia- 
 
 hk.'\ The quality of being acceptable. 
 
 It will thereby take away \.\\zacreprahienefi of 
 that cfHijunClion. Grrvj's Cofmoln^ia Sucrj. 
 
 Acce'ptably. a^v. [ from acceptable. ] 
 In an acceptable r:ianner; fo as to 
 pleafe : with the particle to. 
 
 Do not omit thy prayers, for want of a good 
 oratory ; for he that praycth upon God's ac- 
 count, cares not what he fufftrs, fo he be the 
 fiiend of ChvifV ; nor where nor when he priys, 
 f(i he may do it frequently, fervently, and^c- 
 ccptahly. Taylor. 
 
 If you can teach them to love and refpetS 
 other people, they will, as ibeir age requites it, 
 find wiiys to exprcfs it acceptably to everyone. 
 
 Locke on Education. 
 
 Acce'ptance. «.y! [acceptance, Fr.] 
 1. Reception with approbation. 
 
 By lU:yl acceptafice of his fo\crtignty, they 
 
 alfo accepted of his laws ; why then (hould any 
 
 other laws now be ufed amonglt them ? Spcfer. 
 
 If he tells us his noble deeds, wc mult alfo 
 
 tell him I ur noble acceptance of them. S'/airfp. 
 
 Thus I imbolden'd Ipaice, and freedom us'd 
 rermilTive, and acceptance found.. Pur. l/fi. 
 
 AC C 
 
 Some men cannot be fools with fo good <«'- 
 ceptanee as others. Sr.ith'i S<t,/toni. 
 
 2. The meaning of a word, as it is re- 
 ceived or underdood : acceptation is the 
 word now commonly ufed. 
 
 That plcifurc is nii;i's cliicfeft good, becaufe 
 indeed it is the peicc^tion of good that is pio- 
 petly pk-jlurc, is an jlfcition moft certainly trao, 
 though, under llie common acccptat'c of it, 
 not only falfe, but odious: for, according to th;s, 
 plcafure and fcni'uality pafs for terms equivalent ; 
 and therefore lie, w-lio takes it io this fenfe, al- 
 tCis the fubjeil of the difcuurfe. Sout^. 
 
 Acceptance. [In law.] The receiving 
 of a rent, whereby the giver binds him- 
 felf, for ever, to allow a former act 
 done by another, whether it be in itfelf 
 good or iu>t. Coiueli, 
 
 Accepta'tion. n./[from accept.'\ 
 
 1. Reception, whether good or bad. This 
 large fenfe feenis now wlioUy out oi ufc. 
 
 Yet, poor foul ! knows he no oil.er, but th:u 
 I do fufpc^, ncglc<i>, ye:i, and dctell: him ? For, 
 every day, he finds one w;!v or otlicr to fee fortli 
 himfelf unto me ; but afl are rewarded with like 
 CoJ4ncfs ot acceptation. Sidney. 
 
 What is new finds btUci acceptation thao what 
 is good or great. Denkam's Scphy. 
 
 2. Good reception ; acceptance. 
 
 Cain, envious of the acceptation of his bro- 
 ther's prayer and fiicrlfice, llew him; making 
 himfelf the firit manllaycr, and his brother the 
 fiilt mirtyr. RcJeir/i'i H.-fory of the irorlJ. 
 
 3. The (late of being acceptable ; regard. 
 
 Some things, although not lb required of nc- 
 ccfliry, that, to Ica\e them undone, excludeth 
 from falvat'on, arc, notwithihinding, of fo great 
 dignify, and acceptation with God, that molt 
 ample reward in heaven is laid up for them. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 They have thofe enjoyments only as the con- 
 fcquences of the "ftate- of ellcem and acceptation 
 they are in with their parents and governors. 
 
 Locke on F.ducation. 
 
 4. Acceptance, In the juridical fenfe. 
 This fenfe occurs rarely. 
 
 As, in order to the palhng away a thing by 
 gift, there is required a furrcnder of all riglit on 
 his part that gives ; fo there is required alfo an 
 accfptation o\\ his part to whom it is given. 
 
 S'.itth' s Sermon. 
 
 5. The meaning of a word, as it is com- 
 monly received. 
 
 Thereupon the earl of Lauderdale made a dif- 
 courfc upon the fevend qucrtions, and what nc- 
 ceptiition thefc words and expieifions had. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 All matter is eidier Ruid or folid, in a large 
 aciepfaticn ot the words, that they may cum- 
 pre.-cnd e'.cn all th.c middle degrees between ex- 
 iiem>- fi.\cdn' fs and col ercncy, and the molf la- 
 pid inteftine mutiun of the particles of bodies. 
 Bentley's Sermoni. 
 
 Acce'pter. ?;. f. [from accept.] The 
 perfon that accepts. 
 
 AccEpTiLATiON. Tj./. [acceptihttio, I^^t.] 
 A term of the civil law, importing the 
 remiffion of a debt by an acquittance 
 from the creditor, teftifying the receipt 
 of money which has never been paid. 
 
 AcCE'pTiON.w.y. [acception, Fr. from /7r- 
 ceptio, Lat.] The received fenfe of a 
 word ; the meaning. Not in ufe. 
 
 That this hath been eftecmed the due and 
 proper acception of this word, I (hall teftify by 
 one evidence, which gave me the firft hint of 
 thii notion. Hammond on FunJamtntah. 
 
 ACCE'SS. Ti.f, [In fome of its fenfcs, it 
 feems derived from aecejfus ; in others, 
 ixomacceffto^ Lat. ac^esy Fr.] 
 
 A C C 
 
 1. The way by which any thing may be 
 approaciicd. 
 
 The ncceft of the town was only by a neck of 
 land. B.iar. 
 
 There remained very advantageous accejfn fur 
 temptations to enter and invade men, the forti- 
 fications being very {lender, little iinnwlerige of 
 immovtality, or ai)y thing beyond this life, iind 
 no .ilVurancc that repentance would b: adn'.itted 
 furfm. klammotd on Fundament ah. 
 
 And here th' aeccji » gloomy grove dcfciidl; 
 And here til' unnnvigabic lake extendi, 
 O'er whofe unhappy waters, void of light, 
 No bird prcl'unics to tUer i.is airy flight. DryJ. 
 
 2. The means, or liberty, of approach- 
 ing either to things 01 men. 
 
 Wiien wc arc wiong'd, and would unfold our 
 gricfi, 
 Wc are dcny'd acrefi unto his perfon, 
 Ev'n by thofe men tl-.at molt have done us 
 wrong. SfiakJ'peoTe. 
 
 Tliey go commilTion'ri to requi.e a peace. 
 And carry prelents to procure accefs. DryJ, 
 
 He grants wh.ir :lity bcfought ; 
 Inllruftcd, that to G^d is iMi crcefi 
 W'ithtttit Mediator, whole hi^h office row 
 Mules In figure bears. Milton's I'.ir. LaJI, 
 
 3. Increafe ; enlargement; addition. 
 
 The gold was accu'mul:ited, and llore trenfures, 
 fur the moft put ; br.t the filvcr is rtiil growing. 
 Bolides, infinite is the accef, of tertitory and em- 
 pire by the lame cntcrprize. V.atan, 
 
 Nor think lupcrflnous their aid ; 
 I, from tiic inhucncf^ o\ thy looks, receive 
 jiecef: in every virtue; in thy fight 
 Mure wife, more watchful, llronger. Per. Lift. 
 
 Althtuigh to opinion, tiicrc be many gods, 
 niay feem an accefs in religion, and fuch a^ can- 
 not at all confift with athcifm, ytf doth it dc- 
 duftivcly, and upon inference, include the fame ; 
 for unity is the infeparable and effcntial attribute 
 of Deity. Broiun's i'uiuiii- JEmur^, 
 
 The reputation 
 Of viituous aflions pall, if not kept up 
 With an (iccrfi and frefli fnpply of new ones. 
 Is loll .Tnd foon forgotten. Denham's Sophy, 
 
 4. It is fometimes ufed after the French, 
 to fignify the returns or fits of a dif- 
 temper ; but this fenfe feeras yet fcarcely 
 received into our language. 
 
 For as relapfes make difeafes 
 Mure dcfperatc than their fiiif accpjjes, ITuit-i. 
 A'CGESSARINESS. n. f, [from accejfary.'\ 
 The Hate of being acccifary. 
 
 Perhaps this wHl draw us into a negative ac- 
 Cfjfarinefi to tl'.e mifcliiefs. Decay of fiety, 
 
 A'ccEss.'iRY. adj. [A corruption, as it 
 feems, of the word accejfoiy, wliich fee; 
 but now more commonly ufed than the 
 proper word.] That contributes to a 
 crime, without being tlie chief conlli- 
 tuenc of it. Bat it had formerly a 
 good and general fenfe. 
 
 As for thofc things that are acceffenty hereunto, 
 thofc things that fo belong to the way of fal- 
 vation, fe'c. ■ f ' . Utcker, 
 
 He had taken upon him the government of 
 Hull, without any apprchcnfionor imagination, 
 that it would ever make him accejfary to rebel- 
 lion, djrer.don. 
 
 Acce'ssible. ailj. \_accejfihihs, Lat. ac- 
 ceffihle, Fr.] That in.ny be approached ; 
 that we may reach or arrive at. It is 
 applied both to perfons and things, 
 with the particle//). 
 
 Some lie more open to onr fenfes and daily ob- 
 fervation, otiicrs are more oc'cul' and hidden, 
 and though acieffiUe, in fome meafure, to our 
 fenfes,yet not without great T-'arch and fcrutiny, 
 01 fame happy accident. Ha/e's Or-g. nf Man, 
 
 Thofc things, which were indeed inexplicable, 
 have been rack'daiul tortured to difcovtr ihcm- 
 felves; while the plaiiicr and more cia-r/Si/f tiuths 
 \
 
 A C C 
 
 It if (Jcfpicable while eafy, are doudcH »nA ol)- 
 fcuicd. Derj^ of I'itiy. 
 
 As an iiland, we are acreJfibU on every fide, 
 aid fxpofed to perpetual invahons j againrt wliich 
 it is impo'.fibk to foitify ourfelvcs fufticicnily, 
 ■u ithout a power at fea. Miifon's FrtchoLUr 
 
 In coiivirfaiion, the tempers of men .ire open 
 »rd arcijjihh, their attention is awake, and 
 their minds dlfpofcd to receive tUc ihongelt im- 
 pi-ITions; and what is fpoken is generally more 
 attcfting, and more appufitc to particular ocea- 
 fions. Ri'Ttrs. 
 
 Accz'ssion.t!.f\_acef//io,'Lat.ai:ci//!on,FT.] 
 I. Iiicreafe by fomething added ; enlarge- 
 ment ; augmentation. 
 
 Nor could all the king's bounties, nor his own 
 larje acc'jficni, raifc a fortune to his heir; but, 
 after vali: fmns of naoney and j^reat wealth gut- 
 ten, he died unlamcnted. Chiren.Ion. 
 
 There would not havchefin found the ditferencc 
 iiere fet down hctwixt the force of the .lir, when 
 eypandcd, and whrit that force Ihould have been 
 .^i-coidnig to the theory, but that the included 
 Sncl; of air received fonie acefftsn during the trial. 
 Byile's Sftrg of the Ait. 
 
 The wifcft among the nobles began to appre- 
 hend the growing power of the people ; and 
 therefore, knowing what an accfjfnn thereof 
 would accrue to them, by fuch an addition of 
 property, ufcd all means to prevent it. Siuift. 
 
 Ciiarity, indeed, and works of munificence, 
 are the proper difchirge of Uich over-propottion- 
 ed acceffiQtny and the only virtuous enjoyment of 
 them. Roger i^ Sermon t. 
 
 2. The aft of coming to, or joining one's 
 felfto ; as, acce[p.on to a confederacy. 
 
 Befide, what wile objctftions he prepares 
 Againft my late ixcejjiui to the wars! 
 Does not the fool perceive his argument 
 Is with more force againrt Achilles bent? Dryden. 
 
 3. The aft of arriving at ; as, the king's 
 a-cejfton to the throne. 
 
 A'ccEssoRiLY. adv. [from accejjory.l In 
 
 the manner of an accefTory. 
 A'ccEssoRY. adj. Joined to another 
 thing, fo as to incrcafc it ; additional. 
 
 In this kind there is not the leaft a<ftion, but 
 it doth fomewhal make to the ttccejfoty augmen- 
 tation of our blifs. Hooker, 
 
 A'cCESsORY. 11. f. [accejforius, Lat. ac- 
 cejfaire, Fr. This \<>ord, which had an- 
 ciently a general fignification, is now 
 a}ino[l confined to forms of law.} 
 
 1 . Applied to perfons. 
 
 A man that is guilty of a felonious offence, 
 B0« principally, but by participation; as, by 
 commindtnent, advice, or concealment. And 
 a man may be acctJJfoty to the offence of another, 
 after two forts, by the common law, or by fta- 
 lute ; and, by the common l.iw two ways alio; 
 Ihat is, before or after the fafl. Before the fa<^ ; 
 as, wr.en one commaadeth or advifeth another 
 to commit a felony, and is notprefent at the ex- 
 ecution thereof, for his prcfcnce mnkes him alfo 
 a principal; wherefore there cannot bcannrci^^^ 
 before the faft in manflaughler, becaufe man- 
 Itaughter is fudden and not prcpcnfed. Acce£ory 
 after the faft, is, when one rcecivcth him whom 
 he krfoweth to have committed felony. .-Icajfory 
 by Aatule, is he lhat abets, counfels, or hides 
 any man committing, or havmg committed, an 
 offence made felony by ftatute. Coiueil. 
 
 By the common law, the accfffotiei cannot be 
 proceeded againft, till the principal has received 
 his trial. .Spenffr'i St.tte of Ireland. 
 
 But paufe, my foul ! and ftudy, ere thou fall 
 On accidental joys, th' eflinti il. 
 Still, before aceeffotiei do abide 
 A trial, muft the principal be try'd. Donne. 
 
 Now were all tiansform'd 
 Alike, to fcrpcnts all, i% actefftrie) 
 To his bold not. furadiji Lfijl. 
 
 2. Applied to ihingj. 
 
 A C C 
 
 An Arreffftry is faid to be that which docs .TC- 
 cede unto foine principal fait or thing in law ; 
 and, as fuch, gcneially fpcaking, follows the 
 reafon and nature of its principal. Ay^ifr. 
 
 A'cciDENCE. n. f. [a corruption of acci- 
 dents, from accidentia, Lac. ] The little 
 book containing the lirll rudiments of 
 grammar, and explaining the proper- 
 ties of the eight parts of ipeech. 
 
 1 do cont'els I do want eloquence, 
 And never yet did learn mine accidence. 
 
 Taylor, the iViiter-jioet. 
 
 A'CCIDENT. ft./, [accidens, Lat.] 
 I. The property or quality of any being, 
 which may be feparated from it, at 
 
 leall in thought. 
 
 If (he were hut the body's a<:r/i-v(rj 
 And her lolc Icing did in it fubfilf, 
 
 As white in fnov.', ihe might herfclf abfenf, 
 And in the body's fubltancc not be rliifs'd. 
 
 Sit y. David. 
 
 An accidental mode, or an accident, is fuch a 
 mode as is not nccciTary to the being of a thing ; 
 fur the I'uhjeft may be without it, and yet rem.rin 
 of the fame natuic that it was before; or it is 
 that mode which m.ty be fepaiatcd 01 abolifhed 
 from its fubjcct. yj'iitt!' Logick. 
 
 2. In grammar, the property of a word. 
 
 The learning of a language is nothing elfc but 
 the informing uf ourfelvcs, what compofures of 
 letters are, by content and inllitution, to fignify 
 fuch ceitain notions of tilings, with their mo- 
 dalities and nci/./rn/j. IJoLlei'i E/em. of Speed. 
 
 3. That which happens unforefeen ; ca- 
 fualty ; chance. 
 
 General laws are like general rules in phyfick, 
 according whereunto, as no wife man will delire 
 himfclf to be cured, if there be joined with his 
 difeafe fome fpecial accident, in regard whereof, 
 that whereby others in the fame infirmity, but 
 without the like accident, recover health, would 
 be to him citiier hurtful, or, at the leaft, un- 
 profitable. Hooter. 
 
 The flood, and other accidents of lime, made 
 it one common field and palture with the land of 
 Kden. Rj/eiglt's Hijt. of the IVorld. 
 
 Our joy is turn'd 
 Into perplexity, and new amaze { 
 For whither is he gone ? What accidettt 
 Hath lapt him from us ? Paradtfc Regained 
 
 And trivial iiccidenti fiiai! be forborn, 
 Th.u others may have time to lake theirturn. 
 
 Drydeti's Fables. 
 
 The reformation owed nothing to the good 
 intentions of king Henry. He was only an in- 
 lirumcnt of it (as the logicians fpeak) by <i<r/- 
 tient. S-wift's Alife/tanies. 
 
 Accide'nt.^l. n./. [acciilental, Fr. See 
 
 Accident.] A property nonefTcntial. 
 
 Conceive as much as you can of the elTcntials 
 
 of any fubjeft, before you confider its accidenials. 
 
 H'atti' Logick. 
 
 Accide'ntal. adj. [from accident.'^ 
 
 1 . Having the quality of an accident ; 
 noneffential : ufed with the particle to, 
 before that in which the accident in- 
 heres. 
 
 A diftln^ion is to be made between what 
 pleafts naturally in ilfclf, and what ple.ifcs upon 
 the account of machines, a^urs, dances, and 
 circumrtances, which are merely accidental to the 
 tragedy. Rytner^l Tragedies of the laft Age. 
 
 This is accidental to a ftate of religion, and 
 therefore ought to be reckoned among the ordi- 
 nary difficulties of it. Tillotfon. 
 
 2. Cafual ; fortuitous; happening by 
 chance. 
 
 Thy fin's not accidental, but a trade. Shakf. 
 So (hall you hear 
 Of .irr/i/r/7/rt/ judgments, cafual (laughters; 
 Of dcathj put 00 by tunning and forc'd caufe, 
 
 Shakjfeart. 
 
 A C C 
 
 Look upon thi'ngs of tlje mod accidental and 
 mutable iiatine; a-cidenCnl in their produ<£tioii, 
 and mutable in their continuance; yet 'God's 
 piefcience of them is as certain in him, as ^hc 
 memory of them is, or can be, in us. South. 
 3. In the following pitflage it feems te 
 fignify adventitious , 
 
 Ay, fuch a miniller as wind to fire, 
 That adds an accidental fiticencfs to 
 Its natural fury. Det:han'i Sophy. 
 
 .'\ccinE'NTALLY. adv. [from accident,!/.] 
 I. After an accidental manner ; nonefiVa- 
 tially. 
 
 Other points no lefs concern the comtnon- 
 we.ilth, thtiiigh but accidentally depending uport 
 the former. Spcnfti's State of Inland. 
 
 1 conclutie choler accldent.iily bitter and acri- 
 monious, but not in itfelf. Harvey. 
 i. Cafually ; fortuitoufly. 
 
 Although virtuous men cIo fonietimes accideti* 
 tally make their w;iy to preferment, yet tl-.c 
 world is fo corrupted, that no man can reafon- 
 ably hope to be rewarded in it, merely upon ac- 
 count of his virtue. Swift's Mifccllaniei, 
 
 Accide'nt.ii.ness. n. /. [fvom acciden- 
 tal^'] Tiie quality of being accidental. 
 
 Diii. 
 AcCi'pient. n.f. [^accip'sens, Lat.] A re- 
 ceiver ; perhaps fometimes ufed for 
 recipient. Di3> 
 
 To Acci'te. <i. a. [accito, Lat.] To call > 
 to fummon. Not in ule. 
 
 Our coronation done, we will acelte 
 (As 1 before remember'd) all our (fate; 
 And (hcav'n configning to my good intents) 
 No prince, no peer, (hall have jull caufe to fay, 
 Heas'n Ihorten Harry's happy life one day. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Accla'iM. n. f. \_acclamo, Lat. from 
 which probably firit the verb acclaim., 
 now loll, and then the noun.] A (hout 
 ofpraife; acclamation. 
 
 B^ick fron. purfuitthy puw'rs,with loud ac chirr ^ 
 Thee only extoll'd. Milton's Par. Loft. 
 
 The herald ends; the vaulted firmament 
 With loud acclaims, and valt applaufc, is rent. 
 
 Drydci 
 
 Fables 
 
 Acclama'tion. n.f. [acc/amallo, Lat.] 
 Shouts of applaufe, fuch as thofe with 
 which a victorious army falutes the 
 general. 
 
 It hath been the cuftom of chriftian men, in 
 token of the greater reverence, to ftand, to utter 
 certain words of acclamation, and, at the name of 
 Jefus, to bow. Hooker. 
 
 Gladly then he mix'd 
 Among thefe friendly pow'rs, who him receiv'd 
 With joy, and acclamations loud, that one, 
 Thar, of fo many myriads fall'n, yet one 
 Return'd, not loll. Milt. Par. Loft. 
 
 Such an enchantment is there in words, and 
 fo fine a thing does it fcem to fome, to be ruined 
 plaufibly, and to be ufhercd to their deftru^ion 
 with panegyiick 2nd acclamation. South. 
 
 AccLi'ViTY. n./. [from acdivus, Lat.] 
 The fteepnefs or flope of a line inclin- 
 ing to the horizon, reckoned upward ; 
 as, the afcent of a hill is the acclivity, 
 the defcent is the declivity. ^incy. 
 
 The m^ leaving their wives and younger 
 children beWw, do, not without fome difficulty, 
 clamber up the acclivities, dragging their kine 
 with them, where they feed them, and milk 
 them, and make butter and chcefe, and do all 
 the dairy work. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 AccLi'vous. adj. [acclivus, Lat.] 
 
 Rifing with a flope. 
 To Acclo'y.v. a. [See Cloy.] 
 I. To fill up, in an ill fenfe ; to crowd { 
 to fluff full : a word almoft obfokte. 
 8
 
 A C C 
 
 A C C 
 
 A C C 
 
 At the well hcud riic puteft ilrtams anfct 
 but mucky hltli liis branchiiig aiiiu annuVs, 
 And wiih uncumcly wccda the gentle wave wtv/^j. 
 
 2. To fill to iatlcty : In which fenfL' cloj is 
 flill in life. 
 
 They tiiat efcapc bcrt \n the teinpcrat;; zuuc, 
 would be acc/oytU witli long nights, vviy IcdiuiiSj 
 no ids than forty days. H^y on tnt Lreatl'^n. 
 
 Tu Alco'il. i;. «. [See Coil.] To 
 crowd ; to keep a coil about ; tobuftlc ; 
 to be in a hurry. Out of ufe. 
 
 Abuut the cauldrcMi many cook.-, arcoil'.iy 
 Wit'i hiiuks and ladles, as need cii.l require; 
 The while the viandi in the veird boii'd, 
 They did about their bufinefs iVeat, and forclv 
 toil'd. Fuir\ Qi.ecu. 
 
 A'ccOLENT. n,f, [acroli'nsj Lat.J He that 
 inhabits near a place ; n hordeveij. Dic'i. 
 A r c o 'm M o D A B L E . aiij. [ iJccomnw(!(:L'}ris , 
 Lat.] That may be fitted: wi^li the 
 particle to. 
 
 As there is infinite variety in the clrcumftali- 
 ces ot perlbns, things, atftiuns, tiines, snd places ; 
 in Wf mult be furnUhcd with fuch ^(.MUral ruici 
 iU are accctamoiUbh to all this saiicty, by a wife 
 iudgmcnt and dlfcrction. //i./Zi* Logick. 
 
 re; ACCO'MMODATE. v. a. [nuom- 
 modo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To fupply with convcniencies of any 
 kind. It has luilh before the thliin:. 
 
 Thcfc llircc. 
 The reft do nothing; with this word, rt.ind, ft.ind, 
 ^cct.mm<uiateu by the place (more charming 
 ■Witii-theirownnub'enefs, which coll Id have luru'd 
 A dil'.it?'to aUnce),-ilded p.ilc loolvs. ShaHf. 
 
 2. With the particle to, to adapt ; to ht ; 
 to make coafillent with. 
 
 He had altered many things, not that they 
 were not natural before, but that he micjiit iircom- 
 KjoJdU himrclr io the age in w hich he lived. 
 
 Dryjeri ^n Dr^zmulic Voctry. 
 
 'Twas his misfortune to ligVt upon an hyuo- 
 l^elis, that couIU not be act'^mm^M'led f-j lire na- 
 ture of things, arid humLu aifairs ; his'jrrineiplcs 
 could not be made to a^ite With that conflitu- 
 lionandutder'tt l.iclr Ooi\ iiaihiculcd i.iiiic wuiUi. 
 
 3. To reconcile ; to adjnlt what fttcr.s in- 
 coiifillent or at varianc; ; to make cou- 
 fulcncy appear. 
 
 "Part know how to n^'ommoi/.tif St. James and 
 St. Paul better than fomc l.itc reconcilers. A'wr/s, 
 To Acco'mmodate. v. n. To be con- 
 formable to. 
 
 They make the p::rlicnl.ir cnfigns of the 
 t-vcive tribes a<:ccmmoMtU ntrder tlic lwcl\c ligits 
 ft the zodiac. Itrcic/i. 
 
 Neither fort of chyniiih have duly conhdercd 
 how great variety there is in the ttxtrcrcs and 
 I'onfiitencies of compound bodies; and how little 
 ■thecanfitlenceauddinali.rn of manyof tlrem fccm 
 To tiCL-'^miiniL/e and be explicable by tl c propofed 
 notion. J!;yie's S^ifl!, aJ Ci.ymijl. 
 
 Acco'mmod,\tf:. adj. [acr.ommoifaiiu, 
 Lat.] Suitable; fit: ufcd fometimcs 
 with the particle Jlr, btit more fre- 
 quently wit!) to. 
 
 Tiiey are fo adted and dirctfied by iratnre, as 
 to call their egj;5 in fuch pi. ices as arc moli .ji - 
 comm'jdate ftif the cxclulron of their youn^, and 
 where there is food ready for them fo foon as 
 thi-y be hatched. Ra\ on the Creation. 
 
 In thefc cafes we examine the why, the what, 
 and the how, of things, and propofe means 
 iic.omiito.Lite fi the end. IJF.pian^e, 
 
 God did not primarily intend to appoint this 
 way of worlhip, and to Impofe it upon thcra as 
 that which was moll proper arrd agreeable to 
 him, but that he condefccnded to it as moll ac- 
 Hir.m'.date i> their prclent (late arid incli'iation. 
 
 i ilktfiiii. 
 
 ■ Vol. L 
 
 Acco'mmod.vtI' LY. aih. [t'loir. utccm- 
 moi/atei] Suitably ; litly. 
 
 Acco'mMou.miun. tl. /. [from accotn- 
 ntudale. ] 
 
 1. Provifion of conveiiiencies. 
 
 2. In the plural, conveiiicncies ; things 
 reqiillitc to eaic or lefreflimcnt. 
 
 The icing's ccminiilhoncis were to have-fuch 
 accommrjiiiitlortSi as the otilei thought tit to Je.ive 
 to them ; who had been very civil to the kind's 
 cunrnillTloncrs. C/.innucn. 
 
 3. Adaptation ; fitnefs: with theparticlc /o, 
 
 Indeed that rlil'puting phyfuriogy is no aciCm- 
 
 moJutitin t(f your dt-fignt, which are not to leach 
 
 men to cant endlefsly about niateyia and f'jrir.a. 
 
 Gluin'Ule^ i Strp/is. 
 
 Tire organiiation of the body, with aciomrm- 
 tiut:wi t'j its functions, is titled with the moll 
 cui'ious mechaiiifm. H<iU'i Orrt:;n. 
 
 4. Compofitlou of a difference ; reconci- 
 liation ; adjiillment. 
 
 Acco'mpanable. adj. \_iiora ac^an:pdt:y.'\ 
 Sociable. Not ufed. 
 
 A fliow, as it were, of an acctmipanttile foli- 
 larii-.efs, arrd of a civil \vilJiicfs. '■ Sidney. 
 
 iAcco'iMPAMER. n.f. [from accompiir:\<.'\ 
 The perfou that make.s part of ilit 
 company ; companion. Did. 
 
 To ACCO'MPANY. v. a. [accomp„gtie,; 
 Fr.] To be with another as a com- 
 panion. It is ufcd both of perfons and 
 things. 
 
 Go vifit her, in iier clralte iiower of rcfl, 
 j1rcQmpttjy\lw\\\-i airgel-like delights. Spcnfn . 
 Thi. great bulincfs of the fcnfcs being to make 
 us take notice of what hurts or advantages the 
 body, it is wifely ordered by nature, ih-rt pain 
 Ihould aceo!nj>any the rcteption of feveral ide.'is. 
 
 I^ocke. 
 
 As folly is ufunlly accompanied with pcrvcrfe- 
 
 ncfs, {\j it is here. Siuift. 
 
 To Accu'mpany. v.ti. To affociatc with ; 
 to become a companion to. 
 
 No nran in ctie(ft tiuth itccjtnp.iny with others, 
 but he learneih, ere lie is aware, fomc geilure, 
 voice, or fa Ih loir. dJuco/i's N,it. Hjl 
 
 Acco'mplice. n.J'. \_coviplici; Fr. from 
 complex, a word in the baibarous Latin, 
 much in ufe.] 
 
 I. Anaffociate; a partaker : ufunlly in 
 an ill fenfe. 
 
 There are feveial fcandalous reports induf- 
 tiioully fpicad by Wood, and his a:t:t,mjilicei, 
 to dilcour.ig^' .-ill oppoiitioir *gaiirtl his infamous 
 piojefl. Siuift. 
 
 1. A partner, or co-operator : in a fenfe 
 indifferent. 
 
 If a i-itigue woidd be talking without a moulir, 
 what Could it have drjnc, when it had all its or- 
 gans of fpeech, ;ind ortsm^Z/Vfr of found, abo.il 
 it. .-Jddipn'i .'!prf}.itor. 
 
 3. It is ufcd with the particle to before a 
 tiling, and tvilh before a perfon. 
 
 Childlel's Arturins, vaftly rich before, 
 Thus by his loifcs multiplies his llore, 
 Snljjeifted tut'iiciompticr to the hrcj 
 1 hat burnt his palace but to build it higher. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 Who, (hoiild they (leal for want of his relief, 
 He judg'd himfelf u^amfdice -wii/i tlie thief. 
 
 Vry.^, ,,. 
 To ACCO'MPLISH. i-. a. lauoiuplir, 
 
 Fr. from conipleo, Lat.] 
 I. To complete ; to execute fully ; as, to 
 aecomplijb a defij^n. 
 
 He th.ii is jar otl, Ihall die of the pcrtilcnce ; 
 and he th.it is near, (hall fall by the I'word ; and 
 he that remaincth, and is bcfieged, (hall die by 
 the famine. .Thus will 1 ticuni'liji my fury 
 upon them. JLscekicl. 
 
 Z. To complete a period of time. 
 
 He would acanipt.fh Icventy years in Hie r^e* 
 fol rtions of JcrufaLm. Dii1/*l, 
 
 3. To fulfil," as a ptophccy. 
 
 I'he vifion, 
 \\'liich I made-known to Lucius ere the firokc 
 Of this yet fcaice cdld 'battle, at this in!l.int 
 Is full iicco}rf>l'/Ji'd. Shnhjpfare. 
 
 W'c fee' every day tliofc cCci^TJ e.x'aiflly ai-c^m- 
 p'fjhf Ij which our Saviour fordtcld at fo grtflt 
 a'diliance. .elddifin. 
 
 4. To gain ; to obtain. 
 
 ."I'tU him iionr nn^ (as ho wiil wnr my lov**) 
 He beai liinilelf h ilh honour.ible .'<*tion ; 
 Such as iie hath oblerv'd in noble ladies • 
 
 .^Hlo their lords, by them acccn:^lijhed. Khakf, 
 
 I'll make my heaven in a. lady'* lap. . 7 
 
 Oil mifeiable tlioi;ght, and moie ui)!iiccly, ; 
 Th.m to ati',rr,id:jii twenty goUlcji cuwiis. Shakf. 
 
 5. -Fo titliiin, or furailh, f\x.\\i\- miii'd or 
 . body. ' V ' 1 
 
 Fi'om tire teiits ' 
 The armourers acciKpl'jiiing the knighf, 
 Willi buly hammers elohng rivets up, 
 Give dreadful note of piepii.-ation. Shcij. 
 
 Acco'm?lishb'D. pnrt. adj. ■' 
 
 1. Complete in fome qualification. 
 
 Kii who expeflf, il.at, under a tutor, a youiu 
 gentleman diould be an ^ecow^/y^t-i/ publick ora- 
 tor or logicia.i } Lficke. 
 
 2. Elegant ; fiuilhed in refpecl of en-.bel- 
 lilhnients: ufed commonly of acquired 
 qualiiications, without including moral 
 excellence. 
 
 The next I took to wif:, 
 O that I iie\ er had ! fond with loo late, 
 Was ill tile \.ile ol Soitc, Dalila, 
 Tliat fpecious monller, my arcom/j/i/i'd fivtre. 
 
 KlUt'.r.'^ Sjt.f. J-hlli^. 
 
 Acco'mplisher. n.f. [from accotnpUfli/^ 
 The perfon that accomphflies. D'lB. . 
 
 Acco'mpi.ishment. «. f, {accompl'ilji- 
 ment, Fr.] 
 
 1 . Completion ; full performance ; pef- 
 feftion. 
 
 This would he the i^ccompli/tment of theircon^- 
 mon felicity, in cafe, by their evil, either th.rougli 
 delliny or advice, they fuffercd not the occafion 
 to be lod. Sir John Hny<ward. 
 
 Thcreliy he might evade the acromplijhment 6( 
 
 thofe alHii5lions he now but graduatly endnreth. 
 
 Btoiun'i J'ldgtir Krroufs. 
 
 He thought it ImpofTiblc to find, in any one 
 body, all Ihofc perfedlions which he fought fior 
 the (jao>n^/.7//wfii' of a Helena J becaufe niitute, 
 in any intlii idual perfon, makes nothing that is 
 perfedl in all its parts, Drydcn's Di'JrijMtiy. 
 
 2. Compklion, as of a prophecy. 
 
 The miraculous fuccefs of the apoiiles preach- 
 ing, ami the accompl'jhttunt of many of tneir 
 picdidtions, which, to thofc early chriliians, 
 \\ ere ni.itters of faith only, arc to u.<; matters of 
 light and e.\peiience. AtteTbur)\ Sernton^. 
 
 3. Embellilhment ; elegance; ornament 
 of mind or bod}'. 
 
 Young heirs, and elder brothers, from ihtir 
 own ichefling upon the eltates they are hi m ;o, 
 and tlicrefore thinking all other actonij-liiiimeiH^ 
 uniieceir.iry, arc of no manner of ufe but to keep 
 u|) tlieir families. j-lddiftn' , S;ici7aiiiT. 
 
 4. '1 he aft of obtaining or perfecting any 
 thing ; attainment ; completion. 
 
 The means fui;gcfied by policy and woildly, 
 wifdom, for the .itiainment of thole caithly en- 
 joyments, aic unfit for that purpofe, not only 
 iijron the account of their infuHiciency fr;r, buc 
 alfo of their freqirent ojipofitiun and contrariciy 
 to, the (icfsw^Ay/wfff/ of fuch ends. SoufiuM 
 
 Acco'mvt. n.f. [Fr. compter and comple^ 
 anciently accompter. S/dnner.] An ac- 
 count ; a reckoninfj. See Ac(^ov^■T. 
 D
 
 A C C 
 
 The foul rcny h.ivc time to call Itfclf to a \aH 
 tiiromfi of all things pall, by means whereof ic- 
 ftritaiitc is pcikdlcd. Ihaklr. 
 
 EathChriltmas thoy c-.-cc-OT^rj did clear ; 
 And wound their bottom round the year. I'lior. 
 Acco'mptant. n.y; [{iccomftartt, Fr.] A 
 reckoner ; a computer. Se;e Accoun- 
 tant. 
 
 As the accompt runs on, generally the nc- 
 amptant goes backward. ScuiA's Scrmurn. 
 
 Acoo'mpting day. The day on which 
 the reckoning is to be fettled. 
 To whom ihi'U much dolt owe, thou much 
 muA pay ; 
 Think on the dcbcagalnll th' accompting Jay. 
 
 Sii 'Y. X)e'iham. 
 
 To ACCO'RD. -u. a. [derived, by feme, 
 froin corda, the firing of a miifical in- 
 Itrument; by others, from cor^/a, hearts; 
 in the firlt implying harmony, in the 
 ether, unily.'\ 
 
 1. To make agree ; to adjuft one thing 
 to another : with the particle to. 
 
 The firrt fports the (hephctds (hewed, were 
 fnll of luch leaps and gambols, as being acct.rtled 
 to the pjpe which they bore in their mouths, 
 rven as they danced, made a right pifliire of 
 their chiefgod Pan, and his companions the fatyrs. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Her hands dcconUd the lute's raufick. to the 
 Yoice; her panting heart danced to the muliclc. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 The lights and (hades, whofe well.j«oriM/ltrifc 
 Gives all the ftrength and colour of our life. 
 
 Popf'j Epiftles. 
 
 2. To bring to agreement ; to compofe ; 
 to accommodate. 
 
 Men would not reft upon bare contrafls with- 
 out reducing the debt into a fpccialty, which 
 created much certainty, and <icrcrrfe</ many fuits. 
 
 Sir M. HMe. 
 To Acco'rd. v. n. To agree ; tofuit one 
 with another : with the particle ivit/i. 
 Things arc often fpokc, and feldom meant ; 
 But that my hcirt rtccort/tvA luifft my tongue, 
 Seeing the deed is meritorious. 
 And to preferve my fovcreign from his foe. 
 
 Sfiukfpeare. 
 Several of the main parts of Mofes' hillory, 
 as concerning the flood, and the lirll fathers of 
 llic fevcral nations of the -world, do very well 
 Mcctrd -with the moil ancient accounts of profane 
 biftory. Tillotfcti. 
 
 Jarring int'rclls of therafelvcs create 
 Th' according mufick of a well-mixt ftatc. Pope. 
 Acco'rd. n.f. {^accord, Fr.] 
 1. A compaft ; an agreement ; adjullment 
 of a difference. 
 
 There was no means for him to fatisfy all 
 obligations to God and man, but to oft'cr himfclf 
 for a mediator of an accord and peace between 
 them. Bacon's Henry vil. 
 
 If both arc fatisfy'd with this accord, 
 Swiar by the laws of knighthood on my fword. 
 Diyden'i Fahtei. 
 
 3. Concurrence ; union of mind. 
 
 At laft fiich grace I found, and means I 
 wrought, 
 That I th:it lady to my fpoufc had won, 
 
 Werori/ of friends, conicut of [larents fuught, 
 Atfiante made, my happincG brguri. Fuitv Q. 
 
 Tiiey gathered thvtuleUes together, to fij^ht 
 with Jofhua and Ifrael, wiihone aecc/d. yr.pua. 
 
 3. Harmuny ; fymmetry ; jnft corrtfpon- 
 dence of one thing with another. 
 
 Beauty is nothing elfc but a jult accord :\\\^ 
 mtjtual harmony of th.c members, :iiiimatp<l bv 
 a healthful conftitution. Drydeit'i Dujrrjno'y. 
 
 4. Miifical note. 
 
 Try, if there were in one ftecpit two bells of 
 umfon, whtiher the rttikim; of the one would 
 stove the clhcrj more than if it were another 
 accord. Bacon' i Natural Ihjiory. 
 
 AC C 
 
 We mn& not blame Apnllo, but his lutf, 
 If falfe accord! from her falle firings be lent. 
 
 Str yohn DaTiie!. 
 
 5. Own accord ; voluntary motion : ufed 
 both of perfons and things. 
 
 Nc Guyon yet fpake woid, 
 Till that they came unto an iron door, 
 Which to them opeji'ri of its own accord. Fai,yQ. 
 Will you blame any man for doing that of 
 his own accord, which all men (hould be com- 
 pelled to do, that are not willing of themfelves ? 
 
 Hcoier. 
 All animal fubftanccs, expofed to the air,turn 
 alkaline of their own accord; and fome vege- 
 tables, by heat, will not turn acid, but alkaline. 
 .i^rbuthnoi on ^-iiimtnt^. 
 
 6. Aaion in fpeaking, correi'pondent to 
 the words. 
 
 Titus, lam come to talk with thee. — 
 — No, not a word : how can I grace my talk, 
 Wanting a hand to give it that aec'jrd? Shakfp. 
 
 Acco'rdance. n.f. [from accord.'] 
 
 1 . Agreement with a perfon : with the 
 particle luith. 
 
 And prays he may in long aerordanre hide 
 Uiii: that great worth which hath fuch wonders 
 wrought. yanfax, 
 
 2. Conformity to fomcthlng. 
 
 The only way of defining of fin, is, by the con- 
 trariety to the will of God; as of good, by the 
 accordance luith that wi.U. Il.tmrmnd. 
 
 Accordant, adj. [accordant. Fr.] 
 Willing; in a good humour. Notinufe. 
 The prince difcovered that he loved your niece, 
 and meant to acknowledge it this night in a 
 dance; and if he found hc-T accordant, h^ mc2nt 
 to take the prcl'ent time by the top, and infiantly 
 break with you of it. Sliatjpeare, 
 
 Accc'rhing. prep, [from accord, of 
 which it is properly a participle, and 
 is therefore never ufcd but with to.'] 
 i. In a manner fuitable to; agreeably to; 
 in proportion. 
 
 Our churches are places provided, that the 
 people might there aOemble themlelves in due 
 and decent manner, according to their fcveral 
 degrees and orders. Hooker 
 
 Our zeal, then, (hould be accordint^ to know- 
 ledge. And what kind of knowledge ? With- 
 out all quellion, fiill, according to the true, 
 faving, evangelical knowledge. It Ihould be 
 according to the gofpel, the whole gofpel ; not 
 only according to its truths, but precepts ; not 
 only according to its free grace, but necelTaiy 
 duties : not only according to its myllerirs, but 
 alio its commandments. Sprat\> Sermons. 
 
 Noble is the fame that is built on candour 
 and ingenuity, according to thofc beautiful lines 
 of fir John Denham. Spctialo, . 
 
 2. With regard to. 
 
 God made all ihing^ in number, weight, and 
 mealure, and ga\c ti:eai to be conl'idercd by us 
 according to thcfe propel tics, which aic inhrient 
 ill Cleared beings. Hoidri on Time. 
 
 3. In proportion. The following phrafc 
 is, 1 tliink, vitious. 
 
 A man niay, with prudence and a good con- 
 fcienee, approve of the profelfcd principles of 
 one party more liian the other, according as he 
 thinlts they belt piomote the good of church 
 and llatc. Swift's Church oj Eng. Man. 
 
 Acco'uDiNCLY. ailv. [from accord.] 
 Agreeably ; fullably ; conformably. 
 
 As the aifions of men aie of fundiy diftinift 
 kinds, lo the laws thereof muft aecor.iingty be 
 diltinguilhcd. Hoohr. 
 
 Sinah, thou 'rl faid to have a flnbborn foul, 
 Th.ii apprehends no further than this world: 
 And ftpiai'll thy life nceoidingly. Shakfp. 
 
 Whoever is to afl'ufed of the autlioiily and 
 fenfe of fcripture, as to believe tie doflrine 
 of it, and to live a.atdingtv, Ihall be faved. 
 
 n/otfo-i. 
 
 A C C 
 
 Mealy fubfl-ances, fermented, turn four. /ff» 
 cordingly, given to a weak child, tliey <^\\\ re- 
 tain their nature ; fur bread will give them the 
 cholic. .^rbuthnot on Alimevts. 
 
 To ACCO'ST. v.a. [accoftcr, Fr.] To 
 fpeak to firft ; to addrefs ; to falute. 
 
 You miftake, knight: accofihct, front her» 
 board her, woo her, alTail her. Shakff. 
 
 At length, collcfting all his fcfpent wiles. 
 With foothing words rencw'd, him thus accojhr 
 
 Parad. Keg. 
 1 firft acro,/?^./ him : I fued, I fought, 
 And, with a loving force, to Pheiieus brought. 
 D'ydcn's jEnetd. 
 
 AcCo'sTABLE. aa). [froiTi accoJL] Eafyof 
 accefs ; familiar. Not in ufe. 
 
 They were both indubitable, flrong, and high- 
 minded men, yet of ("weet and accojiahle nature^ 
 almoft equally deligliiing in the prcfs and af- 
 Huence of dejieiulants and fuitors. if'otton. 
 
 ACCO'UNT. ti.f. [from the old French 
 accompt, from computus, Lat. It was 
 originally written accompt, which fee ; 
 but, by gradually foftening the pronun- 
 ciation, in time the orthography 
 changed to'arrot/;j/.] 
 
 1. A computation of debts or expences ;- 
 a regifter of fafts relating to money. 
 
 At m.any times I brought in my accounts, 
 Laid them before you ; you wouli throw theniol?,' 
 And fay you found them in mine honelly. Shakf. 
 
 When my young mailer has once got the (kill 
 of keeping accounts (which is a bulinefs of reafon 
 more than arithmetic) perhaps it will not l>e 
 amil's, that his father from thenceforth require 
 hiin to do it in all his concernments. LocW. 
 
 2. The ftate or rtfult of a computation; ■ 
 as, the account Itands thus between us. 
 
 Behold this have I found, faith the preacher, 
 counting one by one, to (rod out the account. 
 
 Ecclefiajlicus. 
 
 3. Such a {late of perfons or things, as 
 may make them more or lofs worthy of 
 being confidcred in the reckoning, 
 value, or eftimalion. 
 
 For the care that they took for their wivos 
 and their children, lh;ii bielhrcn and kinsfolks, 
 was in le.-tfl account with them ; but the grcateft ■ 
 and I'tiucipal fear was for tiic holy temple. 
 
 2 Mitccab. 
 
 That good afTeiflion, which things of fmaller 
 account have once fct on work, is by fo much 
 the more eafily railed higher. Hooker. 
 
 I (hould make more account of their judg-- 
 ment, v/ho arc men of fenfe, and yet have never 
 touched a pencil, than of the opinion given by 
 the gicatell part of p. sinters. Drydcn. 
 
 4. Profit ; advantage : to turti to accsunt, 
 is to produce advantage. 
 
 We would eltahlilh 0111 fouls in fuch a folid 
 and fulllanti.il virtue, as will tmn to amount \n 
 that gieat d.iy, when it mull lliMid the tcIV oi 
 infini'e wifdom .ind jufticc. Spc&ator. 
 
 5. Dittiuftion ; dignity ; rank. 
 
 There is fuch a peculii rity m Homer's man- 
 ner of apollrophi/ing EUniaeus ; it is gcneraU/ 
 applied, by that poet, only to men of account 
 and dilliiKtion. Pope't Odyjfey. 
 
 6. A reckoning verified by finding the 
 value of a thing equal to what it was 
 accounted. 
 
 Confideriiig the ufu.il n.otivcs of human 
 actions, which arc pleafurc, profit, and ambi- 
 , tion, I cannot yet comprchciid how thofc per- 
 fons find their account in any of the three. Swift. 
 
 7. A reckoning referred to, or fiim 
 charged upon, any particular perfon ; 
 ami thence, figuratively, regartj ; con- 
 lidcralion ; fake. 
 
 If he hath wronged thee, or owcth thcc aught, 
 j>ut that on my a.^o-mt. PhiUmoi.
 
 A C C 
 
 This miift be always «membfi-e<l, tliit 
 ncthing can come into tlic account of rccieatiuii, 
 that is not done with <it'light. L.^.ckc, 
 
 In mattirs wlierc his judL^mcnt led hina In 
 oppotc men on a public accoitut, he would do it 
 \igoroufly .md hcailily. ^'Jttethury. 
 
 The aiTcrtion is our Saviour's, though uttcicd 
 by him in the perfoii of Abraham, the father of 
 the faitliful ; who, on the aciount of that charac- 
 ter, is rcry fitly introduced. ^Ittfthtiry. 
 
 Thefe trilnines kindled gr?at dlfTinlioiis be- 
 tween the nublci and the commons, on the <ir- 
 <ount of Coriohinus, a nobleuun whom tiic 
 latter had impeached. Sv/rft. 
 
 Nothing can recommend itfclf to our Inve, 
 on any otlier acouiit, but cither as it jjioniotes 
 our prcfeiit, or is a means to affure to us a future 
 happincl's. Ro'^£*i' Smnons. 
 
 hempronius gives no thanks on this jrronr.t. 
 .■IdJiJois' s Cato. 
 
 8. A narrative ; relation : in this ufe it 
 may feeni to be derived from coiiU; Yi. 
 a tale, a narration. 
 
 9. The review or exatnination of an affair 
 taken by authority ; as, the inagifiiatc 
 took an acccunt of the tumult. 
 
 Tlicrcfoie is the kingdom of heaven likened 
 unto a certain king, whicli would take acciimt 
 of his fervants ; and when he had begun to 
 reckon, one was broughr imto him, which owed 
 him ten thoufond talents. Matthew. 
 
 10. The relation and reafons of a tranfac- 
 tion given to a perfon in authority. 
 
 What occd we fear who knows it, when none 
 «an call our power to accnunt ' Shiiljp. 
 
 The true ground of morality can only be tlie 
 will and law of a God who fees men in the dark, 
 has in his hands 1 awards and puni(hments, and 
 power enough to call to account the proudeft of- 
 fender. Locke. 
 
 11. Explanation; afiignment of caufes. 
 
 It is eafy to give accouiity how it comes to 
 pafs, that though all men defirc hnppinefs, yet 
 their wills cany them fo rontrarily. Lode. 
 
 It being, in our author's account, a right ac- 
 ijuired by begetting, to rule over thofc he had 
 begotten, it was not a power poflible to be in- 
 lieiited, bccaufe the right, being confequent to 
 and built on, an a<?t peifedtly pcrfonal, made 
 that power fo too, and impolTible to be inherited. 
 
 Lode. 
 
 12. An opinion previoudy eftabli(hed. 
 Thefewere dcligned to join with the forces at 
 
 fca, there being prepared a number of flat-bot- 
 tomed boats to tranfport the land forces under 
 the wing of the great navy : for they made no 
 account, but that the navy ihould be abfolutely 
 mafter of the feas. Macon. 
 
 A pjodigal young fellow, that had fold his 
 clothes, upon the light of a fwallow, made ac- 
 count that fummcr was at hand, and away went 
 bis (hirttoo. L'Ejirangc. 
 
 13. The reafonsof any thing coUefted. 
 Being convinced, upon all accounts, that they 
 
 had the fame reafon to believe the hilloryof our 
 Saviour,, as that of any other perfon to which 
 they themfelvcs wcie not .i(flually eye-witnelTcs, 
 they were bound, by all the rules of hirtorical 
 faitli, and of right reafon, to give credit to this 
 ^.inory. AJJiJon. 
 
 14. Inlaw. 
 
 .Acioufit Is, in the common law, taken for a 
 writ or aition brou\;ht ag.iinlt a man, that, by 
 means of oifiee or biifinefs undertaken, is to 
 render an ac :ount unto another ; as a bailiff to- 
 ward his maftor, a guardian to his ward. Coiufll. 
 
 To Acco'uNT. i>. 3. [See Account.] 
 i.To efteera; to think; to hold in 
 opinion. 
 
 That alfo was accounted a land of giants. 
 
 Deuteronomy. 
 
 1, To reckon ; to compute. 
 
 Neither the motion of the moon, whereby 
 months are computed, nor the Jun, whereby 
 
 A C C 
 
 years are accounted, confiiK-ih of vvIuVie n-im- 
 
 bcrs. Hrcu":U VuliHir Ft routs. 
 
 3, Toaflign to, as a debt : with the par- 
 ticle /o. 
 
 Fur fome vc.irs ic;i!ly accaicd t!ic yearly fum 
 of two hundred thoufniu! |ic)itn(ls to llic king's 
 coffcn : and it was, in luith, the only pruj-i5t 
 thr.t w.i.'i iicccunU.i to liis own l<rrv ice. C/urenJon. 
 
 4.. To hold in citct'in : with of. 
 
 Silver ',v:ii notiiin^ aca^Ufitcd bJ \\\ the dny^ of 
 Solomon. chrt^n. 
 
 To ACCO'U^T. %\ TU 
 
 1. To reckon. 
 
 Tlic Client!.?!- months arc likewife atbiuarily 
 and unoquiUiy fettled by the fame power; by 
 which months we, to this day, a<i.ount^ and jhey 
 meafurc and mjke up that uhich we r;i!I the 
 Julian year. UclJf) on Tittc. 
 
 2. To give an acco^mt ; to aflii^n the 
 caules : in which feiifc It is foliuwed by 
 the particle for. 
 
 It .my one Ihould afk, why oar gcncnl con- 
 tinued fo cafy to the lait r I know no other w^y 
 tu nr count for it, but by tint unmcafiir.itilc love 
 cf wculfh which his hell friends allow lo be his 
 padominant.plrrion. S^uiji. 
 
 3. To make up the reckoning ; to anfwer: 
 withyb;-. 
 
 Then thou flialt fee him plung'd, when Icafl 
 he fean, 
 At once accmtnt'tig for his derp aricar?. T>r\d.- 
 
 They have no uneal'y prefaces of a fntmc 
 reckoning, wherein the plcriluvcs they now taltc 
 mult be atcounted for I and mav, perhaps, be 
 outweighed by tne pains wliich Ihall then lay 
 hoJd of them. ^ttcrbury^i Seimrm. 
 
 4. To appear as the medium, by which 
 any thing may be explained. 
 
 Such as have a faulty circulation through the 
 the lungs, ought to cat very little at a time ; bc- 
 caufe the increafe of the quantity uf frelh chyle 
 mull make that circulation liill more uneal'y; 
 which, indeed, is the cafe of confumptivc and 
 fome aflhmaticpcrfons, and .i( rs^w/i/arthefymp- 
 toms they are troubled with after eating, jhbuth. 
 ACCO'UNTABLE. adj, [{iOXCi accQWit f\ Of 
 whom an account may be required ; 
 who muit anfwer for : followed by the 
 particle to before the perfon, audybr 
 before the thing. 
 
 Accountable to none 
 But to my confcience and my God alone. Ohiham. 
 Thinking themfelves excuftd from ftanding 
 upon their own legs, or being accountable jot 
 their own conduit, they very feldom tioubk- 
 themftlves with enquiries. Locke on Education. 
 The gwod magilUaCe will make no diltindtion ; 
 for the judgment is God's; and he will look 
 upon himfelf as accountable i\X. his bar /cr the 
 equity of it. j-^tterbury's ScimT2s. 
 
 Acco'uNTANT. adj. [from account.'] Ac- 
 countable to ; rcfponfible for. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 His offence is fo, as it appears 
 J^ccouritant to the law upon that p.iin. Shakf. 
 
 I love her too, 
 Not out of abfolutc \\ii\ (though, peradvcnture, 
 I itand accountant for as great a fin) 
 But partly led to diet my revenge. Shakf. 
 
 Acco'uNTANT, n. f. £8ee Accomp- 
 TANT.J A computer ; a man ikilled or 
 employed in accounts. 
 
 The different compute of divers ftates ; tlie 
 ftiort and irreconcileaUe years of fome ; the ex- 
 ceeding crrour in tlic natural frame of others ; 
 and the falfe deduiftions of ordinary accovitiints 
 in moit. Brsivu'i Vulgar Knoun. 
 
 Acco'uNT-BooK. «. /. A book contain- 
 ing accoimts. 
 
 I would endeavour to comfort myfclf upon 
 the lols of fiicnds, as 1 do upon the lofs of mo- 
 ney ; by turning to my u.. count -book ^ aad feeing 
 
 A C C 
 
 whether I have enough left for fry fupjiDrf. 
 
 Acco'uNiiNc. n.f. [from ace turt.] Tlie 
 a6t of reckoning, or making up of ac- 
 counts. 
 
 This method, faithfully obfened, tnuft keep 
 
 a man from breaking, or ruiu.ing behir^d-Vard, 
 
 in his fpiritual ertate j v/hich, without frequfr.t 
 
 ajc'juntin^s, he will hardly be able to prcver*. 
 
 Soutk'i ^cnno^.. 
 
 To Acco'uPLE. v.a. [accouplar, Fr.] To 
 join ; to link together. W'c now ufe 
 
 cmi[k. 
 
 He fcnt a folemn embaiTage to treat a peace 
 and league with the king; accmiflim it v/ith an 
 article in 'he nature of a requeft. Bacon. 
 
 To Arco'uRAC£. 13. a. [Obfolcte. See 
 Cour.{ge.] To animate. 
 
 That forward jiair fhe ever would afTuagc, 
 When they would nri\e due reafon to exceed; 
 
 But th.Tt fam^ I'roward twain would ac-our.ige, 
 
 Andofhcipl'niy;:dd unto their need. Fairy^t.een. 
 
 To Acco'vii v. v.a. [.See 2 o Court.} 
 
 To entertain with courtdiip or courtcfy. 
 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 Who all this while were at their wanton refl, 
 Accourthig each her friend with lavidi fealf. 
 
 Tb^ACCO'UTRE. v. a. leucoi'li-'er, Fr.] 
 To drel.s ; to equip. 
 
 Is it for this they liudy? to grow pale. 
 And nrifs the plca("ures of a glorious meal? 
 Foi' this, in rags accoutred are they feen. 
 And made the May-game of the public fp!een ? 
 
 Vt ytlcn. 
 Acco'uTREMKNT. 11. f. [a coilirmeiif, 
 Fr.] Drefs ; equipage; furniture re- 
 lating to the perfon ; trappings ; or- 
 naments. 
 
 I profefs requital to a hair's breadth; not only 
 in the fimple office of love, but in all the accou- 
 trement, complement, ^nd ceremony uf it. iil: :lf. 
 Chiiliianity is loll among ti-.eni in the trap- 
 pings and acLOUtrtmcnts of it ; with which, in- 
 Itead of adorning religion, they have ftrangely 
 (lifguifed it, and quite lliHed'it in the crowd of 
 external rites and ceremonits. Tiliotfon, 
 
 I have feen rhc pope officiate at St. Peter'.\, 
 where, for two hours together, he was bulied in 
 putting on or off his dilTerent acc.utrements, ac- 
 cording to the dift'erent parts he was to a<ft in 
 them. Addi/on's Spe&ator. 
 
 How gay, with all tji* aeroutrenientt of war, 
 
 The Britons come, with gold well-fraught they 
 
 come. Pkilii,!. 
 
 ACCRE'TION. n. f. \_aecret\o, Lat.] 
 
 The afl of growing to another, fo as to 
 
 increafe it. 
 
 I'lants do nourifh ; inanimate Ijodies do not; 
 they have an urj-rrt/o/), but no alimentation. 
 
 Bacon's Natural H:Jhr\. 
 The changes fecm to be cffeiSed by the e.\- 
 baliijj; of the moiliure, which may leave the 
 tinging corpufeles more dcnfc, and fomcthing 
 augmented by the accretion of the oily and earthy 
 parts of that moilhirc. Ne-ajton's Optra. 
 
 Infants fupport abliincnce worlf, from the 
 quantity of aliment confumed in accretion. 
 
 Arhuthnnt on Aliments. 
 Accrf'tive. adj. [from acci-ttion.'\ 
 Growing ; that whicli by growth is 
 added. 
 
 If the motion be very (low, we perceive it not : 
 we have no fenfe of the acrretii-e motion oi 
 plants and animals; and the fly Ihadow Heals 
 away upon the dial, and the tiuickelf t^e can 
 dirco\cr no more but that it is gone. G\im:ille. 
 To ACCKO'ACH. -v. a. [aaroc-h,r, Fr.] 
 To draw to one, as with a hook ; to 
 gripe ; to draw away by degrees w hat 
 is another's. 
 
 B 2
 
 A C C 
 
 A C C 
 
 A C C 
 
 Accro'achkf.nt. n. f. [i'rom accroa'h.'\ 
 The aft of accroaching. Z)'i?. 
 
 yVACCRU'E. -u.n. [from the participle 
 ac:ru, formed from accroUn, Fr.] 
 
 I . To accede to ; to be added to ; as a 
 n-itural production or effevfl, witusut 
 any particular refpeft to good or ill. 
 
 T:ie Sun ,of Gjd, hy liis nuji nation, lulii 
 chjiig-ii ih; manner uf tii.it ptifoMl fublilleiicc ; 
 no :ii:;iation llicrcby acrrs,i>ig ty the nature of 
 Gofl. Hmi:er. 
 
 7. To be added, as an advantage or im- 
 provement, in a ienfe inclining to good 
 r.uher tlian ill ; in which meaning it is 
 more frequently ufcd by later authors. 
 
 Frura wliieh conip.iit there atifing an ol.liga- 
 tion upon every one, fo to convey his meaning, 
 there uccri/ci alfo a rijht to every one, I>y the 
 fame fign.«, to judge of the fenfe it naaning of 
 t1:c pcrfon fo obliijed ro c-iprefs liimfelf. iowM. 
 Let ihe evidence of fiich a particular miiaclc 
 be never fo Iiright and clear, yet it i^ tlill hut 
 particular; nnd murt therefore want that i^ind 
 
 . of force, that degree of influence, which accnin 
 to a ftandmg general proof, fioni its having bceii 
 tried or approved, and confcnttd to, by men of 
 all ranks and capacities, of all tempers and in- 
 teielis, of .ill ages and nations. Attir'uury. 
 
 3. To append to, or arife from, as an 
 ill confequence : this fenfe fcems to be 
 lefs pro])er. 
 
 His fchoiar Ariflotle, as in many other par- 
 ticulars, fo likewife in this, did jullly oppofc 
 him, and became one of tire authors; choofing 
 a certain benefit, before the hainid th.it might 
 anruc from tlie difrcfpeiils of ignorant perfoiis. 
 
 IViiktni. 
 
 4. In a commercial fenfe, to be produced, 
 or to rife, as profit. 
 
 The yearly benefit that, out of thofe his works, 
 Gcirufih to her majefty, imounteth to one thou- 
 land pounds. Cairic'i Siin:cy. 
 
 The great profits which have accrmJ to the 
 
 duke of Florence from his free port, have fet 
 
 fevcral of the llares of Italy on the fame pn^jefl. 
 
 j^lddijon on lui^}'. 
 
 5. To fcHow, as lofs : a vitious ufe. 
 
 The benefit or jofs of fuch a trade cicrruing 
 to the government, unt'.l it cofiies to take root 
 lu thcn.u.on. TimjU'i MiJ,il!aj!it'. 
 
 iiccuBA'TiON. n. f. [from (7<:c«io, to lie 
 down to, l.at.] The ancient pollure 
 of leaning at meals. 
 
 It will appear thit acaibnlloti, or lying down 
 al meals, was a gefture ufcd by very many na- 
 ^iitns. Bro'Ti-n'i Vulvar Enoiri. 
 
 To Acc'j'mb. -v. a. [accumio, Lat.] To 
 lie at the table, according to the ancient 
 manner. UIlT. 
 
 Accu'mbent. ec!j. [acciimhens, Lat.] 
 Leaning. 
 
 The Roman recumbent, or, more properly, 
 ccuim'jent pjfturc in eating, was introduced after 
 the firfi Punic war. Arbutlinot on Coim. 
 
 To ACCUMULATE, -v. a. [from ar- 
 ciirr.uk, Lat.] To heap one thing upon 
 another ; to pile up ; to heap together. 
 It is ufed either literally, as, to aciumu- 
 /n/^ rr.oney ; or figuratively, as, to ac- 
 cumulate merit or v/ickcdnefs. 
 
 J f thou dull flander her, and torture me, 
 Kcver pray more; abandon all rtmorfej 
 On horrors head )MiioTS accumulate ; 
 l-'or nothing canft thou to damnation add. ShukJ. 
 
 Crintt by imaginary treafons weight, 
 Whicn loo much mciit t.lid uccumuliic. 
 
 .V.V Jolm Drr;:.im. 
 
 Accumula'tion. n.f. [_irom accumulate.] 
 I. The aft of accumulating. 
 
 One of my place in Syria, his lieutenant, 
 Feniuick aaavji/.i/w; of icnoWBj 
 
 Which he alchievM by ti;' miniitr, [oft his favour. 
 
 Shu^fl^fitrt's Ant'jr^ iiml (.'/t'Optilra. 
 
 Some, perfiaps, mi^hc otiierwifc wonder at 
 fuch an accunmlation of benefits, like a kind of 
 emuroideriiig or lilting of one favour upon aii- 
 otlier. Hi:. . :. 
 
 2. The ftate of being accumulated. 
 
 By t!ie regular returns of it in fome pc('ph', 
 and their freedom from it after the morbiil m.it- 
 tei is e.xhaulled, it looks as tiicre were legul-r 
 ammal.tti'Mi ami gatlicrjngs of it, as of other Ini- 
 niours in the body. Aihulhnot on Diet. 
 
 Accu'mulative. adj. [from accumulate.'] 
 
 1. That does accumulate. 
 
 2. That Is acctimulated. 
 
 II the injury nieet not w ilh mrckr.efs, it then 
 acquiics anotiier ncctJituK.iirc guilt, and lland^ 
 ailfvverablc not only for its own politive ill, but 
 fur all the accidental ivhich it caufes in the fuf- 
 terer. G r.}<-tm]:cnt f.f 1 '•-!■. Tongue. 
 
 AccuMur.i'roR. n.f. \ico\w aCiiinudatc.'] 
 fie that accumulates; a gallierer or 
 lieaper together. 
 
 Injuries may f.ill upon the palTive man, yet, 
 
 without revenge, there would be no broils and 
 
 qnancls, the great ac-umul.iftta and multipliers 
 
 ,of injuries. J)cr.tj of l^icry. 
 
 A'ccuRACY. ;/./. [_i:ccura!'f>, Lat.] Ex- 
 
 aclnefs ; nicety. 
 
 This pcifeiff artifice and nccur<try might have 
 been omitted, and yet they have m.adc ihift to 
 move. Ah'c. 
 
 Quicknefs of imaginaritiii is fecn in the inven- 
 tion, fertility in tiie fancy, and the acouiary in 
 
 tiie expi-clTlou. Xiryt^^n. 
 
 The mill who h.ith the Unpid ignorance, or 
 linrrlencd efFjontciy I to inUilt the revealed will 
 of God; or the pctulent conceit to turn it into 
 ridicule ; or the arrogance to m.ike his own yi r- 
 feitions the meafure of the Divinity ; or,. at bell, 
 that can collate a te.xt, or quote an- authorirv, 
 with an infipid nceurary ; or (icmonftrate a plain 
 propofition, in all formality ; th^lc now arc the 
 only men worth mentioning Vtt,:ny. 
 
 We confidcr the unifiirniity of the whcjle de- 
 fign, accurac\' of tiie calculations, and ikill in 
 rcltciin^ ;tnd coniijaring paii'agcs of ancient au- 
 thors. Atbutimot on doim. 
 A'CCURATE. W/'. [cccuraJus, Lat.] 
 
 1. lixaft, as oppofed to ntgligcnce or Ig- 
 norance : apiilled to pcrfons. 
 
 2. Exai5> ; without dcfeCt or failure : ap- 
 plied to things. 
 
 No m.ui living has made more iicruratc tri.'.h 
 th.mReaumure, the biightclt ornanrcnt of Fr;nite. 
 
 ('.'i!jon. 
 
 3. Determinate ; preclfely fixed. 
 
 Tiiol'e conceive tire celellial bodies have more 
 crnnuic influences upon tliefe things b^low, than 
 indeed. they have but in grofs. JSnc^n. 
 
 A'ccuRATELY. fl/y. \J\\im acciirale.] In 
 an accurate manner ; exactly ; without 
 errour ; nicely. 
 
 The fine of incidence is either accurately^ or 
 very nearly, in a given ratio to the line of re- 
 fraclion. Knfton 
 
 Tiiat all thcie diiianccs, mntious, and ipian- 
 titios of matter, Ihould be fo lucuraicly and har- 
 monioully adjulU-d in this great variety of our 
 fyllem, is above the fortuitous hits of blind ma^ 
 teiial cnufv?, and mult ceirainly flow from that 
 eternal fountain of wifdom. Jlcnthy. 
 
 A'ccuR ATHNEss. n.f. [from accurate] 
 Exaftnefa ; nicety. 
 
 But fome time after, fufpefling th.it in 
 
 making this obfcrvatlon I had not detci mined 
 
 tlic diameter of the fpherc with fufficient acr.v- 
 
 raieiiefs, I repeated the c.\perin\ent. NfwI'tn. 
 
 To Accu'rse. t). a. [See Curs;;.] To 
 
 doom to mifery ; to invoke inifery upon 
 
 any one. 
 
 As if it were an unlucky comit, or as if God 
 
 i had fo .J«i-'/ei/ it, tliat it (liould never Ihiiic to 
 
 give ligh.t in tilings concerning our duty any wsy 
 iow;!rcl.s him. llo'Acr. 
 
 When Hildehrnnd accurjri and cal> down 
 from Ids throne Henry iv. there weic none io 
 Itaidy as to defend ihcir lord. Rtitcr^ti's Ej]eiy\. 
 Accu'rsi X). part. lulj. 
 
 1. That ia curfed or doomed to mifery. 
 
 'Tis the moO certain fign tie world's occ.oji^ 
 That the belt things corrupted are and word. 
 
 ly.Ttt.tim. 
 
 2. That defirves the cuife ; execrable ; 
 hateful ; deteftable ; and, by coale- 
 quencc, wicked ; malignant. 
 
 A I'wift bleiliii§ 
 May fonn return to this our fufl'eiing country, 
 Unilcr a hand acrun'.i ' .S''m<//',-(.'?. 
 
 The chief par toft he mifery of wickrd men, and 
 tliofe (iri-Kry>i/fpiiits, the devils, is this, that tiny 
 are of a difporuion contrary to God. TsUotJcn. 
 They, 1 ke the fcec- from which they fpiung, 
 'acaoj}, 
 Againfl the gods immortal hatred nurff. Dry ten. 
 Accu'sABi-E. a{(/. [from the verb accufe.] 
 That may be cenfured ; blameable ; 
 culpable. 
 
 tIicic would be a manifefl defed>, and na- 
 ture's imi rovifion were jiiflly dcewyii/'/^; if ani- 
 mals, fo fubjcdt unto difeafes from bilious caufes, 
 fliould want a proper conveyance for choler. 
 
 B>oi^n's Futgar Errouri. 
 
 Accuea'tion. n.f. [from accufe.'^ 
 
 1. The aft of accufuig. 
 
 Thus ti.ey in mutual .icciifntim fpent 
 T'he fniiricis hours, but neither felf-condcmning, . 
 And of thiir vaincontcff appear'd nu end. I'.lrl. 
 
 2. The ch.irge bro'jght againft any, one 
 by the accafer. 
 
 You read 
 Thefe (iciLjiiii'j;n^ and ihcie grievous crimes 
 Committed by your perlun, and your {oUowerjs. 
 
 Stt.'t:Jf>i(rte. 
 All nccufcittn:, in the very nature of thcTl.ing, 
 fli 1 fupp'ifing, and being iuunded upon, I'omc 
 lave ; fui where there i* no law, th' re can f e 110 
 tranfgi-eliioni and w. ere there can be no Iranf- 
 gielTiun, I am i'uic there ought to be no accu- 
 f.itio^}. S'-.u.k, 
 
 3. [In the fenfe of the courts.] A decla- 
 ration of fome crime preferred btiort a 
 competent judge, in order to inllitt 
 f;>ine judgment ou the guilty perfon. 
 
 Jy life's Pareraon. 
 
 Accu'sATivE. adj. [a'cajalkiiu, Lat.] 
 A term of grammar, lignifyingtbe re- 
 lation, of the noun, an which the action 
 iirplied in. the verb tenr.inates. 
 
 Accu'sATORY. ac/j. [homaccifc] That 
 produces or contains an accnfatiou. 
 
 in a charge of adultery, tire accufer ougiit fo 
 fet forth, in the uccujatorj libel, fonie certain asd 
 definite time. j^y'ijfe. 
 
 To ACCU'SE. 1. a. [accufo, Lat.] 
 
 li To chargcwitha crime. It tequires the 
 
 particle c/' before the fiihject of accufa-- 
 
 tion. 
 
 He flripp'd the bears-foot of its" leafy gfcvvtli ; 
 
 And, calling wcflem winds, aciui'u the IprTog of 
 
 (loth. Bryiten's Firgil. 
 
 The profeiTors are accufcd of all the ill prac- 
 tices which may fecm to be the ill confcqucnces 
 cf their principles. AciJifon. 
 
 2. It fometimes admits the particle/er. 
 
 Never fend up a leg of a fowl .it fupper while 
 there is a car or dog in the houfe, that can be 
 cff;/y>f/_/"jr running away with it : but, if there 
 h.ippcn to be neither, you muft lay it upon the 
 rats, or a rtraiige grey hound. S-.oifr. 
 
 3. To blame or cenfurc. In oppofition to 
 applaufe or jnftilication. 
 
 Their confeiencc bearing vvitnefs, and their 
 thoughts the mean while aca^Jing or c!fe excufing 
 one another, Jiomanut.
 
 ACE 
 
 Tucr valiiiir \vc. Id Ihcir llbtli too mucli •t^rt.(\ 
 
 Aiui il.iicriiic, like thcmfLhes, they pii-.'.cis 
 
 chiiolu. Drydin's Tyinnnuk L-i'r. 
 
 Acer's !.R. «.y. [from <7(V?//?.] He tliat 
 
 brings a cluirgc iij';iilnil anotluT. 
 
 Tlui'c are fume pctloiis fjibiddcn tu ht anu- 
 
 ffii, on llie fcorc of llieir ux, ;l^ women; others 
 
 of* llicir age, ris pLip'l> and Mii'ant> ; otlieis upon 
 
 the account of funio crimes conimi'ted l<y iikiu ; 
 
 :Hnl otlieii-, onilie fccMC of lonit filthy lucre ihcy 
 
 jiKipofe to g.iMl Il.ireljy ; others, on the fcorc of 
 
 theii-' C'Miditions, .is lihcrtiiies ag.iinlf their pn- 
 
 ttoiis-; and others, through a fufpicion of c.i- 
 
 lumny, as having once already given falfc c\i- 
 
 rtciice; and, lallly, others on account of their 
 
 ppvcrty, as not being worth more than fifty aurei. 
 
 — That good man, who drank the pois'nous 
 draught, 
 With mind fcicne , and could not wilh to fee 
 His vi'e ,ici;if' diiiik as deep as he. 7J'_y !in. 
 
 If the pel foil accufed malccth his innocence 
 , plainly to appear upon his tiial, the ,ic'jiiffi is 
 immediately put to an ignomiiilous death; and, 
 out. of his goods and lands, the innocent perfon 
 is (jiiadruplv rccompenfcd. Gullh'er'i Traidi. 
 To ACCU'STOM. ^•. a. [accoutumer, 
 Er. ] To habituate; to inure: witli 
 the particle to. It is ufcd chiefly of per- 
 fons. 
 
 How (hall we breathe in other air 
 
 L'-fs pore, a;-uji'.m'\li0 im.Tiortal fu.its? Mi!i!,n. 
 
 It has been lome adxantagc to ULcyhm one's 
 
 feif to booki of the f.inic cd.t.on. IV.itls. 
 
 To Accb'sTOM. t).«. To be wont todo any 
 
 thing. Obfolete.. 
 
 A boat o\-er-frcighted funk, aitd A\ drowned, 
 faying one wonan, that in her firil popping 
 up again, which moft'llving thingi ucciijkn, got 
 hold of riie boat; ('.iiciu. 
 
 Accu'sTOM.iifLE. adj. [fcom acca/loni.'] 
 Of long culloni or habit j habitual ; 
 
 cuftomary. 
 
 Animals even of the fame origin?.!, cxtraiflinn, 
 and ipecies, m.iy he diveifihcd by acujiomiiiu 
 ufidcnce ii one climate, from what Ihey aie in 
 J uother. //.!.'= 'i Oi ig!" '4 M.i:ki,ui. 
 
 Accu's.TOM,\SLY. cid'o. According to 
 cni^oiTu 
 
 Touching the king's k\vi% acatjT-jmal'ly pnid'foi 
 the purchafingot wiits oiiginal, I find noccirain 
 t*:gjnniiig of thciTi, and do therefore think that 
 they grew up with the clianceiy. Sacoti^s .'^iivn 
 
 .AccLi'sTOM \NCE. «. f. \_accoutiima!ice, 
 Fr.] Cuflom : habit; nfe. 
 
 Througii .<< c:iji'jrni2nt j and nc_i!igcnce, and per- 
 haps fomc other caufe?,. we neither feci it in our 
 own bodies, nor take notice of it in t»;liers. B'lyle. 
 Acco'sTOMARiLY. Oi'lv. In a cuHomary 
 manner ; according to common or cuf- 
 tomary praftice. 
 
 Go on, rhetorick, and eypofc tlie pecnliaremi- 
 ncncy which you arcujiom-irily marfti:*! before lo- 
 gic to p-.ibhc view. Cluii'sland. 
 A'ccu'sTOM ARY. aJj. [from accujlum.'\ 
 Ufual ; praciifed ; according tocudom. 
 
 ACCU'STOMED. adj. [from (!iT!_'/?Om. ] Ac- 
 
 . cording to cuflom ; frequent ; ufual. 
 Look how (he rii!»i her hands. — It is an .ir- 
 cnjiomed action wit.i hei,.to,lccm thus wafting 
 licr hands : I have known her continue in tl.i^ a 
 qu;irter of an hour. Shuljpov^'s Macbeth. 
 
 AcK, »!,./! \^As not only- fignificd a piece 
 of money, but any integtr, from whence 
 is derived the word ace, or unit. Thus 
 As figniHed the whole inheritance. Ar- 
 buthnot on Colns.'\ 
 1.. An unit ; a fingle point on cards or 
 dice. 
 
 When lots are Hiuffled together In a lap, xirn, 
 fit pitcher ; or if .1 man blindfold cafts a die, 
 
 A C H 
 
 what rcafin in the woild can he Ii ive trt ptr'Tum.:, 
 Iha; he Ihall dr.iw a white ftoiic rather than a 
 black, or throw an ticc rather than a fife .' Soui'i. 
 2. A fniall quantity ; a particle ; an 
 atom. 
 
 He will njt h.ite an fr- of ahfi late certainly ; 
 but however doul'tful or impvuli.ible the thing is, 
 coming from him, it i.iult go fur an indifputable 
 truth. iiovetjimcttt oj tftf font^ui. 
 
 I'll not wag an ace further: the whole woild 
 fliall not bribe me to it. DiyJ^n'i Spnnijh Vriar. 
 .■^CF.'pH ALDUS, adj. [a.£',5aA®.] With- 
 out a head. D'ul. 
 AcI-'rh. adj. \_acerLiis, Lat.] Acid, with 
 an addition of roughnefs, as molt fruits 
 art before they are ripe. i^/iniy. 
 AcK'RiiiTV. n.f. [.h-fflit,!!, Lat.] 
 
 1. A rough four talle. 
 
 2. Sharp, itfs of temper ; feverity : applied 
 to mei>. 
 
 True it is, that the talfnts for ciiticifm, name- 
 ly, fmartnefs, quick cenfure,vi\acity of remark, 
 inderd all but turrhity, fcem rather the gifts of 
 youth than of old age. Voi^. 
 
 Tff.ACE'RVATE. i>.a. \_acer'vo,\.^\..'] 
 To heap up. Did. 
 
 Arf. R va'tion. b. f. [from acei-vate.l 
 
 The aft of heaping together. 
 AcERVosE. adj. Full of heaps. D'.Cl. 
 
 Ace'scf.nt. adj. [^nctjccns^ Lat.] That hab 
 a tendency to fournefs or acidity. 
 
 The fame perfons, pcr!ijp>, had enjoyed their 
 health as well with a mixture of animal* diet, 
 ijualirted with a fufKcienr quantity of acifccnti; 
 ,1 , bread, vinegar, and fermented liquors. 
 
 dnuitli'iot on ^llim^ut^. 
 
 AcETo'sE. adj. That has in it any thing- 
 four. D'u'l. 
 
 .-^chTo'siTY. n.f. [from .■Kc'e/'J.] The 
 rtateof b'eiiig acctofe, or of containing 
 fournefs. D'U!. 
 
 Ace'tous. adj. [from acifum, vinegar, 
 Lat.] Havi.rig the quality of vinegar ; 
 four. 
 
 Raifms, which confiB- chii-fly of the jiticc of 
 gr.ipcs, mfpilTated in the ikivis or hulks by the 
 aMilatiun iji the fupeiHiious moilUire through 
 th.eii pores, being diiliiled in a retor.t, did jiot 
 afford any vinous, .but latiier an a^etom Ipiiit. 
 
 B!,y!c. 
 
 Achy., n. f. [ace, Sax. ay,© ; now gene- 
 rally written ale, and in. the plural <;,^'cf, 
 of one fylbble;, the primitive m.inntr 
 being pre ferved chiefly in poetry, for the 
 fake of the mcafure.] A continued pain. 
 See Are. 
 
 I'll rack t';ce with old cramps ;. 
 Fill all thy bones wilii nchei, make thee lo.ir, 
 . Thafbeafts (hall tremble at thy din. S/rnffp. 
 
 A co/Tirng fhow'r your (hooting corns prefage, 
 Old (ir/t£-i tiirob, your hollow tooth will rage. 
 
 Swift. 
 To Ache. v. n. [^See Ache.] To be in 
 pain. 
 
 Upon this account, our fcnfes are dulled and 
 fpeni bv an extraordlnaiy intention, i^^(t our very 
 (jes \Kill a:!ic, if long fixed upon any difficultly 
 difccrted objeifl. Gluinillt. 
 
 To ACPH'EVE, V. a. {jiJievir, Fr. to 
 compleiie.] 
 
 1. To perform ; to linidi a deiign prof- 
 
 peroufly. 
 Our toils, my friends, arc crown'd with fure 
 fuccefs : 
 Tire greater part pcrform'd, achUve the lefs. 
 
 Jiiyden. 
 
 2. To gain; to obtain. 
 
 E.Kperience is b\- iiidiilf i y rtr/z/eT^-'i.', 
 And jxrfeiScd by the Iw if r cuui'ft of time, ih(Ji, 
 
 A C I 
 
 Tianio, I burn, I pine, I perilh, Tranio, 
 If I iirhicv; not thii yuuiig mudilV giil. Siiak, 
 
 Thou hart arhie-.i'd our liberty, conlin'd 
 Within hell galea till now. M'ltirt. 
 
 .■^how all the fpaiis by valiant kings <ie.{/<-r''ii, 
 And groaning nations by their arms rcliev'd. 
 
 Pi/V. 
 Aciii'i.vement. n.f. [ac/i^'vemcnl, Fr.j 
 
 1. The perforiiiuice of an adion. 
 
 Frani tvtiy coall that heaven walks about. 
 Have thither rome the nolle martial crew. 
 That famous hard achUvcmiti Hill purlue. 
 
 fj;/)- Qvrttf, 
 
 2. The cfcutchcon, or enfigni armorial, 
 granted to any iiian for the performance 
 of great aifkions. 
 
 Then (liall the war, and flern del)ate,and fti;;; 
 Immtatal, be the bus'ntfs of my lite; 
 And in thy fame, the riudy fpoils among, 
 High on the buriiilh'd roof my banner Ihall be 
 
 h-ung, 
 Rank'd with my champions bucklers; andbclov.*, 
 With arms rcveis'd, iu' i^chiLVcminn ofdie.''oe. 
 
 Ash'ievemcnt , in the firfl; fenfe, is derived 
 
 from aclAeve, as it fignifies lo perform ; 
 
 in the fecond, from aclhve, as it im-^ 
 
 ports lo gain. 
 Achi'evek. n.f. He that performs; ha 
 
 th.at obtains what he endeavours after. 
 
 A viiiory is twice itfcll, when tlic ackic.cv 
 brings home full uun-.l>crs. Hhakffeare. 
 
 A'cKiMG. n.f. [from ac/if.l Pain ;. un- 
 ealinefs. 
 
 Wl-.?n old age comes to -wait upon a great and 
 woilhipful finner, it comes attended with many 
 painful girds and ack:rg^j called the gout. Sout.':. 
 
 A'CHOR. n.f. \^ac!]oi-, Lat. a'^Wi, Gr._/i/r- 
 J'ur.1 A fpecies of the herpes ; it ap-> 
 peal's with a crufty fcab, which caiiiis 
 an itching on the furface of the head, 
 occafioncd by a fait fharp lenim oozing 
 th"ough the Il-;in. ^liiuj. 
 
 AVID. adj. [acidi.'s, Lat. aeidt:, Fr.] 
 Sour ; (harp. 
 
 >Vild trees lali longer than garden trees; an.-f^. 
 in the fame kind, ihofe whofe fruit is ar/..^, more 
 tii.wi thofe whole fruit is fweet. Sacwi's Nut. I{iJ?._ 
 
 ylcidyOX four, proceeds from a fait of the f.ui:if 
 nature, without mixture of oil ; in aullcre talfcs, 
 the'- oily parts have nut rlifcntangicd tl.emfclves 
 from the lalfs and eaitliy parts ; fuch is the taJte 
 of inilipe fi utts. Aybuthiiot on Al'smfi.ts. 
 
 Liquors and fubl^ances arc called acids, which, 
 being cornpofed oi pointed p.art-icles, affe^ the 
 t.ilte in a thaip .ind piercing manner. The- com- 
 mon w.ty of ti)ing, whether auy particular 1: - 
 quor hath in it any particles of this kind, is by 
 mixing it with fyrup of violets, v/hen it will tuiii 
 of a led colour; but if it coiitain-s alkaline or 
 lixivial particles, it changes that fyrup green. 
 
 ■q,:ijy. 
 Aci'dity. n.f: [fromaaW.] The quality 
 cf being acid ; an acid tafle ; fharpnefs ; 
 fournefs. 
 
 Filhes, by the help of a dilfblvent liquor, cor- 
 rode and reduce their meat; ijcin, bones, and all, . 
 into a chyliis oicremor; and yettiiis liq-aorma- 
 nlf:>(n nothing of luidr'ty to the ta(\c. Rtiy. 
 
 Wh-on the tafte of the mouth is bitter, it is 
 a fign of a redundance of a bilious alkali, anc.i 
 dem.mds a quite ditfcrcnt diet from the cafe of 
 .ui.Lty or fournefs. ^'irlnah/rjt o'l Aliments. 
 
 A'ciuNESs. n./. [from rtf«/.] The qu.i- 
 lity of being acid ; acidity. See. 
 Acidity. 
 
 ACIDULJF.. n.f {\\\Mn,ai]us:.'}cU,iU.l 
 Medicinal fpiings impregnated witii 
 (harp particles, as all the nitrous, chaly-^ 
 btatfj and alum fpriags are- ^nac^.
 
 ACM 
 
 Tlif ndihilcty or medical fprings, emit a ^rcafer 
 ouantity of their mincnls than ufual; and even 
 the ordinary fprings, which were befure cleai, 
 fi-cfh, ;ind limpid, become thick and turbid, and 
 arc impregnated with fulphur and other mincrHis, 
 as I'jiig ns the earthquake Ulis. WcoihunrA. 
 
 7"/? Aci'dulate. V, a, [acUulcry Fr.] 
 To impregnate or tinge with acids in 
 a flight degree. 
 
 A diet of froth vnifalted things, water)* li- 
 quors ai:iduhit£>{jiA\'\nACQQ\\^ emolUcutfubft.Tnccs, 
 fuur milk, buttL-r, and acid fruits. ^rbuthr.ot. 
 
 T't? ACKNO'WLKDGE. v, a, [a word 
 formed, ns it feems, between the Latin 
 and Englilli, from agnofco, and knozv- 
 ■ie^i^e, which i;^ deduced from the Saxon 
 ■cnapan, to knoic.^ 
 J. To own the knowledge of ; to own any 
 thing or perfou in a particular charac- 
 ter. 
 
 My people do already know my mind, 
 And will licknoxvledgc you and Jelfica 
 In place of lord Budanio and myfelf. Shnkfpeare. 
 
 None that ackno'ivledge God, or providence, 
 Their fouls eternity dirt ever doubt. Z?<n/Vi. 
 
 2. To confefs, as a fault. 
 
 For I achioiuU\{gc my tranfgreflions ; and my 
 fm is ever before nxc. Ppi^'m. 
 
 3. To own, as a benefit : fometimes with 
 the particle to before the perfon confer- 
 ring the benefit. 
 
 His fpiiit 
 
 Taught them ; but they his gifE3 acknovjltdg' d 
 
 not. Milton. 
 
 In the iirft place, therefore, I thankfully nc- 
 
 kn'jivl?Ag€ to the Almighty Power the afliftancc 
 
 lie has given me in the beginning and the profe- 
 
 curion of my prefent lludics. Drydcn. 
 
 A c K N o'w L E D G I N G . ud'^ , [fi'om acknoiv- 
 
 ledge,'\ Grateful ; ready to acknowledge 
 
 'benefits received. A gallicifm, rccon- 
 
 no'ilfant* 
 
 .He has fhcv/n his hero ackmi.uUAgtng and un- 
 grateful, compaflionate and hard-hearted j but, 
 at the bottom, fickle and felf-intcrelU-d. 
 
 Diydin'i rirgil. 
 ACKNO'WLEDGMENT. fl. /* [ffOm aC- 
 
 knozultifgc.'l 
 I. ConceiTion of any charader in another ; 
 'as, exigence, fuperiority. 
 
 The due contemplation of the human nature 
 doth, by a necelVary connexion and chain of 
 caufes, carry us up to the unavoidable acknovj- 
 ledgmait of the Deity ; becaufe it carries every 
 thinking man to an original of every fucccifivc 
 individu.il. i/.i/i'i Origin of Mankind. 
 
 2. ConceiTion of t^ie truth of any pofition. 
 
 Immcdi.itL-ly upon the acknoiivlcdgment of tlic 
 chrilliaii faith, the eunuch was baptized by 
 Philip. Hooker. 
 
 3. Confefiion of afavilt. 
 
 4. Confefiion of a benefit received ; gra- 
 titude. 
 
 5. A61 of attcflntlon to any conceffion ; 
 fuch as homage. 
 
 There be many wide countries in Ireland, in 
 
 which the laws of England were never ellablilh- 
 
 ■cd| nor any ackno-wUdgment of fubjeiftion made. 
 
 Spenfer* s State of Ireland. 
 
 '6. Something given or done in confefiion 
 of a benelit received. 
 
 The fecond is an acknoivkdgmFnt to his ma- 
 jcfty /or ihc leave of filhing upon liis coaits ; and 
 though tliis may not l*c grounded upon any 
 treaty, yet, if it appear to be an ancient tight 
 on our fide, andtuUom on t'ncirs, not determined 
 ^r cxtinguilhed by any treaty between us, it may 
 with julticc be infifted on. Temple'.^ Miftt'l. 
 
 ACME.n./.[i:>, r,Gr.] The height of 
 any thing ; more er^iecially ul'ed to 
 
 Acq_ 
 
 denote tlie height of a dillemper, whicl: 
 IS divided into four periods. i. The 
 arete, the beginning or firft attack. 
 2.Anabqf!s, the growth. 3. y^iiw, llie 
 lieight. And, 4. Paracnie, which is the 
 declenfioji of the dillemper. i^iiticy. 
 
 Aco'lothist. «. /: [xxo^aSiV.] One 
 of the lowell order in the Roniifli 
 churcli, whofe office is to prepare llic 
 elements for the offices, to light the 
 church, Isfc. 
 
 It is duty, according to the pnpa] law, when 
 tile bidiop fings m?fs, to orth.'r all tlie in- 
 ferior clergy to appear in their piopei habits ; 
 and to Ice that all the offices ul tlie church be 
 righ'ly performed; to ordain tiie .icjrjthijf, to keep 
 the lacicd veifcls. yly! [j'c'i Pa'crgon. 
 
 A'coLVTE. n.f. The fame with Acoi.o- 
 
 THIST. 
 
 A'coNiTE. n.f. {^acoiuUim, Lat.] Propeily 
 the herb wolfsbane ; but commonly ufed 
 in poetical language for poifon in 
 general. 
 
 Our land is from tlic rage of tygers freed, 
 Noi- nouiilhes the lion's angry feed ; 
 Norpois'nous aconite is here produc'd. 
 Or grows unknown, or is, wiien known, re- 
 fus'd. D'ydcn. 
 
 Defpair, that aconite does prove 
 And certain death to others' love, 
 Thar poifon ne\er yet withftood, 
 Does nuuriHi mine, and tiuns to blood. Gtariv. 
 A'coRN. «._/; [aecopn, Sax. from ac, an 
 oak, and copn, corn or grain ; that is, 
 the grain or fruit of the oak.] The feed 
 or fruit born by the oak. 
 
 Errours, fuch as are but acorns in orir younger 
 brows, grow oaks in our older heads, and be- 
 come inflexible. i'lowi:. 
 Content with food winch nature freely bred. 
 On wilding-sand on rtrawberrics they fed; 
 Cornels and bramiile-berries gave the relt. 
 And failing morns furnifti'd out a feaft. Dryd. 
 He that is nourilhed by the acorns he picked 
 up under an 0:1k, or the apples he gatlicred from 
 tiie trees in the wood, has ccrtaijily appropriated 
 Ilicm to himfclf. Locke. 
 
 A'coRNED. adj. [from acorn. '\ Stored 
 with acorns. 
 
 Like a fuH d^^rw'./ boBr. Shjkh. 
 
 Aco'uSTiCKS. n. /. [axtTixa, of a'xet, 
 to hear.] 
 
 1 . The doftn'ne or theory of founds. 
 
 2. Medicines to help the hearing, ^incy. 
 To ACQUA'INT. v. n. [accointer,Yr.'\ 
 
 1. To make familiar with : applied either 
 to perfons or things. It has ivith before 
 the objeft. 
 
 We that acquaint ourfelves "tuith cv'ry ^onc, 
 And pafs the tropieks, and behold each pole, 
 
 When we come Imme, are to ourfelves unicnown. 
 And unaciiuainted IfiU with our own foul. 
 
 Da-j^ies. 
 
 T\\cxc luith thee, new welcome faint. 
 Like fortunes may her foul acquaint. Milton. 
 
 Before a man can fpeak on any fubjeift, it is 
 necelTai-y to be acpiainted ivith it. Locke on E.i. 
 
 Acfjuaint yon\{i:\\i:?. nuith things ancient and 
 modern, natural, civil, and religious, domeltie 
 and rational ; things of your r)wn and foreign 
 countries : and, above all, be well actjnainteJ 
 luith God and yourfclves ; learn animal nature, 
 and the workings of your own fpiiits. H'.:tts. 
 
 2. To inform. With is more in ufe before 
 the objefl than of. 
 
 But for fome other reafens, my grave fir. 
 Which is not fit you know, I not acyr/aint 
 My father of this bufmefs. S/ink/fcarc. 
 
 A fiiend in the country actpuiinti me, that 
 two OF chive men of the towu arc got among 
 
 A C (^ 
 
 them, and have brought words and phrafes, 
 wlijch were never bcfvic 'n\ thole paits, failer, 
 AcQtiA'iNTANCE. Ti. f, [^accotntatice, Fr.] 
 I. The ilate of being acquainted with; 
 faniih'arlty ; knowledge. It is apph'ei 
 as well to perfons as things, with the 
 particle nviih, 
 
 K(tr was his acquaintance lefs iL'itk the famous 
 poctj of his age, than if/M the nul)Iemcn and 
 ladies, Dtydcu.. 
 
 Our admiration of a famous man Icficnb upon 
 our nearer acquaintance ivith him ; and we leldum 
 bear of a celebrated pcrfon, without a catalogue 
 of fome notorious wcaltnelTcs and infirmities. 
 
 .'Iddifon. 
 
 Would we be admitted into an acquaint. in^s 
 
 iDtth God, let us Itudy to refcmble him. \Vc 
 
 mull be partakers of a divine nature, in order 
 
 to partake of this high privilege and alliance. 
 
 Attirbuiy. 
 
 2. Familiar knowledge, fimply without a 
 
 prepolition. 
 
 Brave foldicr, pardon mc, 
 That any accent hicaking from my tungue 
 Should 'Icape the true acquaintance of mine ear. 
 
 Skakjpcare, 
 
 This keeps the undcrftanding long in convcife 
 with an obje^ft, and long convcrfc brings ac- 
 quaintance. South. 
 
 In what manner he lived with thofc who were 
 of his iieiglibouriiood and acquaint aruey how 
 obliging hi-, cariiaije was to them, what kind 
 offices he did, and was always ready to do them, 
 1 forbear particularly to f.iy. Attcrhury^ 
 
 3. A (light or initial knowledge, Ihort of 
 friendfliip, as applied to perfons, 
 
 I hope I am pretty near feeing you, and 
 therefore I would cultivate an acquaintance \ be- 
 caufe if you do not know me when we meet, 
 you need only keep one of my letters, and com- 
 pare it witli my face ; for my face and letters are 
 counterparts of my heart. Swift to Pope, 
 
 A long noviciate of acquaintance ihunid pre- -■ 
 cede thevows of friendlhip. Solingi/rokc. 
 
 4. The perfon with whom we are acquain- 
 ted ; him of whom we have fome know- 
 ledge, without the intimacy of friend- 
 Hiip. In this fenfe the plural is, in 
 fome authors, acquaintance, in others 
 acquaintances* 
 
 But fhe, all vow'd unto the rcd-crofs knight. 
 His wand'img peril clofely did lament, 
 
 Ne in this new acquaintance could delight, 
 But her dear heart with anguilh did torment. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 That young men travel under fome tutor, I 
 allow well, lo that he be fuch a one that may be 
 able to tell them, wh:it acquaintances they are tu 
 feck, wljat excrcifcs or difciplinc the place yield- 
 cth. Biicon, 
 
 This, my lord, lias jurtly acquired you as 
 many friends, as there are perfons who have tlie 
 honour to be known to you ; mere acquaintance 
 you have none, you have drawn thtm all into a 
 nearer line; and they who have convcrfed with 
 you, arc for ever after inviolably yours. Vtyd. 
 
 Wt fee he is alhamed of his nearclt acquaint* 
 anceu Boyle againjl BentUy. 
 
 Acqua'inted. adj, [from acquaint,] Fa- 
 miliar ; well known ; not new. 
 
 Now call we our high court of p;ir]iamcnt ; 
 That war or peace, or both at once, may be 
 As things acquainted and familiar to us. ShaJh, 
 
 Acque'st. k. y. \acquejly Fr. from ar^ 
 querlr\ written by fome acquijl^ with a 
 view to the word acqnirey o\ acqu[fita,'\ 
 Attainment ; acquifition ; the thing 
 gained. 
 New arqucjls are more burden than ftrength. 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 Mud rcpofed near the oftea of rivers, makes 
 
 contuiuul adUilionb to Che land, thereby cxclud-
 
 A C<^ 
 
 ACCt 
 
 ing ttif 0:3, anrf prcfervini; thefc (hells as no- 
 piii;;s and (igns of its new acqiitjii and oncroacli- 
 rticnt5. l^'yodwiird. 
 
 To ACQUIE'SCE. a-, n. [acqukfca; Fr. 
 acqiiiijcere, J.zt.^ To reft in, or remain 
 fatislied with, without oppoiition or 
 difoontent. Ithasm before the objcA. 
 Otl.cis will, upon account of the receivcdncfs 
 of the propolcd opinion, ttiink it rather worthy 
 to he examined than acqulcfceA in. Boyle. 
 
 Neither a bare approbaiion of, nor a mere 
 wilhing, nor unaflivc complacency in ; nor, 
 laiTIy, a natural inclination to things virtuous 
 and good, cm pafs before Gjd for a m.in's wil- 
 ling of foch things; and confequently, if men, 
 upon this accouit, ■^ ill needs take up and at-'jtii- 
 ejce in an airy ungrounded pcrfuafion, that they 
 will thofe things which really they not will, they 
 fall t!;Teby into a grofsand fatal dclulion. South. 
 lie r ath employed his tranfcendcnt wildom 
 and p .wer, that by tliefe he might make way 
 for hit benignity, as the end wherein they ulti- 
 mately acqui-'jte. Gretu. 
 
 AcciUlE'scENCE. n.f. [from acquiefce.'\ 
 
 1. A (ilent appeal ance of content, dif- 
 tinguifhcd on one fide from avowed 
 confent, on the other from oppofition. 
 
 Neither from any of the nobility, nor of the 
 
 clergy, who were thought motl axerfc from it, 
 
 ■ there appeared any fign of contraditttion to that ; 
 
 hut an entire acquiejcence in all the bilhops 
 
 thought fit to do. Clarendcn. 
 
 2. Satisfaftion ; reft ; content. 
 
 Many indeed have given o\cr their purfuit) 
 after fame, eitiier from difappointmenr, nr from 
 experience of the little plealurc which attends it, 
 or the better informations or natural coldncls of 
 old age ; but feldom from a full fatisfa^ion and 
 McquieJi:£ncOf in their prcfent enjoyments of it. 
 
 yldJijon. 
 
 3. S'.ibmiflion ; confidence. 
 
 The greateft part of the worfd take up their 
 perfnafions concerning good and evil, by an im- 
 plicit faith, and a full acquiejcenct'y in the word 
 of thofe, who fliall rcprefent things to them im- 
 der thefc charadters, So.tii. 
 
 AcQur'R.iBLE. adj. [from orjwVc.] Tliat 
 may be acquired or obtained ; attainable. 
 
 Thofe rational inlHn^s, the connate principles 
 engraven in the human foul, though they aie 
 truths acquirable and deduelble by rational con- 
 fequence and argumentation, yetfecm to be in- 
 fctibed in the very crafis and textu:^ of the foul, 
 antccedent'to any accjuifition by indultry, or the 
 ciercife of the difcurfive faculty, in man. 
 
 HaW i Origin of ALtnh'nd. 
 
 If the powers of cogitation, and volition, and 
 fcniaiion, are neither inherent in matter as fuch, 
 nor licquir.ihie to mattci- hy any motion or modi- 
 fication of it; it necclTarily follows, that tliey 
 pov-ced from fome cogitative fulillance, fomc in- 
 covporc.il inhabitant within us, which we call 
 fplnt .ind foul. J-ientiry. 
 
 Tu ACQyi'RE. "V. a. \_acquerir, Fr. ac- 
 quiro, Lat.] 
 
 1. To gain by one's own labour or power ; 
 to obtain what is not leceived from 
 nature, or tranfmitted by inheritance. 
 
 Better to leave undone, tiian by our deed 
 ykq:iire too high a fame, while he, \vc ferve, 
 's away. Siitiijpe/iit' i Ant, andClecp. 
 
 2. To come to ; to attain. 
 
 Motion cannot be perceived witliout the per- 
 ception of its terms, viz, the parts of fpace 
 which it immediately left, and thole which it 
 next acquires. Glanviilc's Sce^fn. 
 
 Acqui'red. tarl'ic'i.i. aift. [from acquire.] 
 Gained by one's ftlf, in oppoiition to 
 thofe things which are beflowed by 
 nature. 
 
 We are f "IHom at eafe, and free fnough from 
 the folicitatiun of our natural or adopted defircs ; 
 but 3 toiil\ant fucccirion of uneafincircs, out of 
 
 that rtock which natural wants, or nrquired la- 
 bits, have heaped up, lake the will in their 
 tuins. Locke. 
 
 Acqui'rkmknt. ». f. [from acquire.] 
 ■■J hat which is acquired ; gain ; attain- 
 ment. The word may be properly 
 ufcd in oppoiition to the gifts of nature. 
 Thefc his «rjm>^rai-"'v, by induflry, were ex- 
 ceedingly both enriched and enlarged by many 
 cxccllcnr endowments of nature. Hayward. 
 
 By a content and acquiefcence in every fpecies 
 of truth, we embrace the fliadow thereof; or lo 
 much as may palliate its jult and fubftaiitial ac- 
 quirements, liro-dun's Vu'gar Ejroun. 
 It is very difficult to lay down rules for the 
 aefiirrment of a talte. The faculty mult, in 
 fome degree, he born with us. Addifo^i. 
 
 Acciui'RER. n.f. [from acquire.] The 
 perfon that acquires ; a gainer. 
 
 Accju isi'tion. n.f. [acqui/i.'io, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of acquiring or gaining. 
 
 Each man has but a limited right to the good 
 things of the world ; and the natural allowed 
 way, by which he istocompafs the polTeflion of 
 thcfe things, is by his own induftrious acquifition 
 of them. Sou:''- 
 
 2. The thing gained ; acquirement. 
 
 Great fir, all acqi/ifaion 
 Of glory, as of empiic, here I lay before 
 Your royal feet. Deniuvns Sophy. 
 
 A ftatc can never arrive to its period in a more 
 deplorable crilis, than when fome prince lies ho- 
 vering like a \ulture to difmembcr its dying car- 
 cafe ; l>y which means it becomes only an aequi- 
 fition to fome mighty monarchy, wiiiiout hopes 
 of a refurreiftion. Sivift. 
 
 AcQUl'siTlVR. aifj. [acqni/itivus, Lat.] 
 'liiat is acquired or gained. 
 
 He died not in his acquifitii'e but in his native 
 foil ; nature herfelf, as it were, claiming a final 
 intereil in his body, when fortune had done with 
 him. tVttton. 
 
 AcQii'sT. n.f. [See Acquest.] Ac- 
 quirement > attainment ; gain. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 His fcrvanf he, with new aequijf 
 Of true experience from this great event, 
 With pe.ace and confolalion hath difmirt. Milt. 
 To ACQUIT, -v. a. {acquiUr, Fr. See 
 
 Quit.] 
 I . To fet free. 
 
 Ne do I wifli (for wilhing were but vain) 
 To be acquit from my continual fmrrt; 
 But joy her thrall for ever to remain. 
 And yield for pledge my poor captiv«d heart. 
 
 Sfenfcr. 
 
 z. To clear from a charge of guilt ; to ab- 
 
 folve : oppofed io condeiiiu, either limply 
 with an accufative, as, the jury acquitted 
 him, or with the particles from or of, 
 which h more common, before the 
 crime. 
 
 If I fin, then thou markcft rrjc, and thou wilt 
 not acquit me froni mine iniquity. ^o^. 
 
 By the fufliage of the moft and bcft he is al- 
 ready acquitted, and, by the fentenee of fomc, 
 condemned. Dryden. 
 
 He that judges, withsut informing himfelf to 
 the utmort that he is capabk', cannot acquit him- 
 felf cf judging amils. Lcike.. 
 
 Neither do 1 rclieft upon the memory of his 
 m.ijcfty, whom I entirely acquit of any impu- 
 tation. S'wift. 
 
 3. To clear from any obligation. 
 
 Steady to my principles, and not difpirited 
 with my afiliaions, I have, by the bicffing of 
 God on my endeavours, overcome all difficulties; 
 and, in fomc meafure, acquitted myfelf of the 
 debt which I owed the publick, when I under- 
 took this work. Dryden. 
 
 4. In a fimilar ftnfe, it is faid, The man 
 
 hCYL 
 
 hath acquitted himfelf \%-ell ; that 13, he 
 hath difcharged his duty. 
 Accipi'TMENT. n.f. [^irom acquit.] The 
 Hate of being acquitted, or act of acquit- 
 ting. 
 
 1 he word imports properly an acquitment or 
 difcharge of a man up.m fome precedent accu- 
 fation, and a full trial and cogniiaiicc of his caufe 
 hid thereupjn. South. 
 
 Acciyi'TTAL. n. f. Inlaw, is a deliverance 
 aiid fctting free from tlie fufpicion or 
 guiitinefs of an offence. CoiucU. 
 
 The conftant defignof both thefc orators, was 
 to drive fome one particular point, cither the con* 
 demnation or acquittal of iiil accufcd perfon. 
 
 Sx^iff. 
 To Accit.n'TT.\xcE. v. a. To procure an 
 acquittance ; to acquit. Not in ufe. 
 
 But if black uandal, and foul-fac'drepioach, 
 Attend the fcquel of vour inipofition, 
 "^"oni mere enforcement Ihrll acquittance me 
 Fiom all the impure blots and ftains thereof. 
 
 i>hak.fpcare. 
 
 Ac(voi'ttatcce. n.f. [from acquit.] 
 
 1. The aft of difcharging from a dcbtt 
 
 But lo^.n Ih.ilf find 
 Ft rhoarance, \\\:>.u-'-uittar.cr, eri^ day end 
 Ji'iticc Ihail not retu.n, as^nuty, fcorn'd. Af.V** 
 
 2. A writing teftifying the leceipt of a 
 debt. 
 
 You can produce acquittances 
 For fnch afum, from fpecial officers 
 Of Charles his father. Slinlfpenre, 
 
 They quickly pay their debt, and then' 
 Take no <ii:^w/V/..v/iri,-but pay nr;iin. Dome. 
 
 The fame man bought and fold to himfelf, 
 paid the money, and gave the acquittance. Arht^ 
 Acre. 7/. y^ [ ascfie, Sax.] Aquantityof' 
 land containing in length forty percheSj- 
 and four in breadth, or four thouU»id 
 eight hundred a.jd forty fqiiaie yaids. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Search every acre in the hii^h-grown field. 
 And bring him to oui eye. Studjficarc. 
 
 A'cKiD. adj. [(7ffr, Lat.] Of a hot biting 
 taile ; bitter ; fo as to leave a painful 
 heat upon the organs of tafte. 
 
 Bitter and acri.i dirier only by the iharp par- 
 ticles of the firll being involved in a greater 
 quantity of oil than tlio c of the lalt: yiihuth. 
 
 Acrimo'nious. adj Abounding witbacri- 
 niony ; fharp ; corrofive. 
 
 If gall cannot be rendered acrimonious,- and 
 bitter of itftlf, then whatever aciimony or ania- 
 ritude redounds in it, muft bo from the, admix- 
 ture of melancholy. IlaiTcy on Confunpt.ons, 
 
 A'cRiMONv. n.f. [acrimovia, Lat. 3 
 
 1. Shaipnefs; corrollvencfs. 
 
 There he plants that have a noilk in them 
 when they are cut; as figs, old lettuce, fow- 
 thirtlcs, fpiirge. The canfe may be an inception 
 of putrcfaiftion : for thr>fc milks have all an aeri* 
 mony, though one would tliink tlicy Ihould bo 
 jenitive. Paeon's Natural liijluy. 
 
 The chymills define fait, from fomc of its 
 properties, to be a body fufibic in the fire, con- 
 geahible again by cold into brittle glebes or 
 ci-yllals, foluble in water, fo as to difappear, not 
 malleable, and having fomcthing in it which af- 
 fei^ts the organs of taftc wiih a ftnfation oi acri- 
 mony or Iharpnefs. ylrbuthnot. 
 
 2. Sharpnefs of temper j feverity ; bitttr- 
 nels of thought or language. 
 
 John the B.iptill let hirnlcif, with mucli acri- 
 mony and intiignation, to bartic this fcnlell-fs ar- 
 rog..nt com cit of theirs, whicli made them huif 
 at the doiftrine of rcpeniance, as a thing below 
 tlicm, and not at all belonging to ti-em. South. 
 A'cRnuDE. n.f. [from ucrid.] An acrid 
 taile ; a biting heat on the palate.
 
 A-C T 
 
 1 1 f rccn vIiiIqI, witli iti a-llrlii^ent jm! f-.vc»t- 
 
 tlli taitcs, is joined I'nnic unitudf. G'::t'j -W/. 
 
 Acroama'tical. rt(^. [ iKfoai/iyi,! hear.] 
 
 Of or pertaininjj to deip learning : ti:f 
 
 oppoiitc oi exolciict/. 
 
 ACROAIICICS. /!./". [axcoaTlxo.] Afi- 
 
 iiotle's lectures on the more nice and 
 pdiicipal parts of pliiiofoplij', to wliicli 
 nine but friends and fcliulavs were ad- 
 luitted by him. 
 
 Acro'nyc.il. «iA'. [from iyg-^ , fiimmm, 
 and ni, tiox ; impjrtiii<r the beginning 
 of night.] A term of artroiiomy, U]>p.[- 
 ed to the ftars, of which the rifing er 
 fctting is called acrotiycrfl, when they 
 either appear rhove or fink below the 
 "horizon at the time of lunfct. , It is op- 
 poftd to cofmku!, 
 
 Acro'nycallv. adv. [from acrotiyaiL] 
 
 At tlie actonycal time. 
 
 He is tcmpeliaoLis in tiK fummcr, v/'.icn Ik 
 
 -Tiles lioliac-ally, and lainy in the winter, wlicn 
 
 he nkiacmycill^. Diyd-.ir. 
 
 A'cROSPiRE. n.f. [from xvi(j> andcTTTE j; .] 
 
 A flioot or fprout from the end of feeds 
 
 before they are put in the ground. 
 
 Many cunis will rmilt,or lia c tlicii pn'i> t'"'"' 
 
 ■ed into a iubliancc lilic thick cream ; and will 
 
 fend fuiih their ftiljllance in an uirofpire. i'irt. 
 
 A'cROiiFtRED. pari, iiiij. Having fproiits, 
 or having fliot out. 
 
 for want of turning, when the malt is fprcsd 
 on the floor, it comes anil Ipniuti at both ends, 
 which is called .irrofpind, and is fit orily for 
 -fwine. Afottimer. 
 
 AcKo'ss. oilv. [from a for «/, or the 
 French a, as it is ufed in a Iraveis, and 
 rrofs.'\ Athwart ; laid over fornething 
 foas to crofs it. 
 
 Tl-.e harp hath the concave not alonj the 
 firings, hut <i.-r!i/i the firings ; and no haiphath 
 the found To melting and prolonged as the irilh 
 harp. Ji:mn 
 
 This view'd, bnt not cnioy'd, with arni.s ,iciof\ 
 He flood, reflecting on his counrry's lofs. Diyd 
 
 Thcre'is a fetof artifans, who, by the help ut 
 fcveral poles, which tliey lay fin'ift each others 
 Aonldcrs, build themfelves up into a kind of 
 pyramid ; fo that you fee a pile of men in the air 
 of four or fi\c rows riling one above anottier. 
 
 ^Iddifa. 
 
 AcRo'sTiCK. n.f [from aKf«S. and r-x'S'-] 
 A poem in .which the firll letter of 
 cvei-y line being taken, makes up the 
 name of the perfon or thing on which 
 the poem is written. 
 AcRo'sTICK. arlj. ■ 
 I. 'I'hat relates to an ncroftick. 
 Z. That contains acrollick.-i. 
 
 Leave writing plays, .uidvhuofc for thy com- 
 nnnd 
 Some peaceful pioviiicc in acicJ}k'k-iinA : 
 Tliere thou niay'ft wings- difpl.iy, and altars raife. 
 And toiture one poor word ten thoufand ways. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 A'CROTERS, or ACRQTE'RIA. «. / 
 
 [from avjii, the e.xtremity ofany body.] 
 Little pcdeltals without bafes, placed 
 at the middle and the two extremes of 
 pediments, fometimes Icrving to fnp- 
 port Itatues. 
 To ACT. 1). n. [/i,^5, aclum, Lat.] 
 
 1. To be in ad ion ; not to red. 
 
 He hangs between, in doubt to >u7 or leA. Vopc. 
 
 2. To perform the proper fiinflions. 
 
 Albeit the will is not capable of being com- 
 pelled to any of its,ailini;s, yet it is capable of 
 
 ACT 
 
 being made to nff with more or kfs dulicu'ty, 
 according to the difl'crent .inipiclfions ir leccivcs 
 from motives or objects. S'^ttth. 
 
 ;. To praftife arts or duties ; to condudt 
 
 one's felf. 
 
 'Tisj-Liiii th.it (he, who for a kingdom now 
 Would facrihcc lun- lo^e, and break her vow. 
 Not out of l«vc, but nitctclt, a-"?.' alorc, 
 And would, cv'n in my arms. He thinking of 
 a throne. Drydat's Cotujuijl of Giaiiuda. 
 
 The dcfire of happinefs, and the conlhaint it 
 puts upon us to i>cl for it, no body accounts an 
 abridgment oi hhcrly. L'.cke. 
 
 The Iplcudor of his office, is the token of that 
 f.icrtd character which he inwaiuly bears; and 
 one of thcle ought conllantiy to put him In 
 mind of the other, ,uid excite him to uii up to 
 it, through the wijolecourfeof his admiiiillration. 
 
 It is our part and duty to to-opcrate with 
 thij grace, vigoroully to exert thofc powers, and. 
 (1 7 up to tli«(e advantages lo v. hich it rcfiures us. 
 He li.is^gisen c;, cs to the blind, and iVtt to the 
 1,1 me. " Rogers' Serjt:o-is. 
 
 4. To produce efFcfts in fome paffive fub- 
 jec't. 
 
 Hence 'tis we wait the wond'rous caufe to find 
 How bodv 'iH> upon iinpallivc mind. ' Gt^rth. 
 
 Tiie fton'ach, the in'elhncs, I^je mufclei of 
 the lowci bcllv, all uc? upon the aliment; bcfidcs 
 the chyle is not fucked, but fqucczcd int« the 
 mouths of the ladteals, by the t.dlion ot the 
 fibres of the guts. Jj<li,'tit'i<il on /■lJ!mi:iti. 
 
 To Act. v. a. 
 
 1 . To bear a borrov.'e J chavac\cr,a5 a llage- 
 player. 
 
 Honcur and fliame from no '.omlition rii\ ; I 
 Ad well your part, tljcre .ill the honour ll.-. 
 
 i'./.,-. 
 
 2. To counterfeit; to feign by aiSion. 
 
 His former trembling once again rcnc.\ 'ri, 
 With «t7f./ fear the \ill.iin thuspuri'ued. L'ly I. 
 
 3. To actuate ; to put in motion ; to re- 
 gulate the movements. 
 
 Mod peojile in tlic worhl are un/d'\>y levity 
 and humour, by ttrange and iuational ciiangcs. 
 
 5-.,sv/:. 
 Perhaps they arc as proud .ns Lucifer, as co- 
 vetous as Denias, as falfc as Judas, and in the 
 whole courfe of their convcrlalion tiH, and arc 
 aflfd, not by devotion, but dvfign. S'miI:. 
 
 We fupp'ufe two dillir.a, inconimuricable 
 confcioufnelVes ucii/ig the fame iKitly, llie oiic 
 coiiliantly by day, the other by nigiit ; and, on 
 the otiicr (idc, the fame confcioufnefs fli:-7/>^> by 
 intervals two diftinift bodies. Lr,ci:c\ 
 
 Act. n.f. [ailum, Lat.] 
 I. Something done; a deed ; an exploit, 
 whether good or ilk 
 
 A lower place,. not well. 
 May make too great an «i.7 ." 
 liciter to leave tindane,"tlian by our deed 
 Acquire too high a fame. Sluikjiiure, 
 
 Tne confcious wretch nitift all Ids .ifij jeveal ; _ 
 I.oth tocontcfs, unable to conceal ; 
 l''rom the fill! moment of his vit.%n)rcath. 
 
 ACT 
 
 To hi.s lad htHir of unrc'penting death. Dtyden. 
 
 2. Agency ; the power of producing an 
 effea. 
 
 I will try the forces 
 Cf tliefe tlrycompoiinrts (in futli treaturcs as 
 We count not worth the hanging; but none hu- 
 man ; 
 To trv the vigour of rhcm, and apply 
 Allayments to their nil ; and by them gather 
 Tliei'r fcs'cral virtues and elTcfts. Sh.iiff. 
 
 3. Ailion ; the performance of exploits; 
 
 produflion of effefls. 
 
 'Tis fo much in your nature to do Rood, that 
 your life is but one continued ofi of placing bc- 
 nifnson many, as the fiui is always lairying ! 
 his light to lomc part or other of the world. 
 
 Vrydrr.'i Vj'i't^. 
 
 Who forth from nothing call'd this Cjine!/ 
 frame. 
 His will and ti^t his word and work, the fame. 
 
 i'l,0'. 
 
 4. The doing of foine partietdar thing ; a 
 ftep taken ; a purpofe executed. 
 
 Tills »J(-7 pcifuadcs me, 
 That this remotion of the duke and her. 
 Is pvaftice only. Hhakjptart. 
 
 5. A Itate of reality ; effeCi. 
 The feeds of herbs and plants at the firft are 
 
 not in (ic?7, but in poflibility, that which they 
 afterw.Trds grow to he. Uooh' . 
 
 God alone excepted, who actually and evci- 
 laftingly is whatfoeser he may be, and which 
 cannot hereafter be that which now he is not ; 
 all other things befides are fomewh.at in poffibi- 
 lity, which as yet they are not in iff. llmker. 
 
 Sure they 're confcioas 
 Or foilie intended mifchief, and are fled 
 To put it into afl. Dcnham's Sofhy. 
 
 6. Incipient agency ; tendency to an 
 effort. 
 
 Hei legs were bufl-lii'd, and the left before, 
 In iifi to flroot ; a filser bow fhc bore. Drydirt, 
 
 7. A part of a play, during which the ac- 
 tion proceeds without interruption. 
 
 Man)' never doubt but the whole condition pe- 
 quiicd by Chrill, the repentance he came Co 
 picach, will, in that laft fcene of their laft at', 
 immediately before the exit, be as oppuitunciv 
 and acceptably performed, as at .my other point 
 of their lives. HumrM^}d' t tKi.d.vmnliiU. 
 
 Five ads arc the jufi nieafure of a play. li'^Jr. ■ 
 3. A decree of a court of jullice, or edict 
 of a legirtature. 
 
 They make cdifls for r.fury to fupport iifu'Ci s, 
 lepoal daily any whulefume ati ellablilhed .againit 
 the rich, and provide more piercing liatutes daily 
 to ct.ain up and icllrain the pour. ^/itikj. 
 
 You that are king, ihougii he do wear the crown, 
 Ha\u caus'cl liim, by new ud of parluiment, 
 To b!ot<iut me. Siiiifpfii's Iltniy VI. 
 
 9. Record of judicial prccceuings. 
 
 Judicial ads arc all thole matteis which rel.Ke 
 
 to judicial proceedings; and being reduced iwtu 
 
 wiiting by a public notaiy, are recorded by the 
 
 authoiity of the judge. Ay/ijfe. 
 
 .A'cTioN. n.f. \_aclion, Fr. aOlo, L;.t.] 
 
 1. 'I'he quality or Hate of ading : oppolite 
 to reji. 
 
 O noble Englilh' tliat could entertain 
 With half their foiccs the full powU' jf Fiance'; 
 And let another half Hand laughing by, 
 All out of wuik, and cold for naian. Shjtfp. 
 
 2. .\i\ ac^ or thing done ; a deed. 
 This <jfl/M, I now go on, ,. 
 
 I> Tor my better grace. SLikfjearr's IJ'int. Tale. 
 God never accepts a good inclination inlU'ad 
 of a good .is'W'/;!, whcic that aiSion may be done ; 
 nay, fo much the contrary, tiiat, if a good in- 
 clination be not feconded by a good aflion, the 
 want of that i;<'?/o/r is m.ule to nuieli the moic 
 criminal .ind inexcuhthlc. S^.iah, 
 
 3. Agency ; opciaiion. 
 
 It is better, theicloie, that the earth fhould 
 move about its own center, and makeithiifc ute- 
 iul viciiritudc's of night and day, than expi'ft 
 alwavs ihc f.inie fulc to the adia}i of tiic fun. 
 
 Hci^ll.y. 
 
 He has fettled l.iws, and laid ilowii rules, ctai- 
 form.iblc to which naluial.bodics aic governed in 
 liieir itdiotn upon oiK another. Chcyic. 
 
 4. The ferics of events rcprcfcntcd in a 
 fable. 
 
 This .11.7/0'/ ftiould have three qualinc-tinn.s. 
 Fiilt, i.t flioiild be but one "fl.-mi ; licondly, it 
 Ihould fee an entire iu7iii« i and, thiidly, it ihuolrl 
 be a gnat adion. ylddijui. 
 
 Gcfliculation ; the accordance of the 
 motions of the body with the wo»ds 
 •fpoken ; a part of ovutory.
 
 ACT 
 
 He tliAt fpenks doth g.ripc the hcarct'j wiifl, 
 
 While he thjt hc.irs makes tVarful ufl/on 
 
 Witii wrinkled hrows. Siaifp. Kingji/r:. 
 
 Our uraiots are obfcrvfd to make ufc of lei's 
 geiiurc or ^lilion than thofc of other countries. 
 
 Z. [Ill law.] It is ufed with the prepo- 
 fition «yrt;;/// before the pcrfoii, and _/br 
 befovc the thing. 
 
 ■V<;?;o«j .ire iicrl"onjl,rcal, andmixt: aBionftr- 
 fonal belongs to a man ^j^^/'w// another, by ica- 
 fon of any contra<fV, olfcnce, or caufs ot" like 
 f'jrec with a contr.idl or oBe.icc, made or done 
 by him, or fome other for whole laft he is to 
 anfwcr. ^Bion real is given to any man againji 
 another, that poffcires the thing required or fucd 
 for in his own name, and no other man's. 
 ^Wior. mixt is that which lies as well againjl or 
 for the thing which we leek, as agaiufi the pcr-- 
 fon that hath it; called mi^i, becaufe it haih a 
 mixt rcfpefl both to the thing and to the pcrfjii. 
 
 jiltion IS divided into civil, penal, and mi.xt. 
 Asian civil is that which tends only to the re- 
 covery of that which is due to us; as a I'um of 
 nioircy formerly lent. .'!3i'j'i penal is that which 
 aims at fome penalty or punifiinient in the party 
 filed, be it corporal or pecuniary : as, in com- 
 mon law, the ne.xt friends of a man felonroufly 
 ilaiir (hail purfue the law agnhijl the murderer. 
 j'lBlon mixt is that which feeks both the thing 
 vhercof we arc deprived, and a penalty alfo for 
 the uiljult detaining of the fame. 
 
 Aciioft upon the cnfc^ is an aBiori given for re- 
 drefs. of wrongs done without force agairiji any 
 man, by law not fpecially provided for. 
 
 Action upin the Jiatute^ is an ti£}i6n brought 
 againji a man upon breach of a Ilatutc. Coil-c^'/. 
 
 There was never man could have a jullei 
 aSicn againji filthy fortur.e than 1, frncc, all 
 other things being granted nic, her blindnefs is 
 the only lett. Suhuy. 
 
 For oitr reward then, 
 Fiil^, all our debts are paid; dangers of law, 
 Aclicnij dcciees, judgnrents, agu:>iji us quitted. 
 
 Ben Jonfon, 
 
 7. In the plural, in France, the fame as 
 
 Jlocks in England. 
 A'CTION.VBLE. adj. [from aSlor..'] That 
 adinits an atiion in law to be brought 
 agtJnll it ; punilTiable. 
 
 His proeefs was formvd ; wliereby he wa^ 
 
 found guilty of nought elfe, that I coidd learn, 
 
 which was w(9/3.'/£i/V;, but of ambition. H:>uitL 
 
 No man's face is u3ior/ai'Ir- : ttiefe lingularities 
 
 arc interprctable from more innucer)t caul'es. 
 
 C^/.'-t.. 
 
 A'CTION' AR Y, or A'CTIOS'IST. ti f. [from 
 
 aSion.~\ One that has a Inare in adkiu 
 
 or (locks. 
 A'cTiON-TAKiKG. adj. AccuftoiTied to 
 
 refent by mearis of law ; litigious. 
 A knave, a tafcal, a filthy woiiled-ilocking 
 
 knave; a lily -liver'drtf?/o/:-/WA/'w^ knave. Sha<jp 
 
 Actita'tion. n. f. [from adlto, Lat.] 
 Aftion quick and frequent. Dlil. 
 
 Tb A'cTiv.^TE. V. a. [from aBive.'\ To 
 make aftive. This word is perhaps 
 ufed only by the author alleged. 
 
 As fnow and ice, cfpecrally being holpen, and 
 thar cold ui^ivated by nitre or fait, will turn 
 Water into ice, and that in a tew hoin* ; fo ic 
 'mav be, it will turn wood or fliff clay into lione, 
 in longer time. i?.i.&/j. 
 
 A'CTIVE. adj. [affivus, Lat.] 
 I. That has the power or quality of 
 afting. 
 
 Thel'e particles have not only a t/: htertii^j 
 accompanied with fuch palTive laws of motion as 
 naturally rcfult from that force, but alfo they are 
 moved by certain n^ive principles, fuc'n as is 
 that of gravity, .and that whicli caufcs fermenta- 
 tion, and the cohehon of bodies. Niutii. 
 
 Vol. I, 
 
 A c r 
 
 2. That which afts, oppofed to/i7^w, or 
 that which fuffeis. 
 
 — When an even Came two hearts did touch' 
 His olTice was indulgently to fit 
 Afth.ri to palftves, coirsfpondcncy 
 Only his fubjcift was. P'rne. 
 
 If you tiiink that, by tiiultiplying tlic addi- 
 tamcnts in the fame proportion that yoa multi- 
 ply the ore, the work will follow, \ on may lie 
 deceived: for quantity in tiie pallne will add 
 more lefillance than the quantity in the .iclk^e 
 will add force. li.iccn. 
 
 3. Bufy; engaged in adlion : oppofed to 
 idle ovfedcntaiy, or any ftate c.f which 
 the duties are performed only by the 
 mental powers. 
 
 'Tis virtuotis aiSion that mufl praife bring foith. 
 Without which. How advice is little worth; 
 Yet they who give good counfcl, praife deferve, 
 ThoUn the afl/w part they cannot ferve. Denham. 
 
 4. PraiSical ; not merely theoretical. 
 
 The world hath had in thcfe men frefli expe- 
 rience, how dangerous fuch aRi:e eirurs arc. 
 
 Ihzk,,. 
 
 5. Nimble ; agile ; quick. 
 
 Some bend the ftnbborn bow for viiSory ; • 
 And foine with darts theiru3/t'f frnews try. Dryd. 
 
 6. In grammar. 
 
 A verb ui.7r..'f is that which (ignifics aftlon ; as, 
 I t:,u h. CJuTke'i Laiin Gr^nKmar. 
 
 A CTivELv. adn). [from ad'fve.'\ In an 
 atiive manner ; bufily ; nimbly. In an 
 aftive fignification ; as, the ivordis ufed 
 aftlvely. 
 
 A'cTivENESS. n.f, [from a3ive.'\ The 
 quality of being aftive ; quicknefs ; 
 nimblenefs. This is a word more rarely 
 lifcd than adivity. 
 
 What ifrange agility and aBiveritfs do our 
 common tumblers and dancers on the rope attain 
 to, by continual excrcil'c. }f ukim' ^Lith. y^^g. 
 
 Activity, h. f. [from active.^ The 
 quality of being attive : applied either 
 to things or perfons. 
 
 S.ilt put to ice, as in the producing of tlie ar- 
 tifiC al icv, increalcth tlie i/L7;z //y of cold. JJu^on. 
 Our adierfary will not be idle, though we arc ; 
 he watches every turn of our foul, and incident 
 of our life: and, if we remit our ui3/-:..7r, will 
 t.ike advantage of our indolence. Kogea. 
 
 A'cTOR. n.f. [tiaor, Lat.] 
 
 1. He that atts or performs any thing. 
 
 The virtues of either age may correifl the de- 
 fers of both : and good for-fuccelTion, that young 
 men may be learners, while men in age are 
 
 A^'i'.rs. BiiCOit, 
 
 He who writes an Encomi:/in Nercnhy it lie 
 does it heartily, is himfelf but a tranl'cript of 
 Nero in his mind, and would gladly enough lee 
 fuch pranks, as he was famous for, aifted again, 
 tliough he dares not be the aOor of them himfelf. 
 
 Sou tli . 
 
 2 . He that perfonates a charafter ; a ilage- 
 player. 
 
 Would you have 
 Sucli i-n H^teulcan <z^?or in the fccne, 
 And not this hydra ? They murt fweat no lefs 
 To (it their properties, than t' cxprefs their parts. 
 
 Ben jfonjcn. 
 
 When a good uBor doth his part prefent, 
 
 111 every a(ft he our intention draws. 
 
 That atthe lalt he may find ju(t applaufe. Daiiim. 
 
 Thtfe falfe beauties of the liage arc no more 
 
 la(f ing than a r.unbow ; when the uSIii ceafes 
 
 to (hine upon them, tl ey vanidi in a twinkling. 
 
 Drvden'i Spanij/t hriur. 
 
 -Actress. «./. \^a8r\ce, Fr.]- 
 I. She that performs any thing. 
 
 Virgil has, indeed, admitted Fame as an 
 aBreji in the A-lneiil\ but the part (Tie a(^s is 
 very (hort, and none of the molt admired cir- 
 cumllancts of that dis ine work. AdJiJon. 
 
 A C U 
 
 We fptights liavc juft fuch natures 
 We had, foralltlie world, wiicn human creatures; 
 And therefore I, that was an a&nfi hcie. 
 Play all my tricks in hell, a goblin there. Dryden.. 
 
 z. A woman that plays onthellage. 
 
 A'cTUAL. adj. [atUieU Ft'-] 
 
 1 . That eoniprilts adlion. 
 
 In this (lumbry agitation, bcfides her walking 
 and other aBiia'. performances, what, at any time, 
 have you heard her fay ? Sh.:hj(ec.<c. 
 
 2. Really in a£l; not merely potential. 
 
 Sin, there in pow'r before 
 Once aH-jal; now in body, and to dwell 
 Habitual habitant. _ Mi/ton. 
 
 3. In aft ; not purely in fpeculation. 
 
 For he that but conceives a crime in thought, 
 Contraits the danger of an aflvi/ fault : 
 Then what muft he expei!*, that ftill proceeds 
 To finidi I'm, »nd work up thoughts to deeds. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Actua'litv. n.f. [from rtflaij/.] The 
 ilate of being aiStual. 
 
 The ,Tf?"a,'i:y of thel'e I'piritiial qualities is thus 
 impiiloned, though their potentiality be not c,uitc 
 dcilroyed ; and thus a csaCs, extended, impcnc.. 
 trable, pailive, divifible, unintelligent fubftarxe 
 is generated, which we call matter. Chtyne. 
 
 A'CTUALLY. ad-v. [fiom aP.ual.'\ In act ; 
 in effedl; ; really. 
 
 All mankind acknowlet^ge themfclves able and 
 fnflicient to do many things, which actually they 
 never do. So.ttft. 
 
 Read one of the Chronicles, and you will think, 
 you were reading a hiltory of the kings of Ihael 
 or Judah, wliere the hiftorians were aClually in- 
 fpirtd, and wh.ere, by a particulai fcheme of 
 providence, the kings were diltingiiilhed by 
 judgments or bleffings, according as they pro- 
 moted idolatry, or the worlhip of the true God. 
 
 Addifen. 
 
 Though our temporal profpefls (hould be full 
 of danger, or though the days of forrow fhould 
 actually overtake us, yet fliU we mull lepofe 
 ourfelves on God. Roj^e^s. 
 
 A'cTUALNEss. n. _/! [from fl(?W. ] The 
 quality of being a(5lual. 
 
 Actuary, n.f. \_aduc!iius, Lat-] The 
 regifter who compiles the minutes of 
 the proceedings of a court : a term of 
 the civil law. 
 
 Sappofe th.e judge IKould fay, that he would 
 h.ive the keeping of theatts of court remain with 
 him, and the notary will have the cjflody of 
 them with himfelf : certainly, in this cafe, the 
 atluary or writer of them ought to b; preieired. 
 
 AyUffe. 
 
 To A'CTUATE. v. a. [from ago, ,idu,n, 
 Lat. J To put into adtion ; to invigo- 
 rate or iiicreafe the powers of motion. 
 
 The light made by this animal depends upon 
 a living fpirit, and feems, by fome vital irradi- 
 ation, to be actuated into tiiis luftre. BiozLn, 
 Such is every man, who has not nHuated tiic 
 grace given him, to the fubduing of every reign- 
 ing fin. Dn.ly of Piety. 
 
 Men of the greatefl abilities are molt fired 
 witli ambition; and, on the rjontraiy, mean and 
 narrow minds are thchA[l ufruated by it. A.idifcn. 
 Our pafTrons are the fpring> which tiBuate th^ 
 powers of our nature, Kr.ger\. 
 
 A'cTi; ATE. flJ/. [from the verb.] Put into 
 action ; animated ; brought into effect. 
 Tr.e aiflive infoi niations of tire intelleift, til- 
 ling the paffive reception of the will, like form 
 clofing with matter, grew acFi/.r.v into a tliird 
 and ciiliintfl perfeiftion of prai!tice. South. 
 
 AcTUo'sE. adi. [from uc! ] That has 
 ftrong powers of adlioi> : a word little 
 ufed. 
 To A'cuATE. V. a. [a:uo, I^at.] To 
 (liavpen ; to invigorate with any powers 
 of Iharpnefs.
 
 A C U 
 
 Tmmoderate feeding upon powdered beef, 
 pickled mei^ts, and debauching with i'irong 
 wines, do inflame and nruiile the blond, where- 
 by it is capacitated to corrode the Unigs. 
 
 llaiveyon Confumpthn^. 
 
 Acu'leate. adj. [aaikatus, Lat.] That 
 has a point or (ling ; prickly ; that 
 terminates in a (harp point. 
 
 JCU'MEN. n.f. [Lat.] a flisrp point ; 
 figuratively, qiiickncfs of intelletis. 
 
 The word was much .itJ'edled by the learned 
 Ariftarchus in common converration, to fignify 
 genius or naiur.il acumen. Fcpe. 
 
 Aco-'min ATED. parl'idp. adj. Ending in a 
 point ; fharp-pointed. 
 
 This is not lu-umimtleii and pointed, as in the 
 rel^, but fcemeth, as it were, cut otF. B/otU'i. 
 I appropriate this word, No/i me t.^nger,■, to a 
 fmall round itru>)iinJied tubercle, which liath not 
 much pain, unlcfs touched or rubbed, or ct- 
 afixrated by topic ks. Ifijcman. 
 
 ACU'TE. «/r'. \_acutus, Eat.] 
 
 1. Sharp; ending in a point : oppofed to 
 ohtufe or blunt. 
 
 Having the ideas of an obtiifc and an acute 
 angled triangle, both drawn from equal bafes 
 and between parallels, I can, by hituitive know- 
 ledge, perceive the one not to be the other, but 
 cannot that way know whether they be equal. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 2. In a figurative fenfe, applied to men, 
 ingenious ; penetrating : oppofed to 
 dull oxjlup'id. 
 
 The acute and ingenious author, among many 
 very fine thoughts, and uncommon reHeflions, 
 has ftarted the notion of feeing all things in God. 
 
 L'.cke. 
 
 3. Spoken of the fenfes, vigorous ; power- 
 ful in operation. 
 
 Were our fenfes altered, and made much 
 quicker and acutei , the appearance and outward 
 fchcme of things would have quite another face 
 to us. Lncke. 
 
 4. Acute difeafe. Any difeafe, which is 
 attended with an increafed velocity of 
 blood, and terminates in a few days : 
 oppofed to chronical. ^/i/icy. 
 
 5. Jcute accent ; that which raifes or 
 fharpens the voice. 
 
 Acv'tjlly. adv. [from acute.] After an 
 acute manner; fharply : it is ufed as 
 well in the figurative as priinitive fcnfe. 
 He that will look into many parts of Afia .nnd 
 America, will find men reafon there, perhaps, 
 as a-rniefy as himfclf, who yet never heaid of a 
 fyllogifm. •^«^'- 
 
 Acu'teness. n.f. [from fl<ru/^.] 
 
 1. Sharpnefs. 
 
 2. Force of intellefts. 
 
 Thev would not be fo apt to think, that there 
 could lie nothing added to the acuteriefs and pe- 
 netration of theu- underllandings. Loiir. 
 
 3. Quicknefs and vigour of fenfes. 
 
 If eyes fo framed could not view at once the 
 hand and the hom-i>latc, their owner could not 
 be benefited by th.\t acutcnefi; which, whilft it 
 difcovcrcd the fccrct contrivance of the machine, 
 made him lofe its ufe. Locte. 
 
 4. Violence and fpeedy crlfis of a malady. 
 
 We apply prefcnt remedies according to indi- 
 cations, rcfpefting rather the acutericjs of the 
 difeafe, and precipitancy of the occadon, than 
 the rifing and fettingof Itars. Mroun. 
 
 c. Sharpnefs of found. 
 
 This acuiencj! of found will (hew, that whilft, 
 to the eye, the bell feems to he at reft, yot the 
 minute parts of it coi'.tinuc in a very briflt mo- 
 tion, without whickthey could not fttikc the air. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 ADA 
 
 Ada'cted. part. adj. [adaaus, Lat.] 
 Driven by force : a word little ufed. 
 The verb adaH is not ufed. Blcl. 
 
 A'dage. n.f. [adag'tum, Lat.] A maxim 
 handed down from antiquity ; a pro- 
 verb. 
 
 Shallow unimproved intellciffs arc confident 
 pretenders to certainty ; as if, contrary to the 
 aJagCf fcience had no friend but ignorance. 
 
 C;/cnr!t!e. 
 Fine fruits of learning! old ambitious fuol, 
 Dar'li thou apply that adage of the fchool, 
 As if 'tis norhnig worth that lies conccnl'd. 
 And fcicnce is not fcience till rcvcal'd.' Dtydefi, 
 
 AD A' G 10. n.f, [Italian, at leifure.] A 
 
 term ufed by muiicians, to mark a flow 
 
 time. 
 A'DAMANT. «./. ladamas, Lat. from 
 
 CL and ^xy,:k, that is infuperable, in- 
 
 frangihJe.'\ 
 
 1. A Itone, imagined by writers, of im- 
 penetrable hardncfs. 
 
 So great 3 fear my name amongft them fprcad, 
 That they fuppos'd I could rend bars of licel, 
 And fpLirn in pieces pofts of adamanl. Shakf. 
 
 Satan, with vaft and haughty fVrldes advanc'd, 
 Come tow'ring, arm'd in ihiuma?it and gold. 
 
 Milton. 
 Etcinal Deities, 
 Who rule the world with abfolutc decrees, 
 And write whatever time (hall bring to pafs, 
 With pens of adamant^ on plates *f biafs. Dryd. 
 
 2. The diamond. 
 
 Hardncfs, whciein feme (lones exceed all 
 other bodies, and among thera ilie adamant all 
 other ftnnes, being e:valted to that degree thereof, 
 that art in vain endeavours to counterlcit it, the 
 faiftitious iloncs of chymifts, in imitation, being 
 ealily (lcte»f^teri by an ordinaiy lapidiii. Ray, 
 
 3. Adamant is taken for the loadllone. 
 
 You draw me, you hard-hearted adumantl 
 Kut ycc you draw not iron ; for my heart 
 Is true as Ileel. Shahjveare. 
 
 Let him change his lodging from one part of 
 the town to another, which is a great adamant 
 of acquaintance. Bacon. 
 
 A D A M A N T E ' A N . aJ] , [ from adamant ] 
 Hard as adamant. This word occurs, 
 perhaps, only in this pafTage. 
 
 lie, wcapunlefs hlniklf, 
 M.uic amis ridiculous, ufclefs the foi-gcry 
 Olbrnicn Ihit-ld and fpcar, the hamniti 'd cuirafs, 
 Chalybtan tempered flecl, and frock o\ mail 
 Adanux ntcun proof. Mil ten. 
 
 Adama'ntine. aaj, \^adamaniinus ^ Lat.] 
 
 1 , Made of adamant. 
 
 Wide is the fronting gate, and rals'd on high 
 With flJaw(/«r;W columns, threats the (ky. X>ryd. 
 
 2. Having the qualities of adamant ; as, 
 hardneis, indiifolubility, 
 
 Coidd Eve's weak hand, extended to the tree, 
 In funder rend that adamantine chain, 
 
 Whofe golden links cffecfts and caufes be, 
 And which to God's own chair doth fix'd remain ? 
 
 An eternal flcrihty mufl have poIfelTed the 
 world, where all things had been fi.\cd and fatt- 
 ened everl.Trtingly with the adamanrim- chains of 
 fprcific gravity; if the Almighty b.id not fpoken 
 .Tiul faid, Let the earth bung forth grafs, the 
 herb yielding feed, .ind the fruit-tree yielding 
 fruit after its kind; and it was fo. Menthy. 
 
 In adamantine churns (hall death be bound, 
 And hell's grim tyiant feel th' eternal wound. 
 
 \ ■ ... P°P'- 
 
 The' adamantine bonds the chief rcftrain. 
 The dire rcAraint his wifdom will defeat. 
 And fuon rcflore him to his regal feat. Popf. 
 
 A'dam*s-apple. «. y. [In anatomy.] A 
 prominent part of the tliroat. 
 
 ADD 
 
 To AD ATT. 1'. a. \adapto, Lat.] To 
 fit one thing to another ; to fuit ; to 
 proportion. 
 
 'Tis true, but let it not be known. 
 My eyes are foraewhat dimmifli grown ; 
 For nature, always in the right. 
 To your decays a,lapts my light. Swift. 
 
 It is not enough that nothing offends the car, 
 but a good puet will n.lapt the very founds, as 
 well as words, to the things he treats of. Pope. 
 
 Adapta'tion. n.f. ['from adcipt.] The 
 aft of fitting: one thing to another : 
 tlie fitnefs of one thing to another. 
 
 Some fpecies there be of mitldle natuies, that 
 is, of bird and beaft, as batts ; yet are their 
 parts fo fet togetiier, that we cannot define the 
 beginning or end of either, there being a com- 
 mixtion of both, rather than adaptation 0{ zc- 
 mcnt of the one unto the other. Sroiun. 
 
 Adhefion may be in part afcribcd either to 
 fome elaifical motion in the preffed glafs, or to 
 the c.xquifite adaptation of the almofl numberlels, 
 though very fmall, afpcrities of the one, and the 
 numerous little cavities of the other; whereby 
 the furfaces do lock in with one another, or are, 
 as it were, clafped together. Boyle, 
 
 Ada'ption. n.f. \_kom adapt ."[ The aft 
 of fitting. 
 
 It were alone a fufficient work to fhew all the 
 ncccfiities, the wife contiivanccs, and prudent 
 adnptio'iSf of thcfe admirable machines, for the 
 benefit of the whole. Cheyne. 
 
 Ada'ptness. t\.f. [for adaplednefs, from 
 adapt.] 
 
 Some notes are to difplay the ndaptnefs of the 
 found to the fcnfe. Dr. Neictoti. 
 
 This word I have found no where elfe. 
 
 To ADCo'RPOR.iTE. 1). a. [from cd and 
 corpus.] To unite one body with an- 
 other : more ufually wrote accorporale ; 
 which fee. 
 
 To ADD. -0. a. [addo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To join fomething to that which was 
 before. 
 
 M:uk if his birth makes any difference. 
 If to liis words it adJi one grain of ferrfe. Dryden. 
 
 They, wiiofe mufes have rhe highelf flown, 
 y^cW not to his imntiort.nl memory. 
 But do an ^^ of friendfliip to their own. Diydrr:. 
 
 2. To perform the mental operation of 
 adding one number or conception to 
 another. To add to is proper, but to 
 add together feems a folccifm. 
 
 Whatfoe\cr pofitive idi-as a man has in his 
 mind, of ar.y (;ii;;ntiiy, he can repeat it, and add 
 it to the former, as eafdy as he can add together 
 the ideas of f.vo days, or two years. L^cke. 
 
 A'ddable. adj. [from add.'\ That to 
 v.-hich fomething may be added. Add'ille 
 is more proper. It iignliies more pro- 
 perly that v/hich may be added. 
 
 The fiilf number in every addition is called 
 
 the addahle number ; the other, the number or 
 
 numbeis added; and the number invented by 
 
 the addition, the aggregate or fum. Cocker. 
 
 To Adde'cimate. v. a. \^addecmo,\^zX..] 
 
 To take orafcertain tithes. 
 To Adde'em. v. a. [fiom deem.] To 
 ellcem ; to account. Out of ufe. 
 
 She fcorns to he addecm' d io worthlefs-bafe. 
 As to be mov'd to fuch an itifamy. X>anie!. 
 
 A'dder. n. J', [aetreji, jetfop, nabhpe, 
 as it feems frorriercrep, Sax. poifon.] 
 A ferpent ; a viper ; a poifondiis rep- 
 tile, perhaps of any fpecies. In com- 
 mon language, adders zad/naies are not 
 the fame. 
 
 Or is the adder better than the eel, 
 Bccaufe his painted (kjn contents the eye ? S/irJf.
 
 ADD 
 
 An nilJir i\A it ; fur, witli doublcr tongue 
 Tlian tliiiic, thou kipcnr, never aJdcr Ihing. 
 
 The itdJcr tenches u« where to (Irike, by lier 
 curioiisand fcii liil defending of lierlu'iiil. I'liy/'-r. 
 A'ddkr's-chass. «. /. A plant, ima- 
 gined by Skinner to be fo namtd, bccaiife 
 icrprnts luvk about it. 
 A'DBER's-tONGUE. tt , J\ {oph'wghjfiim , 
 I.at.] An herb. 
 It ha\li jio vifilile flower; but the feeds .nic 
 ■pvoiluccd on a fpikc, wliichrefcmbles a ferpcni's 
 tongue; \|?hich feed is coiitained in many longi- 
 tudinal cells. • • • . Mill-r. 
 The muli common fimples are comfrcy, bugle, 
 , agrimony, faniclc, paul's-betony, fiucllin, jit- 
 Hiwinklei 'a:Litr' i-Tanguc, Wifemiui. 
 
 A'dder',s-\vort. n. f. An herb, fo 
 
 named on account 'of its virtue, real or 
 
 fuppofed, of curing tbe'bite of fcrpents. 
 
 AnoiRi'i-iTY. n.y^ [from a(/</>'Wc.] The 
 
 poffibility of being added. 
 
 This endlcfs addition, or a.llihiHty (if any 
 bne.like the word better) of numbers, fo appa- 
 rent to the mind, is th.it which gives us the 
 cle.ireft and mort dittinft idea of infiniiy. L'nL-. 
 A'ddibi.e. adj. [ from «/7r/. ] Poffiblc to 
 be added. SccAddablf.. 
 
 The clearcft idea it can get of infinity, is the 
 confufed, incomprchcntihic remainder of endiefs 
 adiiible numbers, which afiords no profpeift of 
 Ifop, or boundary. L.ocke. 
 
 A'ddice. n. f. [for which we corruptly 
 fpeak and write adz, from abej-e. Sax. 
 an axe.] 
 
 Tiic (iddicc hath its blade made thin and fome- 
 what arching. As the axe hath its edge parallel 
 to its handle, fo the (iV.//rehath its edge athwart 
 the handle, and is ground to a bafii ,on its infidc 
 to its outer edge. jV/s.vo«'s Mechan. Jixeri-ifts. 
 
 To AT)Q\CT . -v. a. ta^^:V«, Lat.] 
 
 1. To devote ; to dedicate: in a good 
 fenfe, which is rarely ufed. 
 
 Vc know the hout'c of Stephanus, that they 
 have a3di(ied themfelves to tlie miniftry of the 
 faints. 1 Cor, 
 
 2. It is commonly taken in a bad fenfe j 
 as, te aildided himfelf to vice. 
 
 3. To devote one's felf to any perfon, 
 party or perfuafion. A latiuifm. 
 
 I am neither author or fautor of any fe^ ; I 
 will have no man adai^ himfelf to me; but if I 
 have any thing right, defend it as truth's. 
 
 Ben *Yonfon. 
 
 Addi'ctedness. n.f. [from aMifled.'} 
 The quality or ftate of being addidled. 
 
 Thole know how little I have remitted of my 
 foimer addiCfediiefz to make chymical experi- 
 ments. £oyle. 
 Addi'ction. n.f. [addidio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The acl of devoting, or giving up. 
 
 2. The ftate of being devoted. 
 
 It is a wonder how his grace fhould gle.in it, 
 Since his midiilion was to courfes vain ; 
 His companies unletter'd, rude, and (hallow; 
 His hours fiU'd up with riots, banquets, fpuits. 
 
 Sh.ikj'peaye. 
 
 A'ddit.'VMENT. n. /, [adililamentum, 
 Lat.] The addition, or thing added. 
 
 Iron will not incorparate with brafs, nor other 
 metals, of itfclf, by fimple fire : fo as the en- 
 quiry muft be upon the calcination, and the ad- 
 ditamenty and the charge of them. Baccn, 
 
 In a palace there is firll the cafe or fabrick, 
 or moles of the ftrufture itfelf ; and, befides that, 
 there are certain additamenn that contribute to 
 its ornament and ufe ; as, v,arious furniture, rare 
 fountains and aqucdufts, divers things appendi- 
 cated to it. HakU Origin of Mankind. 
 
 Addi'tion. n.f. [fromau'^!] 
 
 ADD 
 
 1. The aft of adding one thing to an- 
 other : r.ppofeJ to diminution. 
 
 The infinite diftance between the Creator and 
 the noblcft of all cicaturcs, can never be mea- 
 fuied, nor i-xhaultcd by endlcfs addition of 
 finite degrees. Bcntlcy. 
 
 2. Additameut, or the thing added. 
 
 It will not lie modeflly done, if any, of 
 our own wifdom, intrude or interpofe, or he 
 willing to make additiom to what Chrill and his 
 apolilcs have defigned. Hd'nmond. 
 
 Some fuch rcfemhlanccs, methinks, 1 find 
 Of our laft evening's talk, in this thy dream, 
 But with a<li/;V;'o« it range! Millon. 
 
 The .iholilhing of viUanagc, together with tiic 
 cufiom, permitted among the nol'lcs, of telling 
 their lands, was a luightj- aJJitio,: to the power 
 of the cunrmons. S-wift., 
 
 3. [In arithmetick.] Theredu£tioii of two 
 or more numbers of like kind together 
 into one fum or total. Coder. 
 
 4. [In law.] A title given to a man over 
 and above his chr'ilian name and fur- 
 natiie, (liewing liis elhte, degree, oc- 
 cupation, trade, age, place of dwellng-. 
 
 Cowell. 
 
 Only retain 
 The name, and all th' ndd'tion to a king ; 
 The fway, revenue, execution, 
 Rclovedfons, be yours ; which to confirm. 
 This coronet part between you. Shakf^eare. 
 
 From this time. 
 For what he did befurc Corioli, call him. 
 With all th' appiauie and clamour of the hoil, 
 Caiui Marcius Coriulanus. Bear th' addition 
 nobly ever. Stiakjpeare. 
 
 There arofe new difputes upon the peifpns 
 named by the ki -g, or rather aginft: the aJdrfiom 
 and appellations of title, which were nrade to 
 their names. C/arendon. 
 
 Addi'tional. adj. [^fvoxn addition.] That 
 is added. 
 
 Our kalendar being once reformed and fct 
 right, it may be kept fo, without any conhdcr- 
 ablc variation, for many ages, by omitting one 
 leap year; /. e. the additional day, at the end of 
 every 134 years. llo/dtr on Time. 
 
 The greatcll wits, that ever were produced in 
 one age, lived together itt fo good an imder- 
 llanding, and celebrated one another with fo 
 much generofity, that each of them receives an 
 additional luftre from his colemporaries. jlddifon. 
 
 They include in them that very kind of evi- 
 dence, which is fuppofed to be powerful ; and 
 do, withal, alford us fcveial other additional 
 proofs, of great force and clearnefs. ^'tttcrbury. 
 
 Addi'tional. n.-f. Additament ; feme- 
 thing added. Not in ufe. 
 
 May be fomc little additional may further the 
 incorporation. Baron. 
 
 A'dditory. mJj. \l\mn add.] That has 
 the power or quality of adding. 
 
 The ndditoiy fidion gives to a great man a 
 larger fhare of reputation than belongs to luin, 
 to enable him to fcrve fome good end or purpofc. 
 
 A} hut knot . 
 
 A'DDLE. adj. [fromabel, a difeafe, Sax. 
 according to Shinner and Junitis ; per- 
 haps from ybel, idle, barren, unfruitful.] 
 Originally applied to eggs, and fignify- 
 ing iuch as produce nothing, but grow 
 rotten under the hen ; thence transferred 
 to brains that produce nothing. 
 
 There's one with truncheon, like a ladle, 
 That carries eggs too frefh or addle- 
 And Ifill at random, as he goes. 
 Among the rabble rout bcfiows. Uudibras. 
 
 After much folitnrinefs, farting, or long fick- 
 nefs, their brains were addle, and their bellies as 
 empty of meat as their heads of wit. Burton. 
 
 ADD 
 
 Thus far the poet ; but his brains grofw ad.llr; 
 Av.ii all the red 15 purely from this noddle. DrjrJ^T. 
 7j A'ddle. v. a. [from addle, adj.] To 
 make addle; to cuirupl ; to make bar- 
 ren. 
 
 This is alfo evidenced in eggs, wliercof the 
 found ones link, and fuch as aie addled fwini ; 
 as do alfo ihofe that are termed hyi>an:n::a-, or 
 wind-eggs. . Brcnun. 
 
 To A'ddle. -v. n. To grow ; to lucreafc. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 Where ivy cmbraccth the tree very fore. 
 Kill ivy, clfe tree \till addle no m«r-. T:yjpr. 
 A'r)DLE-PATED.c^/;.HavJngaddled brains. 
 
 See Addlf,. 
 
 Poor flaves ,in metre, dull and addle-fated, 
 Whorhyme below even David's pfal.tistranflated. 
 ' Dryden. 
 
 To ADDRE'SS. 1). a. [addnfer, Fr. from 
 dercfar, Span. from iUrigo,dirctdum,'L.?X.\ 
 
 1. To prepare one's ftlfto enter upon any 
 aflion ; as, he aildrejj'ed himfelf to the 
 •work. It has to before the thing. 
 
 With him the pahner eke, in hal>it fad, 
 IWmidi addi eji to that adveniure bard. Fairy Q. 
 
 It lifted up its head, and did addre/s 
 Itfelt to motion, like as it would fpeak. Sltai/. 
 
 Then Turnus, from his chariot leaping light, 
 Jd.lrrf>'d !iimf:lf on fool /'/ fiaglc hght. Dryden. 
 
 2. To get ready ; to put in a Itate for im- 
 mediate ufe. 
 
 They fell riireaiy on the Enghlh battle; 
 whereupon the carl of Waiwick adlrrjjed h's 
 men to take the flank. Hayward. 
 
 Duke Frederick, hearing how that every day 
 Men of great wortli rcforted to this forcft, 
 ylddnp'd a mighty power, wliich were ou foot. 
 In his own conduit puipofely to lake 
 His brother here. .Siakfpcare. 
 
 To-night in Harftcur we will be your gucft. 
 To-morrow for the march we arc addteji. Shakf. 
 
 3. To apply to another by words, with 
 various forms of conllruftion. 
 
 4. Sometimes without a prepolition. 
 
 Are not your orders to addref the fenatc. j^ddlj. 
 
 5. domctiines with to. 
 
 Addtejfing to Pollio, Ms gieat patron, and 
 himfelf no vulgar poet, he began to aflert his 
 native charafter, which is fublimity. Dryden. 
 
 To fuch I would addrefi with this moil affec- 
 tionate petition. . Decay of Flety. 
 
 Among the crowd, but far above the reft. 
 Young Turnus to the beauteous maid addrejf. 
 
 D'yden. 
 
 6. Sometimes with the reciprocal pro- 
 noun ; as, he adtWefjld hhvjcif to the gene- 
 ral. 
 
 7. Sometimes with the accufative of the 
 matter of the addrefs, which may be the 
 nominative to the paffive. 
 
 The young iiero had addeejf-sd his prayers to 
 him for his alTiltance. Dryden. 
 
 Theprince himfelf, witii awfuliliead pollcfs'd. 
 His vo'ui to great Apulhj thus add-e/l. D'yden. 
 
 IWsfnit was common; but, above the relf, 
 To both the biolher-piinces thus addteji. Dryden. 
 
 8. To addrefs [in law] is to apply to the 
 king in form. 
 
 The reprefentatives of the nation in parliament, 
 and the privy-council, addteffed the king to have 
 it recalled. S'.uifi, 
 
 Audre'ss. n.f. [^addreffefVr.] 
 
 I. Verbal application to any one, by way 
 of perfuafion ; petition. 
 
 Henry, in knots involving Emma's name, 
 Had half confcfs'd and half conceal'd his flame 
 Upon this tree ; and as the tender mark 
 Grew with the year, and widcn'dwith the bark, 
 Venus had heard the virgin's ioh addreji. 
 That, as the wound, the palTion might increafe. 
 
 I'rkr. 
 
 E 2
 
 A D E 
 
 Moft of the pcrfi>n«, to whom tlicfe nlltcjc^ 
 are mjric, arc not wife and (kilful judges, but 
 are iiiHucnced by their own finfiil aipctitcs and 
 pafiions. ffuHi' Itr-frovemerit oj the M:>iJ. 
 
 2. Courtfliip. 
 
 They often have rcvc.iled their paffion to me ; 
 Bur, tell me, whofe aJ.lr<f\ thou favoiii'ft molt; 
 I long to know, and yet I dicad to hear it. M^lifa'i. 
 
 A gentleman, whom, I am furc, you youifelf 
 would have approved, made his adjrija to me. 
 
 ' Mdifdn. 
 
 3. Manner of addreffing another ; as, wc 
 fay, a man of a happy or a fUnjlng ad- 
 (Irejj ; a man of an ainhiuard addrefs. 
 
 4. Skill; dexterity. 
 
 I cunld produce uinumcrablc inltar.crs, from 
 ST.y own obfervation, of events imjiuttd to the 
 frotoimd fkill and <i./</r./i of a miniUcr, which, 
 in reality, were cither mere effeils of negligence, 
 weakncfs, humour, pafiion, or pride, or at belt 
 but tlie natural courfe of things left to themfelves. 
 
 K. Manner of direfting a letter: a fcnfe 
 
 cliiefly mercantile. 
 A D D R e's s E R . n . y". [ from addrefs . ] The 
 
 perfon that addteiles or petitions. 
 
 Addu'ceKT. adj. [addvcens, Lat.] _A 
 
 V ord applied to thofe niufdes th.it bring 
 
 forward, clofe, or draw together the 
 
 parts of the body to which they are 
 
 . annexed. _ ^'"O'- 
 
 To Addu'lCE. "u. a. [addoucir, Fr. Julas, 
 
 I>at.] To fweeten. Not in ufe. 
 
 Thus did the French ambaffadors, with great 
 CievF of their king's affeflion, and many lug.ued 
 word?, kck io uiiiiiJre all matters between the 
 two kings. Jlncoii-i Hony yi\. 
 
 A'deling. n.f. [from xbel. Sax, illu- 
 ftrious.] A word of honour among the 
 Angles, properly appertaining to the 
 king's children : king Edward the Con- 
 fefTor, being without iffiie, and intend- 
 ing to make Edgar kis heir, called him 
 adeling. Cowcll. 
 
 ADi'MPTioN. «. /. \_adimo, ademptum, 
 Lat.] Taking away; privation. Did. 
 Adeno'graphy. n.J. [from ai-rtvoi and 
 
 yjorft..] A treatife of the glands. 
 Ade'pt. 71. f. [from adeptus, Lat. that is, 
 adeptus artem.] He that is completely 
 ikilled in all the fecrets of his art. It 
 is, in its original fignification, appro- 
 priated to the chymifts, but is now ex- 
 tended to other artills. 
 
 The prcfcrvation of chaftity is cafy to true 
 adrj>'s. ■'''-/"• 
 
 Ade'pt. arij. Skilful; throughly verfed. 
 If there be really luch ^ic/'.' philufopl.crs as 
 we are lold of, I am apt to think, that, among 
 their arcana, they are malicrs of extremely po- 
 tent mcnrtruums. £tiy,'^. 
 A' Df.QV ATE. adj. {adequatus, Lat.] Equal 
 to ; proportionate ; correfpondtnt to, 
 fc as to bear an ex aft refembtance or 
 pioportlon. It is ufcd generally in a 
 figurative fenfe, and often with the par- 
 ticle /o. 
 
 Contingent death fcems to be the whole <i./f- 
 •aa'c objcft of popular courage ; bu" a nerelfary 
 and unavoidable coffin ftrikes palcoefs into the 
 ftouteft heart. lUrvey on Coiifrmpihrn. 
 
 The arguments were proper, aMquate, and 
 fuffieient to compafs their rel'pcftivc ends. i,auth. 
 All our fimple ideas arc mltiuate; becaufc, 
 keing ncthini; but the clfedts of certain powers in 
 thingi, fitted and ordained by God to produce 
 fiich fcnfations in us, they cannot but be cor- 
 lefpondcnt aud ailtju.iu n thofe powers. Locke. 
 
 A D H 
 
 Thofe are .iJcpiaic ideiis, which perfeclly rc- 
 prelent their archetypes or objeils. Iir.idequat'-- 
 arc but a partial, or inc'*inpletc, reprefentation 
 of thofe archetypes to which they are reicrred. 
 
 tfatts' Lcgki. 
 
 A'dequ ATELY. eidv. [{vom adequate.] 
 
 1. In an adequate manner; with jullnefs 
 of reprefentation ; with exaftneis of 
 proportion. 
 
 Gratitude confifts aiicjuate/y in thefe two 
 'things; lirlf, that it is a debt; and, fcondly, 
 that it is fuch a debt as is left to every man's in- 
 genuity whether he will pay or no. Soit^k. 
 
 2. It is ufed with the particle to. 
 
 Piety is the neceiT.ny cliriliian virtue, propor- 
 tioned a.ir'j;^au!y to the omnifcieiice and fpiri- 
 tujlity of that infinite Deity. lUmmoiu!. 
 
 A'dequ ATEN ESS. n.f. [from adequate.] 
 The Hate of being adequate ; juftnels ot 
 reprefentation; exaftnefs of proportion. 
 
 Adespo'tick. adj. Not abfolute ; not 
 dcfpotick. Die!. 
 
 To ADHE'RE. v. n. [adhareo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To Hick to, as wax to the finger: 
 with to before the thing. 
 
 2. To (lick, in a figurative fenfe ; to be 
 confident ; to hold together. 
 
 Why every tiling aJ.'i.'iii together, that no 
 
 diam of a fcruple, no fcruple of a fcruple, no 
 
 incredulous or unlafe circumtlance— Sk.iffpinrc. 
 
 3". To remain firmly fixed to a party, pei- 
 
 fon, or opinion. 
 
 Good gentlemen, he liath much talli'd of you ; 
 And I'nre I am, two men there are nut living 
 To whom he more aMm-s. Shakf^care. 
 
 E^ery man of fenfe will agree with me, that 
 fingularity is laudable, when, in contradi<f1ion to 
 a multitude, \k adhcrct to the diiftatcs of con- 
 fcience, morality, and honoiu-. B(-yli\ 
 
 Adhe'rence. n.f. [from adhere.] See 
 Adhesion. 
 
 1. The quality of adhering, or flicking ; 
 tenacity. 
 
 2. In a figurative fenie, fixednefs of mind ; 
 fteadincfs ; fidelity. 
 
 The firm tiJ«e>ei:cc of the Jews to their reli- 
 gion is no Icfs remarkable than their difperhon ; 
 confidcrlng it as perfccuted or contemned oveV 
 the whole earth. ^Mlfm. 
 
 A cundant adherence to one fort of diet may 
 have U-id effefts on any conflitution. ^-iihuth 
 
 Plain good fenfe, and a firm ndheeenee to the 
 point, have proved more effcihial than thofe arts, 
 which are contemptuoully c.dled the fpLrjt of ne- 
 gociating. Siuift. 
 
 Adhe'rency. n.f. [the fame with «</- 
 lierence. ] 
 
 1. Steady attachment. 
 
 2. That which adheres. 
 
 Vices have a native .uihcrency of vexation. 
 
 Decay of Ficty. 
 
 Adhe'rent adj. \_^\:oi-\\ adhere."} 
 
 1. Sticking to. 
 
 Clofe to the clill with both his hands he clung, 
 And Ifuck aJircrc'i/, and fufpcndtd hung. I'jfe. 
 
 2. United with. 
 
 Modes are faid to be inherent or aJhereni, that 
 is, proper or improper, ^idhtrent or impropci- 
 modes arifc from the joi.iijig of fome accidental 
 fubftanceto the chief fui.ject, which yet may be 
 fep.iratcd from it : fo when a bowl is wet, or a 
 boy is clothed, thefe xie- ailhirent modes; for 
 the water and the clothes are diftinft fubrtances, 
 whic'ii adheic to tiie bowl, or to the boy. IVatti. 
 A?5i:e'rent., n./. [from adhere.] 
 I. The perfon that adheres; one that 
 fupports the caufe, or follows the for- 
 tune, of another ; a follower ; a partifan. 
 4 
 
 A D I 
 
 Princes ir.ulf give proredtion to their fuhjccls 
 and a.ihiTentij when worthy uccafion (hall lequire 
 it. Raleigh. 
 
 A new w.ir muft be undertaken upon the ad- 
 vice of thole, who, with their partilans and ad- 
 herent' j were to be the lole g.iiners by it. S'wift. 
 
 2. Any thing outwardly belonging to a 
 
 perfon. 
 
 Wncn they cannot Ihake the main fort, Ihcy 
 muft try if they can poffefs themfelvcs of the 
 outworks, raife fome prejudice ag.Tiiilf his dif- 
 cietion, his humour, his carriage, and his extrm- 
 fic adherents. (rOZ'ernnient oj the Tongue. 
 
 Adhe'rer. n.f.^frovci adhere.^ He that 
 adheres. 
 
 He ought to be indulgent to tender confciences ; 
 but, at the fame time, a firm adherer to the etta- 
 LliUicd chuich. Siuift. 
 
 Ad he's ION. n.f. [^adhe^io, Lat.], 
 
 1 . The aft or ftatc of flicking to fome- 
 thing. Adhefion is generally ufed in the 
 natiual, and adherence in the metapho- 
 rical fenfe ; as, the adhefion of iron to the 
 magnet, and adherence of a client to his 
 patron. 
 
 Wliy therefore may not the minute parts of 
 other bodies, if tbcy be conveniently fliaped foi' 
 adhrfion, Kick to One anotlicr,_as well as Itick to. 
 this fpirit? Boyle. 
 
 The rert confifting wholly in the fcnfihie con- 
 figuration, .as frnootli and rough; 01. elfc moie, 
 or lei's, firm adhefion of the parts, as haid and 
 foft, tough and brittle, arc obvious. Loike. 
 
 — Prove that all things, on occafion. 
 Love union, and (iefire jAkefon. Prior. 
 
 2. It is fomeiinxes taken, like adherence, 
 figuratively, for'tirmncfs in an opinion, 
 or lieadinefs in a pradice. 
 
 Tne fame want of fincerity, the fame adhefion 
 to vice, and averfion from goodnefs, will be 
 equully a reafon for their rejeiling any proof 
 whatfocver. Attetbury. 
 
 Adhe'sive. «(/;". [from n(//i£/?6n.] Stick- 
 ing ; tenacious. 
 
 if flow, yet fure, adhftvc to the trafl, 
 Hot-lVcamrns; up. Thomforr. 
 
 To ADHIBIT.. 1;. a. [adhibeo, Lat.] 
 To apply ; to make ufe of. 
 
 Salr,.s ncceffary ingredient in all facrifices,. 
 was aahiblted and recpiired in this view only as 
 nn emblem of purification. Fortteu 
 
 ■ AnHiBi'TiON. n.f. [hom oilhiltit.] Ap- 
 plication ; ufe. Di{i. 
 Adja'cency. n.f. [from «(//««», Lat.] 
 
 1 . The ftate of lyingclofeto another thing. 
 
 2. Tliat which is adjacent. See Adja- 
 cent. 
 
 Becaufe the Cape hath fea on both fides near 
 it, and other lands, remote as it were, etiuidif- 
 tant from it ; therefore, at that point, the needle 
 is not d;llraded by the vicinity of a.lja.enc'u!. 
 
 BroVJH. 
 
 Adja'cent. adj. [aJjacens, Lat.] Lying 
 near or clofe ; bordering upon fomc- 
 
 thing. 
 
 It may corrupt within itfelf, although no part 
 of it iffue into the body adjacent. Bacon. 
 
 Uniform ptilucid metiiums, fuch as water, 
 have no fcnfihie lefleiflion but in their external 
 fuperficies, where they M-^ adjacent io other me- 
 diums of a different den firy. Newton. 
 Adj.^'cent. n.f. That which lies next 
 another. 
 
 The fenl'c of the aiuhpr goes vifibly in its own 
 train, and the words, receiving a detei mired fcnfe 
 from their companions and adjaecnn, will not 
 confcnt to give countenance and. colour to what 
 muft be fupportedat any rate. Locke. 
 
 Adia'phorous. adj. [ot^a'poef^.] Neu- 
 tral : particularly ufed of fome
 
 A D J 
 
 A D J 
 
 fpirits ami falls, which are neither cf 
 ail acid or alkaline nature. l^hiiihy. 
 
 Our .1 luij'korcui fpitit rn.iy lie oliUtiiccI, by 
 dilblliiig tlic liquDr tluc \i afforded by wuods and 
 divers oriici- bodici. BoyU. 
 
 Adla'phorv. n. f. [jJiot^oflat.] Neu- 
 
 tra'ity ; 'indifference. 
 To AUJIi'CT. II. a. [adjkio, mVjefitim, 
 
 Lat.] To add to ; to put to another 
 
 thing. 
 Auj e'ctios. n.f. \^a(Viedw, Lat.] 
 
 1. The ad of adjecting, or adding. 
 
 2. The thing adjeftcd, or added. 
 
 That uiuo every puund uf fuljiliur, an <i./- 
 je£li(fi of one ounce of cjuicklilvci ; oi unto every 
 jjoiind of petic, one ounce of f.il-ammoni.ic, 
 wifl much intend the force, and confcquently the 
 report, I find no verity. Brown' i V>lg. kncurs. 
 Adj ecti'tious. adj. [from adjMon.] 
 
 Added ; thrown in upon the reft. 
 A'djective. n.f. \_adje8'ivum, Lat.] A 
 word added to a noun, to ilgnify the 
 addition or fcparation of foiue quah"ty, 
 Gircnmllance, or manner of being ; as, 
 good, bad, are adiedivcs, h;oaufe, in 
 Cpetch, they are applied to nuuns, to 
 modify their lignitication, or .intimate 
 tlie nianntr of exiltence in tlie thin^rs 
 fignlrted thereby. Clarkt. 
 
 All the vcrfihc.uion of Claudian is included 
 within the compafs of four or hvc lines ; per- 
 petually clofing his fenfe at the ejld of a vcrlV, 
 and that verfe commonly which they call golden, 
 or two fubftantives and two a.ljeaivei, witii j 
 verb betwixt them,, to keep tiie peace. Diy.ieu. 
 A'djectively. adv. [from adjeSi-ve.] 
 After the manner of an adjeftive : a 
 term of grammar. 
 Adieu', adv. [from ii Dleu, uCd ellipti- 
 cally for a Dleu /<• vous commenth, ufeJ 
 at the departure of friends.] The form 
 of parting,, originally importing a com- 
 mendation to the Divine care, but now 
 ufed, in a popular fenie, lometimcs to 
 tilings inanimate ; farewell. 
 
 Nc gave him leave to hid that aged fire 
 M:tii, but nimlly ran her wonted courfe. 
 
 Fairy Qjtre*i 
 Ufc a more fpacious ceremony to llic noble 
 lords; you reftrained yourfclf within the lift of 
 roo coUl an .uiieit ; be more exprefiive to them. 
 
 ShHkJfCare. 
 While now I take my laft ailieu, 
 Heave thou no figh, nor Ihed a tear; 
 
 Lcfl yet my half-clos'c eye may view- 
 On earth an objeiil woith its care. Vr^or. 
 To Adjo'i-n. v.. a. [^adjoiitdre, Fr. adjvngo 
 
 Lat.] 
 i!. To join to ;■ to unite to ; to put to. 
 .■\s one, who long ni populous city pent, 
 Forth ifl'uing on a fummer's morn to breathe 
 Aniorg the plcafant villages and farms 
 M/ohi'J, from each thii\g met conceives delight. 
 
 All /ton. 
 
 Correcfions or improvements fliouid be as le- 
 
 jnaiks a.lr^ineJy by way of note or commen- 
 
 taiy, in their proper places, and fupcraddcd to 
 
 a regular trcatifc. H'^tilis. 
 
 3i. To fallen by a joint or junciure. 
 
 Ai a mafiy wheel 
 Fixt on the furamit of the higheft mount. 
 To whofe huge fpoke ten thuufand IcITer thinjs 
 .\re moitis'd and rtt^o/ifv/. Shukf^t'ire. 
 
 To Adjo'in. i\ti. To be contiguous to; 
 to lie next, fo as to have nothing be- 
 tween. 
 Tir a I'dning fane th' aflemblcd Greeks ex- 
 prefs'd, 
 And hunting of the Calodoniaabeaft, Dr^Hen. 
 
 In Ir.irning any thing, as little (Tisuhl he prn- 
 poled to the mmd at once as is polTihlc ; and, 
 that being undcrltood and fully nialUred, pro- 
 ceed to the next .uifoiningy yet unknown, Ample, 
 intpcrplcxed propolition, belonging to the mat- 
 ter m hand, and tending to the clearing what is 
 piincipaily deftgned. Lcckc. 
 
 ToADJO'LIRN. V. a. ladjourner, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To put off to another day, naming the 
 time: a term ufed in juridical proceed- 
 ings, as of parliaments, or courts of 
 jultice. 
 
 The queen being abfcnt, 'tis a needful fitncfs, 
 That wc II /;V/>'ithii court to further day. Shctk. 
 
 By the kingS authority alone, and by his writs, 
 they arc alTcmbled, and by him alunc are they 
 prorogued and dilTolved ; but each houfc may 
 .«(icKi»; itfilf. .B./cM. 
 
 2. To put off; to defer; to let ftay to a 
 future time. 
 
 Then, Jupiter, thou king of gods, 
 Why haft thou thus adjijurn'd 
 
 The gr.ices for his merits due, 
 Being 11 to dolours tunt'd. Shoifpeare. 
 
 Crow n high the goblets with a chcarful draught : 
 Enjoy thcprefent hour, nJjoiini the future thought. 
 
 Vty.len. 
 
 The formation of animals being foreign to my 
 purpufe, 1 Ihall .uijiurn ihc conlideration of it to 
 an^-tner ocealioir. II (j^.d.unr.i. 
 
 Adjo'urnment. n.f. \_iidjouniemeiit, Fr.] 
 
 1. An alfignment of a day, or n putting 
 off till another day. 
 
 .'if'ourrtmint in exre, an appointment of .i day, 
 when thejulliccsin eyreme.mto fit again. Cnu'dl. 
 
 2. Delay; procraftination ; difmiffion to 
 a future time. 
 
 We will and we will not, and then wc will not 
 ag,iin,andwe will. At this rate we run our 
 lives out in adjournwcnts from time to lime, out 
 of a fantallical levity that holds us oft' and on, 
 betwixt hawk and buzzard. L'EjIrarigc. 
 
 A'nivovs.adJ. [adip/iis,'L^t.] Fat. Z)/i.'7. 
 A'dit. ;.'./. [aditus, Lat.] A paffage for 
 the conveyance of water under ground ; 
 a paffage under ground in general : a 
 term among the miners. 
 
 For conveyingawaythewatcr, they ftand in aid 
 
 of fundry devices ; as, .i.iin, pumps, and wheels, 
 
 driven hy a ftream, and interchangeably filling 
 
 and emplving two buckets. C.ireiu. 
 
 The dclr's wo'.ild be fo Hown widi waters (it 
 
 being impoilil'lc to m.ikc any aiiiis or foughs to 
 
 drain them) that no gins or machines could fuf- 
 
 fice to lay and keep them dry. Rny. 
 
 Adi'tion. n.f. [from ij<i>J, flfi'//«ri, Lat.] 
 
 The aft of going to another. D!C1. 
 
 "To Adjudge. T'. «■ [aiijiidko, hzt.] 
 
 1. To give the thing controverted to one 
 of the parties by a judicial fcntence: 
 with the particle to hi fore the pciibn. 
 
 The way of difputing in the fchools is by, in- 
 filling -en one topical argument; by ihe fuccels^ 
 of which, viiftory is adjudged tn the opponent, or; 
 defenci.-uit. ' ' Loch. 
 
 The great compctitoi s for Rome, 
 Caefarand Pompey, on I'h.irfalian plaini. 
 Where llrrn B-lloiia, with one '':^al drcke, 
 ^./;. .V'./the empire of this globe /3 one. Philiji. 
 
 2. To ientence, or condemn to a punidi- 
 ir.ent : with to before the thing. 
 
 But though thou art a.:J:d^sd tj the death ; 
 Yet I will favour ihec in what I can. Sfiaifi: 
 
 3. Simply' toju^'ge ; to deciee ; to deter- 
 mine. 
 
 lie i-.d/uJgrd K.m unworthy of his frierdfliip, 
 purpofing iharply to revenge the wrong he had 
 received. Am//... 
 
 To ADJU'DICATE. -v. a. [adjudico, 
 Lat.] To adjudge 3 to give fometbing 
 
 A D J 
 
 tontroverted to one of the litigants, by 
 a fentence or dccifion. 
 Adjudica'tion. n.f. ^adjudicatio, Lat.T 
 The aft of judging, or of granting 
 fomething to a litigant by a judicial 
 fentence. 
 
 To A'UJUGATE. V. iZ. [(7<r'/l/f(3, Lat.] To 
 
 yoke to ; to join to another by a yoke. 
 
 DU!. 
 
 A'ojuMEMT. ti. f. [adjumentum, Lat.] 
 Help ; fupport. DlU. 
 
 A'DJUNCT. n.f {ndjundim.l.zt.} 
 
 1. Something adherent or united to an- 
 other, though not effentially part of it. 
 
 Learning is but an aJjun£i to ourfelf. 
 And where we arc, oui learning likcwifc is. .'.V-.i^. 
 
 But I make luftc to coiifider you as alil^L-flcl 
 from a couit, which (if you will give me* leav*? 
 to ule a term of logick) is only in adjiwH, not 
 a propriety, of happinefs. Drydcrr. 
 
 Tic talent of difcrction, in its feveral adjundi 
 and ciicumflances, is no wheic fo ferviceablc as 
 to the clergy. Swiff. 
 
 2. A perfon joined to another. This fenfs 
 rarely occurs. 
 
 He made him the alTociatc of his heir-appa- 
 lent, together witli the lord Cottington (as an 
 adjunR of fingular e.xpcrience and Iruft) in fo- 
 reign travels, and in a bufinefs of love. IVaitan, 
 A'dji'nct. adj. United with ; immedi- 
 ately confequent. 
 
 So well, that what you hid me undertake. 
 Though that my death were adjuna to my TiQ, 
 I'd do't. Siidjfiare, 
 
 Adju'nction. n. f [adjundlo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Theaft ofadjoining orcoupling together, 
 
 2. The thing joined. 
 Adju'nctive. n.f ^adjun^ivui, Lat.] 
 
 1. lie that joins. 
 
 2. That which is joined. 
 Apjur.\'t!0m. n.f [adjiiratio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of adjuring, or propofing .in 
 oath to another. 
 
 2. The form of oath propofed to another. • 
 
 When thefe learned men faw fieknefs and 
 frenzy cured, the dead raifed, the oracles pyt to 
 filcnce, the d3smons and evil fpiiits forced to 
 conftfs themfelves no gods, by perfoiis, who only 
 made Life of prayer and udjuraticm in the name- 
 of their cruciAcd Saviour; how could they doubt 
 cfrheirSaviour'spower on the like occafion?-^*/</. 
 
 To ADJU'RE. 1;. a. [adjuro, Lat.] To 
 inipoie an oath upon another, prefcrib- 
 ing the form in which he fhall iwear. 
 
 Tliou know'*, the magiftrares 
 And princes of my country came in perfon, 
 Joliciied, commanded, threatcn'd, ing'd, 
 Adjr.r'd hy all thi bonds of civil duty 
 Ancf of religiein, prcfs'd how juft it was, ■ 
 llow honourable. Mdtnr.. 
 
 ■^'e lamps of heaven! he fair^, and lifted high 
 His haiwis nuv,' free, thou veneiablc iky ! 
 Ye faned ;dtars ' from wiiofc hames I fled, . 
 Be .ill of you adjutsd. VryMr.. 
 
 To ADJUST. V. a.,[ad<;.Jler, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To regulate ; to put in order ; to fcttlsr 
 in the light form. 
 
 Your lordlliip removes all our djiTicutites, and 
 ftipplics all our wan?s, faftcr than the niolV vi- 
 fionaiv pi'ojet5tor can adji/ji his fchenics. Siuifr, 
 
 2. To reduce to the true flate or ftan-. 
 dard ; to make accurate. 
 
 The names of mixed modes, for the moll parf, 
 want rtandards in nature, whereby men may rec- 
 tify and cid;t/JJ their fignification ; thcrefora they 
 arc very various and tlouhtf'.d. . Lockf. 
 
 3. To make conforrr.abk. It reqtu'res tlie-
 
 A D M 
 
 particle to before the thing to wliicU 
 
 the couformity is made. 
 
 As to tlie .Tcccn-.plilhrr.eiit of Oiis leniarkuMe 
 {.Tophecy, whoever vends llie nccount given by 
 Jofcphus, without knowing liis ciiaraftev, and 
 compares it with what our Saviour foretold, 
 would think the hiftorian had been a chriftiaii, 
 and that he had nothing clfe in view, but to ad- 
 >yi the event » the prcdi£fion. ' ' MMfj,:. 
 
 Adju'stment. n.f. [adjujlaneiit, Fr.} 
 
 1. Regulation ; the aft of putting in 
 method ; fcttlem'ent. 
 
 Tlie farther and clearer ar'fujlmfill of this affair, 
 I am conftiained to adjoilvn to llic larj;cr trearife. 
 
 ., . , . If'oodiuarJ. 
 
 2. The ftate of being put ^n method, or 
 
 regulated. ^ ' '.' - ' 
 
 It is a vulgar id;a we hav«of a watch orclock, 
 when we conceive of it asan inftrument made to 
 Ihcw tlie hour: but it is a leaniedidea which 
 the watch-maker has of it, who knows all the 
 fcvcral parts of it, together with the vaiious con- 
 , « ne^ions and ^.^^wfwrs of each part. IKitii. 
 
 A'djutant. n.f. A petty officer, whofe 
 duty is to affift the major, by dlllributing 
 the pay, andoverfeeing the punilhment 
 of the common men. 
 
 To ADJU'TE. 1'. a. [nJJuvo, aJjutum, 
 Lat.] To help ; to concur. Not in 
 ufe. 
 . . ■ For, there be. 
 
 Six bachelors as bold as he, 
 j^iijizth:g to his company; 
 And each one hath Ins livery. B. yatipin. 
 Adju'tor. II. f. [adiulor, Lat.] A helper. 
 
 Bia. 
 
 Adju'tory. aJj. [aJJutorius, Lzt.] That 
 
 does help. ' Z)/V?. 
 
 ADJH'xRix.n./ [Lat.] She who helps. 
 
 A'djuvant. nJJ. [adjuvans, Lat.] Help- 
 ful -.ufeful. Dla. 
 
 To A'd.iuvate. -v. a. ' [tidjuvo, Lat.] 
 To help j to further,; to [nil forward. 
 
 DIa. 
 
 Adme'asurement. a. f. [See Mea- 
 sure.] The adjuflracnt of propor- 
 tiorrs ; the aft or praftice of meafuring 
 
 according to rule. "" 
 
 Admcafurcmrnt is a writ:, ,wh\ch lieth for the 
 bringing of thofe to a picdiocri.ty, thai ufurp 
 more th.-in their p.aVt. It lieth in two cafes : 
 one .is termed n.fof.iJ'ii^.'Wif;? of dowoi', where ihe 
 wjdow of llie dcccofcd holdeth from the heir, 
 oi his guardian, 'more in the name ofhcrriowci, 
 than belongcth to her. Tiie other is .-.d>::ccf:nc- 
 incni of paHurc, which lieth between thofe that 
 have common of paftuvc appendant to their free- 
 hold, or common by vicinage, in cafe any one of 
 them, or more; do furchargc the coinmyn with 
 more cattle than they ougiit. Coivell. 
 
 \n fomc coiuitics they aic not much acquainted 
 with admrufurcmeKi by acre ; and thereby tin.- 
 writs contain twice or thrice I'o many acres more 
 than the land hath. Jiamn 
 
 Admensura'tion. n.f. [ad zn6. men- 
 Jura, Lat.] The aft, or praftice, of 
 meafuring out to each his part. 
 
 An M I'm CLE. n.f. ladmhdcuIum.'L-H.^ 
 Help ; fupport ; furtherance. Dia. 
 
 ADMiNt'cui-AR. adj. [i'vum adminiciiluw, 
 .Lat.] That gives help. Dj^/ 
 
 To ADIVH'NISTER. ^. a. [admimflro, 
 Lat.] •' 
 
 I. To give ; to afford ; to fupply. 
 Let /.cphyrs bland 
 Ailminljier their tepid genial airs ; 
 
 ADM 
 
 Nought fear l.c from the weiV, whofc gcnilc 
 
 warmth 
 Difclofcb welt tlie earth's all-tccming womb. 
 
 2. To ?.£! as the iTiiniiter or agent in any 
 employment or office : generally, but 
 not alway?, with fome hint of fubor- 
 dination ; as, to adminyier the govcvn- 
 ment. 
 
 For forms of government let fools conteil, 
 Whate*er ii-belt rtt]f/w/>/yif;'i.', is boil. Peps. 
 
 3. To adminifler juftice ; to diflribute 
 right. 
 
 4. To adminiiler the facraments, to dif- 
 penfe them. 
 
 Have not they the c)ld popiih cuftom of tidtni- 
 nijii'ring the hlclTed facrament of the holy eucha- 
 lill wil7h wafer-cakes? Ho'jktr. 
 
 5. Toadminifter an oath ; to propofe or 
 require, an oath authoritatively ; to 
 tender an oath. 
 
 Swear by the duty that you o'.vc to hcav'n, 
 To keep the oath that we iidminifter. S/1.1L 
 
 6. To adminiftcr phyfic ; to give phyfic 
 as it is wanted. 
 
 I was carried on men's Hroulders, adtm'/iijl^ring 
 phylic and phlebotomy. JVafcr^ i Voya^L-. 
 
 7. To admhiijier to ; to contribute ; to 
 bring fupplics. 
 
 I nuiil nut omir, that there is a fountain rifing 
 
 in the upper paituf iny garden, which forms a 
 
 liitle wandering rill, and acl!i:l>njie<i to the plca- 
 
 , fure as well as the plenty of the place. Spr^.^. 
 
 8. To perform the office of an admiuilira- 
 .tor, in law. See ADrvUN.isxiiATOR. 
 
 Neal's order was never perforined, becaufe the 
 
 executors durfl: not adwhiiffr. Arh. and Pope. 
 
 To ADMi'NisrRATE. V. a. \_adi:iiuifli 0, 
 
 Lat.] To exhibit ; to give as phylick. 
 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 They liavc the fame effects in medicine, when 
 inwardly a.lmhdJjmtcd^Q ^n\mA] bodies. Jfoodtu. 
 Administr a'tion. n.f. [admii/ijlra/io, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1 . The aft of adminifleiing or conduftint; 
 any employment ; as, the condufting 
 the public affairs ; difpcnfing the laws. 
 
 Itheti d'dulc the perfon of your father; 
 The image of his power lay then in me: 
 And in th' nJwiiiiJjt aticn oi his law. 
 While I was bufy for the commonwealth. 
 Your iugi.ncfs plcafed to forget m^ place. Sluik. 
 
 In ihe Ihort time ol his adminijlration, he ihone 
 fo powerfully upon me, that, like the heat of a 
 Rulfian fummer, he ri])ened the fiuits of poetry 
 in a cold climate. Dryditt. 
 
 2. The adive or executive part of govern- 
 ment. 
 
 It may pafs for a maxim in (late, that the ad- 
 mhnjhiit.'cn cannot be placed in too few hands, 
 nor the Icgillature in too many. S'utft. 
 
 3. Collectively, thofe to whom the care 
 of public aflairs is committed ; as, the 
 adnuiujlrat'ton has been oppofed in par- 
 liament. 
 
 4. DiHribution ; exhibition ; difpenfation. 
 
 There is in facraments, to be obferved their 
 force, and their form of ad<nin:Jl>ation. Ifo'Jc-r. 
 
 By theunivcrfal adminijiratitin of grace, begun 
 by our blcflcd Saviour, enlarged by his apoHles, 
 carried on by their immediate fuccefPors, and to 
 be completed by the reft to the world's end ; all 
 types ihat darkened this faith arc enlightened. 
 
 Spitit'i Serrtons. 
 
 Admi'nistrative. adj. [from admini- 
 Jlrate.'] That does adminiiler ; that by 
 which any one adminifters. 
 Administra'tor. n. f. {adnunijlrator, 
 Lat.] 
 
 ADM 
 
 1. He that has the goods of a man dyinr 
 inleftate committed to his charge by 
 the ordinary, and is accountable for 
 the fame, whenever it (hail pleafe the 
 ordinary to call upon him thereunto. 
 
 Coivell, 
 He was wonderfully diligent to enquire and 
 oblervc what becair.e of the king of Arragor, 
 in holding the kingdom of Caftillc, and whe- 
 ther he did hold it in his own right, or as ajmi- 
 nij]ratoty to his daughter. Hacor.'i IltTj, viJ, 
 
 2. He that ofp.ciatcs in divine rites. 
 
 I feel my confeiencc bound to remember the 
 death of Chrift, with fome fucicty of ehriltisns or 
 t>ther, (ince it is a moll plain comminri ; whe- 
 ther the ptrlon, who diiiiibutts thefe elements, 
 be only ail occalional or a fettled admir.jlia'or. 
 
 IVatt:. . 
 
 3. He that condufts the government. 
 
 The refidcnce of the prince, or chief adtrr- 
 
 >}}Jhator of the civil power. Stiifi, 
 
 Administr a'torship. n. f [from 
 
 ach>iiniJ}rator.'\ The office of admini- 
 
 ilrator. 
 Admi'nistratrix. ?;._/". [Lat.] She who 
 
 adminiilers in confequence of a will. 
 Admir abi'lity. n.f. \admiraiilh, Lat.] 
 
 The quality or <i ate of being admirable. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 A'nMiRABLE. adj. [admtrabUis, Lat.] 
 To be admired ; worthy of admiration ; 
 of power to excite wonder : always 
 taken in a good fenfe, and applied 
 either to perfons or things. 
 
 The more power he hath to huit, the moic 
 admirable is his piaife, that he will not hurt. 
 
 Sidney. 
 God was with them in all their atiii6lions, and 
 at length, by working their admiraf.U deliverance, 
 did tellify that they ferved him not in vain. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 What admirable tilings occur in the remains of 
 
 feveral other philofophers ! Short, I confefs, of 
 
 the rules of chriftianity, but geneially above the 
 
 lives of chriftians. Soufh's Sermorts. 
 
 You can at mofl 
 To an indiff'rent lover's praife pretend : 
 But you would fpoil an admirable friend. Dryd. 
 A'dmir A Bi. EN ESS. n.y". [hom admii able. ^ 
 The quality of being admirable j the 
 power of raifing wonder. 
 A'dmirably. adi<. [from admirabk.'\ So 
 as to raile wonder ; in an admirable 
 manner. 
 
 The theatre is the moft fjiacious of any I ever 
 fa«', and fo admirably well contrived, that, from 
 tlie \eiy depth of the ilage, the lowert found 
 may be heard diilin6lly to the farthelt part of 
 the audience, as in a whlfpering place ; and yet, 
 raife your voice as high as you pleafe, there is 
 nothing like an echo to caufe the Icaft confufion. 
 
 Addijon. 
 A'DMIRAL. n.f [amlral, Fr. of uncer- 
 tain etymology.] 
 
 1. An officer or magillrate that has the 
 government of the king's navy, and 
 the hearing and determining all caufes, 
 as well civil as criminal, belonging to 
 the fea, Co-well, 
 
 2. The chief coiTimander of a fleet. 
 
 He alfo, in battle at fea, oveithrew Rodericus 
 Rotundus, admiral of Spain, in which fight the 
 admiral, with his fon, were both ilain, and fc- 
 ^■en of his gallies taken. • Xaolli-j. 
 
 Make the fea (hine with gallantry, and all 
 The Englifli youth flock to their admiral. IFallcr. 
 
 3. The fhip which carries the admiral or 
 commander of the fleet.
 
 ADM 
 
 The (i.iw/r(i/g:illL'y, wherein tlic cmporor Iiim- 
 
 fclf was, by great mifeliancc, ftruck upon a 
 
 fancl. A'/«//f!. 
 
 A'dmiralshii". n. f. [from admiral.} The 
 
 office or power of an admiral. 
 A'dmiralty. «.y! [_nmiraulte, Fr.] The 
 power, or officers, appointed for the 
 iidminillration of naval affaivi. 
 A D M I R A 't I o N . ii.J. l_admiraliqf Lat . ] 
 
 1. Wonder; the aft of adnuviiig or won- 
 dering. 
 
 Indiicti with humnn voice, and human fcnfe, 
 Rc.ii'uning to lu/i/iirathn. Alr/fon. 
 
 The pafiions always move, and therefore confe- 
 qucntly pleafe ; for, without motion, thgre can 
 be no (iciighr, wliich cannot be confidcreri but as 
 an aitivc paflion. When wc \ icw thofe elevated 
 idca^ of nature, the rcfult of tli:;t view is rtc/w//- 
 ration, which is always the caufcof plcafurc. 
 
 D,yJfn. 
 
 There is a pleafure in admiration^ and this is 
 that which j.'roperly caufeth admiration^ when 
 wc difcover a great deal in an objeiJl wliicli we 
 undcrftand to be excellent; and yet wc fee, wc 
 know not how much more, beyond that, 
 which our undcrftajidings cannot fully reach and 
 coniprclicnfl, TiHoff-n, 
 
 2. It is taken fomctiines in a bad lenfc, 
 though generally in a good. 
 
 Vour boldncis I with admiration fee ; 
 Vv'hai hope had you to gain a queen like me ? 
 Becaufe a hero forc'd mo once away, 
 Am I thou:;lit lit to be a fecond prey ? Dtydcn. 
 To ADMI'RE. v.a. [admiro, Lat.' a J- 
 vi'irfr, Fr. ] 
 
 1. To regard with wonder : generally in a 
 good fenfe. 
 
 'Tis here that knowledge wonders, and tiiere 
 is an admiration that is not the daughter of igno- 
 rance. Tliis indeed ftupidly gaicth at the un- 
 wonted cfteift ; but the piiilofophic paflion truly 
 admires and adores tlic fuprcme efficient. Glanviiif. 
 
 2. It is fometimes uied, in more familiar 
 fpeech, for to regard iv'ith love. 
 
 3. It is ufed, btit rarely, In an ill fenfe. 
 
 You have difplac'd the mirth, broke tlie good 
 meeting 
 With niotf fl.i'w/r't/difordcr. S/i(ilQ>fnri\ 
 
 To Admi're, v. n. To wonder ; fome- 
 times with the particle at. 
 
 The eye is already ^o perfeif^, that I believe 
 the rcafon of a man would calily have relted 
 here, and admit'* d at his own contrivance. R.iy. 
 A n M i'r ER. H. f [froin admire. '] 
 
 1. The perfon th.at wonders, or regards 
 with admiration. 
 
 Neither Viigi! nor Horace would have gained 
 fo great reputation, had they not been the friends 
 s\\i\ tidrnirfn of each otlier. Addijin. 
 
 Wlio moft to fiiun or hate mankind pretend, 
 Seek an ad>nirerj or would trx a friend. Vopc. 
 
 2. In common fpeech, a lover. 
 Admi'ringly. adv. [from admire. ~\ With 
 
 admiration ; In the manner of an ad- 
 mirer. 
 
 The king very lately fpoke of him admirin^/v 
 and mournfully. Sl!akfi>tar,-. 
 
 We may yet further admiringly obfcrve, that 
 men ufually give frcelieft where they have not 
 given before. Boyle. 
 
 AnMi'ssiBi.E. adj. [^adiintto, admijfum, 
 Lat. J That may be admitted. 
 
 Suppofe that this fuppofuion were adwijjible^ 
 yet this would not .uiy way be inconliltcnt with 
 the eternity of the divme nature and cfience. Hale. 
 Admi'ssion n.y^ [i7</m/^o, Lat.] 
 I . The aft or praftice of admitting. 
 
 There was alfo cnafled that charitable law, 
 
 for the admiJJIon of ptor fiiitors without fee; 
 
 ■ whereby poor men b. came rather able o vex, 
 
 Ihjn unable to fue. faun's Uenty vu, 
 
 & 
 
 ADM 
 
 By means of our foliiary fituat'.on, and oui 
 rate udmij/ion iii Ihangt-r.'i, wc know molt part 
 of the liabit;ibk woild, and arc ourfelvcs un- 
 known. Bacon'i Ntw Atulantii 
 
 2. The (late of being admitted. 
 
 My f.itlicr r.iw you ill dcfigns purfue ; 
 And my adtnijjitjn ihoyN*d liis fe.uof you. DryA. 
 
 God did tlicii exercifc man's liopcs witli the 
 expeditions of a better paiadifc, or a more in- 
 timate admijfton tohimfcif. SouthU Sermons. 
 
 Our king ciefccnds from Jove : 
 And hither are wc cumt, by his command, 
 To ciavc aJmiJpon in yotn" happ^' land. DryJen. 
 
 3, Admittance; the power of cntcnng, 
 or being admitted. 
 
 All rpiin^s have fome degree of heat, none 
 ever freezing, no not in the longed and fevcreft 
 froih ; efpccially thofe, where there is fuch a fite 
 and difpofition of the iir.'ita as gives free and 
 cafy ajmiffion to this heat. IJ'ooJward^s Nut. llij}. 
 
 4. [In the ccclefiailical law.] It is, when 
 the patron prcfents a clerk to a church 
 that is vacant, and the Liniop, upon 
 examination, admits and allows of fuch 
 clerk to be fitly quallHed, by faying, 
 Ailm'itto te habilem. ylyl'^'e^s Parergon, 
 
 5, The allowance of an argument ; the 
 grant of a pofition not fully proved. 
 
 To ADMI'T. V. a, [admiUo, I.at.] 
 
 1. To f'lffer to enter ; to grant entrance. 
 
 Mirth admit me of rliy crew. Mi'ton. 
 
 Doe-; not 011c table Eavius ilill admits Pope. 
 
 2. To fufFer to enter upon an office ; in 
 
 which fenfe the plu-afe of aclmiffton into 
 
 a college. Sec. is ufed. 
 
 The r-renfurcr found it no hard matter fo far 
 to terrify him, that, for the king's fervice, as 
 was pretended, he admitted, for a fix eleik, a 
 perfon rceommended by him. Ciarcfuion. 
 
 3. To allow an argument or pofition. 
 
 Suppofe no weapon can tiiy \a!onr's pride 
 Stibdue, that by no force thou m.ty'ft be won, 
 
 Admit no ftecl can hurt or wound thy fide, 
 And be it heav*n hath thee fuch favour done. 
 
 Ta}} fax. 
 
 This argument is like to have the lefs cticcl 
 on me, feeing I cannot eafily admit the inference. 
 
 Lr.,ke. 
 
 4. To allow, or grant, in general : fome- 
 times with the particle tf/". 
 
 If you once admit of ?i latitude, that thoughts 
 may be exalted, and images raifed above the life, 
 ihac leads you infenfibly from your own prin- 
 ciples to mine. Drvdch. 
 Admi'ttable. ^?^/;. [from ^£i'w/V. J That 
 may be admitted. 
 
 , Bucaufc they have not a bladder like ihofe 
 we obfcrve in others, they have no gall at all, is 
 a paialuglfm not rti/w/V/fiZ'/e, a fallacy that needs 
 not the fun Co fcatter it. Broxvn. 
 
 The eleik, who is picfcnted, ought to prove 
 to the bilhop, that he is a deacon, and that he 
 has orders ; otherwifc, the bilhop is not bound 
 to admit him : for, as the law then llood, a dea- 
 con was admittahle. y/yliffe's Parcigon. 
 
 Admi'ttance. n.f. [from (?.//?//>.] 
 
 1. The ii€t of admitting; allowance or 
 permiffion to enter. 
 
 It cannot enter any man's conceit To think it 
 lawful, ih.1t every man which liActhfhould take 
 vipon him charge in the church ■, and therefore a 
 folemn admit tr. nee i3 of luch nocetlity, tiiat, 
 without ir, tiicre can be no churcii-11 oltty. Hooker. 
 
 As to the adtr.'ttauce of the weiglity elaflic 
 paits of the air tuto the blood, through the coats 
 of the veiTtls, it feoms contiiMv to experiments 
 upon dead bodies. ./hbuthnti on /'L'imefiti. 
 
 2. The power or rij^ht of entering. 
 
 What 
 If I do tine one of their hands ?^'lis gold 
 Whicii buys adm'ttan<{, Hhakf^eare. 
 
 ADM 
 
 Surely a daily cxpctiation at the gate, is the 
 readied way to gain a.imiltanit into tlie 1. jufe. 
 
 Houtlri 6tti>.ont, 
 
 There's news fiom Btrtran j he defires 
 Admittance to the king, and cries aloud, 
 This day Ih.i 1 end onr fears. D'ydin. 
 
 Theic aic fome ideas which have a.lmiltance 
 only thiough one fenfe, which is peculiarly 
 adapted to receive them. L!,ci.e. 
 
 3. Ciirtom, or prerogative, of heing aJ- 
 miltcd to great peifoiis : a fenfe now 
 out of life. 
 
 Sir John, you are a gentleman of excellent 
 breeding, of great aamitlancr, auihenticli in 
 your place and perfon, generally allowed for 
 your many warlike, couiclike, and learned pre- 
 parations. Shalfpearc. 
 
 4. Conceflion of a pofition. 
 
 Nor could the Pythagoreans give cafy admit- 
 tance thereto; for, holoing that fepaiaie louls 
 fucceflivcly fupplied othei bodies, tncy could 
 hardly allow the raifmg of fouls from other 
 WOrids. Brown's Vulgar Enours. 
 
 To AnMi'x. V. a. ladmifeeo, Lat..] To 
 
 mingle with fomething clfe. 
 Admi'xtion. k /. [from nr/m/.x-.] The 
 _ union of one body with another, by 
 minghng them. 
 
 All metals may be calcined by ftrong waters, 
 or by admixtion of fait, fulphur, and mercury. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 The elements are no whcie pure in thefe lower 
 regions; and if there is any free from the admi.y. 
 tion of another, fure it is above the concave of 
 the moon. G!.mi;il!e. 
 
 There is no way to make a flrong and vigorous 
 powder of falt-pefre, without the admivtion of 
 fulphur. Brown's Vulgar Erronis. 
 
 Admi'xture. n. f. [from admix.] The 
 body mingled witli another ; perhaps 
 fometimes the aft of mingling. 
 
 Whate\ er aci iniony, or amaritude, at any time 
 ledounds ill it, mull be dciived from the admix- 
 ture of another fliarp bitter fubftanre. Harvey. 
 A mafs which to the eye appears to be no- 
 thing but mere fimple earth, (hall, to the fmell 
 or talle, difcover a plentiful admixture of fulphur, 
 alum, or fume other mineral. Woodw. N.it. Hij!. 
 
 To ADMO'NISH. v. a. [admotieo, Lzt.] 
 To warn of a fault ; to reprove gently ; 
 to counfel agalnit wrong praftices ; t(j 
 put in mind of a fault or a duty : with 
 the particle of; or againjl, which Is 
 more rare ; or the infinitive mood of a 
 verb. 
 
 One of his cardinals, who better knew the 
 intrigues of affairs, admonijied him againjl that 
 unfkilful piece of ingenuity. Decay of Piety. 
 
 He of their wicked ways 
 Shall them admonijli, and before them fct 
 The p.iths of righteoufnefs. Milton. 
 
 But when he was admonijhed by his fubjefl to 
 dcfcend, he came down, gently circling in the 
 air, and fmging, to the ground. Dryden. 
 
 Admo'ni.sher. ;/. /. [from adinonijh.'^ 
 The perfon that admonlfhes, or puts an- 
 other in mind of his faults or duty. 
 
 Horace was a mild admonijier ■ a coutt fatiriO, 
 fit for the gentle times of Augulius. D>)Aea. 
 
 Admo'nishi.ient. n.f. [irom adnioni/h.] 
 Admonition; tlie notice by which one 
 Is put in mind of faults or duties : a 
 word not often ufed. 
 
 ^ But yet be wary in thy ftudlous rare. — 
 — Thy grave -i./wowy^mcr/rj prevail with me. 
 
 Sliakffjcai e. 
 To th' infinitelv Good wc o«^e 
 Tmmorlal thanks, and his ad'non'/l/ment 
 Receive, with folemn purpofe to obfcrve 
 Immutably hi? fovereign will, the end. 
 Of what we ate. Milici.
 
 ADO 
 
 A D M o N I 't 1 N . n. f. [ adinoiutiCi Lat . ] 
 Tilt hint of a fault or duty; counfcl ; 
 gentle reproof. 
 
 Tiicy miirt give our teachers lc:tvc) for tlie 
 fa\ing of fouli, to iutemiinglc fomctimcs with 
 other more necelT.iiy tlungi, a.{?nofiilion conceni- 
 . ing tlicfe not unaccelVary. ilo-.'hei 
 
 From this adimnhion \\\ty took only occafiun 
 to redouble their fault, niui to fitcp again j fu 
 that, upon a fcc-nd and third aJ'KOfiitsr^fi, llicy 
 lind nocLing to plead for chcir unfcafonablc drow- 
 finefs. South's Sfrtrr^'n. 
 
 Admonm'tioner. n.Jl [hom aclmofii.' ion.] 
 A liberal rfifpenfer of admonition; a 
 general advifcr. A ludicrous term. 
 
 Alheit the aUmonitionsrs did fccm at tiril to 
 like no prcfcript foim of prayer at all, bat 
 thought it the befl: that their miniftcr fliuuld al- 
 ways be left at liberty to pray as his own dil- 
 crction did fcrve, thsir defender, and hi!> afToci- 
 ates, have fitheucc propofcd to the world a form 
 as tiiemfelves did like. Ihnkft. 
 
 Admo'nitory. adj. ]_admonUorius, Lat.] 
 That doesadmonifh. 
 
 The fentcnce of lejfon is cither mandatury, 
 fhewiiig what miiftbe done ; or ell'e permilTive, 
 declaring on!y what may bcdone ; or, thiidly, ad- 
 monitory, opening what ii the moil convenient 
 fur ui to do. Hvoki;}. 
 
 To Admo've. t'. a. [i7^?woT'ff?) Lat.] To 
 bring one thing to another. Not in ufe. 
 If, unto the powder of loadltone or iron, wc 
 admoue the nurth-polc of the loud (lone, the 
 powders, or fmall divifions, will eredt and cun- 
 forni themfejves theicto, Ji/oivn'i Vulgar Li . 
 
 A D M U R M u R a't ION. ti, f, [^admurtnuro^ 
 Lat.] The acl of murmuring, or whif- 
 pering to another. Die!. 
 
 Ado', n.f. [from the verb /<? do, with a 
 before it, as the French ajfairct from a 
 and fa'tre. ] 
 
 1. Trouble; difficulty, 
 
 H'- took Clitopliun pril*oner,whomj with much 
 ado, he kccpcth alive j the Helots being villain- 
 oally cruel. Sfdmy. 
 
 They moved) and in the end perfuaded, with 
 much iidoy the people to bind themfeivcs by fo- 
 jemn oath. tlooicr. 
 
 He kept the borders and mnrchesof tlie p.ile 
 ■with much tido i he held many parliaments, 
 vhercin fundiy laws were made. S:r J. Vifvies. 
 
 With much rt-r/o, he pjrtly kept awake ; 
 Not fuft 'ring all his eyes repute to take. Dryd. 
 
 2. Bufl:le; tumult; bufinefs : fometlmes 
 with the particle about, 
 
 Let'i follow, to fee the end of this ado. 
 
 Sh.ikfpenre. 
 
 All this ado about Adam's fatherhood, and 
 the greatnefs of its power, helps nothing to efta- 
 blllh the power of thof. that govern. Lode. 
 
 3. It has a light and ludlcnjus fenfe, imply- 
 ing more tumult and fnovv of biifinefs; 
 than the affair is worth ; In this fenfe It 
 is of late generally ufed. 
 
 I made no mors udp^ but took all their fcvcn 
 point-, in my target, thus. • Sktikjpcarc. 
 
 We'll keep no great adoy — a friend or two — 
 It may be thought wc held him carelefsly, 
 Being our kinfman, if wc revel much. Shak. 
 
 Come, fays Pufs, without any more ado, *tis 
 time to go to breakfaft j^cati don't live upon dia- 
 logues. U Ejii iirjgc. 
 
 Adolk'scexce. 1 n» f, [adolefcentia, 
 Adole'scency. j Lat.] The age fuc- 
 ceeding childhood, ^nd fucecded bv 
 puberty : more largely, that part of 
 life in which the body has not reach- 
 ed its full peifcftlon. 
 
 He vias To far from a boy, that he was a man 
 tornj nnd at liis full ilaturc, if we believe Jo- 
 
 ADO 
 
 fcpliMS, who placc^ him in the l.t(l udolif ■<:»■:■,, 
 and makes him twenty-hve yeais old. Lro^-^'S 
 The fons mult liave a tedipus lime of chi!d- 
 iiood and ad'iltjcfnce, before they can either Ihcni- 
 felvcs afiiA their p.ucnts, or encourage them with 
 new hopes of polterlty. LeniUw 
 
 ro ADOPT, -y. fl. [^fi^f7/^/o, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To take a fon by choice ; to make 
 him a fon, who was not fo by birth, 
 
 ^Ve^e none of all my father's filU-rs left ; 
 Nay, were 1 of niy motiier's kin Ijerefi ; 
 Njne by an unCk's or a grandame's fide, 
 Yet I could fome u.-.'c^/r.Mieir provide. Dryd. 
 
 2, To place any peifon or thing in a 
 nearer relation, than they have by 
 nature, to fomething clfc. 
 
 Whether adopted to fome neighb'iing liar, 
 Thou roU'Il above us in tliy \^and'ring race, 
 
 Or, in proccfTion fix'd and rcgutai, 
 Mov'd with the iicav'ns majelHc pace j 
 Or call'd to mure celcftial blifs , 
 Thou trcad'lt, with feiaphiin.s, the vaft abyfs. 
 
 Drydcu. 
 
 We are fcldom at cafe from the folicitation of 
 our natural or adopted dc fires j but a conllant 
 iuccelTion of uneafmcfles, out of that flock, which 
 natural wanti, or acquired habits, have heaped 
 up, take the will in thcii turns. Locke. 
 
 ADo'pTEDLY,/7rt''y. [from ^^/o/'/.'y/.] After 
 the manner of fomething adopted. 
 
 ./3d'>ptedly, as fchool-maids eliangc ihcir names, 
 
 By vain, though apt art\<5lion. Shakifp. 
 
 Ado'ptku. ff.y. [_hox\Midopt.] He that 
 
 gives fome one by choice the rights of a 
 
 fon. 
 
 Ado'ption, «. y. [adoj)/to, Lat.] 
 
 1 , The acl of adopting, or taking to one's 
 felf what is not native. 
 
 2, The flate of being adopted. 
 
 My bed Ihall be aljiiTcd, my reputation gnawn 
 at ( and J Ihall not only receive this \iUanous 
 wrong, but lland under the adoption of abomi- 
 nable terms, and by him that docaine the wrong. 
 
 SIiaLfpearc, 
 
 She purpos'd, 
 
 When (he had fitted }ou with her craft, to work 
 
 Her fon into th' adoption of the crown. Sh-ik. 
 
 In every adt of our chrilti.m woifhip, wc are 
 
 taught to call upon him under the endearing 
 
 character of our Father, to rtmihd us of our 
 
 udrpcicti^ that wc arc made heirs of God, and 
 
 joint heirs of Chiilh Rogfr^* Stunons. 
 
 Ado'i'ti Vf. adj. [ado/y/lvifs, h'di,] 
 
 1. That Is adopted by another. 
 
 It is impolhhie an clei^tivc monaith Ihould be 
 fo free and ablulute as an liereditary ; no niuic 
 than- it is pulTihlc for a father to have fo full 
 power and inlerell in an adoptive fon, as in a na- 
 tural, lioccn. 
 
 2, That does adopt another. 
 
 An adopted fon cannot cite his adaptive father 
 into court, without hi.s leave. -'^y^'Jj--- 
 
 Ado'rable. adj. [adoraik, Fr.] That 
 ought to be adored j worthy of divine 
 hotmurs. 
 
 On tiitfe two, the love of God, and our neigh- 
 boui, hang both the law and the prophets, fays 
 the ud'jrahU Auiltor of chrifiianity; and tlie 
 aportle fays, the end of the law isciiarity. Chcync. 
 
 Asjo'rableness. «, j\ [from adorable,] 
 The quality of being adorable ; worthi- 
 nefs of divine honours, 
 
 Ado'rably. adv, [from adorahk.] in 
 a manner worthy of adoration. 
 
 Adora'tion. «. /I [oiioratlo^ Lat.] 
 
 1. The external homage paid to tlie di- 
 vinity, diflindt from mental reverence. 
 
 Solemn and fcrviccahlc woifhip we n^inie, for 
 difl:in»^tion fake, whatfoever bclongclh to tt,e 
 church, or publick focicty, of God, by way of 
 tMciUil ud-irufion, ilooicr. 
 
 ADO 
 
 It is polhble to Uijipuie, that thofc who believe 
 
 a Inprcnie excclIciU Uemy, may yet give him no 
 
 external adcrutior. at all. HtHlingfeet, 
 
 2. Homage paid to perfons in high place 
 
 or cileem. 
 
 O cnemonyj fhcw me tut thy worth: 
 What is thy toll, O adoratior:.' 
 Art thou nought (.He but place, degree, and form, 
 Cicatir.g awe and fear ni other men ? 
 Wherein thou a;i lefs happy, being fcar'd, 
 Tiian they in fearing. 
 
 Wiiai dinik'ft thou oft, inflcad of homage iVcet, 
 But puifon'd flattery ? Shal-fpeujc. 
 
 7"(7ADO'RE. V. a. [adoro,!.^^.] 
 
 1 . To worfhilp with external homage j to 
 pay divine hoijours. 
 
 The mountain nymphs and Themis they adore, 
 And fiom her oracles relief implore. JDryder. 
 
 2, It is ufed, popularly, to denote a high 
 degree ot reverence or regard • to revG- 
 reiice ; to honour; to love. 
 
 The people appear adoring their prince, and 
 their prince adoring God. Tutkr. 
 
 Make future times thy equal aft adore, 
 And be wh«t biave Orelics was before. Pope. 
 Ado'rement. «.y. [from adore.] Ado- 
 ration ; worfhip : a word fcarcely ufed. 
 
 The piierti of elder timci deluded their appre- 
 hcnfions with foothfaying, and fuch oblique 
 idolatries, and won their credulities to the literal 
 and downright ad^remerrt of cat^, lizards, and 
 b;.etles. Uroivn^s Vulgar E.t rout i. 
 
 Ado'rer. n,f. [from udore.] 
 
 1. He that adores ; a worHiipptr : a term 
 generally ufed in a low fenfe, as by 
 lovers or admirers. 
 
 Being fo tar provoked as I was in Frai.ce, I 
 would abate her nothing; though I prufefs my- 
 felf her adortrj not her friend. Skalcjpctiie. 
 
 Wliilrt as th'ajiproaching pageant docs appc.ir, 
 And eclioing crowds fpcak mighty \'enus near; 
 I, \\c\- adoin, loo devoutly Hand 
 Fait on the utm.oll margin vi tlie land. Prior. 
 
 2. A worfhipper : in a ferious fenfe. 
 
 He was fu fe\Tjre an adorer of trutli, as not to 
 dilVcmbk ; or to fuffer any man to think that he 
 would do any thing, wiiich he icfolvcd not to do. 
 
 C'/^i>cndon, 
 
 To ADO'RN. IK a, [adortw, Lat.] 
 
 1. To drcfs ; to deck the per fon with or- 
 naments. 
 
 He hath clothed me wirh the garments of fal- 
 vation, he ha::h covered mc with the robe of 
 righteoufnefs, as a biidcgroom deckcth^ himfclf 
 with oinaments, af.d as a bride adi,rneth herfclf 
 wi'h her jewels. IJaiuh. 
 
 Yet 'tis not to adorn and gild each part, 
 Thar fliews more coU than art ; 
 Jewels at nofe and lips hut ill appear. CoWcv. 
 
 2. To let out any place or thing with de- 
 corations. 
 
 A galleiy adorned with the pli5tuics or ftatues 
 of the mvtntion of things ufeful to human life. 
 
 ('oiv/ey, 
 
 3. To embellifli with orator)^ or elegance 
 of language. 
 
 This wdl fupply men's tongues with many 
 new tilings, to be named, adorned, And defcrlbeJ, 
 in their riifeuurfc. Spraf. 
 
 Thoufands there arc in darker fame that dwell, 
 Whole names fome nobler poem Ihall adorn; 
 For, tho* unknown to me, they fure fought well. 
 
 Vrydtn. 
 
 Ado'rn. adj. [from the verb.] Adorned; 
 decorated : a word peculiar to Milton* 
 
 She'll to realities yield all her Ihuws, 
 Made io adorn for thy delight the more. Milton, 
 
 Ado'rnment. v.f. [from adorn.'] Or- 
 nament ; embeUiilunent ; elegance. No; 
 in ufe*
 
 A D V 
 
 This atfrltiutc was not given lo tt.e earth, 
 while It was cunfi fjd ; nor lo the heavens, be- 
 fore they li.rrl motion and a:hrt:mriit Raleigh. 
 
 She held the vciy garment of I'ofthiimus in 
 more rcfpeiS man my nohl- and natural pcrlon, 
 together with the uJciftment of my qualities. 
 
 ithiikj^cirt' s Cymhelhtc. 
 
 Ado'wn. adi>. [from a and donun.^ 
 Down ; on the ground. 
 
 Thrice did (he (w^y^ mhtun in deadly foLnd, 
 And thrice iic her reviv'riwitlibufy pain. t\ti>y Q. 
 Ado'wn. prep. Down ; toward the 
 ground; from a higher fituation toward 
 a lower. 
 
 In this remembrance Emily ere day 
 Aiofc, and rhelb'd hertcif in rich array; 
 Vrelh as the nronih, and as the morning fair, 
 Wioiu;! her lhoiih1ci> fell her length of hair. Dryd. 
 Adre'ad. ailv. [irom a zn<l dread ; as, 
 afide, alhirjl, ajleep.~\ In a (late of fear ; 
 frighted ; terrified. Obfolete. 
 
 And thinking to make all .men adread xo fuch 
 a one an enemy, who would not fpare, nor fear 
 to kdl, fo great a prince. Sidney. 
 
 Adri'ft. tidi). [from a and drift, from 
 drive.^ Floating at random, as any im- . 
 pulfe may drive. 
 
 Tlicn (hall this mount 
 Of Paradife, hy might of naves, be mov'd 
 Out of his place, piilh'd hy the homed flood; 
 ■\Vith all his verdure fj'-oird, and tiees a.lrift 
 Down the great river, to the opening gulf, 
 And there take root. Milton. 
 
 It fecm'd a corps adrift to difVant fight ; 
 
 But at a diftance who could judge ariglt ? Dtyd. 
 
 The cuftom of ftequent reflection will keep 
 
 their minds from running adrift^ and call their 
 
 thoughts home from ufclefs unatieiitivc roving. 
 
 Locke on Education. 
 
 ADRO'IT. adj. [French.] Dexterous; 
 a6Hve ; fliiltul. 
 
 An etdr-:'f ftout fel!ow would fometimes de- 
 ftroy a wV.olc family, with juftice appaienily 
 ag.iini^ him tl^e whole time. J^''"^. -^<'" Quix. 
 Adro'itness. n.f. [from adroit.^ Dex- 
 terity ; readinefs ; aclivily. Neither 
 this word, nor adroit, feem yet com- 
 pletely naturalized. 
 Adry'. adv. [froth ei and dry.] AihirR. ; 
 thirfty ; in want of dniik. 
 
 He never told any of them 'hat lie waslus hum- 
 ble fcrvant, but his well-wilhcr; and would rather 
 be thought a malecontent, than drink the king's 
 health when he was not adry. Spe^aror. 
 
 Adsciti'tious. adj. [adfcititius, Lat.] 
 That is taken in to complete foniething 
 elfe, though originally extrinfick ; fup- 
 plemental ; additional. 
 AnsTRi'cTiON.n.y! [udjirlJlio, Lat.] The 
 acl of binding together ; and applied, 
 generally, to medicaments and applica- 
 tions, which have the power of making 
 the part contraft. 
 To ADVA'NCE. V. a. [a-vancer, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To bring forward, in the local fenfe. 
 
 Now morn, her rofy Ifeps in tli' eaftern clime 
 Advancing, fow'd the earth with orient pearl. 
 
 Mi /ton. 
 
 2. To raife to preferment ; to aggrandize. 
 
 He hath been ever conlfant in his courfc of 
 advancing me ; from a private gentlewoman he 
 made mc a marchionefs, and from a marchionefs 
 a queen; and now he intends to crown my in- 
 nocency with the glory of martyrdom. Baron. 
 
 The declaratio;; of the greatnefs of Mordecai, 
 whereunto the king advanced him. Ejiher. 
 
 3. To improve. 
 
 Wliat laws can be advifed more proper and 
 efTt^ual to advance the nature of man to its 
 liigheft pctfcftion) than thefc precepts of chrifti- 
 anity ? Tillotfon. 
 
 Vol. I. - 
 
 A D V 
 
 4. To heighten ; togr;\ce; to give Itidre 
 to. 
 
 As the callinr; dignifies the man, fo the man 
 much mole advances his calling. .\s a garment, 
 thought it warms tiic bod/, has a return witii an 
 advaiiMgc, being much more waiuii d by it. Svit':. 
 
 5. To forward J to accelerate. 
 
 Tnefe three laft were (lower than tiie ordinaiy 
 Indian wheat of itfelf , and this culture did ra- 
 ther ictard t\i2.n adi'ance. Bacsn. 
 
 6. To propofe ; to offer to the publick ; 
 to bring to view or notice. 
 
 Pnedoii 1 hiL^ht, quoth he, and do advance 
 My anceliiy Crotn famous Coradm. Fairy Queen. 
 
 [ dare not advance my opinion againif the 
 judgment of fo great an author; but I think 
 it fair to leave the dccifiou to the publick. Dryd. 
 
 Some nt^^cT advance a judgment of their own, 
 But catch the fpreading notion of the town. I'ope. 
 2ci Adv.\'nce. 1'. n. 
 
 1 . To come forward. 
 
 At this the youth, whofc vent'rout foul 
 No fe.irs of maglck art contioul, 
 ^■Idhanc'd in open fight. l^arneL 
 
 2. To make improvement. 
 
 They who would advance in knowledge, and 
 not deceive and fwell themfeKes with a little ar- 
 ticulated air, (llould not take words for real en- 
 tities in nature, till they can frame clear and 
 dlilinift ideas of thofe entities. Lode. 
 
 Adv. \'nce. n.yi [from To advance."] 
 I. The aft of cotning forward. 
 
 All the foot wcie put into Abirgton, with a 
 rcfc^lution to quit, or defend, the town, accord- 
 ing to the manner of the enemy's advance to- 
 w.^rds it. Clarendon. 
 
 So, like the fun's advance, your titles (how; 
 Which, as he rifes, doesthe warmergf-ow. Waller. 
 
 z. A tendency to come forward to meet 
 a lover ; an aft of invitation. 
 
 In vain are all the prac^is'd wiles, 
 In vain thofe eyes would love impart j 
 
 Not all th' advancei, ail the fmiles. 
 Can move one unrelenting heart. IValJh. 
 
 His genius was below 
 The (kill of cvr'y common beau ; 
 Who, though he cannot fpetl, is wife 
 Enough to read a lady's eyes ; 
 And will each accidental glance 
 Inteiprtt for a kind advaiee. S-wift. 
 
 He has defcribed the unwortliy palTion of the 
 goddefs Caiypfo, and the indecent ad-vanca Ihe 
 made to detain him from his own country. Pcpe. 
 
 That prince applied himtelf firlt to the church 
 of England, anri upon their refufal to fall in with 
 his mealQies, made the like advances to the dif- 
 fei.tcrs. Swift. 
 
 3. Gradual progreflion ; rife from one 
 point to another. 
 
 Our Saviour railed the ruler's daughter, the 
 widow's fon, and Lajarus ; the ftrft of thefc, 
 when Ihe had lull expired; the fecond, as he was 
 carried to the grave on his bier; and the third, 
 after he had been fame time buried. And having, 
 by thefe gradual advances, manifciled his divine 
 power, he at lail e.xcrted the highell and molt 
 glorious degree of it; and railed himfelf alfo by 
 his own all-quickening virtue, and according to 
 his own c.^prcfs prediftion. ./Jtterhury. 
 
 Men of ftudy and thought, that rcafon right, 
 and are lovers of truth, do make no great ad- 
 vances in their difcoverics of -it. Locke ^ 
 
 4. Iinprovtment ; progrefs toward per- 
 feftion. 
 
 The principle and objefl of the greateft im- 
 portance in the world to the good of mankind, 
 and for the advance and perteiting of human 
 nature. Hale. 
 
 Adva'ncement. n.f. [^avancement.Yr.l 
 I. The aft of coming forward. 
 
 Thi.s refinement makes daily advancements, 
 and I hope, in time, will taife our language to 
 the utmott perfeilian. Sw//. 
 
 A D V 
 
 2. The fiate of being advanced ; prefer- 
 ment. 
 
 The Vercirs of the ^orth, 
 Finding his ufurpation moft unjnll, 
 Eiidcavour'dniyaVf^'r«m^»i;tothc tlnone. Shakf, 
 
 3. The adt of advancing another. 
 
 In his own grace he doth exalt himfi If 
 More than in your advancement. Sk.iifpci'e, 
 
 4. Improvement ; promotion to a higher 
 ilatc of excellence. 
 
 Nor can wt conceive it unwelcome unto thof; 
 worthies, wlio endeavour the advancemei:' of" 
 leainiil". Bro'U.-n's P uijiar Jirro-iri. 
 
 5. Settlement on a wife. This fenfe is 
 now difufed. 
 
 The jointure or advaneemeni of the lady, was 
 
 the third psit of the principality of Wales. Jlacon. 
 
 Adv.v'ncer. h. /. [from advance.] He 
 
 that advances anything; a promoter; 
 
 forwarder. 
 
 Soon after the death of a great cffifcr, who 
 was judged no a.lv'incer of the king's maitcrs, 
 the king laiil to his folicitor, Tell mc truly, what 
 fay yuu of your coulin that is gone ?. , ^ Bacitz. 
 Ti.e reporters are gi eater rtirjVir/rr of^ defa- 
 matory dcfigns, than the very tiift ccmtfviVi's. 
 
 Govrtnment of the Tirg;te, 
 ADVA'NTAGE. n.f lavatUct^f.Y'..] 
 
 1 . Superiority : often with of or over 
 before a ptrfon. 
 
 In the pradiical prudence of nrianagiug'-fuch 
 gifts, the laity, may have fomc adv^niage ever 
 the cleigy ; whole eicpericnce is, and ougV.t <o 
 be, lefs »f this world than the otncr. ^ .^('"i- 
 
 All other forts and feflj, of men would VvT- 
 dently have the aivantage'of^MS, and'^aVnuch 
 furer title to happineTs than we. .t^ttcrhury. 
 
 2. Superiority gained by flratagem, or 
 unlawful means. 
 
 The ciimmon law hath left them this benefit, 
 whereof they make advantage, and wreft it d 
 their bad purpofes. Spenjer's State of Ireland. 
 
 Kut Ipecially he took advantage of the night 
 for fuch privy attempts, infomiic'i that the bruit 
 of his manlinefs was fpiead every where, z Mace. 
 
 Great malice, backed with a great intereft; 
 yet can have no a.lvantagc of a man, but from 
 his own cxpeilations of fomething that is with- 
 out him. South' s Sermons. 
 
 As foon as he waii got to Sicily, they '-fcnt 
 for him back ; deligning to take advantage, 3nA 
 proficnte him in theabfcuce of his friends. Saiift. 
 
 3. Opportunity ; convenience. 
 
 Give me advantage of fomc brief difcourfe 
 With Dcfdcmona alone. Shakfpeare, 
 
 4. Favourable circ.imftances. 
 
 Like jewels to adv,:n!age fet, 
 Hcc beauty hy the (hade docs get. tValler 
 
 A face, which is over-Hulhed, appears to ad- 
 vantage \n the deepelt Karlet; ani the darkeft. 
 complexion is not a little alleviated by a black 
 hood. ylddifon. 
 
 True wit is nature to a.ivtntagi drcfs'd, " 
 What oft was thought, but ne'er lo well e.\prefs'd. 
 
 ?.pe. 
 
 ^. Superiour excelleiice. 
 
 A man b.in with fuch advantage of confli- 
 tution, that it adulterates not the images of his 
 mind. Clanvilte, 
 
 6. Gain ; profit. 
 
 For Ihuu faidft, what advantage will it te 
 unto thcf, and what profit (hall 1 have, if I b? 
 cleanfed from my (in? Joh. 
 
 Ctrtain it is, that advantage now fits in the 
 room of confcience, and lieers all. South. 
 
 7. Overplus ; fomething more than the 
 mere lawful gain. 
 
 We owe thee much ; within this wall of flefli 
 Tiierc is a foul counts thee her creditor. 
 And with advantage means to pay thy love. 
 
 Shaifpeare. 
 
 You faid, you neither lend not borrow 
 Upon Advantage. ShgkfpemTt.
 
 A D V 
 
 A D V 
 
 A D V 
 
 S. Preponderatiou on one fide of the com- 
 parifon. 
 
 Much more fhould Ihe confidcration of this 
 pa'.tcrn arm us with parience againft ordinary 
 c^bmiiics; elpecijily if we confider his example 
 W;l:; this adr-antngi;^ that though his fliffcrings 
 ■Wfie whotly undctcrvcd, and not for himfelf but 
 for us, yet he ))orc them patiently. Tilktfii. 
 
 Zo Adya'ntage. t. a. [from the noun.] 
 J. To benefit. 
 
 CoTivey wh.it I fet down to my lady : it (hall 
 Aihatitage jnoie than ever tlic bearing of letter 
 tlid. SKakj^eare. 
 
 The trial hath endamag'd thic no way, 
 Rather more honour left, and morccliecm ; 
 Mc nouglit aihunta^d'y milTing what I aim'd. 
 
 The great bufiners of the fenfes being to mai<e 
 us laite notice of what hurls or aih'antagcs the 
 body, it is wilcly ordered by nature, that pain 
 Ihould accompany the reception of feveral ideas. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 We (liould have purfucd fome other way, 
 more cfftftual, for diHtcff.ng the common ene- 
 my, and aitvar.tciging ourfelvcs. S-xvift, 
 
 2. To promote ; to bring forward ; to gain 
 ground to> 
 
 The Stoics that opinioned tiie fouls of wife 
 men dwelt about the moon, and thofe of fools 
 wandercci about the earth, advent aged the con- 
 ceit of this cffeft. £roiijn'i Vulgar Err^un. 
 
 To ennoble it with the fpifit that infpires the 
 Royal Society, were to adnmittage it in one of 
 the bell capacities in which at is improvcable. 
 
 Ghmi'tlU*! Srepfli Scientijica. 
 
 Adva'ntACEABLE. adj. [from ad-van- 
 /«f#.} .Proiitabk i convenient; gainful. 
 
 As it IS aihfantageahff to a phyfician to lie 
 
 called to the cure uf declining difeafe, fo it is 
 for a commander to fupprcfs a fedition wliich 
 has paffed the height. Sir y. Uayward. 
 
 J^DVA'NTAGF.D.aJ'. [from Toadvantage ] 
 PoflTelfed of advantages ; commodioufly 
 fituate or difpofed. 
 
 In the moft adiantagfd tempers, this difpe- 
 filion is but comparative ; whereas the moft of 
 men labour under difadvantages, which nothing 
 can rid them of. Glar,vi,U. 
 
 Adva'nt.age-ground. «./Ground that 
 gives fuperioiity, and opportunities of 
 annoyance or jelillance. 
 
 This excellent man, who llood not upon the 
 adi'crtage-grcund before, from the time of his 
 pro.-notion to the archbilhoprick, provoked or 
 underwent the envy, and reproach, and malice, 
 of men of all qualities and conditions, wiio 
 agreed in nothing clfe. Clarendon. 
 
 Advanta'geous. adi. [adoantageiix, Fr. ] 
 
 1. Of advantage; profitable; ufeful ; op- 
 portnne; convenient. 
 
 The t'me of ficknefs, or alfiiflion, is, like 
 llic cool of the day to Adam, a feafon of pecu- 
 liar propriety for the voice of God to be heard ; 
 and maybe improved into a very a^^i^CTW/tigfo/i; 
 •ppuuuuity of begetting or increafing fpiritual 
 hfc. Hammond. 
 
 Here perhaps. 
 Some adz'o^/eu^ecus ad^ may be achicv'd 
 By fuddcn onftt, either with hell-fire 
 To wafte his whole creatioo; or poficfs 
 All as our own. Miltiin. 
 
 2. It ii ufcd with relatloB to perfons, and 
 followed by to. 
 
 Since every painter paints himfelf in his own 
 woiks, 'tis adrjantngicus to hitn to know himfelf, 
 to ths end that he may cultivate thofe talents 
 which rr.ake his genius. Dryden. 
 
 AdvaMta'geously. adv. [from advan- 
 tageous.'\ Conveniently; opportunely; 
 profitably. 
 
 It was arhnnttigtoufy fituatcd, there beinj^ an 
 cafy paCage icuis it to India, by fca. /hbuth. 
 
 Adtakta'geousness. r, f. [from ad- 
 vantagnus.~\ Quality of being advan- 
 tageous; profitabltnef»i ufefulnefs ; con- 
 venience. 
 
 The lall property, wliich qualifies God for 
 the fittcft ohjeft of OLir love, is the advanta- 
 gcoiifnip of hii to us, both in the prefent and the 
 future life. Boyle's .Seraphic L'^'l>e. 
 
 To ADVE'NE. v.n. [rt-ZuM/o, Lat.] To 
 accede to fomething ; to become part 
 of fomething elfe, without being ellen- 
 tial ; to be fiiperadded. 
 
 A caufe confidered in juchcature, is IHlcd an 
 accidental caufe ; and the accidental of any aifl, 
 is laid to be whatever advenes lu the aft itfelf al- 
 ready fuhft.'.ntiated. y/yl-Jfc's Varcrgon. 
 
 Adve'nient. adj. [a^fof/i/Vn.f, Lat.] Ad- 
 vening ; coming from outward caufes ; 
 fuperadded. 
 
 Being thus divided fr^m truth in thcmfelvcs, 
 tl ey are yet fart.icr remo\ed by adinnient de- 
 ception; for they arc daily nrocked into crroiir 
 by fubtler devifers. Broiun's Vulgar Kmnrs. 
 
 If to feippol'e the foul a diilinft fuhftancc from 
 the body, and extrinficaily ndv:nient^ be a great 
 error in philofophy, almoft all the world hath 
 been mitlaken. Glam>ille's I'anity.f Do^iy^iitifn:. 
 
 A'dvent. n. f. [^irom adventui ; that is, 
 adventus Redemptoris-.'] The name of 
 one of the holy feafons, fignifying the 
 coming ; that is, the coining <it our Savi- 
 our; which is made the fubjcft of our 
 devotion during the four weeks before 
 Chrifimas. Common Prayer. 
 
 Adve'ntine. ndj. [from cidvcnio, advi/i- 
 tum.'\ Adventitious ; that is extrinficaily 
 added; that comes from outward caufes : 
 a word fcarcely in ufe. 
 
 As for the peregrine heat, it is thus far true, 
 that if the proportion of the advemine heat be 
 g;eaily predominant to the n.itural heat and fpi- 
 rits of the body, it tendeth to diflblution or no- 
 table alteration. Bacon. 
 
 Adventi'tious. adj. [adiattitius, Lat.] 
 That does advene ; accidental ; fuper- 
 veiu'ent ; extrinficaily added, not eifen- 
 tially inherent. 
 
 Dlfc.ifes of continuance, get an adventitious 
 flrength from cultom, bcfides their material 
 caufe frotn the humours. Bacoi. 
 
 Though we nray call tire obvious colours na- 
 tural, and the others adivntj:iou< ; yet fuch 
 changes of colours, from whntfoever caufe they 
 proceed, may be properly taken in. Boyle. 
 
 If his blood boil, and th' adventitious fire 
 Rais'd by high meats, and hi^jhcr wines, require 
 To temper and allay the burning heat; 
 Waters are brought, which by decoftion get 
 Ncwcoolnefs. Dryden. 
 
 In tiiC gcRi-kind, of all the many forts 
 reckoned up by lapidaries, thci'c are not above 
 three or I'our tirat arc original ; their divcrfitics, 
 as to lullrc, colour, and hardnefs, arifing fronr 
 the different admixture of other advimitious mi- 
 neral matter. IVoodiuard. 
 Adve'.vtive. n. f. [from a^fo.-nio, Lat.] 
 The thing or perfon that comes from 
 without. Not in ufe. 
 
 That the natives be not fo many, but that 
 there may be elbow-room enougir for them, and 
 for ihcadiientives alfo. B.ico':. 
 
 Adve'stual. adj. [from advent. 1 Re- 
 lating to the feafon of advent. 
 
 I do alfo daily ufe one other colleft; as, 
 
 namely, the colltfts adventual, quadragcfimal, 
 
 irafchal, or pcntecolUl, for their proper fcafons. 
 
 Bijhoy Saftndcrjhn. 
 
 ADVE'NTURE. «./. [French.] 
 I. An accident ; a chance ; a hazard ; an 
 evcBt of wiiich we have no dir^ilioiL. 
 7 
 
 Tlic general fummoncd three eaTTics : •tie 
 ricfp'-raro ut luccour, and notdefirous to clifpute 
 the defcncr, prcfently yielded; but two itoorj 
 upon tlieir ach-enntre. HayiijarJ. 
 
 2. [In this fenfe is ufed the phrafe, at all 
 adventures ; a Padventure, Fr. ] By 
 chance ; without any rational fcheme. 
 
 Blows flew (It all adve*ituieij wounds and 
 deaths given and taken unexpcifled; many fcarcc 
 know iiig their enemies fiom their friends. Utiyjv. 
 
 Where the mind docs not perceive proh^i-ile 
 connexion, there men's opinluns are the clfc-dH 
 of chance and hazard, of a mind floating*/ all 
 adiH'nturcij without choice and without diiec- 
 tion. Lcrkf. 
 
 3. The occafion of cafiial events; an en- 
 terprife in which fomething mull be left 
 to hazard. 
 
 For I muft love, and am refolv'dto tiy 
 My fate, or, failing in th' adv^rittne die. Dry.l. 
 
 4. This noun, with all its derivatives, is 
 frequently written without ad -y as, i;fn- 
 iure, 'Venturous. 
 
 T^o Adve'ntur E. *y. ;/. \^aiiventure, Fr.J 
 To try the chance ; to dare. 
 
 Be not angry, 
 Moft mighty princefs, tliat 1 \\d.\<t advcntur*d 
 To ;ry your taking of a faife report. Shakf, 
 
 The tender and delicate woman among you, 
 which would not adyjcnture to fet the fdle of her 
 foot upon the ground, for dclicatencfs and tcn- 
 derncfs. Deuteroncmy. 
 
 To i^DVENTURE. T. fl. To put Jnto the 
 power of chance. 
 
 Foi my fithcr fmi^ht for you, and ad-ventnred 
 his life for, and delivered you out of the hand of 
 Midian. yudgi-t. 
 
 It is often ufcd with the reciprocal 
 pronoun ; as, Ijc adventured himfelf. 
 Adve'nturer. n. f. [advenluner, Fr.j 
 He that feeks occafions of hazard ; he 
 that puts himfelf in the hands of chance. 
 
 He i.i a great ad-uenturer^ faid he, 
 That hath his iword throui^h hard aday foregone , 
 
 Spenjer, 
 
 The kings of England did not make the con-v 
 
 qi eft of Ireland ; it was begun by particular ad» 
 
 'Vc turersy and other voluntaries, who came to 
 
 feik their fortunes. Sir f. Diivi&i, 
 
 He intended to hazard his own adtion, tliat 
 
 fo the mj:e cafily he might win advef.tioer-^ 
 
 . who elfe were like to be lefs forward. Raleigh. 
 
 Had it not been for the Britifh, which the 
 
 late wars drew over, and adrrnfurcrs or foldiers 
 
 ftated here, Ireland had, by the lait war, ajid 
 
 pbgue, been left dcftitutc. Temple. 
 
 Their wealthy trade from pirate's rapine free, 
 
 Our racrchantii fhali no more advent^nrs be. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Adve'ntur ESOMi-:. adj. [from adventure.^ 
 The fame wuh adventurous : a low woid, 
 fcarcely ufed in writing. 
 
 Adve'nturesomeness. n. f. [from /7//- 
 vtr.furefo7ne.~\ The quality of being atl- 
 vcnturefome. Dl^. 
 
 Adve'nturous. adj. [^adventureuxy Fr.J 
 
 1, Inclined to adventures ; bold; daring; 
 courageous : applied to peifons. 
 
 At land and fea, in manv a doubtful fight, 
 Was never known a move adi^ent^rous knight; 
 Who oftncr drew his frt'ord, and always for the 
 right. Dryden. 
 
 2. Full of ha.ftard; requiriag courage; 
 dangerous : applied to things. 
 
 But I've alrc;idy troubled you too long, 
 Nor daie attempt a more iiJi'cn/'rous fong. 
 My humbie verfe demands a fofter theme; 
 A [lainted meadowj or a purling ftream. y^ddif. 
 .Adve'nturously. adv. [from adventu* 
 roHs.~\ After an adventurous manner; 
 boldly ; daringly.
 
 A D V 
 
 Tlxy ire liolli liaiigcd ; niid fo wniiM tlii* "V.?, 
 if he iluiit llial .my tiling n.li riitiji'jii//v. .S'^.if/. 
 
 A'DVliRB. >!./: la,lwrl>ium, Lat.] A 
 word joined to a verb or adjcdlivc', mid 
 folcly applied to llio ufc of qiiidir) In^ 
 and vediaining- the Inlitudc of their (v^- 
 niiication, by tlic intimation of fomc 
 circnmllance thereH)f ; as of qnality, man- 
 ner, degree. Chi, ie's Latin Giiiiiinuir. 
 Tims «e fay, he runs fwifl/y ; the 
 bird flics aloft ; he lives -vir/uott/ly. 
 
 A n V e'i; B I A I, . at/j. [ni/vcrMa/is, Lat .] That 
 has the qnality or llrncrure of an adverb. 
 
 A"v r'uDiALi.Y. ai/-v. \_aiiveiliinllter,l^z\..^ 
 Like an adverb ; in the manner of an 
 adverb. 
 
 J IhoulH tiiink alta wns joincci iichtvtbitilly with 
 tjt-mity did Virgil nialic ul'c of ib cijviivuc^il a 
 lyntax. Mdifm. 
 
 Advk'rs Ani.R. adj. [from adverfe.^ Con- 
 trary to ; oppolite to. Did. 
 
 ADVERSARIA, n.f. [Lat. A book, as 
 it Iboidd feem, in which debtnr and crs- 
 ditoi- were fct in oppolition.] A com- 
 mon-place ; a book to note in. 
 
 ThulV p.irclimcnts aic fuiipolVd to have been 
 St. P.ud's iidvcyftriii liu'/'s Seiinons, 
 
 A'dveksarv. n.f. [advfrf.iin-jVr. adver- 
 
 Jitrius, Lat.] An opponent ; antagonill ; 
 
 enemy : generally applied to thofe that 
 
 have verbal or jnJicial qnairels, as con- 
 
 trovcrtifls or litigants; fomctimes to an 
 
 opponent in iingle combat. It may 
 
 fomctimes imply an open profeffion of 
 
 enmity ; as we lay, a fecret enemy is 
 
 worfc than an open adverftry. 
 
 Yet nm I noble, as the advt-rj.tiy 
 
 I come to cope. ShakfjiSatc's King Lear. 
 
 Thole litcs and ceremonies of the church, 
 
 therefore, which were tlic felf-fanie now that 
 
 tlicy were when holy and virtuous men m.iin- 
 
 taincd them againtt profane and deiiding fi»/:rr- 
 
 yii/.'Vt, her own children have in derifion. Hooker. 
 
 Mean while tli' tuhet/'tty of God and man, 
 S.itan, with thoughts inHam'd, of highcif dcfign. 
 Puts on fwifl wings. iMi.'ton. 
 
 An luh'erfitry maiccs a flri<5lor fearch into us, 
 and difcovcrs every tiaw and inipcrt'ciftion in our 
 tcmpeis. .\ friend exagf^crates a man's virtucsj 
 an enemy inflames his crimes. ylddifon. 
 
 Adve'rsati VE. ad}, [adverfit'ivus, Lat.] 
 A term of grammar, applied to a word 
 which makes fome oppofition or variety, 
 as in this fenttnce : I /^is d'uvnond is 
 ericiit, but /'/ is rough. But is an advei- 
 faliiic coDJnndion. 
 
 A'dversk. adj. \_adv(r/tis, Lat. In profe 
 it has now the accent on the iirli fyl- 
 hd)lc ; in verfe it is accented on the 
 fiill Yiy ShaLjl^eare ; on either, indiffe- 
 rently, by hJilton ; on t)ie laft, by 
 Drydeii ; on the firft, hy Rojrcmmori.] 
 
 1, Adling with contrary direftions, as 
 two bodies in coUifion. 
 
 W.ts I for this nigh wreckt upon the fca, 
 And twicf, by adverje winds, from Knghind's 
 
 ban k 
 Drove b.iek ai^ain unto mv native clime? Shtikj. 
 
 As when two polar winds, blowing adve^fej 
 I'pon the Crunian fea together drive 
 Monnt.iins of ice. ' AlUlon. 
 
 \Viih<ii/i'ci/c blaft uptuviistlum from thcfouth, 
 Notus and Afcr. Mitlo/i. 
 
 A cloud of fnrokc envelopes either hofl. 
 And all .it once the conib.it. nits .ire loA ; 
 Darkling' tiiey join aikf'fe, and Ihock unfecii, 
 Conifers with cuurfers jurtliwg, men with men. 
 
 Vtwieii. 
 
 A D V 
 
 1. FignratiMl), contrary to the w'.lh or 
 dcfire ; ihiiiee, calamitous; .ilHictivc ; 
 pernicious. It isoppofid to JiroJ'pcroiis. 
 
 What if hebatii decreed, that I (liall full 
 Be try VI in humble d.ite, and things ddvejjc ; 
 Bv trihulaiiiMis, iniiirics, infnits, 
 Contempt;, .nul fcuins, and fiiarcs, and violence. 
 
 Militin. 
 Sonic the prevailing malice of the great, 
 Unhaj'py men! or (rrfri://^ fate. 
 Sunk deep into the gulplis of m atfliif^cd (late. 
 
 Rofiommon. 
 
 3. Perfonally opponent ; that counterafts 
 another, or coiitelis any thing. 
 
 Well, die I'.iw lier f.ltiiet w ,is gtowii her ndverfe 
 paiCy ; .111(1 yet hex fortune fucii, as ihe mtift fa- 
 vour her rivals. Hidfiiy. 
 A'dverskly. adv. [from advcrfe.] In an 
 adverfe manner ; oppofitely ; unfortu- 
 nately. 
 
 What I think, t utter, and fpend my malice 
 in mv breath. If" the drink you give nie tom-li 
 my palate adverjely, I make a crooked face at it. 
 
 SIt.ikffenre. 
 Adve'rsity. n.f. {^advajilc, Fr. afflic- 
 tion, calamity ; that is, oppofition to 
 our wilhes.] 
 
 1. The canfe of our forrow ; afflidion ; 
 misfortune. In this feme it may have 
 a plural. 
 
 Let me embrace tlicfe four ndverfifte\, 
 For ivife men lay, it is the wil'cH eouile. Shatff. 
 
 2. The llate of unliappinefs ; mifery. 
 
 Cunceiiiini; di-ltverance itfell fioni all ndirr- 
 Jily, we ufc not to fay men arc in udTerji/y, 
 wbenfoever they feel any fm.ill hindeiance of 
 their welfare in this world, but when fomc no- 
 table arliielion or crofs, fomc great calamity or 
 tiouble, befalkth them. Ho'.itt. 
 
 Sweet arc tiic ufcs of ndveifiiy, 
 Which like the toad, ugly antl venomous, 
 Wears yet a precious jewel in his bead. Sfi.ikjp. 
 
 A remembrance of the good rife he had made 
 of profperity, contributed to fupiioi-t bis mind 
 tinder the heavy weight of rii/rfy//)', which then 
 lay upon him. ^ItUrhmy. 
 
 To ADVE'RT. V. n. [adverto, Lat.] 
 To attend to ; to regard ; to obferve : 
 with the particle to before the objcft of 
 regard. 
 
 The mind of man being not capable at once to 
 advert fs more than one tiling, a particular view 
 and examination of fucli an innumerable num- 
 ber of vail bodies, will aftord matur of admi- 
 lation. A'rtv ^« l^'e Ci cation. 
 
 Now ti the univerfal whole advert'^ 
 The earth rrgard as of tiiar whole a part ; 
 In which wide fr.ime more noble worlds abound ; 
 Witnefs, ye glorious orbs, which hang around. 
 
 Ii/,iriniou. 
 
 \Vc fomctimes fay. To advert t/je mind to 
 
 an obiefl. 
 
 Apve'rience. 1 n. f. [from advert,'] At- 
 
 Adve'rtency. ) tention ; regard; con- 
 
 fideration ; heedfnincfs. 
 
 Chriltianity ni.iy make Archimedes his clial- 
 lewge ; give it but where it may ict its foot, al- 
 low but a fober adverte/icf 10 its propofals, and 
 it will move the whole world. Dtr.iy of Ptety. 
 Too much advertency is not your talent; or 
 clfc you had fled from that text, as from a rock. 
 
 S..ift. 
 ADvr.'r.TENT. adj. [from odvfrl.'] At- 
 tentive ; vigilant ; heedful. 
 
 This rcquiies cboiee paits, great attention of 
 mintl, fequeltration from the, importunity of Ir- 
 cul.ir employments, and a long J.k>ertt»f and 
 deliberate conncxing of confcmK nvs. Hnie. 
 
 To ADVERTI'sSK. 1: a. ladvrrtir, Vr. 
 It is now fpoken with the accent upon 
 
 A D V 
 
 the laft fyllable ; bv.l appears to have 
 been anciently accented on the fecond. ] 
 
 1. To inform another; to give intelli- 
 gence : wiih an accufativc of the perfon 
 informed. 
 
 The bifliop did require a refpitf , 
 Wherein he might the king his lord adrjert-f', " 
 Whether our daughter were legitimate. Hhalfp. 
 As I by ftlendj am well lidvcriifcd^ 
 , Sir Kdmund Courtney, and the haughty prelate. 
 With many more coul'cdcr.*les, are in arms. 
 
 Shiikj^icare. 
 
 The king was not fo (hallow, nor fo ill nd- 
 
 icttifidf as nut to perceive the intcnliun of tbc 
 
 Frencli king. Bacon. 
 
 I iiope ye will adverlife me fairly of what tl.cy 
 
 dillikc. Dighy. 
 
 2. To inform; to give notice: with of 
 before the fubjedl of information. 
 
 Ferhatcs, undcrflanding that Sulyniun expert., 
 cd more affurcd advertifement, unto the other 
 Baflas declared the death of the emperor; of 
 which they advniifed Solymaii, &iming thofe 
 letters with all their hands and feals. Knotifs. 
 
 They were to adveriijc the chief hero of the 
 difticnis of his fubjefls, occafioncd by his ab- 
 fence. Drylcn. 
 
 3. To give notice of any thing, by means 
 of an advertifement in the publick prints; 
 aS| he advertifed his lofs. 
 
 A D V E R T I'S E M E M T, Or A D V e'r T I S E- 
 
 MENT. n.f. \advertijftmcr.t, Fr.] 
 
 1. Inftruflion ; admonitiv)n. . » 
 
 — 'Tis all men's olHce to f^ocal^ j^alictKcr^, 
 To thofe that wring ynHer tlie 1 jad ofTorrow ; 
 But no m.in's virtue nor fuffiriency, 
 To be fo moral, when he Ihall endure 
 The like himlclf : therefore give me no counfcif 
 My griefs are louder than ndvertifement. Sljaif^>. 
 
 Cvrus was once minded to lia\e put Cicrfus 
 to death ; but bearing him report the odverttje.. 
 went of .Solon, be fparcd his life. ..Hbb^A. 
 
 2. Intelligence ; information. 
 
 Then, as a cunning prince that ufctli fpies. 
 If they return no news, doth nothing know; 
 
 But if they make tt.ivertifenunt of lies, 
 Theprincc'scounfelall awry dogo. Sir'J.Davifs, 
 
 He had receivetl adv. >fifemer:ff that the party 
 wliii h was fent for his relief, had received fome 
 brulb, which would much retard their march. 
 
 Ciuret:dort. 
 
 The drum and trumpet, by their fcveral 
 founds, ferve for many kinds of advertifetne/.ts 
 in military afi'airs : the bells ferve 10 proclaim a 
 fcarc-(ric; and, in fome places, w.iter-breaches; 
 the departure of a man, woman, or child; time 
 of divine fervice; the hour of the day; day of 
 the month. IJo/der, 
 
 3. Notice of any thing publi(hed in a paper 
 of intelligence. 
 
 Adverti'ser. n./. [aeherti/lur,Tr.'\ 
 
 1 . He that gives intelh'gence or informa- 
 tion. 
 
 2. The paper In which advertlfements arc 
 pnbUlhed. 
 
 .'\dvfrtising, or Anvt'iiTisiMG. />«<■/, 
 adj. [from adverliff.'] Atftlve in giving 
 intelligence ; monitory. Not in ufe. 
 
 As 1 was then 
 yldvtriifing, and holy to your bufinef?. 
 Not changing heart with habit, I am (lill 
 Attornied at your fervice. Sfuikfpra^e. 
 
 To Adve'sper ATE. v.n. [fli/aif/jv/OjLat.] 
 To draw toward evening. Dii'i. 
 
 Advi'ci:. n.f. [avis, advis, Fr. from r/il'- 
 vifo, low Latin ] 
 
 I. Coitnul ; inllrnflinn : except that in- 
 llriKftion implies fiiperlorlty, and advice 
 may be given by equals or infcriours. 
 
 F 2
 
 A D V 
 
 Break we our watch up, and, by my ndvUt, 
 I,et u^ impait what wc have feen to-night 
 XJnto young Hamlet. Shakjpenre. 
 
 O troubled, weak, and coward, as thou ait! 
 ■Witiiout thy poor advicif the lab'ring heart 
 To woUc extremes with fwifter fteps would run ; 
 Kot favM by virtue, yel by vice undone. Prior. 
 i. Reflefllon ; prudent confideration ; as, 
 he always atls with good advice. 
 
 What he hath won, that he hath fortified : 
 So hot a fpecd, with fuch adv::e difpos'd. 
 Such temperate order, in fo fierce a coui fe, 
 Doth want example. Shakffeari. 
 
 3. Confultation ; dehberation : with the 
 particle lu'tth. 
 
 Gi-eat princes, taking aaiiice lulth workmen, 
 with no lei's cofl, fct their things together. Bacon. 
 
 4. Intelligence ; as, the merchants receiv- 
 ed advice of their lofs. This fenfe is 
 fomewhat low, and chiefly commercial. 
 
 Anvi'cE-BOiT. n.J. A veflel employed to 
 
 bring intelligence. 
 Advi's ABLE. ailj. [from advife.'\ Prudent; 
 tit to be advifed. 
 
 Some judge it advif.ibU for a man to account 
 with his heart every day, and this, no doubt, 
 is the beft and lureft coiiife ; for ftill the oftncr, 
 the better. S'jurh's Snmorn. 
 
 It is not advifahle to reward, wheic men have 
 the tenderucfs not to punjlh. JJEjJrLingc. 
 
 Anvf'sABLENESs. ti. f. [_{rom ad-vifal/k.] 
 The quality of being advifable, or fit ; 
 fitnefs ; propriety. 
 To ADVISE. V. a. [advi/er, Fr.] 
 1. To counfel : with the particle /a before 
 the thing advifed. 
 
 If yoLi du ftir abroad, go arm'd. 
 
 ■ Aim'd, broihi.r! — ■ 
 
 ■ Kiothcr, I fijvije you to the bcft. Shakfp. 
 
 I would advift all gentlemen /« learn mer- 
 cliants accounts, and not to think it a Ikill that 
 belongs not to them. Locke. 
 
 When I confider the fcruplps and cautions I 
 here lay in your way, mcthinks it looks as if I 
 mdvifcd you to fomething which I would have 
 oS'eied at, but in eifcd not done. Locke. 
 
 3,, To give information ; to inform ; to 
 make acquainted with any thing : often 
 •with the particle of before the thing 
 told. 
 
 You were advis'dy his fielh was capable 
 Of wounds and fears; and that his forward fpliit 
 Would lift him where moft trade of danger lang'd. 
 
 Shakfpcute 
 Such difcourfe bring on. 
 As may advife him of his happy ftate ; 
 Happincfs in his pow'r, left free to will. 
 
 Paradife LoJ). 
 A poftlng mcHcnger, difpatch'd from hence, 
 0/ this fair troop arfy/j'./thcii aged prince. Dryi. 
 To Advi'se. f. «•■ 
 
 1. To confiilt: with the particle nvith b<;- 
 fore the perfonconfulted ; as, he advifed 
 •with his companions. 
 
 2. To coilfldcr ; to dehberate. 
 
 Adiiije if this be worth 
 Attempting,, or to fit in darkncfs here,. 
 Ttatching vain empires. Varadife hojl. 
 
 Advi'sed. part, adj. [from advife.'] 
 
 1. Aftiiig -with deliberation and defign ; 
 prudent ; wife. 
 
 JLct his travel appear rather in his difcourfe, 
 than in his apparel or gcfture ; and, in his dil- 
 fourfe, let him be rather advifed in his anfwcrs, 
 Oiaii forward to tell ftories. Bjcon'i Ejjays. 
 
 Th' almighty Father, where he (its 
 Shrin*d in his fandluary of heav'ii fecurc, 
 Confulting on the fum of things forclten. 
 This tumult, and permitted .ill, aJv/i'i/. Par. L-^fl. 
 
 2. Performed with deliberation ; done on 
 purjiofe ; aftcd with defign. 
 
 ADU 
 
 By that which we work naturally, as when 
 we breathe, flccp, and move, wc fet forth the 
 glory of God, as natural agents do; aibeit wc 
 have no e.xprefs purpofe to make that our end, 
 nor any rti/xj/Ziri/dcteimination therein to follow a 
 law. Hooker. 
 
 In my fchool-days, wher_I had loft one (haft, 
 I thot his fellow of the fclf-famc flight. 
 The felf-famc way, with more advifed watch, 
 To find the other forth ; by vcnt'ring both, 
 I oft found both. Shakfpeare'i Mir. of Vcr}lce. 
 Advi'sedly. adv. [from advifed.^ So- 
 berly ; heedfully ; deliberately ; pur- 
 pofely ; by defign ; prudently. 
 
 This book, advifedly read .md diligently fol- 
 lowed but one year at home, would do nioie 
 good than tiiree years travel abroad. ylfcham. 
 Suipiife may be made by moving things, when 
 the party is in hafte, and cannot Hay to confider 
 advifedly of that which is moved. Bacon^i Ef. 
 Thou ftilcft lecond thoughts (by all allowed 
 the bell) a lelapfc, and accufcft conftancy of 
 mifchicf m what is natural, and advift.Hy under- 
 taken. Sir JrJm Suckling 
 
 Advi'sedness. n.f. [froin auvifed.'\ De- 
 liberation ; cool and prudent procediue. 
 While things are in agit.ition, private men may 
 modclily tender their thoughts to the confidera- 
 tion of tliife thai are in authority ; to whole caie 
 it belongcth, in prcfcnbing concerning indifferent 
 things, to proceed with i.\\]\ii lukufcdnefi and 
 moderation. Saundeifon' i yudgmcnt tn one rieiv. 
 
 Advi'sement. n.J. advifetncrir, Fr.] 
 
 1. Counfel ; inforaiatlon. 
 
 Mote I wote. 
 What (1 range advcntuic do ye n>w purfuc ? 
 Perhaps my fuccour, oy n.hijemcnt meet, 
 Mote Head you much. Fairy f^iiecn. 
 
 I will, according to your advifemenl, declare 
 the evils which feem nioft hurtful. Spenfer. 
 
 2. It is taken likcwife, in old writers, for 
 prudence and circumfpcflion. It i.s 
 now, in both fenfcs, antiquated. 
 
 Advi'ser. «.y; [hom iidi'ife.'] The per- 
 fon that advlles, or gives counfel ; a 
 counfellor. 
 
 Here, free fium court compliances, he walks, 
 
 And with himfelf, hi> be fl a./fZ/i-r, talks. Ifu/Zfr 
 
 They never f.ul of iluir moft artful and indi- 
 
 fatigable addrefs, to iiKnce this impcitinL-nt «i/- 
 
 Tifrrj whofe feveiity .iwts their cxcLiTes. Rogers. 
 
 Adula'tioN. ". /. \_adu/alioti, Fr., adu- 
 latio, Lat.] FLittcry ; high compli- 
 ment. 
 
 O be fick, great grcalnefs ! 
 And bid thy ceremony give thee cure. 
 Think'ft thou the ficiy fever will go out 
 With titles blown from adulation ? Shakfpeare. 
 They who flattered him moft before, mentioned 
 him now with the gre:i:cft hitternefs, without im- 
 puting the Icaft crime to him, committed fince 
 the time of that exalted a,iiilation, or that was 
 not then as much, known to them, as it could be 
 now. Clarendon. 
 
 'Adula'tor. n.f. [adulator, Lat.] A 
 
 flatterer. Bia. 
 
 A'dulatory. adj. \_adiJatorius, Lat.] 
 
 Flattering; full of comphments. 
 ADULT, adj. {adulliis, Lat.] Grown 
 up ; paft the age of infancy and weak- 
 nefs. 
 
 They would appear lefs able to approve them- 
 fcKes, not only to the confeffor, but even to the 
 catcchift, in their adult age, than they were in 
 their minority ; as haying fcarcc ever thought ol 
 the principles of their'religioii, fince they conned 
 them to avoid corrcc^lion. Decay of Piety. 
 
 The earth, by thefe applauded fchools "tis faid. 
 This fingle crop of men and women bred ; 
 Who grown .idttlt (fo chance, it fcems, enjoin'd) 
 Did, male and. fcmak, propagate their kind. 
 
 iVachnore. 
 
 ADU 
 
 Adu'lt. n.f. A perfon above the age of 
 infancy, or grown to fome degree of 
 ftrength ; fomttimcs full grown : a 
 word ufcd chiefly by medicinal writers. 
 
 The dcprelTion of the cranium, without a 
 fracture, cm but fcldora occur; and then it hap- 
 pens to children, whofe bones are more pliable 
 and foft than ihofe of adults. SItajp's Surgery. 
 
 'fo Adu'lter. v. a. [adulterer, Fr. adul- 
 iero, Lat.] To commit adultery with- 
 another : a word not claffical. 
 
 His chaftc wife 
 He adulters ftill : his thoughts lie with a whore. 
 
 Ben yonfort. 
 
 Adu'lterant. «.yl [adulterans, Lat.] 
 
 The perfon or thing which adtilterates. 
 
 Tu Adu'lterate. "v. a. [adulterer, Fr, 
 
 adiiltero, Lat.] 
 
 1. To commit adultery. 
 
 But foilunc, oh f 
 J^dulterates hourly with thine uncle John. Shak, 
 
 2. To corrupt by fome foreign admix- 
 ture ; to contaminate. 
 
 Common pot-alhes, bought of them that fell 
 it in Jhops, who arc not lb fooliftily knavifli asi 
 to adulterate them with falt-pctre, which is much 
 dearer than pot-afhes. Boyle, . 
 
 Could a man be compofed to fuch an advan- 
 tage of conftitution, that it ihould not at all. 
 a.didterate the images of his mind ; yet this fe- 
 coiid nature wouJd alter the crafis of his undcr- 
 lianding. Glanville^ Seep/is Scientifca.. 
 
 The prefent war has fo adulterated our tongue 
 with ftiange words, that it would be impoflible 
 for one of our great-grand(athcrs to know what 
 his polHrity have been doing. Spectator, 
 
 ADu'LTER-iTii. adj. [froin To adulteraie,'\ 
 
 1. Tainted with the guilt of adultery. 
 
 I am poftlls'd with an adulterate h\oX 'j 
 My blood is mingled with the grime of luft ; 
 Being flrumpeted by thy contagion. Shakfp^ 
 
 — That inceliuous, that adulterate bcaft. Shak, 
 
 2. Corrupted with fome foreign mixture. 
 
 It does imleed differ no more, than the maker 
 
 o( adulterate wares does fiom the vender of them. 
 
 Government of the Tongue, 
 
 They will have all their gold and ftlver, and 
 
 may keep their adulterate copper at home. Siuifr. 
 
 Auu'lterateness. n. f [from adulte- 
 
 rate.1 The quality or ftate of being; 
 
 adulterate, or counterfeit. 
 
 Ad!>i.tera'tion. n.f. [from adulterate.^ 
 
 I. The aft of adulterating or corrupting 
 
 by foreign mixture ; contamination. 
 
 To make the compound pafs for the rich metal 
 fimple, is :\n adulteration, or counterfeiting: 
 but if it be done avowedly, and without dif- 
 guifing, it may be a great faving of the richer 
 metal. Bacon's l^atural Uijlory, 
 
 z. The flate of being adulteiatcd, or con- 
 tattiinated. 
 
 Such nannations are like the adulteration-ol . 
 the nobleft wines, where fomething of the co- 
 lour, fpirit, and flavour, will remain. Felton. 
 Adu'lterer. B. yi [adulter, 'LtA.'] The 
 perfon guilty of adultery. 
 
 With what impatience mulV the mufe behold 
 The wife by her procuring hufband fold ! 
 For tho' the law makes null th' adulterer's deed 
 Of lands to her, the cuckold may. fucceed. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Adu'lteress. n. f. [from adulterer.^ A 
 woman that commits adultery^ 
 
 The Spartan lady replied, when (lie was a(ke(). 
 What was the punilhmcnt for adtiltereffes f • 
 There are no fuch things here. Gov. of the Tongue. 
 
 Helen's rich attire. 
 From Argos by tl-.c fim"d adult'rcf brought. 
 With gqldcn fluw'rsandwindingfoli.ige wrought. 
 
 Drydin.
 
 A D V 
 
 Adu'lterine. n.yr [adulterine, Fr. adul- 
 terinus, Lat.] A child born of an 
 adulterefs : a term of canim law. 
 Adu'lterous. a(//. \_aiiuller, Lat.] Guilty 
 of adultery. 
 
 Th' adulicroui Antony, moft large 
 In his abumiiiations, tuini you off, 
 And givei his potent regiment to a trull 
 That iiofes ir agninft ns. Shnkfpfare. 
 
 An adtilterout pcri'on is tied to reltitution of 
 the injury, fo far as it is reparable ; anti to make 
 proviliou for the children, that they m;iy not 
 injure the legitimate. l.iyhi. 
 
 Think on whofe faith th' a.iuli'rcm youth re- 
 ly 'd ; 
 Who promii'd, who procur'd, the Sp-Trtan bride. 
 Drykin^i JEncid. 
 
 ADU'LTERY. n. f. ladulterlum, Lat.] 
 The acl of violating the bed of a mar- 
 ried peifoii. 
 
 All thy donieftic griefs at home be left, 
 Ti:e wife's aJult'rj, with thii fervant's theft ; 
 And (ihc moft lackir.g thought which can 
 
 intrude) 
 Forget fahe friends, and their ingratitude. Dryit, 
 
 Adu'ltness. n. f. [from adult.l The 
 Hate of being adult. See Adoles- 
 cence. Did. 
 
 Adu'mbrant. adj. [from adumbrate.'] 
 That gives a flight refemblance. 
 
 To ADU'MBRATE. v. a. {adumbro, 
 Lat.] To fliadow out ; to give a (light 
 likciiefs ; to exhibit a faint refemblance, 
 like that which fhadows afford of the 
 bodies they reprefent. 
 
 Heaven is deCgned for our reward, as well 
 as rcfcuc;,and therefore is adivnhrated by ;ll 
 thofe pofitive excellencies, which can endear ct 
 recommend. Decay of Viriy. 
 
 Adumbr a'tion. n.f. [^(rom adumbrate.] 
 
 I. Tiie 2.0. of adumbrating, or giving a 
 flight and imperfed reprefentation. 
 See Adumbrate. 
 
 To make fome adumbrntinn of that we mean, 
 it is rather an impulfion or contufiun of tiie air, 
 than an elifion or lettien of the fame. Bacon. 
 
 i. The flight and impcrfeci reprefentation 
 of a thing ; afaini llcctch. 
 
 The obfcrvers view but the backfide of the 
 hangings ; the riglit one is on the other fide the 
 gra\e ; and our kntiwledgc is but like thofe 
 broken ends ; at heft a moft confuf^d adum- 
 iratioft. Ghrivi/U's Scepjii Srifntifca. 
 
 Thofe of the firft fort have fome ndumbint:on 
 of the rational nature, as vegetables have of the 
 fcnfible. Hide'i Otigln. 
 
 Adi'na'tion. n.f. [from ad and uiius, 
 Lat.] The flate of being united; 
 union: a word of little ufe. 
 
 When, b)- glaciation, wood, i^iaw, duft, and 
 water, are fuppofcd to be united into one lump, 
 the cold does not caufe any real union or ad:f~ 
 nation^ but only hardening the aqueous parts of 
 the liquor into ice, the other bodies, being acci- 
 dcnt.iliy prclcnt in that liqv'or, are frozen up m 
 it, but not really united. Boy/e. 
 
 Aou'NCiTy. ?;._/". [a</«;i«Vflj', Lat.] Crook- 
 ednefs; flexure invrard; hookednefs. 
 
 There can be no qucftion, but the aduncity of 
 the poynccs and beaks of the ha-Aks, is the 
 caufe oi the great and habitual imnioiality of 
 thofe animals. AihitknQt and Fopp. 
 
 Anv'suvE. adj. [aduncus, Lat.] Crooked; 
 bending inward ; hooked. 
 
 The birds that arc fpcakers, are parrots, pics, 
 jays, daws, and lavensj of which parrots have 
 an adunque bill, but the reft not. Baan. 
 
 A'dvocacv. n.f. [from advocate.] The 
 a£i of pleading ; vindication; defence; 
 apology : a word in little ufe. 
 
 A D U 
 
 If any there arc who arc of opinion that there 
 niL* nu antipodes, or that the ftars do fall, they 
 fhali nut want herein the applaufc or advocacy oi 
 S:U;ui. liroiort'i Vulgar Errours. 
 
 A'DVOCATE. n.j: [ad'vouitus, Lat.] ^ 
 
 1. He that pli-ads the caufe of another in 
 a court of judicature. 
 
 An advocate, in' the general import of the 
 wold, is that perfon wlio has the pleading and 
 m;iiugemcnt of a judicial caufe. In a Ilriit way 
 of Ipcaknig, only that perfon is Itilcd advocate^ 
 who is the patron of llic caufe, and is olten, in 
 J^auii, termed rogatusj and, in Knglilh, a pcr- 
 Ilmi of the lung lube. .'^j/ijje's Parer^OK. 
 
 Loirn what thou ow'ft thy country iind thy fritnd ; 
 Wliat's rcqulfice to fpare, and what to fpcnd : 
 Learn this; and, after, envy not the Itorc 
 Of the grcas'd a.iv(^ratd that grinds tlie poor. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 2. He that pleads any caufe, in whatever 
 manner, as a controvertill or vindicator. 
 
 If (he dares tiufV me with her litrlc babe, 
 I'll (hew 't tlic king, and undertake to be 
 Her a.-Zt'orrt/f to th' iuudcrt. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Of the fcvcial foimi. of government that have 
 been, or are, in the world, that caufe feems 
 commonly the better, that has the better advo' 
 cuUf or is advantJged by frcllier experience. 
 
 Temple's Mifrellurtiei. 
 
 3. It is ufed with the particleyor before 
 the perfon or thing, in whofe favour the 
 plea is offered. 
 
 Fucs to all livmg worth except your own. 
 And advocates for tolly dead and gone. Fofe. 
 
 4.. In the foriptural and face.i fenfe, it 
 ftands for one of the ofllces of our Re- 
 deemer. 
 
 Me, his advocate, 
 And propitiation; all his works on me. 
 Good, or not good, ingraft. ParaMfe LcJ}. 
 
 Advoca'tion. n. f. [from advocate.] 
 The office or a£t of pleading j plea; 
 apology. 
 
 My advocation is not now in tune ; 
 
 My lord is xjot my lord; noi Ihould I know him. 
 
 Were he in favour, as in liumour, alrer'd. S/tai. 
 
 Advola'tion. n-f. [advolo, advolatum, 
 
 Lat.] The acl of flying to fomething. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Advolu'tion. n. f. \_advolutio, Lat.] 
 The aft of rolling to fomething. 
 
 Advo'utry. H.yi [avoutrie,Yx.] Adul- 
 tery. 
 
 He was the moft perfidious man upon the earth, 
 and he had made a m:'.rnage compounded be- 
 tween an advoutry and a rape. Bacon's Hci.vii, 
 
 Ad V owe', n.f. He that has the right of 
 advowfon. See Adtovvson. 
 
 Advo'wson, or Advo'wzen. n.f. [In 
 corninon law.] A right to prefent to 
 a benefice, and lignities as much as 
 Jus Palroncitus. In the canon law, it 
 is fo termed, bccaufe they that origi- 
 nally obtained the right of prefenting 
 to any church, were great benefaiflors 
 thereto ; and are therefore termed fome- 
 times Patroni, fometiines Advocati. 
 
 Coivell, 
 
 To Adu're. -v. n. [aduro, Lat.] To 
 burn lip. Not in ufe. 
 
 Such a degree cf heat, which doth neither 
 melt nor fcorch, doth mellow, and not adurf. 
 
 Bacon's Natwal llijhry. 
 
 Adu'st. adj. \_aduflus, Lat.] 
 
 I. Burnt up ; hot as with fire ; fcorched. 
 
 By this means, the virtual heat of the water 
 
 will enter ; and fuch a heat as wiU not make the 
 
 body a.^v/? orff.igilc, Bmcv . 
 
 iE L F 
 
 Which with torrid hot, 
 And vapours as the Libyan air adup, 
 Began to parch that temperate. clime. Far. Lofl, 
 
 2. It is generally now applied, in a medi- 
 cinal or philolophical fenfe, to the com- 
 pletion and humours of the body. 
 
 Sucli humours are adujl, as, by long hear, be- 
 come of a hot and iiery nature, as cholcr, and 
 the like. C^uincj. 
 
 To cafe the foul of one oppiedive weight, 
 This qu!ts an empire, that embroils a ftate. 
 The fame odi^Ji complexion has imp;;l!'d 
 Charles to the convent, Philip to tlic field. Fo^e, 
 Adu'sted. adj. [See Adust.] 
 
 1. Burnt; fcorched ; dried with fire. 
 
 Sulphurous and nitious foam 
 They found, ihey mingled, and with fubtle art 
 Concoited, and adu/ted, tliey reduc'd 
 To blackeft grain, and into ftore convey'H. 
 
 Faradife Loft. 
 
 2. Hot, as the complexion. 
 
 They arc l)ut the fruits of aduflid choicer, and 
 
 th evaporations of a vindicative fpirit. llo-aicl. 
 
 Adu'stible. adj. [from aduf.] That 
 
 may be adtifted, or burnt up. DiS. 
 
 Adu'stion. n./. [^itom adufl.] The aft 
 
 of burning up, or drying, as by fire. 
 
 This is ordin.iiily a conl'equenl of a burning 
 colliquative fever; the foftcr parts being melted 
 away, the heat continuing its ndufiion upon the 
 drier and flejhy parts, changes into a marcid 
 fever. Harvey on Conjumptior.s. 
 
 Adz. n.f. Sec Audice. 
 
 AE, or M,. A diphthong of very frequent 
 ufe in the Latin language, which feems 
 not properly to have any place in the 
 Eiiglifh ; llnce the a of the Saxons has 
 been long out of ufi , being changed to 
 e limplc, to which, in words frequently 
 occurring, the <r of the Romans is, ia 
 the fame manner, altered, as in equator, 
 equinoBial, and even in Eneas. 
 
 ./E'glogue. n. f. [written inftead of 
 eclogue, from a millakcn etymology.] A, 
 paltcral ; a dialogue in vcrfe between' 
 goatherds. 
 
 Which moved him rather in cegjogues othervt-ife 
 to write, doubting, perhaps, his ability, whi:;li 
 he bttle needed, 01 mindirtg to furnilh our tongue 
 with tliis kind vvheiein it fauhcih. Sfcnjcr's Faji, 
 
 jE'gilops n.f. [<i.-/i>.sO ,fignifying gcat-- 
 eyed, the goat being fiibjcft to this ail- 
 ment.] A tumoirr or fvvelling in the 
 great corner of the eye, by the root of 
 the nofe, either with or without an in- 
 flammation: alfo a plant fo called, for its 
 fuppofed virtues againft fuch a diftem- 
 per. ^'imy. 
 
 JEgii'aps is a tubercle in the inner canthus of 
 t)ie eye. IVifcman's Surgery. 
 
 JEcYTTi'ACvu.n.f An ointment confiiU 
 ing only of honey, verdigrcafe, and 
 vinegar. ^limy. 
 
 tEl, orEAL, or Al [In compound namtsj 
 as r^Ii in the Greek compounds] ligni- 
 iics all, or altogrther. So JElwin is a 
 complete conqueror : jj/berl; all illuflrious : 
 Aldred, altogether reverend : yllfred, al- 
 tog.'ther peaceful. Tothcfe Pammachius, 
 Paneratius, Pamphilius, &c. do in fome 
 meafure anfwer. Gilfon's Camden. 
 
 iELF [which, according to various: dia- 
 lects, is pronounced ulf, tvehh, hulph., 
 Ldfi, helfe, and, at this Aaj, Jielpe] .im- 
 plies afTiftance. So jE.ftoinis -I'lclorious ; 
 and JFAfivold, an auxiliary govcrnour ; 
 ^'^fS'I^i * ii'idtr of ajf/lance i with
 
 A F E 
 
 vViich Boet'ius, Symmacbus, Epicurus, &c. 
 
 bear a plain analogy. C'tlfoii's Caiiuhn. 
 ^Eni'gma. See Enigma. 
 Ae'rial. ajj. [al'rius, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Belonging to the air, as confiftinp; of it. 
 
 The thunder, when to roll 
 With tcri-our tliiough tlie daik. arrml hill. 
 
 ParuJife L'f.. 
 
 From all that can witli fins or feathers fly, 
 Thro' the airial or tlic wat'ry iky. Pr:m. 
 
 I gathered the thicknefs of the air, or nrru:l 
 interval of the glaffesat that riag. Nenf.n's Opt. 
 
 Vegetables abound njore with anuil particles 
 than animal fablKnncts. Arhuthat en .-Ihments. 
 
 2. Produced by the air. 
 
 The gifts of hcav 'n my foll'wing fong purfucs, 
 Aerial honey, and anibrofial dews. Drydcu. 
 
 3. Inhabiting the air. 
 
 Where tiiofc immortal (hapes 
 Of bright aerial (^mK live infphci'd. 
 In regions mild'ofcilm and fercne aii. Par. Rci;. 
 Mrial animals may be fubdividcd into birds 
 and flics. Ucke. 
 
 4. Placed in the air. 
 
 Hcic fubterrancan works and cities fee, 
 There rowns aenal on the waving tree. Tofe. 
 
 5. High ; elevated in fituation, and there- 
 fore in the air. 
 
 A fpacious city flood, with firmeft walls 
 Sure mounded,and with numerous turrets crown'd, 
 A/rial fpires, and citadels, the feat 
 Of kings and heroes rcfolute in war. VhiUf^. 
 
 A'erie. n. f. {airie, Fr.] The proper 
 word, in hawks and other birds of prey, 
 for that which we generally call a nell 
 in other birds. _ Cotvell. 
 
 Aero'loGY. n.f. [a'rij andxo'y®'] "^^^ 
 doftrine of the air. _ Dia. 
 
 A'eROMancy. n.f. [ar,f andf/avTK-] The 
 art of divining by the air. Dul. 
 
 AeRo'metry. n.J. [d'ljjand fi/Ij-a-.J The 
 art of meafiiring the air. DlB. 
 
 A E R o's c o p Y . n ./. [ ^'i ? and ay.i^ln- ] The 
 obfervation of the air. _ Z)/i7. 
 
 Ji'xHiops-MiNERAL. n.f. A medicine fo 
 called from its dark colour, prepared of 
 quickfilver and fulphur, ground toge- 
 ther in a marble mortar to a black pow- 
 der. Such as have ufed it moft, think 
 its virtues not very great. ^inry. 
 
 JEti'tes.ii./. [i=1'^, an eagle.] Eagle- 
 ftone. It is about the bigntfs of a 
 chefnut, and hollow, with fomewhat in 
 it that rattles upon (liaking. ^hicy. 
 
 Afa'r. adv. [from a for at, and for.] See 
 Far. 
 
 1. At a great dl (lance. 
 
 So (haken as wc are, fo wan with care, 
 Find we a time for flighted peace to panr. 
 And breathe fliort winded accents o( new broils, 
 To be commenc'd in flrouds afar remote - S/ud. 
 
 Wc hear better when we hold our breath tnan 
 contrary ; infumuch as in liltening to attain a 
 found afar off, men hold their breath. Jiacon. 
 
 2. To or from a great dilhmce. 
 
 Hcflor halUncd 10 relieve his boy ; 
 Pifmifs'd his burnifh'd helm th;it Ihone ajar, 
 The pride of warrlours, and ihc pomp of war. IJiy.l. 
 
 3. From afar ; from a diftant place. 
 
 The rough Vulluinu', fniiju* in its courfe. 
 With rapid llreams divides the fruitful grounds, 
 And /Vc« afar in hollow murmur founds. Add. 
 
 4. Afar off; remotely diftant. 
 
 Much fufjTa^ng his focrct ends, he cntertamcd 
 a treaty of peace with France, but feerctly and 
 afat off, and to be governed as occafions Ihould 
 /,,y/" .Sir yd,,: llayivard. 
 
 Ake'ard. part. adj. [from to fear, for to 
 {right, with a redundant.] 
 
 A F F 
 
 1. Frighted; terrified; afraid. 
 
 He loudly I ray'd, that like was never heard, 
 And from his wide dciournig oven fent 
 A fiakc of fire, that fl.ifliing in his beard, 
 Him al[ amai'd, _and almoit made afeari. 
 
 Fairy Q'/een. 
 
 But tell me, Hal, art thou not horribly a/card i" 
 Thou being heir apparent, could the world pick 
 thee out three fuch enemies again .= Hhakffeaie. 
 
 Till he chcrifll too muchbeaid. 
 And rr-ake Love or me afraid. Ben Jntfin. 
 
 2. It has the particle o/before the object 
 of fear. 
 
 Fear IS defciibed by Spenfcr to ride in armour, 
 at the clalhing whereof he looks afeard 0I him- 
 f^lf_ Fcatham. 
 
 It is now obfolete; the laft author 
 
 whom I have found uling it, is Sedley. 
 
 A'FER. n.f [Lat.] The fouthwell wind. 
 
 With adverfe blafl upturns them from the louth, 
 
 Notusand Afrr, blaclc with thund'rous clouds. 
 
 Mdt,in's I't!,-ad,Jc LoJI. 
 
 AffAbi'lity. n.f. [affal}lile,Y\: afabi- 
 lkas,Lat. See Affable.] The quality 
 of being affable ; eafinefs of manners; 
 courteoulnefs ; civility; condefceiillon. 
 It is commonly ufed of fuperiours. 
 
 Hearing of her beauty and her wir. 
 Her njalnliiy andbalhful modeHy, 
 Herwond'rous qualities, and mild behaviour. 
 
 S/iakfpcare. 
 
 He was of a moft flowing courtcfy and affa- 
 hilitv to all men, and fo defirous to oblige tnem, 
 that he did not enough confider the value of the 
 obligation, or the merit of the perfon. Clarendon. 
 
 All inrtaiiccs of charity, fweetnefs of conver- 
 fation, afabiliiy, admonition, all fignifications 
 of tendernefs, care, and watchfulnefs, muft be 
 expreffed towards children. laylor. 
 
 It isimpoflible for a publick minirter to be fo 
 
 open and cafy to all his old friends, as he was in 
 
 his private condition; but this may be helped out 
 
 by an affahility of addrcfs. VEjlrange. 
 
 A'FFABLE.^i^j. [afahh,Yr.nfful'dis, Lat.] 
 
 1. Eafy of manners ;"accolhible ; courteous ; 
 complaifant. It is ufed of fuperiours. 
 
 He was afalle, and both well -ind lair Ipoken, 
 and would ul'e llranj.e iVcetnefs and blandifli- 
 ment of words, where he delirtd to atleft or 
 perfuade any thing that he took to heart. Bacon. 
 
 Hcf father is 
 An a/uWf and courteoos gentleman. Shahfpeare. 
 
 Gentle to mc and .z^ai/^ hath been 
 Thy condefccnfion, and fhall bchonour'd ever 
 With grateful memory. I'aradife L'ljh 
 
 2. It isappliedto the external appearance ; 
 benign ; mild ; favourable. 
 
 Augurtus appeared, looking round him with 
 a fercne and ajf.-ble countenance upon all the 
 writers of his age. Taller 
 
 A'ffableness. ff./ [from ajabk.\ 
 Courtefy ; afiabillty. 
 
 A'ffably. adv. [from affalle.'] In an 
 affable manner ; courteouHy ; ^ civilly. 
 
 A'ffabrous. cdj. {affahre, Fr.] Skilfully 
 made ; complete ; linllhed in a work- 
 manlike manner. d^'^- 
 
 AffABUla'tion. n.f. [afal'ultilio.lM.'] 
 The moral of a fable. -D/'V. 
 
 Affa'ir. n. /. [afaire, Fr.] Bufinefs ; 
 fomething to be managed or tranfadttd. 
 It is ufed for both private and public 
 
 matters. 
 
 1 was not born for courts or great afairs ; 
 I pay my debts, believe, and fay my prayers. 
 
 ^ ^ lope. 
 
 A good acquaintance with method will greatly 
 affift every one in ranging, difpofing, and ma- 
 naging all human affain. - H'-''li- 
 
 What St. John's flcill in ftate a£a„<, 
 What Oimoiid's valour, Oxford's caics, 
 
 A F F 
 
 To aid their finking country lent. 
 Was all dellroy'd by one event. Sudfr, 
 
 To Affe'ar. i», n. [from ajicr, Fr.] To 
 confirm ; to give a fanttiou to ; to ella- 
 blifli : an old term of law. 
 
 Bleed, bleed, poor country ! 
 Gre.it tyranny, lay thou thy bafis fvire; 
 For gooduefs date> not check thee ! 
 His title is .ijft-."'i/. Shatfpiare's Macl>eth_ 
 
 To AFFE'CT. V. a. [ciffdter, Fr. nficio, 
 affeclum, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To aft upon ; to produce effefts in 
 
 any other thing. 
 
 The fun 
 Had firll his precept fo to move, fo fhine. 
 As might afjea the earth with cold and heat. 
 Scarce toleiable. Milton' t Paradife LojI. 
 
 The generality of men arc wholly governed by 
 names, in matrcrs of good and evil ; lo far as 
 thefe qualities relate to, and afal, the aflions 
 of men. Soittlri Se,mons. 
 
 Yet even thofe two particles do reciprocally 
 affca each other \vith the fame force and vigour, 
 as they would do at the fame diftancc in any 
 other fituation imaginable. Benthy'i Sermim. 
 
 2. To move the paffions. 
 
 As a thinking man cannot but be very much 
 affelled with the idea of his appearing in the pte- 
 fence of that Being, whom none can fee and live ( 
 he mull be much more afeCied, when he confi- 
 dcrs, that this Being, whom he appears before, 
 will examine the anions of his life, and reward 
 or puniflr him accordingly. Addfci's Speaaio,. 
 
 3. To aim at; to afpire to : fpokenofper- 
 
 fons. 
 
 Atridcs broke 
 His fi!encc next, but ponder'd ere he fpoke : 
 Wife are thy words, and glad I would obey. 
 But this proud man ajea.' imperial fway. Diyd. 
 
 4. To tend to ; to endeavour after : Ipo- 
 ken of things. 
 
 The drops of every fluid affra a round figurf, 
 
 by the mutual attradtion of their parts ; as the 
 
 globe of the earth and fea ajjrai a round figure, 
 
 by the mutual attiaflion of its parts by gravity. 
 
 AVrt-7e//'j Oplith. 
 
 5. To be fond of; to be pleafcd with ; to 
 love ; to regard with fondncis. 
 
 That little which feme of llie heathen did 
 chance to hear, concerning fuch matter as the 
 facrcd Scripture plentifully containcth, they did 
 in wonderful fort afeS. Biokti. 
 
 There is your crown ; 
 And he that wears the aown immortally 
 Long guard it yours ! If I aj.a it more, 
 Than as your honour, and as your renown. 
 Let me no mote from this obedience rife. Shak. 
 
 Think not that wars wc lyve, and iirilc a/?r» ; 
 Or that wc hale fwcct peace. haiifnw 
 
 None but a woman could araan direfl 
 To tell us women what we moft affra. Dryden. 
 
 6. To make a fliow of fomething ; to Hudy 
 the appearance of anything: withfomc 
 degree of hypucrify. 
 
 Another nympli, amongft the many fair. 
 Before the reft .i//a'7../ ft ilUo ftand. 
 And watch'd my eye, preventing my command. 
 
 l'ii<,r. 
 
 Thefe often cairy the humour fo far, till their 
 rfl'cHed coldncfs and inditlercnce quite k.lls all 
 the foiidncfs of a lover. Addifon's Sfiauf.r. 
 
 Cu<(uct and coy at once her air. 
 Both ftudieti, though both feem neglcftcd ; 
 
 Cardefs Ihc is with artful care, 
 AfjiOiiiz to feem tinaft'e^tcd. Conorctx. 
 
 ' The confcious huftjand, whom like fymploms 
 fviic, 
 Charges on her the guilt of their difcafe; 
 ylfrai'.e. fury, ails a madman's part. 
 He'll I ip the fatal I'ccret from her heart. CranvilU \ 
 7. To imitate in an unnatural and con 
 ftraimd manner.
 
 A F F 
 
 Spenfer, in offtfliKg the ancients, writ no lan- 
 guage J yet I would have iiim read for hti m.it- 
 tcr, hut as Virgil read Eiinius. Ben 'J'^njon. 
 
 8. To cunviit of fume crime ; to attaint 
 with guilt : a phraCe merely jiirldicul. 
 
 By tlic civil law, if a dowry witii a wife be 
 promifcel and not paid, tlie huflt.md is not 
 ohl^jed 10 allow lier alimony. Bur if her pa- 
 rents fliall become infolvent by foinc misfortune, 
 (he (hall have alimony, unlefs yon can ntlrcl them 
 with fraud, in pvomifuig what they knew they 
 TPcrt; not able* to perform. Aylijfc's Parcrgon. 
 
 Afte'ct. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. AfFefiior. ; paffioa ; fenfation. 
 
 It I'cemeth that a.s the feet base a fympathy 
 witlr the head, fo the wiiils have a fyinp.uhy 
 wi^l the hc.^.it ; we fee the a£cth and p.dVions ot 
 the heart and fpirits arc notably riifclofed by the 
 piille. Bacon's Nuturai Hijh'y. 
 
 2. Quality ; circumttance. 
 
 1 Hud it difficult to make out one (ingle ulcer, 
 
 as authors defciibe ir, without other fympiom.-i 
 
 or .i^ffl! joined to it. IV'ifrman. 
 
 This is only the antiqnatt^d word for 
 
 affcdinn. 
 
 Affecta'tioN. n.f. \_affe3al'w, Lai.] 
 
 1. Fondnefs ; high degree of liking: ccm- 
 monly with fume degree of culpabilit) . 
 
 In things of their own nature indifferent, if 
 cither councils or paiticular men ba\e at any 
 time, with found judgment, mifliked conformi- 
 ty between the churcli of God and intidels, the 
 caufe thereof hath been fomewiiat elfe than only 
 affeOation o( dilhmili'iude. Ho(.itr. 
 
 2. An artificial (how; an elaborate appeai- 
 ance ; a falfe pretence. 
 
 It has been, fiom age to age, an affrlfation to 
 
 Jove the plcaluie of lolitude, a.mong thofc who 
 
 cannot poflTibly be fuppofed qualilicd for paffing 
 
 life in that m.inner. Spiilatcr. 
 
 Affe'cted. part. adj. [from affecl.~\ 
 
 1. Moved ; touched with affedtion ; inter- 
 nally difpofed or inclined. 
 
 No marvel tlien if he were ill nffeOnt. Sliak. 
 
 The model tiiey feemed ajjc£ied\o in their di- 
 reftory, was not like to any of tlie foreign re- 
 formed churches now in the world. Clartndon. 
 
 2. Studied with overmuch care, or with 
 hypocritical appearance. 
 
 Thefe antick, lifping, o^fflfi/phantafies, thefe 
 new tuners of accents. iihakfpeare. 
 
 3. In a perfonal fcnfe, full of afFeflation ; 
 as, an offered lady. 
 
 Affe'ctedly. adn). \i\ova ajfecled."] 
 
 1. In an affeftcd manner; hypocritically ; 
 with more appearance than reality. 
 
 Perhaps they are ajfiUfdly ignorant ; they are 
 fo willing it Ihould be true, that they have not 
 attempted to examine il. Grm, f^f the 'fongur. 
 
 Some indeed have been fo ojfc^lidly vain, as 
 to counterfeit immoitabty ; and have Ifolcn their 
 death, in hopes to be elieemed immortal. Brown. 
 
 Ey talking- fo familiarly of one hundred and 
 ten ihoufand pounds, by a tax upon a fev/ com- 
 modities, it is plain, you are cither naturally or 
 i:^ec9fti'/y ignorant of our condition. Sitijr. 
 
 2. Studiotifly ; witli laboured intention. 
 
 Some mifperfuafioiis, concerning the divine at- 
 tributes, tend to the coriupting men's manneis, 
 as if they were dcfigned and a£c6tedly chofen for 
 that purpofe. Veiuy if Piety. 
 
 Affe'ctedness. n. /. [from qffeclca.'l 
 The quality of being affected, or of 
 making falfe appearances. 
 AFFE'CTION. n.f. {tffeaion, Fr. qfec- 
 
 lio, Lat.] 
 I. The ftate of being affefled by any 
 caufe, or agent. This general fcnfc is 
 little in life. 
 
 Some men there are love not a g;iping pig ; 
 £o[iic that are mad it they behold a cat ; 
 
 A F F 
 
 And others, w hen the bag-pipe fing* i' t^* nofe, 
 CiiniiQt contain thci. uriiie, i>j\: ajfetiion, Shakjp. 
 
 2. Piifrion of ;'ny kind. 
 
 Then gan il.c ji.ilmtir thus : rao'l wretched 
 man, 
 That to riJfeHion^ does the bridle lend ; 
 
 In tiitir beginning tht-y are weak, and wan, 
 But toon through fuftcianct: gruw to fcsrlnl end. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 Impute it to my Ute folitaiy life, winch is 
 prone to affe&irm. Sidney. 
 
 ..■/f'<-^l-'ort(j as joy, pricf, feaV| and anger, with 
 fucli like, being, as ir were, the fundiy I'alhions 
 and iorms of :ippctitf, can neither rife at the 
 conceit of a thing nidiftcrcnt, nor yet choofc but 
 rife at the fight of fonic things. Hooker. 
 
 Tofpevik truth of Caefar, 
 I have not known when his affeSfions fway'd 
 More tlian his rcLifon. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Zeal ought to be compofcd of the highclt de- 
 grees of pious affeBhm : of whicli foi-ne arc 
 milder and gentler, iomc fli;trpcr and more ve- 
 hement. Sprat. 
 
 I cm prcfent nothing beyond this to your 
 affeclionnyio excite your iovcand defire. Tillotfon. 
 
 3. Love; kiadnefs; *<K>d-will to feme 
 perfon : often with to or /o-zy^zr^ before 
 the perfon. 
 
 I liave acquainted you 
 With the dear love I bear to fair Anne Page, 
 Who mutually hath anfwer'd my ajfefli(>n. 
 
 Shakfptare. 
 My king ii tangled in offeSiion to 
 A creature of tlic queen's, lady Anne BuUcn. 
 
 Sft.ikjpeare. 
 
 What w.irmth is there in your offcHioni to- 
 
 nvurj any of thefe princely fuitors ? Shokfp. 
 
 Make his intcrelt dt-pend upon mutual affeffinn 
 
 and good corrL-fpondcnce with others. Collnr. 
 
 Nor at rirl] fight, like niolf, admires the fair; 
 For you he lives, and you alone (hall iharc 
 His lall affcfliQnzi.^ his early care. Pope. 
 
 4. Good-will to any objetft ; zeal ; paf- 
 fionate regard. 
 
 I have reafon to dlftruft mine own judgment, 
 as that which may be overborn by my zeal and 
 affe6}i'jn to tliis caufe. Bacon. 
 
 %cxy(.mx offetl:on upon my words ; defire them, 
 ;ind ye ihall be inftru^ed. H'ijdom. 
 
 His integrity to the king was without blemifh, 
 and his rt^c-c7/ffl/: to the church fo notorious, tlut 
 he never deferted it. C/ajenHon. 
 
 Ail the precepts of chriftianity command us 
 to moderate our paflions, to temper our affe^iom 
 toivardi ail things below. Temple. 
 
 Let not the mind of a ftudent be under the in- 
 fluence of warm a^ffedion to things of fcnfe, 
 when he comes to the fearch of truth. IVatts. 
 
 5. State of the mind in general. 
 
 There grows, 
 In my mod" ill-compos'd affc6}iori^ fuch 
 A ftanchkfs avarice, that, were I king, 
 I fhould cut off the nobles for tiicir lands. Shakf, 
 
 The man that hath no mufick in himfelf, 
 Nor is not mov'd with concord of fwect founds. 
 Is (it for treafons, ihatagcms, and fpoils ; 
 The motions of his fpirit are dull as night. 
 And his afft^ions dark as Erebus : 
 Let no fuch man be trufted. Shakfpeare, 
 
 6. Quality ; property. 
 
 Tiu^ certainty and accuralcncfs whirh is at- 
 tributed to what mathematicians deliver, mu(V 
 be rcltrained to what they teach concerning thofc 
 purciv mathematical difciplincs, aiithmetick and 
 gtouictty, where the affe£Iions of quantity are 
 abitra6tedly confidercd. " Boyle. 
 
 The mouth being neceffary to conduit the 
 voice to the ihapc of its cavity, neccITarily 
 gives the voice fome particular offcHion of found 
 in its jiafTagc, before it come to the lips. Bolder. 
 
 God may have joined immaterial fouls to other 
 kinds of l;odics, and in other laws of union ; 
 and, fiom thofe ditfcixnt laws of union, there 
 will .nife quite different liffeil^om and natures, 
 and Ipcciei of the compound beings. Bint.'y. 
 
 A F F 
 
 7. State of the body, asafled upon by any 
 
 caufe. 
 It Itemed to me a venereal gonorrhea, and 
 
 others ihoug'.t it arofe from fomc fcorlmtical 
 
 ujfeak 
 
 kViJeman i Surgerj. 
 
 8. Lively reprefentation in painting. 
 
 ^KJcilion is the lively rcpicrentment of any 
 paffion whatfoevcr, as if the figures (taod not 
 upon a cloth or board, but as if they were :iifting 
 upon a ft.Tge. /i^ottr/i't j4rcl:ii({iure. 
 
 9. It is ufed by Shalfpeare fometimes for 
 ajff'eclallon. 
 
 There was nothing in it that could indift the 
 author of nftfli'jti. Shakfpeare. 
 
 ArFz'cTioti ATE. adj. [ti^ec!:onne,Vr.{iojn 
 aJfeBion.^ 
 
 1 . Full of affeftion; ftrongly moved ; warm ; 
 zealous. 
 
 \n their love of God, and defire to pl'jafe him, 
 men c.iii never be too ajic^ir,nate ; and it is ay 
 true, tti.^t in their hatred of fin men may be 
 lometimes too palTionatc. Sprat's Se'imns. 
 
 2. Strongly inclined to ; difpofed to : with 
 the particle to. 
 
 As for the parliament, it prefently took fire, 
 being t'ffcBi'Matt:, of old, to the war of France. 
 
 JyarOrj's Henry VII. 
 
 3. Fond; tender. 
 
 He found me fitting, beholding this p:(!ture : 
 I know not with how tiffed h;tutt'^ countenance, 
 but, I am fure, with a moll affe^iuin.ite mind. 
 
 ^idnev. 
 Away they fly 
 j^ffeSihriLite, and undefiring bear 
 The molt delicious morfelto tiieir young. 
 
 ThomfoTt. 
 
 4. Benevolent ; tender. 
 
 Wiicn we rcflei^t on all this affeBionate care of 
 Providence for our happincfs, with what wonder 
 mult we obfcrve the little effect it has on men ! 
 Rogers' Sermon', 
 
 Affe'ctionatf.ly. adv. [from afictkn- 
 ati-.l In an affcdionate manner ; fondly; 
 tenderly ; benevolently. 
 
 Affe'ctionatexess. n.f. [from q^ec- 
 iioiiate.'] The quality or ftate of be- 
 ing afFeftionate ; fondnefs ; tendernefs ; 
 good-will ; benevolence. 
 
 Affe'ctioned. adj. [from aJfeSionate.'\ 
 
 1. AfFecfted ; conceited. This fenfe is 
 obfolete. 
 
 An ciffcBioned afs, that cons ftarc without book, 
 and utters it by great fwaths. Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. Inclined ; mentally difpofed. 
 
 Be kindly ttg'e&ioned one to another. Romans. 
 
 Affe'c TiousLY. adv. [from aje3.'\ In 
 an alfefling manner. D'ldl. 
 
 Affe'ctive. atij. [from offca.'\ That 
 does affcdl ; that llrongly touches. It 
 is generally ufed for painful. 
 
 Pain is fo nneafy a fcntiment, that very little 
 of it is enough to corrupt every enjoyment; and 
 the effeft God intends this variety of ungrateful 
 and ajj. Stive fcntiments Ihould have on u^, is to 
 reclaim our affeflions from this v.iUey of tears. 
 
 K'igers. 
 
 Affectuo'sity. n.f. [from ajfccluous.^ 
 Falfionatenefs. D\^. 
 
 Affl'ctuous. adj. [from «^fl.] Full-of 
 paflTion ; . as, an aJfSuous fpcecli, : a word 
 little ufed. 
 
 To Afke're. XI. a. [qffier, Fr.] A la.w 
 term, fignifying to confirm. See To 
 Affear. 
 
 Affe'uors. n.f. [from aJJlreS] 
 
 Such as .TIC appointed in court-Jeers, &""..-. upon ■ 
 oath, to mulct fuch as h.ave committed faults 
 aiLiiraiily punilhabic, and have no cvprcfj pe- 
 nalty let down. by Il.itutc. Cs-itt/.',
 
 A FF 
 
 AFFI'ANCE. «./. [ajlatici, from nj,er, 
 
 French.] 
 I. A marriage contraft. 
 
 At hit luch grace I found, and mcins I 
 wmusht, 
 Tbat I ihat bdy to my fpoufe had won, 
 
 Accoid of friends, content of parents fought, 
 Jlfflnnci made, my happincU begun. Fj/'_v Qatfw. 
 3. Truft in general ; confidence ; fecure 
 reliance. 
 
 Tlie duke is virtuous, mild, and too well given 
 To dieani on evil, or to work my downfall. — 
 Ah! wh.it's more dangerous than this fond 
 
 ' Seems he a dove? his feather,5 arc but borrow'd. 
 Sriatfpeare's llcmy VI. 
 
 3. Truft in tlie divine promifes and pro- 
 teflion. To this fenfe it is now almolt 
 
 confined. 
 
 Religion receives man into a covenant of 
 gr.ice, where theic is pardon icarhcd out to nil 
 truly penitent linners, and afliftancc promifed, 
 and cng.i^ed, and beftowcri, upon very eafy con- 
 ditions, vie., humility, prayer, and ajfiamc in 
 ^jm. H^nimo'iJ's Futidamcritah. 
 
 There can be no furer way to fuccefs, than by 
 jiifclaiming all cuntidence ni ourfclves, and re- 
 fening the events of things to God rfith an im- 
 plicit ajfi.mre. .-lltcrhury'i Scrmom. 
 
 To Affi'.\nce. -J. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 4. To betroth ; to bind any one by pro- 
 mife to marriage. 
 
 To me, fad maid, or rather widow fad, 
 iHe was iiffij'rce.l long time before. 
 
 And lacked pledges he both gave and had ; 
 Talfc, errant kniglit, infamous and forefwore ! 
 
 Fdiiy (^uct-n. 
 
 Her fhould Angelo have married, was a/- 
 -fianced to her by uaih, and the nuptial appoint- 
 ed ; between which time of the contiait, and 
 limit of tlie folemniry, his brother was wrcclied, 
 having in tiiat veffel the dowry of his filter. 
 
 Shukffears' i Miajure for Meajurc. 
 3,, To give confidence. 
 
 Stranger! whoe'er thou art, fecurcly reft 
 
 Afft'nc\i\n my faith, afiiendly gucft. Vofr. 
 
 Affi'ancer. n.f. [from ajjiancs.'] He 
 
 that makes a contraft of marriage be- 
 
 tW-'en two parties. Did. 
 
 Affiba'tios. ? n.f. [irom ajfido, Lat. 
 
 Affida'ture. J See Ai-TiED.] Mutual 
 
 contract ; mutual oath of fidelity. Did. 
 
 Affida'vit. n. f. [aJiJdvit fignifies, in 
 
 the language of the common law, he made 
 
 oath.'\ A declaration upon oath. 
 
 You laid, if 1 rcturn'd next 'fize in Lent, 
 I (houlri he in remitter of your grace ; 
 ■In th' interim my letters fliould take place 
 Of affid.tvrti. Domic. 
 
 Count Rcchtercn fhould have made affi.Uiic 
 that his fervants had been affronted, and then 
 monlicur Mcfnager would have done him jiiftice. 
 
 Syictntor . 
 
 A.¥r\'tT).parUc!p. adj. [from the verb ajfy, 
 derived from affido, Latin ; Brafton 
 ufintr the phrafe ajfulare. muUerci.'] Joined 
 by contraft ; affianced. 
 
 Be we itfficd, and fuch nlTurance ta'on, 
 As fhall with cither part's agreement fland. S/iaif. 
 
 Affiliation, n./. [from a^ andjiliiis, 
 Lat.] Adoption; the aft of taking a 
 fon. Chumbcrs. 
 
 A'ffijjage. n.f. [aJ[inage,Yv.'\ The aft 
 of refining metak by thecoppel. Difi. 
 
 Akfi'nf.d. adj. [from affinis, Lat.] 
 Joined by affinity to another ; related 
 to another. 
 
 If p.irtiaily nffirt'd, or leagued in office, 
 Thou (loft deliver more or Icfs than truth, 
 Thou ait no foldi w. Shakfpcarc'i Othclh . 
 
 A F F 
 
 Affi'nity. n.f. \_ajiii'tte, Fr. horn ajfiii'is, 
 
 Lat.] 
 I, Relation by marriage; relation con- 
 tracled by the hufband to the kindred 
 of the wife, and by the wife to tholc ot 
 the hufband. It is oppofed to conjan- 
 giiinitv, or relation by birth. In this 
 fenfe it liasfometimes the particle wii/j, 
 and fometimes lo, before the perfon to 
 whom the relation iscontrafted. 
 
 They had left none alive, by the blindncfs of 
 rage kiUing many guiltlefs perl'ons, either foi 
 affinity to the tyrant, or enmity to the tyrant- 
 killers. Sidney. 
 And Solomon made affinity ivitk Pharaoh 
 king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter. 
 
 I Kingi. 
 A breach was made with France itfelf, not- 
 withflanding fo Ifrait an .iffiitily, fo lately ac- 
 complilhed; as if indeed (according to that plea- 
 faiit maxim of ftate) kingdoms were never mar- 
 ried. JVotton. 
 2. Relation to ; connexion with; refera- 
 blanee to : fpoken of things. . 
 
 The Britilh tongue, or Wellh, was in ufe only 
 in this ifland, having gieat affinity tvith the old 
 GalUck. Camden. 
 
 All things that have affinity ivith the heavens, 
 move upon the center of another, which they be- 
 nefit. Bacon's Effiay. 
 The art of painting hath wonderful affinity 
 ■with that of poetry. Drydc?i's Dufrejmy. 
 Man is rmore diftinguifhed by devotion that 
 by reafon, as fcvcral brute creatures difcovcr 
 fomcthing like reafon, though they betray not 
 any thing that bears the leaft affinity to devotion. 
 Add'tfon's Spcffator. 
 
 JoAFFI'RM. 1'. «. [qfirmo, Lat.] « To 
 declare ; to tell confidently : oppofed 
 to the word deny. 
 
 Yet their own authors faithfully affirmf 
 That the land Salike lies in Germany, 
 Between the floods of Sala and of Elve. Shakfp. 
 
 To Affi'km. v. a. 
 
 1. To declare pofitively ; as, to ajjlrm a 
 faft. 
 
 2. To ratify or approve a former law, or 
 judgment : oppofed to reverfe or repeal. 
 
 The houfe of peers hath a power of judicature 
 in (ome cafes, properly to cxnmine, and then 
 to affirm; or, if there be caufe, to levcrfe the 
 judgments which have been given in the court of 
 king's beneil. Bccon'% Advice to Sir G. Vil'ien. 
 
 In this fenfe we fay, to ajfirm the truth. 
 Affi'r.mable. adj. [ixota affirm.'] That 
 may be affirmed. 
 
 Thofe attributes and conceptions tliat were ap- 
 plicable and afftrm.ib!e of him when prefcnt, arc 
 now u^rwti/'/f and applicable to him though palf. 
 Hale' s Origin of Ma.'ikind. 
 
 Affi'rmance. n.f. [from qf/irm.] Con- 
 firmation : oppoied to repeal. 
 
 This ftatute did but reftore an ancient (tatute, 
 which was itfelf alfo made but in affirmance of 
 the common law. Bacon. 
 
 Affirmant, n.f. [from affirm.'] Tlie 
 perfon that affirms ; a declarer. D iel. 
 
 Affirma'tion. n.f. \affu-matio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of afRrming or declaring : op- 
 pofed to negation or denial. 
 
 Tins gentleman vouches, upon warrant of 
 bloody affiirmatiori, he is to be more virtuous, 
 and Icfs attemptablc, than any of our ladies. 
 
 Stiaif peart* i Cymiciine. 
 
 2. The pofition affirmed. 
 
 That he (hall receive no bencfif from Chrirt, 
 is the nffiimation whereon his defpair is founded; 
 and one way of removing this difmal apprehen- 
 fion, is, to convince him that Chiifl's death, if 
 he perform the condition required, (hall cei. 
 tainly belong to him. Hammond's Fundamentals. 
 
 A F F 
 
 3. Confirmation: oppofed to repeal. 
 
 The learned in the laws of our land ohferve, 
 that oar Itatutes fometimes are only the affir~ 
 tnationy or ratification, of that which, by com- 
 mon law, was held before. liookir. 
 Affirmative, adj. ^from, a^rm.] ■ 
 
 1. That does affirm, oppofed to negative; 
 in which fenfe we ufe the a_ffirmat'me ah- 
 foliuely, that is, the affirmative pnfition. 
 
 For the affirmative, we are now to aniwer luch 
 proofs of theirs as have been before alleged. H^oke. . 
 
 Whether there are fuch beings or not, 'tis 
 fulhcicnt fur my parpofe, that many have be- 
 lieved the affirmative. Drydcn. 
 
 2. That can or may be afSrmed : a fenfe 
 ufed chiefly in fcience. 
 
 As in algebra, where affirmative quantities 
 vanifli or ceafe, theie negative ones begin; fci 
 in mechanicks, where attradion ceafes, there a 
 rcpulfive virtue ought to fucceerf. Nezvton. 
 
 3. That has the habit of affirming with 
 vehemence; pofitive ; dogmatical: ap- 
 plied to perfons. 
 
 Be not confident and affirmative in an uncer- 
 tain matter, but report things modc(\ly and 
 temperately, according to tlie degree of that 
 perfuafion, which is, or ought to be, begoitea 
 by the efficacy of the authority, or the reafon, 
 inducing thee. Taylor. 
 
 Affi'rmatively. adv. [from affirmw 
 i'lve."] In an affirmative manner ; on the 
 pofitive fide ; not negatively. 
 
 The reafon of man hath no fuch reftraint : 
 concluding not only affirmatively, but nega- 
 tively; not only alhrming, there is no magni- 
 tude beyond the lalt heavens, but alfo denying, 
 there is any vacuity within Jhem. Biowrt. 
 
 Affi'rmer. n. f. [from ajfirm.l The 
 perfon that affirms. 
 
 If by the word virtue, the affirmer intends our 
 whole duty to God and man ; and the denier, 
 by the wort! virtue, means only courage, or, at 
 moft, our duty toward our neighbour, without 
 including, in the idea of it, the duty which we 
 owe to God. IVatts' Logick. 
 
 To Affi'x. 11. a. \_aJigo, ajfixum, Lat.] 
 
 1. To unite to the end, ot a pqfleriori ; to 
 fuhjoin. 
 
 He that has fettled in his mind determined 
 ider.s, with names affixed to them, will be able 
 to dilcern their differences one from another. 
 
 Lode. 
 
 If men conflantly affixed applaufe and dif- 
 grace where they ought, the principle of Ihamc 
 would have a very good influence on publick 
 conduit i though on fecret villanies it lays no re- 
 ftraint. Rogers' Sermons. 
 
 2. To conneft confequentially. 
 
 The dodlrine of irrefiftibility of grace, in 
 working whatfocvcr it works, if it be acknow- 
 ledged, there is nothing to be affixt to gratitude. 
 Hammond' s Fundamentals. 
 
 3. Simply to fallen or fix. Obfolete. 
 
 Her modcft eyes, abalhed to behold 
 So many gazers as on her do ftare. 
 Upon the lowly ground affii.\ed are. Sper.fer^ 
 
 .Affi'x. n./. \ajjixum, Lat.] 
 
 Something united to the end of a word : 
 a term of grammar. 
 
 In the Hebrew language, the norm has its 
 affiuxa, to denote the pronouns pofTefTive or re- 
 lative. Clarke's Latin Grammar. 
 Affi'xion. n.f. [from ajix.'] 
 
 1. The aft of affixing. 
 
 2. The ftate of being affixed. Did. 
 AfFla'tion. n.f. \afjlij, ajlatum, Lat.J 
 
 The aft of breathing upon any thing. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 AFFLATUS, n.f. [Lat.] Communica- 
 tion of the power of prophecy.
 
 A F F 
 
 The poet wiiiing againft his g»niui, will he 
 
 like M IIIO[)het wlthnuc his uffi.ltus. Spcrlcr. 
 
 To AFFLl'CT. 1-. a. [afflulo, ajjlulum, 
 
 Lat.] 
 
 I. To p\it to pain ; to grieve ; to torment. 
 
 It tcachcth US how God thought tit to pl:iguc 
 
 and <tJ/?.(;? them ; it doth not appoint in what 
 
 form :ind manner wc ought to puiiilh the fm of 
 
 idolatry in others. lUyokti . 
 
 O toward confcience, how dolV thou affliii me ! 
 
 The lights burn Hue — Is it not dead midniahl? 
 
 Cold fc.aiful drops Itand on my trembling titth. 
 
 Shakfpearc' s RuuarJ III. 
 
 Give not over tliy mind to he.ivinofs, and 
 
 tfflifi not tliyfelf in thine own counfel. F.cclus. 
 
 A father alji:l}iH with untimely mourning, 
 
 nhen he hath made .an imago of his child loon 
 
 taken «way, now honoured him as a God, 
 
 ■which was then a dead man, and delivered to 
 
 tl.ofe tliat were under him ceremonies and lacii- 
 
 fices. in/Jom. 
 
 A melancholy tear nffi'ds my eye, 
 And my heart labours with a fuddcn ligh. Prior. 
 I. The paflive to be affliiJed, has often at 
 before the caufal noun ; by is likcwile 
 proper. 
 
 The mother was fo afflicU.i •^t the lofs of a 
 fine boy, who was her only ion, that (he died 
 for grief of it. A.UiJon's Sp:a.if(>r. 
 
 Affli'ctf.dmess. «. yl [from affliilnJ.] 
 The ftate of afflidtion, or of being af- 
 flidled ; forrowfulnefs ; grief. 
 Af FLi'CTER. «. y. [from afflia.'\ The 
 
 perfon that afflifts. 
 AfflTctiom. K,/ \_affliFlio, Lat.] 
 
 1 . The caufe of pain or forrow ; calamity. 
 
 To the flclli, as the apolHc himfclf granteth, 
 all a^/.5?/o<: is naturally grievous; therctore na- 
 ture, which caufcth fear, teaciietli to pray againll 
 all adverlity. Hooker. 
 
 We'll bring you to oii<- that you have cozened 
 of money; I think, to repay that money will be 
 a biting affliliioit. Shiikfpnire. 
 
 2. The ftate of forrowfulnefs ; mifery : 
 oppofed to joy or profperity. 
 
 Bclidcs, you know, 
 Profnerity's the veiy bond of love, 
 Whofe freih complexion, and wbofc heart to- 
 gether, 
 jtffiiHi',!! alters. Shtikfpiar,' i Ifiiitn's Te/e. 
 
 Where (hall wc find the man that bears 
 affli&iQHf 
 Great and majeftic in his griefs, like Cato ? 
 
 j^Jiiifon^i Clio. 
 
 Some virtues are only feen in ajfii^io/iy and 
 
 fomc in profperity. Adtiifon's SpeBator. 
 
 Affli'ctive. adj. [from qfflia.'] That 
 caiifesaffliftion ; painful; tormenting. 
 
 They found martyrdom a duty drelTcd up in- 
 deed with all that was terrible and a£iiilrjs to 
 Ikuman nature, yet not at all the Icfs a duty. 
 
 South. 
 Nor can they find 
 Where to retire themfelvcs, or where appeafe 
 Tti' affiiSiive keen defire of food, expos'd 
 'to winds, and torms, and jaws of favage death. 
 
 Philif,. 
 Rcftlefs Proferpinc — 
 "—On the fpacious land and liquid main 
 Spreads flow difeafc, and dans afflietive pain. 
 
 Prior 
 
 A'PFLtJENCE. ") n. f. \affluence, Fr. af- 
 A'ffluency. 3 Jluentia, Lat.] 
 J . The aft of flowing to any place ; con- 
 courfe. Jt is almoft always ufcd figura- 
 tively. 
 
 1 (hall not relate the affluence of young nobles 
 from hence into Spain, after the voice of our 
 prince being there had been noifed. IVotton. 
 
 2. Exuberance of riches i ftream of wealth ; 
 plenty. 
 
 Vot. I. 
 
 A F F 
 
 Thofc dejrees of fortune, which give fulnefs 
 and L\j]iufih-c to one Itati-on, may be want and 
 p<Miury ill another. Ko^.^Jt. 
 
 Let joy or eafe, let affluence or content, 
 And the gay conlcicnce ot a life well fpcii!, 
 Calm ev'ry thought, inl'pirit cv'ry grace. Pope. 
 
 ATFLUENT. adj. [ajluetit, Fr. ajluais. 
 Lat.] 
 
 1 . Flowing to any part. 
 
 Tnele parts arc no more than foundation-piles 
 of the enfuiiig body ; which are attei w.irds to be 
 increalcd and raifed to a greater bulk, by the 
 tiffiuait blood that is tranfmittcd out of the mo- 
 ther's body. Ilar-vcy on Conjumpliotn. 
 
 2. Abundant; exuberant; wealthy. 
 
 I lee thee. Lord and elid of my defire, 
 Loaded and blell with all the .ijfftient (tore, 
 Which human vows at fmokinj Ihrincs implore. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 A'ffluentNESS. «. f. [From aJJJuent.'] 
 The quality of being affluent. Di^. 
 A'fflux. n.f. \_ajjluxns, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of flowing to fome place ; af- 
 fluence. 
 
 2. That which flows to another place. 
 
 The caufe hereof cannot be a fupiily by pro- 
 creations ; crgOy it mutt be by new affi txa to 
 London out of the country. Giuurit. 
 
 The infant grows bigger out of the womb, by 
 agglutinating one afflux of blood to another. 
 
 Har^'fv on Consumptions. 
 
 .\n animal that muft lie (till, reteivcs the 
 afflux of colder or warmer, clean or foul water, 
 as it happens to come to it. Locke. 
 
 Afflu'xion. n.f. [qffluxto, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of flowing to a particular 
 place. , 
 
 2. That which flows from one place to an- 
 other. 
 
 An inriammation either fimple, confilting of 
 an hot and languineous ajffuxiouy or elfe dcno- 
 minablc from other humours, according unto the 
 predominancy of melancholy, phlegm, or choler. 
 
 BrolL'n^s Vulgar E'touri. 
 
 To Affo'rd. v.a. \affourrer, affourrager, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . To yield or produce ; as, the/o'd ajords 
 grain ; the trees ajfordfruits. This leemfi 
 to be the primitive fignificatlon. 
 
 2. To grant, or confer any thing : gene- 
 rally in a good fenfe, and fometimes in a 
 bad, but lefs properly. 
 
 So foon as Maurnion there an'ivM, the door 
 To him did open, and afforded way. Fairy Q. 
 
 This is the confolation of all good men, unto 
 whom his ubiquity affordeih continual comfoit 
 and Icciirity ; and this is the aiflidlion of hell, to 
 whom it affordeth defpair and remedilcfs cala- 
 mity. Broxuui Vulgar Encuri. 
 
 3. To be able to fell. It is ufed always 
 with reference to forae certain price; 
 as, / can afford this j'or lefs than the 
 other. 
 
 They fill their magazines in times of the 
 greatclt plenty, that fo they may afford cheaper, 
 and increafc the public revenue at a fmallexpence 
 to its members. Addifon on Italy. 
 
 4.. To be able to bear expences ; as, traders 
 
 can afford more jinery in peace than in luar. 
 
 The fame errours run through all families, 
 
 where tiiere is wealth enough to afford that their 
 
 fons may be good for nothing. Sivift 
 
 Ta AFFO'REST. ^.a. {aJoreJlare,h^U^ 
 To turn ground into forelL 
 
 It appearetli, by Charta de Forejia^ that he 
 fl^srty/f.V many woods and wartc.-;, 10 the grievance 
 of the ful'jcift, wiiich by that law were dil'nf- 
 forertcd. Sir ^ohn T>avUi an hthnd. 
 
 Afforesta'tion. n. f* [from aff6rejlj\ 
 
 A F F 
 
 The charter de For^/la, was to reform the en- 
 
 cioachnients made in the time of Kirkayd \. and 
 
 Henry ii. who lad made new affonffatiom, and 
 
 niucli extended the iigorir of tie foielt laws. Hale. 
 
 To Affka'nchise. 11.^2. [(ffrancher, Fr.] 
 
 To make free. 
 To AFFRA'y. •u. a. [effrayer, or ffrigtr, 
 Fr. which Menage derives homfrngor J 
 perhaps it comes from frigus.^ Tu 
 fright ; to terrify ; to Ihike with fear. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 Tiie fame to wight he never would dilclofe, 
 Bat when as monlUrs huge he wcuid dil'may, 
 
 Or daunt unequal armies of his foes, 
 Oi when the flying heavens he would affray, 
 
 lairy Qucert. 
 
 Affra'v, or Affr a'yment. n.f. [from 
 the verb.] 
 
 1. A tumultuous aflault of ose or more 
 peifons upon others : a law term. A 
 battle : in this fenfe it is written_/ra)i. 
 
 2. Tumult; confufion. Outofuie. 
 Let the night be calm and quictfome, 
 
 Without tcmpeftuous ((ormsorfadrt/pV<7>'. Sp^nfer^ 
 
 Affri'ction. n.f. laffriffto, Lat.] The 
 
 aft of rubbing one tiling upon p.nolher. 
 
 I have divers times oblcrved, in wearing filver- 
 hilted (words, that, if they rubbed upon my 
 cloaths, if they were of a light-colotiied cloth, 
 the affri&ion would quickly blacken tbcm ; 
 and, congruoufly hereunto, I have found pens 
 blacked almoU all over, when I had a while car- 
 ried them about me in a filver cafe. Boyle, 
 
 i To Affri'ght. v. a. [See Fright.] 
 I I. To affeft with fear ; to terrify. It ge- 
 nerally implies a fudden irapreflioa of 
 fear. 
 
 Thy name affrights me, in whofe found is 
 death. Shakfpeare's Henry vi. 
 
 Godlike his courage feera'd, whom nor delight 
 Could foften, nor the face of death affi -ght. Waller. 
 
 He, when his country (thrcaten'd wiili alarm) 
 Requires his courage and liis conq'ring arm, 
 Shall, more tlian once, the Punic bauds affriaht, 
 Vryden'i .A^neid. 
 
 2. It is ufed in the pafllve, fometimes with 
 at before the thing feared. 
 
 Thou Ihalt not b; ajf'ighted at tlicm : for the 
 Lord thy Godis among you. Deute.m^my. 
 
 3. Sometimes with the particle ctiJ/i be- 
 fore the thing feared. 
 
 As one affright 
 ifit/i heHifli (iends, or furies niad-uproar, 
 He then uprofe. Fairy Queei, 
 
 Affri'ght. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Tcrrour ; fear. This word i^ chiefly 
 poetical. 
 
 As the moon, cloathed with cloudy night, . 
 Does (hew to him that walks in fear and fad 
 affright. Spenfer^s Fairy Queen. 
 
 Wide was his parifli, not contrafted clul» 
 In lliccts, but here and there a ftiaggling houfc; 
 Yet ftill he was at hand, without requctV, 
 To ferve the fick, to fuccour tiie di(trofs*d; 
 Tempting, on foot, alone, without affrightj 
 The dangers of a dark tempel^uous niglit. Dryd. 
 
 2. The caufe of fear; a terrible objedt; 
 dreadful appearance. 
 
 I fee the gods 
 Upbraid our futT'iings, and would humble them 
 By fending thcle affi-g/iti, while wc arc here, 
 Th.at we might laugh at their ridiculous fear. 
 
 Ben yonfori's Catatine 
 The war at hand appears with more affrighty. 
 And rifes ev'ry moment to the light. Drwlcn. 
 Affrt'ghtful. a.ij. [ixom affright.^ Full 
 of afiVight or terrour ; terrible ; dread- 
 ful. 
 
 There 'is an abfence of all that is dtftruftive 
 or ''^''t'^'f"^ '" human nature. Decjyof Piety:
 
 A F F 
 
 Arrp.i'cHTMENT. II. f. [fi-om rjfnght.] 
 I, The imprefiion of fear ; terrour. 
 
 She awaked with tiie affrig^htmnt of a dream. 
 
 IVotton. 
 
 Paflionate words or blows from the tutor, fill 
 
 tliii child's mind with terrour and nftightrntitt ; 
 
 which immediately tak.cs it wholly op, and leaves 
 
 lio room for other imprcffion. Licki. 
 
 2 . The ftate of feaifulnefs. 
 
 Whether tliofc that, under any anguilh of 
 mind, return to <;f);«/i/«£«^J or douhtings, have 
 not hcen hypocrites. Ilammcid. 
 
 To AFFRO'NT. v. a. Iqfp-ontcr, Fr. that 
 Js, ad froiitcm Jiare ; ^i frontan contu- 
 -.iieliam aliulere, to infult a man to his 
 face.] 
 
 1. To meet face to face; ta encounter. 
 ^This feems the genuine and original 
 
 fenfe of the word, which was formerly 
 indifferent to good or ill. 
 
 We iiavc tlofcly fent for H?Tnlct hither, 
 T^ai iie, as 'twere by accident, may .here 
 yljr.mt Ophelia. Sha.kfpeare' i Uamkt. 
 
 The feditious, the next day, affronted the 
 kjtig's forces at the entrance of a highway ; 
 whom when tV.ey found both ready and refolutc 
 to f.ght, they defr.ed enterparlance. JJayivnr.i. 
 
 2, To meet, in ahoftile manner, front to 
 
 front. 
 
 His holy rites and folemn fcafls profan'd, 
 And with their darkiiefs diirft d/rOT/ his light. 
 
 Barsiiije Lojt. 
 
 J, To offer an open infuk; to offend 
 avowedly. V/ith refpefl to this fenfe, 
 it is oblerved by Cervantes, that, if a 
 man ftrikes another on the back, and 
 then runs away, the perfon fo Itrcck is 
 injured, but not affronted; znafront al- 
 ways implying a.juft,ific.T.tlon ot the aft. 
 
 Did not this fatal war affront thy coaft ? 
 Yet fattelt thou an idle looher-on. Fairfax. 
 
 But harm pieccdes nal fin, only our foe, 
 Tempting, aff rents us with his foul eflcem 
 Of our integrity. Parudfj'i Lof. 
 
 I would kain the caufe, why Torrifmond, 
 Within my palace Vvfalls, within my heating, 
 Alinoft within my figlit, affronU a prince, 
 Who (hortly fhall command him. Vrydsn. 
 
 This brings to mind Fauftina's fondnefs for 
 the gladiator, and is inxerpreteri as fatlre. But 
 how can one imagine, t'.iat the Fathers would 
 have dared to affront the wife of Aurclius } MiUJ. 
 AfFRo'NT. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 \, Open oppofition; encounter: a fenfe 
 not frequent, though regulatly dedu- 
 cible fiom the derivation. 
 
 Fc?rlefs of danger, like a petty god 
 1 walk'd about, admir'd of all, and dreaded 
 On hoflilc ground, none daiing ray affront. 
 
 Samjm Jj^onijics. 
 
 2.. Infult offered to the face; contemptu- 
 ous or rude treatment ; contumely. 
 
 He would oftc*. maintain Plantianus, in doing 
 t^r'.iiti to his fon. Bacun's Eff.tyi. 
 
 You have done enough, for you dcfign'd ray 
 chains: 
 The .grace is.\amlh'd, hut th' nffrcnt remains. 
 Diyili-n'l ^'larolj^x.thf. 
 
 Ilf. that is found rcaronabie in one tiling, is 
 toncUided to be fo in all; and to think or fay 
 crhcrwife, is thought fo unjuft an affront, an<l 
 fu fcnftlefs a cenfutc, that nobody ventures to 
 Jo, it. Lockt. 
 
 Thcrs is nothing which we receive with f!( 
 much rcJu-fUncc as advice: we look upon the 
 roan who gives it us, as offering an affmni to 
 our undciftanding, and treating us like children 
 
 or id' OtS. Add'fr.n'% S^iclatoi . 
 
 3. Outrage ; aCl of contempt, in a more 
 
 Ecaeral fenfe. . 
 
 A F L 
 
 Oft ha-;e they violated 
 Tnc teivipls, oft the law, with t'oul affroms, 
 Abominations rather. Taradifr Rcga:n,\l. 
 
 4. Difgrace; fliame.- This fenfe is rather 
 peculiar to the Scottifli dialecl. 
 
 Antonius attacked the pirates of Crete, and 
 by his too great prefumpvion, Was defeated ; 
 upon the fenfe of which nffiont he died with 
 grief. " Arbuthnot on Cains. 
 
 .A.I rRo'NTER. n.f. {iram. ajfront.'] The 
 perfon that aftVonts. 
 
 Atfro'ntikg. part. adj. [froin affront.\ 
 That has the quality of affronting ; con- 
 tumelious. 
 
 Among words which fignify the fame prin- 
 cipal ideas, fome arc clean and decent, others 
 unclean: Come are kind, others aie affronting 
 and reproachful, becaulc of the fecondaiy idea 
 which cullomhas affixed to tlicm. irait!. 
 
 To AFFLT'SE, -v. a. [affundo, affufum, 
 Lat.] To pour one thing upon an- 
 other. 
 
 I poured acid liquors, to try if they contained 
 any volatile fait or fpiric, which would probably 
 have difcovercd itfelf, by making an ebullition 
 ■with the affufrd Uqiior. B'jyle. 
 
 Affu'sion. 71. f. [^//fu, Lat.] The aft 
 of pouring one thing upon another.' 
 
 Upon the r.ffit/ion of a tindlure of galls, it im- 
 mediately became as bhrk as ink. CV, 71^ 
 
 To AFFY': ^■. a. [,]ffier,Tr. afidjre nui- 
 Uerem, Braftou.] To betroth in urder 
 to marriage. 
 
 Vv'eddcd be thou to the hags of hell, 
 For daring to affy a mighty lord 
 Unto the daughter of a worthlcfs king. S/iakfp. 
 
 To Affy'. v. n. To put confidence in ; 
 to put trull in ; to confide. Not in 
 
 ufe. 
 
 Marcus Andronicus, I'o I do affy 
 In thy uprightnefs and integrity. 
 That I will here difmifs my loving friends. 
 
 Sttalffr.vc'S Titus ji.i'-.nirir-. 
 
 Afi'eld. adv. [from a a.nd Jicld. See 
 
 Field.] To the field. 
 
 We drove aficiJ, and lioth together heard 
 What time thi; grey fly winds her fultry hoi 11, 
 Batt'ning our flocks with the ficlh dews of night. 
 
 Mi/ton. 
 Aflr/J I went, amid ttic morning dew, 
 To milk my kinc, for fo Ihould houfewives da. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Apla't. adv. [from a znd. Jlat. See 
 Flat.] Level with the ground. 
 
 When you would have many new roots of 
 
 fruit-trees, take a low tree, and'bow it, and by 
 
 all his branches afat upon the ground, and calf 
 
 earth up»n them ; and every twig will take root. 
 
 Sacon's Natnrat Hijlory. 
 
 Aflo'at. adv. [from a and _/o(3^ See 
 Float.] Floating; born up in the 
 water ; not finking : in a figurative 
 fenfe, within view ; in motion. 
 
 Thc»c is a tide in the aifalrs of men, 
 Which, taken at the fiood, leads on to fortune; 
 Omitted, all the voyage of their lite 
 Is bound in fhallows and in miferies. 
 Oil fiich a full fea are we now a/loat; 
 And we rnuft take the current when it fcrve5, 
 Or lofe our ventures. Skai/prare. 
 
 Take any pailinn of the foulof man, while it 
 is predominant and afloat, and, juft in the cri- 
 tical height of it, nick it with feme lucky 01 un- 
 lucky word, and you may as certainly over- 
 rule it to your own purpofe, as a Ipai k of fiie, 
 falling upon gunpowder, will infallibly blow 
 
 A F R' 
 
 up 
 
 South. 
 
 There arc generally fcveral hundred loads of 
 timber afloat, for they cut above twenty-five 
 le.igucs up the river ; and uthcv rivers bung in 
 theii contributions, •/lAi/if. 
 
 A?o'oT. adv. [from .-.- and/oo/.] 
 
 I; On foot; not on hoi ft back. 
 
 He tho'jght it belt to return, for that day, t.*-. 
 a village not far off; and, difpatching his horfe 
 in fohae fort the next day early, to cnmc afiot 
 thither. Shakjfcarc. 
 
 2. In aftioi' ; as, a.defgn :s afoot. 
 I pr'ythcc, when thou letft that aiS a/ml, 
 
 Ev'n wi'.h the very comment of thy foul 
 Obfcrve mine uncle. Shjiifpcart. 
 
 3. In motion. 
 Of Alb.iny'iand Cornwall's pow'is you hcaid 
 
 not — 
 'Tis faid they are "foot. Siakfjicare, ; 
 
 Afo're. prep, [from a and/or^. See Be- 
 fore.] 
 
 I. Not behind; as, he held the fliield 
 afore. Not in ufe. 
 
 z. Before; nearer in place to any thing p.. 
 as, he flood afore him. 
 
 3. .Sooner in time. 
 
 If your diligence be not fpcedy, I IViall be there; <, 
 afo7c you. Sisakf^earc'i King Lear, . 
 
 Afo're. adv.- 
 
 1. In time foregone or paft. 
 Wiiofoever Ihould make light of any tiling 
 
 afon fpoken or written, out of his own houfc 
 2 tree (hould be taken, and he thereon be hanged. 
 
 Kfdrai. _ 
 If he never drank wine nfore, it will go near . 
 to remove his (it. Hhakfffarc'i Tempefl. 
 
 2. Firfl in the way. . 
 .ilimilia, run you io the citadel, , ' 
 
 And tell my lord and lady what hath hap'd; 
 Will you go on afort? Skakffcare'i OthdU. . 
 
 3. In front ; in the forepart. 
 Approaching nigh, he ivared liigh afore 
 
 His body mnnlli jus, horrible, and vaft. Fairy Q^.~. 
 
 Afo'RV^COiKG.J/arlicif. adj. l_(romaforc 
 
 and^wHj'^] Going before. 
 Afo'reh.\nd.(?^'ii. [hom afore and tand. J \ 
 1. By a previous provilion. . 
 
 Many of the particular fubjcc?ts of difcourfe 
 
 are occafional, and fuch as cannot aforehand be 
 
 reduced to any certain account. Gov. of I'ongue. 
 
 3. Provided; prepared; previonfly fitted^ 
 
 For it will be faid, that in the former times, . 
 
 whereof wc have fpoken, Spain was not fa 
 
 mighty as now it is ; and England, on the other 
 
 fide, was more nforehand in all matters of power. 
 
 Bacon's Cojifidcr ations or. Jf'ar luiih Spain, . 
 
 Afo'rementioned. adj. [from afore 
 and mentioned.] Mentioned before. 
 
 Among the nine other parts, five arc not in a . 
 condition to give alms or relief to thofc ajorfi* 
 tnentio'ird; being very near reduced themfelves . 
 to the fame mifcrable condition. Addlfon. 
 
 Afo'renamed. adj. [from afore and- 
 7iamed.'[ Named before. 
 
 Imitate fomething of circular form, in which, , 
 as in all other afor enamel proportions, you (hall , 
 help yourfclf by the diameter. Pcacham, 
 
 Afo'resaid. adj. [ixom afore ?mA faiil.'] 
 Said before. ' 
 
 It ii'-'cd not go for repetition, if we lefunie 
 again that which we faid in the aforifiid cxperi- 
 mcnt. Bacon's Natural Hiflory. 
 
 Afo'retime. adv. [from dfore and//;n^.] , 
 In time paft. 
 
 O thou that .art waxen old in wickcdnefs, . 
 now thy fins which thou haft commitcd afore 
 time arc come to light. Suf.^nna. 
 
 Afra'jd. par!, adj. [from the verb affray : ■ 
 '. it fliould therefore properly be written , 
 
 ; with/.] _ 
 
 1. Struck with fear ; terrified; fearful. 
 
 So pcilccute them with thy tcmpcfl^, and ' 
 make them afraid with thy (iorm. I'faltns. 
 
 It has the particle of before the objedt- 
 of fear.
 
 AFT 
 
 Tlifrr, l,.Htliing life, nnd yet o/diMlh »f,.-\id. 
 In anguKh of her li'irit thus (he pray'cl. Pr-niui. 
 
 If, while ihis wciiied fltlh draws Hwliiii; 
 Iircatli, 
 Not fitisfy'd with life, afraid tf Ai->K\\, 
 ft hap'ly be tiiy will, that I (hoiiUl kumv 
 dimple of ci<'lii;ht, or paule from .mxious woe ; 
 l''roni now, from indant iiov, great Sire, difpel 
 The clouds th.it prel^ my foul. Vriiyr. 
 
 ArRESH. adv. [from a i^.\^ frcjh. See 
 Fresh.] Anew; again, alter iuttr- 
 rnifllon. 
 
 The Germans fcrving upon great horfes, and 
 ch.ugi.d with heavy armour, received great hurt 
 by liglit (kirmilhcs ; the Tuiks, with their light 
 lio'Ks, eafily Ihunnlni their charge, and ai;ain, 
 at their plcafinc, chargirg them •'f<'fi, when 
 tiity fawihe heavy liorfes almoft weary. Kmllcs. 
 
 When once we have attained thelc ideas, 
 they may be excited nj'rfji by the ufc of words. 
 I'KlIll' /.ogkk. 
 
 .Afuo'nt. adv. [from a znd fronl.^ In 
 
 front ; in direft opporition to the face. 
 
 Thcfc four came all ofront, and mainly thrult 
 
 at me. Shatfpeari' i Henry iv. 
 
 A'FxnR. prep. [Kjrcep, Sax.] 
 
 1. Following in place, ./^^^-r is commonly 
 applied to words of motion ; as, he came 
 after, ^iid flood behind him. It is oppo- 
 fetl to hefure. 
 
 What fays [lord W-u-wick, (hall we ajter 
 them? — 
 —After them! nay, l.forc them, if we can. 
 
 Shakff care's Unny vi. 
 
 2. In purfuit of. 
 
 jlftcr whom is the king of IfracI come out.' 
 After whom dott thou purfue? Afters, dead dog, 
 ofter a flea. r Samuel. 
 
 5. Behind. This is not a common ufe. 
 Sometimes 1 phiccd a third pril"m*wy"/rr a fc- 
 cond, and fomctimes alfo a fourth after a third, 
 by all which the image mi^'ht he often rcfrai5lcd 
 fldcways. Newton'i Optieh. 
 
 4, Pollerior in time. 
 
 Good after ill, and after pain dclii;ht; 
 Alternate, like the fccnes of day and night, 
 
 Dryden's Fables. 
 
 Wc fliall examine the ways of conveyance of 
 tlie fovcrcignty of Adam to princes that were to 
 reign ^y>(r him. Leieke. 
 
 5. According to. 
 
 He that thinkctii Spain our over-match, i> no 
 good mint-man, lait takes grcatncfs of king- 
 doms according to bulk and currency, and not 
 after their intrinfic value. Baron. 
 
 <5. In imitation of. 
 
 There arc, among the old Roman ftatues, 
 fevcral of Venus, in ditfcrent poliurcs and ha- 
 bits ; as there arc many particular figures of her 
 made after the fame dcfign. Adlifn's Italy. 
 
 This allufion is after the oriental manner: 
 thu-s, in the Pfalms, how frequently are perf>ns 
 compared to cedars. Pope's (Jilylfey. 
 
 A'fter. ailv. 
 
 1. In fucceeding time. It is iifed of time 
 mentioned as fucceeding fome other. So 
 we cannot fay, I fhall be happy itfte-r, 
 but hereafter ; but we fay, I was liril 
 made miferable by the lofs, but was 
 after happier. 
 
 I'.ir be it fiom me, to juftify the cruelties 
 wiiich were at firlf ufed towards them, which 
 bad their reward foon after. Baan. 
 
 Thofe who, from the pit of iiell 
 Roaming to feek their prey on earth, durit fix 
 Their feats long after next the feat of God. 
 
 I'ayadifc L-^J}. 
 
 2. FoDowing another. 
 
 Let go thy hold, when a great wheel runs 
 flown a hill, left it break thy neck with follow- 
 ing it ; but the great one that goes upward, let 
 hmi draw thee aftsr, Shakf peart' i J^„g l,car. 
 
 -AFT 
 
 Aptkr is compotmdcd with many words, 
 but almoli always in its genuine and pri- 
 mitive figiiitlcation : fome, which occur- 
 red, will foli'tjw, by which others may 
 be explained. 
 A'ft!£R-.\cckptation. 11. f. [from after 
 and acceptation. ] A fenfe afterward, not 
 at firil admitted. 
 
 'Ti^ true, fome doitors in a fcantier fpace, . 
 I mean, in each apart, contraft the placi: ; 
 Sijmc, who to greater length extend the line, 
 The ohuich's aficr-rc. epiati'.n join. DiyJen. 
 A'FTERAGiis. II. f. [from «/?«• and ai,'fj. ] 
 Succeflive time.-i ; pofterity. Of this 
 word I have found no lingular ; but fee 
 not why it might not be faid, 'J hii luUlle 
 done in fome allerage. 
 
 Not the whole bind, which tt.c Chufites 
 fliould or nright, in future time, conquer; fee- 
 ing, in afteragesf ib.cy became lords of many 
 nations. Katr:f^h*s JUJf'.ry of the IT'orlJ. 
 
 Nor to philofophers is pvaifedcny'd, 
 Whofe wife inftruftioni afierages ^ultic. Denham. 
 
 What an opiniuu will afterages entertain of 
 their religion, who bid fair for a gibbet, to bring 
 in a fuperftition, whichthcir forefathers periflicd 
 in Barnes to keep out } Acleifon. 
 
 A'FTER-AtL. When all has been taken 
 into the view ; when there remains no- 
 thing more to be added ; at lall ; in 
 fine ; in conclufion ; upon the whole ; 
 at the moil. 
 
 They have given no good proof in affcrting 
 tills extravagant principle ; for which, after all, 
 they have no ground or colour, but a palTage or 
 two of fcriptute, miferably perverted, in oppo- 
 htion to manyexpicfs texts. Atterbu^y. 
 
 But, after all, if they have any merit, it is 
 to be altiihuted to fome good old authors, 
 whofe works 1 ftudy. Vope on Pajloral Poetry. 
 
 A'fterbibth. n. f. [from after and 
 birth.'] The membrane in which the 
 birth was involved, which is brought 
 away after ; the fecundine. 
 
 The exorbitancics or ricgenerationi, whether 
 from a iiurt in labour, or from part of the after- 
 birth left behind, produce fuch virulent diilem- 
 pers of tiic blood, as make it calf out a tumour. 
 
 H' ifeman' i SlJJ^ery. 
 
 A'f T E R c L A P . «. y. [ from after and clap. ] 
 Unexpefted events happening after an 
 affair is fuppofed to be at an end. 
 For the next morrow's mead, they clofcly 
 went, 
 For fear of (lyVfirAi/'j to prevent. H.-thherd's Tale. 
 It is commonly taken in an ill fenfe. 
 A'ftercost. ri.f. [from a/?f>- and fo/?.] 
 The latter charges ; the e.-ipence in- 
 curred after the original plan is exe- 
 cuted. 
 
 You muft take care to carry off the land-floods 
 and ftreams, before you attempt draining ; left 
 your afte:eojl and labour prove unfiiccefsl'ul. 
 
 Mortimer's Hufhaneirv. 
 
 A'ftercrop. n.f. [from rt/>«-and crop."] 
 The fecond crop or harvtil of the fame 
 year. 
 
 Aftercropi I tliink neither good for the land, 
 nor yet the hay good for the cattle. Mtirtimtr. 
 A'pTER-niNNFR. «. f. [from after and 
 d\niter.'\ The hour palling juft after 
 dinner, which is generally allowed to 
 indulgence and amufement. 
 
 Thou hall nor youth nor age, 
 But, as it were, an after-eiianer*& fiecp. 
 Dreaming on both. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A'fter-emdf.a vouR. n.f, \J\-oTa after 
 and endeavour.'] Endeavour made after 
 the firft effort or endeavour. 
 
 AFT 
 
 There It no reafon why tlic found of .1 pijfe 
 niOMhi leave traces in their biatns, which, noC 
 firrt, but by their after-enJeavcttrs, (houtd pro- 
 duce the like founds. Locke, 
 A'fter-jnquiry. n.f. [from after and 
 inquiry.] Inquiry made after the fail 
 committed, or after life. 
 
 You muii cither be direftcd by foinc that t.rke 
 upon thein to know, or take upon yourfclf that, 
 which, I am furc, you dn not know, or lumi» 
 the after-cvquiry on your peril. Sliakfpeai r. 
 
 To A'KTEREyE. V. a. [from aftcrznd eye.] 
 To keep one in view ; to follow ia 
 view. Not in ufe. 
 
 Thou (houldli have made him 
 As liitle as a crow, or Id's, etc' left 
 To afttreys him. L^a'.jp^are' i Cynihettfie. 
 
 A'ftergame. n, f. [[from after an.l 
 game.'] The fclieme v.-hich may be 
 laid, or the expedients which are prac- 
 tifed, after the original defign has mif- 
 carried ; methodj taken after the firil ■ 
 ttun of affairs. 
 
 This e.irl, like certain vegetables, did hui 
 and open Oowly; nature fomeiimes delighting 
 to plav an aftergame, as well as fortune, whic.i 
 had both their turns and tides in couifc. IVott'^n. 
 
 The fil-les of the axc-handlc and the wedge, 
 ferve to precaution us not Co put ourfelvcs iieed- 
 lefsly upon an aftergame, but to weigh before- 
 hand what we fay and do. L' f.fran^e' s Fables. 
 
 Our firli defign, my friend, has prov'd abortive; 
 Still there remains an aftergame to play. Addifoii^ 
 
 A'rTERiiot'RS. n, f. [from after and 
 hottrs.'] The hours that fucceed. 
 
 So fmilc the heav'ns upon this holy a£f. 
 That afte) hours with forrow chide us not. Sh.it-l'p. 
 A'fter-liver. II. f. [from after and 
 live.] He thatlivts in fucceeding times. 
 
 By thee my promifc fent 
 UntJ myfcif, let after-livers know. Sidney. 
 
 A'fterlove. «./. [[from afterand love.] 
 The fecond or later love. 
 
 Intended, or committed, was this fault .^ 
 If but the hrll, how heinous e'er it be, 
 To win thy after-love, I pardon thee, Sfiakfp, 
 A'ftermath. F;.y^_[from after and math, 
 from mow.] The latter math ; the 
 fecond crop of grafs, mown in autumn. 
 See Aftercrop. 
 A'fternoon. n. f. [from after T^rxd noon. 1 
 The time from the meridian to the 
 evening. 
 
 A beauty-walning and diftreflcd widow, 
 Ev'n in the afternoon of her beft ^n)'ti. 
 Made priic and purchate of his wanton eye. 
 
 Shakfpeare' s Richard Iff, 
 However, keep the lively lade you hold 
 Of God ; and love him now, but fear him morej 
 And, in your afternoons, think what you tol4 
 And promis'd him at morning-prayer before. 
 
 DoKne, 
 Such, all the morning, to the pleadings run; 
 But, when the bus'nefs of the day is done, 
 On dice, and drink, and drabs, th.cy fpcnd the fl/« 
 ternoon. r>ry den's Perfius, 
 
 A'fterpaiks, n.f. \fixQmaficri.\\d pain.'\ 
 The pains after birth, by which women 
 arc delivered of the fecundine. 
 A'f terpart. n.y. [from<3/7fr 3.xidparl.\ 
 The latter pait. 
 
 The flcxiblencfs of ihe former i>att of a man's . 
 age, not yet grown up to be heatiftrong, makes 
 it more governable and fafe ; and, in the after... 
 part, tcafon and forcfight begin a little to take 
 place, and mind a man of his fafcty and im- 
 provement. Loch. 
 A'fterproof. n.f. [ixamafter and/ro-//".] 
 I. Evidence pofterior-tto the thing in quef- 
 tion,
 
 A G A 
 
 8. Qualities known by fubfequent expe- 
 rience. 
 
 All know, that he likcwife at firft was much 
 under the expcdlation of his afterprcof; fiich a 
 folar influence there is in the folar afpe£t. tVvtton. 
 A'ftertaste.h./ [ from (7/«j- and tajle.'] 
 A tafte remaining upon the tongue after 
 the draught, which was not perceived 
 in the aft of drinking. 
 A'fterthought. n.f. [from after and 
 thought.] Refleftions after the aft ; ex- 
 pedients formed too late. It is not pro- 
 perly to be ufed inr fecond thought. 
 
 Expence, and afterthonfjil, and idle care, 
 And doubts of motley hue, and dark dcfpair; 
 Sufpicion;, and fantaltical furmifc, 
 And jealonfy fnffus'd with jaundice in her t-yes, 
 Difcolouring all fhe view'd, in tawny drefs'il, 
 Downlook'd, and with a cuckow on her filt. 
 
 Dry.itn's FiiUci. 
 
 A'ftertimes. n.f. [from after andi/W.] 
 Succeeding times. See Afterages. 
 
 Yon promis'd once a progeny divine 
 Of Romans, rifing from the Trojan line. 
 In aftsi-timei Ihould held the world in awe, 
 And to the land and ocean give the law. Dry.ltn. 
 A'PTERTOSSING. ri. f. [from after and 
 tofr.] The motion of the fea after a 
 ftorm. 
 
 Confufions and tumults arc only the impotent 
 remains of an unnatural rebellion, and are no 
 more than the iiftn.'njirig! of a fea when the 
 fiorm is h'.d. j]dd:foti's FrcehiUtr. 
 
 A'fter w A R P. adv. [ from after and peapb. 
 Sax.] In fucceeding time : fometiraes 
 written afteriuards, but lefs properly. 
 
 Ufci not thought upon before, may uftaivard 
 fpiing uji, and be reafonable caufes of retaining 
 that, which former conftderatioiis did formerly 
 proem e to be inftitutcd. lUokrr. 
 
 An anxious dillrurt of the divine goudnefs, 
 makes a mm more and more unworthy of it; 
 and miferablc beforehand, for fear of being fo 
 af.'erwarJ. L'Kjtrange. 
 
 A'i^TERWiT. n.f. [from after and w;/.] 
 The contrivance of expedients after the 
 occafion of ufing them is paft. See 
 Afterthought. 
 
 ' There is no recalling what's gone and paft ; fo 
 
 that ajieriuit comes too late, when tlje mifchief 
 
 is done. " L'}lj!i.i)igr. 
 
 A'fterwrath. n. f. [from after and 
 
 lurath.l Anger wlien the piovocation 
 
 feems paft. 
 
 I hear him mock 
 The luck of Cxf.ir, which the gods give men 
 T' excufe their .i/>« ivratl:. .S/iniiftjif. 
 
 A'GA. n.f. The title of a Tiirkilh mili- 
 tary officer. 
 Aga'ik. adv. [ajen. Sax.] 
 
 1 . A fecond time ; once more ; marking 
 the repetition of the fame thing. 
 
 The poor remnant of human feed, which re- 
 mained in their mountains, peopled their coun- 
 try again (lowly, by little and litUe. Bacon. 
 
 Should Nature's felf invade the world a^ain^ 
 And o'er the centre fprcad the lit^uid main, 
 Thy pow'; v/crc fafe. Walhr. 
 
 Go now, deluded man, and feck again 
 JNcw toils, new dangers, on the dufty plain. 
 
 JjrvJen'^ jE/tei.l. 
 
 Some arc already retired into foreign countries ; 
 and the reft who polfcfs lands, arc determined 
 never to hazard th';ni ttgairtj fur tire fake of ef- 
 tablifning their fi'perHiiion. Swiff. 
 
 2. On the other hand ; marking fomc op- 
 pofition or contrariety. 
 
 His wit incrcafed upon the occafion ; and fo 
 much the more, if tiic occafion were (harfencd 
 with danger. ./Igain, whether it were the llioit- 
 
 A-G A 
 
 nefs of his forefight, or the ftrength of his will, 
 ccitain it is, that the perpetual trouble oi his 
 fortunes could not have been without defcifU in 
 hii: nature. Bacon. 
 
 Thole things that we know not what to do 
 withal, it we had them ; and thofe things, agaitif 
 which another, cannot part with, but to his own 
 lofs and iharae. L'Bjhange's Fable%. 
 
 3. On another part ; marking a transition 
 to fome new confideratlon. 
 
 Behold yon mountain's hoary height, 
 Made hightrwitla new mounts of fnow; 
 
 ./Jgain, behold the winter's weight 
 Opprcfs the lab'ring woods below. Dryden. 
 
 4. In return; noting reaction, or reci- 
 procal aftion ; as, his fortune worked 
 upon his nature, and his nature again 
 upon his fortune. 
 
 5. Back J in reflitution. 
 
 When your head did but ak.e, 
 I knit my handkerchief about your brows ; 
 The beft I had, a princefs wrought it mc, 
 And I did never alk it you again. Shakfp. 
 
 6. In return for any thing ; in recompence. 
 That he hath given will he pay again. Vroverbs. 
 
 7. In orderof rankorfuccelfion ; marking 
 diftributlon. 
 
 Qucltion was afked of Demofthenes, What 
 was the chief part of an orator ? He anfwercd, 
 A6tion. Wliatnext? Aiflion, What next .i^<j;>i .^ 
 Atflion. Bacon's Ejjliys. 
 
 The canfe of the holding green, is the clofe and 
 compact fubflance of their leaves, and the pe- 
 dicles of them ; and the caiife of that again is 
 cither the tough and vilcous juice of the plant, 
 or the l^reiij^th and heat thereof. Bacon. 
 
 8. Befides ; in any other time or place. 
 
 They have theWalloons, whoarc tall foldiers ; 
 yet that is bu; a fpol of ground. But, on the 
 other fide, there is wot in the world again fueh a 
 fpring andfcniinary of brave military people, as 
 in England, Scotland, and Ireland, Bacon. 
 
 9. Twice as much ; marking the fame 
 quantity once repeated. 
 
 There arc whom iieav'n has blcft with llore of 
 wit. 
 Yet want a^ much again to manage it ; 
 For wit and judgment ever arc at rtrife, 
 Tho' meant each others aid, like man and wife. 
 
 Ptpe. 
 I Ihould not be forry to fee a chwrus on a the- 
 atre more than as large and as deep again as ours, 
 built and adorned at a king's charges. Dryden. 
 
 10. Jgah} and again ; with frequent repe- 
 tition ; often. 
 
 This is not to be obtained by one or two hafty 
 readings : it muft be repeated again and .igaiv^ 
 with a clofc attention to the tcnour of the dif- 
 ct.urfc. Loile. 
 
 11. In oppofition ; by way of refi fiance. 
 Who art thou ta..!t anfwerert a^^ii/^ .^ Rofna/nt. 
 
 13. Back; as returning from fome me f- 
 fage. 
 Bring us word again which way wc fhall go. 
 
 X)eu/tionorny. 
 
 Ag ,\'itiST. prep, [aen^eon, ongeonb, Sax.] 
 
 1, In oppofition to any perfon. 
 
 And he will be a wild man; his hand will 
 be f'gainji every man, and every man's hand 
 againji him. Genejii. 
 
 2. Contrary ; oppnfite, in general. 
 
 That authority of men fUould prevail with 
 men eitlKT againji or above rcalon, is no part of 
 our belief. Hooker. 
 
 He is melancholy without caufe, and merry 
 againji the hair. Shukfpeaie. 
 
 Wc nii^ht work any efFc(S without and againji 
 niaitcr ; and this not holpci^ by the co-operation 
 of angels or fpirits, but only by the unity and 
 harmony of narurc. Bacon's Natural Hi fkry. 
 
 Tiic preventing goodncfs of God docs even 
 wrelt iiim from bimlclf, and fave him, as it were, 
 againji his will. S^HHth. 
 
 A G A 
 
 The god, uneafy till he flcpt again, 
 Refolv'd at once to rid iiimfelf of pain j 
 And, tho' againji his curtom, cull'd aloud, 
 
 D}yd€nt 
 
 Men often fay a thing is againji their con- 
 fcience, when really it is not. S-w/ft's MiJctI, 
 
 3. In contradidlion to any opinion. 
 After all that can be iViid againji a thing, this 
 
 will rtill be true, that many things poflibly are, 
 which we know not of; and that many more 
 things may be than arc : and if fo, after all our 
 arguments againji a thing, it will be uncertain 
 whether it be or not. Tillotjon, 
 
 The church-ckrgy have written the bi-'ll coi- 
 ]c(^ion of trails againji y>opQry that ever appear- 
 ed in England. SiviJ'e, 
 
 4. With contrary motion or tendency : 
 ufed of material adtion. 
 
 Boils and plagues 
 Plaifter you o'er, that one infeii^ another 
 Againji the wind a mile. Skakfpcarc's C'nrlolani/t. 
 The kite being a bird of prey, ai.d therefore 
 hot, delightetb in the freHi air; and many tlmw- 
 HictU again/} the wind, ns troutg and lalmoni 
 fwim againji the iheam. Bficort. 
 
 5. Contrary to rule or law. 
 
 If tin^ht againji my life 
 Thy country fought of thee, it fought unjufily^ 
 ^g'^i'ji the law of nature, law of nations. 
 
 Milton, 
 Jigainf. the public fan<ftions of the peace, 
 u^giiinjf all omens of their ill fuccef.^. 
 With fates avcrfe, the rout in arms refoit, 
 To force their monarch, and iufult the court. 
 
 Dry den, 
 
 6. Oppofitc to, in place. 
 
 yjgajfji the Tibci's mouth, but far away, 
 
 Drydin, 
 
 7. To the hurt of another. See fenfe 5, 
 
 And, when thou think'ftof her eternity, 
 Think not that death againji her nature is ; 
 
 Think it a blith and when thou go'ft to die, 
 Sing like a fwan, as if thou went'ft to blifs. 
 
 Sir y. Dailies* 
 
 8. In provlfion for; in expe6tation of. 
 This mode of fpeaking probably had its' 
 originiil from the idea of making pro- 
 vifion againf}^ or in oppofition to, a 
 lime of misfortune, but by degrees ac- 
 quired a neutral fenfe. It fometimes has 
 the c.'ife elliptically fupprelled; as, 
 oga'wjl he comes, that is, agalnJl the time 
 when he comes. 
 
 Thence (he them brought into a ftately hall, 
 Wherein were many tables fair difpread, 
 
 And ready dight with drapcts iVrtival, 
 ./Againji the viands fliould be miniftred. Fairy Q, 
 
 The like ch.irgc was givtii tlicm ag.iinji the 
 time thty fliould comr to filtic tliemfcKes in 
 the land promilcd unto then r.ithcrs. Hooker. 
 
 Some lay, that ever 'g^^i'lfi that feafon comes, 
 Whcrtin our Saviour's birth is celebrated. 
 The bird of dawning fmgeth all night long j 
 And then they lay no fpirit walks abroad ; 
 The nights arc wliolcfome, thin no planets ftrikc; 
 No fairy take;, no witch hath power to charm ; 
 So hallow'd and fo gracious is iiie time. Shakfp. 
 
 To th It purpofc, he madt: halle to Briftol 
 that all things might be ready 'Againji the prince 
 came thirlicr. Clarendon, 
 
 ^gainp the promis'd time provides with care. 
 
 And halicns in the woof the robes he was to 
 
 wear. Diyde?!. 
 
 All which I grant to be vcafonably and truly 
 (aid, and only defue they may be remembered 
 agtiinji another day. Stillirgfieett 
 
 A'G.^LAXY. «,y. [fioma and yaKa,'\ Want 
 of milk. D}^, 
 
 Aga'pe.^.v/'u. [from a ^wd^gahe.^ Staring 
 with cugerncfs, as a bird giipes fur meat. 
 
 In himfcif was all his ftatc ; 
 More folemn than the tedious pomp that waits 
 Ojj princes, >^hcn their lich letiuue long
 
 AGE 
 
 Of hoiTes la!, and grooms bcfmear'd Willi gold, 
 Dazzles the crowd, and fits them all ae^apt. 
 
 Pur.iJife LiJ. 
 Daizle the crowd, and fct them all "gai't. 
 
 Fii/;j><. 
 The whole crowd flood agnft, and ready to 
 take the doctor at his word. SycBttot. 
 
 A'garick. n. f. [agaiL-um, Lat.] A 
 drug of ufe in phyfick, and the dyinjf 
 trade. It is divided into male and 
 female : the male is ufed only in dying, 
 the female in medicine : the male grows 
 OH oaks, the female on larches. 
 
 There are two excrefccncct which grow upon 
 trees, both of them in the nature of mulhrooms : 
 the one the Rnmms call Imlifn, which growcth 
 urtin the rooti of oaks, and was one of the 
 dainties of tlirir table ; the other is medicinal, 
 that is called ngMict, which growech upon the 
 tops of oaks; ihuugli it be atfirraed by fonie, 
 that it uruwcih alfj at the routs. Bccot. 
 
 Aca'st. adj. [This w-oid, which isufually, 
 by later authors, written aghafl, is not 
 improbably the true word, derived from 
 agaze, which has been written aghajl 
 from a miftaken etymology. See 
 c Aghast.] Struck with terrour ; 
 
 amazed ; frighted to aftonilTiraent. 
 
 Thus roving on 
 In confus'd march forlorn, th' advent'rous 
 
 bands 
 With fhudd'rinj hoirour pale, and eyes a^nfi, 
 VicwM firlt their laraent.ible lot, .and found 
 No reft. MUtor:! Faradjf Lofi. 
 
 A'gate. n./. \agate,Yr. achates, 'L3X..'\ 
 A precious Hone of the loweft clafs, 
 often clouded with beautiful variega- 
 tions. 
 
 In drape no bigger tlian an agnti flone, 
 On the forefinger of an alderman. Shaifpeaie. 
 ^gatci arc only varieties of the timt kind; 
 they have a grey horny ground, clouded, lineated, 
 or fpotted with ditt'crcnt colours, chieHy dullcy, 
 black, brown, red, and fomerimcs Hue. JVecdiu. 
 ^'g.\'xy. adj. [hom agate.'] Partaking of 
 the nature of agate. 
 
 An ae.ity flint was above two inches in dia- 
 meter; the whole cuvcreri over witli a t'riat'le 
 cretaceous crnll. UXaJ-cnJ. 
 
 To Aga'ze. •y. a. [from a and ^os^, to 
 fet a gazing ; as, amaze, amuj'e, and 
 others.] To llrike with amazement ; 
 to tlupify with fudden terrour. The 
 verb is now out of ufe. 
 
 So as tiiev traveird io they 'gan efpy 
 An aimed knight toward theni gallop fal^, 
 That ficnned from fnine feared foe to fly, 
 Or other grilly thing that him .i^y/?. ¥a':r\ C^uteji. 
 Aga'zed. farticipial ai:j. [fcpm aga'ze \ 
 which fee.] Struck with aniazeinent ; 
 terrified to ftupidity. 
 Hundreds iie fejK to hell, and none durft ft.md 
 him ; 
 Here, there, and every where, entag'd he Hew : 
 The French exclaim'd, " The devil was in 
 
 arms!" 
 All the whole army ftood agaxtd on him. ,?/(«/f. 
 
 AGE. n. f. [agf, Fr. anciently, cage or 
 
 aage : it is deduced by Menage from 
 
 ata'him, of /etas ; by 'Jumus, from aa, 
 
 vhich, in the Teutonic dialetls, fig- 
 
 . nllied long duration.] 
 
 I. Any period of time iittributed to fome- 
 thiiig, as the whole, or part, of its 
 duration : in this fenfe we lay, the ef;e 
 of man, the fcveral ugcs of the world, 
 the golden or iron age. 
 
 One man in his time plays many parts, 
 His lift being fevcn «gfi. ' Skulf^iare. 
 
 AGE 
 
 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt fcvcn- 
 iccn yenis; fo the whole agi of Jacob was an 
 kundred forty and fcvcn years. Gcnefn. 
 
 2. A fucccflion or generation of men. 
 
 Hence, lartly, fpiiiigs care of potteriiies, 
 For things llicir kind wuuid cvcrlaliing make : 
 
 Hence is ir, that old men do phint young trees, 
 The fruit whereof another age Ihall take. 
 
 air y. Daviei. 
 Next ro the Son, 
 Dcftin'd Rcftorer of mnnkind, by wham 
 New hcav'n, and earth, Ihall to the agn rife, 
 Or down from heav'n defcend. l*araJiJc Ltfi, 
 
 No declining ^ige 
 E'er felt the raptures of poetic rage. Rofcommon. 
 
 3. The time in which any particular man, 
 or race of men, lived or fhall live ; as, 
 \.\\cage of heroes. 
 
 No longer now the golden age appears, 
 ■When patriarch wits fiiiviv'd 4 thuufand ycais. 
 
 pope. 
 
 4. The fpacc of a hundred j'ears ; afecu- 
 lar period ; a century. 
 
 5. The latter part of life ; old age ; old- 
 nefs. 
 
 You fee how full of change his age is : the 
 oblcrvation we have made of it hath not been 
 little; he always loved our fiiier moft, and with 
 what poor judgment he hath now call her otF ! 
 
 iihak[penre*s King Lear. 
 Boys muft not Imveth* ambitious care of men, 
 Nor men the weak anxieties oi age. R'jfcommcn. 
 And on this forcTitfad, where your verfe has 
 faid 
 The loves delighted, and the graces playM, 
 Infultingd^^ will trace his cruel way, 
 And leave lad marks of his deftru£tivc fway. 
 
 Frior. 
 
 6. Maturity ; ripenefs ; years of dlfcre- 
 tion ; full ftrength of life. 
 
 A folcmn admilTion of pTOfclyteSjall that either, 
 being of agty defire that admilfion Cor thenifclves, 
 or that, in infancv, are by others prefented to 
 th?r charily oi the church. HammcftJ. 
 
 We tliought our fires, not with their own 
 content, 
 Had, ere we came to agej our portion fpcnl. 
 
 Drji.icft. 
 
 7. In law. 
 
 In a man, the age of fourteen years is the age 
 of difcretion ; and twenty-one years is the full 
 agf. In a woman, at fevcn years of age, the 
 lord her father may diftrain his tenants for aid to 
 marry her; at the age of nine years (be is dow- 
 ablc ; at twelve years, fhc is able finally to ratify 
 and confirm her former confcnt given to matri- 
 niuny ; at fourteen, (he is enabled to receive 
 hci hind into her own hands, and fhall be out 
 of ward at the dt-ath of her anccltur: at fixtecn 
 fnc fhall be out of ward, though at the death oi 
 her anccilor, (he was within the age of foLUteen 
 
 ^tavs; at twenty-one, fhe is able to alitnale her 
 ]|pids and tenements. At the age of fourteen, 
 a ftiipling is enabled to choofe hii own guardian; 
 at the age of fourteen, a man may confcnt to mar- 
 TiTi^c. Cbwell. 
 
 A'gkd. adj. [from age. It makes two 
 fytlablcs in poetry.] 
 
 1. Old ; ftricken in years ; applied gene- 
 rally to animate beings. 
 
 If ;he coroparifon do (land between man and 
 man, the aged^ for the mollp.nit, are belt cxpe- 
 rionctd, ieaft fubjeft to raih and unadvifcd paf- 
 hons. Hooker. 
 
 Novelty isonly in rcquefl; and it isasdangcious 
 to be agt i in any kind of courfe, as it is virtu- 
 ous to be conftiiiU in any undertaking. Shakjp. 
 
 KindneTs itfetf too weak a charm wili prove 
 To railc the feeble hrcs of ngi.d love. Prior. 
 
 2. Old: applied to inanimate thinjrs. 
 This ufe is rare, and commonly with 
 feme tendency to the fyofofopala. 
 
 The fcoplc did not mo»c woilbip the images 
 
 A G G 
 
 of goJfl and ivory, than tliey did the groves ; 
 and the fame Quintilian faith of the a^^d oaks, 
 
 A'gedly. Wf. [^romaged-l After the 
 maimer of an aged perfon. 
 
 Age'n. adv. [ajen. Sax. This word is 
 now only written in this manner, though 
 it be in reality the true orthography, 
 for the fake of rhime.] Again ; in re- 
 turn. See Ag.\in. 
 
 Tnus Venus: Thus her fon reply'd age/i; 
 None of your fillers have we heard or fccn. Vryd. 
 A'gency. ti.f. [from aga:t.~] 
 
 1. Tiie quality of acting; the ftate of 
 being in atlion ; aclioii. 
 
 A lew advances there aie in the following pa- 
 pers, tending to alTert tlie tupeiintenncnce and 
 agency of Providence in tlic natural world. 
 
 If'ocJvuerJ. 
 
 2. The office of an agent or faftor for 
 another ; bulinefs performed by an 
 
 agent. 
 
 Some of the pniehafers themfelves may be 
 content to live cheap in a wori'e countiy, rather 
 than be at tlic charge of exchange and agrneiit. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 A'GENT. adj. [n^«!j,Lat.] That which 
 afts : oppofed lo patient, or that which 
 is afted upon. 
 
 This fucccfs is oft truly afciibed unto the 
 force of imagination upon the body agent j and 
 then, by a fecondary means it may upon a dl- 
 verfe body : as, for example, if a man carry a 
 ring, or fome part of a heart, believing fttongly 
 that it will help him to obtain his love, it may 
 make him more induftrious, and again more con- 
 fident and perfiftiiig, thauotherwile he would be. 
 £acon's Nat. Hiji. 
 
 A'gent. n.f. 
 
 1. An aftor; he that afts ; he that pof- 
 feffes the faculty of aftion. 
 
 Where there is no doubt, deliberation is rot 
 excluded as impertinent unto the thing, but as 
 needlefs in regard of the agent, which fceth al- 
 ready what to refolvc upon. Haker. 
 
 To whom nor tigerit, from the inftrument, 
 Nor pow'r of working, from the work is known. 
 
 Dai-ie:. 
 
 Hcav'n made us agents free to good or ill. 
 And furc'd it not, tho' he forefaw the will. 
 Freedom was hrll bellow'd onhumanrace. 
 And piefcience only held thefecond place. VryJ. 
 
 A miracle is a work exceeding the power of 
 any created agent, contequently being an effeft 
 of the divine oniniputence. South'^ Scrr.onu 
 
 2. A fubftltute ; a deputy ; a fattor ; a 
 perfon employed to tranfaft the bufi- 
 nefs of another. 
 
 — All hearts in love, ufe your own tongues ; 
 Let evciy eye negotiate tor itlelf. 
 And truit no agent, Shakfpeare. 
 
 They had noi the wit to fend to them, in any 
 orderly fafliion, agents or choien men, to tempt 
 them, and to treat with them. Bjctn. 
 
 Remember, fir, your Inry of a wife. 
 Who, not content to be reveng'd on you. 
 The agents of your palfion will purine. Dryd. 
 
 3. That which has the power of opera- 
 ting, or producing effects upon another 
 thing. 
 
 They produced wonderful effefts, by the pro- 
 per applicallon ^i agents to patients. Temple. 
 Aggel-i'tion. n.f. [Lat.^f/a.] Con- 
 cretion of ice. 
 
 It is round in iiail, and figured in its gutfulousr 
 dcfcent from the air, growing greater or leller .ic- 
 cording to the acciction or pluvious aggnaticn 
 about the tundaniental atoms theicof. Jirm-n. 
 Aggenera'tion. n.f. [from «</ and 
 gcneratici, Lat.] The ftate of growing 
 or uniting to another body. 
 8
 
 A G G 
 
 To make a perfect mitt-ition, there Is required 
 a tranfmutation of nutriment; now where this 
 converiion ot aggo:cr.iti:n is mac'e, there is alfo 
 rc(iuired, in the aliracnr, a fimilarity of matter. 
 
 To A'ggbrate, v. a. [from ^-^I'et; Lat. ] 
 To heap up. Dhl. 
 
 AcGERo'sE. adj. [from a^ger, Lat.] 
 Full of heaps. D'ici. 
 
 To AGGLOMERATE, v. a. [/^^j/o- 
 mcro, Lat. 3 
 
 1 . To gather up in a ball, as thread. 
 
 2 . To gather together, 
 yo Agglo'merate. v.tt. 
 
 Bcfidcs the hard aggIomerati>:g falts, 
 Tlic I'ljoil of ages, would impervious choke 
 Their fccret channels. Tr.'Mfiii'! .'lutmim. 
 
 Agclu'tinants. n.f, \_hom tig^^lutinate.'] 
 Thofe medicines or applications which 
 have the power of uniting parts toge- 
 .ther. 
 7o AGGLUTINATE, -v. n. [from ad 
 'and gluten, glue, Lat.] To unite one 
 part to another; to join together, fo as 
 jiot to fall afunder. It is a word almoft 
 appropriated to medicine. 
 
 Tlie body has got room enough to grow intt) 
 its full dimcnfions, which is performed by the 
 daily ingeftion of food that is dlgcllcd into blood; 
 which being diffufcd through the body, 'i "g- 
 g/uiinatcti to thufe p.irts that were immediiimy 
 <t^g/«//«i];iWtothefound.ationpirts of the wfemb, 
 lltui'ty on Cofijvt>:j>f:oNs. 
 AGGLUTiMA'xroN. n.f. .[from aggluti- 
 nate.'^ Union ; cohefion ; the aft of 
 agglutinating ; the ftate of being agglu- 
 tinated. 
 
 The occafion of its not healing by ngglutina- 
 i':'jn, as the other did, was from the alteration the 
 ichor had. begun to make in the bottom of the 
 
 SV'OUnd. If :femun\ Surgfiy. 
 
 Agglu'tinative. arfj. [from aggluti- 
 7iate.'\ That has the power of procuring 
 
 agglutination. 
 
 Rowl up the member with the ag^luilmiiivc 
 rowltr; ' iyijetiian. 
 
 To AGGRANDI'ZE. v. a. {aggrandifer, 
 Fr.] To make great ; to enlarge ; to 
 .e.Kalt ; to improve in power, honour, or 
 rank. It is applied to perfons gene- 
 rally, fometimes to things. 
 
 If the king Ihould ufc it no better than the 
 pope did, only to uggr.indiji covetous churchmen, 
 it cannot be called a jewel in his crown, ^^jli'lfe. 
 Thefe furnifh us with glorious fpiings and 
 mediums, to raife z\\i\ og^randi:ze our concep- 
 tions, to warm our fouls, to awaken the better 
 pafiions, and to eleva*e them even to a divine 
 pitch, and that for devotional jSlirpofes. IVatt^. 
 
 A'ggrandizemeht. n. f. [aggratiHiffh- 
 ijunt, Fr.] The (late of being aggian- 
 dized ; the aft of aggrandizing. 
 
 A'c GRANUizER. ri.f. [ from aggrandize. ] 
 The perfon that aggrandizes or make;, 
 great another. 
 
 To Agcka'te. 1). a. [erggrntare, Ital.] 
 To plea(c ; to treat with civilities. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 AiiJinthc raidft thereof, Upon the floor, 
 A lovely bevy of fair ladies f;it6, 
 
 Courted of many a jolly paramour; 
 The which them did in modeft wife ainate, 
 And each one foughl his lady to nggrafe. F.Q^ueen, 
 
 yoA'GGRAVATE. -v. a. [aggravoX^^-l 
 a . To make heavy : ufed only in a meta- 
 phorical fenfe ; as, to aggravate an ac- 
 <tufation, or a punifhmcnt. 
 
 I 
 
 A G G 
 
 A grove liatd by fprung up with this their 
 change. 
 His will w!io reigns above! to aggravate 
 Their 'penance, laden with fruit like that 
 Which grew in Paradife, the bait of Eve, 
 Us'd by tiic tempter. ■ Mitinr's Paradifc L.J!. 
 
 Ambitious Tunius in the prcfs appears. 
 And aggrinSativg crimes au;^inents their fears. 
 
 I)yy<u'n. 
 
 2. To make any thing worfe, by the addi- 
 tion of fome particular ciicumftance, 
 not eflcntial. 
 
 This oti'ence, in itfclf fo heir.ous, wa-s yet in 
 him jpgrin'rtuJhy the motive tiicrcof, wiiich was 
 not malice or difcontent, kut an aipiring mind 
 to the papacy. Jlaion'i titnry vil. 
 
 AGGRAVAfriON. n.f. \Jrom aggrcn>ate ."] 
 , I. 'y'is3<-'^u^''gg''''^'^t"''g»ormakinghtavy. 
 
 2. The aft of enlarging to enormity. 
 
 A painter added a p^irof whifkers to the face, 
 
 and by a little iiggravaticri of tlie features changed 
 
 ; it iaLu tiic Saiacii.'s head, AddifcH. 
 
 3. The extrinfical circumftnnces or acci- 
 dents, which increafe the guilt oF a. 
 crime, or the mifery of a calamity. 
 
 He, to tlie fins which he commits, hath the 
 aggravation fuperadded of committing them 
 againft knowledge, againfl confcience, againll 
 fight of the contrary law. liamm'ijtd. 
 
 If it be weigh'd 
 By itfelf, with aggiavatiani not furchnrg'd, 
 |t')r elfe with jufl allowance eouiiterpois'd, 
 
 I may, if potTibie, ' thy pardon find 
 
 The cafier towards mc,or thy hatred lisfs. Milton. 
 A'ggregate. adj. \i:ggregatusy Lat. J 
 Framed by the colleftion of any parti- 
 ctilar parts into one mafs, body, or 
 fyfteni. 
 
 The folid reafon of one man, with unpreju- 
 dicate apprehenfions, begets as fiim a belief as 
 the authority or aggreg.ite telf imony of many 
 hundreds. Brovjn'i Vulgar Krr'-Mfi. 
 
 They had, for a long time together, produced 
 many other inept combinations, or aggregate 
 foims of particular things, and nonfenfical lyf- 
 tems of the whole. Rayon thtiination, 
 
 A'ggregate. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 The complex or collcftive refult of the 
 conjunftion or acervation of many par- 
 ticulars. 
 
 The icalon of the far greatefl j)art of mankind, 
 \^\3\iX:\\\ avgrrgaw ai milfakcn phantafnis, and, 
 in things not fcnfiblc, a conftant 'delufion. 
 
 Glant'iilc^s Scd^'fli Scicttifica. 
 ■A great number of living and thinking par- 
 ticles could not pnllibly, by their mutual contact, 
 and prefllng, and firiking, compofe one greater 
 individual animal, with one mind and uiirier- 
 ftanding, and a vit.al conlenfron of the wiiolc 
 body J any more than a fwarm of bees, or^ 
 crowd of men and women, can be conceived' to 
 make up one particular living ereatuic, com- 
 pounded and conrtitutcd of tiie aggregate: oi 
 them .ill. Bcnthy 
 
 r» A'GGREGATE. -v. a. [aggrego,Lat.] 
 To coUeft together; to accumulate; to 
 heap many particulars into one mafs. 
 
 The aggregated foil 
 Death, with his mace petrifick, cold, and dry, 
 As with a trident, fmote. Mi/t. Par. I.rjjl. 
 
 Aggrega'tion. n.f. [from aggtegate.'] 
 
 1 . Colleftion, or flate of being colledteci. 
 Their individual imperfeflions being great, 
 
 they are moreover enlarged by their aggtrgati',n ; 
 and being erroneous. in ^heir fingle nrimbers, Oiwe 
 huddled together, thty will be en our itfclf. 
 
 JitoTun^s Vulgar Jirrours. 
 
 2. The colleftion, or aft of colleftJng many 
 particulars into one whole. 
 
 The water lefident in the abyfs is, in all part^' 
 of it^ ftoicd with a coiifideruble quantity of heat, 
 
 A G H 
 
 and more cfpctially in thofe where thefe C-tit- 
 orduuiry aggregations of this fire happened. 
 
 iVorjMuard^s Natural Hijlory, 
 
 3. The whole compofed by the coacerva- 
 
 1 tion of many particulars; an aggregate. 
 
 To AGGRE'SS. i<. «. \_aggredior, agref- 
 
 fam, Lat.] To commit the firfl aft u% 
 
 violence ; to begin the quarrel. 
 
 The glorious pair advance 
 With mingled angirr, and coUeftcd might, 
 
 To turn the war, and tell aggreffiiig Fiance, 
 How, Biitain'i fons and Britain's friends can 
 
 fight. . Prior. 
 
 Aggr,e'!,sion. n./. [aggrejfio, 'L-At.'] The 
 firit aft of injury ; cominencement .of 
 a quarrel by fome aft of iniquity. 
 ■ There is no rcfifling of a common cncm}', 
 without an union for a mutual defence; and there 
 may be alfo, on the other hand, a confpiracy nl 
 common enmityand aggrejfion. U Eftraag!, 
 
 'Agcke'ssor. ti.f. [^{romaggre/s.2 The 
 perfon that firlt commences hoilility ; 
 the aflaulter or invader, oppofed to the 
 tlefeiidaiit. 
 
 Fly in n,iture's face } 
 But how, if nature fly in my face firft? 
 Then nature's the aggnjor ; let her look to't. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 It is a verjtiinlucky circumftance, tobe obliged 
 
 to retaliate the injuries of ftich authors, whofe 
 
 woiks are fo foon forgotten, that we are in 
 
 danger- already of appearing the fiift aggrej/hn. 
 
 \ . ■ Pope and Sivift. 
 
 AGGRi'EVANCE.7;.y; [See Grievance.] 
 Injury ; hard/hip inflidled ; wrong en- 
 dured. 
 
 To Aggri'eve. -v. a, [from j-r^w, Lat, 
 See To grie've.'^ 
 
 1. To give forrow ; to caufe grief; to 
 vex. . It is not improbable, that t» 
 grwve was originally neuter, and etg- 
 grieve tlie aftive. 
 
 But while therein I took my chief delight, 
 I faw alas I the gaping earth devour 
 
 The fpring, the place, and all clean out of fight : 
 Which yezaggrieves my hcait even to this hour. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 2. To impofe fome hardftn'ps upon ; to 
 harafs ; to hurt in one's right. This i» 
 a kind of juridical fenfe ; and whenever 
 
 I it is ufed now, it feems to bear fome 
 aHufion to forms of law. 
 
 Scwall, archbilht>p of York, much eggrieve.i 
 with fome practices of the pope's coUciinrs, 
 I'lok all p.iticntly. Cam.Hcn. 
 
 The lauded man finds himfclf rt^^r/^^-fi/iiy the 
 falling of his rents, and the ilreightening of his 
 fortune, wbilft the monicd man keeps up his 
 g.iin, and the merchant thrives and grows rich 
 by trade. Locke. 
 
 Of injur'H fame, and mighty wrongs recciv'd, 
 Chloe complains, and wondroufly 's aggriev'J. 
 
 CranvitU, 
 
 To Aggrou'p. v. a. [aggropare, Ital.] 
 To bring together into one figute ; to 
 crow d together : a term of painting. 
 
 Bodies of di\t-rs natures, which are aggioupeJ 
 (or combined) together, arc agreeable and plea- 
 fant to the fight. Dryden, 
 
 AcHA'iT. ,iiitj. [either the p;irticlplt of 
 agaze (fee Ac aje) and then to be writ- 
 ten agazed, or agajl ; or from a and 
 Jaj-r, a ghoU, which the prtfent or- 
 thography favours : perhaps they were 
 originally aiffcrent words.] Struck with 
 horrour, as at the fight 6f a fpcftre ; 
 lluj)!fted with terrour. It is generally 
 applied to the t.ntanaT appearance.
 
 A G I 
 
 Sli4 fighin.? fore, as if Iitr I'fart in tvmine 
 H^H li^en been, and all her hc.iit-lhings braft, 
 With dreary drooping cytic look'd up like C'l"? 
 a^h.ift. Syc; 
 
 The aged earth ngfiaj!, 
 ^Vith tcrrour of that blaft, 
 Shall from the furficc to the c.-nlre (hake. MUtcn. 
 
 jrlgh.ijl he wak'd, and, ftartiiij from hii l).<l, 
 Cold fwe.it ill clammy drops his litnbs o'crfproad. 
 
 I I:iugti to think how your iinfhakc-ii Cato' 
 Will look •■■(r,'!Jjl, while unforcfecn dcftruiftion 
 Pours in upi.-ii iiini thus from every fide. AJJifon. 
 
 A'GILE. ^r!!. [agile, ¥t. agilis, Lat.] 
 Nimble ; ready ; having the quality of 
 beiiiR fpccdily put in motion ; adlive. 
 
 W'uii that he gave his able horfe the head. 
 And iH-ndiug forward ftruc!. his as^ih licclj 
 Againft the panti::g fides ol his poor jjde, 
 Uj) to the rowel head. Skukffiare. 
 
 The iAimcdijtc: and agile fubfcrvience of the 
 fpirits to the empirt of the mind or foul. Buk. 
 
 To guide its aflions with informing caiT, 
 In peace to judge, to conquer fn the war. 
 Render it <.-^.7r, witty, v.iliant, fage. 
 As fits the various courfe of human age. Frior. 
 A'gileness. n. f. [from agile. '\ The 
 quality of being agile; nimblenefs ; 
 readinefs for motion ; quicknefs ; ac- 
 tivity ; agility. 
 Agi'lity. n.f. [agililas, Lat. from agilis, 
 agile.'} Nimblenefs; readinefs to move ; 
 quicknefs ; aflivity. 
 
 A hmb ovcr-ftrained hy lifting a weight abo\ e 
 
 its power, may never recover its former agUity 
 
 and vigour. ' }Katti. 
 
 ACl'LLOCHUM. n.f. Aloes-wood. A 
 
 tree in the Eaft Indies, brouj;ht to us 
 
 in fmall bits, of a very fragrant fcent. 
 
 It is hot, drying, and accounted a 
 
 ftrcngthenerof tlie nerves in general. The 
 
 beft is of a blackifli purple ro'.our, and 
 
 fo light as to fv^Hra upon v.-.itcr. ^inry. 
 
 jfGlO. n.f. [Anltalian word, figuifyinu 
 
 eafe or convenicncy.] A mcrcantik 
 
 ttrm,ufed chiefly inHolland anJVenice, 
 
 for the difierencc between the value ot 
 
 banknotes, and the current money. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 ^ AGI'ST. -u. a. [fmmgi/le, Fr. a bed 
 
 or refting-placc, or from g'fler, i. e. 
 
 flahularu~\ To take in and ucd the 
 
 cattle of ftrangers in the king's foreft, 
 
 and to gather the money. The officers 
 
 . that do this, are caUed.rt.i,'i/2or.f, in En- 
 
 glifii, gvefl or gift takers* 'i'heli'-fun^Slion 
 
 .i.s termed agijhneiit, as agi/lment upon the 
 
 fea-banks. This word agyl is alfo ufeJ 
 
 for the taking in of other men's cattle 
 
 into any man's ground, at a certain rate 
 
 per week. Blount. 
 
 Agi'stment. b./. [SeeAoisT.] it is 
 
 taken by the canon lawyers in another 
 
 fenfe than is mentioned under' agfl. 
 
 They feem to intend by it, a mothts or 
 
 compofition, or mean rate, at \uhich 
 
 fome ri^ht or due m.ay be reckoned : 
 
 perhaps it is corriipted from addoXie'iffe- 
 
 ment, ox adjuflimnt. ,, , 
 
 Agi'stor. f.'./'. \irom agifl."] An officer 
 
 of the king's foreft. SeeAcisr, 
 A'gitable. <tdj. [fro;n agitate; agitabills, 
 Lat.] That may be agitated, or put in 
 motion ; perhaps, that may be difputed. 
 See Agitate, and Agitation. 
 To A'GITATE. v. a. la^ito, Lat.] 
 
 A G N 
 
 1. To put in motion ; to fhakc ; to move' 
 nimbly ; as, the furface of the waters is 
 agituleii by the wind ; the veffcl was 
 broken by agitating the liquor. 
 
 2. To be the caufe of motion ; toaduate; 
 
 to move. 
 
 Whciv: dwells this fov'rcigii uihitrary foul, 
 Whioii (ioc< the human animal controul, 
 Inform oach part, and ugilaic the whole .' 
 
 Bl:iclmire. 
 
 3. To affeft with perturbation; as, the 
 mind of man is agitated by various paf- 
 fions. 
 
 4. To ftir; to bandy from one to another; 
 to difcufs ; to controvert ; as, to agitate 
 a qticllion. 
 
 Though this controvcrfy be revived, and hot- 
 ly ugitaleJ among the moderns ; yet I doubt 
 whether it be not, in a great part, a nominal 
 difpute. Boyle on Cohun. 
 
 5. To contrive ; to revolve ; to form by 
 laborious thought. 
 
 Formalities of exrr.aordinary zeal and piety are 
 never more ftudied and elaborate, than when 
 politicians moft agitate defperatc defigns. 
 
 King Charles. 
 
 Agita'tion. n.f. [from agitate; agitatio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . The adt of moving or (baking any thing. 
 
 Piitrefaiftinn alketh roll ; for the lubtlc motion 
 which putrcfailiou rc<iuiieth, is dillurbed by any 
 agitation. _ Bacon. 
 
 2. The Hate of being moved or agitated ; 
 as, the waters, after a ftorm, are fome 
 time in a violent agitation. 
 
 3. Difcuflion ; coutroverlial examination. 
 
 A kind of a fohool quefticni is llarted in tliis 
 fable, upon reafon and inftindl ; this deliberative 
 proceeding of the crow, was rather a logical 
 agiuuion of the matter'. V Ep angi' s Fabln. 
 
 4. Violent motion of the mind ; pertur- 
 bation ; difturbance of the thoughts. 
 
 A great perturbation in nature ! to receive at 
 O'lce the benefit of llccp, and do the eftcfts of 
 watching. In this Aumbry agitatinn, bcfidcs 
 her walking and, other aflual pcrfarmanceSjWhat 
 have you he.ard her fay ? Sliaifp. Mmbrih. 
 
 His liiother could no longer V'cnr the agitations 
 of fo many palfions as thronged upon her. Tatter. 
 ■5. Deliberation; contrivance; the Hate of 
 being confiilted upon. 
 
 The piojcil now in agitcfi-.n for repealing of 
 the tell aft, and yet leaving ihc name of an cf- 
 taHilhmeiit to the piefeat national church, is in- 
 confillent. Swijt's Mifcellanies. 
 
 Ag'ita'tor. n.f. {itom. agitcte.} He that 
 agitates any thing ; he who manages 
 affair's : in which fenfe feeras to be ufed 
 the agitators of the army. 
 Aglet, n.f. [fome derive it from aiyXv, 
 fpl#ndour; but it is apparently to be 
 deduced from aigulette, Fr. a tag to a 
 point, land that from aigu, tharp.] 
 .1, A^ag of a point curved into fome re- 
 " prefthtation of an animal, generally of 
 a man. 
 
 He thereupon gave for the garter a chain worth 
 
 200 1. and his gown addrcffcd with aglets, cf- 
 
 teerricd worth 151. Hayiuani.. 
 
 Why, give him gold enough, and marry him 
 
 .'to a puppcr, or an agtet baby, or an old trot, and 
 
 ne'er » tooth in her head. Sitaiijpeare. 
 
 2. The pendants at the ends of the chives 
 
 of flowers, as in tulips. 
 A'gminal. aij. [from agmen, Lat.] Be- 
 longing to a troop. _ Diil. 
 A'cnail. adj. [from anje, grieved, and 
 najle, a nail.] A difeafc of the nails ; 
 
 I 
 
 AGO 
 
 a whitlow J an inflammation round tJie 
 nails. 
 
 Agna'tion. n.f. [froin agr.atus, Lat.J 
 Dcfcent from the faine fatiier, in a dircdl 
 male line, diltinfl from cognation, or 
 confanguinity, wliich includes defcend- 
 ants from females. 
 
 Agni'tion. n.f. [from <r^/i/to, Lat.] Ac- 
 knowledgment. 
 
 To Agni'ze. v. a. [from agnofco, Lat.] 
 To acknowledge ; to own j to avow. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 I do agnize 
 A natural and proi»pt alacrity 
 I lind in hardncl's. Shahffeitrc's Otheth. 
 
 A G N o M 1 N a't ion. n. f. [agnominalio,. 
 Lat.] Allufion of one word to another, 
 bv refemblance of found. 
 
 The Britilh coutinueth yet in Wales, and fome 
 vilhges of Cornwall, intermingled with provin- 
 cial Latin, being very fignilicativc, copious, and 
 plcafantly running upon agniminatioiis, althougli 
 harih in afpirations. CamJen, 
 
 AGNUS CJSTUS. n. f [Lat.] The 
 name of the tree commonly called the 
 Chafle Tree, from an imaginary virtue 
 of preferving chaftit)'. 
 
 Of laurel fome, of woodbine many more, 
 And wreathes oiagnus cajiiis others bore. Dry Jen. 
 Ago', adv. [agan. Sax. pad or gone 5 
 whence writers formerly ufed, and i:i 
 fome provinces the people Hill ule, agon: 
 for ago.] Paft, as long ago ; that is, 
 long time has paft fince. Reckoning 
 time toward the prefent, we wkjlnce i 
 as, it is a yc2.vfince it happened : reckon- 
 ing from the prefent, we ufe ago ; as, 
 it happened a year ago. This is not,- 
 perhaps, always obferved. 
 The great fupply 
 Arc wieck'd three nights ago on Godwin fands, 
 
 Shakf^e'iTc 
 This both by others and myfclf I know, ' 
 For I have ferv'd their fovercign long ago ; 
 Oft' have been caugtit within the winding train. 
 '■ .■ Drydcr.^ s Ydl'les. 
 
 t fhall fet do^vTr an account of a difcoitrfe f- 
 chaiiccd 10 have with one of them fome time ago, 
 Adtiijon' s Fretkolder, 
 
 Aao'G.adv. [of uncertain etymology: the 
 French have tht term a gogo, in low 
 language, as ils vii>ent a gogo, they live 
 to their wilh : from this phrafe our 
 word may be, perhaps, derived.] 
 
 1 . In a {late of defire ; in a Hate of warm 
 imagination ; heated v.'lth the notion of 
 fome enjoyment ; longing ; firongly ex- 
 cited. 
 
 As for the fenfe and reafon of it, that iras lit- 
 tle or not'rring to do here ; only let it found full anct 
 round, and chime right to the humo'ur, which is 
 at prefent dgtg (juil as a big, long, rattling name 
 is laid to command even adoration from a'Spani- 
 aid), and, no doubt, with this powcrfur, fciife- 
 Icls engine, the rabble driver Ihall be able to carry 
 all before him. ■ Soutii's Sermons. 
 
 2. It is ufed with the verbs /<; be, or to fit,, 
 as he is agng, or you may fet hiiti agog. ■ 
 
 The gawdy goUip, when Ihc'syVr ag-}g. 
 In jewels drell, and, at ettch car a bob, 
 Goes flaunting out, and, in her trim of piide, 
 Thinks all ihc fays or docs is juftify'd. DryJi/i. 
 
 This maggot has no fooncr /iff him "gpgf hut 
 he gets l-.ini a Ihip, freights her, builds calllcs 
 in the air, and conceits both the Indies in hi» 
 coffers. L'F.Jlrar.ge, 
 
 3. It has the particles en, or for, before - 
 the objed of dtfire*
 
 AGO 
 
 6n a-liic!i tht fainte are all a^,i|f, 
 And ,ill this for a Lear and dug. UuJihai. 
 
 GypfiL-s geiiorally (haggle into tlieCc parts, and 
 fot thehe.ids of om- fcrvant-maids fo agog for 
 hufhandi, tiiat we do nottxpcA to have any bu- 
 fiiicfs done as it Ihould be, wiiilli tliey arc in the 
 counfiy. S^eflatoi. 
 
 Ago'ing. participtal adj. [from a and 
 S'^i'!g.'\ Inaction; into aftion, 
 
 Their firll movement, and linpreffed motions, 
 demanded the impulfe of an almighty hand to 
 fet tliem fir{V agohig, Tatler, 
 
 Ago'ne. ad'v. [ajasi. Sax.] Ago; pafl. 
 See Ago. 
 
 Is he fuch a princely one, 
 As you fpeak him long agoie ? Btn youforj. 
 
 A'gonism. ti.f. [^yt^ntrfto,.] Contention 
 for a prize. Dill. 
 
 .Vgon'ist. n.f. [ayanj-i].;.] A contender 
 for prizes. Did. 
 
 Agoni'etes. n.f. [zywiIriK.] A prize- 
 fighter ; one that contends at any public 
 iolemnity for a prize. Jlll/lon lias fo 
 ftyled his tragedy, becaufe Saiiifon wag 
 called out to divert the Philiilines with 
 feats of fti-ength. 
 Agoni'stic AL. (7(/;. \_irom agonlfles ,^ Re- 
 lating to prizefighting. D'tfl. 
 To Agonize, i'. n. [from agonizo, low 
 Latin ; a.yun\!^a ; agonifer, Fr.] To feel 
 agonies ; to be in exceflive pain. 
 
 Doft thou behold my poor diftraiftcd heart, 
 Tnus rent with agr,nix.ing love and rage, 
 And adc me wliat it means ? Ait thon not falfe f 
 HixOf'i yit^ie Shore. 
 Or touch, if tremblingly, alive all o'er, 
 To Imart and iigcnizeat every pore ? Pojie. 
 
 AgONOTHE'tICK. a<ij. [ccyuv and ti$i);*i.J 
 
 Propofing publickcontentions for prizes; 
 giving prizes ; prefiding at public games. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 A'GONY. n.f. [Symiagon, low Lat. 
 
 agonie, Fr. ] 
 I. The pangs of death ; properly, the laft 
 conteft between life and death. 
 
 Never was there more pity in faving any than 
 In ending me, becaufe therein my ag<jn^ (hall 
 end. Sidney. 
 
 Thou who for me did feel fuch pain, 
 Whofc precious blood the crofs did It;iin, 
 Let not ihofc agonies be vain. R'yfcommoti . 
 
 3. Any violent or exceflive pain of body 
 -<Jr mind. 
 
 Betwixt them both, they have me dune to dy. 
 Thro' wounds and rtrokes, and ftubborii handel- 
 
 ii'g. 
 That death were better than fitch sgony^ 
 As giief and fury unto me did bring. F.thy Q. 
 Thee 1 have mifs'd, and thought it long, de- 
 prived 
 Thy prefcncf , .i^p"y of love ! till now 
 Kot felt, no< fliall be twice. I'araMje LcJI. 
 
 3, It is particularly ufed in devotions for 
 our Redeemer's conflict in the garden. 
 
 To propofc out defires, which cannot take 
 fucK effcft as wc fpccify, (hall, notwithrtasd- 
 iny, otlicrwife procure us his heavenly grace, 
 even as (his very prayer of Chrill obtained angels 
 to he fent him as comforters in his agon\. Hooker. 
 
 Ago'o d. adv. [a and good. ] In earneft ; 
 not fiftitioufly. Not in ufe. 
 
 At that time I made her weep ugocj. 
 For I did play a lamentable part. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Agou'ty. n. /. An animal of the An- 
 tilles, of the bignefs of a rabbit, with 
 bright red hair, and a little tail without 
 hair. He has but two teeth in each 
 jaw, holds his meat in his fore-paws like 
 a f<juirrel, and has a very remarkable 
 
 A O R 
 
 cry. When he is antrry, his liair (lands 
 on end, and he iliikcs the earth with 
 his hind-feet, and, when clialed, he 
 flies to a hollow tree, whence he is 
 expelled by fmoke. Trevoux. 
 
 T'oAgra'ce. -v. a. [frotn a VLXii grace. 1 
 To grant favours to ; to confer bencliti 
 upon. Not in ufe. 
 
 She granted, and that knight fo much agr.ic'd, 
 That (lie hiiri taught celcrtial difcipline. Fujrj Q, 
 
 Agra'mmatist. ti. /. [a, priv. and 
 7;-ci;^,i/.a.3 An illiterate man. Dkl. 
 
 Agra'rian. adj.[agrar'ius, Lat.] Ilfla- 
 ting to fields or grounds : a word feldom 
 uftd but in the Roman hillory, where 
 there is mention of the agrarian law. 
 
 Ta Agre'ase. 11. a. [from a and^/vir/f.] 
 To daub '; to greale ; to pollute with 
 filth. 
 
 The waves thereof fo (low and flujgilh were, 
 Eiigrofs'd with mud, which did them foul ^igrtajc. 
 
 Fiihy (^ueen. 
 
 To AGREE. V. n. [agreer, Fr. hovngre, 
 liking or good-will ; gratia and grains, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. To be In concord ; to live without 
 contention ; not to differ. 
 
 The move yon agree together, the lcf« hurt can 
 your enemies do you. Broome on K^ic Poetry. 
 
 2. To grant ; to yield to ; to admit : with 
 the particles fo or upon. 
 
 And perfu.ulcd tlicm to etgree to all rcafon.ihle 
 conditions. 2 Alaccabeei. 
 
 We do not prove the origin of the earth from 
 a chaos ; feeing that is agreed on by all that give 
 it any origin. Burnet. 
 
 3. To fettle amicably. 
 
 A form of words were quickly agreed on be- 
 tween them for a pcrfetft combination. CUren.ion. 
 
 4. To fettle terras by ftipulation ; to ac- 
 cord : followed by •ivith. 
 
 Agree -with thine adverfaiy quickly, whilft 
 thou art in the w.iy with him ; led at any time 
 the adverfary deliver thee to tiie judge, and the 
 judge deliver tliec to thc^officcr, and thou be cart 
 into prifon. J^lau/ieiv. 
 
 5. To fettle a price between buyer and 
 feller. 
 
 Kiiend, I do tlicc no wrong; didft not thou 
 i2i^n-c- -ivith me fur .1 penny .* Muithc-ui. 
 
 6. To be of the fame mind or opinion. 
 
 He exceedingly provoked or undciwcnl trie 
 envy, and rcproa':ii, and malice, of men of .ill 
 qualities and conditions, who ttgretd in nothing 
 c J f e . Cfa rcndo ti . 
 
 Milton is a noble genius, and the world agrert 
 to confefs it, fyutti' Irrij>rQvem!/ii of the Mind. 
 
 7. To concur ; toco-operate, 
 
 Muft tivc whole nuiii, amazing thouglit* return 
 To the cold marble ;uidcontiaiftcd urn ? 
 And never (hall thofc particles '^grec, 
 That were in iitc this individual he ? Prior. 
 
 8. To fettle fomc point among many : 
 with upon before a noun. 
 
 Strifes and troubles would be endtefs, except 
 ihcy gave their common confent all to be 
 ordered by Ibmc whom they ihould agree upon. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 U men, (killed in chymical affairs, Ihall agree 
 to write clearly, and keep men from being (tun- 
 ned by dark or empty words, they ^-iM be re- 
 duced cither to write nothing, or books that 
 may teach us fomething. Soy/e. 
 
 9. To be confiftent ; not to contradidl ; 
 with to or w/V^. 
 
 For many bare f^lfc witncfs agoinfl hin:i, but 
 their wivnefs agrecdtiQt toijether. MarL 
 
 A G R 
 
 They that flood by fad again to Pctcf, lurely 
 thou art one of thern : for tl.ou ait a Galilean, 
 and thy fpeecli agr,-ei/: thereto. Mi't. 
 
 Which tclUmony J the lefs Icrupic to allege, 
 becaufe it agrees, very well ■with what has been 
 atfirmed to me. Boyle. 
 
 10. To fiiit with ; ta be accommodated 
 to : with to or luith. 
 
 Tht>u tctdert thine own people with a.-igels 
 food, and didlt lend tlieni from heaven bi cad 
 agrieing to tvciy taftc. If'ijiom. 
 
 Hib principles could not be made to agree Hi:!tk 
 that conllilution and orderwSuh God h.. id fettled 
 in thewoilri; and, therefore, muft needs clafV 
 with common fenle and experience. L.acke. 
 
 1 1 . To caufe no difturbance in the body. 
 1 have often lliought, tiiat our piefcribmg alfcs 
 
 milk in fuch fmall quantities, is injudicious ; 
 foi, undoubtedly, witli fuch as it agien nx'ithf 
 it would pel form much greater and quicker et- 
 feit^, in greater qu.uititics. .^fi'utkniti. 
 
 To Agrk'e. 1). a. 
 
 I. To put an end to a variance. 
 
 He law from f.ir, or feemed for to fee, 
 Some troublous upioar ()r contentious Ira)'^ 
 Whereto he drew in hallc it to "g'-e. iiiiry Q, 
 
 .! . To make friends ; to reconcile. 
 
 The mighty rivals, whofe dcHruftive rage 
 Did the whole world in civil arms engage, 
 Are now agreed. Rofcommon. 
 
 Agre'eable. adj. [^agreable, Fr.] 
 
 1. Suitable to; coniillent with ; conform- 
 able to. It has the particle /o or •U'/'/A. 
 
 This paucity of blood is agyee.tble to many 
 
 other animals, as frogs, lizards, and other filhcs. 
 
 BroiL'n'i Fulgar Errou'i. 
 
 The delight which men have in popularity, 
 fame, fubmiluon, and fubjedVion of other men's 
 minds, fecmetii to be a thing, in itfelf, without 
 contemplation of confcquence, agreeable and 
 grateful to the nature of man. Baeon*i Nut. Hijf. 
 
 U'hat you do, is not at all agreeable eitiier ijaith 
 fo good a chriltian, or fo reafonablc and fo great 
 a per Ion. 'fern fie. 
 
 That which is agreeable to the nature of one 
 thiiii;, is many times contrary to the nature of 
 another. L.' Fjlrange, 
 
 As the praflice of .all piety and virtue is 
 agreeable to our rcafon, fj is it likewife the inte- 
 reft both of private perfons and of public focic- 
 tics. Tillotjon. 
 
 2. In the following pafTage the adjeflive 
 is ufed by a familiar corruption for the 
 adverb agreealdy. 
 
 Ai;reeable hereunto, perhaps it might not be 
 amils, to make children, as foon as they are 
 c.ipablc of it, often to tell a ftory. Loeke. 
 
 3. Pleafing; that is fuitable to the incli- 
 nation, faculties, or temper. It is 
 tiled in this fenfe both of perfons and 
 things. 
 
 And while the face of outward things we find 
 Pleafant and fair, agreeable and fweet, 
 Thefe things tranfport. Sir y. Daviet. 
 
 I recolleil in my mind the difcourfes which 
 have palTed between us, and call to mind a 
 thoufand agreeable remarks^ which he has made 
 on thefe occafionj. Spe&atot. 
 
 Agre'eableness. n.y^ [from agreeai/e.] 
 
 1. Confiflency with ; fuitablenefs to : 
 with the particle to. 
 
 Pleafant taftes depend not on the things them- 
 felves, but their agreeablenrp to this or that par- 
 ticular palate, wherein there is great variety. 
 
 Loekc. 
 
 2. The quality of pleafing. It is ufed in 
 an iirferiour fenfe, to mark the produc- 
 tion of fatisfaftion, calm and lading, but 
 below rapture or admiration. 
 
 There will be occafion for largenefs of mind 
 and agrteailtrteji of temper. Collier.
 
 A G R 
 
 ■'tt ii very much an image of that 'autlioi's 
 vritiiiy* w'no has an ji'tceal'U'ufi tW.ir charms 
 lis, without corrcSncf^i likt-.a milbcfs, whofe 
 faults «-t Ice, t)ut. love her with tlicni all. }'opr. 
 
 3. RcfL-mblaiice ; llkentfs ; fometimcs 
 wiili tlio particle bcttueci. 
 
 This reUtiun is likewil'u fccii in the agretahlt- 
 r.efi Ict-wecn nun and the oilier pans of the uni- 
 \crfe. Ctti\v\ Cojmohgiii Sttciu, 
 
 Agre'eaisly. ath. [from agi-eeablc.'] 
 .1. Confillently willi ; in a miiiiiicr fiiitable 
 to. 
 
 They may look, into the alT.iiis of Judea.and 
 Jcruf.ilcm, agrceuhly 10 that which is in the law 
 uf Che Lord. I EfJim. 
 
 2. Pleafingly. 
 
 I did never imagine, that fo many e.fcellent 
 rules could be produced fu ad\ainagcou(ly and 
 agree, i/'.'v, Suiijt. 
 
 Agre'f.d. partkipial adj. £from a^ree-l 
 Settled byconfent. 
 
 When they had jot known and 'agreed names, 
 
 to fignify thofc internal optiations of their own 
 
 niiiids, they were fuHiricntly fttrnlftied to make 
 
 known by words all their ideas. Locke. 
 
 Agre'eingness.h. /I [from «jrff.3 Coii- 
 
 fiftence ; fuitablenefs. 
 Agre'ement. n. f. l^agrcmeiit, Fr. in law 
 L,atin agreatnentum, which Coke would 
 •willingly derive Icomaggregaliomentium. ] 
 1. Concord. 
 
 What agreement is there between the hyena and 
 the dog.' and what peace between the rich and 
 the poor ? Ecdui. 
 
 3. Refemblance of one thing to another. 
 
 The divifion and quavering which pleafe fo 
 much in mufick, have an agreement with the glit- 
 tering of light, as the moon-beams playing upon 
 a wave. Bacon. 
 
 Expanfion aiid dui-ition have this farther 
 agreement, that though they arc both confidered 
 by us as having paits, yet their parts are not fc- 
 parablc one from another. Loeke. 
 
 3. Compaft ; bargain ; conclufion of con- 
 troverfy ; flipulation. 
 
 And your ceven.int with death (hall be difan- 
 nulled, and your agtermeni with- hell fhall not 
 fland : when the overflowing fcouigo fhali pafs 
 tiuough, then ye (hall be trodden down by it. 
 
 IJaiah. 
 
 Make an agreement with me by a prefent, and 
 come out to me, and ttien cat ye every man of 
 his own vine, and every one of his fig-trcc. 
 
 z Ki'!gi. 
 
 Frog had given his word, that he would meet 
 the company to talk ot this agreement. Arhuth/iot . 
 
 Agre'stick, or Agre'stical. adj. 
 [from agrejVu, Lat.] Having relation to 
 the country ; rude ; rnftick. Did. 
 
 Agricola'tion. It. /. [from agriola, 
 I.,at.] Culture of the ground. Did. 
 
 A'griculture, n.f. [iigricu/tura, I^at.] 
 The art of cultivating the ground ; 
 tillage ; hufbandry, as diilindl from 
 pa ft u rage. 
 
 He ftridtly advifeth not to begin to fuw before 
 the letting of the It. rs ; which, notwitl.ltanding, 
 without injury to agriiuHuie, c.ininjt be obierved 
 in England. . JBrown's P'ulgar h.trours . 
 
 That theic was tillage heltowcd upon the an- 
 tediluvian ground, Moles docs indeed intimate 
 in general ; what fort of tillage that was, is not 
 cxpretTed; 1 hope to Ihcw thar their agruu/f:.ie 
 was notiiing near fo l;:l>oiious and irfiublefome, 
 nor did it take up fo much time as ours doth. 
 M'cOihuard's Natural liijiory. 
 The difpofition of Ulvfies inclined him to war, 
 tatt.cr triaii the mo-R hici.Tt.ve, but more Iccuro, 
 method of life, by atrriculture and hufliandrv- 
 
 i^rtew.r'i Notes on the Oiivjjey. 
 
 A'grimony. n.f. lagiimoriui, Lat.] A 
 plant. 
 Vol. I, 
 
 A U 
 
 The leaves are rough, hairy, pctjtvittd, jrd, 
 grow .ilternately on the branches ; the flo^ver-cup 
 conlilU of one leaf, which is divided into fi\e 
 fegnienrs ; the flovvers liave five or fix leaves, 
 and are formed into a long fpikc, which cipand 
 in form of a infe ; the fuit is oblong, diy, and 
 prickly, like the burdock: in eacii of which are 
 contained two kernels. Miller. 
 
 To Agri'se. 1). n. [a;5fi!)"an, Sax.] To 
 look terrible. Out of ufc. Spt^nfci: 
 
 To Agri'se. i). a. To terrify. Sp.:itfcr. 
 Agko'und. rtJv. [from a ixni grounil.^ 
 
 1. Stranded; liindercd by the ground 
 from pafiing further. 
 
 With our great Ihips, wc durft not approach 
 the coali, we having been all of us agtound. 
 
 Sir If. Ralagh'i Fffny!. 
 Say what you fcik, and whither were you 
 bound .' 
 Were you by ilrefs of weather caft .tgrounel? 
 
 Di v.len* s ^neid. 
 
 2. It Is likewife figuratively ufed, for 
 being hindered in the progrefs of affairs; 
 as, the negociators were aground at that 
 objcclion. 
 
 A'GUE. «./ {^aigu, Fr. acuti.'l An in- 
 termitting fever, with cold fits ftic- 
 ceeded by hot. The cold fit is, in po- 
 pular language, more particularly called 
 the ague, and the hot the fever. 
 
 Our cattle's (Irength 
 "Will laugh a fiege to fcorn. Here let them lie, 
 Till famine and the ague cat them up. Sliakjp. 
 
 Though 
 He feels the heats of youth, and colds of age. 
 Yet neither tempers nor eoriec^ts the other ; 
 As if there were an ague in his nature, 
 That Hill iiKlines to one extieme. Denhaw. 
 
 A'gued. adj. [from ague.'\ Struck with 
 an ague ; Ihivering ; chill ; cold : a 
 word in little ufe. 
 
 All hurt behind, backs red, and faces pale. 
 With flight and agued fear ! Shiikjpiare. 
 
 A'gue-fit. n.f. [from ague andjf/.] The 
 paroxyfm of the ague. 
 This ague Jit ot fear is overblown. SJiakfp. 
 
 A'gue-proof. adj. [ from ague and proof. ] 
 Proof againll agues ; able to refill the 
 caufes which produce agues, without 
 being affefted. 
 
 When the rain came to wet me once, and the 
 wind to make me chatter; when the thunder 
 would not peace at my bidding ; there I found 
 'em, there I fmelt 'em out. They told me I 
 was every thing ; 'tis a lie ; I am not a^e pro'jf. 
 Sltaijjieure'i K;ng Leai . 
 
 A'gue-tree. n.f. []from ague and tree.^ 
 A name fomttimes given to faffafras. 
 
 Dicl. 
 
 To Agui'se. v. a. [from a and guij'e.'] 
 See Guise.] To drefs ; to adorn; 
 to deck. Nnt in ufe. 
 
 As her fantallic wit did moft deli.i^hf, 
 Sometimes her head (he fondly would aguife 
 With gaudy garlands, or fic(h flowers dight 
 About her neck, or liiigs of rufhes plight. 
 
 r.::,y q.-e... 
 A'guish. adj. [from ngue-l Having the 
 qualities ot an ague. 
 
 So calm, and fo ferene, but now. 
 What means this cliange on Myra's brow? ' 
 Her aguijh love now glows and burns. 
 Then chills and Ihakcs, and the cold (it rertirns. 
 
 iriam^tle. 
 
 A'guishness. H./^ \{xam ngv]fl3.'\ The 
 quality of referabling an ague. 
 
 Ah. InlerjeSion. 
 
 I. A word noting fometlmes ,dillike and 
 cenfure. 
 
 AID 
 
 M! (infill nation, > people laden with ini- 
 quity, a feed of evil-doers, childien that arc 
 coiruptcrs, they have forfakcn the l.jrd. Ijnian. 
 
 2. Sometimes contempt and esullatioii. 
 
 Let them not fay in their hearts. Ah •' fo we 
 would have it: let them not fay we have fwal- 
 lowcd him np. Pfalmt. 
 
 3. Sometimes, and moft frequently, cum- 
 paflion and complaint. 
 
 In youth .alone unhappy mortals live ; 
 Eur, Ilk ! the mighty blifs is fugitive : 
 Dilcolour'd ficknefs, anxious labour come, 
 And age, jmd death's inexorable doom. Dryd, 
 
 yih me ! the blooming pride of May, 
 And that of beauty arc but one : 
 
 At morn both flourilh bright and gay, 
 Both fade at evening, pale, and gone. Vrior, 
 
 4. When It is followed by that, it ex- 
 prefTes vehement defire. 
 
 In goodncfs, as in grcatncfs, they excel; 
 Ahl that wi. lov'd ourfelvcs but half fo wtl|. 
 Dryde'i's 'Juverial. 
 
 Aha'! Aha'! interjeRion. A word in ti- 
 matln;^ triumph and contempt. 
 
 They opened their mouth wide againft me, 
 and laid aha ! aha .' our eye hath feen it. I'falmi. 
 Aur'ad. adv. [from a and head.] 
 
 1. Further onward than another : a fea 
 
 term. 
 
 Andnowthe mighty Centaur feems to lead, 
 And now the fpeedy Dolphin gets ahead. Dryd. 
 
 2. Headlong ; precipitantly : ufed of ani- 
 mals, and figuratively of men. 
 
 It is mightily the fault of parent.s, guardians, 
 tutors, and governouis, th.it fo many men mif- 
 carry. They fuffer them at firit to run ahiad, 
 and, when pervcifc inclinations are advanced in- 
 to habits, there is no dealing with them. L'Ejlr. 
 Ahe'ight. adv. [from a and heig/jt.] 
 Aloft J on high. 
 
 But have I fall'n or no .' — 
 — From the dreadi fummit of this chalky bourne! 
 Look up aheight, the Ihrill-gurg'd lark fo far 
 Cannot be feen or heard. ShakJ'i>eare' i King Lear. 
 AHOUA'I. n. f. A poifonous plant. 
 To AID. V. a. [aider, Fr. from adjutare, 
 Lat.] To help; to fupport ; to fuc- 
 cour. 
 
 Into the lake he leapt, his lord to aid. 
 And of him catching hold, him (liongly flaid 
 From drowning. Spcnfer's fairy (^ticen. 
 
 Neither (hall they give any thing unto them 
 that make war upon them, or aid them with 
 victuals, weapons, money, or (hips. Macral. 
 Bv the loud tiumpct, which our courage aids, 
 Wc learn that found as well as fenfe perl'uadcs. 
 
 Rfcmrno/i. 
 
 Aid. ti. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Help ; fupport. 
 
 The memory of ufeful things may receive 
 
 conliderable aid, if they arc thiown into verfe. 
 
 PVattt' [mpaovementof the Mind. 
 
 Your patrimonial fiorcs in peace poffefs ; 
 Undoubted all your filial claim confcl's : 
 Your private right (hould impious powerinvade. 
 The peers of Ithaca would arm in aid, i'cpt, 
 
 2. The perfon that gives help or fupport ; 
 a helper ; auxiliary. 
 
 Thou haft faid, it is not good that man fhould 
 be alone; let us make unto him an aid, like 
 unto himfclF. Tobit. 
 
 Great aidi came into him, partly upon milTives, 
 and partly voluntaries from many parts. Bacon, 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 A fublidy. ylid is alfo paiticularly ufed, in 
 matter of pleading, for a petition made 111 court, 
 fur liic calling in of help from another that hath 
 an inlcrefr in the caufe in quefiion ;' and is like- 
 wile both to give Iticiigth to the party that prays 
 in aid oi him, and alfo to avoid a prejudice ac- 
 cniliig towards his own right t.xcepr ir be pre- 
 vented : as, when a tenant for term of life, cour- 
 
 H
 
 A I L 
 
 tery, &?<:. being impleadfd toucliing Iii5 eftate, 
 he may pray in a:iloih\ni in the rcverfion; lli-^c 
 15, cnireat the court, tliat he may be c.illed in by 
 ^viil, to allege what he thinks goud for the 
 maintenance both of his light .'ind his own. 
 
 CoiL'f//- 
 
 Ai'dasce. n.y. [from fl!i/.] Help; fup- 
 port : a word little ufcd. 
 
 Oft have I fccn a timely parted ghofi, 
 Of alhy femhlance, mcagtt, pale, and bloodlefs. 
 Being all defended to the lab'ring heart. 
 Who, in the conflia that it holds with death, 
 Attrails the fame for fl/./.jm-t 'gainll: the enemy. 
 Siaifpta^e's Henry vl. 
 
 Ai'vxtiT. adj. {aUant, Fr.] Helping; 
 helpful. Not in ufe. 
 
 All youiinpublilh'd virtues of the eaith, 
 Spring with my tears ; be aidant and remediate 
 In the good man's diftrefs. Shatfpciirr. 
 
 Aider. «./. [fromciV.] He that brings 
 aid or help ; a helper ; an ally. 
 
 All along as he went, were puniih.cd the .ad- 
 herents and r.iJen of the late rebcli. Buco':. 
 
 Aidless, adj. [from aid, and lefi, an in- 
 feparable particle.] Helplefs; uniup- 
 ported ; undefended. 
 
 Alone he entcr'd 
 The mortal gate o' th' city, which he painted 
 With (liunlcis dertiny: aiJlefi came off, 
 And, with a fiidden re-enforcement, Hruck 
 Ctvioli like a planet. Shakjfeatc. 
 
 He had met 
 Already, ere my bcft fpccd could prevent. 
 The j/./.v/Miiaoc-nt lady, his wilh'd prey. MUicn. 
 
 .-ViGULET. iL./. [a/juAv, Fr.] A point 
 with tags ; points of gold at the end of 
 
 fringes. 
 
 It all abo^e befprinklcd was throng'aout 
 With golden ai^nUti that glilier'd bright. 
 
 Like twinkhng rtars, and all the (kirl about 
 W;is hc.mm'd w.ih golden fringes. Fairy (^aeni. 
 
 'To AIL. V. a. [e jlan, Sax. to be trouble- 
 fome.] 
 
 1. To pain ; to trouble ; to give pain. 
 
 And the angel of God called to Hagar out of 
 heaven, and (aid unto her, what aiieih thee Ha- 
 gar } fear not : for God hath heard the voic of the 
 lad where he is. Gencfis, 
 
 2. It is iifed in a fenfe lefs determinate, for 
 to (iffsH in any manner ; 2&,Jomcthing ails 
 me that I cannot fitjiill ; ivkit ails the 
 man that he laughs tuithout reafon ? 
 
 Love fmiled and thus faid, Want joined to 
 •Icfire is unhappy; but if he nought do dcfirr, 
 what can Heraclitus ail? SiJiuy. 
 
 What nils me, that I cannot lofe thy thought, 
 Command the cmprcfs hither to be brought, 
 1, in her death, (hall fome diverfion find, 
 Aud tid my thoughts at once uf woman-kind. 
 Drydrn's Tvn^rinick L'jVC. 
 
 5. To feel pain ; to be incommoded. 
 
 4. It is remarkable, tl-.at this word is 
 never ufed but with fome indefinite 
 term, or the word nothlog : as, IVhat 
 c./fhim? What does he ail? He ails 
 fomething ; he ails nothing. Something ails 
 him; nothing nils him. Thus we never 
 fay, a fever ails him, or he ails a fever, 
 or uft definite terms with this verb. 
 
 Ail. «./. [from the v,erb.] A difeafe. 
 Or heal, O W.nfes, ihy obfcener or/. fopr. 
 
 A'l LING, participial adj. [from To ail. J 
 Sieldy ; full of complaint.'!. 
 
 Ai'li-ient. n. f. [fioina//. ] Pain ; dif- 
 eafe. 
 
 fclttle nilmrtl! eft attend the fair, 
 
 Not detent for a hufband's lye 01 ear, Gianvillc, 
 
 I am never ill, but I think of yotu' athiitnny 
 
 »nd npine that they moluaily hinder our being 
 
 V)iCtl*<.r. ^ Hv-ift') LiJItit. 
 
 A I R 
 
 To AIM. 1'. «. [It is derived by Skinner 
 irom ejii'.cr, to point at ; a wurd which 
 I have not found.] 
 
 1. To endeavour to llrike with a milTive 
 weapon; to direCl toward: with the 
 particle at. 
 
 ./lim'/l thou at princes, all amaz'd they faid. 
 The lalt of games } I'lpe's Odyffcy. 
 
 2. To point the view, or dirtdt the ilcps 
 toward any thing ; to tend toward ; 
 to endeavour to reach or obtain : with 
 to formerly, now only with at. 
 
 Lo, here the world is blifs ; fo here the end 
 Ts which all men do aim, rich to be made. 
 Such grace now to be happy is before thee laid. 
 
 y.iiry Queen. 
 
 Another kind there is, which although we i!e- 
 fiic for itfcif, as health, and virtue, and know- 
 ledge, ncverthelcfs they are not the lart mark 
 ■uihenat we aim, but have their further end 
 whereunto they arc referred. Hotelier. 
 
 Swoln with applaul'c, and aiming ftill at more. 
 He now provokes the lea-gods from the Ihorc. 
 
 Diyden'i jEncid. 
 
 Religion tends to the eafe and pleafu-.c, the 
 peace and tianquilliiy of our minds, which all 
 the wifdom of the world did always aim at, as 
 the vitmod felicity of this life. Tilhipjn. 
 
 3. To gucfs. 
 
 To AiM.t'. a. To direfl the miffile wea- 
 pon ; more particularly taken for the 
 aft- of pointing the weapon by the eye 
 before its difmilhon from the l>aiidv 
 
 And proud Ideus, Piianr's ch.iiioteer. 
 Who (hakes his empty reins, and^/wi h'rs airy 
 fpcjr. D-ydtn. 
 
 Aim. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The dircdion of a miffile weapon. 
 
 Afcanlus, young imd c.igcr of his gnne. 
 Soon bent his bbw, uncertain of his aim ; 
 But the diie fiend the fatal arrow guides. 
 Which piere'd his bowels through his pnnting 
 fides. Drydcx'i Almid. 
 
 2. The point to which the thiivg thrown 
 is dircded. 
 
 That arrows fled not fwiftct toward their aim. 
 Than did our foklieis, aiming at their fafety. 
 Fly from the field. Shakjpean. 
 
 3. In a figurative fenfe, a purpofe ; a 
 fcheme ; an intention ; a defign. 
 
 He trufted to have equall'd the Moll High, 
 If he oppus'd : and, with ambitious aim, 
 Agjinil the throne and raonaichy of God 
 Rais'd impious war. Milton'i Pojadije Lofi. 
 
 But fee how oft ambitious ai.ns are ciolt. 
 And chiefs contend till all the prize is loft. Pofr. 
 
 4. The objeft of a defign ; tiie thing after 
 which any one endeavours. 
 
 The falcfi way is 10 luppofe, that the cpiftlc 
 has but one aim, till, by a frcciuent pcfiifal of it, 
 you are forced to fee there aie dilUnift iiidvpen- 
 dcnt paits. Loike'i Efjay an St. Paul's Epijiles. 
 
 5. Conjefture; guefs. 
 
 It is impcliihle, by aim, to tell it ; and, for 
 experience and kuowledgr thereof, ido not 
 think that tliere was ever any of the particulars 
 thereof. Sycrifer on Ireland. 
 
 There is a hiftoiy in all men's lives. 
 Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd ; 
 Ttie which obferv'd, a man may prophefy. 
 With a near aim, of the main chance of things 
 As yet rwt come-to life, which in their feeds 
 And weak beginnings lie intrcafurcd. Sknkfp. 
 AIR. n.f. [a/V, Fr. aei; Lat.] 
 I. The element encompaffing the terra- 
 queous globe. 
 
 If I were to tell what I mczn by the word ai,, 
 I may fay, it is that fine matter which we bicathe 
 ill and breathe out continually ; or it is ih.it thin 
 fluid body, in which the birds Hy, a little above 
 the cailh ; or it is tlut luvifiblc matter, which 
 
 A I R 
 
 fills all pl.iccs ncnr the cairh, or winch immc- 
 diatciy cncompatrti the glubc ot taith a:id watcr,- 
 
 2. The {late of the air ; or the air conll- 
 clcn;d with regard to health. 
 
 Tlicrc be niiiny guud and ht-althtul airij that 
 do appear \>y liaiiitaiion and utlicr piuots^ that 
 diftci nut in fnicll frura other ain. Bacon^ 
 
 3. Air in motion ; a fmall gentle wind. 
 
 Frtfli g.fics, 3nd i^entlt- ahsj 
 VVhifper'd it to the woods, aud from their wiiigs- 
 Filing lore, flung odoLUi Irom llie Ipicy ihiub 
 DHportiHg ! xMiii'jns i'ar.idife Lcji, 
 
 Kut fafe repofi.-, without an air of breath, 
 Dwells here, and a dumb quiet n.xC to death. 
 
 Let vernal n'm through trembling oficrs play. 
 And Albiun-\s diflis rclound thciural lay. j^ej-f. 
 
 4. Scent ; vapour. 
 
 Stuiks whith the noftrlFs ftraig.ht abhor^are 
 not ilie moll pernicious, but fuch ain as have 
 fome (imiliiude wilh man's body ; and fo inli- 
 nuHicthcrareKes, and bctiay the fpiiits. Bacon^ 
 
 5. Blafl ;.peflilential vapour. 
 
 All the llor'd vengeances of heaven fall 
 On lier ingratcful lop ! ltrik.c her young boncsy- 
 Y(JU taking ainy with iaraencf:. ! S/udJ'peure, 
 
 6. Any thing light or uncertain j that is.as 
 light as air.- 
 
 U momentary grr.ce of mortal men, 
 Which we moie hunt for than the grace of God I 
 Whu buildi. hih lioj,c in ui'/ uf your fair'looks, . 
 Lives liKe a drunken fiiiur on a malt, 
 Ready. U'ith ev'iy nvd to tujuble down. Shakjp^ 
 
 7. The Open weather ; air unconfined. 
 
 The ^^rdcn was inclosM within the fqu.-.re, 
 Wiiere young hmiiia took the morning uir. D'jJ. 
 
 8. Vert; utterance; emiflion into the air. 
 
 I would have alk'd you, li 1 dinlt for ihame. 
 If iiill you !u-. 'd .' \ou i;a\c it rt.'V before me. 
 But all ! why wcic wc.nut both of a lex ? 
 For thtn we niiiiht l.a\e lov'd. widiouCa ciimc. 
 - DryJen, 
 
 9. Publication ; cN'pofure to the publick 
 view and kno\vl<;dge. 
 
 I am forry to hnd ir has taken air, that I 
 have fome h.md in thelc papers^ Fcj'c's Lettiri. 
 
 10. Intelligence ; information. This is 
 not now in ufe. 
 
 It grew from the ni's which the princes and 
 dates abtoad received from tliCnamhalTadors .md 
 aiTCntshcic Baco^i^i hienrv \n. 
 
 11. Muiick, whether light or ferio^is ;,^ 
 found ; air modulated. 
 
 This nuifick crept by me upon the waters, 
 Allayinj^ both their fury and my padion 
 With its Iwcet ail. S^tak/^c.irr'i 'fempisfi. 
 
 Crtll in fome niuHck : I have heard foft tj/rs 
 Can ehaimour fcnfes, and expel our cares. 
 
 DcnhafK" i Sophy. 
 The {Axncnirs which I'omc cntntain with moft 
 ckligtnful tranfports, to others arc importune. 
 
 Ghinvitle^i Srrpfti Scier.tif.^n. 
 Since wc have fuch a t:c»Tfury of words fo prc«»-- 
 per for the ai'i of nv.ifick,. I wonder that, per- 
 fons (hould give fo little attention. Spf€ftUor.> 
 
 Buine on the fwclling notes, ourfouls afpirc, . 
 With folemn ftir$ improve the facred fire ; 
 And angels Icrni from hcav'n to hear! Pope, 
 
 — When the foul is funk w uh cures. 
 Exalts her in enliv''nin£ j//*'.' Pope^ 
 
 12* Poetry ; a fotig. 
 
 The repeated air 
 Of fad Eleiflra's puet had the pow'r 
 To fave th' Alhcuian walia from ruin bare. 
 
 Par.idifc Regained. 
 
 13, The mien, or manner, ofthcperfons 
 the look. 
 
 Her giaccful innocence, hfr cv'ry rt/r, 
 Of ^clhuc, or Icall adtion, over-aw'd 
 His malice. Puradife LoJ?, 
 
 For the <vf of youth 
 Hopeful and chceifui/iii thy blood (halhcign
 
 A.1 R 
 
 A mHjrclioly damp of cold and diVi 
 
 To weigh thy fpivits down ; and laft confvimr 
 
 The balm of life. l'-'- ■'■/■/• •'-V'- 
 
 But havini; the life before u<, bcfirics tie e..- ' 
 periencc of .ill they knew, it i?. no wonder lo hit 
 fome ain and features, which they hjvc fnnl-d. 
 D'yLn^n Dr.imali'k i'^'I'y. 
 
 There is fometliing \rondiTfully divine in the ■ 
 ti'i of thispii'turc. ^I'iAifin o« i:,ily. 
 
 \\i ihoiild the Grices Till thy figurss plaee, 
 And I'le.irhe nn J/' cieine on ev'ry tiice. Pvijc. 
 
 14. An artected or iabourc-d manner or 
 gefttirc, as a lofty air, a gay air. 
 
 Whuni Ancus follows with a fa'vning «/'•; 
 But v.iin within, and prout'ly popular. D<)\':<i. 
 There are of tliefe lortof beauties, which UA 
 ' but for a moment ; as, the difterent .iiVi of an 
 airenilly, upon the fight of an unexpeiScd ;iiicl 
 iinciimirion objefl, fonic pa.ticiiUrity of a vio- 
 lent paffion, fome giaccKil aiStion, a fmile, a 
 ■ jiancc of an eye, a 'diiVlaiiiful look, a look of 
 gravity, and a tlioufand other fuch like thii.gs. 
 Dryden'i Duj'rrjmyy. 
 Their whole lives were employed in iatrigucs 
 of it.itc, and they naturally give thcnifelves (»« 
 of kings and princes, of which the miiiifters of 
 other nations are only the rr:ire[cntatives. 
 
 Adiijiii'i Remark', on Italy. 
 
 To curl their waving hairs, 
 
 Aflift their bluflies, and infpire their u.Vi. Pc/i?. 
 
 He alTumes and afl'efts an entire let of very 
 
 diflcncnt >iiVi; lie conceives bimfclf a being of a 
 
 fupcriour nature. Svilfl. 
 
 15. Appearance. 
 
 As it was communicated with the air of s fe- 
 cret, it foon found its way into the world. Vife. 
 
 16. [In horfemanfhip.] Jirs denote the 
 artificial or pradtiied motions of a ma- 
 nased horfe. Chambers. 
 
 . _ 
 
 To Ajr. t. d. [from the noun air.] 
 
 !• To expofe to the air ; to open to the 
 
 air. 
 
 Tlie others make it a matter of fmni! com- 
 TTicnd^tk)!! in itlelf, if theyj who wear it, do 
 nothing tlfc but air the robes, wliich their place 
 rcquircth. Ihoktr. 
 
 ' FIe;>8 brcetl principally of ftraw or mats, -where 
 there hath heen a lirdt inoiliur^, or the chamber 
 .aiitj Iwd-ftjaw kept clofe, ;tiid not ai>oi. J^ucon. 
 
 \Vc have had, in our time, experience twice 
 or thrice, when h.ith the judges that fat upon 
 the jail, and miRibers i>f tlwafc that attended the 
 bufinefs, or were prcfcnl, fickeiicd upon it, and 
 died. Theiofore it w-erc good wifdom, that, in 
 fiich c.^fe^, the jati were ttreii before they were 
 brought forth. Bacofi'i N.tiurai lltj}cr\. 
 
 As the ants wiie airing their provifions one 
 winter, up comes a hungry grafshoppcr to them 
 and begs a c^iarity. U JtjJ'ange^i Fiihia. 
 
 Or wicker -bafliets weave, or air the corn 
 
 3. To gratify, by enjoying the open air: 
 with the reciprocal pronoun. 
 
 Nay, itay a little 
 
 \Vcre you but riding forth to air yourjelfj 
 
 Such parting were too petty. Shakf^carg. 
 
 1 afccndcd the highcU hills of Bagdat, in or- 
 der to pafs the reft of the day in meditation and 
 prayer. As I was here uiringm^felf un the tojis 
 of tlic mountain';, 1 fcl! into a profound eonCcm- 
 pldtiononthc vanity of human life. Spf^ator. 
 
 3. To air liquors ; to warm them by the 
 fire : a term ufed in converfation. 
 
 4. To breed in nefls. Ln this fenfe, it is 
 derived from aene^ a iiefl:. Out of ufe. 
 
 You may add their bufy, dmLjerous, difcour- 
 tcuui, yea and fumctimes defpiteful rtc^il^np, one 
 from another, of the egg<> and young onc> ; who, 
 ifthcy were allowed to uir naturally and qnieily, 
 there would be tlore fufficient, to kill not only 
 the p.-Ttridge.";, but even all the good hoiifcwivcs 
 cliickeiii in a country. Carew'i Surv. ofCorr.-iva//. 
 
 A 1 R 
 
 A iKBiABDER. n.f. [from air and i/aJ- 
 
 dcr.^ 
 t. Any cuticle or veficle filled with air. 
 
 The pulmonary artery and vein pafs along the 
 futfaccs of thffe airhlajj:>-if in an infinite num- 
 ber of ranilfic ilioni. Ayluthiot on jtbmcnti, 
 
 2. The bladiler in fifties, by the contrac- 
 tion sind <lllstation of which, they vhry 
 the properties of their weight to that ofl 
 tlieir bulk, and rife t)r fall. : 
 
 TTimigh tlic airh'j.lJ-r\n fiflicsfecmsneeclTary 
 for fwimmiiii;, yet I'omc aie fu forniKd as to. 
 fwini without it. Cud-a'^> ttt, 
 
 AiKBUii-T. aili. [from air and build.^^ 
 J5tiilt in the air, without any folid foun-i 
 d.i t ion . 
 Ikncr the fool's rruadife, the ftatcfraan's 
 fchcriie, 
 The airhuilt Gallic, .ind the golden dream, 
 The m.iid's roniantick with, the chymift's flame. 
 And poet's vilion of eternal fame. V'^pf, 
 
 A'lR DRAWN. ai!j, [from air and Jrwuiti.] 
 Dr.iwn or painted in air. Not ufed. 
 
 This is tlie very painting of your fear, 
 This is the ar-.tra-wn d.igger, which, you faid. 
 Led ) ou to Duncan. _ S/iaifpe le. 
 
 A'iRER. n.f. [from To air.\_ He that 
 
 expofcs to tlie air. 
 A'iRHOLE. n.f. [from <j/r and /'oZ*.] A 
 
 hole to admit the air. 
 A'iRiNESs. n.f. [fromcfrj'.] 
 
 1. Opennefs ; expofure to the air. 
 
 2. Llghtncfs ; gayety ; levity. 
 
 The French have indeed taken woithy pains to 
 make cl.iifick learning fpcak their language ; if 
 they have not fuccccded, it mull be imputed to 
 a certain talkativcncfs and airincp rcprelented in 
 their tongue, which will never agree «'ilh the 
 fedatenefs of the Romans, or the folcmnity of 
 the Greeks. Fe/toTt. 
 
 A'iring. ti.f. [frommV.] A (hort jour- 
 ney or ramble to enjoy the free air. 
 
 This little fleet fervcs only to fetch them wine 
 and corn, and to give their ladies an airing in the 
 I'uninicr feafon. AJJifon. 
 
 A'lBLES.s. a//J. [fromn/r.] Wanting com- 
 munication with the free air. 
 
 Nor llony tower, nor walls of beaten brafs. 
 Nor air/fj'i dungeon, nor llrong links of iron. 
 Can be retentive to the flrcngth of fpirit. S'mi. 
 A'iRLlNG. n.f. [from air, for gayety.] 
 A young, light, thoughtlefs, gay per- 
 fon. 
 
 Some more there be, flight airling^, will be won 
 With dogs, and horfcs, and perhaps a whore. 
 
 Ben yonfon, 
 
 A'iRPUMP. n.y! [from a(V and ^»m/>.] A 
 machine by yvhofe means the air is ex- 
 haiifted out of proper velfels. The prin- 
 ciple on which it is built, is the tlallicity 
 of the air ; as that on which the water- 
 pump is founded, is on the gravity of 
 the air. The invention of this curious 
 infliuraent is afcribed to Otto de Gue- 
 rick, conful of Magdebourg, in 1654. 
 But his machine laboured under fcveral 
 defefts ; the force neceflary to work it 
 was very great, and the progrefs very 
 flow J it was to be kept under water, 
 and allowed of no change of fubjefts tor 
 experiments. IVIr. Boyle, with theaflid- 
 ance of Dr. Hooke, removed feveral in- 
 convenienries ; though, ftill, the work- 
 ing was laboriou.s, by reafon of the pref- 
 fure of the atmofphere at every exfuc- 
 tion. This labour has been lince re- 
 moved by Mr. Hawkltee ; who, by add- 
 
 A I S 
 
 Ingafeconil barrel and pjilon, fotlfea* 
 the other fell, and fall as it rofe, made 
 the pren'urc of the atmofphere on tliC 
 defccnding one of as mucli fcrvice as it 
 was of difTervice in the afccnding one 
 Vrcain made a further iiriprovemcnt,by 
 reducing the alternate motion of the 
 hand and winch to a circubr one. 
 
 Chamltn. 
 
 The air that, in exhauflcd receivers of atr. 
 
 fumj't, is exhaled from minerals and Herti, and 
 
 iruits, and liquors, is .is true and genuine as to 
 
 tlallicity and deufity, or rarefaction, as that we 
 
 rcfpiic in ; and yet this fattitious air is fo far 
 
 from Ii"ing fit to be breall.tdin, that it kills ani- 
 
 riahs in a moment, even fooncr than the abfencc 
 
 of air, or a vacuum itfclf. Hcrtiicy. 
 
 A'iKSHAFT. n. f. [from fftV ■R.wdi. Jhaft .'\ 
 
 A paflagc for the air into mines and 
 
 fubterraneous places. 
 
 By the finking of an airfinjt, the air hath li- 
 berty to circulate, and carrv out the ileams both 
 of the miners breath and the damps, which 
 would otherwilc llagnate there. J?ay. 
 
 A'iRY. adi. [from air; acreus, Lat.J 
 
 1. Compofed of air. 
 
 The firft is the tranfmiffion, or cmiffion, of 
 the thinner and more airy parts of bodies ; as, 
 in odours and infe(3ions : and this is, of all 
 the re 11, the mod corporeal, Bacvi, 
 
 2. Relating to the air ; belonging to the 
 air. 
 
 There are fiOies that have wings, that arc n» 
 flrangers to the airy region. Boyli: 
 
 3. High in air. 
 
 Whole livers here forfake the fields below, 
 And, wond'ring at thsit height, through airy 
 channels flow. Adiijon. 
 
 4. Open to the free air. 
 
 Joy'd to range abroad in frcSs attire 
 Thro' the wide compafsof the airy coall. Sperrftr. 
 
 J. Lightasair; thin; unfubflantial ; with- 
 out folidity. 
 
 I hold ambition of fo airy and light a quality, 
 
 thar it is but a (hariow's ftiadow. Shatfftan, 
 
 Still may the dog the wandr'ing troops cor.- 
 
 ftrain 
 
 Of airy gholls, and vex the guilty train. DryJea. 
 
 6. Wanting reality ; having no Ready foun- 
 dation in truth or nature ; vain ; trifling. 
 
 Nor think with wind 
 Of airy threats to awe, whom yet with deeds 
 Thou can'ft not. Miltun's I'ar, LoJI. 
 
 Nor (to .avoid fuch mcannefs) foaring high. 
 With empty found, and airy notions fly. R' jc. 
 
 I have found a complaint concerning the fear- 
 city of money, which occafioned many airy pro- 
 poiitions for the remedy of it. Tcr.ple'i Mifr, 
 
 7. Fluttering; loofe ; as if to catch the 
 air ; full of levity. 
 
 The painters draw their nymphs in thin anil 
 airy habits ; but the weight of gold and of em- 
 broideries is rcferved for queens and goddcfics. 
 
 Drydfft. 
 
 By this name of ladies, he means all. ycunj 
 pcifons, (lender, finely ftiapcd, airy, and deli- 
 cate : fuch as aic nymphs and Nai'ads. Dryd. 
 
 8. Gay ; fprightly ; full of mirth ; viva- 
 cious ; lively ; fpiritcd ; light of heart. 
 
 He that is meriy and airy at (bore when 4ic 
 fees a fad icmpcll on the (ca, or dances when 
 God thunders from heaven, regards not when 
 God fpeaks to all the woild. Tcyhr, 
 
 Aisle, n. /^ [Thus the word is written by 
 Addifon,but perhaps impioperly ; fince 
 it fecms deducibleonty from, either fl:7f, 
 a wing, or aUee, a path, and is therefore 
 to be written nih:} The walks in a 
 church, or wings of a quire. 
 H t
 
 ALA 
 
 ALA 
 
 ALA 
 
 The abbey is by no means fo magnificent as 
 •ne would expect from its cndov/ments. The 
 chuich is one huge nef, with a double utjte to 
 it; and, at each end, is a large quiie. AdMj^.n. 
 
 Ait, orEvGHT. n.f. [fuppofed, by 5i<n- 
 ner, to be corrupted from ijlet-'\ A fmall 
 ifland in a river. 
 
 ji' JUT AGE. n.f. [ajulagc, Fr.] An ad- 
 ditional pipe to waterworks. DiS. 
 
 To Ake. v. n. [from ax<^> and therefore 
 more grammatically written a!:he.'\ 
 
 1, To feel a lafiing pain, generally of the 
 internal parts ; dillinguilhed from fmart, 
 which is commonly ufed of iinealinefs in 
 the external parts ; but this is no accu- 
 rate account. 
 
 To luc, ajid be dcny'd, fuch common grace, 
 My wounds ^Icc at you ! Shakjpc^ire. 
 
 Let our finger nke^ and it endues 
 Our other healthful members with a fen fe 
 Of pain. Shatfprarr. 
 
 Were the pleafurc of drinlting accompanied, 
 the very moment, with that lick ftomach and 
 aking head, whicli in fome men, are fure to fol- 
 low, 1 think no body would ever let wine touch 
 his lips. Lcrke. 
 
 His limbs muft nke, with daily toils opprcff. 
 Ere long-wi(h'd night brings necclfary reft. I'tim. 
 
 2. It is frequently applied. In an improper 
 fenfe, to the heart; as, the hsart akss ; 
 to imply grief or fear. Sbakj'peare has 
 ufed it, liill more licentioufly, of the 
 foul. 
 
 My foul akei 
 To know, when two authorities are up, 
 Jieithcr fuprcme, bow foun confufion 
 May enter. Skakjyeari*i Qorhlanrii. 
 
 Here IliamcdilTuadcs him, there his fear prevails, 
 And each, by turns, his aking heart alTails. AdiiJ. 
 Aki'n. adj. [from a and km.~\ 
 
 1. Related to ; allied by blood : ufed of 
 perfons. 
 
 I do not envy thee, Pamela; only I wilTi, 
 that, being thy filler in nature, I were not fo 
 far otl' u^'^ in fortune. Sidnry. 
 
 2. Allied to by nature; partaking of the 
 fame properties : ufed of things. 
 
 The cankered paflion of envy is nothing tikin 
 to the filly envy of the afs. L^ Kjljixngc' ^ Fab'in. 
 
 Some limbs again in bulk or ftatute 
 Unlike, and not ukin by nature. 
 In concert afl, like modern friends-, 
 3^caufe one ferves the other's ends. Vrior. 
 
 He fcparaies it from queftions with which ir 
 Kiay have been complicated, and dillniguilhcs it 
 fiomqucllions which may be ^kin to it. kratti. 
 Al, Attle, Adle, doallfeem toKe cor- 
 ruptions of theSaxon ■£\i.\,nollc', famous ; 
 as alfo, Ailing and Adlhig, are corrup- 
 tions of Kjjcling, noble, fplendid, famous. 
 Al, Aid, being initials, are derived 
 from the Saxon calb, ancient ; and fo, 
 oftentimes, the initial all, being melted 
 by the Normans from the Saxon ealb. 
 
 Gil foil's Camden. 
 A'labaster. n.f. [5sv.??arf.».] A kind 
 of foft marble, eaiier to cut, and lefs 
 durable, than the other kinds ; fome is 
 white, which is mod common ; fome of 
 the colour of horn, and tranfparent ; 
 fome yellow, like honey, marked with 
 veins. The ancients ufed it to make 
 boxes for perfumes. Sa-vary. 
 
 Yet I'll not fhed her blood. 
 Nor fcir that whiter ft in of bcr's than fnow. 
 And :mootli as iiiuauincntal nlah.iihr, Shukfp. 
 
 A'labaster. «<^'. Made of alabaftcr. 
 
 T cannot forbear mentioning partof an alalojle' 
 column, found in the ruins uf Livia's portico. 
 It is of the colour of fire, and may be feen over 
 the high altar of St. Maria in Campitello ; for 
 thty have cut it into two pieces, and fixed it, in 
 the ihape of a crofs, in a hole of the wall; fo 
 that tbc light pafTing through it, makes it look, 
 to thofe in the church, like a huge tranfpaieut 
 crofs of amber Addifon pn Italy. 
 
 Ala'ck. intcrjeS. [This word feems only 
 the corruption of a/aj.] Alas; an ex- 
 prcITion of forrow. 
 
 Alack! when once our grace we have forgot, 
 Nothing goes right ; we would, and wc would 
 not. ShaUfpeare'! Meiifurefor Meaf:ire. 
 
 At thunder now no more I Itaic, 
 Than at the rumbling of a cart : 
 Nay, what's incredible, alack! 
 I haidly hear a woman's clack. S-wift. 
 
 Ala'ckaday. interjedion. [This, like 
 the former, is for cdas the day.~\ A woid 
 noting forrow and melancholy. 
 
 Ala'criously. adv. [from alacnous, 
 luppofed to be formed from alacris ; but 
 of alacrious I have found no example.] 
 Cheerfully ; without dejedlion, 
 
 Epaminonda.-i aiact ioi'Jly expired, in confidence 
 that he left behind him :i pcipetual memory of 
 the vidlories he liad atcl'.ievcd for his country. 
 
 Gcrjernmefit uj the Tongue, 
 
 Ala'crity. n.y: [alaciitns, Lat.] Cheer- 
 fulnefs, exprcffed by fome outward 
 token ; fprightlinefs ; gayety ; liveli- 
 ntfs ; cheerful wlllingnels. 
 
 Thefe orders were, on all fides, yielded unto 
 with no lefs alacrity of mind, than cities, unable 
 to hold out any longer, arc wont to (hew when 
 they take conditions, fuch as it likcth him to 
 offer them, which hath them in the narrow 
 Uraits of advantage. Hooker. 
 
 Give me a bowl of wine ; 
 I have not that alacrity uf fpirir. 
 Nor clieer of mind, that i was wont to have. 
 
 Sliaifpcare. 
 He, glad that now his fca fliould find a thoii:. 
 With frelh alacrity, and force rcnew'd, 
 Sjiiings upwar<l. j\l;iton'% Paradije Lojl. 
 
 Never did men more joyfully obey. 
 Or fooncr undcrlluod the fign to fly ; 
 With fych alacrity they bore away. 
 As if, to prailc ttem, all the Hates llood by. 
 
 Dryilen. 
 ALAMTRE. n. f The loweft note but 
 one in Guido Arctinc's Icale of mufitk. 
 Ai-AMo'de. adv. [alamode, Fr.] Ac- 
 cording to the faihion : a low word. 
 It is ufed likewife by iliopkeepers for 
 a kind of thin filken manufacTlure. 
 Ala'nd. adv. [from a for at, and land.'\ 
 At land; landed; on the dry ground. 
 
 He only, with the prince his coufin, were call 
 clan J, f.ir off" from the place whither their dc- 
 fires would have guided them. Sidney. 
 
 Three more fierce Eurus, in his angry mood, 
 Daili'd on the (haiUws of the moving land. 
 And, in mid ocean, left them niooi'd a'and. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 ALA'RM. «. / [from the^ French, a 
 I'arme, to arms ; as, crhr a I'arme, to 
 call to arms.] 
 
 I. A cry by which men are fummoncd 
 to their arms ; as, at the approach of 
 an. enemy. 
 
 When the confregation is to be gathered to- 
 gether, you (hall blow, but you Ihall not found 
 an ftfarm. Numbers. 
 
 God himfelf is with us for onr captain, and 
 bis pricftswith founding trumpet;, to cry alarvn 
 againrt you. Chiniclis. 
 
 The trumpets loud clangour 
 
 Exf itc-'s us to arms, 
 With (hrill notes of anger, 
 
 And mortal alarms. jDry^erti' 
 
 Taught by this liroke, renounce tlie wars 
 alarjm, 
 And learn to tremble at the name of arms. Pope. 
 
 2. A cry, or notice, of any danger ap- 
 proaching ; as, an alarm of fire. 
 
 3. Any tumult or difUirbance. 
 
 Crowds of rivals, for thy mother's charms^ 
 Thy palace fill with intuits and aAjrwi. Pope. 
 To Al a'r M. V. a. [from alarm, the noun.[| 
 
 1. To call to arms. 
 
 2. To dirturb ; as, with the approach of 
 an enemy. 
 
 The wafp the hive alartrts 
 With loudA- hums, and with unequal arms. 
 
 Add iff. 
 
 3. To furprife with the apprehenfion, of 
 any danger. 
 
 When rage mifguides me, or when fear alartntp - 
 Wae;i pain dillrelfes, or when pteafurc charms. 
 
 Ticiell. 
 
 4. To diHurb-in general. 
 
 His Ton, Cupavo, brulh'd the briny flood; 
 Upon his llern a t.'rawny Ctntaur itood, 
 Wlio heav'ri a rock, and threat'iimg lljll to throw, 
 With lifted hands, ataim'd the leas below. DryJ. 
 
 Ala'smbell. n.f. [from alarm and3i'//.] 
 The bell that is rung at the approach 
 of an enemy. 
 
 Th' alaimbfll rings from our Alhambra wall?, 
 And, from tlic Ilrects, found drums andataballes. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Ala'rming. particlb. adj. [from alarm.} 
 Terrifying ; awakening ; furprifing ; 
 as, an alarming melTage ; an . alarming 
 pain. 
 Al.'S.'rmpost. n.f. [from a/arm and/3/?.] 
 The poll or place appointed to each 
 body of men to appear at, when an 
 alarm fliall happen. 
 Ai.a'rum. «. y". [corrupted, as it feems, 
 from alarm. See Alarm.] 
 Now aie our brows bound with vitflorious 
 wreaths. 
 Our bruiled arms hung up for monuments. 
 Our flcrn alarums chaiig'd to mtrry meetings, 
 
 Shakffiare. 
 That Almatro might better hear. 
 She fcts a drum at either car; 
 And loud or gentle, harfli <n fweet. 
 Are but th' alarums which they beat. Prior. 
 
 To Ala'rum.- 1). a. [corrupted from To 
 alarm.'] See Alarm. 
 
 Withered murder 
 (^.^laruni'd by his fentjiiel the wolf, 
 Whofc howl's his watch)thus with his flealtliy pace 
 Moves like a ghof). Siak/peare. 
 
 Ala's, iriterjnf. [Zv.'aj, Fr. eylaet, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A word exprefrmg lamentation, when 
 we ufe it of ourfclves. 
 
 But yet, <i/.ii.' O but yet, alas! our haps be 
 but hard haps. Sidney. 
 
 Alas, how little from the grave wc claim ! 
 Thou but prcferv'll a form, and I a name. Pcpr. 
 
 2. A word of pity, when ufed of other, 
 perions. 
 
 Alai! poor Protheus, thou haft entertain'd 
 A fox to be the (hcphcrd of thy lambs. Shakfp. 
 
 3. A word of forrow and concern, \vhen 
 ufed of things. , 
 
 Thus faith the Lord God, fmite with thine 
 hand, and ftamp with thy foot, and fay, Alas' 
 fir all the evil abominations of the lioufe of 
 Ifrael. F.zditl. 
 
 Alas' tuth for ihc deed, and for the caufe!
 
 A L C 
 
 j1!aif for pit^ of this liloOffy ficMj 
 Pitfous indeed muft be, wlicii I, a fpirir, 
 Can have fo lofl ;i feiifc of Imiiian wjc.-. Dry.i. 
 Alas the dav, inteijca. Ah, unhappy 
 day ! 
 
 yilai th^ day! I revtr g:tvc Mm caiifc, 5/fdi. 
 
 ^/ai a ^tty! you have ruined my jjour mil- 
 ticfs ; you have made a gap in her rcpuuiion ; 
 and can you blame her, il ihc make it up with 
 her hufbanti ? Longnve. 
 
 Alas THE WHILE. wUrjeif. Ah, unhappy 
 time ! 
 
 All as the (Keep, fudi was tiie (hcphcrd's look ; 
 For pale and wan lie wa-^ (ahn the while' J 
 May fccm he Iov*d, oi ellc lome care he took 
 
 KvtJrE, a/f-v. [horn a and laie*'] Lately ; 
 no long titiic ago. 
 
 Alb. n.f. [af/^un:, lat.] A furplice ; a 
 white liucn vcllmeai worn by pnells. 
 
 Albe. / ad'-j. [a coalition ol words 
 
 Albe'it. j a// lie it fo. Sk'muer.'] Al- 
 tho'Jgh ; notwithllanding ; though it 
 fhould be. 
 
 Nc would he fiiffcr (Irep once thithci-ward 
 Appruachy alh- his diuWly olh w.is next. H^enjt-r. 
 Tnis very thing is cauls Uirticicnt, why duties, 
 bcijnijing to each kind of virtue, olhtu the law 
 of reafon teach thtm, rtiuuld, notwithftaiiding, 
 be prefcribed even by human law. lh(,kn . 
 
 Oiie wholV eyes 
 JiU'c'it unufed to the melting mood, 
 Drop tear?, as fait as the Arabian trees 
 Their medicinal gum. Shakfpeare. 
 
 He, who has a prubable belief that iie (hull 
 meet with thieves in Uich a road, thinks himltli 
 to have rcal'on enongh to decline it, alltit he is 
 fure tu Uilhiin fume id's, tlivnigti yet coiifidcr- 
 able, inconvenience by las fo tlci.ig. South. 
 
 A.LB u c I'tiEo VS. adj. [^alL'jo Of Lat.] Ke- 
 fembling the white of an egg. 
 
 Eggs will freeze in the alhu^incoui part there- 
 of. £roivu's Vuigar KrrCuis. 
 
 I opened it by incifion, giving vent firit to an 
 aWftgineouSf then to white concocted matter: 
 upon which the tumour lunk. IViJenitin. 
 
 ALBU'GO. n.f. [Lat.] A difeafe in the 
 eye, by which the cornea contrafts a 
 whitenefs. The fame with leucoma. 
 
 A'lburn colour, n. f. See Auburn. 
 
 Alc.^hest. n.f. An Arabick word, to 
 expvefs an univerfal dilTuIvent, pre' 
 tended to by Paracelfus and Hclmont. 
 
 Alc a'id. n.f. [from«/, Arab. and"ir,"ir), 
 the head.] " ' 
 
 1. In Barbary, the pbvernour of a caftle. 
 
 Th' <d.aid 
 Shuns me, and with a grim ciulity, 
 Bow^, and declint-s my walks. Dryden. 
 
 2. In Spain, the judge of a city, firfl in- 
 flltuted by the Saracens. Du Cauge. 
 
 jiLCA'NKJ. n.f. An Egyptian plant 
 ufed in dyiii^ ; the leaves making a 
 yellow, infufed in water, and a red in 
 acid liquors. 
 
 The root of alcanna, though green, will give 
 a red ftain. Bio-.u.-i's Vulgur Eumri. 
 
 Alchy'mical. aJ/. [from ak/iymy.] Re- 
 lating to alchymyj produced by al- 
 chymy. 
 
 The rofe-noble, then current for fix (hillings 
 and eight pence, the alchymift do affirm as .111 
 unwritten verity, was m.nde by projc>ftion iir 
 multiplicaiion nlchymical uf Raymond Lully in 
 the tuwcr of London. Camden's Remains. 
 
 Alchy'mically. ad-v. [^Irom alchym'uitl.] 
 In the manner of an alchymift; by means 
 of alchymy. 
 
 ALC 
 
 Raymond Lully would prove it alc^yndealfy, 
 
 Caiii'i''a. 
 
 A'lchymist. n.f. [from ali/jymy.] One 
 
 who pnrfues or profeflts the Icitnce of 
 
 alchymy. 
 
 Tululiinnizc this day, the glnriou' fun 
 Stays in iiis courl'e, and playb the aldiymif, 
 Turning, with fplcndour of his pieciuns tye, 
 The nu.Ti; re cloddy earth to glitteiinggKld. Ukaifp. 
 
 Every aUiiynlJl knows, that gold will endure 
 a \choment lire for a long time without any 
 change ; and after it iiai been divided by corro- 
 fivc liquors into iiivifiblc p.trts, yet may pre- 
 fciitly be precipitated, fo as to appear in in own 
 form. Grew. 
 
 A'LCHYMY. n. f. [of at, Arab, and 
 
 X'ua.] 
 
 1. The more fublime and occult part of 
 chymiftry, which propofcs for its ob- 
 jeft (he tranfmutation of metals, and 
 other important operations. 
 
 Tlicr- is notiiing more dangerous than this de- 
 luding art, which changeth the meaning of 
 word;-, as at.'hyyvy doth, or Would do, the fub- 
 ftance of metals; maketh of any tiring what it 
 liilcth, and bringeth, in the cud, all truth to no- 
 thing. Ihokit. 
 
 O lie (iti high in all the people's hearts ; 
 And that which would appear offence in us, 
 His countenance, like richelf alchymy. 
 Will cliair^e to \ irtue and to worthinel's. Shakfp. 
 
 Compared to this, 
 All honour's mimick, all wealth alchymy. Donne. 
 
 2. A kind of mixed metal ufed for fpoons, 
 and kitchen untenfils. 
 
 White alcfiymy is made of pan-bra fs one pound, 
 and arlenicum three ounces ; or aUhymy is made 
 of copper and auripigmcntum. Baan. 
 
 "They bid cry, 
 With trumpets regal found, the great refult: 
 Tuw'rrls the four winds, four fpeedy cherubims 
 Put to their mouths the lounding oUhymy, 
 Bv herald*-'. Voice cxpl.tin'd. hVilt^n'% Var. Lofi. 
 
 A'LCOHOL. n.f An Arabick term ufed 
 by chymllh for a high rectified dephleg- 
 mated ipirit of wine, or for any thing 
 reduced into an impalpable powder. 
 
 ^'incy. 
 If the fame fait ihall be reduced into aUJ^'iy 
 as the chymifts fpe.ik, or an impalpable powtie:, 
 the particles and iateicepted fpaces will be ex- 
 tremely lelTened. Bcy!^'. 
 Sal voLuile oleofum will coagulate the ferum 
 on account of the aUchnly or rc<f\itied fpirit which 
 itconiains. Arhuihr.'jt. 
 Alcoholiza'tton. n.f. [from alcoho- 
 lize.^ The aft of alcoholizing or reclify- 
 ing fpirits ; or of reducing bodies to an 
 impalpable powder. 
 To A'lcoholize. 1', a. [from nlcohcl.~\ 
 
 1. Tio make an alcohol; that is, to reftily 
 fpirils till they are wholly dephlegrnated. 
 
 2. 'I'o comminute powder till it is wholly 
 without roughnefs. 
 
 A'lcoran. n.f. [a/ and ior^n, Arab.] 
 The book of the Mahometan precepts 
 and crcdendn. 
 
 If this would fatisfy the confcience, we might 
 not only take the piefent covenant, but fubfcnbe 
 to the council of Trent ; yea, and to the Tui kifo 
 a/r'.ra'r- aiidfwcarto maintain and defend either 
 of them. Sauvderfcn aga.'f.'Ji th* CcTcnant. 
 
 Alco've. n.f. [akoia, Span.] A rccefs, 
 or part of a chamber, feparated by an 
 eftrade, or partition, and other cone- 
 fpondeiit ornaments ; in which is placed 
 a bed of ftate, and fomctimes feats to 
 entertain company. Trtvoux. 
 
 The we.n-y'd charHpion lull'd in foft atcnc^. 
 The nobicft bcaii of tliy rumautick groves. 
 
 ALE 
 
 Oft, if the muCe prefage, (hall he be fcen 
 liy Rofumondi fleeting o'er the green. 
 In (irtams be hail'd by hcioes' mighty (hade», 
 And hear old Chaucer warble through the g 'ales. 
 
 'lickctl. 
 Deep in a rich afcwr the prince was laid, 
 Aud (Icpt beneath the pompoir colonnade. Pipf. 
 A'ldhr. n.f. [a/iius, Lat.] A tree hav- 
 ing leaves rcfembling thole of the iiaztl ; 
 the male flowers, or katklus, are pro- 
 duced at remote diftancestrom tlie truit, 
 on the fame tree ; the fruit is fquamofe, 
 and of a conical figure. I he fpecies are, 
 
 1. The common or round-leaved tf/i/fr. 
 
 2. The long-leavtd aUer. 3. The fcar- 
 let aider. Thefe trees delight in a very 
 moill foil. The wood is ufed by turners, 
 and will endure long under ground, or 
 in water. MUIcr, 
 
 Without the grot, a various fylvan fcene 
 Appcar'd around, and groves of living green; 
 Poplars and alJin ever quivering play'd. 
 And nodding cypiefs fonn'd a fragrant (hade. 
 Popc't OdyJJey 
 
 Alderli'evest. aiij. fvperl. [from'«/y, 
 alder,o\A, elder, vaAlu've, dear, beloved.] 
 Moll beloved; which has held the lono-eit 
 pofTclIion of the heart. 
 
 The mutual conference that my mind hath had, 
 In couitly comiany, or at mv beads, 
 Wiih y )U, mine niderlieveji fovereign, 
 Makes me the bolder. Sl:ali'pcare'i Heiry vi. 
 
 Alderman, n.f. [from ali/, old, and 
 man, ] 
 
 1. The fame as fenator, Cotuell. A go- 
 vernour or magiftrate, originally, as the 
 name imports, chofen on account of the 
 experience which his age had given him. 
 
 Tell him myfelf, the mayor, ai;d aldcrrnet:, 
 Are come to have fome cocf'reucc with liis. 
 grace. Si'uifpeart. 
 
 Though my own aldermen oonferr'd my bays. 
 To me committing their eternal praife: 
 Their full-fed heroes, their pacihck roay'rs. 
 Their annual trophies, and their monthly wars. 
 
 Fcpe'i DunciaJ. 
 
 2. Ill the following paffage it is, I think, 
 improperly ufed. 
 
 But if the trumpet's clangour you abhor, 
 And dare not be an alderman cf war. 
 Take to a lliop, behind a counter lie. DryJtn, 
 A'ldermanly. adv. [from alJermmi.] 
 Like an alderman j belonging to au 
 alderman. 
 
 Thefe, and many more, fuffered death, in 
 
 envy to their viiiues and fuperior genius, which 
 
 emboldened them, in exigencies (warning an ul- 
 
 dermanly difcretion) to attempt fervice nut uf :he 
 
 common forms. Svift's yi.f'cel'aniei. 
 
 A'ldern. adj. Ifrora alder. 1 Made of 
 
 alder. 
 
 Then aldern boats firfl plow'd the ocean. A'av, 
 
 ALE. n.f. [eale. Sax.] 
 
 1. A liquor made by infufing malt in hot 
 water, and then fermenting the liquor. 
 
 You muft be feeing chrilteniiics. Do you 
 look, for iJe and cakes here, you i ude vafcals. 
 
 Sllalff'Catc'i Henry viir. 
 The fertility of the foil in grain, and its bring 
 not proper for vines, put the Egyptians uDon 
 drinkii.g<.-/f, of which they were the inventors. 
 
 Ji4rbuthnct. 
 
 2. A merry meeting ufed in country places. 
 
 And all the neighbourhood, from old records 
 Of antick proverbs drawn from Whilfon lords, 
 And ilreir authorities at wakes and alet. 
 With country precedents, and old wives tales, 
 We bring you iimv. B,„ fon/'o'!. 
 
 A'tiBERRY. n.f. [from ale and ieiry.] 
 A beverage noadc by boiling alc with
 
 A-L E 
 
 ALE 
 
 A L G 
 
 fpice and lugar, and fops ot" bread : a 
 ■word now only ufed in converfation. 
 
 Their cuec^i i^if C3\vdk's, puITets, each une, 
 *yllit>ubi made at the milking pale, 
 But what are wompofcd of a pot of j^ood a!c. 
 
 A'tE-BREWER. n.f. '[from a!e and inzver.} 
 One that profeircs to brew ale. 
 
 Tlic fiinimer-niade malt Lreu's ill, and is 
 diilikcdby moftof our a.'f-^r^uv-M. Mmimrr. 
 
 Aleconner. «. f. [from ale and con.'] 
 An officer in the city of London, wliofe 
 bullncfs is to infpeifl the nieafiires of 
 publicli houfes. Four of thera are cho- 
 fen or rechofcn, annually by the com- 
 mon-hall of the city; and, whatever 
 might be their ufe formerly, their places 
 ure now regarded only as fniecures for 
 decayed citizens. 
 
 A'LKCOST. n.f. [perhaps from ak, and 
 .c'jjtus, Lat.] An herb. Difl. 
 
 Ale'cTKVOMAXCY, OrALE'cTOROMAN- 
 
 cv. n./. [aXsxijtiwii andftai'ii;.] Divina- 
 tion by a cock. Di8. 
 A'leg.^k. n.f. [from ale and eager, iowr.'] 
 Sour ale ; a kind of acid made by ale, 
 as vinegar by wine, which has loll its 
 fpirit. 
 Aleger. adj. \_alltg>e,Yr. alums, Lat.] 
 Gay ; cheerful ; i'prightly. Not ufed. 
 Coffee, tiie root and leaf bctlc, and leaf to- 
 bacco, t'f which the Turks are great takers, do 
 all condenfe the fpirits, and make them ftr'jng 
 and iih:gcr. Jjacon's N'itntii! Hijicy. 
 
 A'lehoof. n.f. [from a/f, and hoopb, 
 head.] Grouutl-ivy, fo called by our 
 Saxon ancellors, as being tlieir chief in- 
 gredient in ale. An herb. 
 
 AUhtjif, or grouiidivy, is, in my opinioti, of 
 the moft excellent and moft general ufe and vir- 
 tue, of any plants wc have amoiig us. Ttm^U. 
 A'lehouse. n. f. [from ale and houfe.'] A 
 houfe where ale it publickly fold ; a 
 tipling-houfe. It is df.'Hnguilhcd from 
 a tavern, where they fell wir.e. 
 
 Thou niort beauteous inn. 
 Why (liould hard-favour'd grief be lodg'd in thee, 
 When e-,-iuniph is become an .tlffhoufc gueft? 
 
 One would think it ftiould be no eafy matter 
 to bring nuv man of 'fcnfe in love with ati w/tr- 
 /:wjt\ indeed of fo much fcnfe as feeing and 
 fmclling amounts to; there being fiKh ftrong en- 
 counters of both, as would quickly fend him 
 packing, did not the love of good fellowlhip re- 
 ■toncile tothcfe nuifanccs. Scni/i. 
 
 Thee (li.ill each nldoufi, thee each gillKoufc 
 m jurn, 
 And anfw'ringginfhops-fouicr fighsrcturn. Pofte. 
 A'i.ehouse-keeper. n.f. [from aUhaufe 
 and hceper.1 He that keeps ale pub- 
 lickly to fini. 
 
 You rcfcmble pcrfeftly the two ahhaufc- 
 tcfpen in Holland, who were at the fame time 
 Lurgo-maflers of the town, and taxed one an- 
 othor's bills alternately. Letter to S-iuift. 
 
 A'lekkight. n.f [from ttleand inii;/jt.] 
 A pot-companion ; a tippler. Out of 
 ufe. 
 
 The old aU'kni^hti of England were well de- 
 painted by Hauvillc, in the aiehoufc-colours of 
 that lime. C.m.lcn. 
 
 Ale'mbick. n.f. A vcflTcl ufed in dillill- 
 jng, confiding of a veflel placed over a 
 ifircjin which is contained the fubilai.ie 
 to \>e diftllled, and a concave cloftly 
 fitted on, into wliidi the fumes arife by 
 Uie heal j this cover has a beak or fpout, 
 
 into which the vapours rife, and by 
 which they pals into a ferpentine pipe, 
 which is kept cool by making many con- 
 volutions in a tub of water j here the 
 vapours are condenfed, and what entered 
 the pipe in fumes, conies out in drops. 
 
 Thuugh water may be rarified into invifiblc 
 vapours, yet it is not changed into air, but oriy 
 fcattered into minute parts ; wliic'n meeting to- 
 gether in the alembkkj or in the receiver, do 
 prcfently return into fuch water as they confti- 
 tutcd before. Boy/e. 
 
 Ale'ngth. atfv. [from a for at, and 
 length.] At full length ; alongi flretched 
 along the ground. 
 
 ALE'RT. aiij. [tih'rle, Fr. perhaps from 
 alacns'y but probably from a Part, ac- 
 cording to art or rule.] 
 
 1. In the military fenfe, on guard ; watch- 
 ful ; vigilant; ready at a call. 
 
 2. In the common fenfe, brifli ; pert; 
 petulent ; fmart ; implying fome degree 
 ofcenfure and contempt. 
 
 I faw an nlert young fellow, that cocked his 
 hat upon a friend of his, and accoftcdhrm, Well 
 Jack, the old prig is dead at lall. Sfcffitor. 
 
 Ale'rtness. n.f. [from akrl.] The 
 quality of being alert ; fprightlinefs ;. 
 pertnefs. 
 
 That alertnep and unconcern for matters of 
 common life, a campaign or two would infal- 
 libly have given him. Speftator. 
 
 A'letaster. n.f. \i\-om ale vcaA tajler.] 
 An officer appointed in every court leet, 
 and fworn to look to the alTize and the 
 goodnefs of bread and ale, or beer, 
 within ihe precindls of that lordfliip. 
 
 Conuell. 
 
 A'levat. fi.f. [(rom ale and vat.] The 
 tub in which the ale is fermented. 
 
 A'lew. n.y. Clamour; outcry. Not in 
 tife. Spenfer. 
 
 A'lewashed. adj. [from ale and nx-'tij}}.] 
 Steeped or foaked in ale. Not in ufe. 
 
 What a bcaid of tlic general's cut, and a hoi- 
 rid fuit of tiic camp, will do among foaming bat- 
 tles and alciuajJted wits, is wonderful to be 
 
 thought on. Sh.lkfpe.ire. 
 
 A'lewife. n.f. [from a/i? and lui/i".] A 
 woman that keeps an alehoufe. 
 
 Perhaps he will fwaggcr and hcitor, and 
 threaten to beat and butcher an ulcivifey or ti»ke 
 the goods by force, and throw them down the 
 bad half-petice. Swft's Dtupfr's Letters, 
 
 A'LEx.iNDERS. n.f. [fmynuuin, Lat.] A 
 plant. 
 
 A'lexander's-foot. n.f. An herb. 
 
 Alexa'ndrine. n. J'. A kind of verfe 
 borrowed from the French, firft ufed in 
 a poem called Alexander. Theyconfill, 
 among the French, of twelve and thir- 
 teen fyllables, in alternate couplets; and, 
 among us, of twelve. 
 
 Our numbers Ihould, for the moll part, be 
 lyrical. For variety, or rather where the ma- 
 jetiy uf thought lequires it, lliey may be llretch- 
 ed to tlic Englifli heroic of five feet, and to the 
 Frcr.ch AUxiindrlne of fix. Drydtn. 
 
 Then, at the lalt and only couplet fraught 
 
 With Ibmc unmeaning thing they call a thought, 
 
 A necdiefs .■Ihxandrint ends the long, 
 
 That, like a wounded fnake, diags its llow length 
 
 / along. P(/p:''i ¥.JJa\ on Criticijm. 
 
 Ai.exipha'rmick. ndi. [from a7^i^ii. 
 and (pdri'.a'ot.] That drives away 
 poifon ; antidotal j that oppofes infec- 
 tion. 
 
 Some antidotal quality it may have, fincc rt»t 
 only the bone in the heait, but the horn of 4 
 deer is alexipharmick. Broiun's Vulgar Errouts. 
 
 Alexite'rical, or Ale_xite'rick. adj. 
 [from clxi^:ij. ] That drives away poifon ; 
 that refifts fevers, 
 A'lgates. adv. [from all anA get!.: Skin- 
 ner. Gate is the fame as v'ta ; and Hill 
 ufed for nvay in the Scottifh dialeifl.] 
 ■On any terms ; every way. Obfoiete; 
 
 >Jor had the boafter ever lifeii more. 
 But that Rcnaldo*s horfe ev*i} tlien down fell, 
 .\nd with the fall his Icgopprefs'd fo foic. 
 That, f jr a fpace, there mult he ^Igatei dwell. 
 
 Vairfux, 
 
 ALGEBRA, n.f. [an Arabic w.ord of 
 uncertain etymology ; derived, by fonae, 
 from Gelcr the pliilofopher,; by forne', 
 from gefr, parchment ; by others, ifrpm 
 algeh'Jla, a bonefetter ; by Meniig.', from 
 alglabatat, the reftitution of things bro- 
 ken.] A peculiar kind of arithmetick, 
 which takes the quantity fought, whe- 
 ther it be a ntimber or a line, or any 
 other quantity, as if it were granted, 
 and, by means of one or more quantities 
 given, proceeds by confequeiice, till the 
 quantity at firll only fuppofed to be 
 known, or at leall fome power thereof, 
 is found to be equal to fome quantity ov 
 quantities which are known, and confe- 
 quently itfelf is known. This art was 
 in ufe aiTiong the Arabs long before it 
 came into this part of the world ; and 
 they are fuppofed to have borrowed It 
 from the Perlians, and the Perfians from 
 the Indians. The full Greek author 
 of algebra was Diophantus, who, about 
 the year 800, wrote thirteen books. In 
 1494, Lucas Pacciolus, or Lucas de- 
 Burgos, a cordelier, printed a treatife of 
 algebra, in Italian, at Venice. He fays, 
 that algebra came originally from the 
 Arabs, .•\fter feveral improvements by 
 Victa, Oughtred, Harriot, Defcartes, 
 fir Ifaac Newton brouo;ht this art to the 
 height at which it fli'l continues. 
 
 Trevoux. Chambers. 
 
 It would furcly rcq.uire no vciy profound fkill 
 
 in al-^ehrit, to leduce the difference of ninepenre 
 
 in thirty Ihillings. Sulft. 
 
 Algebka':CK. 7 ,■ rr ; r -1 
 
 . , > ad I. \uoxaahebra.\ 
 
 Algebu a iCAi.. J • ■- o J 
 
 1 . Relating to algebra ; as, an algebraical 
 treatile. 
 
 2. Containing operations of algebra ; as, 
 an algebraical compulation. 
 
 Al.GF.BR a'ist. nf [from algebra.] A 
 perl'on that underftands or praftifes the 
 fcience of algebia. 
 
 When any dead body is found in England, no 
 algefi'.t/Ji or uncipheier can ufe more fubtle fup- 
 poluions, to tnld the <temonrtration or cipher, 
 than every unconcerned perfon dotir to hnd the 
 murtiercrs. G'/.i««/'i BiLh of Alorta/itv. 
 
 Confining themfeives to the fynthctick and 
 analytick methods of geometricians and til^e- 
 IntiijU, they have too much narrowed the Kiles 
 of method, :s thougti every thing were to be 
 treated in mathematic.il forms. }l''iitti* Logick. 
 
 ALGID, adj. [al^idus, Lat.] Cold ; chill. 
 
 Bin. 
 -Vlgi'pity. 7 n.f. [from algid.] Chil- 
 A'lgidness. J nels ; cold. Diil,
 
 A L I 
 
 Ai.crFic. a,l/. [from aljor, Lat.l That 
 produces colH. J):i7. 
 
 A/.GOR. n.f. [Lat.] Extreme coki ; 
 chiliicfs. Did. 
 
 A'lgorism. J n./.Arabick words, whicli 
 
 A'lcorithm. J arc uftd to imply the lix 
 operations of ariihinetick, or the fcience 
 of numbers. D'lc!. 
 
 Algo'se. (iilj. [from algor, Lat.] Ex- 
 tremely cold ; chill. DiB. 
 
 A'LIJS. adv. A Latin word, fignifying 
 vlhcrivife ; often ufed in the trials of 
 criminals, whofe dang-er has obliged 
 them to chan^T^ their names; as, Sim- 
 [on, alius Smith, a/las 15aker ; that is, 
 olher'-.L'ifc Smith, otheriuifc Baker. 
 
 A'lidli:. adj. l^/iii/is, L-,\t.] Nutritive; 
 noniilhing; that may be nourillied. Diff. 
 
 A'LIEN. adj. [aliemis', Lat.] 
 
 1. Foicign, or not of the fame family or 
 land. 
 
 The mother plant admires the leaves unknown 
 0{ tUurt trees, and apples not her own. Dtydcji. 
 
 From native toil 
 Exird by fate, torn fiom the tender eniLrace 
 Of hi*; young guiltlefs progeny, he fireks 
 Ingloi ious fhclter in an olitn land. Philipu 
 
 2. Eilranged from; not allied to; adverfe 
 to : with the particle from, and fome- 
 timcs to, but improperly. 
 
 To declare my mind to the difctplcs of the 
 fire, by a I'unilitude not atit-tt f'om their profel- 
 fion. Bivlt-. 
 
 The fentimcnt that arifcs, is a convitf^ioii of 
 the deplorable llarc of natvite^ to which I'm re- 
 duced us ; a weak, ignorant cicature a//j« y/owi 
 Ood and goudiiefs, and a prey to rlic great de- 
 flroyer. Ko;^^m' Sermofts. 
 
 They enrouraged perfons and principles, alifi 
 
 from our- religion and government, in order to 
 
 ftrengthen rheir failion. Sivifi's Mifce.'t.u:\. 
 
 A'lien. n.f. [alieiius, Lat.] 
 
 t. A foreigner; not a denifon ; a man of 
 
 another country or family ; one not 
 
 aHied ; a (Iranger. 
 
 In whomfoevcr tliefc things are, the cLiircli 
 doth acknowledge ti'.em for her children ; them 
 ouly file holdeth fora//cv/j and (trangers in whom 
 thefc things arc nut found. Uccit-! . 
 
 If it be prov'd aj;ainft an n.'ien, 
 He feeks the life of any cititcn. 
 The party, 'g.iinft the which he doth contrKe, 
 .Shall fcizo on half his goods. Shakjpeaic. 
 
 The mcif Irifli wvre not only accounted aliens, 
 biic tnemic', fo as it \%'a5 no capital otlencc to 
 kill tl.cm. Sir y. Da-:li on IrcUnd. 
 
 Thy place in council thou haft rudely lol^, 
 Which by thy younger brother is fupply'd,. 
 And art almoit an iilien rothe hearts 
 Of all the Court and princes of my Wood. Sh.ttfp. 
 
 The lawgiver condemned the perfons, who 
 
 fat idle in divifions dangerous to the government, 
 
 as alii-m to the community, and therefore to be 
 
 cut otf from it. ^-iddifoTi'i Freeficldcr. 
 
 3.. In law. 
 
 An ii/iirrt iscne born In a itrange country, and 
 never ent'ranchifcd, A man burn out of the 
 land, fo it be withm the limits beyond the feas, 
 *K of Englilh parents out of rhc king's obedience, 
 ft< ti^e parents, at the time of the birth, be of the 
 Jting's obedience, is not rt//>.-/. If" one, born out 
 of the king's allegiance, come and dwell in 
 England, his children (if he beget any here) are 
 not aUtrti, but denifons. CoireU. 
 
 "ToA'lien. v. a. [aHeiur,Fr. «/;V/?o,Lat.J 
 1. To make any thing the property of an- 
 other. 
 
 If the fon nlien lands, and then repurchafe 
 them again in fee, the rules of r'cfcents are to be 
 efciervcdj as if J>c were the original pmchafer. 
 liiU'i C(immj!> Litw 
 
 A L I 
 
 2. To eflrange ; to turn the mint! orafTcc- 
 tlon ; to make avcrfc: w\i\\ from, 
 
 Tlic king Wits dilqiiictcd, when he found that 
 the prir.LC wa? t'd.illy alirne.ifrom ail thoiiglits of, 
 or iiicliii.ition to, the in.trringe. Lhiremkn, 
 
 A'liks a Bi.E. adj. [from To a/ienafe.] That 
 of nliich the property may be tran fer- 
 ret! . 
 
 L^nul is alienubh'y and trcafiire is tranfitory, 
 and totli mult pnfs from him, by his own vo- 
 luntary a^, or by the violence of others, or at 
 Icall by fdtc. Dcnnii. 
 
 To A'liknate. 1'. a. [a/iener, Fr. allenoy 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. To transfer the property of any thing 
 to another. 
 
 The countiies of iI.l Turks were once chrif- 
 tiun, and members of il-.c chuich, and w'.icre 
 the gulden candltlVick'- did iland, Ihkjugh nj\v 
 they be utterly ulienutcJf and nochriftlans left. 
 
 Bucon. 
 
 2. To withdraw the heart or affe£lions : 
 with the particle y>(3W, where the lirU 
 poffclTor is mentioned. 
 
 The mannvr of men's wfiting muft not al/e- 
 nati our hearts yVcw the truth. H^oifr. 
 
 Be it never fo true which we teach the world 
 to believe, yt, if once their atfcclions begin to 
 be uHenat£il^ a fmall thing pcrfuadoth them to 
 change their opinions. Hooker. 
 
 His eyes furvcy'dthe dark idolatries 
 Of a'lenateA Jurinh. Auhon's Parmiije Lfifl. 
 
 Any thing that Is apt to riillurb the world, 
 anil to ii//^//.;/!- the aftcdtions of xxitx\ frovi ore 
 another, fuch as crofs and dirtatcful humours, 
 is cither txprcfsly, or by clear confequence and 
 deduction, forbidden In the New Teltameiit. 
 
 Her mind was quite alien^ittd from the honcft 
 Callili.m, wlmm iKc wjs Caught to look upon as 
 a formal old felbw. Ad.Uj'on. 
 
 A'lien.4TE. z/^/?. {^alienatus^ Lat.] With- 
 drawn from ;■ llranger to ; with the par- 
 ticle from.. 
 
 The whigs are damnably wicked; impatient 
 for' thf (!ca:h of the queen; ready to gratify 
 their. ambition and rcvt-nse by alt dcfpeiLitc me- 
 tliod> ; wholly alienate from truth, law> religion, 
 nacrcy, cunfcieiicc, or honour. Swift's Mifc. 
 
 AtiiiTNA'TioN. n.f. [^alietiafio, Lat..] 
 
 1. The a61 of transferring properly. 
 
 Tliis ordinance was for the maintcn.incc o^ 
 
 their lands in their pofttrity, and for excluding 
 
 all innovation or alienation thereof unto Grangers. 
 
 Spcnfr's State cf I'Ja/ui. 
 
 God put it into the heart of one of our pilnces, 
 to give a check to fncrilcgc. H*r fucccffour 
 palTed a law, w l.ich prevented all future a'.ttnn- 
 ticru of tj-.e church revenues. Atteibury. 
 
 G reat changes and a/iaiiti'ins of property, have 
 crerited new and great dependencies. Swift. 
 
 2. The Hate of being alienated ; as, the 
 l^ate was walled during its alienation. 
 
 3. Change of aifed^ion. 
 
 It is kft but ill dnrk memoiy, what was the 
 ground of his detedtion, and the alienation of his 
 heart from rUe king. Baco'i. 
 
 4. Applied to the mind, it means diforder 
 of the faculties. 
 
 Some things a;e done by man, though not 
 through outwaid force and in\piilfion, though 
 not againft, yet without their wills; :\5 in a/ie- 
 ?/ij//t,/7 of mind, or any lik,e inevitable utter ab- 
 fcnce of wit and judgment. Hooker. 
 
 Ali'ferous.(7^/^. [from^iZ:? and_/>r(?jLut.] 
 Having wings, Di^. 
 
 Ali'gerous. ailj» [^aliger, Lat,] Having 
 wings ; winged, Z)it?. 
 
 To Ali'gge, v. a. [from a and li^^, to 
 L'e down.] To 'lay ; to allay ;• to tliraw 
 down J to fubdue ; an ©Id word even in 
 
 A I. I 
 
 the time of Spcnfer, now vlio'Iy forgot- 
 ten. 
 
 Thomalin, why fitten we fo, 
 As weren overwent with woe. 
 
 Upon fo fair a morrow ? 
 The joyous time now nigiicth faft. 
 That Ihall aliinit this bitter biafi, 
 
 And flake the winter forrow. Sjirif.r, 
 
 7c//\li'ght. v. n. [alihtaii. Sax. af-lkhun, 
 Dtuch.] 
 
 1. To come down, and flop. The word 
 imphes the idea of dcjcend'w^ ; as, of a 
 bird from the wing ; a traveller from his 
 horfe or carriage ; and generally of rcil-- 
 ing or (lopping. 
 
 There .mejmt inglit arriving, i!\^aUtht 
 From her high weary wainc. Tairy Qiitm. 
 
 There is alightrd at your gate 
 A yourg Venetian. SJiai/p. Merclit. of Verthe. 
 Slackiicfs breeds worm* : but the fure tra- 
 villcr, 
 Though he alighti fomctlmes, ftill gccth on. 
 
 }hrkc,t. 
 
 When marching with his foot he walks tiR 
 night ; 
 When with his horfe, he never will alljA-.t. Vinh. 
 
 When Dedalui, te fly the Crcran ihore, 
 His heavy limbs on joii>ted pinions bore; 
 To the Cumean coaif at length he came. 
 And here alighting built this coft ly frame. Dr'^i. 
 
 Wiien he was admoniOied by his fubjcft t» 
 defcend, he came down gently, and circling in 
 the a,r, ami linging to the ground. Like a lark, 
 meludif.'iis in her mounting, antl continuing her 
 fong till (he aligh's ; ftill preparing for a higher 
 flight at her next fally. Drydin. . 
 
 When finifh'd was the light. 
 The viflors from their lolly fiecds slight ■ 
 l^ikethem difmounted all the warliketrain. T^rwi. 
 
 Should a fpirit of fuperiourrank, a (hanger to 
 human na;uie,d/;V;i-' upon the eartii, what would 
 his notions of us be ? Sbr^atit . 
 
 2. It is ufed alfo of any thing thrown or 
 falling ; to fall upon. 
 
 But itorms of lioiies from the proud temple's 
 Iieight 
 Pour down, and on our b.tuer'd helms a'iglit. 
 
 I^rvden. 
 
 Ati'KE. adv.. [from a and. //if.] Witli 
 refemblance ; without difference ; in 
 the fame manner; in. the fame form. 
 In feme cxpicfTions it has the appear- 
 ance of an adjeftive, but is alv.iiys aa 
 adverb. 
 
 The darknefs hide'h not from thee ; but the" 
 nigijt fliineth as tiie day; the darknels and- the 
 ligl-.t arc both al:ii to thee. I'Jolms. . 
 
 With thee converfing, rfbrgetairtimc ; 
 AH feafons, and rheir change, all pleafe s!He. 
 MUton'i Pnradife Lofl, 
 Riches cannoS rcfcue from the grave, 
 Wliieh claims al:ke the monarch and the Have. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Let us unite at lead in an equal leal for thofe 
 capital dufttincs, wiiich we ah equally embrace, 
 and are ttliks concerned to maintain, ^-^rtfi-urt. 
 
 Two handmaids wait the throne ; alike "in. 
 
 place. 
 
 But riift^ring far in figure and in face. Pcfe. 
 
 A'LI?/IENT. n. J. [anmentmn, Lat.] 
 
 Nouriihrnent ; that wliii;h nouiilhes; 
 
 nutriment ; food. 
 
 New pairs arc added to our fuhffance ; and, 
 as we die, we are born daily j nor can we give 
 an account, liow the alimeni is prepared for nu- 
 trition, or Jjy what niechanifm-it is dirtribuicd. 
 
 Gliim-i/le'! Scjifii Scientifici. 
 
 All bodies which, by the animal faculties, can ■ 
 be changed into the fluids and folids of out bo- 
 dies, are calltd a/inent!. In the largcii fenfe by 
 al.mert, I underftand every tl ing which a human 
 creature fakes in common diet; as, meat, drifik; 
 and ftafoning, as; fair, ff ice, vinegar. .drbuthrM,
 
 A 1 I 
 
 /iLiMENTAt. aiij. [from aAWwf.l That 
 has the quahty of aliment ; that does 
 iiouriih ; that does feed. 
 
 The Uin.thit light imparls to all, receives 
 Fioni atl his tf'->;f'.M/ vcconipencc, 
 I.i humid clihai.iiioiis. Miitai'i PitrmUfc Loft. 
 
 Except they bi- vtrjtcred from higher regions, 
 thefc weeds niuil lofe their aJimental faj , ajid 
 wither. bimun. 
 
 Til' induflrioiis, when the fun in Leo tides, 
 Forget not, at the fool of ev'iy plant, 
 To fmk a circling trench, and daily pour 
 A jult fupp'y of ttl:ni£titiil Itixanis, 
 Exiwurted fap recruiting. Philips. 
 
 Alime'ntally. adv. [from aUmcntal.'\ 
 So as to fcrve for nourilhment. 
 
 The fubflance of gold is invincible by thepow- 
 crfullclt heat, and that only alime'-'tclly in a fnb- 
 Itantial mutation, but alto medicamentally in any 
 cojporcal converfion. Browfi's Vulg'tr Enoun, 
 Alime'ntariness. n. f. [from alimai- 
 iaryj] The quahty of bc-ing ahmen- 
 tary, or of affording nourlfliment. Did. 
 Ali.me'ntaivY. adj. [irom aliment.^ 
 
 1. That belongs or relates to aHment. 
 
 The folulion of the aliment by maftication \\ 
 nccelfary ; without it, the aliment could not be 
 dilpufed for tlie changes which it rcciivcs as it 
 palTcth through ihe alimentary duCl. ArbutiiKOt. 
 
 2. That has the quahty of ahment, or the 
 power of nouilihing. 
 
 ■ I do not thinic that water fupplics animals, or 
 even plants, with nourilhment, but fcives for a 
 vehicle to ihe aiimentary particles, to convey and 
 dillribiite them to the feveral parts of the body. 
 R,iy fjn the Ci cation. 
 Of alhnentarv roots, fomc arc pulpy and very 
 mtririous ; as turnips and c.irrots. 'J hcfc have a 
 fatteiung quality. Aibuthn'^t on Aliments. 
 
 Alimenta'tion". n.f. [hom ailment.^ 
 1. The power of affording ahment; the 
 
 quahty of nourifliing. 
 a. The flate of being ncuriflied by affi- 
 milation of matter received. 
 
 Plants do nourilh ; inanimate bodies do not : 
 
 they have an accretion, but no alimerttatioit. 
 
 Bacon's Natuitti ilijiorv. 
 
 Alimo'niovs. «<//. [from «//»;«; 1'.] That 
 does nourlfh : a word very httie in ufc. 
 The plethora renders us lean, by fuppj-elfing 
 oitr fpirits, whereby they arc inc.ip.icitated of di- 
 geliing the a'imoiiious humours into flcfh. Haruty. 
 A'LIIVIONy. n./. [alhmnla, Lat.] M- 
 mony fignifies that legal proportion of 
 the hufband's ellate, which, by the fen- 
 tence of the ecclefiallical court, i? al- 
 lowed to the wife for her maintenance, 
 upon the account of any fcparatioii 
 from him, provided it be not caufcd 
 by her elopement or adultery. Jyiyp. 
 
 Before they ftttlcd hands and heaits, 
 Till a/irnvfty or death them parts. IluUihras. 
 
 A't-iQUANT. adj. [alirjuantut, Lat.] Farts 
 of a number, which, however repeated, 
 will nevei make up the number e.xaftly ; 
 as, 3 is an aliquant of lo, thrice 3 being 
 9, foiM' times 3 making 12. 
 
 A'mquot. ailj. [aliquot, Lat.] Aliquot 
 parts of any number or quantity, fuL-h 
 as will exaftly meafure it without any 
 remainder : as, 3 is an aliquot part of 
 12, becaufe, being taken four times, it 
 will jull meafure it. 
 
 A'lish. aJj. [from a/<?.] Refembling 
 ale ; having qualities of ale. 
 
 Stirring it, and beating down the ve:ift, gives 
 it the Iwcclaiiji taftc. Mortimir'iHuJbunJiy. 
 
 A L K 
 
 A'liture.?)./. [dlilura, Lat.] Nouridi- 
 nient. Die!. 
 
 Ali've. adi. [from a and live.'] 
 
 1. In the (late of life ; not dead. 
 
 Nor well alive, nor wholly dead thiy were, 
 But fome faint figns of feeble life appear. DryJ. 
 
 Not youthful kings in battle feiz'd alii'c, 
 Not I'cornful virgins who their charms furvive. 
 
 . ■^"^'■■ 
 
 2. In a figurative fenfe, unextinguifhed ; 
 
 undeftroyed ; a6tive; in full force. 
 
 Thofe good and learned men had reafon to 
 with, that their proceedings might be favoured, 
 and the good affeftion of fuch as inclined toward 
 tliera kepr alive. yiooker. 
 
 3. Cheerful; fprightly ; full of alacrity. 
 
 She was not fo much alive the whole day, if 
 (he flcpt more than fix hours. CUn^ffn. 
 
 4. In a popular fenfe, it is iifed only to 
 add an emphafis, like the French dii 
 monde ; as, the bejl man ali-cc ; that is, 
 the htjl, with an emphafis. This fenfe 
 lias been long in ufe, and was once ad- 
 mitted into ferious writings, but is now 
 merely ludicrous. 
 
 And to thole brethren faid, rife, tife by-live. 
 And unto battle doyourfelvcs addiefs; 
 
 For yonder comes the prowell knight alivef 
 Prince Arthur, flower of grace and iiobilels. 
 
 Faiiy Queen. 
 
 The earl of Northumberland, who was the 
 pioudelt man alii'e, euuid not loi»k upon the de- 
 Itrutftion ofnionarehy with any pie tfure. Claren:!. 
 
 John was quick and undcil^ood bulinels, but 
 no man alive was more carekfs in looking into 
 his accounts. Arbuthnot. 
 
 A'lkahest. «.y^ A word ufed firllby Pa- 
 racelfus and adopted by his followers, to 
 fignify au univerfal diffolvent, or liquor 
 which has the power of refolving all 
 things into their lirft principles. 
 
 Alk ale'scent. adj. [from a/Z-r?//.] That 
 has a tendency to the properties of an 
 alkali. 
 All animal diet \% alkaUfrcnt ox anti-acid. 
 
 Arbuthnot , 
 
 A'LKALI. n.f. [The word alhaJi conies 
 from an hetb, called by the Egyptians 
 kali ; by us, glafiwoit. This herb they 
 burnt to alhes, boiled them In water, 
 and, after having evaporated the water, 
 there remained at the bottom a white 
 fait; this they called _/((/ kali., or alkali. 
 It is corroiive, producing putrefaihtion 
 in animal rubllanccs to which it is ap- 
 plied. Arbuthnot on ylliniails.] Any 
 fubflance which, when mingled with 
 acid, produces effervefcence and fermen- 
 tation. 
 A'lkaline. adj. [from alia!!.'] That 
 has the qualities of alkali. 
 
 Any watery li«]uor will keep an aiunial from 
 ftarving very lung, hy diluting the diiids*, and 
 confequently keeping them from an alkaline flute. 
 People have lived twcnly-foLU' days upon nolhuig 
 but water. Arbutb'i^.', 
 
 To Alka'lizate. IK a. [from alkali.] 
 To make bodies alkaline, by changing 
 their nature, or by mixing alkalies with 
 them. 
 Alk a'i.I7. ATE. flr/f. [homalknli.] Having 
 the qualities of alkali ; impregnated 
 with alkali. 
 
 The oflour of the fixed nitre is very languid ; 
 but that wliich it difcovers, being dilToUed in hot 
 water, is diHerent, being of kin to that of other 
 alkuLzate falts, Iloyle. 
 
 ALL 
 
 The colour of violets in their fyrup, Iiy acid 
 liquors, turns red, and, by urinous and alkail"* 
 Kute, turns green. Ni-u'ltjn. 
 
 Alk aliza'tion. n.y^ \J\ am alkali.] The 
 aft of alkalizating, or impregnating 
 bodies with alkali. 
 
 A'Lii ANET. n.y. [anchu/a, Lat.] A plant. 
 This plant is a fpccles of buglofs, with a 
 red root, brought from the fouthern parts 
 of France, nudufcd in medicine. Miller. 
 
 ALKEKENGI. n.f. A medicinal fruit 
 or beny, produced by a plant of the 
 fame denoinlnation ; populnily alfo called 
 <witUer-cherry : the plant hears a near 
 rcfemblance to folanuin, cr night/hade; 
 whence it is frequently called in Latin 
 by that naine, with the addition ov 
 epithet oi veficarium. Chambers. 
 
 ALKE'RMES.n. f. In medicine, a term 
 borrowed from the Arabs, denoting a 
 celebrated remedy, of the confiftenceof 
 a confefllon ; whereof the kermes ber- 
 ries are thebafis. The other ingredients 
 are pippin-cyder, rofe-water, fugar, 
 ambeigreafe, muflc, cinnamon, aloes- 
 wood, pearls, and leaf-gold ; but the 
 fweete are ufuaily omitted. The confc3i9 
 alhermcs is tbicflv made at Moutpeher. 
 The grain, whicii gives it the denomi- 
 nation, is no where found fo plentifully 
 as there.- ^.^hambers, 
 
 ALL. adj. [sell, xal, ealh-, alle. Sax. oil, 
 Welili'; al, Dutch ; allc. Germ. IX'.c.] 
 
 1. Being the whole number ; eveiy one. 
 
 Brutus is an honourable man ; 
 So are they all, all ho;)uurablc men. Sliakff. 
 
 To giaze the herb all leaving,, 
 Devour'd each other. Afiltnt's Va>adife Lojf. 
 
 The great encouiagement of all, is 'be afliir- 
 ance of a future reward. Tillotfon. 
 
 2. Being the whole quantity ; every part. 
 
 Six days thou llialt labour, and do «// thy worl^. 
 Dtuterofiomy, 
 
 Political power, I take to be a right of mak- 
 ing laws with penalties, and of employing' the 
 force of the community in the execution of fucli 
 iiWN, and in ti.e dele: ce of the commonwealth ; 
 and all this only foi' the public good. Locke. 
 
 3. The whole quantity, applied to dura- 
 tion of time. 
 
 On thofe palhnes cheerful fpring 
 All the year doth lit and fing ; 
 And, rejoicing, fniiles to fee 
 Their gieen Hacks wear his livery. Crajha%v, 
 
 4. The whole extent of place. 
 
 Grafiano fpeaks an infinite deal of nothing, 
 more.tlian any man in oil Venice, Shakfi'eare. 
 Ahh. adv. [See All, atl/.] 
 1. Qu^Ite ; completely. 
 
 Howis my love alhcjiiy forth to come. Speitfer, 
 
 Know, Rome, that all alone Marcus did fight 
 
 Within Corioli gates. Shakjpeaie, - 
 
 Mc fwore ^o loud. 
 That, all ama-i'd, the prieft let fall the book. Sliak, 
 The Saxons c^niid call a cn'iict a^faxed ftar, 
 which isw.V one w'lihjlatla crinita, or canieta. 
 
 Camden' s Remains, 
 For a large confcience is all owe, 
 And fig'iifics the fame with none. IhaUbras. 
 
 Balm, fnmi a filver box dilVill'd around. 
 
 Shall all bedt .v the roots, and fceiit the facred 
 
 ground. Dryden, 
 
 I do nut remember ho anv wh.erc mentions ex- 
 
 jirefsly the tille of the hilf-buni, but all alnng 
 
 keeps hinifelf under the Ihelter of the iiidcHnitc 
 
 term, heir. Locke. 
 
 [uilice may be furrifhcd out of fire, as. far as 
 
 her fwoid g<tcs : andcoui.i^c may )it all over a 
 
 to:«inucd bbric. ..^Jdijon,
 
 ALL 
 
 If e'er the mifcr diirll hii failhings fpart, 
 He tKiniy rprc.idi them tlirough the public Iquarc, 
 Where, ail litfidc the r.iil, vaiigM bLt;t'ars lie, 
 And frjcn c;ich other catch the doleful cry. O'.iy. 
 •J. Altogether ; wholly ; without iiny other 
 • • coni'ideratioii. 
 
 I am of the temper of moft kings, who love 
 to be in debt, are ail for prcleiit nioiicy, no irai- 
 tcr how they p.iy it afterwArd. Oiydc:. 
 
 3. Only; without admiflion of any tiling 
 
 elfe. 
 
 When I (hall wed, 
 That lord, whofchjnd inuft take myplli;ht, (hall 
 
 tarry 
 Half my love with, him, half my care and duly. 
 Sure I Ihall never marry like ray lilter, 
 T'J love my fatiicr ,ill. Sh.tifi>c.iu 
 
 4. Although. This feiife is truly Teuco- 
 nick, but now obfoletc. 
 
 Do you not think th' accomplillinKnt of it 
 Sufticieiit work lor one man's limple head, 
 .ill were it as the reil lint fimply win ? Sjirrhr. 
 ■5. It is fometimcs a word of emphaiis, 
 neaily the fame with /if/?. 
 
 A (hcpherd's fwain, fay, did thee biii'.g, 
 ,-?// as his flraying flock he led ; 
 And, when hi's honour haih thee read. 
 Crave paidon for thy h.irdyhcad. Spenfrr'i P.iji. 
 C>. It was anciently in En^lirti, wliat it is 
 now in the othci Teutonick d:ale£ts, a 
 purtlcle of mere enforcement. 
 
 He thoi.gl.t t!icm !i.vp--nce a.'.' too i!e;-r. 
 
 Tell us wh.ir occafion of import 
 Hath aU ib lonj detaiu'd you from your wife. 
 
 All. n.f. 
 
 1. The whole :oppnferi to part, or nothing. 
 
 And will (he yd dei>afc iict eyes on me * 
 On i!ic, whofe «/.' not equals Edw.vd's nioicly r 
 
 Si.dff.f,t>f. 
 Nouc^i\l's had, a/Z's fpcnt, 
 ■Where our dt lire is got without content. Snulf, 
 
 The youth Ihall Ihidy, anil no more engijc 
 Their tlattcrini; witlus for uncertain aije ; 
 Ko more with fruitlcfs care, and cheated Ifrife, 
 f hacc fleeting pleafinc through the maze of life ; 
 Finding I he wretched atl they here cair have 
 3ut prefcnt food, -ind but a future gr.ne. Pi/cf. 
 
 Our «.'/ is at ftake, and ivtetrieval)ly loft, if 
 -we f.iil of fucccfs. ^itdijfjn. 
 
 2. Every thing. 
 
 Then ihall we be ncws-cramm'd. — .-/7tbe bet- 
 ter; wc (hall be the more remarkable. Shtiif. 
 
 Up witii try tent, here will I lie to-ntght ; 
 But where to- morrow • — Wcll,u/7's one fur that. 
 
 ^It the fitter, Lcntulus : our coming 
 Is nut for f.ilut.ttion ; we have bos'nel's. Jhn Joij'. 
 
 3. That is, every thing is the hetier, the fume, 
 thejtiet: 
 
 Sceptre and pow'r, thy giving, I affunic ; 
 And ^lad lut (hall relign, when in the end 
 Thou (halt he nit in .iV, and I in thee, 
 For ever; .ind in me all whom thou lo\"il. .^/;7.'. 
 
 They tiiat do not keep up this ind'llVrcncy 
 for all hut truth, put colouieil fpectaclcs beloic 
 ihcir eyis, and look through f.illc ghiTcs. L..)./. 
 
 4. The phrafe and aU\% of the lame kind. 
 
 They all fell to woi k at the roots of ih.c tree, 
 
 and left it fo little foothold, that the fnft blaft of 
 
 wind laid it flat upon the ground, ncft, e.igles, 
 
 a*idnlt, L'jJ.'ru/Tgf. 
 
 A torch, fnuff, and all goes out in a moment, 
 
 when dipped in the vapour. .'l.tdijcn. 
 
 c. All is much iifcd in compol'ition ; but, 
 
 in raoft inftances, it is merely arbitrarj' ; 
 
 as, all-cor)imc::ut'tiig. Sometimes the 
 
 words compounded with it are fixed and 
 
 claffical ; as, almighty. When it is con- 
 
 nefted with the participle, it feeins to 
 
 be a noun : as, all-J'urroundlng ; in other 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 ALL 
 
 cafes an adverb ; as, allacomplipjciU or 
 coraplete'ly accomplillKd. c3f thefe 
 compounds, a fmall part of thofe which 
 may be found is infcited. 
 All-eearing. adj. ^from all and hear.'\ 
 That bears every thing j omniparous. 
 Tims while he fpoke, the fovercigii plant he 
 drew. 
 Where on th' all-braring earth unmark'd it grew. , 
 
 I'opr. 
 
 ALL-CMEERlNG.flfl)'. [from rt/Zacd <:/*•)•.] 
 That gives gayety and cliecifulncfs to 
 all. 
 
 Soon as the all-cltecring fun 
 
 Should, in tjie fartlieft eaft, begin to draw 
 
 The (hady curtains ffom Auror.i's bed. Sh.dfp. 
 
 All-commanding, iidj. [from all and 
 commatulJ] Having the foverelgnty 
 
 over all. 
 
 IJe now fcts before them the high and fliining 
 idol of glory, the all-commanding image of bright 
 gold. RdUif^ii. 
 
 ALL-coMrosiNG.«r^'. [from all and com- 
 ficfe.] That quiets all men, or every 
 thinjT. 
 
 Wrapt hi emiow'ring (hades Ulyfles lies. 
 His woes forgot! but I'allas now addrell 
 To break the bands of n/.'-fomy>)/tig reft. Pipe. 
 
 Ai-L-coNtjuLiiiNG. liJj. [from a/l and 
 
 ■ conr^uer.] That fubtJues eveiy thing. 
 
 Second of Satan Iprung, al!-conijurr:rig de.ith ! 
 
 What think'lt thou of our empire now ? AI:i:on. 
 
 All-consuming. Of//', [from allandcori- 
 
 Jhme.] That confuraes evei7 thing. 
 
 By age unbroke — but a!l-conf:iii::>:g c.ire 
 Dellroys perhaps the llrength that time would 
 fpare. Pipe- 
 
 All devourikg. adj. [from all and 
 devour.] That eats up every thing. 
 
 Serine from flames, from envy's liercer r.age, 
 Dettrui'tivc war, .tnd n,7-(fixo:<riVg age. Pope. 
 At.l-i--ours. n./. [from i/// and /«?/!-.] A 
 low ganie at cards, played by two ; fo 
 named from the four particulars by 
 which it is reckoned, and which, joined 
 in the hand of either of the parties, are 
 faid to make all-fours. 
 All h.ml. n.f. [from all and hail, for 
 h.'altlj.] All health. This is therefore 
 not a compound, though perhaps ufually 
 reckoned among them ; a term of l.du- 
 tation. Sahe, or falvtte. 
 jillh.iii, ye lields, whcie conft.mt peace at- 
 tends ! 
 ylUhall ye facred, folitary groves! 
 
 Allkailyc books, my true, my real fiicnds, 
 M^hofe converfation pleales and improv es ! U'tdjh. 
 All^iallow. 7 n.f. [from a// and ^fl/- 
 All H.ALLOv.'s. 3 low.] All faiiits day ; 
 
 the firft of November. 
 Ai.L-H,\LLOWN. adj. [ from all, and hal- 
 iiiLt, to make holy.] The time about 
 All faints day. 
 
 Fai'ewcll, thou latter fpring ' farcwtll, 
 All.hulh'wn fummer. iShiiLfpfiiri'i Henry iv. 
 
 Allhallowtide. n.f. [See All hal- 
 lo \vn.] The term near All faints, or 
 the firil of November. 
 
 Cut off the hough about j^lthallcnvtidf, in the 
 baie place, and let it in the ground, .ind it will 
 glow to be a fair tree in one year. i.'j:;i'r Suf.lljl. 
 
 All-heal, n.y; [p/ina.Xjhat.] A fpccies 
 of ironii'ort ; which fee. 
 
 All-judging, adj. [from «// and i'ldge.'] 
 That has the fovereign right of judg- 
 ment. 
 
 ALL 
 
 I look with horrour bacfc( 
 That I delefl my wiclched felf, and eurfc 
 My pad polluted life. ^lll-judgfng\\^A\zn, 
 Who knows my crimes, hai leen my (orrow fof 
 Ihcm. Koiue'i flint Hhote. 
 
 All-knowing, adj. [ fi om a// and Lnow. ] 
 Omnifcient ; all-wife. 
 
 Shall we repine at ,\ litle mtfplaccd eliatit), 
 wc, who could no way forelec the etfciil ; when 
 an all-iniKuing, all-wife Being (howers down 
 every day his benefits on the unthankful and un- 
 deferving ? ylttCTkuyy\ Hcrmonu 
 
 All-making, a^'- [from c// and mate.] 
 That created all ; omiiifick. See Am.- 
 seeing. 
 
 All powerful, adj. [from ell ai^d 
 powerful.] Almighty; omr.ipotcrl; 
 poflefled of infinite power. 
 
 O aii-ps~,ue>ful Ueiig! the IcalV rootion of 
 whole will cin create or deliroy a woild; pity 
 us, the lajurnful friends of thy diftrelKd fervant. 
 
 Svji/r. 
 
 All saints day. n. f. The day on 
 which there is a generr.1 celebration of 
 tlie faints ; the firlt of November. 
 
 All-scf.r. w y. [from a//and y^f.] He 
 that fees or beholds every thing ; he 
 whofe view comprehend.s all things. 
 
 That high Allfcr, which I dallied with. 
 Hath lurn'd ray feigned prayer on my head, 
 And giv'n in earned what I bcgg'd in jefl. thai, 
 
 All-seeing, adj. [from all and ^f.j 
 That beholds every thing. 
 The (amc Firft Mover certain bounds has 
 plae'd. 
 How long thofe perilhabic forms (hall hilf ; 
 Nor can ther lalt beyond the time aflign'd 
 By tiat nil fering, ind ail-y^"':r'i^ mind. Diydtn, 
 
 All souls day. n.f. The day on which 
 fupplications are made for all foids by 
 the church of Rome ; the fecond of 
 November. 
 
 This is ail puh d'lj, fellows, is it not ? — 
 It is my loid. — 
 
 Why then all f'Midny is ray body's doonifday. 
 
 Shjkff'iaret 
 
 All-sufficient, adj. [fiom all :mdfuf- 
 ficierit.] Sufficient to every thing. 
 
 The teflimonu-s of God are perfect, the tciii* 
 monies of God are a!lfn_ffi.:ient unto that end for 
 which tliey were given. Ha^kir, 
 
 He can more than employ all our powers in 
 their utinolt elevation; for he is cveiy w-ay 
 perfeil and n!i-f::ffici,>:t. 'Nirr:.. 
 
 All-wise. adj. [from aU and wife.] 
 Pofl'eil of inlinlte vvifdom. 
 
 Theie is an inlinite, eternal, ail'iL'ije mind go- 
 verning the atfairs of the world. Soittlt. 
 
 Su]-rcnie, all-'vL-ifi, eternal potentate ! 
 Sole .^.atlior, fole difpofer of our ("ate ! Prior. 
 
 ALLAKTO'IS, ov ALLANTO'IDES. 
 n.f [from a?,>,a?,a gut, and ■,.1'h-, fliape.] 
 The urinary tunick placed between the 
 amnion and chorion, vthich, by the na- 
 vel and urachus, or piilTage, by which 
 the urine is conveyed from the iiiiant la 
 the womb, receives the urine that comes 
 out of the bladtJer. ^lincy, 
 
 2"o ALLAY. T>. a. \J\ova alloyer,Vi. \.o 
 ra\yi one metal with another in order to 
 coinage : it Is therefore derived by fome 
 from a la loi, according fo Ijtv ; the quan- 
 tity of metals being mi.xed acconlii;;; to 
 law : by others, from allier, to twite : 
 pel haps from etllocarc, to put together.] 
 . To mix one metal with another, to 
 m;ike it fitter for coinage. In this kills 
 I
 
 ALL 
 
 moft authors preferve the original French 
 ortliography, and write rt//u)'. See Alloy. 
 
 2. To join any thin,'; to another, fo as to 
 abate its predominant qualities. It is 
 ufed commonly in a fenfe contrary to 
 its original meaning, and is, to make 
 fomething bad, lefs bad. i'o obtund ; 
 to reprefe ; to abate. 
 
 Being bi.)iight iiilj t^e optn air, 
 1 would aJIny the burning quality 
 OS tliat teirpoilbn. Siaiffeare. 
 
 No iViendly ufticcs (hall nlt<T or al/uy that r.iii- 
 coiir, th.it fnn in fome heihfti breafts, wl.ich, 
 ulKin all occalions, \rill fjam out ai its foul month 
 in Uandcr and invcdivc. Soui/i. 
 
 3. To quiet ; to pacify ; to reprefs. The 
 Word, in this fenfe, I think not to be 
 derived from the French aUoyer, but to 
 be the Englifh word lay, with a before 
 it, accoi ding to the old form. 
 
 If by your art you have 
 Pu: the wild wnters m this rosr, alhy chcm. Shai. 
 Al.l..^'y. «./. [fl//<3)i, Fr.] 
 
 1. The metal of a bafer kind mixed in 
 coins, to harden them, that they may 
 wear lefs. Gold is allayed with filver 
 and copper, two carats to a pound 
 Troy; iilver with copper only, ofwlueh 
 eighteen pennv-wcighls is mixed with a 
 pound. Cornell thinks tlie allay is added, 
 to countervail the charge of coining; 
 which might have been done only by 
 making the coin lefs. 
 
 For fools are ftuhbotn in their way, 
 As coins are harden'd by th' allay. Uudihim. 
 
 2. Any thing which, being added, abates 
 the predominant qualities of that with 
 which it is mingled; in the fame man- 
 r.er as the admixture of bafer metals 
 allays the qualities of the firll mafs. 
 
 D.irk colouis eafily fuffei a fcnfiblc allay ^ by 
 iilUt. lV.ittciing light. Nciultn's Oftkks. 
 
 3. Allay being t?ken from bafer metals, 
 comnionty implies fomething worfe than 
 that with which it is mixed. 
 
 The ioy has no allay of jialoufy, hope, and 
 fear. R f common. 
 
 Ali.a'yer. n.f. [from allay.'] I'he per- 
 fon or thing which has the power or qua- 
 lity of allaying. 
 
 - Phlegm and pure blood are reputed aUayer% of 
 acrimony : and Aviccn countermands letting 
 blood in cl.olcrick bodies ; bccaufc he efteems 
 the blood a/i-.f".v:>: lilh, or a bridle of fall, ob- 
 tunding its acrimony and fierc.ncfs. Harvey, 
 
 Alla'yment. «./. [from fl//<7V.] That 
 which has the power of allaying or 
 abating the force of another. 
 
 If I couKl temporise with my aft'cftion, 
 Or brew it to a weak and colder palate, 
 The like allayment would I jive my grief. Sha):. 
 
 Ai.lega'tion. n.f. [Jrom allege. 1 
 
 1. Affirmation ; declaration. 
 
 i. The thing alleged or affirmed. 
 
 Hath he not twit oui fovjrci;;n lady here 
 With ii;nominioa:> words, ti-.-jngh darkly couclit .= 
 As if (he l.-.d fubornci fomc to fwcar 
 Falfca.'.'.t"'"WJs, to o'erlhrow his ftate ? S/iaiff. 
 
 3. An exeufe ; a pka. 
 
 I omiiled no means to be informed of my cr- 
 rours ; and I expeil not to be cxcufcd in any ne- 
 gligence on account cf youth, want of k-ilurc, 
 t>i any other idle altt^atini'.. Fapc. 
 
 r« ALLE'GE. V. a. [alL--o, Lat.] 
 J. To affirm ; to declare, •>> maintain. 
 
 2. To plead as an excufe, or produce as 
 an argument. 
 
 ALL 
 
 Surely the prefent form of church-government 
 is fiich, as no law of Gud, or reafon of nmn, 
 hiih liithcito been alleged of foicc fufficicnr to 
 prove they do ill, who, to the atmi-'H of their 
 powtr, U'ithftHiid the alteration tliercof. Hooker. 
 
 \i wc forf.ikc the w.iys of ^lact- qv goodnefs, 
 we cannot uZ/c^'c .iny colour of ignorance, or want 
 of in(Tuiftion ; wt- cannot fay wc have not learn- 
 ed them, or wc could not. Sj-ruf. 
 
 He hath a clear and full view, and there ii no 
 more ta be a/lcgeJ for his better infoimation. 
 
 Alle'gea»lc. ^i^'. l^xom allege,'] That 
 may be alleged. 
 
 Ui>on this inrerpictation all may he folved that 
 
 is ailtgeaole A^^\n\\. it, Brojvn' i r^/gar Errouri. 
 
 Alle'gement. n.f, [ from aZ/fg^f . ] '\\xc 
 
 fame with allegation. D'tH, 
 
 Alle'ger. n,f. [iroxa allege.'] He that 
 
 alleges. 
 
 The narrative, if we believe ir as confidently 
 as the f.imous afhger of it, Prfmphiiio, appears 
 to do, would aigiif, that ttiere is no other prni- 
 cipic lequifite, than what may rcfult from the 
 lucky mixturcuffevcr.il bodies, i?&v'/:. 
 
 Alle'giance. n.f. \_allegcance i Fr.] The 
 duty of fiibjedls to the government, 
 I did pluck allegiance from men's hcaiCs, 
 Loud iKours and laluiattons from their mouths, 
 Even in the prcfcnce of the crowned kmg. Shak. 
 
 We charge you, on aflegianc: to nurlelvcs, 
 To hold your Haughtcring h:mds, and keep the 
 peace. SheiKfpeare. 
 
 Tlie houl'e of commons, to whom every day 
 petition^ are direilcd by tlie fcver.il counties of 
 England, profcfiing ail a/lfgiame to them, go- 
 vern abfolutcly; the lurcU concurring, or rathei 
 fubmitcing, to whatfoever is propolcd. CJii'-cuJon 
 Alle'giant. adj. \_i\o\y[ allege.'] Loyal; 
 conformable to the duty of allegiance. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 For your great graces 
 Heap'd upon me, poor undefcvver, I 
 Can nothing vendeil" but allegiant thanks, 
 My pray'rs to heaven for you. Sluikjpeare. 
 
 Allego'rical. X^^j' [from allegory.] 
 Allkgo'rick. j After the manner of 
 an allegory; not real; not liteial ; 
 myftlcal. 
 
 A kingdom they portend thee ; but wlut king- 
 dom, 
 Real or ai.'fgoiicky I difcern not. Mihcn. 
 
 When our Saviour faid, in an allegoiical and 
 myftical fenfe, Except ye cat the tlcfli of the Sun 
 of Man, and drink hi;* blood, yc have u(i life in 
 you ; tliC hearers iinderfiood him literally and 
 grofsly. Bc>it!cy. 
 
 The epithet of ApoHo for fliooting, is cap.ihlt* 
 of two applications; one liijialj in refpcvlt of 
 the darUand how, the enfij^n.-. of that god ; the 
 other aHegoucaly ill regard to the rays of the fun. 
 
 Allego'rically. ajv. [from allegory.] 
 After an allegoricnl manner. 
 
 Virgil often nmkrs Iris tlie uielTenycr of fnno, 
 
 alh^prically taken for the air. Pcicham. 
 
 The place is iJ be unilerftood allcgcricaHy ; and 
 
 what is thus fpokfn hy a Phxacian with wil'dom, 
 
 is, by the poet, applied to the ^uddcfi of it. 
 
 Pcfc 
 
 ALLRGo'Rir ALNESS, ti. f. [from allc- 
 goriciil.] The quality of being allegori- 
 cal. Dla. 
 To .•\'llegor!7.e. V. a. [from allegory.] 
 To turn into allegoiy ; to form an alle- 
 gory ; to take in a fenfe not literal. 
 
 He hath very wittily A.'/cgt.r.'jifi this tree, al- 
 lowinij his funpofilion of the'lrcc itl'tlf to be true, 
 
 RaU'h'J:. 
 
 As fimc would allegorize tliefe fisn5, fo otlieis 
 
 would coiiline them to the dellruiSion of jeruia- 
 
 1cm. Buriiei'i T/iesry. 
 
 J 9 
 
 ALL 
 
 An alchymill fhall reduce divinity io the 
 maxims of his labuiatory, explain molality by 
 fal, lulphitr, and mercury; and allegorize the 
 fcnpiurc itfelf, and tiie facrcd mylleties thereof, 
 intu the phiiolopher'i (tone. Lockt. 
 
 A'LLEGOKY. n.f. [ .■•■. „Au.] Afigu- 
 rative oifconrle, in which fomething 
 other is intended, than is contained in 
 the words literally taken ; as, lueallh it 
 the daughter of diligence, and the parent of 
 authority. 
 
 Neither muft we draw out our allegory too long » 
 left either wc make ourfcU cs oblcuie, or fall intj 
 affi-cliition, which is childifh. Ben Jc'ifon. 
 
 This word nyinph.r meant nothing elfc but, by 
 allegory, the vegetative humour or inoillurc that 
 quickeneth and givcth life to trees and flowcrs,- 
 whiieby they grow. Feacham. 
 
 ALLEGRO, n.f. A word denoting one 
 of the fix dilHnftions of tiine. It ex- 
 prefles a fprightly motion, the quickeft 
 of all, except Prcllo. It originally means 
 gety, as in Mi lion. 
 
 ALLhLU'JAH. n.f. [This word is 
 falfely written for Hallelujah, J^VH 
 and n'-] ^ word of fpiritual exulta- 
 tion, ufed in hymiis; it lignifies, Praife 
 God. 
 
 He will fet his tongue to thofe pious divine 
 drains, which may be a proper prsludium to 
 thofc alklujahi he hopes eternallv to fing. 
 
 Govcrnrticnt cf the Tongue. 
 
 ALLEMJ'NDE. nj: [Ital.] A grave 
 kind of mufick. D't^, 
 
 To ALLE'VIATE. v. a, [allevo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To make light ; to eafc ; to foften. 
 
 The pains taken in the fpeculative, will much 
 alU-viate me in dcfcribing the pra<5ticpart. Ranfey. 
 
 Moft of the drltcmpers are the efFecls of abufed 
 plenty and luxury, and muft not be charged upon 
 our Maker; who, notwithftanding, hath provided 
 excellent medicines to nlkvitite tliofefvils which 
 wc biing upon uurfelvcs. B^nflev, 
 
 2. To extenuate, or foften ; as, he allc' 
 viafes his fault by an excufe. 
 
 Allevia'tion. n.f. [^vom alleviate.'] 
 
 1. The a<fl of making light, of allaying, 
 or extenuating. 
 
 All apologies for, and aUcviatiom of faults, 
 though they arc the heights of humanity, yet 
 they arc nut the favours, but the duties, of 
 fricndlhip. Scut/:, 
 
 2. Tiiiit by which any pain is cafed> or fault 
 extenuated, 
 
 Thi'. iofs of one-fifth of rhotr inrome will fit 
 heavy on them, w'lio Ihall feci U, without the 
 a.'lfzjiation of any profit. Locke, 
 
 A'li.ey. n.f [e:!lce,Yr.] 
 
 1. A walk in a garden. 
 
 And all within were walks and alleyt wide. 
 With footing worn, and leading inward far. 
 
 Sfietljcr, 
 
 Where a!hy\ ate clofe gravelled, the earth pai- 
 
 tcth forth the firlf ycai knotgrafs, and after fpirc- 
 
 grals. Bacon' s Natural HJiory, 
 
 Yonder tillcyi green, 
 
 Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown. 
 
 M' lion. 
 Come, my fair love, ourmorning's talk wc lofe; 
 Sonic labour cv'n the caficlt life would choofe : 
 Ours is not great ; the dartgling houghs to ciop, 
 Whvle too luxuriant growth our alle\i ftop. DryJ. 
 The thriving plant', it^noblc broomfticks ni.idc^ 
 Now fwccp tliufe alleyi they were bom to (hade. 
 
 Fope. 
 
 2. A paffage in towns narrower than a 
 flrcet. 
 
 .'\ back friend, a fhoulder clapper, one that 
 commands the paffagcs of athys, creeks, and ivn- 
 lowlands. !>kal:J}eiare,
 
 ALL 
 
 /Ltt'AVCE. n. f. ■[alltanc, Fv.] 
 
 1. The (late of conneiiioa with aiiotlicr 
 by confederacy ; a league. In this fenlc, 
 our liiilon'es of queen Anne nicnlion 
 the grand alliance. 
 
 2. Relation by marriage. 
 
 A IjIooiIv Hynu-ii Ih.nll tli' a///i!i'.v join 
 Betwixt the Troj.in and ih' AiilVnian line. Viy .'. 
 
 3. Relation by any form of kindred. 
 
 For my f'atlier's faltc. 
 And for tit'iiitce l.ilcf, ckclure the caufc 
 My fatlicr lull iiis liead. Shatfjit.iri. 
 
 Adialiiis loon, wiili gods avcrfc (hall joui 
 III dire nll'mnce witU the Thehan line ; 
 Thence Ihll'c lliall fife, and mortal war faccecd. 
 
 4. The aft of forming or contrafting 
 rclulion to anoth-.:r; the aft of making 
 a confederacy. 
 
 Dorfct, your fon, that with 3 fearful I'uul 
 ' Leads difcontentcd Heps in foreign foil. 
 This fair alliance qiiitUy Ihall call home 
 To high promotions. Slttikf^<:-att. 
 
 5. The perfons allied to ench other. 
 
 I would not boatt the gieatnefs of niy father, 
 
 But point out rvtw nl!ia7ices to Cato. Ad<iij'j7i. 
 
 Alli'ciency. n.f. [rt//;V;ff, Lat. to entice 
 
 or draw. J The power of attrafting any 
 
 thing ; magnetifm ; attraftion. 
 
 The feigned central allicieticy is but a word, 
 a!id the manner of it llill occult. Glani:i!U. 
 
 To A'LLIGATE. v. a. [aUlgo, Lat.] 
 To tie one thing to another; to unite. 
 Alliga'tion. n.f. [horn alligate.'] 
 
 1 . The aft of tying together ; the Hate of 
 being fo tied. 
 
 2. The arithmetical rule that teaches toad- 
 juft the price of compounds, formed of 
 leveral ingredients of different value. 
 
 Alleg.\'tor, n.f. The crocodile. This 
 name is chiefly ufed for the crocodile of 
 America, between which, and that of 
 Africa, naturalifts have laid down this 
 difference, that one moves the upper, 
 and the other the lower jaw ; but this 
 is now known to be chimerical, the 
 lower jaw being equally moved by both. 
 See Crocodile; 
 
 In his needy (hop a tortoife hung, 
 An ailisator rtutf 'd and other Ikius 
 Of ill-(hap'd (ilhcs. S/i.ilfpectn: 
 
 Aloft in rows large poppy-heads were Itrong, 
 And here a fcaly alligntor hung. Garth's Difp. 
 
 A'llicature. n.f. [ixomaUigate.'\T\\e 
 link, or ligature, by which two things 
 are joined together. Did. 
 
 Alli'sio-^j. n.f. \_alHdo, allifum, Lat.] 
 The aft of ilrikint; one thin<£ acainil 
 another. 
 
 There have not been any illands of note, or 
 confiderable e.vtcnt, torn and caft ofl' from the 
 continLiit by earthquakes, or fevered from it by 
 the boilterous nlbfitjn of the fea. lyoOiUuaid. 
 
 Alhtera'tion. n.f. [ai/and///fr<j,Lat.] 
 Of what the critics call alliteration, or 
 beginning of feveral words in the fame 
 verfe with the fame letter, there are 
 inllances in the oldeft and bell writers, 
 as. 
 Behemoth biggeft born. Milton's P. Loji. 
 
 Alloc a'ti ON. n.f. [alloco, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of putting one thing to an- 
 other. 
 
 2. The admiffion of an article in reckon- 
 ing, and addition of it to the account. 
 
 ALL 
 
 3. An allowance made upon an nrcount ; 
 a term ufed in the Exchequer. Chambers. 
 
 Allocu'tion. n.f. [<7//(5n;/;o, Lat.] The 
 aft of fpeaking to another. 
 
 Allo'diai., adj. [from nlloditini.'] Held 
 without any acknowledgment of fupc- 
 rioriiy ; not feudal ; iiulepcndcnt. 
 
 ALLO'DIUM. n.f. [A word of very un- 
 certain derivation, but molt piobably 
 of German original.] A poHcliio!! held 
 in abfoKite independence, without any 
 acknowledgment of a lord paramount. 
 It is oppofed to fee, or feudum, which 
 intimates fome kind of dependence. 
 There are no allodial lands in England, 
 all being held either mediately or imme- 
 diately of the king. 
 
 Allo'nge. n.f. \_allottge,Yr.'\ 
 
 I. A pafs or thrnll with a rapier, fo called 
 from the lengthening of the fpace taken 
 up by the fencer. 
 
 3. It iblikevvife taken for a long rein, when 
 the horfe is trotted in the hand. 
 
 To Allo'o. 11. a. [This word Is generally 
 fpoke halloo, and is ufed t« dogs, when 
 they are Incited to the chafe or battle ; 
 it is commonly imagined to come from 
 the French alloiis ; perhaps from all lo, 
 look all ; fliowing the objeft.] To fet 
 on ; to Incite a dog, by crying alloo. 
 
 AUoti thy furious raallitf ; bid him vex 
 The noxious herd, and print upon their ears 
 A fad memorial of their paft offence. P/j/.'/^i. 
 
 A'LLOtjuY. n.f. [alloquium, Lat.] The 
 aft of fpeaking to another ; aJdrefs ; 
 converfatlon. Ditl. 
 
 To ALLOT, -u. a. [from lot.] 
 
 1. Todiftiibuteby lot. 
 
 2. To grant. 
 
 Five days we do allot thee for provilion, 
 To (hield thee from difallcrs of the woild ; 
 And on the (ixth, to turn thy hated baclc 
 Upon our kingdom. Shakfpeare's King Lear, 
 
 I (hall dcfeive my fate, if I refufe 
 That happy hour which heaven allon to peace. 
 
 DryJrn. 
 
 3. To dlltribute ; to parcel out ; to give 
 each his (liare. 
 
 Since fame was the only end of all their (In- 
 dies, a man cannot be too fcrupulous in allottius^ 
 them their due portion o( it. Tatkr. 
 
 Allo'tment. n.f. [from fl//o/.] 
 
 1. That which Is allotted to any one ; the 
 part, the (liave, tiie portion granted. 
 
 There can be no thought of fecuiity or quiet 
 in this world, but in a refignation to the allot- 
 nitnti of God and nature. L'KJiran^i-. 
 
 Though it is our duty to fubmit with patience 
 to more fcanty allotments, yet thus much we may 
 reaionably and lawfully a(k of God. Rcgcn. 
 
 2, Part appropriated. 
 
 It is laid out into a grove for fruits and (hade, 
 a vineyard, and an alUtvifrit for olives and herbs. 
 
 J^rC'Ovie. 
 
 Allo'ttery. « /. [from a//o/.] That 
 which is granted to any particular per- 
 fon In a dlftribution. See Allot- 
 ment. 
 
 Allow me fnch exercifes as may become a 
 gentleman, or give me the poor alhttery my fa- 
 ther kft me by teftament. S/iakJpearc. 
 To ALLO'W. -v. a. {allouer, Fr. from 
 
 allaudare, Lat.] 
 I. To admit ; as, to allow a pofition j not 
 to coutradift j not to oppofe. 
 
 ALL 
 
 The principles which all mankind uVow for 
 true, arc innate; thofe that men of ri^ht reafoii 
 admit, arc the principles alhiusdb'j all mankiMrt. 
 
 LDckr. 
 The pow'r of mulick all our hearts allviv ; 
 And whatTimothtus was, is Dr^'dcn now. Fofe. 
 That fome of the Prelbyterians declared openly 
 againll the king's murder, I alluvi to be true. 
 
 Hv^lft. 
 
 2. Tojuftlfyj to maintain as right. 
 
 The pow'is above 
 j^!hvi> obedience. ■ Shalfpeaie. 
 
 Ttie Lord alknueth the righteous. Biblt. 
 
 3. To grant ; to yield ; to own any one's 
 title to. 
 
 We will no", in civility, i/Z^to too much fm- 
 ccrity to the piofeluuns of moft men ; but thiuk 
 their .Vitious to be interpreters of their ttioui;ht>. 
 
 Loch. 
 
 I (liall be ready to nllovj the pope as little 
 power here as you pleafe. Sjjft, 
 
 4. To grant licenfe to ; to permit. 
 
 Let's t'olluw the old earl, and get the beldam 
 To lead him where he would ; his roguilh madnefs 
 Alliwi itfcif to .my thing. Shakffcarr. 
 
 But, as we were al/o^jcri u{ God to be put in 
 tru(t with the gofpel, even fo we fpeak, not as 
 plculing men, but God, which trieth our hearts, 
 
 I Tief. 
 
 Tney referred all laws, that were to be paii'ed 
 in Ireland, to be conlidcred, corredted, and a/- 
 lo-.vc,i firfl by the (late of EngL'.nd. DavU,. 
 
 5. To give a fanftlon to; to authorize. ' 
 
 There is no (lander in an aihivd fool. Shakff, 
 
 6. To give to ; to pay to. 
 
 Ungrateftil then ! if wc no tears alh^o 
 To him that gave us peace and empire too. Jf^aller, 
 
 1 . To appoint for ; to fet out to a cer- 
 tain uie ; as, he alloived his fon the 
 third part of his Income. 
 
 8. To make abatement, or provlfion ; or 
 to fettle any thing, with fome concef- 
 fions or cautions regarding fomething 
 
 If wc confidcr the different occafions of an- 
 cient and modern medals, we (hall find they both 
 agree in recording the great actions and fue- 
 cefl'es in war; atloxows: (lill for the ditFcrenC 
 ways of making it, and the cii<.umlla:iccs that 
 attended it. Addijoti. 
 
 Allo'wable. adj. [from alloiv. ] 
 
 1. That may be admitted without contra- 
 diftion. 
 
 It is not aUotvahle, what is ohfervable in 
 many pieces of Raphael, wiicre Magdalen is 
 reprefenied before our Saviour walhi ig his feet 
 on her knees; which will not conlilt witii the 
 
 text. BroiuTd Vulvar Krrottrs. 
 
 2. That is permitted or licenfed ; lawful ; . 
 not forbidden. 
 
 In aiffioiis of this fort, die Vigiit of nature 
 alone may difcover that which is 111 the fight of 
 God attatvabls. Hcckfr. 
 
 I was, by the freedom alhwnhk among friends, 
 tempted to vein my thoughts wirti negligence. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 Reputation becomes a fignal arrd a very pecu- 
 liar blelfing to magiftratcs; and their purfuit of 
 it is not only alhiualU but laudable. Atteijitry, 
 Allo'wableness. n. f. [from allow- 
 alle.] The quality of being allowhiile ; 
 lawfulnefs ; eXL-mption from prohibition. 
 
 Ll ts, as to their nature, ufe, and ajloivahte- 
 ftefi, in matters xif recreation, arc indeed im- 
 pugned by fume, though better d- fended by 
 others. Sr-:/t/:*s .^trimns. 
 
 Allowance, n.f. [from alloiv.] 
 I. Almiliion without contradiction. 
 
 That whicii wiidom did tir.r begin, and lialh 
 been with gooi! men long continued, ci'-aliengctii 
 alki-.uMice of them that fuccectij althougl.it !.icad 
 fo; itfelf nothing. liiikir. 
 
 I I 2
 
 ALL 
 
 without llic notion and aUi'iinti of fpirlts, 
 eur philcfophy will be lame nnd defcaive in one 
 main pait of ir. _ Lcac. 
 
 S, Sanction; I'cenfe ; autliority. 
 
 You fent a large commilnon to conclude, 
 Without the king's will, ol tnc rtatc's a'hivance, 
 A league belivcr.n his Hi^hncfsandl-ci-ain. Suit:. 
 
 3. Permiflion ; freedom from rellramt. 
 
 They Ihould tl;e!cfo;c be nccuftomed betimes 
 
 to conCult and make ule of their reafon, before 
 
 ■ they give aUnva'ici to their inclinations. Uckr. 
 
 4. Aleltled late, or appoiiitnieiit, for any 
 
 life. 
 
 The- visual in plantations ought to be ex- 
 pended alnioft as in a bcfiegcd town ; thiit is, 
 with certain n'.'oiua«i,% bacsn. 
 
 And his aHowance was a, continual ali-jiuance 
 Riven him of the kijig! a dai'.y rate for every 
 day all his life. . . ^ ^^'''f- 
 
 5. Abatement from the ftnft rigour ot a 
 law, or demand. 
 
 The whole poem, though written in heroic 
 vcrfc, is of the Pindaric nature, as well in t-ie 
 thought as the exprcffion ; and, as fuch, requires 
 the fame grains of alloivmcc for it. Dry-.kn. 
 
 Parents never give it/htuanas for an innocent 
 paffion. . ■^■""/'• 
 
 6. Eftablidied charafler; reputation. 
 
 His bark is ftouily timbcr'd, and his pilot 
 Of vei7 expert and approv'd al/iwance. ih^i/p. 
 
 Allo'y. 11. /. [See Allay.] 
 
 1. Bafer metal mixed in coinage. 
 
 That prccife weight and finenefs, by law ap- 
 propriated to the pieces of each denomination, 
 is called the ftandard. Fme filver is filver with- 
 out the mixture of any bafer metal. ^V% is 
 bafer metal mixed with it. Lorir. 
 
 Let another piece be coined of the fame weiglit, 
 wherein half the filver is taken out, and copper, 
 or other al/n; put into the place, it will be 
 Vorth but hilf as much ; for the value of the 
 nlhy is fo inconfidcrable as not to be reckoned. 
 
 2. Abatement ; diminution. 
 
 The pleafures of fenfe arc probably reliftied by 
 
 bcafts in a more exquifite degree than they are 
 
 by men ; for they tafte them fmccre and pure 
 
 without mixture or alk_y. Ai:cr-ury. 
 
 Alh;be'scency. n.f. [al!uie/c£>ntta, L^t.] 
 
 Willingnefs; content. DiB. 
 
 To ALLU'DE. 1;. n. lalludo, Lat.] To 
 
 have fome reference to a thing, without 
 
 the direft mention of it ; to hint at ; 
 
 to infinuate. It is ufed of perfons ; as, 
 
 ,je alhitTes to an o'.dpry ; or of things, 
 
 as, tht: lampoon alludes to hhs mother's 
 
 faults. 
 
 Thefe fpeeches of Jerom and Chryfolfom do 
 feem to alh.de unto luch minifterial garments as 
 were then in life. . H'"'>^"- 
 
 True it is, that many things of this nature be 
 «/Wf</ unto, yea, many things declared. Hooker. 
 
 Then jutt proportions were taken, and every 
 thill" placed by weight and meafurc : and this 
 I do°ubt not was th.at arti&cial ftrufliuc here al- 
 luJi.'.\o. Butrtet'! Theory. 
 
 Allu MINOR, n. /. [allumer, Fr. to 
 light.] One who colours or paints 
 upon paper or parchment ; becaufe he 
 gives graces, light, and ornament, to 
 the letters or figures coloured. Comell. 
 
 To ALLU'RE -u. a. \ieiirer, Fr. loorm, 
 Dutch ; Wl^j-en. Sa''-] ^o entice to 
 any thing whether good or bad ; to 
 draw toward any thlnjr by enticement. 
 
 Unto laws that ine.i m.kc for the benefit of 
 men, it h^^ih teemed always needful to add re- 
 wards, wliich may more allure unto good, than 
 any hardntls dctcncth from it ; and punilhments, 
 which n,sy more deter ftora cyilj than any 
 fweotacls tlu;tet& allutcth. llnoktr. 
 
 ALL 
 
 The golden fun, in fplcndoar likeft l.cav'n, 
 y}:/.,r\i his eye, ' Miioii'i Para.!:/.' Lijl- 
 
 Eath flatt'ring hope, and each ,ill:iih:t; j jv. I 
 
 Lv'ili''"'- 
 Allu'rr. H. y". [froni the verb allure.'] 
 Something fet up to entice birds, or 
 other things, to it. We now write /»/r. 
 Tlie rather to train ihcm to his ailiirr. he told 
 them both oftcii, and with a vehement voice, 
 how th-.y were over-topped and trodden down 
 by gentlemen. Ilyivurj. 
 
 Allv'reml\'T. n.f. [^from allure.] 'rhal 
 which idkives, or has the force (>1 al- 
 luring ; enticement ; temptation of 
 plfafuie. 
 
 Agaiiift allurement, cufl^im, and a world 
 O.Tcnderi ; fcarlcfs of reproach, and Cc. rn, 
 Or %iolcnce. 1' .i, a il fe Lojl . 
 
 Adaul, by his wife's allure'r.rr! fell. 
 
 l',v,:.Tift Refill':.'!- 
 
 To Ciun th' allurerr./nl is not hud 
 
 To minds refolv'd, torewarn'd, and well prepar'd ; 
 
 But wond'rous diiEcult, when once bclct. 
 
 To itruggle through the flraits, and break th' 
 
 involving net. D'y-ien. 
 
 Allu'rer. n.f. [from allurt.} The 
 
 perfon that allures ; enticer ; inveigltr. 
 
 Allu'ringly. ailv. [from allure.] In 
 
 an alluring manner; enticingly. 
 Allu'ringness. n.f. [hom Miring.] 
 The quahty of alluring or enticing ; in- 
 vitation ; temptation by propufmg 
 pleafure. 
 Allu'siok. ti. /. [aJlit/lo, Lat.l That 
 which isfpoken with reference to fome- 
 thing fuppofed to be already known, 
 and therefore not expreflcd ; a hint ; 
 an implication. It has the panicle to. 
 
 Here are manifcft n!b,fit,ns and footftcps of 
 the dilTokition of the earth, as it was in the 
 deluge, and will be in its laft ruin. Bur„et. 
 
 This bill n/!uj!irt gall'd the pauihcr more, 
 Becaufe indeed it rubb'd upon the fore. Dry.l. 
 ExpiefiSons now out of ufc, a/liifiGi:i to cuiioms 
 loft, to us, and various paiticulavitics, rauft needs 
 continue fcveral paffagcs in the daik. l.c^ke. 
 Allu'sive. atlj. \_alluilo, allufum, l.at.] 
 Hinting at fomcthing not fully ex- 
 
 prcfTed. 
 
 Where the exprcffion in one place is plain, and 
 tlie fenfe affixed to it agreeable to the proper force 
 of the words, and no negative objeftion requires 
 us to deparr from it; and the expieffion, in the 
 other, is figurati\e or allufi-ve, and the doftiine 
 deduced from it liable to great ohjefl ions ; it is 
 leafon.ible, in this latter place, to rcliiain the ex- 
 tent of the figure and allufion to a confiftency 
 with the former. Hiiren' Sermor.i. 
 
 . Allu'sively. nd-v. \_ixan\ allufive.] In 
 an allufive manner ; by implication ; by 
 infinuation. 
 
 The Jewiih. nation,, that rejected and cru- 
 cified him, within the compaf> of one gcncra- 
 lion, were, according to his prediclion,deilroye<: 
 by the Romans, and preyed upon by thofe eagles 
 (,V/<i/r. xxiv. ;8.), by which, allufivdyy are 
 noted the Roman armies, whofe enfign was the 
 eagle. Hnmmcui 
 
 Allu'sivenkse. n.f. [from allufve.] 
 
 The quality of being allufive. 
 Allu'vion. n.f. [_alluvio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The carrying of any thing tofomelhmg 
 elfe by the motion of the water. 
 
 2. The thing carried by water to fome- 
 
 thing cite. 
 
 The civil law gives the owner of land a right 
 to that increafe which arifes from alluvion, which 
 is defined an infcnfible increment, brought by 
 the water. t-''-^'"- 
 
 A L M 
 
 Aluj'tiol's. ailj. [from alluvion.] Tliat 
 is carried by water to anotlitr place, 
 and lodged upon fomething elfc. 
 
 To ALLY'. 1). a. [oilier, Fr.] 
 
 1. To unite by kindred, frienddiip,. or 
 confederacy. 
 
 All tiuff lepts are nlllra to the inhabitants o: 
 the North, iu as there is no hope that tiiey wi!; 
 ever l\:rsc faithfully ajainft them. Sj'et.Jrr. 
 
 Wants, frailties, paiTion-, elofcr flill ally ^ 
 The common int'rell, or endear the tye. I't-pc. 
 
 To the fun aUy'il, 
 From him they draw the animarins fire. Tk'.mfnr: 
 
 2. To make a relation between two things 
 bv fimilltudc, or reftmblance, or any 
 other means. 
 
 Tuu lines arc indeed remotely aUied to Vu , 
 
 rii's Icnie; bur they are loo like the tcndcrneis 
 
 of Ovid. /''.^/«- 
 
 Ally', n.f {"Hie, Fr,] One united by 
 
 iowx means of connexion ; as, marriage, 
 
 friciuldiip, confederacy. 
 
 He in court ftood on bis own feet; for the 
 mod of his allici rather leaned upon him than, 
 liiorcd him. ^ irotio,,.- 
 
 \Ve could hinder the acceffion of Holland to 
 France, either as hibjccls, with great immunir 
 tics lor the encouragemeiu of trade, or as an in- 
 feiiour and dependent u//> under their protc-aion. 
 
 Teir.p'.e. 
 
 ALMJCA'NTAR. n. f. [.'Vn Arabick 
 word, written varioufly by various 
 authors ; by .D'Herbtlot, almacantar ; 
 by others, ahnmantar.] A circle drawn 
 parallel to the horizon.. It is generally 
 ufed In the plural, and m.eans a feries o£ 
 parallel ciicles drawn through the feveral 
 degrees of the meridian. 
 
 Alm.\ca'ntar's Staff, n.f. An inftm- 
 incnt commonly made of pear-tree or 
 box, with an aich of. fifteen degrees,, 
 ufed to take obfcrvations of the fiir,^ 
 about the time of its riling and fetting 
 in order to find the amplitude, and con- 
 feqiK-ntly the variation of the compafc. 
 
 Chambers.. 
 
 A';.MA>iACK. n.f. [Derived, by fome, 
 fioni the Arabick al, and nianah, Heb. 
 to count, or compute; by others, from 
 al, Arabick, and ,i.T.-, a month, or t^a.to' y.'c , 
 the courfe of the nwnths ; by others, from 
 a Teutonick original, al, and maan, the 
 moon, an account of every moon, or 
 month : all of them are probable.] A 
 calendar ; a book in which the revolu- 
 tions of the feafons, with the return of 
 feallsand falls, is noted for the enfuliig, 
 
 year. 
 
 It will be faid, this is an atmnnaci for the old 
 year; all hath been well; Spain hath not affaljed 
 this kingdom. . B"""- 
 
 This aitrulogcr made his almanack give a 16- 
 lerable account of the weather, by a direft in- 
 vctfioji of the common proguoflicators. 
 
 Government of the Tongue, 
 Beware the woman too, and (hun her liglil, 
 Who in thc-fc lUidics does herfelf delight; 
 By whom a gieafy almanack is borne. 
 With often handling, like chaft amber worn.' 
 
 Pi yien. 
 
 I'll have a falling almanacl printed on purpofc 
 
 for her ufe. Dryden'i Sfa^ujh F. ia, . 
 
 A'IM/INDINE. n. f. [Fr. almandina, 
 
 Ital.] A ruby coarfer and lighter than 
 
 the oiiental, and nearer the colour of 
 
 the granate. , i 
 
 AiMi'cHTiNESS. n.f, [ivom almtshty.]
 
 Iffilimltcc! power ; omnipotence ; one 
 of the nttribiites of GoJ. 
 
 It Idvcili to tlic world for a witnefs nf lii? ,:/- 
 rni^hf'ij'fiy whom wc o:itw;iictly honour wiih the 
 Ciii-icrt of <'iit,v;irri things. iloo^t'r. 
 
 In f.x-anng iind fiKikm^ exirtcnt the world uni- 
 vcrt"tl, !)y the ablolatc a^ of hii own W'jrd, 
 U'jd ihcwod his p iwvT jnd n/tu'y^tfinift. Ku.'si^/:. 
 
 In tlie «ikkrn;f.s, the bituin ind the lUnk, 
 the iiiiicorn and the cii-*, iivc upon his provifiuns, 
 :ind revcie hii power, .nid feci the force of his 
 
 ALMi'tiHTY. aJ.i. [from n/l and tni^Jjly.] 
 Of unlliiiiti;<". power-; oiimipotent. 
 
 'n.c Ijord .ippcrr^d unto At r:\'i:tni, .md faiH 
 trvto him, Iain ll.c <?/■-; /g A/> G;/d; walk hcforc 
 me, and be Ihon perfect. Cenfn. 
 
 He wills you in the n.imc cf God ntttrghtyf 
 T-hat you divefl yountH', and lay apart 
 The borruw'd gloncs, thai, hy gift of he.iv'n, 
 Bv Jaw of nature and ot nations, 'Jong 
 To linn .ind to his heir:i. Shikfp'nrr. 
 
 A'lmond. n.f. [amand, Er. derived by 
 Ahna^e from amandala, a word in low 
 tatin ; by others, from Ailcmand, a 
 German, fuppofing that almonds come 
 to France fiom Germany.] The nut of 
 the ahnond tree, cither iwtet or bitter. 
 
 Pound an ithnltil, and the clear white colour 
 will be altered itito a dirty one, and the fweet 
 talle into an oily one. Lorkc. 
 
 A'lmond tree. n.f. \_aviygda!us, Lat.] 
 It has leaves; and flowers very like thofe 
 of the peach tree, but the fruit is lon- 
 ger and more compreffed ; the outer 
 green coat is thinner and drier when 
 ripe, and the fliell is not fo rugged. 
 
 Millar. 
 Like to an .ihnonJ trec^ mounted hiijh 
 On top nf Green Stlenis, all alone, 
 Witli i>l<;ffoms brave hedtcked daintily, , 
 Whofe tender locks do tremble every oiv:, . 
 At every little breath that u)id<r heav'n is blown. 
 
 Fiit'r^ Qt/een. 
 
 Mark well the flow'ring almonds in the ^vood ; 
 
 If od'rous bloom.s the bearing; brancltes load. 
 
 The glebe will anfvei to the fylvan r;ign, 
 
 Cleat heats will follow, and large cicps of 
 
 grain. Dr\\ieri, 
 
 A'lmonds of the throat-, or Ton- 
 sils, called improperly Almonds of the 
 ears, are two round glands placed on 
 the fides of the bafis of th.e tongue, 
 under the common membrane of the 
 fauces ; each of them has a large oval 
 linus, which opens into the fauces, and 
 in it are a great number of ItfTer ones, 
 which difcharge themfelves through the 
 great finiis .of a mucous and flippery 
 matter into the fauces, larynx, and 
 cefophagns, for the raoiftening nnd lu- 
 bricating thofe parts. When the a^fo- 
 phagus mufcle ads, it comprelTes the 
 shnovds, and they frequently are the 
 occafion of a fore throat. Shtincy. 
 
 Tlie toniJls, or nhr.ond^ of th fun, aie alfo 
 frequently fwelled in the king's evtl ; which lu,- 
 aiuur may be very wellj-sckoned a fpecies of it. 
 
 H'ifcirar.' i Surrery. 
 
 A'lmond-furnace, or A'lman-fur- 
 K.-iCt, called alfo the S'lvcep, is a pecu- 
 liar kind of furnace ufcd in refining, 
 to ftparate metals from cinders and 
 other foreign fubllances. Chambers, 
 
 A'LMOKER, or A'iMNER. n.f. [eleemnfy- 
 narius, l.at.] The officer of a prince, 
 or other pcrfon, employed In the dilb'i- 
 buticn of charity. 
 
 A I. M 
 
 T cniiiircd fur an nfmt'ier ; and the gf nenl 
 fimc h;is poiiircd out your rcvcri:nce as the wo- 
 thieO man. DryArn. 
 
 A'lmonry. n.f. [from ahr.oner.'] TI»e 
 place wlierc ihc almoner refidcs, or 
 where the alms are dillributcd, 
 Almo'st. adv. [from (.'// and ;no/? ; tliat 
 is, mnjl part f)f nil. Skinner.^ Nearly; 
 Will iiitrh ; in the next degree to the 
 wliole, or to univLrfality. 
 
 Wlio is there ahmfly whufe mind, at fume 
 time or other, love or angir^ fcaror grief, has not 
 fo f.ilVcncH tu foinc cloj^, thn it could not turn 
 itk-Il t!) any other ulijcit ? Lockr. 
 
 Tfierc can be no fuch thing or notion, ns an 
 almoj} infinite; there cm Ijc nulhuig next or te- 
 cond tu an oiniiiptjtLiit Gud. /irrt/ry't Sermon^. 
 
 Alias becomes unequal to his ficighr, 
 Aiifl a/m<,ji taints bcne.ith the glowing weight. 
 
 yiddif'JTJ. 
 
 ALA^S. n. f. [\\\ Saxon, elmep, from 
 eleemnfynat Lat.]_ Wliat is given r^ia- 
 tuitoufly ill relief of the poor, it has 
 no fmgular, 
 
 Nfy arin'd knees,. 
 Whicli bowM but in my Itinup, bend like liis 
 That hatli recciv'd an alm%. Sh.ikfye.ire. 
 
 The poor beggar hath a jiift demand ot an 
 o/mi fiom the rici. man; who is guilty of fi::ud, 
 injuliicc, tnd oppicflion, if he docs not aft"o;d 
 relief according to his shihties. Su-rjt. 
 
 Alms-basket.//. /I [from alms and Ifof 
 h/.] The bafliet hi which provisions 
 
 ; are p.ut.to be given away. 
 Thero fvrecpings do' as well v 
 As the belt oidct'd mcai^ 
 FgV who the i-^h(h'-of tlicfe gueft"; will nr,' 
 Nteds fct them, but the a/ms-h^Jiet of wit. 
 
 Ben ycnfcr. 
 We'll fiand up for our properties, was the 
 beggar's fong that lived upon tlic ahm-baflet, 
 - U EjJfange^i Fab/es. 
 
 ■'A'LMsnEED.. 71./, [from alms and deed.] 
 An aft of charity ; a charitable gift. 
 
 This woman was full of jaod works, and 
 fl/mf/fc'iA, which (he did. .-^i^i. 
 
 third- favour' d Rich-ird, where art thou? 
 Thou art not heie : murder is tliy nlmsdefdi 
 Pctitiontrfoibloodthou ne'crpui'ft back. Shdkfp. 
 A'lms-givek. fi.f [from a/t^is nnd ^ivsr.'] 
 He thfit gives alms; he that fuppor&s 
 others by his charitj^ 
 
 He endowed mnny religious foundation?, and 
 yet was he a great a.'un-giiHr in fecrct, which 
 fl-ir-vvcth t).:it his works in publick were dedicated 
 nuhcr to God's gl^ry than his own. Baccn. 
 
 A'lmskouse, rt f [Jvom alms zxiA hovfe.'l 
 A houfe devoted to the reception and 
 fiipport of the poor; a hofpital for the 
 poor.- 
 
 The way of provi-ding for the clergy by tithes, 
 the device of ahn.houjes for the -poor, and rhc 
 fotting out of the -people into pari thes, are ma- 
 niicft. Hooker. 
 
 And to relief of larars, and wc.ik age 
 Of indigent faint foaU, p-ift corporal toil, 
 A.\\\\\\d\'cA ■t!*i:ihci/Je'i right well I'upplicd. S^i<ikfp, 
 
 Many pcnircnts, after tec rohljing of temples 
 and oiher rapine, build an hofpital, or uhmhQuJc^ 
 out of the ruins of the chinch, and the fpoils of 
 widows and orphans. iJJ'jh-ange. 
 
 Behold yon vimihoufr^ nont, but void of ftate, 
 Where age and waaB fu fmiling at tne gale. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 A'lmsman. n.f. [from /?/>nj^ and OTiiff.] A 
 
 man who lives upon alms; who is fup- 
 
 ported by charity. 
 
 ril give my jewels for a fct of beads ; 
 My gorgeous p;il*ice tor a hermitage ; 
 My g'^y appaicl for an almjmani gown, ShakJ. 
 
 A L O 
 
 A't-MVO-TREE. It./. A tree mentiotlfff 
 in fciipture. Of its wood were made 
 mufical inftiuments, and it was ufcd alfo 
 in rails, or in a (laiicafe. The Rahbins 
 j^enerally render it coral; others eluiiy, 
 bru7.il, ov fine. In the Scpuiagint it is 
 tranfiated luragbt ivood, and the Vul- 
 gate, L'lgna Thy'tna. But coral could 
 never anfwtr the purpofes of the almu- 
 glum ; the pir.'j-tiee \i too comm n in 
 Judea to he ini])ortcd fronn Ophir ; and 
 the 'i hyinum, or citron- tree, much 
 cftcemed by the ancients for its fragrance 
 and beauty, came from Mauritania. By 
 the wood almiig'mi, or algumim, or limply 
 gumniim, taking «/ for a kind of article, 
 may he under Hood oily and gummy foits 
 ot «(Hid, and panicilarly the trees uhich 
 produce gum ammoniac, or gum ata- 
 b:Lk-; and is, perliaps, the fame with the 
 bhittini wood mentioned by Mofcs. 
 
 Calmci.' 
 And the navy alfo of Hiram, that brought 
 gold iram Ojihir, brought iii from Ojjhir great 
 plenty of rt/w«g-/?^^j and precious trees, i Kj'ig-., 
 A'lnagar, A'lnacf.r, or A'lkeger. 
 n.f. [from alnage.] A meafurer by the 
 ells a fworn officer, whofe bufinefs for- 
 merly waste infpcfl the afiize of woollen 
 clolh, and to fix the feals appointed • 
 upon it for that purpofe ; but there are 
 ; now three officers belonging to the re- 
 gulation of cloth-mantifattures, tlio» 
 fearcherf meafurer, and alneger. Di3. 
 A ' L N A a E . n.f. [ from az/ hiage, or aunage, . 
 Fr.] Ell-meafure, or rather the nieafia-- 
 ing by the ell or yard. DiH. 
 
 A'lnicht. n.f. [from a//and n/g/j/.] 
 
 A fervice which they call ahiigfii, is .t grciiC* 
 cake of W.1X, with the wick, in tlie midft; where- - 
 by it Cometh to pafs, that the wick fetchelh the 
 nourifhmeiit i'artlicr off". But.o'j. 
 
 A'LOES. n.f. [dS'IIK. as 't is fuppo- 
 fe.d.] A term -applied. ta three, different- 
 things. 
 
 1. A precious wood, ufed in the Es ft for 
 perfumes, of which the beff fort is of 
 
 , higher price than gold, and was the 
 moft valuable prcfent given by the king 
 ofSiam, in l6«6, to the kingof France* 
 It is called Tamlac, and is the heart, or 
 innermoft part, of tlie nloe tree; the 
 next part to which is called Calendac, 
 which isfomelimesimportedintoEuropc-, - 
 and, though of inferiour value to the 
 TaniluK, is much elteemed : the part 
 next the bark is termed, by the Povtr.- • 
 guefe, Pao d' aqiiila, or eagle-wood ; 
 but fome account the eagle-wood not 
 the outer part of the Tambac, but another 
 Ipecies. Our knowledge of this wood 
 is ytt very imperfeft. S.ivary. 
 
 2. A tree which grows in hot countries, 
 and even in the mountains of Spain. 
 
 3. A medicinal juice, cxtraifted, not froTti 
 the odoriferous, but the common nkes 
 tree, hy cutting the leave,";, and expoGi'.g 
 the juice that drops from them to the 
 fun. It is diftinguilhed into Sucotorine, 
 and Caballine, or horfe ,;/tfj : the firll 
 is fo called from Socotora ; the fecond, 
 bf caufc, being ci'arfer, it ought ta- b.:
 
 A L O 
 
 f onfincd to the ufe of farriers. It U a 
 
 warm and flrong cathartick. 
 A LOETiCAL. m/j. [from a/o«.] Confifting 
 chiefly of aloes. 
 
 It ir.iy be escitcd by n/orticil, fcammoniatc, 
 or acrimonious mcdicinss. IVifeman's Surgery. 
 Aloe'tfck. 71. /. [from aloes.] Any me- 
 dicine is fo called, which chiefly confids 
 of aloes. ^ihuy. 
 
 Alo'ft. ati-v. [lojpcr, to lift up', Dati. 
 Loft air, Iceland'ifii ; fo that aluft'is, into 
 the air.] On high ; above ; in the air : 
 a word ufed chieily in poetry. 
 
 For I have re.id in I^oiics oft, 
 Tiiac love has -vings, and foars (jA/>. Suri/ing. 
 
 Uptight he ftood, and boxe-al'ift his (hicld, 
 ConfpiCLtous from r.far, and ovciiouli'd the tiekl. 
 
 Viydcn. 
 Alo'^t. prep. Above, 
 
 TIic great luminary 
 ylhfi the vulgar con(Kllatio;is thick, 
 Tiiat from his lordly eye keep diftance due, 
 Difpcnfes light from far. Milton'i Par. LrJ!. 
 
 ^'logy. n.J. [aAoy®-.] Unreafonablenefs; 
 ■ abfurdity. Dift. 
 
 Alo'ne. adj. [a.'leen, Dutch ; from al and 
 
 een, or one ; that ISfJitivJe.^ 
 I. Without another. 
 
 The quajTcl toucheth none but us ahne.', 
 . Betwixt ouifclvcs let u^ decide it then. ShakJ. 
 
 If by a mortal hand my fatijer's throne 
 .Could be defended, 'twas by mine afonc. Dry.i. 
 God, by whofe: (jArrtf power and converfation 
 we all live, and move, and have our beinf . 
 
 Bent ley. 
 i. Without company ; folitary. 
 
 . Eagles we fee fly (i/'jrwy and they are but Iheep 
 
 which always herd together. Sidney. 
 
 ylhnt', for other creature in this place, 
 
 • Xiving, oi-lifelcfs, to be found was none. Milton. 
 
 I never duill in daikncl's be .ikne. Diyden. 
 
 Alo'ne. adv. 
 
 l: This word is feldom ufed but with the 
 word kt, if even then it be an adverb. 
 It implies fometimcs an ironical prohibi- 
 tion, forbidding to help a man who is 
 able to manage the affair himfelf. 
 
 Let us uhrte to guard Corioli, 
 'i( they fct down bcfore's j 'fare they remove, 
 -Bring up your army. Shiifpeare. 
 
 Let you ii'one, cunning artificer; 
 See how his gorget peers aho\e his gown, 
 Tu tell the people in what danger he M\as. 
 
 Ben yonjori. 
 
 2. To forbear; to leave imdone. 
 
 His client ftole it, but he had better have fet 
 it a/one; for he loll his caufe by his jeit, ./JdJifon. 
 Alo'ng. adv. [ail longiie, Fr.J 
 
 1. At length. 
 
 Some rowl aniighty flonc ; fomc laid fs/cn^, 
 And bound with burning wires, on fpokcs of 
 wheels are hung. lyryde". 
 
 2. Through any fpace meafured Itngth- 
 wi(e. 
 
 A firebrand, carried tilong, leaveth a train of 
 light behind it. Baan's N.itur,il HIjUry. 
 
 Where t'fens glides along rhe lowly lands. 
 Or the black w..ter of Pomptina Hands. Dryden. 
 
 3. Throirghout ; ia the whole: with all 
 prefixed. 
 
 Solomon, gU along in his Proverbs, gives the 
 title <>i fool 10 a wicked man. 'I'ilkAJon. 
 
 They were all along a crofs, untoward fort of 
 pcop'e. South. 
 
 .4. Joined with the particle nvuh, in com- 
 pany ; joined with. 
 
 I your commilhon will forthwith difpatch. 
 And he to England (hall along luiik you. Shakf. 
 
 Hence, then ! and evil go tviih thee along. 
 Thy oftspting, to the pbcc of evil, liell. Miltm. 
 
 ' A L O 
 
 .Rollglous zeal is fubjeft to an efcefs, and to 
 a defeift, when fomething is mingled with ii 
 which it (hould not hiive ; or when it wants 
 fometbing.lhat ought to go alatig luitli it. Sjitat. 
 
 5. Sometimes TO«/j isMnderllood. 
 
 Command thy flavcs : my free-born foul dif- 
 d.iins 
 A tyrant's curb, and rcftive breaks the reins. 
 Take this along; and no difpute Ihall rife 
 (Though mine the woman) for my ravifli'd priie." 
 
 Dry hn. 
 
 6, Forward ; onward. In this fenfe it is 
 deiived from allqns, French. 
 
 Come then, my friend, my genius, come along, 
 
 Thou mafler of the poet and the fong. Pope. 
 
 Alo'ngst. adv. [a corruption, as it feems, 
 
 from along.] Along; through the 
 
 length. 
 
 The Turks did keep ftrait watch and ward in 
 
 all their ports alongjl the fea coaft. Knolles. 
 
 Alo'of. adv. [_all oj", that is. quite off.] 
 
 I. At a dillance : with the particle y'row;. 
 
 It generally implies a fmall diftance,fuch 
 
 as is within view or ohfervation. 
 
 Then bade the knight this lady yede ahof, 
 And to an hill herfelf withdraw alide, 
 From whence Ihe might behold the battle's proof, 
 And clfe be fafc from danger far dcfcricd. Ki/y Q. 
 
 As next in worth. 
 Came fingly where he ftood, on the bare Ifrand, 
 While the promifcuous crowd llood yet aloof. 
 
 Millon'i Paradif,- L'-ft. 
 The noife approaches, though our palace tlood 
 Aloof from ftrects, cnt.»mpafj.'d With a wood. 
 
 D<ydcn. 
 
 1. Applied to perfons, it often infinuates 
 caution and circumfpeflion. 
 
 Turn on the bloody hounds with heads of t^cel, 
 And make the cowards it and aloof yx bay. Shakf p. 
 
 Going northwards, aloof, as long as they had 
 any doubt of bemg puifued ; at lall, when they 
 were out of reach, they turned and crolhsd the 
 ocean to Spain. Bacon. 
 
 The king woidd not, by any means, enter 
 the city, until he had aloof feen the crofs fct up 
 upon the greater tower of Granad.i, whereby it 
 became chrilVian ground. Bacon. 
 
 Two pots flood by a river, one of brafs, the 
 other of clay. The water carried them away; 
 the earthen veffol kept aloof from t'other. 
 
 L'Ejhatlge'l Faldes. 
 
 The ftrong may fight aloof: Ancsus tiy'd 
 His force too near, and by prcfuming ditd. Dr\d. 
 
 3. In a figurative fenfe, it is ufed to import 
 art or cunning in converfation, by which 
 a man holds the principal quellion at a 
 dillance. 
 
 Nor do we find him forwaid to be founded; 
 But with a crafty niadncfs keeps aloof. 
 When we would bring him on to Ibmo confclTion 
 Of his true Hate. Shukfpeare^ i Hamlet. 
 
 4. It is ufed metaphorically of perfons that 
 will not be feen in a delign. 
 
 It is nccclfary the queen join; for, if Ihc ftand 
 aloof, there will be liiil lufpicions ; it being a 
 received opinion, that Ihc hath a great intercft 
 in the king's favour and power. Suckling. 
 
 5. It is applied to things not properly be- 
 longing to each other. 
 
 Love's not love. 
 When it is mingled with regards that ftand 
 Aloof pom th' entire point. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Alo'ud. adv. [from a and loud.] Loudly ; 
 with a ftrong voice ; with a great noife. 
 
 Srr.mgled he lies ! yet Icems to cry aloud. 
 To warn the mighty, and inllruit the proud; 
 That of the great, ncglcifling to le jtilt, 
 Heav'n in a moment makes a heap of duft. 
 
 mxller. 
 Then hcav'ns high monarch tiiund'red thrice 
 .doud. 
 
 And thrice he Ihook aloft a golden cloud. D'yd- 
 
 A L S 
 
 Alq'w, adv. [froma and /aiii.] In a low 
 place ; not aloft. 
 
 And now alou', and row aloft they fly, 
 As borne through air, and feenr to touch the iky. 
 
 Viyderi. 
 A' LP HA. n.f. The firft letter in the 
 Greek alphabet, anfwering to our A ; 
 therefore ufed to fignify, the fiWI. 
 
 I am alpha and omega, the bcgimiing and the 
 ending, faith the Lord, which is, and which 
 was, and which is to come, the Almighty. 
 
 KeveUtiont. 
 
 A'LPHABET. n.f. \ixa-^ S-i^e,, alpha, 
 and /3>)Ta, beta, the two firft letters of the 
 Greeks. The order of the letters, or 
 elcinents of fpeech. 
 
 Thou flialt not figh, 
 Nor wink, nor nod, nor kneel, nor nia-ke a fign, 
 But I of thetewill red an alphabet, 
 And by ftill pradice learn to know thy meaning. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 The letters of the alphabet, formed by the 
 fcvcral motions of the mouth, and the gieat va- 
 riety of fyllables compofcdof letters, and formed 
 with almoft equal velocity, and the cndlcfs num- 
 ber of words capable of being framed out of the 
 alphabet, either of moi'e fyllables, or of one, arc 
 wonderful. Holder, 
 
 Taught by their nurfes, little children get 
 This faying fooncr tiian their alphabet. Dryden. 
 
 To A'lthabet. v. a, [from alphabet, 
 noun.] To range in the order of the 
 alphabet. 
 
 Ai.phabe'tical. 7 C'li- [(rom alphabet i 
 Alphabe'tick. J alphabetiqiie, Yr.] In 
 the order of the alphabet ; according 
 to the feries of letters. 
 
 I have digclled in an alphabetical order all the 
 coLuities, corporations, and boroughs in Great 
 Biit.iin, with their refpeitive tempeis. .Siuift. 
 Alphabetically, adv. [from alpha- 
 betical.] In an alphabetical manner j 
 according to the order of the letters. 
 
 I had once in my thoughts to contrive a gram- 
 mar, more than I can now compiifc in ihort 
 hints; and a ditflionaiy, alphabetically eionuxn- 
 ing the words of the language, which the deaf 
 pcrfon is to learn. Holder* ^ Elements sf Speech. 
 Alre'ady, adv. [from all and ready.] 
 At this prefent time, or at fome tnne 
 paft : oppofed to futurity ; as, jyHl he 
 come Joon ? He is here already. H^'ilf it be 
 done ? It has been done already. 
 
 Touching oui- uniformiry, tiiat which hath 
 been already anfwcredj may fcrvc for anfwcr. 
 
 Hooker, 
 You warn'd me ftill of loving two; 
 Can ] love him, already loving you ? Dryden. 
 
 Sec, the guards fiomyon far tadern hill 
 Already move, no longer ilay afiord ; 
 High in the air they w.ave the flaming fword, 
 Your fignal to depart. Dryden. 
 
 Mrthods for the advanceqient of piety, are 
 in the power of a prince limited like ours, by 
 a ftrifl execution of the laws alieady in force. 
 
 S'wift\ 
 Merhinks already I your tears furvey, 
 Ahta.lv hear the horrid things they fay, 
 Already fee you a degraded loalf. 
 And all your honour in a whifper loft I Pope. 
 Ai.i. adv. [als,'D\ilc\\.] Alfo j likewife. 
 Out of ufe. 
 
 Sad remembrance now the prince amoves 
 With frelh dcfire his voyage to purine ; 
 AU L'na earn'd her tra\el to renew. FaiiyC^ueen, 
 A'lso. adv. [from a//and_/o.] 
 I. In the fame manner ; likewife. 
 
 In thefc xwo, no doubt, are contained the 
 caufes of the great deluge, as according to Mofes, 
 fo alfo according to necefiity ; for our world 
 affords no other ticalutes of water, Buratt,
 
 ALT 
 
 S. Atfo is fometimts nearly the fame with 
 and, and ijnly conjoins the members o) 
 the fcnteiice. 
 God do I'o to me, ^ni more alfn. i S-^-m:tel. 
 
 A'ltar. n.f. [n/iair, Lat. It is oblcrved 
 by yunius, that the word altar is re- 
 ceived, wuh clirillianlty in all the Eu 
 ropean languages ; and tlial allure is 
 ufe i hy one of the Fathcre, as appro- 
 priated to the chnlliun worlliip, in op- 
 poiilion to the arif of gen'ilifm. J 
 
 t. ThcpLice where otferiiigs to heaven 
 are laid. 
 
 The goddcfs ofttic nuptiiil bed, 
 Tii'*d with her \3in dev jtions tor tiie dead, 
 RcloK'd tl'e tHtnted hmid Iho'ila be rejjctl'd, 
 Which iiiccnlc otfci\), and hvr a'ta> iicld Dn-A 
 2. The table in chriliian cliurchea where 
 the commtmion is adminiftered. 
 
 Her gr.icc rofe, and, with niodcft paces, 
 Came to xUa altar, .vliere the kneel'd.andl'ai'thki 
 Call her fair eyes to heav'n, and pny'd dev cully 
 
 Sha^ j)--eat r. 
 
 A-'ltarage. n.f. [alla<'/i^!um, Lat ] 4ii 
 emolument ar'liii^ to the priell from ob 
 lations, through the means of the 
 altar. jiyTiffe's Parergon. 
 
 A'ltar-ci.otk. n.f. [from allar and 
 cloth. ] The cloth thrown over the altar 
 in churclies. 
 
 I Ihould let down the wealth, books, hang- 
 ings, AwA altar-cloths, which our kings gave xWm 
 abbey. P^achamon Uraiuhig. 
 
 To VLTER. -J. a. [alterer, Fr. from 
 alter, Lat.] 
 
 1. To change ; to make otherwife than it 
 h. To aher, feems more properly to 
 imply a change made only in fome part 
 of a thing ; as, to alter a writing, may 
 be, to blot or interpulate it ; to change 
 it, may be, to fubflitute another in iti 
 place. WIthyro;« and to ; as, her face 
 is altered f ram pale to red. 
 
 Do vou note 
 How much her grace is nlret*i{ on the fodden ? 
 How long her face is drawn ? how pale Ihe look?. 
 And of an earthly cold? Shaif^'- irt-. 
 
 A6is appropriated to the worfhip of God, hy 
 his own appointment, mud continue fo, till 
 Viimfelf hath otherwife declared : for who dales 
 alter what God hath appointed? Stilliv^flcct. 
 
 2. To take ofFfrom a pcrfuafion, praifllce, 
 or k£i. 
 
 For the way of writing plays in verff, I find 
 it troublefome and flow ; but I am no way ui- 
 ?c•^(\7 tVom my opinion of it, at Icail- witir any 
 reafcns which have oppofed it. DryJcJi. 
 
 To A'lter. t, n. To become other- 
 wife than it was ; as, the taeathcr alters 
 from bright to cloudy. 
 A'lter ABLE. ndj. [from«/V;-; altcralk, 
 Fr. ] That may be altered ov changed 
 by fomething elfe ; diftinift from change- 
 able, or that which changes, oi may 
 change, itfelf. 
 
 That alterable rcfpcdts arc realities in natin'f, . 
 will never be admitted by a confidcratc dikernci. 
 
 GlanvilU. 
 Our condition in this world is mutable and 
 eiircrtain, alterable by a thoufand accidem^, 
 which wc can neither forcfce nor prevent. Kcger \. 
 I wilh they had been more cle.;r in their di- 
 rections upon that mighty point, Whether the 
 Settlement of the fuccetiion in the huufe of Han- 
 over be aircrabic oi no? Swjft. 
 A'LTERAntFNESS. ti. f. [from alleridde.'l 
 The qtiality of being alterable, or ad- 
 sttitting change from external caul'cs. 
 
 ALT 
 
 A'lter ABLY. adv. {ham alleralle.'] In 
 
 filch a manner as niiiy be altered. 
 A'lteraoe. n.f. [from<j/(J.] Ihe breed- 
 ing, nourilhing, or fullering of a child. 
 In Ireland they put their children to loiterers: 
 the rich fell, the meaner forr buying the alti'ragc 
 of their children ; and the rcaCun is, becaufe, in 
 the opiniiin of the people, folUring has always 
 been a It longer alliance than blood. i>iry. Daiaei. 
 A'ltekant. adj. lallerani, Fr.] That 
 has the power of producing changes in 
 any thing. 
 
 And whether the body be alnrant or altered, 
 e\'eimorca perception precedelh operation; lur 
 cU'c all bodies Would be alike one to another. 
 
 Ba'ou 
 Altera'tion. n.f. [ifom alter ; altera- 
 tion, Fr.] 
 
 1. The act of altering or changing. 
 
 ^J/teiutio", though It be trom worfc to better, 
 
 hath in it inconvcniencies, and thofc weig'uy. 
 
 1 iiook(:r. 
 
 2. The change made. 
 
 Wiiy may we not prefumc, that God dotli even 
 call tor lueh change or alttrattcn, as the veiy 
 condition ot things themfclves doth make neccf- 
 laiy } hooter. 
 
 So he, with difficulty and labour hard, 
 Mov'd on : 
 
 But he once paft, foon after, when man fell. 
 Strange rt/zcru/'/V/./ Sin, and Dcarh, amain 
 Following hist tack (Inch was tl;c will of heav'n !) 
 Pav 'd after him a b cad and be.itcn way. Milton. 
 
 No otlier li'terHtan will lati^ly ; nor ti is nei- 
 ther, very long, without an utter abolition of all 
 order. Sou h. 
 
 Appius Claudius admitted to the fenate the 
 fons of tliofe who had been lla\esj by whicli, 
 and fuccecding ultcratiojn, that council degene- 
 rated into a moft corrupt body. Hivijt. 
 
 A'lter ATivE. adj. [fromaZ'fr.] 
 
 NKclicines called alterative, arc fuch as have 
 no ininrcdiatc fenfible operation, but gradually 
 gain upon the conftitution, by changing the hu- 
 mours from a ifalc of dilfcmpcrature to health. 
 They are oppofed to macuavts. Qtdncy. 
 
 Whcntheie is an eruption of humour in any 
 part, it is not cured merely by outward appli- 
 cations, but by fuch alteiative medicines as pu- 
 rify the blood. Gcvernmeiit of the Tongue. 
 Alterca'tion. «. f. [idtercation, Fr. 
 iiom altercor, Lat.] Debate; contro- 
 verfy ; wrangle 
 
 By this hot purfuit of lower controverfics 
 amongft men piofcffing religion, and agreeing in 
 the prinfipal foundations thereof, they conceive 
 hope, tiiar, about tiie higher principles themfclves, 
 time will caule ultercathn to glow. HooUr. 
 
 Their whole life was little elfe th.in a perpetu- 
 al wrangling and a'terealion; and that, many 
 times, rather for \ ielory and olientation of wit, 
 than a fuber and fciious fearch of truth. 
 
 HukeiLill on t'rrji-ience. 
 
 Alte'rn. adj. [flZ/frnw, Lat.] Aciiiig 
 
 by turns, in fticcefTun each to the other. 
 
 And God made two great lights, great for their 
 
 ul'e 
 
 To man ; tlic greater to have rule by day, 
 
 The lets by nigl.t, altern. Mlton. 
 
 Alternacy. n f [from alternate.'^ 
 
 Aflion perfortned by turns. 
 ALTE'RNATE. adj. [tdtemits, Lat.] 
 Being by turns; one after another; 
 reciprocal. 
 
 Friendfiiip confiOs propeily in mutual ofiiccs 
 and a generous ftrifc in nlternatt aits of kir.dnefs. 
 
 South. 
 Hear how Timotheus' various lays furpril'e. 
 And bid rtZ/^/v/drr palhons fall and life ' 
 While, at eacli change, the fon of Lybi.in Jove 
 No'.y burns with glory, ;uid tlien ratlts wilh love. 
 
 ALT 
 
 Alte'rkate angles. [In geometry.] 
 The internal angles made by a lii:>: 
 cutting two parallcli, and lying on 
 the ojipofite fides of the cutting line ; 
 the one below the firfl j)arallel, and the 
 other above the fecond. 
 
 Alternate. 7/.y; [horn alternate, adj.Y 
 That which happens alternately ; vicif- 
 fitude. 
 
 And rais'd in pleafure, or rcpos'd in cafe, 
 Grateful alti^rnata of fuhllantial peace. 
 They blefs the long noiHuriial intluence (hcd. 
 On the crown'dgobler, and the genial Ixd. Priory 
 
 To Alte'p.nate. i).a. [alterno, Lat.] 
 
 1. To pertorni alternately. 
 
 Thofc who, in their coiirfe, 
 Melodious hymns about the fov'rcign throne 
 .-lllir>:ate all nigl-.t long. Milton. 
 
 2. To change one thing for another reci- 
 procally. 
 
 The moft high God, in all things appeitaining 
 unto this life, tor fundry wile ends, a/rir«,/rii tiie 
 riifpofiiion of good and e\il. Gre'iv. 
 
 Alt.e'rnately. adv. l^rom alternate. '\ 
 In reciprocal fucceflion, fo tliat each 
 fhall be fucceeded by that which it 
 fucceeds, as light follows darknefs, and' 
 darknefs follows ligiu. 
 
 The princefs Melefinda, bath'd in tears, 
 Anel t.jfs'd alittnatrly with hopes and fears 
 Would ie-ain from you the foUunes o( her lord. 
 
 Drydlt. 
 
 Unhappy man! whom forrow thus and rage 
 To diftitient ills «//frffj/f/y engage. hnor. 
 
 The rays of light are, iiy (omc caufc or other, ■ 
 alternately dilpofed to be rcficcfted or ict'raiaert 
 for m^ny viciliitudes. Ke-v.ton. 
 
 Alte'rnateness. n.f. [from alternate.] 
 T he quality of being alternate, or of 
 happening in reciprocal fucceflion. Z)A?. 
 Alterna'tion. k. / [froiTi alternnte.'] 
 The reciprocal fucceffion of things. 
 
 The one would he opprcffed with conflant 
 heat, the other with infutftinbic cold ; and fo 
 the defect of alternation would uiteily inipugn 
 the generation of all things. JJto-^-n. 
 
 Alte'rnative. «. f. \_alternatif, Fr.] 
 The choice given of two things ; fo 
 that if one be rejocled, the other mull 
 be taken. 
 
 A ftrange alternath^c . 
 
 Mull ladies have a dodloror a dance ? Yo!:ng, 
 
 Alte'r^atively. adv. [from alterna- 
 tive.] In alternate manner ; by turns • . 
 reciprocally. 
 
 An appeal ..■.■■/■cr/M/.'ff.'v made may be tolerated 
 by the civil l.iw as valid. y:\llf e's I'cuergtn 
 
 Ai.te'rnativeness «. / '[f:om alter- 
 native.'] The quah';y or itate of bcinT 
 alternative; reciprocaiion. Vicl, . 
 
 ALTERMxy.n. /. [from a//-;-;; ] Reci- 
 procal fticcefTron ; viciflitiide ; turn • 
 mutual change of one thing for another ; 
 recipr<cation. 
 
 They imagine, that an animal of the vaflcll 
 dimci'lions, and longed duration, ihoukl live i.T 
 a continual motion, without ihe altemlty and 
 vic'ffitune of rcll, whereby ail otlv. r .•inimals 
 continue. Bimn'i Ir'ulgar Ermurs. 
 
 Altho'ugh. conjtiKHion, [from all and." 
 though. See Though.] Notwithlrand- 
 ing ; however it may be granted ; how- 
 ever it may be that. 
 
 We al' know, that many things arc believed, . 
 although they be intricate, oiofcure, and dark ; 
 alth'.agh they exceed the reach and capacity of 
 our wits ; yea, althrjgh in this world they be no ■ 
 way poflibk to be undcrilood. Bocttr^
 
 ALU 
 
 Me the gold of Fraiicf did not feduccj 
 
 jittiyj^h I did admit it as a mjtivc 
 
 The fooner to ciTeft ut-Mt I intended. S^ri^fp'-i'-'. 
 
 The ftiefs mijftb'- liid upon a m.ijority; \riih- 
 
 ouf which the laws would be of little weij;lit, 
 
 a'thug/tihey be good additiorial fccurities. Sivift. 
 
 A'l.TlGRADE. aAj. [iVom alius and ^ru- 
 
 dior, Lat.] Riling on high. Dlfl. 
 
 Alti'loql-ence. n.f. [aitus and loqucr, 
 
 Lat.] Highfpeech ; pompous language. 
 
 Alti'metry. n.f. [ali:i,ietria,hat. from 
 
 n/tus and f/,ET55i.] The art of taking or 
 
 meafuring altitudes or heights, whether 
 
 acceffable or inaccefTable, generally per- 
 
 ■ formed by a quadrant. 
 Alti'sonant. } art'/, [a'ii/onus, Lat.] 
 Ali'i'sonous. 5 High founding ; porr,p- 
 
 ous or lofty in found. I)u'/. 
 
 .A'ltitude. I!, f. Y'llntudo, Lat.] 
 1. Height of place; fpace meafurcd iip- 
 
 ■ '.vard. 
 
 Ten mafts attach'd make not the dltiru.ic, 
 Wnjchthou haft perpendicularly fall'n. Sfi'iifp. 
 
 Some detine the perpendicular altitudf of the 
 liigheft mountains to be four miles; othcis hut 
 hfteen furlongs. IS/oiun, 
 
 She ihines .ibove, we know; but in what 
 place, 
 How near the throne, and heav'n's imperial fr.cr, 
 By our weak opticks is but vainly guefs'd ; 
 Bitlancc and (7//;f.v</(: ccnceal th relt. 7-)»j.7;w, 
 Z. The elevation of any of the heavenly 
 bodies above the horizon. 
 
 Even unto the latitude of fifty-two, the effi- 
 cacy thereof is not much conlidciable, whether 
 ■we consider its afccnl, meridian, aitituikf or 
 ■abode above the horizon. Bro-iun's Fulgar Etrzun. 
 
 Has not a poet more virtues and \ices within 
 his circle, cannot he obfervc them and their in- 
 Huenccs in their oppofitions and conjuncliuns, in 
 their altitttdei and deprelTions ? Rymcr . 
 
 3. Situation with regard to lower things. 
 
 Thofo numbers which are pairs, Ihind by one 
 another in equ.ii altititdej and anfwei on each lide 
 one to another. hUiy. 
 
 4. Height of excellence ; fuperiority. 
 
 Your ah'itudc offends the eyes 
 Of thofe wiio want the power to rife. Swift. 
 
 5. Height of degree ; higheft point. 
 
 He did it to pleufe his mother, and to be jrartly 
 proud; which he i-^, even to the altituie of hi-, 
 virtue. Shakffemr. 
 
 Alti'vol.4NT. adj. [nWWflKj', Lat. from 
 fl//aj and tj^/o.] Highflying. D'lH. 
 
 A'ltogether. adv. [from a// and /ojf- 
 ther.'\ 
 
 1. Completely; without reltriftion ; with- 
 out e.xceptlcn. 
 
 It is in vain to fpeak o\ plaritini^ laws, and 
 plotting policy, till th« people be uUugcthcr fub- 
 clried Spt lifer's Sr.ite of IreUnd. 
 
 We find not in the world any people that hath 
 lived alto^i^thcr without religion. Hooker. 
 
 If death and danger arc things that really can- 
 not be endured, no man could ever be obliged to 
 fuffer for his confc'.cncc, or to die for his religion ; 
 it bein^j altn^tther as abftn^d to imagine a ni.m 
 obliged to furtcr, as to do impolTihiliiics. Stiit/t. 
 
 I do not .ilio^cthcr difapprove of ihe manner 
 of intciweaving te.vts o( fcripture through the 
 ftyle of yom^ lermoir. Siuift. 
 
 2. Conjunftly ; in company. This is ra 
 ther iill together. 
 
 Coufrnof Some-rfct, join you with rnc. 
 And alt'.giilicr with the duke of Suffolk, 
 We'll quickly hoifl duke Humphry from his feat. 
 
 Stt<ikjpf(i>e. 
 
 A'LUDEL. n.f. [from « and /w/Hm ; that 
 is, lu'ilhijiit hile.^ 
 
 j-llndLh. aic fublinring pots ufcd in chcmiftry, 
 .witlipul buttyms, and filled into uiic another,, as 
 
 A M .A 
 
 ■ many as there U occafion for, without luting'. At 
 tiic buttoni of the furn.'*ci- is a [lot ll.it liui'.'s r! c 
 iTiittcr to be fiiblmie'l; and .it ihc tup i:- a head, 
 to retain the. flowers that rife up. Q^uinry. 
 
 A'LUM. n.f. [alt/meti, Lat.] A kind of 
 mineral fait, of au acid tafte, k-aving in 
 the mouth a feiife of fu-eetnefs, accom- 
 panied \rith a confidcrable degree of 
 aftringency. 
 
 The ancient natiiralifts allow of two forts of 
 a/ufrif natural and fa£licious. The natural is 
 found in the iQand of Milo, being: a kind of 
 whitifli ilonc, very light, friable, and po- 
 rous, and Iheakcd with filaments rcfcmbling 
 filvcr. .England, Italy, and Flanders, are iht; 
 countries wliere al'.^n is piincipaUy produced; 
 and the Eiiglilh roc^'frt/vw; is made from a bluifh 
 inincral Ilone, in the hills of Yorkshire and 
 Lancashire. 
 
 S.urk.irific alum is a compofitjon of common 
 rt/.v/«, with rofe-warcr ;!nd whiles of e^gs boikd 
 t')i;cthtr, tu thij coufillencs of a p;ilK, and thus 
 moulded at plcafurc. Abitcooli, it gr'j\\ '^ I.. nd 
 a&,a Rone. 
 
 Burnt alum is ahon raleincd over tlic fii^. 
 
 'Flumofc or plume nlum Ls a fart of fail no mine- 
 ral llonc, of various colours, muft commonly 
 white, boidjring on green: it lifes in threads, or 
 fibres, rtft-mbling thofe of a feather; v/licncc its- 
 name from pht/fuij a feather. Chamhen. 
 
 By long heating the white of hh egg with w 
 lump of aluniy you may bring it, for the moil 
 part, into white curds. B'-.\!c 
 
 Alum stone. ti.J\ A ftonc or calx ufed 
 in furgevy ; perhaps alum calcined, 
 which then becomes corrolive. 
 
 She garbled with ox} cr.ile, and was in a few 
 days cured, by touching it with the vitriol and 
 alum Jioucs, /Kf.-m..i". 
 
 Alu'minous. a^lj. [from afam.] Rclaiing 
 to alum, or confiiting of alum. 
 
 Nor do we rcafonahly cunclude, hccaufe by ac<jld 
 and alumi'toui moifture, it is able awlulc to reli(l 
 the fire, that, fion\ a peculiarity of nature, it 
 fuhfilteth and liveth in it. J^ton"!. 
 
 The tumour may have other mixture with it, 
 to make it of a vitriolick or a/uwhmn natiue. 
 
 }}' ifcmtin* i Surgery. 
 
 A'lways. aJv, [It is fomctimcs written 
 afivay, compounded of all and ivav ; 
 ealLfjceja, Sax. fu/lavta, Ital,] 
 
 1. Perpetually ; throughout all time : op- 
 pofed to fomethne, or to ?h^ver. 
 
 That, wiiich fonictimc is expedient, doth not 
 
 alirny, \'o continue. Uzcie-r. 
 
 Man nc\ er is, but tihuayi to be blelK Popr. 
 
 2. Conllantly ; without variation : oppofed 
 io foinethnes , or to notv am! then. 
 
 He is ahv.iys great, when fome gieat occafum 
 Is prcfcntt'd to \\\n\. Drydcn. 
 
 A. M. ilands ^ov o.rttum wagtJJer, or mafter 
 of arts ; the fecoud degree of our uni- 
 verfities, which in fome foreign comi- 
 tries is.called doctor of phdolcphy. 
 
 Am The firA perfon ofthe verb tobe. [See 
 
 Aird God f.iiti into M-rfes I am that I ti'ii : 
 and he faid, thus fl>;ilt thou tiiy unto the chil- 
 dren of Ifr.iel, 1 tim \v^x.\\ fcnt mc unto you. Exod. 
 
 Come then, mv foul, I call thee by tiiatn.imc, 
 Thou bufy thing, fioni whence I know I .iw; 
 For knowing that I nm, I know ihou arr; 
 Since that muft neerls exill, which can impart. 
 
 i'lior. 
 
 Amabi'i-ity. n./. \{xom amr.hilis, Lat.] 
 Lovtllntfs ; the i)Owt;r of pleafing. 
 
 ■No rules can make mmthiUly, our minds and 
 apprchcnfions make th.it ; and fo is out felicity. 
 
 Tu\ki . 
 
 AMADE'TTO. n.f. A fovt of pear, [See 
 
 A IM A 
 
 Pe.\r] So called, fays Skinner, from tlic 
 name of Iiim wlio cultivated it. 
 AMADOr.n.f. A fort of pear. [See 
 
 Pear.] 
 Ama'in. adv. [from nia'me, or maigne, old 
 Fr. derived from magrus, Lat.] With 
 vehemence ; with vigour ; fiercely ; vio- 
 lently. It is ufed of any a6lion per» 
 formed with precipitation, whether of 
 fear or courage, or of any violeilt effort. 
 
 Gi'eat lords, from Ireland am I come amair, 
 
 To fignify that rebels there arc up. ShAfpeart. 
 
 What ' when we ilcd tiinaiiiy purfued and itriick 
 
 With heav'n's atfliiting thunder, and btfoujht 
 
 The deep to (heltcr us r Millm. 
 
 The hills to their fupply. 
 Vapour and exhalation dufli and moill 
 Sent up amiii't. Milttrn. 
 
 From hence the boar was rous'd, and fprung 
 aniai'tf 
 Like lightning fuddcn, on the warriour train, 
 Keats down the tiees before him, fhakes the 
 
 ground ; 
 The foreft echoes to the crackling I'ound, 
 Shout the lici'cc youth, and clamours ring around. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 AMA'LGAM. \ ?;. /". [i.;x=^ and^afwr..] 
 
 AMA'LGAMA. j The mi.xture of nie- 
 
 tals procured by amalgamation, tjee 
 
 AM.«.Lr. .\MATION. 
 
 The induration ofthe .^vj^/^rfw .ipperis !o pro- 
 ceed fioni ti e nc'A' te.\iu'e rc'-uhi.v^ from the co- 
 alition of the mingled ingredients, that make up 
 the ittr.tilgiim. Boy!t\ 
 
 To Am a'i.c.amate. i\ a. [from nmal- 
 gc,m.'\ To unite metals with quicklilver, 
 which may be pradlifed upon all metals, 
 except iron and copper. The ufe of this 
 operation is, to niake the metal fott and 
 ductile. Gold is, by this method, drawn 
 over other materials by the gilders. 
 Amalgam a'tion. k. y. [from rt;nn/^,!- 
 male.~\ llie act or practice of amalga- 
 mating metals. 
 
 .-Iti.tlguination is the mi.tingof mercury wiih 
 any of the metals. The manner is thus in gold, 
 the rcif are anlVeraule : Take fi.\ parts of mei- 
 cuiy, mht tiicm hot in a crucibl:, and pour 
 them to one part of gold made I'cd hot in ano- 
 ther crucible ; Ilir thcfc well that rhey may in- 
 coipuratc ; then c.ill tire mafs rnUj cold water, and 
 walh it. liaitn. 
 
 Amanda'tion. n.f. [from «.v;(j«(//9, 1..at.] 
 The aft of fending on a meffage., or 
 cmplovment. 
 
 AMANUENSIS, n.f [Lat.] A perfon 
 who writes what another diclatcs. 
 
 .■V'maranth. n.f. \amnTanihus, Lat. from 
 'J. and fiaji'in..] A plant. Among the 
 many fpecies, the moll beautitul are, 
 I. 'J"he tree amaranth. 2. ihc long 
 pendulous tiinaranth, with reddilh co- 
 loured feeds, commonly called Love lu-s 
 a bleeding. 
 
 2. In poetry it is fometimcs an imaginary 
 flower, fuppofed, according to its name, 
 never to fade. 
 
 fmmorial .imaimiili I a flower which once 
 In Faradifc, fall by the tree of life. 
 Began to bloom ; but fuon, for man's offence. 
 To heav'n rcmov'd, where firft it grew, there 
 
 grows, 
 And flow'rs aloft, (h.iding the fount of life ; 
 And where the river of blif^, thro' minft of heav'n. 
 Howls o'er Elvfi.in flow'rs her amber Iheam : 
 With thelc, that nevci fade, the fpirits eltft 
 Bind their refplcndcnt Jocks, inwreath'd with 
 bc.iros. Mi/tiii'i i'uTj.iife Lvji,
 
 A M A 
 
 Ama r a'nth in e ai/j. {amaranthimis, Lnt. ] 
 Relating to amaranths j conliliing ot 
 amaranths. 
 
 ■ By the rtrcanT; that ever flow, 
 
 Bv the fiagianc winds that btosv 
 
 O'er the clyli.in How'is ; 
 By thofe ha[)[jy foul» that dwell 
 , In yellow meads of afphodcl. 
 
 Or a"iar,inliir:e how'rs. Fc/'t. 
 
 Ama'ritude. n. f. [amaritudo, Lat.] 
 
 Bitttinefs. 
 
 .WhatnitB'.'.Wt or acrimony is deprehcndcd in 
 
 ' ' cholcr, it ac.(iaies from a commixtuie of nie- 
 
 '■ la.iciioly, or external malign bodies. Harney. 
 
 Ama'rulence. 7i.y", [amarhuclo, Lat.] 
 
 .i.Bittcintfs. Dia. 
 
 Am\'smest. n.f. [fromama/r.] Aheap; 
 
 an accumulation ; a di)Ued;ion. 
 
 Wiia: is now, is but an amufmtnt of imaginary 
 
 ' conceptions, prejudices, ungrounded opinions, 
 
 and infinite importiircs. G/am'ilU's Scej>. Sricrtt. 
 
 'fo AMA'SS, II. a. \_amajer, Fr.] 
 J. To collect togcthti- in one heap or 
 mafs. 
 
 Tiie rich man is not blamed, as having made 
 . \ifc of any unlawful means to a»io/i ritiics, as 
 having tlnivcii by fraud and injuHice.- .tltcrbmy. 
 When wc wouid think of infinite fpnce or du- 
 ration, we, at fiilf ftcp, ufually make Come V(;ry 
 large idea, as perhaps of millions of ages, or 
 miles, whicii pjflibiy we double and multiply 
 feveral times. All that we thus nma/s together 
 ill our thoughts, is po(iti\c, and the alTemblage 
 of 3 great number of pofitive ideas of fpace or 
 diirat on. Lock!. 
 
 2. In a figurative fenfe, to aid one thing 
 to another, generally with fome fhare 
 of reproach, either of eagcrnefs or in- 
 difciimination. 
 
 Such as iitijfi all relations, muft err in fome, 
 
 and be unbtbeved m many. Broiun's Vulg. £r. 
 
 Do not content youifelves with mere words, 
 
 left your impiovements only amaf> a heap of un- 
 
 intelligioie phrafes. tp'att^' Imfov. of the MinA. 
 
 ■ The life of Homer has been written, by wr.ajf- 
 
 ing of -all the traditions and bints the writtts 
 
 .' I could me- 1 with, in oi'der to tell a ftoiy of him 
 
 • to the world. Pope 
 
 AyiA'si.n.f. [amaSfFr.l An aflemblage ; 
 an accumulation. 
 
 Thr pi l.n ii but a medley or amdfrof all the 
 prereuent ornaments m.rking a new kind by 
 Health. If-'oHon. 
 
 To .'Xm a'te. v. a. [from a and mate. See' 
 : 'Mate.] 
 
 ,1, To accompany ; to entertain as a com- 
 panion. Obfolete. 
 
 A lo\eIy bevy of f.iir ladies fate. 
 Courted of many a jolly paramour, 
 The which them did in modcft wife amate, 
 And eacli one fought his lady to aggratc. FiiiryQ. 
 '%, To terrify ; to ftrike with hoi-roUr. 
 In this fenfe, it is derived from the old, 
 French matter, to crufh or fubdue. 
 Amato'rCULLST. n. f. \_amatorculus, 
 Lat.] A little infignihcant lover ; a pre- 
 tender to affettion. Dii^'i. 
 A'matory. adj. [amatoritis, Lat.] Re- 
 lating to love; caufing love. 
 
 It is the fame thing whether one ravilli Lucre- 
 tia by force, ^s Tarquin, or by amatory potions 
 not only allure her, but ncceHitate her to fatisfy 
 his 1un,and incline her etiedlually, and draw her 
 inevitably, to follow him Ipuntaneoufly. 
 
 Brutnliatl againjl Unbhfs^ 
 
 JMAURO'SIS.n.f. [u^;,fU.'^ A dim- 
 
 nefs of fight, not from any vifible defett 
 
 in the eye, but from fome dillempera- 
 
 t»ire of the inner parts, occafioning the 
 
 VoL.L 
 
 A M A 
 
 repvefentatians of flies and dud floating 
 before the eyes : which appearances are 
 the pans of the retina hid and com- 
 prefTed by the blood vefills being too 
 much diltendcd ; fo that in many of its 
 parts, all iVnfe is loil, and therefore no 
 inia;^cs can be painted upon them ; 
 whereby the eyes continually rolling 
 rouni, many parts of objects, falling 
 fucceffively upon them, are obfcu:e. 
 'I he cure of this depends upon a re- 
 moval of the ftagnations in the extre- 
 mities of thofe arteries which run over 
 the bottom of the eye. ^linty. 
 
 To AMA'ZE. ^'. a. [from a and maze, 
 perple.xity.] 
 
 1. I'o coiifufe with terrour. 
 
 Yea, Iwill make nrany people amuzeddt thee, 
 and their king, Ihall he horribly afraid for tlite 
 when I (liLiil braiKlilh my fwurd before them, 
 and ihty ih;dl tremble at every moment; every 
 man for iiis own life in the day of the fall. Ez^/:. 
 
 2. To put into confiilion with wonder. 
 
 Go heav'niy pair, and with yOur dazzling 
 virtues, 
 Your courage, truth, your innocence and love, 
 .^m<izt' an(l charm mankind. Smith. 
 
 3. To put into perplexity. 
 
 That cannot choofc but mrtaxe him. If he be 
 not anhtzgd, he will be mocked ; if he be ciniei-zed, 
 he will every way be mocked. S/uifpeaye , 
 
 Ama'ze. «.y! [from the veib.] Aftonilh- 
 mcnt ; confulion, either of fear or 
 wonder. 
 
 Fail fax, whofc name in arms thro* Europe 
 rings. 
 And fills all mouths with envy or with praife, 
 And all her jealous monarchswithflwt;j;f. Mi/10,1. 
 
 Mc.mtime the Trojan cuts his wat'ry way, 
 Fix'd on his voyage, through the curling fen ; 
 Then calling back his eyes, with dire atn.ize. 
 Sees on the Punick (hrrc the mounting blaze. 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 Ama'zEDLy. aJi'. [from amazij.] Con- 
 fufedly ; with amazement ; with con- 
 fulion. 
 
 I fpeak amazcdly, and it becomes 
 My marvel, and my metlage. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Stands Macbeth thus umuzed/y ? 
 Come, filfcrs, cheer we up his fprights. Shckjp. 
 AMA'zEDNESs.n.y. [from o/HflZffl'. ] The 
 ftate of being amazed ; aftonifnment ; 
 wonder ; confufion. 
 
 I was by at the opening of the fartliel, heard 
 the old fhepherd deliver the manner how he found 
 it ; whereupon, after a little amazeduefs, we 
 were all commanded out of the chamber. Shak. 
 
 Ama'zementx n.f. [from amaze.] 
 
 1. Such a confufed appreheniion as does 
 not leave reafon its full force ; extreme 
 fear ; horrour. 
 
 Heanlwer'd nought at all ; hut adding new 
 Fear to his firlt nmazemint, ftaring wide. 
 With, llony eyes, and heartlefs hollow hue, 
 Aftonifh'd Ifood, as one that had efpy'dj 
 Infern:il furies, with their chains unty'd. Fairy Q. 
 
 But look ! amtizeimnt on thy mother fits ; 
 O [tep iK^rween her and her fighting foul : 
 Conceit in weakcft bodies ft rongelt works. Sktik. 
 
 2. Extreme dejedlion. 
 
 He ended, and his words imprelTion left 
 Of much amazement to th' infeinal crew, 
 Diftraifted and furprii'd with deep difmay 
 At ihcfe fad tidings. Milton. 
 
 3. Height of admiration. 
 
 Had you, fome ages pall, this race of glory 
 Run with amazf.>ne>it we ftiould read your Itory; 
 But living virtue, all achievements paft, 
 Meets envy ftill to grapple with at Lift. JVallir. 
 
 A M B 
 
 4. Af?oni(hmcnt ; wonder at an uiicx- 
 
 pefled eveiit. 
 
 They knew that it was he which fat for alm« 
 
 'at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and thiy 
 
 were filled with wonder and ama-i.cment at thac 
 
 which had happened untohim. y/fli. 
 
 Am. K'zmG. participial adj. [from atnazc] 
 Wonderful ; allonilhing. 
 
 It is an amazing thing to fee the prefcnt de- 
 folation of Italy, when one coiifiders what in- 
 cmlible multitudes it abounded with during the 
 iri^risof the Roman emperours. ^ddifoi. 
 
 Ama'zinglv. adv. \(rom amaaing.] To 
 a degree that may excite aftoniihment ; 
 wonderfully. 
 
 If we arife to the woild of fpirits, our know- 
 ledge of them nuift be amazingly imperfect when 
 there is nut the leaft gram of fand but has too 
 many difficulties bclongfng to it for the wifeft 
 philofopher to anfwcr. ff^atti' Logic. 
 
 AMAZON, n. f. [a and Ma^®>-3. '^'he 
 Amazons were a race of women famous 
 for valour, who iidiabited Cancafus ; 
 they ai'.e fo called from their cutting oif 
 their breads, to ule their weapons bet- 
 ter. A warlike woman; a- virago. 
 
 Stay, ftay thy hands, thou art an amazon. 
 And figlitcft With the fword. Sliakjpearr. 
 
 JMBA'GES. n.f. [Lat.] A circuit of 
 words ; a circumlocutory form of 
 fpeech ; a midtiplicity of words ; an in- 
 direft manner of exprtfflon. 
 
 They gave thofe complex ideas names, that 
 they might the more eafiiy record and difcourfe 
 of things they were daily converfant in, without 
 long dm^rt^i-i and circumlocutions ; and th.at the 
 things they were continually to give and receive 
 information about, might be the eafier and quick- 
 er undciftood. Lo:ke. 
 Amba'gious. aiij. [from arr.lages.] Cir- 
 cumlocutory ; perplexed ; tedious. Did. 
 Ambassa'de. n.f. \_amlajfade, Fr.] Em- 
 baffy ; charafter or bulin:fs of an am- 
 bafladour. Not in uie. 
 
 When you difgrac'd me in mv ani^'ojfade. 
 Then I detjraderi you from being king. ShakJ^. 
 AMBA'SSADOUR. n.f. lambajadeur, 
 Fr. embaxadcr, Span. It is written diffe- 
 rently, as it is fuppofed to come from 
 the French or Spanilh language j and 
 the original derivation being uncertain, 
 it is not eafy to fettle its orthography. 
 Some derive it from the Hebrew "Ijy^ 
 to tell, and li^^Q a meffenger ; others 
 from amhaSii!, which, in the old Gaulifli, 
 fignilied zf-i-vant; whence ambafn.i, in 
 lov/ Latin, is found to i^gmij fervice, 
 and amlafcialor, a fervant ; others de- 
 duce it from nmiac/jf, in old Teutonick, 
 fignifying ^. giivernment , and Junius men- 
 tions a pofllbility of its defcent from 
 a>x£.-.'i'.i ; and others from am for ad, 
 and lajjiu, Icju, as fuppofing the act of 
 fending an ambaiTadour, to be in fome 
 fort an att of fubmiffion. All thefe 
 derivations lead to write ambaffadnur, 
 not emhajfadour.] A perfon fent in a 
 ^ public manner from one fovereign power 
 to another, and fuppofed to rtprefent the 
 power from which he is fent. The per- 
 fon of an ambnjfixdoxir is inviolable. 
 
 Ambaffad ur is, in popular language, 
 the general name of a meifenger from a 
 fovereign power, and fometimes, ludi- 
 croufly, from common perfons. In the 
 juridical and formal language, it fignl-
 
 A M B 
 
 fles particularly a minifterof thehigKeft 
 rank reiidlng in another country, and 
 is diflinguithed from an envoy, who is of 
 lefs dignity. 
 Give fiiR admittance to x)\' ani^ajpidcurs. Sh.tk. 
 Raii'd bytliefe hopes, I fciU nu news before, 
 Noriific'd your leave, nor did your fuith imploie ; 
 But come without a pledge, my own amhujfadour . 
 
 JDryden. 
 Oft havelbeir black amhaffjdcun appear'd 
 Loaden with gifts, and tiU'dlhe courts of Zaraa. 
 
 ^Jdifon. 
 
 Amba'ssadress. «. /". [amhajfadrlcefYv*'] 
 
 1. The hdy of an ambafladour. 
 
 2. In ludicrous language, a woman fent 
 on a mefTage. 
 
 Well, TT\y ambiijf.idrefi 
 
 Come you to menace war and loud defiance ? 
 Or docs the peaceful olive giace your brow ? 
 
 A'mbassage. n. f. [from amhaff'adour.'\ 
 An embaffy ; the bufinefs of an ambaf- 
 fadour. 
 
 Maximilian entertained them with dil.itoiy an- 
 fwers ; fo as the formal part of their aMhulJage 
 might well'warrant their further ftay. Bac.n. 
 
 A'MBER. «./ {_^xoxv^ amhar, Arabic; 
 whence the lower writers formed amha- ' 
 rum.^ A yellow tranfparent fubftance 
 of a gummous or bituminous confidence, 
 but a refinous tafte, and a fmell like oil 
 of turpentine ; cli'efly found in the Bal- 
 tick fea, along the coalls of Prufiia. 
 
 Soir.e naturalilis refei' ambir to the vegetable, 
 others to the mineral, and fomc even to the ani- 
 mal kingdom. Pliny defcribes it as a refinous 
 juice, oojing from aged pines and hrs, and djf- 
 charged thence into the fea. He adds, that it was 
 hence the ancient* gave it the denomination of 
 Juccinum^ ixQxti [uccui^ juicc. Some have ima- 
 gined it a concretion of the tears of birds ; others, 
 the urine of a beall ; others, tiie fcum of the lake 
 Ctphifis, near the Atlantick ; others, a conge- 
 lation formed in the Baltick, and in fome foun- 
 tains, where it is found fwimming like pitch. 
 Others fuppofc it a bitumen trickling into the fea 
 'from fubtcnaneous fources ; but this opinion is 
 alfo difcaided, as good amber having been found 
 in digging at a conliderable diftancc fium tlie tea, 
 as thar gathered on the coaft. Boerhaave ianks it 
 with campl.ire, which is a concrete oil of aro- 
 matic plants, elaborated by heat into a cryftalline 
 form. Within fome pieces of amber have been 
 found leaves and infe£ts included; which fccms 
 fo indicate, either that the amher was originally 
 in a fluid (i.ite, or that, having been expofed to 
 the fun, it was foftened, and rendered fufcepti- 
 tible of the leaves and infects, u-lmberj when 
 rubbed, draws or attrstfts bodies to it; and, by 
 frit^ion, is brought to yield light pretty copioiifly 
 in the dark. Some dili^inguilh amherj into 
 yellow, white, brown, and black: but the two 
 latter arc fnppoftd to be of a different nature and 
 d nomination ; the one called jety the other n?n- 
 iiergris. Trnjoux. C/tamiers. 
 
 L.iy.w/-{ amber is a kind of native balf.im or re- 
 fin, likr turpentine; cicnrj rcddilh, or velluw- 
 i(h ; of .1 picafant fmell; almoft like amberg: is. 
 It fl. •.v> from an incifuin made in the btuk ot a 
 frne large iicc in New Spain, called by the na- 
 tives ofoffj. C/iiiffi/'trs. 
 If light penctr.itcth nny clear body that is co- 
 loured, a., puinlcd glar>, amber^ water, and the 
 like, it gives ihe light the colour of its medium. 
 
 No interwoven rccd^ a garland mudc, 
 To hiite his rows within tlic vulgar fhade; 
 But pophir v/tcaihcs aiound his temples fpread, 
 And icarb j>t amber trickled down his head. yidd. 
 
 The tpoils ji-itc-phant* ihc roofs inlay, 
 And iludilcd (i^7thti d.'iits a golden ray. iV/*"^- 
 
 A'mber. adj» Cuufiiiing of ambci:. 
 
 A M B 
 
 With fcarfs, and fans, and double charge of 
 brav'ry, 
 With (imirrbiacclets, beads, and allthib knav'ry. 
 
 A'mber-drink. n.f. Drink of the colour 
 of amber, or rcfcmbling amber in colour 
 and tranfparency. 
 All your clear .iKitr-Jrini is P.M. Snan. 
 
 A'mbergris. n.f. [from am5er and gris, 
 or gray ; that is, gray amber. ] A fra- 
 grant drug, that melts alir.oft like wax, 
 conitnonly of a grayllh or adi colour, 
 ufed both as a perfume and a cordial. 
 
 Snmz\m:\gmt ambergriiXoht the excrement of 
 a bird, which, being melted by the near of the fun, 
 and wjlhed off the Ihore liy the waves, is fwal- 
 lowed by whales, who return it back in the con- 
 dition we find it. Others conclude it to be the 
 excrement of a cetaceous filh, becaufe fometimcs 
 found in the intellincs of fuch animals. But we have 
 no inliance of any excremejit capable of melting 
 like ivax; and if it were the excrement of a whale, 
 it (hould rather be found where thele animals 
 abound, as about Greenland. Others take it 
 for a kind of wax or gum, wliich diHils from 
 trees, and drops into the fea, where it congeals. 
 Many of the orientals imagine it fprings out of 
 the fea, as naphtha docs out of fome fountains. 
 Others affert it to be a vegetable produflion, if- 
 fuing out of the root of a tree, whofc roots al- 
 ways Ihoot towards the fea, and difcharge them- 
 fclvcs into it. Others maintain, that amhergrii 
 is m.ade fiom the honey-combs, which fall into 
 the fea from the rocks, wiicre the bees had form- 
 ed their ncfts ; feveral perfons having icsn pieces 
 that were half ambergris, and half plain honey- 
 comb ; and others have found huge pieces of 
 ambergrii, in which, when broke, honey-comb, 
 and honey too, uere found in the middle. Neu- 
 mann abfoiutely denies it to be an animal fub- 
 ftance, as not yielduig, in the analyfis, anyone 
 animal principle. He concludes it to be a bitu- 
 men iffuing out of the earth inro the fea; at firil 
 of a vifcous confirtence, but hardening, by its 
 mixture with fome liquid naphtha, into the form 
 in which we find jt. Tre%-ux. Cbumbirs. 
 
 Bermudas waird with rocks, who does not know 
 That happy ifland, where huge lemons grow. 
 Where (hining pearl, coral, and many a pound. 
 On the rich Ihore, of ambcrgii is fouod } IValltr. 
 Ambek seed, or mujk feed, refembles 
 millet, is of a bitterilh taftc, and brought 
 dry from Martinico and Egypt. 
 
 Chambers. 
 Amber tree. n. f. [frutex Africanus 
 ambrum fbirans.'] A fliriib, whofe beauty 
 is in its fmall evergreen leaves, which 
 grow as clofe as heath, and, being 
 bruifed between the lingers, einit a very 
 fragrant odour. Miller. 
 
 AMBIDEXTER.ti.f. [Lat.] 
 
 1 . A man who has equally the ufe of both 
 his hands. 
 
 Rodiginus, undertaking to give a rcafon of 
 ambidexters, and icft-handed men, delivcrcth a 
 third opinion. Bronun. 
 
 2. A man who is equally ready to aft on 
 eitiicr fide, in party difputes. This 
 fenfe is ludicrous. 
 
 AmbiDEXte'ritv. n.f. [from ambidexter .'\ 
 
 1. The quality of being able equally to 
 ufe both hands. 
 
 2. Double dealing. 
 Ambide'xtrous. adj. [from ambidexter, 
 
 Lat.] 
 I. Having, with equal facility, the ufe of 
 either hand. 
 
 Others, not confidevlng ambidextrous .ind left- 
 handed men, do tatally fubnut unto the efficacy ot 
 the U\ci', ^rQviii. 
 
 A M B 
 
 2. Double dealing; pradlfing on bath 
 
 fides, 
 
 ./Efop condemns the double pra6\ices of trim- 
 mers, and all falfe, IhuUling, and i.mbldcxtrout 
 dealings. L'£fra"ge, 
 
 Ambide'xtrousness. w. /; [from aw^i- 
 dextrous.'] The quality of being am- 
 bidextrous. Di8, 
 A'mbient. adj. [amh'iens^ Lat.] SuiTOUiid- 
 ing ; encompafTing ; invcfting. 
 This whicii yields or fills 
 AH fpace,tiie amhiint aii wide interfui'd. Milten, 
 The thickncfs of a plate lequifiie to produce 
 any colour, depends oniy on the dtnhty of the 
 plate, and not on that of the ambient medium. 
 
 Netjuton'i O^tich, 
 Around him dance the rofy hours, 
 And damrifking ihc ground withtlow'rs, 
 With ambient fweels perfume the morn. 
 
 Fcnton to L. Govftr^ 
 Illuftrioiis viitues, who bytuins huve rofe 
 With Iisppy I?,ws her empire to fuftain, 
 And with full pow*r alUit her ambient main, 
 
 Pri^r, 
 
 The ambient asther is too liquid rmd empty, to 
 
 impel hofizontally with that prodigious celerity, 
 
 Benthy, 
 
 A'MBIGU. lu f, [French.] An cnter- 
 tainnient confining not of regular 
 couiTes, but of a medley of dilhesfet on 
 together. 
 
 When Ihaitcn'd in your time, andfervants few^ 
 You'd richly then compofe an jw^/gi/ ; 
 Where firil and fccond courfe, and your defeit. 
 All in one fingle table have their part. 
 
 Klng'i Art of Cockery. 
 
 Ameigu'itv. n. f. [from ambiguous,^ 
 Doubtfulnefs of meaning ; uncertainty 
 of fignificatlon ; double meaning. 
 
 With ambiguities they often entangle them- 
 fclves, not marking what doth agree to the word 
 of God in itfclf, und what in regard of outward 
 accidents. Hooker^ 
 
 We can clear thefe avihigrnticsy 
 
 Ajid know their fpring, tlieir head, their true 
 
 defcent. Shaifpenre. 
 
 The words are of fingle fignification, without 
 
 TLr\y aynbiguity \ and therrfore I fhali not trouble 
 
 you, hy draining for an interpretation, where 
 
 there is no difficulty; or diflin^tion, where there 
 
 is no diff'cK nee. Souths 
 
 AMBIGUOUS, adj. ^ambiguus, I.at.] 
 
 1. Doubtful ; having two meanings; of 
 uncertain fignification. 
 
 Kilt what have been thy anfwcrs, what but 
 dark, 
 Ambiguous, :sn& with doubtful fenfe deliidiiig.* 
 
 Miltor:. 
 
 Some cxprcflions in the covenant were ambi~ 
 
 gtious, and were left fo ; becaufe the perTbns who 
 
 framed them were not all of one mind. Clarericicn. 
 
 2. Applied to perfons ufing doubtful ex- 
 preflions. It is applied to expreffions, 
 or thofc that ufe thein, not to a dubious 
 or fufpended Hate of mind. 
 
 Th' ambiguous god, who riri'd her lab*rii>£ 
 brcaii, 
 In thefe myftcrio-.is words his i»ind cxpreft ; 
 Some tuiths rcvcal'd, in terms involv'd the reft. 
 
 llrydt'n. 
 Silence at length the gay Antinons broke, 
 Conftrain'd a fmilc, and thus ambiguous fpoke. 
 
 Pope. 
 Ambi'guously. adv. [from ambiguous.'^ 
 In an anibiguoua manner; doubtfully ; 
 uncertainly ; with double meaning. 
 Ambi'gvousness. n.f. [from fl>«^/f«- 
 ouj.] The quality of being ambiguous ; 
 uncertainty of meaning; duphcity cf 
 fignificatioru
 
 A M B 
 
 Ambi'losv. n.f. [from (7wio, Lat, and 
 ^o>>-. ] Talk of ambiguous or douUtful 
 figiiificatioii. D'lcl. 
 
 Ambi'loquoos. ailj. [from amho and 
 loquor, Lat.] Uling ambiguous and 
 doubtful i-xpri-'fi'iDns. D'ift. 
 
 Ambi'loquy. n.f. [amiiloqiilum, Lat.] 
 
 Tiie life of doubtful and indeterminate 
 
 expi efliona ; difcourfe of doubtful mean- 
 
 ■ ini^. ' Dia. 
 
 A'mbit. «. /^ [aniMtiis, Lat.] The com- 
 pafs or circuit of any thing; the line 
 that cncompafFes any thing. 
 Tiic turtc of .1 uild boai' witids aI)onc almoin into 
 B pcrfcifl ring or liof»ii ; oi)ly it i^ a llrtle writUcn. 
 In mcafuring by tlie ambii, it is long or round 
 . about -i iaol and two inches t it^ bafis an inch 
 over. Grexv's Mitfurwn. 
 
 Ambi'tion. n. f. [aml>it!o, Lat. the defire 
 of fomething higher than is pofFefied at 
 prefent.] 
 
 1 . The defire of preferment or honotir. 
 
 Who would think, witliout having fuch a mind 
 as Antiphilus, that (o great goodncls could not 
 have bound jjr.iteruUicrs > and Co higli ad\ancc- 
 mcnt not have tatisfied his nwhition ? Sithicy. 
 
 2. The defiie of any thing great or excel- 
 lent. 
 
 The quick'ning potrcr would be, and fo would 
 reft; 
 The fenfe would not be on!)', but be Weil ; 
 
 But wit's aml'jncn longcth to the beil, 
 Fur it dcfives in endlefs blifs to dwi^ll. DjvU:. 
 
 Urge them, while their fouls 
 Are capable of this amhiti'>n ; 
 Left ical, now melted by the windy breath 
 Of fofr petitions, pity, and remorfc, 
 Cool and congeal again to what it was. Shj!:f^. 
 
 3. It is ufed with to before a verb, and 
 q/" before a noun. 
 
 I had a very caily amhiti'in to recommend mv- 
 
 fclf tn your I.ordlhip's patronage. Addif^n. 
 
 There was an ambition of wit, and an atfec- 
 
 tation of gaycty. Pf^pe's Pri-fiue to /:is Letters. 
 
 Ambi'tious. aJj. \_aml'iltnf:is, Lat.] 
 
 1. Seized or touched with ambition ; de- 
 firous of advancement ; eager of ho- 
 nours ; afpiring. It has the particle of 
 before the objedt of ambition, if a noun ; 
 to, if expreffed by a verb. 
 
 \Vc if:ttaambitioui God'swhole work t' undo. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 The neighb'ring raonarchs, by thy beauty led, 
 Contend in crowds, ambitious of tliy bed : 
 Tiie wovtd is at thy choice, except but one. 
 Except hut him thou caiitl not choofe alone. Vryd, 
 
 You i'.ave been pleated not to futfer an old 
 man to go difeontentcd out of the world, for 
 want of tiiat protediion of which lie had been fo 
 long amlnticus. D'yden, 
 
 Tr.aj.ui, a prince ambitious of glory, defcend- 
 cd to the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates, 
 antl went upon the ocean, where, feeing a vcHel 
 trading to tiie Indies, he had thoughts of out- 
 doing .-Mexander. ..'hhuthnr^t on C'>.«i. 
 
 2. Eager to grow bigger J afpiring. 
 
 I have feeu 
 Th' ambitious oce.in fweil, and rage, and fuanl, 
 Tn be exalted with the threat'nlng clouds, Shakf, 
 Ambi'tiously. aav. [from anwilioHs.} 
 In an ambitious manner ; with eager- 
 nefs of advancement or preference. 
 
 V,'ith fuch gl.id hearts did our dcfp.iuir.g. men 
 Salare lb' appearance of the prince's fleet; 
 
 And taeh .imbuicuj^y v:ou\(i claim the ken. 
 
 That with rirft eyes did diltant fafety meet. Dryd. 
 
 Here Fltcknoe,as a place to fame well known, 
 
 W'rt'>.>/5f^/7)' defign'd his Sh — *s throne. On'de-t. 
 
 Amb! TiousNEss. n.y; []from ambhlQy.s.'] 
 
 The qiiaiity of being ambitious. 
 
 A M B 
 
 A'MBiTunE. n.f. [rtmi/(7, Lat.] Com- 
 pafi ; circuit ; circumference. Did, 
 
 To A'MBLE. i;. n. [ambUr, Fr. ambulo, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. To movcupon an amblc. SeeAinBLE. 
 
 It is good, on funic occafions, to enjoy as 
 much of the prefent, as will net endanger our 
 futuiity ; and to provide ourfeUes of the virtu- 
 ofo's faddle, which %vi]| be fnrc to ainb'e, when 
 the \\'uiid is upon the haideft trot. Drydcn. 
 
 2. To move eafily, without hard fliocks, 
 or (haking. 
 
 Wiio «ot/i.'i-i time withal? — A rich man that 
 bath not th.c gout; for he lives merrily, becaufe 
 he feels no pain j knowing no burthen of heavy 
 tedious penury : him lime *i'MiA-i withal. S':ai. 
 
 3. In a ludicrous fenfe, to move with fub- 
 miffion, and by direiflion ; as, a horfe 
 that amlL's ufes a gait not natur.nl. 
 
 A laughing, toying, wiicedling, whimpering 
 (he, 
 Shall make him amble on a gofllp's melTagc, 
 And take the dillaff with a hantl as patient, 
 As e'er did Hercules. Roit'c'i ^ane ^):re. 
 
 4. To walk daintily and affeftedly. 
 
 I am rudely Ihnnpt, and want love's majefty. 
 To ftrut before a wanton ambling nymph. Shahf. 
 
 A'mele. ti.f. [from To amble. '\ A pace 
 or movement in which the horfe re- 
 moves both his legs on one fide ; as, on 
 the far fide, he removes his fore and 
 hinder leg of the fame fide at one time, 
 whilil the legs on the near fide ftand 
 ftill; and, when the far legs are upon 
 the ground, the near fide removes the 
 fore leg and a hinder leg, and the legs 
 on the far fide fiand llill. An amlle is 
 the firft pace of young colts, but when 
 they have llrength to trot, they quit it. 
 Theie is no amble in the manage; riding- 
 mafters allow only of walk, trot, and 
 gallop. A hot fe may be put from a trot 
 to a gallop without flopping ; but lie 
 cannot be put from an amlU to a gallop 
 without a flop, which interrupLs the 
 juftnefs of the manage, farrier's Diif. 
 
 A'lMBLER. >!./. [from Toambk.'] A horfe 
 that has been taught to amble ; a pacer. 
 
 A'mdlingly. ar/11. [from amW/H^.] With 
 an ambling movement. 
 
 AMBROSIA i:.f. [-.fA^ocU] 
 
 1. The imaginary food of the gods, from 
 which every thing eminently pleafing to 
 the fmell or tafte is called ambrcjia. 
 
 2. A plant. 
 
 It has male flofculous flowers, produced on 
 feparate parts of the fame plant from the fruit, 
 having no vifible petals; the fruit which fucceeds 
 the female Howois, is Ihapcd like a club, and is 
 prickly, containing wne oblong feed in e.ich. 
 The fpecies are, I. The m irine or fea ambrcfia. 
 2. Taller iinfa\-oury fca (iwj.4rc^^a. 3 The tallcft 
 Canada ambrofta. Ali'/tr. 
 
 Ambro'si.-vl. a.lj. [from ainlrri/ia.'] Par- 
 taking of the nature or qualities of am- 
 brofia ; fragrant ; delicious ; deleftable. 
 
 Thus while God fpake(j/«i/a//W fragrance fiil'd 
 All heaven, and in the bloiTcd fpiiits cleft 
 Senfe of new joy inetl'abic dit^us'd. Mi/ton. 
 
 The gifts of heaven my following fong purfucs, 
 Aeiial honey antl ambi({i<il dews. Diydcrt. 
 
 To farthelt ihores lb' ambiofi.il fpirit flies, 
 Sweet to the woil'l, and grateful to the Ikics. 
 
 Pole. 
 
 A'mbrv. n.f. [corrupted from a/wonry.] 
 1. The place where the almonsr live!!, or 
 waere alms are diflributed. 
 
 A M B 
 
 2. The place where plate, and iitenfiTs for 
 huufckeeping, are kept ; alfo a cup- 
 board for keeping cold victuals : a word 
 ftill ufed in the northern counties, and 
 in Solliind. 
 
 Ambs ace. n.f. [from ambo, Lat. and 
 ace. ] A double ace ; fo called when two 
 dice turn up the ace. 
 
 I had rather be in this choice, tliin-thro*' 
 am*! aee for my life. Shakffeaie. 
 
 This will be yet clearer, by conlidcriiig hi*, 
 own inftance of calling dOTis ace, though it par- 
 take more of contingency than of freedom. Sup- 
 pofing ihc pofituic of the party's band who did 
 throw the dice, fuppofing the figure of the table, 
 and of the dice llienifelves, fuppofing the nica- 
 furc of force applied, and fuppoling all other thinqs 
 which did concur to the produflion of that caii, 
 to be the very fame they were, there is no doubt 
 but in this cafe the calt is neceffar)-. LnimhalK 
 
 Ambvla'tion. n.f. lan:bu/a!!0, Lit.] 
 The acl of walking. 
 
 From the occult and invifiblc motion of the 
 mufcles, in rtation, pioceed more ofTenfjvc laf. 
 fitudes than from ambulation. Brcwn. 
 
 A'mbulatory. aiij. [ambitlo, Lat.] 
 
 1. That has the power or faculty of walk- 
 ing- 
 
 The gradient, or m:b:i'atoiy, arc fuch as re- 
 quire fomc bafis, or bottom, to uphold them in 
 their motions; fuch were thofe felf moving lia- 
 tues, which, unlefs violently detained, would 
 of theml'elves run away. H'iikins' Mat/:. Magic. 
 
 2. That happens during a paifage or walk. 
 
 He was lent to conduce hither the piincei's, of 
 whom his raajefty had an ambulatory view in his 
 travels. K'^otton. 
 
 3. Moveable; as, an ambu'atory comX; a 
 court which removes from place to 
 place for the exercife of its juril'diftioji. 
 
 A'mburv. n.f. A bloody wart on any 
 part of a horfe's body. 
 
 Ambusca'de. n.f. lemh-jfaJeyVt. See 
 Ambush.] A private ilation in which 
 men lie to furprife others ; ambuQi. 
 
 Then waving high her torch, the fignal made, 
 Which roiis'd the Grecians from their amkufcade. 
 
 Dryder. 
 
 When I behold a falhionable table fet out, I 
 
 fancy that grjuts, fevers, and lethargies, v»-ith 
 
 innumerable diftempers, lie in ambufeade among 
 
 the difiies. Mdijan. 
 
 Ambusca'do. n.f. {emlofcatla. Span.] 
 A private poft, in order to furpiife an 
 enemy. 
 
 Sometimes (he d;ivctli o'er a foldier's neck, 
 Ard then he dreams of cutting foreign th:oats. 
 Of bleaches, ambifca.ioes, Sp.inilh blades, 
 Of healths bve fathom deep. ihaifpeare. 
 
 A'mbush. n.f. [ambufche, Fr. from bois, 
 a wood ; whence embufhir, to hide in 
 woods, ambufhes being commonly laid 
 under tlie concealment of thick forefts.] 
 
 1. The poft where foldiers or affafiins are 
 placed, in order to fall unexpeftedly upon 
 an enemy. 
 
 The rcnduc retired deceitfully towards the 
 place of their amb„jh, \i hence itFued more. Then 
 the rail maintained the fight. But the enc,«v, 
 mtending to diaw the Eiiglilh fuiihei into their 
 ambuf,, turned away at an ealy pace. H^y-a.a>d. 
 
 Charge! charge! their ground the faint Tax- 
 allans yield, 
 Bold in cirjfc ,j,«/„,rf, Lafe in open field. D<yJi». 
 
 2. The aft of furprifing another, by lying 
 in wait, or lodging in a fecret poll. 
 
 Xur (hnll we need. 
 With dangerous expedition, to invade 
 llcav'n, whofe high walls fear n\i alTault or Cege. 
 Or avib-.'Jh from the deep. Mittci'i Par..L-J. 
 K 2
 
 A M E 
 
 3. The ftate of being ported privately, in 
 order to furprife ; the ftate of lying in 
 wait. 
 
 4. Perhaps the perfons placed in private 
 ftations. 
 
 For you, my noble lord of Lancaftcp, 
 Once did I lay an iimtufi for your life. SImlff. 
 A'mbushed. adj. [irom amhii/b.'] Placed 
 in ambu(h ; lying in wait. 
 Thick as the (hades, there iflue fwarming 
 bands 
 ' Of amhu/A'J men, whom, by their arms and drefs, 
 To be T.ixallaii enemies I gucfs. Diyiien. 
 
 A'mbushment. n.y. [ix om ambujlj ; which 
 fee.] Ambufh; furprife. Not ufed. 
 
 Liice as a wily fox, that having fpied 
 Where on a funny bank the lambs do play, 
 
 Fut] clofely creeping by tiie hinder fide, 
 
 Lies in ambujhrnent of his hoped prey. Spenfer. 
 
 Ambu'st. adj. [_amlujlus, Lat.] Burnt; 
 
 fcalded. Dia. 
 
 Ambu'stion. n. f. [ambufiio, Lat.] A 
 
 burn ; a fcald. 
 A'mf.l. n. f. [email, Fr.] The matter 
 with which the variegated works are 
 overlaid, which we call enamelled. 
 
 The materials of glafs, melted with calcined 
 tin, conipofe an uiuliaphanous body. This 
 white amel is the bafis of alt thufe fine concretes 
 that gotdfmiths and artificers employ in the cu- 
 rious art of enamelling. B^yle on Colours, 
 AMEN. adv. [A word of which the ori- 
 ginal has given rife to many conjectures. 
 Scaliger writes, tliat it is Arabick ; and 
 the Rabbies make it the compound of 
 tlie initials of three words, fignifying 
 the Lordis a failtrful king ; but the word 
 feems inereiy Hebrew, ?2J<{, vvhich, 
 with a long train of derivatives, fignifits 
 firmnefs, certainty, fiJelity.] A term 
 ufed in devotions, by which, at the end 
 of a prayer, we mean, fo be it ; at the 
 end of a creed, fu it is. 
 
 One cried God blefs us ! and, .V??;ew,' the other, 
 As they had feen me with thcfe hangman's hands, 
 Liftcning their fear, I cnuld not fay timrn 
 When tliey did fay Gud blefs u^. Shiikfpenre' 
 BIcflTcd be the Lord God of Ifracl, from ever- 
 laft ing and to evcrlafting. Amrrij and amen. Pfn/mt. 
 Ame'n.ible. £idj. [ame/iiaile, Fr. amencr, 
 quelqu'un, in the French courts, fignifies, 
 to oblige one to appear to auiwer a 
 charge exhibited againR him.] Rt- 
 fponfible ; fubjeft fo as to be liable to 
 inquiries or accounts. 
 
 Again, hccaufc the infcriour fort were loofe 
 and poor, and not arnenabl^ lo the law, he pro- 
 vided, by another aft, that five of the hell and 
 eideft perfons of cvci'y lept, fiiould bring in-ali 
 the idle perfons of their finnanic, to ho juftificd 
 by th.e law. Sir John D^ii'ieion Irsla^ui. 
 
 A'menage. I"-/- [They fecm to come 
 A'menance. \ from a».vmr,Fr.] Con- 
 duct ; behaviour ; mien : words difuftd. 
 
 For he is fit to life in nil clTavs, 
 Wbttltcr for arms and warlike ampfinncey 
 Ox cUe for wife and civil governance. Spp>ifer. 
 
 Well kend him fo far fpace, 
 Th' enchanter, by his arms and .tmen.inre, 
 When under him he faw his Lybian ftced to 
 prance. * Faify Qiurn. 
 
 To AMEWD. v. a. [amender, Fr. emiiido, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Tocorreft ; to change any thing that is 
 wiongto fomelhlng better. 
 
 2. To reform the life, or leave wickednefs. 
 In ihefe two cafe8 we ufually write 
 mend. Sec Mend, 
 
 8 
 
 A M E 
 
 j^inend your ways and your doings, and I 
 will caufe you to dwell in this place. ycicm. 
 
 3. To reftore paflages in writers, vvhich 
 the copiers are iuppofed to have de- 
 praved ; to recover the true reading. 
 
 To Ame'nd. -v. n. To grow better. To 
 amend Alters from to improve ; to improve 
 fuppofes, or not denies, that the thing 
 is well already, but to amend implies 
 fomething wrong. 
 
 As my loitune either amends or impairs, I 
 may declare it unto you. SiJmy. 
 
 At his touch, 
 Such fanflity hath heaven given his hand. 
 They piefenrly aincnJ. St:akfpetjre's Macbeth 
 AMENDE, n. J. [French.] This word, 
 in French, fignilics a fine, by which re- 
 compencc is fuppofed to be made for the 
 fault committed. We ufe, in a cognate 
 fignitication, the word amends. 
 Ame'nder. n.f. [from aniend.'\ The per- 
 
 fon that amends any thing. 
 .•\me'ndment. n.f. [amcndement. Fr.] 
 
 1. A change from bad for the better. 
 
 Before .t was prefentcd on the flag:, fonre 
 things in it have palfcd your approbation and 
 amendment. Dryden 
 
 Man is always mending and altering his 
 woiks; but nature obferves ihc fame tenour, be- 
 caufe her works are lo periedt, that there is no 
 place ioi' amendments ) nalhing th:it can he repre- 
 hended. R'ly on the i'.reat:ori. 
 
 There are many natural defcdts in the umicr- 
 flanding, capable oi amendment , which are over- 
 looked and wholly negkfttd. Locke, 
 
 2. Reformation of life. 
 
 Our L'-ud and Saviour was of opinion, that 
 lliey wliich would not be drawn to aviendmtnt 
 of life, by the teltimony which Moies and Iht- 
 prophets have given, cuneeining the mileiies 
 tliat follow fiiiners alter death, wcie not likely 
 to be peifu.ided l>y ot cr mcaiLS, although God 
 fiom the dead Ihould have raiftd tiiem up 
 preachers. Hooker. 
 
 Behold! famine and plague, tribulati m and 
 anguifh, are fent as fcourges lor amendment, 
 
 2 Efdrai, 
 
 Though a ferious purpofe of amendment ^ and 
 true ni^ts of contrition, before the habit, may h: 
 accepted by God ; yet there is no fure judg- 
 nietit whethei this purpofe be fcrious, or thefe 
 afts true aiils of condition. Hammond, 
 
 3. Recovery of health. 
 
 Your honour's players, healing your .imcnd- 
 mentj 
 Are come to play a pleafant comedy. Shakjp, 
 
 Ame'ndment. n.f. [emendalio, l^iit.'] It 
 fignifies, in law, the correftion of an 
 errour coinmitted in a procefs, and 
 efpied before or after judgment ; and 
 fometimes after the party's feeking ad- 
 vantage by the erroiir. Blount. 
 Ame'nds. n.f. [amende, Fr. froin whicii it 
 feems io be accidently corrupi:id.] Re- 
 comp^'ncc; compenfation; atonement. 
 
 If 1 ha^e too a'utlcrcly punilb'd you, 
 Vour compenfation makes arnendi. Shakjp. 
 
 Of tlie amends recovered, litrlc or nothing le- 
 turns lo thole tliat had fuflereri the wrong, but 
 comiTioiiIy all runs into the prince's cotTi-rs. 
 
 Ra/eigk-s FJTay!, 
 There I, a pris'ner chain'd, fcarce fitcly draw 
 The air imprilon'd alfo, clofe and damp, 
 Unwhohfome draught; but here I teel amends, 
 The breath of heav'n frelh blowing, pure and 
 
 fu'cet. 
 With day-fpring born ; here leave me to refpiie. 
 
 Alittoi. 
 
 Some little hopes I have yet remaining, that 
 
 7 m.iy make the world fome part of amends for 
 
 many ill Jilays, by an heroic poem. Dryden, 
 
 A M E 
 
 If our fouls be immortal, this makes abuii* 
 dant amendi and compenfation for the frailties of 
 life, and lurfeiings ot tuis flate. Til'otfon, 
 
 It is a llrong argument for retribution here* 
 after, that virtuous peifons are very ofien unfor- 
 tunate, and vitious perfons piofpcrous ; which is 
 repugn,Tnt lo the nature of a Being, who appears 
 infinitely wife antl good in all his wui ks ; unlcffi 
 we may luppofe that lur-h a pio'mifcuous diliri- . 
 bution, wh;ch was nccelVary on the defigns of 
 providence in this life, will be reft.fied and 
 made amendi for in another. Sp-Cfatot. 
 
 Ame'nitv. n.f. [amenite, Fr. anianitas, 
 Lat.] Pkafantncfs ; agrecabienefs of 
 fituation 
 
 If the fituation of B.rbylon was fuch at firll aj 
 
 in the days ol Herodotus, it was a feat ot amenity 
 
 and pleafure. i>Vsit','.'. 
 
 Amejjta'ceous. adj. [amenlatus, Lat.] 
 
 Hanging as by a thread. 
 
 The pine tree hath amentazeo:n flowers or kat- 
 kins. Milicr, 
 
 To AME'RCE. V. a. [amercler, Fr. ot^-A- 
 tjL^ ii. a..!.<-',feem3 togive the unginji!.] 
 
 1. To puhilh with a pecuniary pendity ; to 
 e.xaci a fine; to inflitt a tnrteiture. It 
 is a word originally juridical, but adopted 
 by other writers, and is ufed by SpenJ'er 
 of punilhments in gene'-a!. 
 
 Where every one titat jniiTcth then her make. 
 Shall behy him amerc'dsxw^ pLuaiiccdue. Spenjer. 
 
 But I'll amerce you with fo If long a fine. 
 That you (hall ail repent tne lofs of mine. 5')^^. 
 
 All the luitors wire conhdcrabry amened; yet 
 this proved but an inelfeiifual lemedy for ti ofe 
 mifchiefs. Hale. 
 
 2. SoiTietimes with the particle in before 
 the fine. 
 
 They ihall amerce him in an hundred fbekcls 
 of filvei, and give them unto the father of the 
 damfei, btc.iule lie haili brought up an evil name 
 upon a virgin of I'lael. T>ntt. 
 
 3. Sotnetiirics it is ufed, in imitation of the 
 Greek condrudion, with the particle ij/l 
 
 Millions of fp rits, for his laiilt amin'd 
 Of heav"n, and from ettrn.U fplcudours flung 
 Fi.r his revolt. Milton. 
 
 Ame'rcer. n f. [from «OTf;Tf.] He that 
 fets a fine upon any mifdemcanour ; he 
 that decrees or inflicts any pecuniary 
 punidiinent or forfeiture. 
 Ame'rcement. \n. J', [from amerce.'\ 
 Amerciament. 5 The pecuniary puniih- 
 mcnt of an offender, who Hands at 
 the mercy of the king, or other lord in 
 his court. Cotuell, 
 
 AH amercements and fines that fhall be im- 
 pofed upon them, Ibali come untothemfelves. 
 
 Spenfcr^s State f Ireland. 
 
 Ames ace. n.f. [a corruption of the 
 word amis ace, which appeal s, from very 
 eld authorities, to have been early foft- 
 cned by oinitting the b.\ Two aces on 
 two dice. 
 
 But then my fludy was to cog the dice, 
 And ricjt'iuufly to throw the lucky fice : 
 To Ihun amrs ace, that fwcpt my Hakes away) 
 And watch the box, for fearti.ey (hould convey 
 F.ilfc bones, and put upon me in the play. Dr^/di 
 
 A'lviEss. n.f. [corrupted from «w;/Vi;.] A 
 prltll's vellmcnt. Dili, 
 
 Ametho'dical adj. [fromr? and method.'^ 
 Out of intthod ; without method j- ir- 
 regular. 
 
 A'M'El HYoT. n.f. [t^eSi^r©-, con- 
 trar)' to wine, or contrary to drunken- 
 nefs ; fo called, either becaufe it is not 
 quite of the colour of wine, or becaufe
 
 A M I 
 
 it was imagined to prevent inebriation.] 
 A precious llone of a violet colour, bor- 
 derinjr on purple. The oriental armthyjl 
 is the hardclt, fcarceft,and mod valuable ; 
 it is generally of a dove colour, tliough 
 fome arc purple, and otliers white like 
 the diamond. The German is of a 
 violet colour, and the Spanllh aie of 
 three forts ; the beft are the blackell or 
 deeptll violet: others are almoll quite 
 white, and fome few tinctured with yel- 
 low. 1 hi amilbvj} is not extremely ha d, 
 but cafy to be engravi.d upoi, and is 
 next iu value to the cineral I. Chambers. 
 Some Itoncs appioached tlic granite ct)m- 
 plcxion; and (cveral near. yrclcmbicd till- rtwj/^v/^. 
 
 ifoo 1 OfiirJ. 
 
 A'metfivst, in heraldry, fignifics the 
 fame colour in a nobleman s coat, that 
 purpart djes in a geiitlrman's. 
 Amethystine adj. [irum amei!3i:Jl.'\ Re- 
 fcm'jlin}? an ametiiylt in colour. 
 
 A kiitd of am-:tjiyji'rti flint, nut compofcd of 
 cryitais ur grains, bdC one entire mully itonc. 
 
 G'-. .1., 
 A'MI.VBLE. adj. [ammi/e, Fr.] 
 
 1. i Ovtly ; pleafing 
 
 That w:'icii is ^o'jd in l^e aflion^ of men, 
 ■ doth nut only delignt a> prufitiiblc, but ?.s umial^it 
 alio. . Hcskrr 
 
 She told her while ihe ktpt it, 
 'T^vonld make htr untiai/gy fuhrljc my ("Ittlicr 
 En'irclv to hel love; but if ffae loft tt, ' 
 
 Of macie a gift of it, my fai'tet's eve 
 Should nu'n 1k-i lo.it:iCd. SAaif^^ctire' s 0:htUo. 
 
 2. Pretending love ; ihowing love. 
 
 Liy a-'iiuhlt' liege to the LoneTl^ of rhis Ford's 
 wife; ulc y;>ur ait oi wooing. S'takjp^are. 
 
 A'miableness. «./ [from <;m/a//if.] the 
 quality of being amiable ; lovclincfs ; 
 power.of raifiiig love. 
 
 As foon as the iiatiiMl g.licty .^nd a^iiahUncf^ 
 of the young man we.iis oil', tticy have nyi. ing 
 left to commtnd Iheni, but lie by ani.ing ii;..- 
 lumber .ind •■.-fufe of the fptcies. .V .nj^.n. 
 
 A'miabi.v. tidv. l^diim fimiat/e-l In an ami- 
 able manner; in fuch a manner as to ex- 
 cite love. 
 
 A'MICABLE. adj. [amlcaii/h, Lat.] 
 Friendly ; kind. Jt is commonly uftd 
 ot more than one; as, they live in an 
 amicable manner ; but we leldom fay, 
 an anucahle aftion, or an am'icahie man, 
 though it be fo ufed in this paffage. 
 
 gi.ice fctene! oh virruc heav'n.y f.ni, 
 Divine [.hlivion of low-lhoughtod care ! 
 Frclh hb^miiig hope, g.iy daur.hter of the iky ! 
 And f.iirh, o..i e.iriy immortality! 
 
 EiUci" e.ich mild, each aw/f<2^// gueft ; 
 
 Receive and wiap mc in c'ernni lelt. Vofe. 
 
 A'micableness. n. f. [from amicaik.} 
 
 The quality ot being amicable ; friend- 
 
 linefb ; good-will. 
 A'mic ABLY. adv. [hom amlcftUe.'] Inan 
 
 amicable manner ; in a friendly way ; 
 
 with good-will and concord. 
 
 They fee 
 Through the dun milf, in blooming beauty frclh. 
 Two lovely yoirhs, that amicable/ walkt 
 O'er vt-rdai.t meads, and jilcas'd, pcrh.ips, re- 
 
 volv'd 
 Anna's late conquefis. philips. 
 
 1 found my luhjeifts am ic ah ly ]o\n 
 
 To lell-.n their dtfeifis, by citing mine. Pr.'of. 
 In Holland itftif, where it is prctenderl that 
 the vaiiety of feels live fo amicjhly togetlicr, it 
 is notorious how 'A turbulent party, joining with 
 the Aiminiaus, did attempt to deftroy t;ie re- 
 publick. S-wiJt'i L.hurch cj England A/.i". 
 
 A M I 
 
 A'mice. «./. \_am'if!us, Lat. aml^, Fr. 
 Primum (xjex indumcntis ep'tjcopo ii> pref- 
 iylcriis conimunlbus fitnt ainiolns, alia, 
 cwgulutn, Jlolu, manipulus, ^ planeta. 
 Du Cange. Amittus qua collum Jlr'ingi- 
 tur, ts" iitBus tegitur, cajiitalem inlerioi is 
 homiiiis d^Jigiiat : tegil eiiim cor, lie -uani- 
 tales cogitf! ; Jlringil oiitem coHum, iie inde 
 ad lingiicwt Iran feat mendacium. Bruno.] 
 The lirll or undermolt part of a priell's 
 liabit, over which lie wears the alb. 
 
 Thus pafs'd the night fo foul, till inoriiing fair 
 Came forlli wnii pil;;iim Heps in anucc gity. 
 
 Mil/en. 
 
 On forac a pricfl, fuccln*5t in amke while, 
 Attends. Po/'f. 
 
 Ami'j). 1 prep, [from a and Triid, or 
 
 ,->. MIDST. J iiiidjl.j 
 
 I. In the miJll ; equally diflant from 
 
 either extremity. 
 
 Of the fruit 
 
 Of each tree in the gaiccn we may eat; 
 
 Bill of the tVuit of tills fair tree atniJji 
 
 Tilt garden, God hath laid, ye Ihail not eat. 
 
 Tile two ports, the bagnio, and Doriatelii's 
 llatiie ut ihe great duke, ami.ljl the luur Haves 
 chained to his pedcfta., are very noble fights. 
 
 .-i.i.ujsn. 
 
 1. Iviingled with ; furrounded by ; in the 
 airibii of another thing. 
 
 ^{mtd my rlock witn woe my voice I tear, 
 And, but iicwi'.ca'd, who to lus tiucii. would 
 tnuan? Snhity. 
 
 So hi. Is amid the air encountej 'd hills, 
 Huri'd to and Iro with jaculation dire. Alihon. 
 What have I dune, to name thai wtaitl y twain, 
 The l.o.ir aiiiidji my chiyllal llieanis I bring. 
 And iuuthtru winds to bialt my liow'iy fp iiig. 
 
 DryJ,n. 
 Amnta's breaft the fury thus invades. 
 And Hres wi(n rage ami.i the lylvan (hades. Vryd^ 
 
 3. Among; conjoined with. 
 
 What tlio' no leal voice nor found 
 j^mia ttieir radiant orbs be found ? 
 In rcafop's ear thi-y all rejoice, 
 And utter fuith a glorious voice, 
 ^ Fur ever tinging, as they fhine, 
 
 ** The hand tiiaf made us is divine." JlJdifon. 
 
 Ami'ss. adv. [from a, which, in this 
 form of compofition, often fig.ilics ac- 
 cording to, and mi/}, theEnglilh particle, 
 wh.ch Ihovvs any thing, like the Greek 
 TO-jj, to be wrong ; as, to mi/iouril, to 
 count erroneoufly ; to w/'/i/v, to commit 
 a Clime : amij's therefore fignifies iicl 
 lig^f, or out oford:r.'\ 
 
 1. I'aully ; criminal. 
 
 Fur that, which thou haft fworn to do anrp^ 
 Is yet umlf^y when it is tmly dune. SJuiif^\ 
 
 2. Faultily ; criminally. 
 
 We I. ope therefore to reform ourfelvcs, if at 
 anv time we have done amijiy is nut to feve; 
 ouilelves from the church we were of before. 
 
 Hooker. 
 O ye powers that frarch 
 The heart of man, and weigh hisinmoit thoughts. 
 If I have done a>n<f\j impute it not. A^U:j(,n. 
 
 3. In an ill f.nfe. 
 
 She figh'd withal, they conflrued all amifi. 
 And thought (he wilh'd to kill who lung 'd to kifs. 
 
 Vaiijax. 
 
 4. Wrong ; improper ; unfit. 
 
 Esampics have not generally the force of tiws, 
 which all men oiigl^t 10 keep, but of counfchs 
 onlv and perfuafions, not avuji to be followed 
 by thim, whofc cafe is the like. Hookei . 
 
 MithiiiKs, though a man had all fcience and 
 all piinciples, yet it migiit not be amifi to have 
 fome cunfciciice. Tilhijoii. 
 
 A MM 
 
 5. Wrong; not according to tli? pcxftx- 
 tion of the tljiiig, whatever it be. 
 
 Your kintlrca u iiol inui h ttmij\, 'tiitruc; 
 Yet [ JiTW lumtM liat btitcf bum than you. I'ryA, 
 
 1 built a wall, and when tlic mafoDS jjirnd ihc 
 knaves, nothing ritlighicd nic fo nlll(hd^ toiVind 
 by wliilc my fcixaiUa thicw down wnat wasHW^'. 
 
 6. Reproachful ; irreverant. 
 
 Ev'.iy jjcople, niitioii, .ind language, which 
 fpiftk any th'iiji avuJi «^Jtiiill tht God ut St.a- 
 Ucacli, Mi-lhath, .inu Abttlixgo, ih.i.l bt luI in 
 pieces, and their Itoufea Oiall he made a dung- 
 hill ; bccaufe there is no other Uod that cm 
 di:li\ei aiici' this fait. D^ititi, 
 
 7. Impaired in health ; ns, I was fome- 
 what am'ijs ytllerday, but am well to- 
 day. 
 
 8. Amifs is marked as an adverb, though 
 it cannot always be advtibially rendered; 
 becaulc it always lollows tlie lubllaiitive 
 to wiiieh it relates, contrary to llie na- 
 ture of adjcdtives in linglilh ; and ihoiigh 
 we lay llie ad^iou wai ^m//>, we nvv^r 
 lay an amifs attion. 
 
 9. Amijs is ufed by Shakfpcare as a noua 
 fubltantive. 
 
 Tu my fick i'uul, aa fin*s true nature is, 
 Each tuy lecnis prologue to iome great amifs. 
 
 Ha mitt, 
 
 Ami'ssioh, fj.Jl [flw^9, Lat.] Lofs. 
 
 To Ami T. v. a. [amino, Lat.] To iofc; 
 a word little in ule. 
 
 Ite IS water Cjngcalcd by the fiigidity of 
 the air, whereby jt acqu reth no new forrhi 
 but latuer a confillence or rtetcrmiiialion of its 
 dittiucncy, iinri amiittith not ir> cffcncc, but con- 
 dition of tluidity. Jirouj/i's Vulgar JLnouri, 
 
 A'mity. «. /. \^aml!'ie, Fr. amlcltia, Lat.] 
 FrIeiKifinp, whether publick between 
 nations, uppolcd to nvar ; or among the 
 people, oppofed to dijcord *, or between 
 private perltuis- 
 
 The prophet David did think, that the veiy 
 mettii g ot men tugether. and their nccompany- 
 ing one another tu t.c houle of God, Ihould 
 mi^kc th'-- hund ot' their love infoluble, and tie 
 tiuni in a le:tgue or inviolahle am ty. Hooker, 
 
 The monaittiy of Great Britain was in league 
 and am:ty with .ill tiie world. Sir J.DavUs, 
 
 Yt u i'.ave a n<»blc and a true conceit 
 Of i;')fllike amity-j which appears ninft ftrongly 
 In be ;i ling thus the abfence of your lurd. Shakh, 
 
 And ye, oh Tyrian?, with immortal hate 
 Purfue lliis r.rce, this fcivice dedicate 
 To my deplored aflies; let there be 
 'Twixr us :nid them no league noi amity. Denham, 
 
 AMMONIAC. «./. A drug. 
 
 Gi"M Am:\:oniac is biought from the Eaft Indies, 
 and is (uppoicd to ooze from sn umbelliferous 
 pl?nt. Diolturidc; fays, it is the juice of a kind 
 ot tcrui.i giu.w:ng in Baibarv, and the plant is 
 called, iiga£v//i^. Piiny calls I: tr tiec r?u-fOf.ot, 
 which, he faji. grows near the Temple of Ju- 
 pitei Ammoii, wi.cnet ihc gum tnkes its name. 
 It ough; to be in diy drops, white within, yel- 
 low. ih without, cnfily fufiblc, refinous, fonie- 
 what hitter, and of a very fharp tarte and fmcU, 
 fomewliat Uke jn.lick. Thit gum h f.iid to 
 have fcrved tiio ancients for inccnfc, in their 
 faciiliccs Sei'vary. Trn:ouA: 
 
 Sal Ammoniac is a volatile fait of two kinds, 
 ancient and modern. The dncient fort, de- 
 fcribcd by Plii'\ ai>d Oiofcorities, was a na- 
 tive fsit, generated in tl.ofc brgt- rnti? where the 
 crowds of pilgrims, coming -from the temple of 
 Jupiter Amir.on, uftd to lodge; who liavtlling 
 upon camels, and thofc cicaturcs in C^rene, 
 wheie that celebrated temple ilood, urining in" 
 the flabies, or in the parched faids, out of tliis 
 iir'rr, which Is remarkably ftiong, arole a kind 
 of fail, denominated fomciimes from the temple.
 
 A M N 
 
 ^mtnanU.-f and fomctimes trom t*is c-iimtry, 
 C\firiit2c. No mure of this falc is produced 
 tlicrc ; and, from this deficiency, fome ful'pcft 
 there never was any fuch thing : but this fuTpi- 
 cioii is removed, by t!ie Urge quantities of a talt, 
 n-aily of the fame nature, thrown out by mount 
 jEtna. 
 
 The modern fil ammoniac Is made in Egypt ; 
 where loiig-ncckcd glafs bottles, filled with fooc, 
 a little fea full, and the urine of cattle, and 
 having their months luted with a piece of wet 
 cotton, are placed dvcr an oven or furnace, 
 in a thick bed of aflies, nothing but the necks 
 appearing, and kept there two days and a night, 
 with a continual iJronj fire. The fleam fwclls 
 lip the cotton, and forms a pafte at the vent- 
 hole, hindering the f.ilts from evaporating ; which 
 Itick to the top of the bottle, and are taken out 
 in thofc large cakes, which they fend to ling- 
 land. Only foot exhaled fronr dung is the pro- 
 per ingiediciit in this preparation ; and the dung 
 of camels affords the Ih'ongeft. 
 
 Our chymills imitate the Egyptian fn! ainrt:o- 
 riiiCf by adding one part of common ialt to rive 
 of urine, with which fomc mix that quantity of 
 foot; and putting the whole in a vclfcl, tluy 
 raife from it, by fublimation, a white, friable, 
 faiinaceous fubftance, which they call/u/ amnn)- 
 r.hic. Ci.in.'hivs. 
 
 Ammoni'ac AL. ai/j. [from ammcin'uic.~\ 
 Having the properties of ammoniac. 
 
 Human blood calcined yields no fixed fait ; 
 nor is it a fal ammoniack, for that remains im- 
 mutable after repc.ited dillillations; and riiliilla- 
 tion deftroys the amnioniacal quality of animal 
 falts, and turns them alkaline : fo that it is a 
 fait neither quite fixed, nor quite volatile, nor 
 quite acid, nor quite alkaline, nor quite amtm- 
 viucal; but foff and benign, approaching nearefl 
 to the natuie of fal ammoniac. j^ihnth'tct. 
 
 A.mmuni'tion. n.f. [fuppofcd by fome 
 to come from amonitio, wliich, in the 
 barbarous ages, feems to have fignified 
 fupply of provifion ; but it furcly inay 
 be more reafonably derived from mun'itio, 
 fortification ; chofes a munitions, tilings 
 for the fortrefles.] Military ftores. 
 They mufl make thcmfclvesdefenfiblc againft 
 ' grangers ; and mull have the afiit^ancc of fome 
 able military man, and convenient arms and 
 amm;/r!i/rj/i for their defence. Baccv. 
 
 The colonel flaid to put in the ammunition he 
 brought with him; which was only twelve bar- 
 rels of powder, and twelve hundred weight of 
 match. CJiiremlon. 
 
 All the rich mines of learning ranfackt are, 
 To furnifh ammunliion for this war. Denham. 
 
 But now, his (lores of cmmunitinn fpent, 
 His naked valour is his only guard : 
 
 R.ire thunders are from his dumb cannon fent, 
 
 And fuli;ary guns are fcarcely heard. DryJcn. 
 
 Ammuni'tion BREAD, ti. f. Bread for 
 
 the fupply of the armies or garrifons. 
 A'MyE.sTY. n.f. [a!(x,>iirict,] An acl of 
 oblivion ; an aft by which crimes 
 againll the government, to a certain 
 time, are fo obliterated, that they can 
 never be brought into charge. 
 
 I never read of a law enadtcd to take away 
 the force of all laws, by which a man may fafely 
 commit, upon the I.dl of June, what he would 
 infallibly be iiangcd for if he committed it on 
 the firll of July; by which the grcatcft criminals 
 may cfcapc, provided they continue long enough 
 in potvcrtoantiquaie thcii crimes, and by iViriing 
 them a while, deceive the Icgiflaturc into w am- 
 nrfty. Swijt. 
 
 Amni'colist. rtc//. [amn/Vo/a, Lat.] In- 
 habiting near a river. • Dlfl. 
 Amni'genous. adj. \_amnt^enus, Lat.l 
 Born of a river. DiU. 
 AMNION. In./. [Latin ; perhaps from 
 A'MNIOS, J «(<►(§>-.] I'hc inucrmoli mem- 
 
 /. 
 
 A M O 
 
 bratie with wliich the foetus in the womb 
 is moll immediately covered, aiiti vvitli 
 which the reft of the fecundlnes, the 
 chorion, and alantois, are cjeiiteJ afier 
 birth. It is whiter and thinner than 
 the chorion. It alfo contains a nutri- 
 tious humour, feparated by glauds for 
 that purpofe, with which the foetus is 
 preferved. It is outwardly cloathed 
 with the urinary mem!)rane and the 
 chorion, which fometimes llick fo clofe 
 to one another, that they can fcarce be 
 feparated. It has alfo its vcifels from 
 the fame origin as the chorion, ^tincy. 
 JMO'MUM.n.f. [Lat.] A fort of fruit. 
 Tbc commeiit.irors on Pliny and Diorcuiitk-b 
 fiippofc it to be a fruit dilfcient from uiirs. Ti^e 
 modern avtomum appears to be the fifon of t]ie an- 
 cients, or bafiard Jione-pa* fh-y. It rerembles the 
 miircat grape. This ftuit is brought from the 
 Eail Indies, and makes part of ticaclc. It is 
 of a liot fp:<. y taftc and fmeii. Trevou.w Chuml'os. 
 
 Amo'ng. ) prep, [amanj, g^mang, 
 A.'vto'NGST. 5 Saxon j 
 
 1. Mingled with ; placed with other per- 
 fons or things on every fide. 
 
 ^J>H'jri(rif ftrawberrics fow liere and there fomc 
 boragc-fced; and you lliall find the llruwberiies 
 under thofc leaves far more, large than thcii- fel- 
 lows. Bacon. 
 
 The voice of God they heard, 
 Now w.ilking in the garden, by foft winds 
 Broq^jht to their ears, while day dcchn'd: they 
 
 heard, 
 And from his prefcncc hid thcmfclves amcwj 
 The thickctt trees, both man and wife. Mt'/ton. 
 
 2. Conj()ined with others, fo as to make 
 part of the number. 
 
 I have then, as you fee, obferved the failings 
 of many great witj amorgst the moderns, who 
 have attempted to write an epic poem. D'ydeti. 
 
 There were, amr,ng the old Roman (latucj, fc- 
 verjl of Vvnus in different pofturcs and h.ihits ; 
 as theru arc many particular figures of her made 
 after the fame defign. Jlddijrjn, 
 
 A'morist, w.y*. \^\'K>xvi amour, '\ An inamo- 
 rato ; a gallant ; a man profefiing love. 
 
 Female beauties are as fickle in then faces as 
 their minds: though cafuallics Ihould fpare them, 
 age brings in a ncceifny of decay; leaving dotcrs 
 Upon red and white perplexed by incertainty both 
 of the continuance of their miftrcfa's kindiufs, 
 and her beauty, both which are iieceffai^ to the 
 a}f!oriJi\ juys and quiet. Boyle. 
 
 AMORO'SO. n.f. [Ital.] A man ena- 
 moured. Did. 
 A'morous. adj. [nmorofo, Ital.] 
 
 1. In love; enamoured: with the particle 
 o/'before the thing loved ; in Shjkfpeare, 
 on. 
 
 Sure my lirother is amorom on Hero; and liath 
 withdrawn her father to break, with him about 
 it. Shaifficaie. 
 
 The <nn'rotn mailer own'd her potent eyes, 
 Sigh'd when he look'd, -.uul trcmijled as he drew; 
 
 Each flowins; line contirm'd his lirll furpriie. 
 And as the piece advanc'd, the paflion grew. 
 
 2. Naturally inclined to love; difpofed to 
 fondncfs ; fond. 
 
 Apes, as foon as they have brought forth tlieii 
 young, tcecp their eyes faltencd on them, and 
 are never weary of admiring their beauty; fo 
 dwof^;/( is nature o/"\vhatfoeserlhe producer. Dtj\{. 
 
 3. Relating, or belonging to love. 
 
 I tiiat am not (hap'd for fportive triclts. 
 Nor made to court an (i/rt'j w/i looking-glafs, 
 I, that am rudvly ftampt. Sh^ilfpcirr. 
 
 And into alt things from her air infpir'd 
 Tiie fpirit of lo\c, andi(v«r<>»i,dclig:ht. Milton. 
 
 A M O 
 
 In the atiaraut ner 
 Firfi canght, they iik'd; and each his liking 
 chufe. Ah/itrt, 
 
 01 how I long my carclefs limbs to lay 
 Under the plantane's Hiade, and aJI the day 
 With (jw'tc.vi airs my fancy entertain 
 Invoice the mufes, and imprjvc my vein ! If'aller. 
 
 A'morously. aih, [ from amorous ^"^ 
 
 Fondly ; lovingly. 
 When thou wilt fwim in that live-bath, 
 
 Each fi!h, which every channel hath, 
 
 Will '.imoroujly to ihce fwim, 
 
 Gladder to catch thee, than thou him. Dqhtj(. 
 A'morousness. w. f. [from i7woro«j.] 
 
 The quality of being amorous; fond* 
 
 nefi ; lovingnefs ; love. 
 All Gynecia's a»SVions were interpreted by 
 
 Bafdius, as proceeding from jcaloufy of his ama- 
 
 ronjtiefs. SUhicy. 
 
 Lindamor has wit and amoroujnefi enough to 
 
 make him find it mure eafy to defend fair ladies^ 
 
 than to defend himfelf againll them. Boyle, 
 
 AMO'RT. adv. [^ la mort, Fr.] In the 
 ilate of the dead ; dtjetled ; deprcfied ; 
 fpiritlcfs. 
 
 How fares my Kate? what, fweeting, .'»U 
 tivr.rt ? Shakfpei:ite, 
 
 Amortiza'tion, 7 n. f.\jimortiJfem€nt^ 
 
 Amo'rtizement. J amort'ijfahle^ Fr,] 
 The right or a<tt: of transferring lands 
 to mortmain ; that is, to fome commu- 
 nity that never is to ceafe. 
 
 Every one of the religious orders was con- 
 firmed by one pope or otlicr; and they made an 
 efpecial provifion for them, after the laws of 
 amo^tiTLatian \iii:T^ dcvlfcd and put in ufc by 
 princes. ^-Isli^e^ i Vura^on yur'n Canonic:, 
 
 To .AMO'RTIZE. v. a. [amortir, Fr.] 
 To alien lands or tenements to any cor- 
 poration, guild, or fraternity, and 
 their fnccefl'ors ; which cannot be done 
 without licence of the king, and the 
 lordof the nianour. Blount. 
 
 This did concern the kingdom, to have farms 
 fuflicient to maintain an able body out of penury, 
 and to amoitir.£ part of the lands unto the yeo- 
 manry, or middle part of the people. Biicon. 
 
 To Amo've. v. a. [^amovco, Lat.] 
 
 1. To remove from a poll or ftation ; a 
 juridical fenfe. 
 
 2. To remove; to move; to alter: a 
 fenfe now outof ule. 
 
 Therewith, .7»n5rY</ from his fober mood. 
 And lives he yet, laid he, ihat wrought this acl? 
 And do the heavens afford him vital food? 
 
 F'tiry Qitian. 
 At her fo piteous ciy was much ■tmoii^d 
 Her champion flout, i'"''J/ Q«t7i. 
 
 To Amo'unt. •y, n. [mon/fr, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To rife to in the accumulative quantity ; 
 to compofe in the whole : with the 
 particle to. It is ufed of feveral fums in 
 quantities added together. 
 
 Let Uj compute a little more particularly how 
 much thi'; will amount to, or how many oceans 
 of w.iter would be neccir-uy to compofe this 
 great ocean rowling in the air, wiihoui bounds 
 or hanks. Burftn'i Theory. 
 
 2. It is ufed, figuratively, of the confe- 
 quence rlhiig from any thing taken al- 
 together. 
 
 The errours of young men arc the ruin of hu- 
 finefs ; but the erwjurs of aged men amount bac 
 to this, that moie !might have been done, or 
 fooner. Baco-n, 
 
 Judgments that are naacjc .on the wrong fide 
 of the danger, att.ouiit to no more than an 
 affcctatiuii of (kill, without cither credit or effect. 
 
 VKjhangc.
 
 AMP 
 
 A M P 
 
 AMP 
 
 Amo'unt. n. f. [Irom the verb ] The 
 fum total; thcnfuaol Itvcial iu.iis ur 
 quantities acciimuiated. 
 
 Anil noil', yr lying \41mici of life, 
 Wlicic aic yuu now, and wlut is your ttm'.wJt P 
 V'cxatiLtn,iiil.i[-pointmc Ml, :ind r^niurfc. f^^Trtjurt. 
 
 Amo'ur tt f. \_um')ur, Fr. omir, Lat.J 
 An afTalr of gallantry ; an intrigue : 
 fjcntrally ufcd of vitious love. Tlie oti 
 founds like 00 mpoor. 
 
 Nj man is of fo gcnciil and (Ullufive n lull, 
 as to prulcciuc iiis amouri all the woitri over ; 
 attd let it burn never lb outr.-iguouily, yet ti,^ 
 iinjjurc flame « ill citliei die of illclt, 01 coniunn 
 the body tii.it h.irhours it. i'or-r/i 
 
 The rtftlefs youth fearch'd all the world 
 around ; 
 But Iiow can Jo\c in his amtun bi^found * /lildif. 
 
 A'mper. n.y; [anipjie, Sax.] A tumour 
 with inflanuTiatioii ; bik*. A word I'ai i, 
 by Skinner, to be much in ufe in Efitx ; 
 but, pt-rliaps, not founa in books. 
 
 AMPHI'DIOUS. adj. [..aS. and g.^ .] 
 
 1. That pai takes of two natures, fo as to 
 live in two elements ; as, in air and 
 water. 
 
 A creature of tim^hihlous nature, 
 On Und a bcall-, ;i tilh in water. HuAtbun 
 
 Thcjfc arc cillcd ami'h hioitSf \%'hich live frcelv 
 in the air, upon the cirtli, and yet arc obfcrvL-d 
 to live long upon Wdttr, as if they were natur.il 
 inhabitants of that element ; though it be worth 
 the examination to know, whether any of theft: 
 creatures that live at cafe, and by choice, a good 
 while, or at any time, upon the earth, can live, 
 a long time together, perfectly under water 
 
 Flthes contain much oil, and at)iphibio:j\ .ini- 
 mals participate fomewhatof the nature of fitbcs, 
 and .ire oily. ^-hhuth'iot, 
 
 2. Of a mixt nature, in allulion to animals 
 that live in air and water. 
 
 Traulus of a^Kph'hry.ii i»ieed. 
 Motley fruit of niungrel teed; 
 By the &a\t^ from lornlings fprung, 
 By the fire exhal'd from dung. Sivift. 
 
 AinPHi BiousTTESS. P.. f. [hom amtkiii- 
 ous.'] 'I he quality of being able to live 
 in d ffcrtnt elements. 
 
 Amphibological, at^j. [from amphi- 
 bology ■'\ Doubtful. 
 
 AMPHiBOLo'ciCALLy. adv. [from am- 
 phibalog'ical.l Doubtfully; with a doubl- 
 tul meaniriir. 
 
 AMl'HIBO'i OGY. n.f. [;■,,®A^oy;^.] 
 Difcourfe (if uncertain meaning. It is 
 dilliiiguifhed from equivocalion, which 
 means the double figni(ication of a ftngle 
 word ; as, iioH regem oce'idere timcre 
 bcr.um ejl, is amphibology ; capture Icpores, 
 meaning, by hpores, either hares or jefts, 
 is equivocalion. 
 
 No^v the ndticies, whereby men deceive others, 
 and are deceived ihemfelves, the ancients bn\ e di- 
 vided into verbal and real ; of the vcrb.il, and 
 fuch as conclude fioni millakes of the word, 
 there are bur two worthy our notation ; the fal- 
 lacy of equivocation, and am^ihibrilcgy. Jirfjivn. 
 He thai alSim'd, 'gainft fenle, Inow black to 
 
 '■-' 
 Might prove it by this afrpnilohpy ; 
 
 Things arc not what Ihcy fccm. I'erf. on Chavsland. 
 
 In defining obvi^'us appearances, we arc to 
 
 ufe what is mofl pUin and cafy ; th.it the mind 
 
 be not mifled hy ami>hihi>hgiii into fallacious di.- 
 
 dudions, G/arsvilU. 
 
 Amphi'bolous. adj. [i'^^i and i£c/;v> .] 
 Tofftd from one to nnolher ; ftriking 
 each way. 
 
 Never was there fuch an ampiiUhut qi-Urre), 
 botli p.uti"s dcelaiirig ilivniiehcs ;or the ki' j;, 
 and making ufe of his n.^mc in all their ieni«jn- 
 ftrance , to jullily iheir adiions. Jhicr/ 
 
 \MPiii'LOGr. ". /■ I ,1 and a-," ] 
 
 i.cj iivocalion ; ambij^ulty. Dicl. 
 
 AMPUISBM'NA. « /. [ L ,t. vw^.tCv'. .] 
 
 A ferpciit hippoled lo have two hcadj, 
 and by CDiifcqiience to move with either 
 end fureiiioli. 
 
 That the umpkifirttn, that is, a fnnller kind of 
 fcipent, vvliicli movcth forward ;tnd backw.nd, 
 h.itli two beads, or one at eitl cr cxticnie, wa. 
 aflirmcd by Nic.nuUi :\\\A others. hraitii. 
 
 Scorpion, .uitl :ifp, and ittnp'ujhizna dire. Milt, 
 
 AMPHI'SCII. n.f. [Lat. . p.a".,, of 
 '^</ >and •,; , a (hadow.] Tlioft people 
 dwelling in climates, wherein the iha- 
 dows, at different times of the year, 
 fall both ways ; to the north pole, when 
 the fun is in the fouthern ligns ; and tu 
 the foulh pole, when he i.s in the north 
 em figiis. Tiiefe are the people who 
 inhabit the torrid zone. 
 
 Amphithe'atre. n.f. [of /' LfifiEWfoi, of 
 01. , and -', a>'<»i.] A building in a cir- 
 cular orovalform, having its area encoin- 
 paffed with rows of Icats one above ano- 
 ther; where fpeflators might beholdfpec- 
 taclts, as llageplays, or gladiators. The 
 tlieatres of the ancients were built in the 
 fonn of a femicircle, only excteditig a 
 jull femicircle by one fourth part of the 
 diameter ; and the amphitheatre is two 
 threatres joined together; fo that the 
 longell diameter of the amphitheatre was 
 to the Hioiteft, as one and a half to one. 
 
 Within, an am^ihithrntr^ appear'd 
 Ruis'd in degrees ; to fi,\ty paces rear'd, 
 Tn.it when a man was pUc'd in one degree, 
 Height was allow'd for him above to fee. Dryd. 
 Conceive a man placed in tlic burning iron 
 chair .It Lyons, amid the infults and mockeries 
 of a crowded <i»:/»/;-'V/j^<i/'(?, and fliU keeping his 
 feat ; or flrctc^ed upon a grate of iron, over cuals 
 of fire, and bre;ithing out his foul among the 
 txquifite futitrings of uich a tedious execution, 
 ratiier than renounce his religion, or blafpbemc 
 his S.lviour. .^tldikn. 
 
 A'MPLE. adj. [amplus, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Large ; wide ; extended. 
 
 Hcav'n defcenris 
 In univerfal bounty, (betiding herbs. 
 And fruits, and flowers, on Nature's aw/.V lap. 
 
 Thojnjon. 
 
 2. Great in bulk. 
 
 Did your letters pierce the queen to any de- 
 monftr.itlon of gnof 
 
 She look 'tni, and read 'em in my prefence, 
 And now .?nd then an an-.ple tear trill'd down 
 Her delicate cheeks. S/takfpeare's Kifg Liar. 
 
 3. Unlimited ; without reftriclion. 
 
 }Ia\e what you nfk, your prefents I receive j 
 Land where and when you pleaio, with amf/e 
 leave. Drydcn. 
 
 4. Liberal; large; without parfimony. 
 
 If we fpcak of lirifl jultice, God could no 
 way have been bound to requite man's labours 
 in (o large and timplg manner as human felicity 
 doth import; in as much as the dignity of this 
 exceecetir fo far the other's value. hooker, 
 
 5. MagnlHeeut ; fplcndid. 
 
 To difpofe the prince the more willingly to 
 undcrt.ike his relief, the earl made .uii^le pio- 
 niifes, that, within lb many days after the fiege 
 fh.juld be railed, he would advance his highncfs's 
 levies with two llituuand men. C.'ar£ti.lij.i. 
 
 6. Diffufive ; not contiafted ; as, an ample 
 nariative, that is, not au epitome.' 
 
 A'MPLEWEir. rt. f. [from ample.] The 
 quality cf being ample ; largenifs ; 
 fplendour. 
 
 Inipuihiilc it is for a perfon of my conditi'jo 
 to produce any thing in proportion cither to the 
 amfk'iijs of the body you lepvtfeiit, or of the 
 1 laces yu bear. South. 
 
 To A'mplIaTE. "y a. [amplio, Lat.] To 
 enlarge; to make greater ; to extend. 
 
 He Jball look, upon it, not to traduce or cx- 
 tcn.iaie, but to explain and dilucidatc, to add 
 and arnfli.ite. BrowTtt 
 
 Ampli.^'tion. n.f. [from amplia/e.] 
 
 1. Enlargement; exaggeration; exten- 
 fion. 
 
 Odious matters admit not of an cmpH.uIcn, but 
 ought to be xeii.ained and interpreted in the 
 mildeli fcnle. .//)'^«'i Parirgon. 
 
 2. iJIlfufenefs ; enlargement. 
 
 The obfcuiity of the fubjecft, and the preju- 
 dice and prepoffefTion of moft readers, may plead 
 e.vcufc for any artiftfiathm or repetitions that 
 may be found, whilft I labour to cxprcfs myfclf 
 plain and full. lloUltr. 
 
 To . mpli'ficaTE. v. a. [anpl/ficCt'Lit.'] 
 To enlarge ; to fpread out ; to amplify. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 .^ M F L I F I c A 't I o N . n. /. [amplification, Fr. 
 ampiyicatif), Lat.] 
 
 1. Enlaigement ; extenfion. 
 
 2. It is ufually taken in a rhetorical fenfe, 
 and implies exaggerated reprefcntation, 
 or diffufe narrative ; an image heighten- 
 ed beyond reality ; a narrative enlarged 
 with many circumlfnnces. 
 
 I fliall fummarily, without any amplif cation 
 at all, fhew in what manner defcdls have been 
 fupplied. Dtrjie^. 
 
 'Things unknown feem greater than they are, 
 and aie ufually received with uviplipcuticni above 
 tbcir nature. B'Oivn's l^ri''gur Errours, 
 
 Is the poet juftifiable for relating fuch incre- 
 dible anipiificniiom? It may be anfwcred, if he 
 had put tbefe extravagances into the mouth of 
 Ulyfies, he had been unpardonable ; but they 
 fuit well the character of Alcinous. Pop,-, 
 
 A'mplifier. n. f. [from To amplify.^ 
 One that enlaiges any thing ; one that 
 exaggerates ; one that reprefents any- 
 thing with a large difplay of the belt 
 circumftances : it being ufually taken 
 in a good fenfe. 
 
 Dcrillaus could need no rtw^//^f/'s mouth for 
 the higheft point of praife. Sidty. 
 
 To A'mplify. v. a. [amplifier, Fr.] 
 
 1. To enlarge ; to Increafe any material 
 fubllance, or objeft of fenfe. 
 
 So when a great moneyed man hath divided 
 his chefts, and coins, and bags, he feemeth to 
 himfelf richer than he was : atid ihcrcfore a wav 
 to jmp/ijy any thing is to break it, and to make 
 anatomy of it in feveral parts, and to examine it 
 according to the feveral circumrtunccs. Bjccn. 
 
 All concaves that proceed from more narrow 
 to more broad, do amplify the found at the 
 coming out. Bacon, 
 
 2. To enlarge, or extend any thing incor- 
 poreal. 
 
 As the reputation of the Roman prelates grew 
 lip in thefe blind .'ges, fo grew up in them withal 
 a delire of .implij^ing their pmver, liiat ib.cy 
 might be as great in temporal forces, as n.en's 
 opinions have formed them in fpiritual matters, 
 
 Rauigh, 
 
 3. To exaggerate any thing ; to enlarge 
 it by the manner of reprefentatlon. 
 
 Thy gcneial is my lover ; I have been 
 The book of his good ads ; whence men have 
 
 read 
 Hij fame unparrallel'd, haply amfUfcJ. Shatf.
 
 AMP 
 
 Since I have plainly laid open tVie ntgligencc 
 «nd crrours of eveiy age th.it i^ part, I would not 
 wlUinjIy feem to flatter the prdent, hy amplify- 
 ing tiic diligence and true judgment of thole fei- 
 ■ vilours that have laboured in this vineyard. 
 
 Da:iii. 
 
 4. To enlarge; to improve by new addi- 
 tions. 
 
 In piiraphrafe the author's words arc not ftriiJV- 
 ly followed, his fcnfc too is a-.npUficd but not 
 »Itcred, as Waller's tranllation of Virgil. D'yd. 
 I feci age advancing, and my healt^i is infuf- 
 ficicnt to increafc and miflify thcfc remarks, to 
 conrtrm and improve tiicfe rules, and to iliumi- 
 naie the feveial pages. IVatti. 
 
 To A'mplify. I'.n. Frequently with the 
 particle on. 
 
 I. To fpeak largely in many words; to 
 lay one's felf out in diffufion. 
 
 When you affcft to umplify on the former 
 brai^chcso'f a difcourfe, you will often lay a ne- 
 eeffity upon youifelf of contrafling the latter, 
 and prevent y'uurfelf in the nioft imporlnr.t part 
 of your dciign. H'atti' Ugirk. 
 
 I. To fonii large or pompous reprefenta- 
 tions. 
 
 An excellent medicine for the ftonc might be 
 conceived, by amplifying apprehenfions able to 
 break a diamond. Brown's Vulgar Erioun. 
 
 I have fometimes been forced to amfify on 
 othc;s ; but heie, wheft the fuhjeit is fo fruitful, 
 that tie harveit overtimes the rc.ipcr, I am 
 fliortened by my chain. Dry.ien. 
 
 Homer amflfia, not invents; and as there was 
 really a people called Cyclopeans, fo they might 
 be men of great ftaiure, or giants, fofe'i Odyf. 
 
 A'mplitude. n.f. \amplitude, Fr. am- 
 pHtitdo, Lat.] 
 
 1. Extent. 
 
 Whatever I loolt upon, within the amplitude of 
 heaven and earth, is evidence of human ignorance. 
 
 G/anvi//e. 
 
 2. Largenefs ; grcatnefs. 
 
 Men fhould learn huw fevcre a thing, the true 
 inquifitionof nature is, and accuftom thcmfelvcs, 
 by the light of particulars, to enlarge their minds 
 to the amplit:<de of the world, and not reduce 
 the woild to the narrowncfs of iheir minds. 
 
 i^acon. 
 
 3. Capacity; extent of intelledual facul- 
 ties. 
 
 With more than human gifts from heav'n 
 adorn'd, 
 Pcrfe(^ion? abfolute, graces divine, 
 And amplitude of mind to grcateft deeds, Milton. 
 
 4. Splendour ; grandeur ; dignity. 
 
 In the great frame of kingdoms and common- 
 wealths, it i- in the power of princes, or ertates, 
 to add amplitude and grcatnefs to their kingdoms. 
 Bacon'i Efays, 
 
 5. Copioufnefs ; abundance. 
 
 You (hould f ly every thing which has a proper 
 and AwtfX tendency to this end; always propor- 
 tioning the amplitude of your matter, and the 
 fuhiefs of your difcourfe, to your great defign ; 
 the length of your time, to the convenience of 
 your hearers. tVatts' Logict. 
 
 6. AmpUtudf of the range of a projedih, 
 denotes the horizontal line fubtcnding 
 the path in which it moved. 
 
 7. Ampltluile, in aflronomy, anarch of the 
 horizon, intercepted between the true 
 call and wed point thereof, and the 
 centre of the fun or ftar at its riling or 
 fetting. It is eaftern or ortive, when 
 the ftar rifes ; and weftern orocciduous, 
 when the ftar fets. The eaftern or 
 wellein amplitude are. alfo called northern 
 or fouthern, as they fall in the northern 
 i)r fouthern quarters of the horizon. 
 
 A ^I U 
 
 8. Magnet'tcal aviplltudt: is an arch of the 
 horizon contained between the fun at 
 his riling, and the eall or well points 
 of the coinpafs ; or, it is the dilTercnce 
 of the riling or fetting of the fun, from 
 the call or weft pans of th-e compafs. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 A'mply. adv. [ample, Lat.] 
 
 1. Largely ; liberally. 
 
 For wnoie well-being, 
 So amplvj and with hands, fo liberal, 
 Thou liaft provided all things. hlilton. 
 
 The evidence they had before was enough 
 amph enough, to convince them ; bur they were 
 refolved not to be convinced; and to thnie who 
 aie refolved nut to he convinced, all motives, all 
 arguments, are equal, Attcrbury. 
 
 2. At large ; without refcrve. 
 
 At return 
 Of him fo lately promis'd to thy aid, 
 The woman's feed, ohfcurcly then foretold, 
 Now amplier known, thy Saviour, and thy Loid- 
 
 Mtilon. 
 
 3. At large ; copioufly ; with a diffuiive, 
 detail. 
 
 /Some parts of a poem require to be amply 
 written, and with all the force and elegance cf 
 wolds J others mud be caft into Ihadows; that is, 
 palled over in filencc, or but faintly touched. 
 
 Dr)id. 'j'i DufrrJKoy. 
 
 To A'MPUTATE. v. a. {^amputo, Lat.] 
 To cut off a limb : a word uled only in 
 chiiurgery. 
 
 Amungfl the cruisers, it was comphiined, that 
 their fiiigeons weie too aiHve in ampututitg fr.ic- 
 tured members. IVifem.tn'i S^.rgciy 
 
 Amputa'tion. n.f. [ampuliitio, Lat.] 
 The operation of cutting off a limb, or 
 other part of the body. 
 
 The ufual metl od ofperfoiming amputation in 
 the inftance of a :eg, is as follows. Tl»e proper 
 part for the opci;ition hcirg lour or five incticj 
 below the knee, the (kin and Helh arc tiilt to be 
 drawn very right upwards, and Iccured trom re- 
 turning by a ligatuie two or three fingers broad : 
 above this ligature another loole one is palled, foi 
 the gripe ; which being twilted by means of a 
 flick, may be rtiaitenid to any degree at picalurc. 
 Then the p.aticnt being conveniently lituated, aii<; 
 the operator placed to the infide of the limb, 
 •which is to be held by one affiftant above, and 
 another below the part detigned for the i.peration, 
 and the gripe fufficientiy twilled to prevent too 
 large an h.Tmotrh.ngc, the flcth is, with a llruke 
 or two, to be fepaiated fnmi the bone with the 
 difmemheiing knife. Then the pcrioftcum being 
 alfo divided from the bone with the back of tiit 
 knife, law the hone afunder with as few ftrokes 
 as poflible. When two pirrallel bones aie con- 
 cerned, the ficlh that grows between them mult 
 likewifc he feparated before the ufe uf the f:uv 
 This being done, the gripe may be flackened, to 
 give an opportunity of feaiching for the large 
 blood ve(rels,and fccnring thchaemonhage at their 
 mouths. After making proper applications ro 
 the lUimp, loofcn the firtl ligature, and pull both 
 the fkin and the flelh, .as far as conveniently 
 may he, over the ftump, to cover it ; and fieuie 
 them with the crofs ftilch made at the depth ol 
 half or three quarters., of an inch in the (km. 
 Then apply pledgets, aftringents, plaiflei., and 
 other ncceifaties. danders. 
 
 The amazonsjhy the amputation of their right 
 bread, had the ficcr ufe of their bow. Bioiun. 
 
 A'mulkt. n.f. [amulelle, Fr. amiiktum, 
 OT aniole/um; quoa malum amoliliir, Lat.] 
 An appended remedy, or pitfervative ; 
 a thing hung about the neck, or any 
 other part of the body, for preventing 
 or curing of fonie particular difealts. 
 
 That fpirits are corporeal, fecms at fint view a 
 conceit derogative unto hiral'clf; yet lierein he 
 
 A N 
 
 eftabliflteth the doflrinc of luftra'ions, amuleli, 
 and charms. litOTVn's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 They do not ceitainly know the falfity of 
 what iney report; and their ignorance raulf fervi; 
 you as an <3Mtf/e/.againfl the guilt both of deceit 
 ■and malice. Givernment cf the Tongue. 
 
 Amurco'.sity. «./. [am»;-c-a, Lat.]] The 
 quality cf lees or mother of any thing. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 To AMU'SE. V. a. [amufer, Fr.] 
 
 1. 'J"o entertain with 'tranquillity ; to fill 
 with thoughts that engaae the mind, 
 without diftrafling it. To eiivert im- 
 plies loii;eching more lively, and| to 
 pleafe, fomething more importantw It 
 is therefore frequently taken in a fenfe 
 bordt ring on contempt. 
 
 Tiicy think they fee vilions,and are arrived to 
 fome c.xtraoidin.ny rcvchitions ; when, indeed, 
 t.iey tio but dream dreams, and amufe themfclves 
 with the fantaftick ideas of a bufy imagination. 
 Decay of Biety. 
 I caimot think it natural for a man, who is 
 much in love, to amufe himfelf with trtfius. 
 
 H'aip. 
 
 2. To draw on from time to time ; to 
 keep in e.\pcftation ; as, he amufed)xii 
 follovvf-rs with idle promifes. 
 
 Amusement, n. f. \_amufement, Fr.] 
 '1 hat wliich amufes ; entirrtainment. 
 
 Every intereft or pleafure of life, even the mnft 
 trifling aniufmcnt, is fuffered to poftpone the one 
 thing nccellary. ' Jiogen. 
 
 During l|is confinement, his amufement was to 
 give poi'.dii to dogs and cats, and fee them ex- 
 pire by flower or quicker torments. Pope. 
 I was left to (land the bat le, while others, who 
 had better talents than a di.iper, thought it no 
 unpleafant amufement to looli on with fafety, 
 whilft another was giving them divcrfion at the 
 hazard of his liberty. SvJift. 
 Amu'ser. n. /. \_am!ifetir,Yx.'\ He that 
 amufes, as with falfc promifes. The 
 ittich word is always taken in an ill 
 , t«nfe. 
 
 Ami'sive. adj. [from omi//^.] That has 
 the power of amufing. I know not 
 that this is a current word. 
 
 But amnz'd, 
 Rchold th' aimtfive arch befoie him fly, 
 Then vanifh quite away. Thomfon. 
 
 A M Y 'g D A L A T E . adj. [ amygdala, Lat . 3 
 
 Made of almonds. 
 Amy'gdaline. adj. [amygdala, Lat.] 
 
 Relating to almonds ; refembling al- 
 
 mond.e. 
 An. article, [ane, Saxon; een, Dutch; 
 
 einc, Gcrinaii.] The article indefinite, 
 
 ufed before a vowel, or A mute. See A. 
 
 1. One, but with lefsemphaiis ; as, there 
 ftands an ox. 
 
 Since he cannot be always employed io fludy, 
 reading, and converfatiun, there will be many an 
 hour, befides what his exeicifes will take up. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 2. Any, or fome : as, an elephant might 
 fwim in this water. 
 
 He was no way at an uncertainty, nor ever in 
 the leaft at a lots concerning any branch of it. 
 
 Locke, 
 
 A wit 's .1 feather, and a chief a rod, 
 .t^n honeft man *s the noblcli work of God. Pope. 
 
 3. Sometimes it fignifiis, like a, lome 
 particular (late ; but this is nowdifufed. 
 
 It is cert.-.in that odours do, in a fmall degree, 
 nuurilh ; efpccially the odour of wine : and we 
 fee men an hungred do love lo fniell hot bread. 
 
 Bacon,
 
 ANA 
 
 4. yf/» is fometimcs. in olJ autliors, a coii- 
 tiactioii of aiul if. 
 
 lie can't llaltcr, lie ' 
 An IioiicH mind ;uui pl.iin ; lie jnuli fpcak truth, 
 ^/'/ tla-y will tdlic il lo ; if net, he's [jljiii. S/ni, 
 
 c. Soinctiiiitb a coniiaftion of ami before 
 
 if. 
 
 Well I know 
 Tlie ck-rk will nc"cr w\.Mr haif on 's face that 
 had it. 
 
 Hl'WiII "n' if lie live to 1)C a mnn. Sh.'ifi'. 
 
 6. Sometimes it is a coiitraclioii of n,f //". 
 My next pixtty tuin/l'iiundtut, like Jhaktl'- 
 pcaic's lion in Pyl'anul^ .nut 'I liilbe, luars an' it 
 ■wcic any nii^lulngaU'. ^'Jtt.hf^'r 
 
 A'Nyi. adv. [mu.] A word ufeJ in ttie 
 prefcriptioMS of phyfick, importing the 
 like (iiiaiility ; as wine an J lionLV, « 
 or ana ^ ii ; that is, of wine and hjnty 
 each two ounces. 
 
 In the fame wciglit innocence and piudencc 
 
 take, 
 
 4ln,i of each does the juft mixture m.Tke. Cnvlfy. 
 
 He'll brin^ an ajiothccary with a chargeable 
 
 long bill of <i/i.ji. ]')tyJri. 
 
 ANA. n. f. Books fo called from the lad 
 
 fyllables of their titles ; as, Scal{^^Tana, 
 
 Thuaiiiana ; they are loofe thoughts, or 
 
 cafual hints, dropped by eminent men, 
 
 and collefled by their friends. 
 
 An AC.\'.'«PTICK. aiij. [ccvaKd;J.A:'\ Rc- 
 
 ileifting, or reflerted ; an anaiartiptlcL 
 found, an echo ; an amicainfitick hill, a 
 hill that produces an echo. 
 
 An.^ca'mpticks. n. f. The docirine of 
 refledted light, or caLoptritks. Jt has 
 no lingular. 
 
 Anacatha'rtick. n.f. [See Cathar- 
 TiCK.] Any medicine that works up- 
 ward, ^ihicy. 
 
 ANACEPUAL^OSIS. n.f. [i,x>ti^o,\:c,- 
 fc'cric.] Recapitulation, or fummary of 
 the principal heads of a difcourle. D'ul. 
 
 An'a'chorete. 7 n.f. [fometimes viti- 
 
 Ana'chorite. ^ oully written aiuho- 
 ■r'ltf, cL:xy'j=iTY,-.'\ A monk who, with 
 the leave of his fuperiour, leaves the con- 
 vent for a more aullerc and folitary life. 
 
 Yet lici not love dead here, but here doth fit, 
 ^'o\v'd to this trench, like an a^utth'jiitc. Itonr:;, 
 
 Ana'chronism. n.f. [from d.,1 and 
 pi^^o'i©-.] An errour in computing time, by 
 which events arc milplaced witli regaid 
 to each other. It ieems properly to 
 fignify an errour by which an event is 
 placed too early ; but is generally ufed 
 for any errour in chronology. 
 
 This teads me to the detente of tlK famous 
 aunchjvi^fmf in making. yEneas and Dido cote:n- 
 poraiies: for it is certain, that the hero list-d 
 ainiort two hundred years before the building ot 
 Caithagc. DiyiUn. 
 
 Anaci.a'ticks. «. /^ [a a'and x.\v.v.'\ The 
 doiftrine of refrafted light ; dioptricks. 
 It has no lingular. 
 
 ANADIPLO'SIS. n.f ['V»xd^^7^v^.,:.] Re- 
 duplication ; a figtire in rhetorick, in 
 ■which the lall word of a (oregoing mem- 
 ber of a period becomes the tirll of the 
 follo'.ving ; as, he relahied his virtues 
 amid all his misfortunes, raisfortimes 
 •which only his -virtues brought upon him. 
 
 Anagoge'tic.vL. adj. \_ata.yuyr,.'] That 
 contributes or relates to fpiritnal eleva- 
 tion, or religious raptures; mylterioiis ; 
 elevated above humanity. Diet. 
 
 Voi.L 
 
 ANA 
 
 kti Kaa'cic Kl..adj.[ana<;ogjqut iVy.I Mvf- 
 tcrious J elevated ; religioufly exilteJ. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Anako ciCALLY. adv. [fromawijfiyrVu/.] 
 Mylterioufly ; with religious elevation. 
 
 A'NAGRAM. n.f [a^a'and 7f=W>.] A 
 conceit arifing from the letters of a name 
 tranfpofed; as this, o{ l/',i,l,f,i,a,mX,'>,v, 
 attorney-general to Charles i. a very 
 laboiious man, I may I in laze. 
 
 1 lidujili all her parts be not in th' ufual place, 
 She luith vet the auti^rawi of a good face : 
 If we might put l!ic Ictteis but one way, 
 In that lean dearth of words what could we fay > 
 
 Tliy genius calls thee not- to purchafc fame 
 In keen iambicks, but mild ttnagram. Dry.kn. 
 
 An AGR A'.MMATiSM.n./ [from««rtr/a;?j.] 
 The aft or prafticc of making anagrams. 
 The only quinted'cnce tliat hitherto the alchy- 
 my of u it could draw out of names, is auagramma- 
 ti/'m, or metagrammalifm, which is a diVoliition 
 of a name truly written into its letters, as its 
 elements, and a new connexion of it by artifi- 
 cial tranfpohtion, witliout addition, fubllradlion, 
 or change of any letter, into dift'erent words, 
 making lomc perfect fenfc applicable to the per- 
 fon named. Ci^m.it')'.. 
 
 Anagr a'm m atist. n.f. [{xom.anitgram.'\ 
 A maker of anagrams. 
 
 To Anagra'm MAT12E. v.n. [unagram- 
 matijer, Fr.] To make anagrams. 
 
 Anale'ptick. adj. [a^^^r^7r'il)-.(^^.] Com- 
 forting ; corroborating: a terra of phy- 
 fick. 
 
 An.i!eptick medicines cherilh the nerves, and 
 renew the fpirits and ftrcngth. Q,//,7,'v. 
 
 Ana'logal. «(//. \{xow\ analogous. '\ Ana- 
 logous ; having relation. 
 
 When I fee m.^ny .tr:.il,g,i! motions in animals, 
 tluiugii I cannot call them voluntary, yet I fee 
 them fpontancous, I have reafon to conclude that 
 thefc in their principle arc not liniply mechanical. 
 
 II..U. 
 
 Analo'gical. a^'. [from an .ilogy .'] 
 
 1. Ufed by way of analogy. It fecins 
 properly dillinguKhed from analcgous, 
 as words from things ; analogous figni- 
 fies having relation, and analogical 
 having the quality of reprefenting rela- 
 tion. 
 
 It is looked on only as the image of the true 
 God, and that not as a proper likenefs, but by 
 anakgical reprelentation. StUlingfieft. 
 
 When a word, wnich originally fignifics aity 
 particular idea or objedt, is attributed to fe\eial 
 other objc(fls, not by way of refemblance, but 
 on the account of fome evident reference to the 
 original idea, this is peculiarly called an anah^i- 
 f-t/ word ; fo a found or healthy pull'e, a found 
 digeftion, found llcep, are fo called, with re- 
 feiencc to a found and healthy cunihtution ; but 
 it von fjicak of found doflrinc, or found fpeeeh, 
 this is by way of refemblance to health, and the 
 words are metaphorical. IVatti' L'.gick. 
 
 2. Analogous ; having refemblance or 
 relation. 
 
 There is placed the minerals between the ina- 
 nimate and \cgct.tble pio\ince, participating 
 fomethine i:i',.lipcal to either. Hale. 
 
 Analo'sic ALLY. adv. [from analogical.] 
 In an analogical manner ; in an analo- 
 gous manner. 
 
 I am convinced, from the fimplicity and uni- 
 formity of the Disine Nature, and of all his 
 works, that there is fome one univeifal principle, 
 running through the whole fyllcm of creatures 
 a'uiiigically^ and congruous to t'.cir relative na- 
 tures. Chrynt. 
 
 Analo'gicalness. n.f. [Imm analogi- 
 cal. ] The (}Uiility of being analogical ; 
 
 AN A 
 
 funef^ lo be applied for the ilhirtratio" 
 of fome analogy. 
 
 A.sa'logism. n. /. [-Lyyoyicol .'\ An 
 
 arguincnt from the cauft to the effeft. 
 To ANA'l.OGi-iK. v. a. [iram analogy.'] T<» 
 explain by way of analogy ; to form 
 fome refemblance between dilferent 
 things ; to conlider lomething with re- 
 gard to its analogy with foinewhat elfc. 
 We have fyltcms of material todies, div.-rfly 
 figured and fituateri, if feparately confidered ; 
 they icprefenl the objc<!> of the defile, which i^ 
 rtnu/o^/xf.My attrai^ion or gravitation. Chtyne. 
 An a'logous. adj. [»'.». and AoyS*.] 
 
 1. Having analogy ; beating fome refem- 
 blance or proportion; having fomc- 
 thing parallel. 
 
 Esercifc makes things eafy, that would be 
 ofhcrwifc vciy hard; a>, jii labour, watchings, 
 heats, and colds; and rl-.en thcic is fomething 
 .j>iiihgt,ui in the cjiercifc of the mind to that of 
 the body. It is foliy and infirmity that makes 
 us delicate and frowaid. VJyiranft. 
 
 Many importar.t confeqnenccs may be diav. n 
 from the obfcrvation of (lie moft common things, 
 and armlogaui rcafonings fjom the cauft» of them. 
 
 Al but knot . 
 
 2. It has the word lo before the thing to 
 which the rcler.iblancc is noted. 
 
 This iiicoipoieal fubllancc may have fome firt 
 of cxiftence, .innhgcui « corpoical cxtcnfioii ; 
 though ux have no adequate conception hereof. 
 
 ANA'LOGY. n.f [i.auvoc.-] 
 
 1. Relemblancc between things with re- 
 gard to fome circumllances or efled^s ; 
 as learning is faid to enlighten the mind ; 
 that is, it is to tlic mind what light is 
 to the eye, by enabling it to difcover 
 that which was hidden before. 
 
 From God it hath proceeded, that the church 
 hath evermoie held a piefcript fbrm of common 
 prayer, although not in all things every wherc^ 
 the fame, jet, for the moft part, retaining the 
 fame anult^y. liooin. 
 
 What I here obferve of extraordinary revtla- 
 tion and prophecy, will, by analogy and due 
 proportion, extend ticnto thofe communications 
 of God's will, that are requifitc te falvation. 
 
 2. \^'hen the thing, to which the analogy 
 is fuj.'pofed, happens to be mentioned, 
 analogy has after it the particles to or 
 •with ; when both the things arc men- 
 tioned after analogy, the particle hetiueen 
 or betwixt is ufed. 
 
 It the body politick liave any anahgy to the 
 natural, an atft of ohlivion were necelfary in 
 a hot dilUmpered ftate. Dtyien. 
 
 By att.ihgy iviih all other liquors and concretions, 
 the form ol the chaos, whether liquid or concrete, 
 could not be the fame with that of the ptefent 
 ^'"■'''- BiiMicl's 'Viiitry. 
 
 If wc make Juvcn.'il cxprefs the culloms of 
 our country, rather than of Rome, it is when 
 there was fome analogy liclit,Ut the culioms. 
 
 V,yJrr.: 
 
 3. By grammarians, it Is ufed to fignify 
 the agreement of feveral words in one 
 common mode ; as, from love h formed 
 loved; from hate, hated; from grieve, 
 grieved. 
 
 Ana'lVSIS. «./. [xtdf.vait.] 
 
 I. A feparation of a compound body into 
 the feveral parts of which it confifls. 
 
 There is an account of I'ew falling, in fome 
 places, in the form of butter, or grcafc, which 
 grows extremely fetid ; fo tl at the ,:„.;ly/ls cf 
 •.ho dew of any place, m.ay, perhaps, be Liic bcft
 
 _ A^ A 
 
 method of finding fuch contents of the foil as 
 ore within tl:e reach of tlic fun. ^!:iut!:'iet. 
 
 2. A confideiatioii of any thing in parts, 
 . fo as that one particular is fiilt conlidi:r- 
 
 ed, then another. 
 
 -■Inalyfif confifts in making experiments anO. 
 obfcrvatioils, and in drawing gener;il cunclufions 
 fi"oin them hy induction, and admitting of no 
 objeiaions bntl'uch as are taken from cxpciittients, 
 or other ctrtain truths. Nf-iyKn's Of tuts. 
 
 3. A lohuion of any thing, w'lether cor- 
 poreal or mental, to its firlt elements ; 
 a-, of a fentence to the tingle words; 
 of a compound word, to the particles 
 and' wo.'ds which, form it ; of a tune, 
 to fingle notes ; of an argument, to 
 fimple propofitions. 
 
 Wc canndt know ajiy thing of nature, but by 
 an aiiiilyfii of its true initial eaufcs ; till wc know 
 the firlf fpfingi, of natural motions, we arc Hill 
 bnt ignorants. ' CI invillc. 
 
 Analytical, ajj. [from anahjis.] 
 I. That refolves any tiling into llrll; pjiu- 
 qiples ; that feparatcs any compound. 
 See AN.iLYsis. 
 
 Either may be probably maintained again!! 
 the inaccuratenefs of the (wn/j.'/ra/ experiments 
 vulg-ariy relied on. Boyle. 
 
 .2. That proceeds by analyfis, or by taking 
 the parts of a compound into dilli[iCt 
 and particular conlideration. 
 
 Defcartcs hath here infinitely onttlone all the 
 phiioloplicrstnatwentheforchim, ingiving a par- 
 ticular .and cmiilytirul account of the univerfcl 
 fabrick : yet he intends his principles bnt' for 
 hypothcfes. CUumlk. 
 
 AiSaly'tically. adv. Sj\a\x\. aualpkaLI 
 In fuch a manner as feparates com- 
 pounds into fimples. See Analysis. 
 Analy'tick. adj. [/mAutix®-.] The 
 manner of refolving componnds into 
 the limple confllcuent or component 
 parts: applied chiefly to mental opera- 
 tions. 
 
 He was in Ingiek a great crilick, 
 Profonnuly IkilI'd ni.ai.i,y/'c,t. Uudihrat. 
 
 AH.ilyikk method takes the whole compound 
 as it finds it, whether itije a fpecies or an indivi- 
 dn:il, and leads ns into tiie knowledge of it, by 
 refolving into its fiill ;-rinciples, or parts, its ge- 
 nerick nature, and its fpccial properties; and 
 tliercfore it is called the method of rcfoluiiun. 
 
 IFatts' Logick. 
 
 To A'NALYZE. v. a. [i-.xXvo.] To re- 
 fblve a compound into its firft principles. 
 See Analysis. 
 
 Chetniftiy L'nabling us to depurate bodies, and 
 In f >;no mcnfure to an<i/yze them, and take aftm- 
 der their heterogeneous part?, in many chymi- 
 cal experiments, wc may, better than in otheis, 
 know what manner of bodies wc employ; art 
 having made them more liniplc or uncorapoiuid- 
 ed, than nature alone is wont to prclent liieni ds. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 To analyse the immorality of any .-iiflion nito 
 
 its, lalt principles ; if it be enquired, why fuch 
 
 an atTlion is ixt be avoided, tli* immediate anfwer 
 
 is, hecaufe it is lin. Morris'i Mlf. ell.inics. 
 
 V/hen the tcnteni'e is diftiiiguilhed into fuhjefl 
 
 and piedicate, propofition, argiimc.it, ait, object, 
 
 caufc, cfl'edt, adjuiiift, oppofite, &c. then it is 
 
 ij«<i/yif:/ analogically and nietapliyfically. This 
 
 kift is what is chicily meant hi the theological 
 
 ■ fchool,, when they fpcak of analyzing a text of 
 
 fcriptuie. IVatls' Lij^lri. 
 
 A'nalyzkr. n. f. [from To aiia/yzc] 
 
 That which has the power of analyzing. 
 
 Particular reafons incline mc fo doi.b: whether 
 
 the fire be the tiuc ami univctl'ai amlyzeru! mixt 
 
 JlOJl/c 
 
 bodies. 
 
 ANA 
 
 ANJMORPHO'SIS. n.J. [^'w' and ...c^-?^. ] 
 Deformation ; a perfpeftive piojeiflion 
 of any thing, fo that to the eye, at one 
 point of view, it fliall appear deformed, 
 in another, an exa£t and regular repre- 
 lentatlon. Sometimes it is made to_ap- 
 pear confnfeJ to t!ie naked eye, and 
 regular, when viewed in a minor of 
 a cert.'iin form. 
 ANA'NA. n.J. Tlie pineapple. 
 
 Tiie fpecies are, i. Oval-thaped pine-apple, 
 witli a whittlh ncdi. 2. pyiamidal pine-apjile, 
 wilh a yellow flefh. 3. Pijie-:i])ple, with fmooth 
 leaves. 4. Pine-apple, with fliininggicen leaves, 
 and fcarce any fpines on their edges. 5. The 
 olivc-colourcri pine. MilUr. 
 
 Wicncfs thou heft an.trta^ thou the pride 
 Of vegetable life, beyond whate'er 
 The poets 'unagM in the golden age. Thimf^n. 
 ANA'NA, ivilJ. The farhe \\\l\\ penguin. 
 ANAPHORA, n.f. \_y.,.^^..:i. ] A figure, 
 wlicn feveral claiifts of a fentence arc 
 begun tvith the fame viford, or found ; 
 as, JVhcre is ths wife ? JVhere is the 
 fcribe ? WJicrc is the difbuter of this tuorld? 
 Anaplero'tick. adj. [i/o■.w^v;pol.] Tliat 
 fills up any vacuity : ufed of applica- 
 tions which promote flefli. 
 A'NARCH. «._/: [See Anarchy.] An 
 author of confnfion. 
 
 Him thu^ tiie anarch old, 
 With fault'ring fpeech, and vifageincompos'd, 
 Anfwcr'd. Mllion. 
 
 Ana'rchical. adj. \{xaxn anarchy .'\ Con- 
 fuied ; without rule or government. 
 
 In this t;^<3r/:/;/'crf/and rebellious llatc of human 
 nature, the f.iculties belonging to the mateiial 
 woild prefumc to determine the nature of fub- 
 je<5ls belonging to the I'upreme Spirit. Cheyrie. 
 
 A'narchy. n. f. \_itrj,^y^.a.r\ Want of 
 government ; a ftate in which every 
 man is unaccountable ; a ftate without 
 rnagiftracy. 
 
 Where eldeft Night 
 And, Chaos, anccllors of N.ituie hold 
 Eternal ar.nrchy amidft the noife 
 Of endlefs wars, and by confufion ftand. Milt. 
 Arbitrary power is but the firll natural llcp 
 from anarchy, or the favagc lilc; the adjulling 
 power and freedom being an effcft and coole- 
 quence of maturcr tliinking. Sivift. 
 
 ANASARCA, n.f. [from a»a and tr:^^^. ] 
 A fort of dropfy, where the whole fiib- 
 ilance is Huffed withpituitous humours. 
 
 i^iincy. 
 
 When the lympha ftagnafes, or is extravafatcd 
 
 under the (kin, it is called an aiinfuru. .•jrlijth. 
 
 An asa'rCous. adj. \^i\om anafirca.l Re- 
 lating to an anafarca ; partaking of the 
 nature of an anafarca. 
 
 A gentlewoman laboured of an afcites, wilh 
 an aiitifatcoiti fwcUiug of her belly, thighs, and 
 legs. IViJtmaii. 
 
 Anastom a'tick. adj. [from d.j. and 
 To^-i.'\ That has 'he quality of opening 
 the velTels, or of removing obftruftions. 
 
 ANASTOMOSIS, n.f. ['from i i ^n^ 
 rj;ia.] The inofculation of velfels, or 
 the opening of one veflcl into another ; 
 as, of the arteries into the veins. 
 
 ANASTROPHE. n. f [■2,uTi:,<fn a pre- 
 poderous placing, from .'Jiarcf-Pw.] A 
 figure whereby wo.ds which (hoiild have 
 been precedent, are pollponcd. 
 
 ANATHEMA. . n.f [^..^V^-l 
 I. A curfe pronounced by ecckfiaflical 
 authority ; cxcommunieatiou. 
 
 ANA 
 
 Her bare atjuthemm f^ll but like fo m'&hy hruta 
 fuhnlnn upon the fchifm/.tica' ; who think thcm- 
 Iclves Ihrcwdly huit, forfooth, by being cut o!F 
 from the body, which they choofe not to be of. 
 iioutlt's Seit.KOns, 
 2. Tiie objeft of the curfe, or perfon 
 curled. This fcenis the original mean- 
 ing, though now little uft'd. 
 A N a T H E M a't I c A L . adj. [ fi'om anathema. ] 
 That has the properties of an anathema ; 
 that relates to an anathema. 
 An.athema'tically. ad-v. [from ana- 
 thematicid.] In an anathematical man- 
 ner. 
 To Atf athe'm atize. "j. a. [from ana- 
 thema.~\ To pronounce rccurfcd by eccle- 
 fialHcal authority; to excommunicate. 
 
 They were therefore to he anathemntixc.ly and, 
 with detcftation, branded and banilhed out of the 
 churi'h. llanitnofid. 
 
 An ati'ferous. adj. [from anas and 
 fsro, Lat.l Producing ducks. Not in 
 life. 
 
 li' there ha iinot'fcfoui trees, whofeton-uptioa 
 i'leiiks forth iiiio hanidcles; yet, it" they corriipr, 
 they degenciate into mnggoCs, whicli produ(fe 
 iKjt them :igain. liroTun' i, Vulgar Erjrours, 
 
 A N A 't O c I s M . n- f. [ anatocismus^ Lat • 
 cc:'y^;kiTfx,c.1 The acctinnilution of in- 
 tereft upon interell ; the addition of 
 the intertll due for money lent, to the 
 original fum, A fpecies of ufury gene- 
 rally forbidden. 
 Anato'mical. (:Jj. [from analomy.l 
 
 1. Relating or belonging to anatomy. 
 
 When wc arc taught by logick to view a thing 
 completely in all its parts, by the help of clJvi- 
 fion, it has the life of an ar^atomical kuifc, which 
 difleifls an animal hodv, and feparatcs the veins, 
 niteiies, nerves, mukles, membranes, ^c. and 
 Ihews us tie feveral parts which go To the com- 
 pofition of a complete anim.tl. if'ntn' Lcgick. 
 
 2. Proceeding upon principles taught in 
 anatomy ; confidered as the objcdl of 
 anatomy. 
 
 There is a natural, involimtary diilortion oi the 
 mufcles, wiiich is the anatomical caufc of laugh- 
 ter ; but there is another caufe of laughtei, which 
 decency requires. Siviji, 
 
 3. Anatomized ; difrc(5\ed ; feparated. 
 
 The continuation of fulithty is jpr to be con- 
 fined witii, and, if we will lo^'tk. into the minute 
 anafoniica/ parts uf matter, is little diftcient 
 from, hardnefs. Locke. 
 
 Anato'mically. a{{v . [ from an atomic 
 caL'\ In an anatomical manner; in the 
 fenfe of an anatomill ; according to the 
 dotlrine of anatomy. 
 
 While fome affirmed it had no gall, intending 
 only thereby no evidence of anger or fury, other,'; 
 haveconlh-ucd anufomicaZ/yf and denied that part 
 at all. Broivn'i l^'ulgai Errours. 
 
 Ana'tomist. //./. [a'talofAoc.] He that 
 lludies the ftrud^ure of animal bodies, 
 by means of diffctSlion; lie that divides 
 the bodies of animals, to difcovcr the 
 various parts. 
 
 jrintitom.jii adjudged, that if nature had beetv 
 fufttred to run her own couifc, without tliii fa- 
 tal interruption, he might have doubled his age« 
 
 Hence when anatomijli difcourfc, 
 How like brutes organs arc to ours ; 
 They grant, if higher. powers think fit, 
 A bear might foun be ntade a wit ; 
 And tliat, tor any thing in nature, 
 Pigs might fqucak love odes, dogs bark ^a^frer 
 
 Fitor, 
 
 To Ah/i'tomizv., V, a, [(^'wolf^cw.]
 
 A N C 
 
 A N G 
 
 A N C 
 
 1, To difTcfi an animal ; to divide the 
 body into its component or conllituent 
 parts. 
 
 Our iitdullry niuft even ttmUom'm every par- 
 ticle of that botly, which wc :uc to uphold. 
 
 Ihokfr. 
 
 2. To lay any tiling open diflindly, and 
 by minute parts. 
 
 I I'pcalc Ijut brotherly of him, but Oioiild [ 
 an.tt 7m: z.r liim to tlico as lie is, 1 niult blulh and 
 \vc(*p, and then rnuft look pale and wonder Shrik. 
 
 Tiion dark djltiii.5tions leal'on's light flif^uis'd, 
 And in:n aionis truth aniitorri!z.*J. Dcnham. 
 
 ANATOMY. //./ [.\^1;/^.«.] 
 
 1. The art of difTcfiing the body. 
 
 It is piovfibialiy faid, Foimic<£ Jua bil.'s i'tcjl^ 
 hnhet e[ m:rft\z J}>ffficm ; whcrcas tliefc parts *iwtr- 
 tamy ii.ilh nut dilcuvcrcd in infcdls. Itroton. 
 
 It is Clicic^'c ill the un.tiomy of the mind, as 
 in that of the body ; more good will nccruc to 
 mankind, by attending ru the large, open, and 
 peiccptible parts, tlun by ftudying too much 
 fiich fim-i m-rves .ind vcflcK, ns will for cvcrcf- 
 capc our obfuvation. Vcpc. 
 
 2. TIic do6irIne of tlie ftniclure of the 
 body*, kanied by diiTetf^ioii. 
 
 Let the niufclcs be well infeired and bound 
 togttlicr, according to the tcnowledgc of them 
 U'hik'h is gfivcu us by aKufomy. Dryden. 
 
 3. The wS. of dividing any thing, whether 
 
 corporeal or intellectual. 
 
 When a moneyed m'an h.ith divided hischcfts, 
 he fccmcrU to himfelf richer than he wiis ; 
 therefore, a way to ampfify any thing, is to 
 break it, and to make anatomy of it in feveral 
 parts. Ba-:')'}. 
 
 4. The body ftripped of its integuments ; 
 a flceleton. 
 
 Othnv my tongue were in the thunder's miuth, 
 Then with a pailion I would (hake the world, 
 And roufe from Ihcp thur fell afjaiomyy 
 Which cannot hear a fccbk lady's voice. Sh.ik. 
 
 5. By way of irony or ridicule, a thin 
 meagre perfon. 
 
 . They brought one Pinch, a liungrj' lean-fac'd 
 
 villain, 
 A vn^zcaiutomYi n mountebank, 
 A thrcad-buic j«iggler, and a fortune-teller, 
 A needy, hollow-cy'd, (liarp looking wretch, 
 A living dead man. Sh^ikfprine. 
 
 A'natron. v. f. The fc!im which fwims 
 upon the molten glafs in the furnace, 
 which, when taken off, melts In the air, 
 and then coagulates into common fait. 
 It is likewiie that fak which gathers 
 upon the walls of vaults. 
 A'nbury. n,J\ See Amburv. 
 A'NCESTOk. ff./. [ance/Ior, Lat. an- 
 ccjlre, Fr.] One from whom a perfon 
 defcends, either by the fathci' or the 
 mother. It is dillinguifhed from/r^- 
 diccfffjr ; wliich is not, like anceftory a 
 natural^ but civil denomination. An 
 hereditary monarch fucceeds to his aw 
 cejlor^ ; an eledl^ive to lils predcctjfors* 
 
 And fhc lies Imried with hci a-irjiorsy 
 O, in a Tomb where acvL-r fcaildal flcpr, 
 Save this of hcr's. Shakfpiare 
 
 Cham wa*; the paternal a»cejhr of Kinui, the 
 fathT of Ciiu<:, the grnndfaTlitr of Nlmi'od.; 
 whofefun was Beliii., the father of Nlntis. Ra'tigh. 
 Ohfcurc! why pr'ythec what am I? I know 
 My fjtl.cr, grandfirc, ;md great giandfire too : 
 If f.irtlier I drri\c my pedigree, 
 I can hut gucfs l>eyond the fouiih degvce. 
 The reft of my forgotten amtjhri 
 Were fons of caith like him, or fons of whores. 
 
 Diyden. 
 A'hgestrel, adj. [^Ynmanceflor.'] Claim- 
 * 4 
 
 cd from anceflors; relating to anccf- 
 toi-3 : a term of law. 
 
 Limilatioti in anions aticrflrel, was anciently 
 fo licrc in England. liali. 
 
 A'ncestky. n. /. [from anccjlor ] 
 1. Lineage; a ferics of anceilors, or pro- 
 genitors ; the perfons who compofe the 
 lineage. 
 
 Phcdon I higl.t, quoth he j and do advance 
 Mine amcjiry i\on\ famous Coradin, 
 Who firft 10 raife oui houfc to honour did begin. 
 
 Spcriffv. 
 A tenacious adherence to tiic rights and liber- 
 ties tranfmitted from a wife and virtuous an- 
 (ijlryy puhlick fpirii, and a love of one's coun- 
 try, arc the fupport and ornaments of govern- 
 ment. AdMfun. 
 
 Say from what fceptcr'd antffiryyz claim, 
 Recorded eminent in dcathlcfs fame r Fope. 
 
 3. The honour of dcfccnt ; birth. 
 
 Title and atwcf.ry render a good man more 11- 
 luitiiou.'^, but an ill one more contemptible. 
 
 AdAljoK. 
 
 A'nchentrv. n. f. [ftom a^icienf, and 
 th'erefore properly to be written an- 
 
 cientry,] Antiquity of a family ; anci- 
 ent dignity ; appearance or proof of an- 
 tiquity. 
 
 Wuoing, wedding, and repenting, is a Scotch 
 jig, a meafurc, and a cmque p;u;c ; the hrlt fuit 
 is hot and hally, like a Scotch jig, and full ai 
 fantaOical; the wedding mannerly modeft, as a 
 meafurc full of fVatc and it7ufitn.'iy \ and llicn 
 cuiucs vcpentahcc, and with his bad legs-falls into 
 the cinque pace farter and farter, till he finks 
 into his grave. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A'NCHOR. H./ [anchora, 'L-AU] 
 
 1. A heavy iron, compofetl of a long 
 fliank, having a ring at one end to 
 which the cable is faltcned, and at the 
 other branching out Into two arms or 
 flooks, tending upward, with barbs or 
 edtfcs on each fide. Its tile is to hold 
 the Ihip, by being fixed to the ground. 
 
 He f;i]d, .Tnd wept ; then fpread his fails before 
 The winds, nud rcach'd at lenj^th the Cunian 
 
 ffiorc ; 
 Their cnchor^ dropt, his crew the velTels moor, 
 
 2. It is ufed, by a metaphor, for any thing 
 which confers ftabih'ty sv fecuiity. 
 
 Which hope we have as an amiidr of the foul, 
 both fm^ and rtedfalf, and which entcreth into 
 that within the veil. Hebrews. 
 
 3. The forms of fpeech in which it is 
 moil commonly iifed, are, to cajl anchor, 
 to lie or ride lit anchuy. 
 
 The Turkilh general, jiercciving that the Rho- 
 dians would not he drawn forth to battle at fea, 
 withdrew his fleet, when cajling anchcr, and 
 landing his men, lie burnt the corn. ' KnolUi. 
 
 Ent'ring with the tide. 
 He dr^pp*d /ih anchoji, and his oars he ply'dj 
 F;:; I'd r-.ciy fail, and drawing dowr, the mail, 
 His vejfcl moor'd, and made with haulfers fait. 
 
 Drydai. 
 
 Far from your capital my (hip rcfidcs 
 At Rcitlirns, and fecurc at anchor tides, Vopc. 
 
 Ta A'NCHOIt. "v. tr. [from attc/joi:] 
 
 1. To call anchor ; to lie at anchor. 
 
 The tiihermcn that walk upon the beach 
 Appear like mice ; and yon tall anchoring^ bark 
 Diminifii'd to lier cock. Shakjiuati. 
 
 Ne.ir Calais the Spaniards aneA^f^t/, expcdting 
 tiicii land-foiccs, which came not. Itacon. 
 
 Or the Hrait couilc to rocky Chios plow. 
 And anrim- under Minios* Ihaggy brow. Vo^c. 
 
 2. To Hop at ; to reft on. 
 
 My intention, hearing not my tongue, 
 ylmhcn on Ilabel, ihaiffcarc. 
 
 To A'n'CHOR. t. a. 
 
 1 . To ]i<acc at anchor ; a.', he anchored 
 his fliip. 
 
 2. To fix on. 
 
 My tongue ftiould fo niy cars pot r.amc my 
 
 boyS) . . , . • 
 
 Till tliat my nails were ancioi*J in thine eyes, 
 
 « SUI/frnre. 
 
 A'nchor. n.f. S/miJ/ii-firr fecms to have 
 iifcd this word for ancLorel, oranablle- 
 inious rechifc perfon. 
 
 To defperation turn my triift and hope! 
 And awAci's cheer in prifon be my fcopt! Siii. 
 
 A'nchor-hod). ti.f. [from, ar.chor dnd 
 Jjo/d.] The held or faftiiefs of the 
 anchor; and, figuratively, fcciii;ity. 
 
 The old Englilh could cxpicfs moll aptly ?ll 
 the conceiis of iht mind in their own loni,niC, 
 without borrowing from any ; as for example : 
 the Ifoly fcrvice of God, which the Lajnis called 
 rji^icii, bccaufe it knitted the minds of men to- 
 gi thei, .;n(l nioll people of Jiurcpe have boriowed 
 
 , the fanic from thcni, they called moll fignifi- 
 cantly ruu fujhicji, as the one and only affurancfc 
 ant! fad <i>irhor-ho!J oi uuf iVul's health. Ca>r..!tn. 
 
 A'nchor.-smith. n.f. [from anchor and 
 fmith.'\ The maker or forger of anchofs'. 
 Smithing compieh:nds all trades which ufc 
 either fo.ge or lile, from vXicanchoi -fmitii to the 
 watch-maker; they all v/uiking by the fame 
 rtiles, though not with cqu?l cxaftnefs; and all 
 ufiiig the fame tools, though of feveial fizes. 
 
 Mcxcn. 
 
 A'kchorage. n.f. [from ar.chor.l 
 
 1. The liold of the anchor. 
 
 Let me rcfolvc whether there he indeed fuch 
 erticacy in nurture atid 6rtl production; for if 
 that fuppofal Ihould fail us, all our anchorage 
 were looie, and we fliould but wander in a wild 
 fe.i. Ifiitcn, 
 
 2. The fcl of anchors belonging to a fliip. , 
 ■ The hark that hath riifcharg'd her Height, 
 
 Rerurns with precious lading to tiie bay, 
 From whence at firft the weigh'd her aiicftiragf, 
 
 Shahfitit7£. 
 
 3. The duty ])ald for the liberty of an- 
 choring in a port. 
 
 A'ls'CHORED. parlic'ip. adj. [from To an^ 
 
 chor."\ Held by the anchor. 
 Like a wcll-twillcd cable, holding faft 
 
 Tiie anchor' A \'eli"el in the loudcft blalt. IV.iUcr. 
 A'nchoket. 1 n. f. [coiitracled from 
 A'n c h o r I t i; . J anachoret, cc':'ctx'-'i'i'ri:- ] A 
 
 reclule ; a hermit ; one that retires to 
 
 the more fevere duties of religion. 
 His poctr)' indeed he took along with liira ; 
 
 but he made that an anchoiiie as well as himfelf. 
 
 Sfr.U. 
 
 Yon defcribe fo well your hermitical Itatc of 
 life, that none of the ancient jnchotitcs could go 
 beyond you, foj ;*. cave in a rock, with a fine 
 Ipring, or any of the accommodations that befit 
 a folit.irv life. }*cpc, 
 
 Ancho'vy. n.f. [from anchova, Span, or 
 atichioc, Ital. of the fatne fignification.] 
 A little fea fifh, much ufed by way of 
 fauce or fcafoning. SaviTry, 
 
 We invent new fiuccs and pickles, which re- 
 femblc the aniinal ferment in tilfe and virtue, as 
 the (:illo-atid gravies of meat; the fait pickles 
 of hfh, anc/io-l'icSf oyilers. Vloycr. 
 
 A'NCIENT. aJj. \_anckn, Fr. ant'iquus, 
 Lat.] 
 
 I . Old ; that happened long fince ; of' , 
 old time; not modern. ylncicnt and 
 old are diftiiiguifhed ; old relates to the 
 duration of the thing ilfelf, as, an clJ 
 coat, a coat much worn ; and anc'cntf 
 to time in general, as, an ancient drel^ 
 L 2
 
 A N G 
 
 a habit ufed in former times. But this 
 is not always obferved, for we mention 
 oUcuJloms ; but though oldht fometimes 
 oppofed to modern, ancient is feldom op- 
 poled to neiv, but when mzu means 
 modern. 
 
 ^-Jr.miit temiic is .tliat whereby all the mn- 
 nours belonging to the ciown, in St. Edward's 
 or William the Conciucrour's days, did liold. 
 The number and names of wl.ich manours, a^ 
 all others belonging to common pcrfun';, he 
 ciufed to be written in a boolt, after a I'urvey 
 made of them, now remaining in the Exthcqiicr, 
 and called Drjomfday Book; and fuch as by that 
 book appealed to have belonged to the crown at 
 that time, arc called avcient demcfnes. Council. 
 
 2. Old ; that has been of long duration. 
 
 With the ancieri is wifdom, and in length of 
 
 days undcrftandiiig. J"!'- 
 
 Tliales afliims, that God comprehended all 
 
 things, and that God was of all things the moll 
 
 af/.unt, becaufc he never had any beginning. 
 
 Ri.'tig/:. 
 Induflry 
 Gave the tall ancient foreft to his axe. Thomjon. 
 
 3. Pall:; former. 
 
 I fee thy fury : if 1 longer ftay, 
 We fliall begin owx nnsif.i bickerings. Shakjp. 
 Ancient. «./. [from ancient, odj.'] 
 
 1. Thofe that lived in oW time were 
 called ancients, oppofed to the moderns. 
 
 And though the uiuienn thus their rules invade, 
 As kings difpenfe with laws themfelves have 
 
 made ; 
 Moderns, beware! orif you muft offend 
 Agaiiift the precept, ne'er iranfgrefs its end. 
 
 2. Senior. Not in ufe. 
 
 He touchcth it as a fpeciul pre-eminence of 
 Jiinias and Andronicus, that in chriftianity they 
 were his arcicnti. lli'A:r. 
 
 A'ncient. n.J'. 
 
 i. The flag or ftreamer of a (hip, and, 
 formerly, of a regiment. 
 
 ;. The bearer of a flag, as was Jncient 
 Hliol; whence, in prtftnt ufe, enfign. 
 
 This is OtI, Clio's imii,-nl, as I take it. 
 The fame indeed, a very valiant fellow. Sfmifp. 
 
 A'ncisntly. ad%>. [from ancieut.l In 
 old times. 
 
 Trebl,'i,nd atuuntlv pertained unto this ciown ; 
 new unjuftly pofiefled, and as unjuftly alml'ed, 
 bv thofe who' have neither title to hold it, nor 
 virtue to rule it. Siilnry. 
 
 The colcwoit is rot an enemy, though th.at 
 weie ,:r,cier:l,'v received, to the vine only, bul to 
 jnv other plant, bccaufi: it draweth ftiongly the 
 faueli juice of the earth. _ B.irr,,i. 
 
 A'.vciENTNF.ss. n.f. [from atieient.'\ An- 
 tiquity ; exillence from old times. 
 
 Tiic Fefceninc and Satin nian were the fame; 
 they were called Saturni.in from Clieir OTcVife/', 
 when Saturn reigned in Italy. ' Dndcn. 
 
 A'NCiENTRY. n. f. [from ancient.'] _ The 
 hqnxiDr-of-ancient lineage ; tlie dignity 
 
 of birth. 
 
 Of all nations under heaven the Spaniard is 
 the mort mingled and moll uncertain. Where- 
 fore, moll foolilhly do the Irilh think to enno- 
 ble themfelves, by wtciling thiir an.itnlry Irom 
 tiic Spaniard, who is unable to derive himfcU 
 fioni any in certain. Sftnfn on Inland. 
 
 There is nothing in the between, but getting 
 wenches with child, wionging the ancientry, 
 flc-iling, Aghtiug. Sludjpea,c. 
 
 Ancle. See Ankle. 
 
 A'ncony. «. /■ [in the iron mills.] A 
 bloom wroupht into the figure of a flat 
 iron bar, about three fool long, with 
 two ftpare rough knobs, one at each 
 <nJ. Chambers. 
 
 A N E 
 
 And. eonjundion. 
 
 1. The particle by which feutences or 
 terms are joined, which it is not eafy to 
 explain by any fynonimous word. 
 
 Sure Ins hoiiflty 
 Got him fmall gain;, but Ihameiefs Hauery 
 W/i./ filthy beverage, <i«i/unlccmly thitt, 
 .'Ind borrow bafe, and fomc good lady's gift. 
 
 *>f'/' ' ■ 
 
 What (hall I do to be for ever known, 
 .And make the age to come my own ? Cow!iy- 
 
 The Danes unconquer'd offspring inarch be- 
 hind ; 
 And Morini, the laft of human kind. Diydn,. 
 
 It fliall ever be my lludy to make dilcovcncs 
 of this nature in human life, and to fettle the pro ■ 
 per diftmftions between the virtues and per- 
 fcflions of mankind, and thofe falfe colours and 
 refemblances of them that fliiiic alike in the eyes 
 of the vulgar. Mdijon^ 
 
 2. And fometimes fignifies though, and 
 feems a contraftion of and ij. 
 
 It is the nature of extreme felf-lovers, as they 
 will fet an houle on fire, and it were but to roaft 
 their eggs. ^<'"^ 
 
 3. In audi/, the cnJis redundant, and is 
 omitted by all later writers. 
 
 I pray thee, Lauiicc, an' //thou fccft my boy, 
 Bid him m.ike haftc. Shatjftare. 
 
 A'ndiron. n.f. [fuppofcdby Skinner to 
 be corrupted from hand-iron ; an iron 
 that may be moved by the hand, or tnay 
 fupply the place of a hand.] Irons at 
 the end of a fire-grate, in which the fpit 
 turns ; or irons in which wood is laid to 
 
 burn. 
 
 Ifyoulhike an entire body, as an andiron 
 of brafs, at the top, it niaketh a mure treble 
 found, and at the bottom a baler. Bacon. 
 
 Andro'gyn.'vl. adj. [from dyv, and_>t;»>:.] 
 Having two fexes ; hermaphioditical. 
 
 Andro'gynally. adv. [from androgy 
 nal.] In the form of hermaphrodites ; 
 v/ith two' fexes. 
 
 The examples hereof have undergone no real 
 or new tranfexion, but were an.irogynnlly born, 
 and under feme kind of hermaphrodites. Brown. 
 
 Andro'gvnous. adj. The fame with an- 
 drogynal. 
 
 JNDRO'GTNUS. n.f. [See Andro- 
 CYNAL.] A hermaphrodite ; one that 
 is of both fexes. 
 
 Andro'tomy. n.J'. [from -'c'viifi'i'J "='.'•'•'■.=■'•] 
 The practice of culling human bodies. 
 
 ^ Dia. 
 
 A'NECDOTE. n.f. [ais'xJoTo'.] 
 
 1 . Something yet unpubliflied ; fecret liif- 
 
 tory. 
 
 Some modern anicdota aver, 
 He nodded ill his elbow chair. Pi'or. 
 
 2. It is now ufed, after the French, for a 
 biographical incident ; a minute palfage 
 of private life. ^ 
 
 An E M o'g R A p H Y. n./. [aV®-andy;Bf a'.] 
 The defcription of the winds, 
 
 Anemo'meter. n.f. [ansfA©- audfiiT^ti.] 
 An inftrument contrived to nieahire the 
 flrenglh or velocity of the wind. 
 
 JNE'MONE.n.f. {ivii>.u>r..'\ The wind- 
 
 Upon the top of its fingle ftalk, furrounriod 
 bv a leaf, is produced one naked flower, of 
 many petals, wlv'h many f.amina in the centre ; 
 the feeds arc colleftcd into an oblong head, and 
 furrounded with a copious down. The piinci- 
 pal colours in antmoniji, arc white, red, blue, 
 iuid purple, fometimes sutioudy inlcrroixed. 
 
 A N G 
 
 Wind flowers arc dlftingiiiflied into thofe with 
 ' broad and hard leaves, and thofe with narrow 
 and foft ones. The broad-leaved anemony root* 
 flrould be planted about ihe end of September. 
 Tliefe with fmall leaves muft not be put into the 
 ground till the end of October. Mortimer. 
 
 From the foft wing of vernal brecics Ihcd, 
 yUianwia, auriculas, cnrich'd 
 With (hining meal o'er all their velvet leaves. 
 
 Thorn Co n. 
 
 A'nemoscope. n.f. [i'l'i/i©- and axoT©.]. 
 A machine invented to foretel the 
 changes of the wind. It has been ob- 
 ferved, that hygrofcopes made of cat's 
 gut proved very good anemojcopes , fel- 
 dom failing, by the turning the index 
 about, to foretel the Ihifting of the 
 ^v[]](^. Chambers, 
 
 Anr.'tiT. prep. A word ufed in the Scotch. 
 dialeft. 
 
 1. Concerning; about; as, he fa! d nothing. 
 anent this particular. 
 
 2. Over againrt ; oppofite to ; as, helivet 
 anent the market-houfe. 
 
 Anes. ■) n.f. The fpires or beards of 
 
 AwNs.j corn. Ottt. 
 
 A'niurism. ?/.y^ [i»»iu;u'»a.] A difeafe 
 of the arteries, in which, either by a 
 preternatural weaknefs of any part of 
 them, they become exceffively dilated ; 
 or, bv a wound through their coats, the 
 blood is extravafated umongft the adja- 
 cent cavities. Sharp. 
 In the orifice, there was a throbbing of the 
 arterial blood, as in an aneurijm. Wifeman, 
 
 Ank'w. adv. [from a and neiv.'\ 
 
 1 . Over again ; another time ; repeatedly. 
 This is the moR common ule. 
 
 Nor, if at mifchicf taken, on the grouBtl 
 Be llaui, but pris'ners to the pillars bound. 
 At either barrier plac'd ; nor captives made, 
 Be freed, or, atm'd anciu, the fight invade. 
 
 Dryien^ 
 
 That, as inbiith, in beauty you excel. 
 The nuilr miglit dictate, and the poet tcH : 
 Your ait no othci art can fpcak ; and you. 
 To ilicw how well you pl.iy, mult play aneiu. 
 
 I'rior. 
 
 The mlfcries uf the civil war did, for many 
 years, deter the iniiabitants of our iflaud from 
 the thoughts of engaging anew in fuch defperate 
 und. rtakings. Addi/cn. 
 
 2. Newly ; in a new manner. 
 
 He who begins late, is obliged Xo (urm nm-iv 
 the iv!u:lc difpofnion of hi^ foul, to accpiiie new 
 habits of life, to praitile duties to which he is 
 utterly a llranger. Rogers, 
 
 .Vnfra'ctuose. 1^ arij. [froin anafrailus, 
 Anfra'ctuovs. 5 Lai.] Winding ; ma- 
 zy J full of turnings and winding paf- 
 
 fages. 
 
 Behind the drum arc feveral vaults and an- 
 fiafUof: c.uitics in the ear-bone, fo to intenrl 
 the leaft found im.iginablc, that the fciife miglit 
 be allefted with it; as we fee in lubt^nnneous 
 caves and vaults, how the found is redoubled. 
 
 R.'y. 
 
 Antra'ctuovsness. n.f. {'txom aifrac- 
 tuous.] Fulnefs of windings and turn- 
 iiigs. 
 
 Anfra'cture. n.f. [from anfraBus, 
 I.at.] A turning ; a mazy winding 
 and turning. ^'^• 
 
 A'NGEL. n.f [ajfiv-.:; angclus, h^l.'] 
 
 I Originally a nKfiVnger. A fpuit em- 
 ployed by Cod in the admlniilralioii oi 
 humiin affairs.
 
 A N G 
 
 Some holy angel 
 riy to tlic couit of England, ami unfold 
 His mclTjgc crc he come, S'l-ii/ptarc 
 
 Had wc fuch a knowledge of tlx conllitutii'n 
 of mnn, as it is ['olTiblc angn's h.ue, and it is 
 ccilain his Maker has; we IhouUl have a liUUc 
 ottici idea of his cnViicc. l^orke. 
 
 2. Angd is fometimus ufcJ in a bad fciifc ; 
 as, iiitgcls ofihirknefs. 
 
 And tlicy liad a king over tlicm, which w<\» 
 the stigrl of the l.ottomlofs pit. KiX-eU't-xm. 
 
 3. yln^dj in fcripture, fixiielimes means 
 mnn of God, prophet. 
 
 4. An"cl is tiled, in the flylc of Ibvc, for a 
 beautitiil peslim. 
 
 Thou hall the l"wcctci\ face I ever luok'd om. 
 Sir, as I have a foul, llle 13 an .i/.'i;,.-/. Sh.dj^- 
 
 5. A picct: of money anciently coined and 
 imprcfTed with an augcl, in memory of 
 an obfervation of pope (}re;rory, that the 
 pagan Angli, or Enghfti, were fo beauti- 
 ful, that, if they were chrillians, they 
 would be angAi, or angdu The coin 
 was rated at ten ihlUingb. 
 
 Take an em\)ty baton, init an <ingd of gold, 
 or what you will, into it; then go fo far horn 
 the liafon, till you cannot fee the <i'ig>/, Lecaufc 
 it is not in a right line ; tlwn lill the bafon with 
 water, and you will fee it out of its place, be- 
 caufe of the reliction. Bacon. 
 
 Shake the bags 
 Of h(»arding ahhots j their imprilon'd angds 
 Set thou at liberty. Sli,ikjptare. 
 
 A'noel. tidi. llefemblitig angels; ange- 
 lical. 
 
 I have iiiavk'd 
 A thoii-fand hhilhing apparitions 
 Start into her i.\ce ; a tlmufaad innocent Ihimes 
 In angel whitem fs bear away thole blulhes. Shut. 
 
 Or virgins vifited by .jnjt/ powers, 
 With golden crowns, and wreathes of hcav'nly 
 flow'r;. Ihpc'i R^ipc -/ tlif I.tcf. 
 
 A'ngei.-like. adj. [from ««j^c7 and /i/v.] 
 Rel'embling an angel. 
 
 I 1 l.ea\ 'n itlelf tliuu luie weit drcll 
 With that nngcl-likc difguifc. IValhr. 
 
 A'noi;l-shot. n. /. [perhaps properly 
 angle-Jhot, being folden to^'cther with a 
 hinge.] Chaiii-lhot being a cannon bul- 
 let cut in two, and the halves being 
 joined together by a chain. Diet. 
 
 ANGELICA, n. f. [Lat. alt iirigdica vir- 
 lule.] A plant. 
 
 It has xvinged leaves divided into large feg- 
 nit-nts ; itj iVilks arc hollow and jointed; the 
 floAcri glow in an umbel upon the lops of the 
 llalks, and conlill of live leaves, fuccccdcd by 
 two large chanmllod feeds. The fpccies are, 
 I. Common or manmtd angdica. 2. Greater 
 wild an^iUca. :•. Shining Canada a^igdica. 
 4. Mountain perennial angdica^ with columbine 
 leaves. .Mi.'i.-r. 
 
 ANGELICA, n.f. (Berry bearing) [a/vi- 
 //«, I>at.] A plant. 
 
 The flower conlills of many leaves, expanding 
 in fuim of a role, which are naked, growing on 
 the top of the ovary : thefe Huwcrs arc fueceeited 
 by globular fruits, which are foft and fucculent, 
 and lull of oblong feeds. Mdltr, 
 
 Ange'lical.) ,• r /• T ..t r 
 
 , > aau tannlicus, i_iat.j 
 
 Angf. lick, j .< l e> 
 
 1. Rcferabliiig angels. 
 
 It dil'covercth unto us the glorious works of 
 God, and canieth up, with an a-'gelical fwift- 
 ncfs, our cyts, tiiat our mind, being informed 
 of his vifiblc marvels, may continually travel 
 upward. Raleigh. 
 
 2. Partaking of the nature of angels; above 
 liuman. 
 
 Others more milr), 
 Retrc.-ited in a Aleut valley, fmg 
 
 A N G 
 
 With notes <i«gt//ej/io many a harp 
 
 Their own licroick deeds, and hapicfs fall 
 
 By douin of battle. Milltn. 
 
 Here li ippy creature, fair itngeh'ck Eve, 
 Partake thuu alfo. Milun. 
 
 My fimy foiin'd thee o! an^dick kind, 
 Some tin inaiion of th' all-beaiitcous mind. V'-pc. 
 
 3. Bclanging to angels ; fulling the nature 
 or dignity of angels. 
 
 It may In cneouiagenient to confuler the plta- 
 fure of fpcculations, which do ravilh and fuh- 
 linie the thoughts with more clear ivigdical con- 
 Imtnuiits. ll'ilklni' O rd.i/iis. 
 
 ANt;r'Lic Ai.NESs. ti.f. [{rotn angdiail.] 
 The (juality of being angelical ; relein- 
 blancc of angels ; excellence more than 
 human. 
 
 A'ngelot. II. /. A nnifical inilrunient 
 iomewhat rcfcmbling a lute. Diil. 
 
 A'NGER. n.f. [A word of no certain 
 etymology, but, with moll pnibability, 
 derived by Slinm-r from anj^e. Sax. 
 i'ix/d; which, however, feems to come 
 originally from the Latin argo.^ 
 
 1. Uneafincfs or difcompofnrc of the mind, 
 upon the receipt of any injury, with a 
 prefent purpofe of levenge. Z-ocie. 
 
 j^'iger is like 
 A full hot horfe, who being allow'd his way. 
 Self-mettle tires him, Shakjpeaie. 
 
 Was the Lord difpleafed againlt the rivers ? 
 was thine rf/:^fr agalnlt the rivers, was thy wiath 
 againil the fca, tiiai thou didll ride upon thine 
 lurfes and thy chariots of falvatlo)! ? llahb. 
 
 Au^cr is, accordinj^ to lome, a tranficnt 
 hatred, or at Icall \try like it. S'.,;i[h_ 
 
 2. Pain, orfmait, of a fore or fwtlling. In 
 this fenfe it feems plainly deducible from 
 lingo r. 
 
 I made the experiment, fetting the mo.xa 
 where the iirll violence of my pain began, and 
 whtre the greatcil j«i»:'r_antl lorcnels rtill eun- 
 tinued, notwithftanding the fwclling of my foot. 
 
 7V,.;./... 
 
 To A'ngf.r. 1;. a. [from tlie noun.] 
 
 1, To make augry ; to provoke; to en- 
 rage. 
 
 Wlio would rt;j?[-r tl;c mc.uKfl aitifji), wiiitii 
 c.irrieth a good niiiid ? Jlwiktr. 
 
 Somorimc-; he t:fj(r,-ri mcj 
 With telling mc uf the moIdw.iip.iml the aiif. 
 
 Sha.L'ffLtire, 
 
 There \vc\x lome latt t^xes and, imptjiitioiu 
 inlioduced, wliich raliicr angettU than i^iicvcd 
 the pco^il;-. CLirtthlon. 
 
 It <i/;e; f './ Tuiennc, oni-c upon a day, 
 Tofec:rfuutman kick'd that took his pay. Pd/f. 
 
 2. To make painful. 
 
 He turncth the humours Lack, and makcth 
 the wound bleed inwards, and ungerctft m.'iligr. 
 ulcers and pernicious impolthuniations. Bticm. 
 A'n'gerlv. cuh, [from at!get\~] In an an- 
 gry manner, like one ofFendcd : it is now 
 written angrily, 
 Whvj how now, Hccat ? you louk ii-vi/.-'V. 
 
 Such jeliers dilhonelf indilcretion, is rather 
 charitably to he pitied, tiiaa their exception ci- 
 ther itngerly to be grieved at, or ferioully to be 
 confuted. Ctimi,-. 
 
 Angio'graphy. n.f. [from cfyfim and 
 ^paj'D.] A defcription of vefTcls in the 
 human body ; nerves, veins, arteries, 
 and lymphaticks. 
 
 Angio'logy. n.f. [from a'-z.^tic.; and xcye;.] 
 A treatife or "difceurfe of the veflels of 
 a human body. 
 
 An G 10 M o N o s p e'r M ou s. aiij. [from 
 ftvf.ioo i^oiiu and crn-ijf*^.] Such plants 
 
 A N G 
 
 as have but one finglc feed in the feed- 
 pod. 
 
 Angio'pomy. n.f. [from KyFi'^t, and 
 Ti/Mi, to cut.] A cutting open of the 
 vclTeh, as in the opening of a vein or 
 artery. 
 
 A'KGLE. «.yi [angle, Yr. angidus, Lit."] 
 The fpace intercepted between twt> 
 lines interfering or meeting, fo as, if 
 continued, they would iiiterfeft each 
 other. 
 
 An^Ic of the centre of a circ/e, is an an^i! whofe 
 vertex, or angular point, is at the centre of a 
 encle, and wliofe legs arc two fcmidiameters of 
 that circle. Sione*i Dtti. 
 
 ANGLE, n. f. [^angd, German and 
 
 Dutch.] An inlirument to take fifh, 
 
 confiding of a rod, a line, and a hook. 
 
 She .ilfu h.id an <i»gU in her hand; but the 
 
 taker was I'o taken, that (he had forgotten taking. 
 
 SiJnej', 
 Give me thine angle, we'll to th.c river thercy 
 My miilick playing far olV, I will betray 
 Tawny-him'd hlh ; my bending liouk ftiall 
 
 pierce 
 Their flimy jaws, Shakfpeare, 
 
 The patient lilher takes his filent fiand, 
 Iiucnr, liis izttglr trembling in his hand ; 
 With luoks unmov'd, he hopes the fcaly breed, 
 And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed. 
 
 To A'xGLE. v.n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fifli with a rod and hook. 
 
 The ladies argl'rti^ in the v lylljl lake, 
 Fe.ill on the waters with the prey they take, 
 
 n\,Utr. 
 
 2. To try to gain by fome infinuating ar- 
 tiliccs, as fillies are caught by a bait. 
 
 li he ipakc coiirteoufly, he <j'1(^A"(/ the peojdc's 
 hearts : if he were lilcnt, he muled upon fome 
 d.nigciobs plot. Shh:f^-. 
 
 By this face. 
 This feeming brow of jullice, did he win 
 The hearts of all that he did angle lor. Shalf^i 
 
 The pleafant'ft angling is to ice the filh 
 Cut with her golden oars the lilvtr itream, 
 iVnd greedily deviuir the treacherous bait; 
 So tingle wc for Keatrice. Shakf:-:are, 
 
 ANGLr-ROD. n.f. \_,ingd roede, Dtitch.] 
 The (lick to which the line and hook 
 aie hung. 
 
 It dilVcreth much In grcatnefs ; the fmalUft 
 being lit f.ir thatching of houfcs ; the fecond big- 
 Uffs is ufed tur angJt-rcrli ; and, in China, for 
 b'-ating of uftendeis upon the tnii-lis. iiacon. 
 
 He makes a May-fly ro a mir.ncle, and fur- 
 nilhts tb.e whole country v:\{]:\ angU.rodi. AUj. 
 
 A'ngler. n. f. [from ungle.} He that 
 fifhes with an angle. 
 
 He, like a patient (inciter, Pre he fVrcfilc, 
 Would let them play a while u^oii the hook, 
 
 VryJin, 
 
 Neither d.< birds alone, but m.iny forts of 
 
 fifhes, feed upon infedts ; as is well known '.0 
 
 .tights, who hai: their hooks nith them. ku;. 
 
 A'nglicis.m. n.f. [ivorc. Ar.glus, Lat.i 
 A form of fpcech peculiar 10 the EugUfti 
 laHguage; an Englifti idiom. 
 
 They corrupt their rtilc witli untutored aiigli- 
 "7"". Milton. 
 
 A'sc.ontR. r., f. A kind of pear. 
 A'NGOt/R. n.f. [angor, Lat. j Pain. 
 
 If the patient be lurpiil'rd with a lipothyrreris 
 angi'ir, and great oppieiliun about the I'liitnavh, 
 expcdl no .'clief fiom cord^uli. Ilarie^. 
 
 A'ngkily. adv. [from ttngry.] In an 
 angry manner; furioully ; peevifttly. 
 I will fit as quut as 3 lamb ; 
 I will no: flii-, nor wince, nor I'peak a word. 
 Nor look upo.T t'.'.'^ iron aigtUy. Si.ik yta,...
 
 A N G 
 
 A'Nr-.RY. ailj. [from atigi-r-^ 
 
 1- Touched with anger ; provoked. 
 
 Oil kt not the Lurd be a^igry^ anti I will ('peak 
 p.'i.tdventurc thtie Hull be tiiirty found ch.erc. 
 
 Gn-.ffn. 
 
 2. It feems proper!)' to require, when the 
 objeft of anger is mentioned, the par- 
 ticle at before a thing, and <whh before 
 a perfoii ;but this is r.otalvvays obfcrved. 
 Your Coriol.inus is nut much miiTcd, but with 
 liis friends ; the commonwralth doth Hand, and 
 fo would do, wore he angry r.t it. Shakjji. 
 
 Now therefo)c be not grieved, noi' angry luith 
 ^•ourfclves, that ye fold tne hither: for God did 
 fend me before yon to prefcrve life. Genefn. 
 
 I think it a vaft plcafurc, that whenever two 
 people of merit regaid one anotlier, lo many 
 fcoundrels ctivy and are angry fit them. SiiJifr. 
 3. Havirig the appearance of anger ; 
 having the effeft of anger. 
 
 The north wind driveth away rain : fo dotli 
 an njrgry countenance a hr.ckbiting tongue. Vicv. 
 \. In chirurger)', painful; inflamed; 
 fmarting. 
 
 This feruni, being accompanied by the thinner 
 gilts of the blood, grows red and angry; and, 
 wanting its due rcgrefs into the maf.s, fiiit ga- 
 thers into a hard fwcUing, and, in a lew days, 
 ripens into matter, and fo difchaigeth. jl'ifcman 
 A'nguish. n./. [angoife,'P\-. angary Lat.] 
 •Exccdive pail) eitlier of mind or body: 
 a])p!ied to the mind, it means llie paiti 
 offoi-rcw, and is fcldom ufed to fignify 
 other paffions. 
 
 Not all fo cheerful feemcd ihe of fight. 
 As was her filter ; whether dread did dwell. 
 Or anguijl:, in her heart, is hard to tell. FahyQ. 
 
 Virtue's but ari^uijk^ when 'tis feveral. 
 By occafion wak'd, and CHCumltanti.nl ; 
 True virtue's foul's always in all deeds all. Donne, 
 They had pcifecutors, wiiofe invention was 
 as great a. their cruelty. Wit and malice con- 
 fpii-ed to hnd out fuch deaths, and thofe of fuch 
 incredible anguijij^ that only the manner of 
 dying was the punilhment, death itfcif the de- 
 liveiance. South. 
 
 Perpetual angutjh fills his anxious hrcaft, 
 Not ftopt by biifinefs, nor compos'd by reft; 
 "^o mufick checls him, nor no ieaft can pleafe. 
 
 J)rydcr.. 
 
 A'nguished. adj. [h-omangu'i/lj.~\ Seized 
 with anguifh ; tortured ; exceffivcly 
 pained. Not in ufc. 
 
 Feci no touch 
 Of confcience, but of fame, and be 
 jlnguiji'd, not that 'twas fin, but ih.at 'twas flic. 
 
 Jeanne. 
 A'itavLAR. adj. [from <jH^/i?.] 
 
 1. Having angles or corners ; cornered. 
 
 As for the figure of cryil.tl, it is for the moft 
 part hexagonal, or fix cornered, being built 
 upon a confuted matter, fiom whence, as it 
 weie from a roet, angjilur figures arife, even as 
 in tiieametliyft and bafakes. Brciun. 
 
 2. Confiding of an angle. 
 
 The riiftance of the edges of the knives from 
 one another, at the dift.mce of (our inches from 
 the angular point, where tiie edges of the knives 
 meet, was the eighth part of an inch. Nfwton. 
 Angola'rity. «.yi [from a«g-H/flr.] The 
 quality of being angular, or having 
 corners. 
 A'ngulari.y.o«'t. [from angular.] With 
 angles or corners. 
 
 Another part of the fame fulution afforded us 
 an ice angularly figured. Boyle. 
 
 A'ngulauness. n. /. [from angular-Y" 
 
 The cpiality of being angular. 
 A'n g u l at f. u . adj. [ from angle. ] Formed 
 
 with angles or corners. 
 
 A N I 
 
 Topazes, amethyits, or eiiKialds, which grow 
 in the fiflUres, arc ordinarily cryllaU:zed, or 
 fhoi into angulaied figuies; wbercas, in the 
 ifiata, they arc found in rude lumps, like yel- 
 low, purple, and green pebbles. IVoodvjard. 
 
 Angi'Lo'sity. n.f. [from angu/oiis.] An- 
 gularity ; cornered form. Did. 
 A'ngulous. r.dj. [from angle.] Hooked ; 
 angular. 
 
 Nor can ir be a difference, that riie parts of 
 folid bodies are held together by books, and an- 
 guiuui invojucions ; fince tic coherence of the 
 parts of tbefe wiil be of as dilficuit a eonception. 
 
 Glannjille, 
 
 AiiGu'sT. adj. \_angujliis, Lat.] Narrow ; 
 
 ftrait. 
 Angusta'tjoi^. ?;. /. [froin angiijliu.] 
 The atl of making narrow ; ftraiten- 
 ing ; the ftate of being narrowed. 
 
 The caufe may be referred either to the gru- 
 moulnefs of the blood, or 10 obflrudion of the 
 \cin I'omewhcie in its paffigo, by fome nngufia- 
 tion upon it by part of the tumour. JViJeman. 
 
 A N hei-a'tion. K.y! [Wjf/o, Lat.] The 
 aft of panting; the ilate of being out 
 of breath. 
 AnHelo'se. «^^'. [fl;;ic/,/.r, Lat.] Out of 
 breath; panting; labouring of 'being 
 out of breath. Di&. 
 
 AKri:'NTED. adj. \_aiiear:lir, Fr.] Fruf- 
 
 trated ; bi-oirght lo nothing. 
 Ani'giits. ad^'. [from a for at, and night.] 
 In the night time. 
 
 Sir Toby, you mulf come in earlier anights; 
 my lady takes great exceptions at your ill hours. 
 
 Shahfpcare. 
 
 A'n 1 l. n. f. The (hrub from whofe leaves 
 and ftalks indigo is prepared. 
 
 Ani'leness. \ n.f. [anilttas, Lat.] The 
 
 Ani'lity. j ftate of being an old wo- 
 man ; the old age of women. 
 
 A'nimable. adj. [from animate.] That 
 may be put into life, or receive anima- 
 tion. Bid. 
 
 Animadve'rsion. n. f. [an'imadverfio, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Reproof; fevere cenfure ; blame. 
 
 He difmilVed their commiflioners with fcver< 
 and fharp d«/w(i(/7,'£'r/?!5//i. C/arer.don 
 
 2. PuuKliment. When the objeft of rtni- 
 madverjion is mentioned, it has the par- ' 
 tide on or upon before it. 
 
 When a bill is debating in parliament, it is 
 ufual to h.ive the conrruverfy handled by pam- 
 piilets on holh fides; without the Itaft aminaj- 
 iiirfmn nfon the authors. S'.vift. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 An ccclcfiartical cenfure, and an ecdcfiaftical 
 animadvetfion^ are ditTerent things; lor a cen- 
 fure has a relation to a fpiritual punifliment ; but 
 an anhnaMtnjion has only a refpe<5l lo a temporal 
 one; as, dcgrad.ilion, and the delivciing the 
 perfon over to the lecular court. AyUjje. 
 
 4. Perception; power of notice. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 The foul is ihe fole percipient which hath an:- 
 madwifion and fenfe, properly fo called. 
 
 Glamnlle. 
 
 .^nimadve'rsive, adj.[frQm animadvert . J 
 That has the power of perceiving ; per- 
 cipient. Not in ufe. 
 
 The icprefentation of objeifts lo the foul, the 
 only unimadvafive piinciple, is conveyed by 
 motions made on the immediate organs of fenfe, 
 
 GlanvllU. 
 
 ANiMADVE'asfVENESS. n.f. [from am- 
 madverfive,] The power of animad- 
 verting, or making judgment. Did. 
 
 n. [ati'imaJ- 
 
 A N I 
 
 To ANIMADVE'RT. v. 
 
 verto, Lat.] 
 
 1. To pafs ccnfurcs upon. 
 
 I fiiould not an/njaJiiert on him, who was a 
 painful oblervcr of the decorum of the Aage, if 
 he had not ulcd cxti enic fcveriiy in his judg- 
 ment of the incomp.irable Shakefpeare. Drydm. 
 
 2. To infliil punirhments. In both fenfes 
 with the particle upon. 
 
 If the Author of llie univerfc anifr-adtfirtm^'on 
 men here below, how much more will it become 
 him 10 do it upon their entrance into a higher 
 flate.of being ? Grriu. 
 
 Animadve'rtee. n.yi [iromammadvert.] 
 He that pall'es cenfures, or inllifts pu- 
 nillimeiits. 
 
 God is a firi(^ olifcrvcr of, and a fevere cni" 
 madi'erter upon^ fuch as prefume to partake of 
 thofe rayfteries, witliout fuch a preparation. Houfh. 
 A'NIMAL. n.f. [animal, Lat.] 
 I. A living creature corporeal, drftin6>, 
 on the one fide, from pure fpirit ; oti 
 the other, from inere matter. 
 
 Animals are fuch beings, which, 
 befide the power of growing and pro- 
 ducing their like, as plants and vegeta- 
 bles have, are endowed alfo with fenfa- 
 tion and fpontaneous motion. Mr. Ray 
 gives two fchemes of tables of them. 
 
 ^nimali are cither 
 fSanguineotis, that is, fuch as have blood, wbicK 
 breathe either by 
 f Lungs, having either 
 
 I fTwo ventricles in their heart, and thofe 
 I I either 
 Viv 
 
 < 
 
 t Vivip.iroii.';, 
 3 S Aqiiatick, as the wlialc kind, 
 j Z Tcircltiiiil, as qua(!rupcds ; 
 C OvjpjiouE, as birds. 
 
 I But one vcntiicJe in the heart, as frogSj 
 1 toitoifcs, and ferpcnts. 
 
 I^Gills, as all lan^uineous hflicsj except the 
 VVhiiIe kind. 
 I Exfaiiguincou.s, or witliout blood, which ma/ 
 
 be divided into 
 fGrcatcr, and tiioie cither 
 
 If Naked, 
 J JTcircftrial, as naked fnaiis. 
 , / 1 Aquatick, .'is the poul]), cuttle-filh, t^Z\ 
 I t. Covered with a tegument, cither 
 K 5 ^'iirtaceous, as lobiicii and crab-fifh. 
 I Z Tcft.iceuusj cither 
 
 If Univalve, as limpets; 
 \ Bivalve, as oyftcis, murclcs, cockles; 
 I Tuibinate, as periwinkles, fnaiU, &c. 
 LLeficr, as infers of all furts. 
 V Ivipaious hairy fl«"«d.'jjOrquadrupeds, arc either 
 "Hoofed, which aro either 
 V Wiiole-footcd or hoofed, as thchorfe nnd afs; 
 \ Cl'Acn-footcd, having the hoof divided into 
 f Two princip.TJ parts, called bifulca, eitlicf 
 f Such as ciicw not tiie cud, as Iwinc; 
 \ Ruminant, or fuch )is chew the cud; dU 
 t vided into 
 Such as have perpetual and hollow hoins, 
 C Beel'-kind, 
 J Shcep-kliid, 
 C Goat-kind. 
 
 Such as have folid, hranclied, and deci- 
 duous hoius, as the dccr-kind. 
 ^Four part.s, or quadrUuka, as tlic rhinoceros 
 and hippopotamus. 
 Lciawtd or digitate, having the foot divided into 
 r Two parts or toes, having two nails, as the 
 < ranicl-kind; 
 t Many toes or cIaws ; cither 
 5 Undivided, as tne elephant; 
 \ Divided, which havL- cither 
 C Broad nails, and an human fhapc,asapcs ; 
 \ Nairowcr, and move pon,tcd naiis, 
 which, in ref|x;ft of theii teeth, aic divided into 
 fuch as have
 
 A N 1 
 
 f M:iiiy fovetectli, ur cutlets, in cncli j.i\y j 
 
 \ r A Ihoi tcv fnout and rounder liend, as tlic 
 < < (:;it-kintl; 
 
 I A longer fnout anrt l\cad, as the doj-kind. 
 The Icffii, tlic vermin iir weaicl-kinH. 
 Only twj large and rtmnrluMc forctectli, all 
 wliicli arc'ijliytivorous, and arc called the 
 hare-kind. » , *''V- 
 
 Vegetables are proper enough to repalr<i«f>».i/j, 
 as being near of the fame f;iccifick gravity 
 with tiie animal juices, and as cunlifting of 
 the fame parts with animal fubflanccs, Ipirit, 
 water, fait, oil, earth ; all which arc cojitaincd in 
 the fap they derive from fhc earth. ^rbuthmt. 
 Some of the animated fubftanccs have various 
 organical or inftiumcntal parts, fitted for a varie- 
 ty of motions from phaec to place, and a Iprnig 
 of life within thcmfelves, as beafts, birds, hlhcs, 
 and infeifls ; thcfe are called tiriima/s. Other 
 animated fubliances are called vegetables, which 
 have within themfelves the principles ot another 
 fort of life and growth, and of vaiious pro- 
 duflious of leaves and fruit, fuch as we fee in 
 plants, herbs, and trees. IVmis' Log/ct. 
 
 2. By way of contempt, we fay of a ftupid 
 
 man, that he is ^Jlupid animal. 
 A'nim.^l. ndj. [animu/is, Lat.] 
 
 1 . That belongs ov relates to animals. 
 
 There are things in the world of I'pirits, 
 wherein our ideas arc very dark and confnfed ; 
 feci) as their union with animal nature, the way 
 of their aiting on material beings, and then- 
 convcrfe with each other. iVatis* Lngick. 
 
 2. jinimal funflions, diftinguidied from 
 natural 3.nA -vital, are the lower powers 
 of the mind, as the will, meinory, and 
 imagination. 
 
 3. ./^n/ma^life is oppofed, on one fide, to 
 intJkHiial, and, on the other, to w^f- 
 tabft. 
 
 A, Animal is ufcd in oppofition to fpiritual 
 o\ rational; as, the anima/ nature. 
 
 Anima'lcule. «./. [aiiimalctili/m, Lat.] 
 A fmall animal ; particularly thofe which 
 are in their lirft and fmallcft ftate. 
 
 Wc aic to know, tnat they all come of the 
 
 feed of animti.'iittei of ttieir own kind, that were 
 
 before laid there. Ray. 
 
 Anima'lity. n. f. [from rtfliffia/.] The 
 
 ftate of animal exilt'-nce. 
 
 The word animal firft only fignifies human 
 animaiily. In the minor propiihtion, thewoid 
 animal, for the fame reafjn, hgnitrcs therf'i/w.i- 
 lity of a goofe ; thereby it becomes an ambigu- 
 ous term, and unfit to build the cunctufion upon. 
 
 tVatti. 
 
 To A'NIMATE. v. a. [an/mo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To quicken; to make alive; to give 
 life to : as, the foul animates the body ; 
 man mull have been animatedhy a higher 
 power. 
 
 2. To give powers to ; to heighten the 
 powers or effect of aiiy thing. 
 
 But none, ah! none can a^iim<ite the lyre. 
 And the mute firings with vocal fotils infpire j 
 Whrthei the le: rn'd Minerva be her theme, 
 Oi chwlfe Diana n.irhl[»g in tiic flream ; 
 None c.'.n record iheir hcav'nly praife fo well 
 As Helen, In whole eyes ten thoufand Cupids 
 dwell. DryJe/t, 
 
 3. To encourage ; to incite. 
 
 Tiic more to tinim't:e the people, he flood on 
 high, from whence he mght he heft beard, and 
 cned unto them with a Ijufj voice. Kmttei. 
 
 He was animattii Kq expect the papacy, by the 
 prcdi<5lioii of a foothfayer, that one Ibould fuc- 
 ceed pope Leo, whofe name Ihuuld be Adrian. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 A'nimate. ai^. [from To animate'^ .\live ; 
 pofl'eiling animal life. 
 
 A N I 
 
 All bodies have fpirics and pncntnatical parts 
 withni tl-.em ; but the main dilferences between 
 a'limaie and inanimate, are two: the firll is, 
 that the fpirits of things animate arc all cont.im- 
 ed within tbemfelvcs, and arc branched in veins 
 and fctrct cuials, as blood is; and, in living 
 ci'caturcs, the fpirits have not only branches, but 
 eeitain cells or feat;, where the principal fpirits 
 do refidc, and whercunto the reft do refort ; but 
 the fpirits in things inanimite are Ihut in, and 
 cut ort' by the tangible parts, and arc not pervi- 
 ous one to another, as air is in fnow. Bacon. 
 
 Nobler birth 
 Of creatures animate with gradual life, 
 Of growth, fcnfe, reafon, all lumm'd up in man. 
 
 MUlon. 
 
 There arc fcvcral topicks ufed againlV atheifm 
 and idolatry; fnch as the vifibic marks of di- 
 vine wildom and goodncfi in the works of the 
 creation, the vital union of fouls with matter, 
 and the admiiable fttuiflure of animate bodies. 
 
 Derttiy. 
 
 A''iiiM.\'VV.X). participial adj. [from animatc.'\ 
 Lively ; vigorous. 
 
 Warriours Ilie fires with animated founds ; 
 Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds. 
 
 Pcpt. 
 
 A'nim ATENESS. «./. [from animate.'] 
 The flate of being animated. D:i'i. 
 
 Anima'tion. n.f. [ixova. animate. 1 
 
 1, The aft of animating or enlivening. 
 
 Plants or vegetables arc the principal part of 
 the '.bird day's work. They are the firft /■roty/.a:/, 
 wi-ich is the word of a'lima.'icn. Bacon. 
 
 2. The llate of being enUvened. 
 
 Two general motions in all animation are its 
 beginning and encreafe; and two more to run 
 through its Hate and declination. Bronvn. 
 
 A'nimatIVE. adj. [from animafe.'] That 
 has the power of giving life, or ani- 
 iTiating. 
 Animator, tt.f. [from animate.'] That 
 which gives life ; or any thing analogous 
 to life, as motion. 
 
 Thofe bodies being of a congenerous nature, 
 do readily receive the imprelTions of their motor, 
 and, if not fetteicd by their gravity, ccinform 
 themfelves to fituations, wherein they bcrt unite 
 to \\\t:\v animator. B'oitjn. 
 
 Animo'se. adj. [fl»/mo/!«, Lat.] Full of 
 fplrit ; hot ; vehement. Did. 
 
 Animo'seness. n.f. [from animofe.] Spi- 
 rit ; heat; vehemence of temper. Diff. 
 Animo'sity. n.J'. [iinimo/itas, Lat.] Ve- 
 hemence of hatred ; paflionate malig- 
 nity. It implies rather a difpoiilion to 
 break out into outrages, than the out- 
 rage ilfelf. 
 
 They were fure to bring paflinn, ammo/''.v, and 
 malice enough of their own, what evidence fo- 
 e\cr they had from others. Clarendon. 
 
 If there is not fome method found out for al- 
 laying thefc heats and animojitres among the fair 
 fe-x, one does not know to what outiages they 
 may proceed. yLlliJo':. 
 
 No lellgious feifl ever carried their averfions loi 
 each oth.cr to greater heights than our llare par- 
 ties have done ; who, the more ro inflame their 
 paffions, have mixed religious and civil animofi- 
 tles together ; borrowing one of their appella- 
 tions from the church. ^icift. 
 A'nise. n.f. [anifm, Lat.] A fpccies 
 of aplum or parfley, with large fweet- 
 fccnted feeds. This plant is not worth 
 propagating in England for ufe, becaufe 
 the i'ttds can be had much better and 
 cheaper from Italy. Miller. 
 Ye pay the tithe of mint, and anife, and 
 cumniin, and have omitted the weightier mat- 
 ters of the iaw, judgment, mercy, snd f.ilih ; 
 thcfe ougnt ye to have done, and not to leave 
 the Qtlicr undone, Matthew. 
 
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 A'nker. n.f. [an<-ifr, Dutch.] A li- 
 quid meafure chiefly ufed at Amllerdam. 
 It is the fourth part of the awm, and 
 contains two llekans ;cacK Itekan con- 
 fids of lixteen mengles ; the mengle be- 
 inrr equal to two of our wine quarts. 
 *" ^ Chamlers. 
 
 A'nki.e. n.f. [ancko)), Saxon ; ancke!, 
 Dutch.] The joint which joins the 
 
 foot to the leg. 
 
 One of his aniilei was much fwclled and ul- 
 cerated on the infide, in fcvcral places. H^^fiman. 
 
 My fimplc fyrtcmrtiall fuppofe. 
 That .Mrna enters at the toes; 
 That then (he mounts by jnll degrees 
 Up to the unHe<, legs, and knees. Prior. 
 
 A'nki.e-bone. n.f. [froman/-/f andioKir.] 
 The bone of the ankle. 
 
 The ihin-hone, from the knee to the inftep, 
 is made by Ihadowing one half of the leg witli 
 a finglc Ihadow; the anile.ione will llicw itfelf 
 by a (hadow given underneath, as the knee. 
 
 Beactiajn. 
 
 A'nnalist. «./. [from annals.] A wri- 
 ter of annals. 
 
 Their own annalifi has given the fame title to 
 that of Syrmium. y!t!:rhury. 
 
 A'NN.^iLS. n.f. ivithout Jjngular numler. 
 [annales, Lat.] Hiilories digefted in 
 the cxacl order of time ; narratives in 
 whicli every event is recorded under its 
 proper year. 
 
 Could yon with patience hear, or I relate, 
 O nymph ! the tedious annali of our fate ; 
 Through fuch a train of woes if I Ihould run, 
 The d.iy would fooner than the tale be done I 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 We are afTurcd, by many glorious examples in 
 
 the annate of our religion, that every one, in 
 
 the like circumliances of dlftrel's, will not ifX 
 
 and argue thus ; but thus will every one he 
 
 tempted to ait. Rogers. 
 
 A'nnats. n.f. without Jirigular. [annates, 
 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. rirll fruits ; becaufe the rate of firft 
 fruits paid of fpiritual livings, is after 
 one year's profit. Co-well. 
 
 2. Mafies fald in the Romidi church for 
 the fpace of a year, or for any other 
 time, either for the fold of a perfon de- 
 ceafed, or for the benefit of a perfon 
 living. ^ylifi'^ Farergon. 
 
 To Anne'al. 1). a. [xlan, to heat, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To heat glaf?, that the colours laid on' 
 it may be fixed. 
 
 But when thou doft anncal'xn glafs thy ftoiy, 
 
 then the light and glory 
 
 More rcv'rcnd grows, and m( • d itli win. 
 Which elfe Ihews wafrilh, bicak, and thin. 
 
 Herbert. 
 
 When you purpofe to anneal, take a plate of 
 iron made fit for the oven ; or take a blue ftorte, 
 which being made fit for the oven, lay it up.-n 
 the crofs bars of iron. Veacham. 
 
 Which her own inward fymmetry rcvcal'd, 
 And like a picture Ihone, in glafs anncal'd. Diyit. 
 
 2. To heat glafs after it is blov.n, tiiat it 
 may not break. 
 
 3. To heat any thing in fuch a manner as 
 to give it the true temper. 
 
 To ANNE'X. -u. a. [annc^o, anr.exum, 
 
 Lat. anncxer, Er.] 
 !. To unite to at the end ; as, he annextd 
 
 a codicil to his will. 
 
 2. To unite, as a fmaller thing to a greater; 
 as, he annexed a province to his king- 
 dom. 
 
 3. To unite a fnf.crmi; annexion aKvays
 
 ANN 
 
 prefiijipofing fometlunK ; thus \vt may 
 la)-, punidiment is««(;f.v('rf'to guilt, b\it 
 n Jt guilt to puniOinii;nt. 
 
 CunCLiniug late or deHiny, the opinions of 
 th'ofe le;imed men, that li:ne wiittcn thereof, 
 muy be fafclj- received, had they not thereunto 
 aww^AVj/ and laftencd an inevitable jiccelTity, nnd 
 made it raorc general and uiii^crfally ^low'ejful 
 than it is, Raleigh. 
 
 Nations will decline fo low 
 From virtue, which is icafon, that no wrong, 
 •But JLlIticc, and fomc fatal cuife uftfic.v'df 
 Deprives tiieir. of their outward liberty. J^LZ/cn. 
 
 I mean not the authority, whicli is annexed to 
 } our oflke ; I fpeak of that only which is inborn 
 ajid inherent to your pcrfon. Drydrn. 
 
 He cajmot hut love virtue wherever it is, aud 
 ann;x happincfs always to the cxcrcife of it. 
 
 ^ttirhury. 
 
 The temporal reward is annrvrd to thchiire 
 
 performance of the acUon, but the eternal to the 
 
 obedience. Rr.ger^. 
 
 Annex."./, [from To amux.'l The thing 
 
 aiine.sed ; addilament. 
 
 Failing in his firfl attempt to he but like the 
 Iiighell ill heaven, he hath obtained of men to 
 lie the fame on earth, and hath accordingly .ilTum- 
 cd the annexes of <liviniiy. . Broivn. 
 
 Avnexa'tiom. n. f. [from avw.w] 
 J. Conjunction ; addiliori. 
 
 If we can return to that charity .ind peaceable 
 mindednefs, which Chrirt fo \chemcntly recom- 
 mends To us, wc have his own piumife, that the 
 whole body will be full of light, M,tttJi. vi. that 
 PlI other chriilian virtues will, by way of conco- 
 mitance or <v«^■tAli//cw, attend them. Hammond. 
 2, Union ; adl or practice of adding or 
 •uniting. 
 
 How annexations of benefices firll came into 
 the church, whether by the prince's authority, or 
 the pope's licence, is a veiy great difpute. 
 
 ^IjUJ^e's Vtirergcn^ 
 
 Anne'xion. n.f. [from annex.} The act 
 of annexing; addition. 
 
 it is iicceiTLirv to engage the fears of men, I>y 
 the annexi'^r. oi fuch penalties as will overbalance 
 temporal pleafurc. Rogers. 
 
 Anne'xmi;nt. n.f. [itom annex.'] 
 
 1. The aft of annexin^^. 
 
 2. Tiie thing annexed. 
 
 When it falls. 
 Each fmall annexmeni, petty cenfequence, 
 Attends the boill'ious ruin. Shakfpearr. 
 
 Akni'hilable. adj. [from annihilate.^ 
 That may be reduced to notliing; that 
 may be put out of exiftence. 
 To ANNTHTLATE. i>. a. [aJ and ni- 
 
 hilum, Lat.] 
 I. To reduce to nothing; to put out of 
 exiftence. 
 
 It is impoffible for any body to be utterly av- 
 mhilated; but that, as it was the work of tiic 
 omnlpotency of God to make fomewiiat of no- 
 thing, fo it rcciuireth the like omnipoteney to 
 tur.i fomewhai into notliing. Bacon, 
 
 Thou taught'H me, by making me 
 I^ovc her, who doth ncgieifl both me and thee, 
 T' invent and praftife this one way K.^ annilulate 
 all three. Donne. 
 
 He defpnircd of God's mercy ; he by a decol- 
 lation of all hope, anri:llilaU-d \{\s nieicy. 
 
 Ji'Crun's lltlgar Ktronrs. 
 Whofe friendlhip can rtand againrt aflaitits, 
 Arong enough to annihilate the frieiidfllip of puny 
 minds; fuch an one lias reached true conliancy 
 
 Souih. 
 
 Some imagined, water futficient to a deluge 
 
 \wis created, aud, when the buiinefs was done, 
 
 tlifbaiided and annihilated. IVoodivar.l. 
 
 3. To dcflroy, fo as to make the thing 
 otherwife than it was. 
 The flood hath altered, deformed, or rather 
 
 ANN 
 
 anr.ihilatfd, this phice, fo as no m.incan find any 
 maik or memory thereof, KalJ;^n. 
 
 ^. To annul J to deltroy the agency of 
 any thing. 
 
 There is no reafon, that any one common- 
 wealth .(IrouUl annihilate that whereupon the 
 whole world has agreed. IhoUr. 
 
 An-nihil.^'tios. n.f. [from annihUate.] 
 1 he act of reducing to nothing ; the 
 flate of being reduced to nothing. 
 
 God hath his influence into the very elTence of 
 tilings, with.out wjiich their uiter annihilation 
 could not cl,oofc but follow. h;iker. 
 
 That knowledge, which as fpirits we obtain, 
 Is to be v.dued in the midlt of pain : 
 Annihilation were to lofe heav'n more : 
 ■ We are not quite ciil'd, where tiioujiit can Toar. 
 
 Drv.ien. 
 
 Annivf.'bs.\ry. n. f. \anniverfanui , 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. A day celebrated as it returns in the 
 coin-fe of the year. 
 
 For cncotuagcmcnt to follow the example of 
 martyrs, the primitive chrillians rnctat the places 
 of their martyrdom, to praife God for them, 
 and to obfcr^c the annii'efary ul their fuffcriiigs. 
 
 Stillingfeet. 
 
 2. The aft of celebration, or performance, 
 in honour of the anniverlary day. 
 
 Donne had never feen Mrs. Drury, whom he 
 
 has made immortal in his admirable ariniveijarics. 
 
 i _ Dry.'.n. 
 
 3. Amiiiierfary is an office in the Romilli 
 church, celebrated now only once a 
 year, but which ought to be faid daily 
 through the year, for the foul of the 
 deceafed. Jyliffe's Pen-ergon. 
 
 An N I V e'r s A R Y . aifj. [anniiierfarius, Lat. ] 
 Returning with the revolution of the 
 year ; annual ; yearly. 
 
 The iie:n'Cii whirled about v ith admirable ce- 
 lerity, moit conrtantly liailhing its annivc/ary 
 viciflitudcs. Raj. 
 
 They deny giving any worfhip to a creature, 
 as iiiconfirtcnt with chrillianity ; but confels the 
 honour and cllecm for the martyrs, which thev 
 exprelTcd !•)■ keeping tiieir rtww^Ve-r/ijy days, and 
 i"econimcndin^ their example. Stillin^JJiet. 
 
 A'NNO DOMINI. [Lat.] In the year 
 of our Lord ; as, anno aomiiii, or yl. D. 
 1751 ; that is, in the feventeen hun- 
 dred and fifty-fjrli year from the birth of 
 our Saviour. 
 
 An No'isANCE. «. /". [from annoy, but not 
 now in ufe.] It hath a double fignifica- 
 tion. Any hurt done either to a pub- 
 lick place, as highway, bridge, or 
 common river ; or to a private, by laying 
 any thing that may bieed infection, by 
 encroaching, or fuch like means. The 
 writ that is brought upon this tranf- 
 greffion. See Nuisance, the word 
 now ufcd. Blount. 
 
 J'NNOLIS. n.f. An American animal, 
 like a lizarti. 
 
 Annota'tion. n. f. [annolatio, Lat.] 
 Explications or remarks written upon 
 books-; notes. 
 
 It might ajjpear very improper to publiflr an- 
 nctati'jnsj without the text itfelf whcieuntn they 
 relate. Boyle, 
 
 Annota'tor. n.f. [Lat.] A writer of 
 notes, or annotations; a fcholiaft ; a 
 commentator. 
 
 I have not that refpeift for the annotators, 
 which they geneially meet with in the world. 
 
 yellon on the ClaJJicl t. 
 
 ANN 
 
 To Ann'o'unce. II. a. [annoncei; Vt. ait- 
 nuncio, L;it.] 
 
 1 . To publilh ; to proclaim. 
 
 Of the MclTiah, i. have heard foretold 
 By all the prophets; of thy biith at length 
 j-lnntium'd by Gabriel with tiic firft I knew. MUt. 
 
 2. To prcjnounce ; to declare by a judi- 
 cial fentence. 
 
 Thofe, mighty Jove, mean time, thy glorious 
 care. 
 Who model nations, publifli hws, announce 
 Or life or death. Prior. 
 
 To ANNO' Y. -v.a, lannoyer, Fr.] To 
 incommode ; .to vex ; to Ceafe ; to 
 mole 11. 
 
 Wqc to poor mail! each outward thing anrnji 
 him J 
 He heaps m inward grief, that raoft dcftroyshim. 
 
 Sidfiey. 
 
 'Her joyous prcfcnce and fwcet company 
 In ti:!l contL-nt he theic did long rnjoy ; 
 Nc wicktd en\y, nor vile jcdoufy, 
 i{ii dtar dtlights were able tu a'lfioy. Fai>y (^ucen* 
 
 As one who long in pc>itviloii.s cit^' pent, 
 Where houfc^ tliick, and Tcwcis, annoy the air, 
 Furtii ilTiini^ on a fummei's moin lu Ijrcathe 
 Among the plcat'aut \ilL^gc^, and farms 
 Adjoiii'd, fium cath tliini^ met conceives delight. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Infc(£ts feldotTi ufethcir oifenfivc WMpons, un- 
 Icfi provoked; let :hcm but, alone, aud ctmoy 
 them nut. Ray. 
 
 Anno'y./^./I [from the verb.] Injury; 
 molcllation ; trouble. 
 Sleep, Richmond, ilccp in peace, and wake in 
 
 J^) ; 
 Gofxl anijcls ^uard thee fromtlic boai's anmy. 
 
 AH pain and joy is in their way ; 
 Tlie things we tear bring lefs an'i',y 1 
 
 Tii.'in fear, and hope brings greater jot ; 
 
 Ent in themfelvcs they cannot (lay. Donne. 
 
 What then remains, but, rfftcr pall fl7;/;o>, 
 To mke ihe goud vicilViUidcof joy ? Dryden^ 
 
 AwNoS-.^'NCf:. n, J\ [from anno\.'\ 
 
 1. That whichaunoyB ; that which hurts. 
 
 A grain, a dull, a gnat, a wand'ring hair, 
 Any unw^yanct 111 thatpreciniis ftnle. Shukf^eare. 
 
 Crow.N, ravcria, rooki, and magpies, are great 
 anrwxafrces to corn. Morinner^ 
 
 2. The flate of being annoyed; or adl of 
 
 annoying. 
 
 The fpit venom of t-licir poili^ncd hearts brcak- 
 cth out tu the i2nno\ar:cc oi others. ihokcr . 
 
 The grcatelt annoyance and diftiirbancc of 
 mankind has been from one of tliofe iwo thing-;, 
 force ur fraud. South. 
 
 l"or the fiuChcr anncy/jnie and terroui' of any 
 btfiegcd place, llicy would throw into it dead 
 bodies. JJ'i7^:.'is. 
 
 An>'o'ver. ft,/, [from To afinoy."] The 
 
 perfon thut annoj s. 
 A'nnu.vl. iie/f, \_atuiuclf Fr. from annus, 
 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. That comes yearly. 
 
 Annual fyr mc- the gtapc, the rofo, renew 
 Tiie juici: ncifr.ireous, .md the balmy dew. Po^e, 
 
 2. That is reckoned by the year. 
 
 The kiiig'.s majclty 
 Dues purpofe honour to youj to which 
 A tboiifand puunds a-year, tinnuiil fupport, 
 Out of his grace lie adds. ShuLJp. Henry vm, 
 
 3. That laltsonlya year. 
 
 Tiic dying in the winti-r ul the roots of plants 
 that are (J'/^.vj/, feemeth to be cauled by tlie over- 
 expencc uf the lap; which heiig prcveirtefl, they 
 will luptraiinuale, if tlicy Hand warm. Bnron. 
 
 E\cry tice m.iy, in fomc fcnfe, be f.iid tote, 
 an annua/ plant, both leaf, rtowcr, and fruit jno- 
 ceeding from the coal that waj. fuperinduccd ovt^r 
 the wootl the iafi year. Ktiy. 
 
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 ANN 
 
 A N O 
 
 A N O 
 
 A'NNUAM.Y. adv. [from oni:ua'.] Year- 
 ly ; eveiy year. 
 
 ^v two drachms, they thought it furticicnt to 
 fignify ,1 heart ; liccaiilc the heart at one yc;\i 
 ■w-cighcth two drachm':, that is, a quarter of an 
 ounce; and, unto lifiy years, <.v;;j«a//y cncrcalcrh 
 the weight ofone diaclim./^'Orwr'tfWiw Enouri. 
 The whole Ibength of a nation is the utnioit 
 that a prince can raiie aimuHy from his fiihje^s. 
 
 Sw,Jt. 
 
 Annu'itant. «./. [from amiiily.'] lie 
 
 that polFciTcs or receives an aiimiity. 
 ANNUITY. «./. lamwite, Fr.] 
 
 1. A yearly rent to be paid for terra of life 
 
 or years. 
 
 The differences Iretwecn a rent and an annuity 
 are, that every rent is going out of land; brrt 
 an iinmi'ily charges only the granter, or his hciis, 
 that have affcts by defccnt. The fecond 
 -difterence is, that, for the recovery of an 
 anriuiiy, no aflion I:c5, but only the writ of .i«- 
 niiiiy againll the granter, his heirs, or fuccelTors ; 
 birt of a rent, the lame ailions lie as do of land. 
 The third difference is, that an nmwity is never 
 taken for affets, bccaufe it is no freehold in law ; 
 nor ihall be put in execution upon a liatutc mci- 
 chantjftatiitc rtaplc,ort legit, as a rent may. Cnwell. 
 
 2. A yearly allowance. 
 
 He was gcneially known to be the fon of one 
 earl, and brother to another, who fupplied his 
 cxpence, be)ond what" liis annuity fk-om his 
 father would bear. Chircn.l^n. 
 
 To Annu'l. 1). a. \J\-om nuUus .'] 
 I. To make void; to nullify ; to abro- 
 gate ; to abolilh. 
 
 That which gives force to the law, is the au. 
 thority that enaits it ; and whoever deflroys this 
 authority, docs, in effefl, annul the law. Rogen. 
 Z. To reduce to nothing; to obliterate. 
 I.ighr, the pure wprlc of God, to me's extinfl, 
 And all iier various ohje^s ot deligirt 
 .^™«,V\/,which might in part my grief have cas'd. 
 
 Miliitn. 
 A'nnular. ailj. [from animhis, Lat.] 
 Hvuing the form of a ring. 
 
 That ti.ey migl-.t not, in bending the arm or 
 
 leg, rife up, he has tied them to the bones by 
 
 animlar ligaments. Chrynt. 
 
 A'nnulaky. ad'u [fi'om annuhs, Lat.] 
 
 Having the form of rings. 
 
 Rccaufc continual refpiiation is necclTaiy, 
 the windpipe is made with annu'aty car- 
 tilages, that the lidcs of it may not flag and fall 
 togcthei-. Ray. 
 
 A'XNULET. ti.f. [from anitulus, Lat.] 
 
 1. A little ring. 
 
 2. [In heraldry.] A difference or inark 
 of dilliiiction, which the fifth brother 
 of any family ought to bear in his coat 
 of arms. 
 
 3. Anwileli are alfo a part of the coat ar- 
 mour of feveral families ; they were 
 anciciitly reputed a mark of nobility 
 and jurifdiciion, it being the cullom of 
 ■prelates to receive their inveftiture per 
 laculiim ijf atinuhim. 
 
 4. [In architedlure.] The fmall fquare 
 members, in the Doritk capital, under 
 the qiiaTttr round, arc called annuliis. 
 
 5. /Innulet is alfo ufed for a narrow flat 
 moulding, common to other .parts of 
 the column ; fo called, Ixcaiife it en- 
 compalTes the column round. Chumlers. 
 
 ro.ANNU'MERATE. v. a. {anuum,-ro, 
 Lat.] To add to a former number; to 
 unite to fomething before mentioned. 
 
 A>'NUMER a'tjon. «. f. \_ainiuniryatw, 
 Lat.] -•addition to a former numbei. 
 VoL.L 
 
 To ANNUNCLATE. 'V. a. [annunclo, 
 Lat.] To bring tidings ; to relate 
 fomething that lias fallen out : a word 
 not iu popular ufe. 
 Annuncia'tion day. n. f. [from an- 
 riuncialr.] The day celebrated by the 
 church, in memory of the angel's faki- 
 tionoflhe blelFed Virgin ; folemni/.ed 
 with us on the twenty-liflh of March. 
 
 Upon the day ol the annunciiit^on, or Lady-day, 
 meditate on llie incarnation of our blefled Saviour ; 
 and fo upon all the fcftivals of the year. Tuyhr. 
 
 A'nodyne. ailj. [from a and oJi^ir.] 
 That 1ms the power of mitigating pain. 
 
 Yet duill fhe not too deeply probe the wound, 
 As hoping Itill the nobler parts were found : 
 But ftrove with a^o^iynti t' afluage the fniart. 
 And mildly thus her nied'cine did impait. Diyil. 
 ^'hyjiiynt^f or abaters of paiir, of the alimenta- 
 ry kind, are fuch things as relax the tenliun of 
 the affet^cd nervous fibres, as deco«5lions of emol- 
 lient fubftances; thofe things which delhoy the 
 particular acrimony which occ.'ilions rhc pain; or 
 what deadens the feiilalion of the brain, by pro- 
 curing fleep, Athutltnot, 
 To ANOINT. V. a. [oi/ititr, aio'wcli-e, 
 
 part, o'nit, eiioint, Fr.] 
 
 t. To rub over with uncluous matter, as 
 
 oil, or unguents. 
 
 A'.-ointe.iWt me be with deadly venom. SLik. 
 
 Thou flrtfit have olive trees throughout all thy 
 
 coalls, but thou Ihalr not .inoint thyfelf w.ith the 
 
 oil ; for thine olive fliallcall his fruit. Dcuttro'.omy. 
 
 2. To fmear ; to be rubbed upon. 
 
 Warm waters then, in brazen caldrtins borne. 
 Are pour'd to walh his body, joint by joint. 
 And fragrant oils the Ifilfcir'd limbs anoint. Dry J. 
 
 3. To conltcrate by unftion. 
 
 I would not fee thy frfter 
 In his anointed flelh ft ick boarilli fangs. Shokfp. 
 Ano'inter. n.f. [from anoint.} The per- 
 
 fon that anoints. 
 Ano'.malism. n.f. [from flHomrt/y.] Ano- 
 maly; irregulaiity ; deviation from the 
 common rule. Dici. 
 
 Anomali'stical. mJj, [from anomc'!ly.'\ 
 Irregular ; applied in alfronomy to the 
 year, taken for the time in which the 
 earth pailes through its orbit, diftlncl 
 from the tropical year. 
 Ano'malous. ailj. [a. prlv. and a>'/x.i^©.] 
 Irregular ; cut of rule ; deviating from 
 the genei-al method or analogy of things. 
 It is applied, in grammar, to words 
 deviating from the common rules of in- 
 ■fleftion ; and, in alironomy, to the 
 fecmingly irregular motions of the 
 planets. 
 
 I'hcrc A-ill-arife rtwcmriiWs-dHturiiaiK'es not on- 
 ly in civil aird artificial, but alio in military of- 
 ticeis. Btoivti's i''ulg<ir Eircnis. 
 
 He being acquainted with fomc cliavaflcrs of 
 every fpecch, you may at pleafure make him 
 undcritand iinowd/^r/i prnnuuciarion. lloLkf. 
 
 Metals are gold, liher, copper, tin, lead, and 
 iron : to which we may join that ancmahus body, 
 quicklilver or mercury. Lccki. 
 
 Anomalously, ath. \_hon\ anoinalout.'] 
 Irregularly,; in -a manner contrary to 
 ryle. 
 
 E\e was not folcmnly begotten, but fuddenly 
 fr.UTicd, aiKi ammahj.jly proceeded from Adam. 
 Br^ivn'i I'nl^ar 'Krrours. 
 ANO'M.\LY. n.f. [anomaUejYr. nnoma- 
 lia., Lat. aji«.a?v©.] Irregularity; de- 
 viation from tlie coinmon rule. 
 
 If we fhould ciiance to lind a mother debauch- 
 ing her d.iuglitcr, as fuch monftcrs have been 
 
 feen, we muft c'uargcthis upon apcculi.lr cnnm-.'y 
 and bafenefs of nature. S'y,.r':. 
 
 I do not purfuc the many pfcudograplries i-. 
 ufe, but intend to fl-.ew how moft of thc/e ant- 
 mtilies in writmg might be avoidcd,and better fup- 
 plied. //o.y..,-. 
 A'nom Y. n.f. [ < fnv. atid vo/*©-.] Breach 
 of law. 
 
 If (in be good, and juft, and lawful, it ii rn 
 more c\il, it IS iKr fm, no antmy. 
 
 Jiramhull a^ain^ Hohhn. 
 
 ANo'^f, adv. [yuiniis imagines it to be 
 an elliptical form of fpeaking for in one, 
 that is, in one minute ; Skinner from u 
 and man, or near ; Mi:if)}ew from on, on. ] 
 
 1. Quickly ; foon ; in a (liort time. 
 
 A little fnow, tumbled about, 
 ylnon becomes a mountain. Skaiffiart. 
 
 Will they come abroad anm? 
 Shall we lee young Oberon ? Benfonf^n. 
 
 However, \s itnef>, Heav'n ! 
 Hcav'n, witiiefs thou anon ! while wedifcli.irge 
 Freely our part. Miitot. 
 
 He was not without dcfigtr at tliat prcfent, at 
 fh.dl he made out anw! ; meaning by that device 
 to withdraw himfelf. Clarendon. 
 
 ' Still as 1 did the leaves infpire, 
 With Inch a purple- light they (hone. 
 
 As if they li.ad been made of fire, 
 And fpieadiug fo, would flame anon. JJ'allcr. 
 
 2. Sometimes; now and then; at other 
 times. In this fcufe is ufed ever and 
 anon, for now and then. 
 
 Full forty days he pafs'd, whether on hill 
 Sometimes anon in (hady vale, each night, 
 Or hai bour'd in one eavc, is nut reveal'd. Milton, 
 
 Ano'ny.mous. adj. \_.x priv. and t,'»o^a.'] 
 Wanting a name. 
 
 Thefe animalcules fcrvc alfo for food to ano- 
 ther (37:5«v>«'3:/j- ir,fee> of ihe waters. Ray. 
 They would forthwith publilh flanders unpu- 
 niflrcd, the authors being anortymons, the imme- 
 diate pubhllicrs thereof Iculking. 
 
 Notei on the Dtinriatf. 
 
 Anonymously, adv. [froin anonymous.^ 
 Without a naine. 
 
 I would kn<3w, whether the edition is to come 
 out anonynicuJJy J among complaints of fpuriotts 
 editions. Sxuift. 
 
 A'norexy. n.f. [^'toj/.lia.] Inappetency, 
 or loathing of food. ^incy. 
 
 Ano'ther. adj. [from mi and other.'] 
 
 1 . Not the fame. 
 
 He that will not I.iy a foundation for perpetual 
 diloider, mull of nteeihry Snd anotliir rife of 
 government than that. Lo^tc. 
 
 2. One more; a new addition to the for- 
 mer number. 
 
 A fourth .> 
 
 What ! will the line ftretch out to ih' crack of 
 
 doom ? 
 Aiiothct yet ? — a fcvcnth ! I'll fee nomore. Shak. 
 
 3. Any Other; any one elfe. 
 
 , If one man fin againft anotheiy the judge thalj^ 
 judge him. i Samue}. 
 
 Why not of her? preferf'd above die reir 
 By him with knightly deeds, and open love pio- 
 
 fefs'd-? 
 So h.ad anothi 1 been, \vhc!-c he his vows addrefs*d. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 4. Not one's felf. 
 
 A m.ui Ihall have diffufcd his life, his felf, 
 and his whole Concernments fo far, that he can 
 weep his loirows w;ith anotliey's eyes; when he 
 has another hcai't,'bcfrdes his own, both to (hare 
 and tofoppoit h.ls grief. Sout':. 
 
 5. Widely different ; much altered. 
 
 When the foul is beaten from its llation, .ind 
 the mounds of virtue arc broken down, it be- 
 comes quite an'-.lhcr thing from what it was 
 bcfcrc. a^-.li, 
 
 M
 
 A N S 
 
 Aho'thergaines. adj. [5ee Atiotrer- 
 GUEss.] Of anotlier kind. This 
 word 1 have found only in Sidney. 
 
 If my father bad not pl.iid the hally fool, I 
 might have had anotkcrgaines hulband than Da- 
 mctas. Sni't'y. 
 
 Ano'therguess. aJ'u [This word, uliich 
 though rarely ufcd in writing, is fomc- 
 what frequent in colloquial language, 
 i conceive to be corrupted from another 
 guife ; that is, of a different guife, or 
 manner, or form.] Of a different kind. 
 Oh HoL'iis ! wlicre art thou? It ufcd to go in 
 anothefgufji manner in thv time. Arhuthnot, 
 
 A'nsated. adj. [^anfahts, Lat.] Having 
 handles ; or fomething in the form of 
 handles. 
 
 To A'NSWER. V. n. [The etymology is 
 uncertain ; the Saxons had anb|-pafiian, 
 but in another fenfe ; the Dutch have 
 antivoorden.^ 
 
 1. To fpeak In return to a queftion. 
 
 Arc wc fuccoiir'd ? are the ^K)Ors tcmov'd ? 
 Anjver thefc queflions hill, and then a thouf.md 
 
 more. 
 Aif-wcr them altogether. DiyJr'i. 
 
 2. To fpeak in oppofition. 
 
 No man was able to ntiji'ocr liim a word. Mult. 
 
 If it be faid, wc may difcovcrthe elemejitaiy 
 ingredienis of things, I nnjivcr, that it is not 
 neceffary that fuch a difcovery (hotdd be pradli- 
 cablc. BoyU. 
 
 3. To be accountable for : with /or. 
 • Thofe m.niy had not dared to do evil 
 If the fitft man that did th' cdifl infringe 
 
 Had anj-j.!cr\t for iiis deed. Shakffenre. 
 
 Some men have finned in the principles of hu- 
 manity, and muft anjw:r for not being men. 
 
 "Broiun's Vulgar Krroun. 
 
 If there be any abfurdity in this, our author 
 muft ajlfxuer for it. Locke. 
 
 4. To vindicate ; to give a juilificatory 
 account of : wlih for. 
 
 The nlglit, fo impudently fi.\td for my Inlj, 
 made litile imprcflion on myfclf ; but I cannot 
 anf'wei jor my family. Slt':ft. 
 
 5. To give an account. 
 
 How they have been fmcc received, and fo well 
 improved, let tl-.ofe anficer cither to God or man, 
 who have been the authors and promoters ol 
 fuch wife council. Temflc. 
 
 He wants a father to protccfl his youth, 
 And rear Itim up lo viituc. You muft bear 
 The future bhime, and aifxuer fo the world, 
 ■When you refufe the eafy honeft me.ans 
 Of taking care of him. Soulhcrn. 
 
 6. To corrtfpond to ; to fuit with. 
 
 As in w.iter face arifii-inlh to face, fo the 
 heart of man to man. Proi'nl's. 
 
 7. To be equivalent to ; to (land for fome- 
 thing elfe. 
 
 A feaft is made for laughter, and wine mnketh 
 merry: but money 'i^yrui^rcM all things. Jlrihs. 
 
 fl. To fatisfy any claim or petition of right 
 
 or juRice. 
 
 Zclrnane with rageful eyes bade him defend 
 himfclf; fur no lets than bis life would <i«/'/iy; 
 it. Sidney. 
 
 Revenge the jeering and difdain'd contempt 
 Of this proud king, who ftndies day and night 
 To jnfiuer all the debt he owes unto you, 
 Ev'n with the bloody payments of your deaths. 
 
 Sliakjptare. 
 
 Let his neck anfiutr for it, if there is any mar- 
 tial law in the v/orld. S!iiikfi>carc. 
 
 Men no fooiier (iiid their appctitesw7/rt«/rff '/•./, 
 than they complain the rime', ntc injurious, Rttlrigh. 
 
 That yearly rent is (lillpaid, even as the form- 
 er cafudty itfclf was wont to be, in parcel meal 
 p.Tid in and nnfwrred. ^acon. 
 
 9. To aft reciprocally. 
 
 A N S 
 
 Say, do'd thou yet the Roman harpcommandr 
 Di the ftrings rt«/iu-/- to thy noble tiaud r Dryd. 
 
 10. To ftand as oppolite or correlative to 
 fomething elfe. 
 
 There can but two things create love, pcr- 
 fcftion and ufefulncfs ; to which arjfwer on our 
 pair, I. Admiration ; and 2. Defuc: and both 
 thefe areccnttred in love. Taylor. 
 
 1 1. To bear proportion to. 
 
 Weapons muft needs be d.ingerous things, if 
 they anfiuered tlie bulk of fo prodigious a perlon. 
 
 S.;J,. 
 
 12. To perform wliat is endeavoured or 
 intended by the agent. 
 
 Our p.ut is, to cboofc out the moft defcrving 
 objcfls, and the moft likely to anfitier the ends 
 of our charity ; and when this is done, all is 
 done that lies in our power : the reft muft be left 
 to providence. Attobuiy. 
 
 13. To comply with. 
 
 He dies th.it touches of this fruit, 
 Till I and my art'airs are anfiutrcd. Shakffearc. 
 
 14. Tofucceed; to produce the wilhed 
 event. 
 
 Jafon followed her counfel, whereto when the 
 event had anfweredj he again demanded the 
 fleece. " Ruieigti. 
 
 In operations upon bodies for their verfion 01 
 alteration, the trial in great quantities doth not 
 anfuitr the trial in fmall: and fo deceivctli 
 many. Baron 
 
 15. To appear to any call, or authorita- 
 tive fummons ; in which fenfe, tliougli 
 figuratively, the following paffage may 
 be, perhaps, taken. 
 
 Thou wert better in thy grave, than to anfwtr, 
 with thy uncovered body, this extremity of the 
 (kics. Sli^kffenre. 
 
 16. To be over-againft any thing. 
 
 Fire anfwcn fire, and, by their paly beams, 
 t.ich battle fees the other's umber'd face. Stiukfj). 
 
 A'nswer. n. f. [from To anfiuer.~\ 
 I. That which is faid, whether in fpeech 
 or writing, in return to a quefiion, or 
 pofition. 
 
 It was a right anfiuer of the phyfici.in to his 
 patient, that had fore eyes ; If you have more 
 pical'urc in wine than in your fight, wine is good. 
 
 Locke. 
 How can we think of appearing at that tii- 
 bunal, without being able to give a ready tuir\t.'cr 
 to the queftions which he fliall then put to us, 
 about the poor and the atfliited, the hungiy and 
 the naked, the fick and imprifoned r Ailtrlmry. 
 z. An account to be given to the demand 
 of juftice. 
 
 He'll call you to fo hot an anfiver for it. 
 That you ftiall chide your trefpafs. Shakfpeare. 
 3. In law, a conftJtation of a charge exhi- 
 bited againll a perfon. 
 
 A perfonal anftvcr ought to have three quali- 
 ties : it'ought to be pertinent to thematter in hand; 
 it ought to be abfolute and unconditional ; it 
 ought to be clear and certain. ./lyliffc. 
 
 A'nswer-jobber. n. f. [from an/wer 
 and jobber.'^ He that makes a trade of 
 writing anfwers. 
 
 Wh.it difgurts me from having any thing to 
 do with anf<wtr-johbcri^ is, that they have no 
 confciencc. Sivlft. 
 
 A'nswer.^ble. adj. [from nn/itv/-.] 
 
 1. That to which a reply may be made ; 
 that nTay be anfwered ; as, the argu- 
 ment, though fubtle, is yet anf'werable. 
 
 2. Obliged to give an accovmt ; obliged 
 to anfwer any demand of iullice ; or 
 ftand the trial of an accufation. 
 
 Kvery chief of every kindred or family Oionld 
 
 be tirfwcrahle^ ^n(\ bound to bring forth every 
 
 1 one of that kindred, at ;'.i) limcs^ to l/cjuitified, 
 
 ANT 
 
 when he ftiould be required, or charged with anjr 
 trcafun oi fclanj'. Spenfcr's Stu/c of hcf^nd. 
 
 Will any nmii argae, tliat if a phyiici.m Ihould 
 mnnifclHy piefcribc pojfon to p.11 hjs patients, he 
 c>:iinui be juiUy puiiilhed, but is anjivetable Q\\\y 
 to God r Sivifi, 
 
 He cannot think ambition more jurtly laid to 
 their cliarge, than to other men, bccaufe that 
 would be to make church government a«/nJt'rd/.yff 
 for the crrour.s of human n.ttuie. Swift* 
 
 3. Coirefpondent. 
 
 It was but fuch a likcnefsas an impcrfctfV glafs 
 doth give, arij%vc ruble cnougli in fomc features 
 and colours, but erring in others. Sidney, 
 
 The daughters of Atlas were K^dics wlio, ac- 
 companying fuch as came to be rcgiftcrcd among; 
 the worliiies, brought forth children auj-vjeraite 
 in quality to thofc that begot them, Raleigli, 
 
 4. Proportionate ; fultable. 
 
 Only add 
 Deeds to thy knowledge anfwctahic; add faithj, 
 Add virtue, patience, tempi-iancc; add luvc 
 By name to come, call'd chanty, the foul 
 Of all the rell. Milton, 
 
 5. Suitable ; fuited, 
 
 Tiie following, bycert.iin cftatcs of men, an- 
 Jiua-ahie to that which a great perfon himfelf_^pro- ' 
 filTeth, asof foldiers to him that hath been em- 
 ployed in the wars, hath been a thing well taken 
 even in monarchies. Bacon, 
 
 If anjiverable ftylc I can obtain 
 Of my celeftial patronefs. hiHi^n, 
 
 6. Equal ; equivalent. 
 
 There be no kings whofe means are anfwerable 
 untq other men's defires. Rulcigk, 
 
 7. Relative ; correlative. 
 
 That, to ever)' pcti;ion for things needful, there 
 fhould be fame anfwernble fentence of thanks 
 provided particularly to follow, is not icquifitc, 
 
 A'nswerableness. ff.y! [from atifiver- 
 ahle.'] The quality of being anfwerable. 
 
 Diet, 
 A'NSWERABtY. odv. [from anfwerahle,~\ 
 In due proportion ; with proper corre- 
 fpondencc ; fuitably. 
 
 The broader feas are, if they be entire, antl 
 free from iflands, they are anjvjirahtj deeper, 
 
 Brt-jetvooH vn Languages. 
 It bears lignt forts, into the atmofpligrc, to a- 
 greater or lelTer height, avjwcrabiy to the greater 
 or leficr intenfenefs of tiic heat. iVoodward. 
 
 A'nswerer. n, f. [from anfwer^ 
 i. He that anfwers ; he that fpeaks in re- 
 turn to what another has fpoken. 
 
 I know your mind, and I will fatisfy it; 
 neither will I do it lifce a niggardly nnfwerer^. 
 going no further than the bounds of the qncHion. 
 
 Sidney, 
 
 2. He that manages the controverfy a- 
 
 gaind one that has written firll. 
 
 It is \cry unfair in any writer to employ igno- 
 rance and malice together; bccaulc it gives his 
 anjiverer double work. Siutft, 
 
 Ant. ft./, [cemett, Sax. which Junius 
 imagines, not without probability, to 
 have been firll contra6^ed to xmr, and 
 then fofteaed to /:«/. j An emmet ; 
 a pifmire. A fmall iulecl that lives in 
 great numbers together in hillocks. 
 
 We'll fct thee to fchool to an anty to teach 
 thee there*s no labouring in the winter. ShakJ^, 
 
 Mclhinks, all cities now but ant-hills are. 
 Where when the feveral labourers 1 fee ^ 
 
 For children, houfc, proviHon, taking pain, 
 They're all but anti carrying eggs, ftraw, and 
 grain. Donne, 
 
 Learn each fm;ill people's genius, policies ; 
 The rt«/i rcpublick, and the realm of bees. Pope. 
 
 Ant-dear. ti.f. \_i\ovc\ anl wud bear,'] An 
 animal that feeds on ants. 
 
 Divers quadrupeds feed upon infects; and 
 fomc livc wholly upon ihcmj a> two forts of
 
 ANT 
 
 tjmnn<Uias upon ants, whicli therefore are cnlkd 
 ill Kllghlh lint-!t:rs. K. v. 
 
 Ant-hill, or hillock, n./. [from ant 
 and /';//.] Tlie finall protuberances of 
 cartli in which ants make their nells. 
 
 Put blue flowers into nil nnr-iil/, tlicy will l)C 
 rtained with red ; bec.uifc tlic ar.li drop iijioii 
 them their ftinging liquor, which hatU the cfleft 
 of oil of vitriol. •R"V. 
 
 Thofe who have fecn rtff/ hitltxLij have cafily 
 perceived thofe fmall hcaj;s of torn about their 
 ncrts. _ _ .'Iddijon. 
 
 An't. a contraction for and it, or la- 
 ther and if it ; as, an't fleafe you ; that 
 is, and if it plctife yov. 
 
 Ant a'gonist. n.f. \_J.,-rl and ayuif^.] 
 
 1. One who contends with another; an 
 opponent. It imph'es generally a per- 
 fonal and particular oppofitioii. 
 
 Ou\aniag;n'fti\n ihcfc coiitrovci fies may have 
 met with tome not uniikc to Ithacius. l-io-A^r. 
 
 Wiiat was fet before him. 
 To heave, pull, diaw, and break, he ftiU por- 
 
 foim'd. 
 
 None daiing to appear ar.togonifi. Mi'lm. 
 
 It is not fit tliat the hiftoiy of a pcrfon Ihould 
 
 appear, till the prejudice both of his untagonijli 
 
 and adherents be loilened and fubdued. Addijon. 
 
 2. Contrar)'. 
 
 The fliort club confifts of thofe who are under 
 five I'cct; ours is to be compofed of fuch as are 
 above fix. Tlicfe we look upon as the two ex- 
 tremes and tir.t(i'_ -t Jis of the fpecics ; conhder- 
 ing all thofe as neuters, wi-.o fill up the middle 
 fpace. Addijon. 
 
 3. In anatomy, thf cH/cfo/:^/? is that mufcle 
 which counteiaJts fomc other. 
 
 A relaxation of a mufcic, mnft produce a 
 
 fpafm in its antagonij}, bccaufe the equilihtium 
 
 is dcftruycd. Arbuthioi. 
 
 Tu Anta'gonize. 1). n. [from dv-n and 
 
 eyivi^a.] To contend ugainft another. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Anta'lgick. adj. [from a'.Ti, againlt, 
 and i%y'^, pain. ] That foftens pain ; 
 anodyne. ^ 
 
 ANTANACLA'SIS. n.f. [Latin; from 
 
 avia e/zAacrir, from a:1;t»axAa'a, tO drive 
 
 back.] 
 
 1. A figure in rhetorick, when the fame 
 word is repeated in a different, if not in 
 a contrary fignificatio.n; as, In thy youth 
 harn fame cr^h, that in old age thou mayfl 
 get thy livir.g 'without craft. Craft, in 
 the firft place, fignifies fcience or oc- 
 cupation ; in the lecond, deceit or fub- 
 tilty. 
 
 2. It is alfo a returning to the matter at 
 the end of a long parenthefis; as, Shall 
 that heart (-which docs not only feel them, 
 but hath nil tnotioit of his life placed in 
 them) (hall that heart, I fay, &c. 
 
 - Smith's Rhetoricl:. 
 Antaphrodi'tick. adj. [from a-ni, 
 againft, and ' \Op--iJ-tv, Venus.] Effi- 
 cacious agiiinft the venereal difeafe. 
 At<taj>ople'ctiCK. adj. \^j,i-., againil, 
 and x-,:rji:-/Ai\ > an apoplexy.] Good 
 againfl an apoplexy. 
 Anta'rctick. adj. [At), againft, and 
 ti'^/is , the bear or northern conilella- 
 tion.] Relating to the fouthern pole, as 
 oppolite to the northern 
 Downward as far as antarSiick, t\'Ult'>n. 
 
 They lii.tt had f.iiTd from near th' atitarctici 
 pole, 
 Their trtrifurc [afc, and all their vcficls whole, 
 
 ANT 
 
 In Tight of ihcit dear country ruiii'd he, 
 Without ihc guilt of cither rock or fca. WnHtr. 
 
 Ahtarthri'tick. adj. [ai-rl, againfl, 
 and «jOjm,. the gout.] Good agaiafl 
 the gout. 
 
 Aktastiima'tick. adj. [from dn] and 
 oo-flfx^.j Good againft the afthma. 
 
 ANTE. A Latin particle fignIfyingii?/o/r, 
 which is frequently ufed in compoli- 
 tions; as, antediluvian, before the flood; 
 antechamber, a chamber leading into an- 
 other apartment. 
 
 A'nteact. 7j. /. [from ante andcff.] A 
 former aft. 
 
 Antkambvla'tion. n.f. [from ante 
 and amtulalio, Lat.] A walking before. 
 
 BiM. 
 
 To ANTECE'DE. -v. u. [from atile, be- 
 fore, and cedo, to go.] To precede; 
 to go before. 
 
 £f fccms eonfonant to rcafon, that the faljtick 
 of the world did not long nn'.xeie its motion. 
 
 U^de. 
 
 Antecedence, n.f. [from anlcccde.\ 
 The aft or (late of going before ; pre- 
 cedence. 
 
 It isimpofiihle that mixed bodies can be eternal, 
 bccaufe there is necelT.uily a pre-cxiltcnce of the 
 fimple bodies, and an antecedence of their ccmi- 
 ftiturion picccding the cxiltencc of mixed bjclirs. 
 
 H^lc. 
 
 Antece'dent. adj. [antecedens, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Going before ; preceding. Anttcedent 
 is ufcd, I think, only with regard to 
 time; precedent, with regard both to 
 time and place. 
 
 To aiftrt, that God looked upon Adam's fall 
 as a fin, and punilhcd it, when, witb.out any 
 antecedent fin of his, it was impoflible fjr him not 
 to f.illjfeems a thing that highly reproaches efliin- 
 tiai equity and goodnefs. ^ Stuth. 
 
 2. It has to before the thing which is fup- 
 pofcd to follow. 
 
 No one is fo hardy as to fay, God is in his 
 debt ; that he owed him a nobler being : for ex- 
 illence xn\\i\ be antecedent to merit. CfJlier. 
 
 Did tiic blood firft cxifi, antecedent to tfie 
 formariun of the heart? But that is to fet the 
 effeifl before the caufe. Benllcy 
 
 Antece'dent. n.f. [antecedens, Lat.] 
 
 1 . That which goes before. 
 
 A duty of fu mighty an influence, that it is in- 
 deed the neccffary antecedent, if not alio the 
 dirc(fl caufc of a finiier's return to God. S:utH. 
 
 2. In grammar, the noun to which the re- 
 lative is fubjoined ; as, the man viho 
 comes hither. 
 
 Let liim learn the right joining of fubfiantivcs 
 with adjectives, the noun with the vei'b, and 
 the relative with the rt/;/<?ff<yf;Tr. ' Ajcham. 
 
 3. In logick, the iirll propofition of an 
 eiithymeme, or argument confifting only 
 of two propofitions. 
 
 Conditional or hypothetical propofitions are 
 thofe whole parts are united by the conditional 
 particle ;/; as, if the fun be fixed, the eartli 
 muft move : .^ there be no fire, there will be no 
 fmokc. The firii pair ot li'.cfe propofitions, or 
 tiiat wherein the condition is contained, is chilled 
 the antecedent, the other is called the eonjeijuoit. 
 IFatis' Logici. 
 AnTece'deNTLY. adv. '[from antecedent.] 
 In the ftate of antecedence, or going be- 
 fore; previoufly. 
 
 We eonfider him antecedently to his creation, 
 wh.ilc he yet lay in the b;irrcn womb of nothing, 
 and only in the number of polTiblliries. South. 
 
 ANTECE'SSOR. n.f [Latin.] One who 
 
 A N T 
 
 goes before, or leads another; the prin- 
 cipal. Did. 
 ANTtciiA'MBER. n.f. [from arte, hciox':, 
 and chamber; it is generally wiitten, im- 
 properly, anlichamber .] Tlie chamber 
 that leads to the chief apartment. 
 
 The entprefs has the anticfinmbers pafi. 
 And mis way moves with a difordcr'd hafte. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 His aniichamber, and room of audience, aic 
 little fquarc cli.'inv>crs wsinfcotcd. Attdijetn. 
 
 ANTECVRSOR. n. f [Latin.] One 
 who runs before. DiS. 
 
 To A'ni EDATE. ■:;. a. [from ante, and </o» 
 datum, Lst.] 
 
 1. 1 o date earlier than the real time, fo 
 as to confer a fiftltious antiquity. 
 
 Now tlioii halt lovM me one whole day, 
 To-nioMow, when thou leav'fi, wh.it wilt tV.oU 
 
 lay ? 
 Wilt ihou then antedate fome new-made vow> 
 Or fay, that now 
 
 We are not juft tliofc perfons, which we were? 
 
 J)cnne, 
 
 By readings a man does, as ir wciic, antedttr 
 his life, and makes himlell cotilemporary with 
 the ages pafl. Coi'lier. 
 
 2. To take fomething before the proper 
 time. 
 
 Our joys below it can improve. 
 And anied.ue the bills above. F'^pe-. 
 
 Antedilu'vian. adj. [fnsm ante, before, 
 and dilwSium, a deluge.] 
 
 1. Exifting before the deluge. 
 
 During the time of ti-e tieluge, all the ftone 
 and marble of the antedilicvian earth were totally 
 diflblvcd. IVnodiiiard. 
 
 2. Relating to things e.-vifting before the 
 deluge. 
 
 The text intends only the line of Seth, con- 
 duce.tbleunto the genealogy of our Saviour, and 
 the antedilu'vian chronology. Broiun. 
 
 ANTEbiLi'ViAN. n.f. One that lived be* 
 fore the flood. 
 
 We are lb far from repining at God, that he 
 hath not extended the period o! our lives to the 
 longevity of the antediluvians, that we give him 
 thanks for contraiSing the days of our. trial. 
 
 Bent/ey. 
 
 A'nteldpe. n.f. [The etymology is un- 
 certain.] A goat with curled or wreath- 
 ed horns. 
 The antii'o^c, and woIfe botli fierce and fell. 
 
 Sftnfer. 
 
 Antemeri'dian. adj. [from ante, he- 
 lore, 3nd meridian, noon.] Before noon. 
 
 Anteme'tiCK. adj. [21T1, againft, and 
 r,i^U; to vomit.] That has the power 
 of calming the ftomach, or preventing 
 or flopping vomiting. 
 
 Antemu'nDane. adj. [ante, before, and 
 mundus, the world.] Before the ere- 
 ation of the world. 
 
 Antenu'mber. n.f. [from ^zn/^and n«w- 
 ber.l The nuinber that precedes an- 
 other. 
 
 Whatfoever virtue is in numbers, for con- 
 ducing to coni'ent of notes, is rather to he 
 afcrlled to the antennmbcr, than to the cr.tirc 
 number, as that the found rctuincth after fix, or 
 after twelve; fo that the fevenlh or thirteenth is 
 not the matter, but the fixth or the tweifth. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 A'nTepast. n.f. [from ante, before, and 
 pnjlum, to feed.] A foretnfte ; fome- 
 thing taken before the proper time. 
 
 Were we to expc»51 our blifs only in the fa- 
 tiating our appetites, it might be reafonable, by 
 M 3
 
 A N T 
 
 frequent antifajl%, to excite our guft for tlmt 
 proKufc perpetual meal.' Venyoj'Piei'). 
 
 A NTEPENULT. n.f. [antepeiiukima, Lat.] 
 The lail fyllable but two, as the fylla- 
 ble te in anlepenuh : a term of grammar. 
 ANTEPlLE'pTlCK.n^;. [a»T. and iTi^>ii]/i;.] 
 A medicine againft convullions. 
 
 That l)tzo;^r is antidotal, lapi^ iuHaicus diure- 
 tic:!!, coial ont.'j>iUptkii!y Vve will net deny. 
 
 ^rotvn'i Vufgnr Erroiirs. 
 ToA'ntEPONE. 11.(7. [i7fl/;/)C«0, Lat.] To 
 itt one thing before another ; to prefer 
 one thing to anotlier. Did. 
 
 AxTEPREDi'CAMENT. ti. f. [antepred'ua- 
 mentiim, Lat.] Something to be known 
 in the ftuily of logick, previoufly to the 
 doftrine of the predicament. 
 Anterio'rity. n.f. [from an.'srlour.'] 
 Priority ; the ftate of being before, ei- 
 ther in time or iituation. 
 Amte'riour. iiJj. [anterior, Lat.] Going 
 before, eitliet w ith regard to time or 
 place. 
 
 If that be the ariii'rir,tr ct upper part whciein 
 the fcnfes arc j>!ac-,tl, and thrit the pollciiour 
 ar.d loAcr part, which is oppahte tliereuiUo, 
 theie is no infeiiour or former part in tliis ani- 
 mal ; for the fcnfes being placed at both cx- 
 ticmc?, m.'^ke both ends anteriotn, wliich is iiu- 
 polTible. Broii^n's Vulgar J£}roiirs. 
 
 A'NTES. n.f. [Latin.] Pillars^ of large 
 dimenfions that fupport the front of a 
 building. 
 An'testo'm.^ch. n.f. [from rt/!/r, before, 
 3.nAf}omach ."] A cavity which leads into 
 the itomach. 
 
 In birds there is no mafticatijn or comminu- 
 tion of the meat in the mouth; but it is imme- 
 diately fwallowed into a kind of amefio-.n.ich, 
 which I have obfcrvcd in pifcivorous birds. Rny. 
 
 Anthelmi'nthick. nil', [in], againfl:, 
 and 'i\'j.is%f, a worm.] Tiiat kills worms. 
 ,^nthii:min:hicks, or contrary to worms, are 
 things which are knu\vn by experience to kill 
 them, as oils, or honey taken upon an empty iVo- 
 mach. Arhuthr^ot , 
 
 A'nthem. n.f. [a»9i.fi>o-, a hymn fung 
 in alternate parts, and fliould there- 
 fore be writtea anthynm.'\ A hoJy fong ; 
 a fong performed as part of divine fer- 
 vice. 
 
 God Mofes firll, then David did infpire, 
 To compofc anthoni for his heavenly quire. 
 
 j^enlnint. 
 
 There is no pafTion that is not -finely esprelled 
 
 in thcfe parrs of tlic infpired Writings^ which arc 
 
 proper for divine fonj^s and antlntm. ylduipn, 
 
 AntHo'lOGV. n.f. [avSoVyiy, from asSsj, 
 
 a flower, and xr'--, togather.J 
 
 1. A coHeflion of flowers. 
 
 2. A collettioa of devotions in the Greek 
 church. 
 
 3. A colleiflion of poems. 
 A'NTHONy's FIRE, It . f. A kind of ery- 
 
 fipelis. 
 A' NT MR AX. n.f [^'.%i|, a bnvuing 
 coal. J A fcab or blotch that ij made by 
 a corrolive h'imour, which burns the 
 fltin, atid oceafions (harp pricking pains; 
 a carbuncle. ^Jiiicy. 
 
 ANTHilOPO'LOGy. n.f. [from »S--i7r(,f, 
 
 man, and hiya; to difcourfc.] lire 
 doftrine of anatomy ; the do£trlneofthe 
 form and llrufture of the body of man. 
 
 ANTKROPOMo'rPHITE. n.f. [y.>hail6fl.l>i- 
 
 • 9 
 
 ANT 
 
 ^o-:-] One who believes a human form 
 in the deity. 
 
 Chiiftians as well as Turks have had whole 
 fedts contending thai the Deity was corporeal 
 •nid of human ihnpc; though few proftls them- 
 felves arit/iropomfi'-fi/ntet, yet we may find many 
 amungrt the ignorant of that opinion. Loc.kr. 
 
 Anthropo'pathy. n.f. [^►Sfuro.-, man, 
 and •acti-o-, padion.] The fenfibility of 
 man; tlie pailions of man. 
 
 ANTIIROPO'PHAGI. n. f It has no 
 Jiugular. [iiSjwTTsr, man, and (piyn, to 
 eat.] Mane.iters; cannibals; thofe that 
 live upon human flelh. 
 
 The cannibals that each other ent, 
 The aut'iicp'>p!:avi^ and men whofe heads 
 Do grow beneath their Ihoulders. Shakfpcari^. 
 
 Anthropopk.\gi'ni.^n. n.f. A ludicrous 
 word, iormeAhy Shahfpeare from anthro- 
 pophagi, for the fake of a formidable 
 found. 
 
 Go, knock, and call ; he'll fpeak like an aa- 
 ttiropop/iagifihi'i ixiito thcc: knock, I fay. 5/i-i^. 
 
 Anthropo'ph AGY. >i. f. [d.^^uiTTo:, mun, 
 and ipdyu, to eat.] The tiuality of eat- 
 ing human, flefh, or manealing. 
 
 Upon llender foundations was 1 ailed t!.e o- 
 thrcpophagy of Diomedes his horfcs. Broivn. 
 
 Anthropo'sophv. n.f. [u'tSgDO-o?, man, 
 and o-ofia, wifdom.] The knowledge 
 of the nature of man. 
 
 Anthypno'tick. ailj. [from a'i/Ti,agaInR, 
 and t/'roio.;, fleep.] That has the power 
 of preventing fleep ; efficacious againft 
 a lethargy. 
 
 Anthvpochondri'ack. adj. [from :lt-',, 
 againft, and J^7o;^;o»^fl2;«o,.] Good againft 
 hvpochondriack maladies. 
 
 an'thypo'PHora. n.f [=;»9ou^^oea.] 
 
 A figure in rhetorick, which fignifies a 
 contrary illation, or inference, and is 
 when an objedlion is refuted or difprcv- 
 ed by the oppolition of a contrary fen- 
 tence. Smith's Rhetorick. 
 
 Anthyste'rick. ad'f. [from it-r), againft, 
 and iVs^iio;.] Good againft hyllericks. 
 
 ANTI. [am.] A particle much iifed in 
 compolition with words derived from the 
 Greek, and lignifies contrary to ; as, an- 
 timonarchical, oppofite to monarchy. 
 
 Antia'cid. atij. [from d.-i:, and aciJus, 
 four.] Contrary to (ournefs ; alkaline. 
 Oils are antiacitls, fo far as they bUuit acri- 
 mony ; but as Jhcy are hard of digcftion, they 
 produce acrimony of another fort. Arhuthnot. 
 
 Antichache'ctick. adj. [from a'y.-;, 
 awninft, and k^x-^^' "^ ^""^ habit.] 
 Adapted to the cure of a bad conftitu- 
 tion. 
 
 Anticha'mber. n.f. This word is cor- 
 ruptly wiitten for antechamber ; which 
 fee. 
 
 Antichri'stiam. adj. [from a'.Tj, againft, 
 
 and ;^3ij-izvo.>] Oppofite to chiiltianity. 
 
 That th:fpifcd, abjcr't, upprefled fort of men, 
 
 the minifters, whom the woiifl would make ^j'j- 
 
 tlchrijtUm, and fo deprive them of heaven. Souih. 
 
 Antichri'sti /VNISM. n.f. [from anti- 
 chr'yTian.'l Oppofition or contrariety to 
 chriftianity. 
 
 Have we not feen many, whofe opinions have 
 fallened upon one another the brand of .iNtic/nif- 
 fia/iiftn > De-ii\ of Piefy. 
 
 Antichristia'nity. n. /". [from aiifi- 
 chriflian.] Contraritty to chiiltiiitiity. 
 
 ANT 
 
 Anti'chronism. n.f. [airl, againfl, and 
 XjC'-^t time.] Deviation from the right 
 order or account of time. 
 
 To ANTI'CIPATE. v. a. [antlcipo. 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. To take fomethlng fooner than another, 
 fo as to prevent him that comes after ; 
 to take firitpoflcfTion. 
 
 God hath taken care to .anticipate ^nA prevent 
 everv man, to draw him early into his church ; 
 to give piety the piepolTeffion, and fo to engage 
 him in holinefs. Hummonii. 
 
 If our Apo'.tle had maintained fuch an antici- 
 pating principle engraven upon our fouls before 
 all cxcrcife of reafon ; what did he talk of fcek- 
 ing the Lord, feeing that the knowledge of him 
 was innate and perpetual.^ Bmtlfy, 
 
 2. To take up before the time at which 
 any thing might be regularly had. 
 
 1 find I have anticipattd already, and taken 
 up flora Boccace, before I come to him; but I 
 am of the temper of kings, who arc for prefent 
 money, no matter how they pay it. hryden. 
 
 3. To foretalle, or take an impreflion of 
 fomething, whicli is not yet, as if it 
 really was. 
 
 The life of the defpcrate equals the anxiery of 
 death, who but adi the life of the damned, and 
 anticipate the defolations of hcil. Bioivn, 
 
 Why (hould we 
 Anticipate our forrows ? 'tis like thofe 
 That die for fear of death, Denham. 
 
 4. To prevent any thing by crowding in 
 before it ; to preclude. 
 
 Tmie, thou (!«/;> //-a/ y? my di-ead exploits ; . 
 The flighty purpofc never is o'crtook, 
 Unlefs the deed go with it. Shakjpearf. 
 
 I am far from pretending to inftruil the pro- 
 feflion, or •miicip.iting their directions to fuch as 
 are under their government. Arhutknut. 
 
 Anticipa'tion. n.f. [from anticipate.^ 
 
 1. The act ol taking up fomething before 
 its time. 
 
 Tlie golden number gives tiie new moon four 
 days too late, by reafon of the aforefaid antici- 
 p.ition, and our ncgleit of it. Hoiticr. 
 
 It is not enough to be miferable when the 
 time conies, unlefs we make owrfclves fo before- 
 hand, and by a/iti:i/>atiori. L.^ Eilrangc. 
 
 2. Foretafle. 
 
 If we really live under the hope of future Kap- 
 piiitfs, we (hall tartc it by way of anticipjt.t^r: 
 and forerhought ; an image of it will meet our 
 minds often, and Itay there, as all pleafing e.\- 
 peil.iticns do. Attcrlury. 
 
 3. Opinion implanted before the reafons 
 of that opinion can be known. 
 
 The call and wefi, the north and fouth, Jiave 
 the fame anticipation concerning one ftiprcme 
 difpofer of things. SiiHingJieft, 
 
 What nation is there, that, witlrout any teach- 
 ing, have not a kind v{ uiiticipatiitn, or precon- 
 ceived notion of a Deity ? Derham, 
 
 A'ntick. aiJj. [probably from aniiquus, 
 ancient, as things otit of u(e appear 
 old.] Odd; rldiculoufly wild; buf- 
 foon in gcftlculation. 
 
 M'hat! dares the flave 
 Gome hither cover'd with an antick face. 
 And fleer and fcorn at our foleninity ? ShaH. 
 
 Of all our antick fights, and pagcantiy. 
 Which Englilh Idiots run in crowds to fee. Dry.i. 
 .The priic was to be conferred upon the 
 whiftlei", that could go tlirough his tune without 
 laugiiing, though provoked by the antick pof- 
 tures of a merry Andrew, who was tb play 
 tricks. AdJtp.n. 
 
 A'ntick. n.f. 
 
 I . He that plays anticks ; he that ufts odd 
 gefticulatiou ; a buffoon.
 
 ANT 
 
 Witlun the hollow cvown, 
 Tlilt rouiuls tl.c moi::il tenuous of a kinp, 
 Keeps diMU his court ; and tlitrc the arituk Tits, 
 Scoftiiig his il.itc. Shatfjic^w. 
 
 If you Ihould finilc he grows impatient. — 
 }'<:.ir nor, my li-rr), we can contain ourfilvcs, 
 Were he the vci lelt anlick in the world. Shakfj'. 
 2. Odd appcar.incc. 
 
 A work of rich entjii, and curious mold, 
 Woven with aiiticki, and wild imagery. Fairy Q,. 
 
 For ev'n at firli rellcftion llic efpits 
 Such toys, fuch iit:tLi', and loch vanities, 
 As Ihe retires and flirinks for Ihamc .ind fear. 
 
 David. 
 
 To A'ntick.v. a. [from antich.'\ To make 
 nntitk. 
 
 Mine own tongue 
 Splits what it fpcaks ; the wild difguife hath al- 
 
 mort 
 /Intickt us all. Sliakfpeaif. 
 
 A'ntickly. adv. [from aiilici.] In an 
 antick manner ; with odd pollures, wild 
 gefticulations, or fanciful appearance. 
 
 Sciamblnik!, out- facing, fafliion-mongring boys, 
 Thatlyc, and toe, :md flout, deprave, and nandcr, 
 Go a'ltick/y, and (hew an outward hideoufnefs, 
 And fpeak of half a doien dangerous words. 
 
 S/i'ikfpt;are. 
 
 JNTICLI'MJX. n. /. [from a.ri and 
 x^i;M.a|.] A fentence in which the lall 
 part exprefles foraething lower than the 
 iirft. 
 
 A certain figure, which was unknown to the 
 ancients, is called by fome an antic/imax, AJJiJ. 
 
 This diilich is frequently mentioned as an ex- 
 ample : 
 
 Ne.^ct comes Dalhoufley, the great god of war, 
 Lieutenatit col'nel to the earl cf Mar. 
 Anticonvu'lsive. adj. [from an], a- 
 gainft, and convi/ifivc.'] Good againfl 
 convullions. 
 
 Whalfoever produces an inflammatory difpo- 
 fition in the blood, produces the aiVhma, as an- 
 ticsm-i/f/ivc medicines. Flcytr. 
 
 ji'NTICOR. II. /. [from c-'irl, againll, 
 
 and cor, the heart.] A preternatural 
 
 fwelling of a round figure, occafioned 
 
 by a fanguine arid bilious humour, and 
 
 appearing in a horle's breaft, oppolite 
 
 to his heart. An anfuor may kill a 
 
 horfe, unlcfs it be brought to a fiippii- 
 
 ration by good remedies. Fai-.DUi. 
 
 Antico'urtieh.«./. [from a.m, againft, 
 
 and courtier.] One that oppofcs the 
 
 court. 
 
 A'n ri DOTAL, n^//. [from antidote.] That 
 
 has the quality of an antidote, or the 
 
 power of couiiteraifling poifon. 
 
 That bcioar is antiiLi.)!, \vc Ihall not deny. 
 
 Broiun. 
 Aninrah that can innoxloufly digeft rhel'e poi- 
 fons, become arifiJut.iJ to the poifon digelied. 
 
 Bro'yun's Vulgar Etfout i. 
 
 A'ntidote. n. f. [a.mS'7\®, antidoliis, 
 Lat. a thing given in oppolitioii to 
 fomething elfe.] A medicine given to 
 cx])el the mifchiefs of another, as of 
 poifon. ^iiiey. 
 
 Tiuft not the j/nyfitian, 
 His antiJotes arc poilon, and he ll.iys 
 ^lore than you roi). S/iak/peetre. 
 
 What fool would b'-licvL' that aft/iJo/t' dcli- 
 veied hy Ficrius ag.iinll tlie Itinc of a ftorjjlon? 
 to lit upon an al-, witli one's lace low.iids his 
 tail. Broiuii's Vit/gar Enoun. 
 
 Poifon will work againft the Itars ; beware; 
 Forev'ry meal an atitiilou prepare. Drydcnjunr. 
 
 ANTiDVSENTE'RICK. odj. [froiU usi), 
 
 ANT 
 
 againft, and dyfenteria, a bloody flux.] 
 Good againft the bloody flux. 
 Antife'brilk. adj. [from a'jii, againft, 
 andyi'^w, a fevtr. ] Good againft fevers. 
 Aittijibrtlc nicilicir.es cheek tlic ebullition. 
 
 fkyer. 
 
 Antilo'garithm. It. f. [from an-i, a- 
 gainft, and logarithm.] The comple- 
 ment of the logarithm of a fine, tan- 
 gent, or fecaiit ; or the difference of 
 that logarithm from the logaiithm of 
 ninety degrees. Chambers. 
 
 Anti'logv. n.f. \_m-Ti>.oy>a.'\ A con- 
 tradiction between any words and paf- 
 fages in an author. Dicl. 
 
 Anti'locjuist. ii.f. [from «;tj> againft, 
 and loqmr, to fpeak.] A contradidlor. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Anti.mona'rchical. adj. [from ki/ti, 
 againft, and f/.-irajyior, government by 
 a fmgle perfoa.] Againft government 
 by a lingle perfon. 
 
 When he fpied the ftatue of king Charles 
 in the middle of the crowd, and molt of the 
 kings ranged over their headi, he concluded th.it 
 an iintiinonarci'iical ufTembly could never choofe 
 fuch a place. Addijon. 
 
 Antimona'rchicalness. n.f. [[from 
 antimonarchica].] The quality of being 
 an enemy to regal power. 
 Antimo'nial. adj. [from antimony.] 
 Made of antimony ; having the quali- 
 ties of antimony ; relating to antimony. 
 They were got cut of the reach of antimoni.i] 
 fumes. Ginu. 
 
 Though ofttimojiial cu^%j prcpar'd witii art, 
 Theirforcetowine through ages Ihould impart, 
 This diflipation, tiiis prufufe expence, 
 Nor (hrinks their fizc, nor walles their rtorcs 
 immcnfe. Blacknif^rc. 
 
 A'NTIMONy. //./ [The Riblum of the 
 iincientp, hy the Greeks called y.y.-u^. 
 The reafon of its modern denomina- 
 tion h referred to Bahl Valentine, a 
 German monk ; who, as the tradition 
 relates, having thrown fome of it to 
 the hogs, obferved that, after it had 
 purj^cd them heartily, tiiey immediately 
 fattened ; and therefore he imagined his 
 fellow monks would be the better for a 
 like dofe. The experiment, however, 
 fueeceded fo ill, that they all died of it ; 
 and the medicine was thenceforward 
 called ant'nno'mc-, anUmonk.^ 
 
 yhi!in:oi)i is a mineral fubftance of a metnl- 
 linc nature, having all the foeming cli;ir;i(flcrs of 
 n real metal, except malleability ; and mav be 
 called a temimetal, being n foible ylt-he of fome 
 undetermined metal, combined with a rul]ihu- 
 rous and ftony fublhmcc. Mines of al! metal:; 
 aftord it ; that in gold mines is reckoned beli. 
 Il has alfu its own mines in HungarVj Germany, 
 iind France. Its texture is full of little fhining 
 veins or threads, like needles; brittle as glaf^. 
 Sonictinus veins of a red or golden colour are 
 inttimixcci, which is called wtr/c rt////wff;/j' ; that 
 without them being dcnomiii;ited/('w,f/c antim'^tty. 
 It fufos in the fire, though with fome difficulty ; 
 and dilTolvcs more ealily in water. It dclhoys 
 and diltipaTes ail metals fufcd with it, except 
 gold; and is tliciefore ufelul in refining. It is 
 a common ingredient in fpcculums, or burning 
 concaves; fcrving to give ihcm a finer poliih. 
 It makes a part Jn hell metal; and renders the 
 found more clear. It is mingled with tin, to 
 make it more hard, white, and found; and 
 with lead, in the catting of printers letters, to 
 rend<;j tiioni mojc fmuuth uud Iiinj, It ts a i;*:- 
 
 ANT 
 
 nenl help in tic melting of metals, and efpe» 
 eiaity in calling of cannon balls. In pharmacy 
 It ib ufed under various forms, and with various 
 intcntiiyii'., cliicfly as an emetic, Chamben* 
 
 Antin tfHRi'ncK. adj. [froin a'tri and 
 i-ijf'.v.KD?.] Good againll ilifcafts of the 
 reins and kidneys. 
 
 Antinomv. n.f. [from avri antl lofioc.j 
 A tontratlidtion between two laws, 
 or two articles of tlie fame law. 
 
 Antint^miet :ue almoll unavoidable in fucli va- 
 riety of opinion:, and anfwcrs. Baker. 
 
 A.N' tu'araly'tick. adj. [from am and 
 
 •aacuAvji'..] Efticaciotis againfl tlie palfy. 
 Antipathe'tical. adj. [hoin anti/.athy.'] 
 
 Having a natural contrariety to any 
 
 thing. 
 The foil is fat and luxurious, and aniifaihe- 
 
 tical to all venomous creatures. llvwet, 
 
 Antipathk'ticalnkss. n.f. [froman^i- 
 fathetical. ] Thcquality or (late of having 
 a natural contrariety to anything. Dili. 
 
 ANTl'i'ATHY. n.f [from a,7i, againft, 
 and^ca'Sof, feeling; eintipathie, Fr.] 
 
 1. A natural contrariety to any thing, fo 
 as to (hun it involuntarily; averlion ; 
 didike. It is oppofed to fympathy. 
 
 No contraries hold more antiiathy, 
 Th.m I .ind fuch a knave. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To this perhaps miglitbe jullly attributed molf 
 of the fympathies and antipathies obfervahle in 
 men. L'>cke, 
 
 2. It has fometimes the particle agahijl be- 
 fore the objeft of antipathy. 
 
 1 h.ul a mort.il .i>iiiptthv againji Itanding ar- 
 mies in times of peace ; becaufe I took armies 
 to be hired by the mafter of the family, tu keep 
 his children in flavery. S-wift. 
 
 3. Sometimes to. 
 
 Alk you, what provocation I have had; 
 The l^iong Lititipathv of good to bad. 
 When truth, or virtue, an afiVont endures, 
 Til' aftiont is mine, my friend, and fhould be 
 yours. Pope. 
 
 4. Formerly luith ; but improperly. 
 
 T.mgihle bodies have an anttp.tihy luith air; 
 and any liquid body, that is more denfe, they 
 will draw, coiulenfe, and, in effect, incorporate. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 ANTIPERrSiTMIS. n.f [from un,^,. 
 ^ir^iTti, formed of a>Ti, and w£^i,-jtftai, 
 to (land round.] The oppolition of a 
 contrary quality, by vvhicii the quality 
 it oppofes becomes heightened or in- 
 tended; or the a£tion by which a body, 
 altncked by anotlier, collects itfelf, 
 and becomes ftrongcr by fuch oppoli- 
 tion ; or ati intention of the adlivity of 
 one quality caufed by the oppofition of 
 another. Thus ([uickliine is fet on fire 
 by tbe effulion of cold water; fo water 
 becomes warmer in winter than in fum- 
 nier ; and thunder and ligiitning are 
 e.>:cited in the middle region of the air, 
 whicli is continually cold, and all by 
 antiperifta/is. T'his is an exploded prin- 
 ciple in the Perlpatetick philofophy. 
 
 Th' antipaiji^ifts of age 
 Wore inflani'd his am'rous rage.- - Caivley. 
 
 The riotous prodigal dctelis ccivctoufrel's ; vet 
 kt him f.iid the fpiings grow dry which feed his 
 luxury, covetoufucfs (hall be tailed in : and fu, 
 by a liiange fl'./j^criy.'ij/.'), piodigality fhall beget 
 rapine. ' Becay of Piety. 
 
 Antipf.$tilf,'ntiai,. luij. [from i,T,, 
 again!!, and ptfilcntial.] Efficacious 
 agiiiuft the jnfcdioii of the plague.
 
 ANT 
 
 perfumes corrc^T the air before it is attraflcn 
 hy the lunc^ ; or, rather, antipejlilentiai unguents, 
 to anoint the noflrils with. Baivey. 
 
 ^NTrPHRJSIS.n.f\homi..T),2,pxn'i\, 
 and (p u I , a form of fpeech.] The tife 
 of words in a i"<;nfe oppofite to their 
 proper meaning. 
 
 Yo'j now find jio caiife to repent, Inat you 
 never dipt your hands in tlic bloody high coiiits 
 ofjufticc, fo called only by (Jir/j/ifa/fs. Sou'/i. 
 
 A'ntipodal. adj. [from antipodis.j Re- 
 lating to the countries inhabited by the 
 antipodes. 
 The Americans are antlfOilnl un^o the Indians. 
 
 JXrrPODES. n. f. It has mfmgular. 
 [from cIit\, againft, r.nd otj^ , feet.] 
 Thofe people who, living on the other 
 fide of the globe, have their feet di- 
 reftly oppofite to onrs. 
 
 We fl\ould hold day with the anlipoHrs, 
 If you would walk in abfcncc of the fun. Shutfj). 
 So (hines the fun, tho' hence remov'd, as clear 
 When his beams warm th' anlipoJes, as here. 
 
 /•/'■..//.■,. 
 A'wTipopE. n.f. [from a'-ii, againft, and 
 poJ)e.'] He that ufuips the popedom, in 
 oppofition to the right pope. 
 
 This houfe is famous in hilioiy for the retreat 
 of an antifojie, who called himfelf Felix v. 
 
 j-ldJifim. 
 
 JNTIPTO'SJS. n. f. [a'.T;,rT<..<7.;.] A 
 figure in grammar, by which one cafe 
 is put for another. 
 
 A'ntiquary. n. f. [antiquarUis, Lat.] A 
 man (ludious of antiquity ; a colleftor 
 of ancient things. 
 
 All arts, rarities, and inventions, are but the 
 re'.ifts of an inlcUcit defaced with fin. We 
 admire it now, only as .i/ifiywnivVi do a piece ot 
 old coin, for the liamp it once bore. Sout/i. 
 
 With (harpen'dfighr, pale anliqunries ■^o\e, 
 Th' infcription val-ue, but the luft adore. Vopc. 
 The rude Latin of the monks is ftiU very in- 
 telligible; had their lecoids been d.elivcred in 
 the vulgar tongue, they could not now be un- 
 derftood, unlefs by antirjiim in. ^ _ Sivijt. 
 
 A-'.^TiQUARY. adj. [This word is impro- 
 per.] Old ; antique. 
 
 Here's Neftor, 
 InflruiTtcd by the antiqu,!)^ times; 
 He muft, he is, he cannot but be wife. SIniK 
 To A'ntiouate. v. a. [antique, Lat.] 
 To put out of ufe ; to make obfolete. 
 
 The growth of chriftianity in tl-.is kingdom 
 might rcafonably mtroduce new laws, and <m- 
 tiquate or abrogate fome old ones, that feenied 
 lefs confiftcnt with the chrillian doilrines. Hale. 
 Milton's Paradife Loft is admirable. But can- 
 not I admi-.e the height of hi', invention, and 
 the flrength of his e.^preffion, without defending 
 his anticjuoted words, and tlic perpetual harlhnels 
 of their found ? DiyUtn. 
 
 Almighty Latium, with lier cities crown'd. 
 Shall like an antiquated fable found. ylJdifon. 
 A'ntiqu.itedness. n.f. [from antiqua- 
 ted.] The flate of being antiquated, 
 worn out of ufe, oroblolete. 
 AMTTQUE. adj. [antiquf, Fr. aiit'iquus, 
 Lat. It was formerly pronounced, ac- 
 cording to the Engiidi analogy, with 
 the accent on the '.irll fyllablc; but now, 
 after the French, with the accent on 
 the latt, at lead in profe ; the poets 
 ufe it variondy.] 
 J , Ancient ; old ; not modern. 
 
 Now, good Ccfario, but that piece of fong, 
 That old and antiqui fong we hcaid lift nij;lit. 
 
 '5 
 
 ANT . 
 
 Such truth in love as th' antique world did 
 know. 
 In fuch a Ilyle as courts might boaft of now. 
 
 IValler. 
 
 2 . Of genuine antiquity. 
 
 The feals v^-hich we have remaining of Julius 
 Ca;far, which we know to be antique^ have the 
 ftar of Venus over them. Drydeii. 
 
 My copper lamps, at any rale. 
 For being true antique I bought ; 
 
 Yet wifely melted down my plate. 
 On modern models to be wrouglit ; 
 And trifles I alik'; purfuc, 
 Becaufe they're old, bccaufc they're new. ^lior. 
 
 3. Of old fitfhion. 
 
 Forth came that ancient lord and aged qu£e;i, 
 All jy'd in antique robes down to the ground. 
 And fad habiliments right well Ui fccn. h'auj Q. 
 
 Muft he no more divert the tedious day ? 
 Nor fparkliag thoughts in antiqjie woi'ds convey .' 
 Smith to the Memory nj PAi/ij'!. 
 
 4. Odd; wild; antick. 
 
 Name not tbefc Jiving deatii-lieads unto mc ; 
 Fer thefe not ancient hul antique be. Donne. 
 
 And fooner may a gulling weathcr-fpy, 
 By drawing forth heav'n's fchcme, teh certainly 
 \Vhat falhion'd hats, orrufl's, o. fnits ne.xt year 
 Our giddy-headed ii«//'/«f youth will wear. Don'ie. 
 AisTIq;ui.. n.f. \i\-om ~:nt'iq\ie, adj.] All 
 antiquity ; a remain of ai".i.ient times ; an 
 ancient rarity. 
 
 I leave to Edward, now earl of Oxford, my 
 fcal of [ulius Cajfar; as alio ar.other -leal, fiip- 
 pofed to be a young Heiculcs ; both very choice 
 antiques^ and fct in gold. Swift. 
 
 Anti'ql'ENEss. ?!./ [(\-om aaUgue.] The 
 quality of being antique ; an appearance 
 of antiquity. 
 
 U'e may difcovcr (omcthing venerable in the 
 antiqnencp of the work ; but we would fee the 
 defign enlarged. Addij'jn. 
 
 ANTi'iiyiTV. n.f. \_anliqmtas , Lat.] 
 
 1. Old times ; time paft long ago. 
 
 I mention Ariftotle, Polybius, and Cicero, 
 the greatell philofupher, the niort im-^arthil hif- 
 torian, and the nioft conl'uramate Ilatefnian, ut 
 all antiquity. Add.jon 
 
 2. The people of old times,; the ancients. 
 
 That fuch pillars were raifed by Seth, all an- 
 tiquity h.is avowed. Rale:gli. 
 
 3. The works or remains of old times. 
 
 As for the obfervation of Maehiavel, traducing 
 Gregory the Great, that he did what in him lay 
 to extinguilh all heathen antiquitii > : I do not 
 find that thofe zeals lali long; as it appeared in 
 tiic fuccelTion of S,abinian, who did revive the 
 former antiquities. Bacon. 
 
 4. Old age : a ludicrous fenfe. 
 
 Is not your voice broken? your wind Ihort ? 
 your chin double ? your wit fingle ? and every 
 part about you blalHti with antiquity i' and will 
 you yet cill yourfelf young ? SJtukfpe.ne. 
 
 5. Aiicientnefs ; as, this ring is valuable 
 for its aritiqii'i'y. 
 
 ANTISCJJ n.f.Ithnsnofwguliii: [from 
 a»iJ and .] In geography, the 
 
 people who inhabit on different lides of 
 the equator, who coiilequently at noon 
 have their (liaduws projected oppofite 
 vays. Thus the people of the north 
 are rt«///"^H to thofc- of t e fouth ; I lie 
 one priijeftiiig their fliadows at noon 
 toward the north pole, and the oilier 
 toward the foutli pole. Chambers. 
 
 Antiscorbu'tic AL. ) ad', [from in, 
 AwTiscoRBu'TiCK. J againft, andyfor- 
 liitum, the fcurvy.] Good againft the 
 fcurvy. 
 
 The warm antifc;rhutieal plants, in quantities, 
 will occafion lliuking breath, and corrupt the 
 blood, .4ihutiiniit. 
 
 A N T 
 
 The warm antifcorbutlchj animal diet, and 
 animal fjlts, are proper. j-irbuthudt, 
 
 JNTI'SPASIS.n.f [from ,ln), againft, 
 and a-trx'x', to draw.] The revulfiou 
 of any humour into another part. 
 Antispasmo'dick. adj. [from «»ti, a- 
 gainll, and ait<x.a-(/.iB-, the cramp.] That 
 has the power of relieving the cramp. 
 Antsspa'stick. adj. [from am and 
 a-'TtariK'j: ] That caufes a revulfion of 
 the humours. 
 Antispi.ene'tick. adj. [from n'm and 
 fflenetick.] Efficacious in difcafes of 
 the fpleen. 
 
 Antii^Unetickt open the obrtruclions of the 
 
 fpleen . i'kyn. 
 
 jiNTI'STROPHE. n.f. [aNrirjo?,:, from 
 
 a»Ti, the contrary way, and rjo?>r, turiH 
 
 ing.] In an ode fiippofcd to be fung 
 
 in parts, the fecond ftanza of every 
 
 three, or fometimes every fecond ftanza ; 
 
 fo called becaufe the dance turns about. 
 
 Aktistruma'tick. ad/, [from xn- and 
 
 fi/nma, a fcrophulous fvvclling.] Good 
 
 againft the kingitvil. 
 
 I prel'cribed hira a dilfiUed milk, with auii- 
 
 Jltumatirisj and purged him. iJ'iJimuT\ 
 
 ANTI'TBESIS. n.f. in the plural anti- 
 i.iefes. [ajDicri;, placing in oppofi- 
 tion.] Oppofition of words or fenti- 
 ments ; contraft ;• as in thefe lines : 
 
 Though gentle, yet not dull ; 
 Strong without rage; without o'crfiowing, full. 
 
 Dtn/iani. 
 
 I fee a chief, who leads my chofen fons. 
 All arm'd v.it],i)oiul^,antit/:r/ei, and puns. Pojir. 
 A'ntityi'R. n.f. [ i L «j .] Tliat 
 which is refembled or ftiadowed out by 
 the type ; that of which the type is the 
 reprefentalion. It- is a terra of the- 
 ology. See Type. 
 
 When once upon the wing, lie foars to an 
 higher pilch, from the type to the antityfe, to 
 the days of tlie Mcffiah, the afcenfion of our Sa- 
 viour, ar.ri, at length, to his kingdom and do- 
 minion over all the calth Burnetii Thetry. 
 
 He brought forth bread and wine, and was 
 the prielt of the moft higl God; iniUating the 
 antityfe, or the fubftaacc, Chi ill himfelf. Taylor, 
 
 Antity'pical. adj. [from antitype.] 
 That relates to an antitype ; that ex- 
 plains the type. 
 Antivene're AL. adj. [from air! and 
 •venerea/.] Good againft the venereal 
 diftafe. 
 
 If the lues be joined with it, you wil fcarcc 
 cure your patient without exhibiting antivcnercul 
 remedies. IViJeman. 
 
 A'ntler. n. f. [andouil/iei; Fr.] Pro- 
 perly the firlt branches of a flag's 
 horns ; but popularly and generally, 
 any of his branches. 
 
 Grown old, tiicy grow lefs branched, and firft 
 lofe their brow amierz, or lowcft furcations next 
 to the head. Sir'.icn. 
 
 A well-grown ftag,Mhofe antlers rife 
 High o'er his front, his beams invade the ikies. 
 
 Diydcft. 
 Bright Diana 
 Brought hunted wild goats heads, and branciiing 
 
 ant/ers 
 Of flags, the fruit and honour of her toil. Prior. 
 
 JNTO'ECI. n.f It has nofingiilar. [Lat. 
 
 from :'■:], and Mnik, to inhabit.] In 
 
 geography, thofe inhabitants ot the 
 
 earth who live under thi fame meridian, 
 
 ■ and at. the fame diftance from the cqna-
 
 , A N X 
 
 tor ; the one toward the north, and the 
 other to the foutli. Hence tliey have 
 the fame longitude, and their lutituJe is 
 alfo the fame, but of a dili'ereiit deno- 
 miiKition. They are in the fame femi- 
 circle of the meridian, but oppolite p.i- 
 ndlels. They liave precifcly the fame 
 hours of the day and night, but oppolite 
 feafons ; and the night of the one i:; 
 always equal to the day of the oilier. 
 
 Chamhcrs. 
 
 JNTONOMA'SIA. n.f. [from ^'.t,, and 
 'oyo'/.c<\ a name.] A form of fpeech, in 
 which, for a proper name, is put the name 
 offome dignity, oHii;e,proreirion.feienee, 
 or trade; or udu'.i a ])roper name is 
 put In the room oF an appellative. Thus 
 a king is called his majefty ; a noble- 
 man, his lordfaip. We fay the philo- 
 fopher inCtead of Ariftotle, and the ora- 
 tor for Cicero : thus a man is called 
 by the name of his country, a Gtrman, 
 an Italian ; and a grave man is called a 
 Cato, and a wife man a Solomon. 
 
 Smith's Rhetoric. 
 
 A'nTRE. n. f. \^antr!,Y\: antrum, Lat.] 
 A cavern ; a cave ; a den. Not in ufe. 
 With .ill my tr;.vcU hiftory ; 
 Wherein of antrss vaft, and details idle, 
 It was my hent to fpeak. S'i.ikjpeare. 
 
 A'nvil. n.f. [aenpille. Sax.] 
 
 1. The iron block on w'lich the fmith 
 lays his metal to be forged. 
 
 I law a fmith Hand with his liammcr, thu5, 
 The wliilrt liis iron did on his anvil cool, Sh^^f. 
 
 On their eternal finiiih here he found 
 The brethren beating, and tlie blows go round. 
 
 2. Any thing on which blows are laid. 
 
 Here I clip 
 The atwil of my fword, and do conteft 
 Holly and nobly. Shaif^care. 
 
 3. Figuratively, to be upon the anvil., is to 
 be in a (late of fonr.ation or preparation. 
 
 Several members of our houfe ktiowing what 
 was upon the anvil, went to the clergy, and du- 
 fired their judgment. Swift. 
 
 An-xj'ety. n.f. [aiixidas, Lat.] 
 
 1. Trouble of mind aboirt fomc future 
 event ; fufpenfe with uneafinefs ; per- 
 plexity ; folicitude. 
 
 To be happy, is nor only to be freed from the 
 pains and difeafes of the body, but from tinxiffv 
 ind vexation of fpivit; not only 10 enjoy the 
 pieafurcs of fenfc, but peace of confcience, and 
 tianquiliity of mind. T:t'otfofi. 
 
 3. In the medical language, lownefs of 
 fpirits, with uneafinefs of the (loinach. 
 
 In ti7ixie(l£i which attend fevers, when the 
 coUl fit is over, a warmer regimen m;iy be al- 
 lowed; and becaule anxieties often happen by 
 fpafms froiri wind, fpices are tifeful. Arhuthnttt. 
 
 A'NXIOUS. adj. [an.v;«r, Lat.] 
 
 1. Difturbed about fonie uncertain event ; 
 folicitous ; being in painful fufpenfe ; 
 painfully uncertain. 
 
 Hii pcnfivc cheek upon his hand reclin'd, 
 And anxioui thoughts icvolving in bis mind. T)ryJ. 
 
 With healing hcaits the dire rvent they wait , 
 y//;A/o«i,and ticmhling for the birth of fate. Pi-^f. 
 
 2. Careful; full of inquietude ; unquiet. 
 
 In youlh alone unhappy mortals live ; 
 But, ah ! the mighty blrlsis fugitive ; 
 Difcolouv'd ficknefs, anxious labour come, 
 And age, and death's inexorable doom. Drydt-ti. 
 
 3. Careful, as of a thing of great impor- 
 tance. 
 
 A P A 
 
 No writingswc need to be foliciiou'. about the 
 meaning of, but thofc that contain truths wc are 
 lo believe, or Ir.ws wc .ire to olicy ; wc may be 
 Icfs an.xious a/'out the fcnfc of other aut'-oi's. Lo kt. 
 4. It has generally /»>• or about before the 
 objeift, but fometimes of; Icfs properly. 
 ^■invious ^/"ncgletft. fufpefliiig change. Grun:*. 
 A'nxiously. adv. [from anxiom.^ In 
 an anxious manner ; folicitoufly ; un- 
 quietly ; carefully ; with painful uncer- 
 tainty. 
 
 P.ut wlicrc the lufs is temporal, every probabi- 
 lity of it needs not put us fo anxinuPy to pi event 
 it, fincc it might be repaired again. S'Aith. 
 
 Tlrni, wliat betits the new lord mayor, 
 And what the Gallick aims will do, 
 Ax\.a-]xto.tP\' inquifilivc t.> know. Dtv.ien. 
 
 A'nxiousness. H.y. [fromunx/oHj ] The 
 quality of being anxious ; fufceplibility 
 of anxiety. 
 A'ny. adj. [anip5, enij, Sax.] 
 
 1 . Every ; whoever he be ; whatever it 
 be. It is, in all its fenfes, applied in- 
 difFerently to perfons or things. 
 
 I know you arc now, fir, a genileman born — 
 Ay, and havC'been fo anj: time thclc four hours. 
 
 Shakj^'tare. 
 
 You contented yourfclf with being capable, as 
 much as att\ whofoevcr, of defending your coun- 
 try with your fword. Drytltn. 
 
 How fit is this retreat for uninterrupted ftudy ! 
 Anyone that Iocs it will own, I could not have 
 chofcn a mote likely place to converfc with the 
 dead in. Fo^e. 
 
 2. Whofoever ; whatfoever ; as diftin- 
 guiflied frt)m fume other. 
 
 Whatwarmth is there in your .TfFc^Ion towards 
 any of thefc princely fuilors that are already 
 come ? S'!.i^f^''are. 
 
 An inverted motion being begun any where 
 below, continues itfclf till the whole length. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 3. It is ufed in oppofition to none. 
 
 I wound and I h.al : neither is there avy that 
 can deliver out of my hand. Deuteronomy 
 
 A'oRisT. n.f. [zo^ir©-.] Indefinite ; a 
 term in the Greek grammar. 
 
 AO'RTA. n.f. [ii'r.>»;.] The great artery 
 which riles immediately out of the left 
 ventricle of the heart. Qnincy. 
 
 Apa'ce. udv. [from « and /ifli-f ; that is, 
 with a great pace.] 
 
 1. Qnick ; fpeedily : ufed of things in 
 motion. 
 
 Or when the flying libhard fhe did chace, 
 Sire could then nimbly move, and after tiy a^<aee. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 Av, quoth my uncle Glo'ller, 
 Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow 
 
 apare. 
 
 And fince, methinks, T wu'jld not grow fo f ilt, 
 Eecaufc I'weet dow'rs are ilow, and weeds make 
 halfe. S/takj'pcare. 
 
 He promis'd in his eail a glorious race ; 
 Now funk fiom his meridian, fets apace. Dry.Un. 
 
 Is not he imprudent, who, feeing the tide 
 making haite towards him apace, will flecp till 
 the lea overwhelm htm ? I'iUotjon. 
 
 2. With halle : applied to fome aClion. 
 
 The baron now his diamonds pours apace ; 
 Th' embioider'd king, who (hows but half his 
 
 face, 
 And his refulgent queen. Pope*s Rapeof theLoclf. 
 
 3. Haftily ; with fpeed : fpoken of any 
 kind of progreflion from one Hate to 
 another. 
 
 This fecond coiirfe of men, 
 Wirh fomc rcg.trdto what is jult and right, 
 Shall lead their lives, and multiply apace. Milt. 
 The life and power of religion decays apace, 
 here and at homf; while w« are fprcading^thc 
 
 APE 
 
 honour of our arms far and wide through ftireign 
 
 nations. jlitcrbury. 
 
 If fenfiblc ptcafure, or real grandeur, be our 
 
 end, we fhail proccec' c.p<.rf jo real mifcry. tVatti. 
 
 A P A G o'g I c .\ L . adj. [ flu m xvccyuy >) co m- 
 poundcd of aTTi, from, aid a-/„ , to bring 
 or draw.] An api^ngicn! demonilra- 
 tion Is fuch as does not prove tiic thing 
 diredly, but (hows the impoflibility, 
 01 abfurdlty, which arifes from deny- 
 ing it ; and is alfo called rcJu^io aJ im- 
 fir^ffibilc, or adalfurdum. .. Chambers. 
 
 Ai'a'k.t. adv. [apart, Fr. ] 
 
 1. Separately from the reft in place. 
 
 Since Icntcr into that qticfliop, it bchovcth mc 
 to give rcalbn for niy opinion, with circmri- 
 fpcition ; hecaufc I walk afidc, and in a way 
 apart from the multitude. Role-vii. 
 
 The party difcerncd, that the earl of Eil'cx 
 would never fervc their turn ; they refolvcd 10 
 have another artny apart, that fhould be at their 
 devotion. Clarendon. 
 
 2. In a ftate of diflindlion ; as, to fet 
 apart for any ufe. 
 
 He is fo very figurative, that he requires a 
 grammar apart, to cuiillrue him. DryJcn. 
 
 The tyrant Ihall demand yon facred load. 
 And gold and vclfels fet apart for God. Prior. 
 
 3. Diilindly. 
 
 Mofes firit tiamcth heaven and eartli, putting 
 waters bin in the third place, as comprehending 
 waters in the word etnth ; but afterwards he 
 nametii them .ipart. Raleigh. 
 
 4. At a difianee ; retired from the other 
 company. 
 
 So pleafe you, madam, 
 Topiit a^jrf thcfe your attendants. Shakfpeare. 
 Apa'rtment. II. f. [nptirlemint, Fr.] A 
 part of the houfe allotted to the ufe of 
 any particular perfon ; a room j a fet 
 of rooms. 
 
 A private g.tllcry 'twixt th' apartments led. 
 Not to the foe yet known. Sir f. Denhan:, 
 
 He, pale as death, defpoil'd cf his aii-ay. 
 
 Into toe queen's wptfr/wt-.'// takes his way. DrytL 
 
 The moll ccnfiderabic ruin is that on the eafi- 
 
 fcrn promontory, where arc llill fome apartments 
 
 .; left very high and arched at top. Addifin. 
 
 A'pathv. n. /". [2, not, and cwS©-, 
 
 feeling.] The quality of not feeling ; 
 
 exemption from paflion 3 freedom from 
 
 mental perturbation. , ' 
 
 Of good and evil much they argUed then, 
 Pcftlon, and ap.ilhy, and glory, and Ihame. Milt. 
 To remain inl'enlible of fuch provocations, is 
 not conltancv but apathy. Soutii. 
 
 In lazy afiatnt let Stoicks boaft 
 Their virtue fix'd; 'tis fixed as in fi'oll, 
 Contrafted all, retiring to the treaft ; 
 But Ittength of mind is exercife, not reft. Pipe. 
 APE. n.f. lafV, Icclandifh.] 
 
 1 . A kind of monkey remarkable for imi- 
 tating what he fees. 
 
 I will be mote newfangled than an ape, more 
 giddy in my defiicsthan a monkey. SAai/peare. 
 
 Writers report, that the heart of an ape, worn 
 near the heart, comr'orteth the heart, and in- 
 creafeth aadacity. It is true, that the ape is a 
 merry and bold heall. Baco'.. 
 
 With glitteiing gold and fparkling gems they 
 Ihine, 
 Bat apei and monkeys are the gods within. 
 
 Grarnnite. 
 
 Cclcftial beings, when of late they faw 
 A mortal mt.n untold all nature's law. 
 Admit 'd fuch knowledge in .1 human ftiape, 
 And Ihow'd a Newton, as we lliuw an ape. Ftpc. 
 
 2. An imitator : ufed generally in the 
 bad fenfe. 
 
 Julio Romano, whc, had he himfelf eterDity, 
 and could put breath into Iris work, would bt-
 
 APE 
 
 guiU- nature of her cullom : Co pcifetlly lie is 
 her tipe. S/hdfprare. 
 
 To Ape. v. a. [from ape-l To imitate, as 
 an ape imitates human aftioiis. 
 
 y^jfifig llic foreigners in cvcrv drcl's, 
 M'hicli, bought at jrcalci cull, becomes him lefs. 
 
 JJ,ydcn. 
 
 Curfe on the (tripling ! Iiow he fi^f^ liis lire! 
 Ambitlouny fentenlious ! ,'/J..','f ". 
 
 Ape'ak, or Ape'f-k. aih'. [probably from 
 a pique. ~\ In apofture topierce ; ioimtd 
 witli a point. 
 
 A'pEPsv. n.f. [rn-i4.i»-] A lofs of natu- 
 ral concoftion. ^'incy. 
 
 A'PER. n.f. [from ape.'\ A ridiculous imi- 
 tator or mimick. 
 
 Aperient, adj. [aperio, Lat. to Open.] 
 Tlint has the c]\iality of opening : 
 chicily ufed of medicines gently pur- 
 gative. 
 
 Thcic lie bracelets fit to comfort the fpiiits ; 
 and ihey be of tiu'ce intentions ; refrigerant, cor- 
 roborant, and ajH'riait. Bacon. 
 
 Of the ftcms yf plants, fome contain a fine 
 npirient fait, and arc diurctick and faponaccous. 
 
 Ape'ritive. adj. [from a^mo, Lat. to 
 open.] That has the quality of open- 
 ing the excrementitlous paflages of the 
 body. 
 
 Tlicy may make brotli, with tiic addition of 
 apt:tit:i-£ herbs. ILn'.'n . 
 
 Ape'rt. adj. [_aperhts, Lat.] Opeji. 
 Ap«'rtion. n.f. [from apertvs, Lat.] 
 
 1. xAn opening ; a paffage through any 
 thing ; a gap. 
 
 The next now in order are the apeitions ; under 
 wliich term I do compj'ciiend duurs, winiiow?, 
 rt.tircafes, cljimncys, or otlier conduits : in fhort, 
 all inlets or outlets. IJ'cito>:. 
 
 2. The aft of opening ; or flate of being 
 opened. 
 
 The plenitude of velTcIs, otherwife called the 
 
 plethora, when it h.rppens, caufeth an extrava- 
 
 fation ot blood, cither by ruption or apcrtion of 
 
 them. yViJemtin. 
 
 Ape'rtlv. adv. [apcrte, Lat.] Openlyi ; 
 
 without covert. 
 Ape'rtness. «.y^ [from^^«-/.] Opennefs. 
 The freedom, or ttpertnef and vigour of pro- 
 nouncing, and the clofcnefs of mntffing, and Ja- 
 2inefs oi fpeaking, render the found different. 
 
 HolMr. 
 A'perture. r}.f. [fvom aperhis, open.] 
 
 1. The acl of opening. 
 
 Hence arifeth the facility of joining a confo- 
 nant to a vowel, bccau'fc from an apptilfe to an 
 aperture iscafrcrthan from one appulie to anotiier. 
 
 Ho/.l,r. 
 
 2. An open place. 
 
 If memory be made by the eafy motion of the 
 fpirils through the opened paflages, imager, witii- 
 out doul't, pafs thiuugh the fame apcrtnrrs. 
 
 Glctrwiile. 
 
 3. The hole next the objeftglafs of a telc- 
 fcopc or microfcope. 
 
 The concave metal bore an aperture oi an inch; 
 but the aptrturc 'K:i% limited by an op.iquc circle, 
 perforated in the middle. Niivroii't Oprich. 
 
 4. Enlargement ; explanation : a fenfe 
 fcldom found. 
 
 It is too much untwiftcd by the doflors, and, 
 like pUilofopliy, made intricate by explications, 
 and difficult by the aperture and dilfolution of 
 diftinftions. Taylor. 
 
 Ar e't A i.ou s. adj. [of a.pr'tv. and r^nxh'A, 
 a leaf.] Without petala or flower leaves. 
 Apk'tai.ousness. tt.f. [from apelalous.] 
 State of being without leaves. 
 
 A P I 
 
 APEX. n.f. apices, plur. [Lat.] 
 tip or point of any thing. 
 The apcx,uy Icffer end of it i 
 
 The 
 
 is broken otf. 
 
 }Vood\uaj-d. 
 
 .APHJE'RESIS.n.f [=.>;«^,;.] A figure 
 in grammar, that takes av/ay a letter 
 or fvUable from the beginning of a 
 word. 
 
 APHELION, n.f apheUa, plnr. [from 
 avl, and iiAi^, the fun.] That part of 
 the oiblt of a planet, in which it is at 
 the point remoted from the fun. 
 
 The reafon why the comets move not in the 
 zodiack is, that, in their aphelia, they may be 
 at the gicntell diltances from one another; and 
 confequently difturb one another's motions the 
 leafr that may be. Cheyne. 
 
 APHE'TA. n.f [with aarologers.] The 
 name of the planet, which is imagined 
 to be the giver or difpofer of life in a na- 
 tivity. Dill. 
 Aphe'ticai. adj. [from apheta.'\ Re- 
 lating to the apheta. 
 Aphila'nthropv. n. f. [k, withovit, and 
 ip.x^rSfi'Tri;-', love of mankirid.] Want of 
 love to mankind. 
 A'pHONY. u. f [V, without, and (pm-r, 
 fpeech.] A lol's of fpeech. ^liiiry. 
 A'l'HORISM. «./ [^Vx-.<r„J...] A max- 
 im ; a precept contracted in a fliort 
 fentence ; an unconnecled pofition. 
 
 He will eafily difcern how little of truth there 
 is in the multitude ; ,™d, though foraetimes 
 they arc flattered with K'nM aphorifm, will hardly 
 believe the voice of the people to be the voice of 
 God. Brciv'i'i Vulgar linoun 
 
 1 fti.iU at prcfent confuler the apkorifni^ that a 
 man of religion and virtue is a more ufeful, and 
 confequently a more valuable, member of a 
 comnrunity. Rnqer-,. 
 
 Aphori'stiCal. adj. [from aphorifm.'] 
 Having the form of an aphoilfm ; writ- 
 ten in fepaiate and unconnected fen- 
 tenccs. 
 Aphori'stically. adv. [from aphorijli- 
 cal.^ In the form of an aphorifm. 
 
 Thcfe being carried down, feldom mifs a cure, 
 as Hippocrates doth likewife (i;/jor//?ii:a//)i tell us. 
 
 llarvcy. 
 
 Aphrodisi'acal. ladj. [from ' .\<ppl:\;, 
 Aphrodisi'ack. J Venus.] Relating to 
 
 the venereal difeafe. 
 A'piARY. H./. [from apis, Lat. a bee.] 
 The place where bees are kept. 
 
 Thole who arc Ikilled in bees, when they fee 
 a foreign fwarm approaching to plunder their 
 hives, have a trick to divert them into fome 
 neighbouring apiary, there to make what havock 
 they plcafc. Siu'tt. 
 
 API'CES of a Jlo-wer. [Lat. from apes, 
 the top.] Little knobs that grow on 
 the tops of the (lamina, in tlie middle of 
 a flower. They are commonly of a dark 
 piirplifli colour-. By the microfcope 
 they have been difcovered to be a fort 
 oi capfiiliP feminiihs, or feed vefleis, con- 
 taining in them fniall globular, and often 
 oval particles, of various colours, and ex- 
 quilitely formed. ^tincw 
 
 Ari'EVK. udv. [from a (or each, andym-c, 
 or (hare.] To tlie jrart or Ihare of each. 
 Men, in svhok mouths at firft founded no- 
 thing but mortilication, were come to think that 
 they might lawfully liii\e fix or feven wives 
 apiece. Jhnllrr. 
 
 I ha\e to-night dil'prtlchcd fixlecn bufinelTcs, a 
 
 A P O 
 
 month's length apiece, by an abihafl of Aiccsfs. 
 
 Sliai^ppeare. 
 
 One copy of this paper may fervc a dozen of 
 
 you, which will be Ids than a farthing apiece. 
 
 Swift. 
 A'pisH. adj. [from ape.] 
 
 1. Having the qualitits of an ape; imita- 
 tive. 
 
 Repo.tof falliions inpioud Italy, 
 Whole manners ftill our rardy api/i nation 
 Limps .ifier, in bafe awkwaid imitation. Slia.i. 
 
 2. Foppidi ; affefted. 
 
 Becaufe I cannot flatter, and look fair, 
 Duck With French nods, and apiyi courtefy, 
 I mult be held a rancorous enemy. iliaiji<eare. 
 
 3. Silly; trifling; infignificant. 
 
 All this is but aptJA fophiflry ; and, to give it 
 a name divine and excellent, is abufrve and unjuft. 
 
 Glam'itle. 
 
 4. Wanton ; playful. 
 
 Gloomy fits the queen, 
 Till happy chance reverts the c uel fccne ; 
 
 And apijii folly, with her wild refort 
 
 Of wit and jell, dilfiirbs the lolemn court. Prinr. 
 A'pisHLV. ad-v. [from api/'h.'] In an apilh 
 
 manner ; foppiflily ; conceitedly. 
 A'piSHNESS. n. f. [froiti api/h.'] Mi- 
 
 mickry ; foppery ; iiifignilicance ; play- 
 
 fulnefs. 
 Api'tpat. adv. [A word formed from the 
 
 motion.] With quick palpitation. 
 
 O there he comes — Welcome my bully, my 
 back : agad, my heait has gone apitpat for 
 you. Coiigreve. 
 
 APLVSTRE. n.f [Latin.] The ancient 
 enfign carried in fea veffcls. 
 
 The one holds a fword in her hand, to rcpre- 
 fent the Iliad ; as the other has an ap^ujlre, Xo 
 reprcl'ent the OdylTey, or voyage of UlylTes. 
 
 Miiifn, 
 
 APO'CALYPSE. n. f [from a',T««- 
 TitJjrTi. ] Revelation; difcovery : a word 
 ufed only of the facred writings. 
 
 O tor that warning voice, which he wiio faw 
 
 Th' apccalypfc heard cry in hcav'ri aloud. Miltan. 
 
 With this throne, lyi the glory of the Father, 
 
 compare the throne of the Son of God, as feeii 
 
 in the apocniypfe, Burnetts Theory of the Earth. 
 
 Apocaly'ptical. adj. [from ap-calypfe^~\ 
 Concerning revelation ; containing re- 
 velation. 
 
 It we could undcrlland that fcene, at the. 
 opening of this apccalyptieal theatre, we Ihould 
 find it a rcprefentation of Ihemajefly of our Sa- 
 viour. Burnetii Theory rf the Eart/i. 
 
 Apocalyptic ALLY. adv. [from apoca- 
 lyplicaL] In fuch a manner as to reveal 
 loinething fecret. 
 
 APO'COPE. u.f [aV^.TT-;.] A figure in 
 grammar, when the lad letter or fylla- 
 ble of a word is taken away ; as, ingeni, 
 for ingeiiii ; apoplcx, for apoplexy, 
 
 .Apocru'stick. adj. [aTroifsVixi-, from 
 BTToxftf, to drive.] Endued with a re- 
 pelling and adringciit power : applied 
 to remedies which prevent the too great 
 afflux of humoiirs. 
 
 APOCRYPHA, n. f [from lir.xiinX.-, 
 to put out of fight.] Books not pub- 
 lickly commtinicated ; books whofc 
 aiithori are not known. It is tifed for 
 the books appended to the facrtd writ- 
 ings, ivhich, being of doubtful authors, 
 are lefs regarded. 
 
 We h.old not the at^ncrvpha for facred, as wc 
 do (he holy fcripturc, but lor human conipolitions. 
 
 Ihol^er, 
 
 xAfo'CRYPHAL. adj. \J\-Qm apocrypha.'] 
 
 I
 
 A P O 
 
 1. Not canonical ; of uncertain aiitliorlty. 
 
 Jciom, who Ciith that all wiitin^s not canuni- 
 cal ^Tc tip<irrypliu/t ulVs not the title .i/Ofry/'Au/as 
 the It-it of the fathers oniinarily have dune, wliufc 
 cultoni is (o to name, for fhc moll part, oiiJy 
 fuch as might not publickly be reader divulged. 
 
 llmier. 
 
 1. Contained In the apocrypha. 
 
 To fpeak of her in the words of the aficry- 
 ^Aj/ writers, wifdom is glorious, and never fad- 
 eth away. ^JJifort. 
 
 3. It is fometimes vifed for an account of 
 uncertain credit. 
 
 Apo'cryph ALLY. aJv. [ixomapocryphal.l 
 Uncertainly ; not indifpiitably. 
 
 Apo'cryph ALNESS, n.f. [from afiocry- 
 fhal.] Uncertainty; doubtftilnefs of 
 credit. 
 
 Apobi'ctical. adi. [from a'woJii|i., evi- 
 dent truth ; demonUration.] Dcmon- 
 ftrative ; evident beyond contradiftion. 
 Holding an apn^ii^ical knowledge, and an af- 
 furcd knowledge of it; verily, to pertuadc their 
 apprehcniions otherwife, were to make an Euclid 
 believe, that there were more than one centre in 
 a circle. Brcwn'i Vut^.ir Ermi/rs. 
 
 Wc call fsv all at the number thr-ee; therefore 
 the w<*rjd is perfcft. Tobit went, and his dog 
 f'(»<lowcd hijn ; thtieforc there is a world in the 
 moon, were an avgumcnt aiajtcM^/cal. GhinvilU. 
 
 ylPODIXIS. n.f. [aTW%.|.!.] Demon- 
 
 llration. Dia. 
 
 APOGJEON. 1ft./. [from dm, from, 
 
 A'poGEE. >and "/r, the earth.] A 
 
 APOGE'UM. ) point in the heavens, in 
 
 whlsh the fun, or a planet, is at the 
 
 greatefl; diftance poffible from the earth 
 
 in its whole revolution. The ancient 
 
 aftronomers regarding the earth as the 
 
 centre of the fyflem, chiefly regarded 
 
 the apogason and perigDeon, which the 
 
 modems, making the fun the centre, 
 
 change for the aphelion and perihelion. 
 
 Chambers. 
 Thy fin is in his ipcgiton placed. 
 And when it moveth next,muft needs deiVend. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 It is yet not agieed in what time, precifely, 
 
 \\>f a^c^eum abfolvcth one degree. Bicivn, 
 
 Apologe'tical. 1 (7r//. [from aiTt\r,yi.j:, 
 
 Apologe'tick. j to defend.] That is 
 
 fold in defence of any thing or perfon. 
 
 I dcfign to publilh an clTay, the greater part of 
 which is ap^logetifiii'f for one fort of chymills. 
 
 AfOLOGE'riCALLY. aJv. [from j/is/off- 
 
 tical-l In the way of defence or ex- 
 
 cufe. 
 Apo'loGist. n.f. [from To apologize.'] 
 
 He that makes an apology j a pleader 
 
 in favour of another. 
 7o Apo'logize. ^'. n. [from apohgy.'\ 
 
 1. To plead in favour of any perfon or 
 thing. 
 
 It will be much more fcafonable to rcft)rm than 
 M^ofo^izf or rhctoiicate ; atid therefore it imports 
 thofe, who dwell fccut*;, to look about them. 
 
 Dfiiiy cf Piety. 
 
 2. It has the particle ybr before the fub- 
 jeft of apology. 
 
 1 ought to afr..'cgixt for my indifcrclion in the 
 whole undertaking. tVukt'i Vre^ar, for Death. 
 
 The tranflator needs not apohgizc for his 
 choice of riiis piece, which was made in his 
 childhood. Pape*i Pteface to St.iti'ui. 
 
 A'POLOOUE. «./. [aVoXt/>©-.] Fable; 
 ftory contrived to teach fame moral 
 truth. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 A P O 
 
 Ah afilnpit of jEfop is beyond i\ fyllogifm, 
 
 and proverbs moic powerful than dcmonllration. 
 
 litoii'it^i Viilenr Efrotirl. 
 
 Some men are remarked for pleaf.mtnefs in 
 raillery; others ior a^oh^nei and appofite divert- 
 ing ftories. I.ici.-. 
 
 APO'LOGY. n.f. [apologia, Lat. oiVo^.- 
 
 •j-ia.] 
 
 1. Defence; excufe. Jpology generally 
 fignifies rather excufe than vindication, 
 and tends rather to extenuate the fa.ilt, 
 than prove innocence. This is, how- 
 ever, ibmctimes unregarded by writers. 
 
 In her face excufe 
 Came prologue, and ap'Jugy too prompt ; 
 Which with bland words at will Ihc thu< ad- 
 drefs'd. Mi.'icn. 
 
 2. It has/»r before the objeft of excufe. 
 
 Il is not my intention to make an iip'i/s^y fnr 
 my poem : lome will think it needs no excufe, 
 and others will reeeive none. Dry.t'-n. 
 
 I Ihall neither trouble the reader, nor myfcU, 
 with zny ap^i-i^y for publilhing of thefe feimoiis, 
 for if they be in any nieafuie tiuly ferviceable 
 to the end for which they are dcfigned, I do not 
 fee what apoUgy is ncccffaiy ; and if they be not 
 fo, I am fuic none can be fulflcient. Ti/hrfcn. 
 
 Apomeco'metr V. h.y. [iTr-jfromiftw® , 
 diflance, and jxilfi'i, to meafnre.] The 
 artof meafiiringt hingsat a dlilancc. £)»£?. 
 
 APONEUROSIS, n.f. [from ii:'., from, 
 and vw^tA, a nerve.] An expunfion of 
 a nerve into a membrane. 
 
 When a cyft rifcs near the orifice of the artery, 
 it is formed by the aponeurofn that runs over the 
 vcffel, which becomes exceflivcly expanded. 
 
 Sharp' i iur^fry. 
 
 APO'PHASIS. n.f. [Lat. aVo^a^ , a de- 
 nying.] A figure in rhetorick, by which 
 the orator, fpeaking ironically, fcems to 
 wave what he would plainly infinuate ; 
 as, Niithcr ivill I tnenlion thofe things, 
 ivhlch, if I JhouUy you notivithjlanilitig 
 could neither confute or /peak againfl than. 
 Smith's Rhetorick. 
 Apophle'cmatick. n. /. [am and 
 (fi^iiVfti.] That has the quality of draw- 
 ing away phlegm. 
 Apophle'gm ATisM. n.f. \_xtrQ and (p\iy 
 fti.] A medicine of which the inten- 
 tion is to draw phlegm from the blood. 
 And fo it is in apcpkl,gmat!fms and gargarifms, 
 that di:iw the rheum down by the palate. Baccri. 
 Apophlegm a'tizant. n.f. [^wo and 
 ^xi-zfAa.] Any remedy which caufes an 
 evacuation of feroiis or mucous humour 
 by the noftrils, as particular kinds of 
 fternutatories. ^liiicy. 
 
 A'poPHTHEGM. n.f. [xVijSsvfii.] A re- 
 markable faying ; a valuable ma.sim 
 uttered on fome fudden occafion. 
 
 We may magnify the apophthegn:i, or reputed 
 replies of wifdom, whereof many are to be feen 
 in Laertius and Lycolthencs. Brown'i Vul. hr. 
 I had a mind to collcil .and digeft fuch obfcr- 
 varioiis And apophtheemi as tend to the proof of 
 that great alTenion, All is vJnity. Prior. 
 
 APO'PBrOE. n.f. [d^oipvyr,, flight, or 
 efcape.] That part of a celumn, where 
 it begins to fpring out of its bafe ; and 
 was originally no more than the ring or 
 ferrel, which anciently bound the ex- 
 tremities of wooden pillars, to keep them 
 from fplitting, and were afterwards imi- 
 tated in (lone work. We fometimes call 
 it the fpring of the column. Chambers, 
 APO' PHI'S IS. n. /. loinif;i<r>i.'i The 
 
 A P O 
 
 prominent parts of fome bones; the 
 
 lame as proctfs. It differs from aw 
 
 epiphyiis, as it is a continuance of the 
 
 boneitfelf; whcretis the latter is fomc- 
 
 what adhering to a b-.)ne, and of which 
 
 it is not projjeriy a part. S^j/inry, 
 
 It is the apoph\fii^ or head, of the os ti!>ix» 
 
 wliic'h makes the knee. IVifimari*i Surgtry. 
 
 Apople'ctical. ) adj. [from apople>:y.~\ 
 
 Apople'ctick. J Relating to au apO' 
 
 picxy. 
 
 \Vc meet with the fame complaints of gravity 
 in living boriici, wlicii tlic f.iculry locomotive 
 Iccms .iboliflied; as may be oblcrvcdin fiipport* 
 ing pcrfons incbri.^ted, ap'ipleSic<ily or in lipo- 
 thyniics, and fwouiiing.''. JS'O-tun't Vulgar Er, 
 In an tipoji'cili-.a/ c;tfe, be found cxtravafaied 
 Ltluod making way f.om tlic vciUriclcs o( the 
 brain. JJerham, 
 
 A lady was feizcd with an ap'}pl:8uk Ht, 
 which aftcrwaid leimin.tted in Tome kind of \t* 
 thargy, JVifematt^ 
 
 A'poPLEX. ti.f, [See Apoplexy.] Apo- 
 plexy. The lad 1) liable is cut awaj' ; 
 but this is only in poetry, 
 
 Prcfcnr piinifhmcntpurfiics his m.iw, 
 When, furteitcd and fwcll'd, the peacock rav 
 He be.irs intu the bath ; wlitiice want of breathy 
 Repletions, apopkxj inteliate death. Drydcn, 
 
 A'popLEXED. adj, [from tf/>of/f.v.] Seized 
 with an apoplexy, 
 
 Scnfc, Cure, you have, 
 Elfc could yoiinot have motion ; but furethatfcnfis 
 Is apopUx'J. SkiJ.kfpeare, 
 
 ATOPLEXY. «./. [aVoV^r.*.?.] A fud- 
 den deprivation of all internal and exter- 
 nal fenfation, and of all motion, unlefd 
 of the heart and thorax. The caufe is 
 generally a repletion, and indicates eva- 
 cuation, joined with ftimuli. ^incy, 
 
 .^tpoptcxy is a fudden abolition of all the fenfcs, 
 external and internal, and of all voluntary mo- 
 tion, by the ftoppagc of the flux and reflux of 
 the animal fpirits through the nerves deftinedfor 
 thofe motions. ^rbuthnot on Diet... 
 
 Peace is a vciy aptplcyy, lethargy, mulled, 
 deaf, flcepy, infenlible. ShakfpsareU Loriolanui, 
 
 A fever may take away my rcafon, or memow 
 ry, and an apoplexy leave neither fenfe nor under- 
 flaiuiing. L-ocke^ 
 
 APO'RIA. n.f. \_'mo^^u.'\ A figure in 
 rlietorlck, by which the fpeaker ftiews, 
 tliat he doubts where to begin for the 
 multitude of matter, or what to fay ini 
 fome firange and ambiguous thing ; and 
 doth, as it were, argue the cafe with, 
 himfelf. Thus Cicero fays, Whether he 
 took them from his fellows more impudenl/yf 
 gave them to a harlot more lafci-vioujly , 
 removed them from the Roman people more 
 •wickedly, or altered them more prefump- 
 tiiouflv, I cannot luell declare. Smith, 
 
 APORRHO'EA. n.f. [x,ro|;,'.r.] Efflu- 
 vium ; emanation ; fomething emitted 
 by another. Not in ufe. 
 
 The reafon of this he endeavours to make out 
 by atomical uptrrhtxaij which palfing from the 
 crucntate weapon to the wound, and being in- 
 corpuialed with the panicles of the i'alve, carry 
 them to the afte.5ted parr. GlajrviHe'i Scepfis, 
 
 APOSIOPESIS. n.f. [aVo-.:.'7ry;cr,.:,froni 
 
 oTTc, after, and atu-^d,, to be filent.] A 
 form of fpeech, by which the fpeaker, 
 through fome afftftlon, as forrow, bafli- 
 fulnefs, fear,anger,or vehemency, breaks 
 off his fpeech before it be all ended, A 
 figure, when, fpeaking of a thing, we 
 yet feera to conceal it, Ujough indeed 
 N
 
 A P O 
 
 we aggravate it ; or when the coiirfe of 
 the fentence begun is fo itayed, as 
 thereby fome part of the fentence, not 
 being nttered, may be iinderftood. Smith. 
 Apo'stasy. n.f. [aVorc-cr.!.] Departure 
 from what a man has profeffed : gene- 
 rally applied to religion ; fometimes 
 with the particle y/om. 
 
 The canon law defines apofi^^fy to be a wilful 
 departure from that ftate of f.iith, which any 
 jierfon has profeffed himfelf to hold in the chrif- 
 tian church. Ay!i§e'i Parergon. 
 
 The affable arcliangel had forewarn'd 
 Adam, by due example, to bewaie 
 j^pojlafy^ by what befcl in heav'n 
 To thole apoftates. Milton. 
 
 Vice in us were not only wlckediicfs, but 
 fipojiafy^ degenerate wickednefs. Sprat. 
 
 Whoever do give different worfhips, muft 
 bring in more gods; which is an apojicify f'om 
 one God. Stilli'is^fcct. 
 
 APO'STATE. n. /. [apo/lafa, Lat.. 
 aTorJrKc.'] One that has forfaken his 
 profefEon : generally applied to one that 
 has left his religion. 
 
 The angels, for difobedience, thou hafl rcferv- 
 ed to a miferable immortality; but unto man, 
 equally rebellious, equally afcjtate from thee and 
 goodnefs, thou halt given a Saviour, /?5jj:rj* Serm. 
 Ap'tfiatci in point of faith, are, according to 
 the civil law, fubjeA unto all punilhments or- 
 dained againft hcreticks. Ayliffc. 
 
 AposTA'TiCAL.a^//. [from apojlate.l After 
 the manner of an apoft ate. 
 To wear turbants is an (7^o/?(j/;rii/ conformity. 
 
 Sandys. 
 
 ^0 Apo'statize. it. n. [from apoJlate.'\ 
 To forfake one's profeffion : commonly 
 vifed of one who departs from his reli- 
 gion. 
 
 None revolt from the faith, becaufe they muft 
 not look upon a woman to luft after her, but 
 becaufe they are reftraincd from the perpetration 
 of their luft. If wanton glances, and libidinous 
 thoughts, had been permitted by the gofpcl, 
 they would have apnjiixti-x.ed neverthelefs. BentUy. 
 To Apo'stem.ate. v. n. [from apoJleme.'\ 
 To become an apofleme ; to fvvell and 
 corrupt into matter. 
 
 There is care to be taken In abfceffcs of the 
 breaft and belly, in danger of breaking inwards ; 
 yet, by opening thefe too foon, they fometimes 
 apojiemate again, and become crude. IViJcman^ 
 Apostema'tion. n.f. {Jx-om apoJ}emate.'\ 
 The formation of an apofteme ; the 
 gathering of a hollow purulent tumour. 
 
 Nothing ca-i be more admirable than the many 
 
 ways nature hath provided for preventing, or 
 
 curing of fevers j as, vomitings, apojietmttiom, 
 
 fdlivations, &'f. Gretv, 
 
 A'POSTEME. X"./. [an-oriixi.] A lloUoW 
 
 A'posTUME. ^ fwclling, filled with puru- 
 lent matter ; an abfcefs. 
 
 Wiih equal propriety we m;iy affiim, that 
 ulcers of the lungs, or .ip'-fiema of the brai.is, do 
 happen o:rly in the left fide. Broiun*s f^u/g. Et. 
 
 The opening of apjjlcnes^ before the fuppnra- 
 tion \t^ perfedtcd, weakenelh the heat, and ren- 
 ders them crude. fJ'ifcman. 
 
 APO'STLE. n.f. [apo/lofus, Lst. J^o- 
 rc\?>-.] A perfon fciit with mandnte.s 
 by another. It is particularly applied 
 to them whom our Saviour deputed to 
 preach the gofpcl. 
 
 But all his mind is bent to holinefs; 
 His champions arc the prophets and apo/}!ti. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 I am far from pretending infallibility; that 
 
 Vould be to trciit myfelf into an npoJlU : a pre- 
 
 7* 
 
 A P O 
 
 fumptlon in any one that cannot confirm what 
 
 he fays by miracles. Locke. 
 
 We know but a fmall part of the notion of an 
 
 apojitr, by knowing barely that he is fent forth. 
 
 iftitti' Logi.-k. 
 
 Apo'stleship. n.f. [from apoftle.'] The 
 
 office or dignity of an apoftlt. 
 
 Where, bicaufe faitli is in too low degree, 
 I thought it fome npojilejhip in me 
 To fpeak things, which by faith alone Ifec. Donne. 
 God hath ordered it, that St. Paul hath writ 
 epiftles ; which arc all confined within the buft- 
 nefs of \i\i upopiijliip, andfo contain nothing but 
 points of cUriftiau inftrut^ion. Locke. 
 
 Aposto'lical. adj. [from apoJlolkk.~\ 
 Delivered or taught by the apoliles; be- 
 longing to tlie apoftles. 
 
 Tncy acknowletlge not, that the church keeps 
 any thing as afojiolical^ which is not found in the 
 apoftles writings, in what other records foever 
 it be found. Hooker. 
 
 Declare yourfclf for that church which is 
 foinided upon fcripture, reafon, apojtolical pr.ic- 
 ticc, and antiquity, lUokcr. 
 
 Aposto'licallv. aiv. [from apnftoli-* 
 
 cal.^ In the manner of the apoltli."s. 
 Aposto'licalness. n.f. [from apojloli- 
 cal.'\ The quality of relating to the 
 apoilles ; apoftolical authority. 
 Aposto'lick. adj. [from apoflle. The 
 accent is placed by Dryden on the an- 
 tepenult.] Taught by the apoftles ; be- 
 longing to an apoftle. 
 
 Their oppolitions in maintenance of publick 
 fuperftition agalnft apoJlolUk endeavours, were 
 vain and frivolous. Hooker. 
 
 Or where did I at fure tradition lirike, 
 Provided ftill '\\.v,'txz apojtoUck? Dryden. 
 
 APOSTROPHE, n. f. [aVcr^o?^ from 
 avi, from, and res'Jt', to turn.] 
 
 1. In rhetorick, a diverfion of fpeech to 
 another perfon than the fpeech ap- 
 pointed did intend or require j or, it 
 is a turning of the fpeech from one per- 
 fon to another many times abruptly. 
 A figure when we break off the courfe 
 of our fpeecli, and fpeak to fome new 
 petfon, prefent or abfent, as to the peo- 
 ple or witnefles, when it was before di- 
 refted to the judges or opponent. Smith. 
 
 2. In grammar, the contraflion of a 
 word by the ufe of a comma, as, thu^ 
 for though ; rtp^ for reputation. 
 
 Many laudable attempts have been made, by 
 abbreviating words with apojixophes ; and by lop- 
 ping polyfyllables, leaving one or two fyllables 
 at moft, Siuifi. 
 
 To Apo'sTROPHizE. V. n. [from apof- 
 irophe.] To addrefs by an apoffrophe. 
 There is a peculiarity in Homer's manner of 
 apojlrop/tizi'ig Eumaeus, and fpeaking of him in 
 tlie fecond perfon ; it is generally applied only 
 to men of account. Pope. 
 
 A'rosTV ME. n.f. SeeAposTEME. [This 
 word is properly apoJiem.'\ A hollow tu- 
 mour filled with purulent matter. 
 
 How an ap-jlti'ne in the mcfentery, breaking, 
 caufcs a confuniption in the parts, is apparent. 
 
 Hari^cy. 
 
 To A'posTUME. 11. n. [from apojlume ,~] 
 To apollemate. D'n'i. 
 
 Apo'thecary. n. f. [apotheca, Lat, a 
 repofitory.] A man whofe employment 
 is to keep medicines for fale. 
 
 Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecan'i 
 
 to fweeten my imagination, S/nikfpeare's K. Lc.ir. 
 
 They have no other doiilor but the fun and the 
 
 frc(h air, and that fucK an one, as never fends 
 
 thcra to the a^mhtciir^. South. 
 
 A P P 
 
 V/and'ring in the dark, 
 Phyficians, for the tree, have found the bai k ; 
 They, lab'ring for relief of human kind, 
 With (liaipen'd fight fome remedies may find ; 
 Th' apoih(Ciiry'\x2.\n is wholly blind. Dryden^ 
 A'pothecm. n.f. [properly a/10/.A/^ffOT ; 
 which fee.] A remarkable faying. 
 
 By frequent converfmg with him, and featler- 
 ing ihort apothegmi^ and little pleafant Itorics^ 
 and making uleful applications of them, his foil 
 was, in his infancy, taught to abhor vanity and 
 vice as monfters. IVatton^s Life of Sander jon^ 
 
 Apothe osis. n f. [an-oSiaci;,] Deifica- 
 tion ; the rite of adding any ons to the 
 number of gods. 
 
 As if it could be graved and painted omnipo- 
 tent, or the nails and the hammer could give it an 
 npotheojis. Souti:. 
 
 Allots the prince of his cel«ftial line 
 AnupotheoJ'iSj and rites divine. Garth. 
 
 Apo'tome. n.f, [from cL-noitiim, to cut 
 off.] 
 
 1. In mathematicks, the remainder or dif- 
 ference of two incoramenfurable quan- 
 tities. 
 
 2. In raufick, the part remaining of an 
 entire tone, after a greater femitone has 
 been taken from it. The proportion 
 in numbers of the apotome, is that of 
 2048 to 2187. The Greeks thought 
 that the greater tone could not be divided 
 into two equal parts ; for which reafon 
 they called the firftpart a.itnof/,r, and the 
 otlier }^■r,f^tx. Chambt:rs, 
 
 A'pozem. n.f, [aVc, from, and ^iu, to 
 boil.] A deeoftion ; an infufion made 
 by boiling ingredients. 
 
 During this evacuation, he took opening 
 broths and apozern^. iViftman^i Surgery. 
 
 Squirts readGarth till a/)ox,-m! grow cold. Gay. 
 To AP?A'L. v. a. [appalir, Fr. It might 
 more properly have been written appak.J 
 To fright ; to ftrike with fudden fear j 
 to deprefs; to difcourage. 
 
 Whilft ihe fpak«, her great words did appal 
 My feeble courage, and my heart opprefs. 
 That yet I quake and tremble over all. Fairy Q, 
 
 Give with thy trumpet a loud note to Troy, 
 Thou dreadful Ajax ; that ih' appa/.'edak 
 May pierce the head of thy great combatant. 
 
 Shaifpear^. 
 The houfe of peers was (omcwhnK appa/ted :\t 
 this alarum; but took time to confider of il till, 
 next day. Clarendon. 
 
 Does neither rage inflame, nor fear nppal. 
 Nor the black fear of death that faddens all? 
 
 Po^e, 
 The monfter curls 
 His flaming creft, all other thirft appnil'df 
 Or ftiiv'iing flies, or choak'd at dillance ftands^. 
 
 Thomj 7/t, 
 Appa'lement. n.f. [from appal-l De- 
 preffion ; difcouragement j impreflion: 
 of fear. 
 
 As the furious flaughter of them was a great 
 difcouragement and a^^(a,'^wtfK/ 10 ihe reft. Bacon. 
 A'ppanage. n.f. \_appLVin^utm, low 
 Latin ; probably from pan'is, bread.] 
 Lands fet apart by princes tor the main- 
 tenance of their younger children. 
 
 He became fuitor for the earldom of Chcfter, 
 a kind of appanage to Wales, and uftng to gk> 
 to the king's Ion. Bacon, 
 
 Had he thought it fit 
 That wealth (hould be the appanage of wit, 
 The God of light could ne'er have been fo blind. 
 To deal it to the woift of human kind. Sivff, 
 Appara'tus. n,f. [Latin.] Things pro- 
 vided as means to any certain end, as \ 
 the tools of a trade j the furniture of a
 
 A P P 
 
 Loufe ; ammunition for war ; equipage ; 
 ihow. 
 
 Tlicve is an oppnyatm of things previous to be 
 adjulled, before 1 come to tlic calculation itlelf. 
 
 OiM fclves arc eafily provided for; it ii notiiing 
 but the circiimflanti;ili, the :ifparafus or equi- 
 page of luiraun life, th^it colts lo much. I't-pe. 
 
 APPA'REL. n.f. It has no plural. [a/>J>a- 
 ifl/, Fr.] 
 
 1. Drefs; vellure. 
 
 I caunot cog, and fay that thou art this and 
 that, like niany of thofc lifping hawthorji buds, 
 t-iat come like women in men's ajtpaicif and 
 fmclUikcEucklcrfljuiy in (impling time, ii/iuiff. 
 
 2, External liabiliments. 
 
 Our late burnt Lond.jn in npfanl new, 
 ^ Shook oft her alhc> to have treated you. IFnUcr. 
 
 Ac public k devotion, Iiis refigned carriage made 
 religion appear in the natural nppurfl ot iimpli- 
 city. TalUr, 
 
 To Appa'rel. v. a. [from apparel, the 
 noun . ] 
 
 1. To drefs ; to clothe. 
 
 With fuch robes were the king's daughters 
 thill were virgins apfurcltcJ. z Sam. 
 
 Both combatants were affarelUd only in their 
 doublets and iiofcs. Huyward 
 
 2. To adorn with drefs. 
 
 She did ,ipparel her apparel, and with the pre- 
 cioufnefs of her body made it moll fumptuous. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 3. To cover, or deck, as with drefs. 
 
 You may have trees apparelled with flowers, 
 by boring holes in them, and putting into them 
 earth, and fetting feeds of violets. Jiacor. 
 
 Shelves, and rocks, and precipices, and gulfs, 
 being (j/)y)(;rf//c'i/ with a vcrduie of plants, would 
 rcfcmblc mountains and valleys. Bt>::Uy. 
 
 4. To fit out ; to furnifh. Not in ufe. 
 
 It hath been agreed, that either of them Ihculd 
 fend Ihips to fea well iiianned and appaielUd to 
 fight. Sir J. Hayiu.ird. 
 
 AppA'RENT.a^^-'. [apparent,Yr. apparens, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Plain; indubitable; not doubtful. 
 
 The main principles of rcafon are in them- 
 fclves apparent. For to make nothing evident 
 of itfelf unto man's iinderftanding, were to take 
 away ajlpoflibilltyof knowingany thing. Hooker. 
 
 2. Seeming ; in appearance ; not real. 
 
 The perception inttllcdtive often corieifs the 
 report of phantafy, as in the apparent bignefs of 
 the fun, the apparent crookednefs of the Ihitf in 
 air and water. Hale's Origin of Alankind. 
 
 3. Vifible ; in oppofilion to yjrcri/. 
 
 What fecret im.iginations we entertained is 
 known to God; this is apparent, that we have 
 not behaved ourfelves, as if we prefervcd a 
 grateful remembrance of his mercies. ./Ittcrburj. 
 
 The outward and apparent faniftity of adfioiis 
 fliould flow from purity of heart. Rigen. 
 
 4. Open ; evident j known ; not merely 
 fufpefled. 
 
 As well the fear of harm, as harm apparent j 
 In my opinion ought to be prevented. Shakjpeare. 
 
 5. Certain ; not prefumptive. 
 
 He is the next of blood. 
 And heir apparent to the Englilh crown. Shakfp. 
 
 Appa'rent. n. f. EUiptically ufed for 
 heir apparent. 
 
 Draw thy fword in right. 
 — I'll draw it as apparent to the crovvn. 
 And in that quarrel ufe it. Shakfpeate. 
 
 App-a'rently. Woj. \iTQTi\ apparent.'\ Evi- 
 dently ; openly. 
 
 AiTcft him, officer; 
 ■ 1 would not fpare my brother in this cafe, 
 If he ihoiild fcorn me fo apparently. Slialfpeai e. 
 Vices apparently tend 10 the impairing of 
 *iei»'s health. Tilkifan. 
 
 A P P 
 
 Appari'tiom. n.f. [from appaio, Lat. 
 to appear.] 
 
 1. Appearance ; vifibility. 
 
 When fuddcnly ftood at my head a dream, 
 Whofc inward apparition gently mov'd 
 My fancy. Milton. 
 
 My retirement tempted me to divert thofe 
 melancholy thoughts which riic new apparitions 
 of foreign invalion and domcftic riifcontent gave 
 us. Denhfim. 
 
 2. The thing appearing ; a form ; a 
 vifible objedit. 
 
 I have mark'd 
 A thoufand bluftiingn^/»(ir//j>y«j 
 To flart into her fice; athoufand innocent (hames 
 In angel whitencfs bear away thole blulhcs. 
 
 Sliokfpcare. 
 A glorious apparition! had no doubt. 
 And carnal fear, that day dimm'd Adam's eyes. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Any thing befides may take from me the 
 
 .fenfc of what appeared; which apparition^ it 
 
 feems, was you. Tatler. 
 
 3. A fpcftre ; a walking fpirit. 
 
 Hoiaiio fays 'tis but our phantafy. 
 Touching this dreaded light twice feen of us ; 
 Therefore I havc'intieated him. 
 That if again this appa--ition come, 
 He may appro\e our eyes, and fpeak to it. Shak. 
 
 Tender minds fhould not receive early im- 
 prelfions of goblins, fpeiflres, and apparitions^ 
 wherewith. maids friglitthcni into compliance. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 One of thofe apparitiom had his right hand 
 filled with darts, which he brandilhed in the face 
 of all who came up that way. Taller. 
 
 4. Something only apparent, not real. 
 
 Still there's fomething 
 
 That checks my joys 
 
 — Nor can I yet dillinguilh 
 
 Which is an apparititn, ti\is or that. Denha^n. 
 
 5. Ailronomically, the vifibility of fome 
 luminary : oppofed to occuhat'ion. 
 
 A nronth of apparition is the fpace wherein 
 the moon appeareth, dedu^^ing three days where- 
 in it commonly difappeareth ; and this con- 
 taineth but twenty-fix days and twelve hours. 
 
 Jyrciun'i t^iilgar Jirrcurs. 
 
 Appa'ritors. «./. [{rom appareo, Lat. 
 to be at hand.] 
 
 1. Such perfons as are at hand to execute 
 the proper orders of the magiftrate or 
 judge of any court of judicature, y^yljj/e. 
 
 2. The lovvell officer of the ccclefialiical 
 court ; a funimoner. 
 
 They fwallowed all the Roman hierarchy, 
 from the pope to the apparitor. .-lyii^e. 
 
 To Appa'y. v. a. \_iippayer, old Fr. to 
 fatisfy.] 
 
 1. To fatisfy ; to content : whence to<?// 
 appayed, \% pleafed ; illappayed, isuneafy. 
 It is now obfolete. 
 
 How well appaid (he was her bird to find ! 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 I am well appaid that you had rather helieve, 
 
 than take tisc pain of along pilgi image, iiatnden. 
 
 So only cm high jullice rell appaid. M:lion. 
 
 2. The fenfc is obfcure in thefe lines : 
 
 Ay, Willy, v.'hen the heart is ill aiTay'd, 
 How can bagpipe or }o'inXihe-^el\ appaid ^ Spenf. 
 
 To APPE'ACH. V. a. 
 
 1. To accufe ; to inform againft any 
 perfon. 
 
 He did, amongft many others, appeach fir 
 William Stanley, the lord chamberlain. Bacon. 
 
 Were he twenty times 
 My fon, I would appeach him.. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Difclofe 
 The ffate of your affection ; for your pafiions 
 Have to the full appeaehed. Shakjpeare, 
 
 2. To cenfure ; to reproach ; to taint 
 with acc'ifation. 
 
 A P P 
 
 For when Cymochles fiw the foul rcprMcli, 
 Which them ay)/'f.ifAe<y: pi ick'd with guilty fliaiTir 
 
 And inward grief, he fiercely gen approach, 
 Relblv'd to put away that lordly Ihame. FaiiyQ. 
 
 Nor canft, nor dui ft thou, traitor, on tby pain»., 
 yfppeacli my honour, or thine own maintain. 
 
 DryJen. 
 Appe'achment. n.f. [from appeach.'^ 
 Charge exhibited againll any man j ac- 
 cufation, , 
 
 A bufy-headed man gave firft light tc) t^is 
 tpp.-achmeni ; but the earl did avouch it. .. 
 
 HaywarJ'. 
 The duke's anfwcrs to his appiar/imemi, iiil 
 number thirteen, I find civilly couched. Wo/zoff. 
 '/oAPI'E'AL. "y. n. [appello, Lat.] 
 
 1. To transfer a caufc from one to an- 
 other ! with the particles lo and J'roin. 
 
 From the ordinai-y therefore, they Jjppe^l tt 
 thcmfeUcs. .. ^iiier, 
 
 2. To refer to another as judge. 
 
 Foice, or 3 declared fign of force, upon th^pef.* 
 fon of another, where there is no comhiOn 'fu- 
 pcrior on earth to appea/ tc for relief, is the ftatc 
 of vi'ar; and it is the want of fucb an ^appeal 
 gives a man tlie right of war, even againft an 
 aggrefl'or, though he be in fociery, and a fellow- 
 fubje(rt.' ' Locie. 
 
 "They knew no foe but in the open field. 
 And to their caufe .and to the gods appeal' J. . 
 
 Stcfriey, 
 
 3. To call another as witnefs. '. 
 
 Whether this, that the foul always thinks,, be 
 a felf-evidenr propofilion, I appeal to mankind, 
 
 Locke, 
 
 4. To charge with a crime ; to accufe ^ 
 a term of law. 
 
 One but fiarters us, 
 As well appeareth by the caufe you come, 
 Namely, t' .appeal each other of high treafon. 
 
 Shatfpearjn 
 
 Afpe'al. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A provocationyVom an inferior to a fu- 
 perior judge, whereby the jurifdiiSioti 
 of the inferior judge is for a while fuf- 
 pended, in refpet:! of the caufe ; the 
 cognizance being devolved to the ftipc- 
 rior judge. Jyliffe's Parergon. 
 
 This ring 1 . j^ : :<■/» 
 
 Deliver them, and your ij/'^r^/ /o us .- •,]' j 
 There make before them. Shakjpeare, 
 
 Our rcafon prompts us to a future ftate. 
 The laft appeal Jiom fortune "iTiA Jr'^m fate, 
 Whcie God's all righteous w.ays will be dcclar'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 There are diftributers of juftice, /rsm whorn 
 
 there lies an appeal to the prince. Addijorr. 
 
 2. In thecomruonlaw,anaccufation; vyhich 
 is a lawful declaration of another man's 
 criine before a competent judge, by one 
 that fets his name to the- xieclaration, 
 and undertakes to prove it, upon the 
 penalty that may enfue of the contrary ; 
 more commonly ufed for the private ac- 
 cirfation of a murderer, by a party who 
 had intereil in the party murdered, and 
 of any felon, by one of his accomplices 
 in the faft. CotveU. 
 
 The duke's tjiijij/j. 
 Thus to retort your manifeft appeal. 
 And put your trial in the villain's mouth, 
 Which here you come to accufe. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Haft thou, according to thy oath and bond, 
 Brought hitiier Henry Hereford, thy bold fon, 
 Here Co make good tiie boilt'rous late appeal 
 Againft the duke of Norfolk ? Shaki'peare. 
 
 3. A fummons to anfwer a charge. 
 
 Nor Ih.ill the facred character of king 
 Be org'd to Ihield me t'rom thy bold appeal^ 
 If 1 have injiir'd thee, that makes us equal. 
 
 Vryden,
 
 A P P 
 
 ^, A call upon any as witnefs. 
 
 The cafting up of the eyes, and lifting up of 
 
 the hands, is a kind oiapfcnl to the Deity, the 
 
 author of wonders. Bacon, 
 
 Apte'aiant. n. f. [from appeal.'] He 
 
 that appeals. 
 
 Lords appcaliintSf 
 Your diff 'rences fhall all reft under gage. 
 Till we afUgn you to your days of trial. Shakf. 
 
 Appe'aler. n. f. [from appeal.] One 
 
 who makes an appeal. 
 To APPE'AR. V. n. {appareo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To be in fight ; to be vifible. 
 
 As the leprofy appsareth in the (kin of the flelH. 
 
 And half her knee and half herbrcafl appair, 
 By art, like negligence, difclos*fl and bare. Frisr. 
 
 2. To become vifible as a fpirit. 
 
 For I have apptared unto tlice for this purpofc, 
 to make tliec a niiniftcr and a witnefs, yW^. 
 
 3. To fland in the prefence of another, 
 generally ufed of Handing before fome 
 fuperiour ; to oifer himfelf to the judg- 
 ment of a tribunal. 
 
 When (hall I come and appear before God? 
 
 Pfolm!. 
 
 4. To be the objeft of obfervation. 
 
 Let thy work appear imto thy fcrvants. and 
 thy glory unto their children. Pjidtm. 
 
 J, To exhibit one's felf before a court of 
 juftice. 
 
 Keep comfort to you, and this morning fee 
 You do appear befoic them. Shakfpearc. 
 
 6. To be made clear by evidence. 
 
 Egfiiddid utterly walle and I'ubdue it, as ap- 
 fean out of Beda's complaint againlV him; and 
 Edgar brought it under his obedience, ^i appears 
 by an ancient record. Spcnfer's Inland. 
 
 7. To feem, in oppofition to reality. 
 
 His (irft and principal care being to appear 
 nnto his people, fuch as he would have them be, 
 and to be fuch as lie appeared. Sidney. 
 
 My noble maOer will appe.ir 
 Such as he is, full of regard and honour. Skak. 
 
 8. To be plain beyond difpute. 
 
 From experiments, ufcful ijidications may be 
 taken, as will appear by what follows. Arbuth. 
 A'Prz'\?.AHCE.n.f. [from Toafipear.] 
 
 1. The aft of coming into light; as, 
 they were furprifed by the fudden ap- 
 pearance of the ene!ny. 
 
 2 . The thing feen ; as, the remarkable 
 appearances in the fky. 
 
 3. Phenomenon ; that quality of any 
 thing which Is vifible. 
 
 The advancing day of expcrimcnt.il knowledge 
 difclofeth fuch appearances^ aS wiH nof lie even 
 in any .nu)dcl extaut. GlanviUc's Scepfii. 
 
 4. Semblance; not reality. 
 
 He cncreafed in elVimation, whether by deftl- 
 ny, or wbccherliy his virtues, or at lealt by hi^ 
 mppcararice-, of virtues. Hayivard. 
 
 Heroic virtue did his actions guide, 
 And he the fubftance not th' appearance chofi?. 
 
 Dryder. 
 
 The hypocrite would not put oil the apf,car,,nfe 
 of virtue, if it was r.ot the molt proper means 
 10 gain love. Addijon. 
 
 5. Oiitfide; fhow. 
 
 Under a fair and beautiful appearattce there 
 (houltl ever be the real fubftance of good. Rogers. 
 
 6. Entry into a place or company. 
 
 Do the fame juftice to one another, which 
 will be done us hereafter by thofe, who lh.ill 
 make their app':arancc \a the worltl, when this 
 genciatiun is no mora. Addifon. 
 
 7. Apparition ; fupcrnatiiral vlfibllity. 
 
 1 think k-perfon teirilled with the imagination 
 ef fpeilies, more reafonable tirjn one who thinks 
 the a^piarance of fpirits fibulot'.s, /Iddijon. 
 
 A P P 
 
 %, Exhibition of the perfon to a <!ourt. 
 
 I win not tarn' ; no, nor ever more 
 Upon this bulincfs my appearance make 
 In any of their courts. Shiikjpfarc*s Henry \ ill. 
 9. Opencircumftance of a cafe. 
 
 Or grant her p:ifiion be finccrc, 
 How (hall his innocence be clear ? 
 Appearances were all fo ft rung. 
 The world muft think, him in the wrong. Swift. 
 xo. Prefence ; mien. 
 
 Health, wealth, vidtoiy^ and honour, are in- 
 troduced; wifdom cnteis the laft; and To capti- 
 vates with her appearanccf that he gives hlmfcIf 
 up to her. Addifon. 
 
 II. Probability; feeming; likelihood. 
 
 There is that which hath no appearance, that 
 this piicft being utterly unacqnaintcd with the 
 true perfon, .tccoiding to whofc pattern he (hould 
 Ihapc his countevfcit, (hould thnik it poffible for 
 him to inflrudt his player. Baccr. 
 
 Appe'arer. «._/*. [ivom To appear,'] T\\t 
 
 perfon that appears. 
 That owls and ravens arc ominous appearerny 
 
 and prefignify unlucky events, was an augurial 
 
 conception. Brov^rt. 
 
 .Appe'asable. adj. [from To appeafe.'] 
 
 That may be pacified ; reconcileablc. 
 Appe'asableness. n. f. [from To ap- 
 
 peaff.'] The quality of being eafily ap- 
 
 pcafed ; recoucileablenefs. 
 To APPE'ASE. -v. a. \_appaifer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To quiet ; to put in a ftate of peace. 
 
 By his counfel he appeajeth the deep, and 
 planteth iflands therein. Eccha. 
 
 England had no Iclfuro to think of reforma- 
 tion, till the civil wars were appeafed^ and peace 
 fettled. Dfiuieson Ireland. 
 
 2. To pacify ; to reconcile ; to {lill wratli. 
 
 So Simon was appeafed toward Chcm, and 
 fought no more agamll them. I Mac 
 
 O God! if my deep prayers cannot a^/JM/*" thee, 
 Yet execute thy wrath on me alone. Shakjp. 
 
 The reft fhall hear me call, and oft be warn'd 
 Their finful ftate, and to appeaje betimes 
 Th' incenfed Deity. Milton. 
 
 3. To lUll ; toqniet. 
 
 The reft 
 They cut in legs and fillets for the fcaft, 
 Which drawn and fcrv'd, their hunger they ap' 
 peufe. Dryden. 
 
 Appe'asement. n,f,\ [from To appeafe,'] 
 
 A Hate of peace. 
 Beirg neither in numbers nor in courngc great, 
 
 partly by authority, partly by entieaty, they 
 
 were reduced to fome good apptajtmcnti. 
 
 }]a\i.uard. 
 Appe'aser. n.f, [from To appeafe.'] He 
 
 that paciEes others ; he liiat quiets dif- 
 
 turbances. 
 Appe'llant. ;?./ [appflio, Lat. to call.] 
 
 1. A challenger ; one thut fummons an- 
 other to anfwer either in the lift's or in 
 a court of jiiftice. 
 
 In the devotion of a fiibjc(ft's love, 
 And free from other mifbcgotten hate, 
 Come I appeH.int to this princely prefence. Shakfp. 
 
 Tills is the day appointed for ihe combat, 
 And ready arc th' appillant and dofcndrint, 
 Th' armourer and his man, to enter the lifts. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Thcfe fhifts refuted, anfwer xhy appellafit^ 
 Though by his bJiudnefs nuiim'd for high at- 
 
 tcmpis, 
 WIlO now defies ihcethricetonnglc fight. Milton. 
 
 2. On'.' that appeals from a lower to a 
 higher power. 
 
 An appeal transfers the cognizance of the 
 caufe to the fupiriur judge ; fo that pendirvj the 
 apjjL-;.:, nothing c^n be attempttd in luojudice of 
 the t.jpc-lla»t. j'lyl^ffe'i pAfcryon. 
 
 , Api'E'ELAT£.«.yi \_eippeUatuSil4^U'^ Thc 
 perfon appealed againll^ 
 
 A P P 
 
 An appellatory libel ought to contain rt*e 
 name of the party appellant; thc name ot hini 
 ■ from whofe fentence it is appealed; the name of 
 him to whom it is appealed ; from what fentencc 
 it is appealed; the day of the fentencc pro- 
 nounced, and appeal intcrpofed ; and thc name 
 of thc party appellati:, or perfon againft whom 
 thc appeal is lodged. AyUfe's Parergon. 
 
 Appella'tion. «./. \_appeIlaiioy Lat.] 
 Name ; word by which any thing i« 
 called. 
 
 Nor are always the fame plants delivered under 
 the fame name and appellntict. Brotvn. 
 
 Good and evil commonly operate upon the 
 
 mind of man, bv rcfpetlive names or appdlationt^ 
 
 by which they are nutificd and conveyed to the 
 
 mind. Soulk. 
 
 Appe'llative. n.f. [(ippellatlvutn, Lat.] 
 
 Words and names arc either common or pro- 
 per. Common names arc fuch as ftaud for 
 iinivcrfal ideas, or a whole rank of beings, whe- 
 ther geneial or fpecinl. Thc/.e arc called appef" 
 lath'Ci. So fiih, bird, man, city, river, arc 
 common namci; and fo are trout, cet, lobftcr; 
 for they all agree to many- individuals, and fome 
 to many fpecies. iVatti' Logick, 
 
 A p p e'l L A T I \' E L Y, adv, [from appella^- 
 t'lve. ] According to the manner of 
 nouns appellative ; as, thh man is a Her* 
 cities. Hercules is ufed app'tllativcly^ to- 
 il gnify ajlrong man* 
 
 Appe'llato'ry. adj. [from appeal.'] That 
 contains an appeal,. SeeAppELLATE^ 
 
 Appe'llek. n. f. [from appcaL^ One 
 who is appealed againft, aad accufed-. 
 
 To APPE'ND. T. a, [apperido, Lat. to 
 hang to any thing.] 
 
 1. To hang any Hiing upon another; a?^, 
 the infcription was appended to the co- 
 lumn ; the feal \s appended to i\it record. 
 
 2. To add to fomtthing, as an accefTory, 
 not a principal part. 
 
 Appe'ndage. /i./ [French.] Something 
 added to another thing, without bein^ 
 neceffary to its effence, as a portico to 
 the houfe. 
 
 Modcfty is the appendage of fobriety, and is 
 to chaftity, to temperance, .and lo humility, aa. 
 thc fringes are to a garment. Taylur, 
 
 None of thc laws of motion now eflablilhed, 
 will fervc to account for the produ(ftton, motion, 
 or number of bodies, nor their appcndugesj 
 though they may help us a little to conceive their 
 apjiearances". Cheyned 
 
 He was fo far from over-valuing any of the 
 appendages of life, that the thoughts oi life did 
 not aftedl him. Alttrbuiy, 
 
 Appe'ndant. adj, [French J" 
 
 1 . Hanging to fonw;tlung clfe. 
 
 2. Belonging to ; annexed ; concomrtanti 
 
 He that dofpifes the world, and .\X\ ita appea* 
 dit':f \aniiics, is thc muft fecure. Taylor. 
 
 He that looks for the bleliings appendunt to 
 thc facrament, muft cxpct^ them upon no lerms, 
 but of a worthy communion. Taylor. 
 
 Riches mLiItiplied beyond the proportion of 
 our character, and thc wants appendant to it, na- 
 turally difpolG men tu.forget God. Rogers, 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 ylppendant is any thing belonging to another, 
 as aciejforium prineipiiliy witli the civilians, ur 
 adjun^tnn fuhje^Oy with the luglciaiis. Ao lief- 
 pital may be appendant to a m.inour; acommoa 
 of fiftiing appendavt to a freehold. Coivell^ 
 
 Appe'ndant. iu f* That which belongs^ 
 to another thing, as an accidental or 
 adventitious part. 
 
 Pliny gives an account of the inventors of the 
 form: iiud appcnda/tn of ihippiug. H-i/t.
 
 A P P 
 
 A woii, n look, a tread, will ftrike, a» they 
 
 aic afpemUnliXo cxtcrn.il fynimctry, or indica- 
 
 ciiions of the bciuity of the mind. Grciv. 
 
 To Appe'ndicatk. v. a. [af^endo, Lat.j 
 
 To add to atiothci- thing. 
 
 In a palace tlierc is the cafe or fabrick of the 
 ftnifturc, and there arc certain .ulditaincnts ; as, 
 various furniture, and curious motions of divers 
 th'xngi nppcnJirtifcJ to it. Bale. 
 
 AtpendiCa'tion. n.f. [homappfttJicate.] 
 Adjunft; apptiidage ; annexion. 
 
 There are confulcrahlc paits and integrals, 
 and appendirunan unto the murtJus afpedubilnj 
 impolTil)lc to be eternal. Hale. 
 
 Appe'ndix. n.f. [ap/jenduct,'p\uv. Lat.] 
 
 1. Somethiug appended,, or added, to 
 anotlier thing. 
 
 ■£he cherubim were never mtendod as an ob- 
 jtSt of wor(hii), bec.iufc they were only the «/>- 
 ptitdircs to another thing. But a thing is then 
 proptifed as an obje^ of worfiiip, when it is fct 
 up by itfelf, and not by way of addition or or- 
 ii.iincnt to another thing. Stiliingf-"!. 
 
 Norm.indy became an apptnjix to England, 
 tlie nobler dominion, and received a greater con- 
 foi-mity of their laws to the Englilh, th.in they 
 pare to it. Htih.^s Ciz'iJ Laiv of England. 
 
 2. An adjundl or concomitant. 
 
 All concurrent u/i^f^^'V^j of the action ougjit 
 
 to be furvcyed, in order to pronounce with truth 
 
 concerning it. JVatn. 
 
 To APPERTAIN, -v. n. [appartenlr, Fr.] 
 
 1. To belong- to as of right : widi to. 
 
 The honour of devifingthis dofthne, that re- 
 Jigion ought to be inforccd by the fword, would 
 be found apfertainirg to Mahomed the falic 
 prophet. Rnlcigh. 
 
 The Fatlicr, t' whom in heav'n fupremc 
 Kingdom, and power, and glory app^rtjinSf 
 Hath honour'd me, according to his will. Milton. 
 
 2. To belong toby nature or appointment. 
 
 If the foul of man did feivc only to j^ive him 
 being in this life, then things afpert^iining to 
 this life would content him, as we fee they do 
 other creatures. Hooker. 
 
 And they roafted ihe paflbvcr with fire, as ap- 
 firtiiineth : as for the facrifices, they fod thcin 
 in brafs pots. i fjdr.i!. 
 
 Both of themr fecm not to generate any other 
 iffeit, but fuch as appertaintlh to their proper 
 ohjedts and fenfcs. Bacon. 
 
 Is it expeftcd, I (hould know no fecrets 
 That appert^iin to you.- Shulrfpeme. 
 
 Apperta'inment. n.f. [from appertairr.^ 
 That which belongs to any rank or 
 dignity. 
 
 He Ihent our melTengers, and we lay by 
 Our .ippgrtiii'imcntiy vifiling of htm. Shakjpcare. 
 Appe'rtenaNCE. n. J. [^appurtenance, 
 Fr. ] That which belongs or relates to 
 another thing. 
 
 Can they which behold the controverfy of 
 divinity condemn our enquiries in the doubtful 
 apptrlenanciei of aits,-and receptaries of philofo- 
 phy ^ Sroiv/l's VuJgar Errour^. 
 
 Appe'rtinent. adj. [itomTo appertain.1 
 Belonging ; relating. 
 
 You know how apt our love was to accord 
 To furniftl him with all appertinrnts 
 ' Belonging to his honour. Shukfpenrt' i Henry v. 
 
 A'pprtence. 7 n.f. \_appetetU'ia, Lat.] 
 A'PPETENcy. J Carnal detire ; fenfual 
 defire. 
 
 Bred only and completed to the tafte 
 Of luflful (i^fc/ejire; to fmg, to dance. 
 To drcfs, to troule the tongue^ and roll the eye. 
 
 Milton. 
 Appetibi'lity. n. f. [from appetible.'] 
 The quality of being defiruble. 
 
 Tliat elicit.uion wliich the fchools intend, is a 
 deducing of ilie po\ver of- the will into ait>, 
 merely fiom the upfctibilitj of tli« objeit, as a 
 
 A P P 
 
 man drawj a diild after him with the fight of a 
 green bough. limmhuH agtiinjl llof-be;. 
 
 A'PPETIBLE . a//^. [<j;)/>t'//7/7;.f. Lilt.] IV- 
 firable y that may be tlie objed of ap- 
 petite. 
 
 Power both to flitjht the moft appritUt ohjei!>s, 
 andtncontroul the moll unruly palTmns. Brumhall. 
 
 A'PPF/riTE. n.f. [appetiliis, l.at.] 
 
 1. The natural defire of good ; the inftinft 
 by which we are led to feek plcafure. 
 
 The will, properly and liriftly tiikon, as it is 
 of things which are referred luito the end that 
 man defireth, differeth greatly from that in/c- 
 liour natural defire, which we call itppciiic. 
 The obje^lt of appetite is whalfoeser Icnfiblc 
 good may be wi (lied for; the object of will is that 
 good wliich rcafon does lead us to feck. Hooker, 
 
 2. The defire of fenfual pleafure. 
 
 Why, (he lh<iuld hang on him, 
 As if incrcafc of appetite iiad giown 
 By what it fed on. Shakfpcarc'i Humlet. 
 
 Urge his hateful luxury, 
 And beftial nppctiie m change of lull. ShakJ. 
 
 Each tree 
 Loadcn with faircft fruit, that husg to th' eye 
 Tempting, fthr'd in me fuddcn appetite 
 To pluck and cat. Mi/ton's Pjrndije Loji. 
 
 3. Violent longing } eagernefs after any 
 thing. 
 
 No man could enjoy his life, his, , wife, oi- 
 goods, if a mightier man had an apj}etite to take 
 the fame from him. Ddtiia. 
 
 Hopton had an extraordinary appetite to en- 
 gage Waller in a battle. Ctarendtn. 
 
 4. The thing eagerly defired. 
 
 Power being the natural appetite of princes,, a 
 limited monarch cannot gratify it. Siuifi. 
 
 J. Keennefs-ijf flomach ; hunger ; defire 
 of food. 
 
 There be four principal caufcs of appetite ; the 
 rcfrigeiation of the ftom.ich, joined with fome 
 dryTiefs ; contraftion j vellication, and abllcr- 
 fion ; befidcs hunger, which is an emptinefs. 
 
 Bacon' i Natural Hijiory. 
 
 There i"? continual abundance, which creates 
 fuch an appetite in your reader, that he is not 
 cloyed with any thing, but fatisficd with all. 
 
 DryeU-n. 
 
 6. It has fometimes of before the objeft 
 of delire. 
 
 The new officer's nature needed fome rsflraint 
 to his immoderate appetite 0/ power. Clarendon. 
 
 7. Sometimes to. 
 
 We have generally fuch an appetite to praife, 
 that we greedily fuck it in. Gtn'ern. of the Tongue. 
 
 Appeti'tion. n. f. lappititio, Lat.] De- 
 fire. 
 
 The a^lual appflition or f.illening our afTfc- 
 tions on hinv Hermrmnd'i Pr0ilical (Jateehijm 
 
 Wt find in animals an ellimative or judicial 
 faculty, an nppetition or averfation. jfudge Hale. 
 
 A'PPETITIVE. ntlj. [from appetite.} That 
 does defire ; that has the quality of de- 
 firing. 
 
 The will is not a bare appetitive power, as 
 that of the fenfual appetite, but is a rational ap- 
 petite. Hale*s Origin of Mankiri.i. 
 I find in myfelf an appetitiie faculty always 
 in exercife, in the very height of aiJlivity and in- 
 , vigoration. Norrii. 
 To APPLAUD. V. a. [appfaudo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To praife by clapping the hand. 
 
 I would applaud thee to the very echo, 
 That Ihould applaud again. Shahfpeare. 
 
 2. To jiraife in general. 
 
 Nationsunborriyourmighty names (liall found. 
 And worlds applaud that mull not yet be found ! 
 
 Tope. 
 
 Appi-a'uder. n.f. [(ron\ eipp/autf.] He 
 that praifei or commecds. 
 
 A P P 
 
 I had the toice of my fingle reafon .igainll if» 
 
 drowned in the noife of a multitude of applauden. 
 
 GlanvilU's Seepji\- 
 
 Appla'use. n.f. [iipplciufus, Lat.] Ap- 
 probation loudly exprelfed j praife : pro- 
 perly a clap. 
 
 Thl- general applaupe, .ind cheerful Qiour, 
 Argues your wiUlom and your love to Richard, 
 
 ^akfpeaTtt 
 Scylla wept. 
 And chid her barking waves into attention ; 
 And fell Chatybdis murmur'd loft applaufe. 
 
 Ml/ft. 
 
 Thofe that are fo fond of applaufe, how little 
 
 do they tallc it when they have it! South. 
 
 Sec their wide (I learning wounds; they neither 
 
 came 
 
 For pride of emjiire, Ror defire of fame; 
 
 Kings fight for kingdoms, madmen iot applaufe p 
 
 But love for love alone, that crowns the Imtr's 
 
 caufe. Vryden't Fablet. 
 
 ATPLE. K./. [a-ppel. Saxon.] 
 
 1. The fruit of the apple-tree. 
 
 Tall thriving trees confcfs'd the fruitful nK>ld; 
 The redd'ning apple lipens here to gold. Pope. 
 
 2. The pupil of the eye. 
 
 He inlti udled him j he kept him as the apple of 
 his eye. Deuteronomj, 
 
 .^ppLE of Love. 
 
 Jlpplei of love are of three forts ; the molt 
 common having long trailing btanchcs, with 
 rough ieaves and yellow joints, fuccccdcd by 
 applet, as they arc called, at the joints, not 
 round, but bunched ; of a pale orange flrinin^ 
 pulp, and feeds within. AUrtimer. 
 
 Apple-graft, n. f. [from apple and 
 ^rc//.] A twig of apple-tree grafted 
 upon the flock of another tree. 
 
 We have fcen tiirce and twenty forts of apple.- 
 
 grafts upon the fame old plant, moil of them 
 
 adorned with fruit. Boyle. 
 
 Apple-tart. n.f. [ftomapp/e and/«r/.] 
 
 A tart made of apples. 
 
 What, up and down carv'dlikean apple-tart f 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Apple-trf.e. n.f. [from apple and tree.'^ 
 The fruit of this tree is for tie mod part hol- 
 lowed about the footllalk; the cells inclofing 
 the feed are fcpaiated by cartilaginous partitions; 
 the }uice of the fruit is fourifh, the tree largo 
 and fpreading ; the flowers confitl of five lea^■e9, 
 expanding in form of a rofe. There is a great 
 variety of thefe fruits. Thofc for the delTert are, 
 the while juniting, Margaret apple, fummer 
 pcarmain, fummer queening, embroidered apple, 
 golden lemetrc, lunimer white Colville, fum- 
 mer red Colvillc, filver pippin," aromatick pip- 
 pin, the grey reircttc, la haute-bonte, royal 
 luffeting, Wheeler's lulfct, Sharp's rulTet, fpice 
 apple, golden pippin, nonpareil and I'api. 
 Thofe for the kitchen ufe are, codling, fum- 
 mer marigold, fummer red pearmain, Hol- 
 land pippin, KenttHi pippin, the hanging 
 body, Loan's pcarmain, French icinctte, Ficiich 
 pippin, royal rullct, monflruous reinctte, win- 
 ter pearmain, pomnie violette, Spencer's pip- 
 pin, llotic pippin, oakenpin. And tiiofc gene- 
 rally ufed for cyder arc, Dcvonlhire royal wild- 
 ing, redlltcaked apple, the whitfour, Herefurd- 
 Ihire undeileaf, John-apple, fe'c. Mil/er. 
 
 Oaks and beeches lalt longer than .i;>^/t-i and 
 pears. Baeon. 
 
 Thus apple-treei, whofe trunks are ftrong to 
 bear 
 Their fpreading boughs, exert themfclves in air. 
 
 , V.yden, 
 Apple-woman, n. f. [from apple and 
 •woman.} A woman that fells apples, 
 that keeps fruit on a Hall. 
 
 Yonder arc two apple'iuctnen feolding, and 
 juft rc.idy to uncoif one another. ylrbulk.uit. 
 
 AfPLi'ABLE, adj. [from fl///)'.] That
 
 A P P 
 
 may be applied. For this word tlie 
 
 moderns ufe applicable ; which fee. 
 
 Limitations all fuch principles have, in le- 
 
 ■ gard of the varieties of the matter whereiintti 
 
 • they are appUahle. Hooker 
 
 All that I have faid of the heathen idoliitry i'' 
 
 cpflmhie to the itiolatry of another fort of men 
 
 in the world. ■^';''''- 
 
 Appli'ance. n. f. [from apply.] Ine 
 
 ad of applyinc; ; the thing apphed. 
 
 'Difcafes defp'iatc grown 
 By defperate appliance are relieved. Shakfp. 
 
 Are yon chaf'd? 
 Afk God for temperance, 'tis the appliMce only 
 Which your dcfire reqtiirc. Shakfpcarr. 
 
 ArPLicABt'LiTY. n.f. [homabbllcable.] 
 The quaUty of being lit to be applied 
 to fome tiling. 
 
 The aflion of cold is compofcd of two parts ; 
 
 the one preffing, the other penetration, whiih 
 
 vequke applirahiliiy. ■ ^£^'' 
 
 A'PPLICABLE. adj. [from nfiply.] _ Ihat 
 
 ; may be applied, as properly relating to 
 
 fomething. 
 
 What he fays of the portrait of any particular 
 perfon, is nfplirMe to poetry. In the cha- 
 rafler, there ii a better or a worfc hkenefs ; the 
 better is a panegyriclc, and the worfe a libel. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 U were happy for us, if this complaint were 
 applicable only to the heathen world. Rogers. 
 A'ppLiCABLENEss. n.f. [ivoxa applicable. ] 
 Fitnefs to be applied. 
 
 The knowledge of falls may poffibly, by that 
 little part which we have aheady delivered of its 
 npplicableneh, be of ufe in natural philofophy. 
 "^ Boi'lc. 
 
 A'PFLICABLY. adv. [from applicable.'] In 
 fuch a manner as that it may be pro- 
 perly applied. 
 
 A'PPLICATE. n. f. [from apply.'] A 
 right line drawn acrofs a curve, fo as to 
 
 ■ bife A the diameter thereof . Chambers. 
 
 Applica'tion. n.f. [from apply.] 
 
 1. The aft of applying any thing to an- 
 other ; as, he mitigated his pain by 
 the application of emolhents. 
 
 3. The thing applied ; as, he invented a 
 new application, by whicii blood might 
 be (launched. 
 
 3. The aft of opplying to any perfon, as 
 a folicitor or petitioner. 
 
 It Ihould fecm very extiaordinary that a pa- 
 tent fhoiild be paired upon the application of a 
 poor, private, ublcuic mcchanick. Swijf 
 
 4. The employment of means for a certain 
 end. 
 
 There is no iVint which can be fet to the value 
 or merit of the facrifrced body of Chrift ; it hath 
 no meafured certainty of limits, bounds of effi- 
 cacy unto life it knoweth none, but is alfo itfelf 
 infinite in poffibility of applicatioti. Hooter. 
 
 If a right courfe be taken with children, there 
 will not be much need of tiic application of the 
 common rcwajds and punilhmcnts. Locke. 
 
 5. liitenfenefs of thought; clofe ftudy. 
 
 I h.ive diicovcrcd no otiier way to keep oui 
 thougl-.ts clofe to their biifmefs, but, by frequent 
 attention and applicaiitn, getting the habit of 
 attention and application. _ Locke. 
 
 6. Attention to fome particular affair : 
 with the particle to. 
 
 His continued application to fuch piibhck 
 affairs, as may benefit his kingdoms, diveiU him 
 from pic.ilurcs. yl.Uipn. 
 
 This crime certainly dcfervcs the utmoll ap- 
 slicatiM and witdom of a people to prevent it. 
 ■^ MJifon. 
 
 7. Reference to fome cafe orpofiticn ; as, 
 
 A P P 
 
 the ftory was told, and the hearers made 
 the application. 
 
 This principle aiifs with the greateft force in 
 the worit application • and llie familiarity of 
 wicked men moie fucccfsfulhc debauches, than 
 that of good men reforms. ■ Kogcn. 
 
 A'pPLiCATivE. adj. [^{rom apply.] That 
 does apply. 
 
 The diieftivc command for counfel is in the 
 
 undcrllanding, and the -j^p//<-.i/rof command for 
 
 putting in execution, is in the will. llramhall. 
 
 A'PPLICATORY. adj. [from apply.] That 
 
 comprehends the act of application. 
 A'pPLtCATORY.n./ That which applies. 
 There arc but two ways of applying'tlie deatl; 
 ofChrili: faith is the inivaid j/i;>.'m,i/5r(', and if 
 there beany outward, it miifl be the facraments. 
 Taylor's ll^orthy Comn:uuicunt. 
 To APPLY'. V. a.'[applico, Lat.] 
 
 1. To put one thing to another. 
 
 He laid, and to the fword his throat apptir.!. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To lay medicaments upon a wound. 
 
 ^pfly fome Ipcedy cure, prevent our fate, 
 And fuccour nature ere it be too late. ^lI.Ii/oii. 
 
 God has addreffed every paffion of our nature, 
 applied remedies to every weakncfs, warned us 
 oi every enemy. Roiy^crs. 
 
 3 . l"o make ufe of as relative or fuitable 
 to foijjething. 
 
 This brought the death of your f.ithcr into 
 remembrance, and I repeated the verfcs wliich 
 I formerly applied to him. Drydcn's Fables. 
 
 4. To put to a certain ufe. 
 
 The piofits thereof might be applied towaids 
 the fupport of the year. Clarendon. 
 
 c. To ufe as means to an end. 
 
 Thefe glorious beings are inftiuments in the 
 hands of God, who applies their fervices, and 
 governs their aiSions, and dilpofes even their 
 wills and affcilions. Rogers. 
 
 6. To fix the mind upon ; to ftudy : with 
 to. Locke ufes about, lefs properly. 
 
 .-ipply thine heart unto inftru>flion, and thine 
 ears /o the words of knowledge. Proverbs. 
 
 Every man man is confcious to himfelf that 
 he tliiiiks ; and that which his mind is applied 
 about, wliilrt thinking, is the ideas that arc there. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 It is a fign of a capacious mind, when the 
 mind can apply itfelf 10 feveral objeils with a 
 fwift fucccflion. _ IVatts. 
 
 7. To have recourfe to, as a folicitor or 
 petitioner ; with to : as, I applied luy- 
 felf /o him for help. 
 
 8. To addrefs to. 
 
 God at laft 
 To Satan fiil^ in fin his doom apply'd, 
 Tho' in mylferious terms, judg'd as then heft. 
 
 Milton. 
 Sacied vows and myilie fong apply'd 
 To griOy Pluto and his gloomy bride. Tope. 
 
 9. To bufy ; to keep at work : an anti- 
 quated fenfe, for which we now ufe ply. 
 
 She was Ikilful in applying his humours ; ne- 
 ver fuffiring ftar to fall to dcfpair, nor hope to 
 hafien to alTiirancc. Hidney. 
 
 ID. To aft upon ; to ply. 
 
 A varlct running towards haf^ily, 
 Whofe liying feet fo faft their way apply'd, 
 That round about a cloud of duft did fly. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 To Apply', -v. n. 
 
 1 . To fiiit ; to agree. 
 
 Would it apply well to the vchcmency of your 
 affraion, that I Ihould win what you would 
 enjoy. _ lih.tkjpeare. 
 
 2. To have recourfe to, as a petitioner. 
 
 I had no thoughts of apphing to any but him- 
 felf; he defired 1 would (pcaV toothers. S'wift. 
 
 3. To attach by way of influence. 
 
 A P P 
 
 God knows every faculty and palTion, and in 
 what manner they can be moft fuccefsfully ap' 
 plied to. Rogers. 
 
 To Appo'iNT. I'.a. [^appoinfcr, Fr.] 
 
 1. To fix any thing, as to fettle the exaft 
 time for fome tranfaftion. 
 
 The time appointed of the Father. Galatians, 
 
 2. To fettle any thing by compaft. 
 
 He faid, ^ippoinl me thy wages, and I will pay 
 it. " Genefts, 
 
 No ■.' there was an appointed fign between the 
 men of Ifrael and the liers in wait. Judge:. 
 
 3. To eftablilh any thing by decree. 
 
 It was bef-jrc the Lord, which chofe me be- 
 . fore thy father, and hefoie all his houfe, tj 
 appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord. 
 
 2 Samuel. 
 Unto him thou gaveft commandment, which 
 he tranfgreffed, and immediately thou ap. 
 pointedejl death in him, and in his generations. 
 
 i Efdrai. 
 O Lord, that art the God of the juft, thou 
 haft not appointed repentance to the juft. 
 
 Manajjeh's Prayer. 
 
 4. To furnlfh in all points ; to equip ; to 
 fupply with all things necetTary : ufed 
 anciently in fpeaking of foldiers. 
 
 The Englilh being well appointed, did fo en- 
 tertain them, that their (hips departed terribly 
 toin. HayivarJ, 
 
 Appo'intek. n.f. [J'com appoint.] He 
 
 that fettles or fixes any thing or place. 
 Appo'intment. n.f. [appointement, Fr.J 
 
 1. Stipulation ; the aft of fixing fome- 
 thing in which two or more are con- 
 cerned. 
 
 They had made an appointment together, to 
 come to mourn with him, and to comtort him. 
 
 Job. 
 
 2. Decree ; eftablifliment. 
 
 The ways of death be only in his hands, who 
 alone hath power over all flelh, and unto whofe 
 appointment we ought with patience meekly to 
 fubniit ourtelves. Hooker. 
 
 3. Direftion ; order. 
 
 That good fellow. 
 If I command him, follows, my appointment • 
 1 will have none fo nearelfe. Sliakfpcare, 
 
 4. Equipment ; furniture. 
 
 Tney have put forth the haven : further on, 
 Where their appointmeni we may befl difcover, • 
 And look on their endcaveur. Sliakfpeare, 
 
 Here art thou in appointment frefti and fair, 
 Anticipating time with Ihirting courage. Skakf. 
 
 5. An allowance paid to any man ; com- 
 monly ufcd of allowances to publick of- 
 ficers. 
 
 To Appo'rtion. I'.a. [from /oc//o, Lat.] 
 To fet out in juft proportions. 
 
 Tiy the parts of the body, which of them if- 
 fue fpcedily, and which llowly ; and, by appor- 
 tioning the time, take and leave that quality 
 which you delirc. Bacon. 
 
 To thefe it were good, that fome proper prayer 
 were apportioned, and they taught it. South. 
 
 An office cannot be apportioned out like a 
 common, and Ihaied among dillinil proprietors. 
 
 Collier. 
 
 Appo'rtionment. n.f. [from appor- 
 tion.] A dividing of a rent into two 
 parts or portions, according as the land, 
 whence it iffucs, is divided among two 
 or more proprietors. Chambers. 
 
 To Appose, d. a. [appsno, Lat.] 
 I. To put qucftions to. Not in ufe, ex- 
 cept that, in fome fchools, to put gram- 
 matical qucftions to a boy is called to 
 pofe him ; and we now ufe ^ofe for 
 puzzle.
 
 A P P 
 
 Some procure themfclvcs to be furprircd at 
 fuch timL's r\5 it is like the party, that tlicy work 
 upon, will como iiijoii them ; and to be found 
 ■with a letter in their hand, or doing fomewh.it 
 which tlicy arc not accuHemed ; to the end 
 they may be nppofsil of ihole things which of 
 themfclvcs tiicy arcdefirous to utter. Bacon. 
 
 2. To apply to: a latinifm. 
 
 By m^ilign putrid vapours, the nutriment is 
 rendered un^pt of being afpi.jcd to the parts. 
 
 Harvey. 
 
 A'PPOSITE. adj. [appoJJtus, Lat.] Pro- 
 pLT ; fit ; well adapted to time, place, 
 or circiimftances. 
 
 The duke's delivery of his mind was not fo 
 fliarp, as I'olid and grave, and afpojiu to the 
 limes and occafiotis. If^otton. 
 
 Neither was Pcrkin, for his part, wanting to 
 himfclt, cither m gracious and princely behavi- 
 our, or in ready and tippofiie anfwers. B*tcon. 
 
 Remarkable inllanccsof this kind have been : 
 but it will admniifter reflections very appojiie to 
 the defign of this prefcnt folemnity. Jllierbury. 
 A'PPOSITELY. a/V^>. [irom appo/ile.^ Pro- 
 perly ; fitly ; fuitably. 
 
 We may uppofitcly compare this difcafe, of a 
 proper and improper conlumptiai, to a decaying 
 houfe. iinrvcy. 
 
 When we come into a government, and fee this 
 place of honour allotted to a murderer, another 
 filled with an athcilt or a blafpliemer, may we 
 not afpcfitely and properly a(k. Whether there be 
 any virtue, fubriety, or religion, amongft fuch a 
 people ? South. 
 
 A'pposiTENESs. n. f. [from appoftte.^ 
 Fitiiefs ; propriety ; fuitableiiefs. 
 
 Judgment is either concerning things to be 
 known, or of things done, of their congruity, 
 fitnefs, rightnefs, appofue>:efi. Hale. 
 
 Apposi'tion. ti.J.. [^appofitlo , i^^t-l 
 
 1. The addition of new matter, fo as that 
 it may touch the firll mafs. 
 
 Urine infpei^led with a microfcope, will dif- 
 cover a black fand ; wherever this fand Iticks ; it 
 grows ftill bigger, by the appofuiou of new mat- 
 ter. Arbuth.'it on Diet. 
 
 2. In grammar, the putting of two nouns 
 in the fame cafe ; as, liher Sufanna matris, 
 the book of his mother Sufan. 
 
 To APPRA'ISE. V. a. [apprecier, Fr.] 
 
 To fet a price upon any thing, in order 
 
 to fale. 
 Appra'isfr. n.f. [iiom appraife.'\ A pev- 
 
 fon appointed to fet a price upon things 
 
 to be fold. 
 To APPREHE'ND. i-. a. lapprehendo, 
 
 Lat. to take hold of] 
 
 1. To lay hold on. 
 
 There is nothing but hath a double handle, or 
 at leart we have two hands to apprehend it, 7 ayioi . 
 
 2. To feize in order for trial or punifh- 
 ment. 
 
 Thcgovernor kept the city with a gan ifon, dc- 
 firous to apprtheiii me. 2 O^rilthian^. 
 
 It was the rabble, of which no body was 
 named ; and, which is more ftrangc, not one up- 
 frchended. Clarendon. 
 
 «, To conceive by the mind. 
 
 The good which is gotten by doing, caufcth 
 not action ; unlefs, apprehending ic as good, we 
 like and defirc it. Hooker. 
 
 Yet this I apprehend not,, why to thofc 
 Among whom God will deign, to dwell on earth* 
 So many -nd fo various laws are given. Milton. 
 
 The Firft Being is invilible and incorruptible, 
 and can only be apprehended by our minds. 
 
 Stiliingfeet. 
 
 4j. To think on with terrour; to fear. 
 
 From my grandfather's death, I had reafon to 
 apprehend the ftone ; and, from my father's life, 
 tire gout. Temple. 
 
 A PP 
 
 Apprehe'mder. n.f. [from apprehend,'] 
 Conceiver ; thinker. 
 
 Grofs apprehenderi may not think it any more 
 f)r.inge, than that a bulkt (hould be moved by 
 the ratified fue. GlanvW.t. 
 
 ApPREtrii'NsiDLE. adj. [(xom apprehend.'] 
 That may be apprehended, or conceived. 
 The north and fouthcrn poles arc incommuni- 
 cable and fixed points, whereof the one is not 
 appfehenfitle m the other. Btowi'i Fnlg. tr. 
 
 Apprehe'nsion. n.f. [uppreheii/io, 'L:\t.J 
 
 1. The mere contemplation of things, 
 without affirming or denying any thing 
 concerning them. So we tirink of a 
 horfe, high, fwift, animal, time, matter, 
 mind, death, is'c. Watts. 
 
 Simple apprehenjkn denotes no more than the 
 foul's naked intellc<ftion of an objcft, without 
 cithei compofition or deduiftion. GlanviUe. 
 
 2. Opinion ; fentiments ; conception. 
 
 If we aim at right underliaiiding its true na- 
 ture, we muft examine what apprehenfion man- 
 kind make of it. Digby. 
 
 To be falfe, and to be thought falfe, is all one 
 in refpefl of men who ad- not according to truth, 
 hut apprehenfion. South. 
 
 The expttffions of fcripture .ire coniironly 
 fuited in thofc matters to the Mu\g3r appiehenjions 
 and conceptions of the place and people where 
 they were delivered. Loekc, 
 
 3. The faculty by which we conceive new 
 ideas, or power of conceiving them. 
 
 I nam'd tiiem as they pafs'd, and undeiftood 
 Their nature, with fuch knowledge God indu'd 
 My fuddeii apprehenfion. Mi/ton. 
 
 4. Fear. 
 
 It behoveth that the world fliould be held in 
 awe, not by a vain furmife, but a true apprehen- 
 fion of fomewhat which no man may think him- 
 fclf able to withHand. Hooker. 
 
 And he the future evH (hrdl no lef» 
 In apprehenfion, than in fubftance, feel. Milton. 
 
 The upprthenfon of what was to come from an 
 unknown, at leaft unacknowledged fucccduur to 
 the crown, clouded much of that profperity. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 As they have no apprehtnfot of thefe things, fo 
 they need no comfort againit them, Tilhtjon. 
 
 After the death of his nephew Caligula, Clau- 
 dius ivas in no fmall apprehenfion for his own 
 life. Addijun. 
 
 5. Sufpicion of fomething to happen, or 
 be done. 
 
 I'll note yfiu in my bonk of memory. 
 And fcourge you for this apfrehenfici. Shakjp. 
 
 That he might take away the apprehenjion, 
 that he meant fuddcniy to depart, he fent out 
 orders which he was fure would come into the 
 enemies hands, to two or tiiree villages, th.a they 
 Ihould fend proportions of corn into Bafinghoule. 
 
 Cl.ii endon. 
 
 6. Seizure. 
 
 See that he be convey'd unto the Tower : 
 And go we brothers to the man that took hiin, 
 To queftion of his apprehenfion. Shakfpeaie. 
 
 7. The power of feizing, catching, or 
 holding. 
 
 A lobfter hath the cheely or great claw of one 
 fide longer than the other, but this is not their 
 leg, but a part oi apprehenjhn whereby they feiii 
 upon their prey. Brown's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 Apprehe'nsive. itdf [from apprehend.] 
 
 1. Quick to underftand. 
 
 And gives encouragement to thofe who teach 
 fuch apprehenfr.ie fcholars. Holder, 
 
 If c'onfcience benatuially apprehtnfive inA fa- 
 gacious, certainly we Ihould trufl and rely upon 
 the reports of it. South. 
 
 2. Fearful. 
 
 The inhabitants of this country, when I pafTed 
 through it, weie extremely apprehinftve of feeing 
 Lombardy the feat of war. .-iddijon. 
 
 A PP 
 
 They arc not atall apprilienfive of evils at a dif- 
 tance, nor tormented with the feaiful profpcft of 
 what may bcfal them hereafter. Tilhtjon. 
 
 3. I'crceptive feeling. 
 
 Thoughts, my tormentors, arm'd with deadly 
 liings. 
 Mangle my apprehenfrve tcr\dn<:l\ parts. Milton. 
 Apprehe'nsi V ELY. adv. [from appre- 
 
 hnifi-ve.] Jn anapprehtnlive manner. 
 Aptkehe'nsiveness. n.f. [itomappre- 
 kriftve.] The quahty of being apprchcn- 
 five. 
 
 Whereas the vowels arc much more difficult to 
 be taught, you will find, by falling upon them 
 laft, great help by the apprehenfiveneji already 
 gained in learning the confonants. Hold-r. 
 
 APPRE'NTICE. n.f [appraiil.Yr.] One 
 that is bound by covenant to ferve an- 
 other man of trade, for a certain term 
 of years, upon condition that the artifi- 
 cer, or tiadefman, rtiall, in the mean 
 time, endeavour to inflrufl him in his 
 art or myftcry. Co-well. 
 
 Love enjoined fuch diligence, that no appren- 
 tice, no, no bond (lave, could ever be luore rea- 
 dy, than that young princefs was. Sidney, 
 He fountl iiim fuch an apprentice, as knew 
 well enough how to fet up furhlmfelf. IVotton. 
 This ruie fets the painter at liberty ; it teaches 
 him, that he ought not to be fubjc<ft himfelf fer- 
 vilely, and be bound like an apprentice to the 
 rules of his art, Dryden'-i Dujrefnoy, 
 To Appre'ntice. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 To put out to a mailer as an apprentice. 
 Him portiun'd maids appreniic'd ovph^ns blefl, 
 Theyoungwholahour, and theold who reft. Fope. 
 Appre'nticehood. n.f. [from appreU' 
 ticc. ] The years of an apprentice's fer« 
 vitude. 
 
 Muft I not ftrve a long apprenticeheod 
 To foreign paflages, and in the end. 
 Having my freedom, boaft of nothing elfe 
 But that I was a journeyman to gticf .> Shakfp. 
 Appre'ntsceshipi. n. f. [from appren- 
 tice.] The years which an apprentice 
 is to pafs under a matter. 
 
 In eveiy art, the fimpleft that is, there is an 
 apprenticejhip neceffary, before it can be expected 
 one Ihould work, ^'gl'y. 
 
 Many rulhed into the miniftry, as being the 
 only calling tliat they could profefs, without 
 fcrving any apprentieejtiip. South. 
 
 To Appri'ze. v. a. \apprendre, part. 
 apprh, Fr.] To inform ; to give the 
 knowledge of any thing. 
 
 He confiders the tendency of fuch a virtue or 
 vice ; he is well apprised, that the reprefeutatioa- 
 of fome of ti^cfe ilungs may convince the under- 
 ft.indiiig, and fome may terrify the cunfcience. 
 
 yi^atts. 
 
 It is fit he be apprised of a few things, that 
 
 may prevent his miftaking. Cheyne. 
 
 But if appriz'd of the fcvere attack. 
 The countiT be Ihut up, lur'd by the fcent. 
 On chuicii yard drear (inhuman to relate) 
 The difcppointed prowlers tall. fhomfon. 
 
 To APPRO'ACH. V. n. lapprocher,Yr.] 
 
 1 . To draw near locally. 
 
 'Tis time to look about: the powers of tiiC" 
 
 \iu\^iom approach apace. Shakfpeare, 
 
 We fuppofe Ulyfles approaching toward Poly- 
 
 '. phemc, Bioomc. 
 
 2. To draw near, as time. 
 
 Hark ! I hear the found of coaches, . 
 The hour of attack approaches. Onv, 
 
 3. To make a progrefs toward, in a figu- 
 rative fenfe, as mentally. 
 
 He ftiall appionch unto me : for who is this 
 that engaged his heart to approach unto me ? 
 
 feremiah. 
 To have knowledge in all the objects of coii>^
 
 A P P 
 
 tfraplation, is what the mind can hardly attain 
 unto ; the inftanccs are few of Ihofc who have, 
 in any mcafure, approached towards it. Loch; 
 
 4, To come near, by natural affinity, or 
 refemblance ; as, the cat approaches to 
 the tiger, i 
 
 To Appro'ach. 'V. a. 
 
 1 . To bring near to. This fenfe is rather 
 French than Englifh. 
 
 This they will nimbly perform, if obje(f>cd to 
 the cxtiemcs ; but llowly, and not at all, if-//>- 
 ^roachtd xxnXtt their roots. Broiun'i I^u/^ar Fr. 
 By plunging paper thorouglily in weak fpiiit 
 of wine, and approaching it to a candle, the fpi- 
 rituous parts will burn, without harming the 
 paper. Brjylc. 
 
 j^pproach^Aj and looking underneath the fun. 
 He faw proud Arcite. Drydcrj. 
 
 2. To come near to. 
 
 He was an admirable poet, and thought even 
 to have approached Homer. Temple. 
 
 Appro'ach. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I, The afl of drawing near. 
 
 If I could bid the levcnth welcome with fo 
 good a heart as I can bid tiie other five farcwel, 
 1 Hiuuld be glad of his approach. Shakjpcau. 
 
 *Tis with our fouls 
 As with our eyes, that after a lang darknefs 
 Arc dazzled at th' apptoach of luddcn light. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 J. Accefs. 
 
 Honoui' hath in it the vantage ground to c\^> 
 gocd ; the approach to kings and principal per- 
 sons ; and tlic raifing of a man's own fortunes. 
 
 Bacon . 
 
 3. Hoftile advance. 
 
 For England liis approaches makes as fierce 
 As watcis to the fucking of a gulph. Shakjp. 
 
 4. Means of advancing. 
 
 Againff belcagur'd hcav'n the giants move ; 
 }fills pird on hills on mountains mountains lie. 
 To make their mad approaches to the llty. Dryd. 
 Appro'acher. n.f. [from approach.] The 
 perfon that approaches or diaws pear. 
 Thougav'ft thmc ears, like tapfttrs, that bid 
 welcome 
 To knaves and all approachcrt. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Appro'achment. n.f. [from approach.^ 
 The aft of coming near. 
 
 As for ice, it will not concrete but in the ap- 
 
 ■pnaehment of the air, as we have made trial in 
 
 glafTes of water, which will not ca lily Uccze. Bro-wn 
 
 Api;roba'tion. n.f. [approbatio, Lat.] 
 
 I. The aft of approving, or expreffing 
 
 himfelf plesfed or fatisKed. 
 
 That not paft me, but 
 By learned appiohation of my judges. Shakfp. 
 y. The hking of any thing. 
 
 There is no pofitive Ijw of men, whether re- 
 ceived by formal content, as in councils, or by 
 fccrct approbation, as in cuftoms, but may be 
 taken away. Ih-oker. 
 
 The bare approhati.on of the worth and good- 
 Jiets of a thing, is not properly the willing of 
 that tiling; yet men do \ciy commonly account 
 it fo. ^iuth. 
 
 3. Atteftation ; fupport. 
 
 How many now in licalth 
 Shall drop their blood in ajiprohation 
 Of what your reverence (hall incite us to. Shai. 
 Ap PRo'o F. n.y. Ihom approve, a prrjof, 
 from prove.'\ Approbatitm ; commen- 
 dation : a word rightly derived, but old. 
 
 O moft perilous mouths, 
 That bear in them ime and the felf-fame tongue 
 Either of condemnation or o;>/>M>o/'.' Shaifpcart. 
 To Appro'perate. v. a. [appropero, 
 Lat.] To haften ; to fet forward. i)/V.'. 
 To Appropi'n<juate. v.n. \^appropinquo, 
 Lat.] To draw nigh unto j to ap- 
 proach, 
 
 >5 
 
 A P P 
 
 To Appropi'nque. '0. n, [appropwquo, 
 Lat.] To approach ; to draw near to. 
 A ludicrous word. 
 
 The clotted blood within my hoSe, 
 That from my wounded body flows, 
 With mortal crifis doth portend 
 
 My (lays to approplnjue an end. ]}udiiri:s. 
 
 Appro'priable. ai!j. [from apprupnulf.] 
 That may be appropiiated j that may 
 be reftrained to fomething particular. 
 
 This conceit, applied imto the original of njan, 
 and the beginning of the world, is. mure juliiy 
 appropriahle unto its end. Broiuni Vulg^. JEr. 
 
 To APPROPRIATE, v. a. [app-oprier, 
 Fr. approprloy low Lat.] 
 
 1. To coniign to feme particular uie or 
 perfon. 
 
 Thing.s faa<5Uiic(l were thereby iu fuch ("oit 
 a^propriiitfd unto God, as that they might never 
 afterwards again be made common. Hooker. 
 
 As for this fpot of ground, this perfon, tius 
 thing, I have Icidtcd nnd oppropi iateiij I have 
 inclolcd it to myfi-'lf and my own ufc ; and 1 
 will endure no fliarev, uo rival, or companion in 
 it. South. 
 
 5ume they apf>top'ialetI to the gods, 
 And fomc topublick, fomc to private ends. 
 
 Rofamtnon. 
 
 Marks of honour arc appropriated io the ma- 
 giftrttf, that he might he invited to reverence 
 him ff-1 f. ^^tterhiny. 
 
 2. To claim or exercife ; to take to him- 
 fclf by an exclufive right. 
 
 To ihcnifclves apf^topriating 
 
 The fpiritof God, promis'd alike aixl gWn 
 To all Lfiievers. Milton. 
 
 Why ihould people engrofs and appropriate 
 the common benefits of fire, air, and wnler, to 
 themfelves ? VEjhange. 
 
 Every body clfe has an equal title to it ; ;md 
 therefore he cannot appropriatCy he cannot in- 
 ciofc, without the confent of all his fellow com- 
 moners, ail mankind. Locke. 
 
 3. To make peculiar to fQm.etlung ; to 
 
 annex by combination. 
 
 He \\cci\ but he fiirniflied with verfes of facred 
 fcripturc; and his fyltem, that has appropriated 
 them In the orthodoxy of his church, make;* 
 them immediately irrefragable arguments. Locke. 
 
 We, by. degrees, get ideas and names, and 
 leain their appropriated convi<i&.ion one with ano- 
 ther. Locke. 
 
 4. In law, to alienate a benefice. See 
 Appropriation. 
 
 Before Richard 11. it was lawful to appropri- 
 ait the whulc fruits of a benefice to any abbe}', 
 the houfe finding one to fervc the cure; th.it 
 king [edrcflcd that liorrid e\il. A\h^e. 
 
 Appro'priate. (7^)'. [from the verb,] Pe- 
 culiar ; conligned to fome par-ticular ufe 
 
 or perton ; belonging peculiarly. 
 
 He did iiifiitutea band of fifty archers, by 
 the name of yeomen of his guard ; and tlKit it 
 Plight be thuugiit lo be rather a m.Utcr of dig- 
 nity, than any matter of diffidence appropriate 
 to his own cafe, he made an ordinance not tcm- 
 pornry, hut to hold in fuccelTion for ever. Bacon. 
 The hcatl'.cns themfelves had an apprchcnlion 
 of the ncrcfljty of lome appropriate aifts of di- 
 vine worfliip. Stillingjleet. 
 
 Appropria'tion. n.f, [from appvoprt- 
 £:te. ] 
 
 1, The application of fomething to a par- 
 ticular purpofc. 
 
 Tiic mind fhould have diftlnffk ideas of the 
 thlni;s, and retain the particular n^me, with its 
 peculiar appropriation to that idea. L(,cit\ 
 
 2. The claim of any thing as peculiar. 
 
 He doth nothing but talk of his hurfc, and 
 make a great apptopiiatitn to his good paits, 
 that hi; can lht>e hijij himfelf. Hhakjpsar:. 
 
 APP 
 
 3. The fixing a particular fignification to 
 a word. 
 
 The name of faculty may, by an appropriatian 
 that difguifcs iti true fenfe, palliate tlicabfurdity. 
 
 Locke, 
 
 4. In law. 
 -f^/'y'/o/'na//ewisafeverin^ofabcneficceccleriaf- 
 
 tical to the proper and perpetual ufe of feme religl. 
 ous houfe, or dean and chapter, hi fhoprick, or col- 
 lege; bec;uife,aKperfons ordinarily have no right of 
 fee hmplcjlhcfe, by rcafon of their perpetuity, arc 
 accounted owners of the fee fimpic; and there- 
 fore are called proprietors. To an appropriatio/tp 
 after the licence obt.iincd of the king in chance- 
 ry, the confent of the diocefan, patron, and in- 
 cumAitnt, are neceffiiiy, if the chuich be full: 
 but if the church be void, ch« diocefan and the 
 pation, upon the kmg's bccnce, may conclude. 
 
 Coil ell. 
 Appropp*! a'tor. n f, [from appropriate ,~\ 
 He that is pofTeffcd of an appropriated 
 benefice. 
 
 Thcfe appropriaforsy by reafon of their perpe- 
 tuities, arc aecwmrcd owners of the fee fimple; 
 and therefore arc called proprietors. j^ytij'e, 
 
 Appro'v ABLE^rtJ;. \\vo\Xi approve ,'] That 
 merits approbation. 
 
 The folid reafon, or confirmed experience, of 
 any men, is very nppiozable in wl-at profeflion 
 fucvcr. JiToiun's Vulgar F.rrours, 
 
 Appro'v AL. n.y. [from approve,'} Ap- 
 probation : a word rarely found. 
 
 Ti;eie is acenl'ur of jidtice and manners, with- 
 out w hole approval no capital fentenccs are to be 
 executed. Temple. 
 
 Appro'vanck. n.y. [from ^i^/iroit^.] Ap- 
 probation ; a word not much ufed. 
 
 A man of his learning fhould not fo lightly 
 have been carried away with old wives' tales 
 from tipprox'ance of his own reafon. Spenjer, 
 
 * Should ihe feem 
 
 Soft*ning the leaft npprcn.'ance 10 beftow» 
 Their colours burnifh, and, by hope infpir*d, 
 They bulk advance. Thomjon, 
 
 To APPRO'VE. v. a. [approuver, Fr. ap* 
 probOf Lat.] 
 
 1. To like ; to be plcafed with. 
 
 There cnn be nothing polTibly evil which God 
 apptoieth, and that he approvttk much mom 
 ttmn he doth command. llo'Acr, 
 
 What power was that whereby Medea faw, 
 Ai:d well approv\l and prais'd the better courfc^ 
 Wlien her rebellious rciifc did fo withdraw 
 Her feeble pow'rs that H»e purfu'd the worfe } 
 
 Davitt, 
 
 2. To exprefs liking. 
 
 It is luukcd upon as infolcncc for a man to fet 
 up his own opinion againlt th.it of fome learned! 
 doiflor, orotlicrwifc appro-ved wrhcr. Locke, 
 
 3. To prove; to (how ; tojuftify. 
 
 His meaning was not, that Arciiimcdes could 
 fimply in nothing bedcccivedj but that he had 
 in fuch fort apprtn-cd his Ikill, that he fcemcd 
 worthy of credit for ever after, in matters ap- 
 pcitaining to the fciencche was ikilful in. Hooker, 
 
 In rcliginn, 
 What damned errour but fomc fuber biow 
 Will blcfs it, and approve it with a te.\t 9 Shak, 
 
 I'm forry 
 That he approv:% the common liar, Fame, 
 Whu fpcaka him thus at Rome. Shakjpears, 
 
 Would'rt thou approve thy cunflancy ? Jlppr%vt 
 Firft tiiy obedience. Milton, 
 
 Refer all the ai5\ions of this (holt life to that 
 flatc which will ncvci- end; and this will <i/i- 
 prove itfcif to be wifdom at the laft, whatever 
 the world judge of it now. Tiiietjon, 
 
 4. To experience. Not In ufe. 
 
 Oh ! 'tis the curfe in love, and llill apprci'^d^ 
 When women cannot love, where they're belov'd. 
 
 Shakjpearv, 
 
 5. To make, or fhow, to be worthy of ap- 
 probation.
 
 APR 
 
 The firft rare nnd concern muft he to afp'uve 
 Mmfclfto God by righteoufuefs, lioliiicfs, and 
 purity. Kogeri. 
 
 6. It has of before the objeft, when it 
 fignifies /o he pkafed, but may be ufed 
 without a prcpolition ; as, I ufprovc 
 your letter, or, o/" your letter. 
 
 I llicwcd ) oil .1 piece of bl.ick and wl>ile (liifF, 
 
 iuli fcMt from tlic dyer j whicli you were picafed 
 
 to api>:ov€ r.f, and Lc my cullomer for. S-.uifr. 
 
 Appro'vement. n. f. [from approv!.~\ 
 
 Approbation ; liking. 
 
 ii is certain that at tlic firlt you were all of 
 my opinion, and that I did nothing without your 
 apjtrciu-mirit, Utiywnrd. 
 
 Approver, n.y; [from (i/^rc-uf. ] 
 
 1. He tiiat approves. 
 
 2. He that makes trial. 
 
 Their difcipline, 
 Now mingled with their courages, will make 
 
 known 
 To their afpywirsf Cncy are people fuch 
 As mend upon the world. Sh^ikfpeare. 
 
 3. In cbtninon law, one that, confefling 
 felony of himfelf, appealeth or accufeth 
 another, one or more, to be guilty of 
 the fame : and he is called fo, becaiife 
 he mud prove what he hath alleged in 
 his appeal. Co-well. 
 
 Approximate, adj. [from aJ, to, and 
 proximus, near, I.at.] Near to. 
 
 Thefc receive a quick converfion, containing 
 ^^pro.v.-OTij.'f dilpofilions unto animation. Rtcwn. 
 
 Approxima'tion. n.f. [from approxi- 
 mate, ] 
 
 1. Approach to any thing. 
 
 Unto the latitude oi Capricorn, or the winter 
 folflicc, it had been a fpring j for, unto that po- 
 fition, it had been in a middle point, and that 
 of afcent or apfno\imdiio>l. Broivn's l^ulg. Er. 
 
 The fiery region gains upon the inferiour ele- 
 ments ; a ncceirary confcquent of the fun's gra- 
 dual rtp/>n.Y;m<i;;i)« towards the earth. Hak. 
 
 Quadrupeds are better placed according to the 
 degrees of their ayproxitKarion to the human 
 ftiapc, Grew's Miifn^m. 
 
 2. In fcience, a continual approach nearer 
 ftill, and nearer, to the quantity fought, 
 though perhaps without a pofiibility of 
 ever arriving at it exactly. 
 
 Arru'LsE. n.f. \_apptilfus, Lat.] The aft 
 of ftrlking agalnft any thing. 
 
 Anhrftic fever is the innate heat kindled in- 
 to a dertructive fire, through the uppit/fe of fa- 
 line ftenms. Ifarvcy. 
 In vowels, the paiTage of the moutli is open 
 and free, without any appulfe uf an organ of 
 fpeech to another ; but, in ail confonants, there 
 \s nn /ippu!fe oi the organs. Holikt. 
 To A'pRiCATE. -B. n. [iipiicoi; Lat.] To 
 baflc in the fun. Dif!. 
 APRi'ciTY.n.y". [afridtns.'LM.'} Warmth 
 of the fun ; funlhire. Die?. 
 A'pRicoT, or A'pRicocK. n. f. [from 
 apricus, Lat. funny.] A kind cf wall- 
 fruit. 
 A'PRIL. n.f. \_Aprilis, Lat. Avril, Fr.] 
 The fourth month of the year, January 
 cdunted iirft. v 
 ./Ipyii is reprefented by a young man in gre-en, 
 jWith a garland of myrtle and hawthorn budi 1 
 in one hand primrofes and violets, in the other 
 the fign Taurus. Veackain t-; T>r.\'wi'ig. 
 
 Men are April when they woo, December- 
 when they wed : Maids'arc Mav when they arc 
 maids, but the fky changes when they are wives. 
 Shakfpejr€' i Ai \du like it. 
 
 A'pROV. n.yi [A word of uncertain ety- 
 mology, but fuppofed by fomc to be 
 Vol.. I. 
 
 APT 
 
 contraftcd from afore one.'] A cloth 
 hung before, to keep the other drcfs 
 clean. 
 
 Give us gold, good Timon : haft thou more? — 
 
 ■ Hold up, you fluts, 
 
 Your npr'jm mountant. Slmkfpiare. 
 
 The nobility think fcorn to go in leather 
 apt om. Shakfpcttre. 
 
 How might we fee FalftafF, and not ourlelvts 
 
 be fceu? Put on two leatiier jcikins and 
 
 nprons, and wait upon him at his table as 
 drawers. Sliakfpcate. 
 
 In thefe figures the vcft is gathered up before 
 them, like an apron^ whidi you muft luppofe 
 filled with fruits. yldJtjon. 
 
 A'pRON. n.f. [in gunner;-.] A piece of 
 lead which covers the touch-hole of a 
 great gun. 
 A'pRONo/"<j goof. The fat fliin which 
 
 covers the belly. 
 A'ruoN-MAN. n.y; [irom apron andmfl«.] 
 A man that weais an apron; a work- 
 - man ; a manual artificer. 
 
 You have made good work. 
 You and your tiprori'men, that flood fo much 
 Upon the voice of occupation, and 
 The breath of garlick eaters. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A'PRONED. adj. [from apron.'] Wearing 
 an apron. 
 The coblcr apnn'd Stid the parfon gown'd. 
 
 Pope. 
 J'PSIS.n.f. apjdcs, plma], [dil:.] In 
 ailronomy, is applied to two points in 
 the orbits of planets, in which they are 
 at the greateft and the leaft dillance from 
 the fun or eaith. The higher (j/y?.? is 
 more particularly denominated aphelion, 
 or apogee ; the lower, perihelion, or 
 perigee. Chambers. 
 
 If bodies revolve in orbits that are pretty near 
 circles, and the apJiJa of thefc orbits be fixed, 
 then the centripetal forces of thofe bodies will 
 be reciprocally as the fquarcs of the diftances. 
 
 Ckeyne. 
 APT. adj. [aptus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Fit. 
 
 This fo eminent indiiftry in m.iklng profe- 
 lytcs, more of that fex than of tlie other, grow- 
 eth; for that they are deemed «/'■' to Icrveas lu- 
 ll rumcnts in the caufe. Apter ihcy are through the 
 eageincfs of their affcftion ; np'ir through a na- 
 tural inclination unto piety; apier through fun- 
 dry opportunities, CS*!-. Finally, uptcy through a 
 fingular delight which they take in giving very 
 large and particular intelligence how all near 
 about them fland aft'efted as concerning the fame 
 caul'e. Hooker. 
 
 2. Having a tendency to ; liable to. 
 
 Things natural, as long as they keep thofe 
 forms which give them their being, cannot pof- 
 fibly be apr or inclinable to do otherwife than 
 they do. Hooker. 
 
 My vines and peaches on my beft fouth walls 
 were i^pf to have a foot or fmuttinefs upon their 
 leaves and t'ruits. Ttmpie. 
 
 3. Inclined to ; led to ; difpofed to. 
 
 You may make her you love, believe it ; 
 which, I warrant, (he is apter to do, than contefs 
 (he docs. Shakfpeare' s Ai you like it. 
 
 Men are apt to think well of themfelves, and 
 of their nation, of their cour.age and ilrength. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 One who has not thefc lights, is a ftranger to 
 what he reads, and apt to put a wrong interpre- 
 tation upon it. Addrfort. 
 
 Even thofe who are near the court, arc apt to 
 
 dcduifl wrong confequcnces, by reafoning upon 
 
 " the motives of actions. Sicrft. 
 
 What we have always feen to be done in one 
 manner, we are ept ;o imagine theie was but 
 that one y.'sv, Sertley . 
 
 APT 
 
 4. Ready; quick: as, an i?// wit. 
 
 I have a heart as little apt as youis, 
 Eiit yet a brain that leads my uft of anger 
 To bcticr vantage. ShakJ^'tare. 
 
 5. Qualified for. 
 
 Thefe brothers had a while fcrved the king in 
 war, whereunto they were only apt. Sidrfy, 
 
 All that were flrong and apt for war, even 
 them the king of B.ibylon brouglit captive to Ba- 
 bylon, z Kiigi. 
 To Apt. t). a. [apto, Lat.] 
 
 1. To fuit ; to adapt. 
 
 We need a ma.n that knows tJic feveral graces 
 Of hiltory, and how to apt their places ; 
 Wliere brevity, where fplcndour, and where 
 
 height. 
 Where fwecinefs it required, and where weight. 
 
 Ben fonfon. 
 In fomc ponds, aptcd for it by nature, tiiey be- 
 come pikc.v. H'altort. 
 
 2. To fit ; to qualify ; to difpofe ; to pre- 
 pare. 
 
 The king is mehincholy, 
 Apted for any ill imprelTions. Denham'i Sophy. . 
 
 ToA'pTATE. -J. a. [a/i/fl/um, Lat.] To 
 make fit. 
 
 To apiaie i planet, is to ftrengthen the planet 
 in pofiiion of houfe and dignities to the greateft 
 advantage, in order to biing about the riefirei! " 
 end. Sai/ey. 
 
 A'PTiTiDE. ti.f. [French.] 
 
 1. Fitnefs. 
 
 This evinces its pcrfeft aptitude and fitnefi 
 for the end to which it was aimed, the pLintiilg . 
 and iiouiilliing all tiue virtue among men. 
 
 Decay if Piety, 
 
 2. Tendency. 
 
 In an abortion, the mother, befidcs the fruf- 
 tration of her hopes, acquires an aptitude to mif- 
 carry for the future. Decay if Piety. 
 
 3.. Difpofition. 
 
 He that is about children, (hould fludy their 
 
 nature naA aptitudes, wli.it turns they ealily take, 
 
 and what becomes them ; what their native flock 
 
 is, and what it is fit for. Zjocke, 
 
 A'pTLY. adv. [from a//.] 
 
 1. Properly ; withjuft conneftion, or cor- 
 refpondence ; fitly. 
 
 That part 
 Was aptly fitted, and naturally perform'd. Siak. 
 
 But what the mafs nutritious does divide? 
 AVhat makes them aptly to the limbs adhere. 
 In youth increafe them, and in age repair ? 
 
 Blackt/iore. 
 
 2. Juftly ; pertinently. 
 
 Irenaeus very aptly remarks, that thofe nations, 
 who were not polTelt of the gofpels, had the 
 fame accounts of our Saviour, which are in the 
 evangelifts. Addijon. 
 
 3. Readily; acutely; as, he learned hl« 
 bufinefs very aptly. 
 
 A'pTNESS. u. f. [from apt.] 
 
 1. Fitnefs; fuitablenefs. 
 
 The nature of eveiy law mull be i jdged of by 
 the aptnej'i of thii^gs therein prefrribed, unto tl^e 
 fame end. Hooker, 
 
 There are antecedent and independent apt- 
 vejjes in things; with refpefl to which, they are 
 fit to be commanded or forbidden. Konii's .Mijc. 
 
 2. Difpofition to any thing : ofperfons. . 
 
 The nobles receive fo to heart the banifhmert 
 of that worthy Conolanus, that they are in a 
 right aptnefi to take all power from the people. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. Quicknefs of apprehenfion'; leadinefs ' 
 to learn. 
 
 What Ihould be the aptnef of birds, in com- 
 parifon of beaffs, to imitate fpeech, may be en- 
 quired. Bacon. 
 
 4. Tendency : of things. 
 
 Some feeds of goodncfs give him a t<;li(h of 
 
 o
 
 AQ^TJ 
 
 foch rffleAiotw, as have an aftntft to improve 
 the mind. ^Mtfor. 
 
 Ap'toti. n. f. [of a. and roluVi-:.] A 
 noun which is not declined with cafes. 
 
 A^A. «./ [LatiiK] Water: a word 
 much ufed in chymlcal writings. 
 
 J^L4 FORTJS. [Latin.] A cerrofive 
 liquor made by dillilling puriliiid nitre 
 
 ■ xvith calcined vitriol, or reftified oil of 
 
 vitiiol, in a ftrong heat : the liquor, 
 
 which rifts is fumes red as blood, being 
 
 coUtfted, is the fpirit of nitre, or aqua 
 
 forth ; which ferves as a mcnllruum for 
 
 diflblving of filvev, and all other metals, 
 
 except gold. But if fea fait, or fal 
 
 ammoniack, be added to aquajortu, it 
 
 comni.nces aqua regia, and will then 
 
 diffolve no metal but gold. Chambers. 
 
 The ciilTolving uffilvci in aqua for/is, and gold 
 
 in aqua rcgia, nnd not ijice verjA, would nut be 
 
 nilBcLilt to knnw. L'icie. 
 
 A^A MARINA, of the Italian lafitla- 
 
 . r'les, is of a fea or bluifh green. This 
 
 Hone feems to me to be the berylhis of 
 
 Pliny. IVoodivard. 
 
 A^UA MIRABILIS. [Latin.] The 
 wonderful water, is prepared of cloves, 
 galangals, cubtbs, mace, cardamomums, 
 nutmegs, ginger, and fpirit of wine, 
 digeftedtwenty-fourhours, then diililled. 
 A^UA REGIA, or ASHJA REGALIS. 
 [Latin.] An acid water, fo called be- 
 caufe it diffolves gold, the king_ of me- 
 tals. Its effential ingredient is coin- 
 mon fea fait, the only fait which will 
 operate on gold. It is prepared by 
 mixing common fea fait, or fal amrno- 
 niack, or the fpirit of them, with fpirit 
 ■ of nitre, or coiRmon aqua fortis. 
 
 Chamlers. 
 
 He adds to his complex idea of gold, that of 
 
 f xedncfs or folubility in afia rcgia. Locke. 
 
 J'DUA FITAi. [Latin.] Itiscommonly 
 
 \mderftood of what is otherwife called 
 
 brandy, or fpirit of wine, either finiple 
 
 or prepared with aromaticks. But fome 
 
 appropriate the term brandy to what is 
 
 procured from wine, or the grape ; 
 
 equa -vita, to that drawn after the fame 
 
 manner from malt. Chambers. 
 
 I will rather truft a Fleming with my butter, 
 
 an Inihman with my aqua vit.c bottle, or a thief 
 
 to walk, with my ambluig gelding, than my wife 
 
 with hcrfelf. Sliakji-iare. 
 
 Acua'tiCK.. adj. [aquaticus, Lat. from 
 
 aqua, water.] 
 I. That inhabits the water. 
 
 The vail variety of worms found in animals, 
 as well tcrrertrial 3iat;uaiiik,Mi: taken into their 
 bodies by meats and diinks. Ray 071 tlieCnation. 
 Brutes may be confidercd as cither aerial, tcr- 
 reftrial, afiutick, or amphibious. Aquatick are 
 thofc whole conftant abode is upon tUe water. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 s. That grows in the water: applied to 
 
 plants. 
 
 Flags, and fuch like aquatUks, are bcft de- 
 ftroycd by draining. Mortimer's Hujbandry. 
 
 A'quatilk. adj. [aqiialilis, Lat.] That 
 inhabits the water. 
 
 We behold many millions of the aquatile or 
 water frog in ditches and (landing plalhcs. 
 
 B'ouri's Vutirar Erroitn. 
 
 A'oyEDUCT. n.f. [aqu^duSus, Lat.] A 
 
 conveyance made for carrying water 
 
 A R B 
 
 from one place to another ; made on 
 uneven ground, to preferve the level cf 
 the water, and convey it by a canal. 
 Some aqueduHs are under ground, and 
 others above it, fupported by arches. 
 
 Among the remains of old Rome, the gran- 
 deur of the commonwealth (hews ItlelfchicHy ni 
 temples, highways, aqucJulfs, walls, and bridges 
 of the city. AJd'fi". 
 
 Hither the rilh of tpatcr arc convey'd 
 In curious aqueduiti, fey nature laid 
 To carry all the humour. Blachr.orc. 
 
 A'tyjEous. adj. [ixom aqua, water, Lat. J 
 Watery. 
 
 The vtliemcntfire requifitc to its f\ifion,foiced 
 
 away all the aqueous and fugitive moillutc. Kay. 
 
 A'tvuFOiTSNESS. n. /. [aquoftas, Lat.] 
 
 Waterifhnefs. 
 A'quiline. adj. [^nquilintis, Lat. from 
 aquihi, an eagle.] Refemblifig an eagle ; 
 when applied to the nofe, hooked. 
 
 His nofe was aquiiiiir, his eyes were blue, 
 
 Ruddy his lips, and frclliand fair his hue. Dryd. 
 
 G17PS fignifics fome kind of eagle or vulture ; 
 
 from whence the cpitlictgy/i«i for an hooked or 
 
 aquiline nofe. Brawn. 
 
 Aquo'se. adj.\^^\omnqtia, Lat.] Watery; 
 
 having the qualities of water. DitH. 
 
 Aquo'sity. n.J'. [from aquofe.] Wateri- 
 
 ncfs. DiS. 
 
 A. R. anno regnl ; that is, the year of the 
 
 reign : as, A. R. G. R. 20. Anno regnl 
 
 Georgii regis wgtftmo, in the twentieth 
 
 year of the reign of king George. 
 
 A'rable.ai^'. [from «ro, Lat. to plough.] 
 
 Fit for the plough ; tit for tillage ; pro- 
 
 duftive of corn. 
 
 His eyes he open'd, and beheld a field, 
 Part arable, and tilth ; whereon were Iheaves 
 New re.ip'd. Miltor,. 
 
 'Tis good for arable, a glebe that alks 
 Tough teams of oxen, and laborious lafts. DryJ. 
 Having but very little aial>le land, they are 
 forced to fetch all their corn from foreign coun- 
 tries. Addifon^ 
 
 ARACHNOI'DES. n.f [from uijLx^r, 
 a fpider, and eite, form.] 
 
 1 . One of the tunicks of the eye, fo called 
 from its refemblance to a cobweb. 
 
 As to the tunicks of the eye, many things 
 might be taken notice of; the prodigious fine- 
 nefsof i\\t arachn-Ades, the acute fenfeofthe re- 
 tina. Verham. 
 
 2. It is alfo a fine thin tranfparent mein- 
 brane, which, lying between the dura 
 and the pia mater, is fuppofed to inveft 
 the whole fubllance of the brain. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 ARA'IGNEE. n.f [French.] A term in 
 
 fortification, which fometimes denotes 
 
 a branch, return, or gallery of a mine. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Ara'neous. adj. [from aranea, Lat. a 
 cobweb] Refembling a cobweb. 
 
 The curious *i'(J'7tOi.i membraneof the eyccon- 
 ftiingcth and dilatcth it, aud fo varieth its focus. 
 
 Derham. 
 
 Ara'tion. n.f. [aratio, Lat.] The ail 
 
 or practice of ploughing. 
 Ara'tory. adj. [from rtro, Latin, to 
 
 plough.]That contributes to tillage. Z)/ff. 
 A'rbalist. n.f [iromareus, a bow, and 
 
 bali/ia, an engine to throw flones.] A 
 
 crolsbow. 
 h IS reported hv William Biito, that the ar- 
 
 cubiililla, or trbuhji, was firil . flicwcd to the 
 
 A R B 
 
 Ffcnch by eiir king Richard the Firft, who wai 
 Ihortly after fl.iin by a tiuatrcl thereof. Camdih. 
 
 ARBITER, n.f [Lat.] 
 
 1. A judge appointed by the parties, to 
 whofc determination they voluntarily 
 
 fubmit. 
 
 He would put himfelf into the king's hands, 
 and malve him <"i/'t'ot the peace. _ Bacon. 
 
 2. One who has the power of decifion or 
 regulation ; a judge. 
 
 Kext liim, high arbiter, 
 
 Chance governs all. Ali.'lor. 
 
 His maiefty, in this great conjunfture, feems 
 
 to hcgrinerally allowed fo; the iu\ea,ii:tcr of the 
 
 aft'airs of Chri'ftendom. _ Teinfic. 
 
 Arbitrable. W?. [from arbitror, Lat.] 
 Arbitrary ; depending upon the will. 
 
 The ordinary revenue of a paiionage is in land 
 called tl;e glebe ; in tythe, a fct pait of our goods 
 rendered to God ; in other oficrings bellowed 
 upon God by the people, either in fuch arlitra- 
 I'le propoition as their own devotion moveth 
 them, or as the laws or culloms of particular 
 places do require them. Spelman. 
 
 Arbi'trament. n. /. [from arbitror,- 
 Lat.] Will; determination; choice. 
 This fhould be written arbitremetit. 
 Stand fad ! to Hand or fall, 
 Free in thine own arbitrament it flands ; 
 Perfcft within, no outward aid require, 
 And all temptation to tianfgiefs repel. Miltor:. 
 A'rbitrarily. adii. [from arbilrary.l 
 With no other rule than the will; def- 
 potically ; abfolutely. 
 
 He governed arbitranly, he was expelled, 
 and came tu the deferved end of all tyrants. 
 
 Drydcn 
 
 Arbitra'rious. adj. [Irom ariitrarius, 
 Lat.] Arbitrary ; depending on the 
 
 will. 
 
 Thcfe are ftandingand itrepeal.ibic truths, fuch 
 as have no precarious exidence, or arhitraricus 
 dependence upon any willor underftanding what- 
 foevcr. ^'■"''• 
 
 Arbitra'riously. adv. [from arbitral 
 rious.'\ Arbitrarily; according to mere 
 will and pleafure. 
 
 Where v/oids are impofed arhitrarioujly, dif- 
 torted from their common ufe, the mind mud be 
 led into mifprifion. _ _ Clan-vilU. 
 
 A'rbitrary. adj. [arlilrarhts, Lat.] 
 
 1. Defpotick; abfolute ; bound by no 
 law ; following the will without re- 
 ftraint. It is applied both to perfons 
 
 and things. 
 
 In vain the Tyrian queen rcfigns her life 
 For the chafte gloiy of a virtuous wife. 
 If lying bards may falfc amours rchearfc. 
 And blall her name with arbitrary verfe. Waljk.. 
 
 Their regal tyrants Ihall with blulhcs hide 
 Their little lulls of arbitrary pride, 
 Nor bear to fee thciv vaffals tied. _ _ Frior. 
 
 2. Depending on no rule; capricious. 
 It may be perceived, with what infeciuity we 
 
 afcribe etfeas depending on the natural period of. 
 time, unto arbitrary calculations, and fuch as 
 vary at pleafure. Bro-wn'i Vulgar Errcur:. 
 
 Jo A'rbiTRATE. v. a. [arblttor, Lat,] 
 
 1 . To decide ; to determine. 
 This might have been prevented, and made 
 
 whole, 
 With very cafy nrgumentt of love, 
 Which now the m.inage of two kingdoms muft 
 With fearful bloody iffuc arbitrate. S/iai/}'eait. 
 
 2. To judge of. 
 Yet where an equal poifc of hope and fear 
 
 Docs arbitrate th' event, my natuie is 
 
 That 1 incline to hope rather than fear. Mil/cn. 
 
 To A'RD.TRATE.i;.n. To give judgment. 
 
 ! It did arbitrate upon the fcvcral rc^iorts of fcnie,
 
 A R B 
 
 not like a drowfy judge, only hearing, but Mo 
 dircfliiig their vcrdia. _ S^nt/i. 
 
 A'rbitrariness. n./. [from arbitrary.] 
 Dcfpoticalncfs ; t)ianiiy. 
 
 He that by harlhncis of nature, and arUtra- 
 riiti/s of commands, ufes his children like fcr- 
 vants, is what they mean by a tyrant. Trmp'c. 
 Arbitra'tiom. «. /. [from arhtror, 
 L.at.] The determination of acaufe by 
 a judge mutually agreed on by the par- 
 ties contending. 
 Arbitra'tor. n.f. [^Momarhtirate.] 
 
 1. An extraordinary judge between party 
 and party, chofen by their mutual con- 
 fent. Cozvell. 
 
 Be .1 good fcldicr or upright triiftce, 
 An arhiliiilar from corruption free. Dryden. 
 
 2. A governour ; a prefident. 
 
 Though heav'n be (hut, 
 And lieav'n's high a>hiitaleri\^ feciire 
 In his own ftrcngth, this place may be cxpos'd. 
 
 Mittou. 
 
 3. He that has the power of prefcribing 
 to others without limit or controul. 
 
 Another Blenheim or RamillicS' .vill make the 
 confederates mailers of their own terms, a:id .i'- 
 titraton oix^itm.AddiJintinlhe State 1} theiy^r. 
 
 4. The determiner ; he that puts an end 
 to any affair. 
 
 But now the arbitratcr of defpairs, 
 Jull death, kind umpire of man's mifcrics, 
 With fweet enlargement doth difmifs me iirnce. 
 
 Shakjpe'irc. 
 The end crowns all ; 
 And that old common arbitrate' ^ lime. 
 Will one day end it. Sn^kffeare. 
 
 Arbi'tivEment. n.f. [from arbltror, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Decifion ; determination. 
 
 I know the knight is inccnfed againft you, 
 even to a mortal <ji-i,'(n'»««/ ; but nothing of the 
 circumrtance more. Sluikfpeare. 
 
 We of the ofTending fide 
 Muft keep aloof from Itrift arbitrament. S'luifp. 
 
 Aid was gr.anted, and the quarrel brought to 
 the arbitrament of the fword. Hayiuard. 
 
 2. Compromife. 
 
 Lukewarm perfons think they may accommo- 
 date points of religion by middle ways, a-id 
 witty reconcilements ; as if tliey would make an 
 orbiiremtr.t between God and man. B.i-^^n. 
 
 A'rborary. fli//. \arborarhis, Lat.j De- 
 longing to a tree. Dul. 
 Arbo'reous. iji^'. \arhoieus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Belonging to trees; conftitutingatree. 
 
 A grain of nuitiard becomes .ir/'^'^o.vt. Br^.tun. 
 
 2. A teim in botany, to diftingniih fucli 
 fungufes or moffes as grow upon trees, 
 from thofe that grow'on the ground. 
 
 iCh/itiry . 
 
 They fpeak properly, who make it an an'-o- 
 
 reo'ii excrefrencej ot rather a InpL-rplant bre'd of a 
 
 vifcous and fuperfluous lopp, which the tree it- 
 
 felf cannot afTimulate. Brtjvjrii Vulvar JLiroun. 
 
 A'rboret. n. J. \arlwr. Lat. a tice.] A 
 fmall tree or Ihrub. 
 
 No arbwei with painted blofforas dreff. 
 And fmelling fweet, but there ir might be found, 
 To bad out fair, and her fweet fmelh throw all 
 around. Taiiy Q«t-f«. 
 
 Now hid, now feen, 
 Amopg thick woven arbcrets. and flow'r't 
 Imbroider'd on each bank. yi'lt-.n. 
 
 A'rboRIST. n. /. [ariorJ^lc, Fr. from 
 arbor, a tree.] A naturaliil who makes 
 trees his flvidy. 
 
 The nature of the mulberry, which tl\e arjc- 
 rijti obfcrvc to be long in the begetting his buds ; 
 
 ARC 
 
 but the cold fcafons being pad, he (Iiools them 
 all out in a night. Ihwel'i Vocal Foreji. 
 
 A'rborous. adj. \ixom arbor, "Lm.] Be- 
 longing to a tree. 
 
 I'Vom under (hady atbctain roof 
 Soon as they forth were come to open figiit 
 Of day-fpring, and tiie lun. AH/io/i. 
 
 A'rbour. n.f. [from arior, a tree. ] A 
 bo\\er ; a place covered with green 
 branches of trees. 
 
 Nay, you (hall fee mine orchard, when-, in 
 an aib-,u>, we will eat a lall year's pippin of my 
 own gratiing. Shatjfeajr. 
 
 Let us divide our labours : thou, where choice 
 Leads thee, or where mod needs, whether t» wind 
 The woodbine round this arbour, ox direift 
 The clafping ivy where to climb. Mi/tot, 
 
 For noon- days heat are dofer arbours made, 
 And forrrcfli ev'ning air the op'ner glade. Dryd. 
 
 Ar.BOUR VINE. II. f. A fpecics of bind- 
 iveed; which fee. 
 
 A'rbusci.e. n.f. [arbufcula, Lat.] Any 
 little nirub. -O/'V. 
 
 A'rbutk. n.f. [arbulus, Lat.] 
 
 y/rbutr 01 Uravbeny tree, grows common in 
 Ireland. It is difficult to be raifcd from the feeds, 
 but may be propagated by layers. It grows to 
 a goodly tice, endures our climate, uniefs the 
 weather be very fevere, and makes beautiful 
 hedges. AUriirf:cr*s Uujhandry. 
 
 Rough arbuT! (lips into a hazel bough 
 Are oft ingrafted ; and good apples grow 
 Out of a plain tree (lock. May's fiigil- 
 
 AKC.n.y. [^arcus, Lat.] 
 
 1 . A fegment ; a part of a circle ; not 
 more than a femicircle. 
 
 Their I'egments, at arcs, for the moft part ex- 
 ceeded not the third part of a circle. 
 
 Newton's Opticas. 
 
 2. An arch. 
 
 Load fome vain church with old thcatrick (late 
 Turn arcs of triumph to a garden gate. I'ope. 
 Arca'de. n.f. [French.] A continued 
 arch ; a walk arched over. 
 
 Or call the winds through long arcades to roar. 
 
 Proud to catch cold at a Venetian door. I'ope. 
 
 ARCANUM, n.f. in the plural avcws. 
 
 [Latin.] A fecret. 
 ARCH. II. f [arciis, Lat.] 
 
 1. Part of a circle, not more than the 
 half. 
 
 Tne mind perceives, that an arch of a circle 
 is Icfs than the whole circle, as clearly as it does 
 till, idea of a circle. Lo,ke. 
 
 2. A builditig open below and clofed 
 above, (landing by the form of its own 
 curve, ufed for bridges, and other works. 
 
 Ne'er through an arc/i fo hurried the blown 
 tide. 
 As thcieconiforted'hrousbthe gates. Shahfpeare. 
 
 I.ef Rome in Tiber niei:, and the wide arch 
 0\ iht Kiis'd empire fall! here is my fpace. Sliak. 
 
 Tiic royal fquadron marches, 
 Er.'Ct triumph.al arcAes, Dryder.'s j^lbioti. 
 
 3. The flvy, or vault of heaven. 
 
 Hath nature given rhcm eves 
 To fee this vaulred arch, and the rieii cope 
 Of lea and land? Sbakjpeafc. 
 
 4. [from K^-x'^.] A chief. Obfolete. 
 
 I'he noble duke my mailer. 
 My worthy arcii and patron comes to-night. 
 
 SJiakJpeare. 
 
 To Arch. i'. a. [arcuo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To build arches. 
 
 The nations of the fieldand wood 
 Build on the w.ve, or are/i beneath the fand. 
 
 rcpt 
 
 2. To cover with arches. 
 
 Gates of monarchs 
 Are arc/i'd fo lii^h, that giants may get through 
 
 ifiakfpcat e 
 
 The proud river which makes her bed dt hir 
 feet, ii arcied over with fuch a curious pile of 
 ftones, that confidering the rapid courfe ol the 
 deep dream tnat roars under it, it ma/ well take 
 place among the wonders of the world. H<rwc.. 
 
 3. To form into arches. 
 
 Fine devices of arck:ng water without fpillingj 
 anil making it rile in fcveral forms of featheri' 
 and drinking glafl'es, be pretty things to look or, 
 but nothing to health and fwcetnefs. Biter- 
 
 Arch. atij. [from i^x^' chief.] 
 
 1. Chief; of the firil clafs. 
 
 The tyrannous and bloody aift is done; 
 The mud arch deed of piteous niafl'actc. 
 That ever yet this land was guilty of. SM/fear.; 
 
 There is fprung up 
 An heretick, an .-.'d one, Cranmer. Shakfpeare: 
 
 2. Waggifh; mirthful; trifiingly mifchiev- 
 ous. ']'liis iiguilication it feenis to have 
 gained, by being frequently applied to 
 the boy moll remarkable for his praijks; 
 as, the arch rogue ; uniefs it be derived 
 from Archyy the name of the jeller to 
 Charles i. 
 
 Eugciiio fet out from the univerRty ; he had 
 the reputation of an arch lad at fchool. S-a.'Jt 
 Arch, in compofition, fignifies chief, or of 
 the firft clals [from a^x©' <"■ »;X'] ^^ 
 archangel, archbijhop. It is pronouncet? 
 varioully with regard to the ci, which be- 
 fore a conionant found as in cheefe, at 
 archdeacon ; before a vowel like /•, ^s 
 archangel. 
 ARCHA'NGtr.. n.f. [archangelus, hzt.] 
 One of the higheft order of angels. 
 
 His form had yet not loft 
 All her original brightnefs, nor appear'd 
 Lei's than archangel ruin'd, and th' exccfs 
 Of glory obfcur'd. M:lf>-. 
 
 'Tis furcth'arc/ij/iff/'s trump I hear. 
 Nature's great paiTing-bell, the only call 
 Of God's that will be heard by all. Nurri;. 
 
 Archa'ngel. n.f. [lamium, Lat.] A 
 
 plant, called alfo deadnettle. 
 Archange'lick. adj. [(rom archangel.] 
 Belonging to archangels. 
 
 He ccas'd, and th' archarjge/icipow'r prepar'd 
 For fwift defcent ; with him the cohort bright 
 Of watchful cherubim. Mii'iin. 
 
 Archbe'acox. n. f. [from arch and 
 beacon.] The chief place of profpecl, or 
 of figna!. 
 
 You (hall win the top of the Cornifh archhea- 
 ro« HainbDi'ough, wiiich may for profpcifl com- 
 pare with Rama in Pale'.lina. Carew, 
 Archbi'shop. n.f. [from arJj and i/- 
 JIjop.] A bilhop of the firft clafs, who 
 fiiperintends the condutt of other bi- 
 (hops his fuffragans. 
 
 Cianmer is return'd with welcome, 
 InliaU'd lord <nT/ii;y,4o»of Cantivbury. Shakff. 
 The archbi/Aop was the known architeift of this 
 new fabrick. Clarendon. 
 
 ARCHBi'sHOPRtCK. n.f. [from arch- 
 bi/hrp.] The Hate or jurildiclion of aR 
 archbilhop. 
 
 'Tis the cardinal ; 
 And merely to revenge him on the enrperor, 
 For not bedowing on him, at his aiking, 
 Tlic eychlijiiijirick of Toledo, this is purpos'd. 
 
 Sliakjpetin. 
 This excellent man, from the time of his pro- 
 motion to the urchbijiioprlck, underwent the 
 envy and malice of men who agreed in nothing 
 clie. Clarendon. 
 
 Archch.\'nter. n.f. [from c/'iA and 
 ch~!iter.] The chief chanter. 
 
 Arciide'acon. n.j. [archidiaconus, l.zt.] 
 Or.e that fupplics the biiliop's place and 
 o 2
 
 ARC 
 
 ofiice in fucli matters as do belong to 
 the epifcopal fuiiiiion. The law ilyles 
 him the billiop's vicar, or vicegerent. 
 
 ^yl'iff's Parergon. 
 
 Left negligence iniglif foitt in aliufes, an u c/;- 
 
 dejcott was appointed to take account of their 
 
 rfoings. Carcw'i Survey- 
 
 Archde'aconrv. n. f. \_archidiaco7iatt<s, 
 J^at.] The office or jurifdiftion of an 
 archdeacon. 
 
 It oweth fiibjeftion to the metropolitan of 
 Canterbury, and hath one only arrh.-icaconry. 
 
 Cnreiu's Survey. 
 
 Archde'aconship. ti.f. [from archJea- 
 
 can.] The office of an archdeacon. 
 Archdu'ke. n./. [fromi7/rW«.v, Lat.] 
 A title jriven to fome fovereign princes, 
 as of Aiidria and Tiifcany. 
 
 Philip archduke of Anitria, during his voyage 
 from the Netheri:nids towards Spain, was wea- 
 ther-driven into Weymouth. Carew^i Survey. 
 Archdu'chess. n.f. [from arch and 
 duchefs.'] A title given to the lifter or 
 daughter of the archduke of Auftria,or 
 to the wife of an archduke of Tufcany. 
 Akchphilo'sopher. n.f. [from «>r/j 
 and phUo/opher.'] Chief philofopher. 
 
 It is no improbable opinion thciefoie, wliich 
 the a' ch-fhllofjphfr W3S of, that tile chicfcft pcr- 
 fon ill every houfchold was always as it were a 
 king. H'jcker. 
 
 Archprk'late. n.f. [from arch and 
 prelal.'.] Chief prelate. 
 
 May we not wonder, that a man of St. Eafil's 
 authority and quality, and nrck-preine in the 
 houfe of God, Ihould have his name far and 
 wide called in queftion ? Haihr. 
 
 Archpre'sbyter. n.f. [from arch and 
 prefbyter.'\ Chief-prefbyter. 
 
 As finiplc deacons are in t"ubic£lion to prelbv- 
 ters, .tccording to the canon law; fo are alfo prel"- 
 bytcrs 2.nd. arck-prejhyteri in fubjoiSion to thele 
 archdeacons. jfyHJj'e'i Farcrgon. 
 
 jI^rchpri'est. n.f. [froman:Aand^/-/j//.] 
 Chief prieft. 
 
 The word decanus was extended to an ecclc- 
 iialiical dignity, which included rlie arch-prieji^. 
 -/v/yTV'j Vcxrergon. 
 Arckaiolo'gick. cutj. [from archcdoh- 
 gy."} Relating to a difcourfe on antiquity. 
 ARCHAio'LOC-y. n. f. [from a^yyj:©-, 
 ancient, and ^s^&i a difcourfe.] A 
 difcouife on antiquity. 
 A'rc!;aism. «.y. [a^;)/aio-(iio.. ] An an- 
 cient phrafe, or modeof exprelTion. 
 I {hall never nfe arch^tifm\, like Milton. i-Vatti. 
 A'rched. participial adj. [from 2o arch.'\ 
 Bent in the form of an arcli. 
 
 I fee iiow thine eye would emulate the dia- 
 mond ; thou haft the right.<i«AfJ bent of the 
 brow. Slutkjpeare. 
 
 Let the arched knife, 
 Well fhnrpen'd, now aflail the fprcadjng (hades 
 Of vegetables. ■ Vhiliyi. 
 
 A'rcher. n.f. [archer, Fr. from arcus, 
 Lat. a bow.] He that flioots with a 
 bow ; he that carries a bow in battle. 
 Draw archers, draw your arrows to the head. 
 Shakfpeare. 
 This cnpid is no longer an archer '^ his glory 
 (Kail be ours, for we arc the only love-gods. 
 
 Shukfpcarc, 
 Thou frec{«ent bringft the fmilten deer,' 
 Foi" fcUlori/, urchrri fiiy, thy arrows err. Trior. 
 A'RCiiKiiy. n.f. [i)!omarchir.'] 
 
 1. The'ulfof the bow. ^ 
 
 Among the Englifh MUWay archery challengcth 
 the pK-cmi.ncnce, as pttuliar to our n.uion. 
 
 - ('atihlen, 
 
 2. T he aft of (hooting v/itli ihc bow. 
 
 ARC 
 
 Flower of this purple dye, 
 Hit with Cupid's rtrc/icv^^. 
 Sink in apple of his eye ! Shakjpeare. 
 
 3. The art of an archer. 
 
 Elcft fcraphims (liall leave their quire, 
 And turn lo-. e'<; foldiers upon thee, 
 To excrcife their arc/z^f^, Cr.ijnaiv. 
 
 Say from what golden quivers of the Iky 
 Do all thy winged arrows fiy ? 
 Siviftnefs and power by birth are thine. 
 'Tis, I believe, this archery to Ihew, 
 Tli.1t fo much coft in colours tiiuu 
 And fkill in painting dofl: bellow 
 Upon thy ancient arms, thcgawdy heavenly bow. 
 
 Co\ulcy. 
 A'rches-court. n.f. [from arches djii 
 court. '\ The chief and moll ancient con- 
 filiory that belongs to the archbilhop 
 of Canterbury, for tlie debating of fpi- 
 rittial caufts, fo called from Bow-church 
 in London, where it is kept, whofe top 
 is raifcd of llone-pillars, built archwife. 
 The judge of this court is termed the 
 dc.tn of the arches, or officialofthe<7n:ifj- 
 caurt: dean of the arches, becaufe with 
 this office is commonly joined a peculiar 
 jtirifdiiflion of thirteen parilTies in Lon- 
 don, termed a deanery, being exempted 
 from tlie authority of the bifliop of Lon- 
 don, and belonging to the archbifliop of 
 Canterbury ; of which the parifli of 
 Bow is one. Some others fay, that he 
 was firfl: called de;in of the arches, be- 
 caufe the oflicial to the archbilhop, the 
 dean of the arches, was his lubftitute in 
 his court ; and by that means the names 
 became confounded. The jurifdiftion 
 of this judge is ordinary, and extends 
 through the v>'hole province of Canter- 
 bury : fo that, upon any appeal, he 
 forthwith, and without any further exa- 
 mination of the caufe, fends out his ci- 
 tation to the party appealed, and his in- 
 hibition to the judge from whom the 
 appeal is made. Cowell. 
 
 A'rchetype. n. f. [archctxpum, Lat.] 
 The original of which any refemblance 
 is inade. 
 
 Our fouh, tiiough they might liave perceived 
 images themfelves by fimplc fenfe, yet it fcems 
 inconcei^■able, how tliey fhould apprehend their 
 archetypes. Glamnlle^s Scepfn. 
 
 As a man, a tree, are tlic outward objects of our 
 perception, and the outward archetypes or pat- 
 tci lis of our ideas; lu ourfenfations of hunger, cold, 
 ale illfo inward archetypes or patterns of our ideas. 
 But the notions or piilfuresof thcfethtiigs, as they 
 arc in the mind, arc the ideas. /f.itts' Logick 
 Arcue'tvp.-vl. adj. [archelypns, Lat.] 
 Original ; being a pattern from which 
 copies are made. 
 
 Through contemplation's opticks I have fccn 
 Him who is fairer th:in the fons of men : 
 The folircc of good, the light archetypal. Ncrris. 
 
 ARCHEUS. n.f. [probably from i(_y% .'] 
 A word by whicii Paracelfus fecms to 
 have meant a power that prcfides over 
 the animal economy, dilllntl from the 
 rational foul. 
 
 Arc M I D I a'co n a l . adj. [ froin archidiaconiis, 
 Lat. an archdeacon.] Belonging to an 
 archdeacon ; as, this ofl'ence is liable to 
 be cenfurfd in an <7r<:A/V/;<7fona/vifitation. 
 
 Archiepi'scopal. nrlj. [from archiepif- 
 copus, Lat. an archbidiop.] Belonging 
 to an archbidiop ; as, Canterbury is 
 an archie/ ifcopal ke ; the fiiffragans are 
 fubjefl to rt/-f/';V^//?o/'.j/j\irifdiftion, 
 
 ARC 
 
 A'RCHTTECT. n./ [arc/jiL'ffui,Lzt,] 
 
 1 . A profeflor of the art of building. 
 
 The archit-rSi's glory confifts in the defignincnt 
 -and idea of the wuik. ; liis ambition fliould be 
 to make the form triumph over the matter. 
 
 2. A contriver of a building ; a builder. 
 
 The hafty multitude 
 Admiring enttr'd, and the work fome praifc^ 
 And fome the arcfirteSf : his band was known 
 In hcav'n by many a tow'red ftruilure high. 
 Where fceptei'd angels held their refvdence, 
 And fat as princes. MUton, 
 
 3. The contriver or fornrier of any coin- 
 poun^l body. 
 
 This inconvenience the divine nrchire»5t of the 
 body obviated. iv.iy on (he Creation^ 
 
 4. The contriver of any thing. 
 
 An irreligious Moor, 
 Chief architeti and plotter of thcie woes. Shak, 
 Archite'ctive. adj. [ from architetl, ] That 
 performs the works of architsdlure. 
 
 How could the bodies of many of them, par- 
 ticulaily the I.ilt mentioned, be furnifhcd with 
 archite^i've mnterirds.^ Dcrham's }*/iyJico-Theoi, 
 Architecto'nick. adj, [from a^y;©-, 
 chief, and ^Urmy an artificer.] That 
 has the power or ikill of an archltedl ; 
 that can build or form any thing. , 
 
 To f.iy thiit fome move fine part ot either, or 
 all the hypolHtic.il principle, is the archiled\ of 
 this elaborate flru<5tuie, is to give occafion to de- 
 mand, what proportion of ti.e tria prima afford- 
 ed this architc&onick fpirit, and what agent made 
 fo fkilful and h.ippy a mixture. Boyle, 
 
 Arch i te'ct u r e. /;. f, [arc/^lie^ura, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. The art or fcience of building. 
 
 ylrchileciure is divided into ci^vil arckiteciurrf 
 called by way of eminence arc/iUe&urc ; milriary 
 archittiiure^ OX fortification j and naval archie 
 teBurcy which, befides buiWxng of (hips and 
 vcffels, includes alfo ports, moles, docks, <^c, 
 
 Chamlai, 
 
 Our fathers next in archite&ure (kill'd, 
 Citici for uie, and forts foi- fafety build ; 
 Then palaces and lofiy domes arofe, 
 Thefe for devotion, and for pleafure thofe. 
 
 Bhtckmore, 
 
 2, The cffefl or performance of the fcience 
 
 of building. 
 
 Th^ formation of the firft earth being a piece 
 of divine architeBurej afcribcd to a particular 
 providence. Burnetii Theory, 
 
 A'rchitrave. ?;. f, [from upx^.^ chief> 
 and trabsy Lat. a beam ; becaufe it is 
 fuppofed to reprefentthe principal beam 
 in timber buildings.] That part of a 
 column, or order of a column, which lies 
 immediattu'ly upon the capital, and is 
 the lowefl member of the entablature* 
 This member is different in the different 
 oiders; and, in building c//t/vV/-<«'U(' doors 
 and windows, the workman frequently 
 follows his own fancy. The architra've 
 is fonietimes called the reafon piece, or 
 mailer beam, in timber buildings, as 
 porticos, cloyftcrs, i:ffc. Inchimnies it 
 Vo called the mantle-piece ; and over jams 
 of doors, and lintels of windows, hyper- 
 thyron. BuiUcr^s D'Uf, 
 
 The inatciials laid over this pillar were of 
 Wood ; through the liglitnefs whcieof the archi- 
 tra-ue could not fuffcr, noi' the column iifcU", be- 
 ing fo fublh1nt1.1l. PVctton'i ArchitiK^iiie, 
 
 Wiihv.ud a pompous frontifpiecp appcar'd, 
 On Dorick pillars of white mnrhle rear'd, 
 Crown'd with an architrave of antique mold, 
 And fculptuic riling on the roughenM gold, i'ope, 
 
 A'rc HIVES, 11, yi ivUhoitt a f^n^til'arm 
 larc/jtviJi Lat.] The places whtre le-
 
 A 11 D 
 
 cords or ancient wrkings arc kept. It 
 is perhaps famelimes uled for the wi It- 
 ings ihcmfclves. 
 
 ThouA'n «'c tlunk our words vanifli wllli llic 
 broth ihai utlcis them, yet llicy In-cmnc iccoiHs 
 in God"s rourr, and ate l.iid up in his airhiva, 
 li wltiK'fics cither for or nguiiilt us. 
 
 GoTiifiiuent f}J th: Tongue. 
 
 I flviH now only look a Ittllc into the Mor.iic 
 aici/TC!, to ohfcrvc what they furnilh lis witli 
 uponthis fllbjfdt. if'o->JiuarJ. 
 
 A'kchwise. adv. [from arch and ivtje.'] 
 In the forin of an arch. 
 
 Tiic court of atclies, fo calicrl .j/> nrcuata ec- 
 
 clffni, or from Bow-clnirch, by rcafon of the 
 
 Jlceplc or elothiep thereof, raifcti at the top with 
 
 ilouc pillars, in fafhion of a bo* hent ar,lnuij.\ 
 
 ^y/ifji'j Ftird^on. 
 
 ARCi'TENENT.fli^'.(^rtra/i'«i'«j,Lat.] Bow- 
 bearing. Did. 
 
 Arcta'tion. 11. f. [from ar8o, to ftrait- 
 en.] Straitening; confinement to a nar- 
 rower compafs. 
 
 A'rctick. adj. [from d;x-^, the north- 
 ern conftell.ition.] Northern ; lying 
 under the Ardos, or bear. See Ar- 
 
 TICK. 
 
 Evei-during fnows, perpetual fliades 
 Of tfarkiiefi. wouUl congeal their livid blood. 
 Did not the aiSf.ck tradt fpontaneoiis yield 
 A cheering puiplc beriy big witli wine. I'/u'I/ps. 
 A'rctici{ Circle. Tlie circle at which the 
 
 noithern frigid zone begins. 
 A'rcuate. adj. [arcualus, Lat.] Bent 
 in the form of an arch. 
 
 The caufe of the confuhon in founds, and the 
 inconfLifion of fpecies viflble, is, for that the fight 
 worktth in right lines; but fomids, that move 
 in oblique and lucuate lines, mull needs encoun- 
 ter and (luUnb the one the other. Bi^con. 
 In the gullet, where it perforateth the midritT, 
 the carncous fibres are inficffcd and arcuate. 
 
 Riiy on the C.reah'on. 
 
 A'KCVATihi. adj. \_hom drcuale,] Bent ; 
 infletlcd. DicT. 
 
 Arcua'tion. >i./. [from arcuate.] 
 
 1. The af( of bending any thing; incur- 
 vation. 
 
 2. The llate of being bent ; curvity, or 
 crookednefs. 
 
 3. [In gardening.] The method of ralftng 
 by layers fuch trees as cannot be raifed 
 from feed, or that bear no feed, as the 
 elm, lime, alder, willow ; and is fo called 
 from bending down to the ground the 
 branches which fpring from the ofF-fcts 
 or ftools after they arc planted. 
 
 Chamlers. 
 
 A'rcv ATVRE.n. f. \_arcuatura, low l.at.] 
 The bendingor curvature of anarch. Di8. 
 
 Arcuba'lister. n. f. [from arciis, a 
 bow, and balijlra, an engine.] A crofs- 
 bow-man. 
 
 King John was efpicd by a very good arcnha- 
 hjiir, who faid, that he would foon difpatch the 
 cruel tyrant. God forbid, vile varlet, quoth 
 the carl, that we fliould procure the de;ith of 
 the holy one of God. Ctimdcn'^ Renuti-n. 
 
 Ard. [Saxon.] Signifies natural difpofi- 
 tion ; as, Goddard, is a divine temper ; 
 Rsinard, a fincere temper ; Gijfard, a 
 bountiful and liljeral dil'pofition ; Ber- 
 nard, filial affection. Gihfoii's Camden. 
 
 Ardency, n.f. [Worn ardent.] Ardour; 
 eagernefs ; warmth of affection. 
 
 Accepteil our prayers Ihall be, if qualified 
 Willi humility, and ardenrj, and pcrfcveraucc, 
 
 ARE 
 
 fo far a$ concerns the end immcdinte to tliem. 
 
 lliimmaiid't Vrailiral Calechifm. 
 
 The ineffable happincfs of our dear RcdL-eni- 
 
 cr mull needs bring .wy incrcale to ours, commen- 
 
 furatc to the ar.^ency of our love for him. Boyle. 
 
 A'RDENT. ndj. [ardcns, Lat. burning.] 
 
 1. Hot; burning; fiery. 
 
 Chyraitls ohfcrvc, that vegctaliles, as laven- 
 der, rue, marjoram, (sfc. dillillcd before fer- 
 mentation, yield oils, without any burning 
 fpirits ; but, after fci mentation, yield ar./^"/ fj)!- 
 rits without oils; which iliews, that their oil 
 is, by fermentation, converted into Ipirit. 
 
 Neiv/on'i Ojit'i'ki. 
 
 2. Fierce; vehement; having the appear- 
 ance or quality of fire. 
 
 A knight of fwarthy face 
 High on a cole-black Heed purfucd the chace; 
 With' Halhing flames his ar.lcni eyes v/ere fiU'd. 
 
 Dryilen. 
 
 3. Paffionate ; affeftionate : ufed generally 
 of defire. 
 
 Another nymph with fat.'d pow'r may life. 
 To damp the linking beams of Cxlia's eyes ; 
 With liaughly pride may hear her charms conl'eft. 
 And fcorn llie urde/it vows that I have blell. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 A'rdently. adv. [from ardent.] Eager- 
 ly ; affeftionately. 
 
 With true z.eal may our hearts be moif ardently 
 inflamed to our religion. Sprat's Sermons. 
 
 A'rdour. n.f. [ardor, Lat. heat.] 
 
 1. Heat. 
 
 Juy, like a ray of the fun, reflects with a 
 greater ardmtr and quicknefs, when it rtboimds 
 upon a man from the breaft of his friend. South. 
 
 2. Heat of afFeftion ; as, love, defire, 
 courage. 
 
 The foldiers ihout around with gcn'rous rage; 
 He prais'd their ardour, inly pleas'd to Ice 
 His hort. Drydeii. 
 
 Unmov'd the mind of Ithacus remain'd, 
 And the vain ardoun of our love reflrain'd. P&^f. 
 
 3. The perfon ardent or bright. This is 
 only ufed by Mil/on. 
 
 Nor delay'd the winged faint. 
 After his eliarge recciv'd ; but from among 
 Thoufand ccicAulard'iuri, where he flood 
 Veil'd with his gorgeous wings, up-fpringing 
 
 light, 
 Flew thio' the midrt of lieav'n. Paradije Loji. 
 
 Ardu'ity. n.f. \(van\ arduous.] Height ; 
 
 difficulty. DlCl. 
 
 A'RDUOUS. adj. [arduus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Lofty ; hard to climb. 
 
 High on ParnalTus' top her fons (he (how'd, 
 An,d pointed out thofe iuduous paths they trud. 
 
 I'ojie. 
 
 2. Difficult. 
 
 It was a means to biing him up in the fchool 
 of arts and policy, and i\) to fit him for that great 
 and arduous employment that God defigned him 
 to, Houtli. 
 
 A'rduousness. n. f. [from arduous.] 
 
 Height ; difficulty. 
 Are. The third perfon plural of the pre- 
 fent tcnfe of the verb to be ; as, young 
 I men are ra(li, old are cautious. 
 ARE, or Alamire: The lowed note but 
 one in Guido's fcale of mufick. 
 
 Gamut I am, tie giound of ^11 accoid, 
 ylte to plead Hurteiifio's p.nfion ; 
 
 B mi Bianca take him for thy lord^ , 
 C faut, that loves with all aE'cition. SAakfpeari_ 
 
 Area. n. f. [Latin.] 
 I. The furface contained between any 
 lines or boundaries. 
 
 The area of a Iriargle is found by knowing 
 the height and the bafe. . iVatit' Logiik. 
 
 S 
 
 A R G 
 
 2. Any open furface, as the floor of a 
 room ; the open part of a chinch ; the 
 vacant part or (lage of an amphithialrc. 
 An eiiclofed place, as litis, or a bowl- 
 ing-green, or grafs-plot. 
 
 Let us conceive a floor or area of goodly 
 length, with the breadth fomcwhat more than 
 half the (.ongiludc. H'ttton. 
 
 The Alban Like is of m oval figure, and, hy 
 reafon of the high mountains that encompafs it, 
 looks like the area of fomc vaft amphitheatre. 
 
 Addifitn 
 
 In are^i, vary'd with Mofaick art. 
 Some whiil the dilk, and fomc the jav'lin dart. 
 
 Voff. 
 
 To Arf.'ad, or Are'ed. 1;. a. [a)icban. 
 Sax. to connfel.] To advife ; to direft. 
 
 Knights and ladies gentle deeds, 
 Whofe piaifes having llept in filcncc long, 
 
 Mc, all too meanc, the facred mufcorcri/j 
 To blazon broad. Fairt quein. 
 
 But mark what I arcni/thec now : avant. 
 Fly thither whence thou f.C(.\'i\ \ If from this hour 
 Within thefe hallow'd limits thou appear, 
 Bacic to th' infernal pit I drag thee chain'd. 
 
 Varnd'fe J^'ijt. 
 
 Arefa'ction. n. f. [arefacio, Lat. to 
 dry.] The Hate of growing dry ; the 
 aft of drying. 
 
 From them, and their motions, piincipally 
 proceed arefaSiion, and mod of the effeits ot na- 
 ture. Baton. 
 To A'refy. v. a. {arefacio, Lat. to dry.] 
 To dry ; to cxhauft of moifture. 
 
 Heat dricth bodies that do eafily expire, as 
 parchment, leaves, roots, clay, cifr. and fo doth 
 time or age airfy, as in the fame bodies, fefc. 
 
 Bacon's Natural hi/lory. 
 
 Arena'ceous. adj. \_arena, Lat. fand.] 
 Sandy ; having the qualities of fand. 
 
 A piece of the ftone of the fame mines, of a 
 
 yellowilh brown colour, an ari'«jr«.vr fiiable fub- 
 
 fiancc, and with fome white fpar mixed with it. 
 
 l!'o',.l'.card on F'dflh. 
 
 Arena'tion. n. /. [from arena, Lat. 
 fand.] Is ufed by fome phyficians for 
 a fort of dry bath, when the patient 
 fits with his feet upon hot fand. Dili. 
 
 Areno'se. adj. [from arena, Lat.] 
 Sandy ; full of fand. B.d. 
 
 Are'nul.ous. atJj. [froin arenula, Lat. 
 fand. ] Full of finall fand ; gravelly. 
 
 Areo'tick. adj. [dyy.iotixa.] Efficacious 
 in opening the pores ; attenuant : ap- 
 plied to medicines that difiolve vifcidi- 
 ties, fo that the morbifick matter may 
 be carried ofl" by fweat, or infenlible 
 perfpiration. I^iS, 
 
 Areto'logy. n. f. [from a^t-rri virtue, 
 and Tsiy.y, to difcourfe. ] That part of 
 moral philofophy which treats of virtue, 
 its nature, and the means of arriving at 
 it. PAcl. 
 
 A'ri^al. n.f. Hard lees Ricking to the 
 fides of wine veffels, more commonly 
 called tartar. Di8, 
 
 A'rgent. adj. [from argciitum, Lat. 
 filver.] 
 
 I. 1 lie white colour ufed in the coats of 
 gentlemen, knights, and baronets, iiip- 
 pofed to bt the reprefeutution of that 
 metal. 
 
 Rinaido flings 
 As fwift as ticiy ligt tnii g kindled new. 
 His argent eagle, witli her fiivcrwirgs 
 In tiekl of azure, fair Ermii ia knew. Fithfax. 
 
 In ail argtnt field, tl\c ged of war. 
 Was drawn triumphant on his iron car. Dry.itr>,
 
 A R 'G 
 
 2. Silver; bright like filver. 
 
 Thofe argent fields more likely linbitanti, 
 Tranfiatcd faints, or middle fpirits, hold, 
 Betwixt th* angelical and human kind. Miltiti. 
 
 Or aik of yonder urgent fjelcU above, 
 Whv J-jve's fateiliccs are lets than Jove. Pcpe. 
 Arcenta'tion. «. yi [from argetilitm, 
 Lat. iilver.] An overlaying with filver. 
 
 A RGEKTINE. ailj. [argeiiliii, Fr.] Soiiiul- 
 ing like filver. 7J/i?. 
 
 A'rgil. n. /. [argUla, Lat.] Potters 
 clay ; a fat foft kind of earth, of which 
 vcfTels are made. 
 
 Argilla'ceous. ailj. [from argil.] 
 Clayey ; partaking of the nature of 
 argil ; coiififting of argil, or potters 
 clay. 
 
 Argi'llous. «(//. [from argil.] Confid- 
 ing of clay ; clayiih ; containing clay. 
 Albuquerque derives this redncfsfrom the land 
 and nrgitloui earth at the bottom. BroiLin, 
 
 A'rgosy. n. f. [derived by Pops from 
 .Argo, the name of Jafon's fhip ; fup- 
 pofed by others to be a vtfiel of RagK/'a 
 or Ragofa, a Rago%ine, corrupted.] A 
 large veflel for merchandife ; a carrack. 
 
 Your mind is toITmg on the ocean ; 
 There where your urgrfies wllh portly fail, 
 Like figniors and lich burghers on the Hood, 
 Do ovcrpcer the petty traffickers. SluiK ^'pcr.re. 
 To A'RGUE. t. h. largvo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To reafon ; to offer reafons. 
 
 I know your majcAy has always lov'd her 
 So dear in heart, not to deny her what 
 A woman of lefs place might aik by law ; 
 Scholars allow'd fieely to argue for her. Sh/il'fp. 
 
 Publick arguing oft ferves not only to exafpe- 
 rate the minds, but to whet the wits of herc- 
 ticks. Decay of Piety. 
 
 An idea of motion, not paflang on, would 
 perplex any one, who Ihould ttrgue from fuch an 
 idea. Loc/:e. 
 
 t2. To perfuade by argument. 
 
 Ix is a fort of poetical logick which I would 
 make ufe of, to argue you into a prote^ion of 
 tllis play, C'^'igrere'sDeJ, ta OLi Batch 
 
 3. To difpiite ; with the particles wiV/' or 
 rtj/7«^ before the opponent, sxiA agahijl 
 before the thing oppofed. 
 
 Why do chnfti.ms, of feveral perfuafions, fo 
 
 -fiercely /irgvcag.r/;//^ the falvabilily of each othti ? 
 
 Veray of Piety. 
 
 He that by often arguing t^gainf his own fenfe, 
 
 impofcs falfchoods on others, is not far from le- 
 
 lieving himfelf. Locke. 
 
 I do not fee how they can argue ivit/i any one 
 
 ■without fetiing down llridl boundaries. Loclke. 
 
 To A'rGUE. 11.(7. 
 
 i. To prove any thing by argument. 
 
 If the world's age and death be argued well. 
 By the fun's fall, which now towards earth doth 
 
 bend. 
 Then wc might fear that virtue, fince (he fell 
 So low as woman, (hould be near her end. 
 
 X)onnT. 
 
 2. To debate any queflion ; as, to argui; 
 a caiife. 
 
 3. To prove, as an argument. 
 
 So many laws argue fo mnnv fins 
 Among them : how can God with fuch refidc ? 
 
 Milton. 
 It arguii diftempcr of tiie mind as well as of 
 the body, when a man is continually toiling fji-m 
 ■vne (idc to the other. South. 
 
 This argues a virtue and difpofition in thofe 
 fides of the lays, whirh anfwers to th.at virtue 
 and dirijofition of the ciuvltal. Ni-wlon' t Ontnt.^. 
 
 4. T« charge with, as a crime : with of. 
 
 ARC 
 
 1 hive' pleaded guilty to all thoughts and ex- 
 preffions of mine, which can be truly aigued of 
 obfcenity, piofanenefs, ot immorality, and re- 
 Craft them, Dryden'i FMel. 
 
 The accidents are not the fame which would 
 have argued him of a fervile copying, and total 
 barrcnnefs of invention; yet the feas were the 
 fame. Dryden's Fitlei. 
 
 A'rguer. ti. f. [from argue.] A rea- 
 foner; a difputer ; a controvcrtift. 
 
 Men arc afhamcd to be profclytes to a weak 
 arguer, as thinking they mull part with their re- 
 putation as well as their fin. Dieay of Piety. 
 Kcilhcrgood chrifthins nor good ttrguers. 
 
 .rdtterlmry. 
 
 A'rgumfnt. II. f. [argiimentum, Lat.] 
 
 1. A leafon alleged for or againft any 
 thing. 
 
 Wc fometimes fee, on our theatres, vice re- 
 u-ardcd, at leall unpunilhed ; yet it ought not to 
 be an argument againll the ait. Vrydei. 
 
 When any thing is proved by as good atgu- 
 inent! as tiiat thing is capable of, fiippofing it 
 were; we ought not in reafon to make any doubt 
 of the cxiftence of that thing, Ti/iotfon. 
 
 Our author's two great and only argunients to 
 prove, that heirs are lords over their brethren, 
 
 Loeie. 
 
 2. The fubjeft of any difcourfe or writing. 
 
 That (he who ev'n but now was your belt 
 
 objciil. 
 Your praifc's argument, balm of your age, 
 Deareft and beft, Shakfpeare'i King Lear. 
 
 To the height of this great argument 
 I may alfert eternal providence, 
 And jiiltify the ways of God to man. Milton. 
 
 Sad tafk ! yet argument 
 Not lefs, but more hcroick than the wrath 
 Of ftcrn Achilles. Milton. 
 
 A much longer difcourfe my argument re- 
 quires; your merciful djfpofuions a much (hortcr. 
 
 Sprat's Sermons. 
 
 3. The contents of any work fummed up 
 by way of abftraft. 
 
 The argument of the work, that is, its prin- 
 cipal at^iion, the oeconomy and difpofition of it, 
 are the things which diftinguilh copilis from ori- 
 ginals. Dryien. 
 
 4. A controverfy. 
 
 This day, in argument upon a cafe, 
 Some words there grew 'twixt Somerfet and me, 
 
 Shakfpeate. 
 
 An argument that fell out lad night, where 
 each of us fell in praife of our country mif- 
 treffcs, Shakfpeare's Cymbe/ine. 
 
 If the idea be not agreed on betwixt the fpeak- 
 er and hearer, the argument is not about things, 
 but names, Locke. 
 
 J. It has fometimes the particle to before 
 the thing to be proved, butgenerally/or. 
 The beil moral argument to patience, in my 
 opinion, is the advantage of patience itfelf, 
 
 Tilhtfon. 
 This, before that revelation had enlightened 
 the world, was the very beft argument for a fu- 
 ture Hare. Aiterbury. 
 6. [in allronomy.] An arch by which 
 we feck another unknown arch, propor- 
 tional to the firll. Chambers. 
 Argume'ntal. arij. [from argument.] 
 Belonging to argument; reafoning. 
 
 AlHidicd fenfe thou kindly doft fet free, 
 Opprefs'd with argument.tl tyr.mny. 
 And routed reafon finds a fafe retreat in thee. 
 
 Pope. 
 Argumenta'tion. n. f. [from argu- 
 ment.] Reafoning ; the aft of rtafon- 
 ing. 
 
 j^rgamejitathn is that operation of the mind, 
 whereby wc infer nnc propofition from two or 
 mrjie prnpofitions prcmiftd. Or it is the draw- 
 ing a conclufion, which btforc was unknown, or 
 doubtful, from fomc propofitions more known 
 ♦6 
 
 A R 1 
 
 and evident J fo when we have judged that mat' 
 ter cannot think, and that the mind of man doth 
 think, we conclude, that therefore the mind of 
 man is not matter. Watts' Logick. 
 
 I fuppofe it is no ill topick of argumentation, 
 to (hew the prevalence of contempt, by the con- 
 trary influences of refpccS. Seuili, 
 
 His thoughts mufl be mafculine, full of argu- 
 mentation, and that fufiiciently warm. Dryden, 
 
 The whole courfe of his argumentation comes 
 
 to nothing. .'JMjc-r. 
 
 Argume'ntative. adj. [(rom argitmenf.] 
 
 1. Confining of argument ; containing 
 argument. 
 
 This omiflion, confidering the bounds within 
 ■ft-hich the argumentative part of my difcourfo 
 was confined, I could nut avoid. Atteibury. 
 
 2. Sometimes with of, but rarely. 
 
 Another thing argumentative 0/ providence, '\i 
 that pappous plumage growing upon the tops of 
 lome feeds, whereby they are wafted with the 
 wind, and dilTcininated far and wide. Ray. 
 
 3. Applied to perfons, difputatious ; dif- 
 poled to controverfy. 
 
 A'rgute. adj. [_arguto, Ital, argutus, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Subtle; witty ; fiiarp. 
 
 2. Shrill, , 
 
 ARIA.n.f. [Ital. inmufick.] An air, 
 
 fong, or tune. 
 A'rid. aiij. {arUus, Lat. dry.] Dry; 
 parched up. 
 
 My complexion is became adult, and my 
 body arid, by vifiting lands. ArhutknotandPope. 
 
 His harden'd fingers deck the gaudyfpring, 
 Without him fummer were an artd waltc. 
 
 Thimjon, 
 Ari'dity. «./. [from arid.'\ 
 
 1 . Drynefs ; ficcity. 
 
 Salt taken in great quantities will reduce an 
 animal body to the great extremity of aridity, or 
 drynefs. Arbuthnot on Aliments. 
 
 2. In the theological fenfe, a kind of in- 
 fenfibility in devotion, contrary to unc- 
 tion or tendernefs. 
 
 Strike my foul with lively apprehenfions of 
 thy excellencies, to bear up my fpirit under the 
 greateft aridities and dejeftions, with the de- 
 lightful profpeift of thy glories. Noiris. 
 
 ARIES, n.f [Lat.] The ram ; one of 
 the twelve figns of the zodiack ; the 
 firft vernal fign. 
 
 At laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun. 
 And the blight Bidl receives him. T/toinfortt 
 
 To Ari'etate, -v. n. \_arkto, Lat.] 
 
 1. To butt like a ram. 
 
 2. To ftrike in imitation of the blows 
 which rams give with their heads. 
 
 Arieta'tion. n. f. [from arietate.J 
 
 1. The aft of butting like a ram. 
 
 2. The aft of battering with an engine 
 called a ram. 
 
 The lucngth of the pcrculTion, wherein ord- 
 nance do exceed all arietatlons and ancient in- 
 ventions. Baeon. 
 
 3. The aft of ftrlklng or conflifting in 
 general. 
 
 Now thofe heterogeneous atoms, by them- 
 felves, hit fo exa<^ly into their proper rcfidence, 
 in the midft of fucli tumultuary motions, and 
 rt;7t/<i//07;.t of other particles. Glanville. 
 
 ARIETTA, n.f [Ital. inmufick.] A 
 
 fiiort air, fong, or tune. 
 Ari'giit. adv. [from a and right.] 
 I. Rightly; without mental errour. 
 
 How him I lov'd, .uid love with all my might; 
 
 So thought I eke of hiro, and think J thought 
 
 arigkti ■ ifeljir.
 
 A R I 
 
 Th«fe vCTt thy thoughts, and thou could'ft 
 
 ji.dgc arigit, ^. . , ^ , „ , 
 
 Till intcrcft niaric a jaundice in thy fight. J)'y<i- 
 
 The motions of the tongue arc fo cafy, -iiul 
 fo fuhtle, that you can hardly conceive or dif- 
 tinguilh them arieht. ^ Ihl.lcr. 
 
 2. Riglilly ; willioiit Clime. 
 
 A eenciation tlial fet not tiifir heart might. 
 
 3. Right!)- ; without failing of the end 
 defigiied. 
 
 Guardian of groves, and goddefs of the night, 
 Fair queen, he laid, i\\ie& my dart arigir. 
 
 Ariola'tion, or Hariola'tion. n. J. 
 Ihario/us, Lzt.u fuollifiiyer.] Soothfay- 
 ing ; vaticination. 
 
 The prielts of eldei time dcUided their appre- 
 hcnfioiis with aritii'arion, foothfaying, and fuch 
 ohlique idolatries. Bmvn. 
 
 JRIOSO. n. f. [Itnl. in mufick.] Tlie 
 movement of a common air, fong, or 
 tune. D'lH. 
 
 To Ari'sE. v. 11. pret. nro/e, particip. 
 arifeii. [from a and rife.'] 
 
 1. To mount upward as the fun. 
 
 He rofe, and, looking up, beheld the (kies 
 With purple bUilhing, and the day arije. DiyA. 
 
 2. To get up as from fleep, 01 from reil. 
 
 So Efdras 'ir'.fi u\>, and f.iid unto tlicni, yt 
 have tranfgrefled the law. i EfJr,is. 
 
 How long wilt thou fleep, O fluggard ; when 
 ■wilt thou rtr//i- out of thy fleep } Fr'^-Lrrh^. 
 
 3. To come into view, as from obfcurity. 
 
 There ftiall arife faUe Chrills and falfe pro- 
 phets. Alatt. 
 
 4. To revive from death. 
 
 Thy dead men IViall live, together with my 
 body Ihall they nrifc : awake and fing, ye that 
 dwell in duft. _ I/.i/a/:. 
 
 r. To proceed, or have its original. 
 
 They which were fcattcred abroad upon the 
 perfccution that arofi: about Stephen, travelled 
 as far as Phcenice. .^cji. 
 
 I know not what mlfchief may arrfe iieteafter 
 from the example o( fuch an innovation. DiyJev. 
 f>. To enter upon a new Itation ; to fiic- 
 cced to power or oflice. 
 
 Another Mary then arofe. 
 And did rig^■ous bu's impofe. Cotuh-y. 
 
 7. To commence hoftility 
 
 And when he ajcfc :igain(l me, I caught hini 
 fcy his beard, and fmote him. i Samuel. 
 
 For the various fenfes of this word, fee 
 Risk. 
 ARISTOCRACY, n.f. [i;.r'§>.,greatcft, 
 and K^ol.-i', to govern.] That form of 
 government which places the fuprcme 
 power in the nobles, without a king, 
 and cxchilively of the people. 
 
 The urijtot:rttcv of Venice hath admitted fo 
 many abul'es through the degcnei-acy of the 
 nobles, that the period of its duration feems to 
 approach. Sivift. 
 
 Aristocra'tiCal. 7 Oilj. [from ari/lo- 
 Aristocr a'tick. J cracy.] Relating 
 to arittocracy ; including a foim of go- 
 vernment by the nobles. 
 
 Ockham dilUnguilhes, that the papacy, or 
 ecclermllical monarchy, may be changed in an 
 extraordinary mannei-, for fome time, into .m 
 arijiocraticat iovTCi of government. .rjyiiffe. 
 
 Aristocra'ticalness. n.f. [from arif- 
 tocralical.'] An ariftocratical Itate. Did. 
 
 Ari'thmancy. n.f. [from d ,u ..■ , num- 
 ber, and fx.x^r/t , divination.] Afore- 
 telling future events by numbtrs. Did. 
 
 Arithmetical, adj. l^rom arithmelicL] 
 
 ARM 
 
 According to the rules or method of 
 arithmetick. 
 
 The principles of bodies may be inliiiiti ly 
 fmill, not only beyond all naked or alTilUd lenfc, 
 but beyond all anihmclkal operation or concep- 
 tion. <^"«'- 
 
 The fquarcs of the diameters of thefe lings, 
 made by any piifmatic colour, were in ariih- 
 mt/iVa/piogrcffion, as in the fifth oblcrvation. 
 
 AurTHMF.'TiCALLY. nilv. [from antb- 
 meticr.l.] In an arithmetical manner; 
 according to the principles of arithme- 
 tick. 
 
 Thoueh the fifth pait of a xeflcs being a fim- 
 plc fiadl.on, and urithmeiicully regular, it is yet 
 no proper part of that meafure. yiibuthmt. 
 
 Arithmeti'cian. n.f [from arnhme- 
 /W.] A mafterof the art of numbers. 
 
 A man had need be a good arithmetician, to 
 underlhind this author's works. His defcription 
 lun^ on like a multiplication table. .rlddijoti . 
 
 ARI'THMETICK. n.f. [•.■.■9pi«», num- 
 ber, and >,•:''., to meafure.] The 
 fcience of numbers ; the art of compu- 
 tation. 
 
 On fair ground I conid beat forty of them ; 
 But now 'tis odds beyond nrithmitick. Slini. 
 
 The chriftian religion, according to the apoftlcs 
 ariihmlict, hath but thcfe three parts of it ; fo- 
 hrietv, juftiee, religion. T^iyhr. 
 
 .\?^K- n. f. \arca, Lat.acheft ] 
 
 1 . A veffil to fwim upon the water, iifually 
 applied to that in which Noah was pre- 
 ferved from the univerfal deluge. 
 
 Mike thee an uti oi gopher wood; rooms 
 (halt thou make in the tut, and (halt pitch it 
 within and without. G(ncfi\. 
 
 T' e one juft man alive, by his command. 
 Shall build a wond'rous ark, as thou beheld'ft. 
 To fave himfelf and houfehold, from amidit 
 A world devote to univcifal wreck. Milton. 
 
 2. The repofitory of the covenant of God 
 with the lews. 
 
 This coffer was of (hittim wood, covered 
 with pl.ites or leaves of gold, hcin-.:: two cubits 
 and a half in Icngrh, a cubit am! a half wide, 
 and a cubit and a half high II had two rings 
 of gold on each fide, through which theflavfs 
 were put for carrying it Upon tiie top of it 
 was a kind of gold crown all arouiul it, and two 
 cherubim were faftencd to the cover. It con- 
 tained the two tables of (tone, written hy the 
 hand of God. Calmet. 
 
 A?.M.Ji.f. [eapm, eopm. Sax.] 
 
 1. The limb which reaches from the 
 flioulder to the hand. 
 
 If I have lift np my hand againft the father- 
 lef^, when I faw my help in the gate, then let 
 mine ti"n fill from my rtioulricr-blade, and 
 mine arm be broken from the bone. yol^. 
 
 Like hclplcfs friends, who view from fliore 
 The lab'iing (hip, and hear the tcmpcil roar, 
 So ftood they with their unn^ acrofs. Dry.tefi. 
 
 2. The bough of a tree. 
 
 The trees fpread out their armi to (hade her 
 
 face. 
 
 But (he on elbow lean'd. Sidney. 
 
 Wherethetall oak his fpreading ccnirentwines, 
 
 And with the beech a mutual (hade combines. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 3. An inlet of water from the fea. 
 
 Full in the center of the facred wood. 
 All arm arifelh of the Stygian flood. DryJen. 
 
 We have yet feen but an arm of this fea of 
 beautv. Norris. 
 
 4. Power; might. In this fenfe is ufed 
 the fecular arm, Sec. 
 
 Curled be the man that frulleth in man, and 
 makcth flelh his arm, and whofe heart departeth 
 from the Lord. ftroniah. 
 
 A R M 
 
 O God, thy trm was here!' 
 
 And not to us, but to thy arm alone, 
 
 Alcribe wc all. Shakjpeare' i ffrnryv. 
 
 Ar m's END. n. y! A phfafe taken from 
 boxing, in which the weaker man may 
 overcome the ilronger, if he can keep 
 him from clofmg. 
 
 Such a one as c.in keep him at arm't e^J, need 
 
 never wilh for a better companion. Sidney. 
 
 For my lake be comfortable, hold death awhile 
 
 at the arm'i end. Shaljj>catt. 
 
 In the fame fenfe is ufed arm'* /f/'^'/i. 
 To ARM. V. a. [^armo, Lat.J 
 
 1. To furnifli with armour of defence, or 
 weapons of offence. 
 
 And when Abram heard that his biolher was 
 taken captive, he armed his trained rcrvatits, 
 born in his own houfe, three hundred and 
 eighteen, and purfucd them unto Daii. Gtnejn. 
 
 True confcious honour is to feel no fin ; 
 He's arm'd without that's innocent within. Po/e . 
 
 2. To plate with any thing that may add 
 ftrength. 
 
 Their wounded fteeds 
 Yerk out their armed heels at their dead mafters. 
 
 Shakjijearr. 
 
 3. To furnirti ; to fit up ; as, to arm a 
 londllone, is to cafe it with iron. 
 
 You mull arm your hook with the line in the 
 inhtle of it. kralto'i's .Angler.' 
 
 Having wafl-ed the callus, I left oft' thofc tents, 
 
 and drelTed it with others armed with digeftives. 
 
 IVijeman i Surgeijf, 
 
 4. To provide againft. 
 His fervant, arm\i -A^^\\t{\ fuch coverture, 
 
 Reported unto all, that he was fure 
 
 A noble gentleman of high regard. Spenfer. 
 
 To ARiVl. II. «. To take arms; to be fitted 
 with arms. 
 
 Think wc king Harry flrong ; 
 And, princes, look you Ifrongly arm to meet 
 him. Shakf^eare. 
 
 ARMA'DJ. n.f [Span, a fleet of war.] 
 An armament for fea ; a fleet of war. 
 It is often crroneoufly fpelt armado. 
 In a I the mid-earth fcas was left no road 
 Wherein the pagan his bold head untwines. 
 
 Spread was the huge armadri wide and broad. 
 From Venice, Genes, and towns which them 
 confines. Fairjax. 
 
 So hy a roaring tcmpeft on^the flood, 
 A whole atrnado of coUecled fail 
 Is fcuttei'd and di^join'd from fellowlhip. Siak, ■ 
 
 At length, refolv'd l' alTert the wat'ry ball, 
 He in himfelf did whole armadoi bring ; 
 
 Him aged fcamen might their mailer call 
 And chol'e for general, were he not their king. 
 
 DryJert, 
 
 JRMJDI'LLO.n.f [Spanifli.] A fonr- 
 footcd animal of Brafil, as big as ■ 
 a cat, with a fnout like a hog, a 
 tail like a lizard, and feet like a hedge- ■ 
 hog. He is anned all over wilh hard 
 fcales like atmour, whence he takes 
 his naine, and retires under them like 
 the tortoife. He lives in holes, or in 
 the water, being of the amphibious 
 kind. His fcales are of a bony or car» 
 tilaginous fnbftance, but they are i alily 
 pierced. This animal hides himfelf a 
 third part of the year under ground. 
 He feeds upon roots, fugar-canes, £uits, 
 and pouitr)'. When he is caught, he 
 draws up his feet and head to his belly, 
 and rolls himfelf up in a ball, which the 
 ftrongefl hand cannot open ; and he muft 
 be brought near the fire before he v.iil 
 fliew his nofc. His fleft is white, f;n.
 
 ARM 
 
 tender, and more delicate than that of a 
 
 fucking pig. Tfevoiix. 
 
 A'rmamknt. n.f. \_armamcntum, Lat.] 
 
 A force equipped for war : generally 
 
 ufed of a naval force. 
 Arm AMENTARV. n. f. [armamentanum, 
 
 Lat.] An armoury; a magazine or ai- 
 
 fenal of warlike implements. DiS. 
 
 A'rman. n.f. A confedion for reftoring 
 
 appetite in horles. DiB. 
 
 Arm ATUUE. n. yl \_aymatura, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Armour ; fomething to defend the body 
 from hurt. 
 
 Others (hould be armed with hard (hells ; 
 others with prickles ; the reft, that have no Uicli 
 anr.atmt, fhould be endued with great fwifrnels 
 and pernicity. Kay on the Creat'mt. 
 
 2. Oifcnfive weapons : lefs properly. 
 
 The double urm.iiure is a more deftruitive 
 engine than the tumultuary weapon. 
 
 De'^ay of Piety. 
 
 A'rmed. aiif. [in heraldry.] Is ufed in 
 refpeft of beaih and birds of prey, when 
 their teeth, horns, feet, beak, talons, 
 or tulks, are of a different colour from 
 the reft ; as, he bears a cock or a falcon 
 aimee/, or. Chambers. 
 
 Armed Cijair. n. f. [from armed and 
 ciair.] An elbow chair, or a chair 
 with rells for the arms. 
 
 Arme'nian Bole. n.f. A fatty medicinal 
 kind of earth, of a pale reddllh colour, 
 which takes its name from the country 
 c.f Armenia. 
 
 Armenian .S/owc. n.f. A mineral fione 
 or eaith of a blue colour, fpotted with 
 green, black, and yellow; anciently 
 brought only from .A.rmcnia, but now 
 found in Germany, and the Tyrol. It 
 bears a near refemblance to lapis lazuli, 
 from which it feems only to differ in de- 
 gree of maturity ; it being fofter, and 
 fpeckkd with green inftead of gold. 
 
 Chainhers. 
 
 Arme'ntal. \adj. [armeiilalis, or ar- 
 
 A'rmentine. J m£«if;nwj, I^at.] Belong- 
 ing to a drove or herd of cattle. /)/V/. 
 
 Armento'se. ii'lj. \_anntntnfiis, Lat.] 
 Abounding with cattle. D'tS. 
 
 Arm GAUNT, adj. [from arm and^jaH/;/.] 
 Slender as the arm. 
 
 So he nodded, 
 And fubcrly did mount an urmgjunt ftecd. Sluik. 
 
 A'rmhOLE. n.f. [from arm and /lo/f.] 
 "^rhe cavity under the (lioulder. 
 
 Tickling is moft in the foles of the feet, and 
 
 under the armhtln, and on the fides. The 
 
 caufc is the thinnel's of the Ikin in thofi- parti, 
 
 joined with the rarcncfs of being touched there. 
 
 Biicorl's Natural Ihjhiy. 
 
 Armi'oerous. <7r/;. l^rom armigcr, Lat. 
 
 an armour-bearer.] Bearing arms. 
 A'rmillary. fl^5- [^om armiHa, Lat. 
 
 a bracelet.] Rtfembllng a bracelet. 
 
 When tlic circles of the mundane fpliere arc 
 fuppofcd to lie defcribed on the convex fuifacc of 
 a fphere, which is hollow within, and, after 
 this, you Imagine all paits of the fphetc's fur- 
 face to he cut away, except thofe parts on which 
 fuch circles are delcribed ; then that fplicre is 
 called an armillary fphere, becaufe it appears in 
 the form of feveral ciicuhir rnigs, or bracelets, 
 put tosethtr in a due pofuion. lianii. 
 
 A'rmillated. adj. [armillatus, Lat.] 
 Having bracelets. Did. 
 
 ARM 
 
 A'rminos. n.f. [in a Ihip.] The fame 
 with walle-clothcs, being clothes hung 
 about the outfide of the flilp's upper- 
 works fore and aft, and before the cub- 
 brige heads. Soine are alio hung round 
 the tops, called top armings. Chatnbers. 
 Armi'potence. n.f. [from (irm*, arms, 
 and potentia, power, Lat.] Power in 
 war. 
 Armi'potent. adj. {^armifoteiis, Lat.] 
 Powerful in arms; mighty in war. 
 The manifold linguirt, and the armifitcnt fol- 
 dier. ahakfpearc. 
 
 For if our God, the Lord armipotertt, 
 Thofe armed angels in our aid down fend, 
 
 That were at Dathan to his pi'ophet fent. 
 Thou wilt come down with them. Fairfax, 
 
 Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, 
 The temple ftuod of Mars armi^olcnt. Dryden. 
 
 Armi'sonous. adj. \_armifonuSi Lat.] 
 
 Ruftling with armour. 
 A'rmistice. ?!._/; [armi/litimn, Lat.] A 
 fhort truce ; a ccifation of arms tor a 
 fhort time. 
 A'rmlet. n.f. [from arm.'\ 
 I . A little arm ; as, an armlet of the fea. 
 z. A piece of armour for the arm. 
 3, A bracelet for the arm. 
 
 And, when flie takes thy hand, and doth fcem 
 kind, 
 Duth fearch what rings and aimht% (he can find. 
 
 D'jtttie, 
 Every nymph of the flood her trefles rending, 
 Thiows ott her armict of peai 1 in the main. Dyd. 
 Armoni'ack. n.f. [erroneoufly fo writ- 
 ten for ammoniach. ] A fort of volatile 
 fait. See Ammoniack. 
 A'rmorer. n.f. [armorier, Fr.] 
 
 1 . He that makes armour, or weapons. 
 
 Now thrive the tuttioiers, and honoui's thought 
 Reigns folely in the breaft of every man. SJuii:. 
 
 The liumreys make their (feel more tough and 
 pliant, by afpeifion of water and juice of herbs. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 The whole divifion that to Mars pertains, 
 All trades of death that deal in ftecl for gains, 
 Were there : the butcher, "iw»i-f>, and fmith. 
 Who forges (harpen'd fauchions, or the fcythc, 
 
 DryJin. 
 
 When arm'ren temper in the ford 
 The keen-edg'd pole-ax, or the (liining fword, 
 The red hot metal hilVes in the lake. Vopr. 
 
 2. He that dreffes another in arinour. 
 
 Tile firwofTri accomplilhing the knights, 
 With bufy hammers clofing rivets up, 
 Give dreadful note of preparation. Sliniffeme. 
 The morning he wastojoin b.ittle with Harold, 
 his atmorcr put on his backpiece before, and his 
 breaitplate behind. Cmmicn. 
 
 Armo'rial. adj. [arffjor/a/, Fr. ] Belong- 
 ing to the arms orcfcutcheonof a fainily, 
 as enfigns armorial. 
 
 A'rmorist. n.f. [fiom flrmoH/-.] A pcr- 
 fon [killed in heraldry. Dii'l. 
 
 A'rmory. n.f. [from armour. '\ 
 
 1. The place in Xvhich arms are repofited 
 for ute. 
 
 The fword 
 Of Michael, from the armory of God, 
 Was giv'n him temprr'd fo, that neither keen, 
 Nia folid, might rcftlf that edge. Milton. 
 
 With plain heroic k m;ignitudc of nrind. 
 And celeilial vigour arm'd, 
 Ti.tir aimorui and magazines contemns. Miltct. 
 
 Lcl a man confidcr thcfe virtues, witli the 
 contrary fins, and then, as out of a lull armory, 
 or magazine, let liim furnifh his confcicncc with 
 ti>ts of fciipture. Soiti/i. 
 
 2. Arinour; arms of defence. 
 
 A R O 
 
 Nigh at hand 
 Celeftial armory, (hields, helms, .ind fp«ar-», 
 Hung high, with diamond flaming, and wltk 
 gold. MUlon, 
 
 3. Enfigns armorial. 
 
 Well wortiiy be ycu of that armory. 
 Wherein you have great gltiy won this day. 
 
 Fairy (luccn, 
 A' RMOVR. n.f. \_armalcur,Yr. arma.'ura, 
 Lat.] Defenfive arms. 
 
 Your friends are up, and buckle on their ar- 
 mour. Shakfftarr. 
 That they might not go naked among their 
 enemies, the only armour thatChrift allows thctn 
 is prudence and innocence. South. 
 A'RMOUR-BEAE.ER.K,y^ [from armour i.\\A. 
 bear.'\ He that cui'ries the armour of 
 another. 
 
 U\i annow -bearer {it&, and next he kill'd 
 His charioteer. I)rt\iert. 
 
 A'rmpit.?/./. [froin arm and///.] Thu 
 hollow place under the flioulder. 
 
 The handles to thefe gouges are made fo long, 
 
 that the handle may reach under the aimj'if of. 
 
 the woi kinan. Moxon: 
 
 Others hold their plate under their left arm . 
 
 fit, the belt fituation tor keeping it warm. Sivijt.' 
 
 Arms. n.f. luithout a Jliigular number. 
 
 [anna, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Weapons of offence, or armour of de- 
 fence. 
 
 Thofe rtjwj, which Mars before 
 Had giv'n the vani^uifh'd, now the vidtor bore. 
 
 ' Vofe. 
 
 2. A ftate of hoftility. 
 
 Sii Edward Courtney, and the haughty prelate. 
 With many inore confederates, are in armi. Shuk. 
 
 3. War in general. 
 
 ^hrns and the man I (ing. Vrydcn. 
 
 Him Paris fuUow'dto the diie alarms, 
 Both breathing llaughter, both refolv'd in arms. 
 
 Fofe. 
 
 4. Aflion ; the aft of taking arms. 
 
 Up rofc the viftor angels, and to arms, 
 The matin trumpet fung. MUton. 
 
 The feas and rocks and (kies rebound, 
 To arms, to arms, to arvn ! Pope 
 
 5. The enfignsarmorial of a family. 
 A'rmy. n.f. \_armee, Fr.] 
 
 1. A collection of armed men, obliged to 
 obey one man. I^ocke. 
 
 Number itfelf importeth not much in armies, 
 where the people aic of weak courage. Bacon. 
 
 The meanefl foldier that has fought often in 
 an army, has 3 truer knowledge of war, than he 
 that has writ whole volumes, but never was in 
 any battle. South, 
 
 The Tufcan leaders and their army fing. 
 Which followed great iEncas to the war; 
 Their arms, their numbers, and their names t4c- 
 clare. Dfytla. 
 
 2. A great number. 
 
 The fool hath planted in his memory an aimy 
 of good words. Shakfpeare\ Merchant of Venice. 
 
 Aroma'tical. adj. [from aromatick.'\ 
 Spicy ; fragrant ; high fcented. 
 
 All things that are hot and arvmaticai do pre- 
 fcrve liquors or powders. • Bacon. 
 
 Volatile oils refrelh the animal fpirits, but 
 likcuife are endued with all the bad qualities 
 of fuch fubft.uices, producing all the eilcdls of 
 an oily and arom:ttical aciimony. ^'lihuthnit. 
 
 Aroma'tick. adj. [from aroma, Latin, 
 fpice.] 
 
 1. Spicy. 
 
 Amldft whole heaps of fpices lights a ball, 
 And now thcii odeurs arm'd againlt them fly : 
 
 Some pretiuufly by fhatter'rl porcelain fall, 
 And fome by aromatitk fpiinters die. DryJen, 
 
 2. Fragrant ; ftrong fcented. 
 
 Oi *iuick ffiu\ ia daititig through the brain, 
 tic of a toCc in armiotiei pain. Sopt.
 
 A R R 
 
 y\BOMA'Tici<s. n.f. Spices. 
 
 TiK-y were lurn.ihed t n exchange af ihrii 
 (tromaucks, and otiici prjpjr coiumuditio«. 
 
 Aeomati7.a'tion. n.f. \JiMn aromalir.i-.] 
 Tlic mliigliii;;- of a due pi-()pjrt.i()]i ot 
 aroinatick. Ipiccs or drugs witli any me- 
 dicine. 
 
 To ARo'MArr/.,E. v. a. [from /rron;.;, Lat. 
 fjiice.] 
 
 1. To Tccnt with fpiccs ; to impregnate 
 with fpiccs. 
 
 Dnuk. the tirft cup it fuppcr h«t, ami inlt an 
 hourbciorcluppcr fonictliiiighotand<jrc/':w.'.'-(.^. 
 
 2. To fcent ; to perfume. 
 
 Unto converted Je**.s no man impiiteth this 
 
 iinl.ivouiy otluuti as thougit aumjti^fd by tlicir 
 
 conierfiun. Brr.wn. 
 
 Aro's E. The preterit of the verb arifc. See 
 
 Arise. 
 Aro'und. adv. [from a ar>d round.^ 
 I. Ill a circle. 
 
 He (hill extend his propagated fw.iy, 
 WUcie Atl.is tmn^ the lowiing heav'ns ."Oii'i./, 
 And his broad iJijuideii witi» their lijhf. are 
 crown'd. Viy.lai. 
 
 i . On every fiJe. 
 
 And all above was Ikv, and ocean all oi'iund. 
 
 Around, f^/v.". About ; encirch'iig, lo as 
 to encnmpal-.. 
 
 From yotmg liilus head 
 A lambent flame arole, which gently Ipread 
 .V'c///k/ his brows, and on I is temples fed. Diyd. 
 
 To Aro'usk. v. a. [from a and roufe.'\ 
 
 1. To wake from flcep. 
 
 How loud howling woKes tirimfc the j.ides 
 That draft the tragic melancholy night, ^ii.tifi:. 
 
 2. To raife up ; to excite. 
 
 But al'fei'.t, what f.mtaltick woes tt<o::i'd 
 Rage in each thought, by rertlels muhng fed, 
 Chill the v.'arm cheek, and blaft the bl.iom of 
 life. Th'^mjon. 
 
 Aro'w. adv. [from a and row.^ Ju a 
 row ; with the breafls all bearing againll 
 the fame line. 
 
 Then Come gieen gowns are by the lalTes worn 
 In ch. [licit plays, till home they walk, .iroxv. 
 
 Sidruy. 
 But with a pace more fober and more (low, 
 And twenty, rank in rank, they rode uroii;. 
 
 ])ndi>,. 
 Aro'ynt. aJv. [of uncertain etyn-.o- 
 \o^Y, but very ancient ufe.] Be gone ; 
 away : a word of expullion, or avoid- 
 ing. 
 
 Saint Withold footed thrice the wold, 
 He met tlie niglit-maie, and her name told. 
 Bill her alight, and lievtrotli plight. 
 And aroy^t thee, witch, ar'^ynl thee right. Shak. 
 
 A'rqijebuse. n.f. [Fr. fpek fall cly /'<!/• 
 qiu-hiifi.'\ A hand gun. It feems to 
 have anciently tneant much the fame as 
 our carabine, or fufee. 
 
 A harijuthuf,-, or ordnance, will be farther 
 head from the mouth of tiie piece, than back- 
 wards or on the Tides. Bttcoit. 
 
 A'k>ii.'EBUSIER. n. f. [from arquduje.^^ 
 A foldier armed with an arquebufe. 
 
 He compalTed therrl in with fifteen thoulaiKl 
 Af^ueh'fia -y whont he had brought with him 
 •wel! appointed. Kriititei. 
 
 A-'HRACH, O'rrach, or O'rragk. n.f. 
 One of the qulckefl; plants both in 
 coming up and running to feed. Its 
 leaves arc very good in pottage. 
 
 Mortimer's iLiJhandry. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 A R R 
 
 Aura'ck, or Ara'ck. n.f. The word 
 arrack is an Indian name for ftrong 
 waters of all kinds ; for they call our 
 fpirits anil branly Englilh arrach. But 
 what we undcrlland by the name 
 arrach, is no other than a fpirit pio- 
 curcd by dillilkitiou from a vegetable 
 juice called toddy, wliicli Hows by inci- 
 lion out of the cocoa-nut tree. 
 
 Ql.'amlcrs . 
 I fend this to be belter known for choice of 
 china, tea, arrack^ and other Indian goods. 
 
 Sl>entUor. 
 
 To ARR.VIGN. V. a. {arraugcr, Fr. to 
 fet in order.] 
 
 1. To fet a thing in order, or in its place. 
 One is faid to a<-rai«n a writ in a coun- 
 ty, that fits it for trial before the 
 juliices of the circuit. A prifoiier is 
 laid to be arrlii^ncd, where he is iudift- 
 ed and brought forth to his trial. 
 
 Co'well. 
 Summon a fclTion, that we may .itrolgn 
 Our molt dilloyal lady; for as Ihc hath 
 Been publickly .iccufcd, fo Ihall Hie have 
 A jult and open tiial. Shakjpture, 
 
 2. To accufe ; to charge with faults in 
 general, as in controvcrfy, inafatire. 
 
 Kcveife of nature I lliall I'uch copies then 
 ^rru/gi: til' originals of Maro's pen .' K^^/coiiiiffi'i . 
 
 He that thinks a man to the ground, will 
 quickly endeavour to lay liim theie: for while 
 he dctpifes him, he Ajuigta and condemns ium 
 in his lieart. SontA 
 
 3. It has ybr before the fault. 
 
 My own enemies I Ihall never anfwer; and if 
 youi loidlhip has any, ihcy will not arraign you 
 for want of knowledge. ViyLn. 
 
 .-\rra'ignment. n. f. [from arraign.'] 
 The acl of arraigning ; an accufation ; 
 a charge. 
 
 In the fixth fatire, which feems only an ar- 
 raignmer;t of the whole fex, tiierc ii a latent ad- 
 monition toasoid ill women. Drydcft. 
 
 To ARRA'NGE. v. a. [arranger, Fr.] 
 To put in the proper order for any pur- 
 pofe. 
 
 I chanc'd this d:iy 
 To fee two knights in travel on my way, 
 (A forry fight!) iirr(.v;^*(/ in battle new. 
 
 Fairy Qaeir/t- 
 How effeiftually are its mufcular fibres ur- 
 rangt-d, and with what judgment aic its columns 
 and furrows dil'pofed f Cheyne. 
 
 Arr a'ngemf.NT. n.f. [from arrange.] 
 The aft of putting in proper o;der ; the 
 ftate of being put in order. 
 
 There is a proper arrai^c-ment of the parts in 
 elallic bodies, which may be facilitated by ufe. 
 
 Cdieyrie . 
 
 A'rrakt. ailj. [of uncertain etymoltigv, 
 but probably iro-merrarit, which being at 
 firll applied in its proper lignilication to 
 vagabonds, as an errant or arrt.nt rogue, 
 that is, a ramlling rogue, loli, in time, 
 its original fignliication, and being by 
 its life underllood to imply fomething 
 bad, was applied at large to any thing 
 that was mentioned with hatred or con- 
 tempt.] Bad in a high degree. 
 
 Cunntry folks, who hallooed and hooted after 
 me, as at the arranted coward that ever thcwed 
 his Ihoulders to the enemy. Sidney. 
 
 A vain fool glows forty times an iimnttr lot 
 than hckH'e. U Fjiratwe. 
 
 And let him every deity adore, 
 If hii new bride jirov C Qui itii Mrant wlioic, Dryd. 
 
 I 
 
 A R R 
 
 Arrantly. adi>. [fxom arrant. \ Cor- 
 
 rnptly; (hametully. 
 
 l-uiKi.il tears aie as ariantly hired out ns 
 
 mourning clokcs. IJ Ejitan^t. 
 
 Arras, n.f. \i\-cim Arras, a town in 
 
 Aitois, wiierc hangings are woven.] 
 
 Tapellry ; hanging^ woven with images. 
 
 Ther.ce to the hail, which was on every fide 
 VViih rich array and colily arrai dight. i'airy (^, 
 
 He's going to his muthei's dofet; 
 Behind the arra% I'llconvey myfclf. 
 To hear the proccfs. Shakf^are. 
 
 As he (liall pafs the galleries, I'll place 
 h. guarri behind the arTa\. Vinluim'i Sofhy. 
 
 Arra'ught. v.a. [a word ufed by Spen- 
 fer in the pretcr tenfc, ofwhicli i have 
 not found the piefent, but fup;oofe he 
 derived arreach from arracher, Fr,j 
 Seized by violence. 
 
 His ambitious Ions unto them twain 
 Armught tl.o rule, and from their father drew. 
 
 Fairy Qittc*l. 
 
 Arra'y. n.f. [array, Yr. erreo,^^. ar- 
 redo, Ital. from rrye, Teut. order. It 
 was adopted into the middle Latin, miV.c 
 honiinum iirrailarum, Knighton.] 
 
 1. Order, chiefly of war. 
 
 Tne carl efpying thcra Icatteredncar il.earniy, 
 feat one to command them to their array. 
 
 l^ay'.vard^ 
 
 Wcr'f thou fought lo deeds 
 Tiiat might require th' array of wir, thy (kill 
 Of condudt would be fueh, that all the world 
 Could not tuliain thy prowcis. Miitan. 
 
 A general lets his army in array 
 In vain, unlefs he fight and win the day. Dcthan. 
 
 2. Drefs. 
 
 A rich tiirone, as blight as fumy day, 
 0\-t which there fit molt brave embellilhed 
 With royal robes, and gorgeous atrav, 
 A maiden queen. Fairy (^uer*:. 
 
 In this remembrance, Emily ere day 
 Arole, and drcfs'd herfclf in rich aitay. Drydri 
 
 3. Inlaw. Array, of the French array, 
 i.e.ordo, the ranking or fettiiig forth 
 of a jury or inquell of men inipannelled 
 upon a caufe. Tlience is the verb .'? 
 array a pannel, that is, to fet forth, 
 on« by another, the men impanncllcd. 
 
 Co'UjeU, 
 ro ARRA'Y. -v. a. [arroyer, old Fr.] 
 
 1. To put in order. 
 
 2. To deck ; to drefs ; to adorn the per- 
 fon : with the particle lifiih or in. 
 
 Deck thyfeif now with m.ijcfty and cxccllcn- 
 cv, and array tliylelf Ti.'.'.^ glory and beauty. 
 
 Joi. 
 Now went forth the morn, 
 Such as ill higheli heav'n, atray'd in gold 
 Empyical. Miltvn. 
 
 One veil array'd the corpfc, and one they 
 fpread 
 O'er ii:s clos'd eyes, and wrapp'd around his 
 head. Dryder.. 
 
 3. Inlaw. See Array in law. 
 Arra'vers. n.f. [from arraf.] OfScets 
 
 who anciently had the care of feeing 
 the foldiers duly appointed in their ar- 
 tnoui. Coivell. 
 
 ARRE'AR. adv. '\_arriere,VT. behind.] 
 Behind. This is the primitive fignlli,- 
 cation of the word, which, tliougli 
 not now in ufe, feems lo be retained 
 by Spenfer. ^ee Rear. 
 
 To leave witli fpced .\tlanra fwift arrear^ 
 Tiircugh foreitswild and unfrequented laud 
 To chiiti: thclion, boar, or rugged bear. 
 
 J-airy Qu:in^ 
 
 \
 
 A R R 
 
 Arre'ar. n. f. That which remains be- 
 hind unpaid, though due. See Ar- 
 
 REARAGE. 
 
 His bcjon is giv'ii ; his kniglit li.is giin'd the 
 day, 
 But loft the prize! th" arrenn are yet to pay. 
 
 If a tenant run away in nrriar of fonic rent, 
 the land lemiins ; that cannot be carried away, 
 or loft. Locke. 
 
 It will comfort our grandcliildi en, wlicn tliey 
 fee a few rags hnn^ up in Wcltminftcr-hall, 
 which coll an hundred millions, wiiereof they 
 arc paving the aman, and boafting, as beggars 
 do, that their grandfathers were rich. S-iyfi. 
 
 Arrearage, n. f. a word now little 
 ufed. [froin arriere, Fr. behind'.] The 
 remainder of an account, or a fum of 
 money remaining in the hands of an ac- 
 countant ; or, more generally, any 
 money unpaid at the due time, as ar- 
 rearage of rent. Co-well. 
 P.\g;t fet forth the king of England's title to 
 his debts and penfion frum the French king; 
 
 with aUarr,-,i,ug;j. Hayiua'd. 
 
 He'll grant the tribute, fend the arrcara^ci. 
 
 Skakfpfnre. 
 
 The old iirn-.ir.isf! under which that crown 
 
 had long groaned, being defrayed, he hath 
 
 brought Lurana to uphold and maintain hcrk-lt. 
 
 Howcl's Vocal Ton-ft. 
 
 Arre'.\rance. n. f. The fame with ar- 
 
 rear. Did. 
 
 Arrenta'tion. n. / [from arrendar. 
 
 Span, to farm.] In the foreft law, the 
 
 licenfing an owner of lands in the forell, 
 
 to enclofc them with a low hedge and 
 
 fmall ditch, in conlideralion of a yearly 
 
 rent. H'^. 
 
 Akrepti'tious. adj. [arrej)tus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Snatched away. 
 
 2. [from ad and repo.] Crept in privily. 
 Arre'st. n.f. [from «n-ty?tr,Fr. to flop.] 
 
 1. [In law.] A (lop or ilay ; as, a man 
 apprehended for debt, is faid to be ar- 
 relled. To plead in arrefi of juug- 
 Bient, is to iliew cauft why judgment 
 fhould be flayed, though the verdift of 
 the twelve be paffed. To plead in ar- 
 i-ejl of taking the inqucil upon the foi;- 
 mer iffue, is to fhew caufe why an in- 
 queft (hould not be taken. An arrejl 
 is a certain reftraint of a man's perfon, 
 depriving him of his own will, and bind- 
 ing it to become obedient to the will of 
 the law, and maybe called the beginning 
 of imprifonment. Cowell. 
 
 If I could fpcnk fo wifely under an arrrfi, I 
 would fend for my creditors; yet I had as lief 
 have the foppery of fiecdom, as the morality of 
 imprifonment. Sfiaifpcarr. 
 
 2. Any caption, feizure of the perfon. 
 
 To the rich man, who had promiled himfelf 
 eafe for manv years, it was a fad arrrjl, that 
 his foul was furpiifcd the tirft night. Tay/o, . 
 
 3. A flop. 
 
 The (lop .and arrcJl of the air ftieweth, that 
 
 the air hath little appetite of afcending. Bacon. 
 
 To ARRE'ST. -v. a. [arrcjer, Fr. to 
 
 flop.] 
 J. To feize by a mandate from a court or 
 officer of juilice. See Arrest. 
 
 Good tidingi, my lord Hallings, for the which 
 J do orrr/? thee, traitor, of high trcafon. Siaif. 
 There's one yonder arrejlnl, and carried to 
 pifcn, was worth Hvc thoufand of you.all. 
 
 Shai/peare. 
 
 %. To feize any thing by law. 
 
 A R R 
 
 Heh.ith enjoyed nothing of Ford's hut twcn'V 
 pounds of money, which muft be paid to mafttr 
 Brook; his horfes are amy/fi/ for it. Shaijfcart. 
 
 3. To feize ; to lay hands on ; to detain 
 by power. 
 
 B'.it when as Morpheus had with leaden mate 
 j^tyfjicd :x\\ that goodly c'omp;my. Yairy Qructi. 
 
 Age itltlf, whichj of all things in the world, 
 will not be b.ifHcd or defied, fliall begm to arrejl, 
 feize, and remind us of our mji'tality. Sout/:. 
 
 4. To withhold ; to liindtr. 
 
 Thisdcfeft of the Englilh juftice was the main 
 impediment that did itiraj} and flop the courfc of 
 the conqueft. Da-vies.. 
 
 As often :is ray dogs with better fpecd 
 Arrrjl her flight, is Ihe to death decreed. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Nor could her virtues, nor repeated vows 
 Of thoufand lovers, the relentlcfs hand 
 Of death <2r.f/7. VkHipi. 
 
 J. To flop inotion. 
 
 To manifeft the coagulative power, we have 
 arrcjicd the fluidity of new milk, and turned it 
 into a curdled fubftance. Byh. 
 
 6. To obihiia ; to Hop. 
 
 Afcriting the caufes of things to fecret pro- 
 prieties, h.ath arrrjicii and laid allecp all true en- 
 quiry. . ^''-'"' 
 Arre'st. n.f. [In horfemanQiip.] A 
 mangey humour between the hain and 
 pallern of the hinder legs of a horfc. 
 
 Did. 
 A'rreteo. ailj. \_arre^alus, low Lat.] He 
 that is convened before a judge, and 
 charged v.iith a crime. It is ufed forne- 
 times for imputed or laid tinio ; as, no 
 folly may be urreled to one imder age. 
 
 To Arri'de. t. a. \_arrideo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To laugh at. 
 
 2. Tofmiie; to look pleafantly upon one. 
 
 Arri'ere. n.f. [French.] The lad body 
 of an army, for which we now ufe rear. 
 The hoifemen migiit ilTue forth without dif- 
 turbancc of the foot, and the avant-guard with- 
 out IhuiHingwith thebatt.iilor«i'/f". Uaytunr.i 
 
 Arri'ere BAN. n.f. [Crt/'^H^-Hf^ derives 
 this word from arriere and ian : Ian 
 denotes the convening of the noblefle 
 or vad'als, whe hold fees immediately 
 of the crown ; and arriere, thufe who 
 only hold of the king mediately.] A 
 general proclamation, by which the 
 kino- of France fummoiis to the war all 
 that hold of him, both his own vnfTals 
 or the noblefle, and the vaffals of his 
 vaflals. 
 
 Arri'ere fee, or fief. A fee depen- 
 dant on a fuperiour one. Thefe fees 
 commenced, when diikcs and comits, 
 rendering thtir govenmients hereditary, 
 diftribiited to their officers parts of the 
 domains, and permitted thofe officers 
 to gratify the fuldiers under them in 
 the fame manner. 
 
 .Arri'ere vassal. The vafTal of a 
 valfal. Trevoux. 
 
 Arri'sion-. n./. [arc^o, Lat.] A fmil 
 
 mg upon. 
 
 Z)n7. 
 
 Arri'val. n.f. [from arr/atf.] The ad 
 of coming to any place; and, figura- 
 tivelv, the attainment of any purpofe. 
 How are we chang'd fmce we flrlt law the 
 queen ! 
 She, like t'ne fun, docs ftill the fame appear, 
 Bright as ihc was at \xx amvJ here. « -//"•. 
 
 A R R 
 
 The unravelling is the arr-v.il of Ulyfies llpcn 
 his own ifland. Brcomt'i View i.J Ejiic Poetry . 
 
 Arri'vance. n.f. [(romarrive.] Com- 
 pany coming. Not in ufe. 
 
 Every minute is expectancy 
 Of more arrh'unce. Sftakfpcare. 
 
 To ARRIVE, -u. n. [arriver, Fr. to 
 come on (hore.] 
 
 1 . To come to any place by water. 
 
 At length arriving on the banks of Nile, 
 Wearied with length of ways, and worn witH 
 
 toil, 
 She laid her down. DryJen. 
 
 2. To reach any place by travelling. 
 
 When we were arrived upon the veige of his 
 eftate, we flopped at a little nin, 10 left ourfciv es 
 and our horfes, Sidney. 
 
 3. To reach any point. 
 
 The bounds of all body we have no difTictdty 
 to arrive at ; but when the mind is there, it 
 finds nothing to hinder its progrcfs. Lccic 
 
 4. To gain any thing by progretfive ap- 
 proach. 
 
 It is the highcft wifdom by dcfpifmg the 
 wuiiri to arrive at heaven ; they are blelTed who 
 conveife with God. 'J'ay.'or. 
 
 The virtuous may know in fpecul.ation, wh.it 
 they could never arrive a.t by praftice, and avoid 
 tl.e fiiares of the crafty. .'iddijtn. 
 
 5. The thing at which we arrive is always 
 fuppofed to be good. 
 
 6. To happen : with to before the per- 
 fon. This fenfe feems not proper. 
 
 Happy ! to whom this glorious death, arrives, 
 
 More to be valued than a thoufand lives. IVuller. 
 
 To Arro'de. •». a. l^urrodo, Lat.] To 
 
 gnaw or nibble. Difh 
 
 A'rrogance. } n.f. [arrogantia, Lat.] 
 
 A'uROGANCv.j The ad or quality^ of 
 
 taking much upon one's felf; that ipe- 
 
 cies of pride which confiils in exorbitant 
 
 claims, 
 
 Stanley, notwithftanding (he's your wife, 
 And love's not me; he you, good lord, all'ur'd 
 I hate not you ^ot her proud arr-jga/ice. Siiakfp. 
 
 I'iiele hath no other glafs 
 To (hew itfelf but pride ; for fuppk knees 
 Feed arrogance, and arc the p.oud man's fees. 
 
 Snaifp-are, 
 Piide and arrogance, and the evil way, and the 
 froward mouth, do I hate. Proverb;. 
 
 Difcourfmg of matters dubious, and on any 
 controvertible truths, we cannot, without arro- 
 garr\, entreat a credulity. Broiun's Vulg. Er. 
 Mumility it expreffes by the (looping and 
 bending of the head ^ arrogance, when it is lilt- 
 ed, or, as we fay, toffcd up. Dryden's Diifrefnoy. 
 A'rrogant. adj. [flrrcjaK.t, Lat.] Given 
 to make e.-iorbitant claims ; haughty ; 
 proud. 
 
 Feagh's right unto that country which he 
 
 claims, or the figniory therein, muft be vain and 
 
 arrogant, Spen/er on Iri/and, 
 
 An arrotuuil way of treating with other princes 
 
 and Hates, is natural to popular governments. 
 
 'fewf>tc. 
 
 A'rroganti.y. adv. llrotn arrogant.] la 
 an arrogant manner. 
 
 Our poet may 
 Himfelf admire the fortune of his play ; 
 And arrogantly, as bis fellows do. 
 Think he^writci well, becaufe he plcafes you. 
 
 Dry.!crt. 
 
 Another, waini'd 
 With high ambition, and conceit of prowefs 
 Inhcrcni, <i<)t.^.i«//>' thus piefum'd: 
 What if this (word, lull often drench'd in blood. 
 Should now cleave flieer the e.-iccrable head 
 Of Churchill. Philips. 
 
 A'rroc.an'tness. n.f. [hota arrogant. I 
 The fame with arrogance. DiU.
 
 A R S 
 
 7»A'RR0GATR. v. a. [nrrogo, I.at.] 
 To claim vainly ; to cxliibit unjiill 
 claims only prompted by pride. 
 
 I intend tu dticiiljc tliis batile fully, not tj 
 
 flerogate any thing from one nation, or to uno- 
 
 . gj/f to llicotlici. il.tyiujrj 
 
 Tlic popci J"o»i'<'./ unto tlicmfclvcs, tiwit the 
 
 empire was held of them m hiimagc. Ralrigh. 
 
 Who, not content 
 With fair equality, fniternil llatc, 
 "Will arrogate dominion undefcrv'd 
 Over his brethren. Afi'ton. 
 
 Rome never atrogalt.l to herfelf any infallibi- 
 lity, but what flic piotciuled to be founded up- 
 on Chrilt's promile. TUkiji-n. 
 Arrog.\'tion. n.f. [ixoxn arrogate.^ A 
 claiming in n proud tmjiill manner. Ditl. 
 Arro'sion. n.f, \\'COxn arruJus,\^\\\.J\ A 
 
 gnawing. 
 
 Dici. 
 
 A'rrow. n.f. [npefie, Sax.] The pointed 
 weapon whicli is lliot from a bow. Daru, 
 are throuii by tlie hand, but in poetry 
 they are confounded. 
 
 I fwcar to thtc by Cupid's lirongeft bow, 
 By his btft .iri-6:o with tiie golden he.id. iihakf^. 
 
 Here were boys I'o dcfpeiacely icfolvcd» as to 
 pull tirrb-ivs out of their tlclh, and dcliscr them 
 to be Ihot again by the arciicison their fide. 
 
 il.,y'.var.{. 
 
 A'rrowheap. n.f. [from aryo-v and 
 head. ] A water plant, fo called from 
 the vcfemblance of its leaves to the head 
 of an arrow. Dicl. 
 
 •A'rrowv. atij. [from arro-.c.~\ Conlilling 
 of arrows. 
 
 He faw them in their forms of battle rang'd, 
 How quick they whecl'd, and Hying, behind 
 
 them (hot 
 Sharp licet of arro-.vy (how'r againii the face 
 Of their pnrl'ueis, and o'crcame by tiigiit. Ali/i, 
 Arse. n./. [eaj\j-e, Sax.] The buttocks, 
 
 or hind part of an animal. 
 To hang an Arse. A vulgar plirafe, fig- 
 nifying to be tardy, fluggilh, or dilatory. 
 For Hiidibras wore but one Ipur, 
 Aswifclv knowing, could he ilir 
 To active trot one lide of 's horfc, 
 The other would not /iiing un arj:. HuMbras. 
 
 Arse-foot. ti.f. A kind of water fowl, 
 called aUo a didappcr. Did. 
 
 Arse-smart, n.f. {fer/icaria, Lat.] An 
 herb. 
 
 A'rsenal. n.f. [arfenalf, Ital.] A re- 
 pofittny of things rcquifite to war ; a 
 magazine of military llores. 
 
 I wo'.ild have a room for the old Roman inftru- 
 nients of war, where yon might fee all the anci- 
 ent military furniture, as it might have been in 
 an arfinal of old Rome. ^.Uifin. 
 
 Arse'nical. adj. [from arfeiikk.^ Con- 
 taining arfenick ; confiding of arfenick. 
 An hereditary confumption, or one engender- 
 ed by urfrniciil (umcs underground, is incapable 
 ofcurc. Httrvey. 
 
 There are arfeyncal, or other like noxious mi- 
 nerals lodged underneath. H'ood'ward. 
 
 A'rsenick. n.f. [a^-jEHXo;.] A ponder- 
 ous mineral fubftance, volatile and unin- 
 flammable, which gives a whitenefs to 
 metals in fufion, and proves a violent 
 corrofive poifon ; of which there are 
 three forts. Native or yellow arfenick, 
 called alfo auripigmentnm or orpiment, 
 is chiefly found in copper mines. Jl'hite 
 or cryfialUrie arfcnich is extrafted from 
 the native kind, by fubliming it with a 
 proportion of f«a fait; the fraalleil (juan- 
 
 ART 
 
 tity of cryflalline a>yi/i/f/, being mixed 
 with any nutal, ablolutely deftroys its 
 malleability ; and a finglc grain willtuin 
 a pound of copper into a beautiful feem- 
 iiig filvtr, but without dudility. Red 
 arfenick is a preparation ot the white, 
 made by adding to it a mineral fulpiiur. 
 
 Chambers. 
 Arfenick is a very deadly poifon ; held to tiie 
 fire, it emits fumes, but liquates very little. 
 
 //'!io.Ai«rJ m Ffjffih. 
 
 ART. n.f. [arte, Fr. ars, Lat.] 
 
 1. The power of doing foinething not 
 taught by nature and inllind ; as, to 
 ■walk is natural, to dunce Is an iirt. 
 
 Art is piopcrly an h.abitual knowledge of cer- 
 tain rules and maxims, by which a man is go- 
 verned and directed in his adtions. Smth. 
 
 lileft with each grace of nature and of art. 
 
 I'opt. 
 
 Ev'n copious Drydcn wanted, or forgot, 
 The lall and grijatell <ir.', the art to blot. I'l^ie. 
 
 2. A fcience ; as, the liberal arts. 
 
 Arti tli.it rcl'pefl the mind were ever reputed 
 . nobler than thofc that I'erve the body. B:n Jonj'^n. 
 When did his pen on learning fix a brand. 
 Or rail at ri'fi lie did not underl^and ? Drydcn. 
 
 3. A trade. 
 
 This ohfervation is aflforded us by the art of 
 making fugar. HoyU. 
 
 4. Artfulnefs ; flcill ; dexterity. 
 
 The iirt of our necelfities is llrange, 
 That can make vile things precious. ShrikJ^ear.:. 
 J. Cunning. 
 
 More matter with Icfs art. S'l.itff^ure. 
 
 6. Speculation. 
 
 I have as much of this in art as j'ou ; 
 But yet my nature could mt bear it fo. S'takfi^. 
 Akte'rial. adj. [from ar/«ji.] That re- 
 lates to the artery; that is contained 
 in the artery. 
 
 Had not the Maker wrought the fpiingy frame. 
 The blood, defrauded of its nitious food. 
 Had cool'd and languilh'd in th' utiainl ro)id. 
 
 Blachr^orf, 
 
 As this mixture of blood and chyle paffeth 
 through the artetial tube, it is prcflcd by two 
 contrary forces; that of the heart driving it for- 
 ward againll the fides of the tubes, and the claf- 
 tick force of liie air picirmg it on th.c opp^fite 
 fides of thofc air-bladders, along the I'm face of 
 which (his tuttrial tube cieeps. Arbutknat. 
 
 Arterio'tomy. n.f. [from ajlr^ia, and 
 Tspii', to cut.] The operatioti of let- 
 ting blood from the artery : a pradice 
 much in ufe among the French. 
 A'RTERY.n./. {arteria, Lat.] A conical 
 canal, conveying the blood from the 
 heart to all parts of the body. 
 
 Each artery is compofed cf "three coats: of 
 which the firlt feems ta be a thread of fine blood 
 vcflcls and nerves, for nourithing the coats of 
 the artery^ the fecond is made up of circular, 01 
 rather fpiral fibres, of which thcie are more or 
 fewer lltara, according to the bignelsof the at- 
 trry. Thefe fibres have a ftroiig claliicity, by 
 which tiity contrail thcmfelvcs with forne force, 
 when the power by which they have been 
 ftrctclied out ceal'es. The third and inmoU coat 
 is a fine tranlparent membrane, which keeps 
 the blood within its canal, thit oiherwile, upon 
 the dilatation of an iir/ii_v, would eafily fcparate 
 tho fpiral fibres from one another-. As the arte- 
 ries grow fmaller, thefe coats grow thinner, and 
 the coats of the veins feeiii only to be continua- 
 tions of the capillary ar/f I iW. <i^t.incy. 
 The arteries are claltic tubes, endued with a 
 contraitile force, by which they drive the blood 
 IliU forward ; it being hindered iiom going back- 
 ward by the vaKos ol the heart. Arbuth'i'jt. 
 
 A'rtfui.. adj. [from art andyW/.] 
 
 ART 
 
 1. Peiformed with art. 
 
 The lafl of thcic was certainly the moft cafy, 
 but, for the fame rcafon, the Icall artful. D'yJ. 
 
 2. Artificial ; not natural. 
 
 3. Cunning; Ikilful ; dexterous. 
 
 O Hill ihc fame L'lyllcs, (lie icjoin'd, 
 In ufeful craft luccifsiully refin'd, 
 All/"/ in (ptech, in aiflion, and in mind. I'ope. 
 .'Vrtfully. adv. [from ar/ful.] With 
 art ; Ikilfully ; dexteroufiy. 
 
 Tlic reft in rank : Honona, chief in place. 
 Was artjuHy cjntiiv'd to let tier faie 
 To from the thicket,and behold ihechacc. Jiryi. 
 
 Vitc is the natural giowth of our coiruplion. 
 How iircliliibly mull it prevail, when liu kcd5 
 of it are anjiJiy fown, and induluioully culti- 
 vated ! R'jgen. 
 A'rtkulness. n.f. \irom artful. '\ 
 
 1. Skill. 
 
 Confider with how much arifulnrfs his bulk 
 and lituation is contrived, to have juli maitir 
 to draw round Inra tl.efc i;iulfy bodies. Cheym. 
 
 2. Cunning. 
 
 Arthri'tical. 7 7- re jI ■.■ 1 
 
 Arthritick. J 
 
 1. Gouty; relating to the gout. 
 
 Frequent changes produce ail the arthritick fiif- 
 eafes. Arhuthmt. 
 
 2. Relating to joints. 
 
 Scrpenis, worms, and leaches, though fome 
 want bones, and all extended articulations, yet 
 have they rtrri^ri7/fj/ analogies; and, by the mo- 
 tion of fil-fdus antl mufculous parts, are attic to 
 make p-ogicifion. jff-ojfw'j Vuf^ur 'Enourt. 
 
 ARTHRl TIE. n.f. [a'^^-ilr.from /fSfo, 
 a joint.] Any diftemper that afFefls the 
 joints, but the gout particularly. i?u«iir)'. 
 
 Artichoke, n.f. \_ai-l:che:ult, Fr. ] A 
 plant very like tlie tlrfllc,bnt hath large 
 fcaly heads ihaped like the cone of tlie 
 pine tt ee ; the bottom of each fcalc , as 
 alfo at the bottom of the florets, is a 
 thick flciliyeatiilile fubftance. Illillcr. 
 Ko herbs ha\ccutled kaves, but cabb.jc ai>d 
 calibage lettuce ; none haie double leaves, one 
 belonging to the ihilk, another to the fruit or 
 feed, but the artidwh. Bacon, 
 
 Artichokes contain a rich, nutritiotjs, Simu- 
 lating juice. Arhutknot on -'^iiiiie its. 
 
 A'rtichoke of yerufdctn. A fptcitb of 
 funflower. 
 
 A'rtick. adj. [it fiiould be written jr8ici, 
 from a'f ulix :g>.. ] Northern ; under the 
 bear. See Arctic k. 
 
 But they would have winters like tliofe beyond 
 the artick circle ; for the fun would be ^0 de- 
 grees frc'm tVterii. Bta'.cn, 
 In the following example it is, con- 
 trary to cuftom, fpelt ^fter the French 
 manner, and accented on the lail f\ l- 
 lable. 
 
 To you wlio live in cl.il! dcgvcC| 
 As map intbims of hft) -three, 
 And do nut niucli fovcjld atone, 
 Hy bringing thirhcr lifry unc, 
 Methinks all climes ihould Le alike, 
 Fioni tropick e'en to pole art!que. Drydw. 
 
 A'RTICLE. n.f [articiAus, Lat.] 
 
 1. A part of fpeech, as, the, an ; the man, 
 an ox. 
 
 2. A {ingle claufe of an account ; a parti- 
 cular part of any complex thing. 
 
 Laws touching matters of order are changrf- 
 ablc by the power of the church; ai/.c.'es coil- 
 ccrning doclrinc not fo, Uocker. 
 
 Have the fummaiy of all onr griefs, 
 When timcfliall fervc to (hew in articles. Shak. 
 
 Many believe tiic article of rcmiiTiun of 
 fins, but believe it without the condition of rt- 
 
 f 2
 
 ART 
 
 pentance. We believe \i\c article otKenvlTe tlian 
 'Qvd intetidi;(t it. Tuykr' % Holy Lift/ig. 
 
 All the pl■c^■cpt^, proniifes, and thitaicniiig^, 
 of the gofpcl will rift up in judeiiicnt ngainlt u> ; 
 and th." atiiclci of uur f.iitb will bt fo m.tny ^r- 
 ticlts of atciiCalion ; antl the i;ic;it weight of our 
 charge will be this, That wc ilifl not obey the 
 gofpel whicli we profcfft-d to believe; that we 
 made confcirion of the chijltian faith, but livc<l 
 like ht-athcns. JUlotfon. 
 
 You h.ivc linall rtafun to icpine upon that iir~ 
 tich ui lire. Siciji. 
 
 ^, Terras ; ftipulationp. 
 
 I embrace ihcfe conditions; let us have arli- 
 c/n b<.lwccn u-.. Sk<ikfi>caie. 
 
 Tt would have g-.iU'd his fuily iwtuie, 
 WbicM c:irit5- einiuiCi not artiii'^ 
 Tying bim to oug'it. Sh^kf^'tftfi'. 
 
 4. Poiut of time ; exadl time. 
 
 If Cmsfieid iiad not, in th;*i nrtich of lime, 
 
 ^ givon them that biifk. cbargf, b) which othci 
 
 troops weic ready, the kn^jj Iiimiclf had been 
 
 in danger. ClariKdo^j. 
 
 !7() A'rticle. iJ. ;7. [from the no ini.] To 
 
 ilipulate ; to make terms. 
 
 Such in lo\c's warfare is my cafe, 
 1 m,iy not article forgiiicc, 
 H.iving put love at laft to lliow this face. Donne. 
 
 lie had not infringed the ic.ilt tirtlc of whjt 
 *-as iiii'cle.iy ihat thty aimed at one mark, nnd 
 theirciidi were conccntrick. Hoiu^ts Vornl Forcjl. 
 
 If it be f.dd, God chofc tiic fuccclTor, chat is 
 Tnanifcrtiy not fo in the floiy of jephtha, where 
 iic articled with riic people, and tiicy made him 
 judge over them. Lr.cke, 
 
 To Arti'cle. t'. a. To draw up in par- 
 ticular articles. 
 
 He whofe life fccms fair, yet if all bis errours 
 nnd follies wtic articlei agiiinft him, t'.ie man 
 would fccm vicious and niiier;;Mc. Tiiylor. 
 
 Arti'cular. adj. [articuFiiris, Lat. ] Be- 
 longing to the joints. In medicine, an 
 epithet appHed to a difeafe which mere 
 immediately infcRs the joints. Thus 
 the iTout is called morbus articulans. 
 Arti'culate, ^^". [from arhculus, Lat.] 
 3. Diftinft ; divided, as the parts of a limb 
 are divided by joints ; not continued in 
 one tone, as articulate founds ; that is, 
 founds varied and changed at proper 
 paufes, in oppofition to the voice of 
 animals, vrliich admits no fuch variety. 
 An arlktilatc ])ronunci ition, a manner 
 of fpeaking clear and diftindl, in which 
 one found Is not confounded with an- 
 other. 
 
 In Fp'aking under water, when the vjire is 
 lediictd to an cxTreme cxili'.y, yet the aitUulafe 
 fountH, the words, are not c jnTounded. Bacon. 
 
 The prft,at b-art, of Ihcfe 1 tiioughl dcny'd 
 To bcalh ; whom God, on their cicaiion-day, 
 Cicatcd mute to all artictlate found. Mihon. 
 
 Antiquity cxprcflud numb'^rs by the fingers 
 on cither hand. On the left, they accounted 
 their di;;its :iud nrfiiulite numbers unto m\ hun- 
 dred i on the right hand, hundreds and thou- 
 fands. Jiro ton's kulgar Errouis. 
 
 2. Branched out into ai'ticlcs. This is a 
 meaning little In ute. 
 
 Henry's iudruiStions were extreme curious and 
 articulate ; and, in them, more articles touching 
 inquifilion, tiian negotiation : requiring an an- 
 fwcr in tliftinft articles lo his queftions. Bacon. 
 
 To AnTi'curATE. "y. a. [from artklt.'] 
 I. 'J^o foruA words; to utter diftindl fyl- 
 lables ; to fp?ak as a man.. 
 
 The dog'ii^tif^ knows not by what art he di- 
 »ct5ls his (ongue, in artiuulating founds inlovoiccs. 
 
 CtlanvilU. 
 
 Parifian academrfls, in their anatomy of apes, 
 
 •ell us, that the mufcKs yf the tongue^ whicli do 
 
 ART 
 
 moft ferve to articuLti a word, were wholly like 
 
 thole of man. A*.r/ en the CrC'ilirui. 
 
 They would advance in knowledge, 7<\\r\ not 
 
 deceive thcmUlvts with a little*.r/;V///rtr;iair.Z.'>r;tf. 
 
 2. To draw up In articles. 
 
 Thefc things, mdccd, you hTivcyirtir'lite.l, 
 Pioclaim'd at ^narkct crofl'cs, read in churches, 
 To face the garment of rcbcbion 
 \Vith fonie Hne colour. Shnkfj-earf. 
 
 3. To make terms ; to treat. Thefe two 
 latter iigniticationa arc uiiufual. 
 
 Send us Ui Rome 
 The beft, with wiioin wc m.iy articuhte 
 For their own good and ours. Shakfpearf. 
 
 To AkTi'cuLATE. "y. n. To fpeak dil- 
 
 tincily. 
 ApvTi'cui.atELY. ndv. [from crtlculatc.\ 
 111 an articulate voice. 
 
 The fccrel purpofc of our l-.cart, no Icfs nrti- 
 
 culiitp'v fpoken lo God, who nccdi not our w.,ids 
 
 to difccni our meaning. Decuy fjf Pi^ty. 
 
 Arti'culatENESS. n. f. [frttm aviicu- 
 
 ieiU\'\ The quality of being artlcidatf. 
 
 Articula'tion. n. f, [from art'uulatt.^ 
 
 1. The jun£lure, or joint of bones. 
 
 W'lKi relation to the motion of the hones in 
 their articu/at/om, tliejc is a two-fjid liquor pre- 
 pared for tlic inLinclion and lubiification of their 
 iieads, an ody one, and a mucilaginous, luppiicd 
 by certain glandules featcd in the articuUtio'ii. 
 
 Roy. 
 
 2. The a£l of forming words. 
 
 I cjriccive that an extreme fmnll, or an cx- 
 trcntc great found, cannot he articulate, but that 
 the aiticiilati-^s requireth a mediocrity of loiuid. 
 
 Ettcnn 
 
 Bv tirtirulation I mean a peculiar mntitm and 
 figure of f>.i;nc parts belonging to the mouth, I;c- 
 tflecn the throat hih\ lips. HoLUr, 
 
 3. [In botany.] The joints or knots In 
 foine plants, as the cane. 
 
 A'rtifice. w./. [nrflfii-iuWf Lat.] 
 
 1, Trick; fraud; ftratagem. 
 
 It Mcedi no legends, no fcrvice in an unknown 
 tongue ; nunc of all theie laborious >trt:Jicei of ig- 
 norance ; none of aU thefe cloaks and coverings. 
 
 South. 
 
 2. Art; trade; flcill obtained by fcieuce 
 or pradllce. 
 
 AnTi'Fict.R. n.f, [tin'i/iXj Lat.] 
 
 1. An art ill ; a manufacturer; one by 
 whom any thing Is made. 
 
 The b^lits, duor^, and Itairs, rather dlreiled 
 t'j the ufe of the guertj thati to the eye of the 
 art.fiier. > Sidney. 
 
 The great *7r//^'?rfr would be more than oidina- 
 lily exatl in drawing Ids oww picture. Somh. 
 
 In the pra<£ticcs of tirt/Jiceriy and t)ic nianu- 
 faAuics of feveral kinds, tl.c end being propoftd, 
 wc fitidout ways. Ltjcke. 
 
 2. A forger; a contriver. 
 
 He, foon aware, 
 Each perturbation fmooth'd with outward calm, 
 Artijictr of fraud! and was the firft 
 That praftisM faluhood, under faintly fhew. 
 
 Milton. 
 Th' artificer of lies 
 Roncws th' afiault, and his lull batt'iy tiies. 
 
 ]\yden. 
 
 3. A dexterous or artful fellow. Not iu 
 lue. 
 
 Let you alone, cunning onljicrr. r>fn yonforj. 
 Artifi'cial. alj, [arijfie'ulf Fr. ] 
 I. Made by art ; not natural. 
 
 Rafilius uted the attifieial day of torches to 
 lighten the fporls their inventions could contrive. 
 
 Sidney . 
 The curlains clofcly drawn the light tolkiccn, 
 As if he had contriv'd to lie unfccn : 
 Thus co\ev'd with an tiriijicuil nighty 
 Sleep did his office, Prydcn. 
 
 ART 
 
 Tl'.erc is no natUMl raoiion perpetual; yet it 
 (iotl, not hinder Inir that it is polfillc to contiivi: 
 fiich .t;i artificial :z\ii\nX\on, U'dkin:^ 
 
 2. l'"iftit!ous ; not gtimine. 
 
 Why, I c.in fjnilc, and murder while I fniile, 
 And c;y, Content, lothiit whiclN (;ri-'vc!, my hcarf. 
 And wet jTiy checks wnii artrficLi/ tiz.trs. ShaJfji. 
 
 Tlie refclutiun wiuch wc cannot reconcile ti> 
 public g'-od, has been fupixHted by an uhfeqn.ous 
 paity, and then writh ufual m.tliods cjniirmed 
 by an jr/i//c/V>/ majority. Siuift. 
 
 3. Artful ; contrived with fei!l. 
 
 Theft feem to be the m >re mtfirin!, as thofc 
 of a liiiijle peifun the inuic nat)ii:d governments. 
 
 Trmplf. 
 Artificial Arguments. [In rlictorick.} 
 Are proofs on confidtrrations which 
 arife from the genius, inLitillry, or inven- 
 tion of tlu. orntor ; which JMC thils, call- 
 ed, to dillinguini them from lawsj autho- 
 rities, citations, and the like, which are 
 fjid to be «ni7r/yi.7«/ arguments. 
 Artificial Lines, on a feflor or feale, 
 are lines fo contrived as to reprefcnt the 
 logorilhnilck lines and tangents ; wliich, 
 by llie help of the line and niunbers, 
 folve, with tolcraLle cxaftncfs, queltions 
 in trigonometry, navigation, Isfc. 
 
 Chambers. 
 Artificial Numbers, are the fame witli 
 
 lognruhms. 
 Ar.tifi'cially. adxi. [from ariijictal.'\ 
 l.A^rtfuIIy; with llcill ; with good contri- 
 vance. 
 
 How cunningly lie made his faultinefs lefs, how 
 artific ally he let out the torments of his os^'ii t on- 
 feiencc. Sidnty, 
 
 Should any one be call upon a defolate ifland, 
 and find there a pal.tce artificially contrived, antl 
 cui iuLrlly adorned. R'T^, 
 
 2. By art ; not naturally. 
 
 It is covered on all Iirles with c.irth, ciumbhd 
 into powder, as if it had been artificially (ittcd. 
 
 '.■IJ.hfon. 
 
 Artifi'cialness. n.f. [from nrtificta! .'^ 
 
 Artfulncfs. Dui. 
 
 Artifi'cious. adj [from ar/i/ii:c.] The 
 
 fame with arlificial. 
 Akti'llkky. n.f. It has no plural, [aiti/- 
 
 Ifr'ie, Fr. J 
 I. Weapons of war: always ufed of mif- 
 
 five weapons. 
 Arid fon.ithan gave Iiis artilhrv unto his lad, 
 
 and laui \in'.o hini, do, carry thcin unto the city, 
 
 I Saltrucl. 
 
 Z. Cannon ; great ordnance. 
 
 Have I not beard great oiflnance in the fieM, 
 Aiidheav'n's artillery thunder in the Ikies.' Hhak, 
 
 I'll to the tow'r with all the halle I can. 
 To view th' itilillny and aininunition. Skahfp. 
 
 Upon one win^ the artilUry was drawn, being 
 fixtccn pieces, every piece having pioneers to 
 pliin the ways. llayivard. 
 
 He ti at views a fort to take it. 
 Plants his artHltry 'gainU the weakcft place. 
 
 Dcnh^ru, 
 
 Aktisa'n. n.f. [French.] 
 
 1. Avtlll ; proftfTor of an art. 
 
 What are the mnft judicious nr//y«wt, hut the 
 mimieks of natiiic ' iVcttoit'i ^rchitc^itre. 
 
 B-.'lt and bappieft ar:ifiiii, 
 Bell of paintcis, if you can. 
 With voui many-eolour'd art, 
 Dia\v tl c n>ilticis ot my iut-aif, Gu.ri\Uan, 
 
 2. MiintifaCliircr ; low tradefman. 
 
 I who liad none but gencials lo oppofe me, 
 nuill h ivc an artifi::: hir my antagouill, MJijvi. 
 
 A'rtist. n-f. {ar/i/ie, Fr.]
 
 A S 
 
 1. The profcfTor of an art, generally of an 
 art manual. 
 
 How tobiiilH flilpsjiind drcariail ordnance ca.l,. 
 Inltiudt iV.c It rf/jis^ and rcw.ii'H tlicir hal>e. IFu'iet . 
 
 Rich witli t!ic tpoilsuf m;iiiy :i conqticr'd laud, 
 All .irts.nul aitiji\ Thcfcui could comir.jnd, 
 Who fold io: hiie, or wioiii^ht tor bi-ttcr Umc :. 
 The mafter painters and the carvers crime, ])iyJ. 
 
 When I made this, an artiji tnidcirouk to imi- 
 
 t;ite JT ; but ufing anotlicr way fell much ihort. 
 
 Newton* I OpticJ:i. 
 
 2. A flcilful man; not a novice. 
 
 If nny one thinks hiiiifcif an artji at this, 
 let hini number up ihc paits of hi& childS body. 
 
 LaUe. 
 
 A'rti-ESLY. adv. [from arllcfs.'\ 
 
 1. in an arllofs manner ; vvitliout fl<ilf. 
 
 2. Naturally ; finccrcly ; without craft. 
 
 Nature -ind truth, though nc^er I'j i<»w or vul- 
 g.if, aic yet plcafing, wlien openly and arthfly 
 rrpicfcnicd. Vo^e. 
 
 A'rtless. adj. [from ,77-/ and /;;/j.] 
 t. Unfkllful ; wanting art : fometimcs with 
 the particle of. 
 The high-fliocd plowman, fhould he quit the 
 land, 
 ^rthfifji l>jrs, and of tlic moving fand. Dryi 
 
 2. Void of fraud ; as, an artlejs maid. 
 
 3. Contrived without fivdl; as, -an arilefs 
 tale. 
 
 Arundisa'ceous. af/j, [armiJinacfus, 
 Lat.] OF or like reeds. Dici. 
 
 Arl'Xdi'n Eous. ac^j, [ar untiif I eus, L,^t*2 
 Aboundino- with reeds. 
 
 As. co?}juncf. \_n!s^ lent.] 
 
 1. In the fame manner with fomething elfc. 
 
 When thou dol\ licas I am ui I liavc hi en, 
 Appro;. ch mc, and thou (halt be ./i thou wall. 
 
 In fiiiging, a% in piping, you excel; 
 And fcarcc your mafier could pcrlorm fo well 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 I live (I! I did, I think as I did, I love you m 
 I did ; but all tlicfe are to no purpjfc : the world 
 will njt live, thnik., or love m 1 do. Si^/Jt. 
 
 2. I\i tkc manner that. 
 
 Mjd jj I wa^., i ci>ulri not bear liis fate 
 With lilent grief, hut loudly bb'.m'd the ft.Tte. 
 lJryJen*s ^-EniiJ. 
 
 The 'landlord, in his fliirt <:% he was, taking 
 ft candle in one hand,, and a drawn fword in the 
 othtTj ventuted out of tlic room. A*huth. Cy Vr.-^i, 
 
 3. That: in a conrfqiKrntial fenfe. 
 
 The cunningclt maiintrs were fo conquprcd by 
 the ftorm, ai tlicy thought it bell u ii.h Itncken 
 fads to yield tu be govetned by it. S:dniy. 
 
 Uc had fucli u tlc\tcrv>us proGlivitv* ''^ his 
 ^cachefs were fain to rcltrain his furwardncfs. 
 
 The relations arc fo uncertain, as they require 
 a great deal of examination. Baron, 
 
 God (hall by grace prevent fin fo foop, a% to 
 keep the foul \\\ the vlrgvnity of its lirft inno- 
 cence. S:.uth. 
 
 4. In the flate of another. 
 
 Mid.im, were I a^ yon, I'd take her connfcl : 
 IM fpcak myown dilhefs. .1. I'^n.i.r,. 
 
 5. Under a particular confideration ; vviih 
 a particular rcfpe(5\. 
 
 Bcfidc^ that law which cnnceineth men ,ix men, 
 and til it which belings unto mct> aiihey are men, 
 linked with others in fonie focicry ; there is a 
 thiid wiiieh tonches all feveral bodies p )!irick^ 
 fo far fortli -at one of them hath pablick cunccrns 
 with aniiilicr. }kuLr*s Kccl,f PJity. 
 
 Dar'll thou he as gooH as thy word now ? 
 
 — Why, Hal, rh..ni knowcft ui thouaic bu' 
 a man, I tl.ue; but n\ thou art a prince, I feir 
 thee, ai I fear the roaring of a lion's whelp. 
 
 Shidfpp.are^S IJeniv iv. 
 
 The objection? that are railed ag:*intt it' us a 
 tragedy, a^e as fuijow. 
 
 Guy'i rirfase. t-i IVh^t d' y: call it. 
 
 A S 
 
 6. I. ike; cf the fame kind with. 
 
 A hmplc idea h one uiiifjim idta, at fwcff, 
 bitter. /fu/f:. 
 
 7. In the fame degree with. 
 
 Where you, unlcfs you arc us matter blind, 
 Cundui^t and bciuicous difoofitiun lind. 
 
 Well hnft thnu fpjn.c , the bluc-ey'o maid ic- 
 pl.cs, 
 Thou good old nnn, benevolent as wife. Pep' 
 
 8. As if; according to the manner that 
 would he If, 
 
 The fquire began nighcr to approich, 
 And wind hi& Iiuin under the calHc-wall, 
 Tliat with the iioile it ihook as it would fall. 
 
 taity Qnfen. 
 
 Thcv all rontcnH''d to creep into his humour, 
 and to t!o that, u^, ot thcmfcKc'-, which tht v Coii- 
 cii.ed he defircd they flioulddo, UaywarJ. 
 
 Contented in a nell of fnow 
 He lie.', <ii he i>i^ bl>U did know. 
 And to tlic wood no more wtmid go. IJ'uIlir. 
 
 Su hot tir alTau!t, lo high the tumult role, 
 Ai nil the Danian and Argolick race 
 H.'id been contrafficd in lliatnan'ow fpace. D'yd. 
 
 Can mifeiy no place of fafety know ? 
 The noifc puiUiCi me wlicrcfoc'er I go, 
 yli fate fought onlv mc. JJrydfn's ^u/re/rgxeOe. 
 
 9. According to v/hat. 
 
 Who.tiicn i^ Paul, and who h ApoUos, but 
 minillcrs by whom yc believed, even «i the l.oid 
 gave to every man. i Curinth. 
 
 Their hgurc being printed, 
 yh ]ui\ before, I think, Hiintcd, 
 Aim:; infurm'd can try the cafe. Py'tci. 
 
 Tiie repubhtk is ihut up in the great duke's 
 doiTiiiiiiins, who ac prufeni is very much in^cnfed 
 ni^niiift it. The ocrafion is a\ follows. AdUiJon. 
 
 10. As it were; in fome fort. 
 
 As for riie d.tughteri of king Edward iv. they 
 thought king Ricl-.aid had faid enough for tlicm ; 
 and tojk them to be but tu of the king's party, 
 becaufe they were in bis power, and at his dif- 
 pofal. Bacoti's Hrf/iy V 1 1 , 
 
 11. While ; at the fame time tliat. 
 At cither end it whittled ui it flew. 
 
 And as th^ br.nids were green, fo dropp'd the 
 
 dew ; 
 Infctficd ab it fell witii fweat of fanguine hue. 
 
 Dryd^^rt. 
 Thefe haughty words Alct^o'i rage provuke, 
 Aiul higl.ledTurnus tiemhlcd.^! ftie fpuke. D>yJ. 
 Svj the pure limpid llream, when foul with 
 Uains 
 Of rulbiig torrents, and defceVing rains, 
 Wciks itit-If clear, and as it runs lefines. Addif. 
 
 12. Becaufe, 
 
 He th;:t cumnnndcd the injury to be done, i-; 
 firft bound; then jie tiiat did i:; and tliey alTo 
 arc obliged wl o did fo alVilt, os without them 
 tlie thnig could not have betn dune. T.yhr. 
 
 13. Becaufe it is ; becaufe they are. 
 
 TItc kernels diawout of the earth juice fit to 
 nouiifh the tree, as ibof: ch.it wouUl be trees 
 tlierr.fclvcs. Bccon. 
 
 14. Eciually. 
 
 B:fore the place 
 A hundred dour^ a hundred entries grace ; 
 .-/< many voices ilUie, and the found 
 01 Sybil's wo. ds «i many times rebound. Dryd. 
 
 15. How; in what manner. 
 
 Men arc f.rncrally pcrmit:edto publUb book', 
 and cotitradi-ft others, and e\en tnemfelves, m 
 they pleafe, with as little danger of being con- 
 futed, as of being undfrltood. BoyU. 
 
 16. With; 7\n[yN<z\'\wgto like o\- fitme. 
 Sitlcr well metf whither away fo fait ? — 
 
 — Up.m the like devotion *m yourfelves, 
 Tu gratulate the gentle princes liierc. Shokfpeare. 
 I 7. In a reciprocal fcnfe, aufwerinir to as. 
 
 Every oflcncc commiittd in the llate of nature, 
 mav^in the Itate of nature, be alfu punifhed, and 
 a% tar forth tu it may in a commonwealth. !.o>it. 
 
 Ai furc a.' it is good, that human nautre IhouUl 
 c\ii\ J fo certain it is, th^t the ciieuLii j;c\ululiunb 
 
 ASA 
 
 of tf.e 'ar'h ant! pl.incr*, r.nthtr tiian ell tf mo- 
 tions wlTi'cli rai^.l as ^tflTibly have been, Hi (Te- 
 clarc Goil. Btn:liy. 
 
 18. Going before tis, in a comparative 
 fenfc- ; the fiiii as being fomctiines u»- 
 dcillood. 
 
 Seiiipi jnliis is ai Kravc a manai Calo. Mtllfit, 
 Bfiglit 111 tlic fun, and liiic the morainj fair. 
 
 Ctan'vUie. 
 
 19. Anfwcring io fucf>. 
 
 Is It nut r\eiy m^^n'a intert(V, that fUcrr fhould 
 hvfurA a goveriinivat of the -woiid ut dcfigtis our 
 happiiieib, as would govern us for out advantage S 
 
 20. Havingyito anfwer it; in a condi- 
 tional fLnle. 
 
 -Vi far ut tltcy carry light and conviflion to an^ 
 other man's U'lHclflandtug, f^ far, 1 hope, my 
 labour may be of life to him. Lf^cke. 
 
 2 1. .Jo is fometimcs underftood. 
 
 .h ill my tpcci.Ia'.i-.ms I have cnfl^avouied to 
 extin-u-fh palTioii and prejudice, 1 am {li!l dcfi- 
 runs of douig fome good in this particular. 
 
 S}icciaior, 
 
 22. Aiifwering toyjr conditionally. 
 
 .^5 may th* au(^iieious queen of love 
 To thcr, O lacrctl Ihip, he kind ; 
 Wj t!-.ou v-i whom lliuraufe commends 
 The belt of poets and of friends, 
 Dort thy committed pkrlgc rcllore. Dryiet:. 
 
 23. Before ha-n) it is fomttimes ledun- 
 dant ; hut this is in low language. 
 
 --/i how, doar Syphax .' yid.ijon! C.ati. 
 
 24. It feeins to bj lednndant before y« ; 
 to this time. 
 
 Tliough that w.Tr continued nine years, ayxl 
 ths hatli <is yet hilled tut fi>:, yet thcie }iath 
 bei.n much myrc a^^tiun in the piel'cnt war. 
 
 25. In a fenfe of compiirifjn, followed by 
 fo. 
 
 Ai wlien a dab-chick wftddles through the 
 
 copic 
 
 On feet and wings, and flies, and wades and hops ; 
 
 So lab'ring on, with fhoulders, hand>, and head. 
 
 Wide as a windmill all his tigurc Ipread. Pope. 
 
 26. As FOR ; with refpefl to. 
 
 ^s Jor tiie rcil of thole who have written 
 againft me, they dcferve not the leall notice. 
 
 Drydin'i Fit/^/etj I'rrfiice. 
 
 27. As IF ;- in the fame manner that i: 
 would be if. 
 
 Anfwering their qucdirns, as if it were a- 
 mattL-r that needed it. Lacke. 
 
 28. As TO ; with refpeft to. 
 
 I pray thee fpeak to me a\ to thy thinkings. 
 As tlicu (loll ruminate ; and give thy worft 4f 
 
 thoughts 
 The worlt of woids. S/niiiytarc'i Ot/ieHo, 
 
 They pretend, in general, to great retinements, 
 a^ .'0 what regards cnrilliaiiity. A.Uipr. ;,n ItaU. 
 
 I was milfaken a% to tiie day, placing that ac- 
 cident about ihirty-fi.t hours looner than it hap- 
 pened. Swijt. 
 
 29. As vvp, LL AS ; eqnally with. 
 
 E.ieh man's mind has lim-.e peculiaritv at •U't// 
 a% his face, tliat dillingnilhes hini iVom all others. 
 
 Loik:, 
 
 It is adorned with admirable pieces of fculp^ 
 tore, <ij li-i// modern tfj ancient. AAMj,n, 
 
 30. A3 THOUGH ; as it. 
 
 Thefe Ihould he at nrft gently treated, at 
 though we expciftcd an impoilhuaiation. 
 
 Snjil>\ Surgtry, 
 
 A'SA DULCIS. See Benzoin. 
 AS J FOETID A. \ n. f. A -nm or re- 
 ASSA FOETIDJ. j lin bron^Wu from 
 the Ea!i Indies, of a (harp tafle, and a 
 Urong nffcnfive fniell ; which is faid to 
 diftil, during the heat of fummer. from 
 a little (lirub. Chamiert.
 
 A S C 
 
 JSA-RABA'CCA.n.f. \afimm,\.^K.'\ A 
 
 plant., 
 Asee'stins. adj. [from a/lcJlos.'\ Some- 
 thing incombuuible, or that partakes of 
 the nature and qualities of the lapis 
 ajliejlos. 
 ASBE'STOS. n.f. [ioQir'Sy.'] A fort of 
 native foflil (lone, which may be fpht 
 into threads and tilamcnts from one inch 
 to ten inches in length, very fine, buttle, 
 yetfomewhat tradable, lilkv, and of a 
 ^greyifli colonr. It is alinoJl infipid to 
 the talle, indiiTolublc in water, and en- 
 dued with the wonderful property of 
 remaining unconfumed in the fire. But 
 in two trials before the Royal Society, 
 a piece of cloth made of this ftone was 
 - found to lofe a dram of its v/elght each 
 time. This ilone Is found in Angleicy 
 in Wales, a.id hi Aberdccufiiire in Scot- 
 land. Chambers. 
 
 ASCA'RIDES. «./. [,'T«ye>J.-, from i^xu- 
 ^iVi, to leap.] Little worms in the 
 re<flum, fo called from their continual 
 tvoublefomc motion, caulliig an intole- 
 rable Itching. ^ihicy. 
 
 To ASCEND, v.n. {afcnilo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To move upward ; to mount ; to rife. 
 
 Then r » the Leav'n of hc.iv'ns (hall he ajcend^ 
 With vitlloiy, triumphing through the air 
 Over his tues and thine. Mihttn. 
 
 2. To proceed from one degree of good 
 to anotheir. 
 
 By thefe fifps wc (hall ajctnd to more iull 
 ideas of the glory of Jefus Chrift, who is inti- 
 mately united to God, and is one with him 
 
 iViitti' [mproie^nent oj the Al>n(t. 
 
 3. To (land higher in genealogy. 
 
 The only inccll was in the afrefiMirg, not col- 
 lateral branch ; as wlien parents and childr^-n 
 marrieii, this was accounted inceft. Bfoctur 
 
 To Asce'nd. v. a. Toclimb'jp anything. 
 
 They tjfceriJ xl'C mountains, they dcl'cend the 
 vallics. Delaney' i Revelation examined. 
 
 Asce'nd.iele. aif;.[h-om a/rend.] That 
 may be afcended. Z);V7. 
 
 A';c;-/nd.i.nt. n./. [from nfci-nri.] 
 
 1. The part of the ccliptick at any part! 
 cular time above the horizon, which i: 
 fuppofed by allrologers to have great in- 
 Huence. 
 
 2. Height ; elevation. 
 
 He was initiated, in order to gain inftrui^ion 
 in fciences that wcic there in their highefl a/««i/- 
 ««/. Temple. 
 
 3. Superiority ; influence. 
 
 By the njc-tijitnt he had in his imdcrftanding, 
 and the dexterity of his nature, he could pcrfu.ide 
 him very much. Ctaicndtm. 
 
 Some flar, I find, 
 -Has Kiv'ii thee an ascendant o'er ray mind. DryH. 
 
 Wlien tiiey have got an afcemUnt over them, 
 they (hould ufe it with moderation, and not 
 make themlelves fcarccruws. Lo>ke. 
 
 4. One of the degrees of kindred reckoned 
 upward. 
 
 The moft nefarious kind of baftards, are incef- 
 
 tuous biftarris, which are begotten between aj- 
 
 cendants and dciccndants in infinitum; and bc- 
 
 twecn-coUatcrals, as far as the divine prohibition. 
 
 .AyViffe'i Panrgon. 
 
 Asce'nd A NT. eJJ. 
 
 1 . Supcriour ; predominant ; overpower- 
 ing. 
 
 Chrift outdoes Mofes, before he difplaces him 
 and ihewj an ajcindant fpirit above him. Smili. 
 
 A S C 
 
 t. Ill nn aftrological fenfe, aVave the ho- 
 rizon. 
 
 Let him fludy the conftcU.ition of Pcgafus, 
 which is'about that time afcendant. B^o-.i'n. 
 
 Asce'ndency. «./ \_i\-om afceiid.'\ Jldlu- 
 ence ; power. 
 
 Cutiom has fome itfrpndenry over mulenland- 
 ing, and what .-it one time ieemed decent, ap- 
 pc,;rs difi^reeahle afterw.iids. If'aits. 
 
 Asce'nsioi*. n.f. [a/cen/io, L.af..] 
 
 1. The atft of afcending or riling; fre- 
 quently applied to the vlfible elevation of 
 our Saviour to heaven. 
 
 Tlien riftng from his grave, 
 Spoil'd piincipalities, anrl pmv'rs, rrluinph'd 
 In ripen llicvv; .ind, with n/'-'CM/ron bright, 
 C.iptlvity led captive through the air. P,ir. Lcjl. 
 
 2. The thing riruig, or mounting. 
 
 Men err in the theory of inebriation, conceiv- 
 ing the brain doth only fut^Vr from vaporous ttf- 
 ce>!f:ons from the l^omach. Jlrown' i I'lilgeii !■.• . 
 Asce'nsion", in allronoiny, is cither rl^lt 
 or oblique. R}^hl nfcciifion of the fun, 
 or a ftar, is that degree of the cqui- 
 noftial, counted from the beginning of 
 Aries, whieh rifcs with the fun or lUu 
 in a right fphere. Oblique afccvfton is 
 an arcli of the equator intercepted be- 
 tween the firll point of Aries, and that 
 point of the equator which rifcs together 
 with a liar in anolillqiie fphere. 
 Ascension DAv. Tiie day on which the 
 afcenlion of our Saviour is commemo- 
 rated, commonly called Holy 'J'liurf- 
 day ; the Thurfday but one before 
 Whilfuntlde. 
 Asce'nsional Difference, is the difference 
 betw-ecn the right and oblique afccn 
 fion of the fame point to the furface o! 
 the fphere. Clmmhers. 
 
 Asce'nsive. adj. [froin afceiul.'\ In a 
 ilate of afcent. Not in ufe. 
 
 The culd augrncnrs when tlic d'jys begin t« in- 
 crcafc, though the Um be tiien ajcenffvc, and re- 
 turning from tlie u inter tropick. Brown 
 .'isce'nt. n.f. [afcetifus, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Rife ; the art of rifing ; the nft of 
 
 mountinsf. 
 o 
 
 To him with fwifr (i/ir«/ he up return'd. 
 Into ills blifsful bofom rcaffum'd 
 In glory as of old. Milton. 
 
 2. The way by which one afcends. 
 
 The temple, and the fev-.^ral degrees of nf:fnt 
 whereby men did chmb up to the fame, as if it 
 had been ^fcula call, be all poetical and fabulons- 
 
 Bacon. 
 It was a rock 
 Confpicuous far; winding with one afcent 
 Accelfiblc from earth, one entrance high. Milton. 
 
 3. An eminence, or high place. 
 
 No land like Iraly crc(fts the fight 
 By fuch a vaft afcent, or fwells to fuch a height. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 A wide Hat cannot be pleafant in the Elylian 
 fields, unlefs it be diverfified with dcpreflive val- 
 leys and fwelling afrcnti. Bcntlcy. 
 
 ToASCERTA'IN. -v. a. [aeertener, Fr.'] 
 
 1. To make certain ; to fix ; to ellabllfli. 
 
 The divine law both afccttaineth tlie truth, and 
 fupplieth unto us the want of other laws, llookei. 
 
 Money ditfcrs from uncoined filvcr in this, that 
 the quantity of filver in each piece is ajcertaincA 
 hj the Aamp. Locke. 
 
 2. To make confident; to take away doubt: 
 often with of. 
 
 Right ijudgmcnt of myfcif, may give me the 
 other certainty ; that is, ,fi,ir.nn me that I am 
 in the number of God's children, iUmmwuL 
 
 A S C 
 
 Thi.'. makes us ad) with a repofe of mind ar^d 
 
 wondciiul ti.iiHjnillity, b;caufe it afiert.in us 
 
 of the goodn.fs of our work. DijJen'i })ufrfn,f, 
 
 Ascerta'inhr. n. /. [from afnrtain.} 
 
 Thcperfon that proves or eftablinies. 
 Ascerta'inmemt. n.f. [from afcertain.] 
 A fettled rule ; an ellablllhed ilandard. 
 
 Vol want of afiertiimmeKty how far a wiitcr 
 may expicfs his good wilhesfoi his country, in- 
 nocent intentions may be charged with crimes. 
 
 Sit'ift to Lord .\ii,:J/ftcn. 
 
 Asce'tick. adj. [2j-jr>;1i,-r;c.] Employed 
 wliolly in cxercifes cf devotion and 
 mortitieation. 
 
 None lived fucli long lives as monks and her- 
 mits, fequciicied from pltntytoa conl>ant<</rfru* 
 courfcof tlic fevcrclt aullincncc .nnd devotion. 
 
 Scutr:. 
 Asce'tick. n.f. He that retires to devo- 
 tion and monilicaticn ; a hermit. 
 
 I am f.\r from tcnitnending thofe afceticks, 
 thar, out of a pietti;ce of keeping themfcKes on- 
 fpotted fioni the world, take up thcii qiiartevs. 
 in delaits. Korris. 
 
 He that preaches to man, (hculd underft.ind 
 what is in man; and that ikill can fcarcc be 
 attained by znnfcttick in hisfolitudes. j-htnhury. 
 
 ASCII, n.f. It has no fmgular. [from ce, 
 without, and r)..ia, a fliadow.] Thofe 
 people who, at certain times ofthe year, 
 have no fnadow at noon ; fuch are the 
 iiihabitrints of th.e torrid zone, becaufe 
 they have the fun twice a year vertical 
 to them. Di^. 
 
 Ascites.;/./ [from i'-i?'©, a bladder.] 
 A particular fpccies of dropfy ; a fwelling 
 of the lower belly and depending parts, 
 from an"extravafation and collection of 
 water broke out of its proper veflels. 
 This cafe, when certain and inveterate, 
 is unlvcrfally allowed to admit of no 
 cure but by means of the manual ope- 
 ration of tapping, i^incy. 
 Tlieie arc two knids cf dropfy, the anafarca, 
 called alfo leucophlegmacy, when the e.vtrava- 
 fated matter fwims in the cells ofthe membrana 
 adipofa; and the afcites, when the water poffef- 
 fes the cavity of the abtiomen. Shcr^. 
 Asci'tical. latlj. [i\-on\afates.'\ Belong- 
 Asci'tick. j Ing to an afcitti ; drop- 
 fical ; hydropical. 
 
 When it is part of another tumour, it is hy- 
 dropical, either anafarcous or <iyt///Va/. Ififeman. 
 
 Asciti'tious. adj. [afcititius, Lat.] 
 Supplemental ; additional; not inhe- 
 rent ; not original. 
 
 HonuT has been reckoned an afcititioux name, 
 from fome accident of his life. I'tfe. 
 
 Ascri'bable. adj. [from «/fn3f.] That 
 may be afcribed. 
 
 The greater part iiave been foi-ward to rejeft 
 it, upon a miftaken perfuafion, that thofe phar- 
 nomena are the eftefts of natuie's abhorrency of 
 a \acuum, which feem to be more litly afcrih' 
 able to the weight and fpring o^ the air. Boyle. 
 To ASCRl'BE. V. a. [afcribo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To attribute to as a caufe. 
 
 The caufe of his banilhment is unknown, lie- 
 caule he was unwilling to provoke the emperor, 
 by I frilling it to any other teafoii than what was 
 pretended. Dryden. 
 
 To this we may julily afcrihe thofe jcaloufies 
 and encroachments, which lender mankind un- 
 eafy to one another. Roger:, 
 
 2. To attribute as a quality to perfons, 
 or accident to ft:bfianct. 
 
 Thefe perfei5>i<ins mud be fomtwhcre, and 
 thcitforc may much better be <fr,icd to God,
 
 ASH 
 
 in whom wc fupjiofc all other pcifoclions to meet, 
 
 than to any thing ellc. Tiltotfan. 
 
 Ascription, n.f. [tifcriftio, Lat.] The 
 
 z€i of afcribing. DuT. 
 
 AscRi'pTiTiovs. at/j, [a/criptilliis, L,zt.] 
 
 That is afcribeJ. Dh'l. 
 
 Ask. n./. [fraxinus, Lat. a-pc, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A tree. 
 
 This tix-e h.ilh pcnnatcd leaves, which end in 
 an odd lobe. The nials flowers, which grow at 
 a remote diftance from the fruit, have no_petals, 
 but confitt of many llamina. The ovary be- 
 comes a feed vciVel, containing one feed at the 
 bottom, ihaped lilcc a bird's tongue. MilUr. 
 
 With which of old he charm'd the favagc train, 
 And call'd the mountain ajiti to the plain. Dryit. 
 
 2. The wood of the aOi. 
 
 Let me twine 
 Mine arms about that body, where againft 
 My grained nj/i an hundred times hath broke 
 And fcar'd the moon with fplinters. S'lakffcare. 
 AsH-coLOURED. adj. [fiom afii and ro- 
 lour.^ Coloured between brown and 
 gray, like the bark, of an a(hen branch. 
 Clay, ajh-cohmred^ w'as part of a ilratum which 
 lay above the ilrata of tionc. }Vf:niiu.'nr.L 
 
 Asha'meh. adj. [from^yJamf.] Touched 
 with (hame : generally with of before 
 the caufe of Ihaine if a noun, and to if 
 a verb. 
 
 Pcoftfi plibliclcly the dofliine of Jcfus Chrift, 
 «ot being ajh/imed tf the word of God, or of any 
 pradiccs enjoined by it. Tnylcr. 
 
 Onewouldhave thought (hewoiildhaveftin'd ; 
 but Ilrove 
 With modelty, andwas ffiam'il /n move. Dry.i. 
 This I have fhadowed, that you may not be 
 Kjhanud of that hero, wl.ofc proiei^tion you un- 
 dertake. Dry.kn. 
 
 A'sHEN. adj. [fromij/J.] Made of n(h 
 
 wood. 
 
 At once he faid, and threw 
 
 His aJJien fpear, which quiver 'd as it ricw. Vryd. 
 Ashes, n.f. wants the fingiilar. [aj-ca, 
 
 Sax. afche, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The remains of any thing burnt. 
 
 Some rehcks would be left ui it, as wircn 
 nj}:i!^ remain of burned bodies. Di^by. 
 
 This late riiffenlion, giown between the peers, 
 Burns under feigned ui'.'tt i of furg'd love. 
 And will at lali break our into a flame. S/iiiiff. 
 
 AJhci contain a very fertile fait, and are the 
 beft manure for cold lands, if kept dry, that the 
 ram doth not wafli av^'ay their fait. ^Urti-ner. 
 
 2. The remains of the body : often ui'ed in 
 poetry for the carcafe, from the ancient 
 praftice of burning the dead. 
 
 Foot kcycold figure C'f a holy king! 
 Tale afiei of the houfe of Lancallei ! 
 Thou bloodlcfs.remnaiit of that royal blood ! 
 
 To great Laertes I bequeath 
 A talk of grief, his ornaments of death ; 
 Letl, wiicn the fates his royal ^i^/ha claim, 
 The Grecian matrons taint my tpotlefs name. 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 A's«i..4R. ;;. f. [with mnfons-.] Freeflone 
 as it conies otit of the quarry, of differ- 
 ent leagths, breadths, and tliickneffes. 
 
 A'sHLEERiNG. ti. f. [with buildcrs.] 
 Quartering in garrets, about two foot 
 and a half or three foot high, perpendi- 
 cular to the floor, and re.iching to the 
 under fide of the rafters. Bnlldt-r's DiS. 
 
 Ashc're. rJv. [from a andyJo/'f.] 
 
 1. On fhore ; on the land. 
 
 Tne piiorEnglilhman riding in the road, having 
 all that he brought thither iijhorcj would have 
 been undone. KtiUigh. 
 
 3. To the (hore ; to the land. 
 
 ASK 
 
 Wc may as bootkfs fpcnd our vain command, 
 As fend our precepts to the leviathan 
 To come ajiorf. Shakfycarc'i Henry v. 
 
 May thy billows rowl a/iiri 
 The beryl, and the golden ore. Milloti'% Comui. 
 
 Mooi'd ni aCiian creek, njktue I went, 
 And all the foUowijig nii^ht in Chios fpent. 
 
 Miiifon's Ovid. 
 
 AsHWEDNEsu AY. H./. Tlie firft day of 
 Lent, fo called from the ancient cullom 
 of fprinkling afius on the head. 
 
 A'sHWEED. «./. [from q/h and w«(/.] An 
 herb. 
 
 A'sHY. adj. [fromi7/Z.] Afh-coloured ; 
 pale ; inclining to a whitifh gray. 
 
 Oft have I feen a timely parted ghuft 
 0( aj/iy fenib:ancc, meagre, pale, and bloodlefs. 
 
 ahtikjpeare. 
 
 Aside, adv. [from a zn&fide.l 
 
 1. To one fide ; out of the perpendicular 
 direftion. 
 
 The l^urm rulh'd in, and .%rcitc flood aghaft ; 
 The flames were blown ufule, yet (hone they 
 
 bright, 
 Fann'd by the wijid, and g.avc a ruffled light. 
 
 DryJit. 
 
 2. To another part ; out of the true di- 
 redlion. 
 
 He had no brother; which though itbe a com- 
 fortable thing for kings to have, yet it draweth 
 the fuljeds eyes a liille nfhle. Bua.'!. 
 
 J. From the company ; as, to fpeak afide. 
 He took him nft.te frum tiie multitude. iM.irk. 
 
 A'siHAK"^. adr. [n/iiiarius, L,-c\t.] Beloijg- 
 ing to an afs. Die/. 
 
 A'siium.ad;. [from qfinus, Lat.] Belong- 
 ing to an afs. 
 
 ■^'ou fhall have more ad® to drive our dulltft 
 youth, our (locks and Ifubs from fucli nurture, 
 than wc have now to hale our choicclf and hope- 
 fulleft wits to that opmne feaft of fow-tlulllcs 
 and brambles. Mihoi. 
 
 To Ask. V. a. [afcian, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To petition ; to beg: foinetimes with 
 an ac c 11 fatlre on\)' ; lometimes wilh/iji . 
 
 When thou ttft ujl mc t!rl/:r,g, I'll kneel 
 down. 
 And ajk of thee f;rgivemfi.. Shakffcarc. 
 
 We have nothing ellc to ajlt, but that 
 Which you deny already , yet will uji, 
 That if we fail in our rcqueft, the blame 
 May hang upon your hardnefs. Shakfpeare. 
 
 In long juurnies, aji your mxi&tvltave to give 
 a'ic to the horfes. ij'wiff. 
 
 2. To demand ; to claim : as, to fl/2 a 
 price for goods. 
 
 .-'/i me never fo much dowry and gift, and I 
 
 will give according as )c (hall fay unto nre ; but 
 
 gi-. e me the damfel to wife. Gf/icjis. 
 
 He faw his fi lends, who, whelm'd beneath 
 
 the waves. 
 
 Their funeral honours cluim'd, and ,ijl'd their 
 
 quiet graves. Dry.Uri'i jilncid. 
 
 3. To quclUon. 
 
 O inhabitant of Aroer, (land by th'j way and 
 cfpy, ajk him that, flicth, and her that elcapeth, 
 and fay, what is done ? Jtreminh 
 
 4. To inquire : with o/Zcr before the thing. 
 
 He faid, wherefore is it that thou doll ajk ajirr 
 my name? And he bleiTed him there. Grncjis. 
 
 5. To require, as phyfically necelfary. 
 
 As it IS a great point of art, when our matter 
 requires it, to enlarge and veer out all fail; 
 fo to take it in and contraft it, is no lefs praife 
 when the argument doth uji it. Jis'i Jonftn. 
 
 A hirrtp of ore in the bottom of a mine will 
 be llirrcd by two men's ftrength ; wiiich if you 
 bring it to the top of the caith, will .>Jk fix men 
 to llir it. B.tcon. 
 
 The adminillration palTes into different hands 
 at the end cl" two mouths, which conuitu'.cs tr 
 
 A S L 
 
 difpatcli : but any e ligence of flate «/fi a much 
 loiigir time to conduit any dcfign to its maturity. 
 
 yldd:jti. 
 
 To Ask. 1;. n. 
 
 1. To petition; to beg : with /or before 
 the thing. 
 
 My Ion, liafl thou finned? do fo Bu more, 
 
 but liji pardon /or tl-.y ("ormcr fins. Kcclus, 
 
 If he afifot bread, will he give him a (lone ? 
 
 2. To inquire ; to make inquiry : with. 
 for or of before the thing. 
 
 Stand ye in ihc ways, and fee, and <j/?/irthe 
 old paths, where is the good way, and walk 
 therein, and ye (hall find rclt for your fou's. 
 
 For aJk now o/'the days that are palt, winch 
 were before thee, fmce the day that God cieated 
 man upon the earth, and ajl from the one fide 
 of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been 
 any fuch thing as this great thing is, or hath bcea 
 heard like it. DfitfrouuKy. 
 
 Ask, Ash, As, do all come from the 
 Saxon K]-c, an adi tree. Gilfyn' s Cumden, 
 AsKA^NCE. K^.j,. sidewife; obliquely^ 
 
 ASKA UNCE. J 
 
 Zclmanc, keeping a countenance tt/inncey as 
 fhe undtrftood blm not, told him, it becam.c her 
 evil. Hidiicy. 
 
 His wannifh eyes upon them htnrajiunce,- 
 And when he faw their labours well luccecd, 
 He wept for rage, and threatcn'd due miichanca. 
 
 Faifax. 
 
 Some fay, he bid bis angels tufn ajiame 
 
 The poles of earth, twice ten degrees, and more, 
 
 Froin the fun's axle, they wilh l.ibour pidh'd 
 
 Oblique the ccntrick globe. A/.-V/k;. 
 
 Aska'unt. adv. Obliquely ; on one fide. 
 
 At this Achilles roll'd his furious eyes, 
 Fix'd on the king ajhmr,! ; and thus replies, 
 O, impudent. DryM'T. 
 
 Since tiie fpace, that lies on either fide 
 Tlie folar orb, is w irhout limits wide. 
 Giant ihat the fun had happen'd to prefer 
 A feat ti/iiiunf, hut one diameter: 
 Lort to the light by that unhappy place. 
 Tills globe had lain a frozen loanlfme mafs. 
 
 iitiukntcrf. 
 
 A'sKCR. n.f. [from fl/J.] 
 
 1. Petitioner. 
 
 Have yoi». 
 Ete now denied the aj'ker ? and now again 
 On him that did not aflc, but mock beitow. 
 
 Slixii/'eare. 
 
 The greatnefs of the ojlir, and the fmalbicis 
 
 of the thing afked^ had been fulhcient toewforce 
 
 hi:, requclt. H'MIIi. 
 
 2. Inquirer.. 
 
 E\cry a/kir being fatisfied, wc may conclude, 
 
 that all their cunceptions uf being in a place rife 
 
 tiie fame ^-^'gh "J B'-dies. 
 
 A'sKER. B.f. A water newt. 
 
 Aske'w. fl^^>. [irom iizndflc-LV.] Afide; 
 
 with contempt. 
 
 For when ye mildly look-with lovely hue. 
 Then is my foul with life and love iufpn"*!: 
 
 ijut when ye lowre, or look ou me tiJ^eWf 
 Then do I'.die. Sf!-Jer. 
 
 Then take it, fir, as it was writ, 
 Nor look.d,^ew at what it faith ; 
 Therir's no pttttion in it. Pr:'cr. 
 
 To Asla'ke. V. a. [from a sni flah, or 
 jlMk.'\ To remit ; to mitigate ; to 
 Ilackeii. Obfokte. 
 
 But this continual, cruel, civil war 
 No fkill can (tint, noi rcafon can <i//<i^c Sfixftr, 
 
 Wbilll fccking to afl.ike thy raging fire,. 
 Tliju in me kiiidlell much more great defire. 
 
 Sfinfer. 
 
 Asi.a'nt. fli/i;. [from a and_/7<jn/.] Obli- 
 quely; on one fide; not peipetulicH" 
 
 iarlv.
 
 ASP 
 
 Tlicieis s wlUovi' gi-jws ajljnl a brook, 
 
 Tliat (licwj Ins ho.ir leaves in the glalfv Urcam 
 
 Shitkhfart' i Hamlet. 
 
 He fell ; the fli.iti 
 
 Drove thro' his ■nci.&.ujlunt; he Tpuras the ground, 
 
 And lilt foul ilfucs tlirougli the weazoii's wound. 
 
 DnJ.tn. 
 
 Asle'ep. ajv. [from a Xi^nAJleep.'] 
 J. Sleeping- ; at lell. 
 
 HoiV many thoul'ands of my poorcfl fubjet^ts 
 Are at this hour .'yV' y ■' O gentle deep, 
 Hjtuic'il'utt iiiirl'e, how have I tiightcd thee! 
 
 The diligence of trade, and noifeful gain, 
 Atid luxury more late njltp weic laid : 
 All was the niglii's, and, in her hknt reign, 
 >rij found the leir uf nature did in%adc. Vrj^ien. 
 
 There is no difference Utwcen a pcrfon ajltef, 
 and ill an apoplexy, but that the one can be 
 ■ awakeil, and the other cannot. Arbi.:hnot. 
 
 2. Tr> fle'cp. 
 
 If a man watch too long, it is odds but he 
 win fall (J/''t?- JiMini Kjfayi. 
 
 Tims done the tales, to bed they creep, , 
 
 By whilp-jring winds foonluird ajlcfp, Milton, 
 AsLo'pE. af/o;. [from a aiidy/f)/)!'. ] With 
 declivity ; obliquely ; not. pei'pendicu- 
 ■larly. 
 
 Set them not uprijht, but oJl-:fe, a rcafonablc 
 ■depth under tlie ground. Bacott. 
 
 The curfe fijlr,fc 
 'Glanc'd on the ground ; with 1 ibourl muff earn 
 My bread : what harm ? Idlcnefs had been worfe : 
 Wy labour will furtain mc. Milton. 
 
 The k'o-ht d:d fioop, 
 
 And fate on further fide .'/K". HuiUbrm. 
 
 Aso'matous. atij,' [from a, priv. and 
 o-cjfti, a body.] Incorporeal, or with- 
 out a body. 
 Asp. 7 n.f. [cfpis, Lat.] A kind 
 
 A'spiCK. ^ of fijrpetit, whofe poifoii kills 
 without a polfibility of applying any 
 remedy. It is faid to be very fniall, 
 and peculiar to Egypt and Lybia. 
 Thofe that are bitten by it, die within 
 three hours ; and the manner ot ilieir 
 dying being by fleep, without any pain, 
 Cleopatra chofe it. Caliuel. 
 
 Hleh-niinded Cleopatra, that with (troke 
 O: 'i/^'s iHng herfeif did kill. F.ii'y Qucun. 
 
 Scorpion, and afj>, and ampiiifba:na dire. 
 And tlipfas. . Mi/tcn. 
 
 Asp. 11./. Afree. See Aspen. 
 JSPJ'LJTHUS. n.f. [Latin.] \ 
 
 1. A plant called the role of Jerufalem,' 
 or our lady's rofc. 
 
 2. The wood of a prickly tree, heavy,, 
 ■oleaginous, fomewhat Iharp and bitter 
 to the talle. Jfpalathns afiords an oil 
 of admirable fceut, -reputed one of the 
 bed perfumes. Chamhen. 
 
 I gave a fweet frntll [ike cinnamon and i^fpa- 
 lathui. and I yielded a plcafant odour like tlic 
 bell myrrh. Ecclm. 
 
 A3pa'k.\gus. n. / [Lat.] A plant. It 
 has a rofaceoiis fluwer of fix haves, 
 placed orbicularly, out of whofe centre 
 rifes tlw pointal. which turns to a foft 
 j-lobukr berry, full of hard feeds. JlTilkr. 
 /!fparag:ii a'fccts the urine with a fetid fmcll, 
 efpccially if tut when they are white; and there- 
 fore have been fufpefled by fome phyficjans, as 
 not friendly .to the kindncys : when they are 
 elder, and be^in to ramify, they lofc this quality; 
 but tiien they arc not fo agreeable. Afbuthnt,t . 
 
 A'Sl'^l-CT. n. f. {afpeaus, Lat. It ap- 
 pears anciently to have been pronounced 
 with the accent on the lad fyllable, 
 which is new placed on the firft.] 
 
 ASP 
 
 1 . l..ook ; air ; appearance. 
 
 1 have preftiued tlic tuii^ue under a doullo 
 ojl>ei}j fuch as may jiiUity the deiiuition, tlu:t 
 it is the htll and well ]>ait. 
 
 iSovitnmtnt of th Totgnf. 
 
 Tliey ;ue, in my judgment, the imai,;. or 
 pi<5iutc of a jjieat ruin, and have ciie true I'/p^fJ 
 of a world lying in its rubhilh. Ih^met. 
 
 2. Coanienance ; lock. 
 
 Tliul'c eyes of tliiac from mine have dr::wn 
 
 fait teaT.s, 
 
 Sham'd tinir <j/^ffli with flore of cliiUiitli drops. 
 
 S'lcikfpeare's Richard ill. 
 
 1 am fearful : whcrefure trowni he thus? 
 
 *Tis his fl/^vTtV of tetiour. All's not well. Shuk. 
 
 Vet had his af^eci nuttiing of ftrveic, 
 But fuch .1 face as piumis'd lum (incere. r>*yJ:n. 
 Then Ihall thy Craggs (and kt mc call him 
 miiie) 
 On the c.ilt ore another VuUio (liinc ; 
 M'ltli afpta open fiialiered his head. V'-pe. 
 
 3. Glance; view; i\c\. of beholding. 
 
 Fairer than faiiclt, in his fainingeyc, 
 Wli-jfe fole nfpcSi he counts felicity. Sperfn . 
 
 When an envious oi nn amorous afpecl d(jth in- 
 fect the rpiiirs of anuclicr, tiicie is jouicd hotli 
 atf'edlion and imagiujtion. Ha^un. 
 
 4. Dircdlon toward any point; view; 
 polltion. 
 
 The fctling fim 
 Slovvly defcendcd ; and v^-itlt rij;ht ciJpcB 
 Agalnft the callcrn gate of Paradife 
 Levcll'd hii ev'ning rays. Pauidife hnji, 
 
 I have built a firoiig w.ill, faced to tiic fuuth 
 iifpeci with iirick. SiL-.J'f. 
 
 c. Difpofitlon of any thino- to fomethinfr 
 eile ; relation. 
 
 The light ?,ot from tlic oppofiTc arguings of 
 men of part^, Ihewng the different lides of things^ 
 and their wu'ums afprcts and prL)babilit^e.^, woCild 
 be quite lolt, if every unc wc-re obliged to lay 
 after the fpeakcr. Locke. 
 
 6. Dlfpoiitloa of a planet toother planets. 
 
 Tlic-:e fonic ill planet reigns, 
 I murt be patient till the heavens look 
 With an ti/p-^ more favourable. Shaifpt.vc. 
 
 Not unlike thiuwlneh aOiologers call a con- 
 jundion of placets, of no very benign njpcf} the 
 one to the other. H'otl'^n. 
 
 To the blank monn 
 Her office they prefcnbM : to th* other five 
 Their planetary motions, and ajpc6isy 
 In fexiilc, ft^uarc, and trine, and oppofitc, 
 
 Varndije Uji- 
 
 Why does not every Tingle ftar fhcri a leparate 
 
 influence, and have afpetls with otiici- ft;ns ut 
 
 their own conllellation? h'e'U/cy^s Sen/tofn. 
 
 To Asi'e'ct. V. a. [a/picio, Lat.] To 
 behold. Not ufed. 
 
 Happy in their miliiikt.', thofe people whom 
 The northern pole *)y/'ir75 j whom feai of death 
 (The greatefl of all tiumaa fears) ne'er moves. 
 
 Tc-rrp/e. 
 
 Aspe'c TABLE, ^ifj, [^o/pe^alHis, Lat. ] 
 Vilible ; being- tiie object of fight. 
 
 He was the folc caufc of this ajpt^.th^f and 
 
 pcrcctvcablc uriiverfal, J\a/t-/i;h. 
 
 To tliis ufe of informing «5 wh.^t is in tliii. 
 
 aJpfiuihU world, we IhAlI find the eye well lifted 
 
 Rav Oft the Citiit.on. 
 
 AspF,'CT»oN. n.y. [from (2/^a7.] BtholJ- 
 iiig ; view, 
 
 A Moorilh qnecn, upon afpe£iion of the pic- 
 ture of Andromeda, conceived and brought forth 
 a f.iir one. Jiitw/t. 
 
 A'sPEN, or Asp. n.f. [efpe^ Dutch ; afp, 
 Dan. epj-i;, trembling, Sax. Somiur,'^ 
 Sec Poplar, of wliich it is a fpecles. 
 The leaves of this tree always tremble. 
 
 Tiie <ifpen or njp tiec lialh le.ivcs nuich the 
 faTrtc Hirh the popliir, only much fmaVlcr, and 
 not io white, Mc/:im£r. 
 
 ASP 
 
 The builder wak fo'e king of forefl< all, 
 The ajperi good fur llatues, ilie cypiefs inncral. 
 
 Sjierljer. 
 
 A'sPEN'. ar}j. [from a//> or a''peH.'] 
 
 1. Belonging to the alp tree. 
 
 Oil', hiul t'ne monltei leen thofe lily liamis 
 Tremble like nfjt-'i Uaves upon a Intc. Shatfp. 
 
 No gale dilrurbs the trees, 
 Kor afpcn leaves confcfs the gentleft breeze. G,iy. 
 
 2. Made ot aip'Mi wood. 
 
 ASPER. ailj. [Lat.] Rough ; niggetl. 
 This word I, have found only in the 
 following paflage. 
 
 Al! bale nu^c^, or vei)' ticitlc notes, give an 
 a/7<-r fomu! ; for thai the hate itriketh more ait 
 than ic can well (trikc equally. UacatT. 
 
 To ASPERATE, -u. a. [r/pero, Lat.] 
 To roughen ; to make rough or uneven. 
 Thole ctnpulcles of colour, infmuating thcni- 
 fclvcs into all the pores of the bod) to be dyed, 
 may afpcfate ii fupeifieics, according to the hig- 
 ni-fs and texturf> uf the corpufcles. B-jy/c. 
 
 Aspera'tion, u.J'. [from afperale.'] A 
 making- rongh. Dicf, 
 
 AspERiro'i.ious. adj. [_^\-omafpn-, rongli, 
 and foliumy a leaf, Lat.] One of the 
 divilions of plants, fu called from the 
 ronghnefs of their leaves. 
 
 Aspe'kitv. H.y; \_afpentas, T,at.] 
 
 1. Unevennefb ; roughnefs of fnrface. 
 
 SomctiniLi the pores ^nd afpcritia of dry bo- 
 die:i arc lo incommcnimntc tu the partielt* of tiie 
 li(jui>r, that they gliiic over the furface. B'^yle. 
 
 z. Ronghnefs of found ; harfiinefs of pro- 
 nunciati<;n, 
 
 3. Konghnefs m- rnggednefs of temper ; 
 morofenefs i lourneis ; crabbednefs. 
 
 The charity of the one, like knidly e.\hala- 
 tions, will defcend in fhowcrs of blelfing^; but 
 the rigour and afperiiy of tlie other, in a fevere 
 doniii upon oiu felvcs. GoT^r'n/icnf cj^ the To'i^uc. 
 
 A\oid jH unfeem^inefs and ofpctity of c.Trriage; 
 do nothing that may argue .i peevilh or fvoward 
 fpirit. Koe^en. 
 
 Aspkrna'tion. ;/.y*. [^nfpernatloj Lat.] 
 Neglect ; difrcgard. D'tcf, 
 
 A'sPEUOUs. atlj, \^ofper, Lat.] Rough; 
 uneven. 
 
 Black and wiiite are the moll afprrous and 
 iinequ.d of col'iurs ; fo like, tliat it is hard to 
 diliniguifh them : black is the moll rougli. Boy!:, 
 
 To ASPE'R6E. i\ a. [afpn-go, Lat.] 
 To befpalter with cenfuie or calumny. 
 
 In the bufinefs of Ireland, befide:; the oppor- 
 tcnit) to 'ijpi''fi the king, ".hey were fafe enough. 
 
 Ciarcfiiion. 
 
 Curb chat impetuons tongue, nor rnflily van^, 
 
 And lingly m:ui, <'fpcrfe the fov'reign reign. Vop>€. 
 
 Unjultly pofl.i we afperfey 
 Truth Ihines the brighter clad in verfc. Swiff, 
 Aspe'rsion. «./. [^njperft0jh-d\.^ 
 
 1. A fprinkling. 
 
 If thou doll bieak her virgin knot, before 
 All fan >^iiiTioniim5 ceremonies, 
 No fwect tifpetftcfi.\ (hall the hcav'ns let fall, 
 To m.ikc this contract grow. Sh^itf^eare, 
 
 It exhibits a mixfuic of new conceits and oUI, 
 whereas the inltauration gives the new uumixcti, 
 othcrwife thnn with furac little afptrjxon of the 
 old, for lalK-'i fake. Bacon, 
 
 2. Calumny ; cenfure. 
 
 The fame tifperjivni of the king, and the fame 
 grounds of a tebcllioii. DryJen. 
 
 Aspha'ltick. affj. [ from afphaltos . ] 
 Gummy; bitumlnouB-. 
 
 And with af^>kalt:ck flime, bread n."; the gatcj 
 Deep to the routs of hell, the gatiier'd beach 
 Thf.-v faltcn'd. i\//V,'cn. 
 
 JSPHA'LTOS. n. f. [^.Vj^^.rrS., bitu- 
 men.] A folldj brittle, black, bitumi-
 
 ASP 
 
 nauj, inflammable fubllance, reftmbllng 
 pitch, and cbiefly found fwimmint; on 
 the fuifcicc of tlie Laciis /Ifphaltitcs, or 
 Dead Sta, whcic anciently flood (he 
 cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. It is 
 call up in the nature of liquid pitch, 
 from the bottom of this fea; and, being 
 thrown upon the water, fwims like 
 other fat bodies, and condenfes gra- 
 dually. 
 
 ASPHALTUM. p. f. [Lat.] A bitu- 
 minous Hone found near ancient Baby- 
 lon, and lately in the province of Neuf- 
 chatel ; which, mixed with other mat- 
 ters, makes an excellent cement, incor- 
 ruptible by air^ and impenetrable by 
 water ; fuppofed to be the mortar fo 
 much celebrated among the ancients, 
 with which the walls of Babylon were 
 laid. Chambers. 
 
 A'sPHODEL. n.f. [liUo-afphcde/us, Lat.] 
 Day-lily. Afphodds were by the an- 
 cients planted Bear buiying-placcs, in 
 order to fupply the manes of the dead 
 with nouiifliment. 
 
 By thofe h.ippy fouls who dwell 
 In yellow meads of itfphodel. Pope, 
 
 A'spicK. n./ [See Asp.] The name of 
 a ferpent. 
 
 Why did I 'fcape th' infenom'd a/put's r.ige, 
 And all the ficiy monfters of the dcfart, 
 To fee this day ? M<llfon. 
 
 To A'SPIRATE. v. a. [afph-o, Lat.] 
 To pronounce with afpiration, or full 
 breath ; as we afpirate horfe, hoiife, and 
 heg. 
 
 To A'spiRATE. V. n. [^afph-o, Lat.] To 
 be pronounced with full breath. 
 
 Where a vowel ends a word, the next begins 
 either with a confonant, or what is its equiva- 
 lent ; for our w and h afpirate. Diydtn, 
 
 A'sPiRATE. adj. [afplratiis, Lat.] Pro- 
 nounced with full breath. 
 
 For tlicir being pervious, you may call them, 
 if you pleafc, pcrfpirate'; hut yet they are not 
 afpiratCf i. e. with fuch an afpiration as //. Holder. 
 
 Aspira'tion. n.f. [afpiratio, Lat.] 
 
 1. A breathing after; an ardent wi(h : 
 ufed generally of a wifh for fpiritual 
 bleflings. 
 
 A foul infpired with the warmeft iifpiratiins 
 after telcHial beatitude, keeps its powers atten- 
 tive. fFttt!. 
 
 2. The aft of afpiring, or defiring fome- 
 thing high and great. 
 
 *Tis he; I ken the m.mnerof his gait; 
 He rifcs on h-is toe; that fpiiir of his 
 In afpirtition lilts him from the earth. Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. The pronunciation of a vowel with full 
 breath. 
 
 H is on!v a guttural afpiraticn^ i. c. a more 
 forcible impulfc of the bieath from the lungs. 
 
 lliU-r. 
 
 To ASPI'RE. -y. «. [afpiro, Lat.] 
 I. To defire with eagernefs ; to pant 
 after fomething higher: fometimes with 
 the particle to. 
 
 Moil excellent lady, no c.ipcftation i;» others, 
 nor hope in liimfelf, could tifpire to a higher 
 mark, than to be thought worthy to be praifcd 
 by you. Sidney. 
 
 His father's grave counfcllors, by whofc 
 means !ic had afpired to tht kingdom, he cruelly 
 lortu cd. KudlUs. 
 
 Hence fprings that imiverfal ftrong defire, 
 Which all mtn have of iniFiortalify i 
 Vol. L 
 
 ASS 
 
 Not fomc few fjiirits utito this thought itfplre, 
 But all men's minds in this united be. Daviei. 
 
 Horace did ne*er tifpire to epic hays : 
 Nor lofty Maio Hoop to lyiick l.iys. Kofommen. 
 
 Till then a liclplcfs, hopclcfs, homely fwain; 
 I fought not freedom, nor .ifpir'd to gain. Dryd. 
 
 .Afpiring to be gods, if .nngcls fell, 
 ylfpiring to be angels, men rebel. Pop:. 
 
 J. Sometimes with after. 
 
 Tliofc are raifcd above fcnfe, and nfpire after 
 immortality, who believe the perpetual duration 
 of their fouK. Tiilotjon. 
 
 There is none of tis but who would be thought, 
 throughout the whole courfe of hi» life, to afpire 
 ajier immortality. ^UterStiry. 
 
 3. To rife ; to tower. 
 
 There is betwixt that finilc we would afpire to, 
 That fwcct afpecl of princes and our ruin. 
 More pangs and fears than war or women have. 
 
 Sr:ukfpearc. 
 My own brca'h ftill foment tiic lire. 
 Which flames as high as fancy can ajpire. IValler. 
 
 Asi'i'rer. n. f. [from ttjpire.1 One that 
 ambitioufly Itrives to be greater than he 
 is. 
 
 They ween'd 
 To win the mount of God ; and on his throne 
 To fet the envicr of his rtaie, tic pioud 
 ./ifpirer : but their thoughts prov'd fond and vain. 
 
 M:iton. 
 
 Aspoet.a'tion. w/y. [_efportatio, Lat.] 
 A carrying away. Di&. 
 
 Asq.vi'.\-t. adv. [from a andfguint.] Ob- 
 liquely ; not in the Ilraight line of 
 viflon. 
 
 A fingle guide may direft the way better than 
 five hundred, who have contrary views, or look 
 afquinty or Iliut their eyes. Swift. 
 
 Ass. n.f. [afi/ius, L.^t.'\ 
 
 1. An animal of burden, remarkable for 
 fluggiflmefs, patience, hardinefs, coarfe- 
 nefs of food, and long life. 
 
 You have among you many a purchas'd fl.ive. 
 Which, like yuur nj/fi, and your dogs and mules, 
 You ufe in abjcifl and in flavilh part, 
 Bccaufe you bought them. SJiakfpeare. 
 
 2, A ftupid, heavy, dull fellow; a dolt, 
 
 I do begin to perceive that I am made an af, 
 
 Shiilfpeare. 
 That fuch a crafty mother 
 Should yield the world to this of! — a woman 
 
 that 
 Bears all down with her brain; and yet her fon 
 Cannot tnke two from twenty, for his heart. 
 And leave eigliteen. S/iaitfpettre. 
 
 To ASSA'IL. -v. a. [aJa'dUr, Fr.] 
 
 1. To attack in a hoftile manner ; to af- 
 fault ; to fall upon ; to invade. 
 
 So when he faw his flatt'ring arts to fail. 
 With greedy force he *g.in the foit t' oy/.i;.'. 
 
 Fairy Q'/eei7. 
 
 2. To attack with argument, cenfure, 
 or motives applied to the pafllons. 
 
 My gr.icious lord, here in the parliament 
 Ltt us nf/aii the family of York. SJiakfpeare. 
 
 She will nut ftay the fiege of loving terms. 
 Nor hide th' encounter of affaiiirrg eyes. Sfiai. 
 How have I fear'd your fate ! but fear'd it 
 raoft. 
 When love affail'd you on the Lybian coaft. 
 
 Dryden. 
 All hooks he reads, and all he reads ajfai.'!, 
 FrumDryden's Fables down to D — y*s Tales. 
 
 Pope. 
 In vain Thaleftris with reproach affii/s; 
 Forwhocan move when fair Belinda fails? Pope. 
 
 Assa'ilable. adj.[irom. qff'ail.~\ That 
 may be attacked. 
 
 B.i;iquo, and his Fleance, lives. 
 
 — But in them nature's copy's not eternal. — 
 — There's comfort yet, they are .i^a.Vaij'e. Sliak. 
 \ 
 
 ASS 
 
 Assa'ilant. n.f. [affa'illani , Fr.] He 
 that attacks; in oppolition \.a aefer.datti . 
 The fame was fo well encountered by the de- 
 fendants, that the obftiuacy of the aff.uhir'.t did 
 but inereafe the lots. UaywarJ, 
 
 I'll put niyfelf in poor and mean attire, 
 And with a kind of umber fmiich my face. 
 The like do you ; fo (hall we pafs along, 
 And never flir ajjai/a'ia. SLitfp.-jre. 
 
 Assa'ilant. adj. Attacking; invading. 
 
 And as ev'ning dragon came, 
 y^/f'tt/ant on the perched roofts 
 Of tame villatick fowl. Mlltort. 
 
 AssA'iLEie. n.f. [from afail.] One who 
 attacks another. 
 
 Palladius heated, fo pui fued our affailen, 'hat 
 one of them Hew him. Sidney. 
 
 Assapa'nick. tt.f. A little animal of Vir- 
 ginia, which is laid to fly by Kretcliing 
 out its fhoulders and its ikin, and is 
 called in Englilh the flying fqtiirrel. 
 
 Treicux. 
 • Assa'kt. n. f. [effort, from effarter, l'"r. 
 to clear away wood in a forcll.] An 
 offence committed in the forcft, by 
 plucking up thofe woods by the roots, 
 that are thickets or coverts of the foreft, 
 and by making them as plain as arable 
 land. , Convell. 
 
 To Assa'rt. v. a. [r/farl'tr, Fr.] To 
 
 commit an afTart. bee Assart. 
 ASSA'SSm. 1 ti. f [qffezjm, Fr. a 
 Assa'ssin ATE. 5 woid biouglit Origi- 
 nally from Alia, where, about the 
 time of the holy war, tln;re was a fet of 
 men called affctjfms, as is fu[ipofed for 
 Arfacids, who killed any man, with- 
 out regard to danger, at the cominand 
 of their chief.] A murderer; one that 
 kills by treachery, or fudden violence. 
 
 In the very moment as the knight withdrew 
 from the duke, this affajfmatc gave him, with a 
 back blow, a deep wound into his left fide. 
 
 Wotton. 
 
 The Syrian king, who to furprize 
 
 One man, nff^ijfin like, had levy*<i war, 
 
 War uiiproclaim'd. Milton. 
 
 The old king is juft murdered, and the pcr- 
 
 fon that did it is unknown. Let the foldiers 
 
 feize him for one of the affaffjtiateiy and let me 
 alone to accufe him afterwards. ji^ryjen. 
 
 Here hir'd afj'ajfmi lor their gain invade. 
 And tieach'rous pois'ners urge their fatal trade. 
 
 Creech. 
 
 When ihc hears of a murder, fhe cnl.trges 
 
 mure on the guilt oi the luti'ering perfon, than 
 
 of the "[fiijftn. Adiifjn. 
 
 Orclles brandilh'd the revenging fword. 
 Slew the diie pnir, and gave to fun'ral flame 
 The vile affajfm, and adult'rous dame. Po;ii. 
 Ufeful, we grant, it fervcs what life reijuires, 
 But, dreadful too, the dark ajfajfin hires. V^fe. 
 
 Assa'ssinate. n.f. [from nffi^m."} The 
 crime of an affaflin ; murder. 
 
 Were not all affajfmatci and popul.ir infur- 
 rcflions wrongfully cl.afiifed, if the meannrls of 
 the ofTenders indemnified them from puuilhmcm' 
 
 Pot'. 
 To Assa'ssixate. v. a. [fram ajfajfm^ 
 r. To murder by violence. 
 
 Help, neighbours, my houfc is broken open 
 by force, and I am ravilhcd, and like to be 
 ajfajjir.at'd. Dryden. 
 
 What could provoke thy madnefs 
 To afjaffmate fo great, Ca brave a man? Fl.i.'ipt. 
 2. To waylay; to take by treachery. This 
 meaning is perhaps peculiar to Milter:. 
 
 Such ufage as your honourable lords 
 Afford me, ajfaffinated ind betray 'd. 
 
 CL
 
 ASS 
 
 Who durft not, with youv whole unitcil pow'r», 
 In fight withftand one finglcancl unarrri'd. M;,'- 
 AssASSiNA'xtoN. n. f. [from ajfajftnate.] 
 Theaaofaffafiinatlngj muidtrr by vio- 
 lence. 
 
 It were done quicltly, if th' ajfajjinntion 
 Could trammel up the confequcncc. ShakffU'Tri. 
 The duke finiili'd his courfc by a wicked .i/A'/- 
 
 Assassina'tor. n. f. [from affa/JinaU. \ 
 Murderer; mankllkr ; ihe peifon that 
 kills another by violence. 
 
 Assa'tion. n.f. [ajjaliis, roafted, Lat.] 
 
 Roalling. 
 
 Tne egg expiring Id's in the clixation of DoU- 
 jng; whereas, in the j//<>/ on or roafting, it will 
 fomctimcs ahate .1 drachm. B'oiun. 
 
 ASSA'ULT. «. r. iqfault, French.] 
 
 1 . Attack ; hoaile onfet : oppofed to de- 
 fence. 
 
 Her fpirit had been invincible againil all a[[iiuln 
 of affedlion. Shakjtcnre. 
 
 Not to be llrook thyfelf, but all apidn 
 Batfiin?, like thy hoar cliffs the loud fea wave. 
 ^' ' Thmjrm. 
 
 2. Storm : oppofed to/rt/> oxfie^c. 
 
 Jalon took at leaft n thoiifand men, and fud- 
 tlcnly made an affauh upin the city. 2 A"'-^'- 
 
 After fome days fiegc, he refolved to try tlic 
 ft.rtune of an affMit : he lucceedcd tbcrxiin fo far, 
 that he had taken the principal tower and fort. 
 
 Biirorr. 
 
 g. Hoftile violence. 
 
 Themfclves at difcord fell. 
 And cruel combat join'd in middle ipace. 
 With horrible <'#!«// and fury fell. FaJrj, q,Mc>i. 
 
 4. Invalion; hollllity; attack. 
 
 After fome unhappy .ijf.iul;^ upon the prero- 
 gative by the pnrliamci.t, vihich prodnced its 
 alffolution, there followed acompofurt.C/arc/i./oT. 
 
 ThcL,ries, built upon nairow foundations, arc 
 very hard to be fupported againll the ajfaulis of 
 oppofition. a i 
 
 5. In law. A violent kind of injury offered 
 • to a man's perfon. It may be commit- 
 ted by offering of a blow, or by a fear- 
 ful fpeech. CoweU. 
 
 (,y It has Jtpou before the thing affaulted. 
 To Assa'ult. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 attack; to invade; to fall upon with 
 violence. 
 
 The king granted the Jews to rather them- 
 felves. together, and to Hand for their life, to 
 fieftrov all the power that would ajfault them. 
 ' EjVur. 
 
 Bef)i-e the gates the cries of babes new-born, 
 Whom fate had from, their tender mothers torn, 
 jqjf.mh his cars. Dr)nifn. 
 
 New curfed ftcel, and more accurfed gold, 
 Cave mifchicf birth, and made that mifchicf 
 
 bold : 
 And double death did wretched man mvade. 
 By fteel ajfaulici, and by gold betray 'd. D'y.l 
 Assa'ulter. »./ [from afaiilt.'] One 
 who violently affauUi another. 
 
 Neither liking their eloquence, noi fcarifig 
 their might, we efteemed few fwords, in a jull 
 defence, abie to refill many unjuft ajjiudtcri. 
 
 Siilney 
 
 ASS AT. n.f. [(fiy''' Fr. from which 
 the ancient writers borrowed qfay, ac- 
 cording to the found, and the lalf'.r 
 e^hy, accordinir to the writing ; but the 
 ' fen'fes now differing, they may be con- 
 fidered as two words.] 
 
 i. Eitaminatioa; trial. 
 
 This cannot be 
 By no o/T'iy of rcafon. 'Tis a pageant, 
 To kvp us in falle gaze. _ Shnhfpeare. 
 
 2. Ill law. The examination of ineafurc: 
 
 ASS 
 
 ck 
 
 of the 
 
 Coivell- 
 
 any thing ; a 
 
 and weights ufed by the 
 market. 
 
 3. The firif entrance upon 
 taftc for trial. 
 
 For well i.e wcenrd, 'hat fo glorious bait 
 Would tempt his gucft to lake thereof a^ty. 
 
 F.iiiy Quern. 
 
 4. Trial by danger or diftrefs ; difliculty ; 
 hardfliip. 
 
 Shcheaid with patience all unto the end, 
 .\nd Itrove to maflcr foi rowfnl .ijfay. F.i'y Q. 
 
 The men he preft but late. 
 To hard .i/7<i>'s unfit, nnfure at need. 
 Yet arm'd to point in well attempted plate. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 Be fure fo find 
 What I forctcl thee, many a hard c-^y 
 Of dangers, and advcrfities, and p.uns, 
 Eie thou of Ifrael's fccitrc get faft hold. AW/o'i 
 To Assa'y. v. a. Itfayer, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To make trial of ; to make experiment 
 
 of. 
 
 One that to bounty never caft his mind, 
 Ne thought of honour ever did jjfaji 
 His bafer bread. Sffffer. 
 
 Gray and Bjyan obtained leave of the general 
 a little to (iZ/.y them ; and fo with fome horle- 
 men charged them home. hluytti.ird. 
 
 What unweighed behaviour hath thiidiunkard 
 picked out of my converfation, that he dares in_ 
 tills manner ^iffiy me ? Sluilffture. 
 
 2. To apply to, as the touchdor.c in -ijiiy- 
 ing metals. 
 
 Wnom thus atflifted w I-.en fad Eve beheld, 
 Dcfolate where flie far, approaching nigh, 
 Sol't \v.,rds to his hcrcc palhon Ihe ajfr.y'd. Ml.l. 
 
 3. To try ; to endeavour. 
 
 David girded his fit'urd upon his srmour, and 
 he ajf.iyrd to go, for he had not proved il. I Si:r,. 
 
 Assay ER. n.f. [hom qHuy-l An officer 
 of the mint, for the due trial of filver, 
 appointed between the maltcr of the 
 mint and the iTierch;ints that briii^ filver 
 thithev for exchange. Cntt'tlJ. 
 
 The fnicltcrs come up to the ■{.iTTi^^iJ within 
 one in twenty. If-lidmirJ m Fcffj's. 
 
 Assecta'tion. n. /. [aji^vjio, Lat.] 
 AttendancCj or v.-aiting upon. Dil'!. 
 
 Assecu'tion. n./. [hom affji/or, njfcu- 
 tum, to obtain.] j^cquiremcnt ; the aft 
 
 of obtaining. 
 
 Ey the cjuon law, a perfrn, sfter he has been 
 in full poffifiion of a fccond hcr.ehee, c?i-not re- 
 turn again to his firlf ; btrcaufe it is imn.ertiai' ly 
 void by his apcution of a fecond. ^yl'£'- 
 
 Asse'iviblage. n.f. yj[em>jhigSyYv.} 
 
 1. A coUeftion; a number of individuals 
 brought together. It differs frotyi aj- 
 fetnbly, by being applis.-! only, or cliiefly, 
 
 to things; afemlly being ufed only, or 
 generally, of perions. 
 
 All that we amafs ttgcther in our thougiits is 
 pofitive, and the cfftmlUfi of a great number of - 
 pofitive ideas of fpace or duration. h^-ckt. 
 
 2. The ftate of being afierablcd. 
 
 O Hartford, fitiedur 10 (hine in courts 
 With unatfefledgiace, or \t-.ilktiie plains 
 With innocence and meditation Join'd 
 In loft .iihmhhge, liftcn to my fong! Thomfcn 
 To ASSE'MBLE. -v. a. [afmbler, Fr.] 
 To bring together into one place. It 
 is ufed both of perfons and things. 
 
 And he ihall Irt up an enfign for the nations, 
 
 and ihall .iJpmHe the outcarts of Urael, and ga- 
 
 tlitr together the difperfed of Judah. Jl"';'/'- 
 
 He wonders for what end you have aJl.ir.Lcd 
 
 Such troops of citizens to come to him. i>hjklp. 
 
 ZoAsse'mble: 1.. h. 'I'o meet together. 
 
 Tiicfc laen. affimbleJ,Mai found Danul^prav 
 
 ing, 
 
 ila.'i/./. 
 
 ASS 
 
 .Asse'iMELY. n.f. [^affemllee, Fr.] A 
 company met together. 
 TI.ey had heard, by fame, 
 Of this fo noble and to fair jffenhly, 
 This night to meet hcie. Shaifftare. 
 
 Asse'nt. n.f. \_affafus, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of agreeing to any thing. 
 Without ihe king's ajfmt or knowledge, 
 
 You wrought to be a legate. Shakjp. Hcmy vnt. 
 
 Faith is the ojjint to any propohtion, not thus 
 made out by the dedoftion of rcafon, but upon 
 theeicditof the propofer. Loik.: 
 
 All the arguments on both fides mull he laid 
 in balance, and, upon the whole, the u«der- 
 ftanding determine its ajfent, Locir. 
 
 2. Confent; agreement. 
 To urge any thing upon the church, requiring 
 
 thereunto that rehgious aj/i-nt of chriflian beliei, 
 wherewith the woids of the lioly prophets are re- 
 ceived, and not to iliew.it in fcripture ! this did 
 the Fathers evermore think unlawful, impious, 
 and execrable. Hockir. 
 
 Tiie evidence of God's own teftimony, added 
 unto the natuial ujfrnt o( rcafon concerning the 
 certainty of them, doth not a little comfort and 
 confirm the fame. Hooker. 
 
 To ASSE'NT. V. t!. [ajentire, Lat.] To 
 concede ; to yield to, or agree to. 
 
 And the Jews alfo ajjented, tiying, that thcfc 
 things were fo. Jicli. 
 
 Assentation, n.f [rjf .■(?aw,Lat.]Com. 
 pliance with the opinion of another out 
 of flattery or dininiul.itiou. D'i£l. 
 
 AssENTMtNT. n.f. [from <-#«'.] Con- 
 fent. 
 
 Their arguments are but prcearious, and lun- 
 fift upon the cliaiily of our affcntmcnt^. Hra:i.-n. 
 
 To ASSE'RT. V. a. [afero, Lat.] 
 
 I . To maintain ^ to defend either by words. 
 
 or aftions. 
 "lour foiifathcrs have n^-./*.y> the party which- 
 . the- ihofc till death, and died fur us defence. 
 
 Urydii. 
 
 '2. To aPRrm ;. todeclare pofitively. 
 3. To claim; to vindicate a title to. 
 Nor can ihe groveling mind,. 
 In the dark dungeon of the limbs confiii'd, 
 ylHi't tiie native (kies, or own its hcav'iily kind- 
 
 Vryderi. 
 
 AssJRTiOH. n.f. [from qfcit.] 
 
 1. Theaftoi alfcitiiig. 
 
 2. Pofition advanced^ 
 Is" any alKim the earth doth move, and wiir 
 
 not believe vvitli us it ftandclh Hill, becaufe he 
 hath probable reafons for it, and Ino infalhbio, 
 Uufeorreafon againft it, I will not quairel with 
 his nfirtior:... £Tt.iu'i's fuln^r ExomK 
 
 Assfc'RTiYEL. a^j. [fronifl/V/.] To-ltlve ; 
 t'.dgmatical; peremptory-. 
 
 He was not fo fond of the piinciples he iin- 
 diMtooktoiUullrate, a.s to boall their certainty ; 
 propofing them not in a confident and ajjirian 
 loriii, but as probabilities and hypothefcs. 
 
 Asse'rtor. n.f. \f\om ajfert.'), Main- 
 tainer; vindicator ;■ fupporter ; afSrmcr. 
 
 Among th" affitio'i of fiee rcafon's claim, 
 Our naiion's not the leaft in worth or fame. Diyd.. 
 
 Faithful .•.jjctor of thy countiy's caufe, 
 Britain with tears fliall bathe thy glorious wound. 
 
 trior. ^ 
 
 It is an ufual piece of art to undermine the au- 
 thority of fundamental truths, by pretending to 
 thew how weak the proofs arc, which their aj. 
 y,,/iri employ in defence of them. .Atlalu-y. 
 
 ToAsse'rve. v. a. [c?^r-j^c, Lat.] To 
 ftive, help, or fecond. U'^- 
 
 To ASSE'SS. f. a. [from eicflare, Ital. 
 to make an equilibrium,^ or balance. J 
 To charge with any csnain fum. 
 
 \.
 
 ASS 
 
 Bffore tilt rtccipt of tlicm in this ofllce, tliey j 
 were ojjcjhl !>>' the affidavit ftom the time of the i 
 inquifuion found. li.t n. 
 
 Asse'ssion. n.f. \_aJfcJfio, Lat.] A lit- 
 tiiig down by one, to give alTillance or 
 advice, Z)u7. 
 
 Assf'ssment. n.f. [from ajf:fs.^ 
 
 1. The fum levied on certain property. 
 
 2. Thea£t of ancffinf^. 
 
 What greater imnuitiitv ami hnppincfs can 
 
 there he to a people, than to be li.iblc tj no Inw-, 
 
 hut wii^t ihcy make thcmfelvcs ? To bclubjcci to 
 
 ' R.i ejntribiiti jn, uJjtJfmcHt, or any pccuniaiy levy 
 
 ' wiiittfoevei, hut what they vote, and volun'jiily 
 
 yield unto themftlvcs? Ihiv:/. 
 
 Asse'ssor. ti. f. \_iilftJfor, Lat. J 
 
 1. T,!ic p-rfon ihaflits by anotlur: gcne- 
 
 r:ilK' ufcd of thofe who affill the judge. 
 
 Minus, tile llrict mquilitur, appeals; 
 A.d ]i^es and crunes, with his ii^frjjiiii, hears : 
 Ui^jiind in his urn the blended balh lie rowh, i 
 Ahfolvcs the juft, and diiams the guilty fouls. 
 
 Dry.lci. 
 s . He that fits by another, as next in dig- 
 nity. 
 
 To his Son, 
 Til' nfftlfor of his tliionc, he thus began. Miltn. 
 
 Twice Wronger than his fire, who fat above, 
 y^.J-'U ' to the throne of tWina'ring Jove. Drydsn. 
 
 3. He that lays taxes : derived from 13^/}. 
 A'ssETS. n.y. withovit the lingular. \ajfe%, 
 
 Fr.] Goods fufficient to difcharge that 
 
 burden, which is call upon the e.^ecutor 
 
 or heir, in fatisfying the teftators or an. 
 
 ceflors debts or legacies. Whoever pleads 
 
 affels, fayeth nothing ; but that the per- 
 
 i'on, againll whoin hepleads,hath enough 
 
 come to his hands, to difcharge what is 
 
 in demand. Coiuel!. 
 
 ZoASSE'VER. \i.a. [qfe=i>tro,-LM..'\ 
 
 ' To Asse'vek ATE. J To afhim with g 
 
 folemnity, as upon oath. 
 
 Asslvera'tiox. n.f. [from aJJiveraU.'] 
 
 Solemn affirmation, as upon oath. 
 
 Tii.u wliich you are pciUiaded oif ve have it 
 10 ntherwile liian h\- your ou-n only proh.ible eol- 
 Icetion ; and therefore fuch bola ajjewriitiom, as 
 in him wcte admirable, (hould, in your mouths, 
 tut argue ralhncfs. Hooifr. 
 
 Another abufi of the tongue I might add ; ve- 
 hement ajfruemt io'ii upon llight and trivial occa- 
 lions. Ray ev tiie Creation. 
 
 The repetition gives a greater cmphaGs to the 
 
 words, and .igtces better with the vehemence of 
 
 the fpcakcr in miking his njfci-cratyjti. Brcomr. 
 
 A'ssHE.\D. n.f [from afs and /jetiJ.} One 
 
 flow of apprchenfion ; a blockhead. 
 
 Will you help an af\-liaij, and a coxcomb, 
 and a knave, a thin-f.iced kna.-e, a gull ? Shakf^. 
 A.".stDu'iTY. n.f \_aJf.iUnti:,Yx. ajfidmlas, 
 l.,at.] Diligence; clofenefs of applica- 
 tion. 
 
 I iia\'e, with much pains and aJfidiiUy^ qu.ilified 
 myfelffora nomcnclator. yJJ.!:fo.i. 
 
 Can he, who has undertaken this, want con- 
 viciion of the necelTity of his utraolt vigour and 
 i^UuiiyKo acquit liimfelf of it.' R-jgcii. 
 
 We ohferve the addrefs and ajftiulty thev will 
 ufc to corrupt us. Ro^fn. 
 
 ASSI'DIIOUS. W/. S^ajultms, Latin.] 
 Conjlant in application. 
 And if hy prav'r 
 IncelTant I could hope lo change the «ill 
 Of him who alt things c.iii, I would not ceafc 
 To weury him with my ujfi.iii,,u! cries. M inr.. 
 The molt ajjulmn talebearers, ajid bittereft 
 revilers, are often half-witted pcopV. 
 
 Owermnent nj tht- Tongue. 
 
 In fummer, you fee the hen giving hcrfcif 
 
 greater freedoms, and quitting her care for above 
 
 I great 
 
 ASS 
 
 two horns together : but in vrintcr, when the 
 rigour of the f.alon would chill the principles of 
 life, and dellroy the joniig one, (he grows more 
 ajfi.liii>i.i \n her attendance, anil flays aw.iy but 
 half the time. Aidijon. 
 
 Each liul renews let little labour, 
 Norjnlllc- \\tx ajftdu^.n ntighbour. Vrh^. 
 
 Assi'Duousr.v. adv. [from qjfiduous.'\ 
 Diligently ; continually. 
 
 The ti.Kle that nuiiges ariihccrs to be affiJu- 
 O'.y/i' <ooveiifant with their materials, U ci.at of 
 glais-men. Iloy!e. 
 
 The hahilablc eaitli may have been perpetu- 
 ally the drier, fseing it Is ajjidmajly drained and 
 cxhaullcd by the fe.is hinth\. 
 
 To .Assi'tci;. V. a. \ajfiegcr, Fr.] To be- 
 fiege. Obfokle. Did. 
 
 On ih' other iide In' ojfficge.l caftles ward 
 Tlieii liedfad arms did mightily m.iiiitain. 5/f »/ r. 
 ASSIE'NTO. n.f. (In Spanifli, a contrad 
 or bargain.] A contrail or convention 
 between the king of Spain and other 
 powers, for furnilhing the Spanifli do- 
 minions in America with negro flaves. 
 To ASSI'GN. -a. a. \_ajfigner, Fr. (i[fgno, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. To mark out ; to appoint. 
 
 He njpgned Uriah unto a place where lie knew 
 that valiant men were. 2 Sum. 
 
 The two armies were ajjigned to the leading of 
 two generals, both of them rather courtieis 
 afTured to the ftate, than martial men. Bacon. 
 
 Both joining. 
 As join*d in injuries, one enmity 
 Againft a foe by doom cxprefs ij^gi'./ us, 
 That cruel ferpcnt. AUitci. 
 
 True quality is nsglcfled, virtue is opprcfTed, 
 and vice triumphant. The laft day will ajfign to 
 every one a (tation fuitable to his character. 
 
 Md!fin. 
 
 2. To fix with regard to quantity or value. 
 
 There is no fuch intrinfick, natural, fettled va- 
 lue in any thing, as to make any .t^^wj quan- 
 tity of it conlianlly worth any oy/^/jft/ quantity 
 of another. Locke. 
 
 3. [In law.] In general, to appoint a de- 
 puty, or make over a right to another ; 
 in particular, to appoint or fet forth, as 
 to njjign error, is to (hew in what part 
 of the procefs error is committed ; to 
 'ilPs" ^^"<^ judgment, is to declare how 
 and where the judgment is unjuil ; to 
 ajjign the cefl'or, is to fhew how the 
 plaintiff had ceffed, or given over; to 
 qlJign valfc, is to fiiew wherein efpe- 
 cially the ^valle is committed. Coiuell. 
 
 Assignable, adj. [from affign.'\ That 
 may be marked out, or fixed. 
 
 Atiltoile held that it fticamed by connatural 
 refutt and emanation from God ; lb that there 
 was no inll.Tiit cJ/i-riiubL- of God's el.-rnal cxilU 
 ence, in which tii-- world did not alfo co-e.sift. 
 
 Souik. 
 Assigna'tton. //./. [ciffignalion,Vvench.'\ 
 
 1. An appointment to meet: ufed gent- 
 rally of love appointments. 
 
 The lovers eiptiSfd tlie reiurn of this fi.itcd 
 hour with as much impalicncc as if it had been 
 a real ujhgnation SycSator. 
 
 Or tt h.en a whore in her vqcation. 
 Keeps puni^ual to an njpgn^ticn. Stuift, 
 
 2. A making over a thing to another. 
 Assignee', n./. [cfpgne, Vr.'] He that 
 
 is appoiisted or deputed by another to 
 do any act, or perform any bufinefp, or 
 enjoy any commodity. And an ajfignec 
 may be either in deed or in law; cjjpgnee 
 in deed, is he that is appointed by aper- 
 fon ; ajfignee in law, is he whom the law 
 
 ASS 
 
 maketh fo, without any appointment of 
 the perfon. CcwcH. 
 
 Assi'gnkk. n.y. [from fl^^n.] Hethat 
 appoints. 
 
 The gofpcl is at once the ajfrgntr of cur talks, 
 and the maga?ine of our llrength. Dr-a;of Pitiy. 
 .Assi'gkment. n.f. [from ^'gn.^ Ap- 
 propriation of one thing to another 
 thing or perfon. 
 
 The only thing wliicli maketh any place pub- 
 lick, is the publick o^gB'ii:'!/ thereof unto fuch 
 duties. Hooker. 
 
 This inilitution, which alTigns it to a pcrfor, 
 whom we have no rule to know, is jufl as gotiH 
 as an aj/lgmner.t to no body at all. Lecie. 
 
 Assi'm I L AVLE.adj. [from fl^wt'/iz/?.] That 
 may be converted to the fame nature 
 with foniething tlfe. 
 
 Tiicfpirits of many will find but naked habi- 
 tations ; meeting no aJJimiUbUs wherein to re-ail 
 their natures. Jiicivn': l^i/'^rnr Krroun. 
 
 To AsSSIMILATE. v. n. {ajimilo, Lat.] 
 To perform the aft of convening food 
 to nourifliment. 
 
 Birds nJJiff.iUte lefs, and excern more, thaa 
 bcalfs ; for their excrcmettis arc ever liquid, and 
 their flcfh generally mure dry. Bdcofi. 
 
 Birds be commonly bettor meat than bealts", 
 becaufe their ficfli doth ajfimiiate more finely, 
 and fcccincth more fubtely. Baeon'i Nar. Hji, 
 
 To Assi'milate. 1;. a. 
 
 1 . To bring to a likenefs, or refemblance. 
 
 A ferine and necelTitous kind of life would 
 eafily (i^w/Ai/i? at Icaft the next gcnciaticn to bar- 
 barilm and fevinenefs. H,.,'i. 
 
 Th.ey are not over-patient of mi.xtute ; tut 
 fuch whom they cannot ajfimilate, foon find it 
 their intcrell to remove. Siuifi. 
 
 2. To turn to its ov^-n nature by digeftion. 
 
 Tafting concoi^, digefl, ajjtmihte^ 
 And Corporeal to incorporeal turn. ■ M-lt'.o. 
 
 Hence alio animals and vegetables may .j//1.//;- 
 lats their nourithnicut ; moiit nourilhment eaitly 
 changing its texture, till it becomes like the 
 dcnfe earth. 2JiiL-ton. 
 
 Assi'mil ateness. n.f [ixom. a]JimtLte.\ 
 Likenefs. 'D'lcl. 
 
 Assimila'tion. n.f. [Imvci ajfimilate .'] 
 J. The aft of converting any thing to the 
 nature or fubftance of another. 
 
 It furthers the very adt of ajftmilation of ncu- 
 ridimci!!, by fome outward emollients that make 
 t he parts rnorc apt to .irtiniilate. Bucon's Nat. H:jl. 
 2. The Hate of being affimilated, or be- 
 coming like foraething elfe. 
 
 A nourilhiiient in a large acceptation, but nol 
 in propriety, conferving the body, not repairing 
 it by iiJfmiLition, but piefer\'ing it by ventilation. 
 
 Brown's Cu/gar Etroitit. 
 
 It is as well the infiindt as duty of our nature, 
 to afpirc to an nJJmH.nion with Godj even the 
 moft laudable and generous ambition. 
 
 Dei.ay of Viety. 
 
 To Assi'mulate. -u. a. [ajlmulo, Lat.] 
 
 To feign ; to counterfeit. Did. 
 
 Assimula'tion. n.f. [a/pnwlalio, Lat.] 
 
 A diflemblirg ; a counterfeiting. Di(f. 
 
 7i ASSIST ... «. [«^y/„-,Fr. ajijio. 
 
 Lat. J I o help. 
 
 Receive her in the Lord as becomclh fainrj, 
 ••uid affiji her in wl.atfoevcr bufincfs Ihc hath need. 
 
 Komani, 
 
 It is neceflari,' and affijling to all our other iii- 
 
 tellcflual faculties. Lecke 
 
 Acquaintance with method will ajfifi one iii 
 
 ranging i;uman afiairs. IV.itt,' Lo r.k. 
 
 She no fuoncr yielded to adultery, but'lhe 
 
 agreed to aj/-jl in the murder of her hulbaiid. 
 
 Broomcon tlie O'dyli'^v. 
 
 Assi'sTANcr. n.f [aji/lance, French.] 
 Help ; furtherance. 
 2
 
 ASS 
 
 Ttie co'jncH of Trent commends reconrfc, net 
 «nly to the pc.iycrs of the faints, but to their aid 
 and njjifian^c : What doth this aid and a[fijhmce 
 fignify ? SiiHinrticn. 
 
 Voii have abundant ajpjiamn for this know- 
 kdjc, in excellent books. If'uh'iPrep. for Vtaih. 
 
 I.et us entreat this ncceffary affijianre, that by 
 his grace he would lead us. Rogers. 
 
 Assi'sTANT. adj. [fi'om C;^'?.] Helping; 
 lending aid. 
 
 Some perchance did adhere to the duke, and 
 were aj/ijl,irit to him openlVj or at Icaft under 
 hand. Ih.'c'i Csfr.r^.o*i Lii^,u of E/igiarhi. 
 
 For the performance of this work, a vital or 
 direiSive principle fcemeth to be ajfijlmit to tlie 
 corporeal. Gt£vj. 
 
 Assi'sTANT. n.f. [from qff'i/l.'\ 
 
 1. A perfon engaged in an affair, not a? 
 principal, but as auxiliary or ministerial. 
 
 Some younj towardly nol)lemen or gentlemen 
 were ufu.dly fent as aj/ij}ar:ti or attendants, ac- 
 cording to the quality of the perfons. Bacon. 
 
 2. Sometimes it is perhaps only a fofter 
 ■word for an attendant. 
 
 The pale ajijiar.n on each other ftar'd, 
 \Viih gaping mouths for ilTuing woids prej)ar'd. 
 
 D,yd;r.. 
 ASSl'ZE. n.f. [qfflfe, a fitting, Fr.] 
 
 1. An afifembly of knights and other fab- 
 itantial men, with the bailiff or jultice, 
 in a certain place, and at a certain time. 
 
 2. A jury. 
 
 3. An ordinance or flatute. 
 
 4. The court, place, or time, where and 
 when the writs and procefles of ajjtze 
 are taken. Cowell. 
 
 The law was never executed by any jurtices of 
 njjixe, but the people left to their own laws. 
 
 Davids on IreUnd. 
 
 At each qjji-::e and term we try 
 A Ihoufaiid rafcals of as deep a dye. Drydin. 
 
 5. Any court of juftice. 
 
 The judging Gud fhall clofe the book of fate, 
 . And there the laft nj/izei keep. 
 For thofc who wake, and thofe who flcep. T)ryderi. 
 
 6. Afffze of bread, ale, &c. Meafure of 
 price or rate. Thus it is faid, •when 
 •wheat is of fitch a price, the bread Jh all 
 be offuch affize. 
 
 7. Meafure ; for which we now ufe^r;^. 
 
 On high hill's top I fawa (lately frame 
 An hundied cubits high by juft affile. 
 With hundred pillars. Spenfer ^ 
 
 To Assi'zE. ti. a. [from the noun.] To 
 fix the rate of any thing by an iifjlze or 
 writ. 
 
 Assi'zER, or Assi'sER. n.f. [from ajfize.'\ 
 An officer that has the care and over- 
 fitjht of weights and meafures. Chambers. 
 
 Asso'ci.^BLE. adj. \_aJfociabUis, Lat.JThat 
 may be joined to another. 
 
 To ASSOCIATE, -v. a. [ajocier, Fr. 
 ajfocio, Lat.] 
 
 1. To unite with another as a confederate. 
 
 A fearful army led by Caius Marcius, 
 ylffociaied with Autidius, rages 
 UYon our tcrritoi ics. Shakfpcare. 
 
 2. To adopt as a friend upon equal terms. 
 
 yijff.ciate in your town a wand'ring train. 
 And ftrangcrs in yourp.ilace entertain. Dryden. 
 
 3. To accompany ; to keep company with 
 another. 
 
 Friends fliouIdfi^fiV/i friends in grief and woe. 
 
 4. To unite ; to join. 
 
 5icm'.- oleaginous particles unpeiccivedly '^- 
 ciattd thcmtclvcs to it, Boyle. 
 
 ASS 
 
 5. It has generally the particle ijhh ; as, 
 he ajfociated ivith his mailer's enemies. 
 
 To Asso'ciATE. -v. n. To unite himfelf ; 
 to join himfelf. 
 
 Asso'ciATE. adj. [from the verb.] Con- 
 federate ; joined in intereit or purpofe. 
 
 While 1 dclcend through darVncfs 
 To my afforiafr pow'rijtiicra to acquaint 
 With thefc fucceffcs. Mdton. 
 
 .■isso'ciATE. n.f. [from tlie verb.] 
 
 1. A perfon joined with another; a 
 partner. 
 
 They perfuade the king, now in old age, to 
 make Plangus his njfaciati in government with 
 him. Sidniy. 
 
 2. A confederate, in a good or neutral 
 fenfe ; an accomplice in ill. 
 
 Their defender, and his nJfocialci,\n\t fithcncc 
 propofed to the world a form fuch as theml'clvos 
 like. I footer. 
 
 3. A companion : Implying fome kind of 
 equality. 
 
 He was accompanied with a noble gentleman, 
 no unfuirablc njfociate. IVuiton. 
 
 Sole Eve, ajfodate folc, to nic, beyond 
 Comp.ne, above all living creatures dear. Milt. 
 
 But my affociatcs now my ftay deplore. 
 Impatient. Pope'i Odyffey. 
 
 Associa'tion. n.f. [from affociate.'\ 
 I. Union; conjunftion ; fociety. 
 
 Tlie cluirch being a fociety, hath the felf-fame 
 original grounds, which other politick fociefies 
 have; the natural inclination which all men liave 
 unto fociablc life, and confent to fome ccttain 
 bond Q^ ajfociation ; which bond is the law that 
 appointeth what kind of order they ihould be 
 ajfociatedm. licoktr, 
 
 2. Confederacy; union for particular pur- 
 pofes, good or ill. 
 
 This could not be done but with mighty op- 
 pofition i againft which to lirengthen ihemlelves, 
 they fecretly entered into a league of ti£hciai:o!t. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 3. Partnerfhip. 
 
 Self-denial is a kind of holy iijfwiation witli 
 God ; and, by making you iiis partner, interefts 
 you in all his happinefs. Boyle. 
 
 4. Conneftion. 
 
 .rlJJ'ociation of ideas is of great importance, 
 and may be of excellent ofc. IVutts. 
 
 5. Appofition ; union of matter. 
 
 The changes of cocporcal tilings arc to he 
 placed only in the various feparations, and new 
 offocidtions and motions, of thefc petnianent 
 particles. NexLton 
 
 A'ssoNANCE. n.f. \_aJforiance, Fr. ] Re- 
 ference of one found to another re- 
 femblingit; refemblance of found. Diff. 
 
 A'ssoNANT.-«f^. [aJfo!iaiit,\'x.'\ Sounding 
 in a manner refembling another found. 
 
 Dicl. 
 
 To Asso'rt. v. a. [ajfurtir, Fr.] To range 
 in claffcs, as one thing fuits with an- 
 other. 
 
 Asso'rtment. n.f. [from aff'ort.'\ 
 
 1. The aft of clalfing or ranging. 
 
 2. A mafs or quantity properly felcfled 
 and ranged. 
 
 To Asso't. v. a. [from fot ; affoter, Fr.] 
 To infatuate ; to befot. Out of ufc. 
 But whence they fprung, or how they were 
 beg.it, 
 Uiicath is to alTure, unc.ath to wcene 
 That monllroui ciiour which doth fome ajjci. 
 
 Spc>:je> . 
 
 To ASSUA'GE. I'.a. [The derivation 
 of this word is unceitain : M'lnjlieiu 
 deduces it from adfuudere, or affiia-viare; 
 9 
 
 ASS 
 
 Jimlus, from rjias}-, fwcet ; from wlience 
 Sh'iniier imagines af[:Kj-an might have 
 been formed.] 
 
 1. To mitigate; to foften ; to allay. 
 
 Refrefliing winds the fumraer's heats ^ij/u.igr, 
 And kindly wainithdilaims the winter's rage. 
 
 .^d.lifin. 
 
 2. To appeafe ; to pacify. 
 
 Yet is his hate, his rancour, ne'er the lefs, 
 Since nought .i^i.igfM malice when 'tis told. 
 
 Faffiir. 
 This was neceffary for the fccuring the peo- 
 ple from their fears, capable of being offunged by 
 no other means. Clarendon. 
 
 Shall I, t* affuage 
 Their brutal rage, 
 The regal ffem dcilroy ? Dryden' ^ Albion. 
 
 3. To eafe ; as, the medicine affuages ■pixxi. 
 To Assua'ge. ^1. n. To abate. 
 
 God made a wind to pal's over the earth, and 
 the waters tjfuaged. Genefn, 
 
 Assua'gement. n.f.lf.xom.ajfuage.'] Mir- 
 ligation ; abatement of evil. 
 
 Tell me, when (hall thefe weary woes have end. 
 Or Ih.ill their ruthlct's torment never ceafe ; 
 But all my A\'j% in pining languor fpend. 
 Without hope of ajfuagement or rcleafc. Spej2fcr. 
 
 Assua'ger. n.f. [fiom a(fuage.'\ One 
 
 who pacifies or appeafes. 
 Assua'sive. adj. [from eiftiagcl Soften* 
 
 ing ; mitigating. 
 If in the bread tumultuous joys aiife, 
 
 Mufick her foft afju.five voice fupplies. Tope. 
 To Assu'bjugate. i<. a. \_f"bjugo, Lat.] 
 
 To fubjeft to. Not in ufe. 
 
 This valiant lord 
 Muft not fo Hate his palm, nobly acquir'd; 
 Nor by my will affuhjiigate his merit, 
 By going to Achilles. Shakfpcrtre. 
 
 Assuefa'ction. n.f. [ajiicfacio, Lat.] 
 The ftate of being accullomed to any 
 thing. 
 
 Right and left, as parts infervient unto the 
 
 motive faculty, are dilVerenced by degrees from 
 
 tile and affuefatliott, or according wiiereto tlic one 
 
 gruws rtronger. Bro'wt'i Vulgar Errours. 
 
 Assue'tude. n.f. [afucludo, hut.] Ac- 
 
 cuftomance; cuilom; habit. 
 
 We fee that offntudi of things hurtful, doth 
 
 make tiicm lofe the force to hurt. Bacon, 
 
 To ASSU'ME. 1). a. [ajumo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To take. 
 
 This when the various god had uvg'd in vain. 
 He ftiait a[juin\i his native form again. l^opc. 
 
 2. To take upon one's fclf. 
 
 With ravilh'd ciirs 
 The monarch hears, 
 Ajfuihei the God, 
 Aflcifts to nod. 
 And fcems to Ihake the fphcres. Tl\vdcn, 
 
 3. To arrogate ; to claim or fclzc uiijiillly. 
 
 4. To fiippofe fomclhiiig granted with- 
 out proof. 
 
 In every hypothefis, fomcthing is allowed to 
 be afjutncd. B'yle. 
 
 ^. To apply to one's own ufe ; to appro- 
 priate. 
 
 His majefty might well njfume the complaint 
 
 and exprclfiou of king David. CUundo'i. 
 
 To Assume, v.n. To be arrogant ; to 
 
 claim more than is due. 
 Assu'mer. n.J'. [from afpmie.^ An arro- 
 gant man ; a man who claims more thaa 
 liis clue. 
 
 Ccn man he wife in any courfc, in which he is 
 
 notfafetoo.' But tan thefc high afj'umtri, and 
 
 preteiideifi to rerdon, prove thcmfelves fo } Souik. 
 
 Assu'mino. frarlLipial adj. [from af- 
 
 fuiiw.l Arrogant, haughty.
 
 ASS 
 
 His haughty looks, and his a/Jitming air, 
 The Ian of His could no longer bear. D'jyJrn. 
 This makes hin> gvci-forward in bcifintfs, <i/- 
 _y5^m/>rg in convcrration, and preremploiy in ;in- 
 fwcrs. Co/lur. 
 
 ASSUMPSIT, n. f. [ajumo, Lat.] A 
 voluntary pvomife made hy worJ, where- 
 by a mail takctli upon him to perform 
 or pay any tiling to another : it con- 
 tains any verbal promife made upon 
 confideracioii. Coiuell. 
 
 Assu'mptiON. n. f [^tijfumptio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The act of taking any thing to one's 
 felf. 
 
 The pcifonal defccnt of God himfcif, and his 
 affitm^iii'i of our flclh to Ins di%'inily, more fa- 
 miliai'ly to infuuiatc his plcafure to u^, was an 
 enforcement beyond all methods of wil'doni. 
 
 llamwi/ui' s FunJamcrtith. 
 
 2. Tlie fuppofition, or art of fuppofing, 
 of ajiy thing without further proof. 
 
 Thcfc by way of tjjpirnp^io^if under the two 
 general piopofjfions, are intrinficaily and natu- 
 lally good or bad. Nonis. 
 
 3. The thing fuppofcd ; a poftulate. 
 Hold, fays the Stoick, your ajfumptim's 
 
 wrong : 
 I grantj true freedom you have well defin'd. 
 
 Drj-iert. 
 
 For the ajjuinpthrij that Chrift did fuch nrira- 
 
 culous and fupernatural works to confirm what 
 
 he faid, wc need only repeat the meiTige fcnt by 
 
 him to John the B.iptilt. Stuth. 
 
 4. The taking up any perfon into heaven, 
 which is fuppofcd by the Romifh church 
 of the blelTed Virgin. 
 
 Upon the feaft of the ajfum^tlon of the BlcfTed 
 Virgm, the pope and cardinals keep the vefpcrs. 
 
 Adam, after a certain period of years, would 
 liave been rewarded with an ajfum^tion to etcrn.il 
 felicity. IVaie. 
 
 Assu'mptive. adj. \_ajfumpti'vus, Lat.] 
 
 That is affumed. 
 Assv'rance. n.f. \_ajfurance, Fr.] 
 
 1. Certain expectation. 
 
 Though hope be indeed, a lower and IcHer 
 thing than nffuritnce, yet, as to alt the purpofes 
 of a pious lite, it may pio\e more nfcfui. S-^.th. 
 
 What encouragement can be given to goodnefs, 
 beyond the hopes of heaven, and tlie ajj'urancc of 
 an cndlefs felicity ? - Tilhijin. 
 
 2. Secure confidence ; triift. 
 
 What man is he that boafts of flefhly might. 
 And vain t^i^furnncs of mortality, 
 
 Which all fo foon as it doth come to fight 
 Againll fpiritual foes, yields by and by. Fu.'rj Q. 
 
 3. Freedom from doubt; certain know- 
 leuge. 
 
 Proof from the authority of man's judgment, 
 is not able to work that ajjitrariticj which doth 
 grow by a ftronger proof. Huhr. 
 
 'Tis far oft'. 
 And rather like a dream, than an affuyame 
 Ti'.at my remembrance warrants. Sh.iiffrarc. 
 
 The obedient, and the man of pracflice Ih.ill 
 outgiow all their doubts 3n<l ignorances, till per- 
 fuafion pafs into knowledge, and knowledge ad- 
 vance into ajjurancc. Soi/:h. 
 
 Hath he found, in an evil courfc, that com- 
 fortable iiffuTunce of God's favour, and good hopes 
 of his future condition, which a religious life 
 wr.uld have given him ? Tifloifan. 
 
 4. Firmnefs ; undoubting fteadinefs. 
 
 Men whofe confrderation will relieve our mo- 
 dcily, and give us courage and affuranct in the 
 duties of our profciTion. iJiifn. 
 
 5. Confidence ; want of raodefty ; exemp- 
 tion from awe or fear. 
 
 My behaviour, ill governed, gave yon the fiift 
 comfort; my art'edtion, ill l.i-J, halh'^nen you 
 this fail jffuran^t, Sidney. 
 
 ASS 
 
 6. Freedom from vitious fliame. 
 
 Convetfation, wlifn tl^ey come into the world, 
 will add to tueir knowledge and ,ijjuran:e. L'^cki. 
 
 7. Ground of confidence ; fccurity ; fufv 
 ficient reafon fortnift or belief. 
 
 The nature of dclire itfelf is no eafier to receive 
 belief, than it is hard to ground belief; for as 
 dcfire is glad to embrace the full fhew of com- 
 fort, fo is defirc dcfirous of pevl'cft ojfiiranct. 
 
 Sidnty. 
 
 As the conqucft was but flight and fuperficial, 
 fo the pope's donation to tl.c Irilh fubmilhons 
 were but weak and fickle ajftirama. Daviti. 
 None of woman born 
 
 Shay harm Macbeth. 
 
 — Then live, MacdutT, what need I fear of tlrce : 
 But yet I'll make rt^^rjwt-i- double fure. 
 And take a bond of fate : thou Ihalt not live. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 I muft confefs your offer is the bcft ; 
 And, let your father make her the ajfuranre, 
 SIjc is your own, cU'c you mult pardon me ; 
 If you Ihuuld die before him, whcre's her dower r 
 
 S/lttHf/n-tiJi. 
 
 An affi-rance baing paffcd through for a tom- 
 
 pctcnt line, hath coiac back again by tcafon of 
 
 fonic overhght. Bucon. 
 
 8. bpirit ; intrepidity. 
 
 They, like refolute men, flood in the face of 
 the breach with more ajjtaanct than the wall it- 
 felf. Kndla. 
 
 Witli all th' iiy7"r.i»i-c innocence can bring, 
 Fearlefs without, btcaufe fecure within ; 
 Arm'd with my courage, unconcern'd I fee 
 This pomp, a Ihame to you, a pride to me. Vi yj. 
 
 9. Sangnintnefs ; readinefs to hope. 
 
 This is not the grace of hope, but a good na- 
 tural ajp.raicfot confidence, wiiich Arilfotle ob- 
 fci ves young men to be full of, and old men not 
 fo inclined to. Hammcn.i, 
 
 10. Tellimony of credit. 
 
 I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. 
 And from fome knowledge and ajjurance of you, 
 Offer this office. Shakfpe.ii£' ^ ^"^g I'^^f- 
 
 We liave as great tiffurifice that there is a God, 
 as we could cxpcil to have, fuppofing that he 
 were. Tillotj<j?r. 
 
 1 1. Conviftion. 
 
 Such an ajjmame of things as will make men 
 careful to avoid a lell'cr danger, ought to awaken 
 men to avoid a greater. TiHotJ'o*!. 
 
 12. [Li theology.] Security with refpeft 
 to a future Rate ; certainty of accep- 
 tance with God. 
 
 13. The fame with /«/«r(i;/t-(r. 
 
 To Assu're. -j. a. \_ajjeuicr, Fr. from af- 
 fecumre, low Latin.] 
 
 1 . To give confidence by a firm promife. 
 
 So wiien he liad :ij/ured them with many words 
 that he would icliore them without hurt, accord- 
 ing to the agreement, they let him go for the 
 fiiving of tluir brethren. 2 MaiCuha',. 
 
 2. To fecure to another ; to make firm. 
 
 So iirefiftihle an autlioiity cannot be rctie(flcd 
 on, without the molV awful reverence, even by 
 thofe whole piety r.jjutci its fa\our to them. 
 
 Rogers. 
 
 3. To make confident ; to exempt from 
 doubt or fej.r ; to confer fecurity. 
 
 And hereby we know, that we arc of the truth, 
 and (hall .jJJ'uic our he;irts before him. i yului. 
 
 I revive 
 Atthis laft fight; <i,(7;^rV that man Ihall live 
 With all the creatuics, and their feed preferve. 
 
 AliltO)!. 
 
 4. To make fecure : with of. 
 
 But what on earth can long abide in flate .' 
 Or who can him ajfurt of happy day ? Spenjer, 
 
 And, for that dow'ry, I'll ri/fiae her cf 
 Her widowhood, be it that fhe t"urvives me. 
 In all my lands and icplcs whatfoevcr. Skakfp. 
 
 5. To affiance ; to betroth. 
 
 This diviner laid claim to me, called me Dro- 
 mio, fwoic I was <^r<.-iito her. ShMiiic.rc. 
 
 A'STERISK. B, /. [ars^Iff 
 
 in printing or writing, 
 
 AST 
 
 kiiv'f.t.X).' parliiip'tjl adi. [from afuft-l 
 
 1. Certain; indubitable'; not doubted. 
 
 It u an ajurid experience, that (lint laid about 
 the bottom of a tree makes it profper. JSaecn. 
 
 2. Certain; not doubting. 
 
 Young princes, clofc your hands, 
 
 And your lips too; for, I «m well affured, 
 
 That I did fo, when I was firtt ajjur'd. Shakjf. 
 
 As when by niglit the glafs 
 Of Gallilseo lefs affur'd obfcrves 
 Imagin'd lands and regions in the moon. M:/!st. 
 
 3. Immodeft ; vitioufiy confident. 
 Assu'rediy. adv. [from affured.^ Cer- 
 tainly ; indubitably. 
 
 They promii'd me eternal happinefs, 
 And brought me garlands, Griffith, which Ffcfl 
 I am not worthy yet to wear ; I (hall ajfuridh. 
 
 Shakfpare. 
 
 God is abfolutcly good, and To, ajfuridiy, the 
 caufe of all that is good; b,.t of any thing that 
 is evil he is no caiife at all. Raleigh. 
 
 Affiiredly he will flop our liberty, till we re- 
 llore him liis worlhip. StutK, 
 
 Assu'nEDNESs. n. f. [from a£'ared.'\ The 
 
 ftate of being afiiired ; certainty. 
 Assu'reii. It. J. [from nHurc.'] 
 
 1. He that gives afTurarce. 
 
 2. He that gives fecurity to make good 
 any lofs. 
 
 To Asswa'ge. See Assuage. 
 
 ^.] A m^i'k 
 
 in form of a 
 
 little flar ;"as *. 
 
 Hcalfo pul/lilhed the tranflation-of the Sop- 
 tuapint by itl'elf, having firll comparod it -with 
 the Hebrew, and noted by ajieri/ii what was de- 
 fc^ive, and by obelifks what was ledundant, 
 
 Greip, 
 A'sTERlsM. n.f. [^afleriftmis, Lat.] 
 
 1. A conftellation. 
 
 Poetry had filled the fkies with nf,ir'Jti:s, and 
 
 hifiories belonging to them ; and then aftrology 
 
 dcvifes the feigned virtues and inHuenccrof each. 
 
 Btnt!iy'i Serm'^n. 
 
 2. Aa afterillr-, or mark. This is a very 
 improper ufe. 
 
 Dwell particularly on paffageswlth an aJleripK'^^ 
 {oe the obfcrvations wiiich follow fuch a note, 
 will give you a clear light. Diyderi'i Dufrejti'jv, 
 Aste'r>j. aiiv. [from a and_/?fr/?.] In 
 the hinder part of the fliip ; behind the 
 fhip. 
 
 The galley gives her fide, and turns her prow, 
 While thofe ajierriy defccnding down the deep. 
 Thro' gaping waves behold the boiling deep. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 To Aste'rt. 1). a. [a word ufi^d by Speti- 
 fr, as it feems, ior fart, or Jlarlk.] 
 To terrify; to (lartle ; to fright. 
 
 We deem of death, as doom of ill defert; 
 But knew we fools what it us brings until. 
 Die would v.-e daily, once it to expert; 
 No danger there the Ihephtrd can ajtcr.'. Spenjer. 
 
 A'sTHMA. n.f. [:«j5a.-y.] A frequent, 
 
 difficult, and fhort rcfpiratlon, joined 
 
 with a hifiing found and a cough, efpe- 
 
 cially in the night-time, and when the 
 
 body is in a pronepoliure ; becaufe then 
 
 the contents of the lovvcr belly bear fo 
 
 againfl the diaphragm, as to lefien the 
 
 capacity of the bread, w-hereby the 
 
 lungs have lefs room to move, ^d'mry. 
 
 An nfihma is the inflation of the membi.mcs of 
 
 the lungs, and of the mtmbr.nnes coyeriiig the 
 
 mufclcs of the thorax. Fhyer 01 the }litmji"x. 
 
 Asth-ma'ti-cal. 7 adj. [from ei/Iima.] 
 
 ,Asthma'ticiv. J Troubled with an 
 
 altlima. 
 
 Ill fjihmaiici:: pcrfons, though the lungs fca
 
 AST 
 
 very much ftuffcd with tough plilcjm, yet the pa- ' 
 lienL may live fome months, if not fome ycnr^. 
 
 After drinking, our hoifcs arc moft aptm.ii..k; 
 and, for avoiding the watering of lliem, we ivct 
 their hiy. F/oyer. 
 
 AsTo'siED. pnrt. ad). A word ufed in the 
 veriion of the Bible for q/loni/JieJ. 
 Many were af.onicd u thee. Ifimh. 
 
 Unmjiily dread invades 
 The French ri/"''v'.i J- P''"''>!. 
 
 Xs ASTO'NIS'H. v.a. [ejonner, Fr. front 
 attonitus, Lat.] To confound with lomc 
 ftidden pafTion, as with fear or wonder ; 
 to amaze ; to furprife ; to ftiin. 
 
 It is tiic part of men to fcai andtremhlc, 
 When the moll mighty gods, by tokens, fend 
 Such dieadful heralds to afic-iijii us. SAniffeart. 
 
 ylJleiiijA'J Al the\oice, he iiood araaz'd, 
 And all around with inward horror gaz'd. AAttif. 
 
 A genius univcrfal as his them?, 
 j^i]orjijhifjg7^% ch.aos. T/ioinfon. 
 
 /isTo'NisHiNONESS. n.f. [from ajlonl/b.] 
 
 Of a nature to excite aluniiniment. 
 Asto'nishmhnt. ?i. yi [ejlonnement, Fr.] 
 Amazement; confufiou of mind from 
 fear or wonder. 
 
 We found, with no lefs wonder to us than 
 afloiiijlmcnt to themfelvcs, that they were the two 
 valiant and fainc»us brothers. S'uhuy. 
 
 She efteemed this as much above his wlfdoin, 
 TL'^aJloiiJIimeiiiM beyond bare admiration. South. 
 2'u Astound, v. a. [ejloimcr, Fr.] To 
 aftonifh ; to confound with fear or won- 
 der. This word is now foinewhat ob- 
 folete. 
 
 Thefe thoughts may ftartle well, hut not ajlmihl 
 The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended 
 By a Ibong fiding cliampion, conlcience. Millori. 
 Astra'ddlk. rich, [from a a.ndJlradJle.] 
 With one's legs acrofs any thing. Dl(l- 
 A'sTRAGAL. n.f. [xr^Jya^©-, the ankle 
 or anklebone.] A little round mem- 
 ber, in the form of a ring or bracelet, 
 fcrving as an ornament at the tops and 
 bottoms of columns. Biiihler's Ditl. 
 
 We fee none ot that ordinaiy confulion, which 
 is the refult ot quarter rounds of tiie adiagal, 
 and I know not how many other intermingled 
 particulars. SfeBitr'r. 
 
 A'sTRAL. (/<//'. [from«y?r«n2, Lat.] Starry ; 
 belonging to the ftars. 
 
 Some ajji.il forms I mull invoice by pray'r, 
 Fram'd all of purcft itoms of the air ; 
 Not in their natures liniply good or ijl, . 
 But moft fuhfcrvicnt lo bad foirit? will DryHen. ' 
 AsTRA''i^c(A'. [from a and__/2rcv.] Out 
 of the nglit way. 
 
 May fcem the wain wasv.cry evil led, 
 
 When fuch an one had guiding of the w.iy, 
 
 Tiiat knew not whether right he went, or clfc 
 
 iijhay. Spenjer. 
 
 You run a/lyav, for nhilfl we talk of Ireland, 
 
 vou rip up the erigina! of Scotland. Sfaijir. 
 
 Like one that had been led ajlmy 
 Through the lirav'ns wide pathlcfs way. Milton. 
 
 To ASTRI'CT.-u.a. {apingo, Lat. ] To 
 contraft by applications, in oppolition 
 to relax : a word not fo mucli ufed as 
 conjlringe. 
 
 The folid parts were to be relaxed or aJhiHrH. 
 3S they let the humours pafs either in too I'mall or 
 too great quantities. Ailnilhmt on j-llimmt^. 
 
 AsTRi'cTiON. «,/. {ajlriclio, Lat.] The 
 aft or power of contrafting the parts of 
 the body by applications. 
 
 j-!j)rflion is in a fubflance that hath a virtual 
 
 cold: and it worketh paitly by the fame means 
 
 that cold doth. liacr.n. 
 
 This viitue rcquircth an aJIriOitn, but fuch an 
 
 A S T 
 
 (ijtiictlm Hi is not grateful to the liody ; for a 
 
 plcafmg ajtririir.n doth i-atber'hind in the nerves 
 
 than expel them; and therefore fuch ajirif^h't is 
 
 found in things of a harlh tafte. I'aton, 
 
 Lenitive fubftances arc pruper for dry atiain- 
 
 lanan conlVitutions, who are fubje-ft to nJ.'i'Si.'ort 
 
 of the belly, and the piles. Arrrtthnot '.n Diet. 
 
 AsTRi'cTivE. adj. [from iijlnt!.'\ Stip- 
 
 tick ; of a binding quality. Did. 
 
 AsTRl'CTORY. adi. ^l_aJ}rldonits, J..at.] 
 
 Aftringent ; apt to bind. Difl. 
 
 AsTR i'de. adiK [from a :}ndjli-/dc.'} With 
 
 the legs open. 
 
 To lay their native arms afide. 
 Their modelTV, and ride ajhl.i--. lludibrfi'. 
 
 I faw a place, where the Rlione is fo firaicer.- 
 cd between two rocks, that a man may ftand 
 njiyide ujson buth at once. B'i\'!:. 
 
 AsTR.1 FEROUS. adj. \iijlnfer, Lat.] Bear- 
 ing or having liars. Dicl. 
 Astri'gerous. adj. \aflnger, Lat.] Car- 
 rying ftars. Dift. 
 /"oASTRFNGE, v. a. [«/9j%5, Lat.] 
 To prefs by contraiftion ; to make "the 
 parts draw together. 
 
 Tcais arc c.uiied by a contraftion of the fpi- 
 lits of the brain ; which contraftion, by conie- 
 qucnee, njhingcth the moilHne of the brain, and 
 thereby fcndcth tears into the cj es. Jiiuon. 
 
 Astri'ngencv. n. /'. [from (3/?rin^f.] The 
 power of contracting the parts of the 
 body : oppofedto thefower of relaxation. 
 Alirlftioii pichibiteth ditfoiation ; as, in me- 
 dicines, aliringenrs inhibit putrefatition ; and, by 
 ajlringsncy, Ibme fmall quantity of oil of vitriol 
 will keep frefe water long from putrefying. 
 
 Bacon's Naturnl H.jh: v. 
 Acid, acrid, auftere, and bitter fubftances, 1 y 
 their ajlrin^cncy, create horrour, th.rt is, llmui- 
 late the fibres. Arhiithr.1,1. 
 
 AsTRi'xGF.NT. adj. \_ajlringeiis , Lat.] 
 Binding; contrafting : oppofed to /(J.v- 
 atk-e. It is ufed fometimes of taftcs 
 which feem to contraft the mouth. 
 
 .^J}>irig£'ti medicines aie binding, whicit a«51 
 
 by the afpcrity of tl.eir pnrticlos, whereby they 
 
 corrugate the membranes, and make them draw 
 
 up clofer. Q,7/«rv. 
 
 The myrobalan hath parts of contrary natures, 
 
 for it is fwctt and yet tjlringcnt. Sticou. 
 
 The juice is very ajiringent^ atid therefore of 
 
 ilow motion. Jiacbri. 
 
 What diminirtieth fenfihlc perfpir.ation, cn- 
 
 creafeth the infcnfihlc; for that reaion alliength- 
 
 cnuig and njiringe/it diet often eonrluceth to this 
 
 purpfifc, Arhnthrtot on ^Ihncnt'i. 
 
 A'sTROGR APHY. n.f. [ from as-so> and 
 -/jsifw.] The fcitnce of defcrihing the 
 ftars. 'Did. 
 
 A'sTKOLAfiE. n. f. [of ;(',-,V, and ?ia£t.:, 
 
 to take.] 
 
 1. An inftrument chiefly ufed for taking 
 the altitude of the pole, tlie fun, or ilars, 
 at fea. 
 
 2. A fiereograpliick pvojeftion of the 
 circles of the fpherc upon the plain of 
 fome great circle. CLnitilers. 
 
 Astro'loger. n.f. [tiJirohgus,hat. from 
 
 «'.-jc» and ^ov© .] 
 1. One that, fuppofing the innnences of 
 the ftars to have a cpufal power, pro- 
 ftffts to foretel or difcover events de- 
 pending on thofe influences. 
 
 Ni't unlike that which a/lrohj^en c.dl a con- 
 jundtion of planets, of no very benign afpcfl tlic 
 oiic to the other. IVolhn. 
 
 A happy genius is the gift of nature : it de- 
 pends on the influence of the Hars, fay the <y/io- 
 /o^i-n ; on the nirgans of the body, fay the na- 
 
 AST 
 
 turilifts J il is the particular gift of heaven, fr.y the 
 divines, both chnftians and heathens. Diy-h-n. 
 y'lJlrokgtfSy that future fates forelhew. l'<->jj\ 
 ] never heaid a finer fatire againft lawyers, 
 than that of ajlrologm, when they pretend, by 
 rules oi artj to tell when a .fuit will end, and 
 -whether to the advantage of the plaintiti or de- 
 fendant. Si.'i/f^ 
 2. It was anciently ufed for one that uu- 
 derllood or explained the motions of the 
 planets, witliout including prcdiclion. 
 
 A worthy aJI/ol-jgDy by ueifpcctive ghuies, 
 
 hath found in the ftars many things unknown to 
 
 tlic ancients. Rair:gh. 
 
 Astrolo'gian. n.f. [from ff^ro/cj-j'.] The 
 
 lame with n/lrn/oger. 
 
 The twelve houles of heaven, in the fo:m 
 
 Whieil tifiologi.tni ufe. C.Anrdc':. 
 
 The liars, they fay, cannot difpcfc 
 No moie than can the (i/Zro/o^/a';. liu.i'brui. 
 
 AsTROLo'gICAL. ) ,• rr fl 7 1 
 
 ASTROLO'G.CK. \ "'^J ■ i^^'^^ "J' "'"S}' ■] 
 
 1. Profeffing aftrology. 
 
 Some fcem a little njlrohgua!, as when they 
 warn us from places of malign influence. Jf^cii^/r. 
 
 No .ijhclogitk wizard honour gains, 
 Who has jiol oft been banilh'd, or in chains. 
 
 DryJcK. 
 
 2. Relating to aftrology. 
 
 .^////uA^/cii/pr.iyers feem to me to be built on 
 as good reafon as tiie predictions. Stillingjirff. 
 
 Tlie poetical fables arc more ancient than the 
 
 r.jirol-jgical influences, that were not known to 
 
 the Greeks till after Alexander the Great. Rentky. 
 
 AsTROLo'GICALLY.flt/v. \JvOXa ojlrology .'\ 
 
 In an aflrological manner. 
 To Astro'logize. ^'.n. {Ixovs^ajlrohgy.l 
 
 To pradife aftrology. 
 ASTROLOGY, n.f [a^ro/oyw, Lat.] 
 The practice of foretelling things by 
 the knowledge of the ftars : an art now 
 generally exploded, as irrational and 
 falfe. 
 
 I know the learned think of the art of nftrolosy, 
 that I he flars do not force the adfions or wills of 
 men. Swift. 
 
 Astro'nomer. n.f. [from iVr-i, a ftar, 
 and ,0V.©, a rule or law.] One that 
 fiudies the celellial motions, and the 
 rtiles by which they aie governed. 
 
 Tkc motions of f.iitions under kings ought to 
 lie like the motions, as the iijiionomers fpcak of, 
 in the inferiour oibs. Bacwi. 
 
 Ajhommey^ no longer doubt of the motion of 
 the planets about the fun. Locke. 
 
 The old and new njhotioiners in vain 
 Atiempt the heav'nly motions to explain. 
 
 Bhchn^jre. 
 
 AsTROKo'rviic AL. \ adj .[homaj}rono)ny.'\ 
 Astkono'mick. J Belonging to altro- 
 
 nomy. 
 
 Our forefathers marking certain niutarions to 
 happen in the fun's progtefs thiough the /.odiack, 
 they rcgiftiatc and let tnem down in their :tJho- 
 nomica! Q:\uons. Brouj/l's Vtilg.it Ertours. 
 
 Can he not pafs an tijlroncntck line, 
 Or dreads the fun th' imaginary fign. 
 That he Ihould ne'er advance to either pole } 
 
 B.'ji itr.cre. 
 
 AsTRO>-o'iMiCAi.Ly. adv. [from af/roiio- 
 miai/.] In an alironomical manner. 
 
 ASTRO'NOMY. n.f [«,-p'.V'>'. <"ron» 
 ».-,-;., a liar, and v.^^i.^, a law or rule. J 
 .■\ tnixed mathematical fcience, teach- 
 ing the knowledge of the celcltial bo- 
 dies, their magnitudes, rnotions, dif- 
 tance.';, periods, cclipfes, and order. Py- 
 thagoras taught that the earth and 
 -planets turn round liiefun, which llands
 
 A S Y 
 
 iniinovcable in the center. From the 
 time of 1') thagoras, ajircuomy funk into 
 iicglcol, till it was revived by tlic 
 Ftoiemys, kin^s of Egypt ; and ilio S,t- 
 r.icens bvrmght it fTOm Africa to Spain, 
 • and rclloicd this fcicnce to Europe. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 To tliis mufJ be added the undcirtamiiiig of 
 
 the globes, and the fiiiiciples of geometry and 
 
 ti^tciiomy. Cowley. 
 
 A'sTKOscorv. n.f. [a-r,;, a flar, and 
 o-jBoTre'n, to view.] Obfcrvatioii of the 
 ftars. Dia. 
 
 AsTUO-THFOLOGY. n. f. [from qjlnim, a 
 ftar, and thcAogia, divinity.] 15ivinity 
 founded on the obfcrvation of the ce- 
 Icltial bodies. 
 
 That the diuma! and annual revolutions are 
 
 the motiuns of tile terraqueous gIol)e, not of the 
 
 fun, 1 (hew in the preface of my j^Jho-Thml^gy. 
 
 Derham* i Ph\ficO'Thfolog y. 
 
 Asu'ndf.r. ac/'u. [a|-unbpan,Sax.] Apart; 
 feparately ; not together. 
 
 Two indireA lines tlie further that they are 
 
 drawn out, the further they go afundtr. Spcttft-y. 
 
 Senfc thinks the planets Ipheres nut much 
 
 What tells us tlien theii diilanec is fo far? Dnvia. 
 
 Greedy hope tc hud 
 His widi, and hell advant:igc, lis nfuruhr. MHi. 
 
 Tlie f.ill'n archangel, cn\ious of our Ilatc, 
 Seeks hid advantage to lictr.ty us worfe; 
 Wnieh, vjUin ajitttticr, will not prove too hard, 
 For both together arc each otlicr's guard. Vrya. 
 
 Borne far nfunJc by the tides of men, 
 Like adamant and itcel they meet ajjaio. Vry.l. 
 
 All this mtt.tilick rr.att( r, bc-h riiat which con- 
 tinued Lifu'iJir, and in fingk corpufcles, and 
 that \yhich was amafli?d and cuiicretcd into no- 
 dules, fubluicd. IfmiHvr.rJ 
 
 ^sy'lu.m, n.f. [Lat. a^-oXcv, from a, not, 
 and CT-jAEic, to pillage.] A p'lace out of 
 which he that has fled to it, may not 
 be taken ; a fantluary ; a refuge ; a 
 place of retreat and fecuritv. 
 
 So f.iercd was the cluueh to fomc, that it had 
 the right of an ajy'.um^ or fan«5\.iar,*. ^yii^t. 
 
 Asv'MiviETRy. n.f. [from a, without, and 
 o-!jf/fx£'r=ic, fymmetry.] 
 
 I-. Contrariety to fymmetry j difpropor- 
 tion. 
 
 The afymmetrUi of the brain, as well as the 
 deformities of the legs or face, in ly be ve<51ified 
 ill time. Greir. 
 
 "i This term is fometimcs ufed in mathe- 
 licks, for what is more ufnaily called 
 inconimenfurability ; when between two 
 quantities there is no common meafurc. 
 
 A'sYMPTOTE. n.f. [from a, priv. o-u , 
 with, and TT'oa, to fall; which never 
 meet; incoincideijt.] Afmptotes are 
 right lines, which approach nearer and 
 nearer to fome cuve ; but whieli, 
 though they and their curve were (n- 
 finittly continued, would never meet ; 
 and may be conceived as tangen;s to 
 their curves at an infinite diftance. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 ylfymptote lines, thoui',h they may appro:'.ch 
 
 flill nearer together, till they arc nearer than the 
 
 IcaU affignable diftance, yet, being ilill produced 
 
 iiifiintcly, will never meet. Gniv 
 
 Asympto'tical. atlj. [from ajymptcfe.l 
 Cin-ves are faid to be afymptotkal, when 
 they continually approach, without a 
 poflibility of meeting. 
 
 uiSl''N£)£TOX. tt. /. [^VJi^sTo., of t,. 
 
 A T 
 
 priv. and ti/iJ/.-, to bind together.] A 
 figure in grammar, when a conjunction 
 copulative is omittetl in a fentence ; as 
 in vivii, •viJl, I'ici, tf is left out. 
 Ai.pr.'p. [kz, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A', before a place, notes the nearuefs 
 of the place ; as, a man is at the houfe 
 before he is /';; it. 
 
 This cullom continued among many, to fay 
 their prayers at fountains. StiUingfifft. 
 
 2. y/^, before a word fignifying time, notes 
 the coexillencc of the time with the 
 event ; the word time is fomctiines in- 
 cluded in the adjedtive ; we commonly 
 fay at a minute, at an hour, on a day, 
 ill a month. 
 
 We thought it .1/ the veiy firll a fign of cold 
 affeelion. Hookcj. 
 
 How fiequcnt ro dcfcrt h.im, and nt laft 
 To heap ingrantude on worihieft deeds. Milton. 
 
 At the fame time that the ftorm beats upon 
 the whole fpecics, we are falling foul upon one 
 another. Addijcv. 
 
 We made no efforts at all, where wc could 
 have moft weakened the common enemy, and 
 n.* the fame time, enriched ourfelves. Swift. 
 
 3. At, before a caufal word, fignifies 
 nearly the fame as 'Wttli, noting that 
 the event accompanies, or iminediately 
 fucceeds, the attion of thecaufc. 
 
 ylt his touch, 
 Such fanflity hath Hcav'n gi»'n his hand, 
 They ptcfently amend. Shnkfpceije's Machcth. 
 
 O fir, when he ihali hear of your approach, 
 Jf that young Arthur be not gone already, 
 £v'n at this news he dies. SJiitkfpeate. 
 
 Miich 11/ the fight was Adam in his heart 
 Difmay'd. Miiton't Pnyadifi Lo/!. 
 
 Hig'r. o'er their heads a mould'iing" rock is 
 p;.-.c'd. 
 That prjiriifes a fall, and (hakes a! cv'ry Mart. 
 
 DryJi,,. 
 
 4. At, before a fuperlative adjeflive, 
 implies in the flate ; as, at leji, in the 
 ftate of moil perfeftion, £5"^. 
 
 Confider any nian as to his perfona! powers, 
 they -ire not great ; for, at greateft, they mult 
 (iill be limited. South. 
 
 We bring into the world with u« a poor^.ecdy 
 uncertain life, (hort a/ the longcit, and uiKjuict 
 at the bcrt. 'I'tmfh. 
 
 5. At, before a perfcn, is feldom ufed 
 otherwife than ludicroufly ; as, he long- 
 ed to be at him, that is, to attack him. 
 
 6. At, before a fubllantive, fometimes 
 fignifies the particular condition or cir- 
 cumilances of the perfon ; as, at peace, 
 in a flate of peace. 
 
 Untlcr pardon. 
 You are much more <>.' talk for want of wifdom, 
 Tl>an prais'd forharmlefs mildnefs. Shakfi^-itre. 
 
 It iirliigcth the treafurc of a realm into a few 
 hands : for the ufurer being at ceitaintics, and 
 otiiers at uHccrtainticji, at the end of the game 
 moft of the money will be in the box. Baca. 
 
 Hence walk'd the fiend at large in fpacious 
 field. Milton. 
 
 The reft, for whom no lot is yet decreed, 
 May ran in paftures, and at plcafurc feed, J)ty<t. 
 
 Defcrted, at his utrr.cft need. 
 By thofc his former bour.iy fed. Dryden. 
 
 What hinder'd either, in their native foil, 
 At eafc to reap the harvclt of theii toil. X>ryjcn. 
 
 Wife men are fometimes ovcr-bornc, when 
 they arc taken at a difadvantage. Collier. 
 
 Thefe have been the maxims tiiey have been 
 guided by : take thefe from them, and they are 
 perfeiffly nt a lofs, their compafs and pole-ftar 
 then are gone, and their undeiftandiug is pcr- 
 fedtly at a nonplus, Luke. 
 
 A T 
 
 One min manages four horfes .it once, and- 
 leaps from the hack of another at full fpccd. /'^//r. 
 
 They will not let me be at quiet in my Led, 
 but purfuc me 10 my very drc.mis. Sit.ijt, 
 
 7. At, before a fubllantive, fometimes 
 marks employment or att.:nti<)u. 
 
 We find fome ariived to thit lottiOuicfs, as to 
 own roundly what they would be at. South. 
 
 Howl d'ye find yourfclf? fays the doflor ta 
 his patient. A little while after he is at it again, 
 with, a I'ray how d'ye (ind your body? 
 
 I..* Ejjrartge . 
 
 But (lie who well enough knew what, 
 Before he fpoke, he would be at. 
 Pretended not to apprehend. JfuJ/.^ra!. 
 
 The creature's at his dirt)' work again. V'.pe., 
 S. At is foiiietimes the fame with fu>' 
 i:ij}.'edwith, after the French a. 
 
 Infufe his breaft with magiianimity. 
 And make him naked foil a man at arms. Shak.^ 
 
 9. At fometimes notes the place where 
 any thing is, or adls. 
 
 Your hufliand is at lund, I hear his trumpet. 
 
 Shakj^eare. 
 
 He that in tracing the vefTcIs began at the 
 heart, though he thought not at all of a circula- 
 lation, yet made he the fitft true Hep towards 
 the difcovery. Greiv^ 
 
 To all you ladies now at land 
 We men at l*ca indite. Buekhurfl. 
 
 Their various news I heard, of fove and ftnie. 
 Of Irurms .it fea, and travels on the (hore. Po/ f. 
 
 10. At iometimes fignifies in immediate, 
 confequence of. 
 
 Impe.ichments at the profecution of the houfe 
 of commons, have received their determinations 
 in the houfe of lords. H.iie. 
 
 n . At marks fometimes the effefl pro- 
 ceeding from an afl. 
 
 Reft in this tomb, rais'd at thy hufband*? 
 cofl. Dry.lfn. 
 
 Tom has been at the charge of a penny upcn 
 thisoccafion. yhUifon. 
 
 Thofc may be of ufe, to confirm by auth^i-ity 
 what they will not be at the trouble to deduce by 
 re.iton-ing. .Aibuthnot. 
 
 12. At fometiines is nearly the fame as in, 
 noting fituation ; as, he was at the bot- 
 tom, or top of the hill. 
 
 *She hath been known to come at the head of 
 thefe r.ifeals,. and beat her lo\er. Sivift.- 
 
 13. .<^/ fometimes marks the occafion,. like 
 on. 
 
 Others, with more helpful care, 
 Cry'd our aloud. Beware, brave youth, bcwaix!" 
 -V/ this he turn'd, and, as the bull drew near, 
 Shunn'd, and rcceiv'd him on his pointed Ipear. 
 
 Drydtf. 
 
 14. At fometimes feems to fignlfy iii the 
 poiuer of, or obedient to. 
 
 But thou, of all the kings, Jove's care bolo«-. 
 Art le.ilt ../ my command, iiiid moft my foe. 
 
 15. At fometiines notes the relation of a 
 man to an aftion. 
 
 He who makes pleafure the vehicle of health,, 
 is a dot^tor at it in good eainelt, Cijtiltr. 
 
 16. At fometimes Imports the manner o£ 
 an aftion. 
 
 One warms you by degrees, the other fcts yon 
 on.fire all ar onte, and never intermits his lie.it. 
 Dryden's fables^ 
 
 Not with lef« ruin than the Bajan mole 
 At once comes tumbling down. Drydtrj. 
 
 17. At, like the Frcndi ^/"fz, means fome> 
 times application to, or dependence on. 
 
 The wurft authors might endeavour to pleafe 
 ir, ar.d in that endeavour defeivc fomething at' 
 our bands. i'or>e. 
 
 18. At all. In any manner; in any degree. 
 
 Nothing more tiiie than what you once let fall 
 Molt women have 110 ch^A^ers at all, I'oji^
 
 A T H 
 
 A T L 
 
 A T O 
 
 A'taeal. n.f. A kind of labour ufedby 
 the Moors. 
 
 Children Ih:ill bent our alahah and drums, 
 And all the noify tividcs of wAt no more 
 Shall wnkc the peaceful morn. Drydcn, 
 
 ArARA'XIA.\ n.f. [arafa^.a.] Exemp- 
 
 A'taraxy. J tion from vexation ; tran- 
 quillity. 
 The fccpticks affefled an indifferent equipon- 
 -derous neutrality, as the only means to thtir 
 atarnsliiy and freedom from pafiionatc dillurb- 
 anccs. Glamiille'i ScifjU. 
 
 Ate. The preterit oi eat. bee To Eat. 
 And by his (ide his ftced tire graffy forage ale. 
 
 Spc>:J\r. 
 
 Even our firft parents ale thcmfelves out of 
 
 Parariifc; and Job's children junkettcd and 
 
 fcaftcd together often. Soul/:. 
 
 ATHANOR. II- f. [a cliymical term, bor- 
 rowed from :<ii.xT-<s ; or, as others 
 think, "lUri-l A digefting furnace to 
 -keep heat I'wr feme time ; fo that it inay 
 be augmented or diminifhedat pleafure, 
 by opening or Ihutting fome apertures 
 made on piirpofe with Aiders over them, 
 called itgifters. ^hicy. 
 
 A'theism. n.f. [{torn atkeij}. It is only 
 >of two fyllables in poetry.] Thediibelicf 
 
 of a God. 
 God never wrought miracles to convince 
 ■jitheifm, becaufe his ordinary works convince it. 
 
 Bncon. 
 
 It is the common intercit of mankind, to pu- 
 
 -rafti all thofc who would fcducc men to atkujm. 
 
 Tilhtfon. 
 
 ATHEIST, n.f. [i'S;-^, without God.] 
 One that denies the exiftcnce of God. 
 
 To thcfe th.it fobcr race of men, whofc lives 
 Religious titled them the fons of God, 
 .Shall yield up all their virtue, all their fame. 
 Ignobly! to tlie trains, and to the I'miles, 
 Of thcfe fair ntheip. Mtlton. 
 
 Though he were really a fpeculative atheijl, 
 yet, if he would but proceed rationally, he could 
 not however be a pi-aftical alheiji, nor live with- 
 out God in this world. Si'Ulh. 
 
 .hheiji , ufc thine eyes. 
 And having view'd the order of the fkics. 
 Think, ifihoucanrt, that matter, blindly huil'd 
 Without a guide, Ihould frame this wond'rous 
 world. Creech. 
 
 No atlu-ij}, as fuch, can be a true friend, an 
 affeftionate relation, or a loyal fubjc£l. Bintley. 
 
 A'theist. a^. [from the noun.] Athtif- 
 tical ; denying God. 
 
 Nor flood unminaful Abdicl to aiiney 
 The athfiji crew. Milton. 
 
 Athei'stical. 7 adj. [from ath/i/l.] 
 Athei'stick. 3 Given to atheifm ; im- 
 pious. 
 
 Men arc atheljlical, bec.-.ufe they are (irft vi- 
 cious; and qucft ion the truth of chriliianity, be- 
 taufe they hate tiie piaftice. South. 
 
 This argument dcmonltratcd the exiftencc of 
 a deity, and convinced all iithdp:k gainfayers. 
 Rtiy 1/t the Crtiition. 
 
 Athei'stically. adv. [irom athtjjlical.'] 
 In an atheiftical manner. 
 
 Is it not enormous, that a divine, hearing a 
 great finncrtalk atheij}i,nUy, and fcofF profanely 
 bt religion, Oiould, inlicad of vindicating the 
 truth, tacitly approve the fcolfer ? Sotiti!. 
 
 I entreat fuch as arc aiheijiically inclined, to 
 conlider thcfe things. Tilhtfon. 
 
 Athki'stical-ness. n.f, [^(romtTihe'i/!ica/.] 
 The quality of being atheiftical. 
 
 Lord, purge out of all hearts profanenefd and 
 atheijiicahcp. Haiinnond'i Viaidamentali. 
 
 A'thel, Atheli->io,.Adel, and^THEi,, 
 from add, noblt, Geim. So JEthclred 
 
 is nolh far eoiwfd ; JEthdard, a tiolle 
 genius ; ALthdbert, eminently nook ; 
 JElheliuard, a noble prote£lor. Gihfon. 
 A'theous. adj. [aSc©..] Atheiftick ; 
 godlefs. 
 
 Thy Father, who is holy, wife, and pure. 
 Suffers the hypocrite, or utheoui pricft. 
 To tread his facrcd courts. Par. Reg. 
 
 ATHERO'MA.n.f. [;«'9/,-i.^«, from i%.=a, 
 pap or pulfe.] A fpeciesof wen, which 
 neither caufes pain, difcolours the Ikin, 
 nor yields eafily to the touch. 
 
 If the matter forming them refcmblcs milk, 
 curds, the tumour is called atheroma:, it it be 
 like honey, nieliceris ; and if conipofed of fat, 
 or a fuety fubftance, fteatoma. Shatp. 
 
 Athero'matous. adj. [from aZ/vromr;.] 
 Having the qualities of an atheroma, 
 or curdy wen. 
 
 Feeling the matter fluftuating, I thought it 
 atheromato:ii. iVifeman''i Surgery. 
 
 Athi'rst. adv. [from a and thirj?.] 
 Thirfty ; in want of drink. 
 
 With fcanty meafure then fupply their food ; 
 And, when athirjl^ reflrain 'em from the flood. 
 
 D:yden. 
 
 Athle'tick. adj. [from alhlela, Lat. 
 a'S^>lTl;,■, a wreftler.] 
 
 1. Belonging to wreftling. 
 
 2. Strong of body; vigorous; lufty ; 
 robull. 
 
 Seldom (hall one fee in rich families that 
 athtetick foundnefs and vigour of conftitution, 
 which is feen in cottages, where nature is cook, 
 and neceliity caterer. South. 
 
 Science diftinguifiics a man of honour fiom 
 one of thofe .ithletick brutes, whom undefervedly 
 we call heroes. Dnden. 
 
 Athwa'ht. prep, [from <i and /^lyc/V.] 
 
 1. Acrofs ; tranfverfe to any thing. 
 
 Thcmifloclcs made Xerxes pod out of Grecia, 
 by giving out a purpofe to break his bridge 
 alhivait the Helltipont. Bacon's Ej/ays. 
 
 Execrable Ihapc ! 
 Thatda'rft, though grim and terrible, advance 
 Thy mifcrcated front athzuaii my way. Pur. Loji. 
 
 2. Through; this is not proper. 
 
 Now, athwart the toirors that thy vow 
 Has planted round thee, thou appear'ft more 
 fair. Addifoft, 
 
 Athvva'rt. adv. a tort. 
 
 1. In a manner vexatious and perplexing ; 
 crofsly. 
 
 AH nthic-xri there came 
 A poft from Wales, loadcn with heavy news. 
 
 Shakjpcarc. 
 
 2. Wrong : a travcrs. 
 
 The babby beats the nurfc, and quite athwart 
 Goes all decorum. S'iakfj>earc. 
 
 Ati'lt. adv. [from fl and /;//.] 
 
 1. In the manner of a tilter; with thca6lion 
 of a man makingathriill at an antagonift. 
 
 i^^ ihc city Tours 
 Thou ran'ft atilt^ in honour of my love. 
 And Itol'ft away the ladies hearts from France. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 To run atilt at men, and wield 
 Their naked tools in open field. ILidiiras. 
 
 2. In the pofture of a barrel raifedor tilted 
 behind, to make it run out. 
 
 Such a man is always aitlt ; his favours come 
 hardly from him. Sj rflator. 
 
 A'tlas. k. f. 
 
 1. A coUeftion of maps, fo called probably 
 from a piclure of Alias fupporting the 
 heavens, prefixed to fome colledlion. 
 
 2. A large fquare folio ; fo called from 
 thefe folios, which, containing maps, 
 ¥,-cie made large and fquare. 
 
 3. Sometimes the fupporters of a building, 
 
 4. A rich kind of iilk or ftufF made for 
 women's clothes. 
 
 I have tlie conveniency of buying Dutch 
 a/Aj^cj withgoMand filver, or without. Spe^.iter, 
 A'tmosphere. n.f. [aiTfc©-, vapour, and 
 tr^M^oi, a fphere.] 
 
 The cxteriuur part of thii our habitable world 
 is the air, o\- atmofphcre; alight, thin, fluid, or 
 fpringy body, that encompaffes the folid earth 
 on all fides. Locke. 
 
 Immcnfe the whole excited atmoffherc 
 Impetuous rufhcs o'er the founding world. 
 
 'I horn fort. 
 Atmosphe'rical.o.-^'. [from atmofphere.'] 
 Conlifling of the atmofphere ; belong- 
 ing to the atmofphere. 
 
 We did not mention the weight of the incum- 
 bent atmofpherical cylinder, as a pait of ll\e 
 we.ght rcfifted. BoyU. 
 
 A'TOiVI. n.f. [fl/o»!;/j-, Lat. aTo/x©.] 
 
 1 . Such a fmall particle as cannot be phy- 
 fically divided : and thefe are the firft 
 rudiments, or the component parts, of all 
 bodies. ^liitcy. 
 
 Innumerable minute bodies are called aioitiF, 
 becaufe, by re.ifon of their perfeifl folidity, they 
 were really indivilible. Kay. 
 
 See plartick nature working to this end. 
 The tingle atoms each to other tend, 
 Attraft, attraftcd to, the next in place 
 Form'd and impell'd its neighbour to embrace. 
 
 i'opc, 
 
 2. Any thing extremely fmall. 
 
 It is as eafy to count atomsj as to refolve the 
 propofitions of a lover. ShakJ^eare. 
 
 Ato'mical. adj. [iromatom.'] 
 
 1. Confifting of atoms. 
 
 Vitrified and pellucid bodies arc clearer in 
 their continuities than in powders and aicmica! 
 divifions. Brown's Vulgar Errours, 
 
 2. Relating to atoms. 
 
 Vacuum is another principal doftrine of the 
 atomical philofophy. Beiilley'i Sermom. 
 
 A'tomist. n./. [from fl^oOT.] One that 
 holds the atomical philofophy, or doc- 
 trine of atoms. 
 
 The atomljhy who define motion to be a 
 pafiage from one place to another, what do they 
 more than put one lynonymous word for anolhcr? 
 
 Eocke, 
 Now can judicious ato:n:J}s conceive, 
 Chance to the fun could his jult impulfe give? 
 
 Blachnrtre. 
 A'tomv. n.f. An obfolete word for a/am. 
 Drawn with a team of Kttlc atomies 
 Athwart men's nofcs, as they be alleep. Sluk. 
 To ATO'NE. V. n. [from at one, as the 
 etymologifts remark, to be at one, is the 
 fame as to be In cncord. This deriva- 
 tion is much confirmed by the following 
 paffage of Shalfpcnre, and appears to 
 be the fenfe ftill retained in Scotland.] 
 
 1. To agree ; to accord. 
 
 He and Aufidus can no more alone. 
 Than violcntcil contrariety. Shukjpeare. 
 
 2. To ftand as an equivalent for loinc- 
 thing ; and particularly ufed of expia- 
 tory facrifices, with the particle for 
 before the thing for which fomelhing 
 elfe is given. 
 
 From a mean flock the pious Dccii same; 
 Yet fucli their virtues, that thtii lots alone 
 Fcr Rome and all our legions did atone. Dryden. 
 
 The good intention of a man of weight and 
 worth, or a real friend, ftldoni atones Jor ;lie 
 uncafincfs produced by his grave reprcfcntation. 
 
 Loiiu 
 
 Let thy fublime meridian courfc 
 For Maiy's fetting rays ar»nf :
 
 A T R 
 
 Our luftic, with redoubled furcc, 
 Muft now proceed horn thcc alotic. Privr. 
 
 His virgin fword Wvgylthus' \ein5 imbrued; 
 Tlic Diurtl'icr fell, and blood nt'ji.'.ljir Hnod. 
 
 To Ato'ne. v. a. 
 
 1. To reduce to concord. 
 
 If any contciuion arofe, lie knew none filter 
 to be their judge, to aione and take up thcii 
 quairch, but hinifclf. Drumm. 
 
 2. To expiate ; to anfwer for. 
 
 Soon Ihould yon boaftcrs ccafc their haughty 
 rtntc. 
 Or each afine his guilty love with life. f-ij>r. 
 Ato'nement. 11. f. [from a/«ni;.j 
 
 1. Agreement; concord. 
 
 He fecks to make atmemtnt 
 Between the duke ol Glo'licr urA your brothers. 
 
 Shakjftea'c. 
 
 2. Expiation ; expiatory equivalent : 
 
 Aivd tlic Levites were purified, and Aaron 
 made an atonement j;i them to ckaiife them. 
 
 Surely it is not a fufficient atanemtit for the 
 writers, that they profcfs loyalty to the govern- 
 ment, and fprinlilc fome arguments in favoui of 
 the diffcnttrs, and, under the Iheltcr of popular 
 ptliticks and rcligi^m, undtrminc the foundations 
 of all piety and virtue. Sw.-ft. 
 
 Atop. at^v. [from a and /a/.] On the 
 top ; at the top. 
 
 ^-Jtop whereof, but far more rich appc.ir'd 
 Tlic work as of a kingly pahce-gatc. Far. Lojl. 
 
 What is extratf^cd by water fron\ cot^ee is the 
 oil, which often fwims atof of tiie dccoflion 
 
 ^'itbuthnot on ^iimen!^. 
 
 Atrabila'ri.\n. J adj. [ from air a b'dis, 
 Atb abila'rious. J black cboler.] Me- 
 lancholy ; replete witli black choler. 
 
 The- blood, dcpiivcd of its due proportion of 
 ferum, or finer and more volatile parti, is aira- 
 ti'inhm; wheieby it is rendered grofs, black, 
 uiidfuous, and eaithy. Qi/hiL-y. 
 
 Fuim this black adult ftate of the blood, they 
 arc titrabiltirhus. Aiht^thnotonAit. 
 
 The arr<ii//,ii7<iJiconflitution, or a black, vif- 
 •cous, pitchy confiiicncc of the fluids, makes all 
 fccretioiis diiHcult and fparinjr. Arhuthnot. 
 
 Atrabila'riousnrss. n.f. [from atra- 
 hilarious. ^ The ftate of being melan- 
 choly ; repletion with inelancholy. 
 Atrame'ntal. ] act], [from atrUmcn- 
 Atr A M B NTOt-'s. ^ /i/OTjlnk, Lat.] Inky; 
 black. 
 
 If wc ennuire in wliat part of vitriol this atra- 
 m^ntal and denigrating condirion lodgtth, it 
 will fecm cfpecially to be in the more fixed fait 
 thereof. Broii-n's Vulvar Errour^. 
 
 I am not fatisfied, that thof« black and atm- 
 mentoui fpots, which fccm to repicfcnt them, arc 
 ocular. Blown. 
 
 ATRO'CIOUS W/.[fl/ro.v,Lat.] Wick- 
 ed in a high degree ; enormous ; hoi- 
 rihly criminal. 
 
 An advocate is nccclTary, and therefore au- 
 dience ought not to be denied him in defending 
 caiifes, unkfs it be an atrcaoui offence, .^jlffe- 
 Atro'cioi/sly. fla''U. [^ixom alrocioui.'] In 
 an atrocious manner; with great wick- 
 edneis. 
 Atro ciousvF.ss. n.f. [from atrocious.^ 
 The quality of being enorinouily cri- 
 minal. 
 Atho CITY, n.y; [alrocitiif, Lat.] Hor- 
 rible witlcediiefs ; excefs of wickedneis. 
 I never -teal it kj mind, with-Kit a deep ailo- 
 nifhmeiit of the very hotruur and rtr;'Ot;/>v' of the 
 fart in a chiiilian court. H'otton. 
 
 They dciiied [uifice niiglit be done upon 
 oflciidcts:, as the utrociiy ui t: cir etiircs dclervcri. 
 
 l.;'j( T.ic:. 
 
 Vol. I, 
 
 A T T 
 
 Atuopjiy. n.f. [«Te«pi*.] AVaniofnou- 
 rilhincnt ; a difeafe in which what is 
 taken at the motith cannot contribute 
 to the fiipport of the body, 
 rining utrcfiy, 
 Marafmu.':, and widc-walling pcliilcnce. Mifton. 
 The moutiis of thclaiteals may be (hut up by 
 a vifeid mucus, in which cafe the chyle palfeth 
 by Hool, and the perfon falkth into an atiopliy. 
 yliOuthiiot on yilimcnt:. 
 To ATTA'CH. 1'. a. [attachcr, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To arrcft ; to take or apprehend by 
 commandment or writ. Cu-well. 
 
 tfifooiii the guards, which on his flatc did 
 w.iit, 
 JItlacli'.i lh.it traitor falfe, and bound him flrait. 
 
 Sprnfey. 
 
 The Tower was cbofen, that if Clifford Iho'uld 
 
 accul'e grc.t ones, they might, without fufpicion 
 
 oi nolle, be prefcntly tr/iJc^W. Bacon. 
 
 Bol eniia greets you, 
 Defircs you to attach his fjii, wiio has 
 His dijiiitv and duty both call oft'. Shaiffeaie. 
 
 2. Sometimes with the particle of, but not 
 in prefent ufe. 
 
 Voii, lord a'chbilhop, and you, lordMowbny. 
 0/* capital treafjii I attach you both. Sh.iljp. 
 
 3. To feize in a judicial manner. 
 
 France hath flaw'd the league, and hath attach'J 
 Our mcichants goods at Bourideaux. Shakjpcafe. 
 
 4. To lay hold on, as by power. 
 
 I cannot blame thcc, 
 Who am myfelf att uh'H with wcarinefs. 
 To tir dullins of my fpivits. Shakfjitarc. 
 
 C. To win ; to gain over ; to enamour. 
 ^ongs, garlands, tlow'rs, 
 And chrrming fymphonics, attack'ii the heart 
 Of Ad.iiH. Milton. 
 
 6. To fix to one's intereft. 
 
 Tne great and lich depend on thofc whom 
 tlieir power or their wealth <i(/<Ji//« to them. Rc^tn. 
 Ati a'chment. ti.f. \_attuclcmenty Fr.] 
 
 1. Adiierencc ; fidelity. 
 
 The f c«s arc remarkable for an attachment to 
 their own country. AMijon. 
 
 2. Attention ; regard. 
 
 The Rumans burnt this laft fleet, which is 
 
 another mark of their fmall atiachmtnt to the f<a. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Coins. 
 
 3. A.n apprehenfion of a man, to bring 
 hiin to anfwer an adtion; and fometimes 
 it extends to hia.'moveables. 
 
 4. Foreign attachment., is the attachment of 
 a foreigner's goods found within a city, 
 to fatlsfy creditors within a city. 
 
 rcATTA'CK. V. a. \_aUaqui:r,Yx.'\ 
 
 1. To aflault an enemy: oppofed to de- 
 fence. 
 
 The front, the rear 
 Attack, while Yvo thunders in the centre. Vhilips. 
 Thulc that attack gencr.-.l'.y get the viilory, 
 though with difadvaiuage of ground. 
 
 Canc'i Campargnt. 
 
 2. To impugn in any inanner, as with 
 fatire, confutation, calumny ; as, the 
 declaimcr attached the reputation of his 
 advcrfaries. 
 
 Att.^'ck. k. /. [from the verb.] An 
 aflault upon an enemy. 
 
 He^or oppofts, riid continues the attack ; in 
 which Saipedon in.ikcs the firll bicacii in the 
 wall. Tone's Iliad. 
 
 If appris'd of the fevere atta.i, 
 
 The country be Ihut tip. Thcmfin. 
 
 I own 'twas wiong, when thoufands call'd me 
 
 back. 
 
 To make that hopelef., ill-advis'd attak. Young, 
 
 Attacker. «._/'. [from atUick.^ The 
 
 perfon that attacks. 
 To ATTAIN. V. a. [attAndre, Fr. tUi- 
 ueo, Lat] 
 
 ATT 
 
 I. To gain ; to procure; to obtaiti. 
 
 Is he wile who hopes to attain the end with, 
 out liic means, nay by means that arc quite con- 
 tr.iry to it > iilhtfon. 
 
 All the nobility here could not li'riiin the fani" 
 favour as Wood did. S''.^'ij'. 
 
 3. To overtake ; to come up with : a fenle 
 now little in ufe. 
 
 The carl hoping to have overt. iken the fcot'Lifh 
 king, and to have given him b.atik, but not at- 
 taining\.\m ill time, fet down before the caftlc of 
 Aton. £acor, 
 
 3. To come to; to enter upon. 
 
 Canaan he now atiaim; I fee his tents 
 Pitch'd above Sichem. Milton's Par. LnJI. 
 
 4. To reach ; to equal. 
 
 So the firft prccrdent, if it be good, is fd- 
 dom attained by imitation. Bacf^n^ 
 
 To Atta'in. 1). n. , . 
 
 1. To come to a certain ftate: vf\.\.\\ to. 
 
 Milk will foon fcparatc ilfelf into a cream, 
 and a more feious liquor, which, after twelvi 
 days, attaint to the higbell degree of acidity. 
 
 Arbiithnoi on Aliments. 
 
 2. To arrive at. 
 
 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it 
 is high ; 1 cannot .itiair unto if. I'films, 
 
 To have knowledge in molf ofcjerts ot con- 
 templation, is what the mind of one man (ran hard- 
 ly attain unto. L^^cie. 
 
 Atta'in. ti.f. [from the verb.] The 
 thing attained ; attainment. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 Crowns and diadems, the moft fplendid ter- 
 rene attains, are akin to that which to-day is in 
 the field, and to-morrow is cut down. 
 
 CUn-y,V.^'s Scepjis. 
 Att.'^'iN ABLE. adj. [from rt//a/n.] That 
 may be attained ; procurable. 
 
 He wilfully ncglefts the ubtauiing unfpcaHable 
 good, which he is perfuaded is certain and .it- 
 taiiiahle. Tillotfon. 
 
 None was propnfed that appeared certainly at- 
 tain.ihle, or of value enough. Rogers. 
 
 Atta'in ABLENEss. n.f [ivoxa attainabk.'\ 
 The quality of being attainable. 
 
 Pcrfons become often enamoured of outward 
 beauty, without any particular knowledge of its 
 poflcllbr, or its a//.j/'.M^/e';</i by them. (."'/_>•:.- 
 Atta'inder. n.f [from To altaini.] 
 
 1. The aft of attainting in law; con- 
 viftion of a crime. See Ta Attaint. 
 
 The ends in c'lliiig a pailiamcnt were chiefly 
 to have the attainders of all of his parry rtvcrferi ; 
 and, on the other fide, to attaint by pavliamer.t 
 his enemies. Bacon. 
 
 2. Taint ; fully of charafter. 
 
 So fmooth he daub'd his vice with Oicw of 
 virtue. 
 He liv'dfrom all attainder of fufpedl. Siahfp, 
 
 Atta'inment. n.f [from altaiti.] 
 
 1. That which is attained ; acquiiition. 
 
 We difpute with men that count if a giea: at* 
 tniniiieni to be able to talk rtiuch, and little to 
 the puipofe. GlairjilU. 
 
 Our attainments arc mean, compared with the 
 perfection of the univcrfe. Gre'iv. 
 
 2. Tiie aft or power of attaining. 
 
 The Scripture mnif he fufficient to imp'int In 
 us the charafler of al! things ncceflTary for the <t- 
 tainntent of eternal life. Jhcker. 
 
 Educati m in extent more l.^rge, of time (hui tcr, 
 and of att.iinment more certain. • I^Iiitjn. 
 
 Government is an art above the aitainirer.t of 
 an oidinsiy genius. Soith. 
 
 If the f.ime aiSions be the inflrumcnts loth of 
 actpiiring fame and procuring this happinef>, tl.-;y 
 would nevcrthelf fs fail in the attainment t>f tins 
 fill end, if they proceeded from a dclire of -.lie 
 hit. Add-j'i-. 
 
 The great care of God for our (alvation itiuif 
 appcur 111 the concern he cxprefl'ed for vu: at- 
 tainment of it. • Rc^en. 
 
 R
 
 A T T 
 
 To Atta'int. •v. a. [atUntei-, Fr.] 
 !• To disgrace; to cloud with ignominy. 
 His warlike fliicld 
 Was all of diamond perfect pnvc and clcany 
 Fjr fo exceeding flione Iiis gliftcrinj lay, 
 Tiiat rii^Lus golden faco it did atluint, 
 As wheiia cluud his lieam^ da!ho\crl-iy. F.Qtiii". 
 
 2. To atfairt is particulavly ufed for fucli 
 as are found ^^uilty of fome crime or 
 offence, and efptcialiy of felony or trea- 
 fo;i. 
 
 A man is »//^/«/f</two w.ys, by appearance, 
 or hy procefs. Attainder by appearance is Ly 
 conftfi'ion, battle, or vcldidl. Confcluoa is 
 double; one at the bar before the judges, when 
 the prifoner, upon his indictment read, being 
 allied guilty or not guilty, anfwers Guilty, never 
 putting hiinfclf upon the verdi(fl of tlie jury. 
 Tlic other is before tha coroner or rniflu.'uy, 
 where he, upon his coiifefTion, was in former 
 times- cunltraincd lo abjure the realm ; which 
 kind is called attainder by abjuration. At- 
 tainder by battle is, when the party appeal- 
 ed, and chooiing to try the truth by combat ra- 
 ther than by jury, is vanquithed. Attainder by 
 v:rdift IS, when the prifoner at tire bar, anf- 
 wcring to the indictment Kut guilty, hatii an 
 inc[uch of life and death patTing upon him, 
 and is by the verdidt pionounced guilty. At- 
 tainder by procefs is, where a party flies, and is 
 nor found till five times called publicKly in the 
 couiily, and at laft outlawed upon his default. 
 
 Covjcll. 
 
 Were it not an endlefs trouble, that no traitor 
 
 or felon ihoiild be attaimcJ, but a parliament 
 
 mult be called } S,vfii. 
 
 I mull offend before t be attainted. i/iaiff. 
 
 3-. To taint ; to corrupt. 
 
 My tender youth was never yet attaint 
 With any pafTion of inflaming love. SJiakf^earc. 
 Att.i'int. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Any thing injurious; as illncls, weari- 
 nefs. This fenfe is now obfolete. 
 
 Nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour 
 Unlo the weary and all-watched night ; 
 But frcllily looks, and overbears attaint 
 With cheerful femblance. Shaifp. Henry v. 
 
 2. Stain ; fpot ; taint. 
 
 Ko man batlr a virtue that he has not a giimpfe 
 of; nor any man an at taint j but he cariies fome 
 ftain of it. SImiffeare. 
 
 3. [In horfcmanfhip.] A blow or wound 
 on the hinder feet of a horfe. Far. Did. 
 
 ATTA'rNTLRE. ?;./. [from (z//.i;;;/.] Legal 
 cenfure; reproach ; imputation. 
 
 Hume's knavury will be the duchefs' wreck. 
 
 And her ixttiu,-i!ure will be Humphry's fall. Shak. 
 
 To Atta'minate. ij.a. laHamtiio, Lat.] 
 
 To corrupt ; to fpoil. 
 To Atte'mper. 1'. a. [atlcnipero, Lat.] 
 J. To mingle ; to wcai-ien by the mi.'iture 
 
 of fornelhing elfe .: lo dilute. 
 ~ Nobility uttiir.pfri fovereignty, and draws the 
 eves of the people fo.Tnewbat afide from tV.c line 
 loyal. Buion. 
 
 j^ttcmpfr^dWm% arifc, 
 Swfct-beam'd, and Ihcdding oft thro' lucid 
 
 cl'ouds 
 A pleafing calm. Thmfon. 
 
 ■li. To foftcn ; to mollify. 
 
 His early providence could likcwife liavc .j/- 
 tonpfrci his nature therein. Bucun. 
 
 Tl.ofe fmiling t)cs,attiinp'ri7/g cv'ry ray, 
 Shone fweerly lambent wilii celcltialday. Pcpt. 
 
 3. To mix in jviil proportions; to regulate. 
 
 She to licr guelts doth bounteous banquet digbt, 
 wUtitnpiT\iy goodly, well for Ueallh and for de- 
 light. Spinjir. 
 
 4, To fit to fomething clfe. 
 
 Ph-.niiMs 1 let arts of gods and heroes old, 
 Attiinpci'iixn the lyre, youf voice employ. I'opc. 
 
 ATT 
 
 To Atte'mperate. -v. a. [attempers, 
 Lat.] To proportion to fomething. 
 
 Hope mult lie proportioned and attsmpfrate to 
 the piomife; if it exceed that temper and pro- 
 portion, it becomes a tumour and tympany of 
 hope. Hailrm'jnd'i i'ynCl. Catechfm. 
 
 To Atte'mi'T. 1). «. {^allenlei; Fr.] 
 
 1. To attack; to invade; to venture upon. 
 
 He, flatt'ring his dilpleafurc, 
 Tript me behind, got prailes of the King 
 For him atte^nptins^^ who was fclt-fubdued. Shak. 
 
 Who, in all things wile and juil 
 Hinder'd not Satan to atttrnf^t tl-.e mind 
 Of man, with Itrengtli entire .and ficc-will arm'd. 
 
 M/tlon. 
 
 2. To try; to endeavour. 
 
 I have neverthelcfs attrmpteA to fend unto you, 
 for the icnewJiig of brotherhood and fricndrtiip. 
 
 I Marcakeci. 
 
 To Atte'mpt. v.ti. To make an attack. 
 
 I have been fo hardy to titempt upon a nsme, 
 
 which among fome is yet very faeicd. GianviJle, 
 
 Horace hts tnoulter with We'm.iu'i head above, 
 
 and filhy exticme below, anfweis the fliapc of 
 
 tiie ancient Syiciis that attrwpted upon Ulylles. 
 
 BfO'wn's y.ii^ar Emun. 
 
 Attk'mpt. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. An attack. 
 
 If we be always prepared to reccl>e an enemy, 
 we Ihall long live in peace and quictnefsj without 
 ary attempts upon us. Bacon. 
 
 2. Aw tlfay ; ail endeavour. 
 
 Alack! I am afraid they have awak'd, 
 And 'tis not done; th' attempt and not tiie deed, 
 Confounds us. Sllakfpeare'i Macbet':. 
 
 \\i would h.tvc cry'd; but hoping that he 
 dicaint, 
 Amazement tied his tong.ic, and flopp'd th' at- 
 tctnpi. DryAc}. 
 
 I ful join the following attempt toward a natu- 
 ral hiltory of foffils. IJloiiiuard on Fc/fi/t. 
 Atte'mptable. adj. [from attemjit.'] 
 Liable to attempts or attacks. 
 
 The gentleman vouching his to be more fair, 
 virtuous, wife, and lefs •itiemptaile, than I he 
 rarcll of our ladies. Sh.tkfpeate. 
 
 Atte'mpter. n.f. [from atifmpt.] 
 
 1. The perfon that attempts ; an invader. 
 
 The Son of God, with godlike force endued 
 Againft th' attcmpttr of thy Father's throne. 
 
 Miltin. 
 
 2. An endeavourer. 
 
 You are no faiftors for jlory or treafure, but 
 dilinterefted attempted for the univcif il good. 
 
 Gl-iniiiUc'i Seepfii. 
 To ATTE'ND. v. a. [alteiidre, Fr. at- 
 taiil.-), Lat.] 
 
 1. To regard ; to fix the mind upon. 
 
 The diligent pilot, in a dangerous tempcO, doth 
 not. attend ihe imfkilful wurds of a paiiengcr. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 The crow doth finjas fweetly as the ftork 
 When neither is a/.-fK./ifrf. Sluikjpeart. 
 
 2. To wait on; to accompany as an in- 
 feriour, or a fervant. 
 
 His companion, youthful Valentine, 
 ylttends the emperour in Lis royal court. Siiakjp. 
 
 3. To accompany as an enemy. 
 
 He was at piefent Itrong enough to have (top- 
 ped or attended Waller in ins wcilern expedition. 
 
 tjlarendin. 
 
 4. To be prefent with, upon a fummous. 
 
 5. To accompany; to be appendant to. 
 
 England is fo idly king'd, 
 Her fceptre fo tantaflically borne. 
 That fear rt'/fWi her not. Shalfpearc. 
 
 Mypray'rsand w.lhes always fliall attend 
 The friends of Rome. Addifrn's Cato. 
 
 A vehement, burning,' fixed, pungent pain in 
 the ftomach, attended with a fever. .Srhithnot. 
 
 6. To expeft. This fenfe is French. 
 
 So dreadful a tcmpclt, as all the people al- 
 
 A T T 
 
 ifnAc.-i tV.cicin the very end of the woild, ar»dl 
 judgment H.iy. Rdltigh'i Uijicry^, 
 
 7. To wait ou, as on a charge. 
 
 The filth had charge iick ptifons to a/tend^ 
 And comfort thofe in point oi death which la/. 
 
 8. To be confequent to. 
 
 The duke made that unRTtunarc dcfcentupon 
 Rhecjwliich was afterwards attenJcd w\th many, 
 unprofpcrojs attempts. Chnfft^ion. 
 
 9. To rciiiain to ; to await ; to be in flore 
 fc.r. 
 
 To him who hath a piofpe^ of the ita'e that 
 attendi all men after tliis, the meafurcs of good 
 and evil arc changed. Licke* 
 
 10. To wait for inlidioufly. 
 
 Thy interpreter, frill of defpTght, Moody as 
 the hunter, .jiV.';.;i thee at the oitnaid end. itkej;.. 
 
 11. To be bent upon any object. 
 
 Thcii hunger thus appcas'd, their care attends 
 The doubtful fortune of their aWent friends. 
 
 Diy.Un. 
 
 12. To (lay for. 
 
 I died wiullt in the wcmb he (laid, 
 Attending nature's lavv-. Stiakjp. Cymbeline.. 
 
 I haften to our own ; nor will rel.ite 
 Great Miihndates" and rich Crrefus' fate ; 
 Wnum Solon wifely eounlell'd to attend 
 TliC name of happy, till he knew his end. Creech, 
 
 Three cavs I pro.iris'd to atrend my doom, 
 And two long days and nights are yet ta come. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 To Atte'ND. t>. 71. 
 
 1. To yield attention. 
 
 Bui, thy relation now ! for I attend, 
 Plcas'Uwith thy words. Mi/torr. 
 
 Since man cannot at the fame time attend tt> 
 two oLjefts, if you employ your fpirit upon a 
 book or a bodily labour, you have no room left 
 for fenfual temptation. /rty/or. 
 
 2. To flay ; to delay. 
 
 This firlt true caufe, and laft good end, 
 She cannot here fo well .-ind truly tee ; 
 For this perfection Ihe mull yciutttndf 
 Till to her Maker (he erpoulcd be. Daziei. 
 
 Plant anemonies after the fivll rains, if yon 
 will have flowers vet)*' foiward; but it i* furcr 
 to attend till Citob^r. Jive/yn, 
 
 3. To w;;it; to be within reach or call. 
 
 The charge theieof tmti) a covetous fprite 
 Commandcowaf, who thereby did attend 
 And warily awaited. Fairy Qufen. 
 
 4. To wait, as compelled by atithority. 
 
 If any munltci reluled to admit a Icilurei rc- 
 commc;idcd by him, he was requirsd 10 attend 
 upon tlie committee, and not dil'ehargcd till the 
 houfcs met again. Clarendon. 
 
 Atte'ndance. n.f. {attendance, Fr.] 
 I. The aft of wailing on another; or of 
 fcrving. 
 
 I dance attendance here, 
 
 , I think the duke will not be fpoke evithal. Sli.ikf. 
 
 For l-.e of wiiom ihefc things aie fpokcn, prr- 
 
 taineth to another tube, of which no man gave 
 
 attendance at the altar. Hcbiiius. 
 
 The other .ifter many ycais ititcndance upoa 
 
 the duke, was now one of the bcdthambcr to the 
 
 prince. Idarendol. 
 
 3. Service. 
 
 Why might not you, my lord, receive atti-id- 
 aijee 
 From thoft that (he calls fervants ? S/iak/pe.vt. 
 
 3. The perfcns waiting ; a tram. 
 
 Attendance none Ihall need, nor train ; where 
 none 
 Arc to beheld tbe^udgmcnt, but the judg'd. 
 Thole two. Millon i Farad f'LoJ. 
 
 4. Attention ; regard. 
 
 Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, tip 
 doftiine. iTimMtiy. 
 
 5. ENpcftation : a fenfe now out of ufe. 
 
 That wliich caufelii bitttnicfs in death is tla:
 
 ATT 
 
 I.:n2i;ilhinj a.'tni.far.'t ai;d cxpcilatioii tiieic- 
 of <rc it come. lio'jKtr. 
 
 /ittk'nuam'. tiilj. \_at!enilant, Fr.] Ac- 
 cumpanying as I'ubordiiiate, or cuiilc- 
 quciitial. 
 
 Otlicr funs, perhaps, 
 Wirh \.\\c\r atii'niianl mi)0os, tiiau wilt dcfcry, 
 Coinmunitatiiig male and female ligl.t. I'm . Loj}. 
 
 At TEN DANT. «./. 
 
 1. One tliat attends. 
 
 I will bcrcuiin«d fjithwith i diflnif' your at- 
 tc't.iant there ; looit ic be dune. Hhuifpcure. 
 
 2. One tliat belongs to the train. 
 
 When fume gracious monarch dies, 
 Soft whifpcrs firll and mournful murmurs rifs 
 Ani'tMg llic lid iitt^hlanti. Diydfn, 
 
 3. One that waits the pleaftire of another, 
 as a fu tor or agent. 
 
 I endeavour that my rcider may not wait long 
 for my moaning; to give an atlm.Uil q'.iick dil- 
 patch ib .1 civility. Burne?i Ti'tory. 
 
 4. One that is prefcnt at. any thing. 
 
 He was a coiift.int attcnJimi at all meetings 
 rcl.iiiiig to charity, without contributing. Stoijt. 
 
 5. [Ill law.] One that owcth a duty or 
 fcrvice to another ; or, after a fort, de- 
 pendeth upon another. Co'iuell. 
 
 6. 1 hat which is united with another, as 
 a concomitant or confequent. 
 
 Govern well thy appetite, lell fin 
 Surprize liicc, .md her black atundantj death. 
 
 Milion. 
 
 They fccure themfclves firft from doing no- 
 tliing, and ihen from doing ill; the one bein^; fo 
 clofc an attendant on the other, that it is fcarce 
 jjolh'ile to fever them. Decay of Fiely. 
 
 He had an unlimited fcnfe of fami-, the tit- 
 ^enjtint of noble fpirits, which prompted him to 
 engage in trjvels. Fepe. 
 
 it IS iiard to take into view all the afundanfs or 
 confc^uetits th.:t will be concerned in a qucttion. 
 
 Atte'nder. ti./. [from a//OT(/.] Com- 
 panion ; affuciate. 
 
 Tlie gypfics were there, 
 Like lords to appear, . 
 Witn fuch their uttenden 
 Ai you thought otfendeis. Ben ysrijon, 
 
 Atte'nt. adj. [attentus, Lat.] Intent; 
 attentive ; heedful ; regardful. 
 
 Nox mine eyes thai! be open, and mine cars 
 oitcnt unto the prayer that is made in this place. 
 
 Z Chronicles. 
 What can then be lefs in me than defirc 
 To fee thee, and approach thee, whom 1 kuow 
 IKclat'd the So.i of God, to hear j//tvi/ 
 Thy wifdom, and behdid thy godlike deeds } 
 
 Millon. 
 
 Read your chapter in your prayers : little in- 
 
 terruptio'is will mike y«ur prayers lefs tedious, 
 
 and yourfcit moie etttent upon them. 'luyhr. 
 
 Being denied communication by their car, their 
 
 eyes are more vigilant, atcenty and heedful. 
 
 lioUcr. 
 To want of judging abilities, wc may add their 
 Want of Ictfuic to apjily their minds to fuch a 
 ferious and atttnt confidcration. ^hiit\. 
 
 A'ttentates. n. f. \_attcntnta, Lnt.] 
 Proceedings in a court of jiidlcatuie, 
 pending fiiit, and after an inhibition is 
 decreed and gone out : thoie things 
 which are done after an exttajiidicial 
 appeal, may likewife be (Hied attentates. 
 
 Ay'ujfe. 
 Atte'ntion. n. /. \attenttnn,Y\.'\ '1 he 
 aft ot attending or heeding ; the a£l of 
 bending the mind upon any thing. 
 
 They fay the tongues of dying men 
 Inforce attention like deephaimony. Shakjpcare. 
 He perceived nothing Imt filence, and ligns of 
 mlUnlioH (o wKal he would fuithcr (ay, iacon. 
 
 A T T 
 
 Eut him the gentle angel by the hand 
 Soon lais'd, and his attention thus rccall'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 By iiltri:iiony the ideas that oSfer themfclics arc 
 taken lotitc of, and as it were regiftercd in the 
 nieinoiy, Locke. 
 
 jittoitio'i Is a very necefTarv thinj; ; truth doth 
 not always lirikc the foul at flrlt light. tVattt. 
 
 Atte'ntive. adj. [from a//fH/.] Heed- 
 ful; regardful; full wf attention. 
 
 Being moved with thefe, .mil iiie like your ef- 
 ftc'tual difcouifes, whcrcuiito we gave moff at- 
 ttnfive car, till they entered even uiiro our fouls. 
 
 ih'Acr. 
 
 I'm never mcr.'y when I he.ir fwcrt muftck. 
 
 — Tlic realun is, your fpirits aie attrntrre. ^holi. 
 
 I faw molt of tlicni tittentiTe to ti:rce Sirens, 
 
 diflinguillicd'by the names of Sloth, ignorance, 
 
 and PlcMl'urc. Tatlcr. 
 
 A critick is a man who, on all occafions, is 
 
 more attentive to what is wanting than what is 
 
 piefent. ./Iddifon, 
 
 Mufick's force can tame the furious bcaft ; 
 Can m:i.'..cthe wolf 01 foaming bourreftrain 
 ills rage; tliclion drop his crelled main, 
 ..■^ttintiveto the fong. Prior, 
 
 .Atte'^tively. adv. [from atienlive.l 
 iieedfully ; carefully. 
 
 if a man look Iharply and attentivtlyy he (hall 
 fee Fortune; for though flie be blind, (he is not 
 iiivifible. Bacon. 
 
 Thccaufe of cold is a quick fpirit in a cold 
 body ; as will appear to any that Ihal! r.ttentn>ely 
 confider nature. J'^con. 
 
 Atte'ntivesess. n.f. [from attentive.] 
 The flate of being attentive; h.cedful- 
 nefs ; attention. 
 
 At the relation of the queen's death, bravely 
 conftflcd and lamented by the king, how aiten- 
 ti'.:ir!{Ji wounded his daughter. Unakfi'care. 
 
 Atte'nuant. adj. [attenuani, jLat.] 
 What has the power of making thin, 
 or diluting. 
 To ATTENUATE. i:a. [attemio, Lat.] 
 To make thin, or llender : oppofed to 
 condenfe, or hicrajfate, or thicket!. 
 
 The Hiier parts belonging to the juice of grapes, 
 being u//tv;««/r./ and fubtilized, was changed into 
 an ardent fpirit. Boyle. 
 
 Viiieg.ir curd, pirt upon an egg, not only dif- 
 folvesthc (hell, but alfo ii//fvi..j/f! ihe white con- 
 tained in it intoa limpi<l water. 11' f man's Surg. 
 it is of the nature of acids to dillolvc or atte- 
 nuate, and of alkalies to precipitate or incrall'.itc. 
 Ncujtc/i's Opiiih. 
 The ingredients are digefted and attenuated by 
 heat; they are itiircd and conllanlly agit itcd by 
 winds. .-i'ih:/iict. 
 
 ATTE'NUATE.a^'. [from the verb.] Made 
 thin, or (lender. 
 
 Vivi(ication ever confirtcth in fpirlt.*i attfri;iatr, 
 which the cold doth congeal and coagulate. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Attenua'tion. n. /. [from attenuate.'] 
 The art of making any thing thin or 
 fl.'ndcr ; leffening. 
 
 Chiming with a hammer upon the outfidc ui 
 a bell, the ibund will be according to the inward 
 concave of the bell; wheieasthe elifioii or <ir- 
 ttmtation of the .iir, can be only between the 
 himnier and the outhdc of the bell. Eaeori. 
 
 A'TlEit. n. f. [atep. Sax. venom.] Cor- 
 rupt matter. A word much ufed in 
 Lincolnfliire, Siir.ner. 
 
 To Atte'st. v. a. [aliejlor, Lat.] 
 
 1. To bear witncfs of; to witnefs. 
 
 Many particular fafts arc recorded in holy 
 wYit, altcjl'd by particular pagan authors, yld.lif. 
 
 2. To call to witncf^ ; to invoke as confci- 
 
 CUi. 
 
 The facredilrrams, which hcav'nsimjerial flate 
 AtttJU in oaths, -iid fcais to violate, Dryden. 
 
 A I' T 
 
 Atte'st. «./: [from the verb.] \Vitr,ifs; 
 ttftimony ; atleliation. 
 The attejt of eyes and cars. Shatfit/tte, 
 
 With the voice divine 
 Nigh tliunderftruck, th' exalted man to whom 
 Such high attejt was giv'n, a while fuivcy'd 
 Witii wonder, I'uiadife liegaiii'3, 
 
 Attesta'tion. n. f. [from a/Z^y?.^ Ttf- 
 timony ; wittitfs ; evidence. 
 
 Thcic lemains a lecoiid kind of percraptoii- 
 ncfs, of thole wl'.o can make no relation withouc 
 anattc/tJtion of its certainty. G^t. of the Tonf^ue. 
 The next coal-pit, mine, qiiaiiy, or clialk-pir, 
 will give alltjiation to what I Miite; Ihefc arc (11 
 obvious that I need not feek for a comporgaioi, 
 ll'ocd'waid'j Natural Hijhty. 
 Ve may derive a probability from the attef- 
 tation of wife and honelt men by word or writ- 
 ing, or the concurring witncfs of multitudes wlio 
 have feen and known what they relate. H'atti, 
 
 To Att i'nge. v. a. [attitigo, Lat.] To 
 touch lightly or gently. Difl, 
 
 To ATTI'RE. V. a. [ntilrer, Fr.] To 
 drefs ; to habit ; to array. 
 
 Let it likewife yoi.r gentle bicart infpire 
 M'ith fwcft infufion, and put you in niind 
 Of that proud maid, whom now tliofc leaves atm 
 
 tire, 
 Proud Daphne. Sptnfcf, 
 
 My K.111 ihall be the queen of all the- fairies ,' 
 Finely attired in .a lobc of white. Shahfpeare^ 
 With the linen mitre (hall he be attired.^ Lev, 
 Now the fappy boughs 
 .(^/r//-« themfeUes with blooms. F'n'.'ipt, 
 
 Atti're. >i. f. [from the veib.] 
 
 1. Clothes; drefs; habit. 
 
 it is no more difgrace to Scripture to have left 
 things ficc to be ordered by the church, than for 
 Nature to have left it to the wit of mail to rievile 
 his own attire. Hooker, 
 
 After that the Roman attire ^-.ew to be in ac- 
 count, and the gown to be in ufe among them. 
 Davies on Ire/and, 
 Thy fumptuous buildings, and thy wii'c's at- 
 ti,e, 
 Hath cofi a mafs of puhlick treafury. Siakfp. 
 
 And in this coarfe ati:rr, which I now wear, 
 Wi:h God and with the Mafes I confer. Vonne. 
 
 When lavilh nature, with her bi.ft att.'re, 
 Clothes the gay fpring, the fiafoii of dcfire. 
 
 /frailer. 
 I pafs their form, and cv'ry cl aiming grace j 
 But their attiie, like luenes of a kind, ' 
 All rich and rare, is freih within my mind. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. [In hunting.] The horns of a buck 01* 
 flag. 
 
 3 . [In botany.] The flower of a plant 13 
 divided into three p.irts, the emoa'c- 
 ment, the foliation, and the attire, w'hicfe 
 is eitntrflorid or feiniform. T/orid attire, 
 called thrums or fuit?, as in the flowers 
 of marigold and tanfcy, confllts fome- 
 timcR of two, but commonly of three 
 parts. The outer part is the floret, the 
 body of which is divided at the top, 
 like thecowilip flower, into five dl/!in<f^ 
 parts. Seiiiifcrm at'-re ronfilis of two 
 parts, the chives and apices J one upon 
 each attire. i?/:?. 
 
 Atti'reR. >;./. [fromc/A-n;.] One that 
 
 attires another ; a drcfler. Dicl, 
 
 Attitude, n. 7". [attitude,']- r. itoaiaito; 
 
 Ital.] The poiture or adion in v.hicU 
 
 a ftatue or painted figure is placed. 
 
 Birr.ini would hd\ c taken iiis opiiuun upon the 
 
 beauty and atinude of a figure. I'rior,^ 
 
 They were famous originals that gave life to 
 
 flaucs, with the fame air, poflure, ai;d attitudes, 
 
 R i
 
 ATT 
 
 AxTo'tLEN-f. adj. [altollens, Lat.] That 
 railcs or lifts up. 
 
 I fti.ill farther take notice of the e.iiiuifite li- 
 bration of Ihcattoller.t and depvinieiit rULiiclcs. 
 
 D-'k- m ' i I'iy/lco- Tlnoh^y 
 
 Atto'rnev. 71. f. [a/Zor/zd/w, low Lat. 
 from lour, Fr. Cilul qui inerit a iJur 
 d'auirm ; qui allcrius njices Julit.'] 
 
 I. Such a perfon as by confent, command- 
 ment, or rcqueft, takes heed, fees, and 
 takes iipuu him tlie cliargo of other men's 
 btifinefs, in their nbfence. 
 
 Attormy is either general or fpecial : Attorney 
 general is he tliat by gcncr.il authority is ap- 
 pointed to all onr affairs ur fuits ; as the attorney 
 gfmra/uf the king, which is nearly the fame with 
 Pr:>c:irator Cu-f.im in the Roman cnapire. Attor- 
 •uvs genera/ 2rc marie cither by the king's letters 
 patent, or by our appointment before julViccs in 
 eyre, in open coin t. Attirnry fpecial <j>\- [^arti^tt- 
 lar, is he that is employed in one or more caufes 
 particui.n-ly fpecilictJ. There are alfo, in icfpcdt 
 of the divers courts, nttorncyi at large, and attor- 
 neys fjiecial, belonging to this or that court only. 
 
 CaiVil'. 
 
 Atternryu in common law, are nearly the lame 
 with proftors in the civil law, and folicitors in 
 tourts of equity. ^?.'or;;f)'i fiie out writs or pio- 
 cefs, or commence, carry on, and defend a(ff ions, 
 er other proceedings, in the names of other pcr- 
 fons, in the courts of common law. None arc 
 admitted to adl without having ferved a clerklhip 
 for five years, taking the proper oath, being en- 
 rolled, and ex.amined by the judges. The a//or- 
 ney general ^hid'i within the bar. To him come 
 warrants for making out patents, pardons, fifr. 
 and he is the principal managar of all law affairs 
 of the crown. ChuMbert. 
 
 1 am a fubjefl, 
 And challenge law: attanieyi are deny'd me, 
 And therefore perfonally I lay my claim 
 To mine inheritance. Shakfpcure. 
 
 The king's nttcr/icy, on the contrary, 
 ■ Urg'don examinations, proofs, confoffions. Sltak. 
 Defpairing quacks with cmfes tied tiie place. 
 And vile attsmeyi, now an ufclefs race. Pope. 
 7. It was anciently ii fed for thofe who did 
 any bufinefs for another : now only in 
 law. 
 
 i will attend my hufband ; it is ray office ; 
 And will have no attorney but myfelf ; 
 And therefore let me have him home. Slhiifp. 
 To Atto'rney. i<. a. [from the notm : 
 the verl) is now not in ufe.] 
 
 1. To perform by proxy. 
 
 Their encountcis, though not perfonal, have 
 been royally atlornieitviiln interchange of gifts. 
 
 Shukjptarc. 
 
 2, To employ a? a proxy. 
 
 As I was then 
 Advertifmg, and holy to your bufinefs. 
 Nor changing heart with habit, 1 am iVill 
 A.'toriied to your fcrvice. ^hakjpcare. 
 
 Attorneyship, n.f. [from aUortiey.'\ 
 The office of an attorney ; proxy ; vi- 
 carious agency. 
 
 Bpt marriage i^ a matter of more worth, 
 Than to be dealt ni by tiiiomcyfiip. Skakjpeare. 
 Atto'urnmknt. ti.f. ]^ei!taurnemer:t, Fr.] 
 A yielding of the tenant to a new lord, 
 or aeknowledgmcnt of him to be his 
 lord ; for, othcrwife, he that buyeth or 
 obtaineth any lands or tenements of an- 
 other, which are in the occupation c.f 
 a third, cannot get pofrcfRon. Cowell. 
 To ATTRA'CT. v. a. {attraho, attrac- 
 
 tum, I^at.] 
 1. Tfl draw to fomething, 
 
 A man fliouUl fc.irr-j pctfuadethc afFc^tions of 
 the loadftone, or that jet and amber attra&rth 
 ftraws ar.d light bodies. id-iw.i'j Vnlgtr Er. 
 
 ATT 
 
 The fnigle atoms each to other tend, 
 Attrafl, atliaHed 10, the next in place 
 Form'd and impcU'd its neighbour to embr.icc. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. To allure ; to invite. 
 
 Adorn'd 
 She was indeed, and lovely, to atlrall 
 Thy love ; not thy fubjeftion. Milton. 
 
 Shew the care of approving all aflions fo, as 
 m.ty moft cffcflually atiraClM to this proftffion. 
 
 Hammond, 
 Deign to he lov'd, and cv'ry he.art fuhdiie ! 
 What nymph could e'er attrab futh crowds as 
 you? i'"p^'- 
 
 Attra'ct. n.f. [from the verb.]. Attrac- 
 tion ; the power of drawing. Not in 
 
 ufe. 
 
 Feel darts and charms, sttraBi and flames. 
 And woo and contrail in then names. }IuJil>ras. 
 
 Att.ra'ctic AL. ar!j. \Jvijm allmd.] Hav- 
 ing the power to diaw to it. 
 
 Some ftones are endued with an clcftrical or 
 atl:atl:cal \iaae. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 ATTaA'cTioN. n.f. [from attracl.\ 
 
 1. The power of drawing any thing. 
 Tlie drawing of amber and i;t, and other clec- 
 
 trick bodies, and the attratiion in gold of the 
 fpirit of quicklilver at dillancc ; and the attrac- 
 ton of heat at diftancc ; and that of fitc to naph- 
 tha ; and that of fome herbs to water, though at 
 diftance ; and divers others, we fltall liandle. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Loadftones and touched needles, laid long in 
 quickfilvcr, iiave not amitted ti.eir attraaion. 
 
 Btown'i l''algar Errours. 
 
 Attraction may be perfornaed by impnlfe, or 
 fome other means ; I ufe that word, to lignify 
 any force by which bodies tcndtow.irds one ano- 
 ther. Nc-VJtor.'s Optich. 
 
 2. I'he power of alluring or enticing. 
 Setting the attraction of my good paits afide, 
 
 I liave no other charms. SItakJpeare. 
 
 Attra'ctive, atlj. [from attrail.] 
 
 1. Having the power to draw any thing. 
 What if the fun 
 
 Be centre to the world ; and other ft:irs, 
 By his atlraflive virtue, and their own, 
 Incited, dance about him v. u'ious rounds? Milt. 
 
 Some, the round earth's cohefion to fecute, 
 For that h.ird talk employ magnetitk power; 
 Remark, f.iy they, the globe with wonder own 
 Its nature, like the hm'd attraitrveliunc. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 
 Bodies aa by the attraftlons of gravity, mag- 
 netifm, and ekaticity ; and thefe iintances make 
 it not improbable but there may be more .1.-0,11:- 
 tive powers than thefe. J\:wtyn. 
 
 2. Inviting ; alluring ; enticing. 
 Happy is Hcrmia, whcrefoe'er Ihe lies ; 
 
 For Uie hath bltffcd and attraflivc eyes. Sha^[p. 
 
 I pleas'tl, and with altra!li',:e graces won, 
 The molt averfc, thee chiefly. Mi'to'r. 
 
 Attra'ctive. n.f. [fromnWraff.] That 
 which draws or incites ; allurement : 
 except that attraclhr Is of a good or in- 
 different fenfc, and aUuremcitt generally 
 bad. 
 
 The condition of a fervant ftaves him off to a 
 diflance; but the gofpel fpeaks nothing but <i/- 
 tra&ires and invitation. Sr.:itn. 
 
 Attra'ctive LY. aelv. [from all raPJ-vc'.] 
 With the power of attrafting or draw- 
 ing. 
 Attra'ctiveness. n.f [from aflrac- 
 tive. ] The quality of being attractive. 
 Attra'ctor. n.f. [from atliad.'\ The 
 agent that attrafls ; a drawer. 
 
 If t'ne ihaws be in oil, amber drawcth them 
 not ; oi! makes the draws to adhere fo, that they 
 cannot rife unto the attrailor. Broivn's I'lilg. Fr. 
 
 A'ttrahent, n.f. lfitlia/.'!iis, LrI.] 
 That '.vhich draws. , 
 
 ATT 
 
 Our eyes will inform us of I'ae motion of the 
 ftccl to its attraker:t. Glanvilk'i Sctpfis. 
 
 Attrecta'tion. n.f. [_atlreaatio, Lat.] 
 Frequent handling. Dtd. 
 
 Attui'butable. adj. [aitril/uo, Lat. J 
 Tliat may be afcribed or attributed; 
 afcribable ; imputable. 
 
 Much of the origination of the American! 
 feems to be altiibutabte to the migrations of the 
 Seres. -ff"/'- 
 
 To ATTRI'BUTE. 1). fl. [aWr/^w, Lat,] 
 
 1. 'J'o afcribe ; tagive ; to yield as due. 
 
 To their very bale judgment fomewhat a rea- 
 fonable man would attribute, notwithll.uiding the 
 common imbecilities which are incident unto 
 our nature. Hooker. 
 
 We attribute nothing to God that hath any 
 repugnancy or contradiiftion in it. Power and 
 wifdum have no repugnancy in them. Tilhtfon. 
 
 2. To impute, as to a caufe. 
 
 I have obfervcd a campania determ.ine con- 
 trary to appearances,, by the caution and con- 
 Hua of a general, which were attributed to his 
 infinnities. Temple. 
 
 The irnperfeftiem of telefcopes is attributed to 
 fplie-ricaf glaflcs ; and mathematicians have pro- 
 pounded to figure them by tire conical feiftions. 
 
 Neiuton's Opticas, 
 A'TTitiBUTE. n.f [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The thing attributed to another, as per- 
 feftion to the Supreme Being. 
 
 Vowcr, light, virtue, wifdom, and goodnefs, 
 being all but attributes of one fimplc eff»ncc, and 
 of one God, we in all admire, and in part dif- 
 ccrn. Raliigi. 
 
 Your vain poets after did miflake, 
 Who ev'ry attribute a god did make. Dryden, 
 
 All thepcrfcdtions of God are c.'.lled his attii- 
 bi'tti ■ for he cannot be without them. _ SVatts. 
 
 2. Quality; charaf.erilUck difpofition. 
 
 1 iicy muft have thefe three attributes ; they 
 moil be men of courage, fearing God, and hat- 
 ing covetoufnefs. Bacon. 
 
 3. A thing belonging to another; an ap- 
 pendant ; an adherent. 
 
 His fcoptre (hews the force of temporal pow'r 
 The attribute to awe and niajcdy : 
 But mercy is above this fccptcr'd fway, 
 It is an attribute to God himfclf. Shakfpt.ire. 
 
 The fculplor, to diftinguifh him, gave him 
 what the mcdaliris call his proper attributes, a 
 fpcar and a Ihield. Addijon. 
 
 4. Reputation ; honour. 
 
 It takes 
 From our achievements, the' pcrform'd at height, 
 The pith and n.ario* of vm attribute. Shakfp. 
 Attribu'tion. n.f. [from To atlril/ute.] 
 Commendation; qualities afcribed. ■ 
 
 If fpeaking truth, 
 In this fine age, wcie not thought flattery, 
 Such attribution Ihould the DoMglafs have, 
 As not a foldicr of this feafon's liamp 
 Should go fo general current through the world. 
 
 S':akfpectri; 
 
 U'c fuffer him to perfiiade us we arc as gods, 
 
 and never fnfpea thefe glorious attributions may 
 
 be no n^orc than flattery. Deeay of Piety. 
 
 Attri'te. adj. [attritus, Lat.] Ground; 
 
 worn by rubbing. 
 
 Or, by colhfionof two bodies, grind 
 The air allrite to fire. Mi/ton, 
 
 Attri'teness.. ?!./. [fromflKnVc] The 
 
 being much worn. 
 Attri'tion. n.J'. [atli-ilio, Lat.] , 
 1. The zB. of wearing things, by rubbing 
 one agalnft another. *> 
 
 This vapour, afcendnig inceffantly out of the 
 abyfs, and pervading the fliataof gravel, and the 
 reft, decays the bones and vegetables lodged in 
 thofe ftrata; this Huid, by its continual .utrqivi, 
 fretting the laid bodies. , H'oodward. 
 
 Ttit tlar.gc of ilic aliment is effcilcJ by «/-
 
 A V A 
 
 rr.(/c« of tlie inwa«l ftomacii, and dilToIvf nt li- 
 qiii>r aOilVc-d with l.c.it. Arbiithiii. 
 
 i. The (late of being worn. 
 3. [With divines.] Grid for fin, ailfing 
 only from the fc.iv of puiiiniraent; the 
 lowcfl degree of repeiitaiice. 
 To Attu'n b. -v. a. [from tune.] 
 I. To make any thing inufieal. 
 
 Airs, vci-iKil airs, 
 Brcathiiiij tlie fmell of tkld M\d grove :'ttifir 
 The ticml)liiig leaves. Mi/ioi- 
 
 J. To tunc one tiling to another ; as, he 
 
 attunes his voice to his liarp. 
 Attu'rney. n.f. See Attornf.v. 
 Atvve'en. actv. orprep. [See Bf.tw kf.n.] 
 Betvvint; betvveea ; in the midllof two 
 tilings. Obfulete. 
 
 Her luofc I ing yellow lock?, lik- golden wnc, 
 Sprinkled vrith pcatl, and pearling flowers atiueui 
 Do, like a golden m.inlle, her attire. Syfnjir. 
 
 Atwi'xt. />/•£■/). [See Betwixt.] Lithe 
 middle of two things. Obfolele. 
 
 But with outrageous Iliokes did him rcllrnin, 
 And witii his body batt'd the way attvi\! them 
 tWaiu. Fairy (^ttcfn. 
 
 To AVA'IL. 'V. a. [from valolr, Fr. ; to 
 avail being nearly the fame with fa':re 
 ■viibir. ] 
 
 1. To profit J to turn to profit: with of 
 before the thing uftd. 
 
 Then Ihall they fcek. t' avail themfelves of 
 names, 
 Places, and titles ; and with thefe to join 
 Secular p.nv'r. MUtori. 
 
 Both oi' them ai'd/7 themfelves o/"thofe licences, 
 which Apollo has cciiially bcftowcd on them. 
 
 Ihyden. 
 
 2. To promote; to profper ; to aflill. 
 
 Mean time he vciy-ig'd to exploic the will 
 Of Jove, on higli Dodona's holy iiill, 
 What means might belt his fafe return nvail. Pole. 
 
 To Ava'il. v, n. To be ofufe ; to be of 
 advantage. 
 
 Nor can my ftrenjth o^•<!;7, unlefs by thee 
 
 Endued with force, I gain the viiffory. HryAn, 
 
 When leal mciit is wanting, it aiitiili nothing 
 
 to havt been encouraged by the grcjt. Vofe. 
 
 Ava'h« n.f. [from To a-vaii.] Profit; 
 
 advantage ; benefit. 
 
 For all that clfc did come were fuic to fail ; 
 Vet would he furthe'i none but for avail. 
 
 Sinnjir. 
 I charge thee, 
 As ^eav'n (hall work, in me for thine avail. 
 To tell me tiuly. Sliakjpe.ire. 
 
 Truth, light upon this way, is of no more 
 Avail to us tlian errour. Locke. 
 
 Ava'ii.able. ar^j. [from avail.'] 
 
 1, Profitable; advantageous. 
 
 Mighty is the efficacy of fuch intercelTions to 
 avert judgments; how much more ava:lal>ls xhcn 
 may they be to fecurc the continuance of blcff- 
 
 ings } " j^tlerhitry. 
 
 All things fubjefl to aiflion the will does lb 
 far incline unto, as reafon judges them more 
 nvailahk to our blifs. Hooker. 
 
 2. Powerful ; in force; valid. 
 
 Laws hum.ui are available by confent. Hooker. 
 Drake put one of his men to death, Iraving no 
 
 AUG 
 
 authority nor conimilfion available. Kalel^li. 
 
 Av a'ilableness. n.y. [from availallc.'] 
 I. Power of promoting the end for which 
 it is ufed. 
 
 We diflet from that fiippofition of the efficacy, 
 or availablentji, or fuitablcncfs, of tliefe to the 
 end. Hale. 
 
 Z. Legal forc.e ; validity. 
 Ava'ilably. adv. \{rom avallalle.] 
 
 1. Powerfully; profitably; advantageoufly. 
 
 2 . Legally i validly. 
 
 Ava'ilmen't. n. f. [ivom avail. 1 Ufc- 
 
 fulncfs ; advantage ; profit. 
 To Av a'le. v. a. [rt'j.i/cr, to let fink, Fr.] 
 To let fall; to dcprefs; to makeabjeft; 
 to fink. Out of life'. 
 
 By that th' exalted Fha'hus 'gaii ovale 
 His weary wain, and now the fiofty night 
 Her mantle black thio' hcav'n 'gan overhalc. 
 
 Sjieiifci'. 
 
 lie did alijfc and aval; the fovcreignty into 
 more fervitude towards tlut fee, than hatMiccn 
 among us. It'otloi:. 
 
 To Ava'le. v. n To fink. 
 
 But when his latter ebb 'gins to avale, 
 Huge heaps of nuid he leaves. Spenffr. 
 
 Ava'n-t. The front of an army, tice 
 Van. 
 
 Ava'ntguard. n.f. \_avanlgaritc, Fr.] 
 The van ; the firft body of an army. 
 
 The horfemcn might ilTuc forth without dif- 
 
 turliance of the foot, and the .jii/in/g;/a»./ wiih- 
 
 out IhutHing with the battail or arricrc. Uayiuar.l. 
 
 A'VARICE. n.f. \_avance, Fr. nv/iritia, 
 
 Lat.] Covetoufnefs; infatiablc defire. 
 
 Thtie grows 
 In my mod ill-cempos'd aft'eaion, fuch 
 A liauchlefs avarice, that, were I king, 
 I flaould cut ofl' the nobles for their lands. Shak. 
 
 Tliis ai'ittue oi prrife in times to come, 
 Thofc long infcriptions ciowded on the tomb. 
 
 D,y.hn. 
 
 Nor love his peace of mind dellroys, 
 
 Nor wicked a^>aricc of wealth. Drydeu. 
 
 Avarice is infatiablc j and fo lie went Hill pulh- 
 
 ing on for more. L'FjIrunge. 
 
 Be niggards of advice on n© pretence, 
 For the word avarice is that of fcnfe. Pope. 
 
 AvARi'cious. eulj. \_avari^ieu.x, Fr.] Co- 
 vetous; infatiably defirous. 
 Lii.xurlous, avaricious, falfe, deceitful. Sliai. 
 This fpecch has been condemned as avariciotu ; 
 and Euftathius judges it to be fpokcn artfully. 
 
 Broome on the Odyjfe'f. 
 AvARi'ciousLV. aiiv. [from avariciaus.] 
 
 Covetoudy. 
 AvARi'ciotiSNESS. n.f. [from avaricious.] 
 
 The quality of being avaricious. 
 Ava'st. adv. [froiTi iq/la, Ital. it is 
 enough.] Enough; ceafe : a word 
 ufed among feamen. 
 Ava'unt. interjeS. [avaiif, Fr.] A word 
 of abhorrence, by which any one is 
 driven away. 
 
 O, he is bold, and bluflies not at death ; 
 AvaurU, thou hateful villain, get thee gone ! 
 
 Shakf^care. 
 After this procefs 
 To give licr the avauttt ! it is a pity 
 Would move a monfler. S'lakff. Henry viii. 
 Milhefs ! difmifs that rabble from yowr throne. 
 Avaunt ! — is Aiiti irchusyct unknown.^ Dune lad. 
 A'uBURNE. adj. [{xom aulour, bark, Fr.] 
 Brown ; of a tan colour. 
 Her hair is auburne, mine is perfcel yellow. 
 
 Shakjj'fare. 
 
 His auhurne locks on either flioulder tluw'd, 
 Which to the fun'ral of his friend lie vow'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Lo, how the arable with barley grain 
 Stands thick o'crfliadow'd ; thele, as modern ufe 
 Ordains, infus'd, an a.ibwne drink compolc, 
 Wholcfome, of rieathlefs fame. I'hilipi. 
 
 AUCTION, n.f. [auHio, Lat.] 
 
 1. A manner of fale, in which one perfon 
 bids after another, till fo much is bid 
 as the feller is content to take. 
 
 2. The things ffjld by auflion. 
 A(k you why Phrine the whole m&ion buys } 
 
 Phrine foiefees a geneial excile. Vil'e. 
 
 7'oA'ucTioN. V. a. \ixQX& auSion.'^ 'i'o 
 fell by auction. 
 
 Of 
 
 ■ Dia. 
 
 A U D 
 
 A'tiCTioVARY. adj. [from auSion.] Be- 
 longing to an auftion. 
 
 And murh more honeft to be hir'd, and fland 
 With aiidiortary hammer in thy hand, 
 Provoking to give more, and knocking thrice 
 l''ortheoldhoulholdfturt',orpi£luic'spiice. i'p-'- 
 
 Auctioni'er. n.f. [from autlion.'] The 
 
 perfon that manages an auclion. 
 A'uCTivE. adj. [fronwiuc'/M.f, Lat.J 
 
 an incieafing quality. 
 Aucvpa'tion. n.f {aucufatio, Lat.] 
 
 Fowling ; bird-catching. 
 AUDA'CIOUS. ad}, [audjcicus, Fr. au- 
 
 dax.Lat.] Bold; impudent ; daring : 
 
 always in a bad fenfe. 
 
 Such is thy andaJoHS wjckedncfs, 
 
 Thy lewd, pcftif'rous, and diffentious pranks. 
 
 Shakjf>e-ve, 
 
 Till Jove, no longer patient, took his time 
 T' avenge with thunder their auduaoui dime. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Young ftudents, by a confiant habit of difput- 
 pudent and audacious, proud and 
 
 adv. [from audacious.] 
 
 ing, grow imp 
 difdainful. 
 ArDA'ciOVSLY. 
 
 Boldly ; impudently. 
 
 An angel (halt thou fee, 
 Yet fear not thou, but fpeak a:i.i'~ioafy. Slia /. 
 Auda'ciousness. n.f. [from audactous.i 
 
 Impudence. 
 Auda'city. n. /. [from audn.-c, Lat.] 
 Spirit; boldnefs; confidence. 
 Lean, raw-bon'd rafcals ! who would e er 
 
 fuppofe c-i 1/- 
 
 Thcv had luch courage and audacify .? Sha^Jlrearc. 
 
 Great eifcils come of indulUy and pcrleve- 
 
 rance ; for audacity doth almoft bind and niatc 
 
 the weaker fort of minds. Bacon's ^a!. Hijl. 
 
 For want of tiiat freedom and andacty, ne- 
 
 celTary in commerce with men, his perfonal mo- 
 
 defty overthrew all his publick aflions. latler. 
 
 A'uDiBLE. adi. \_audil'ilis,L,aX.] 
 
 1. That may'be perceived by hearing. 
 
 Vilibles work upon a looking-glals, and au- 
 dlbles upon the places of echo, which rclcmblc m 
 fome fort tlx cavern of the ear. Bacon. 
 
 Eve, who unfeen, 
 Yet all had heard, with audible lament 
 Difcover'd foon the place of her retire. Millot. 
 
 tvery fenfe doth not operate upon fancy with 
 the fame foice. The conceits of vifibles are 
 clearer and rtrongcr than thofe of aU,iil:es. Grew. 
 
 2. Loud enough to be heard. 
 
 One leaning over a well twenty-five fathom 
 
 deep, andfpeaking foftlv, the water ittumed an 
 
 audible tQ\^o. ' _ -t'"""- 
 
 A'uDiBLENESS. n.f. [irom oudihU.] C^- 
 
 pablenefs of being heard. 
 Audibly, adv. [from audible.] In fuch 
 a manner as to be heard. 
 
 And lad, the turn of all, my Fathei's voice, 
 Audibly heard from hcav'n, pronouuc'd me his, 
 
 Milton. 
 
 A'oDiENCE. n.f. [audience, Y\\] 
 
 1 . The afl. of hearing or attending to any 
 
 thing. 
 
 Now I breathe again 
 Aloft the flood, andean give audience 
 To any toague, fpeak it of what it will. Shakf. 
 Thus f.ir his bold difcouife, without controul. 
 Had audience. Milton. 
 
 His look 
 Drew audience, and attention ftill as night, 
 Or fummer's noon-tide air. Milton. 
 
 2. Tlie liberty of fpeaking granted; ahear- 
 
 '"S- . , , ,. 
 
 Were it reafon to give men audience, pleading 
 
 for the overthrow ol tbii which their own deed 
 
 hath ratified? Hukir.
 
 A U D 
 
 AVE 
 
 AVE 
 
 Accordiig to the f.iir play uf t!io worltT, 
 Let nic have -iu.iitrtcv : I am fcin to fpeak, 
 My huly lord of Milan, from the king, Shahfp. 
 
 3. An auditory ; perfons colk'ifled to hear. 
 
 Oi, if the ftar of cv'ning and tlie moon 
 Halk to thy audience, niglic with her will bring 
 Silence. Mili'J'!. 
 
 The hall \va!; filled with an aud'iencc of the j 
 grcdtcft eminence for qnahty and politcncfs. 
 
 Mdij^.n. 
 
 It proclaims the Iriumphs cf EOi'dner-.,in a pro- 
 per tizidicy.ce, even before the whole race of man- 
 kind. .Iiurbwy. 
 
 4. The reception of any man who delivers a 
 folemn mefrage. \ 
 
 In this high temple, on a chair nf ftate, 
 The feat of mtdioice, old Latimis fiite. Drydn. 
 Audience Court. A court beIo.n;;iiig to 
 vthe avcUbilhop of Canterbury, of equal 
 authority with the arches court, though 
 fnferiour both in di;jnity and aatiqaity. 
 The original of this court was, bccaufe 
 ■the archbiihsp of Canterbury heard fe- 
 vcral caufes cxtra-judlcially at home in 
 -his own palace; which he ufually com- 
 rutted to be dilcufTcd by men learned in 
 the civil and canon laws, whotn he called 
 his auditors: and fo in time it became 
 the power of the man, who is called. 
 caufaram ne^ohnrumque audleniie Caiitm:- , 
 ricrifu .auditor, feu qfficialis. Coivell. ; 
 
 A'uDiT. n.f. [from audit, he-hears, Lat.]| 
 A final account. . 
 
 It they, wiiicii are accnftomed Ki weigh all' 
 ■things, Ih.ill here (it dawn to receive our az/rf/V, 
 the fum, which truth amuunteih to, will appear 
 •Jto be but this. H'Mkcr. 
 
 He tooic my f.ither grofsly, fiUI of bread, 
 With all his crimes broad blown, aiid flulh, as 
 
 W.iy ; 
 
 And liow his audtt iiands, who knows fave 
 
 hcav'n? SItak. Ham/et. 
 
 I can make tny aitdit up, that all 
 
 ■From me do back receive the ilow'r of nil, 
 
 And leave me but the bran. Sh.ilij'pcaie. 
 
 ToA'uDiT. v.a. \Jxota audit. 1 To take 
 an account finally. 
 
 Bilhop'. ordinaries aiidiling all accounts, rake 
 
 twelve pence. Aylift'i Parcrgon. 
 
 I love exaft dealing, and let Hocus amiii ; he 
 
 knows how the money was diVburfed. Athuthnct. 
 
 Audi'tion. n.y^ [aud'iito, Lat.] Hearing. 
 A'uDiTOR. n.J. [aiijilor, Lat.] 
 -I. A hearer. 
 
 Dear coiifin, you that were laft day fo high in 
 the pulpit againft lovers, are you now become fo 
 
 mean an auAiior f 
 
 Sidm- 
 
 What a pl.iy tow'rd? I'll be an auditor; 
 An aiflor loo, perhaps. SJi.ttJfir.re. 
 
 Tilts firft tlodtiine, though admitted by many 
 of his auditors, is exprelsly againft the Epicu- 
 reans. Btntlty. 
 
 2. A perfon employed to take an ac- 
 count ukimately. 
 
 If you fitfjjctt my hufbandry, 
 Cill mc before Ih' txaitell nudaari, 
 And fct tue 041 the pi oof. Skakfftart. 
 
 3. In tcClefiaftical law. 
 
 The archbiflrop's ufage was to commit the 
 dikiifTing of c.iufcs to pcrfons learned in the law, 
 fliled his audilun. ./lylijje'i I'arergcn. 
 
 4. In the (late. 
 
 A king'« officer, who, yearly examining the 
 
 accounts of .-ill iindcr-officcrs accountable, makes 
 
 up a general book. Cc".vf/t. 
 
 A'uDiTORY. adj. ^auditorius, Lat.] That 
 
 has the power of hearing. 
 
 Is not healing performed by the vibrations of 
 foinc jTiediuro, excited in the auditory atisti by 
 
 the tremours of the air, and propagated through 
 the c.ipillaments of tliofc nerves .' Neivun. 
 
 A'UDITORY. n.f. [auditorium, Lat.] 
 
 1. An audience; a colledlion of pcrfons 
 afTembled to hear. 
 
 D^niitdcs never troubled hjs head to bring his 
 audiioy to their wit> bv d.y reafon. U Ejirsngs, 
 
 Mel in t'lC church, I look upon you as an 
 aiiditr^iy fit to be waited on, as you arc, by both 
 uni\crl»'ics. Smth. 
 
 Several of this nuditr^rv were, perhaps, entire 
 Itrangcrs to the peilun whole rlcath we now la- 
 ment. , Attetimry. 
 
 2. A place where )e£lurc3 are to be heard. 
 A'u p I T K E s s . n . y; { from auditor. ] The 
 
 woman tliat hears ; a fhe-hearer. 
 
 Yet went fhe iKit, as not with fuch difcourfe 
 Delighted, or not capable her ear 
 Of what w;»s high: fuch pleafure fhereferv'd, 
 Adam relathig, flic fule auditicjs. Milton. 
 
 A'vE Mary, n f [fronuhe firft words of 
 the fihitation ta the bleffed Virgin, 
 ^vc Ah'.ria.^ A form of worfhip re- 
 peated by the Romanifts in honour of 
 the Virgin Mary- 
 All his mind is bent on holincfs. 
 To number ^ve Maries on his beads. Sh^ttfp. 
 
 To Ave'l. II. a. \_aveUo, Lat.] ' To pull 
 away. 
 
 The heaver in chrifc makes fome divulHon of 
 parts, yet are not thele parts avcllcd to be tei mcd 
 ■tefticlcs. Brdivn. 
 
 A'vENAGE. n.f. [of(7w«(7, oats, Lat.] A 
 certain quantity of oats paid to a land- 
 lord, inllead of fome other duties, or 
 as a rent by the tenant. Diil. 
 
 To AVE'NGE. v.a. \yeuger, Fr.] 
 
 1. To revenge, 
 
 I will ni'snge mc of mine enemies. Ifniah. 
 
 They flood againft their enemies, and were 
 avenged of their adverlaries. lV:fdom 
 
 1 will aicrige the blood of Jezreel upon the 
 houfe of Jehu. dhfea. 
 
 2. To punilh. 
 
 Till Jove, no longer patient, took his time 
 T' uve/tge with thunder your audacious crime. 
 
 })yde„. 
 
 Ave'ngeance. n.f. [from avenge.] Pu- 
 nilhment. 
 
 This ncgleflcd, fear 
 Signal avcngeance, inch as overtook 
 A mifer. Ph:li[<\. 
 
 Ave'ngement. n.f. [homavenge.] Ven- 
 geance ; revenge. 
 That he might work th* avcngemcnt for his 
 lira me 
 On thdfe two caitivcs, which had bred him 
 blame. Spevjer. 
 
 All thofc great battles, which thou boalts to 
 win 
 Through flrifc and bloodfhcd, and avengement 
 Now prnifed, hereafter thou Ihalt repent. Fairy. (J. 
 Ave'noer. n.f. [from avaige.'] 
 
 1. Punillier. 
 
 That no man go beyond and defraud his bro- 
 ther, becauft that the Lord is the avenger of :ill 
 fuch. I riuff. 
 
 Erethis he had retirm'd, with fury driv'n 
 By his aiiengerj.-^ finrc no place like this 
 Can fit hispunillimcr.t, or their revenge. Milton. 
 
 2. Revenger; taker of vengeance for. 
 
 The jul^ <:L'tv;_iT£j' of his injured anceflurs, the 
 vi^oriuus Loiii^J, W.TS d.irting hi-; tluir.der.Z)rya'i?n. 
 
 Bill jufi difcafe to luxury fuccecds, 
 And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds. Pope. 
 
 Ave'ngeress. n.f. [from avenger.] A 
 fcinale avenger. Not in life. 
 There that cruel queen avngetej^ 
 Heap on her new waves o-f weary wrctchedncfs. 
 
 Xitiry (^Meen. 
 
 K'vv.Vi. n.f. [carj/oji/jyllataf'Lat.] Tlie 
 herb beiuiet. Afiller. 
 
 AvR'^'■IURE. n f, [(Ji'f«.'u?v, Fr.] A mil- 
 chance, cattfing a i:iun's deatii, with- 
 out felony ; as when he is fuddcnly 
 drowned, or burnt, by any fudden 
 dileafe tailing into the fire or water. 
 See Adventure. Coiuell, 
 
 A'vEtiUE. n.f. la-uenite, Fr. It is fome- 
 times pronounced with the accent on 
 the fccoad fyllable, as tfaita obferves ; 
 but h;.G it genoridly placed on the full.] 
 
 1. A way by which any place may be en- 
 tered. 
 
 Good guards were fet up at all the et''f.'-t::.c : of 
 the city, to keep all people from .going out, 
 
 C/iifertdoH. 
 
 Truth is a (frongholdj and diligence is laying 
 ficge to it: fo that it mutl oblerve ail the nveni.et 
 and palTes to it. S^iith. 
 
 2. ?.i\ alley, or walk of trees, befoie a 
 • hocfe. 
 
 To AVE'P*.. V. a, \_averer, Fr. from tr- 
 rum, truth, Lat.] To declare pofl- 
 tivtly, or peremptorily. 
 
 The reafon of the thing is clear; 
 Would love the n.ukcd tri'th ever. Prior, 
 
 Then vainly the pliilufophci avers, 
 That reafon guides our deed, and infliniff theirs. 
 Ho'.v can \;e luftly iliff'rcnt caulcs frame. 
 When the ct^'eifts entirely arc the fame? Prior. 
 We in;ty nver, though the powei" of God 
 be infinite, the capacities cf matter arc within 
 limits. Benthy. 
 
 A'vERAGE. n, f. [a-jcrag'ium, Lat.] 
 
 1. In law, that duty or fervice which the 
 tenant is to pay to the king, or other 
 lord, by his beatts and carriages. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 2. In navigation, a certain contribution that 
 merchants proportionably make towards 
 the loOTes of fuch as have their goods cafb 
 overboard for the fafety of tlic {hip in a 
 tempell ; and this contribution feems 
 fo called, becaufe it is fo proportioned, 
 after the rate of every man's average of 
 goods carried. Coivell. 
 
 ^. A fmall duty which merchants, who 
 fend goods in another man's lliip, pay 
 to the mailer thereof for his care of 
 them, over and above the freight. 
 
 ChainLeifS. 
 
 4. A medium ; a mean proportion. 
 
 .We'rment. n.f. [horn aver.] 
 
 1. Eftablifhmcnt of any thing by evidence. 
 
 To avoid the oath, for aT-en/ient of the con- 
 tinuance of fome eit.iCc, which is eigne, tiie paity 
 will fuc a pardon. liaco'i. 
 
 2. An offer of the defendant to juftify an 
 exception, and the ati as well as the 
 offer. Blount. 
 
 Ave'rn.it. n. /. A fort of grape. See 
 
 Vine. • 
 To AvERR u'ncate. V. a- [averruncOy 
 
 Lat.] To root up; to tear up by the 
 
 roots. 
 Sure fome mifchicf will come of it, 
 
 Unlefs by providential wit, 
 
 Or force, we uverruncutc it. Hudihras. 
 
 Averr unca'tiOv. n.f. [hom avcrrun- 
 
 eale.] The aft of rooting wp any thing. 
 
 Aversa'tion. n.y. [from averfor, Lat.j 
 
 I . Hatred ; nbliorrence j turning away 
 
 with deteftation. 
 
 Hatred i] the palTioit of defiance, and there is
 
 AVE 
 
 a kind of avtfjtticn and lioHility included in it? 
 cITfncc, St,i.ih 
 
 2. It is mod properly ufed with yJ-ow be- 
 fore the o!)jeft of hate. 
 
 Tlicic was .1 ft:tf avnf.iiiin in my lord of 
 Elfcx pom Applying lunilcil to ll;c cail of Lci- 
 crllcr. IVottw. 
 
 3. Sometimes with /(?.• lefs proptiijr. 
 
 Tiu-ii- t> Uich a i;cncrai airrfitlon in human 
 n.ituie 10 contempt^ tlut tl'.cic is fcarcc any tiling 
 moix' ox^upctalinj. I will not deny, but tl;c 
 excels o( tiic teViifiiiio'! mjy be Icvclit-d .ig;iinrt 
 piioe. G'^l>ejt:ii:rnt ('J thi; Tongttc. 
 
 ^ Sometimes, very improperly, with to- 
 •Viards. 
 
 A naiuu! and fccrct liatrod and eivfrfitticn fo- 
 
 itarth (otieiy, in any man, hath fomewhat of 
 
 the fjvagc bcaiV. Jinco'.: 
 
 AvEusE-. adj [uvrrfus, Lat.] 
 
 U Mali^-itj not favouriible ; havliig. fuch 
 
 a hatred as to turu away. 
 
 Theircoui.Ti;clanguiih'd as ihtir hopes decay 'd. 
 And Pallas, now* avnf;, rcfus'ti l\cr aid. Drj.l 
 2. Not pteafcd with ; unwilling to. 
 Has thy Uiiceit;iii t;ol'jm cvci lirove 
 With the fiifl tumults of a rial Kat ? 
 Haft thou now dreaded, and now lilcfs'd hisfway, 
 By turns avcrft and joyful to obey ? l'r:cr, 
 
 Av:rfi alike to flitter or'oHend, 
 Not free from fault's, nor yet too vain to mcrd. 
 
 3> It has mod properly from before the 
 objeci of averlioii. 
 
 Laws politick, .irc never framed as they fhuuld 
 be, unlcl's picUuniiig the will of man to be in- 
 wardly obftinate, rebtlMous, and iwf'/f/rwiajl 
 obedience unto the f.,a-ed laws of his nature. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 They believed all who obieclcd againft their 
 undcrraleing to be r.vtrfe fioin peace. tLtren.lon. 
 
 Th'-fe cares alone !icr vi'gin bieaff employ, 
 ^hjt' fejrom Venus and the nuptial joy. Pope. 
 
 4. Very frequently, but improperly, /o. 
 
 ile had, from t)ie beginning of tiae war, been 
 \t.;j a-ufrft 10 any advice of the pri\y council. 
 
 Cltiiendon. 
 
 DiSdonis tells us of one Chrrondos who was 
 
 ai!f'je to all innovation, ei'pecially when it was 
 
 to proceed from particul.ir pcifons. S'-jiiJl. 
 
 Avn'itSELY. cdij. [froma^vr/J.] 
 
 1 . Unv.allingly. 
 
 2 . BackwardK'. 
 
 Not only they want thofe parts of fecretion, 
 but it is cmivtcd a-veijdy, or backward, by both 
 fc\es. Blown'! l\lg,,r trrouri. 
 
 Ave'rseness. «./ [from aufr/c.] Uii- 
 v.HHiignefs ; backwardiiefs. 
 
 The corruption of man is in nothing more ma- 
 
 nitcft, than in his avcrfenefi to entertain any 
 
 friendfhip or familiarity with God. ..^tttrluiy, 
 
 Avf.'rsion. n. f. \av!ift-oii,Yr. averfioy 
 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Hatred; didike; deteflation ; fuch as 
 turns away from the objeft. 
 
 Wh.il if with like avcrfion 1 ic jcit 
 Riches and realms.' Mi'icr:. 
 
 2. It is t:fcd mort properly with from be- 
 fore tlie objeft of hate. 
 
 They had an inwzid ui-et/io^i /rem it, and were 
 jefolved to prevent it by ail pullible means. ^ 
 
 CJaremion. 
 
 With men thefe confiderations arc ufiially 
 taiffca of defpite, difdain, or nvirfton Jiom 
 others ; but with God, fo many re.'.fons ot our 
 greater tcnclrrnefs towaids otiicrs. Spir.i. 
 
 The fan.c adhefion to vice, and avcrfion from 
 goodncfs, will be a reafon for rejeflingany proof 
 whatfoev.r. Jli'terbury. 
 
 3. Sometimes, lefs pioperly, with to. 
 
 A fieeholdcr is bied with an averjkn to fub- 
 
 je<^t'"n. AJdijon. 
 
 I miglit boriow illu.lratioils of freedo.-n and 
 
 AUG 
 
 afirfMi It receive new truths from modern adio- 
 norny. If'uiti. 
 
 4. Sometimes with _/br. 
 
 Tlic Lucquefe would ratlier throw thcmfelves 
 unilcr tlie government of the Gcnoefc, than fub- 
 niit to 11 ftatc/or which they have lo gtea' airr- 
 
 Jio'l. yiiiUtJon. 
 
 This ttver/ion of the people for the I.itc pro- 
 ceedings of tiie commons, migiit be improved to 
 good Mies. Sruift. 
 
 5. Sometimes, very improperly, with lo- 
 tvart/s. 
 
 His iiverfion towarM the lioufc of York was fo 
 predominant, as it found place not oiily in his 
 councils, but in his bed. Bacon. 
 
 6. The caufe of averfion. 
 
 They took great pleafurc incomponnding law- 
 fuits amon„' their ncig'ubours ; fur wliicii llicy 
 were the averfion of the gentlemen of the l.ng 
 robe. Arhuthml'i lUfiory of John Bull. 
 
 Self-love and icafou to one end afpiic; 
 Pain their aTcrfrni, pkafuie their defirc. Vopt. 
 
 To AVE'RT. t;. «. [r7w/-/o. I.at.] 
 1. To turn alidc ; to turn off. 
 I befccch you 
 T' Avert your liking a more worthy way, 
 Ti'an on a wretch. Shakfpenrr's Kirif^ t.eetr. 
 
 At this, forrhe laft time, fhe lifts her hand, 
 A'.-ttts iier eyes, and half unwilling drops the 
 brand. Dry.Un. 
 
 Z. To caufe to dillike. 
 
 When people began to cfpy the f.ilfehood of 
 oracles, whereupon all gentility was built, their 
 he irt;; were utterly tivertnl from it. Hooier. 
 
 Even cut themlelves off from the opportuni- 
 ties of profclyriiig others, by aveitir'^ them from 
 their company. Government cf the Tongue. 
 
 3. To put liy, as a calamity. 
 
 O L-.rd! ,:-,'£! t whatfocvcr evil our fwcrviiig 
 mry il rcaten unto ids chuich. Holier 
 
 Diveifiry of conjci^iires made many, whole 
 conceits nverleJ from themfclves the fortune of 
 that war, to become carelefs and fecure. KnrU.t. 
 Thefe affc<ftions earnertly fix our minds on God, 
 and forcibly avert from us tliufe things which 
 are difpleafing to him, and contrary to religion. 
 
 Sprat. 
 Thro' thre.aten'd lands they wild deftruttion 
 throw. 
 Till arelenr pravcr averts the public woe. Prior, 
 
 Aur. 7,.f.loialf, Dutch.] A fool, or 
 filly fellow. ■ Din. 
 
 A'uGER. n.f. [egger, Dutch.] A car- 
 penter's tool to bore holes with. 
 
 The auger hath a handle and bit ; its office is 
 to ni.ikc great round hole's. When yuii ufe it, 
 the flulf you work upon is commonly laid low 
 untier you, that you may the cafier ufe ytiur 
 flrength : for in twifting the bit about by the 
 force of both your h.uiels, on each end of the 
 handle one, it cuts grc.it chips out of the ftulF. 
 
 Mo.-eon'i Mech. Exereifes. 
 
 AvGHT. firorwun. [auhr, aphr, Saxon. It 
 is fomttimes, improperly, written oiig/jt.'] 
 Any thing. 
 
 If I can do ir, 
 Bv aug/it that I can I'peak in h.is difpfaife, 
 Siie (hall not long continue love to him. Shaifp. 
 They may, for eiught I know, obtain fuch 
 fubnarces as may induce the chymilh to enter- 
 tain other thoughts. B-.yle. 
 
 But go my foil, and fee if aught be wanting 
 Among thy f.'itlicr's friends. A.l.llfon's Cats. 
 
 To AUGME'NT. -a. a. [augmmter, Fr.] 
 
 To increafe ; to make bigger, or more. 
 
 Some curfed weeds her cunning hand did know, 
 
 Tiiat could augment his harm, enciealc his pain. 
 
 Fa/rfa.w 
 
 Rivers have ftrcams added to lliciti in their 
 
 palTage, which enlarge and augnicit them. ILile. 
 
 To Avgme'kt. v. ti. To insreafe 5 to 
 grow biggci-. 
 
 A U G 
 
 But as his heat with running did tiugmert. 
 Much more his Tight cncrcak'd his hot dcfiie. 
 
 Sidnty, 
 The winds redouble, and the rains augment. 
 The waves on heaps aie elilh'd. DryJtn, 
 
 A'ucMENT. n.f. {migmentum, Lat.] 
 
 1. Incieafe ; quantity gained. 
 
 You Ihall find this augment of the tri^e to be 
 without the diminution of one drachm of the 
 eaith. /f'dton'i Ar:gler. 
 
 2. iitate of increafe. 
 
 Dikutienl* are improper in the beginning of 
 inflaininatiuiis; but proper, «hcii mixed w .tU 
 repellents, in the augment. IVifeman. 
 
 Aur.MF.NTA'TioN. n.f. l^xom augment.] 
 
 1. 1 he adl ot increaling or making bigger. 
 
 Thofe who would be zealous agamft regular 
 troops after a peace, will promote an augmenta- 
 tion of thole on foot. Ad'Ufon, 
 
 2. The (late of being made bigger. 
 
 What modifitation of matter can make one 
 embryo c ip.ible of fo prodigioufly valt augmtn- 
 tatio\y while another is cunhned to the minute- 
 nefs of .111 iiifeiitf Ber.r.'iy. 
 
 3. The thing added, by which another is 
 made bigger. 
 
 By being glorified, it docs not mean that he 
 doth receive any angmentation of glory at our 
 hands; but his name we glorify, when we teltify 
 our acknuwledgment of ids glory. Hooker. 
 
 AuGMENT.\TiON Court. A coiirt erefted 
 by king Henry the Eighth, for the in- 
 creafe of the revenues of his crown, by 
 the fupprtffion of monafteries. DilI. 
 
 A'uGitE. n.f. A carpenter's tool. See 
 Auger. 
 
 Your temples burned in the cement, and 
 Y'our franchifes, wlicreon you flood, confin'd 
 Into an augre'i bore. iliakfpeare' s Cor/olanui, 
 AuGRE-HOLE. n.f. [[rom iiugre and JioL:'\ 
 A hole made by boring with an augre ; 
 proverbially a narrow fpace. 
 
 Whai (hould be fpoken here, 
 Where our f.ite, hid within an augrc-Ao/e, 
 May rulh and feiie us. Sliakfpiare's Maehetk. 
 A'UGUR. ;;./ {avgur, Lat.] One who 
 pretends to prediiil by oincns, as by the 
 flight of birds. 
 
 What fay the augurs * 
 
 — They would not have yon (Ur forth to-day; 
 Plucking the entrails of an ottering forth. 
 They could not find a heart within the beaft. 
 
 Sltakfprare.' 
 Cslchas, the facrcj feer, who had in view 
 Things prei'ent and tlis palt, and things to come 
 
 foreknew ; 
 Supreme of augurs. DryJen's Falles. 
 
 As 1 and mine confult thy augury 
 Grant tlie glad omen ; let thy fav'rite rife 
 Propitious, ever foaring from the right. Prior, 
 To A'uGUR. v. }!. [from augiir.l To 
 giiefs; toconjctSure by iigns. 
 
 The people love mc, and the lea is mine. 
 My pov(''r's a crclccnt, and my aug'ring hope 
 Says it will come to the full. Shakfp.are. 
 
 My aug'ri:ig mind affuies the fame fuccefs. 
 
 D,y.i.n. 
 
 To A'ucyR.iTE. ni. n. [augnror, Lat.] 
 
 To judge by augury. 
 Augura'tion. n.f. [from OTfwr.] The 
 prp.clice of aui^ury, or of foreteliing by 
 events and prodigies. 
 
 ClaudiBs Pu.ehei underwent the like fuccefs, 
 when he continued the triputiiary augurations. 
 
 Broiun's Vulgar Errourt; 
 
 A'vGVSER. n.f [from To augur.} The 
 fame with augur. 
 
 Thefe apparent prodigies, 
 And the prrfaafion of his uvei//frj, 
 M.iy hold him from the capitol to-day, Skaiff.
 
 A V 1 
 
 Augu'rial. atij. [from <?aju/7. ] Relat- 
 ing to augury. 
 
 On tliis foundation were iHiilt tlie conclufmns 
 of footlif.iyersi ill their augurial and tripudiar}' 
 divinations, Jifoivi. 
 
 To A'uGUKisE. V. n. [fiom a\igur.\ To 
 pra6life divination by augury. Did. 
 A'l'Gt'Rous. adj. [from augur. '\ Pre- 
 diclingj prefcient; foreboding. 
 
 Softat'd 
 The fair-msn'd horfcs, that they flew baclc, and 
 
 their chariots tiiin'd, 
 Prcfaging in tlicir auguioui heaits the labours 
 that they mourn'd. Clia[i<':an'i lliud. 
 
 A'uGURY. n.f. \_augui-ium, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of prognollicating by omens or 
 prodigies. 
 
 Thy face and thy beliaviour, 
 Which, if my a:tg'iiy deceive me not, 
 Witnefs good breeding. S^uifpfnre. 
 
 The winds are chang'd, your friends from 
 danger free. 
 Or I renoirncc my (kill ip augury. Vryjfn. 
 
 She knew, by aug^ny divine, 
 Venus would fail iir the defign. Sirfff, 
 
 2. An omen or prediction. 
 
 What if this death, which is for him dcfign'd, 
 Had been your doom (far be th^t ,i«gurv .') 
 And you, not Aurcngzcbe, condemn'd to die ' 
 
 Tire pow'i's we both in\L)k.c 
 To yon, and yours, and mine, propitious be. 
 And firm our purpofc with an uiigury. Drydcu. 
 AuGu'sT. adj. [augujliis, Lat.] Great; 
 grand; royal; magnificent; awful. 
 
 There is nothing fo contemptible, but anti- 
 quity can render haugujl and excellent. G/iinvilli. 
 
 The Trojan chief appcar'd in open figlit, 
 Jiugujl in vifage, and fercnely bright; 
 His mother goddcfs, with her hands divine. 
 Had form'd his curling locls.s, and made his 
 temples fhine. Dryden. 
 
 A'uGUST. n.f. [Jugujus, Lat.] The 
 •eighth month of the year, from January 
 inclufive. 
 
 ^uguj} was dedicated to the honour of Au- 
 gullus Cafar, becaufe in the fame month he was 
 created confiit, thrice triumpher in Rome, fub- 
 dued Egypt to tlie Roman empire, and made 
 an end of civil wars ; being before called Sextii'r, 
 or the fixth from March. Pcucham. 
 
 AuGu'sTNESS. n.f. \irom augu/l.'\ Eleva- 
 tion of look ; dignity ; loftinefs of mien 
 or afpedL 
 
 A'viARV. n.f. [from ^wV, Lat. a bird.] 
 A place enclofed to keep birds in. 
 
 In a-:irariei of wire, to keep birds of all forts, 
 the Italians bellow vaft cxpence ; including 
 great fcopc of ground, variety of brifhrs, trees 
 of good height, running waters, and fumctimes 
 a Itove annexed, to contemper the air in the 
 .^intcr, ^Fottoft's .^Ircliitfi^urt:. 
 
 Look now to yam itviary; for now the birds 
 grow fick of their feathers. Ei'rlyn'i K.ilcnd.ir. 
 
 x\vi'ditv. n. f. [avidtte, Fr. avtdltus, 
 Lat.] Greedinefs; eagernefs; appetite; 
 infatinble dtfire. 
 
 A'viTous. a/lj. [avilus, Lat.] Left by a 
 man's anceftors ; ancient. Did. 
 
 ToAvi'/.r.. V. a. lavifi-r,¥r. Awordout 
 ofufe.] 
 
 J, To counfel. 
 
 With tli.it, the h'jdrandman 'gan him aviz', 
 That it for him was fitted cxcrcile. Spoijrr, 
 
 2. With a reciprocal pronoim, to bethink 
 himfclf : s'uvifer, l'"r. 
 
 But him uvizi'ig, he that dreadful deed 
 Forbore, and rather chofc, with fcornful Ihame, 
 Him to avenge. Sf-'tjcr. 
 
 3. TocoQiidcr ; to e.samine. 
 
 A V O 
 
 No power he had to ftir, nor will to rife ; 
 That when the careful knight *gan well avizt'j 
 He lightly left the foe. F^'ry Q:il-cu. 
 
 As they 'gan liis library to view, 
 And antique regifteis for to avizc. Spcifer. 
 
 A'uKWAUD. See Awkward. 
 AuLD. adj. [alb, Sax.] Old. A word 
 now obfolele; but Hill ufed in the Scoth 
 diak-a. 
 'Tis pride that pulls the country down ; 
 ■' Then take thine auld clo.rk about tlree. Shatfp. 
 
 Aule'tick. adj. [auAt..] Belonging to 
 pipes. Did. 
 
 A'ulick. adj. \_auUcus, Lat.] Belonging 
 to the court. 
 
 Auln. n.f. [aidiie, Ti:] A French mea- 
 fure of length ; an ell. 
 
 To Auma'il. v. a. [from ma'ilJe, Fr. the 
 mcflr of a net ; whence a coat oi mimail, 
 a coat with network of iron.] To vari- 
 egate ; to figure. Upton explains it, to 
 enamel. 
 
 In golden buficins of colUy cordwaine. 
 All hard with golden bendes, which were cn- 
 
 tail'd 
 With curious anticks, and full fair aumnil'd. 
 
 Faiiy Q^itccn, 
 
 Au'mbry. See Ambry. 
 
 Aunt. n.f. \_tanti',Yr. «w/7a, Lat.] A 
 
 father or mother's filler ; correlative to 
 
 nephew or niece. 
 AVho meets us here ? my niece Plantagenct, 
 
 Led in the hand of her kind ii««f of Glo'llcr. 
 
 Shaklpearf. 
 
 She went to plain work, and to puiling biuuks, 
 
 Old-f.iUrion'd halls, dull au^tSf and croaking 
 
 rooks. Po/'t\ 
 
 JFOCJDO. n.f [Span./«/f<7, Lat.] 
 A tree that grows in great plenty in the 
 Spanifli Welt Indies. 
 
 The fruit is of ilfcif very infipid, for which 
 rcafon they generally eat it with the juice of 
 ■lemons and fugar, to give it .t poignancy. Miller. 
 
 To A'VOCATE. i>. a. [_avoco, Lat.] To 
 call off from bufinefs ; to call away. 
 
 Tlieir divefturc of mortality difpenfes tlrem 
 from thofe laborious and aTirathig duties to 
 (lillrcfTed chrillians, and their fccular relations, 
 which are here reqiiifiic. Boyle. 
 
 Avocation, n.f. [from avocate.l 
 
 1. The aft of calling afide. 
 
 The biiflic of bufinefs, the avocations of our 
 fenfes, and the din of a clamourous world, are 
 impediments. Gla^rville. 
 
 Stir up that remembrance which his many 
 a':'ociitioui of bufinefs have caufed him to lav 
 afide. Vivdet:. 
 
 God does frequently injeft into the ford hieiTed 
 impiilfcs to duty, and powerful ai:ocaCiQ/i\ from 
 fin. South. 
 
 2. The bufinefs that calls ; or the call that 
 fnmmons away. 
 
 It is a fubjeil that we may make fome pro- 
 grefs in its contemplation within the time, that 
 in the ordinary rime of life, and with the per- 
 milTion of nccelT;iry nvtcaliom, a man may em- 
 ploy in fuch a contemphilion. Unle. 
 
 By the fccular cares and avo^-alion^ which ac- 
 company marriage, the clergy have been frn'- 
 nifhtri with ikill m common life. ^Uterlury. 
 To AVO'ID. V. a. [-juiJer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To (liun ; to decline. 
 
 The wifdom of plea ling God, by doing wl.at 
 he commands, and .I'.itiJiug what he forbids. 
 
 7'.y,''.//"o/(. 
 
 2. To efcape ; as, he avoided the blow by 
 turning afide. 
 
 3. To endeavour to (h«n; to fliift off. 
 
 The tafhion of the world is to nviid coll, and 
 you encounter it. Sh.iij^'cau. 
 
 A V O 
 
 4. To evacuate; to quit. 
 
 What have you to do here, fcU-j-.v .' pray yao, 
 at'w./the houfc. S'-.a/fjiare. 
 
 U any rebel ihould he required of the [Mince 
 confederate, the prince confederate Ihuuld com- 
 mand him to a'.ioid the couniry. Bacdn. 
 
 He <lc fired to fpe.ik with Ibmc few of us; 
 whereupon fix of us only flayed, ar.d the rell 
 avoided the room. Baeon. 
 
 5. To emit; to throw out. 
 
 A toad contains not thofe urinary parts which 
 are found in other animals to (rfoid that fcrous 
 excretion. B'oxuid Vulgar. Lrroun, 
 
 6. To oppofe; to hinder effeA. 
 
 The removing that wiiich caufed putiefafVion, 
 doth prevent and avoid putrefaclion. Bacm. 
 
 7. To vacate ; to annul. 
 
 How can thefe grants of the king's be aimi.iid, 
 without wronging of thofe lords which had thefe 
 finds and lordlhips given them? Sfmjer. 
 
 To Avo'iD. V. n. 
 
 1. To retire. 
 
 And Saul caft the javelin ; for he faid, I will 
 fniite David even to the wall with it: and David 
 avoided out of his prefcnce twice. j Sam. 
 
 2. To becoiTie void or vacant. 
 
 B.fliopricks are not included under benefices ; 
 
 fo thjt if a perfon takes a bidioprick, it docs 
 
 not wroid by force of that law of pluralities, but 
 
 b}' the ancient common law. Ayii£e, 
 
 Avo'iD ABLE. ad]. [ixo\-na'ooid.'\ 
 
 1. That may be avoided, (hunned, or 
 efcaped. 
 
 Want of exaflnefs in fuch nice experiments is 
 fcarce aim.lablt. Btyte. 
 
 To take feverjl things for granted, is hardly 
 avoidable to any one, whofe taft. it is to fliew the 
 faliehood or improbability of any truth. Locke. 
 
 2. Liable to be vacated or annulled. 
 
 The charters wcrc'not avoidable for the king's 
 nt'iinge ; and if llrtrc could haxe been any fuch 
 pretence, that alone would net avoid them. Hali^ 
 
 Avo'iDAVCE. n.f. [from avoid. "[ 
 
 1. The aft of avoiding. 
 
 It is appointed to give us vigour in the pur- 
 fuit of « h.it is good, or in the avoidance of what 
 is hurtful. H'^aitu 
 
 2. The courfe by which any thing is car- 
 ried off 
 
 For avoidances and drainings of water, where 
 there is too much, we Iha.l Ipeak of. Bacon. 
 
 3. The aft or Rate of becoming vacant. 
 .|. The aft of annulling. 
 Avoi'der. /;./. [from uimd.'\ 
 
 1 . The perfon that avoids or fliuns any 
 thing. 
 
 2. 'I'he perfon that carries any thing away. 
 
 3. The vefTel in which things are carried 
 away. 
 
 Avo'iDLESS. adj. \_from avohl.'] Inevita- 
 ble ; that cannot be avoided. 
 
 That avoidl^ff ruin in which the whole empire 
 wouhl be involved. Dennis' Letters. 
 
 AvoiRDUPo'is. n.f. \_avoir dupoids, Fr.] 
 A kind of weight, of which a pound 
 contains fixtetn ounces, and is in pro- 
 portion to a pound Troy, as fevcnteen 
 to fourteen. All the larger a;.d coarfer 
 commodities arc weighed by avoirdupois 
 weight. Chambers. 
 
 Probably the Romans left their ounce in Bri- 
 tain, which is now our ut tirdupoii oui^.ce : for 
 our troy ounce we h.id elfcwhcre. ..'Irbuthnct. 
 
 Avola'tion. n.f. [from avolo, to fly 
 away, Lat.] 'I'he aft of flying away ; 
 flight ; efcape. 
 
 Thefe airy vcgetallcs arc niade by the nlicks 
 of pl.iut.il eniiliive^, whole aiolaiion was pre- 
 vented by the coiuletifcd eiiclofure. i/Urtv:lle.
 
 A V O 
 
 Strangers, or the tun^oin parcels ahout c.in- 
 
 . dies, only fiK'iily •■> p'.iiv.ijus air, hiiKienii;; ihc 
 
 tilafjliin of the lavilluus pailicits. Ji'i--"^'-' 
 
 To Avo'ucn. -v. a. [.tvcuer, Fr. For ihh 
 voiU wc now generally fay vouch.] 
 
 4. To affirm; lo itiaintain ; tu declare 
 peremptorily. 
 
 Thfv lioMlv ..Tw/f^?./ that themfclves only had 
 tic tiu'lh, which ihty wuuld at all tiinei ddcnd. 
 
 Wretched though I fccm, 
 I can ptotiiite a cii.inipion ih;\t will prove 
 What is urourAfJhcrc. i/;,i</^f..»t'i AV«g /.w. 
 
 •2. To produce in favour of another. 
 * Swh a!itiiiuiln;s cuuld have bce» a-.'ouchnl Set 
 the Irilh. Sfcnfir's StJ/icf IrclanJ. 
 
 ,9. To viiidieate', tojullify. 
 
 Yoil will think you aiade no otFencc, if ihc 
 duke aV'..vi-'i the jultice of youi dealing. Shalfp. 
 Avo'ucH. u.f, [from the verb.] Decla- 
 ration ; evidence ; teftiniony. 
 
 I might not this believe, 
 Without the fenfible and try'd avouch 
 Of mine own eyes. Shakji^jn 'j Ihmucf. 
 
 Avo'uCH ABLE. adj. [from avouch.] That 
 
 may be avouched. 
 Avo'vcHER. K./ [from aro,vtf/j.] He 
 
 that avouches. 
 To AVO'W. -u. a. [itvouery Fr.] To de- 
 clare with coulidenee ; to juftify ; not 
 to dinVmble. 
 
 His cruel Hepdame, feeing what was done, 
 Hci wieiicd days with wietchcd knife did end; 
 Jii death mowing ch' innocence of her fon. 
 
 Vitlty t^uefn. 
 
 He that delivers them mentions his doing it 
 
 upon his own p.miciil.;c' knowledge, or tlic le- 
 
 iation of fume credible jjcrfon, avoicing it upon 
 
 his own eXj^iiricnce. £yU. 
 
 Left toniyfelf, I mud aT'oto I flreve 
 From publick (hame to fcicen my fecrct love. 
 
 Such alTertions proceed from principles whicn 
 cannot be avo:ufd by thofe who are tor pieferv- 
 ing church and l>ate. Sxu:ft. 
 
 Tlicn blas'd his fmother'd flame, avi'.v'd^nA 
 bold. yv-s ■../-,/;. 
 
 Avo'wABLE. aJj. [from avo-zu.] That 
 may be openly declared ; that may be 
 declared without Ihame. 
 
 Avo'wAL. n. /". [from auoii'.] Judifica- 
 tory declaration ; open declaration. 
 
 Avo'wtot-V. adv. [from avow.] In an 
 open manner. 
 
 Wtlmot could not avozu^My have excepted 
 againft the other. ClircnJo^t. 
 
 Ayowzi^'. r.. f. [at'ji';', Fr. ] He to whom 
 the rifjht of advowfon of any church 
 belor,;^';. ma. 
 
 Avo'wER. rt. ,/I [from a-voiv.] He that 
 avows or juPtifics. 
 
 Vir^rtt makes Alntas a bold j-ysiw^r of his 
 o^n V'rtujs. V-y^-c-;:. 
 
 Avo'wRY. n. f. [from aiJOTr. ] ]n law, 
 is where one takes a diih' fs for rent, or 
 other thing-, and the otlier uics replevin. 
 In which cafe the taker (hall Jul' ;fy, in 
 liis plea, for what caufe he took it ; 
 and, if he took it in his own right, is to 
 ■<Tiew it, and fo avow the taking, v.h!ch 
 is called his avowry. Chambirs. 
 
 Avo'wsAL. K. y. ]jTom avctu.] A con- 
 frfllrm. Did. 
 
 •Avo'wTRY. n. f. [See Advowtky,] 
 
 Ad nit cry. 
 
 Vot.l. 
 
 A U S 
 
 A'fRATE.n.yr .\ fort of pear. Set Pf.aR. 
 
 AvKKLiA. n.f. [Lat.] A term uftd for 
 the Hi ft apparent change of tlie eruca, 
 or ma;r^ct of any fpecicsof iufettij the 
 chiy falls. 
 
 'Ihc folit.iiy maggot, found in the dry heads 
 of tcafel, is lomctimes cl'..ingcd into the aure/in 
 ofa butttrHv, fornetinics in:o a fly-caf:. Ki]}'. 
 
 •A'l-'RICLE. ri./. [auricula, Lat.] 
 
 1. The external car, or that part of the 
 e.ar which is prominent from t!ie iiead. 
 
 2. Two appendages of the heart ; being 
 two muictilar caps, covering the two 
 ventiicles thereof; thus called from the 
 refemblancc they bear to the external 
 ear. 1 hey inove regularly like the 
 heart, only in an inverted order ; their 
 fyliole correfponding to the diailole of 
 tlie heart. Chatnbers. 
 
 Blood Ihould be ready to join wirli the chyle, 
 before it reaches the ri^htrt//,;c-/tf of the heart. Ra^. 
 
 AuRi'cuLA. «./. See Bears Ear. A 
 
 flower. 
 A L' R 1 c u I. A R. adj. [ fro:ii auricula, Lat . 
 
 the car.] 
 
 1. Within the fenfe or reach of hearing. 
 
 Yon Ih.iU hear us confer, and by an auricular 
 afTiuanec have your fatlsfaiiiion. Shakfpeute. 
 
 2. Secret ; told in the ear; as, auricular 
 confcflion. . 
 
 3. Traditional; known by report. 
 
 The aUliymiilscall in many varieties outof af^ro- 
 logy,.i/r/;e.-i/ii^ traditions, and feigned teitimonics. 
 
 Bacin. 
 AuRi'cuLARLV. ad-v. [from auricular.] 
 In a iecret manner. 
 
 Thefc will loon confefs, and that not r.ur.'cv- 
 Icriy, but in a loud and audible voice. 
 
 Decay of PUty. 
 
 Auri'ferous. «r^. £awj/fr, Lat.] That 
 produces gold. 
 Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big witli 
 mines, 
 Whence many a burrting llream auriferous plays. 
 
 no-nf'j.-t. 
 
 .4uRiG a'tion. n./. [<7«r/^a, Lat.] The 
 aSi or practice of driving carriages. 
 
 ma. 
 
 Auripigme'ntum. See Orpiment. 
 JUROR J. n.f. [Lat.] 
 
 1. A ipecies of crowfoot. 
 
 2. The goddefs that opens the gates of 
 day ; poetically, the morning. 
 
 ^■'lurota Iheds 
 On Indus* finiling banks the rofy Ihower. 
 
 TKOmf'jtt. 
 
 AURO'RABorealis. [Lat.] Light dream- 
 ing in the night fiom the north. 
 
 J'URUM Fulminaiis. [Lat.] A prepara- 
 tion tr.ade by dilfolving gold in aqua 
 regia, and precipitating it with fait of 
 tartar ; whence a very fmall qnaiitity of 
 it becomes capable, by a mt.deiale heat, 
 of giving a report like that of a ijlflol. 
 • Sidney. 
 
 Some flKftfmy^v/m.'fla/.'j the f.ibiick fluok. Gjrth^ 
 
 Ausculta'tion. n.f. [from aufcdto, 
 Lat. j A hearkening or liftening to. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 A'USPICE. n.f laufpicium, Lat.] 
 
 1. The omens of any future undertaking 
 drawn from birds. 
 
 2. Trotedion ; favour iliown. 
 
 Ciicat f.ither Mats, and greater Jjve, 
 
 A U S 
 
 By whofc high auffice Rome tath flood 
 
 So long. r,tn fiifin, 
 
 3. Influence; good derived to o'.hcrs ii6in 
 the piety of ihiir jiatron. 
 
 \i:.\. lo may he live lon^. tiiat town to fway^ 
 Whicit by his a:jf^ic( tV.f^Y u ill nobler make, , 
 As he Will hatch their alhcs by his H.iy. DryJei, 
 
 Auspi'ciAL. I'dJ. [horn aujpice.] Rela- 
 ting to prognollicks. 
 
 Ausfi'cious. adj. [(mm auffice.^ 
 
 1 . Having oincns of fncccfs. 
 
 You are now with happy .^nid nuf^iivioui begins 
 nings, forming a model of a chiillian charity. 
 
 }<l>'ct, 
 
 2. Profperous; fortunate ; applied to pcr- 
 fons. 
 
 j-lufpicioui K:\.\ci \ thy race, in times tocomCi 
 Shall li>rcad the conqucAs of imperial Rome, 
 
 Dryiiin. 
 
 3. I'avourable ; kind; propitious: appli- 
 ed to perluns, oraiiions. 
 
 Fortune pl:iy upon thy prijfp'rous heinr. 
 As thy auffici'i'ji miliicfs ! Jihakfpean. 
 
 4. Lucky ; happy : applied to things. 
 
 I'll deliverall. 
 And promife you calm feas, aufpkiout gales. 
 And lails expeditious. Sh:ikfpeurt*i Tt.tnprji, 
 
 A pure, an active, an aufpkiom flame, 
 Ai.d bright as heav'n, from whence the bledir.g 
 c.ime, RcftcmtKijH, 
 
 Two battles your aufpicioui caufe has won ; 
 Thy fword can pel fcil what it has begun. Dryi, 
 
 AusPl'cioosLY. tid'i). [from aufpicicus.\ 
 Happily ; profperoufly ; with profper- 
 ous orr.ens. 
 
 Auspi'ciousNEss. n.f. [from auff)icicus.\ 
 Profperity ; promife of happinefs. 
 
 AUSTERE, adj. [aijJ!tnjs,Lvit.] 
 
 1. Severe; liarfli ; rigid. 
 
 When men reprtfcnt the divine nature as an 
 auf^rc and rigoious mjfter, always lifting up hi» 
 hand to take vengeance, fuch cenceptions mud 
 unavoidably laifc tenor. Rogeis. 
 
 Aitf.ctt Saturnius, fay 
 From whence this wrath .> or «iio contmuls thy 
 fwjy ? I'l^e, 
 
 2. Sour of tafte ; haifli. 
 
 Th' aujiire imri pond'rous juices they fublimf. 
 Make tiiem afccnci the porous fo'!,aiui climb 
 The orange tice, ihccilion, and the liiiie. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 Aufierr wines, diluted vilth water, cool moie 
 than water alone, and at the f.imc time do not 
 relax. .i<h:.thmt-on AHmtKti. 
 
 Ai-'STE'REr.Y. adv. [fiom aujier:.] Se- 
 verely ; rigitlly. 
 
 Ah ! Lneiann, did he tempt ti-ec fo ? 
 Miglit'It thin perceive, rtu/l/rely i,, his eve. 
 That he did plead in larncH .' ShAfytart. 
 
 Hypocrites jv,'?erf/(; talk 
 Of puiity, and place, and innocence. I'ar. Loji. 
 Aust'e'keness. n.f [from aiifttre.] ". 
 
 1. Severity; (iriftntfs ; rigour. 
 
 My iinloird name, ih' a!,JI,rcnrfn,( mv life, 
 .May voucn againli you j and niy pl.ice i' th" Hate 
 Will fo your accuf.uion overwei^h. Skitfpcare. 
 
 If an indiCFercnt and unridiculous obieft could 
 draw this aufltrtmfi into a fraile, he hardly could 
 refill the proper motives ihcieof. JiniLii. 
 
 2. Roughiiefs in talle. 
 AustI.'ritv. n.f [horn anfere.] ' 
 I. Severity ; motlitied life ; (Iriftnefs. 
 
 Kow, Marcus Cato, our new ronfui's fpy,- 
 What is yoor fenir aujiaity feiit i" eiploic f ' 
 
 Ben Jinfcnl 
 
 Wh.it w:>s that fnsky-heidcd Gorgon (hield 
 That wife Minerva wore, unconquer'd virgin, 
 Wliciewith Ihe frccz'd her foes iccongeal'dllone, 
 Uiit rigid looks of chalic ouf.,-if;, 
 And noble grace, that dalh''d brute violence 
 With fuddtn adoration and bj.iiik avie > SSU'-" 
 
 s
 
 A U T 
 
 This prince kept the government, ant! yet lived 
 inthis convent with all the rigour and aujliruv"! 
 a cnpuchin. ^dJiJoit. 
 
 2. Cruelty ; harfh difcipline. 
 
 Let not iiujirrity breed Ici vite fear ; 
 No wanton lound offoid her virgin car. Rifom. 
 A'vSTK M..atlJ. [rt«/?/a/«,Lat.] Southern; 
 
 as, ihe au'/rel (igns. 
 To A'usTRALiZE. "u. K. [from aiifir, the 
 foulh wind, Lat.] To tend toward the 
 fouth. 
 
 Steel and good iron difcover a veriicity, or 
 polar faculty; wlicreby they do feptentiiate at 
 one extreme, and av_/?ra.'/>.j at anotlicr. 
 
 Brotvn'z Vulgar ErrOins 
 
 A'usTKiNE. adj. [from aujlrlnus, Lat.] 
 
 Southern; fouthtrnly. 
 Avthb'ntical. adj. [from aidk-ntid.'] 
 Not fiditioua ; being what it fecir.s. 
 
 Of ftatutcs made before time of memory, we 
 have no authciilicul records, but only tranfctipts. 
 
 llaie. 
 
 Authe'ntically. ad-v. [from authenil- 
 ca!.] After an authentick manner; 
 with all the circurallances requifitc to 
 procure authority. 
 
 Tins point is dubious, and not yet mithrnti- 
 c.il.'y decided. Ihcwi's Vulgar Enoun. 
 
 Confeicnce never commands or lorbids any 
 tiling n«.'««;;;Vo//r, but there is lome law ol God 
 ■which commands or forbids it firtt. Siutli. 
 
 Authe'nticalness. «./. [iromauthen- 
 tica/.] The quality of being authen- 
 tick ; genuinenefs; authority. 
 
 Nothing can be more pleafant than to fee vir- 
 tuofos about a cabinet of medals, defcanting upon 
 the value, rarity, and authcntkalrup of the fcve- 
 ral pieces. AMJov. 
 
 AuTHENXi'ciTY. n.f. [^[rom atilhenlick.'] 
 Authority ; genuinenefs ; the being au- 
 thentick. 
 AUTHE'NTICK. adj. {attihenlicus, Lat.] 
 That hns every thing requifitt; to give it 
 authority ; as, aii a^thauich rcgiller. It 
 IS ufed in oppofition to -any thing by 
 which authority is deployed, as authen- 
 tick, not counterfeit. It is never ufed of 
 perfpns. Genuine ; not fiftitious. 
 
 Thou art wont his great Mticmick will 
 Interpreter through highcll hcav'n to bring. 
 
 MUton. 
 She joy'd th' mithtntki news to hear, 
 Of what Die guefs'd before with jealous fear. 
 
 CovjUy. 
 
 Butccnfure's to be underftood 
 
 The authentick maik of the eLcl, 
 
 Thepublick ftampheav'n fets on all that's great 
 
 and pood. •^?"/'- 
 
 Authe'ntickly. adv. \hom. atithentick.\ 
 
 After an authentick manner. 
 Authe'htiCkness. n.f. [from aulhcn- 
 
 tich.'] The fame \s\t.\\ authenticity. 
 AUTHOR, n.f. [autfor, Lat.] 
 I. The firfl beginner or mover of- any 
 thing ; ,he to whom any thiug owes its 
 
 original. 
 
 That law, the nti/ior and ol.fcrver whereof i5 
 one only God to be blelTed for ever. Ihoirr. 
 
 The aut/ior of that which caufcth another thi.ip 
 to be, is ,:«//;<./• of that thing alfo which thcivby 
 jj caufed. J-cjai'. 
 
 I'll never 
 Be fuch .T goding to obey inftincl ; but ftand 
 As if a nirwr was author of himfelr. 
 And knew no other kin. Sh.rifffare'! Coriolanui. 
 
 Thou .lit niy father, thou my author, thoj 
 My biiiu; gav'ftmc; whom (IiouKl I obey 
 
 But tilvr V • Milt'iu': I'araMfe Lr'JS, 
 
 Bol Vaunus came from Picus', Picus drew 
 Hit birth ftona Satuin, if records bfrtrue. 
 7 
 
 A U T 
 
 Thus king Latinuj, in the third degree, 
 Had Saturn author of hi* family D'yJrn. 
 
 If the worfhip of falfe gods had not bimdcd 
 the heathen, inftoad of teaching to worlhip the 
 fun, and dead heroes, they would hav? taui^ht us 
 to worfhip our true yluthor and benefactor, as 
 their ancellors did under the government ot Noah 
 and his fons, before they conupted Ihemfelves. 
 
 N^-ivton. 
 
 2. The efficient ; he that effefts or produces 
 any tiling. 
 
 That which is the ftrength of their amity, 
 (hall prove the immediate author of their vari- 
 ance. Shaifprare. 
 
 Now while the tortur'd favage turns around. 
 And flings about his foam, mipaticnt of the 
 
 wound ; 
 The wound's great aut/nr cbfc ar hand provokes 
 His rage. Vry.kn'i Fabks. 
 
 From his loins 
 New flKrijrj of diffenfion fpruig; from him 
 Two branches, chat in hoftuig long contend 
 For fjv'rcign fway. Philipi. 
 
 3. The firft writer of any thing ; didinft 
 ■ from the tranjlator or compiler. 
 
 To flaud uponeveiy point in particulars, he- 
 longeth the firft author ui the ftory. z Mtccabcei. 
 
 An author has the choice of his own thoughts 
 and words, which a iranflator has nor. Drydcn. 
 
 4. A writer in general. 
 
 Yet their own authori faithfully affirm 
 That the land Salike lies in Germany. Shak(p. 
 AuTHo'RiTATivii. adj. [from authority.] 
 
 1. Having due authority. 
 
 2. Having an air of authority; pofitive. 
 
 I d.irc not give them the authoritatiw title of 
 aphoiifms, which yet may make a rcafonable 
 moral pmgnoflick. ^ tVonou. 
 
 The mock authvitativc manner of the one, 
 and the inlipid mirth of the other. Swijt'i Exam. 
 Autho'ritatively. adv. [from aiilho- 
 ril alive. ] 
 
 1. In an authoritative manner ; with a fhow 
 of authority. 
 
 2. With due authority. 
 
 No law foreign binds in England, till it be re- 
 ceived, and authoritath'dy engrafted, into the law 
 of Enf.land. ^^■'''■ 
 
 Autho'rjtativeness. n.f. [from ««- 
 fhoritative.]' An atting by authority; 
 authoritative appearance. Dal- 
 
 Autho'rity. n.f. \_aii8oritas, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Legal power. 
 
 Idle old man, 
 That dill would manage thofe authoritlci 
 That he hath given away I Shakjp. King Lear. 
 Adam's fovereignty, that by virtue of being 
 proprietor of the wluile world, he had any autho- 
 rity over men, could not have been inherited hy 
 any of his children. Lo-.ke. 
 
 2. Influence ; credit. 
 
 Power arifing from llrength, is always in thofe 
 that are governed, who arc many : but authority 
 arifing from opinion, is in tiiofe that govern, who 
 arc few. ' Trmple. 
 
 The woods are fitter to givt rules than cities, 
 where thofe that call thcmfelvcs civil and rational, 
 go out of their way by iaa authority of example. 
 
 J^ockt. 
 
 3. Power ; rule. 
 
 I know, my loid, 
 If \:\\v, authorHy, and pow'r deny nut. 
 It will go hard with poor Antonio. Su.itfp. 
 
 But I fuffer not a woman' to teach, nor to 
 ufuip auihaiitji over the ma:i,but to be in filence. 
 
 I Tiusol'iy. 
 
 4. Support ; judification ; countenance. 
 
 n,ift thou expert tli' autho'ily of tluir voices, 
 whofe filent wills cond ran thee? lien Joufou. 
 
 5. Tcftimony. 
 
 Something I have heard of this, which I would 
 he glad to find by fo fwttt an authoritj confirm- 
 ed. Sid/uy. 
 
 A II T 
 
 We urge eulhorititi in things that n«d not, 
 and intrufiucc the tclfimony of ancient wiiltfr*, 
 to confirm things cvic.cntly believed. lifa.vn. 
 
 Haiirg been fo hardy as to undertake a 
 chngc agninff the pliilofuphy of the fci.ool^, I 
 I was liable to have been overborne by a torrent 
 of authcritics. Glanvilh'i Scepfii. 
 
 6. We ght of teftimony; credibility; co- 
 gency of evidence. 
 
 They confidcr the main confent of all the 
 chuiches in the whole world, witneifing the fa- 
 cied 'a:ithorriy of fcriptufes, ever fithcncc the 
 til It publication thereof, even till this preh-nt day 
 and hour. lUokcr. 
 
 .Authoriza'tion. n.f. [from authorize.^ 
 
 Eftabliihment by authority. 
 
 The obligation ol laws ariles not fiom their 
 matter, but fiom their admiflion and leception, 
 and authorixation in this kingdom. tiale. 
 
 To Au'thorize. 11. a. [aulorifer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To give authority to a»y perfon. 
 
 Making herlclfan impudent iunor, authorizing 
 b.erlclf vei-y much, wilti making us fee, that all 
 favour and power depended upon her. Sidney. 
 
 Deaf to complaints, tiiey wait upon the ill, 
 Till fonie faie crilis authorixi their IkiU. Dryden. 
 
 2. To make any thing legtd. 
 
 Youifclf hilt made that title which I claim, 
 Firft bid mo love, anil authari^'d iny flame. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 I have nothing farther to defire, 
 But Sancho's leave to auihr,rixe our maniagc. 
 
 Dryiktt. 
 
 To have countenanced in him irregulai ity, and 
 difobedicnce to that light which he had, would 
 have been, to ha\ e authorized dilordcr, con- 
 fufion, and wickedncfs, in his creatures. Locke. 
 
 3. To elLnblifh any thing by authority. 
 
 Lawful it is to devife any ceremony, and to 
 authorize any kind of regiment, no fpecial com- 
 mandment being thereijy \iolated. Hooker. 
 
 Tbole forms art btrt which have been longeft 
 received and authorized in a nation by cuftom and 
 ufe. Temple. 
 
 4. To julUfy ; to prove a thing to be right. 
 
 'aii virtue lies in a power of denying our own 
 dcnres, wiiere teafun cloe> not authorize them. 
 
 Lo.ie. 
 
 5. To give credit to any perfon or thing. 
 
 Although their intention be finccrc, yet doth it 
 notorioully ftrengthen vulgar errour, and autho- 
 rize opinions injui ious uirto truth. Brown. 
 Be a perfon in vogue with the multitude, he 
 {hall authorize any nunfenfc, and make incohe- 
 rent fluff, fciifoned with twang and tautology, 
 pafs for rhetoric k. South. 
 AuTo'CRASY. n.f. [lanx^/iE -■, fioni 
 aiT'.'^ , felf, and ura^®-, power.] Inde- 
 pendent power ; fupremacy. DuT. 
 Autogra'phical, adj. [from autogra- 
 phy.'] Of one's own writing. Dill. 
 Auto'oraphy. n.f. [x-.-royco^Oo , yt^m 
 C..V-0', and yfcL^a; to writc.] A particular 
 perfon's own writing ; o» the original of 
 a tre.itife, in oppofition to a copy. 
 AvTOMATiCAL. atij. [from aulotnaton.] 
 Belonging to an automaton ; having the 
 power of moving itftlf. 
 Auto'matqn. n.f. \_it)Toi/.tiro-. In the 
 plura', automata.] A machine that hulh 
 the power of motion within itfelf, and 
 which (lands in need of no foreign 
 amiiance. i^uincy. 
 For it is greater to underftand the art whereby 
 the .Mmiglity governs the motions of rl-.c great 
 autor.uitou, th.in to have learned the intrigues of 
 policy. Glam,!iy< S.-epf'. 
 The pariiciilarcircumrtnnces tor which the n.-^- 
 torrnta of this kind atc moft eminent, mav be 
 reduced to four. mik:i».
 
 A U X 
 
 • Ai'ToVf ATOus. adj. [from aalorn.ilM.] 
 Haviiijj in itll-lftfie powerof motion. 
 
 Clocks, or ai.l'rmiliMi orgajis, wlu-ieliy wc 
 dilHnguilh of time, have nu mention in ancient 
 MTiTcrs. Hxf.vfi'i Vttlg-if lurMrs. 
 
 . Al'to'no.my. n. f. [jc'tToirofiii.] The liv- 
 ing nccuiding to one's mind and pfc- 
 fciipliiJii. i).<7. 
 
 A'uTOPsy. 11./. [ ifT'-vl ij . ] Ocular de- 
 munftiation ; feeing a thing oiii's ftlf. 
 
 In ilorc tint have foikcd ta Is, iviiopjy con- 
 vincetli U5,th:it it liatll this ufe. K.iy in Cicutcn. 
 AuTo'pTiCAL. at/J. [fiom autopjy.} Per- 
 ceived by one's own eyes. 
 AutoVtica I.I.Y. aih. [from rtH/o/'//V«/.] 
 Bv means of one's own eyes. 
 
 Wcie thia true, ic would iiutvj-thal'y filcncc tliat 
 dirpiitc. Bfi'uit. 
 
 That the galaxy is a meteor, was the account 
 of Aitftotlc; but the teli-fcopc hath ««;♦/)//(:.*//) 
 confuted it : and he, who is not Pyrrhontan 
 enough to the difl)cUcf of iiis fenfcs, nny fee that 
 it is no exhalation. Ghnvi'!r\ S^r^/ji. 
 
 A'uTU MN. n.f. [autunmiis, Lat.] The fca- 
 fon of the year between fummer and 
 winter, beginning altronoraicnliy at the 
 equinox, and ending at the folliice ; po- 
 pularly, imliimn coniprifes Auguft, Sep- 
 tember, and Oftober. 
 
 - For I will hoard her, tliough fhc chide as loud 
 As thunder, when the clouds hi liut.iinii cr.ick. 
 
 I would not he over confident, till he hath 
 parted a fpring or •iiit:ii>r\ tr^J.-mii'i't Surgery. 
 
 The liarving biood. 
 Void of fufficicnt fultenance, will yield 
 A flendcr auti/wi. PhUipi, 
 
 .-Autumn nodding o'er the yellow plain, 
 Conies jovial on. Tliomfr^n. 
 
 Autu'mnal. adj. [from autumn.] Belong- 
 ing to autumn ; produced in autumn. 
 
 No fpring or fummcr's beauty hath fuch grace. 
 As I have feen in one .tuiumna! face. D^jtt'u. 
 
 Thou llialt not long 
 Rule in the clouds : like an d^/z^rnid/ H.ir, 
 Or lightning thi.u Ihalt fall. Milton. 
 
 Bind n<jw up your autui?:>utl flowers, to prc\ cut 
 fudden gulls, wiiich will-proftraic all. A'-v/)/;. 
 Not the fair fruit that on yon brandies glows 
 With that ripe red tli' aututnfiti/ fun bellows. 
 
 P'.pf. 
 
 Avv'lsion. n.f. [avuj/io, L-dt.] The aft 
 of pulling one thing from another. 
 
 Sparc not the little uliipiings if they grow 
 
 Reckind.int ; but tiic thronging clullcrs Ihin 
 
 By kind ui'uJ/itn. ^ I'/ii'ips. 
 
 The pfifTure uf any ambient fluid can be no 
 
 intelligible caufe of the coliclion of matter ; 
 
 tiiough fich a prtlTuie may hinder the wvu/i'jn uj 
 
 two poliflied (.ipcifities one from another, in a 
 
 line porpenclicniar to Ihcm. L(„kt. 
 
 AUXE SIS. n.f. [Latin.] An Increafing ; 
 
 an exornation, when, for aniplilitation, 
 
 a more grave and magiiiticcnt word is 
 
 put inftead of the proper word. Smith. 
 
 Auxr'LiAR. \n.f [From «h.v/7;;/ot, Lat. ] 
 
 Aoxi'liaky. J H 
 
 federate. 
 
 In t'le llrength of that power, he might, with 
 our the aux:li.irL-! of any furtlicr InHucncc, have 
 detiimined his will to a full chuice of God. 
 
 ic <th. 
 There arc indeed, a fi rt of underling ,iur:/i,,ue! 
 to ilie tliitiiulty of a wurk, called commeniaror- 
 and crlticks. P', ., 
 
 At'Xi'l.l.iR. ladj. [homn7:x},'iui7i, Lat.] 
 .Avxi'i.i.\Rv. ] Afliilant; helping; confe- 
 
 lelpcr ; allillatit ; con- 
 
 ■ A W A 
 
 The giant brood, 
 Tliat fought at Theiies and Ilium, on each fide 
 Mix'd wirh auxi/iai gods. Millon' i l\vadije l.t^Jl. 
 
 Their trad.itcs are little iiuxiliuty unto ours, 
 
 nor afford us any light to dctencbia'tc this truth. 
 
 Krmun's Vulvar Errcun. 
 
 There is not the fmallert dpillary vein but it is 
 prcfcnrwiih, and auxitiury to it, actording to its 
 ufe. Italr'i Origin of Manh'nJ. 
 
 Nor from his patrimonial heavn alone 
 Is Jove content to pour his vengeance down ; 
 Aid fiom his brother of the feashe cra\rs, 
 To help him with ttu.\i/Ury w..ves. Dtyd^n. 
 
 Auxiii.A'Rv Ferb. A verb that helps to 
 conjugate other verbs. 
 
 In al.noft all languages, fomc of the con-.mjn- 
 efl nouns and verbs have many iiieguUrities ; 
 fuch are the common afixHiary verbs, to be and tc 
 havCf to Ho and to he done, &c. iVutt\. 
 
 Ai'Xili.i'tion'. n. f. [from anxHiiitiis , 
 Lat.] Help; aid ; fnccour. Di3. 
 
 To Aw'.\iT. 1'. a. [from a and wait.] 
 See Wait.] 
 
 1. To expert; to wait for. 
 
 Ev-n as the wretch condemn'd to lofe Ins life 
 y?ufl;Vi the falling of the murd'riiig knilv\ 
 
 i'tiiifux. 
 
 Betwixt the rocky pillars Gabriel fat, 
 Chief of tir angclick guards awjiitiftg night. 
 
 Mi.'t-.r.. 
 
 2. To attend ; to be in rtore for. 
 
 1\i ihcw tl.ee what reward 
 A-.caiti the good; the lell, what punifliment. 
 
 Milion. 
 Uiilefs his wrath be appeafed, an eternity of 
 tormenth niv-ths the objedts of l.is difpleafnre. 
 
 Awa'it. n.y^ [from the verb.] Ambulh. 
 See Wait. 
 
 And k-alt niifhap the moft blifs alter mpy ; 
 Fur thoufandjierils lie in clufe axti.iit 
 About us daily, to work our deciy, Spinj'ir. 
 
 To Awa'ke. 1'. a. [peccian. Sax. To 
 anvake has the preterit aivoL', or, as 
 we now more commonly {p(sk.,a'waifi!.] 
 
 1. To roufe out of fleep. 
 
 Take heed, 
 IIc'W you a-L-'ilf our lleeping fword of war. 
 
 S».iiffi,-u-e. 
 
 Our friend Lazarus (leepeth ; but 1 go that I 
 
 may a:unir hlni out of fleep. ydn. 
 
 2. To raifc froin any (late lefembling fleep. 
 
 Hark, hark, the horrid found 
 Has rais'd up his head ,* 
 As atvak\i from the dead, 
 And .miaz'd, he flares round. DryJcn, 
 
 J. To put into new aflion. 
 
 Tiie Ipark of noble courage now auial-c. 
 And flrive vuur excellent felf to excel. F. Queen. 
 
 Th.c fair 
 Repairs her fniile?, awtiiens ev'iy grace, 
 Ai;d calls forth all the wonders iif her face, Pcj-e. 
 To AwA KE. V. n. To break from llctp ; 
 to ceafe to fleep. 
 
 Alack, 1 ,nn afraid they have aiuni'd. 
 And 'tis not done. Sluit f'pe.ire's Maehith. 
 
 I aiuaitd up l.iA of all, as one that gathsicth 
 aftei the gr.ipe-gathcrers. En/ui, 
 
 Awa'ke. aaj. [from the verb.] Not be- 
 ing afleep ; not Seeping. 
 
 liua^uiation h like to work better upon keep- 
 ing men, than men (tivake. Jiaeo':, 
 Caros rti.ill nor kceiihimon the throne a a^^j/t-, 
 Nor break ilie golden (lumbers he would i.ike. 
 
 Vry.l.n. 
 7!; Awa'kkN. v. a. audi;.?;. The fame 
 with atval-e. 
 
 Awake Argantyr, Hervorthe only daughter 
 Of thee and Suafu doth uwahn thee. Ilickei. 
 
 7e Avva'kii. i). a. [derived hy Skitinrr. 
 fonitwhai iipprobaLly, from ptajib, Sas. 
 
 A W.A 
 
 toward.] To adjudge; to give any 
 thing by a judicial fentence. 
 
 A pound of that fame merchant's f^efh is thine ; 
 The court awardi it, and the law doth give it. 
 
 S^iif'/fteore. 
 It advances that grand bufinefs, and acoiroing 
 to which their eterntiy hereafter will be mjj.irded. 
 Decay of Vicry. 
 A church which allows falvationto none witli- 
 out if, nor aiaardi damnation to almult anjr 
 witiiin it. South. 
 
 Satisfaiflion for every affront cannot be /i-.vat,i.J 
 fiy dated laws. C'o'Vr'r oi J>u<i/icg. 
 
 To Awa'ru. v. n. To judge; to deter- 
 mine. 
 
 Th' unwffc jtuii'ito lodge it inthc tow'rs, 
 Aa ofT'ii.ig facred. Voj.e's Odyjfry, 
 
 Avva'rd. n.f. [from the vcib.] Judg- 
 ment ; fentence ; determination. 
 
 Now hear th' award, and hajjpy may it prove 
 Tu her, and liim who bcli dcfcrvs^ her love. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 Affection bribes the judgment, and we cannot 
 
 expert an et^uitablc awaid, where clie judge is 
 
 made a party. Gl-im iV'. 
 
 To urge the foe, 
 Promjtted by blind revenge and wild dcfpair. 
 Were torefufe th' <3«jjr:ii of Providence. Add: ft"-. 
 Awa're. adv. [from a, and luaret an old 
 word for ti/K/i5«j; it is however, perhaps, 
 an adjcdive ; jepajAian, Sax.] Excited lo 
 caution ; vigilant ; in a Rate of alarm ; 
 attentive. 
 
 Ere I was a-.vare, I had left myfelf nothing but 
 
 the name of a king. Sidney, 
 
 Ere furrow was aivare, they made his thoughrs 
 
 bear away fomething elfe bcfides his own foriow. 
 
 Sidney's .-{rcadia. 
 
 Temptations of profpcrity infir.uatethemfelves; 
 
 fo that we arc but little aiuare of them, and Icfs 
 
 able to w ithftand them. Attcrbury. 
 
 To Awa're. t. n. To beware; to be cau- 
 tious. 
 
 So warn'd he them nivare th.emfelves ; and 
 Inilant, without diiturb, they touk ahrm. 
 
 Mlhon'i Paradif, Lojt. 
 
 This paflage is by otheis u.Tdcr(lood 
 thus: He warned thofe, who were 
 atvdre, of themfclves. 
 Aw.ii'y. adv. [ajrej, Saxon.] 
 
 1. In a ftate of abfente ; not in any parti- 
 cular place. 
 
 They could make 
 
 Love to your drels, although yuur face were 
 
 avJay. Ben Joyf-^n' i Ciituiine. 
 
 It is inipoflibie to know propeities that are fo 
 
 annexed tu ir, that any of them being ,ntjay, th.it 
 
 elTence is not there. iecie. 
 
 2. From any place orperfon. 
 
 I have a piin upoit my forehead here. 
 
 — Why tiiatr'swith watching ? 'twill J :f«tv again* 
 
 Shiiltffcer:, 
 
 When the fowls came down upon the tarcafes, 
 Abrali.im drove them ivi.vay again. Genefii. 
 
 Would you youth and beauty llay. 
 Love hath wings, and \^*ill uivi-.y. IV.dift. 
 
 Summer funs roll unperceiv'd aiuay. P-.^e, 
 
 3. Let us ^o. 
 
 Aiuuy, old man; give me thy h.Tnd ; tni-gyi 
 King tear hath lull, he and his daughter ta'en ; 
 Give me thy hand. Come on. Sliaiff. Kin'gLcar^ 
 
 4. Begone. 
 
 ^'iu.tv, and gliffer like the gorl of war. 
 When he intendeth to becimie the (\e\A. .'^ialfp. 
 
 I'll 111 the woods among tlic h.ip])ier brutes i 
 Come, let's away; hark, the Ihrill horn rc- 
 founds. Sm:t.'i's Phu-dra and llij.yiHtu!, 
 Aiuay,yu\i flatt'ri-r! 
 Nor charge his gea'ious meaning. Rowe'i y. S>:i 
 
 5. Out of one's own hands; into tht power 
 of fomething elff .
 
 A W F 
 
 It concerns every man, who will not (rific 
 a'.i-av liii lout, Hud fool hinifclf into irixcovciablc 
 mifery, lo enquire into tliefe mattcr5. Tillolfi'i 
 
 6. It is often iifcd with ;i veib ; as, to i!ri:ik 
 ama-f an cftate ; to tdk away a manor ; 
 that is, to drink, or idle till ;in eftate or 
 manor is ^^n>;. 
 
 He yiAiy'iHiis Iifc.rTi'jy. P-./c 
 
 7. On the way ; on the road : perhaps this 
 14 the oiiginal import of the following 
 phrafe : 
 
 Sir Vjle;uin?, wliithcr awy fo fafl ? Shakff. 
 
 8. Perhaps tiie phraft, hi air.iiot away 
 •With, may mean, he cannot tra'-jA lultb ; 
 he cannot bear the company. 
 
 She never cuuld a-.uav wirh me. — Never, nc- 
 ■ver : llie wouM always fay, fhe could not sbide 
 rouflcrSlalluw. ' Shakfjiea'e. 
 
 9. Jway tcith. Thriiv away ; take away. 
 
 If you fl:ue tliiiik of rieferving our citarms, 
 A'luay lu'rth your ihiephooks, and take to yimr 
 aims. ^tyicn. 
 
 AWE. n.J. [ege, 03a, Saxon.] Reveren- 
 tial fear ; reverence. 
 
 Thry alt be biought up idly, without a'.u! of 
 parents, without precepts of raafteis, and with- 
 out fear of offence Spcvfcr's Strife '■! Irdtiad. 
 
 This thougi t fixed upon him wiio is only fo he 
 feared, God: and yet with a hiial fear, which at 
 the fsme time both fears and lo\es'. It was nzL'e 
 wilhout amaicuieut, and dread without diftrac- 
 tio'i. Scut/i. 
 
 What is the proper a^vc and fear, which is 
 
 due from man tu God ? R:fgei's, 
 
 To Awe. v. a. [from the noun.] To (hike 
 
 v/ith reverence, or fear; to keep in 
 
 fubjeAion. 
 
 If you v/iU work on any man, you mud either 
 know h'ls nature and falhions, and fo lead him ; 
 01 his ends, and fo porfuadc him ; or his weak- 
 neffes and difarivantagrs, and fo nwe him ; or 
 thofe that have interelt in him, and fo govern 
 iiim. ^ i?.-'ro«. 
 
 Why th'^n was this forbid? Why, but to avjc? 
 Wny, but to keep you low and ignorant, 
 Hii woifiiippcrs? Milton. 
 
 Heav'n th.;t hath plac'd this ifland to give jaw, 
 To haiancc- Europe, aiid her llfltcs to iiiue, PV^Uer, 
 
 The rods and axes of princes, and their depu- 
 ties, nray mve many into obedience ; but the 
 fame of their goodntfs, juilice, and other vir- 
 
 tues, will work on more. 
 
 J-ttirhu. 
 
 A'wEBAND. n.J. [from aiae ixi^ hand.'\ A 
 check. Dla. 
 
 A'wFUL. ad'u [from ffo-T and _/!'//.] 
 1. That llrikes with awe, or iilla with reve- 
 rence. 
 
 So aro/-./tliat with honour thou may'ft love 
 Thy mate; whofees, when thou art feen lea ll wife. 
 Milton' % Parajije Lofi. 
 I approach thee thus, and gaze 
 Infatiaie; 1 thus fingle ; nor have fear'd 
 Thy iiiiiful brow, more ou/.v/rlrus tetir'd, 
 Falrcft reftinblance of thy Maker fair ! Milton. 
 3. Worfhipful; in authority; inverted with 
 dignity. This fcnfe is obfolete. 
 
 Know, then, tliat h.mc of us are gentlemen, 
 Such as the fury of ungovern'd youth 
 Thruft from 1 he company of .ra/u/men. Shukfp. 
 3. Struck with awe ; timorous ; fcrupii- 
 lous. This ft nfe occurs but rarely. 
 
 It is not nature and ftiici reafon, hut a weak 
 and ii-o/>(/ reverence (or antiquity, and the vogue 
 of faliiblc m' n. tymtt. 
 
 A'wFULLY. adv. [from awful.'] In a re- 
 verential manner. 
 
 It vyill ronocrna man tottfiitthis great principle 
 «iu/;.//y aid warilv. bv Itr'l oUn-rvlng what it 
 commands, but efpecially what it forbids.' South. 
 
 AVFULNiiss. n.f. [from«w/i//.] 
 
 A \V K 
 
 1. The quality of ftriking with a-,ve; fo- 
 lemnity. 
 
 Thcfe objefls naturally laife fci-ioi;fne.''s ; and 
 night heightens tlic a-wjuimfi of the place, and 
 pours out her fupeinuincrary horrours upon every 
 linng. .id.lijou. 
 
 2. The (late of being- ftrttck with awe: 
 little ufed. 
 
 An hflp to prayer, producing in us reverence 
 and aivfiilmfi fo the dr. ine maji Hy of God. 
 
 Taylor's Rule i/ H-"ng koh. 
 
 To Awha'pe. 1'. a. [This word I have 
 met with only in Spcnfcr, nor can I dif- 
 cover whence it is derived; but imagine, 
 that the Teutonic language had an- 
 ciently ivapen, to ftrike, or fome fuch 
 word, from v/VvAi ^..ucapom, or offeulive 
 arms, took their denomination.] To 
 ftrike ; to ctmfound ; to terrlty. 
 
 Ah ! my deargollip, anfwrr'd then the ape. 
 Deeply do your fad words my wits aiuhtifc, 
 Both for Iv'caufe your giief doth great appear. 
 And eke bccaufe myfelf am touched near. 
 
 Uubhitrd' i TiiU. 
 
 AwiiPle. adv. [This word, generally re- 
 puted an ad-vcrb, is only a iL-hiL-, tiiat is, 
 a time, an interval.] bome time ; fome 
 fpace of tirne. 
 
 Stay, fiay,I fay; 
 And if you love me, as you fay you do, 
 Letmc pcifuarie you to foiljcar azMlc. Shitff. 
 
 Into this wild abyfs the wary bend 
 Stood on the hiink of hell, .uiri look'd niuhiU, 
 Pond'ring his voyage. Milton's P.ir. Loji. 
 
 AvvK. adj. [A barbarous contraition of 
 the word a'wk-wiird.'] Odd ; out of 
 order. 
 
 We have heard as arrant jangling in the pul- 
 pits, as the flceples; and profelTois nngiig 
 as anuk .as the bcUs to give notice of the confla- 
 gration. L'FJ}rai:gf. 
 
 A'vvKWARD. adf. [xpapb, Saxon ; that is, 
 backward, untoward.] 
 
 1. Inelegant; unpolite ; untaught; un- 
 genteel. 
 
 Proud Italy, 
 Whofe manners (irll our tardy, apifli nation 
 Limps after in bale .jxti iruniimitarinn .Sludfp. 
 
 Their own Unguai>e is worthy their care ; and 
 ihcy are judged of bv thcii handfonre or u u-vi -.cj^ircl 
 way of exprefiing themfelvcs in it. Lockr 
 
 An auikxu.irj Ihame, or (car of illufagr, has 
 a ihare in this conduiJt, Sioijt. 
 
 2. Unready; unhandy; not dexterous; 
 chimfy. 
 
 Slow' to refolve, but in performance quick ; 
 So true, that he was «ii.'^Ji'<"rf at A trick. D'y.l. 
 
 3. I'ervcrfe ; untoward. 
 
 A kind and conlUnt friend 
 
 To all that regularly offend ; 
 
 Bat was implacable and awkiuard 
 
 To .a'll that inteilop'd and hawker'd. Hujilra:. 
 A'wKWARDLV. adv. [from awlivard.] 
 Clumfily ; unreadily ; inelegantly ; un- 
 gainly. 
 
 Dametas nodding from the wafte upwards, and 
 fsvearing he never knew a man go more awk- 
 luariih to work. Sia"fy. 
 
 Wiienany tiling is done <'"a'/f3o<ir.i''v, the com- 
 mon faying will pafs upon them, that it is fuit- 
 able to their breeding. ^ Lo.rkr. 
 
 If any pretty creature is void of genius, and 
 ■would perform her pai't Imt mvktuanlly, I mull 
 ncvirthekfs infift upon her working. Addif;n. 
 
 She l\ill renews the .incicnt fcene ; 
 Forfcts the forty years between; 
 ylivkwartlly gxy, and oddly merry ; 
 Her fcarf pale pink, her hi ul-knot cherry. Prior. 
 
 If a man he taught to hold hi. pen aic'kiu.ir /'y, 
 yet wiitcs fufficiciitly will, it is not worth while 
 
 A W R 
 
 to teac!i him the accurate methods of handlmg_ 
 that ili(ltuil\ent. If'aits' Im^'rovf^trt cfth^ Mind, 
 
 A'uKWARDNESS. r./. [from awkward.] 
 Inelegance ; want of gentility ; odd- 
 iiefs ; unfuitablenef?. 
 
 One may obferve a-j,kii'firdri'fs in the Italians^ .^ 
 which eafily dilcovcis their airs not to be natui.ii. 
 
 j^ddifon. 
 
 All his airs of behaviour have a certain a-.uk~ 
 
 luJid'iffs in th.env; but tliefc awkward aijs arc 
 
 worn aw'ay m company. ifiitts. 
 
 Awl. n.f. [xk,ale. Sax.] A pointed in- 
 llrumcnt to boTe holes. 
 
 He which was minded 10 make himfclt a per- 
 petual fcrvant, ikuuld, fi ra vifiblc token thereof, 
 have alio his car bored through with an a^tDl. 
 
 Hooker. 
 Vou may likewife prick many holes, with an - 
 aivlj about a joint that will lie in the eartii. 
 
 Mortimer's lluflandry. 
 
 A'wLESS. adj. [from awe, and the nega- 
 tive Iifs.] 
 I. Waiitiflg reverence ; void of refpeft.*'i'.l 
 fear. 
 
 Ajainft whofe far.', and th' unm.atched force, . 
 The azi.lefs lion coiild not wage the fight. Sli.ikjp. 
 
 He claims the bull with aiulijs infolenci, 
 And liaving fcia'^l his horns, aecolls the prince. 
 
 D-ydtn. 
 z. Wiinting the power of ^aiiling reve- 
 rence. 
 
 Ah mp ! Ifce the ruin of myhOufc ; 
 Ti.e tygcr now hath fei/.'d the gentle hind ;. 
 Ir.fultirg tyranny begins to iut 
 Upon the innocent and avjltjs throne.- Shjkfp^ 
 
 AwME, or AvuTE. . n.f. ADutch.mca- 
 ftirc of capacity for liquids, contaiiiing 
 eight ftei-kans, or twenty verges or vtr- 
 tecls ; anfwcring to wliat in England is 
 called a tierce, or one-fixtli of a ton nf 
 France, or onc-feventh tjf an Englifh 
 ton. ^Irlaiii.ct. 
 
 AwN, n.f. [arifia, LlI;.] The beard grow- 
 ing out ot the corn or grafs. Chamlers. 
 
 A'wNTNG. n.f. A cover fpread over a boat 
 or veffel, to keep off the weatiier. 
 Of tlcfe boards I made an niu'iing over me. 
 F.ohinfon CtuJ'^l. 
 
 Awo'ke. The preterit of atuale. 
 
 And (he faid, the Piiiliftincs be upon thee, 
 ■ Sampfon. And he iiwjic out of his (Iccp. 
 
 Judges. 
 Awo'rk. ndv. [from <? and worh.] On 
 work; into a Hate of labour ; into ac- 
 tion. 
 
 So after Pyrrhus' pnufe, 
 Aniufed vengeance frts him new aiMrk. !ih,ti. 
 By piefciibing the cordition, it ftts us a^u-.rk 
 to the performances of it, and that by living wcih 
 
 IJii!nmo'i.l. 
 Awo'rking. adj. [from aworh.] Into the 
 flate of working. 
 
 Long they tl us travelled, yet ncrer met 
 Adventure which might them aworki^ig feti 
 
 Huhberd's Tale. 
 
 Awry', ar/i). [from rt and •zyry.] 
 
 1. Not in a (Iraight direct i"n ; obh'qiiely. 
 
 But her fad eyes, fli.l fall'ned on the ground. 
 Arc governed witn goodly modeliy ; 
 That fuffers nnt one look to gl.incc aijiy. 
 Which may let in a little thought unfound. 
 
 Spfnft:/. 
 
 Like perfpeftlves, which lig! tlv gaz'd ttpon. 
 Shew n .filing but cii.fufion ; eyed awry, 
 Dillmv.ullh (orm. S'l.ikfp. ViJiardn. 
 
 A violent crofs wind, fipra cilhtr coalf, 
 Bloivs ihini tranfvetfc, ten tliouCand leagues ntvry 
 Into th- dcii us air. Milton, 
 
 2. Aftiuiut i with oblique vJQon.
 
 A X I 
 
 You know the king 
 With jealous eyes h.u luuk'd tu'')/ 
 On his foil's aifiions. V^nft.im'i St^ny. 
 
 3. N(>t in the right or true dircftion. 
 
 1 hip to Ocp cfiLty, where I lee no path, and 
 can dilccrn hu lew licii» afort me. iV niuccj. 
 
 4. Not ctjuaily between two points ; un- 
 evenly. 
 
 Not lyiarts ficicethat imicpenting tlyc, 
 Noi Cynihi.i when her miuucau's piiiii'd<iu'r>'» 
 Ere fi It luch rage. I'opf. 
 
 c. Net according to »-iglit reafon ; por- 
 veifely. 
 
 All istvry, and whieh wiicd it to thr mod wty 
 couifeof al!, wit ahufed, r.itiior to feign rcalon 
 wiiy it (hould be amiU, tnaii how it Ihoukl he 
 amended. Siiltfy. 
 
 Muel. 4/ t! e foul ihev talk, hut all aTury, 
 Ant: 111 t!iemielvc» leek Mtiuc, and !o ll-.eniKlvcs 
 All [.loty ^.rroijMte, to God ^ive none. Milton 
 
 Axe. n.f. [eax.acre, Sax. n/2-/fl, Lat.] 
 An inihument confilling of a metal head, 
 with a fliaip edge, fixed iiv a helve or 
 hand'c, to cut with. 
 
 No mctiil f.ii'i^ 
 No, not the hangman's .wir, bear half ihe kcen- 
 
 nefs- 
 Of thy fl-» p envy. Siaiffcau. 
 
 There llood a foieft on the mountai.r.s brow, 
 Whjeh ovcrlooiv'd the lhadc<i pl.iin.s helowr ; 
 Ku four.clinr^ a\e prefum'd theie tree^ t,j hire, 
 Coeval witii the world ; a venerable rii;lit. DnJ. 
 
 JXn^LA.n.f [axill.i, Lat.] Thecaviiy 
 
 under the upper part of the aim, called 
 
 the armpit. ^incy. 
 
 Axi'll.^r. \ adj. [from asiUa, Lnt.] 
 
 A'xin ARY. ) Beloiijring to the armpit. 
 
 .^v;7'l^)^^ artery i.s diliribiitcd unto the iiar.d ; 
 
 below the cubityit dividerh into two parts. 
 
 ^ Bro-WK, 
 
 A'xioM. n- f. l^axloma, Lat. v^i.uj^ , from 
 
 1. A pvopoiition evident at firft fipht, that 
 canp.oj be made plainer by demonilra- 
 tion. 
 
 .i^.-,:/o'ni,orprinc!p*.es more general, are fuch as 
 ^is, that tlic grealei good is to be cliofen before 
 (he leffer. llorMr. 
 
 3. An eftablifhcd principle to be granted 
 without uew proof. 
 
 The r.x/9»ri of th.at law, whtfrehy natural agents 
 
 arc gujded, have ti^eir ufij in thi moral. /Voc-(er. 
 
 Their affir.-r.ations are no axioms ; we ellecro 
 
 AYE 
 
 thtreof as things unfaid, and account tVm b;it in 
 lill of noiliinc. Bio-m" 
 
 A'xis. n.f. [a.ri;, Lat.] The line real or 
 imaginrtry that pafl'cs through any thing, 
 on wliieh It may revolve. 
 
 But fiiiee they fay our cattli, from mora to 
 mr>tn, 
 O 1 its own a.v/i is oblig'd to turn ; 
 That fwift rotation muft difperlc in air 
 All tilings wiiich on the raiiid orb appear. 
 
 B/arkmore. 
 
 It misht annually have eompafTed the fun, and 
 yet iievt I have once turned upon its axii. Jimilcy 
 
 Oi^ th'.n own axi^, as tuc planets run. 
 Ami make at oneetb.eir ciicie round the fun j 
 So two confillent motions ait the foni, 
 And one regards itfelf, and one the whole. Vope. 
 
 A'xLE. \"-f- [rt\-/j Lat ] Thtpin 
 
 A'XLK-TREE- 5 which pafTcs thronsh the 
 midll of the wheel, on which the cir- 
 cuinvohitions of tlie wheel are per- 
 formed. 
 
 Venerable Neftor ^ 
 
 Shoi'.ld » ith a Iwiid of air, itiong as the axh-tret 
 On whieh heav'n rides, knit all the Grecian 
 
 cats 
 To hi; cxperienc'd tonfue. Shahfi'tare. 
 
 The fty fat upon tlic ax!f-ire! of the cbariot- 
 wiuei. and fairl, \Vii:t a dulir do I raifc ! Bacon. 
 
 And the gilded car of (lay 
 Hi< ''lowii.g .ii-/f iloih a!l»y 
 In tue Iteep Atlantick rtrcam. Mlltm. 
 
 He faw a f teater f u ) appear, 
 Tiian his Lrig:.t throne or burning ai'/.'-^nr could 
 bear. Miilon'i ChtijVi N^iiivi^y. 
 
 Ay. ad-u. [jerl'.aps from .3/0, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Yes ; an a<.tvet-b of anfwering affirma- 
 tively 
 
 Remrn you thithei ? — 
 
 — : 'y madam,, with the fwiftell wing of fpeed. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 What fiy'ft thou ? Wilt thou be of our con- 
 fort } Say rtV, and t-e llie c.ip'.iin of us all. Shr.k. 
 
 2. It is a word by which the feiife is en- 
 forced ; even J yes, certainly ; and more 
 than that. 
 
 Remember it, and let it make thee creft-fall'n j 
 Ay^ and allav this thy abortive pride. Sh.ikf^eare, 
 
 Avt:. adv. [apa, Sax'on.l Always ; to eter- 
 nity ; for ever. It is • no.v rarely uftd, 
 and only in poetry. 
 And now in daricfome dungeon, wretched 
 thrall, 
 Remedylcfs for "ye he doih him hold. F. Q_i.ftn. 
 
 AZ U 
 
 EitKcr prepare to £\t, 
 Of on Diana's altar to proteP, 
 I'orrt;r, auftcnty and finale life. Shakfptart. 
 
 The foul, though made in time, furvivcs for 
 aye ; 
 And, though it hath beginning, fees no end. 
 
 Sir y. Daniet, 
 And iiears the mufes, in a rinf , 
 jlyr rou id about Jo\e's alt.irs fing. Mi/ton, 
 
 Til" artonilh'd m iiiners ay.' ply the pump; 
 No (lay, nor Kit, ti 1 tlie wide breach is clos'd. 
 
 P>s:iipt. 
 A'vGREEN. «./. The fame with houf:~ 
 IceL. ^ Dia. 
 
 A'yuY. n./. The ncfl of the hav.'k. 
 
 I flioulddifeourfe on the branchcr, the haggaid, 
 and then treat of their fevcral ayiti. 
 
 lf',t!iott'i /In^lsr. 
 A'ziMUTH. n.f. [Arab.] 
 
 1. The azimul/} of the fun, or of a ftar, is 
 an arch' between tiic meridian of the 
 place, and any given vertical line. 
 
 2 . Magnetical /Ixhnuth, is an arch of the 
 horizon contained between the fun'i 
 itziniulh circle and the magnetical meri- 
 dian ; or it is the apparent diliance of 
 the fun from the north or fuuth point 
 of the compafs. 
 
 3.. ..Azimuth Compqfs, is an inllrunient ufed 
 at fea for finding the fini's magnetic 
 aximulh. 
 
 4. Atlmulh D:al, is a dial whofe ftile or 
 giiKmon is at right angles to the plane 
 of the horizon. 
 
 5. ylrJmulhs, called f.lfo vcrlicle circle.'', 
 are great circles iutcrfecllng each oilit:r 
 in the zenith and nadir, and cutting 
 the horizon at right angles, in al! the 
 points thereof. Chambers. 
 
 A'zuRE. adj. [a^iir, Fr. azurro, Span. 
 /azur, Arab, from lazuli, a blue ftoue. J • 
 Blue ; faint blur. 
 
 Like porr.eU round of marble dear. 
 Where a^4r\l veins well mixt appear. Siilnty, 
 The blue of the litfV order, though very f-aint 
 and little, may be the colour of tome fubilance ; 
 and the ax.ure colour of the fsics fecms to be ihis 
 ordar. l^jL'ton. 
 
 Thus replies- 
 Minerva, graceful with her aizure eyes. Pt-ptf. 
 
 Tne f;a, 
 Far through his a7.uie turbulent doraain^ 
 Your empire owns. ■ Thf/mfon, 
 
 B» 
 
 B 
 
 The fccond letter of the Englifli 
 , J alphabet, is pronounced, as in moft 
 other European language?, by prefTing 
 the whole lengtii r f the lips together, 
 and forcing them open with a iuong 
 breath. It has a neav affinity with the 
 other labial letters, and is confounded 
 hy the Germans with p, and by tlie 
 Gafcons with v ; from which an epi- 
 
 B A A 
 
 grammatlft remarks, that Ulere and | 
 vivere are in Gafcony the fame. The 
 Spatiiaid.'f, in mod words, ufe i or -v in- 
 diflerentK. 
 
 The cry of 
 
 Baa n.f. [Seethe verb.] 
 a llietp. 
 
 — Therefore thou art a Ihcep 
 
 Such inulhcr proof would make nic cry iaa. 
 
 Sh:Lkjp€itre. 
 
 BAB 
 
 To Baa. v. n. [5<;/o, Lat.] To cry like 
 a (heep. 
 
 Or like a lamb whofe dam away is fet, 
 He tith e /<: .i lor help, but none cai get. SiJ"'}', 
 To Ba'bble. 1'. n. [bal/lsleii. Germ, la' 
 
 tiller, Fr.] 
 1. To prattle like a child; to prate im- 
 perfeclly. 
 My 'Dt.'./.v.? praifcs T repeat no more, 
 1 But hear, tcjuiie, ftai:u filent, ami a>lote. Trior,
 
 BAB 
 
 2. To tali: ifllyi or irrationally. 
 
 Juhn h;id tonned over ^ catalogue of hnrd 
 words ; thefe he ufed to babble iiuliffercntly in all 
 companies. urhbuihnot. 
 
 Let the filcnr rin(5liiary fliow, 
 Wlml from tlie babbling CLhools we may rut know. 
 
 Pricr. 
 
 5 To talk thouglitlefsly ; tcrtell ftcrets. 
 TIk'h- is more dm^cr in a rcfcrvcd and filcnt 
 friend, tlun in a noily babbling enemy. U Ejii . 
 
 4. To talk iniicli. 
 
 The b^bhl-ng cclio mocks the hounds, 
 Kcplyiiig ihriily tt) the well tun'dhoiiii, 
 As it a duuMe hunt were he.ird at once. Sh.ikfp. 
 And had I I'ow'rto give that knowledge birth, 
 ,In all the fjictches of the biibbling earth, trior. 
 
 Tlic liii'bltfTg echo had defcry'd hisfaCc ; 
 bhc, who ill othci'i wordi her filence breaks. 
 
 Mdijr.n. 
 
 B.a'bblr. n, f. \hcMl, Fr.] Idle talk; 
 fonfclt-fs pialtlf. 
 
 This labhh llidll not lienccforth trouble mc ; 
 
 Jlcrc is a cqil with proteflation. IS htik future. 
 
 Conic, no mure, 
 
 Tliisis mere mural babble. Ali/fon. 
 
 With \ollics of eternal babb!<-y 
 
 And clamour more unanfwerai^le. Hudibrui'i. 
 
 The halhify impertinence, and foliy, I have 
 
 taken notice uf in difputcs. GLinzuilc. 
 
 Ba BBLLMTNT. ti, f. [from Ifiiblf/e.] Scnfe- 
 Icls prate ; empty' words. 
 
 Deluded ;iil tlui while with ragged notions and 
 b.2b''.'f»!(*iiiy while thcj' cxpciSed wortiiy and de- 
 lightful knowledge. Milton. 
 
 Ba'bbler. tu /. [from lal>hlf.~\ 
 
 1. An idle talker ; an irrational prattler. 
 
 W't liold our time too precious to be fpcnt 
 With fuch a habbhf. Shukjp:afe. 
 
 The apoftlc liad no fooncr propofcd it to the 
 mafters at Athens, but he himfclf was ridiculed 
 as a bahhUr. Roger s. 
 
 2. A teller of fecrets. 
 
 Uttcreis of fccieis he fiom thence debarr'd ; 
 
 ^rtA/'/ti J of folly, and blazers of crime. F. (^ucen. 
 
 Great babbicrsj or talkers, arc not fit for iruft. 
 
 Baue. «./ [hala7i^ Welfh ; hahhan-d^ 
 Dutch ; humhinoj Italian.] An infant ; 
 a child of either fex. 
 
 Thofc ihat do teach your b.ihci 
 Do it with gentle means, and cafy talks ; 
 He might have chid me lb; for, in goad faith, 
 I am a child to chiding. Shakjycure. 
 
 tso\ (hall Scb^^rtian's formidable name 
 Be longer us'd to bill the crying iijie-. Drydtn. 
 
 The babe had all that infantcare beguiles, 
 And early knew bis mother in her fmiles. Dryd. 
 
 Ba'iierv. /;./, [from hahe,'] Finery to 
 pleafe a babe or chUd. 
 
 So have 1 iVcn tiim books in velvet di;^ht, 
 With gulden leaves and painted babcrv 
 Of Itely buy*;, pleafe unacquainted fight. Sid*it-y. 
 Ba'bish. adj. [from hahe.'] Childifh. 
 
 If he be ifalhfui, and will foon blufh, they 
 call him Abab;J/i :\\\d ill brought upthing. ^-Ifcluim. 
 
 Babo'on. n.f. [hahouirif Vv. It is fup- 
 j)ofed by Slwner to be the augmenta- 
 tion of habet and to Import a ^^reat 
 tale.'] A monkey of the largeft kind. 
 You had h)okcd through the gralc tike ag^eminy 
 of b.tbi.Ofi(. Sfiid'Ji'Citic. 
 
 He cart tvciy human feature out of his coun- 
 , tcnance, and became a buhoou, ^ddifun. 
 
 Baby. //./ [See Babe.] 
 J. A child ; an Infant. 
 
 The f illy beats the nurfe, .ind quite athwart 
 Goes all dtcornni. Shjlfjuure. 
 
 The cliild nutO have fugar plums, rather tlian 
 make the poor h,iby cry. Locke. 
 
 lie mud marry, and propagate : rlie father 
 raniiot flay for the pjiliou, noi tlic mother fur 
 hAba to play with. Z-cti.-. 
 
 BAG 
 
 I, A fmall image in imitation of a child, 
 which girls play with. 
 
 The aic.idukc faw tlint Pcikin would prove ;i 
 run.igntc ; and it was the pait of cliildien to f.d! 
 out about ia^/fs, Bar^.n. 
 
 Since no image can veprcfent tlic great Cieator, 
 never think to lionour him by youi fouhlh pup- 
 pets, and ^rt'vVs of dirt and clay. St!i!in-:Ji:ct. 
 Ba'ccatep. aiij. \baccaius., Lat.] Befet 
 with pearls ; having many berries. Dul. 
 Bacch AN a'li.\n. n. f. [from hacchiwa- 
 luT, Lat.] A riotous perfon ; a di unkard. 
 Ba'cchanals. ti.f. [hiicrhnihiFui, l.at.] 
 Tlif drunken fealls and revtlb of Bac- 
 chus, the god of wine. 
 
 Ha, my biave emperor, n .'>1! wc daiicp now 
 the Egyptian h.icrhiiiiahj and cclcbiatc our , drink ." 
 
 Sh-tljL'f(tri\ 
 
 What wild fury was th,ere in the heathen bac- 
 chanuhj which wc have not fccn KpialUd ? 
 
 ]}ei.ay of Virtw 
 
 Both extremes were banifh'd from their walls, 
 
 Cartluifian iw^s^ and fidfonre IkkcIuvuiIs. Pope. 
 
 Ba'cchus bole. n.f. A flower not tall, 
 
 but very full and broad-leaved. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 BArci'FFRor s. aaj. [from lacca, a berry, 
 
 nnd_/>/-o, to bear, Lat.] Berry-bearing. 
 
 Baccifaous tiecsarc of four kinds, i. Such as 
 
 bear a caliculate or naked berry; the flower and 
 
 calix botii falling off together, and leaving the 
 
 bcriy bare; as the falTafras trees. 2. Such as 
 
 h.ivcanakcd monofpcrmous fruit, that is, con- 
 
 - taining in it only one feed ; as the arbutcs. 3. 
 
 Such as have but polyfpcrraous fruit, that is, 
 
 containing two or more kernels or feeds within 
 
 it ; as the jefminum, liguftrum. 4. Such as 
 
 have tlieir fruit compofcd of many acini, or 
 
 round foft balls fet clufe together like a bunch of 
 
 grapes; as the uva maiina. Rj\, 
 
 Bacci'vorous. adj. [from lacca, a 
 berry, and voro, to devour, Lat.] De- 
 vouring berrief. Did. 
 
 Ba'chklor. n.f. [A word of veoT uncer- 
 tain etymology, it not being well known 
 wliat was its original fenfe. Junius 
 derives it from ga'xr^©-, foollfli ; Me- 
 nace from has chevalir, a knight of the 
 lovvell rank ; Spehnan, from hacuhis, a 
 liafl'; Cujas, from buccella, an allow- 
 ance of provifion. The moft probable 
 derivation feems to be from bacca luurus, 
 the berry of a laurel or bay ; bachelors 
 being young, arc of good hopes, like 
 laurels in the berry. Dr. L"''-vrence 
 obferved, that Menage's etymology is 
 much confirmed .by the prattice in oui- 
 univerfities of calling a Bachelor, Sir. 
 In I.,atin. harcaluurem.^ 
 
 1. A man unmarried. 
 
 Such ftparation 
 Becomes a virtuous bticht-h,} and a maid. Sh,ikfp. 
 
 The liaunting of dill'olute places, or rcifort to 
 courtcr^ns, are no more piminicd in married nun 
 th.ni in I'ttchrhji. B,irori. 
 
 A triic |<ainter naturally delights in tiie liheity 
 which belongs to the hiirhelor'% ellatc. Dr\\itn, 
 
 Let fniful ^ut //f /o; J their woes dei>lote, 
 Tull well they merit all they feel, and more. 
 
 l''.pf. 
 
 2. A man who takes his lirH degrees at 
 the unlveriily in any profillion. 
 
 Beuig a boy, new i'tu fi,/or oi arts, I chanced 
 to Ipcakagaiult rlie ]>ope. .-fj /■<ini. 
 
 I appear before your iionour, in beiialf oi' 
 Mailinus Scjiblcru.s, huchikt of plij lie. 
 
 3. A knight of the lo\ve(l order. This 
 is a fenfe now little ufed. 
 
 BAG 
 
 Ba'chelorship. n.f. [from lachelor.'] 
 The condition of a bachelor. 
 
 Her mother, living yet, can teOify, 
 She was the fu ft fl uit of my hiuhdurjlnf. Shakff. 
 
 BACK. n. f. [bac, bxc, Sa.xon ; bach, 
 German.] 
 
 1. The hinder part of the body, from the 
 neck to the thighs. 
 
 Pait following enter, pait remain without, 
 And mount on othcrs'^'irr^) in hopes to Ibarc. 
 
 2. The outer part nf the hand when it i« 
 flint : oppofed to the l>ahn. 
 
 Mctiiought love pitying me, when he faw this, 
 G.ive mc your hanJs, the ha.l:> and palruj to kifs. 
 
 3. The outward part of the body ; that 
 which requires clothes : oppofed to the 
 beJly. 
 
 Tbofe who, by their anceflors, have been fet 
 free from a couAant diudgcry to their backi and 
 tlieir bellies, Jhould bcflow fome time on their 
 iieads. Locke. 
 
 4. The rear : oppofed to the -van. 
 
 He might concluv'e, that Walter would be up- 
 on ihc king's had, as his majelty was upon his. 
 
 ClarerlJ'jj:, 
 
 5. The place behind. 
 
 As the voice goelh lound, as well towards the 
 hack A^ towards the fjont of him that fpeakcth, 
 fo does the echo : for you have many batk echoes 
 to the place- where you ftand. Bacon. 
 
 Antlicus, SergcHus grave, Clcanthus ftrong, 
 And at their l'o^^\ a mighty Trojan tl-.rong. liryj, 
 
 6. The part of any thing out of fight. 
 
 Trees fee upon the bacii of chinuiics do ri]ien 
 fruit fooncr. Bacon'y Pi.iTur.tl Ilifot) . 
 
 7. The thick part of any tool oppofed to 
 the edge ; as the hack of a knife or 
 fword : whence backjiuord, or fword 
 with a tack ; as, 
 
 IjuU dreaded not old Lewis either at hackfiuord^ 
 Tingle lauleiiion, or cudgel-play. Arbuthv.ot . 
 
 8. To turn the back on one ; to forfake 
 him, or ncgleft him. 
 
 At the hour ct' death, all fiicndfliips of the 
 will Id bid him adieu, and the whole creation turns 
 its ha-k upon him. Scut'i. 
 
 9. To turn the bach ; to go away ; to be not 
 within the reach of taking cognizance. 
 
 His back was no foorKr turned, but they le- 
 turned to their former rcbfllion. Sir y. Davus. 
 Back. ath. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To the place from which one came. 
 
 Back yoii ihall not to the houfe, unlcfs 
 You un.tertjke that with mc. Shakfpttrr. 
 
 He fcnt m.my to feck the (hip Argo, ihieaten- 
 ing that ii they biought not bti-.k Midt.i, they 
 llioiild furter in her lie.id. NaUigtt. 
 
 Where they are, and why ttiey came l^oibackf 
 Is now the labour of my thoughts. Mi/ton. 
 
 Bark to thy native ilhiDd mighl'lt thou fail, 
 Ai-.d leave half-heard the rnel.incboly tale. }':,pi. 
 
 2. Backward; as retreating from the pre- 
 fent ihttion. 
 
 I've been furpriy'd in an ringuardcd hour. 
 But nuift not now go A.I. X ; the lose, that lay 
 Half finottier'd in oiy bread, has biokc ihrough 
 
 all 
 Its weaK reftraints. -AJMJ.n. 
 
 3. Behind ; not coming foriVard. 
 
 1 ihouglil to prornole llice unto gieat honour; 
 but lu [he Loul h.rth kept Ihet buck Irom honour. 
 
 Kumb,,-. 
 
 Confuain the glebe, keep hack the l.urtlul 
 weed. B'ackmcrt. 
 
 4. 'l"ovvard things \y.\{\. 
 
 1 had always a curiulily to Uiolc had untn the 
 fourccs of thing?, and to \ itw in my mind the be- 
 {■inmng and picgr( 1\ tit a tifing w oild. Burnci. 
 
 5. Again ; in teturn.
 
 BAG 
 
 The lady's m:«d ; yet if 'r^f r€ fo» 
 She touM n<'i I'way licr liuufc, coaiinan''i Kci t'fl- 
 
 Take .Tiid give hack nfFnir^, and ihcir (lifpnrcl', 
 W;tli fuch a Imuoth, dilcrcC, and iULIc I cuing. 
 
 6. ^ga!n ; a feco.id time. 
 
 Tl is Crfar foumi, and ihnt ungrateful nge, 
 \Vilii luring him, went 6jc*: to blood and lagc. 
 
 The cpiHIcs being wiittcn from ladic* foifnkcn 
 by their lovers, many thoughti came /'/7r.6 upon 
 lu in di\cri letter-;. V'j>un. 
 
 To Back, v, a> [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To mount en ihe back of a hoiTc. 
 
 That roan lliali be my ti.ionc. 
 Will, r will i^(« lim Hii'i-. OEtpcr.iiice! 
 Bid Bjtler lend him forth nito the jj:u k. 
 
 2, To break a horfe ; to tialn Kiia to bear 
 ujioii hii back, 
 
 Dirc6l us iiow to f'ttrk tlic winged hoife ; 
 Favour his flight, and moderale his courfe. 
 
 Ii-.fcGmmun. 
 
 3, To place upon the back. 
 
 A^ I ficprmctlioiight, 
 Great Jup'tcr, upon bis c.iglc huLk'J, 
 Appenr'd to me. Sh.ikfi>e ire. 
 
 4. To maintain ; to ftrcngthen ; lo lup- 
 port ; to defend. 
 
 Bfhkc i'C mrans, 
 Back'H by t' e pow'r of Warwick, Chat falfe j-jcfr, 
 T' afpirc untu ihe ctuwr). Ska^Jpeu?i. 
 
 You are tirait enough in tie fbouldcr.';, you car^ 
 rot who fees your back : call you th;;! b.ickiii^ u( 
 youi fi lends? a ^-I ague upon fuch idr^/*:, / gl^e 
 mc them that will tacc mc. Shaif^eare. 
 
 Thefe were fcconded hy certain dc^llIau^cc^, 
 and both backed \vv\\ nun at arms. HaywurJ 
 
 Di'1 they not iVear, in exprcfs words, 
 To prop and hack the liuufc of l^rds ? 
 AnrJ after turn'd out the whole loufcfLil. JTudihau 
 
 A great malice, hackf.l with a gre.it intercit, 
 C.in have no advantage of a man, bur fnim his ex 
 pctl^aiions of fomething without himRlf. Sor/f/i. 
 
 How {h:\\\ we trc.tt tins bold afpiring man ? 
 Succcl's Itid follows him, and hach hi> crimen. 
 
 .•JJd'J'on. 
 
 5, To jiiftify ; to fupport. 
 
 The patrons of the ternary number of princi- 
 plc«, and thofe that would have five elements, 
 fadeavcur to If.i^-k their experiments with a fpc-" 
 ciousrcafon. Boyle. 
 
 We have I know not how many adages to b^r^ 
 the rerilon of this moral. L' Ejirunt^e. 
 
 6. To fecond. 
 
 F.aitious, and favoring this or t* other (itie, 
 Their wagers back their wifhes. Diy Un. 
 
 To B.^'CKBiTE. 1;. a, [from back and 
 blte.'\ To cenfure or reproach the ab- 
 fcnt. 
 
 Moft untruly and maliciouny do thefe evil 
 ^ongues backbite and dander the facred aflics of 
 that pcrfonagc. Sperf-r, 
 
 I will ufe him well; a friend i' th' court is def- 
 ter than a penny in putfe. Ufe his men u-tll, 
 Davy, foi they are arrant knaves and w'^Hbuckbire. 
 ^ Shakfi-earc. 
 
 B.^'cK BITER. «. /. [from hacl:htte,'\ A 
 privy calumniator; a cenfufer of the 
 abfent. 
 
 No body is hound to look upon his hackhitf-r^ 
 or his undtrminer, his betrayer, or his oppredlr, 
 as his friend. S'Atth. 
 
 Ba'ckbone. «./. [froiuZ'^cjf and Z-^.ii'.] 
 The bone of the back. 
 
 Tlie bxickhr.r.c fliuuld be divided into many vcr- 
 Vbres for commodious bending, ;ind not to he 
 one entire rigid bone. Ra\\ 
 
 Ba'ckcarRy, Havitig on the back. 
 
 Manwood, in hl\ fc.rclt laws, noteth it for one 
 of the four circunirtances, or c-ifes, wherein a fo- 
 rcitcr may arrcft an offender againft vert or vc- 
 
 B A C 
 
 rirnn in the fo.rft, •!«=;. (liblt-fland, dog-<1raTr, 
 Inrkcarry^ and bluody-liand. Coxuell. 
 
 Ba'ckdoo?,. ;/./. [from /'flf^ and ^oor.] 
 Tlie door btliiiid ihe lioulV ; privy 
 pad'.!";.-. 
 
 Tlic pLiccfTion Hurft not return by the way it 
 came ; but, xAi-r the devotion of the monks, 
 palfcd out .It A h.ic- fy^r of the ^-onvcnt. ^IJdif 
 
 Popeiv, wiiicii \% !o lit ihut out as not to re- 
 cruit npenly, is ftcaing in hy the baetihir ot 
 a!i;cifm. jUU'buty 
 
 Ba'cked. adj. [from i.ici.'\ Having a 
 back. 
 
 Lofty-nccic'H, 
 Sharp headed, barrel bclhed, hruadly h<ulc\l. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Ba'ckfriend. n. f. [from back and 
 fiiend ] A friend backward ; that is, 
 an enemy in ftcret. 
 
 Settlicrtrtlcis impoitunities of ta'clii-arers and 
 hactfiiendi ;igalnli fair wai'd& and piuKfTions 
 
 U jijirangc 
 Far is our church from incinachii-g upim t.it 
 ci\ il power ; as iomc, who are backjrien ti to t<oth, 
 wouIg m-:lici(tufly inlinuatc. South. 
 
 Backg a'mmon. n. J. [from bach gam 
 moil, Wcllli, a little battle ] A p!a) 
 or game at tables, with box and dice. 
 
 In wliat edccm arc you with tlie vicar of the 
 parifh ? can yuu play with him at harjgamtnon ? 
 
 S-uiJt 
 Ba'ck HOUSE. It. f. [from back zni\ /jcuje.] 
 The buildings behind the chief part ol 
 the ho'.ife. 
 
 Ti cir /<ir;(/'5«/^>, of more neceifai-y than clean- 
 ly fervicf, as kitcliens, ftablcs, arc climbed up 
 unto b) fteps. Carcw. 
 
 Ba'ckvikce.J] n. [from back ^ndpiece.] 
 The piece of armour which covers the 
 back. 
 
 Tl.e morning that ^e wa^ to jo n luttlc, his ar- 
 mourer put on hi$ aac^pit'ci befofe,and his breaft- 
 platc behind. Cam Jen. 
 
 Ba'ckroom n. f. [ivom bgcl zni\ room.] 
 A room behind ; not in the front. 
 
 li you liavc a fair prolpctft backwards of gnr- 
 dens, it may be convenient to mike backioomi 
 the i-rrger. ]\Io.\on*s Mfch. Ji\t-rcijci. 
 
 Ba'ckside. n.f. [from back andy7<A".] 
 r. The hinder part of any thinjr. 
 
 If tiietjuickfilvci' were rublicd iiom the backj'ije 
 of tiie fpeculum, the giafi woul'lcnut'e the fnme 
 rings of c^ lours, but moie f .mt ; the phmo- 
 mena depend nor upon tl\e quiekfiUer, unlefs fo 
 f.ir as it cncrcafes the relit iftion ot the b..riJJJe of 
 the glafs. Ni'MioTt. 
 
 2. The hind part of an animal. 
 
 .\ poor ant carries- a grain of corn, climbing 
 up a w.ill with her head downwards and her 
 ba'ij'i U- upw.irds. AdAiJon. 
 
 3. 'i he yard or ground behind a houfe. 
 
 The waiTi of pailuics, fieh!<j co^•.mon^, loads, 
 flrcets, ox biickfuUiy arc of great advant.Tgc to all 
 forts of I.md. Mjrrhier. 
 
 To Backsli'de. ^'. n. [from lack and 
 Jliiie.^ To fall oiTj to apoftatize : a 
 word only iifed by divines. 
 
 H.iil thou f^eii that wbithi«r^y7/.A>^IfracIhath 
 
 done ? She is goncupupon eveiy high n.ountain, 
 
 and under every green tree. 'J<r(mi<th. 
 
 Backsli'der. n.f. [from bacljlije.'] 
 
 An apodate. 
 
 Thc'b.ic'JJ.-.ltr in heart (hall be fi:l;d. Pr',-,;,ii. 
 
 Ba'ckstaff. n. y'. [from back and Jli-^f; 
 bccanfe in taking an obfervallon, ti-c 
 -obferver's back is turned tov.'aid the 
 fun.] An itillriimcnt iifeful in taking 
 the fun's altitude at ka; invented by 
 Captain Davies. 
 
 BAG 
 
 BA'cKSTAtRS. n. /. [from bad and 
 
 J/jirs.] The private Itairs in the houfe. 
 
 I condemn the praifticc which l.ath la;i ly e repf 
 
 intr> the court at tfic bacijj.iirij that fomc piicK'. 'i . 
 
 for (htriffs get out of the bill. Jinrot 
 
 Ba'ckstays. ii.f [fiom ^jfi andy7ay. J 
 Ropes or ftays which keep the marts of 
 a Ihip from pitching forward or over- 
 board. 
 
 Ba'ck SWORD. At/, [from bad andfuiorJ.I 
 A fwcrd with one fliarp edge. 
 Bull dreaded not old Lewis at bmlfiMrd. 
 
 ..-Ifhuihrtr. 
 
 Ba'ckward. 7 adv. [from lack, and 
 
 Ba'ckwards. 3 peajib. Sax. that is, to- 
 ward the back ; contrary to fgrward.j 
 
 1. With the back forward. 
 
 They Me, it bjtiiv.irj, and tiicir faces were 
 backward. Genejit. 
 
 2. Tovvjid the back. 
 
 In leaping with weights, the arms are firfl call 
 bnckiuar./, arid then forward, with fo much the 
 greater force ; for tne hands go bjckwaiU before 
 t.'-cy t.ike tl eir rile. Bman. 
 
 3. On the back. 
 
 Then darling fire from her malignant eyes, 
 She calt him backiLitr.t as he rtravc to tile. 
 
 DrydcT. 
 
 4. From the preftnt ftation to the place 
 beyond the back. 
 
 \Ve might have met them dareful, beard to 
 beard, 
 And beat tnem back-.var.i home. Shakf^tart, 
 
 The monllrous fight 
 Struck them with hoirour btiiiiuurj; but far 
 
 v^'orfe 
 Urg'd incm behind. jVi/fc/i. 
 
 5. Rtgrcllivcly. 
 
 Aie not the rays of light, in pafling by the 
 edges and fides of bt.dies, bent leveral times 
 baikiLoinis and forw;;rds with a moiiun like that 
 of an eel ? Nc-Mli.n, 
 
 6. Toward fomething pnft. 
 
 To pro\e the polhbiiity ot a thing, there is no 
 argument to that wnicn looks backv.arji-^ fi.p 
 what has been done or t'ud'ered, may ccrt.iinly be 
 done or fuffcrcd again. Situth, 
 
 7. Reflex ively. 
 
 No, douhtlefs ; for the mind can buckxuarj z:iii 
 Upon hiifelf, l-.er iiiulerltanding light. Vu-iiti. 
 
 8. From a better to a vvorfe Itate. 
 
 The work went backwurJ; and tiic more he 
 drove 
 T' advance the fuit, the farther from her love. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 9. Pad ; in time pall. 
 
 They have fpread one of the worrt languages 
 in the world, tf we look upon it tome rcig:>s 
 
 backiuard, LfKkr. 
 
 10. Perverfely ; from the wrong end. 
 
 I never yet law man, 
 But fhc would fpell him imkzcjrd ; if fair-fac'd. 
 She'd fwcnr the gemlemaji (hnuld be her filter; 
 If black, why, natuie, drawing of an antick, 
 Made a foul bbt ; if tall, a launcc ill-h.eadcd. . 
 
 S^..kff>euie, 
 B.I 'CK WARD. adj. 
 
 1. Unvvilliog ; averfe. 
 
 Our mutability m.ikes the friends of our na- 
 tion ba:kii.urd to engage with us in alliances. 
 
 .■IdJiftn. 
 
 We arc fttargcly bucknuard to lay hold of tl is 
 
 fafe, this only method of cure. Atterttuty. 
 
 Cities laid walle, tbcy rtorm'd the denj and 
 
 caves,; 
 
 For wifer brutes are backiiii3td to he ilavcs. P-^l'e, 
 
 2. Htfilating. 
 
 Ail tl ir-gs .ire ready, if otir minds be fo: 
 Perifh the man, whofe mind is buck-warj new.. 
 
 Siukf/cjrt. 
 
 3.- Sluggifh ; dilatory.
 
 BAD 
 
 The mir.it Is i,>^kward to Ui>d;-.gD tl-.e f:itig«c 
 of w-iigliingeveiy argument. IFtiiti. 
 
 4. Dull; not>quick. or apprehsnfive. 
 
 It oficri falls uui, tli.ir tiic la^iwar.i lc;inier 
 m.ikci amends aiiotl^.cr way. Sr.utli. 
 
 ^. Late ; coming after fomething elle : 
 as, baciiuarJ iv'Mi \ baekwani cWMrcw. 
 fruits long in ripening ; children llow of 
 growth. 
 Ba'ckv.ap.d. n.f. The things or Hate 
 behind or paft : povtical. 
 
 What kcll thou elfc 
 . In the dx\i.hj:iivirdot abyfm of time ? Shnlji,. 
 Ua'ckw.irdi.y. (ulv. j]f cm baciwai-ii.] 
 
 1. Unwillingly; a\eilcly; with the back 
 lorwaiil. 
 
 Like Nurr.l.! lim-.s by tie hunters chas'cl, 
 Tlioutjb ll-.cy rio fly, ■y<-'^ h,!ckiLniJ'v do iji> 
 With pioiKlalpi-il, dild 'iniiiigici cr haltc.i'.-i/w-j. 
 
 2. Peiverfely; or witli cold hope. 
 
 I wa.s the full m;in 
 That e'crrcctiv'd gift frjm him ; 
 And docs he think fo hackwar^ily of rr^e, 
 That I'll requite it Uit } S'l'ikficarc. 
 
 Ba'ckwardnf-SS. >!./. [from baciwarJ. ] 
 I. Duhiefs ; uinvillingntrfs; flngglilinefs. 
 Tiic thiiit; by wliich wc .ire apt to cxci'.fc our 
 iacUnari'Mtfi to good works, i.'^ the ill fiicccis ih;:t 
 iiath btcn oblcrved to attend well defigiiiiig cha- 
 lities. -■ht.ihury. 
 
 5. Slownefs of progrefiion ; tardinefs. 
 J5a'con. n.f. [probably from baLen, that 
 
 is, dried iletli.] 
 IT, The flefti of a hog faked and dried. 
 High o'er the hearth a chine of bjcon hung, 
 Good old Philemon l;:ii'd it with ,i prong, 
 Thtn cut a nice. Dry J,:::. 
 
 S. To fave the b^.<-o-!, is a phrafe for pre-, 
 fcrving one's filf from being hurt ; bor- 
 rowed from the care of lionfewivcs in 
 the country, where they have feldom 
 any other provilion in the houi'e than 
 dried bacon, to fecure it from tlie 
 inarching foldiers. 
 What fiij-litcns you thvis .' ray good fon 1 fays 
 the pricrt ; 
 Vou murdcr'd, are forry, .and have been confeft. 
 •O father ! my forrow wtU fcarcc fave my /fftcot ; 
 For 'twis rot that I murdcr'd, but th.it I «■a^ 
 taken. frior 
 
 IB.aculo'metry. n.f. [from Ljculns, Lat. 
 and y.-TO'-i.] The art of meaftiring dil- 
 tanccs by one or more (laves. Diil. 
 
 BAD. adj. [quoad, Dutch ; compar. 
 
 ivorje ', fupcrl. •worJi.~\ 
 I. \\\; not good : a general word iifed in 
 regard to phyfical or uioial faults, either 
 of men or things. 
 
 Moft men h* c politicks enough to m.tkc, 
 through violence, tlie bcft fciieiiie ot ^ovcinncnt 
 ., i,.,d one. i'<-f<: 
 
 I. Vitious ; corrupt. 
 
 Thou may'ft rtpcnt, 
 And one buj adt, with many deeds w«ll<ione, 
 M.y'lt cover. Mi/tcn. 
 
 Thus will the latter, as the former, woiUI 
 Still tend from /-at to worfc. AUIlon. 
 
 Our unhappy fates 
 Mix thee amongrt the u.kV, or make thee run 
 Tio near the paths which viituu Lids Ihee (hiin. 
 
 Prhr. 
 
 3. Unfortunate; unhappy. 
 
 The fun his annual courfe ohiiriuely made, 
 "Good dav^ contr.iflcd, and enlarg'd the i.i / 
 
 VryJ ■: 
 
 A. Hurlfi:! ; nnwhfilcfomc ; mifchievous ; 
 pcnii.rious : withyi;-. 
 
 :Beadina was bad fur his eyes, writing mir'c 
 bis head akc. MMpn 
 
 B A F 
 
 ^. Sick: with of; as, iadofA^i\tT. 
 
 p ' > The preterit of i/o/. 
 
 And for an carneft of greater honour? 
 Pic ba.lf me, from him, Carl tliec Thnnc of 
 Ciueder. S/iaif^tait;. 
 
 Badge, n. f [A word of uncertain ety- 
 mology ; derived by y^u/iius from icde 
 or bade, a mcd'engcr, and fuppofcd to 
 be corrupted fruin budage, the creden- 
 tial of a meffenger ; but taken by Skhi- 
 n:r and Minfiew Irom bagghe, Diit. a 
 jewel, or Lagu?, Fr. a ring. It fetras 
 to coine from bajida, to carry, Lat.] 
 
 1. A mark or cognizance worn to (how 
 the relation of the wearer to an) pcr- 
 fon or thing. 
 
 But on his bicaft a Moody crof? lie hoic, 
 The ilcar refemblance of his dying luid ; 
 For whole I'weet lake that glorious b^iilgc he wore. 
 
 . Sfc::Jtr. 
 
 The outwaid f^>!endour of his olTicc, is the 
 h.idg-: ■,\\^f.\ tokon of thai f.icii.d character which 
 lie inwaidly bears. .Utubury. 
 
 2. A token by which one i.s known, 
 
 A lavage tygrefs on her helmet lies; 
 The i'ainous badge Claimda us'<l to bear. Fan fax. 
 
 3. The mark or token of any thing. 
 
 Tlierc appe-ifs much joy in him ; even fo mucli 
 that joy could not Ihc.v itfclf modelt eirjugli, 
 without a i*7(:'^e of bitterncfs. ii/titif^cars 
 
 Sweet mercy is nobility'^ U-i.\cbiidg^. Sh,ikjp. 
 
 ]^ct iiim not bear tlie badges of a wreck, 
 Korbcg with a Line fable on his b;ick. VryJen. 
 
 To Badge. 11. a. [from the noun.] To 
 mark as with a badge. 
 
 Your royal father's muidcr'd 
 
 Oh, by whom ?— — 
 
 Tliofe of his chamber, as it feem'd, had done *t ; 
 Their hands and faces were all budg'd with blood, 
 So were their daggers. S':ii<fpfnfe 
 
 Ba'dger. n. f. [I'edonr, Fr. vulis, Lat.] 
 An animal tiiat earths in the ground, 
 ufed to be hunted. 
 
 ' That a brock, or b.i igcr, hath legs of ore Ijde 
 (bolter than the other, is received not only by 
 theories and unexpeiicnccd believers, but moll 
 who behold them daily. l^''^wi, 
 
 Ba'dger-lecged. aaj. [from iddgsr 
 and legged.] Having legs of an unequal 
 length, as the badg;;r is fuppoied to 
 have. 
 
 His body crooked all over, big-LcHicrl, bud- 
 gir-!tggtd, and his complexion fwarthy. L'Fjir. 
 
 Ba'pcer. ;i. /". [perhaps from the Latin 
 bajidus, a carrier; but by jfiinius de 
 rived from the baiiger, a creatuie wl^o 
 flows up his prnvilion,] One that buys 
 corn and victuals In one ph'.ce, and car- 
 ries it unto another. Ccii-dl. 
 
 Ba'dly. adv. [from bad.] In a bad 
 manner ; not well. 
 
 How goes the day with us- O tell me Hubcir. — 
 Badly, I frar. How fares youi nin.jcft) ? Shak. 
 
 Ba'dnf.b*. n.f. [from bad.] Want of 
 good qualities, either natural or moral ; 
 ilefert ; depravity. 
 
 It was notyoui bruthi r's evil difpofition made 
 him feck his death ; but r. piovoking merit, t< t a 
 Avork by a reprovcable bad>i:f\ m hinifelf. Shak. 
 There is one convenience in this ci'y, which 
 makes fome amends for the 'Ju.i'«-/i of the pave 
 incnt. A.itpin jit lt~t/y 
 
 I c;id not fee how the badntfs of tlu wrathci 
 Ce.ulcl be tlic king's fault. yldjijit:. 
 
 To Ba'fpi.e. V. a. [bnjjlei-, Fr..] 
 I. To elude-, to make in-flcChial. 
 
 ■They uudc a Diift lo tiiink ihcmfvU vj gulltkfs. 
 
 BAG 
 
 in fpite of all their fins ; to break ih.c precepf, 
 antt at the fame time to A.»j/ff the cm fc. So.lJi. 
 He hath del'ervcd to have tiie grace witluiiav/n, 
 which he hath fo long ''ojficd and defied. Atttrh, 
 2.. To confi;\ind ; to' defeat with fonie 
 confuiior., as by perpVxmgor amulnig : 
 to laffii is lomelirncs lels than to cvn- 
 quei; 
 
 Etiuria loll, 
 He brings to Turnus' aid his bn^ed boft. DryJ. 
 When the mind has biougiit itfclf to clufe 
 thinking, it may go on roundly. Every ablluile 
 pioMem, every intricate quettion, will not b<7j/ie^ 
 ditC'jurage, or break it. l.scU, 
 
 A foreign potentate trem'-ilts .at a war with the 
 Enghlh n.ilion, ready to employ r.gainit liini lucli 
 rcsenuts as fliall i..^c his dcf-gns upon their 
 Country. ^-^ddijon. 
 
 Ba'ffle. r,.f. [from the verb.] A defeat. 
 
 It is the fkiU of the difputaot that keeps off 
 
 *k b,-.ffi!-. , Souti. 
 
 1 i.e authors having mi{rcd of their aims, are 
 
 fain to retreat with frufir^tion and a bulfic. Soutft. 
 
 Ba'ffler. n.f. [from iajle.] He that 
 
 puts to couiiifion, or defeats. 
 
 Experience, that great b,ijj!fr of fpcculation, 
 alTaies us the thing is too polftble, and brings, 
 ill all ages, matter of fafl to confute our fuppo- 
 fitions. ^■G<n^si-!t>Ke^t f ihr Ton^i.e. 
 
 Bag. n. f. [bilge, Saxon ; from which 
 
 perhaps, by dropping, ,as is ufual, the 
 hniih conl'onant, came bege, bags, bag.] 
 I. A lack, or pouch, to put anything in, 
 as money, corn. 
 
 Cculin, away for England ; hafie before, 
 And, ere ,our coming, fee thou Hiake the 
 
 Of hoarding a'nbot'< ; their imprifon'd angels 
 Set thou at liberty. Shakfpca'f. 
 
 What is it that opens ll-.y mouth in praifes i 
 Is it" that thy bc:gs and thy barns are full? So:irh. 
 
 Wateis were inclofcd within the earth, as in a 
 
 bug. BurK£t. 
 
 Once, weconfefs, beneath the patriot's cloak. 
 From the crack'd i.jc the dropping guinea fpokc, 
 
 I'ope. 
 z. That part of animals in which fome 
 particular juices are contained, as the 
 poifon of vipers. 
 
 The iVelling poifun of the feieral kl\s, 
 Which, w.mtnig \en:, the nation's health infc<ns, 
 Shall burlt its b.if. Drydcn. 
 
 Sing on, linj uii, for I can ne'er becloy'd ; 
 So may tliy cows tlieir burdsu'd ^^a^i diilend. * 
 
 Dfyden. 
 
 3. An ornamental purfe of filk tied to 
 men's hair. 
 
 We faw a young fellow riding towards us full 
 .g:illop, with a bob wig and black [iiken b.ig tied 
 to it. ydddijoa. 
 
 4. A terra ufed to fignify different quan- 
 tities of certain ctmiinodities ; as, a 
 L.ig of pepper, a bag of hops. 
 
 To BAG.t'. iL. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To putinto a bag. 
 
 Accordnu'ly he dtaui'd thofe maifhy ground?. 
 
 And i<ies;'i.'tliem in a blue cloud. D'ydni. 
 
 ki ops ^ light nol.'t' * be baggci up hot. Moirif:er, 
 
 2, 1 load with a bag. 
 
 Like a bee, -bi'^g'd with his hemey'd venom, 
 He brings it to your hive. D'jtU.n. 
 
 To Bag. -v. n. 'lo fwell like a full bag. 
 
 The Ikin feemcd much contraficd, yel it bag- 
 • gfd, and had a porringer full ol matter in it. 
 
 ^ fKjonan, 
 
 Two kids th?lin the valley Hr.ay'd 
 I foand by chance, and toniy loltl convey'd : 
 Tbty drain two ijg^/'.'g udders every day. L'jJ. 
 
 Ba'g ATEi.i.E. ti. f. {bagulilU, Fr.] A 
 trifle ; a thing of no importance : a 
 
 word not naturalized. 
 +
 
 B A I 
 
 Hc:ips of liair rings and cypher'd fciils i 
 Ricli tiiHcs, I'ciious b,:g,iltllii. Pihr. 
 
 Ba'ggaok. n.f. Ihombag-, iaggage, Fr.] 
 J. Tlie fiiniiture and utenlilsot'iin army. 
 
 Tlic army was an hundred and Icvcnty W'.jn- 
 fand footmen, and twelve tliouland liorfumcn, 
 befidc t\\Kiusg"gf. y»Mi/i. 
 
 Riches arc the /■"ggtgf of virtue ; ti-.cy cannot 
 be fparcd, nor left bciiind, but they Iniidcr ti^c 
 mauli. h'.icon. 
 
 Tlicy were probably always ill rcadinels, and 
 catiicd amons il.c liagia^e of the army. 
 
 2. The goods that are to be carried away, 
 as iag and baggage. 
 
 Dol.,bclla dcfigncil, when bis affairs grew de- 
 fpcrate in Egypt, to pack upi"£ iwA btigjing,-, 
 .^Bd f.iil for Italy. .hbullmal. 
 
 3. A wonhlcfs wofRan; in French bagajle ; 
 fo called, becaufe Inch women iolluw 
 camps. 
 
 A Ipark of indignation did rife in her, not to 
 fuffcr Inch a l^gg^age to win away any thing of 
 hers. i;</"i) . 
 
 When this baggage meets with a man who has 
 vanity to credit relations, (he turns him to ac- 
 count. Spcfiator. 
 Ba'cnio. «./ [iiTf/w, Ital. abatii.] A 
 houfc for bathing, IWating, and other- 
 wife ckaiifing the body. 
 
 I have known two inltmccs of malignant fe- 
 vers produced fy the hot air of a bagnio, j'lrl'uth. 
 
 B.'v'gpipe. n.f. \lxo\\\ bag 7mA pipe \ the 
 wind being received in a bag.] A niu- 
 fical inftrunient, confiding ol a leathern 
 bag, which blows up like a toot-ball, 
 by means of a port-vent or little tube 
 fixed to it, and Hopped by a valve ; 
 and three pipes or flutes, tlie iirft called 
 the great pipe or drone, and the feeond 
 the little one, which pafs the wind ont 
 only at the bottom ; the third has a 
 reed, and is played on by coniprelung 
 the bag under the arm, when full j and 
 opening or Hopping the holes, which 
 are eight, with the lingers. The bag- 
 pipe takes in the compafs of three 
 oilaves. Chambers. 
 
 No b.inncrs hut fltirts, with fume bad bagp!f>e\ 
 inftcad of (hum and Hie. Si\i/::y. 
 
 He heard a bagpipe^ and faw a general animat- 
 ed witJi the found. AiiMfon'i Frfcbd.icr. 
 Bagpi'per. n.f. [from bagpipe.] One 
 that plays on a bagpipe. 
 
 Some tint wdl evermore peep thro' their eyes, 
 And laugh, like parrots, at a bagpsytr. Shai^fp. 
 
 BJGUE'TTE.n.f. [Fr. a term of arthi- 
 tefture.] A little round moulding, lefs 
 than an ailragal ; fometimes carved and 
 enriched. 
 
 To B.\iGNE. V. a. [bngner, Fr.] To 
 drench ; to foak. Otit of ufe. 
 
 The w omen forflow not to baigr.r them, unlcfs 
 they plead tiicir heels, with a worfe perfume than 
 Jugurth found in the dungeon. Careu). 
 
 B.4IL. n.f. [Of this word the etymolo- 
 gifts give many derivations; it feems to 
 come from the French bailler, to put 
 into the hand ; to deliver up, as a man 
 delivers himfelf up in furcty.] 
 
 Bail is the freeing or lettnig at liberty one ar- 
 refted or imprifoncd upon ail ion either ci\iior 
 CI iminal, under fccurity taken for bis appearance. 
 There is iioth common and fpecial baii\ common 
 bail is ill a(ftions of fmall prejudice, or flight 
 proof, called common, becaufe any furcties in tliat 
 cafe arc taken : whereas upon caufes of greater 
 Veight, or apparent fpecialiiy, j^ccial bail or 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 B A 1 
 
 furcly muft be taken. There is a diffcrenc be- 
 twecn bail and mninprife ; for ix that is inain- 
 piifed is at large until tiie tlay of his appear.uicc: 
 but whcic a man is bailed, he i.i always ac-- 
 counted by the law to be in their ward and cuf- 
 tody for the time : and they may, if they will, 
 keep him 111 war<l or in pt'Uuii al lltat fime, or 
 otherwilc rit tlie.i \4 ill. C<^iuell. 
 
 Wuriy 'd with debts, and part all hopes of bail, 
 Th' uiipiiy'd wutch lies rolling in a jail. kojc. 
 
 And biib'd wtthprcfcnts, or, when prcfciHs tail, 
 They feud their piolfituted wives for bait. Vrj.l. 
 
 To Bail. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To give bail lor another. 
 
 Let me be thcii bail 
 
 Tiny fliall be ready at your higljneTi' will, 
 
 To Jiifwer their liifpicion 
 
 Thou Ibalt not bail ti.ein. Shaifp. T^i. .-Ind. 
 
 2. To admit to bail. 
 
 When they had buitf.i the twelve bifliops who 
 were ill the Tower, the h^ufe of conunons, in 
 great indignation, earned iheinimmcdialcly v.ibe 
 iccommittcd to the Tower. Clarei.ii.n. 
 
 Bailable. W/. [from /'«//. ] That may 
 be fet al liberty by bail or fureties. 
 
 Ba'iuf. n.f. [a word of doubtful etynu> 
 logy in itfelf, but boriowed by us from 
 ba,//ie, Fr.] 
 
 1 . A fubuidiiiate officer. 
 
 Laufamie is under the canton of Eerne, go- 
 verned by a i(3///^ fent every three years fiom the 
 feiiate of Berne. ^.idifo/t 
 
 2. An ofiicer whofe bufmefs it is to exe- 
 cute arrelb. 
 
 Ii many times happcnetii, that, by the inider- 
 IliLiifts and their ba::ijj\, the owucr hath iiicuired 
 the forfeituie, before lie Cometh to the knowledge 
 of the piocefs that runneth againll him. Jiacon. 
 
 A ba!!ijj\ by miitake, feized you for a debtor, 
 and kept )ou the whole evening in a fpunging 
 lioufe. S-uiJt. 
 
 Swiltas a bard the /'d.'/^,^ leaves behind. I'cpt:. 
 
 3. An under-fteward of a manor. 
 
 Ba I LI WICK. n.f. [oi bail lie, Fr. and |;ic. 
 Sax.] The place of the jurifditlion 
 of a bailiff within his hundred, or the 
 lord's fraiichife. It is that liberty which 
 is exempted from the fheriff of the 
 county, over which the lord of the 
 liberty appointeth a bailiff. Co-well. 
 
 A proper officer is to walk up and doun his 
 buili'U--ii:kt. Spr.njtr. 
 
 There iflued writs to the flicriffs, to rctuiii tlie 
 names of the Icveral land-owners in tlicir fc\eral 
 baiJiii-icii. link. 
 
 To Bait. v. a. [baran, Saxon; bai.'zen, 
 Gemian.] 
 
 1. To put meat upon a hook, in fome 
 place, to tempt filh, or other animals. 
 
 Oh cunning enemy, that, to catch a faint. 
 With faints dolf bait thy hook! moft dangerous 
 Is that temptation that doth goad us on 
 To fin in loving virtue. Sb.ikfptatr. 
 
 Let's be revenged on him ; let's appoint him 
 a meeting, give him a (how of comloit in his 
 fuit, and lead him on with a fure baitui dela}-, 
 till he hath pawned, his horfes to mine holf of 
 the gaiter. Sbakfpeare's Merry IVitr< of ll'irijfor. 
 
 Many forts of fifhes feed upon infe.df s, as is 
 well known to anglers, who bait their hooks 
 with them. Ray. 
 
 How are the fex improv'd in am'rous arts! 
 What new-found fnares they bait for ijuman 
 hearts ! Car. 
 
 2. To give meat to one's felf, or hoiics, 
 on the road. 
 
 What fo (Irong, 
 But, wanting reft, willaUb want of might > 
 The fun, that nieafures heaven all day long, 
 At night doth bait his fleedi the ocean waves 
 among. ' Sfoifir. 
 
 B A K 
 
 Tv Dait. -u. a. [from haltre, Fr. to beat.] 
 
 1. To attack with violence. 
 
 Who fccming forcly cbaffetl at liitb.«nd, 
 As ch.iined bear, whom cruel dogs do A.i'r, 
 With idle foicc did fain Ihcm lo wilblland. 
 
 Fairy Quetn. 
 I will not yield 
 To kifs the ground before yourg Malcolm's feet ; 
 And to be haitr.l vi\x\i tl.-e rabble's eurfc. Shulf. 
 
 2. To hnrafs by the help of others j as, 
 we bait a boar with maftiffs, but a bull 
 with bull-dogs. 
 
 To Bait. 11. n. To flop at any place for 
 lefreflimcnt : perhaps this woid is mote 
 properly bate, to abate fpecd. 
 
 But our defircs tyrannical extortion 
 Di-th force lis there to fet our chief ciclightfjibiefs, 
 Where but a bailing place is all our portion. 
 
 Sitlfiey. 
 
 As one who on his journey bails at noon, 
 
 Tho' bent on fpced : fo here tl.' aichargel 
 
 paus'd. Milton. 
 
 In all our journey from London to bis honfe, 
 
 we did not fo much a' b.'.:t at a wig inn. AdJifori. 
 
 ToDait. 1). n. S^as a hawk ."[ To clap the 
 
 wings ; to make an offer of flying ; to 
 
 flutter. 
 
 All plum'd like eflildges, that with t'.ic wind 
 
 Bait£d\\V.fi eagles having lately bath'd ; 
 
 Glittering in golden coals like images. Sbalf. 
 
 Hood my unraaii'd blood baiting in my cheeks 
 
 With thy black mantle; till ftrange love grown 
 
 bold, 
 Think4.true love afled (imple modefiy. Shalf. 
 
 Another v\ay I have 10 man my iiaggard, 
 To make iier come, and know her keeper's call; 
 That is, to watch lier as we walc'i.thefc kitcr. 
 That bait and beat, and will not be obedient. 
 
 Shakjfeare, 
 Bait. «._/". [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Meat fet to allure fidi, or other ani- 
 mals, to a fnare. 
 
 The pleafant'ft angling is to fee the fiih 
 Cut with her golden oars the filver fticam. 
 And greedily devour the treacherous bait. Shak. 
 
 2. A temptation ; an enticement ; allure- 
 ment. 
 
 And that fame glorious beauty's idle boaft 
 Is but a hail fueh wretches to beguile. Spttijer. 
 Taketh tberewith the fouls of men, as with 
 the bain. ilookfr. 
 
 Sweet words, I grant, l.jits .uid allurements 
 fweet, 
 But greatelf hopes with greateft crolTes meet. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 Fruir, like that 
 Which grew in I'aradife, the bait of Eve 
 Us'd by the tempter. Millon. 
 
 Secure fiom foobtb pride's affe^ed llatc. 
 And fpecious flatteiy's raoie pernicious bait. 
 
 Kojcommon. 
 Her bead was bare, 
 But for her ii.";tivc ornament of hair. 
 Which in a finiple knot was tied above : 
 Sweet negligence! unheeded /'a/; of love! DryJ. 
 
 Grant that ot'ners could with equal glory 
 Lo'jk dawn on pleafures, and the beiti of fenfe. 
 
 .■.■i*/i«, 
 
 3. A refrelhment on a journey. 
 I5ai7.k. n.f. A kind of coarfe open cloth 
 
 Huff, having a long nap ; fometimes 
 frized on one fide, and fometimes not 
 frized. This fluff is without wale, 
 being wrought on a loom with two 
 trcddles, like flannel. Ckambers. 
 
 To Bake. -v. a. part. paff. baled or balcn. 
 [bxcan, Sax. lickcn. Germ, fiippofed 
 by IVachler to come hombec, which, in 
 the Phrygian language, fignified^.j'u,/.] 
 
 I . To heat any thing in a clofc place ; 
 generally in an oven.
 
 B A L 
 
 He will uke thereof, and warm tiiilifclf ; ye? 
 he kindleth ir, and baketh bread. IfniMi. 
 
 The diftercncc of prices of bread proc'ccilcd 
 f;om their delicacy in bread, and perhaps fume- 
 thing in their manner of hitking. Arbuthmt. 
 
 2. To harden in the fire. 
 
 The work of the fire is a kind of l'jk:':g; and 
 wliatfocvcr the fire h.^tetli, time doth in I'ome 
 degree diirolvc. Bac'ji:. 
 
 3. To harden with hent. 
 
 With vehement funs 
 Wlien diifty fummcr bake-- the crurab'.ing clods. 
 How pleafant is't, beneath the twifted arch, 
 To ply the fwcet earoufe ! F/atipi. 
 
 The fun with flaming arrows pierc'd the flood, 
 And, d.uiiiig to the bottom, bai'd the mud. 
 
 To Bake. v. n. 
 
 1 . To do the work of baking. 
 
 I keep his houfe, and I wafli, wring, View, 
 I'.iic, fctiur, dicfs meat, and make the beds, 
 and do ail myfeif. ShakJ)>eiue. 
 
 2. To be heated or baked. 
 
 Fillet of a teniiy fnakc 
 In the cauldron boil and bake. Shakfpenrc. 
 Baked Meals. Meats drefled by the 
 oven. 
 
 There be fome houfes, wherein fweetmca's 
 
 tvill relent, and baieJ mcali will mould, mure 
 
 than others. Bucon, 
 
 Ba'kehouse. ti.f. [from baked^nd. /jonfe.'} 
 
 A place for baking bread. 
 
 I have maiked a vvillingncfs in the It.illan ar- 
 
 lirans, lo diliribute the kitchen, pintry, and 
 
 hakihoujc under ground. H'ouo/i. 
 
 Ba'ken. The participle from To bah. 
 
 There was a cake b.jkcn on the coals, and a 
 
 ctufe of water, at his head. i King;, 
 
 Ba'ker. n. J. [from 7olale.'\ He whofe 
 
 trade is to bake. 
 
 In life and health, every man mut! proceed 
 
 upon trulV, there being no knowing the inicn- 
 
 tion of the cook or baker. Soi.ilt. 
 
 Ba'lANCE. n. f. [hahince, Fr. lUanx, 
 
 Lat.] 
 J. One of the fix fimple powers in mccha- 
 nicks, ufed principally for determining 
 the difference of weight in heavy bodies. 
 It is of feveral forms. Chambirs. 
 
 2. A pair of fcalcs. 
 
 A balance of power, cither without or within 
 a ftate, is heft conceived by confidering what 
 the naf.ne of a bahwce is. It fuppofes tinee 
 things ; firft, the part which is held, together 
 with the hand that holds ir ; and then the two 
 fcales, with whatever is weighed therein. Swift. 
 
 For when on ground the burden balance lies, 
 The empty part is lilted up the higher. 
 
 Sir y. Vtii'iei. 
 
 -i. A metaphorical hahwce, or the mind 
 employed in comparing one thing with 
 
 another. 
 
 1 have in equal Wn-icf juftly weigh'd 
 What wrong our arms may do, what wrongs 
 
 we fuffer ; 
 Griefs heavier than o.ir offences. Sri.ikjpfjrc. 
 
 4. The aft^of comparing two things, as 
 by the balance. 
 
 Comfort ariics not from others being miferable, 
 hut fiom thi? inference upon the balance, that we 
 faffer only tne lot of nature. VEjira'ige. 
 
 Upon a f.iir balance of the advantages on cither 
 fide, it will aiipcar, tlut the rules of the gofptl 
 arc mor« powerl'ul means of eonviflion than fuch 
 inelT-ige. Attcr'mry. 
 
 5. The overpltis of weight ; that qnantity 
 by which, of two things weighed to- 
 gether, one exceeds the other. 
 
 C.Ttc being taken, that the exportation exceed 
 in value the importation ; and then the balunei 
 
 B A L 
 
 B A L 
 
 (if tiadc muft of ncccftiy be returned in cc'm or 
 bullion. Bacon's Adv.cc to Villiiru 
 
 6. That which is wanting to make two 
 parts of an account even ; as, he flattd 
 the account with his correfpondent, and 
 paid the balance. 
 
 7. Equipoife ; aj, balance ol power. See 
 the fccond fenfe. 
 
 Love, hope, and joy, fair pleafure's fmiiing 
 train, 
 H.ite, fear, and grief, the family of pain ; 
 Thefe mi.-i'd with ait,andto due boundscunfin'd, 
 Makcandmaint.untheA.'j/a«<r;ofthe mind. I'ipc. 
 
 8. The beating part of a watch. 
 
 It is but fuppoling that all watches, whilft the 
 b.^lance beats, think; and it is fufliciently proved, 
 that my watch thought all laft night. L'.cke. 
 
 9. [ [n aftronomy.] One of the twelve 
 figns of the zodiack, commonly called 
 
 Libra. 
 
 Or wilt thou warm our fummers-with tliy rays. 
 And feared near the balance poife the days r 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 To Ba'lance. II. a. [balancer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To weigh in a balance, eitiier real or 
 figui-ative ; to compare by the balance. 
 
 If men would but i.i/.-nft the good and the 
 evil of things, they would not venture foul and 
 body for dirty intereft. _ L'Ejha,igc. 
 
 2. To regulate the weight in a balance ; 
 to keep in a ftate of juft proportion. 
 
 Heav'n that hath plac'd this illjnd to gi\e law. 
 To b.ilance Europe, and her hates to awe. IValler. 
 
 3. To countcrpoife ; to weigh eqtial to ; 
 to be equipollent ; to counteract. 
 
 The attradlion of the glats is balanced, and 
 rendered ineifcaual, by tue contrary aitraaion 
 of the liquor. NewlO'!. 
 
 4. To regulate an account, by Hating it 
 on both fides. 
 
 Tunning is bc.Lit.ln^ an account, and dctcr- 
 miiiiu;; on which fide the odds lie. Locke. 
 
 J. To pay that which is wanting to make 
 the two parts of an account equal. 
 
 Give hinr leave 
 To balance the account of Blenheim's day. Trior. 
 
 Though I am very well fatisfled, that it is not 
 in my power to /i^.'.i'/ff accounts with my M.iker, 
 I am lelohcd, however, to turn all my endea- 
 vours that way. Addi/on's Speflator. 
 
 7"o Ba'lance. v.n. To liefitate ; to 
 fltiAuate between equal motives, as a 
 balance plays when charged with equal 
 weights. 
 
 Were the falisfaaion of liift, and tlio Joys of 
 heaven, oCFercd to any one's prefent poircffion, 
 he would not balance, or err, in the determina- 
 tion of his choice. Lccic. 
 Since there is nothing that can oRend, I fee 
 not why you ftiould buLince a moment about 
 printing it. Atnrlmy to Fo/>e. 
 Ba'lanckr. «._/". [from balance.] The 
 
 perfon that weighs any thing. 
 
 Ba'i.ass Ruby. 71. j: [balas, Fr. ftippofed 
 
 to be an Indian term.] A kind of ruby. 
 
 fc'.i/,:/j r:iby is of a crimlon colour, with a c.ilt 
 
 of purple, and lecms bell to anfwcr thcdcfcrip- 
 
 tiun of the ancients. mod-Ma rd on FcJ/iis. 
 
 To Balbu'cinate.| v.n. [from ialbii- 
 
 To Balbu'tiate. S ''°> Latin.] To 
 
 dammer in fpeaking. Dul. 
 
 Balco'ny. n. /. [balcon, Fr. kalcom, 
 
 Irak] A frame of iron, wood, or ilone, 
 
 before the window of a room. 
 
 Then pleafure came, who liking not thefalliion, 
 Regan to make balconiei, terraces. 
 Till Ihe had weaken'ri all by alteiation. Herbert. 
 
 Wlicn dirty waters from balconln drop. 
 And dcxtioui damlcU twirl the fprinkling mop. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Balb.j^. [bal,\Ntm.'\ 
 
 1. Wanting hair ; dcfpoiled of hair by 
 time or ficknefs. 
 
 Neither fhall men make themfelves bald for 
 
 them. Jcyerr.iall. 
 
 I find it remarked by Marchelti, that tl e 
 caute of baldnefs in men is the dryncfs of the 
 brain, and its Ihrinking from the Ikull; he 
 having obfervcd, that in bald perfons, under the 
 bald part, there was a vacuity between the (kuU 
 and the brain. S'tV- 
 
 He fliould imitate Qxhr, who, becaufc his 
 head was bald, covered that dcfeet with laurels. 
 
 Addijon. 
 
 2. Without natural covering. 
 Under an 0,1k, whofe bouglis mere mofs'd 
 
 with age, 
 And high top bald with dry antiquity. Skakf. 
 
 3. Without the ufnal covering. 
 He is fet at ti;e upper end o'nh' tabic ; but 
 
 they ll.md bald before hiin. Skakfpeaie. 
 
 J.. Unadorned ; inelegant. 
 
 Hobbes, in the preface to his own bald tranfla- 
 
 tion, begins the prailcof Homer when he Oiould 
 
 have ended it. Drydrn's Fables, Frrface. 
 
 And that, though labour'd, line muft bald 
 
 appear. 
 
 That brings ungrateful mufick lo the ear. Cirech, 
 
 5. Mean; naked ; without dignity ; with- 
 otit value ; bare. 
 
 What Ihould the people do with thefe b.dd tri- 
 bunes r 
 On whom depending, their obedience fails 
 To ih' greater bench. Sl:aifj>eare. 
 
 6. Buhl was ufed by the northern nations, 
 to iignify the fame as atiilax, bold ; and 
 is dill in life. So Buliktin, and by inver- 
 fion Winbahl, is I ohi conqueror ; Ethel- 
 bald, nobly belli; Eailbalcl, happily bold; 
 which are of the fame import as Thra- 
 fees, Thrajymachus, and Thrajybulus, 
 '&.C. Gill/on. 
 
 BA'LnACliiN. n.f. [ttildjchino, Ital.] A 
 piece of architect ute, in form of a ca- 
 nojiy, fupportcd with columns, and 
 fer\ingas a covering to an altar. It 
 propel ly fignifies a rich filk, Du Cnnge^ 
 and was a canopy carried over the hoft. 
 Builder's Dia. 
 
 Ba'lderdash. ti.f. [probably of balb. 
 Sax. bold, and ilajh, to mingle.] Any 
 thing jumbled together without judj;-- 
 mcnc ; rude mixture ; a confufed dif- 
 cotufe. 
 
 To Ba'lderdash. v. tt. [from the noun.] 
 To mix or adulterate any liquor. 
 
 Ba'ldly. adv. [from b:dd.] Nakedly; 
 meanly ; inelegantly. 
 
 Ba'lumony. n.f. The fame with Gen- 
 ttax. 
 
 Ba'i.dness. n.f. [from bald.] 
 
 1. The want of hair. 
 
 2. The lofs of hair. 
 
 Which happen'd on the (kin to light. 
 And there corrupiing to a wound. 
 Spreads lepiofy and ia.'.luf ror.nd. Sai/l. 
 
 3. Meaiincfs of writing ; inelegance. 
 Ba'ldrick. n.f. [of uncertain etymo- 
 logy ] 
 
 1. A ginlle. By fome Dlclloitarics it is 
 exi)laincd a bracelet ; but I have not 
 found it in that fenfe. 
 
 Athwart his hreaft a baldriek brave he M'are, 
 Tliat Oiin'd, like iwiukling flats, with floiies 
 mull prcci.'Ub rare. Fairy Q'.etrt. 
 
 A radiant bald-ick, o'er his rttoulders tied, 
 Suliain'tithf fwoid thatglittei'dat his fide, i'"/-'- 
 
 2. The aodiack.
 
 B A L 
 
 Tlmt like the twins of Jove they fctiiiM in 
 fighi, 
 Which dttk. the li.ilan'ci of the heavens bright. 
 
 Bai.k. n.f. [i^j'A'. Fr.] A bundle or 
 parcel of gooila picked up, lor carriage. 
 
 One hired an cifs, in tl c do^-d:iy5, tu cany 
 
 certain taUs of goods to mch .1 town. L'Ejhw.'ge. 
 
 It is parr of the fmfei in which boht-a tea was 
 
 luoiight over from Cl.ina. iVof^AwarJ. 
 
 Bale. n.f. [bsl. Sax. bale, Dan. bal, hoi, 
 Icciandilli.] Mllcry ; calamity. 
 
 She luok'd about, aii<i Iccing one in mail 
 Aitncd to ^luint, fuug'at back to turn again; 
 I'or liglit (he h.iteJ as tiic dearfly bjic. Fuiry Q. 
 
 To Balk. v. a. A word ufed by the failors, 
 who bid liah- out the water ; that ii, 
 lave it out, by way of diilinflioii from 
 pumping". Siinna: I believe from /w7- 
 /tfi; Fr. to deliver from hand to hand. 
 
 I'o Balk. v. n. \_emballer,Vr. imlallttre, 
 Ital.] To make up into a bale. 
 
 Ba'leful. adj. [from bale.l 
 
 1. Ftill of niilery ; full of grief ; forrow- 
 ful ; fad ; woeful. 
 
 Ah, lucklcfs babe! born unt^er cruel il^r, 
 Ami in dead parents ii/--//'/ aOies bied. Vuiiy Q. 
 
 Kul when I feel the bitter ^a/f//./fniart, 
 Which her fair eyes iinwarcs do work in me, 
 1 think that I a new Pandora Ice. S^enjcr. 
 
 Round he throws his /'-i.Vy.Y/ eyes. 
 That witneis'd huge affh(ilion :ind difniay, 
 Mix'd wi til obdun-te pride and iUclfaft hate. Mi't. 
 
 2. Full of mifchief ; dellruclive. 
 
 But when he faw his thrcat'ning was but vain, 
 
 He turn'd about, and Icaica'd Ins baUJul books 
 
 again. Fit/ty Queen. 
 
 Boiling cholcr chokes, 
 
 Fv fight of thefe, our /'.'A/;// enemies. S^fi^fp- 
 
 Unl'een, untelt, the fiery ferpeif^ fkims 
 Betwixt her linen and her nakecl limbs. 
 His iai.'ju! breath infpiring as he glides. Dryden. 
 
 Happy lerne, whofc inotl whoielbme air 
 Poifuns en>ciiom'd fpiders, and forbids 
 The bal.jul toad and vipers from her (hore. 
 
 Ba'lefully. adiK [from baleful.^ Sor- 
 rowfully; mifchievoiiny. 
 
 Balk. n.f. [Imlh, Dut. and Genn.] A 
 great b"am, fuch as is ufed in building ; 
 a rafter over an out-houfe or barn. 
 
 Balk. n.f. [derived by Sk'inner from •zi.v- 
 I'lcare, Ital. to pafs over.] A ridge of 
 land left unploughed between the fur- 
 rows, or at the end of the field. 
 
 To Balk. 11. a. [See the noun.] 
 
 1. To difappoint; to fruftrate; to elude. 
 
 Another thing in the grammar I'chools I fee 
 no ufe of, unIcf^ it be to ba'k young lads in 
 karning languages. _ Locke. 
 
 Every one iir.s a dcfire to keep up the \ig^iur 
 of his faculties, and not to b,ilk his underrtanri- 
 ing by what is too hard for it. Locke. 
 
 But one may ba'k this good intent, 
 And take tilings othcrwite than meant. Prir,r. 
 
 The prices mult have been high ; for a people 
 fo ricii would not balk their fancy. .■iibuthm,!, 
 
 Ii,d).\l o( his prey, the ycllijig monller flies, 
 And fibs the city with his hideous cries. J^/^. 
 
 Is there a variance '* enter but bis door, 
 Balk'd2\t the courts, and conieft is no more. 
 
 2. To mifs any thing; to leave untouched. 
 
 By giilly Pluto he doth fwenr. 
 He rent hi> clothes, a".d tore iiis iiair; 
 .".ml .as he runneth here and tlicre. 
 
 An aerrn cup he grtcteth ; 
 Which foun he taketh by the ifalk. 
 About bis head he lets it walk. 
 Nor doth he any creature bulx, 
 
 But lay s on all he meeteth. Dray:on's Nimphi.i. 
 
 B A t 
 
 3. To omit, or refufe any thing. 
 
 'j'liis \va6 looked tor at your baud, aiid this 
 K.ii baikt. SijU'pcare, 
 
 4. To heap, as on a ridge. This, or lome- 
 ihing like this, fccins to be intended 
 here. 
 
 Ten thoufand bold Scots, three and twenty 
 knights, 
 Jin/k'ilin *hcirown blood, did fir Walter fee 
 On Holniedon's plains. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Ba'lkers. n.f. [In firticry.] Men who 
 (land on a clIiT, or high place on the 
 fliore, and give a lign to the men in the 
 iilhing-boats, which way the palTage or 
 fliolt of herrings is. Co-well. 
 
 TIic pilchards aie purfucd by a bigger ftlh, 
 called a plulher, who icapcth above water and 
 bewraycth tlicni to the balker. Carew. 
 
 B.vll. n.f. [hoi, Dan. bol, Dutch.] 
 
 Biil, diminutively Belin, the fun, or Apollo, 
 of the CelTa;, was called by the ancient Gauls 
 ylbrlii!). V\iiate\'cr was round, and in particu- 
 lar tiie bead, was called by the ancients eitiier 
 Bcil, or Bfl, and likcwifc JSi! and Bill. Among 
 the modern Perlians, the head is called L'olc ; 
 and the Flemings ftill call the head Boik. na>o,- 
 is tl-.c head or poll ; and •cra^iTr, is to turn. 
 3c^0. llkcwile fignities a round ball, whence 
 brwl, and bell, and /xi//, whicli the Welch teim 
 b.i. By tl;e Scotch alfo the head is named 
 bhrl; whence the Englilh bill is derived, ligni- 
 fying the beak of a birtk Figuiotively, the 
 Phiygiaus and Thurians by g.iXiiiv unritrllood 
 a king. Hence alfo, in tlic Syriack dialeiits, 
 (JottA, )3.;>., and likowife SaJx, fignifies lord, and 
 by this nime alfo the fun; and, in tome dialcets, 
 'HXand 'I?., wbence"u®.and"HX<®-, rn''i?)-and 
 BiXi®-, and alfo, in the Celtick diminutive way 
 of cxprelfion, "lixit©-, r=' £»'©•, and Bs'.tv'©-, 
 fignilied the fun; anci 'E'sn, V(\i.r., and Bs'.ivn, 
 the moon. Among the Teutonicks, lid and beil 
 have the f^nic meaning; wliencc the .adjcdlivc 
 holig, or heilig, is derived, and fignifies divine 
 or holy; and the afpiration being changed into 
 /, the Romans form their Sol. B.ix:e' . 
 
 1. Any tiling made in a round form, or 
 approaching to round. 
 
 VVoinis witii many feet round themfelves into 
 ij/A under logs of timber, but not in tiie timbei. 
 
 A',,,,,.. 
 
 Nor aims they wear, nor fwords and bucklers 
 wield, 
 But whirl lioni leathern firings huge balls of lead. 
 
 Dij.ie/i. 
 
 Like a bull of fiiow tumbling down a hill, he 
 gathered ftirngth as he parted. Ho-ivcl. 
 
 Still uiiii}Kii'd m the dewy mines. 
 Within the ball a tiembling water Ihines, 
 Tli.it through the cryftal darts. ^.r'/Z/o//. 
 
 Such of thofc coipulcles as happened to c.mji- 
 biiie into one mat's, formed the metalhek and 
 mineral bttlU, or nodules, which wc find. 
 
 //'oSi/lC'rtr./. 
 
 2. A round thing to play with, either 
 with the hand or foot, or a racket. 
 
 BalU tu the (tars, and thralls to fortune's reign, 
 Tern'd t'rom themfelves, infected with their cage. 
 Where death is feat'd, and life is held with pain. 
 
 Siiintj. 
 
 Tliofe I have feen play at iuW, grow exticmely 
 earnclt who Ihould have the ball. :<;.i,„y. 
 
 3. A fmall round thing, with fome parti- 
 cular mark, by which votes are given, 
 or lots call. 
 
 Let lots decide ir. 
 For cv'ry number'd cajitive put a bj/f 
 1 ito .\n urn ; three only black be there. 
 The leit, all white, are lafe. Vi'Jen. 
 
 Minos, thcJhii5l inqiiifitor, "appears; 
 Round in his urn the blended i..//i he rowls, 
 A.bfoKcs the juli, and dooms the guilty fouls. 
 
 Dijden. 
 
 4. A globe ; as, the ttiU of the earth. 
 
 BAL 
 
 Julius and .\ntony, thofe lords &f all, 
 Low at her feet prcfent the conquer'd ball. 
 
 GranvilU, 
 
 Ye gods, wliat juHicc rules the ball? 
 Free<loin and arts togctlier fill. Poj-e. 
 
 5. A globe born as an enfign of forereignty. 
 
 Hear the tragedy of a young man, that by 
 right ought tu hold the b^ill of a kingdom ; but, 
 by fortune, is made liimfcif a ball, toffed from 
 mifciy to mife.y, from place to phicc. B.ieon. 
 
 6. Any part of the body that approaches 
 to roundncfs ; as, the lower and fweU 
 ling part of tlie thumb ; the apple of 
 the eye. 
 
 Be lubjcft to no (ight but mine; invifible . 
 To every eye bull elfe. Sltakfpejre, 
 
 To make a 11 ein countenance, let your biowr 
 bend fo, tiiat it may almofl touch theij// of the 
 eye. PcacArtw. 
 
 7. The flcin fpread over a hollow piece of 
 wood, Huffed with hair or woo!, which 
 the printers dip in ii;k, to fpread it on 
 the letters. 
 
 Ball. n.f. [lal, Fr. from bahire, low 
 Lat. from ^.zXAi^iii, to dance.] An en- 
 tertainment of dancing, at which the 
 preparations are made at the expencc 
 of fome particular perfon. 
 
 If golden fconces hang net on the walls, 
 To light the cofl ly fuppers and the balh. Dtyelen. 
 He Would make no extraordinary figure at ». 
 Inll; but I can aiTuiC tiic ladies, for their coii- 
 folation, that lie has writ betti?r veifes on the fcx, 
 than any man. Hiuift. 
 
 Ba'llau. n.f. [balai/e, Fr.] A fong. 
 
 B.ilht.ionct fignified a fiJemn and facied fong, 
 as well as trivial, when Solomon's Song was 
 called the b.iUad tj balla.is'^ but now it is applied 
 tu nothing but trifling verfc. IVatts. 
 
 An I have not balladi made on you all, and 
 fung to filthy tunes, m.ay a cup of fac k be my 
 puiloii. Shttk/peare, 
 
 Like the fwcet ballad, this amufing lay 
 Too long detains the lover on his way. G.iy. 
 To Ba'llad. 1'. n. [from the noun.] To 
 make or fing ballads. 
 
 Saucy liiflors 
 Will catch at us like ftrumpets, and fcaTl'd 
 
 rhiniers 
 Ballad us out o' tune. Shakjpearc. 
 
 Ba'llad-jinger. n.f. [from lalleid znd 
 Jing.] One whofe employment is to iing 
 ballads in the flreets. 
 
 No fooncr 'gan he raife his tuneful fong, 
 But lads and laH'cs round about him thjxmg. 
 Not ballad-jingeT, plac'd above the crowd. 
 Sings with a note fo fhiilling, fwcet, and loud. 
 
 Gay. 
 Ba'llast. n.f. [lalhfle, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Something put at the bottom of the 
 fliip, to keep it fleady to the centre of 
 gravity. 
 
 There mult be middle couhfellors to keep 
 things ftcariy ; for, without thai ballajl, the (hip 
 will roul too much. Bae<m, 
 
 As for the afcent of a fubniarine veFel, this 
 may be cafiiy contrived, if there be fome great 
 weight at the bottom of the (hip, being part of 
 its ball-.jl; which, by fome cord within, may 
 be loolcned from it. IViikini, 
 
 As, when empty barks on billows float, 
 With f.indy ballajt tailors trim the boat; 
 So bees bear gravel Hones, whofe poifing weight 
 Stcersthro'thc whilllingwindstheir llcddy tiighr. 
 
 Uiyi-.n. 
 
 2. That which is ufed to make aay thing 
 lleaiiy. 
 
 Why Ihould he fmk where nothing feem'd to 
 pieis.' 
 His lading little, and his bal/.:/i lefs. Swff. 
 
 To Ba llast. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 T 2
 
 B A L 
 
 1. To put weight at the bottom of a ihip, 
 in order to keep her ileady. 
 
 ■ If this be fo ballajhd, as to be of equal weight 
 with the like -magnitude of water, it will be 
 moveable. . IfiJiins. 
 
 2. To keep any thing fteady. 
 
 While thus to lalhifi love I thought, 
 
 And fo more fieddi'v t' have gone, 
 
 I faw I had love's pinnace ovcifiaujht, 'Dinne. 
 
 Now you hnvc given me virtue for my guide, 
 
 And with true honour ballaflcd my pride. Dryd. 
 
 Balle'tte. n.f. [lullette, Fr.] A dance 
 
 in which feme hillory is reprefented. 
 Ba'lyards. n.f. [from tal/, and yard, or 
 fticktopufliitwith.] A play at which a 
 ball is driven by the end of a ftick : now 
 corruptly called billiards. 
 With dice, with cards, with halyards much 
 unfit, 
 And (huttlecocksmiffeeming manly wit. Spenjtr, 
 
 Ba'llister. See Balustre. 
 
 BALLO'N. 1 „.^^^,//,„,F,] 
 Balloon. S 
 
 1. A large round (hort-necked vefiel ufed 
 in chymilby. 
 
 2. [In architcdure.] A ball or globe 
 placed on the top of a pillar. 
 
 3. [In fireworks.] A ball of pafleboard, 
 fluffed with combuftible matter, which, 
 when fired, mounts to a confiderable 
 height in the air, and then burlh into 
 bright fparks of fire, refembling liars. 
 
 Ba'llot. n.f. \_baIlote, Fr.] 
 
 1. A little ball or ticket ufed in giving 
 votes, being put privately into a box or 
 urn. 
 
 2. The aiA of voting by ballot. 
 
 To Ba'llot. 11. n. [balktsr, Fr.] To 
 choofe by ballot, that is, by piitting 
 little balls or tickets, with particular 
 marks, privately in a box ; by counting 
 which, it is known what is the refult 
 of the poll, without any dlfcovery by 
 whom each vote was given. 
 
 No competition aniving to a fuflficient number 
 of balls, tliey fell to h.d!',i fume others. IJotion. 
 
 Giving their votes by lighting, they lie under 
 no awe. • S-umJi. 
 
 Ballot a't 10 M. n./. [from ia//u/.] The 
 aft of voting by ballot. 
 
 The eleflion is intricate and curious, confift- 
 ing of ten feveral halhtatidm. U'otton. 
 
 Balm. n.f. [btiume, Fr. balfimum, Lat.] 
 
 1. The fap or juice of a flrnib remarkably 
 odoriferous. 
 
 Balm trickles through the bleeding veins 
 Of happy (hrubs, in Idumcan pl.iins. Dryden. 
 
 2. Any valuable or fragrant ointment. 
 
 Tiiy place is hll'd, thy fceptre wrung from 
 tlurc ; 
 Thy kalm walh'd off wherewith thou waft an- 
 uointed. _ _ ^hukfjifme. 
 
 3. Any thing that fooths or initigates pain. 
 
 Yoii were coiiduitcd to a gentle bath, 
 And h^lms apply'd to ynu. Sliakfpeart. 
 
 Your pr.iifc's argument, hitJmof your age; 
 Dc.ivcft and belt. Shnkjftare. 
 
 A tender imik, our forrow's only halm. Young. 
 
 Balm. ) «./. {melf/h, Lat.l The 
 
 Balm Mint. \ name of a plant. 
 
 The fpecies arc, I. Gar<!cn hidm. I. Garrlcn 
 htdm, with vellow variegated flowers. 3. Stink- 
 ing Roman 'ii'in, with Cofter hail y leaves. Miller. 
 Balm of Gilead. 
 
 \. The juice drawn from the balfam tree, 
 by inaking iiicifions in its bark. Its 
 colour is lirtl white, foon after green ; 
 
 B A L 
 
 but, when it comes to be old, it is of 
 the colour of honey. The fmell of it 
 is agreeable, and very penetrating ; the 
 tafte of it bitter, (harp, and allriiigent. 
 As little iffues from the plant by Incilion, 
 the balm fold by the merchants is made 
 of the wood and green branches of the 
 tree, dlllilled by fire, which is generally 
 adulterated with turpentine. Calmet. 
 It fccms to me, that the zori of Gilead, which 
 we render in our Bible by the word halm, was 
 not the fame with the balfam of Mecca, but 
 only a better fort of turpentine, then in ufc for 
 the cure of wounds and other difeafes. Vridtaux. 
 
 2. A plant remarkable for the ftrong bal- 
 famick fcent which its leaves emit, upon 
 being bruifed ; whence fome have lup- 
 pofed, errcneoufly, that the balm of 
 Gihad was taken from this plant. 
 
 Mdkr. 
 
 To Balm. -u. a. [from balm. ] 
 
 1. To anoint witli balm, or with any thing 
 medicinal. 
 
 Bal-n Ills foul head with warm diftilled waters, 
 And burn fwect wood. Shakf^'eAii:. 
 
 2. To footh ; to mitigate ; to afTuage. 
 
 Oppreil nature lleeps : 
 This reft might yet have balm'd thy fenfcs 
 
 ahakfpeatc. 
 Ba'lmy. adj. [from balm.} 
 
 1. Having the qualities of balm. 
 
 Soft on the tlow'iy heib I found me laid. 
 In h.ilmy fweat ; \\ hich with his beams tlie fun 
 Soon dry'd. MUt^n. 
 
 2. Producing balm. 
 
 Let India boaft her groves, nor envy we 
 The weeping anihcr, and the balmy tree. Po/>f. 
 
 3. Soothing; foft ; mild. 
 
 Cume, Dcfdcmona, 'tis the foldiers life 
 To have their balmy (lumbers wak'd with ftrife. 
 
 Shakfpean-. 
 
 Such vlfions hourly pafs before my fight, 
 Which fiom my eyes their balmy flumbers fright. 
 
 Vryder,. 
 
 4. Fragrant ; odoriferous. 
 
 Thofe rich perfumes which from the happy 
 flrore 
 The winds upon their balmy wings convey'd 
 Whole guilty fwcetnefs firft the world betray'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Firll Euros to the rifingmorn is fent, 
 The regions of the balm)i continent. Vryden. 
 
 5. Mitigating ; alTuafive. 
 
 Oh balmy breath, that doth almort perfuade 
 Jufticc to break her fword ! Shaij'peaic. 
 
 Ba'ln EAR Y. n.y; [balnearium, Lat.] A 
 bathing-room. 
 
 The batnearUs, and bathing-places, he ex- 
 pofetb unto the fumtner felling. Brown. 
 
 Balnea'tion. n.f. [from balneum, Lat. 
 a bath.] The aft of bathing. 
 
 As the head may be diliurbed by the (kin, it 
 may the fame way he relieved, as is obfervable 
 in balncatio'13, and fomentations of that part. 
 
 BroiuTi's Vulvar Erroui f. 
 
 Ba'lneatory. adj. [balnearius, Lat.] 
 Belonging to a bath or ftove. 
 
 Ba'lotade. n.f. The leap of a horfe, fo 
 that when his foic-feet are in the air, 
 he (hews nothing but the flioes of his 
 hinder-feet, without yerking out. A 
 balotade differs from a capriole ; for 
 when a horfe works at caprioles, he 
 yerks out his hinder legs with all his 
 force. Farrii-r's Dicl. 
 
 Ba'i.sam. n.f. Ibalfammn, Lat.] Oint- 
 ment ; uno-iicnt ; an uuduous applica- 
 
 B A N 
 
 tion thicker than oil, and fofter than 
 falve. 
 
 Chrill's blood our balfam; if that cure us here, 
 Him, when our judge, we (liall not find fevere, 
 
 De/lltam. 
 
 Ba'lsam Apple, [momor^iVa, Lat.] An an- 
 nual Indian plant. 
 
 Ba'lsam 'IVee. A (hrub which fcarce 
 prows taller than the pomegranate treej 
 the bloITonis are like fmall liars, very fra- 
 grant ; whence fpring out little pointed 
 pods, inclofing a fruit like an almond, 
 called carpobalfamum, as the wood is 
 called xylobalfamum, and the juice 
 opobalfamum. Calmet. 
 
 Balsa'mical. 7 odj. [from balfam.'[ 
 
 Balsa'mick. 3 Having the qualities 
 of balfam; unftuous; mitigating; foft; 
 mild ; oily. 
 
 If there be a wound in my leg, the vit.il 
 energy of my foul thrulls out the baljamical hu- 
 mour Lf my blood to iieal it. Hale. 
 The aliment of fuch as have frcih wounds 
 ought to be fuch as keeps the humours from 
 putrcfaClion, and renders them oily and hal* 
 faniUl. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Ba'lustf.r. n.f. [according to Z)a Cnnj-f, 
 from balaujlriiwi , low Lat. a bathing- 
 place.] A fmall column or pilatter, 
 from an inch and tlirte quarters to foui' 
 inches fquare or diameter. Their di- 
 menfions and forms are various; they 
 are frequently adorned with mouldings; 
 they are placed with rails on flairs, and 
 in the fronts of galleries in churches. 
 
 This ftioiild firft iiave been planched over, and 
 railed about with bahtjlen. Caretv. 
 
 Ba'llistrade. n.y. [(rom b.tlii/ler.'] An 
 affcmblage of one or more rows of little 
 turned pillars, called balufters, fixed 
 upon a terrace, or the top of a building, 
 for fepaiating one part from another. 
 
 Bam, Beam, being initials in the name of 
 any place, iifually imply it to have been 
 woody ; from the Saxon beam, which 
 we ufe in the fame fenfe to this day. 
 
 Gibjoa. 
 
 Bamboo', n.f. An Indian plant of the 
 reed kind. It has feveral fhoots much 
 larger than our ordinary reeds, which 
 are knotty, and feparatcd from fpace to 
 fpace by ?jints. The bamboo is much 
 larger than the fugar-canc. 
 
 To Bambo'ozle. t. a. [a cant word not 
 
 ufed in pure or in grave writings. ] To 
 
 deceive ; to impofe upon ; to confound. 
 
 After Nick had /'(r;«^oosA'(/ about the money, 
 
 Jolm called for counters. .'hbiithnot. 
 
 Bambo'ozler. n.f. [from bamboozle.'} 
 A tricking fellow ; a cheat. 
 
 There are a fct of fellows ihey call bantererj 
 andi<ii«/)oo=/frj, that play fuch tricks. Arbuthmt. 
 
 Ban. n.f. [i««, Ttut. a piiblick procla- 
 mation, as of profcription, interdiftion, 
 excommunication, publick fale.] 
 
 I. Publick notice giv(.»n of any thing, 
 whereby any thing is publickly com- 
 manded or forbidden. This word we 
 ufe efpecially In the ptibllfhing matri- 
 monial contracts in the church, before 
 marriage, to the end that if any man 
 can fay agalnll the intention of the 
 parties, either in refpeft of kindred or 
 oiherwife, they may take thtir exeep-
 
 BAN 
 
 tion in time. And, in the canon law, 
 tannafunl procLimationes fponfi i^ fponfis 
 in ecrlefiis Jieri Jolhx. Coivell. 
 
 1 bill It 111 ilic intt-rclt of my wife; 
 'Tis Ihc is lii!>i o iir.idlcd to ihis hud, 
 And 1 her hi/Ib.ind coiuradidt your biWi. Shalf. 
 
 To dr.iw licr neck ii.io tlic/'ri'.i. llujihrm. 
 
 2. A cnrfe ; cxconiii.iiiiiailion. 
 
 Tliou mixture rituK. ol midnight weeds col- 
 k-ilcd, 
 With Hecate's Aa" tliiicc l)laftcd, thrice infcftcd. 
 
 Uamlit. 
 A great ovcrfight it was of St. Peter that he 
 did not accune Nero, ■*hcrchy the pope niiglit 
 have got all ; yet what need ot fuch a h^itf fuice 
 friar Vincent could tell Atabalipa, .that kii g- 
 doms we:e the pope's ? R.ilcigh. 
 
 3. IntcrJictioii. 
 
 Bold deed to eye 
 The facred fruit, facred 10 alilliiu-ucc, 
 Mucli mole to i.ilte u, uiuler^ti^tntouch. Mihon, 
 
 4. Ban of the Empire ; a publick cenfurc 
 by which the piivileges ot" any Gcnuaii 
 pvinct arc fulpendcd. 
 
 He proceeded lo far by ticary, that he w.rs 
 
 proffered to have the imperial ban taken otF Al- 
 
 tapinus, upon iubmifiioii. lioiudl. 
 
 To Ban. v. a. [batmen, Dutch ; to curfe.] 
 
 To curfc j to execiate. 
 
 Shall we think th.it it bd'uih ihc work which 
 they leave behind them, or talieth away the ulc 
 thei-cof? _ H3'.,f-«. 
 
 It is unceftain whether this word, in 
 the foregoing fenfc, is to be deduced 
 from ban, to ciirft, or bane, to poifon. 
 
 In thy clofet pent up, rue mylhamo, 
 
 And/<uv;ourcncmic5, both mine andthine. Shjk. 
 
 Betoic thele Moors went a Namidian pricil, 
 
 bellowing out charms, and calling Icrowls of 
 
 paper on each fide, wherein he curled and 
 
 banned the chriltians. Knodc. 
 
 Bana'na Tree. A fpecies of plantain. 
 
 Band. n.f. [bende, Dutch ; banti, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A tie ; a bandage ; th:a by which one 
 tiling is joined to another. 
 
 Yoii ihail find tiie b<ind, that fcemsto tie their 
 
 . frieiirilhip togetlier, will be the very llrangler ot 
 
 thci,- amity. , Snaijpearc. 
 
 2. A chain by ^hich any aniinal is kept 
 ill reftraint. This is now ufually fpelt, 
 kfs properly, buniJ. 
 
 So wild a beall, U< tame ytaucht to be. 
 And buxom to his bands, is joy to Ice. Hub. Ta. 
 
 Since you deny lum entrance, he demands 
 His wife, whom cruelly you hold in batid, Dryd, 
 
 3. Any means of union or connexion be- 
 tween perfons. 
 
 Here's eight that muft take hands, 
 To join in Hymen's bujids. S/iaifpear^. 
 
 4. Something worn about the neck ; a 
 neckcloth. It is now leltrained to a neck- 
 cloth of particular form, worn by clergy- 
 men, lawyers, and ft udcnts in colleges. 
 
 For his mind 1 do not care ; 
 That's a toy tiiat I could I'pare : 
 Let his title be but great. 
 His cloiiths rich, and band fit neat. Sn jfonfyn. 
 
 He took his lodging at the manfion-houfc of a 
 tavior's widow, who walhcs, and can clear- 
 ih'irch his b,inds. .'IdJf-n. 
 
 5. Any thing bound round another. 
 
 In old Itatues of I'lone in ceUnr;, tic feet ( f 
 them being hound with leaden banJs, it appeared 
 that the lead did I'well. Jiicm. 
 
 6. [In architefture.] Any flat low tnem- 
 ber or moulding, called alio fafcia, face, 
 or plinth. 
 
 7. A company of foldiers. 
 
 And, good my lord of Somerfer, unite 
 Your troops Bt horlemcn with his bitndi of foot. 
 
 BAN 
 
 8. A company of perfons joined together 
 in any common defign. 
 We ten', we happy few, we /)a;ii^ of brothers. 
 SAai/pcare. 
 The queen, in white arr.ay before her band. 
 Saluting took her rival by the hand. Dryden. 
 On a fuddcn, methought, this fckfl band 
 fprang forward, with a ret'oliition to c'inrb the 
 aiccnt, and follow the call of th..t heavenly mi- 
 fick. TatU,. 
 
 Strait the three bandi prepare in arms to join, 
 E.ich band the number of the facred Nine. I'opi. 
 To Band. -v. a. \(rom banil.^ 
 
 1 . To unite together into one body or 
 troop. 
 
 The birtiop, and the duke of Glo'ftcr's men, 
 Have till'd tiieir pockets full of pebble flones, 
 And banding tbcmiclves in contrary parts. 
 Do pelt at one another's pates. Sbakfprare. 
 
 Some of the boys bandrd thcmfelves as for the 
 major, and otl-.er,s i^ir the king, who, arter fix 
 days (ki mifliing, at lall made a compufition, 
 and dcp.irtcd. Cartiu. 
 
 They, to live exempt 
 From Hcav'n's high jurifdiction, in new le.igue 
 Banded againft his throne. AUIl^n. 
 
 2. To bind over with a band. 
 
 And by his mother ftood an infant lover. 
 With wings uniiedg'd, his eyes were banded ever. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Bands of a Saddle, are two pieces of iron 
 nailed upon the bows of the faddle, to 
 hold the bows in the right fituation. 
 
 Ba'ndage. n.yl [bandage, Yt.^ 
 
 1. Something bound over another. 
 
 Zeal too had a phrce among the reft, with a 
 ban.l.ige over her eyes ; though one would not 
 have cxpcftcd to have fcen her reprel'enied in 
 fnow. .^ddi/on. 
 
 Cords, were faftened by hooks to my bandages, 
 which the workmen had girt round my neck. 
 
 Gtd/k'er. 
 
 2. It is ufed, in furger\-, for the fillet or 
 roller wrapped over a wounded member ; 
 and, fometimes, for the aft or prafcice 
 of applying bandages. 
 
 Ba'ndbox. n. /. [from band and ^o.v.] 
 A flight box ufed for bands, and other 
 things of fmall weight. 
 
 My friends are furpri;cd to find (wo bandboxes 
 among my hooks, till I let them fee that they are 
 lined wicn deep erudition. , yiddifon. 
 
 With empty bandbox (he delights to range. 
 And feigns .t diihmt errand from the 'Change. 
 
 Gay's Tt ivia. 
 
 Ba'ndf.let. n. /. [bandelet, Vr. in archi- 
 tetlure.] Any little band, flat mould- 
 ing, or fillet . 
 Ba'ndit. n.f. [bandilo, Ital] A man 
 outlawed. 
 
 No lavage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, 
 Wiit dare to foil her virgin purity. Miiian.. 
 
 No bandit fierce, no tyrant m:'d with pride, 
 No c.ivcrn'd hermit, rells felf latisfy'd. Fr,;e. 
 Bandi'tto. n.f. in the plural banditli. 
 [bandito, Ital.] 
 
 A Roman fwordcr, and ban.Vtt^j Have, 
 Miirdcr'd fweet TuUy. Shaifptme. 
 
 Ba'ndog. u. f. [from ban or band, and 
 dov. The original of this word is very 
 doubtful. Cains, Be Canibus Brilan- 
 uicis, derives it from band, that is, a 
 drg chained up. Skinner inclines to de- 
 duce it from bana, a murderer. May it 
 not come froin ban, a atrfe, as we fay a 
 enrft cur ; or rather troin bound, ftvelled 
 or large, a Danfh word ; troin which, 
 in fome counties, they call a great nut 
 a ban-nut ?\ A kmd of large dog. 
 
 BAN 
 
 The time of night when Troy w.i$ fct on firC* 
 
 Tiic tinio when fcrcecii-owls cry, and banUfi 
 
 howl. Shnkf^eare^s Henry vi. 
 
 Or privy, or pert, if diiy bin, 
 
 Wc hue grc;tt haitd(,g\ will tc^r ihc-ir fkin. S^^ff. 
 
 Bandole'ers. w. f. [^bandrjuliers y Fr.J 
 
 Small wDoden cafes covcrtd with Ua- 
 
 ther, cacli of ihcm containing powder 
 
 that Is a fufficlcnt charge for a mufl-.-ct. 
 
 Ba'ndrol. «,y*. \_immlerolj Fr.] A htilc 
 
 ilag or llrcamer ; the httle fringed iilk 
 
 flag that hangs on a trumpet. 
 
 Ba'ndy ti.f, [from ^(^/nrfV;', Fr.] A club 
 
 turned round at bottom, for Ihiking h 
 
 ball at play. 
 
 To Ba'ndy. 'v.a, [probably from handy^ 
 
 the inltnimcnl with which they llrike 
 
 balls at play, which, being crooked, is 
 
 named horn the \k\i^ bander \ as, bari' 
 
 der un arcy to llring or bend a bow.] 
 
 1. To beat to and fro, or from one to 
 another. 
 
 They do cunningly, from one I.;ind to anoti-.cr, 
 irf«t/)i tiie f^rvicc like a tennis ball. Spe'/ftr, 
 
 And like a ball lantiy.i 'twixt pride and wir, 
 Rather than yield, both fides the prize will quit. 
 
 Dinham, 
 
 What fiom the tiopicks can tije earih lepci r 
 What vigorous arm, wh.u rcpcrcuflivc blow, 
 Bandies the mighty globe liilltoand fro? ^ 
 
 BlacLmcre. 
 
 2. To exchange; to give and take reci- 
 procally. 
 
 Do you bandy looks with mc, yonrafcal ? Sh.tk, 
 'Tis not in thee 
 To grudge my plcafures, to cut off my train, 
 To biindy hafty woids. Skakfpcare, 
 
 3. To agitate; to tofs about. 
 
 Thii hath been fo bandied amongft: us, tliat 
 one can hardly mifs books of this kind. Lockr. 
 
 Ever fincc men have been united into govern- 
 ments, the endeavours after univerfal moiiarcliy 
 have been bandied a.moug them. Szi-ufr, 
 
 Let not obvious and known truth, or fome of 
 the moll plain and certain piopofitions, be banditd 
 about in a difpuration. H'liiti. 
 
 7'o Ba'ndy. ij. «. To contend, as at 
 fome game, in which each ftrlves to 
 drive the ball his own way. 
 
 No fimplc man that fees 
 This fadiious bari'lyirrg of their favourites, 
 But that he doth prefage fome ill event. ShaUfp. 
 
 A valiant fon-in-!avv tliou fiialt enjoy, 
 One fit to b>!Ttdy with thy lawlcfi fons, 
 To rudic in the commonwealth. Siakff>t\tre, 
 
 Could let up grandee againft grandee, 
 To fquaiukr time away, and bafiHy ; 
 Made lords and commoners lay ficges 
 Tu one another's piivileges. Hudiirau 
 
 After all the bandying attempts of refolution, 
 it is as much a qucltion as e\er, G/arrvH/e, 
 
 Ba'ndyleg. Ti.J, [from bander, Fr.] A 
 crooked leg. 
 
 He tells aluud your gre.^tcil failing, 
 Nor makes a Tcruplc to cxpofc 
 Your bundj/ig or crooked nofe. Sii-ift. 
 
 Ba'ndvlegged, adj. [from i^audyltj.'} 
 Having crooked legs. 
 
 The Ethiopians iiad an one-eyed handyliggcd 
 prince; Inch a perfon would have made i)uC .m 
 odtt hguie. C> 'iitr. 
 
 BANE, n.f, [bana. Sax. a murderer.] 
 I. Poifon. 
 
 Begone, or effe let me. 'Tis bjnr to draw 
 The fame air with ihec. Ben ytnjbn. 
 
 All good lo mc becomes 
 
 Bii*ici and in htav'n much wurfe would he my 
 
 rtote. Miltcn. 
 
 They with fpccd 
 
 Their com fe throvigh thickeft conilcllations held, 
 
 Spreading their bung, hUlun.
 
 BAN 
 
 Tims sm I doul.ly jrm'd ; my dcsth jnd \lk, 
 yiy bane and .mtidotc, .ire both befoie me : 
 This, in a momcnr, lJtin^^ mc to an end : 
 But that iiitbrn/, nv: I fliall never die. ^Miij^:. 
 2. That which deUroys ; mifchicf ; ruin. 
 
 I'nfolcncy mull be reprell, or it will be tlic 
 ia.v,' of the c'uiillian religion. Hooker. 
 
 I will not be al'nid of death and h:i'U', 
 Till Birnam fotcft come to Dufinanc. Shatjfcare. 
 
 Suffices tliat to me ftrcngth is my haiie, 
 And proves the fourcc of all my miferics. M.it. 
 
 So ciittrtain'd thofe odoiouS fwccts the hend, 
 Who came their bane. Milian. 
 
 Who can omit the Gracchi, who declare 
 The Scipios worth, thofe thunderbolts of war. 
 The double bane of Carthage ? Dryden. 
 
 Falfe religion ii, in its nature, the grcateft banc 
 and dertruftion to government in the world. 
 
 To Bane. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 poifon. 
 
 What if my houfe be troubled with a rat, 
 And I be pIcasVl to give ten thoufand ducat? 
 To have it band ? Shaifpcare. 
 
 B \'neful. adj. [from banc andfiilL] 
 
 1. Poifonous. 
 
 For voyaging to learn the direful art. 
 To taint with deadly drugs the barbed dart ; 
 Obfcrvant of the gods, and llernly jult, 
 l!us rtfus'd t' impart the baneful truil. F'jjic. 
 
 2. Deftruclive. 
 
 The filvcr eagle too is fent before. 
 Which I do hoi)e will prove to them as baneful, 
 As thou coiiceiv'Jl it tu the commonwealth. 
 
 lien yonfon. 
 
 The nightly ■ko\{ is banif:// to the fold, 
 Storms to the wheat, to buds the bitter cold. 
 
 /),y.len. 
 
 Ea'nefulness. n.f. [from ianiful.] Poi- 
 
 fonoiifnefs; deftrnftivenefs. 
 Ba'newort. «./. [from ^an? and wor/.] 
 
 A plant, the fame witli e/cadly n'lght- 
 
 Jliade, 
 To Bang. ^'. a. \roeiigohn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To beat ; to thump; to cudj^'cl : alow 
 and familiar word. 
 
 One receiving from them fome affionts, met 
 ■with them handlomcly, inAhanged them to good 
 purpofc. " lUwcl. 
 
 He having got fome iron out of the earth, put 
 it into his fervants hands to fence with, and bang 
 one another. Locke. 
 
 Formerly I was tn he banged bcciufc I was 
 too ttrong, and now bccaul'e I am too weak, to 
 refift ; I am to be brought down when too rich, 
 and opprefTcd when too poor. .-Irbdinnct. 
 
 2, To handle roughly ; to treat with vio- 
 lence, in general. 
 
 The dcfperate tcmpcrt hath fo bang'dthi: Tiirk<, 
 
 That their del'ignmcnt halts. aiiakjjieare. 
 
 You (hould .iccoll her with jcds fire-new from 
 
 the mint ; you Ihonld have banged the youlh 
 
 into dumbncfs. Shakfpcjre. 
 
 Bang. n.f. [from the verb.] A blow ; a 
 
 thump ; a llroke : a low word. 
 
 lama bachelor. — Tlmt's to fay, they arc fools 
 that marry ; you'll bear mc a bang for that. 
 
 Shakj^eare. 
 
 With many a ftiiTtwack, many a bang, 
 
 Hard crabtrce and old iron rang. Uu.libra'.. 
 
 I heard feveral bnnpt or butl'ets, as I thougiit, 
 
 given to the c.igic that held the ring of my ho.i in 
 
 his beak. Gulli-ue,. 
 
 To Ba'ngi-E. v. a. To wade by little 
 
 and little ; to fquandcr carelefsiy : a 
 
 word now ufed only in converfation. 
 
 If wc bilngic away the legacy of peace left iis 
 by Chrift, it is a lign of our want of regard for 
 ilim. d)uly if Man. 
 
 TeBA'NISH. v. a. [banir, Fr. bamo,\o\\ 
 Lat. probably from ban, Tcut. an out- 
 lawry, or profcription ] 
 
 BAN 
 I. To condemn to It^ave his own country. 
 
 Oh, f;irc tiice well! 
 Tliofc evils tl.ou rcpc-at'rtupon tnyfclf 
 Have hutiijh^d mc fiom Scotlaiul, Shukfi'C.ire. 
 
 3. To drive away. 
 
 Banijlt bufincls, han'ft fori .)W, 
 
 To the gocli belongs to-moriuw. Coxulfy. 
 
 It is for wicked men only to dicad God, and 
 
 to endeavour to hauijh the thuUi^Uti oi him out 
 
 of tiieir minds. 'fiUotfjii. 
 
 Succcfslefs all her foft cuiefn's pro\c, 
 To hanijh from his bicalt hi:i couiuiy's love. Vo^c. 
 Ba'nisher. w.yi [from ban'ijij.'] He that 
 forces another from his own country. 
 
 In mcic fpitc, 
 To be fall quit of timfc my banijJieny 
 Stand I bcfoic thcc here, ShnJ fpea^ e . 
 
 Ba'nishment. n.f. \han\ffcmenly Fr.] 
 
 1. The adt of banifliing another ; as, he fe- 
 cured himfeif by tlie bawjhment of his 
 enemies. 
 
 2, The Hate of being baniflifd ; exile. 
 
 Now go wo ill content 
 To liberty, and not to hiuiijkment. Shakjpeare. 
 Round the wide woiid in hanijhmcnt we roam, 
 Forc'd fiom our pleaftng fields and native home. 
 
 Dryden. 
 BANK, w./ [banc, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The earth arifing on each fide of a 
 water. We fay, properly, \.\i^ Jloove of 
 the fca, and the hanhs of a river , hrooky 
 or fmall water. 
 
 Havcvou not m;idc an univeifal fhout, 
 That Tybci Ueinblcd underneath his hank? 
 
 Shnkfpctuc. 
 
 Richmond, in Devonshire, fcnt out a boat 
 Unto the ihorc, to afk thofe on the Oonkxy 
 If they were his afiillanis. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A brook ivhofe rtrcnm lb great, fo good, 
 Was lov'd, was honoui'd as a flood ; 
 Whofe ha'iki the Muics dwelt upon. CraJIiaiu, 
 
 'Tis happy when our Itrcams of knowledge 
 how 
 To fill their banksy but not to overthrow, Denham. 
 
 O eaily lo(t ! what tears the river flied, 
 When the fad pomp along his banks was led ! 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. Any heap of earth piled up. 
 
 They bchegcd him in Abel of Gcthmaachah, 
 and they caft up a L.ir.k againll the city ; and it 
 liood in the trench. SmkucL 
 
 3. [from hanCy Fr. a bench.] A feat or 
 bench of rowers. 
 
 Plac'd on tlicir i./«f', the lul^y Trojans fwccp 
 Neptune's fniooth face, and cleave the yielding 
 deep. IValkr. 
 
 Mean time the king with gifts a vetfel flores, 
 Supplies the banks with twenty chofen oars. 
 
 D>y-icn. 
 
 Thatidfffi of oars were not in the fame plaiji, 
 
 but railed above one another, is evident f'roiji de- 
 
 fcriptioni of ancient (hips. ^Hrbut knot . 
 
 4. A place where money is laid up to be 
 called for occaHonally. 
 
 Let it be no hank., or common n^ock, but every 
 man be malici' of his own money. Not that \ 
 altogether miflike banki, but they will hardly be 
 brooked. Bacon's l'//ay^. 
 
 Tlii« mafs of treafure ynu fhouW now reduce : 
 But you your rtoic have hoarded in fome bank. 
 
 Denliam, 
 
 There pardons and indulgences, and givins; 
 men a fh;uc in Uint'^ merits, out of the common 
 huik 7\.n<\ ircafury of the church, which the pope 
 ha? the folecuftody of. Souih. 
 
 5. The company of perfons concerned in 
 managing a bank. 
 
 To Bank. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 I. To cnclofe with banks. 
 
 Amid the cliffs 
 And burning fands that bank the Ihrubby vales. 
 
 Th'^inijon 
 
 BAN 
 
 z. To lay up money in a bank. 
 
 Bank-bill. n.f. [from batti; and bill.^ 
 
 A note for money laid up i:i a baiil:, 
 
 at the fight of which the money is paid. 
 
 I.tt three hundred pounds be paid her out of 
 
 my ready money, or hank-htlii. SxLift. 
 
 Ba'nker. n.f. [from ^i«.{.] One that 
 
 tiafficks in money; one that keeps or 
 
 manages a bank. 
 
 VVhtle dro\cs of lenders crowd the ^d'7,{;) *s 
 
 doors, 
 
 To call in money. Diy.hn. 
 
 liy powerful eharmsof gold and filvcr led, 
 Tlie l^omhixi banket s and the 'change towaftc. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Ba'nkrupt. adj. [baniquei-onte, Fr. ban- 
 corollo, Ital.] In debt beyond the power 
 of payment. 
 Ti'.e king's grown bankmjt like a broken man. 
 
 Skakf^ei. 1 e. 
 Sir, if you fpend word for word with nic, 
 I Ihall make your w it bankrupt. Shakfp. 
 
 It is faid that the money-changers of 
 Italy had benches, probably intheburfc 
 or exchange; and thut.whtn any became 
 iiifolvent, his banco was rotto, his bench 
 was broke. It was once written bankc- 
 rout. Bankerout is a verb. 
 Dainty birs 
 M.ike rich the ribs, but bankerout the wits. 
 
 Sbakfpeare. 
 
 Ba'nkrupt. n.f. A man in debt beyond 
 the power of payment. 
 
 Perkin gathered together a power, neither in 
 number nur in iiaidiiiefs contemptible; but, ifi 
 their fortunes, to be feared, being bankiupti, and 
 many of them felons. Bacrjn. 
 
 It is with wicked men as with a bankrupt -• 
 when his crerlitois arc loud and clangorous, and 
 fpe.ikbi^*, he i^!\eth them many t;Ojd words. 
 
 Calamy. 
 In vain at cjurt the bankrupt pleads bis caufc ; 
 His thanklefs country leaves him to her laws. 
 
 Pope. 
 To B.\'nkr UPT. v. a. To break ; to dif- 
 able one from fatisfying his creditors. 
 
 We caft oS" the care of ail futuie thrd't, becaufe 
 wc .lie already bankrupted. Hammond, 
 
 Ba'nkruptcy. n.f. [from biml:rupt.'\ 
 
 1. The Hate of a man broken, or bank- 
 rupt. 
 
 2. The 3(51 of declaring one's felf bank- 
 rupt ; a?, he railed the clamours of his 
 creditors by a fudden bankruptcy. 
 
 Ba'nner. n. f. \buniuere, Fr. banaWf 
 Wellh.] 
 
 1. A flag; a flandard ; a military enfign. 
 
 From France there comes a power, wlio already 
 Have fccrct fcize in tome of our l">elt jiorts, 
 And ate at point to fbew theii open banneif. Zhak. 
 
 All in a moment ti;roiigh the gloom were feen 
 Ten tlioui'and bannen rile into the air. 
 With orient colours waving. liUlton, 
 
 He faid no m.orc ; 
 But left his filler and his queen behind. 
 And wav'd his royal banner in the wind. Dryd. 
 
 Fii'd with Uich motive!!, you do well to join 
 With Cato'i foes, and follow Caefar's banners. 
 
 Addfor,. 
 
 2. A (Ireamei born at the end of a lance, or 
 tlfewhere. 
 
 BA'NNKRET.n./ [fiom banner.] A knight 
 rriade in tliefielil, willi the ceremony cf 
 cutting off the point «f his llandard, and 
 making it a banner. They arc next to 
 barons in dignity ; and were anciently 
 called by fummons to parliament. Blouni. 
 A geiillcni.nl told Henry, tlL-it fir Richard 
 Ciuiies, miAi: bannen! ai ttoke, was a wife man;
 
 BAN 
 
 t}.e king anf\rcrc.l, he doubted not tliit, fci^ 
 n.u veiled how a fool could know. Cim.i'ti. 
 
 Ba'nnerol, more properly Bandkoi.. 
 «./. [Uom baiu!eroU;Vv.'\ A liuk flaij 
 or Ihtamcv. 
 
 Kiiig Onvald had ,i b.viriero! of gold .ind purple 
 fcl over his tomb. LanuUn. 
 
 Ba'nnian. n.f. A man's tindrcfs, or morn- 
 ing gown, fuch as is worn by the Biui- 
 niaiis in the End Indies. 
 Ba'nn'ock. n.f. A kind of o;iten or peas- 
 meal cake, inixed wilh waler, and baked 
 upon an iron plate over the iire ; ultd in 
 tlie northern counties, and in Scotland. 
 BA'NQIJET. n. / \hanquil, Fr. bim- 
 c/j-tlo, ha], vangiii'lo. Span.] A feall ; 
 an entertainment of meat and drink. 
 
 If a fnltnig d.iy come, he li;ith oil that d.ay .t 
 hnnqint to make. Jhoiir. 
 
 Ill his commciid.itinns I .i.m fed ; 
 It is a iiiniji/it to inc. S'lahfpearc. 
 
 YoilcaiHiot have .1 pcrfcfl palace, except you 
 have two fides ; a fide for the banquet, and a fide 
 for the houfehold ; tiic one for fealh and tii- 
 uniphs, and the other for dwelling. Bacan. 
 
 Stiall ilif conipaiiions make a hanqitft of him ? 
 Shall they part him among the merchants ? Job. 
 
 At tiiat tailed fruit. 
 The fun, as fiom Thyellcan i.i«^w/, tnrn'd 
 Hiscourlc inttndcd. Milcon. 
 
 That darts peeler the toils of Hercules 
 To <l.ii;i,mce, ijnj'd/r, and ignoble cafe. D'yJeii. 
 
 Tb Ba'nqukt. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 treat any one with tcalls. 
 
 Welcome his friends, 
 
 Vifit his countiymen and banquii them. Sluikfp. 
 
 They were barqueteil by the way, and the 
 
 ncaicrthcy approached, the more encrvafed the 
 
 nobility. Sir J. If.iyivar.i. 
 
 To Ba'nquet. v. n. To feail ; to fare 
 daintily. 
 
 The mind (hall banquet, iho' the body pine : 
 Fat paunches make lean pates, and dainty bits 
 Make rich the ribs, but bankerout the wits. 
 
 Shtiufpfate. 
 
 So long as his innocence is his repaft, he fealls 
 and btti-jiteti n[)on bread and water. South. 
 
 I purpos'd to unbend die evening hours. 
 And btinqu;t private in the women's bcw'rs. 
 
 Ba'nqueter. tt.f. \_ivom banquet.'] 
 
 1. A fealler ; one that hvcs delicioully. 
 
 2. He that makes fcai\s. 
 Ba's'QI-'ET-house. X"-/- \irom ban- 
 Ba'nqueting-house. \ qi:et anA hoiife.'] 
 
 A honfe where banquets are kept. 
 
 In a baKquetiiig-honjc, among certain pleafant 
 
 frees, the table was fct near to an excellent watt r- 
 
 work. Sidney 
 
 At tlie walk's end bchok', how rais'don higli 
 
 A btjiiqiiet-iiofifi: filutes the fourhcrn fiey. JJfyJf/j. 
 
 BAN^ETTE. n.f. [Fr. in fortifica- 
 
 tion.] A fmall bank at the foot of the 
 
 parapet, for the foldiers to mount upon 
 
 when they fire. 
 
 Ba'nsticle. u. f. A fmall filli, called alfo 
 
 a (ticklcback. PuiigiUus. 
 ToBA'NTER. v. a. [a barbarous word, 
 without etymology, unlefs it be derived 
 fiom bqdiner, Fr.] To play upon ; to 
 rally ; to turn to ridicule ; to ridicule. 
 
 The jnagillratc took it r'nat he hantfye.i him, 
 and b.ade an officer take him into cuHody. 
 
 V V.llrnngr, 
 
 It is no new thing for innocent fimplicity to 
 
 be the fubjcet ^^ hantfr'tng ciroils. L.' Ef.rant^^e. 
 
 Could Aleinous' gucrts with-hold 
 from fcorn or rage } Shall we, cries one, ncrmit 
 His leud romances, and his ^iin;'(jHg wit.' Tate. 
 
 BAR 
 
 BaVter. n.f. [from the verb.] Ridi- 
 cule ; raillery. 
 
 This humour, let it look never fo filly, as it 
 paffes many times for frolitk and [■■•nicr, is one 
 of the moll pernicious fnares in human life. 
 
 L'Ejhan^i. 
 Mctaphyficksare fo ncccffiry to a dillindt con- 
 ception, folitl judgment, and jult reafoning on 
 maiiy lubjei^ts, that thole, who ridicule it, will 
 be fuppoled to make theii wit and banter a refuge 
 and excnfe for their own laiincfs. //'1//1. 
 
 Ba'ntf.rer. n.f. [from banter.'] One 
 that banters; a droll. 
 
 W'liat opinion haw tliefc religious h.mtcrm of 
 the divine power? Or what have they to lay for 
 this mockery and contempt ? L'Ejhange, 
 
 Ba'ntling. n.f. [If it has any etymology, 
 it is perhaps corrupted fiom the old 
 word Lalni, biiirn/ing, a little child. ] A 
 little child : a low word. 
 
 If the objeit of their love 
 Chance by Lucin I's aid to prove, . 
 They filtlom let the bantling roar. 
 In baUeet, at a neighbour's door. Prior. 
 Ba'ptism. /(./. [btiplfnnis, Lat. /3i.7i1ij- 
 
 1. An external ablution of the body, with 
 a certain form of words, which operates 
 and denotes an internal ablution or walh- 
 ing of the foul from original lin. -^yl[/f'. 
 
 Jia^tifm is given by water, and that pielenpt 
 form of words which the church of Chrill duih 
 ulc. Hornier. 
 
 To his great baptifm flock'd. 
 With awe, the regions round ; .and with tliein 
 
 came 
 From Nazareth the fon of Jofeph deeni'd, 
 Unrnark't, unknown. Milton. 
 
 2. BnplJ/m ii often taken iri Scripture for 
 fiiffcrings. 
 
 I ha\ e a baptifm to be baptized with, and how 
 am I 111. litcncd till it be accomplilhcd .' Luh:. 
 
 Eapti'smai.. ai!j. [from laplifm.] Of 
 or pertaining to baptifm. 
 
 When we undeitike the baptifnat vow, and 
 enter on their new life, it would be aj-t to dil- 
 cour.ige us. Hammr.r.J 
 
 Ba'piist. n.f. [bap/i/hyVv. l^uTtLr^..,.] 
 He that admlnillers baptifm. 
 Him the }>\yj'li/t(u<jn 
 Defcry'd, divinely warn'd, andwitneCs bore 
 As to his wotthier. Milton. 
 
 Ba'ttistery. n. f. [bapiijlerium, Lat.] 
 The place where the facrament of bap- 
 tifm Is admlnillered. 
 
 Tiie great i-hurcb, b.ij'rjh-ry, and leaning tower, 
 are well worth lecing. ^-ietdijon. 
 
 To BAPTIZE. V. a. [lapt'ifa; Fr. from 
 (Sc<:/.'a ] To clulften ; to admlnifler 
 the faciamcnt of baptifm to one. 
 
 He to theni (h ill leave in charce. 
 To teaeli all nritiuu^ what'of him they Icani'd, 
 And his falvalion ; iheni who fiiall believe, 
 S.ipti^ing in the proilucnt flrenm, the lign 
 Of walhini; them frttm guilt of fin, to life 
 Pure, and in mind prepar'd, if fo bef.il. 
 For deathlike th.at which the Redccmei died. 
 
 Milton. 
 Let us refleifl that we aie cliiiflians; that we 
 arc c.iUed by the name of tie bon of God, and 
 b.ipti^cii into an iircconciltablc enmity with fin, 
 the world, and the devil. Kogrrs. 
 
 Bapti'zer. n.f. [from To baptize.] One 
 that chrillens ; one that adininllleis bap- 
 tifm. 
 BAR. n.f. [ianr, Fr.] 
 I. A piece of wood. Iron, or other matter, 
 laid crofs a paffage to hinder entrance. 
 
 And he made the middle bi^r to (hoot through 
 the board., from ihc one end tu th« other. iiV.i.'. 
 
 BAR 
 
 2. A bolt ; a piece of Iron or wood faflencd 
 to a door, and entering into the poll or 
 wall, to hold tlie duoi clofe. 
 
 The filh-gate dul the Ions of HalTenaah Luilrf, 
 who alio laid the beams thircol, and fet uj) tl.c 
 doors thcicof, the locks thereof, and the iart 
 thereof. N-^lnmiah. 
 
 3. Any obflade which hinders or otftrufts ; 
 oblirudtion. 
 
 I brake up for it my decreed place, and fet 
 b,i>, and doo-.s, and faid. Hitherto flialt thou 
 come, and no f.iither. J''^. 
 
 And had his heir furviv'd him in due courfe. 
 What limirs, England, hadft thou found.' what 
 
 bar r 
 What world could have refilled ? 
 
 Daniel's Civil lJ''ar. 
 Hard, thou kuow'll it, to exclude 
 Si'.intual fubllancc with corpoical iar. Milton, 
 
 Mull I new bars to my own joy create, 
 Refufe niyfelf, what 1 had forc'd from fate .' 
 
 Dry din. 
 Fatal accidents have fet 
 A moft unhappy bar between your friendlhip. 
 
 Ro-et. 
 
 4. A rock, or bank of fand, at the en- 
 trance of a harbour or river-, wlileh ihips 
 cannot fall over at low water. 
 
 5. Any thing ufcd for prevention, or ex- 
 clufion. 
 
 Lell e.vamination (hould hinder and let your 
 liroeecdings, beliold for a i.iragainft that impe- 
 diment, one opinion newly added. Hooker. 
 
 Which Salique land the French unjuftly gloze 
 to be 
 The founder of this law, and female bar. Snai. 
 
 6. The place where caufes of law are tried, 
 or where criminalsare judged; fo called 
 from the bar placed to hinder crowds 
 from incommoding the court. 
 
 1"he great duke 
 Came to the bar, where to his accufations 
 He pleaded Hill not giilUy. Sl.akfpeare. 
 
 Some at the inrwith li.btlcty defend, 
 Oi on the bench the knotiy laws untye. Drytlen. 
 
 7. An enclofed place iu a tavern or coffee- 
 houfe, where the houfekeeper fits and 
 receives reckoning.'. 
 
 I was under fonie appre'ienfion that they would 
 appeal to mc ; and ther^foie laid down my pen- 
 ny ar the bar, and made the Left of my way. 
 
 ^Mifon. 
 
 8. [In law.] A peremptory exception 
 againil a detnand or pica brought by the 
 defendant in an aiSlion, that dcflroysthe 
 adion of the plaintiff for ever. It is 
 divided into a bar to common intent, 
 and a bar fpecial : a bar to a commoa 
 intent, is an ordinary or general bur, 
 that dlfables the declaration or plea of 
 the pFaluliff ; a bar fpecial, is that which 
 is tnore than ordinary, and falls out iu 
 the cale in hand, upon fome fpecia! 
 circiundance of the fail. Cotoell. 
 
 Balt.rdy is laid in bar of fotncthing that is 
 piincip-rtl'.y '.ommcnced. , ^hiife . 
 
 9. Any thing by which the compages or 
 ftrudliirt is held together. 
 
 I went down to the bolloms of tlit^ mountain! ; 
 the earth, wilh her ban, was about me for ever. 
 
 Jonak. 
 
 10. Any thing which is laid acrcfs another, 
 as bars iu heraldiy. 
 
 11. Bar of Gold or Si her, is a lump or 
 wedge from the mines, melted down 
 into a fort of mould, and never wrought. 
 
 12. Bars of a Ilurft. 'J he upper part of the 
 gums between the tiifl<s and grinders, 
 wliich bears no teeth, and to which the
 
 BAR 
 
 bit is applied, and, by its friftlon, tlie 
 horfe governed. 
 
 13. Bars, in Mu/ici, are ftrokes drawn 
 perpendicularly acrofi the lines of a piece 
 of mufick J ufed to regulate the beating 
 or meafiire of mulical time. 
 
 14. Bar, in J/ricati trnjici, is ufed for a 
 denomir.iitiun of price ; payment being 
 
 . formerly made to the Negroes almolt 
 
 wholly in iron bars. 
 Earshot, n.y: Two half bullets joined 
 
 together by an iron bar ; ufed in fen 
 
 engagements for cutting down the mails 
 
 and rigging. 
 To Bar. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fallen or lliut any thing with a 
 
 bolt, or bar. 
 
 ^^V duty cannot fuffcr 
 T' olicy in all vouv d.uig'nter's haul commands ; 
 Thougfi their fnjunflion be to h.ir my doors, 
 And let this tyrannous night take hold upon you. 
 
 When you l>,n the window-fhutters of your 
 hdy's bcd-chnmbcr at nights, leave open the 
 falhes to let in ."-ir. S-.v:ft. 
 
 2. To hinder; to obftruft. 
 
 When law can do no light, 
 Let it be lawful, that l.iw &■!'■ no wiong. Sini/p. 
 
 3. To prevent ; to exclude ; to make im- 
 
 praflicable. 
 
 The hoiifes of the countiy were all fcatlcred, 
 and yet not lo far oft' as tliat it iuryed mutual 
 fuccour. ^ S:,{,:.y. 
 
 Doth it not feem a thing very probable, that 
 God doth puipofely add, Do after my judg- 
 roeiits; as giving thcicby to uiiderlland, that 
 his meaning in the former (cntcnce was but to 
 i^r fimilitudc in fuch things as were repugnant 
 to his ottiinanees, laws, and fl.Uutcs ? IhoLr, 
 
 4. To detain, by excluding the claim- 
 ants : wiiiifrom. 
 
 Hath he fct l,uunds between their love and me ? 
 I art! their mother; who nialli<:r- them/ram me? 
 
 5. To (hut out : W'Ith/;-om. 
 
 Om- hopf of Italy not only lofr, 
 But Ihut horn ev'iy Oioie, and bar, \i from cv ly 
 coart. ^^'T''"- 
 
 6. To exclude from ufe, right, or claim : 
 v.-Ith//-o« before the thing. 
 
 God hath abridged it, by hur,„:g us from fome 
 things of tliemfelvcs indifferent. Hcoier. 
 
 Give my voice on Rich.\rd's fide, 
 To bar my mailer's heirs in true dcfcent ! 
 God knows I will nut. Shaifpeme. 
 
 His civil .ids do bind and /wr them all ; 
 And as fiom Adam all corruption take, 
 So, if the father's crime be capit.d, 
 In all the blood law doth corruption make 
 
 Sir J. jJ>n'!CU 
 
 It was thought fulTKicnt not only to exclude 
 them from that benelit, but to h.r them fro,,, 
 
 their mon«y. ■[ . , , /.''"'"'''"■ 
 
 If he is qualified, why is he Inrrcl the prohr, 
 •when he only perfcrnis the conditions > 
 
 CoUter on Vrnk. 
 
 7. To prohibit. 
 Kor though the law of arms doth b^r 
 
 Th- ulc of venom'd (hot in war. Ihdibr.,s^ 
 
 What is a greater pedant than a mere man of 
 
 the town = Bar him the plityhoufes, and you 
 
 llrike him dumb. /i.iMp,,. 
 
 8. To except ; to make an exception. 
 
 Well, we (hall fee your bearing — 
 Kay, hut 1 bar to- night ; you (hall not gage me 
 By what we <lo to-nii;ht. ibakffcar,. 
 
 g, [Inlaw.] Tuhlndcr theprocefs of a 
 
 But IjjifT and belt men never know thcfe cares ; 
 M„ lime, nor trick of law their aition bars : 
 Their caufc they to an cafier iffuc put. Dry.k"- 
 
 BAR 
 
 From fuch delays as conduce to the finding out 
 of truth, a criminal caule ought not to be b.i<re<i. 
 
 ^y/ljfc. 
 
 If a hilhop be a party to a fuit, and excum- 
 
 municaces his adverfary, fuch excommumcarion 
 
 (liall not difable or bcr his advcrlary. Wi'/^f. 
 
 J o. To bar a vein. 
 
 This is an operation performed upon 
 the veins of the legs of a hoifc, and 
 otlier parts, with intent to ftop the 
 malignant humours. It is done by 
 opening the llcin above it, difengaging 
 it, and tying it both above and below, 
 and lliikiiig between the two ligatures. 
 BARB. «./. [Ifarba, a beard, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Any thing that grows in the place of a 
 
 beard. 
 
 The barbel is to called by reafon of his bci,b 
 or watiels at his moulh, under his chaps. 
 
 IKi/toii't Af.gler. 
 
 2. The points that Hand backward in an 
 arrow, or fifhing hook, to hinder them 
 from being cxtrafted. 
 
 Nor lefs the Spartan fcar'd, before lie found 
 The Ihining i.i/i appear above the wound. 
 
 Po/.e't I/i(iJ. 
 
 3. The armour for horfes. 
 
 Their horfes were naked, without any b.irbs ; 
 
 for albeit many biought burbi, few regarded to 
 
 put them on. ' H.iywar,!. 
 
 Dakb. n.f. [contrafled from .Sijj^arj.] 
 
 A Barbary horfe. 
 
 Horfes brought from Barbary ars ^ommonly 
 of a (lender light tiie, and vei7 lean, ufually 
 chofen for fiallions. Saibs, it is faid, may die, 
 but never grow old; the vigour and mettle of ^iri, 
 never ceafe but with their life. Fuiiici's i>;<;7. 
 
 To Barb. 11. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To (liave ; to drefs out the beard. 
 
 Shave the head, and tic the beard, and fay it 
 was the delireof the penitent tb be (v barbed be- 
 fore his death. Shutjiicarc. 
 
 2. To furnifh horfes with armour. Sec 
 
 BARBtD. 
 
 A warriour tiain 
 That hkc a deluge pour'ri upon the plain; 
 On ba,bed fleeds''thcy rode, in proud array, 
 Thick as the college of tlie bees in M.ay. Vryden. 
 1.. To jag arrows with hooks. 
 The twanging bows 
 Send fliowers of fliatts, that on their barbed 
 
 points 
 Alt'-rnatc ruin hear. F/::.,f!- 
 
 Ba'rbacan. ti. /. iLirbacatie, Tr. bar- 
 
 bacanot Span.] 
 :. A forlliication placed befoie the walls 
 
 of a town. 
 
 Within the barbacan a poller fate, 
 Day and night duly keeping watch and ward : 
 
 Nor wight nor word mole pafs out of the gate, 
 But in good order, and with due rcgairi. 
 
 Fan\' Queen. 
 
 2. A fortrefs at the er.d of a bridge. _ 
 •^.' An opening in the wall through which 
 
 the guns are levelled. 
 Barba'doks Cherry, [m^z//'/'/^"', Lat.] 
 In Ihe Weft Indies, it rifes to be fifte.n or hx- 
 teen feet high, where it produces great quanti- 1 
 tics of a pleafant tarr fruit ; propagated in gar- 
 dens there, but m Europe It is a cuiwfiiy. 
 
 Mib'er. 
 
 Barba'does Tar. A bituminous fub- 
 ilance, differing little from the petro- 
 leum floating on fcveral fprings in Eng- 
 land and Scotland. IVootkuarii. 
 
 Barba'rian. n.f. [barlarus, Lat. It 
 fecms to have fignified at firtl only a 
 toreign or a foreigner j but, in time, 
 8 
 
 BAR 
 
 ■* Implied fome degree of wilduefs or 
 cruelty.] 
 
 1. A man uncivilised, or untaught; a 
 
 favage. 
 
 Pioud Greece all nations clfc i<iii.i'fjxi held, 
 Boafting, her learning all the world excell'd. 
 
 Denhani. 
 
 Tlvcrc were not different gods among the Greeks 
 and baibanans. Slilllr.gfleet. 
 
 But with defcending (howrjsof brimltone hr'd. 
 The wild barbarian in the ftotm expir'd. Addtjon. 
 
 2. A foreigner. 
 I WDUld [hey were hcbariam, as they arc, 
 
 Though m Rome btttl'd. Shakfp. Co,:ol.,nai. 
 
 3. A brutal mon Her ; a man without pity : 
 a term of leproacli. 
 
 ""hou fell barbarian! 
 What had he done ? what could provoke thy 
 
 marhiefs 
 To aff.ilhnate lo great, lo brave a man. 
 
 ji. Pljih'fi. 
 
 Barba'rian. aJJ. Belonging to barba- 
 rians ; favage. 
 
 Some felt the filent Urokc of raould'ring ago, 
 
 Barbarian blindnefs. .''<'/"•• 
 
 Barba'riCK. adj, [barbaricus, Lat. in a 
 
 different fenfe, it means in Latin 
 
 ■u.'rought,fretteel.'\ Foreign ; far-fetched. 
 
 The gorgeous call, with richeil hand, 
 Show'rs on her kings ba,bar:ck pearl and gold. 
 Ml/ton's i'aradife Lojt. 
 The caftern front w.as glorious to behold. 
 With diamond flaming and ba,ba,ick gold. Pof4. 
 Ba'rbarism. n.f. \harbarijmm, Lat.] 
 
 1. A form of fpeech contrary to the pu- 
 rity and exaftnefs of any language. 
 
 The language is as near approaching to it, as 
 our modern /'.2rA.ir//;» will allow; which is all 
 that can be cxpefted from any now extant. 
 
 Dryd.ni javod!, DedicatiK). 
 
 2. Ignorance of arts; want of learning. 
 
 I h.ivc for barbatifn fpokc more 
 Than for that angel knowledge you can fay. 
 
 S'lakJiieaie. 
 The genius of Raphael having fucccedid to 
 the times of batban'Jn, and ignorance, the know- 
 ledge of painting is now .iirived to perfcaion. 
 
 JJrr'len's Dr4,-cfmy, I'refact. 
 
 3. Brutality; favagenefs of manners ; in- 
 civility. 
 
 Moderation ought to be had in tempering and 
 managing the Irilh, to bring them from their 
 delight of licentious barbarifm unto the love of 
 goodnefs and civility. Sfcvfer'^ he/and. 
 
 Divers great monarchies have riUn from Inr- 
 baiifm to civility, and fallen again to ruin. 
 
 Va-uiei on Ire/and, 
 
 4. Cruelty ; barbarity ; unpitying hard- 
 nefsoV heart. Not in tife. 
 
 They mult perforce have melted, 
 And barbarifm iifelf ha\c pitied him. Siai/f. 
 Barba'rity. k./ [from barbarous.] 
 
 1. Savagenefs; incivility. 
 
 2. Cruelty ; Inhumanity. 
 And they did treat him with all the rudcnefs, 
 
 reproach, and barbarity imaginable. CJarendon. 
 2. Barbarifm ; impurity of fpeech. 
 
 Next Petrarch follow'd, and in him we fee 
 What rhyme, improved in all its height, can bej 
 At bell a uleafing found, and fweet harba,Uy. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Latin cxprcfTes that in one word, which cither 
 
 the barbaritv or narrowiiefs of modern tongues 
 
 cannot fupply in more. D.yden. 
 
 Aft'cfted rchnements, which ended by degrees 
 
 in many buibaritia, before the Goths had invaded 
 
 Italy. ^■"•f- 
 
 BA'RBAROUS.ar^'. \barbare,Yx. ^aj- 
 
 Sa^-©.] ... r • -1 
 
 I. Stranger to civility ; favage; uncivil- 
 ized. 

 
 BAR 
 
 What ncpd I fay more to yuu ? \Vh:>t fai Is fo 
 I'a^baroui but liatii lieird ol Alilpliialu* ? SiJ/ity. 
 
 The ilouliHul rfamicl dare not yet commit 
 Wcrfinglc peilon to their /j.irA<jr«w.i truth. F.(^''eei!. 
 
 Thou urt a Roniiin ; ht noX iarbarcits. Sfiuijp. 
 
 He left governour, Philip, for his countiy a 
 Plirygian, and for m.uiucrs more barbarcui than 
 he that fct him tlicrc. Mitrr. 
 
 A bttrharous country muft hf. broken by war, 
 before it be capable of go\xrnment ; and wlicn 
 lubdued, if it be not well planted, it will cflfoons 
 return to barbarifm. Diiviet on hcland. 
 
 2. Ignorant ; unacquainted with arts. 
 They who rclU)rcd painting in Germany, not 
 
 having thofc relitjucs of antiquity, reuini'<i that 
 biirhiuoui manner. Diydtrt. 
 
 3. Cnicl ; inliuman. 
 
 By their ^.i'ij'i;/! ufage, he died witliia a few 
 days, to the gi itf of all that knew him. ChtrcnJcu. 
 
 B.\'rbarously. adv. [from barbarous.] 
 
 1. Ignorantly ; without knowledge or 
 arts. 
 
 2. In a manner contrary to the rules of 
 fpeecli. 
 
 We Innhar'ntjly call them bicft, 
 Wliile fwelling coAers break their owners reft. 
 
 Stcjiney. 
 
 3. Cruelly ; inhumanly. 
 
 But yet you baibarrjujly murder'd him. Dryd. 
 She wilHes it may profpcr ; but her mother 
 iifed one of her nieces very btitbaroujly. SpeOator. 
 B.'v'rbarousness. n. f. [from barba- 
 rous.] 
 I, Incivility of manners. 
 
 Excellencies of mufick and poetry are grown 
 to be little mote but the one fiddling, and the 
 other rhiining ; and are indeed very worthy of 
 the ignorance of the friar, and the btnbarcufncf^ 
 of the Guths. Temple 
 
 ». Impurity of language. 
 
 It is mucli degenerated, as touching the pure- 
 nefs of fpcech ; being overgiowii with barba- 
 rauftiefs. Bisrciutiod. 
 
 3. Cruelty. 
 
 The h,ttharMfncfi of the trial, and the per- 
 fuahves of the clergy, prevailed to antiquate it. 
 tLiic' s Comffic't Luiu. 
 7o B.v'rbecue. "v. a. A term ufed in 
 the Weft Indies for drefling a hog 
 whole; which, being fplit to the back- 
 bone, is laid flat upon a large gridiron, 
 raifed about two feet above a charcoal 
 fire, with which it is fuirounded. 
 
 Oldfield, with more than harpy throat endued. 
 Cries, Send nic, gods, a whole hog barbecued. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Ba'rbecue. n.f. A hog dreft whole, in 
 
 the Well Indian manner. 
 BA'RBED./>«r/. adj. [from To barb."] 
 
 1. Furniftied with armour. 
 
 His glittering armour iie will command to ruli, 
 His bjrbrd i\c(idi. to ftablcs, Shalfpeare. 
 
 2. Bearded ; jagged with hooks or points. 
 
 If I conjecture right, no dviziling ftiow*r. 
 But rattling ftorm of arrows ^tiri'^Y with fire. 
 
 Milton. 
 Ba'rbel. n.f. \_barbus, Lat.] 
 
 1. A kind ot fifh found In rivers, large and 
 ftrong, but coarfe. 
 
 The bmbil is fo called, by reafon of the barb 
 or wattels at his mouth, or under has chaps. 
 
 IViihott'i Angler. 
 
 2. Knots of fuperfluous flcfh growing up 
 in the channels of the mouth of a horfe. 
 
 Farrier's Dt3. 
 Ba'rber. n.f. [hom To barb.] A man 
 who (liaves the beard. 
 
 His chamlcr being rtived with friends or 
 fuitors, he gave his legs, arms, and brcalls to 
 his fetvants to drefs : his head and face to his 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 BAR 
 
 biiritr, Ills eyes to his Ictteis, .md hij e.ir» to 
 petitioners. liotion. 
 
 Thy boift'rous looks. 
 No worthy match for valour to alTail, 
 But by the iaiber's razor bcft fubdued. Milltin, 
 
 What lydcm, Dick, i, .is light averr'd 
 The caufc, wliy woman has no beard ? 
 In points like rhelc we mult agree ; 
 Our barber knows as much as wc. Frier, 
 
 To Ba'rber. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 drefs out ; to powder. 
 
 Our courtcrins -Antony, 
 Whom ne'er the word of No woman heard fpcak, 
 Being barber' d ten times o'er, goes to the fcalt. 
 
 Shakj^eat c 
 
 Barber-CiukurcF-ON. n.f. A man who 
 
 joins the practice of furgery to the bar- 
 ber's trade ; luch as were all furgeons 
 forineily, but now it is ufed only tor a 
 low practifer of ftirgery. 
 
 He put himtelf into barber-ehiritrgeom hands, 
 
 who, by unfit applications, iMrificdthe tumour. 
 
 /I jjcntnri'i Surgery. 
 
 Barber-monger, n.f. A word of re- 
 proach in Shahfpearc, which i'ccms to 
 lignify a fop ; a man decked out by his 
 barber. 
 
 Draw, you rogue; for though it be night, the 
 moon Jhines; I'll make a fop of the moonlhinc 
 of you; you whorefon, cullionly, barber-monger^ 
 diaw. ShaHpeare\ King Le.n . 
 
 Ba'rbkrry. n.f. [berberis, Lut. or o.xya- 
 canthus.] Pipperidge bufh. 
 
 The fpecies arc, i. The common barberry. 
 2. Barbirry without ftones. Tlic firll of thcfe 
 forts is very common in England, and often 
 planted for hedges. Miller. 
 
 Barberry is a plant that bears a fruit very ufc- 
 ful in houfewifcry ; that which bcareth its fruit 
 without llones is counted beli. Alorfr/ner. 
 
 Bard. n.f. [barc/dyWelth.] A poet. 
 
 There is among the Irifh a kind of people 
 called bardfj-which are to them inftead of poets; 
 whofe profeflion is to fet forth the praifes or dif- 
 pr.iifcs of men in their poems or rhiine; the 
 which are had in high regard and eftimatiun 
 among them Spenfer on Ireland. 
 
 And many hnrdi that fo the tiembling chfjrd 
 Can tune their timely voices cunningly. Fairy Q. 
 
 The bard who firft adorn'd our native tongue 
 Tun'd to his Britilh lyre this ancient fong, 
 Which Homei- might without a blulh rehearfc. 
 
 l),y.len. 
 
 BARE. adj. [bape, Sax. bar, Dan.] 
 
 1. Naked ; without covering. 
 
 The trees are bare and naked, which ufe both 
 to cloath and houfe the kern. Spei.fer. 
 
 Then ftretch'd her arms I' embrace the body 
 hare ; 
 Her clafping hands inclofe but empty air. Dryd. 
 
 In the old Rom.tn llatues, tlicic two paits 
 were ahrays tare, and expofed to view as much 
 as our iiands and face. Addijin. 
 
 2. Uncovered in refpeft. 
 
 Though the lords ufed to be covered whilft 
 the commons were bare, yet the commons would 
 not be bare before the Scottiih commilhoners ; 
 and fo none were covered. Clarendon. 
 
 3. Unadorned; plain; fimple ; without 
 ornament. 
 
 Yet was their manners then ))Ut/>rfrc and plain ; 
 For th' antique world excels and pride di<l hate. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 4. Detefted ; no longer concealed. 
 
 Thefc falfc pretexts and varnifh'd colours fail- 
 
 Bare in thy guilt, how foul thou mull appear ! 
 
 Milton. 
 
 5. Poor; indigent ; wanting plenty. 
 
 Were it for the glory of God, that the clergy 
 (huuld be left as bare as the apollles, when they 
 
 BAR 
 
 had Tf-ithcr flaff nor fcripj God would, I hope, 
 endue them with the fclf-famc affeition. 
 
 Hooker'i Prrfaet, 
 
 E\'cn from a Adretrcafury, my fucccfs has bceii 
 
 contrary to that of Mr. Cowley. D'yilen. 
 
 6. Mere ; unaccompanied with ufual re- 
 comniciidation. 
 
 It was a bare petition of a ftate 
 To one whom itity had punifhed. Sfiakfpcaie.. 
 
 Nor arc intn ptcv.iilcd upon by hare word?, 
 only througii a riefciff of knowledge; but c.Trncd 
 with thefc puffs of wind, conttai7 to knowledge. 
 
 Siuth. 
 
 7. Threadbare ; much worn. 
 
 You have an exchequer of word*, and no other 
 treafurc for jour followers; for it appears, by 
 their bare livciics, that they live by your bare 
 words. Shakfpime. 
 
 8. Not united with any thing elfe. 
 
 A defire to draw all tilings to the determina- 
 tion of bare and naked Sciipturc, hath caufcd 
 much pains to be t.ikcn in abating the credit of 
 man. ' Hester. 
 
 That which offcndeth us, is the great difgrace 
 which they offer unto our cuftom of bare reading 
 the word of God. Hooker. 
 
 9. Wanting clothes; flcnderly fupplicd 
 with clothes. 
 
 10. Sornetimes It has nf before the thing 
 wanted or taken away. 
 
 Tempt not the brave and needy to dtfpair ; 
 For, tho' your violence Ihould leave them bare 
 Of gold and filver, fwords and darts remain. 
 
 Dtyden^ 5 'Juvcn.-.l. 
 
 Making a law to reduce interejf , will not raifc- 
 
 thc price of land; it will only leave ti-.c country 
 
 barer ff money. Lorke, 
 
 To Bare. -v. a. [from the adjetJtive.] To 
 
 ftiip ; to make bare or naked. 
 
 The turtle, on the bared \jv.u\<ihf 
 Laments the wounds that death did launch. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 There is a fabulous narration, that an herb 
 
 growcth in the likenefs of a lamb, and feedcth 
 
 upon the grafs, in fuch fort as it will bare the 
 
 grafs round about. Bacon' i Natural Hijlory. 
 
 Eriphyle here he found 
 Baring her breall yet bleeding with the wound. 
 
 l^ryden. 
 He bar'd an ancient oak of all her boughs j 
 Then on a rifing ground the trunk he piae'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 For virtue, when I point the pen. 
 Bare the mean heartthat lurks beneath a ftar | 
 Can tiiere be wanting to defend her caul'e, 
 Ligiils of the church, or guardians of the laws ? 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Bare, or Bore. The preterit of To tear. 
 
 Ba'rebone. n.f. [frum bare anil bone.] 
 
 Lean, fo that the bones appear. 
 
 Here comes lean Jack, here comes harebone : 
 
 how long is it ago. Jack, fmce thou fawelt thy 
 
 own knee ? Sbakfpeare^ s Henry iv. 
 
 Ba'ref.vced. adj. [from bare ^n&face.] 
 
 1. With the face naked ; not mallced. 
 
 Your French crowns have no hair at all, and 
 then you will play barefaced. Shatfpiare. 
 
 2. Sliamelcfs ; unreferved ; without con- 
 cealment ; undifguifed. 
 
 Theanimofitics cncreafcd, and the parties ap- 
 peared barefaced againft each otiicr. ilarendon. 
 
 It is moft certain, th.rt barefaced bawdry is the 
 poorell pretence to wit imaginable. Dryden. 
 
 Baref a'cedlv. adv. [from barefaced.'] 
 
 Openly; /hamefiilly; without difguife. 
 
 Thoogh only fomc profligate wrerciies own it 
 
 too barefacedly, yet, perhaps, we Ihould hear 
 
 more, did not fear tie people's tongues. Locke. 
 
 Barefa'cedness. n.f. [fyow\ bareftcetl.] 
 Etirontery ; affurance ; audacioiifnefs. 
 
 Ba'refoot. ailj. [from bare 'iw^ foot. 1 
 Having no flioes. 
 
 U
 
 BAR 
 
 Tt hath been obfervcd by one of the ancients, 
 thar Ml empty barrr], knocked upon with the 
 finger, givcth a diap:»fon to the found of the like 
 barrel full. Bacon. 
 
 Trembling to approach 
 The little /'nrre/ which he fears to broach. Vryden. 
 
 2. A piirticolnr meafure in liquids. A Itir- 
 jy/ of wine is thirly-one orallon,? and a 
 half; of ale, thirty-two gallons; of beer, 
 thirty-fix gallons ; and of beer-vinegar, 
 thirty-four gallons. 
 
 3. [In dry meafure.] A barrel of EfTex 
 butter contains one hundred and fix 
 pounds ; of Suffolk butter, two hundred 
 and tifty-fix. A /'..vvr/ of herrings fliould 
 contain thirty-two gallons wine tnea- 
 fiire, holding ufually a thoufand her- 
 rings. 
 
 Several colleges, inftead of limiting their renis 
 to a certain fuin, prevailed with their tenants to 
 pay the price of fo many banth of corn, as the 
 market went. Sw/f/. 
 
 4. Any thing hollow ; as, the barrel of a 
 gun, that part which holds the fliot. 
 
 Take the />.:rtr/ of a long gun pcrfe^Sfly bored, 
 fet it upright witu the breech upon the ground, 
 and take a bullet exaflly fit for it ; then, if you 
 fuck at tlie niou:h of the barrel ever fo gently, 
 the bullet will come up fo forcibly, that it will 
 hazard Che IJriking out your teeth. Dighy, 
 
 5. A cylinder; frequently that cylinder 
 about which any thing is wound. 
 
 Youi firing and bow mull be accommodated to 
 your drill ; if too weak, it will not carry about 
 the bar f el. Mo\o>i 
 
 6. Barrel of the Ear, is a cavity behind 
 the tympanum, covered with a fine 
 membrane. Ditl. 
 
 ToBa'ruel. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 put any thing in a bancl for prefervation. 
 
 I woidd have their beef beforehand barTElled, 
 whicli may be iifed as is needed. Spe^ifcr. 
 
 Barrel up earth, and fnw fome feed in it, and 
 put it in the bottom of a pond. Bacdn. 
 
 B.\'rp..el-bellif.d. adj. [from ^orrf/ and 
 helly.'\ Having a large belly. 
 
 Dauntlefs at empty nodes ; lofty neck'd. 
 Sharp headed, barrcl-hdly' d, broadly back'd. 
 
 B.VRREN. ml). [bape,Sax. naked; pro- 
 perly applied to trees or ground unfruit- 
 ful.] 
 
 1. Without the quality of producing its 
 kind; not prolilick : applied to animals. 
 
 They hail'd hina father to a line of kings. 
 Upon my head they phc'd a fruitlefs crown. 
 And put a barren Iccptre in my gripe. 
 No fon of mine fuccccding. Shakfpcare. 
 
 There Ihall not be male or hm-:\U barren zmong 
 you, or among your cattle. Deuteronomy. 
 
 2. Unfruitful ; not fertile ; fterile. 
 
 The lituation of this city is plcafant, but the 
 water is naught, and the ground barren. 2 Kin^\. 
 
 Telemachns is far from exalting the nature of 
 his coinitty; he confclTes it to be iarrra. Pofe. 
 
 3. Not copious ; fcanty. , 
 
 Some fchemes will appear ^.irrt-w of hints and 
 matter, but piove to l-c fruitful. Swift. 
 
 4. Unmeaning ; uninventive ; dull. 
 
 There be of them that wi!l make themfeUes 
 laugii, to let on fomc quantity of barren fpedla- 
 turs to laugh too. Shaifjifarr. 
 
 Ba'rrenly. adv. [from barren.'^ Un- 
 
 fruilfully. 
 Ba'rrkmnf.ss. n.f. [hom barren.] 
 1, Want of offspring ; want of the power 
 tf procreation. 
 
 I pi ly'd for chilf^ien, and thought larrentrpf^ 
 liv wedlock a reproach. Milton. 
 
 1 
 
 BAR 
 
 No more be mentioned then of violence 
 Againll ouifelves ; and wilful barrennejs, 
 That cuts us otT from hope. Milt'jn. 
 
 2. Unfruitfulnefs ; fterllity ; infertility. 
 
 Within the fclf-fame hamlet, lands have divers 
 degrees of value, through the diverhty of their 
 fertility or barrennefs. Bacon. 
 
 3. Want of invention ; want of the power 
 of producing any thing new. 
 
 The adventures of UiylTes are imitated in the 
 j^ncis ; though the accidents arc not the fame, 
 which would have argued him of a total barren- 
 nefs of Invention. Dryden. 
 
 4. Want of matter ; fcantlnefs. 
 
 The importunity of our advetfaries hath con- 
 ftrained us longer to dwell than the barrenmfi of 
 fo poor a caufe could have feemcd cither to re- 
 quire or to admit. Hooker. 
 
 5. [In theology.] Aridity; want of emo- 
 tion or fcnfibllity. 
 
 Thegrcatcll faints fomctimcs are fervent, and 
 fometimes (cel:i barrennefs of devotion. Taylor. 
 
 Ba'rrf.nwort. n,/. [epimedittm, Lat.] 
 
 A plant. 
 Ba'rktvv. adf. [(rom bar and full.] Full 
 
 of oblbuftions. 
 
 AiarifulRtifcl. 
 Whoe'er I woo, myfelf would be his wife. Sbak. 
 BARttiCA'DE. ti.f. [!>arrieade, Tr.] 
 
 1. A fortification, made in hafte, of trees, 
 earth, waggons, or any thing elfe, to 
 keep ofl'an attack. 
 
 2. Any flop; bar; obdrudion. 
 
 There mud be fuch a barrica.le^ as would great- 
 ly annoy, or abfoiuttiy flop, the currents of the 
 armofphere. Dei Irani 
 
 To Barrica'de. IK a. [iarricader, Fr.J 
 
 1. To flop up a paflage. 
 
 Kow all the pavement founds with trampling 
 feet, 
 And the naixt hurry harrica.les the ftreet ; 
 Entangled here, the waggon's Icngthen'd team. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 2. To hinder by floppage. 
 
 \ new vulcano continually difchaiging that 
 matter, whicti being till then barrictiletl up and 
 imprifoncd in the bowels of the earth, was the 
 occ.ifion of very great and frequent calamities. 
 
 IVoodwarct. 
 Bar Ric a'do. .n.yi [barricada. Span.] A 
 fortification ; a bar ; any thing fixed to 
 hinder entrance. 
 
 The acccfs was by a neck of land, between the 
 fea on one part, and the harbour water, or inner 
 fea, on the tither; forlilied clean over with a 
 i^rong rainpicr and barrio ado. jiaton. 
 
 To Barrica'do. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 To fortify ; to bar ; to flop tip. 
 
 Faft we found, fall fhut 
 
 The difmal gates, and barricadolij i\voi\^\ Alilton. 
 
 He had not time to b.iriiimt^^ the doors; (o 
 
 that the enemy entered. '^y. Clarendon. 
 
 The truth of caufc-s we find fo ofifclcrated, that 
 
 it feems dlmolX barricad'^cd from aiitintelledlu.il 
 
 approach. ~ ^Harirey. 
 
 Barrier, n.f. \^br.rriere,Vr. It is fome- 
 times pronounced with the accent on 
 the laft lyilable, but it is placed more 
 properly on the firrt.] ^ 
 
 1. A burricade ; an entrenchment. ■'■ 
 
 Safe in the love of lieav'n, an ocean flows 
 Around our realm, a ^tj^-r/rr from the foes. Pope. 
 
 2. A fortification, or ftrong plact, as on 
 the frontiers of a country. 
 
 The queen is guarantee of the Dutch, having 
 poUeffion of the barrier j and the revenues thereof, 
 before .1 peace. Swift. 
 
 3. A ilop ; an obftrutfiion. 
 
 Ifyju value yourfeil as a mail of learning, you 
 
 BAR 
 
 arc building a moll imp.iffablc barrier againi^ im» 
 provement. fj^attj, 
 
 4. A bar to mark the limits of any place. 
 
 For julVs, and tourneys, and barriers, the glo- 
 ries of them are chiefly in the chariots, wherein 
 the challengers make their entries. Bacon. 
 
 Pris'ners to the pillar bound. 
 At either barrier plac'd ; nor, captives made. 
 Be fieed, or arm'd anew. Uryde/i, 
 
 5. A boundary ; a limit. 
 
 But wave whate'er to Cadmus may belong, 
 Antl fix, O mufe, the barrier of thy fong 
 At Oedipus. Fofe'i Siatiut. 
 
 How inflintfl varies in the groveling fwine, 
 Compar'd, half reas'ning elephant I with thine: 
 'Twixt that and rcafon what a nice barrier ! 
 For ever Icp'rate, yet for ever near. Pope. 
 
 Ba'rrister. n.f. [from ^flr. ] A perfon 
 qualified to plead caufes, called an ad- 
 vocate or licentiate in other countries 
 and courts. Outer barriflers are pleaders 
 without the bar, to diftinguilh them 
 from inner barriflers ; fuch are the 
 benchers, or thofe who have been 
 readers, the counfel of the king, queen, 
 and princes, who are admitted to plead 
 within the bar. A counlcllor at law. 
 
 Blount. Chambers. 
 Ba'rrow. n.f. [bepepe. Sax. fuppofed 
 by Sh'mner to come from bear.] Any 
 kind of carriage moved by the hand ; 
 as, a hand-barrow, a frame of boards, 
 with handles at each end, carried be- 
 tween two men ; a ivheel-barroiu, that 
 which one man pufhes forward by 
 ralfing it upon one wheel. 
 
 Have I lived to be carried in a bafkct, like a 
 barroiv of butcher's offal, and thrown into the 
 Thames? Sbakfpeaie. 
 
 No barroiu^i wheel 
 Shall mark thy flocking with a miry trace. Ga\, 
 Ba'rrow. n.f. [bejig. Sax.] A hog ; 
 
 whence barrovi greafe, or hog's lard. 
 B.vrrgw, whether ■'" the beginning or 
 end of names of places, fignifies a 
 grove ; from beappe, which the Saxons 
 ufed in the fame fenle. Cibfon. 
 
 Barrow is likewife ufed in Cornwall for 
 a hillock, under which, in old times, 
 bodies have been buried. 
 To BA'ilTER. r. n. [bt:,-tincr, Fr. to 
 trick ill tratlick ; from barat, craft, 
 fraud.] To traftick by exchanging one 
 commodity for another, in oppofition to 
 purchafing with money. 
 
 As if they Icoin'd to trade and barter, 
 
 By gi\'ing or by taking qii.irtcr. Uudibra\. 
 
 A m.m has not every thing glowing upon iiis 
 
 foil, and therefore ii willing to batter with Ins 
 
 neighbour. Collitf. 
 
 To Ba'rter. v. a. 
 
 I. To give any thing in exchange for 
 fonietliing elfe. 
 
 For him was I exchang'd and ranfom'd ; 
 But with a bafer man of arms by far 
 Once, in contempt, they would have he'ter'd me ' 
 
 Shakfpea' c. 
 
 Tl-.en as thou wilt difpofe the reft, 
 
 To thofe who, at the maikct rate, 
 
 Can bnfler honour fur eflate. Prior. 
 
 I fee nothing left us, but to truck and barter 
 
 our goods, like the wild Indians, with each other. 
 
 Swft. 
 2. Sometimes it is ufed with the particle 
 away before the thing given. 
 
 If ihcv will bc'ier aiuay their time, meihinks 
 tiicy Ihould at Icall l.ivc fome eale in exchange. 
 Decay of I'io'w
 
 BAR 
 
 He alfb [jarler'tlatuay plums, that would h.ivt 
 rotted in a week, for nuts that would l.ill good 
 for hisc.iting a whole year. - L'.r^f. 
 
 Ba'rter. «./. [from the verb.] Tlit art 
 or practice ol trafEckiiig by exchange 
 of commothiics; fometimes the thing 
 given in exchange. 
 
 From Eiiijiand they may he fiirniflicd with fueh 
 
 things as they may want, and, in exchange or 
 
 barter, fend other things with which they may 
 
 - ahound. Bac'jii 
 
 Me who corruptcth Englifh with foreign woid.^, 
 
 is as wife as hidies th.it ch.n!ge plate for china ; 
 
 for which the landahle tratfick of old clothes is 
 
 miici> the fairtrt hortcr. Fci'ion 
 
 Ba'rter ER,«. /. \irom barter.'^ Hetliat 
 
 traffick.3 by exchange of commotlities. 
 Ba'i{TM<v. «./. [from barter.'] Excharrge 
 of commoJities. 
 
 It is a reccis-cd opinion, that, in moft ancient 
 ngcs, tliere was only bartsry or exchange of com- 
 modities amoiigft moft nations. CatnderCs Rctn'iim. 
 Ba'uton. n.f. The dcmefne lands of a 
 manour ; the manour-houfe itfelf ; and 
 fometimes the out-houfes. Blount. 
 
 Ba'rtram. n.f. A plant; the fame with 
 
 pellitory. 
 BASE. adj. \_bas, Fr. laffo, Ital. baxo, 
 Span, bajjiis, low Latin; iSccirr.] 
 
 1. Mean; vile; worthlefs : of things. 
 
 The harvcli white plumb is a ba[e plumh, and 
 the white date plumb are no very good plumbs. 
 
 Biuon. 
 Pyreicus was only famous for counterfeiting all 
 baje things, as earthen pitchers, a fcullcry ; 
 whereupon he was furnamed Rupogiaphus. 
 
 Ff-acham. 
 
 2. Of mean fpirit ; difingenuous ; illiberal ; 
 ungenerous ; low ; without dignity of 
 fentiment : of perfons. 
 
 Since the perfections are fuch in the party I 
 love, as the feeling of tfacm cannot come unto 
 any unnohlc heart ; fliall that heart, lifted up to 
 fuch a height, he counted hafe ? Sidr.iy. 
 
 I: is hi^fi in his advcrfarics thus to dwell upon 
 the cxc-ltcs of a palT.on. ^tterbu'y. 
 
 3. Of low flation; of mean account; 
 without dignity of rank ; without 
 honour. 
 
 If the lords and chief men degencr.itc, wh.it 
 fhall be hoped of the peafants and hajer people ? 
 Spenfer on IrelaftJ. 
 If that rebellion 
 C.ime, like itfelf, in iaj-- .and ahjeift routs, 
 Yoa, reverend father, and thefe noble lords. 
 Had not ht-en here. Sh.ilcfpcare. 
 
 It could not cKe be, I Ihnuld prove fo bafc 
 To fuc and be denied fjch common grace. Shak 
 And I will yet be more vile than this, and will 
 be haf€ in mine own fight. z Sainu^-l. 
 
 Iiifuiretftious of titife people are commonly 
 more furious in their beginnings. Jiucon. 
 
 He, whofe mind 
 ^ Is virtuous, is alone of noble kind; 
 
 Though poor in fortune, of ccleftial race ; 
 And he commits the crime who calls him bafir. 
 
 Dry.kn. 
 
 4. Bafe-born ; born out of wedlock, and 
 by confcqiience of no honotnable biith ; 
 illegitimate. 
 
 Why baftard ? wherefore ^u/?.''. 
 
 When my dimenfions areas well compa»5l 
 
 As honeft madam's ilfue. Shakfpt-ate. 
 
 This young lord loll his life with his father in 
 
 the field, and with them a bnj^ fon. CimJe^i. 
 
 5. .Applied to metals, without value. It 
 is tifed in this fenfe of all metal except 
 gold and lilver. 
 
 A guinea is pure gold, if it h.is nothing but 
 geld in it, without any alloy or bufer metal. 
 
 Hulls. 
 
 B A S 
 
 6. Applied to founds, deep ; grave. It is 
 inore frequently written bajs, though 
 tlic comparative in/a- fccins to require 
 
 In pipes, the lower the note holes he, and the 
 further horn the mouth of the pipe, me more 
 bjfe fou.ri they yield. Hjcan 
 
 Base-bokn. a.lj. Corn out of wedlock. 
 
 But lee thy baje-bmn ehdd, thy babe of (hame. 
 Who, kit by thee, upon our parifti came. G^y 
 Base-couut. n.f. [ias cour, Fr.] Lower 
 court ; not the chief court that leads to 
 the houfe ; the back-yard ; tiie farm- 
 yard. 
 
 My loul, in the bife-com t he doth attend, 
 To fpcak with you. Skitjpcare. 
 
 Base-minde D. a(^'. Mean-fpirited ; worth- 
 lefs. 
 
 It fignificth, as it feemcth, no more than ab- 
 ject, hajc-mtndcd, falfe-hcartcd, coward, or 
 nidget. Cuttutcn^s Rctttitim. 
 
 Base-viol. n.f. [iifually written bafs- 
 viol.] An inllrumcnt which is ufed in 
 concerts for the bafe found. 
 
 At the Hrii grin he caft every human feature 
 out of his countenance; at the fecond, he be- 
 came the head of a baft-viol. Addijtn. 
 
 Base. n.f. \las,Y\-. hafts, 'L.-i.'i.'] 
 
 1. The bottom of any thing: commonly 
 ufed for the lower part of a building, 
 or coltuTiii. 
 
 What if it tempt thee tow'rd the flood, my 
 *• lord ? 
 Oi to the di-eadful fumqjlt of the cliff. 
 That beetles o'er his baft into the fca ? S-hai:ff. 
 
 Film Dorick pillars found your folid bafs ; 
 The fair Corinthian crowns the higher fpace. 
 
 Dryden. 
 And all below is ftrength, and all above is 
 grace, 
 Columns of polilh'd marble, fiimly fet 
 On golden b,ij<i, arc his legs and feet. Viiai . 
 
 2. The pedellalof a ftatue. 
 
 Men of weak abilities in great place, are like 
 little ftatues fet on great baja, made the lefs by 
 their advancement. B-uon. 
 
 Mercury was patron of flocks, and the an- 
 cients pLiccd a ram at the bafc of his images. 
 
 Brame . 
 
 3. That part of any ornament which hangs 
 down, as houhiigs. 
 
 Phaldrtus was all ni wliirc, having his b.ifei 
 and caparifon embroidered. Sidney, 
 
 4. The broad part of any body; as, the 
 bottom of a cone. 
 
 5. Stockings, er perhaps the armour for 
 the legs, [from has, Fr.] 
 
 Nor Ihall it e'er he faid that wight, 
 With gauntlot blue and bixfes white. 
 And rouil4 lullint truncheon by his fide, 
 So great a man at arms defy'd. Hudihias. 
 
 6. The place from which racers or tilters 
 run ; the bottom of the iield ; the car- 
 eer, the ftarting poft. 
 
 He laid ; to their appointed bafe they went ; 
 With beating heart ih' e.speaing fign receive. 
 And, flartmg .rll at once, the barrier leave. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 7. The ftring that gives a bafe found. 
 
 At thy well fliarpeii'd thumb, from fhore to 
 (hore. 
 The trebles i^ueak for fear, the bafei roar. Dryd. 
 
 8. An old ruftick play, WTitten by Skinner 
 bays, and in fome counties called prifun 
 bars. 
 
 He with two ftriplings (hads more like to run 
 The country hafe, than to commit fuch flaughtcr) 
 Made good the paffage. S/iiif^eM,: 
 
 B A S 
 
 To Base. v. a. [i^^/f.-r, Fr.] Toembafe' 
 to make kfs valuable by admixture of 
 meaner metals. 
 
 I am doubtful whether men have fufficiently 
 refined metals, which we c.innot bafe : as, whc- 
 thci iron, brals, and tin be refined to tiic height. 
 
 £aron, 
 
 Ba'sely. arlv. [from bafe.] 
 
 1 . In a bafe manner ; meanly ; dilhonour- 
 
 ably. 
 
 The king is not himfelf, but iafely led 
 By H.ittcrers. Shakfprar,. 
 
 A lieutenant bafcly gave it up, as fcon as 
 Eifex in his p.ilTige demanded it. Clarendw. 
 
 Wiih broken vows his fame' he will not (fain. 
 
 With coneiucll bc^fe/y bought, and with inglorious 
 
 gain. V'yderi. 
 
 2. In ballardy. 
 
 Thefe two Mitylene brethren, bafity born, 
 crept out of a fmall galliot unto the majcfiy of 
 great kings. Km.'.'a, 
 
 Ba'seness. n.f [^from Imfe.] 
 
 1. Meannefs ; vilenefs ; badnefs. 
 
 Such is the power of that fwcet paffion. 
 That it all forilid l,afenej\ doth expel. Spenftr. 
 
 Your foul's above the bafenefs of diftruil : 
 Nothing but love could make you fo unjull. 
 
 Dry-iin. 
 When a man's folly muft be fprcad open be- 
 fore the angels, and'all his hafmefs ripr up be- 
 fore thofe pure fpirits, this will be a double hell. 
 
 S'juth. 
 
 2. Vilenefs of metal. 
 
 We alleged the fraudulent obtaining his patent, 
 the bajemfs of his metal, and tlie prodigious fum 
 to be coined. Swjt. 
 
 3. Baftardy ; illegitimacy of birth. 
 
 Wiiy brand they us 
 With bafe .> wilh buj^ncj. ? baftardy ? Shalf. 
 
 4. Deepnefs of found. 
 
 The jull and meaiured proportioH of the air 
 perculTed towards the bujcnsp or Ireblenofs of 
 tones, is one of the gteateft fecrets in the con- 
 templation of founds. B'uct. 
 To BASH. V. n. [probably from baJe.] 
 'To be afliamed ; to be confounded willi 
 
 fliame. 
 
 His countenance was bold, and ba.ijed not 
 For Goyon's looks, but fcoinful eye-glance at 
 
 him (hot. Spenf.r. 
 
 Basha'w. n.f. [fometimes wtitteni<_^.3 
 A title of honour and commdnd among 
 the Turks ; the viceroy of a province ; 
 the general of an army. 
 
 The Turks made an expedition into Perfia ; 
 and, bcciufe of the ftrairs of the mountains, the 
 bajhaiv confulted which w.ay they ihould get in. - 
 
 Bacor.. 
 
 Ba'shful. adj. [This word, with all thofe 
 of the fame race, are of uncertain ety- 
 mology. Skinner imagines them derived 
 from hafc, or mean ; JVUnJle-tv, from vcr- 
 haefen, Dut.to ftrike with aftonifluiicnt ; 
 Junius, from Sir..:, which he finds in 
 Hefychhis to iignify^«'«.'. The conjec- 
 ture of Mhijljeiu feems moll probable.] 
 Modell ; fli:imefaoed. 
 I never tempted hcrwith woid too large; 
 But, as a brother to his filicr, (hcw'd 
 £<i/«>/i//fincerity, and comely love. Shakfpiare, 
 
 . Shecplfh ; vitioufly modell. 
 
 He looked with an almort i,j/i/ v.' kind of mo- 
 derty, as if he fcareil the eyes of man. Si.lrry. 
 
 Hence, bafiif\i cunning! 
 And prompt me, plain and holy innocence. 
 
 Skakjpcare. 
 
 Our author, anxious for his fame to-rjght. 
 And b.ij!if'ul in his firft attempt to write, 
 Lies cautioully obfcurc. AjLh'fait,
 
 B A S 
 
 BA'sHFULtY. adv. [from bajhful.'] Ti- 
 
 inoroiiily ; modtllly. 
 Ba'shfulness. n. f. [from bojliful.^ 
 1. Modefty, as lliown in outward appear- 
 ance. 
 
 Philocica a little mufed how to cut the thrcari 
 c^en, with eyes, cliecks, and lips, whereof eacti 
 fang their pait, tu mskc up tiic harmony ol 
 b<ijhf:,]mfi. Suincy- 
 
 Such looks, fuch id/!/../«/i, might well adorn 
 The cheeks of youths that arc moic nobly born. 
 
 I. Vitious or ruftick (liame. 
 
 For fear had bequeathed his room to his kinf- 
 man hLiJifulm-fi, to lc;ic!i hitii good manners. 
 
 Sidney. 
 There are others who have not altogether fo 
 much of this foolilh b.j/hfulrnfs, and who nlk 
 every one's opinion. Diyiiert. 
 
 Basil, n.y. [prymnip,'L.VL\..'\ A plant, 
 Ba'sil. n, f. Tlie angle to which the edge 
 of a joiner's tool is ground away. See 
 To Basil. 
 Ba'sil. n. f. The flciii of a (lieep tanned. 
 Tiiis is, I believe, more properly written 
 bafen. 
 To Ba'sil. v. j. To grind the edge of a 
 tool to an angle. 
 
 Thefc chilTel.'.aie not ground to fuch a ha/il as 
 tl,e joiners chiffL-ts, on one of the fides, but arc 
 h,i/:!eA away on both the H.« fides; fo that tne 
 edge lies between both the fides in the middle 
 of the tool. Mcxori. 
 
 Basi'lica. «./. [3c<triXixr.] The mid- 
 dle vein of the arm, fo called by way 
 of pre eminence. It is likewife attri- 
 buted to many medicines for the fame 
 reafon. ^I'tncy. 
 
 Basi'lical. 7 adj. [from bafillca. See 
 Basi'lick. j Basilica.] Belonging 
 to the bafilick vein. 
 
 Thcfe aneurifms fullowingalways upon bleed 
 ing the b.ifilirk vein, mull We aneurifms of th< 
 humeral artery. Sharp. 
 
 Basi'lick. n.f. lbn/i/iqiif,Yr. Q^n ly-.] 
 A large hall, having two ranges of pil- 
 lars, and two ides or wings, with gal- 
 leries over them. Thcfe bufilicls were 
 firft made foi' the palaces of princes, ami 
 afterward converted Into courts of ji-f 
 tice, and lalily into churches ; whence a 
 biifilick is generally taken for a magn-- 
 ficent church, as the hajdkl of St. Eeter 
 at Rome. 
 
 Basi'licon. n.f. \B-jL!r\K\Hm.'\ An oint- 
 ment, called alfo tetrapharmaeon. 
 
 ^tincy. 
 
 1 made inclfion into the cavity, and put a 
 
 pledget of bajilican over i(. W!Uman. 
 
 Ba'silisk. n.f. \bafdifcus, Lat. of ;Sa- 
 ci\\c>i<^, of ^ao-iAiu;, a king.] 
 
 1 . A kind of ferpent, called alfo a cocka- 
 trice, which is faid to drive away all 
 others by his hifling, and to kill 
 looking. 
 
 Make me not fightcd like the haliHlk; 
 I'vclook'don thoufjnds who have fped the better 
 By my tejard, but kiH'duone fo. Sh.ikjpeurc, 
 
 The haf}!:Jk w.is a ferpeut not „bovc three 
 palms long, and differenced fiom other fsrpenis 
 by advanciniT his head, and fjine white inaiks 
 or curjnary fpjts upon the crown. Brown. 
 
 2. A fpecies of cannon or ordnance. 
 
 VVc praflik to make fxificr motions than any 
 you have, ^!nd to make them ftronger and m.Te 
 violent than yours arc; exceeding your grcateft 
 cannons and bafilijki. Bacon 
 
 8 
 
 oy 
 
 B A S 
 
 a'sin, n.f. \hrjin, Fr. bac'iU.) bacino, 
 Ital. It is often written bafon, but not 
 according to etymology.] 
 
 1. A fniall velfel to hold water for wadilng, 
 or other ufes. 
 
 Let one attend him with a filver bitfm, 
 Full of rofc-water, and beflrew'd with Howers. 
 
 Shdkfpeitre. 
 
 We liave little wells for infufjons, where the 
 waters take the virtue quicker, and better than 
 in vcir-ls and bafmi. Bacor:. 
 
 We behold a piece of filvcr in a fut/irj, when 
 water is put upon it, which v.-e could not dif- 
 cover b;;fore, as under the verge thereof. Brown. 
 
 2. A fmall pond. 
 
 On one fide of the walk you fee this hollow 
 bajirij with its fevcral little plantations lying con- 
 veniently under the eye of the beholder. Spe^. 
 
 3. A part of the fea enclofed in rocks, 
 with a D.irrow entrance. 
 
 Tile jutting land two ample bays divides ; 
 The fjaeinus /'u/his arcl ing rocks inclofe, 
 A fure defence from ev'ty ftoi m that blows. Pope. 
 
 4. Any hollow place capacintis of liquids. 
 
 If this rotation docs the fcas ;rffc(ff. 
 The rapid motion rather would ejeit 
 The (fores, the low cap.icious caves cont.iin. 
 And from its ample btijin call the main. 
 
 B/.ickrfrrre. 
 
 5. A dock for repairing and building (hips. 
 
 6. In anatomy, a round cavity lituate be- 
 tween the anterior ventricles of the 
 brain. 
 
 7. A concave piece of metal, by which 
 glafs-grindcrs form their convex glafTes. 
 
 8. A toimd Ihell or'c ""^ of iron placed over 
 a fiunacc, in which hattfi .tiotild the 
 matter of a hat into form. 
 
 9. Bnfins of a Balance, the faine with the 
 fcdles ; one to hold the weight, the Other 
 the thing to be weighed. 
 
 Ba'sis. II. f. \hafn, Lat.] 
 
 1. The foundation of any thing, as of a 
 column or a bn Iding. 
 
 It inirll folio*', th vt Paradife, being raifed to 
 this height, mufl h:rve the compafs of the whole 
 earth for a hafii and fjundati.'n. Raleigh. 
 
 Afcc nd my chariot, guide the rapid wheels 
 That fli.ike heav'n's bufn Milton. 
 
 In altar wife a ftately pile they rear; 
 The bafn broad below, and top advanc'd in air. 
 
 Dydfn. 
 
 2. The lowed of the three principal part;- 
 of a column, whicli are ihc biifs , Jk.f , 
 and capital. 
 
 Obtcrvmg an Englifh infcription upon the 
 bafii, we read it over fevcral times. ^jM/en. 
 
 3. That on which any thing is raifed. 
 
 Such fccms thy gentle height, nMdc only pioud 
 To be the /ui/rs of that pompous loaih 
 Than which a nobler weight no mtn. itain bears. 
 
 I. Denham. 
 
 4. The pededal. 
 
 How many times (hall Caefar bleed in jport, 
 That now on Pompcy's l'tift\ lies along 
 No worthier than the dud ? Sh.ikfpeart. 
 
 5. The groundwork or firft principle of 
 any tiling. 
 
 Build me thy fortune upon the btiji^ of valour. 
 
 Shukf^eare. 
 The friendftiips of the woild are oft 
 Confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleflfure; 
 Ours has fevered virtue for its b-ijii. ^djifon. 
 To Bask. v. a. [iacieren, Dut. Siinner.] 
 To warm by laying out in tlie heat : 
 ufed almoll always of animals. 
 
 And (Ireteii'd out all the chimney's length, 
 Ba/ii at the (ire his hairy (Irength. Mi/ton. 
 
 He Vis ba/iing himfelf in the gleam of the fun. 
 L'E/I range. 
 
 B A 
 
 'Tis all thy bufincfs, bulinefs how to diun," 
 To ba/i thy naked body in the fun. VryJeii. 
 
 To Bask. v. n. To lie in the warmth. 
 
 About him, and above, and round the wood. 
 The birds that haunt the borders of his flood, 
 That bath'd within, or iaji'd upon his fide. 
 To tuneful fongi then- nairow throats apply'd. 
 
 Vryden. 
 Unlock'd in covers, let her freely run 
 To range thy courts, and bu/k befo]e the fun. 
 
 Ticiel/. 
 Some in the fields of pureft scther play, 
 And baji and whiten in the blaie of day. Pope. 
 Ba'sket. «./. '[6,i/l'ed,Wt:\(h ; bafcaudjt 
 Lat. Barbara depiclis veiiit bafcauda 
 Brllann'is. Martial.] A vcfifcl made of 
 twigs, rufhes, or fplinters, or fome other 
 fleiidcr bodies interwoven. 
 
 IKic is a/'n/Zc/; he may creep in, and tlirow 
 foul linen upon him, as if going to bucking. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 Thus while I fung, my furrows I deceiv'd. 
 And bending nlicis into bajkets weav'd. Drydcn. 
 Poor Peg was forced to go haw king and ped- 
 dling ; now and then carrying a bnjkrt of (i(h to 
 the market. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Ba'sket-hilt. n.f. [from bajket and 
 h'tlt. ] A hilt of a weapon fo made as to 
 contain the whole hand, and defend it 
 from being wounded. 
 
 His purlTant fword unto his fide. 
 Near his undaunted heart, was ty'd : 
 With biijkct-liill, that would hold broth, 
 And ferve for fight and dinner both. Hudibrat. 
 Then beef they often in their murrions ftew'd. 
 And in their bujkct-hilti their bev'rage brcw'd. 
 
 King, 
 Ba'sket-woman. n.f. [from hafket and 
 luoman.^ A woman that plies at inar- 
 kets with a baflict, ready to cany home 
 any thing that is bought. 
 Bass. u. f. [luppufcd by _7»n/w to be de- 
 rived, like bq/hct, from fomeBritifh word 
 fignifying a riijh ; but perhaps more 
 properly written bofs, from the French 
 boffe.~\ A mat ufed in churches. 
 
 Having woollen yarn, bap mat, or fuch like, 
 to bind liicm withal. Mortimer. 
 
 To Bass. v. n. To found In a deep tone. 
 The thunder. 
 That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounc'd 
 Tije name of Piofper: it did bap my trcfpafs. 
 
 Shakjpeare, 
 
 Bass. adj. [See Base.] In mufick, grave; 
 deep. 
 
 Bass-relief, n.f. [^itom has , anA relief, 
 raifed work, Fr.] Sculpture, the figures 
 of which do not (land out from the 
 ground in their full proportion. Felibien 
 dillinguinies three kinds of baf-relief : 
 in the firft, the front figures appear al- 
 moft with the full relief ; in the fecond, 
 they (land out no more than one half; 
 and in the third much lefs, as in coins. 
 
 Bass-viol. See Base Viol. 
 
 On the fweep of the arcli lies one of the Mufes, 
 playing on a bap-x^id. Dryden, 
 
 Ba'ssa. See Bashaw. 
 
 Ba'sset. n.f. \baffet, Fr.] A game at 
 cards, invented at Venice. 
 
 Gameflers would no more blafpheme; and 
 lady Dabchcck's bajfet bank, would be broke. 
 
 Dcnnii, 
 
 BJSSO RELIEVO. [Ital.] See Bass- 
 relief. 
 Ba'ssock. n.J, The fame with iafs. 
 Basso'n. J «•/. {baffon,Yt, A mufical 
 Basso'on. 3 inllrumcnt of the wind kind.
 
 B A S 
 
 blown with a reecl, and furnidied with 
 eleven holes, which are lloppcd like other 
 large flutes; its diameter at bottom is 
 nine inches, and it ferves for the bafs in 
 concerts of hautboys, (sfc. Trevoux. 
 BA'STARD. n.f. [hajlarild, Wellh, of 
 low birth ; baJlanU, Fr.] 
 
 1 . BaJlarJ, according to the civil andcanon 
 law, is a peifon born of a woman out 
 of wedlock, or not married ; fo that, 
 according to order of law, his father ij 
 not known. Ayliffe. 
 
 Him tu the Lydian king Lycimnia bac, 
 And font her boartcd bajiard [o Che war. Drydcn. 
 
 2. Any thing fpurious or falfe. 
 
 Words 
 Bui routed in your tongue; b.ijlardj and fyllablc-s 
 Or no allowance to your iiotoin's truth. S^^^/p. 
 
 3. A kind oflweet wine. 
 
 Score a pint of bajlard. — 
 Then your blown hii^urd'is youronly drinl^. S/ittk. 
 Ba'stard. ai!j. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. Begotten out of wedlock ; illegitimate. 
 
 Peace is a vei7 ap iplexy, lethargy, infcn- 
 fible, a getter of nio\ c tiijlar J children than war's 
 a deltroyer of men. Shakfpcare. 
 
 2. Spurious ; not genuine ; fuppoiititlous ; 
 falfe ; adulterate^ In this fenfe, any 
 thiiig which bears fome relation or re- 
 femblance to another, is called fpurious 
 or hafiard. 
 
 You may partly hope that your father got you 
 not, that you are not the Jew's daughter. That 
 were a kind of bujiard haps indeed. Shtikj^rare. 
 Men who, under tlie dilguife of publick good, 
 purfuc their own dcfigns of power, and fuch 
 ifl^jrv/ honours as attend them. Temple, 
 
 Ba'stard Cedar Tree, [called ^aaza/na 
 
 in the Well Indies.] 
 To Ba'stard. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To convict of being a ballard ; to llig- 
 matize with ballardy. 
 
 She lived to fee her biother beheaded, and her 
 
 two fons dcpofcd from the crown, bajinrded in 
 
 their blood, and cruelly murdered. Bacoi. 
 
 yo Ba'stardiie. v. u. l^irom. baflard.^ 
 
 1. To convift of being a baftard. 
 
 2. To beget a baftard. 
 
 I Diouid ha\e been what I am, had the 
 maidenlielt ftar in tiie firmament twinkled on my 
 
 b.tjitlrdiztng. Skakfpe.ire. 
 
 Ba'stakdly. adv. [from hajlard.'\ In 
 the manner of a ballard ; fpurioufly. 
 
 Good feed degenerates, and oft obeys 
 The foil's difcafe, and into cockle ftr.iys; 
 Let tlie mind's thoughts but be iranfplanted fo 
 Into the b^.dy, and i(i^jr.//>' they grow. Donne. 
 Ba'stardy. n.f. [from bajlard.'\ An 
 unlawful ftate of birth, which difablts 
 the ballard, both according to the laws 
 of God and man, from fucceeding to 
 an inheritance. -^yljffe. 
 
 Once Ihe flandered me with bnfiardy ; 
 But whether 1 be tiu: hcgut, or noj 
 That (fill I hy upon my mothe/s head. ShnhJ. 
 In refpcit of the evil confequents, the wife's 
 adultery is worfe, as bringing hajlurdy into a 
 family. Tti\/cr. 
 
 No more of boj^ardy in heirs of crowns, l^cpe. 
 To Baste, v. a. part. palT. hajled, or 
 bajlcn. \haJtonner, Fr. Ba^iata, in the 
 Armorick dialcdl, fignilies to ilrike 
 with a ftick ; from which perhaps bajlon, 
 a ftick, and all its derivatives, or colla- 
 terals, may be deduced.] 
 1. To beat with a ftick. 
 
 Quoth (he, I grant it is in vain 
 For one that's bajied to feel pain ; 
 
 BAT 
 
 Becaufe the pangs his bones endure 
 
 Contnbitte notlu.ig to the cure. lludihrai. 
 
 B'iji^ng\ heavy, dry, obtulc, 
 Only duliicfs can produce; 
 While a liirlc gentle jerking 
 Sets the Ipiriti all a-workmg. Swift. 
 
 2. To drip butter, or any thing elfe, upon 
 meat as it turns upon the fpit. 
 
 Sir, I think the meat wants what I have, a 
 Lijiing. ShakJpC'ire. 
 
 3. To moiften meat on the fpit by melted 
 fat falling upon it. 
 
 The f.it of roartcd mutton falling on the birds, 
 will fcrvc to bajie tnem, and fo favc time and 
 butler. Siui/l. 
 
 4. To few (lightly, [bajler, Fr. to ftitch.] 
 
 BaSTINa'dE. ) r rl a J •C 1 
 
 Bastina'do. j -' l j • j 
 
 1. The aft of beating with a cudgel; the 
 blow given with a cudgel. 
 
 But this courtefy was worfe than a bitjlinado to 
 Zclmane ; fo with rageful eyes fhc bade htm de- 
 fend himfelf. Sidney. 
 
 And a 1 thofe harOi and rugged founds 
 Of bti/iifittdoSf cuts, and wounds. Hudibra:. 
 
 2. It is fometimes taken for a Turkifti 
 piinilhnient, of beating an offender on 
 the foles of his feet. 
 
 "Tia Bastina'de. Iv. a. [from the noun; 
 
 To Bastina'do. J baftonner, Fr.] To 
 beat ; to treat with the baji'tnado. 
 
 Nick fcized the longer end of the cudgel, and 
 with it began to b<yiifiado old Lewis, who had 
 flunk into a corner, waiting the event of a 
 fquabl'le. " ., ' ■ yjrbuthnot. 
 
 iiA'sTroN.'- ^.^^'\baJ}ion, Fr.] A huge 
 mafs of earth, ufually faced with fods, 
 fometimes with brick, rarely with (lone, 
 ftanding out from a rampart, of which 
 it is a principal part, and was anciently 
 called a bulwark. Harris. 
 
 Toward; but how.* ay there's the qucflion ; 
 Fierce the afT.iult, unarm'd the bajtion. Prior. 
 
 Bat. n.f. [bar. Sax. This word feems to 
 have given rife to a great number of 
 words in many languages ; as, hattre, 
 Fr. to beat ; baton, battle, beat, baity, 
 and others. It probably fignified a 
 weapon that did execution by its weight, 
 in oppofition to a (harp edge ; whence 
 luhirlbat and brickbat. '\ A heavy ftick 
 or club. 
 
 A handfotnc bat he held, 
 Oft which he leaned, 31 one far ii> eld. Spenfer. 
 They were fried inarm chairs, and their bones 
 broken with Z-u/r. Hakenv:!!. 
 
 Bat. n.f. ^vefpertilio, the etymology un- 
 known.^,, An animal having the body 
 of a moufe and tlie wings of a bird; not 
 with feathers, but with a fort of ft<in 
 which is extended. It lays no eggs, 
 but brings forth its young alive, and 
 fiickics them. It never grows tame, feeds 
 upon flies, infctts, and fatty fubftances, 
 fuch as candle?, oil, and cheefe ; and 
 appears only in tlie fummer evenings, 
 when the weather is fine. Cahnet. 
 
 Wlicn owls do cry, 
 On the ^.i/'s back I do f^y. Shakfpeare. 
 
 But then grew reafon dark; that fair ifar no 
 nioi"« 
 Could the fail forms of good and truth difcern ; 
 
 Bati they became who eagles were befoie; 
 And tiiis they got l.y their dcfrc to learn. D^viei. 
 
 Some animals arc placed in the middle be- 
 twixt two kinds, zs bats, which have fomcthing 
 of birds and beatts. Lecic. 
 
 BAT 
 
 Where fwallows in the winter feafon keep, 
 And how the drowfy bai and doimouie flcip. 
 
 Gay. 
 Bat-Fowling, n.f. [from bat ani fowl.] 
 A particular manntr of birdcatchiiig in 
 the nighttime, while they are at rood 
 upon perches, trees, or hedges. 'I hey 
 light torchts or Itraw, and then beat the 
 bullies ; upon which the bird.^ Ay'i'g to 
 the flames, are caught either with nets, 
 or otherwife. 
 
 ■you would lift the moon out of her fpherc, if 
 (he would continue in it live weeks without 
 changing. — Wc (hould fo, and then go a bat- 
 ftituling. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Bodies lighted at night by fire, miilf have a 
 brigliter hillrc than by day; as facking of cities, 
 ba: -fowling. Pearbiim. 
 
 B\'table. adj. [from to^.] Difputable. 
 Batab/e ground fccms to he the giound here- 
 tofore in queif ion, whcihcr it beloiigt^d ro Eng- 
 land or Scothind, lying between both kingdoms. 
 
 Covjc/t, 
 Batch, n.f. [from baie."} 
 
 1. The quantity of bread baked at a time. 
 
 The joiner puts the hj.udb into ovens after 
 the batc/i is dr.iwn, or lay; them in a warm 
 liable. Ahttmer's Hujbandty. 
 
 2 . Any quantity of any thing made at once, 
 fo as to have the fame qualities. 
 
 Except he were of the fame meal and batch. 
 
 Ben Jonfai. 
 Ba'tCHELOR. SeeBACHELOR. 
 
 Bate. n.f. [perhaps contracted from de- 
 bate.] Strife; contention; as, a mai^- 
 
 baie. 
 To Bate. 'v. a. [contrafled from abate.^ 
 
 1. To leflen any thing ; to retrench. 
 
 Shall I bend low, and in a bondman's key, 
 With bated breath, and whifp'ring hunddencfs, 
 Say this? Shakfpeure's Merck, of Fcrtice. 
 
 Nor, envious at the fight, will I forbear 
 My plenteous bowl, nor bate my plenteous cheer. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 2. To fink the price. 
 
 When the landholder's rent falls, he muft 
 cither bate the labourer's wages, or not employ, 
 or not pay him. Locke. 
 
 3. To leflen a demand. 
 
 Bote me fome, and I will pay you fomc, and, 
 as mofl- debtors do, promife you infinitely. Shak. 
 
 4. To cut off; to take away. 
 
 Sate but the laff, and 'tis what I would fay. 
 X>rydcn*s Sfanijh Friar. 
 
 To Bate. v. n. 
 
 1 . To grow lefs. 
 
 Bardolph, am not I fallen away vilely fiiice 
 this laft eleiflion > Do I not bate' do I not 
 dwindle ? Why my (kin hangs about me like an 
 old lady's loofe gown. Sliakfpeare's Henry IV. 
 
 2. To remit : with o/" before the thing. 
 
 Abate thv fpecd, and I will bate o/mine. 
 
 D.ydert. 
 
 Bate feems to have been once the prete- 
 rit of bite, as Shakfpeare nfes biting faul- 
 chion ; uiilefs, in the following lines, it 
 may be rather deduced from beat. 
 
 Yet theic the Heel ftaid not, but inly bate 
 Deep in his ftelh, aud open'd wide a red Hood 
 gate. Spenfir. 
 
 BA'TEFUL.fli/;. [from^fl/f and/u//.] Con- 
 tentious. 
 
 He knew her haunt, anil haunted in the fame. 
 And taught his fheep hei (liccp in food to thwart ; 
 
 Which foon as it did bai eju! c^aL&ton frjme. 
 He might on kneesconfels his guilty pair. Sidney. 
 Ba'tement. n.f. [from abatement.] Di- 
 minution : a term only ufed among arti- 
 ficers. 
 
 To a'oaie, is to wafte a piece of fluff; infttad
 
 BAT 
 
 BAT 
 
 of a(kine Kow much was cut off, cirpcnters n(k 
 whai h:it>mmt that piece ot Huff had. Mwsr- 
 Bath. B./. [ba'S, Saxon ] 
 I. A bath is either hot or cold, either ot art 
 or nature. Arliticial baths have been 
 in ^reai eHeem with the ancients, elpeci- 
 aUy i;i complaints to bfc relieved by revul- 
 fion, as inveterate headaches, by opening 
 the pores of the feet, and alfo in cutane- 
 ous cafes. But the modern pradice has 
 greateft recourfe to the natural haths; 
 moft of which abound with a mineral 
 fulphur, as appears from their turning 
 filver and copper blackiHi. The cold 
 laths are the mod convenient fprings, 
 ,or refervatories, of cold water to waOi 
 m, which the ancients had in great 
 eftcem ; and the prefent age can produce 
 abundance of noble cures performed by 
 
 them. . ^'"O'- 
 
 Why may rot the cold ('"th, into which they 
 
 ptunRcd thcmfclvcs, have had Come (hare m their 
 
 \,„.^% MMfo„':Spcaator. 
 
 2. A ftate in which great outward heat is 
 ' applied to the body, for the mitigation 
 of pain, or any other purpoie. 
 
 In the height J this h >th, tt hen I was more 
 
 •than half dewed in g.cafe like a Dutch difli, to 
 
 b» tl.ro-.vn into the Thames. Sh^kjpcare. 
 
 Sleep, the birth of e.ich day's life, fore la- 
 
 h.-)ur's hiithf .^- i » 
 
 Balm of hurt minds. Shakfpean's Macbcih. 
 
 3. In cliymlilry, it generally lignifies a 
 vefiel of water, in which another is 
 placed that requires a fofter heat than 
 the naked fire. Balneum Marie is a mif- 
 take for hahieum maris, a fca or water 
 lath. A fand heat is fometimes called 
 .halrteumfucurrL, or cinereum. ^incy. 
 
 We fee that the water of things riiftiUed in 
 
 water, which tkey call the b^ih, difteceth not 
 
 much from the water of things oiftilled by ftie. 
 
 Bacrjri's Natural hijlt^iy. 
 
 4. A fort of Hebrew raeafure, containing 
 the tenth part of an homer, or feven 
 galloHS and four pints, as a meafnre for 
 things liquid; and three pecks and 
 three pints, as a mcafure for things dry. 
 
 Calmet. 
 Ten acres of vineyard Ihnll yield one bath, 
 and the feed of an homer Ihall yield an ephah. 
 
 IJaiah. 
 
 To Bathe, "v. a. [ba'Sian, Saxon.] 
 L To wafli, as in a bath. 
 
 Others on filvcr lakes and rivers hath'd 
 
 Their downy brcalf. Miltrm'i Parad,fi Ujl. 
 
 Chancing to hath: himfelf in the nver Cydnus, 
 
 through the cxceflive coldnefs of thefe waters, he 
 
 fell fick, near unto death, for three days. W/., 
 
 2. To fupple or foften by the outward ap- 
 plication of waim liquors. 
 
 Bathe thum, and keep their bodies foluhlc the 
 
 while by clyftcis and lenitive bolufes. II tjeman. 
 
 I'll bathe your wounds in tears for my offence. 
 
 Vrj/Jen. 
 
 3. To wafli any thing. 
 
 Phoenician Dido ftood, 
 Fi-clh from her wound, her bofom batk'd in blood. 
 
 Z)r\Jen. 
 Mars could in mutual blood thccenraurs bathe, 
 And love hlmfclf give way to Cinthia's w.ratli. 
 '' Vryeten. 
 
 2() Bathe, v.n. To be inthe water, or 
 in any refemblance of a bath. 
 
 Except they meant Xobathe in reeking wounds, 
 I cannot tell. Shakfpeare's Maibetli. 
 
 The dejigi.tcd fpiric 
 To bathe in fiery floods, or to rcfide 
 In thrilling regions of thit.k ribbsd ice. Shakf. 
 
 9 
 
 The gallants dancing by the river fide, 
 They batlie in fummer, and in winter Aide. 
 
 ' IJaHer. 
 
 But I'l'the, and, in imperial robes array' d. 
 Pay due devotions. P't''' OJvffiy. 
 
 Ba'ting, or Aba'ting. prep, [from liale, 
 or aiate. This word, though a parti- 
 ciple in itfelf, feems often uf«l as a pre- 
 pofition.] Except. 
 The king, your brother, could not cboofe an 
 advocate. 
 Whom I would fooner hear on any fubjefl", 
 i>'a/.v.£ that only one, his love, than you. Ro'we. 
 If we confider children, we have little reafon 
 to think that they bring many ideas with them, 
 bating, perhaps, forac faint ideas of hunger and 
 thirft. ^ , Z""*'"- 
 
 Ba'tlet. n. f. [from bal.] A Iquare 
 piece of wood, with a handle, iitcd in 
 beating linen when t;iken out of the 
 
 buck. 
 
 I remember the kifling of her batlet, and the 
 cow's dugs that her pretty chopt hands had 
 milked. Sl.aiffeare. 
 
 Bato'on. n.f. \_baJlon, ov baton, Yr. for- 
 merly fpelt bei/lon.'] 
 \ . A ftaff or club. 
 
 Wt came clufe to the (liore, and offered to 
 land ; but ftraightways we law divers of the 
 people with bajiom in their hands, as it were, 
 forbidding us to land. Baco,i. 
 
 That does not make a man the worfe, 
 Although his fhouldei 5 with i.«o«' 
 Be claw'd and cudgell'd 10 fome tune. HuJibrai. 
 2. A truncheon or matfliars ftafF; a badge 
 
 of mihtary honour. 
 Ba'ttaii-ous. ailj. {irom battailk, Yv.\ 
 Having the appearance of a battle ; war- 
 like ; with a military appearance. 
 He ftaited up, and did himfelf prepare 
 In fun-blight arms and battatlmi array. Fairfax 
 The trench came forcmoft, batlaiiwi and 
 bold. „ , . /'"V"-^-- 
 
 A fiery region. Wretch d 
 In battailou! afpea, and nearer view 
 Briltlcd with upright beams innumerable 
 Of rigid fpcars and helmets ihrong'd. Milton. 
 Batta'lia. 11. f. {battaglia, Ital.] 
 I . The order of battle. 
 
 Next morning the king put his army into bat- 
 . 1 Claieri.ion. 
 
 talui. 
 
 i 2. The main body of an army in array, 
 I diftinguilhed from the wings. 
 Batta'lion. n.f. IbatalHon, Fr.] 
 I . A divition of an army ; a troop ; a 
 body offerees. It is now conhned to 
 the infantry, and the number is uncer- 
 tain, but generally from five to eight 
 hundred men. Some regiments conCll 
 of one battalion, and others are divided 
 into two, three, or more. 
 When forrows come, they come not finglc 
 
 Butin&W. W..</^H.-™/.^ 
 
 In this battalion there were two officcis, cajleo 
 
 Therfitcs and Pandarus. l-it/er. 
 
 The pierc'd baitaliom difunited fall 
 
 In heaps on heaps: one fate o'erwhelms thentiall. 
 * I Ope. 
 
 2. An army. This fenfe is not now in ufe. 
 Six or feven thoufand is their utmoll power. 
 —Why, our irt/'fl/''"' trebles that accnunt. 
 
 ■" Sliatjpeare. 
 
 To Ba'tten. v. a. [a word of doubtful 
 
 etymology.] <• j , 
 
 I. To fatten, or make fat; to feed plen- 
 
 teoully. . ,, 
 
 We drove afield, 
 Patt'nin,, our flocks With the frcfh dews^^of 
 nii;ht. ■" 
 
 BAT 
 
 2. To Fertilize. 
 
 The meadows here, with batt'mng oott en- 
 'ich'd. 
 Give fpii it to the grafs ; three cubits high 
 The jointed herbage (hoots. fhil'fs. 
 
 To B'atten. -v. n. To grow fat ; to live 
 in indulgence. 
 Foih.w your funftion, go and batten on cold 
 bits. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Burnilh'd and batt'ning on their food, to Ihow 
 The diligence of careful herds below. Dryden. 
 
 The lazy glutton fafe at home will keep. 
 Indulge his lloth, and batten on his flccp. -Oy*. 
 As at full length the paraper'd monarch lay, 
 Batfning in eafe, and numbering life away. 
 
 Twaymice, full bly the and amicable, 
 Battin "bcfide erle Robert's table. ^'j^': 
 
 While paddling ducks the (landing lake defire. 
 Or batt'ning hogs toll in the finking iniie. Uay. 
 
 Ba'tten. n. J. [a word ufed only by 
 wot kmen. ] A fcantling of wood two. 
 three, or four inches broad, ieldoin 
 above one thick, and the length unli- 
 mited. ^'"'""• 
 
 To BA'TTER. f. a. [baitre, to beat, 
 French.] „ 
 
 I To beat ; to beat down ; to ihatter : 
 
 ' frequently ufed of walls thrown doxju 
 
 by artillery, or of the violence oi en- 
 
 crines of war. . „ , 
 
 To appoint battering rams againft the S^tes, 
 
 to rart a mount, and to build a fort. hzehel. 
 Thefe liaughry wor«ls of hers 
 
 Have batter'd me like roaring cannon (hot. 
 
 And made me almoft yield upon my knees. 
 
 d'iakjpeare, 
 
 Britannia there, the fort in vain 
 Had batter'd been with golden rain : 
 Thunder itfelf had fail'd to pafs. _ !''•"•■'■■ 
 
 Be then the naval Ifores the nation s care, 
 New (hips to build, and batter'd to repair. ^^^^ 
 
 2. To wear with beating. , . , 
 Crowds to the cart le mounted up the ftrcet, 
 
 B.,t;ing the pavement with 'heir courfers^.je^ 
 
 If you have a filver faucepan for the kitchen 
 ufe, let me advife you to /-,-//.' it well ; this wdl 
 Oiew conftant good houlekeeping. iw.!/'- 
 
 3. Applied to peifons, to wear out with 
 
 fervlcc. 
 
 The /..rr/"'^ veteran ftrumpets here 
 
 Pretend at leatV to bring a modeft ear. /""/""'• 
 I am a poor old battered follow, and I vvould 
 
 wiMingly end my days in peace. .W-M,.'- 
 
 As the fame dame, experienc'd in her tiaoc. 
 
 By names of toafts retails each batter d jade.^^^^ 
 
 To Ba'tter. -v. n. [a word ufed only by 
 workmen.] The fide of a wall, or a.-y 
 timber, that bulges fiom its bottom or 
 foundation. Is faid to batter. Mo.o',. 
 Ba'tter. «./. [ivom To batter.] A mix- 
 'tureoffeveral ingredients beaten toge- 
 ther with feme liquor; fo called fiom 
 its being fo much beaten. 
 One would base all things little, hence has 
 
 Turkcv'pollts ficlh from tii' egg in batter fry'd. 
 
 Ba'tteker. «./. [from -^«//.r.] He that 
 
 liittcrs 
 Ba'tterv. «.y: [£.-om batter, o: batterte, 
 
 French.] 
 1 The ad of battering. ' 
 
 ■ Strong wars they make, and cruel battery hor^i 
 -Ga ft furt of rea.on, it to overthrow. Fa.y Q 
 Earthly minds, like mud walls, ''''|^J]'= 
 Utongelt letter. CI.
 
 BAT 
 
 2. The indruments with which a town is 
 battered, placed in order for adlion ; a 
 line of cannon. 
 
 Where is bell- place to m.ik.c our batftj 
 next? — 
 ■- I think at the north gate. Shakfpeare. 
 
 It plants this rcaloning xnA that argument, 
 this cunfequencc and that ditHn^tiuii, like lu 
 many inteliediial b-iittrui, till .at length it forces 
 a way and palTjge into the obftinate inclofed 
 truth. Soulh. 
 
 See, and revere th' artiilcrj' of heav'n, 
 Drawn by the gale, or by the lempelt drnxn : 
 A dreadful fir* the floating hiiit'nn make, 
 O'crturn the mountain, and the forcll Ihakc. 
 
 3. The frame, or raifed work, upon which 
 cannons are mounted. 
 
 4. [In law.] A violent ftriking of any 
 man. 
 
 In an aif^ion againft a ftrikcr, one may be 
 found guilty of the alTault, yet acquitted of the 
 battery. There may therefore be afirfult with- 
 out ^a/Z^r)-; hMtlattery always implies an afl'ault. 
 
 CItambcri. 
 
 Why docs he fuffer this rude knave now to 
 
 knock him about the fconcc with a dirty fliuvcl, 
 
 and will not tell him of his ailion and b.ittcry? 
 
 Sliakf^cam. 
 Sir, quo' the lawyer, not to flatter yc, 
 You have as good and fair a battery 
 As heart can wilh, and need not Ihamc 
 The pi'oudeft man alive to claim. HuMbra^. 
 
 Ba'ttish. ar^. [from^a/.] Refeniblinjj a 
 bat. 
 To be out late in a battijh humour. 
 
 Gent!eman Infru^ed. 
 
 BATTLE, n.f. [batailk, Fr.] 
 
 1. A fight ; an encounter between op- 
 pofite armies. We generally fay a 
 tattle of many, and a combat of two. 
 
 The tngliih army, that divided was 
 Into two parts, is now conjoin'd in one; 
 And means to give you battle prcfcntly. Shak, 
 
 The battle done, and they within our power. 
 She'll never fee his pardon. Sliakffeare. 
 
 The race is nut to the fwift, nor the battle to 
 the rtrong. E cclejiiijies. 
 
 So they joined battle, and the heathen benig 
 difcomhted tied mto the plain. i Maccabta. 
 
 2. A body of forces, or divifionofan army. 
 
 TiiC king divided his army into three Imttlei j 
 whereof the van-guard only, with wings, came to 
 fight. Bacon. 
 
 3. The main body, as dirtIn£lfrom the 
 van and rear. 
 
 Anfus led the avant-guaid, himfelf followed 
 with the battle a good dillancc behind, and 
 after came the arrier. Ihyiuard. 
 
 4. We fay to join battle ; to give battle. 
 To B.'i'ttle. v. n. Ibatal/kr, Fr.] To 
 
 join battle ; to contend in fight. 
 
 'Tis ours by craft and by fuipri/.e to gain : 
 'Tis yours to meet in aims, and battle in the plain. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 We receive accounts of ladies b.ittl'ng it on 
 both fides. .-/Mi/on. 
 
 1 own, he hates an aflion bafe, 
 His virtues battl.itg with his place. Swift. 
 
 B-ATTLE-ARR.t'Y. n.f. [ See Batt LE and 
 Array.] Array, or order, of battle. 
 
 Two parties of fine women, placed in the op- 
 pofite fide boxes, feemed drawn up in battle-ar- 
 ray one againlt another. .^iiJifon. 
 
 Ba'ttle-axe. n.f. A weapon ufed an- 
 ciently, probably the fame with a bill. 
 
 Certain tinnoi-s, as they were working, found 
 fpear heads, battle-axes, and fwords of copper, 
 wrapped in linen clouts. Careiv^ 
 
 BA'TTLEnooR. n.f. [fo called from r/oor, 
 taken for a flat board, and battle, or 
 Vol. I. 
 
 B A W 
 
 flriliiig.'\ An inrtrument with a handle 
 and a (hit board, iiled in play to flrike 
 a bnll or Ihuulccock. 
 
 Play-chintM, which are above their (kill, as tops, 
 gigs, /'.i/rAv/ooj-i, and ilie like, whifh arc to be 
 ufed with labour, Ihoiild indeed be procured them. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 BA'xTtF. MENT. n.f. [generally fiippofcd 
 to be formed from battle, as the parts 
 from whence a building is dtftndtd 
 againfl; alTailants ; perhaps only corrupt- 
 ed from batimenf, Fr.] A wall railed 
 round the top of a building, with cm- 
 brafiires, or intcrlliccs, to look through, 
 to annoy an enemy. 
 And lix'd his head upon our i^.'/A'm«i/i. Sl:ai. 
 Thou llialt niakcai/irf/.v/i(7;( fur thy roof, thai 
 thou biitig not blood upon thy houfe, if any man 
 fall. Dcuttioitomy. 
 
 Through this we pafs 
 Up to the higheft battlement, from whence 
 The Trojans threw their darts. Dcnkam. 
 
 Their Ihindard, planted on the battlenienr, 
 Dcfpiir and death among the foidiers fcnt. Vryd. 
 
 No, I ftian't en\'y him, whoe'er he be. 
 That ftands upon the bartlemcnts of ilate ; 
 I'd rather be fecuro tiian great. Norris. 
 
 The weighty mallet deals refounding blows. 
 Till the pioud lattltmenti her tow'rs inclofc. 
 
 ■ G ly. 
 
 Ba'tty. atfj. [from bat.'] Belonging to 
 a bat. 
 
 Till o'er their brows death, counterfeiting llcep, 
 With leaden legs and batty wings doth creep. 
 
 S^takjpecre. 
 
 B.\'varoy. n.f. A kind of cloak or fur- 
 tout. 
 
 Let the loop'd bavaroy the fup embiace, 
 Or his deep cloak be fpntter'd o'er with lace. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Baubee'. n.f. A word ufed in Scotland, 
 and the northern counties, for a half- 
 penny. 
 
 Tho' in the draw'rs of my japan bureau, 
 To lady Gripeall I the Cselars IKow, 
 'Tis equal to her ladylhip 01 mc 
 A copper Otho, or a Scotch baubee. 
 
 Btamji. Mar, of Tajle. 
 
 Ba'vin. n.f. [of uncertain derivation.] 
 A flick like thofe bound up in faggots ; 
 a piece of wafte wood. 
 
 He rambled up and down 
 With rtrallow jcftcrs and rafla ban^in wits, 
 Soon kindled, and foon burnt. Sltaifpcare. 
 
 For moulded to the life in clouts 
 Th' ha\epick'd from dunghills thereabouts, 
 He's mounted on a hazel bai-ln, 
 A crop'd malignant baker gave him. HuJibras. 
 The truncheons make billet, bavin, and coals. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 To Baulk. See Balk. 
 Ba'wble. n.f. [biiuielhim, in barbarous 
 Latin, iigniiied a jewel, or any thing 
 valuable, hut not necefTar)'. Omnia bau- 
 bella fua dedit Othoiii. Hoveden. Pro- 
 bably from beau, Fr.] A gewgaw ; a 
 trifling piece of finery ; a thing of more 
 fliow than ufe ; a trifle. It is in general, 
 whether applied to perfons or things, a 
 term of contempt. 
 
 She haunts mc in every place. I was on the 
 fca bank with fome Venetians, and thither comes 
 the bauible, and falls me thus about my neck. 
 
 Shakfptare'i Othello. 
 It is a paltry cap, 
 A cuflard coffin, Abawble:i filken pie. Sbakfji. 
 If, in ourconletl, we do not interchange ufeful 
 notions, we Ihall trarfick toys and ^ti-w/'/t-i. 
 
 Government of the Tongue, 
 
 B A W 
 
 This lliail be writ to fright the fry away. 
 Who draw their little baiubU:, when tl.cy play. 
 
 DryMm. 
 
 A lady's watch needs neither figures nor wheels ; 
 
 'Tis enough that 'tis loaded with bauihlei and 
 
 feals. Prior. 
 
 Our author then, to pjcafe you in your way, 
 Prefents you now a bavjble o\ a play, 
 Ingingbng ihynic. Granville. 
 
 A prince, the moment he is crown'd, 
 Inherits every \iitue round, 
 As emblems of thcfovereign pow'r, 
 Like other ^■*/rt^A.''ft of the Tow'r. Swift. 
 
 Ba'vvbli.sg. adj. [from baivlle.'\ Trifling; 
 contemptible: a word not now in ule, 
 except in convcrfation. 
 
 A baiubiing velTtl was he captain of. 
 For (hallow draugiit and hulk unprized ; 
 With which fuch fcathful giapjilcdid he mak*. 
 With the molt noble bottom 01 our fleet. Sbafp, 
 
 Ba'wcock. n.f. [perhaps from btau, or 
 baude, and cocl:.\ A familiar word, 
 which fecms to lignify the fame -dsjine 
 felloixi. 
 
 Why how now, my baiveork? how rioft thou, 
 chuck ? ahakfpeare'i T'.ntljtk S'igiil. 
 
 BAWD. n.f. [i.jt/fl'f, old Fr.] Apiocurcr, 
 or procurefs ; one that introduces men 
 and women to each other, for the pro- 
 motion of debauchery. 
 
 If your woilhip will 'akc order for the drabs 
 and the knaves, you need not to tear ihe baivdi, 
 
 Shakjpeart. 
 This commodity, 
 *V\\\% hanoii, this broker, this all-changing wordj 
 Hath drawn hira from his own determin'd aid. 
 
 HfiakJ^eare, 
 
 Our author calls colouring Icnafor^yrii, the haivd 
 
 of her filler defign ; Ihj dietles her up, (he psin'.s 
 
 her, (he procures for the defign, and makes love."-! 
 
 for her. Dryjin, 
 
 To Bawd. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 procure ; to provide gallants with 
 llnmipets. 
 
 Leucippe is ^igent for the king's luft, and 
 bawdi at the fame time, for the wiiole court. 
 
 .i^ddijon. 
 And in four months a batter'd harridan ; 
 Now nothing's lefr, but wither'd, pale, and 
 
 (hrunk, 
 To b.iivd for others, and go fhares with punk. 
 
 S-a,ft. 
 Ba'wdily. adv. [from ba'wdy.'\ Ob- 
 
 fcenely. 
 Ba'wdiness. n.f. [from bawdy.^ Ob- 
 
 fcenentfs. 
 Ba'wdrick. «. /". [See Baldrick.1 A 
 belt. 
 
 Fre(h garlands too the viigins temples crown'd; 
 
 The youths gilt fwords ivorc at ti-.eir thighs, with 
 
 filver banvdriek: Louiui. Ciapjr.an'i Iliad, 
 
 Ba'wdry.w./. [contrafttd from ba-wdery, 
 thepraftice of a bawd.] 
 
 1. A wicked praftice of proci;ring and 
 bringing wliores and rogues together. 
 
 Jylife. 
 
 Cheating and ha-.u.lry^o together in the world. 
 
 L.' Kjirange, 
 
 2. Obfcenity ; unchafte language. 
 
 Pr'ythee fay on ; he's for a j;g, or a tale of 
 bawdiy, or he (U-<^)S. SJiaif^tearc'i Hamlet. 
 
 I have no fait : no ba-wdry he doth mc.in : 
 For witty, in hi.s langiuge, is ohfcei.c. Sen Johfon. 
 
 It is mod ccr-ain, that haiefartri iaivdry is the 
 pooreft pretence to wit imaginable. Dryden 
 
 Ba'wdy. adj. [from baicd-l Obfccne ; 
 unchafle : generally applied to language. 
 
 The baiudy wind, that kilTcsall it meets. 
 Is hulh'd within the hollow mine of earth. 
 And will not hcat't. Shakjf, O/Aclk.
 
 BAY 
 
 Only they, 
 That come to hear a menry ha'wdy pby, 
 Will bcdeceiv'd. Shaiffearc. 
 
 Not one poor haiudy jelt (hall dare appear ; 
 For now the batter*d veteran itrumpets here 
 Pretend at leaft to bring a modeft ear. Siut/terr:. 
 Ba'wdy-house. n.f. A houfe where traf- 
 fick is tnade by wickednefs and debau- 
 chery. 
 
 Has the pope lately Oiut up tlie baiudy-houjc:, 
 or does he continue to lay a tax upon fin ? 
 
 To Bawl. i». n. [halo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To hoot ; to cry with great veheinence, 
 whether for joy or pain : a word always 
 ufed in contempt. 
 
 They idw/ for freedom in their fenfelefs mood, 
 And ftiU revolt, when truth would fct them fi ee. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 To cry the caufe up heretofore, 
 And IaivI the bifhops out of door. Hndihtu. 
 
 Through the thick, (h.ades th' eternal fcribbler 
 
 And (hakes tlie ilatues nn their pedeftals. Dryd. 
 
 From his lov'd home no lucre hini can dl.lw ; 
 The fenutc's mad decrees he never faw, 
 Kor heard at battling bai s corrupted law. Dryden. 
 
 Loud menaces were heard, and fuul difgiacc, 
 And bavj.'irig inf.imy, in language bale, 
 Till (enfc was loll in found, and filencc fled the 
 pi.ice. Vrydcn's FabU-i. 
 
 So on tlie tuneful Margarita's tongue 
 The lifl'iiing nymphs and lavifh'd heroes hung ; 
 But cits and fops the heav'n-born niufick blame, 
 And bnvjij and hifs, and damn her into fame. 
 
 Stiiith. 
 
 I have a race of orderly elderly, people, who 
 cm ba-wl when I am deaf, and tread foftly when 
 1 am only giddy and would flecp. Siuift 
 
 2. To cry as a froward child. 
 
 A little child was banvling, zad a woman chid- 
 ing it. L'Fjlratige. 
 
 If they were never fuffeied to have what they 
 cried for, they would never, with baiuling and 
 peevilhnefs, contend for maftery. Locke. 
 
 My hufband took him in, a dirty boy ; it was 
 the bufinefs of the fcrvanls to attend him, the 
 rogue did hanut and make fuch a noife. Arbuth. 
 To Bawl. "v. a. To proclaim as a crier. 
 
 It grieved me when I faw labours, which had 
 <oft fo much, iaWfii about by common hawkers. 
 
 Siiiijt. 
 Ba'wrel. n.y^ A kind of hawk. D'lH. 
 Ba'wsin. n./. A badger. Did. 
 
 Bay. adj. \bad\us, Lat.] 
 
 A bay tiorfe is what is inclining to a chertnut; 
 and this colour is various, either a light bay or a 
 dark kiy, accoiding as it is Icfs or moic deep. 
 There aic alfo coloured horfes, that .aie called 
 dappled ha\i. All ia_y horfts arc commonly called 
 brown by the common people. All bay horlci 
 have black manes, whicti dillingnilh them fiom 
 the forrel, that have red or white manes. There 
 arc light Uiyi and gilded bayi, which are fonie- 
 whatof a ycUowilh colour. The chelhiut ijv is 
 tiiat which comes ncarcll to the colons of the 
 chcllnut Furtler'i DUl. 
 
 My lord, you gave good words the otiier day 
 of a hay couifer 1 rode on. 'Tis yours bccaiue 
 you liked it. Sludfpetne. 
 
 Poor Tom ! proud of heart to ride on a /'.')■ 
 trotting horfc over four inch'd bridges, ishuifprate. 
 
 His culour grey, 
 For beauty dappled, or the brightefi b^y. Dryden, 
 
 BAY.n./. [^<7>rf, Dutch.] 
 I. An opening into x\\c Und, where the 
 water is fhut in on all fides, except at 
 the entrance. 
 
 A reverend Syracufan merchant, 
 
 Who put unluckily into tbiiiji'. Shnkjfrare. 
 
 We have alto fomc woiKS in the midft of the 
 
 (e.i, and fume ba\i upon the (bore fur fomc works. 
 
 uhncuv is ictiuiicd the air and vapuur of the fca. 
 
 iitjri//. 
 
 BAY 
 
 Hail, facred folitude ! from this calm iay 
 I view the world's tcmpcftuous fea. Rofcoiimon. 
 
 Here in a royal bed the waters deep, 
 When tir'd at fca, within this bay they creep. 
 
 JJrydcn. 
 
 Some of you have hay, Dryden. 
 
 2. A pond head raifed to keep in {lore of 
 
 water for driving a mill. 
 Bay. n, f. \_abbot, Fr. fignificsthe lad ex- 
 tremity ; as, Innocence ejl aiix abbolns. 
 Boileau. Innocence is in the utmoj} dif- 
 trefs. It is taken from abboi, the bark- 
 ing of a dog at hand, and thence fig- 
 nilied the condition of a (tag when the 
 hoimds were almoft upon him.] 
 
 1. The ftate of any thing furrounded by 
 enemies, and obliged to face them by 
 an impofTibillty of cfcape. 
 
 This (hip, for 6fteen hours, fate like a flag 
 among hounds at the bay, and was fiegcd and 
 fought with, in tinn, by liftcen great Ihips. 
 
 J^jcon'i IVar with Spain. 
 Fair liberty, purfued and meant a prey 
 To lawlcfs power, here turn'd, and llood at hay. 
 
 Denham. 
 Nor flight was left, nor hopes to force his way ; 
 Embolden'd by dcfpair, he rtood at bay ; 
 Rcfolv'd on death, he riiflip.ites his izwi^y 
 And bounds aloft againft the pointed Ipears. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. Some writers, perhaps millaking the 
 meaning, have ufed bay as referred to 
 the afiailant, for dlftance beyond which 
 no approach could be made. 
 
 Alt, lir'd with noble cmidatiuii, (^rive ; 
 And with a ftotm of darts to diftance drive 
 The Trojan chief; who, held at bay, from far 
 On his Vulcanian orb fuftain'd the war. ^rydin 
 We have now, for ten years together, turned 
 the whole force and cxpcnce of the war, where 
 the enemy was belt able to hold us at a hay. 
 
 'Smfi. 
 Bay. n.f. In architefture, a term ufed to 
 fignify the magnitude of a building ; 
 as, if a barn conlllts of a floor and two 
 heads, where they lay corn, they call it 
 a barn of two bays. Thefe hays are 
 from fourteen to twenty feet long, and 
 floors from ten to twelve broad, and 
 ufually twenty feet long, which is the 
 breadth of the barn. BuiUer's Dicl. 
 
 If this law hold in ^'ienna ten years, I'll lent 
 the fairett houfe in it after threepence a bay. 
 
 Sbaljpeare. 
 There may be kept one thoufand budicls in 
 each bay, there being fixteen bays, each eighteen 
 feet long, about feventeen wide, or three hun- 
 dred fquare feet in each bay. Mortimer. 
 
 Bay Tree, \_lauyus, Lat.] The tree, as is 
 generally thought, which is tranflated 
 laurel, and of which honorary garlands 
 were anciently made. 
 
 I have fren the wicked in great power, and 
 fprcariing himlelf like a green bay tree. J^Ja/nn. 
 Bay. n.y. A poetical name foran hono- 
 rary crown or garland, bellowed as a 
 prize for any kind of viflory or excel- 
 lence. 
 Beneath his reign (hall Eufdcn wear the bavs. 
 
 rope. 
 To Bay. v. n. [abbeyer, Fr.] 
 I . To bark as a dog at a thief, or at the 
 game which he pnrfues. 
 
 And all the while (he flood upon the ground, 
 The wakeful dogs did never ceafc to bety. 
 
 Fairy Qt/een. 
 
 The hounds at nearer dlflance hoarfcly hay'd; 
 
 The hiniter clofe purlued the vifionaiy maid ; 
 
 She rent the heav'n with loud laments, imploring 
 
 aid. D'y.lcn's FahU'. 
 
 B E 
 
 2. [irom. bay, an enclofed place.] To en- 
 compafs about ; to fhut in. 
 We are at the flake. 
 And bay'd about with many enemies. Sbaifp, 
 To Bay. 1). a. To follow with barking; 
 to bark at. 
 
 I was with Hercules and Cadmus once. 
 When in the wood of Crete they hay'd the boar 
 With hounds of Spatta. Sbakfpeare, 
 
 If he (hould do fo. 
 He leaves his back unaim'd, the French and 
 
 Welch 
 Jiayirrg him at the bccls. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Bay Salt. Salt made of fea water, which 
 receives its confillence from the heat of 
 the fun, and is fo called from its brown 
 culour. By letting the fea water into 
 frjuarc pits or bafons, its furface being 
 ilruck and agitated by the rays of the 
 fun, it thicken.'!- at firft imperceptibly, 
 and becomes covered over with a flight 
 crull, which hardening by the continu- 
 ance of the heat, is wholly converted into 
 fait. The water in this condition is 
 fcaldinghot, and the cryllallization is 
 perfefted in eight, ten, or at moll fif- 
 teen days. Chambers. 
 All eruptions of air, though fmall and flight, 
 give found, which we call crackling, pufHng, 
 fpitfir.g, &c. as \n bay fait and bay leaves c.iiVinto 
 (ire. Bacon, 
 
 Bay IVindoiv. A window jutting out- 
 ward, and therefore forming a kind of 
 bay or liollow in the room. 
 It tiath bay ■xvindoius tranfparent as barricadocs. 
 
 SAui^fpeure. 
 
 Bay Tarn. A denomination fometimes 
 ufed promifcuoufly with woollen yarn. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 Ba'yard. n.f. [from bay.] Abayhorfe. 
 
 Blind bayard moves the mill, Pbi/ips, 
 
 Ba'yonet. n.f. [bayonelfe, Fr.] A fliort 
 
 fword or dagger fixed at the end of a 
 
 muilvet, by which the foot hold off the 
 
 horfe. 
 
 One of the black fpots is long and (lender, and 
 refcmbles a dagger or bayonet. tVood'warti. 
 
 Bayze. See Baize. 
 BDELLIUM, n.f [|3S,^>,«; n?"^-] 
 An aromatick gum brought from the 
 Levant, ul'ed as a medicine, and a per- 
 fuine. Bdellium is mentioned both by 
 the ancient naturalifts and in Scripture ; 
 but it is doubtful whether any of thefe 
 be the fame with the modern kind. 
 
 Chamiert. 
 This bdellium is a tree of the bigncfs of a« 
 olive, whereof Arabia hath great plenty,' which 
 yiclderii a certain gum, fweet to fmell to, but 
 bitter in taile, called aUo bdelliuni. The Hebrews 
 take the loadlionc for bdellium. Raleigh. 
 
 To BE. V. n. [This word is fo remarkably 
 irregular, that it is ncceflary to fet down 
 many of its terminations. 
 Prefent. 1 aui, ibouart, he is, ■U'e are, Sec. 
 eoiu, eajir, ly, apon. Sax. 
 Prcter. / tuas, thou vjafl or ivert, he txias, 
 fX)-, p^pe, paj-, 
 
 ive -were, & c. 
 pasjion. Sax. 
 The conjunftive mood. 
 / be, thou beeji, he be, ive be, &c. 
 b^o, bi)t, beo, beon, Sax.j 
 1. To have fome certain ftate, condition, 
 quality, or accident ; as, the man is 
 wile.
 
 B E A 
 
 Seventy fcnators died 
 By their prcfcriptioiis, Ciccio &dn^ one. Shuhfp. 
 He hath lo-ii'ght bten in unul'uul ploaUirc. 
 
 Shakff)care. 
 Be what tkou hop'ft to be^ or what thou -/'/, 
 ReHgn to death, it /j not worth enjoying. HhakJ. 
 
 Be but about 
 To fay (he U ;i goodly lady, .u»d 
 Tiie jiiftice oi your hearts will add thereto* 
 'Tis pity Ihc ii not honell, honourable. H/uik/p. 
 Let tlum Ihewlhe former things wliat tl.cy be^ 
 that wc may confidcr them. Jjaiah. 
 
 Therefore b^ fure, 
 Tlioujwhen the bridegroom with his fcaftful friends 
 Paffts to blit'i at the mid hour of night, 
 Haft gain'd thy entrance, virgin wile and pure. 
 
 Mi Hon. 
 It is not cafy to difccrn what fuch men would 
 he nt. Sti///fii^J/nt. 
 
 To fay a man has a clear idea of quantity, 
 without knowing how great it /t, /( to fay, he 
 has the cicur idea of the number of the fands, 
 who knows not how many they he. Loclf. 
 
 2. It 15 the nuxlliaiy verb by which the 
 verb pall'ive is formed. 
 
 The wine wf life /s drawn, and the mecr lees 
 /s left this vault to brag of. Shakfpcarc. 
 
 3. Totxill; to have exiftence. 
 
 The times liave b€eTif 
 
 That when the brains were out the man would 
 
 die. Mu-bcth. 
 
 Here ceafe, ye pow'rs, and let your vengeance 
 
 end, 
 
 Troy /( no more, and can no more offend. Dryd. 
 
 Ali th' impoflibilities, which poets 
 Count to extravagance of loofe defciiption, 
 Shall fooner he. Roive. 
 
 'Yohcy contents his natural dcfire ; 
 He alks no angel';, wing, nor fcraph's fire. Pope. 
 
 4. To have fomethiiig by appointment or 
 
 rule. 
 
 If all political power be derived onlvfrom Adam, 
 and /'£' to dclcend only to his futcclTive lieirs, Ly 
 the ordinance of God, and divine inllitution, 
 this is a right antecedent and paramount to all go- 
 vernment. L'jcic. 
 
 5. Let BE. Do not meddle with ; leave 
 untouched. 
 
 Lf! ht, fald he, my prey. T>>\\lctu 
 
 BEACH, rt* J\ The Ihore, partit:ularly 
 that part that is dafhed by the waves ; 
 the llrand. 
 
 The hftiermen, that walk upon the hc-arlij 
 Appear like mice. Shakjpeait^s Ki/i:^ Lear. 
 
 Deep ti> the locks of hell the gathtr'd btuJi 
 They farten'd, and the molclmmcnfe wrouyiit on' 
 Over the foaming deep. Mihon. 
 
 They find the walhcd amber further oui upon 
 the hfaclui and Ihore.s, wheie it has been longer 
 
 CXpofed. lyouAivard. 
 
 Be'acheJ). adj, \ixQXCibeachJ\ Expofcd to 
 the waves. 
 
 Timon hatli made his everlafting manficn 
 Upon tl»e btiichf.l verge of the fait flood ; 
 Which, once a ^.\v^ with his cmboffed froth 
 The turbulent furgc (hall cover. Sfuilfpctrc 
 
 Be' A c H V. iuij, [from beach, ] Having- 
 beaches. 
 
 The heady girdle of the ocean 
 Too wide for Neptune's hips. Shukfpmre. 
 
 Be'acon. n.f. [beacon. Sax, fiombrcn, 
 a fignal, audb.'cnan, whence beckon, to 
 make a fignal. ] 
 I. Something ralfed on an eminence, to 
 be fired on the approach of an enemy, 
 to alarm the country. 
 His blazing eyes, like two bright Hiiiiing 
 fliields, 
 Did burn with wrath, and fparkled living fire ; 
 As tw<' broad beacom fet in open fitlds 
 Send forth their flames. Fairy Queen. 
 
 Modcft doubt is call'd 
 The Beacon of the wife. Shaifpeare. 
 
 B E A 
 
 Tlic king fccmcri tu nccnunt of Pcrkin .is .1 
 M.iy-g.imc ; ycc had !;i<cn ordci loi tin' WMlcliing 
 of /'luiuvi upon the ciwlls, .iiid cicdliiig more 
 where th(y lloud too thjii. Buon. 
 
 No flaming hcucom c.ift tlieii bbiC afur, 
 The dre.idtui rigiiul of iiiv.-j(ivc war. (7<ij'. 
 
 2. Marks cie61ed, or lights made in the 
 night, to (lirtft nnvii^ators in their 
 coiirfes, and warn them from rocks, 
 fliallows, and fandbanks. 
 
 Bead. n. f. [biiabi;, prayer, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Small globes or balls of glafs or pearl, 
 or other fubllancc, ihung upon a tlircad, 
 and nfed by the Romanills to count 
 their prayers; from which the phrafe 
 to tell beads, or to be at one's Leads, is 
 to be at prayer. 
 
 Thitt.igcd tlanie, tlie liidy of the phue. 
 Who .(II tills while was Lufy at her /■ciw's. 
 
 Furry QufC/l. 
 
 Tiiy voice I feciii in every liymii to he.ir, 
 Wiih cv'ry iiu.l I drop too loft .1 tear. Pope. 
 
 2. Little balls worn about the neck for 
 ornament. 
 
 With fcarfs and fans, and double churije of 
 brav'ry, 
 With ambci bracelets, ifaf/j,aiid all Inch kiiav'iy. 
 
 3. Any globular bodies. 
 
 Thv li)irit within thee haih boen fo at war, 
 That ieuds of fweat have iiood upon thy brow. 
 
 SItiikfpeare. 
 
 Several yellow lumps of amber, almoft like 
 ifr.ilsf with one fide tlat, had fallcncd thcmfclves 
 to the bottom. • Jlojli, 
 
 Be.\d Tree. la::edanich.] A p'ant. 
 Be'adle. n.f. [byoel, SaK. a meflfenger ; 
 bedeau, Fr. bed,;!. Span. bedtUe, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A meilenger or iervitor belonging to a 
 court. Coivdl. 
 
 2. A petty ofFtcer in parifhes, whofe bufi- 
 nefs it is to ptinilh petty offenders. 
 
 A dog*s obey'd in ollicc. 
 Thou ratcal hcullf, hold thy bloody hand : 
 Why doll tiiou lafli that whore ? Hhokfji. 
 
 They ought to be taken care of in this condition, 
 either by the benJIe or the magirtrate. i/>.rf.j/cr. 
 
 Their common lo\cs, a lewd abandon'd pack, 
 The/'frtt//c-'sla(h Hill flagrant on their back. Prior. 
 
 Be'a DROLL, n./. [from bead ant^ roll.] A 
 catalogue of thofe who are to be men- 
 tioned at prayers. 
 
 The king, for the better credit of his cfpials 
 
 abroad, did iifc to have tlicm curled by name 
 
 amongll the /a ^tM 0// odhc king's enemies. Bacon. 
 
 Be'adsman. ;;._/! [from bead and man.] 
 
 A man employed in praying, generally 
 
 in praying for another. 
 
 All holy hofpital. 
 In which (even /Httkjmfii, that had vowed all 
 Their life to fcrvicc of high heav'n's king. 
 
 Faiiy (^ncc-ri. 
 In thy danger. 
 Commend thy grievance to my holy prayer ; 
 For I will be thy henJjir.jn, Valentine. Sliakfp. 
 
 Be'agle. n. f. [high, Fr.] A fmall 
 hound with which hares are hnnted. 
 
 The rclt were various huntings. 
 The graceful goddcls was aiiay'd in green ; 
 About her feet weie little Leagte^ I'een, 
 That watch'd with upward eyes the motions of 
 their qiiecn. Dryjen's Fables, 
 
 To plains with well-bred bcagU^ we repair, 
 And trace the mazes oi the ciicling hare. Pope. 
 
 BEAK. «./. [bee, Fr. p'tg, Wellh.] 
 I. The bill or horny mouth of a bird. 
 His royal bird 
 Prunes the immortal wing, and cloys W]ibenk, 
 As when his god is pleas'd. Shjifp. Cymie/ine. 
 
 B E A 
 
 He faw the ravens with their homy nrnii 
 Food to Elijah bringing. Miffon't Pat. li.-g. 
 
 The magpyc, ligiitnig on the ftock, 
 Stood chatt'iiiig with incciTant din. 
 And with her tent gav many a knock. Sw/Jr. 
 
 2. A piece of bills like a beak, fixed at 
 the end of the ancient gallics, with 
 which they pi iced their enemies. It 
 can now be ufcd only for the forepart of 
 a (hip. 
 
 ^\'ith boiling pitch another near at h.inH, 
 From friendly .Sweden brought, the fcams inrtops ; 
 Whiih.wcll iaido'cr, the fait fca waves williKand, 
 And Ihake them from the rifing beak in drops. 
 
 Dryilerj, 
 
 3. A beak is a little fhoe, at the toe about 
 an inch long, turned up and falleiied 
 in upon the forepart of the hoof. 
 
 Fanier's Di3. 
 
 4. Any thing ending in a point like a beak ; 
 as, the Ipout of a cup ; a prominence 
 of land. 
 
 Cuddcnbeak, from a well advanced promon- 
 tory, which entitled it icait, taketh a profpeiS of 
 the river. Carcw's Sunrej. 
 
 Be'aked. adj. [from teal.'] Having a 
 beak ; having the form of a beak. 
 
 And queilion'd ev*ry gull of rugged winds, 
 That blows from uff Cic\\ beaked promontory. 
 
 liiiJten. 
 Be'akee. r.yl [(rom beaL] A cup with 
 a fpout in the form of a bird's beak. 
 
 And into pikes and mulqucteers * 
 
 Stampt ifj^fM, cups, and porringers. Ih/Mbras. 
 
 With dulcet bcv'rage tlui the beaker ciown'd. 
 
 Fair in the midll, with gilded cups around. Pope. 
 
 Beal. It./, [holla, Ital.] A whelk or 
 
 pimple. 
 To Beal. <u. a. [from the noun.] To 
 ripen ; to gather matter, or come to a 
 head, as a fore docs. 
 BEAM. ;;. /. [b^am. Sax. a tree.] 
 
 1. The main piece of timber that fupports 
 the houfe. 
 
 A bi,im is the largell piece of wood in a build- 
 ing, which .liwavs ;xs crofs the builditig or tiic 
 walls, fcrving to luppoit the principal rafters of 
 the roof, and into which the feet of the princi- 
 pal rafters aie t'ramcd. No building has Ids than 
 two beatm, one at each licad. Into thele, the 
 girders of the garret flooi arc alio framed; and, 
 if the building be of timber, the teazi l-tcons or 
 the polls arc trained. The proportions of if inn, 
 in or near London, arc fixed by a^l of par la- 
 ment. A beatn, fifteen feet long, mufi be fe.eii 
 inches on one lirte its fijuarc, and five on the 
 other ; if it be fixtccn feet long, one lide mull be 
 eight inches, the other fijc; and fo ptoportionaMe 
 to thcii lengths. huilJet'i Dia. 
 
 The building of living creatures is like the 
 building of a timber houfe ; the walls and other 
 parts iiave columns and ^ctimi, but the loof is tile, 
 or lead, or Hone. Burj.-:, 
 
 He heav'd, with more thaH human force, to 
 move 
 A weighty ftone, the labour of a team, 
 And rais'd from thence he reach'd the ncighb'ring 
 l"-''"' DryMn. 
 
 2. Any large and long piece of timber : a 
 beam mull liavc more length -.han thick- 
 nefs, by which it is dillinguilhed from a 
 block. 
 
 But Lycus, fwifter. 
 Springs to the walls, and leaves his foes behind. 
 And matches at the beam he firit can find. 
 
 DrydttCi .^£rir:.{. 
 
 3. That part of a balance, at the ends of 
 which the fcales are fufpended. 
 
 Poife the caufe in jufticc' equal fcales, 
 Whofe binni Hands furc, whofe rightful caufe pre- 
 vails. i,4,j,t/. 
 X 2
 
 B E A 
 
 rr tht length of the fijcs in the biilince, and 
 the weights lit the ends, be both equal, the hrMu 
 will be in boiizunlal fituatiun : but it" either the 
 wciytits alone be iiiie^ual, or the ditlantes alone, 
 the lieum will accoidingly decline. iri/kuis. 
 
 4. The horn of a llag. 
 
 And taught the woodf to echo to the flrcam 
 His dreadful challenge, and his clalhing tram. 
 
 5. The pole of a chariot; that piece of 
 wood which runs between the horfes. 
 
 Jutuina heard, and fcii'd with mortal tear, 
 Forc'd i'lioni the inim her brothel's charioteer. 
 
 6. Among weavers, a cyhndrical piece of 
 wood belonging to the loom, on which 
 the web is gradnally rolled as it is wove. 
 
 The ftaff of his Ipear was like a weaver's 
 ifam. ' C/tio>:. 
 
 7. Beam of an Anchor. The ftraightpart 
 or (hank of an anchor, to which the 
 hooks are fallened. 
 
 8. Beam Compaffes. A wooden or brafs 
 inllrumcnt, with Hiding fockets, to can^ 
 feveral (liifting points, in order to draw 
 circles with very long radii ; and uleful 
 in large projections, for drawing the 
 furniture on wall dials. Harris. 
 
 9. []-unneb«am. Sax. a ray of the liin.] 
 The ray of light emitted from fome lu- 
 minous body» or received by the eye. 
 
 Pile ten hills on the Taipeian rock, 
 That the pret;ipitauon might downltietch 
 Bilow the Uam of fight. SImkfp. Cmhlwms. 
 
 Plcafii^, yet cold, like Cyntliia's filver beam. 
 
 VryJcfi. 
 
 As heav'n's bleft litam turns vinegar more 
 
 four. P"!"'- 
 
 TSBeam. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 emit rays or beams. 
 
 Each emanation of his fires 
 That liiam: on earth, each viitue he infpires. 
 
 Pofe, 
 
 Beam Tree. A fpecies of v/ild fervice. 
 Be'amy. ar/J. [hornbeam.^ 
 
 1. Radiant; fliining ; emitting beams. 
 
 All-feeing fun ! 
 Hide, hide in Ihamcful night thy l/eatny head. 
 
 S'niti!. 
 
 2. Having the weight or maflinefs of a 
 beam. 
 
 His double-biting axe, and te.imji fpear; 
 ■fijch afking a gigantick force to rear. Dryden. 
 
 3. Having horns or antlers. 
 
 Rou7.e from their defert dens the bridled rage 
 Of boars, and beamy (lags in toils engage. DiyH. 
 Bean. «./. {fala, Lat.] A plant. 
 
 The fpecies are, i. The common garden bean. 
 1. The horfe bean. There are fev eral varieties of 
 tlic garden beam, differing either in colour or Trie. 
 The piincipal forts which are cultivated in Eng- 
 land, are the Maiagan, the fmall Lifbon, the 
 Spanilh, the Tokay, the Sandwich, and Windfor 
 team. The Maz.igan bean is brought from a 
 fittltmcnt of the Portugucfc, on the coalf of 
 Afiica, of the fame name ; and is by far the beft 
 fort io pUmt for an caily crop. Miller. 
 
 His allowance of oats and beam for hi* hurle 
 was greater than hi^ joaincy required. Swifi. 
 Bean Caper, [fahngo.'] A plant. 
 Bean Tnjfd. An herb. 
 To BEAR. D. a. prel. I bore, or tare; 
 part. pair, bore, or born, [biojian, 
 bepan. Sax. bairan, Gothick. It is 
 founded as bare, as the are in care and 
 dare ] 
 I. This is a word ufed with fuch latitude, 
 that it is not ealily explained. 
 Wc Cay to bear a burden, to bear forrow, or 
 
 9 
 
 B E A 
 
 reproach, to bear a name, to bear a grudge, to 
 tear fruit, or to bear children. The viuxA bear 
 is ufed in very different fcnfes. IVatn. 
 
 2. To carry as a burden. 
 
 They bear him upon the fliouldcr ; they carry 
 him and fet hini in his place, ^J'T''a 
 
 And Solomon had thvcefcore and ten thoufand 
 that bare burdens. ' ' '^•"V- 
 
 As an eagle llirvcth up her nelf, fluttcreth over 
 her young, fpreadetn abroad her wings taketh 
 them, iMfcM them on her wings. Deut£ro}:amy. 
 
 We fee fome, who wc think have barn lefs of 
 the burden, rewarded above ourfclves. 
 
 Dcc.iy of Fieiy. 
 
 3. To convey or carry. 
 
 My mcfl'age to the gholl of Piiam bear; 
 Tell him a new Achilles fenl thee there. Dryden. 
 
 A gutll like him, a Trojan gueft before. 
 In Ihcw of frienrilhip, fought the Spartan Ihore, 
 And ravilh'd Helen from het huiband bore. 
 
 Garth. 
 
 4. To carry as a mark of authority. 
 
 I do commit into your hand 
 Th' unftaincd fword that you have us'd to bear. 
 
 Shakjpenre. 
 
 f. To carry as amarkofdiftinfllon. 
 
 He may not bear fo lair and fo noble an im.ige 
 of the divine glory, as the univcrfc in its tuU 
 fylfem. ^"''■ 
 
 His pious brother, furc the beft 
 Who ever bwe that name. Dryden. 
 
 The fad fpeftators lliffen'd with their fears 
 She fees, and fudden every limb fire fmc.irs ; 
 Then each of favage hearts the figure bean. 
 
 Gai !h. 
 
 His fuprcme fpirit of mind will bear its bell 
 refemblance, when it rcpreft.nts the fuprcme in- 
 finite. . '-■'">'"■• 
 So we fay, to bear arms in a coat. 
 
 6. To carry, as in fliow. 
 
 Look like the time; icar welcome in your eye, 
 Your hand, your tongue ; look like the innocent 
 
 flower. 
 But be the fcrpcnt under 't. Shahfpeare. 
 
 7. To carry, as in truft. 
 
 He was a thief, and had the bag, and b.irc what 
 was put therein. 7''"'- 
 
 8. To fiipport ; to keep from falling : fre- 
 quently with up. 
 
 Under colour of rooting out popery, the mofl 
 effectual means to bear up the ftate of religion 
 may be removed, and fo a way be made citlicr 
 forpa^anifm, or for baibarifm, to enter. Ihok.r. 
 
 And Samfon took hold of the two middle pil- 
 lars, upon which the houfe Itood, and on which 
 it was bor'ie uf. J'''*-i''^- 
 
 A religious hope does not only bear up the mind 
 under her fufterings, but makes her rejoice in 
 them. . Mdijon. 
 
 Some power invlfible fupports his foul, 
 And bears it up in all its wonted greatnefs. 
 
 .■Udl/'jn 
 
 9. To keep afloat; to keep from finking: 
 fometimes with up. 
 
 The waters incrcaled, and bare up the ark, 
 .and it was lifted up above the earth. Gimjis. 
 
 10. Tofupport with proportionate ftrength. 
 
 Animals that ufc a great deal of labour and 
 
 cxcrcife, have their folid parts more elaftick and 
 
 (Irong ; they can bear and ought to have, ftrong- 
 
 er food. ' j4rbuthnot on .rllimentu 
 
 1 1 . To carry in the inind, as love, hate. 
 How did the open multitude reveal 
 The wond'ious love they bear him under hand ! 
 
 DanUt. 
 They iwr great faith and obedience to tlickings. 
 
 hacou, 
 Darah, the cidcft, bears a generous miiul. 
 But to implacable revenge inclin'd. pr\de'i. 
 
 The cowardice the man immortal fpite. 
 
 Diy-l-n. 
 
 As for this gentleman, who is fond of her, (he 
 
 la'tth him an mviacibk hatted, Swiji. 
 
 B E A 
 
 Th.at inviolable love I bear to the land of my 
 nativity, prevailed upon mc to engage in fo bold 
 an attempt. Swifl, 
 
 12. To endure, as pain, without finking. 
 It was not an enemy that rcpro.tched me, then 
 
 I could have borne it. _ Pfa/ms. 
 
 13. To fuffer; to undergo, as punilhment 
 or misfortune. 
 
 I have borne chaftifcments, I will not offend 
 any more. J'^b. 
 
 That which was torn of bcarts I brought not 
 unto thee, I idr<rthe lol's of it ; of my hand diilft 
 thou require it. Gencjis. 
 
 14. To permit; to fuffer without refent- 
 
 raent. 
 
 To rejefl all orders of the church which men 
 have eftablifhcd, is to think worfc of the laws of 
 men, in this refpeft, than either the judgment of 
 wife men alloweth, or the law of God itfelf will 
 tear. ■ Hmker. 
 
 Not the gods, nor angry Jove, will tear 
 Thy lawlcfs wand'ring walks in upper air. Dryd. 
 5. To be capable of ; to admit. 
 
 Being the Ion of one earl of Pembroke, and 
 younger brother to anotiier, who liberally fup- 
 plicd liis cxpence, beyond what his annuity from 
 his father could icir. Clarendon. 
 
 - Give his thought either the fame turn, if our 
 tongue will tear it, or, if not, vary but the drefs. 
 
 Dryden, 
 Do not charge your coins with more ufes than 
 they can tear. It is the method of fuch as love 
 any fcience, to difcover all others in it. Addifon. 
 Had he not been eager to find miltakes, he 
 would not have ftrained my works to fuch a fenfe 
 as they will not bear. ^/terbury. 
 
 In all criminal cafes, the moft favouiable in- 
 terpretation fiiould be put upon words that they 
 poffibly can bear. Swift. 
 
 16. To produce, as fruit. 
 There be fome plants that bear no flower, and 
 
 yet beai fruit : there be fome that beat flowers, 
 and no fiuit : there be fome that tear neither 
 flowers nor fruit. Faeon. 
 
 They wing'd their flight aloft ; then ftooping 
 low, 
 Pcrch'd on the double tree that teari the golden 
 bough. Dryden. 
 
 S.ty, Ihcphcrd, fay, in what glad foil appears 
 A wond'rous tiee that facrcd monarchs tears. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 17. To bring forth, as a child. 
 The queen that tore thee, 
 
 Oftner upon her knees than on her feet, 
 
 Died every day Ihe liv'ri. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Yc know that my wife bare two fons. Genefn. 
 ■ What could the mufe herfelf that Orpheus ioir, 
 The mufe herfelf for her enchanting fon .> Milton. 
 
 The fame /Eneas, whom fair Venus tote 
 To fam'd .\nciiiles on th' Idean Ihore. Dryden, 
 
 iS. To give birth to; to be the native 
 
 place of. 
 
 Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos tore, 
 But now felf-banilh'd from his native (hore. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 1 9. To poffefs, as power or honour. 
 
 Whcnvice prevails, andimpious menii-arfway, 
 The port of honour is a private llation. Mdijon. 
 
 20. To gain ; to win ; commonly with 
 
 a'tvay. 
 
 As it more concerns the Turk than Rhodes, 
 So may he with more facile qucftion tear it ; 
 For that it Hands nut in tuch warlike brace. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Becaufc the Greek and Latin have ever tume 
 
 awayiha prerogative from .ill other tongues, they 
 
 fliali lerve as touchrtones to make our trials by. 
 
 Camden. 
 Some think to bear it by fpeaking a great word, 
 and being peremptory ; and go on, and take by 
 admittance that which they cannot make good. 
 
 Baco'^. 
 
 2 1 . To maintain ; to keep up.
 
 B E A 
 
 He finds tlic jjlcafurc ami credit of tearing x 
 part m llic conveilation, and of licarinj; his rca- 
 loili approved. Locke. 
 
 2 2. To iuppoit any thing good or bad. 
 I was cinicd on tuobfcrve, how they did Unr 
 then- foitunes, and how they did employ tluir 
 times. Ba:cn. 
 
 23. To eichibit. 
 Yc Tioj.iii Hamc!, your teftimony tear, 
 
 What 1 pi;iform'd, and what I fuft'cr'd there. 
 
 Dtytien. 
 
 24. To be anfweiable for. 
 If I bring hnn net unto thee, let me hear t.ie 
 
 blame. Genejh. 
 
 more than madmen ! you yourfelvcs (hall i.'iir 
 
 The guilt of hloodund facrilcgiuuswar. Drydtn. 
 
 25. To fuppiv. 
 What haie viMi un<Ier your arm' Somewhat 
 
 that will tear your cliavjcs in your pilgrimage ? 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 26. To be the objefl of. This is unufual. 
 I'll he your father and your brother too : 
 
 Let me but bcai your love, I'll bear your cares. 
 
 Shahfpeare. 
 
 27. To behave ; to aft in any charafter. 
 
 Some good inltiuftion give, 
 How I mliy hear me here. Shakjfeart, 
 
 Hath he tonie himfclf penitent in prifon ? Shak. 
 
 28. To hold ; to reihaiii : with of. 
 Do you fuppiife the ftate of this a'alm to be 
 
 now fo feeble, that it canjlot tear off a grealer 
 blow than this ? HaywarJ. 
 
 29. To impel ; to urge ; to piifh : with 
 feme particle noting the direftion of the 
 impulfe ; as, do'wn, on, bachfforiuard. 
 
 The refiduc were fo difoi dered as tlicy could not 
 conveniently fight or Hy, and not only jufllcd and 
 b'ire dimm one another, but, in their cunfufcd 
 tumbling tack, brake a part of theavant guard. 
 Sir John Hayvjard. 
 Contention, like a hoife 
 Full of high feeding, madly hath broke loofe, 
 And ^ttjrj ./s-UJrt all before him. Shakjin-are, 
 
 Their broken oars, and floating planks, with- 
 ftand 
 Their pall'agc, while they labour to the hnd : 
 • And ebbing tides hear back upon th* uncertain 
 fand. Dryden. 
 
 Now with a noifelcfs gentle courfe 
 It keeps within the middle bed; 
 Anon it lifts aloft the head. 
 And ii-.iij do-wn all before it with impetuous 
 force. " Dryden. 
 
 Truth is hi/ne dawn, attcftations negledcd, 
 the tertimony of lober perfons defpifed. Sicijt. 
 The hopes of enjoying the abbey lands would 
 foon tear dciun all confiderations, and be an cf- 
 fe^ual incitement to-their perverfion, S-itjift. 
 
 30. To conduft ; to manage. 
 
 My hope is 
 So to hear through, and cut, the confulfhip, 
 As fpite (hall ne'er wound you, though it may me. 
 
 Jlefi yc.'ijon. 
 
 31. To prcf-;. 
 Caefar doth tear me hard; but he loves Rrutus. 
 
 Shakjpcare, 
 Though he t'ar me hard, 
 
 1 yet mull do him right. Bin Jotifm. 
 Thcfe men hear hard upon the ful'pciled 
 
 party, putfue her clofe through all her windings. 
 
 Addijm. 
 
 32. To incite ; to animate. 
 But confidence then tore thee on; fecurc 
 
 Either te meet no dang-er, or to (ind 
 
 Matter of glonous trial. Milton. 
 
 33. To bear a body. A colour is faid to 
 bear a body in painting, when it is ca- 
 pable of being ground fo fine, and mix- 
 ing with the oil fo intirely, as to feem 
 only a very thick oil of the lame colour. 
 
 34. To biar date. To carry the mark of 
 the time wlien any thing was wiitttii. 
 
 B E A 
 
 are 
 South. 
 
 35. To hear a frtce. To have a certain 
 value. 
 
 36. To hear hi hiiml. To anuife with fulfe 
 pretences ; to deceive. 
 
 Your daughter, whom (he Lore in hand to love 
 With fuch integrity, (lie did confcfs. 
 Was as a fcorpion to her hgl.t. Shakfpeare. 
 
 His ficknefs, age, and impotence, 
 Wa.i fahVly h^rne i'l hand. ShaHptare. 
 
 He npaiied lo I'ruges, defiling of the ft.itcs 
 of liuigcs to enter peaceably into their town, 
 with a retinue fit for his gftate; and hearine them 
 in hand, that he was to communicate with them 
 i>f matters of great importance, for tlicir good. 
 
 Haeon, 
 It is no wonder, that fome would heai the 
 world in h„nd, that the apoftle's defign and 
 meaning is for prclbytery, though his word 
 fur epiieopacy. 
 
 37. To hear off. To carry away. 
 1 will rofpcdl thee as a father, if 
 
 Thou heai'Jl my lile o§ hence. Shakjfratc. 
 
 The fun views half the eaithon cither way. 
 And heic brings on, and there hean oj' the d.iy. 
 
 Cirech. 
 
 C Ive but the word, we'll fnatch this damfel up, 
 
 And bear her off. £■'""• 
 
 My foul grows defperate. 
 I'11/.rrtr her '^. J.VhiUpu 
 
 38. To hear out. To fnpport ; to main- 
 tain ; to defend. 
 
 I hope your warrant will bear out the deed. 
 
 ShakJ/nare. 
 I can once or twice a quarter tear out a knave 
 ag.iinft an honell man. Shakjpcate. 
 
 Changes are never without danger, unlcfs the 
 prince be able to tear out his a<£lions by power. 
 Sir "J. Hayiuard. 
 Quoth Sidvophel, I do not doubt 
 To find friends that will ifiir me OK/. Huditrat. 
 Company only can tear a man cut in an ill 
 thing. So:ith. 
 
 I doubted whether that occafion coii\dtcar me 
 out in the confidence of giving your ladylhip any 
 farther trouble. Tiniple. 
 
 To Be.\r. v. n. 
 
 1. To fufier pain. 
 Stranger, ceafe thy care ; 
 
 Wife is tl'.e foul; but man is born io tear : 
 Juvc weighs aft'airs of earth in dubious fcales, 
 And the goodfuffers while the bad prevails. Pope. 
 They tore as heroes, but they felt as man. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. To be patient. 
 I cannot, c:\ni\ot tear '^ 'tlspaft, 'tisdone; 
 
 Pciifli this impious, this deteftcd foil! Dryden. 
 
 3. To be fruitful or prolifick. 
 A fruit tree hath been blown up almoft by 
 
 the roots, and fct up again, and the next year 
 bear exceedingly. Bacon. 
 
 Beiwixt two feafons comes th' anfpicious air. 
 This age to blo(rom, and the next to tear. Dryden. 
 
 Melons on beds of ice arc taught to tear. 
 And, Hrangcrs to the fun, yet ripen here. 
 
 Gram-iHe. 
 
 . To take elFeft ; to fuccced. 
 
 Having pawned a full fuit of clothes for a fum 
 of money, which my (iperaior alTured me was 
 the laft, he (hould want to bring all our m.it- 
 ters to tear. Guardian. 
 
 . To aft in any charafter. 
 
 Inftiudt me 
 How I may formally in perlbn t>ear 
 Like a true friar. Shalfpcare, 
 
 . To tend ; to be dlrefted to any point : 
 with a particle to determine the mean- 
 ing; as, up, away, onivard. 
 
 The oilv drops, fwiraming on the fpuit of 
 wine, moved reftlefsly to and fro, fomctimes 
 tearing up to one another, as if all were to unite 
 into one hodv ; and then f-llling oIT, and con- 
 tinuing to Ihitt places, Bcy.'e. 
 
 B E A 
 
 Kever did men more j jvfuUy obey, 
 Or fooner underllood the l;gn 10 Hy : 
 With fuch alactily they here aiuay. Dryderr. 
 
 Whole navy likeafliif-flretch'dcord did Ihcw, 
 Till hc-i'.rf.'r/, and bent tl.em into flight. Dry.Un. 
 
 On this the hero lix'd an oak in fight, - 
 The mark to guide the mariners aright : 
 To hear ii iih this, the feamen ftreich their oars, 
 Then lound the rock they Iteer, and fee'* the 
 former (hores. Dryden. 
 
 In a C( nvcx miiiour, we view the figures and 
 all other things, whi'ch tear out with m-jrc life 
 and llicngth tlinn nature itfelf. Drydin_ 
 
 J. To aft as an impellent, opponent, or as 
 a reciprocal power : generally with the 
 particles npoii or againjl. 
 
 We were cncountci'd by a mighty rock. 
 Which being violently heme upon. 
 Our hclplcfs (hip was fplittcd in the midfl. Shut/. 
 Upon the tops of mountains, tiie air whii.h 
 tears againji the reflagnant quickfilver is Icfs 
 prelTed. Boyie. 
 
 The fides hearing one ngainJI the other, thiy 
 could not lie £0 clofe at the bottoms. Bumit. 
 
 As a lion, bou'iding in his way. 
 With force augmented iean agauiji his prey. 
 Sideling to feize. Di.den. 
 
 BLCaufe the operations to be perfoimed by tl e 
 teeth require a confiderablc ftiength in the in- 
 (Ituments which move the lower jaw, naiure 
 h.uh piovidcd this with llrong mufeles, to make 
 it tear forcibly againji the upper j.iw. Ray. 
 
 The weight of the body doth tear mo(t up^n 
 tlie knee joints, in raifing itfdf up ; .ind mod 
 upon the mufclcs of the thighs, in coming down. 
 
 H'Ukim. 
 The waves of the fea tear violently and ra- 
 pidly upo-i fome Ihores, the waters being pent 
 up by the land. Broome, 
 
 8. To aft upon. 
 
 Spinola, with his (hot, did tear upon thofe 
 within, wlio appeared uptui the walls. Hayiu.nd^ 
 
 9. To be fituate with refpeft to otlier 
 places ; as, this mountain bears welt of 
 the promontory. 
 
 to. To hear up. To Hand firm without 
 falling ; nut to fink ; not to faint or 
 
 fail. 
 
 So long as nature 
 Will tear up with this exercile, to long 
 I daily vow to ufe it. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Perfons in diftrefs may fpcak of themlelvcs 
 with dignity ; it (hews a greatnefs of foul, that 
 they^fiirw^againft the Iforms of fortune. Broome. 
 The confcioufnefs of integrity, the fenfc of a 
 life fpent in doing good, will enable a man to 
 bear up under any change of circurallances. 
 
 ylttetbun', 
 
 When our commanders and foldiers were raw 
 
 and unexperienced, we loft battles and towns : 
 
 yet we tore up then, as the French do now ; nor 
 
 was there anv thing decifive in their fuccelTcs. 
 
 S..ift. 
 1 1 . To hear •xulfh. To endure an unpleaf- 
 ing tiling. 
 
 Tluy aic content to I'car ivi/li my abfcnce 
 
 and f'cjlly, Siilney, 
 
 Though I miift he content to Bt'ay ivith ihoTe 
 
 that I'ny you arc rcvcrciui grave men ,- yet they 
 
 lie deadly, that tell yoii, you have good faces. 
 
 Shitkjpe.trc. 
 Look you lay home to him ; 
 Tell him his pranks have been too broad to bear 
 luith, ShakfpeaTC. 
 
 Scur with me then, if lawful what I arte, 
 
 M/7fct. 
 
 BEAR. n.f. [bejia, Saxon; ttr////, Lat.^ 
 
 1. A rough favage aaimal. 
 
 Some have fallcly reported, that bean bring 
 their young into the world (hapelcfs, and that 
 thfir d.ims lick them into form. Tlic darns go 
 no Vongcr than thirty days, and generally pr-j- 
 diicc live young ones. In the winter, tlicy lit, 
 hid and ailcep, the male forry days, and the fc-
 
 :b E A 
 
 wale fear montlis ; and (o foundly for tlic fiift 
 foiiitecii days, thnt blows will not w.ike ihem. 
 In the flcepy iVafoii, they are fjld to have no 
 nourilliment but from licking their feet. This 
 anini<il has naturally an hideous look, hut when 
 enraijed it is terrible; and, as roush and lUipid 
 as It fcems to he, it is capable ot dilciplinc ; it 
 leaps, dances, and plays a thoufand little tricKs 
 at the found of a trumpet. They abound in 
 Poland. In the remote northern countries the 
 fpecies is \i"J)ite. Calmct. 
 
 Call hither to the flake my two brave bean, 
 
 Bid Sa.ilbiiry and Warwick come to me. 
 
 — Arc thefe thy iiJM.' we'll bait thy bears to 
 
 death. 
 And manacle the hearward in their chains. Siiak. 
 
 Tliou'tUi (hun a btai ; 
 But if thy flight by tow'rd the raging fea, 
 Thou'dit meet the bear i' th' mouth. Shakf. 
 2. The name of two conftellations, called 
 the j^reafernnd leffcr bear : in the tail of 
 the lejfer hear, is the poleftar. 
 E'en then when Troy was by the Greeks 
 o'erthrown, 
 The hear oppos'd to bright Orion flaone. Creech. 
 
 Be.\r-bind. n.f. A fpecies of bindweed- 
 Bear-fly. n.f. [fiom Z'far and_;?>'.] An 
 
 infeft. 
 
 There be of flies, caterpillars, canker-flies, 
 and beai-fiei. Ban,,. 
 
 Bear-g.\rden. n.f. [from ^M/- and ^<j;-- 
 den.'\ 
 
 1. A place in which bears are kept for 
 
 fport. 
 
 Hurrying me fiom the play-houfc, and the 
 fccncs there, to the bear-garden, to the apes, and 
 alTes, and tygcrs. _ SlilUngfleet. 
 
 2. Any place of tumvilt or niifrule. 
 
 I could not forbear going to a phice of renown 
 for the gallantry of Eiitons, namely to the btar- 
 garuen. Speelalor. 
 
 Be.\r-garden. adj. A word ufed in fa- 
 miliar or low phrafe for rude or lurbu- 
 icnt ; as, a bear-garden felbnu ; that is, 
 a man rude enough to be a proper fre- 
 quenter of the bear-garden. Bear-garden 
 fport, is iifcd for grofs inelegant enter- 
 tainment. 
 Bear's-brekch. n.f. \_acttnthus.'\ A 
 plant. 
 
 The fpecies are, i. The fmooth-lcavcd garden 
 hearU-hreceh. z. The prickly bcar'i-brieeh. 
 3. The middle bear's- breee/i, with Ihort fpine.s, 
 (sfr. The firrt is ufed in medicine, and is fup- 
 pofed to be the mol/ii aeatitb:<s of Virgil. The 
 -leaves of this plant are cut upon the capitals of 
 tlic Corinthian pillars, and were formeily in 
 g.eat clkem with the Romans. Mdltr 
 
 BEAK's-i.AK, OT yfuricula. liiiiricuLi urfi, 
 
 Lat.] A plant. 
 Bear's-ear, or San'tde. \cortufa, Lat.] A 
 
 plant. 
 Bear's-foot. n.f. A fpecies of helle- 
 bore. 
 BE\R's-woRr. «. /. An herb. 
 BEARD, n.f [beajib, Saxon.] 
 I. The hair that grows on the lips and 
 chin. 
 
 Etc on thy chin the fpringing beard began 
 To fpitad a doubtful do.vn, and promile man. 
 
 Vriar. 
 
 Z. Beard h ufed for the face; as, to do 
 any thing to a man'.s beard, is to do it in 
 defiance, or to his face. 
 
 Rail'd at their covenant, and jcer'd 
 Their rev'reiul pcrfonsto my beard. Hudtbras, 
 
 3. Beard is ufed to mark age or virility ; 
 as, he has a long bcurd, means he is 
 old. 
 
 B E A 
 
 This ancient ruffian, (ir, whofe life I have 
 fpared at fuit of his grey beard. Sttakjpeare. 
 
 Some thin remains of chaflity appeal *d 
 Ev'n under Jove, but Ju\e without a beaid. 
 
 D/yden. 
 
 Would it not be infufterable fur a profcltor to 
 have his authority, of forty years Handing, con- 
 firmed by general tradition and a revciend 
 beard, overturned by an upft.irt novclil't ? Locke. 
 
 4. iJiiarp prickles growing upon the ears 
 of corn. 
 
 The ploughman loft his fwcat, and the green 
 
 corn 
 
 Hath rotted ere its youth attain'd a beard. Shah . 
 
 A certain larmer complained, that the beards 
 
 of his corn cut the io,ipers and tlirelhej.s fingers. 
 
 V Ujhange. 
 
 5. A barb on an arrow. 
 
 6. The beard or chuck of a horfe, ii that 
 part which bears the curb of the bridle. 
 
 Farrer's Did. 
 To Beard, -v. a. [from beard. '^ 
 
 1. To take or pluck by the beard, in con- 
 tempt or anger. 
 
 l<o man fu potent bicatlies upon the ground. 
 But I will /'f.ir.i him. H'lakfp.-are. 
 
 2. To oppofe to the face ; to fet at open 
 deliance. 
 
 He, wlieniiievcr he Ihoiihi fwerve from duty, 
 may be able to beaui him. Spc/ifer. 
 
 I have been bearded by boys. M^ae. 
 
 The dcfigii of utteily extlrp.iting monaiehv 
 and cpifcopacy, the pitlbytcrians alone begun, 
 continued, and would ha\e endttl, it they h.ui 
 not been bearded by lliat new party, with whom 
 they could not agree about dividing the fpoil. 
 
 Su::jt. 
 Be'abdep. adj. [from icard.] 
 
 1. Having a beard. 
 
 Think every bearded fellow, that's but yok'd, 
 May draw with you. Shakfpiate. 
 
 Old prupiieeies foretcl our fall at hand. 
 When bearded men in Hosting caftles land. Dryd, 
 
 2. Having fharp prickles, as corn. 
 
 As when a field 
 Of Ceres, ripe for harvett, waving bends 
 Her bearded grove of tars, which way the wind 
 Sways them. MiJtci. 
 
 The fierce virago 
 Flew o'er the field, nor hurt the bearded grain." 
 
 Xirydcn . 
 
 3. Barbed or jagged. 
 
 Thou Ihould'il have puU'd the fecrct from ny 
 bicall. 
 Torn out the bearded (Icel to give me roll. Dryd. 
 Be'ardless. adj. [from beard.^ 
 
 1. Without a beard. 
 
 There are fome coins cf Cunobelin, king of 
 Edex and Middlefex, with a beaidlefs im.ige, 
 infciibed Caaobtlin. Camden. 
 
 2. Youthful. 
 
 And, as young ilriplings whip the top for fport 
 On the fniouth pavement of an empty court, 
 Tne wooden engine flies and wiiirls about, 
 Admir'd with clamours of tiie beardleft runt. 
 
 Unltr:. 
 Be'arer. n. f. [from To hear.^ 
 
 1 . .\ carrier of any thing, who conveys any 
 thing from one place or perfon to an- 
 other. 
 
 He (hould the bearen put to furiden death, 
 Not (hriving time allow'd. Shakjptare. 
 
 Forgive the bearer of unhappy news ; 
 Your alter'd father openly purfues 
 Yotir ruin. Dryden. 
 
 No gentleman fends a fervant with a melTage, 
 wiiiiuut endeavouring to put it into terms 
 brought down to the capacity of the bearer 
 
 Swift. 
 
 2. One employed in carrying burdens. 
 
 And he fet threefcore and ten thoufand of 
 them to be bearen of burdens. I Chroaiclci- 
 
 3. One who wears any thing. 
 
 B E A 
 
 O majcfty ! 
 When thou doll pinch thy bearer, tlio'j doft lit 
 Like a rich armour worn in heat of dav, 
 ■ That fcalds with fafety. Shakfpeare. 
 
 4. One who carries the body to the grave. 
 
 5. A tree that yields its produce. 
 
 This way of procuring .lutumnal rofcs, in 
 fome that aie gootl bearert, will tuccccd. Boyle. 
 
 Rtprune apricots, faving the young fhoots ; 
 for the raw bearers commonly peiifti. Evelyn. 
 
 6. [In architeilure.] A port -ir brick 
 wall raifed up between the ends of a 
 piece of timber, to fiioiteu its bearing; 
 or to prevent its bearing with the wh*le 
 weight al the ends only. 
 
 7. [In heraldry.] A fupporter. 
 Be'arherij. n.f. [from bear and herd, 
 
 asJieJ>/.':rdtromJ'.'ce/>.] A man that tends 
 bccirs. 
 
 He that is more than a youth, is not for mc ; 
 and he that is let's than a man, I am not for 
 him ; therefoie I will even take fixpencc in 
 earnelf of tiie bearherd, and lead his apes into 
 hell. Shakfpeatt. 
 
 Be'aring. n.f [from bear.'\ 
 
 1 . The fite or place of any thing with re- 
 fpeCl to fomctliing elfe. 
 
 But ot this flame, the beating and the ties, 
 The ftioiig connctftions, nice dependencies. 
 Gradations julV, h.as thy pervading foul 
 Look'd through? or can a part contain the 
 whole ? Pope. 
 
 2. Gcflure ; mien ; behaviour. 
 
 That is Claudio ; I know him by his bearir^, 
 
 Sbakfpeare. 
 
 3. [Ill architeiT^ure.] Bearing of a piece 
 of timber, with carpenters, is the fpace 
 either between the two fixt extremes 
 thereof, or between one extreme and a 
 poft or wall, trimmed up between the 
 ends, to fliorten its bearing. 
 
 Builder's Dia. 
 Be'arward. n.f. litom bear ?ind ward.l^ 
 A keeper of bears. 
 
 We'll bait thy bears to death. 
 And manacle the beariuard in their chains. Sbak. 
 The bear is led after one manner, the multi- 
 tude after another; the beartv/tid leads but one 
 brute, and the mountebank leads a t^inufand. 
 
 L'FjIrange. 
 
 BEAST, n.f [bej?e, Fr. iejia, Lat.] 
 1. An animal, didmguilTied from birds, in- 
 fects, fifhes, and man. 
 
 The man that once did fell the lion's filin 
 While the bea^ liv'd, was kill'd with hunting 
 him. Sbakfpeaie. 
 
 Beajti of chafe are the buck, the doe, the fox, 
 the martern, and the roc. Beaj];, of the foicll 
 are the hart, the hind, the hare, the boar, and 
 tlie wolf. BeaJ>i of warren are the hare and 
 
 cony. 
 
 Co'VJell. 
 
 2. An irrationalanimal, oppofed to man ; 
 
 as, man and beef!. 
 I dare do all that may become a man; 
 
 Who dares do more, is none. 
 
 What heaji was 't then 
 
 That made you break this enterprizc to me.' 
 
 Maebeth, 
 Medea's charms were there, Cieean fcalls. 
 With bowls that turn'd rnamout'd youths to 
 beaji!. Dryden. 
 
 3. A brutal fava^e man , a man aiSing in 
 any manner unworthy of a reafonable 
 creature. 
 
 To Beast, -u. a. A term at cards. 
 Be'astings. See Beestings. 
 Be'astliness. n.f. [from beaf/y.] Bru- 
 
 tality ; pratlice of any kind contraiy 
 
 to tlie rules of humanity.
 
 B E A 
 
 They held this land, and wiih tliclr (iltliincnt 
 riplliitcd this fsmc gentle foil long time : 
 That their own inotlier loath'd x\Kii benjllinrf!, 
 And 'gan abhor her brood's unkindly crime. 
 
 tmry (^neen, 
 
 Be'astly. adj. [from beajl.'\ 
 
 1. Brutal ; contrary to the nature and dig- 
 nity of man. It is ufed commonly as a 
 term of reproach. 
 
 Wouldli thou have thyfelf fall in the confufion 
 of men, or remain a beaft with beads- — Ay — a 
 tr.ifly ambition. Shakfpcare. 
 
 You b.'.iJ1ly knave, know you no reveience? 
 
 Ki-ig Lear. 
 
 With lewd, prophanc, and heaftly phtafc, 
 To catch the world's loofc laughter, or vain ga/.c. 
 
 Belt yonpn. 
 
 It is charged up.^n the gentlemen of the army, 
 that the btajily vice of drinking to excefs hath 
 been l.iiely, from their example, reltured among 
 us. Sivift. 
 
 2. Having the nature or form of beaCts. 
 
 Bfnfly diviiuties, and dro'.es of gods. Prior. 
 To BEAT. -v. a. pret. beat ; part. pail'. 
 L'at, or beaten, [battrc, French.] 
 
 1. To llrilvc i to knock; to lay blows 
 upon. 
 
 So fight I, not as one that Imtcth the air, 
 
 I Corinthians. 
 He rav'd with all the madnefs of defpair ; 
 He roar'ri, he beat his brcaft, he tore his hair. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 2. To punifh with ftripes or blows. 
 
 They 've chofe a conful tliat will from them 
 take 
 Their liberties ; make them of no more voice 
 Than dogs, that are often beat for barking. Shak. 
 
 Millrefs Ford, good heart, is beaten black 
 and blue, that you cannot tee a white fpot about 
 her. Shakfpeiire. 
 
 There is but one fault for which children 
 ftiould be beaten -J and tiiat is obltinacy or re- 
 bellion. Locke. 
 
 3. To lliikc an ififtrument of mufick. 
 
 Bid them come t'ortti and henr. 
 Or at their chamber door I'll beat the drum, 
 Till it ciy, Heep io death. Shakjpeare. 
 
 4. To break; to bruife ; to fpread ; to com- 
 minute by blows. 
 
 The people gathered manna, and ground it ni 
 mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it. 
 
 Nuttiben. 
 
 They did bent the gold into thin plates, and 
 ciit it into wires, to work it. E.\od'.ii. 
 
 They fave the laborious work of beating ^oi 
 ! cmp, by making the a.xeUrec of the main 
 wheel of their com mills longer than ordinary, 
 and placing of pins in tnem, to raiic targe ham- 
 mers like thofc uled for paper and fulling mills, 
 with wliich they beat molt of their hemp. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 Ncrtor furniflied the gold, and he heat it into 
 leaves, fo that he had occafion to ufe h»s anvil 
 and hammer. Broome. 
 
 5. To llrike bufhes or ground, or make a 
 motion to ronfe game. 
 
 It is iicange how long tome men will lie in 
 wait to fpcak, and how many otiier matters they 
 will beat over to come near it. Bacon. 
 
 When from the cave thou rifeft with the day 
 To beat the woods, and roul'e the bounding prey. 
 
 Vrior. 
 
 Together let us beat this ample field. 
 Try what the open, what the covert yield. Top:. 
 
 6. To thrafh ; to dilve the com out of the 
 hufk. 
 
 Sic gleaned in the field, and /r^i/ out thai (he 
 had gleaned. R^th. 
 
 7. To mix things by long and frequent 
 agitation. 
 
 By long beating the white of an egg with a 
 Jump of alum, you 'may bung it into white 
 curds, BoyU. 
 
 B E A 
 
 8. To batter with engines of war. 
 
 And he brat down the tower of Penuf I, and 
 flew the men of the city. y^'^S."' 
 
 9. To dalh as water, or brtifli as wind. 
 
 Beyond this floo<l a frozen continent 
 Lies dark and wild; beat with perpetual ftorms 
 Of whirlwind and dire hail. Miiton. 
 
 With tcmpcfts beat, and to the winds a fcorn. 
 
 Kritcotnnion. 
 
 While winds and ftorms his lofty forehead 
 beat, 
 The common fate of all that's high or groat. 
 
 Denham . 
 As when a lion in the midnight hours. 
 Seat by rnde blalVs, and wet with wint'iy 
 
 fhow'is, 
 Defcends tenifick from the mountain's brow. 
 
 Voft. 
 
 10. To tread a path. 
 
 While I this unexampled ta(k alTay, 
 Pafs awtui gulfs, and beat my painful way, 
 Celcftial dove! divine affiftancc bi ing. B'.achr.cn. 
 
 11. To make a path by marking it with 
 tracks. 
 
 He that will know the truth of things, mull 
 leave the eonimon and be.nen track. Locke. 
 
 12. To conquer; tofubdue ; tovanquilli. 
 If Hercules and LIchas play at dice, 
 
 Which is the better man ? The greater throw 
 
 May turn by forttinc from the weaker hand : 
 
 So is Alcides beann by his page. Shakj^-eare. 
 
 You fouls of geefe. 
 That bear the (hapes of men, how have you tun 
 From Haves that apes would beat ! Shakf. 
 
 Five times, Marcius, 
 I have fought with thee, fo often haft thou beat 
 me. Shukfptare. 
 
 I have difcern'd the foe fecurely lie, 
 Too proud to fear a beattn enemy. Dryden. 
 
 The common people of Lucca are firmly 
 perfnadtd, that one Lucqiicle can beat five Flo- 
 rentines. Addijon. 
 
 Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, joining his (hips to 
 thofc of the Syracufans, beat the Carthaginians 
 at fea. Arbatllnot. 
 
 1 3. I'o harafs ; to overlabour. 
 
 It is no point of wifdom for a man to beat 
 his brains, and fpend his fpirits, about things 
 impolTible. Hake-will. 
 
 And as in prifons mean rogues beat 
 Hemp, for the fervice of the great ; 
 So Whacum beat his dirty brains 
 T'atlvance hi.s mailer's fame and gains. Hudibtai. 
 
 Wliy any one (houlJ waftc bis time, and beat 
 his head, about the Latin grammar, who does 
 not intend to be a critick. Locke. 
 
 14. To lay, or prefs, as {landing corn by 
 hard weather. 
 
 Her own (liallblefs her; 
 Her foes ftiake like a field of beaten corn, 
 /. nd hang their heads with forrow. S/:akfpeaie. 
 Ij, To deptcfs; to crulh by repeated op- 
 pofillon : ufually with the particle rtlszcn. 
 
 Albeit a parriun was proclaimed, touching 
 any fpeceh tending to treafon, yci could not the 
 boldncfs be beaten down either with that I'evc- 
 rity, or with this lenity be abated hayward. 
 
 Our warriours propagating the French lan- 
 guage, at the fame time they are beating do'wn 
 their power. .i.ldijon. 
 
 Such an imlnok'd-for ftorm of ills falls or\ me, 
 
 \x beat-i dj-i.ii all my ftrength. Addij:>n. 
 
 1 6. To drive by violence : with a particle. 
 
 Twice have I fally'd, and was twice beat hae'c. 
 
 Dryde-i 
 
 He that proceeds upon other principles in his 
 inquiry, does at ieaft poft himfelf in a party, 
 which he will not quit till he be beaten out. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 He cannot beat it out of his head, hut that it 
 was a cardinal who picked iis pocket. Addifon. 
 
 The younger part of mankind might be beat 
 Cjf from the belief of the molt important points 
 even of natural religion, by the impudent jells 
 of a profane wit, D'atts, 
 
 B E A 
 
 17. To move with fluttering agitation, 
 
 Tl.uce have I ^m/ the wing, and lid with night 
 Abiiiii the world. Drydm. 
 
 18. To beat down. To endeavour by trialy 
 to lefTcn the price dumanded. 
 
 Surveys rich moveables with curious eye, 
 Beati down the price, and threatens Aid to buy. 
 
 Drycen. 
 
 She p:rfuadcd him to truft the renegado with 
 the money he had brought over for their lanfom ; 
 as not (jueftioning but he would beat down :(ic 
 terms ot 1!. AdJiJon. 
 
 19. To beat dotvn. To fink or lelTeii the 
 value, 
 
 Ufuiy beati down the piice of land; for the 
 employment of money is chiefly either incrclinn- 
 diiing or purchaling; and ufury wayl.iys bntn. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 20. I'o beat up. To attack fuddenly ; to 
 alarm. 
 
 Tl ey lay in that quiet pofture, without 
 making tlie Ieaft impreffion upon the enemy by 
 icaitng up his 6;uartcis, which might cafily lia\c 
 been done. Clarendon. 
 
 Will (ancles he (hould never have been the 
 man he is, had not he knocked down Coniia- 
 blcs, and beat up a lewd woman's quarters, when 
 he w;is a young fellow. Addtjon. 
 
 2 1. To beat the hoof. To walk ; to goon 
 
 foot. 
 To Beat. -v. n. 
 
 1. To move in a pulfatory manner. 
 
 I would gladly underliand the formation of a 
 foul, and fee it beat the firft confcious pulfe. 
 
 Co'lier, 
 
 2. To dafh as a flood or ftorm. 
 
 Public envy fecmeih to beat chiefly upon mi- 
 
 nifters. B.ieov. 
 
 Your brow, which does no fear of thunder 
 
 know. 
 
 Sees rowlingrerapefts vainly ^^a/ below. Dry.fen. 
 
 One fees many h.oUow I'paees worn in the br.t- 
 
 toms of the rocks, as they are more or Ic.s able 
 
 to refilf the irnprelTions of the water that beatt 
 
 agiinft thcni. AdJifon. 
 
 3 . To knock at a door. 
 
 The men of the city befet the houfe round 
 about, and beat at the door, and fpake to the 
 mafter of the houfe. fudges. 
 
 4. To move with frequent repetitions of- 
 the fame a&. or ftroke. 
 
 No pulfe Ihall keep 
 His n.it'ral progrei^s, hut furceafe to beat. Shakfp. 
 
 My temp'ratc pulfe does regularly beat; 
 Feel and befatisfy'd. Dr\den. 
 
 A man's heirt beats and the blood circulates-, 
 which it is nor in his power, by any thought or 
 volition, to (top. Locke. 
 
 5. To throb ; to be in agitation, as a fore 
 fwelling. 
 
 A turn or two I'll walk. 
 To dill my beating mind. Shakfpiarc. 
 
 6. To fludluate ; to be iu agitation. 
 
 The tempell in my mind 
 Doth from my fenfes take all feeling elfe. 
 Save what beuts there, Shakfpeare. 
 
 7. To try different ways; to fsarch : with 
 about. 
 
 I arn always heatina about in my thoughts for 
 fometiiing that may turn to the benefit of my 
 dear countrymen. Addijon. 
 
 Tu find an honeft man, I beat about. 
 And love him, court him, praifc him, in or out. 
 
 Vofe. 
 
 8. To a61 upon with violence. 
 
 The fun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he 
 f.'inted, and wiflied in himfe'f to die. ytnait. 
 
 9. To fpeak frequently ; to repent; tu ei!- 
 force by repetition : u -"th upon. 
 
 Wc are drawn 'on into a larger fpeceh, by rea- 
 fon of their fo i^reat earncftne'' . wiio ie.^i inori; 
 and nioie «/>'.'/ thefe lalt alleged words. Hoaker. 
 
 8
 
 B E A 
 
 H9X frequently ^nd fervently dolli the fcrip- ] 
 turr f,f.it up;n this caufc ! Haicwill. 
 
 JO. To L-at up; as, to bent u[> for foldievs. 
 The word up fecms redundant, but en- 
 forces the fenfe ; the technical teim be- 
 ing, to ra'ife foldiers. 
 Beat. part, pajive. [from the verb. J 
 Like a rich vtdTcl hot by ftoims tu Ihoie, 
 'Twere madnefs (hoiild I venture out once more. 
 
 Beat. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Stroke. 
 
 2. Manner of ftriking. 
 
 Albeit the h.ife nnd treble Itrings of :i viol be 
 tuned to an unifon, yet the former wdl Hill 
 irakc a bigger found than the latter, as makurg 
 .1 broader /'ta' upon the .lir. ■ Grev: 
 
 He, with a carelefs hcol, 
 Struck out the mute creation at a heat. Dryden. 
 
 3. Manner of being ftruck ;- as, the beat oi 
 the pulfe, or a drum. 
 
 ^i.'ATV.v. part- adj. [from To btat.] 
 What makes yoii, fir, fo late .abroad 
 Without a guide, and this no licaicn road? 
 
 Be'ater. n.f. [from /'(■«'.] . 
 
 1. An inftrament with whidi any thing is 
 comminuted or mingled, 
 
 Beit all your mottar with a beater three or 
 rour limes over, before you uftf it ; for thereby 
 vou incorporate the fand and lime well together. 
 
 2. A perfon much given to blows. 
 
 The J.ell Ichoolmalter of our time wa^ the 
 grcateft heater. JJchum'^ Sclioohmjh, . 
 
 Beatifical. 7 fl^'. Ibeatificus, low Lat. 
 Beati'fick. 3 fromW«J,happy.]That 
 
 B E A 
 
 has the power of making happy, or com- 
 ■ pletiug fruition ; blifsful. Itlsukdonly 
 of hea'venly fruition after death. 
 
 Admiring the riches of heaven's pavement 
 Tlian auclrt divine or holy clfc, eiijoy'd ^ 
 in vifion heatifick. Mi',.,,. 
 
 It is alio their felicity to have no faith ; tor 
 eniovin"- the beatifieal vifion in the fruition of 
 ■the obicil of faith, they have received the fu'l 
 evacuation of it. Br,-,un'^ Vulgar E,nur. 
 
 We may contemplate upon the greatnels and 
 flrangenefs of Jhc A.vir,;A^i .vifion; how a created 
 eye (huuld be fo fortified, as to bear all ihofe 
 glories tliat ftream from the fountain of un- 
 created Light. Yt 
 Beati'fically. «(/■«. \\rom beattpc'ii. \ In 
 fuch a manner as to complete happinefs. 
 Bcatificalh to beliold the face of<iuJ, m tlie 
 fulnefs of wifdom, rightcoul'ncfs, and pc.ice, is 
 bh-lTedncfs no way incident unto the "catuies 
 -beneath man. Hakei^.ll. 
 B^atifica'tjon. n.f. [from l^cstij;:^-.'] 
 A term in the Roinilh church, diltm- 
 ■ <Tui(hed from canonization. Beatifica- 
 tion is an acknowledgment made by the 
 pope, that the perfoa beatified is in hea- 
 ven, and therefore may be reverenced as 
 bltffed ; but is not a concelTion of the 
 honours due to faints, which arc confer- 
 red by canonization. 
 To BEA'TIFY. -v. a. [bcatifico, Lat.] 
 ■I.To make happy, to blefs with the 
 completion of crlcftial enjoyment. 
 
 The ufe of fpimual conference is unima- 
 oinable and ui.fpeakable, cfpecially if free and 
 unrertraiued, bearing an image of th.it conver- 
 .(ation which is among angels and heat.M famts 
 
 We (hall know him to be the fulleft good 
 the ncuclf to us, and the moft certain; and 
 
 <;onreiiu<;ntly. the moft /■'•'>"I)''"£ of a" "'''"«• 
 ■* ' £r<,wn. 
 
 I wiflr I had the wings of an angel, to have 
 
 afcended into Paiadifc, and to have beheld the 
 
 forms of thofe beatified fpirits, from which I 
 
 miglit have copied my archangel. Dryden. 
 
 2. To fettle the charafler of any perfoii> 
 
 by a publick acknowledgment that he is 
 
 received in heaven, though he is notin- 
 
 veded with the dignity of a faint. 
 
 Over againft this cliurch ftands an hofpilal 
 
 cre<!ted by a lhoe-mak.er, who has been heaiified 
 
 though never fainted. .'JHdi/on. 
 
 Be'ating. n.f. [from beat.] CorreAion ; 
 
 punifliment by blows. 
 
 Playwright, convift of publick wrongs to men. 
 Takes private ieati„gt, and begins again. 
 
 Ben ycrtjbn. 
 
 Bca'titude. n.f. [beatiluJo, Lat.] 
 
 1. Blelfcdnefs; felicity; happinefs: com- 
 monly iifed of the joys of heaven. 
 
 Ti:u end of that government, and of all men's 
 aims, is agreed to be /)Cii^;/»</c, that is, his be- 
 ing completely well. D'&by. 
 
 This is the image and little leprefentation of 
 heaven; it is ^..icVui/f in pi'iluie. Tay/ar. 
 
 He fet out the felicity of his heaven, by tlie 
 dehnhts of fenfe; llightly pnffing over the ac- 
 comphlhiiKiit of the foul, and the beatitude of 
 that part wliich caith and vifibilities too weakly 
 afleft. Brown's Vulga, Errours. 
 
 2. A declaration of bleffednefs made by 
 our Saviour to particular virtues. 
 
 Beau. n.f. [beau, Ft. It is founded like 
 bo, and has often the French plural 
 beau.\, founded ssboes.] A manof drefs; 
 a man whofe great care is to deck his 
 perfon. 
 What will not beauy attempt to pleafe the fair r 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The water nymphs are too unkind 
 To Vill'roy ; are the land nymphs fo? 
 And fly they all, at once combin'd 
 To fhamc a general, and a beau P Prior. 
 
 You will become the delight of nine ladies in 
 ten, and the envy of ninety-nine beaux in a hun- 
 dred, ^-^fi'- 
 Be'aver. n.f. [bie'vre, French; fbre.] 
 I. An animal, otherwife named the cajlor, 
 amphibious, and remarkable for his art 
 in building his habitation ; of which 
 many wonderful accounts are delivered 
 by travellers. His Ikin is very valuable 
 on account of the fur. 
 
 Tlie beaver being hunted, bileth off his ftoncs, 
 kiiowini; that for them only his life is fouglit. 
 
 Hal<ewiU. 
 
 They pl.rced tliis invention upon the bca-: er, 
 for the f.tgacity and wifdmn of that animal ; in- 
 deed fiom its aitihce in building. Bro,un. 
 
 2. x\ hat of the beft kind, fo called from 
 being made of the fur of beaver. 
 
 Yuu fee a fmart rhetorician turning his hat, 
 moulding it into different cocks, c.-iamiiiing the 
 lining and the button during his harangue : a 
 deaf man would think he was cheapening a 
 beaver, when he is talking of the fate of a nation. 
 
 .4.idifin. 
 
 The broker here his fpacious beaver wears, 
 Upon Ills brow fit jealoufies and cares. Gay. 
 
 3. The part of a helmet that covers the 
 face. [bavierejYr.] 
 
 His drcadtui hideous head, 
 Clofc couched on the heaver, feem'd to throw 
 From flaming mouth bright fparklcs fiery red. 
 
 .*ipenfer. 
 
 Big Mars fecms bankrupt in their beggar'd 
 
 hoft, 
 
 Anil faintly through a lufty beaver peeps. Sbaif. 
 
 He was llain upon a courfe at tilt, the fplinters 
 
 of the ftaff going iii at liis beaver. Baton. 
 
 B E A 
 
 Be'aVERED. atJj. [from beaver.] Coffered 
 with a beaver ; wearing a beaver. 
 
 His beaver'd brow a birchin garland bears. 
 Dropping with infants blood, and mothers tears. 
 
 Beau'ish. «(//. Ihombeau.] Befitting a 
 
 beau ; foppiflj. 
 Beau'teous. adj. [i\om. beauty.] Fair; 
 elegant in form ; pleating to the fight ; 
 beautiftd. This word is chiefly poeti- 
 cal. 
 
 I can, Petruchio, help thee to a wife, 
 With wealth enough, and young, and heauleiu!. 
 
 Shakjfeart. 
 Alas! not hoping to fubdue, 
 I only to the flight afpir'd; 
 
 To keep the heautcoui foe in view, 
 Was all the gloiy I defir'd. Prior. 
 
 Beau'teously. adv. [from beauteous.] 
 In a beauteous manner ; in a manner 
 pleafing to the fight ; beautifully. 
 
 Look upon plcalures not upon th.at fide that is 
 next the fun, or where they look beaut er.ufiy; 
 that rs, as they come towards you to be enjoyed, 
 
 Tayl'jr. 
 
 Beaxj'teousness. n.f. [froin beauteous.] 
 The ilate or quality of being beaute- 
 ous ; beauty. 
 
 From Icfs virtue, and lefs beauteoufi,efs. 
 The gentiles fiam'd them gods and goddeffes. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 BzA.v'TlTVU.ae/j. [from beauty and full.] 
 Fair J having the quahties that confti- 
 tute beauty. 
 
 He ftole away and took by flrong hand all the 
 iMirfi/u/ women in his time. Raleigh. 
 
 The mofl important pait of painting, is to 
 know what is moll heauiijul in nature, and mod 
 proper for that art ; that which is the moll heau- 
 tifu!, is the moll noble fuLjeil : fo, in poetry, 
 tragedy is more beautiful than comedy, becaulc 
 the perfons are greater whom the jioet inftrudts, 
 and conlequently the inftiuftions of more benefit 
 to mankind. Dryden. 
 
 Beautiful looks are rul'd by fickle minds. 
 And fummer fcas are turn'd by ludden winds. 
 
 P,iir. 
 
 Beau'tifully. adv. [from beautiful.'^ 
 In a beautiful mannci. 
 
 No longer fli;.ll the boddiee, aptly lac'd 
 From thy lull bofom to thy Ikndcr waiil. 
 That air and harmony of Ihape cxprefs. 
 Fine by degiees, and beautifully lets. Pr'or. 
 
 Beau'tifui.ness. n.f. [fiom beautiful.] 
 The quality of being beautiful; beauty ; 
 excellence of form. 
 To Beau'tify. v. a. [from beauty.] To 
 adorn ; to embellifh ; to deck ; to grace; 
 to add beauty to. 
 
 Never was forrow more fweetly fet forth ; 
 tl8-ir faces feeming rather to beaut fy their forrow, 
 than their forrow to cloud the beauty of their 
 faces. H.,yv.'ard. 
 
 Sulficeth not that we arc brought to Rome, 
 To beautify thy triumphs aud leturn, 
 Captive to thee and to thy Roman )oke? S>iakf. 
 Thefe were not created to beautify the earth 
 alone, but for the ufe of man and bealf. Raleigh. 
 
 How all confpiie to grace 
 Th' extended earth, and bcnitify her face. 
 
 Blachnore. 
 There is charity and juftice; and the one 
 fcrves to heighten and beautify the other. 
 
 .-Uterhury. 
 
 To Beau'tify. v. n. To grow beauti- 
 ful ; to advance in beauty. 
 It mull be a piolpea pleating to God himfcif, 
 
 to fee his creation for ever beautifying in his 
 eyes, and drawing nearer to him by greater dc 
 grecs of rcfernhlance. Addifa,i. 
 
 BEAUTY. «./. ibeaua, Fr.]
 
 B E C 
 
 1 . That afTtimblage of graces, or propoi- 
 tion of parts, wliicli pk-afes tlic eye. 
 
 Brauiy tuiililts of a cirt;iMi conniohtuui of co- 
 lour and figurf, cauling dtliglit in the beholder. 
 
 Luckt. 
 
 Yuiir licauty was the caiifc of that cfl'cfl, 
 Your ifitnrv, that did li.uiiit mc ui my Uctp. — 
 If I tljouglit that, I tell thee, homicide, 
 Thcfe ji.iils (liould rend that bc^wiy from my 
 checks. Sh^kfftaif. 
 
 Bcauiy is beft in a body that hath rather dip- 
 nity of prcfencc tiian beauty of af^jcifl. TItc 
 ■ beautiful prove acconiplilhcd, but not of great 
 ' 'fpirit, and ftudy for the raort part rather beha- 
 viour than virtue. Bacon. 
 
 The bcft part of beauty is that which a pidme 
 cannot cxprefs. B.icon. 
 
 Of the brnuty of the eyc I Ihall fay Utile, 
 kjving that to poets and oiators: that it is a 
 vt-iy plcaf.int and lovely ul-jeifl to behold, if we 
 coiififier l.ie ligurc, colour, fplciidoiK of it, is 
 the ioalt 1 can fay. Jt-'V 
 
 Heview'd tiieir.twining branches with dcliglit. 
 And prais'd the imiu/y of the pleahng light. 
 
 2. A particular grace, feature, or orna- 
 jiieiit. 
 
 The ancient pieces arc beautiful, becaufc tlicy 
 refcmblc the b/,iuiici of nature ; and n.iturc wii- 
 ever be bc.iutiful, which relVmblcs thofc bcauti^^ 
 ofainiquity. Diytkn. 
 
 Wherever you place a patch, you dcftroy a 
 bsauty. .'UiiijO'! 
 
 _3. Any tliirg more eminently excellent 
 tiian the rcll of that u illi whith it is 
 united. 
 
 This gave me anoccafion of looking backward 
 on fomc bcautLCi of my author in his formci 
 books. VryM'l. 
 
 With incredible pains have I endeavoured to 
 copy the fcveial btantUi of the ancient and mo- 
 dern iiilK'ri.ais, A'buth'iQt. 
 
 4. A beautiful perfon. 
 
 Remember that Pellean conqucrour, 
 A vouth, how ail the bftixt-^i of the caft 
 He llightly view'd, and llighlly oveipafj'd. M:J. 
 
 ^*"llat can thv ends, ni.ilicious ^r^wry, be? 
 Can he, who kill'd thy bioihei, live for thee? 
 
 D,y.ifn. 
 
 To Beau'ty. ^). a. [from the noun.] To 
 aJorn ; to beautify; to embellifh. Not 
 in ufe. 
 The harlot's cheek, btautied with plaft'iing 
 arr. 
 Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it, 
 Than is my deed to your molt painted v;uri. 
 
 S/iaJ.j'j',iiri. 
 
 Beau'ty-spot. n. /. [from k-aiity ^nd 
 fpot.] A fpot placed tO direCl the eyt 
 to fomethiiig elfe, or to heighten fome 
 beauty; a foil ; a patch. ; 
 
 The hhhincfsof fwine makes them the lctii<t\- 
 fpot of the animal creation. Crcif. 
 
 Becafi'co. n. /. \_becnf20. Span.] A 
 bird like a niglitingale, feeding on figs 
 yiid grapes ; ;i li^pecker. Phicda. 
 
 The robin-redlncait, till of late, had rclt, 
 A'ld cl.ildien l.icrtd held a martin's neft ; 
 Till btcuficoi fold fo tiev'lill; de..r, 
 To one that was, or would have been, a peer. 
 
 I'ofe- 
 ToBeca'lm. v. a. [from ca/m.] 
 
 1. To ftill the elements. 
 
 The moon (hone clear on the becalmed flood. 
 
 D'yden., 
 
 2. To keep a (liip from motion. . . 
 
 A man a:-i»lmed at fea, out of fight of land, in 
 a fait day, may look on the fun, or I'ea, or Ihip, 
 a whole hour, and perceive no motion. Luckc. 
 
 3. To quiet the mind. 
 
 Soft whilp'iing aits, and the Utk'sm.attin fong, 
 Vol. 1. 
 
 B E C 
 
 Then woo to nulling, and itf/m the miiid 
 Perple.v'd with ircifcine thoiigbts. Piil'J>i. 
 
 B.anilh his forrows, and becjlm his foul . 
 W t1 eafy dicams; , AJdIfon. 
 
 Perhapspiofpcrity irra/m'rf his Waft ; 
 Perhaps the wiiuiyuft fliified from ti'.e caft. rope. 
 4. To becalm aiul/o culm differ in this, that 
 to calm is to (lop motion, and lo becalm 
 is to wilhlio'd from motion. 
 Beca'mi:. Tlic preterit of bscomt. 
 Beca'l'SE. coniund. [from by &\\i caufe.'\ 
 
 1. For this realon that ; on this account 
 that ; for this eaufe that. It makes 
 the fiiii part of an ill.ative prupofition, 
 either exprefbly or by implication, and 
 is anfwercd by therefore ; as, I_fl-i'l be- 
 caufe / iL'as .ifra'ul ; which is the fame 
 with, tcutti/e I was afiaid, therefore 1 
 fled. 
 
 How great foevcr the fins of any perfon arc, 
 Chiilt died for r.inx, bccuufc he died for .dl ; and 
 he died for tiiofe fins, b-:c,t'jfc he died for alJ fins ; 
 only he nuilt reform. Hamm'jii.i. 
 
 ISIen do not fo gcneial'y agree in the fcnfe of 
 thcfe ai of tl'.e other, Itrnirfc the inrcrells, niid 
 lu(f>, and palh.vns of men .ire more concerned in 
 the one than the other. TiHolf'n. 
 
 2. It has, in fome fort, the force ofa/rf- 
 pofiiion ; but, becaufe'it is compounded 
 
 of a noun, has 0/ after it. 
 
 Infancy demands aliment, fuch as lengthens 
 fibres without breaking, bccatiji of the Hate of 
 accretion. Arbuthnot. 
 
 To B E c H a'n c F, . 1'. n. [ from be and chance. ] 
 To belal ; to h;i])pen to : a word pro- 
 per, but now in little ufe. 
 My fons, God knows what has bechanced x\\tim. 
 
 Shakfj>r.t}f. 
 
 All h ippincfs /'fc'irtrr :- to thee at Milan. 'Skak, 
 
 Be'chicks. n.f. [ii„';^iJ!3, of .3?*,acough.] 
 
 Medicines pioper for relieving coughs 
 
 Dia. 
 
 To BECK. i\ n. [beacn. Sax. bee, Fr. 
 head.] To inake a Ijgu with the head. 
 To Beck, ik a. To call or guide, as by a 
 motion of the head. 
 
 Bell, book, and candle, (hall not drive me back, 
 
 WMien gold and !il\er I^cck mc to come on. S'itik. 
 
 Oh tills falfe foul of Egypt, this gay charm, 
 
 Whofe eyc be:k'd fortii my wars, and call'd them 
 
 home. ahukfp, Anthony and CU^.patra, 
 
 Beck. «. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A lign with the head ; a nod. 
 
 HaiFc thee, nymph, and !>ring with thee 
 Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiies, 
 Noels, and h::ckij and wieathed fmilcs. hhlt-jn. 
 
 2. A nod of command. 
 
 Keithei tlie lully kind Ihewcd any roughnefs, 
 nor the cafier any itiUiielj; but ftill like a well- 
 obeyed mailer, whofe h<.ck is cnoUL^h for difci- 
 pline. S'tdmy. 
 
 Then forthwirii to him takes a chofen band 
 Of fpirits, likelt to himfelf in guile, 
 To be at h.^nd, and at his bt\k appear, ^iiiton. 
 
 The menial. fair, that round her wair, 
 At Helen's bick prcp.uc the 100m of ftate. Fcpe. 
 
 To Be'ckon. 1). n. To make a fign with- 
 out words. 
 
 Alexander if(-/3»if(f with the hand, and weuld 
 have made his defence unto the people. We7j. 
 When he had raifed my thoughts by thofc 
 tranfporting airs, he beckoned to me, and, by the 
 waving of his hand, dirc(51ed me to approach. 
 
 Addif'in. 
 Sudden you mount, •jovibeckon from the Ikics j 
 Clotids intcipofe, waves roar, and winds arifc I 
 
 i'l-fe. 
 To Be'ckon. v. a, [from bed, or beacn, 
 Sax. a fign.] To laake a lign to. 
 
 EEC 
 
 With hertwo crooked hands (he lignsdid irakc» 
 And heckm'd liim. ti'i'y (iiitcn' 
 
 It bcckom you to go away with it, 
 As if it fome impartmcnt did deftre 
 To you alone. Shakjpeare, 
 
 With rhis his diftant friends he beckon\ near, 
 Provokes their duty, and prevents their fear. 
 
 Drydeit. 
 
 ToBecli'p. -v. a. [of b^ clyppan. Sax.] 
 
 To embrace. Did. 
 
 To Beco'me. v. n. pret. I bcccme % corcp. 
 
 pret. I ha-ve become, [from ^^ and fomi!.] 
 
 I . To enter into fome ftate or condition, 
 
 by a change from fome other. 
 
 The Lord God breathed into his noflrils the 
 breath of life, ^wiroiw became a living foul. 
 
 Gencfii. 
 
 And unto the Jews I becami a Jew, thai I 
 
 might g.ain tucjews. I Ccrin. 
 
 A fnialler pear, grafted upon a flock that 
 
 be.ircth a greater pc»r, will becane great. B.ti'^n. 
 
 My voice thou oft hall heard; and hafl. not 
 
 feai'd, 
 
 But ftill rcjoic'd ; how is it now ietome 
 
 Sodteadfultoti.ee? Affllcit. 
 
 So the leatt faults, it mix'd with fairel) deed. 
 
 Of future ill beccnic the fatal feed. I'ricr. 
 
 To become of. "To be tlie fate of; lo 
 be the end of ; to be the fubfeqiient or 
 final condition of. It is obfervable, th:it 
 tins word is never, or very feldom, uCd 
 but with 'zvhat, either indefinite or in- 
 terrogative. 
 
 IVkat is then becoKe .'/ fo hugea multitude, as 
 would have o\eifpread a great part of t'.)e conti- 
 nent ? Jia/eirb. 
 Pcrplex'd with thoughts, "uv;-.' would bec.v 
 
 Oj me, and all mankind. 
 
 Mil:> 
 
 The tirft hints of the circulation of the blood 
 were taken from a common pcrfuVs wondering 
 iih.i; became of all the blood thatTTTued out cf 
 tnc heart. Graunt. 
 
 It'luit will become of me then ? for, when h.c 
 is fr<-e, he will infallibly accnfe me. JDiy.l-r. 
 
 li'/tat became of ti\\s thoughtful bufv creatui e, 
 when removed from this woiid, has amazed il.e 
 ?i i-.ir, and puzz.Ied the wife. ./?;p.--' i. 
 
 3. In the following pafTage, the phrafe, 
 
 where is he become P is ufcd for, luhat Is 
 
 become ofh'nn ? 
 I cannot joy, until I be refolv'd 
 
 jyhere our right valiant father ii become. Shalff. 
 To Beco'me. V. a. [from be oc by, and 
 
 cpimen. Sax. to plcafe.] 
 
 1 . Applied to perfons, to appear in a 
 manner fuitable to fomething. 
 
 It I become not a cart as well as another m.:n, 
 a plague on my bringing np. Sh tkfpenre. 
 
 \\'hy would I be a queen ? bccaufe mv .face 
 Would wear tlic title witii a better grace; 
 If I VLCcime it not, yet it would be 
 Part of your duty then to Hatter mc. D'yJfn. 
 
 2. Applied to things, to be fuitaWe to the 
 perfon ; to befit ; to he congruous to 
 the appearance, or charader, or cir- 
 cumliances, in fuch a manner, as to add 
 grace ; to be graceful. 
 
 She to hci I'ue made humble revereice, 
 And bowed low, that her right well bic.tme. 
 And added grace imto hci excellence. /•'. t^.nex, 
 I would I had fume llowcrs o* th' fpring that 
 might 
 Become your time of day T and your's, and your's, 
 Tiiat wear upon your virgin blanches yet 
 Your maidenheads growing. Shukfpecire, 
 
 Yet be fad, good brothers ; 
 For, to fpcak truth, it vciy well becomes you. 
 
 Skiikf^c-ire^ 
 Your diftiononr 
 Mangles true juo'gmcnt, and bereaves the ftate 
 Of that iniegiity which ftiould become it Si':.ik. 
 
 Y
 
 BED 
 
 Wichcrly was of my opinion, oi' vather I of 
 his : for it becomes me fo to fpcak of fo excellent 
 a poet. Drydcn. 
 
 He utterly rejetftcd their fables concerning 
 their gods, as not becoming good men, much kfs 
 thofe which were worlhipped for gods. 
 
 Stillingfiett. 
 
 Be co'. MING, partldp. adj. [from become,'] 
 That pleafcs by an elegant propriety; 
 pvactful. It is fometimts ufcd with 
 tlie particle of; bnt generally without 
 any government of the following words. 
 Of thee, kind boy, I aik no red .md white 
 To make up my delight. 
 No odd becoming graces, 
 Black eyes, or little know not what, in faces. 
 
 Suckling. 
 
 Their difcourfes are fuch as belong to their ngc, 
 
 their calling and tlieir breeding ; fuch as arc ic' 
 
 earning of them, and of them only. Dtydcn. 
 
 Yet {^imt becoming hotdnefs I may ufe j 
 
 I've welldeferv'd, nor will he now refute. Dryd. 
 
 Make their pupils repeat the ai^ion, that ttiey 
 
 may curret^t what is conlhaincd in it, rill if be 
 
 pcrfetfled into an habitual and hcL^'ining eafincfs. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Beco'ming. n.f. [from become.'^ Orna- 
 ment. Not in ufe. 
 
 Sir, forgive me, 
 Since my becomings kill me when they not 
 Eye well to you. SlKikfpenre. 
 
 Beco'minoi.y. adv. [from becoming.'] 
 
 After a becoming or proper manner. 
 Eeco'mingness. n.f. [from becoming. 
 See To Become.] Decency; ele- 
 gant congruity ; ^propriety. 
 
 Nor is the majefty uf the divine government 
 greater in its extent, than {he becomingncji hereof is 
 in its manner and form, Gre-iv. 
 
 BED. nj-. [beb. Sax.] 
 
 1. Something made to fleep on. 
 
 Lying not erc^, but hollow, which is in ihc 
 making of the hai; or with the leg? gathered up, 
 which is in the pofturc of the body, is the more 
 wholcfomc. Biuvn. 
 
 Rigoui now is gone to hedy 
 And Advice with fcrupiilous head Milton. 
 
 Thofc hoiifes then were caves, or homely fhcds, 
 With twining ozit^rs fcnc'd, and mofs tiieir heiU. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 2. Lodging ; the jfonvenience of a place to 
 fleep in. 
 
 On my kncc« I beg, 
 That you'll vouchlUfe me raiment, hed, and 
 food. Skakjj>eaie. 
 
 3. Marriage. 
 
 George, the cldeft fon of this fecond hed, was, 
 after the death of his father, by the fingular care 
 aad affection of I.ia mother,, well brought up. 
 
 ChreruLK. 
 
 4. Bank of earth ralf^ in a garden. 
 
 Herbs will tie tenderer and fairer, if you take 
 them oiil of hfdi^ when they .ire newlv Cuinc up, 
 knd lemovcthcm intuiiuti, witii bcLicr caith. 
 
 Baron ^ 
 
 5. The channel of a river, or any liollow. 
 
 So high as h'av'd tlic tumid lulls, fu luw 
 Down funk a hollow bottom, bro id, and deep, 
 Capacious i*V of w.itrrs. I\U'iton. 
 
 The great mag;iz:iH for all kinds' of rrealuie is 
 fuppofcd to br the led of tlic Tiber Wc may be 
 lure, when the Romans Inyutulcr the npprchen- 
 Jions of f:cing rh«ir city Ouked by a b:iib..ious 
 cucmy, that they would t;?kc cnie to bcrtow fuch 
 i)f tiieir riches that Wity, as could heft bear the 
 water. Add.j'.n, 
 
 6. The place where any thing is generated* 
 or repofited. 
 
 Sec i.o;iry Albula's infc^ed tide 
 0*ci lKc\»arip i*«i o£ fmoaking fulphur givdr. 
 
 AddlfLn. 
 
 BED 
 
 7. A layer ; a flratum ; a body fpread 
 over another. 
 
 I fee no reafon, but the furfacc of t;)c lajid 
 (hould he as regular as that of the water, in the 
 firft produiflion of it; ar^ the ftiata, or beJi 
 within, lie ^s even. Burnet. 
 
 8. To bring to Bed. To deliver of a child. 
 It is often ufed with the particle of; 
 S.i,jhe loaj brought to bed of a daughter. 
 
 Ten months after Florinn.1 happcn'd to wed. 
 And was brought in a laudable manner to beil. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 9. To make the Bed. To put the bed in 
 order after it has been ulcd. 
 
 I keep his houfc, and I wa(h, wiing, brew, 
 bake, fcour, drcfs meat, and miike the beJi, and 
 do all myfelf. ahnk/penre. 
 
 Bed of a Mortar, [with gunners.] A 
 folid piece of oak, liollowed in the 
 middle, to receive tlie breech and half 
 the trunnions. Difl. 
 
 Bkd of a great Gtin. That thick plank 
 which lies immediately imdcr the piece, 
 being, as it were, the body of the car- 
 riage. JJiiT. 
 
 To Bed. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To go to bed with. 
 
 They have married me : 
 I'll to the Tufcan wars, and never bcJ her. 
 
 Sh.tkfprare. 
 
 2. To place in bed. 
 
 .She was publickly contr.i<£lcd,(lated as a biidc, 
 and folemnly ^fJ./f./; and, after (he was l.ild, 
 Maximilian's ambaffador put his leg, llript naked 
 to the knee, between the efpoulal Ihcets. Bctan. 
 
 3. To make partaker of the bed. 
 
 There was a doubt ripped up, whether Arthur 
 was bcU.ieii v/'itYi his lady. Bacon. 
 
 4. To fow, or plant in earth. 
 
 Lay the turf with the grafs fide downward, 
 upon which lay fume of your bed mould to bed 
 your quick in, and lay jour tjuick upon it. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 5. To lay in a place of reft, or feciirity. 
 
 Let coarle bold hands, from (limy ne(f, 
 Tlic bed^ied (i(h in banks outwrell. Donne, 
 
 A fnake bedded himfelf under the thrcdiold 
 of a country-houfe. L' Ejirange. 
 
 6. To lay in order ; to ftratify. 
 
 And .'^s the flecping foldiers in th' alarm. 
 Your bedded \ai\s, like life in excremenrs, 
 Start up, and Itaiid on end. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Bed. v. n. To cohabit. 
 
 If he be married, and bed with his wife, and 
 afterwards relapfc, he may poffibly fancy that (he 
 infcdted him. IVijeman. 
 
 To Bed.i'bble. ^'. a. [from dabble.] To 
 wet ; to befprinkle. It is generally ap- 
 plied toperlons, in a fenfe including In- 
 convenience. 
 
 Nevci fo weaiy, never fo in woe, 
 Sr.iabb/ed with the dew, and torn with briars, 
 I can no further crawl, no further go. Shakfp. 
 To Beda'cQli;. -v. a. [from Jagg/e.2 To 
 bemire ; to foil clothes, by letting them 
 reach the dirt in walking. 
 To Buda'sh. v. a. [from dajlo.] To be- 
 mlre by throwing dirt ; to befpatter ; 
 to wet with throwing water. 
 
 When thy warlike father, like a child, 
 Told the fad floiy of my father's death. 
 That all the (laiuleis-by had wet their cheeks, 
 Like tiecs AL-i/<«/>i'<y with rain. Shakjpetnc. 
 
 To Beda'ub. v. a. [from daub.] To 
 daub over ; to befmear ; to foil, with 
 fpreading any vifcous body over it. 
 A piteous coife, a bloody piteous curfe. 
 Pale, pale as afhes, 7XihsdctuU\i\\\ bloot!, 
 AU m ^orc blood. HhnkJ^enri. 
 
 BED 
 
 To Beda'zzle. v. a. \_hom, dazzle ."] To 
 make the fight dim by too much lullre. 
 
 My milHken eyes. 
 That have been fo beda:Li:.Ud by the fun. 
 That every thing I look on fecmeth green. Shale. 
 Be'dchamuer. n.f. [from bed and cham- 
 ber.] The chamber appropriated torell. 
 They were brought to the king, abiding tliem 
 in his bedchamber. Hajivntd. 
 
 He was now one of the bedchamber to the 
 prince. Clarendon. 
 
 Bedclothes, n.f. [from bed za^ clothes. 
 It has no Jingular.] Coverlets fpreai 
 over a bed. 
 
 lor he will be fw'inc drunk, and' in his (Iccp 
 he does little harm, favc to his bedcl'Ahei about 
 him. Shakfi'caie. 
 
 Be'dder. \n.f. [frorti bed.] The nc- 
 Bede'tter. 5 ther-flone of an oil-mill. 
 Be'dding. n.f. [from bed."^ The mate- 
 rials of a bed ; a bed. 
 
 Tiicre he no inns where meet bedding may he 
 had ; i\i that his mantle lerves him then (or a iicd. 
 
 Spenj "r . 
 Firll, with afliduous care from winter keep. 
 Well tothcr'd in the (falls, thy tender Ihcep ; 
 Then (pi cad with liraw the beddir.g of thy fold, 
 With ("cm beneath, to fend the bitter cold. 
 
 Drydctt. 
 Arcite leturn'd, and, as in honour tied. 
 His (oc with bedding and with food fupply'tl. 
 
 Ihy.irn. 
 
 To Bede'ck. v. a. [from deck.] To deck; 
 to adorn ; to grace. 
 
 Thou Iham'lt thy fliape, ihy love, thy wit. 
 And u(e(f none in tliat true ufe indeed. 
 Which Ihould^fi/cf^ thy Ihape, thy love, thy wit. 
 
 Shakjpi arc. 
 Female it fcems. 
 That io bedecVdy ornate, and gay. 
 Comes this way. Milton, 
 
 With ornamental Aro^i bedeck' d\ flood, 
 Andv.'rir my victory with my enemy's blood. 
 
 Norris, 
 Now Ceres, in her prime. 
 Smiles feitilc, and with ruddieft fici^hlbedeci^f, 
 
 Philip. 
 
 Bu'dehouse. n. f, [from bebe, Sax. a 
 prayer, znA hotfe.] A hofpital or alms- 
 houfe, where the poor people prayed for 
 their founders and benefat\ors. 
 Bede'tter. See Bedder. 
 To Bede'w. 1). a. [from detu.] To moif- 
 ten gently, as with the fall of dew. 
 Bedeiu her pafturc's grafs with Englifli blood. 
 
 Shakfpcarc. 
 
 Let all the tears, that (hould bedeiu my hcrfe. 
 
 Be firops of balm to fanif^ify thy head. Shakfp. 
 
 The couiUcfs received a letter from him, 
 
 whcreunto all the while (he was writing her an 
 
 fwer, Ihe bedewed \.\\q paper with her teais. 
 
 IVotton. 
 What (lender youth, ^r<itto'^ with liquid odours^ 
 Courts thee on roles, in fome pleafant cave r 
 
 Milloru^ 
 
 B.ilm, fiom a (ilver box diftill'd around, 
 
 Shall all bedfw ihc roots, and fcent the farred 
 
 ground. Dry den. 
 
 He fiid : .ind falling tears his face bedeiv. 
 
 Dry. ten 
 
 Be'dfei.low. n.f. \^fvom bed zndfe/low.J 
 One that lies in the fame bed. 
 He loves your people, 
 But tie him not to be their bclfilkiu. Shakfp. 
 Alifel y acquaints a man with rtiange bedfelloivs, 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 Why doth the crown lie tliere upon his pillow^ 
 
 Being fo troublcfonie a bcd/eiloiv ^ Sh.ikfpeare. 
 
 'A man would as foon choofe him for his bed^ 
 
 feihiv as his playlellnw. L'EjitAnge. 
 
 What chaiming hedfeHo-ivs^ andcompanic>ns for 
 
 life, men ciioofe-aut- cf fuch women ! j-tddif-n.
 
 BED 
 
 roBEDi'cHT. V. a. [from dr^f.'l.] To 
 adorn ; to ilrtfs ; to let ofT : an old word, 
 now only ufcd in humorous writiiijjs. 
 
 A niaifloii line i'f.lii^'it lie hapt lo love ; 
 The maiflfii (inci(-.(Vi;^/r liis love rct.iins, 
 And fur tlic villa^^e lie t'url'.ikcs the pla'ni<. G ly. 
 To Bedi'm. v. II. [i'rom <•//';«.] 'I'o make 
 dim ; to oblcurc ; to cloud ; to darkiii. 
 
 I h.lve hijiin/n'j 
 Tlic noontide Uin^ejH'd forth the nuitinovis winds, 
 And *twixt the green fcaand the iizure v.nult 
 Set roaring war. S/iuiJiunre^ 
 
 To Bedi'zf.s. v. a. [from J;afn.] To 
 drcfs out : a low word. 
 
 BE DLAM. n.f. [corrupted from Bclh- 
 khem, the name of a religious houle in 
 London, converted afterward into a 
 hofjjital for the iiwd and lunatick.] 
 
 1. A madhoiife; a place appointed for the 
 cure of lunacy. 
 
 2. A madman; a lunatick, an inhabitant 
 of Bedlam. 
 
 Let's follow the old carl, and get the hc.llam 
 To lead him wh<vc he would; his roguilh mad- 
 
 nefji 
 Allows itlelf to any thinij. Slsakfiit'.nc. 
 
 Be'dlam. ailj. [from the noun.] Belong- 
 ing to a madhoufe; fit for a madhoufe. 
 
 The country gives me proof and precedent 
 Of bedhim beggars, who with roaring voices 
 Strike in their nunib'd and mortify'd bai"c arms 
 Tins, -woodtn pricks. S/uiif^.urc 
 
 Be'dlamiti;. n.f. [from ieJlam.] An in- 
 habitant of Bedlam ; a madman. 
 
 'If -wild ambition in thy bofoni reign, 
 Alas ! thou buaft'll tliy fobcr I'enfe in vain ; 
 In thcfe poor hfLilanitn thyfclf fur\cy, 
 Thyfclf lefb innocently mad than they. l-":tz£^tr<il.h 
 
 JJe'dmaker. n.f. [from ^f^/ and mrt/fc] 
 A perfon in the univerfities, whofe office 
 it is to make the beds, and clean the 
 chambers. 
 
 I wa5 deeply in love with my bedmit.kcr^ upon 
 which I was rufticatcd for ever. Sf'f^jfjr. 
 
 JBe'dmate. n.f, [from ^^^ and OTfl/t".] A 
 bedfellow ; one that partakes of the 
 fame bed. 
 
 Had I fo good occafron to lie long 
 As you, prince Paris, nought but heav'nly bu- 
 
 finefs 
 Should rob my hfdmare of my company. S^tttk. 
 
 Bf/bmoulding. 1 "•/• [from W 
 
 Be'ddinc moulding. J andmou/^.] A 
 term ufed byworkmen, to llgnify tliofe 
 members in the cornice, which are placed 
 below the coronet. Builder's Diit. 
 
 Be'dpost. n.f. [irom biJ znApoJl.'\ Tl>e 
 pod at the corner of the bed, which fup- 
 ports the canopy. 
 
 I came the next day prepared, and placed her 
 In a clear light, her head leaning to a haipfi, 
 another Itanding behind, holding it Heady. 
 
 tf ifemun* i Surgery, 
 
 Be'dpresser. n.f. [itom kdani prtfs.^ 
 A heavy lazy fellow. 
 
 Tills fanguine coward, this hrjprtjfrr, this 
 horftback breaker, this huge hrll of flefli. Shak 
 
 To Bedra'ggle. 'V. a. [from be and 
 '^''"SS^^- ] To foil the clothes, by fuffer- 
 ingthem, in walking, to reach the dirt. 
 
 Poor Patty Blount, no more be feen 
 StJragg/id in my w.dks fo green. Smifi. 
 
 To Bedre'nch. v. a. [from be and drench.} 
 To drench; to foak ; to faturate with 
 jnoifture. 
 F» off from the mind of Bolingbroke 
 
 BED 
 
 Tt is, firci. cr-irnfon tempeft flionkl he.lienrh 
 Tliefrefh giccn lap of f.iir king R'rdiard's land. 
 
 i'/iLrZ/jpf/irc 
 
 Be'drid. adf [froin ;?<•// and r/.'/c] Con- 
 fitred to tiie bed by age or fickiitfs. 
 
 Nuiu'.ry, uncle of yoorrg I'onlinbras, 
 Who, impotent and /><-./r/i/, fcarcely he.ii s 
 Of this his nephew's purpofc. Sluihfftart. 
 
 Lie* he ■ctoxlrArhiT and again docs nothrng, 
 But what he diti beirrg cluldifli ? Shakjl>eare. 
 
 N(jw, as a niyi rad 
 Of ants drrrfl tJi' emperor 's lov*d fnake invade ; 
 The crawlii'g galK'ys, feagulls, frnny chips, 
 Might brave our pinnaces, our^.''/;i</ Ihips. 
 
 Hanging old mrn, who were hedrid^ lecaiife 
 they would not ditcjver where their money was. 
 
 ClarcnJu" , 
 
 Infirm pcrfons, when they come to be I'oweak 
 as to be tixtd to their bedv, holdout many years ; 
 fonic have lain /'f,/i;/tsveiity years. R:iy. 
 
 Be'drite. n.f. [from W and r/Vi'.] The 
 privilege of the marriage bed. 
 
 Whofe vows are, that no hrdnti (hall be paid 
 
 Till Hymen's torch be lighted. Sholjfcare. 
 
 To Bedro'p. 'V. a. [from be and u'rot>.'] 
 
 To befprlnkle ; to mark witli fputs or 
 
 drops ; to fpeckle. 
 
 Not fo thick iVarrn'd once the foil 
 Bidnip\l with blood of Goi-gon. ^filfin. 
 
 Our plenteous ft reams a various race ftipply ; 
 Trie tilvercel, in ihining vuUrmes roil'd ; 
 The yellow carp, in fcales liedioj^'d with gold. 
 
 Be'dstaff. n. f. [bed and flqff.^ A 
 wooden pin ftuck anciently on the fides 
 of the bedllead, to hold the clothes from 
 flipping on either fide. 
 Hollefs, acconirnod.iLeNirs with ihedjioff. 
 
 J-icfi y^j'ijin' i Kiery L^Iart in bii ifumcur. 
 
 Be'dstead. n.f. [from bed and fead.] 
 The frame on w lilch the bed is placed. 
 
 Cliirnnics with I'curii rcjcr^ting Imoke ; 
 Stools, t.rbles, chairs, and bfJhuJi broke. Sii/ff 
 
 Be'i>straw. n.f. [from bed and Jli-aiv. J 
 The Itraw laid under a bed to make it 
 foft. 
 
 Fleas breed principally of if raw or mats, where 
 there hath been a little moil! ore ; or the cliamber 
 or bt-djitavj Kept clofe, and not aiied. Btirr,n. 
 
 Beds'we'rveu. n.f. [fromfci/andyiticrt'c] 
 One that is falfe to the bed ; one that 
 ranges or fwerves from one bed to an- 
 other. 
 
 She's a bcdj-werver^ even as bad as thofc 
 That vulgars give the boldeft titles to. Shakfpeitre, 
 
 Be'dtime n.f. [from bed m\d time.} The 
 hour of rell ; fleeping time. 
 
 Wh.u malks, what dances iTiall we have. 
 To wear away this long age of three hours, 
 Between our after-Uipper and hf.!tin? ? S'l-dfji. 
 After evening repaOs, tiH bcdtimt, their 
 thoirghts will be belt taken up in the eafy 
 grounds of religion. ^ l^filtin. 
 
 The fcouring dr-unkard, if he does not light 
 Before his bedtime, takes no relV that night. 
 
 D,yd'n. 
 To Bedu'ng. v. a. [from be and dung ] 
 
 To cover, or manure with dung. 
 To Bedu'st. v. a. [from be and dufl.'\ 
 
 To fprinkle with duil. 
 Be'dward. adv. [from bed and ward.] 
 Tcward bed. 
 
 In heart 
 As merry as when our nuptial day was done. 
 And tapers burnt to be.lward. Sh.ikfpe^tre. 
 
 To Bedvva'rf. -u.a. [from ^i? and </wi7r/".] 
 To make little; to hinder in growth; 
 to Hunt. 
 
 BEE 
 
 'Tis (lifinking, not tlofc weaving, tl.M hi'li 
 thus 
 In mind and body both leditjarfej Vi. i)9rtnr. 
 
 Be'dwork. n. f. [froin bed and wori.] 
 Work d jne in bed ; work performed 
 without toil of the hands. 
 
 The fl ill and mental pirts, 
 Thatdo coiririvc how many hands (halKlrikc, 
 When fulncfi call them on, and know, by 
 
 moafure 
 Of their oblervant toil, the enemy's weight : 
 Why this hath not a linger 's dignity, 
 They call this bedvoik, mapp'iy, clolct war. 
 
 Si.kffeifrtt 
 BEF,. n.f. [beo, Saxoir.] 
 
 1. The animal that makes honey, reraaik- 
 able for its indullty and art. 
 
 So work tl.e hi>itey berif 
 Creatures that, by a ruling nature, terrch 
 The art of order to a peopled kingdjnr. Sk.ii. 
 
 from thcMoorilh camp 
 There ha.s been licard a ci:ltant humming noife. 
 Like ^»i dilturb'd, and aririirig in their hives. 
 
 Dryderj. 
 
 A company of poor infcif^s, w'ntreof fume ar« 
 beeif delighted with f^o'*\ers,and their fwcetnel> ; 
 others beetles, delighted wirii other viands. Lpike. 
 
 2. All indultrious and careful perfon. This 
 fignification is only ufcd in familiar lan- 
 guage. 
 
 Bee-eater, n.f. [from bee and cat. 1 A 
 
 bird that feeds upon bets. 
 Bee-flower, n.f. [h';m beeznijloiuer.] 
 A fpecies of foolilones. AliUer.. 
 
 Bee-gardev. n.yi [from tfi^nigarden.l 
 A place to fet hives of bees in. 
 
 A convenient and ixccfVary place ought to be 
 made choice of for your apiary, or bee-fi^a-J-n. 
 
 Mcrtimer. 
 
 Bee-hive. n.f. [from bee and A/W.] The 
 cafe, or box, in which bees are kept. 
 
 Bee-master, n.f. [from Strand mii/kr.^ 
 One that keeps bees. 
 
 They that arc i^cf-m<i^cn, and have not csrc 
 enough of them, mull not expeifl to reap any 
 conrulcrable advantage by them. Mmtin^jr, 
 
 BEECH, n.f. [bece, or boc, SaKjn ; 
 fii!'"-l ''^ t"""^"^ '^"3' bears mad. 
 
 'f heie is but one fpecics dflhis tret rt prcfent 
 known, except two varieties, witi: ll.iped leaves. 
 It will grow to a coiifiderablc fl.TtUie, though tJ-.c 
 foil be llony and banenj as alfo, upon the de- 
 clivities of mountains. The fhatle uf this tree 
 is very injurious to plants, hut is believed to bo 
 very falubrious to human bodies. The timber is 
 of great ufe to turners and joiners. The mall is 
 ver)- good to fatten fwine and deer. AiiHtr. 
 
 Bl.ick was the forelf, thick with beech it lioon. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Nor is that fprightly wildnefs in tlicir notes, 
 Which, clear and vigorous, warbles from x\-ic beech ^ 
 
 7.'K)r/'.;;. 
 
 Be'echen. adj. [biicene, Sax.] Ccnfift- 
 ing of the wood of the beech ; belong- 
 ing to the beech. 
 
 With diligence he'll ferve us vihen we dine, 
 And in plain heic'nen veffels till our wine. Drynen, 
 
 BEEF, n.f [baif, French.] 
 
 1 . The flefh of black-cattle prepared for 
 food. 
 
 What fay you to a piece of beef and mirll.-ird ? 
 
 Sbakjjjeeire. 
 
 The fat of roafted berf falling on birds, will 
 
 bafte them. Sivi/t. 
 
 2. An OX, bull, or cow, confidered as fit 
 for food. In this fenfe it has the plural 
 beeves ; tlie fingular is feldom found. 
 
 A pound of man's flelh 
 Is not fo eftimablc or profitable. 
 As flefhof muttons, iivw, or goats. S'nakjfiarf. 
 V 2
 
 BEE 
 
 A Icinoiii (lew twelve (hcep, eight wliitt-tootii'd 
 
 iwinc, 
 
 T wocrook-haunch'd bents. Oir.pmiu:. 
 
 There wiis not any captain, but had credit for 
 
 mare viiliuls than \vc Ipcn: th-re ; and yet Uu-y 
 
 had of me fifty beeves among ihcm. 
 
 Sir IFalter Rnl.'.'gi. 
 On hides of beeves before the palace gate. 
 S:icl fpnils of luxury '. die I'uitors iVite. Po^e. 
 
 Beef, ei.-ir. [from the fiibftantive.] Con- 
 fifting of the fltfti of black-cattle. 
 
 If you are employed in marketing, do nor ac- 
 cept of a treat of a iit/ (take, and a pot of ale 
 frjm the butclicr. Su^jft. 
 
 Bksf-eater. n.f. [from ieef and eat, 
 becaufc the commons is ^ecf when on 
 waiting. Mr. Steevens dtrives it thus : 
 Beef-eater may come from beaufet'ur, 
 one who attends at the fidcboard, which 
 was anciently placed in a beaiifet. The 
 biillnels of the beefeaters was, and per- 
 haps is ftill, to attend the king at meals.] 
 A yeoman of the guard. 
 
 BtEF-vviTTED. adj. [from i^ff/and cy/V.] 
 Dtill; ftupid ; heavy-headed. 
 
 Beef-iuilted lo(d. S/hiiffrjte. 
 
 Be'emol. n.f. This woid I have found 
 on'i'y in the example, and know nothing 
 of the etymology, unlefs it be a corrup- 
 tion of hymodule, from by and modu/ns, 
 a note ; that is, a note out of the regular 
 order. 
 
 There be infeivenient in the rife of eight, in 
 tones, Kvo becmoh, or half notes; fo as, if you 
 divide the tones equally, the eight is but fcven 
 whole and equal notes. Btuon. 
 
 JBlen. [beon, Saxon.] The participle pre- 
 terit of I'o Be. 
 
 Enough that virtue fill'd the fpace between, 
 Piov'dby the ends of being to have been, I'ope. 
 Beer. n.f. [^/r, WeKh.] Liquor made of 
 malt and hops. It is diftinguifhed from 
 ale, either by being older or fmaller. 
 Here's a pot of good double beei, neighbour ; 
 drink. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Try cljiifying with almonds in new beer. 
 
 SuCOf!. 
 
 Flow, Welfted! flow, like thine infpircr, /«r; 
 Tho' llalc, not ripe ; tho' thin, yet nevei clear ; 
 So fweetly mawkifli, and fo fmoothly dull ; 
 Heady, not lliong; and foaming, tho' not full. 
 
 rofe. 
 
 Be'estings. Sec Biestings. 
 Beet. n.f. [beta,hM.] A plant. 
 
 The fpccies are, i. The common white bee/. 
 
 2. The, common green beet. 3. The common 
 
 jed beef. 4. The turncp-rooled red beef. ^. 
 
 The great red beef. 6. The yellow beef. 7. 
 
 The Swifs or Chard beer. Milk,. 
 
 BEETLE, n.f. [byTxl, Saxon.] 
 I. An infeft diftinguiilied by having hard 
 cafes or fheaths, under which he folds 
 his wings. 
 They arc as fh.rrds, and he their heetU. Shai-fp. 
 The poor beetle that we tread upon, 
 In corporal fiift'iance linds a pang as great 
 As whin a giant dies. S/mffpeare. 
 
 Others come (harp of fight, and too piovidc ui 
 for that which concerned their own intereft ; hut 
 as blind as beetles in forcfceing this great .>ikI 
 common d.mgrr. Kr.i>lti:'s ilrjlcy of tie Turks. 
 A grot there was with hoary raofs o'crgtown,! 
 The clafping ivies up the ruins creep. 
 And there the bat and drowfy bectleSitep, dtrih 
 
 The butterflies and beetles axe iuch numerous' 
 tjibes, that I believe, in our own native coun- 
 t:y alone, tht fp-rics of each kind may amount 
 to one hundred and fifty, or more, A'<j>. 
 
 2. A heavy malkt, or wooden hammer. 
 
 B E F 
 
 with which wedges are driven, and pave- 
 ments rammed. 
 
 If I do, lillip me with a three man beetle. 
 
 Shitkfpenre, 
 
 Wiicn, by the help of wedges and beetles, an 
 im.Hgc is cieft out of tlie trjnk of ionic -well- 
 grown tree; yet, after all the (kill of artihccrs to 
 let forth fuch a di^'ine block, it c.mnot one mo- 
 ment fccure itfelf from being eaccn by worms, 
 or defiled by birds, or cut in pieces by axes. 
 
 StillingJIeet. 
 
 TsBe'etle. -v.n. [from the noun.] To 
 jut out ; to hang over. 
 
 What if it tempt vou tow'rd the flood, my 
 lord .' 
 Or to the dreadful fummit of tlie cliff, 
 Vhiil beetles o'er his bafe into the fea. Shukfpean-. 
 
 Or wlicre tire hawk 
 High in the if-^/.';>;^ clitThis airy builds. Thomson. 
 Beetlebro'wed. adj. [from beetle and 
 broiu.'\ Having prominent brows. 
 Eirquire for tP.e beeile-hroiu ei ciitic, &V, 
 
 Swift. 
 
 Beetlehe'aded. adj. [from />eel!e and 
 head.} Loggerheaded ; wooden-headed ; 
 having a head llup'd, like the head of a 
 wooden beetle. 
 A whorcfun, beet/e-lieii.leJ, dap-cni'd lvna\-e. 
 
 Sll.rlrpe.m. 
 
 Be'etlestock. n.f. \^ti-omieel/es.nd/ioeL] 
 
 The handle of a beetle. 
 
 Be'etrave. 7 c A 1 .. 
 
 T> , > n. f. A plant. 
 
 JDE ETRADISH. J 
 
 Beeves, n.f. [the plural o( be^.] Black- 
 cattle ; oxen. 
 
 One way, a band felcif^ dt.m forage drives 
 A herd of beeves, fair oxen, and fair kine. 
 From a fat meadow ground. Milto'i. 
 
 Others make good the paucity of their biced 
 with the length and duration of their days ; 
 whereof there want not examples in animals uni- 
 parous, firl^, in bifulcous or elovcn-lioofed, as 
 camels; and beeves, whereof tlicrc is ahtjve a 
 million annually llain in England. Brsiun. 
 
 .ffftTfr, at his touch, at once to jelly turn. 
 And the huge boar is (hrunk into an urn. Pope. 
 
 To Befa'll. 1'. n. [from fetli. It l>ef'/, 
 it hath tefal!en.'\ 
 
 1. To happen to : ufed generally of ill. 
 
 Let me know 
 The \rorft that may hefull me in this cafe. S!i,iifp. 
 
 Other doubt poffcffes me, lell harm 
 Befillxhec, fevei'd from me. Milton. 
 
 This venerable perfon, who probably heard 
 cur Saviour's prophecy of the dellru(5tiun of |c- 
 rufalem, drew his congregarion out of thcfe un- 
 paralleled calamities, which bejell his country- 
 men. A:ldljon. 
 
 This difgrace has befallen them, not becaufc 
 they dcferved it, but becaufc tlie people lov( 
 new faces. j-LLufun 
 
 2. To happen to, as good or neutral. 
 
 Bion alkcd an en\ ious man, that was very fad, 
 what harm had bef.illen unto him, or what goud 
 had hefallen unto anotiier man r Ha. oft. 
 
 No man can certainly conclude God's lo\e 01 
 h.itred to any pertun, from what befalls hiin in 
 this world. , TllLtfm. 
 
 3. To happen j to. come to pafs. 
 
 But fiiice ih'affiiirsof men .irelHll uncertain. 
 Let '5 rcalon with the worll th.it m.iy hrfull. 
 
 Shnkfpiure. 
 I have reve:ird 
 This dlfcord which befell, and was in heav'n 
 Among th* angclick pow'rs. M-lt'j'\ 
 
 4. It is ufed fornetimcff with to before the 
 perfon to whom any thing happens ; 
 this is rare. 
 
 Sonic great mifchief hith befall' n 
 To that meek man. -; - Paradi/e l.rfl 
 
 -J . To tcfdll of. To bccoire of ; to be 
 
 B E F 
 
 the flate or condition of : a phrafe llttk 
 ufed. 
 
 Do me the f ivour to dilate at full 
 What hath befall'/: of them, and thee, till now. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 ?"« Befi't. V. a. [from ^if zn&fit.^ To 
 fuit ; to be fuitable to ; to become. 
 
 Blind is his love, and beft if^frlhe,dnrk. 
 
 ithakfpienre. 
 
 Out of my fight, thou ferpcnt ! — that name bcJl 
 Seffsihie, with him leagued; thyfclf as falfc. 
 
 ParaJife Uf.. 
 
 I will bring you where the fits. 
 Clad in fplendour, as befits 
 Her deity. MiUon. 
 
 Thou, what befits the new lord mayor. 
 Art an,<iuully inquifitive to know. Dry.kn. 
 
 ToBefo'ol. 17. a. [from i5f and/00/.] To 
 infatuate ; to fool ; to deprive of un- 
 derdanding ; to lead Into errour. 
 
 Men befotl themfelves infinitely, when, by 
 venting a few fighs, they will needs perfuar'e 
 themfelves that they have repented. S'lut'tr. 
 
 [crobo.im thought policy the bell piety, though 
 in nothing more b'jo^lea-, the nature of lin bung 
 not only to defile, but to infatuate. South. 
 
 BiFo'RE. prefi. [bij:opan, Sa.\.] 
 
 1. Further onward in place. 
 
 Their common prai5^ice was to look no furtlier 
 bej'^re them than the next line ; whence it wilt 
 follow that they can drive to no certain point. 
 
 D-yiien. 
 
 2. In the front of ; not behind. 
 
 Who Ihould go 
 Before them, in a cloud and pillar of fire. 
 By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fiie. 
 To guide them in their journey, and remove 
 i'c/;//^' them, while the obdurate king purfues. 
 
 Miltcn. 
 
 3. In the prefence of: noting authority 
 or conquell. 
 
 Great queen of gatheiing clouds. 
 See we fall before thee ! 
 Pioltrate we adore thee ! Drysien. 
 
 The Alps and Pyrciiean fink before him. 
 
 Addlfon. 
 
 4. In the prefence of: noting refpeft. 
 
 We fee. tliat blulhing, and cading down of the 
 eyes, both are more when we come bejore many. 
 
 Betcon, 
 
 They rcprefent our poet betwixt a farmer and 
 a courtier, when he drell himfclf in his bell haliit, 
 to appear bef.re his patron. .Vtyden. 
 
 5. In fight of. 
 
 Before the eyes of both our armies here. 
 Let us not wr.mglc. Shakfpeare. 
 
 6. Under the cognizance of : notingjurif- 
 diction. 
 
 If a fuit be begun before an archdeacon, the 
 oidinaiy may licenfe tuc fuit to an higher court. 
 
 ^v///e. 
 
 7. In the power of; noting the right of 
 choice. 
 
 The world was all h.fow them, wheie to chufe 
 Their place of relt, and Providence their guide. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Give us this evening; thou 'naft morn and night. 
 And all the year, bejore thee for delight. Dry.i. 
 
 He hath put us in the hands of our own couii- 
 fcl. Life and death, profperity and dcitruition, 
 are before as. Ti.'iitj'in. 
 
 8. By the impnlfe of fumething behind. 
 
 Her part, pool foul ! fceming as burdened 
 With Icfur weight, but not with IclTer woe. 
 Was carried with more fpeed before the wind. 
 . . , Shakfpeare. 
 
 Hurried by fate, he cries, .arvd ho\n(s hefo,e 
 A furious wind, we leave the faitliful lliore. Dry.t. 
 
 g. Treceding in time. 
 
 Particular advantages it has before all the books 
 wliich have appeared /i/ort it in this kind. D'jd. 
 
 10. In preference to.
 
 B E F 
 
 Wc lliould but piclumc tj dctcimiiic wliicii 
 (houlil be the tittelt, till we fix he hath chofeil 
 lonie one, which one »c m.iy then boldly f;iy to 
 be the fittell, bccaufc he hath taken it brfort the 
 left. li;^kcr. 
 
 We think puvcity to be infinitely defiiJble Ac- 
 fnrf the toi nicnts of covetoufncfs. Taylor. 
 
 11. Prior to; nearer to any thing; as, 
 tl-.e eldeft fon is befn<-e the younger in 
 fuccellion. 
 
 12. Supcriour to ; as, he is ^(^brfhi's com- 
 petitors both in right and power. 
 
 Before, ad-v. 
 
 1. Sooner than ; earlier in time. 
 
 Hcav'niy born, 
 Prfa't the hilU appcai'd, or fountain flow'rt, 
 Thou with eternal wifdora didft conveifc. Mil.'cn. 
 Bffurc two months their oib with light adorn, 
 If hc.n'n allow me life, I will return. Drjden. 
 
 2. In time pall. 
 
 Such a plenteous crop tliey bore 
 Of purcll and well winnow'd grain, 
 As Britain never knew I'.fore. DryJ.in. 
 
 3. In fome time lately pall. 
 
 I (hall rcfume fomewhat which hath been he- 
 fere faid, touching tlic queftion beforcgoing. Hnk. 
 
 4. I'reviouflyto ; in order to. 
 
 Before this elaborate tceatife can become of ufe 
 to my countiy, two points are nccclTaiy. Su-Jt. 
 
 5. To this time ; hitherto. 
 
 The peaceful cities of tii' Aufonian (horc, 
 LuU'd in her cafe, and undiftutb'd before. 
 Arc all on fire. .DryJcn. 
 
 6. Already. 
 
 You tell me, mother, what I knew l-efcrc, 
 The Phrygian tieet is landed on the Ihore. Diyd. 
 
 7. Further onward in place. 
 
 Thou'rt fo far hefoie. 
 The fwifteft wing of recompence is flow 
 To overtake thee, Sfj.dffe.ire. 
 
 Bf.fo'rih.\nd. adv. [from before and 
 hand.'] 
 
 1. In a flate of anticipation, or preoccu- 
 pation : I'ometlmes with the particle 
 tvhb. 
 
 Quoth Hudibras, I im I'fo: eh.iii,U 
 In that already, tf/V^ your command. Uttiiihrui. 
 
 Your foul lias been heforeluind ivith your body, 
 At»d drunk fo deep a diaught of promis'd blifs, 
 Srie flumbers o'er the cup. J)ryJeri. 
 
 I have not room for many reflciflionsj tl^e- lart 
 ritcd author has been iieforeliAnd 'with me, in its 
 proper moral. AddijoK. 
 
 2. Previoufly ; by way of preparation, or 
 preliminary. 
 
 His profelTian is to deliver precepts ncccflary 
 r ■ eloquent fpeech ; yet fo, that they whi^li re- 
 mvc them, may be taught beforehand the ikill of 
 fpeaking. Baoker. 
 
 When the lawyers brought extravagant bills, 
 fn' Roger ufed to bargain hef'.rehand^ to cut off 
 a quarter of a yard in any part of the bill. 
 
 yirbuthnoc . 
 
 3. Antecedently; aforetime. 
 
 It would be rtfifted by (uch as had beforehurjil 
 leliftcd the general proofs of thegofpel. yitteibijt\. 
 
 4. In a ftate of accumulation, or fo as 
 that more has been received than c.k- 
 pendtd. 
 
 Stranger's houfe is at this time rich, and 
 fhuclr beforehand \ for it hatn bid up revenue 
 thcfe thirty- feven years. U'Uon. 
 
 5. At lirft ; before any thing is done. 
 
 What is a man's contending with infuperahlc 
 difficulties, tut the rolling of Sifyphus's iloiie 
 up the hill, which is foou beforehand to return 
 upon him again ? VLjirar.ge. 
 
 Befcretime. adv. [fiom before and 
 time.'] formerly ; oi old time. 
 
 Hejoretlme in lirael, wlicn a man went to en- 
 quire 01 God, thus b: fpake. i Sarr.ui!. 
 
 BEG 
 
 To BEFo'itTt.'si.. V. n. [from be and/or- 
 tune."] To happen to ; to betide. 
 
 I give confcnt to go along with you ; 
 Recking as little wh.it bctidcth me. 
 As muih I wifli all good befortunf you. Sh.ik. 
 To Ekfoui.. ^'. a, [from be and yba/.] 
 
 To make foul J to foil ; to dirt. 
 /"oBkfri'end. v.ti. [from iif and _/>;'(■«(/.] 
 To favour ; to be kind to; to counte- 
 nance ; to (how friendlhip to ; to be- 
 nefit. 
 
 If It will picafe Cxfar 
 To be fo good to C.-efar, as ro hear me, 
 I lli.ill bclcech him to A</f;ti.i liimftlf. Shakf. 
 Now, if your plots be ripe, you 3rc befriended 
 With opportunity. Denham. 
 
 See them embarked, 
 And tell me if the winds and fcas befriend them. 
 
 Addifon. 
 Be thou the firft true merit to befriend; 
 His praile is bit, who Hays till all commend. 
 
 P'f- 
 Brother- Icrvants muft befriend one another. 
 
 S^vft. 
 
 To Befri'nge. f. a. [from be ^n& fringe.] 
 
 To decorate, as with fringes. 
 
 When I flatter, let my diity leaves 
 
 Clothe .''pice, line trunks, or flutt'ring in a row, 
 
 Btfrif'se the rails of Bedlam and Soho. Pojie. 
 To BEG. V. n. \_bcggeren. Germ.] To live 
 
 upon alms ; to live by allying relief of 
 
 others. 
 1 cannot dig ; to beg I am alhamcd. Luke. 
 To Beg. v. a. 
 
 1. To allt ; to feek by petition. 
 He went to Pilate, and begged the body. 
 
 Mattheiu, 
 See how they beg an alms of flattery. Young. 
 
 2. To take any thing for granted, without 
 evidence or proof. 
 
 We have not btcged any principles or fuppo- 
 fitions, for the proof of this ; but taking tliat 
 common ground, which both Moles and all an- 
 tiquity prefent, Burnet. 
 To Bege't. v. a. I begot, or begat ; I have 
 begotten, or begot, [bejertan, Saxon, 
 to obtain. See To Get.] 
 
 1. To generate ; to procreate; to become 
 the father of, as children. 
 
 Biit lirll come the hours, which we begot 
 In Jove's fweet paradife, of day and night. 
 Which do the fenfons of the year allor. Sper.fr. 
 
 I talk of dreams. 
 Which are the children of an idle brain, 
 Begot of nothing but vain phantafy. Shokfpeare. 
 
 Who hath begotten me thefe, feeing 1 have loH 
 my children, and am defulate ? Iftiah. 
 
 'Tw"as he the noble Clandian race begat. Dtyd. 
 
 I.ove is begrjt by fancy, bred 
 By ignoi.ince, by expe<^ation fed. Granville. 
 
 2. To produce, as effefts. 
 If to have done the thing you gave in charge, 
 
 Beget your happinefs, be happy then ; 
 For it IS done. Shakfpeare. 
 
 My whole intention was to beget, in the mind? 
 of nien, m.'igr.iticcnt fentiments of God and his 
 works. Cheync, 
 
 3. To produce, as accidents. 
 Is it a time for flory, when each minute 
 
 Begets a tUoufand dangers ? Denham. 
 
 4. It is fometimcs ufed with on, or upon, 
 before the mother. 
 
 Begot upon 
 His mother Martiia by his father John. Speffator ^ 
 
 Bege'tter. n.f. [^{rom beget.] He that 
 procreates, or begets ; the father. 
 
 For what their prowefs^ain'd, the law declares 
 Is to themrches slonc, and to their heirs: 
 No (hare of that eoes back to the begetter, 
 But if the ton tijhts well, and plunders better — 
 
 Pryden. 
 
 BE G 
 
 Men continue the race of mankind, commpnl/ 
 without the Intention, and often againft the con.- 
 fent ;ind will, of the begetter. _ iM^te. 
 
 Be'ggar. n.f. [from leg. It is more 
 properly written begger ; but the com- 
 mon orthography is retained, btcaufe 
 the derivatives all preferve the a. J 
 
 1. One who lives upon alms ; one who has 
 nothing but what is given him. 
 
 He taifeth up the poor out of the dull, and 
 liftcth up the beggar from the dunghill, t ) let 
 them aiTiorg princes. Samuel. 
 
 We fee the whole equipage of a beggar l.j 
 drawn by Homer, as even to retain a nobltncls 
 and dignity. Broom-. 
 
 2. One who fuppllcates for any thing ; a 
 petitioner : for which, beggar is a harfh 
 and contemptuoui tern^. 
 
 What fulijefls will precarious kings regard.' 
 A beggar fpeaks too loftly to be heard. Drydtn. 
 
 3. One who affumes what he does not 
 prove. 
 
 Thefe Ihameful bege^ars of principles, who 
 give this precarious account of the original of 
 thuigs, alTumc tothemfclves to be men of real'un. 
 
 Ttlhtfon. 
 
 To Be'ggar. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To reduce to beggary ; to impoveridi. 
 
 Whole heavy hand hath bow'd you to th.e 
 
 And beggar'd yours for ever. Siakjpe.ire. 
 
 They'lhail fpoil the cloihiers wool, and beg- 
 gar the prefent fpinners. Gr.iunt. 
 
 The mifcr 
 With heav'n, for two-ptuce, cheaply wipes his 
 
 fcorc, 
 Lifts up his eyes, and hafles to beggar more. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 2. To deprive. 
 
 ; Neceflity, of matter heegai \lf 
 Will nothing flick our pcifons to arraign 
 In ear and ear. Shukfpcare. 
 
 3. To e.xhauft. 
 
 Fjr her perfon. 
 It /'e'^gjr'if all defcription ; (he did lie , 
 III her pa'.ilion, cloth of gold, of tiflue, 
 O'cr-piiluiing Venus. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Be'gg.-irliness. n.f. [from beggarly.] 
 The Itate of being beggarly ; mcan- 
 nefs ; poverty. 
 Be'ggakly. adi. [from beggar.] Mean ; 
 poor ; indigent ; in the condition of a 
 beggar: ufed both of perfons and things. 
 
 I ever will, though he do (hake me off 
 To beggarly di\oicemenr, love him dearly. Shak. 
 
 A beggarly account of empty bjxes. Shakfp. 
 
 Who, that beheld fuch a bankrupt beggarly 
 fellow as Cromwell entering the parliament 
 houfe, with a thread-hare, toni cloak, ar.d 
 grcafy hat, could Ivave lufpeiSed that he (houiri, 
 by the murder of one king and the banilhnicr.t 
 of anothei, alcend the throne? So:th. 
 
 'The next town has the reputation of being ejc- 
 ttemeiy poor and beggarly. Addjjon. 
 
 Corufodes, by extreme parfimony, fa\ed 
 thirty-four pounds out of a beggarly feUowlhip. 
 
 BE'GGARLv.flrt'ij. [fvom beggar.] Meanly.; 
 defpicably ; indigently. 
 
 Touching God himfelf, l;ath he revealed, th.rt 
 it is his delight to dwell beggarly.^ and that he 
 taketh no pleafure to bt worlhipped, faving only 
 in poor cottages ? ih-.ker. 
 
 Be'ggary. n.f. [from beggar.] Indi- 
 gence ; poverty in the utmoft degiee. 
 
 On he brought me into fo b.ire a houfV, th.^J 
 ir \\as Uie pieturc of mifciuble' happinefs an.l 
 uch biggary. Si.inty, 
 
 While I am a beggar, T will rail. 
 And fay there is no fin but to be rich: 
 And being rich, my virtue then (hall le, 
 To fay there is no vice but beggary. Sha^f- arc.
 
 BEG 
 
 Wc muft become not only pouv for the prcfciit, 
 Wt reduced, by fiiither nioiigf^es, to a ll.uc ot 
 i^g^.ity tor ciiillcfs yens to tome. Sv:Ji 
 
 To BEGI'N. v.n. Ibfgan, or hegun; I 
 have begun, [b.^jinnaii, SaK. from Le, 
 or by to, and jau^an, jaan, or jaii, tu 
 
 go-] ,. , 
 
 1. To enter upon fomelhing new : applied 
 
 to pcrloiis. 
 
 Elgin evcy day to repent; not tb.nt thou 
 Oiouldll at M deter if, but all tl.at is pad oualit 
 to teem liiile to tl cc, feeing it is fo m itlell^ 
 Bigin the next d.iy with the tame z.eal, fear, and 
 humility, as if tl.ou l.idft iiev«|- begun before. 
 
 ' layhi . 
 
 2. To commence any aftlon or ftate ; to 
 do the firll va, or (h ft part of an ad ; 
 to make the tirll (lep from not doing to 
 doin 
 
 Thfy tfi-'" at the ancient men which were 
 before the houl'c. ^,^,r "■ 
 
 By peace we will i.gi". Shakfpcme. 
 
 I'll fiiig of luroes and of kings : 
 Brgn:, my inufc! Cowhy. 
 
 Of tlicfc no mure you hear him fpeakj 
 He now hcgtiii upon tiie Gicck: 
 Thefc, ran-'d and fliow'd, Ihall in their turns 
 Remain ol icu.e .V. In thcii inns. ^'"<"•■ 
 
 lieginning from llic ilii.il god.s, his hand 
 Was'lib'r.U to tho po« 'ts of high command. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Rapt into future times, the baid brgun, 
 A virgin Hull conceive. "''^'• 
 
 3. To enter upon txiftence ; as, the world 
 began; the pradice began. 
 
 I am as free as N;iturc tiilt made man, 
 Etc the hale laws of fcrvitudc%a/i, 
 When wild in woods the noble favagc tan. Dryi. 
 
 4. To have its orignal. 
 
 And thus the haul and ftubborn race of man 
 From animated rock and flint begM. Bhctma.c. 
 
 From Nimiod firft the lavage cliacc i^rgJ"; 
 A mighty hunter, and his game was man. I off. 
 r. To take vife ; to commence. 
 
 Tudgmcnt nmft ifgf" at the houfc of God. 
 ^ ^ I Peter. 
 
 The long tegiin fiom Jove. Drydcn. 
 
 All irgal. 
 All ends, in love of God and love of man. Fopf- 
 6. To come into aft. 
 
 Now and then a figh he dole, 
 And tei.s Afgo» to fiow. Drydrn. 
 
 To Beoi'n. T". a. 
 
 1 . To do the firft aft of any thing ; to pals 
 from not doing to doing, "by the hrft 
 aft. , ,, 
 
 Ye nymphs of Solyma, hegh, the fong 1 o[,e. 
 
 They have been a«aktd, by thefc awlul fccne., 
 to hezin religion; and afteiwa.ds, their vntuc 
 has improved ilfclf into more rehncd prmcuiles, 
 by divmc grace. 
 
 2. To trace from any thing, as the lirlt 
 
 jrround. . 
 
 The apoflle hegl", our knowledge m the crea- 
 tures, which leads us to the knowledge of God. 
 
 3. To begin nulth. To enter upon ; to fall 
 to work upon. 
 
 A leif.u which requires fo much time to learn, 
 had need he early ^.-'v •"■''*■ G'"- "f '""&■"■ 
 Beg i'kn EK. n./. [from fc?;«.] .. 
 I . He that gives the lirlt caufe, or original, 
 
 to any thing. . , 
 
 Thus heaping crime on crime, and grief on 
 
 To lofsof'luve adjoining lofs of friend, 
 
 I meant to purge both with a third m.fchief, 
 
 And, in my woe's begi>me,, it to end. Spenler. 
 Socrates maketh Ignatius, the bilhop of An- 
 
 tioch, the firft Arg;««r thereof, even under the 
 
 apoftUs themfelves. "-•*"• 
 
 BEG 
 
 8. An tinexpevienced attempter ; one in 
 his rudiments ; a young praftitioner. 
 
 Pall.idius, behaving himlelf nothing like a 
 li^ir.ner, brought the honour to the Iberian lide. 
 
 They are, to biginnen, an ealy and f.imiliar 
 iiitioduaion ; a mighty augmentation of all vir- 
 tue and knowledge in luch as aie entered bcture. 
 
 Hoiitr. 
 1 have taken a lilt of feveral hundred words 
 in a ftrmun of a new lu-gitmer, whi:h not one 
 heaier could poflibly underliand. Sw'jl- ' 
 
 Beoi'nntnG. n.f. {i\Mmbcgm.1 
 I. The firft original or caufe. 
 
 Wherever wc place the bcf^linbig of motion, 
 whether from the head or the heart, thc^body 
 nioies and adts by a conlent of all its parts. 
 
 S-iuijt. 
 
 ^. The entrance into aft, or being. 
 
 In the hrgir.ning God created the heavens and 
 the earth. OVm/n. 
 
 3. The ftate in which any thing firft is. 
 Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth 
 
 (how; 
 We may our end by our brgirtnlrg know. Denh.m. 
 
 4. The rudiments, or firll grounds or ma- 
 terials. 
 
 By \ iewing nature, nature's handmaid, art, 
 MaKcs mighty things from Sm\(i\hrglnrang! giow : 
 
 Thus tribes lirll to ihipinng did impait. 
 Their tail the rudder, and thcii head the prow. 
 
 })ryden. 
 
 The undei-ftandingis pntTive ; and wheth.cr or 
 not It will have thefc trgh:nii:gs, and niitcnal', 
 of knowledge, is not in its own power. Z.or*r. 
 
 5. The firft part of any thing. 
 
 The caufes and dcfigns of an aflion, are the 
 hginning; the etlcas of thefe caufes, and the 
 diliiculties that are met with in the o.ccution of 
 thefc ilefigns, arc the middle; aiui the unravel- 
 ling and rclolution of thefe difficulties, are the 
 end. •"'"'"''■ 
 
 To Bi-Gi'uD. 1'. a. I begh-t, oi- le^irded ; 
 
 1 have begirt, [from le and^/ri/. J 
 
 1. To bind uith a girdle. 
 
 2. To furround; to encircle; to encom- 
 pafs. 
 
 Jiegird th' Almighty thione, 
 Bcfcechlng, or bef.eging. Dillon. 
 
 Or Ihould (he, confident 
 As fitting queen adorn'd on beauty', throne, 
 Defcend, with all her winning charms hegiti, 
 T" enamour ^^''""'■ 
 
 At home furrounded by a fervne crowd, 
 Prompt to ahufe, and in detiaflion loud; 
 Abroad hglrt with nun, and fw^ords, and Ipears ; 
 His very liatc ,^cknowledging his fears. i'nor. 
 3. To (hut in with a i'lege; to beleaguer ; 
 
 to block up. 
 
 It was foclofely begin bcfoie the king's march 
 into the wert, that the council humbly dehrrd 
 his majelly, that he would relieve it. CUrendo,,. 
 ToBegi'rt. v. a. [Thisis, I think, only 
 a corruption ai begird ; jjerhaps by the 
 printer.] To begird. SeeBECiKD. 
 
 And, Lentulus, begin yo^ Pompey's houfe, 
 To fciic his funs alive ; for they are tney 
 Muft make our peace with him. Ben Jmfon. 
 
 BEGLERBEG. n.f. [Turkifti.] The 
 chief governour of a province among 
 the Turks. 
 
 To Begn.^'w. t'. a. [from be znA gnaiu.^ 
 To bite; to eat away ; to corrode ; to 
 
 "HisVorfe is iVark fpoiled with the ftaggcis, 
 
 begnu-w,. with the bots, waid in the back and 
 
 ftoulder-ihotten. . ^ Shaifpe.re 
 
 The worm of confcience ftilli^e""''';' thy foul. 
 
 Shakfpturc'i Richcird l\l. 
 
 Bego'ne. interjea. [only a coalition of the 
 
 B E H 
 
 words b: gone.] Go away ; hence s 
 
 hafte away. 
 
 lltgone' (he goddcfs cries with l1ern ditdain, 
 Begone ' nor d.<rc the hallow'd ftream tu Itain. 
 She tied, for ever banilh'd from the train. yid.lif. 
 Bego't. I The participle pafiiwe of 
 Bego'tte^. J beget. 
 
 Rtmemhcr that thou waft tfgdi of tliem. 
 
 Kcelul. 
 
 The firfl he met, Antiphatcs the brave. 
 But h.ile hegalten on a Thchan Dave. Dryden. 
 To Begre'ase. v. a. [from be at\igreafe.'i 
 To foil or daub with unCluous or tat 
 matter. ^ 
 
 To Keori'mj:. 1^. a. [from be and gi'me. 
 See Grime and GiuM.] To foil 
 with dirt deep impreft'edi to foil in fuch 
 a manner that the natural hue cannot 
 eafily be recovered. 
 
 Her name, that was as frefh 
 As Dian's vifage, is now b.grim'd, and black 
 As my own face. Sheikfpee,,e. 
 
 ToBegui'lt,. 'u. a. [from ^^ and ^ui/f.J 
 
 1. To impofe upon ; to delude ; to cheat. 
 
 This 1 fay, Itlt any man (hould brgude you 
 with cnticiiig words. ''''"■'^r/' 
 
 The l( rpent mc beguil 'd, and I did cat ! Mi/t. 
 
 Wholuever fees a'man, who » siuld have lu- 
 guiled and impofcri upon him by making him 
 believe a lye, he may truly fay, that is the man 
 who would have ruined mc. South. 
 
 2. To deceive ; to evade. 
 
 Is wretchcrincfs dcpiiv'd thatljcnefit. 
 To end itfdf by death I 'Tis yet lomc comturt, 
 When miferv could beguile the tyrant's rnge, 
 And frullrate Ivis .proud will. Sh'kjpeere. 
 
 3. To deceive pleafiiigly ; to aniufe. 
 
 .Sweet, lease mc here awhile; 
 
 My fpirits grow dull, and fain I would beguile 
 
 The tedious day with fleep. Skeikfpe^^e. 
 
 With thefe fometimcs fhedoth her time beguile; 
 
 Thefe do hy fits her phantafy polTefs. Daviei. 
 
 Begu'n. The participle pjffive oi begii^. 
 
 But thou, blight morning liar, thou rifing fun. 
 Which in thefc latter times hall brought to ^ight 
 Thofc myfteries, that fince the world begun 
 I ly hid in riarkncfs and eternal night. Dmtet. 
 Beh/v'lf. n.f. [This word W/nnfr de- 
 rives from half, and interprets it, for 
 ^vryhalf; si, for wy part. It feemsto 
 me rathtr corrupted from fc/jcwT/", pro ht ; 
 the pioiuinciation degenerating ealUy 
 to leha/e \ which, in imitation of other 
 words fo founded, was written, by thofe 
 who knew not the etymology, be/jalf.] 
 
 1. Favour ; caufe favoured : we fay in be- 
 half, but /o.- the fake. 
 
 He w IS in confidence with thefe who defigned 
 the deli.u«ion of Stratford; ..gainit wh"™ ''« 
 had contiMfled lomc prejudice, in the *fA..// of 
 , ■ Cttirtndon. 
 
 his nation. , , t • 
 
 Weie but my heart as naked to thy view, 
 Maicus would fee it bleed in his bibalf. Mdifir,. 
 
 Never was any nation bleffed with more fre- 
 quent interpofitions of divine providence in itt 
 behMf. ^lUrbury. 
 
 2. Vindication ; fupport. 
 He might, in his prcfence, defy all Arcadian 
 
 knights, in the hekalf oi his miftief.'i bea^uty.^ 
 
 Left the fiend, 
 Or in behalf of man, or to invade 
 Vacant polfertion, fome new trouble, raifc. 
 
 Miltitn. 
 
 Others believe that, by the «wo Fortunes, 
 were meant profperity or alBiflion; and pro- 
 duce, in their M«//, - ~™r};./,. 
 
 7-eBE«A'vE. v.a. [from *« and *flw.]
 
 B E H 
 
 1. To carry ; to coiidu6l : ufcd almoft al- 
 ways with the reciprocal pronoun. 
 
 Wc hehavcA not ouifi/ViS diforderly among 
 you. '■''''"//■ 
 
 Mnnifeft (igiis came from heaven unto thoir 
 th.U liriafiii r'lcmi'ihn manfully. J Maicahctt. 
 
 To tlicii Willi wedded, to their cirours ft.ivc5, 
 No man like them, they think, himjrif h.-h.ivn. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 Wc fo live, and l"o 3.&, as if we were fecure 
 of the final ilTuc and event v( things, however 
 wt- m;iy bf kiive our f, inn, .^Ittrrltoy, 
 
 i. It feems forincrly to have had the ftiile 
 of, to govern; to fiibduc ; to difciphne : 
 but this is not now uM. 
 
 Kut who his limbs with labours, and his mind 
 .P<4airj withc;.rcs, cani\ot focnfy mifs. Ta'n^ (i- 
 
 With fuch foher and unnoted iialTioii 
 He did /»'-^.iTr his- anger ere 'twas fpent, 
 A> if iie had hut provM an argument. Shaifp. 
 
 lb BFHA'vJi. V. n. Toad; to condud 
 one's fclf. It is taken either in a good 
 or a bad fenle ; as, he bihav.d well or 
 
 ill. 
 
 Beh a'viour. n, f. [from behave.'^ 
 
 1. Manner of behavuig one's fclf, whether 
 good or bad ; manners; carriage, with 
 rcfpcCt to j)ropriety. 
 
 Mopf.i, cuiious in any thing but her own good 
 heha^/ioufy followed Zclinanc. ii'uiney. 
 
 2. External appearance with refpc<ft to 
 grace. 
 
 He marked, in Don's dancing, good gi;»cc 
 and handfonic bcha-i'iour. Sidney. 
 
 3. Gtiiure ; manner of aflion, adapted to 
 particular occafions. ^ 
 
 Well witiufling the niuft fubmiflive behaviour 
 tlut 3 thralled heart could cxpicfs. Sidney. 
 
 When wc make proteflion of our faith, m-c 
 fland ; when we acknowledge our lins, or Icck 
 unto God fot favour, we fall down; bccaufc ihc 
 gclhire of conllanry becomeih us belt in the one, 
 :n the other the behaviour of huiniluy. tJcokcr 
 
 One man fees how much another man is a 
 fool, when he dedicates his behaviour to love. 
 
 ShakfpeAte. 
 
 And he changed his hehavicur before them, 
 and feigned himfelf mad in tlieir hands. iSamui/. 
 
 4. Elegance of manners; gracefulhefs. 
 
 The beautiful prove accomplifhed, but not of 
 great fpirit ; and Ihidy, for tiic moft part, rather 
 beha-.>! .ur than virtue. Bacon. 
 
 He who advifcih the philofophcr, altogether de- 
 voted to the Mufcs, fumetimcs to o(Fer facrificc 
 lothe altirs of the Giacts, thougiit knowledge 
 impcrfc^ witliout (.'thai}iour. tVcttr^n. 
 
 5. Conduct J general praftice ; coiirfe of 
 life. 
 
 To him, who haih a profpc£t of the ftatc that 
 attends men after ibis life, depending on their 
 h(ii'.j%-iour h(^c, the mcafuves of good and evil 
 are changed. Locke. 
 
 6. To be upon otters behaviour. A familiar 
 phrafe, noting fnch a ilate as requires 
 great caution ; a liate in which a failure 
 in behaviour will have bad confequences. 
 
 Tyrants themfclves arc upfm their Othaviour 
 to a fupeiiour power, L' Ejirou^r. 
 
 To Behe'ad. 1'. a. [from be and I)eaiL'\ 
 To deprive of the head,; to kill by eat- 
 ing olFthe head* 
 
 His htheaduig he underwent with ali chriftian 
 m;ignanimity. ClarcTidt>n. 
 
 On each fide they fly, 
 By chains conncxr, and with dcflrudlive fwccp, 
 Jiehcad whole troops at once. Phil, pi. 
 
 Marv, queen of Scots, was hehcadtd in the 
 reign ot queen Elizabeth. ^'idd'.p.n, 
 
 Eehe'ld. The participle paffive of behold. 
 
 All hail! yc viigin daughters of the main! 
 "Vc IheamSj bc^ t'odmy hopes Itheld again ! }*ife. 
 
 B E H 
 
 Be'hEMOth. n.f. Bihemolh, in Hebrew, 
 fignifies beads in general, paiticularly 
 the larger kind, lit for i'erviee. But Job 
 fpeaks of an animal i(/'fffio//', and defcribes 
 its properties. Bochari lias taken mtich 
 care to make it iXxehi^popolunius, or river 
 horfe. Hantlius tliinks it is an ox. The 
 fathers fiippole the devil to be meant by 
 it. B\it we agree with the generality 
 of interpreters, that it is the elephant. 
 
 Calmil. 
 
 Behold now behfrnoth^ which I made with 
 
 thee ; he eateth grafs .ai an ox. 'J'^l'- 
 
 Behold! in plaited mail 
 Bfhrmoth rears his head. 'ihju.j'r. 
 
 Be'hen. ) n.y". Valerian roots. Alfo a 
 Ben. 3 fruit refembling the tamarifl<, 
 from which perfumers cxtrad an oil. 
 
 D\el. 
 Bf.he'st. n.f. [from he 2i\v^ hejl ; hicf , 
 Saxon.] Command ; precept ; man- 
 date. 
 
 Iki tender youth had obediently lived under 
 
 her parents hvh-:jh^ witiiout fiaming, out of her 
 
 own win, tiie furechoofinf: of Jiny thing. Sulney. 
 
 Siicli joy he had their ftuhborn hearts to quell. 
 
 And llurrly courage tame with dreadful awe. 
 
 That his bthrjt they fear'd as a proud tyrant's 
 
 law. Hp^'tjer. 
 
 I, mtfTengcr from evcrlafting Jove, 
 
 In his gre.Tt name thus his ^r^^cy/ do tell. Faijjdx. 
 
 To vifit oft tliofe h.ippy tribes, 
 On high liihrjh his angels to and fro 
 Pafs'd frequent. Milton. 
 
 In heav'n God ever blett, and liis divine 
 Belirjhohty, worthicil to be obey'd ! Milton. 
 
 To Behi'ght. II. a. pret. le/jol, part. 
 hehight. [from hatan, to promife, Sax.] 
 This word is obfolete. 
 
 1. Toproinife. 
 
 Sir Guyon, mindful of his vow ypllght, 
 Up rofc from tiiowly eouch, and him addrcft 
 Unto the journey whieh he \\3iA behight. hiji'j Q. 
 
 2. To entnift ; to commit. 
 
 That mort glorious houfethat glift'rcth bright, 
 Whereof the keys arc to thy hand behight 
 By wife Fidelia, F^iiiy Queen. 
 
 3. Perhaps to call ; to name : hight being 
 often put, in old authors, for named, or 
 >was named. 
 
 Behi'nd. /irf/>. [hinban, Saxon.] 
 
 1. At the back of another. 
 
 .\comatcs hartc<l with harqucbuGcrs, which 
 he had caufed his hurlemen to lake behind them 
 upon their horfes. Knc/.'es. 
 
 2. On the back part ; not before. 
 
 She came in the prcfs bertind, .and touched him. 
 
 M,nk. 
 
 3. Toward the back. 
 
 The Benjamites kiokcd behtmi them, yue/ges. 
 4^ Following another. 
 
 Her hnlband went with her^ weeping behind 
 her. , Sn„::,el. 
 
 5. Remaining after the departure of forae- 
 thing elfe. 
 
 He left behind liim myfelf and a filter, both 
 born in one iiour. IShakJfeare. 
 
 Pitty and viituc arc not only delightful for the 
 
 prtfcnt, but they Ifavc peace and contentment 
 
 behind them. Ti'dotjon. 
 
 .6. Remaining after the death of tliofe to 
 
 whom it belonged. 
 
 What he gave me to publilh, was but a fmall 
 part of what he left irA/«t/ him. Vofe. 
 
 7. At a diliance from fomething going be- 
 fore. 
 
 Such is the fwiftnefs of your mind, 
 That, like the earth's, it leaves our fenfe behind. 
 
 Drydti. 
 
 B E H 
 
 8. Inferiour to another ; having the pofte- 
 rioiir place with rcgaid toexcellcnce. 
 
 After tlie overthrow of tliis hrft houfe of God, 
 a fecund was eredlid; but will, fo great odds, 
 that they wept, which beiicid how much ihi« 
 latter came behind it. jioUir. 
 
 9. On liie other fide of fomething. 
 
 I'lom light rctir'd heh nd hii daughter's bed, 
 He, for appru.iching lleep, compos'd his head. 
 
 Dnden. 
 
 Behi'nd, ae/v. 
 
 1. Out of fight; not yet produced to 
 view ; remaining. 
 
 We cannot be fure tliat we have all the par- 
 ticulars before us, and that ihcic is no evidence 
 behind, and yet unfeen, which may cart the pi — 
 h.ihihty on the other fide. Lm'-i. 
 
 2. Moft of the former fenfes may become 
 adverbial, by fupprefiing the accnj'ahve 
 cafe ; as, I left my money hihind, or 
 lehind me, 
 
 Bf.iii'ndhand." ailv. [from behind and 
 hand. ] 
 
 1 . In a ftate in which rent or profit, or 
 any advantage, is anticipated, fo that 
 lefs is to be received, or more perform- 
 ed, than the natural or juft proportion. 
 
 Your trade would fuft'er, if your being behind^ 
 bnnd hs,s made the natuial ufe fo high, that your 
 tradcfman cannot live upon his labour. L'^-ke. 
 
 2. Not upon equal terms, with regard to 
 foiwardnefs. In this fenfe, it is fol- 
 lowed by "Milh. 
 
 Cbnfider, whetlier it is not better to be hulf a 
 year behindh,md with the falhionable part o.' the 
 world, than to drain beyond his circuniftances. 
 
 Spritator. 
 
 3. Shahfpeare iifes it as an adjeBli-e, but 
 liccntioufly, for backward; tardy. 
 
 And thcfe thy otfkcs. 
 So tarely kind, arc as interpreters 
 Of my i'ehindh.ind (lackncls. Shahffejre, 
 
 ToBEHO'LD. v. a. pret. liehe/d, I have 
 heheld, or beholden, [behealfean, Saxon.] 
 To view ; to fee ; to look upon : to 
 behold is lofee, in an emphatical or in- 
 tenfive fenfe. 
 
 Son of man, ifioWwith thine eyes, and hear 
 with thine ears. Er-ikiel. 
 
 When Theffallans on horfeback were beheld 
 afar off, while their horfes watered, while their 
 heads were deprelTed, they were conceived bv 
 the fpeiftators to be one animal. Sroiun, 
 
 Maa looks aloft, and, with ere^ed eyes, 
 Biholdi his own hereditaiy fkies. Dryden, 
 
 At this the former tale .again he told. 
 With thund'ring tone, and dreadful to behold. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The Saviour comes, by ancient bards t'oretuld. 
 Hear him ye deaf, and all ye h\\v\ihehotd! Pcpe. 
 
 Beho'ld. interjei^. [from the verb.] See ; 
 lo : a word by which attention is ex- 
 cited, or admiration noted. 
 hehoU ! I am v^'ith thee, and will keep thee. 
 
 Gerejri, 
 When out of hope, behold ^zr\ net far olT, 
 Such as I faw her ia my dream, arloru'd 
 With what all earth or heaven could bcltou-. 
 To make her amiable. d^li.'tcn. 
 
 Beholden, part'ulp, adj. \^gehouden, 
 Dutch ; that is, held in obligation. It 
 is very corruptly written beholding.'] Ob- 
 liged ; bound in gratitude : with the 
 particle to. 
 
 Horns, which fuch as you are fain to he be- 
 holden to your wives for. Shaij^ewe, 
 
 l.iirle are wc beholden ft your love. 
 And little loull'd for at your helping hands. 
 
 $hakj££jre.
 
 B E H 
 
 T found you nest, in refpcft of bond both of 
 near alliance, and particularly of communica- 
 tion in ftudies; wluvcin I muft acknowledge 
 myfelf hekrJden to you. Bacon. 
 
 I think myfelf mightily htkdden /o you for the 
 reprehenfiou you tl-.cn g.u'c us. _ Addifon 
 
 Wc, who fee men under the awe of jultice, 
 Crtnnot conceive wii.ic lavage creatures they would 
 be without it ; and how much beholden we are to 
 that wife contrivance. Atttrhury. 
 
 Beho'ldek. n.f, [from heholJ,'] Spec- 
 tator J he that looks upon anything. 
 
 Was this the face, 
 That, like the fun, did make bth/den wink? 
 
 Shaij'peare. 
 Thefe hearts among, 
 Be-holdsn rude, and Ihallow to difccin 
 lidt what in thee is fair, one man except, 
 Who fce^ thee? Milton. 
 
 Thingi of wonder give no lefs delight 
 To the wife Maker's than Is/'ioldet's fight. 
 
 Denli^tti. 
 The juflling chiefs in rude encounters join, 
 £sch (mx behlder trembling for her knight. 
 
 Grani'ille. 
 
 The charitable foundations, in the church of 
 
 Rome, exceed all the demands of charity; and 
 
 r.tifc envy, rather than compafiion, inthcbrcalls 
 
 of hrhjhkr%. Altcrbury. 
 
 Llho'lding. adj. [corrupted from be- 
 holdm.\ Obliged. See Beholden. 
 
 Beho'lding. n,f. Obligation. 
 
 Love to virtue, and not to any particular he^ 
 h'ildifigsy hath exprelTcd this my tcftimony. 
 
 C'ltC'-^V. 
 
 Bkho'ldikgness. n.f, [from heholdhigt 
 •niftaken for bi'boUcn.^ The llatc of 
 being obliged. 
 
 The ki'ig invited us to bis court, fo as 1 muft 
 acknowL-dgc a bsholdin^^ncji unto hini. Sidney. 
 
 In this my delit I O^cm'd loth to confcfs, 
 Tnlhat I fliunn'd /'Mc/i/'.-g^v?/"!. Donr.e. 
 
 i^EHo'oT. «.y. [from behoo've.'] That 
 which behooves ; that which is advan- 
 tageous ; prolit ; advantage. 
 
 Her majcfty may alter any thing ofthofe laws, 
 •for her own behonjyTLW^ for the good of the people. 
 
 Spcnfcr. 
 Vo mean rccompence it brings 
 To your behoof : if I that region lolt. 
 All ufurpation thence e\pell'd, reduce 
 ■ Xo her original (larkncfs, and your fvvay. A////0//. 
 Wert thou luuic liar, which from the rum'd 
 loof 
 ■Of (hak'd Olympus by mifchancc didft fall ; 
 Wiiicli careful Jove, ]n nature's Uuz bchooj y 
 Took up, -and in fit place did rcinftatc. Milton. 
 Bccaufe it was for tiie Z'f^^c/of the irimal, that 
 upon any fuddon accident, it niiijht bo awakened, 
 .there were no (hutaorliopples njade for the cars. 
 
 Ray. 
 
 It would be of no hchjofy for the fettling of 
 
 government, unlefs there were a way taught, 
 
 liow to know the pcrfjii to whom belonged tliis 
 
 power and dominion. Lockf. 
 
 To BEHO'OVE. "y. «. [bihopan, Saxon, 
 it is a dnty,~\ To be fit ; to be meet : 
 either with refpe6l to duty, neceflity, 
 or convenience. It is ufed only iniper- 
 fonally with it. 
 
 For better examination of their quality, it be^ 
 k'iweth\\\\:. very foundation and root, thehighell: 
 W'.'lUfpruigand fountain of ihcm, to be dif^ovcr- 
 cd. Ihoktr. 
 
 He did fo prudently temper his paiTions, as that 
 «one of tlicm made hJm wanting in the offices of 
 J:fe, which>/ behoQiedux became him to perform. 
 
 Atteibu'v. 
 
 But fhouldyou lure the monarch of the hrook, 
 
 Kihovi'fi you tlicn to ply your finell art. T/icmfcn. 
 
 Si^o'ov EYVL, adi. [from behoof.] Ufe- 
 
 ful ; profitable ; advantageous. This 
 
 yfo:\l h fomewhat antiquated. 
 
 BEL 
 
 It is very belto(n:eful in rhis country of Irc>I,ir,fi, 
 wh;rc there are w.irte defcrts full of grafs, rKit 
 the fame Ihould be eaten down. Sj'enftr. 
 
 Laws are many times full of imperfections ; 
 and that whieh is fuppoled btlioncfid un\.a men, 
 provcth oftentimes moft pernicious. Hcoici. 
 
 Madam, we have cull'd fuch necefTaries 
 As arc bcho'jvrjiil for our Itate to-morrow. Shak. 
 
 It may be moft /«/»oti/«/ for princes, in mat- 
 ters of t,race, to tranfafl tlic fame publickly : fo 
 ilis asrequifitc, in matters of judgment, punilh- 
 ment, and cenfurc, that the i.imc be traiifaAed 
 privately. Clarcmkn. 
 
 Beho'ovefully. adii. [from behtjoveful.] 
 Piofitably ; iifcfuUy. 
 
 Tell us of more weiglity didilces than tiiefe, 
 and that may more />fkoT'f/«//)Mmport the refor- 
 mation. Spcnfcr. 
 Beho't. [preterit, as it fcems,- oi hehighl, 
 to promife.] 
 
 With Ihaip intended fling fo rude him fmote, 
 That to the earth him drove as lirilcen dead, 
 Nc living wight svould have him life bclir.t. 
 
 F'liry i^liccn. 
 
 Bz'iriG. paitidp. [from ie.] 
 
 Thole, who have their hope in another life, 
 
 look upon themfelves as bci/:g on their p.iffagc 
 
 thlough this. ^4cliibury. 
 
 Be'ing. n.f. [from ic] 
 
 1. Exigence : oppofed to wonra///)'. 
 
 Of him all things have both received their firli 
 bei':g, and their continuance to be that which they 
 a'<^- ' Hooker. 
 
 Yet is not God the author of her ill. 
 Though author of her being, and bei«g there. 
 
 Diivies. 
 There is none but he, 
 Whofc heii)g I do fear : and under him 
 My genius is rebuked. Shalifp/are's Mtubith. 
 
 Thcc,I"ather, firfl they fung, omnipotent, 
 Immutahle, immoital, infinite, 
 Eternal king ! Thee, Author of all hdng, 
 Fountain of light ! Alston's PuniMf- l.r.p. 
 
 Merciful and gracious, thou gaveft us bung, 
 raifmg us from nothing to be an cscellent crea- 
 ''on. Tayltir'i Guide to Devotion. 
 
 Confider every thiog as not yet in being ; then 
 examine, if it muit needs have been at all, or 
 what other ways.it might have been. Bentley. 
 
 2. A particular (late or condition. 
 
 Thofe happy fpiriis which, ord.iin'd by fate, 
 For future being and new bodies wait. Dn/Jcn. 
 Heav'n from all creatures hides the bookof fate; 
 From brutes wh.it mei), from men what fpirits 
 
 know ; 
 Or who could fufTer being here below? Popt. 
 
 As now your own, our beiTTgi were of old, 
 And once inclos'd in woman's beauteous mould. 
 
 Poi't. 
 
 3. The perfon exifling. 
 
 Ah fair, yetfalfe! ah ^..vViij form' d to cheat 
 Ry fccmiirg kindnefs, mixt with deep deceit I 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 It is folly to feek the approbation of any bein(r, 
 bcfides the Supreme ; becaufe no other being can 
 make a tight judgment of us, and becaule we 
 can procure no confidciable advantage from the 
 approbatioit of any otiier being. Ad.tif'jn. 
 
 Be'isg. c-cjtiju/u]. [from /■f.] Since. ViJ. 
 
 Be it so. a phrafe of anticipation, _^;j5- 
 
 pofe it be fo ; or of permiifion, let it be fo. 
 
 My gracious duke, 
 Be ^t Jo (he will not here, befoie your grace, 
 Conlcnt to marry with Demetrius, 
 I beg the ancient privilege of Athens. Sb.ilffeare. 
 7&Bela'bour. v. a. [from //(■ and /«/'owr.] 
 To beat ; to thump: a word in low 
 fpeech. 
 
 What feveral madneffes in men appear! 
 Oreftes runs from fancy'd furies here; 
 Ajax bel.ib<^uTi there an harmlcfs ox, 
 And thinks that Agamemnon feels the knocks. 
 
 DTy.len. 
 
 BEL 
 
 He fees virago Nell belabour. 
 With his own llatl, his peaceful neiglibour. 
 
 SlL.ft. 
 
 7'oBela'ce. v. a. [a fea term.] T.-» 
 fallen ; as, to belace a rope. D:ti. 
 
 Be'lamie. n.f. \belamie, Fr.] A friend ; 
 an intimate. Out of ufe. 
 
 Wife Socrates 
 Pcur'dout his life, md laft philofophy, 
 To tire fair Cririas, his dearelf belatme. F. Queen. 
 Be'lamour. n.f. [iel amour, Fr.] Gal- 
 lant ; confort ; paramour. Oblolete. 
 Lo, lo, how brave ilie decki her bo'jn'trous 
 bow'r 
 Witiifilkcn curtains, and gold coverlets. 
 Therein to fliroud her fumptuous helti»:oue. 
 
 Faify (^ueert. 
 
 Bela'ted. aJJ. [from fc and /iJ.'f.] Be- 
 nighted ; out of doors late at night. 
 
 Fairy elves, 
 Whofe midniglit revels, by a I'oreft fide, 
 Or fountain, fome bt/nted peafant fees, 
 Or di tarns he fees. Mi/ton's Paradije Lo/i. 
 
 Or near Fleetditch's oo/.y brinks, 
 Beliitfd, feems on watch to lie. Siuift. 
 
 To Bela'y. i<. a. [from fcand/ay ; as, to 
 <wnyhiy, to lie in wait, to lay wait for.] 
 
 1. To block up ; to Hop the palfage. 
 
 The Ipeedy hoife all palfages beioy, 
 And fpur their fmoaking Iteed^i to crofs their 
 way. Dryjea. 
 
 2. To place in ambnfh. 
 
 'Gaiiift fuch ftrong calUes necdeth greater 
 might. 
 Than thofe fiiiall forces ye were wont i<A/v. 
 
 To Belay a rope, [a fea terin.] To fplice ; 
 
 to mend a rope, by laying one end over 
 
 another. 
 To BELCH. 1). n. [bealcan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Toejeft the wind from the ilomach ; to 
 eruft. 
 
 The fymptoms are, a four fmell in their fx^.^, 
 be'ciiing!, and diftenfions of the bowels. Arbutt;. 
 
 2. To ilfue out, as by eruitation. 
 
 The waters boil, and, heUhing from below, 
 Black fands as from a forceful engine throw. Dryd. 
 
 A triple pile of plumes his crcl't adurn'd, 
 On whieh with belehing flames ChiniJcra buin'd. 
 
 Dry den. - 
 
 To Belch, ik a. To threw out from tlie 
 ftomach; to ejett from any hollow 
 place. It is a word implying coarfj- 
 nefs, hatefulnefs, or honour. 
 
 Tlcy are all but lloinaehs, and we all but food; 
 
 They cat us hungcrly, and, wiicn they're full. 
 
 They btlcJi us. Siijkfyeure. 
 
 The bitternefs of it I now belch from my heart. 
 
 Siiuhfpe.tre. 
 
 Immediate in a flar*ie. 
 
 But foon obfcur'd with fmoke,ailheav*n appoar'd, 
 
 From thofe deep- thiuatcd enginesi:/(,7r'i/. iViii/en. 
 
 Tlie gates that now 
 Stood open wide, beiebing outrageous flame 
 Far into chaos, fince ti;e fiend pafs'd through. 
 
 Mittvi. 
 Rough as their favage lords v\ ho rang'd the 
 wood, 
 And, bit with acorns, if.Vi'i/ their windy fo )d. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 There beiek'dtht mingled Hreams of wind and 
 blood, 
 And human flerti, his indigefted food. Po/r. 
 
 When I an am'rous kits defigii'd, 
 I be/:h\l an hurricane of wind. Swift. 
 
 Belch, n./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Tlic aft uf eruftation. 
 
 2. A cant term for malt liquor. 
 
 A fudden reformation would follcnv, amon;^ all 
 forts of people ; porters would no longer be drunk 
 with bclc/i. i>innii.
 
 BEL 
 
 Ee'ldAM. n.f. \licUe dame, wliich, in old 
 Frencli, fignilicd probably an old \vo- 
 woman, as Zf/Zf a^gi", old age. ] 
 
 I. An old woman : gencially a term of 
 contempt, marking tlie lall degree of old 
 age, with all its fanlts and mifcries. 
 
 Tiicn fiiig uf fccrct things ili.it came to pnfs, 
 When hcl.hm Nature in licr cnidlc was. itVUitii. 
 
 s. A liag. 
 
 Why, how now, Hec:-t .' you look angerly. — 
 — H.ive I not rcafou, bcU.ims, as yoii arc, 
 Saucy and oveibuld.* Shaijp€ate'i Macbeth. 
 
 Thcrclly ficve w.igg'd neVi llie more; 
 I weep for woe, tbc teiiy ic'hiam fwore. Diyiicn. 
 
 To BELE'AGUER. v. a. [bljgsercii, 
 Dutch.] To belicge ; to block up a 
 place ; to lie before a town. 
 
 Tiicir butiiicfs, which tliey e.-nry on, is the 
 general concernment of the Trojan camp, then 
 ie/eagurt\i bv Turntis and t!ie Latnis. OryM/:. 
 
 Againlt beU'ignr'd Lcav'n tlic giants move : 
 Hills piU'd on hills, on mount.iins mountains lie, 
 To make their mad approaches to the ilty. Diji. 
 
 Bele'acuerer. n.f. [from beleaguer.^ 
 One that befieges a place. 
 
 2'o Belt.f.'. ^l. a. [a term in navigation.] 
 To place in a direction unfuitablc to the 
 wind. 
 
 Belemni'tes. n.f. [from /Se'a©^, a dart 
 or arrow, becaulc of its refemblance to 
 the point of an arrow.J Arrowhead, 
 or finger-ltone, of a whitifh and fomc- 
 tiiTies a gold colour. 
 
 Belflo'wek. n.f [from bell ?mAJIozuer, 
 becaufe of the fliape of its flower ; in 
 Latin campanula.'^ A plant. 
 
 There is a valt numhcr of the fpecies of this 
 jHant. I. The talleft pyramidal belf^jwer. 
 2. The blue peach-leaved be!Jioxucr. 3. The 
 white peach-leaved hclfauuer. 4. Garden btl- 
 Jlovjcf, with oblong leaves and Howers ; com- 
 monly called Canti'btiry bclU. 5. Canary bej- 
 Jioiuetf with orrach leaves, and a tuberofc root. 
 6. ^\\iz b:!Jio:vt:ry with edible roots, conimonly 
 called ramjii-Mi. 7. Venus looking glafs bel- 
 foiucr, &■.-. MiUcr. 
 
 Belfo'under. K./ [from beHx^dfoi./ul.] 
 He whofc trade it is to found or call 
 bells. 
 
 Thofe that make recorders know this, and 
 likcwife belJouthUn in fitting the tune of their 
 btils. Bacon. 
 
 Be'lfry. *!, f. \}ffroy, in French, is a 
 tower ; which v.as perhaps the true 
 word, till thofe, who knew not its ori- 
 ginal, corrtiptcd it to belfy, becaiiTe bells 
 were in it.] The place where the bells-. 
 are rung. 
 
 Fetch the leathern bucket that hangs in the 
 htlfry\ that is curioufiypriinted before, and will 
 make a fi^;'jrc, G./y. 
 
 Belga'rd. «. f. \_bcl'e egnrd, Fr.] A 
 foft glance ; a kind regard : an old 
 word, now whrjlly difufed. 
 
 Upon lier eyelids many gracjs lar. 
 Under the (hadow of her even hrows, 
 Working hdgurihj and amorous retreats. 
 
 Fairy Quegt. 
 
 To Beli'e. v. a. [from fc and ZiV.] 
 
 1. To counterfeit ; to feign ; to mimick. 
 
 Which duift, with Ivorfcs hoofs that beat ll.e 
 ground. 
 And martial biafs, bc'Je the thunder's found. 
 
 D.yde,!. 
 The (hapc of man, and imitated bcaft. 
 The walk, the words, the gcihire could fuppi)', 
 The h.ibit mimick, and the mien hilie, Viy.liTi. 
 
 2. To give the lie to ; to charge with falfc- 
 hood. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 BEL 
 
 Sure there is none but fears a future ftatc ; 
 And when the moli obdurate fwear they do not, 
 Tiicir trcmliling heai Cs belie their boaAful tongues. 
 
 Diyd^n. 
 
 Paint, patches, jewels laid afidei 
 At night altixjiioincrs agiee, 
 . The evening ha.s the day h:-ly'J, 
 And Phillis is fomc foity- three. Trior. 
 
 3. To calumniate ; to raife falfc reports of 
 any man. 
 
 Thou doll bclit! him, Picicy, thou hclicji him ; 
 H: never did encounter with Glcndower. Shuk. 
 
 4. To give a falfe reprefentation of any 
 thing. 
 
 Uncle, for hcav'n's fak ;, comfjitable words. — 
 — Should I do fo, I IliJuld belie my thoughts. 
 
 SJtiikfpciirc, 
 
 Tufcan Valerus by force o'crcame, 
 And not iJy'J his mighty father'^ name. Drydot. 
 
 In the difputc whare'cr 1 laid, 
 My heart was by my tongue bc.j'd; 
 
 And in my looks you might f.ave read 
 How much I argued on your fide. Vrioy . 
 
 5. To fill with lies. This feems to be its 
 meaning here. 
 
 'Tis flandcr, whofc' fcieath. 
 Rides on the polling winds, and doth bslie 
 All corners of the world. Sbatfpearc. 
 
 Belie'f. n.f. [from believe.'] 
 
 1. Credit given to foinething, which we 
 know not of ourfelves, on account of the 
 authority by which it is delivered. 
 
 Thofe comforts that Ihall never ceafe, 
 Future in hope, but prefcnt in belief. JJ^otloti. 
 
 Faith is a firm belief of the whole word of 
 God, of his gofpel, commands, threats, and 
 promifes. ir,iie. 
 
 2. The theological virtue of faith, or firm 
 confidence of the truths of religion. 
 
 No man can attain belief by the bare contem- 
 plation of heaven and earth ; fur that they ncith.er 
 are fufficient to give us as much as the leaft fpark 
 of light concerning the vei-y principal my 11 erics 
 of our faith. lIorArr. 
 
 3. Religion ; the body of tenets held by 
 the profefiTots of faith. 
 
 In the heat of general perfccution, wheieunto 
 chrillian belief was fubjeft open the firll pro- 
 mulgation, it much conhrmed the weaker 
 minds, when relation was made how God had 
 been glorilied through the fufferings of martyrs. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 4. Perfuafion ; opinion. 
 
 Hecan, I know, but doubt to think he will; 
 Yet hope would fain fubfcribc, and tempts be- 
 lief. Milion. 
 
 All treaties are grounded upon the belief, that 
 ftatcs will be found in their honour and oh- 
 fcrvance of treaties. T-mple. 
 
 5. The thing believed ; the objefl of be- 
 lief. 
 
 Supcrftitious prophecies are not only the belief 
 of fouls, but the talk fometimes of wife men. 
 
 li.tcof:. 
 
 6. Creed ; a form containing the articles 
 of faith. 
 
 Beli'evable. adj. [from believe.] Cre- 
 dible ; that may be credited or believed. 
 To BELI'EVE. v. a. [jelfpan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To credit upon the authority of an- 
 other, or from fomo other leafon than 
 our perfonal knowledge. 
 
 Ad!.cic;Vc to a propolition which they are 
 pcrfuaded, but do not know, to bo true, is not 
 feeing, but believir^. Lode. 
 
 Ten thouf.ind things there are, which we be- 
 liei.'c merely upon the authority or credit of thofe 
 who havefpokcn or written of them. IJ'ntti. 
 
 2. To put confidence in the veracity of any 
 one. 
 
 BEL 
 
 The people may hear when Ifptak with tJ.ee^ 
 and believe thee for ever. Exoilut, 
 
 To jjEI.l'tVE. -u. n. 
 
 1. To have a firm perfuafion of anything. 
 
 Tliey may believe that the Lord God of rhtir 
 
 fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, 
 
 and the God of Jacob, hsth appeared unto thee. 
 
 ' Genefts. 
 
 2. To exercife the theological virtue of 
 
 faith. 
 
 Now God be prais'd, that to believing fouls 
 Gives light in darknefs, comfort in defpair. 
 
 Ullaifpeare. 
 
 For wirh the heart man believitt: unto rightt- 
 ouf'icfs, and with the mouth confclTion is made 
 l*Tto fal..'.tIon. R'^ifiars. 
 
 3. With the particle In, to hold as an objecl 
 cffaith. 
 
 Heliei'e in the Lord ycur God, fo (hall you 
 be '.'(labliflied. 2 Chron. 
 
 4. With the particle on, to triiR ; to place 
 full confidence in ; to rell upon witli 
 talth. 
 
 To tlicm gave he power to become the foDS of 
 God, even to them that believe on his name. 
 
 John. 
 
 5. I believe, is fometimes ufcd as a way of 
 flightly noting lomewhat of certainty or 
 exacdiefs. 
 
 Though they are, I htlisve, as high as mod 
 flccples in England, yet 3 pcrfon, in iiis d.ink, 
 fell down, without any other hurt than the 
 breaking of an arm. Addifon^ 
 
 Beli'ever. n.f. [fromfcZ/^i^.] 
 
 1 . He that believes, or gives credit. 
 
 Dilcipline began to enter into conili(51 with 
 cl-.urches, which, in extremity, had been be.. 
 lieven of it. Hooker. 
 
 2, A profeflbr of chriftianity. 
 
 Infidels thenifelves did dilcein, in matters of 
 life, when believers did well, when otherwife. 
 
 Hooker, 
 If he which writeth do that which is forcible, 
 how fliould he which readcth be thought to do 
 that, which, in itielf, is of no force to work be- 
 lief, and to fave i^V/rr'fn .^ il ',ker, 
 Myfrtries held by us have no power, pi>mp, 
 or wealth, but have been maintained b) [ .c uni- 
 verfal body of true bchtvers, from the liays of 
 the apofiles, and will be to the rcfurreclion ; 
 neither will the gates of hell prevail againft them. 
 
 S'.L;f!. 
 Beli'evingly. adv. [from To b'licve.J 
 
 After a believing manner. 
 Beli'ke. adv. [from Hie, as Ij Melt- 
 bond.] 
 
 1 . Probably ; likely ; perhaps. 
 
 There came out of the fame woods a hoj'- ' 
 rible foul beat, which fcaiing, heliie, while the 
 lion was prefent, came lurioudy towards the 
 place where I was. Sidney. 
 
 Lord Angelo, belike, tliinking me remils in 
 luy office, awakens me with this unwonted put- 
 tmg on. Shaifpc.ie. 
 
 Jofcphus affirmeth, tliat one of them remained 
 in his lime; meaning, ^f//if, fomc ruin or foun- 
 dation thereof. Raleigh. 
 
 2. It is fometimes ufcd in a fenfe of irony, 
 as it may he fuppofed. 
 
 We think, belikt, that he will accept what 
 the mcanett of tiiem would dildain. ' JJooier. 
 
 God appointed the fea to one of them, atift" 
 the land to the other, bccaur-.- they were fo great, 
 th.at tlir fca could no! hold ti.em both ; or eile, 
 belike, if tiie fea had been large .enough, we 
 might have gone a filhing fui- elephants. 
 
 Brerciv'.o.t i;t Liin^uave;, 
 
 Bei.iSf. adv. [bilive, Sax. probably from 
 bi and lij-e, in the feiife of vivacity, 
 fpctd, qulcknefs.] Speedily; quickly. 
 Out of ufe.
 
 BEL 
 
 By tbat fame way rhc direful dames to dr'v:t 
 Thciv mournful chariot, fill'd with rurty blood, 
 And down to Pluto's houfc arc come belivf. 
 
 Fuirv Queen. 
 
 BELL. n.f. [bel, Saxon ; fuppofed, by 
 Skinner, to come from /if/w, Lat. aba- 
 fin. See Ball.] 
 J . A velTdl, or hollow body of cafl; metal, 
 formed to make a nolfe by the aft of 
 a clapper, hammer, or fome oilier in- 
 ftniment ftriking againft it. Bells are 
 in the towers of churches, to call the 
 congregation together. 
 
 Your flock, affemblcd Iiy t.\M:tell, 
 JEncircled you to hear with reverence. Shak. 
 
 Get thee gone, and dig my grave thyfclf. 
 And bid tiie merry helh ring to thy car. 
 That thou art crowned, not that I am dead. 
 
 Sliukfptare. 
 Four ^'-//j admit twenty-four changes in ring- 
 ing, and five helh one lumdred and twenty. 
 
 Holder' s EUine'it% of Speech. 
 
 He has no one neceffary attention to any thing 
 
 but the ^tf//, which calls to prayers twice a-day. 
 
 Jl.l.l-foii' i Si'eOiitor. 
 
 2. It is ufed for any thing in the form of 
 a bill, as the cups of flowers. 
 
 Where the bee fucks, there fuck I, 
 In a cowfii[>'s bell 1 lie. Slutl:f^te<nc. 
 
 The humming bees, that hunt the golden dew, 
 In funimer's heat on tops of lilies feed. 
 And creep within their belli to fuck the balmy 
 feed. Dry den. 
 
 3. A final! hollow globe of metal perfo- 
 rated, and containing in it a folid ball ; 
 v/hich, when it Is (liaken, by bounding 
 againft the fides, gives a found. 
 
 As the ox hath his yoke, the horfe his curb, 
 
 and the faulcon his belli, fo hath man his delires. 
 
 S'utkfpe.ire's v-/r \'ou like it. 
 
 ^. To bear the hell. To be the firlt: from 
 the wether, that carries a ^c// among the 
 fheep, or the firil horfe of a drove that 
 has bells on his collar. 
 
 The Italians have carried away the hell from all 
 other nations, as may appear both by their books 
 and works. }}ake^vill_ 
 
 J. To Jliahe the hells. A phrafe in Shale- 
 Jpeare, taken from the bells of a hawk. 
 
 Neither the king, nor he that loves him iiell. 
 The proudeft he that holds up Lancaller, 
 Dares ftir a wing, if Warwicky^aittj ^/t bellt 
 
 Shakil'earc. 
 
 To Bell. v.n. [from the noun.] Togrow 
 in buds or flowers, in the form of a 
 bell. 
 
 Hops, in the beginning of Auguft bell, and 
 arc fometimes ripe. Mortimer. 
 
 Bell-fAsiiioned. adj. [^from hell and 
 fajlnon.^ Having the form of a bell I 
 campaniform. 
 
 The thorn-apple rifcs with a flrong i>..und Halk, 
 having large hell-jajiiloiud flowers at the loinis. 
 
 M'^,tinu;. 
 Bf.li.k. n.f. [beau, hclkyYr.'] A young 
 lady. 
 
 Wiiat motive couKi comjieJ 
 A *ell-hred lord t' alTauU a genilc bel', ..' 
 O lay, what lirangcrcaufe, yet unexplor'd. 
 Could ruake a gentle htlle rejeft a lord ? Pope. 
 
 BELLES LETTRES.n.f. [Fr.] Polite 
 literature. It has uofiii^^iilur. 
 
 The e.xaftncfs of the other, is to admit of 
 fomcihing like dilcourfc, cipccially in what re- 
 gards the beilei lettres. T.itu r, 
 
 Be'lljbone. n.f. [from helliis, beauti- 
 ful, and bonus, good, Lat. belle l^ bonne, 
 Fr.] A woman excelling both in beauty 
 aod goodaefs. Out of ufe. 
 
 BEL 
 
 Pan may be proud that ever he begot 
 
 Such a hellihone, 
 And Syrinx rejoice that ever was her lot 
 
 To bear fuch a f>ne. Spenfer. 
 
 Belii'gerant. } ciiij. {bell'iger, Lat.] 
 Belli'gerous. j^ Waging war. DiB. 
 Be'lling. n. f. A hunting term, fpoke 
 of a roe, when fhe makes a noife in rut- 
 ting time. Diet. 
 Belli'potent. adj. [beUipotens, Lat.] 
 Puiffant ; mighty in war. Did. 
 To Be'llow. v. n. [bellan, Saxon.] 
 I. To make a noife as a bull. 
 
 Jupiter became a bull, zndbelloived; the green 
 
 Neptune a ram, and bleated. Sliiil-fpe.ire. 
 
 Wliat biill dares bellotv, or what Iheep dares 
 
 bleat, 
 
 Within the lion's den ? Dryden. 
 
 But now the hufband of a herd mulV be 
 Thy mate, and bellouiitg fons thy progeny. 
 
 JDryden. 
 
 2. To make any violent outcry. 
 
 He farten'd on my neck, eind bclhw'd ont. 
 As he'd burl! heav'n. Sh.'kfpeare. 
 
 3. To vociferate ; to clamour. In this fenfe 
 it is a word of contempt. 
 
 The dLfil fat captain, with a hound's deep 
 throat. 
 Would hellow out a laugh in a bafe note. Dryden. 
 
 This gentleman js accutlomed to roar and bel- 
 lo'.u fo terribly loud that he frightens us. Tutler. 
 
 4. To roar as the fea in a llorm, or as the 
 wind ; to make any continued noife, that 
 may caufe terrour. 
 
 Till, at the laft, he heard a diead found, 
 Wiiich thro' the wood loud bellowing did rebound. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 The riflng rivers float the nether groinid ; 
 And rocks the belloiuing voice of boiling leas re- 
 bound. Dryden. 
 
 Be'llows. n.f. [bihj, Sax. perhaps it is 
 corrupted from bellies, the wind being 
 contained in the hollow, or belly. It has 
 Xiojingiilar ; for we ufually fa) , a pair 
 of bellwws ; but Dryden has \l{i:d bellows 
 as a fingular.] 
 
 1. The inllrument ufed to blow the fire. 
 
 Since ligbs, into my inward furnace turii'd. 
 For hflJowi fervc to kindle mure the fire. Sidney. 
 
 One, with great beltuiu^, gather'd filliirg air. 
 And witli forc'd wind tiie fuel did enflame. 
 
 Fairy QueenT 
 
 The fnilth prepares his hammer for the ftroke. 
 While the lung'd bclloivi hilTmg fire provoke. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The lungs, as bellows, fupply a force of breath ; 
 and the iifpera urteri.i is as the nofe of bellows, 
 to colleift and con\cy tlie breath. Holder. 
 
 2. In tlie following pafTage it Isjingular. 
 
 Thou neither, like a helloiv^, fwell'lt thy f.icc. 
 As if thou wert to blow the burning mafs 
 Of melting ore. Dryden. 
 
 Be'lluine. adj. [helluinus, Lat.] Beaftly ; 
 belonging to a bead ; favage ; brutal. 
 
 If hum.ui atitions were not to be judged, men 
 v**ould have no advantage over beads. At this 
 rate, the animal and bellninc life would be the 
 belV. Atterbury. 
 
 BE'LLY. n.f Ibalg, Dutch; bol, hola, 
 Wcini.] 
 
 1. That part of the human body which 
 reaches from the breall to the thighs, 
 containing the bowels. 
 
 Tiic body's members 
 Rebeird againit the belly ; thus accus'd it ; — 
 That only iikc a gulph it did remain. 
 Still ciipboarding the viand, never bearing 
 Like labour with the reft. Slutkjpeare. 
 
 2. In bealls, it is ufed, in general, for that 
 part of the body next ll.c ground. 
 
 BEL 
 
 And the Lord faid unto the ferpcnt, Upon thy 
 belly Ih.ill thou go, and dud flialt thou eat all the 
 days of thy life. Ger.efis. 
 
 3. The womb : in this fenfe, it is com- 
 monly ufed ludicroufly or familiarly. 
 
 I rtiall anfwer that better, than yuu can tht 
 getting up of the negroc's belly : tlie Moor is with 
 cluld by you. Shakjpeeirt. 
 
 The fcctet is grown too big for the pretence like 
 Mis. Piimly's higbelly. Ccngreve. 
 
 4. That part of man which requires food, 
 in oppofiiion to the had, or that which 
 demands clothes. 
 
 They were content with a licentious life, 
 wherein they might fill their bellies by fpoii, ra- 
 ther than by labour. Hnyward. 
 
 Whole gud is their belly. Phil. 
 
 He that lows his grain upon marble, will have 
 many a hungry belly bcfuie harvefl. Arhuthnot. 
 
 5. The part of any thing that fwells out 
 into a larger capacity. 
 
 Fortune iomctinies turnetii the handle of the 
 bottle, which is cafy to be taken hold of; and 
 after the belly, which is hard to grafp. j^aeort. 
 
 An Irifh harp hath the concase, or lelly, nor 
 along the Itiings, but at the end of the Jtrings, 
 
 Stjean. 
 
 6. Any place in which foraething is en- 
 clofed. 
 
 Out of the ielly of hell cried I, and thou 
 heardit njy voice, Jonali 
 
 To Be'lly. 1). «. [from the noun.] To 
 fwell into a larger capacity ; to hang 
 out ; to bulge out. 
 
 Thus by degrees day wafles, figns ceafe to rife,. 
 For billying earth, fliU riling up, denies 
 Their light a palTage, and coniines our eyes. 
 
 Creeeh's Manilius. 
 
 The pow'r appeas'd, with winds fuffic'd the 
 
 fail. 
 
 The bellying canvas ftruttcd with the gale. Dryd. 
 
 Loud rattling Ihakes the mountains and the 
 
 plain, 
 
 Heav'n betites downwards, and dcfcends in rain. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 'Midft thefe difports, forget they not to drench 
 
 Theml'elves with bellying goblets. Philips. 
 
 Be'llyache. n.f. {(xom helly and ache."] 
 
 The colick ; or pain in the bowels. 
 Be'llybound. di^'. [from hellyand bound.\ 
 Difeafed, fo as to be coftive, and (hrunk. 
 in the belly. 
 Be'lly-fretting. n.f. [from belly and 
 fret.] 
 
 1. [With farriers.] The chafing of a horfe's 
 belly with a foregiit. 
 
 2. A great pain in a horfe's belly, caufed 
 by worms. Di8. 
 
 Be'llyful. n.f. [from belly and fnll.'\ 
 
 1 . As much food as fills the belly, or fa- 
 tisfita the appetite. 
 
 2. It is often ufed ludicroufly for more than 
 enough: thus, king James told his fon 
 that lie would have his bellyful of par- 
 liamentary impeachments. 
 
 Be'llygod. n. /, [from belly and god.~[ 
 A glutton ; one who makes a god of his 
 belly. 
 
 Wliat infinite waftc they made this way, fhe 
 
 only liory of Apicius, a famous bellygod, may 
 
 fuftice to lliew. lUiewill. 
 
 Be'lly-pinched. adj. [from belly and 
 
 pinch.] Starved. 
 
 This night, wherein the cubdrawn bear would 
 couch. 
 The lion and the belly-pinehtd wolf 
 Keep their fur dry, unbonnetled he runs. Shakfp, 
 Bl'li.vroi.l. n.f. [from helly and n//.]
 
 BEL 
 
 A roll fo called, as k fecms, fiom cnlci- 
 
 I'ng mto the KdIIows. 
 
 They h.ng uvu fniall hanows tl at ihcy clap 
 on cAcli fide of tlic ritlgc, and (o they hairow 
 right up and clown, and roll it with a /jt7/v-''^//j 
 that goes between ihc lidges, when lliey have 
 fown it. Mortirncf. 
 
 Be'lly-timber. n. /. [from icl/y and 
 iimber.^ Food ; materials to liipporl 
 llie belly. 
 
 Where /'tV/y-r/mit-r abo\c ground 
 Or under, was not to be found. JiuMbi j> 
 
 Thelircngth of every other member 
 Is founded on your hcli\-timier. Prior. 
 
 Ee'lly-wor.m. n. /. [from if//y and 
 'worm.] A worm tliat breeds in the 
 belly. 
 
 Be'lman. rt.f. [from W/ an4 »«''"'•] He 
 whofe bulinefs it is to proclaim any 
 thing in towns, and to gain attention by 
 ringiiig his bell. 
 
 It was the <nvl char fhrick'd, the f.ital bchnan 
 Wiiich gives the Iler:i'il good niglu. S/iaifj>;iJrc. 
 
 Where Titian's glowing paint the canvas 
 wjrni'd, 
 Xow bangs the ir/mjTi's fong, anf! nafled here 
 Tiie coluur'd prints of Overton appear'. Guy. 
 
 The b'lrnan of eacn paiifh, as iic goes his cir- 
 cuit, ciies out every night, Pall twelve o'clock. 
 
 S-iK-ifi. 
 Be'lmet.\l. n.f. \_^\on\ Ml Rwd metal.'] 
 The metal of which bells are made, be- 
 ing a mixture of live parts copper with 
 one of pewter. 
 
 Beirrrttu! has copper one tiioufand pounds, tin 
 from three hundred to two hundied pounds, brafs 
 wnc iiund.xd and titty pounds. Ma^(,Ti. 
 
 Colours wiiich arile on bffmetjij when melted 
 and poured on the ground, in open aii, like the 
 colouis of water hubbies, are changed by \ i'-w- 
 ing them at divers obliquities. Ni-nion. 
 
 To Belo'ck. v. a. [from le and loci.] To 
 fallen as wn'th a lock. 
 
 Tills is the hand, which with a vow'd contrail 
 Was faft hehck'd in thine. Sliakfpiarc 
 
 Be'lomascy. n.f. [from ,3iX;^ antl ^a>-. 
 
 %u.] 
 I Bclotnaiicy, or divination !)y arrows, hath been 
 
 in requcft with Scythians, Alans, Germans, with 
 the Africans and Turks of Algier. 
 
 Broiun' s Fuloar Krrours. 
 Yo Belo'ng. 1). n. [helangen, Dutch.] 
 I. To be the property of. 
 
 To li^ht on a part of a field heiorighie^ to Boaz. 
 
 Z. To be the province or bufincfa of. 
 
 There is no need of fueh redrefs ; 
 
 Orif there weie, it nut belongs to you. Shakfp. 
 
 The declaration of thefe latent philofophers 
 
 htUrrgs to another paper. Bcyle. 
 
 To Jove the care of heav'n and earth hclo/igi. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 3 . To adhere, or be appendant to. 
 
 He went into a defart heloiighiglo Bcthfaida. 
 
 Luke. 
 4- To have relation to. 
 
 To wnom bi'orrgej: thou .' whence art thou ? 
 
 I Sjr/rue/. 
 
 J. To be the quality or attributes of. 
 
 The faculties beJo'igirr^ to the fuprcme fpiiir, 
 are 'unlimited and bounJlefs, fitted and defigned 
 foi infinite objeiifs. CAeyne. 
 
 6. To be referred to ; to relate to. 
 
 He careth for things that ie/o/ig to the Lord. 
 
 I (xrin:h. 
 
 'B^l.o'v^V). participle, [frorn belove, derived 
 
 oi Icve. It is obfervabie, that though 
 
 the part'ictple be of very frequent ufe, the 
 
 'verb is feldom or never admitted ; as we 
 
 8 
 
 B E T. 
 
 ^■•^Y' y^" a''<^ much iciivrd by me, but 
 not, I LcIovl'\(\\i.] Loved; dear. 
 
 I think it is not meet, 
 Mark Antony, fo well helw'd of Cx-l"ar, 
 Should outlive Cjjfar.f Siaifi"'" '■ 
 
 In likcnefs of a dove 
 The Spirit del'ceiuled, while the Father's voice 
 From hcav'n pionounc'd him his be.'oiuJ Son. 
 
 Mi/to». 
 B E I, o'vv. /!/■/>/. [from l>e ^nd low.] 
 
 1. Under in place ; not fo high. 
 
 For all behiv the moon I would not leap. Sbai. 
 He'll beat .^ufidius' head ben'M his knee. 
 And tread upon his neck. Sliat/fcare. 
 
 2. luferiour indignity. 
 
 The noble Venetians think themfelves equal at 
 leall to the electors of the empire, and but one 
 degree i./ozu kings. A.lJifoir. 
 
 3. Inferiourin excellence. 
 
 Hii Idylliums of Theocritus are as much hehiu 
 his Manilius, as the fields arc below the ftars. 
 
 Felton. 
 
 4. Unworthy of; unbefitting. 
 
 'Tis much hi!'.-jj me on his throne to fit ; 
 Rut when I do, you Ihall petition it. DiyJcn, 
 Belo'w. adv. 
 
 1. In the lower place; In the place nearefl 
 the centre. 
 
 To men ftaiiding behiv on the ground, thofe 
 that be on the top of Paul's I'eem much lefs than 
 they are, and cannot he known ; but, to men 
 above, thofe bch'ru fcem nothing fo much leffened, 
 and may be known. Jinan, 
 
 The upper regions of the air perceive the col- 
 lection of the matter of the tempells and winds 
 . before the air here be/ow ; and therefore the ob- 
 fcuring of the fmallcr flats,' is a figii of tcmpell 
 following. Jijion. 
 
 His fultry heat infe-dls the Iky ; 
 Tlie ground be.'o-w is p.irch'd, the heav'ns above 
 us fry. DryJcn, 
 
 This faid, he led them up the mountain's brow, 
 And fliew'd them all the Ihiuiiig fields bclotu. 
 
 Dryde,,. 
 
 2. On earth, inoppofition to heaven. 
 
 And let no tears from erring pity flow, 
 For one that's blefs'd above, immon^aliz'd helotu. 
 
 Smifh. 
 The fairtfl child of Jove, 
 Beloiu fer ever fo.ight, and blefs'd above. Prior^ 
 
 3. In hell; in the regions of the dead: 
 oppofed to heaven and earth. 
 
 The ghidlome gholls in circlin_^ troops attend : 
 Delight to hover neat, and long to know 
 What hus'nefs brought him to the realms bekiu. 
 
 Drydr-n. 
 
 When fuff 'ring faints aloft in beams fliall t^Iow, 
 And profp'rous traitors gnalh their teeth bdiw. 
 
 n.kel. 
 ToBelo'wt. v. a. [from ^t", and /oiy/, a 
 word of content.] To treat with op- 
 probrious language ; to call names. Ob- 
 folete. 
 
 Sieur Gaulard, when he heard a gentleman re- 
 port, that at a fupper they^had nor onlv good 
 cheer, but alfo favoury epigrams, and fine ana- 
 grams, returning home, rated and heiovied 
 his cook, as an ignorant fculiion, that never 
 drelTed him either epigrams or anagrams. C.irnden. 
 Belswa'gger. n.f. A cant word for a 
 whoremafter. 
 
 You are a charitable hellfiuugger \ my wife 
 cried out fire, and you cried out for engines. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Belt. n.f. [belr, Sax. ^ff///'cw,Lat.] A 
 girdle ; a cinfture in which a fword, or 
 fome weapon. Is commonly himg. 
 
 He cannot buckle his diftemper'd caufe 
 Witliin the belt of rule. Shnkffeare. 
 
 Ajax (lew himl'elf with the fword given him by 
 Heiflor, and Hcftor was dragged about the walls 
 of Troy by the belt given him by Ajax. South. 
 
 BEN 
 
 Then fr.itcii'd lie fhining ^J/, with gold ii1« 
 laid ; 
 The belt Lurytion's aitful hands had made. 
 
 Dryden. 
 BrLWh'riiER. n.f. [from iell and •u-r- 
 ther.] A flieep which leads the flock 
 with a bell on his neck. 
 
 The fox will (eivc my Iheep fo gather. 
 And drive to follow after xnc'nhehueihrr. Sprrrfer. 
 To offer to get your living by the cop .laiion of 
 cattle; to be a bawd to a behuether. Stiiiif/reare. 
 The flock of (hecp m^dbettilellrfr t'ninking to 
 break into another's paftuii-, and being to pa!» 
 over another bridge, julHcd till both fell into the 
 ditch. Hovjcli 
 
 TsBely'. See Belie. 
 7o Bema'd. v. a. [fiom ie znA mad.] To 
 make mad; to turn the brain. 
 
 Making jufl report, 
 or how unnatural and bemadding forrow 
 The king bath caufe to plain. Ska!:ffeare. 
 
 To Bemi're. V. a. [from bt and mire.] 
 To drag or incumbei in the mire ; to 
 foil by paffing througli dirty places. 
 Av.'.iy they rode in httniely fort. 
 Their journey.ipng, their money Ihort ; 
 The iovii-g col^ilc well bcmir'd ; 
 The iiorfe and both the riders tir'd. SiLift, 
 YdBemo'an. v. a. [from Tomoan.] To 
 lament ; to bewail ; to exprefs forrow 
 for. 
 
 He fails, he fills the houfe with heavy groans. 
 Implores tiieir pity, and his pain betnonns. Dryd, 
 
 'The geifis themfelves the ruin'd feats bettioan. 
 And blame the mifchicfs that themfelves h.-.ve 
 done. y!dd:fiy!. 
 
 Bemo'aner. n.f. [from the verb.] A 
 
 lamentcr ; the perfon that laments. 
 To Bemo'ck. v. a. [from mock.] To 
 treat with mock:. 
 
 Bemcei the modell moon. St:,ikfpet3-e^ 
 
 To Brmo'il. V. a. \_he, and moil, froni 
 mouiller, Fr.] To bedraggle ; to be- 
 niire; to encumber with dirt and mire. 
 Thou fliouldil have heard in how miry a place, 
 how (he was iemiiiied, how he left her with the 
 horle upon her. Sia/t/'peitre. 
 
 To Bemo'nster. t. .7. [from i^ and won- 
 fler.] To make niDuitrotis. 
 
 Thou ciLiiigM and (elf converted thing! for 
 ihame, 
 Bimmfur not ihy feature. Shr.kfpejrf. 
 
 Bemu'sed. adj. [iiomTo mtife.] Over- 
 come with mufing ; dreaming : a word 
 of contempt. 
 
 Is thejc a parfon much bernui'd in beer, 
 .\ maudling poctefs, a rhiming peer .' P^ye. 
 
 BENCH, n.f [bene, Sax.Jan^, Fr.j 
 
 1. A feat, diltinguiihcd from ^Jlaol by 
 its greater length. 
 
 Tl'.e feats and benches (hone o.'" ivory. 
 An hundred nymphs fat fide bv fide about, ^'/irt/er. 
 
 All Rome is pleas'd when ,Statius will rthcarfe: 
 And longing crow'ds cxpeo't the proniis'd veife ; 
 His lofty numbers with fo great a guft 
 Tiicy hear, and (wallow with fuch eager liift : 
 But while the common fuliiagc ciown'd his 
 
 caufe ; 
 And broke the benches with their loud applaufe. 
 His mufehad (tarv'd, had not a piece unread, 
 And by a player bought, fnpply'd her bread. 
 
 L)r yden. 
 
 2. A feat of juftice; the feat where judges 
 lit. 
 
 To pluck down juftice from your awful bcncK; 
 To trip the cduil'e of law. Shukjfeare. 
 
 Cyriac, whofe grandfire on the royal bench 
 Of Briiifh Themi.-, with no mean applaufe, 
 Pronounc'd, and in his volumes taught lur laws, 
 Which others at their bar fo often wrench. 
 
 Milton. 
 I 2
 
 BEN 
 
 3. The pevfons fittitig on a iench ; as, the 
 whole iench VDtcd the fame waj-. 
 
 Fools to popubr praife afpirc 
 Of publick fpeechts, which woife fojls ndmire; 
 Wliile, fioin both l/enr/:es, with redoubled founds, 
 Th' ■ipplaule of lords and commoners abounds. 
 
 Tt) Bench, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To furnilli with benches. 
 
 'Twas benched '^ith turf, ;ina goodly to be fecn, 
 The thick voiniy gr.ils arofc in trcfticr green. 
 
 2. To feat opoii a hencli. 
 
 His cupbearer, whom 1 from meaner form 
 Have 6cnji'd hik\ lear'd to worlhip. ^l'aifi>care. 
 Be'ncher. n. f. \_iro\\\ bc7ich.'\ Thofe gen- 
 tlemen of the inns of court are called 
 lenchen, who have been readers ; they 
 being admitted to plead within the bar, 
 are alio called inner barrlllers. The 
 benchers, being the feniors of the hoiife, 
 are intriifted with its government and 
 direiftion, and out of them is a trcafurer 
 yearly choi'en. Blount. Chambers. 
 
 I was t. iking a walk iij,:.the gardens of Lin- 
 coln's Inn, a favour that is Indulged me by feve- 
 ral benchers, who arc grown old wilh me. I'ittlcr, 
 7o BEND. V. a. pret. bended, or bent ; 
 part. pair, bended, or bent, [benban, 
 Saxon ; lander, Fr. as Skinner thinks, 
 horn pandare, Lat.] 
 I. To make crooked ; to crook ; to in- 
 flcft. 
 
 The rainbow compafTech the heavens with a 
 glorious circle, and the hands of the Moft High 
 hath bended it. Eccluz. 
 
 They />t;ic/ their bows, they whirl their llings 
 around ; 
 llen^s of rpent arrows fr.ll, and flrcw the ground ; 
 And helms, and (hiclds, and rattling arms re- 
 found. DryUen. 
 
 2- To direcl: to a certain point. 
 
 Odtavius and Murk Antony 
 C.ime down upon us with a mighty power, 
 xy.-';./;//^ their expedition tow'rd PliilJppi. Shnkfp. 
 Wiiy dofl ihou /'r«;/ thy eyes upon the caith, 
 , ,,And ri.iit To often, when thou filt'lt alone ? SJuik. 
 NBf Your gracious eyes upon this labour boid. 
 
 Fairfax, 
 To that fweet region was our voyage hcnty 
 When winds, and cv'ry warring clement, 
 Diituib'd our couife. T)ryden. 
 
 TVvcn, with a rufhing found, th* a(5:mbly heiid 
 Dlvcrii^ their fieps ; the rival rout afcend 
 The royal dome. Pofe. 
 
 3. To apply to a certain purpofe ;. to Intend 
 the mind. 
 
 Men will not ^tW their wits to examine, whe- 
 ther things, whcrcwTih they have been acuf- 
 tonaeeV be >ond or evil. lloi/kcr. 
 
 He is witiiin, with two ri^ht reverend fatlicrs, 
 Divinely hcnt to nicditiition. Shakjpeafe. 
 
 When he fellinto the gout, he was no longer 
 nl)ttt to bend his mind or thoughts to any publick 
 bufincfs. Temple. 
 
 4. To put any thing in order for ufe t a 
 metaphor takfn fmm bending the bow. 
 
 I'm lertled, and bend np 
 Each corpora! agent to ihi^ tcrribi;? t^'at. Shakfp. 
 ' As .T towlcr uas bending his net, a blackbird 
 afked him what he was doing ? VEjlrange. 
 
 5. To incline. 
 
 But wiicn to mifchiof mortals bcr.d their will, 
 How foon they find fit inltrumonts of ill ! Vope. 
 
 6. To fubdue ; to make fnbniifllve; as, 
 war and famine will bend our encnilcs. 
 
 ^. To bind the L01V, To kiiit the brow ; 
 to frown. 
 
 Some liave been fccn to- bite their pen, fcifatch 
 their l-c-.id, bmd their brotvs, bite their lips, beat 
 the bcaid, and teat' their paper, Camden. 
 
 BE -N 
 
 To Bend. v. n. 
 
 1 . To be incurvated. 
 
 2. To lean or jnt over. 
 
 There is a cliti', whofe high and bniiUng head 
 Looks fearfully on the confined deep. Sha^fpcars. 
 
 3. To refolve ; to determine: in this fenfe 
 the participle is commonly nfed. 
 
 N.'ifo, for unce,indulgVl they twet'p the main. 
 Deaf to the call, or, he.-irnig, hear in vain ; 
 But, bent on mifchief, bear the vvaves before. 
 
 Dryt/srl. 
 
 While good, and rinxious for his friend, 
 He's llill feverely bfiit againit himftif ; 
 Renouncing flec-p, and reft, and food, and c.Tfc. 
 
 ^.Idip,!!. 
 
 A rtrtc of (lavcry, which they are tint upon 
 with fo much cagcrnefs and obhniacy. ^-'tid^fof/. 
 
 He is every where btnt on initruilion, and 
 avoids all manner of d-grelTions. ^-^ddijon. 
 
 4. To be ftibmilTive ; to bow. 
 
 The fons of them that atfliflcd thee fhall come 
 bending unto tiice. lj.ii,ih. 
 
 Bend. n.f. [from To bend.] 
 
 1. Flexiu'c ; incurvation. 
 
 'Tis true, tliisgod did ftialce; 
 His coward lips did from their colour fly ; 
 And that fame eye, whofe bend doth awe the 
 
 world, 
 Did lofe its luftre. SImlfpeare. 
 
 2. The crooked timbers which make the 
 ribs or fides or' a Ihip. SUnner. 
 
 3. [With heralds.] One of the eight ho- 
 nourable ordinaries, contnining a fifth 
 when uncharged ; but, when charged, a 
 third part of the efcutcheon. It k made 
 by two lines, drawn tliwartvvays from 
 the dexter chief to the finifter bafe point. 
 
 I/arris. 
 Bf.'ndable.(7i//. [from bend.] That may 
 
 be incurvated ; that may be inclined. 
 Be'nder. n.f. [from To bend.] 
 
 1. The perfon who bends. 
 
 2. The inftrument with which any thincr 
 IS bent. 
 
 Thefc bows, being fomewhar like the long 
 bows in ufe amongit us, were bent only by a 
 man's immeniate ftrength, without the help of 
 any bender, or rack, that aie ufcd to others. 
 
 tVHiins's MatlamiUicid Mjs:eh. 
 
 Be'ndwith. n.f. An herb. Drcl. 
 
 Benk'aped. adj. [from neap."] A ihip 
 IS laid to be bcneaped, w'lien the water 
 does not flow high enough to bring her 
 off the ground, over a bar, or out of a 
 
 dock. ma. 
 
 Beneath, ptep. [bineoS, Sax. beneden, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. Under; lower in place: oppofcd to 
 ahova. 
 
 Their woolly fleeces,. as the rites rcquir'rf. 
 He laid ^i-'/r*///: him, and to rcll retired. Drydcn, 
 
 Ages to come might Ormond's pi<l^urc know j 
 And p.vlms for thee beneath his lauiels grow. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 2. Under, as overborn or overwhelmed by 
 fome prcfftire. 
 
 Oin- country (inks /'f«r.j/i the yoke ; 
 It wcep5, it bleeds, and each new day a gafh 
 Is added to her woinids. ShukJ^eare. 
 
 And oft on rocks their tender wings they 
 tear, 
 And fmk beneath tlie burdens which they bear. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 3. I>ower in rank, excellence, or dignity. 
 
 We have rcafon to be pcrfuadcd, that there are 
 far more fpecies of creatures above us, tlian there 
 arc beneat't. Liekc. 
 
 4. Unworthy of ; uubefceming ; not eijual 
 to. 
 
 BEN 
 
 He will do nothing that is bcrieath hi; hl^h fra— 
 tion, noi omit doing any thing whicli becomes it. 
 
 jfitt€)bury, 
 
 Bene'ath. adny, 
 
 1. In a lou^r place ; tinder. 
 
 I dcltruyed th&'Amoi it-.- before them; I de- 
 l^roye.l his iVuiiafiom aLovc, and his roots from 
 bc-i:i}th. v^wjs--. 
 
 The earth which you take from beneath^ will 
 be haircn and unfruiliul. Mouimer, 
 
 2. Below, as oppofedto heaven. 
 
 Any thing tiiiit is in heavcn'abovc, or that is- 
 in the earth btn'-ath, Jixadus, 
 
 Tiembiing I view the dread abyfs beneath, 
 Hell's horrid manfions, and the realms of death. 
 
 Yaldert. 
 BE'NEDiCT./7rt^*. [bencdiclus, Lnt.] Having 
 mild and falubriuus qualities; an old- 
 phyfical term. 
 
 II iii not a fniall thing won in phyfick, if von 
 can make rhubarb, and oiber mcdicmes that are 
 befiedi^, as (trong puvgers as thole that are not. 
 without fome maii^nity. Rucon, 
 
 BKNEDi'cTiON. 7i/f. [benedr^'to, L.^it,] 
 I. Blefling ; a decieiory pronunciation of. 
 happincfs. 
 A fov'rcign fiiamc fo bows him; his unkind- 
 nefs, 
 That ftript her from his benediflion, tuin'd her 
 To foreijjn cafualtics, gave her dear rights 
 To his Qoghearted daur^htcr.s. S/ui.kJpearct . 
 
 From him will raife 
 A mighty nation; and upon him (howV 
 His bititdiBion foj t'nat, m his itcd, 
 All nations Iha'l be blcll, Miltan^ 
 
 2. The advantage conferred by blefling, 
 
 Profperity is thebkning of the OUf Tcftamcnt j , 
 advcrfity is the blcflvr.^ of the New; whieiicar- 
 rieth tiie greater bt'iedifiion, and the clearei reve- 
 lation of Gori'i favour. Bacon, . 
 
 3. Acknowledgments for bkflings recti v- - 
 td ; thanks. 
 
 Could he k-fs expe*ft 
 Than glory and binedidioiiyih^iX. is, thanks? 
 
 Miitojt^ 
 
 Suth in<^9nioiis and indurtrious perfons arc de- 
 
 liglited in fcarching out n.iUiral r.uiiies; reflei.T:- 
 
 ing uj,on the Creator ofilvem, his due praifes and 
 
 ber.edi!3ior!S. ' ■^'y. 
 
 .|, The form of infUtntingan abbot. 
 
 M^hnt coni'ccratiun is to a Ijifntjp, Phat bene- 
 
 ■ diiVou is to an abbot; but in a dirf'erent wav i ■ 
 for a bi (hop is not properly fuch, till confecra- 
 tioii i bur an abbot, b;:ing eledlcd and contiimed, 
 is properly fueh before b^ficdiSri&n. ^^•/'^t*. 
 
 Benefa'ction. n, J\ [from hmsfacioy 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. The oft of conferring a benefit. 
 
 2. The beneiit conierred ; which is the 
 more ufual fenfc. 
 
 One part of the bintfdSJianSy was the cxprefTion- 
 of a generous and grateful mind. Attirbury, 
 
 Benefa-'ctor. n^f, [from hemfiiclv i\jixU'\ 
 He that con-fers a bentht ; frequently 
 he that coniributes to iome public cha- 
 rity : it is ufed with o/*, biii oftener 
 with /o, before the perfon bj-uefited. 
 
 Then fwcll with pride, and mulf be titled gods. 
 Great beief afford oi manlcii»ri, deliverers, 
 Worlhip'd with temple, prieii, and facriiice. 
 
 From that preface he took, iiis hint, though he 
 hr-d the bafenefs not to acitnowlcdge his hcnc 
 
 f.iaor. DrydOK 
 
 I cannot but look upon the writer as my bcne- 
 
 faSlK,r^ if he conveys to me an improvement of 
 
 my und^rftanding. Aidfvi. 
 
 Whoever makes iJl returns to his bcnejatiar^ 
 
 muft needs be a common enemy to mankind. 
 
 S-wift. 
 Benefa'ctress. n.f, [from benefa^r.^ 
 A woman who confers a benefit.
 
 B E N 
 
 Bp-'mtfice. n.f. [from hcnefichim, Lat.] 
 Advantage conferred on another. This 
 word is o'cnerally taken for all ecclefiaf- 
 tical livings,i)c they dignities or others. 
 
 Cozvcll. 
 
 Ai'cl of tlieprieft'cftfoons 'gm to eiiquiiv, 
 
 Ilaw t'j a hi'u'Jici; he niight afpjrc. Sp r-J^r. 
 
 Mucli to liiinfcif !ic thutight, but little r;H.k.c, 
 
 And, uiiilcj.niv'd, Uis hciufic^- furluok. 7^ v.-/ 
 
 Be'niiFICEd. adj. [from he:iifiie.'\ PofTcir- 
 
 ed of a btneiice, or church preferment. 
 
 The ufual rate l'Ot^vecIl the bcfitfirfut man and 
 
 the religious perlbn, was one mulety of tiie le- 
 
 nctice. j4ylifu. 
 
 Bene'ficence. n. f. [from lti-:fjtcml.'\ 
 
 The practice of doing good ; ailivc 
 
 goodntfs. 
 
 You could not extend your beneficence to fo 
 
 many pcrfons j yet you have loll a» few days as 
 
 Aurelius. D^'Jcn. 
 
 L(ivc and charity extcrids our hcttcjiccnce to the 
 
 niileries of our brethren. Rogo i 
 
 Ekne'ficf.nt. Cf//. [from leneficus , luifjl- 
 
 ccnt'ior, Lat.] Kind ; doing good. It 
 
 dilT'.rs from benign, as the afl from the 
 
 dilpofition ; lentficence being kindnefs, 
 
 or i('«y«/Vy exerted in action. 
 
 Such ;\ cieatuie could not have his originawon 
 from any icfs th.Tn the moft wife d^nd hefuftrtfit 
 licing, the great G»d. Hole. 
 
 But PhcL-rius, rhou, to raTin beneficent y 
 Dcl'^hi'fi in building cities. Pi;cr 
 
 Benf.fi'ciat.. ciuj. [from Icnefidum, Lat.] 
 
 1. Advantageous; conferring benefits; 
 protitabic ; iilcful : with /o before the 
 pel fen benefited. 
 
 Not any thing is made to be henefcial to him, 
 but all things for him, to fliew bencliccnce and 
 glace in them. Hcci-T 
 
 Tliis fuppolition grants the opinion to cnn- 
 tUicc to order in the worldj. confequently to be 
 \cry t trujlcial to mankind. Ttit^tJ'-n. 
 
 The war, which would have been mol^ i<.uc- 
 ftial to us, and deftrutftive to the enemy, was 
 ncglct^Ud. Hiii/t. 
 
 Arc the prcfcnt re\'olutions in circular otbs, 
 more hineficut! I i\in the other "would be ? Benilry. 
 
 2. Helpful ; medicinal. 
 
 In the liirt accefs of fuch a difeafe, any deob- 
 liiuenl, wlihout much .icrimony, is bacficuil. 
 
 A' huthrtot. 
 Beneficial, n.f. An old word for abc- 
 nelice. ^ 
 
 For that the groundwork is, and end of all, 
 
 How to obt.rin a bcncjicia!. Spafcr. 
 
 BENKFi'dALLY. adv. [from- lenefuial.'] 
 
 Advantageoiifly ; profitably ; helpfidlv. 
 
 Bbnefi'cialness. n.f. [Jrora heiiejidal.] 
 
 Ufefulnefs ; profit; helpfulnefs. 
 
 Thoui'h the knowledge of tiici'e objccfts be 
 conrnendable fur tiielr:coritcntatlon and euriofiry, 
 yst they do not commend their knowledge to us, 
 upon the account of their ufefulnefs and beneji- 
 cinlnifs. ■ Hale. 
 
 BenEFi'ciary. adj. [from benefc£.'\ Hold- 
 ing fomething in fubordination to an- 
 other ; having a dependent and fecond- 
 ary polfelTion, witiiout fovereign power. 
 Tt e duke of Parma ^vas tempted by no kfs 
 promife, th.in to be nr.ic!e a feudatory, or baie- 
 Ji' i<iry king of England, lurder the fcignory in 
 chief "f the pope. V^/co't. 
 
 Benefi'xiary.- n.f. He that Is in pof- 
 fcfhon of a bene lice. 
 
 A benefice is either faid to be a benefice with 
 the cure of fouls, or othcrwife. In the 6i-il csfe, 
 if It be annexed to another benefice, ih&benc. 
 f.uiry is obliged to fer-ve the parilh ciiurdi in his 
 own proper perfon. '^yl'jle 
 
 BE'NLl'lT. n.f \bmefclum, Lat.] 
 
 4 
 
 BEN 
 
 1. A kindnefs ; a favour coiiferred ; an afl 
 of love. 
 
 When nol.L- bcntftn fhall prove 
 
 Not well difpos'd, the mindgrown once corrupt. 
 
 They tuin to vicious forms. Sluikfjturc. 
 
 ]iiefs tie Lord, O my foul, and forget not all 
 
 his ben-fin. r/Jms. 
 
 Offer'd life 
 NcglciS not, and the lenefu cmbmcc 
 By frith, uut void of works. Milton. 
 
 2. Advantage ; profit ; ufe. 
 
 The ci'Mturc ahatcth his Hrengtli for the be- 
 nrfit of filth as put their trulf ui thee. Jf'ifJcm. 
 
 3. In 1<!W. 
 
 Benefit f clergy is an ancient liberty of the 
 church, when a piiert, or one within orders, is 
 arraigned of felony before a fccuhir judge, he 
 may pray his clergy ; that is, pray to be de- 
 livered to his ordinary, to purge hiinfelf of 
 the ofl'encc objefled to liim ; and this might be 
 done in cafe of murder. The ancient law, in 
 lh^s voint of cic'gy, is much altered ; for clerks 
 are li^o more delivered to their ordinaries to be 
 purged, but now every man, though not witl in 
 orders, Is put to read at the bar, being found 
 gudty, and convi£led of fuch felony as this it- 
 ntji! is granted fur; and fo bu^nt in the hand, 
 and let free for tnc lirft time, if the ordinary's 
 commiinoncr, or deputy, (landing by, do fay, 
 Legit ut ibricus- or, utheiwife, futferelh death 
 f-.r his rranfgreflion. C-jlv.:/. 
 
 To Be'nefit. -v. a. [from the norm ] To 
 do good to ; to advantage. 
 
 What courle I mean to hold. 
 Shall nothing beneft youi kn,.«ledge. S/uiff. 
 lie was fo far from ben.fitiiig trade, that he 
 did it a great injury, and brought Rcune in 
 danger of a famine. ^ib..ih.:'jt. 
 
 To Be'nefit. "u. n. To gain advantage; 
 to rnake improvement. 
 
 To tell yon therefore what I Iiave bcnef.tc.l 
 
 herein, among old renowned authors, 1 fliall 
 
 fpare. MtUn. 
 
 Bene'mpt. adj. [SeeNfiMPT.] Named; 
 
 marked out. Obfolete. 
 
 Mucli gre.ncr gifts for guerdon thou llialt gain, 
 Than kid or collet, whicn I thee ben-.m^t ; 
 Then up, 1 fay. Spenfet, 
 
 To Bejje't. v. a. [from ;.v/.] To enfnare ; 
 to furrcund as with toils. 
 
 Being thus bcnetts.t round with villains, 
 Ere I could mark t'.te prologue, to my banc 
 : They had begur>-lhe play. 'SLii/peeire. 
 
 Bene'volence. n.f. [ienevoJenlia,L,t[t.] 
 i.Difpofition to dogood; kindnefs; cha- 
 rity ; good-will. 
 Grafp the whole worlds of reafon, life, and 
 fen fe. 
 In one cl^fe fyflem ni benevo^rnee. Pope. 
 
 2. The good done ; the charity given. 
 
 3. A kind of tax. 
 
 This tax, called a benevolence, was devifed by 
 
 Edwar'd iv, for which he fuftained much envy. 
 
 It was aboblhed by Richard in. Bacon. 
 
 Bene'volkkt. adj. \_beneToletis, Icnevo- 
 
 h'titia, Lat.] Kind ; having good-will, 
 
 or kind inclinations. 
 
 Thou good old man, benefolent as wife. Pupe. 
 
 Nature all 
 
 Is blooming and beacvolcnt\\'&t thee. Tli'.n'fon. 
 
 Bene'volentness. n.f. Benevolence. 
 
 Bengal, n.f. [from .S.-n^vj/ in the EaR 
 Indies.] A fort of thin flight ilulF, 
 made of filk and hair, for women's ap- 
 parel. 
 
 'Bk'nja.min. n.f. A plant. 
 
 Be'n IA.^II^-. n.f. A gtiin. See Benzoin. 
 
 To Beni'ght. 1). c. [ from. j.'i^Z/. ] 
 
 I. To involue in darknefs ; to darken ; to 
 fiirowd with the fiuides of night. 
 
 BEN 
 
 He that has light within his own clear bread 
 May fit i' the center, a)id enjoy bright day; 
 I!ut he that hides a dark foul, and foul thoughts, 
 Kt mi'/i'cil walks under the mid-day fun ; 
 Hiinlclf is his own dungeon. Milfon. 
 
 Tbofe bright ftars that did adorn our he- 
 mifphcrc, as thofc dark Ihades that did benig'it 
 it, v.milli. ,^-^''- 
 
 A liorm begins, the raging waves run high, 
 Tire clouds look iieavy, and benight the Iky. 
 
 (Jjrf'r, 
 
 The mifeiviblc race of men, that live 
 Benijrhted half the year, bcnumm'd with frofts 
 Under the polar Bear. Si::::^-.^ 
 
 2. To ftirprife with the coming on of 
 night. 
 
 Being benigAteJ, the fight of a candle, I faw 
 a good way off, dircilcd mc to a young fhep- 
 hcrd's houfe. Si,l"ey. 
 
 Here forr.c benighted angel, in his way, 
 Might cafe hb wings ; and, feeing heav'n appear 
 In its bell work of mcicy, think it there. Dry!, 
 
 3. To debar from intelleftual light ; to 
 cloud with ignorance. 
 
 But what fo long in vain, and yet unknown 
 By poor mankind's benigbied wit, is fought. 
 Shall in this age to Britain firft be fliown. JJry.l. 
 BENI'GN. ae^. [benignus, Lat. It is 
 pronounced without the ^j, as if- written 
 btT.iiie; but the g is pieferved in be- 
 nigr.ity . ] 
 
 1. Kind; generous; libeial; aftuallygood. 
 See Beneficent. 
 
 This turn hath made amends ! Thou haft ful- 
 fiu'd 
 Thy words, C.eator bounteous and benign.' 
 Giver of all things fair. Milton. 
 
 So ihall the world go on, 
 To good malignant, to bad i-ncn benign. Milton. 
 
 We owe more to Heav'n, than to the fworil. 
 The wifn'd return of fo binign a lord. IVallcr, 
 
 Wh.il Heav'n heiVows ujion the e.rrth, in kind 
 influences -..wA be-iign afjieclf, is paid it back in 
 facrifice and adoration. S-iuth, 
 
 They who delight in the fufFering of inferiour 
 creatuies, will not be very compafuonate or 
 beiii^rn. L,ccke. 
 
 DiJ'rent are thy names, 
 A^ thy kind hand has founded many cities, 
 Or dealt ben'^n thy v.-jious gift's to men. Z'lia . 
 
 2. Wholefome ; not mah;.;nant. 
 
 Thcfe falls aic of a bo.ii^n m\U\ nature, ia 
 healthy pcrfons; but, in others, tetain-their ori- 
 ginal qualities, which they difcuvcrin cachexies. 
 
 Arbut/mot. 
 Benign D'tfeafe, is when all the ufuat 
 fymptoms appear in the fmall-pox, or 
 any acute difeafe, favourably, and with- 
 out any irregularhies, or unexpeSed 
 changes. ^I'wcy, ■ 
 
 CuNi'tvNiTY. n.f. [from b€tiign.'\_ 
 
 1. Gracioufnefs ; gooancf?. 
 
 It is true, that his mercy w HI forgive ofTen- 
 dcrs, or his ^tW'^^/Vy. .co-operate to their con- 
 \cifion. ■ Broivn, 
 
 Although he enjoys the good that is done him, 
 he Is unioncerucd to value the bei.igmty of him 
 that does it. ■■- Smi/:, 
 
 2. Aciual kindnefs.' 
 
 He which iifcth the benefit of any fpccial be* 
 nignity, may enjoy it with good confcience. 
 
 Ihzhr. 
 
 The king was defircins to eftablilh peace ra- 
 ther hv ben!^7t::y than blood. HoyMeifJ, 
 
 3. S.ihibrity; wholefome quality ; friend- 
 lincfs to vital nature. - 
 
 Bones receive a qiiickcr agglutination in fen- 
 giiir.e than in cholerick bodies, by reafon of the 
 benignity of the fcvum, which fiiideth out bv-er 
 matter for a callus. H'ije-r.an. 
 
 Bent'cn LY. fiJv. [from benign.^ Favour- 
 itbl/ ; kindly; ^vaciuully.
 
 BEN 
 
 'Tis amajemtm, more tlian love, 
 Which her laclidiit eyes do mo\c ; 
 It id's fplendoHi- wair on tliiiie, 
 Yet they fo /'evi/gi/y Ihiiie, 
 I would luin my daz/.lcti fight 
 To behold ilicir milder light. IJallrr. 
 
 Oil, triily good, and truly great! 
 Tov glorioui as l.c rule, benignly fo he fct. P'hr. 
 Be'nison. n./. [icK»V, toblcFs; hcmjfons, 
 Fr.] BlelTing ; bcrteditlion : not now 
 ufcd, luilcfs ludlcroufly. 
 
 Wc h;ive no fucli daughter; nor fliall ever lee 
 That face of" hers again ; therefore, begone 
 Without our g; ace, our love, nm hei<ijcn. Shak. 
 
 Unm-.iriic, ye fair liars, and thou fair moon. 
 That wiMit'ft to love the trnvcllcr's bi'iifon. Mil. 
 Be'knet. ti.f. An herb; the fame with 
 
 evens. 
 Bent. n.f. [from tlie verb To bend.] 
 
 1 . The ftate of being bent ; a Hate of flex- 
 ure ; curvitya. 
 
 Strike genllyj and hold your rod at a hint a 
 little. jr^iltoii. 
 
 2. Degree of flexure. ■ 
 
 There are divers fuhtlc inquiries concerning 
 the, Ihength required to the henriing of hows; 
 the force they I'.ave in the dil'ch.irge, according 
 to the fcvcrai ienls; and the Ihength requiied to 
 be in the Unn^of them. tttlkins. 
 
 3. Declivit}-. 
 
 A mnuntain (lood, 
 Threat'ning from high, and ovei looli'd the wood ; 
 Beneath the low'ring brow, ami on a heat, 
 The temple rtood of Mars arni'ipotent. Diyd. 
 
 4. Utmoft power, as of a bent bow. 
 
 Then let thy, love be younger than thyfelf. 
 Or thy atfeftion cannot hold the heyit. Shukfii. 
 
 We both olicy, , 
 And here give up ourfelves, in the full hcnt, 
 To lay. our fcrvicc freely at your feet. Shahffe.ire. 
 
 5. Application of the mind ; ftrain of the 
 mental powers. 
 
 Tiie uiidcrftanding (hould be brought to the 
 knotty parts of knowledge, that try the ftrength 
 of thought, and a full hcnt of the mind, by in- 
 fcnfiblc degrees. Locke, 
 
 6. Inclination ; difpofition toward fome- 
 
 thing. 
 
 O who does know the tent of women's fantafy ! 
 
 Spcnfer. 
 
 To your own lenn difpofe you ; you'll be found 
 Be you bene.\t> the Iky. Sh.ikffeare. 
 
 He knew the Ifroiig hint of the country to- 
 wards the houfc of York. B.u-on. 
 
 Soon iiiclin'd l" admit delight, 
 The ifn/ of nature! Milton. 
 
 The golden age was firft ; when man, yet new, 
 No rule but uneorruptrd rcafon knew; 
 And, with a n.ntivc bent, did good purfuc. T)ry,{, 
 
 Let there be propcnfity and hent of will to re- 
 ligion, and there will be the fame fedulity and 
 . indefatigable induliry. South. 
 
 'Tis odds but the fcale turns at laft on na- 
 ture's fide, and the evidence of one or two fenfcs 
 gives way to ttle united hent and tendency of all 
 the five. Atterbury. 
 
 7. Determination ; fixed purpofe. 
 
 Their unbelief we may not impute into in- 
 fufficicncy in the mean wliich is ufed, but to 
 the wilful bent of their obftinate hearts againft it. 
 
 Hooker. 
 Yet we faw them foiced to give way to the 
 bent, and current humour of the people, in f.i- 
 vour of their ancient and lawful government. 
 
 female. 
 
 8. Turn of the temper, or difpofition ; 
 ftiape, or fafhion, fiiperinduced- by art. 
 
 Not a courtier, 
 Althpugh they wear their fac-s to th- bent 
 Of the ki ig's look, but hath a hciit that is 
 Glad at the thing they fcowl at. Shalfp/are. 
 Two of them have the very hint of honour. 
 
 ShakJ^eare. 
 
 B E P 
 
 Then thy flraight rule let viituein my fight. 
 The erooked line reforming by tie right; 
 My itafon took the hcnt ui tliy command. 
 Was form'd and polilh'd by thy fkilful hand. 
 
 JJiy-U"- 
 
 9. Tendency ; flexion ; Jiarticiilar direc- 
 tion. 
 
 The exercifiag theundcirtanding in the fevcr.il 
 wavs of rcafoning, teachcih the mind fuppieiul-, 
 to apply itfelf more dexteroully to henti and 
 turns of the matter, in all its refearches. Lode. 
 
 10. A ftalk of giafs, called benl-grctfs. 
 His Ipear, a bent both (tiff and flioilg, 
 
 And well nc;'r of two inches long; 
 
 The pile was of a horfe-Hy's tongue, 
 
 Whole lllarpnefs nought reverted. Duiytwi. 
 
 Then the Bowers of the vines ; it is a little 
 dull, like the duft of a hcnt, which grows upon 
 the-cluftcr, in the firfl coming forth. Bucon. 
 
 June is drawn in a iliantle of dark grafs-grccn, 
 upon his head a garland ui bents, kingcups, and 
 maidenhair. FTur.htiin. 
 
 Be'ntino Time, [from beiit.'\ The time 
 
 wlien pigeons feed on bents before peas 
 
 art ripe. 
 
 B-ire beniing thnesf and moulting months may 
 
 conic. 
 
 When, lagging late, they c.uiiiot reach their 
 
 home. D'y.len. 
 
 ToBenii'm. I), a. [benumen, Saxon.] 
 
 1. ['o make torpid ; to take away the fen- 
 fation and life of any part by cold, or 
 by fciine obliru<Aion. 
 
 So dings a fnake that to the fire is brought, 
 Which harmlcfs lay with cold henumm'd, before. 
 
 F.rirjnx. 
 The winds blow moid and keen, which bids 
 us leek 
 Some better Ihroud, foinc better warmtli, to 
 
 cheiilh 
 Our limbs henunim' J. Milton. 
 
 My lincws lljckcn, and an icy ftilTnefs 
 JStnumi my blood. Dcnham. 
 
 \'^ feizes upon the vitals, and benum\ the feiifes ; 
 and where there is no fcnfe, there can be no pain. 
 
 South. 
 Will they be the lefs dangerous, when warmth 
 fhall bring tiieni to themfelves, becaufc they 
 were once fro7-en and henummeil with cold > 
 
 VF.Jirange. 
 
 2. To ftupiry. 
 
 Thefe accents were her laft : the creeping death 
 
 Benunim'il her fcnfes firii, then llopji'tl her 
 
 Ijieath. Dry.len. 
 
 Benzo'in. n.f. A medicinal kind of rtfin 
 imported froin the Eaft Indies, and vul- 
 garly called benjamin. It is procured by 
 making an incifion in a tree, v/hole 
 leaves rcfemble thofe of the lemon tree. 
 The bell comeSfrom Siam, and is called 
 amygilaloiJes, being interfpcrlcd with 
 white fpots, refembling broken almonds. 
 Trevoux. Chambers. 
 The liquor we have diftilled from benzoin, is 
 fubjcct to frequent vicilfuudes of fluidity and 
 firmnefs. Boyle. 
 
 To Bepa'int. t. a. [from paint.] To 
 cover witli paint. 
 Thou know'd, the ma(k of night is on my 
 ficc, 
 Elfe would a maiden blulh bepnint my cheek. 
 
 Sh.ik/pcire. 
 
 To Bepi'nch. v. a. [from pinch.] To 
 mark with pinches. 
 
 In their fides, arms, (houldcrs, all beflncht. 
 Ran thick the weals, red with blood, ready to 
 flait out. Cluifm.m 
 
 To Bep;'ss. v. a. {irompifs] To wet 
 with urine. 
 One caufcd, at a fcaft, a b.igpipc to be played. 
 
 B E II 
 
 which made the knight f,';//i l.inifcif, to the great 
 
 riiverhini of all then prcient, as well as con- 
 
 fufion of himfelf. Dcrharn. 
 
 To BEQjLTE'ATH. v. a. [cfiye. Sax. a 
 
 will.] To leave by will to another. 
 
 She had never beer, difmheriied of that goodly 
 poitior., which natuie had fo liberally bequeathed 
 to her. Sidney. 
 
 Let's choofe executors, and talk of wills ; 
 And yet not fo — for what can we bequeath, 
 Save our depot'cd bodies to the ground .> Shakjp. 
 M'\- fatler bequeathed mc by will but a poor 
 tl.ouf.ind crowns. Shakf/xare, 
 
 Methinks this age feems refolvcd to beque.ith 
 poiterity fomew'hat to remember it. Glanville. 
 
 For you, whom bcH 1 love and value moil, 
 But to your fervice I hequcuth my gholV. Dryd. 
 Beque'athment. n.J. [from bequeath.] 
 A legacy. DiS. 
 
 BttvuEST. n.f. [from bequeath.] Some- 
 thing left by will ; a legacy. 
 
 He tl. limed the crown to himfelf; pretending 
 an adoption or hcqurjl, of the kingdom unto him 
 by the ConfeUbr. Hale. 
 
 To Ber.^'ttle. t'. a. [from ratlle.] To 
 fill with noife ; to make a noife at in 
 contempt. 
 
 Thefe aic now the fafhion, and fo heratile the 
 common ftagcs, fo they cell them, that many- 
 wearing rapiers arc afiaid of goofeqnilU, and 
 dure I'carce come thither. Shukfpejyt, 
 
 Berberry, n.f. [berleris, fometinies 
 written barberry, which fee.] A berry 
 of a fnarp tafle, ufed for pickles. 
 
 Some never ripen to be fweet, .is tamarinds, 
 berberries, zrdhs, Hoes, &'<•. Bucon's N.it. Iliji. 
 
 Jo BERE'AVE. v.n. ^ret. bereave J, or 
 bereft ; part. palT. bereft, [bejieopian, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. To ftrip of; to deprive of. It has ge- 
 nerally the particle ©/"before the thing 
 
 taken away. 
 
 Madam, you have bereft me 0/ all woids, 
 Only my blood (peaks to you in my veins. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 That when thou com'ft to kneel at Henry's 
 feet. 
 Thou may'il bereave him of his wits with 
 wonder. Shuifprare. 
 
 There was never a prince bereaved of his de- 
 pendencies bv his council, except there hath been 
 an overgicatiiefs in one counfellor. Bacon's F.JJays, 
 
 The facied piieils with ready knives birenve 
 The bi-alis '/ life. Ihy.len. 
 
 To deprive us of metals, is to make us mere 
 favages ; it is to bereave us of all arts and I'ci- 
 ences, of hillory and letters, nay of revealed re- 
 ligion too, that incftimable favour of Heaven. 
 
 Beni.'ev'j Sermons, 
 
 2 . Sometimes it is ufed without of. 
 
 Bereave me not 
 Whereon I live ! thy gentle looks, thy aid, 
 Thy coiinfcl, in this uttermolldiftrefs. Milton. 
 
 3. To take away froin. 
 
 All your interell in thole territories 
 Is utterly beieft you, all is loll. Shakfpcart. 
 
 Bere'.vvemknt. n.f. [from bereave.] 
 Deprivation. DiH, 
 
 Bere'ft. The part. pafT. oi bereave. 
 The chief of either (uk bereft of life, 
 Or yielded to the foe, concludes the ftrife. 
 
 Dryden, 
 Berg. See Burrow. 
 Be'rgamot. n.f. [bergamotte, Fr.] 
 
 1. A fort of pear, commonly called hurgO' 
 mot. See Pear. 
 
 2. A fort of tifence, or perfume, drawn 
 from a fruit produced by ingraftijig a 
 lemon-tree on a bergamot pear ftock. 
 
 3. A fort of fnuff, which is only cleaa to-
 
 B E R 
 
 bacco, with a littleof tlieeneiiCv; rubbed 
 into it. 
 Be'rc MASTER, n.f. [ from bejipq, Sax. and 
 majlet:'] The ballitf, or chief officer, 
 among the Derby(h!re miners. 
 Be'rgmote. n.f. [of bepj^, a mountain, 
 and more, a rneetliiLC, Saxon. ] A court 
 lieUI upon a lull for deciding controver- 
 fies among the Dcrbyfiiire miners. 
 
 Blount. 
 To Berhv'me. v. a. [from r/iymf,] To 
 mention in rhyme, or vcrfes : a word of 
 contempt. 
 
 N"W IS he for the nunibers that Petrarch 
 fli>\v*d in ; Laur.T to his hiriy w.is hut a kitchen- 
 wench ; ni.iny, (lie had a better love to he- 
 rltyme iicr. n Shakfpetire. 
 
 I loughc no homage from liie race that write; 
 I kept, like Ah.in monaichs, frum their fight : 
 Poems [ heeded, now Iterliym'd fo long, 
 No more than [hoii, great George ! a birthday 
 fong. Pope. 
 
 Beri-i'n. ti.f. [from Bal'm, the city 
 where they were llrlt made.] A coacli 
 of a paitictdar torm. 
 
 Beware of Latin autiiors all ! 
 Kur think your verfes lU-rling, 
 
 Thougli with a golileinien you fcrawl, 
 And rcribt>.c in a bf'rlin, Siv'sjt. 
 
 BERME. n f. [Fr. in fortification.] A 
 fpace of ground three, four, or five feet 
 wide, left without, between the foot of 
 the rampart and the fide of the mote, to 
 prtwnt the earth from falHng down into 
 tlie mote; fometimcs pah'fadoed. Harris. 
 To Bero'b. 11. a. [from rob.'] To rob ; 
 to plunder; to wrong any, by taking 
 away fjinething frotn him by llealth or 
 violence. Not ufcd. 
 
 She faid, ah dearert lord ! what evil ftar 
 On you hath frown'd, and pour'd his influence 
 
 bad, 
 That of yoLirfelf you thus /jfcW^'Jare ? F. Q^ueen. 
 BERRY, n.f. [bet'.i;^, Sax. from bejian, 
 to bear.] Any iniall fruit, with many 
 feeds or fmall ftones. 
 She fmotc the ground, tiie which flraight forth 
 did yield 
 A fruitful olive tree, with herrii^ fpread, 
 Tliatall the gods admir'd. Sptnfer. 
 
 The ftrawberry grows miderncath the nettle, 
 And wholcfomc bt^rlfi thri\c and lijien beO, 
 Neighbour'd by fruit of bafclt quality. S/uiif^. 
 To Be'rrv. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 bear berries. 
 Bf.rry-bearing Cedar, [cednis lacci- 
 fcra, Lat.] A tree. 
 
 The leaves are fqnamofe, fomewhat like thofe 
 of the cyprcfs. The katkins, or male flowers, 
 are produced at remote riittariccs fi-om the fruit 
 on the fame tree. The fruit is a beiry, inclohng 
 three hard feeds in each. The wood is of great 
 ufe in the Levant, is large tinibei, and may be 
 thought the fliitiirn-wood mentioned in the Scrip- 
 ture, of which many of the ornaments to the 
 famous temple of Solomon were made. MUhr. 
 Berry-bearing Orach. See Mul- 
 berry BLIGHT. 
 Er.RT, is the fame with owr bright; in the 
 Latin, illii/lr'u and clurus. So Eclsrt, 
 eternally famous or bright ; Sigbert, fa- 
 mous conqueror. AuA (he who was 
 termed by the Germans Bertha, was by 
 the Greeks called Eudoxia, as is obferved 
 by Liutprandus. Of the fame fort v\-ere 
 thefe, rhidrus, Epiphanius, Photius, 
 Lanipridius, Fulgentlus, Illujlris. 
 
 Gdfon's Camden. 
 
 B E S 
 
 Berth, n.y; [with failors.] See Birth. 
 
 Be'rtra.M. n.f. [^pyrcthrumjljTA.I A 
 
 fort of herb, called alfo baflard pellitory, 
 
 Be'ryl. n.f. [beryllut, Lat.] A kind of 
 
 precious Hone. 
 
 May thy billows roul afliore 
 The /'(•y/and the golden ore. Mitlon. 
 
 The bcty! of our lapidaries Is only a fine fort 
 of cornelian, of a more deep bright red, fomc- 
 tinics with a cart of yellow, and more tranfp.i- 
 rtnt tljan the common cornelian. Jfoodwartt, 
 To Bescr f.'kn. v. a. \_{voir\fcreen.] To 
 cover with a fcreen ; to flrelter ; to con- 
 ceal. 
 
 What man art thou, that t\M<^ifcrccn\l]n night, 
 
 So Itumblcrt on my coimlel .' Shakfpcuc. 
 
 To Bese'ech. v. a. pi'et. Ibefought; I have 
 
 hefow^hl. [from )-ecan. Sax. •verfelcn, 
 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. To entreat ; to fupplicate ; to implore : 
 fometimes before a perlon. 
 
 I bejec'h you, fir, pardon me ; it is only a letter 
 from my brother, that 1 have nor all over-read 
 
 Shakfyean-. 
 
 I befcech thee for my fon Oncfimus, whom I 
 
 have begotten in my bonds. VhiLmotr. 
 
 1, in ibe anguilh of mv heart, //.r/t-ff/i you ' 
 To quit the dreadful puipofc of your foul. 
 
 AdiUjon. 
 
 2. To beg ; to affc : before a thing. 
 
 But Eve fell luimble, and bfpjiigJtt 
 His peace, and thus proceeded in her plaint. 
 
 Millon. 
 Before I come to them, I befeech your patience, 
 whillf I fpeak fomethihg to ourfelves here pre- 
 fcnt. Sj'y.ilt. 
 
 To Bf.se'em. 1). n. \_beziemen, Dutch.] 
 To become ; to be fit ; to be decent 
 for. 
 
 Wluit form of fpcecli, or behaviour, htfcem- 
 cth us in our pntyers to Almighty God ? Hooktr. 
 
 This overfight 
 Befcemi thee not, in whom fuch virtues fpring. 
 
 Fil'.rJa-\. 
 
 Verona's ancient citizens * 
 C.ili hv their brave litfeemhig ornaments. Shnkfp, 
 Wivit thoughts he had, befcem\ not me to f-iy ; 
 Though fome furmife he went to faft and pr.iy. 
 
 DyyJen. 
 B E S e' E N . partiap, [ from htjtc, Sk'inner . 
 This word I have only found in Spen- 
 ftr^l Adapted ; adjuilcd ; becoming. 
 Foi til came that anciciu lord and aged queen, 
 Armed in antique robes down to the groimd, 
 And fad habiliments right well hej'es?:. F. Queen. 
 
 7b Bese't. v. a. pret. 1 he/et ; I have 
 hcfit. [bey-ittan. Sax.] 
 
 1. Tobtfitge; to hem in ; to enclofc ; as 
 with a ficge. 
 
 Follow him that's fled; 
 
 The thicket is hi'Jct, he cannot Mcapc. Shakf^. 
 
 Now, Caefar, let thy troops A^tf^ our gates, 
 
 And bar each avenue 
 
 Cato fhnll open to himfelf a p.ifTagc. ^AJifon. 
 
 I know thou look'lt on me as on a wretch 
 Bejel with ills, and cover'd with misfortunes. 
 
 ^Ulifon. 
 
 2. To waylay ; to furroimd. 
 
 Draw tunh chy wejpons, we're btjet with 
 thic\cs ; 
 Refcuc «hy milircfs. Shakfpeare, 
 
 The only righteous In a world perverfe, 
 And therefore hated, therefore fo hcjet 
 With foe^, for daring Tingle to Itc juil. AfiffCN, 
 
 True fortitude I take to be the quiet pofleflion 
 of a man's ftU, andan undifturbed doing his duty, 
 whatever ill 6ej'e/ij or danger lies in his way. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 3. To emhiirrafs ; to perplex ; to en- 
 tangle witliouL any means of cfcape. 
 
 Now, dau^hlcr SyWia, you ai"e hard /'ifct. 
 
 S/takJpeart\ 
 
 B E S 
 
 Thus Adam, foic bef^r, rcply'd. Mdroi, 
 
 Sure, or I read her vilagc much amifs, 
 Or grief bcjt-ti her hard. Rvwf, 
 
 We be in this world befci with fundry uiioa- 
 finclfes,rlirtra<fle(l witli ditfereiit defues. Lwit. 
 4. To fall upon; toliarafs. Not ufed. 
 But Ihey iiim fpying, l>oth with greedy lorcc 
 At once iijioii him r.in, and \\\n\ brjft 
 With rtiokei of mortal Itecl. Fit-ry Qutfn. 
 
 T'l Bf.shrk'w. <i>. rt. [The original of this 
 word is fomewhat obfcttre : as it evi- 
 dently implies to toifh ill, fome derive 
 it from hefchryev. Germ, to enchant. 
 Tupfl, in his Unoh of /Inlmals, deduces 
 it from ih^fire'W moufe, an animal, fays 
 he, fo poifonoiis, that its bite is a fevere 
 curfc. A fhreiu likewife fignifies a 
 fcoldlng woman ; but its origin is not 
 known.] 
 
 1. To wilh a curfe to. ' 
 
 Nay, quoth the cock, but I btjlircw us both. 
 If I brlieve a faint upon his oath. DryJen. 
 
 2. To happen ill to. 
 
 Btjlire M thee, coufm, which didft lead me forth 
 
 Of that Iweet w.ay I was in to defpair. S'lakjp, 
 
 Now mwch bfjiireiv my maniuas, and my pride. 
 
 If Hermia meant to fay Lyfander lied. Sbakjjt. 
 
 BeSi'dE. 7 . .„ , , r , 1 
 
 BESl'DES.J^''''^[f'°'"^'^"'^>'^^-3 
 
 1. At the fide of another ; near. 
 
 Btfuie the hearfe a fruitful palmtice grows, 
 Ennobled fince by this gi eat funeral. Fdirfar. 
 He caufed me to lit down bifiJe him. Baan. 
 At his right hand, Viflory 
 Satcagle-wing'd: hfiJs him hinig his bow. Mill. 
 
 Fair Li^inia fled the fire 
 Before the gods, and Itood befi.l; her fire. DryJen. 
 
 Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows; 
 Fair is the daify that befute hci grows. Caj, 
 
 Now undei hanging mountains, 
 Sejid: the falls of fountains. 
 
 Unheard, unknown. 
 He makes his moan. To^ 
 
 z. Over and above. 
 
 Doubtlel's, in man there is a nature found, 
 Bifiic the fenfes, and above them far. Daviei. 
 In brutes, brji.ies the ejtercife of fcnfitive per- 
 ception, and imagination, there are lodged in- 
 fliiufts antecedent to their imaginative faculty. 
 
 We may be fure there were great numbers of 
 wife and learned men, if/z./f thole whofe names arc 
 in thechrirtian records, whotook careto examine 
 our Saviour's hirtoiy. yiddifon on Chriji. Retieion. 
 
 Precepts of morality, brfidei the natural'cor- 
 rnption of our tempers, are abftradted from ideas 
 of fcnfe. Md.fon. 
 
 3. Not according to, though not contrary ; 
 as we fay, fome tilings are bcfide nature, 
 fome -xee. contrary tonatBre. 
 
 The Stoicks did hold a neceffaiy connexion of 
 caiifes; but they believed, that God doth a(fl 
 prater &" eontia naturam, hfidei and againil r.a- 
 ture, Itrunuia.l. 
 
 To fay a thing is a chance, as it relates to fe- 
 cond caufes, fignifies no moi-e, than that there 
 are foine events htfide the knowledge, purpofe, 
 expcdtatioii, and power of fccond caufes. Scmh. 
 
 Providence (.ftcn riifpofcs of things by a me- 
 thod btjide, and above, the difcoveries of man's 
 reafun. Siut'i,. 
 
 It K bipde my prefent bufinefs to cnl.irv;*: 
 upon this fpeculation. L'.ckc. 
 
 4. Out of; in a ilate of deviating from. 
 
 You are too wilful Diame, 
 And, fince your coming here, have done 
 Enough to put him quite bfde his paticr.ce. 
 
 Sh.iKjpCiire. 
 
 Of vagabonds wc fay, 
 
 That they are ne'er befide their way. Iludibra^. 
 
 Thefe m ly I'erve as landmarks, to (hew what 
 
 li'cs in the direft way oi truth, or is quite Itfidti 
 
 it. tcckt. 
 
 opt.
 
 B E S 
 
 ■'■ Before a reciprocal pronoun, out of; 
 iis, befide himfdf; out of the order of 
 lationnl beings ; out of his wits. 
 
 Tiicy be curried hcj'uici ihcmjfk'.i^ to whom 
 the dignity of ptiblick prayer dolh not dilcovcr 
 I'unicwhat mors fitncfs in men of gravity, than 
 in children. Hiokcr. 
 
 Only be piticnt, till we have appeiu'd 
 The mnltitiide, hffids thf.tnjfhui M'ith fear. Shak, 
 
 Felhis fald witii a luiitt voice, Paul, thou art 
 brfiiie tliyfeif] much learning dotii inak.e thee mad. 
 
 .4ai. 
 
 Besi DE. 7 I 
 JiESI Dt S. J 
 
 1 . More than that ; over and above. 
 
 "If CalTio do remain, .' 
 
 He hath a daily beauty in his life, 
 That makes me u^ly ; and, ie/;,/.'>, th.e Moor 
 May untold me to mm ; there fland I in peril. 
 
 Shakjpearc, 
 Brfuln, you know not, while you here attcjul, 
 Th' unworthy fate of your uniiappy friend. 
 
 D<yde,i. 
 
 That man that doth not know rliofe things, 
 
 .xvhich are of nccefiity for him to know, is but 
 
 a;i ignorant nian, whatever he m.iy know hi'/rdei. 
 
 Tillotjon. 
 Some wonder, that the Turk never attacks 
 this treafuiy. But, Icfiiei that he ha.s attempted 
 it forniei'ly with no fiiccefs, it is ceitain the Ve- 
 netians keep t\^o w.'itthfjl an eye. ^Adipn. 
 
 2. Not in this nunibor.; out of this clafs; 
 not included here. 
 
 The men faid unto Lot, Haft thou 'here any 
 bejiics. Gen efts. 
 
 Outlaws and robbers, who break with all the 
 'World hcfideij muil keep faith among themfelves. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 All that we feel of it, begins and ends 
 In the fmrll circle of our fuci or fiicndsj 
 To all bifiJe as much an empty iliadc, 
 An Eugene 'living, as a Ca;rai- dead. Vopc. 
 
 And dead, as living, 'ti^ our author's pride 
 Still to charm thofe w lio ciuim the world hefuic. 
 
 Besi'derv. n.f. A fpecics of pear. 
 Xo Besi'ege. 1'. a. [froin^/zi^f^.] To be- 
 leaguer ; to lay liege to ; to bcfet with 
 armed forces ; to endeavo'jr to win a 
 town or fortrefs, by f'lrrounding it witli 
 an army, and forcing the defendants, 
 either by violence or taniiae, to give ad- 
 iniirion. 
 
 And he Ihall befiege thee in all thy gates, until 
 
 thy iiigh and fenced walls come down. Deitter. 
 
 The queen, with all the northern earls and 
 
 lords. 
 
 Intends here to bcfiege you in your caftlc. ShalJ. 
 
 Besi'eger. n. f. [from bcfegc.l One 
 
 employed in a liege. 
 
 Tliere is hardly a town taken, in the common 
 forms, where the beficgen have not the woife of 
 the b.trgain. Sxriji^ 
 
 To Beslu'bber. v. a, \Jroxn Jlulter.^ 
 To daub ; to fmear. 
 
 He perfu.ided us to tickle our nofes with 
 
 fpeargrafs, and nrake them bleed ; and tlren hc- 
 
 Jhihbcr our garments with it, and fwear it was 
 
 tlie blood of true men. Shukfpeare. 
 
 To PESiME'AR. -v. a. [fromyJnfrtr.T 
 
 I. To bcdiiub ; ta overfpread with foihe- 
 
 thing that fticks on. 
 
 He lay as in a dicam of deep delight, 
 Jyff'ieir'd with precious balm, 'A'hofe virtuous 
 
 might 
 Did heal his wounds. ► Fairy Qjtccn. 
 
 Tiiat face of his I dorememhcrwell; 
 Yet when I h\f it laft, it was btjmear'd 
 As black as \'(ilcan. S'lai/pe.ire. 
 
 Firft Moloch, horrid king! htjmcar'd with 
 blood 
 Of human ftclfre, sr.dp.ircnts tears, l^ar. Loji. 
 
 B E S 
 
 Her fainting hand let f.iU the fword, hcfmcni'd 
 
 With blood. Bciihiim. 
 
 licr gufliing blood the pavement all i^''r'''-'''i/. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 2. To foil ; to foul. 
 
 My honour Would not let ingratitude 
 So mucli lefmear it. Shakfprarc. 
 
 Tu Besmi'rcii. v. a. To foil ; to dilcolour. 
 Not in life. 
 
 Perhaps he loves you now. 
 And \\(i\f: no foil of cautcl dolh btpnin-k 
 The \irtite of his will. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Our gayncfs and our gilt arc all hefmirch\i 
 With lainy marching in the painful Held. ShakJ, 
 To Bes.mo'ke. 1). «. \Jxomfmoke.'\ 
 
 1. To foul with fmoke. 
 
 2. To harden or dry in finoke. 
 
 To Eesmu T. i>. a. [from finut.'] To 
 
 blacken r.'ith fmoke or foot. 
 Be'som.?;. y. [bej-m, bepma, Sax.] An 
 inllruinent to fweep with. 
 
 Bacon commended an old man that fold 
 bffviti : a proud young fellow came to him for 
 a htpm upon tiult ; the old man faid, Borrow of 
 tl'.y back and belly, they will never a(k thee 
 ag.iin ; [ Ihall dun thee every day. Bac-m. 
 
 I will I'wecp it with the /-fyow of deflrudiion, 
 faiih the Lord of hofts. IjaLth. 
 
 To Beso'rt. V. a. [fromyi;-/.] Tofuitj 
 to fit ; to become. 
 
 Such men as may btj'jrt your a^e, 
 And know themielves and you. Shakfpenre. 
 
 Beso'rt. ii.f. [from the verb.] Com- 
 pany ; attendance ; train. 
 
 I crave iit difpofition fur my wife, 
 With fuch accommodation and bejort^ 
 As levels with her breeding. Shaljpcare. 
 
 To Beso't. "o. a. [fromyj)/.] 
 
 1. To infatuate; to (lupify; to dull; to 
 take away the fenfes. 
 
 Swinilh gluttony 
 Ne'er looks to hcav'n araidlt his gorgcc.is feaft, 
 But, with hcjotted bafe ingratitude, 
 Crams, and blafphemes his feeder. MUlon, 
 
 Or fools bifottsd with their erimes. 
 That know not how to (hift betimes. Hiidibi,Ti 
 
 He is brfottfd, and has loll his i-eafon ; and 
 what then can there be for religion to take hold 
 of him by ? Sortr't. 
 
 2. To make to doat, with on. Not much 
 ufed. 
 
 Palis, you fpcak 
 Like one lefolicdot: your Iweet delights. Sbakfp. 
 
 Truli not thy beauty; but reftoie the prize 
 Which he, bcjottddon that face and eyes. 
 Would rend from us. Dryden. 
 
 Beso'ught. Tlie preterit and part, paf- 
 five oi hcj'iech. 
 
 Haften to appeafe 
 Th' inccnfcd Father, and th* inccnfed Son, 
 Wuile pardon may be found, in time brjmight. 
 
 Mil ton. 
 
 To Eesp.^'ngle. 11. a. [from fpangle.'] 
 To adorn with fpangles ; to befprinkle 
 with fomethiug fliining. 
 
 Not Berenice's locks firlt role fo bright. 
 The \iQ\k\'nibeJ'paiglinev.M\ dilhevell'd light. 
 
 Pope. 
 To Bespa'tter. v. a. [horn fpatter.'\ 
 I To foil by throwing tilth; to fpot or 
 fpt inkle with dirt or water. 
 
 Thufe who will not take vice into their bofoms, 
 Ih.iil ^et have 'A.bqpotti:^ ihejr faces. 
 
 GoveritKicnf of .the Tongue. 
 
 His .weapons arc the fame wiiicli women and 
 
 children ult ; a pin to fcratch, and a f-juirt to 
 
 bifpnttcr. Svijt. 
 
 2. To afp^rfe v;it}i reproach. 
 
 Fair Biitain, in the monarch bltft 
 Whom never faflioii could b- flatter. Swift. 
 
 B E S 
 
 ToBEsPA'wt. i\ a. \_from J/'awl.] T«j 
 
 daub with fpittle. 
 To Bespe'ak. v. a. liefpol-e, or l/efpaic-: 
 
 I have hcfpoke, or bcfpoken. \l\-om. Jpcak. ] 
 
 1. To order, or entieat any thing before- 
 hand, or againft a future t'me. 
 
 If you will marry, make your loves to me ; 
 My ladyjs befpoke. Sl^akjpeuve. 
 
 H ere is the cap your worlliip did btjpi-ak. Shak. 
 
 Wlicn Baboon came to Strutt's ellate, his 
 tradefmen waited upon him to Ocfpeak his cuf- 
 tom, Aihuthnot, 
 
 A heavy writer was to be encouraged, and 
 accordingly many ihouland copies were bcfpokc. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 2. To make way by a previous apology. 
 
 My preface looks as if I were afraid of my 
 readifi', hy l^j tedious a h^fpi-aking of him. Dtyden. 
 
 3. To forbode ; to tell fomcthing before- 
 hand. 
 
 They ftarted feats, brfpokc dangers, and formed 
 ominous prognofticks, ia order to fcare the al- 
 lies. Swifr. 
 
 4. To fpcak to ; to addrefs. This fenfc 
 is chiefly poetical. 
 
 Wiih lic.irty words her knight die 'gan t« 
 , chvcr, 
 
 And, in Ir.r modclV manner, thus iifp.iif, 
 De.ir knight. Fnirj (luein. 
 
 At lengih with indignation thus he broke 
 His awful lilcnce,and the powers bef.oke. D'yd. 
 
 Then ftai.ii_; on her with a ghalVly look. 
 And hullow voice, he thus the queen bejpoke. 
 
 Drydin, 
 
 5. To betoken ; to fliow. 
 
 Wiien the abbot of St. Martin was boi'n, he 
 had fo little of the figure of a man, that it befpokt 
 him rather a monlfer. Locke, 
 
 He has difpalch'd me hence, 
 With orders that btfpcuk a mind compos'd. 
 
 Addifon, 
 Bespe'aker. n.f. [from hefpeak.'\ He 
 that befpeaks any thing. 
 
 They mc.in not with love to the hcfpcaktr of 
 
 the work, but delight in the work iifelf. kVotton, 
 
 To Be.spe'cki-k. v. a. [from Jpeckh.^ 
 
 To mark with fpecklcs, or fpots. 
 ToBespe'w. I', a. [_ho\\\ /pcw.l To 
 
 daub with fpew or vomit. 
 To Bespi'ce. ly.a. [iyomfpice.'\ To fea- 
 fon with fpices. 
 
 Thou might'ft bcfpicoi cup 
 
 To give mine enemy a lalting wink. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Bespi't. v. a. I befpat, or be/pit; I 
 
 ha\e btfpif, or le/pUlai. [horn/pit.] To 
 
 daub with fpittle. 
 
 Beepo'ke. irreg. participle. \(rora bcfpeak % 
 
 which fee.] 
 To Bespo't. 13. a. [iromfpol.^ To mark 
 with fpots. 
 
 Mildew reds on the 'wheat, htfpotiing the 
 ftalks with a dilTcient colour from the natural. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 Tb Bespre'ad. v. a. preterit lefpread ; 
 part. paff. /(//>;•<•«</. [jromfpread.] To 
 fpread over ; to cover over. 
 
 His nuptial bed, 
 
 With curious needles wrought, and painted 
 
 flowers hcfprcid, D'yden. 
 
 The globe is equilly befpread ; fo that no 
 
 place wants proper inhabitants. Derham, 
 
 To Bespri'nk LE. v. a. \Jrorr\ fprinUe.'^ 
 
 To fprinkle over; to fcattcrover. 
 
 Herodotus, imitating the father poet, whofe 
 life he had written, hath b:fprii:klcd his work 
 with m.any fal uloftties. Jjnv. •:, 
 
 A purple flood 
 Flows from tl c trunk, that welters in the blood; 
 The bed lefiritiklc:, and bedews the ground.
 
 B E S 
 
 7h Bespu'tter. v. a. [from fptiltcr.] 
 To fpiittcr ovtr fometliing ; to daub 
 any thing by fputtering, or throwing 
 out fpittle upon it. 
 Best. ailj. the fuperlattve from gootl. 
 [bf-c, brtejia, bdtfr, good, belter, 
 bclb, Saxon.] 
 t. Moll: good ; that hns good qualities in 
 the hl^hcll degree. 
 
 And lie will take your ficlHs, even the hrjl of 
 them, niid give them to his fcrvaiits, i S'mud. 
 When the brji tluiis;s arc not pofliblc, the hcjl 
 ni.ny be m.iflc of thnfc that are. H;iti-r. 
 
 When he is l-rjl, he i» little more than a man; 
 Slid when he is worft, he is little better than a 
 heart. Shaifpeare. 
 
 I think it a good jigumcnt to fay, the infi- 
 nitely wife God hath made it fo, and therefore 
 it is ktji. Kilt it is too much confidence of our 
 own \i iftlom, to fay, I thinlc it bcji, jnd there- 
 fore Gild iiath made it fo. Loci/. 
 An evil intention perverts the lejl ai5tions,and 
 makes them fins. .-liUljln. 
 
 2. The left. The titmoft power ; the 
 flrongcll endeavour ; the molt ; the 
 higheil pcrfeftion. 
 
 I prot'efs not talking : only this. 
 Let each man do his hef. Skakfprarc. 
 
 The duke did Ms irjl to come down. Bi^rori. 
 
 He docs this to tiic bejf of his power. Locke. 
 My fricnti, faid he, our Ipurt is at the bffl. 
 
 3. To male the bejl. To carry to its 
 greateft perfedlion j to improve to the 
 utmoft. 
 
 Let there be freedom to carry their commo. 
 ditics where they miy m^ke the befl of tliem, ex- 
 cept there be fomc fpccial caufe of caution. 
 
 B.icofi. 
 
 His father left him an hundred drachmas ; 
 Alnafchar, in order to m^tkc the bejl of it, laid it 
 out in glalTcs. A.U fin. 
 
 We fct fail, and made the Icfl of our w^y, till 
 we were forced, by contrary winds, into St. Re- 
 mo. Addifon. 
 
 Best. ff^t'. [from 'a^'i'//.] In the highell 
 degree of jroodnefs. 
 
 We (hall dwell in th It place where he (hall choofc 
 in one of thy gates, where it liketh them befi. 
 
 l^e//teic/iotny. 
 
 Best is fomctlines ufed in compofition. 
 
 Thcte fitter b.j!-be tnijl fi^.-es liad fomeof them 
 further inflructiuns, to draw otf the hcli fi lends 
 and lcrv.iiits of Perkin, by making renionltranccs 
 to them, flow weakly his enterprize and hopes 
 were built. B.ic^'i. 
 
 By tiiis law of loving even our enemies, the 
 chriltian religion difcovers itfelf to be the moft 
 generous and bejl-fitiiured inftitutiun that ever 
 was in the world. Titlolfsi. 
 
 To Besta'in. v. a. [from_y7«/n.] To 
 mark with ftaius ; to fpot. 
 
 We will not line his thin beJJained c\oV.c 
 With our pure honours, Sh.ii-fpe.ire, 
 
 To Beste'ad. v. a. Ibejled; I have be/led. 
 
 [ from J!ead. ] 
 J. To profit. 
 
 Hciice, vain deluding joys ! 
 The brood of follv, without father bred ; 
 
 Ho.v little you hejlemij 
 Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Milter. 
 2. To treat; to accommodate. This 
 ftould ratlier be hefted. 
 
 They (hall pafs through it hardly bejhai, and 
 hungry. Ifiiiah, 
 
 BE'sTi.iL. ailj. [from ieajl.j 
 I. Belonging to a beaft, or to the clafb of 
 beads. 
 
 His wild difordor'd walk, his haggard eye.^. 
 Did all the beflial citizens furprize. J)rydcn. 
 
 VOL.I. 
 
 B E S 
 
 2. Having theqiialities of beads ; brutal; 
 below the dignity of reafon or human- 
 ity ; carnal. 
 I ha\e loft the immortal part of myfcif, and 
 
 what remains is brfUal. Shakfpemc'i Othello. 
 
 Moreover urge his hateful luxtiiy. 
 And /'ly/.vi/ appetite, in change of lull. Shdkfp, 
 
 For thole, the rate of Ifracl oft fnrfook 
 Their living dvcngth, and tinfrcqiienrcd left 
 His riglitcous altar, bowing lowly down 
 To A;;..'/Vi/goris. Milton. 
 
 The things promifcd are not grofs and carnal, ! 
 fiicli as may court and gratify the moil bejlint part 
 of lis. Decity of I'icty. 
 
 Bestia'litv. n.f. [from be/llal.] The 
 quality of bealls ; degeneracy from 
 human nature. 
 
 What can be a greater abfurdity, than to affirm 
 htjiialitj to be the cfTcncc of humauity, and dark- 
 ncfs the centre of light? 
 
 Arbuth. and Pope's Mart. Srrihi 
 
 Be'sti ALLY. «^t;. [from ir/lial.] Bru- 
 tally ; in a manner below humanity. 
 
 To Besti'ck. v. a. preterit, I hejiuck ; I 
 have lejhich. [from Jiick.'\ To Hick 
 over with any thing ; to mark any 
 thing by infixing points or fpots here 
 and there. 
 
 Truth (hall retire, 
 BeJIttei with fland'rous darts ; and works of faith 
 Rarely to be found, Milton. 
 
 To Besti'r. 1). a. [from_^iV,] 
 
 1. To put into vigorous aftion. It is fel- 
 dom ufed otherwife than with the re- 
 ciprocal pronoun. 
 
 As when men wont to watch 
 On duty, deeping found by whom they dread, 
 RouzL- .mAbcJlir thentfelrescrc well awake. Milton. 
 
 Bijiirs her then, and from each tender (lalk 
 Whatever earth, all-bearing mother yields, 
 She gathers. Paradife Lofl. 
 
 Bur, as a dog that turns the fpit 
 Bejlin liimflf, and plies his feet 
 To climb the wheel, but all in vain. 
 His own weight brings him down again. 
 
 iludihras. 
 
 What ailcth them, that they muft needs hrfir 
 thcmfelvci to get in air, to maintain the creature's 
 life .' Ray. 
 
 2. It is tifed by Shakfpeare with a common 
 word. 
 
 I am fcarce in breath, my lord. — Xo marvel 
 you have fo Ujnrjcd your valour, you cowardly 
 rafcal! Shaijpe.ire. 
 
 To BESTOW, v.a. [lejletlcn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To give ; to confer upon : commonly 
 with ufon. 
 
 All men would willingly ha\e yielded him 
 praitc; hut his nature was fueh as to b'jioii' it 
 ;^^o« himfclf, before any could give it. Sidney. 
 
 All the dedicated things of the houfc of tiic 
 Lord did they bejioiv upon Baalim. 2 Chroniilet. 
 
 2. Sometimes with lo. 
 
 Sir Julius Csffar had, in his ofHcc, the difpo- 
 (ition of the l\x clciks places ; which he had be- 
 Ji-.iuedto fuch perfons as he thought fit. Clarendon. 
 
 3. To give as charity or bounty. 
 
 Our Sa\iuur doth pl.iinly witncf<, that there 
 (hould not be as much as a ciip of cold water 
 bejto'iued for his fake, without reward. Hooker. 
 
 And though he was unfatisficd in ijctting. 
 Which was a fin ; yet in bejioiving, m.idam, 
 He was moft princely. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Spain to your gift atone her Indies owes ; 
 For what the pow'iful takes not, he bejiotus. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 You alttMys esrccd expcftations : as if yours 
 was not your own, but to beJioiM on wanting 
 rurit. Brydcn. 
 
 4. To give in marriage. 
 
 B E S 
 
 Good rcv'rend father, make my perfon yours j. 
 And tell me how you would hejiovi yuurfcif, 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 I could have lejirwed her upon 2 fine gcnlle- 
 man, who extremely admired her. Taller, 
 
 5. To give as a prefent. 
 
 Puie oil and iiice He on the fire they throw, 
 And fat of viitims \tiiich his fiiends btjioiv, 
 
 DryJcfi. 
 
 6. To apply. 
 
 The fea was not the duke of Marlborough's 
 element j otherwife the wliofc force of the war 
 would infallibly have been £(//e:u;i/ there. Swift, 
 
 7. To lay out upon. 
 
 And tho\i flialt befoiu that money for wiiatfo- 
 ever thy foul lufteth after, for oxen, (liecp, or 
 for wine. Deuteronomy, 
 
 8. To lay \:p ; to ilow ; to place. 
 
 And when he- came to the tower, he too1t 
 
 them from their hand, and bejhwed them in tl.c 
 
 houfe. 2 King'. 
 
 BrsTo'wER. n.f. [from bijlo'w.'] Giver j 
 
 he that confers any thing ; difpofer. 
 
 They all agree in making one fuprcme Go<J ; 
 and that there aie fcver:i| beings that are to be 
 woifhipped under him ; lome as the hefo-a^eti of 
 thrones, but lubordinate to the Supreme. 
 
 Stillingfeet, 
 Bestra'ught. part. [Of this participle 
 I have not found the vi-rh ; by analogy 
 we may derive it from Icflract ; perhaps 
 it is corrupted from d't/lrau^ht.'\ Dil- 
 trafted ; mad ; out of one's feufes ; 
 out of one s wits. 
 
 A(k Mali. in, the fat alcwife, if (he knew me 
 not. What 1 I am not beflraughl. Shakfprcre. 
 
 To Bestre'w. i>. a. part. pafl". bejlre-wed, 
 or bejlroiun. \lxQmJlre'w.~\ To fprinkle 
 over. 
 
 So thick heflroiuny 
 Al jeft and loft lay thefc, covering the flood. 
 
 Mihorti 
 To Bestri'de. tt. a. I Icjlrid; I have 
 bejirid, or kjl ridden. \jton\Jlridc.'\ 
 
 1. To lliide over any thing ; to have any 
 thing between one's legs. 
 
 Why, man, he doth bejhide the narrow world 
 Like a colotTus. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Make him bejiride the ocean, and mankind 
 Aflc his cunfcnt to ul'e the fea and wind, IVallcr, 
 
 2. To ftep over. 
 
 That I fee thee here, 
 Thou noble tiling I more dances my rapt heart, 
 Than when I firft my wedded miftrefs faw 
 BeJhide my tluelhold. Sh.ihfpearf. 
 
 3. it is often ufed, in the confequeatial 
 fcnfe, for to ride on. 
 
 Hebijhidci the lazy pacing clouds. 
 And lails upon the bofom of the air. Sh,iifpeiire. 
 
 That horfe, that tliou fo often hafl beJtriJ., 
 That horfe, that I fo carefully have drci's'd. 
 
 S':akfpe*ne, 
 
 Venetians do not more uncouthly ride, 
 Thandidtheii lubbcrftatc mankindi<//r;'./fDr)'i/. 
 
 The bounding (iced you pompouily hejiride 
 Shares wiih his lord the plcafuic and the pride, 
 
 4. It 1.=; ufed fometimes of a man flanding 
 over fomethlng which he defends : the 
 prcftiit mode of war has put this fcnfe 
 out of ufe. 
 
 He lef.rid 
 An o'crprcrs'd Roman, and 1' lb' conful's view 
 Slew three oppilcrs : Taniiiin's felf he met. 
 And Ifiiitk him on his knee;'. ^h.tkipeare. 
 
 It thou fee me down in the battle, .and bef.ridt 
 me, fo ; 'tis a point of friendlh'U. Shakffeare. 
 
 He doth bijiilde a bleeding land, 
 Gafping for life under great Bolinjjhrokc. Shnlff^ 
 TuBestu'd. -v. a. [fromy7.v./.] To adorn 
 
 I with fiuds, or ftiitilng prominences, 
 2 A
 
 BET 
 
 Th' unfought diamcn^J 
 Would To emblaze the forcheart of the deep, 
 And i'o iejlui with ftars, that they below 
 Would grow iniir'd to light. Mill''" 
 
 BET. H. /. [pebbian, to wager; peb, a 
 wager, Sax. fiora which the etymolo- 
 gilts derive iet. I (hould rather imagine 
 it to come froi« bdtaii, to menJ, ip.creale, 
 or tetter, as a l>et increafes the original 
 wager.] A wager ; fomething hiid lo 
 be won upon certain conditions. 
 
 The hoaiy fool, who mnny djys 
 Hjs llriigglcd Willi conliiuied fovrow, , 
 
 Renews his hope, and hlindly lays 
 Tl/C defp'iate iet upon to-munow. Prior. 
 
 His piide was in piquctte, 
 Newmarket fame, and judgment at a ii:«. Fopr. 
 To Bet. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 wager ; to fiake at a wager. 
 
 He drew a good buw : and dead ? John of 
 Gau.it loved him well, and I'e.'ted much upon 
 his head. Sh.dJeearc. 
 
 He flies the couvt for want of clothes ; 
 Ciies out 'gainft cocking, fince he cannot bet. 
 
 Ben Jon fin. 
 
 The god, unhappily engag'd, 
 Compl.iin'd, and figh'd, and ciy'd, and fretted, 
 Loft cveiy cirthly thing he bttleil. Prior. 
 
 Bet. The old preterit of /■!?«/. 
 
 He fiaid for a better hour, till the hammer had 
 wifjgl.t and bit the party more pliant. BuiOv. 
 
 To Beta'ke. v. a. pret. I betook ; part. 
 Y>7i^. Ictalen. [('coxii.tule.'] 
 
 1. To take ; to feizc : an obfolete fenfe. 
 
 Then to his hands tliat writhe did btlah, 
 Which he difcioftng read. Sfrrifcr. 
 
 2. To have recourfe to : with the recipro- 
 cal pronoun. 
 
 The adverfc party helakhig itjelf to fuch prac- 
 tices as men embrace, when they behold things 
 brought to defperate extremities. Ihoker. 
 
 Thou tyrant ! 
 Do not repent thefe things; for they are heavier 
 Than all thv woes can ftir; therefore betake thee 
 To nothing but defpair. Siakffeare. 
 
 The icfl, in imitation, to like arms 
 Baooi them, and the neighbouring hills up tore. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 3. To apply: with the vcciprccal pro- 
 noun. . 
 
 With cafe fuch fond chimeras we purfue, 
 As fancy frames for fancy to fubduc : 
 fiiit when o: r/h'wj to aiSion we betake, 
 V Ihuns the mint, like gold that chymifts make. 
 
 Dr\den. 
 
 As ray obfervations have been the light wherc- 
 
 bv I have fteercd my courfc, fo I bel,iu myfelf 
 
 to them again. Woodward. 
 
 M. To move ; to remove. 
 
 Soft (lie withdrew ; and, like a wood nymph 
 light. 
 Oread or Diyad, or of Delia's train, 
 Betook Iter to the groves. Milton. 
 
 They both betook them feveral ways; 
 Both to dcftroy. '^'''''J"'- 
 
 To Bete'e m . V. a. [from teem.'] To bring 
 forth ; to btftow ; to give. 
 
 So would I, faid th' enchanter, ghadand fam 
 Beteem to you his fword, you to defend ; 
 But that this weapon's pow'r I well nave kcnn d, 
 To be contrary lo the work that yc intend. 
 
 ta:ry {^uecn. 
 
 Hain, which I could well 
 Betem them from the temped of mine eyes. 
 
 Snukfpra^c. 
 
 To Bethi'-NK. -v. a. I lethought; I have 
 ielhougk. [from //.;«/•. 1 To r^calto_ re- 
 flexion ; to bring back to confideratuai, 
 ,,r recoUcaion. It is generally ufcd 
 with the reciprocal pronoun, and of 
 before the fubjsa of thought. 
 
 BET 
 
 They were fooncr in danger than they could a! ■ 
 moll bethink thcmf/iti rjj chmgc. Sitlnry. 
 
 I have bcthoiifht me of another fault. Hiinkjf. 
 
 I, better ii//i.'n4/»j '">/■■■'/', and nudikiiiE his 
 determination, gave him liiis order. K.uei^h. 
 
 He himl'elf, 
 Infatiableof glory, had loll all : 
 Yet '/another plea i*/';4"g/i.' hin:i r-ioii. Mi/tor:. 
 
 The nets were laid, yet ihe birds could never ] 
 bethink ihemjejvei till hampered, and paft reco- 
 very. VEJirange. 
 
 Chcrippus, then in time. yourfcif bethink, 
 And what your r.ags will yi.-ld by auftion fink. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 ■A little confideralion may allay his 1 eat, and 
 make him beihir...: kimfilf, whether this .ittempt 
 be worth the venture. Lceke. 
 
 BE'THLEHEM. n. f. [See Bedlam.] 
 
 A hofpital for lunaticks. 
 Be'thi-ehemite.?:./. [SccBedlamite.] 
 
 A Itinatick; an inhabitant of a mad- 
 
 houfe. 
 YyETHo'vCHT. participle, [from hethiid ; 
 
 which fee.] 
 To Bethra'l. 1). a: [from thraU.I To 
 
 eiiflave ; to conquer ; to bring into fub- 
 
 jt6tion. 
 
 Nc let that wicked woman 'fcape aw.ay, 
 
 For (he it is that did my lord bethral. Sh,:Upe.ir^e. 
 To Bethu'mp. V. a. [from //'««;/.] To 
 
 beat ; to lay blows upon : a ludicrous 
 
 word. 
 
 I wa5 never (o bet himpt with words. 
 Since hrft I call'd my brother's faiiier dad. 
 
 Shjkfpei^re. 
 
 To BETl'iiE. f. n- pret. It letidcti, or 
 
 bctiii; part. paff. belid. [from tib, 
 
 Sax. See Tide.] 
 
 : . To happen to ; to befal ; to bechance, 
 
 whether good or bad : with the perfon. 
 
 Said he then to the palmer, reverend (ire, 
 What great misfortune hath betid this knight ? 
 
 Spenjer. 
 But fay, if out deliverer up to hcav'n 
 Mull reafcend, what will betide the few, 
 His faithful, left among th' unfaithful held, 
 The enemies of truth ^ Muton. 
 
 I. Sometimes it has to. 
 
 Neither^know I 
 What Is betid to Cloten; but remain 
 Perplcxt in all. Sh.d/peare. 
 
 3. To come to pafs ; to fall out ; to hap- 
 pen : without the peilon. 
 
 She, when her tarn was come her talc to tell, 
 Told of a ftrange adventure that bctided 
 Betwixt the fox, and th" ape by him milgmded. 
 
 Apenjer. 
 
 In winter's tedious nigl-.t^, fit by Ihe fire 
 With good old folks, and let rhein tell th.-c talcs 
 Of woeful ages, long ago b.tid. S!u,kj],earc. 
 
 Let me hear from thee by letters 
 Of thy fucccfs in love ; and what news elfe 
 Belideth here inabfencc of thy fiiend. ^ Shakfp. 
 A To become ; to be the fate ; with of. 
 If he were dead, what would belide c/ thee ? 
 
 Shilkfpeeire. 
 
 Beti'me. 7 aih. [from ly and time; 
 Beti'mes. S that is, by the proper -.ime.] 
 
 1. Seafonably; early; before it is late. 
 
 Send luccours, lords, and Hop the rage hetime. 
 
 Sniiifpeitre. 
 To meafurelifc learn thou betimes, xnA know 
 Toward folid good wha lends the nearelV w^iy. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. Soon ; before long time has paffcd. 
 
 Whiles tliey are weak, betimes with tnem 
 contend; 
 For when they once to perfe.^ ftrcngth do grow, 
 Strong wars they make. ifenjer. 
 
 He tires bctnnes, that fpurs too faft beimes. 
 
 i/iMjpeitre. 
 
 BET 
 
 There be fome have an over early ripenefs in 
 their years, which fndcth betimes : thefe are firfV, 
 fuch as have biittlc wits, the edge whcreol is 
 toon cnrneri. Baton. 
 
 Remenil er thy Creator in the days ,of thy 
 yoLth ; that is, enter upon a religious courfe 
 betimts. Tiliotjon. 
 
 Short i> the date, alas! of modern rhymes ; 
 And'tis but jnft to let them live betimes. Pofe. 
 3. Early in the day. 
 
 He that drinks all night, and is hanged be- 
 times in the morning, may flcep the founder next 
 day. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Thpy lok betimes in the morning, and offered 
 facrific'e. ' Maecabees. 
 
 Be'tle. } ti.f. [piper adulteritmm.'] An 
 Indian plant, called water pep 
 
 /tle. ) K. 
 Be'tre. J Ii J , . . 
 
 per. i'"'- 
 
 To Beto'kek. v. a. [from tolen.'] 
 
 1. To lignify ; to mark ; to reprefent. 
 
 We know not wherefore churches Ihould be 
 the worle, if, at this time, when they are deli- 
 vered into God's own pofl'elTion, ceremonies fit to 
 bctdcn fuch intents, and to accompany fuch 
 aillons, be ufual. Hooker. 
 
 A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow 
 Confpicuous with three lilted colours gay. 
 Betokening peace from God. Milton. 
 
 2. To forelhow ; toprefignify. 
 
 The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow 
 Illum'd with Huid gold, his near approach 
 Befjken glad. Thomfin. 
 
 Be'tony.«./ [^i'/onfVa, Lat.] A plant, 
 trreatlv elleemed as a vulnerary herb. 
 ° ^ Miller. 
 
 Bkto'ok. irreg.pret. [i\om. betake ; which 
 
 fee.] 
 To Beto'ss. v. a. [from tofs.'] To diftiiib ; 
 
 to agitate ; to put into violent inotion. 
 What faid my man, when my betoJfed{a\.i\ 
 
 Did not attend him as we rode ? Shakfpeare. 
 
 To CETRA'Y. -v. a. [trahir, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To give into the hands of enemies by 
 ' treachery, or breach of truft : with to 
 
 before the perfon, otherwife into. 
 
 If ye be come to belrny me to mine enemies, 
 feeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God 
 of ou! fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. 
 
 I Chionieles, 
 
 Tefus faid unto them. The Son of man Ihall be 
 bei.a^ed into the bauds of men. Matthew. 
 
 For fear of nothing clfc but a betraying of the 
 fuccours which reafon oiTercth. If if.km. 
 
 He was not to be won, cither bypromilcor 
 reward, lo betray the city. KnolUs. 
 
 2. To difcover'that which has been en- 
 trufted to fecrecy. 
 
 3. To txpofe to evil by revealing feme- 
 thing eiitrufted. 
 
 How would'll thou again betray rnc, 
 Bearing my woidsand doings to the Lord' ^^^ 
 
 4. To make known fomething that were 
 better concealed. 
 
 Be fwift to hcai, but be cam.oivs of your 
 tongue, leltyou belr.y your ignorance. Hatls. 
 
 5. To make liable to fall into fomething 
 inconvenient. 
 
 His abilities created him great confidence ; and 
 this was like enough 10 bet.ay him f« gi"t 
 
 Ai"ir Cnarles. 
 crrnurs. , , , *<■ j 
 
 The bright genius is ready to be fo forward, 
 as often betrays iifelf into great crrours in .iiulg- 
 
 tratls. 
 ment. 
 
 6. To (how; to difcover. 
 
 Ire, envy, .and defpair, 
 Which marr'd his boriow'd vilage, and betrayd 
 Him counterfeit, if any eye beheld. M.li'in. 
 
 The Veian and the Gabian tow ts (hall tall. 
 And one piomilcuous ruiu cover all ;
 
 BET 
 
 K^r, afttrU'Mgtli of rears, n aone If Ir.iy 
 The place where once the viiy ruiui l.ty. AIM fun. 
 Betra'yer. n.f. [from kliay.'] He that 
 betrays ; a traitor. 
 
 Tlicwife man doth fo fay of fear, lli^it it is a 
 betrayer of the foiccs of reafoiialjlf uiidcrftaiKl- 
 jjig. ' 1 hotel. 
 
 Vou cad down your courage through fear, 
 the /'ttnijcr of all fuccours which re.ifou can 
 afford. Sir J. II„yu„nl. 
 
 They are only a few kclrnytn of their cuuniry ; 
 tlicy arc to puichaft coin, pcihaps at half price, 
 and vend it among us, to the ruin of the pub- 
 lick. _ i "■■/'• 
 2'o Betr i'm. t'. a. [from /nra.] To deck ; 
 to drefs ; to yvncc ; to adorn ; to embel- 
 lifli ; to beautify ; to decorate. 
 
 Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. 
 Which fptingy April at thy heft I't.'rims, 
 To make cold nymphs chaOe crowns. Sfhiifp. 
 To Betro'th. -v. a. [from troth ; betro- 
 TOCH, Dtitch.] 
 
 1. To coiitradl to anyone, in order to 
 marriage ; to affiance : ufed either of 
 men or women. 
 
 He, in the fiift flower of my frelheft age, 
 Bttrnthrd me unto the only heir 
 Of a moft mighty king, moft rich and fage. 
 
 S^eftfcr. 
 To her my lord, 
 Was I bttrothtJ, ere I Hermia faw. Sliiikfptare. 
 
 By foul's publick promife flic 
 Was fold then, and belrolli'J to viftory. Cowley 
 
 2. To have, as affianced by promife of 
 marriage. 
 
 And what man is theie that hath betrotl'.id a 
 wife, and hath not taken her ? let him go and 
 return into his houfe. DeuCcroncmy. 
 
 3. To nominate to a biflioprick. In order 
 to confecration. 
 
 If any perl'on be confecrated a bifhop to that 
 church, whereunto he was not before l^etrothcJ^ 
 he (hall not receive the habit of confecration, as 
 not being canonically promoted. ^lylljfe. 
 
 To Betru'st. 'u. a. [from trujl.'] To 
 entruft ; to put into the power of ano- 
 ther, in confidence of fideb'ty. 
 
 Bctrujl him with all the good which our own 
 capacity will allow us, or his fufficiency encou- 
 rage us, to hope for, either in this life, or that 
 to come. Grew. 
 
 Whatfoever you would betruji to your memo- 
 ry, let it be difpoled in a proper method. IVatti 
 £e'tter. adj. The comparative o^ good, 
 \hiX, good, hiXi\\^, better, Sax.] Hav- 
 ing good qualities in a greater degree 
 than foinething elfe. See Good. 
 
 He has a horfe belter than the Neapolitan's ; 
 a better bad habit of frowning than the count 
 palatine. S/iaifp. Mercftrtrtt of Venice. 
 
 I have fecn better faces in my time, 
 Than ftand on any flioulders that I foe 
 Before me at this infiant. Sltokfpeare . 
 
 Having a dclite to depart, and be with Chtift ; 
 ■which is far letter. Fhilipj'ittns. 
 
 The Be'tter. 
 
 •J. The fuperiority ; the advantage : with 
 the particle 0/" before him, or that, oveV 
 which the advantage is gained. 
 
 The Corinthians that morning, as the days be- 
 fore, had the better. Sieinty. 
 
 The voyage of Drake and Hawkins, was un- 
 fortunate ; yet, in fuch fort, as doth not break 
 our prcfcription, to have had the belter of the 
 Spaniards. i^accn. 
 
 Dionyfius, his countryman, in an epiftle to 
 Pompey, after an exprefs comparifon, aft'ords 
 Y.im t/ie belter !fThucyd\des. Bioiun'i Fnlg. Er. 
 
 You think (it 
 To get the better if me, and you (hall ; 
 Since you will have it fo ; — I will be yijurs. 
 
 Sbuthcrnt. 
 
 BET 
 
 The gentleman had always fo much the Icitet 
 »/ the fatirilt, that the pcrfons touched did not 
 know where to fix tluii rcfcntmcnt. Prior. 
 
 2. Improvement ; as, for the belter, fo as 
 to improve it. 
 
 If I have alteied him any where for the better, 
 
 I nuift 3t the fame time acknowledge, that I 
 
 could have done nothing without him. Diydcn, 
 
 Be'tt['r. adv. [comparative of nuell.'] 
 
 Well, in a greater degree. 
 
 Thon it \\\\s letter with me than now. Ihfea. 
 
 Better a mechanick rule were ftretched or 
 broken, than a gr,cat beauty were omitted. DryJ. 
 
 The better to underlland the extent of our 
 knowledge, one thiir:; is to be obfervcd. I-'.^kr. 
 
 He that Would know the idea of infinity, 
 cannot do better, th.ui by conlidcring to what in- 
 finity is attributed. L^ehe. 
 To Better, ii-a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To improve ; to meliorate. 
 
 Tiie caufeof hi) taking upon him our nature, 
 was to better the quality and to advance tlie 
 condition thereof. Hooker. 
 
 He is furnilhed with my opinion, which is 
 heltercd with ills own learning. Shak^peare. 
 
 Heir to all his lands and goods. 
 Which I have betler'd rather than decrcas'd. 
 
 Shakfpcore. 
 
 But Jonathan, to whom both hearts were 
 l^nown, 
 With wcll-tim'd zeal, and with an artful care, 
 Rellor'd and ic/^f/'t/foon the nice aifair. Cowley. 
 
 The church of England, the pureft and bell 
 reformed church in the world ; fo well reformed, 
 that it will be found eafier to alter than better its 
 conliitution. South. 
 
 The Romans took pains to hew out a paffage 
 for thcfe lakes to difchargc themfelves for the 
 bettering of the air. ^.idfon. 
 
 2. To furpafs ; to exceed. 
 
 The works of nature do always aim at tliat 
 which cannot be bettered. Hooker, 
 
 He hath borne himfelf beyond the promife of 
 his age ; he hath, indeed, better ic7/frtf J expec- 
 tation, than you mult expeft of me to tell you 
 
 Skakfpeaic. 
 What you do 
 Still hellers what is done ; when you fpeak fwcet, 
 I'd have you do it ever, Shukjpe.jie. 
 
 3. To advance ; to fupport. 
 
 The king thought his honour would fuffcr, 
 during a treaty, to ii//ir a party. Bmoi:. 
 
 Be'tter. n.y. [from the adjeftive.] Su- 
 periour ; one to whom precedence is to 
 be given. 
 
 Their belten would be hardly found, if they 
 did not live among men, but in a wildcrnefs by 
 themfelves. Hooker. 
 
 The courtefy of nations allows you my better, 
 in that you arc the firli-born. Shukfpe^'.te. 
 
 That ye thus hofpitably live, 
 Is mighty grateful to your betters. 
 And makes e'en gods themfelves your debtors. 
 
 I'rio, . 
 
 I have fomc gold and filver by me, and (hail 
 be able to make a (hifr, when many of my betteri 
 are llarving. Swift. 
 
 Be'ttor. n.f. [from To let.'\ One that 
 lays bets or wagers. 
 
 I ohfeived a ftr.uigcr among them of a gcn- 
 Iccltr beh.iviour than ordinary ; but, notwith- 
 ftaiuling he was a very fair bettor, nobody would 
 take him up. .-Iddijon. 
 
 Be'tty. n.f. [probably a cant word, (Ig- 
 nifying an inllrument which does what 
 is too often done by a maid within. J 
 An inlh-unient to break open doors. 
 
 Record the ftiatagcms, the arduous exploits, 
 and the nuCturnal feaUidcs of needy heroes, de- 
 fcribiiig the powerful belly, or the artful pick- 
 luck. Arbillhnot. 
 
 Betwe'en. prep, [betpeonan, betpinan, 
 
 B E V 
 
 Saxon ; from the original word tpa, 
 
 /•7yo.] 
 
 1. In the Intermediate fpace. 
 
 What modes 
 Of fmell the headlong lionefs between, 
 And hound fa^acious on the taiiiivjd green ? Pope. 
 
 2. From one to anolhei : noting inter, 
 courfe. 
 
 He Ihould tliink himfelf unhappy, if things 
 (hould go fo between them, as he (hould not be 
 abletoaci^uit himfelf of ingratitude towards them 
 both. Bje'.n, 
 
 3. Belonglnfr to two In partncrfhip. 
 
 I aflc whiiher Caftor and Pollu.x, with only 
 one foul between them, which thinks and per- 
 ceives in one what the o'.ncr is never confcious i>\, 
 are not two dillinifl perfonsr Locke. 
 
 4. Bearing relation to two. 
 
 If there be any difcord or fuits between them 
 and any of the family, they are compounded and 
 appcafed. Bacon. 
 
 Fricndlhip requites, that it be between two at 
 lealf ; and tinre can be no friendfhip where there 
 arc not two friends. South. 
 
 5. Noting difference, ordiftinftlon of one 
 from the other. 
 
 Their natural conftitutions put fo wide a dif- 
 ference between forae men, that art would never 
 mafter. Lceke. 
 
 Children quickly diftinguifh between what is 
 required of them, and wi'.at nor. Lock.\ 
 
 6. Between is properly ufcd of two, and 
 among of more ; but perhaps this ac- 
 curacy is not always prcferved. 
 
 Betwi'xt.;5)y/i. [btxpyx, Saxon. It has 
 the fame fignification with between., and 
 is indifferently ufed for it.] 
 
 1. In the midll of two. 
 
 Il.ird by, a cottage chimney fmokcs 
 From bctwi.yt two aged oaks. Milton. 
 
 Methinks, like two black ftorms, on either 
 band, 
 Our Spanilh army and your Indians (t.and ( 
 This only place betwixt tile clouds is clear. £)ryd. 
 
 If contradicting intereft could be mixt, 
 Nature heifclf has c.irt a bar betwixt. JJryden. 
 
 2. From one to another. 
 
 Five years fince there was fome fpeech of 
 marriage » 
 Betwi.\t myfelf and her. Skakfpeetre. 
 
 Be'vel.I n.f. In msfonry and joinery, 
 Be'vil. 3 a kind of fcjiiare, one leg of 
 which is frequently crooked, according ■ 
 to the fweep of an arch or vault. It is 
 moveable on a point or centre, and fo 
 may be fet to any angle. An angle ' 
 that is not fquarc, is called a bevil angle, 
 whether it be more obtufe, or more 
 acute, than a right angle. Builder'' tDiB. 
 Their houfes are very ill built, their walls ^n';/, 
 without one right an;^lc in any apartment. Swift. 
 To Be'vet-. 1;. a. [from the noim.] To 
 cut to a bevel angle. 
 
 Thetc rabbets arc ground fquare ; but the rab* 
 bets on the groundfel are bevelled downwards^ 
 that rain may the freelier fall off. Mcxon, 
 
 Be'ver. See Beaver. 
 
 Bever.vge. n.yl rhom bevere, to drink, 
 
 Ital.] 
 I . Drink ; liquor to be drank in general. 
 
 I am his cupbvarcr ; 
 If from me he have whoicfonie ^er^r«gtf, 
 Account me not your fcrvant. Shtikfpeeire, 
 
 Grains, pulfcs, and all forts cf fruits, either 
 bread m' beverage may be made almoin of all. 
 
 Broiin*i ru.'^ar Errours, 
 A picafant beverage he prepar'd before 
 Of wine and honey mix'd. DtYdrn. 
 
 The coarfe lean gravel on li.e mountain lifles 
 Scarce dewy bev'mge for the bees provides, DryJ, 
 2 A 2
 
 B E W 
 
 2. Beverage, or water cyder, is made by 
 putting the mure into a fat, adding 
 water, as you dclireil ilronger or fmaller. 
 The water ihould ftand forty-eight hours 
 on it, before you prefs it ; when it is 
 prefied, tun it up immediately. 
 
 Moii'tniei: 
 
 3. A treat upon wearing a new fuit ot 
 clothes. 
 
 4. A treat at firll coming into a prifon, 
 called alfo ^arnijh. 
 
 Be'.vy. ?/._/; \beva, Ital.] 
 
 1. A flock of birds. 
 
 2. A company ; an affembly. 
 
 And in the midft thereof, upon the flo»r, 
 A lovely hevy of f.iir ladies fai, 
 Coui ted of many a joily paramour. F. Qi'cen. 
 
 Tlicy on the plain 
 Long had notwalk.'d, when, from the tents,behold 
 A.bciy of fair women. Mtltoti. 
 
 Nor rode the nymph alone j 
 Around a levy of bright damltls llionc, Vcj>e. 
 To Bewa'il. t'. a. [from ivaiL'\ "To be- 
 moan ; to lament ; to exprels forrow 
 
 for. 
 
 In this city he 
 Hath widow'd and iinchildcd ni.iny a one, 
 Wiiich to this hour beiuail the injury. Shakjy. 
 
 Yet wifer Ennius gave command to all 
 His friends, not to bewailMi funeral. 
 
 &r f'jhn Vtnham. 
 I cannot but beiuail, as in their firft principles, 
 the mifcriesand calamities of our children, 
 
 Addifin. 
 
 To Bewa'il. v. n. To exprefs grief. 
 
 Thy ambition, 
 Thou fcarlet fin, robb'd this beivailing land 
 Of noble Buckingham, my father-in-law. Shak. 
 To Bewa're. v. n. [from he and ware, or 
 -iuary ; that is, cautious : thus, in an 
 old treatife, I have found le ye ware. 
 See Wary. Eepaj-aan, Saxon ; w.jr^-, 
 Dani(h.] 
 
 1. To regard with caution; to be fuf- 
 picioHS of danger from: generally the 
 particle o/"goes before the thing which 
 excites caution. 
 
 You mufl ifTOorco/drawing or painting clouds, 
 winds, and thunder, towards the bottom of your 
 piece. Dryde>,. 
 
 Every one ought to be very careful to beiuare 
 ■what he admit! for a principle. Lorh. 
 
 Warn'd by the fylph, oh pious maid, beware .' 
 This ro difclofe is all thy guardian can ; 
 Betunre of aU, but moft beware of man. Fife. 
 
 2. It is obfervable, that it is only ufed in 
 fuch forms of fpeech as admit the word 
 le : thus we fay, he may beware, let him 
 ieware, he will beware ; but not, he iiitl 
 beware, or he has been ware. 
 
 To Bewe'ep. -v. a. [from weep.] To weep 
 over or upon ; to bedew with tears. 
 
 Old fond eyes, 
 Senoetp this caufe again ; I'll pluck ye out, 
 And caft you, wilh the waters th.it you lofe, 
 To temper cl.ay. S/ia/:/i>care. 
 
 Larded all with fweet flowers. 
 Which beivept to tiic grave did go 
 Wilh tnie love Ihowcrs. Shaifpcnrt. 
 
 To Bewk't. -u. a. [from wet,] To wet ; 
 to moiften ; to bedew ; to water. 
 
 His napkin, with his true tears all bevjet. 
 Can do no fervice on her forrowful checks. 
 
 Sbakfpeat c' i Titm A'ldronrrus. 
 
 To Bewi'lder. v. a. [from wild.'] To 
 lofe in pathlefs places ; to confound for 
 want of a plain road ; to perplex ; to 
 eutAiigle i to puzale. 
 
 BEY 
 
 We parted thus ; I homeward fpcd my way, 
 i?rW/(/rrV in the wood till dawn q\ day. D/yden. 
 
 We no foliitioii of our queition find ; 
 Your words itfiu/A/fr, nor dirc<^ the nund. 
 
 BUckmore. 
 
 Our undcrftanding traces 'em in vain, 
 Loft and hf wilder' ci\n t!ic fruttlefs fcarcli. yJdJif. 
 
 It is good fometimes to iofc and bexotidcr our- 
 fclvcs in Tuchftudies, iJ'atti. 
 
 To Bewi'tch. "y. rt, [from iu\tchJ\ 
 
 1. To injure by witchcraft, or fitfcination, 
 or charms. 
 
 Look how I am hew'itch'^d \ behold, mine arm 
 Is l:ke a iihlUd Lipllng wilhcr'd up. Shakjp 
 
 I h.ive foil'woinliis company hourly this twen- 
 ty years, and yet I am hewitchd with the 
 rogue's company. If the lafcal has not given me 
 nicdicines to make me love him, I'll be hang'd! 
 
 Shakf^yearc. 
 
 My flocks arc free from love, yet look (o thin ; 
 What magick has hriintch'd the woolly d.ims, 
 And what ill eyes beheld the tender lamh^ ? 
 
 Dr\d£?t. 
 
 2, To charm ; to pleafe to fuch a degree, 
 as to take away the power of rcfillance. 
 
 Doth even beauty beautify, 
 And moil; bejvitrh clic wretched eye. Sidney. 
 
 The charms of poctiy our fouls beiprteh^ 
 The curie of writing is an endlefs itch. Dryden. 
 
 I do not know, by the chara(5^cr that is given 
 of her works, whether it is not for the b^rieht of 
 mankind that they were lolt ; ihcy weie filled 
 with fucti ^f U';Vc/:,"/;g^ tcndcrnefs and rapture, that 
 it might have been dangerous to have given them 
 a reading, ' .^ddij^n, 
 
 Bewi'tchery. n.f. \{\-orci bewitch ,"] Faf- 
 
 ciHatlou ; charm ; refilUefs prevalence. 
 
 There is a certain hc-zvitche^'y, or falcination, in 
 
 words, which makes them cp-'rate with a force 
 
 beyond what we can give an account of. South. 
 
 Bewi'tchment, n. /. [from lev.'itch.'] 
 Fafcination ; power of charming. 
 
 I will counleifeit the 6eiL'itr/':me>!f offome po- 
 pular man, and give it bountifully to the dc- 
 fircrs. S/'akfprare. 
 
 To BEWR A'V. 1'. a. [ppejan, btipjiejan, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. To betray ; to difcover perfidioufly. 
 
 Fair feeling words he wifely 'gan difplay, 
 And, for bet humour fitting puipofe, f.iin 
 To tempt the caufc itfelf for to l-eivay F.Q.vftv.-. 
 
 2. To (how ; to make vifible : this word 
 is now Httle in ufe. 
 
 She faw a pretty hlufh in Philodea's checks 
 bcivrav a mockft difcontcntment. Sidney. 
 
 Men do fometimes bsiumy that by deeds, 
 which to confcfs they are hardly drawn. Hooker. 
 
 Next look on him that fecms for ccRmfci fir, 
 Whofc filver locks bevjray his llore of days. 
 
 Bewra'yer. n.f. [from beitfray.] Be- 
 trayer ; difcoverer j divnlger. 
 
 When a friend is turned into an enemy, and 
 a hcw'iixer of fecicts, the world is jiirt enoogh 
 to accufe the peifidioufnefs of the friend. 
 
 Addijm. 
 
 BEyo'ND. prep, [be^eonb, begeonban, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. Before ; at a dillance not yet reached. . 
 
 What's fame .' a fancy'd life in other's breath, 
 A thing beyond us, cv'n before our death : 
 Jiift what you hear you have. Fupe. 
 
 2. On the further fide of. 
 
 Neither is it ^(-j'om/the fca, that thou (hould'ft 
 fay, Who Ihall go over the lea for us, and bring 
 it unto us? D(!i;e}r,mmy. 
 
 Now we arc on land, wc are hut between 
 death and life ; lor we arc beyond the old world 
 and the new. B'tccn. 
 
 We cannot think men /nyio/!./ fea \v ill jiattwirh 
 their money for nothing. Z.ieie. 
 
 3. Fuithev onward thiiii. 
 
 B I A 
 
 He that fees a dark, and fhady grove, 
 Stays nut, but luuks beyond it on the (ky. 
 
 4. Paft ; out of the reach of. 
 
 Bfvond t\\t infinite and boundlcfs reach 
 Of mercy, if ttiou didrt this deed of death, 
 Alt thou damn'd, Hubert. Shakffeare. 
 
 Yet thcfe declare 
 Thy goodnefs iy-sMt/ thought, and pow'r divine- 
 
 MiU9n. 
 
 Tiic jufi, wife, and good God neither does nor 
 c.in require of man any thing that is impofTible, 
 or naturally beyond his power to do. Svuth. 
 
 Confider the fiiuatiun of our earth ; it is placed 
 fo conveniently, that plants flounfh, and animals 
 live: this is matter of fait, and beyond all dif- 
 pute. Bentiey. 
 
 5. Above ; proceeding to a greater de- 
 gree than. 
 
 Timothcus was a man both in power, riches, 
 parentage, goodnefs, and love of his people^ 
 beyind any of the great men of my countiy. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 One thing, in this enormous accident, is, I 
 muft confcfs, to mc beyond all wonder. tVotton, 
 
 To his expcnces, beyond his income, add de- 
 bauchery, idlencfs, and quarrels amongll his fcr- 
 vants, whereby his maiuifaiturcs are riifluibed, 
 and hi<; bufmefs negledled. Locke, 
 
 As far as they carry convitflion to any man's 
 iinderrtanding, my labour may be of ule : bc' 
 yond the e.^idence it carries with it, I advife 
 him not to follow any man's interpretation. Locke, 
 
 6. Above in excellence. 
 
 His fatircs are incomparably beyond Juvenal**, 
 if to Uiugh and rally, is to be preferred to railing 
 and declaiming. Dryden. 
 
 7. Remote from ; not within the fphere 
 of. 
 
 With equal mind what happens, let us hear; 
 
 Nor joy, nor grieve, too iMucii for things beyond 
 
 our care. Biyden'i Fables. 
 
 8. Togo beyond, is to deceive ; to circum- 
 vent. 
 
 She madcearneft benefit of his jeft, forcing 
 him to do her fuch ferviccs, as were both cunr- 
 berfome and coftly ; while he flill thought he 
 ivent beyortd her, becaufe his heart did nor com- 
 mit the idolatiy. Sidney. 
 Th.it no man go beyond, and defraud his bro- 
 ther in any matter. i ThiJJaionianu 
 Bezel. ) n.f. That part of a ring in 
 Be'zii-. 5 which the ftone is fixed. 
 BE'ZOAR. n.f. [from/«, agaiiill, and 
 zaA.jr, poilon, Perfick.] A (lone, for- 
 merly in high efteem as an antidote, 
 and brought from the Eall Indies, 
 ^vhere it is faid to be found in the dung 
 of an animal called pnian ; the ftone 
 being formed in its belly, and growing 
 to the fize of an acorn, and fometimes 
 to that of a pigeon's egg. Its forma- 
 tion is now fuppofed to be fabulous. 
 The name is applied to feveral chymi- 
 cal compofitions, defigned for anti- 
 dotes; as mineral, folar, and jovial ^ir- 
 zoars. Savary. Chamber!. 
 Bezoa'kdick. n.f. [from le'zoar.] A 
 medicine compounded with lezoar. 
 
 The bezoardieis are nccelTaiy to promote fwcat, 
 and drive forth the putriticd particles. Flayer _ 
 
 Sia'ngulated. I adj. [Uom binus and 
 Bia'ngulous. I flH_fi;/w, Lat.] Ha.ving 
 
 two corners or antics. DiU. 
 
 Bl'AS. n. / [biais, Fr. faid to come from 
 
 i-ihay, an old Gaulifh word, fjgnifying 
 
 erofs or thwart.] 
 I. The wciolit lodged on one fide of a 
 
 bowl, which turns it from the ftratght 
 
 liiie.
 
 fi I B 
 
 Madam, we'll jil.iy at bowls 
 
 •— 'Twi'l make nie iliiiik llic wuild is full of rubs, 
 Ami tli.n my fuiiuiiciuiis .igaiiiltti.i: /"oi.Wu///). 
 3. Any tiling which turns a man to u par- 
 ticular courfe, or gives the dirediou to 
 his rocafures. 
 
 You have been miflook : 
 But nature to bcr bint drew in thai. Shalfpeare. 
 
 Tliii is th.it hoaftcd hiat of tliy niiHct, 
 By wnich one way to dulhcl'i 'tis inclin'd. Dry\1, 
 Moidlity influences men's lives, and gi\cs a 
 tiai to all tlii.tr aiiions. Lcrkr. 
 
 Wit and liuniour, that cxi>orc vice and folly, 
 fuinilh ufeiul divcrfions. R.ullcry, under luch 
 iegU'.*tK>n^, uiibL-ntis the mind hoin fcvcrcrcon- 
 templ.itions, without thiowing it otf' fronrr its 
 proper biai. jiAdifon's Freeholder, 
 
 Thui nature gives US, let it check our pride, 
 The viLtuc neareft to our vice ally'd; 
 Rc.ifon the biai tiu'ns to good or ill. l^ope. 
 
 3. Propcnfion ; inclination. 
 
 As for the religion oi our poet, he fccms to 
 have lome little biai towards the opinions of 
 Wicklift". Dryien. 
 
 To Bi'as. v. a. [from the noun. J To 
 incline to fomc fide ; to balance one 
 way ; to prrjudice. 
 
 Wcic I in no moie danger to he mificd by ig- 
 norance, than I am to be biitjfed by intcrcft, 1 
 night give a very perfe«5l account. Lccke. 
 
 A delire leaning to either fide, hiaffa the judg- 
 ment ftrangely ; by inciiflerence lor every thing 
 but truth, you will be excited to examine. iV&tti, 
 
 Bi'as. ad'v. It fecms to be ufed adver- 
 bially in the following paflbge, conform- 
 [ ably to the French niettre un; chofede hiais, 
 to give any thing a wrong interpreta- 
 tion. 
 
 Every ar^ion that hath gone before, 
 Wliereof we have record, trial did draw, 
 Bias aiici tl.warl, not anfwering tlic aim. Shakfp. 
 In the following puflage it feems to 
 be an adictiive. Swelled, as the bowl 
 on the biajfid fide. This is not ufed. 
 
 Blow till thy biai cheek. 
 Outfwcll the cholic of puft Aqiiilon. Shakjpeare, 
 Bib. n.f, A fm&ll piece of linen put upon 
 the breads of children over their clothes. 
 I would fain know, why ir ihoulri not be as 
 noble a talk to write upon a bib and hanging- 
 fleeces, as on the bulla and^».f/f.v/.i. Addiy^n. 
 
 To BIB. -v. n. [iibo, Lat.l To tipple ; 
 to fip ; to drink frequently. 
 
 He pi?yeth with biibing mother Meroe, as 
 though fo named, becaufe Ihe would drink mere 
 wine withour water. Camdm. 
 
 To appeafc a froward child, they gave him 
 drink as often as he cried ; fo that he was con- 
 frantly bibbing, and drank, more in twenty four 
 houis tiian 1 did. Lcrke. 
 
 Biba'cious. adj. \_btlax, Lat.] Addifled 
 
 to drinking. D'ul. 
 
 Biba'city. n.f. {hibadtas, Lat.] The 
 
 quality of drinking much. 
 Bi'BBiiR. !:./. [from To lib. '^ A tippler; 
 
 a man that drinks often. 
 Bi'bie. n.f. [from ^.^'^.I'l!, a book ; called, 
 by way of excellence, The Booi.] The 
 facred volume in which arc contained the 
 nvclations of God. 
 
 If we pafs from the apoftolick to the next ages 
 of the churcii, the primitive chriftians looked on 
 their btb.'ei as their mcrt rmporfaiif treaftne. 
 
 Gcvci'iment f the Tongue, 
 We muft take heed how we accufiom ouifelves 
 to a H'l^ht and irreverent tjfe of the name of God, 
 and (if the phiafes and cxpreffions of tiie holy bl- 
 i.'e, which ought not to be applied upon every 
 flight occafron. Tillclfoi. 
 
 la (iucflioas of natural religion, we ihould 
 
 B I D 
 
 confirfti and Improve, or conn'-A our rfafonin5;s 
 
 by the div NIC alliiLince of tue iil/e. IVutti. 
 
 BlBLloGRAPHiiR. n.y. [from 3.5', {, and 
 
 fya. ,to write] A man ikilltdiii liteiary 
 
 hiftorv, and in the knowledge of books ; 
 
 a tianfcriber. Diil. 
 
 BiBLlOTiih CAL. aJj. [from biblkiheca, 
 
 Lat.] Belonging to a library. Di3. 
 
 Bi EU LOus.a^. [bibulus, Lat.] Th.it has 
 
 thequalityot drinking moillure; fpuiigy. 
 Strow'd bibiitoiit above, I fee the fands. 
 
 The pebbly gravel next, and guttcr'd rocks. 
 
 Bica'psular. adi. \_bicapfular\s, Lat.] 
 Having the feed vefTcl divided into two 
 parts. 
 
 Bice. n.f. The name of a colour ufed iu 
 painting. It is either green or blue. 
 
 T.ikc green biee, and order it .ts you do your 
 blue bite ; you may diaper upon it with the wa- 
 ter of deep green. Peitchari:, 
 
 Bicipital. 7 ,. -i- , ,• •,-,• , . -> 
 o , , > adi. [ biceps, bicipiUs,L.3X.\ 
 
 isici piTOus. J J ^ f' r ' J 
 
 1. Having two heads. 
 
 Wl.ilc men believe biripito-<s conformation in 
 any fpecies, they admit a gemination of princi- 
 pal parts £rcnun*i Vu/giir Errvtri. 
 
 2. Itis applied to oneof the mufcles of the 
 arm. 
 
 A piece of flefli it exchanged from the It'cipi- 
 till mufcle of cither paity's arm. Bra',vn 
 
 To BICKER, -v. n. [blcre, WeHh, a con- 
 teft.] 
 
 1. To Ikirmidi ; to fight without a fet 
 battle ; to fight off and on. 
 
 Tliey fell to foch a hickKriiigj that he gut a 
 hailing, and toil his pi<5^ure. iiidrejf. 
 
 Is-i thy f.ice 
 I fee thy fury ; if I longer ftay, 
 We fliall begin our ancient bukeri.'igs. Sbu^Jp. 
 
 2. To quiver ; to play backward and for- 
 ward. 
 
 And from about him fierce effufion rowl'd 
 Of fmoke, and bickering flame, and 1'parklcs r^.ire. 
 
 MUtor'. 
 
 An icy gale, oft fhifting o'er the pool. 
 Breathes a blue film, and, in its mid career, 
 Arlefts the bickering rtream. Tficmforj, 
 
 Bi'cKERER. n.f. [from the verb.] A 
 
 fcirmiftier. 
 
 Bi'cKERN. /i.y. [apparently corrupted froin 
 
 beaiiron.] An iron ending in a point. 
 
 A l.Kickfmilh's aiuil is fometimes made with a 
 
 pike, or bi<:kir':f or beakiron, at one end, Mo:<on. 
 
 Bico'kne. X^dj. [bicornis, Lat.] Hav- 
 Bico'rnous. J ing two horns. 
 
 We (hould be tod critical, to qucftion the let- 
 ter Y, or bico'/jcus element of Pythagoras; that 
 is, the making of the horns equal. Btoiun. 
 
 Bico'rpoual. aa)'. [i^rVor/or, Lat.] Hav- 
 ing two bodies. 
 
 To BID. 1: a. pret. I bid, bad, lade ; I 
 have I'ld, or h'idden. [bibban, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To dcfire ; to a(k ; to call ; to invite. 
 
 I am h-id forth to fufTer, Jcffrca ; 
 Tliere are my keys. Sliakfp. Mach. of fcnice. 
 
 Go ye into the highways, and, as many as you 
 (hall find, bid to the marriage. ALtft. 
 
 V.'e oui;l.t, when we are bidden to great feafts 
 and meetings, to be prepared belotehand. 
 
 HukeK-ii.'. 
 
 2. To command ; to order : before things 
 or perfons. 
 
 Saint W'ithold fcoted thrice the wold, 
 He met the nijjhtmare, .-md her nine fold, 
 Bidhtr alight, and her troth plight. Shakfpeare. 
 
 He ciud the fillers, 
 Whenfirft they put the name of king upon me, 
 Atii'lade them fpeak to him. Shaifpeare. 
 
 B I D 
 
 Hafic to the houfe of deep, and //./ the jorf. 
 Who rules lie nightly vifioiis with a nor'. 
 Prepare a drcm. Drjden't I'Mei. 
 
 Curfc on the tongue that biJ< this general joy. 
 — Can they be friends of A' tony, who revel 
 \VI en Antony 's in danger ' Drjyd /ill jar Lcme. 
 Thames heard the numbers, as he fU/w'd along, 
 And bade his willows learn the moving fong. 
 
 I'e.pe. 
 
 Acquire a government over your ideas, that 
 
 they may come when they are called, and depart 
 
 when they are bid.itn. Ifa/n, 
 
 3. To offer; to propofe ; as, to lid a 
 
 price. 
 
 Come, and be true. ■ 
 — Thou bidjl mc to my lofs ; for true to thre 
 Were to piuve f.nle. Shukfpeare'i l.ymbJint. 
 
 Wncn a man is tefolutc to keep his fins while 
 he lives, and yet unwilling to rclinquilh all hope, 
 he will embrace that profeffion which bidi fairell 
 to the reconciling thole fo diftant interefts. 
 
 Decay cf Piety. 
 As when the goddeffcs came down of old. 
 With gifts their youngDardanian judge they try'd. 
 And each bade high to win him 10 their fide. 
 
 Granville, 
 To give intereft a (hare in fiiendlhip, i> to fell 
 i; by inch of candle; he that bids molt Ihalt 
 have it : and when it is mercenaiy, there is no 
 di pending on it. Cct.'ier en Vrienajuif. 
 
 \. To proclaim ; to offer, or to make 
 known by fome public voice. 
 
 Our bans thrice bid I and for our wedding day 
 
 My kerchief bought I then prefs'd, then forc'tl 
 
 away. Ciy, 
 
 5. To pronounce ; to declare. 
 
 You are retir'd. 
 As if you were a fcafted one, and not 
 The holf^fj ot the meeting; pray you liJ 
 Thefe unknown friends to 's welcome. Shakfpt 
 
 Divers, as we palfed by them, put their arms 
 a little abioad; ulicli is their gcrture, when 
 they bid any welcome. Bacon, 
 
 How, Didius, Ihall a Roman, fore repuls'd, 
 Greet your arrival to this diltant ifle .' 
 How bid you welcome to thefe (hatter'd legions ? 
 
 A, I'hili^i, 
 
 6. To denounce. 
 
 Thyfelf and Oxford, with fivcthoufand men, 
 Sh.all crofs the feas, and bid falfe Edward b.iitle. 
 
 Shakfpeare* i Henry VI, 
 
 She lidv;2r to all that durll lupply 
 The place or thufe her cruelty made die. bValter,- 
 
 The captive cannibal, oppreft with chains. 
 Yet braves his foes, re\iles, provokes, difd;^nsj 
 Of nature fierce, untameable, and proud. 
 He bidi defiance to the gaping crowd, 
 And, (pent at lalt and fpcechlefs as he lies, 
 With fiery glinccs Hiocks their rage, and dies. 
 
 Granville. 
 
 7. To pray. See Bfad. 
 
 If there come any unto you, and bring not 
 this doctrine, receive him not into your hsnfe, 
 neither bid him God fpeed. John, 
 
 When they dcfircd him to tarry longer with 
 them, he confenled not, but bade them farewel. 
 
 8. To bid beads, is to diftinguiih each bead 
 by a prayer. ; 
 
 By fome h.iycock, or fome (hady thorn, 
 He bids his beads both even fong and morn. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 Bi'dale. n.f. [from bidznd ale.] An in- 
 vitation of friends to drink at a poor 
 man's houfe, and there to contribute 
 charity. £)iif. 
 
 Bi' D D Es. f>arl.paf. [from To 6U.'} 
 
 1. Invited. 
 
 Tiiere were two of our company bidden to a 
 
 fcalf (if the fimily. Fae:^, 
 
 M.rd.im,the bidden gueftsare comc./^. Phi.'ijiH 
 
 2. Commanded. 
 
 'Tis thefe that early taint the female foul, 
 InAruA the eyes of voung co'^ucttei to loilj 
 
 7
 
 B I F 
 
 Tc.icli Infants cliecks a hiJiiiti bliiOj to know, 
 And little liearrs to flutter at a beau. Pofif. 
 
 Bidder, n.f. [from To bid.~\ One who 
 offers or propofes a price. 
 
 He looked upon feveral drcfies which hung 
 there, expored to the purchafe of the beft biiller. 
 
 Bi'dding. n.y". [from ^"i/.] Command; 
 order. 
 
 How, lay'ft thou tliatMacduff denies his perfon 
 At our great h'uUii:? ? Shakjfcart'i Macbeth. 
 
 At his feeond b:il-i!'ig, darkntfs ficd, 
 Light (lionc, and order from diforder fprung. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 To BIDE. V. a. [biban, Saxon.] To 
 endure ; to fuffer : commonly to abide. 
 
 Poor naked rt'retchcs, wherefoe'er you arc, 
 Tiiat A/if the pelting of this pitilcfs florm ! 
 
 Rhiikfpeare. 
 The wai-y Dutch this gsthcring ftorm furefaw, 
 And durll nox.bi.le it on the Englilh co.ill:. Dijfden. 
 To Bide. v. n. 
 1. To dwell ; to live ; to inhabit. 
 
 All knees to thee Ihall bow, of them that hide 
 In hca\"ii or earth, or imder crtrth in hell. Milton. 
 
 2. To remain in a place. 
 
 Safe in a ditch he i/.it-j, 
 With twenty trenched gafhes on his head, 
 The leaft a death to nature. Sliakjp. Macbeth. 
 
 3. To continue in a ftate. 
 
 And they alfo, if they tide not ftill in unbe- 
 lief, fliall be graffed in. Romans. 
 
 4. It has probably all the fignifications of 
 the word abide ; which fet ; but it be- 
 ing grown fomewhat obfolete, the ex- 
 amples of its various meanings are not 
 cafily found. 
 
 B.oe'ntAl. adj. [_bidais, Lat.] Having 
 two teeth. 
 
 Ill management of forks is not to be helped, 
 when they are only bi.Untal. Sivijt. 
 
 Bi'r-iNG. n.f. [from ^V^.] Refidence ; 
 habitation. 
 
 AtAntwerp hasmyconftanti/.^wghccn. Tt.->ive. 
 Bie'nnial. adj. [/>;>«««, Lat.] Of the' 
 continuance of tv>'o years. 
 
 Then why flrould fome bt: very long lived, 
 others only annual u-:b:er.nial? Ray onthe Creation. 
 5iER. n.f. [from To bear, zzferetrum, in 
 Latin, from fero.'\ A carriage, or 
 frame of wood, on which the dead are 
 carried to the grave. 
 
 And now the prey of fowls he lies, 
 Nol- waii'd of friends, nor laid on groaning bier. 
 
 Spenfcr. 
 
 They bore him barefaced on the bier, 
 And on his grave rain'd many a tear. Shakfiicare. 
 
 He murt not float upon his watVy bier 
 X'nwept. Mi/ton. 
 
 Griefs always green, a houfehold ftill in tears , 
 Sad pomps, a thrclhold throng'd with daily bitr<, 
 Ann liveries of hiack. . D'tden'i J:nien.d. 
 
 M.iitc asifyou hanged yourfclf, tKcy will con- 
 vey your body out of prifon in a bier. Aibuthnot. 
 
 BiESTiNGs. n f. [bypinp^, Saxon.] The 
 firft milk given by a. cow after calving, 
 .which is very thick. 
 
 And twice befidcs, her bicfliigx never fail 
 To ftorc the datry with a brimming pail. Pryd. 
 
 Bi fa'r. I ous. <!(//'. [^//ar/OT, Lat.] Two- 
 fold ; what may be underflood two 
 ways. D\a. 
 
 Bi'i-EKOU.'S. ci;. \h\ferens,\.-i.1.'\ Bearing 
 fruit twice a year. 
 
 Bj'fid. X'^'^i- \}"\fdus, Lat. a bota- 
 
 JJi'piDATED. J iiicaltcrm.] Divided into 
 two : fplit in two ; opening with a cleft. 
 
 ^Jiro'LD. ad], [from iinw, Lat. aiidyi/i/. ] 
 Twofold; double. 
 
 BIG 
 
 If beauty have a fuul, this is not flje ; 
 If fouls guide vows, if vows are lanftimony, 
 If faniflimony be the gods dclighi, 
 If there be rule in unity itfelf. 
 This is not the : O maducfs of ^lifconrfe ! 
 That caufe fets up with and againft thyfelf ! 
 i>//ij/(/authority. Shakfpeare^ ^ Troi/us andCrcJJida. 
 Bi'fokmed. adj. [jbifonnh, Lat.] Com- 
 pounded of two forms, or bodies. 
 Biku'rcated. adj. [from blmis, two, 
 and ///rc^;, a fork, Lat.] Shooting 
 out, by a divifion, into two heads. 
 
 A fmall white piece, bij'urraird, or branching 
 into two, and finely reticulated all over. 
 
 }'I''oodward . 
 
 Bifurc a'tion. n.f. [from bmusandfurca, 
 Lat.] Divilion into two; opening into 
 two parts. 
 
 The firft catachrcftical and far derived firaili- 
 tude, it holds with man ; that is, in a bijurca- 
 tion, or divifion of tne root into tAVO parts. 
 
 Broiun^s l^ulgar Jirra/rs. 
 
 BIG. adj. [This word is of uncertain or 
 unknown etymology, yittiius derives it 
 from Sc.yct7&- ; Skhmer from lug, whicli, 
 in Dan'ijl], fignifies the belly.] 
 
 1. Having comparative bulk, greater or 
 lefs. 
 
 A troubled ocean, to a man who fails in it, is, 
 I think, the biegrjl objeft that he can fee in mo- 
 tion. ~ Sfcdato,. 
 
 2. Great in bulk ; large. 
 
 Both in addition and divifion, cither of fpace 
 or duration, when the idea under confidcration 
 becomes very big, or very fmall, its precife bulk 
 becomes obfcuve and confufed. Locki. 
 
 3. Teeming; pregnant; great with 
 young ; with the particle ix-'ith. 
 
 A bear big iW//; young hath foldoin been fecn. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Lately on yonder fwelling bufli, 
 Bt? 'with many a^cummon rolV, 
 
 This early bud b:gan to blulh. ifaJIcr. 
 
 4. Sometimes with of, but rarely. 
 
 His gentle lady, 
 5;'^ 0/ this gentleman, our theme, deceas'd 
 As he was born. Shakfpcare's Cymheline. 
 
 5. Full of fomething; and defirous, or 
 about to give it vent. 
 
 The great, tli' important day, 
 Bi^ ".vith tiie fate of Cato and of Rome. Addifon. 
 Now bis. i^ith knowledge of approaching woes. 
 The priiKe of augurs, Halithrcfes, rofe. Bofe. 
 
 6. Didended; fwoln ; ready to burft : 
 ufed often as the effefts of paflion, as 
 grief, rage. 
 
 Thy heart is big ; get thee apart, and weep. 
 
 Sh.ikfpeare's fidiui dejar. 
 
 7. Great in air and mien ; proud ; fwell- 
 ing ; tumid ; haughty ; fiirly. 
 
 How elfc, faid he, but with a good bold face, 
 And with big words, and with a ftatcly pace ? 
 
 Sper.fer. 
 
 To the meaner man, or unknown in the court, 
 fcLin fomewhat folcmn, coy, big, and dangerous 
 of look, talk, and anfwcr. AJcham. 
 
 If you had looked /'i;, and fpit at him, he'd 
 have run. Shakf^care' i IVinter's Talc. 
 
 In his profpcrous fealbn, he fell under the re- 
 proach of being a man of big looks, and of a 
 mean and ahjeil fpirit. Cbirendon. 
 
 Or docs the man i' th' moon look big. 
 Or wear a hugcr perlvvig 
 Tlian our own native lunaticks? Hudibras. 
 
 Of governments that once made fuch a noife, 
 aiul looked fo big in the eyes of mankind, as be- 
 ing founded upon the decpeft counlels, and the 
 ilriMigeft force ; nothing remains of them but a 
 
 Thou thyfelf, thus infolent in ftate, 
 Aft but pcih.ips fome country magiftrate, 
 
 South. 
 
 
 BIG 
 
 Whofc power extends no farther than to fpea!; 
 £ig on the bench, and fcanty weights to break. 
 
 73y./t«. 
 To grant ^/_it Thrafo valour, Phormio fciilc. 
 Should indignation give, at leal^ offence. Cart':. 
 S, Great in fpirit ; lofty ; brave. 
 What art thou : have not I 
 An arm as big as thine ? a her.rt as big ? 
 Thy words, I grant, ate bigger : for I wear not 
 My dagger in my mouth. Sli ikff care's C\mb. 
 Bi'gamist. n.f. [blgamus, low Lat.] One 
 that has committed bigamy. See Bi- 
 gamy. 
 
 By the papal canons, a clergyman, that has ."x 
 wife, cannot have an ecclefial^ical benefice ; 
 much Icfs can a biga?nijt ha\e fuch a benefice ac- 
 cording to that law. Ay/iff'c. 
 Ei'gamv. n.f. [bigamia, low Latin.] 
 
 1. The crime of having two wives at once. 
 
 A beauty-waining and difireftcd widow 
 Seduc'd the pitch and height of all K's thoughts 
 To bafe declenfion, and loalii'd bigamy. Shakjp, 
 
 Randal determined to commence a I'uit againlt 
 "Martin, for bigamy and inceft. Arbuth. and Pope. 
 
 2. [In the canon law.] The marriage 
 of a feeond wife, or of a widow, or a 
 woman already debauched ; which, in 
 the church of Rome, were confidered 
 as bringing a man under fome incapa- 
 cities for ecclellaftical offices. 
 
 BiGBe'llied. adj. [from big and belly.'} 
 Pregnant ; with child ; great with 
 young. 
 
 When we have laugh'd to fee the fails conceive, 
 And grow bigbellicdwithxhe wanton wind. Shakf. 
 Children and bigbellied women require anti- 
 dotes fomewhat more grateful to the palate. 
 
 Harvey. 
 
 So many well-ftiaped innocent virgins are 
 
 blocked up, and waddle up and down like big. 
 
 bellied women. Addijon, 
 
 We purfued our march, to the terror of the 
 
 market-people, and the mifcarriage of half a 
 
 dozen bigbelticd women. Addifon. 
 
 Bi'ggin. n.f. [beguiiif Fr.] A child's 
 
 cap. 
 
 Sleep now ! 
 Yet not fo found, and half fo deeply fwect, 
 As he, whofe brow with homely biggin bound. 
 Snores out the watch of night. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Bight, n.f. It is explained by Wm«fr» 
 
 the circumference of a coil of rope. 
 Bi'gly. adv. [from big.'] Tumidly; 
 haughtily ; with a bluftering manner. 
 
 Would'ft thou not ratherchoofe a fmall renown, 
 To be the niay'r of fome poor paltry town ; 
 Bigh to look, and barb'roufly to fpcak f 
 To pound falfe weights, and fcanty meafures 
 break ? Dryden. 
 
 Bi'gness. ?;../; [from ^;^.] 
 
 1. Bulk; grtatnefs of quantity. 
 
 If panicum he laid below, and about the bot- 
 tom of a root, it will cauie the root to grow to 
 ail excelfive bigncfs. Bacon. 
 
 People were furprifed at the bignejs and un- 
 cooth deformity of tiie camel. L'F.Jimngt. 
 
 The hrain of man, in rel'peft of his body, is 
 much larger tlian any othei animal's; exceeding 
 in bigriefi three oxen's brains. Ray, 
 
 2. Size, whether greater or fmaller; com- 
 parative bulk. 
 
 Scver.al forts of rays make vibrations of feveral 
 bignejfei, which, according to their bignejes, ex- 
 cite fenfations of feveral colours ; and the air, 
 according to their bigneJJ'es, excite fenfations of 
 feveral founds. Newton's 0/ ticks. 
 
 BI'GOT. n.f [The etymology of this 
 word is unknown ; but it isfuppofed, by 
 Camden and others, to take its rife from 
 fome occaiional phrafe.] A man de-
 
 B IL 
 
 voted um-eafonably to a certain pavty, or 
 prcjuiliccJ In favour of certain opinions; 
 a blind /.calot. It i'; uftd often with to 
 biforc the objeft of zeal ; as, a ligot to 
 the Carttfiaii tenets. 
 
 Rcli);luu> fpitc nnd piiius fplccn bred tirft 
 Tliis qii.irrcl, w iiii.li lu long tlie higm niirlt. 'TaIi. 
 
 In pliilofjphy nnd religion, the bif/>ti .if jll 
 jiavtios arc gencialiy the nnoft pofitivc. I'Vtitti, 
 
 Bi'goted. adj. [from iigol.] Blindly 
 preponcfTed in favour of lumething ; ir- 
 rationally zealous : with to. 
 
 Hi^^tteJ to this idol, we difclaini 
 Ri-ft,^ health, and cafe, for nothing but a name. 
 
 a,<,:l:. 
 
 Prcfbyterian merit, during the reign of that 
 
 weak, bigrjud, and ill-advifcd pnnce, will 
 
 eafily.bc computed. Swijt. 
 
 Bi'coTRY. «./. [from i^/jo/.] 
 
 J. Blind zeal; prejudice; unreafonable 
 
 warmth in favour of party or opinions : 
 
 with the particle fo. 
 
 Were it not for a tiig^try to our own tenet?, we 
 
 could hardly imagine, that fo many ahlurd, 
 
 wicked, and l.loody principles, fliould pretend 
 
 to fupport thcmfclvcs by the gofpel. Ifiiiis. 
 
 a. The praftice or tenet of a bigot. 
 
 Our liluiue makes our adverfaries think we 
 
 per»iil in thofc hig'^ries, which all good and fen- 
 
 fiblc men dcfpifc. P'^pe. 
 
 Bi'cswOLN. atlj. [from big and /zfo/H.] 
 
 Turgid ; ready to burft. 
 
 Might my bigfivoln heart 
 Vent all its griefs, and give a loofc to forrow. 
 
 AdJ:fon. 
 
 BiG-UDDERED. adj. [from h'lg and udJer.'\ 
 
 Having large udders; having dugs 
 
 fwelled with ir.ilk. 
 
 Now, drlv'n before him tlirough the arching 
 
 rock, 
 
 C.ime tumbling heaps on heaps th' unnumber'd 
 
 flock, 
 Big-udicr' d ews, and goats of female kind. V<-fe, 
 
 Bt'tANnER. K. /. \belandre, Fr.] A 
 fmallveCfel of about eighty tons burden, 
 ufed for the carriage of goods. It is 
 a kind of hoy, manageable by four or 
 five men, and* has malls and fails after 
 the manner of a hoy. They are ufed 
 chiefly in Holland, as being particularly 
 fit for the canals. Savary. Trcvoux. 
 
 Like biinnders to creep 
 Along the coaft, and land in view to keep. P'yd. 
 
 Bi'i.BGRR.y. n. f. [from bilij, Sax. a 
 bladder, and berry, according to Skin^ 
 7ier ; intis idsa.^ A fmall fllrub ; and 
 a fweet berry of that flirub ; whortle- 
 berry. 
 
 Cntkct.toWindror'sciiimncyt (halt thou leap; 
 There pinch tire maids as blue as bilbnrie%. 
 
 Bi'lbo. n.f. [corrupted from 5;7i5«, where 
 the beft weapons are made.] A rapier; 
 a fword. 
 
 To he compalfed like a good bilboj in the cir- 
 cumference of a peck, hilt to point, heel to head. 
 
 Bi'lboks. n. f. A fort of ftocks, or 
 wooden fliackles for the feet, ufed for 
 punifhing offenders at fea. 
 
 Mcthought I ijy 
 \\'orfc than the mutiiiics in the hilb^$. S/iaifp, 
 
 EILE. ii.f. [bil'ss, Lat.] A thick, yel- 
 low, better liquor, feparated in the li- 
 ver, coUtfted in the gall-bladder, and 
 difthargtd into the lower end of the duo- 
 denum, or beginning of the jejunum, by 
 9 
 
 B I L 
 
 the common du(?l. , Its life is to fhcalhe 
 or blunt the acids of the chyle, btcaufe 
 they, being entangled with its fulphurs, 
 thicken it lo, that it cannot be I'uffici- 
 ently diluted by the fiiccuspancreatlcus, 
 to enter the laifteal vclfels. ^t'mcy. 
 
 In its progrcflion, loon the labom'd cl.yli: 
 Receives the confluent rills of bitur b.L-; 
 Which, by the liver fcvcr'd from the blood, 
 And ftriving thiuugh the gall-pipe, here unload 
 Their yellow dreams. lUncknmc. 
 
 Bile. n.f. [bile. Sax. perhaps from bills, 
 Lat. Tliis is generally fpelt boil ; but, 
 I think, lefs properly.] A fare angry 
 fuelling. 
 
 But yet thou art my flclh, ray blood, my 
 daughter ; 
 Or rather a difcafe that 's in my flelh ; 
 Thou art a bi!e in my corrupted blood. Shakjp. 
 
 Thofe Wcjdid run — fay fo — did notthe general 
 run > were not thai a butchy fore r Shal:fj'rntc. 
 
 A fuiunculus is a painful tubeicle,wilh a broad 
 balls, arifmg in a cone. It is generally called a 
 hiU-, and is accompanied with inflammation, 
 pulfation, and tenfioii. ljl[<jf/hiit. 
 
 Bilge, n.f. The compafs or breadth of 
 a Ihip's bottom. Skinner. 
 
 To Bilge, -v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 fpring a leak ; to let in water, by ftrik- 
 ing upon a rock : a fea term ; now 
 bulge. Sl-innt-r. 
 
 Bi'li.^ry. adj. [from bilis, Lat.] be- 
 longing to the bile. 
 
 Voracious animals, nnd fuch as do not chew, 
 have a great quantity of gall; and fome of them 
 have the biliary dudt inferred into the pylorus. 
 
 Bi'lingsgate. n.f. [A cant word, bor-' 
 rowed from Bilingfga'.e in London, a 
 place where there is always a crowd of 
 low people, and frequent brawls and foul 
 language.] Ribaldry; foul language. 
 There llript, fair rlietorick languifh'd on the 
 ground. 
 And (hamcful Bi.ingjgnie her robes adorn. P^pc. 
 
 Bi'linguous. adj. \bilinguis, Lat.] Hav- 
 ing, or fpeaking, two tongues. 
 Bi'lious. adi. [from bills, Lat.] Con- 
 fifting of bile ; partaking of bile. 
 
 Why iiilious juice a golden light puts on, 
 And floods of chyle in hiver currents run. GaftJt. 
 When the tafle of the mouth is bitter, it is 
 a flgn of a redundance of a bi'i^jiii alkali, ^rbiith. 
 
 To B^LK. v.a. [derived by Mr. Z-j'efrom 
 the Gothick blLiican.'] To cheat; to 
 defraud, by lunning in debt and avoid- 
 ing payment. 
 mli'd ttationcrs for yeomen flood prepar'd. 
 
 Vrydcft. 
 
 What comedy, what farce can more delight. 
 Than giinning hunger, and the pleafing li;;lit 
 Of your i:/i'd ii'ipei ? 1> yJeji. 
 
 BILL. n./. [biLsSax. See B.^ll.] The 
 beak of a fowl. 
 
 Their bills were thwarted crofl'w.ays at the end, 
 and with Ihcfe they would cut an apple in two at 
 one fn'ip. Carew. 
 
 It m ly be tried, whether birds may not be 
 made to have greater or longer bllli, or greater 
 or longer taluns. Bacoti. 
 
 In his hill 
 An olive leaf he brinies, pacifick fign ! Mi/ran. 
 
 No crowing cock docs there his wings difplay, 
 Nor with his horny i.'V/ provoke the d.iy. Diydcn. 
 
 BILL. n.f. [bille, Sa.v. rpibille, a two 
 
 edged axe.] 
 I. A kind of hatchet with a hooked point, 
 
 ufed in countiy work, as a hedging bill; 
 
 B I L 
 
 fo called from its refemblance In form 
 
 to the beak of a bird of prey. 
 Standing troops arc fervants armed, who ufe 
 
 the l.mcc and I'word, as other fcivants do the 
 
 fickle or the hdl, at the command of thofc who 
 
 cnteitain them. 'lotntk. 
 
 2. A kind of weapon anciently carried by 
 
 the foot ; a battle-axe. 
 Yea diltafl' women manage rurty /'/.','i; 
 
 Agaiiifl thy le.it both young and old rebel. Sliafff, 
 BILL. n.f. {bllht, Fr.] 
 
 1. A written paper of any kind. 
 
 He does receive 
 Particular addition from the bill 
 That writes them all alike. Stialfpc«< t. 
 
 2. An account of money, 
 
 Ordinar/ cjpcnce ought to be limited by .1 
 man's eflatc, and ordered lo the bcfl, that the 
 bllli may be lefs than the efliination abroad. 
 
 3. A law prefcntcd to the parliament, not 
 yet made an act. 
 
 No new laws can be made, nor old lav.j 
 
 abrogated or altered, but by pailiament ; where 
 billi are prepared, and prclentcd to the two 
 houfes. Btxcjn. 
 
 How now for mitigation of this bill, 
 Uig'd by the conununs ? doth his majefty 
 Incline to it or no ? Slt.ilfpeitr*'^ 
 
 4. An aft of parliament. 
 
 There will be no way left for me to fell you 
 that I remember you, and that I love you, but: 
 that one, which needs no open warrant, or fe- 
 cret conveyance ; which no bilU can preclude, nor 
 no kings prevent. Atterbury. 
 
 5. A phylician's prefcriptlon. 
 
 Like him that took the dodlor's bill, 
 And fwallow'd it inftc.id o' th' pill. Hudibraj. 
 The medicine was picpared accordhig to the 
 bill. L'fjhii'ige. 
 
 Let them, but under your fupcrlonrs, kill, 
 When dodtors firft have fign'd the bloody till. 
 
 Diyder. 
 
 6. An advertifcment. 
 
 And in defpair, their empty pit to fill. 
 Set up fome foreign monfter in a bill, Dryden. 
 
 7. In law. 
 
 I. An obligation, but without condition, or 
 forfeiture for non-payment. 2. A declaration in 
 writing, that exprelleth either the grief and the 
 wiong that the euiliplainant hath fjflered by the 
 party complained of; or elfe fome fault that the 
 party complained of hath committed a|:^nfl 
 fome law. This /./// is fomctimes offer 
 juflices errants in the general aflizes : but m^.. 
 10 the lord chancellor. It containeth the faft 
 complained of, the damages thereby fuffered, 
 and petition of procefs againfl the dcfend;mt for 
 redicfs. Ci'.vH. 
 
 The fourth thing very maturely to be con- 
 fulted by rhe jury, is, what influence their find- 
 ing the /-./// may have upon the kingdom. Sicifr. 
 
 8. ^ bill of mortality. An account of the 
 numbers that have died in anydillrlil. 
 
 Mofl who took in the weekly bills f mortality, 
 made little other ufe of them, than to look at 
 the foot, how the burials cncreafcd or decreafed. 
 
 Gr.iimt, 
 
 So liv'd our fires, ere dofiors learn'd to kill, 
 And muUiply'd with theirs the v/eekiyi///. Vjyl. 
 
 g. A hill of far:. An account of the fea- 
 fon of provifions, or of the difhes at a 
 feaft. 
 
 It may feem fomewhat difficult to make our 
 the hills cjfate for fome of the furemeniioned 
 fuppers. j-libutlmct. 
 
 10. y! bill of exchange. .A note ordering 
 the payment of a fmn of money in one 
 place, to fome perfou afligtitd by the 
 drawer or reinitter, in confideration of 
 the value paid to him in another place.
 
 B I L 
 
 The comfortable feiitences are l>!lh nf mt^ar.ge, 
 upon the credit of which we Jay our cares down, 
 and receive piovifions. Taylor. 
 
 AH that a hill cf exrhangf c:in do, is to dirciil 
 to whom money is due, or taken up upon cre- 
 dit, in a foreign country, Ihall be paid. Locke. 
 
 ZoBiLi.. V. 11. [from lUl, a beak.] To 
 carcfs, as doves by joining bills; to be 
 fond. 
 
 Doves, tliey f.iy, will hilly after their peck- 
 ing, and their nrurniuring. Ben Jt^njon. 
 
 Still amorous, and fund, and hillingy 
 Like Philip and Maiy on a fhiliing. Ihtdihras. 
 
 They hill, they tread; Alcyone comprcfs'd 
 Seven days fits brooding on her Hoating ncft. 
 
 D:y.le,:. 
 He that bears th' artillery of Jove, 
 The lirong pounc'd eagle, and the billing dove. 
 
 D>y.ien. 
 
 Tf) Bill. •». a. [from ir//, a writing.] To 
 publiili by an advertifement : a cant 
 word. 
 
 His mafterpiece was a compofition that he 
 hilled about uoder the name of a fovercign 
 antidote. L'EJImngc. 
 
 Ei'llet. n.f. {^billet, French.] 
 
 1 . A fiiiall paper ; a note. 
 
 When he found this little hilh*, in which was 
 only written Rememher Cxfar^ he was exceed- 
 ingly confounded. CUtrcjdon^ 
 
 2. A ticket direfting foldiers at what houfe 
 to lodge. 
 
 9. Billet-doux, or a foft billet ; a love letter. 
 'Twas then, Belinda! if report fay true. 
 Thy eyes fiift open'd on a hilUt-doux. Pof>c. 
 4. [bikt, Fr.] A fmall log of wood for 
 the chimney. 
 Let us then calculate, when the bulk of a 
 fagot or hillet is dilated and rarified to the dc- ■ 
 gree of iirc, how valt a place it muft take up. 
 
 Dighy on Bodies. 
 Their hillei at the fire was found. I'noi , 
 
 To Bi'i-LET. V. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To direift a foldier by a ticket, or note, 
 where he is to lodge. 
 
 Retire thee; go where thou art billeted: 
 Away, I fay. ShakJi<care. 
 
 2. To quarter foldiers. 
 
 They remembered him of charging the king- 
 dom, by billeting foldiers. Rnleigli. 
 
 The counties throughout the kingdom were 
 fo inccnfed, and their atfcifiions poifoncd, that 
 they refufed to fuffcr tire toldiers to be hilleted 
 upon them. Clarendon. 
 
 Bi'lli.^rds. n. f. without ajingular. \_hll 
 laid, Fr. of which that language has no 
 etymology ; and therefore they probabh' 
 derived from England both the play and 
 the name, which is corrupted from tal- 
 yards, yards or (licks with which a ball 
 ii driven along a table. Thus Spenfn- : 
 
 Balyiird^ much unfit, 
 And IhuttiCCocks milfccming manlv wit. 
 
 lluthcrd-! T.,h ] 
 
 A game at which a ball is forced againd 
 another on a table. 
 
 Let it alone ; let's to hilli<trjt. Slukjpe.trg, 
 
 Even nofe and cheek wiihal, 
 Sm'joth as is the hillinrd ball. Bin Jonfon. 
 
 Some arc forced to bound or fly upwards, al- 
 moft like ivory balls meeting on a billiard i.ibic, 
 
 BoHe. 
 
 When the ball obeys the Invoke of a hilliard 
 ilick, it is not any adlion of the b.ill, but hire 
 palGon. Locke. 
 
 EI'LLOW. «./. [%c. Germ. holg. Dan. 
 probably of the fame original with b.lip^. 
 Sax. a bladder.] A wave fwoln, and 
 hollow. 
 
 B I N 
 
 From whence the river Dee, as fil»er cleen, 
 His lumbluig bilkxui rolls with gentle tore. 
 
 Billows fink by degrees, even when the wind 
 is down that hrii llirred them, IVofion. 
 
 Chafing Nercus with his trident throws 
 The billows from the bottom. J>e-iham. 
 
 To Bi'li.ow. ni.ti. [from the noun.] To 
 fwell, or roll, as a wave. 
 
 The billowing fnow, and violence of the Ihow'r, 
 That from the hills dilpcrfe [heir dreadful ftore. 
 And o'er the vales coUeaed ruin ponr. Prior. 
 Bi'llowy. adj. [frpmi.7/o'a'.] Swelling; 
 turgid ; wavy. 
 And whitening down the raolTy-lindur'd 
 llieani, 
 Dcfcends the hilhw-/ foam. Th-jinfon. 
 
 BtN. n.f. [bmnc. Sax.] A place where 
 bread, or corn, or wine, is repofited. 
 
 The moft convenient way of picking hops, is 
 into a long fquarc frame of irood, called a hin. 
 
 Moi timer. 
 As when, from rooting in a bin. 
 All powder'do'cr from tail to chin, 
 A lively maggot tallies out, 
 You know him by liis hazel fnout. .<?w./r. 
 
 Bi'nary. «i//. [from ^inw, Lat.] Two; 
 dual ; double. 
 
 Bi'n,\ry Arithmetic. ' A method of com- 
 putation propofcd by Mr. Leibnitz, in 
 which, in lieu of the ten figures in the 
 common arithmetick,and the progreflion 
 from ten to ten, he has only two tigiires, 
 and ufes the fimple progreflion from two 
 to two. This method appears to be the 
 fame with that ufcd by the Chlnefe four 
 thoufand years ago. Chambers. 
 
 To BIND. ^K a. pret. bound; part. paif. 
 bound, or hounden. [binoan. Sax. 3 
 
 1. To confine with bonds; to enchain. 
 
 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird •' or 
 wilt thou hind liira for thy maidens ? Job, 
 
 2. To gird ; to inwrap ; to involve. 
 
 Who hath hound At waters in a garment? 
 
 Ptoverhs. 
 
 3. To faften to any thing; to fix by clr- 
 cunivohition. 
 
 Thou Ihalt hind this line of fcarlet thread in 
 the window, which tliou didll let us down by. 
 
 Keep mv commandments, and live ; and my 
 law, as the apple of thine eye. i'/>jJthem upon 
 tliy fingers, write them upon the table of thine 
 heart. Proverbs, 
 
 4. To fallen together. 
 
 Gather ye together firft the tares, and bind 
 them in bundles, to burn them. Mutthciu. 
 
 5 . To cover a wound with dreflings and 
 bandages : with up. 
 
 When he faw him, he had compalTion on him, 
 and went to him, and^wvwiAip his wounds. Luke. 
 
 Having filled up the bared cranium with our 
 drelfing^, we i5z/'i7 w/> the wound. IVijcmitn. 
 
 6. To oblige by ftipulation, or oath. 
 
 If a man vuw a vow, or fwear an oath, to 
 bind his foul with .a bond, he (hall not break his 
 wind. Nnmliers. 
 
 Swear by the folemn oath that hindt the gods. 
 
 Pol>; 
 
 7. To oblige by duty or law ; to compel; 
 to conftraln. 
 
 Though I am bound to every aft of duty, 
 I am not bound 10 that all flavcs are free to. 
 
 Slu,kfi<reye. 
 
 Duties exprefsly required in the plain language 
 of Scripture, ought to iiWour confcienccs more 
 than thofe that arc but dubiuully inferred. Il'atls, 
 
 8. To oblige by kindnefs. 
 
 9. To confine ; to hinder ; with m, if the 
 
 BIN 
 
 reftraint be local ; with up, if It relate 
 to thought or aft. 
 
 Now I'm cal)in'd, crihb'd, confin'd, hound it 
 To I'aucy duiil tj and fears. Shakfpcjire. 
 
 You will fooner, by imagination, bind a bird 
 from finging, than from eating or living. Bacon. 
 
 Though patTion be the molt obvious and gene- 
 ral, yet It ii not the only caute that hind^ up rlic 
 unJcrllaiiding, and confines it, for the time, to 
 0S1Q objetfl, from which it will not be taken ofi'. 
 
 Locke. 
 In fuch a dlfmal place, 
 Where joy ne'er enters, which the fun ne'er 
 
 cheers. 
 Bound in with darknefs, overfprcad with damps, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 10. To hinder the flux of the bowels ; to 
 make coillve. 
 
 Rhubarb hath manifeftly in it parts of contrary 
 operations; parts that purge, and paits that ^W 
 the body. Bacon, 
 
 The whey of milk doth loofe, the milk doth 
 
 bind, Ucibetl. 
 
 1 1. To reftraln. 
 
 The more we are bound up to an exafl narra- 
 tion, we want more life, and fire, to animate and 
 
 infuim the ll 
 
 ory. 
 
 Felton. 
 
 1 2. To bind a booh. T9 put it in a cover. 
 
 Was ever book, containing fuch vile matter, 
 So fairly hound? Shakffciit. 
 
 Thofc who could never read the grammar 
 When my dear volumes touch the hammer. 
 May tinnk bcoks bcft, as richeft hound. Prior. 
 
 13. To bind to. To oblige to fevve fomc 
 one. 
 
 If fiillthou doft retain 
 The fame ill habits, the fame follies too. 
 Still thon art hound to vice, and itill a flavc. D'yJ. 
 
 14. To bind to. To contraft with any 
 body. 
 
 Art thou bound to a wife, feck not to be loofcd. 
 I Corinthians. 
 
 i^. To bind over. To oblige to make ap« 
 pearance. 
 
 Sir Roger was ftaggercd with the reports con- 
 cerning this vt'oman, and would have bound her 
 ever to the county fefiions, Addijon^ 
 
 To Bind. v. n. 
 
 1. To contrafl Its own parts together ; to 
 grow lliff and hard. 
 
 If the land rife lull of clots, and if it is a 
 binding land, you mull make it fine by h.arrow- 
 ing of' it. Mortimer. 
 
 2. To make cofllve, 
 
 3. To be obligatory. 
 
 Thote canons, or imperial conftitutions, which 
 have nut been received heie, do not bind. Hulf, 
 
 The promilis and bargains for truck, between 
 a Swifs and an Indian, in the woods of America, 
 are i/>/</;;;5 to them, though they are pcifcitly in 
 a Date of nature, in reference to one another. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Bind. n.f. A fpecies of hop. ' 
 
 The two bcrt forts arc the white and the grey 
 bind; the latteris a largo fnuare hup, and more 
 harcly. Moitjmtr. 
 
 Bi'nder. n.f. [from To bint/.] _ 
 
 1. A man whofe trade it is to bind books. 
 
 2. A man that binds fneaves. 
 
 Three bin.lcrs Hood, and took the haudfuls 
 rcapt 
 From hoys that p.ithcred quickly up. Chapman. 
 
 A man, with a bin.l^t, may reap an acre of 
 wheat in a day, if it ftand well. Mortimer, 
 
 3. A fillet ; a' fhrtd cut to bind with. 
 
 A double cloth, o( fuch h-ngth and bjcadth as 
 might fcnc to eiicompafs the lia^urid member, 
 1 cut from eacii end to the middle, into three 
 binders. ' tf'ifi'"'^"- 
 
 Bi'ndinc. n.f. [from/'i«r/.] A bandage. 
 
 This beloved young woman brgan to take ofF 
 
 the binding of his eyes, Totltr,
 
 B I R 
 
 Bi'ndweed. n.f. {convolvulus, Lai.] A 
 
 pliVlt. 
 
 BindtuctA is the larger and tlic fmallcr ; tlic 
 fir ft fort flowers in Scplcmber, and the laft in 
 June .ind Jul/. ' Muriiiiic. 
 
 Bi'nocli-.. n.f. [from i'ums and era/ex.] 
 7\ kind of dioptrick tck'lcope, fitted lo 
 with two tubes joining tof;elher in one, 
 as that a diilant object may be fecn with 
 both eyes togcllicr. Harris. 
 
 BiNo'cuL.\R.«<^. [from iiniuzail oculus.] 
 Having iwocyes. 
 
 Mod .ijimali arc hinorulitry fpidcrs for il.e 
 moll part odonucular, ;md fome fenocular. 
 
 Bino'mi.\l RooI. [In algebra.] A root 
 compofed of only two parts, conneticd 
 with the figna plus or minus. Hiinis. 
 
 BiNOMiNOUs. adj. [from tlnus and «o- 
 men. Lit ] Having two names. 
 
 Bio'grapher. n.f. [o.©- and y(i»ffl,v.] A 
 writer of lives ; a rtlater not of the hit- 
 tory of nations, but of the actions of 
 particular pcrfons. 
 
 Our Giul>rtrcct i/ogr«/./ifri watch for tlic death 
 of a grtut in.in, lilte fo many undertakers, on 
 purpotc to make a penny of him. jidJifon. 
 
 BioGKAPHV. n.f. [.3i©- andypaipf.] 
 
 In writing llic lives of men, which is called 
 iicgr.ipiy, forac authors place cveiy thnig in tlie 
 precilc order of time when it occurred. IFjt/i. 
 
 Bt'ovAC. l"-/- [Fr- fi'ot" '"'O' '"'«'^/-'. 
 
 Bi'novAC. > a double guard, German.] 
 
 Ei'vouAC. 3 Aguard at night perform- I 
 cd by the whole army ; which either at 
 a fiege, or lying before an enemy, every 
 evening draws out from its tents or huts, 
 and continues all night in arms. Not in 
 life. Trevoux. Harris. 
 
 Bj PA ROUS. cdj. [from himis and paiio, 
 Lat.] Bringing forth two at a birth. 
 
 Bi'pARTiTE. adj. [from hiutis and pario, 
 Lat.] Having two conefpondent parts ; 
 divided into two. 
 
 Biparti'tion. n.f. [^xom bipartlle.'\T\\e 
 aft of dividing into two ; or of making 
 two correfpondent parts. 
 
 Bi'pr.n. n.f. [lipes, Lat.] An animal 
 with two feet. 
 
 No fcrpent, or fiflics oviparou?, have any 
 ftoncs at all 5 neither iZ/jft/ nor quadruped ovipa- 
 rous have any cxteriourly. Brczun. 
 
 Bi'PEnAL. adi. [bipcilalis, Lat.] Two 
 feet in length j or having two feet. 
 
 Bipe'nn ATED.a/-^'. [from binimadpfnna, 
 Lat.] Having two wings. 
 
 All hii'ennateil infects have poifes joined to 
 the body. Dcih.im. 
 
 BiPET-^vLOus. aJj. [of his, Lat. and 
 TO'T^Xi:.] Confiiting of two flower 
 leaves. Dici. 
 
 Ei'fJUADRATE. In.f. [In algebra.] 
 
 Bicii'ADRa'tick. j The fourth power, 
 arifingfrom the multiplicationof a iquarc 
 number or quantity by itfelf. Harris. 
 
 BIRCH, n.f. [bipc, Sar. tetula, Lat.] 
 A tree. 
 
 The leaves .ire like thofc of the poplar; the 
 ilioots arc vcrv Ilender and we:ik ; the k.itkins 
 arc produced at reniorc diftances from the fruits, 
 on the fame tree; the fruit becomes a little fqua- 
 mofc cune ; the feeds arc winged, and the rrce 
 cafts its outer t;jnd every year. Miller. 
 
 Ei'rchen. isc^. rfiom ^«v<^.] Made of 
 birch. 
 Vol. L 
 
 B I R 
 
 Hi> beavci 'd brow a birehn garland b«.irs. 
 
 Vfft. 
 BIRD. n.f. [bipb.orbpib.achick.Sax.] 
 A general term for the'feailiered kind ; 
 a fowl. In common talk, fwjjl is ufed 
 for the larger, and bird for the fmaller 
 kind of feathered animals. 
 
 The poor wren, 
 The moft diminutive oi b:>th, will fight. 
 Her young ones in her nelt, againif tlu- owl. 
 
 Sl'.akfpcare. 
 Sh' had ail the regal makings of a queen; 
 As holy oil, Edwtrd coufcfibr's crown, 
 Tlie rod and bird of peace, and .dl fuch emblems, 
 L,aid nobly on her. Sh.tifj'fart'i Henry vlll. 
 
 The //ifd of J.ive ftoop'd frurir his airy tour. 
 Two iirdi of gaycll plume befoie him drove. 
 
 Aii.'l:ll. 
 
 Hence nitn and bcaft.s the breath of life obtain, 
 And birds of air, and monllcrs of the main. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 There arc fome Hr.h that are inhabitants of 
 the water, whofe blouil is cold as filhcs, and 
 their riclh is fo like in laile, that the Icrupulous 
 ;ui" allowed them on filh day.s. Locke. 
 
 To Bird. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 catch birds. 
 
 I do invite you to-morrow morning to my 
 houle, to breakfaft ; alter we'll a birding toge- 
 ther. Shiiiifpearc. 
 
 Bi'rdbolt. n.f. [from iW and ^0//, or 
 arrow.'] An arrow, broad at the end, 
 to be fliot at birds. 
 
 To be generous and of free difpolition, is to 
 take thofc things for birdbolts tliat you deem 
 <ainion bullets. Shakjpcnre. 
 
 Bi'rdcage. n.f. [from bird and cage-l 
 An enclofure, with interftitial fpaces, 
 made of wire or wicker, in which buds 
 are kept. 
 
 Eirde.igci t.iught him the pulley, and tops the 
 centrifugal force. j-lrhutkmt and Pcpc. 
 
 Bi'rdcatcher. n. f. [from bird and 
 catch.'] One that makes it his em- 
 ployment to take birds. 
 
 A poor lark entered into a raiferable cxpoftu- 
 latipn with a h:td:utchcf, that had taken her in 
 his net. L^Ejhonge. 
 
 BiRDKR. n. f. [from bird.] A bird- 
 catcher. 
 Bi'rding-piece. n.f. [from bird and 
 piec^.] A fowling-piece; a gun to fhoot 
 birdj with. 
 
 I'll creep up into the chimney.— —There 
 they always ufe to dilchargc their birding-fiecu; 
 creep into the kill-hole. Shukfpsare. 
 
 Bi'rdi.ime. n.f. [from iWand/tW.] A 
 glutinous fubllance, which isfprcad upon 
 twigs, by which the birds that light upon 
 them arc entangled. 
 
 B:yJ:i,!:e is made of the bark of holly : thiy 
 poinul it into a tough paltc, that no fibi"es of tiie 
 wood he left ; then it is -waflied in a runnii.g 
 ftream, til! no motes appear, .md put up r.i f;r- 
 ment, and fcummcd, aitd then laid up for ufe; 
 at wliiclt time they incorporate with it a thiid 
 part of nut oil, over the fiie. But the bark of 
 our l.intone, or wjyfaring Ihrub, will make veiy 
 good bn-diim-'. Cfi.vnben. 
 
 Holly is of fo vifcous a juice, as ihty make 
 birdlime of ti\c bark of it. Bicofi'i N^it, Hif.ary. 
 
 With floies of gather'd glue contrive 
 To liopthe vents and crannies of their hive; 
 Nor birdlime^ or Idean pitch, produce 
 A more tenacious niafs of clammy juice. Dryd. 
 
 Vn\ etifn.ir'd; 
 Hcav'n's birdlime wraps me round, and glues my 
 wings. Dryden. 
 
 The woodpecker, and olher birds of this kind, 
 becaufe thev prey upon flics which they catch 
 ■with their tongue, have i. couple of bags lilled 
 
 B I R 
 
 wi'h 3 vifcous humour, as if it were a natural 
 hirdliine, or liquid ghic. Crrtu. 
 
 Bi'rd.man. n.f. [ from iW and man.] A 
 birdcatcher ; a fowler. 
 
 As a fuwler was bending his net, a blackbird 
 alked him what he was doing : why, fays l-.e, 
 I am laying Che foundations of a city ; and fu li" 
 birdman drew out of light. IJ EjUar^e. 
 
 Bi'RDs-CHERRY.n.y. [^adus Tbcophrafli. ] 
 
 A plant. 
 BrRDSEVK. «,y". [ai/jn/V, Lat.] A plant. 
 Bi'rdsfoot. n.f. \ornitbopod'ium,\^i.\.] A 
 
 plant. 
 BfRDSNE.'ST. n.f. An herb. DiB. 
 
 Bi'rdstares. n.f. [aracus.] A plai-.t. 
 Bi'rdstoncue. n.f. An herb. DiS. 
 Bi'rgander. n.f. [clienalopcx.] A fowl 
 
 of the goofekind. D'lil. 
 
 BiRT. 71. y. A filh, the fame with the tur- 
 
 lot ; which fee. 
 BIRTH, n.f [beop-^.Sax.] 
 
 1. The aft of coming into life. 
 
 I!ut thou art lair, and at thy birth, dear boy, 
 Nature and fortune juin'd to make thee great. 
 
 Shakjpeare'i King foil. 
 
 In Spain, onrfprings like old men's children be, 
 Dec.iy'd and wither'd from their infancy; 
 No kindly Ihoti-ers fall on our barren earth, 
 To hatch the feafons in a timely birtli. Drydert. 
 
 2. Extraftion ; lineage. 
 
 Mult vutuous virgin, born o£ heavenly hirih. 
 
 Sfenjer. 
 All truth I fliall relate : nor firft can I 
 Myfeif to be of Grecian birth deny. Denlum. 
 
 3. Rank which is inherited by defcent. 
 
 He doth objctff , I am too great of birth. Shak. 
 
 Ke juil in all you fay, and all you do; 
 Whatever be yo\ir birth, you're furc to be 
 A peer of tlic fiift magnitude to me. Dryden. 
 
 4. The condition or circumftances in which 
 any man is bom. 
 
 High in his chariot then Halefus came, 
 A foe by b.'rtb to Trov's unhappy njme. Drydcn, 
 
 5. Thing born ; produftion : ufed of ve- 
 getables, as well as animals. 
 
 The people fear me ; for the)' do obfcrve 
 ' Viifatl.er'd heirs, and loathly i/ir^j of nature. 
 
 Shiikjpeare. 
 That poets are far rather biith than kings, 
 Your nobloll father prov'd. Ben ftnjtn. 
 
 Who of thcmfclves 
 Abhor to join ; and, by imprudence mix'd. 
 Produce prodigious ^/r/^r of body or mind. A-Ultt 
 
 She, for this many thoufand years. 
 Seems to have praitis'd with much care 
 To frame the race of woman fair ; 
 Yet never could a perfect birth 
 Produce bcfoie, to grace the earth. Waller. 
 
 His eldeft birth 
 Flies, mark'd by lieav'n, .iliigitivc o'er earth. 
 
 Prior, 
 
 The vallies fmile, and with their flow'ry face. 
 
 And wealthy births, confefs tlie flood's embrace. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 
 Others hatch their eggs, and tend the birth, 
 
 till it is ab!e to Oiift for itfelf. ^Iiidifon. 
 
 6. The aft of bringing forth. 
 
 That fiir Syrian Ihepherdcfs 
 Who, after years of fiarrcnnefs, 
 The highly favoui 'd Jofeph bore 
 To him that ferv'd for her before; 
 And at her next birth, much like thee. 
 Through pangs fled to fL-licit}-. Milic-n. 
 
 7. The feamen call a due or proper diftance 
 between fliips lying at an anchor, or 
 under fail, a birth. Alio the proper 
 place on board for the mefs to put their 
 cherts, tSjc. is called the birth of that 
 inefs. Alfoa convenient place to moiw 
 a Ihip in, is called a birth. Harris. 
 
 2 B
 
 B I S 
 
 Birthday, n. /. [from I'Jrth and ^ay.] 
 
 1. 'J he day on which any one is born. 
 
 OiiciU ligiit, 
 r.xlnling fiid fiom darkiicfs, they beheld 
 i>7»//;.i,iv of heaven and cartli. , Milton. 
 
 2. TUe day of the year in which any one 
 was born, annually obfervcd. 
 
 This is my liiri/iJ,i_y; as this very day 
 Was C.iirius born. Shiitfycare. 
 
 Tlicy tell mt 'tis my ^VM.%', and I'll itecp it 
 With double pomp oi I'adncfs : 
 'Tis wliat the day del'crves, wiiich gave rac 
 bicath. Viydai. 
 
 Your country dames, 
 Whofe cloalhs returning birthday claims. Prior. 
 
 Bi'rthdom. n.f. [ This is erroneoiifly, I 
 think, printed in Shakfpi-are, birthdoum. 
 It is derived from birth and dom (fee 
 Dom) ■d.'ilhigdom, cluhclom.'\ Privilege 
 of birth. 
 
 Let us rather 
 Hold faft the mortal fvvoid ; and, like good men, 
 'Belhide ourdownfaln bit'Jidorji. S/iaifpr-itr. 
 
 Bi'kth NIGHT. «._/". [from birth amltti^ht.] 
 
 1. Tlie night on which an)' one is born. 
 
 Th' angclicic fong in Bethlehem li^ kl, 
 On I'hy birti:>i!ghtj tiiat lung the Saviour born. 
 
 l\ir adiji; R<-^ai/u-d. 
 
 2. Tiic night anmially kept in memory of 
 anyone's birth. 
 
 A youth more glitt'ring than a hirthfiight beair. 
 
 Bi'rthplacr. n.f. [from birth and p/a:t:] 
 Place where any one is born. 
 
 My birthplace hate I, and my love's upon 
 This enemy's town. Sbiii/pmre. 
 
 A degree of Ilupidity beyond even wh.it we 
 have been charged with, upon the fcore of onj 
 birthplace and climate. Swr/t. 
 
 Ei'rthright. n. f. [from birth and 
 right.'] The rights and privileges to 
 which a man is born ; the right of the 
 Ijrll-born. 
 
 Thy blood .ind virtue 
 Contend for empire in thee, and thy goodnefs 
 Shares with thy birihiight. Shnkfpsare. 
 
 Thou haft been found 
 By merit, more than birthright, Son of God. 
 
 Milton. 
 I lov'ri her firft, I cannot quit the claim. 
 But will preferve the birthright of my pilTron. 
 
 Qtiuay. 
 While no bafcnefs in this breaft I find, 
 J have not loR the birthright oi my mind. T)ryd, 
 To fay that liberty and property are the birth- 
 right of the Englirti nation, but that, ','" a prince 
 invades them by illegal methods, we mull upon 
 jio pretence relili, is to confound governments. 
 
 Add,jon. 
 
 Eirthstr a'ngled. adj. [from ^i//A and 
 ^/irangk.'l Strangled or fufFocated in 
 being born. 
 
 Finger of birthJlrangUd babe, 
 Diteh-deliver'd by a drab. Shalfpean. 
 
 Ri'hthwort. ti./. [from birth miAivort ; 
 I fuppofe from a quality of haftening 
 deHvery : ariflolochia,\,AX.'\ A plant. 
 Sr^COTIN. n.f. [French.] A confec- 
 tion made of flower, fugar, maimalade, 
 eggs, f^c. 
 Ei'scuiT. n.f. [fiom Us, twice, Lat. and 
 
 cuit, baked, Fr.] 
 1. A kind of hard dry bread, made to be 
 carried to fea : it is baked for long 
 voyages four times. 
 
 The bijcuif alfo in the (hips, tfpecialiy in the 
 
 Spanilh gallics, was grown hoarv and unwhole 
 
 fume. KnoUi-\'s llijhry. 
 
 -Many have been cured ijf dropfies by ablli- 
 
 ncncc iioin drinks, eating dry bijcuit, which 
 
 B 1 S 
 
 crcalts no thirft, and ftrong friftions four or five 
 tinres a-day. Aibuthttot on Vict. 
 
 z. A compofition of fine flower, almonds, 
 and fiigar, made by the confcClioners. 
 To BiiE'cT. t). a. [fiom Innus andy«'o, to 
 cut, Lat.] To divide into two parts. 
 The rational horizon bitcticth tlic globe into 
 two ec^ual parts. }irovcn\ I'ulgai F.mj-.tn. 
 
 Bise'ction. n.f. [from the verb.] A 
 geometrical term, figiiifying the divi- 
 fion of any quantity into two etpal 
 parts. 
 BI'kSHOP. n.f. [From epifcopits, Lat. the 
 Saxons formed bij'cop, whicli was af- 
 terward foflened into I'fl.ujp']. One of 
 the head order of the clergy. 
 
 A bifhop is an ovcrt'ecr, or I'upcrintendant, of 
 leliiiious nrattcri in tltc cliriilian church, .-^yiijc. 
 
 You Ihall friid him well .iccompany'd 
 WitU reverend fathers, and well learned bijhop'.. 
 
 SI'.akfpearc. 
 
 Their zealous fupciflition thiirks, or pretends, 
 
 they cannot do God a greater ferviec, than tu 
 
 deiiroy the primitive, apoHulical, and anciently 
 
 univerf.rl government of the church by bijhops. 
 
 K. Charles. 
 
 In cafe a hijliop Ihould commit trcafon and 
 
 fcloiTy, and forfeit his elfate, with his life, the 
 
 lands of his bilhoprick remain Hill in the church. 
 
 South. 
 On the word bijhop^ in French cvtqticy I woukl 
 obfei\e, that there is no- n.atural connexion be- 
 tween the f.rcred oftice and the letters or Ibiuid,- 
 for r".'c<jtte, and bijhopj lignify the fame ofTtce, 
 though there is not oire letter alike in them. 
 
 U'atts' Logick. 
 Ei'sHOP. n.f. A cant word for a mix- 
 ture of wine, oranges, and fugar. 
 
 Fine or.mges. 
 Well roafted, with fugar and wine in a cup, 
 They'll make a fweet lijhop, when gentlefolks 
 fup. Swift. 
 
 To Bi'sHOP. II. a. [from the noun.] To 
 confirm ; to admit folemnly into the 
 chuich. 
 
 Tiicy arc prophane, imperfe(5l, oh ! too bad, 
 Except confirnr'd and bijhoped by thee. Donnt. 
 Bi'sHOPRiCK. n.f. [bijxoppici;, Saxon.] 
 The dioccfe of a bilhop ; tlie dlllricl 
 over which the jurifdicl ion of a billiop 
 extends. 
 
 It will be fit, that, by the king's fuprcme 
 power in caufes ecclefiaftieal, they be fubordi- 
 nate under fome bilhop, and biJhop'rl,-ky of this 
 realm. Bttcori'i ^Id'vice to Viltiers. 
 
 A virtuous woman (liould rcjeft marriage, as 
 a good m.m does a bijhoprick; but I would advife 
 neither to perfili in rcfufiirg. Spectator. 
 
 Thofe p»i'tots had epil'copal ordination, pof- 
 felTed preferments in the church, and were fomc- 
 timcs promoted to bijltopricki thcmfeUes, S'wift. 
 
 Bi'snoi'swEED. n. f. \ammi, Lat.] A 
 plant. 
 
 Bisk. n.f. [_hifrpc, Fr.] Soup j broth 
 made by boiling feveral forts of flefii. 
 
 A prince, wiio iir a forcll rides .illray, 
 And, weary, to fonit cottage finds the way. 
 Talks of no pyramids, or fowls, or bifis of filh, 
 But hungry fups his cream ferv'd up in earthcrn 
 didi. King. 
 
 Ei'sKET. See Biscuit. 
 
 Bi'sMUTH. n.f. The fame M marcifite ; 
 a hard, white, brlule, mineral fub- 
 ttance, of a metalline nature, found at 
 Mifiiia ; fuppofed to be a reciemeiiti- 
 tious matter thrown off in the formation 
 of tin. Some efttem it a metal fui ge- 
 ncrb ; though it ufually contains fome 
 filver. There is an artificial bifmuth 
 
 made, for the (hops, of tin. 
 
 
 
 ijiuc^ . 
 
 B I T 
 
 BiSSe'xtile. «./. [from bis x>.r\i fextilisf 
 Lat.] Leap-year ; the year in Vi'hich 
 the day, arifing from fix odd hours in 
 each year, is intercalated. 
 
 Tlie year of the fun coiifillcth of thice hun- 
 dred and futy-five days and fi.\ hours, w.inting 
 elc\en minutes; which fi.>i hours omitted, will, 
 in tinre, deprave the compute : and this was the 
 occafion n{ bij/c.xtile, or le.rp year'. Brown. 
 
 Towards the latter end of February is the 
 bijjt.\tilc or intercalar day ; called bijjcxtile, be- 
 caufe the fixth of the calends of March is twice 
 repeated. ■ Hol.ici on Time. 
 
 Bi'ssoN. ndj. [derived by Siiiniicr from by 
 nndfin.] Blind. 
 
 But who, oh ! who haih ftcn the mobled o^uecn 
 Run barefoot Lip and down, thrcat'ning the 
 
 flames 
 With bij/on rheum.' Shalfpean's Hamlet. 
 
 What harm can your biffin confpeftuities glean 
 out of thischaraifcr.' ShakJpean'X-Coriolanus^ 
 
 BFSTRE. n. /. [French.] A colour 
 made of chimney foot boiled, and then 
 diluted with water; ufed by paintera in 
 walhing their defigns. Tre-vou:^. 
 
 Bi'stort. n.f. [^//?0)-/.T, Lat.] A plant,, 
 called ■dUofiialetfeeti; which fee. 
 
 Bi'sTOURY. ;;./. [btjiouri, Fr.] A fur- 
 geon's inftrument, ufed in making in- 
 ciiions, of which there are three forts J 
 the blade of the firft tiu'ns like that of 
 a lancet ; but the ftraight biflonry has 
 the blade fixed in the handle ; the 
 crooked bfloury is fliaped like a half 
 moon, having the edge on the Infide. 
 
 Chambers, 
 
 Bisu'lcous. adj. [bifitlais, Lat.] Clo- 
 vcnfooled. 
 
 Foi the fwine, although multiparous, yet be- 
 ing bifulcan!,3\\d only cloVentootcd, are farrowed 
 with open eyes, as other i//«/«Ki animals.. 
 
 Jlniun's Vulgar Errtiuri. 
 
 Bit. n.f. [bvTol, Saxon.] Signifies the 
 whole machine of all the iron appurte- 
 nances of a bridle, as the bit-mouth, the 
 branches, ' the ciub, the fevel holes, the 
 tianchelil, and the crofs chains ; but 
 fometimes it is ufed to fignify only the 
 bit-mouth in particular. Farrier's Did. 
 They light from their horfes, pulling oft' their 
 bit, that they might fomething refreOi their 
 mouths upon the grafs. Sidney. 
 
 We have ftiiit Ihrtutes, and moil biting laws. 
 The needful i;Vi >nd curbs of hcadftrung Heeds. 
 
 ShakJ'pcare. 
 
 He hath the bit between his teeth, and away 
 
 he runs. Still. 
 
 Unus'd to the rellraint 
 Of curbs and iiVi, and fleeter than iht: winds. 
 
 Mdijon. 
 
 Bit. n.f. [from bilc.l 
 
 1 . As much meat as is put into the mouth 
 at once. 
 
 How many prodigal /'.Vr have (laves aixi pe&- 
 lants 
 This night englutted! Shakfpearr. 
 
 Follow your funition, go and batten on cold 
 bit<. Shakfpcare. 
 
 The mice found it troubtefometobe (till climb- 
 ing the oak for every bit they put in tix-ir bellies. 
 
 L' Ejtrangf, 
 
 John was the darling; he had all the good bitt, 
 was Clammed with good pullet, chicken, and 
 c.ipon. Aibuthnot. 
 
 2. A fmal! piece of any thing. 
 
 By this the boiling ketilehad piepar'd 
 And to the table lent the fmoakriig lard j 
 A fav'ry bit, that ferv'd to fclilh wine. DrjJiH,
 
 B I T 
 
 Then clap four dices of pilader on't, 
 Thar, he'd wlih tits of rulHck, mates a front. 
 
 He boiiglrt at thoufands, what with better wit 
 You purcliafc as yuu want, and l/it by /■//. i*'-/^* 
 
 His majc-lty has puwcr to giant a patent, toi 
 'ftanipiiig round /'rVi of coppci', to i:\try l'ui>ir»5t 
 he hath. S:ri/t. 
 
 3. A Spaniflt Wcfl Indian filvcr coin, va- 
 lued at fcvcDpeiicc lialfptniiy. 
 
 4. ^ bit the bitter or luorfe. In ihc fmalkll; 
 dc^jree. 
 
 •There are few that linow ail the triclcs of thefe 
 
 I.iwyti'i; for aught 1 can fee, your cafe is not a 
 
 hit clearer than it was Icvcn ycai s .igo. yiihutJmot. 
 
 To Bit. v. a. [from the noun.] To put 
 
 tlic bridle upon a horl'e. 
 BiTOH. n.f. [bi-^e, Saxon.] 
 ■I. Tlic female of the canine kind ; as tlic 
 wolf, the dog, the fox, the otter. 
 
 And at his feet a I'inh wolf fuck, did yield 
 
 To two youn^ babes. Sfnr:f^r. 
 
 I have been ciedibly informed, that a /'.-V. '; 
 
 will nurfe, ptuy witK, and be ftjnd of young 
 
 foxes, as mucti as, and in place of, her puppies. 
 
 2. A name of reproach for a woman. 
 
 •Him youMl call a dog, and her a tutci:, Popt. 
 Jolin had not run a madding fo long, had it 
 not been for an extravagwnt l>:u/t of a wife. 
 
 Arbtilh':cl. 
 
 To BITE. V. a. pret. I bit; part. pall". 
 I have bit, or biilcii. [bi-an, Saxpn,] 
 
 1. To crufli, or pierce with the teeth. 
 
 My \erY enemy's dog, 
 Though he had 6u ice, Ihould have Itood that 
 
 night 
 Againll my fire. Shitkfpean. 
 
 Such fmiling rogues as thcfe, 
 Like rats, oft bin the holy cords in twain. 
 Too intricate t* unloofe. S/uiifpearc. 
 
 Thcfc are the youths tliat thundcT at a play- 
 houfe, and fight for hittrn apples. S^hikjptaic. 
 
 He falls; his arms u^on tlic body found. 
 And with ills bloody tcctU he bitci the ground. 
 
 DryJcr. 
 
 There was lately a young gentleman lii to the 
 
 hoi\Cy who is now indeed recovered. TtttUr. 
 
 Tlicir foul mouths liave not o{>cned their lips 
 
 without a falfity; though they have fliowed their 
 
 teeth as if they w ould i!u oS my nol'e. ylriul/:. 
 
 2. To give pain by cold. 
 
 Here feci we the icy phang, 
 And churlilh chiding, of the winter's wind; 
 Which when iti/Vc-i and blows upon my body, 
 Even till I llirink. with cold, I fniile. Shjkfp. 
 
 Full fifty years, harnefs'd in rugged fteel, 
 I have endur'd liio A///«^ winter's blaft, 
 Andthefcvercr heats of parching fummer. Ro-we. 
 
 3. To hurt or pain with reproach. 
 
 Each poet with a dilV'rcnt talent writes; 
 One piailcs, one inllrurfs, another Oiiei. Rcfi. 
 
 4. To cut ; to wound. 
 
 I have Iccn the day, with my good tiling faul- 
 chion 
 I would have made them (kip. Sliaii'ptarr. 
 
 5. To make the mouth fmart with an 
 acrid tafte. 
 
 It raay be the firft wafer will have more of 
 the Ccent^ as more fragrant; and the fecond 
 more of the tafte, as more bitter, or biting, 
 . Bacon. 
 
 6. To cheat ; to trick ; to defraud : a 
 low phrafe. 
 
 I Aflcep and naked as an Indian lay, 
 
 An honcft f.i^or ftole a gem away ; 
 
 He .pledg'd it to the knight ; the knight had wit, 
 
 So kept the diamond, and the ipgue was bit. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 If you had allowed half the fine gentlemen to 
 
 have converfed with you, they would have been 
 
 li.-angely hit, while they thought only to fall in 
 
 love with a fair lady, i'o^t. 
 
 J3 I T 
 
 Tjite. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The fei/.uie of any thing by the teeth. 
 
 Dues lie tiiink he can cn<lure tiie cvcrlafting 
 
 burnings, or arm himfclf .igainfl the /'//fi of the 
 
 never-dying worm } Simlh. 
 
 Kor dogdays parching hear, that fplits the 
 
 rocks. 
 
 Is half fo harmful as the greedy Bocks ; 
 
 Their venom'd hilt, and fcar» indiyilcd i« the 
 
 llucks. Diy.ien't nfgil's Ccori^icii. 
 
 2. The ad of a fifli that takes the bait. 
 
 I have known a \ery good filher aiigx- dili- 
 gently four or fi.x hours for a river carp, and not 
 ha\e .1 /'/>£•. tf\ilt'jn. 
 
 3. A cheat; a trick; a fraud: in low 
 and vulgar language. 
 
 Let a man be jie'cr To wife. 
 He may bccaitght wijh fobcr lies ; 
 For, t.ike it in its projier light, 
 'Tib jull whxt coxcombs call a hitt, Swift. 
 
 4. A lliarper ; one who commits frauds. 
 B I T i: R . n. /. [ from bite. ] 
 
 1. He that bites. 
 
 (J ie.it barkers are no biifi-i. CtwuUn. 
 
 2. A lldi apt to take the bait. 
 
 Fie is fo bold, that he will invade one of his 
 own kind ; and you may therefore eafily believe 
 him to he a bold hiltr. li'ullin. 
 
 3. Atricker; a deceiver. 
 
 A bitir is one wl.o tells you a thing you have 
 no reafon tu dilbelievc in itfcif, and perhaps has 
 given you, before he hit you, no reafon to dif- 
 belicvc it for his laying it ; and, if you give him 
 credit, laughs in your face, and triumphs that 
 he has deceived you. He is one who thhiks 
 you a fool, bccaufe you do not think him a knave. 
 
 Spr.liilc. 
 
 Bi'ttacle. v.f. A frame of timber in 
 the (leerage of a fhip, where the com- 
 pafs is placed. Did. 
 
 Bitten. The part. paff. of To bite. 
 
 BITTER, adj. [bi-cji, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Having a hot, acrid, biting tafte, like 
 wormwood. 
 
 Bittir things are apt rather to kill than en- 
 gender putrcfadion. E.icon i N.itiiral llijiory. 
 
 Though a man in a fevtr Ihould, from fugar, 
 have a letter talU',-which, at anothcV time, pro- 
 duces a fwcct one; yet tlie idea of hittcjy in 
 that man's mind, would be as diftinifl from the 
 idea of fweet, as if he had tailed only gall. Lc^cke. 
 
 2. Sharp ; cruel ; ftvere. 
 
 Friends now f.ill fworn, 
 Unfeparahle, Ihall with. in this hour. 
 On a diircnlion of a doit, break out 
 To hittcicji enmity. Shakjpcart. 
 
 Hulbands, love your wives, and be not bitter 
 againlt them. Co}'.ffian%. 
 
 Tnc word of God, inftead of a i/r/fr, teaches 
 us a charitable zeal. Sftat. 
 
 3. Calamitous ; miferable. 
 
 Noble friends and fellows, whom to le.ivc 
 Is only bittci tome, only dying; 
 Go with me, like good angels, to my end. Shak. 
 
 A dire indin^lion am 1 wi'nefs to ; 
 .'kndwiU ro France, hoping the -onlcqiience 
 Will prove 3S hitler, black, and tragical. Shai:/. 
 
 And Ihun the ^.-/r^r confequence ; for know. 
 The day thou cat'ft thereof, my fole command 
 Tranfgreft, inevitably thou Ihalt die. Par. Loji. 
 
 Tell him, that it I bear my Utia fate, 
 'Tis to behold his vengeance for my fon. Brydcn. 
 
 4. Painful ; inclement. 
 
 The fowl the borders fly. 
 And ihun the litter biali, and wheel about the 
 iky. Vrjklin. 
 
 5. Sharp ; reproacliful ; fatirical. 
 
 Go with me. 
 And, in the breath of bitter words, let 's fmolhcr 
 Mv damned fon. Shakfpeart. 
 
 6. Mournful ; afBiaed. 
 
 Wherefore is light given unto to him th.1t is in 
 mifery, and life uuto the b'tttr 10 foul, Jib. 
 
 B I T 
 
 7, In any manner unpleafing or Lurtful 
 
 Hitter i^ an cquieocal wold; theie is littrr 
 wormwood, there arc bitter words, there arc 
 bitter enemies, and i bitter cold morning. If'att.. 
 
 Bi'ttergouru. n.f. [cohcynlhis, Lat.J 
 A plant. 
 
 BiTTKRLY. adv. [from bitter. 1 
 
 1. With a bitter tafte. 
 
 2. In a bitter maniver ; forrowfidly ; ca- 
 lamitoudy. 
 
 I fo lively jcled with my tears, 
 That my poor tniftrefs, moved thsicwith.al. 
 Wept bitterly. Shnifplire. 
 
 IHiterly hail thou paid, and dill art paying 
 That rigid fcore. Milton. 
 
 3 . Sliarply ; fevercly. 
 
 His behaviour is not to ccirfure bitterly the er- 
 roins of their zeal. Spr,:i. 
 
 Bittern, ti.f. [^u/pur, Fr.] A bird 
 with long legs, and a long bill, which 
 feeds upon lifn ; remarkable for the noifs 
 which he makes, ufually called bumjit:^. 
 See BiTTOfp.; 
 
 The poor fil|i have enemies enough, bclides 
 fucli unnatural filhermcn as o^ers, the cormo- 
 rant, and the bittern. IValiw. 
 
 So that fcarcc 
 Tiic bittern knOH's his time, with bill ingulfihr, 
 To Ihakc the founding inarlh. Thimf'in, 
 
 Bi'ttekn. n.,f. [from bittcr.\ A very 
 bitter liquor, which drains off in mak- 
 ing of common fait, and ufcd in the 
 preparation of Epfom falc. ^liiiey. 
 
 Bi'tterness. n.f. [{torn bitler.'\ 
 
 1. A bitter tafte'. 
 
 The idea of whitenefs, orbitterne/s, is in t!ie 
 mind, e.\a(511y anfwering that power which is in 
 any body to produce it tiierc. LCcle. 
 
 2. Malice ; grudge ; hatred ; implacabi- 
 lity. 
 
 The hitternep and animofity between the com- 
 manciers was fuch, that a grcdt part of th.c army 
 waa marched. Clareuihn. 
 
 3. Sliarpnefs ; feverity of temper. 
 
 His furrows have fo overwhelm'd h.is wit», 
 Sliall wc be thus aJHufted in his wreaks. 
 His tits, his frenzy, ■Ai\'&h\^bittrrnefi? Sfi'ikfp. 
 
 Picrpoint and Crew appeared now to liave 
 contracted more bittcrneji and I'ourncfs than for- 
 merly, and were more rcfcrvcd towards the 
 king's conimiirioner.s. C/.2ren.ton, 
 
 4. Satire ; piquancy ; keennefs of reproach. 
 
 Some think their wits have been aflecp, ex- 
 cept they dart out foFucwhat piquant, and to the 
 quick: men ought to find the dilVercncc belwc.en 
 falrncfs and bittenhfi. jiiieon, 
 
 5. Sorrow; vexation; afflidlion. 
 
 There appears much joy in hini, even fo much, 
 tiiat joy could not ftrow itl'tlf modeft enough, 
 witi'iHit a badge of'/;//«r//r/>. Siaijptjre. 
 
 They lliall mourn for him, as one mourneth 
 for his only fon, and (hall be \n bittcrnefs for 
 him, as oue t.hiit is in-bitternefi for his firft-boni. 
 
 Zceh. 
 
 Moft purfue the pleafurcs, as they call them, 
 of their nurtures, which begin in fin, are carried 
 on with danger, and end in bitterjstji. tVake. 
 
 I oft, in litternefi of loul, depior'd 
 My abient daughter, and my-dearer lord. Pcpc'. 
 Bittersweet, b. / [from mttcr and 
 fiucct.^ An apple, which has a com- 
 poimd tafte of fweet and bitter. 
 
 It is but a bitteii-.eeet at belt, and the fine 
 colours of the feipent do bv no means make 
 an.ends for the fniurt and poifun of his lling. 
 
 Snath. 
 
 \Vhcn I exprefs the tafte of an apple, which 
 wc call the bitterfweet, none can miilake what I 
 mean. H'ettr. 
 
 Jji'ttervetch. n.f. [f;•^'I/»!, Lat.] A 
 plant. 
 
 2 IS 2
 
 B L A 
 
 Bi'ttirwort. n.f. [_giiit'iaria, Lat.] An 
 herb. 
 
 Bi'ttour. n.f. \^biitiur,Yr. ardea Jlella- 
 ris, Lat.] A bird, commonly called the 
 bittern (fee Bittern) but perhaps as 
 properly hittour. 
 
 Then to the water's biink (he laid her hejd; 
 And, as a hitto7ir bumps within a reed, 
 To Ihcc alone, O Ukc, Ihe faid, I tell. Dyitfi. 
 
 Eix u'mc. n.f. [from iitumen.'] Bitumen. 
 Mix with thefe 
 Idsean pilch, quick fiilphur, diver's fpume, 
 Sea onioii, hellebore, and black, i/'wwf. May. 
 
 BITU'MEN. n.f. [Lat.] A fat unau- 
 oiis matter dug out of the tarth, or 
 fcummed off lakes, as the Afphaltis in 
 Ju(la;a, of various kinds : fome fohard as 
 tobe ufed for coal ; others fo glutinous 
 as to ferve for mortar. Savary. 
 
 It is reporte<i, rhvitii/umen mingled with lime, 
 and pur under water, will make as it were an 
 artificial rock, Che fubftance bccomcth fo hard. 
 
 The fabrick feem'd a work of rifing ground, 
 With fulphur and bitumen call between. DryiUn. 
 
 Bitumm is a body that readily takes fire, yields 
 an oil, and is folublc in water. Wmdiunrii, 
 
 Bitu'minous. adj. [from iitiimin.] Hav- 
 ing- the naliu-e and qualities of bitumen ; 
 compounded of bitumen. 
 
 Naphtha, which was the hitumimin mortar ufed 
 in the walls of Babylon, grows to an entire and 
 very hard matter, like a ftone. Baco7i. 
 
 The fruitage fair to fight, like that which grew 
 Near that hitum:i:ous lake, where Sodom flam'd. 
 
 Ml -ton. 
 
 Biva'lve. adj. [from Linus and -valva, 
 Lat.] Having two valves or fhutters : 
 a term ufed of thofe tifh that have two 
 fliclls, as oyfters; and of thofe plants 
 whofe feed pods open their whole 
 length, to difcharge their feed, as peas. 
 In the cavity lies luofe the IhcU of fome lurtof 
 hivalve, larger than could be introduced in at 
 thofe holes. Ifochuaiil. 
 
 Biv.i'lvular. adj. \Jtom iivalve.] Hav- 
 ing two valves. Dtff. 
 
 Bi'xwoRT. K.y. An herb. 
 
 Br'zANTijjE. n. f. [more properly fpelt 
 lyzantine; from Byzanliuin.] A great 
 piece of gold valued at fifteen pound, 
 which the king ofFereth upon high ftfti- 
 val days; it is yet called a bizuntine, 
 which anciently was a piece of gold 
 coined by the emperours of ConRanti- 
 nople. Canideii. 
 
 To BI-AB. ^'. a. \_hlMere,>, Dutch.] 
 
 I. To tell what ouglit to be kept fccret : 
 it ufually implies rather thuUghtleffncU 
 than treachery ; but may be ufed in 
 either fenfe. 
 
 • The gaudy, h'ahling, and remorfeful day 
 Is crept into the bofom of the fea. Skakf^ieare. 
 
 Thy dues be done, and none left out, 
 Ere the hiii-'bing ealtern fcout, 
 The nicf morn on the Indian Itecp, 
 From her cabin'd loophole peep, Milton. 
 
 Nature has made man's brealls no windores, 
 To publifti what he does within doors j 
 Nor what dark fccrets there inhabit, 
 Unlefs his own ra(h folly Hah. it. HuJiiras. 
 
 Sorrow nor joy can be difguis'd by art, 
 Our foreheads iAii the fcctets of our hearr. Dryil. 
 It is unlawful to give any kind of religious 
 worlhip to a creature ; but the very indices of 
 the falhcrs cannot cfcape the index exper^/iforins, 
 for hUthiny fo great *-truih. Stiilin'^Hecl, 
 
 Nor whifper to the tattling reeds 
 The blacked of all female deeds ; 
 
 B L A 
 
 yS'X hhh it on the lonely rocki, 
 Where echo fits, and lift'ning mocks. Sa-'fi. 
 2. To tell : in a ^ood fenfe. Not ufed. 
 That delightful engine of her thoughts, 
 That blabh'd them with luch pleafing eloquence, 
 Is torn from forth that pretty hollow cage. Siuik. 
 To Blab. v. n. To tattle ; to tell tales. 
 Your mule I'll be; 
 When my tongue ilabs, then let mine eyes not 
 fee. Sfiaifpcars. 
 
 Blab. n.f. [from the verb.] A telltale ; 
 a thoughlIefsbabbl:;r ; a treacherous be- 
 trayer of fecrets. 
 
 The fecret man heareth many confefTions ; for 
 who will upon himfelf to a i/.ib, or babbler.' 
 
 Bacon. 
 To have revcalM 
 Secrets of man, the fccrets of a friend. 
 Contempt and fcornof all, to be excluded 
 All friendlhip, and avoided as a i'ab. MUfjn. 
 
 Whoever fhews nic a \ciy inquifitive body, 
 I'll (hew him a blab, and one that (hall make 
 privacy as publick as a proclamation. L'Ejf range. 
 
 I (hould have gone about (hewing my letters, 
 under the charge of fecrccy, to every blab of my 
 acquaintance. S:u.jt. 
 
 Bla'bber. «./ [from^/fl^.] Atatler; 
 
 a telltale. 
 To Bla'bber. v. n. To whiflle to ahorfe. 
 
 Skinner- 
 Bl a'sberlipped. Slinner. See Blob- 
 
 BERLII'PED. 
 
 BLACK, adj. [blac, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Of the colour of night. 
 
 In the twilight in the evening, in the black 
 and dark night. Proverbs. 
 
 Arirtotle has problems which enquire why the 
 fun makes man black, and not the hie; why it 
 whitens wa.\, yet blacks the ikin } Brozun. 
 
 2. Dark. 
 
 The heaven was bla.k with clouds and wind, 
 and there was a great rain. I Kings. 
 
 3. Cloudy of cotmtf nance ; fullen. 
 
 She hath abated nie of half my train ; 
 Look'd bljti upon me. Sbaifpeare. 
 
 4. Horrible ; wicked ; atrocious. 
 
 Either my country never mtift be freed, 
 Or I confenting to fo Had a deed. D'yden. 
 
 5. Difmal ; mournful. 
 
 A dire induction am 1 witnefs to ; 
 And, will to France, hoping the confequence 
 Will prove as bitter, black, and tragical. Sliak. 
 
 6. Black and blue. The colour of a brulfe ; 
 a ft ripe. 
 
 MilirefsFord, good heart, is beaten black an! 
 
 Hut, that you cannot fee a white fpot about her. 
 
 .Mciiy IVivei of iJ'indfor. 
 
 And, wing'd with fpccd and fuiy, flew 
 To relcue knight from black and blue. Hudibras. 
 
 Black-brow ED. adj. [from black and 
 lroiv.'\ Having black eyebrows; 
 gloomy ; difmal ; threatening. 
 Come, gentle night; come, loving blact- 
 btow'd night, 
 Give me my Romeo. Sbakfpcnyc. 
 
 Thus when a black-brciu'd guft begins to rife, 
 White foam at firft on the cuil'd ocean fries, 
 Then roars the main, the billows mount the (kics. 
 
 X>» \dfn. 
 Black-bryony. n.f. [/(7mnH.f, Lat.] A 
 
 plant. 
 Black-cattle, n.f. Oxen, bulls, and 
 cows. 
 
 The other part of thegraziei's bufincfs is what 
 we call black-cattle, produces hides, tallow, and 
 beef, for exportation. Swijt. 
 
 Black-earth, n. / It is every where 
 obvious on the furface of the ground, 
 and what wc call mould. JFooihvard. 
 
 Black-guard, adj. [from black and 
 ^uard.} A cant word among the vul- 
 
 B L A 
 
 gar ; by which is implied a dirty-fel- 
 low ; of the meaneft kind. 
 
 Let a blark-guarj boy be always about the 
 houfc, to fend on your errands, and go to mar- 
 ket for you on rainy days. S-wift. 
 Black-lead. n.f. [from black and lead."] 
 A mineral found In the lead-mines, much, 
 ufed for pencils ; it is not fufible, or r.ot 
 without a very great heat. 
 
 You muft firrt get your black-lead fharpened 
 finely, and put fait into quills, fur your rude 
 and firit draught. Peacbam. 
 
 Black-mail. n.f. A certain rate of 
 money, corn, cattle, or other confider- 
 atlon, paid to men allied with robbers, 
 to be by them protected from the dan- 
 ger of fuch as ufually rob or fttal. 
 
 Co-well. 
 
 BLACfe-PUDDiNG. n.f. [from black and 
 pudding.'] A kind of food made of 
 blood and grain. 
 
 Through they were lin'd with many a piece 
 Of ammunition bread .uid cheefe. 
 And fat black-puddings, propet food 
 For warriours that delight in blood. liujibrar. 
 
 Black-rod. n.f. [from black and rod.] 
 The iifher belonging to the order of 
 the garter ; fo called f;om the black-rod 
 he carries in his hand. He is of the 
 king's chamber, and likewlfe ufher of 
 the" parliament. CowelL 
 
 Black, n.y. [from the adjeftive.] 
 
 1. A black colour. 
 
 Black is the badge of hell, 
 The hue of dungeons, and the fcowl of night. 
 
 Sliakfpeare. 
 For the produiJllon of black, the corpufcles 
 muft be lels than any of thofe which cthibit co- 
 lours. Newton. 
 
 2. Mourning. 
 
 Rife, wretched wiuow, rife ; nor, undeplor'd. 
 Permit my ghoft to pafs the Stygian ford : 
 But rife, prcpai'd in black to mourn thy peri(h'ct 
 lord. Dry.ien., 
 
 3. A blackamoor. 
 
 4. That part of the eye which is black. 
 
 It fuffices that it be in every part of the air, 
 which is as big as the black or fight of the eve. 
 
 Dieiy 
 To Black, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 make black ; to blacken. 
 
 Blacking over .the paper with ink, not only 
 the ink would be quickly dried up, but the pa- 
 per, that I could not burn before, we quickly let 
 on fire. - Boyle. 
 
 Then in his fury black' J the raven o'er. 
 And bid him prate in his white plumes no more. 
 
 Mdifor). 
 
 Bla'ckamoor. n.f. [from i4/(7fjf and moor.] 
 A man by nature of a black complex- 
 ion ; a negro. 
 
 They are no more afraid of a blackamor, or .t 
 
 lion, than of a nurfc or a cat. Lcc^e. 
 
 BL.\'ciiBERt!.iEV Heallj. {cmpstrum, Lat.j 
 
 A plant. 
 Bla'ckberry BuJIj. n.f. [ruins, Lat.] .\ 
 
 fpecies of bramble. 
 Bla'ckberry. n.f. The fruit of the 
 bramble. 
 
 The policy of thefe crafty fneering rafcals, that 
 ftale old moufc-eatencheefcNcftor, and that fame 
 dog-fox Ulyflcs, is not proved worth a Hack- 
 berry, aiak/pcart.. 
 
 Then fad he fuiig the Children in the Wood ; 
 How blackberiiei ihcy pluck'd in defarts wild, 
 And fearlefs at the glittering faulchion fmil'd. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Bla'ckbird, n.f. [from Mad and iird.} 
 A bird.
 
 B L A 
 
 Of (inging birds, ihcy have linnets, gold- 
 Aiichcs, blackbirjs, thruOies, and divers others. 
 
 Care^v, 
 A fchoolboy ran unto 't, and thought 
 The CI ib WAS doM'n, the biackhirA caught. Swift. 
 To Bla'cken. "u. a. [from black.'\ 
 
 1. To make of a black colour. 
 
 Blcii'd by afpiring winds, ho finds the ftrnnd 
 B^'cign'tf by crowds. Prior. 
 
 Wliilc the long t'l.n'tals hUckin all the way. 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 2. To darken ; to cloud. 
 
 Th3t little cloud that appeared at firft to 
 Elijah's fci-vant no bigger than a man's hand, 
 but prcfcnlly ai'tcr grew, :\nd fpiead, and b.'uri- 
 ffifJ the f.ice of tiic whole heaven. South. 
 
 3. To dtfame, or make infamous. 
 
 Let u? /'.'.K^(-/;him what we can, faid that mif- 
 creant H.irrifjn of the blclfcd king, upon the 
 wording and drau-iiig up his charge againft his 
 approaching trial. South. 
 
 The morals hl.ickt't'J, when the writings 'fcape, 
 The libcird pcrfon, and the piflur'dftiapc. Hope 
 TbBLA'cKEN.-u.n. Togrowblack, ords;k. 
 The hollow lountl 
 Sung in the leaves, the forcil fliook around, 
 Air Llachn^df roH'd the thunder, gro.Tn'd the 
 ground. DryJcn. 
 
 Bl a'ckish. a;//, [from ^/afi.] Somewhat 
 black. 
 
 Part of it all the year continues in the foim of 
 7k blackijk o\\. Buyli. 
 
 Bla'ckmoor. 71. f. [fromWafif andiKocr.] 
 A negro. 
 
 The land of Cluis makes no part of Africa; 
 
 nor is it the liahifation of bUchno^rs; but the 
 
 counti-y of Aiabia, efpccially the Happy and 
 
 Stony. BtO'.uni Vulgar Knouri. 
 
 More to weft 
 
 The realm of Bacchus to the black»toor fea. 
 
 Ali.'ioa . 
 
 Bla'cjjness. fi.f. [^from ilaci.J 
 
 1. Black colour. 
 
 BUcknefi is oftly a difpofition to abforb, or 
 iiiflc, without reflection, nioft of the r.iys of 
 every fort that fall on the bodies. Locke, 
 
 There would emerge one or more very black 
 fpcts, and, within thofe, other fpotsof an intcnfcr 
 hUchieh, Nexulan. 
 
 His tongue, his prating tongue, had chang'd 
 him q'lite 
 To footy bl.ictnef! from the pureft wliite. AiUif. 
 
 2. Darkntfs. 
 
 His faults in him feem as the fpots of heav'n. 
 More licry by night's blachu[s. Shakfpearc. 
 
 3. Atrocioufnefs ; horriblenefs ; wicked- 
 ntfs. 
 
 Ela'cksmith. n.f. [from i/aci ^nd/mith.l 
 A fmitli that works in iron ; fo called 
 from being very fmntty. 
 The blac.kjmith may forge what ho pleafcs. 
 
 hoiuel. 
 
 Shut up thy doors with bars and bolts ; it will 
 
 be impofiible foi- vhcblarlfmith to make them I'o 
 
 faft, but a cat and a whojcmalicr will iind a way 
 
 throiigii them. Spc^^ror. 
 
 Bla'cxtail. ti.f. [from Mucl: and tcil.'] 
 A lifli; a kind of perch, by fomc called 
 ruffs, or popes. See Pope. Did. 
 
 BIjA'ckthorn. n.f. [from ^/.;f/' and /Zi6;-.7.] 
 The fame with \\\efioe. See Pluj-i, of 
 which it is a fpecii-s. 
 
 Bladder, n.f. [blabbjie, Saxon ; blader, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. That veffcl in the body which contains 
 the urine. 
 
 The bbidder fliould be made of a membra- 
 nous fiibiiancc, and extremely dilatable lor re- 
 ceiving and containing the urine till an oppoitu- 
 nity of i.mptyipg it. R<iv. 
 
 2. It is often tiled with wind, to which 
 allufions are frequently made. 
 
 B L A 
 
 That huge gieat body which the giant bore 
 Was vanquilh'd quite, and of that monftrous 
 
 ma Is 
 Was nothing left, but like an empty bladJerxvi^. 
 
 Spcfrr. 
 
 A bladMr but moderatoly filled with air, anH 
 ftrongly lied, biing held near the fiie.grcwcxcecd- 
 ing tuigid and hard ; hut being brought nearer to 
 the fire, it fuddeiily broke, with fo loud anoifcas 
 made us for a while after alinoH deaf. Biylc. 
 
 3. It is ufual for thofe, that learn to fwim, 
 to fupport thenifelves willi blown blad- 
 ders. 
 
 • I have ventur'd. 
 Like little wanton hoys that fwim on bladders, 
 Thcf; niany fummci s in a fea of glory, 
 But far beyond" my depth ; my highblown pride 
 A: lent;th broke under me. ShuKJptars. 
 
 4. A blider J a puilule. 
 Bla'dder-nut. n. /. \_flaphyloilemlron, 
 
 Lat.] A plant. 
 Bladder-sena. n.f [coIuUa, Lat.] A 
 
 plant. 
 BLADE, n.f [blxb,bled, Six.Med.Tr.] 
 The fpire of grafs before it grows to 
 feed ; the green flioots of corn which 
 rife from the feed. This ftenis to me 
 the primitive fignification of the word 
 i/iide ; from wliicii, I believe, the i/ade 
 of a fword was firft named, becaufe of 
 its fiinilitude in Ihipe ; and, from the 
 ilaJe of a fword, that of other weapons 
 or tools. 
 
 There is hardly found a plant that yicldeth a 
 a red juice in the bhde or ear, except it be tlic 
 tree that hcaretUJanguis draccnis. Bacort. 
 
 Eenfi in the feeding flocks betimes t' invade 
 The riling bulk of the lu.^uri.mt b!<ide. Dryden. 
 
 If we were able to dive into her fecret recelTcs, 
 we ihould find that the fmailell blade of grafs, or 
 moft contemptiblii weed, has its particular ufe 
 
 Swift. 
 
 Hung on evei-y fpray, on'evcry blade 
 Of grafs, tiic myiiad dcwdrops twinkle round. 
 
 'fiiomjori. 
 
 Blade, n.f. \_tlaiu. Germ, i/j,/, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The fliarp or llrlking part of a weapon 
 or inll.unient, dillinft from the handle. 
 It is ufually taken for a weapon, and fo 
 called probably from the likenefs of a 
 fword blade to a blade of grafs. It is 
 commonly applied to the knife. 
 
 He fought ail round about, liis thirtiy blade 
 To bathe in blood of f.'i:l;lel"s enemy. F. Queen. 
 
 She knew the virtue of her blade, nor would 
 Pollute her fabrc with ignoble blood. Dryden. 
 
 Be his this fword, \vho\'c bln.ie of brafs difplays 
 A ruddy ^le;.m, wlinfe hilt a fiiver blaze. Pupr. 
 
 2. Abrillcman, either fierce or gay, called 
 fo in contempt. So we fay nteitle for 
 courage. 
 
 You'll find youtfelf miflaken, fir, if you'll 
 take upon you to judge of thelc b/ades by thcii 
 garbs, looks, and outward appearance. 
 
 L'E/lranre. 
 
 Then turning about to the hangman, he faid, 
 
 Difpatch me, I pti'thec, this troublefonic b.ade. 
 
 2'rior. 
 
 '5i..\T>i of thef}}Oulder.\n. f. The borie 
 Bladebqne. J called by anato- 
 
 mifts the fcap-jla, or fcapiilar bone. 
 He fell mort fuiiouOy on the broiled rciicks of 
 
 a (houldei ot mutton, commonlv called aA/j.W««. 
 
 i'r;,. 
 To Blade. 11. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 furnilh or iit with a blade 
 Bla'ded. adj. [from blade."] Having 
 
 blades or fpires. 
 
 Her fiiver vif.ige in the wat'ry glafs, 
 Deckinj; with liijuid jieiul tlie i/.;Jc J giafs. Sh.>hf. 
 
 B L A 
 
 At w!iere the lightning inns atonp the ground, 
 Kor b/a.iedgrih,nor bearded corri fucceeds, 
 Butfcalcs cf fcuif and putrcfaftion breeds. DryJ. 
 
 BhAin. n.f. [ble^ene.Sax.^/fyw, Dutch.] 
 A puflule ; a botch ; a blillcr. 
 
 Itches, btainiy 
 Row all th' Athenian bofoins, and the crop 
 Bt general leprofy. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Botches and blaim muft all his Belh imhofs. 
 And all his people. Mills", 
 
 Whene'er I hear a rival nam'd, 
 I feel my body all inHam'd ; 
 Which breaking out in boils and btaini, 
 With yellow filth my linen Aains. Siuift, 
 
 Bla'mable. adj. [from b/ame.'] Culpa- 
 ble ; faulty. 
 
 Virtue is placed between two extremes, which 
 are on both fides c<pially blarrable. Dryder, 
 
 Bla'mablekess. n.f [from blamable.^ 
 Fault ; the I'tate of being liable to 
 blame ; culpablcnefs ; faullinefs. 
 Bla'mably. adv. [from blamab/e.] Cul- 
 pably ; in a manner lialile to cenfure. 
 
 A proccfs may l;c carried on againft a perfon, 
 that is malicioufly or blamably ablent, even to a 
 definitive fentcnce. ylylijft. 
 
 To BLAME. 1;. a. {blamer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To cenfure ; to charge with a fault ; It 
 generally implies a (light cenfure. 
 
 Our pow'r 
 Shall do a cnurt'fy to our wrath, which men 
 May blame, but not controul. Shakfpcate, 
 
 Porphyrms, you too far did tempt your fate j ^ 
 'Tis true, your duty to me it became ; 
 But, praifing that, I mull your coiiduifl blame. 
 
 Vryderi, 
 Each finding, like a friend, 
 Someti>ing to llame, and fomcthing to commend. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. To blame has ufually the particle _/br 
 before the fault. 
 
 The reader muft not biattte me for making ufc 
 here all .ilong of the word fcntinicnt. Locke. 
 
 3. Sometimes, but larely, r/f. 
 
 Tomoreus he blamed of incoLftderate raflinefs, 
 for that he would bufy himfelf in matters not 
 belonging to his vocation. 
 
 A'«-V/«' Hiforyofthe Turkf, 
 
 Blame, n.f [from the vetb.] 
 
 1 . Imputation of a fault. 
 
 In arms the praiie of fuccefs is fiiared amonj 
 many ; yet the blame of mifadventures is charged 
 upon one. ffaywiij. 
 
 They hay the blaftie on the poor little ones, 
 fometimes palhonately enough, to divert it liora 
 themfelves. Locke, 
 
 2. Crime ; that which produces or de- 
 fcrvcs cenfure. 
 
 Wiio wdtild not judge us to he difcharged of all 
 b.'.nne, which are confeft to have no great f.iulf, 
 even by their very word and tellimonj , in wliofe 
 eyes no fault of ours hath ever hitherto been ac- 
 cuftomcd to feem fraall. Hooker, 
 
 1 uiifpeak mine own dvrra;^ion ; here abjure 
 Tiie taints and ^Aim;; I i..-.:i upon myfelf, , 
 
 F ir llrangers to my :i.'.;urc. Shakfpearc. 
 
 3. Hurt. Not in td'e. 
 
 Tiierewith upon his treil 
 With rigour fo outrageous he fmit, 
 Thit a laigc Iharc it hew'c out of the reft, 
 .\iid glancing down liis Ihicid, from blame him 
 fairly bled. F.:sry Que^ti. 
 
 4. There is a pcc^iliar ftruiflure of this 
 word, in which . it is not very evident 
 whether it be a noun or a verb, but I 
 conceive it to be the v^in. To blr.me, 
 in French a Icrt ; culpable ; worthy of 
 cenfure. 
 
 You were to blame, I muft be plain with you, 
 To p.vt io flighljy with your wile's firfl gift. 
 
 Shaf/peare,
 
 B L A 
 
 T. do not a(k wlietiicr tlicy were m'.fli^kJrt ; l^ut, 
 whether they were lo blame in the manner. 
 
 Now we fliould hold them much to biame, 
 If thcv went bacic bcfoic they came. fnor. 
 
 iBLA'MiiruL. adj. [from blame and/;i«.J 
 Criminal ; giulty ; meriting blame. 
 Is not the caufcv of thcfc timelelsde.ahs 
 As blam^fuJ as the executioner ? Shatffearc. 
 
 Eluntwitted lord, ignoble m demeanour, 
 If ever lady wron^^'d her lord fo much. 
 Thy mother took into hei blamrful bcd^ 
 Some Hern untutor'd churl. Saakjfi''ye. 
 
 Bi-AMELESiY. adv. [from blamekjs.\ In- 
 snQoenCly ; without crime. 
 
 It is the wilful opponng explicit articles, and 
 not the not believing them when not revealed, or 
 not with that cmviflion, agaiiift which he cannot 
 hUmcUJIy, without pertiiiacy, holdout, tliat will 
 bring danger of roin on any. Hmmon.L 
 
 JBla'melesness. 11. f. [from blaimUJs.] 
 Innocence ; exemption from cenlure. 
 
 Having rel'olved with him in Homer, that all 
 ii chargeable on Jupiter and fate, they infer, witn 
 hi,n, tnc bUm(kJ>:^Js of the infciioiir agent. 
 
 Bi.a'meless. adj. [from llame.'\ 
 
 1. Guiltlefs ; -iniiocent ; exempt from cen- 
 
 fure ar blaine. 
 
 She found out the righteous, and prefervcd him 
 h'amflcp unto God. " 'J'-""- 
 
 The Hames afcend on either altar clear, 
 While thus the W^mf/./j maid addrefs'd her pray r. 
 
 JJrj'clrn. 
 
 Such a Icffening of our coin will deprive great 
 numbers of bUm.-kfs men of a fifth part of their 
 eftates. . ^'"'"■ 
 
 2, Sometimes it is ufed with of. 
 
 We will be thimelrp c/ this thine oatn. Jtijiun. 
 
 Bla'mer. n.f. [from blame.] One that 
 blames or finds fault ; a cenfurer. 
 
 In me you've hallowed a pagan mnfc. 
 And denizon'd a flrangcr, who millaught 
 By bhm.'i of the times they marr'd, hath fought 
 Virtues incomers. D',nne. 
 
 Blamewo'rthy. ad], [from blnme and 
 woWiy.] Culpable; Warn able ; wor- 
 ,lhy of blame or 'cenfnre.- 
 
 Althou-h the fame Ihould he U.imiwnhy, yet 
 this age hath forborn to incur the danger of any 
 fuch blame. ^l'"''"- 
 
 To BLANCH. T. a. [Manchh; Fr.J 
 
 1. To whiten; to change from fome other 
 
 .colour to white. 
 
 You can hehold fuch fights, 
 And keep the natural ruby of yonr cheeks, 
 When mine is bl.vch'd with fear. SUkjpe^rc. 
 Away of whiting wax cheaply m.ay be ot ule; 
 and we have fct down the praaice ol '"de^mcn 
 who hhinch it. ' ' 
 
 And fin's black dye feems bhmh\{ by age to 
 
 DrviUil. 
 virtue. .. . , . 1 
 
 2. To ftrip or peel fuch things as have 
 
 ' TlKir fuppers may be biftet, raifins of the fun, 
 
 and a few bUncInd almonds. " //■""■''■ 
 
 3. Toflur; to balk; to pafs over; to 
 
 ililfl away. Not in ufe. , . 
 
 The judges thought it dangaous to admit its 
 
 and amis, to qualify treafon ; whereby every one 
 
 , ,u .ght exprefs his malice, and blanch his danger. 
 
 You are not tranfported in an aftion that warms 
 the blood, and is appearing holy, to b"«rl:, or 
 take for admitted, the ^omt of lawfulnefs. i<;^«'. 
 
 To Blanch. i'. u. To evade; to ihitt ; 
 
 to fpeak foft. 
 
 oLimi c<,ni;iiuriinKrt,ii; books will fpeak plain 
 
 when counfellors bhuuh. , A"""- 
 
 J}la'ncher. n.f. [from blanch.] A 
 
 ivhitener^ -O'^'- 
 
 3- 
 
 B L A 
 
 BLAND, adj. [blandus, Lat.] Soft; mild; I 
 gentle. 
 
 In her face excufe 
 Came prologue, and apology loo prompt ; 
 Which, wiih bland words at will, Ibc thus ad- 
 drefs'd. 'W"'""- 
 
 And even calm 
 Perpetual reign'd, fave what the zephyrs hhoul 
 Breathed o'er the blue cxpanle. TT-Mfon. 
 
 To Bla'ndish. -v. a. [blaiidior, Lat.] To 
 fmooth ; to foften. I have met with 
 this word in no other paffage. 
 Muft'ring all her wdes. 
 With lhml!/h'd parleys, feminine affaults, 
 Tongue-batteries, (he furccas'd no^ day nor night 
 To rtorra me over-watch'd, and wcaiy'd out. 
 
 Mitll:l. 
 
 Bla'ndishment, n. f. [from blamli/l} ; 
 blandiliiT, Lat.] 
 
 1. Aft of fondnefs ; expreffion of tciider- 
 nefs by gefture. 
 
 The little babe up in his arms he hcnt. 
 Who, with fweet pleafurc and bold blandljhncnt, 
 •Gan fmile. ^f'"!"'- 
 
 Each bird and bead, behold 
 Approaching two and two ; thefe cow'rmg ow 
 With i.',«<^iA>""^"'- ^'"°"- 
 
 2. Soft words ; kind fpeeches. 
 Hg was both well and fair fpokcn, and would 
 
 ufe ftiangc fweetnefsandi./rt".A/{'''«" of words, 
 where he defired to efteft or perfuade any thing 
 that he took to heart. -S'"""- 
 
 ?. Kind treatment ; carefs. 
 ■' Him Dido now with /'A'n.Vi///''K'" detains; 
 But 1 fulpeft the town where Juno reigns. Dryd. 
 In order to bring thofe infidels within tiie wide 
 circle of whiggidi community, neilhcr blandijk- 
 nicnii nor promifcs are omitted. Sivijt. 
 
 BLANK, adj. [blanc, Fr. derived by Me- 
 nage from albiamis, thus : ajtb'umus, al- 
 biankus, bianiciis, biancus, bianco, blam- 
 cis, biancus, blanc; by others, from 
 W««f, which, in Uanini, fignilicsTZ./HW^; 
 in conformity to which, the Germans 
 have blanchr, to pne ; the Saxons, 
 bltccan ; and the Englini, bleach, to 
 whiten.] 
 
 1. White. 
 To the blank moon 
 
 Her office they prefcrib'd ; to th' other five ^ 
 Their planetary motions. Mnttin. 
 
 2. Without writing; unwritten; empty 
 of all marks. 
 
 Our fubftitutes at home Ih.dl have ulankami- 
 tcis, . 
 
 Whereto, when they know that men are rich, 
 They Ihall fubfcribe them for large funis of gold. 
 ^ Shakfficare. 
 
 Upon the debtor fide, I fin'd innumerable ar- 
 ticles ■ but, UDon the creditor fide, little more 
 than blank paper. , .-/./rfZ/o". 
 
 3. I'ale; conftifed-, crulhed; difpirited; 
 fiibdued ; deprclfed. 
 
 There without fuch boaft, nr fign of joy. 
 Solicitous and i.'.-^*:, he thus began. Milton. 
 
 Adam, foon as he heard 
 The fatal trefpafs done by Eve, amaz'd, 
 Alionicd liood, and blank, while horroiir chill 
 R in through his veins, and all his joints tclax'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 But now no face divine contejilment wears ; 
 
 'Tis all blank fadnefs, or continual fears. J'tpf. 
 
 4. Without rhyme ; where the rhyme is 
 
 blanched, or miffed. , ,, , 
 
 The lady (ball lay her mind freely, or the h,ank 
 
 verfe Ihall halt for it. ^ ShakJi„arc 
 
 Long have your ears been fill'd with tragick 
 
 parts ; 
 
 Blood and blank vcrfe have hardcn'd =1 your 
 
 hearts. Add.Jon. 
 
 B L A 
 
 Our blank verfe, where there is no iliv.me to 
 fupport the expreffion, is extremely difF.cult to 
 fuch as ate not maftcrs in the tongue. Add:Jo>i. 
 Blank, n.f. [from the adjeftive.] 
 I. A void fpace on paper. 
 
 I cannot write a paper full as I ufed to do ; and 
 vet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from 
 
 •> A lot, by ■which nothing is gained; 
 which has no priae marked upon it. 
 
 If you have heard your general talk of Rome, 
 And of his friends there, it is lots to hlanki 
 My name hath touch'dyour ears. Sbakfpearr. 
 
 In fortune's lotteiy lies 
 A heap of blanii, like this, for one fmall prize. 
 
 Dryden. 
 The world the coward will defpife, 
 When life's a blank,vi\iO pulls not for a prize. 
 
 Vrydcn. 
 
 A paper from which the writing is ef- 
 faced. 
 
 She has left him 
 The blank of what he was ; 
 
 1 tell thee, eunuch, Ihe has quite unmann'd hinj. 
 
 Drydt-n. 
 
 (.. A paper unwritten ; any thing with- 
 out marks or charafters. 
 
 For him, I thiak not on him ; for his thoughts, 
 
 Would they were blanh, rather than fiU'd with 
 
 mc. Shakjpcaii. 
 
 Omiffion to do what is ncccffary, 
 
 Seals a commiffion to a blank of danger. Shak. 
 
 l"or the book of knowledge fair, 
 Prefentcd with an univcrfal blank 
 Of nature's works, to me expung'd and ras'd. 
 
 Milion. 
 Life may be one great blank, which, thougl* 
 not blotted with fin, is yet without any cha- 
 laftcrs of grace or virtue ^"i"^.- 
 
 5. The point to which an arrow i| di- 
 recled; fo called, bccaufe, to be more 
 vitible, it was marked with white. Now 
 
 difufed. 
 
 Slander 
 Whofe whifper o'er the world's diameter, 
 As level as the cannon to his blank 
 Tianfports its poifon'd fhot. Skakj}eare, 
 
 6. Aim ; diot. Not ufed. 
 
 The harlot king 
 Is quite beyond my aim ; tut of the blank 
 And level of my brain. Shakfpeari. 
 
 I have fpoken for yon all my beft. 
 And liood within the blank of his difpleafure, 
 For my free fpecch, _ Sbakff.art. 
 
 7. Objea to which any thing is direftcd. 
 See better, Lear, and let me ftill remain 
 
 The true blank of thine eye. Shakjpcarc. 
 
 To B L A N K . ■!). a. [ from blanl ; blanchln Fr. ] 
 I. To damp ; to confufe ; to difpirit. 
 Each oppofite, that blanks the face of joy, 
 ' Meet what I would have well, and it deltroy. 
 
 S/iakfpc-arr. 
 Dnffon muft lioop, and (hall ere long receive 
 Siich'^a difcomfit, as (hall quite defpoil him 
 Of all thefe boafted trophies won on me. 
 And with confufion 4/,.-:* his worfhippcrs. Mill. 
 If the atheift, when he dies, (hould hnd that 
 his foul remains, how will this man be amaicd 
 ^nd blanked/ " Til/ctjon. 
 
 . To efface ; to annul. 
 
 All former purpofcs were blanked, the gevcr. 
 
 * 1 II .1,... -I l„<l .,«,! ^Ti, 
 
 nour at a bay,' and all that charge loft and can- 
 celled. •^W"- 
 Bla'nket. n.f. [blaricbetle, IT.J 
 I. A woollen cover, foft, and loofely wo- 
 ven, fpread commonly upon a bed, over 
 the linen flieet, for the procurement of 
 
 warmth. 
 Nor heaven peep througli the t/ankel of the 
 
 To cry hold! hold! SM/pearc. 
 
 The abilities of man muft fall (holt on one hi.e 
 
 or other, like too fcaoty a Manict when you a.-u
 
 B L A 
 
 abttl; if you pull it iipan your (lioiiUlcrs, you 
 kavc yuur iV'ct Larc ; if you tlinift it ilown ujion 
 your feet, your ihouMcrs arc uncovered. 'I'itftjiU, 
 
 Himlclf .imung llic iioiicd chiefs he fpics 
 As from the bitinUt high in air he flics. Tope. 
 
 2. A kind of poar, iometimcs written 
 
 iltinquit. 
 To Bla'nket. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To cover with a bhuiket. 
 
 My f.icc I'll ^riinc with tilth; 
 JiLmket my loiu:> ; tic all my hair in knots. 
 
 Si'iijltfpctire. 
 
 2. To tofs in a blanket, by way of pe- 
 nalty or ci>ntempt. 
 
 Ail, ho! he cry'd, what ftrcct, what lane, 
 but knows 
 Ourpurgings, pumpin^s, Hnnkcllng!, and blows? 
 
 /V 
 
 Bl.v'nkly. a</'z'. [from W<7n/-. ] In a blank 
 
 manner ; with wlu'tencfs ; with pale- 
 
 nefs ; with confufion. 
 
 To Blake, i;. ». [blartn, Dutch.] To 
 
 bellow ; to roar. Skinner. 
 
 Jo BLASPHEME, -v-n. {l-hifphcmo,\ow 
 
 I^atiu.] 
 
 1 . To fpcak in terms of impious irreve- 
 rence of God. 
 
 2. To fpeak evil of. 
 
 Ttic trucit ilfuc of thy throne 
 By his own intcidi<flion ftands accurs'd, 
 And docs /'Ay^' 'tt^m his biccd. S^t.tkf^t-ttre. 
 
 Thofe who from our labours heap their bo.ird, 
 Bl'ifpht-mc their feeder, and foi-gct their lord. 
 
 Vope. 
 
 To Blasphe'me. v. «. To fpeak blaf- 
 pheray. 
 
 Liver of i>htfpf:emirtg Jew. Shal^Jpeare ^ 
 
 I puniflicd tlicm oft in every fynagogue, and 
 
 compelled them to blafpheme. ^I'^i 
 
 Blasphk'mer. «./. [from blnffheme.l A 
 
 wretch that fpeaks of God in impious 
 
 and irreverent terms. 
 
 Who was before a hl.ifphimer, and a perfecu- 
 
 tor, and injurious. i Timothy. 
 
 Even that bUtjpkimer himfclf would inwardly 
 
 reverence his reprover, .is he ii> his heart renlly 
 
 dcfpjfes him for his cowardly bafc fUence. Scuth. 
 
 Deny the curft H'Xjphcmer^i tongue to rage. 
 And turn God's fury from an impious age. 
 
 Tlekel. 
 Siiould each hl^-fphemcr quite efc.ipc the rod, 
 Becaulc tlic infuli's not to man, but God Fcpc. 
 Bla'sthemous.. adj. [from blajphems. 
 It; is ufiially fpoken with tlie accent 
 on the firit fyllable, but ufed by Mil- 
 ton with it on the fecond.] Impi- 
 oufly irreverent with regard to God. 
 
 Oman, take i'.ecd h.ow thou the gods dolt move, 
 To caule full wrath, which thou can'll not relill ; 
 BUfpkcmnui words the fpeaker vain do prove. 
 
 Sidttey. 
 And Har'll thou to the Son of God propound 
 To woilhip thee accurft ; now more accurll 
 For this attempt, bolder t'uan that on Eve, 
 And mjoic hlajplumom. M.ltcn. 
 
 A man can h.udly pafs the flrccts, without 
 having his eaj'S grated with lion id and bin f pin- 
 niout oaltis and curfes. Tmotjon. 
 
 Tii.it any thing that wears the name of a 
 chriilian, oi but of man, Ihould venture to own 
 fueli a villainous, impudent, and bl.ifpk:m'jus .if- 
 IVrtion in the face of the world, as this ! South. 
 
 Bl a'sphemously. adv. [from blafphtme.'] 
 Impioufly ; with wicked irreverence. 
 
 Wheic is the right ufc of his rcafon, while he 
 would bi'affhim'jujly fct up to controul the com- 
 mands of the Almight)" * Sioij:. 
 Ela'sphemy. li.f. [irom llafpheme.} 
 
 ]il.ifl,hfmy, ftriitly and properly, is an otfering 
 of fomc indignity, or injury, unto God himftlf, 
 either by words or writing, ^yHJji. 
 
 B L A 
 
 But that my heart '« on future mifthlcf fct, 
 I would fpeak kluffhimy, crc bid you Hy ; 
 Bur fly you mult. Sh.tijp(<ire. 
 
 Intrinlick guodncfs confifts In.iccordanet, and 
 fin in contrariety, to the Iccrct will of Gid; or 
 clfc God could not he delined good, fo far as 
 his thoughts and fccrets, but only fuperricially 
 good, as I'ar as he is plcalcd to rcvcnl himfeli, 
 which is perfetit ^'rt//)y/ffffv to imagine. Hjmm^nd. 
 
 BLAST, n. f. [from blaej-r, Sax. l/hjin, 
 Germ, to blow.] 
 
 1. A gull or puff of wind. 
 
 They that Hand high have many hlctjli to Ihakt 
 them; *, 
 
 And, if they fall, theydalh thcmfclves to pieces. 
 
 Shukjpeare. 
 Welcome, then. 
 Thou unfubftantial air, th.it I embrace ; 
 The wretch tiiat thou haft blown unto the worft 
 Owes nothing to thy blnjh. Shakfpiats, 
 
 Perhaps thy fortune doth controul the winds. 
 Doth luofc or bind their i/<!//r in fccret cave. 
 
 Fairfiix. 
 
 Three fhips were hurry'd by the fouthern ilnji, 
 
 And on the fecrct (helves with fury oaft. Dryden. 
 
 2. The found made by blowing any in- 
 ibnment of wind mufick. 
 
 Ill peace there's nothing fo becomes a man. 
 As niodell ilillnel's and humility ; 
 Hot when the b',ijl of war blows in our ears, 
 Tiien imitate the aflion of the tyger. S/iuifpiare. 
 
 He blew his trumpet — the angelick blaji 
 Fiird all the legions. Milton. 
 
 The V'clinc fountains, and fulphurcous Nar, 
 Shake at the baleful i/ii/?, the fignal of the war. 
 
 Drydfa. 
 
 Whether there he two diflTerent goddcffes called 
 Fame, or one godriefs founding , two dift'eicnt 
 trumpets, it is certain villainy has as good a title 
 to a i.',ijl from tiic proper trumpet, as virtue has 
 from the former. Sivijt. 
 
 3. The ftroke of a malignant planet; the 
 infcdion of any thing peftilential. [from 
 the verb To l/hijl] 
 
 By the b/aji of God they peiilh. J-A. 
 
 To Blast, -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To if rike with fome fudden plague or 
 calamity. 
 
 Yuti nimble lightnings, dart your blinding 
 tiames 
 Into her fcornftil eyes! infcft her beauty. 
 You fcnfuck'd fogs, drawn by the powerful fun, 
 To fall and hhift 'ter pride. Shakjp<,i>e. 
 
 Oh ! Fortius, is there not fome chofcn curfc, 
 Some hidden thunder in the ftore of heaven, 
 Red with uncommon wrath, Xoblaji the man 
 Who owes his greatnefs to his counti7's ruin ? 
 
 AtLiifon, 
 
 2. To make to witlier. 
 
 Upon this b'..\jUd heath you fiop our way. 
 
 Shukjpeare. 
 
 And behold fevcn thin ears, and hUrJied with 
 
 the eall wind, fprung up after them. Gciiefn. 
 
 She, that hkc lightning (hin'd while her f.icc 
 
 lalied, 
 
 The oak now refembles, which lightning had 
 
 U.ijifd. JVaHtr. 
 
 Tohisgrcenyearsyourcenfurcs you would fuit, 
 
 i^ot biyl that bloffom, but expcit the fruit. Dryd. 
 
 Agony unmix'd, inceirant gall 
 Corroding eveiy thought, and bh^jiing all 
 Love's paradife. Thw[r,ii. 
 
 3. To injure; to invalidate; to make in- 
 famous. 
 
 He Ihcws himfclf weak, if he will take my 
 word when he thinks I defervc no credit; or 
 malicious, if he knows I defcrve credit, and yet 
 goes about to bhfi it. StiHiiisJIcet. 
 
 4. To cut oft" ; to hinder from coming to 
 maturity. 
 
 This commerce Jrhofhaphat king of Judea 
 endeavoured to renew; but his enterprise was 
 bhtjifd by the dcfttufiiun of vcflTcls in the har- 
 bour, Atbuthnbt. 
 
 BL A 
 
 y. To confound ; to ftrikc with terrour. 
 
 Trumpeters, 
 With brazen din i/.i/i you the city's cai 5; 
 Make mingle witu your rati'liiig tabourines. 
 
 ^h.ikjptiire, 
 
 Bla'stmknt. n. f. [from bLiJl.'\ Blall ; 
 fudden ftroke of infection. Not in ufe. 
 
 Ill the moin, arid litjuid dew of youth, 
 Contagious blujhncnti are moft imminent. 
 
 Sh^ikfpearc. 
 
 Bla'tant. adj. [llattant, Fr.] Bellow- 
 ing as a calf. , 
 You learn this language from the blolnnt 
 bcatt. DiyJci. 
 
 To Bla'tter. v. n. [from blatero, Lat.] 
 To roar; to make afenfclcis noife. Not 
 ufed. 
 
 She rode at peace, through his only jKiins and 
 excellent endurance, however envy lift to bLtttfr 
 againft him. Spcnfir , 
 
 Blattera'tios. n.f. \_b!ateratio, Lat.] 
 Noife ; fenfelcfs roar. 
 
 Blay. n.f. [ttl/mnius.] A fmall white 
 river iifli ; called alfo a b/eai. 
 
 BLAZE, n.f. [blaj^e, a toich, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Aflame; the light of the flame : b/uzi 
 implies more the light than the heat. 
 
 — The main b.'uz.e of it is paft; but a fmall 
 thing would make it flame agarn. Shjkfpcnn-, 
 
 Thy throne is darknefs in th' abyfs of light, 
 A b/iizc of glory that forbids the fight. D<yd,n. 
 
 What gioaiisof men fhall hll the martial ticid! 
 How fierce zbhtz.e his flanring pile (hall yield' 
 What fun'ral pump Ihall floating Tiber fee. Df\S, 
 
 2. Publication; wide diffniion of report. 
 
 For wha\ is glory bixt the hii-x.c of fame, 
 The people's praife, if alw'ays piaifc unmixt? 
 
 Miit'.t. 
 
 ^.■Bla%e is a white maik upon a horfe, 
 
 defcending from the forehead almoll to 
 the nofe. Farrier's Did. 
 
 To Blaze, v. 11. [[fiom the noun.] 
 
 1. To flame ; to (how the li^ht of a flame. 
 
 Thus you may long live an happy inflrumenc 
 for your king aad country; vou fhall not be a 
 meteor, or a bUtz-itig flar, huXJhl.'afxai happy 
 here, and more happy hereafter. Vacot. 
 
 The third fairmoi n now ldii:c\i upon the main, 
 Then s'ofl'y fmooth lay all the liquid plain. Vi-^n; 
 
 2. To be confpicuous. 
 To Blaze, v. a. 
 
 I. To publifh ; to make known ; to fpread 
 far and wide. 
 
 The nolle of this fight, and ilTue thereof, be- 
 ing bla-zcd by the country people to fome noble- 
 men thereabouts,- they came thither. Sidnry. 
 My words, in hopes to Uii^ a ftedfaft mind^ 
 This marble chofe, as of like temper known. 
 
 Sid'try, 
 Thou flialt live, till we can find a time 
 To bU-zc your marriage, leconcilc your friends. 
 Beg pardon ofthy prince, and call thee back. 
 
 Skukjpeare, 
 
 When beggars die, there are no comets fecn f 
 
 The heavens themfelves bhze fortii the death of 
 
 princes. Sh.ikjpcure. 
 
 But lie went our, and began to publilh it much, 
 
 and to i/.jicr abroad the matter. Mtirk, 
 
 Such miilick worthicft were to bl>i:it 
 The pccrlefs height of her immortal praifc. 
 Whole Uiftre leads us. Milicn^ 
 
 Faj- beyond 
 The fons of Anak, famous now and bljx'd, 
 Fearlefs of danger, like .1 petty god 
 I walk'd about. Milton. 
 
 Whofe follies, ilax.'d^\!0\^f, to all are known. 
 And are a fccret to himfclf alone. Gram iltt. 
 
 But, mortals, know, 'tis Itill our grcatell 
 pride 
 To //.!•» thofe virtues whichthe good'rould hi^Jr.
 
 B L E. 
 
 -. To blazon ; to give an account of en- 
 
 ' fiens armorial in pi oper terms. Notufed. 
 
 This, in ancient tinaes, w^-s called a he.ce ; 
 
 and you Ihould tl.cn have Uu^ed it tl.u. : he 
 
 bears a fierce, fable, between two ticrccs, or. 
 
 One that 
 
 Bla'zer. a./, [from Haze.] 
 fpreads reports. 
 
 Uttcreis of fecret^ he from thence debarr d, 
 Babblers of folly, and bhxir^ of crime ; 
 His lavum-bell misht loud and wide be heaid, 
 Wl.cn caufc rcqmiM, but never out of time ; 
 Early and late it tuns, -tt evening and at p..me. 
 
 To Bla'zon. 1'. a. {llafonner,Yv.'\ 
 
 1. To explain, in proper terms, the 
 figures on enfigns armorial. 
 
 Kins Edward gave to them the coat of arms, 
 u-hich I am not herald enough to h.uzon'^no 
 Englidi. „.„ , ^'^''■^"'• 
 
 2. To deck i to embellifli ; to adorn. 
 
 She i/j^=« in dread fmilcs her hideous f;>rm ; 
 So lightning gilds the unrelenting fturm. Ga,t/,. 
 
 3. To difplay ; to fet to fliow. 
 
 6 thou goddefs, 
 Thou divine nature 1 how thyfelf thou hh^^/ 
 In thefe two princely boys ! they arc as gciJle 
 As zephyrs blowing below the "olct, / 
 Not wagging his fweet head. S,udfp.^tc. 
 
 A. To celebrate ; to fet out. 
 
 ^ Ore that excels the quirk of l,hr,m,:g pens, 
 And, inth-elTential vcfture of creation, 
 Does bear all excellency. Shnirpear.. 
 
 r To blaze about ; to make publick. 
 
 ^ ■ Whafs this but libelling againrt the lenatc, 
 And hhxomngour injuftice every where? i/w*/. 
 
 Bla'zon. «./. [from the verb.] _ 
 
 1. The art of diawiiig or explaining coats 
 
 of armf. . . ,„ , 
 
 Proceed unto beafts thntare given in arm , and 
 
 teach me whrt I cught to oblerve ,n ^^"'^^^^^l 
 
 2, Show ; divulgation ; publication. 
 
 But this eternal Wi=-«' muft not be 
 To ears of flelh and blood. _ S.nkfpcar,. 
 
 , Celebration , proclamation of fomequa- 
 
 1-tv. 
 
 ■ 1 am a gentleraan-ril be fworn thou art ; 
 Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, aftion, and 
 
 Do rive th« fi've-fold h/arcr,. SMfpeay,-. 
 
 Men con over their pedigrees, and obtrude the 
 
 l!az.or, of tluir exploits upon the company .^^^^^^^ 
 
 Bla'zonry. n.f. ]Jxom blazon.-] The 
 art of bla7.omng. , 
 
 Give certain rules as to the principle > of bla- 
 
 To Bleach. •«. a. \_Mecchen,G^^:m.] lo 
 ^vhiten ; commonly to whiten by expo- 
 
 fure to the open air. 
 
 When turtles tread, and rooks and daw. ; 
 And maidens Wm.v1 their fummer fmocks. Snak. 
 
 Should I not fcek 
 The clemency of fomc more temp'rate cl.nie, 
 To purge my gloom ; -^rf. ^y the fun refin d, 
 1:1^ in'his beam., and lleach me in the w^ndj^^ 
 
 To Bleach. i). n. To grow white; to 
 <rrow white in the open air. 
 ^The white meet bUaMng in the °V^'^i^f°-^^^ 
 
 For there are various penances enjoin'd ; 
 And fome are hung .0 Usach upon the wmd ; 
 Some plune'd in wateis. '"y" • 
 
 '^'^he'^deadly winter feizes; (huts up fen e ; 
 I is him along the fnows, a 1'^=" <":orfe 
 St?ctch-d out, and bkaching in the northern Waft. 
 
 BLEAK, adj. [blac, blxc, Saxon.] 
 1. Pale. , , . 
 
 a. Cold ; chill ; checrkfs. 
 
 B L E 
 
 Intreat the north 
 To make his bUuk winds kiis my parched lips 
 And comfort me with cold. Slwkjfejn-. 
 
 The goddels that in rural Ihruie 
 Dweirit here with Pan, or Sylvan, by bleft fong 
 Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog 
 To touch the profperous growth of this tallvyood. 
 
 Her deflation prefents us with nothing but 
 llcok and barren profpefls. M.UJor:. 
 
 Say, will ve blefs the bleak Atlantick Ihorc, 
 Or bid the furious Gaul be rude no more r ij/'f. 
 Bleak. /(. / {alburuus, from his white 
 or hleak colotir.] A fmall river liih. 
 
 The hhak, or frclhwater fp.at, is ever m mo- 
 tion, and therefore called by fome the river 
 fivallow. .His back is of a pleah.nt, fad fea 
 water riecn; his belly white and (hining like 
 the mountain fnow. BUak. ate excellent meat, 
 and in beft feafon in Augult. «"''"'■ 
 
 Bi.F'MtNESs. ti.f. [fiom hhal.] Cold- 
 nels; chilnefs. 
 
 The inhabitants of Nova Zcmbla go naked, 
 
 wi:hoat complaining of the blrakmfi of the air ; as 
 
 the .umics of the northern nations keep the field 
 
 ,, - . ^cUifon. 
 
 all wintei. , , , i t,i 1 ij 
 
 BLr'AKV.^.'/?.[fromW<«Z-.] Bleak; cold; 
 
 chill. ■ .,,.,. 
 
 On Ihrubs they browzc, and, on the ijc-^v top 
 Of rugged hills, the thorny bramble crop. Dryd. 
 BLEAR, ndi. [blaa; a bllfter, Dutch.] 
 I. Dim with iheiim or water ; fore with 
 
 rheum. ^- n. r j 
 
 It is a tradition that blear eyes aflefl found 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 "^it is no more in the power of calumny to blart 
 the dignity of an honelt man, than of tlie bUa, 
 evert owl to caft fcandal on the lun. LEjirangc. 
 
 His buar eyes ran in gutiers to nis cnm ; 
 His beard was ftubble, and his checks were thin. 
 
 When thou ftialt fee the blear eyed fatiicrs teach 
 Their fons this hardr and mouldy fort of f^eech. 
 
 2. Dim; obfcure in general, or that 
 which makes dimnefs. 
 
 Thus I iiuil 
 My daziUng fpells into the fpongy air. 
 Of powertoclfeatthe eye with blear illuf.on. 
 And give it falfe prefentments. Mn>^"^ 
 
 To Blear, -v. a. [from th.2 adjeflive.] 
 I. To make the eyes watery, or lore with 
 rheum. , , ,, .^ 1 . 
 
 All tongues fpeak of him, pd tne i/...r,J fights 
 ArVfpeaacledfofeehim. - Shakffeare. 
 
 The Dardanian wives, 
 With Wwrf^vifagcs, come forth to view 
 The in-ue of th- exploit. Shakffeare. 
 
 When I was young, I, lilce a lazy fool, 
 Would blear my eyes with oil to ftay f™'" f^ho"^; 
 Averfe to pairs. '^'" "'' 
 
 2. To dim the eyes. 
 
 This may liand for a pretty fuperficia argu- 
 ment, to blear our eyes, and lull us alleep m 
 
 fecurity. 
 
 Ralligh 
 
 lecuruy. ^ , , , -. ,,,, 
 
 Ble'aredNESS.«./. [[rombkared.] Ihe 
 (late of being bkaved, or dimmed with 
 
 '^Trdefluxion falling upon the edges of the 
 eyLs,makesai/«-.W-^. . ''/to 
 
 To Bleat, v. n. [blxran, Sax. J io 
 
 ",);rle,e"irtLn'dlambs,thatdidf,ifl.i'th- 
 
 And /..W the one at th' other. . Sl^ak/peare. 
 
 You may as well ufe queltion with the wolf, 
 W^;^hi;hmadetheewe./^(..;>^^^^^^^ 
 
 While on fwce,gra.h.;^/-;^cha,|e does he, 
 °^qJidl2::ti:Cor wLt ^eep dare. 
 Within the lion's den i *^'y' '"' 
 
 B L E 
 
 Bleat. «./. [from the verb.] The cry 
 of a (hccp or lamb. 
 
 Set in my fliip, mine car reach'd, where we rode, 
 The bellowing of oxen, imd the bleat 
 Of ficecy Iheep. Cliaf^a-^ 
 
 Bleb. n. /. [blaen, to fwcU, Germ.J A 
 blifter. Skhwn-. 
 
 Bled. The preterit and participle of To 
 bleed. 
 
 To Bleed, v. n. pret. I bkd; I have 
 bled. [bWban, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To lofe blood ; to run with blood. 
 I bleed inwardly for my lord. ShakJ),ea:e. 
 
 Bleed, bleed,' poor country ! 
 Great tyranny, lay "hou thy bafis fure; 
 For goodnefs dare not check thee I ShakCpeare. 
 Many, upon the feeing of others bleed, or 
 fttangled, or tortured, themfelves are ready to 
 faint, as if they /-/../. •B"""- 
 
 2. To die a violent death. 
 The lamb thy riot dooms to blccel to-day ; 
 
 Had he thy rcafon, would he ikip and play? 
 
 •^ Pope. 
 
 3. To lofe blood medicinally ; as, he bled 
 for a fever. 
 
 4. To drop, as blood. It is applied to 
 any thing that drops from fome body on 
 incifion, as blood from an animal. 
 
 For me the balm Ihall bleed, and amber flow, 
 The coral redden, and ttie ruby glow. i "/'•• 
 To Bleed, -v. a. To let blood ; to take 
 blood from. 
 
 Tliat from a patriot of diftinguith'd note, 
 Have bled and purg'd me to a fimplc vote. I off, 
 Bleit. 1 ar//'. BafhfuL It is ufed in Scot- 
 Blate. j land, and the bordering coun- 
 ties. 
 roBLE'MISH. V. a. [from blame, Junius; 
 from bhme, white, l'"r. Siinrier.] 
 
 1. To mark vvith any deformity. 
 LiUeher that my outward face might have 
 
 been i if uifed, than that the face of fo excellent 
 a mind c'ouUl liaN c been thus bhmijhed. Sidn,y. 
 
 2. To defame ; to tarnlfn, with refpecl to 
 
 reputation. . 
 
 Not that my verfc would blcmi/i all the fair; 
 But yet if fome be bad, 'tis wifdom to bexvarc. 
 ^ Dry den. 
 
 Thofc who, by concerted defamations, en- 
 deavour to blemifi his charaiter, incur the com- 
 plicated guilt of llander and perjury. ^U:fon. 
 Ele'mish. «./. [from the verb.] _ 
 
 1. A mark of deformity ; a fear; a dimi- 
 nution of beauty. 
 
 As he hath caufcd a blemijl, in a man, fo fliall 
 it be done to him again. J""ll 
 
 Open it fo from the eye-hd, that you divide 
 not that-, for, in fo doing, you will ^-^^J^- 
 medilefs b!e„rfi. . " 'f "'""•• 
 
 2. Reproach ; difgrace; imputation. 
 That you have been earnell, Ihould be no be- 
 
 milh or difcredit at all unto you. ,,,: 
 
 "^^-And if we (hall negleft to propagate th fe 
 blclTcd difpofitions, what others can undeaake 
 it, without fome blemifi to us, fome refleilion 
 
 "Xrt^"l<^nouflypubll(hthe^>™;;i;» 
 of an extraordinary reputation, than fuch as lie 
 open to the fame centures ; raifing applaufe to 
 "hemfelves, for refemhling a perfcn of an exalted 
 reputation.' though in the blameable par« 0. his 
 charaacr. 
 
 , A foil; turpitude; taint; deformity. 
 
 ^' Firft (hall virtue be vice, and beauty be counted 
 
 Ere that 1 leave with fong of praife l-e/P-^'^;" 
 folemnizc. , j .. n. 
 
 Live thou, and to thy mother dead atteft, 
 That cleat flxc died from bkmijh criminal. Fmy «•
 
 B L E 
 
 Is confoimiiy witli Rome a Ihmiji iiiv.r. iht 
 cliurch of Ijigland, and unto clmiches abrontl :iii 
 ornamint i UwLtr. 
 
 Not n liair ]jcriftiM : 
 On thrir fuft.iining gaimcnts not .\ hUm-jh, 
 Kilt fielbcr than Lcforf. Slwkjfcor,. 
 
 Evsdnt's tii.P.)M.<)! ''tis a fault 
 To love, a i.'rrri/i to my tliouglit. U'*llcT. 
 
 Ti.at yo'.ii- diiry m.iy no hlc*r.ijh take, 
 I will niyfclf youi f.iilier'scaiJtivc makt. Diyden. 
 Such n mirth as this is capable of making a 
 I)cauty, a» well as a hlimijh, the fuhjcfl of deil- 
 fion. AJ.iij'.n. 
 
 To Blench, v. n. To (lirlnk ; to Itait 
 bact; to give way. Not ultrl. 
 IMl uhfcrvc his looks ; 
 I'll tent him to the quick ; if he but IIiikIi, 
 I know my lourfr. Sh.ikffKirt. ■ 
 
 Patience hcrftif, what goHdcfs e'er flic be, 
 Doth Iclter blfral: at fufierancc than I do. Sh.iif. , 
 
 Hold you ever to our fpecial drift ; 
 Though fonictimcs you do blench from this to 
 
 that. 
 As caufc dnth miniflcr. Sf:.ikfprare. 
 
 To Blench, 'j.a. To hinder; to obllinft. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 The icbeli bcfiegcd them, winninf the even 
 ground on the top, by carrying up great trufles 
 of hay before thvm, to Hirrc/i the defendants 
 ■ fight, and dead their (hot. Car^w. 
 
 To BLEND. ■!.■. /I. pict. I I'lenHi-d; an- 
 ciently, biciil. [bknban, Saxon.] 
 I . To mingle together. 
 
 'Tis beauty truly bl:nt^ whofc red and white 
 Nature's own I'wect and cunning hand hath laid 
 on. ShtkfpfiiTe. 
 
 The mirtion taught by the ancients is too flight 
 or grofs ; for bodies mixed according to their 
 liypothclis, would not appear I'uch to~thc acute 
 eyes of a lynx, who would dil'cerntiie elements, 
 if they were no otherwife mingled, than but 
 h!i>id- J but nut united. hyk. 
 
 He had his calmer influence, and his mien 
 Did love and majetty together bltml. Drydtn. 
 
 The grave, whcrr even tlie great hnd rell, 
 And blinded lie th' opprtlTor and th' opprefs'd. 
 
 i. To confound. 
 
 The moon fliould wander from her beaten 
 way, the times and fcafonsof theycari/tWthcm- 
 l'clvcs by difordcred and confufed mixture. Hooker. 
 3. To pollute; to fpoil ; to corrupt. This 
 fignification was anciently much in life, 
 but is now wholly obfolcte. 
 Which when he faw, he burnt with jealous 
 fire ; 
 The eye of rcafon was with v:\gsyblent. F^irji Q. 
 
 Regard of worldly muck doth foully blend, 
 And low abafc tlie high heroic fpirit. Farry ^neen. 
 The whilll thy kingdom from thy head is rent, 
 And thy throne royal with difhonour blent. 
 
 Sfenfer. 
 
 Blf.'nder. n./. [from To Mend.] The 
 
 perfon that mingles. 
 Blent. The obfolete participle of Mttii/. 
 To Bl.ESS. i>. a. preterit and participle, 
 
 Hfffed 01 blejl. [ble)-(-ian, Saxon.] 
 I. To make happy ; to profper ; to make 
 fuccefsful. 
 
 Tlie qirality of mercy is not ftr.nin'd ; 
 It droppetli as the gentle rain ot" heaven 
 Upon the place beneath. I'- i-. cw'izQ b/eft'd; 
 It bleffith him that gives, and him that takes. 
 
 Shakfl'tare. 
 Had I but died an hour before this chance, 
 I had liv'd a bleffcd time : for, from this inflant, 
 There's nothing ferious in mortality. SIiat:fpi<ire. 
 This kmgdom enjoyed the greatcll calm, and 
 the fuUeft mcafure of felicity, that any people, 
 in any age, forfo long time -together, have been 
 ilejjfd v/ifh. Clarendon. 
 
 Happy this ifle, with fuch a hero blejl ; 
 What virtue dwells not in his loyal brcalf ' 
 
 ll'ulkr. 
 
 Vol. 1. 
 
 B L E 
 
 In v.iin with folding arms the you^li affay'd 
 To llop her H'.;'it, and drain the Hying Ihadc ; 
 But (he reiurii'd no more, to blejs hia ioni;inj 
 eyes. DryUin. 
 
 O hofpiiabic Jove ! we thus invoke, 
 .B/^i tobjihnat uns this auipiciuus hum. Drydin. 
 
 2. To wifh happinefs to another ; to pro- 
 nounce a bklling upon him. 
 
 And tills is the bkiTing wherewith Mofes the 
 man of God blejfed the children of IfracI, before 
 ills ticath. Deuteiorwny. 
 
 3 . To confecrate by a prayer. 
 
 He tlejfed, and brake, and gave the loaves. 
 
 Malllicc. 
 
 4. To praifc ; to glorify for benefits re- 
 ceived ; to celebrate. 
 
 Unto us there is one only guide of M agents 
 natural, and he both the creator and worker of 
 all in all, alone to be ilcjfed, adored, and ho- 
 noured by all forever. ik'Aer. 
 But blefi'.l be that great pow'r, thalh hath us 
 blejVd 
 With longer life than earth and hciv'n can have, 
 
 Duvic:. 
 
 5. It feems, in one place of Spenfer, to 
 fignify the fame Zi to tvtive ; to hran- 
 dijlj ; to foui'ijli. This fignification is 
 taken from an old rite of our Roniilh 
 anceflors, who, hlejftng a field, divettcd 
 their hands in quick fucccfllon to all 
 parts of it. 
 
 Whom when the piince to battle new addreft. 
 And threat'ning higli his dreadful liroke did fee. 
 His fpaikling blade about his head he bUj':, 
 And fmotc otF quite his tight leg by the knee. 
 
 Fairy (^ttecn. 
 Ble'ssed. parfidj). adj. [from To b!;J's.'\ 
 I.Happy; enjoying felicity. 
 
 BlrJ/ed .uc the banen. L^de. 
 
 2. Holy and happy; happy in tlie favour 
 of God. 
 
 Ail generations (hall call me blrji'ed. Luke. 
 
 3. Happy in the joys of heaven. 
 
 Blejjed arc the dead which die in the lord. 
 
 . Revelatifjm. 
 
 Ble'ssed Thtjlk. [cnicus, Lat.] A plant. 
 Ble'ssedly. adv. [from l>!e£edj\ Hap- 
 pily. 
 
 This accident of Clitophon's taking, had fo 
 bljfed'y procured their meeting. Sidney. 
 
 Ble'ssedness. n.f. [from blejfed.'\ 
 
 1. Happinefs; felicity. 
 
 Many times have I, leaning to yonder palm, 
 admired the bhjfednefi of it, that it could bear 
 love without the fenfe of pain. Sidney. 
 
 His overthrow heap'd happinefs upon him ; 
 For then, and not till then, he felt hirafelf, 
 And found the bleffednefi of being little. Shakfp. 
 
 2. Sanftity. 
 
 Earthlicr happy is the rofe dilliU'd, 
 Than that, whicii, h itheringon the virgin thorn. 
 Grows, lives, and dies in fingle blcffednej\. Sbak. 
 
 3. Heavenly felicity. 
 
 It is fuch an one, as, being begun in grace, pafTes 
 into glary, blfjfednej'i^^ and immwrtalily. St^urh. 
 
 4. Divine favour. 
 
 Ble'ssek. ti.f. [from blefs.'\ He that 
 blefTes, or gives a bkffing; he that makes 
 any thing profper. 
 
 When thou receivcft pralfe, take it indif- 
 ferently, and return it to God, the giver of the 
 gift, or b'eJjcT of the action. TayUr. 
 
 Ble'ssing. n.f. [from llefs.'] 
 
 1. Benediftion ; a prayer by which happi- 
 nefs is implored for any one. 
 
 2. A declaration by which happinefs Is pro- 
 mii'ed in a prophetick and authoritative 
 manner. 
 
 The perfon that is called, kneeleth down be- 
 fore the chair, and the t'jth'r laye:h his hand 
 
 B L I 
 
 upon l.ii head, or her head, and giveth the 
 blijjing, Une-^n. 
 
 3. Any of the means of happinefs ; a gift ; 
 an advantage ; a benefit. 
 
 Ko! arc lii» biejpy^i to his banks confinM, 
 But ticc, and cunimun, as the fea and wind. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 Political jealoufy is very rcafonablc in |>eiion;> 
 perfiiaded of the excellency of their confiitu'ion, 
 who believe tliat they derive from it tl.c inofi va- 
 lu.ilile blejfmgi of focicty. Mdiftn. 
 
 A juft and wife magiftratc is a blejffing as ex- 
 tenfive as t!ic commtmity to which he Ulo.ngs : 
 a Ihff.ni which includes all other ht'Jprgs what- 
 foevcr, that 1 elate to ti.is life. .^iiterlury. 
 
 4. Divine favour. 
 
 My pretty coufin, 
 £/(^>;^ upon you ! Sluikffiau. 
 
 I had moft need o( bleffir.g, and Aincii 
 
 Stuck in my throat. Shak'peare 
 
 Honour tiiy fat'.icr and mother, Loth in word 
 
 and deed, tint a bUJJing may come upon thee 
 
 from tliem. Eeilui. 
 
 He Ihal! receive the llr£i"g from the Lord. 
 
 }'falm>. 
 
 5. The Hebrews, under this natr.e, often un- 
 derllood the prefents which friends make 
 to one another ; in all probability, be- 
 caufe they are generally attended witli 
 ^•/i^.i^'j-andcompllmenls both from thofc 
 who give, and thofe who receive. Calmtl. ^ 
 
 And Jacob faid, receive my prcfent at my 
 hand ; take, I pray thee, my blejjing th.tt i^ 
 brought to thee. Goiefit. 
 
 Blest. The preterit and participle of 
 bkfs. 
 
 Peace to thy gentle fhade, and cndlefs rcfl! 
 BUf. in thy genius, in thy love too bUJi! I'cje. 
 Blew,. The preterit of Z'/oct;. 
 
 The refl tied into a iirong tower, where, fee- 
 ing no remedy, tliey defperately »Vru/ up them- 
 {ih e.., with a gieat part of the caHle, with gun- 
 powder. Kno.'h'i. 
 
 Blevme. n.f. An inflammation in the 
 foot of a hoife, between the fole and 
 the bone. Farrier's DlS. 
 
 Blight. ?;._/". [The etymology unknown.] 
 
 1. Mildew; according to Siinner : but it 
 fc;ems taken by molt writers, in a general 
 fenfe, for any caufe of the failure of 
 fruits. 
 
 I complained to the o'deft and befi gardeners^ 
 who often fell into the fame misfortune, and 
 crtecmed it fome bligh: of the fpring. Temple. 
 
 2. Any thing nipping, or blading. 
 
 When you come to the proof once, the fiift 
 blig/it of fioft Ihall moll inf.dlibiy ftrip you of 
 alt your gloiy, L'Ejfirange, 
 
 7"oBlight. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To corrupt with mildew. 
 
 This vapour bears up along with it .inv no\iuus 
 mineral fleams; it then blalts vegetable*, bH^lm 
 corn and fruit, and is fonictimes injurious -.vcn 
 to men. I) it,dutsrd. 
 
 2. In general, to blaft ; to hinder from 
 fertility. 
 
 My country neighbours do not find it im- 
 poiCble to think of a lame horfe they base, or 
 their blig'nred corn, tilUhey have run over in t eir 
 minds all beings. Liiie. 
 
 But leil l.arfli care the lover's peace deflroy. 
 And roughly b'ight the tender buds of jov. 
 Let reafon teach. Lytielton. 
 
 BLIND, adj. [bhnb, Saxon.] 
 1. Deprived of fight; wanting the .fenfe 
 of feeing ; dark. 
 
 The blind man that governs Kis fieps by feel- 
 ing, in defeft of eyes, receives advcitifenieni of 
 thirsgs through a liati'. Digby. 
 
 Thofe other two, cquali'd with me m f..:i, 
 So were I equall'd witii thcra in fenown! 
 
 ; C
 
 B L I 
 
 J/iWITiamyris, and oUnd Msonidts ; 
 And Terefias, and Phineas, prophets old. Milton. 
 3- Intellediually dark ; unable to judge ; 
 ignorant : with to before that which is 
 unfeen. 
 
 All autliors to their own defcils are tlind; 
 Hadft tliou but, Janus like, a face biliind. 
 To (ee the people, what fplay mouths they 
 
 make; 
 To mark their fingers pointed at thy back. Dryd. 
 
 3. Sometimes of. 
 
 B/inJ of the future, and by rage miflcd. 
 He pulls liib criines. upon his people's head. Dryd. 
 
 4. Uiifeeii ; out of the publick view ; pri- 
 vate : generally with fome tendency to 
 fome contempt or cenfure. 
 
 To grievous and fcandalous inconvf niencics 
 they make themfelves fubjcfl, with whom any 
 i/ind or fecret corner is judged a fit houfe of 
 common prayer. Hooker, 
 
 5. Not eafily difcernible ; hard to find ; 
 dark ; obfciire ; unfeen. 
 
 There be alfo blind fires under ftone, which 
 flame not out; but oil being poured upon tliem, 
 they Same out. Bacon. 
 
 Where clfe 
 Shall I inform ray unacquainted feet 
 In the blind mazes of this tangled wood ? Mil/on, 
 
 How have we wandcr'd a long diffnal night. 
 Led through i/;W paths by each deluding light. 
 
 Rcfrommon. 
 Part creeping under ground, their journey 
 blind, 
 And climbing from below, their fellows meet. 
 
 Dryden. 
 So mariners miftakc the promis'd gu!>, 
 And, with full fails, on the blind rocks arc loft. 
 
 Dryden 
 A poftern door, yet unobfetv'd and fret, 
 Join'd by the length of a blind gallery, 
 To the king's clol'et led. Dryden. 
 
 6. Blind Veffeh. [with thymifts.] Such as 
 have no opening but on one fide. 
 
 Tu Blind, v. a, [fiom the noun.] 
 
 1. To make blind ; to deprive of fight. 
 
 You nimble lightnings, dait your blinding 
 
 flames 
 
 Into her fcornful eyes ! Shakfptarc. 
 
 Of whofe hand have I received any bribe to 
 
 Hind mine eyes therewith ? and I will reftore it. 
 
 I Samuel. 
 
 A blind guide is certainly a great mifchief; 
 
 l>ut a guide that hlindi thofe whom he Ihould 
 
 lead, is undoubtedly a much greater. Soulh. 
 
 2. To darken ; to obfcure to the eye. 
 
 So whirl the feas, fuch darknefs blindi the 
 ilcy. 
 That the black night receives a deeper dye. Dryd. 
 
 3. To darken the underftanding. 
 
 This my long-fuffcring, and my day of grace, 
 They who ncglcft and fcorn Ihall never talie, 
 But hard be harden'd, blind be blinded more. 
 
 Millon. 
 
 4. To obfcure to the undei (landing. 
 
 The ftalc of the controverfy between us he en- 
 deavoured, with all his ait, to blind and con- 
 found. Slillingjher. 
 BiiND. n.f. 
 1. Something to hinder the fight. 
 
 Hardly any thing in our convcrfaiion is pure 
 iiid genuine ; civility calls a blladottr the duty, 
 iviuici fome cuftornary words. L'EJIran^i. 
 
 3.. Something to miflead the eye, or the 
 underllanding. 
 
 Thefc difcourfcs fet an cppofition between his 
 rnmmands and decrees; making the one a hlin.l 
 for the execution of the other. Decay of Piciy. 
 
 To Bi i'ndfold. 11. a. [from blind and 
 fcld.^ To hinder from feeing, by 
 blinding the eyts. 
 
 Syhcn they had blindJaUid him, they flruck 
 kim onilic taCc. iMit. 
 
 B L 1 
 
 Bli'ndfoi.d. aau [from the verb.] Hav- 
 ing the eyes covered. 
 
 And oft himfclf he clianc'd to hurt unwures, 
 Whilft rcafon, blent through paffion, nouglit dc- 
 
 fcried, 
 But, as a h}inJfold bull, at random fares, 
 And where he hits, nought knows, and where 
 he huits, nought cares. Fairy Queen. 
 
 Who bUndJijld walks upon a river's brim, 
 When he fliould fee, has he dcferv'd to I\vim.' 
 
 Dryden. 
 When lots arc fliutHcd together, or a man 
 hlindfold C3\k.s a dye, what reafun can he have to 
 prelumc, that he (hall draw a white ftone rather 
 than a blatk ? South. 
 
 The women will look into the ftatc of ihe na- 
 tion with their own eyes, and be no longer led 
 blfndfcld by a male legiflaturc. Addijon. 
 
 Bli'ndly. adv, [from bl'tnd.'\ 
 
 1. Without fight. 
 
 2. Implicitly ; without examination. 
 
 Tiie old king, after a long debate, 
 By his imperious mlrtrels blindly led, 
 Has given Cydaria to Orhclian's bed. Dryden. 
 
 How ready zeal for intcreft and paity, is to 
 charge atheifm on thofe, who will not, without 
 examining, fubmic, and blindly fvvallow their 
 nonfenfe. Locke. 
 
 3. Without judgment or direfllon. 
 
 How feas, and earth, and air, and active 
 Hame, 
 Fell through the mighty void ; and, in their fall, 
 Were blindly gather'd in this goodly bail. D>yd^ 
 
 Bli'ndman's Bufe. v.J\ A play in which 
 fome one is to have his eyes covered, 
 and hunt out the refl of the company. 
 
 Difguis'd in all the maflc of nigiit, 
 Wc left our champion on his flight ; 
 At bl/f.-dman's buff' to grope his way, 
 In cqu:il fear of night and djy. TJudibra^. 
 
 He imagines I Ihut my eyes again ; but furely 
 he fancies I play at blindma ■:' s huff with him ; for 
 he tliinks I never have my eyes open. Snilingjl. 
 
 Bli'ndness. t!. f. [from ^/r//^.] 
 
 1. Want of fight. 
 
 I will fmite every houfe «f the people with 
 blindficft, Zechariuh. 
 
 2. Ignorance; intellectual darknefs. 
 
 Ail the rcrt as born of favage brood, 
 But wuh bale thoughts, are into hhndnejt led, 
 And kept from looking an the lightfume ^:\y. 
 
 Stcfcr. 
 
 Nor can wc call it choice, when whit wc chufe, 
 Folly and bH'idnefs only could refufe. Derili.im. 
 
 Whcnlocvcr we would proceed beyond thelc 
 
 fimplc ideas, wc fall prcfently into darknefs and 
 
 diiHculties, and can difcuvcr nothing farther but 
 
 our own h!indni(\ and ignorance. Luke. 
 
 Bli'ndnettle. «. f, [/crofularia.] A 
 
 plant. 
 Bli'ndside. n. f. [from Wind 7\.x\^J'idc.'\ 
 Weaknefs ; foible ; weak part. 
 
 He i<r too great a lovcj of himftif ; this is one 
 of his bhndf.dei-.^ t!ie btft of men, I fear, are not 
 Without them. Siuift. 
 
 Bli'ndworm. n. j\ [camellia; from lli/id 
 and ivorm.'\ A fmall viper, called like- 
 wife a How worm ; believed not to be 
 venomous. 
 
 You fp'jtted fnakep, with doui)le tongue?, 
 Thorny hcd^thugs, be not fecn ; 
 Newts and b/.'ndivormsy do no wrongj 
 Come not near our fairy queen. Shakfpearr . 
 
 The gieatcr flow worm, called :ilfo the hUnd- 
 •wGrtTfj \i commonly thought to be blind, becaufc 
 of the lirtlcncfs or his eyes. Grew. 
 
 7o BLINK, i;. 71. [bl'incbny Danifli.] 
 i. To wink, or twinkle with the eyes. 
 
 So pohticit, as if one (ye 
 Upon ihc oihtr w?ie a fpy ; 
 Thai, to trcpiin llie o\'\t to think 
 The other blind, Liyth ftrovc tolH/tk, Hud/bras. 
 
 B L 1 
 
 2 . To fee obfcurely. 
 
 What's hcic! the poitrait of a bliitki'ig ideot. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 Sweet and lovely wall, 
 Shew me thy chink, to blink through with mine 
 Eyne. Siiakf^care^t Midfummer A'iglit' i Dreai.i. 
 
 His fij^urc luch as might his foul proclaim ; 
 Onccycvf^s.bllnkingf and one leg was lamc. }*ofe. 
 
 Bli'nkard. n.f. [dom llinJe. 2 
 
 1. One that has bad eyes. 
 
 2. Something twinkling. 
 
 In fome parts wc fee many glorious and emi- 
 ncHt f^ars, in others few of any rcmaikable great- 
 nefs, and iii fome none but blinkurdif^nd oblcuie 
 ones. Hakeiuill. 
 
 BLISS, n.f. [bhj-]-e, Sax. from bh^aj-ian, 
 to rtjoice.] 
 
 1. The higheft degree of happlnefs ; blef- 
 fednefs ; felicity : generally ufed of the 
 happineis of blcfled fouls. 
 
 A mighty Sa\iour hath witnclTed of himfelf, 
 I am the Way ; the way that leadcth us from 
 mifery into blip. Hooker. 
 
 Dim fadnefs did not fparc 
 That time ccleftial vilages ; yet, mix'd 
 With pity, violated not their W/>. Millon. 
 
 With me 
 All my redeem'd may dwell, in joy and bhfs. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. Felicity in general. 
 
 Condition, circumllance is not the thing ; 
 Blifi is the fame in fubjcft or in king. Pope. 
 
 Bli'seful. adj. [from hlifs and full.'\ 
 Full of joy; happy in the highcll de- 
 gree. 
 
 Yet fwimming in that lea ui iliffiil ]Qjy 
 
 He nought forgot. * Tairy Queen. 
 
 The two faddcft ingredients in hell, are de- 
 
 pii%'ation of itiz blifful s\i\on, and confufion of 
 
 face. Hammond, 
 
 Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love. 
 Uninterrupted joy, unrival'd love, 
 In blififul folitude. Milton. 
 
 So peaceful Ihalr thou end thy blifful days, 
 And Heal thyfclf fioni life by flow decays. Pofe. 
 
 Firft in the fields I try the filv.in Ifrains, 
 Nor blulh to fport in Wiiulfor's blifsfitt ^\a.\ns. 
 
 Pope. 
 BLi'ssFt;LLY. adv. [from hlififul.'\ H.ip- 
 
 pily. 
 Bli'ssfulness. «. f. [from bl'ifsful.'\ 
 
 f lappinefs ; fiilnefs of joy. 
 7"o Bli'ssom. 11. n. To caterwaul ; to be 
 
 iui\fui. Dia. 
 
 BLISTER, n.f Iblu^icr, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A puftule formed by ralfing the cuticle 
 from the cutis, and filled with fcrous 
 blood. 
 
 In this f^ate (he gallops, night by night, 
 O'er ladies lips, who ftiait on kilfcs diearii, 
 Wiiich oft the angry Mab wuh ilifit\ plagues 
 Bccaufe their breaths vvicti fweatnicats tainted are. 
 
 Skakfpeart. 
 
 I found a great blifier Anv/n by the garlick, 
 but had it cut, which run a good deal of wa:cr, 
 but filled again by next night. Tempi:. 
 
 2. Any fwclling made by the feparation of 
 a film or flcin from the other parts. 
 
 Upon the leaves there iileth a tumour like a 
 blijicr. Bacoi . 
 
 To Bli'stfr. t'. 71. [from the noun.] To 
 rife iu blillerj. 
 
 If I prove honcymouth, let my tongue hlifer. 
 And never to my red-look'd anger be 
 The trumpet any more. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Embrace thy knees with loathing hands, 
 Which blfler when tlicy touch thee. Dryden. 
 
 To Bli'ster. v. a. 
 
 I. To raife blillcrs by fome hurt, as by a 
 burn, or .rubbing.
 
 B L O 
 
 Look, htif comes one, a (;cntlewom.\ii of miiic, 
 Wlio fjlliTip. in the fl.nvs ut lici own joiuli, 
 Hath hlijltr'A her rcimrt. Sh,ikffr,« ^ . 
 
 Z. To inifc blifttis with a nudical iuuii- 
 timi. 
 
 1 :r:fi{tc(i the Uo'S ;i"'l thighs ; hiil w:is too 
 
 laic; he died howling. 1} ij.man. 
 
 SLITIIK. adj. [bliBc, Saxon.] Cay; 
 
 airy ; mcny ; joyous ; fpiighlly ; niirlli- 
 
 ful. 
 
 We Iwvc always one eye fixed upon the coim- 
 tcmmc of our enemies; and, according to the 
 blithe ur heavy alVcdt tlieieof, our other eye 
 Ihewetli feme other fuitablc token either of dillikc 
 or approhation. Ht^oLi. 
 
 Then figh not fo, but let them go, 
 And be you f-hf/n and bonny. Ukak/pra^ c. 
 
 For that fair female troop thou faw'lt, that 
 fccm'<l 
 Of goddelTcs, Co hlilh,; fo fmooth, fo gay ; 
 Yet empty of all good. Mi.'ion. 
 
 To whom the wily adder, fi/!r>ie and glad : 
 Eiiiprcfs ! the way is rtady, and not long. M:.lon. 
 
 And the milkmaid lingeth biillie, 
 And the mower wluts his fcythc. Mi/tin. 
 
 Should he letnrn, 'nat troop foi/////^anri hold, 
 Precipitant in fear, would wing their tlight. Pcpf. 
 
 Bli'thly. ai/r. [from W;'//jc.] In a blithe 
 
 manner. 
 Bli'thness. 7 "•/ [from illlhe.] 
 
 Bu'thsomeness. J Tlie quality of be- 
 ing blithe. 
 Bi.i'thsome. ailj, [from llilke.'} Gay; 
 cheerful. 
 
 Frofly hl.ifts deface 
 The hlithifomt year : trees of their flirivcll'd fruits 
 Arc widow'd. I'/iilifi. 
 
 To Bloat, v. a. [probably from blo'w.~\ 
 To fwcU, or make turgid with wind : it 
 lias up, an intcnfive particle. 
 
 His rude cifays 
 Encourage him, and bioai him ;</> with piaife, 
 Tiiat he maygetmoie bulk before he dits. Diyd. 
 The flrutting petticoat fmuolhs all diltiniifions, 
 levels the motlicr wilh the daughter. [ eannot 
 hut be troubled to fee fo many well Oiaped inno- 
 cent virgins, ikatcd uf, and waddling up and 
 down like big-bellied women. Adtiijon. 
 
 To Blo.vt..i'. n. 'I'o grow turgid: 
 
 If a perfon of a lirm conltitution begins to llotif\ 
 
 from being warm grows cold, his fibres grow 
 
 weak. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Bloat, ailj. Swelled with intemperance ; 
 
 turgid. 
 
 The bhat king. Shakjpenre'i Jlawlet. 
 
 Blo'.vtednf.ss. n.f. [from 6ioat.] Tur- 
 gidnefs ; fuelling; tumour. 
 
 LalTitude, larinel's, bhateJnef^^ and fcorbutical 
 fpoti, are fymptoms of weak hires. Arbuihnot. 
 Blo'bber. n.f. [from hlohJ\ A word 
 ufed in fome counties foi a bubble. 
 
 There fwimmcth alfo in the fea a round fliniy 
 fubftancc, called a blobbtt, reputed noifomc to 
 the filh. Camu. 
 
 Bio'uflERLiP. n.f. [from blob, ox blab- 
 ber, and lip.^ A thick lip. 
 
 They make a wir of their inlipid friend, 
 His blobbiilfi and bectkbrows commend. Dtyd. 
 Blo'blipped. ) rt^'. Having fwelled 
 
 Blo'BBERLiypED. J Or thick lips. 
 
 A blMirlipfid lUell, fecmcth to be a kind of 
 
 rnnirel. Giciu. 
 
 His perfon deformed to the higheft degree ; 
 
 fl.it-nofed, and blohbcrlippej. l.'Fjliini^r. 
 
 BLOCK n.f. [b/odyllMch; MocYt.] 
 
 -J. A heavy piece of timber, rather thick 
 
 than long. 
 2. A mafs of matter. 
 
 Homci "s aputheufis confitf s of a gioupe of 
 figures, cut in the fame block of m.uMe, and 
 Iifing otic above another. Addifan. 
 
 V. L O 
 
 3. A niafly body. 
 
 Small eaufcs arc fufrictent to make a man un- 
 eafy, when great ones are not in 'he way : for 
 want of a.i.Vf, he will flumblc at a Itiaw. Siuifl. 
 
 .\. A rude piece of matter : in contempt. 
 When, by the help of wedges and becrtci, an 
 image is cleft out of the trunk of foinc tree, yci, 
 after the (kill of arlihcers to let fuith futh a 
 divine bl:ck, it cannot one moment fccurc itfelf 
 from being eaten by worms. Stdlmgficct. 
 
 5. The piece of wood on which hats are 
 formed. .Simie old writers ufe biuck for 
 the hat itfelf. 
 
 He wiars his faith but as the fafhion of his 
 hat ; it ever ihangrs with the nrjt block. Sh.iif. 
 
 6. The wood on which ciiminals arc be- 
 headed. 
 
 Some guard the fc traitors to the Woc^ of death, 
 Ticafon's true bed, and yiildcr-up of breath. 
 
 SliiihJ^fnrf. 
 
 At the indant of his death, having a long 
 
 heard, alter his head w.is upon the block, he 
 
 gently drew his beard afide, and faid, this liath 
 
 not offended the king. Bacon. 
 
 I'll drag him thence, 
 
 Even fiom the holy alter to the Idi.k. Drydcn. 
 
 7. An obllruflion ; a Hop. 
 
 Can he ever duam, that the faffcling for 
 rightcoufncl's f.ike is our felicity, when he fees 
 us lun fo from it, that no crime is block enough 
 in our way to Hop our flis'ht ? Veciy vj Pjciy. 
 
 8. A fea term for a pully. 
 
 9. A blockhead ; a fellow remarkable for 
 
 ftnpidity. 
 
 The countiy is a defeit, where the good 
 Gain'd inhabits nut; burn's not undetilood ; 
 There men become beafts, and prune to all evils ; 
 In cities, blocks. Donne. 
 
 What tonguclcfs blocks were they, would they 
 not (peak? S't.djjieciTe's Richard 111. 
 
 7"o Block, v. a. \_bloquer,Yr.'] 
 
 1. To (hut up ; to enclofe, fo as to lilndcr 
 egrcfs ; toobftruft. 
 
 The flates about them (liould neither by cn- 
 creafc of dominion, nur by bhckt>;g of trade, 
 have it ill their power to hurt or annoy. Clarendon. 
 
 Thev b'-^ck the caftlc kept by Bcitiam ; 
 Bill now they ciy, down with the paiacc, fire it. 
 
 Drjiden. 
 
 2. It has often iiji, to note clanfnre. 
 
 Recommend it to the governor of Abingdon, 
 to fend fome troops to block it up, from infcfting 
 the gre.U road. Clarendon. 
 
 The abbot raifes an army, and blocks up the 
 town on the fide that faces his dominions. 
 
 Addlfon. 
 
 Block-house. «./. [^rom block ^ndthoufe.'\ 
 A fortrefs built to obllrufl or block up a 
 pafs, commonly to defend a harbour. 
 
 His entrance is guarded wilh bhck-hnjes, and 
 that on the town's fide fotlilied with ordnance. 
 
 Carc'iu, 
 
 Rocheftcr W'ater rcacheth far within the land, 
 
 and is under the protcflion of fome block-lsouf:s. 
 
 Raieiy h. 
 
 Block-tin. n.f. [from block and /;«.] 
 
 Tin which is pure or unmi.sied, and 
 
 yet unwrought. Buyle. 
 
 Block.Vde. n.f. [from 3;W.] A fiege 
 
 carried on by (hutting up the place. 
 
 Tiie enemy v»-as ncceliitated wholly to abandon 
 the Ihckade of Oliveuia. Taller. 
 
 Round the goddefs roll 
 Broad hats and hoods, and caps, a fable (hoal ; 
 Thick, and more thick, the blacic blockade ex- 
 tend-. ^'•/"■• 
 To Blocka'di*. -u. a. [from the noun.] 
 To (hut up by obftruftion. 
 
 Huge b.iks of Brill. h cliitli hiaikade the door, 
 A hundred oxen at youi Icsec roar. I'ofe. 
 
 Blo'cxhf.ad. n.f. [from Wof^ and /aW.] 
 
 B L O 
 
 A (lupid fellow ; a dolt ; a man without 
 parts. 
 
 V'our wit will not fo foon out ai another 
 man's will ; it is Itrongly wedged up in a block- 
 head. Shaifpeari, 
 
 We idly fit like ftupid bhckJteaJi, 
 Our hands committed to our pockets. Hudibrau 
 
 A blockhead rubs his thoughlefs fkull, 
 And thanks his liars he was not born a fool. 
 
 Pi>fe. 
 
 Bi.o'cKHEADED. adj. [from blockhead,^ 
 
 Stupid ; dull. 
 
 Says a blockkeaded boy, thefe are villainous 
 creatures. L'h'ftran^t. 
 
 Blo'ckish. adj. [from block.'\ Stupid; 
 dull. 
 
 Make a lott'ry, 
 And, by dccicc, let bhckijh Ajax draw 
 The fort to fight with Heflor. Shalfftare. 
 
 Blo'ckishly. adv. [from blockifh.} In 
 a ftupid manner. 
 
 Blo'ckishness. n.f. [from i/of^'^J.] 
 Stupidity ; dullnefs. 
 
 Blo'marv. n.f. The firft forge in the 
 iron mills, through which the metal 
 pafTes, after it has been fuft melted from 
 the mine. Did. 
 
 Blo'nicet. n.f. I fuppofe for Wan^f/. 
 Our blanket livery's been all too lad 
 For thiike fame real'oii, when all is yclad 
 Willi pleafancc. Sfenfer. 
 
 BLOOD. 71./. [blob, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The red liquor that circulates in the 
 bodies of animals. 
 
 But flclh, with the life thereof, which is the 
 blood thereof, Ihall you not eat. Genefs. 
 
 2. Child ; progeny. 
 
 We'll no more meet, no more fee one another: 
 But yet thou art my flclh, my blood, my daughter. 
 
 Shakjpcare, 
 
 3. Family; kindred. 
 
 As many and as well horn bf^jods as thofe. 
 Stand in his face, to contradiiS his claim. Shatf. 
 
 0\ what an happiiiefs is it to rind 
 A friend of our uwnbkod, a bruihcr kind. iValler. 
 
 According to the common law of England, in 
 adminiiliaiions, thejwhole blood is preferred to the 
 half blood. Ayhje. 
 
 4.. Defcent ; lineage. 
 
 Epithets of flattery, deferved by few of them ; 
 and not running in a blood, like the perpetual 
 gentlenefs of the Ormond family. Drydcn, 
 
 5. Blood royal ; royal lineage. 
 
 They will almofl 
 Give us a piincc o' tli' blood, a fon of Priam, 
 In change of him. Shakffeare, 
 
 6. Birth ; high extraftlon. 
 
 I am a gentleman o( Hoodxnd breeding. Shakf, 
 
 7. Murder; violent death. 
 
 It will have i/M J; they fay, blood will have 
 blood. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The voice of thy brother's blood ctieth unto 
 me from the ground. Genefi. 
 
 8. Life. 
 
 When wicked men have (lain a righteous per- 
 fon in his own houfc, upon his bed, (hall I not 
 therefore now require his blood at your hand ? 
 
 2 HamueK 
 
 9. For blood. Though his blood or life 
 was at Hake : a low phrafc. 
 
 A crow lay battering upon a mufcle, and 
 could not, for his blood, break ihc fliell to come 
 at the fifli. L'Ejhnnge. 
 
 to. The carnal part of man. 
 
 Flclh and biood\\dt\i not revealed it unto thte, 
 but my father which is in heaven. Maitisi'.j., 
 
 1 1 . Temper of mind ; flate of the paffions. 
 Will you, great fir, that glory blot. 
 
 In cold bb'od, which you gain'din hot? Uvdibras, 
 
 12. Hot fpark; man of fire. 
 
 2 C 2
 
 B L O 
 
 The news put divers young hlc^.h into fuch a 
 fiiiy, as Che nmbafladors were not, witliout jie- 
 ril, to be outraged. i>\rt3'.'. 
 
 ■13.1 he juice of nny tiling. 
 
 He walhcd liis giruicnti in wine, and lis 
 cictltes in tile /''/&0(/ of gi.ip(s. Giv.v/."i. 
 
 To Blood, it. a. [tVom the noun.] 
 
 1. To (lain with blood. 
 
 Tlicii .11 .Tjiproncli ilie fl.iin with vafl furprife, 
 And, fcarcc iVcurc, reach out tlieir fpcars af;ir, 
 And /'/coi/ thcii points, to prove tlieir pairncrlhip 
 in war. Diyiien'i Fal'lt-^. 
 
 He was hhoiei up to his elbows by a couple 
 of Mooi^, whom he butchered with his own im- 
 pcii.il hands. A-idifm. 
 
 2. To enter; to enure to blood, as a hound. 
 
 Faiier than tairclr, let none ever fay, 
 That ye were bkcidedxxi a yielded ptey. Spcnfcr. 
 
 3. To h!ooLl, is fometimes to let blood me- 
 dically. 
 
 4. To heat ; to exafperate. 
 
 When the faculties intelie.ffua! arc in vigour, 
 not drenched, or, as it were, blotJed by the 
 at^'tiflions. Biiro'i^j yj^rj^lu/ieefin 
 
 By this means, matters grew more exafperate ; 
 the auxiliary forces of French and Englifh weie 
 much hlo^dcti one againft another. JJticc'i. 
 
 • Blood-bolterid. at/j. [from ^/oc^ and 
 boiler.^ Blood fprinkled. 
 The bhj'jd-bohci'd Ij.inquu fniilcs upon me. 
 
 Mach'th. 
 
 Blood-hot. ailj. [from Mood and />&/.] 
 
 Hot ill the fame degree with blood. 
 
 • A igood piece of bread firlt to be eaten, will 
 
 gain time to w.irni the beer bkod-hot^ which then 
 
 he may diink fafely. L^ckc. 
 
 To Blood-let. 11. n. [from hlood and 
 let. ] To bleed ; to open a vein medici- 
 nally. 
 
 The chyle is not perfsflly affimilated into 
 blood, by its circulation through the hings, as 
 is known by experiments in blnod-h-uing, 
 
 Arbiithnr.t on .t//.'wr''?.'s. 
 
 Blooo-letter. n.f. [from blood-kt.] A 
 phlebotomillj one that takes away blood 
 medically. 
 
 This mifchief, in aneurifms, proceodcth from 
 the ignorance of the bL^'od-'etur, who, not con- 
 fidering the errour committed in letting blood, 
 binds up the arm carelef>ly. if'ifenian. 
 
 Bloodstone, n.f. [/'.ematites ; from Moot/ 
 iTt6J}oih'.] A ilone. 
 
 Tlierc is a (lone, which they call the b.'nod- 
 
 JlinCf which, worn, is thoi;ght to be good for 
 
 thorn thst bleed atthcnole; which, no doulit, 
 
 ■ is by altriflion, and cooling of the fpirits. Ba;o>2. 
 
 The blood-Jhne is green, fpotced with a bright 
 
 blood red. U'c^Lrjid on Io//,h. 
 
 Blood-thirsty, adj. [from 6/ooii and 
 
 thiiji.'] Defirousto flied blood. 
 
 And high advancing his hkcd-thirf.y blade. 
 Struck one of ttiofe deformed heads. Tairy Q. 
 
 The image of God the bhod-.'hhjiy have not ; 
 
 for God is charity and mercy itfelf. RuUigh. 
 
 Bloop-vessei,. n.f. [from blooil and 
 
 •vrJf'L ] A ycflel appropriated by nature 
 
 to the conveyance of the blood. 
 
 The (kins of the forehead were extremely 
 
 tough and thick, and h.-id not in them any bl-.od- 
 
 ft^li), t! atwe were able to Hifcovcr. ^-Iddijci. 
 
 Blo'odflower. n.f. [hamanthus, Lat.] 
 
 A plant. 
 Bloodgui'ltiness. n.f [from <fAff;/and 
 ^^iii/ly.] Mulder; the crime of Ihed- 
 ding blood. 
 
 And were there rightful caufe of difference, 
 Yet wcic 't not better, fair it tuaecoid, 
 Tli 'n witli hlocdiiniltir.efs to heap oilcnce, 
 And morul s cnjjeauce join to crime abhorr'd ? 
 
 B L O 
 
 Blo'odhous'd. ;.'. /. [from hlood and 
 /jouuiLI A hound that follows by the 
 fcent,and feizes with great liercencfs, 
 Htar this, hc^r this, thou tribune of the peo- 
 ple ; 
 Thou icalouSjpublick If/ocdhuridf \ic:iv :in<:\ melt. 
 
 Where are thofc rav'nhig hlo^dhwrdxy that pur- 
 
 1*11 c 
 
 111 a full CIV-, gaping to fwallow me ? S'-Jiithcm. 
 
 A biy dhoun-l will follow the tra^l of the pci- 
 (o\\ he purfues, and all hounds the nartjcuhir 
 g;tmc tlicy have in ch;ice. Arhuthmt, 
 
 And though the villain 'fcapc a whUc, he tccls 
 SIuw vengeance, like a hhodhoundj at his heels. 
 
 .S:v!fr. 
 
 Blo'odily. adv. [from hlootfy.] Willi 
 difpofition to ilicd blood ;. cruelly. 
 
 I tuld the puilui\ant, 
 As loo Triumphing, how mine iiicmie'; 
 Tu-day at Pomhet hloo iily were butchcr'd. Shvih. 
 
 Thi.s day the poet, bh'idilv inciin'd, 
 Has made mc die, full fore againlt my mind. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Blo'odiness. u. f. [from bloody.'] The 
 {late of being bloody. 
 
 It will manifeli itfcIf by its hhodiHef%', yet 
 fomttimcs the fciill ib I'u thin as not to admit ot 
 any. Sharps Hurgoy. 
 
 Blo'odless. adj. [from blood.'] 
 
 1. Without blood ; dead. 
 
 He cheer'd my forrows, ?t\\i\ for fums of gold, 
 The Lkodltfi caicate of nvy Hei^tor fold. Ifrydcn. 
 
 2. Without flaugluer. 
 
 War brings ruin where it fliould nmcnd ; 
 Bat beauty, with a blcr,d!rj\ conquelV, finds 
 A welcome fov'reigntv in rudclV minds. JI\i!kr. 
 Blo'odshed. v..J\ \^ho\w blood Tiwd.Jloed.'l 
 
 1. The crime of blood, or murder. 
 
 Full many mllcliicfs follow cruel wrath; 
 Abhorred ^/oo<^'M/, and tumultuous lUifc, 
 Unmanly murder, and unthrifty fcath. Fairy Q. 
 
 Ail murders pali do Uand cxcus'd in ihisj 
 And this fo fole, and fo unmatchabic, 
 Shall prove a deadly bioo.ijhcd but a jelV, 
 Ex.miplcd by this heinous f] ciftaclc. Shakffcare. 
 
 A man, under the trinfpuits of a vehement 
 rage, paiVes a different judgment upon murder 
 and bio^jdjJn-df from what he doc» when his re- 
 venge i.> over. S'juth. 
 
 2. Slaughter ; wafle of life. 
 
 So by him Cxfar got the vi^ory, 
 Tliroiigh great bhodj/'iedj and many a fad nflay. 
 
 Of wars and b/oody.h'd, and of dire events, 
 I couM with greater ceitaintv forctcl. Dryderr. 
 Blo'odshkdder, ri./, [fiom bloodjked.] 
 Murderer, 
 
 He that t.ikcth aw;iy his neigiibcmr's living, 
 flaycth him; and he tint dcfraudcth t/ie la- 
 bourer of his hire, is a b'oodjljeddtr. Krclm. 
 Blo'odshot. V adj. [from blood and 
 Bloopsko'tten. j fiot.] Filled with 
 blood buriling from it,'^ proper VL-fTels. 
 And that the winds their bciluwing throats 
 would tiv, 
 When rcdd'ning clouds reflotft his hhddjhot eye. 
 
 Garth. 
 Blo'o D s u c K i; R . n. f. [ from hhod and 
 
 1. A leech ; a fly; any thing that fucks 
 blcod. 
 
 2. A cruel man ; a murderer. 
 
 God ket'i) the prince from all the pacli of yon; 
 A knot you are of damned blt'^idjuckcn. SJutiJ. 
 
 The nobility cvicd out upon him, tli.it he w.is 
 i b.'coJficirr, a mutdeier, and a parricide. 
 
 Ifuyxi.'/ird. 
 
 Bi.o'oDwir. n.f. A fine anciently jiaid 
 
 as a conipenfatioa for blood. 
 Blo'odvvort. n.f A plant. 
 JBlo'ouv. aJJ. [from t/ooiJ."] 
 
 B L O 
 
 1. Stained with blood. 
 
 2, Cruel; murderous: applied either to* 
 men or fads. 
 
 By continual mnrtial cxercifes, without bloody. 
 flic made them perfect intl,at bloody art. Sid^uy. 
 
 Falfc uf licarr, light of car, /-/'-'.-./v of h.tnd. 
 
 S'lalf^Ciifc's Kirg Lrar. 
 I grant him Ihody^ 
 LuKUiiou-^, a\aricious, falfe, dvccitfvd. Shalfp, 
 
 Thou b/ood'rr villain, 
 Than termi can give thee out, Shakfi'care^ 
 
 Alas' why gnaw you fo your ncthc»-lip ! 
 S^me hlovdy pnfiiun ihakcs yaui" vciy frame ; 
 Thefc nre portents : but yet I hope, I hope, 
 They do not point on me, Skakf^care' i Othelh. 
 
 The bloody faift 
 Will be aveng'd; ^nd th' other's faith approv'd 
 Lolc no reward ; ti^ough here Uiou fee him die, 
 Rolling in dull and goic. MiltoJi't P.iradife LojI. 
 
 The /j/ooV/V/^ vengeance which fhc could piirfuc, 
 W\iu!d be a tritie to my jofs of yuu, Dryden^ 
 
 Proud Nimrod in^ the bloody chace began, 
 A mighty hunter, and his picy was man. Fojte. 
 
 B1.00DV-FLUX. n.f. The dyfentery ; a 
 difeafe in which the excrements are 
 mixed with blood. 
 
 Cold, by ict.urilng the motion of the blood,- 
 and fupprefling perfpiraiiun, produces giddincfs, 
 fleepinefs, pains in the bowels, luofenefs, hlcody 
 J/uxei, j^rbttt/i'jot on yJh. 
 
 Bloody-minded, {idj. [from bloody and 
 mwdJ] Cruel ; inclined to bloodfhed, 
 I think you'll make me mad: 'truth has been 
 at my tuugue's end this half hour, and I have 
 not the power to bring it, out, for fear of this 
 bhody-minded colonel. Drydtn^s Spanijh Frifir. 
 
 BLOOM. ;/./[M;7/;, Gtrm. b/oem, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . A bloffoni ; the flower which precedes 
 the fruit. 
 
 How nature paints her colours, how the bee 
 Sits on hci- bk-onif cxtraifting liquid fwcet. 
 
 Paradife LoJ}, 
 A medlar tree was planted by ; 
 The fprcading branches made a goodly (how, 
 And full of opening bh'Jins was ev''ry bough. Diyd, 
 
 HaiW to y&ndcr woodbine bowVs; 
 Tlie turf with rural dainties ihall be crown'd. 
 While opening ^/o!?/;;s diff'ufe their fwects around. 
 
 2'op,; 
 
 2. The ftate of immaturity ; the ftate of 
 any thing improving, and ripening to 
 higher perfedlion. 
 
 Wlicrc I no qutcn, did you my beauty weigh. 
 My youth in, bJccn^, ) our .igc in its dtc.iy. Dryd. 
 
 3. The blue colour upon plums and grapes 
 newly gathered. 
 
 .|. [In tlie iron works.] A piece of iron 
 
 wrought into a mafs, two feet fquare. 
 7o Bloom, v. n', [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To bring or yield blonbrns. 
 
 The rod of Aaiun fur ihc houfe of Levi 
 was budded, and brought furih buds, and 
 b/iomtd bloilbmt', and yielded almonds. 
 
 ' Numher<t. 
 
 It is a commnn experience, that if you do not 
 pull oiTfvjmc blotlttms the tirii time a tree ^/timcM, 
 it wdl bluiTum itfclf to death. .ffjcew. 
 
 2. To produce, as MofToms. 
 
 Rites and cuftoins, now fnperftiTiou.';, wh'efl 
 the ihcngth ot viituous, devout, or charit-.hle 
 atiLif>iuu bbomtd X.\\txiiy no man could julUy have 
 condemned .is evih ilooier. 
 
 3. To be in a Hate of youth and improve- 
 ment. 
 
 B^^mty, frail How'r, that every feafon fears, 
 Bioom^ in tiiy colour*? for a thoufand years. Popg. 
 
 O grt.at!y blefs'd wilh every bld'^ming grn-ce \ 
 Willi equal iK-pi the paths of glory trace. Pdpc. 
 
 Blo'omv. adj. [from hloorn.^ Full oi 
 blooms ; ilowtry.
 
 FLO 
 
 jiightingale.! that on yoi> llooiny fpr.iV 
 Wuiblcft at eve, when all tlic woods arc It ill. 
 
 Dipnrting fpring could only ft;iy to (lud 
 Her I'himy hcniuif... oil the gftiial bed, 
 But Icfi the miidy fiimmci in her flc.ici. Dr),l. 
 
 Hear how the birds, un cv'iy /'.i>;ravfl)i'ay, 
 With joyous mulick w.ike tlic d'.iwr.in^ d;iy- Vopt . 
 BLORt. n. /". [i\-om blow.] AcX of blow- 
 ing ; blall : ail cxprcllivc word, but 
 not ufvil. 
 
 Out nifht, with an tuimcafurcd roar, 
 Thofc two winds, iiinibling clouds in heaps; 
 ull.ors iu cither's t.'oi,'. C/!aj>m,ri'i U.nd. 
 
 Bl.O'SSOM.w./. [bloj-me. Sax.] The 
 flowv-r tliat glows on any plant, previ- 
 ous to the Iced or fruit. We gentnilly 
 c;:U tliofc flowers blojfutns, whicl) art 
 not much regarded in themftlvcs, but a; 
 a token of fomc following production. 
 
 CuUl 1 cws for nie ; 
 Thus arc my hlojj'-jm* bUiltcd in the bud. 
 And c;itcr[)dl.irs eat my ie.t\es away. Shakfp. 
 
 Merrdy, merrily, flirill I live now. 
 
 Under x\\i: hhjjlm that l.aiigs on the hough. Shalf. 
 
 The pulling off ni.tny ot the hl^ffuim of a liiiii 
 
 tree, dothmake tiie fruit fairer DaanU Nat. il'Ji 
 
 To Ids t;reen yc:irs your ceniure you woidd fuii, 
 
 Not blart [lie Ikjji^m, but e.xpcOt the fruit. Diy.i. 
 
 To Blo'ssom. •u.n. [from the noun.] 'I'o 
 
 put fortli bluffimis. 
 
 This is the llafe of man : to-day he puts forth 
 
 The tender leaves of hope ; lo-morrow b'o(fw.i^ 
 
 And bears his blulhing iionours thick upon him. 
 
 Shakf^care'i Ihniyvtii. 
 
 Although the fig-tree Ihall not hkffM, neithei 
 
 ihall fruit be in the vines, yet will I rejoice in the 
 
 Lord. ILibl'uHuk 
 
 The want of rain, at hhjpjnting time, often 
 
 oceafions tie dropping off of tl;c blofl'onis foi 
 
 want of fap. y'orfimer. 
 
 ToBLOT. v.a. [fromi/o///>,Fr.tohidc.] 
 
 1. To obliterate ; to make writing invifi 
 ble by covering it with ink. 
 
 You that are king 
 Have caus'd him, by new aift of parliament. 
 To hht out nic, and put his own fon in. SfiuLJa 
 
 Et'n copious Dtyden w^anted, or fn:got. 
 The laft aa<l iJ'C.iti-H art, the art tu biol. Pope. 
 
 A mm of the niwll underlianding will find it 
 impoffibic to make the bcft ufe of it, wliilc he 
 writes in conlhaint, perpetually fofleiling, coi- 
 red>ing, or W'./(/kij out expreffions. Siuijt. 
 
 2. To efface ; to erafc. 
 
 O Bcitrani, oh no more my foe, but brother ! 
 One a<£t like this hhli out a thoufaiid crimes. 
 
 Dryj n. 
 
 Thife fimple ideas, offered to the minu, the 
 underftanding can no more rcfufe, nor alter, nor 
 f>kt out, th.m a inirrour can rcfufe, alter, or 
 obliterate, thcim.iges which the objedts produce 
 
 Lccki. 
 
 3. To make black fpots on a paper; to blur. 
 
 Heads overfull of matter, hz like pens overfull 
 of ink, which will fooner blit than make any 
 fair Icttei. ^-Ifnjm. 
 
 O fwcet Portia ! 
 Here arc a few of the unpleafant'ft words 
 That ever hlr^tu.l paper. SLiiff. Merc, of Vtn. 
 
 4. To difgmce ; to disfigure. 
 
 T.Tukntt that tincat'ning unkind brow ; 
 It i/5/5 tny beauty, as frolk biies the meads, 
 Confounds rhv fame. Sk.ikfp. I' imin^oj tht Shrciu, 
 
 My guilt tl.y growing virtues did defame ; 
 My blatkiicfs bii.'led thy uiiblcmilh'd name. 
 
 Drydctt^i j^ncid. 
 For mcity's fake icftrain thy hand, 
 Bht not thy innocence withi;uiltlcfs blood. R^iae. 
 J. To darken. 
 
 He fung how earth hhls the moon's gilded 
 wane, 
 Whilft fjoiilh nitn best fgunding brafs in viin. 
 
 Ov.-lcy. 
 
 B L O 
 
 Blot. n.f. [from the verb. J 
 
 I. An obliteration of fometliing written. 
 Let flames on your unlucky papers prey ; 
 Your w.n>, youi lo^es, your piaifes Le forgot, 
 Ar.d make of .ill an univerfal bht. Drydcn. 
 
 1. A blur ; :i fpoL upon paper. 
 
 3. A fpot in reputation ; a ftnin ; a dif- 
 gracc ; a rcpioacii. 
 
 Hake known, 
 ft is no vicious blal, murder, or foulnefs, 
 Tliat luith dcpriv'd me. Shiikfp, King Lear. 
 
 A lie is a foul bJot in a man ; yet it is con- 
 tinually in tne mouth of the untaught. Kaliti. 
 
 A difappoiiited hope, a blot of Honour, a drain 
 of conl'cience, an unfortunate love, wiUfervcthe 
 tJin. Tcrnjh-. 
 
 4. [At backgammon.] When a fingle 
 man lies open to be taken up ; whence, 
 to hit a blot. 
 
 He is too great a mailer of his art, to make 
 a bi<,t which may fo eafily be hit. D^ydtn. 
 
 Blotch, n.f. [from Z7&/.] A fpot or 
 pullule upon the (kin. 
 
 Spots and bl'.tchti, of feveral colours and 
 figuies, Itraggling over the body; fomc aic 
 rec), others yellow, or black. Harvey. 
 
 To 5,L0TE. V. a. To fmoke, or dry by 
 tl e fmoke ; as bluled herrings, or red 
 lierriiigs. 
 
 BLOW. n.f. \l4o'-jje, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . The aft of llriking. 
 
 2. A firoke. 
 
 A moft poor man, matte tame to fortune's 
 
 Who, by the ait of Known and feeling forrows. 
 Am piegnant to good pity. 'hhttkfpcare. 
 
 A woman'.^ tongue, 
 That gives not half io great a bloiu to th* car, 
 A* win a chelliiut. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Words of gr.- It contempt commonly finding a 
 return of ctjual Irorn, blo^ui weie f.iltentd upon 
 the molt pr:!gmatical of the crew. Cl.tx'id'ju. 
 
 3. 1 he fatal ftroke ; the llroke of deatii. 
 
 Affuage your thirlt of blood, and ftriko the 
 
 hhiu. Vryden. 
 
 4. An aft of hoftility : Ihius are ufed for 
 combat or war. 
 
 Be molf abated captives to fome nation 
 That won you without /'/'■' ;rs Shalfp-arc. 
 
 Unarm'd if I ihould go. 
 What hope of mercy from this d'cadful foe. 
 But Wfe>nran-like to fall, and fall-wiUiout a bh^v? 
 
 Pt.fe. 
 
 5. A fndJcn calamity; an unexpefted evil. 
 
 People is broken with a grievous ^&u^. yet em. 
 To all but thee in fits be fcem'd to go. 
 And 'twas my miniftry to deatthe blow. I'arrul 
 
 6. A finglc aftion ; a fudden event. 
 
 Every year li ey gain a viflory, and a town; 
 but if tlrey are once defeated, they lofe a pro- 
 vince at a btoiu. Dr\deri. 
 
 7. The aft of a ffy, by which flie lodges 
 eggs in flcdi. 
 
 I much fear, left with the I'h'.vi of flics 
 Hisbtafs-iiitliflcd woundsaic till'd. Ctuifm. U'ud 
 
 To Blow. i<. n, pret. ikiv ; part. pafT. 
 tlcwn [blajjan, 8a .] 
 
 1. To make a current of air. 
 
 At his figlit the nieuiuains are Ihaken, and at 
 his will till fouth wind bloivetk. liccLi. 
 
 F uits, tor loni, keeping, gather befoie they 
 are full ripe, .iiul in a diy d.ay, towards noon, 
 and when the wind hlouieth not fouth ; and when 
 the moon is in decreaic. Bncon't N.it. Hijl. 
 
 Ey the fragr.ant winds th.it i^w 
 O'er th' Elyfian flow'is. Pofe^s St. CitrUia. 
 
 2. This word is ufed fometimes imper- 
 fonally with it. 
 
 It hievj a terrible temped at fea opce, and 
 there was one fearajii piaying, L'Fj):a'ige. 
 
 B L O 
 
 t( it bhvn a happy gale, we muft fct up all 
 our fade ; though it fometimes hajipens that our 
 natu1.1l heat is iiiorupowciful than our care ar.d 
 correilncfs. D^ydii, 
 
 3. To pant ; to 7<uff ; to be brtntlikfs. 
 
 Here's Mrs. Page at the door, (wearing ai^ 
 i/mu/'ig, and looking wildly. Sh.ttjiirjtc. 
 
 Each aking nerve rcfufe the lance to tiiiow, 
 And each I pent courfer at the chariot i/oiu. l'c[(. 
 
 4. To breathe. 
 
 Says tiic fatyr, if you have gotten a trick of 
 bloTving hot and told out of the lame mouthy 
 I've e'en done wi'hyc. UKjlutr^ft 
 
 5. To found witii being blown. 
 
 Nor with lei's dread ihc loud 
 Ethereal trumpet from an high 'gan hkvi. 
 
 I'arAdife Lof. 
 There let the prating organ hhiv 
 To tlic full-voic'd quire below. Milton. 
 
 6. To found, or i)lay mulically by wind. 
 
 The piielli Ih.dl /j/GiKwith Ihctrumpft. yc/fiin. 
 
 When yi: bl'jiv .M\ alarm, then the tamps th.it 
 
 lie on the tall pans fhall go forward. Numbei., 
 
 7. To blotu over. To pafs away without 
 effeft. 
 
 btoims, though they b hut over divers times, 
 yet may hill ,,t lall. Bi^ui'i Ej/ny.. 
 
 Wlien the ftorm is b/oivn over, 
 Jiow blert is tiie fwain, 
 
 Wlio begins to difcover 
 
 An end e>f liis pain. Grum-ille, 
 
 But tliofe clouds being now happily bhivn oz-ee , 
 
 and our fun clearly Ihining out again,. I have 
 
 recovered- the relapfe. Deith.im. 
 
 8. To blotv up. To fly intathe air by the 
 force of gunpowder. 
 
 On the next day, fomc of the enemy's maga- 
 zines bUiv up; and it is thought they we:- 
 dcdroyed on purpoi'e by fomc of tiicir men. 
 
 TjtUr. 
 
 To Blow. v. a. 
 
 r. To drive by the force of the wind: 
 v.'ith a p:!rticle to fix the meaning. 
 
 Though you ui.rie the winds, 
 Though bladed corn be lodgM, and trees blottin 
 
 e/s-ltv;. 
 Though caftles topple on tlieir warders heads. 
 
 Maeb, ill. 
 Fair daughter, bhiu av.'.^y thofc mills and 
 clouds. 
 And let thy eyes (hinc forth in tlieir full luflrc. 
 
 Detiliavi. 
 
 Thcfe primitive heirs of the chiiilian chuith 
 
 could not fo cahiy i/oiuo^'the dutUine of pailivc 
 
 obedience. Siuth. 
 
 2. To inflate with wind.. 
 
 i liave created tlit-fmith that bhxueth the coals. 
 
 ljai.ih. 
 A fire not blown Ihall confume him. Jw. 
 
 3. To iwell ; to puff into lize. 
 
 No l'}own ambition doth our aims incite. 
 But love, dear love, and oiw ag'd father's right. 
 
 Ki"g Ler.r. 
 
 4. To form into (hape by the breath. 
 
 Spherical bubbles, th.et boys fometimes bhiu 
 with water, to which fo.ip hath givcna tcnacitv. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 5. To found an inftriiinent of wind mufick. 
 
 A'/3;i^the trumpet among the nations. yrrfM.'.iii. 
 Where the bright feraphim, in burning row. 
 There loud uplifted angel trumpets i/i to. Miitii. 
 
 6. To warm with the breath. 
 
 Wl'.en ilklts hang by the wall, 
 And Dick the fhepherd bioxu; Ins i>,ail. 
 
 And Tom beats logs into t'lc hall,. 
 And milk comes frozen iicmc in pail. Snal:fp, 
 
 7. To fpread by report. 
 
 But never was there a man, of his degrre. 
 So much cllecm'd, fo well behiv'd, as he : 
 So gentle of condition was he known, 
 That through the court his couilefy vi^ M'-iun. 
 
 X>rydt^.:.
 
 B L O 
 
 8. To blow out. To extinguifh by wind 
 or the breath. 
 
 Your brc:ith Srlt kindled the dead co.il of war, 
 'And hiou^ht in matrer that Ihould fred tliis fiic : 
 And now 'tis Ur roj liuge to be biovj;'. out 
 With that lame weak wind winch enkindled it. 
 
 Shiikfpcate 
 Moon, (lip behind fome cloud, foinc tcmpclt 
 rife, 
 And blow out all the flats that light the (kies. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 5. T9 hloiu up. To raife or f'A'ell with 
 breath. 
 
 A plague of fighing and grief! it hloxu^ a man 
 up like a bUddcr. SluikJ^eare. 
 
 Before wc h.id exhauHed the rccetver, the 
 bladder appe^iied as full as if bloiun up with a 
 quill. Boyle. 
 
 It was mv bre.Tth that blew this tcmpeft up, 
 Upon your ftubborn ufjge of the pope. Shakfp. 
 
 An empty bladder gravitates no more than 
 when bhwN up, but fomewhat lets ; yet defcends 
 more cafilv, becaufc with lefs rcliftance. Grew. 
 
 10. To b!oiv up. To inflate with pride. 
 Bhiun up with the conceit of his merit, he did 
 
 not think he had received good raeafure from the 
 king. Bacon. 
 
 1 1 . To blow up. To kindle. 
 
 His pretence foon bh-wi up th' unkindly fight, 
 And his luud guns fpeak thick like angrj- men. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 !2. To move by afflatus. 
 
 When the mind finds hcrfelf very much in- 
 flamed with devotion, flie is too much inclined 
 to think that it is bloiun up with fomcthing di- 
 vine within heilelf. ./iddtjofi, 
 
 13. To blow up. To biirft with gunpow- 
 der; to raife into the air. 
 
 The capt.iins hoping, by a mine, to gain the 
 city, approached with foldiers ready to enter upon 
 hloiuing up of the mine. Kritltet. 
 
 Their chief bluivn up in air, not waves expir'd. 
 To which his pride prcfuni'd to give the law. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Not far from the faid well, blo-tvtng up a rock, 
 ■he formerly (jbfcrved fom* of thefe. Woodivard, 
 
 14. To infeft with the cgg^ of flies. I 
 know not how this fenfc belongs to the 
 word. 
 
 I would n<i more endure 
 This wooden flavcry, than I would fuffer 
 The flcl}i-fly bhvj niy mouth, Shaifpeare. 
 
 Rather at Nilus' mud 
 lay me ftark naked, and let the water-flies 
 Blo-w mc into abhorring. Shakfpeare. 
 
 ]j. To blow upon. To make ftale. 
 
 I am wonderfully pleafcd, when I meet with 
 any pallagc in an old Greek or Latin author, 
 that is not bloivti upon, and which 1 iiave never 
 met with in .iny quotation. Addi^ott. 
 
 He will will fper an inltigue that is not yet blown 
 upon by common fame. ^ddifon. 
 
 To Blow. v. n. [blopan, Saxon.] To 
 bloom ; to bloffom. 
 
 We lofe the prime, to mark how fpring 
 Our tended plants, how i/orur the citron grove. 
 What diops the rayrih, and what the balmy reed. 
 
 Milton. 
 This royal fair 
 Shall, when the bloffom of her beauty 's bhurn, 
 See her great brother on tlic Brrtilh throne. 
 
 duller. 
 Fair is the kingcup that in meadow bloius, 
 Fair is thf daify that bcfide her grows. Guy. 
 
 For thee Idume's fpicy fortfts bloiu. 
 And feeds of gold in Opliit's mountains glow. 
 
 Pope. 
 Blo'wf.r. ri.f. [from blow.] A inciter 
 of tin. 
 
 Add his care and coft in buying wood, and in 
 fetching the fame to the blowing-lioufe, together 
 with the o/owrrj' two or three months extreme and 
 incrcafmg libour. Carew. 
 
 B L U 
 
 BLO\rN'. The participle pailive of Blo-w. 
 
 All the fparks of virtue^ which nature h.id 
 kindled in ticm, wcie t'oi/oTi-'n to give forth tht-ii 
 iittcrmolt hc^t, that jultly it mny be artirnicd, 
 they indamed the aftcdtious ot all ihat knew 
 tliem. S.Jrfw 
 
 The trumpets flcep, while chcciful horn* art 
 
 And arms employ 'd on birds and beads alone. 
 
 Blo'wpoint. «. f. A child's play, per- 
 haps Vike J)tj/h-pin. 
 
 Shortly boys fliall not pby 
 At fp:incountcr or Hoiv^oijity but fli.dl pay 
 Toll to fume courtier. Donne. 
 
 Blowth. n.f, [from Z/:)ti'.] Bloom, or 
 bloffom. 
 
 Anibi'ion and covetonfncfs being but green, 
 and newly grown up, the Iceris »nd otieifts were 
 as yet but potential, and in the /'/oioi/j and hud. 
 
 Blowze. «._/! A ruddy fat-faced wench. 
 Blo'vvzy. «^*. [hoin dloiL'^f.] Smi-bunit ; 
 
 hi'crh-colouicd. 
 BLU'BBER. n. / [See Blob.] The 
 
 part of a whale that contains the oil. 
 To Blu'bber. "y. «. [from the noun.] To 
 
 weep in fuch a manner as to fwell the 
 
 cheeks. 
 
 Even fo lies (he 
 Blubh^iing and weeping, weeping and hlulb'ring. 
 S /ui^J peart 's Romeo and Juliet. 
 A thief came to a boy I'hat WT^^hlulb'Titig by 
 the fide of a wel), and alked what he cried for. 
 
 VEjJtange, 
 Soon asGlumdalclitch mifs'd herpleafing care, 
 She wept, (he blubber'dy and (he toic her hair. 
 
 Sujift. 
 
 To Blu'bber. tj. a. To fwell the cheeks 
 with weeping. 
 
 Fair flreams rcprefent unto me my hluhhered 
 /ace ; let tears procure your llay. Sidney. 
 
 The wild wood gods, arrived in the place, 
 There find the virgm doleful, defolntc, 
 With ruffled raiment, and fair btubher'diTiCCy 
 As Iter outrageous foe had left her late. F. (^uccn. 
 Tii'd with the fcarch, not finding what (he 
 feeks, 
 With cruel blows (he pounds hfirb/ubber'd checks. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Blu'bbered. participial adj, [from To 
 blubber J\ Swelled; big: applied com- 
 jnonly to the lip. 
 
 Thou fing with him, thou booby ! neverpipe 
 Was fo profan'd, to touch that bluhber\i lip. 
 
 X>ryden. 
 
 Blu'dgeon. n.f. A fliort ftick, with 
 one end loaded, uied as an offcnfive 
 weapon. 
 BLUE. adj. [blxp, Sax. hieu, Fr.j One 
 of the feven original colours. 
 There's gold, and here 
 My bluiji veins to kifs ; a hand that kings 
 Have lipt, and trembled killing. Shalfpeare. 
 
 Where fires thou find'ft um^k'd, and hearths 
 unfwcpt, 
 There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. Sfiakf. 
 O coward confcicncc, how doft thou atfli'^ mc * 
 The lights bum blue. Is it not dead midnight ? 
 Cold iearful drops Hand on Diy trembling ^k^\. 
 
 ShuA i'p.\irc. 
 Why d )cs one climate and one foil endue 
 The blulliing poppy with a crimfuu hue, 
 Yet leave the lily pale, and tinge the viokib/uc^ 
 
 I'rior. 
 
 There was fcarce any other colour fcnfiblc bc- 
 fides ledand blue j only the blucij and priiici;>ally 
 the fecund blue, inclmed a little to green. 
 
 Neiufo'i. 
 
 BLv'F.noTTLE. /!. /. [cycHUi ', from blue 
 and botiU, ] 
 
 B L u 
 
 1 . A flower of the bell fliape ; a fpecles of 
 
 hottltfloiver. 
 
 \i y o\i \iut b/uf bottles, or other blue flowers 
 into nil ant-hill, riiey will be Gained witli red, 
 becaufc liic ants thiutl their flings, and inllil 
 into tlicm thcii liingnig liquor. Rny. 
 
 2. A fly with a large blue btlly. 
 
 Say, fire of iiiie£ts, mighty Sol, 
 A fly upon the ci.ariot pole 
 Cries out, What hlucboftU ali\c 
 Did ever with fuch fury drive } Frkr. 
 
 Blue-eyed, adj, [i'rom blue and eye,} 
 Having blue eyes. 
 
 Rile, then, fair b/ue-eyed m3\d, rife and difcovei" 
 Thy fiUer brow, and meet thy golden lover. 
 
 Crajitaiv. 
 
 Nor to the temple was (he gone, to move 
 With praycri the blue-eyed progeny of J>ive. 
 
 Dfyden. 
 
 Blue-haired, nd'u [from blue and hah\'\ 
 Having blue hair. 
 
 This place, 
 The greatcfl and the bti> of all the main. 
 He quarters to his biuc-hair\i deities. hlitton, 
 
 Blu'ely. adi\ [from^/we.] With a blue 
 coloin-. 
 
 Tliis Tcfuire he dropp'd his pen full foon, 
 Wiiile as the light burnt blueh. Swift . 
 
 Blu'eness. n.f. [from^///^.] The qua- 
 lity of being bhje. 
 
 In a moment our liquor may be deprived of 
 its bluenefsj and rclVoied to it again, by the af- 
 fufion of a few drops of iiquors. Bov.'e on Colours, 
 Bluff, adj. Big; furly ; bluftermg. 
 
 Like thole whom ftature did to crowns prefer, 
 Black-browd and bfuff\ like Homer's Jupiter. 
 
 Drvden. 
 
 Blu'ish. adj. [from blue.'J^ Blue in a 
 fmall degree. 
 
 Side lleevcs and (kiits, round underborne with 
 a bluijh tinU'l. Shukjpeare, 
 
 Ac lad, as far as I could caft my eyes 
 Upon the fca, lonicwhat, mcttiought, did rife 
 Like bluijh mitis. Drydcn, 
 
 Here, in full light, the rulTet plains extend ; 
 There, wrapt in clouds, Che bluijh hills alcciid. 
 
 Pope, 
 Blu'ishness. n.y! [from^/wf.] A fmall 
 degree of blue colour. 
 
 I could make, with crude copper, a folution 
 without the bluijlineji that is wont to accompany 
 its vulgar folutionb. Boyle. 
 
 To BLU'NDER. v. «. Iblunderen, Dutch; 
 perhaps from blind,~\ 
 
 1 . To nilllake grofsly ; to err veiy widely ; 
 to millake iiupidly. It is a word im- 
 plying cont'-inpt. 
 
 It is one thing to forget matter of fa<n:, and 
 another to blunder upon the reaTou of it. 
 
 L* Ejlrange. 
 
 The grandees and giants in knowledge, who 
 laughed at all befidcs thcmfelves, asbaibarouS 
 and infignificanc, ytt blundered, and liumMed, 
 about thtir principal concern. South. 
 
 2. To flounder; to Humble. 
 
 He who now to fenfe, row nonfenfc leaning, 
 Means not, but blunders round about a meaning. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 To Blun'der, *o. a. To mix foolifhly or 
 
 blindly. 
 
 He fccms to iindcrf^and no difference between 
 titles of refpeiTt and aits of worfhip; between 
 e-xprt'lTions of elHem and devotion; between 
 i*.ligiou5 and cixil worthip : for he bluntUrs and 
 confounds all theie tigrther ; and wliaicvcr 
 pio'.es one, ht: tiiinks, proves all the red. 
 
 Still f.gjl,,!. 
 
 Blu'ndfk. 71. f. [from the verb.] A 
 grofs or fhamefiil millake. 
 * It was the advice of Schomberg to an hiftu- 
 lian, that he Ihould avoid being particular in tlic 
 drawing up of an army, and other circumftances
 
 B L U 
 
 in the djy of bjttlc ; for iliat lie had ol.iVn.e<l 
 notorious hluncia and abturditics comniiUcvl by 
 writers not convcri'aiU in llw art of wax. j^ddtfon. 
 It is our own ignurAiicc that makes us charge 
 thofc woiks of the Almighty as dtfcfts or 
 biuitJeri, as ill-contrived or lil-madi;. Durham. 
 
 Blunderbuss, n.f. [from blunder.'] A 
 gun that is charged with many biilleis, 
 fo that, without any exact aim, there 
 is a chance of hitting the mark. 
 
 There ate bluniUthujfa in eveiy loophole, that 
 go off of their own accord at '.he fcjueaking of a 
 fiddle. Dryden. 
 
 Blv'nperer. n.^. [from blunder."] A man 
 
 apt to commit blunders ; a blockhead. 
 
 Another fort of judges will decide in f:\vour of 
 
 an author, or will pronounce him a mere blunderer ^ 
 
 according to (lie company they have kept. Hearts. 
 
 Blu'nderhead. n./. [from iluruJerand 
 head.] A ilupid fellow. 
 
 At the rate of this thick-lkulled blunderhead, 
 evciy plow-jobber fliall take upon him to read 
 upon divinity. L'Ef,range. 
 
 BLUNT, adj. [etymology uncertain.] 
 
 1. Dull on the edge or point ; not fharp. 
 
 Thanks to that beauty, which can give an edge 
 to the bluntcfi fwords. Sidney, 
 
 l( the iroii be Hunt and he do not wet the cdje, 
 then muft he put to more ftrcngth. Ecc/ef. 
 
 2. Dull in underftanding ; not quick. 
 
 V.dcntinc being gone, I'll quickly crofs. 
 By fome fly trick, b/uni Thurio's dull proceed- 
 ing. Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. Rough ; not delicate ; not civil. 
 
 W^hitehead, a giave divine, was of a blunt 
 iloical nature. One day the queen happened to 
 fay, I like thee the better becaufe thou liveft 
 unmarried. He anlwci^d, Madam, I like you 
 ihc worfe. Baeon. 
 
 The mayor of the town came to fcite them in 
 ihlunt manner, alleging a warrant to Hop them. 
 
 If'dtlon. 
 
 *Tis not enough your counfcl frill he true : 
 Blunt truths muie mifchief than nice fallehoods 
 do. I'ope. 
 
 4. Abrupt ; not elegant. 
 
 To ufe too many circumftanccs, ere one come 
 fo the matter, is wcarifome ; to ufe none at all, 
 is Hurl. Bncon. 
 
 J. Hard to penetrate. This ufe is im- 
 proper. 
 
 I find my heatt hardened and bl:mt to new 
 impreffions ; it will fcarcc receive or retain af- 
 fcftions of ycflerday. V'.j^e. 
 
 To Blvnt. -v. a [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To dull the edge or point. 
 
 So ficken waining moons too year the fun, 
 And blunt \.\£\x crefceats on the edge of day. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Earthy limbs aixi grofs allay 
 Blunt not the beams of heav'n, and edge of day. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 He h."»d fuch things to urge againfl our mar- 
 riage, 
 As, now declar'd, would bhnt my fword in 
 
 l.attle, 
 And daflardize my courage. Dryden. 
 
 2. To reprefs or weaken any appetite, 
 defire, or power of the mind. 
 
 Blunt not his love ; 
 Not lofe the good advantage of his grace, 
 By feeming cold. Sliaiffearc. 
 
 Blu'ktly. ad-v. [irom. blunt.'] 
 
 1. In a blunt manner; without fliarpnefs. 
 
 2. Coarfcly ; plainly ; roughly. ^ 
 
 1 can .keep honcft councils, marr a curious 
 tale in telling it, and deliver a plain mcirjcc 
 tlunrlj. Shakjfeure. 
 
 A manof honrft blood, 
 Who to his wife, before the time artign'd 
 Jfor childbirth came, thus bluntly fpoke his mind. 
 
 D-iden. 
 
 B L U 
 
 Blu'ntnkis. n./. [from blunt.'] 
 
 1. Want of edge or point ; dulnefs; ob- 
 tufenefs ; want of fharpnefs. 
 
 The crafty boy, that had full oft efTay'd 
 To pierce my Hubburn and refifting brcaf^. 
 But AM the bluntnefi of his darts bctray'd, 
 
 Suetlinir. 
 
 2. Coarfnefs; roughnefsof manners; rude 
 finccrity. 
 
 His filence grfw wit, his Wi//i/«/i integrity, his 
 bcaftly ignoiance virtuous fimplicity. Sidney. 
 
 Manage difputcs with civility ; whence fomc 
 readers will be affitled to difccrn a difference be- 
 twixt bluntmfi 01 I'pccch and ftrength of reafon. 
 
 Boyle. 
 Faifo friends, his deadlieft foes, could find no 
 way, 
 But (hows of honcft bluntnefi to beti-ay. Dryd. 
 Blu'ntwitted. adj. [fiom blunt and 
 wit.] Dull ; ftupid. 
 Blunttuiited lord, ignoble in demeanour. Sltnk. 
 BLUR. n.f. [borra. Span, a blot, Siin- 
 ner.] A blot ; a (lain ; a fpot. 
 
 Man, once fallen, was nothing but a great 
 blur ; a total univcrfal pollution. Souilt. 
 
 To Blur. v. a. [from the noim.] 
 
 1. To blot ; to obfcure, without quite 
 effacing. 
 
 Such an atfV, 
 That blur> the grace and blulh of modefty, 
 Calls virtue hypocrite. 1 Shakjpcari. 
 
 Long is it (ince I faw him ; 
 But time hath nothing ^/u^rV thoie lines of fa- 
 vour. 
 Which then he wore. Shnkfpeare. 
 
 Concerning innate principles, I defire thelc 
 men to f.iy whether they can, or cannot, by edu- 
 cation and cuff om, be blurred and blotred out } 
 
 Luck:. 
 
 2. To blot ; to (lain ; to fully. 
 
 Sarcafms may eclipfc thine own. 
 But cannot A/ur my loft renown. IJuJlbras. 
 
 To Blurt, -.a. [without etymology.] 
 To fpeak inadvertently ; to let fly with- 
 out thinking : commonly with out in- 
 tenfive. 
 
 Others caff out bloody and deadly fpeeches at 
 random ; and cannot hold, but blurt out, thofe 
 words, which afterwards they are forced to cat. 
 
 H.ikeiv.ll. 
 
 They had fome belief of a Deity, which they, 
 upon lurprizrl, thus blurt out. Gtn>. of Tongue. 
 
 Tliey blulh if they blurt out, ere well aware, 
 A fwan is wr.ite, or Qaocnfbury is fair. Young. 
 
 To BLUSH. 1;. n. [blo/en, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To betray Ihame, or confufion, by a 
 red colour in the cheeks or forehead. 
 
 I have mark'd 
 A thoufand blujhing apparitions 
 To ftart into her face ; a thoufand innocent 
 
 fhames, 
 In anjcl whitencfs, bear away thefe blufhes. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 I will go walh : 
 And, when my face is fair, you fliall perceive 
 Wl-.ether I bl^Jh or no. Skakfpenre. 
 
 Ail tl.cfc things are graceful in a ftimd's 
 mouth, w;.ich arc rJtjh-ngxn a mm' 5 own. Bof.t. 
 Shame cjufcth bLjiiing ; llujhing is the reforr 
 of toe blood to the fjce ; although blujhi'it wil! 
 be feen in the whole breaft, yet that is but in 
 patT'ge to the face. Bacon. 
 
 Blujh then, but blujh for your dcllru£tive 
 fikncc. 
 That tears your foul. Smith. 
 
 2. To carry a red colour, or any foft and 
 bright colour. 
 
 To-day he puts forth 
 The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blofToms, 
 And bears his blujhing honouis thick upon l.im. 
 
 Shakjpeti'c. 
 But here the rofes blujh fo rare. 
 Here the ratirninj; fmilc fo fair^ 
 
 B L U 
 
 Ai if tseither cloud, nor wind, 
 
 But would be courteous, would be kind. 
 
 Crcfhaiu, 
 Along rhofe blujhing borders, blight with dew. 
 
 Thompn. 
 
 3. It has at before the caufe of fname. 
 He whin'd, .ind roar'd away yonr viilory, 
 Tliat pnges blujh' d at him ; and men of heart 
 Look'd wond'ring at each other. Sha^Jjteare. 
 
 You liavc not yet lull all your natural modefly, 
 but blujh at ) our vices. Cal.imy' t Sermont. 
 
 To Blush, -v. a. To make red. Not 
 ufed. 
 
 Pale and bloodlefs. 
 
 Being all defcended to the lab'ring heart. 
 Which with the heart there cools, and ne'er re- 
 
 turncth 
 To bl:ijh and beautify the cheek again. Shakfp, 
 Blush, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The colour in the cheeks, raifed by 
 fliame or confufion. 
 
 The virgin's wifh, without her fears, impart; 
 Excufc the bhjii, and pour out all the heart. Pipe. 
 
 2. A red or purple colour. 
 
 3. Sudden appearance : a fignification 
 that feems barbarous, yet ufed by good 
 writers. 
 
 All purely identical propofitions, obvionlly, 
 
 and at firlt l>!u^, appear to contain no certain 
 
 inl^ruflion in them.. Locke. 
 
 Blu'shv. adj. [from blujh.] Having the 
 
 colour of a blulTi. 
 
 BlofToms of trees, that are white, are com- 
 monly inodorate ; thofc of apples, crabs, peaches, 
 are hlujhy, andl'mell fweet. Baecn. 
 
 Stratonica entering, moved a blujhy colour in 
 his face ; but deferring him, he relapfed into 
 palencfs and languor. Iiam>ev on Confumpticnt, 
 
 To BLU'STER. v. n. [fuppofei from 
 bhjl.] 
 
 1 . To roar as a ftorm ; to be violent and 
 loud. 
 
 Earth his uncouth mother was, 
 Andi////?'r/w^ yEolus his boated fire. Spenfer. 
 So now he f>orms with many a fiurdv Itoure ; 
 So now hii blujt'nng blalt each coall doth fcour. 
 
 Sper.Jer. 
 
 2. To bully; to puff ; to fwagger ; to be 
 tumultuous. 
 
 My heart 's too big to bear this, fays a biujle'- 
 ing fellow; Til deltroy myfelf. Sir, fays the 
 gentleman, here 's a dagger at your fervice ; fo 
 the humour went off. L'Ejiran^e, 
 
 Either he muff fink to a downright confelTion, 
 or muff V.w^ zx\d blujler, till perhaps he raife a 
 counter- florm. Go'vernment of th; Tcngue. 
 
 Virgil had the majelfy of a lawful prince, and 
 Statins only tie Ihijlerlna of a tyrant. Dryden, 
 
 There let him reign the jailor of the wind ; 
 With hoarfc commands his breathing fubjcAs 
 
 call. 
 And boaft and blujlcr in his empry hall. Dryden. 
 
 Blu'ster. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Roar of llorms ; tempcft. 
 
 The fkies look grimly. 
 And threaten prefent bluften. Siaifpeare, 
 
 To the winds they fet 
 Their corners ; when with blufcr to confound 
 Sea, air, and fhorc. Milton. 
 
 2. Nolle ; tumult. 
 
 So, by the Liazen tiurapet's llj^er. 
 Troops of all tongues and nations muffer. SuL'ift. 
 
 3. Turbulence; fury. 
 
 Sparc thy Athenian cradle, and thofe kin. 
 Which in the blujler of tliy wrath mufl fall 
 With thofc that have offended. Skakfpeare. 
 
 4. Boaft ; boifteroufnefs. 
 
 A coward makes a great deal more i/v/,vr than 
 a man of honour. L I'.JiTa'ige. 
 
 Blu'sterer. n. f. [from blujler.] A 
 fwaggerer ; a bully j a tumultuous 
 noify fellow.
 
 BOA 
 
 I^u'sTROUE. aii'. [from blupr.^ 
 imiltuous ; noify 
 
 Tu- 
 
 Tlic ancient heroes wcve iUuHrious 
 For being benign, and not hluf:r:ii^s. UuMrau 
 
 BMI. «. /". A note in mufick. 
 
 Gamut I am, t!.c ground of all atcorri, 
 
 Bmi, Binuca, take him for thy lord. i>ha'-!f- 
 
 Bo. inter-,. A woid of terrour ; from ho, 
 
 an old" northern captain, of fnch fame, 
 
 that his name was ufed to terrify the 
 
 enemy. , .^""A'^; 
 
 iBO'AR. n.f. [baji, Saxon ; hccr, Uutch.J 
 
 The male fvvinc. 
 
 To Hy the har, before the ioar puvfues,^ 
 Were to inccni'e the h->,ir to follow us. Shakjf. 
 She fpcd the htar .iw.iy : 
 ' -His eyeballs glare with fire, fufFus'd with hlood ; 
 Hi. reek flruts up a thickeft thorny wood ; 
 His briftled back a trench impal'd appeals. V>yd_ 
 So'ar-spkar. «./ [fromil'oarand./Jsear.J 
 A fpear ufed in hunting the boar. 
 
 And in her hand a fliaip ho.ir-f^.r.-.r (he held, 
 And at her back a bow and quiver gay, 
 s.uffM with ftcel-hcaded darts. f-'/'.V Q.^"". 
 
 Ecliiou threw the frrll, but mifs'd his mark, 
 And ft^ick his bo.ir.fi-cur o\\ a maple bark. Dryd 
 
 BOARD, n.f. [^!«r./, Gothic ; bj-.xd 
 
 Saxon.] , 
 
 i. A piece of vood of more length and 
 
 breadth than thic'knefs. 
 
 With the law they fuudred trees in boards and 
 
 planks. -Rf'^S*- 
 
 Every houichas a io,jii over the door, whereon 
 
 i> written the number, fcx, and quality of the 
 
 perrons living in it. . rcmfle. 
 
 Go now, go truft the wind's uncertain breath, I 
 .Remov'd four fingors from approaching death ; 
 Or fevcu at moil, wlicn.thickeft is the btard. 
 
 Jjrydcn. 
 
 2 A table, [from hunld, Wellh.] 
 
 Soon after which, three hundicd lords he CcW; 
 Of Britilh blood, all fitting at his hoard. F. iltcen 
 
 In bed he (lept not, for my urging it ; 
 At /'<ur,^ he fed not, for mv urging it. Shakjp. 
 
 I'll follow thee in fun'rai fl.uiies; when dead, 
 Mv ohoft (hall-thee attend at fcurj and bed. 
 '■ ' ^ Sir J. Den!--'''". 
 
 Cleopatra made Antony a fupper,"which was 
 fumptuous and royal; howbcit there was no ex- 
 traordinary fervicc upon the board. iUkew.ll. 
 
 May cv-rv god his friendly aid afford ; 
 Pan guard thy flock, and Ceres blcfs thy board. 
 
 " Entertainment ; food. 
 
 A table at which a council or court is 
 
 B.ith better acquainted with ail.urs, than any 
 o-hcr who fit then .it that boaui. LLvmi-n. 
 
 ■. An aflembly feated at a table ; a court 
 of iuiifdittion. 
 
 Iwifli the king would be plcafed fumetimes to 
 w. nrctcnt at that bo.ird ; it adds a m.ajcfiy to it. 
 ^' * Bacon. 
 
 5. The deck or floor of a fliip ; on board 
 fignifies in a (hip. 
 
 Now board to board the iival vcffels row, 
 iri.e billows lave the (kies, and ocean groans be- 
 low. £lry.y... 
 Our captain thought his fhip in fo great 
 dan-er tl.at he confelTed himfclf to a capuchin, 
 ,:ho was on b,ar.i. f'^U"'; 
 He ordered his men to arm long poles witu 
 Jharp hooks, wherewith they took hold of the 
 t.ickl'ng which heid the mainyard to the maft ol 
 their enemy's Ihip ; then, rowing ll.eirown Ih.p, 
 thcv cut the tackling, .md brought the mamy.ud 
 byiheis-^rj. Arbulhr.ol ok U.m. 
 
 To Board. i>. a. [from the noun.] 
 I. To enter a (hip by force ; the fame as 
 llorm, ufed of a city. 
 1 liard.d the king's niip : now on the beak, 
 
 •J" 
 
 4' 
 
 BOA 
 
 Kow in the wafte, the deck, in every cabin, 
 I flrm'd amazement. Slndfycmc 
 
 He, nut incUn'd theEnglini fhip to board, 
 More on his guns relies rhan on his fworil, 
 From whence a fat.rl vohcy we tecciv'd ; 
 It milb'd the duke, but his great heart it gne^d. 
 
 /f alter. 
 
 Arm, arm., (he cry'd, and let ourTyiiansioun/. 
 With ours his fleet, and carry fire and fword. 
 
 Denhhm. 
 
 2. To attack, or make the firft attempt 
 upon a man ; abordc-r quclq^Cun, r r. 
 
 Whom, thus at gaze, the palmci 'gan to ioirr,; 
 With goijrfly leafon, and thus fait bclpakt. 
 
 Tairy (^utin. 
 
 Away, I do befeech you bath away j 
 
 I'll board him prefently. Shaljfeare'i IJamlit. 
 
 Sure, unlefs he knew fomc ftraiif in mc, that I 
 
 knew not myfelf, he would never have boa, Jed 
 
 me in this fury. Sbal/pme. 
 
 They learn what affociates nnd correlpondents 
 
 they had, and how far every one-is engaged, and 
 
 what r\ew ones- they meant afterwarils to try or 
 
 board. . J.aron'ilL-aryvU. 
 
 3. To lay or pave with boarde. 
 
 Having thus boarded <:\\e whole room, the Hge^ 
 of fume boards lie higher than the next boaid; 
 therefore they pcrufe the whole floor; and, where 
 they find any irregularities, plain them off. 
 
 Moxo'i'i Mechanical E.vrcifcs. 
 
 To Board, ii. n. To live in a houfe, 
 where a certain rate is paid for eating. 
 
 That we might not part, 
 As we at firft d\dbiarJ v,M\ thee, 
 Now thou wouUill tal'tc our mifeiy. Ihib/rt. 
 We are fevtral of u^, gentlemen and ladies, 
 who board in the fame houfe ; and, after dinner, 
 one of our company Hands up, and reads your 
 paper to us all. Spi3aior. 
 
 To Board, v. a. To place as a boarder 
 
 in another's houfe. 
 Bo.4.RD-\vAGES. n. /. [from loarJ and 
 lu.iges.'] Wages allowed to fervants to 
 keep themfelves in viftuals. 
 
 What more than niadnefi reigns. 
 When one lliort fitting many hundreds diains ; 
 And not enough is left hiin to fupply 
 Board'ivagcs, or a footman's livery ? Drydin 
 Bo'arder. n.f. [from Iware/.] A tablet ; 
 one that eats with another at a fettled 
 rate. 
 Bo'arding-school. n.f. [from loard 
 and/-/joo/.] A fehool where the feho- 
 lars live with the teacher. It is com- 
 monly ufed of a fehool for girls. 
 A blockhead, with melodious voice, 
 In boardiiig-f-UoIi can have his choice. S^>l■Jt. 
 Bo'arish. adj. [from boar.^ Swinifli ; 
 
 brutal; cruel. 
 
 1 would not fee tiry cruel nails 
 Pluck out his poor old eyes ; nor thy tierce fifler 
 In his anointed flefii flick boariji ph-ings. Shak. 
 
 To BOAST. V. «. [iojl, Wtlih.] 
 
 1. To brag; to difplay one's own worth, 
 or adlions, in great words. 
 
 Let not him that putteth on his harnefs, boaji 
 himfclf .as he that putteth it oft. A'mgs. 
 
 The fp'rits beneath. 
 Whom I feduc'd, boajline I could fubdue 
 Th' Omnipotent. ~ Milton. 
 
 2. To talk oftentatioufly. 
 Foi I know the forwardnefs of your mind, for 
 
 which I baaji of you to them of Macedonia. 
 
 I Corinthians. 
 
 3. It is ufed commonly with of. 
 
 My fcntcncc is for open war ; of wiles, 
 More inexpert, I boajl not. Milton. 
 
 4. Sometimes with /n. 
 They boaji in mortal things, and wond'rlng tell 
 
 Of Babtl, and the works of Memphian kings. 
 ' Milton, 
 
 BOA 
 
 Sarr.c furgcons I ha^e met, canying hontj 
 about in their pockets, boafing in that w hich was 
 their Ihamc. infcrr.an. 
 
 5. To exalt one's felf. 
 
 Thus with your mouth you have boafrd againft 
 me, and multiplied your words againft mc. K^crk. 
 To Boast. 1;. a. 
 
 I. To brag of; to difplay with olt;nta. 
 tious language. 
 
 For if I have boafed any thing to him of you, 
 I am not alhamed. * Connrham. 
 
 Neither do the fpirits damn'd 
 tofe all their virtue, left bad men Ihould hoajl 
 Then- fpecious deeds. Milfv- 
 
 If they vouchfafedto give God the praile of his 
 goodnefb ; yet they did 11 only, in order to boajl 
 the intercft they had in him. .^rr."r.'</rv. 
 
 2. To magnify; to exalt. 
 
 They that tiuft in their wealth, and boaf them- 
 felves in the multitude of their riches. I'falmi. 
 Confounded be all them that ferve graven 
 images, that l^.ajl themfelves of idols. I'falms. 
 Boast, v. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. An expr'effit^n of ollenfation ; a proud 
 
 fpeech. 
 
 Thou, that makcft ihv ha/1 of the law, through 
 bicakinii the law dilhonoureft thou God.> J^om. 
 
 The world is more apt to find fault than to 
 commend ; the boajl will prob.ibly be ccnfurcd, 
 when the El eat aa ion that occafioned it is forgot- 
 ten. Sfraaror: 
 
 2. A caufe of boailing ; an accafion ot 
 pride ; the thing boafted. 
 
 Not Tyro, nor Mycene, match her name, 
 Nor great Akmena, the proud boafls of fame. 
 
 Co'aster. n.f. [from ^0^7?.] A brag- 
 ger ; a man that vaunts any thing ollen- 
 
 tatioudy. 
 Complaints the more candid andjudicious of the 
 
 (hymills themfelves are wont to make of thofc 
 boa/!cr>, that conlldcntlv pretend that they have 
 cxtrafled the fait or lulphur of quickhlvcr, wheT^ 
 they have difguifed it by additamgnts, wherewith 
 it refeniblcs the concretes. Jl'yic. 
 
 No more ilel.iys, vain boapr I but begin ; 
 I prophefy beforehand I (hall win ; 
 I'll teach you how to brag another time. Drydcn. 
 He the proud boafeis fcnt, with ftern aff.uili, 
 Down to the realms of night. j^r''n"i 
 
 Bo'astful. adj. [from ionfl zndfull.] 
 Ollentatious ; inclined to brag. 
 
 Boaffal and rough, your firft fon is a "iquire ; 
 The next a tiadefman, meek, and much a liar. 
 
 roj-e. 
 
 Bo'astingly. adv. [from ioaflirig.] Of- 
 
 tentatioufly. ' 
 
 We look on it as a pitch of impiety, boafmr/y 
 to avow our (ins ; and it defervcs to be coufidcr- 
 cd, whether this kind of confctfing them, have 
 not fome aflSnlty with it. Decay of Piety. 
 
 BOAT. n. /: [bar, Saxon.] 
 I. A veflfel to pafs the water in. It is 
 ' ufually dllTinguinied from other veflels, 
 by being fmaller and uncovered, and 
 commonly moved by rowing. 
 
 I do not think that any one nation, the Syrian 
 excepted, to whom the knowledge ol the .irk 
 came, did find out at once the device of either 
 fhip or boai, in which they dutft venture ihem- 
 f:lvcs upon the feas. RaU.gh's l.j[ay>. 
 
 An effcminare fcoundicl multitude 1 
 Whole utmoft d-aiiiig is to crofs llie Nile, 
 In painted boan, to fright the ciocodilc. 
 
 Tale's 'Juvenal. 
 
 2. A (hip of a fmall fize ; as, a pe!/J",f;f 
 boat, pacqud boat, advice boat, fly buat. 
 
 Boa'tion. n.f {ixomboare, Lat.] Roar ; 
 noife ; loud found. 
 
 In MclTina infurreaion, the guns were heard 
 from thence as faras Augufta and Syracufe, about 
 an hundred luUaii miles, m loud bautnm. De'ham.
 
 B 
 
 BOB 
 
 Io'atmaK. 7 m./ [{yom 6oala(\dmi!!:.] 
 o'atsman.J He that manages a bo;it. 
 
 BotJifmen thiough tivj crj'Uai uatcr Ihow, 
 TowoiKi'iingpafTciigers, the walls Jliilow. Dr\. 
 
 Thatbuoby Pluoii only was iiiikild, 
 An i!l-bivd h^ittm.irif rough as waves and whul. 
 
 Vrizr. 
 B o ' A T s \v A I \ . n . / [ fro m bont a ti dfrvain . ] 
 An officer on board a fhip, who has 
 cliaige of all her rigging, ropes, cables, 
 anchors, fails, flag?, colours, pendants, 
 Ufc. He alfo takes care of tlie long- 
 boat, and its furniture, and llecrs her 
 either by himfelf or his mate. He calls 
 out iheicveral gangs and companies to 
 the execution of their watches, wovki, 
 and fpcUs ; and he is alfu a kind of pro- 
 volt-niarfhal, fei/.cs and pmiilhes all 
 oflenders, that arc fentenLcJ by the cap- 
 tain, or court-maitial of the whole fleet. 
 
 Harris. 
 Sometimes the menncft i^fl/yiufly© may hel^jto 
 prcCcrve the Ihip Ironi finking. 
 
 ll.iucr s Pie-cminencc zf Piirliame>:t. 
 
 To BOB. f. u. [of uncertain etymology : 
 Siiiiner deduces it from ioio, foolifli, 
 Span. ] 
 
 1. To cut. Junhis. AVhcnce bobtail. 
 
 2. To beat; to drub ; to bang. 
 
 Thofc baftavd Hiitons, whom our fatlicrs 
 Have in their own land beaten, hol^b'd, and 
 thump'd. Shjkfi^fjye. 
 
 5 . To cheat ; to gain by "fraud. 
 
 I have h'^hbtd hii br:ijn more '.ban he has beat 
 my bones. Shakjp. 
 
 l,iv»,'Roderije'! 
 He calls me to a rertitution large 
 Of gold and jewels that 1 6oi6'J fvom hirn. 
 As gifts to Defdcmona. S>':!djii€,irt'. 
 
 Here we have been worrying one another, who 
 (Kould have the booty, till this curfcd fox ha? 
 I'olbtil us both on 'f. U Kjiran^t 
 
 jL'o Bob. v. n. To play backward and 
 forward ; to play loofcly again ft any 
 thing. 
 .\nd fcmetiracs luik I in a gofilp's bowl, 
 "In vei'y likencis of a roalied cr.ih ; 
 And when ihc Htinksagainft her lips I Ac^, 
 And on her \\ Ithcr'd dewlap pour the ale. 
 
 Sh:ikftiedrt'i MiUfumm^r ^■;ij/:f\t Drfam. 
 They comb, and then tb.ey crdtr^-v'iy hair; 
 A biitliday jewel ioW/^^ at their car. D'j/.Un. 
 
 You may tell her, 
 I'm rich in jewels, rings, and bi^hbing pearh, 
 Pluck'd from Moors ears. Dry.lcn. 
 
 Bob. n.f. [from the verb neuter.] 
 
 :l. Something that hangs fo as to play 
 
 loofcly ; generally an ornament at the 
 
 ear ; a pendant ; an ear-ring. 
 
 The gaudy jjolfip, when (he's fct agoj. 
 In jeweli drell, and at each ear a hob, Dry-^^ri. 
 
 2. The words repeated at the end of a 
 Hanya. 
 
 To bed, to bed, will be the bohffl the fong. 
 
 3. A blow. 
 
 I am (harply taunted, yea fomttimes with 
 pir.chcs, nips, at:d ^9/r. ^j<hatns S':ftootmuj!tr. 
 
 4. A mode-ofriiiglng. 
 
 Uo'bbin. n. /! [hol'nie, Yr.^TOm bembyx, 
 Xat.] A fmall pin of xvootl, \vi;ii a 
 notch, to wind tlic thread about when 
 women weave lace. 
 
 The things you fuMow, and m3l<e fangs on now, 
 (hould be lent to knit, or fit down to bohbhit, or 
 bo;?elacc. 'ia:!:>-. 
 
 Bo'liBTNWCRK. n.f. [from hhlm and 
 «tcv/.] Work woven with bobbins. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 BOD 
 
 Nut netted n»r woven with warp and woof, 
 but after the manner of bobbitm'-irk. G'cw. 
 
 Bo'bcherry. n.f. [fiomio^and cherry.^ 
 A play among children, in which the 
 cherry is hung fo as to bob againft the 
 mouth. 
 
 Kobchtrry teaches at once two noble virtues, 
 patience and conliaiity; tlic firlt, in adhering to 
 the puriuit of one euu ; the latter, in bearing a 
 difippointment. ArhulhiM and P'^Je. 
 
 Bo'btail. ti.f. [from bob, in the fcnfc of 
 cut.] Cut tail; fliort tail. 
 
 Avaunr, you cuia! 
 Be thy mouth or black or white. 
 Or bci/iii/ like, or trundle tail, 
 Tom Will make him weep and wail. Shjifprare. 
 Boi)TAit-ET). adj. [from boltall.] Hav- 
 ing a tail cut, or (iiort. 
 
 There was a isi/uf'/^i/cur cried in a gazette, and 
 
 one that found liim brougl.t him l-.onie to his 
 
 ma tier. L' Ef.rar.gr. 
 
 BoBwiG. n.f. [from iai and w/f.] A 
 
 flrort wig. 
 
 A young fellovs' riding towards us fiill gallop, 
 with a bah-xv:g and a black lilkcn bag tied to it, 
 iiopt flioit at the coach, to afli us how far the 
 judges were behind. Spt-^.itcr. 
 
 Bo'cAsi.N'E. n.f. A fort of linen cloth ; 
 a fine buckram. Diil. 
 
 Bo'ckELET. )«.y; Akind of long-winged 
 Bo'cKERET. \ hawk. Did. 
 
 TcBODE. v.a. [bobian, Sax.] To por- 
 tend ; to be the omen of. It is uled 
 in a fenfe of either good or bad. 
 This io Ui fume Iti.'.ngc eruption to our ftate. 
 
 You Iiave oppofed their falfc policy with true 
 aiul gicat wifduin : w"haC they loifcd would be i> 
 mifi-iiier to us, you a e providing ihiill be oik 
 of our princip.il ftrengrhs. Spiutt's Sermons. 
 
 It h.i]>pcn'(l once, ;i biding prodigy ! 
 A fwarm of bees that cut the liquid (ky 
 Upon the topnijft branch in tlouds alight. Dry. I. 
 
 If f ery red his glowing globe defcends, 
 High winds and turious tempells he portends ; 
 J^ut if his cheeks are fwoln with livid blue. 
 He bo.iii wet weather by his watry hue. Drydtn 
 To Bode. -u. n. To be an omen ; to 
 forefiiow. 
 
 Sir, give me leave to fay, whatevci now 
 Tlie omen prove, it b<.dtd well to you, Dryden. 
 
 Bo'riEMENT. n.f. [ixom boik.'] Poitcnt; 
 omen ; prognollick. 
 
 Thiifouhlh, dreaming, fupcvftitious glil 
 Maker, all ihefrAo.foncn.'i. Shukfpcare. 
 
 Macbeth ihall'ntver vanqiiifll'd be, until 
 Gieat Biinam wood to Dunfinane's high hill 
 
 Shalt come againft him 
 
 That will never he : 
 
 Sweet hodetr.entif good. S'uikfpcare. 
 
 To BodGe. 1). «. [a word in Sba/fpeare, 
 which is perhaps corrupted from boggle.] 
 To bi-gi;le ; to I'top ; to fail. 
 
 With this we ch.irg'd again; but ont,al.ii ! 
 We i'-o.iif'd agaiii i as I hiive fccn a fwaii, 
 With buotiels labour, fwim againll the tiile. 
 
 Si.:ff!.:)r.'. 
 
 Bo'dice. n.f. [from ^Oi/Zfj-.] Stays; a 
 waiilcoat quilted with whalebone, worn 
 by w'oinen. 
 
 Her .iVc. half way (he unlac'd; 
 About liis arms (he llily call 
 Tlie lilken band, and held him falK Piioi. 
 
 Tiiii confidciiition fijoiild keep ignorant nurfcs 
 and bodici mrvisers from meddling. Lj^ki. 
 
 Bo'diless. adi, [irom body,] Incorpo- 
 real ; having no body. 
 
 Thcv ho.iU'Ji and immaterial are, 
 And cm be only lodg'd witliiii our minds. 
 
 -i)av:(!. 
 
 B O t) 
 
 This is the very coim^c of our bnin ; 
 This Mt'l.J'i cication eeft.ify 
 Is very cunning in. Siikfprart. 
 
 1'hel'c are hut (hadowi. 
 
 Phantoms bc.H.'ffi ,ind vain, 
 
 Empty villous of the brain. Svjifi, 
 
 Bo'niLY. edf. [(torn body. 1 
 
 1. Corporeal ; containing body. 
 
 What refcmblancc could wood or rtdnc bear to 
 a fpirit void of all fenfible qualities, and bcidy 
 dimeniioiii .' South, 
 
 2. Relating to the body, not the mind. 
 
 Of fuch as rcforled to our Saviour Chrill, l>e- 
 inj prcfeut on earth, there came not any unf) 
 him with better fuccefs, fpt t4ic benefit of t'ocir 
 fouls cvtrlalting happincfs, than they wiiofe i»- 
 d:/y ncceflitics g.ivc occalion of fucking relief. 
 
 Ih'.ktr. 
 
 Virtue atones for bs.-li!y defc<3s ; beauty is 
 nothing worth, without a mind. L*E/.ratge. 
 
 As cl'iarnefs of the bodii\ tyz doth diipofc ic 
 fora quicker, fioht ; fo doth fr'.cdom from luft 
 ar.d pillion difpofe us for the moft perfefi aiils 
 of Tcafon. Tiliotfrn. 
 
 I would not have children miKh beaten for 
 their faults, beoiule I would not have them thmk. 
 hn.iily pain the gieatcft puniihmcnt. Locke, 
 
 3. Real; aftual. 
 
 Whatever hath been thought on in this (tatc. 
 That could be brought to b'jdily a(ft, ere Rome 
 Had circumvent. on. S/iaif^rnre. 
 
 Bo'dilv. adv. Corporeally; united with 
 
 matter. 
 
 It is his human nature, in which the godhead 
 dwells bcd-'y, that is advanced to thefe honouis» 
 and to till, empire. IFnfti. 
 
 Bo'dxin. n.f. [boddrier, or fmall body ; 
 
 Skinner. ] 
 
 1. -An inlirument with a fmall blade ar.d 
 fliarp point, ufed to bore holes. 
 
 Each of them had b^dkim in thair hands, 
 wherewith continually tliey pricked hrm. Sidney. 
 
 2. An inftrument to draw a thread or ri- 
 band through a loop. 
 
 Oi phing'd in lakes of bhter «'nfhcs lie, 
 Or wcdg'd whole ages in a bodiiii''s eve. Pofe, 
 
 3. An inltniment to drefs the hair. 
 
 You took conlt.intcare 
 Tt'e lidkin, comb, and ctTtncc to prep.are : 
 Fur this your lucks in paper durance t>ound. 
 
 I'ope. 
 DO'DY. n.f. [bobij, Saxon ; it origi- 
 nally figniiied the height or Mature of a ■ 
 man. ] 
 
 1 . The material fubflance of an animal, 
 oppofed to the iinuiaterial foul. 
 
 All the viiliant men arofe, and went all n'ght, 
 and toulc the body of Saul, and rl.c bsdin of his 
 fons, from the wall. S.VKUsI. 
 
 Take no tlionght for 'your life, what yc (hall 
 eat, or what ye (hall diink ; n>.i yet for your 
 bod\j what ye Ih.ill put on. dila/ffiew. 
 
 By Cultom, prS;'ice, and patience, all dilfi- 
 . cullies and hiuil.lups, whether gf bcdv or of for- 
 tune, aic rii'-cie caly. J^'£/:r.inge. 
 
 2. Matter: oppofed to ^/i-/ ■■.'/. 
 
 3. A perfon ; a human being; whence 
 fomebo/i'y zn.\ r.cboey. 
 
 Surely, a wile hady's, pan it were 'not to put 
 out his fire, l-cautc his fooliOi neighbour, from 
 whom he borrewtd wherewith tj kindle it, inighc 
 fiH', were it not .or mc thou wuuldll freeze. 
 
 lU.kcT. 
 A deflow'red maid ! 
 And by an emhicut bddy, that cnfcrc'd 
 "I'he I.1W againll it: Sh.ikip;.iTi, 
 
 'Tis a pafitng Jhamc, 
 That I, unworthy b'i.ty as I am, 
 Siiould ccnfurc thus on lovely gentlemen. Sh::i. 
 No .'ci.'r feeth nic j what need i to fear ? tlie 
 Mol'. Hijh wiU not remcm );<• niv fins. Et<iu%. 
 2D'
 
 BOG 
 
 All civility and leafon obliged every hdy to 
 
 fubmit. Claremkn. 
 
 Good may be drawn out of evil, and a b'jily'i 
 
 life may be faved without having any uhligation 
 
 to liij piefei-ver. L'EJirangc. 
 
 tf. Reality : oppofed to reprefentation. A 
 
 foriptural fenfe. 
 
 A (hadow of tilings to come ; but the lidy is 
 of Chiia. Cohjiam. 
 
 5. A colleftive inafs ; a joint power. 
 
 There is in the knowledge both of God and 
 man this certainty, that life and deatli liave di- 
 vided between them the whole boJyof mankind. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 There were fo many difnfFeflcd perfons of the 
 nobility, that theremight a i:./y ftart up for the 
 I^iji". Ciarendoh. 
 
 When pigmies pretend to form thcmfelves into 
 a tcdv, it is time for us, who are men of figure, 
 to look about us. .^ddifin'i CiurdUn. 
 
 6. The inain army; the battle: difiina 
 from the wings, van, and rear. 
 
 The van of the king'> army was led by the ge- 
 neral and Wilmot ; in tire body was the king and 
 the prince; and the rear confuted of one tiioulaud 
 foot, commanded under colonel Thelwell. 
 
 Chin-f'dcn. 
 
 a number of men united 
 
 B O I 
 
 r. A corporation 
 
 by fome common tie. 
 
 I Ihall now mention a particular wherein your 
 whole body will be certainly againrt me ; and the 
 laity, alnnoft to a man, on my fide. Sivift. 
 
 Nothing was more common, than to hear that 
 reverend body charged with what is inconfiflent •. 
 detpifcd for their poverty, and hated for their 
 riches. S-.ui/t. 
 
 i. The main part ; the bulk : as, the ioJy, 
 or hull, of a fhip ; the iody of a coach ; 
 the ior/yof a chursh ; the ioify, or trunk, 
 of a man ; the icdy, or trunk, of a tree. 
 
 Thence fent lich merchandizes by boat to Ba- 
 bylon; from whence, by the body of Euphiatcs, 
 as fat as it bended weftward ; and, afterward, by 
 a branch thereof. Rulag/i. 
 
 This city has navigable rivfrs, that run up into 
 
 the body of Italy ; thty might fupply many 
 
 countries with £lh. Jlddifon. 
 
 Q. A fubifance ; matter, as dillinguidied 
 
 fiom other matter. 
 
 £\en a metalline body, .and therefore much 
 more a vegetable or animil> may, by (iic, be 
 turned into water. Boyle. 
 
 10. [In geometry.] Any folid figure. 
 
 1 1 . A panded ; a general collection : as, a 
 body of the civil law ; a body of divinity. 
 
 iz. Strength ; as, wine of a good body. 
 ■Body-clothes, n. f. [from body and 
 chthes.l Clothing for hovfcs that are 
 
 dieted. 
 
 1 aminfornvd, that feveral .alTes aie kept in 
 
 My-:!(iatis, and fwtated every moining upon the 
 
 heath. .-/d.lifo;. 
 
 To Bo'dy. f. a. [from the nonn.] To 
 
 produce in fome form. 
 
 As imagination bodies forth 
 The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen 
 Turns than to Ihapc. S'uifj>ea,e. 
 
 JBOG. n.f. [bog, foft, Irilh; bague, Fr.] 
 A marlh ; a ir.orafs ; a ground too folt 
 to bear the weight of the body. 
 
 Through fne and tlsrough flame, through ford 
 and whirlpool, o'er hog and quagmire. Sbak/p. 
 
 A gulf profoimd! as that Serbonian %, 
 Betwixt Damiata and mount Cafius old. AW/01. 
 He walks upon bo^s and whirlpools ; whcrcfoc- 
 vcrhc treads, lie fmics. •S'iC'''. 
 
 , Learn from fo great a wit, a hmd of bogs 
 With ditches fenc'd, a heaven fat with fogs. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 He is drawn, hy a fort of ignis folaus, into 
 
 hogi and mite aliaoft every day of bis life. IVaiis. 
 
 Bog-trotter, n.f. [from io^ and /re/.] 
 One that lives in a boggy country. 
 
 To BO'GGLE. ti. n. [from hogll, Dutch, 
 a fpeclre, a bugbear, a phantom.] 
 
 1. To ftart ; to ily back ; to fear to come 
 
 forward. 
 Yoaboggk Ihrewdly ; every feather ftarts you. 
 
 Sluikjpeaji^. 
 
 We ftatt and b^^ggU at every unufual appeat- 
 
 autc, and cannot endure the fight of the bugbear. 
 
 Granl'ilie. 
 Nature, that rude, and 111 her firft elTay, 
 Stood boggling at the roughiiefs of the way; 
 Us'dto the road, unknowing to rctuin, 
 Goes boldly on, and loves tlio p.ith when worn. 
 
 DiydiK. 
 
 2 . To hefitatc ; to be in dooibt. 
 
 And never boggU to rellore 
 The mcmbeis you deliver o'er. 
 Upon demand. Hudibras. 
 
 The well-thaped changeling is a man that has 
 a rational foul, fay you? Make the ears a litMe 
 longer, and more pofntcd, and the nofe a little 
 flatter than ordinary, and thcu you begin to 
 bo^g/e. '-''''''■ 
 
 3. To play fall and loofe ; to diffemble. 
 
 When fummoned to his latt end, it was no 
 time for him to bo-jglc with the world. iJorue/. 
 Bo'g g l e r . n./. [from boggle. ] A doubter ; 
 a timorous man. 
 You have been a bos^glcr ever. Sh.dfpc.m. 
 
 Bg'gg Y. adj. [from ^0^.] Mar(hy ; fwampy. 
 Their country w.is very narrow, low, and boggy, 
 and, by great indulUy and c.>;penccs, defended 
 from the fea. yhbuthnot. 
 
 Bo'ghouse. n.f. [from hog and bouJe.'\ 
 
 A houfe of office. 
 Bohe'a. n.f. [an Indian word.] A fpecies 
 of tea, of higher colour, and more af- 
 tringent tafte, than green tea. 
 
 Co.ufe pewter, conrtllmg chicfiy of lead, is 
 part of the bales in which bohia tea was brought 
 from China. IVood-iuard. 
 
 As fome frail cup of China's faircft mold 
 The tumults of the boiling bibia braves. 
 And holds fecuic the colTce's fable waves. 
 
 Tiekcl. 
 She went from opera, park, affembly, play. 
 To morning walks, and pray'rs three houis a 
 
 day; 
 To part her time 'twist reading and bohea, 
 To mufe, and Ipill her folit.iiy tea. rope. - 
 
 To BOIL. v. n. [bouiiler, Fr. buliio, Lat.] 
 
 1. To be agitated by heat; to fluauate 
 
 with heat. 
 He law there boil the lievy whirlpools. 
 
 Cbiipman. 
 
 Suppofe the earth removed, and placed nearer 
 
 to the fun, in the orbit of Mercury, there the 
 
 whole ocean would boil with extremity of heat. 
 
 , Bfntky. 
 
 2. To be hot ; to be fervent, or effeivc- 
 fcent. 
 
 That lirength with which my boiling youth was 
 fraught. 
 When in the vale of Bal.ifor I fought. Diydsn. 
 
 Will I knew 
 What perils youthful ardour would purfuc, 
 That boi.'ing blood would cany thee too far. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 3. To move with an agitation like that of 
 
 boiling water. 
 
 Then headlong ttioots beneath the dafliing tide. 
 The trembling fins the boi/ine; waves divide. Gay. 
 
 4. To be in hot liquor, in order to be made 
 tender by the heat. 
 
 I'illct of a fenny fnake, 
 In the cauldron boil and bake. S>mhf[^eare. 
 
 5. To cook by boiling. 
 If you live in a rich family, roafting and ioi/- 
 
 ingaii below the dignity of your office, and 
 which it Lccomcs you to be ignorant of. Sii.ft. 
 
 B O L 
 
 6. To boil over. To run over the veflsl 
 with heat. 
 
 A few foft words and a kifs, and the good 
 man melts ; fee how nature works and boils ivcf 
 in him. ' Congrcv:. 
 
 This hoUow was a vaft cauldron, filled with 
 milted matter, which, as ii boikdo'jcT in any part, 
 ran down the fides of tne muuntain. ^ddijon. 
 To Boil. -v. a. To heat, by putting into 
 boiling water ; to fceth. 
 
 To try whether feeds be old or new, the fenfe 
 cannot inform ; but if you boil them , in water, 
 the new feeds will fprout fooner. Baton. 
 
 In eggs boiUd and roallcd, into which the wa- 
 ter entcreth not at all, there is fcatce any differ- 
 ence to be difccrned. Bacon, 
 Bo!L. n.f. See Bile. 
 Bo'iL.ta Y. ff.y; [from Z'o ^9//.] A place 
 at the fait works where the fait is boiled. 
 Bo'iLER. n.f. [from ^0//.] 
 
 1. The perl'on that boils any thing. 
 That fuch alterations of terrelfrial matter .are 
 
 not impolfiblc, fecms c\ident from that notable 
 pradice of the boikn of falt-pcire. Boyle, 
 
 2. The veflel in which any thing is boiled. 
 This coftee room is much frequented; and 
 
 there are generally feveral pots and boilen 
 before the tiro. iVood-.uard. 
 
 BOISTEROUS, ad], [byjier, furious, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. Viclent; loud; roaring; flormy. 
 Ey a di\ine inllintt, men's minds miftruf^ 
 
 Enfuing danger; as by proof we lee 
 The waters fwell before a boijieious ftorra. 
 
 Shakfpejre. 
 As when loud winds a well-grown oak would 
 rend 
 Up by the roots, this way and that they bend 
 His reeling trunk, and with a boljt'rous found. 
 Scatter his leaves, and lUcw thtmon the ground. 
 
 2. Turbulent; tumultuoiw; furious. 
 
 Spirit of peace. 
 Wherefore do you to ill rrandate youifelf 
 Out of ihefpccch of peace, that hears fiurh grace. 
 Into the harfli and btiji'iom tongue of war ? 
 
 Sh.ikjyca7e» 
 His fweetnefs won a more regard 
 Unto his place, than ail the boif^rcus moods 
 That ignorant grcatnefs pracSileth. Ben Jonfcn, 
 
 God into the hands of their deliveier 
 Puts invincible might. 
 
 To quell the mighty of the earth, th" opprelTor,. 
 The brute asd boiji'rous force of violent men. 
 
 Milton. 
 Still mull I beg thee not to name Senipronius : 
 Lucia, I like not that lotid boijicrous man. 
 
 ,e'Jddijcn. 
 
 3. Unwieldy; cltirafily violent. 
 His bvl'en.us duh, iu buried in the ground, 
 
 He could' not riaren up again fo Ight, 
 
 But that the knight hira at advantage found. 
 
 F.j:ry Q/tem, 
 
 4. It isufedby ff^ood'ward of heat i violent. 
 When the fun h.id gained a greater flrength, 
 
 the heat becomes too. powerful and boijiiious far 
 fhcm. Natural Hijioty. 
 
 Bo'isTEROUSLY. adv, [from boiflerous .'\ 
 Violently ; tumuhuoully. 
 
 A fceptre, fnatch'd wiih an unruly hand, 
 Muft be as bo:Jitrouflym3\n\x\n'i as gain'd. Shak. 
 Thofe arc all remains of the univcifal deluge, 
 when th.e water of the ocean, being boijhroijly 
 turned out upon the earth, boie along with it all 
 moveable bodies. I^oo.huaid. 
 
 Another faculty of the intclleft com-s buijle- 
 Toujly in, and wakis me from fo pleafing 3 
 dream. Sitiift, 
 
 Bo'isTt.ROUSNESs. n.f. [from lo\flerous.\ 
 The ftate or quality of being boillcrous ; 
 tumuhuoufntfs ; turbuknci-. 
 Bo'b-.'iuY. adj. [from hok.^ Partaking 
 of the nature ol bole, or clay.
 
 B O L 
 
 A wenk and innnimntc kind of loa<l(loiit,witl, 
 > fen- mnunctic.il lines, hut ctiieHy conlifting ot' 
 » t^'i'.ny .uicl tl.m.my riiliftnncc. JSn-ivi. 
 
 BOLD. a/^. [balb, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Daring; brave; llout ; couiageovis ; 
 magnanimous ; fearlcfs ; intrepid. 
 
 Tiic wicked rice when no man puilueth ; but 
 tljc ri ;lilcoas arc boil ws a Hon. Pryt-cilts. 
 
 I have fccn rlic councils of .1 noble country 
 grow Ifolif or timorous, according to the tics 
 of his good 01 ili he.ilthihar rnan^igcd them. 
 
 • {"»- Tempt'. 
 
 2. Executed with fpirit, and without mean 
 caution. 
 
 Thefe nervous, hslJ; thofe, languid and K- 
 
 n»ifs. R.fromman. 
 
 Tlie cathedral church is a very j^o/.V worlt, and 
 
 a malier-picce of Gothick arcbiicilurc. ^Idiiif. 
 
 3. Confident ; not fcriipiilous; not timo- 
 rous. 
 
 We wcix j^iA/ in our God <o fpcak unto you 
 the golpc! of God with much contention. I '1/ief 
 
 I can be hc/,l to fay, that this .igc is adorned 
 with fomc men of tliat judgment, that they could 
 open new ai'.d undifcovcixd ways to knowledge. 
 
 4. Impudent ; rude. 
 
 In thy profpetity he will be as thyfelf, .ind will 
 be 60/ti over thy fervants. If thou be brought 
 low, he will be ng linft thee. Ecc.'ut. 
 
 5. Licentious; Inch as Ihow great liberty 
 of iiclion, or expreflion. 
 
 Tlie figures are i-j/u'evcn to temerity. Cvivhy, 
 Which no hIA tales of godsor monfters fwell, 
 But human p-alTionsj fuch as with us dwell. 
 
 U'M:r. 
 
 6. Standing out to the view ; ftriking to 
 the eye. 
 
 Catachicfcs and hyperboles are to be ufcd ju- 
 
 <licioufly, and placed in poetry, as heighten ings 
 
 and ihadows in painting, to make the figirie 
 
 bohlir, and caufc it to riand oiF to fight. Dtydcn. 
 
 r. Open; fmooth ; even; level: a Tailor's 
 
 term. 
 
 Her dominioirs have ^c/i/ncccflible coalis. 
 
 m^-e/. 
 
 S, To male bold. To take fieedoms : a 
 phrafe not grammatical, though com- 
 mon. To be /^oA/ is better ; as, I was 
 hold to tell the houfe, that fcandalous 
 livings make fcandalous miiiifters. 
 
 Rudgerd. 
 I have mad( loll to fend to your wife; 
 My fuil is, that Ihc will to Defdemona 
 Procure mc fomc acccfs. Shakfpc<27(. 
 
 Nfakhigjo halii, 
 ■My fears forgetting manners, to unfcal 
 Their grand commifiion. Shalfptarc. 
 
 And were y' as good as George a Gr-ecn, 
 I (h.ill make h!J to turn agcn. Ihidihrai. 
 
 I durri not nuikc thus hoUwilh Ovid, left fome 
 future Milbourn Ibould arife. Dn'lft. 
 
 Some men have the fortirnc to be cfteemcd 
 wits, only for making h;td to feoff at thefc things, 
 which the gre.ateft part of mankind r'tverencc. 
 
 T,lhtf;n 
 To Bo'lpen. i<. a. [from io/d.] To 
 make bold ; to give confidence. 
 
 Quick iriventers, and fair ready fpeakeis, being 
 ic/^yiv/f./ with their prefeiU abilities to fay nioic, 
 and peichancc better' too, at the fuddcn for that 
 ^ii-clenr, than any other can do, ufe Icfs help of 
 diligence and fiudy. Afili.im's Se/ioolmtjj'Jcr, 
 
 I am much too vent'r.pus 
 In tempting of your patience, but am b'.'den'd 
 Under your promis'd pardon. Sltatfj-caf.-. 
 
 Eo'i,Dr.\CE. n.f. [from Ivld andj'aff.] 
 Impudence ; faucinefs : a term of re- 
 proach and reprehenfion. 
 
 Huw now, bolajtue I cries an old ti'ot : fiir.-h, 
 we eat our own hens, I'd have you know ; 
 what you cat, you ftcal. VEjlrnnge. 
 
 B O L 
 
 Bo'i.ni'ACPT). adj. [from Ichl zniface.l 
 Impudent. 
 
 1 h.ivc fccn. Ihofc lillicll of creatures ; and, 
 feeing their rare works, 1 have fecn enough to 
 confute all the i'..'.^'.i.v.Y atlicrrts of this age. 
 
 VrilwhjH ligitinj} Hubli'i. 
 
 Bo'ldlv. adv. [from bold.'\ 
 
 1 . In a bold manner ; witli courage ; with 
 fpirit. 
 
 Thus \vc may i&Af/y fpeak, bring ftrcngthcncd 
 with the example of fo reverend a prelate. 
 
 Hooker. 
 I f]ieak CO ftibje<!ls, and a fubjcifl fpcaks, 
 Siiii'd up by hcav'n, thin io/dly for Iris'king. 
 
 S!i.ikjp.-arr. 
 
 2. It may perhaps be fometimes ufcd, in 
 a bad fenfe, for impudently. 
 
 Bo'ldness. n./. [from /'(//(/. ] 
 
 1. Courage; bravery; intrepidity; fpi- 
 rit; fortitude; magnanimity; daring- 
 nefs. 
 
 Her hoiTe flic rid fo, as might Ihew a fearful 
 hfdnejsj daring to do that which Are knew not 
 how to do. Sidney. 
 
 2. Exemption from caution and fcrupulous 
 nicety. 
 
 The bo/.ttiefs of the figures is to be hidden 
 fometimes * v the addi'cfs of the poet, that tlrey 
 may wr'rk their effcdt upon the mind. Dryden. 
 
 3. Freedom ; liberty. 
 
 Great is my boldnefi of fpcech toward you ; 
 great is my glorying in you. 2 Corinthiath. 
 
 4. Confident truft in God. 
 
 Our fear excludeth not that boLht-:fi which bc- 
 cometh faints. Ihcker. 
 
 \Vc have boldnefi and accefs with confidence, 
 by the faith of him. Kfhefieim. 
 
 Ha\'ing thcr*efore bo^dnejs to enter into the 
 holiclf by ihc blood of Jclus. Hebreius. 
 
 5. AfTurance ; freedom from baflifulnefs ; 
 confident mien. 
 
 Wonderful is the cafe of boldnefi in civil bir- 
 finefs: wirat firlK' Bo/dnefs. Whatfecond and 
 third' Boldnrf^. And yet i&/(f/vfy^c is a child of 
 ignorarrce and bafcncf>, far iufcriour to other' 
 parts. B'Mnti. 
 
 Sure, if the guilt were theirs, they could not 
 charge thee 
 With fuch a gallant boldnrft; if 'twere thine, 
 Thou couldlt not hear't with fucii a filent fcorn. 
 
 Detifiatn. 
 Ills dillancc, though it docs not inftrut5l iiim 
 tj ti.ink wifcrthar otiier princes, yet it helps him 
 to fpeak with mote bildnefs what he thinks. 
 
 Temple. 
 Boldneff is the power to fpeak or do what we 
 intend, before others,' without fe^ar or diforder. 
 
 Ir:k:. 
 
 6. Impudence. 
 
 That moderatit»n, v|iiicli ufetlr to fupprcfs 
 tclJnep, and tp make ciiem coinjucr that hi Dei. 
 
 lloiker. 
 
 BOLE. «./. 
 
 1. The body or trunk of a tree. 
 
 All fell upon the high-haU'd oaks, ar.d down 
 
 their curled brows 
 
 Fell hurtling to the earth ; and up went all the 
 
 br,U\ and boughs. i:/:apn:an. 
 
 But when the fmoother bole from knots is free, 
 
 \Vc make a deep incifion in the tree, JJiytti. 
 
 View well this tree, the queen of all thegiove: 
 
 How vail her hole; how wide h.er aims are fprcad, 
 
 How high above the reft (he flioots her head ! 
 
 Dryda:. 
 
 2. A kind of earth. 
 
 Bolt ^rry.itiiiuk IS an allringent earth, which 
 
 lakes its name from Armenia, the country from 
 
 ^ which wc have if. i!'':.sdi¥.ird. 
 
 3. A meafure of corn, containing (is 
 
 bufliels. 
 
 Of good barley put eight boles, that is, nlioiit 
 
 fix Hnjlilh qu.M'.ei i:i ^ i;f>r; tron;h. M-.fm^,, 
 
 B O L 
 
 BO'LIS. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 Boll, is agrcat tiery ball.fwiftly hurried through 
 
 the ail, and generally drawing a tail after it. 
 
 Arillotic calls it capfa. There luvc often been 
 
 immerilc bails of this kind. Miifchenbroeek. 
 
 Boll. n.f. A round (lalk or ftem ; as, a 
 
 loll cti ilax. 
 To fioLL. <u. n. [Ifrom the noun.] To 
 rife in a ftalk. 
 
 And the flax and the barley was fmittcn : for 
 the bailey was in the ear, and the IJax was Idlei. 
 
 r.xodbi. 
 
 BO'LSTER. n.f. [bolrrpe. Sax. boljler, 
 Duteii.] 
 
 1. Something laid on the bed, to raife 
 and fiipport the head ; commonly a 
 bag filled with down or feathers. 
 
 Pciliaps fomc cold bank is \\cx boljler now, 
 Or 'gaiiilt the rugged baikof fome broad elm 
 Leans her unpillow'd head. Mdion. 
 
 This ami (hall be a bolf.rr fur thy head ; 
 I'll Ictcli clean Ibaw to make a foJdiei'sbed. Gfiy. 
 
 2. A pad, or quilt, to hinder auy prcf- 
 fure, or fill up any vacuity. 
 
 Up goes her hand, and oil (he flips 
 The io^.'tij thatfupply her hips' .^iLift. 
 
 3. A pad, or comprefs, to be laid on a 
 wound. 
 
 The hindagc is the girt, which hath a boljler 
 ill il e middle, and the ends tacked firmly togc- 
 iIh . M'ifemaH, 
 
 4. In horfemandiip. 
 
 The l^oljleri of a faddle ai'e thofe parts raifed 
 upon the bows, to hold^he rider's thigh. 
 
 Furrifr'j T)i^. 
 To Bo'lstf.r. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fupport the head with a bolfter. 
 
 2. To aftord a bed to. 
 
 Mortal eyes do fee them b'Jfler, 
 More than their own. Shakfpeare's OtJuuo. 
 
 3. To hold wounds together with a com- 
 prefs. 
 
 The praflice of boljltring the checks forward, 
 does litrle fer\ ice to the wound, and is veiy un- 
 eaf/ to the patient. Sharp. 
 
 4. To fupport ; to hold up ; to maintain. 
 This is now an expreflion fomewhat 
 coarfe and obfolete. 
 
 We may be made wifer by the piiblick per- 
 fuafions grafted in men's minds, fo they be ufed 
 to further tire truth, not to b'Jjicr ci rour. II'Mer. 
 
 The lawyer fets his tongue to falc for the boljhr- 
 ing out of uiijuft caufes. Hatenuill. 
 
 It was the way of many to boljler up ti-.eir 
 crazy doating confcienccs with con fidences. South. 
 BOLT. n.f. [io«//, Dutch ; /So^.?.] 
 
 1. An arrovv; a dart fiiot from a crofs- 
 bo'.v. 
 
 Yet mark'd I vrhere tjie holt of Cupid fell ; 
 It fell upon a little wcflern flower. 
 Before milk-white, now purple with love's 
 wound. ■ S/:,i/cfpe.ire. 
 
 The blunted boll againft the nymph he drcH ; 
 But with the (h.irp transfi'x'd, Apollo's brcaft. 
 
 Dryder., 
 
 2. Lightning; a tliunderbolt. 
 
 . Siiig"d witli the ilamcs, and uith the ioi'is 
 
 transfix'd, 
 With native earth your blood the monliers Kiix'd. 
 
 D-yder. 
 
 3. lic/l vpiight ; that is, upright as an ar- 
 row. 
 
 BiuHi iioi, native or fiom the mine, confiltcth 
 of hmg lirije, about the thicknefs of a fmall 
 knitting needle, bolt uprigit, like the brilllca of 
 a fiilT liiuil). Gre^^.•_ 
 
 Ai 1 ilood boh nfrlght upon one end, one of 
 the l.idies burft out. Add'fan ' 
 
 4. The bar of a door, fo called frombeincr 
 llraight like an arrow. We now far, 
 
 2 D 2
 
 B O L 
 
 JlioBl the holt, when w^efpeak cf fallen - 
 in^ or optning a door. 
 
 'Tis not in thto, to oppofe the b(jlt 
 
 Agaiiil't my coming; in. &Uakfpcart. 
 
 5. An iron to fallen the legs of a prilbner. 
 
 This is, I think, corrupted fiom bought, 
 
 orhnk. 
 
 Away with him. to prifon; Isy />stVs enough 
 
 upon liim. Shakj^carc. 
 
 To Bolt. v. a. [froin the noun.] 
 
 1. To (hut or fadcu with a bjlt. 
 
 The bftJttd g.it^-s liew open ;it tlic bi.ift j 
 The. liorm nilh'd inland Aicitc ftood ;igh3ft, 
 
 D> sd-:r:. 
 
 2. To bhirl out, or throw out prccipi 
 tantly. 
 
 I hate when \'ioc can belt lier arguments, 
 And \iriue has no tongue to check iici pride 
 
 Milton. 
 
 3. To faftcn, as a bolt or pin ; to pin j to 
 
 keep together. 
 
 That I ct uld reach the axle, where the pins are 
 
 Which is/; this iVamc, that I might pull them 
 
 out I Ben ymjon. 
 
 4. To fetter ; to fhackle. 
 
 It is great 
 To do that thing that ends all other deeds, 
 Which (hiickies accidents, and hrJti up change. 
 
 5. To fift, or feparate the parts of any 
 thing with a fieve. [i/titc-r, Fr.J 
 
 He now had I'jiJteJ all the floui. Spevfer. 
 
 In tiie lyoliing^ ajid fifting of fourteen years of 
 power ?rd favour, all that came out could not be 
 pure meal. ifotton. 
 
 I cannot ho!f this matter to the bran, 
 As Bradwardinand iioly Auftin can. Dry,!cn. 
 
 6. To examine by fiftiiig; to try out ; to 
 lay open. 
 
 It would he well loltcJ out, whether great re- 
 fractions may not be made upon reflections, as 
 upon direct beam3. Bacon. 
 
 The ji;dge, or jury, or parties, or the coun- 
 cil, or attornics, propounding qucftions, beats 
 and is.Vjout the truth much hcfcr than when the 
 witnefs delivers only a fornial ferics. //.i/.- . 
 
 Time and natiirc will hrAi out tl-.c truth of 
 things, through all difguifcs. V E/lnrnge. 
 
 7. To purify ; to purge. This Is liarlh. 
 
 The fanned fnow, 
 That's bolted by tlie noithcm blaft twice o'er. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 To Eo IT. -v. n. To fpring out with fpeeil 
 and fuddeiintfs ; to dart out with the 
 quicknefs of an arrow. 
 
 This Puck fccms but a dreaming dolt. 
 Still walking line a ragged colt, 
 And oft out of a l-ufli doth bolt, 
 
 Of purpofe to deceive us. Tl'ayton. 
 
 They ere.'led a fort, and' from thence they 
 bolted like hearts of tiic for.-lt, fometimes into 
 the foreft, fometimes into the woods and fall- 
 iipfics, and fomctiroes back to their den. Bacon. 
 
 As the houfe n'as all in a flame, out lihi a 
 moufe from the rtnns to fave heifelf. L'Ejlrangc. 
 
 I have reflcftc'! on ihofc men who, from time 
 to time, have fti, t themfelvcs into the world. 1 
 have fcen many fucccflioiis of them ; fonie holt. 
 inj^ out upon the flagc with vaft applaufe, and 
 ethers hilTcd off. Drjidtit. 
 
 The birdv to foreign feats repair'd ; 
 And hearts, that bollrd out, and faw the fotefl 
 bar'd. Vijd.i; 
 
 EoLT-ROPE. 11. f. [from bolt and >-»/.'.] 
 The rnpe on which the fail of a fliip is 
 ffwed and f.iflcned. Sea Dlfl. 
 
 Bo'ltpr. n.J. [from the verb. ] 
 1. .\ Ocvc to feparate meal from bran or 
 hiifts ; or to feparate finer ftoirt coaifer 
 parts. 
 
 7 
 
 E O M 
 
 Dowlas, filthy dowlas: I have given flu.- 
 away to bakers wives, and they have made boltcn 
 
 of liiem.* 
 
 SJuik/peure. 
 
 With a good flrongchopping-knife mince the 
 two capons, hones and idl, as fniall as ordinary 
 miriced meat; put them into a laige neat brdicr. 
 
 Baion'i Natural liijiory. 
 
 When fupercilioufly he lifts 
 Through coarfelt bolter others gifts. Ht/dibrtzs. 
 2. A kind of net. 
 
 Thel'c hakes, and divers others, of the fore- 
 cited, arc t^tkrn with threads, and fome of them 
 with the bolter, which is a fpdier of a l>i^i;er 
 fizc. Caxiu. 
 
 Bo'i.THF..-i». n.f. A long ftrait-neckcd 
 glafs vcdel, ior chymical diltiUations, 
 called alfo a mnlrafs, or rccnvcv. 
 
 This Ipirit abounrls in fait, which may be fc- 
 paratcd, 1.,- pu-ttiug the liquor into a botthcitd 
 with a long narrow neck. Boyle. 
 
 Bo'i.TiTiG-HOUSE. II. f. [fiom boll and 
 Ijoiife.'l The place where meal is 
 fift'cd. 
 
 The jade is returned as white, and as pow- 
 dered, as if fhe ],ad been atwoikin ^ boltitg- 
 hotijc. Denni',, 
 
 Bo'ltsprit. 7 «./. A mad running out 
 Bo'wsPRiT. J at the head of a fhip, not 
 Handing upright, but aflope. The but 
 end of it is generally ftt againft the foot 
 of the foremafl ; fo that they are a (lay 
 to one another. The length without 
 board is fuffic'ent to let its fails hang 
 clear of all incumbrances. If the ball- 
 J'prit fail in bad weather, the foretnall 
 cannot hold long after. Bwwfpr'it is 
 perhaps the right fpelling. 
 
 Sea DiSionary. 
 Sometimes I'd divide, 
 And bin n in many places ; on the topmafl, 
 Tlic yards and boltjpiit would I flame dirtinCily. 
 
 Shakfpcai c. 
 Bo'lus. n.f. [/3(j^(^.] A form of medi- 
 cine, in which the ingredients are made 
 up into a foft mafs, larger ihan pills, to 
 be fwallowed at once. 
 
 Keep their bodies foluble the while by clyftcrs, 
 lenitive W/z/t J of caflia and manna, with fyrup 
 of violets. IVijeman, 
 
 By poets we arc well alTui'd, 
 That lo\'e, alas! can ne'er be cur'dj 
 A complicated heap of ills, 
 Derpihng bolufc^ and pills. Swl/t. 
 
 BOMB. ti.f. {hom'uus, Lat.J 
 
 1. A loud noife. 
 
 An upper chamber being thought weak, was 
 fiipported by a pillar of iron, of the bigncfs of 
 one's arm in the midlt ; which, if you had 
 ftrnck, would make a little fl.it noife in the 
 room, but a great bomb in the chamber beneath. 
 
 BiKon. 
 
 2. A hollow iron ball, or fliell, filled with 
 gunpowder, and ftunifhed with a vent 
 for a fufee, or wooden tube filled with 
 combuilible matter, to be thrown out 
 from a mortar, which had its name 
 from the noife it makes. The fufee, 
 being fet on fire, burns flowly till it 
 reaches the gunpowder, which goes off 
 at once, burfllng the fhell to pieces 
 with incredible violence : whence the 
 ufe o^ bombs in befieging towns. The 
 laiged are about eighteen inches in dia- 
 meter. By whom they were invented 
 is not known, and the time is uncer- 
 tain ; fome fixing it to J^ilB. and others 
 to J 495- Chambers. 
 
 B O M 
 
 The loutl cannon mifiive iron pours. 
 And in the Ilaught'ring bomb Gradivus ronrf. 
 
 Ro xe. 
 To Bomb. v. n. [from the noon.] To 
 fall upon with bombs ; to bombard. 
 
 Our king th.U!. Iremlles at Namur, 
 Wliill> Viilrrov, who ne'er afraid is, 
 
 To BiuxclleN marches on fccuie. 
 To bomb the monks, and frare the ladies. Prior, 
 BoMB-CltEST.w./; [from bombzvii cheji.^ 
 A kind of ciieft filled ufually with 
 bombs, and fometimes only with gun- 
 powder, placed under ground, to tear 
 and blow U up in the air, with thofe 
 who fland on it. Chambers. 
 
 Bomb-ketch. )«. f. A kind of fliip, 
 BoMB-vEssEL. J iirongly built, to bear 
 the fhock of a mortar, when bombs T.:s 
 to be fired into a town. 
 
 Nor could an ordinary fleet, with bomb-t^effclSf 
 hope to fuccced againft a pl.ice that has in its 
 arfenal gallies and men of war. A'.dijoi^ 
 
 Bo'mbard. n.f. \bomlarJiis, Latin.] 
 
 1. A great gun ; a cannon. Obfolete. 
 
 They planted in divers places twelve great 
 bombardi,^\\t:x^'xX\\ they threw liugc itonesinto 
 the air, which, falling down into ti.e city, might 
 break down the houfes. KnolU-s. 
 
 2. A barrel. Obfolete. 
 
 To Bomba'rd. ij. a. [from the noun. J 
 To attack with bombs. 
 
 A mecial is flruck on the Englilli falling in 
 their attempts on Dunknk, when they endea- 
 voured to blow up a fort, and bombard the town, 
 
 ylJdifon. 
 
 Bombardi'er. n.f. [^hom bomiare/.] The 
 engineer whofe em.ployment is to fhoot 
 bombs. 
 
 Th.e bombardier tofles his ball fometimes into 
 the niidil of a city, with a,tlcfi.*;n to fill all around 
 him with tcrrour and combultion. Teller. 
 
 Bomb a'rdment. n. f. [from bombari!.~\ 
 An attack made upon any city, by 
 throwing bombs into It. 
 
 Genoa is nut yet fecurc from a bombardment.^ 
 tliough it is not fo cxpofed as foimcrly. .nddlfon. 
 
 Bombasi'n. «. f. \hotnhqfiti, Fr. from 
 bombyeinus, filken, Latin.] A flight 
 filken ftufF, for mourning. 
 Bomba'st. n.f. [A fluff of foft loofe 
 texture ufed formerly to fwcll the gar- 
 ment, and thence ufed to fignify bulk 
 or (how without folidity.] Fufllan ; 
 big words, without meaning. 
 
 Not pedants motley tongue, foldiers bomhnjl, 
 Mountebanks drug. tongue, nor the terms of law. 
 Are ftrong enough preparatives to draw 
 Me to hear this. Donne. 
 
 Are all the flights of heroick poetry to be 
 concluded /oM/'.y.', unnatural, and mere madnefs, 
 becaulc they arc not affected with their excellen- 
 cies? D^yden. 
 
 Bo'mbast. nilj. [from the fubfiantive.] 
 High founding; of big found without 
 meaning. 
 
 He, as loving his own pride and purpofe. 
 Evades them with a bombajl ciicumllancc, 
 Huriibly Itufl'd with epithets of war. Sbalfp. 
 
 Bombila'tion. II, f \J\ombombus, Lat.] 
 Sound ; noife ; repoit. 
 
 How to abate the viguui, or (ilence the bom-, 
 h.lation of guns, a way is f.iid to be by borax and 
 butter, ini.\t in :t due proportion, which will al- 
 tnoft take otY the report, and alfo Ilie force of 
 the charge. Broiun^s Vulvar Krrours. 
 
 Bomby'cinous. adj. [iowbyciniif, Lat.] 
 Silken ; made cf filk.
 
 B- O Ni 
 
 BONA ROB. 4. n.f. [Ital.afinegown.] A 
 fliowy wanton. 
 We knew where the bona rahai were. Shahf^ . 
 
 BON ASUS. n.f. [Lat.] A kind of buf- 
 falo, or wild biill. 
 
 BONCmE'TIEN. n.f. [French.] A 
 fpcciu'sof pt;ar, fo called, probably, from 
 the name of a jrardcncr. 
 
 BOND. n.f. [bonb. Sax. hound; it ij 
 written indilicrt-ntly, in many of its 
 fenfes, bond, or band. Sn; Band.] 
 
 1. Cords, or chains, with which anyone 
 is bound. 
 
 TliCic left mc, nnti my man, both bound to- 
 gctlicr ; 
 Till, gn.iwing with my teeth my hmdt .-.fimdcr, 
 1 g-iin*d my ht'cdom. Shtikfpcart, 
 
 2. Ligament that holds any thing together. 
 
 Let any one fend his conteniplatiun tu the ex- 
 tj-eniitics of the uiiiverfe, nnd fee what cun- 
 cciv.ible hopes, wtiat bond he can imagine, to 
 hold this mafs of matter in io clofc a pveirure to- 
 gether. Locke. 
 
 3. Union; connexion : a workman's term. 
 
 Obfctve, in w orkitig up the wali^, that no Jid',- 
 cf the 1100(1?, nor any part of the wall?, be brought 
 up three feet above the other, before the next 
 adjoining wall be wrought up to it, fo that they 
 may all be joined together, and make a good 
 hQ'il. Moi timer' i Hi'/h-inJiv. 
 
 4. [fn the plural.] Chains; imprifon- 
 ment ; captivity. 
 
 Whom 1 perceived to have nothing Lid to his 
 charge worthy of death, or oi br.nii. .^^i. 
 
 5. Cement of union ; canfe of union ; 
 liitk of connexion. 
 
 W'erUling is great Juno's crown; 
 O'hiclled bond of board and bed ! S!i<iiffe.iri. 
 
 Love cools, brothers divide, and the bord is 
 cracked 'twi.xt fon and father. Sh.ikfyenrc. 
 
 6. A writing of obligation to pay a fum, 
 or perform a contract. 
 
 Go with mc to a notary, feal me there 
 Your img'c io/;</. Sh(ikfp:a}e. 
 
 Wtiat if T ne'er confent to make you mine ; 
 My father 's promife ties me not to time; 
 And loihh without a date, tliey fay, are void. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 7. Obligation ; law by which any man is 
 obliged. 
 
 Unhappy that I am! I cannot heave 
 My heait into my mouth : I love your majcAv 
 According to my bind, no more nor lefs. Shakf. 
 T.ikc which yuu pleafc, it dilTolves the bonds 
 ol government and oiicdience. Lokc. 
 
 Bon d. adj. [from hind, perhaps for hound ; 
 from j^ebonben, Saxon.] Captive ; in 
 a fervile (late. 
 
 Whether we be Jews or Gentiles, wliethcr wc 
 be ^&'.'./ or free. 1 Coumhinn^. 
 
 Bo'ncage. n.f. [from bond.] 
 
 1. Captivity ; imprifonmcnt ; ftatc of re- 
 ftraint. 
 
 You only iiave overthrown mc, and in my 
 ion hge cot)(iii& my glory. Sidnry. 
 
 Say, gentle princefs, would you not fuppoic 
 Your bonjttgc happy, to be made a queen ? 
 — To be a queen in bondiigcj is m^re vile 
 Than is a llavc in bafe fcrvilily. Sli.thjp£.\tc. 
 
 Our cage 
 We make a choir, as doth the prifon'd bird. 
 And ling our bondage freely. Sh.iifpeiirt\ 
 
 The king, when lie defigu'd you for uiy guaul, 
 Refolv'd he wool<f not make my bwdnnc h.ird. 
 
 "Vrjdn,. 
 
 2. Obligation; tie of duty. 
 
 If (he has a Orugtl; fur honour, (lie is in a 
 bond.ige to love; which gives the Itory its turn 
 that way. Popr. 
 
 He muft refolve by no means to be cnllavcd, 
 and b.-ou^l.t under the bondagt. cf otfcrvin 
 
 BON 
 
 o-tlli!, which ought to vanifh when they ftand in 
 competition with eating and drinking, or taking 
 money. • South. 
 
 Bo'ndmaid. n.f. [from bond, captive, 
 and maid.] A woman flavc. 
 
 Good (ilicr, -wrong me not, nor vviong yourfelt, 
 To make a bondm.:id and a Have of me. Sb.Af. 
 Bo'numan. n.f. [from band -dnA man.] A 
 man llavc. 
 
 Aniongd the Romans, in making of a hnd- 
 rf1.11 free, wai it not wondered wherefore fo great 
 ado IhouUl be made? the m.ilter to prelent liis 
 flave in fome court, to take him by tlie hand, 
 and not only to fay, in tl\e hearing of the pub- 
 lick magilbate, I will that this man become 
 free ; bur, after thofc folemn words uttered, to 
 ftrike bun on the cheek, to tuui him round, the 
 hairiif Ills head to be (havcd uif, the miglHratc 
 to touch hini thrice with a rod; in the end, a 
 cap and a while garment given him. Hcokei . 
 
 O freedom! (irrt delight of human kind; 
 Not that which bon.lmcn from their matters find. 
 
 Dn:Un 
 Bondse'rvant. n.f. [from fo«f/ and yir- 
 vnnt.] A flave ; a fervant without the 
 liberty of quitting his mailer. 
 
 And if thy brotlicr, th.it dvvelieth by thee, be 
 waxen pool, and be ("old unto ihee, thou (halt 
 rot compel him to fcive as a boiuifervant. 
 
 Lrcitkui. 
 
 Bondse'rvice. n.f. [from bond Tind fir- 
 •vice.] The condition of a bondfervant ; 
 (lavery. 
 
 Upon tiiofe did Solomon levy a tribute of 
 b'in.ijirt'Ue. -^"i; ^ ■ 
 
 Bo'ndslave. n.f [fvom Z'5/iJand_y7.7i'f.] 
 A man in flavery ; one of fv;rvile condi- 
 tion, who cannot change his mafl.tr. 
 
 Love enioined fuch diligence, that no appren- 
 tice, no, no bo'i.-yhtvf, could ever be, by fear, 
 more ready at all commands than that young 
 princefs was. Sidnry. 
 
 All her ornaments are taken aw.ay; of a free- 
 woman (he is become a bondjl.ivf. I Mure. 
 Commonly the bon.ijlave is fed by his lord, 
 but here the lord was fed by hiibondjlai'e. 
 
 . Sir J. Dames. 
 Bo'ndsman. n.f. [from bond and w;i«.j 
 
 1. A flave. 
 
 Carnal greedy jieople, without fuch a precept, 
 would have no mercy upon their poor hondfmen 
 and hearts. Dcrhnm- 
 
 2. A perfon bound, or giving fecurity, 
 for another. 
 
 Bo'ndswoman. n.f. [from ^o«r/ and luo- 
 ma:i.] A woman flave. 
 
 My lords, the fcnarors 
 Are fold for flaves, and their wives for bondf- 
 ivoir.en. Ben ^o'iJon\ Ctitalme. 
 
 BONE. n.f. [ban, Saxon.] 
 
 I. The folic! part of the body of an animal. 
 
 Tiic !'Q?iCi ;:rc mat'.c up of hard fibres, tied 
 one to another by fmiill tranfvcrfe fibre?, as thofe 
 of tlit: nuifcles. In a ftcius they aie purous, foft, 
 and eafily difcerned. As liicir pores fill with .t 
 fubftancc of their own nature, fo they incrc;tfe, 
 hart'eii, and grow clofc to one anuchcr. T!.ey 
 arc all fpongy, and full of little cells; or arc of 
 a confideiabte firm thickncf.';, witli a large cavity, 
 except the teeth ; and where they are articulaicdj 
 they are covered with a thin and lUong membrane, 
 called the pcrioftc um. Each hac is nuich bii>,g(f rat 
 its extremity tlian in the midille, that the articu- 
 lations nii^l.t be film, and the ho-.a not eiifily 
 put out of joint. But. bccaufe the middle of the 
 /jc./if ihouid be Uroiij;, lofullain its allotted weight, 
 and rcfift accidents, the fibres arc there moie 
 clofcly compacted together, fupporting one an- 
 other; and the l>07ic m made hollow, and con- 
 fcqutntly not fo cafily broken, as it muft ha\e 
 been bad it been U>\\A and fmaller. Quincy. 
 
 Tliy hries are mairowlefs, thy blood is cold. 
 
 B O. N' 
 
 There was lately a young genflemmi bit to the 
 
 botf. Tulltr. 
 
 2. A fragment of meat ; a bone with iis 
 mucli fkih as adheres to it. 
 
 Like yEl'oj/s hounds contending for the bo/tep 
 Each pleaded right, and would be lord alone. 
 
 Drydem 
 
 3. To be upon the bones . To attack. 
 
 Pufs had a month's mind to be upon /he bona 
 of iiini, but was not williuE to pick a quarrel. 
 
 L' ij!'unf:e. 
 
 4. To male no bones. To make no fcruple : 
 a mctiphor taken from a dog, who 
 readily i'wallows meal that has no bones. 
 
 5. Bones. A fort of bobbins, made of 
 trotter bones, for weaving bonelace. 
 
 6. Bones. Dice. 
 
 Rut then ray rtudy was to cog th.e dice, 
 And fle.xi'rouOy to throw the lucky fice ; 
 To (hiin araes ace, that fwept my flakes aw.ay ; 
 .\ni watch the box, for fear they fliould convey 
 Falie bonei, and put upon me in the play. Dryd. 
 To Bone. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 take out the bones from the flefli ; as, 
 the cooks boned the veal. 
 Bo'ni-l.vce. n.f. l^hom low zvid lace ; the 
 bobbins with which lace is woven be- 
 ing freqticntly made of bones.] Flaxea 
 lace, fuch as women wear on their linen. 
 The things you follow, and make fongs oi\ 
 now, Ihould be fcnt to knit, or lit down to bob- 
 bins or bone/iur. Ttttler. 
 iVe dcltroy the fymmetvy of the human figure, 
 and foolilhly contrive to call ott' the eye from 
 great and real beauties, to childilli gewgaw rib- 
 bands ana boneUce. Sp.Eijrci . 
 
 Bo'xr.LESs. adj. [from ^ont-.] Wanting 
 bones. 
 
 I would, while it was fmiling in my face. 
 Have pluckt my nipple from iiis bonfiefs gums. 
 And rialht the brains out. S':nk_fpeiire. 
 
 To Bo'neset. v. n. [from bone andyt.'.] 
 To reftore a bone out of joint to its 
 place ; or join a bone broken to the 
 other part. 
 
 A fraiftured leg fet in the country by one pre- 
 tending to boncfctting. IJ'iJeinttn's S.-jr^erv. 
 
 Bo'nesettrr. n, f. [from honefct.] A 
 
 chirurgeon ; one who particularly pro- 
 
 f. (Tes the art of reftoring broken or 
 
 lu.xated bones. 
 
 At preicnt mydefire is toliavca goodif/rt-ytV/.r. 
 
 iJenkam. 
 
 Bo'nfire. n. f. [from l.n, good, Fr. 
 ■AnAfire.] A fire made for fome pub- 
 lick caufe of triumph or exultation. 
 Ring ye the bells to m.ikc it wear away. 
 And bonfires make all day. Spenjer. 
 
 How came fo many bonfirei to be made in 
 queen M.irv's days? Why, ihe had abufcd and 
 flrcei%ed her people. South. 
 
 Full loon (jy bonjire and by bell, 
 
 We learnt our liege was pafiing well. G,i\-. 
 
 Bo'NGR.tCE. n.f. [bonne- grace, Yv.] A 
 
 forehead-cloth, or covering for the 
 
 forehead. Not ufed. Sh'mner. 
 
 I have fcen her bcfet all over with emeralds 
 
 and pearU, ranged in rows about her cawl, her 
 
 peruke, her iongidcf, and chaplct. , Jf.ikeivi//. 
 
 Bo'nnet. n.f. [honct, Fr.] A covering 
 
 for the head ; a hat-*- 3 cap.] 
 
 Go to them with this b-/rmtt in thy hand. 
 And thus far having llretth'd it, here be vpith 
 
 them, 
 Thy kneehufiing the (^oncs; for, in luch bulinefs, 
 Aiflion is eleKpicnce. Sh^kfpeure's C.oriol.imts. 
 
 They had not probably the ceremony of vailing 
 \\\^ bonnet in tiieirf.ilutati_.ns; for, in medals, 
 tiicy liill have it oa their heads, Ad.ij]o<s.
 
 BOO 
 
 Bo'nket. [In fortification.] A kind of 
 little lavella, without any ditch, having 
 a parapet three feet high, anciently 
 placed before the points of the faliant 
 angles of the glacis. 
 Bo'NNET a prepre, or prieft's cap, is an 
 outwork, having at the head three fali- 
 ant angles, and two inwards. 
 Bo'nnets. [In the fea language.] Small 
 fails fct tin the courlcs on the mizzen, 
 pialnfail, and forefail of a (liip, when 
 thtfe are too narro^v or (hallow to clothe 
 the maft, or in order to make more way 
 in calm weather. Chambers. 
 
 BoNNiLY. a.h'. [from lonny.] Gayly ; 
 
 handfomely ; pUimply. 
 Bo'nniness. n.f. [from bonny.^ Gayety ; 
 
 handfomenefs ; plumpnels. 
 BO'NNY.a^y. [from bon, botntc, I'r.J it is 
 a word now ahnoll coutintd to the 
 Scottifh dlak-a. 
 { Handlome; beautiiul. 
 
 Match to match 1 have encountered him, 
 And made .1 piev tor crrion kites -inAa^^^, 
 
 EVn of the bv'-y b"ft l''^ '"^ '' ^".'^'f'^ ■'^' 
 
 Thus waird t'he louts in melancholy fliain, 
 till boK-,y Sufan fpcd ncrofs the iM.im. C«v. 
 
 2. Gay; merry; frolickfome ; cheerful; 
 
 blithe. 
 
 T! en figh not lo, but let them S", 
 And be you blitl.c and hoiwy. i" ■■*//■"'"■. 
 
 3. It feems to be generally ufed in coii- 
 verfalion [or plunif. 
 
 Bonmy-clabbi:r. n.f. A word ufed m 
 Ireland for four bulteritillk. 
 
 We Cconi, for want nf u\k, to jabber 
 Of parties o'er our honny-clabbcr; 
 Nor are we ftudious to enquire, 
 Who votes for manors, who for lure. .S^^■l/^ 
 
 BG'NUM MAGNUM, n.f. A fpecies 
 
 of plum. 
 
 Bo NY. Diij. [from 10116.1 
 
 1. Confining of bones. ,„ , 
 
 \X the cud of this hole is a membrane, faftcned 
 
 to a round i'.«v limb, and ftretched like the head 
 
 t.fadruM'; and theicfore, by anatomifts, called 
 
 t. Full of bones. 
 
 B00 3Y. n. f. [a word of no certain ety- 
 mology. " Heiifiaiu thinks it a corrup- 
 tion of bull-beef, ridiculouOy ; Skmner 
 imagines it to be derived from bobo, 
 f0Dli(h, Spanidi. Junius finds bo'u>hard 
 to be an old Scott iili word for a cowarJ, 
 a conlemblible fellcw ; from which he 
 naturally deduces booby: but the ori- 
 ginal of boiubard is not knovvn.J A 
 dull, heavy, ftupid fellow ; a lubber. 
 
 But one exception to this U& we find ; 
 That i«Av Phaon only was unkmd, 
 An iU-bred boatman, rough as waves and wmd. 
 
 Young maftc.- next muft rife to_ fill him wine. 
 And rtarve himfdf to fee the boony du.c. Kmg. 
 BOOK. n. f. [boc, Sax. fuppofed from 
 hoc, a beech, becaufe they wrote on 
 beecheii boards ; as liber, in Latin, from 
 the rind of a tree.] 
 I. A volume ill wl'iich we read or write. 
 Sec a i",-' of prayer in his h.md; 
 True ornaments to know a holy man. Sh.-.ifpcarc. 
 
 Receive the fcntencc of the law for fins. 
 Such as by God's b=^k are adjudg'd to death. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 -In the coffin that had thc/'wii, they were found 
 
 ai frcfo as if they had been but newly wiittcn ; 
 
 BOO 
 
 being written on parchmcm, and covered over 
 witii watch candles of wax. Ba'.-cfi. 
 
 Booki ar(3.a foit of dumb teachers; they cannot 
 anfwer fuddcn qucltions, or explain prcfent 
 doubts : this is properly the work, of a living in- 
 (Iruaor. l-Kutt!. 
 
 2. A particular pait of a work. ', J.,~, ; 
 
 The firft h-i-.k we divide into fcctionsV wTiercof 
 the firft is thcfc chapters palV. ''JSi'irm-t'! Tli'eory: 
 
 3. The regilUr in j,vliich a trader keCps an 
 account of his debts. 
 
 This life 
 Is noliler than attending for a bauble; 
 Prouder than ruflling in unpaid-foi fiik ; ^ 
 Such gain the tap of him that maXcs them fine, 
 Yet keeps his biif>k inicrofs'd. Shakf^cMc. 
 
 4. Jn booh. In kind remembrance. 
 
 1 was io much in hii book.^y that, at his deccafc, 
 he left me the lamp by which he ufed to write 
 hii Uicubialions. .tldlifon. 
 
 5. IViihout booh. By mcmoiy ; by repeti- 
 tion ; without reading. ■ 
 
 Sermons read they abhor in the church ; but 
 fcrmons tivV//c3»/ ^o^, fermons which fpend their 
 life in their biiili,. and may have publick ,iutlience 
 but onc^'. ll'-t,irr . 
 
 ToBdoK. "v. a. [from the noim.] To 
 rcgifier in a book. 
 
 1 hefcech your grace, let it: be bookeJ with the 
 roll of this day's <lteds; ur I will have it in a par- 
 ticular ballad elle, with mine own pii£fure on the 
 top of it. Shnkf^raif. 
 
 He made wilful murder high treafon ; hccaufcd 
 the marcheis to b^jok their men, for whom they 
 Ihould make anfwer. D.iv:e! or. IreUnJ. 
 
 BooK-KEKPiNG. n.f. [from book and 
 Leep.'\ The art of keeping accounts, 
 or recording pecuniary tranfaftions, in 
 fuch a manner, that at any time a man 
 may thereby know the true (late of the 
 whole, or any part of his affairs, witli 
 clearnefs and expedition. Harris. 
 
 Bo'oKBiNDF.R. n.f [froiTi ^00^- and ^Vj,/.] 
 A man whofe proteffion it is to cover 
 books. 
 
 Bo'oKFUL. adj. [from booh and /////.] 
 Full of notions gleaned from books ; 
 crowded with undigeflcd knowledge. 
 
 The biokful blockhead, ignorantly read, 
 With loads of learned lumber in his head. 
 With his own tongue ftiil edifies his ears, 
 And always lifl'ning to himfclf appears. Vojt. 
 
 Bo'oKiSH. adj. [from booh.l Given to 
 books ; acquainted only with books. It 
 is generally ufed contemptuoudy. 
 
 I'll make him yield the ciuwii, 
 Whofe brxkijh rule hath pull'd fair England down. 
 
 Shakf^etire. 
 
 I'm not ht.'^kijh, yet I canre.ld waiting-gcn- 
 
 tkwoman in the 'uapc. Sh.ikfp. H'intsr's Tole. 
 
 Xamippe follows her naiiiefake; being married 
 
 to a brnkijl man, who has no knowledge of the 
 
 world. Si,en.:!or. 
 
 Bo'oKisuNKSS. 11. f. [from boohifj.] 
 Much application to books ; over-fludi- 
 oufncfs. 
 
 Book le'ar NED. atJj. [from ^oe^ _ and 
 leariMl.] Verfed in books, or litera- 
 ture: a term implying fome flight con- 
 tempt. 
 
 Whatc'er thcfe bv,k!,-r.rn\! lilockhcads fay, 
 
 Solon's the verieft fool in all the play. DryJ-n. 
 
 He will quote pafTagcs out of Plato and Pindar, 
 
 at his own table, to fome bockhcr/n-.l companion, 
 
 without blulliing. Su'fjr. 
 
 Bookle'a&ning. n. f. [from booh and 
 learning.] Skill in literature ; acquaii.t- 
 ancc with books : a term of fome con- 
 tempt 
 
 BOO 
 
 They might talit of bmUoinfrg what thi'y 
 
 would, but lie never law more uulcaiy, fellows 
 
 than great clerks. ■ ' 'Sidney. 
 
 • ■ Neither does it fo much require bflokk.inurg 
 
 iSr.d fcholatlhip, as good natural' fenfc, to dil- 
 
 tinguifh tru? and falle, and to difectn what is 
 
 '■welt proved,, and "what is not. Burnet's 'i'hcufy, 
 
 Bo'oKMAN. n.f. [from booh and man.'\ A 
 
 niau ■ whofe "profeffion is the lliuiy of 
 
 books. 
 
 This civil war of wits were ranch better us'd 
 On Navarre and hi; boakmcr: ; for here 'tis .ibus'd. 
 
 Bo'okmate. n. f. [from book and mate.} 
 
 Schoolfellow. 
 
 This Armado is a Spaniard that keeps here ir. 
 
 court, 
 
 A phnnt.ifm, a monarch, and one that makes fport 
 
 To the prince and iiis brnknuite^. Sk.itklpfate. 
 
 Bo'oKsfiLi.ER. }!. f [from booh and /(■//.] 
 
 He whofe profeffion it i.s to fell books. 
 
 He went to the bookfeiliry and told hira in 
 
 anger, he had fold a book in which there was 
 
 f ill'c divinity: Jf'altn". 
 
 Bo'oKWORM. n.f. [from /wo/f and worm. J 
 
 1. ,\ worm or mite that eats holes in 
 books, chiefly when damp. ' 
 
 My lion, like a rpoth or /'ooi':^orw, feeds upo t 
 n 'thing but paper, and 1 fhall beg of them ro diet 
 him with wholcloine and fubHantial food. Guaid^ 
 
 2. A lUident too clofely given to books j 
 a reader without judgment. 
 
 Among tiiofc venerable galleries and folitar)' 
 
 fccncs of trie univcrfity, I wanted but a bl.iek 
 
 gown, and a falary, ,to be as mere ■.ibnokwotm as 
 
 any there. . . I'opr'i Lci'.cn. 
 
 Bo'oLY. n.f. [An Irifli term.] 
 
 All the Tartaiians, and the people abouttlic 
 Cafpi.in Sea, wliich aie natur.illy Scythians, live 
 in hordes; being the very fame that the IfiOi 
 /'O^.'/m are, driving their cattle with thcin, and 
 feeding only on their milk and white meats. 
 
 Si>erffr. 
 Boom. n.f. [from boom, a tree, Dutch.] 
 
 1. [In fea liuiguage.] A long pole ulcd 
 to fpread out the clue of the ftudding 
 fale ; and fometimes the clues of the 
 mainfail and forefiiil are boomed out. 
 
 2. A pole with bufhes or bail<ets, fet up 
 as a mark to fliow the failors how to 
 fleer in the channel, when a country is 
 overflown. Sea DiHionary, 
 
 3. A bar of wood laid acix)fs a harbour, 
 to keep oft' the enemy. 
 
 A^ his hcroick worth itriick e^vy dumb, 
 Who took the Dutchmaii and who cut the b^om. 
 
 Drytc'i. 
 To Boo.M. V. n. [from the noun. A 
 fea term.] 
 
 1. To rulli with violence; as a fliip is 
 fail! to come booming, when Ihc makes 
 all the fail flie can. Did, 
 
 2. To fwell and fall together. 
 
 Biotnbtg o'er his he.ad 
 The billows elos'd ; he 's number'd with the de;id. 
 
 Yauag, 
 Torfook by thee, in vain I fought thy aid,. 
 When ^oi////;i^ billows elos'd above my head. 
 
 rope. 
 Boon. n.f. [from bene. Sax. a petition. 3 
 A gift ; a grant ; a benefaftion ; a pre- 
 fent. 
 
 VouchfaCe me for my meed but one fair look ; 
 A fmallcr boon than this I cannot beg, 
 And lets than this, I'm fure, you cannot give. 
 
 Shak/frarr, 
 That courtier, who obtained a bean of the em- 
 peror, that he might every morning whifpcr him 
 in the car, and fay nothinj;, afkcd no unprofitable 
 fuitfot himfelf. ii'u.M.
 
 BOO 
 
 The bluft'ring fool has fatlsfy'il his will ; 
 His bdun is given ; liis koight has gain'd the day, 
 But loft the prize. D'yJex's Fuiiii. 
 
 What rhetoritk dift thou ufc 
 To gain this mighty boon? ihc pities mc ! AddJf. 
 Booh. atlj. [ion, Fr.] Gay; merry: as, 
 a loon companion. 
 
 Satiate at length, 
 And heightcnM as with wine, jocund and ^son, 
 Thus to herfelf flic pleafiiigly began. Pnr. Lcjf. 
 1 know the infirmity of our family ; wc play 
 the hoori companion, and throw our money away 
 in our cups. ^'Iii)rit^\ct. 
 
 BOOR. «. / [iccr, Dutch ; jebiijie. 
 Sax.] A ploughman ; a country fellow; 
 a lout ; a clown. 
 
 The bare fcnfe of a calamity is called 
 grumbling; and if a man <iocs but make a face 
 upon the iea, he is ptefcntly a nialccoiitent. 
 
 L' Itjhit'ige. 
 
 He may live as well as a /«or of Holland, 
 
 whofe cares of growing ftill richer xVaftc his life. 
 
 To one well-bom, th' affront is worfe ind.nrurc, 
 When he's abus'd and balflcd by a ioo) . Dryden. 
 
 Bo'oRisH. ad', [from ic»;'.] Clovvnifh ; 
 rullick ; untaught ; uncivilized. 
 
 Therefore, you clown, abandon, which is, in 
 the vulgar, leave the fociety, which, in the 
 baarijh, is company of this female. Skakjpiare. 
 
 Bo'oRiSHLY. aJv. [from buoil/!j.'\ In a 
 boori/li manner ; after a clovvnilh man- 
 ner. 
 
 Bo'oRiSHNESs. n.f. [from hoor!/J}.'\ Clown- 
 ifhnefs; rufticity; coarfenefs of manners. 
 
 Boose, n.f. [bopg. Sax.] A ftall for 
 a cow or an ox. 
 
 To BOOT. '0. a. [baten, to profit, Dutch: 
 boT, in Saxon, is rccompencc, repent- 
 ance, or fine paid by way of expiation ; 
 botan is, to repent, or tocompenlate; as, 
 He ij- pif •}) bit and bore, 
 Anb h,i.x. bivoj-.en fecme.] 
 
 1 . To profit ; to advantage : it is common- 
 ly ufed in thefe modes, it boots, ox what 
 loots It. 
 
 It (hall not Ici! I'ntm, who derog.ite from 
 reading, to cxcufc it, when they fee no other 
 remcdv ; as if tl.eir intent were only to deny 
 that aliens a;nd il rangers from the family of God 
 arc won, or that belief doth life to be wrought at 
 the firft in them without fermons. Iho.ker. 
 
 Toy what I have, I need not to repeat ; 
 And what 1 want, it haots not to complain. Siuhf. 
 
 If we fliLin 
 The piitpos'd end, or here lie, fixed all, 
 What/'to/iit us thefe wars to have beijun r Fuiifus . 
 
 Wi'.at /'c-.'j t!-.e regai circle on his head, 
 That lung behind he trails his pompous robe? 
 
 F.iij't . 
 
 2. To enrich ; to benefit. 
 
 And I will Aic/ thee with what gift befide, 
 That oiodelly can beg. Sliuiff. Jjnt. an.i C/ioo. 
 
 Boot. ti.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 J. Profit; gain; advantage; fomething 
 given to mend the exchange. 
 
 My gravity 
 Wherein let no man hear mc, I take pride. 
 Could I. with Ijocfj change for an idle plume, 
 Which the air beats for v.iln. ^h^i'kj^tare. 
 
 2. To boot. With advantage ; over and 
 above ; befides. 
 
 Canft thou, O partial flecp, give thy repcfc 
 To the wet fenboy, in 7t\^ hour fo rude ; 
 And, in the calmeft and tiie liilleit night. 
 Will) ail appliances and means ro ht,Qt, 
 Dtnv it to a king? Shaiffcan. 
 
 Man is God's image j but a poor man is 
 Chrift's ftamp to htl : both images regaid. 
 
 
 BOO 
 
 He might have bis mind and manners formed, 
 and beinrtiufled to hmt in fevctal Iciences. L'xh. 
 
 3. It feems, in the following lines, ufed 
 
 for booty, or plunder. 
 Others, like fultlieis, .armed in their flings, 
 
 Make hvii upon the fummer's velvet buds. Shakf. 
 BOOT. n.f. [i(i«a/, Armoi-ick ; botes, a 
 
 fhoe, WeKh ; botte, French.] 
 
 1. A coveting for the leg, ufed by horfe- 
 men. 
 
 That my leg is too long — 
 — No; that it is too little — 
 I'Jl weai a hMI 10 make it fomcwhat rounder. 
 
 Sliew'd him his room, where he mull lodge 
 that night, 
 PuH'doShis bout!; and took away the light. Milt. 
 
 Bilhop Wilkins fays, he docs not ijuertion but 
 it will be as ufiial for a man to call for his wings, 
 wnen he is going a journey, as it is now to call 
 for his bosti. ^tilifin' s Guardian. 
 
 2. A kind of rack for the leg, formerly 
 ufed in Scotland for torturing criminals. 
 
 Boot of a coach. The fpacc between 
 
 the coachman and the coach. 
 To Boot. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 put on boots. 
 Bcot, h-,0!, matter Shallow ;' I know the young 
 
 king is fick forme ; let us take any man's horfcs. 
 
 Shjkjpfarc. 
 
 Boot-hose. n. f. [from boot and liofe.'] 
 Stockings to fevve for boots ; fpatter- 
 dafhes. 
 
 His lacquey with a linen flock on one leg, and 
 a h'jot-h:jc on the other, gartered with a red and 
 blue lill. Sshakjftan. 
 
 Boot-tree. n.f. [from bsot and //w.] 
 Two pieces of wood, Ihaped like a leg, 
 to be driven into boots, for llrctching 
 and widening them. 
 
 Bo'oTCATCHER. n. f. [from loot and 
 
 catch.'\ The perlon whofe bufmefs at 
 
 an inn is to pull cfF the boots of pafTen- 
 
 gers. 
 
 The oftler and the bootialchtr ought to partake. 
 
 Sivijt. 
 
 Bo'oTED. adi. [from loot.~\ In boots ; in 
 a horfeman's habit. 
 
 A /5.i;r<-./ judge Ihall fit to try his caufc. 
 Nut by the Ualute, but by martial laws. Diy.icii, 
 
 Booth, n. f. {hoed, Dutch ; Itiutk. 
 Welfh.] A houf; built of boards, or 
 boughs, to be ufed for a (hort time. 
 
 Tlie cluthitrs found means to have z\\ the 
 
 quefl made of the northern men, fuch as had 
 
 their booths in the fair. C.imcicn 
 
 Much mifthief will be done at B.:rtholomew 
 
 fair by the fall of a boriih. Swifl 
 
 Bo OTLEss. adj. [from loot.'}^ 
 
 1. Ufclcfs ; unprofitable; unavailing; 
 without advantage. 
 
 When thofe af-curfed melfengers of hell 
 Came to their wicked man, and *gan to tell 
 Their haitlrfi pains and ill lucceeding ni^ht. 
 
 Spenfrr 
 
 God did not fofTer him, being defirous of the 
 
 light of wifdom, with hootttj^ expenfe of travel 
 
 to wander in darknefs. llcokir. 
 
 Bcotlefs fpeed, 
 When cowardice purfue.s, and valour flies. Sluiif 
 
 Let !iim .ilon^ j 
 I'll follow hiKi no mare witli Ssot/ef: pray'rs :- 
 He feeks my life. Siji/pcarr 
 
 2. Without fuccefs. • ■ 
 
 Doth not Brutus hjcr/fp kneel ? SKaifpiare. 
 Thrice from the banks of Wye, 
 And fandy bottom'd Scvein, have I (int 
 Him hooilffs home, and weather beaten back. 
 
 Shakfpcdre 
 Bo'oTY. n.f. \l-Jyty Dutch; ^:.'';;;, Fr.] 
 
 B O R 
 
 1. Plunder; pillage; fpoils gained from 
 the enemy. 
 
 One way a band fclefl from forage 3rivej 
 A herd of beeves, fair oxen, aad fair kinc. 
 Their booty. HHlon, 
 
 His confcicnce is the hue and cry that purfues 
 him; and when he rcckon> that he hav gotten a 
 bioiy, 1 e ha . only caught a Tartar L' Ejirangi. 
 
 For, Ihuuld you to extortion be inclin'd. 
 Your cruel guilt will little booty find. Drytltn. 
 
 2. Things gotten by robbery. 
 
 If I liad a mind to be honcll, 1 fee fortune 
 would not fuffcr m« ; (he drops iooriti in my 
 mouth. Shakfptare. 
 
 3. To play booty. To play diftioneftly, 
 with an intent to lofe. The French ufe, 
 jfcfuls hotlc, when they mean to fay, / 
 luill not go. 
 
 Wc undciftand what we ought to do ; but 
 when wc deliberate, we fl"y bcoty againft our- 
 felves : our confciences direiS us one way, our 
 corruptions huiiy us another. U Ejlrnngf. 
 
 I l,avc fct this argument in the beft light, that 
 the ladies may not iliink that I 'write booty* 
 
 , Drydcn. 
 
 Bope'ep. n.y. [from ^3 and /Iff/.] TJie 
 aft of looking out, and drawing back 
 as if frighted, or with the purpofe to 
 fright fome other. 
 Then they for fudden joy did weep. 
 
 And I for furrow fung, 
 That fuch a king lhoi:ld p'ay bcjiaf. 
 
 And go the fools among. Sinikjp^are, 
 
 R iver^ 
 That ferve inllcad of peaceful barriers. 
 To part th' engagements of their waniours. 
 Where both from fide to llde may Ikip, 
 And only errcounter at bopeep. Hudihras, 
 
 There devil plays at bcpe, p, puts out h.is horn.; 
 to domifchief, then (brinks them back foi fafcty. 
 
 Dr}dcr. 
 
 Bo'rable. adj. [from lore.'] That may 
 
 be bored. 
 BORACHIO. n.f. {lornicho, Span.] A 
 
 drunkard. 
 How you (link of wine ! D'ye think my 
 
 niece w II ever endure fuch a b-^riuhi'i ' you 'ic an 
 
 ablohile boraihio. Ccn^r.w, 
 
 Bo RAGE. n. f. [from lor ago, Lat.] A 
 plant. MilUr. 
 
 BURAMEZ. n.f The Scythian Iamb, 
 generally known by the name of Agnus 
 Scylhkus. 
 
 Much wonder is made of the bcrr.mrr, that 
 flrangc pl.-'ur-animal, or vegetable lamb of Tar- 
 tary, which wolves delight to feed on ; which 
 hath the (hape of a lamb, aft'ordcth a bloody 
 juice upon breaking, and liveth while the plants 
 bs conftimcd about it. Brciurt'i Vuh^nr Jirrciirs, 
 
 BO'RJX. n.f [borax, low Latin.] An 
 artificial fdlt, prepared fi-om fal a.mmo- 
 niac, nitre, calcined tartar, fea ialt, 
 and alum, didelved in wine. It is prin- 
 cipally lifcd to folder metals, and fome- 
 times an uterine ingredient in medicine. 
 
 S^incy. 
 
 Bo'RDEt. . In-f. [bordeel,Te\H.. lordsl. 
 
 Bordello. J Armon'ek.] -■^brothel; 
 a bawdy-houfe. 
 
 From the botdrll'-. it might come as well. 
 
 The fpital, or piiSI atch. Bm foxjin. 
 
 Making c^'cn his own houfe a flew, a boidel, 
 
 and a fehool of Uwdncls, to inliil vice iiito the 
 
 unwary years of hi<'poor chilnten. South. 
 
 BO'RDER. n.f. [lord. Germ, bori, Fr.] 
 
 I. 1 lie outer part or fd<;e of any ;!ung. 
 
 They have looking alaUes boidered with broad 
 
 bor.Uiiu\ cryftal, and gicat counterfeit precipus 
 
 ftO'H-s. Bcron. 
 
 Tlie 1 git mult'ftrike on the midiUe, and ex- 
 
 t:i.<! iii gicateft cicitnclTs on the principal t'lg arcs ;
 
 B O R 
 
 ■diminilhing Viy (lejre«s,,as it comes nearer snd 
 
 jiearer to the horden. Dryiii'^t. 
 
 2. The march or edge of a coimtiy ; the 
 confine. 
 
 If a prince keep his rcridtiicc on the harder of 
 his dominions, the ixmotcparis will rebel ; but 
 if he maiie the centre his leat, he Ihall eafily 
 keep them in obedience. SperJ-r. 
 
 3. The outer part of a garment, j^cncrally 
 adorned with needlework, ot ornaments. 
 
 4. A bank raifcd round a garden, and fet 
 with flowers ; a narrow rank of herbs 
 or flowers. 
 
 Tiiccelit arriving, round about doth fly 
 From bcdto bed, from one to other h'jrder ; 
 
 And rakes fjrvey, with cinious biilyeyc. 
 Of every flower and herb there fet in order. 
 
 Sprnfcr. 
 
 All with a ierJiro! rich fruit-trees crown'd, 
 -Whofe loaded branches bide the lofty mound; 
 Such various w.rys the fpacious alleys lead, 
 Mv doubtful nmfe knows nut what path to tread. 
 
 To Bo'ri>er. V. n." [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To confine upon ; to toucli fomelhing 
 elfe at the fide or edge : with upon. 
 
 It bordereth tjponxhe province of Croatia, which, 
 in time paft, had continual wars with the Tiiik, 
 jjarrifons. Kncillts. 
 
 Virtue and honour had their temples lio'dciing 
 tin each other, and arc fomctimes both on the fame 
 coin. MJlJm. 
 
 2. To approach nearly to. 
 
 All wit, which hrd^n np'-n profanenefs, and 
 makes bold with rhofe things to which the 
 greatcit reverence is due, deferves to be brandi-d 
 with foiiy. Tilhlfon. 
 
 To Bo'rder. -v. a. 
 
 1. To adorn with a.border of ornaments. 
 
 2. To reach ; to touch ; to confine upon; 
 to be contiguous to. 
 
 Sheba and Raamah are thofc parts of .Arabia, 
 which korJer the fea called the Perfian guif. 
 
 KaUig/t. 
 
 Bo'rderer. k. /. [from iorffer.] He 
 that dwells on the borders, extreme 
 parts, or confines; he that dwells next 
 to any place. 
 
 They of thofc marches, gracious fovcrcign ! 
 Shall be a wall futficic 1: to defend 
 Our inland from the pilicring hordero^. Shatfp. 
 An ordinary horfc will carry two facks of f.tnd ; 
 and, of fucb, the hordacn on tlie lea do hcltow 
 ■fixty at loall in every acre; but mort hiifbands 
 double that number. Caiiw. 
 
 The eaffcrt to be drawn 
 Toom- focitty, and to aid the war; 
 The i-atlicr for their feat being next tioiil'rers 
 On Italy ; and that they abound with horfc. 
 
 Befi yc/^rfon. 
 
 The king of Scots in perfon, witli Pcrkin 
 
 ill his company, entered with a great army, 
 
 though it chittiy confliied of itirdercrs, being 
 
 Vaifed fomewt-.at fuddenly Bacon, 
 
 Vulga's ftieam 
 Sends oppof:te, in ih.-iggy armour clad, 
 WcT hordricti ; on mutual llaughter bent. 
 They rend their countries. PJi.iijM. 
 
 To Bo'rdrace. v. n. [from hordcr.'] To 
 plunder the borders. Not in ufe. 
 
 Long time in peace his realm eftablilhcd. 
 Yet oft .mnoy'd witli fundry /lordraging! 
 Of neighbour Scots, and foicign fcatteiliii^s. 
 
 Spcfir. 
 
 To BORE. v. a. [hor-ian, Sax.] 
 I. To pierce in a hole. 
 
 I'll believe as foon. 
 This winile earth may be bv'd; and that the 
 
 mi'on 
 
 May thioiigh ti(C centre creep, Shnkfp€ctc. 
 
 Mulbuncs w:;i he fairer,,if you IiDre the trunk 
 
 of the tree thiough, and tlirui, into .the pl.ue.s 
 
 hurccl, wedges' of lonae hot Kc s, iaan. 
 
 :B o r 
 
 Bu'-.Capys, and thc.graver fort, thought lit 
 The Greeks. f\ifpei2ed piefent to commit 
 To feasor flames; aclcaft, to fearch and isre 
 The fules,and\vhat that fpacc contains ttcKplore. 
 
 JDcnHam. 
 
 2. To hollow. 
 
 T.ike the bairel of a lon^ gun,^perfe£lly ior'.-J, 
 and fet it uprigbt, and take a hivllet 'exaSfly fit 
 for it ; and. then, if you fuck at tli« month of'the 
 barrel never fu gently, tl'ic bullet will come up.lu 
 forcibly, that it will haiard the ftriking out 
 your leeth. i>igh- 
 
 3. To make by piercing. 
 
 Thele diminutive caterpillars are .able,, by de- 
 grees, to pierce or bare their way into a tree, with 
 very I'mall holes; which, after they arc fully 
 eiitcicd, grow together. Ray. 
 
 4. To pierce ; to break through. 
 
 Conlider, reader, what fatigues I've known, 
 What riots feeii, what hurtling crowds I iorV, 
 How oft I crofs'd where caits and coacht s roar'd. 
 
 Gity. 
 
 To Bore. 11. >i. 
 
 1 . To make a hole. 
 
 A man may m.ikc an inilTunicnt toAorf a hole 
 an inch v/ide, or half an inch, not to hue a hok 
 of a foot. irUkm.^ 
 
 2. To pufli forward toward a certain 
 
 point. 
 
 Thofc milk paps, 
 That through the window bais b^rc at men's 
 
 eyes, 
 Are not within the leaf of pity wiit. Sbniifprare. 
 
 Nor fuuthward to the raining regions run ; 
 But b'.rin^^ to Ihewcli, and hov'ring there. 
 With gaping mouths they draw prolihck air. 
 
 Dr\'den. 
 
 To Bore. v. n. [with farriers.] Is when 
 a horfe carries his nofe near the ground. 
 
 Did. 
 Bore. n. J. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The hole made by boring. 
 
 Into hollow enah.es long and round, 
 Thick ranun'd, at th' oliier hate with touch of 
 
 fire 
 Dilated, and infuriate. Mil'on. 
 
 2. The inltrument with which a hole is 
 
 bored. 
 So Ihall thai hole be fit for the file, or fquaic 
 
 3. The fize of any hole ; the cavity j the 
 
 hollow. 
 
 We took a cylindiical pipe of glafs, -whofe 
 bore was about a' quarter of an inch m diameter. 
 
 B-yU. 
 Our careful monarch (lands in perfon by, 
 Tnis new-caft cannon's tirmncfs toexplore; 
 
 The rtrength of big-corn'd powder loves to tiy, 
 And ball and cartridge fctts for every hrc. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 It will bed appear in the borei of wind inftru- 
 
 mcnts ; therefore ci.ule pipes to be made with a 
 
 fingle, double, and fo on, to a fcxt'uplu barf ; 
 
 and mark what rone every one givcth. Bacon. 
 
 Bore. The preterit of ^«a;-. 
 
 The father iw« it with undaunted foul. 
 Like one who diirrt his rieliiny controul ; 
 Yet w'ith becoming grief \x'b'trr his p;u-t, 
 Refign'd nis fon, but nut religil'd his heart. 
 
 " Jiryden. 
 
 'Twas my fate 
 To kill my father, and pollute his bad 
 B'.' marrying lier who .'.sn- me. Dr\Jc-t. 
 
 Bo'REAL.'rjc//. lionalts, Lat.] Northern ; 
 fcptentuonal. 
 
 Crue's .nmple fiel's diminifh to our eye ; 
 Kefore tlu bnca/ bla is the vefftls fly. I'opr. 
 
 BO'RE/IS.n..f. [i^at.] The north wind. 
 Pire- , and Cxca , and .\rgert.is loud. 
 And Thrafcias, rend ti.c woods, and feas up- 
 turn. M'''^""- 
 ijo'ree. n.f A kind of dance. 
 Dick could ; atly dance a jig, 
 But Tom was b^ft at ii/trs. i':''/'- 
 
 B OR 
 
 Bo'ker. n.f. [(rom lore. '\ A piercer j 
 an inflrunient to make holes with. 
 
 The marter-brickhiyer mult try all the foun- 
 dations with a borcry fuCh as well-diggcis ufe to 
 try the ground. Moxoii. 
 
 Boil N. The participle pafiive of tetir. 
 
 Theii- ch:!rge \\'as .ilways bot n by the cjucen, 
 and duly paid out of the exchequer. Baczn. 
 
 The great men were enabled to opprefs their 
 inf».riouis; and their followers were b'^rn out 
 and countenanced in wicked aiffions. Vai'ia. 
 
 Upon fome occafions, Clodius may be bold 
 and infolent, io''/; away by his pafiion. Sncifr . 
 
 Tp'if Bor"n. i>. n. pnjf. [derived from the 
 word To bear, in the fenfe of Irhi^'nig 
 forth : as, my mother lore me twenty 
 years 9go ; or^ I was lorn twenty years 
 ago.] 
 
 1. To come into life. 
 
 When we arc born we cry, that we arc come 
 To ti.is gloat rtage of fools. Sha.ifpinir. 
 
 The new born babe -by nurfes-overlaid. Dryd. 
 
 Nor nature's l.;w with fruitlcfs forrow mourn, 
 I^ut die, O mortal man ! fur thou waft born. 
 
 I'rhr. 
 
 All that aro itsrt.lnto the world are furrounded 
 \vith bottles, that perpetually and diverlly attert 
 them. Lock/. 
 
 2. It is ufually fpoken with regard to cir- 
 cumllances: as, he was horn a prince; 
 he was hern to empire ; he was horn for 
 greatnefs ; that is, formed at the birth. 
 
 The rtranger, tnat dwclletn with you, Ihall be 
 unto you as one /'^i/ramoiig you, and thou flialt 
 love him as thyfeli". Lc-.-it'icii^. 
 
 Yet man is b:irn unto trouble, as the fpaiks 
 fly upward. J'^b. 
 
 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is 
 born foraoverfiry. Pictwi... 
 
 Either of you knights may well defervc 
 A princefs born; and fuch is (he you feive. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Two riftng crefts his royal head adorn ; 
 Born from a god, himfelf to godhead ior«. Dryd. 
 
 Botli mull alikefrom heaven derive their light; 
 Thefe born to judge, as well as thofc to write. • 
 
 Pope. 
 
 For all mankind alike require their grace ; 
 All born to want ; a mifcrable race ! Pope. 
 
 I was bom to a good eltate, although it now 
 tunit th to little account. Sivift. 
 
 Their lands aie let to loids, who, never dc- 
 figned to be tenants, naturally niuimur at the 
 p.iynient of rents, as a fubfervicncy they were 
 not born to. Sivtft^ 
 
 3. It has ufually the particle c/ before the 
 molhcr. 
 
 Ee bloody, bold, and refolute ; laugh to fcorn 
 Thcpo-.v'r of roan ; for none r/womai^im',} 
 Shall harm Macbeth. Sbnkjpc.in. 
 
 1 being born oj my fatlicr's.firft wife, and Ihe 
 c/his third, (he convcrfes with nic rather like ii 
 (laughter than a filler. Catlcr, 
 
 Bo'rough. ti.f. [byjn'ioe, Saxon.] 
 r. It fignified anciently a fiirety, or a 
 man bound for othei;s. 
 
 A b'i^ouih.^ as I here .ufe it, and as the old 
 laws flill ufe, is not a borough town, that is, a 
 fi.iiic'l.ifed town ; but a main pledge of an hun- 
 dred free perfuns, therefore called a free bojougl:, 
 or, as you fay, francplrgji:n:. For bor/b, in old 
 Saxon, fignificth a pledge or furety : and yet it 
 is fo ufeo with us in I'omc fpecchcs, as ChaucM 
 faith, Sl.fohn 10 Boii,b; that is, for .ajTuiance 
 and warranty. Spciijci . 
 
 2. A town xvlth a corporation. 
 
 And if a borr,;gb ehule ijim not undone. Fope- 
 
 Bo'rough Tngiyh, is a cullomary descent 
 
 ' of lands or tenements, whereby, in all 
 
 places where this cuftom hold', lands 
 
 and ttiienicuts defceu J lo the youiigclt
 
 BOS 
 
 {on; or, if the owner liave no IJii:', to 
 Ills yoiingtll brother. Co'u.'t//. 
 
 JSo'kkel. fi,f. [it is explained by 'Junius 
 without etymology.] A mean fellow. 
 Sikcr thou rpcak'lt like a lewd foirc], 
 
 Ot' hc.ivcn to dccmcn fo : 
 Howhc I am hut rude and horre!j 
 
 Yet nc:iicr ways I know. S/'tvifrr. 
 
 To BORROW. 1,. a. [ior-ai, Dutch ; 
 bojijian. Sax.] 
 
 1. To take fomething from another upon 
 cicdit : oppoftrd to /««/. 
 
 He l^rroivcd a I'ox of the c;ir of the Englidi- 
 man, and I'wore he would p;iy him again when 
 he was able. H/uiifprarc 
 
 Wc lia\c/»orri?ii-_-// money for t!ie kinjj'i irihute, 
 and th.it upon our l.inds and vincy.iid^. Nrh<m. 
 
 2. To adv of another the ufe of foiticthiiig 
 for a time. 
 
 Then he faid, go> iorri^u thee vcfVels abroad 
 of all thy neighbours. 2 Kitig%. 
 
 Wlicrc daiknels and furprizc made conquell 
 cheap ! 
 Whcic virtue horro^vul the arms a'i chance, 
 And ftruck a random IjIow ! Dryikn. 
 
 3. To take fomelhuig belonging to an- 
 other. 
 
 A l''>no'iv\l title haft thou bought too dear ; 
 Why didll tliou tell nic that thou wcrt a king? 
 
 S'i,it:fpcnrt'. 
 
 They may ban'^xu fotnething of inlliu(itiL»n 
 even from their pall guilt. Vec.iyof Viety. 
 
 1 was engaged in thetr.anfl.ilion of Virgil, from 
 whom Iha\c /'orfoa'r./only two months. DryJ. 
 
 Thefe vchal fignstiiey fometintes hortoio fiom 
 others, and fumctime^ make themfelves; as one 
 may ubl'erve among the new names cinldren give 
 to things. Luke. 
 
 So'iie pel fans of bright parts have nari-ow re- 
 membrance; for, having riches of their own, thty 
 aie not lulicitousto ttorronu. //'.//'/'j. 
 
 4. To ufe as one's own, though not be- 
 longing to one. 
 
 Unkind and cruel, to deceive your fen 
 In ^.J/rozfV/lhapes, and his embrace to Ihun. 
 
 D)y.lc«. 
 Bo'rrow. v.f. [from theveib.] The thing 
 borrowed. 
 
 Yet of your royal prefence I'll adventure 
 The [lotrrjiu of a week. Sluk/pcnre. 
 
 Bo'rrow ER. n. f. [from borrotu.'\ 
 
 1. He that borrows ; he that takes mo- 
 ney upon truft : oppofed to lender. 
 
 His t;ilk is of nothing but of his poverty, for 
 fear belike left 1 flionld have proved a young 
 horn Mcr. Sidniy. 
 
 Neither a horro^uer nor a lender he ; 
 For loan oft lofes both itfelf and friend, 
 And borrowing dulls the edge of hulbandty. 
 
 Shakjpsare. 
 Go not my liorfe the better, 
 1 muft become a /fonoiucr of tlic night 
 For a daik hour or twain. ShAfj'cart, 
 
 But you invert the cov'nants of her trul>, 
 .• And hardily deal, like an ill borroiuery 
 
 With that which you receiv'd on other terms. 
 
 A/.'//o«. 
 
 2. He that takes what is another's, and 
 ufes it as his own. 
 
 Some fay, tiiat 1 am a great /'or mw ; how- 
 ever, none of my creditors have challenged me 
 for it. I'cijc'. 
 
 Bo'sCAGE. n./. \lofcage, Fr.] 
 
 1. Wood, or woodlands. 
 
 Wc bent our courle thnher, where wc faw the 
 appearance of land; and, the next day, we mii;ht 
 plainly difcern that it was a land flat to our fight, 
 and full of kofcage, which made it Shew the more 
 •iark. Bacon. 
 
 2. The reprefentation of woods. 
 
 Cheerful paintings in fealling and banqnctmg 
 looms; gtaverftories in galleries; laiiriikips and 
 
 Vol.. I. 
 
 BOS 
 
 hfiiitt, and fuch wild works, in open terraces, 
 or fumn.ir houl'es. IVotton. 
 
 Bo'iKY. na'i. [bofque, Fr.] Woody. 
 
 And with each end of thy blu: bow doll crown 
 My Ufiy acres, and my unlhiubb'd down. 
 
 Shnkf^earc. 
 I know each land, and every alley green, 
 Dingle," or bulhy dell, of this wild wood, 
 And every h'Jky bourn from fitlc to Irdc, Milion. 
 
 BOSOM, ti.'f. [bo)-me, bopom, Sax.] 
 
 1. 'ihe embrace of the arms holding any 
 thing to the brcalK 
 
 2. The brealt ; the lieart. 
 
 Our good old fiicnd, 
 Lay comforts to your bofom; and bcftow 
 Your needful coiinfcl to our buhncHes. Shak. 
 
 3. The folds of the diefs that cover the 
 bread. 
 
 Put now thy hand into ihylofotn; .and he put 
 his hand into his bofom : and when betook it 
 out, behold his hand was leprous as fnow. Exod. 
 
 4. Enclofurc; compafs ; embrace. 
 
 Unto laws thus received by a whole church, 
 they which live wit'.iin the hofom of that church, 
 mult not think it a matter indiftctent, cither to 
 yield, or not to yield, obedience. Hooker. 
 
 5. The breaft, as the feat of the paffions. 
 
 Anger lelleti^ in the l-ofomi of fools. Ecdes. 
 
 Fiom jc.iloufy's tormenting Uiife 
 For ever be thy bofo/n freed. Pi for. 
 
 Unfortunate Falhrd! O, who can name 
 The pangs of rage, of forrow, and of lliame. 
 That with mix'd tumult in thy bofom fwcll'd, 
 When firft thou faw'il thy biavell troops repell'd ! 
 
 Here aifling bofoms wear a vifage gay. 
 And ftilicd groans frequent the ball and play. 
 
 Ycvrlg. 
 
 6. The breaft, as the feat of tendernefs. 
 
 Their ftjul was poured out into their mother's 
 hojotn, hum. 
 
 No further feck his virtues to difclofe. 
 Or draw his frailties from their dread abode ; 
 
 There they alike i.^ trembling hope repoie. 
 The b(^fom of his farlier and his God. Gray. 
 
 7. The breaft, as the receptacle of fecrets. 
 
 If I covered my tranlgrelfion as Adam, by 
 hiding my iniquity in my bofom. jf^^'. 
 
 8. Any receptacle clofe or fecret ; as, the 
 iofo?n of the earth ; the iq/bm of the 
 deep. 
 
 9. The tender affetSlions ; kindnefs ; fa- 
 vour. 
 
 Wliofe age has charms in It, whofe title more. 
 To pluck the common boJ'om\ on his fide. Sh.ik. 
 
 To whom the great Creator thus leply'd ; 
 O Son, in whom my foul hath chief delight. 
 Son of my lofom, Son who art alone ^ 
 
 My word, my wildom, and effc(£lual might \ 
 
 Paradifi Lojl. 
 
 10. Inclination; defire. Not iifed. 
 
 If you can pace yourwifdom 
 In that good path that I could wilt it go. 
 You fliall h.-ive yum bofom on this wretch. SJiak. 
 
 Bosom, in compofition, implies intimacy, 
 confidence, fondnefs. 
 
 No more that Thane of Cawdor lliall deceive 
 Our bojom-intcrejl\ go, pronounce his death. 
 
 ShitUocare. 
 This Antonio, 
 Being the bofom-lo'vcr of my lord. 
 Mull needs be like my lord. Shttkfpcare. 
 
 Thole donielHek traitors, bofom-ihUvs^^ 
 Whom cullom hath call'd wives; the readied 
 
 helps 
 To betr.iy the heady hufbands, rob the eafy. 
 
 Bo: jfonfoti. 
 He fenr for his bofom-fricndsf with whom he 
 moil confidently confulied, and (hewed the paper 
 to them ; the contents whereof he could not con- 
 ceive. Chirendo'i. 
 The fourth privilege ef friendfliip is that which 
 
 B O T 
 
 is here fpecrfied In the text, a cnmniuntcJtion of 
 
 (ecrcts. A hofom-frmi, and a bi,fim-ft:ci:i!, are 
 ufuaily put together. Saulk. 
 
 Sr.e, who was a hofom-fricnrl of he.- royal 
 millrcf,, he calls an infolcut woman, the worfi of 
 Ik r lex. MJijcK. 
 
 To Bo'soM. V. a. [from the noun, J 
 
 1. To enclofe in the bofom. 
 
 Bofom up my counfel ; 
 You'll find It wholefome. Shakffearf,, 
 
 I do not think my filler fo to feck, 
 Or fo unprincipled iirvii trie's book, 
 And the fwcct peace that bofoms goodnefs evcf. 
 
 Miitw. 
 
 2, To conceal in privacy. 
 
 The groves, the fountains, and the flowVs, 
 That open now their ehoiceft hofom\i fmells, 
 RelVrv'd for night, and kept for thee in ftore. 
 
 Paradijt Lfijf, 
 Towers and battlements it fees, 
 Bofom' d high in tufted trees, 
 Where perhaps fonie beauty lies. 
 The cynofure of neighbouring eyes. Mihort, 
 
 To happy convents, bofom'd deep in vines. 
 Where llunibcr abbots, purple as their wines. 
 
 Pope. 
 Bo'soN. n.y. [corrupted from boatfwain,'^ 
 The b.iiks uptin the billows ride. 
 The marter will not (lay ; 
 The merry bofon from his fide 
 His whiftle takes, to check and chide ■ 
 The ling'ring lad's delay. Drydeit. 
 
 Boss, n.f, [bqffi, Fr.] 
 [. A lUid ; an ornament raifed above the 
 reft of the work ; a fhining prominence. 
 What fignifies beauty, ftrcngth, youth, for- 
 tune, embroidered furniture, or gaudy io/Sj ? 
 
 L'Ejirangf, 
 
 This ivory, intended for the io^j of a bridle, 
 
 W.1S laid up for a prince, and a woman of Caria 
 
 or Mieonia dyed it. Popr. 
 
 2. The part rifing in the midft of any 
 thing. 
 
 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, 
 upon the thick bojei of his bucklers. Job. 
 
 3. A thick body of any kind. 
 
 A bofi made of wood, with an iron hook, to 
 hang on the latlis, or on a ladder, in which the 
 labourer puts the mortar at the britches of the 
 tiles. Mc.xct. 
 
 If a clofe appulfe be made hy'the lips, then is 
 framed M ; if by the bofi of the tongue to the 
 palate, near the throat, then K. lIoLUr. 
 
 Bo'ssAGE. n.f. [Inarchitetflure.] 
 
 1. Any ftone that has a pi-ojcdure, and i« 
 laid in a place in a building to be after- 
 ward carved. 
 
 2. Riiftick work, which confifts of ftones, 
 which feem to advance beyond the naked 
 of a building, by reafun of indentures 
 or channels left in the joinings : thefe 
 arc chiefly in the corners of edifices, and 
 called ruib'ck quoins. B:iUdei'}Did. 
 
 Bo's V EL. n.f. A fpecies of a-ow/oo/. 
 
 BoTA NiCAL. 7 fl./r. [from5,Ta»,anherb.] 
 
 Bota'nick. 3 Relating to herbs; llvlll- 
 ed in herbs. 
 
 Some botanical critirks tell us, the poets have 
 not lighty followed the tradition^ of antiquity, ia 
 nietamoiphofing the filters of Phaeton into pop- 
 I-'"- Addifo,,. 
 
 Bo'tanist. «. /. [from holany.'] One 
 ilcilled in plants ; one who iluJies the 
 various fpecies of plants. 
 
 The uliginous laileous matter, taken notice of 
 
 by that diligent bctamjl, was only a colleclion of 
 
 corals. HoadiuarJ. 
 
 . Then fpring the living herbs, beyond the power 
 
 Of /wc.'i;/ to number up their tribes. Thomfon. 
 
 BoTANo'LOGy. n.f. [;3oTa^o^o3-i«.J A 
 
 diftourfe upon plants. 
 
 2 E 
 
 D\cl.
 
 B O T 
 
 BO'TANY. n.f. [from (3oTa»r, anlitrb.] 
 The fcience of plants ; that pan. of na- 
 tural hiftory which relates to vegetables. 
 
 BOTARGO! n.f. \hotarga. Span.] A 
 relilhing fort of food, made of the roes 
 of the mullet fl(h ; much uled on the 
 coalts of the Mediterranean, as an in- 
 centive to drink. Chambers. 
 
 BOTCH, n.f. \ho%za, pronounced baUa, 
 
 Ital.] 
 I. A fwelling or erviptive difcoloration of 
 
 the flcin. 
 
 Time, which rots ,ill, and makes hitche% po.\-, 
 And, plodding on, muft make a calf an ox. 
 Hath ni:idc a lawyer. Donne. 
 
 j?t)/i/;crand blaiiis niuft ill his fledi inihofs, 
 And all his people. ^'^'■•'"': 
 
 It proves far more incotnmodious, which, if it 
 wcie propelled in boils, hlcha, or ulcers, as in 
 the fcurvy, v.'ould rather conduce to health. 
 
 ,3. A part in any work ill finilhed, fo as 
 to appear worfe than the reft. 
 
 With him 
 To leave no rubs or hniches in the work, 
 ■Plcance, his fun, muft embrace the fate. Shatfp. 
 3. An adfcitiiious, adventitious part, clum- 
 
 fily added. 
 
 If both thofe words are not notorious iofc/jf!, 
 1 am deceived, though the French tranflator 
 thinks otheiwifo. _ D,yd:n. 
 
 A comma ne'er could claim 
 A place in any Btitilh name ; 
 Yet, making here a pcrfcit letch, 
 Thrurts your poor vowel from his notch. Swift. 
 To Botch, v. a. [from the noun.}_ 
 
 1 . To mend or patch clothes clumlily. 
 
 Their coats, from hotchhg newly brought, 
 are torn. Drydtn. 
 
 2. To mend any thing awkwardly. 
 
 To I'ich up What th' had torn and rent, 
 Religion and the government. Uudihra-,. 
 
 3. To put together unfuitably, or uiiftil- 
 fuUy ; to make up of unfuitable pieces. 
 
 Go with me to my houfc. 
 And hear thou there, how many fiuitlefs pranks 
 This ruffian hath batch' d up, that thou thereby 
 May fiiiilc at this. _ ShakJj,cMr. 
 
 Her fpccch is nothing, 
 Yet the unlhaped ufe of it doth move 
 The hearers to'colledlion ; they aim at it, 
 And hatch tiie words up fit to their own thoughts. 
 
 Shakjfeuic. 
 For treafon totch'd in rhime will be thy bane ; 
 Rhime is the rock on which thou art to wreck. 
 
 V-rydcn. 
 
 4. To mark with botc'.ies. 
 
 Young Hylas, hotch'd with ftains too foul to 
 name, 
 In cradle here renews his youthful frame. G.irth. 
 
 Bo'tciier. n.f. [iromUch.'] A mender 
 of old clothes ; the lame to a tailor as 
 a coblcr to a Ihoemakcr. . 
 
 He was a hatcher's, pteniice in Paris, from 
 whence he was whipt for getting the lhcriff"s 
 fool with child. Shai/pcrc. 
 
 Batrhcn left cid ctoath.s in tne lurch, 
 And fell to turn and patch the church. lUdihras. 
 
 Bo'tchv.«£^'. [from io/f/ii.] Marked with 
 
 botches. 
 
 And thofe biles did run — fay fo — Did not the 
 general run .' Ware not that a hatchy fore ? Sh^ik. 
 Bote. n. f. [bote, Sax. a word now out 
 of ufe.] 
 
 1. A compenfalion c-r amends tor a man 
 llain, which is bound to another. 
 
 Co-wcU. 
 
 2. It was ufcd for any payment. 
 
 Both. aJj. [ba-cu, batya, Sax.] Th: 
 9 
 
 EOT 
 
 two ; as well the one as the other. Et 
 I'un ty Pauire, Fr. It is ufed only of 
 two. ConvcIL 
 
 And the next day, hath moining and afternoon, 
 he was kept by ourputy. Sidney. 
 
 Mul'cs and the prophets, Chrift and his apof- 
 tlcs, were in their times all pieachers of God's 
 truth ; fume by word, fome by writing, fome by 
 bath. Haakcr. 
 
 Whicii of them (h.ill I take ? 
 Bath ? one > nr neither.' neither can bccnjoy'd, 
 If both remain alive. Shukjpcttic. 
 
 Two lovers cannot (hare a fingle bed ; 
 As therefore bah are equal in degree, 
 The lot oihoth he lift to delliny. D'ydcn. 
 
 A Veiuis and a Helen have been feen 
 . Both pcrjur'd wives, thegoddcfs and the tiuern. 
 
 Grattvillc. 
 Both. con}, [from the adjeflive.] As 
 well : it has the conjunction and to cor- 
 refpond with it. 
 
 A great multitude iath of the Jews "nd alfo 
 of the Greeks bclicsed. ^(7i. 
 
 Pow'r to judge bath quick and dead. Milton. 
 
 Both the boy was worthy to be piais'd, 
 j^nd StimicliOn has often made me long 
 To hear, like him, fo fwect a fong. Diydcn. 
 
 Bo'tryoid. adj. [.SolftosiJr?.] Having 
 the form of a bunch of grapes. 
 
 The outfide is thick fct with batiy.id cfflore- 
 fcencies, or fmall knobs, yellow, bluith, and 
 purple; all of a fliiiiingmetallick hue. IJ'oadw. 
 
 BoTS. 71. f. \_ivitIjotit a fmptlar.^ A fpe- 
 cicb of i'mall worms in the entrails of 
 horfes ; anfwering, perhaps, to the tif- 
 caridcs in liuman bodies. 
 
 Peafe and beans are as dank here as a dog, 
 and that is the next way to give poor jades the 
 hati. Shiikfpeare. 
 
 BO'TTLE. n.f. [botttalk, Fr.] 
 
 1. A fmall vedcl of glafs, or other matter, 
 with a narrow mouth, to put liquor in. 
 
 The (hephcrd's homely curds. 
 His cold thill drink out of his leather br.ttle, 
 Is far beyond a prince's delicates. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Many have a manner, after other men's fpecch, 
 to (hake their heads. A great officer would lay, 
 it was as men (liake sbottir, to fee if their was 
 any w it in their heads or no. Bacon. 
 
 Then if thy ale in glafs thou wouldft confine. 
 Let thy clean battle be entirely dry. .^"'g. 
 
 He threw into the enemy's Ihips earthen isfr/fi 
 filled with fcipcnts, which put the crew in dif- 
 Oldcr. .-Iibuthnat on Coin^. 
 
 2. A quantity of wine ufuully put into a 
 bottle ; a quart. 
 
 Sir, you (hall fl..y, and take t'other iotr.'e. 
 
 Spicl.'tcr. 
 
 3. A quantity of hay or grafs bundled up. 
 
 Ml thinks I h.ive a great defiie to a bott.'c of 
 lay; good hay, fwcct hay, hath no fellow. 5/!-.it. 
 
 But I ihould wither in one day, and pafs 
 To a lock of hay, that am a battle of grafs. 
 
 Dcr.ne. 
 
 To Eo'ttle. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 enclofe in bottles. 
 
 You may have it a (iiofl excellent cyder royal, 
 to drink or to bottle. Moititier. 
 
 When wine is to be bottlid off, wafli your 
 bottles immediately before you begin ; but be 
 luie not to drain them. Swift, 
 
 Bo'a'Ti.E is often compounded with other 
 words; as, botik friend, a drinking- 
 friend ; ioUk-conipanion. 
 
 S.im, wiio is a very good bottU-campanion, 
 
 has been the divcrfion of his fricnd.s. Ad,iifon. 
 
 Bo'tti-f.-flower. n.f. [eyanits, Lat.] 
 
 A plant. 
 Bo'ttlescrew. n. f. [from botlk and 
 Jhrciv.] A fcrtw to pull out the cork. 
 
 B O T 
 
 A good butler always breaks off the point of 
 his bottle/crew in two days, by trying which is 
 harcicrt, the point of the fcrcw, or the neck of 
 the bottle. Swift. 
 
 BO'TTOM. n.f. [botm, Saxon ; i!.oi/fm, 
 Geim.] 
 
 1. The lowefl part of any thing. 
 
 2. The ground under the water. 
 
 Shallow brooks that flow'd fa clear. 
 The baitam did the top appear. Drydeit. 
 
 3. The foundation ; the groundwork. 
 
 On this fuppofition my reafonings proceed, 
 and cannot be affefled by objcflions which are 
 far from being built on the fame hatiain. Attcri. 
 
 4. A dale ; a valley ; a low ground. 
 
 In the purlieus ftands a Ihecp-cotc, 
 Weft of this place ; down in the ireighboui bot- 
 tom. Shalfpearr. 
 On both the fliores of that fruitful bottom, are 
 ftiU to be'fcen the marks of ancient edifices. 
 
 Atidifon on Italy. 
 Equal convexity could never be iVen : tiie in- 
 habitants of [uch an earth could have only the 
 profpefl; of a little circular plain, which would 
 appear to have an acclivity on all fides ; fo that 
 every man would fancy himft If the lowcft, and 
 tnat he always dwelt and moved in a botf^m. 
 
 Bentlcy. 
 
 5. The part mod; remote from the view; 
 the dcepefl part. 
 
 His piopofals and arguments fhould with 
 fiecdom be examined to the bottom, that if there 
 be .my miftakc in them, no body may be millad 
 by his reputation. . La^kc. 
 
 6. Bound ; limit. 
 
 But there's no bottom, none, 
 In my voluptuoufnefs. Sh.tkfpcare. 
 
 ■J. The titmoft; extent or profundity of 
 any man's capacity, whether deep or 
 fhallow. 
 
 I will fetch off thefe juflices : I do fee the 
 bottom of jufticc Shallow : how fubjcct wc olfi- 
 men are to lying ! Shukfpcire. 
 
 8. The lafl; refort ; the remoteft caufe ; 
 firft motion. 
 
 He wrote many things which are not pub- 
 lilhed in his name ; and was at the bottom of' 
 many excellent counfcls, in which he did not 
 appear. A.Ufn. 
 
 9. A fliip ; a vcflcl for navigation. 
 
 Abawhiing \efl\l vv.ib he captain of, 
 With which fuck fcathful grapple did he make 
 With the moft noble bottom of ourficct. Shakfp. 
 
 Mv ventures .arc not in one battan: trulled ; 
 Kor to one place. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Wc have memory not of one fhip that ever re- 
 turned, and but of thirteen perfons only, at le- 
 vel al times, that chole to return in our bottom!. 
 
 B.tc'jn, 
 
 He's a foolifh feaman, 
 
 That, when his Ihip is finking, will not 
 
 Unlade his hopes into another bottom. D.-nhaut. 
 
 He puts to (ca upon his own hatom ■ holds the 
 
 fternhirofelf; and now, if ever, we may expecl 
 
 new difcoverics. No:iii. 
 
 He fpreads his c.invas, with his pole he Hcers, 
 
 The freights of flitting ghofts in his thin hatiom 
 
 bears. Dryden, 
 
 10. A chance; an adventure ; ftate of ha- 
 zard. 
 
 He began to fay, that himfcif and the iiiiicc 
 were too much to veniuie in one bottom. Uaien. 
 
 We are embarked with them on the fame 
 lattjm, and muii be partakers of their happincfs 
 ormifery. SpeBatar. 
 
 11. A ball of thread wound up together. 
 This whole argument will be like boltami of 
 
 thread, clofe woundup. Bact». 
 
 Silkworms fiiiilh their iu/Comj in about fifteen 
 days. Mortimer, 
 
 Each Chriftmr.s they accounts cid clear. 
 And wound ihcii tuttam round the year. Pri'^r,
 
 B O U 
 
 12. Bottom of a lane. The lowell tnd. 
 1^. Bottom of beer. The grounds, or 
 
 dregs. 
 To UoTTOM. -y. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To build upon; to iix upon as a lup- 
 port : with on. 
 
 Tiicy may have fomethtng of obfcurity, .is 
 being b')itomed tt^otty and fetched from liic true 
 n<i[uri: of tl.c things. i/ii/s. 
 
 Piide has a very ftrong foundation in the 
 minci ; it is io//9W(*<if ://i5« fclf-lovc. Ci/Iier, 
 
 The grounds upon which we l>ottom our rcafon- 
 ing, ajc hut a parr; lomcthiug is left out, wliich 
 fhould go into tlie rctkoning. Lucke. 
 
 AdV.on is fuppofed to be ioWom^rf «/>»« prin- 
 ciple, jlmthury. 
 
 2. To wind ilpon fomcthing ; to twift 
 tlircad round fomething. 
 
 Therefore, as you unwind your love for him, 
 Leli it Ihould ravel, and be good to none, 
 You muft provide to bottom it on mc. SJitihf. 
 To Bo'ttom. v. n. To reft upon, as its 
 idtimate fupport. 
 
 Fii'.d out upon what foundation any propofition 
 .vKanccd, hottonn ; and obfcrve the intermediate 
 ideas, by which it is johicd to that foundation 
 upon wliich It is creiVed. Loch. 
 
 Bo'ttom ED. ailj. [from lollom.'] Hav- 
 ing a bottowi : it is ufually compounded. 
 There being prepared a number of fat~hot- 
 tomcd boats, to tranfport the land-forces, under 
 the wing and protection of the great navy. Bucon. 
 
 Bo'ttomless. nrf'/. [from ^3//om.] With- 
 out a bottom ; fathomlefs. 
 
 Wickcdncfs may well be compared to a io/- 
 tomlefi pit, into which it is eafier to keep one's 
 felf from falling, than, being fallen, to give one's 
 fclf any ft.-.y from falling infinitely. Sidney. 
 
 Is n.it niv forrow deep, having no bottom ? 
 Then be my palhons bottomkfi with them. Shak. 
 
 Him the Almighty Pow'r 
 Hurl'd headlong H iming from th' cthtrial (ky 
 To bottomliji perdition. Milton, 
 
 Bo'ttomuv. «. /. [In navigation and 
 commerce.] The acl of borrowing 
 money on a (liip's bottom ; that is, by 
 engaging the vcffel for the repayment 
 of it, fo as that, if the Ihip mifcarry, 
 the lender lofes the money advanced ; 
 but, if it arrives fafe at the end of the 
 ■voyage, he is to repay the money lent, 
 witli a certain premium or interclt 
 agreed on ; and this on pain of forfeit- 
 ing the ftiip. Harris. 
 BO'UCHET. n.f [French.] A fort of 
 
 pear. 
 
 BouD. n.f. An infect which breeds in 
 
 malt ; called alfo a iveevil, D'i3. 
 
 To BouGE. V. «. [loiige, Fr.] To fwell out. 
 
 Bough, n.y. [boj^, Sax. the ^A is mute.] 
 
 An arm ir large (hoot of a tree, bigger 
 
 than a branch, yet not always dillin- 
 
 guiflied from it. 
 
 A vine-labourer, finding a ^o«^/; broken, took 
 a branch of the fame bougi, and tied it about the 
 place broken. Sidmy. 
 
 Their lord and patron loud did him proclaim. 
 And at his feet their laurel bo^ighs did throw. 
 
 Fuiry Q^iieeti. 
 From the hou^h 
 She gave him of that fair enticing fruit. Milton. 
 
 As the dove's flight did guide ./Eneas, now 
 May thine condufl mc to the golden bough, 
 
 Denham. 
 Under fome favV.te myrtle's ftiady boughs. 
 They fpeak their pilTions in repeated vows. 
 
 Rofcommon . 
 See how, on every bough, the birds exprefs, 
 In their fwcei notes, their happinefs, JJiydin. 
 
 B O U 
 
 'Twas .ill her joy the ripening fruits to tend, 
 And fee the bougiii with hapjy buidcnt bend. 
 
 Pop: 
 
 Bought. Tlie prct.and part, of To buy. 
 The chief were thefc who not fur empire - 
 fought, 
 But with their blood their countiy's fafcty iowg'i/. 
 
 Pofii 
 Bought, ti.f. [from To bozu.^ 
 
 1. A twilt ; a link; a knot. 
 
 His huge long tail wound up in hundred folds, 
 Wnute wreathed /'o«^/;rj when cvci he unfolds. 
 And tliick entangled knots adown does iLick. 
 
 Fairy Qitecrt, 
 Immortal vcrfe, 
 Siich as the melting foul may pierce. 
 In notes, with many a windi-ig bought 
 Of linked fweetnefs, long drawn out. Milton. 
 
 2. A flexure. 
 
 The ricxuie of the joints is not the fame in 
 elephants as in other ipiadiupeds, but nearer unto 
 thofe of a man j the bought of the fore-legs not 
 diredlly backward, but laterally, and foniewhat 
 inward. Broiun's l^ulgar Enoun, 
 
 BOU'lLLON. n.f. [French.] Broth; 
 foup ; any thing made to be fupped : a 
 term ufcd in cookery, 
 
 Bo'uLDrii. I'/alls. [Inarchitefture.] Wall.s 
 built of round flints or pebbles, laid in 
 a ftrong mortar ; ufed where the fea 
 has a beach caft up, or where there arc 
 plenty of flints. Biiilikr's D'idiunary. 
 
 To BouLT. v. a. See To Bolt. 
 
 To BOUNCE. -V. n. [a word formed, 
 fays Skinner, from the found.] 
 
 1. To fall or fly againft any thing with 
 great force, fo as to reboimd. 
 
 The fright awaken'd Arcite with a dart, 
 Againft his bofom bounced his heaving heart. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 2. To fpring ; to make a fudden leap. 
 
 High nonfenfc is lif;e beer in a bottle, which 
 
 has, in reality, no lircngth and fpiiit, but frets, 
 
 and flies, ami i>oume^, and imitates the paflions of 
 
 a much nobler liquor. Addijon. 
 
 They bounce from their nefV, 
 
 No longer will tarrv. Sivift. 
 
 Out bouuc'd the mailitf of the triple head ; 
 Away the hare with double fwii'tnefs fled. S-wift. 
 
 3. To make a fudden noife. 
 
 Juft as I was putting out my light, another 
 bounces as hard as he could knock. Swift. 
 
 4. To boaft ; to bully : a fenfe only ufed 
 in familiar fpeech. 
 
 5. To be bold, or ftrong. 
 
 Forfooth the bouncing Amazon, 
 Your bulkin'd milVrefs, and your warriour love, 
 To Thefeus muft he wedded. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Bounce, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A ftrong fudden blow. 
 
 TiKboincc buift ope the door; the fcornful 
 fair 
 Rclentlcfs look'd. D'ydcn. 
 
 2. A fudden crack or noife. 
 
 What cannoneer begot this lufty blood? 
 He fpeaks plain cannon fire, and fmoke, and 
 
 bounce ; 
 He gives the baftinado with his tongue. Shakf. 
 
 Two hazel-nuts I threw into the flame. 
 And to each nut I gave a fwcethcart's name ; 
 This with the loudeft bounce me fore amaz'd, 
 That in a flame oi brighteil colour blaz'd. Gay, 
 
 J. A boaft ; a threat : in low language. 
 Bo'uNCER. ;/. /. [from bounce.'^ A 
 
 boaft er ; a bully ; an empty tlueatener ; 
 
 in colloquial fpeech. 
 BOUND, n.f. [fromi/W.] 
 I. A limit; a boundary ; that by which 
 
 any thing is terminated. 
 
 I 
 
 B O U 
 
 Illimitable ocean ! without bounj, 
 Without dimcnfiun; where length, breadth, mil 
 
 hcigiit. 
 And time, and place, are loft. Mi'iof, 
 
 Thofe vaft Scythian regions were feparatcd by 
 the natural bo'inds of rivers, lakes, mountain ., 
 woods, or marflies. Tcmfif, 
 
 Indus and Gaiiges, our wide empire's boundi. 
 Swell their dy'd currents with their nativet 
 wounds. Dryden. 
 
 Through all th' infernal boumU, 
 Which flaming Pluegcthon fuiroutids, 
 Sad Orpheus fought hisconfort loft. Vtfe. 
 
 2. A limit by which any excurfion is re- 
 ftrained. 
 
 Hath he fet boundi between their love and me ? 
 I am their .mother, who fliall bar me from them. 
 
 Shaiifyeare . 
 
 Stronger and fiercer by reflraint he roars. 
 
 And kiiosvs no bound, but makes his pow'r his 
 
 (hores. Denhemt. 
 
 Any boundi made with body, even adamantine 
 
 walls, are far from putting a ftop to tiie iriind,iii 
 
 its progrefs in fpace. Locke. 
 
 3. [from To bounel, v. /;.] A leap ; a 
 jump ; a fpring. 
 
 Do but note a wild and wanton' herd, 
 Or race of youthful and utihandled colts. 
 Fetching mad bounds, bellowing, and ncighiiij 
 loud. Shakjpcarc. 
 
 The horfes ftarted with a fudden bound. 
 And Hung the reins and chariot to the ground. 
 
 , JdHifoH. 
 
 Dext'rous he 'fcapes the coach with nimble 
 hounds, 
 Whilft ev'ry honeft tonrue Stop thief refounds. 
 
 Guy. 
 
 4. A rebound ; the leap of fomething 
 flying back by the force of the blow. 
 
 Theic inward difgufts are but the firft bound 
 of this ball of contention. iMcay of Pidj. 
 
 To Bound, t). a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To limit ; to terminate. 
 
 A lofty tow'r, and Hrong on every fide 
 With tieble walls, which Phiegcth.on furrounds, 
 Whofe fiery flood the burnins empire ii^/n.^i. 
 
 V'yd-n. 
 
 2. To reftrain ; to confine. 
 
 Take but degree away. 
 The bounded waters 
 
 Would lift their bofoms higher than the Ihorcj, 
 And make a fop of ail this folid globe. 6"/iu.f, 
 
 3. Sometimes with in. 
 
 My mother's blood 
 Runs on the dexter cheek, and this finifter 
 Sounds in my fire's. Shakjpeare. 
 
 To BOUND. 1;. n. [bondir, Fr.] 
 
 1. To jump ; to fpring ; to move forward 
 by leaps. 
 
 Torrifmond appear'd, 
 Gave me his hand, and led mc lightly o'er. 
 Leaping and hounding on the billows heads. Dryd, 
 
 Before his lord the ready fpaniel bounds ; 
 Panting with hope, he tries the furrow'd grounds. 
 
 Fcjie. 
 
 When fudden through the woods a bounding 
 
 flag 
 
 Riiflr'd headlong down, and plung'd amidft th« 
 
 river. Ko'.i^e, 
 
 Warbling to the vary'd ftrain, advance 
 
 Two fprightly youths, to form the bounding dance, 
 
 Pofi. 
 
 2. To rebound; to fly back by repercuf- 
 fion. 
 
 Mark then a bounding valour in our Englifli, 
 That being dead, like to the bullets grazing. 
 Breaks out into a fecond courfc of mifchief. 
 
 Shuiffctire. 
 
 To Bound, v. a. To make to bound. 
 
 If I might buffet for my love, or ^owid my 
 horfe for her favours, I would lay on like a 
 butcher, antl fit like a jackanapes, never off. 
 
 Shakjfchre, 
 2 E 2
 
 B O U 
 
 tf love, aTftbltious, fought a match of biilh» 
 Whofe vciiis/'OKwJ richer blaud than Udy Blanch ? 
 
 Boun^D. The pret. and part. pafT. oibwd. 
 
 Njy, fjid Pamcln, none lh;ill take tliar utrice 
 fruin myfeir, being fo much bound as I am for 
 Hry education. _ Sidney, 
 
 This is Antonio, 
 Xo whom X wm fo infiniieiy houfid. — 
 ■ — Yuu Ihould in all fcnfc be muchio/vwt/tohim ; 
 For, as X hear, he was mucli bound for you. 
 
 Shi.ikfpairc. 
 
 The gentleman is learn'd, a moll rare fptakcr, 
 To nature wonz more boicnd. Sh(iiff>e.ire. 
 
 The bifhop'-. of Hungary, being wonderfully 
 »icbj wfzTc bound io keep great numbers ufliorfc- 
 xaen, whicli they ufed to bring into the held. 
 
 A',W/.-5. 
 
 They fummonedthe governor to deliver it to 
 them, or elfe they would not leave one Ilonc upon 
 another. To which the governor made no other 
 xeply, than that he was not bouftd to repair it; 
 tut, however, he would, by God's help, keep the 
 ground afterwards. Clarendon. 
 
 Bound, adj. [a word of doubtful etymo- 
 logy.] Deltined ; intending to come 
 to any plact. 
 
 His be that care, whom mofl: it doth concern. 
 Said he; but whither with fuch hafty flight 
 Art thuu now bound ^ for well might I difcern 
 Great caufe, that carries thee fo fwift and light. 
 
 Fairy (^ucen. 
 
 To be bound for a port one dcfires extremely, 
 and fail to it with a fair gale, is very pleafant. 
 
 Tfmp/e. 
 Willing we fought your ihores, and hither 
 bouridf 
 The port fo long dcfir*d at length we found. 
 
 n,ydin. 
 
 Bo'uNDARY. «.y. [from heund.~[ Limit; 
 bound. 
 
 He futfers the confluence and clamours of the 
 people to pal's all boundaries of laws, and reve- 
 rence to his authority. -A^'^g C/iur/es. 
 
 Scnfation and refle6lion arc the boundaries of 
 om* thoughts; beyond which the mind, whatever 
 efforts it would make, is not able to advance. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Great p^rt of our fins confifi: in the irrcgula- 
 lities attending the ordinary putfuits of life ; fo 
 tiiat our reformation muft appear, by purfuing 
 T4iem withni the boundaries of duty. Rogci i. 
 
 Bo'uNDEN. The part. pafT. oi bind^ Not 
 now much in ufe. 
 
 Hereafter, in a better world than this, 
 tlhdU defire more love and knowledge of you. — 
 —I reft much boundcn to you : fare you well. 
 
 Shukfpeare, 
 
 We alfo moft humbly hefought him to accept 
 of us. as his true fervants, by as jull a riglit as ever 
 men on earth were bourtden. Bacon. 
 
 To be careful for a provifion of all necetTnies 
 for- ourfe Ives, and thofc who depend on us, is a 
 boufiden duty. Rogers. 
 
 Bo'uNDiNG-sTONE. In,/, A ftone to 
 Bound-stone. j play with. 
 
 I am paft a boy; 
 A fceptrc's but a play-thing, and a globe 
 A bigger boundin^-jionr. Dryden. 
 
 Bu'uNDLESs. adj, [from hound,] Unli- 
 mited ; unconlined ; immeaiurable j il- 
 limitable. 
 
 Btyoni- the infinite and boundlcfs reach 
 Of merry, if thou didft this deed of death, 
 Art thou damn'd, Hubert. Sbakjpeare, 
 
 Heav'n has of right all vitftory defign'd; 
 \Vhcncc houndlejs power dwells in a will confin'd. 
 
 Drydtu. 
 Man fcems as boundUfs in his defires, as God 
 15 Ih his being; and therefore nothmg out God 
 Tiimfclf can futisfy him. South. 
 
 Though we make duration bound/efs *is it is, 
 v/c cannot «• xtond it beyond all being. God fills 
 «tcrniry, and it iiliard to find a reafun wliy an) 
 «ac Ihould doubt that he tils immcufity. LbUe. 
 
 B O U 
 
 Some guide the coutl'e of wjnd'iing oibj un 
 
 h,£h. 
 
 Or roll the jjlancts through the imtrid/cfs Iky. 
 
 Pope. 
 Bo'uNDLEssNF.ss. «.y. [from houndlejs.^ 
 Exemption from limits. 
 
 God lias corretStcd the I'i^undlrjfnrfs of his vo- 
 luptuous defires, by ftinting his capacities. South. 
 Bo'uNTEOus. ndj. [from ^own()'.] J^iberal ; 
 kind; generous; munificent; benefi- 
 cent : a Avord ufed chietiy in poetry for 
 bounlifid. 
 
 Every one, 
 According to the gift which bountfjui nature 
 Hath in him clos'd. Shukfjicarc. 
 
 Her foul abhorring avarice, 
 Hou'iteous; hutalmolt /jow;;/fc?/i to a vice. D>'y.'(. 
 Bo'uNTiiOusLY. adv. [from iourthous,] 
 Liberally ; generoufly ; largely. 
 
 He hountconjly bcliow'd unenvy'd good 
 Oil mc. DrydtJi. 
 
 Bo'uNiEOUSNESS. It./. \Jtomlounteous.'\ 
 Munificence ; liberality ; kindnefs. 
 He fillcth all things Vmngv/'nh boiinteonfiefu 
 
 Ff.,!ms. 
 Bo'uNTiFUL. adj. [from bounty zndj'ull.'} 
 
 1. Liberal; generous; munificent. 
 
 As ioitiuijul as mines of India. Shah^j^care. 
 
 If you will be rich, you mull live frugal ; if 
 you will be popular, you mull be hountijul. 
 
 Taylor . 
 
 I am obliged to return my thanks to many, 
 who, without confidcring the man, have been 
 homiujul to the poet. Drydcii. 
 
 God, the hmuitifnl author of our being. Lotk,-. 
 
 2. It has »/■ before the thing given, and 
 to before the perfon receiving. 
 
 Our king ipares nothing, to give them tlie 
 (hare of that felicity, of which he is {o bountiju! 
 to his kingdom. l>rydin. 
 
 Bo'uNTiFULLY. ad-v. [from lountifiil.'\ Li- 
 berally ; in a bountiful manner ; largely. 
 
 And now thy alms is given. 
 And thy poor llarveling bcufitifully fed. Donne. 
 It is affirmed, that it never raiiieth in Egypt ; 
 the liver bountifully requiting i5 in its inundation. 
 
 B>0iun\ Fulgar E'rours. 
 
 Bo'uNTiFULNEss. n. f. [from l/otiiififu/.} 
 
 The quality of being bountiful ; gene- 
 
 rofity. 
 
 Enriched to all homitfulntfi. 2 Coiint/iiarn. 
 
 Bo'uNTiHEAD. -J H. yi [from iourttj and 
 
 Bo'uNTiHLDE. K head, or hood. See 
 
 Bo'uNTiHooD. J Hood.] Goodnefs; 
 
 virtue. Out of ufe. 
 
 This goodly frame of temperance, 
 Formerly grounded, and fait fettled 
 On firm foundation of true lountihcai.. Fairy Q. 
 
 How Ihallt'rail pen, with fear difparaged, 
 Conceive fuch fov«reign glory, and great bounli- 
 hoo.i^ Fairy Queen, 
 
 BO'UNTY. n./ [bonte, Fr.] 
 
 1. Generofity ; liberality; munificence. 
 
 We do not fo far magnify her exceeding 
 bounty, as to affirm, that Ihe bringeth into the 
 world the fons of men, adorned with gorgeous 
 attire. Hoohr. 
 
 If you knew to wliom you ftiew this honour, 
 I know you would be prouder of the work. 
 Than cullomaiy bounty can enforce you. Shokfp. 
 
 Sucii moderation with thy bounty ]o\n. 
 That thou may'll nothing give that is not thine. 
 
 Dcnh.tm. 
 
 Thofc godlike men, to wanting virtue kind, 
 Bounty well phic'd picfetr'd, and well defign'd, 
 To ail their titles. DiyJcn. 
 
 2. It feenis diftingiiinied from charity, as 
 a pfffiiit from an ahr.s ; being ufed 
 vlu-n perfons, not abfolutely neccflitous, 
 receive gifts ; or when gifts are given 
 by great perfons. 
 
 B O U 
 
 Tell a mlfcr of bounty to .t friend, or merry tu 
 the poor, and he will not iindciflanri it. i^juth. 
 
 Her niajeiVy did not fee this affembly fo pro-* 
 per to excite charity and compaflion ; though I 
 quellion r\ot but her royal bounty will extend itfelf 
 to them. .AiUffoft 
 
 To Bo'uRGEON. 1). n. \bourgeomier,Yr.\ 
 To fprout ; to (hoot into branches; to 
 put forth buds. 
 
 Long may the dew of heaven diflil upon tliein., 
 to make tlxm bourgeon and propagate among 
 thcmftKcs. Hoivel^ 
 
 that I had the fruitful heads of Hydra, 
 That one might bourgeon where another fell ! 
 Still would I give thee work. J)ryd<n. 
 
 Bourn, n.f. [borne, Fr.] 
 
 1. A bound ; a limit. 
 
 Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none. 
 
 Sltnkff'sarr. 
 
 That undifcovci'd country, from whole bourn 
 
 No traveller returns. Shakffeare, 
 
 Falfe, 
 As dice are to be wifli'd by one that fixes 
 No bourn 'twixt his and mine. Sliakfjieari^ 
 
 1 know each lane, and every alley green, 
 And every bolky bourn from lidc to fide. Alilt. 
 
 2. [from bujin, Saxon.] A brook; a 
 torrent : whence many towns, feated 
 near brooks, have names ending iu 
 bourn. It is not jiow ufed in either 
 fenfe ; though the fecond continues hi 
 the Scottifli dialed. 
 
 Ne fwclling Neptune, ne loud thund"ring 
 Jove, 
 Can change my chce:', or make me ever mourn 1 
 My little bu.-itcan fafcly pafs this perilous icwn. 
 
 S^ienfer, 
 
 To BOUSE. -y. n. [Imyfen, Dutch.] T» 
 drink laviflily ; to tope. 
 
 As he rode, he fomewliat llill did eat. 
 And in hand did bear a boujing can. 
 Of which he fipt. Fairy Quecrt. 
 
 Bov'sY. eidj. [from ioufi.] Drunken. 
 
 With a long legend of romantick things. 
 Which in his cup the boufy poet fmgs. DryJi 
 
 The guefts upon the day appointed came. 
 Each boufy Uymer with his fimp'ring dame. King. 
 Bout. n. /. \botta, Ital.} A turn; aa 
 much of an aftion as is performed at 
 one time, without interruption ; a fin- 
 g-le part of any adlion carried on by 
 iiicceflive intervals. 
 
 The play began : Pas durfl not Cofma chace ; 
 But did intend next Aw/f with her to zMtl. Sidney.. 
 
 Ladies, that have your feet 
 Unplagued with corns, we'll have a ioKf. Shatf. 
 
 When in your motion you arc hot. 
 As make your bouts more violent to that end, 
 He calls for drink. Sliakffearc 
 
 If he chance to 'fcape this difmal bout, 
 The former legatees are blotted out. Drydtn. 
 
 A wealcl feized'a bat ; the bat begged (or life : 
 fays the weafil, I give no quarter to birds : fays 
 the bar, I am a moufc ; look on my body : fo 
 Ihe got off for that bout. L'Ejlrange. 
 
 We'll fee when 'tis enough. 
 Or if it want the nice concluding bout. Kin^. 
 BO'UTEFEU. n. f. [French.] An in- 
 cendiary; one wlio kindles feuds and 
 difcontents. Now difufed. 
 
 Animated by a b.ifc fellow, called John a 
 Chamber, a very bouirfru, who bore much fway 
 among the vulgar, they entered into open rebel- 
 lion. Bacon. 
 
 Nor could ever any order be obtained impar- 
 tially to punifli the known boutefcus, and opeik 
 incendiaiics. Ki!:g Charln.. 
 
 Bcfidcs Ihe herd of bcutefeui. 
 We fct on work within liie houfe. Uudibrm. 
 
 Bo'uTisAt.E. n.f. [I fuppofe ivom bouty 
 
 or hoi\<t andy^/f.] A I'ale at a cheap.
 
 BOW 
 
 ratf, as booty or plunder is commonly 
 fold. 
 
 Tu fpc.ik notliing of the great hoi/tlfulc of 
 colli'ei'i •""' chantiics. Sir J, lla;iuai\l. 
 
 BOUTS RIMEZ, [French.] The lall 
 words or rhimcs ot a inimbi.r of verfcs 
 given to be filled up. 
 
 To BOW. V. a. [bu^^en, Saxon ] 
 
 1. To bend, or iiifkiit. It founds as now, 
 or how. 
 
 A ihiccpencc loiuUl would liirc me, 
 Old as I am, to queen it. Sliatfptnrc. 
 
 Orpheus, with his lute, made trees, 
 And the mountain tops ti at freeze, 
 jBoju thcmfclves when he did Inig. Shnkjprarr. 
 
 Some /«■«•■ the vines, whicli bury'd in the plain. 
 Their tops in diltant .irchcs rile again. Dryilcn. 
 
 The mind has not been made obedient to dif- 
 ciplinc, when at fi.ll it was molt tender .ind 
 molt eafy to be bowed. Lorkc. 
 
 2. To bend the body in token of refpcct 
 or fiibmiffion. 
 
 Tlicy came to meet him, and io'w^f/ thcm- 
 fclves to the ground before him. 2 hingi. 
 
 Is it to iow down his head as a bulrufh, and 
 to fpread i'ackcloth and allies under him ? wilt 
 thou call this a faft, and an acceptable day to the 
 Lord > If^n,/i. 
 
 3. To bend, or incline, in condefcenlion. 
 
 Let it not grieve thee to l>ow down thine ear to 
 the pool, andgisc him a friendly anl'wcr. iVc/wj. 
 ^. To deptefs ; to crudi. 
 
 Are you fo gofpcli'd. 
 To pray for this good man, and for his iiTue, 
 Whofc heavy hand hath iozu'J you to the grave 
 And bcggar'd yours for ever ? Shakfpcirc. 
 
 Uow walling years my former flrergth con- 
 found, 
 And added woes may ioiu me to the ground. 
 
 Ta Bow. •!'. «. 
 
 1. To bend ; to fufFer flexure. 
 
 2. To make a reverence. 
 
 Rather let my head 
 Stoop to the block, than ihcfe knees iow to any, 
 Save to the God of heav'n, and to my king. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 This is the great idol to which the vi'orld hoivt ; 
 
 to this we pay our devoutelf homage. D. of Piety. 
 
 Admir'd, ador'd, by all the circling crowd, 
 
 For whetefoe'cr fhc tuxn'd her face, tliey boiv'ii. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 3. To ftoop. 
 
 The people loiurj down upon their knees to 
 drink. J"dgei. 
 
 4.. To fink under prefliire. 
 
 They ftoop, they bow 'down together; they 
 could not deliver the burden. Ifaial:. 
 
 Bow. n. f. [from the verb. It is pro- 
 nounced, like the verb, as noiv, Lo'-m.] 
 An adl of reverence or fubmiflion, by 
 bending the body. 
 
 Soni,e clergy too (he would allow. 
 Nor quartel'd at their awkwaid /oio. Siuift. 
 
 Bow. n.f. [pronounced as no, lo, with- 
 out any regard to the to.] 
 
 1 . An inllrument of war, made by hold- 
 inir wood or metal bent with a ftrincr 
 which, by its fpring, moots arrows 
 with great force. 
 
 Take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver, 
 and thy boiu, and go out to the field, and take 
 me fome vcnifon. djujn. 
 
 The white failh of hift'ry cannot fliow, 
 That e'er the mulket yet could beat the boiv. 
 
 jiitcyne' s Heniy vt I. 
 
 2. A rainbow; a coloured arch in the 
 clouds. 
 
 I <lo fet my bow in the cloud, and it fhall be 
 ict a token of a covenant between me and the 
 euth, Gcnefii. 
 
 BOW 
 
 3. The inftrnment with whicli flring-in- 
 
 ftruments arc llruck. 
 
 Thtir inftrunients were various in their kind; 
 Some for the how, and Come for breathing wind : 
 Tlic fawtry, pipe, and hantb.iy's noify band. 
 And the foft lute treinLliiig btiu-ath the touch- 
 ing liand. Dryden's Vnhlet. 
 
 4. Tlic doubling of a ilrlug in a nip- 
 knot. This is perhaps corruptly ufed 
 for bought. 
 
 Make .% knot, and let tiic fccond knot be witli 
 ibow. IJ'iJ'eman. 
 
 5. A yoke. 
 
 As the ox hath his bow, fir, the hnrfc his curb, 
 and the fauleoii his bells, fo man hath his dcfiic. 
 
 SbakfpCiire. 
 
 6. Bow of a faddh: The hows of afad- 
 ille are two pieces of wood laid arch- 
 wife, to receive the upper part of a 
 horfc's back, to give the faddic its due 
 form, and to keep it tight. Farrier' sD'nl. 
 
 7. 'Qow (f a /hip. That part of her which 
 begins at the loof, and coinpafiing ends 
 of the Hern, and ends at the fternmoft 
 parts of the forecallle. Ifafhiphath 
 a broad bow, they call it a bold bo'M ; 
 if a narrow thin bow, they fay (lie hath 
 a lian hoiu. The piece of ordnanee 
 that lies in this place, is called the how- 
 piece ; and the anchors that hang here, 
 are called her grea! and Utile bowers. 
 
 I. Bow is alfo a mathematical inftrument, 
 
 made of wood, formerly ufed by feamcn 
 
 in taking the fim's altitude. 
 
 5. Bow is likewife a beam of wood or 
 
 brafs, with three long fcrews, that di- 
 
 redt a lath of wood or fteel to any 
 
 arch ; ufed commonly to draw draughts 
 
 of fliips, piojeflions of the fpliere, or 
 
 wherever it is rcquifice to draw long 
 
 arches. Harris. 
 
 Bow-BKARER. n. f. [from bow and bear.^ 
 
 An under officer of the foreft. Cowell. 
 
 Bow-BENT. adj. [from tow and benl.'\ 
 
 Crooked. 
 
 A fibyl old, hom-btnt with crooked age, 
 That fai events full wifely could prcfage. Milf.v. 
 Bow-HANP. n.f. [.from hoia •s.wA.hand.^ 
 The hand that draws the bow. 
 
 Suicly he (lioots wide on the boiv-hand, and 
 
 very far from the mark. Spenfer's hcbmd. 
 
 Bow-legged, eidj. [from bow and leg-l 
 
 Having crooked legs. 
 Bow-SHOT. t'.f. [from bow and^yZo/.] The 
 fpace which an arrrow may pafs in its 
 flight from the bow. 
 
 Though lie \tcie not then a bo-w-ftot off, and 
 made hafte ; yet, by thut time he was come, the 
 thing was no longer tu be i'ccn. Jioyle. 
 
 BO'vVELS. «./. [%^;/.v, Fr.] 
 
 1 . Intellines ; the vefl'els and organs within 
 the body. 
 
 He fmote him therewith in the fifth rib, and 
 (hcd out his boiveli. z S.'muil. 
 
 2. 7 lie inner parts of any thing. 
 Had we no quarrel elle to Rome, but ihnt 
 
 Thou ait thence banifh'd, we would mufterall 
 From twelve tn fevcnty ; and pouring war 
 Into tlie boiutli of ungrateful Rome, 
 Like a bold flood appear. Shaijptarc. 
 
 His foldicrs Ipying his undaunted fpirit, 
 A Talbot I Talbot! cried out amain, 
 And tufh'd into the boxutli of the battle. Sbnlff. 
 
 .'\.s he law drops of water diftiUing from ilic 
 rock, by following the veins, he has made him- 
 felf two or three tounlains ill the iowe.'s of the 
 mountain, ylMi/on. 
 
 BOW 
 
 J. Tlie feat of pity, or kindnefs. 
 
 llr. boiL'di did yern upon him. Gffi'. 
 
 \.. Tendemcfs ; compaffion. 
 
 He bad 11(1 other confidtration of money, than 
 for the fuppoit of his luftrc ; and whilll he could 
 do that, he cared not for money ; having no 
 howih in the point of running in debt, or bor- 
 rowing all he could. ClarcHJoa. 
 
 5. This word feldom has z fwgular, ex- 
 cept in writers of anatoiny. 
 
 Bo'wER. n.f. [from bough or branch, or 
 from the verb bow or bend. "^ 
 
 1. An arbour; a flieltered place covered 
 with green trees, twined and bent. 
 
 But, O fad virgin, that thy power 
 Miglit raifc Mulxus from his boiver. Milton. 
 
 To gods appealing, when I reach their /'i;:v';t 
 With loud complaints, they anfwer meinfhow'rs. 
 
 pfaller. 
 
 Rcfrclli'd, they wait them to xhehoiv'r of Itate, 
 Where, circled with his peers, Atrides fat. Pope. 
 
 2. It feems to fignlfy, in Spenfer, a blow ; 
 a llroke ; bourrer, Fr. to fall upon. 
 
 His rawbone arms, whofe mighty brawncd 
 
 hoiuen 
 
 Were wont to rije fteel plates, and helmets hew, 
 
 Were clean eonfum'd, and all his vital powers 
 
 Dec.iy"d. f<"CV Q"f^". 
 
 Co'wKR. n.f. [from the bow oi a (hip.] 
 
 Anchoisfo called. See Bow. 
 To Bo'vvEK. "v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 embower ; to enclofe. 
 
 Thou didft bowtr the fpirit 
 In mortal paradife of fuch fwect flefh. Shalf. 
 Bo'wERY. adj. [from bower. '\ Full of 
 bowers. 
 
 Landlkips hovv- gay the ioiu'ry grotto'yields, 
 Which thought creates, and laviih fancy builds ! 
 
 TieM. 
 Snatch'd through the verdant maze, the hurried 
 
 eye 
 D!fl railed wanders: now the boiv'ry walk 
 Of covert clol'e, where fcarce a fpeck of day 
 F.dlsonthe leiigthcn'd gloom, protradted fweeps. 
 
 Tbcmjs;:. 
 
 To BowGE. See To Bouge. 
 
 BOWL. n.f. [buelin, Welfh ; which fig- 
 nifies, according to Junius, any thing 
 made of horn, as drinking cups anci- 
 ently were. It is pronounced bole.'\ 
 
 1. A veflel to hold liquids, rather wide 
 than deep; diftinguilbed fiom a cup, 
 which is rather deep than wide. 
 
 Give me a boxul of wine ; 
 I have not that alacrity of fpirit. 
 Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have. 
 
 ShakfpL-are. 
 
 If a piece of iron b; faflencd on the fide of a 
 boxvl of water, a loadftonc, in a boar of cork, 
 will make unto it. BtO'v.-n. 
 
 The faeiedpriefts, with ready knives, bereave 
 The hearts of life, and in full boiuh receive 
 The ftreaming blood. Drydcn, 
 
 While the bright Sein, t' exalt the foul, 
 With fparkling plenty crowns the boixi/, 
 And wit and fecial rpirth infpiies. Fcttton. 
 
 2. The hollow part of any thing. 
 
 If you are allowed a large filvey fpoon for the 
 kitchen, let half the boiul oi\t be worn out witn 
 continual fcraping. Swift. 
 
 3. A bafin, or fountain. 
 
 But the main matter is fo to convey the water, 
 as it never ftay either in the bo-u.! or in the cirtern. 
 
 Bacoti. 
 BOWL. n.f. [^owA-, French. It is pro- 
 nounced as cow, howl. ] A I'oun J 
 mafs, which may be rolled along the 
 ground. 
 
 Like to a boivl upon a fubtile ground, 
 I've tumblea palt the throw. Shakf^iart,
 
 BOX 
 
 ■Row finely clod thou times and feafons fp'ni ' 
 And make a tivift checkevM with nijlit andday ! 
 Which, 35 it lengthens, winds, and winds us m. 
 As Utu.'s go on, but turning all the way- Herbert. 
 Like him, who would lorise a lou'l upon a pre- 
 cipice, cicl.cf my pniife falls hack, or ftays not 
 on the top, but rowls over. JJry-'tr. 
 
 Men may make a game at iow/j in the fum- 
 ■mcr, and a'game at wkiikin the winter. Demiii. 
 Though that piece of wood, which is now a 
 'loiv/y may be made fquare, yet, if roundnefs be 
 taken away, it is no longer a /tow/. //alts. 
 
 To Bov/L. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To roll as a bowl. 
 
 2. To pelt with any thing rolled. 
 
 Alas! I had rather be fct qtiick i' th' earth, 
 And i^oTv/'i/ to death with turnips". 
 
 h'crry U'ives of M'im/for. 
 
 Eo'wLDER-sTONF.s. u.f. Ltimps Or frag- 
 ments of (tones or maibic, broke from 
 the adjacent clifts, romided by being 
 tumbled to and f.gain by the water ; 
 whence their name. Wood-jjcirii. 
 
 Po'wLER. ji.f. [from boivl.'] He that 
 jilays at bowls. 
 
 Eo'wLiNE. \n.f. [fea term.] A rope 
 
 B.AvLiKG. \ fattened to the middle pa 
 
 BOY 
 
 of the outfide of a fail ; it is fallened in 
 three or four parts of the fall, called the 
 lozuliiig Irhlk. The ufe of the bowling 
 is to make the fails ftand fharp or clofe 
 to a wind. Hams. 
 
 Bo'wLiNG-GKEEN. ?!./ [from fow/ and 
 green.'] A level piece of ground, kept 
 fmooth for bowlers. 
 
 A bowl equally poifed, and thrown upon a 
 
 plain liow/ing-gncn, will <\m neccffarily in a 
 
 direfl line. Bcnt/cy. 
 
 BoVman. «./. [from loiu and man.] An 
 
 archer ; he that llioots with a bow. 
 
 The whole city Ihall flee, for the noife of the 
 liorfemen and h'^-wmen. Jeiem'uUi. 
 
 Bo'wspRiT. n. J. [from the low of a 
 fliip.] This v/oi-d is generally fpelt 
 bollfprh ; which fee. 
 To Bo'ws^sEN. -v.a. [probably of the fame 
 original with boiife, but found in no 
 other paffage.] To drench ; to foak. 
 
 The water fell into a clofe walled plot; upon 
 this wall w?s the frantick perfon fct, and from 
 thence tumbled hcadhing into the pond; wheie a 
 itrong fellow toiled him up and down, until the 
 patient, by foregoing his flrength, had fomc- 
 what forgot his fury ; but if there appeared fmall 
 amendment, he was /ionuffened again and again, 
 while there remained in him any hope of life, for 
 recovery. C-j-ew'j Stirvey.f ConnunH. 
 
 Bo'wsTRiNG. «./. [from bo-MZnAJlrlng.] 
 The firing by which the bow is kept 
 
 bent. 
 
 He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid's hoiufiri7ig, 
 and the little hangman dare not fiioot at him. 
 
 S/ui/if^ene. 
 
 Sound will be conveyed to the ear, by Ihiking 
 
 UDon a howjlring, if the horn of the bow be held 
 
 to the ear. Bacon. 
 
 Bo'wYER. n.f. [from boiv.] 
 
 1. An archer; one that ufes the bow. 
 
 Call foi- vengeance from the /•oiryer king. Dryd. 
 
 2. One whofe trade is to make bows. 
 BOX. n.f. [box, Saxon; buxus, Lat.] 
 
 A tree. 
 
 The leaves are pennated, and evergreen ; rt 
 hath male flowers, that arc produced at remote 
 didanccs from the fruit, on lire fame tree ; the 
 fruit is Ihapcd like a porridge-put inverted, and 
 » divided into thr-e cells, containing two feeds 
 •in each, which, wl/.n ripe, are call forth by the 
 elafiicity of the veffcls. The wood is very ufcful 
 ior engravers, .and matlicmalical inilrumcnt 
 
 makers ; being fo hard, clofe, and pondcroii:, as 
 to fink in water. lurhr. 
 
 There arc two fortsjthe dwarf SD-v,and a taller 
 fort. The dwarf tox is good for borders, and is 
 cafrlv kept in order, with one clipping in the year. 
 It w'm increafe of Hips fet in March, or about 
 Bartholomew tide ; and will profper on cold b.ir- 
 ren hills, where nothing elfe will grow. Mrntimer. 
 Box, n.f. [bo>:, Sax. bujle. Germ.] 
 
 1. A cafe made (Jf wood, or other matter, 
 to hold any thing. It is diftinguilhed 
 from chejl, as the lefs from the greater. 
 It ii fiippofcd to have its name from the 
 box wood. 
 
 A magnet, though but in an ivory l"i\-, will, 
 through the hoy, fend forthhis embracing virtue to 
 a beloved needle. Sidney, 
 
 About his (lielvcs 
 A beggarly accoimt of enijity iav«. Shn/t/penrc. 
 
 The lion's head is to open a nioft wide voraci- 
 ous mouth, which Ihall take in Utters and papers. 
 There will be under it a hoy, of which the key 
 will be kept in my culloily, to receive fuch 
 papers as are dropped into it. Stee.c. 
 
 This catkct India's glowing gems unlocks, 
 And all Arabia breathes from yonder hoy. I'ope. 
 
 2. The cafe of the mariners compafs. 
 
 3. The cheft into which money given isput. 
 So many more, fo every one was us'd, 
 
 • That to give largely to the hox tefus'd. Sjienjer. 
 
 4. The feats in the playhoufe, where the 
 ladies are placed. 
 
 'Tis left to you; the lo\es and the pit 
 Are foveicign judges of this fort of wit. Dryden. 
 
 She glares in balls, front bva, and the ring ; 
 A vain, unquiet, glittering, wretched thiirg. l'oj,e. 
 To Box. -u. a. [from the noun.] To en- 
 
 clofe in a box. 
 
 Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient fits, 
 While fpouts run clatt'ring o'er the roof by fits. 
 
 Su'ifl. 
 
 BOX. n.f. [hod, a cheek, WeKh.] A 
 blow on the head given wich the hand. 
 
 For the hox o' th' car that the prince gave you, 
 
 he r,.ive it like a rude prince. SI'.akfpenrc, 
 
 If one Ihould take my hand perforce, and give 
 
 another a hox on the ear with it, the law punifli- 
 
 cth the other. Br.milu,//. 
 
 There may happen concufllons of the brain from 
 
 a box on the ear. infrman's Surgery. 
 
 Olphis, the filherman, received a box on the 
 
 ear from Theftylis. SpeB-itor. 
 
 To Box. V. n. [from the noun.] To fight 
 
 with the fill. 
 
 The al's very fairly looked on, till they had 
 fo.vc<^themfelves a-weary, and then left them fairly 
 in the lurch. ' L'Epemge. 
 
 ■ A leopard is like a cat; he ioA-« with his fore- 
 feet, as a cat doth her kitlins. Grtvi. 
 The fighting with a man's fhadow confills in 
 brandifliing two rticks, loadenwith plugs of lead ; 
 this gives a man all the pleafurc of boxing, with- 
 out the blows. SjieBator. 
 He hath had fix duels, and four-and-twenty 
 isaw m.atches, in defence of his majefty's title. 
 ' Speaator. 
 
 To Box. 1). a. To ftrike with the fift. 
 Bo'xEN. n.f. [from box.] 
 
 1. Made of box. 
 The young gentlemen learned, before all other 
 
 things, to defign upon tablets of boxen wood. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 As lads and lafTcs flood around, 
 To heai my boxsn hautboy found. Geiy. 
 
 2. Refeinbling box. 
 Her faded cheeks ate chang'd to i*.vf« hue. 
 
 And in her eyes the tears are ever new. Dryden. 
 Bo'xER. n.f [from box.'] A man who 
 
 fio-hts with his fifl. 
 BOY. n. f [bub, Germ. The etymology 
 
 is not agreed on.] 
 1. A male diild ; not a girl. 
 
 BRA 
 
 The ftreets of the city Ihall be full of hoyt snd 
 ghls playing. ^ , , ^ Zeei.e,,!./.. 
 
 z. One In the Ihte of adolefcence ; olucr 
 than an infant, yet not arrived at pu- 
 berty or manhood. 
 
 Speak thou, hey; 
 Perhaps thy childilhnefs will move him more 
 Than can our reafons. Sbnifpcirr. 
 
 Sometimes forgotten things, long cafV behind, 
 Riilh forw-rd in the brain, and come to mind: 
 The nnrfc's legends arc fur truths receiv'd. 
 And the man dreams but what the boy believ'd. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 3. A word of contempt for young men, 
 
 as noting their immaturity. 
 
 Men of worth and parts will not eafily admit 
 
 ■ the familiarity of ioyi, who yet need the cart of 
 
 a tutor. " Lode. 
 
 The pale ^<JV fcnator yet tingling ftands, 
 And holds hi's breeches clofewith both his hands. 
 
 I'ope, 
 
 To Boy. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 treat as a boy. 
 
 Anthony 
 Shall be brouglit drunken forth, and I (hall fee 
 Some fqueaking Cleopatra boy my grcatnefs, 
 I" th' pollurc of a whore. Sl:nifpe^re. 
 
 Bo'yhood. «. f. [from boy.] The ftate 
 of a boy ; the part of life in which we 
 are boy's. This is perhaps an arbitrary 
 
 word. 
 
 If vou fliould look at him, in hit ioy/md, 
 through the magnifying end of a perfpcdtivc, and, 
 in his manhood, through the other, it would be 
 impofhble to fpy any ditierence : the lame air, 
 the fame ftrut. Smj!. 
 
 Bo'yish. ae!J. [from boy.] 
 
 1. Belonging to a boy. 
 I ran it through, e'en from my ftoyyi tJays, 
 
 To th' veiy moment that he bade me tell it. 
 
 SAtii/fei' e • 
 
 2. Childllli? trifling. 
 This unhair'd faucincfs, and /,oyi/, troops. 
 
 The king doth fmilc at, and is well piepar'd 
 To whip this dwarfifii war, thefc pigmy arms. 
 
 S/iaHpeate, 
 Young men take up foine Englifh poet for their 
 model, and imitate him, without knowing where- 
 in he is defeaive, where he is boyi/j and tr.Hing. 
 
 X>i vden. 
 
 Bo'yishly. aJ'v. [from boyl/Jj.] Clilld- 
 
 Idily ; triflingly. 
 Bo'y 1 s H N E s s . » . /. [from boyi/I.'.] Child- 
 
 ilhnefs; trifling manner. 
 Bo'yism. n.f [from boy.] Puenhty ; 
 childiflmefs. 
 
 He had complained he was farther off, by be- 
 ing fo near, and a tiioufand fuch iiv'/"", which 
 Chaucer rcjefted as below the fubjeii. Dryden. 
 Bp. An abbreviation of bilhop. 
 BRABBLE. «./. [brabbelln, Dutch.] A 
 clamorous conteR ; a fquabble ; a broil. 
 Here in the ftrcets, dcfperatc m (hame and 
 ftate. 
 In private brabb/e did we apprehend hioa. 
 
 ■^ S/i.iiefpei>re. 
 
 To Bea'bble. v. n. [frotn the noun.] To 
 clamour ; to contcft noilily. 
 
 Bra'bbler. n.f \Uo:r, brabble.] A cla- 
 morous, quarrellome, noify fellow. 
 
 To BRACE. 1'. «■. [embrafer, I v.] 
 
 I To bind ; to tic clofe with bandages. 
 The women of China, by bracing and bind- 
 ing them from their infancy, have very little 
 r .. Lode. 
 
 ir To intend ; tomaketenfe; toftiainup. 
 
 The tympanum is not capable of tenfton that 
 
 way, in fuch a manner as a drum is ^-"'""j^^^^^^,^ 
 
 The diminution of the force of the prelTuic of
 
 BRA 
 
 the exttmal .lirin ^'<if;«(j tin- fibicj, miilV create 
 i\ dibilily ill miifcul ir m 'liun. ^ib:i:hml. 
 
 Urace. n. f. [fiom the verb.] 
 
 1 . Ciudlui e ; bandage. 
 
 2. That which holds any thing tight. 
 
 Tlic liillc bones of ihc c.ir-drum do in llniin- 
 iiig niid icljxiiig it, as ihc biacis of the wcr-dium 
 do ill ll-^t. Dfrlu.m. 
 
 3. Brace. [In aichitcAure.] A piece 
 of timber- framed in with bevil joints, 
 ufed to keep the building from fwcrv- 
 iiig either w;;y. BulLLr's Dlil. 
 
 4. Braces, [a fea term.] Ropes be- 
 longing to all the yards, except the mi- 
 zen. They have a pendant to the yard- 
 arm, two iri:.\t to each yard ; and al 
 the end of the pendant, a block \i leized, 
 through which the rope called the i'l-acf 
 is reeved. I'he braces ferve to fqiiare 
 and traverfe the yards. Scu DitL 
 
 5. BRACts of a coach. Thick llraps of 
 leather ou which it hangs. 
 
 6. Harnefs. 
 
 7. Bk ACE. [In printing.] Acrookedline 
 cneloling a paifage, wliich ought to be 
 taken together, and not feparately ; as 
 in a tripkt. 
 
 Charge Venus to command her fon,- 
 Wherever clfe (he lets him roi.e, T 
 
 To fliiin my hoofe, and field, and grove ; > 
 Pe.ice cannot dwell with hate or love. J 
 
 Prior. 
 
 8. Warlike preparation : from bracing the 
 armour ; as we (ay, girded for the battle. 
 
 As it more concerns the Turk riian Rh jdc-i, 
 So may he with more facile qucftion bear it ; 
 For that it (lands not in fuch warlik.e biace. 
 Rot altogether lacks th' abilities 
 That Rhodes is drefs'd in. Shiikfpcarc. 
 
 5. Tenfion ; tightnefs. 
 
 The moil frequent caufe of de^fnefs is the lax- 
 ncfs of the tympanum, when it has io(l its brace 
 or tenfion. HrJiicr. 
 
 Brace, n. f. [of uncertain etymology, 
 probably derived from tiuo braced toge- 
 ther.] 
 K A pair; a couple. It is not braces, 
 but brace, in the plural. 
 
 Down fiom a hill the bc-aits that leigninwood*, 
 
 Firll iumtcr then, puifucj a gentle brace, 
 
 Godlicii of all the foiell, h.irt and hind. AJi'ton. 
 
 Ten hratc and more* of greyhounds, fnowy fair, 
 
 And tall as i^ags, ran loofc, and couis'd around 
 
 his chair. Urytitn^i. Fujlci. 
 
 2. It is ufed generally in converfation as 
 a fportfman's word. 
 
 lie is faid, this fummcr, to have (hot with his 
 oun hands hfty vi .^cc of phcafants. Addiji^n. 
 J. It is applied to men in contempt. 
 
 But you, my brace of lo)ds,.wevc I {^^ minded, 
 1 here could pluck his highnefs' frown upon you. 
 
 Sluihf^cure. 
 Br.v'celet. n.f. {bracelet, French.] 
 
 1. An ornament for the arms. 
 
 Both his hands were cur o(f, being known to 
 ha\c wcrn/imtVt/! of gold about his wiifts. 
 
 Sir y. Ihiyiuuril. 
 
 Tie about our tawny wiifts 
 £,r.tc,l.li of the fairy twilt.«. i^'« fcnfi/:. 
 
 A very ingenious lady ufed to wear, in rings 
 unA ir,im'i-ts, fiore of thole gems. £',y/e. 
 
 2. A piece of defenfive armour for the arm. 
 Bra'ckr. n.f. [from brcice.} 
 
 J. A cinflure ; a bandage. 
 
 When tney atFcil the bcliy, they may be re- 
 itraincd by a bractr, without much trouble, 
 
 IJ'ifeman. 
 
 2. A medicine of conftvingent power. 
 Brach. n.f. ibraque, Fr.] A bitch hound. 
 
 BRA 
 
 Trrth 's a dog mull to kennel 1 he muft be 
 
 whipped our, when the lady brack in.iy Hand by 
 
 the liie, and liink. Sbukfptare. 
 
 Bra'chiai.. adj. [from brachium, an arm, 
 
 Lat.] Belonging to the arm. 
 Brachv'grai'hv. n.f. [oj -^vcf^wxt, and 
 -/fa'^'i lo write.] 'I'he ait or practice 
 of writing in a fliorl compals. 
 
 All the certainty of thofe high pretenders, 
 baling what they ha\c of the fiift principles, and 
 the word of Gud, may be ciicumfcii!K<l by as 
 fm.tll a circle as the creed, when brachyt^rapby 
 hadcontined it within the compals of a^icnny. 
 
 Glanvilli. 
 Brack, ti.f. [from brcak.^ A breach ; 
 a broken part. 
 
 The place was but weak, and the bracki fair ; 
 
 but the defendants, by refoUition, fupplicd all 
 
 , the dcfe»51s. llay^t:an{. 
 
 Let them compare my work with what is 
 
 taught in the fchools, and if they lind in theirs 
 
 many bntcis and Ihort ends, which cannot be 
 
 Ipuii into an oven piece ; and, in mine, a fair co- 
 
 heicncc throughout; 1 (hall piomife myfclf an 
 
 acquiefcence. l^'gh- 
 
 Bracket, n.f. [a term of carpentry.] A 
 
 piece of wood lixcd for the iupport of 
 
 ioniething. 
 
 Let youi Ihclvcs be laid upon bracktti, being' 
 about two feet wide, and edged with a fmall 
 lath. Mortimer. 
 
 BRACKISH, adj. {brad, Dutch.] Salt ; 
 fomewhat fait : it is ufed particularly of 
 the water of the fea. 
 
 Pits upon the fea fhorc turn into frcth water, 
 by percolation of the fait through the land ; but 
 it is farther noted, after a time, the water in fuch 
 pits will become br.ickijh again. Bacon. 
 
 When I had gain'd the brow and top, 
 A hike of brackijh waters on the ground 
 Was all! found. Herbert. 
 
 The wife contriver, on his end intent, 
 Mix'd them with fait, and fcafon'd all the fea. 
 What other caufe could this eft'ect produce >. 
 The brack:/!: tiufture Ihiough the main diffufe ? 
 
 Blarky.-.ce. 
 
 Bra'ckishness. n.f. [from braclr/J}.] 
 Saltiicfs in a finall degree. 
 
 All the artiiicial draining! hitherto leave a 
 
 brackijiinrji in (ait water, that makes it unfit for 
 
 animal ufes. Chryie. 
 
 BRAD, being an initial, fignifies bread, 
 
 fpacioiis, from the Saxon bjtab, and the 
 
 'Gothick braid. Gilfm. 
 
 Brad. n.f. A fort of nail to floor rooms 
 
 with. They are about the fize of a 
 
 tenpenny nail, but have not their heads 
 
 made with a flioulder over their fhank, 
 
 as other nails, but are made pretty thick 
 
 towards the upper end, that the very 
 
 top inay be driven into, and buried in, 
 
 the board tltey nail down ; fo that the 
 
 tops of thefe brads will not catch the 
 
 thrums of the mops, when the floor is 
 
 wartilng. Mr-xon. 
 
 To BRAG. 11. n. \braggeren, Dutch.] 
 
 I. To boall ; to difplay olkntatioufly ; to 
 
 tell boailful lloiies. 
 
 Thou coward ! art thou bragging to the ftars ? 
 Telling the bufhes that thou look'll for wars. 
 And wilt not come ? Shakffeare. 
 
 Mark, me, with what violence (he firft loved 
 the Moor, but for bragging, and telling her fan- 
 taflical lias. _ ^ Sb.d-Jpearc. 
 
 \n bragging out fome of their private tenets, 
 as if they were the ellablilhed doflrine of the 
 church of England. Samlerjon. 
 
 The rebels were grown fo ftrong there, that 
 they intended then, as ihcy aheady bragged, to 
 coir.e over and .luiie this the (cat ol WW. CUrtnJ. 
 
 BRA 
 
 Mrs. Bull's condition was looked nponni rfe. 
 fperate by all the men of ail .■ but there weietliofc 
 that bragged they I. ad an infallible ointment. 
 
 Arbuthnot , 
 
 I. It has ©/"before the thing boalled. 
 
 Knowltf!ge being the only thing -whereof wc 
 poor old men e:^Y^brag,v/i cannot makv it known 
 but by utterance. Sidney. 
 
 Verona bragi of him, 
 To be a virtuous and well-govcrn'd youth. Sl.nk, 
 
 Every bufy little fcribl'ler now 
 Swells with Ihepraifcs which he gives himfclf, 
 And taking fandluaiy in the crowd, 
 Bragi ofW\!, impudence, and fcorns to mend. 
 
 Rofcommon. 
 
 3. On is ufed, but improperly. 
 
 Yet lo ! ill me what authois have to brag en, 
 Reduc'd at lart to hif> in ray own dragon. Poin, 
 
 Brag. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . A boall ; a proud expreflion. 
 
 A kind of conqutlt 
 Ca;far made here; but made not here his brag 
 Of came, and faw, and overcame. Sitakfyeare. 
 It was fuch a new thing for the Spaniards to- 
 rt ceive fo little hurt, ujion dealing with the 
 EngliHi, as Avcllancda made grcar bragi of it, 
 for no greater matter than the waiting upon the 
 Englllh afirplT. Bacw. 
 
 2, The thing boafted. 
 
 Beauty is nature's brag, and mufl be (hew.n 
 Li courts, at fcafts, and high folemnilics, 
 Where moil may wonder. Milton. 
 
 Braggado'cio. n.f. [from Irag.] A 
 piiHiug, fuelling, boafling fellow. 
 
 The world abounds in teiriblc fanf.'srons, in tl» 
 mafquc of mtn of honour ; but thefe bracraado' 
 CKj-arc cafy to be deteited. L'Ejriangc. 
 
 By the plot, you may guefs much of the cha- 
 raiters of theperfons; i braggadxio captain, a, 
 parafite, and a lady of plcafure. Drydeii.. 
 
 Br a'ggardism. n. f. [from braT.\. 
 
 Boadfulnefs ; vain oflentation. 
 Bra'ggart. adj. [from lrag.'\ Boafl- 
 fn! ; vainly oltentatious. 
 Shall I,,none's Have, of high born or rais'd 
 men 
 Fenr frowns ; and my miftrefs, truth, betray thee 
 To th' huffing, braggart, puft nobility? Donne. 
 
 Bra'cgart. n.f. [from brag.'\ A boafter. 
 Who knows himfelf a braegurt 
 Let him fear this ; for it will come to pafs. 
 That every braggart (h.ill be found an afs. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 Bra'gger. n.f [from brag.'\ A boaller ;: 
 an olientatious fellow. 
 
 Such as have had opportunity to found thefe 
 braggers thoiougbly, by having fometimes en. 
 dured the penance of their fottiih company, have 
 found ihcm, in converfc, empty, and inllpid. 
 
 Sout/r, 
 Bra'gless. adj. [from brag.] Without 
 a boaft ; without oftentation. 
 The bruit is, He-fior's flain, and by Achilles.— 
 
 If it is fo, tragjrfs let it liC, 
 
 Great Heftor was as good a man as I.e. Sliakfp. 
 Bra'gly. adi'. [from brag.] Finely; fo- 
 as it may be bragged. 
 
 Sccil not thilk hawthorn rtud,. 
 How bragiy it begins to bud, 
 And utter his tender head? 
 Flora now callcth forth each flower, 
 And bids him make ready Maia's bower. Sprni^r 
 
 To BRAID. 1.. a. [br,a:dan, Sa.Kon.j To- 
 weave together. 
 
 Clufc the fcipent (ly, 
 Infmuating, wove witii gordian twine 
 His braided train, and ot his fatal guile 
 Gave proof unheeded. J\'i'ior. 
 
 Ofier wands, lying loofely, may each of them 
 be eafily diilbciatcd from the reft; but, wIkb 
 braidid mto a ba!kct,they cohere ft rongly. Boyte.
 
 BRA 
 
 A i'!bb»nd did the hiaiJfi tielTcs tiind, 
 The reft was loofc and waiituii'd in the wind, 
 
 • . Dryia:. 
 
 Since in hrtiuied ^o\A her foot is bound. 
 And a long triilitij mantcau fwctpi the ground, 
 Hit Ihoe difdsins the (Irccc. G'y- 
 
 Braid, n.f. [tVom the verb.] A texture; 
 a knot, or complication of fomechiiig 
 woven together. 
 
 Lifteii wheietliou art fitting, 
 Under the gloffy, cool, tnniflucCnt wave. 
 In ta-ifted braidt of lihes knjtting 
 The loofe train of thy atnbcr-dropping hair. 
 
 Milton. 
 No longer (hall thy comely treffcs break. 
 In flovvin^ ringlets Oil thy fnowy neck. 
 Or fit behind thy he.nd, an ample round. 
 In graceftd braid', with various libbon boinid. 
 
 Pihr. 
 
 Braid, ndi. [To brede, in Chaucer, is to 
 deceive.'] An old word, which feems 
 to fignify deceitful. 
 
 Since I'rer.cbmcn are to braid. 
 Marry 'cm that will. I'll live and die a m.iid. 
 
 .5"// ikf^'rare. 
 
 Brails, n.f. [fea term.] Small ropes 
 reeved through blocks, which are feizcd 
 on either tide the ties, a little off upon 
 the yard; fo that they come down be- 
 fore the fails of a (hip, and are faftened 
 at the fl<irt of the fail to the crcngles. 
 Their ufe is-, when the fail is furled 
 acrofs, to hail up its bunt, that it may 
 the more readily be taken up or let fall. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 BRAIN, n. f. [bf.asjen, Sax. btvyue, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 J. That colleflion of vffiels and org-ans in 
 the head, from which fcnfe and inotion 
 
 arife. 
 
 The brain is divided into crrelnim and cerebel- 
 lum. Cerebrum is that part of the biain which 
 pofleffes all "the upper and forepart of the an- 
 riiim, being feparated from the eerehelbm by the 
 fecond proccfs of the dura mater, vmder which 
 the cerebellum is fituated. The fubftSnce of the 
 irain is dillinguilhed into outer and inner; the 
 former is called cortiralis, cinerea, or glandii- 
 hfij ; the latter, medul/aris, alba, or iitrvea. 
 
 Cliefetden. 
 
 If I be ferved fnch another trick, I'll have 
 jny braim ta'cn out, and buttered, and give them 
 to a dog for a new year's gift. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Tliat man proportionably hatii the largell brain, 
 I did, 1 confcfb, fomcwhat doubt, and conceived 
 it might have failed in birds, efpecially tuch as 
 having liti|e bodies, h;ivc yet large cr.inies, and 
 feeni to contain much biain, as Inipcs and wood- 
 cocks ; but, upon trial, I find it viry true.^ 
 
 Brovjn's Vulg^ir Errourt. 
 
 2. That part in which the underlhmJing 
 is placed ; therefore taken for the un- 
 deiftanding. 
 
 The force they arc under is a real force, and 
 that of th.eir fate but an imaginary conceived 
 one; the one but in theii brains, the other on 
 their fiioulders Hammond. 
 
 A man is (irft a geometrician in his brain, be- 
 fore be be f .:h in his hand. Hale. 
 
 3. Sometimes the atFedtioiis : this is not 
 common, nor proper. 
 
 My fon E-ig r ! liad he a hand to write thi«, a 
 heart and braii to breed it in.' Shukfpeare. 
 
 To Brain, v a. [from the noun ] To 
 da(h out the brains ; to kill by beat- 
 ing out the brains. 
 
 VVhv, as I told thee, 'lis a cuftom with him 
 i" th' aftcuioon to flecp ; there tliou may'lt broin 
 him. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Outlaws of nature, 
 lit to be lliotand brain' d, without a proccfs, 
 
 BRA 
 
 I To flop infeftion ; that 's their proper death. 
 
 Dryl'-n. 
 
 Kc.\t feiz'dtwo wretches more, and lie.idlung 
 
 call, 
 
 Brain'd on the rock, his fecand dire rcj-.afl-. Vopf. 
 
 Bra'inish. iidj. [Wombrain.'] Hotlieaded ; 
 
 furiouB ; as cerebrofus in Latin. 
 
 In his Idwlefs fit. 
 Behind the arras hearing fomcthing ftir. 
 He whips his rapier out, and cries, a rat! 
 And in his bjainijli apprchcnfion, kills 
 The unfcen good old man. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Bra'inless. adj. [from brain.] Silly; 
 thoughtlcfs; wltlefs. 
 
 Some brainkfi men h.ivc, by great tra\'cl and 
 labour, brought to pafs, that the chuich is now 
 afli.imed of nothing mute than of faints. Hooker. 
 
 If the dull brain/efi .\jax come fale off. 
 We'll di'cfs him up in voices. Sba^fpearc. 
 
 The brainlefi liripling, who, expell'd the town, 
 Danin'd llie lliff college and pedaiitick gown, 
 Aw'd by thy name, is dumi). Tickel. 
 
 Bra'inpan. n. f. [from brain and "pan.] 
 The flcuU containing the brains. 
 
 With thofc huge bellows in his hands, he blows 
 New fire into my head ; my brainpan glows. 
 
 Dry.len. 
 Bra'insick. adj. [from /';W« TxnAJicI;.] 
 Difeafed in the undcrftanding ; addle- 
 headed ; giddy ; thoughtlefs. 
 
 Nor once dejedf the courage of our minds, 
 Becaufe Caffandia's mad; hcv brainjick raptures 
 Cannot diftafte the goodnefs of a (juarrcl. Sliaifp 
 They were biainjiek men, who could neither 
 endure tiie government of their king, nor yet 
 thankfully receive tiie authors of their deliver- 
 ance. Xnclles. 
 Br a'insickly. adv. [from brairi/ici.] 
 Weakly ; headily. 
 
 Why, worthy Thane, 
 You do unbend your noble ftrength to think 
 So brainfiekly of things. Sllaklpeare. 
 
 Br a'insickness. n.f. [from brainjick.\ 
 
 Indifcrelion ; giddinefs. 
 Br A it. n.f. [among jewellers.] A 
 
 rough diamond. DiH. 
 
 Brake. The preterit of irf<2/'. 
 
 He thought it fufficient to correct the nuilti- 
 
 tiide with Ihaip words, and brake q\s^ into this 
 
 cholerick fpeech. , KnoUcs. 
 
 BRAKE, n.f. [of uncertain etymology.] 
 
 1. A thicket of brambles, or of thorns. 
 
 A dog of "this town ufed daily to fetch meat, 
 and to cany the fame unto a blind malf ifi", that 
 lay in a hiakc without the town. Care-w. 
 
 If I'm traduc'd by tongues, which neither 
 know 
 My faculties nor peifon ; let me faj', 
 'Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake 
 That virtue mult go through. S/tukj'j^eare. 
 
 In every bulb and brake, where h.ip m.iy find 
 The fcrpent H^eping. Alilton. 
 
 Full little thought of him the gentle knight. 
 Who, fiying death, had there conceal'd his flight ; 
 In brakes and brambles hid, and Ihunning mortal 
 fight. Oryden'i Faiiet, 
 
 2. It is faid originally to mean fern. 
 Brake, n.f. 
 
 1 . An inftrument for dreffing hemp or flax. 
 
 2. The handle of a (lilp's pump. 
 ^. A baker's kneadlngtrough. 
 
 4. A (harp bit or fnaffle for horfcs. Z).'<.7 
 A fmith's /ralie is a machine in which 
 horfes, unwilling to be Ihod, are con- 
 fined during that operation. 
 
 Bra'ky. adj. [from Iraie.] Thorny; 
 prickly ; rough. 
 
 Redeem arts from their rough and braky feats, 
 where they lie hid and overgrown with thorns, 
 to a pure open ligiit, where they may take the 
 eye, and may be taken by ihc hand. JJen fo'ijan. 
 
 BRA 
 
 BRA'MBLE. «./ [bpemia]-, Sx-i. ndns, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. I'he blackberry bufli ; the rafpbeny 
 biilli, or hindbcny. Ml!lei\ 
 
 Cunt' nt with fofjd whicii nature freely l)ri:ti_, 
 On u ildiiigs and on ftrawberiics tiicy fc(i : 
 Coiiiels and brtivihU bciiicsgavc die re(f, 
 And jailing acoins furnifli'd out n fc.ilh DryAf/u 
 
 2. It is taken, in popular language, fov 
 any rough piickly ihrub. 
 
 Tilt: bulh my bed, tlic bramble ^Ndi^ rwy bow'fi 
 The uuods c.ui witncU vr.as\y a woful (tore. 
 
 There is a man haunts the forelt, that abufcs 
 our young plants witlt cciivin^ Rofailnd on 
 II. cir barks; hangs odes upon hawtliorns, and 
 elegies on b>amhici\ yll, foifootb, deifying the 
 n.^nic of Rofalind. Shii-ifpcare, 
 
 Thy younglings, Cuddy, a,re but juli awake, 
 No thrulUes Ihrill the bramhlt bufh torfake. Gny. 
 
 Bra'mbling. n.J\ A bird, called alfo a 
 
 . mcuntain chaffinch, Ditl^ 
 
 BRAN. ;;./ \hrcmia, ItaL] The huiks 
 
 of corn ground ; the lefule of the fievc, 
 
 From.m.'do bjck receive the tiow'r of all, 
 And leave me but the bran, ShakjpcarCt 
 
 Tiie citizens "were driven to great dirtrcfs for 
 want of vidtuals ; bread they made of the coarfeft 
 bratij moulded incloathsj for othciwife it would 
 not cleave together. . ihiyiuard. 
 
 In the fifting of fourteen years of power arid 
 favour, all rli.it came out could not be pure meal, 
 but mull have among it a certain mixture of 
 pad.'.r andZ-r^tw, in this lower age of hurr..Tn fra- 
 gility. JVoiton, 
 
 Tl\en water him, and drinking what he can, 
 Encourage him to tliirlt agtin with htan. DryJcn, 
 
 BRANCH, n.f [branche, French.'] 
 
 1. The flioot of a tree from one of the 
 main boughs. 
 
 Why grow the branehei,v.'h':n the root is gone? 
 Why wither not the leaves that want their fap? 
 
 Shakfpeare^ 
 
 2. Any member or part of the whole ; any 
 dlllindl article; any fetlion or fubdivi. 
 fion. 
 
 Your oaths are paft, and now fubfcrite your 
 names. 
 That his own hand may ftrikc his honour down. 
 That viol.ites the fmallclt branch, herein. Shakjp. 
 
 The belief of this was of fpecial importance, 
 to confirm our hopes of another life, on which 
 fo many branches of ciuiHian piety do immedi- 
 ately depend. Hammond. 
 
 In the feveral irarcl:es of juftice and charity, 
 comprehended in ihofe geneial rules, of loving 
 our neighbour as ourfelvcs, and of doing to others 
 as we would have tiicm do to us, there is nothing 
 but what IS mod fit and rcafonablc. Tillotfon. 
 
 This piecept will oblige us to perform our duty, 
 according ro the nature of the various brancliex of 
 it. Rogers. 
 
 3. Any part that fhoots out from the reft. 
 
 And fix brandies (hall come out of the bdesof 
 it; three branches of the candlultick out of the 
 one fide, and thiec branches of the candlcftick 
 out of the other fide. Exodus. 
 
 His blood, which difperfeth itfelf by the 
 branches oi veins, may be refemblcd to waters 
 f.uried by brooks. Raleigh^ 
 
 4. A fniallcr river nmning into, or pro- 
 ceeding from, a larger. 
 
 If, from a main river, any branch be feparatcd 
 and divided, then, where that branch doth tirft 
 bound itfelf with new banks, there is that part; 
 of the liver, where the braue'n lorf.iketii the main 
 ftream, called the head of the liver. Raleigh. 
 
 5. Any part of a family dcfcending in a 
 collateral line. 
 
 His f.ither, a younger branch of the .indent 
 ftock planted in SoroerCetftiire, took to wife the 
 widow. Ure-w,
 
 BRA 
 
 fi. The offspriiiiT ; the defcendant. 
 
 (iicnt Anthuiiy ! Spain'swcH-bi-fccmingpiidc, 
 Tlioii migl.ly t:\i!:ch of cnipcrours and kings ! 
 
 Ciiijhaw. 
 7. The antlera or (hoots of a (lag's horn. 
 .S. The branches of a bridle are two pieces 
 of bended iron, that bear the bit-moutli, 
 tlie chains, and the curb, in the inter- 
 val between the one and the other. 
 
 Farrier's Diet. 
 9. [In architeifliire.] The arches of Go- 
 thick vaults; which arches traiifverfinii; 
 from one angle to another, diagonal 
 wife, form a crols between the other 
 ■ arches, which make the fides of the 
 fquare, of which the arches are diagonals. 
 
 Harris. 
 To Branch, v. n. [from the noun.] 
 I. To fpread in branches. 
 
 Tliey were trained togctiicr in their childhoods, 
 and iheie rocjied betwixt them Tiich an atiedtiun, 
 wllieh cannot ciioufe hwX hnuwh now. Hhaijpejjc. 
 The caufe of fcatlcring the l)oiighs, is the hally 
 breaking foith of the fap ; and therefore thofc 
 trees rife not in a body of any licight, but brrnich 
 near the ground. The caufe of tLC pyraniis, is 
 the keeping in of the fap, long before it branchy 
 and the fpending of it, when it beginneth to 
 Lranclif by equal degrees. Bacon. 
 
 Plant it round with (hade 
 Of laurel, evergreen, and InaTichirtg plain. Milt. 
 
 Straight as a line in beauteous order ftood 
 Of oaks linftiorn a venerable wood; 
 Fielh was the gral's beneath, and ev'ry tree 
 At diftance planted, in a due degree, 
 Their btiinching arms in air, with equal fpace, 
 Strerch'd to their neighbours with a long embrace. 
 
 Dryden. 
 One fees her thigiis rransform'd, another views 
 Hci arras (hot out, and hntti^hhig into boughs. 
 
 i. To fpread into feparate and diftin£l 
 parts and fubdivifions. 
 
 The Alps at the one end, and the long r."ngc 
 of Appcnines that pafles through the bodv of it, 
 hanrk out, on all fides, into feveral different 
 divifions. -^(/iZ-ybw, 
 
 If we would weigh, and keep in our minds, 
 what it is we are confidcring, that would bcft 
 inftruiV us when we Ihould, or Qiould not, hran.-h 
 into failher di{\inAions, Locke. 
 
 3. To fpeak diffufively, or with the dif- 
 tinflion of the parts of a difcourfe. 
 
 I have known a woman h'-anch out into a lon^ 
 dilTcitation upon the edging of a petticoat. 
 
 Sp-^tutar . 
 \. To have horns (hooting out into antlers. 
 The fwift flag from under ground 
 Bore up his hranch'wg head. Miltan. 
 
 To Br AXCH. -y. a. 
 
 1. To divide a-s into branc'hes. 
 
 The fpinis of things animate are all continued 
 within themfclvcs, and are hranckei into canals, 
 as blood is; and the fpirits have not only 
 branches, but certain cells or feats, where the 
 principal fpirits do rcfidc, Bato/i. 
 
 2. To adorn with needlework, reprefent- 
 ing flowers and fprigs. 
 
 In robe of lily white llie was array'd. 
 That froni her Ihoulder to her heel down raught. 
 The train whereof loofe far behind her ftray'd, 
 Bramli'il with gold and pearl, mod richly 
 wrought. Sfai/cr. 
 
 Bra'nchf.r. n.f. [{rom iranci.] r 
 
 1. One that flioots out into branches. 
 
 If their child be not fuch a fpcedy fprcnder 
 and hr.mcl.ti i like the vini-, yet he may yield, 
 with a little longer cspeflatiorv, as ufeful and 
 more fober fruit than the other. /■yott.wi. 
 
 2. [branchicr, Fn] In falconiy, a young 
 hawk. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 BRA 
 
 I enlarge my difcourfe to t!ic obfcrvatlon of 
 the circs, the bumchiry and the two forts or 
 Iciitners. IValtiin. 
 
 Ijk a'nchintss. n.f. [from brauchy.'\ 
 Fidncfs of branchc.. 
 
 Bra'nchi.f.ss. adj. [from branch.^ 
 
 1. Without (luiots or boughs. 
 
 2. Without any valuable produiS ; naked. 
 
 If I lofe mine hi.nour, 
 I lofe myfclf ; better I were not your.', 
 Than yours fo branchuji. iihakfpetxre 
 
 Br/v'ncmv. aJj. [^xom. hrancl},'\ Full of 
 branches; Iprtading. 
 
 Trees on trees o'erthrown 
 Fall crackling round him, and the forcfts groan ; 
 Sudden full twenty on the plain arc (how'd, 
 And lo])p'd and lighteu'd of their htanchy load. 
 
 l'o[.i. 
 
 What carriage can bear away all the various, 
 
 rude, and unwieldy loppings of a branch' tree at 
 
 once ' . ICatu. 
 
 BRAND, n.f. [bnanb, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . A flick lighted, or fit to be lighted, in 
 the fire. 
 
 Have I caught thee .' 
 He that parts us (hall bring a brand from hcav'n. 
 And fire us hence. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Take it, flie faid, and when your needs re- 
 quire, 
 This little brand \>\\\ feive to light your fire. 
 
 Dry.hr.. 
 If, with double diligence, they labour to re- 
 trieve the hours they have lolf , they fhalt be faved ; 
 though this is a fcrvice of great ditficulty, and 
 like a bravd plucked out of the fire. Rovcn. 
 
 2. [Irando, Ital. Irandar, Runick.] A 
 fword, in old language. 
 
 They looking back, all th' eaftcrn (ide beheld 
 Of Par.adife, fo late their happy feat ! 
 Wav'd over by that Haming brand \ the gate 
 With dreadful faces thiong'd, and fiery arms. 
 
 MHion. 
 
 3. A thunderbolt. 
 
 The fire omnipotent piepares their<i«</. 
 By Vulcan wrought, and arms his potent hand. 
 
 Grani'ilic. 
 
 4. A mark made by burning a criminal 
 with a hot iron, to note him as infa- 
 mous ; a fligma. 
 
 Clerks conviijf Ihould be btirned in the hand, 
 both becaufe they might t.ilie of fome corporal 
 punifhment, and that they might carry a br.nij 
 of infaiiiy. Bacri^. 
 
 The rules of good and e\Ilarc inverted, and a 
 brand of infamy padVs for a badge of iionour. 
 
 Is Ejirav^e. 
 
 5. Any note of infamy. 
 
 Where did his wit on learning fix a biand, 
 And rail at arts he did not underlfand ? Dryden. 
 ToBraI'ID. v. a. [ZvanJrH, Dutch.] To 
 iBavk with a brand, or note of infamy. 
 
 Hnve I liv'd thus long a wife, a true one, 
 Never yet brandnl with fufpicion r S>ia.hfpsart. 
 
 The king was after bra/hied, by Perkin's pro- 
 clamation, for an execrable breaker of the rights 
 of holy church. lUcon. 
 
 Brand not their aflions with fo foul a name ; 
 Pity, at l(al>, what we ai'e forg'd to blame. Dr\d. 
 
 Ha ! dare not for thy life, I charge thee, diare 
 not 
 To brand the fpotlefs virtue of my prince. Rhul. 
 
 Our Punick faith 
 Is Infamous, and Ar<iv./?i/ to a proverb, j^ddifon. 
 
 The fprcader of the pardons anfwcred him an 
 caller way, by branding him with herefy. Aufb. 
 
 Bra'ndgoose. n.f. A kind of wild fowl, 
 lefs than a common goofe, having its 
 breafl and wings of a dark colour. Ditl. 
 
 To Bra'ndish. i>. a. [from brand, a 
 fword. J 
 
 I. To wave, or fiiake, or flourifli, as a 
 weapon. 
 
 BRA 
 
 Brave Machelh, 
 Difdaining foilunc, with liis iraix/i/i'i/ {lee!, 
 Like valour's rainion, carved out his paflage. 
 
 Siolfpcni r- 
 He faid, xnA Irandi/iinft at once his blade, 
 With eager pace purfued the fiamir>j; (h3i\c. Dry J. 
 
 Let mc march their leader, not their prince : 
 And at the head of your renown'd Cyduiiian* 
 Br^>,J:J^ Ih'is (wSrd. _ Smln. 
 
 2. To play, with ; to floun(h. 
 
 He, who (hall employ all the force of hii 
 reafoii only in brandijiing of fyllogifnis, wdl dif- 
 cover very little, L'.ck:. 
 
 Bra'ndi-ino. n.f. A particular worm. 
 The dew-worm, which fome alfo cill the lob- 
 worm, and the brandling, are the chief, H''aiton., 
 Bra'ndv. n.f. [contraded from brande- 
 nvine, or burnt •wine.} A ftrong liquor 
 diflilled from wine. 
 
 If your mailer lodgoth .at inns, every dram of 
 IranJy extraordinary that you drink, raifeib his 
 chavaftcr. S-wift'i I'ootman. 
 
 Bra'ndy-winr. The fame with branJy. 
 
 It has been a common laying, A hair of the 
 
 fame dog; and thought thit bra/idy-iaint is a 
 
 cojnmon relief to fuch. K'iferr.an. 
 
 BR.VNGLE. n.f. [uncertainly derived.] 
 
 Squabble ; wrangle ; litigious conteft. 
 
 The payment of tythes is fubjecl to many 
 frauds, branglei, and otirer difficulties, not ^nly 
 from papifts and dilTenters, but even from thofe 
 who profefs the.-nfelves proteftants. Siti/t. 
 
 To Bra'ngle. 1). n. [from the noun.] 
 To wrangle ; to fquabble. 
 
 ^\'hen polite convcrfing ihall be improved, 
 company will be no longer peflered with dull 
 floiy-tellers, nor brang/ing d\fyur<:rs. Sivift. 
 
 Bra'nglement. n.f. [from brangk.] 
 
 The fame with brnngle. 
 Bra'nk. n.f. Buckwheat, or hranh, is a 
 grain very ufeful and advantageous in 
 dry barren lauds. Aloriimer. 
 
 Bra'nny. adj. [from^rcn] Having the 
 appearance of bran. 
 
 It became ferpiginous, and was, when I faw it, 
 covered with white branny fcalcs. If'ifeman. 
 
 Bra's EN. adj. [from brafs."] Made of 
 brafs. It is now lefs properly written, 
 according to the pronunciation, brazen. 
 Bra'sier. ;;./ [from brafs."] 
 I. A manufaciurerthat works in brafs. 
 There is a fellow fomewhat near the door, he 
 (hould be a brafier by his face. Shahfpeare. 
 
 Brnficrs that turn andirons, pots, kettles, fe'c. 
 liave their lathe made different from the com- 
 mon turners lathe. M^.xon, 
 
 z. A pan to hold coal, [probably from em- 
 irafer, Fr.] 
 
 It is thought they had no chimneys, but were 
 warmed with coals on braficrs. Arbuthn^t ^ 
 
 Erasi'l. \n. f. An American wood, 
 Craii'l. j commonly fuppofed to have 
 been thu.s denominated, becaufe firil 
 brought from Brafi! , though Iiuet 
 (hew.i it had been known by that name 
 many years before the difcoveiy of that 
 country ; and the befl fort comes from 
 Fernambuc. It is ufed by turners, and 
 takes a good poliili ; but chiefly in dy- 
 ing, though it gives but a fpurious red.- 
 
 Chambers. 
 BRASS, n.f. [bf.ap Sax./jvr, Weini.] 
 I. A yellow metal made by mixing copper 
 wilii lapis calaminarls; It is uftd, in 
 popular language, for any kind of me- 
 tal in which copper has a part. 
 Br.ip is m.'ldc of copper and cal imiaaris. Bacon, 
 2 F
 
 BRA 
 
 Men's evil manners live in brafi, their viitnes 
 %Ve write in w.ner. Shakfi'ST f ■ 
 
 Let orlicrs moki tiie running mafs 
 Of niJtal^, and inform tlie breathing brafi. DryJ. 
 2. Impudence. 
 
 Bra'ssiness. n.f. [from hrnjfy.'\ An ap- 
 pearance like brafs; fome quality of 
 brafs. 
 Bra'ssy. ndj. [from brafs.'] 
 
 1 . Partaking of brafs. 
 
 Tlic part in which they lie, is near black, with 
 fome fpai ks of a haffy pyrites in it. IVmdw^rd. 
 
 2. Hard as brafs. *■ 
 
 Loffes, 
 Enough to prcfs a royal merchant down, 
 And plnck. commiferation of his fiate 
 F.om l-rqlTy bofoms, and rough iieaits of flint. 
 
 Skakfpcurc. 
 
 3. Impudent. 
 
 BnAST. faiiicip. adj. [from hurjl.] Bunt; 
 broken. Obfolete. 
 
 Their creature never part, 
 That back returned without heavenly grace, 
 But dreadful furies which their chains have /■>«_/?, 
 And damned fprights fent forth to make ill men 
 agaft. 5pf •;/.'-. 
 
 EuAT. n.f. [its etymology is uncertain ; 
 bjiai:t, in Saxon, fit,nifies a blanket ; 
 fj-om which, perhaps, the modern fig- 
 nification may have come.] 
 
 1. A child, fo called in contempt. 
 
 He leads them like a thing 
 Made by fome other deity than nature, 
 That (liapes man better; and they follow him, 
 Againft Ui hrats, with no lefs confidence, 
 Than boys purfoing tummer butterflies. Sluitjp. 
 
 This brat is none of mine : 
 Hence with it, and, together with the dam. 
 Commit them to the fire. Shakjpeare. 
 
 The friends, that got the hrnts, were poifon'd 
 too ; 
 In this fad c?.fe what could our vermin do ? Rofcom. 
 
 Jupiter fummoned all the birds and beafls be- 
 fore him, with their hrati and little ones, to lee 
 •which of them had the prttticft children. L'Ejlr. 
 
 I Ihall live to fee the invifible l.idy, to whom 
 1 was obliged, and whom I never beheld fince 
 Jhc was a brat in hanging (leeves. Swift. 
 
 I give command to kill or fave. 
 Can grant ten thoufand pounds a-year, 
 And make a beggar's brat a peer. Swift. 
 
 2. The progeny ; the oITspring. 
 
 The two Lite confpiracics were the brati and 
 ofTspiing of two cuntiary fjiflions. S":dh. 
 
 Erava'do. n.f. [from iraa)fl(/a, Span.] 
 A boail ; a brag. 
 
 Spain, to make good the bravaJo, 
 K.imes it the invincible Armado. .elnonymau , . 
 'BRAVE, at!;, [irave, Fr.] 
 1. Courageous; daring; bold; generous; 
 high fpirlted. 
 An Egyptian foofhfayer made Antonins be- 
 ■ licve, that his genius, which otherways was 
 trave and confident, was, in the pretence of 
 Oflavius Ctfai, poor ar.d cowardly. £acm. 
 
 Fronr armed foes to bring a royal prize. 
 Shows your trail heart viftorious as your eyes. 
 
 IF.ii/lr. 
 
 t. Callant; having a ncble mien; lofty; 
 
 ginctTltl. 
 
 IM prove the prettier fellow of the two, 
 And wear my dagger wi.h a braver grace SJiaff 
 
 3. Magnificent ; grand. 
 
 Riui'.s put upon his fingers. 
 And f'rmr .iHcndants near him, when iie wakes; 
 V/ould not ihe beggar th.in foiget himfcll i' S/:aif 
 
 But wholoc'cr It was iiatnre defign'd 
 Firft a brave ^Uci, an'l ihtn as irat/i; a mind. 
 
 Zk'tlbiim^ 
 
 4. Excellent ; noble : it is an indetermi- 
 nate word, ulcd to exprefs the fiipcr- 
 
 B R A 
 
 abundance of any valuable quality m 
 men or things. 
 
 Let not old age difgrace my high dcfuc, 
 O heavenly foul, in human (hape contiiin'd ! 
 Old wood indim'd cUnh yield ihc br,n'fj} fire. 
 When younger doth in fmoke his virtue fpend. 
 
 Si.hry. 
 
 If there he iron ore, and mills, iron is a brti7'e 
 commodity wlu-ie wood aboundcth. Bucon. 
 
 If a flatel'man has not this ftience, he muft be 
 fuhjeft to a brai'er man ih.an himfelf, whole 
 niovincc it is to direS all his aflions to this end. 
 ' Dighy. 
 
 Brave, n.f. \_l>rave, Fr.] 
 
 1. A heflor; a man daring beyond de- 
 cency or dilcretion. 
 
 Hot bravn, like thee, may fight, but know 
 not well 
 To manage this, the lafl great Hake. Dryden. 
 
 Moral's too infolent, too much a bravr, , 
 His courage to his envy is a (lave. Dryden. 
 
 2 . A boafl ; a challenge ; a defiance. 
 
 There end thy brave, and turn thy face in peace : 
 We grant thou canil outfculd us. S/iaif^:,ve. 
 To Brave, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To defy ; to challenge ; to fet at defiance. 
 
 He upbiaids lago, tliat he made him 
 Sra-re me upon the watch. Shaicfi>care. 
 
 My nobles leave me, and my ftate is braz'J, 
 Ev'n at my gates, with ranks of foreign powers. 
 
 Slutkfprare. 
 
 The ills of love, not thofe of fate, I fear ; 
 Tlufe 1 can brave, but thofe I cannot bear. Diyd. 
 
 Like a rock unmov'd, a rock that braves 
 The raging tempeit, and the rifing waves. Dryd. 
 
 2. To carry a boalting appearance of. 
 
 Both paiiicular perfons and faiftions are apt 
 
 enough to flatter themfelvcs, or, at leaft, Kahave 
 
 that which they believe not. Bacon. 
 
 Bra'vely. adii. [from brave.'] Inabrave 
 
 manner; courageouflyj gallantly; fplen- 
 
 didly. 
 Martin Swart, with his Getmans, performed 
 . br^evely. ^^'""■ 
 
 No fire, nor foe, nor faie, nor night. 
 The Trojan hero did affiight, 
 Who i.ai'f/v twice rencw'd the fight. Dc-r'iam. 
 
 Your valour biazrt/y did th' affault fuHain, 
 And fill'd the motes and ditches with the flain. 
 
 Dryaen. 
 
 Bra'very. n.f [from Inive.] 
 
 1. Courage; magnanimity; generofity ; 
 gallantry. 
 
 It denotes no great bravery of mind, to do 
 that out of a riefirc of fame, which «c could not 
 be prompted 10 by a generous paliion fur the 
 gloiy of him that made us. SpclJatar. 
 
 [uba, to all the bravery of a hero, 
 / ("ids foftell love and more than female fweetnefs. 
 
 ^dJifon. 
 
 2. Splendour; magnificence. 
 
 Where .dl the bravery that eye may fee, 
 And all the happinefs that heart defire. 
 Is to be found. _ Spetfer. 
 
 3. bhow; oftentation. 
 
 Let princes choofe mininers more fcnfible of 
 duty than of rifing, and fuch as love butinefs 
 rather upon conference than upon i/utry. Baeaii. 
 
 4. Bravado ; boall. 
 
 Never cotild man, with more unmanlike bra- 
 very, ufe his tongue to her diigracc, which l.itely 
 ha<l fung fonnels of her piaifcs. Si.iary 
 
 For a bravery upon this oecafion of power, 
 they crowned their new king in the cathedral 
 church of Dublin. Jiaeo,,. 
 
 There are thofe that make it a point of bravery, 
 to bid defiance to the or.icles o( divine revela- 
 tion. L'Ejh.wge. 
 Bra'vo. n.f. [In-avo, Ital.] A man who 
 murders for liire. 
 
 For boUlnefs, like the ir.iTwi and bandiiti, is 
 feldoin employed, but upon defperate f<;rvices. 
 CtutrnmenI '/ tbe 'U'r^nc. 
 
 BRA 
 
 . No Iravoes here profefs the bloody tradCf 
 Nor is the church the mutd'ier's refuge made.- 
 
 Ge^y, 
 To BRAV/L. V. n. [^brou'uia; or Iraiikr, 
 French.] 
 
 1. To quanel noilily and indecently. 
 
 She troubled was, alas! tliat it migni be. 
 With tedious bravuliagi of her parents dear. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Here comes a man of comfort, whofc advice 
 
 Hath often ItiU'd my brawling riifcontent. Shakf. 
 
 How now ? Sir John ! wh.it, are yoiibraw/ing 
 
 here r 
 
 Does this become your place, your time, your 
 
 bufincfs? ' Skakfpeare'i Henry IV. 
 
 Their bait'ring cannon cnaiged to the mouths. 
 
 Till their foul-tearing clamours lr.ave btawi'd 
 
 down 
 The flinty ribs of this contemptuous city. Skahf. 
 
 In council flie gives licence to her tongue, 
 Loquacious, /'rfru'//>g, ever in the wrong. Dryden. 
 Leaie all rioify conteft, all inimodelt clamours, 
 brawling language, and efpecially all perfonal 
 fcandal and Icurrility, to the mcancll part of the 
 vulgar world. _ IVatts. 
 
 2. To fpeak loud and indecently. 
 
 His divifions, r.s the times do brenul, 
 Are in three heads ; one pow'r againft the French, 
 And one againit Glcndower. S^aifpearc. 
 
 3. To make a noife. This is little ufed. 
 
 As he lay along 
 Under an oak, whole aniie;ue root peeps out 
 Upon the brook that brawh along this wood. 
 
 S/iakfpeare. 
 Brawl, n.f. [from the verb.] Qn^artel ; 
 noife ; fciuTility. 
 
 He hndeth, that controverfies thereby are 
 made but brawls ; and therefore wilheth, that, 
 in fome lawful alfembly of churches, all theie 
 flrifes may be decided. Heoier. 
 
 Never fince that middle fummer's fpring 
 Met we on hill, in dale, forefl, or mead, 
 But with thy brawls thou haft diftuib'd our fport. 
 
 Skakjpeare^ 
 
 Tliat bonum is an animal. 
 
 Made good with ftout pulemick brawl, lludibras. 
 
 Bra'wler. n. -/. [from brawl.'] A 
 
 wrangler ; a qunrrelfome, noify fellow. 
 
 An advocate may incur the ccnfure of the 
 
 court, for being a brawler in court, on purpofe 
 
 to lengthen out the taufc. ^■'i?'"- ' 
 
 BRAWN, n f [of uncertain etymology.] 
 
 1. The flcfhy or mufculous part of the 
 
 body. 
 
 The brawn of the arm miift 'appear full, 
 ihadowed on one fide; then.Ihcw the wrift-bonc 
 thereof. Peachmn. 
 
 But mod their looks on the black monarch 
 beml, 
 His rifing mufcles and his brawn commend; 
 His double biting ax, and beamy fpear, 
 Each afliing a giganlick force to rear. Dryden. 
 
 2. The aim, fo called for its being muf- 
 culous. 
 
 I'll hide my filver beind in a gold beaver-. 
 And in my vantbrace put this wuhet'd brawa. 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 I had purpofe 
 Once more to hew thy target from thy brawn.. 
 
 Shakf^eare. 
 
 3. Bulk; mufi-ular ftrength; 
 
 The hoill'rous h.uids arc then of ufe, when I, 
 With this dircifting I'.eat:, thofe hands apply ; 
 Brawn without brain i-. thine. Dryden. 
 
 4. The flcdi of a boar. 
 
 The bcft*age for the boar is from two to five 
 years, at which time it is beft to geld him, or 
 fell him for brawn. Meirtimer. 
 
 5. A boar. 
 
 Bka'wnkr. n.f. [froin brawn.] A boar 
 killed for the table. 
 
 At Chtirtmas lin-.c be caicfiil of your fame, 
 Sec the old tcuaiu's table be the fame; 
 
 1
 
 BRA 
 
 Then if you would fend up the bra-wmr liead, 
 Sweet lofcniary and bays arotiiid it fpiead. Kinf^. 
 Bka'wni\ess. «. /. [from bi-wwiiy.} 
 Strength ; hardiiuls. 
 
 Tlii.i braiunin.-fi and infciifihility of mind, ib 
 the belt armour againll tlic common evils and ac- 
 cidents of life. Locke. 
 Brawny, ndj. [from hi-awn.^ Miifcii- 
 lous ; flediy ; bulky j of grtat mufcka 
 and fircngth. 
 
 The hiaiuny foo)| who did his vigour boaft, 
 In thai prefuming confidence was loll. DiyJi". 
 
 The native encigy 
 Turns all into the fubftancc of the tree, 
 Starves and ricftroys the fruit, is only made 
 F<irA),ji(<'y bulk, and fur a bari'en (hade. VryJcn. 
 To BRAY. V. a. [bjiacan. Sax. bra'ier, 
 I'r. ] To pound, or grind fmall. 
 
 I'llburli him; I will iriiy 
 
 His bones as in a mortar. Chapman. 
 
 Except you would limy Chriftendom in a 
 
 mortar, and mould it into .1 new paftc, there is 
 
 no poffibiliiy of a holy war. Bacoi:. 
 
 ?"o Bray. v.n. \liroirc,Y'C. 3amo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To make a noife as an afs. 
 
 Laugii, and they 
 
 Return it louder than an als can bray. Drydtii. 
 
 'Agad if he ihould hear the lion roar, hc'tl 
 
 cudgel him into an afs, and to his piimitiic 
 
 hrayirg. Congr^^ie, 
 
 2, To make an offenfive, liarfh, or dif- 
 agrccable noife. 
 
 What, fliall our feaft be kept with flaughter'd 
 men ? 
 Shall hr.tying trumpets, and lend churliOi drums, 
 Clamours of hell, be mcafurcs to our pomp ? 
 
 Skakfpeare, 
 Aims on armour clalhing, brayed 
 Horrible dilcord. Millcn. 
 
 Bray. ti./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Voice of an afs. 
 
 2. Harlh found. 
 
 Buift'ious untun'd drums. 
 And harlh refounding trumpets dreadful buy. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 Bra'yer.7i./ [horn bray.'] 
 
 1. One that brays like an afs. 
 
 Hold! cried the queen; a cat-call each (hall 
 win ; 
 E^ual your merits, equal is your din! 
 But that this wcU-dilputcd game may end, 
 Sound forth my btaycn .' and the welkin rend. 
 
 /'•/.■. 
 
 2. [With printers ; front To bray, or 
 leat.'\ An inftrument to temper the 
 ink. 
 
 To Braze, v. a. [fromira/r.] 
 
 1. To folder with brafs. 
 
 If the'nutbc nut to be cafl in brafs, but only 
 hath a worm brazed into it, this nicenefs is not 
 fo abfulutely neccffary, becaufe that worm is firft 
 turned up, and bowed into the grooves of tlie 
 fnindlc ; and you may try that before it isbtazed 
 in the nut. hUxui. 
 
 2. To harden to impudence. 
 
 I have fo often bluihed to acknowledge him, 
 ti^at now I am br.!z.'d to it. Shtikfp. K. Lar. 
 
 If damned cuftom i-.ath not brax^'d it fo. 
 That it is proof and bulwark againll fcnfc. Shak. 
 
 Bra'zen. adj. [from brafs.'] 
 
 1. Made of brafs. It was anciently and 
 properly written brafen. 
 
 Gvt alfo a fmall pair ot bra-zcn compaffcs, and 
 a fine ruler for taking the dirtancc. Pcifhum. 
 
 A hough his braxtn helmet did fuffaia ; 
 His heavier arms lay featter'd on the plain. Jirid, 
 
 2. Proceeding from brafs: a poetical life. 
 
 Trumiictcrs, 
 WitTi"^<>^<« din blaft you the c'ty*s car, 
 M.Ac min:;le with your rattling tabourines. Shak. 
 
 3. Impudent. 
 
 B R E 
 
 To Bra'zkn. "u. «. To be impudent; to 
 bully. 
 
 When r reprimanded him for his tricks, he 
 would talk faueily, lye, and braxm it out, as if 
 he had done nothing amifs. ylrbuthnot. 
 
 Bra'zknface. h /, [from brazen and 
 face.] An impudent wench : in low lan- 
 guage. 
 
 You do, if you fufpcft me in any dillioncfty. 
 — Well faid, A)alf///.i.v; hold it out. Sbakff. 
 
 Br a'z EN FACED, ar/j. [^from brazenface.] 
 Impudent ; fliamelefs. 
 
 Wliat J bi .iz:i:f.ircd vatlet art thou, to deny thou 
 knowcil me r Is it two d.ays ago, fincel tript up 
 thy heels, and beat thee before the king ? 
 
 Shakffcare. 
 Quick-witted, briiv,tnfa<'d, with Huent tongues, 
 Patient _of labours, and dillcmbling wrongs. 
 
 T>iydin. 
 
 Br.\.'7.enness. n.f. [from ^rrJCOT.] 
 
 1. Appearance like brafs. 
 
 2. Impudence. 
 
 Bra'zier. n.f. SeeBRASiER. 
 
 The halfpence and farthings in Englanr!, if you 
 
 lliould fill them to the braxiir, you would not 
 
 lofe above a penny in .1 (hilling. Swiff. 
 
 Breach, ti.f, [hom brt-ai ; breche,¥\\] 
 
 1. The a€t of breaking any thing. 
 
 Tliis tcmpell 
 Dafliing the gaiment of this peace, abodcd 
 The fudelen breach on't. Sia.i/pfaic. 
 
 2. The ftate of being broken. 
 
 O you kuid gods ! 
 Cure this great i'rar^' in hisabufed nature. Sbaif. 
 
 3. A gap in a fortification made by a bat- 
 tery. 
 
 The wall was blown up in two pl.Tccs ; by 
 which bre,u-.k the Turks fecking to have entered, 
 made bloody fight. Knolks. 
 
 Till mad with rage upon the brearh he fir'd, 
 Slew friends and foc^, and in. the fmokc retir'd. 
 
 J)ryd€tl. 
 
 4. The violation of a law or contraft. 
 
 That oath would furc contain them greatly, or 
 thcirMc^of it bring them to (liotter vengeance. 
 
 Spoiftr. 
 
 What are tliofe brcachti of the law of nature 
 and nations, which do forfeit all right in a nation 
 to govern .' Bacn. 
 
 Breach of dutj- towards our neighbour;, tlill 
 involves in it a breach of duty towards God. 
 
 S'-iith. 
 
 The laws of the gofpel are the only (landing 
 rules of morality ; and the penalties affixed by 
 God to the bieai-k of tRofc laws, the only guards 
 that can effefiually.reftrnin men within tlic true 
 bounds of decency and virtue. Rogcn. 
 
 5. The openinrr in a coall. 
 
 But th' heedful boatman flrongly forth did 
 Hretch 
 ■ His brawny arms, and all his body (Irain ;■ 
 
 That th' utniort fandy breach they (hortly fetch, 
 While the dread danger does behind remain. 
 
 Sf!>:fer. 
 
 6. Difference; quarrel; feparationof kind- 
 
 nefs. 
 
 It would have been long before the jealoufies 
 and breac'ici between the aimies would have been 
 cotnpofed. Clarendon. 
 
 7. InfraiSion ; injury. 
 
 This breach upon kingly power was without 
 precedent. Clarcndtn. 
 
 BREAD, n.f [bpeob, Saxon.] 
 I. Food made of (ground corn. 
 
 Mankind liave found the means to make grain 
 
 into bread, the lightcll and propcreft aliment lor 
 
 huma^ bodies. Aibulhnot. 
 
 Bread, that decaying man with flrength fup- 
 
 plics, 
 
 A;id generous wine,which tlieughtful furrow flies. 
 
 ^'ife. 
 
 B R E 
 
 2. Tood in general, fuch as nature re- 
 quires : to f^ct bread, implies, to get fuf- 
 ficient for lupport without luxury. 
 
 In the fwe.at of thy face Ihall thou eat bread. 
 
 Genejit, 
 
 If pretenders were not fupported by the fim- 
 plicity of the inquifitivc fools, the tr.idc would 
 not f\tii\\v:m bread. L'EJlrarige. 
 
 This dowager, on whom my tale I fcrund, 
 A finij)le fobcr life in patience led. 
 And had but juft cnoiigh to buy her tread. 
 
 Drydtrtt 
 
 When I fubmitto fuch indignities, 
 Make me a citizen, a fcnator of Rome ; 
 To fell my countiT, wuh my voice, for bread. 
 
 Phdip,. 
 
 t neither have been bred a fcholar, a foldier, 
 nor to any kind of bufinefs ; this creates unet;A- 
 ncfs in my mind, fearing I ihall in time want 
 bread. SpcOator, 
 
 3. Support of life at large. 
 
 God is pleafed to try our pa'iencc by the in- 
 gratitude of thofe who, having eaten of our 
 bread, have lift up thcmfclves againlt us. 
 
 King Charles, 
 
 But fomelimes virtue ftai'ves, while vice is fed; 
 What then ? Is the reward of virtue bread? Pcpe. 
 
 Bread-chipper, n.f. [from bread and 
 c/.'ip.] One that chips bread ; a baker's 
 fervant ; an under butler. 
 
 No abufe, Hal, on my honour; no abufe — 
 Not to dilpraife me, and call me pantler, and 
 biead-ehipper, and I know not what ? Shaijpcare. 
 
 Bread-corn. n.f. [from ^rrar/ and corn.] 
 Corn of which bread is made. 
 
 There was not one drop of beer in the town ; 
 the bread, and bread-corn, fufiiccd not for fix 
 
 d:iys. Haytu.rrd. 
 
 When it is ripe, they gatlier it, and, bruifing 
 it among bread-corn, tlicy put it up into a vcflTel, 
 and keep it as food for their (laves. Broome. 
 
 Bread-room. n.f. [In a (hip.] A part 
 of the hold feparated by a bulkhead 
 from the reft, where the bread and 
 blfcuit for the men are kept. 
 Breadth. ». f. [from bpab, broad, 
 SaKon.] The meafute of any plain fit- 
 perficies from fide to fide 
 
 There is, in Ticinum, a church that hath win- 
 dows only from above ; it is in length an hun- 
 elrcd feet, in breadth twenty, and in height near 
 fifty ; having a door in the midlt. Bacon. 
 
 The river Ganges, according unto later rela- 
 tions, if not in length, yet mbreadlh and depth, 
 mav excel il. • Bro-.un. 
 
 Then all approacli the (lain with vail furprize, 
 Admire on what a b*eadth of earth he lies. Dryd. 
 
 In our Gothick cathedrals, the nairowncfs of 
 tl.e arch mnkcs it rife in height; the lownefs 
 opens it in breadth. .Addift.n. 
 
 To BREAK. 1'. a. prct. I Irole, or brake; 
 part. pafT. broke, or Lrolen, [bpeccan, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. 7'o part by violence. 
 
 W^lien I ^' <:(■£' the five lo-^ves among five thou- 
 fand, how many baikcts of fragments took ye 
 up ? . Mark. 
 
 I,et us break their ban^s afunder, and ca(t 
 away their cords from us. PJidms. 
 
 A bruifed reed (liall he not break. Ifaiah. 
 
 See, laid the fire, how fuon 'tis done ; 
 The llicks he then bro.he one by one : 
 So Ornng you'll be, in friendfhip tied ; 
 So quickly broke, if you divide. Swiff. 
 
 2 . To burft or open hv force. 
 
 O could we break our way by force ! mijton, 
 
 Rfofes tells us, that the fountains o\- the earth 
 
 were ^'o^^open, or clove afunder. i7arvf/'.i Th. 
 
 Into my hand he forc'd tl'c tAipiiiig gold. 
 While I with modell llruggUnj S^ke his hold. 
 
 . Gay. 
 Z T Z '■
 
 B R E 
 
 3. To pierce ; to divide, as light divides 
 darkiK'fs. 
 
 By a dim winking; lamp, which feebly hrokr 
 The gloomy vapour, he lay lUttch'dalong. Drjid. 
 t^. To dellroy by violence. 
 
 Thii is the fabrick, wiiirh, when God hrenk- 
 nh down, none can build up again. Bunut. 
 
 5. To battel ; to make breaches or gaps 
 
 in. 
 
 I'd give bay Curtal, and his furniture, 
 My muiith no more were braken than thcfe boys, 
 And writ as little beard. Sli^kjpen, e. ^ 
 
 6. To crufh or deftroy the ilrength of the 
 body. 
 
 O father abbot! 
 An old man, broke: with the ftorms of (late, 
 Is coaie tu lay his weary bones among ye : 
 Give him a little earth for charity. Sh.x'.fptarc 
 
 The breaking of that parliament 
 BrokeWtm; as that dilhoneft viftory 
 At Chsronei, fatal to liberty, 
 KiU'd with report that old man eloquent. Milton 
 
 Have not fomc of his vices weaken'd his 
 tody, and htake his he.ilth ? have not others dif- 
 fipJ,ted his eflate, and reduced hira to want ? 
 
 Tilltitfan. 
 
 7. To fink or appal the fpirit. 
 
 The defeat of that day was much greater than 
 it then appeared to be ; and it even broke the 
 heart of his army. Clarendon. 
 
 Ill brave her to her face; 
 I'll give my anger its free courfe againft her : 
 Thou Ihalt fee, Phoenix, how I'll break her pride. 
 
 Thili^i. 
 
 8. To cruth ; to fliatter. 
 
 Youi hopes without are vanilh'd into fmokc ; 
 Your captains taken, and your armies broke. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 9. To weaken the mental faculties. 
 
 Opprcft nature fleeps : 
 This reft miglityet have balm'd thy broken fenfes, 
 Whicn, if cjnvenicncy will not allow, 
 Stand in hard cure. Shakffcare. 
 
 If any dabbler in poetry dares venture upon 
 the esperiment, he will only break his brains. 
 
 Tcllon. 
 
 10. To tame; to train to obedience; to 
 enure to docility. 
 
 What boots it to break a colt, and to Itt him 
 firaight i-un loofc at random ? ' Sjiciijcr. 
 
 Why then thou can'ft not break her to the 
 lute-r- 
 
 ^Whv, no; for (he hath broke the lute to me. 
 
 •' Shukf^eare. 
 
 So fed before he's broke, he'll bear 
 Too great a ftomach patiently- to feel 
 The lafhing whip, or chew tlie curbing fleel. May. 
 That hot-moutlv'd bcaft that bears againft the 
 curb, 
 Hard to be broken even by lawful kings. Dryd. 
 No fports but what belong to war they know, 
 To break the flubborn colt, to bend the bow. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Virtues like thefe 
 Make human nature (hinc, reform the foul. 
 And break our tierce barbarians into men. jiddif. 
 
 Behold young Juba, the Numidian prince, 
 ■With how much care he forms himfelf to glory, 
 And breaL the ficrccnefs of his native temper ! 
 
 ^lidijon. 
 
 11. To make bankrupt. 
 The king's grown bankrupt, like a brokin man. 
 
 Shtikfpearr . 
 For this few know themfelvcs : for meiebaiits 
 broke 
 View their cftate with difcontcnt and pain. 
 
 ■With aits like thefe rich Matho, when he 
 
 fpeaks, 
 
 Attrafls all fees, and little lawyers breaks. DryJ. 
 
 A command or call icbc liberal, all ofafud- 
 
 dcn impovcrilhcs the rich, bieakt the merch.mt, 
 
 andihuls up every private man's exchequer. 
 
 Souih 
 
 12. To difcard ; to difmifs. 
 
 B R E 
 
 1 fee a great officer broken. _ S-wifi. 
 
 13. To crack or open the flcln, fo that 
 the blood comes. 
 
 She could have run and waddled all about, 
 even the day before Ihe broke her brow ; and then 
 mv hufband took up the child. Sliakfyeare. 
 
 Weak foul ! and bimdiy to deftruaion led : 
 She break her heart, (he'll fooner ireai your head. 
 
 Dryde,:. 
 
 14. To make a fweliing or impofthume 
 open. 
 
 15. To violate a contraft or promlfe. 
 Lovers break not hours, 
 
 Unlefs it be to come before their time. Stmkjp. 
 
 Pardon this f.iult, and by my foul I fwear, 
 I never more will break an oath with thee. Shak. 
 
 Did not our worthies of the houfe, 
 Before they broke the peace, break voWS ? 
 
 Hitdibras. 
 
 16. To Infringe a law. 
 
 Unhappy man ! to break the pious laws 
 
 Ot nature, pleading in his children's caufc. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 17. To (lop ; to inake ceafe. 
 
 £r<'a* their talk, miftrefs Quickly ; my kinf- 
 man (hall fpcak forhimfelf. SImkffeare. 
 
 1 8. To Inter .-ept. 
 Spirit of wine, mingled with common water, 
 
 yet fo as if the firft fall be broken, by means of a 
 fop, or otherwife, it flaytth above. Bacon, 
 
 Think not my fenfe of virtue is fo fmall ; 
 I'll rather leap down firft, xclA break your fall. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 As one condemn'dto leap a precipice. 
 Who fees before his eyes t'ne depth below. 
 Stops (hoi t, and looks about for feme kind (hruh 
 To break his dreadful fall. Drydcn. 
 
 She held my hand, the deftin'd blow to break, 
 Then from her rofy lips began to fpeak. Dryderi. 
 
 19. To interrupt. 
 Some folitaiy cloifter will I choofe, 
 
 Coarfemy attire, and (hort (hall be my fleep, 
 Broke by the melancholy midnight bell, Dryiien. 
 
 The father was fo moved, that be could only 
 command his voice, broke with fighs and fob- 
 bings, fo far as to bid her proceed. ^ddifin. 
 
 The poor (hade (hiv'ring ftands, and muft not 
 
 break 
 
 Hispainftil filencc, till the mortal fpeak. Tiekel. 
 
 Sometimes in broken words he figh'd his care, 
 
 Look'd pale, and trembled, when he vitw'd the 
 
 fair. G'>y- 
 
 20. To feparate company. 
 
 Did not Paul and Barnabas difpute with that 
 vehemence, that they were forced to break com- 
 pany .' Atterbury. 
 
 21. To diflolve any union. 
 
 It is great folly, as well as injulVice, to break off 
 fo noble a relation. Collier. 
 
 22. To reform : with of. 
 
 The French were not quite broken of\X, until 
 Come time after they became chriftians. Greiu. 
 
 23. To open fomething new ; to propound 
 fomething by an overture : as if a feal 
 
 were opened. 
 
 When any new thing (hall be propounded, no 
 counfellor (liould fuddcniy deliver any pofitive 
 opinion, but only hear it, and, at the moll, but 
 to break it, at tirlt, that it may be the better un- 
 derrtood at the next meeting. Bacon. 
 
 I, who much defir'dto know 
 Of whence (he was, yet fearful how to break 
 Mv mind, adventur'd humbly thus to fpeak. 
 
 ' Dryderi. 
 
 24. To break the had. To drain or dif- 
 locate the vertebres with too heavy bur- 
 dens. 
 
 I'd rather cr.ick my finews, break my back, 
 Than you (hould fuch dilhonour undergo. Shakf. 
 
 25. To break tiie ba(k. To difable one's 
 fortune. 
 
 B R E 
 
 O many 
 Have broke their backs with laying manors on 'era, 
 For this gr>;at journey. Skakjptare. 
 
 26. To break a deer. To cut it up at 
 table. 
 
 27. To break fajl. To eat the firft time 
 in the day. 
 
 28. To break groiiitri. To plough. 
 When the price of corn falklh, men generally 
 
 give over furjjlus tillage, and break n^ iib.ic 
 ground than will ferve to fupply their own tuiii. 
 
 Careiv, 
 
 The hufbaiidman mull tirft break the land, 
 
 before it be made capable of good feed. Dailies. 
 
 29. To break ground. To open trenches. 
 
 30. To break the heart. To deftroy ■with 
 grief. 
 
 Good my lord, enter here. 
 
 — Will 't break my heart? 
 
 I'd ralherirfa^ mineoturi. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Sould not all rel.itions bear a part ? 
 It were enoLigh to break afingle heart. Drydeit. 
 
 31. To break a jijl. To utter a jelt ua- 
 expefled. 
 
 32. To break ilk neck. To lux, or put 
 out the neck joints. 
 
 I had as lief thou didft break his neek, as his 
 fingers. Shakjpeare. 
 
 33. To break off. To put a fudden Itop ; 
 to interrupt. 
 
 34. To break off. To preclude by fome 
 obftacle fuddenly interpofed. 
 
 To check the Itarts and (allies of the foul. 
 And break off all its commerce with the tongtie. 
 ■" Mdijo,,. 
 
 35. To break vp. To diflblve ; to put a 
 fudden end to. 
 
 Who cannot rell till he good fellows (rnd j 
 He breaks up houfe, "turns out of doors his mind, 
 
 lleibert. 
 
 He threatened, that the tr.adefnicn would beat 
 out his teeth, if he did not retire, and breakup 
 tiie meeting. Jrlmtlinct. 
 
 36. To break vp. To open ; to lay open. 
 Shells being lodged amongll mineral matter, 
 
 when this comes to be broke up, it exhibits im- 
 prethons of the (hells. modward. 
 
 37. 7o break up. To feparate or difband. 
 After taking the ftrong city of Belgrade, Soly- 
 
 man, returnnig to Conltantinople, broke up his 
 army, and there lay Hill the whole year follow- 
 ing. Knolles. 
 
 38. To break upon the ivheel. To punirti 
 by ftretching a criminal upon the wheel, 
 and breaking his bones with bats. 
 
 39. To break ivind. To give vent to 
 wind in the body. 
 
 To Break, v. n. 
 
 1. To part in two. 
 Give foriow words ; the grief that does not 
 
 fpeak 
 Whifpers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it buak, 
 
 Sltakfpeare, 
 
 2. To burft. 
 The clouds are fliU above; and, while I 
 
 fpcak, 
 A fecond deluge o'er our heads may »refk. 
 
 Dryden, 
 The Roman camp 
 Hangs o'er us black and thrcat'ning, like aflorm 
 Juft breaking on our heads. Dryden. 
 
 3. To fpread by daHiing, as waves on a 
 rock. 
 
 At lad a falling billow (lops his breath, 
 Breaks o'er his head, and whelms him under- 
 neath. Dryrlen. 
 
 He could compare the confufion of a multi- 
 tude to that lumuli in the lrari,-fn fea, dafhing 
 and breaking among its crowd of iflands. Pope. 
 
 4. To break as a fweliing J to open, and. 
 Uifgharge raiitter.
 
 B R E 
 
 Some hidden abfccfs in tlic mefcntciy, Irtak- 
 ifig fomc few days after, was difcovercd to lie 
 an apuftcme. Haivcy. 
 
 Aflt one, wlio had fubducd Iiis n:itLiial lafic, 
 how lie likes the clianf.e ; .nnil undoubtedly lie 
 v']!! till you, that it is no Itfs hapjiy than the 
 eafc of a /woicn impollluimc, as the painful ga- 
 thering and filling of it. JJicuy of yiciy. 
 
 5. To open as the morning. 
 
 The d.ty Ucjh nor, it is my heart, 
 Becaulc that I and you nuift part. 
 Stay, or elfe my joys will die, 
 And pcrilh in their inf.mcy. V'jrinc. 
 
 When a man thinks of any thing in the dark- 
 ncfs of the night, whatever deep imprcffiuns it 
 may make in his mind, they are apt tovanilb as 
 the day l/rr,>ks ahout him. ^Udijon. 
 
 6. To burft foi til ; to exclaim. 
 
 Every man, 
 After the hideous floim that foUow'd, was 
 A thing infpir'd ; and, not confultiiig, it'oit 
 Into a general prophecy. iihakjpfmc. 
 
 7. To become bankrupt. 
 
 I diil'mcan, indeed, to pay you with this ; 
 which, if, like an ill venture, it come unluckily 
 home, diz-triii, and you, my gentle creditors, tole. 
 
 Shakjpcarc. 
 He that puts all upon adventures, doth often- 
 times hreakj and come to poverty. Bacon, 
 
 Culler law tenants tmii, and houfes fall. 
 For evei7 want he could ntt build a wall. Pope. 
 
 8. To decline in health and llrenglh. 
 
 Yet thus, niethmks, 1 hear them fpeak : 
 See bow the dean begins to i>reak ; 
 Poor gentleman ! he droops apace. Swiff. 
 
 9. To ilTue out with vehemence. 
 
 Whofc wounds, yet frcdi, with bloody hands 
 he ftrook. 
 While fiom his breaft the dreadful accents iroiv. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 10. To make wav with fome kind of fud- 
 deniiefs, impettiolity, or violence. 
 
 Calamities may be neaied at hand, and rcadicft 
 tohrfiik in fuddenly upon us, whicii we, in re- 
 gard of times 01 circumitances, may imagine to 
 be fartheli off. Hooker. 
 
 The three mighty men ir«<f through the hoft 
 of liie Philifiines. i Samuel. 
 
 Tlicy came unto Judah, and i/"fl^^ into it. 
 
 2 Chronicler. 
 
 Or who fhut up the fca within doors, when it 
 Irake forth, as if it had itTued out of the womb .' 
 
 Job. 
 
 This, this is he ; foftly awhile, 
 Let us not Itrctik in upon him. Miltou. 
 
 He refolved that Balfour ihould ufe his utmoft 
 endeavour to break through with his whole body 
 of horfe. Clarendon. 
 
 When the chanrel of a river is overcharged 
 with \v:ittr, more than it can delivci, it ncccf- 
 larily briaki over the banks to make itfelf room. 
 
 Bale. 
 
 Sometimes his .inger Ircaki through all dif- 
 guifes, 
 And fparcs not gods nor men. Denham. 
 
 Till through lliofe clouds the fun of knowledge 
 broke J 
 And Euroj'c from her lethargy did wakc-i5f«//.iw. 
 
 O ! couldft thou break tiuough fatc'i feveie de- 
 cree, 
 A new'Marccllus (hould arife in thee. DrjJen. 
 
 At length I 've aitcd my fcvcicft part \ 
 1 feel the woman bieaking in upon me. 
 And melc about my heart, my tears will flow. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 How does the luftre of our father's aftions. 
 Through thedark cloud of ills that cover him, 
 Bieak cut, and burn with more triumphant blaze ' 
 
 Mdifon. 
 
 And yet, mcthinks, a beam of light hcah in 
 On my departing foul. j^ddifa. 
 
 There ate fome who, flruck with the ufefulncfs 
 of tliefe charities, ii-M/t through all the difficul- 
 ties and obttruiflions that now lie in the w.ay to- 
 wards advancing them. Atttrlur\. 
 
 Almighty I'ow'r, by whofc moftwifecoinmand 
 Hclplels, forlorn, uncertain here 1 Hand ; 
 
 B R E 
 
 Take this f.iint glimmering of thyfch'.iw.lj', 
 Or break into my foul with perfcijt day 1 .■Irl.uth. 
 
 Sec heav'n its fpaikling portals wiilc difplay. 
 And break upon thee in a llood of day ! Vopr. 
 
 I mult pay her the laft duty of friendlhip 
 wherever Ihe is, though I break through the 
 whole plan of life whicli 1 have formed in my 
 mind. Swiji. 
 
 1 1. To come to an explanation. 
 
 But perceiving this great alteration in his 
 fiicnd, he thought fit to bieak with him thereof 
 
 Sidney. 
 Stay with me awliilc ; 
 I am to break witli thee of fomc affairs 
 Tliat touch me near. Shakfprare. 
 
 Break with them, gentU* love, 
 About the drawing as many of their hufbands 
 Into the plot as can. Ben Jonfon, 
 
 12. To fall out ; to be friends no longer. 
 
 Be not afraid to break 
 With murd'rcrs and ttairors, for the faving 
 A life fo near and nccclTaiy to you. 
 As is your country's. Ben fonfm. 
 
 To break upon the fcore of danger or expence, 
 is to be mean and narrow-fpirited. Collier. 
 
 Sighing, he fays, we murt certainly break, 
 And my cruel unkindntfs compels him to fpeak. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 13. To hreah from. To go away with 
 fome veliemencc. 
 
 How didrt thou fcorn life's meaner charms. 
 Thou who couldfv break from Laura's arms! 
 
 Rnfcomfnon. 
 
 Thus radiant /mm the circling crowd he broke ; 
 
 And thuswith manly modeliy he fpoke. Dryden, 
 
 This ciiflom makes bigots and fcepticks ; and 
 
 thofe that break ftom it, are in danger of hercfy. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 14. To break in. To enter unexpefledly, 
 without proper preparation. 
 
 The do<flor is a pedant, that,- with a deep 
 voice, and a magiflerial air, breaki in upon coii- 
 verfation, and drives down all before him. 
 
 MJifon. 
 
 15. To break loofe. To efcape from cap- 
 tivity. 
 
 Who would rtot, finding way, break Icofe from 
 hell, 
 And boldly venture to whatever place 
 Failhcll from pain } Milton. 
 
 16. To break loofe. To flrake off reflraint. 
 If we deal falfcly in covenant with God, and 
 
 break loofe from all our cngagcmenls to him, wc 
 relcafe God from all the piomifes he has made to 
 us. Tillotfon. 
 
 17. To break off. To defill fuddenly. 
 
 Do not peremptorily break off, in any bufinefs, 
 in a fit of anger; but, howfoevcr you (hew bit- 
 tcrnefs, do not adt any thing that is not revocable. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Pius Quintus, at the veiy time when that me- 
 morable victory was won by the chriftiaiis at 
 Lepanto, being then hearing of caufes in con- 
 fiftory, bro.ke c^ fuddenly, and faid fo thofe about 
 him. It is now rfibre time we Ihould give thanks 
 to God. Bat.on. 
 
 When you begin to confider, whether you 
 may fafely take one draught more, let that he 
 accounted a figii late enough to break off. Tayhr. 
 
 18. To break oj" from. To part from with 
 violence. 
 
 I muft/;om this enchanting queen heak off. 
 
 SJiakfpearc. 
 
 19. To break out. To difcover itfelf in 
 fuddcn effefts. 
 
 Let not one fpark of filthy luliful fire 
 Break our, that may her faered peace tooleft. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 They fmother and keep down the flame of 
 the mifchiof, fo as it may not break out in their 
 time nf government ; what comes afterwards, 
 they care not. Sprnfei 
 
 Such a deal of wonder has broken out within 
 
 B R E 
 
 this hour, that ballad maker! cannot be able to 
 
 c.xprels it. Sliakfpeare. 
 
 As fire breakt out of flint by pcrculTion, fo 
 
 wifdom and truth ilTueth out by the agitattrm of 
 
 argument. Ho-wel. 
 
 Fully ripe, his fwelling fate break\ out. 
 And huirics him to mighty mifchiefson. Drydi 
 
 All turn'd their fides, and toeach otlierfpokci 
 I law their words break out in fire and fmokc. 
 
 Dryden^ 
 
 Like a ball of fire, the further thrown. 
 Still with a greater blaze Ihc (hone, 
 And her bright foul broke out on ev'ry fide. 
 
 Miiton. 
 
 There can be no greater labour, than to be al- 
 ways dilTembliiig; there being fo many ways by 
 which a fmothercd truth is apt to blaze, ar>d break 
 out. South. 
 
 There are men of concealed fire, that doth not 
 break out in the ordinary ciixumftances of lite. 
 
 MJifon. 
 
 A violent fever broke out in the place, wnich 
 fwcpt away great multitudes. Add jon. 
 
 20. To break out. To have eruptions 
 from the body, as pullidcs or fores. 
 
 21. To break out. To become diflblute. 
 \iftbroke not -jm^ into his great excelTes, while he 
 
 was reftrained by the councils and authority of 
 Seneca. Dryden, 
 
 22. To break up. To ceafe.; to intermit. 
 It is cietlibly affirmed, that, Hpon that very day 
 
 when the river iir.l rifeth, great plagues in Cairo 
 ufe fuddenly to break up. Bacon. 
 
 23. To break Up. To diflTolve itfelf. 
 Tiicfe, and the like conceits, wl.cn men have 
 
 cleared their uiiderflanding by the light of expe- 
 rience, will fcattcrand break up like milf. Bacon, 
 
 The fpeedy depredation of air upon waterv 
 moilrure, and voriion of the fame into air, ap- 
 pcareth in nothing more vifible than the fudden 
 difchargc or vanilhing of a little cicud or breath, 
 or vapour, from glafs, or any polifli'd body; for 
 the miltincfs fcattereth, and breaketh up fuddenly. 
 
 Baron, 
 
 But, ere he came near it, the pillar and crofs of 
 light brake up, and caft itfelf aljroad, as it were, 
 into a fiimament of many (tars. Baeon^ 
 
 What wc obtain by converfation, is oftentimes 
 loft again, as foon as the company breaks up, or, 
 at Icalt, when the day vanillics. ll'atti. 
 
 24. To break up. To begin holidays ; to 
 be difmilFcd from bufinefs. 
 
 Ouraimy is difpers'd already: 
 Like youthful Ikers unyok'd, they took their 
 
 courfe 
 Eafl-, «'cft, north, fouth : or, like a fchool brokeup, 
 Each hurries tow'rds his home and fporting place, 
 
 Skaklpcare, 
 
 25. To break iuUIj. To part iriendfliip 
 with any. 
 
 There is a flave, whom wc ha\e put in prifon. 
 Reports, the Volfcians, with fa-o leverai powers, 
 Are enter'd in tiic Roman territories. — 
 — Go fee this rumourer wliipt. It cannot be 
 The Volfcians dare break Tt;//; us. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Can there be any thing of friendfhip inlnarcs, 
 hooks, and trnpans.* Wtiofoever r^^e-wh ijuith his 
 friend upon tuch terms, has enough to warrant 
 him in fo doing, both l)efore God and man. Smth. 
 
 Invcn' fome apt pieteiice 
 To break ivitit Bertram. Dryden. 
 
 26. It is to be obferved of this extenfive 
 and perplexed verb, that in all Its figni- 
 fications, whether aSivs or neutral, it 
 lias fome reference to its primitive mean- 
 ing, by implying either detriment, fud- 
 dennels, violence, or feparation. It is 
 iifeJ often with additiuna! particles, up, 
 out, III, iff, forth, to modify its ligni- 
 fication. 
 
 Break, n. f. [ from the verb. ] 
 
 1. State of being broken'; opening.
 
 B R E 
 
 From the treat of day until noon, the roaring 
 of the cannon never celled. Krjollei. 
 
 Fur now, and fmce fii It break of day, the fiend. 
 Mere I'erpent in appearance, forth was come. 
 
 Mlllon, 
 
 They niuft be drawn from far, and h ithont 
 treats, to avoid the multiplicity of lines. DrjiJ. 
 
 The fight of it would be quite loft, did it not 
 fometimes difcover itfeif through the irei:h and 
 . openings of the woods tliat grow about it. 
 
 2. A paiife ; an interruption, 
 
 3. A line drawn, noting that tlie fenfe is 
 fufpendcd. 
 
 All modern tralh is 
 Set forth with nuni'rous lueaki and dalhes. Swift. 
 Bre'aeer. n.f. [from ^;d7^.] 
 
 1. He that breaks any thing. 
 
 Cirdinal, \'\\ he no breaker of the law. Shak. 
 
 If Xhe churches were not employed to be pl.iccs 
 to he.ir God's law, theie would be need of 
 them to be prifons for the breakers of the laws 
 of men. Souili. 
 
 2. A wave broken by rocks or fandbanks: 
 a term of navigation. 
 
 To Brk'akpast. t'. n. [from iirai and 
 fq/L] To cat the firll nU'ai in the day. 
 
 As foon as Phoebus' rays infprft us, 
 Firft, fir, I read, andihen I brraKj'cf.. Prior. 
 
 JBrf.'akfast. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. The firil meal in the day. 
 
 Ttic duke was at breakfajl, the laft of his repafts 
 in this world. If'otten. 
 
 2. The thing eaten at the firft meal. 
 
 Hope is a good breakfuji, but it is a bad fup- 
 
 per. 
 
 Baean. 
 
 A good piece of bread would be often the bell 
 breakfa/l iov my young mailer. Loeke, 
 
 3. A meal, or food in general. 
 Had I been fcizcd by a hungry lion, 
 I would have been a brf/tkjaj} to the bcall. Shak. 
 
 I lay me down to gifp my latcll breath, 
 The wolves will get a hrcakf.ijl by my dc.ith. 
 Yet fcarce enough their hunger to fupply. Dry,J. 
 Bre'akneck. tt.f. [from ireai and neci.^ 
 A fall in which the neck is broken j a 
 fteep place endangering the neck. 
 
 I mull 
 Forfake the court ; to do 't or no, is celtain 
 To mc a breakneck. Shaffpeare. 
 
 ^re'akpromise. n.f. [from breeik and 
 p>omiJe.'\ One that makes a pra(!ilicc 
 of breaking his promife. 
 
 I will think you the moll athciftieal break- 
 fromife, and the moil hollow luver. Shakfj.eare. 
 Xre'akvow. n.f. \Jyom break and •vo'w.'\ 
 He that pradtifes tiie breach of vows. 
 That d^.ily breakvou-, he that wins of all, 
 Of kings, of beggars, old men, young men, 
 maids. Slinkfprare. 
 
 Bream, n.f. [irame,Tr. cypi'nius latiis, 
 Lat.] A filii. 
 
 The bream, being at full growth, is a large 
 iilh; he will breed both in rivers and ponds, 
 but loves bed to live in ponrts. He is, by 
 Cefner, taken to be more elegant than whole- 
 ibme. He is long in growing, but breeds 
 cxceedmgly in a water thai plcalcs him, and in 
 jnany ponds fo faft as to ovcritoek them, and 
 ilarvc the other Alh. He is very broad, with a 
 forked tail, and his Ccalcs fct in excellent order. 
 'He hath large eyes, and a narrow fucking 
 mouth, two fcti of teeth, and a lo/.ing bone, to 
 iielp hisgiindcrs. The male isobfervcd to iiave 
 two large melts, and the female two lacge bags 
 of eggs or fpawn. IValton's Angitr. 
 
 A broad Art'f^w,. to pleafc fome curiuus-taftc, 
 While yet alive in boiling water call, 
 Vcx'd with unwonted heat, boils, flings about 
 
 /r«/Ar. 
 
 BREAST. «./. [bpeori:, Saxon.] 
 J. The middle part of the hinnan body, 
 between the neck and the belly. 
 
 B R E 
 
 No, Ir.iytrcfs! angry Love replies, 
 She 's hid rumewhere about thy breajl ; 
 
 A place nor God nor man denies. 
 For Venus' dove the proper nell. P'iar. 
 
 2. The dugs or teats of women which 
 contain the milk. 
 
 They pluck the farhcrlefs from the bieajl. yob. 
 
 3. Breaft was anciently taken for the 
 power of (inging. 
 
 The better breajt. 
 The Icflerneft. Tujfernf SioghiiiBoys. 
 
 4. The part of a bead that is under the 
 neck, between the forelegs. 
 
 5. The difpofition of the mind. 
 
 I not by wants, or fcais, or age opprcfl. 
 Stem the wild torrent with a dauntl:;fs hreaft. 
 
 Dtyde}!. 
 
 6. The heart ; tbe confclence. 
 
 Nccdlcfs was written law, where none opprell, 
 Tiie law of man was written in his breaji. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 7. The feat of the paffions. 
 
 Marg.U'ita firll poffefs'd. 
 If I remember well, my brrajl. Coiuley. 
 
 Each in his brenj} the fecret fori'ow kept, 
 And.thoughtit fafe to laugh, though C.«far wept. 
 
 £orff. 
 
 To Breast, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To meet iu front ; to oppofe breaft to 
 breaft. 
 
 The threaden fails 
 Draw the huge bottoms through tlie furrow'd fea, 
 Breafiing the lofty furge. Skakfpeare. 
 
 The hardy Swifs 
 Breajii the keen aii-, and carols as he goes. 
 
 Gol.ifmith. 
 
 Bre'astbone. n. f. [from brceijl and 
 bonc.l The bone of the brealt ; tlie 
 fternum. 
 
 Tile belly fliall he eminent, by (hadowing the 
 
 flank, and under the breajjbone, Peacham. 
 
 Bre'astcasket. n.f. [from breaj? and 
 
 cajket.'\ With mariners, the largeft 
 
 and longeft caflvtts, which are a iort of 
 
 firings placed in the middle of the yard. 
 
 Bre'astfast. n. f. [from breafl and 
 
 fafl.^ In a ftiip, a rope fattened to 
 
 fome part of her forward on, to hold 
 
 her head to a warp, or the like. Hun is. 
 
 Bre'asthigh. ailj. [(torn irc.ifl and Ll^/}.] 
 
 Up to the breaft. 
 
 Tlic river itlclf ga\e way unto her, fo that (he 
 was ftraight breaj/bigb. Sidney. 
 
 Lay madam Partlct liafking in the fun, 
 Brenjlhigk iu fand. Vrydex'l Fables. 
 
 Bre'asthooks. n. f. [from breajl and 
 hool:.'\ Vv'tth lliipwrights, the com- 
 pafTing timbers before, that help to 
 (Ircngthen the ftcni, and all the fore- 
 part of the (liip. Harris. 
 Bre'astknot. n.f. [from breafl ■xv.A knot.'\ 
 A knot or bunch of ribands worn by 
 women on the brealL 
 
 Our ladies have lliU t'.ices, and our men hearts ; 
 
 why may we not hope for the fame achievements 
 
 from the influence of this breafikmt ? Addifon. 
 
 Bre'astpi.ATE. 11. f. [from bre/ifl and 
 
 pla!c.'\ Armour fur the breall. 
 
 Wh.it ftronger breajlflate than a heart un- 
 tainted ? 
 Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel jnll. 
 
 SItaifpe.ire. 
 
 'Gainft (hield, helm, bieajljilaie, .ind, inlicad 
 
 of tliofe, 
 
 Five (harp fmooth flones from the next brook he 
 
 chofe. Cowley. 
 
 This venerable champion will come inio the 
 
 ii'.ld, ;ifaicd only with a pockct-piltol, before his 
 
 B R E 
 
 old rufly brcaf plate could be fcoured, and his 
 cr.icked 1 eadp:cce mended. Sxuifi. 
 
 Bue'astplough. n.f. [from ireqfl and 
 f/ofigh.] A plough ufed for paring' 
 tutf, driven by the breaft. 
 
 The brcafflough which a man ftioves before 
 him. ^iortifr'rr. 
 
 Bre'astrotes. n. J. [from hreajl and 
 rops.'\ In a Ihip, tliofe ropes which 
 fcftcn the yards to the parrels, and, 
 with the parrels, hold the yards faft to 
 the maft. Harris. 
 
 Beea'stwork. n. f. [from breajl and 
 •■a;orh.~\ Works thrown up as high as 
 the breaft of the defendants ; the fame 
 with parapet. 
 
 Sir Juhn Aftley cafr up bre.ijiwcrks, and made 
 a redoubt for the defence of his men. Chrefidon. 
 
 BREATH, n.f [bpa^Sd, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . The air drawn in and cjefted out of 
 the body by living animals. 
 
 ^ Whither are they vanilh'd ? 
 
 Into the air: and what fcem'd corporal 
 Melted, as breath into the wind. Shakfpeare, 
 
 2. Life. 
 
 No man has more contempt than I of breath T 
 But whence hall thou the pow'r to give me death? 
 
 Drydm. 
 
 3. The ftate or power of breathing freely ; 
 oppofed to the condition in which a 
 man is breathlefs and fpent. 
 
 At other times, he calls to fuc the chafe 
 Of fwift wild beads, or run on foot a race, 
 T' eiilaige his breath, large breath in arms raoft 
 
 needful, 
 Orelfe, by wreftling, to wax flrcng and heedful. 
 
 Sper^fer. 
 
 What is your difference ? fpeak. — 
 — I am fcarce in breath, my lord. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Spaniard, take breath; fome refpite I'll afford ; 
 My caufe is more advantage than your fword. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 Our fwords fo wholly did the fates employ. 
 That they, at length, grew weary to dcliroy: 
 Rcfus'd the woi k we biought,and,out of bieath. 
 Made forrow and defpair attend for death. Dryd\ 
 
 4. Refpite ; paufe ; relaxation. 
 
 Give me fome bieath, fome little paufe, cleat- 
 lord, 
 Before I pofitivcly fpeak. Shakfpeare. 
 
 J. Breeze ; moving air. 
 
 Vent all thy paffion, and I'll Hand its (hock 
 Calm and unruthed as a fummer's fea. 
 When not a bieath of wind flies o'er its furface. 
 Addifon's Catc. 
 
 6. A fingle aft ; an inilant. 
 
 You menace me, and court me, in a breath ; 
 
 Your Cupid looks as dreadfully as death. Dryd. 
 Bre'athable, aeij. [from breath.] That 
 
 may be breathed ; as, breathable air. 
 To Breathe, v. n. [from breath.'} 
 
 1. To draw in and throw out the air by 
 the kings ; to iiifpire and expire. 
 
 He f.itc return'd, the race ol glorv pad. 
 New to his friends embrace, had irf.i/^'</ his laft. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. To live. 
 
 Let liim breathe, between the heav'ns and 
 earth, 
 A private man in Athens. Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. To take breath ; to reft. 
 
 He prelenlly followed the viftory fo hot upon 
 tnc Scots, that he fufl'ercd them not to breathe, 
 or gather themfclvts together 3gain._ Spenfer, 
 Tiiree times they breath^df and three times did 
 I hey drink, 
 Upon agicemcnt. Shakfpeare^s Hertryiv. 
 
 Reft, that gives all men life, gave him his 
 death. 
 And too much hrcuhing put him out of breatb. 
 
 Milton,
 
 B R E 
 
 WhcR France had breath' d after inteftir.e broils, 
 And peace and conqueft crown'd her foreign toil j. 
 
 4. To paft as sir. 
 
 Sliall I not tlicn be ftifleil in the vault, 
 Xo whole foulmoutlmo hcaltlifomc MxbreniJiti 
 
 in. 
 And there be llrnriglcd ere mv Romeo comes > 
 O Sliaif;'ir.r:. 
 
 To Bkeathe. v. a. 
 
 1. To infpirc or inhale into one's own 
 body, and eject or expire out ot it. 
 
 They wifh to liie. 
 Their pains and poverty difue to bcnr, 
 To view the lijhtof hcav'n, and brejlhe the vital 
 air. • Dry elf I. 
 
 They here began to Irialht a moft delicious 
 kind ofslher, and law all the 6clds about them 
 covered with a kind of purpk light. _ Taller. 
 
 2. To injecl by braathing : with rn/o. 
 
 }\^l„ejthcd irli \n thebie^ith of life, a vital 
 aftivc fpiii; ; whofc motions, he expeflS, Ihoold 
 own the dignity ot its origin.il. 7Jc. ay of I'irly. 
 
 I would be young, be handlome, be bclov'd, 
 Cu.ild I but hreaihe myfclf i-i/o Adiaftiis. .'-rvv/. 
 
 3. To expire ; to ejeft by breathing : 
 with out. 
 
 She is called, by ancient authors, the tenth 
 mufe ; and by Plutarch is compared to Caius, 
 the fon of Vulcan, who breathed out nothing l>ut 
 flame. SfcSlalor. 
 
 4. To excrcifr ; to keep in breath. 
 
 Thy greyhounds are as fwifi as breathed ftag«. 
 
 Shakfpr.irc. 
 
 5. To infpire ; to move or aftuate by 
 breath. 
 
 The artful youth proceed to form the quire; 
 Thev breathe the flute, or ftiike the vocal «iie. 
 
 fr!t,r. 
 
 6. To exhale ; to fend out as breath. 
 
 His altar breath'! 
 Amhrofial orionrs, and ambrofi.il flow'vs. Milt. 
 
 7. To utter privately. 
 
 I have tow'rd hcav'n brer.th'd a fccret vow. 
 To live in pray'r and contemplation. Shakfj>iar,-. 
 
 8. To give air or vent to. 
 
 The ready cure to cool the ragirg pain, 
 Is underneath the foot to ircuf/ii; a vein. X>ryd. 
 Bre'athf.r. n./. [i):om hreathe.'] 
 V. One that bre:ithes, or lives. 
 She (hows a body rather than a life, 
 A Itatue tlian a brcathtr. Shaiffeare. 
 
 1 will chide no breather in the world but my- 
 felf. Shckj'fearc. 
 
 3i One that utters any thing. 
 
 No pnrticuhir fcandal once can touch, 
 But it confounds the brealh-r. Shakjp-:are 
 
 3. Infpire ; one that animates or intufts 
 by infpiration. 
 
 The breather of all life does new expire : 
 His milder father fummons him away. Ncrris. 
 Breathing^ n.f. [from irealhe.J 
 
 1. Afpiration ; fecrct prayer. 
 
 While tohigit he.Tv'nhis pious ^r?a///';|^sturn'd, 
 Weeping he hop'd, and facrlficinj mournVl 
 
 Frier. 
 
 2. Breathinpr place ; vent. 
 
 The warmth diftends the chinks, and makes 
 New breathingij whence new nouriiKment lire 
 takes. Drydeii. 
 
 Bre'athless. ct!]. [from breath.^ 
 I., Out of breath ; fpent with laboui-. 
 Well knew 
 The prince, with patience and fuffcrance fly, 
 So hatly beat foon cooled to fubdue ; 
 Tho' when he breatUefi wax, that battle 'gan 
 renew. • Fairy (^ueeri. 
 
 I remember, when the fight was done, 
 "When I was dry with rage and extreme tni!, 
 Jireathlfjif and faint, leaning upon my fwcrd, 
 Camaf'.vrc a ctitain lord. Sh.iH^eare. 
 
 Many i"o lUaincd tlu-mfelves in their race, that 
 they fell down^fio/i/^i aud.dead. Uaywatd, 
 
 B R E 
 
 Breatblefs and tir'd, is all my fury fpent ? 
 Or docs my glutted fplcen at kngtli relent ? 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 i. Dead. 
 
 Kneeling before this ruin of fwcet life. 
 And breathing to rliis breatM,j\ excellence 
 The inccnfe of a vow, a holy vow. Sl:atfpeare. 
 
 Yielding to the ftntence, brruihkft thou 
 And pale (hall lie, us what thou buried now. 
 
 I'rhr. 
 
 Br En. The part. palF. olTo breed. 
 
 Their malice was b:ed in them, and their cogi- 
 tation would never be changed. H'ljdim. 
 
 Brede. n.f. Sec Braid. 
 
 In a curious ^rt'i/e of iiecdie-work, one coloui 
 falls away by fucn iult degrees, and anothci 
 rifes fo infcnfibly, that we fee the variety, with- 
 out being able to dillinguifh the total vaniflring 
 of the one fionithe firii appearance of the other. 
 
 Aildijoi:. 
 
 BREECH, n.f. [fuppofed from bj-.s- 
 can. Sax.] 
 
 1. 'I lie lower pait of the body ; the back 
 part. 
 
 Wl-.en the king's- pardon was offered by a 
 heraiild, a lewd boy turned towards him his 
 naked breech, and uled viords luitable to tiiat 
 giliure. HaywJtrd. 
 
 Tiic ftorks devour fnakes and other fcrpents; 
 wliich when tliry begin to creep out at then 
 brcechei, they will preftntly clap them cloie to a 
 wall, to keep Ihem in. Greiv'i-Mujjturrt. 
 
 2. Breeches.- 
 
 Ah ! that thy father had been fo refolvcd 1 — 
 — Th."t thou might Hill have worn the pi.itic3at, 
 And ne'er liad flol'ii the breech from Lancaiter, 
 
 Shakfpeare 
 
 3. The hinder part of a piece of ordnance. 
 
 So cannt-ns, when thty mount \.Tft pitches. 
 Are tumbled back upon iht'ir breeches. ./insTt 
 
 4. The hinder part of any thing. 
 To Bkeech. 01. rt. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To put into breeches. 
 
 2. To fit any thing with a breech ; as, 
 to IrcecL a gun. 
 
 Bre'eches. n. f. [bjiac. Sax. from 
 hracca, an old Gaulilh word ; fo that 
 Siiiirier imagines the name of the part 
 covered with bre'eches, to be derived 
 from that of the garment. In tliis fenfe 
 it has noJi:i^:i!ar.'\ 
 
 1. The garir.ent worn by men over the 
 lower pait of the body. 
 
 Petruciiio is coming in a new hat and an old 
 jerkin, and a pair of old iz-ifcZ/fj, thrice turned. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 Rough fatires, fly remarks, ill-natur'd fpeeches. 
 Are always aim'd at poets that wear breeches. 
 
 Prior. 
 Give him a fiugle coat to make, he'd do 't ; 
 A veil or breeches^ fingly ; but the brute 
 Could ne'er contrive all three to make afuit. 
 
 2. To wear the breeches, is, in a wife, to 
 ufurp the authority of the hnfband. 
 
 The wil'e of Xanthus was domincciiag, as if 
 herfartanc, and her extradtion, had entitled her 
 to.thc A/f«/ies. L'Fjhange. 
 
 To BREED. V. a. pret. I breJ, 1 have 
 iree/. [bjiaeban, Sax.] 
 
 1. To procreate; to generate; to pro- 
 duce more of the fpecics. 
 
 None fiercer in Numiriia bred. 
 With Cavlhage were in triumph led. Rofcommon. 
 
 2. To produce from one's felf. 
 
 Children would ir«i/ their teeth with lefs dan- 
 ger. Locke. 
 
 3. To occafion ; to caufe ; to produce. • 
 
 Tiicreat he loareti for exceeding pain. 
 Thai to have hcaid, great honour would have 
 b:id. Fairy tauten. 
 
 B R E 
 
 Our own hearts we know, but we »re not- cer- 
 tain what liojie the lites and orders of our church 
 h.ive bred in the heaiis of others, Hnker. 
 
 Wliat hurt ill company, and overmuch liberty, 
 breedelh in youth! ^fcham's Sehe'.lmajler. 
 
 Intemperance and luft bieed infirmities and 
 difeafcs, which, being pr^pajjated, fpoil the ftrain 
 of a nation. TXoiJort, 
 
 4. To contrive ; to hatch ; to plot. 
 My fon EdgarJ had he a hand to wiite this } 
 
 a heait and biaia to breed it in r Shaifpi.ire, 
 
 5. To give birth to; to be the native 
 place : fo, there arc breeding ponds, 
 and feeding ponds. 
 
 Mr. Harding, anu the worthle4l divine chrif- 
 tendym hath bred for the fpace of icme liundreds 
 of years, were brought up together in the fame 
 univcrfity. Hooker, 
 
 Hail, foreign wonder ! 
 Whom certain thefe rough fhadcs did never ir«if. 
 
 MHiox. 
 
 6. To educate ; to form by education. 
 Whoe'er thou art, whofc forward ears are bent 
 
 On ftale affairs, ro guide the government; 
 
 He;ir lirrt what Sociates of old has faid 
 
 To the lov'd youth whom he at Athens bred. 
 
 Drydert. 
 To breed up the fon to common fenfe, 
 Is ever more the parent's leail expenee. Drydeft. 
 
 And left tr.eir pillagers, to r.apine bred, 
 Without contruul to ftnp and fpoil the dead. 
 
 "Drydert. 
 His farm may not remove his children too faf 
 from him, or the trade he breeds them up in. 
 
 U.ke. 
 
 7. To bring up ; to take care of from in- 
 fanc)'. 
 
 Ah wre;ched me! by fates averfe decreed 
 To bring thee forth with pain, with care to brefd, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 8. To condu£l through the firfl ftages of 
 life. 
 
 BreJw^ in grief, can pleafurc be our theme ? 
 Our cnrilcfs ain^uifh (iocs not nature claim ? 
 Realun and forrowarc to us ih^ fame. Fn'cr^ 
 
 To Ekeed. v, rif 
 
 1. To bring yofng, 
 Luc'ma, n teems, was breedht^y a; (he ditfno- 
 
 tliing but cntett.iin the compnny with a difcouifc 
 upun Ihcdit&culty of reckoniiTg to a day. Sp$c, 
 
 2. To be incrcafed by new production. 
 
 But could youtlt !;irt, and love liill bteeA^ 
 H;id joys no date, and ;ige no need ; 
 Then thefc delpg!-t.s my mjnd might move 
 To !i\e with thee, and be thy love, Raltigh^ 
 
 3. To be prod'jced ; to have birth. 
 Where thty raoft breed and ha^|nf, 1 have ob- 
 
 ferv'd, 
 The air is delicate. Shaljpearc's Macbeth. 
 
 There is a worm \.\\?iX.hreedeth in old fnow^ and ' 
 
 dieth foon after it comcth out of the fnow. Bacon. 
 
 The catcipillar is one cf^ the moft general of 
 
 worms, and breedelh of dew and leaves. Bdcon. 
 
 It hath been the general tradition and belief, 
 
 that maggpts and- flies breed in putiificd carcafes. 
 
 Bin t ley ^ 
 
 4. To rdifea breeds 
 In the choice of Iwine, choofe fuch to hy^d of 
 
 asarcvf lor>g large bodies. JMarlimcr.. 
 
 Breed, n.f, [from the verb.] 
 
 I . A cad ; a kind ; a fiibdivifion of fpecies, 
 
 I bring vuu witiitiTes, 
 Twice fifteen thoufamd hearts of England's breed, 
 
 S/i<tkfri£iije„ ' 
 The horfcs were young and haiidfome, and of 
 the licit breed \\\ the north. S/taifpeare, 
 
 Walled towns, ftored aifenals, and ordnance; 
 all this ii but a (hcep in a Uon's (kin, except the 
 brLcd and difpofition of the people be fiout and *■ 
 warlike. Baccn^ 
 
 Infcflious ftreams of crowding fins began, 
 And thro* the fpurious breed asOi giii'iy nation * 
 rail, Rcjccmmsn^
 
 B R E 
 
 B R E 
 
 Ro<h fair Afc:inU>s on a fiery fte.vl, 
 Queen Dido'sgifc, and of the Ty.;a.><.--vJ. D.).'- 
 
 2. A family; a generation : m contempt. 
 
 A eoiil-n of hi? laft wife's was propofcd ; bur 
 
 JolVn would have no more ofthei^.i. Arb.thn.i. 
 
 i. Pioffeny ; offspring. 
 
 "* If rhou «ilt lend this n:onev, '="'' ,'' "f^ , ^ 
 As ,0 .hy friend ; for «''-',<!"'/.''''V'""P;?'^ , , 
 Ai'«.iof harren mctalol hi. fr.end. Si.^/j> ' <•. 
 
 .. A number produced at once ; a hatch 
 
 * She lavs them in tne fand, wl>ere they hc^t 11 
 they are hatched; fu,„ct,mes above «» hu^f «_;| 
 
 Br'A^dbIte. «./. [from /.Wand ^a/..] 
 One that breeds quarrels ; an incendiaiy. 
 An honen, willins, kind fcUow, as ever ler- 
 vant (hall eome in houfe withal ; and, I warrant 
 vou, ro teltale, nor no hreMnn Shakffcan. 
 
 BREEnER. «./. [from breed.\ 
 1 That which produces any th.ng. 
 • T.mc>sthenurreandWi.rofaUgr,od^^_^_^_ 
 
 ' -. The perfon which brings up another. 
 '■ Time wa,, wiien It.ly and Rome have been 
 tl,e beft i. J.M and bringers up c 'h^ «'ort^■' ' 
 ^fcJiam's Schoalmoftn . 
 nien. _ I 
 
 ■3,. A female that is prohhck. 
 ^ Get thee to a nunne.y ; why wotdd'ft t W be 
 a bu>der of r.nners ? S':ak/pen,es lUm/.'l. 
 
 Here i5 the babe, as loathfome as a toad, 
 
 Amongft the faireft brecJers of our t,me «<>./ 
 
 Let there he an hundred perfons m London, 
 
 and as many in the eountrv, we fay, that f 
 
 there be fixty of them b,r..kr. m London, there 
 
 , are more than f.xty in the country. i^ "■■"''■ 
 
 Yet, if a friend a night or two (hould need hei , 
 
 He-d recommend her as a (p,cU\ breeder. F^pe. 
 
 A. One that takes cave to raife a breed. 
 
 Th- brceJ'n of Englilh cattle turned murb to 
 
 dahy.^or elfckept their cattU to fix or fcvc_n^years 
 
 Bke'edinc. «./. [from ^;-«.-/.] _ 
 • I Education ; inftruftion ; quahlications. 
 She had her bree.lir^g at my father's cnarse, 
 A poor phyfician's daughter. ^ ' -^C" ' 
 
 I am a gentleman of blood and irW-«f. Sb.d 
 1 hope to fee it a piece of none of the meaneft 
 breeding, '- be acquauiteri .yith the laws o nature. 
 
 2. Manners; knowledge of ceremony. 
 
 As men of /««//"?, fometimes men of wit, 
 T' avoid great errours, muft the lefs '-"o"'™''-^ 
 
 The Graces from the court did next provide 
 Srcedir.g, and wit, and air, and decent pnde.^ 
 
 3. Nurture ; care to bring up from the 
 
 infant ftate. , ,j , r i-a 
 
 Wny was my breeding order'd and prefcr.b d, 
 As of a perfon (eparate to God, 
 Dcfign'd for great e.p'oi.s ? M,l>,n's Ago.,P'. 
 
 Breese. «./. [bpiora, Saxon.] A ft.ng- 
 
 ing fly J the gadfly. 
 
 ° Cleopatra, 
 
 The breeze upon her, hke a cow in J""^- 
 Hoifts fail, and Hies. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The learned write, the infeft breefe 
 Is but the mongrel prince of bees. JJ"f''"'^ 
 
 A fierce loud buzzing bre-fe, their flmgs draw 
 
 And dn«'the cattle gadding through ^'^'^^°°^- 
 
 BREEZE. «./. [bre%%a, Ital.] A gentle 
 eale ; a foft wind. 
 
 * We find that thefe hotteft regions of the 
 ,forld,fcated under the equinoflial line, ornear 
 r eforef.elhed with a daily gale of e.-fter y 
 ^ ud, which the Spaniards call ir«.^.. that doth 
 Tver more blow ftronger in the heat of the day.^ 
 
 From land a gentle brct^e arofe by nigbt. 
 Serenely (bone the flats, the moon was bright, 
 And ihc fca trembled with her filvcr light. Dryd. 
 
 Gradual finks the heo-c 
 Into a pcvfea calm ; thai not a breath 
 Is heard to quiver through the clofing wood. 
 
 Hre'bzy. atlj. [itomireeze.] Fanned with 
 
 gales. 
 
 The feer, while zephyrs curl the fwelling deep, 
 Balks on the krcizy fliore, in gr.atcful fleep, 
 His ooiy limbs. ■' "i"' 
 
 Bre'hon. n./. An Irill-i word. 
 
 In the cafe of murder, the b-ef-on, that is, then 
 iur'.Ee, will compound between the murderer and 
 the pariy murdered, which profecute the aflion, 
 that the makfaftor (hall give unto tncm, or to 
 the child or wife of lum that is tlain, a _ecjm- 
 pcnce, which they call ni. eriach. Sj>c,ijer. 
 
 BitEME. ai!i. [from bpemman, Sax. to 
 rage or fume.] Cruel; (harp; fevere. 
 
 Not ufed. 
 
 And when the (hining fun laugheth once, 
 You deeniLii the fpring come at once_: 
 But eft, when you count, you fiecd trom fear, 
 Comes the bremc winter with ch.imfretl brows. 
 Full of wrinkles, and frolfy furrows. i/.fW<r. 
 BRENT.flr/n [frombjiennan,Sax. toburn.J 
 
 B'lrnt. 'Obfolete. 
 
 What flames, quoth he, when I thee prefcnt fee 
 In danger rather to be drent then «-«;/. F. ^^': = ". 
 
 Brest. «. /. [In architeaure.] That 
 member of a column, called alto the 
 torus, or tore. 
 
 Brest Stmmm. The pieces in the out- 
 ward parts of any timber building, and 
 in the middle floors, into which the 
 girders are framed. II f /■'■'■ 
 
 Bret. ti./'. A fi(h of the turbot kind, 
 alfo burt or brut. DuJ. 
 
 Brethren. «./. [The plural of ^/W-'f/. J 
 
 See Brother. 
 
 All thcfe fe6ts are brethren to each other in 
 faaion, ignorance, iniquity, perverfencfs, pndc 
 
 BREVE, n.f. [Inmufick.] A note or 
 charader of time, equivalent to two 
 meafuves or minims. Harm. 
 
 Bre'viary. n.f. {brev\are,Yx. brcvia- 
 rium, Lat.] 
 
 1. An abridgment; epitome; a compen- 
 dium. 
 
 Crefconius, an African fifhop, has gi«" "» 
 an abridgment, or i-n/ory thereol. f'.ybfle. 
 
 2. The book containing the daily Icrvice 
 of the church of Rome. 
 
 Bre'viat. n.f. [from urevis.brevio, Lat.J 
 A fhort compendium. 
 
 It is obvious to the nralloweft difcourfer, thn 
 the whole counfel of God, as far as it is incum- 
 bent for man to know, is comprifed in one 
 brcvi^t of evangelical truth. Deep, <./! ^e,y_ 
 
 Bre'viature.w./. [from brevio, i^at.J 
 An abbreviation. . , r r 
 
 Brevier. «. /. A particular f.z.e ot 
 letter ufed in printing ; fo called, pro- 
 bably, from being originally uled in 
 printing a breviary. .,. , ^ T 
 Bre'vity. n.f. [bre-viltts.-L^u] Concifc 
 nefs; (hortnefsi contraaion into tew 
 
 words. 
 
 Virgil, fludying ir«.vry, and having tne com- 
 mand of his own language, could bring .hot 
 words into a narrow compafs, which a tranllator 
 Tannot render without circumlocution.. i?^,v./« 
 To BREW. V. a. [brou'w.'-n, Dutch ; 
 
 braiL'en, German ; bpipan, Saxon. J _ 
 ,. To make liquors by mixing feverul in- 
 
 rncdients. , • , r ., ,1 
 
 ^We have drinks alfo brewed With fevcral 
 herbs, and loots, and (pices. iuiw. 
 
 B R I 
 
 Mercv guard me ! 
 Hence with thy bre-.u'd cnchautmcnts, foul o'e- 
 ccivei* 1 i\j:..urj. 
 
 . To put into preparation. 
 
 Here's neither bufli nor (hrub to bear off any 
 weather at all, and another florm brrxnhig. 
 
 Shakjpear.'. 
 
 \. To minole. 
 
 Take ?.\W)- thefe chalices; go, hrcw me .1 
 pottle of rack finely. Shahfpeare. 
 
 1. Pope fecms to ufe the word indctcimi- 
 
 nately. 
 
 Or brcio fierce tempefts on the watiy main, 
 Or o'er the globe diftil the kindly rain. P<iye- 
 p. To contrive; to plot. 
 
 I foimd it to be the moft malicious and fran- 
 tiek furmife, and the moft contrary to his nature, 
 that, I think, had ever been bre^ved from the 
 beginning of the world, howfoevcr countenanced - 
 bv^a libellous pamphkt of a fugitive phyficMP, 
 •' ■ ,- Pi 0; ton. 
 
 even in print. , a- r 
 
 To Brew. v. n. To perform the ofiice ot 
 
 a brewer. 
 
 I keep his hoiife, and wafh, wring, brew, 
 bake, fcour, drefs me.at, and make the beds, 
 and do nil myfelf. Sbub/peare 
 
 Brew. n.f. [from the verb.] Manner of 
 brewing ; or thing brewed. 
 
 Trill would be made of the like brew with 
 potatoe roots, or burr root.-, or the pith of arti- 
 chokes, which arc nourilhing meats. _J"'"'>- 
 
 Bre'vvage. «./. [fvoin breiv.-} MuKlure 
 of various things. 
 Go, brew me a pottle of fack finely. 
 
 With eggs, fir? 
 
 —Simple of itfclf: I'll no pullet-fpertn in my 
 bretiJ'igc. ■** 
 
 Bre'wer. n.f [from brew.'i A man 
 whofc profellion it is to make beer. 
 When brewers marr their malt with w,iter. 
 
 Skaijferirt. 
 
 Men every day eat and drink, though I think 
 no man can demonlltate out of Euchd, or Apol- 
 lonius,- that bis baker, or brewer, or cook, 
 has not conveyed poifon into his meat or dnnk. 
 
 Bre'whouse. n.f [from ^r.w and 
 houfe.] A houfe appropriated to brew- 
 
 U our brewhoufe^, bakehoufes, and kitchen.s, 
 .,e made divers drinks, breads and meats^^«.. 
 
 Brewing, n.f [from bre^.^ Qi>an. 
 titv of liquor brewed at once. 
 
 A ire2.g of new beer, fet by old b^r, 
 
 maketh ,t work .again. •^'■""• 
 
 ^Tpiece'of "bread foaked In boiling fat 
 ' pottage, made of falted meat. 
 , It feems anciently to have meant broth. 
 '■ What an ocean of ir,W. Ihall I Iwm. m! 
 
 Beau, tliid F.'ete. DiOC. 
 
 Bri'ar n.f See Brier. , . 
 
 BRIBE, n.f [Bribe, in French, originally 
 firrnifies a piece of bread, and is applied 
 to" any piece taken from the red; it -6 
 therefore likely, that a bribe onguially 
 fi.rnilied, among us, a (liare of any thing 
 unjullly got.] A reward given to per- 
 vert the judgment, or corrupt the con- 
 
 '^ You have condemn'd and noted L"cius Fella, 
 For taking br.be. here of the Sardians. SAni/p. 
 
 Nor lefs my Jnpiter to gold afcnbe, 
 When he turn'd binifelf into ^br,be. ^,./^.. 
 
 Kam.an be covetous, profits or i^»g^-y 
 
 ''"V"i?>^:cn to wild will you la^prc- 
 Wticn you Ud fortune cany back her *"^-^^,^^_
 
 B R I 
 
 To Bribe, -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To gain by bribes ; to give bribes, re- 
 wards, or hire, to bad piirpofes. 
 
 ' . Tlic great, 'tis tiue, cjii ftill th' ticilinj tribe; 
 The bard miiy fupplic.itc-, but c:inncit Inlbc. 
 
 i'rologue to Good-natured \hi'!. 
 
 2. It Is fcldora, and not properly, ufed in 
 a good lenfc. 
 
 How puw'iful .ire cliaftc vows', the wind and 
 tide 
 You brib'J to combat on the Englifti fide. Dnd. 
 Eiu'ber. II. J. [from brihe.l One that 
 pays for corrupt practices. 
 
 Afl'cflion is Aill a hriber of the judgment ; 
 and it bis hard for a man to admit a icalou 
 ag.iinil tlic thing he loves ; or to confcfs the force 
 of an argument againit an interel>. South. 
 
 Btti'uEKV. n.f. [from irlie.] Tlie crime 
 of taking or giving I'ewards for bad 
 prafticcs. 
 
 There was a law made by the Romans, againll 
 tlie liiibcy and extortion of the govcrnours of 
 jn-oviiicci: before, fays Cicero, the governours 
 <Ud bribe and extort as much as was fuihcieiit for 
 ihcmfelvcs j but now they bribe and extort as 
 much as may be enough not only for tliemfclves, 
 but for jirdgcs, jurors, and magiftiates. Bacoti. 
 Ho bribery o( couns, or cabals of fucflioiis, or 
 ndvantages of fortune, can remove him fronr tiic 
 folid foundations of honour and fidelity. Drvdrn. 
 BRICK, n./. [^rfti-, Dutch ; hrique,' Yt. 
 according to Mctiagc, from imhrex, Lat. 
 whence brica.^ 
 
 1 . A mafs of burnt clay, fquared for the 
 life of builders. 
 
 For wl\atfoc\cr doth fo alter a body, as it re- 
 turncth not again to that it was, may be called 
 alteratio major ; as coals made of wood, or brkki 
 of earth. Bacon. 
 
 Thcv generally gain enough by the rubbifli and 
 /■riVifi, which the prcfent architciSs value much 
 beyond thofe of a modern make, to defray the 
 charges of their fcarch. AddiJ-iti. 
 
 But fprcad, my Ions, your glory thin or thick, 
 On p.iflive paper, or on folid brick. I'opc. 
 
 2. .\ loaf (haped like a brick. 
 7"oBkick. v.a, [from the noun.] To lay 
 
 witli bricks. 
 
 The fexton comes to know where he is to be 
 
 laid, and whether his grave is to be plain or 
 
 bricked. ■S''"'/'- 
 
 Bri'ckbat. n.f. [from brici and bat.] 
 
 A piece of brick. 
 
 Earthen bottles, filled with hot water, do 
 provoke in bed a fweat more daintily than brick- 
 b<iti hot. Ba:oii. 
 
 Bri'ckclay. n.f. [from inV^ and c/i/)'.] 
 Clay ufed for making brick. 
 
 I obferved it in pits wrought for tile and br;:k- 
 ^Uty. IVoodzuard. 
 
 Bri'ckdust. n.f. [from br'ict and dtifl.'] 
 Dnft made by pounding bricks. 
 
 This ingenious author, being tlius fharp fet, 
 
 get togetl;er a convenient quantity of hrickd:iji, 
 
 and (liipofed of it into feveral papers. Spelititor. 
 
 Bri'ckearth. n.f. [from brick and 
 
 iLirlh.'\ Earth ulcd in making bricks. 
 
 They grow very wdlbothou the haj.elly bri,-k- 
 iartht, andongra\cl, Mortimer 
 
 Brici-kil-n. it.f. [from bricl and iiln ] 
 A kiln ; a place to bum bricks. 
 
 Like the Ifraelites in the b'tik-kilm, they 
 multiplied the mure for their opprclTion. 
 
 Decay of Puty. 
 
 Bri'cklayer. n.f. [from ^w/f and /d)'.] 
 A man whofe trade it is to build with 
 •bricks ; a brick-mafon. 
 
 The elder of thera, being put to nurfe. 
 And ignor.int of his birth and parentage, 
 Became a bricklayer when he came to age. Shakfp. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 B R I 
 
 fTyou Ii.id liv'cl, C\r, 
 Time enough to have been intcrpictcr 
 To B.ibel'i bncUiy^r'it iurc the tuw'r had flood. 
 
 BRfCKM.vKKK. n.f, [ from ^-/V/- and wfl^v.] 
 One wKoi'c tiaJc it Is to make bricks. 
 
 They nu: common in cl.iy jiits j but the i^ri^l- 
 mnkcrt pick them uut of the clay. JVo'jJiv.ird. 
 Bri'dal. aJj, [from brhfc,'] Belonging 
 to a wedding ; nuptial; connubial. 
 Our widding cheer tu .i f.id fun'i .d fcift, 
 Our folctnn liyrniis to fiilk'n dirges change, 
 Our /'/-/Wij/ flowers fcrve for a buiicd ctsric. Shakf^ 
 Come, I will bring thee to thy ij/ii*/ chamber. 
 
 Shakjpcare. 
 The amorous bird of night 
 Sung fpcmfal, and bid hRflc the cv'nin^ flar, 
 On his hill-tup to light the bridal lamp. Milton. 
 
 Your ill-nicaning politician loixis, 
 Under pretence oi hridal tVicndi and gueH";, 
 Appointed to avvait mc thirty fpics. Milton. 
 
 When to my arms thou brouglit'It thy virgin 
 love, 
 Fair angels Tung our br/JiiI hymn above. DrvJen. 
 With all the pumpof woe, and forrow's piide ! 
 Oh c.-irh loii ! oh fitter to be led 
 In Lheart'ul fplcndour to the brija/ bed I IVoiJh. 
 
 Vox her the fpoufc prepares the bridal ring, 
 For her white virgins hymensenis fing. fr.pc. 
 
 Bridal, n.f. The nuptial feltlval. 
 
 N.iy, we mult think men arc not gods; 
 Nor of iliern look for fuch obfervance always, 
 As fits the bridal. Shakfpeare^s Otiulto. 
 
 Sweet day, fo cool, fo calm, I'u biighl. 
 The bridal of the earth and iky. 
 Sweet dews (hall weep tiiy fall to-night ; 
 
 For thou mult die. Ho hot. 
 
 In death'sdark bow'rs ourir/u'ii/jwe will keep, 
 And his cold hand 
 Shall draw the curtain when wc go to flcep. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 BRIDE, n.yl [bjiyb, Saxon ; hrudur, in 
 Runick, lignifies a beautiful woman.] 
 A woman new married. 
 
 Hl'Ip me mine own love's praifes to rcfound, 
 Nc let the fame of any be en\y'd ; 
 So Orpiieus did for his own bride. Spcnfir. 
 
 The day approach'd, when fortune ihould 
 decide 
 Th' important cnterprixc, and give the bride. 
 
 Dryde". 
 Thefe arc tributes due from pious bridesj 
 F'om a chafte matron, and a virtuous wife. Smith. 
 Bri'debed. n.yl [from br'tde and bed.^ 
 Mavrlage-bed. 
 
 Now until the break of day, 
 Tlirough this houfe each fairy rtray ; 
 To the beli bridebcd will we, 
 Which by us Hiajl blefTed be. Shuhfpeare. 
 Would David's fon, religious, juft, and brave, 
 To the firll bridibedof the world receive 
 A foreigner, a hcatlien, and a rta\e.' Pric. 
 
 Bri'decake. n.f [froni ^nV/c and (Tj/r.] 
 A cake dillrlbuted to the guefts at the 
 wedding. 
 
 With the phant'fies of hcy-troU, 
 Tioli about the bridal bowl, 
 And dt\idc the broad bridecake 
 Round about the brideltake. Ben fonfr^n. 
 
 The writer, refolvcd to try his fortune, falied 
 all day, and, that lie might be fure of dreaming 
 upon foniething at nighr, procured an haiidfome 
 Hice oi brideiakc't wliich lie placed veiy conve- 
 niently under hii pillow. SpcBuior. 
 
 Bri'degroom. n. f. [from bride and 
 groom.'\ A new married man. 
 
 As aie thofc dulcet founds in break of d:iy, 
 Th;«t crctp into the dreaming hridrgrcoms e.tr, 
 And fummon him to marriage. S'tu.kjpeare, 
 
 Why, happy ^r;./fgft5w .' 
 Why doft thou Hc.tI fo foon away to bed ? Vryd. 
 
 Bri'demen. \fi-f The attendants on 
 Bri'demaids. J the bride and bride- 
 groom. 
 
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 BRtDESTAKE. n.f. \Jcom I lltie ^wAJttiit.l 
 It fetms to be a poll ftt in the ground, 
 to dance round, like a maypole. 
 
 Round abont the bridcftakc. Ben 'Yorptn. 
 
 BRI'DEWEiX. n.f [The palace" built 
 by St. Bride's, or Bridget's nvcll, was 
 turned into a workhoufe.J A houfe of 
 correction. 
 
 He would contiibntc more to reformation than 
 all the woikhou(es and bridewells in Europe. 
 
 Sj^eilator, 
 
 BRIDGE, n.f. [bjMC, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A building raifed over water for the 
 convenience of pafiiige. 
 
 What need the eiid^e inu;h broader than the 
 flood. Shdiffcure. 
 
 And proud Araxes, whom no bridge could 
 bind, Dryden. 
 
 2. Tiic upper part of the nofe. 
 
 The railing gently the biidge of t1".enofe, doth 
 prevent the deformity /jf a f.idtile note. Bacon. 
 
 3. The fupporter of the ftrings in ftringed 
 Inllrumcuts of mufick. 
 
 To Bridge, v. a. [from the noun.] Ta 
 raile a bridge over any place. 
 
 C^ir.e to the fca ; and over Hcilelpont 
 Bridging his way, Europe with Afia join'd. 
 
 Aliltcri. 
 BRIDLE, n.f [bride, Fr.] 
 
 1 . The headftall and reins by which a horfe 
 is reftrained and governed. 
 
 Tliey fci/.'d :it lafl 
 His courfer's bridle, and Lis feet emhnic*d. T^ry.l, 
 
 2. A reflraint ; a curb ; a check. 
 
 The king rctblved to put that place, which fomc 
 men fancied to be .t briaU npon liic city, into the 
 hands of fuch a man as he might rely upon. 
 
 Claremlon, 
 
 A bright genius pftcn betrays itfelf into many 
 
 errours, witiiout a continual bridle on the tongue. 
 
 If,.ttu 
 To Bri'dle. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To relhain, or guide by a bridle. 
 
 I biidle in my flruggling mufe with pain, 
 Thnt longs to launch into a bolder ilrain. y^ddifon. 
 
 2. To put a bridle on any thing. 
 
 The qrieen of beauty fiop'd her biidied doves ; 
 Approv'd ihe little labour of the Loves. l^t:0'. 
 
 3. To reftrain ; to govern. 
 
 The difpofuion of thiirgs is committed to them, 
 whom law miiy at all times Inidlc, and fupci iour 
 power controui. }look-:r. 
 
 With a ftronj;, and yet a gentle hand, 
 You biidle f.riftion, and uur hearts command. 
 
 IJ'.,.'ler. 
 To Bridle, v. n. To hold up the head. 
 Bri'dlehakd. n. J. [from bridle and 
 himd. ] The hand which holds the bridle 
 in riding. 
 
 In the tujjiing, one might perceive the hfidle- 
 h.iiul fomething gently ftir; but, indeed, fo 
 gently, as it did rather diftil virtue than iifc 
 violence. Sidrry. 
 
 Tiie heat of furnmcr put his blood into a fer- 
 ment, which aftVfled his bridleharid with gic.lc 
 pain. IT'iJtta^i. 
 
 BRIEF, adi. [brevis, Lat. brief, Fr.] 
 I. Short; coneife. It is now fcldom ufed 
 but of words. 
 
 A play there is my lord, fomc ten words long, 
 Which is as brief r^ I have known a play ; 
 But by ten words, my lord, it is too long. 
 Which makes it tedious. Shat/pari, 
 
 1 will be mild and gentle in my words. — 
 — And brief, good motlier, fori am in hafle. 
 
 Sltakf^Citre.. 
 
 I nirift Iiegin with rudiments of air, 
 To leach you gamut in a briefer fort. 
 More plealant, pi-city, and elTcilual. S/t.i.kfp. 
 
 Tluy nothing tloubt prevailing, and to makd 
 it btief wars. Sbuiffeare'i Coriol.tnui.
 
 B R I 
 
 . Thei'-.v/fljlc is that which exprcffctli mucli m 
 
 little. Ben Jaifm:. 
 
 Ill had quoted moio wotds,. I had quoiod 
 
 more prof;inL-ncls ; and ther.:fore Mr. Congrtvc 
 
 has reafoii to thanlt me for being biicf. Cci/ttr. 
 
 2. Contraftedj iianow. 
 
 The (hi iiii of Venus, ur Ihaight piglit Minerva, 
 Poi^ures beyond ^r/V/'natuie. ShiiKf^'^ntc. 
 
 Brief, n. f. [irhf, Diitcli, a letter.] 
 
 1. A writing of ai^y kiud. 
 
 There is a l-'itf, liow many fports are ripe : 
 Make choice of which your niglniefs will fee firlK 
 
 Theapoftolcallelters are of atwofold kind and 
 diiicrence ; I'ix. fomc are called I" ief^y becaulc 
 "tiicy are comprifcd in a fliort and compendious 
 way of writing. ^yU^c. 
 
 2. A (hort cxtraft, or epitome. 
 
 Bur how you rauft begin this enterprise, 
 I will your highnefs thus in i/7.yad\ife. f Qitfeii. 
 
 I doubt not but I (hall make it plain, as far as 
 a fuTi or hn'ff c2i^ mike a caufc plain. B'HO'k 
 
 The A//./ of this tranfai'tion is,, thefe fprings 
 that ai-ifc here are impicgnatcd with vitriol. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 A writ whereby a mnn i.-; fummoned to anfwcr 
 to any aftion ; or it is any precept of the king 
 in writing, iffuing out of any court, wlicreby he 
 commands any thing to be done. CojrrI/. 
 
 4. The writing given the pleaders, con- 
 taining the cafe. 
 
 The A/.V/with weighty crimes was charg'd. 
 On which the pleader much tnlarg'd. Sir/ft. 
 
 5. Letters patent, giving licence to a cha- 
 ritable collection for any publick or pri- 
 vate lofs. 
 
 6. [In muilck.] A meafnre of quantity, 
 which contains txvo ftrokes down in 
 beating time, and as many up. Horns. 
 
 r)Jtif.'Fi.y. adv. [from ^-if/T] Concifely ; 
 in few words, 
 
 I will fpcak in that manner which the fui)iefl 
 
 requires ; that is, probably, and moderately, and 
 
 briefly. j;,ur,n. 
 
 The modcft queen awhile, with do'.vncafl eyes, 
 
 Ponder'd the fpccch ; then hrUjiy ihus icplies. 
 
 Dty.isn. 
 
 Bri'efness. n.f. [from brie/.l Concife- 
 iiefs ; fliortnefs. 
 
 They excci in grandity and gravity, in fmoolh- 
 refs-and propriety, in quickjiefs snd iriifnefs. 
 
 Cumtlen. 
 
 ERI'ER. n.f. [bpxji, Saxon.] A plant. 
 The fwett and the wild forts are both 
 fpccies of the rofe. 
 
 What fubtle hole is this, 
 Whofe mouth is covcr'S with rude growing 
 hritn. Shakfpeine. 
 
 Then thrlre under a hrin doth creep, 
 Which at both ends was rooted deep, 
 And over it three limes doth leap; 
 Her magick much availnig. Drurton'i Jfympliul. 
 
 Bhi'ery. adj. [from l/rier.'] Rough; 
 thorny ; full of briers. 
 
 Brig, and poffibly alfo Brix, Is derived 
 from ll'.e Saxon bjiicj, a bridge, which, 
 to this dav, in the northern counties, is 
 called a in^'^, and not a bridge. 
 
 Gilfon's Camden. 
 
 BRI'GADE. n.f. Ibr'igade, Fr. It is now 
 generally pronounced with the accent 
 on the laft fyllable.] A divifion of 
 forces ; a body of men, confifting of 
 fcveral fqiiadrons of horfe, or battalions 
 of foot. 
 
 Or fionted hrh'iKli' form. Mil/cn, 
 
 Here rhe P.avarian duke his hri^uHt:^ Itads,. 
 CallaiU ID xvai) iuv4g'>u''y tu bchuid, l'ii/ij>t. 
 
 T> 11 I 
 
 Brigade Jlfjjcr. An officer appointed 
 by the brigadier to alliil him in the ina- 
 liiigement and ordering of his brigade ; 
 and he there acts as a majoi' does in an 
 army. _ Hurris. 
 
 Brigaui'er General, An officer who 
 commands a brigade of horle or foot in 
 an army ; next in order below a major 
 general. 
 
 Bki'g.ind. n.f. [^bri^aiid, Y\:'\ A rob- 
 ber ; one that belongs to a band of rob- 
 bers. 
 
 There might he a rout of fuch b.nbarous 
 thicviOi hrjg/trhii in I'ome rocks; but it was a 
 degeneration from liic nature of man, a political 
 creature. Bramfiatl tigainfl thbbei. 
 
 Bri'gaNDINE. 7 - rf / • /I 
 
 BrI G.^NTINK. J ■' ^ ^ ■' 
 
 1. A light vefil'l ; fiich aS has been for- 
 merly ufed by corfairs or pirates. 
 
 Like as a warlike hrigaiiMni-^ apply'd 
 To fight, hays forth her threatful pikes afore 
 Tlic engines, which in them fad death do hide. 
 
 Sptnftr. 
 
 In your brigantine you faii'd to fee 
 The Adriatick wedded. Otwuy'sJ^cnice Fnf. 
 
 The conful-(jbliged him to deliver up his fleet, 
 and rcllore the (hips, rcfcrving only to himfelt 
 
 two brigaiitiflfi. ArbutknU. 
 
 2. A coat of mail. 
 
 Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet 
 And hi ijta'tciine of brafs, thy broad habergeon, 
 %^anrbra(5, and grcves. M:lt:/n^s Samjou .liior.ijlci. 
 
 BRIGHl'. adj. [beojTc, Saxon.] " 
 
 1. Shining; full of light. 
 
 Through a cloud 
 Drawn round about the like a radiant (hrinc. 
 Dark, with exceliive brie^it thy (kirts appear. 
 
 Mi.'iofi. 
 
 Then (hook the facred (hrinc and fudden light 
 
 Sprung through the roof, and made the temple 
 
 blight. D/yd^i. 
 
 2. Shining, as a body reflefting light. 
 
 Br'gbt brafs, and brighter domes. Chapman. 
 Thy eyes are feen in diamonds bright. Gay. 
 Brii'',i as the lun htr eyes the gaicrs Itrike. 
 
 rope. 
 
 3. Clear ; tranfplcnous. 
 
 ^rom the brightrjl wines 
 He'd turn abhorrent. ThomJ-.n. 
 
 While the blight Seine, t' exalt the foul, 
 With fparkling plenty crowns the bowl. Fenion. 
 
 4. Clear ; evident. 
 
 He mill! not proceed too fwlftly, that he may 
 with more cafe, with brighter evidence, and with 
 furcr fucccfs, <haw the learner on. IVatti. 
 
 5. Refplendent with charms. 
 
 Thy beauty appears, 
 In its graces and airs. 
 
 All br:ght as an angel new diopt from the (kv. 
 
 Panic!. 
 O Liberty, thnii goddefs hcav'nly bright^ 
 Profufc of blif.s,. and pregnant with deligiu ! 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 Bright as the fun, and like the morning fair. 
 
 Such Cliloc is, and common as the air. OrarmilU. 
 
 To-d.iy bl.ick omens threat the brighirjl faij- 
 That e'er cngag'd a watchful Ipirit's cue. P('pt. 
 Tliuu mure dreaded foe, btight beauty, (hine. 
 
 young. 
 
 6. Illuminated with fcience ; fparkling 
 with wit. 
 
 Gcu'rous, gay, and gallant nation, 
 Great in arms, and bright in art. Amn'jmous. 
 
 If parts allure thee, think how Bacon Ihin'd, 
 The wifcrt, trightrjl, meaneft of mankind, i'l-.v. 
 
 7. IlluflTious; glorious. 
 
 Tnis is the woifl, if not the only ftain,. 
 r til' bright- fl annals of a female reign. C.iAI'jii. 
 To Bri'c. HTEN. 'v.a. [from i;-/^/^/.] 
 1. To make bright j to make to lliiue. 
 
 B R I 
 
 The purple morning, rifing with tht ycar> 
 Salutes the rpiing, as \\m\- ctleftiai e)ci 
 Adurn the world, and brighten up rbe fkies. 
 
 DryJvn. 
 
 2. To iTHike luminous by liglit from with- 
 out. 
 
 An ccftjfy, th:it mothers only feel. 
 Plays ruLind my heart, and hfitshrem ;dl my fon'o^r, 
 L'ke gleams of lunniinc in ;i lu-iiing iVy. i'hlifii, 
 
 3. To ma kt gay, orcheeitul. 
 
 Hope tlcviite-s, and joy 
 Btighiem his crcll. * M,llon'$ P-iiradiJe Lojl, 
 
 4. To make illuftrious. 
 
 The prefenttjcecn would brighti^n her chnrafler, 
 if Ok- would excit her autlioiity to iiUtil \irtu3s 
 into her people. Siuift, 
 
 Yet time ennobles or degrades each line; 
 It *^r/g///t/j'iy Cra^gs's, and may dark,en thine. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 5. To make acute, or witty. 
 
 To Eki GHTi^s. i\ n. To.jrrow brii^ht; 
 
 too* 
 
 to clear up : as, the flcy hngbiens. 
 
 But let a lord once own ti.c h.<ppy lines, 
 How the iTilc l'>:ghtcni, how ihc TLntc rehnesl 
 
 Fope, 
 Eri'chtlv. nth. [from i^r/j/7/.] Spkn- 
 didly ; with hillre. 
 
 Sately 1 fl-^^pt, uWlnighily dawning (hone 
 The mornj cunfpicuous on her gulden throne. 
 
 Pcpe. 
 Bri'ghtness. n.f, [from bright,^ 
 
 1. Luftre ; fplendoiir; glitter. 
 
 The blazing ItightncJ', of h.cr beauty's bcaai> 
 And glorious light of her fun-niining face, 
 To tell, were as tu ftrivc againll the ftrcam. 
 
 Fairy Quint, 
 
 A fword, by long lying ftill, will contrAft a. 
 rufl, which tliall dcfaee its hrightmfi, Sout/i. 
 
 The moon put on her veil ot light, 
 MyRcrioLis veil, oi biightncj'. made, 
 That 's bnth her lullre and her (hade. Hudihta^, 
 
 Vex'd with the prcftnt moment's heavy gloom, 
 Wtiy fcek we lt}ightit-:fi from the years to come ? 
 
 I'rioT, 
 
 2. Acutenefs, 
 
 The hright'ufi of his parts, the folidity oi his 
 judgment, and the candour and gcncionty of 
 his temper, dillinguiflied him ni an age of great 
 politcnclj. Prinr, 
 
 B R I ' L L 1 A N c V . rt ./. [ from hriUuuit, ] Lu ft re \ 
 
 fplciidom". 
 BRT'LLTANT. och. Ibr'dlmt, Fr.] Shin- 
 ing ; fparkling ; fplendid ; full of luilie* 
 So have 1 ken in lariler dark. 
 
 Or veal a lucid loin, 
 Replete with many a hrilVuint fparkj 
 As wife philofophcrs remark, 
 
 At once both Hink. and Ihine. Porfrt, 
 
 Bri'lli.-vnt. n,f. A diamond of tlie finelt 
 cut, formed iato angles, fo as to refrafl 
 the light, and (hine more. 
 
 In deference to his viitues, I forbear 
 To flicwyou what the reit in orders were; 
 TirLS htilli'tnt is fo fpotkfs and fo bright, 
 He ijcc(U nut foil, but Ihincs by his own proper 
 light. ^ Dryder^. 
 
 Bri'lliantness. n.f. [from hrUllatU.^ 
 
 Splendour ; lullre. 
 Brills, n.f. The hair on the eyelids of a 
 hoife. ' Dia. 
 
 BRIM. n.f. \hnmy Icelandilh.] 
 
 1. Tlie edge of any thing. 
 
 His hat being in the foim of a turban, daintily 
 made, the lucks of his hair came down about the 
 hrinii of it. Jjucon, 
 
 2. The Upper edge of any velTc). 
 
 How my head in ouitmoiit fwlms ! 
 How my cup o'ciluoks her byim\ ! Crajhaiv. 
 
 So wlicn with crackling flames a cauldron fiieSj. 
 Thc bubbling waters from the bottom rife, 
 Above ihc bwm they fyicc their Hciy way.^ 
 
 2}rjdi'/i'i jilnt'id^
 
 B R "I 
 
 TliHi In n b;tlon drop a fliiilnif, 
 T|k'ii fill tlx vilTel to liie brha, 
 
 Y<ui (hall oliftrvi- ns you aje filling, 
 Tl c.poiid'iotis nu'fnl TccmK to Iwini. Sw'ft' 
 
 3. The top of any liquor. 
 
 Tiic feet irf the priclii, that Iwrc the aik, 
 wire (lipped ill the krim of the water. "J 'Jtua. 
 
 4. Tlic bank of a fouiUain. 
 
 h ti.lil mc it was Cviii.-i:H's own, 
 Wiiliiii wliofe cheerful i>/mi 
 
 Tl.at cm ions nynipli li:ul oft been known 
 To l):lthe her fnowy limbi. DtuMon. 
 
 JbBiuM. v.a. [from the noun.] 'i'o fill 
 to the top. 
 
 M;iy iliy iW/nmi-./ waves for this, 
 Tiiclr full trihiltc never inifs. 
 From a tlioufandrills. Millm. 
 
 This faid, a double wreath Evander twin'd; 
 And iio|)I«i> bU( k. and white hii temples bind : 
 Tl-.cn hiiiiK hi> ample bowl; with like dcfi^jn, 
 The rcli invoke the gods with Ipiinkled wine. 
 
 Drultn. 
 
 To Bkim. II. k. To be full to the brim. 
 Now horrid frays 
 Commence, the irimmii^g glaffes now are hnrl'd 
 With dire intent. V/: iir-i 
 
 BuiMFUi.. adj. [from Lrim and full.] 
 Full to the top; overchargc-d. 
 
 Mtarnrc my cafe, how by thy beauty's filling 
 With feed of woes my heart ir;»i/i</ is chaig'd. 
 
 Sidney, 
 We have try'd the ulmoft of otir friends; 
 Our legions are brimful, our caufc is ripe. Sr..itfp. 
 
 Hcc I'rimfiil tya, tiiat ready ttood, 
 And only wanted will to «cep a tlood, 
 Keleas'd their waliy Hote. DryJcn'i F:ihlr\. 
 
 The good old king at parting wrung my hand, 
 His eyes brimful of tears ; tl.cn fighing ci-y'd. 
 Prithee, be care fid of my fon. .■JdJifaii'i CiUo. 
 Bri'mfui.ness. n.yl [(vom irinifu/.] Ful- 
 nefs to the top. 
 
 The Scot on his unfurnilh'd kingdom 
 Came pouring like a tide into a I. cat 11, 
 With ample and hrimfidnifi of his force. Sfiiiif/>. 
 Bri'mmek. ti.f, [from irim.] A bowl 
 full to the top. 
 When healths go round, and kindly brimnun 
 flow, 
 Till the frclh garlands on their foreheads glow. 
 
 DrydcTi. 
 
 Bri'.mming. rtrj'. [from ^7"/m.] Full to the 
 brim. 
 
 And twice bcfidcs her bccftings never fad, 
 To rtore the dairy witii a brimmr/ig pail. Dryden. 
 
 Eri'mstone. n f. [corrupted from /';/« 
 or hrenjlone, that is, fiery Itor.e.] Sul- 
 phur. See Sulphur. 
 
 From his infernal furnace forth he threw 
 Huge Hames, that dimmed all the heaven's light, 
 Enroll'd in dulkilh fmokc and brimjlone blue. 
 
 Fairy (^ueen. 
 
 The vapour of the grotfo del Cans is generally 
 
 fuppofed to be fulphurcous, though I can lee no 
 
 icafon for fiich a fuppofition : I put a whole 
 
 bundlc of lighted brimjlone matches to the fmoke, 
 
 ■thcv all went out in an inltant. Addfin on Italy. 
 
 3ri'm STONY, atlj. [frt>m brhnftone.l Full 
 
 of brimlionc ; containing fulphur ; fiil- 
 
 jihurcous. 
 
 .DfLiNDED. adj. [irin, Fr. a branch.] 
 
 Streaked ; tabby ; marked with ftreaks. 
 
 Thrice the blinded cat hath mcw'd. S'taijp, 
 
 She tam'd the brinded lioncfs 
 
 And fpotted mountain pr-.rd. Milton. 
 
 My brinded heifer to the Hake I lay ; 
 Two thriving calves fhc fucklcs twice a-day. 
 
 ly-ryden. 
 
 Bri'ndle. n.f. [from inWfi/.] The liate 
 of being brinded. 
 
 A natural brindh Clariffa. 
 
 Em'NDLEii. adj. \i\om. irindk.l Brinded; 
 . fircaked. 
 
 B R I 
 
 Tl.c hoar, iry fiftcr« ! aim the fatal datt, 
 And Ilrikc the i;;/i,f/r,/monficrto the heart. 
 
 Mdifon's Ovid. 
 
 BRINE, n.f. 
 
 1. Water impregnated with fait. 
 
 The encie.ifing of the weight of water will 
 cncreal'e its power of bearing j as wc Ice brine, 
 when it is fait enough, will bear an egg. Hmoh. 
 
 Dlllolve Ihccps dung in water, and add to it 
 as much fait as will make a llrong brine ; in this 
 li<]Uor deep your com. Moriim.t. 
 
 2. i'he fea, as it is fait. 
 
 All but mariners, 
 Hlung'd in the foaming brine, did quit thcveflel, 
 Then all afire with me. S/alffeare's iemjirjl. 
 
 The air was calm, and on the leicl brine 
 Sleek Panope, with all her filter!, play'd. Minn. 
 
 As, when twiTadvcile winds 
 Engage with huuid Ih.ick, the rutlled brine 
 Ro.ns lluriiy. P/i,7/>J. 
 
 3. Tears, as they are fait. 
 
 What .1 deal u! brine 
 llath walh'd tiiy fallow checks for Rofiline ' 
 
 ^Itnljl't-are 
 
 Bri'nepit. n.f. [froin biine and /'/'/.] 
 Pit of fait water . 
 
 Then I lov'd thee. 
 And Ihcw'd thee all the qualities o' th' ifle, 
 The frefli fprings, brinrfits, barren pfticc, and 
 fertile. StUi-Jftaie. 
 
 To BRING. 11. a. [bpinjan, Sa.\. pret. 
 I /roitg/.u ; part. pafi'. biought ; bjioht, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. To fet-ch from another place: dlllin- 
 guiflicd from to carry, or convey, to 
 another place. 
 
 I was the chief that rais'd him to the crown, 
 And III he chief to l-iing him down a(;ain. 
 
 Shakfiieare. 
 
 And as (lie was going to fetch it, he called to 
 
 her, and laid, bring me, I ^iray thee, a moiftl 
 
 of bread in thy h.and. Kingi. 
 
 ,\ rci;iliry of lands may furnifli eafy fecuritics 
 
 of money, that Ihall be brought over by lirangci s. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 2. To convey In one's own hand; not to 
 fend by another. 
 
 And if my wllh'd alliance pleafe your king. 
 Tell liim he fliould not fend the peace, but ir.Vj, 
 
 3. To produce ; to procure, as a caufe. 
 
 There is iiothinj will biing you more honour, 
 and moie eafc, tnan to do what right in jiiflice 
 you may. Bacon. 
 
 4. To reduce ; to recal. 
 
 Jhlnj^ back gently their wandciing minds, by 
 going before them in the train they Ihould purine, 
 without any rebuke. Locke. 
 
 Nathan's fable had fo good an cfTccTt, as to 
 bring the man after God's own heart to a right 
 fenfe of his guilt. Speclator. 
 
 5. To attraft; to draw along. 
 
 In dillillation, the water afcends difficultly, 
 and bringi over with it fomc part of the oil of 
 vitriol. Xe-iufon'i Optic-i:. 
 
 6. To put into any particular ilate or cir- 
 cumltauces; to make liable to any thing. 
 
 Having got the way ot rcafontrig, which that 
 ftudy ncccftiirilv brings the mind to, they might 
 be .ible to transfer it to other parts of knowledge, 
 as they Diail have occafioii. Locke. 
 
 The rjuclHon for biinging the king to jullicc 
 w.-.s immediately put, and carried without any 
 oppofition, that I can find. . Sn-ift. 
 
 7. To lead by degrees. 
 
 A due confidcraiion of the vanities of the 
 world, will natuially bring us to the contempt of 
 it; and tl*c contempt of the world will as ccr- 
 taiiilv bring us I onic toourleKcs. L' Ljirangc. 
 
 The uiulevfianding Ihould be brought to the 
 ditTicult and knotty parts of knowledge by 
 inlenfil.lc degrees. i^k{«. 
 
 8. To recal; to fummons. 
 
 B R I 
 
 But thofe, and more th.ia I to mind can bring, 
 Menaltas has not yet forgot to ling. Drjtlen, 
 
 9. To induce ; to prevail upon. 
 
 The nature of the things, contained in thofe 
 words, would not fuffer him ro tiiink oiherwile, 
 liow, or whenfocvcr, he is brought to rertcc't on 
 them. Locke. 
 
 U feems fo pr«po(terous a thing to men, to 
 make ihemfelvcs unhappy in order to h.ippincfs, 
 that they do not calily bring thcinfelvcs to it. 
 
 Locke, 
 
 Pri.fitahlc employments would no lefs a di- 
 vcrfion th.in any of the idle fports in fafliion, if 
 men could be brought to delight in them. L'^eke. 
 
 10. To bring about. [See Asot/T.] To 
 bring to pafs ; to efte€l. 
 
 'I'his he conceives not hard to bring ainut, 
 If all of yon would join to help him out. Dryden. 
 
 This turn of mind threw off the opiiofitions of 
 envy and competition ; it cnalJcd him to gaia 
 the nioft vain and impraiflicable into to dcfigns, 
 and to bring about fevcral great eventf, for the 
 advantage of the publick. .iddifon'i Freeholder. 
 
 11. To bring forth. To give birth to ; to 
 
 produce. 
 
 The good queen, 
 For (lie is good, haih //fw/g4/ you f'jrih a daughter: 
 Here 'tis; commends it toyour blelTing. irha/:jp. 
 
 More wonderful 
 Than that which, by creation, firft brought forth 
 Li;;ht out ot d-irkncfs ! Paradife Lof. 
 
 Bewail thy lalfehood, and the pious works 
 It hath brought foiih, to make thee memoiablc 
 Among iUultiious women, fiiitbful wives. 
 
 Milton^ i AgrtniJIet. 
 
 Bellona leads thee to tliy lover's hand; 
 Anotl cr rjuven brings forth another brand. 
 To Inirn with foreign fires her native l.ind ! Dtyd. 
 
 Idlcnefs and luxury bring forth poverty and 
 want ; and this tempts men to injnliice, and that 
 caulLth ciimily and animofity. TlliOtfon. 
 
 The v.iluc of land is raifed, when it is fitted to 
 bring forth a grcuer quantity of any valuable 
 product. Locke, 
 
 12. To bring forth. To bring to light. 
 The thing that is hid bimgeth Ik forth to light. 
 
 13. To bring in. To place in any condi- 
 tion. 
 
 He protcfts he loves you. 
 And needs no other I'uitor, but his liking. 
 To bring you in again. Shalfpeare'i Othello, 
 
 14. To bring in. To reduce. 
 
 Send over into that realm fiich a ftrong power 
 of men, as fiiould pesforce iiir.g in all that re- 
 bfcliioiis rout, and loofe pec^:Ie. Spcfer on Ireland, 
 
 15. To bring in. To afford gain. 
 
 The fole meafuic of all liis coiirtefies is, what 
 return they wiH make him, and what rcvenw* 
 they wlH bring hiin in. South. 
 
 Trade brought us in plenty and riches. Locke. 
 
 1 6. To bring in. To introduce. 
 Entertain no long difcourfc with any ; but, if 
 
 you call, bring in fomething to fcafon it with re- 
 ligion. Tayhr. 
 
 There is but one God who made heaven and 
 earth, and fea and winds ; but the folly and mad- 
 ntfs of mankind brought in the images of gods. 
 
 S: lliigfeet. 
 
 The fruitfuliiefs of Italy, and the like, are 
 nor bro:igijt in by force, but naturally rife out of 
 the argument. Jldriu'm. 
 
 Since he could not have a feat among them 
 hinifcll, he would bring in one who liaj more 
 merit. Tetttcr, 
 
 Qiut.itions arc Left brought in to confirm fome 
 opinion controverted. S^vift^ 
 
 17. To bring off] To clear ; to procure 
 to be acquitted ; to caufe to efcape. 
 
 I ti ufied to my head, that has- bctr.aycd me ; 
 and I fou!id fuilt with my legs, that wou-d L-th' r- 
 wifc haie /.;'.«»4f me 0^. L'Ffiui'ge. 
 
 Set a kite upon the bench, and it is forty 'o one 
 he'll in/;^ off a crow at tnc bar. V£Jrunge. 
 
 2 G Z
 
 B R I 
 
 Tl-it btfl way to avoid ihis imrutat-oii, «nd to 
 
 irim £/? the cicdit oi out underfiaiiding, is ti> '■'- 
 
 rrulfrfligious. . V-'"^""- 
 
 18. To Iriitg on. To engage in aflion. 
 
 If thtrre be any that would reign, and lake up 
 
 all the time, let him find means to take them 
 
 oSF, and Ar;"e others on. h.tro'i. 
 
 ip. To bring on. To produce as an occa- 
 
 fional caiife. , . ■ , 
 
 The fountains of the great deep being broke 
 
 oneri, fo as a general delt,ua.on and devaftat.on 
 
 \SA, irrj:,rlit uc.or: the earth, aad all thni£s m it. 
 Buriufi ihciy. 
 The great quelilon, which in all ages has 
 
 difturbcd mankind, and i/cvgif «« then thofc 
 
 milch:cfs. 
 
 20. To hy'ms over. To convert ; to draw 
 
 to a new partv« 
 
 This liberty Ih'ould be iiudc ufe of upon f^jw 
 occalicns of I'inall importance, and only with a 
 vijw of trhi.'iiti over his own fide, another time, 
 to fomeihins" of greater and more pjbl ck mo- 
 ment. . , «^"/'- 
 
 The protcHant clergy will find it^pcrhaps, no 
 dmcult mailer to iW'<ggi cat iiumbcis ot« to the 
 church. . . ^-"-'f'- 
 
 21. Tobnrgout. To exhibit; to Uiow. 
 If r make not this cheat hr->,^ out anothei, and 
 
 the Ihtaicrs niovc (heep, let me be unrolled. 
 
 Skikfpcare's fVinter'i 1 a.'f. 
 
 Which he could l"ii'g cut, where he had, 
 And wnat he bought them for, and paid. BuiVj. 
 
 Thefe Ihake his foul, and, as they boldly prefs, 
 £r„!E out his crimes, and force- him to conlcfs. 
 ^ Diy.irrt. 
 
 Another way made ufe of, to find the wdght 
 of the denarii, was by the weight of Greek coins; 
 but thote experiments bring out the denarius 
 heavier. , Jlrbutlu^ot. 
 
 22. To bring under. To fubdue; to re- 
 
 prefs. 
 
 That (harp courfe which you have fet down, 
 fnr t\x bringing im.iir oi thofe rebels of Ulller, 
 and preparing a way for their perpetual refor- 
 
 To fay, that the more capable, or the better 
 
 dcfervcr, hath fuch right to govern, as he may 
 
 compulforily brini under the lefs worthy, is idle. 
 
 * hacfjn. 
 
 23. To bring up. To educate ; toinftiua; 
 
 to form. 
 
 Tire well bringing up of the people, ferves as a 
 rooil fure bond t"b hold them. Sidney: 
 
 lie that takes upon him the charge of brriging 
 up voung men, tfpccially young gentlemen, 
 Ibou'ld have fomething more in him than Latin. 
 
 Ijicke. 
 
 They frequently convcrfed with this lovely 
 viicin, wio had been brcnght t.p by her father in 
 knowledge. Md.;o,.-s G.,.„J,an. 
 
 24. To bring up. To introduce to gene- 
 ral prafticc. , , r 
 
 sA'<ral obliging deferences, condefccnfions, 
 a-id fubmiflions, wM, many outward forms and 
 tctemonies, were firil of all brought up among 
 the politer pait of mankind, who hvcd in courts 
 and cities.' ^ ^ SpcBator. 
 
 2C. Toirin^iip. To cat) fe to advance. 
 
 B'inif !,j.\mr army ; hut I think you'll find, 
 They 'vc n^tprepir'd lor us. Sli^k/pcurc . 
 
 26. Brii!^ retains, in all Us fenfts, the 
 idea of an agent, or caufe, producing a 
 real or metaphorical motion of fome- 
 thing towai-d fomething ; for it is oft 
 faid,''that he brought his companion ont. 
 The meaning is, that he was brought to 
 fomething that was likcwife ivilhout. 
 
 Bri'ncer. n.f. [from^m-.] The per- 
 fon that brings any thing. 
 
 Yet the fill! hiingtr of unv.ielcomc news 
 Haih but a lofmg office : and his tongue 
 Sounds ever at'ter as 3 fullcn bell, 
 aemcmbci'd tolling a dead friend. Shaljpeari. 
 
 B R I 
 
 Eeft you Ice fafe the hring-r 
 Out of the hoil : I mult attend mine office. 
 
 Shahjpearc 
 
 Bri'ngER up. Inilriiftor; educator. 
 
 Italy .and Rome have been breeders and 
 hriftgcn up of the worthicft men. .!f->:.trn. 
 
 Bri'nish. ac!j. [from brii'.c.^ Having the 
 taile of brine ; fait. 
 
 Nero would be tainted withiemorfe 
 To hear and fee her plaints, her brini/i tears. 
 
 iilutirjpe.ire. 
 For now I (land, as one upon a rock, 
 Ei.viron'd with a wilderncfs of fea, 
 Who marks the waxing ride grow wave by wave; 
 Expeifling ever when fomc envious furge 
 Will, in his brhiijii bowels, fwallow him. Shakf. 
 Bri'nishness. .-;./ [from brinijh.] Salt- 
 
 nefs ; tendency to faltncfs. 
 BRINK, n. /. [brini, Danifh.] The 
 edge of any place, as of a precipice or 
 
 a river. 
 
 Th' amazed flames ftandgather'd in a heap, 
 And from the precipice's br:nk retire. 
 Afraid to venture on fo large a leap. T)-y.!(n. 
 
 Wc Hand therefore on the hrinki and confines 
 of thofe Hates at the day of doom. Attcrhury. 
 
 So ha\e I leen, from Severn's brink, 
 A flock of geefe jump down together; 
 Swim where ihe bird of Jove would fink, 
 And, fwimming, never wet a feather. Sioijt. 
 
 Bri'ny. fli^'. [from ^r/'nf.] Salt. 
 He, who firft the paffage try'd. 
 In harden'doik his heart did hide; 
 Or his, at leaft, in hollow wood. 
 Who tempted firft the briny flood. Dryden. 
 
 Then, briny feas, and talteful fprings, farcwe!. 
 Where fountain nymphs, confus'd with Nereids, 
 dwell. ' Mdijon. 
 
 A muiiatickor briny tallc feems to he pro- 
 duced by a mixture of an acid and alkaline fait ; 
 for fpirit of fait, and fall of tartar, mixed, pro- 
 duce a fait like fea fait. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Bri'ony. See Brvonv". 
 BRISK. aJj. Ibrufqiie, French.] 
 
 1. Lively; vivacious; gay; fp rightly : 
 applied to men. 
 
 Pr'ythce, die, and fet me free, • 
 Or clfc be, 
 Kind and brijh and gay like me. D:i}h.,m. 
 
 A creeping young fellow, that had committed 
 matrimony with a briji gamefome lafs, was fo 
 altered in a few d.ivs, that he was liker a flccle- 
 ton than a living man. L'Eftrange. 
 
 Why (hould all honour then be ta'en 
 From lower parts to load the brain ; 
 When other limbs we plainly fee. 
 Each in his way, as bnji as her Trior. 
 
 2. Powerful; fpirituous. 
 Our nature here is not unlike our wine : 
 
 Some foits, when old, continue brijk and fine. 
 
 De'ilutnt. 
 Under ground, the rude Riphsan race 
 Mimick briJk cyder, with the brake's produfl 
 
 wild. 
 Sloes pounded, hips, and fervis' harlheft juice. 
 
 TliiUipi. 
 
 It muft needs be feme exteriour caufe, and 
 
 the briJk afting of fome objefts without me, 
 
 whofe etScacy I cannot refill. Locke. 
 
 3. Vivid; bright. Not ufed. 
 Obieits appeared much darker, becaufe my 
 
 indrument was overciiarged ; had it magnified 
 thtiiy or twenty-five times, it had made the ob- 
 jea appear more biijk and plcafant. Niwlon. 
 7o Br.isK UP. 1). n. To come up briflsly. 
 Bri'sket. n./. [bricket, Vr.] Thebreall 
 of an animal. 
 
 Sec that none of the wool be wanting, that 
 their gums be red, leelh white and even, and the 
 brifict fllin red. _ Morl:,nfr. 
 
 Bki'skly. aa'v. [(iom Irl/k.] Aftively ; 
 vigoroully. 
 
 B R 1 
 
 Wc have fecn the air in the bladder fuddenly 
 expand itfcK fo much, and fo brijkly, that it ma- 
 nifeflly lifted up forae light bodies that leaned 
 
 upon it. ^"y''- 
 
 I could plainly perceive the creature to fuck in 
 many ofthc nioft minute animalcula, t'nat were 
 fw'mmtng Lri/kly xbout in the water. is'y- 
 
 Bri'skness. n.f. [from bri/i.} 
 
 1. Livehnefs ; vigour; quickncfs. 
 Some remains of corruption, thcugh they do 
 
 not conquer and cxtinguilh, yet will flackcn and 
 allay, the vigour and brijknc/s of the renewed 
 principle. South. 
 
 2, Gayety. 
 But the mod diflinguifliing part of his char.ic- 
 
 ter feems to me to be his brtjkncji, his jollity, 
 and liis good humour. Vrydtn. 
 
 BRI STLE. «. y: [bj-ir^l, Sax.] The 
 
 ftiff liair of fwine. 
 
 I will not open my lips fo wide as a bri/tU 
 m.iy enter. ' Shakfpca^e. 
 
 He is covered with hair, and not, as the hoar, 
 T.ith briJiUi, which probably fpend more upon 
 the fame matter, which, in other creatures, makes 
 the horns ; for brijlles fecm to be nothing elfe but 
 a horn fpllt into a multitude of little oncs.Grtu--. 
 
 I'wo boars whom love to battle draws. 
 With rifing br:J!!ci, and with frothy jaws. 
 Their adverfe breafi;s with tulks oblique they 
 wound. Drydcn. 
 
 To Bri'stle. -u.a. [from the noun.] To 
 erecl in briftle. 
 
 Now for the bare pickt bone of majefty. 
 Doth dogged war trifU his angry creft. 
 And fnarleth in the gentle eyes of peace. Shttkf. 
 Which makes him plume himfelt, and brijile up 
 The creK of youth againft your dignity. Shukjp. 
 To Bri'stle. ii. n. To ftand ereft as 
 briftles. 
 
 Be it ounce, ci cat, or bear, 
 Pard, or boar with brifled hair, "~ 
 In thy eye that fliall appear. 
 When thou wak'fl, it is thy dear. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Stood Theodore furpriz'd in deadly frignt, 
 With chatt'ring teeth, and hriftling hair upright ; 
 Yet arm'd with inborn worth. Drydtn. 
 
 Thv hair fo bnjilti with unmanly fears. 
 As fields of corn that rife in bearded ears. Dryd. 
 To Bristle a thread. To fix a brillle 
 
 to it. 
 Bri'stly. adj. [fiom bripe.1 Thick 
 fet with brilUes. 
 
 The leaves of the black mulberry ate fome- 
 what bnlUy, which may help to pi cferve the Atv;. 
 
 Bacon. 
 If the eye were fo acute as to rival the fineft 
 miciofcope, the fight of our own felves would 
 aftrigh.t us ; ihe fmoothefi (kin would be helet 
 with rugged fcales and brijUy hairs. BentUy. 
 
 Thus r.iaftful beech the briflly cheftnut bears, 
 And the wildafh is white with bloomy pears. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The careful mafter of the fwine. 
 
 Forth hafted he to tend his brifiUd care. _ Topt. 
 
 Bri'stol-stone. a kind of foft diamond 
 
 found in a rock near the city of Brillol. 
 
 Of this khid of cryflal are the better and 
 
 larger fort of BriJlol-jUna, and the Kerry Stones 
 
 of Ireland. ' IfoodiuarJ. 
 
 Brit. n.f. A fiffi. 
 
 The pilchards were wont to purfue the *///, 
 upon which they feed, into the havens. Carcw. 
 
 To Brite. \v,ti. Barley, wheat, or 
 To Bright. J hops, are faid io brite, 
 
 when they grow over-ripe. 
 BRI'TlLE. eidj. [bprxian, Sax.] Fra- 
 gile ; apt to break ; not tough. 
 
 The wood of vines is very durablo; though no 
 tree hath the twigs, while they are green, fo 
 brill/c, yet the wood dried is extremely tough. 
 
 Bucon. 
 
 From earth all came, to earth muft all return. 
 
 Flail .IS the coi d, and brittle as the urn. Fr <or.
 
 B R O 
 
 Of iii'y pomp, and fleeting Joys, 
 Wiiat does tlic bufy woild c-oucluCc ;■( IxB,. 
 Biit7i;;V//t goods, that break like glafj ? Giaitv, 
 
 If the fionc lb brililf, it will cficii crumble, 
 and pals in the form of gir.vcl. .hhui'nr.ot, 
 
 Bri'ttleness. n.f. [from MV/.'f'.] Apt- 
 nefs to break ; fragility. 
 
 A wit quick without bri^htiiefs, (h.irji without 
 hrittUmJ\, Ajchatn'i Si''ic'3lm.'Jier. 
 
 Artifitcis, in tho tempering of llcel, by hold- 
 ing it but ;i minute or two longer or leffci in the 
 fl.imc, give it very differing tempers, as to 
 htittltTtffi or toiighncfs. i>c>7f. 
 
 Brize. n.f. The gadfly. 
 
 A inizfy a feoined little cre.Tturc, 
 Through his f.iir hide his angry Iting ditl threaten. 
 
 BROACH. //./ [l-roc/jc, French.] 
 
 1. A Tpit. 
 
 He was taken into fcrvJcc to a bafc office in 
 his kifchcn ; fa that he turned a broiuk^ that had 
 ttoin a CI own. Jiacort. 
 
 Wliolc otr<.rcdcntrail.s Hiall his crime repmach, 
 And diip tlicir fatncfs from the hazle broar/i. 
 
 J?ryJen . 
 
 2. A imifical inftrument, the founds of 
 which are made by turning round a 
 handle. Dili. 
 
 3. [With hunters.] A flart of the head 
 of a young ftagj growing fharp h'ke 
 the end of a fpit. DiB. 
 
 To Broach, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fpit ; to pierce as with a fpit. 
 
 Were now the general ol oui' gracious cmprcfs, 
 As in good time he may, from Irehind coming, 
 Biiiiging reljcllion hrrnichui on his fword. Shiilf^'. 
 
 He fciler! nun as one would mow hay, and 
 fometimes branched -3. great nunihcr of them upon 
 his pike, as one would carry little birds fpittcd 
 upon a flick. Hakeivill. 
 
 2. To pierce a vefFel In order to draw 
 the h'quor ; to tap, 
 
 / 3. To open any ftorc. 
 
 I will notahly provide, that you fiiall want 
 neither weapons, vii'itiiats, nor aid ; 1 wilt open 
 the old armouries, I will broach my ftore, and 
 bring forth my Uores. Km.'ics. 
 
 4. To let out any thing. 
 
 And now the field of death, the liRsj 
 Were rnter'd by antagonifts, 
 And blood was ready to be hroack^l^ 
 When Hadibras in harte approach'd. Hitdlbfin. 
 
 5. To give out, or utter any thing. 
 
 This crrour, th;it Piion was Ganges, was firft 
 broachcdhy JoCcphus, RrJiigh. 
 
 Thofc who were the chief inftrumcnts of 
 raifing the noifc, made ufe qftiiofe veiy opinions 
 ihcmfdves \\:^d I reached, for arguments to prove, 
 that the change of minifters was dangerous. 
 
 Siuijt's Examhier. 
 
 Bro'acuer. «. /. [from irroac/j.] 
 
 1. A fpit. 
 
 The youth approachM the fire, and, as it 
 biirn'd, 
 On five fharp brcachen rank'd, tlie roaft they 
 
 tttrn'd; 
 Thcfe morfels ftay'd their ftomachs. Dryden. 
 
 2. An opener, or uiterer of any thing; 
 the firlt author. 
 
 There is much pride and vanity in the affec- 
 tation of being the firlt Inoaclur of an heretical 
 opinion. U Ejhari^e. 
 
 Numerous parties denominate themfelves. not 
 from the gr;md Author and Finifhcr of our faith, 
 but from the fiift broucher of their idoliztd opi- 
 nions. Decay of Fit^iy. 
 
 This opinion is commonly, but falfel)', af- 
 cribcd to Ariftotle, not as its fi^lt lioachcr, but 
 as its ahlcft p:itron. Cheyne. 
 
 BROAD, ailj. [brab, vSaxon.] 
 I. Wide ; extended in breadth, difiln- 
 guiflitd from Itngth ; not nnrrow. 
 
 B R O 
 
 Tiie weeds that his hnad fprcading leaves did 
 
 Ihcltcr 
 
 Are pull'd up, root and all. S!iaijp'i>rc. 
 
 Tlic top may be jullly faid to grow InaJer, 
 
 as tile bottom nanower. Ti'n^U. 
 
 or all your knowledge this vain fruir yon have. 
 
 To w.ilk witii eyes hriiad open to your grave. 
 
 Ihydsn. 
 So lofty was the pile, a Parthian bow, 
 Wiili vigour diawn, niuft fend the (haft below. 
 The bottom was full twenty fathom briad. ])iyd. 
 
 He launch'd liie lirry bolt ftom pole to pole, 
 Bicad binll the lightnings, deep the thunders roll. 
 
 i'ljic. 
 
 2. Large. 
 
 To keep him at a diflance from falfchood, and 
 cunning, which has always a /-rrxid mi.\tiuc of 
 falfebood J tins is the fittell pieparation c»f a 
 child for wifdom. L<jrkc. 
 
 3. Clear; open; not fhcltcred ; not af- 
 fording concealment. 
 
 In me.m time he, with cunning to conceal 
 All tlujugiit of this from olhcis, himfcIT licne 
 In /'/cdt/ houfc, with the wooers, us befure. 
 
 i'.hatiman . 
 It no longer fecks the flielter of night and 
 d.trknefs, but appeals in the lioadcji light. 
 
 Demy of Piffv. 
 If children were left alone in the dark, they 
 would be no mote afraid than in iroad funlliine. 
 
 Lo.ie. 
 
 4. Grofs ; coarfe. 
 
 The reeve and the miller arc diflinguilhed from 
 each other, as much as the lady piiurefs and the 
 iro.ji-fpcaking, gap-toothed wife of Bath. D>yd. 
 
 Love made him doubt his Itroad barbarian 
 found ; » 
 
 By love, his want of words and wit he found. 
 
 n<jden. 
 
 If open vice be what you drive at, 
 A name fo l//Oitd \v\\[ ne'er connive at. Dryden. 
 
 Tn^ /'rotidi-Ji mirth unfeeling folly wears, 
 Lcfs plcafing far than virtue's very tears. Popf, 
 
 Room for myloid! three jockeys in his train; 
 Six buntfmen with a (hout precede his chair ; 
 He grins, and looks hroad nonfenfe with a ftarc. 
 
 5. Ohfcene ; fulfome ; tending to obfce- 
 nity. 
 
 As chafte and modcft as he is efleemed,it can- 
 not be denied, but in fome places he is broad and 
 fuHome. Dryden. 
 
 Tliough now arralgn'd, he read with fome dc- 
 light; 
 Becaufc he fcems to chew the cud again, 
 When his bread comment m;ikei the text too 
 phiin. Drydtn. 
 
 6. Bt)ld ; not dehcate ; not refcrved. 
 
 ^i Wlio can fpeak bioadcr than he that has no 
 houfe to put his head in ? Such may rail againft 
 great buildings. Shakfp.ute. 
 
 Froni bread words, and 'caufi be fail'd 
 Hisprefcnce at the tyrant's fealt, I hear, 
 Macduff lives in dif^'race. Shalfpeare. 
 
 Broad as long. Equal upon the whole. 
 
 The mobile are fHll for levelling ; that is to f;iy, 
 for advancing themfelvcs : for it is as broad as 
 long, whether they rife to others, or bring others 
 down to them. L'Ejiratige 
 
 Broad-cloth, n. f. [from broad and 
 cloth.] A fme kind of cloth. 
 
 Thus, a wife taylor is not pinching, 
 But turns at cv'ry feani an inch in : 
 Oiclff, be iurc, yuixx broad- cloth breeches 
 Will ne'er be fmoolh, nor hold their Pitches. Siviff. 
 
 Broad-f.ved. atij. [from broad ^ti^ eyc,^ 
 Having a wide furvey. 
 
 In defpitc of /i'O.I(/-('va/ watchful day, 
 I would into thy bofom pour my thoughts : 
 But, ah ! I will not. :^hnkf^care. 
 
 Broa D-LEAVi-D. odj, [from broad and 
 ha/.^ Having broad leaves. 
 Nairow and baad-kai'ed cyprus grafs. 
 
 fJ'oQdivurd on FoJJih. 
 
 B R O 
 
 To Bro'adf.n'. V, ri. [from broad.'] To 
 grow broad, I know not whether this 
 word occurs, bat in the following paf- 
 fagt. 
 
 Low walks the fun, and hroadtm by degrecj, 
 Jurt o'er the verge of djy. 'llnmjo'i. ' 
 
 Bko'auly. at/t). \l\-om hroad.'\ In a broad, 
 manner. 
 
 Bko'.'vdmess. n.f. [from IroatL'] 
 
 1. Breadth ; extent from fide to fide. 
 
 2. Coarfencfs; fuifomenefs. 
 
 I have ufed the cleancft mctajihor I could find, 
 to palliate the hroadnrji of the meaning. Drydtn. 
 
 Bro'adshouldered. adj. [.•"rom broad 
 VlwH JliouJder.'l Having a large fpace 
 between the ihoulders. 
 Big-bon'd, and large of limbs, with finews 
 ftrong ; 
 I3ti.tdjl',ii!der'd, and his arms were round and 
 long. Dyydtn. 
 
 I am a tall, InndJhMldcred, impudent, black 
 fellow; and, as I thought, every way qualified 
 for a rich widow. ' Spt<r7,i,".r. 
 
 Bro'adside. n.f. [froiTi iroad and fide.'] 
 
 1 . The iide of a Ihip, diftincl from the 
 head or Hern. 
 
 From vaftcr hopes than this he feem'd to fall, 
 Tiiat durft attempt the Britilh admiial : 
 From her brtrndfilcs a ruder flame is thrown, 
 Than from the fiery chariot of the fun. If'a/hr. 
 
 2. The volley of (hot fired at once from 
 the fide oi' a (hip. 
 
 3. [In piinting.] A (heet of paper con- 
 taining one large page. 
 
 Bro'ad SWORD, n. /. [from />rc.^d and 
 f.uord. ] A cutting fwoid, with a broad 
 blade. 
 
 He, in (ighting a duel, was run through the 
 thigh with a brdailfiu:,! d. /; :ff',,:,tT:. 
 
 Bro'adwise. adv. [from ^ojt/ and 'u.'ife.'^ 
 Accordingtothediretflionofthebreadth. 
 If one Ihuuld, with his hand, thruft a piece of 
 iron b/o,:diviJe againU tiie H.,t cieling of his cham- 
 ber, tlie iron would not fall as long as the force 
 of the hand perfevercs to prcls againrt it. £o;Je. 
 EROCA'DE. n.f. [brocado. Span.] 'A 
 filken ftufF, variegated with colours of 
 gold or filver. 
 
 I have the convenience of buying and import- 
 ing rich brocade!. SptaaUr. 
 
 Or Itain her honour, or her nnv brocade ■ 
 Forget her pray'ra, or mifsa mafquerade. Pope. 
 Broca'ded. adj. [^[rom brocadi:] 
 
 1 . Dreft in brocade. 
 
 2. Woven in the manner of a brocade. 
 
 Should you the rich brocaded fuit unfold, 
 Where rifi'ng flow'rs grow ftifl' with froftedgold. 
 
 iiay. 
 
 Bro'cage. n.f. [from hrole.} 
 
 1 . Thegain gotten by piomoiiiig bargains. 
 
 Yet fure his honcliy, 
 Got him fmall gains, but Ojanu lefs flattery. 
 And filthy Irocige, and luifeemly fliifts, 
 And borrow bale, and fome good ladies- gifts. 
 
 Spci-fer. 
 
 2. The hire given for any unlawful office. 
 As for the pciiiick and wholefome laws, they 
 
 were interpicted to be but broiage of an ufurtr, 
 thereby to woo and win the hearts of the people. 
 
 3. The trade of dealing in old things ; the 
 trade of a broker. 
 
 Poor poet ape, that would be thought out chief, 
 Whofc works are e'en the fiippciy of wit, 
 Fiom br'jcnge is become fo bold a thief. 
 As wc, the robb'd, leave rage, and pity it. 
 
 Sen yo/rfGn. 
 
 4. The tranfaftion of bufincfs for other 
 meo.
 
 B R O 
 
 So much ^5 tV.c quantity , of money Uteffcnctl, 
 fo iiuiuli mull the Ih.iic of every one that has a 
 light <o this money he the lets ; whether he be 
 l:m(ihoWcr, for his goods; or labourer, for his 
 hire; or Aieicham, for liis /»oi<n,'r. Lc-ie. 
 
 SRO'CCOLI. n.f. [Italian.] A fpecics ot 
 cabbage. 
 
 Content \s-ith little, t can piddle here 
 O'l ir.5rrc,'; and mutton round the year; 
 But ancient fiiends, tho' poorer out of play. 
 That touch my bell, I cannot turn away, i oft. 
 
 ToBroche. See /"o Br.oa.ch.. 
 
 EoCeoffiy of Boullion, at one draught of his 
 bow, Ihooting ajjainlf David's towur in Jcrula- 
 Icm, irccAfi three fcetlels birds. tamJm. 
 
 Brock, n.f. [bnoc. Sax.] k badger 
 
 Bro'cket. n./. k ted deer, two years old. 
 
 Brogi-e. n.f. \_hrog, Irilh.] 
 
 1 . A kind of fttoe. 
 
 I tliought he flept ; and put 
 My clouted brogua from otf ray feet, whofe rude- 
 
 Anfwcr'd my fteps too loud. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Somerimes it i, s''«'n o^^x, that we muft either 
 
 .take thcfe half-pence, or eat our /.>»,?««. S^vljt. 
 
 2. A cant word for a corrupt dialed, or 
 manner of pronunciation. 
 
 His ircgw. will dciea mine. F.ir^i<k.,r. 
 
 To BRO'IDER. -v. a. [irotlir, Tr.] 1 o 
 adorn with figures of needlework. 
 A robe, and a l„<,:Mr^i coat, and a girdle. 
 
 Infant Albion l.-.y 
 In mantles ir«.!Vv'.-r o'er with gorgeous piKlc. 
 
 / !Cf:eL 
 
 Broidery. «. /. [from ^wV/f/-.] Em- 
 
 broidery; flower-work; additional or- 
 naments wrought upon cloth. 
 
 The golden hoidin t^-ndcr Milliah wove, 
 The brcaft to Kenna facred, and lo love, ^^^ 
 Lie rent and mangled. ■'"'' ■ 
 
 BROIL. 71. f. Ibrouilkr, Fr.] A tumult; 
 
 a quarrel. , , , ■, 
 
 Sav to the kini; thy knowledge of the hroil, 
 
 A s thou didft IciVe i t. Shnkfpcrc 
 
 .He has Cent the fword both of civil bmh, and 
 
 puMicw.iv, amongli us. I'lake. 
 
 Rude were their rcvcb, and obfcene their joys; 
 
 Thc-5ra7i of drunkards, and the luft of boys. 
 
 To BROIL, i: a. [bridrr, Tr.] To drel's 
 or cook by laying on the coals, or be- 
 fore the fire. 
 Some ftrip the (kin, fome portion out the 
 
 fpoil, „ , 
 
 Some on the fire the recking entrails /"•■;.•/. JJry.l. 
 
 ToBroil. -u. n. To be in the heat. 
 Wiieie have vou been broih.'g f' 
 Among the crowd i' th' abbey, where a 
 
 Could not be wcdg'd in more. Shakffear, 
 
 Lone ere now allthc planets and comets Had 
 been br^iUxg in the fun, had the world lalled 
 from all eternity. Cheyif. 
 
 ro BROKE, -v. it. [Of uncertain etymo- 
 logy. Skmner feems inclined to daive 
 it from To Ireah, becaufe hrohen men 
 tarn faclors or Lroieri. Cafaubon, from 
 cpTl:-.r. Shlnner thinks, again, that it 
 may be contrafted from procurer. Lye 
 more properly deduc 's it from bpuccan, 
 Sax. tobebufy.] To tranfaa bufinefs 
 for others, or by others. It is ufed ge- 
 nerally in reproach. 
 
 He docs, indeed. 
 And b'okii with ail that can, in fuch a fuit. 
 Corrupt the lender honour of a maid. Sliakf. 
 The gains of bargains arc of a more doubtful 
 nature, when men fhould wait uiion others nc- 
 tclTity; broke by fcrvaiits aad iBftuimeiits to draw 
 them on. -y"' '"'• 
 
 B R O 
 
 Bito'icEX. The part. pafT. of breni. 
 
 Prefcri'C men's wits from being iioii-" with 
 
 the very bent of fo long attention. ' thiif. 
 
 Bro'kf.n m-f..\t. Fragments; meat that 
 
 has been cut. 
 
 Get three or four chairwomen to attend yiai 
 conliantly in the kitchen, whom you pay at tmall 
 cliarges ; only with the broken nuat, a few coals, 
 and all the eindus. Swift. 
 
 Bro'kenhearted. adj. [from broken and 
 heart.^ Having the fpii its cruihed by 
 
 grief or feir. 
 He hath fent me to bind up the b<'jken-hiarnd. 
 
 Il.uali. 
 
 Bro'keni,y. aih. [from iroieri.^ Vv ith- 
 
 out anv regular feries. 
 Sir Rich.uV Hopkins hath done fumcwhat of 
 
 this l.ind, bui hoi aly and glancingly ; intending 
 
 chiefly a difccurfc of his own voyage. Uukeviill. 
 Bro'ker. n.f. [from To broie.]^ 
 I. A fa,clor; one that does bufinefs for 
 
 another ; one that makes bargains for 
 
 another. 
 
 Broko!, who, having no flock of their ov.-n, 
 fet up and trade with that of other men ; buying 
 here, and felling there, and commonly abufmg 
 both fides, to make out a little paultry gain. 
 
 Timplt. 
 Some Sotith-fea broker, from the city, 
 U'il! purchafc me, the more 's the pity j 
 Lay all my fine plantations wafte, 
 To fit them to his vulgar talfc. Sivift. 
 
 ■z. One who deals in old houfehold goods. 
 3. A pimp ; a matchmaker. 
 
 A goodly brokei ' 
 Dare you prcfume to harbour wanton lines ; 
 To whifper and confpire againll my youth ? 
 
 Shakfptuie. 
 In chufrng for yourfelf, you lliew'd your judg- 
 mciil ; 
 Which being thallow, you (hall give me leave 
 To play the broker in mine ovtu behalf. Shaifp 
 Bro'ker AGE. n.f. [from broker,'] The 
 pay or reward of a broker. See Bro- 
 cage. 
 Bro'king. parlklp. ailj. Praftifed by 
 
 brokers. 
 
 Redeem from brakhtg pawn tlie bicmil'h'd 
 crown, 
 Wipe off the tiuft th.at hides our fccptre's gilt. 
 
 ahakfpiorL . 
 
 Bro'nchiai.. \adj.\_-:oyy.<fy.'\ Belonging 
 Bro'nchick. J to the throat. 
 
 Inflammation of the lungs may happen either 
 in the brmiclii,il ov pulmonjry veffels, and m.ry 
 foon be communicated from one to the other, 
 when tiie inflammation atfeits both the lobes. 
 
 ^'^ybltthttot 
 
 Bro'nchocei.e. n.y. \_3;',yx.x:i'r.'] A tu- 
 mour of that part of the afpera arteria, 
 called the bronchus. ^''ncy. 
 
 Broncho'tomy. n. f [lifiynSj. and 
 Ti>ii.] That opeiation which opens 
 the windjripe by incifion, to prevent 
 filffocatloii in a quinfey. Shiiiicy. 
 
 The operation of bronchototny is an incifion into 
 the afpera arteria, to make way for the air into 
 the lungs, when refpiration is oblfruflcd by any 
 tumour comprelfing the larynx. Siiarf. 
 
 Brond. «./. See Brand. A fword. 
 
 Foolilh old man, faid then the pagan wroth, 
 That wecneft words or charms may force with- 
 fionA; 
 
 Soon fhalt thou fee, and then believe for troth, 
 That I can carve with tiiis enchanted btind. 
 
 Hpi'ljir. 
 
 Bromto'logy. «./ [S-j^fTr" and Ao'/ia.] A 
 diflcrtation upon thunder. Did. 
 
 Bronze, n.f. \_bron%e, Fr.j 
 J. Brai'9. 
 
 B R O 
 
 Imlrjwn'd witii native br-^nre, lo ' Henley 
 If.mds, 
 Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands. I'^/f, 
 2. Relief, or ftatue, call in brafs. 
 I view with anger and difdaiu, 
 How hitlc .gir'es thee joy or pnin ; 
 A print, a br.onxef a flower, a root, 
 A (hell, a butterfly can do "t. Prk'. 
 
 BROOCH, n.f [broic, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A jewel ; an ornament of jewels. 
 
 Ay, marry, our ckiins and our jewel.'.. — 
 Yooi'brooc'ke'f pearls, and ov^xhes. S/i^tkfp.-arf. 
 
 Richly fuitcd, but unfeafonablc ; juft like tV.e 
 brooch and the toothpick, which we wear not now. 
 
 I know him well ; he is the brooiA, indeed. 
 And gem of all the n.-.tion. Shaifpcan, 
 
 2. [With painters.] A painting all of 
 one colour. Did. 
 
 To Brooch, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 adoni witli jewels. 
 
 Not th' imperious (how 
 Of the fuU-fortun'd Cxfar, ever (liall 
 Be br'^u-k'.l with me. Skikf^ean. 
 
 To BROOD, -u. n. [br.asdan. Sax.] 
 
 1. To lit as on egg?, to hatch them. 
 
 Thou from the hrlt 
 Waif prefenr, and, with mighty wings outfprcad, 
 Dove-like fafrt brf,o.iiii« on the vail abyfs. 
 And mad'H it pregnant. ^Vdton. 
 
 Here nature fpreads her fruitful fweetiiefs 
 round, 
 Breathes on the air, and broaili upon the ground. 
 
 Dry.iiii. 
 
 2. To cover chickens under the wing. 
 
 Exalted hence, and drunk with I'ecrct joy, 
 Their young I'uccelTi mall their carts employ ; 
 They breed, they brocj, inrtruil, and educate ; 
 And make provifion" for the future Hate. i>0"'- 
 
 Find out fome unchufli cell, 
 W here brooding tlai kiiefs fpreads his jealous wings, ■ 
 And the night ra\ en bugs. Mjiioi:. 
 
 J. To remain long in anxiety, or lolici- 
 
 tous thought. 
 
 Defraud their clients, and, to lucre fold, 
 Sit brooding on unprofitable gold. Drydcn. 
 
 As rt|oicing niifcrs 
 Brood o'er their precious ftoics of fecret gold. 
 
 SmitTi, 
 
 4. To mature any thing by care. 
 
 It was the opinion of Clinias, as if there were 
 ever aniongti nations a bro'jding of a war, and 
 that there is 110 fore levguc but impuilVance to do 
 hurt. ^"""•■ 
 
 To Brood, v. a. To cherifh by care. 
 Of crowds afraid, yet anxious when alone, 
 ■^ou'U fit and brood your furrows on a throne. 
 
 JjiyJirt. 
 
 Brood, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Offspring ; progeny. It is now hardly 
 ufed of human beings, but in contempt. 
 
 The heavenly fatlicr keep his brtod 
 From foul infeaion of fo grc.it a vice. Ki-'V/JV. 
 With terrouis and with clamours comp.ils'd 
 round, 
 Of mine own brood, that on my bowels feed. 
 
 Milfon. 
 
 Or any other of that heavenly brood, 
 
 Let down in cloudy throne to do the world fome 
 
 good. Milnn. 
 
 ./Elian difcourfes of ftorks, and their aSe6lion 
 
 toward their i™./, whom they in'»rui£f 10 fly. 
 
 BrO'.vn'i Vlilg.ir i'lF-OKM. 
 
 2. Tiling bred ; fpecies generated. 
 Have you forgotten Lybia's burning waftes, 
 
 Its barren rocks, parcli'd earth, and hills of fand, 
 Its tainted air, and ail its broodi ui poifon .> 
 
 Addijon. 
 
 3. A hatch; the number hatched at once. 
 
 I was w'ondcrfully pkaled to fee the difl'ercitt 
 workings of inftindl in a hen followed by a 
 /„o,rf of ducks. S/H-afor. 
 
 4. Something brought foith ; a production.
 
 B R O 
 
 Such tliii>i« lojconit the hatch jixl hivnl of 
 rime. ^hvlji'tarc. 
 
 5. The aft of covering the eggs< 
 
 Sunicthiiii; 's in his luul, 
 O'er which his mchiiiclioly lits on t>ro:t!; 
 Aiid I doubt the li.itcli .uid the dilclolc 
 Will be lomc danger. Shaiffeaie. 
 
 Bro'odt. adj. [fiom/'z-W.] In a ilate of 
 fitting on the eggs ; inclined to fit. 
 
 Tiic comniun hcii, .ill the w iulc (he is (JiWvi 
 fits, anil lc,id.s licr thickens, and iifcs a voice 
 which «c call clocking. ^"J- 
 
 Brook, n./. [hpoc, or bjioca, Sax.] A 
 runni.-ig water, lefs than a river. 
 
 A fublfitutc Ihines brightly as a ki'ib'i 
 Until a king be by ; and then his Ilate 
 Empties ithlt, as doth an inland brak 
 lino the main of w.iters. Skukffcayc. 
 
 Or many grateful altars I would rear 
 Of graliy tun ; and pile up every ftonc 
 Of lull re from the hiv^k ; iu memory, 
 Of niur.umcnt to ages. Mi/lO'i. 
 
 And to Cephifus' hrnik their way pnrfuc : 
 TUc llreamwas troubled, but the ford they knew. 
 
 Springs make little rivulets; thofe united, 
 makeiroojfi; and thofe coming together, make 
 livers, which empty ihemfcWes into the lea. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 To BROOK. V. a. [briucan. Sax.] To 
 bear ; to endure ; to ftipport. 
 
 Even they,whicli /'/so/- itwoilt that men (hould 
 tell them of their duties, when they are told the 
 fame by a law, think very well and reafonably 
 of it. Hooker. 
 
 A thouf.\nd more mifchances than this one 
 H.ive learned mc to hio'jk this patiently. Shakf. 
 
 How ufc doth breed ^ iiabit in a man ! 
 This fhadowy defarr, uilfrequentcd woods, 
 I better broik than flourilhing peopled towns. 
 
 Shakjl'eari-. 
 Hcav'n, the feat of blifs, 
 B^i'jki not the works of violence and war. ^liUo't. 
 
 Moft men can much rather brook tiieir hcinj 
 reputed knaves, than for their lloncfly be sc- 
 coinited fools. South. 
 
 Rellr.iint thou wilt Tiolbro'.k; but think it hard, 
 Your prudence is not trulted as your guard. Drjit. 
 
 Til Brook, v. 11. To endure; to be con- 
 tent. 
 
 He, in thcfc wars, had flatly refufed his aid ; 
 bccaufc hccuiild not brrtr^k that the worthy prince 
 l*hiiigus w.ij, by his chofcn Tiridates, preferred 
 before hira. SiAnev, 
 
 Bro'oki.ime.' n.f. \_hecahintna, Lat.] A 
 fort of water fpeedwell, very common 
 in ditches. 
 
 BROOM, n.f. [gentjla; bjiom, Saxon,] 
 
 1. A fill ail tree. 
 
 Ev*n lumihle broom ^^^A ofiers have rhcir ufe, 
 And Ih.ndc forlhecp, and food for Hocks, produce. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. A befom : fo called from the matter of 
 which it is fomctimes made. 
 
 Not a nioufe 
 Shall difturb this hollow'd iioiifej 
 I am- fcnt with bioom before. 
 To fu'eep tl'.c dull behind the door. Sknkfpeitrc. 
 If they came into the heft apartment, to fet 
 any thing in order, they sere laluted with a 
 htoom. ylrbut/iiiot. 
 
 Biio'oMLAxn. n. f. [iroom and Luul.'] 
 Land that beara broom. 
 
 I have known Iheep cured of the rot, when 
 they have not been far gone with it, by being 
 put into ^'«3'«/<iV(^r. ■ Mcrtittm . 
 
 Bro'omstaff. n. f. [from hroom and 
 .ft"JI'-'\ The ilafF to which tlie broom is 
 bound ; the handle of a beiom. 
 
 Tluy fell on ; I made good my place : at 
 length, they came to the broomjlijj with me : I 
 «!cfied 'em fliU, Siuifpave. 
 
 B R O 
 
 From, the age 
 That children tread this woildly ftagf, 
 hf'Omfiojf ox pokei Ihey bellride. 
 And roaud the parloui love to ride. Viior. 
 
 Sir Roger punned at fometiiing- behind the 
 door, which I lound to be an old broomjinff. 
 
 Hjifilator. 
 
 Bito'oMSTtCK. n.f. The fame as hroumjlujf. 
 
 When I beheldihis, I (igned, and faid within 
 
 myftif, SVK(it-v MORTAL Man is a Sroom- 
 
 sricK ! SiL'iJr. 
 
 Bro'omy. atfj. [^fromirooiii.^ Full ofbroom. 
 
 If land grow- moiTy or Hxtmy, then break it 
 
 up again. ' Mirtimr. 
 
 The youtli with h,v>my ftumps began to tiace 
 The kenj-.cl eiige, where wheels had worn ihc^ 
 place. Swij: . 
 
 Broth, n. f. [b;io'iS, Sax.] Liquor'in 
 which fiefh is btjiled. 
 
 You may make the broth for two days, and 
 take the one half every day, Bacon. 
 
 Inftcad of light defevt.s and lufcious frotii. 
 Our author Heats to-night with Spartan broth. 
 
 Soutiirr/i. 
 
 If a nurfe, after being fucked diy, cats broth, 
 
 the infant will luck the btotli, almoft unaliercd. 
 
 yhbutknot. 
 Bro'thel. \n.f. [ionM, Fr,] A 
 
 Bro'thelhouse. 3 houfe of lewd enter- 
 tainment ; a bawdy-houfe. 
 
 I'oi chance 
 I faw him enter (uch a l.oufe of fale. 
 Videlicet, a broth:'/. .Shnkfpcan-. 
 
 Then courts of kings were held in high renown. 
 Ere made the common brothch of the town : 
 There virgins lionourablc vows rccciv'd, 
 But clialle as maids in monaftcries liv'd. Dry.Un. 
 
 From ics old ruins btothLlhoi.f. s rife. 
 Scenes of lewd loves and of polluted joys. 
 
 Drydeti. 
 The libertine retires to the flews and to the 
 
 brcrhr!. Ro«lr!. 
 
 BROTHER, «. /. [bpo^er, bjiotJoji, 
 Sax.] Plural brothers, or hrelhrsn. 
 
 1. One born of the fame father and mother. 
 
 Be fad, good hi other i-^ 
 Sorrow fo royally in you appears. 
 That I will deeply put the fartrion on. Shakfpmre. 
 
 Whilft kill their kin, brother the biothei foils, 
 Likecnfigns allagainll like cnligns bend. Daniel. 
 
 Tiicfe two are biethicn, Adam, and to come 
 Out of thy loins. Mtlton. 
 
 Comjiaiing two men, in reference to one com- 
 mon parent, it is very eafy to form the ideas of 
 brother^. Locke, 
 
 2. Any one clofcly united ; aflbciate. 
 
 We few, we happy lew, we hand oi b'Others-^ 
 For he to-day that (keds his blood with me, 
 Siiall bc-niv eioth.f. .Shjkfprare. 
 
 3. Any one refembling another in manner, 
 form, or profefllon. 
 
 He alfo that is Uothful in his work, is brother to 
 hira that is a great waller. Prozerbi. 
 
 I will eat no meal while the world llandctl-., 
 left 1 make my brother to offend. Corinthhins. 
 
 4. Brother is ufed, in theological lan- 
 guage, for man in general. 
 
 Bro'thisRHOod. ti.f [Worn brother -AiiA 
 hooil. ] 
 
 1. The Ilate or quality of being a brother. 
 
 Tills deep dilgracc of brothnhtoJ 
 I'ouclies me dc-'pei than you can imagine. Sh.-ihfp. 
 
 Finos brotherhood iu thee no ftiarper fpur.' 
 
 ShiikJ'peare. 
 
 So it be a right to govern, whether yow call it 
 fuprcm'' fatherhood, or fupreme brotherhood, v,'\U 
 he all one, provided we know who has it. Lo-ke. 
 
 2. An afTociatlon of men for any purpofe ; 
 a fraternity. 
 
 There was a fraternity of men at arms, called 
 the brolherhooJ ot St. George, ercdled bf parlia- 
 ment, confining of thirteen the moll noble and 
 wortliy pcifous.- i).j-L.'rj. 
 
 B R O 
 
 3. A clafs of men of the fame kind. 
 
 He was romLtinics fo engaged nmong the 
 wheels, that not ;ibcivc half the poci appeared ; at 
 other timcS; he became as cunfpicuuus as any uf 
 
 the biothcrhood, JlsiA:jf>fr: 
 
 Bro'therly. ad}, [from brother.^ Na- 
 tural ; fuch atj becomes or LttL'cms a 
 brother. 
 
 He was a pricft, and looked for a pricft's re- 
 ward ; which was our bioikfrly love, and the gO'"l 
 of uiii' fouls and bodies. B^-c^i. 
 
 Though more our money tlian our caufc 
 Their brotherly afliftancc (haws. Dfnhnrrt. 
 
 They would not j;o btforc the I.iws, but fullcw 
 them ; obeying their lupfriours, ^ml embracing 
 one another iu ^ro/A^r/y piety andcoscord. Addif. 
 
 Bro'thfri-y. adu. After the manner of 
 a brother ; witli klndnefs and afict^iun. 
 
 1 fpcak but Irathfffv of him ; hut ihould I 
 anatomize liim to thee as he is, I muft blufh and 
 w-jcp, S/:akfj>eate, 
 
 Brought, The part. palT q^ bring. 
 
 The Turks forl'ook the w.iils, and could not 
 
 be bi might ;igain to the affaulr. KurAUi, 
 
 Ti^c inflanccs hrbught by our author are but 
 
 flcndcr proofs. Locke, 
 
 BROW, n.f. [bpopa, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The arch of hair over the eye. 
 
 'Tis now the hour wiiich all to rell allow. 
 And deep lits heavy upon every biow. O'jdcir, 
 
 2. The forehead. 
 
 She could have run, and waddled about; 
 For even the day before ihe broke her bro^u. Shttk, 
 
 So we fome antique hero's ftrength 
 Learn by his launce''s weight and length; 
 As thefe vaft beams expiefsthe be.ilt 
 Whofe Ihady brows alive they drelt. J'J'JIcr. 
 
 3. The general air of the countenance. 
 
 Then call them to our prefcnce, face to face, 
 And frowning brovJ to bro'zv. Sh.ikfpeaie. 
 
 Though all things foul would bear tie brotui of 
 grace. 
 Yet grace mufl look Ifill fo. Sh.ikfpeare. 
 
 4. Tile edge of any high place. 
 
 The earl, nothing difmayed, came forwards 
 tliat day unto a little village, callect Stoke, and 
 tliere encamped that night, upon the btoiv or 
 hanging of a hill. JOacort. 
 
 On the brow of the hill, beyond that city, they 
 were fomewhar perplexed by el'pying the French 
 embalTador, with tlie king's coach, and others 
 attending him. Wotton. 
 
 Them \tith fire, and hodile arms, 
 Fcarlcfs alTault ; and to the brow of heav'n 
 I'urfuing, drive tliem out from God and blifs. 
 
 Mtllon. 
 
 To Brow. f. a. [from the nonn.] To 
 bound ; to limit ; to be at the i^gc of. 
 Tending my flcjcks hard by, i' th' liiliy crofts 
 That /.;ou' this bottom glade. I\h'ti&ri, 
 
 To Bro'vvbeat. f. a~ [frorn iroiv and 
 beat.li To deprcfs with fevcre brov.s, 
 and Hern or lofty looks. 
 
 It is not for a magiftrate tr frown upon, and 
 
 hroiubent, rhofe who are hearty andcxa^t 5n their j< 
 
 miniilry ; and, with a gr.ivc nod, to tall a re-'- 
 
 folvcd 7.cal want of prudei.te. Sot/th. 
 
 What man will voluntarily expofe himftlf to 
 
 the imperious bro-wbenritgs a:;d (corns of great 
 
 men } L'Ejtnrngc. 
 
 Count TariJ endeavoured to bro^ubent rhe 
 
 plaintiff^ wiii.'ehewas fpeaking: hut though he 
 
 was not fo impudent as the count, he was every 
 
 whit as fturdy. - .4dd:J:r.. 
 
 I will not be hrowheaten by the fupcrcilious 
 
 loriks of my adverfarics. y.rbttthnot and Vopr, 
 
 Bro'wbound. adj. [from Iro'iu and houud.'\ 
 
 Crowned ; having- the head encircled as 
 
 with a d.adem. 
 
 In that d.-iy's feats. 
 He prov'dthe beft man i' th' field; and, for his 
 
 meed, 
 Wasirow-/'CBH</vii:h the o.iki. Shukffeare.
 
 B R U 
 
 BRo'wsiCK.a^'. [homirow zndJIcL] De- 
 jefted ; hanging; the head. 
 
 But yet a giacious intlucnce from you 
 Mny .Titer nature in our iro-w/iik crew. Suckling. 
 BROWN. aJj. [bpun, Saxon.] The 
 name of a colour, compounded of black 
 and any other colour. 
 
 Brown, in high Dutch, is called hraun ; in the 
 
 Nerhcrlaiuls, ^;;/y««j in French, co/cv/r ^r«Mff ; in 
 
 Italian, hru'io. Peadmm. 
 
 I like the new tire within excellently, if tlic 
 
 hair were a little i'roiuner. Shakfyeare . 
 
 From whence high Ithaca o'erlooks the floods, 
 
 Bn-Mn with o'erciiaiging fliadcs anil pendent 
 
 Woods. Pope. 
 
 Long untravell'd heaths, 
 
 With defolationirow/;, he wanders waftc. ' 
 
 Tnovifoft. 
 
 Bro'wn-bili,. n.f. [from /^roron and /,;//.] 
 The ancient weapon of the Englifii foot : 
 why it is called brozini, I have not dif- 
 covered ; but we now fay brown mujhet 
 from it. 
 
 And broiunhiih levied in the city. 
 Made bills to pafs the grand committee. Hu.iib. 
 Bro'wnish. adj. [from hrown.l Some- 
 what brown. 
 
 A brovjr.ijh grey iron-ftone, lying in thin flrata, 
 is poor, but runs freely. Ifoo.livMil. 
 
 Bro'vvnnfss. «./ [from broivn.] A 
 brown colour. 
 
 She would coiifefs the contention in her own 
 mind, between that lovely, indeed moll lovely, 
 hiotiinncji of Mulidoius's face, and this colour 
 »( mine. Shiney. 
 
 BRo'vvNSTuny. »./. [from Irown and 
 J'">^y-'\ Gloomy meditations ; ihuly in 
 which we dirett our thoughts to no cer- 
 tain point. 
 
 They live retired, and then they dozcaway 
 their time in drowlinefs and hriiutiJiuJies ; or, if 
 brilk anriafiive, they lay thcmfelvcs out wholly 
 in making common places. Nirrii. 
 
 To BROWSE. -V. a. \lroufir, Fr.] To 
 cat branches, or (hrubs. 
 
 And being down, is irod in the durt 
 Oi cattk-, and broufr.l, and I'urcly huit. Sfevjer. 
 _ Thy |ialatc then did deign 
 
 i he rougheft berry on the rudcft hedge : 
 Yea, like tlic liag, when fnow the paihne Ihccts, 
 The barks of trees thou broufclft. S'i,'iip,a,;- 
 To Browse, -v. n. To feed: it is ufed 
 with the particle on. 
 
 They have feared away two of my "beft (heep ; 
 if any where I have them, 'tis by the fca-fide, 
 
 irowfingon \\y. _ Shukfpfaic. 
 
 A goat, hard piefTcd, took fanfluary in a vine- 
 yard ; fo foon .IS he thought the danger over, he 
 -fell prclciitly a btoiojing upon the leaves. 
 
 L' F.jit angc. 
 
 Could eat the tender plant, and, by degrees, 
 Brovjfe on the Ihrubs, and crop the budding trees. 
 
 JJlackmore. 
 
 The Greeks were the defcendants of favagcs, 
 ignorant of agriculture, and biciu/ing on iicrbagc, 
 like cattle. ylrbnthmt. 
 
 ynowsE. n /. [from the verb.] Branches, 
 or (hrubs, lit for the food of goats, or 
 other'animals. 
 
 The greedy lionrfsthc woif purfiies. 
 The Wolf the kid, the wantgn kid the irotvfi. 
 
 DryJen. 
 On tiiat claud-pieicing hill, 
 Plinlimmon, from afar, the traveller kens, 
 Aftonilh'd, how the goatsvthcir (hrubby iiow^i' 
 Gnaw pendent. Pi'ii/ips. 
 
 'Jo BRUISE, v.a. lirifvr, Fr.] To crnOi 
 or mangle with the heavy blow of fome- 
 .thing not edged or pointed ; to cnifli 
 by any weight ; to heat into grofs 
 powdcj' ; to beat together coarfely. 
 
 B R U 
 
 Fellows in arms, and my molf loving friends, 
 Brrift'd underneath the yoke of tyranny. S/ud-fp. 
 
 And fix far deeper in his head their ftings. 
 Than temporal death (hall /:<'rt;fc the vi^ftor's heel. 
 Or theirs whom he iLdecms. Air/ton. 
 
 As in old chaos hcav'n with earth confus'd, 
 And flats with rocks together crufli'd and bruii'ti. 
 
 iralht. 
 
 They beat their breafts with many a bfui/i?:g 
 
 blow. 
 
 Till they turn livid and corrupt the fnow. Dry I. 
 
 Bruise, n./. [from the verb.] A hurt 
 
 with fomething blunt and heavy. 
 
 One arm'd with mct.il, th 'orher with wood. 
 This fit for bruifff and that fur blood. Ihtdibrai. 
 
 I fince have labour'd 
 To bind the btiilfcs of a civil war. 
 And flop the ilfucs of their walling blood. Dr\d. 
 Bru'isf.wort. M.f. An herb ; the fame 
 
 with coinfrey. 
 BRUIT, n.f. [bruit, Fr.] Rumour; 
 noife ; report. 
 
 A bruit ran from one to the other, that the 
 king was ilain. Sid--!cy. 
 
 Upon fomc bruiti he apprehended a fear, which 
 moved him to fend to fir William Herbed to re- 
 main his friend. Uayvjard. 
 
 I am not 
 One that rejoices in the common wreck, 
 As common i'«// doth put it. Sluikfpejre. 
 
 To Bruit, v.a. [from the noun.] To 
 report ; to noife abroad ; to rumour. 
 Neither the verb nor the noun are now 
 much in ufe. 
 
 His death. 
 Being ^rw.'Vf./ once, took fire and heat away 
 From the heft tcmper'dcourage in his troops. 
 
 Shtikjpfare. 
 It was Iruitcd, that! meant nothing lefs than 
 fo go lo Guiana. RaUigh. 
 
 Bru'mal. atij. [bninia/is, Lat.] Belong- 
 ing to the winter. 
 
 About the i;7(j/w/ folfticc, it hath been obferv- 
 ed, even unto a proverb, that the fea is calm, 
 and the winds do ceafe, till the young ones arc 
 excluded, and foifake their nerts. Broiun. 
 
 Brun, Bran, Born, Bourn, Burn, 
 are all derived f)om the Saxon, boj-n, 
 bouj^n, bjiunna, bu;ina ; all lignifying a 
 river or brook. G'thjon. 
 
 Brune'tt. n.f. \hrimellc, French.] A 
 woman with a brown complexion, 
 
 Youi fair women therefore thought of this fa- 
 fhiun, to infult the olives and the brunettes. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 Bro'nion. n.f. \Jiru^non,Yr.'\ A fort 
 
 of fruit between a plum and a peach. 
 
 1'revoux. 
 Bru'nt. n.f. [hrii'ijl, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Shock ; violence. 
 
 Erona chofc rather to bide the brunt of war, 
 . than venture him. Sidury 
 
 God, who caus'd a fountain, at thy pray'r, 
 From the dry ground to fpring, thy thirll t'allay 
 After the brunt of battle. Milton. 
 
 Faithful miiiilters are to fland and endure the 
 brunt : a common foldier may fly, wh.en it is the 
 duty of- him that holds the ftandar^ to die upon 
 the pl.ice. Siuth 
 
 2. Blow ; (Iroke. 
 
 A wicked nmbuOi, which lay hidden long 
 In the clofe covert of her guilciul eycn, . 
 Tiicnce breaking forth, did thick about me throng. 
 Too feeble I t' abide the brunt fo Along. Spcr.jcr. 
 
 Th'- friendly rug prtferv'd the groun<i. 
 And headlong kniglit, from hruifc or wound, 
 I-ikc featherbed bctwi.^t a wall. 
 And heavy brunt of rannon-ball. llu.Ubra^. 
 
 BRUSH. n.f [broje, Fr. from brufcus, Lat . ] 
 1. An inllrument to clean any thiii;^, by 
 rubbing off the diit or foil. It is gene- 
 rally made of brillles fct in wood. 
 
 B R U 
 
 2. It is ufed for the larger and flronget 
 pencils ufed Ly painters. 
 
 Whence cotncs all this rage of wit ? this arm- 
 ing all the pencils and hrnjhcs of the town againft 
 me? StiUingfieel. 
 
 With a fmall brujh you mud fmcar the glue 
 well upon the joint of each piece. Moxon. 
 
 3. A rude afl^iidt ; a fliock ; rough treat- 
 ment ; which, by the fame metaphor, 
 we call afccurirtg. 
 
 Let grow thy fincws till their knots be ftrong, 
 And tempt not yet the bn,/ies of the war. Sink. 
 
 It could not be poflible, that, upon fo little a 
 bruj?i as VV.iiler had fullained, he could not be 
 able to follow and difturb the king Cdarendm. 
 
 Elfe, when we put it to the pulh, 
 They had not giv'n us fuch a bruji. Ifudibras, 
 
 To Brush, -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fweep or rub with a brufli. 
 
 If he be not in love with fome woman, there 
 is no believing old figns ; he brujlin his iiat 
 o'raorning; what fliould that bode.' Shakfpesrr. 
 
 2. To flrike with quicknefs, as in brulh- 
 ing. 
 
 The wrathful hcafl about him turned liglit. 
 And him fo ludely pafling by, did bruj/i 
 With his long tail, that horfe and man togiound 
 did rufli. Spenjcr's Fairy Quern, 
 
 Has Somnus brujli*d. thy eyelids with his rod ? 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 His fon Cupavo brujlt^d the briny flood. 
 Upon bis ftern a brawny centaur flood. Drydcn. 
 
 High o'er the billows flew the mafly load, 
 And near the fliip came thund'ring on the flood, 
 It almoft brujh'd the helm. Pope, 
 
 3. To paint with a brufli. 
 
 You have commifiioned me to paint your (hop, 
 and I have done my befl to brujlt you up like 
 your neighbours. Pr>pe, 
 
 4. To carry away, by an a6l like that of 
 bruihing; to fweep. 
 
 And from the boughs bru^^ off tlie evil dew, 
 And heal the harms of thwarting thunder blew. 
 
 h\ilton. 
 
 The receptacle of waters, into which the 
 mouths of all rivers muft empty thcmfclves, 
 ought to have fo Ipacious a furfice, that as much 
 watrr n~.ay be continually bt ujhed •.t'^ h-y the winds, 
 i^wA exiialed by the fun, as, bcfides what fills 
 again, is brought into it by all the rivers. Benlley, 
 
 5. To move as thebrufh. 
 
 A thouland nights have brujk'd their balmy 
 wings 
 Over thefe eyes. Dryden. 
 
 To Brush, v. n. 
 
 \. To move with hafte : a ludicrous word, 
 applied to men. 
 
 Nor wept his fate, nor c.ift a pitying eyt. 
 Nor took liirn down, 'D\.\\,brujh' d icgardlefs by. 
 
 D.ydtn. 
 The French had gather'd all their force. 
 And WiHi:im met thcnvin their way; 
 Yet ofl' they brujh'd, both foot and hoi fc. Prior. 
 2. To fly over; to (liim lightly. 
 Nor love is always of a vicious kind. 
 But oft to virtuous aits inflames tlic mind, 
 Awakes the flecpy vigour of the foul, 
 And, brujking o'er, adds motion to the pool. 
 
 Dry.len. 
 
 Bru'sher. n.f. [from Irujb.'] lie that 
 ufes a brufh. 
 
 Sir Henry Wotton ufed to fay, that crilicks 
 were like brujhtn of noblemen's cloaths. Bacon. 
 
 Bru'shwood. n.f, [from brujlt and 
 wood. I know not whether it may not 
 be corrupted from Irrjwfeitiond.^ Rough, 
 low, clofe, (hrubby thicktts; fmall 
 wood fit for fire. 
 It fmokes, and then with trembling breath Ihe 
 blows. 
 Till ia a cheerful Haze the flames arofc.
 
 B R U 
 
 With tnifiwotil, and with chips, rtie ftrenglhens 
 
 thffc, 
 And adds at l.irt the boiiglis of rotten trees. 
 
 Dij.:{,r.. 
 
 Bru'shv. titlj, \JroKi bnijl}.'\ Rougli or 
 fliaggy, like a brufli. 
 
 I liilpeflctl, that it might have proceeded from 
 fonie imiU unheeded drop of bl.iod, wiped oJf 
 by tiic brvjh\ fubll ance of tlie nerve, from the 
 knife, wherewith it was cut. P-'tyli. 
 
 To Bru'stle. <!'.»■. [bp.aprlian, Sax.] To 
 crackle ; to make a fmall noife. SL'nmer. 
 
 Brv'tal. adj. [^brutal, French; from 
 brute] 
 
 I. That belongs tea brute; that \vc have 
 in common \\\l\\ brutes. 
 
 There is no oppoling bna.il force to the flrata- 
 gems uf iiuman rcafon. L*F.J]>ange. 
 
 1. Savage; cruel; inhuman. 
 
 The hrittal bus'ncU of the w.qr 
 Is man.ig'd by thy dreadfid fcrvants care. V>ry.L 
 
 Brdta'lity. n.f. [/ifiitalih', Fr.] Sa- 
 vagenefs ; chnrlilhnefs ; inhumanity. 
 
 Courage, in an lU-hrcd m.in, has the aij, and 
 cfc.tpes not tlie opinion, of iinttility. Lrickf. 
 
 To Bru't.imze. -v-n. [bi-utall/i:/; Fr.] 
 To grow brutal or favage. 
 
 Upon being canlcd to the Cape of Good Hope, 
 he mixed, in a kind of tranfpoit, with hiscnuTi- 
 trymcn, /rrrf.ilize.i witii them in their habit and 
 manners, and would never again return to his fo- 
 reign acquanltancc. j'iJii':joi:. 
 
 To Bru'talize. v. a. To make brutal or 
 
 favage. 
 Cru'tallt. aih. [from iruta!.] Churl- 
 
 ifhly ; inhumanly ; cruelly. 
 
 Mrs. Bull aimed a knife at John, though John 
 threw 4 bottle at her head, very brutally indeed. 
 
 Arbuthml . 
 
 BRUTE, adj. [brums, Latin.] 
 
 1. Stnftlefs; unconfcious. 
 
 Kor yet arc we fo low and bafe as their atheifra 
 would deprcfs us; not walking ftatucs of clay, 
 not the fons of brvtg earth, whofe final inherit- 
 ance is death and corruption. HcrtiUy. 
 
 2. Savage; irrational; ferine. 
 
 Even br-.'ti aniniils make ufe of this artificial 
 vay of milking divers motions, to have fcvcral 
 rignifications to call, warn, chide, cherifli, 
 thi eaten. IhlJcr. 
 
 In the promulgation of the Mofaick law, if fo 
 much as a !>r:<u bead touched the mountain, it 
 was ro be (tiuck through with a dart. South. 
 
 3. Bedial ; in common with beafts. 
 
 Then to fubdue, and tiuell, through all ti-.c 
 catth, 
 Srute v'olcnce, and proud t^'rannick pnw*r. Milt, 
 
 4. Rotigh ; ferocious ; uncivilized. 
 
 The brutf pltifofopher. who ne'er has prov'd 
 The (oyof loving, 01 of being lovM. Pofe. 
 
 BuuTE. n.f. [from the adjeftive.] An 
 irrational creature ; a creature without 
 reafon ; a favage. 
 
 What may tliis mean.' Language of man pio- 
 nounc'fl 
 By tongue of brute and human fenlc exprcfs'd ! 
 
 AVllon. 
 
 To thofe three prcfent impulfcs, of f«nfe, me- 
 mory, and inftinil, moll, if not all, the fnga- 
 ciiics-of Itutiirnz^y be ledtrced. Hal,-. 
 
 Jfrutt-i may be conhdercd aseither aerial, tcr- 
 rcftrial, aquatiek, or amphibious. I call thofe 
 aerial which have wings, wherewith they can 
 fupport themfelves in the air ; terreft.ial are 
 thcfe, whofe only place of reft is upon the earth ; 
 3»liiaiick are thofe, whofe conllnnt abode is upon 
 6hf water. Loike. 
 
 Hc-av'n from all cieaturfls hides the hook of fate, 
 All but the page prefcrib'ri, this prcfent (late ; 
 i'Vom brutes wh.tt men, from men what fpirits 
 
 know ; 
 Or who could fuffer being'here below ? Pore. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 BUB 
 
 To Brute, v. a. [written ill for hrmt.] 
 To report. 
 
 This, once <i-:^/Ciy through the army, filled them 
 all with hc.ivinefs. KniHa. 
 
 Bru'teness. II. f, [ivomhrule.l Brutality. 
 Not ufcd. 
 
 Thou dotard vile. 
 That with thy irutcHcfi Ibend'ft thy comely age. 
 
 SfcnJ-.r. 
 
 ToBru'tify, 11. rt. [from /;;7/ff.] To make 
 a man a brute. 
 
 O thou fallacians woman ! am I then hruttficd? 
 Ay i I feci it here ; I fprout, I bud, I am ripe 
 
 horn mad. Cii:gr{%r. 
 
 B Ru 't I s H . adj. [from briiU. ] 
 
 1. Beflial; refembling'a beall. 
 
 Ofnis, Ifis, Orus, and their train. 
 With numerous (li.ipes and furcciie.s nlnis'd 
 h'.niattek Egypt, and her priefls, to feek 
 Tiicirwand'iir'g gods difguis'd in brui'jh forms. 
 
 jA/V.'Vc/;. 
 
 2. Having the qualities of a brute; rough; 
 
 favage ; ferocious. 
 
 Btiiles, and li:tlijii men, arc commonly more 
 able to bear pain than others. G'.-ir. 
 
 3. Grofs ; carnal. 
 
 For tl-.ou thyfclf half been a libertine. 
 As fenfual as the buitijh fling itfelf. SItnkfftare. 
 
 After he has (lept himfelf into fome ufe of 
 himfelf, by much ado he fiaggers to his tahh,- 
 again, and there a£ts over the Utm^ bruti/l: fccne. 
 
 4. Ignorant; untaught; uncivilized. 
 
 They were not fo brutJ/i, th.at they cmild be 
 ignorant to call upon the name of God. I!osh-r. 
 Bru'tishly. ndv. [from ^••;////Zl.] In the 
 manner of a brute ; favagely ; irration- 
 ally ; grofsly. 
 
 I am not fo diflident of myfelf, as biiiti.'li'y to 
 fuhniit to any man's diiftates. King Cf!Jili-s. 
 
 For a man to found a confident pradHce upon 
 adifputable principle, \%brutijhty to outrun his 
 reafon. S'Mth. 
 
 BRti'TiSHNESs. n.f. [from hrut'ifh.'\ Bru- 
 tality ; favagenefs. 
 
 All other courage, befidcs that, is not true va- 
 lour. \iVX hruti/lr'ff^. 6/>;.//.'. 
 
 Brv'ony. «./. [ir)w;/a, Latin.] A plant. 
 Bt'B. n.f. [a cant word.] Strong malt 
 liquor. 
 
 Oi if it be his fate to meet 
 With folks whoha\e more wealth than wit, 
 He loves cheap port, and double buh. 
 And fettles in the humdrum club. Vrlo<. 
 
 BU'BBLE. n.f [lobbel, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A fmall bladder of water; a film of 
 water filled with wind. 
 
 Bubh.'cs are in the form of a hcmifphere; .lii 
 within, and a little flcin of water without ; and 
 it fcemcrh fomewhat ftrangc, that the air Ihould 
 rife fo fwifily, while it is in the water, and when 
 it Cometh to the top, Ihould be ttayed by fo 
 weak a cover as that of the buhhle is. Bnco'i, 
 
 The colours of bubbles wirh which children 
 plav, are various, and change their fituation va- 
 lioully, withtAit any refptct to confine or (hadow. 
 
 Newton. 
 
 2. Any thing which wants folidity and 
 firmncfs ; any thing that is more Ipe- 
 cinus than real. 
 
 The earl of Lincoln was induced to participate, 
 
 not lightly upon the ftrength of the proceedings 
 
 there, which was but a bubblij but upon letters 
 
 from the ladv Margaret. Biicon. 
 
 Then a foldicr. 
 
 Seeking the /'///-.''/e reputation, 
 
 Even in the cannon's moutii. Shaifjtiatt. 
 
 Wsr, he fung, is toil and trouble, 
 
 Honour but an empty bubble. 
 
 Fighting Kill, and liill deftroying. Drydcn, 
 
 3. A cheat; a falfe fhow. 
 
 BUG 
 
 The nation then too lafc will find, 
 Diret^ors pryniilcs but wind, 
 South-fea at belt a nughxy biitblt. Sviff, 
 
 4. 'i'lic pcrfon cheated. 
 
 Ce.ile deareft mother, ceafc to chide ; 
 Gany *s a cheat, and I'm a bubilf ; 
 \'ci why this grcal c>:cefs of Iroublc 1 Prhr, 
 He has been my bubble thcfe twei-.ly years, and, 
 to my ccrlaih knowledge, qiidciriands no mote 
 of his own affairs, than a child in fivaddlinjj 
 dorhcs. Arbuii.noi, 
 
 7o Bu'iiBLF,. 1: n. [from the ncua.] 
 
 1. To rife in bubbles. 
 
 Alas! a crimfon river of warm blood, 
 Like to J biibblit'^ founialn fliri'd with wind,. 
 Doth rife and fall. Sliai/ycatc. 
 
 Adder's fork, and hlindwornt's iling, 
 Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing; 
 For a charm of pow'rful trouHc, 
 Like a hcllbroth boil and bubble. ■Sha':fpc-r<'. 
 
 Still bubble on, and pour forth blood and tears. 
 
 J>jJn. 
 
 The fame fpring fuft'ers at fome times a very 
 manlfcft remilhon of its heat; at othci5,3s ma- 
 nifcll an increafe of it ; yea, fometimes to il-.at 
 excefs, as to make it boil .and bubble «ith ex- 
 treme heat. IJ'oid'u.-j'J. 
 
 2. To run with a gentle noife. 
 
 For thee the bu' bltng fprings appc:ir'd to mourn. 
 And whifpering pines made vows for thy return. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 Not bubbling fountains to the thiilty fwain. 
 Not Ihow'rs to laiks, or funllrine to the bee. 
 Are h.rlf fo chaiming as thy fight to me. P'^f. 
 To Bu'bble. -D.a, To cheat: a cant word. 
 
 He tells me, with great pafiiun, that flie has 
 bubbled him out of his youth; and has drilled him 
 on to five and fifty. ylddlf->n. 
 
 Ciiarlcs Mather could not bubble a young beau 
 
 better with a toy. yhbutkuc-t, 
 
 Bu'bbler. n.f. [from bulb!e.~\ A cheat. 
 
 Wliat words can fuftice to exprefs, how infi- 
 nitely I cflecm you, above all the great cues in 
 tills part of the world; above all the Jews, job- 
 bers, iwAbubhlenl JDigby to F'>£e. 
 
 Bu'bby. n.f. A woman's breaft. 
 
 Fuh 1 f.iy they, to fee a h.innfomc, hriflc, gen- 
 teel, young fellow, fo much guvcm'd by a doat- 
 ii.g old woman ; why don't yuu go and fuck the 
 
 bubby ? Arhuthr.ot. 
 
 Bu'bo. n.f. [Lat. from obCJ], the groin.] 
 That part of the groin from the bend- 
 ing of the thigh to the fcrotum ; and 
 therefore all turnouts ift that part are 
 called buboes, ^Incy, 
 
 I fuppuralcd it after the manner of a 'bubo, 
 opened it, and endeavoured dcterfion. IV.feman, 
 
 Bu bonoce'le. n.f. [l.at. from ^niui, 
 the groin, and kjiAi, a rupture. ] A parti- 
 culai kind of rupture, when the intefcines 
 brc;ik down into the groin. ^tni:y. 
 
 When the iiitcllinc, or omentum, falls througti 
 the rings of the abdominal. mufclcs into the groin, 
 it is called herrii.i inguinali^, or if into the fcrotum, 
 J<ict>i/is : thefc two, though the firfl only is pro- 
 perly to called, arc known b)' llie name of bul/o~ 
 nu. elc. Sbit7p. 
 
 Bu'bukle. n.f. A red pimple. 
 
 His race is all /v.ii-M-j, and whelks, and knobs, 
 and flames of fire. Sh.t^fpeare. 
 
 BucAxrERs. n.f. A cant word for the 
 privateers, or pirates of America. 
 
 Buccei la'tion. n.f. [buccella, a mouth- 
 ful, Lat.] In fome chymical authors, 
 fignifies a dividing into large pieces. 
 
 Hurris. 
 
 BUCK. n.f. [baticbf. Germ, fuds, or lie.] 
 
 1. The liquor in which clothes arc walhed. 
 
 Buck! I would I could wafh myfoif of the 
 .'A/ e : I warrant you, buck, and of the feafon too 
 it fhall appear. Slt.ikjpttire, 
 
 2. The clothes w;tf!ied in the liquor. 
 I 2 11
 
 BUG 
 
 of (ate, notable to travel wilhhtr luricS pack, 
 ftie walhcs hnrii liae at horns. Sk^kfpcjtt. • 
 
 BUCK. n.f. [i^ch,Wem\; bock, Dutch; 
 iotic, Fr.] The male of the fallow deer ; 
 the male of rabbits, and ,nher animals. 
 £u:lii, goats, and the like, arc faid to be trip- 
 ping or faliant, that is, going or leaping. Ptjckjm. 
 To Buck. ti. a. [fioin the noun.] To 
 valh clothes. 
 
 Here is a balkct; he may creep in here, and 
 t'nvovf foul linen upon him, as if it were going to 
 f'ui.'ftg. ShitkjpeaJC. 
 
 'To Bi;cK. v-n. [from the noun.] To co- 
 pulate as bucks and does. 
 
 The chief time of letting tr-tps, is in their 
 ifurkirg time. Mortimer. 
 
 Bt 'cKB,vsKET. n.f. The badcet in which 
 clothes are carried to the walh. 
 
 They conveyed me into a iuckbafket \ rammed 
 nic in with foul Ihirts, foul (lockings, and gieafy 
 napkins. Sh.ikfpcaie. 
 
 Bu'cKBEAN. n.f. [^«fZ/Zo5Kfn, Dutch.] 
 A plant ; a fort of trefoil. 
 
 The bitter naufcous plants, as centaury, hiick- 
 haiif gentian, of which tea may be made, or 
 ■wines by inlufion. F/-r;'. 
 
 Eu'civET. n.f. \_laq:id, French.] 
 
 1. The veffel in which water is drawn out 
 of a well. 
 
 Now is this golden crown like a deep well, 
 That owes two bucke.'ij tilling one another ; 
 The emptier ever dancing in the air. 
 The other down unfcen, and full of w.iter. Sh.jt, 
 
 Is the fea ever likely to be evaporated by the 
 fun, or to be emptied with bucket! ? Bentlry. 
 
 2. The veiTe'.s in which water is carried, 
 particularly to quench a fire. 
 
 Now llrcets grow throng'd, and, bufy as by day, 
 Some run for buckets to the hallow'd cjuire ; 
 Some cut the pipes, and fome the engines play ; 
 And fome, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The porringers, that in a row 
 Hung high, and made a glitt'ring ftioWj 
 To a iefs noble fubftancc chang'd. 
 Were now but leathern huckcti rang'd. Svift. 
 
 BU'CKLE. n.f. [i7t;r,7, Welfli, and the 
 fame in the Armorick ; boiicle, French.] 
 
 I. A link of metal, with a tongue or 
 catch, made to faften one thing to an- 
 other. 
 
 Fair lined flippers for the cold, 
 ^Vith bucklii of the pureft gold. Shukfpearc. 
 
 The chlamys was a fort of (hort cloak 
 tied with a buckle, commonly to the right 
 Uiouldcr. Arbuthmt. 
 
 Three feal-rings ; which after, melted down, 
 Furm'davait buckle for liis widow's g-own. l^ctpe, 
 
 3. The ftate of the hair crifped and curled, 
 by being kept long in the fame ftate. 
 
 The grcatcft beau was drciTed in a flaxen peri- 
 "wig; the we.irer of it goes in his own hair at home, 
 and lets his wig lie in buckle for a whole half year. 
 
 Spe£intor. 
 
 That live-long wig, which Gorgon's felf might 
 
 own^ 
 Eternal buckle takes in Parian ftone. 
 
 fojie. 
 
 To Eu'citLE. "v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fallen with a buckle. 
 
 Likefaphire, pearl, in rich embroidery, 
 £«c.(/«</ below fair knighthood's bending knoe. 
 
 Sfi^ikfpc.',te. 
 
 France, whofe armour confcicnce buck/eil on, 
 WliOm Zealand charity troughr to the field. 
 
 Skakfpeare. 
 
 Thus ever, when I buckh on my helmet. 
 Thy fears alHi..'* thee. Philips. 
 
 When you c.'ury your maftcr's riding coat, 
 wrap your own in if, and iut^kle Uum up clofe 
 with a ftrap. S:r,J/. 
 
 2. To prepare to do any thing; the roe-j 
 
 BUG 
 
 taphor is taken from bucll'uig on I lie ar- 
 mour. 
 
 The Saracen, this hearing, rofe amain. 
 And catching up in iialtc his three fquare Ihlcld, 
 And fliining helmet, foon him bttcklcd to the iieid. 
 
 Sfc'ijer. 
 
 3. To join in battle. 
 
 The lord Gray, captain of the men alarms, 
 W-is forbidden to charge, until the foot of the 
 avantguard were buckled with them in fiont, 
 
 ilctyvjatd. 
 
 4. To confine. 
 
 How brief the life of man 
 Runs his erring pilgrimage ! 
 
 That the ftrctching of a fpan 
 Buckles in his fum of age. Shakfpeare. 
 
 ToBu'cKLii. -v. n. \_bucken, GtxmJ] 
 
 1. To bend ; to bow. 
 
 The wretch, whofc fever-weaken'd joints, 
 Like ftrcngthlefs hinges, buckU under life. 
 Impatient of his fit, breaks like a fire 
 Out of his keeper's arms. SItjkJpcatr, 
 
 2. To buchh to. To apply to ; to attend. 
 See the adive, 2d fenfc. 
 
 Now a covetous old crafty knave, 
 At dead of night, (hall raife his fon, and cry, 
 Turn out, you rogue I how like a beaft you lie ! 
 Go, i//r//t /o the law. Dtyien 
 
 Ihis is to be done in childrenj by trying them, 
 when they are by lasinefs unbeflt, or by avoca- 
 tion bent another way, and endeavouring ttj 
 make them buckle to the thing prupofed. Locke. 
 
 3. To buckle lutlh. To engag-e with; to 
 encounter ; to join in a clofe fight, like 
 men locked or buckled together. 
 
 For fingle combat, thou (hsXt buckle ivithtv.z. 
 
 ShakCprare. 
 
 Yet thou, they fay, for maniage doft provide ; 
 
 Is this an age to buckle ■with a bride ? Dryden. 
 
 BU'CKLER. n.f IbzuccU, Wellh; 
 lonelier, Fr.] A fiiicld ; a defenfive 
 weapon buckled on the arm. 
 
 He took my aims, and while I foic'd my way 
 Through troops of foes, which did our palTage 
 
 flay ; 
 My buckler o'er my aged father cat^, 
 Still fighting, liill defending, as I pall. Drydcn. 
 
 This medal compliments the emperor as the 
 Romans did diflator F.abius, when they called 
 him the buckler of Rome. Addipn. 
 
 To Bi-'CKLER. -J. a. [from the noun.] To 
 fupport ; to defend. 
 Fear not, fweet wench, they fliall not touch 
 thee, Kate; 
 I'll buckle) thee againft a million. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Can O,<ford, that did ever fence the right, 
 Now buckler falftiood with a pedigree } Shttkfp. 
 
 Bu'cKLER-THORN. n.f Chrift's tliovn. 
 Bu'cKMAST. ti. f The fruit or mall of 
 
 the beech tree. 
 Bu'c KR A M. n.yi \_hougran,Y\-.'\ A fort of 
 
 Ilrong linen cloth, iliffencd with gum, 
 
 ufed by tailors and ftaymakers. 
 I have pcjipered two of them ; two, I am fure, 
 
 I have paid, Ivvo logues in buckram fuits. Shak. 
 
 Bu'cKRAMs. n.f The fame wixXxiutU gar- 
 
 Ikk. 
 Bu'cKSHORN Plantain, n.f. \_coi-07io- 
 
 p-us, Lat. from the form of the leaf J 
 
 A plant. MiUcy. 
 
 Bu'cKTllORN. n.f. {^rhamniis, Lat. fup- 
 
 pofcd to be fo called from bucc, Sax. 
 
 the belly ] A tree that bears a purging 
 
 berry. 
 Bu'cKWHEAT. «.f. [buciweilz. Germ. 
 
 fagopyrum, Lat.] A plant. Miller. 
 
 Buco'lick. ac/j. [^-.uxi^ixa, from|3i,v«A©-, 
 
 a cowherd.] Paftoral. 
 
 B U F 
 
 BUD. H.f. [bouton, Fr.] The firft Ihoot 
 of a plant ; a gem. 
 
 Be as thou was wont to be, ■ 
 See as thou waft wont to tee : 
 Dian's bud o'er Cupid's flower 
 Hath (uch force and blefled power. ShakJ^eart. 
 
 Wrileis fay, as the moll forwardiarf 
 Is eaten by the canker ere it blow. 
 Even fo by love the young and tender wit 
 Is lurn'd to folly, blalUng in the bud, 
 Lofing his verdure even in the prime. Shakfpmre. 
 
 When you the flaw'rs for Chloe twuie, 
 Why do you to her garland join 
 The mcaneft bud that falls fiom mine ? Vrior. 
 
 Infers wound the tender budi, with a long 
 hollow trunk, and depolit an egg m the holt, 
 with a (harp corroding li^uoui, that caufeth a 
 (welling iu the leaf, and clolcth the orifice. 
 
 Benthy. 
 
 To Bud. -v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To put forth young flioDts, or gems. 
 
 Bud iotK\\ as a role growijig by the brook of 
 the field. Eccl. 
 
 2. To rife as a gem from theftalk. 
 
 There the fruit, that wai to he gathered from 
 fuch a conflux, quickly budded out. Chre/:dorz. 
 Heav'ngavc himall atonce,then(naIch'd away. 
 Ere mortals all his beauties could luivcy : 
 Juft like that flower that buds and withers in a. 
 day. Drydert. 
 
 Tho' lab'ring yokes on theirown necks theyfeai'd, 
 And felt for budd:ig horns on theii fraooth fore- 
 heads rear'd. DryMn's Silenus. 
 
 3. To be in the bloom, or growing. 
 
 Young budding virgin, fair and frelh and fweet, 
 
 Whither away, or where is thy abode ? S'^ak/p. 
 
 To Bud. -y, a. To inoculate; to g raff by 
 
 inferting a bud into the rind of another 
 
 tree. 
 
 Of apricocks, the largeft is muqh improved by 
 
 ^.•(■3';f//;g uoon apeach llock. Temple, 
 
 To BUDGE, -v. n. [bougn; Fr.] To 
 
 flir ; to move off the place : a low word. 
 
 All your pnfoners are 
 
 In the lime grove, which weatherfends your cell, 
 
 They cannot budge till yeur rcleafe. Shakfpearr. 
 
 The moufe ne'er (bunn'd the cat, as they did 
 
 hudge 
 
 From rafcals worfc than they. Shakfpenre. 
 
 I thought th' hadlt fcorn'd to.budge 
 For fear. Hiidibras. 
 
 Budge, aiij. [of uncertain etymology.] 
 Surly ; ItifF; formal. 
 
 O fooliflinefs of men ! that lend their ears 
 To thofe bu.dge doctors of tiie lloick fur. AUIttrt. 
 
 Budge, n.f The dieffed flcin or fur of 
 lambs. Dia. 
 
 BuDGER. n.f. [from the verb.] One that 
 moves or ftirs from his place. 
 
 Let the fiill iudi^er die the ollier's (lave. 
 And the gods doom him after. Shnkfftart. 
 
 Bu'dgf.t. 71. f. [bogetlc, French.] 
 
 1 . A bag, fuch as may be eaiily carried. 
 
 If tinkeis may have leave to live. 
 And bear the lowlkin budget ; 
 
 Then my account I well may give. 
 And in the llock'i avouch it. Shakffe.m. 
 
 Sir Robert Clifiord, in whofe bofom, or ^.w/gr.', 
 moft of Perkiu's I'ecrets were laid up, was come 
 inio England. Bacon. 
 
 His budget with corruptions cramm'd, 
 The contributions of the damn'd. Sivift. 
 
 2. It is ufed for a ftore, or flock. 
 
 If was nature, in fine, that biought off the 
 cat, when the fox's whole budget of inventions 
 failed hira. VEjlrcsnge. 
 
 Buff. «. f. [from bujfulo.l 
 
 \. A fort of leather prepared from the fkin 
 of the bulFalo; ufed for vvalft belts,, 
 pouches, and military accoutrements. 
 
 A topy chain of rheums, a vifage rough, 
 Det'arra'd; uafeatur'd, and a (kia oiiuj. i>yi.
 
 B U i; 
 
 S.' Thb ikinii of elks, anJ lixeii drcireil in 
 oil, nnd prcpartd after tlic fame maiiiK-v 
 as that of the buffalo. 
 •;. -.X military coat made of thick leather, 
 fo that a blow cannot ealily pierce it. 
 
 A fiend, a fairy, pitilefs and rou^Ii, 
 A wolf, n.ijr worff, :i fellow all in kulf. SJiaif/,. 
 To BUFl'. v.a. [iifff, Fr.] To (hilie. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 Tlicie was a (heck, 
 To have iujf'.i out ihc blood 
 rrcmi Jiis^ht but a l.locK. Ji.-n Jc-ifor. 
 
 SV'FFJLd. II. /. [Ital.] A kind of 
 wild oi. 
 
 Bccumc the unworthy brawfc 
 Of hufilsn, fait i!"-'U, and hungry cuws. DryJ, 
 
 Bltfk't. «./. [bujfette, Fr.] A kind of 
 Clipboard ; or fct of (helves, where plate 
 is fct out to fliow, in a room of enter- 
 tainment. 
 
 The rich hufftt wcll-colour'd fi-rpcnt^ guct, 
 Ar.d gapiii;; Tritons Ipew to walh your tace. 
 
 Popt. 
 
 Bc'ffet. tt. f. [ia^Ya, Ital.] A blow with 
 the filf ; a box on the car. 
 
 O, I could divitif myfclf, and go to buffiH, 
 for moving fuch a difh of (kimmed milk with lo 
 honourable an ai^ion. Shukjfeare. 
 
 A man that fortune's huffeti and rewards ,, 
 Hai ta'cn with equal thanks. SlrUffiun, 
 
 Go, batHcd coward, left I run upon Ihee, 
 And with one i:(ffti lay thy llruiSure low. M:!i. 
 
 Round his hoUosT temples, and his cars, 
 His buckler beats ; the fun of Neptune, ftunn'd 
 With thcfe repeated i«^f/i, quits the ground. 
 
 To Bu'ffkt. v.a. [from the noun.] To 
 ilrike with the hand ; to box ; to beat. 
 
 Wiiy, woman, your hulbaiid is in his old Junes 
 again; he fo hiiffeti himfelf onthc forehead, cry- 
 nig, Peer out, peer out ! that any madnefs, I e%'cr 
 yet beheld, fecnied but lamcnefs. S/iaifpca>c. 
 
 OyrTars are cudgcll'd ; not a word of his 
 But buffiti beiter than a fili of Fiance. S/i,ikfj'. 
 
 The torrent roar'd, and we did laiffrt it 
 With lufty linews ; throwing it aftrie. Siiuiffiear:. 
 
 InAanily 1 plung'd into the fca, 
 And huffdhg^ the billows to her refcue. 
 Redeemed hei life with half tire lofs of mine. 
 
 Otiuay. 
 
 ■JoBv'ffet. v.n. To play a boxing- 
 match. 
 
 If I might buffit for my love, I could lay on 
 like a butcher. Shakfpeare* i Hs/ny v. 
 
 Bl'ffeter. n.f. [fi^bm ^M^/.] A boxer; 
 
 one that buffets. 
 Bv'ffle. n.f. \_heiiffle, Fr.] The fame 
 
 with buffalo ; a wild ox. 
 To Bt;'FFLE. -v.n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 puzzle ; to be at a lofs. 
 This was the utter ruin of that poor, angry, 
 
 huffling, well-meaning mortal Piftorides, who lies 
 
 equally under the contempt of both parties. 
 
 Sw:ft. 
 
 Bu'FFLF,HKAnED. adj. [from liiJJe aud 
 head.^ Having a large head, like a 
 buffalo ; dull ; ftiipid ; foolifh. 
 
 BUFFO'ON. n.f. \buJfon, French.] 
 
 1. A man whofe proftflion is to make 
 fport, by low jefls and antick poftures j 
 a Jackpudding. 
 
 No prince would think himfelf greatly ho- 
 noured, to have his proclamation canvalicd on 
 a publick ftage, and become the fport of buffonm. 
 
 iVaiti. 
 
 2. A man that praflifes Indecent raillery. 
 
 It is the nature of drolls and i/^oawi, to be in- 
 folent to thofe chat wiU bear it, and flavifh to 
 
 tithcrt. 
 
 L' l^tlrsn!' 
 
 15 U G 
 
 ■Ptii; bold biijj:')'' whcnc'ci tl.cy Iieadlh« green, 
 Their motion minuck^, but with jell oLIce' e. 
 
 G.,rlh. 
 
 ]jL-Fro'oNiRr. n.f. [from huffuon.'\ 
 
 1. The pradticc or ait of a buiUbon. 
 
 CouM^;-, in an ill-bicd man, has the air, and 
 efcapes not the opinion, of brutality; learning 
 becomes pcri.tntiy, inii viil iiL^ui'H'y. LiUf. 
 
 2. Low jelh ; ridiculous pranks; fcurille 
 mirth. DryAcn places the accent im- 
 properly, on the tirli fyilable. 
 
 Where publick mitnllcrs encourage hujf'.nn- 
 fty, it is no wontlcr if buifoons ici up i'of pub- 
 lick minillers. J.' Hjh.m^e. 
 
 And wiiilft it lafts, let li:iffiimtry fuccccd, 
 To make us laugh ; for never was more need, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 BUG. n.f. A (finking infeift bred in old 
 houfehold liiiif. In the following paf- 
 fage, wings arc erroneouUy afcribed to 
 it. 
 
 Yet let mc flap this Ai<g with gilded wings, 
 This painted child of dirt, which ftinks and 
 (lings. f'p'- 
 
 Dro. 1 "•/• [It is derived by fomc 
 
 Iju'cbear. J from big, by others from 
 pug ; bug, in \Vellh, has the fame mean- 
 ing.] A frightful object; a walking 
 fpectre, imagined to be leen : generally 
 now ufed for a falfe teirour to frighten 
 babes. 
 Each trembling leaf and whiftling wind tliey 
 h.car. 
 As ghaftly bug their hair on end does rear. 
 Yet both do (irive their fcarfulncfs to feign. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 Sir, fpare your threats ; 
 The bug which you would fright me with, I feck. 
 
 Shakjpeurt'. 
 Hart not llept to-night .' would he not, naugh- 
 ty man, let it llcep r a bug-benr take him. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 We have a horrcur for uncouth monfters ; but,- 
 upon experience, all thefc bugi glow familiar and 
 caly to us. VEfrangf. 
 
 Such bugbear thoughts, once got into the ten- 
 der minds of children, link deep, fo as not eah- 
 ly, if ever, «o be got out again. Liihe. 
 
 To the world, no bugbear is fo great, 
 As want ai figure, and a fmall ellate. P'ipe. 
 
 Bu'gginess. n.f. [from buggy.'\ The 
 (late of being infefted with bugs. 
 
 Bu'CGY. adj. [from bug.'\ Abounding 
 with bugs. 
 
 Bu'gle. J "■/• [from bnjen. Sax. 
 
 BuGLEHORS, J to bend. Skinner; from 
 
 bucula, Lat, a heifer, Junius ; from 
 
 bugle, the bonafus, X>.'-J A hunting 
 
 horn. 
 
 Then took that fquire an homy bug^e fniall, 
 Which hung adown his lide in cwiflcd gold. 
 And taiTcls gay. Vaby Quern. 
 
 I will have a rccheate winded in my forclicad, 
 or hang my bugle in an invidble baldrick. Sr:jkJ. 
 
 He gave his bugh- barn a blaft. 
 That through the woodland ccho'd far and wide. 
 
 TicM. 
 
 Bu'cLE. n.f. A fliining bead of black 
 glafs. 
 B:ig!e bracelets, necklace amber, 
 
 Pcrfuin'd for a lady's chamber. Sbi!kfpe.tre. 
 
 'Tis not your inkybrows, your black lilk hair, 
 Your bugle eye balls, nor your cheek of cream. 
 That can cntamc my fpirits to your worfhip. 
 
 Shakfpe.ire. 
 
 Bu'gle. n.f. [froai bugula, Lat.] A 
 
 plant. Miller. 
 
 Bu'gle. n.f. A fort of wild ox. P/jil,'i/>s. 
 
 B TI I 
 
 Bu'ci.os^. ti.f. [from bugl'Jfi.m, Lat.. J 
 
 The herb oxtongue. 
 To liUlLD. v.a. pret. I built, I have 
 
 iuiit. [bilikii, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To raife from the ground; to make a 
 labrick, or an edilkc. 
 
 Thou Ihalt not buii.l an houfe unto my nam';. 
 
 ChtftnicUi. 
 When ufurcrs tell their gold in the field, 
 And who'.Tsand bawds do churches A.v/7./. $halj. 
 
 2. To raife in any laboured form. 
 
 When the hcad-drcfs was mrli up in a couple 
 of cones and fpires, which (food fo cxcelfivel)' 
 high on the lido of the head, that a woman, wbo 
 was bht a pigmy without her hcad-drefs, appeared 
 like a CololTus upon putting it on. Spiclator. 
 
 3. To raife any thing on a fiipport or 
 foundation. 
 
 Love built on beauty, foon as beauty, dies ; 
 C/ioofo tills face, chang'd by no dcfoimitics. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 I would endeavour to deftroy thofe curious, bur 
 grouncllefs Hru(!lures, that men have built np of , 
 opinions alone. Boyle. 
 
 To BviLD. -u. n. 
 
 1. To play the architefl. 
 
 To />v/.'i, to plant, whatever you intend, 
 To rear the column, or the arcli to bend. Ftipe, 
 
 2. To depend on ; to reft on. 
 
 B}- a man's authority, we here underf^and tlic 
 force which his word hath for the atTurance of 
 another's mind, that buildetJi upon it. Ucoker. 
 
 Some buihi rather upon th.e abufing of others, 
 r.nd putting tricks upon them, than upon found- 
 nefs of their own proceedings. Bccon. 
 
 E\cn thofe who hadnot tafted of your favcuirs, 
 yet ^a.'.V fo much on the fame of your bf- 
 ncficencc, that they bemoaned the lots of their 
 expectations. I)ry.Un, 
 
 This is certainly a much furer way, than to 
 fuiLl on the interpretations of an author, who 
 decs not confidcr how the ancients ufed to think. 
 
 yl.Utfon. 
 
 Bi'i'i-DKR. n.f. [from iuili!.] He that 
 builds ; an architeft. 
 
 But foie-accountnig oft makes builders mif< j 
 They found, tiicy felt, they had no leafc of hlifs. 
 
 Sidney. 
 When they, which bad feen the beauty of the 
 fiift temple built by Solomon, beheld how far it 
 e.yccUcd the fecond, whici. had not buiilen of 
 like abilities, the tears of tiicir grieved eyes 
 the p.upheto endeavoured, with comforts, to wipe 
 away. H:akir. 
 
 Mark'd out for fuch an ufe, as if 'twere meant 
 T' invite the builder, and his choice prevent. 
 
 Denkam. 
 Her wings with lengthcn'd honour let her 
 fprcad. 
 And, by her greatncfs, (hew her builder's fame. 
 
 I'rhr. 
 
 Bui'lding. n.f. [from build.'} A fa- 
 brick ; an edifice. 
 
 Thy fumptuous buildi<:g^, and thy wife's attire, 
 Have coll a mafs of publick treafury. Shaljp. 
 
 View not this fpirc by raeafure giv'n 
 To buildin^i rais'd by common bands; 
 
 That fabrick rifes high as he.iv'n, 
 Whofe bafis on devotion i^aiids. Prior. 
 
 Among the great variety of ancient coins which 
 I law at Rome, I could not but take particular 
 notice o{ fuch as relate to any of the buildingi or 
 (fatuus that are lUU extant. ./JdJiJon, 
 
 BviLT. n.f. [from iu;7r/.] 
 
 1. The form ; the flruClure. 
 
 As is the builf, fo different is the fight ; 
 Their mountain (hot is on our fails defign'd ; 
 
 Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light, 
 And througiithe yielding planks a pali'age find. 
 
 Dy.H'i. 
 
 2. Species of building. 
 
 2 K 2
 
 B U L 
 
 There is inrdly any country, which hss fo 
 little Ihipping as Irchnd ; the reafon miill be, 
 tlic fc.ircity of timber proper for this built. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 BULB. 71. f. [from buWus, Lat.] A 
 round body, or loot. 
 
 Tak-c up your early autumnal tulips, and i«Mv, 
 if you will remove them. Ev('[yn*i Kahndat . 
 
 11 we conlider the bulb, ot ball of the eye, the 
 cxtcijlour membrane, or coat thereof, is made 
 thick, tough, or ftrong, that it is a very bard 
 matter to make a rupture in it. Ray. 
 
 BuLB-icHOV s. adj. \_bulbacciis,'L,s.t.'\ The 
 fame as hulhous, HitL 
 
 Bu'lbqus. adj. [from hidh.'\ Containing 
 bulbs; coiililling of bulbs j having round 
 or roundilh knobs. 
 
 Ti>erc arc of roots, bulbous roots, fibrous roots, 
 and birfute foots. And I take it, in the bulbous, 
 the fap haliencth molt to the air and fun. Bticn. 
 
 Set up your traps for vermin, efpecially amongfl 
 yovv bu'bout roots. £^ ci'yN's K.^lcuiar. 
 
 Their leaves, after they are fwelled out, like a 
 bulbous root, to make the bottle, bend inward, 
 or come again clofe to the llalk. J\.i\\ 
 
 To Bulge, v. n. [It was originally 
 \vr hten ii/ge ; bilge was the lower part 
 of the fliip, where it fwelled out ; fiom 
 bilig, Sax. a bladder.] 
 
 1. To take in water ; to founder. 
 
 Thrice round the fhip was toft. 
 Then bu!g\i at once, and in the deep was loft. 
 
 Dryiien. 
 
 2. To jut out. 
 
 The fide, or part of the fide of a wall, or any 
 timber that bulgfs from its bottom or foundation, 
 is faid to batter, or hang over the foundation. 
 
 AfcxOfi's ^Icchanical Exercjfes. 
 
 Bu'limy. n.f. [iSBTiifiia, from /5Sf, an ox, 
 and ■hijj.or, hunger.] An enormous ap- 
 petite, attended with fainting, and cold- 
 nefs of the extremities. DiB. 
 
 BULK. n. f. [buMe, Dutcli, the bread, 
 or largeil part of a man.] 
 
 1. Magnitude of material fubfiance ; mafs. 
 
 Againrt thcfc foices there were prepared near 
 one hundred fliips ; nut fo great ol bulk indeed, 
 but of a more nimble motion, and more fervicc- 
 irble. Bucon*i IVar luith Spii/n. 
 
 The Spaniards and Portuguefc have fhlps of 
 great bu.'/c ; but fitt!.r for the merchant than the 
 man of war, for burden than for battle. Ku/::gh, 
 
 Thou;.,-b an animal arrives at its full growth at 
 a certain .age, perhaps it never comes to its full 
 iu/i till the lafl period of life. yjrbu'hn'^t. 
 
 2. Size ; quantity. 
 
 Things, or ohjefts, cannot enter into the mind 
 as they I'ubfift in themfclvcs, and by their own 
 n.iiiixA bulk pafs into the apprehciifion ; but they 
 are tikcn in by tlicir Idc.-vs. Si^ih. 
 
 3. The grofs; the majority ; the main mafs. 
 
 Thole very points, in which thefc wife men 
 difagtccd from the bulk of the people, are points 
 in which they agreed with the rcc';iveddo(Srines 
 of our nature. jliidifan't FncholJcr. 
 
 Change in property, through the bulk of a 
 nation, makes flow marches, and its due power 
 always attends it. Siuift. 
 
 The bulk of the debt muft be telTcncd gradually. 
 
 Siulj!. 
 
 4. Main fabrick. 
 
 He rais'd a figh fo piteous and profound, 
 That it did feem to Ihatter all his Bulk, 
 And end his being. Shalffcarc. 
 
 y. The main part of a fhip's cargo ; as, 
 
 to break fu/i, is to opea tl'.e cargo. 
 Bulk. n.f. [irom bielcie, Dan. abeam.] 
 A part of a building jutting out. 
 
 Htrc (land behind this bulk, iltuight will li<^ 
 con;e : 
 Wcii thy good rapjci bare, and put it home. 
 
 S/iuk/iic-ai-f. 
 
 B U L 
 
 Tiie keeper coming up, found Jack with no 
 lilc in him ; he took down tlie body, and Uid it 
 on a b-jik, and b:ought out lire rope to the com- 
 pany, .i^rbuthnot's Bijhry of 'J. Bull. 
 
 Bu'lkhead. n.f. A partition made acrofs 
 a (hip, with boards, whereby one part 
 is divided from another. Harris. 
 
 Bu'lkinf.ss. n.f. [from bully. '\ Great- 
 ncfs of ftature, or fixe. 
 
 Wheat, or any other grain, cannot ferve in- 
 fte.id of money bccaufc of its bulkincfi, and 
 change of it,s quantity. Lorkc. 
 
 Bu'lky. adj. [from fo.'/.] Of great fize 
 or flature. 
 
 Laneus, xWclulkiif, of the double race, 
 Wnom tlie fpoil'd arms of llriin Halefus grace. 
 
 Vryden. 
 IIugeTclephus, a formidable page, 
 Cries vengeance ; and Oreftes' bulk\ rage, 
 Unfatisfy'd with margins cloftly wiit. 
 Foams o'er the coveis. Dryden. 
 
 The manner of fea engagements, which was to 
 bore and fink the enemy's Ihips with the roftra, 
 gave bulky and high ftiips a great advantage. 
 
 .Ai but hmt . 
 
 BULL. «./: Utdle, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The male of black-cattle ; the male to 
 a cow. 
 
 A gentlewoman, (ir, and a kinfwoman of my 
 mallei 's. — Kven lucli kin as the parifii heifers are 
 to tlie town bull. Skakfpi.ur. 
 
 Bulk are more crifp upon the forehead than 
 cows. Biicon. 
 
 Bell age to go to hull, or calve we hold. 
 Begins at four, and ends at ten years old. May. 
 
 2. In the fcrlptural fenfe, an enemy pow- 
 erful, fierce, and violent. 
 
 Many bulls have conipali'cd me : ftrong bulls of 
 Balhan have befct me round. Pfulms. 
 
 3. One of the twelve figns of the zodiack. 
 
 At laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun. 
 And the bright Bull receives him. Tkomjon. 
 
 4. A letter publiflied by the pope. 
 
 A bail is Utters called apuftolick by the ca- 
 nonilts, ftiengthened with a leaden feal, and con- 
 taining in thcin the decrees and commandments 
 of the pope or bilhop of Rome. Ayliffe. 
 
 There was another fort of ornament wore by 
 the young nobility, called bullx; round, or of 
 the liguie of a hcait,luing about their necks like 
 diamond cioffes. Thofe bullj^ came afterwards 
 to be hung to the diplomas of the emperors and 
 popes, from whence they had the name ui bulls. 
 
 jifbuthiKt 
 
 It was not till after a frclh bull of Leo's had 
 declared how intlciible the court of Rome was in 
 the point of abufes, Aittrbury. 
 
 5. A blunder; a contradiftiou. 
 
 I coiifefs it is what the Englifli call n hull, in 
 the expreflion, though the fciife bo manifett 
 enough. Po/i.'! Letters. 
 
 Bull, in compofilion, generally notes the 
 large fize of any thing, as huUlj;ad, 
 lulrujh, bull-trout ; and is therefore only 
 an augmentative fyllable, without mucii 
 reference to its original fignification. 
 
 Bi'LL-BAiTiNG. ». f. [from tull and 
 /'<;//.] The fport of baiting bulls with 
 
 dogs. 
 
 What am I the wifer for knowing that Trajan 
 was in the fiftn year of his tribunelhip, when he 
 entertained the people with a iiorlc-iacc or bull- 
 bailing ? Addij'jn, 
 Bull-hetf. n. J. [from bidl nnA beef.] 
 ■ Coarfe.beef ,- the flefli of bulls. 
 
 They want their porridge and their fat bull- 
 beeves. Sliak/pe,i<e. 
 
 BuLL-HEGGAR. «./. [ Thi,s word proba- 
 bly came from the infolence of thofe 
 
 B U L 
 
 who begged, or raifed money by the 
 pope's bull.] Something terrible; fome- 
 thing to fright children with. 
 
 Thofe fulminatioiis from the Vatican were 
 turned into ridicule ; and, as they were called 
 b:.ll beggars, they were ufcd as words of fcorn 
 and contempt. .^ylijje. 
 
 Bull-calf. n. f. [from tull and calf.\ 
 A he-calf; ufed for a llupid fellow : a 
 term ol reproach. 
 
 And, Falltalf, you carried your guts away as 
 nimbly, and roared for mercy, and ililj ran and 
 roared, as ever I heard a bull-ca^f. ^hakfft^ 
 
 Bull-dog. n.f. [from bull and J'g.] A 
 dog of a particular form, remarkable 
 for his courage. He is vifcd in baiting 
 the bull ; and this fpecies is lo peculiar 
 to Britain, that they are faid to dege- 
 nerate when they are carried to -other 
 countries. 
 
 All the harmlefs patt of him is that of a lull- 
 dog-, they are tame no longer than they are not 
 oft'euded. .Addifort. 
 
 Bull-finch, n.f. [^rubicilla.'] A fraall. 
 bird, that has neither ibng nor whiltle 
 of its own, yet is very apt to learn, if 
 taught by the mouth. Phillips. 
 
 The bhickbird whiftles from the thorny brake, 
 The mellow bull-finch anfwers from the groves. 
 
 Tkoiujcn, 
 
 Bull. FLY. I ^ . ^^ .^^^^^^^ Phillips, 
 
 DULL-BEE. j ■' '^ 
 
 Bull-head. n.f. \ixQX^ bull axid head.'\ 
 
 I . A llupid fellow ; a blockhead. 
 
 3. A filli. 
 
 The miller's thumb, or bull-head, is a fifti of 
 no pleafing Ihape ; it has a head big and flat, 
 much gi eater than fuilable to its body; a mouth 
 very wide, and ufuaily gaping ; he is witliout 
 teeth, but his lips ate veiy rough, much like a 
 file; he hath two fins near to bis gills, which are 
 roundiih or crefted ; two lins under his belly, 
 two on the back, one below the vent, and the 
 fin of the tail is round. Nature hatii painted the 
 body of this filh with whitilh, bUckifli, brownilh 
 fpots. They are ufuaily full of tpawn all the . 
 fummer, which fvycUs their vents in ttie form of 
 a dug. The bull-head begins to Ipawn in April ; 
 in winter we know no more what becomes of 
 them than of eels or fwallows, W.ilton: 
 
 3. A little black water vermin. Phillips.,.. 
 
 Bull-trout, n.f. A large kind of trout. 
 
 There is, in Northumberl.uul, a trout called a 
 
 bull-trout, of a much greater length and bigncfjt 
 
 than any in thefe fouthcrn parts. H'.dton. 
 
 Bull-weed. ;;./. The fame with ifn«/- 
 
 tveed. 
 BuLL-woRTi n.f. The fam* with bi/lioff^ 
 
 •weed. 
 Bu'llace. n.f. A wild four plum. 
 
 In Oflober, and the beginning of November, 
 come ferviccs, medlars, bullares ; rofes cut or 
 removed, to come late ; holyoaks, and fuch like. 
 
 B.ieor... 
 
 Bu'llet. n./ [bouk:,Yi-.'\ A round ball 
 of metal, ufuaily fiiot out of gims. 
 
 As when the dcvililh iron engine, wrought 
 In dcepcrt hell, and fram'd by fuiics fkiil, 
 
 With windy nitre and quick fulphur fraught, 
 And ramna'd \tah bullet round, ordain'd to kill. 
 
 S^enfty. 
 
 Glall'cr, their leader, defperately fighting 
 amongft the foiemoft of the janizaries, was at 
 once Ihot with two bullets, and (lain. Kml/es. 
 
 And as the built, fo dill'erent is the fight ; 
 Theii mounting (hot is on oui-fails defign'd; 
 
 Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. 
 And through the yielding planks a paflage find; 
 
 D'ydeti..
 
 B U L 
 
 Bu'llion. «. / [iillon, Fr.] Gold or 
 illver in the lump, unvvrouglit, uncoined. 
 
 The balance of trade inuft of ncceffity lii; re- 
 turned in coin tir hiiUiou, Bacr/n. 
 
 A Iccoiid multitude, 
 With wond'i-oii5 ai-t, fuund out the mafTy ore, 
 Severing cacii kind, and Icumni'd the t:illiu>i 
 drofs. Milton. 
 
 Bullion is ("liver whofc wor kmanlliip has no 
 value. And thus fdrcign coin hath no value 
 here for its ftamp, and our coin it; huUian in fo- 
 reign dominicMis. L<j<ke. 
 
 In every vtnVI there is ftowage for imtricnfc 
 trcafurcs,\vlKn the carg^o is pure bullitn. ylldifoti. 
 Bxjli.i'tion. n. f. [from bullio, Lat.J 
 The act oi- flatc of boiling. 
 
 Tlicre is to l-e ohfcrvcd in tli-fc dilTolutions, 
 ivhicli will not cafily incorporate, what the ef- 
 fects are, as the /'w////;"o«, the- precipitation to the 
 bottom, the ejaculation towards the top, the 
 fufpenfion in tlic niidft, and the like. Jiii<.o'i. 
 Bu'li.ock. ?;.y; [from /■!;//.] A young bull. 
 
 Why, tiiat 's fpoken like .in honcll drover- ; 
 fo they (cW iiilhris. Shiikfjtrure. 
 
 Some drive the herds ; here the ficice bullock 
 fcorns 
 Th' appointed way, and runs with threit'ning 
 horns. Coiuhy. 
 
 Until the tranfpoitation of cattle into England 
 was prohibited, the quickcft trade of ready tnoncy 
 here was driven by the fale of young bullocks. 
 
 Temple. 
 Bu'lly. n. f. [Siinner derives this word 
 from iur/y, as a corruption in the pro- 
 nunciation ; which is very probably 
 right: or from luliy, or bull-eyed; 
 which are icfs probable. May it not 
 come from bull, the pope's letter, im- 
 plying the infolence of thofe who came 
 invclled with authority from the papal 
 court?] A noiiy, bluftering, quarrel- 
 ling fellow : it is generally taken for a 
 man that has only the appearai^ce of 
 courage. 
 
 Mine holl of the garter \ — What fays my buliy 
 roik? Speak fcholarly and wifely. Skaijpeare. 
 
 All on a fuddeii the doors flew open, and in 
 comes a crew of roaiing hulHcs, with tlieir wen- 
 ches, their dogs, and their bottles. L'TijIrangc. 
 
 'Tis fo ridie'l ms, but fo true withal, 
 A bully cannot flecp without a brawl. Drydtn. 
 
 A fcolding hero is, at the worlV, a more tole- 
 lahlc charafler than a hvl'.y in petticoats. Addif. 
 
 The liitle man is a bully \\\ his nature, bur, 
 
 when he grows cholcrick, 1 confine him till his 
 
 wrath is ovsr. Addiitn. 
 
 To Bu'lly. v. a. [froin the noun.] To 
 
 overhear with noife or menaces. 
 
 Prentices, parilli clerks, and heflors meet. 
 He that is drunk, ori:///vV, pays the treat. King. 
 To Bu'lly. v. >u To be noify and qiiar- 
 
 relfoine. 
 Bu'lrus.h. ;;./. [from /';i// and nv/Z.] A 
 large rufli, fuch as grows in rivers, with- 
 out knots ; though Dryden has given it 
 the epithet kiiolly ; confounding it, 
 probably, with the reed. 
 
 To malic tine cages for the nighttngale. 
 And balkcts of bulrujhcx, was my wont. Spenfer. 
 
 All my praifes are but as i biilrii/ii call upon a 
 ftream ; they arc born by the flreiigth of the ciu- 
 "nt. Diydcn. 
 
 The edges wore with bending ofiars ccowtrM ; 
 Iht knotty bull uj'k next in order llood,. 
 And all within jf reeds, a trembling wood. Diyd. 
 EU'LWARK. ti.f. [bolivenle, Dutch; 
 probably only from its lircngth and 
 largenefs.] 
 r. What is now called a baflion. 
 
 But hini the fquire made quickly to retreat, 
 Encoumeriflj. fierce with fmgle- fv/oril in hand, 
 
 BUM 
 
 And 'twlut him and his lord did like a iuliuark 
 
 fland. Spmftr. 
 
 They oft repair 
 Their carthcm bulwarki 'gainft the ocean flood. 
 
 Fiiiifu.v. 
 We have bulwarki round irs ; 
 Within our walls are troops cnur'd to toil, yiddif. 
 
 2. A fortification. 
 
 Taking away needlcfs buhvurk^j divers were 
 
 demolilhcd upon the fca coalls. lliiynuird. 
 
 Our naval lircngtu is a buliuark to the nation. 
 
 Addifon. 
 3'. A fecurify ; a fcreen ; a (lielter. 
 
 Some making the wars their A/i/:tJdr^, that have 
 before gored tire gentle bofom \ii peace with 
 pillage and lohbeiy. Sluikfpeaie. 
 
 To Bu'lwark. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 To fortify ; to llrengtheii with bul- 
 warks. 
 
 And yet no //w/af^r'^'*/town, or diftant coafl, 
 Prcfervcs the beauteous youth from being fcen. 
 
 Addifo,,. 
 
 BUM. n.f. [bomme, Dutch.] The but- 
 tocks ; the part on which we fit. 
 The wifeft aunt telling the faddeil talc, 
 Sometime for threefoot Ilool millnkcth me, 
 Then flip I from her buvif down topples Ihe. 
 
 Shakfpi-are. 
 This faid, he gently rais'd the knight. 
 And fethim on h\^ bum upiight. Hudibiai. 
 
 From dully (hops ncgletffed authors come. 
 Martyrs of pies, and relicks nf the bum. Diyden. 
 
 The learned Sydenham does not doubt, 
 But profound thought will bring the gout; 
 And th.at wiih bum c-ii couch we lie, 
 
 Becaufe our rcafon 's foai 'd toohigli. U'- n. 
 
 BuMB.v'tLlFF. n.f. [This is a corrup- 
 tion of bound baililT, pronounced by gra- 
 dual corru])tion houii, bun, bum bailiff.] 
 A bailiff of the mcaneft kind ; one that 
 is employed in arrells. 
 
 Go, (if Andrew, fcout me for him at thecor- 
 nerofriic orthaid, Wks ^ bumb.iiiijf, Shukfpfaie. 
 Bu'mbard. «./. [wrong written for bom- 
 bard; which fee.] A great gun j a 
 black jack ; a leathern pitcher. 
 
 Vond idmi: black cloud, yond huge one looks 
 Like a foul bumbard, that would (hed his liquor. 
 
 Sh.'.kfpe.ire. 
 
 Bu'mbast. n.f. [falfely written for ^om^fl;^; 
 bombajl and bomhaftnc being mentioned, 
 with great probability, byyMw/H/, as com- 
 ing from ioo;«, a tree, and /i'//j, filk ; the 
 filk or cotton of a tree. iVIr. Sleevetis, 
 vn'th much more probaWlIty, deduces 
 them all from bombyclnus.'^ 
 
 I. A cloth- made by fcwing or.e fluff 
 upon anotlier ; patchwork. 
 
 The ufual bumbaji of black bits fewed into 
 ermine, our Englilh women are made to think 
 very fine. Grcjj. 
 
 3. Linen fluffed with cotton ; fluffing ; 
 wadding. 
 
 We have recciv'd your letters full of love, 
 And, in our maiden council, rated them 
 As courtlliip, pleafant jell, and courtefy, 
 As bumb,ijl, and as lining to the time. Snuffpfiirc. 
 Bt;MP. n.f. [perhaps from bum, as being 
 prominent.] A fwelling; a protube- 
 rance. 
 
 It had upon its brow a bump as bi^ as a young 
 
 cockiel's-ftone; a perilous knock, and tt cried 
 
 bitterly. Sbakfpcire. 
 
 Not though his teeth arc beaten out, his eyes 
 
 Hang by a Itrinj, in bumps his forehead rife. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 To Bump. v. a. [from lomlus, Lat.] To 
 make a lotid noife, or bomb. [See 
 Bomb.] It is applied, I think, only 
 tu the bittern. 
 
 BUN 
 
 Then to the water's brink (he laid her hc.ilJ, 
 And as a bittour bumpt within a reed, 
 To thee alone, O lake, lire frd — — Dr>i.-<r. 
 Bu'mpek. n.f. [from bump.'] A cup 
 filled till the liquor fwells over the brim. 
 
 Places hi< dcli-ht 
 All day in playing /wwr^^rr, and at night 
 Keels lo the bawds. Drydrn't ytnuntih 
 
 Bu'mpkin. n.f. [This u'ord is of uncer- 
 tain etyinotogy ; Heiftiaw derives it 
 from pumk'in, a kind of worlhlefs gourd, 
 or melon. This fecms harlh ; yet we 
 life the word cabbage-head in the fame 
 fenfe. Bump is uftd among us for a' 
 knob, or lump : may not bumph'm be 
 much the fame with clodpale, loggerhead, 
 block, and blockhead ■'] An awkward 
 heavy ruflick ; a country lout. 
 
 The poor bumpkin, that iiad never heard of 
 fucli delights before, blefl'ed herfelf at the change- 
 of her condition. Ul'ftjunge. 
 
 A heavy bumpkin, tavight with daily c.ire, 
 Can never dance three iicp> with a becoming air. 
 
 Dryden. 
 In his white cloak the magiftratc appears; 
 The country bumpkin the fame liv'ry wears. 
 
 Dry len. 
 It was a favoirr to admit them ro breeding; 
 they might be ignorant bumpkins and clowns, if 
 they pleated. /.or.t;-. 
 
 Bu'mpkinly. adj. [from ^Hw/;/-;'n.] Hav- 
 ing the manners or appearance of a 
 clown ; clown i(h. 
 
 He is a fimple, blundering, and yet conceited 
 fellow, who, aiming at defcription, and the ruf- 
 tick wonderful, gives an air of buinpkinly romance 
 to all he tells. CL,riJJa_ 
 
 BUNCH, n. f [hinder, Danifh, tiK 
 
 ciags of the mountains.] 
 I. A hard lump ; a knob. 
 
 They will carr'y the irtrcafures upon the iw^rrAo: 
 of camels to a people that fhall not prolit them. 
 
 I,..:.,!:. 
 He felt the ground, which he had wnnt to iifici 
 even and fot't, to be grown hard, with little round 
 balls or b, niches, like h.ird boiled eggs. J'o]!e. 
 Z. A clufler; many of the fame kind 
 growing together. 
 Vines, with clull'rlng bttncbes growing. Sh.ik. 
 Titian faid, tfiat he knew no better rule for the 
 diliribution of the lights and (hadows, tlian his- 
 obfeivation drawn from a bunch "of grapes. Dr\d. 
 For thee, large bwtrhes load the bending vine, 
 And the Ull blelhugs of the year are thine. 
 
 Drydem 
 
 3. A number of things tied together. 
 
 And on his arms ^bunch of keys he boie. 
 
 Faiiy Queen, 
 
 All.- I know not what you call all; but if I 
 fought not with fil'ty of thcin, I am a bunch of 
 raliHih. Siaifpeare. 
 
 Ancient Janus, with his double face 
 And bun^h of keys, the porter of the phice. DrvJ. 
 
 The mother's biiuih of keys, or any thing they 
 cannot hurt themfelvcs with, fervcs to divert little 
 children. Lrr^-:, 
 
 4. Aay thfng bound into a knot : as, a 
 /'«/;f/j of ribband ; a tuft. 
 
 Upon the top of all his lofty creft, 
 A bunch of hairs difcover'd diver (ly, 
 W-ith fprlnkled pijarl and gold full richly dieft-: 
 
 Sfeii'fr, 
 
 7s Bunch, "y. a. [from the noan.] To 
 fwell out in a bunch ; to grow out in - 
 protuberances. 
 
 It has the rcl'emhlance of a champ'gnon- before 
 it ".s opened, bunching out iivto a large rownd 
 knob at one end. //'ssi/uu- .'. 
 
 Bu-nchba'cxed. tjdj. [from ivtieh and 
 b.ui.'i Having bunches on the back j 
 cr.ookbatked.
 
 Thf ri.iy fiiall come, ihat ihou (h^:lc wflVi for mi, 
 
 "o liclp thee caiic tliis pols'nous hinchhaclc'ii 
 
 toad. Shcikj'pr.nr. 
 
 B u 'n c K I N E s s . ti. f. [from Inncliy. ] The 
 
 quality of being bunchy, oi; growing 
 
 in bunches. 
 
 Bo'kchy. adj. [froin hunch. ~\ Growing 
 
 in bunches ; having tufts. 
 
 He is more ef]X(.i,illy diftinguifhcd from other 
 
 V biids, by his Iwich tail, and the Ihortiiefs of his 
 
 kgs. ' Greiu. 
 
 BUiNDLE. n.f. [bynble, Saxon, from 
 
 bynb.] 
 I. h nnmber of things bound together. 
 
 As'tQ the hun.iUi of petitions in parliament, 
 they were, for the inoft part, petitions of pi ivate 
 
 pcrions. 
 
 li^ili. 
 
 Try, lads, c:in you this bundle break; — 
 Then bids llie youngel^ of the fix 
 Take up a well-hound heap of liicks. Siulft. 
 2. A roll ; any thing rolled up. 
 
 She carried a great bundle of Flanders lace under 
 her arm; bnt hnAing herfelf ovciloaden, (he 
 dropped tlic good man, and brought away the 
 bii'rdk. Sj>ecl,:lot. 
 
 To Bu'ndle. 1). a. [from the noun.] To 
 tie in a bundle ; to tie together : with up. 
 
 We ought to put things together as well as we 
 cm, Jr.iii hits caiifa ; but, after all, fcver.il things 
 wdl not be k:ind!fd up together, under our terms 
 and ways of fpcakinj. Licke. 
 
 Sec how the double nation lies. 
 Like a rich coat with ikirts of frite; 
 As if a man, in making pofies. 
 Should hu'ulle thilllcs up with rofes. Swift. 
 
 BUNG. n.f. [b'wg, WcKh.] • A itopple 
 for a barrel. 
 
 After three nights are expired, the next morn- 
 ing jiull out the hung Hick, or plug. Mottimir. 
 
 7'o Bung. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 flop J to clofe up. 
 
 Bu'nghole. n.yi [from ii/ng and /^o/f.] 
 The hole at which the barrel is filled, 
 and which is afterward ftopped up. 
 
 Why may irot imagination trace the nobleft 
 •lull of Alexander, till he find it llopping a iuug- 
 firjc- ? Shctkfpeaye. 
 
 To B'UNGLE. -y. n. [See Bungler.] 
 To perform clumfily. 
 
 When men want light, 
 
 T'ley make hath:r}g!ing work. JOryden. 
 
 Letters to me arc'nut ftldom opened, and then 
 
 fealed in a bungli'ig manner before they come 
 
 to my hands. Sii-'ft. 
 
 To B'uNOLE. V. a. To botch; to ma- 
 nage clumfily ; to conduft awkwardly: 
 
 with itp. 
 
 Other devils, that fuggeft by treafons, 
 Do botch and bungU up damnation, 
 With patches, colours, and with tot ms, being fctcht 
 From glirt'ring femblances of piety. Sliakfpeaie. 
 They make lame mifchicf, though they mean 
 it well ; 
 Their int'rtrt is not finely drawn, and hid. 
 But feams arc coarl'cly bungled up, and feen. 
 
 Vrydcn. 
 
 Bv'ngi.k. n.f. [from the verb.] A botch; 
 an avvkwardntfs ; an inaccuracy; a 
 clumfy performance. 
 
 Errours and foigAs ate committed, when the 
 matter is inapt or contumacious. R^y- 
 
 Bu'ngler. «./. [L--vngkr, Welfh ; q. Ion 
 y -r/tV, i. e. the lall or lowell of the 
 pr'ofeifipn. DwSies.'l A bad work- 
 man ; a clumfy performer ; a man 
 without (kill. 
 
 Painters, at the firft, were fuch huughrt, and 
 fo rude, that, when they drew a cow or a hog, 
 ihey were fain to write over \W head what it 
 wu>; otl.erwifc the beholder knew not what to 
 
 ' wake of it. Peac/ijm on Drawing. 
 
 B U R 
 
 H.un fcatuics every bio'^ler can conunwd ; 
 To draw true beauty tliews a<nafirer'i hand. 
 
 D,yU-,. 
 A bungler thus', who fcarcc the nail can hit. 
 With driving wrong will make the panncl fplii. 
 
 &-^l•lft. 
 Bu'nglingly. aih. [from iun^ling.] 
 Clumfily; awkwardly. 
 
 To denominate them monllcrs, they muft have 
 had fomc fyllem oi parts, compounded of folids 
 and fluids, that executed, though but bunsJir;o/yj 
 their peculiar fmldlons, Mentley. 
 
 Bi'NN. n.f. \_btmdo. Span.] A kind of 
 fvvcet bread. 
 
 Thy tongs are fwecter to mine car. 
 Than to the thirlly cattle rivers clear, 
 Or wmter jionidge to the l.tb'ring vouth, 
 O: buflniAn*^ fugar to the damfers tooth. Giiy. 
 
 Bunt. n.f. [corrupted, as Skinner thinks, 
 froin hent.'\ A fwclllng part ; an in- 
 creafing cavity. 
 
 The wear is a irith, reaching flopcwife through 
 the ooze, froiTi the land to low water mark, and 
 ha\ing in it a bunf, or cud, witii an eye-hook, 
 where the filh entering, upon the coming back 
 with the ebb, are Ifopped Ironi ifiuing out again, 
 forfaken by the water, and left dry on the ooze. 
 
 To Bunt. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 fwell out : as, the fail bunts out. 
 Bu'nter. n.f. A cant word tor a woman 
 
 who picks up rags about the ftreet ; 
 
 and uled, by way of contempt, for 
 
 any low vulgar woman. 
 Bu'nting. n.f. \_emheriza alba.'\ A bird. 
 
 I took this iai k for a butitiug. Slmkfpeare. 
 
 Bu'nting. n.f. The ftuff of which a 
 fhip's colpurs are made. 
 
 BUOy. n. f \_toui', or boyc, Fr. hoya. 
 Span.] A piece of cork or wood float- 
 ing on the water, tied to a weight at 
 the bottom. 
 
 The tilliumcn, that walk upon the beach, 
 Appear like mice; andyond tall anchoiing bark 
 Diminilh'd to her c^'ck ; her cock a bw.v, 
 Aimoll too fmall for fight. Shnkfptaic. 
 
 Like huoyi, that never fink into the flood. 
 On learning's lurface we but lie ar.-d nod. Pope. 
 
 To Buov. f. a. [from the noun. The 
 u is mute in both.] To keep afloat ; 
 to bear tip. 
 
 All art is ufed to fink epifcopacy, .and hunch 
 pn.Ib)iery, in England ; wliich was lately i^^oyf^/ 
 up in Scotland, by the like artifice of a covenant. 
 • King CharUi. 
 
 The water which rifes out of the abyfs, for the 
 fupply of fprings and rivers, would not have ftop- 
 ped at the furfacc of the earth, but marched di- 
 reiflly up into the atmofphcrc, wherever there 
 was heat enough in the air to continue its afcent, 
 and buoy it up. t't'ood'ujutd' i Nuturat Uijiory, 
 
 To Buov. V. n. To float; to rife by 
 fpecifick lightnefs. 
 Rifing merit will bwiyu^ at laft. Tcpe. 
 
 Buo'vANcy. n.f. [irom buoyant.'] The 
 quality of floating. 
 
 All the winged tribes owe their flight and 
 Idutaniy to it. Derham's Phyjici.- Theology. 
 
 Buo'yaNT. adj. [from^uo)!.] Floating; 
 light ; that will not fink. Dryden ufes 
 the word, perhaps improperly, for 
 foirething that has denfity enough to 
 hinder a floating body from finking. 
 
 I fwom with the tide, and the water under 
 me was buoyjit. Dryden, 
 
 His once fo vivid nctvcs. 
 So full of buoyant fpirit, now no more 
 Infpire the courfc. Tbonjon'i Autumn. 
 
 Bur, Bour, Bok, come from the Sax. 
 
 bti;i, nil timer chamber, or ;,,;.!_.. i;., 
 fliade and retirement. G'ibfln\s Camden. 
 SuR. n.f. \Iupfa: hourre, Fr. is <2p7t';/ ; ' 
 the bur being filled with a foft Imnfnium, 
 or down.] A rough bead of a plaiU, 
 called a burdock, which Piicks to the 
 hair or clothes. 
 
 Nothing teems 
 But hateful docks, rough thiiiles,.keckfies, bun, 
 Lofiiig liorh be.iuty and utility. Sl-iifpciire. 
 
 Hang olf, thou cat, thou i;/r ; vile thing, let 
 loolc ; 
 Or I will Ihakc thee fiom me like a feipent. 
 
 Shtii.Jpedie.' 
 
 Dependents and fuitors are alwtiys the bun, 
 
 and fonietimes the briers, of favourites. iVatt'jn. 
 
 Whither betake her 
 
 From th.e chill dew, amon^ft rude burs and 
 
 thilHc!. Mihem. 
 
 And where the vales with violets once were 
 
 crown'd, 
 
 Now knotty bttn and thotirs difgracc the ground. 
 
 Dryaen. 
 A fellow ftuck like a bur, that there was no 
 fiiakiiig him off. Aibutbncf, 
 
 Bv'rbot. ti.f. A fi(h full of prickles. Did. 
 Bu'rdelais. «._/! A fort of gi ape. 
 BU'RDEN. n. f [byjroen. Sax. and 
 therefore properly written burthen. It 
 is fuppofed to come from burdo, Lat. a 
 mule. J 
 r. A load ; fomething to be carried. 
 Camels have their provender 
 Only for bearing burdcni, and fore blows 
 For finking under them. Sbakfpeare. 
 
 It is of ufe in hiding of (hips, and may help to 
 fhew whuiburdeu, in tiie levcial kinds, they will 
 bear. B.icbn'^ Pliyfirat Remtiin:. 
 
 2. Something grievous or wearifonie. 
 
 Couldft thou fupport 
 That burden, heavier than the earth to bear ? 
 
 Faradife Loft. 
 
 None of the things that arc to learn, Ihould 
 
 e\er be made a burden to them, or impofcd on 
 
 them as a talk. Loeke. 
 
 De.if, giddy, hclplcfs, left alone, 
 
 To all my fi lends a burden grown. Sivift. 
 
 3. A birth. Ohfolete. 
 
 Thou hadll a wife once, call'd yEmilia, 
 That bore thee at a lurden two fair fons. Sb'ikfp. 
 
 4. The veife repeated in a fong ; the bob; 
 the chorus. 
 
 At ev'iy clofe (he made, th* attending throng 
 Reply'ii, and bore the burden of the fong. Dryd. 
 
 5. The quantity that a (hip will carry, 
 or the capacity of a fliip : as, a ftiip of 
 a hundred tons burden. 
 
 To BtJ'RDF.N. v.a. [from the notin.] To 
 load ; to incumber. 
 
 Burden not thyfelf above t!iy power. £cefus, 
 
 I mean not that other men be cafed, and you 
 
 burdened. Corhittiiani. 
 
 With meats and drinks they had fuific'd, 
 'i^oi burden' d n^l\i.\t. J^fitton, 
 
 Bu'rdener. n.f. [from burden.} A 
 
 loader ; an oppreffor. 
 Bu'rdenous. adj. [from burden.} 
 
 1. Grievous; oppiclfive ; wearifome. 
 
 Make no jcli of that which hath fo carneftly 
 pierced me through, ncr let that be light to thee 
 which to me is fo hurdenous. Sidney, 
 
 2. Ufelefs ; cumberfome. 
 
 To what can I be ufcful, wherein fervc, 
 But to fit idle on the houOiold hearth, 
 A burd'noui drone, to vifitants a gaze. Mihon. 
 
 Bu'rdensome. adj. [from burden.} Griev- 
 ous ; troublefome to be born. 
 
 His leifure told hini that his time was colme, 
 And lack of load made his life burdenjame. Mi/t. 
 
 Could I but live till burdenfo!ne they prove, 
 My life wotild be immortal as my love. Dryden.
 
 BUR 
 
 AlTiftances always attending us, upon tl.c cafy 
 gondilion of our prayers, and by which the nigll 
 iurjtufome duty will become lijjht aud cafy. 
 
 Rogrrs. 
 
 Bu'rdensomeness. n. f, [from burdai- 
 fome.~\ Weight; heavinefs; uncallacfs 
 to be born. 
 Bu KDocK. n./. [per/olala.'] A plant. 
 BuRrAu'. n. f. [^bureau, Fr.] A died 
 of drawers with a writing-board. It is 
 pronounced as if it were fpelt buro. 
 For no: the dclk with filvcrnailSi 
 
 Nor^K'frtw of cxi>cnce, 
 Noi ftandilh well japann'd, avails 
 
 To writing of gojd fonfc. Siv'/r. 
 
 BvJRG. n./. See Burrow. 
 
 Bu'rgage. n./. [from burgi or burrow.] 
 A tenure proper to cities and towns, 
 ■whereby men of cities or burrows hold 
 their hinds or ten'.'ments of the kin;;-, 
 or other knd, for a certain yearly rent. 
 
 Cow//. 
 
 The grofs of the borough is fui-veycd together 
 
 in the beginning of tiic county ; but there arc 
 
 fomcothei particular ii.r^<2§^i thereof, nientiont'd 
 
 under the titlesof particular men's pjAclTions. HijU. 
 
 BuROAMOT. n./. [bergamotte, Fr.] 
 
 1. A fpecies of pear. 
 
 2. A kind of perfume. 
 Bu'rganet. ) n,/. [from burg'inote, Fr.] 
 Bu'rgomet. J A kind of helmet. 
 
 Upon his head his glirtcring hurganctj 
 The which was wrought by wondcrous device. 
 And C'jrioufiv engi'aveii, he did fit, Sjtenje' , 
 
 Tiiis day I 'II wear aloft my bwgoriet, 
 Ev'n to aifriijht thee with the view thereof. 
 
 Skakfpeare. 
 
 I was page to a footman, carr)*ing after him 
 Ills pike znA I 'Mgr.net. Hakiivill on i'rcvuUncc. 
 
 BURGEO'JS. n.f. [bourgeois, Fr.] 
 1-. A citizen ; a burgefs. 
 
 It is a rcpublick itfdf, under the protcflion of 
 ~ the eight ancient cantons. There are in it an 
 hundred biirgtohf and about a thoufand fouis. 
 
 AddtpjH OK l!,:'y. 
 
 1, A type of a particular fort, probably 
 
 called fo from him who firft ufcd it. 
 Bv'rgess. n./i [bourgeois, Fr. ] 
 
 1. A citizen ; a freeman of a city or cor- 
 porate town. 
 
 2. A reprefentative of a town corporate. 
 
 The whole cafe was difperfed by the knights 
 of Ihircs, and hurg'JJcs of towns, through all the 
 veins of tiie land. }yotton. 
 
 IIURGH. n.f. [See Burrow.] A cor- 
 porate town, or borough. 
 
 Many. towns inConiwal, when they were firft 
 allowed to fend burgelTcs to the parliament, bore 
 another proportion to London than now ; for 
 fcveral of thefc huTghiWin\t\yQ LurgelTes, whereas 
 London itfclf fends bul l.>ur. Gmm-t. 
 
 Bu'rgmer. n.f. [from burgh.] One 
 who has a right to ccnain privileges in 
 this or tli*t place. Lode. 
 
 It irks me, the poor dappled fools. 
 Being native burghin of this dciart city. 
 Should in tiicir own confines, with foiked heads, 
 H:'ve their round hauncliesgor'd. Shakjpfiire. 
 After the multitude of the common people was 
 rfifmilTcd, and the chief of the biirghin fent fi>i, 
 the imperious letter was read before the better 
 fort of citi^ens. KnalUs. 
 
 Bu'rghership. n./, [ii-ovn burgher.] The 
 privilege of a burgher. 
 
 Bu'rgm.4ste«. See Burgom asthr. 
 
 Bu'rglar. n.f. One guilty of the crime 
 of houfcbreaking. 
 
 BU'RGLARY. n.f. [from burg, ahonfj, 
 wid larron, q. thief.J la the natural 
 
 BUR 
 
 fignification, is nothing but the robbing 
 of a lioufe ; but, as it is a term of art, 
 our common lawyers reiliain it to rob- 
 bing a lioufc by night, or breaking in 
 with an intent to rob, or do fome other 
 felony. The like offence, committed 
 by day, they call houfe-robbing, by a 
 pecuhar name. Coiue/l. 
 
 What fay you, father ? burglary is but a 
 venial fmamon^ foltiicrs. jy>yJtfr'i Span, FritJi^.. 
 
 Bu'kgomastf.r. «. /. [from burgh av.d 
 mafler.] One employed in the govern- 
 ment of a city. 
 
 Theychufc tlu-ir councils aild bitrgowajieri out 
 of t)ic bnigeuis, as in the clhcr governments of 
 Switzerland. AddijM. 
 
 DuRH, is a tower ; and, from that, a de- 
 fence or pro'.eftion : fo Civcnkurh is a 
 woman ready to afiift ; Culhbur, emi- 
 nent for affillance. Gi/foiCs Camden. 
 
 Bu'rial. n.f. [from 7c) ^;rJ•.] 
 
 1. Tiic adl of burying; fepulture ; inter- 
 ment. 
 
 Noi would we deign him ^:/r/j/ofhismen. Sh.ik. 
 
 See my wealthy Andrew dock'd in f:ind. 
 Vailing her iiigh top lower than her ribs, 
 To kifs her burin/. SJi.^kfpeure. 
 
 Your body I fought, and, had I found, 
 Defi^n'd foi buri.ii in your native giound. Dryd. 
 
 2. The adt of placing any thing under 
 earth or water. 
 
 Ve have great lakes, both fait and frelh ; we 
 ufe them for buriah of fome natural bodies : lor 
 wc find a difterence of things buried in earth, and 
 things buried in water. Bacon. 
 
 3. The church fervice for funerals. 
 
 The office of the church is performed by the 
 parilh pried, at tlic time of intermc;:t, if not pro- 
 liibited unto pcrfons excommunicated, and lay 
 ing violent hands on ihenifelves, by a lubrick of 
 the ^v/W fervice. .^y!:ffe*s Farergon. 
 
 Bu'rier. n.f. [from bury.] He that bu- 
 ries ; be that performs the adl of inter- 
 ment. 
 
 Let one fpirit of the firft-born Cain 
 Reign in all bofoms, that, e.ich heart bein^ fet 
 On bloody courfos, the rude »enc may end, 
 And darknefs be the kirier of the dead. Sh.iif. 
 
 BURINE. n.f. [French.] A graving 
 tool ; a graver. 
 
 Wit is like the graver's burine upon copper, 
 or the corrodings of aquafoitis, which engrave 
 and indent the characters, that they can never be 
 def.iced. Gorernment cj the Tongue. 
 
 To Burl. v. a. To drefs cloth as fullers 
 do. Did. 
 
 Bu'rlace. n.f. [corruptly written for 
 burde/ais.] A fort of grape. 
 
 BURLESQUE, adj. [Fr. from Bur/circ, 
 Ital. to- jell.] jocular; tending to 
 raife laughter by unnatural or unfuit- 
 able language or image.'!. 
 
 » lioTnir, in his charaiSlcr of Vulcan andTher- 
 fites, in his llory 0^ Mars and Venus, in his beha- 
 viour of Iius, and in other paff.ii;es, has been 
 obferverl to have lapfed into the bitrlrjq:ie cha- 
 racter, and to have d'-p,irted from that fcrious 
 air, cffential to the magnificence of an epirk 
 poem. -- .^ddifo'i. 
 
 Buri-e'sque. n, f. Ludicrous language 
 or ideas ; ridicule. 
 
 When a man lays out a twelvemonth on the 
 fpots in tlic fun, however noble his fpeculations 
 may be, they are very apt to fall into hurkj.juc. 
 
 Aidifon on Ancicrt Meda/i. 
 
 7"» EuRLE'sty;E. -u. a [from the adjec- 
 tive.] To turn to ridicule. 
 
 Would Hoiner apply the epithc-r divine to n 
 modem Xwiaeherd .' if not; it is an evidence that 
 
 BUR 
 
 Eumeus was a man of confcquer.ee ; otherwife 
 
 Homer would burhf^ue\\\-, own poetry. Broome, 
 
 Bu'rliness. n.f. [from burley.] Bulk; 
 
 bluller. 
 BURLY, adj. [ffunius, has no etymo- 
 logy ; Skinner imagines it to come from 
 toorlike, clowiiidi.] Great of fizc ; 
 bulky ; tumid ; fallsly great. 
 
 Steel, if thou turn thine edge, or cut not out 
 
 tfic burly boned clown in chines of beef, ere thoU 
 
 fleep ill thy Iheath, I befecch Jove, th:'t th'ju 
 
 luay'ft be turned into hobnails. Shukfftrare. 
 
 It was the orator's own burly way of ronleiife. 
 
 C^v/ltj: 
 Away with all your Carthaginian flatc. 
 Let van^juilh'd Hannibal wiilioiit doors wait, 
 Too burly and too big to pals my narrow gate. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Her huiband being a very burly man, Ihe 
 
 thought it would be Icfs trouble for her to bring 
 
 aw.iy little Cupid. Adiijon. 
 
 To BURN. v. a, pret. and part, burned, . 
 
 or burnt, [bepnan, Saxon. J 
 
 1. To confume with fire. 
 
 They burnt Jcrici/o with fire. fojhua. 
 
 The hie i^rwi-rA the wood. Tfjimi. 
 
 Altar of Syrian mode, whereon to burn 
 His odious otterings. Miltcn, 
 
 That where Ihe fed his amorous defires 
 With loft complaints, and felt his hotted fires, 
 There other flames might wafte his earthly part, 
 And burn his limbs where love had burn'd hij 
 heart. Dyiii/j. 
 
 A fltfhy excrefcence, becoming exceeding hird, 
 is fuppofcd to demand e\tirparion, by b^.r7i.ug 
 away tlie induration, or amp-n.tti.ig. Sltu^f^ 
 
 2. '1 o wound or hurt with fire or heat. 
 
 Hand fjrhand, foot {jr foat, hirning for &irn~- 
 ifip^ wound for wound, (Iripe for-Itripc. Ex>dui. 
 
 3. To exert the qualities of heat, as by 
 drying or fcorching. 
 
 O that I could hot weep,' to vent mv pafTion! 
 But tills diy I'oirow burns up all my tears. Dryd. 
 To Burn. -v. n. 
 
 1. To be on fire ; to be kiiidTed.- 
 
 A fircdevourcth before them, anil behind tticr* 
 a flame hurt.cih ; the land is as the garden of 
 Eden before them, and behind thera a delolatc 
 wildejrnefs. fotl. 
 
 The mount burned with fire. Exodus. 
 
 O covs'ard conlcicnce, hovv daft thou afRift me I 
 Tnc light burns blue. Is it not de-'.d niidnijbt? 
 Cold fearful drops fraud on my trcrabitng Hefh. 
 
 ift,l.ki2'fjrf. 
 
 2. To fiiine ; to fparkle. 
 
 The barge Ihe fat in, like a burniOi'd throne, 
 Burnt on the wa'er. Sbay'^Lure. 
 
 Oh prince! oh wherefore burn your eyes? and 
 why 
 Is your fwcet temper tiirn'd rn fur; > - Rtr^ut. 
 
 3. To be inflamed with paffion or defire. 
 
 When I burnt in defire to queftion them far- 
 ther, they made themfelves air, into which they 
 vanifhed. Skakh.ate. 
 
 Tranio, 1 burn, I pine, I perifli, Tranio, 
 If I achieve not this young modeft girl! Snuifp. 
 
 In Raleigh mark tlwir cv'iy glory mix'd ; 
 Raleigh, the fcourge' of Spain, whofe breaft with 
 
 all 
 The fagc, the patriot, a;id the hero burn'd. Thomf. ■ 
 
 4. To aft with deltruCiive violence: ufed 
 of the palTions. ^ 
 
 Shall thy wrath /Wi like fir--. > YMm:. 
 
 5. To be in a itate of delhuclive commo- 
 tion. 
 
 The nations bleed where'er her flops ihe rums, 
 Tiic giojn liill deepens, and the conibai hu-r,s. 
 
 Pops. 
 
 6. It is ufed particularly of love. 
 
 She /-wr/;!, Ihe raves, fhe dies, 'tis true; 
 But burns, and raves, and cies, fnryuu. Ad:i:fan. 
 
 Burn. n.J'. [from the verb.] A. .htut : 
 cttuicdby lire.
 
 BUR 
 
 Wc fee tlie p'lilcsm of vitriol is a very effeftual 
 
 riMnsdy agariitt h-urvi. Bcyk. 
 
 Bu'rner. n.f. [from burn.'\ A pcrfon 
 
 that bums any thing. 
 Bu'rnet. r..f. [p'lmpindliiy'LM.'] A plant. 
 The even mead, tliaterit brouglitfweetly forth 
 The ficckled cowllip, hurnel, and green clovct. 
 
 Shaklje:iJC. 
 Ev'ri.'iS'G.. n.f. [from buni.'[ Fite ; 
 flame ; llat-e of inflammation. 
 
 The mind fiirely, of itfelf, cin feel mine of 
 tl-.e burningz oi a lever. South, 
 
 In liquid i'jn.higt, or on dry, to dwell, 
 Is all the fad vjviety of hell. Dn'-len. 
 
 ■Bu'R^'ING. adj. [from the participle.] 
 Vehement; powerful. 
 
 Thefe things fting him 
 So vcnomoufly, chat bitrniK'^ Ihamc detains Kim 
 From his Cordelia. Shaifpeare. 
 
 ■T h.id a gli:r.pfe ufhim ; but he (hot liy me 
 Like a youiig lioundupon a iurv:'iig (cent. Vry,!. 
 B'v-'uN :ng-gl.\ss. n.f. [from hiiftiing 
 znd glnfs.'i A glafs which coUefts the 
 rays of the fun into a narrow compafs, 
 and fo ircrcafes their force. 
 
 The appetite of her eye did feem to fcorch mc 
 
 up like a burnitJg-gltifi. ShaLj)>can\ 
 
 - -Love is of the natinc of a hurf:h:g-gltijij v/iiich, 
 
 kept ftil in one phice, fiicth; changed often, 
 
 It doth nothing. SucUing. 
 
 diadem, thou centre of ambition, 
 Wiierc all its riiftevent lines are rcconcil'd, 
 
 hi it thnu M crt tiic burning-alafi of glory ! Tfrwi. 
 J« BU RNISH. 1). a. [iurmr, Fr.] to 
 polifh ; to give a glofs to. 
 
 Miflikc mc not for my complexion, 
 Tlie Ihadow'tl livery of the burwp'd fun, 
 To whom I am a neighbour, and near bred. 
 
 Shakj^'iarc. 
 
 Make a phte of them, and burnijh it .as they 
 
 do iron. Bacvi. 
 
 The fismc of bnrnlJJi'd ikcl, that caft a glare 
 'From far, and fecm'd to thaw the freezing air. 
 
 D<ydai. 
 To Bu'rnish. 1). n. To e;row bright or 
 glofly. 
 
 I'\e fecn a fnake in liuman form, 
 All Itain'd with infamy and vici , 
 Leap from the dunghill in a trice, 
 hu:nJ:h, and make a gaudy (how. 
 Become a gen'ral, peer, and l.cau. Swift. 
 ToBy'RNisH. V. u. [of uncertain ety- 
 mology.] To grow.', to fpread out. 
 This tiiey could do, while S.ituin fill'd tlx 
 throne, 
 Ere Juno burnifi'ii, or young Jove was grown. 
 
 Diydtn. 
 To ihoot, arul fpread, and Imniji into man. 
 
 JJiydeii. 
 Mrs. Prirnley's great belly (he may lace down 
 before, Imt it lurnijlei on her hips. Congreve. 
 Eu'iiNisHER. n.f. [from luittj/l).'] 
 1.. The peifon that burnifhes orpolidies. 
 .2.. The tool with which boolibinders give 
 a glofs to the leaves of books : it is 
 commonly a dog's touth fet in a (lick. 
 B.'JKNT. The part. pafT. of burn: appWed 
 to liquors, it means made hot. 
 
 1 find it vory dunCLtlt to kno\i^ 
 
 .Who, to i:frtlh tii' iitiendants to a gra-ve^ 
 Bt^tnt cl.irct hrli, or N'apl**s bifcuit, gave. Kinp. 
 
 Bt'RR. it-f. Tile lobe or lap of the ear. 
 
 Dnl. 
 
 Buru Pmnh. [Inn diip.] A pump by the 
 iide of a fhip, into which a ftalf fevcti 
 or eigliiftet long is put, having a burr 
 or knob of wood at the end, which is 
 drawn up by a rope faltered to the mid- 
 dle of it ; called al fo a Lihe [•imp. Harris. 
 
 B'/'huas Pipe. [Willi fnrgeoiis.] An iii- 
 llrumcnt or v.-fTtl tiftd .to keep cor- 
 
 BUR 
 
 roding powders in, as vitriol, precipi- 
 tate. Harris. 
 
 Bu'rrf.l. ti.f. A fort of pear, othcrwife 
 called the red butter pear, from its 
 fmooth, delicious, and foh pulp. Plnilips. 
 
 Bu'rbel F/v. [from lourreler, Fr. to ex- 
 ecute, to torture.] An infeft, called 
 alfo ot-ify, gaiSbee, or iree-^e. Di3. 
 
 Bu'rrei. Shot, [from lourreler, to ex- 
 ecute, andyZis/.] In gunnery, fniall 
 bullets, nails, lloncs, pieces of old iron, 
 l^c. put into cafes, to be difchargcd 
 out of the ordnance ; a fort of cafe-ftiot. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 Bu'rrock. n.f. A fmall wear or dam, 
 where wheels are laid in a river for 
 catching of filli. Phillips. 
 
 Bu'rrow, Btrg, Et-'RG, Burgh, n.f. 
 [derived from the Saxon bup^, byjij, 
 a city, towci', or caftle. Cihfon^ s Canui'en.} 
 
 1. A corporate town, that is not a city, 
 but fuch as femls burgelTes to the par- 
 liament. All places that, in former 
 days, were called borottg/js, were fuch 
 as were fenced or fortifu-d. Cou'iU. 
 
 King of England Ih.dt tho.u be proclaim'd 
 III cv'ry bioKJiu, as wc pafs along. Sfuikfpcart. 
 
 PoflclTion of land was the original right of 
 ele(flion among the commons ; and bu^roius were 
 entitled to fit, as they were poffcffed of certain 
 rr.iels. Temple. 
 
 2. The holes made in the ground by co- 
 nies. 
 
 When they fliall fee hiscreft up again, and the 
 man in blood, they will out of tlicir burroiui, 
 like conies after rain, and rcscl all with him. 
 
 Shjhfpcare. 
 
 To Bu'rrow. i'. n. [from the noun.] 
 To make holes in the ground; to mine, 
 as conies or rabbits. 
 
 Some rtrcw fand amcng their corn, whieh, 
 they fay, prevent.s mice and rats butro-tuiug in 
 it; becaiifeof its f.iliing into their ears. Mortimtr. 
 Little tinufcs would form, and iunoiu under- 
 neath. S/iilrp. 
 
 Bu'rsar. n.f. •[iiirfarit/s, Lat.] 
 
 1. The treafuicr of a college. 
 
 2. Students fent as exhibitioners to the 
 univerfities in Scotland by each prefby- 
 teiy, from whom they have a fmall 
 yearly allowance for four years. 
 
 Burse, n.f. [_bourfe,Yr. burfa, Lat. a 
 purfe; or from byr/'a, Lat. the exchange 
 of Carthage.] .An cxcliange where 
 merchants meet, and Ih.ops are kept ; 
 fo called, becaufe the figii of the purfc 
 was anciently fet over fuch a place. 
 The exchange in the Strand was termed 
 Britain's Burfc by James i. Phillips. 
 
 7"o BURST, -u.n. llurjl; \ \\?.M iurjl, 
 or Inirjlen. [b'lj-.j-tan, Sa.xon.] 
 
 1. To bitak, or fly open; to Iiifftr a vio- 
 lent difruutlon. 
 
 So fliall uiy bams Be ■filled with plenty, and 
 thy prclTes (liall burj] out with new wine. P'o; . 
 
 It is ready to hurfi like new bottles. f^b. 
 
 Th' egg, that loon 
 Puijling with kindly ruptuie, forth difclos'd 
 The ta'lluw young, Miltm. 
 
 2. To fly afundcr. 
 
 Yet am 1 thankful ; if my hcirt were great, 
 'TwoiiUl i;ir/? ut this. Sii.:i/j'eure. 
 
 3. To break away ; to fpring. 
 
 You furjtj ah cruel ' from my arms, 
 And fwifily (hoot along the Mall, 
 Or foftly jjlide by ihe Cinul, J'^fs. 
 
 BUR 
 
 4. To come fuddenly. 
 
 A refolved villain, 
 Whofe bowels fuddenly burji out; the ki.ig 
 Vet fpcaks, and peradvcnture may recover. 
 
 Stt-i^ffeare, 
 
 If the worlds 
 In worlds inclos'd fhould on his fcnfcs bnrJi 
 He wfiuld abhorrent turn. Thofv.foft. 
 
 5. To come with violence. 
 
 Well didft tiiou, Richard, to fupprcfsthy voice; 
 For had the palhons of thy heart burJi out, 
 I fear we Ihould h.wc fecn decypher'd tb.cre 
 More ranc'rous fpite. Sftnkfpcjf e. 
 
 Where is the notable palT'ge over the ri\er 
 Euphrates, bitijling out ijy the vnllics of the 
 mountain Antitnurus ; from whence the plains 
 of Mefopotamia, then part of the Perfian king- 
 dom, begin to open themfelves. KrtoIUi. 
 
 Voung fpring protrudes the burjling gerns. 
 
 Tr.^ynjon. 
 
 6. To begin an afllon violently or fuddenly. 
 
 She buTji into rears, and wrung tier h.mds. 
 
 Arbuthn'it. 
 To Burst, v. a. To break fuddenly; to 
 make a quick and violent i^ifruption. 
 
 My brcall VWUnJl witii ftr.iining of my courage, 
 And from mv ihoulilers crack my arms afundcr, 
 But I will challifc this high-minded flrumpct. 
 
 Shakppeare, 
 He faften'd on my neck, and bellow'd out, 
 As if he would /-.vry? heav'n. Shuljpearc. 
 
 I wilt break his yoke from off thy neck, and 
 will biitj] thy bonds. fcitmiik. 
 
 Mofes faith alfo, the fountains of the gieat 
 abyl's were ^//'y^ af-inder, to make the deluge; 
 and wlr.it means this abyfs, and the burjttng of it, 
 if rctiralned to Judca ? what appearance i.s there 
 of this dilruption there ? Buiitt^i Theory. 
 
 If the juices of an animal body were, fo as by 
 the mixture of the oppofitcs, to caufe an ebulli- 
 tion, tney would Imji the vclfels. .^rbutbuot. 
 Burst 71. f. [from the verb.] A fuddcn 
 difruption ; a fudden and violent adlion 
 of any kind. 
 
 Since I was man, 
 Such flieets of (ire, fuch biirjl of horrid thunder. 
 Such gro.rns of roaring wind and rain, I never 
 Remember to have heard. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Down they came, and drew 
 Th.e whole roof after them, with biuji of thunder. 
 Upon the heads of all, ^Mitton. 
 
 Impiifon'd (ires, in the clofe dungeons pent. 
 Roar to get loofe, and (druggie for a vent; 
 E.iting their war, and undermining all. 
 Till with a mighty burJl whole mountains fall. 
 
 ylddipi. 
 Burst. 1 particip. adj. [from buifl.} 
 Bu RsTEN. ^ Difeafed with a hernia, or 
 
 rupture. 
 Bu'rsti:nnf.ss.- n.f. [from li'rjl.^ A 
 
 rupture, or hernia. 
 Bu'rstwort. n.f. [from i//r/? and TOsr/; 
 l.vrniarJa, Latin.] An heibgood againll 
 ruptures. Di^/. 
 
 Burt. n.f. A flat fifh of the turbot kind. 
 To Bu'rthen. v. a. 1 
 Bu'ethen. ti.f. 3 
 
 Sacred to ritiiculc his whole Irfe long. 
 And the fad burthen of fomc merry fong. Fopr, 
 
 Bu'rton. n.f [111 a (hip.] A fmall 
 
 tackle to he fattened any where at plea- 
 fure, cunfilling of two fir.gle pullics, for 
 hoiding fmall things in or otit. Phillips. 
 
 Bury, n.f [from bupj, bax.] A dwel- 
 ling-place : a termination dill added to 
 the names of feveral places ; as, AUcr- 
 maiiburj, St. EJmorul's Bury ; fome- 
 limes written bery. Phillips. 
 
 Bu'ry. n.J. [corrupted from borough.'^ 
 
 It h- his nature to fiighimfclf/'.v;/'-5, as the coney 
 doth; which he doth with very ijrcat cclciity. 
 
 Sec Burden.
 
 'To DU'RV. V. a. fbynisean, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To inter ; to put into ;i grave, 
 
 V\*hcn \x lies along, 
 Afcr your \v:iy iiis ruK* pioiiouiic'd, fh'i!i //. 'v 
 His I'cafons with Iiii ia^Iy. '^i^KJpc^re. 
 
 2 , To inter, witli the \ ites and ceranoiiies 
 of fepuhiire. 
 
 Sl.ivc, thali haft flain mc ! 
 rfcvtrthou wilt thrive, Inny my bully. Shukfp. 
 
 Jf ycu 11 'AC kiiidncls left, there Ice mc l.iicf; 
 To h-i'y dCLCiitly the injur'd maid. 
 Is .ill the favour. U'aUer. 
 
 3. To conceal.; to hide. 
 
 This is the w.iy to make the city flat, 
 And f'ury ;Al,.whicli vct dift.ii;«flly ranges. 
 In -hi'aps and piles of rum, > Hhaifpi^re. 
 
 4, To place one thing within another^ 
 
 A tearing gronn did hrcaic 
 Tlic name of Antony ; it <vas divided 
 Between her iicari and lips ; flie renderM life, 
 Tiiy name fo hiny\i in I'.er. Shiikjp.tt'f. 
 
 Bu'r YiNO-PLACE. n.f. A place appointed 
 for the fepulture of dead bodies. 
 
 Tlie place »js forma ly ? ,.ch4rch-yard, and 
 has'ftiir I'uveral inarlis iit it of graves and /'//rt/wj;- 
 
 flarft. . A ■ • ■ • S^iil.tlQr. 
 
 BUSH. ;'.'/ [!<r:,s, French.] 
 
 1, A thick (hrub. 
 
 Eft through the thick they heard one rudely rufh. 
 With noifc whereof, he from his lofty liecd 
 Down fell to grouird, and crept into a b'/Jfiy 
 To hide his coward head from dying diead. 
 
 Fairy Q^itccn. 
 
 The poller, and cxafter of fees, juififies the 
 
 refcmhiancc of the courts of juiiice to the hu/Jiy 
 
 whereunto while the (liccp flies for defence from 
 
 the weatiicr, he is furc to loCe part of the fleece. 
 
 Biicon'i Fj/ay^. 
 
 Her heart was that flrange iu,^, whofe faci'ed 
 fue 
 Religion aid not confume, hut infpire 
 Such piety, fo chafte ufe of God's da)', 
 That what we cui.i'd to fcaft, Ihc turn'd to pray. 
 
 Witli fuch a care. 
 As rofes from tlicir (talks we tear. 
 When we would liill prefer them new, 
 And frclh as on the i.y/; they grew. }f\i!i(r. 
 
 The f.acrcd ground 
 Shall weeds and puii'nous plants refufe to hear ; 
 Each common *';/« ftiall Syrian rofes wear. Dryd. 
 
 2, A bough of a tree fixed up at a door, 
 to {how that liquors are fold there. 
 
 If it be nue that good wine needs no htji, 'tis 
 true that a good play needs no epilogue. Skiikfp. 
 To Bush. v. n. [from the noun,] To 
 grow thick. 
 
 The rofes hiijhin^ round 
 About hcrglow'd, half Ifuopinj to fupport 
 Each flower of render 11. ilk. Mihon. 
 
 A gufliing fountain broke 
 Around it, and above, for ever gieen. 
 The bujh'if!^ .ilHcrs torm'd a Ihady fcene. Ptpr. 
 Bu'sHEL. n f. [hoijpau, Fr. bujtllus, low 
 
 Lat.] 
 I, A meafure containing eight gallons; a 
 ftrike. 
 
 His reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in 
 two buj/ir!i of chaff; you fhall fcek all day ere 
 you find them: and when you have them, they 
 are not worth the fcareh. Hhakfbeart. 
 
 2 It is ufed, in common language, inde- 
 finitely for a large ouantity. 
 
 The woithies of antiquity bought the rareft 
 piftiircs with hiijlich of gold, without counting 
 the weight or the Dumber of pieces. Dryden. 
 g. Brijhels of a carl-tvheil. Irons within 
 the hole of the nare, to preferve it from 
 wearing, [from boiiche, Fr. a mouth.] 
 
 Din. 
 Bl-'^siusivSs. «./. [frorn buJJjy.] The qua- 
 lity of being bu/iiy. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 BUS 
 
 ■\ Bu'siiMtyT. »./ [from^//J.] Athicktt; 
 a chiller of buflies. 
 
 Princes thought how they might difchatgc the 
 earth of wootis, briars, lt:ijlj>nrntif and waters, 
 to make it more iiabitable and fertile. Raltigli, 
 Bu'sHY. ailj. [from Injlj.] 
 
 1. Thick; fulloffmall branches, not high, 
 
 Tlie gentle flicplicrd Lit bcfide a fpring, 
 All in the (hidow of a l>u;/.v brier. Sfci/rr. 
 
 Generally the cutting away of boughs and 
 fuckiTs, at the root and body, doth make trees 
 grow high; and, contrariwifc, the polling and 
 cutting of th» top, make them fpread and grow 
 
 2. Thick like a bulTi. 
 
 Statues of this god, with a thick iujiy beard, 
 are ft ill many of them extant in Rome. ^IJJ.p'.: 
 
 3. Full of bullies. 
 
 The kids with pieafurc browfe the buj/ty plain ; 
 Tiie Ihow'rs arc grateful tu the fwelling grain. 
 
 Dry.L 'I. 
 Bu'sii.Fss, adj. [from /'«/)',] At leifure ; 
 without bufinefs ; unempli)yed. ' 
 
 The Uveet thoughts do even rclreih my labour, 
 Moft /"/.y/.'.'/i when 1 do it. Shalffcarc. 
 
 Busily, tiiiv. [from hufy.'\ 
 
 1, With an air of importance; with an 
 air of hurry. 
 
 2, Curioufly ; importimately. 
 
 Or if too liiifily they will enquire 
 Into a vi(5loi"V, which we difdaui, 
 
 "Then let them know, the Belgians did retire 
 Before the patron faint of injui'd Spain. Diyda. 
 Bt'siNKSs. n.f. [from lnjj.] 
 
 1. Employment; multiplicity of affairs. 
 
 Muii b'ifsiifji thee from hencj remove? 
 Oil! that 's the worft dil'eafe of lo\e. Din^-e. 
 
 2 . An affair. In this fenfe it has a plural, ■ 
 
 Beftow 
 Your needful counfel to our bufinejfi\ 
 Which crave the iiillanr ufe. Shahfpeai^. 
 
 3. The fubjeft of bulinefs; the affair or 
 objefl tliat engages the care. 
 
 Vou are fo much the bujinefi of our fouls, that 
 while you are in figlit we can neither look nor 
 think on any clfe ; there arc no eyes for other 
 beauties. Dry.itn. 
 
 The ^reat bujinefs of the fcnfes being to take 
 notice of what hurts or advantages the body. L'jcke/ 
 
 4. Serious engagement : in oppolition to 
 trivial tranfaflions. 
 
 I never knew one, who made it his bufmeji to 
 lalh the faults of otl-.er writers, tiiat was not 
 guilty of greater himfclf. Jlddijon. 
 
 He had bvfiiffi enough upon his hands, and 
 was only a poet by accident, Vrior. 
 
 When diverfion is made the buftiifi and Itudy 
 of life, though the ae^ions chofen be in themfelves 
 innocent, tljc exceft will tender tliem criminal. 
 
 KdgCt s. 
 
 5. Right of aftion. 
 
 What bufiiuji has the tortoife among the clouds ? 
 
 F' Fji'ar^of, 
 
 6. A point; a matter of qaeflion; fome- 
 thlng to be examined or conlidered, 
 
 runcfs to govern, is a perplexed i'i^/mt/* ; fomc 
 men, fomc nations, e.Nccl in the one ability, fomc 
 in the other. Batcn. 
 
 7. Something to be tranfafted. 
 
 They were far from the Zidomans, and had no 
 bufiitej\ with any one. yudt^^i. 
 
 S. Something required to be done. 
 
 To thofc people that tlwell under or near the 
 equator, this fpring would be moft peftilent; as 
 for tliofe count; ies that are nearer the poles, in 
 which number are our own, and the m-ift con- 
 fiderable h.iIidIis of the world, a perpetual fpring 
 will not do their A«/f/7tys ; they muli have longer 
 days, a ne.ircr approach of the fun. Boiliey 
 
 9, To do one's bitfinefs. To kill, deftroy, 
 or ruin him. 
 
 BUS 
 
 Busk. n.f. [liif,jut,Vr.'[ Apieceofftcel 
 or whalebone, worn by women Vt 
 ftrcMgthcn their (lays. 
 
 Oflwith that happy hufi which I envy. 
 That ft ill can be and ft ill can ft and fo nigh. Dinnr, 
 
 Btj'.siaN. n.f [brofcken, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A kind of half boot; a fhoe vliich 
 comes to the midleg. 
 
 The foot was dtelfed in a (liort pair of vcKet 
 buflim; in fome placcj open, to fliew the faii- 
 nefs of the Ikin. Sidry. 
 
 .'^cmctimcs Diana he her lakes to be, 
 But mifl'cth bow, and fliafts, and hujkim to her 
 knee. Sftifir, 
 
 There is a kind of nifl icily in all ihofe pompous 
 verfes; fomewhat of a holiday fliepherd llruttiiij 
 in his country bujlt m. Df,drr. 
 
 2. A kind of liitjh fhoc worn by the an- 
 cient aclors of tragedy, to rail'e then 
 ilatiire. 
 
 Great Fletcher never treads in buflihs here, 
 No greater Jonfon dears in focks appear. DryJm. 
 
 In hor befl light the comic mufe appears. 
 When (he with borrow'd pride ihehujlin wears. 
 
 Smit't . 
 Bu'sKiNED. adj. [irom huji in. '\ Dreffcd 
 in bulkins. 
 
 Or H I'.ar, though rare, of later age. 
 Ennobled l-.ath the /v/A,//./ llage.- Miliix:, 
 
 Here, arm'd with filvcr biws, in early dawn. 
 Her bti/l:/i'J \ irgins tr,ic'd the dewy lawn. Pop-. 
 
 Bu'sKY. adj. [written more properly by 
 Millon, b'ljl-y. See BosKV,] Woody; 
 fhaded with woods ; overgrown with 
 
 trees. 
 
 How bloodily the fun begins to peer 
 Above yon /«A;r hill! S'laifpratf. 
 
 BUSS, n.f. [^«j-, the month, Irifh; bouche, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . A kifs ; a falute with the lips. 
 
 Thou doft 'giie me flatteiing b^ffes. — By my 
 troth, I kifs thee with a moll conltant heart. 
 
 Shcikfptare. 
 
 Some fquirc perhaps you take delight t» 
 
 rack. 
 
 Who vifits with a gun, prcfcnt! with birds, ' 
 
 Then gives a fmacking buf,. Pipr. 
 
 2. A boat for firtiing, [biiffc, German.] 
 
 If the king would enter towaitls building iiich 
 a number of boats and bujjcif as each company 
 could cafily manage, it would be an encourage- 
 ment both of honour and advantage. TempU. 
 To Buss, ni.a. [from the noun.] To 
 kifs ; to falute with the lips. 
 
 Yonder walls, that partly front your town, 
 Yund towers, whofe wanton tops do huf the 
 
 clouds, 
 Mud kifs their feet. Shakfpiart. 
 
 Go to them with this bonnet in thy hand, 
 Thy knee buffing the ftones ; for in fuch bufinefs, 
 AiSion is eloquence. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Bust. n.f. [bujo, Ital.] A ftatue re- 
 prcfenting a man to his breafl. 
 
 Agrippa, or Caligula, is a common coin, but 
 a vciy e.Mraordinary /-«/ ; and a Tiberius a raie 
 coin, but a common /•.//.'. ^-Iddifon on Ji.i.y. 
 
 Ambition figh'd : (he found it vain to truft 
 The faiihlcfs column, and the crumbling iuj!. 
 
 Pope. 
 Bt;'sTARD. n.f. [biflarde, Fr.] A wild 
 turkey. 
 
 His facrifices were phenicopters, peacocki, 
 bujiatji, turkeys, pheafants ; and all thcfe were 
 daily ofiVred. Hakt-.vill. 
 
 To Bu'sTLE. V. n. [of uncertain etymo- 
 logy ; perhaps from bufy.] To be 
 bufy; toftir; to be adive. 
 Come, hujlle, bujite — caparifon my horfe. 
 
 Shakjpiare, 
 God take king Edward to his mercy. 
 And Jcave the world for me to bujik in. S/hifp. 
 Zl
 
 BUS 
 
 S!r Hetiry Vane was a bufy :in<l lnJIHi^ man, 
 w'";o h-i(! cicdit enough to do his butinefs in all 
 fliiees. CUirenthn. 
 
 A poor ahje(^ worm, 
 TVnt cra".-!*d awhile upon a bujilinir world. 
 And now am tiampkd to my duft ag:un. 
 
 So ithrrne. 
 Ye fjv'rcign lords, who fie like gods in ilatc, 
 Awing ihc world, and huflng to be great! Grar.v. 
 Bu'sTi.E. n.f. [fiom tlie \erb.J A tu- 
 mult ; a liun-y ; a combuflfon. 
 
 WilVom's ffif, 
 Oft feeks to fwect retired foiitudc: 
 She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, 
 That in the various huJiU of rcfort 
 Were all too ruffled. AJilton 
 
 This is the creature that pretends to know- 
 ledge, and lliat makes fucli a noife and hujlte io\ 
 opinions. Gljni-ille. 
 
 Eucli a doiflrinc made a ftrange hujlle and dif- 
 turb.Tncc in the world, which then fate wai-rn 
 and e.ify in a free enjoyment of their lufls. South. 
 If the count had given them a pot of ale alter 
 it, all would h.ive been well, without any of this 
 tuJIU. Spea^uor. 
 
 Bu'sTLER. n.f. [from hujlle.l An aftive 
 
 ftiirlng mai). 
 BU'SY. ndj. [b)'|-^ian. Sax. It iS pro- 
 nounced as hijj'y, or ^'ssy.] 
 
 1. Employed with earneftnefs. 
 
 My miftrcfs fends yuu word tVat (he is hujy, 
 and cannot come. Skakfptare. 
 
 2. BiiiHing ; afliYtf ; meddling. 
 
 The next thing which ihe waking looks upon, 
 On meddlmg monkey, or on bu^y ape. 
 She (hall puifue it with the foul of love. Shakfp. 
 
 Thus bi^fy pow'r is working d.ry and night ; 
 For when the outward l"ent"es reft do take, 
 
 A thoufand dreams, fantallical and light. 
 With ftutt'iing wings, do keep her ftill awake. 
 
 The coming fpring would fiift appear, 
 And all this place with lofes ftrow, 
 \i bufy feet would let them grow. Wufkr, 
 
 All written fince that tmie, fecm to have little 
 moic than events we are glad to know, or the 
 controverfy of opinions, wherein the hufy world 
 has been fo much employed. Tcm^'lc. 
 
 Religious motives and inftinifls are fo bufy in 
 
 tlie hca:t of every reafonable creature, th.it no 
 
 - man would hope to govern a fociety, without 
 
 regard to thofe principles. Miiifon. 
 
 3. Troublefome; vexatioudy importunate 
 or intenfive. 
 
 The chriltians, fomctimcs valiantly receiving 
 the enemy, and fometimes charging them again, 
 rcpulfed.the proud enemy, ftill bufy with them. 
 KmlUi^i Hijlory of the Turki. 
 
 To Bu'sY. V. a. [from the noun.] To em- 
 ploy ; to engage ; to make or keep 
 bufy. 
 
 He in great paftion all this while did dwell. 
 More bu[ying his quii;k eyes, her face to view. 
 Than his dull cars to hear what (he did tell. 
 
 Fti/ry Quef>t. 
 
 The pleafurc which I took .at iny friend'.^ 
 plcafurc herein, idly bujiid me thus to cKprcfs 
 the fame. Careiu'i Sufvey. 
 
 Be it thy courfe to bujji giddy minds 
 W;;h fore'gn quarrels. Shakfjirare. 
 
 While they were buficJ to lay the foundations, 
 their buildings were overthrown by an earthquake, 
 4 id many tt-.oufands of the Jews were ovcr^ 
 wiulmed. Raleigh. 
 
 The points which bujiej the devotion of the 
 fiift ages, and the cuiiofiiy of the latter. 
 
 Dccity rjj 'Piety. 
 
 The ideas it is bufiei about, ftiould he natural 
 and congenial onen, which it had in itfclf. L'jckt 
 
 The learning and difputcs of the fchools have 
 t'-cn much ii/y/fi/ about genus ajid fpceics. Lottc 
 
 Kor the reft, it muft be owned, he does not 
 *.</v himfelf by entering deep into any party, 
 but jill.cr friends his time- in adts of hofpitaluy. 
 
 ' Siuift. 
 
 BUT 
 
 Bu'sYBODY. n.f. [from lufy and hody.'\ 
 A valoj meddling, and fantaflical perfon. 
 
 Going from houCc to houfe, t.itlcrs and bufy- 
 hitdiei arc the canker and ruft of idlencfs, as 
 idlcnefi is the riift of time. Taylor. 
 
 Bujyhodici and intermcddlcrs arc a dangerous 
 fort of people to have to do withal. L* Kjhargt. 
 
 She is well acq\iaintcd with all tlie favourite 
 fervants, hufybodirij dcpendaats, and poor rela- 
 tions, of all perfons of condition ia tJie whole 
 town. SpeRatoi . 
 
 BUT. conjun^. [butc, butan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Except. 
 
 An emiffion of immatcriate virtues we are a 
 little doubtful to propound, it is I'o prodigious : 
 hut that it is fo conftantly avouched by many. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Who can it bc^ ye godsf hut perjured Lycon r 
 Who can infpire fuch (loriiis of rage, hut Lycon ? 
 Where as my fword left one fo black, hut Lycon ? 
 
 Smith. 
 
 Your poem hath been printed, and we have no 
 obj^(flion hut the ol>fcurity of fcvcral patfages, 
 by our ignurjiicc in fatfls and perfons. Siuift. 
 
 2. Except that ; unlefs ; had It not been 
 that : In this fenfe we now write but 
 that. See fenfe 1 1. 
 
 And hut infirmity, 
 Which waits upon worn times, hath fomcthing 
 
 fci/'d 
 His wiih'd alwlity, he had himfelf 
 The lands and waters mcafur'd. Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. Yet; nevertiielefs. It fometimes only 
 enforces yet. 
 
 Then kt him fpcak, and any that fhall fiand 
 without (hall iiear his voice plainly ; hut >-<•/ made 
 extreme (harp and exitc, like the voice of pup- 
 pets : and yet the articulate lounds of the words 
 will not he confounded. Bacon. 
 
 Our wants are many and grievous to be born, 
 hut quite of another kind. Svi/t. 
 
 4. The particle which introduces the mi- 
 nor of a fyllo^Ifm ; now. 
 
 If there be a liberty and polTibility for a man to 
 
 kill himfelf to-day, then it is not abfolutely ne- 
 
 cclT.iiy that he Ihall live till to-murrow; hut 
 
 thcie is fuch a liberty, therefore no fuch neceffity. 
 
 Bramhall iipoirj} Ihhhei. 
 
 God will one time or another make a dificrcnce 
 between the good and the evil. But theie is 
 little or no differtncc made in this world ; there- 
 fore there muil be another world, wherein this 
 ditTcience (hall be made. lj\itts' Logick. 
 
 J, Only ; nothing more than. 
 
 If my offence Lc of mortal kind, 
 That not my fcrvice, part or prefcnt forrows, 
 Can ranfom me into his love again ; 
 S'ut to know fo, muiV be my beneAt. Shakjp. 
 
 What nymph foe'er his voice hit hears. 
 Will be my rival, though fhe have hut ears. 
 
 Ben Jtjnjan. 
 
 No, Aurenn:zebc, you merit z\\ my heart, 
 And ['m tco noble A:// to give a part. Dr\den. 
 
 Did hut men ronfidcr tlie true notion of God, 
 he would appear to be full ofgoodncfs. Tilloifon. 
 
 If we 6ohut put virtue and vice in equal cir- 
 cumrtancci, the advantages of cafe and pkafuie 
 will be found to be on the (ide of religion. 
 
 The mifchie fs or harms that come by play, 
 inadvertency or i;^norancc, arc not at all, or hut 
 very gently, to be taktfn notice of. Locke 
 
 If a rcrdcr examines Horace's Ait of Poetry, 
 he will find hut very few precepts in it, whkli lie 
 may not meet witli in Ariitotle. --^ddifofi. 
 
 Viepar'd !■ ftaiid ; he was hut born to Jry 
 The lor of man, to lufler and to die. Bope. 
 
 6. Than. 
 
 The full moon wa.i no fooner up^ and (hiuing 
 in all i;s brightnefs, hut lie opened the gate of 
 r.nadlfe. Ouu/diit/!. 
 
 7. But that; without ihh confec^uence 
 that. 
 
 BUT 
 
 Frofls that ronftrain the ground 
 Do I'eldom their ufurping power withdravTj 
 But raging floods purlue tneir hally hand. Dryi'.. 
 
 8. Otherwifc than that. 
 
 It canniit be but nature hath fome dircflor, of 
 infinite power, to guide her in all her ways. 
 
 Hooker. 
 Who (hall believe. 
 But you mifufc the reverence o( your place } 
 
 abjkfpeare, 
 
 9. Not more than ; even. 
 
 A genius fo elevated and unconfmed as ^fr, 
 Cowlcy*s, was but neccIT^ry to make Pindar, 
 fpcak. Englidi. Dry Jen. 
 
 10. By any other means than. 
 
 Beroc but now I left; whom, pin'd with pain. 
 Her age and anguifli from thefe rites detain. 
 
 Dtj'clen. 
 
 It is evident, in the inftance I gave but now, 
 
 the confcioufnefs went along Locke. 
 
 Out of tliat will I caufe thofe of Cyprus to 
 
 mutiny ; whofc qualitication Ihall come into no 
 
 true tafte again, but hy trantplanting oi CalTio. 
 
 SbakJ'jJtitre. 
 
 11. If it were not for this; that; if it 
 were not that. Obfolete. 
 
 Believe me, I had rather have loft my purfe 
 Full of cruzadcs. And, but my noble Moor 
 Is true of mind, and made of no fuch hafencfs 
 As jealous creatures are, it were enough 
 To put him to ill-thinking. Sbakffeare. 
 
 X here i^o give thee that with all my heart, 
 Which, but thou haft already, with all my heart 
 I would keep from thee, ^baifpeare. 
 
 12. However; howbeit : a word of inde- 
 terminate connedioii. 
 
 I do not douLt but I h.ive been to bbme ; 
 But, to purfue the end for which I came, 
 Unite your fubjetls firft, then let us go 
 And pour their common 1 age upon the foe. Dryd. 
 
 13. It Is ufed after no doubt, no quefi'ion, 
 and fuch words, and fignifies the fame 
 with that. It fometimes is joined with 
 that. 
 
 They made no account, but that the navy 
 rtiould be abfolutely mailer of the feas. B,i:cn. 
 
 1 fancied to mylcif a kind of eafe in the change 
 of the paroxyfm ; never fufpccfting but that the 
 humour would have wafted illelf. Oryden. 
 
 Thcie is no quell ion i//r the king of Spain will 
 reform moft ol the abufes. .-IddiJLii. 
 
 14. That. This fecms no proper fenfe ia 
 this place. 
 
 It is not thctcforc impoftihlc iirf I may alter the 
 completion of my play, to reftore myfclf into the 
 good graces of my fair criticks. Drydcti, 
 
 15. Otherwife than. Obfolete. 
 
 1 ftiould fin 
 To think but nobly of my grandmother. Shaifp. 
 
 16. A particle by which the meaning of 
 the foregoing fentence is bounded, or 
 retrained ; only. 
 
 Thus fights Ulyffes, thus his fame extends; 
 A formidable man, but to his friends. Dryden. 
 
 17. A particle of objection; yet it may 
 be objected : it. has fometimes ya with 
 k. 
 
 But yet, madam 
 
 I do not like but yet ; it docs allay 
 
 The good precedence; fie upon but yet ! 
 
 But yet is as ajailour, to hiing forth 
 
 Some munHrous malef.icfor. Sh.iiffetire. 
 
 Moft the heal t then have been formed and con- 
 ftituted, before the blood was in being ? But here 
 agiin, the fubftance of the heart itfelt is moft 
 ceitainly made and nourifliedby the blood, which 
 is conveyed to it by the coronary arteries. BentlijK 
 
 18. But for ; without; had not this been. 
 R.ilh m.in, foiliear! but fur fome unbelief, 
 
 My joy had been as fatal as my grief. IValkr. 
 
 Her head was hare. 
 But for hcrn.itive ornament of hair. 
 Which in a limplc knor was tied above. DryJvt,
 
 BUT 
 
 Wlifn the fair boy rccciv'd tic gift of nglit, 
 
 Andft>fi/for tnifchief, you had died t'ur I'jjitc. Piyd. 
 
 BUT. n.f. [^^u/, French.] A boiimlary. 
 
 Bit, if 1 alk you what I mc;in by iliat wuid, 
 
 ypli will .lilfwi-r, I mean this or that thing, you 
 
 L.uinut tell which ; but if I join it with the words 
 
 in contiru<^tion and fcnle, as, but 1 will not, a 
 
 frnt of wine, l>ut and boundaty, the ram will hnt, 
 
 ftioot at hut, the meaning of it wdl i>c as ready 
 
 to you as any other word. llol Ic . 
 
 But. n.f. [In fca langungc] The tiul 
 
 of any plank, which joins to another on 
 
 the outlide of a flilp, under water. 
 
 Harris. 
 BuT-FND. n.f. [from ^«/ and fni/.] The 
 bhmt end of anything; the end upon 
 whicli it rtds. 
 
 The rcfcrvc of foot galled their foot with 
 fcvei-al vollies, and then fell on them witli the 
 i.it-inji of their mtilkets. C/.iier:J:^i. 
 
 Thy weapon was a good one when I wielded 
 it, but the /wf-fw*/ remains in my hands. ArAut/i. 
 Sonic of the foldicrs accoidingly puflied them 
 forwards, with the hut-cn.U of their pikes, into 
 my reach. Swijt, 
 
 BU'TCHER. n.f. [boucher, Fr.] 
 
 1 . One that kills animals to fell their flclh. 
 
 The (heplurd and the hiitrher both may look 
 upon one Ihccp with plcafing conceits. SUruy. 
 
 Hence he learnt the iunhrr's guile. 
 How to cut your throat, and (mile ; 
 Like a butcher doom'd for life 
 In his mouth to wear bis knife. Szvift. 
 
 2. One that is delighted with blood. 
 
 Honour and renown are bellowed on conque- 
 rors, who, for the moll part, are but the great 
 hutrkt'i of mankind. Lock/. 
 
 To Bu'tchfr. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To kill ; to murder. 
 
 In futfcring thus thy brother to be (laughter'd 
 Thou (hew'lt the naked pathway to thy life. 
 Teaching ftcrn mu;der how to huichcr thee. 
 
 Sh.tkfpc<ire. 
 Uncharitably with me have you dealt, 
 And Ihamcfuliy by you my hopes are butchtrW. 
 
 Shakfpeaie. 
 
 The poifon and tlie dagger are at hand to 
 
 huichrr a hero, when the poet w.-ints brains to 
 
 favc him. Dty.lcn. 
 
 Bu'tchers-broom, or Kneeholly. 
 
 n.f. [rufciis, Lat.] A tree. 
 
 The roots are fonietiincs ufcd in medicine, and 
 the green (hoots are cut and bound into bundles, 
 and fold to the butchcis, who ufc it as bcfoms 
 ' -M fwccp their blocks; from whence it had the 
 name of bi.tihcri-bic(im. MHUi. 
 
 Bc'tcherliness. n.f \_(voa\ butcherly. '\ 
 A biutal, cruel, favage, butcheily man- 
 ner. 
 Bc'TCHERtY. aifj. [from bu/cher.'] Cruel ; 
 bloody ; ^rofjy and cliimfily baibarous. 
 There is a w.iy which, brought into fchools, 
 would lake away this butchaly fear in making of 
 L.itin. Aj,hum. 
 
 What tiratagcms, how fell, how bu/ifin/v 
 This deadly quarrel daily doth beget ! Skjijf. 
 Bu'tchfry. n.f. [from bu/cber.] 
 t. The tiade of a butcher. 
 
 Yet tliis man, fo ignorant in moderrr butchery, 
 iias cut up half an hundred heroes, and quartered 
 five or fix mifcrable lo\cis, in every Irsgcdy he 
 has written. l*Oj>e. 
 
 2. Murder ; cruelty ; (laughter. 
 
 If thou delight to view ihy* heinous deeds. 
 Behold this patron of thy hutchaUi. Sititkfpcdre. 
 
 The butchery, and the bteacli, of hofpltalny, 
 is reprefented in this fable under the niafk of 
 fricndlhip. L'Ejiia.tgi. 
 
 Cair he a fon to fofr rcmorfe incite, 
 Whom gaols, and blood, and butchery delight? 
 
 Diyttn. 
 
 3. The place where animals are killed j 
 the place where blood isThed. 
 
 BUT 
 
 There is no place, this houfe i^ but a butchery ; 
 Abhor it, fear it, do not enter it. Sh.,kjp!att. 
 BU'TLER. n.f. [boutcilUr, Fr. boteUr, 
 or boliHir, old Englllh, fiom botl/e ; he 
 that is employed in the care of bottling 
 liquors.] A ftrvant in a fuinily employed 
 in furni tiling the tab!e. 
 JiulUis forget to bring up the beer tirnecnough. 
 
 S-u.'iJt. 
 
 Bu'tlerace. n.f. [from iuZ/rr.] The 
 duty upon wines imported, claimed by 
 tiie king's butler. 
 
 Thofe oi-dinary linances .are cafual or uncer- 
 tain, as be the efcheat.s, the cuftoms, butler.ige, 
 and import. Saou. 
 
 Butlers II I P. n.f. [from bu/kr.] The 
 office of a bullcr. 
 
 Bu'tment. n.f. [about ctrtcnt, Fr.] That 
 part of the arch which joins it to the 
 upright pier. 
 
 Tl'.e firpporters or butiirer:ti of the faid aich 
 cannot fuller lo much violence, as in the prece- 
 dent flat pollure. H'otton. 
 
 Bu'tsh,\ft. n.f. [from but and fJji ft."] 
 An arrow. 
 The blind bov'si«(/■M/'^ - Shaifprait. 
 
 BUTT, n.f [hut, Fr.] 
 
 1. The place on which the mark to be 
 (hot at is placed. 
 
 He calls on Bacchus and pr'opounds the prize ; 
 The groom his fellow grvjom at butti defies, 
 And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. 
 
 Dry.Uu. 
 
 2. The point at which the endeavour is 
 dlrerfled. 
 
 Be not afraid though you do fee me weapon'd; 
 Here is my journey's end, here is my butt, 
 The very fea-mark of my journey's end. Shakfp. 
 
 3. The objcft of aim; the thing againll 
 which any attack is direfted. 
 
 The papiUs were the moft common-place, and 
 the butt againft whom all the arrows were di- 
 rcflcd Chtrndon. 
 
 4. A man upon whom the company breaks 
 their jefts. 
 
 I played .1 fentencc or two at my butt, wblch I 
 thought' very fmart, when my ill genius fuggefted 
 to him fuch a reply as got all the laughter on his 
 fide. SfciJatar. 
 
 5. A blow given by a horned animal. 
 
 6. A ftroke given in fencing. 
 
 If difputes arife 
 Among the champions for the prize; 
 To prove who gave tire fairer butt, 
 John ITicws the chalk on RoVrt's coat. Prior. 
 Butt. n.f. [butt, Saxon.] A vcfTel ; a 
 barrel containing one hundred and 
 twenty-fix gallons of wine ; a btrtt con- 
 tains one hruidrcd and eight gallons of 
 beer; and from fifteen to tventy-tivo 
 Iriiiidrcd weight. Is a butt of currai.ts. 
 
 1 cfcapcd upon a ii/// of (ack, which the farlors 
 heaved overboard. Shuiffcire. 
 
 To Butt. v. a. [holtm, Dutch.] To 
 ftrike with the head, as horned animals. 
 Come, leave your tears : a brief farcwel ; the 
 beaft 
 With many heads /■/.//' me away, Shaif(care. 
 Kur wars ar-e feen, 
 Unlei's, upon the green. 
 Two harmlefb lambs are butting one the other. 
 
 Il'otton. 
 
 A fnow-wbite fte'cr, before thy altar led, 
 
 B!.lti with his threatening ftro« Sj and bellowing 
 
 Hands. Diydcu'\ yf.neid. 
 
 A ram will butt witli his head though he be 
 
 brought up ume, and never faw that manner of 
 
 fighting. Ji.'y. 
 
 BUTTER, n.f [buttejie, Saxon ; toj" 
 rum, Lat.J 
 
 B U T 
 
 1. An unctuous fubRancc mad..* by agi- 
 tating the cream of milk, till the oil fe- 
 parates from the whey. 
 
 And he took b'l'icr and milk, and tlic calf 
 which he had drelfed, and fet bci'oie them. 
 
 Gc'tcjit. 
 
 2. Butter of Jnlimcny. A chymical pre- 
 paration, made by uniting the ae-id fpl- 
 rits of fublimate corrofive with reguiut 
 of antimony. It is a great caudic. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 3. Butter of Tin, is made with tin and 
 fublimate corrofive. This preparation 
 continually emits fumes. Harrii. 
 
 To Bu'tter.. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fmear, or oil, with butter. 
 
 'Twas her brother-, that, iii pure kindncfs to 
 
 his horfe, fcr/frr./ his hay. Rhutffiar:. 
 
 Words b:.rtfr no parfnips. l.*Ejt>ar'^f. 
 
 2. To increafe the (lakes every throw, or 
 every game : a cant term among gamc- 
 llers. 
 
 It is a fine frmile in one of Mr. Congrevc's 
 prologues, which compares a writer to a butter* 
 ing gamcfter, that flakes all his winning up^-rt 
 one calt ; fo that if he lofes the laft throw, he is 
 firre to be undone. Jhitiijnr. 
 
 Bu'tterbump. n.f. A fowl; the fame 
 
 with bittern. 
 Bu'tterbur. n.f. [pet.i/iles, L,a\..] A 
 plant ufed in medicine, and grows wild 
 in great plenty by the fides of ditches. 
 
 Ali^/er, 
 Bu'tterfi.owlr. II. f. A yellow flower, 
 with which the fields abound in the 
 month of May. 
 
 Let weeds, inftcad of buttcrf'iu'*n, appear ; 
 And meads, rtrflcadof dailies, hemlock bear. G<rv. 
 Bu'tterfly. n.f. [buttejipliije, Saxon.] 
 A beautiful Inlect, fo named becarife it 
 full appears in the beginning of the fca- 
 fon fur butter. 
 
 Eftfoons that damfel, by her heav'nly m'ghr. 
 She turn'd into a winged burtcrjiy. 
 In the wide air to make her wand'ring Bight. 
 
 Spcr:fcr. 
 Tell old tales, and laugh 
 At gilded buttt rfiies ; and he.rr poor rogues 
 Talk of court news. Shakffcare, 
 
 And fo befel, that as be eafl his eye 
 Among the colworts on a buttcrjty. 
 He faw falfe Reynard. Drv.ten. 
 
 That which Teems to be a powder upon tEe 
 wings of a buttafiy, is an innumerable company 
 of extreme fmall fe.rthers, not tu be difccincd 
 without a micolcrope. C'cu . 
 
 Bu'ttf.ris. n.f An inftrument of ileel 
 ftt in a wooden handle, ufcd in paring 
 the foot, or cutting the hoof, of a horfe. 
 Farrier's Ditlioiiniy. 
 Du'ttermilk. n.f. [from butter and 
 nii/i.] The whey that is teparattd from 
 the cream when butter Is made. 
 
 A young man, fallen into an ulcerous con- 
 firmption, devoted hinifelf to ^/.//st/K/YA, by whreh 
 folc diet he recovered. }I.ir:-Y. 
 
 Tire fcurvy nf m.rriners is. cured by acirls, as 
 fruits lemnns, oranges, butlermUt; and alkaline 
 fpirits hurt rln m. Aibi.thnct. 
 
 Eu'tterprint. n.f [from butter and 
 print.] A piece of earned wood, ufed to 
 mark butler. 
 
 A butte'fr;.:!, in which were erci^aven figiiiTC5 
 
 of all forts anrl fizes, applierl to the lump of 
 
 birtter, left on ft the figure. J.'^.te. 
 
 Bl'ttertooth. n.f. [from butler and 
 
 tooth.] The great broad foretooth. 
 Bt iTERWOM \N. n.f [from butter and. 
 tvoir.ati.] A woman that fells butter. 
 2 I 2
 
 BUT 
 
 t 
 
 Tongue, I muft put you into a liu'tl.'rwoKar.'s 
 TH-jiiCh, and buy mylelf another of Baiazef s 
 mute, if you prattle nie into thcle perils. Shakff. 
 
 Bu'tterwort. n.f, A plant; ihe fame 
 
 \v\l\\faincle. 
 Bu'tteuy. a<ij. [from hiiner.] Having 
 the appearance or<jiiatities of butter. 
 
 Nothing more convcirible into hot cholerick 
 
 humours than its hutlety parts. H.irtKy. 
 
 The belt oils, thickened by cold, have a white 
 
 colour; and milk itielf has its whitcnefs from the 
 
 cafeous fibres, and its buttery oil. Yhytr. 
 
 Buttery, n.f. {^xom butter ; or, accord- 
 ing to Skinner, from hauler, Fr. to place 
 or lay up.] The room where provifions 
 ate laid up. 
 
 Go, firrah, take them to the huHrry, 
 And give them friendly welcome every one. Sh.tk. 
 
 Ail that need a coct and frclh temper, as cel- 
 lars, pantries, and /'.«i'.'(/s', to the noith. yVntlon. 
 
 My guls ne'er luffcr'd from a college-cook. 
 My name ne'er cnter'd in a butttry book. 
 
 Sya»iJlon. 
 
 Bu'ttock. n.f. [fuppofed, by 5iin«ifr, to 
 come from ahoutir, French ; inferted by 
 yunhis without etymology. ] The rump ; 
 the part near the tail. 
 
 It is like a barber's chair, that fits all biitto,-is. 
 
 Shukf^iare. 
 
 Such as were not able to ftay thcmfclves, 
 fliould be holden up by others of mure ftrcngth, 
 riding behind them upon the buttocks of ihc 
 horfe. Kmlles. 
 
 The tail of a fox was never made for the but- 
 tocki of an ape. VEjir^inge'i Fablei. 
 
 BUTTON, n.f. [tottwn, \Yel(h; bomon, 
 
 French.] 
 
 •i. A catch, or fmall ball, by which the 
 
 drefs of man is faftened. 
 
 Pr.iy you, unda this button. Snakfpiarr. 
 
 I mention thofe ornaments, bccaufe of the fim- 
 
 plicity of the Ihape, want of ornaments, hittom, 
 
 loops, gold and filver lace, they mull have been 
 
 cheaper than ours. Adntthnt. 
 
 2. Any knob or ball faftened to a fmaller 
 
 body. 
 
 We faftentd to the marble certain wires, and 
 a button. Boyle. 
 
 Fair from Its humble bed I rear'd this flow'r, 
 Suckled and cheer'ri with air and fun, and lliow'r ; 
 Soft on the paper rutf its leaves I fpread, 
 Bright with the gilded button tipt its head. P»/c 
 
 3. The bud of a plant. 
 
 The canker galls the infants of the Cpring, 
 Too oft before their buttom be difclos'd. Shakjf. 
 
 .Button, n.f, \jchinus inariniis.'] Tlie 
 fea-iirchin, which is a kind of crabfilTi 
 that has prickles iuftead of feet. 
 
 yjlnfworth. 
 
 To Bu'tton. v. tt. [from the noun. ] 
 
 1. To drefs; to clotlie. 
 
 One whofe hard hcait is button'd up with ftecl. 
 
 Shakfpeair. 
 
 He gave his legs, arms, and brcaft, to his or- 
 
 dinsiy fcrvant, to button and drefs him. hf^otlon. 
 
 2. To fallen with buttons ; as, he buttons 
 his coat. 
 
 Buttonhole, n.f. [from button and 
 hole.'} The loop in which the button of 
 the clothes is caught. 
 1.1 X me take you a buttonhole lower. Shakffeare. 
 I'll pl*.ifc the maids of honour, if I can : 
 Without black velvet breeches, what is ra.m ? 
 1 will my (kill in bultonhola riil'play, 
 And brag, how oft I lliift mc ev'ry day. Bramjlon. 
 
 BU'TTRESS. n.f [hom.aboutir,Yr.] 
 \. A prop; a wall built to fupport an- 
 other wall, and (landing out. 
 
 BUY 
 
 No jutting frifcc, 
 Jiiltrefi, not coigiie of vantage, but this bird 
 Hath made his pendant bed, and procrcant cradle. 
 
 Shiikfpejrs. 
 
 fruit trees, fet upon a wall agalnlt the fun, 
 
 between elbows or buttrcjfcs of lloue, ripen more 
 
 than upon a plain wall. JJticon. 
 
 Kut we inhabit a weak city here, 
 AVhich buttrejfa and props but fcarccly hear. 
 
 D-yJen. 
 2. A prop; a fupport. 
 
 It will concern us to examine the force of this 
 plea, which our advcrfarics aie Itlll letting up 
 againlV us, as the ground pillar RudbuttieJ's of the 
 good old caufe of nonconformity. S'.uth. 
 
 7s Bu'ttress. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 To prop ; to fupport. 
 Bu'twink. n.f. A bird. Dia. 
 
 Butyra'ceous. 1 adj. \buiynim, Lat. 
 Bu'tyrous. 5 butter.] Having the 
 
 properties of butter. 
 Chyle has the fame principles as milk; a vif- 
 
 cidiiy from thecafeous parts, and an oilinefs from 
 
 the butyraeecu^ parts. F/oyer. 
 
 Its oily red part is from the butyrous parts of 
 
 chyle. Fioyer. 
 
 BU'XOM. r7(//'. [bucpum. Sax. from 
 bu^an, to bend. It originally fignitied 
 obeiltent ; as jf»hn de Trevtfa, a clergy- 
 man, tells his patron, that he Is obedient 
 and buxom to all his commands. In an 
 old form of marriage, ufed before the 
 reformation, the bride promifed to be 
 obedient and hxixom in bed and at board; 
 from which expreflion, not well under- 
 flood, it? prefent meaning feems to be 
 derived.] 
 
 1. Obedient; obfequlous. 
 
 He did tread down and difgrace all the En- 
 glilh, and fet up and countenance the Irilh ; 
 thinking thereby to make them more tradlablc 
 and buxom to his government. S^enjff. 
 
 He, with broad fails, 
 Winnow'd the buxom air. Milton. 
 
 2. Gay; lively ; bri(]<. 
 
 I'm born 
 Again a frefh child of the buxom moiD, 
 Heir of the fun's firft beams. Crajhaiu. 
 
 Zephyr, with Aurora playing, 
 As he met her once a maying, 
 Fill'd her with thee, a daughter fair, 
 So buxom, blithe, and debonnair. Aflltcn. 
 
 Sturdy Twain?, 
 In clean array, for rultick dance prepare, 
 Mixt with the bu.xom damfels hand in hand. 
 
 3. Wanton ; jolly. 
 
 Almighty Jove defccnds, and pours 
 Into his buxom bride his fruitful ftiow'rs. Vryileti. 
 
 She feign'd the litcs of Bacchus I cry'd aloud, 
 And to the buxom god the virgin vow'd. Dry:iin. 
 
 Bu'xomly. adv. [from ^»co»j.] Wan- 
 tonly ; amoroufly. 
 
 Bu'xoMNESs. n.f. [from buxom.^ Wan- 
 tonnefs ; amoronfnefs. 
 
 To BUY. IK a. pret. I bought; I have 
 bought, [bicyan. Sax.] 
 
 1. To purchafe ; to acquire by* paying a 
 price; to obtain for money, or fome- 
 thing equivalent ; to procure by fale, 
 not gift or theft. 
 
 They mulf buy up no corn growing within 
 tvi'elvc miles of«Gcneva, that fo the filling of 
 their magazines may not prejudice their market. 
 
 A.Uijon. 
 
 2, To procure fome advantage by fome- 
 thing that deferves it, or at fome priee. 
 
 I have bought 
 Golden opiuioas from ail forts ef people, Shakfp. 
 
 BUZ 
 
 Pent to linger 
 But with a grain a d,iy, 1 would not huy 
 Their mercy at the price of one fnir word. Shnkf, 
 PlcaUire with praifc, and danger they would 
 huyy 
 And with a foe that would not only fly, Denha>-n. 
 3. To regulate by money : in this fcnfc 
 It has particles annexed. 
 
 You, and all the kings of chriftcndom, 
 Are led fo grofsly by this meddling prieit, 
 Dre;idiiig the cuiie that money may br/y cut. 
 
 Shukfpeare. 
 
 What pitiful things' arc power, rhetorick, or 
 
 riches, when tlicy would tcijify, diffuadc, or buy 
 
 cjf confcience ! Smth^ 
 
 Fo Buy. n).n. To treat about a purchafe. 
 
 I will hu^ with you, fell with you, talk, with 
 you, walk with you, and fo fullowmg. Shakfpcare, 
 Buy'er. «.yl [from To buy.~\ He that 
 buys ; a purchafer. 
 
 When a piece of ait is fet lefore us, let the 
 firfl: caution be, not to aft who made it, Icll the 
 fame of the author do captivate the fancy of the 
 bnyc>\ li'fAi^if. 
 
 To BUZZ. V. n. [Ziszf//, Tcut. to growl. 
 'Junius,^ 
 
 1. To luiin ; to make a noife like bees, 
 flies, or wafps. 
 
 And nil the cli.Tmber filled wn5 with flies, 
 Which huTLTced -A\ about, and made fuch found, 
 Xhat they encumber'd all men's cars ajid eyci, 
 Like many fwarms of bees aifembled round. 
 
 There be more wafps, that hwiL-z, about his nofc, 
 Will make thi'. fting the foonci". Shakjpeure. 
 
 For IhU the flowers ready 'rtand, 
 One buz-xes round about, 
 One lights, one raflcs, gets in, gets out. Suckling, 
 
 What though no liccs around your cradle flew, 
 Nor on yuur lips dilViU'd their golden dew ; 
 Yet have wc oft difcover'd,. m their ftead, 
 A fwarm of drunes xh^it biiz.z,\i about yuur head, 
 
 Vope, 
 
 Wc join, like flies and wafps, \\\hux,^i»g about 
 wit. Swifts 
 
 2. To whifper ; to prate to. 
 
 There is fuch confuAon in my powers, 
 As, after fome oration fairly fpoke 
 By a bt loved prince, there doth appear 
 Among the buz.-z.ii'.g multitude. Shukfpeint, 
 
 3. To found heavy and low. 
 
 Herewith arofe a buz.z.i'<^ noilc among them, 
 as if it hud been the ruTtling found of the fca afar 
 off. Hiiy'iuaii./, 
 
 To Buzz, v^ a. To whifper; to fpread 
 fecretly. 
 
 Where doth the world thruil forth a vanity, 
 That is not quickly buzz,' J into his ears ? Shakfp^ 
 
 I will bux-z. abioad fuch piophccics, 
 That Edward fli;il! be feaiful of his life. Shakf, 
 
 Did you not hear 
 A hifzx'ing of a fep:iration 
 Between the kuig and Catherine ' Skakfpearc^ 
 
 They mighti>»a;sand whifper it one to another, 
 and, tacitly withdrawing from the prefcncc of th« 
 apoftlcs, they then lift their voices, and noifc ic 
 about the city. Bcnilcy. 
 
 Buzz. n.f. [from' the verb.] A hum ; 
 a whifper ; a talk with an air of lecrecy,. 
 The hive of :i city or kingdom is in bell cou- 
 dition when theie Ji kail: noile or buT^z. in it. 
 
 Where I found the whole outward room in a 
 iwsss of politicks. Addifin, 
 
 Bu'zzARD. ;;./. [fufanl, Fr.] 
 
 1. A degenerate or mean fpeciesof hawk* 
 
 More pity t.uit the eagls (huuld be mawl'd, 
 
 While kites and bu-zr-o'd jncy at liberty. H/iuk/p^ 
 
 The noble buTLzard ever pleas'd mc bell ; 
 Of fmall renown, ^tis ivuc : for, nut to lye, 
 Wc ciill him but a hawk hy courtefy, Dryden^ 
 
 2, A blockhead ; a dunce, 
 
 Thofc bluld /wixdn/sj wlio>, in late years, cl
 
 B Y 
 
 BY 
 
 wilful maiicioufnefs, would neither learn tVcm- 
 fclvcs, nor could tcich ollicrs, any tliui^ at a 1. 
 
 Bu'zxER. «./. [hombuz^.] A Iccret 
 whilpeier. 
 
 lUv brotlicr is in fecrct come from 1-rance, 
 And wants ni>t fozi^n to inlcft his ear 
 With uctulant fpccchcs of his fathci's death. 
 
 ■^ S/iaH/peart. 
 
 BY. />rep. [bi, bij. Saxon.] 
 
 1. It notes the agent. 
 
 The moor is with cliild ly you, L.iuncclot. 
 
 aliayfruie. 
 The grammar of a language is fomctimes to be 
 carefully ftucli.-d h a E"'"*" """• 
 
 Death •> what the guilty fear, the pious crave, 
 Sought ty the wretch, and vanquilh d by Nic 
 brave. 
 
 2. It notes the inftiument, and is com- 
 monly ufed after a verb neuter, where 
 w:VA wotiW be put after an active ; as, 
 he killed her luilh a fword ; (he died I'y 
 
 a fword. 
 
 But ty Pclides' arms when Hcaor fell. 
 He chulc yEncJs, and he chofc as well. Vrydin. 
 0. It notes the caufe of any efFeft. 
 I view,*)' no piefumpiion led. 
 Your revels of the night. Farnt/. 
 
 By woe the foul to daring aflion Iteals, 
 By woe in plaintlcfs patience it excels. Sr.vage. 
 4. It notes the means by which any thing 
 is performed, or obtained. 
 
 You murt think, if we give you any thing, we 
 hopetog.iin/y.you. Shakfpcau. 
 
 Happier ! had it fuffic'd him to have known 
 Good by itfelf, and evil not at all. Puradife Ufi. 
 The heart knows that *>• itfelf, which nothing 
 in the world bolides can give it any knowledge ot. 
 
 We obtain the knowledge of a multitude of 
 proinfitions hy fenfation and rcflcaion^ VVit'.i.. 
 
 5. It (hows the manner of an aftion. 
 
 I have not patience ; (he confumes the time 
 In idle talk, and owns iei fdlfe belief: 
 Seize her by force, and tear her hoice unheard. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 This fight had more weight with him, as h 
 good hick not above two of that venerable b.jdy 
 were f.illen aOeep. M.ijm. 
 
 By chance, within a neighbouring brook, 
 He faw his branching horns, and alter'd look. 
 
 Jiddifr':. 
 
 6. It has a fignlfication, noting the me- 
 thod in which any fucceffive atlion is per- 
 formed with regard to time or quantity. 
 
 The bell for you, is to re-examine the caufc, 
 and to try it even point by point, argument by ar- 
 gument, with all the cxaftncfs you can. kUokir. 
 We .ire nc.t to flay all togctiicr, but to come 
 by him wheie he liands.Ay ones, iy twos, and /<v 
 threes. Shakjfu^r. 
 
 He calleth them forth by one, and by one, by 
 the name, as he pleaicth, though feldom the or- 
 der be inverted. B.ican. 
 The captains were obliged to break that piece 
 of ordnance,and fo hy pieces to can y it away, tnat 
 the enemy (hojld not get fo great a fpoil. Knalci 
 Common prudence would dircel me to take 
 them all out, and citimine them one by one. 
 
 Bojih. 
 Others will foon take pattern and encourage 
 tn^nt by your building ; and (o houfe hy huufc, 
 ftreet by ftteet, there will at lall be nnilfred a 
 raagnificent city. _ Sfr.it/. 
 
 Exp'.or'd her limb by limb, and fear'd to hnd 
 So rude a gripe had left a livid marX behind. 
 
 D'yJcn. 
 Thus year by year they pafs, and day by day, 
 Till once, 'twas on the morn of chcaiful May, 
 
 The young /Emilia Dry.Un. 
 
 I'll gate for ever on thy godlike father, 
 Tranfplai'.ting one by one into my life 
 His blight petfcilions,. till 1 Ihme like him. 
 
 yldJifo/i. 
 Vet the blows be fji paufes laid on, Loci'- 
 
 7. It notes the quantity had at one time. 
 
 Bullion will fell I'v the ou.ice for fix ftiillings 
 and five pence undipped monoy. p^*' 
 
 \Vh:<t we take daily by pounds, is at Icall ot as 
 much importance as wli.it we take icldom, and 
 only by grains and fpoonfuls. Arbulhmt. 
 
 The North bi myriads pouis her mighty fons ; 
 Gieat nurfe of Goths, of Alans, and of Huns. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 8. At, or in ; noting place : it is now 
 perhaps only iifed before the words /a, 
 or tvaler, and land. This fcems a rem- 
 nant of a meaning now little known. 
 By once exprelTcd fituation ; as by lu.Jl, 
 
 vveftward. 
 
 We I'lc ihe great efl'efts of battles by fea ; the 
 battle of Aetium decided the empire of the 
 
 Arms, and the man, I fing j who, fore d by 
 fate, . 
 
 Expcird and cxil'd, left the Trojan (hoie ; 
 Long labours both by fea and land he bore. Dryd. 
 I would have fought by land, where I was 
 Ihongei : 
 You hinder'd it : yet, when I fought at fci, 
 Forfook me fighting. Dryden. 
 
 By land, by water, they renew their charge. Po/'f. 
 0. According to ; noting permiffion. 
 
 Ir is lawful, both by Ihe laws of nature and 
 nations, and by the law divine, which is the per- 
 feflion of the other two. Bacon's Holy IVar. 
 
 10. According to ; noting proof. 
 
 The prcfcnt, or like, fyftem of the world can- 
 not poflibly have been eternal, by the firft propo- 
 fition; and, without God, it could not naturally, 
 nor fortuitoully, emerge out of chaos, iy the third 
 propofition. . S<:'<tlty. 
 
 ■ The faculty, or defire, being infinite, by the 
 preceding propofition, may contain or receive 
 both thefe. . 9'T'- 
 
 11. After; according to; noting imita- 
 tion or conformity. 
 
 The gofpcl gives us fuch laws, a5 every man, 
 that undeillands himfelf, would chufc to live ^i' 
 
 Tithtjon. 
 
 In the divifions I have made, I have endca- 
 vouied, the bcft I could, to govern myfflf ly 
 the divcrfiiy of matter. Luke. 
 
 This (hip, by good luck, fell into their hands 
 at :ait, and ferved as a model to build others by. 
 
 Arbu'.hrwt. 
 
 12. From; noting ground of judgment, 
 or comparifon. 
 
 Thus, /) the mufick, we may iinow, 
 When noble wits a hunting go ^^ 
 
 Through groves that on ParnaiTus grow. H'.: '. 
 By what lie has done, before the war in wiiicli 
 he was engaged, we may cxpeift what he will do 
 after a peace. D.y.len. 
 
 The fon of Hercules he juftly fcems, 
 £vhisbioad(houldersandgigantick limbs. DryJ. 
 ' Who's that Hunger ? By his warlike pott, 
 His fierce demeanour, and eteited look. 
 He 's of no vulgar note. Dry.lcn. 
 
 Judge the event 
 
 By what ha.; pa(s'd Dry.kn. 
 
 The punilhmcnt is not to be meafurcd by the 
 
 grcatneis or fmallnefs of the matter, but by ihc 
 
 oppofnion it carries, and ftands in, to that rcfped 
 
 and fubmidion that is due to the father. Lsc/.r. 
 
 By your dcfcriptionof the town, I imagine it to 
 
 lie undei fome great enchantment. Pofe. 
 
 By what I have always heard and read, I take 
 
 the"lUcngth of a nation Swift. 
 
 I ;. It notes'the fum of the difference be- 
 tween two things compared. 
 
 Meantunc (he Hands provided of a I.aius, 
 More voung and \igorous too by twenty fprings. 
 
 D'ydtn. 
 Her brother Rivers, 
 Ere this, lies ihoiter by the head at Pomfret. 
 
 Kozce. 
 
 By giving the denomination to lef» quantities of 
 
 filverMioilc twentieth, you (a'lic from them their 
 
 due. i'-*'- 
 
 B Y 
 
 14. It ndtes co-operation. 
 
 By her he had two children at one liith. Shat. 
 
 15. For; noting continuance of lime* 
 Thisfcnfe is not now in ufe. 
 
 Ferdinand and ifabella recovered the kingdom 
 of Grenada from the Moors ; having been m pof- 
 felTion thereof by the fpacc of feven hundred 
 
 Baan 
 yeais. - 
 
 16. As foon as; not later than; notiiis 
 time. , • , „ J 
 
 By this, the fons of Conftantine which fled, 
 Ambrifc and Uther, did ripe years attain. 
 
 Fairy fiuic:. 
 Hciftor, by the fifth hour of the fun. 
 Will Willi a trumpet, 'twlxt our tents .and Troy, 
 To-moirow morning call fome knight 10 arm?. 
 
 Sh<tkjpe.ire, 
 
 He rn'd not ; for, ^v this, the heav'niy bands 
 Down from a (ley ef jafpcr lighted now 
 ill Paradife. _, ,A^'"°"- 
 
 Thefc have their courfe to finilh round the earth 
 By morrow ev 'ning. M:lt<,n. 
 
 'The angelic guards afcended, mute and fad 
 Forman : forof his ftate by this they knew. Miltni. 
 
 By that time a ficge is cariicd on two 01 three 
 da\ s, I am altogether loll and^icwildeicd in it. 
 
 ' A-Uijcr., 
 
 By this time, the very foundation was re- 
 moved. i ■' 
 
 By the beginning of the fourth century fiom 
 the iiuilding of Rome, the tribunes proceeded fo 
 far, as to accufe and fine theconluls. Siuijt. 
 
 17. Befide; noting palTage. 
 
 Many beautiful places, Handing, along the 
 
 fea ftiore, make the town appear longer than it 15 
 
 to thofe that fail by it. Ad,.,jc,:. 
 
 iS. Befide; near to; in prefence ; noting 
 
 proximity of place. 
 
 So thou may'it fay, the king lies by a hc;;- 
 gar, if a beggar dwell near him; or the chureli 
 IfanJs by thy labour, if thy tabour Hand by the 
 church.' . . S,Ukjpfare. 
 
 Here he comes himfelf p' 
 If he be worth any man's good voicj, 
 Tiiat good man lit down by him. Ben Jar:] 
 * A fnr.rlmis ol-.iin.wherci 
 
 A fpaclous plain,. whereon 
 Were tents of various hue: by fome were herds 
 Of cattle grazing. ^Jtt.'cn, 
 
 Stay by me ; thou art refolutc and faithful ; 
 I have employment worthy of thy arm. Dry.kn_ 
 19. Before himfelf, herfelf, or thmfel'ves, 
 it notes the abfcnce of all others. 
 
 Sitting in fome place, by himfelf, let him tr^anf- 
 latcintoEnglilli his former IclTon. j^fcham. 
 
 Solyman rcfolved to alTault the broach, after 
 he had, by himfelf, in a mclaacholy ujood, walked 
 up and doun in his tent. Knolles. 
 
 I know not whether he will annex his difrouife 
 to his appendix, or pubiilli it hy itfelf, or at all. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 He will imagine, that tiie king and his minificrs 
 
 fit down and made them hy ih^mfehes, and then 
 
 fent them to their allies to hgn. Stuifl. 
 
 More pleas'd to' keep it till their friends could 
 
 come. 
 
 Than cat the iweetcft hy ihemfelvcs it home. Fcpt. 
 
 20. At hand. , 
 
 He kept then fome of the fpirit ly him, to ve- 
 rify what he believes. B^yl'- 
 The merchant is not. forced to Keep fo much 
 money by him, it in other places, where they 
 have not fucii a f ipply. ic.if. 
 2 1. It is the fdlemn form of fivcirlng. 
 
 His godhead 1 invoke, ly him I fwcar. Dry.!. 
 22. It is ufed in forms of adjuring, or ob- 
 
 tetling. 
 
 Which, O ! avert by yon ctheiial light,. 
 Wllich I have loft for this eternal night; . 
 Or, if by dearer ties you may be won. 
 By your dead fire, and by your living fon.- Dty.i. 
 Now by your joys on eaith, your hopes in 
 heav'n, 
 O fpare this Etcat, this good, tliis aged king !
 
 B Y 
 
 O cruel youth! 
 Ry all the pain that wiiiigs my tortuiM foul, 
 Py all tUc do.ir deceitful hopes yuu ga%e mc, 
 O ceafc 1 at leaft once more delude my forrows. 
 
 Smii/t. 
 
 23. It fignifies fpecification and particu- 
 larity. 
 
 Upbraiding hcav'n, from whence his lineage 
 came, 
 And cruel calls the gads, and cruel thee, h)' name. 
 
 D'yJ,". 
 
 24. By proxy of ; noting fubtlitution. 
 Tlie gods were faid to feaft with Ethiopians ; 
 
 that is, they were piefent with them iv" their fla- 
 tucs. _ . Uroomc. 
 
 25. In the farae direflion \vlth. 
 
 They are aifo Hii.itetl, or furrowed, iy the 
 length, and the fides cui ioufly punched, or pi ickcd. 
 
 Grev. 
 
 By. a^v. 
 
 I. Near; at a fmall diftance. 
 
 B Y 
 
 And in it lies the god of deep ; 
 And, fnorting /^, 
 We may defeiy 
 The monflers of the deep. 
 . Ecfide ; paffing. 
 
 I did hear 
 The g.-illopiiig of horfc. Who was 
 
 Diydn 
 
 't came hy ? 
 Shukj^caie. 
 
 3. In prefcnce. 
 
 Tlie fame words in my l.idy Philoclea's mouth, 
 :j from one wom.in to another, fo as there was 
 ro other body by, might have had a better grace. 
 
 S'Jney. 
 Til not be *)■ the while; my liege, farewel: 
 What will become hereof, there's none can tell. 
 
 Shjkfpeare. 
 
 There while I fjBg, if gentle youth be ty, 
 
 Tiut tunes my lute, and winds the firings fo high. 
 
 ' IVallcf. 
 
 Pris'ners and witneffes were waiting by, 
 
 Thefe have been taught to fwcar, and thofe to die. 
 
 You have put a principle inio him, wl.i.h will 
 influence his aiftions when you are not iy. Locke. 
 3y and by. In a (hort time. 
 
 He overtook Amphialus, who had been ftaid 
 here, and ly anj by called him to fight with him. 
 
 Sidtt,y. 
 The noble knight alighted hy an.l hy 
 ••From lofty Deed, and bad the lady -ftay, 
 To fee what end of fi^ht (hould him befall that 
 d:iy. Sfc/ifer. 
 
 In the temple, /n' «"■/ by, with us, 
 Thrfc couples Ihall ctcriiajly be knit. Sli^itjp. 
 
 O how Ihe fpring of love rcfeniMeth 
 Tlie unccitain glory of an April d.iy ; 
 Which now flicws all tiie beauty of the fnn. 
 And by anJhy a, cloud takes all away. S/i.iifp. 
 Now a fc'nl'ible man, by ami by a fool, and 
 prefcnlly-a.bcall. ' Sh^kffean-i Othello. 
 
 'By- "■/■ [from the prepofilion.] _ Some- 
 thing not the dirccl and immediate ob- 
 jcfi of regard. 
 
 In this inftance, there is, upon the by, to be 
 noted, the percolation of the verjuice through 
 the wood. iio.o'i. 
 
 This wolf was fo-ecd to make bold, ever ami 
 an.jii, with a Iherp ni private, by the by. L'fjtr. 
 Hence we may underfland, to add that upon 
 the by, that it is nut neccflary. Boyle. 
 
 So, while my lov'd revenge is full and high, 
 I'll eive vou back your kingdom by the by. 
 
 Dry.len. 
 
 3Jy, in compofition, Imphes fomethlng 
 out of the dircft way, and conicqiiently 
 feme obfcurity, as a byroad; fomcthing 
 irregular^ a^ a by-end ; or fometliing 
 .collateral, as a ly-concermntnt ; or pri- 
 vate, as a hy-la'Tv. This compofition 
 is ufcd at pleafure, and will be under- 
 ftood by the examples following. 
 
 Bv-coFiEEHOusE. n.f, A coffceboufe 
 in an obfcuve place. 
 
 I afterwards entered a by-ccffetlwufe, that flood 
 at the upper end of a narrow lane, where I met 
 with a nonjuror. A.ldlj'.n. 
 
 By-concernment, n.f. An affair which 
 is not the main bufinefs. 
 
 Our plays, befides the main defign, have 
 under-plots, or hy-concfTtimcntz, or lels confulei- 
 able pcrfons and intliguc^, which are carried on 
 with the motion of the main plot. Diydc?!. 
 
 By-dependance. n.f. An appendage ; 
 fomething accidentally depending on 
 another. 
 
 Thefe, 
 And your three motives to the battle, with 
 I know not how much move, Ihould be demanded ; 
 And all the other by-dtpende/icU'i, 
 I'rom chance to chance. Sli^kfpctire. 
 
 By-design. «./. An incidental purpofe. 
 
 And if (he mil's the moufc-tr.ip lines. 
 They'll ferve for other hy-defigtn, 
 And make an artift underltand 
 To copy out her feal or hand ; 
 Or find void places in the pa^er. 
 To fleal in fomething to entiap her. Hi/dibras, 
 
 By-end. n.f. Private intereft ; fecret ad- 
 vantage. 
 
 All people that worlhip fur fear, profit, or 
 fome other by-end, fall within the intendment ot 
 this fable. L'Ej}ra:igc. 
 
 By-gone. adj. [a Scotch word.] Paft. 
 Tell liim, you'ie fure 
 All in Bohemia 's well : this fatisfaiSion 
 The by-g(ine day proclaim'd. Shnkffeare. 
 
 As we have a conceit of motion coming, as 
 well as by-gtirie\ fo have we of time, which dc- 
 pendeth thereupon. GtciL'. 
 
 By-interest, v.f. Intereft diftinfl from 
 that of the publick. 
 
 Various fa£lions and parties, all aiming at by- 
 ijilcrejl, without any fincere regard to the public 
 good. Atterbuiy. 
 
 By-law. n.f 
 
 By-la-wi aie orders made in coiirt-leets, or 
 court-barons, by common alfcnt, for the good 
 of thofe that make them, farther than the puhlick 
 law binds. CoiueH. 
 
 There was alfo a law, to reftrain the by-law^ 
 and ordinances of corporations. Bucnn. 
 
 In the beginning of this record is inferred the 
 
 l.iw or inftitution; to which arc added two *r- 
 
 Aitt'i, as a comment upon the general law. A.UiJcn 
 
 By-matter, n.f. Something incidental. 
 
 1 4tncw one that, when he wrote a letter, 
 would put that whicli was mol\ matcri.Tl into tlic 
 poftfcripf, as if it had been a by-nmtter. Baion. 
 
 By-name. n. f. A nickname; name of 
 repioath, or accidental appellation. 
 
 Robeit, eldefl fun to the Conqueror, ufcd fliorl 
 hofc, and thereupon \\'as by-"amed Couit-hofe, 
 and (licwed fiili the ufc of tiiem to the Euglilh. 
 
 CilwdtH. 
 
 By past. adj. Paft: a term of the 
 Scotch dialedl. 
 
 Wars pcftilcnces, and difcafes, h.ivc not been 
 fewci for thefe three hundred years by-p.ij}, than 
 ever they had been fince we have had records. 
 
 C^^r»r. 
 
 By-path. n.f. A private or ohfcure path. 
 
 Heaven knuws, my fori, 
 By what by-fntbs, and indircil crook'd w.iys, 
 I gut this crown. Shakfpe.irr. 
 
 By-respect, n.f. Private end cr view. 
 
 It may be that lomc, upon by-rljfta^., find 
 fomewhat friendly uf.igc in ufancc, at fome of 
 their hanrls. Caieiu. 
 
 The archbidiops and bilhops, next under ll-.e 
 king, have the government of the church : be not 
 yuu llic me:in to picfcr any to tliofe places, for 
 any by-rtfpeai, but only lor their le.irning, gia- 
 \ity, and worth. Bin en. 
 
 Augullus, whowasnot altogether fo good as he 
 was wife, had (umc by-refpeflt in the enaiflingof 
 this law; for to do any' thing for nothing, w.is 
 not his raa.\ira. Vifden. 
 
 B Y Z 
 
 By-road. «./. An obfcure unfrequented 
 path. 
 
 ThiOLigh flipp'iy hy'roaAsj dark and deep, 
 They often climb, and often creep. Siv'ft. 
 
 By-room, n.f, A private room within 
 another. 
 
 I pr'ythc, do thou ftand in fome hy-raynf 
 while 1 quellion my puny drawer to wlut end he 
 giivc the fugar. ShiX^JpCiUC. 
 
 Bv-SPEECH. n.f. An incidental or cafual 
 Ipeech, not diicdly relating to the point. 
 Whtn they come to allege what word and what 
 law they meant, then- cammon ordinary pia£licc 
 is to quote h\-fp ccJuiy in fome hirtorical narration 
 or other, and to ut'e them as it tlicy were written 
 in niort ex.i(ft form of law. Hooker. 
 
 By-stander. n.f> A looker on; one 
 unconcerned. 
 
 She broke her feathers, and, falling to tlic 
 ground, was taken up by the by-jlanderi. L'Ejfr. 
 The by-jla*idcri aikrd him, why he ran away, 
 his bread being weiglitr Locke. 
 
 By-stueet, n.f. An obfcure ftreet. 
 The broker here his fpaciuus beaver wears, 
 Upon his brow fits jcaloLifies and cares ; 
 Benton fome mortgage, to avoid reproach. 
 He leeks by-Jireeti, and faves the cxpenfivc Coach. 
 
 Br-viEw. 7uf. Private felf-interelled pui- 
 pofe. 
 No by-'viaus of his own Ihall miflead him. 
 
 ./ffte/bun. 
 
 By-\valk. n./. A private walk ; not the 
 main road. 
 
 He moves afterwards in by-iualksj or under- 
 plots, as divcrfions to the main dcfign, left it 
 (hoidd grow tedious j though they are ftill na- 
 turally jonicd. Dryden. 
 
 The ciiief avenue ought to be the moft amp!c 
 and noble ; but there Ihould be /^y-wd/^j, to re- 
 tire into fomctimes, for eafe and rcfrelhmenr. 
 
 Broonte, 
 
 By-way. n.f. A private and obfcure way. 
 
 Night ftealths arc commonly driven in byways, 
 
 and by blind folds, unufcd of any but fuch like. 
 
 Spcnfrr on Ireland. 
 
 Other by-ivayi he himfclf betook, 
 
 Where never foot of living wighi did tread. SferiJ, 
 
 Wholly abltain or wed : thy bounteous Lord 
 Allows thee choice of p.iths; take no by'-^-ays. 
 
 But gladlv welcome what he doth afford; 
 Kot grudging that thy luft h.ith bounds and Itays. 
 
 ihrbfti. 
 A fervant, or a favourite, if he be in want, .Tud 
 no other apparent caufe of cftcem, is commonly 
 thought but a by-iuay to clofe corruption. .Bnccrt. 
 This is wonderfully diverting to the undcr- 
 ftanding, thus to receive a p.ecepT, as it wert.*, 
 through a iav-iu.iy, and to apprehend an idea 
 that draws a whole train aftir it. ^^dJiJon, 
 
 By-west, adv, Wtilward ; to the well of. 
 Wlicrcupon grew that by-word, ufcd by tiic 
 Iiifli, tliat they dwelt by-ivcjl the law, which 
 dwelt Ix-yond the nvcr of the Barrow. Dninti. 
 By-word, n f A faying ; a proverb. 
 Balhful Henry be depoa'd ; whufc cowardice 
 Hath n.ade us by'tusrds to our enemies. S*uikfp. 
 I knMv a wife m n, th.it h.id it Icr a ly-u-crd^ 
 \^hcil he r:iw men h.illcn to -t cunchifion, Stay a 
 littU-, thatttv ni^y makean end the foontr, l^ticon. 
 We are becme ;i by-icord among the nations 
 for ourridiculou^ feuds and anlmnruies. ,'iddijon. 
 it lA'ill be h.\> lot often to lonk hnguhir, in loofc 
 and licentious times, and to b^iiumc a by-'-j.ord 
 and a reproach among the men of wit and pica- 
 Cure, ^trcrbwy. 
 
 By'ass. n.f. See Bias. 
 
 Hvtiy inordiuntc tuft is a f.ilfc hynji upo " men's 
 undcrlhuidings, which naturally draws towards 
 athcifni. TiUctfon, 
 
 Bye, or Bee, come immediately froni the 
 Saxon by, bymj, a dwelling. Gihfon, 
 
 B y't* a n t I n e , See B i z a n t in e. By^an* 
 tine is the true orthography.
 
 c. 
 
 CAB 
 
 CThe tliird letter of the alphabet, 
 5 has two founds; one like /, as 
 call, clod, craft, coal, companion, cunei- 
 form ; the other as s, as Cefar, ceffation, 
 ctmler. It founds lik< /■ befi re a, o, ii, 
 or a confonant ; and hke / before, e, i, 
 and J'. 
 Cab. n.f [2p] A Hebrew meafure, 
 containing a'xmt three p nts Engiilli, 
 or the tighteentli part of t'le cphah, 
 CABVL. n./ [f<j^fl/f, Fr. pi^^n, tradi- 
 tion.] 
 1. 1 he fecret fcience of the Hebrew rab- 
 bins. 
 3. A body of men united in fome dole 
 defign. A ca/al differs from a parly, 
 nsjeu! from many. 
 
 She ot'ctti intcipurcrf her royal authority^ to 
 
 break the cnhaU which were forming againft 
 
 her firrt mintftcrs. ^-ijaijon. 
 
 3. Intrigue ; fomething lefs than conlpi- 
 
 racy. 
 
 When each, by curs'd cabals of women, ftrove 
 To draw ih' indulgent kinjto parii.il love. Dry.l. 
 To CaBa'l. v. n. \_cabaUr, Fr.] To 
 form clofe intrigues ; to intrigue ; to 
 unite in fmall parties. 
 Hisfnuiirnful friends, fiimmon'd to take their 
 leave!;. 
 Are throng'd abouchis couch, and fit in council : 
 What thofe t-dia/A?;^ captains may <;elign, 
 1 muft prcveot, by being tiift in acbon. Diydft. 
 Ca'balist. n.f. [from t-ijW. ] One (kil- 
 led in the traditions of the Hebrews. 
 Then Jove thus fpakc; with care and paia 
 We foim'd thi*; nam:, renown'd in rhime. 
 
 Not tlnnc, immoital Ncufgcimain ! 
 Coft rtudious cuba/iHi nioic time. S-ivrft. 
 
 Caballi'stical. I atfj. [from caiaL] 
 Caballi'stjck. J Something that has 
 an occult meaning. 
 
 The letters ire cuba}!ij}ical, and carry more in 
 t!icm than it is proper for the world to be ac- 
 quainted with. ..-Iddipjtt . 
 He taught him to repeat Kyto^cahalliJi:rk words, 
 in pronouncing of which the whole feci-ct con- 
 fiftcd. Spea.itor. 
 Caba'lier. n.f. ^{rom caial."] He that 
 engages with others in clofe defigns ; 
 an intriguer. 
 
 I'aflions and rich, hold at the council hoard ; 
 But, cau ioas in the lield, he Ihiinii'd the fword ; 
 A clofe iiiballcr, and tongue-valiant Und. DryJ. 
 Ca'balline. adj. \_cahalinus, Lat.] Be- 
 longing to a horfe ; as, caballine aloes, 
 or horfe aloes. 
 CABARET, n.f [French.] A tavern. 
 Suppofe this fervart, palfing by fome cah^mt 
 or tennis-court where hi.<) comrades were drinking 
 or playing, (hould ttay with tliem, and diink or 
 play .iway his money. Bramh. againji Ihl-bei. 
 CA'BBAGli. n.f. \_calius, Fr. hrajica, 
 Lat.] A plant. 
 
 The leave; are large, flefhy, and of a glaucous 
 colour ; the tlowers cuufili of four leaves, which 
 arc fuccetijed by long taper f ods, containing fc- 
 
 CAB 
 
 ver.il round acrid feeds. The Ipccies are, crti- 
 f''i£^f. Six\o)' cab'.'a^e Brr-noli, The cau/i^oiver. 
 Tlic murtc c.kLtge Brandling tree cnbhagef 
 from the fcn-cuuit. Colt'w.rt. Perennial Alpine 
 co'iuo'-t. Ptrfulnted wild 'abbage, &c. Miller. 
 Cu c rubbfif^f-y And coicworts, arc foft and de- 
 mulccnr, without any acidity'; the jelly or juice 
 of rcvl cabbage, hiked in an oven, and mixed w.ih 
 honey, is an cxtnlcnt perioral. ^rf-utfmot. 
 
 To Ca'bbage 1), n. To form a head; 
 as, the plants begin to cabbage. 
 
 To Ca'abace. 1'. a [a cant word among 
 tailors.] To ileal in cutting cluth«.s. 
 
 Your layiur, inftcad of (hreds, cubaages whule 
 y^ids of cluth. ^kbuth'iot. 
 
 Ca'bbagk-tree. n.f, A (ptclcs of palm- 
 tree* 
 
 It is very common in tiic Caribbre iflands, 
 where it grows to a prodigious height Tiie li ave-, 
 of this ticc envelope each other, lo that tliof^ 
 which arc inclofcd, being depiived of t'lc a.r, arc 
 blanched J which is the part t^" inhabitants cut 
 for plaits for hats, and the >oung fhoots arc 
 pickled; but whenever this ptrt is cutout, the 
 trees arc deftroyc-d ; nor do they rile ag:un from 
 the old roots; (^i tnat there are very tew trees 
 left remaining near piantatioiis. i)rliiler, 
 
 Ca'bbage-worm. n.f. An infc(^. 
 CA'BIN. n.f. Icabane, Fr. chabin, Welfh, 
 
 a cottage] 
 I. A fmall room. 
 
 So long in (ccrct cabin there he held 
 Her capri\e to his fenfual defiie, 
 
 Till that witntimply fruit her belly fw-cllM, 
 And bore a boy unto a fj\age fire. Spenjcr. 
 
 z. A fmall chamber in a ftiip. 
 
 Give thiinks )ou liave lived fo long, and make 
 yourfelf ready, in your cahsn^ for the mifchancc 
 of the hour, if it fo happen. Sfutkf^care. 
 
 Men may not expcttl the iife of many cabinij 
 and lafety at uncc, in tlu- fea-Icrvicc. Raleigh 
 
 The cliefs-board, we fay, is in the fame place 
 it was, if it remain in the fame part of the Ciibin^ 
 thouijh the (hip fails all the while. Lo.ki. 
 
 3. A cottage, or fmall houfe. 
 
 Come from marble bow'rs, many times the 
 
 gay harbour of anguifh, 
 
 Unto a fiHy cabin^ though weak, yet ftrongcr 
 
 ag.iinft woes. Siitncy. 
 
 Neither fhould that odious cuftom be alloweti, 
 
 of riayingotf the green furface of the ground, to 
 
 co\er thcit cabinij and make up their ditches. 
 
 Siuife. 
 
 4. A tent, or temporary habitation. 
 
 Some of green toughs .their flcndcr cabins 
 frame.,, 
 Some lodged were Tortofa's flrcetsabou''. Fairfax. 
 
 ToCa'sin. v. n. [from the noun.] To live 
 in a cabin. 
 
 I'll make you feed on berries and on roots, 
 And feed on curds and whey, and fuck the goat, 
 And Ciibin in a cave. Shakfprare. 
 
 To Ca'bin. V, a. To confine in a cabin. 
 Fteance is 'fcap'd ; I had elfe been perfeft. 
 As bioadand general as the cafingair; 
 But now I'm rabi/i'J, rribb'd, confia'd, bound in, 
 To faucy doubts and fear. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Ca'bined. adj, [ixom cabin, ~\ Belonging 
 to a cabin. 
 
 C A C 
 
 The nice morn, on the Indian flcep, 
 From her cabined loophole peep. I^fi'Kv, 
 
 CABINET, n.f [cabinet, Fr.] 
 
 1. A clofet ; a fmall room. 
 
 At both Corners of the fartlier fide, let there he 
 twodclicateor rich cu^;//d7j, daintily paved, richly- 
 hanged, gla2ed w ith cryftallinc glaCs, and a rich 
 cupola in the midli, and all other elegancy that 
 may be thought on. .ffirto/j; 
 
 2. A hut or final! houfe. 
 
 Hca.kcn awhtlc in tuy green cahimt. 
 The laurel fong of cartful Colinet. Sfpenfer. 
 
 3 A private room in which confultations 
 are held. 
 
 You began in the cnb/net what you afterwards 
 pra.5fifed in the camp. DryUen. 
 
 4. A fet of boxes or drawers for curio* 
 fities ; a private box. 
 
 Who fec^ a foul in fuch a body fet. 
 Might I..JVC the trcafure for the cubtart. Benf'^nfr., 
 
 Ill vain the workman fliew'dhis wit, 
 Willi riiigv and hinges coiinrerfeit. 
 To make it fccm, in this difguife, 
 A Ciibin:-t to vulgar eyes. Siviff, 
 
 5. Any place in which things of value are- 
 hidden. 
 
 Thy brcaft hath ever been the cahintt, 
 Where I have luck'd my fecrets. jy.nh,im, 
 
 \Vc cannot difcourfc of the fecret, but by dc- 
 fcnhing our duty ; hut fo much duty murt needs 
 open a cabinet of my Aeries. Tuylir 
 
 C.\'binet-council. n.f. 
 
 1. A council held in a private manner, 
 \vi;h unufiial pjivacy and confidence. 
 
 The doctrine of Italy, and practice of France, 
 in fome kings times, hath introduced caSiner- 
 c'ji/n-i.'i, Buccn. 
 
 2. A ftleft number of privy counfellors 
 fuppofcd to be partieul.nrb- irut^ed. 
 
 Fiom the highcft to the luu - ft it is univcrfally 
 read; from the aibinet-coum:. to the nurlery. 
 
 Guy to Srurft. 
 Ca'btnet-maker. n. f. [from c.iiinct 
 and miiie.] One that makes fmall nicii 
 drawers or boxes. 
 
 The root of an old white thorn will make very 
 fine hoAcs and combs ; fo that the y would be of ■ 
 great ufc for the cabimt-makei !, as well as the 
 turners, and otliers. Ahrtimer. 
 
 Ca'ble. n.f [cubl, Welfh j eabel, Dutch.] 
 The great rope of a ftip to which the 
 anchor is faftened. 
 What though the mail be now blown over- 
 board. 
 The cabli- broke, the holding anchor loft, 
 And half our failors fwallowd in the flood, 
 Yet lives cur pilot iHli ? HhakJjieitTr. 
 
 The lent;;h of the cubit is the life of the (hip 
 in all cxtri'iniTies ; and the rcafon is, becaiife it 
 makes fo m..ny bendlngiand waves, as the ftiip, 
 riding at that length, is not able to ft retch it ; and 
 nothing breaks that is not ftrctched. R ..U/g/i. 
 
 The .-.j^Vi crack ; the failors fearful cries 
 Afccnd; and fable night involves the (kies. Dry.J. 
 Ca'bcrns. n.f. Small ropes ufed in fhips. 
 
 Dic'h 
 Cacao. See Chocolate.
 
 C A C 
 
 C'achr'c riCAi.. 7 adj. [from w,-/;'\v.j 
 Cache'c! icK. i Having an ill liiibit 
 of body ; fliowing an ill habit. 
 
 Younj.ind P.'.:iid blood, ia;hcr tlwii v.ipid and 
 
 cacluthr^l, Arkutknot o^i Ail . 
 
 Tile crude clnU fwims in the biood, and ap- 
 
 pcais as milk in tlic bluod, of funic pcifon? wlio 
 
 CACHE XY. »./. [xux4'^a.] A general 
 word to exprefs a gicnt variety of {ymp- 
 tonis : moil commonly it denotes fuch 
 a dillcmperatiire of the liiimours, as 
 liindcri nutrition, and weakens the 
 vital and aiiimul fiinflioiis; proeeeding 
 fron: weakncfs of the fibres, and an 
 ab'ife of the noy-naturab, and often 
 from fevere acute dillempers. Jriuthnol. 
 
 CACHrNNA'riON. n.f. [cachlntiatio, Lat.] 
 A loud laughter. D'lCl. 
 
 Ca'ckekll. h. /. A fiili, faid to make 
 thofe who eat it laxative. 
 
 Ta CACKLE, -u.n. [kaecle!n:,'Da\.A.] 
 
 1. To make a nolle as a goofe. 
 
 Tlicnigluingalc, if llic fliould fi'ig by day, 
 \Vlien ciery goofc is r^?-://. v^, would be ciiongbt 
 j3o better a YiiuHcian tlian tiic wien. ShakJ. 
 
 Or rob tiie Rjmin gccle of all their glories, 
 And favc the It jtc, b}' \7rk!!r:g to the toi Ics. Pope. 
 
 2. Sometimes it is ufed lor the noife of 
 a hen. 
 
 The trembling widoi^', and her davigliteis 
 twain. 
 This woefid cac^h'ng cry with honour heard 
 Of thole dllvratlted daniftU in the yard. Dtjiio!. 
 
 3. To laugh ; to giggle- 
 
 Nie grinned, cjir^vt.^, and l.nighed, till he was 
 like to kill himfclf, andlella fnfkingand dancing 
 about the room. Arhuthnfjt. 
 
 4. To talk idly ; to prattle. 
 Ca'ckle. 11. f. [[from the verb.] 
 1. The voice of a goofe or fowl. 
 
 The (ilver goofe before the ihinlng gate 
 There flew, ajid by her cackle fav'd the flate. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 t. Idle talk ; prattle. 
 Ca'ckler.k./. [ from caclk. ] 
 
 1. A fowl that cackles. 
 
 2. A telltale ; a tatler. 
 Cacochy'mic AL. ) adj. [[from eacochy- 
 Cacochy'mick. J "y-j Having the 
 
 humours corrupted. 
 
 It will prove very advantageous, if only cacj- 
 chymuk, to clarify his blood with a laxative. 
 
 Harvey on Caiijumptiotn. 
 
 I f the body be cncochymic^tlf the tumours are apt 
 ro degenerate into very venomous and malignant 
 abfcflfes. Wijemrtn. 
 
 The ancient writers diftinguifhcd putrid fevers, 
 by putrcfailion of blood.eboltr, melancholy, and 
 phlegm ; and this is to be explained by an effer- 
 vefcencc' happening in a particular eacochymical 
 blood. FJoycr cri tJ:e Humour!. 
 
 CACOCHY'MY. n.f. [x=««.^t/,aia.] A 
 depravation of the himiours from a found 
 ftate, to what the phyficians call by a 
 general naine of a cacochymy. Spots, and 
 difcolorations of the (Ivin, are figns 
 of weak fibres ; for the lateral veflels, 
 which lie out of the road of circulation, 
 let grofs luimours pafs, which could 
 not, if the vefTc'.i-' had their due degree 
 of ftriflure. Arbnthnot on Ailments. 
 
 Strong beer, a liquor that attributes the half of 
 its ill qualities to the hops, confiiting of an acri- 
 monious fiery nature, fets the blood, upon the 
 Icaft cacochymy., into an orgafmus. Hiir-nry. 
 
 Caco'phony. I!./, [xaxifi'via.] A bad 
 found of words. 
 
 CAD 
 
 Thcfe things (liali lie by, till you c^tnc t.j 
 carp at them, and alter rhimcs, g.rammar, tiiplcts, 
 ar.d CL3cy/>/iov;cj of all kinds. Pope fo i>wij/. 
 
 To CaCu'mimate. V. a. [cacmniiio, h:it.] 
 To make fharp or pyramidal. Die!. 
 
 C.^VA'vEKOVS.ad■. ^cadaver, Lat. J Hav- 
 ing the appeanince of a dead carcafs ; 
 having the qualities of a dead carcafs. 
 
 In vain do they fcruple to approach the dead, 
 who livingiy are cadtiz-erouij foi fear of any out- 
 ward pollution, whofc teni))er poUuies theni- 
 felvcs. Srcjvn'i Vultr^itr Krrottn. 
 
 The urine, long detained in the bladder, as 
 well as giafs, will grow red, foetid, ctjJiaicrous, 
 and alkaline. Tiie c^ife is the fame with the 
 liagnant waters of i-.ydi jpical perfons. Arbuth. 
 Ca'ddxs. n. j'. [ rills word is ufed in Erfe 
 for the variegated clothes of the High- 
 landers ] 
 
 1. A kind of tape or riband. 
 
 He haib ribbons of all the colours of the rain- 
 bow ; inkle;, c-ii/A/fj, cambricks, lawns ; why, 
 he lings thcni over as if th.ey were gods and 
 goddeifcs. Shcikjpearc. 
 
 2. A kind of worm or gn;b found in a cafe 
 ot ttraw. 
 
 He loves the mayfly, which is bred of the 
 codworm, or eadcih ^ and thcfe make the trout 
 bold and iuity. I'Vulion'i Angler _ 
 
 Cade. adj. [It is deduced, by Skinner, 
 from cadelcr, Fr. an old word, which 
 lignilies to breed up tenderly.] Tame; 
 foft ; delicate ; as, a cade lamb, a lamb 
 bred at home. 
 
 To C.^DE. 1;. a. [from the adj.] To breed 
 up in foftnefs. 
 
 Cade. «./ [eadus, Lat.] A barrel. 
 
 We John Cade, fo termed of ooi' fitppofed 
 father. Or rather of dealing a cade of her- 
 rings. Skill f^eare. 
 
 Soan as thy liquor from the narrow cells 
 Of clofc prcfs'd liulks is freed, tiiou niuft refrain 
 Thy tlnrlfy foul; let nunc pcrfuade to broach 
 Thy thick, unwholefome, undigclled cttda. 
 
 yhilipi. 
 
 Cade-wor M. n.f. The fame with caddis. 
 
 Ca'dENCE. 7 r r J 17 T 
 
 r, ■ > n. /. \ cadence, i r. | 
 
 Ca dency. 1 •' '■ 
 
 1. Fall; (late of finking ; decline. 
 
 Now was the fun in wcilern cadence low 
 Fiom noon ; and gentle airs, due at their hours. 
 To fan the earth, now wak'd. I^hltcn. 
 
 2. The fall of the voice ; fometimes the 
 general modulation of the voice. 
 
 The Hiding, in the clofc or cade'tcc, hath an 
 agreement with the figure in rhetorick, which 
 they call prcefer expe^tituni', for there is a plea- 
 fure even in being deceived. Bacon. 
 
 There be words not made with lungs. 
 Sententious fbow'rs ! O let them fall ! 
 Their rij^fwiv is rhetorical. CritJ/niiu. 
 
 3. The flow of verfes, or periods. 
 
 The words, the verfifieation, and all the other 
 elegancies of found, as ctiiencc^^ and turns of 
 words upon the thought, perform cxaiSly the 
 fatnc office both in dramatic and epic poetry. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The cadency of one line muft be a rule to that 
 of the next ; as the found of the former mull 
 flidc gently intothit which follows. Dry.len, 
 
 4. The tone or found. 
 
 Hollow rocks retain 
 The found of bluft'iing wind), which all night 
 
 long 
 Had rous'd the fca, now with hoarfc cadence lull 
 Sea-faring men, o'erwatch'd. Milton. 
 
 He hath a confufed remembrance of words 
 fincc he left the univerfity; he hath loft half 
 their meaning, and puts them together with no 
 regard, except to their cadence. Sivtfr. 
 
 J. [InhorfcKianftiip-] An equal meafure 
 
 C A ! 
 
 or proportion which a horft obftrvcs lit 
 nil his motions, when he is thoroughly 
 managed. Fanhr's Diet. 
 
 Ca'dem'. odj. [^cadeiis, Lat.] F.dliiig 
 down. 
 
 Cade't. n.f. \_cadet, Fr. pronounced rart"^.] 
 
 1. The younger brother. 
 
 2. The youugeft brother. 
 
 Jolcph was the youngeft of the tweUc, and 
 David the eleventh Con, and the cadet of JelTe. 
 UrQiun'i Vulgar Jiyrouri, 
 
 3. A voluntier in the army, who ferves 
 in cxpefilation of a commidion. 
 
 Ca'dew. n.J. A ftraw worm. See Cad- 
 dis. Din, 
 
 Ca'dgf.r. n.f. [from cadge, or cage, a 
 paiiier.] A huckfler ; one wlio bringa 
 butter, eggs, and poultry, from the 
 country to maiket. 
 
 CADI. n.f. A magiftrate among the 
 Turks, whofe office fcems neatly to 
 anfwer to that of a juftiee of peace. 
 
 CADi'ti.ACK. n.f. A fort of pear. 
 
 CJE'CIAS. n.f [Lat.] A wind from 
 the northeall. 
 
 Now, from the north, 
 Boreas and Ctccim, .and Argcltcs loud, 
 And'I'hracias, rend the woods, and fcas upturn. 
 
 Mlitlrt. 
 
 C/ESa'rkan. SccCesarian. 
 
 C.EWRA. n.f [Lat.] A figure in 
 poetiy, by which a fhort fyllable after_ 
 a complete foot is made long. 
 
 C A' FT AN. n.f [Perfick.] A Perfiar. 
 or Turkifh veil or garment. 
 
 Cag. n.f. A barrel, or wooden veffel, 
 containing four Or five gallons. Some- 
 times heg. 
 
 CAGE. n.f. \cage, Fr. from ca-vca, Lat.] 
 
 1. An cnclofnre of twigs or wire. In which 
 birds are kept. 
 
 See whether a eaire can picafe a bird ? or 
 whether a dog grow not fiercer with tying ? 
 
 Sidney. 
 He taught rae how to know a man in love ; 111 
 which cage of rulhes, 1 am furc, you are not a 
 prilbner. Shakjpenre. 
 
 Though flaves, like birds that fing not in a 
 cage. 
 They loft tncir genius, and poctick rage,; 
 Homers again and Pindars may be found, 
 And hisgreata^ions \\itb thcii riumberscrown'ri. 
 
 trailer. . 
 And parrots, imitating human tongue. 
 And finging birds in filver caget hung ; 
 And ev'iy fragrant fiuw'r, and od'rous green, 
 Were forted well, with lumps of amber laid 
 between. Drydtn. 
 
 A man recurs to our fancy, by remembering 
 his gaiment ; a bealt, bird, or filh, by the cage, 
 or court-yard, or cifiern, wherein it was kept. 
 H'atts on the MinJ. 
 The reafon why fo few marriages arc happy, 
 is, becaufe young ladies fpcnd their time 'v\ 
 making nets, not in makinij caoa. Sii'iji. 
 
 2. A place for wild beafts, enclofed with 
 pallifadoes. 
 
 3. A prifon for petty malefaftors. 
 
 To Cage- v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 enclofe in a cage. 
 
 He, fwoln and pampcr'd with high fare, 
 Sits down, and fnurts, cag'd in his balkct-ehair. 
 
 Vonnt. 
 
 CAT MAN. n.f. The American name 
 
 of a crocodile. 
 To CAJO'LE. V. a. [cageoller, Fr.] To 
 
 flatter; tofoothj to coax: a low word.
 
 C A L 
 
 Thouglit he, 'tis no mfan part of civil 
 Ststc prudence, to f/ys/'* tin: devil. HiiJilrui. 
 The one affionts him, while the other cnjrji.s 
 md piiies him : t.ikes up his quarrel, (hakes his 
 bead at it, clafps his hand upon his brcaft, and 
 then prutcHsand protclK. L'Ejhnnge. 
 
 My loiigiii t;-.at wanted to cajoli 
 I try'd, but not a word would troll. Uymcr. 
 
 C\jo'lkr. n:f. [from cajcle.^ A flat- 
 terer ; a wliecdler. 
 Cmo'lehv. n.y". [caiokr}:,Yr.'\ Flattery. 
 CAISSON, n /. rlMfnch.] 
 
 1. A elicit of bombs or powder, laid in 
 the enciny's way, to be fued at their 
 approach. 
 
 2. A wooden cafe in which the piers of 
 bripes are built within tiie water. 
 
 C.\i'tiff. «. /. [catlivc, Ital. a Have; 
 whence it c:ime to fign ly a bad man, 
 with fonie implication of meannefs ; as 
 indve in luiglilh, and fur in Latin ; fo 
 certainly does flavery deltroy virtue. 
 
 Hrtrii r . 
 
 A flave and a fcoundrel are fignified by 
 the fame words in ni;iny languages.] A 
 mean villain ; a dcfpicable knave : it 
 often implies a mixture of vvickcdnefs 
 and mifery. 
 
 Vile ciii!^ I vaflii of dre.ad and defpair, 
 Vaworthy of the common breathed air ! 
 Why liicit thou, dead dog, a longer day, 
 And doll not unto death thyfelf prepare ? SptnJ 
 
 'Tis nor iropolTible 
 But one, the vricked'ft cai/ijf on the ground. 
 May ('c;m as fliy, 'as grave, asjult, as abfolute, 
 As Angelo. Shatjfttirc. 
 
 The wretched caitiff, all alone) 
 
 As he btltev'd, began to moan, 
 
 And tell iiis llory to himfcU'. Hudibra^. 
 
 CAKE. n.f. \cuch, Tcutonick.] 
 
 1. A kind of delicate bread. 
 
 You muft be feeing chriiienings I do you look 
 for ale and cakei here, you rude rafcals r Shukfp. 
 
 My cake is dough, but I'll in amoog the rcit, 
 Out of hope of all but my fliare of the fcaft. 
 
 Shakfpcnre. 
 
 The difmal day was come ; the piieAs prepare 
 Their leaven'd cakes, and GUcts for my hair. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. Any thing of a form rather flat than 
 high ; by which it is fometimes dillin- 
 guilhed from a loaf. 
 
 There is ical^ thacgroweth upon the fide of a 
 dead nee, that hath gbtten no name, but it is 
 large, and of a cUcflnut colour, and hard and 
 
 pitliy. Bacon' i Natural Hijiory. 
 
 3. Concreted matter ; coagtilated inatter. 
 
 Then when the fleecy Ikies new cloath the woi>d. 
 
 And cakii of ru.Qling ice corae rolling down the 
 
 flood. Dryden. 
 
 To Cake. ij. n. [from the noun.} To 
 harden, as dough in the oven. 
 
 This burning matter, as it funk \cr\' leifurely, 
 badriiTie to e»jii together, and form the hutiom, 
 which covers the mouth of that dreadful vault 
 that lies underneath it. Mdr/on en {ta'y. 
 
 This is that very Mab, 
 Th.it plats the manes of horfes in the night, 
 And cakes the elflocks in foul lluttilh hairs. Shat. 
 
 He lins'd the wound. 
 And wafh'daway the lirings and clotted blood. 
 That rafV within. Addipn. 
 
 Cai.ab.\'sh Tree. 
 
 It hath a flower confiftlng of one leaf, divided 
 at the brim into feveral parts; frjm whofe cup 
 rit'c« the pointal, in the hinder pait of the flower-, 
 which afierwards becomes a flcHiy fruit, having 
 an hard (hell. Ti'ey rife to the height of twenty- 
 five or thirty feet in the Weft Indies, where they 
 grow naturally. The (hells arc uled by the nc- 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 C A L 
 
 grots for cupj, as alio for making inftrumenH of 
 nuMlc, by making a holu in the (hell, ajid pull lug 
 in (mall (tones, with which they make a fort of 
 rattle. Miller. 
 
 Calama'nco. n. /. [a word derived, 
 probably by fome accident, from cala- 
 mancus, Lat. which, in the middle ages, 
 fignilied a hat.] A kind of woollen Itull. 
 He was of a huU and ll.ituic la.-ger than ordi- 
 nary, had a red co.it, Hung open, to (hew a raAi- 
 marteo wairtcoat. Tatter. 
 
 Ca'lamine, or Lapis Calatiiinaris. n. f. 
 A kiiid of fofiil bittiininous earth, which, 
 being mixed with copper, changes it 
 into brafs. 
 
 We mult not omit thofc, which, though not 
 of fo much beauty, yet are of greater ule, ^'.■^. 
 loadftones, whetliones of all kinds, limcftones, 
 calamine, ol' lapis clamiriaris. Locke. 
 
 Calamint. ti.f. lcalamwll)a,'Lat.] A 
 
 plant. 
 Cala'.mitous. adj.^calamUo/us, Lat.] 
 
 1. Miferable; involved in dillrcfs ; op- 
 prcfTed with infelicity ; unhappy ; 
 wretched : applied to men. 
 
 This is a gracious provtlion God Almigl ty 
 hath made in favour of tlie necelhtous and calt- 
 mii'MS ; the rtatc of fome, in this life, being fo 
 extremely wretched and deplorable, if compared 
 with others. Ci/amy. 
 
 2. Full of mifeiy-, difkrefsful : applied to 
 external circumllances. 
 
 What calamitous effects the air of this city 
 wrought upon us the lall year, you may read in 
 my difcouife of the plague. Harvey. 
 
 Strict n^celTity 
 Siibduesme, and tti/jw;/3.Yi co:iftraint! 
 Lert on my head both lin and punilhmcnt, 
 However infupportab(e, be all 
 Devolv'd. Miltnn. 
 
 Much rather I (hall chufe 
 To live the poorelt in my trine, than richctt, 
 And be in that calarrtitous prifon left. Alilten. 
 In this fad and calamitous condition, deliver- 
 ance from an opprelTuur would iiave even revived 
 them. So:,:/:. 
 
 Cala'mitousness. n.f. [from calami- 
 tous.^ Mifery; diftrefs. 
 CALA'MITY. n.f. [calamltas, Lat.] 
 
 1. Misfortune; caufe of mifery ; dilirefi. 
 
 Another ill accident is drought, and the fpind- 
 ling of the corn, which with us is rjic, but in 
 hotter counirics common ; infomuch as the v,"ord 
 calamity was firll derived from ralamis, wiien 
 the corn could not get out of the lialk. Bacon 
 
 2. Mifer)' ; diftrefs. 
 
 This infinite calamity (hall caufe 
 To human life, and houfliould peace confound. 
 
 MiU^n. 
 From advcrfe (horcs in fafety let her hear 
 Foreign calamity, anddiftant w.ar ; 
 Of which, great heav'n, let her no portion bear. 
 
 I-ncr. 
 
 CJ'LJMUS. n.f [Lat.] A fort of reed 
 or fvvcet-fcented wood, mentioned in 
 fcriptnre v/ilh the other ingredients of 
 the facrcd perfuT.es. It is a knotty 
 root, reddifh without, and white within, 
 which puts foith long and narrow 
 leaves, and brought from the Indies. 
 The prophets fpeak of it as a foreign 
 commodity of great value. Thefe fwcct 
 reeds have no fmtll when they aregrc-n, 
 but when they are dry only. Their 
 form differs not from other reeds, and 
 their fmell is perceived upon entering 
 the marfties. Caimit. 
 
 Take ttiou alfo unto thee principal fpices of 
 pure myrrh, of fwcct cinnainonj and of fwcct 
 ceilamui, E\7.'::s. 
 
 C A L 
 
 Cala'sh. n.f. [calcche, Fr.] A fmall 
 carriage of pleufure. 
 
 Daniel, a fprightly fwnin, that us'i to flafli 
 Tic vig'rous deeds, that drew his \otd'%eal.i/i. 
 
 King. 
 The ancients ufed calajhes, the 6gures of fe- 
 veral of them being to be (cen on ancient monu- 
 ments. They are very fimple, light, and drove 
 by the traveller himfclf. Ai'juihr.ot. 
 
 CALCEATkD. aJj. [cakealuSfhzt.} Shod; 
 
 fitted with flioes. 
 CALCEDOMl/S. 17. f ILaI.2 A kind 
 of precious ftone. 
 
 Ca.'red'.:i:::s iiofthe agate kind, and of a mifi>' 
 grey, clouded with blue, or with purpit. 
 
 Ifiodivard on FoffHs. 
 
 To Ca'lcinate. See To Calcine. 
 
 In hardening, by baking without melting, the 
 heat hath thcfc de/rees; (irll, it inriurateth, then 
 - maketh fragile, and laftly it doth calcinate. Bacon. 
 Calcina'tion. n.f. [from caldne; cal- 
 cination, Fr.] Such a management of 
 bodies by fire, as renders them reduci- 
 ble to pow der ; wherefore it is called 
 chyniical pulverization. This is the 
 next degree of the power of fire be- 
 yond that of fufion ; for when fufion is 
 longer continued, not only the more 
 fubtile particles of the body itfe'f fly off, 
 but the pat tides of fire likcwlfe infinuate 
 themfelves in fuch multitudes, and are lo 
 blended through its whole fubllance, 
 that the fluidity, firft caufed by the 
 fire, can no longer fubfiii. From this 
 union arifes a third kind of body, 
 which being very porous and brittle, 
 is eafily reduced to powder ; for, the 
 fire having penetrated every where into 
 the pores of the body, the particles are 
 both hindered from mutual contact, 
 and divided into minute atoms, ^/incy. 
 Divers refidtnces of bodies arc thrown awav, 
 as foon as the diltillation or calcination of rhc 
 body that yieldeth thcra is ended. Boyle. 
 
 This may be cS'efted, but not without 21 ea.'- 
 ein.iiion, or reducing it by art into a fubiilc pow- 
 der, Broivn^s Vulgar Krr'/Urj^ 
 
 C,\lci'natory. n. f [from calcinate.^ 
 
 A veffel ufed in calcinaticn. 
 To CALCINE, v.a. [calciner,YT. from 
 
 calx, Lat.] 
 
 1. To burn in the fire to a calx, or fiia- 
 ble fubllance. See Calcination. 
 
 The folids fecm to be carlo, b.iund together 
 with fome oil j for if a bone be ealeine.i, fo 
 as the ical\ force will crumble it, being immeifed 
 in oil, it will grow firm again. Arbulhnot, 
 
 2. To burn up. 
 
 Fiery difputes that union have ra'cin'J, 
 Alnioli as many minds as men wc hnd. De^ifiam. 
 
 To Calci'xe. v. n. To become a calx by 
 heat. 
 
 This chry(!.^l is a pellucid fiffile ftone, clear as 
 water, and without colour, enduiinga red heat 
 uitiioot lofing its ti-anfparency, and in a veiy 
 liiong hear, rrt/e//.'/«g without fufion. Newton. 
 
 To CALCULATE, t. a. [cjlailer, Fr. 
 from calculus, Lat. a little llonc or bead, 
 ufed in operationi of numbers.] 
 
 1. To compute ; to reckon : as, \\c calcu- 
 liiLs bis expellees. 
 
 2. To compute the fituation of the pla- 
 nets at any certain time. 
 
 A cunning^ man did eaU-:.'atc my biit':. 
 And told me, that by v. ater I (houlil die. S1:AJ. 
 2 K
 
 C A L 
 
 Why nil thefc fires, why all thefe gilding ghoSs, 
 Whyoldn.cn, l't)uls, xnd chMrtn calcu/ale, 
 Why ill! ti.ofe tilings change from thtii ordinance r 
 
 Skii/ffore. 
 Who were there then in the world, to ohferve 
 the births of thofe firll men, and c,\lculate their 
 nativities, as they fyvawlcd out of ditches ? 
 
 ' *^ • Btnthy. 
 
 3. To adj\irt;toprojea for any certain end. 
 The reafonabUncfs. of religion clearly appears, 
 as it tends fo dircdly to tne happinefs of men, 
 and i.<, upon all accounts, caUulHcd for our 
 benefit. TiUaJw. 
 
 To Ca'lcv LATE.. V. n. To make a com- 
 putation. 
 Calcui-a'tion. «./. [from calculate.'] 
 
 1. A praftice, or manner of reckoning; 
 the art of numbering. 
 
 Cypher, that great friend to ca!cula!:vi ; or 
 r.ither, which changtth cakuiathn into eafy com- 
 putation. Bolder on 'lime. 
 
 2. A reckoning ; the refult of arithmeti- 
 c;i! operation. 
 
 If thc:i their cakuUtion be true, for fo they 
 reckoi). lUokcr. 
 
 Being different from calculatlom of the an- 
 cients, their obfervations confirm not uurs. 
 
 Brtfwn'i Vulsiir Krrnuri. 
 
 C A L c L- L a'tor . n.f. [from calculate.'] A 
 
 computer ; a reckoner. 
 Ca'lculatory. <■«{/. [((om calcu/ate.'] Be- 
 longing to calcukition. 
 Ca'icule. ti./. [calculus, Lat.] Reckon- 
 ing ; compute. Obfolete. 
 
 The general cfl/c.vA-, which was made in the 
 lafl perambulation, exceeded eight millions. 
 
 Hoiuel's Focal Torejl. 
 
 Ca'lculose. \adj. [from calculus, Lat.] 
 Ca'lculous. J Stony; gritty. 
 
 The volatile fait of urine will coagulate fpirits 
 of wine ; and thus, perhaps, the ftones, or cul- 
 i-«/o/f concretions in the kidney or bladder, may 
 Le produced. Bioiun'i Vulear Errriun. 
 
 1 have found, by opening the kidneys of a 
 caluloui pcrfon, that the flune is formed earlier 
 than I have fuggefreJ. ^naii>. 
 
 CALCULUS, ti.f. [Lat.] The aone in 
 
 the bladder. 
 Ca'i.dron. n.f. [chauMront'pL. from ca- 
 
 lulus, Lat.] A pot ; a boiler; a kettle. 
 In the midft of all 
 
 There placed was a culdron wide and tall, 
 
 Upon a mighty furnace, burning hot. Fahy Q. 
 Some flrip the Ikin : f.)me poitiori out the fpoil ; 
 
 The limbs, yet trembling, in the caldrons boil ; 
 
 Sonic on the tire the recking entrails broil. Diyd. 
 In the late eruptions, this great hollow was 
 
 like a vaft coldron, filled with glowing and 
 
 mclrcd matter, which, as it boiled over ill any 
 
 pirt, ran down the fides of the mountain. 
 
 ^ Mdijon. 
 
 Calhche. The fame with cala/l:. 
 Calf.fa'ction. n.f. [from calefacls, Lat.] 
 I. The aft of heating any thing. 
 1. The (late of being heated. 
 Cai-F.fa'ctive. 7 af/;'. [from cahfacto, 
 Cai.kfa'ctory. \ Lat.] That makes 
 
 any .thing hot ; heating. 
 ToCA'LEFY. -v.n. \_calfio, Lat.] To 
 
 grow hot ; to be heated. 
 Cryfla! will cakfy unto clcftricity ; that is, a 
 
 power toattraft ftraws, or light bpdics, and con- 
 
 vcit the needle, freely placed. Brown. 
 
 To Ca'lefy. ■». a. To make hot. 
 
 Ca'lendar. n.f. [calendarium, Lat.] A 
 regiUer of the year, in which the 
 months, and dated times, arc marked, 
 as fellivals and holidays. 
 
 C A L 
 
 What r.ath this day deferv'd r wiiat li^ili i". 
 done. 
 That it ill gulden letter fhoiild be fct 
 Among the high tides, in the caUndur ? Shalfp. 
 
 We compute horn calendars ditt'criiig fiom one 
 another ;_tlic compute of the one anticipating 
 that of the other. Bro-wn. 
 
 Curs'd be the day when firft I did sppenr ; 
 Let it be hiutted fiom the caUndar, 
 Left it pylkitc the liionth ! Dryden. 
 
 To CA'LENDER. -u. a. Icalendrer, Fr. 
 Skitincr.'\ To drefs cloth ; to lay the 
 nap of cloth fmooth. 
 Ca'lender. n.f. [from the verb.] A 
 hot prefs ; a prefs in which clothiers 
 fmooih their cloth. 
 Ca'lendrer. «. f. [from calender.] The 
 
 perfon who calenders. 
 Ca'lends. n.f. [caleiidie, Lat. It has 
 no f'lngtilar.] The firll day of evtry 
 month among the Romans. 
 Ca'lenture. n.f. [from caleo, Lat.] 
 A dillemper peculiar to failors in hot 
 climates ; wherein they imagine the fea 
 to be green fields, and will throw them- 
 felves into it. ^iiticj. 
 
 And foi that lethargy was there no cure, 
 But to be caft into a calenture, Vcnham. 
 
 So, by a culeutun milled, 
 The mariner with rapture fees, 
 
 Oil the fniuutii ocean's azure bed, 
 Enamell'd hclds, and verdant trees : 
 With eager halfe he longs to rove 
 In that fantaftic fcene, and thinks 
 
 It muff be fome enchanted grove ; 
 And in he leaps, and down he (inks. Sivtft. 
 
 Calf. ti.f. calves in the plural, .[cealp, 
 Saxon; ialf, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The young of a cow. 
 
 The colt hath about four years of growth ; and 
 fo the fawn, and fo the calf. Bacon. 
 
 Acoffa tells us of a fowl in Peru, called coii- 
 dorc, which will kill and cat up a w hole c.j//" at 
 a time. i'Vilkins. 
 
 Ah, Elouzelind ! I love thee more by half 
 Than does their fawns, or cows tlic new-falTn 
 
 calf. Gay. 
 
 2. Calves of the lips, mentioned by Ho- 
 fea, fignify facrifiees of praife and pray- 
 ers, which the captives of Babylon ad- 
 drelTed to God, being no longer in a 
 condition to offer facrifices in his tem- 
 ple. Calmet. 
 
 Turn to the Lord, and fay unto him. Take 
 away all iniquity, and receive us gracioufiy : fo 
 will we render the calves of our lips. Hojea, 
 
 3. By way of contempt and reproach, ap- 
 plied to a human being, a dolt ; a ftu- 
 pid wretch. 
 
 When a child haps to be got. 
 That after proves an ideot ; 
 When folk perceive it thriveth not, 
 Some lilly doaiing brainlefs calf. 
 That undcrllands things by the half, 
 Says, that the fairy left the oaf, 
 And took away the other, Vmvton's Nym 
 
 4. The thick, plump, bulbous part of the 
 leg. [hJf, Dutch.] 
 
 Into her legs I'd have love's ilTues fall. 
 And all her calf into a gouty fmall. Suckling. 
 The calf of Ihat.lcg bliffercd. l!'if,m/tn. 
 
 C.i'i.DiKR. n.y". [calibre, Fr.] The bore ; 
 the diameter of the barrel of a gun ; 
 the diameter of a bullet. 
 
 Ca'i.ice. n.f. [callx, Lat.] A cup ; a cha- 
 lice. 
 
 There is a natural analogy between the ablution 
 of tiic body and the j-urifitation of the foul ; be- 
 
 C A L 
 
 twccn eating the holy bread and drinking tlic 
 facred r.i//n, and a participation of the body and 
 blood ol Chnll. layhr, 
 
 Ca'lico. n.f. [from Calecut in India.] 
 An Indian ilutf made of cotton ; fome- 
 times ilained with gay and beautiful 
 colours. 
 
 I wear the hoop petticoat, and am all iir' 
 calicoes, when the fjiieTt are in lilks. .A.LliJon. 
 
 Ca'lid. Rdj. [cfl/jVui, Lat.] Hot; burn- 
 ing ; fervent. 
 
 Cali'dity. n.f. [from <:«&/.] Heat. 
 Ice will dilTulvc -in any way of heat ; for it 
 will dilfolve with fire, it will col.iquate in water, 
 or warm oil ; nor doth it only fubmit into an 
 aiftual heat, but not endure the potential Crt/xW;V;, 
 of many waters. Brnivn* s Vutgnr Errour^^ 
 
 Ca'lif. \".f. [Ihalifa, Arab, an heir 
 Ca'liph. 5 or fucccfibr.] A title af- 
 fumtd by the fuccei'iors of Maliomet 
 among the Saracens, who were veiled 
 with abfolute power in affairs both reli- 
 gious and civil. 
 Caug a'tion. n.yi [from calign, Lat. to 
 be dark.] Darknefs; cloudinefs. 
 
 Inllcad wf a diminution, or imperfeft vilion, 
 in the mole, we affirm an abolition, or total pri- 
 vation J inftead of caligation, or dimnefs, we 
 conclude a cecity, orblindnefs. Bioiun. 
 
 Cali'cinous. adj. [caliginofus, Lat.] Ob- 
 fcure ; dim; full of darknefs. 
 
 Cali'ginousne'ss. n.f. [[vom cal/ginout.] 
 Darknefs ; obfcurlty. 
 
 Ca'ligraphy. n.f. [xaXiypa^ia.j Beau- 
 tiful writing. 
 This language is incapable of callgraf/iy. 
 
 Ca'upers. See Callipers. 
 Ca'liver. n.f. [from caliicr.] A hand- 
 gun ; a harquebufe ; an old mufliet. 
 Come, manage mc your caliver. Shatfpeare. 
 CJ'LIX. n.f. [Latin.] A cup : a word 
 ufed in botany ; as, the cali.\ of a flower. 
 To CALK. -v. a. [from calage, Fr. 
 hemp, with wliich leaks are flopped ; 
 or from cxk. Sax. the keel. Siinner.] 
 To flop the leaks of a (hip. 
 
 There is a great errour committed in the man- 
 ner of cnrt/ng his majclly's Ihips ; whicli being 
 done with rotten oakum, is the caufe they are 
 leaky. Raleigh's EJfays. 
 
 So here fome pick out bullets from the fide j 
 Some diive old oakum through each feam and 
 rift ; 
 Their left hand does the calking iron guide. 
 The rattling mallet with the right they lift. Dr.yd . 
 Ca'lkkr. n.f. [from calk.'} The woik- 
 man that flops the leaks of a fliip. 
 
 The ancients of Gebal, and the wife men thsrc- 
 of, were in thee thy calkcrs; all the Ihips of the 
 fe.T, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy 
 thy merchandize. Ezekiel. 
 
 Ca'lking. ).'. /. A term in painting, 
 ufed where the backfide is covered 
 with black lead, or red chalk, and the 
 lines traced through on a waxed plate, 
 wall, or other rnatter, by pafTmg lightly 
 over each ftroke of the defigu witli a 
 point, which leaves an Imprefiion of the 
 colour on t he plate or wall. Cl.uimLers. 
 
 ToCAL.l^.v.a. [(■fl/o,Lat. lalJer ,'Dz\\\\\\.'] 
 
 1. To name, to denominate. 
 
 And God called the light day, and the daik- 
 nefs he called nigiit. (lert/js. 
 
 2. To funiraon, or invite, to or from any
 
 C A L 
 
 place, thing, or perlbil. It ij orteii 
 ufed witli local particLs, as w/i, doivn, 
 
 in, out, off. 
 
 Be nol amazed; rail all your fciifes to you; 
 
 defend my rcputjtion, or bid faicwcl to your 
 
 good life for ever. Sludjfian. 
 
 Wliy came not the flav« back to me when I 
 
 (ailed i'.im > ShAffcare'i King Lear. 
 
 Arc you calf J forth from out a world of men, 
 
 To ll.iy the innocent ? ShakffcareU Riihard in. 
 
 Lodronius, that famous captahi, was calkJ 
 
 ufi, and told by his fcrvants that tht general was 
 
 fled. Kmllci'i Uijloiy. 
 
 Or call up him that left half told 
 The ftory of Cnmbufcan bold. Mili'yi. 
 
 Drunkonncls en/A ug rlic watchmen from their 
 toM-crs ; and then evils proceed from a loofc heart, 
 and an untied tongue. Taykr's Holy Living. 
 
 The foul makes ufc of her memory, to call to 
 mind what llie is to treat of. Duppa. 
 
 Such line employments nur whole days divide ; 
 The laUitationsof the morning tide 
 Call up tlie fun ; thole ended, to the hall 
 \Vc wait the patron, hear the lawyers liawl. Diy.i. 
 
 Then by confent abftain from further fpoih, 
 Call iff tlie dogs, and gather up the fpoils. MiiiJ. 
 By the plejluies of the imagination or fancy, 
 I mean fucli as arife from vifiblc objefts, when 
 we cMl up their ideas into our minds by paint- 
 ings, flatues, or dcfcriptions. .iJ.tifort. 
 
 Why doll thou call my forrows up afrcfh, 
 My father's name brings tears into my eyes. 
 
 AJdifon. 
 I am calUii off from public differtations, by a 
 domcltic atfair of great importance. Taller. 
 
 /Efchylus has a tragedy intitled PerJ^, in 
 -which the Ih.lde of Darius is called up. Broome. 
 The pafiions call away the thoughts, with in- 
 ccflant importunity, toward the objcdl that ex- 
 cited them. II'.!ti\. 
 
 3. To convoke; to fummon togetlicr. 
 Kow call we our high court of parliament. 
 
 Shakfpeatc. 
 
 The king being informed of much that had 
 
 parted that night, fent to the lord mayor to caU:\ 
 
 common council immediately. Clarendon. 
 
 4. To fummon judicially. 
 
 The king had i'cnt for the earl to return home, 
 where he fliovdd be called to account for all his 
 mifcarriages. Clarendon. 
 
 Once a day, efpccially in the early years o' 
 life and Ihidy, callyuuri- l.es to an account, what 
 new ideas, wh.it new propufition or truth, you 
 ' have gilned. IVatt^. 
 
 5. To fummon by command. 
 
 In that day did tre Lo.rt God of hofts call to 
 weeping, and to mourning, und to baldnefs, and 
 to girding with fackclolh. Ijaian. 
 
 (>. lit the theological fenfe, to infpire 
 with ardours of piety, or to fummon 
 into the church. 
 
 Paul, a fcrvant of Jefus Chrift, called lo be .in 
 apoftlc, fep.ir.ited unto the gofpelofGud. Romans. 
 7. To invoke ; to appeal to. 
 
 I call God for a record upon my foul, that, to 
 fpare you, I came not as yet unto Corinth, z Cor. 
 
 "8. To appeal to. 
 
 When ihat lord perplexed their councils and 
 
 dcfigns with inconvenient objeflions in law, the 
 
 authority of the lord Manchcllcr, wiio had trod 
 
 the fame paths, was rtill calld upon. Clarendon. 
 
 9. To proclaim ; to publilh. 
 
 Nur ballad-fmgcr, pbc'd above the crowd, 
 5ings with a note fo fhril'ing, fweet, and loud, 
 Nor parilli clerk, who <:<i//s the pfaim fo clc:'r. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 to. To excite ; to put in action ; to bring 
 into view. 
 
 He fwells with angry pride, 
 And ea!l\ forth all his fpots on every lidc. Co^L'ley. 
 
 See Dionyhus Homer's thoughts refine. 
 And eall new beauties forth fromev'ry line. Pope. 
 
 II. To ftiginatize with fome opprobrious 
 
 denomination. 
 
 , C A L 
 
 DcafiKl's unqu.ihi.es men for all cornpanv. 
 
 except blends ; whom [ tan m// names, it tliey 
 
 do not fpcak loud enough. Siuijl to Pope. 
 
 12. To call back. 'J 'o revoke ; to retract. 
 
 He alfo is wife, and will bring evil, and will 
 nol call txhi. his words; but will irifc againll the 
 honfc of the tvil doers; and againll fnc help of 
 them that woik hiiquity. IJaiah. 
 
 1.5. To call for. To demand ; to require ; 
 to claim. 
 
 Madam, h(f majefty doth call for you. 
 And for your grace, and you, my noble lord. 
 
 SItakfpeare. 
 
 You fee how men of merit are fought after; 
 the undcferved may flcep, when the man of 
 aft ion is called for. S'lakfpeare. 
 
 Among them he a fpirit of phicnfy fent, 
 Who liuit tl-.cir minds. 
 And urg'd you on with mad dcfne, 
 To call in haftc for their dclhoyer. Milton. 
 
 For maltcr, or /"or fcrvant, here to fn//. 
 Was all alike, where only two were nil. Dryden. 
 
 He commits every fin that his appetite calhfor, 
 or perh.ips his conflitution or furtunc can bear. 
 
 Rogers. 
 
 14. To call ill. To refume inoney at In- 
 tereft. 
 
 Horace defcribes an old ufurer, as fo charmed 
 with tiic pleafures of a country life, that, in 
 Older to make a purchafe, he ca.'led in all his 
 money; but what was the event of it ? why, in 
 a vtiy few days after, he put it out again. .cJd.lif. 
 
 15. To call in. To refume any thing that 
 is in other hands. 
 
 If clipped money be called in all at once, and 
 flopped fiom paffingby weight, I fear it will liop 
 trade. Loric. 
 
 Neither is any thing more cruel and opj^cflive 
 in the French government, than their piaitticc if 
 calling in their money, after they have funk it 
 very low, and then coining it anew, at a higher 
 value. Suijt. 
 
 1 6. To call in. To fummon together ; to 
 invite. 
 
 The heat is part, follow no farther now ; 
 Call in the pow'rs, good coufin Wclimoreland. 
 
 SI'.alJpeare. 
 
 He fears my fubjeiHs loy.ilty. 
 And now mull call le ilrangcrs. Dtr.ham. 
 
 17. To call over. To read aloud a lift or 
 muller-roll. 
 
 18. To call ou!. To challenge ; to fum- 
 mon to fight. 
 
 When their fov'reign's quarrel calls 'cm out, 
 His foes to mortal combat they defy. Vryden. 
 
 To Call. v. n. 
 
 1 . To flop without intention of flaying. 
 This meatiing probably rofe from the 
 cuftom of denoting one's prefence at 
 the door by a cull; but it is now ufed 
 with great latitude. This fcnfe is well 
 enough prefewed by the particles on or 
 at ; but is forgotten, and the exprcf- 
 fion made barbarous, by in. 
 
 2. To make a Ihort vifit. 
 
 And, as you go, call on my brotlicr Quintus, 
 And pray him, with the tribunes, to come to mc. 
 
 Sen fonfoii. 
 
 He ordered her to call at bis houfc once a- 
 »eek, wiiich (he did for fome time after, when 
 I'.c heard no more of her. Temple. 
 
 That I might begin as near the fountain-head 
 
 as polTible, I fiill of all called in at St. James's. 
 
 .Addifon's apeClator. 
 
 We called in at Morge, where there is an arti- 
 ficial port. Mdifen on Italy. 
 
 3. To call on. To folicit for a favour or 
 
 a debt. 
 
 I would be loth to pay oim before his day ; 
 what need I be fo forward with him, that ea.'.'i 
 not en me ? Siai-Jpiarc's Henry i\. 
 
 C A L 
 
 4. To call on. To repeat folcmnly. 
 Thrice call upon my name, thrice beat your 
 
 breaft, 
 And hail mc thrice to evcrlafting reft. Drylen. 
 The Athenians, when they loll any men at fea, 
 went to the lliorcs, anri, calling thrice 01 ihcir 
 names, railed a cenotaph, or empty monument, 
 to their memories. Jinotnc on tlie OdyJJey. 
 
 5. To call upon. To implore ; to pray to. 
 
 Call upon mc in the day of trouble ; I will de' 
 liver thee, and thou (halt glorify me. I'falmi. 
 
 Call. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A vocal addrcfs of fummons or invi- 
 tation. 
 
 But death comes not at call, juflice divine 
 Mends not her floweft pace for pray'rs or cries. 
 
 Miltoa. 
 
 But \could you fing, and rival Orpheus' ftrain, 
 
 The wond'ring forells foon fliould dance again : 
 
 The moving mountains here the powerful call, 
 
 And headlong Itreamshang lilt'ning in their fall. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. Requifition authoritative and public. 
 
 It may be feared, whether our nobility would 
 coiitemcdiy fuBer thenu'clves to be always at »iie 
 call, and to (laud to the fentence, of a number 
 of mean perfons. Hooker's Preface. 
 
 3. Divine vocation ; fummons to true re- 
 ligion. 
 
 Yet he at length, time to himfelf beft known, 
 Rcmcmb'iing Abraham, by fome wond'rous call, 
 May bring them back repentant antl finccrc. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 4. A fummons from heaven ; an impulfe. 
 
 How iulUy then will impious mortals full. 
 Whole pi ide would loar to heav'n without a call. 
 
 Rofcommon. 
 
 Thofe who to cmpiic by dark p.'.ths alpire. 
 Still plead a call to what they molt defite. Dryd, 
 
 St. Paul himfelf believed he did well, and that 
 he had a call to it, when he perfccuted the 
 chriftians, whom he confidently thought in the 
 wrong : but yet it was he, antl not they, who 
 weie miflaken. Locke. 
 
 5. Authority ; command. 
 
 Oh, fir! I wilh he were within my call, or 
 yours. ' Denham, 
 
 6. A demand ; a claim. 
 
 Dependence is a pcrpctaal call upon humanity, 
 and a greater incitement to tendeinefs .and pity, 
 than any other .motive whatfocvcr. " JdJifn, 
 
 7. An inftrument to call birds. 
 
 Foi thofe birds or beads were made from fuch 
 pipes or calls, as may expicfs the feveral tones 
 of thofe creatures, which arc rcprcfentcd. 
 
 Ifiiiins' iilathematical Magsek, 
 
 8. Calling ; vocation ; employment. 
 
 Now through the land his cure of fouls lie 
 (tretch'd, 
 And like a primitive apofllc preach'd : 
 Still checiful, ever contlailt to his call \ 
 Ey many follow'd, lov'd by moft, admir'd 'oy all. 
 
 l)r;di'l. 
 
 g. A nomination. 
 
 Upon the fixteenth was held the ferjeants fcitt 
 at Kly ph.cc, there being nine ferjeants of that 
 call. Bacon. 
 
 C.^'llat.") ^ 
 Ca'llet.J "■■'■ 
 
 He calld her whove : a beggar, in his drink, 
 Could not have laid fuch terms upon lis callet. 
 
 SItakfpeare, 
 
 C.\'llinG. n.f. [from ca//.] 
 I. Vocation; profeflion ; trade. 
 
 If God has interwoven fuch a pleafiire with 
 our ordinary calling, how, much fuperior m:A 
 th:.t be, which avifes from the furvey of a pious 
 life ? Surely, as much as chrifiianity is nobler 
 tiian a trade. South. 
 
 We find ourfelves obliged to go en in honeft 
 induUry in our callings. Rogers. 
 
 2 K 2 
 
 A trull.
 
 C A L 
 
 I cannot forbear warning you againft cndoa- 
 Vouiing at wit in your feimons : because many 
 of your culi'ig have made thcmfelvcs ridiculous 
 by attempting it. Swijt. 
 
 I left no LaUing for this idle trade, 
 No duty biokc, no fatlier dilobey'd. Fcpe. 
 
 2. Proper llation, or employniciit. 
 
 The Gauls found tlie Roman Icnaturs ready to 
 die with honour in their callings. Swift. 
 
 3. Clafs of perfons united by the fame 
 employment or profefiion. 
 
 Ir m^iy be a caution to all cliriftian churches 
 anil niJgiiuatos, not to impofe celibacy on whole 
 ctiHin^!, and great multitudes of men or women, 
 wno cannot be fuppofable to have the gift of con- 
 ti.icncc. Hamm^iiid. 
 
 4. Divine vocation ; invitation or impuUc 
 to the true religion. 
 
 (Jive all diligence to make your calliig aricl 
 elcifiKMi i'ltre. 2 i'etn . 
 
 St. Peter was ignorant of the calHiig of the 
 Gentiles. H^^eiLn'// on TroTi.icn^f. 
 
 Ca'llipers. n.f. [Of this word I know 
 not the etymology; nor does any thing 
 more probable occur, than that, per- 
 haps, the word is cornipted from clip- 
 pers, inftrunients with which any thing 
 is clipped, enclofed, or embraced.] Com- 
 pafles with bowed flianks. 
 
 Ctllifen meafure the diftancc of any round, 
 cylindrick, conical body; fo that when woik- 
 men ufc them, they open the two points to their 
 defcribcd width, and turn fo much fluff off the 
 intended place, till the two points of the ciilhpcn 
 fit juft over their work. Ma.xen. 
 
 Callo'sity. n.f. [cnlhjitf, Fr.] A 
 kind of fvvelling without pain, like that 
 of the fl<in by hard labour; and therefore 
 wlien wounds, or the edges of ulcers, 
 grow fo, they are faid to be callous. 
 
 ^incy. 
 The furgeon ought to vary the diet of his pa- 
 tient, as he finds the fibres loofcn too much, are 
 too riaccid, .md produce fungufcs ; or as they 
 harden, and produce c.ihfiiies-^ in the firft cafe, 
 wine and fpirituoiu liquBrs are ufcful, in the lafl 
 hurtful. Arhuihmt oi, Diet. 
 
 Ca'llous. adj. [calhis, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Indurated ; hardened ; having the pores 
 flint up. 
 
 In progrefs of time, the ulcers became (jnuous 
 and calhu!, with induration of the glands. H'lj'cm. 
 
 2. Hardened in mind ; infenfible. 
 
 Licentioufnefs has fo long paffcd for Iharpnefs 
 of wit, and greatnefs of mind, that the confci- 
 •nce is grown calhui. L'EjIrangc 
 
 The wretch is drench'd too deep; 
 Kis foul is ftupid, and his heait aflcep: 
 F.ittcn'd in vice, fo cal'oits and fo grofs. 
 He fins, and fees not, fcnfelcis of his Mt. Dry.!. 
 
 Ca'llousness. n.f. [from crd!oiis.'\ 
 
 1. Hardnefs ; induration of the fibres. 
 
 The oficncr we ufe the organs of touching, the 
 more of thcfe fcalcs are foimcd, and the Ikin be- 
 comes the thicker, and fo a caUoujmJs grows 
 xipon it. Chiyni. 
 
 2. Infenfibility. 
 
 if they let go their hope of everlafting life 
 with willingneis, and entertain final perdition 
 with exultation, ought they not to be cftc med 
 dcftitute of ctmimon fenfe, and abandoned to a 
 cilhiifiefs and numbncfs of foul .' Bc^thy. 
 
 Ca'llow. adj. Unfledged; naked ; with- 
 out feathers. 
 
 Burfling with kindly rupture, forth difclos'd 
 Their rallotv young Milton. 
 
 Then as an eagle, who with pious care 
 ■Was beating widely on the wing for prey, 
 
 To iter now fdent airy does repair, 
 Ana inda hct 4u/iVw iaiaiits ftftc'tl away. Dry.i. 
 
 C A L 
 
 How in fmall flights ihey know lo try I'ftcir 
 young, 
 And teach the calhiu child her pajcut's fung. 
 
 Ihior. 
 
 CA'LLUS. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 1, An induration of the fibres. 
 
 2, The hard fubftance by which broken 
 bones are united, 
 
 CALM. adj. [calme, Fr. kalm, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Quiet ; ferene ; not ftorny ; not tem- 
 peltuous ; apphed to the elements. 
 
 Calm was the day, and ihiough the trembling 
 air 
 Sweet breathing Zcphyrus did fufrly play 
 A gentle fpirit, that ligh:ly did allay 
 
 Hot Titan's beams, which tlien did glifVer fair. 
 
 So fhall the fca be calm unto us. yoncih. 
 
 2. Undiilurbed; unruffled: apphed to 
 the pafilons. 
 
 If is no ways congruous, that God ihould be 
 fiightening nien into trutli, who were made to be 
 wrought upon by talm evidence, and gentle me- 
 thods of pcifuafion. "^ ^tterbuty. 
 
 The queen hcrfpeech with rrt/wattention hears, 
 Her eyes reflrain the iilver-ftieaming tears. Po^f. 
 Calm. n.f. 
 
 1, Serenity; ftlllnefs; freedom from vio- 
 lent motion : uled of the elements. 
 
 It ftcmeth moft atjieeablc to rc.ifon, that tic- 
 waters rather llood in a quiet cahn^ than that 
 I hey moved with any raging or overbearing vio- 
 lence. RaUigh. 
 
 Every pilot 
 Can fteer the (hip in rcilftu- but he performs 
 The fkilful par', can mmagc it in ftorms. Dcnh. 
 
 Nor God alone in the Ihll calm we hnd, 
 He mounts the llorm, and walks upon the wind. 
 
 2, Freedom from difturbance ; quiet ; re- 
 pofe : apphed to the paflions. 
 
 Great and itrangc cii/'/n ufurdly portend the 
 molt viulenty/ofwi j and therefoic, fmce jicrm% 
 and cal>K% do always follow one another, cer- 
 tainly, of the two, it is much more eligible 
 to have the Jhrm firft, and the calm afterwards: 
 lince a cnlm before 3.Jiorm is commonly a peace 
 .of a mail's own making; but a culm after a 
 Jlorm, a peace of God's. South. 
 
 To Calm. *y. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To ftill ; to quiet. 
 
 Neptune we find bufy, in the beginning of the 
 j^incis, to culm the tempcft raifed by yEolus. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 2. To pacify; to appeafe, 
 
 Jclus, wliofe bare word checked the fca, as 
 much cxtrr-. himfelfin fikncing the tcmpelU,and 
 calming the inteftine ftorms, within oui brcafts, 
 Dfcay of Viety. 
 Thofe pafiions, which feem fomewhat ca/wW, 
 may be entirely laid afleep, and never more 
 awakened. Atterbury. 
 
 He wili'd to flay, 
 The facred rites and hecatombs to pay, 
 Atid calm Mnierva's wratii. Tope. 
 
 Ca'lmer, 31. f [from cahn*'\ The perfon 
 or thing which has the power of giving 
 quiet. 
 
 Angling was, after tedious ftudy, a reft to his 
 mind, a chcerer of his fpirits, a divciter of fad- 
 ncfs, a c.ilmer of unquiet thoughts, a modera- 
 tor of paliions, a piocurer of contentednefs. 
 
 IValto?!. 
 
 Ca'lmly. adv. [from r^/w.] 
 
 I. Without florms, or violence ; fercnely. 
 
 In nature, things move violently to their place, 
 
 and ca/w/v in their place; fo virtue in ambition 
 
 is violent, in authority fettled and calm. Hu-cqu. 
 
 His cm led brows 
 From on the gentle llream, which irfl//«/y flows. 
 
 Vcn'uim. 
 
 2 Without paflions J quietly. 
 
 C A L 
 
 The nymph did like the fcene apptar, 
 Serenely pkafant, aUmly iww \ ^ 
 
 Soft fell her words, as flew the air. Vihy, 
 
 Ca'lmness. ti.f. [from calm.] 
 
 1. Tranquillity ; ferenity ; not ilorminefs, 
 
 Whde the llccp horrid luughncfi of the wood 
 ^ Strives with the gentle calmnep oT the flood. 
 
 Dtnnam. 
 
 2. Mildnefs; freedom from paffion. 
 
 Sn-, 'tis fit 
 You have ftiong party, or defend yourfelf 
 By calmnefi, or by abfence : all's in anger. Shak. 
 
 I beg the grace. 
 You would lay by thole terrours of your face j 
 Till calmnrfi to your eyes you firft reliore, 
 1 am afraid, anti I can beg no nrore. Drydt-n. 
 Ca'lmy. adj. [from calm.] Calm; peace- 
 ful. Not ufed. 
 
 And now they nigh approached to tlie fled. 
 Where as thofe mcrmaides dwelt: it was a Ilid 
 And calmy bay, on one fide iheltered 
 With the broad fliadow of an hoary hill. 
 
 Fairy Q^uren. 
 Ca'lomel. >i. f. [caloKielas, a chymical 
 word.] Mercury fix times fublimed. 
 
 He repeated lenient purgatives, with calomel^ 
 once in three or four days. iViJiman_ 
 
 CALORrpiCK. adj. [^calorlficm, Latin.] 
 That has the quality of producing 
 heat ; heating. 
 
 A Ciiknjick principle is either excited within 
 the heated body, or transferred to it, through any 
 medium, from fome other. Silver will grow 
 hotter than the liquor it contains. G'Cvj 
 
 CAWTTE. n.f. [French.] 
 
 1. A cap or coif, worn as an ecclefiaftical 
 ornament in France. 
 
 2. [In architefture.] A round cavity or 
 deprefRire, in form of a cap or cup, 
 lathed and plaiitcred, ufcd to diminifh 
 the rife or elevation of a chapel, cabi- 
 net, alcove, Idc. Harris, 
 
 CJLO'TERS. n.f [m^S)-.] Monks of 
 the Greek church. 
 Tcmp'rate as tahyen in their fecrct cells. 
 
 Madden on Bou/tfr^ 
 
 Ca'ltrops. n.f [colrjixppe, Saxon.] 
 
 1. An inftrument made with three fpikes, 
 fo that which way foever it falls to the 
 ground, one of them points upright, to 
 wound horfes feet. 
 
 Tlie ground about was thick fown with rd/Zro/x, 
 which veiy much incommudcd the Ihoelefs 
 Moors. Dr. y^JdiJ'jn\ Aicaunt ej Tangier s. 
 
 2. A plant common in France, Spain, 
 and Italy, where it grows among 
 corn, and is very troublefome ; for the 
 fruit being armed with llrong prickles, 
 run into the feet of the cattle This is 
 certainly the plant mentioned in Virgil's 
 Georgick, under the name oitrihulus, ' 
 
 Miller. 
 To Calve, v. n. [from calf] 
 
 1. To bring a calf: fpoktn of a cow. 
 
 When (he Ins ca!v'd,j\mi let tlie dam afide, 
 And foi- the tender jjrogtity piovidc. Dryden. 
 
 2. It is ufed metaphorically for any acl of 
 bringing forth ; and fometimes of men, 
 by way of reproach. 
 
 I wuuld they were baibarian,'!, as they are. 
 Though in Rjifcc litter'd ; not Romans, as they 
 
 are not, 
 Though cahcd in the porch 0' th' c.apitol. &hakf. 
 The graHy clods now cahi'd; now half appcar'd 
 The tawny linn, pawing to get free 
 His hinder parts Milton, 
 
 Calves-snout, [antirrkinum.'] A plant j 
 fnapdragou,
 
 C A M 
 
 CALVILLE. n.f. [French.] A fort 
 
 of apple. 
 TjCalu'mniate. 1). n. [caluiiinior, Lat.] 
 
 To accufe fallely ; to charge vvkliuut 
 
 jull ground. 
 
 Beauty, wit, liigh liiitli, dcfcrt in fcrvicc, 
 Low, ffiendlhip, cli;uity, arc fubjcft all 
 'lo envious and c^t/umiiiatirrg time, ^/ukfj^futt:. 
 
 Hq mixes truth witli f^ilkhooil, anil li.is not 
 foigottcn the rule ol calumnialing Itroii^ly, that 
 lomethijig may remain. VryJcii'i t^li. FreJ. 
 
 Do I calumnsatif thou ungrattful Vanoc ! — 
 Perfidious prince! — Is it a c.ilumny 
 To r.iy that Gwendolen, hctroth'd to Yvcr, 
 Was by her tathcr firll affur'd to Valrns ? 
 
 Ti? Calu'mniate. ti. a. To flanikr. 
 
 0:ie trade or art, even tliofc tlut Ihould be the 
 molt liberal, make it their bufincls to dil- 
 d.iin and ccilumnijtc another. Sfr,tit. 
 
 C.'Vlumnia'tion. n.f. [from calumniate. 1 
 That which we call calumniation, is a 
 malicious and falfe rtprtftntatioii of an 
 enemy's words or actions, to an oftcii- 
 five purpofe. -^yliff^'- 
 
 Calumnia'tor. n.f. \J\-om calumniate.] 
 A forger of accufation ; a ilanderer. 
 
 He tr.at would live clear of the envy and ha- 
 tred of potent cttlumaiiiinn, mult lay his linger 
 upon his mouth, and keep his hand out of tlic 
 ink-pot. ' VEjirange. 
 
 At the fame time that Virgil was celebrated 
 by Gallus, we know that B.ivius and Mcevius 
 were his declared foes .ind calammaian AdiVjon. 
 
 Calu'mnious. adj. [from calumny,] Slan- 
 derous; falfely reproachful. 
 Virtue iti'cif 'fcapes not calunmloin ftrrvkes. 
 
 With calumiious art 
 Of counterfeited truth, thus held their cars. Milt. 
 CA'LUMNY. n. f. [calumnia, Lat.] 
 Slander; falfe charge; groundlefs ac- 
 cufation : with againjl, or lometinies 
 npon, before the perlon accufed. 
 
 Re thou as chaite as ice, as pure as fnow, 
 Tiiou Ih.ilt no! efcape oilumny. Shukffcire 
 
 It is a very hard c.i.';/itiny ufon our foil or cli- 
 mate, to alhrm, that lb excellent a fruii will not 
 grow here. Ttmfk. 
 
 CJLX. n.f. [Latin.] Any thing that 
 is rendered reducible to powder by burn- 
 ing. 
 
 Gold, that is more dcnfe than lead, refills pe- 
 remptorily all the dividing power of fire; and 
 will not be reduced into'a cj/.v, or lime, by fuch 
 operation as reduces lead into it, i^'g'y- 
 
 Ca'lycle. n.f. [calyculus, Lat.] A fmall 
 bud of a plant. Diil. 
 
 Cam.\'ieu. n.f. l^Tom camac/iuia ; which 
 name is given by tlie orientals to the 
 onyx, when, in prepaiing it, they find 
 another colour.] 
 
 1. A ftone with various figures and rcpre- 
 fentalions of landikips, formed by na- 
 ture. 
 
 2. [Li painting.] A term ufed where 
 there is only one colour, and where the 
 lights and (hadows are of gold, vvrought 
 on a golden or azure ground. 1'his 
 kind of work is chiefly ufed to repre- 
 fent baffo relievos. Chambers, 
 
 Ca'mber n.f. [See CAMBERmc] A 
 term among woikmen. 
 
 C.i*r,^-cr, a p.cce of timber cut .irching, fo as, 
 a weight coiilidtriablc being let upon it, it may 
 in length of time be induced to a llr.iijbt.A/c.vc// 
 
 Ca'mbering. n.f, A word mentioned 
 by Skinner, as peculiar to iliipbuilders, 
 1 
 
 CAM 
 
 who fay that a place is cambtiing, when 
 they mean arched. [From f/.i«mir<r, Fr.] 
 Ca'mbkick. n,f. [from Cambray, a city 
 in Flanders, where it was principally 
 made.] A kind of fine linen ufed for 
 ruffles, women's (Iceves, and caps. 
 
 He hath ribbons of all the colours ot the rain- 
 bow ; inkles, cjddifcs, CTiiiruis, and lawns. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 Rebecca h.ad, by the ufc of a looking glafs, 
 
 and by the further ufc of certain attire, made of 
 
 camtrici, upon h;r head, attained to an evil art, 
 
 T^l/cr 
 Confcd'ratc in the cheat, they draw the tliiong, 
 AiMictmitici handkcrchicts reward the funj. G.iy 
 Came. The preterit of To come. 
 
 Till all the pack cami up, and cv'iy hound 
 Tore the fad huntlman, gim 'Hilton the ground. 
 
 ..'.UJ.... 
 
 Ca'mel. n.f, [camelus, Lat.] An ani- 
 mal very common in Arabia, Jndcn, 
 and the neighbouring countries. One 
 fott are large, and full of flcfh, and fit to 
 carry burdens of a thoufand pounds 
 weiglit, having one bunch upon their 
 backs. Another have two bunches upon 
 their backs, like a natural faddle, and 
 are fit either for burdens, or men to 
 ride on. A third kind are leaner, and 
 of a fmaller fize, called dromedaries, 
 becaufe of theii fwiftncfs ; which are 
 generally ufi;d for riding by men of 
 quality. 
 
 Camdi have large folid feet, but not hard. 
 Cdweli will continue ten or twelve days without 
 eating or drinking, and keep water a long time 
 in their ftomacb, for their rcfielhnicnt. Lalmel 
 
 Patient of third and toil, 
 Son of the defart ! even the came! feels, 
 Shot through his wkher'd heart, the fiery blaft. 
 
 1 h'jmf'jri. 
 
 Came'lopard. n.f, [from camelus and 
 pardus, Lat.] An Abyffinian animal, 
 taller than an elephant, but not fo 
 thick. He is fo named, becaufe he ha-; 
 a neck and head like a camel ; he is 
 fpotted like a paid, but his fpots are 
 white upon a red ground. The Italians 
 call him gtara_ffa. Trevoux. 
 
 Ca'meLOT. J r re ; T 
 
 ,, , {■ 71. f. [from camel. \ 
 
 Ca'mlet. S 
 
 \. A kind of ftuff originally made by a 
 inixture of filk and camels hair; it is 
 now made with wool and filk. 
 
 This babit was not of camels fliin, nor any 
 coarfe texture of its hair, but rather fomc finer 
 weave of camelt-ty grograiti, or the like ; inaf- 
 much as thefe Huffs are fuppuUd to be made of 
 tiie hair of tliat animal. Broiun's Vul. Ei . 
 
 2. Hair cloth. 
 
 Meantime ihcpaftor (hears their hoary beards. 
 And cafes of their hair the loadeil htrds : 
 Tl.cil cutnclc^ti warm in tents the fo'dier hold. 
 And (hicld the lliiv'ring m.irincr from cold. 
 
 DijJcn. 
 
 CAMERA OBSCURJ. Jhztin.] An 
 optical machine ufed in a darkened 
 chamber, fo that the light coming only 
 through a double convex glafs, ubjeCls 
 expofed to daylight, and oppofite to 
 the glafs, are reprefented inverted upon 
 any white matter placed in the focus of 
 the glafs. Martin, 
 
 Ca'merade. n.f. [from camera, a cham- 
 ber, Lat.] One that lodges in the 
 fame chamber ; a bofom companion. 
 By corruption we now ufe comraile. 
 
 C A 1\I 
 
 Camtrtdci with him, and confederates in his 
 dtfigii. Rymtr. 
 
 Ca'merated. adj. [cameratus, Lat.] 
 Arched ; roofed llopewife. 
 
 Camera'tion. n, f. [cameratlo, Lat.] 
 A vaulting or arching. 
 
 Camisa'do. n.f. [eamifi, a fliirt, Ital. 
 cam[fum, low Lat.] An attack made 
 by ioldiers in the dark ; on which oc- 
 cafion they put their (hirts outward, to 
 be feen by each other. 
 
 They had appointed the fame night, whofe 
 darkncfs would have eiicrcafcd the fear, to have 
 given a catnifa.lo upon the Englilh. Uaywarii. 
 
 Ca'misated. adj. [from camifa, a fhirt.] 
 Dreffed with the Ihirt outward. 
 
 Ca'mlet. See Ca.mei-ot. 
 
 He had on him a gjwn with wide flecves, of 
 a kind of water Ci.!::ht, of an e.\celicnt az.uie 
 coluur. Bacon, 
 
 Ca'mmock. n.f [cammoc, Saxon; ono- 
 nis.] An herb; the fame whh pelly 
 iv/.in, or rijlharrovj. 
 Ca'momile. n.f. \_anthemis.] A fiower, 
 Camo'ys. adj.[catnus,Y\-.] Flat; level j 
 dtpriifed. It is only ufed of the nofe. 
 
 Many Spaniards,of the raceof Barbjry Moors, 
 though after freijuent commixture, have no: 
 worn out the cumcyt nofe unto this d.iy. Brovjn. 
 
 CAIVIP. n.f. [camp, Fr. camp, Sax. from 
 
 campus, Lat.] The order of tents, 
 placed by armies when they keep the 
 field. AVe ufe the phrafe /o //VfZ) a camp, 
 
 to encamp. 
 FrojTi currsp to cjmp, through the foul womb of 
 nighr, 
 The hum of cither army fiilly founds. Shakfjieart. 
 
 Next, to fecure our cumf and naval pow'rs, 
 P^aifc an emb.ittled wall with lofty tow'rs. Pi^ln. 
 To Camp. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To encamp; to lodge in tents, for 
 hofliie purpofcs. 
 
 Had our great palace the capacity 
 To c.imp this holt, wc would all fup together. 
 
 \S^i.tkfpea^e, 
 
 2. To camp ; to pitch a camp ; to fix 
 tents. 
 
 Camp-fight, n. f. An old word for 
 coml/al. 
 
 For their trial by c.iyjip-f?ht, the accufcr was, 
 with the peril of his own body, topro\e th.e ac- 
 cufed guilty; and, by offtring him his gloie ur 
 gantlet, to challenge him to this trial. liitkeivHl, 
 
 Cam PA icy. ) "• /. [campaigne, Fr. 
 CAMPJNIA. \ can-.puuia, Ital.] 
 
 1. A large, open, level tract of ground, 
 without hills. 
 
 In countries thinly inhabited, and 'efpecially 
 in va(t catnpaniaiy there arc few cities, befides 
 what grow by the reliiience of kings. 'Itmp'.e, 
 
 Thole grateful groves that fii.ide the plain, 
 Where Tiber rolls majeltic to the main, 
 Antl fattens, as he runs, the fair CMnpaign, 
 
 Garth. 
 
 2. The time for wh'ch any at my keeps 
 the field, without entering nto quarters. 
 
 This might have h..iliened his mirch, which 
 wo'.ild have made a fair conclufion of the cant- 
 hu'^'!. Clartnjr.n. 
 
 An Iliad rifing out of one fiim/ii/g';. j^dvjtn, 
 
 Camp.v'niform. adj. [oX. campana, a bell, 
 and forma, Lat.] A term ufed of 
 flowers, which aie in the (hape of a bell. 
 
 Harris, 
 
 Campa'nulate. adj. The fame with 
 cainpauiform.
 
 CAN 
 
 Campe'stral. aiij. [camjcjlns, Lat.] 
 Growing in fields. 
 
 The mountain beech ii the whitcft ; bur the 
 cam['tj)ral, or wild beech, is blacker and more 
 (liiiaLlo. Mt^riimcr. 
 
 Ca'mphire tree. n.f. [caw/WiJ, Lnt.] 
 There arc two forts of this tree ; one is a na- 
 tive of the iflc of Borneo, from which the belt 
 camph'te is taken, wliicli is fuppofcd to be a 
 natuial exfudation from the tree, pioduced iji 
 i'l.ch pli.ces wiicre llie bark of the tiec has been 
 M-onndcd or' cut. The otljcr fort is a native of 
 Japan, which Dr. Kempfer dcfcribes to be a 
 kind of bay, bearing black or purple berries, and 
 from wlience the inhabitants prepare their cmn- 
 fliiie, by making a fimple dccoftion of the root 
 and wood of this tree, cut into fmall pieces ; but 
 this fort of cam/ 4.>f is, in value, eighty or an 
 hundred times Itfs than the true Bornean iii'i:- 
 ^h:re^ --MiUcr. 
 
 It is oftener ufed for the gum of this tree. 
 CA'MPHORATE.ac//'. [from iTrtfl'j^/jorfljLat.] 
 Inipn-gnated with camphlre. 
 
 By (baking the f.iline and camfhoratt liquors 
 
 togetltfr, we eafily confounded them into one 
 
 bigh-colourcd liquor. Byli. 
 
 Ca'mpion. n.f. [/yrZww, Lat.] A plant. 
 
 Ca'mus. n. / [probably from cimiifa, 
 
 Lat.] A thin drefs mentioned by Spcnjh-. 
 
 And was yclad, for heat of fcorching air. 
 All in filken cumm, lilly white, 
 PurHed upon with many a folded plight. Fairy <l. 
 Can.;;./, [canne, Sax.] A cup ; gene- 
 rally a cup made of metal, or lome 
 other matter than earth. 
 I hate it as an unnll'd am. SIhikffcnrc. 
 
 One tree, the cnco, afl'ordcth ftuff forhouling, 
 clothing, (hipping, meat, drink, and can. 
 
 Gkiu. 
 His empty rav, with ears half worn away. 
 Was hung on high, to boall the triumph of tlie 
 day. Dry.kri. 
 
 To Can. v. n. [l-onnen, Dutch. It is 
 fometimes, though rarely, ufed alone ; 
 ' but is in conftant ufe as an exprefllon 
 of the potential mood : as, I can do, 
 thou canjl do, I cou/'il do, thou couldr/l 
 do. It has no other terminations.] 
 I . To be able ; to have power. 
 
 In pl.Tcc there is licence to do good and evil, 
 whereof the latter is a curie: for,. in evil, the bell 
 cor.ditlon is not to will ; the fecond, not to can. 
 
 Pa^on. 
 
 O, there's the wonder! 
 
 Mecsnas and Agrip;ia, who cin moft 
 
 •With Cxfar, are his foes. D,yJi-i. 
 
 He am away with no company, whofe dif- 
 
 courfc goes beyond wV.at claret and diffolutencfs 
 
 ir.fpires. ' ■'-"*':■ 
 
 ■a. It txprclTes the potential mood; as, I 
 
 can do it. 
 
 If Oic •un make me blefl ! ihc only can: 
 Empire and wealth, and all Ihe brings befidc, 
 Arc but the trainand trap.ings of her love. Viy^i. 
 
 3. It is diftinguifhed from may, aspo-zvcr 
 ixom permjfion ; I can do it, it is in my 
 power ; I mtiy do it, it is allowed me : 
 but in poetry they are confounded. 
 
 4. C/."/ is ufed of the perfon with the verb 
 aciive, where »?/flv is ufed of the thing, 
 
 ' yi'wXx the verb pajfive ; as, I can do it, 
 
 it may or can be done. 
 CJNA'ILLE. n.f. [French.] The 
 lowed people ; the dregs ; the lees ; 
 ' the offscouriiig of the people : a French 
 term of reproach. 
 Cava'l. n.f. [ccwalis, Lat.] 
 i. A bafin of -water in a garden. 
 
 The walks aiid.long la/iali reply. Foji.\ 
 
 CAN 
 
 3. Any traft or courfe of water made by 
 
 art, as the canals in Holland. 
 3. [In anatomy.] A conduitor paffage 
 
 through which any of the juices of the 
 
 body flow. 
 Ca'nal-coaL. n.f. A fine kind of coal, 
 
 dug up in England. 
 Even oar canal-coii/ nca-.ly equals the foreign 
 
 ^.f ' troldwiiu/. 
 
 CanAli'culATED. aJJ- [f>'om canallcula- 
 tiis, Lat.] Channelled ; made like a 
 pipe or gutter. Did. 
 
 Cana'rv. n.f. [from the C;7n(7;-j' idands.] 
 
 1. Wine brought from the Canaries, now 
 
 called fack. 
 1 will to my honeft knight F.alflaff, anddrmk 
 
 cimry with him. 1 fmuk I (hall drink in pipe 
 
 wine'tirll with him; I'll make him dance. 
 
 ihitkhcare. 
 
 2. An old dance. 
 
 To Cana'ry. v. a. A cant word, which 
 feems to figiiify to dance ; to frolick. 
 Matter, will you win your love with a French 
 
 bvawl? How mcan'ft thuu, brawling in 
 
 ficnch? No, my compleat mailer; but to 
 
 iiggoft'atune at the tongue's end, canary to it 
 wJth your feet, humour it with turning up youi 
 eyelids. Shakfi'sa,,-. 
 
 Cana'ry bird. An excellent lingmg 
 bird, formerly bred in the Canaries, 
 F.nd nowhere elfe ; but now bred in ic- 
 veral parts of Europe, particularly Gei- 
 
 many. I 
 
 Of ringing birds, they have linnets, goldfinches, 
 
 ruddocks, cai}ary birds, blackbirds, thiullirs, and 
 
 divers other. carew. 
 
 To CA'NCEL. V. a. [ia;ire//er, Fr. from 
 
 canccUis noiare, to mark with crofs lines.] 
 
 1 . To crofs a writing. 
 
 2. To efface; to obliterate in general. 
 
 Now welcome night, though night fo long 
 exptited, 
 That long day's labour doth at laft defray. 
 And all my cares which cruel love coUcflcd 
 Has fumin'd in one, and ca«cf//i:.V for ave- Sp.nf. 
 
 Know then, I here forget all former griefs, 
 C<i«cf/ all grudge; repeal thee home again. Sli.df. 
 
 Thou, whom avenging pow'rs obey, 
 Cancel my debt, too great 10 pay, 
 Before the fad accounting day. R;Jcommon. 
 
 I pafs the bills, my lords, 
 Tor cancelling your debts. Swthcrne. 
 
 Ca'ncellatej). partlcil'. adj. [{ram can- 
 cel.'] Crofs-barrcd ; marked with lines 
 crofling each other. 
 
 The tail of the caftor is almoft bald, thoui;h 
 the beaft is veryhaiiy; and cancellated, witii 
 (omarefemblance to the fcaUs ijf filhcs. Greiu. 
 Cancella'tion.«./ [from canrf/.] Ac- 
 cording to Bnrtoltis, is an expunging 
 or wiping out of the contents of an in- 
 ftrument, by two lines drawn in the man- 
 ner of a crofs. ^yW'- 
 CA'NCER. n.f [cam-a; Lat.] 
 
 1. A crabfifh. 
 
 2. The fign of the fuminer folftice. 
 Wiicn now no moreth' alt; rnatc Twins arc fir'd, 
 
 And Ca-icer reddens with the I'olar blaie, 
 
 Shoit is the doubtful empire of the nrght. Thomf. 
 
 3. A virulent fwelling, or fore, not to be 
 
 cured. 
 
 Any of thefc three may degenerate info a 
 fchirrus, and thatfchirrus intoar'i'"V)-. /•///.■man. 
 
 As when a cancer on the body feeds. 
 And gradual dei'th from limb to limb proceeds ; 
 So does the chilnefs to each vital part 
 Snte.id bv degrees, and creeps into the heart. 
 
 Addijon. 
 
 CAN 
 
 To Ca'ncerate. v. n. [from cancer.^ 
 
 To grow cancerous ; to become a cancer. 
 
 But fti iking his fill upon the point of a nail in 
 
 the wall, his hand canceralcd, he fellinto a fever, 
 
 and foon after died on't. L'EjIrange. 
 
 Cakcera'tion. n.f. [from caticerale.] 
 A growing cancerous. 
 
 C.\'NCt.ROVs. aJJ. [from cancer.] Having 
 the virulence and qualities of a caijcer. 
 
 How they are to be treated when they arc 
 ftrumous, fchiirous, or cancerous, you may fee 
 in their proper places. If'^ifeman. 
 
 Ca'ncerol-sness. n.f. [from cancerous.] 
 The llate of being cancerous. 
 
 Can'crine. aJj. [from cancer.] Having 
 the qualities of a crab. 
 
 Ca'n DENT. <zr//. \_candens, 'L.^i.] Hot; in 
 the higheft degree of heat, next to fu- 
 fion. 
 
 If a wire be heated only at one -end, according 
 as that end is cooled upward or downward, it 
 refpeclively acquires a verticity, as we have de- 
 clared in wires totally catidettt. Broivn. 
 
 Ca'ndicant. adj. [candicans, Latin.] 
 Growing white ; vvhitiih. Uicl. 
 
 CA'NDID. adj. [candldiis, Lat.] 
 
 1. ^Vhite. This fenfe is very rare. 
 
 The box receives all black; but poui'd from 
 whence, 
 Thcftones came ctfWi^/./ forth, the hue of innocence. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 2. Free from malice ; not defirous to find 
 t faults ; fair ; open ; ingenuous. 
 
 The import of the difcturfe will, for the rhoft 
 part, if there be no deligned fallacy, fufticiently 
 lead candid and intelligent readers into the true 
 meaning of it. Locke. 
 
 A candid judge will rc.;ri each piece of wit 
 With the fame fpirit tliat its author writ. Pofe, 
 Ca'ndid.'s.te. n.f. [candidatus, Lat.] 
 
 1. A competitor; one that folicits, or 
 propofes himfelf for, fomething of ad- 
 vancement. 
 
 So many candidates there fiand for wit, 
 A place at court is fcarce fo hard to get. 
 
 .i4nony.ftaur. 
 
 One would befurprlfed to fee fomany r.in,!:- 
 dates for glory. Adi,f->n. 
 
 2. It has generally for before the thing 
 fought. 
 
 What could thus high ti y rafh ambition ralfe ? 
 Art tiiou, fond youth, a candidate for praife ? 
 
 •i'oft. 
 
 3. Sometimes of. 
 
 Thv firil-fruits of poefy were giv'n 
 To make thyfcif a welcome inmate there, 
 While yet a young probationer. 
 And candidate of hcav'n. l'>iyde«. 
 
 Ca'ndidly. adv. [from candid.] Fairly; 
 without trick ; without malice ; inge- 
 nuoufly. 
 
 \Vc have often rlcfucd they would desl candi.-lly 
 with us; for if the matter ftuck only there, we 
 would propofc that every man (htuld (wear, that 
 he is a member of the church of Ireland. S-.uiJt. 
 
 ■ Ca'ndibness. n.f. [ixom candid.] _ In-' 
 genuity; opennefs of temper ; puiityof 
 
 mind. 
 
 It picfently fees the guilt of a finful aflion ; 
 and, on the otlrer fide, oblerves the landidnep of 
 a man's very principles, and the finccrity of his 
 intentions. Scuth. 
 
 To Ctv'tiOiTy- V. a. [ciwdijico,!^;^^.] To 
 make white ; to whiten. Diff. 
 
 CA'NDLE. n.f. [candcla, Lat.] 
 I. A li.s^ht made of wax or tallow, fur- 
 rounding a wick of flax or cotton.
 
 CAN 
 
 ffcrt burns my r<ii.4'«ouf, ay, here it dlesi 
 Which, while it lallcd, gave king Henry li.^h:. 
 
 Slui'fptiirt. 
 We fee that wax can.f/ei Uft longer tlian t.iUow 
 caniUti, bccaufc wax is more firm and Lard. 
 
 SitiOn'i NiUural hijlory. 
 
 Take i. child, and felling a cjnjic hcforc iiim, 
 
 you (hall find his pupil to contract vcrj* mucn, 
 
 to exclude the light, with the brightnsfs whereof 
 
 ii would oth;twlic be dazzled. Ray. 
 
 2. Light, or luminal y. 
 
 By thefc blcls'ci cin.Uis oF the night, 
 Had you been there, I think you would have 
 
 bcgg"d 
 The ring ol me, to give the worthy doiJlor. Si.'t. 
 
 Ca'ndlebekrv tree, a fpecics of 
 
 fwcetiuUlonv. 
 Candlemo'loet;, n.f. [ijoxti eandli and 
 
 1. He that holds the candle. 
 
 2, He that remotely aflifts. 
 
 Let wantons, li^jht of heatt, 
 Tickle the fcjilclcfs rulhes with her heels ; 
 For I am proverb'd with a gmndfire phrafe, 
 To be a canJUholtierf and look on. Skakf^fare. 
 
 Ca'ndlelight. n.f. [from candle and 
 
 lisht.^ 
 
 1. The light of a candle. 
 
 In dai knefs camHelight may fer/e to guide 
 men's fteps, which to ufe in thcdjy, were mad- 
 nefs. thmiir. 
 
 Before the day was done, her work Ihc fped, 
 A4id never went by c<2KdUhght to Led. Vry.icn. 
 
 The bodnig owl 
 Steals from her private cell by nighr, 
 Ar;d flies about the candlelight. Su-;j'f. 
 
 Such as are adapted to meals, will indilFcrcntly 
 fcrvc for dinners or fuppers, only diilinguilhing 
 between daylight and cdndltlight. Sivijl. 
 
 2. The neceifary candles for itfe. 
 
 I (hall find him coals and candUlighi, 
 
 Mflineux fi Ijtrke. 
 
 Ca'n'Dlemas. n. f. [from candle and 
 ma/}.] The feall of the Purification of 
 the Blcfled Virgin, whicii was tormeily 
 celebrated with many lights in churches. 
 The harvell dinners are h.eld by every wealthy 
 man, or, as we term it, by every good liver, be- 
 tween Michaelmas and Car.Jkmas. 
 
 Care%v*i Suruty of J^'imtvall. 
 
 There is a general tradition i i moft parrs of 
 
 Europe, that infeneih the coldncfs of the fuc- 
 
 ceeding winter, upon Ihining of the fun upon 
 
 C.intilemitf day. BriiM;n\s Vulgar Err'jur^. 
 
 Come CanJlcmas nine years ago flie died. 
 And now lies bury'd by the yew-tree fide. Gay. 
 Ca'kdlestick. n.f. [from candle and 
 Jlici.] The inftrument that holds candles. 
 
 The horfcmen fit like fixed caiiMc/!:cks, 
 V/ith torch-ftaves in ilieir hands ; and their poor 
 
 jades 
 Lob down their Ijeads. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Thefe counrries were once chrillian, and mem- 
 bers of the church, and where the golden candlc- 
 Jlicki did tiand. Bucon. 
 
 I know a friend, who has converted the efiiiys 
 of a man of quality into a kind of fringe for his 
 cjndlefticks. Aii':f-,n. 
 
 Ca'ndlestuff. n.f. [from candh and 
 fluff'.'\ Any thing of which candles may 
 be made ; kitchcnftiifT; grcafe ; tallow. 
 ' By the help of oil, and wax, and other candle^ 
 /•'iff, the Himc may continue, and the wick nor 
 bum. Bacon. 
 
 Candlewa'ster. n.f. [from <:an,7/« and 
 
 'wajte.'] One that confumes candles; a 
 
 fpendthrift. 
 
 Patch grief with proveibs, make misfortune 
 
 drunk 
 
 With cariMcvJjfiers. ' Sh.ikfpiarr . 
 
 Ca'ndock. n.f. A weed that grows in 
 rivers. 
 
 CAN 
 
 tetlhe pond lie dry fij or twelve monlhi, both 
 to kill the Wit.r wcerls, as w;iter-'«lies, caiAicki, 
 reate, and lulrulhcs; and alfj, that as thefe die 
 for want of wuter, fa grafs may grow on the 
 pond's bcttoiii. U'Jun. 
 
 Ca'ndour. n.f. [candor, Lat.] Sweet- 
 nefs of temper ; purity of mind ; opcn- 
 nefs ; ingenuity ; kindnefs. 
 
 He IhouM have fo much of a natural candmr 
 and fwectnefs, mixed nitii all the improvement 
 of leainingf .y might convey knowledge with a 
 f itt of gentle infinitition. H^atis. 
 
 ToCa'ndy. v. a. [probably from rani/arf, 
 a word ufed in later times fotto •wh'Uen.'\ 
 
 1. To confcrve with fugar, in fuch a 
 manner as that the fugar lies in flakes, 
 or breaks into fpangles. 
 
 Should the poor be flatter'd ? 
 No, let the candy.! tongue lick ablurd pomp, 
 And crook the piegnant hinges of the knee. 
 Where thrift may iolluw fawning. Siiakjpean. 
 
 They have inTurky conicflions like tocamAV./ 
 confei-ics, made of fu^ar and lemons, or fugar 
 and citrons, or fugar and violets, and fomc other 
 flowers, and mixtui-e of amber. Bfic-jn, 
 
 With fdo./y'i/ plantanes, and the juicy pine. 
 On choiccft melons and fweet grapes they dine. 
 
 IValUr. 
 
 2. To form into congelations. 
 
 Will the cold brook, 
 ra/:.y;V^ with ice, cawdlc thy moiningtoaft. 
 To cure thy o'er-night's forfeit ? ShakJ^eare. 
 
 3. To incruft with congelations. 
 
 Since when thofe froHs that winter brings. 
 Which candy every green. 
 
 Renew us like the teeming fprings. 
 And we thus frelh are feen. JDrayi;?!. 
 
 To Ca'ndy. i>. n. To grow congealed. 
 C,\.'SD\- Lion's foot. Icatanance, L.at.] A 
 plant. Miller. 
 
 CANE. n.f. [eanna, Lat.] 
 
 1. A kind of ilrong reed, of which walk- 
 ingllaffs are made ; a walkingftafF. 
 
 Shall I to pleafe another wine fprung mind 
 Lole all mine own r God liath given me a niea- 
 
 fure 
 Short of his can. and bjdy : muft I find 
 A pain in that wiieteiii he finds a pleafure ? 
 
 Hcrict. 
 
 The king thruft the captain from him with bis 
 cane; whereupon he took his l-'ivc, and went 
 home. }Lin>cy. 
 
 If the poker be out of the way, or broken, 
 ftir the fire with your ni.Tfter's ciinc. Sitye. 
 
 2. The plant which yields the fugar. 
 
 Thii c.i'/(- or reed grows plentifully both in the 
 EaCi and Well Indies. Other reeds have their 
 fkin hard and diy, and their pulp void of juice ; 
 but the Ikin of rhe fugar cane is foft. It ufualiy 
 grows four or five feet high, and about half an 
 incli in diameter. Tne ftein or ftalk is divided 
 by knots a foot and a half apart. At the top 
 it puts forth long green tufted leaves, fiom the 
 middle of 'which arife the flower and the feed. 
 They ufualiy plant them in pieces cut a foot and 
 a half belovi- the top of the flower; and they are 
 ordinarily ripe in ten months, at which time they 
 are found quite full of a white fucculc-.t marrow, 
 whence is exprelii:d the liquor of which fugar is 
 made. Chamben. 
 
 And the fweet liquor on the cane bcftow. 
 From which prepar'd the lufciuus fugars flow. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 
 3. A lance; a dart made of cane : whence 
 the Spanifli inego de canims. 
 
 Abenamar, thy youth tlicfc fports has known, 
 Of which thy age is now fpc<£iator grown ; 
 Judge-like thou fiu'ft, to praife or' to arraign 
 The Hying fkiimilh of tiie darted cam. Dryden. 
 
 4. A reed. 
 
 Food may be afforded to bees, by fmall car:cs 
 or troji;hs conveyed into their hives, Marn'mo, 
 
 CAN 
 
 To Cane. v. a. [from the noun. 3 To 
 beat with a walitingftatF. 
 
 Canm'culaR. arli. [cjiiicularis, Lat.] 
 Belonging to the dogllar. 
 
 In regard to did'erenl fitirude*, unto fomc the 
 ca'iig.i'ar days arc in tne winter, as unto fuch a> 
 aie under the ejuinocti:il line; for unto tlt;.m the 
 dog (lar-arifcth, when the fun is about the tropick 
 of C.inccr, which (cafun unto them is winter. 
 
 Br'jiun'i Vulgar Err^/tiTl. 
 
 Can'i'n'E. etdf. [caniniis, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Having the properties of a dog. 
 
 A kino of women are made up ol canine par- 
 ticles : tlicl'e .lie (colds, who imitate the animals 
 out of which they were taken, ahv.iys bufy and 
 barking, and fnarl at every one that comes in 
 their way. j}dciijtn. 
 
 2. Canine hunger, in medicine, is an ap- 
 petite which cannot be fatisGed. 
 
 It may occafion an exorbitant appetite of ufual 
 things, which they will take in fuch quantities, 
 till they vomit tlicm up like dogs, from whence 
 it is Cilled ctniiie. ..'Iriuihnot, 
 
 Canister. ;;./. [caniflrum,'L,iX.'\ 
 I . A fmall balket. 
 
 White lilies in full canljlers ihey liring. 
 With all the glories of the purple Ipring. Drydcn. 
 
 z. A fmall veffel in which any thing, fuch 
 as tea or coffee, is laid up. 
 
 CA'NKtR. n.f. [cancer, Lat. It fcems 
 to have the fame meaning and original 
 with cancer, but to be accidentally writ- 
 ten with a /', when it denotes bad qua- 
 lities in a lefs degree ; or canl:er might 
 come flora chancre, Vr. zwA- cancer hova. 
 the Latin.] 
 
 1. A worm that preys upon and deftroy^ 
 fruits. 
 
 And loathfcl idlcnefs he doth dcteft. 
 The canker worm of every gentle brenft. Spenffc. 
 
 That which the locuft hath left, hath the car.kfr 
 worm eaten. ' f'^il. 
 
 Yet writers fay, as in the fwecreil bud 
 The eating canker dwells; fo eating iove 
 Inhabits in the fineft wits of all. Skakff.are. 
 
 Ahufinr, (hining, ilatrting, cringing cowa.d, 
 A canker worm ofpeace, was rais'd a"bove liim. 
 
 Ol'Way. 
 
 2. A fly that preys'upon fruits. 
 
 There be of flies, caterpillars, carktr flies, and 
 bear flies. kFalecn'i .ring.'cr. 
 
 3. Any thing that corrupts or confumes. 
 
 It is the ca/ikrr and ruin of many men's (.f- 
 taies, which, in piocefs of time, breeds a pub- 
 lick poverty. B.tic-r. 
 
 Sacrilege may prove an eating canker, and a. 
 confuming moth, in the eftate that we leave tiit ni. 
 
 yitlerl,: 'j. 
 
 No longer live the cankers of my court ; 
 All to your feveral ftjtes with fpeed refort ; 
 Wafte in wild riot what your land allows. 
 There ply the early feaft, and late caioufe. 
 
 4. A kind of wild vror{hlefs rofe ; the dog- 
 rofe. 
 
 To put down Ricliard, that fweet lovely rofe, 
 And plant this thorn, this canker, Bolingbroke. 
 
 S'jakff'fi;' ■. 
 
 Draw a cherry with the leaf, the (halt or a 
 Ilecple, a (ingle or canker rofe. J't.-u 'ir.m. 
 
 5. An eating or corroding humour. 
 
 I am not glad, that fuch a I'ore of time 
 Should fcek a plaifler by a conicmn'd revol^. 
 And heal th' inveterate canker of one wound 
 By making many. SAak(feai;c. 
 
 6. Corrofion ; virulence. 
 
 As with age his body uglier grows, 
 So his mind with cankers^ S':a'-.J \ire. 
 
 7. A difeafe in trees. Di^.'i. 
 To C.'v'nker. v. ". ffrora the notin.] 
 
 "9
 
 CAN 
 
 1. To grow corrupt ; implying fometliiiig 
 veneir.ous ami malignant. 
 
 That cunning aichitcil of Vu«/<'/'./ (juile, 
 V/hom pnncJS late difpleafuic kf'. iu bands, 
 For failed lettcis, and fubj'.iicd wile. Fmry Q 
 
 I will lift ttie down-tiod Mortimer 
 As liigli i' th' air as this untliankful king, 
 As this ingrate and cfihr'J Br)jingbroke. Sluk. 
 
 Or what the crois dire boking pianet finite, 
 Or hurtful worm witli cunko'.i venom bite. 
 
 Milian. 
 
 To forae new clime, or to thy n.itive (ky, 
 Oh friendlefs and forfaken virtue I fly : 
 The Indian air is deadly to thee grown ; 
 Deceit and canker' d malice rule thy throne. 
 
 D^ydtn. 
 
 Let envious jenloufy and canker' d fpite 
 Produce my adioiis to fevcrcft light. 
 And tax my open day or fecrct night. Trior. 
 
 2. To decay by feme ccrrolive or de- 
 ftruttive principle 
 
 Silvering will fully and canker more than gild- 
 ing ; which, if it might be corrected with a lit- 
 tle mixture of gold, will be profitable. Bacon, 
 
 To Canker, v. a. 
 
 1. To corrupt ; to corrode, 
 
 Reltore to God his due in tithe and time : 
 A tithe purloin'd cuiken the whole cftatf. 
 
 Haierf. 
 
 • 2. To infecl ; to pollute. 
 
 An honelt man will enjoy himfelf better in a 
 moderate fortune, that is g.iined with honour and 
 reputation, than in an overgrown ellate, that is 
 citnkered with the acquifitions of rapine and ex- 
 adion. Mdifin. 
 
 Ca'v K.EV. aiT. partkip. adj. [fvom canicr 
 and to.] Bitten with au envenomed 
 
 tooth. 
 
 Know, thy name is loft, 
 By treafon's tooth barcgnawn and cankerhit. 
 
 Snakfpeare. 
 
 .C.'i.'NNABi'NE. adj. \_cannab'mus, Lat.] 
 Hempen. Z)/V7. 
 
 Ca'nnibal. n.f. An anthropophagite ; a 
 maneater. 
 
 The c<iur:ii.th themfelves eat no man's flcfli of 
 thofe that die of themfelves, but of I'uch as are 
 ilain. Ji.tco':. 
 
 They were little better than cixvnihah, who do 
 hunt one another : and he thai hath mort fti cngth 
 and fwiftnefs, doth eat and devour all his 
 fellows. i3^-/.Vj on hiland. 
 
 It was my hint to fptak 
 Of the canniiu.'s that each other eat ; 
 The anthropophagi. Shidfpeare. 
 
 The captive rfl'in/W, oppreft with chains, 
 Yet braves his foos, reviics, provokes, difdains ; 
 •Of nature fierce, untameable, and proud, 
 He bids defiance to the gaping crowd ; 
 And fpent at laft, and Cptechlcfs, as he lies, 
 With ticry glances mocks their rage, and dies. 
 
 GritmiilU, 
 It an eleventh comm.indment had been given, 
 Thou (h.ilt nQ-t cat human fltlh ; would not thcle 
 canniliuli have ellecmed it more difficult than all 
 the ni\ ? _ Bentlev. 
 
 C.^'nnibally. adv. \^Tom eaim'ibal.] In 
 the manner of a cannibal. 
 
 Before Corioli, he fcotcht him and iiotcht him 
 like a corbonado. 
 
 Had he been c'annilia//y g'wicn, he might have 
 
 broiled and eaten him too. Shitkfpean. 
 
 Ca'nkipeks. n.f. [corrupted from cal- 
 liprrs ; which fee.] 
 
 The fquaie is taken by a pair of ca':n:fcr!, or 
 
 two rulers, clapped to the fide of a.tree, mcafur- 
 
 ing the diftaiice between them. Mortimer. 
 
 CA'NNON. n.f. \_caimon, Fr. from eanna, 
 
 Lat. a pipe, meaning a laige tube.] 
 
 1. A great gun for battery. 
 
 2. A gun larg r than can be managed by 
 the hand. They are of fo many lizes, 
 that they decreafe in tlie bore from a 
 
 CAN 
 
 ball of forty-eight poundii to a bait of 
 five ounces. 
 
 As cannoni oveixliarg'd wtlh double ctacks, 
 So they redoubled rtrokcs upon the foe. S'uii:fp. 
 He had left all the iannoti he had tuken ; and 
 now he fcnt all his great CiUinun to a ganifon. 
 
 Clarcfidon. 
 
 The making, or price, of thefe gunprjwdcr in- 
 
 flruracnr.'., is extremely expenfive, as may be ca- 
 
 Tiiy judged by the weight of their materials; a 
 
 whole cuj'.non weigb.ing commonly eight thonfand 
 
 pounds; a haM . anmn, five thoufnnd ; a culvcrin, 
 
 four thouland five hundied; a dcmi-culvcrin, 
 
 three thoufand ; which, whether it be in iron o'" 
 
 brafs, muft needs be very collly. IFilkiTn. 
 
 Cannon-ball, ^ n.f. [from cannon, 
 
 Cannon-uu LLET. > biiUt hullety and 
 
 Cannon-shot. } y2'&^] The balls 
 
 which are fiiot from great ^uns. 
 
 He reckons thofc for wounds tli.ilare made by 
 
 bullets, although it be a camion-JJtot. IVifctnai. 
 
 L(!t a canuot'hulli't pafs thr(.^ugh a room, it 
 
 murt ftrike fuccelTively the two (ides of the 
 
 room. L:ch. 
 
 To Cannon a'de, 1'. k. [from cannQn.'\ 
 
 To play the great guns; to batter or 
 
 attack with great guns. 
 
 Both armies cannoimdcd dXi tliecnfuing day. 
 
 TatUr. 
 
 T"© Cannona'de. n), a> To fire upon 
 
 with cannon. 
 Cannoni'er. n.f, [from cannonJ^ The 
 
 engineer that manages the cannon. 
 
 Give me the cups ; 
 And let the kettle to the trumpets fpeak, 
 Thu trumpets to tlic caymonier without, 
 The cannons to the heav*ns, tiie heav'ns to earth. 
 
 A third was a moft excellent canmniti ^ wliofc 
 
 good ikiil did much endamage the forces of the 
 
 king. Hayiuard. 
 
 Ca'nnot. a word compounded of can 
 
 and not : noting inability, 
 
 I cannot but believe many a child can tell 
 
 twenty, long before he has any idea of infiniry 
 
 at all. Locke. 
 
 Cano'a. 7 n.f, A boat made by cutting 
 
 Canoe', j the trunk of a tree into a 
 
 hollow vcfTtl. 
 
 Others made rafts of wood ; others devlfcd the 
 boat of one tree, called the dinoay which the 
 Gauls upon the Rhone ufed in alTiIting the tranf- 
 portarionof Hannibal's army. Raleigh. 
 
 In a war againft Semir.imis, they had four 
 thoufand monoxylj, or canoes of one piece of 
 timber. Jlrbuthmt on Coim. 
 
 C.VNON. n.f. [yJv^:.] 
 
 1 . A rule ; a law. 
 
 The truth is, they are rules and cbiot! of tliat 
 law, which is written in all men's hearts ; the 
 church had for ever, no Icfs than now, Ilood 
 bound to obfcrvc them, whether the .ipuHle had 
 mentioned them, or no. Hooker. 
 
 His booits are almoi> the very car.on to judge 
 both doftrine and difciplincby. Hvjkcr. 
 
 Religious eancta, civil laws, are cruel ; 
 Then wliat fhovild war be ? Sliakfpeare. 
 
 CU';-«! in logick arc fuch as thefe : every part 
 of a divifion, finely tanen, murt contain lefs than 
 the whole; and a dchnition mull be peculiar and 
 proper to the thing defined. H'atn. 
 
 2. The laws made by ecclefiaftical councils. 
 
 Cation law is that I.^.w which is mide and oi - 
 dained in a general council, or provincial fynod, 
 of the church. Ar'H^- 
 
 Thefe were looked on as lapfcd perfons, and 
 great feverities of penance were prcfcribcd them 
 by ihe citimni o( Ancrya. StiHingfieci. 
 
 3. The books of Holy Scripture; or the 
 great rule. 
 
 (7a'>on alfo denotes thofe books., of Scripture, 
 which are received as infpired and canonical, to 
 dillinguilhthcm from cither profane, apociyphal, 
 
 CAN 
 
 or dil'puted books. Thus we fay, that Genefii it 
 p.iit of the lacred :j«5i of the Scripture, Ayi:£t. 
 
 4. i\ dignitary in cathedral churches. 
 
 For deans and canonsj or prebends, of cathe- 
 dral churches, they were of great ufe in the 
 church ; tiiey were to be of counfel with tha 
 liiihop for his revenue, and for his govern nient, 
 in caufes ecclcfiaftical. Bii^'on. 
 
 Swift much admires the place and air, 
 And longs to be a '.anon there. 
 A canon .' that's a place too mean : 
 No, doiSor, yoti lh,dl be a dean ; 
 Two dozen canom round your Ifali, 
 And you the tyrant o'er them all. Siuift. 
 
 5. Canons Regular. Such as are placed iti 
 monafteries. ■^y^lff'- 
 
 6. Cations Secular. Lay canon.s, who have 
 been, as a mark of honour, admitted 
 into lome chapters. 
 
 7. [Among chirurgeons.] An inftriT- 
 ment ufed in fewiiig up wounds. DIff. 
 
 8. A large fort of printing letter, probably 
 fo called from being firll ufed in printing 
 a book of canons ; or perhaps from its 
 fize, and therefore properly written 
 cannon. 
 
 Ca NGN BIT. n.f. That part of the bit 
 
 let into the horfe's moiitli. 
 A goodly perfon, and could manage fair 
 
 His Itubhorn ifccd with cam^n bit. 
 
 Who under him did ti ample as the air. Spenfer. 
 Ca'noness. n.f. \_canonffa, low Lat.] 
 Theie are, in popifli countries, women they 
 
 call feculat catnn-JJci, living after the example of 
 
 fecular canons. .rlylife. 
 
 Cano'nic.^l. adj. [canonlcus, low Lat.] 
 
 1. According to the canon. 
 
 2. Conilitiitiug the canon. 
 
 Public readings there are of books and writ- 
 ings, not canoniculy whereby the church doth alfo 
 preach, or openly make known, the do^irinc of 
 virtuous convcrfation. Hieker, 
 
 No fuch book was found amongft thofe cano^ 
 nicat fcriptuies. R.dei^h. 
 
 3. Regular; ftated; fixed by ecclefiallical 
 laws. 
 
 Seven times in a Hay do I praife thee, faid 
 David : from this definite number fome ages of 
 the church took their pattern for their canonical 
 hours. Taylor. 
 
 4. Spiritual; ecclefiafiical; relating to the 
 church. 
 
 York anciently had a metropolitan jurifdiflion 
 over all the bilhopsof Scotland, from whom they 
 had their confecration, and to whom they fuore 
 canonical obedience. A\'life. 
 
 C.'INo'nically. adv. [from canonical.'\ 
 In a manner agreeable to the canon. 
 
 It is a known Itory of the friar, who, on a 
 farting daVj bid his capon be carp, and then \cry 
 canonictil'y cat it. Goi-ernntent of tlie Tongue. 
 
 Cano'nic.alness. n.f. li'iom canonical.^ 
 
 The quality of being canonical. 
 Ca'nonist. n.f. [from canon.] A man 
 verfed in the ecclefiallical laws ; a pro- 
 fefTor of the canon law. 
 
 John Filher, bilhop of Rochertcr, when the 
 king would have tranfl.ited him from that poor 
 hilhoprick, he refufcdy faying, he would not 
 forlake his poor little old wife ; thinking of the 
 fii'tecnth canon of the Nieene council, and that 
 or the canonijl^y Matjirnonium infer epijropnm &f 
 eclefiam e£e contra^umy c^c. Camden'i Kemainj, 
 
 Of whole rtrangc crimes no eanonijl can tell 
 In what commandment's large contents they 
 dwell. I'ope. 
 
 Canonization, n.f. [fiom canonize.l 
 The aft of declaring any man a faint. 
 
 It is very fufpicious, that the inrererts of par- 
 ticular families, or churches, have too great a 
 fway in canonizations. Adjijon,
 
 CAN, 
 
 To Ca'nonize. -y. a, [fiom cawji, to 
 pnt into the canon, or rule for oWcrvlng 
 feftivals.] To declare any man a faint. 
 Tlic king, dcfiroiis to Ircng into tlic hoiilc; of 
 J^ancaltcr ccleftial honour, became fuitor to pope 
 Julius, to <ai:i)nix.i king Henry vr. for a I'aint. 
 
 By thofe bymns nil (hall nrjirove . 
 
 XJs rjntniz^ii for love. D^nne. 
 
 They h;ivc a pope too, who hath the chief care 
 of religion, and of cuncii-x^ht^ whom he thinlti 
 fit, and thence have the honour of f.iints. 
 
 Slillingfcel. 
 Ca'nonry. '^ «./. [from caii-)n.~\ An 
 Canonshu*. j ecclefialiical benefice in 
 fome cathedral or collegiate church, 
 ■which has a prebend, or a liattd allow- 
 ance out of the revenues of fueli church, 
 commonly annexed to it. ■^y^il!'^- 
 
 C^'nopitd. adj. [^(lom canopy. '\ Covered 
 with a canopy. 
 
 I fat mc dow n to watch upon s hank, 
 With ivy cr.rijiy'd, and interwove 
 With ll;;anling honcyfiickle. M:f:c'i. 
 
 CA'NOl^V. n.f. [caiiofcum, low Lat.] 
 A covering of ftate over a throne or 
 bed ; a covering fpread over the head. 
 
 5iic is there hrou^ht unto a paled green. 
 And pl.iccf' u.:dcr a itately ranc^v^ 
 The warlike feats of both thofe knights to fee. 
 
 Fairy Querrr. 
 Now fpread the night her fpangkd ran^^^yj 
 And fu\iimon'd every reftlefs eye to ilccp. 
 
 fafrffiy. 
 Nor will the raging fcvcr*s fire abate 
 With golden ruropieif -ind betS of Itate. D>y.i"t. 
 To Ca'nopy. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 cover with a canopy. 
 
 The bircli, ttie myrtle, and the bay, 
 Like friends did all embrace ; 
 
 And their large IjKinchcs did difplay 
 Toc.j'iopy the place. Dry.k'i 
 
 Ca'nokous. {id;, [canonis, Lat.] Mu- 
 fical ; tuneful. 
 
 Birds that are inoft dnoro.vj, and whofe notc^ 
 we moft commend, arc of little throats, and 
 (hort. Bro-^Lni f/Jgar Krtauti. 
 
 CANT. n.f. [probably from caMus, Lat. 
 implying the odd tone cf voice ufed by 
 vagrants ; but imagined by iome to be 
 corrupted from quaint.] 
 
 1. A corrupt dialed uftd by beggars and 
 vagabonds. 
 
 2. A paiticular form of fpeaking, peculiar 
 to iome certain clafs or body of men. 
 
 I write not alw.iys in the propce terms of na- 
 vk;ation, land fcrvice, or in the cant of any pro- 
 fclTion. Drydcn. 
 
 l{ we would trace out the original of that fla- 
 grant and avowed impiety, wliic h has prevailed 
 among us for fome years, we fljould find, that it 
 owes its rife totha't r^^Yandl.ypocrify, which had 
 taken potT-fiion of the peopU-'* miiids in the 
 times of tiic gieat rebellion, yi.ii'.f-in' i Vr£ch.lJfr. 
 
 Alir 'Itigeis, witii mold piltry^jv/, and a few 
 pot-hooks for pl.iricrs, to amufe the vulvar, ha\c 
 loo hiirg been lufleied to ahufe the world. 
 
 SvJi/t'i VrcdiCIiomfor the Year 1 701 
 
 A few gencial rules, with a cerriin cant of 
 words, iias fometirrics fet up an illiterate heavy 
 writer tor a moll judicious and formidab'c cri- 
 tick.. ylddif^n^i Spc^jfor. 
 
 3. A whining pretenfion to goodnefs. In 
 formal and affcfted terins. 
 
 Of promitV prodigal, wl.ilc pow'r you want, 
 And p^c:;chin^; urthe fclf-dcnying ran:. Dr\dcn. 
 
 4. fiarbar' us jargon. 
 
 Tlic atfedation of fome late authors, ro intro- 
 duce and niulciplv dnt words, is the moll ruinous 
 coiTuptinn in .^ny tangviage. SiLiJt. 
 
 ' 5. AuAion. 
 Vox.. L 
 
 CAN 
 
 Kiimh;r< of tl'.efe tenants, or their dcfcendants, 
 arc now olTeriiig to fell their Icafcs by cant, even 
 thofe which were for lives. Sivijt. 
 
 To Cant. v.n. [from the noun.] ro 
 talk in the jargon of particular profef- 
 fions ; or in any kind of formal affcfted 
 language ; or with a peculiar and Itudied 
 tone of voice. 
 
 Men rdT/ about materia and/c'w.i ; hunt chi- 
 meras bv rules of art, or drefs up i^nor.nicc in 
 words of bulk or found, which may rtop up the 
 mouth of en<iuiry. Gtanvi/fe, 
 
 That uncouth affeiled garb of fpeech, or cant- 
 ing languigc r.ither, if I may fo call it, which 
 iV.ey h.ive of late taken up, is tlie fignal dif 
 tiniffion and ch..ia5lcrirtical note of that, which, 
 in that their new langu.igc, they call the godly 
 paity. Sa/iJc'f'yn. 
 
 The bufy, fubtilc fcrpentsof the law 
 D(\ firlV my mind from true obedience draw ; 
 W'liilv I dill limits to the king piifciilie, 
 And took for oracle that canting tribe. Kofcyn. 
 
 UnlkiU'd ill fchemes by planets to foridiow. 
 Like c.i'itin^ r.ilcals, how the wais will go. Vty.4. 
 CANT AT J. u.f. [Ital.] A fong. 
 Canta'tion. ti.f. [from canto, Lat.] 
 
 The afl of finging. 
 Ca'nter. n.f. [from cant,"] A term of 
 reproach for hypocrites, who talk for- 
 mally of religion, v/ithout obeying it. 
 
 CANTRRBriRY BELLS. See BeLF LO W li K. 
 
 Canterbury gallop. [In liorfeinan- 
 Hiip.] The hand gallop of an ambling 
 horfe, commonly called a canter ; faid 
 to be derived from the monks riding to 
 Cantetbury on eafy ambling horfcs. 
 
 CANTHA'RIDES. n.f. [Latin.] Spa- 
 nish flits, ufed to raife bliltcrs. 
 
 The flies, raniharide^, arc bred of a worm, or 
 caterpillar, but peculiar to ceitain fruit ti-ees ; as 
 aie the fig-tree, the pine-tree, and the wild brier; 
 all whi(fh bear fwect fruit, and fruit that hath a 
 kind of fecret biting or Iharpnefs : for the fig 
 hath a milk in it that is fweet and corrofive ; tlie 
 pine apple hath a kernel that is ftrong and ,ib- 
 Iterfive. ' Bana'i Nat.tial ijljiory. 
 
 CANTHUS. n.f [Latin.] The corner 
 of the eye. The internal is called the 
 greater, the external the lefler caiilhus. 
 
 ^tiftcy. 
 A gentlewoman was feijed with an inflamma- 
 tion and tumour in the great canthui, or angle of 
 her eye. U'ljtinan. 
 
 Ca'nticle. n.f. [from f(rn/a, Lat.] A 
 fong : ufed generally for a fong in fcrip- 
 ture. 
 
 This right of eflatc, in fome nations, is yet 
 more fignificantly exj>retTed by Mofes in his cu':- 
 tides, in tiic pcrfon of God to the J'ws. 
 
 Bacon s Ht/y IJ'ar. 
 
 Canti'livkrs. n.f. J'ieces of wood 
 framed into the front or other fides of 
 a houfe, to fuftain the mouldinjif and 
 eaves over it. Mo.xon's Mech. Exercijes. 
 Ca'ntion. n.f. [^catit'io, Lat.] Song; 
 verfts. Not now in ufe. 
 
 Ill the eighth eclogue the fame perfon was 
 
 brought in finging ^ cami^n'oi Collin's making. 
 
 Sp''nf. Kal. Gh. 
 
 CA'NTLE. n.f. [^c/./, Dutch, a corner ; 
 
 effhantilloiiy Fr. a piece.] A piece with 
 
 corners. Skhiiicr. 
 
 Sec how this river comes, me crankling in. 
 And cuts ir.e from the bell of all my land 
 A hu^e half moon, a monrtrous ft/w/Zf '.ur. Siiak. 
 To Ca'ntle. 1). «. [Trom the noun.'J To 
 cut in pieces. 
 
 For foil, times talking, if ore piece thou take, 
 That rauftlic cantleJ, and the judge go fnack 
 
 Drydcn's Juvenal. 
 
 CAN 
 
 Ca'ntlet. n.f. [from £-fl«/iV.] Apiece; 
 
 a fragment. 
 Nor (hicld nor armour can their force opoofc; 
 
 Huge canil,t< cf his buckler ftrew tl c ground, 
 
 And no defence in his bor'd arms is lound. Dry!. 
 CANTO, n.f. [hal.] A book ot fedion, 
 
 of a poem. 
 Wl.y, what would you tio 
 
 — Make a willow cahbin .-rr your grtc, 
 
 And call upon iny foul wiihin the houfe; 
 
 Write loyal caniai of contemned love. Shakffi 
 CA'NTON. n.f. 
 
 1. A fmall parcel or divifion of land. 
 
 Orily that little canton of land, called the 
 Enf;li(h pale, containing four finall Ihiies, did 
 niauitain a bordering war with the Iiilh, and re- 
 tain the form of Enghlh government. Daviet. 
 
 2, A fmall community, or clan. 
 
 The fame is the cafe of rovers by land; fuch, 
 as yet, are fume eanlcni in Auabia, and fofno 
 petty kings of the mountains adjacent to flraits 
 and ways. Bacon's Holy IVaJ . 
 
 To Ca'nton-. I'.n. [from the noun.] To 
 divide into little part;. 
 
 Families Ihall quit all lubjeftion to .l.im, and 
 cantun his tmpire iuto lets governments for tln-in- 
 felve.s. . /■"f^':- 
 
 It would aertainly be for the goodof maiikinti, 
 to have all the mighty empires and monarchies 
 of the world cantoned out into petty Itates and 
 principalities. MdiJ:-t on Italy. 
 
 The late king of Spain, reckoning it an in- 
 dignity to have his territories caatonrd out inlo-- 
 parcels by otlier princes, during his own life, and 
 without his cunfent, r.ithcr chofe to bcqucith the 
 nionarthy entire to a voungcr fon of France. 
 
 ' ■ . S-.vif!. 
 
 They eanlt,n out to themfelves a little province 
 
 in the iiilellcaual world, where they f.iiiev the 
 
 light Ihiiies, and all the refl is in daikiiefs. IVat!^. 
 
 To Ca'>itonize. v. a. [from canton.'^ 
 
 To parcel out into fmall diviilous. 
 
 Thus was all Ireland cant'.nixeJ ani.mg ten 
 perfons of the Eiighfll nation. Jjalies w Inland. 
 The whole foiell was in a m-.inncr canto>ii~id 
 amongd a very few in number, of wliom fome 
 had regal rights. JIo-vl. 
 
 Ca'ntueu. n.f. The fame in Wales as a 
 hun/heei \a England. Yor rantrs, in the 
 Britifh language, fignifieth a hundred. 
 
 C'j-ve'l,. 
 
 The king regrants to him all that provinre,.ic- 
 
 ferving'oniy thii city of Dublin, and the cantreds 
 
 next adjoining, with the nnririmc towns. Vai'ie:. 
 
 CA'NVASS. n.f. [canivas, Fr. cannabis, 
 
 Lat. hemp.] 
 
 1. A kind of linen clolh woven for feve- 
 ral ufes, as fails, painting cloths, tents. 
 
 The maftcr commanded fortliwith to fet on all 
 the canvafs tlicy could, and fly homeward. 
 
 iidnty. 
 And eke the pens, that did his pinions bind, 
 Were like main yards with flying (flnt'fl/- lin'd. 
 
 Slcnf.r. 
 Their camuifs caftlcs up they quickly rear, 
 And build a city in an hour's fpace. Fairfax. 
 ^Vilere'er thy navy fpreads her ean'jaf. wings, 
 Homage to thee, and peace toa'l, flic brings. 
 
 IVaHer. 
 With fuch kind p'iflion halles the prince to 
 fight, 
 And fpieads his flying ranvrf to the found ; , 
 Him whom no danger, were he there, could 
 fiight, 
 Now abfcnr, every little noife can wound. P>\d, 
 
 Tiiou, Kneller, long with noble piidc, 
 Tfeforcmoft of thy art, haft vied 
 With nature in a generous flrife, 
 And touch'd the canzafi into life. ./Iddifei. 
 
 2. The acl of fifting voices, or f tying 
 them previoufiy to the decifive acl of 
 voting, [[vma cativ.'ifs, as it C^nilies a 
 fievt.] 
 
 2 L
 
 CAP 
 
 Then be thar can pick cards, ancWct cannot phy 
 
 •well : fo thcic aic finic tl at aregood in cam ■"7/" 
 
 and f.iaiunf,that arc otherwi.re weak mcn._ B^icon. 
 
 To Ca'nvass. v. a. [Skinner derives it 
 
 from ainnabajer, Fr. to beat hemp ; 
 
 which being a very laborious enrpioy- 
 
 ment, it is ufed to fignify, to fcarch 
 
 diligently into.] 
 
 I. To fift; to examine, [irom canvafs, a 
 
 ftraiiiing cloth.] 
 
 I have made careful fcarch on all liands, and 
 eainvUid the matter with all polfible dirgence. 
 
 H:>s.-iw.!nl. 
 
 a. To debate ; to difctifs. 
 
 The curs difcovcrcd a law hide in the bottom 
 of a river, and laid their heads together how to 
 come at it : they camxijfcd the matter one way 
 and t'other, and concluded, that the way to get 
 it, was to diink tncir way to it. VVJur.ngc. 
 To Ca'nvass. v. n. To folicit ; to try 
 votes previouQy to the decifive aft. 
 
 Elizabeth being to icfohe upon an oflicer, and 
 being, by fomc tliat cMvaffcd for others, put in 
 foinc doubt of that perfon Ihe meant to advance, 
 fjid, Ihe was like one with a lanthorn leaking a 
 nwn. . ^''«"- 
 
 This crime of canvajpng, or foliciung, lor 
 cliuich preferment, is^ bv the canon law, railed 
 fimoiry. Jynjc' i Parcgon. 
 
 Ca'nv. adj. [from cane] 
 
 1. Full of canes. 
 
 2. Conlillingijf canes. 
 
 But nr his way lights on the barren plains 
 Of Scricana, where Chinefes drive, 
 With fails and wind, their cany waggons light. 
 
 . Ah'/lon. 
 
 C."i'n7.onet. n./. [canzonetta, Ital.] A 
 
 little fong. 
 
 Vccchi was mod pleafing of all others, for his 
 conceit and variety, as well his madrigaU, as 
 
 CAP. ri. f. lcap,VJM\; CKppe, Sax. 
 caj>/>e, Germ, cajfe, Fr. cafipa, Ital. 
 (apa. Span, iappc, Dan. and Dutth ; 
 capul, a head, Latin.] 
 1. The garment that covers the head. 
 Here is the cjp your worlhip did bcfpeak. — 
 Why, tliis was moulded on a porringer, 
 A velvet riilh. Sludff. Tamiug cf Ike Shew. 
 
 I ha;c ever held my cip off to thy fortune.— 
 —Thou haft ferv'd me with much faith, i'/wt. 
 
 Firfl, lolling (loth in wollen r<!/i, 
 Taking her after-dinner nap. Sriv//. 
 
 The cap, the whip, the mafculine attire, 
 For which they roughen to the fenfe. Ttiomfin. 
 J. The enlign of the cardiiialate. 
 
 Henry Ihe Fifth did fometimes prophefy, 
 If once he came to be a cardinal. 
 He'd make his cji> coequal with tiic crown. 
 
 Shakrpcare's Bemy VI. 
 
 a, Thetopmoft; thehightit. 
 
 ■' Thou att the cap of all uie fools alive. Shahf. 
 4. A reverence made by uncovering the 
 
 head. 
 
 They more an4 lefs came io with cap and knee. 
 Met 'rim in boroughs-, cities, villages. Shakfp. 
 
 Should the want of a cap or a cringe fj mor- 
 tally difcompofe him, as wc find afterwards 
 it did. , VEjir^mgc. 
 
 X, A vefTcl made like a cap. 
 
 Itisubfcrved, thatabarrelor c<'/>, whofc ca- 
 vity will contain eight cubical feet of air, will 
 nut fervea divci above a quarter of an hour. 
 
 il nkirti. 
 
 6. Cap of a gnat gun. A piece of lead 
 laid over the touch-hole, to preferve 
 the prime. 
 
 7. Cap of maintenance. One of the rega- 
 lia carried before the king at the coro- 
 nation. 
 
 ToCav. v. a, [ftoKi the noun.] 
 
 CAP 
 
 1 . To cover on the top. 
 
 The bones next the joint are cafpfd with a 
 fniooth canila»i.ious fubltance, ferving both to 
 fl length and motion. Dalum. 
 
 2. To deprive of the cap. 
 
 If one, by another occafion, take any thing 
 
 from another, as boys foiivtimes ufe to cap one 
 
 another, the fame is tttaight felony. , , , 
 
 Sperifer on Ireland. 
 
 3. To cap verfes. To name alternately 
 verfts beginning with a particulai" letter ; 
 to name in oppolkion or emulation ; to 
 name alternately in conteft. 
 
 Where Henrierfon, and th' other matTcs, 
 Were font to cap tf xts, and put cafes, thcdibrai. 
 
 Suie it is a pitiful pretence to ingenuity that 
 can be thus kept up, there being little need ol 
 any other facuitv but memory, to be able to cap 
 texts. Ci.virnmint of the Fonguc. 
 
 There is an author of ours, whom I would de- 
 fire him to read, before he ventures at capping 
 char.-iaers. Atterbury^ 
 
 Cap a pi. \ [cap a fii, Fr.] From head 
 Cap a pie. \ to foot; all over. 
 
 A figure like your father,^ 
 Arm'd at all points cxaftly, cap a pe. 
 Appears before them, and, with folcmn march, 
 Goes (low and (lately by them. i'';.# linmlit. 
 There for the two contending knights hefent; 
 Aim'd cap a pa, with rcv'icnce low tiicy bent, 
 
 Vtyden. 
 
 A woodloufc. 
 That folds up itfclf in itfelf for a houfc. 
 As rifund as a ball, without head, without tail, 
 Inclos'd cap a pi in a ftrong ceiat of mail. Sw:Jt. 
 Cap-paper. A fort of coarfe brownilh 
 paper. So called from being formed 
 into a kind of cap to hold commodities. 
 Having, for trial fake, filtered it througli cap- 
 paper, there remained in the filtrc a powder. 
 '^ '^ ' B:yle. 
 
 Capabi'lity. n.f. [from c-s/ai/f.] Ca- 
 pacity ; the quality of being capable. 
 
 Sure he that made us with fuch large elifcourfe, 
 Looking before and after, gave us not 
 That capatii.'ly and godlike reafou 
 To ruft in us unus'd. Shahjpeaie. 
 
 CA'PABLE. adj. [capa/'le, Fr.] 
 
 1. Sufficient to contain; fufficiently capa- 
 cious. 
 
 When we confider fo much of that fpace, as 
 is equal to, or capable to receive a body of any 
 afTigned dimcnfions. Lccke. 
 
 2. Endued with powers equal to any par- 
 ticular thing. 
 
 To fay, that the more capable, or the better de- 
 fervcr, h'arh fuch right to govern, as he may com- 
 pulforily bring under the Icfs woivhy, is idle. 
 '^ B.icwi. 
 
 Wi.rn you hear any perfon give his judgment, 
 coniidcr with yourfclf whether he- be a capable 
 , judge. s »""'■ 
 
 3. Intelligent; able to undenland. 
 
 Look you, how pale he glares : 
 His form and caufe coiijoin'd, preaching to lloiies, 
 Would make them capable'. Slia.kfp. Handel. 
 
 4. Intelkaually capacious; able to receive. 
 
 I am much bound to God, that he haih cndu- 
 cd'you with one capable of the bell inftriiaions. 
 
 D.-^by. 
 
 5. Sufceptible. 
 
 The foul, immortal ful)(l:uice, to remain 
 Confcious of joy, and lapab.'e of pain. Prior. 
 
 6. Qiialified for; without any natural im- 
 pediment. 
 
 There is no man that believes the goodnefs 
 of God, but muft be inclined to thin-k, that he 
 hath made fomc things for as long a duration as 
 tilcy are capable of. Tilktjon. 
 
 7. Qualified for ; without legal iinpedi- 
 meut. » 
 
 CAP 
 
 Of my land, 
 Loyal and natural boy! I'll work the means 
 To make thtQ capable. Sliaf.Jpcare's King Lear, 
 
 8. It has the particle 0/ before a noun. 
 
 What fccret fpiings their eager pafTions move, 
 How capable of death lor injurM love ! Oryden. 
 
 9. Hollow. This fer.fe is not now iu ul'e. 
 
 Lean but upon a rulh, 
 The cicatrice, and capable iniprcffure. 
 Thy palm fome moments keeps. Shaifpeart. 
 
 Ca'paBleness. n. /. [fiom capahk-l 
 The quality or ftate of being capable ;^ 
 knowledge ; underftanding ; power of 
 mind. 
 CAPA'CIOUS. adj. [capax, Lat.] 
 
 1. Wide; large; able to hold much. 
 
 Beneath th' inceCfaiit weeping of thofe drains 
 I fee the rocky fiphons ftretch'd immenfc, 
 The mighty rcfcivoirs of harden'd chalk 
 Or ftiff compared clay, capacions found. 
 
 Tfioinfjn^i Autumn. 
 
 2. Extenfive ; equal to much knowledge, 
 or great defign. 
 
 Tbere arc fome perfons of. a gaod genius, 3ni 
 
 3 capack-ji mind, who write and fpeak very ob- 
 
 - fcurely. f"'".: 
 
 Capa'ctousness. ;;/ [hom capacious.} 
 
 The power of holding or receiving ; 
 
 largeiitfs. 
 
 A concave meafure, of known and denomi- 
 nate capacity, ferves to meafure the capachuf- 
 nej's of any other velTcl. In like manner, to a 
 given weight the weight of all other bodies may 
 be reduced, and fo found out. HolJir 
 
 To Capa'citate. -v. a. [from capacity.] 
 To make capable ; to enable ; to qualify. 
 By thisinftruaion we may be cnpacitatedtoob- 
 fcrve thofe crrours. Dryden. 
 
 Thefe fort of men were fycophants only, anci 
 were endued with arts of life,. to capacilaie them 
 fe.r the converfation of the rich and great. Taller. 
 Capa'city. n.f. [cipacite, Fr.] _ _ 
 
 1. The power of holding or containing 
 
 any thing. 
 
 Had our palace the capacity 
 To camp this hort, we would all (up together. 
 
 Shakfpiare, 
 Notwithflanding thy rei/zir/rv 
 Rcceivcth as the fea, nought enters there, 
 Of what validity and pitch foe'er, 
 But falls into abattn-vent and low price. Sh.ikf. 
 For they that rao(l and gieateft things erahiacc, 
 Enlarge thercbv their mind's capacity. 
 As fl.e.ims eniari'd, cnlu.ge the channel's fpace. 
 
 Daviei, 
 
 Space, confidevcd in length, breadth, and 
 
 thicknels, Iihink, may be c.iUed capacity. Locke. 
 
 2. Room ; fpace. 
 
 There remained, in the capacity of the ex- 
 ha.illed cyliiuler, ftoie of little rooms, or fpaces, 
 empty or devoid of .dr. _ BoyU. 
 
 3. The force or power of the mind. 
 
 No iiilclleflual creature is able, by capacity, to 
 do that which nature duth without ca/'ac'O'^"'* 
 knowledge. . '^"^f ■ 
 
 In fpiiitual natures, fo much as rttcrc is of de- 
 file, fo much there is alfo of ca/)ari/v to receive. 
 I do not lay, theie is always a capacity to receive 
 the verv thing thty defire, for tl.iit may be im- 
 
 polTible.' ,.„'^°^"'- 
 
 An heroic poem rcqtnres the accomphnimcnt 
 of fome cxtraoidinary undertaking; which re- 
 quires the duty of a foldier, and tiw capacity and 
 prueleiice of a general. Drydtn'i Juv. Dedication. 
 
 4. Power; ability. 
 
 Since the world's wide frame does not include 
 A caufe with fuch capacitia endued, 
 Some other caufe o'er nature muft prcrulc. 
 
 Jitachmrt. 
 
 e. State ; condition ; cjiar.^fler. 
 
 A miraculous revohitiun, reducing many from 
 the head of a triumphant icbellion to thfir old 
 condition of mafous, fmiths, and caipeiitcis i.
 
 CAP 
 
 t",:it, in tMs ruf.icity, they mij'nt rtpnir what, 
 .It colonels and eapiains, they had ruined 
 and defaced. Soufi. 
 
 You delirc my thoughts as a fiicnd, .lad not as 
 a member of parliament ; they .ire the fame in 
 hprh rapacitiri. Sic:j'i. 
 
 C.APA'RISON. n-f. [capnrazoH, a grtat 
 cloak. Span.] A horlt-clotli, or a 
 fort of cover for a liorfe, which is fprcaJ 
 over hi.^ furniture. Farrier' i Did. 
 
 Tilting fjrniturc, emblaion'd fhicUh, 
 TmpieiTcs quaint, ciipanfr^n*, ami iUed,^, 
 Bafes, and tinfel trappings, gorgeous knights, 
 At joult and tournament. Ptii,u/i/c LiJI. 
 
 Some wore n hrcailpiarc, and a light juppon ; 
 Tiicir horfcs elo.icU'd '.i-ith rich i-afntrifoit. jPtyilfn. 
 
 To C.\p.^RisoN. %•. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To drefs in caparifons. 
 
 The ftecds .-■i;>ar(yo>i"</ with purple ftand, 
 Witii golden trajipings, glorious to behold, 
 And cliamp betwixt their trceth the foarainggold. 
 
 Drycicn. 
 
 2 . To drefs pompoufly : in a ludicrous 
 
 fenfe. 
 
 Don't you think, though I .im cap.ir^fcn'dWk!^ 
 a man, I have a doublet and hofe m my difpo- 
 fjtion ? Sfuikfpcute-i ^j \-:u Hue it. 
 
 Cai'E. n.f. [cape, Fr.] 
 
 1 . Headland ; promontory. 
 
 What from the c.tpc can you difcem at fea ? — 
 — Nothing at all ; it is a high wrought flo<3d. 
 
 Slutkffeare'i Othilk. 
 The parting fun. 
 Beyond the earth's green c j/>f and verdant iflcs, 
 llffpcrcan fcts; my fignal ro depart. MiUcn. 
 Tlic Romans made war upon the Tarentines, 
 and obliged them by treaty not to fail beyond the 
 Ciip'. j^rbuthnct. 
 
 2 . The neck-piece of a cloak. 
 
 He was clothed in a robe of fine black cloth, 
 with wicie flccvcs and c^tpf. Bitcon. 
 
 C.^TER. n.f. [from caper, Latin, a goat.] 
 A leap ; a jump ; a flcip. 
 
 Wcy that are true lovers, run into ftrange 
 Cftpi'ii hut as all is mortal in nature, fo is ail 
 nature in love mortal in folly. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Flimnap, the trcafurcr, is .illowed to cut a 
 
 r«/rr, on the (tiait rope, at le.ift an inch higher 
 
 than any other lord in the whole empire. Sivift. 
 
 Ca'pf.r. n.f. [capparis, Lat.] An acid 
 
 pickle. See Caper Bush. 
 
 We invent new fauces and pickles, whicli 
 rcfemble the animal ferment in tafte and virtue, 
 as uMngoes, olives, and ctjprrt. FJoyer. 
 
 Caper Bi-sh. n./. [capparij, Lat.] 
 
 The fruit is ficlhy, and thaped like a pear. 
 Thisplant grows in the foirth of France, in Spain, 
 and in Italy, upon old walh and buildings; and 
 the buds of the Howers, before they arc open, are 
 pickled for eating. MiHer. 
 
 To Caper. t>. n. [from the noon. J 
 
 1. To dance frolickfomely. 
 
 The truth is, I am only old in judgment; and 
 he that will captr with me for a thoufand marks, 
 let him lend me the money, and ha.vc at him. 
 
 S/uikfpstirc'i Henry iv. 
 
 2. To fljip for merriment. 
 
 Our mafter 
 C.jp*rinir to eye her. Shakfpeare*s Tftnpffl. 
 
 His nimble hand's ir.ftinft then taught each 
 firing 
 A r.i^'r;ft|jchcerfulnefs, and made them ling 
 To their own dance. Crajlta'.u. 
 
 The family tript it about, and r/Tpcrcf/likehail- 
 rtoncs bounding from a marble floor. Arhuthn'it. 
 
 •5. To dance : fpckcn in contempt. 
 
 The ftagc would need no force, nor fong, nor 
 dar.ce, 
 Nor caprring monficurfrom aiftive France. R'.'cc. 
 Ca'perer. n./. [from caper.] A dancer : 
 in contempt. 
 
 Tlie tumhiei's gambols fome dclightafford ; 
 Nj Icfs the nimble capartr on the' cold : 
 
 CAP 
 
 B'.it ihcfc aie ftili infipid iljifio thee, 
 
 Coop'd in a (hip, and tofs'd upon the fea. T^'yd. 
 
 CAPIAS, n.f. [Lat. J A writ of two 
 forts: One beforo judgment, called ^J- 
 piiis ad refpomlenditm, in an aftlon per- 
 fonal, if the fherilf, upon the lirll writ 
 of dillrcfs, relurn that lie has no cffecT,-, 
 in his jurifdiclion. The other is a writ 
 of execution after jnd;jtnent. Come//. 
 
 Capilla'ceous. adj. The fame with 
 capi/lary. 
 
 CapillaMF.nt. n. f. [capi/lameiitiim, 
 L.at.] Thofc fniall threads or liaiis 
 which grow up in the middle of a 
 flower, and adorned with little kn'.jbs 
 at the top, arc called capil/ar,n-nts. Quuuy. 
 
 Ca'pillary. ai//. [from cupiZ/us, hair, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Rtfcmbling hairs i fmall ; minute : ap- 
 plied to plants. 
 
 Cipilhtry ox ciifi'l^ctoui plants, are fuchas have 
 no main flalk or ftcm, but grow to the ground, as 
 haiis on the head; and which bctr their feeds in 
 little tufts or protuberances on the batklide of 
 their Ic.ives. Qltimy. 
 
 Our common hyff.ip is not the lead of vege- 
 tables, nor obferved to grow upon walls ; but 
 rather, fome kind of capiliariei, which are very 
 fmall plants, arid only giow upon walls and ftony 
 places. Bro'iun's Vulgar Errourt. 
 
 2. Applied to veffels of the body : fmall; 
 as the ramifications of the arterfes. 
 
 ^lincy. 
 
 Ten cip.-'.'nry arteries in fome parts of the botiy, 
 
 as in the brain, are not equal to one hair; and 
 
 the fmallell lyniphatick seffels are an hundred 
 
 times fmaller than the fmallcft c.tpil'ary artery. 
 
 ArhtitliirA <irl Aliryient^. 
 
 Capilla'tion. n.f. [from capillus, Lat.] 
 A veflel like a hair ; a fmall ramifica- 
 tion of veflVls. Not ufed. 
 
 Nor is the humour contained in fmaller veins, 
 or olilcurcr capi.Tijtrjtti, but in a veficle. Br->iun. 
 
 CATLrAL. adj. [capita/is, Lat.] 
 
 I. Relating to the head. 
 
 Needs niurt the ferpent now his c^/.-V.i/ hruife 
 Expefl with niurtal p.iin. Paraii-fc Ltfi. 
 
 2: Criminal in the highcft degree, fo as to 
 touch life. 
 
 Edmund, I arreft thee 
 On caf!t.i! treafon. Shatfprarc' 1 Kirfr Lear. 
 
 • Several cafes defcive greater puniflimtnr than 
 many wimes that are capit.i/ among us. Siiijf. 
 
 3. That aifeas life. 
 
 In <i?/M/ caufes, wherein but one man's life is 
 in (iucft'ion,tlie evidence ought to be clear; much 
 more in a judgment upon a war, which is ritpit.ii 
 to thrulands. E.ic^n. 
 
 4. Chief r principal. 
 
 I will, out (if that infinite ntimiicv, reckon but 
 fome that arc mqft c<ip:t<i,', and commonly occur- 
 rent both in the life and conditions of private 
 . men. Spn;fer on Ireland. 
 
 As to fwerve in the leaft points, is crrour; fo 
 the ciipiial enemies, thereof God hatcth, as his 
 deadly foes, aliens, and, without repentantf, 
 children of i-nrilcfs perdition. llickcr. 
 
 They do, in themlelves, tend to confirm the 
 tnilh of a < ../.// <j/ article in ielig:on. .niUituiy. 
 . Chief; metropolitan. 
 
 This had been 
 Pcrh.aps thy capital feat, from whence had fpread 
 All generations; and had iiillxr come, 
 Fiom all the ends of ih' eaith, to celebrate 
 And rtvciencc thee, their great ptogen.tor. 
 
 FaraMfc /,»/. 
 
 . Applied to letters : large ; fuch as are 
 written at the beginnings or heads of 
 books. V 
 Our molt cuif.dciallc aifti.as. are always 
 
 CAP 
 
 prefcnt, like c,tj«ia! letters to an aged and dim 
 
 eye, TayUr't ii^ly /Jving. 
 
 The firft is written in eapiml letters, without 
 
 chaptersor verfes. Grew'i C'^p^'Jogia Sa^rj. 
 
 7. Capita/ flock. The principal or origi- 
 nal ftock of a trader or company. - 
 
 Ca'i'ital. n.f. [from the adjcftiye.] 
 
 1 . The upper part of a pillar. 
 
 Vou fee the solute of the lonick, the foli.!g<» 
 
 of the Corinthian, and the uovali of the Daiick, 
 
 mixed without any regularity on the fame capital. 
 
 A.idiJ:'! in li.ily. 
 
 2. The chief city of a nation or UiiigJom. 
 Ca'pit.vlly. adiK [from ca/j/a/. ] In a 
 
 capital manner. 
 Capita'tion. n. /. [from caput, the 
 head, Lat.] Numeration by heads. 
 
 He fuffcrcd for not petfoiming the command- 
 ment of God concerning cripitaiitn \ that, when 
 the people were numbered, for every head they 
 (houUl pav unto God a ftrekel. Sroivii. 
 
 CATITE. n.f. [from caput, capitis, Lat.] 
 A tcntire which holdeth immediately of 
 the king, as of his crown, be it by 
 knight's fervice or focage, and not as 
 of any honour, caltle, or manour ; and 
 therefore it is otherwile called a tenure, 
 that holdeth merely of the king ; b:- 
 caufe, as the crown is a corporation and 
 feigniory in grofs, as the common law- 
 yers term it, fo the king that pofliiTcth 
 the crown is, in account of law, perpe- 
 tually king, and never in his raincrity, 
 nor ever dieth. Coizvell. 
 
 Capi'tular. n.f. [from capitulttm, Lat. 
 an ecclefiaftical chapter. ] 
 
 1. The body of the ilatutes of a chapter. 
 
 That this practice continued to the time of 
 Charlemain, appears by a conftitution inhisi^apZ- 
 ra/rtr. Tiiylor. 
 
 2. A member of a chapter. 
 
 Cinunifls do agree, that the chapter makes de- 
 crees and Itatutes, which (hall bind the chapter 
 itfelf, and all its members or capitulars. AyUffe. 
 
 To CAPITULATE, v. n. [from capitu- 
 lutn, 1-at.] 
 
 [ . To draw up any thing in heads or ar- 
 ticles. 
 
 Percy, Northumberland, 
 The arehbifhop of York, Douglas, and Mortimer, 
 C<i/:.*;./j.'if againft us, and arc up. SkaKfpctit e.. 
 
 2. 'I'o yield, or furrender up, on certain 
 ftipulations. 
 
 ■The king look it for a great indigrutj-, that 
 
 thieves lliould olfcr to capituinte with him as 
 
 enemies. * " Hayward. 
 
 Iflill purfued, and .ahout two o'clock lUs 
 
 aricrnooii (he thought fit to c.tpituliite. Spr^ator. 
 
 Capitula'tion. n.f. [from capiltdute.'] 
 Stipulation ; terms ; conditions. 
 It was not a complete conquclt, but mther .1 
 
 , - dcdition upon terms and capitulations, agreed 
 between the conqueror and the conque ed ; 
 wiicrein, ufually, the yielding party fccuied ro 
 thenifelies their law and leligion. llalc, 
 
 Capi'vi trf-e. n.f. [^copaiba, Lat.] 
 
 " This tree grows near a viih'ge called Aya]iel, 
 in the piosince of Antiochi, in the Spanifii Welt 
 Indies, about ten days journey from Carthagena, 
 Some of them do not yield any of the !;al'"ani ; 
 thofc that do, arc diftinguiftied by a ridge which 
 luns along their tiuiiks. Thele trees aie wounded 
 in their centre, and they apply velfils to t' e 
 wounded p.'.vt, to icceivc the balfam. Oi e f 
 thcfe trees will yield five or fi.\ gallons of \'-J\ - 
 
 To Capo'ch. T/.fl. I know not lii 
 
 w!>:<.t this word mean^; perhaps, vj .:'".> 
 
 lUv; noo 
 
 ;d. 
 
 2 L 2
 
 In. f. [caprice, capricho, 
 5. \ Span.] Freak; fancy; 
 
 C A ^ 
 
 ' fj^jc.V.iyour rabins of the fynod, 
 
 And fnapt the canons with .i why not. Huit:l"'.t^. 
 
 Ca'pon.w./ Icjpo, Lat.]'Acalb-ated cock.. 
 
 In good roalt beef my lanrilord fticks his knife, 
 
 The rapo-ihx delights his Huinty wife. 0"y- 
 
 C.iPONNIE'RE. n.f. [Fr. a term in for- 
 tilic;ition.] A covered lodgment, of 
 about four or five feet broad, eiicom- 
 paded with a little parapet of about 
 two feet high, ferving to fiipport planks 
 Inden with earth. This lodgment coii- 
 tiiin; fifteen or twenty foldiers, and is 
 i»fuaily placed at the extremity of the 
 coutcifcarp, having little embrafurcs 
 made in them, through which they lire. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 CJPO'T. n.f. [French.] Is when one 
 party wins all the tricks of cards at the 
 game of picqutt. 
 
 Ti) C.4Po'r. v. a. [from the noun.] When 
 one party has won all the tricks of cards 
 at picquet, he is fald to have capolied 
 his antagonift. 
 
 Capo'uch. n.f. [capuce, Fr.] A monk's 
 hoed. -O''"''- 
 
 Ca'pper. n.f. [from cap.] One who 
 makes or fells caps. . 
 
 Caprr'olate, adj. [from caprcoks, a 
 tendril of a vine, Lat.] 
 
 Such p'.snts as turn, wind, and creep aloiig 
 the ground, by means of their tendrils, as gourds, 
 melons, and cucumbers, aie termed in tetany, 
 M/.r«/,i/£ plants- Hunh. 
 
 CAPRICE. 
 CAPRICHIO. , , . 
 
 whim ; fudden change of humour. ' 
 
 It is a pleafant fpeancle to behold the (hjfts, 
 
 ■winding', and unexpeflcd capiichioi of diftretied 
 
 ratuie, when purfucd by a clofe and wcll-m.i- 
 
 nagcd experiment. Grjnyillr. 
 
 We Src not to be guided in the fenfc of that 
 
 book, either by the nufieports of I'orae anc^entt, 
 
 or ihe c.ip'ichios of one or two neotcrics. Grciu. 
 
 Heav'n's great view is one, and that the whole ; 
 
 That counterworks each folly and cafnte. 
 
 That difappoims th' effedt of ev'ry vice. P^/f. 
 
 If there be a fingle fpoC more b.irrcn, or more 
 
 diftant from the church, there the rcflor or vicjr 
 
 m.ny be obhjjed, by the cifrice or pique of the 
 
 biflwp, to buUd. ■SW- 
 
 Their paffions move in lower fpheres, 
 Where'er caprice or folly fleers. Swifl. 
 
 All the various m.achincs and utenfils would 
 now and then play odd pranks and ciprlca, quire 
 contrary to tiicir proper ftruaures,and defign of 
 the artificers. Be'i/ky. 
 
 Capri'cious. adj.^caprideux, Fr.] Whim- 
 
 ficr.1 ; fanciful ; humourfome. 
 Capri'ciously. adv. [from capricious.'] 
 VVhimfically ; in a manner depending 
 wholly upon fancy. 
 C.^PRI'CI00SNES3. n.f. [from capricious.] 
 The quality of being led by caprice ; 
 humour ; whimficalncfs. - 
 
 .A. riitijcl ou^lit to fuppof'; that there are rea- , 
 fon', although i.e he not apptifcdof them ; other- 
 wife, Ix murt tit his prince of capriclwij'ncfs, in- 
 conftancy, or ill defi^ri. Sviifl. 
 
 Ca'pricorn. n.f. [capricornus, Lat.] 
 One ofthefigns of the zodiack; the 
 winter folllice. 
 
 Let the longcl't night in Capricorn he, of fifteen 
 hours, the day conleqjently miift be of nine. 
 
 N'fte\ to Crecch*s M<i'iilius. 
 
 CAPRIOT.E. n.f. [French, in horfe- 
 
 manfliip.] Cct/rioLs are leap-!, fi;ch as 
 
 a hotfc makes in one and the fa r.t- 
 
 place, without advaiiclog lurwaul;, and 
 
 CAP 
 
 in fuch a manner, that when he is In 
 the air, and height of his leap, he 
 yerks or ftrikes out with his hinder 
 legs, even and near. A capriole is the 
 mofl diificult of all the high manage, 
 or raifed airs. It is different from the 
 croupaJe in this, that the horfe does 
 not Ihow his (hoes ; and from a halotade, 
 in that he does not ycrk out in a bah- 
 tade. Farrier's Diet. 
 
 Ca'pstAN. n.f [corruptly called capjlcrn ; 
 ca'j.jliui, Fr.] A cylinder, with levers, 
 to wind up any great weight, particu- 
 larly to raife the anchors. 
 
 Tnc weighing of anchors by the cnpjlun is 
 alio new. R^kigh'i Efiys. 
 
 No more behold thee turn my watch's key. 
 As feamcn at a opji.i'} anchors weigh. Swif'. 
 Ca'psular. \adj. [capfula, Lat.] Hol- 
 Ca'psularv. 3 low like a chtlL 
 
 It afcendcth not direftly unto the thro.it, but 
 afcending fitft into a cjppilury reception of the 
 breall-bonc, it afccndeth again into the neck. 
 
 BioluTi^s Frtlgar Er^ouri. 
 
 Ca'psulate. \adj. {^capfula,l.M.] En- 
 
 Ca'Psulated. J clofed, as in a box. 
 
 Seeds, fuch as are corrupted and ftde, will 
 
 fwim ; and this agreeth unto the feeds of plants, 
 
 locked up and capfuluted iu their hulks. Brown. 
 
 The heart lies immured, or c.ipf:i}.ilr.l, in a 
 
 cartilage, which includes the heart as the iVull 
 
 doth the brain. Ihrham. 
 
 Cx'^TTAlN. n.f. [capilain, Fr. in Latin 
 
 capitaneus ; being one of thofc who, by 
 
 tcnm-e in capite, were obliged to bring 
 
 foldiers to the war.] 
 
 1. A chief commander. 
 
 Difmay'd not liiis 
 Our ciptain^, Macbeth and Banipio > S'udfpmre. 
 
 2. The chief of any number or body of 
 men. 
 
 Nafhan fhall be cuptjin of Judah. Nimiers. 
 He fcnt unto him acj^ra/w of fifty. Kings. 
 The captain of the guard gave him vicfiuals. 
 
 Jerem. 
 
 3. A man flcilled in war ; as, Marlbo- 
 rough was a great capiain. 
 
 4. The commander of a company in a re- 
 giment 
 
 A capiain .' thefc viHians will make the name 
 of captain as odious as the word occupy ; there- 
 fore captains had need look to it. Shakjpeare. 
 
 The grim captain, in a furly tone. 
 Cries out. Pack up, yciafcals, and be gone ! 
 
 DryJcn. 
 
 c. The chief commander of a (liip. 
 
 The Rhodian captain, relying on his know- 
 ledge, and the lightncfs of his velTcl, palfed, 
 in open day, thruugli all the guards. ^I'rliutA. 
 
 6. It was anciently written capilitin. 
 
 And ever more their cruel capitain 
 Sought with his tafcal routs t' enclofe them 
 round. ' i^-'CV Q."""- 
 
 7. Cetpiain General. The general or com- 
 mander in chief of an army. 
 
 8. Captain Lieulenatit. The commanding 
 oflicer of the co'oncl's troop or com- 
 pany, in every regiment. He com- 
 mands as youngcll captain. 
 
 CaptaINRY. n.f. [iiom captain.] Tiie 
 power over a certain diftridl ; the chict- 
 
 tainfltip. 
 There Ihould be no rewards t.iken for capiain- 
 ' rid of counties, no fharcs of bilhopiicks for no- 
 minating of bilhops. _ Spcnfcf. 
 Ca'piainship. n.f. [from captain.] 
 \ . The condition or pod of a chief com- 
 uandcr. 
 
 CAP 
 
 Therefore fo pleafc thee to return with tis, 
 And of our Athens, thine and ours, to take 
 The captainjhip. iUifpcarc's TimtK. 
 
 2. The rank, quality, or poft of a captain. 
 
 The lieutenant of the colonel's company might 
 well pretend to the next vacant captainjhrp m tht 
 fime regiment. If'otton, 
 
 3. The chieftainfhip of a clan, or govern- 
 ment of a certain dillrit^. 
 
 To dimiriitti the Irrlh luvds, he did abolifh 
 their pretended and ufurped <-n;)/a/'y/i;/ij Varies. 
 
 4. Skill in the military trade. 
 Capta'tion.h./. [from capio, Lat.] The 
 
 pradice of catchnig favour or npplaufe; 
 courtfhip ; flattery. 
 
 I am content my heart fhould he difcovered, 
 without any of thofc dicffes, or popular capta- 
 tions, which fome men ufe in their fijeechcs. 
 
 King Charles, 
 
 Ca'ption. n.f. [from capicf, Lat. to take.] 
 
 'Ihe ad oftaking any perfon by a ju- 
 dicial proccfs. 
 CATTIOUS. adj. [captieux, Fr. capiiofus, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Given to cavils ; eager to otjtft. 
 
 If he Ihew a forwardnels to be renioning about 
 things, take care that nobody check this inchna- 
 tinn, or millead it hy captious 01 fallacious ways 
 of talking with him. _ Locke. 
 
 2. Inlidious ; enfnaring. 
 
 She taught him likcwrfe how to avoid fundry 
 
 captious and tempting queflions, which were like 
 
 to be afkcd of him. _ Bacin. 
 
 Ca'ptiously. oA'. [ixom captious.] In 
 
 a captious manner ; with an inclination 
 
 to objeft. 
 
 Ufe your words as 'captionjly as you can, m 
 your arguing on one fide, and apply diftinftrons 
 on the other. ^'"'*''_ 
 
 Ca'ptiovsness. n.f [from, captious.} 
 Inclination to find fault ; inclination to 
 obieft ; peevidinefs. 
 
 Captioujncji is a fault oppofrte to crvihty ; it 
 often produces mifbccomirig and provoking ex- 
 prcffions and carriage. Locke. 
 
 To Ca'ptivate. -v. a. [captiver, Fr 
 captivo, Lat.] 
 
 I. To take prifoner; to bring into bon- 
 
 dage. 
 
 How ill befeeming is it in thy fex 
 To triumph, like an Amazonian trull. 
 Upon their woes whom fortune capt.ratcs 
 
 ' Shakfpeare. 
 
 Thou haft by tyranny thefc many years 
 Wafted our country, flain our citizens, 
 \nd fent our fons and hulbands. captivate. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 He defcrvcs to be a -flavc, that is content to 
 have the ralional foverergnty of his fnul, and the 
 liberty of his wiil, fo captivated. King Ckarlej. 
 
 They fland firm, keep out the enemy, truth, 
 that would captivate or difturb them. Locke. 
 
 2- To charm ; to overpower with excel- 
 lence ; to fnbdue. 
 
 Wifdom enters the laft, and fo captivatei him 
 with her appearance, ihal he gives himfelf up to 
 , Mdi^n's Guardian. 
 
 }. To endave : with to. 
 
 They lay a trap fur thenifeUci, and captivate 
 their undcrftandings to mrllake, falfehood, and 
 
 L'-cKe. 
 
 eiTour. . . 
 
 Captiva'tion. n.f. [ivam captivate.] 
 
 The aft oftaking one captive. 
 CA'PTIVE. n. f. [capiif, Fr. captivus, 
 
 Lat.] 
 I. One taken in war; a pnioner to aa 
 
 enemy. 
 
 You have tl-.c captnes. 
 Who were the oppofiics of thU day's ftiife. Sk^i.
 
 CAP 
 
 TMs is no other than tlut foiccd ,!-[yjH n 
 cajtive pays to his conqueror, a flavc to his lord. 
 
 Free from Ihamc 
 Thy captivrs : 1 ciifure ilic penal claim. Pifc. 
 3, It is uftd with to btfore the ciiptor. 
 If thuu lay Antony liic:, 'tis will, 
 Ot friaiids witli Cxl.u, or not ca^ihe lo liira. 
 
 ShaUfftare. 
 My motlicr, who the royal fccptre fway'd, 
 XV.is ca^ti-vs 19 the cruel viiflor mad'-. D'jJt'i. 
 3. One charaud or tnfiiartd by beauty 
 or excellence. 
 
 My woman's heart 
 Grufsly rrew captive to his honey words. Sh.df. 
 Ca'ptive. adj. [citfliwis, Lat.] Made 
 prifoner in war ; kept in bondiige or 
 conliiiemeiit, by whatever means. 
 
 liut f.itc fuihids ; the Stygian tloods o^ipufc, 
 And with nine circling Itreams the CLi^'tivf lonis 
 inclofc. Dryit(Ti. 
 
 2o Ca'ptive. t. a. [from the noun. It 
 was uied formerly with the accent on 
 the lall fylldble, but now it is on the 
 firft.] 'I'o take prifoner; to biing 
 into a condition of iervitudc. 
 But bcnig .ill defeated fave a few, 
 Rather than riy, or be ciiftiv'd, hcrfelf (he dew. 
 
 Thon leavcft them to hoftile fwovd 
 Of hc.ithcn and pi-ofane, their carcalTcs 
 To djgs anJ fowls a prey, or clfc r<jy>/;r,*£/. Mi/f, 
 
 Wli.it further fiar of danger c.Ml there be } 
 Beauty, whieh cajitiva all things, lets me free. 
 
 DryMn. 
 
 Still lay the god : the nymph furpris'd, 
 Yet miflrcfs of hetfelf, devis'd 
 How (he the vagiant miglit inthral, 
 And captive him who capt.Ti-s all. Trier. 
 
 Capti'vity. It. f. [capli'vhe, French ; 
 caplivitas, low Latin.] 
 
 I. Subjeftion by the fate of war; bond- 
 age; fervitude to enemies. 
 
 This is tlie feiji-nnt, 
 Who, like a good and hardy foldierj ftught 
 'Gainrt my captivity. Sh U-fpcare. 
 
 There in captivity he lets them dwell 
 The fpace of feventy ycais; then brings them 
 
 back ; 
 Rcmemb'iing mercy. AJi/tort. 
 
 Tlic name ot Orniond will be more cclchrated 
 in his captivity, than in his greateft triumphs. 
 
 JJryJcr. 
 
 a. Slavery ; fervitude. 
 
 For men to be tied, aiid led by authority, as 
 
 !l wcie with a kind of C(i/)/;i/i.'v o£. jud;ijr»cnt ; 
 
 and though there be leafon to the contiaiy, not 
 
 I© iillcn unto it. Liaokir. 
 
 The apoftle tells us, there is a way of bringing 
 
 every thought into captivity to the obedience of 
 
 Chrill. . Decay '/ Piety. 
 
 Wiicnlove '5 wclltim'd, 'tis not a fault. to love ; 
 
 The ilrong, the brave, the \irtuous, and the wife, 
 
 Sink in the foff captivity together. ^lAdiJ'^n. 
 
 Ca'ptor. n.f. \{\-ov!\cc.pto, to take, Lat.] 
 
 • He that takes a prifoner, or a prl/.e. 
 Ca'pture. n. /. \_caplure, Fr. (uplura, 
 
 Lat.] 
 
 I. The aft or praftice of taking any thing. 
 
 The great fagacity, and many artifices, ufed 
 
 by birds, in the inveiligaiiun and capture of tiigir 
 
 prey. Verliam, 
 
 a. The thing taken ; a prize. 
 
 Capu'ched. adj. [from capuce, Fr. a 
 hood.] Covered over as witli a hood. 
 
 They are ditTcicrjily enculleied and cafuched 
 upon the hcail and back ; and, in the cicada,, 
 the eyes arc more piumincnt. Brown. 
 
 Capuchi'n. n. f. A female garment, 
 confining of a cloak andhood, made in 
 imitation of the drcfs o{ capuchin monks ; 
 whence its name is derived. 
 
 CAR 
 
 Car, C4IAR, in the names of places, 
 feem to have relation to the Britilh cacr, 
 a city. Gibjuii's CurmUn. 
 
 Car. n.f. Icar, Wclfli ; k.%rre, Dutcii ; 
 cjv.?T, Saxon; carrm,\:i1.^ 
 
 1. A fmall carriage of burden, ufually 
 diavm by one horfe or two. 
 
 Wiien A lady comes in a coach to our (hops, it 
 miili be followed by a (ar loaded with Wood's 
 money, S-wift. 
 
 2. In poetical language, any vehicle of 
 dignity or i'plcudnur ; a ciiariot of war, 
 or triumph. 
 
 Henry is dead, and never (hall revive : 
 Upon a wooden ic/fTin we attend, 
 And death's di(honour..blc viflory 
 We with our Ilaiely prefencc glorify, 
 JLikc captives bound to a triumphanr Crtr. Shak. 
 
 Wilt tiiou afpirc to giiidc the hcav'nly car. 
 And with tiiy d.n ing I'oUy burn the world ? 
 
 itbakfpcare. 
 
 And the glded car of day, 
 Hiv glowing axle doth allay 
 In the liecp Athmtick llrcam. Miltcn. 
 
 See where he comes, the darling of the war! 
 See millions crowding round the gilded i'.ir .' 
 
 r.ior. 
 
 3. The Charlci' wain, or Bear; a con- 
 lUllation. 
 
 Ev'ry fixt and cv'iy wand'ring fiar, 
 The Pleiads, Hy.ids, and the Northern f.Vir. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 Cararvne. 7 n.f. [carabine, Fr.] A 
 
 Ca'rbise. j fmall fort of fire-arm, 
 Ihorter than a fufil, and carrying a ball 
 of twenty-four in the pound, hung by 
 the light horfe at a belt over the left 
 fliouIJer. It is a kind of medium be- 
 tween the piftol and the mullvtt, having 
 its barrel two feet and a half long. 
 
 Carabini'er. n.f. [from carabine.^ A 
 fort of light horle carrying longer cara- 
 bines than the veil, and ufed fornetimes 
 on foot. Cliambcrs. 
 
 Ca'rack. n. f. [caraca, Spanilh.] A 
 large (hip of burden ; the fame with 
 thofe that are now called galleom. 
 
 In which river, the greateft carack of Portu- 
 gal ni.iy ride afloat ten miles within the torts. 
 
 Raliigh. 
 The higger whale likcfome huge f^r^cX- lay, 
 Which wanttth lea-room with her foes to play. ^ 
 
 liatUr. 
 
 Ca'racole. n.f. [caracole, Fr. from ca- 
 racal. Span, a fnail.] An oblique tread, 
 traced out in femi-rounds, changing 
 from one hand to another, witiiout ob- 
 ferving a regular ground. 
 
 When the horfe advance to charge in battle, 
 
 they ride fornetimes in caracoles, to amufe the 
 
 enemy, and put them in doubt whether they are 
 
 about to charge them in the front or in the think. 
 
 Farrier^ Did. 
 
 To Ca'racole, v. n. [from the noun,] 
 
 To move in caracoles. 
 
 Ga'rat. ■) ^ - , -c -I 
 r- I f 1. I. \ carat, r r. 
 
 Garact. S 
 
 I. A weight of four grains, wiih which 
 
 diamonds are weighed. 
 2; A manner of exprefGng the Gncnefs of 
 
 gold. 
 
 A mnikj being an uiince Troy, is divirjed into 
 twenty-four equal j arls, called caraHs, iiiui 
 each iTtirt/ff into ftuir grains ; by tins weiglir is 
 diliinguifhcri tt.e (iiftVrent finenefs of their gold; 
 for if to the finelt of gold be put two car.i^s of 
 alloy, both nuking, wl-.en cold, but an ounce, 
 
 CAR 
 
 or twenty- .foiii caraa,, then this gold is faid to 
 be twenty-two rwaas fine. dcicr. 
 
 TliQu b-(i of gold, art worfi of gold j 
 0;liu', Icfs (inc in arat, Is more precious. Siai. 
 CAR.WA'N. n./.[caravantie,Tr. from 
 the Arnbick,] A tioop or body of 
 merchants or pilgrims, as they travel ia 
 the Eaft, 
 
 They fet forth 
 Their airy carmian, ingli over fc.is 
 Flying, and over lands, wiih mutii.-il wing 
 Ealing their flight. AJi/t'.ri't I'aradije Left. 
 
 When J.ifeph, and the Blcffcd Virgin Mother, 
 had loll their mofl hoiy Son, they fought hmi-in 
 the retinues of their kmdred, and the c:va-.-itiii 
 of the Galilean pilgrims. 'I'aykr. 
 
 Carava'nsary. n.f. [from caravan."] A 
 houfe built in. the ealtern countries for 
 the recejHion of travellers. 
 
 The inns which receive the caravans in Pcrfia, 
 and the eaftcrn countries, ate called \iy the narr.a 
 of caravai}faucs. Spcltat'.r. 
 
 The fpacious manfron, like a Turkdh cara- 
 van/ary^ enteriains-the vagabond with only bsre 
 l"<'k''ng. Pop;-, Letters. 
 
 C-\'nAV EL.} n.f. [caravela, Span.] A 
 
 Ca'rvel. ]■ lij»ht, round, old-failiioncd 
 (l:»p, vyith a fquare poop, formerly ufed 
 in Spain and Portugal. 
 
 Ca'raway. n.f. [cariim, Lat.] A plant ; 
 fomctimes found wild in rich moiil paf- 
 turis, efpccially in Holland and Lin- 
 cohilhiic. The feeds aie ufed in medi- 
 cine and confectionary. Miller 
 
 CARBONA'DO. n.f [carbonnade, Fr." 
 from carbo, a coal. Lat.] Meat cut 
 acrofs, to be broiled ripon the coals. 
 
 If I come in hi^ way wilimgiv, let him male* 
 a carbo>,ado of me. ' Sh.ik]peare. 
 
 To Carbon^'do. -y. a: [from the noun.] 
 To cut or hack. 
 
 Draw, you ro^ue, or I'll fo carbonado 
 your Ihanks. SiUfpcnre. 
 
 CA'RBUNCLE. n.f {carbitnculm.'LzU 
 a little coal.] 
 
 1. A jewel (liining in the dark, like a 
 lighted coal or candle. 
 
 A cc.rbuncU entire, as big as thou art. 
 Were not fo rich a jewel. Shatf^eare. 
 
 His head 
 Crcfted aloit, and carbuncle his fji:^. 
 With burnidi'd neck of verdant gold. Milton. 
 
 It is bchcvcd tJiat Aca<buncU docs (hine in the 
 dark like a burning coal ; fiom whence it haih its 
 K'™^- n'ilkins. 
 
 Carbutclc is a (lone of the ruby kind, of a 
 rich blood-red coloiii.-. IJ'oodiuard. 
 
 2 . Red fpots or pimples breaking out upon 
 the face or body. 
 
 It was a pellilent fever, but there followed no 
 carhuKck, no purple or livid fpots, or the like, 
 the mafs of the blood not being tainted. Bac.is, 
 
 Red bilfters riling on their paps appear. 
 And flaming carbuti'.les, and nuifome fweat. 
 
 Dryden^ 
 
 C.v'rbunci.ed. adj. \^xom carhunck.l 
 
 1. Set with carbuncles. 
 
 An armour all^o/ gold ; ir was a king's. 
 
 — Ho has (icferv'd it, were it carhuncled 
 
 Like holy Phffbus' car. Sltakfp^art 
 
 2. Spotted; deformed with csrbuncles. 
 
 C A R ii u'n cu L A R. (if. [ from carbuncle. ] 
 Belonging to a carbuncle; red like a 
 carbuncle, 
 
 C A It D u N c u L A 't I o N ; n.f [carbuficii/alio, 
 Lat,] The blal'tlng of the young buds 
 of trees or plants, either by exceffiVe 
 heat or exceltive cold. Harris.^
 
 CAR 
 
 Ca'rcANET. n.f. \_carcan, Fr.] A clialn 
 or collar of jewels. 
 
 Sav that I linga'dwith ynu :vt your Ihop, 
 To fee the making of her cmcantt. Sr.akjfcare. 
 I have feen her befet and bedeckt all over w.ih 
 emeralds and pearls, and a .«r..,«?/ about her 
 „e(.t_ Hakcxuilt on Providence. 
 
 Ca'rcAss. n./. [carquqf-, Jr.] 
 I . A dead body of any animal. 
 To blot the honour of the dead, 
 And with foul cowardice his c.irc.,p (hame. 
 Whole livhm hands immorlulizM li.s name. A/>f«. 
 Where c.nle palJur'd late, now fcarier d lies, 
 With «r„ff« and arms, th' infangtiin'd held 
 
 Delerted. , . ... / , 
 
 If a man vifits his f.ck. friend in hope of Ic- 
 caoy, he is a vulture, and only waits for the ra'- 
 
 The fcaly nations of the fca profound, 
 Like (hipwi-cck'd carcajfes, aie driven aground. 
 
 Vrydi'l. 
 
 2 Body : in a ludicrous ftnfe. 
 
 To day how many would have given their ho- 
 nours ., ,, 
 To 've fav-d their «r.<#i .' Sha.Jpcaye 
 He that finds himfelf in any diflrcls, either of 
 carc^. or of fortune, fliould deliberate upon the 
 mailer before he p.ays for a change. Z. hpa,,gc. 
 
 3. The decayed parts of any thing ; the 
 ruins ; the remains. 
 
 h rotten carcah of a boat, not rigg d, 
 Nor tackle, lail, nor muft. Shaifpcr'- 
 
 4. The main parts, naked, withoiit com- 
 pletion or ornament; as, the walls ol a 
 
 houle. 
 
 What could be thought a fufficient motive to 
 
 have h.id an ettrn.il cvcafi of an univerte, wheie- 
 
 in the m,iteiials and pof.tions of it were eternally 
 
 laid together? HaU'.Oyg,n„fM^n.,„J. 
 
 r rin gunnery.] A kind of b.mib, 
 
 ulually oblonc;, confifting of a (liell or 
 
 cafe, fometimes of iron with holes, 
 
 more commonly of a coarfe ftrong ilutr, 
 
 pitched over and girt with iron hoops, 
 
 filled with combulliblcs, and thrown 
 
 from a mortar. -f^f "• 
 
 Cv'rcel-.^gf.. n.f. [from career, i.at.J 
 
 Prifon fees. J^"^'- 
 
 CARCINO'MJ. n.f. [from x«e^i.©^, a 
 
 crab.] A particular ulcer, called a 
 
 cancer, very difficult to cure. A dif- 
 
 order likewife in the horny coat ot the 
 
 eye. Is thus called. ■^"'"'D'- 
 
 Cvrcino'matous. ai!j. [from carcmoma.\ 
 
 Cancerous ; tending to a cancer. 
 CARD. n.f. [carte, Fr. charta, Lat.] 
 
 1. A paper painted with figures uled in 
 jrames of chance or flcill. . , , , , 
 *' A vengeance on your crafty wither d hic e ! 
 Yet I have fncM it with a crci of ten. S/m^//.. 
 
 Soon as (he fpreads her hand, th' aerial guard 
 Dcfccnd, and fit on each important a.rH; 
 Firlt, Ariel perch'd upon a matadoie._ J op:. 
 
 2. The paper on which the winds are 
 " marked for the mariner's compafs. 
 
 Upon his curd, .and compafs firms his eye, _ 
 The maficrs of his long experiment. Sfcr^jcr. 
 
 The very points they blow ; 
 All the quarters that they know, 
 V th' fhipman's card. Sh,krff^re. 
 
 How abfoUite the knave is ' wc muft fpcak by 
 Ihc card, or equivocation will undo us. i>n<,kjp. 
 
 On life's vaft ocean diveifcly we fail, 
 Reafon the card, hut paffion U the gale Fopc 
 -i.aaarde, Dutch.] The inftrument 
 with which wool is combed, or com- 
 minuted, or broken for fpinning. 
 7'uCaRD. 11. a. [from the noun.J io 
 comb, or c«-'mminiite wool with a piece 
 ■of wood, thick let with crooked wires. 
 
 CAR 
 
 The while their wives do fit 
 Befide them, carding wool. ^ May's J'irgil. 
 
 Go, card and fpin, 
 And leave the bufinefs of the war to men. Dryd. 
 To Card. v. n. To gain ; to play much 
 
 at cards : as, a carding wife. 
 CARDAMO'MUM. n. f. [Lat.] A 
 medicinal feed, of the aiorealick. kind, 
 contained in pods, and brought from 
 the Fail Indies. Chamhers. 
 
 Ca'rder. n.f. [from card.] 
 
 1. One that cards wool. 
 
 The cluthieis all have put off " 
 The fpinfters, .orders, fu l.vs, weavers. Hhakff. 
 
 2. One that plays much at cards. 
 Cardi'acal. ? ad'u [;.aeJ,;<, the heart.] 
 Ca'rdiack. I Coidial; having the 
 
 quality of invigorating the fpirits, 
 Ca'rdialgy. n.f. [from «^e^^a, the heart, 
 and c-hyfSy, pain.] The heart-burn; 
 a pain fuppofed to be felt in the heart, 
 but more properly in the ilomach, 
 which fometimes rifes all along from 
 thence up to the o:fophagus, occafitjned 
 by fome acrimonious matter. ^ihicy. 
 CA'RDIN.VL. adj. [cardhialh, Lat.] 
 Principal ; chief. 
 
 The divifions of the year in frequent ulc with 
 affronomers, according to the caidinal intellec- 
 tions of the 7.odiack; that is, the two eqiu- 
 noflials, and both the foUtitial points. A'r -ii ':. 
 
 His cardinal perfedlion was induftiy. (Ia<c,id. 
 
 Ca'rdinal. n.f. One of the chief go- 
 vernors of the Romifli church, by whom 
 the pope is elefled out of their own 
 number, which contains fix bifhops, 
 fiftv priefts, and fourteen deacons, who 
 cou'llitute the facred college, and are 
 chofen by the pope. 
 
 Kcirdinaliite (tiled, bccaufe fcrviceabie to 
 the apoftolick fee, as an axle or hinge on which 
 the whole government of the chuau tuiiis; or 
 as they have, from the pope's grant, the hinge 
 and govcnmicnt of the Roniiih church. ^-!ytij)( 
 
 You hold a fair alTcmbly ; ■ 
 
 You are a chuichman, or, I'll tell you, card:r:a!, 
 
 1 Ihould judge now unhappily. S/iakfj.farc. 
 
 Cardinal's flower, n.f. [rapuntlum, 
 
 Lat.] A flower. 
 
 The fptcics are, i. Greater rampions with a 
 crinifon fpiked flower, commonly called the 
 fcnrlet cardinal's piuer. z. The blue cardiAaf, 
 
 Ca'kdinAlate. ■)«./. \i\om cardinal. \ 
 Ca'rdinalship. i The ofiice and rank 
 
 of a cardinal. 
 
 An ins^enious cavalier, heating that an old 
 friend oT his was advanced to a iardhialate, 
 went to congratulate his eminence upon his new 
 honour. VI'.JlrHnsr. 
 
 Ca'rpmaker. n.f. [from card and 
 mate.] A maker of cards. 
 
 Am not I Ciirirtophcro Sly, by occupation a 
 cardmaker ? S/iak/piarc's Taming oj the Shre-a: 
 
 Ca'rdmAtch. n.f. [from card and 
 match.] A match made by dipping 
 pieces of card in melted fulphur. 
 
 Take care, that thole may not nuke the molf 
 noife who have the leafl to fell ; which is very 
 obfcrvable in the smicxs oi ardmaiches. 
 
 .■Iddijtn. 
 
 CA'RDUUS. See Thistle. 
 CARE. n.f. [cane, Saxon.] _ 
 
 I. Solicitude; anxiety; perturbation ot 
 mind ; concern. 
 
 Or, if I would take care, that care niould be 
 For wit that fcoai'd the world, and liv'd like me. 
 
 JJryden. 
 
 CAR 
 
 Nor tullcn difcontent, nor anxious ca't, 
 Ev'n though brought thither, could inh.»bii there 
 
 O'ydcx. 
 
 Raife in your foul the grcateft can of fulfil. ing 
 the divine will. If'ake's I'rtparaHon for Death. 
 
 2. Caution ; often in the phrafe, to haye 
 
 a care. 
 Well, fwect [ack, hxve a cae o< t.\:yM?. 
 
 ' •" - ahai/lf^re. 
 
 Thefojlilh virgins had taken no care for a, fur- 
 ther fupply, after the oil, which was at fiill put 
 into their lamps, was fpeut, as the wife had done. 
 
 Tiihtjon. 
 Begone ! the pricii expefts you at the altar. — 
 But, tyrant, have a care, I come not thitlicr. 
 
 ,-»'. I'hi'ipi. 
 
 3. Regard; charge; heed in order to 
 proteftion and prefervation. 
 
 If we believe that there is a God, that takes 
 cart of us, and we be careful to pleafe him, this 
 cannot but be a mighty comfort to us. Tilhtf^n. 
 
 4. It is a loofe and vague word, implying 
 attention or inclination, in any degree 
 more or lefs : It is commonly ufed in 
 the phrafe, to take care. 
 
 You come in fuch a time, 
 As if propitious fortune took a care 
 To fwcU my tide of joys to their full height. 
 
 »• Drydet, 
 
 We lake care to flatter ourfelves with imaginary 
 fcencs and profpefls of future happinefs. jltttrh 
 
 5. The objed of care, of caution, or of 
 
 love. 
 
 O my poor kingdom, fick with civil blows! 
 When that my care could not withhold thy riots, 
 What wilt thou do when riot is thy care? Shakj. 
 
 Vlulli'd were his checks, and glowing were his 
 
 eyes : ■ 7-, i 
 
 Is Ihe thy care? is (lie thy care? he cries. VryJ. 
 
 Yourlafety, more than mine, was then my care- 
 Left of the guide bcrelt, the rudder loft. 
 Your (hip Ihould run againft the rocky coaft. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 The wily fox. 
 Who lately filch'd the turkey's callow care. Gay. 
 
 None taught the trees a nobler race to bear, 
 Or mj.re improv'd the vegetable care. Ptpe. 
 
 To Care. -v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To be anxious or felicitous ; to be in 
 concern about any thing. 
 
 She cared not what pain (he put her body to, 
 fince the better part, her mind, was laid under 
 fo mucTi agony. " Sidney. 
 
 As ihe Germans, both in language and man- 
 ners diircred from the Hungariaijs, fo were they 
 always at variance with them; and therefore, 
 much rared not, though they wcie by him /ob- 
 eyed. Knolici's liipryofthc lurks. 
 
 Well, on my terms thou wilt not be my lieirj 
 If thou car-ji little, Icfs (hall be my care. Dryd. 
 
 2. To be inclined ; to be d.fpoled : with 
 for before nouns, or to before veibs. 
 
 Not ratine; to obtervc the wind, ^^ 
 
 Or the newl'ea explore. Ila'.cr. 
 
 The remarks are introduced by a compliment 
 to the works of an author, who, I am hire, 
 woulfl not care for being praifcd at the "P«"« 
 of another's leputation. jii.di/o>:. 
 
 Having been now acquainted, the two lexes 
 did not care to pait. Jddifon. 
 
 Great mafters m painting never care Jor draw- 
 ing people in the falhion Spraator 
 
 3. To be affeded with; to have regard 
 to: \vith/«r. 
 
 You doat on her that cim no^ for your ove. 
 
 Shakjprare. 
 
 There wss an aiie that had twins; Ihe doatcd 
 
 upon one of thein, and did not miich f-.r,y..r 
 
 t'other. VJiJhar'gc. 
 
 Where few arc rich, few are for it ; where 
 
 many arc fo, many dcfire it. Tempie 
 
 Ca'recrazed. adj. [from care and 
 
 craze, ] Broken w ith care and fohcitiKie.
 
 CAR 
 
 TH«fc both put off, a poor petitioner, 
 A c>trtcraz,'ii mother of many children. S^.a.^fft. 
 
 To Care'en. -v. a. [caririfi; Fr. fioiii 
 carina, Lat. A term in the fca lan- 
 guage.] To lay a vetTel on one fide, to 
 calk, ftop up leaks, refit, or trim the 
 ^otlier fide. Chumliers. 
 
 To Care'en. tj. n. To be in the (late of 
 carctiiiiig. 
 
 CARE'ER. n.f. [rarrure, Fr.] 
 
 1. Th J ground on which a race is run; 
 the length of a courfe. 
 
 Tltcy ii.'id run tlicnifclvcs too far out of brc;ith, 
 to go back again the fame career, Sidney. 
 
 2. A courfe ; a race. 
 
 What rein can hold licentious wickcdnefs, 
 When down the hill he holds hi^ fierce career? 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. Height of fpeed ; fwift motion. 
 
 It is related of certain Indians, that they are 
 able, when a liorfc is running in his lull r(;if>-f, 
 to ftand upright on his brick.. iVilKim. 
 
 Fragile them now to curb the turning ftccd. 
 Mocking the foe ; now to his rapid fpecd 
 To give the rein, and, in the full career ^ 
 To draw the certain (word, or fend the pointed 
 fpcar. Prior. 
 
 4. Comfe of atfllon ; uninterrupted pro- 
 cedure. 
 
 Sh.ill quips and fcntcnces, and thefe paper 
 bullets of the hj-.iin, awe a man fr<jm rlic career 
 of iiis humour .^ Skakfpearc. 
 
 Tlie heir of 3 bladed family has rofc up, and 
 promifed fair, and yet at kngth a crofs event has 
 certainly met and Itopt him in the career of his 
 fortune. Soulh. 
 
 Knights in knightly de^ds (hould pcrfevcrc, 
 And All! continue what at fiil> they weie; 
 Continue, and piocecd in honour's tail career, 
 
 D.y<i:n. 
 
 Te Care'er. •u.n. [from the noun.] To 
 run with fwift motion. 
 
 With eyes, the wheels 
 Of beryl,- and careering fires between. Milton^ 
 
 Ca'reful. aS. [from f«rf and y"«//.] 
 
 1. An.xlous; (oiicitoiis; full of ronccrn. 
 
 The piteous maiden, carefulf comfortlefs, , 
 Does throw out thrilling (htieks and Ihrieking 
 cries. Spenftr. 
 
 Martha, thou T^rX careful, and troubled about 
 many things. LsiU. 
 
 Welcome, thou pleafing flumbcr; 
 Awlule emhiacc me in thy leaden arms, 
 And charui my c.ur/iv.' thougltts. . Der.kam. 
 
 2. Provident; diligent : with o/'orybr. 
 
 Behold, thou ha(V been careful fur us \vith all 
 this care ; what is to be done for thee ? 2 Kinei. 
 
 To cure their niad ambition, they were fent 
 To rule a dillanr pr.tvincc, eacii alone : 
 What could a careful father more have done ? 
 
 Dryde,,. 
 
 3. Watchful; cautions: with 0/". 
 
 It concerns us to be€"j^^://o/"our converfations. 
 
 Ray. 
 
 4. Suhjeft to perturbations ; evpofed to 
 troubles ; full of anxiety ; full of foli- 
 citucfe. 
 
 By him that r.aisM me to this careful height, 
 From that contented h.ip w.hich Icnjoy'd Slijkf 
 
 Ca'refullv. aJv. [from careful.'^ 
 
 1. In a manner that Ihows care. 
 
 Envy, how carefully does it loik ! how meagre 
 and iH-coniplc.\ioned! Colli, r. 
 
 2. HeedfuUy ; watchfully; vigilantly; at- 
 tentively. 
 
 You come moft carefully upon your hour. 
 
 Sliakfpeare. 
 
 By confidering him fo carefully as I did btfore 
 my attempt, I have made foiue faint refcrnhhincc 
 cf him. jL>TyJ,e'i. 
 
 CAR 
 
 All or them, ttiercforcj t^udioufly chcrifKcd 
 the mcmoiyof their iionourabl.; cxtraflion, and 
 caTffufly prcftTvcci the evidences of it. Atttrbury. 
 
 3. Providently. 
 
 4. CautiouGy. 
 
 Ca'kefulkees. fl. y! [from carefulJ] 
 Vigilance; hccJfulncfs j caution. 
 
 Tilt dcatli of Selymiis was, witli all carfful- 
 nefiy concc.ilccl by I-'^:rliatCb. Kmlle:.. 
 
 CA'RJiLKSLV. aJiK [fcom cardejs.'\ Ne- 
 gligently; itiaaeiitivcly ; without care; 
 hecdlefly. 
 
 Theic he him found nil rattlfjly difplay*d 
 In fecrct Ihadow fiom r!jc fjniiy ray Futry Queen. 
 
 Not content to fee 
 That others write* as cardejly as he, Ifalier. 
 
 Ca'kei.eskess. ff. f, [from carelefs,"] 
 HeedJefnefs ; inattention ; negligence ; 
 ablence of care ; manner void of care. 
 
 For Coriobnus mitlicr to care whether they 
 Icve or hate him, manifcfrs the riue knowledge 
 hi has in their dilpolltlon, and, out of his noble 
 careUpufiy lets them plainly fee it Shakfpcure. 
 
 Who, m the other txticme, only doth 
 C.'»!l u rough rottlefr.efi good faih:on ; 
 Whofc cloak \\\i fpuri tear, or whom he fpits on. 
 He caies not. Dunne. 
 
 Ir makes us to walk warily, and tread furc, for 
 ftar of our enemies ; and rhat is better than r.j be 
 Hartcred into pride and carelcfnch. Taylor. 
 
 The ignorance or carelcfn-fi uf the fervants can 
 hardly leave the ma(ter difiippointed. Tem^h. 
 
 I who at fomc times fpend, at others fpare, 
 Divided between diyfej'.ifi and care. Vope. 
 
 Ca'reless. adj, [from rjr^,] 
 
 1. Having no care ; feeling no folicitnde ; 
 unconcerned ; negligent ; inattentive j 
 heedlefs ; regardlefs ; tlioughtlefs ; ne- 
 gk-dtful ; unheeding; unthinking; un- 
 mindful : with ^y or about. 
 
 Knowing tl:at if the worft btfal *themj they 
 Huli Ijfe njrliing but thcmfelvcsj iv/iereof they 
 fcem vcrv caTehj's. - Upenjcr. 
 
 Nor lok tne good advantage of his grace, 
 By feeniing cold, or carelcfi of u\s will. Shakfp. 
 
 A woman, the more cuiious (he is about hci 
 face, is commonly the more careUJi about her 
 houfe Ben Jo'-.Jon. 
 
 A father, unnaturally r^rf/cyi c/ his child, fells 
 or gives him to another man. Loche. 
 
 2. Chet-rful ; undiiUiibed. 
 
 Thus wifely carclffs, innocently gay, 
 Cheerful he play'd. Vope. 
 
 In my cheeiful morn of life, 
 When nurs'd by carcUJs foiitude I liv'd, 
 And luiig of nature with unceafmg joy, 
 Pieas'd have I wandcr'd through your rou^h 
 domain. Thomfon. 
 
 3. Unheeded; thoughtlefs; unconfidered. 
 
 The freedom of fayii>g as many cnrd-Ji things 
 as other peopL-, wiihuut Lting lb fcverely re- 
 ma-^kcd upon T'jpc. 
 
 4. Unmoved by ; unconcerned at. 
 
 Carelef^ fi/ thunder from the ct^juds that break. 
 My only omens from your ! oks 1 lake. Granv. 
 
 To CARESS, nj-a, [carejh-, Fr. froni 
 cams., I^at.] To endear; to fondle; 
 to treat with kindncfs. 
 
 If I cm feaft, and pleafe, and carefi ray mind 
 with the plenfurcs of worHiy fpccul.il ions, or-vir- 
 rudus pra»5tices, lec^iearnef* and malice vex and 
 abridge me, if rhey can. South. 
 
 Ca'r ess. n. f, [ from the verb. ] An 
 act of endearment ; an expreflion of 
 tcndernefs. 
 
 Ke, (he knew, would intermix 
 Gviitefal digiefTions, ^ii.i folve high difputc 
 With conjug.iU-ii ejj'a. Milton. 
 
 Tture are fomt men who fcem to have brutal 
 minds wrapt up in hum.in (hapcs; their very ca- 
 rejfts are crude and importuuc, JJEjIran^-. 
 
 c A R 
 
 After his fucctlTour had puLlicIily owtledl.im- 
 felf a Roman cathc^hck, he began with his firtl 
 careffei to the chuich party. Swift, ' 
 
 CARET, n.f. [ca.et, Lat. there is want- 
 ing. ] A note which (hows where fome- 
 thing interlined (hoiiU be read. 
 CA'RGASON. n.f. Icargagon. Spaiiini.] 
 A cargo. Not ufed. 
 My budy is a carg.ipn of ill humours. IJoivel, 
 Ca'rgo. n.f. [charge, Fr.] The ludiji^ 
 of a fhip ; the nierchandife or wares 
 contained and conveyed in a ftiip. 
 
 In thi; hurry of the Ihipwieck, Simonides was 
 
 the only man that appeared unconcerned, not- 
 
 withltanding that hii whole fortune was at fiake 
 
 in the cargo. L'Eflrai^e. 
 
 A (hip whofc cargo vrxs no left than a whole 
 
 world, that carried the fortune and hopes of all 
 
 poltciity. liurnet't Theory. 
 
 This gentleman was then a young adventurer 
 
 in tlie rcpublick of letters, and jnll fitted out 
 
 for the univerfity witli a good cargi of Latin and 
 
 Greek. MMfn. 
 
 Ca'kicous Tumour, [from cancel, a fig, 
 
 Lat.] A fwelling in the form of a fig. 
 
 CARIES, n.f [Latin.] That rotten- 
 
 nefs which is peculiar to a bone. ' ^incy. 
 
 Filtulas of a long continuance, arc, lor the 
 
 moll part, accompanied with ulcerations of the 
 
 . gland, and caiiei in the hone. IVifem.in. 
 
 CAuro'siTY. n./. [from rnWoa/,] Rot- 
 
 teniiefs. 
 
 This is too general, taking in all cariefiiy and' 
 ulctrsofthe bones. IVifcman' i Hurgery. 
 
 Ca'rious. adj. [cariofus, Lat.} Rotten. 
 
 I difcoserea the blood to arii'c by a cariaus 
 
 tooth. IJ if mail's Siirgeiy. 
 
 Cark. n.f. [ceapc, Saxon.] Care; 
 anxiety ; folicitude ; concern ; heedful- 
 nefs. Obfolete. 
 
 And Klaius taking for his younglings car^^ 
 Left greedy eyes lo them might challenf,e lay, 
 Bufy with oker did their Ihouldcrs mark. SiiLiey. 
 
 He down did lay 
 His heavy head, devoid of careful cir^. Hprfe,-. 
 To Cark. v. n [ceapcan, Saxon.] To 
 be careful ; to be folieitous ; to be 
 anxious. It Is now very little ufed, and 
 always in an ill fcnfe. 
 
 I do fi;id what a bleffing is chanced to my life, . 
 from fuch raui^dy abundance of carting agonies, 
 to ft.nes which ftill be adherent. Sidney. 
 
 What can be vainer, than to lavifh out out 
 lives in the fearch of triHcs, and to lie carking 
 for the unprofitable goods of thi.^ world 'i L'Kjl,: 
 
 Nothing can fuperfttie our own carting! and ■ 
 contrivances for outlelves, but tiie anTuunecttiat 
 God cares for us. D, cay of Fiery. 
 
 Carle, n.f. [ceojil, Saxon.} 
 
 1. A mean, nide, rough, brutal man. We 
 now life churL 
 
 The caile beheld, and f.iw his guert 
 Would fafe depart, tor all his lubiile fleighf. 
 
 Spenfer. . 
 
 Anfwer, thow cetrle, and judge this riddle rignt, . 
 I'll frankly own thee for a cunning wight, day. 
 
 The editor vy.is a covetous carle, and would 
 have his pearls ol the highelt price. Beinley. 
 
 2. K kind of hemp. 
 
 The timLlc to fput and the carl for her feed 
 
 Ca'uline thistle. \_carlii;a, Lat.} A 
 piatit. M'lllel-. 
 
 Ca r. I INGS. n./ [In a fliip.] Timbers 
 lyino fore and a^t, along from one beam 
 to -loother ; on thefe the ledges reft, on 
 which the planks of the deck are made 
 fall. Helens. 
 
 Ca'rman. n./. [fromr«rand/ni7n.] A maa ■ 
 whofe employmeut it ii to drive cars.,--
 
 CAR 
 
 Uthc ftrong care tuppmt tl>y walking Land, 
 Chairmen no longer tU.M the wall command; 
 E'L-n fturdv carmci (h:iU thy nod obey, 
 And rattling coach.s ftep to make thee way_ G^y. 
 -Ca'rmelite. n.f. [carmelile. tr.J A 
 fort of pear. , 
 
 Carm.'native. «^/. [fuppofcd to be fo 
 called, as having -vim caniunu, tlic 
 power of a charm.] 
 
 ^C.r«;...,/.« are (uch things as ri, lute and e 
 . lax at the fame time, ^ecante wurd occnhon^^ 
 foafm, or convul.lon, in lonre parts. Wha e^u 
 p!omo'tcs infcnfiUo iK-rfpir.tion, .s -""''';'■-; 
 for wind is pcfpitablc matter retanred mthe body. 
 
 C^rtii'hitr-e and dluretick 
 Will damp all paffion fynapathct.ck. ^^w:;t. 
 
 .Ca'rm.nf.. n.f. A bright red or cnmlon 
 colour, bordering on purple, uied by 
 painters in Rrlnlature. It is the molt 
 .valuable producl of the cochineal mal- 
 tick, and of an cxceffive price. Chambers. 
 ■Ca'knage. n.f. [can!age,Vr. hom euro, 
 
 ciiniis, Lat.] 
 ■T Slautrhter : havock ; manacre. 
 
 ■ He ifrought the kmg's forces upon them ratner 
 ,s to cnrJge than to fight, infomuch as, w.thor.t 
 ",v great A or danger to themfclves, •!- Srea ft 
 p.r,ofthefcd,tio,iswcrefla,n. , i/^^w.n/. 
 
 2. Heaps of ilefh. 
 
 Such .1 fcent I draw 
 Gf n.-MC'', prey innomerahle ! and laftc 
 The favour of ia.h from .dl thmgs thci^^that 
 live. -,,, , 
 
 His ample maw with human carnage hll a, 
 A milky deluge next the giant fwdl'd. 2 cjx-. 
 :<;A'RNAL. aJj. [carmil,'Fr.canians,\ow 
 
 Lat.] 
 ,1. Fledity ; not fpinlual. 
 
 Thou dolV juflly require us to fubm.t our un- 
 .da-(tan<lings to thine, and deny oi.r car,,.,l rcafon, 
 in order to thy facred myfttnes and commands. 
 
 From that pretence 
 •Spiritual laws by car„„J pow'r Ihall force _^^^ 
 On every conlciencc. ,■,''' ,'" 
 
 N .t fuch m cnrnal pleafnre : for wh.ch cnule, 
 ^mong the beads no mate for thee was foruid. 
 
 A cbrious apparitionl had not doubt, 
 And carnal fear, that day d.mm'd Adam^^^jye. 
 
 He perceives plainly, that his appetite to 
 
 fpiritual things abates, in proportion as his len- 
 
 ■fual ..ppetite IS indulged ;.nd encoutajefl ; and 
 
 ,hat carval de fires kill not only the ricfue, b.« 
 
 even the power, of tailing purer delights. Attab. 
 
 3. Lullful; lecherous; libidinous. 
 This Ml ««/ cur 
 Prcvs on tlic iffue of nis motbci"s body. ShuUf 
 ,CaRNa'i.ity. «./ [f.om<rarnc/.] 
 
 1. Flelhly lull; compliance with carnal 
 
 • dcfiies. . 
 
 If godly, why do they wallow and a:ep in al 
 the r:r',ahl■u^ of the world, under pretence o; 
 clirillban liberty? *""" 
 
 2. Groffncfsof mind. 
 
 He did i.ot inrtitutethisway of wotfhip, but 
 bcc:mfe of the ...ri.'.-Ay of tiicir hearts, and tie 
 pvonenefs o. t .at peopl. to idolatry hlhij.^ 
 •,Ca RNAlLV. adv. [■ omffl. W.] Accord- 
 ing to the'iie'h ; ii .t fpintnally- 
 Where tncy found men in di •, attire, farniture 
 .of houle, or -liTOt-er w.ay obfervers of civ.h-y 
 and decent order, luch they reproved, as b^ mg 
 .tar1.i!;y an.l eartaly minded. ('"<■<'•• 
 
 In the r..ciamcnt we J.o not receive Cbnlt .nr- 
 ■ .«<,//v, but wc receive Umfpuhuu/ry ; and ihat of 
 .itfell is a eoniugation of bleflings and fpirULi.-ii 
 graces. Taylor's IVcrt/iy Cammiiriaw 
 
 .Ca'rnalness. a /. CarmUity. DUl 
 
 CAR 
 
 CaRNA'tiom. «./. Icariies, Lat.] The 
 
 name of the natural flcdi colour, from 
 
 which perhaps the flower is named; 
 
 the name of a flower. , ■ r r> 
 
 And lo the wretcii! whofc vile, wbofe mtcct 
 
 Laid this gay daughter of the fpring m dull : 
 O iHinilh him ! or to the Elyfian Ihades 
 Difinifs my foul, where no c^m.wo! fades, f'!"- 
 Carne'lion. n./ A precious ftone. 
 
 The common cannlht has its name from its 
 flcih colour: which is, in lome of thefe ftones, 
 paler, when it is. called the female camihr.n-. in 
 othcis rlceper, called the male. ''°»' "'^"'■ 
 
 C\'rneous. adj. {^carnms, Lat.] llclhy. 
 In a calf, the umbilical vcffeis terminate in 
 certain bodies, divided into a multitude oi car- 
 ncoui p.ipillx. ■';' 
 
 To Ca'rnifv. f. n. [from caro, cartas, 
 Lat.] To breed flelh ; to turn nutri- 
 ment into flelh. 
 
 At the fame time I think, I deliberate, I pur- 
 pofe, I command: in infciiour faculties, I w.dk, 
 1 fee, I hear, I digeil, I fanguity, I ran^Jy;, 
 
 Ca'rnivai,. n./:' [carnavai, Fr.] The 
 feaft held in the popilh countnes bctore 
 Lent ; a time of luxury. 
 
 The whole year is but one mad Mr/i;i'.i/, and 
 we are voluptuous not fo much upon defirc or 
 appetite, as by way of exploit and bravery. 
 '^'^ Decay of Piety. 
 
 Carni'vorous. eiclj. [fiom cartih and 
 iwro.] Flelh-eating ; that ol which 
 flelh is the proper food. 
 
 Ill birds there is no mallieation or comminu- 
 tion of the meat in the mouth; but in fuch as 
 are not cartili.orcm, it is immediately fwallowed 
 into the crop or craw. Kay o-i th: Ur.tm,, 
 
 M in is by his frame, as well as his appetite, 
 a \arm'.>orom animal . Arh.thnot on ^hme„ts. 
 
 Carno'sity. II. f. Icartiofite, Fr.] FlcOiy 
 excvefcence. 
 
 Ky this method, and by this courfe of did, 
 witnfudorifics, the ulcers ate healed, and that 
 carmfity rcfolvcd. _ " '/•"•""• 
 
 Ca'rnous. atij. [from caro, carms, Lat.] 
 
 Flclhv. 
 
 The'firfi or outward part is a thick and rarmu^ 
 covering, like that of a walnut; the fccond, a 
 dry and flofculous coat, commonly called mace. 
 Brown's Fii/g.ir Mrroun. 
 Tl e mnfcic whereby he is enabled to draw 
 bimfclf together, the .icademills ricfcribc to be a 
 diftina cartiom mutcle, extended to the car. 
 
 Jiay on lie Lreatni'. 
 
 Ca'rob, or St. Jol'ti's Bread. [fiUqtia, 
 
 Lat.] . , . , 
 
 A tree very common in Spam, and m fome 
 
 rarts of Italy, where it iiroduccs a great quantiu 
 
 .,f lone, Hat, brown-col(Au-cd pods, which .n . 
 
 ihick mealy, and of a fwcctilh talle. Tiielc 
 
 pods are eaten by the pooler inhabitants. A//.'/.'- 
 
 CaRo'che. n.f. [from caroje, Fr.] A 
 
 coach ; a carriage of plcafure. It is 
 
 ufed in the comedy of M.imazar, but 
 
 now It is obloletc. , ^ , ^ , 
 
 CA'RUL. «./. [catolu, Ital from c/:o 
 
 reola, Lat.] . 
 
 1. A fong ofj->y and exultation. 
 
 And let the Graces d nice unto the reft, 
 For t'lcv ran do it beft ; 
 The whiles the m.iidens do then earo/ fing, 
 To wi.icb the woods Ihall anfwe., and theit echo 
 Spenfer'! }• p,lA.i/,<mmm. 
 .Even i„ the Old T> (lament, if you Ullcn to 
 David's harp, you (hall hear as many ''"'f^-;;^*^^-^ 
 airs as carfjs. - , , 
 
 Onpos'dtoher, on t'other fide advance 
 The cuftly fealt, the e.uci, and the dance, 
 
 CAR 
 
 MinSrels nnd rnufick, poetry and play, 
 And balls by night, and touniarocnts by day. 
 
 Diydet. 
 
 2. A fong of devotion. 
 
 No night IS now with hymn or carol blefV. 
 
 S/miffearf. 
 
 They gladly thither hafle ; and, by a choir 
 Of fquadvon'd angels, hear his carol fung. Minn, 
 
 3. A fong in general. 
 Tl'C carol th:;y began that hour, 
 
 How that a life was but a flower. Shatftrar;. 
 
 To Ca'rol. •!'.«. [ffl;o/<irf, Ital.] To 
 
 fing; to warble; to fing in joy and 
 
 fclllvity. . 
 
 Hark, how the cheerful birds dochant their lays, 
 
 And carol of love's praile. Sfenfcr. 
 
 This done, the fung, and <ra«.'.'V out to clear, 
 Th.it men and angels might rejoice to hear. Dryd. 
 
 Hov'ring fwans, their throats relcas'ri 
 FromnJtlve lilcnce, r.i>t/ founds harmonious. 
 
 PivV. 
 
 7"o Ca'rol. i'. a. Toptaife; to celebrate 
 
 in fong. 
 
 She with precious viul'd liquors heals. 
 For which the flrephcrds at then f. ftivals ^ 
 Ca,ol her goodncls loud m riiUick lays. Mi/ion. 
 Ca'rotid. at/i. [caroliJes, Lat.] 1 wo 
 arteries which arife out of the afcend- 
 ing trunk of the aorta, near where the 
 fubclavian arteries arifc. 
 
 The caroti.l, veitebral, and fplenctick arteries, ^ 
 are not only varioufly contortcti, but alfo here 
 and there dilated, to moderate the motion of the 
 11 , Ray onlhe i.reatio!t. 
 
 Caro'usal. «./. [fromw/o;-/.;. Itfeems 
 more properly pronounced with the ac- 
 cent upon the fecond fyllable ; but 
 Dryden accents it on the hrlt.] A 
 
 feliival. , . 
 
 This game, thefe caroufah Afcanios taught. 
 And building alba to the Latins biouglit. DryJ. 
 To CARO'USE. V. H. {caroitjer, I'r. 
 from gar auf^, all out. Germ.] lo 
 drink; to quaff; to drmk largely. 
 
 He calls for wine: a health, quoth he, as 11 
 Had been aboaid caioufmg to his mates 
 Aflcl a llorm. " Jr 
 
 1 eain with how litUe life may be prefciv d. 
 In gold and myrih they need not to '■'"="'£^_.^^ 
 
 Now hats fly off, and youth,s carouf, 
 Healths firll go round, and then the houfc. 
 The brir.cs came tinck and thick. kucUi'ig. 
 
 Under the Ihadow of friendly boughs 
 They fit caro.,fng, wiierc .their liquor i'^'^'^j,^^^^^^ 
 
 To Caro'ose. -v. a. To drink up lavifhly. 
 
 Now mv ftck fool, Rodcrigo, 
 Whom love haihturn'dalmoft the wrong f.dc ovit, 
 T : Defdcmona hath to-night caioai'U 
 Potations p .ttie deep. .^.""'^f',";'- 
 
 Oui cheerful sucHs carcuf, the fparkling te 11s 
 Of the i.cl. g.ape, whilft nmfick "^''^'^yj*' 
 
 Caro'u'se. n.f [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A drinking match. 
 Waftc in wih! not what y6ur land albws, 
 
 Theie plv the early feall, and late earcufe. Fofe. 
 
 2, A hearty dofc 0! liquor. 
 He had fo ma, y eyes watching over hi n, as he 
 
 could not drink a full caro.fe of Jack, but the 
 
 'itate was advertifcd thereof within few hours 
 
 , ^ Daric or. irehinil. 
 
 " "p'cafe you, we may contrive Ihis altc.noon, 
 
 A.d quaft- .<■,.;,/« ro our miflrefs' hrallh. W..^- 
 
 Caro'user. n.f. [trom caroufe.i A 
 
 drinker; a t.ipcr. 
 
 The hohl ca>o,.frr, and advent ring clamc, 
 Nor feat the fever, not tefufc the flame; 
 Sale in his (ki.l, from all conrtra.nt fet free 
 But cor.fcious Ihame, remorfe, and piety. 0,v,to. 
 Carf. n.f [r«r/oFr-] A pond hfa.
 
 CAR 
 
 A frifiid of mine llured a pond of tl.rc? m 
 four acres with -nrf i anii tcucli. Jf'v 
 
 TffCARP. V. n. [ivr/io, Lat.] To ctii- 
 fui-e ; to cavil; Id liiid fault; viih ii/ 
 bifore the thing or peilon ctiifurcci. 
 
 Teitiilliaii even olun, iliiough difconirntmcnt, 
 r:i>f!ih irijuiioufly el tliem, as tlioiigh tlicy did 
 ii even when they were free from fuch meaning. 
 
 Iholer 
 This your aU-llccris*d fool 
 Does hourly r.it/. and quarrel, breaking forth 
 In rank and not to be endured riots. ^kii^Jpcnr. 
 
 No, nuf a tojth or nail to fcratch 
 And <J/ niy a.9iuiis .-./'/' or catch. Jlrrhnf. 
 
 When 1 fpukei 
 My honed homely words wcrecar^'i/andcciifur'J, 
 Vor want of courtly fti!e. Dry.Un. 
 
 CA'RPKNTrR. n f. [charpentler, Fr.] An 
 artificer in wood ; a builder of houfes 
 and fliips. He is dillinguillied from 
 a joiner, as the carpenter performs larger 
 and ftroriger work. 
 
 This worfc performed w ith advifefnent good, 
 Godfrey his ciii {t^fitrr', and men of Ikill 
 In all the camp, fcnt to an aged wood. Fairfax. 
 In building Hicro's great fliip, there were 
 three hundred carpsr.tcn employed tur a year 
 together. ■ miUrf. 
 
 In Lurden'd vclTcls firft with fpeedy care. 
 His plenteous llores do feafon'd timbers fend; 
 
 Thither the brawny -cirfinters upair, 
 And, as tire furgeuns of maim'd fliips attend. 
 
 ThyJcn. 
 
 Ca'rpkntry. n.f. [fromc^r^fn/c/".] The 
 trade or ait of a carpenter. 
 
 It had been more proper for me to have in- 
 troduced Ciitpfn'ty I-cforejo nery, bccanfc necel- 
 fity did douhtlels compel our forefithcrs to ufe 
 tlie conveniency of the iirft, ratkcr than the cx- 
 tras-agancy of the lail. M<i.\on'i Mali. 1-xei 
 
 C.v'rper. v. f. [from To (•«/■/>. 3 A ca- 
 viller ; a cenforious man. 
 
 I have not thcfe weeds, 
 By putting on the cunning of a carper. S/ialfp 
 
 CA'RPET. n.f. [karpd, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A covering of various colours, fprcad 
 upon floors or tables. 
 
 Be the Jacks fair within, the Jills fair with- 
 out, carpets l.lid, and every thing in order? 
 
 Shiikfpe.^re. 
 
 Againft the wall, in the middle uf the half 
 pace, is a chair placed before him, with a table 
 and tra'pn before it. Bjcju. 
 
 2. Ground variegated with flowers, and 
 level and fmooth. 
 
 Go fignify as much, while here we marth 
 U^ion the grafly cirpfi of this plain. Shakfpc.irc. 
 The riirpct ground (hall be with leaves o'cr- 
 fpiead, 
 And boughs fliall weave acov'ring foryour head. 
 
 VrjJe*. 
 
 3. Any thing variegated. 
 
 The whole dry land is, for the mod part, 
 covered over with a lovely carpet of green grafs, 
 and other iierbs. Ray. 
 
 i. Ciirpctlsukd, proverbially, for a ftate 
 of e;ilV and luxury ; as, a carpst knight, 
 a knight that has never known the field, 
 and has recommended hinifelf only at 
 table. 
 
 He is kniglit, dubbed with unhacked tapier, 
 and on curp/t confuleration. Sfialjpcarc. 
 
 5, To be on the cari^et [fur le tapis, Fr.] 
 it to be the fubjed of confideration ; an 
 affair in hand. 
 
 To C'A'RPrr. 1). a. [from the noun.] To 
 fprcad with carpets. 
 
 \Vc ft^und him in a fair chamber, richly hanged 
 and cutpctf.l undci- foot, without any degrees to 
 the (late; he was fcl upon a low throne, richly 
 
 Vol. .1. 
 
 CAR 
 
 adorned, and a rlrh cloth of lUtc over his head, 
 of blue fjttiii eni>>oi<leied. Bacon. 
 
 Tne dry land we tind every 'whore naturally 
 rarp.-icJ over with grals, and other agreeable 
 whulefjmc plants. Dd'am. 
 
 Ca'rpinc./«)7.v(/. nilj. [from To farh.] 
 Captious ; ccnlor;()U.-i. 
 
 No c.irpinir cii'.ick interrupts his piaiff, 
 No rival llrivcs but for a fccond place. GiamiUc. 
 Lay afulc therefore a catpiti/^ fpirit, and read 
 even an advcrfary with an h'jnell defi^n to find 
 otrt his true mca:nng ; do not fnatch at little 
 lapfes, and appearand, wifniillake. If, ills. 
 
 Ca'rpin'Gi.y. u(h. {^(rom carping.] Cap- 
 tioiifly; cenforioufly. 
 
 We derive out of the Latin at fecond hand 
 
 by the Kench, and make good linglifh, as in 
 
 thefc adverbs, carpmgh, currently, ailively, 
 
 colonrably. Cam.!rni Kcm.i/ns. 
 
 Carpmeals. n.f. A kindof coarfecloth 
 
 made in the north of England. P/iii/ips. 
 
 CARPUS, n.f. [Latin.] 'Fhe wrllt, lo 
 
 named by an;itoinills, whicli is made up 
 
 of eight little bones, of different figines 
 
 and thicknefs, placed in two ranks, lour 
 
 in each rank. They are llrungly tied 
 
 loo-ether by the ligaments which come 
 
 from the ladlus, and by the annulaiy 
 
 ligament. ^incy. 
 
 \ fonid one of tie bonej of the car put lying 
 
 loofe in the wound. H'ij.-mar,' i Su:gtry. 
 
 Ca'krack. SeeCAR.\.CK. 
 
 Ca'rkat. See Carat. 
 
 Ca'rraway. SccCaraww. 
 
 Nay, you Ihall fee mine oichaiU, where, in an 
 
 arbour, we will eat a lart ye.ir's pippin e'i" my 
 
 own grafting, with a dilh of cnr^iL'.iyi, and fo 
 
 forth; come, coufin, filence, and then to bed. 
 
 S'ia(-fp!.2it!*s Hcfiiy IV. 
 
 CA'iiRiAGt. n.f. [ain'a^f, Fr. baggage ; 
 
 from cnrrj,] 
 
 1. The aft of carrying, or tianfporting, 
 or bearing any thing. 
 
 The unequal agitation of the winds, though 
 material to the carn.tg! of founds faither or lefs 
 way, yet do not confound the articulation. Bacot. 
 
 If It fecm fo ft range to move this nbelilk for fo 
 little fpace, what may we think, of the ca'riagt 
 of it out of I'gypt ' iV'Utmi. 
 
 2 . CoiKpiell ; acquifition. 
 
 Solviuan rifolved to befiege Vienna, in good 
 
 hope that, by the carri.igc away of that, the 
 
 other cities would, without refillancc, be yielded, 
 
 A'«s//'.-i'i Hijk'y of lli: Turks. 
 
 3. Vehicle ; that in which any thing is 
 carried. 
 
 What hmfc or c.trriagt can take up and bear 
 away all the loppings of a branchy tree at once ? 
 
 IValti. 
 
 4. The frame upon which cannon is car- 
 ried. 
 
 He commanded the great ordnance to be laid 
 
 upon c.ini.if^cf, vi-hich before lay bound in great 
 
 unwieldy timber, with rings faltened theiclo, 
 
 and could not handfomely be removed to or fro. 
 
 K'tollci's Hifsory of tin Turks. 
 
 ^. Behaviour; perfonal manners. 
 
 Before his eyes he did caft a mift, by his own in- 
 rinuation, and by the carriage of his youth, that 
 exprclVed a natural princely behaviour. Bacon. 
 
 Though in my f.ice tliere"s no afleificd fiown, 
 Nor in my carriage a ftign'd nicenefs Ihown, 
 I keep my honour ftill without a ftain. Diy.lcn. 
 
 Let them have ever fo learaed leiSures of 
 breeding, that which will moft influence tticii 
 carriage will be the company they converfe with, 
 and tiie fafhion of thole about them. Lc.ic. 
 
 6. Conduct; meafures; pracllces. 
 You may hurt yourfelf; nay, utterly 
 Grow from the kinf's acc^iiainlancc, by this 
 ceniagc. i)liulfiK»if. 
 
 CAR 
 
 Ife advifcd the new governour to have fo miicfi 
 difcrctioii in his rarriag.; that there might be 
 no notice taken in the exercifc of his religion. 
 
 Cla'f'i.i'jn. 
 
 7. Management ; manner of tranfacling. 
 Not tiled. 
 
 The manner of earriagf of the burmcfs, was 
 as iE there had been fecrct inquifitinn u;?on uim. 
 Baccin' I Itcnty vu. 
 
 Ca'rriER. n.f. [from To curry.] 
 I. One who carries fometliing. 
 
 You mu(f di'lincuilh between the motion of 
 
 the air, which is but x'^'ckculum caufx, a cirrur 
 
 of the founds, and the found conveyed. Eaczo. 
 
 I-'of winds, when homeward they retuvi, wi 1 
 
 drive 
 
 The loaded camcn front their evening hive. 
 
 Dry.'.!'. 
 
 I. One wKofo piofefTion or trade is l<» 
 
 carry goods for others. 
 
 1 have rather made it my choice to iranfciibc 
 all, than to venture the lots ot my origiitals by 
 poll OJ carrier. Vietas Lrtlrrt. 
 
 The roads are crowded with canicrt, ladert 
 with rich manufjiftures. Swiff. 
 
 3. A mefTenger ; one who carrJcG a rnef-' 
 fage. 
 
 The welcom'- nev/s is in the letter found ; 
 Tlie carrier's not conimiiTi oned to expeiimc: ; 
 It fpeaks itfclf. Drydm'i ReHgio L.aic:. 
 
 4. 1 he name of a fpecies of pigeons, fo 
 called from the reported practice of 
 fome nations, who fend them with let- 
 ters lied to their neck.= , which they car- 
 ry to tiie pli'.ce where they were bred, 
 however remote. 
 
 There arc tame and wild p'gcons ; and of ramc 
 there are cioppers, carrien, runts. If'altot. 
 
 CARRION, n.f [cimrosne, Fr.] 
 
 1. The carcafs of fomething not proper 
 for food. 
 
 They did eat the dead cirriins, and one another 
 foon aft^'i ; inibmuch that the very carc.tlTcs they 
 fcr.iped out of their graves. Spenfer on IrciaiU. 
 
 It IS I 
 
 That, lying by the violet in the fun. 
 
 Do as the cirrion does, not as the flower. Shahf. 
 
 This foul deed Ihall fmcll above rhe earth, 
 With carrion srizw groaning for burial. S'uiifp. 
 
 You'll a(k mc why I rather clioofe to have 
 A weight of c.-trrion ficQi, than to receive 
 Three thouhip.ri ducats. Shakfpearit, 
 
 Ravens are fccn in flocks where a carrion lies, 
 and wolves in herds to run down a deer. Temple. 
 
 Siroep, oxen, horfcs fall ; and heap'd on high. 
 The dirt"'ring fpecies in coi.fufion lie; 
 Till, warm'd by frequent ills, the way they found 
 To lodge their loathlome carrion under ground. 
 
 Drydert. 
 
 Criticks, 31 they are birds of prey, have ever 
 a natural inclination to cairi-jiu Bc,pe. 
 
 2. Any flelh fo corrupted as not to be lit 
 for food. 
 
 Not all that pride that makes thee fwcll, 
 As big as thou doft blown-up veal ; 
 Nor all thy tricks and flights to cheat, 
 Sell all thy carrion for good meat. Ii:..lijr'ii. 
 
 The wolves will get a breakfail by my dent'i, 
 Yet fcarcc enough their hunger to fupply, 
 For love has made me carrion ere 1 die. n'\dcn. 
 
 3. A name of reproach for a worthltfs 
 woman. 
 
 Sliall we fend that foolifh carrion, Mrs. Quick- 
 ly, to him, and excul'c his throwing intu the 
 water ? Sliaki'pearc. 
 
 C.^'rrioN'. adj. [from tlie fubftantive. ] 
 Relating to c.ircafles; feeding upon 
 carcafles. 
 
 Match to match I have encoiinter'd him. 
 And made a prey for ctrn'on kit^s and crows, 
 Ev'n cf the benny beafts he lov'il fo we'l. 
 
 J M
 
 CAR 
 
 Th« charity of our cic;ith-bed vifits from one 
 
 Biiuther, is much at a raic with thiit of a carrisn 
 
 crow to a fhecp ; we fmcll a carcafs. L'Bj^rc'igf- 
 
 CA'RROT. K. / ^caroU, Fr. Jmcus, 
 
 Lat.] An cfoulont root. 
 
 Carrati, lliaugh garden toots, ytl they do well 
 311 the fields for feed. • Mo< timer. 
 
 Hii foout'c orders the fack to be immcdiattl;' 
 opened,' and greedily pulls out of it half a dozen 
 bunches of canon. X)cnnn. 
 
 Ca'krotiness. k. /. [fi-om carruty.'] 
 .Rednefs of hair, 
 
 Ca'rroty. adj. {horn carrot. '\ Spoken 
 of red hair, on account of its re- 
 fcmbiance in colour to carrots. 
 
 Ca'krows. «./. [an Irilh word.] 
 
 The cirnw^ arc a kind of people that wander 
 up and down to gentlemen's houfes) living only 
 upon cards and dice ; who, though they have 
 little or nothing of thejr own, yet will they play 
 for much money. . Spetj'cr on hdund. 
 
 ToCA'RRY. 11. a. {churkr, Fr. from 
 cuyrtis, Lat.] 
 
 1. To convey from a place: oppofedto 
 l-rin^, or convey to a place ; often with 
 a pa'i-ticle, fignif) ing departure, asaivay, 
 
 # 
 \Vhcn he dieth, he fhall carry nothing atuny. 
 
 Pf.hm. 
 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial. 
 
 1 mean to cir/y her awny this evening by the 
 hclp.of thele two foldiers. Drydcn' i Sfiit. Fri.tr. 
 
 As in a hive's vimineous dome, 
 Ten thoufand bees enjoy their home ; 
 Eacn does her ftudious ai'tion vary. 
 To go and come, to fetch and cany. Prior. 
 
 They expofcd tbeir goods with the pi ice 
 marked, then retired; the merchants came, left 
 the price which they would give upon tlie goods, 
 andictiicd; the Seres reUirning, carried oj either 
 their goods or money, as they liked bcft. j^tliuth. 
 
 2. To tranfport. 
 
 They began to carry about in beds thofc that 
 v/erc fick. " ^'^"r''- 
 
 The fpecics of audiblcs fcem to hecarrtcd more 
 manifeftly through the air, than the fpecics of 
 vifiblcs. Bacon. 
 
 Where many great ordnance are fhot o3 to- 
 gether, the found will be carried, at the lead, 
 twenty miles upon the land. Bacon. 
 
 3. To bear ; to have about one. 
 
 Do not take out bones like furgeuns I have met 
 witl>, who tarry them about in their pockets. 
 IVifcman'i Sargcijf. 
 
 4. To take ; to have with one. . 
 
 If tlic ideas of liberty and volition were cnrn.-i 
 along with us in our minds, a great part of the 
 difficulties that perplex men's thoughts would be 
 calicf refolved. Locke. 
 
 I have liftened with my utmoft attentioii-for 
 half an hour to an oratour, without being able to 
 carry away one finglc fcutence out of a whole 
 fctnion. . Siviji. 
 
 5. To convey by force. 
 
 Go, ci.ry fir John Falhaff to the Fleet ; 
 Takc^U his company along with him. S/iakfp. 
 
 6. To effeft any thing. 
 
 There are fome vain peifons, that whatfocver 
 jocth alone, 01 moveth upon greater means, if 
 they Lave never fo little hand in it, rhcy think it 
 isthvy that eai'iy it. Bacon. 
 
 Ofi-times we lofc tlic nccafion of carrying a 
 
 luiinifs well thoioughly by our tco much hafte. 
 
 Ben Jonjon^i DiJctAJCty. 
 
 Thcfe advantages will be of no effciS, unlcfs 
 Wf improve them to words, in the carrying of our 
 main point. .chLliJon. 
 
 n. To gain in competition. 
 
 And h.iidiy Ihall I carry out my fide, 
 Hcf hufband bci.ig alive. Sl^aif^earc. 
 
 CAR 
 
 Row m»ny ftand fur conliiUhips ? Three, 
 
 they lay; but it is thuiightof every oneCuriuUiius 
 will carry it. Shai/pfaic. 
 
 i ice not yet how any of thefe fix rcalons can 
 be fdiily a\oid(d ; and yet if any of thcni hold 
 good, it is enough to cirry the c.iuie. Suitnderjon. 
 
 The latter ftill enjoying his pl.icc, and continu- 
 ing a joint commiriioHcr of the trcafury, lliH op- 
 I'oicd, and commonly carried away every thing 
 againlf him. Clarendon. 
 
 8. To gain after refiftance. 
 
 The cjunt wooes youi daughter. 
 Lays down his wanton ficgc before hci beauty; 
 Rcfolves to carry her; let her eonfent. 
 As we'll dircdl her now, 'tis bcft to hear it. 
 
 Shal-f^eare. 
 
 What a fnitunc does the thick lips owe. 
 If lie can curry her thus? Shakfpeare'i Othello. 
 
 The town was dilriefTcd, and ready for an 
 alTault, wl.ich, if it had been given, would huve 
 colt much blood ; but yet the town would have 
 been carried in the end. Bacon*s Henry vll. 
 
 9. To gain : with it ; that is, to prevail. 
 \_le pcrUr, Fr.] 
 
 Are you all ixfoh'd to give your voices } 
 But that's no matter j the greater part carrier it. 
 
 Shakjfieare. 
 
 By thefe, and the like arts, they pioniifcd 
 themfelves that they fliould eafily cmny it ; fo 
 that they entertained the hoiife all the morning 
 with otlier debates. Clarendon. 
 
 If the niimeroufnefs of a train mud carry it, 
 virtue m:y go follow Allra:a, and vice only will 
 be worth the courring. Glani-iUc. 
 
 Children, who live together, often liiive for 
 m.iftery, whofe wills Ihall carry it over the reft. 
 ' - Lo.k:. 
 
 In pleafures and pains, the prefent is apt to 
 carry it, and thofe at a diltance have the dil- 
 ndvantage in the comparifon. hocke. 
 
 10. To bear out ; to face through : with //. 
 If a man carrier it olT, there is fo much money 
 
 faved ; and if he be dclcfteri, there will be fome- 
 thing pleafant In the fiolick. L'Ejiiange. 
 
 11. To continue external appearance. 
 My niece is already in Uic belief that he's 
 
 mad ; we may cany it thus for our plcafLire and 
 his penance. Sh.ilfpear;-. 
 
 12. I'o manage ; to tranfaft. 
 
 The fenate is geneially as numerous as our 
 houfe of commons ; and ycicairiei its refolutions 
 fo privately, that they are feldom known, y^a'dif. 
 
 13. To behave ; to conduct : with the re- 
 ciprocal pronoun. 
 
 Negle.^ not alfo the examples of thofe that 
 have carried themfelves ill in the fame place. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 He attended the king into Scotland, where he 
 did carry himfelj with much fingular fweetncfs 
 and temper. ffotton. 
 
 He can ied hintjelf fo infolently in the houfe, 
 and out of the houfe, to all pcrfons, that he be- 
 came odious. Clarendon 
 
 14. Sometimes with il ; as, (lie carrifs if 
 high. 
 
 15. To bring forward ; to advance in any 
 progrefs. 
 
 It is not to I)C imagilied how far conltancy 
 will carry a mr.n ; however, it is better w.ilking 
 flowly in a rugged way, than to break a leg and 
 be a cripple. Lode. 
 
 This plain natural way, without grammar, can 
 carry thcni to great elegancy and politenefs in 
 their langu.aije. Lode. 
 
 There is no vice wliich mankind carr/Vj to fuch 
 wild extremes, as that of avarice. Swift. 
 
 16. To urge ; to bear forward with fome 
 kind of external imptilfe. 
 
 Men arc ftrongly rarried out to, and. hardly 
 took off from, the praiSicc of vice. Soutl:. 
 
 He that the world, or (k(h, or devil, can 
 carry away from the profeffon of an obedience 
 to Chiih, ii no fon of the faithful Abraham. 
 
 lUmmind's yraHical Calsehifm. 
 
 CAR 
 
 III njturc, paiiion, and revenge will carry- 
 them too far in punilhing others ; and therefore 
 God hath certainly appointed government to re- 
 Itiain the partiality aftd vicjlcr.ce of men. Locke, 
 
 17. To bear ; to have ; to obtain. 
 
 In fome vegetables, we Ice fomethingthatco"/« 
 a kind of analogy to ici\ic ; they contradl their 
 leaves agaiiiif ti-.e cold ; they open them to the 
 favouiabic heat. tlnie's Origin of Mankind, 
 
 18. To exhibit to fiiow ; to difplay on 
 the outfide ; to fet to view. 
 
 The afpetfl of every one in the f.imily r.i?f;V( 
 fo much fatisfadtion, that it appears he know^s 
 his h.ippy lot. j^ddifon, 
 
 19. To imply ; to import. 
 
 It carries too great an imputation of ignorance, 
 lightnefs, or folly, for men to quit and renounce 
 their forntcr tenets, prefently, upon the offer of 
 an argument which tliey cannot immediately 
 anfwcr. Ldcke. 
 
 20. To contain ; to coniprife. 
 
 He thought it ain.fi/ fomething. of argument 
 in it, to prove that dodtrine. I'Vatts on the Mind. 
 
 2 1. To have annexed ; to have any thing 
 joined : with the panicle iL<ilh. 
 
 Tiicre was a righteous and a fcarching law, 
 dire<ftly forhidding fueh praiftices; and they 
 knew that it carried ivith il the divine ftamp. 
 
 South, 
 
 There are many cxpreffions, which carry laith 
 them to my mind no clear ideas. Locke. 
 
 The obvious portions of cxienfion, that affeift 
 our fenfes, carry ivith them into the mind the idea 
 of finite, Locke. ' 
 
 22. To convey or bear any thing united 
 or adhering, by comtnunication of mo- 
 tion. 
 
 We fee alfo manifeftly, that founds are car- 
 ried with wind : and therefore founds will be 
 heaid further with the win'd than againft the 
 wind. Baron^j Natural Hijiory. 
 
 23. To move or continue any thing in a 
 certain direction. 
 
 His chimney is carried up through the old rock^ 
 fo that you fee the (ky through it, notwithftand- 
 ing the rooms lie very deep. yi.idifon on Itah^ 
 
 24. To pufh on ideas, arguments, or any 
 thing fucceflive in a tjain. 
 
 Maiiethes, that wrote of x\s Egyptians, hath 
 carried up tlicir government to an incredible riif- 
 tance. Hate's Origin of Mankind. 
 
 25. To receive ; to endure. Not iirufe. 
 
 Some h;:ve in leadinefs lo many odd ftorics, as 
 there is nothing but they can wrap it into a tale, to . 
 make others rt.try it with n.oic picafure. Bacon, 
 
 26. To fupport; to fuftain. 
 
 6'iir>_) camomile, or wild thyme, of the green 
 itrawberry, upon flicks, as you do hops upon 
 
 poles. Biico'i's Natural HiJIOry. 
 
 I'l. To bear, as trees. 
 
 Set tnem a realonable depth, and they will 
 carry more (hoots upon the flem. Bacon, 
 
 28. To fetch and bring, as dogs. 
 
 Young whelps learn eafily to carry; young 
 pnpiiij.iys learn quickly to fpeak. . Afcham, 
 
 29. To carry off. To kill. 
 
 Old Pair lived to one hundred and fifty-three 
 years of age, and might have gone further, if the 
 cnangeof air had not c.irriVi/ him «^'. Timfle. 
 
 30. To carry on. To promote j to - help- 
 forward. 
 
 It cariies on the fame defign that is promoted 
 hy authors of a graver turn, anil only does it in 
 another manner. Addifcn. 
 
 31. To carry Oil, To continue; to put 
 forward from one ftage to another. 
 
 By the adminiilration of grace, begun by our 
 llefled Saviour, carried on by his diiciples, and 
 10 be completed by their fuccclfours to the world's 
 end, all types that darkened lliis faith are cn- 
 lijhtciicd, Si'ttl.
 
 CAR 
 
 Tumi's fctilcmcnt in It;ily was eanUJ on 
 thiougli all tlii'ui>[)ulitiuii» in his way to it, both 
 by fci .ind land. Ad.iijtin. 
 
 32. To curry on. To profecute ; not to 
 
 let ccafe. 
 
 Kiancf will not confcnt to furnifli us with 
 
 money liiHigicnt to caiiy oti the war. Tmifk. 
 
 ^3. To carry through. To fiipport ; to 
 
 keep from failing, or being conqiieied. 
 
 That gr.ice will ca>ry ii^, if we do nut wilfully 
 
 betray our fiiccours, vivStorioufly ehio'igh al! clit'- 
 
 ficuUic-'. ilammond. 
 
 To Ca'rry. V, «. 
 
 1. A liBve is faid by hunters to carry, 
 when (he runs on rotten ground, or on 
 froll, and it liieks to her feet. 
 
 2. .'\ liurfe is faid to carry luell, when his 
 neck is arched, and he iiolds his head 
 lii"h ; but when his neck is (hort, and 
 ill-(hape<j, and he lowers his head, he 
 is faid to carry loiu. 
 
 Ca'rry-tale. n.f. [froint-'r/-_y and/a/f.] 
 A talebearer. 
 Some carry-!iile, fomc •plc.iteman, fonic flight 
 lany. 
 Told our intents before. Sh^kfpfarc. 
 
 CART. K./ See Car. [cjiatr, cjia^:. Sax.] 
 I . A carriage in general. 
 
 The Scythian.s are dclcribcd by Herodotus to 
 )odjfralw<iys in earn, and to feud upon the milk 
 of mares. rimj>/c. 
 
 Tiiptulcmus, foftinjthe Nine, 
 Strcn*d plenty from his can divine. Drydcn. 
 
 a. A wheel-carriage, ufcd commonly for 
 
 luggage. 
 
 No* while my friend, juft ready to depart, 
 Was packing all his ^uods in one poor cart, 
 He rtopp'da little. Diydrn'i "Ju-Derial. 
 
 3. A fmall carriage with two wheels, ufed 
 by hufbandmen ; ditlinguifhed fiom a 
 •waggon, which has four wheels. 
 
 Alas ! what weights are thefc that load my 
 heart ! 
 ■I am as dull as winter ftarved Iheep, 
 Tir'd as a jade in overloadeii cart, Sidney. 
 
 4. The vehicle in which criminals are 
 carried to e.\ecution. 
 
 The fquiie, whofc good grace was to open the 
 fcene, 
 Now_ fitted the halter, now travers'd the cart. 
 And uften took, leave, but was loth to depart. 
 
 Pr/01. 
 
 To Cart. -u. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 expofe in a cart, by way of punlfiiment. 
 
 Demricr.tus ne'er laugh'd fo loud, 
 To fee bawds carted through the crowd. Hiidil). 
 
 No woman led a better life : 
 She to intrigues was e'en haid-hcarted ; 
 She chuckled when a bawd was carted; 
 And thought the nation ne'er would thrive, 
 Till all the whores were burnt alive. Prhr. 
 
 To Cart. v.n. To life carts for carriage. 
 
 Oxen are not fo good for draught, where you 
 
 have otcalion to cart much, but for winter plough- 
 
 ing. 
 
 Ahrth 
 
 Caut-horse. n.yl [from cart and horji-.] 
 A coarfe unwieldy hoife, fit only for the 
 cart. 
 
 It was determined, that thefe fickand wounded 
 foldiers Ihould be cairitd upon the catt-horfa. 
 
 Knollcs. 
 CaRT-J.a.DF.. n.f. [from carl ^ni jade. '\ 
 A vile horfe, tit only for the cart. 
 
 He came out with all his clowns, horfed upon 
 fuch cart-jadcs, fo fiiiniihed, I thought if that 
 were thrift, I wilhcd none of my friends or fub- 
 jeits cvei to thrive. Sidney. 
 
 Cart-load. n.f. [frome,?/-/ and luaJ.^ 
 I. A quantity of any thing piled on a cart. 
 
 CAR 
 
 A cart-U:U of carrots appeared of darker co- 
 lour, when iookco uf on where the points were 
 obvcited to the eye, tiiaii where the fides were fo. 
 
 Bt^yle. 
 
 Let Wood and his accomplices travel about a 
 country with cart-hads of their ware, and fee 
 wild will take it. Swift. 
 
 1. A quantity fufficient to load a cart. 
 Cart-rofe. n.f. [front carl and rope.] 
 
 A (Irong cord ufcd to fallen the load on 
 
 thecarriage: proverbially any thiekcord. 
 Cart-way. n.f [(nnn cart and ttv/y.] A 
 
 way through which a carriage may con- 
 
 venieptly travel. 
 Where )our woods arc large, it is lieft to have 
 
 a c.i;/-tt'iii' along the middle of them. M'^rtimer. 
 
 CylRlE' BLANCHE. [French.] A 
 blank paper ; a paper to be filled up 
 with fuch conditions as the perlon to 
 whom it is fent thinks proper. 
 
 Ca'rtel. n.f. [cartel, Fr. carlcUo, Ital.] 
 
 1. A writing containing, for the molt 
 part, lllpiilations between enemies. 
 
 As this fiifcord among the fillerftood is likely 
 to" engage them in a long and lingering' war, it 
 is the mure nccclVary that there Ihould be a riir- 
 tcl fettled among theul. .-Iddijon's Yreeholder. 
 
 2. Anciently any publiek paper. 
 
 They flatly difavotich 
 To yield him more obedience, or fupport ; 
 Anil as to pcrjur'd duke of Lancafter, 
 Their cartel of defiance, they prefer. 
 
 Daniel'i Civil IVar. 
 
 Ca'rter. n.f. [from cart.l The man 
 who drives a cart, or whofe trade It li to 
 drive a cart. 
 
 Let me Ik- no affiftant for a ftate. 
 But keep a farm, and carters. S/iaifj>rare. 
 
 The Divine goodncfs never f.iils, provided 
 that, according to the advice of Hercules to th^ 
 carter, we put our own (houlders to the work. 
 
 L'Ejiiange. 
 
 Carter and hoft confronted face to face. Vryd. 
 
 It is the prudence of a carter to put bells upon 
 his horl'es, to make tJiem carry their burdens 
 cheerfully, IJryden'i Diftejnoy. 
 
 CA'RTILAGE. n.f. [cartUago, Latin.-] 
 A fmooth and folid body, fofter than a 
 bone, but harder than a ligament. In 
 it are no cavities or cells for containing 
 of inarrow ; nor is it covered over with 
 any membrane to make it fenfible, as 
 the bones are. The cartilages have a 
 natural elaflicity, by which, if they are 
 forced from their natural figi'.re or fitu- 
 atibn, they return to it of themfclves, 
 as foon as that force is taken away. 
 
 ^lincy. 
 
 Canals, by degrees, are abolifhed, and grow 
 
 folid j fcvcral of them united grow a membrane ; 
 
 liiefc- membranes further confoliriated become 
 
 cartilages, and cartilages bones. Arluthtiot . 
 
 CartilaGi'neous. 7 ^- f- [from carli- 
 Cartila'ginous. J lage.] Confill- 
 ing of cartilages. 
 
 By whatartifice the cartilagineoits kind of fillies 
 poifc themfelvcs, afcend and defcciid atplcafuie, 
 and continue in what depth of water tiicy lilf , is 
 as yet unknown. Hi^y. 
 
 "The larynx gives palTagc to the breath, ami, 
 as the breath paU'eth through the rimula, makes 
 a vibration of thofe cartilaginms booies, which 
 forms that breatii into a vocal found or voice, 
 
 ■ Holder': h'.lementi of S/jcccIi. 
 
 Carto'on. n.f. [_cartotie, Ital.] A paint- 
 ing or drawing upon large paper. 
 
 It is with a vulg.ir idea tliat the world beholds 
 the cartoons of Raphael, antl every one feels his 
 fljaie of plcafuie and cntcrt.rmmtnt, If'aits. 
 
 CAR 
 
 CARto't'CH. n.f. \_cartouche, French.] 
 
 1 . A cafe of wood three inches thick at 
 the bottom, girt round with marlin, 
 and holding forty-eight mudcet balls, 
 and fix or eight iron balls of a pound 
 weight. It is fired out of a hobit or 
 fmall mortar, and is proper for defend- 
 ing a pafs. Harr'u. 
 
 2. A portable box for charges. 
 Ca'rthage. 'III. f. [cartouche, Fr.] A 
 Ca'rtridge. j cafe of paper or parch- 
 ment filled with gunpowder, ufed for 
 the greater expedition in charging guns. 
 
 Our monarch Itands in perlon by. 
 His new-call cannons firmnefs to explore ; 
 The flrt-ngth of big-corn'd powder loves to 
 try, 
 And ball and carirage forts for evciy bore, Dryil. 
 C'artrut. n.f, [from cart and rul ; 
 route, a way.] The track made by ;i 
 cart wheel. 
 Cartulary, n.f. [from f/;rfr/«, paper, 
 Lat.] A place where papers or records 
 are kept. 
 Ca'rtwright. n. f. [from cart and 
 ivright.'] A maker of carts. 
 
 Alter loc.il names, the moft names have bcca 
 derived from occupations or profelTions ; as, 
 Taylor, Potter, Smith, Cartivright. Camden. 
 
 Tw CARVE. V. a. [ceojipan, Saxon; 
 icrven, Dntch.] 
 
 1. To cut wood, or tlone, or other mat- 
 ter, into elegant forms. 
 
 Taking the verv refufe, he hatti carved it dilfi 
 , gently when he had nothing, elle to do. H'ifdom. 
 Had Dcmocrates really carved mount Athos 
 into a fiatue of Alexander the Great, and had 
 the memory of the fail been obliter.itcd by fomc 
 accident, who could afterwards have proved it 
 impoffiblc, but that it might cafually have been,' 
 
 Ber.tley. 
 
 2. To cut meat at the table. 
 
 3. To make any thing by carving or cut* 
 ting. 
 
 Yet fearing idlcnrfs, the nurfe of ill, 
 In fculptuie excicis'd hi* happy lliill ; 
 And carv'd in ivory fuch a. maid fo fair. 
 As nature could not with his art conipaic, 
 Were Ihe to work. D'ydet, 
 
 4. To engrave, 
 
 O Rofalind, thefe trees tliall be my liooks. 
 And in their barks my thoughts I'd charadlcrj 
 
 Tiiat every eye, wiiich in this foreif looks, 
 Shallfce thy virtue witnefs'd every where. 
 
 Run, run, OiUmdo, carve on every tree 
 
 The fair, the cliaftc, the uncxpreffive Ihe. 
 
 S'laifpeare. 
 
 5. To diflribute ; to apportion ; tu pro- 
 vide at will. 
 
 He had been a keeper of his flocks both from 
 the violence of robbers and his own foldier",, wi'..^ 
 could eafily have cari-cd thenifchcs tiieir own 
 food. Sou t hi 
 
 How dares finful dut\ and aflies invade the 
 preiogativc of Providence, and caivc out to him- 
 felf the feafons and iffucs of life and death ? 
 
 The labourers' fliarc, being fcldom more tiian 
 a bare fnbfiltcnce, never allows that body of 
 men opportunity to ftruggle with tiie licher, un- 
 Icfs when fome common and great diftrefs em- 
 boldens them to caive to tHeir wants. Lock.'. 
 
 6. To cut ; to hew. 
 
 Or they will buy his (Vieepfoith of the cote, 
 Or tiiey «-i U.i'Tt th.e n.ephcrd's tl-roat. Spaj.r. 
 
 Br.ive Macbeth, with his brandilh'd llec:. 
 Like valour's minion, caried out his pjlf.igc. 
 
 S'la.if^eares 
 
 To Carve, v. n. 
 
 I. To exercifc the trat]e of a fc.ilptor. 
 2 M 2
 
 CAS 
 
 2. To pevform at table the office of fup- 
 plying the company from the diflies. 
 
 i dt) nunn to make love to Fuid's wife ; I 
 fpv en'ciiriinmciit in her ; (1>e difcourfcs, (he 
 <ai:n-!, ft.e gives the Icei of iavitntioil. Shakfp. 
 
 W,-ll then, things handiomcly wersferv'd; 
 My milifi'i's for the Itraafcr* r.^tf'H, hncr. 
 
 Ca'^vei.. n. f. A fiiiail Ihip. 
 
 I gave thetri order, if tlicy tound any Indians 
 
 there, to fc[id in the little fly -boat, or tlie mrvel, 
 
 , into the river; for, with our great fliiiis, we 
 
 duril not approach the coaft, Rr.lelgh. 
 
 CA'RVEn.. n.f. [from carve.^ 
 
 1. A fculptor. 
 
 All aits and ajtifts Tliefeus could command, 
 Who fold for hire, or wrought for better fame ; 
 The maitcr painters and the cun'eri came. 
 
 Wn'ir-... 
 
 2. He that cuts up the meat at the table. 
 
 Meanwliile thy indignation yet to r.iife, 
 Tlie carver, dancing round each difh, furveys 
 With flying knife, and, as his art direils. 
 With proper gelture^ cv'iy fowl diffefts. Diyci-n. 
 
 3. He- that apportions or diltribtitesat will. 
 
 In this kind, to come in braving arms, 
 Br- his own earlier y and cut out liis w.iy. 
 To find out right with wrongs it m.ay not be. 
 
 Shua-fpC'irc'i Richard 1 1 . 
 We are not the cctTven of our own fortunes. 
 
 U Ejli'i'!;'/. 
 CA'RViNG. n f. [from carve.'] ijculp- 
 ture ; figures carved. 
 
 They can no mo"e l.ilt like the ancients, than 
 cxollcnt ar-oingi in wood like thofe in marble 
 and biafs. Temple. 
 
 The lids sre ivy, grapes in clufters lurk 
 Beneath the ,jr-j:/ig of the cuiicus work. Pry,!. 
 Casu'ncle. n.f. [canith'u/a, Lat.] A 
 fmall protuberance of flcfh, either iiatu- 
 jal or morbid. 
 
 Oirunc/t! arc a fort of loofe flcdi arifing in the 
 lirethra by the crulion made by virulent acid 
 matter. IVifeman. 
 
 CJRl'JTES. I n.f. [from Caryu, a 
 CARYA'TIDES. \ city taken by the 
 Greeks, who led away the women cap- 
 tives ; and, to perpetuate their flaveiy, 
 f eprcfented them in buildings as charged 
 with burdens.] An order of columns or 
 pilalters, under the figures of women 
 dreffcd in long robes, fcr\ing to fiipport 
 entablatures. Chamhtrs. 
 
 QMCh'tiV.. n.f. [cafcade, Fr. cufcala, 
 Itdl. from cafcjre, to fall.] A cata- 
 rail ; a waterfall. 
 
 Rivers diverted from their native couifc. 
 And bound with chains of artificial force. 
 From VMgz c<ijc.%hi in plcafing tumult roll'd, 
 Or rofe through figur'd ftone, or breathing gold. 
 
 Pi ill ■ 
 
 The river Tivcrone throv/s itfelf down a preci- 
 pice, and falts by feveral cafia.Us from one rock 
 lo anoiiicr, till it gains the bottom 01 tlie valiey. 
 
 Addijoil. 
 
 CASE. n.J. {cmffe, French, a box.] 
 I. Something that covers or contains any 
 thing elfe ; a covering; a box; a (heath. 
 
 O c'rave, my lides \ 
 Heart, once be Itiongerthan thy continent. 
 Crack thy frail cjf:. Shai. Aiit;i:y and Chop. 
 
 gach thought was vifiblc that roll'd within, 
 
 As through a crylial cafe the figut'd hours arc 
 
 fcell. * Vrydcn. 
 
 Other caterpillars protiiiced maggots, that im- 
 
 Eieiliatily made themfclves up in caja. R<iy. 
 
 Tl^e body is but a cajt to this vehicle. Brt^ome. 
 
 Jull then Clariffa drew, with tempting grace, 
 
 A two-edg'd weapon from her (hining c-ifc. Pope. 
 
 i. The outer part of a hoiife or building. 
 
 The cajc of tUe holy houfc is nobly defigncd, 
 
 mi txccutcit t>y greai mailers. Mdijui en Italy. 
 
 CAS 
 
 3. A building unfurnifhed. 
 
 He had a purpofe likewife to raife, in the uni- 
 verfity, a fair caji for books, and to furnifii it 
 with choice collccflions from all parts, at his own 
 ch.arge. Ifoll'j'i. 
 
 CASE-KNif£. n,f. [from cafe d.ni^ knifi.l 
 A large kitchen knife. 
 
 The king al.vays ails with a great cifc-bnff 
 fluek in his giidle, which the lady Ina'chesfrom 
 him in the ftruggle, and fo defends hertclf. 
 
 A.iUJ<i!i'-i I'fly. 
 Case-shot. n.f. [from cafe ^nA Jhot.] 
 Bullets tnclofed in a cafe. 
 
 In each fcvcn fmall brals and leather guns, 
 charged with cafe-fiot. Clarendon. 
 
 CASE. n.f. [cafus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Condition with regard to outward cir- 
 cumllances. 
 
 Unworthy wnetch, quoth he, of fu great grace. 
 How dare I think ftich glory to attain > 
 
 Thefc that have it attain'd were in like ctfr^ 
 Quoth he, as wretched, and liv'd in like pain. 
 
 Fithy i^m-cn. 
 
 Qiicfrion your royal thoughts, make the cnff' 
 yoai:.s ; 
 Be now a fariier, and piopofe a fon. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Sjine knew the face. 
 And all had heard the much lamented cofe. Dryd. 
 
 Tiiefe were the circumilances under which the 
 Corinthians then were ; and the argument whicli 
 the apoltle advances, is intended to reach t-iieir 
 particular cafe.. Ancrhury. 
 
 My youth may be made, as it never fails in 
 cxesiitions, a cajc of compaiTion. i*ope. 
 
 2. Staie of things. 
 
 He faith, that if there can be found fjeh an 
 iniquality between man and man, as between 
 m.ni and bealt, or between foul and body, it iii- 
 vcrtelh a rigiit of government ; which fcemeth 
 ratl.cr an impoffible cufe, than an untrue fentcnce. 
 
 JlilCOn. 
 
 Here was the cafe ; an army of Englilh,walfed 
 :\\id tired with a lijng winter's fiege, engagct! an 
 army of a greater number than themfelvcs, frelh 
 and in vigour. Pncoft. 
 
 I can but he a llave wherever I am ; fo that 
 taken or not taken, 'tis all a c^ife tome. 
 
 UKJtrange. 
 
 Th.ey a^'e excellent in order to certain ends ; 
 he hatii no need to ufe them, as the cafe now 
 ftands, being provided for with the provilion of 
 an angel. Ta\hr's^Ho!y Ln'i'ig. 
 
 Your parents did not produce yolLmnch into 
 the worKl, whereby you have fewer ill impref- 
 fions ; hut they failed, as is gencially tlie cofcy 
 in too much negleifting to cultivate your mind. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 3. [In phyfick.] State of the body ; Hate 
 of the difeafe. 
 
 It w<as well ; for wc had rather met with calms 
 and contrary winds, than any terapells; for our 
 fick were many, and in very ill cafe. HactM. 
 
 Chalybeate water fecms to be a proper remedy 
 in hypochondriacal cafes. Arbuthmt on AinncKt^, 
 
 4. Hillory of a difeafe. 
 
 5. State of a legal queftion. 
 
 If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to 
 call up one thing to prove and illuftrate another, 
 let him rturiy the lawyers cafes : fo every defefl 
 of the mind may have a fpecia) receipt. Bacon. 
 
 6. In ludicrous language, conditiofi with 
 regard to Icannefs or fat. In cufe is, 
 l:.jiy ox fat. 
 
 Tlioulycfl, moft ignorant monfter, I am in 
 cafe to jliftle a conftable. Shakfpeare'i Tempefi. 
 
 Pray have but patience till then, and when I 
 am in little better cw/ir, I'll throw myfelf in the 
 very mouth of you. L' I'fiiangc. 
 
 Quoth IJnlph, I ftiould not, if I were 
 In cafe for adtion, now be here. Uudibras. 
 
 For if the lire be faint, or out of cafe, 
 He will b'.- copy'd in his taraifli'd ijct, D'ydin. 
 
 CAS 
 
 The prl«ft.was jiretty well im caff. 
 And Ihew'd fomc lunnuur in his (a;i ; 
 Louk'd Willi an eafy g irelefs mien, 
 A pcrfcil (hanger lo rhc fpleen. Swift. 
 
 7. Contingence ; poffible event. 
 
 The atiicili, in cafe ihiiigs (hould fall out con- 
 trary to bis belief or expeilation, hath made no- 
 provifion for this c.ife ; it, contr.iiy to his conft- 
 denre, it ikould prove in the iiTue thi.t there is* 
 Gild, iiic man is bft ai.d undone for ever. Tili'tf. 
 
 8. Queftion relating to particular pen'bns- 
 or things. 
 
 Well do I find each mati raoft wife in 1 is own 
 '^''fi. Sidn'y. 
 
 It isflrangc, that the sncient fathers fi--ou!dnot 
 appeal to this judge, in all cafe:, it being fo fkort- 
 and expedite a way for the catling of cuntrovcr- 
 fie''- Ti!ktJ:H. 
 
 9. Reprefentation of any i\.(X or queftion. 
 
 10. The variation of nouns. 
 
 The feveral changes whicli ti^e noun imdercoes. 
 ill the Latin and Greek tongues, in the feveral 
 numbers, are called cafes, and are defigncd a> 
 expreff the feveral views or relations under whicl* 
 the mind confiders things with regard ro one an- 
 ih.er ; andthe vaii.ilion of tie noun for this pur- 
 pofe is called dcclcnJion. Clarhe's Lat Grammar, 
 
 11. In cafe. [;« cafo, Ital.] If It fhould 
 happtn; upon the fuppofition that : 31 
 form ol fpeech now liiile ufed. 
 
 For in cajc It be certain, hard it cannot be for 
 them to thew us w^here we fit-ail find it ; that wc 
 may fay ihefe were the orders i^i the apol^lcs. 
 
 Hooter. 
 
 A fure retreat to his forces, in cafe they (hould 
 
 have an ill. day, or unlucky chance in tiie field.. 
 
 Jyac-m^ s Ucnry \si. 
 
 This would he the accomplilhment of iheir 
 common felicity, in cafe, either by their evil 
 def^iny or advice, they fufl'ered not the occafioft 
 to be loft. y.iyiuand 
 
 To Case. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To put in, a cafe or cover. 
 
 Cafe ye, cafeye ; on with your vIz.ours ; there's 
 money of the king's coming down the hil). 
 
 Haafijpeare's Ucnry iv. 
 The ciy went once for thee. 
 And flill it might, and yet it may again. 
 If thou would' ft not entomb thyfclf alisc. 
 And cafe thy reputation in a tent. Sbakfpenre:. 
 
 Li.ke a fall'n cedar, far diff-j^'d his train, 
 Cas'd in green fcales, the crocodile calends. 
 
 The r.fon. 
 
 2. To cover as a cafe. 
 
 Then comes my tit again j I had clfe bccD 
 Dcrfcit,. 
 As broad ■■xriA gen'ral as the cajii:f^ air. S\ahfff, 
 
 3. To cover on the oiitfide with materials 
 different from the iiilide. 
 
 Tnen tiiey began to c.ife their houfes wilS- 
 marble. Athnthnot. 
 
 4. To ftrip off the covering; to take off 
 the fl<in. 
 
 We'll make you fomc fpott with the fo,x ere 
 v/e cafe him. Shatfpearg.. 
 
 To Case. v. n. To put cafts ; to con- 
 trive reprefentations of fafts : a ludi- 
 crous ufe. 
 
 They fell prcfently to rcafnning and caftng 
 upon the matter with him, and laying diffinc- 
 tions before him. L'Ffi range. 
 
 To Caseha'rdfx. v. a. [from cafe and 
 haicten.] To harden on the outfide. 
 
 The manner of cafe/:ardcning is ti.us : Take- 
 cnw-horn or hoof, dry it thoroughly in an oven^ 
 then beat it to powder ; put about the fame 
 quantity of bay fait to it, and mingle them i gc- 
 ther with Hale chanibtrlye, or elfe \shue wine 
 vinegar. Lay fome of this mixture upon lo.im, 
 and cover your iron all over with it; then wrap 
 the loam .ibout all, and lay it upon the 'hearttj 
 of the forge to dry and'haidcn. Tut it mto the
 
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 firt, «nd Mow up the co.ils to it, till the whole 
 lunili h.ivcjulla blood-red iu.il. 
 
 ^I'^xon's Mcc^int]. Exercife^ 
 
 Ca'sewate. k. f. [from cafa armata, 
 Ital. ca/amata, Span, a vault formerly 
 made to feparate the platforms ot the 
 lower and upper batteries.] 
 
 J, [In fortification,] A kind of vrtslt (^v 
 arch of Hone work, in that p.<rl of tlit 
 flank of a balUon iK-xt the curtin, 
 fonifvvhat retired or drawn back to- 
 wards the capital of the baUioii, ierv 
 ing as a battery to defend the face of 
 the oppolite I.'aftion, and the moat or 
 ditch. Chm.ihrs. 
 
 Z, Tlie weir, witTi its feveral fiibteiranc 
 Otis branehes, dug in the pafl"age of the 
 baliion, till tlie miner is heard at work, 
 and air given to the mine. Harris. 
 
 C.i'sKMEN-s. n. f. \_c.\famev.to,. Ital.] A 
 window opening upon hinges. 
 
 Way, thc.i ni.iy yim ii.we a cafcrr.rit of tl.e 
 gr^;it tliambcr windaw, where wc p'ny, open, 
 and the moon may lliinc in- at \\\t-(tiftmetit. 
 
 S^nifpfan-'i MHfummer N'ght'i Dream. 
 Here in this world they do much knowledge 
 read, 
 AnO »re the cafcmenti wiiich admit moil light. 
 
 DitvUi. 
 They, waken'd with the noife,. did fly 
 Fiom inw;ird roum to window eye, 
 And gently op'nini; lid, the r^jfmen;., 
 Look-'d out, but yet witli Come amazement. 
 
 There is as much difference between t!ic clear 
 repiefentations of tiie undeiitanri-ng then, and the 
 ^sLfcure difco\ciics th.-.l it makes now, as thfr^ 
 ]i between the prolpeft of a cnjcnuiit and a key- 
 hole. S'Uth. 
 
 C.4'sE0us. adj. \_cafeus, Latin.] Rcfem- 
 bling cheefc ;. cheefy. 
 
 Its tibrous parts ara from the ccfemi^ parts ot 
 the chyle. Fkyrr on the J{uki(.',-k 
 
 Ca'sekN. n. /. \cafenie, Fr.] A little 
 room or lodgement ertCled between the 
 rampart and the honfes of fortified 
 towns, to ferve as apartments or lodg- 
 ings for the fwldiets of the garrifon, 
 w ith beds. Harris. 
 
 Ca'seworm. n.j'. [from cqfe and 'wcrm.] 
 A grub that makes itfelf a cafe. 
 
 Cadifes, or r/ifnL%rm^^ arc to be found in this 
 nMion, in fevcial diftin<il counties, and in fevenl 
 little brooks. FVyer 
 
 CASH. ri.f. \_cuijfe, Fr. a cheft.] Mo- 
 ney ; properly ready money ; money in 
 the cheft, or at hand, 
 
 .'\ thief, bent to unlioard the eajk 
 Of fomc ricii buighcr. Varadife Lof,. 
 
 He IS at an end of all his .-(j^i?, he has both his 
 law and his daily bread now upon trull'. 
 
 Afhulhnot'i "John Bull. 
 
 He fcnt the thief, that (lo.c the cajh, away, 
 And punilh'd him that put it in his way. Pope. 
 
 Ca'shkeepi;r. n. f. [[from caJJ} and 
 
 keep.] A man entrulied with the m.oney. 
 
 Difpeiiritor was properly a cajh-kceper^ or 
 
 plivy-puifc. Athuthmt on C'iiii^. 
 
 Ca'shewnut. n.f. A tree that bears 
 nuts, not with fliells, but hu(ks. Miller. 
 Cashi'er. n./. [iromcajh.l He that has 
 charge of the money. 
 
 If a fteward or tajhicrhz fuffered ro run on, 
 without bringing him to a reckoning, fuch a 
 fottiih forbearance will leach him to Ihufflc. 
 
 South. 
 
 A Venetian, finding his fon's expcnces grow 
 
 «ry high, orderei his caJhUr to let him have no 
 
 C A S 
 
 moremney than what he (hould count when he 
 leccivcd it. Lcfke 
 
 Vliglit u( cajiiien, or mobj, he'll never mind ; 
 And knows no loflTcs, while the mufc is kind. 
 
 fop: 
 
 To Cashi'eb. v. a. [ffl^r, French ; aif- 
 fare, L.atin.] 
 
 1 . To difeard ; to difinifs from a poft, or 
 a fociety, with reproacli. 
 
 Docs 't n.jt gowcllr Cdfio hath l>caten thee, 
 And thou by iliat fmall hurt hall e.;/S;i''./C.dr;o. 
 
 aiuilij'p'iite. 
 
 Seconds in F.iO'ons nwny times prove pun- 
 cipals; but m-iny times alfo they prove cypheis, 
 and are c.'/iined. Jl.irr.ii. 
 
 If I bad omitted what he faid, his thoughts 
 and words being thus eajhiered in my han<ls, he 
 had no longrr been Lucretius. Dry,lrn. 
 
 Tliey have alrc.uiy cfi////>ftf./fcveralof thoir iol- 
 lowcrsas mutiiiecis. JliHij'M'i FreJicl.lcr. 
 
 The riding rogue, who dreads to be caJlucr'J, 
 Contrives, as he is hated, to be fear'd. S-miJi. 
 
 2. It feems, in th.e following pafTages, to 
 fignify the fame as to annul ; to vavaie : 
 which is ftifSciently agreeable to the 
 
 derivation. 
 
 !f we ftiould find a father corrupting his ftn, 
 or a niofhcr her daughter, we niidf ci^arjc tins 
 upon a peculiar anonialy and batenefs of r.aru e; 
 if the Uiimc of n.ilurc may be allowed to that 
 which fecnis to be i.vcr c.iyicWwg of it, and de- 
 viation fiom, -iwiK a contr.idiCtion to, the com- 
 mon prniciples of hum.uiity Si'itl. 
 Some col/iierj or at lealt endeavour to in\alj- 
 date, all other arguments, and forbid us to 
 hearken to rtiofc proot's, as weak or tallacicus. 
 
 Lch. 
 C.\SK. n.f. [capjiiCyTrench ; caJiis,l.'At.'m. \ 
 
 1. A barrel; a wooden vclFcl to flop up 
 liquor or provifions. 
 
 The p.iticnr turning himfelf abed, it makes 
 a rtuiflu.itiug kind of noife, like the rurahhng of 
 w.ircr in a c<i/i. * Hurcey. 
 
 Perhaps to-morrow he may change his wine, 
 And drink old i'parkling Alban, or Serine, 
 Whole title, and whofe age, with mould o'cr- 
 
 groMi, 
 The good old cuji for ever keeps unknown. 
 
 D.y.le^,. 
 
 2. It has CiT/i in a kind of plural fenfe, 
 to fignify the commodity »r prcviiion 
 of cades.. 
 
 Great inconveniercies grow by the hart cj/i 
 being commonly fo ill featoned and conditioned, 
 as tn.it a great pare of the beer is ever loll an<l 
 call away. K<iie/^A. 
 
 Cask. \"-f- [ca/c/iic, Tr. caj/is, h^t."] 
 Casqcf.. J A helmet ; armour for the 
 head : a poetical word. 
 
 Let thy Mows, doubly redoubled,. 
 Fall like amazing thunder on the ctij'rjue 
 Of thy perniciou-s enemy. Sfnikfpeare. 
 
 And thefe 
 Sling weighty fiones, when from afarthey fight; 
 Their cafques arc cork, a covering thick and light. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 Why does he load with darts 
 His trembling hands, and ciulh bene:.th a ajk 
 His wrinkled brows ? yiddij'm. 
 
 Cas'ket. n.f. [a diminntive of caijje, a 
 cheft, Fr. ctffe, cqjptle.'] A finall box 
 or cheft forjc\%-els, or things of particu- 
 lar value. 
 
 They fouud him dead,andcaft into the llieers, 
 .\n empty ajhtt^ wiicre the jewel, life, 
 By funic damn'd hand was robb'd and ta'cn 
 away. Shakfpearc. 
 
 O igiu»rant poor man ! what doir thou bear 
 Lock'd up within \.\\tcnfktt o^ thy bread f 
 What jewels and wl-.at riches haft t'lou tiiere ? 
 What heav'nly treaiure in fo weak a chel: ■ 
 
 Viivlei. 
 
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 Mine eye hath toand that fud l'epu'c!.r.il r»ck, 
 That was Ilic er.Jkti lii heav'n's ricnclt florr. 
 
 Milun. 
 Tl.»t had by chance pack'd up his choiccll 
 ttcafure 
 In one dear eajkett and fav'd oniy that. Otrtay. 
 
 Tl-.is c.iiiii I'liia's glowing gems ui. locks, 
 And .ill .4i.il>ij breathes from yonder boi. P'jfe. 
 
 To Ca'sket. t. a. [from the notui.J 
 To put in a ofk.t. 
 
 I h.vewnt ny letters, eafl-tid inv trpafnre| 
 and gi\cn o;dcr lur our liorfes. ishuif^L-tu -^ 
 
 Cassamuna'ik. n.f. An aroinatick vc* 
 getable, being a fpeclcs of ^a/anj'a/i 
 Drought from the liaft, a nei-vous and' 
 ftomachiek limple. ^iticy. 
 
 To Ca'ssate. 1-. a. \_cnjfer, Fr. cajf re, 
 low Lat.] To vacate; to ir.valiaate ; 
 to make void ; to nullity. 
 
 This opinion fup:rfcdcs aiirf -ajfufi the beft 
 nicdiuin we ha\c. Kuy iniheCrcation^ 
 
 Cassation, n. f. [ci'^atio, Lat.] A 
 
 making null or void. Did^ 
 
 Ca'ss.wi. > /• <, 1 » 
 , s , > n.f. A plant. 
 
 L-A SSA »A. \ ■' '^ 
 
 It is cultivated in all tl-.c wrrm parts of Ame- 
 rica, where tlie root, a.^ler hehig clivcfted of iw 
 n.ilky juice, is ground to tioir, and then made 
 into cakes "f bread. Of this there are twj 
 i'.rts. Tire roulr common hLis purplilh flalkSi 
 with the veins and leaves of a piirpl.th colour ^ 
 but the (talks of the other are green, and the 
 leaves of a Ughicr green. The lall fort is not 
 vcnomour, even when the rootsare frelh and full 
 of juice ; which the negroes frequently dig up, 
 roalt, and cat, like potatoes, without any ill 
 cffeas. MiUct. 
 
 Ca'ssaware. See Ca seiowary. 
 
 Ca's^ia. ri. f. A fweet fpice mentioned 
 by Moffs, Ex. XXX. 24. as an ingredi- 
 ent in the compofiticn of the holy oil, 
 which was to be m.tde ufc of in the 
 coufccration of the facred veftcls of the 
 tabernacle. This aromatick is faid to 
 be the bark of a tree very like cinna- 
 mon, and grows in the Indies without 
 being cultivated. Calmett 
 
 All thy garments fmcU of myrrh, ale-cs, an4 
 cajji.i. ri'..lins^ 
 
 Ca'ssia. rt. f. The name of a tree. 
 
 It hath a cylindi icnl, long, taper, or Hat pod# 
 dii ;ded into many cells by tranfverfc diaphragms; 
 in each of which is contained one hard feed, 
 lodged, for the mo.1 part, in a clammy black 
 fubtlancc, \ehieii is purgative. The flowers hr.vc 
 five leaves, difpoicd orbicularly. Milicr. 
 
 Ca'ssidony, or Sliciaiiorc, r..f. \_floe- 
 fZ'jtj, Lat.] The name of a plant. 
 
 Ca'ssiowary. n.f. A large bird of 
 prey in the Eaft indies. 
 
 I have a clear idea of the relation of dam and 
 chitk, between the two co^owuvvV! in St. J.airies's 
 f'ark. L'Kkr, 
 
 Ca'ssock. i:.f. [cnfaqve, Fr.] A clofe 
 garment ; now generally that which 
 clergvmen wear under their gowns. 
 
 Halt dare not (hake t! e fnow from o(i' their 
 cujicii, Icli they fliake thcn.lelves to pieces. 
 
 Shiikjpe.-t'e. 
 His fcanty frrlary cc-npelled him to nuidccp in 
 debt for a ::• \. g.iwn and c.ijp.c<, ann now .i.id 
 then forced him to write fome japer of wit or 
 humour, or preach a feiniun foi ten fliillings. to 
 fup[jly his rectfntics. Sivtft, 
 
 Ca'sswef.d. n.f. A common weed, other- 
 wife c^CihdJh.'/iierd's pouch. 
 
 To CAST. -u. 0. pret. cjfl ; part. pafT. 
 cafl. \lafltr, Danifti.]' This is a wo. d 
 of multifaiiou? and ir.defiiute ufe.
 
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 *• To throw with the hand. 
 
 I rather chiifc to endure tlie waurids of tliofc 
 
 darts whicli envy cijhth at novelty, than to go 
 
 on fafcly and flecpily in the cafy ways of ancient 
 
 iBillakmjs. R.,Uigli. 
 
 They had compalTed in his hoft, and cijl darts 
 
 at tiie people from murning till evening, i Mac:. 
 
 Then cuji thy fwurri au'ay, 
 
 And yield the; to my mercy, or I Itrifce. Dryd. 
 
 2. To throw aivay, as uicleL or noxious. 
 
 If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and 
 cuf it from il.ec. ^l.tiihuL-. 
 
 3. To tliro«r, as from an engine. 
 
 Sliai;> to cuJi li jnes. Chror.kUs. 
 
 4. To fcatter by the hand : as, to cajl feed. 
 
 Ctji t'lc dulti.ito the hrook. Dentn'jMmy- 
 
 5. To force by violfvice. 
 
 Cjji thf ill ii;to the Red Se.i. _E.VL-i;.i. 
 
 C.I/? them i;ito anotlier land. Dcuieranomy 
 
 6. To (hed. 
 
 Nor Iliall vour vine <:.:/? her fruit. hlajacliy. 
 
 7. To throw from a high place. 
 
 Rear him to the rock Tarpcian, and from thence 
 Into delfrudli'jn call him. ShiikJ^eure. 
 
 "8. To throw as a net or fnare. 
 
 I fpc.ik for yoirr own profit, not that I may 
 caji a fnare upon you. I Cor, 
 
 g. To drop ; to let fall. 
 
 They letdown the hoat into the fca, as though 
 they would ha\ e. -.»/'' -mchor. j^cls. 
 
 AO. To throw dice, or lots. 
 
 Antl [otliua f.j;'? lots for t!iem inShiloh. y^J/r 
 
 11. To throw, in wrellliiig. 
 
 And I think, bcinj too ftiong for him, though 
 he took my legs fometiriie, yet I made a fhittto 
 cfl/? him. Sh.ikjpcure. 
 
 12. To throw, as worthlefs or hateful. 
 
 Hiscarcafc was dtjl in the way. Chroniilci. 
 
 His friends contend to embalm his body ; his 
 
 enemies, that they may ctjj} it to the dogs. ^opt. 
 
 13. To drive by violence' of weather. 
 Howbeit we mul^ htcaji upon a ct,rtiin illand. 
 
 What length of lands, what ocean have you 
 pafs'd, 
 What ftorms fuft.iin'd, and on what ihure been 
 cajif Dry.iai. 
 
 14. To emit. 
 
 This fumes off in the calcination of the f^ortc, 
 ' and c/iyii a fulphurcous f'mcU, lyooJiL'aid. 
 
 '35. To bring fuddenly or iintxpefledly. 
 
 Concent thcmfelves with tiiat whicii was tlic 
 
 ' irremediable error of former time, or the neccf- 
 
 fity of the prefcnt hath e-^Ji upon them. Ihokrr. 
 
 j6. To build by throwing up earth; to 
 raife. 
 And Ihooling in the earth, c.ijli up a mount of 
 clay. Spf^ftr's Fiiiry Q^i/een. 
 
 Thine enemies Ihall ray? a trench about thee. 
 
 Luke. 
 
 The king of AfTyria (hall not come into this 
 
 city, nor fhoot an arrow there, nor come before 
 
 it witii (hiuld, nor cnj} a bank agahift it. 2 Ki'i^s. 
 
 At b-nglii Barbarolf.t having i.y^ up his trenches, 
 
 landed fifty-four pieces of artillery for Lattery. 
 
 KiiotU^'i Hrjicy. 
 
 Earth-worms will come forth, and m^les will 
 
 cafl up mole, and fleas bite more, againll rain. 
 
 Baion'i Natural llijlory 
 
 17. To put into or out of any certain 
 ftate, with the notion of dcfctnt, or 
 dcprcfTion : as, the king was cajl from 
 his throne. 
 
 Jcfus had heard that John was cajl into prifon. 
 
 Matthew. 
 
 At thy rebuke both the chariot and horfe are 
 
 f/iy? into a dead flcep. Fjitlmu 
 
 18. To condemn in a criminal trial. 
 
 But oh, that treacherous breafl ! to whom weak 
 you 
 Did ccuit our counfels, and we both miy rue, 
 
 CAS 
 
 Having l»is falfeUond found tou late, 'twas he 
 That made me cajt yuu guiltv, and yuu mo. 
 
 Dor.re 
 
 We take up with the moft incompetent wit- 
 netl'es, nay, often fuborn our own luimifos and 
 jcaloufics, tliat we ni;^y be furc to cajj the un- 
 happy crimin.il. Goremment <ij the Tongue. 
 
 He could not,' in this forlorn cafe, have made 
 ufe of the very lall plea of a caft ciiminul; nor 
 fo much as have cried, Mcicy ! Lord, meicy ! 
 
 Swth. 
 
 There then wcmct; both tricdj'*^nd both were 
 
 And tli's ii I e vocable fentencc pnlL Drvdtn. 
 
 19. To overcome or defeat In a law fuit. 
 [from citjlcr, French,] 
 
 The northern men were agreed, and in effc(fl 
 all tlie other, to dtji oui London cfcheatour. 
 
 Camdeft. 
 
 Were the cafe referred to any competent judge, 
 they would inevitably be cnji. Dtcay r.J i'ieiy. 
 
 20. To defe-at. 
 
 No martial project to furprlfe, 
 Can ever be attempted twice; 
 Nor ciij} defign lervc afterwards, 
 As g:unelters tear their loiing cards. HuJihras. 
 
 21. To cafhier. 
 
 You arc but now tnj? in his mood, a punlfh- 
 mcnt more in policy than in malice ; even fo as 
 one would beat hii offencelefs dog, to aifright an 
 imperijus lion. Shakjpeare. 
 
 22. To leave behind in a race. 
 
 In fl\ovt, lb fwi ft your judgments turn and wind, 
 You rajl our fleetell wits a mile behind. Dtvden. 
 
 23. To ihed ; to let fall; to lay afidc ; to 
 moult ; to change for new. 
 
 Our chariot lolt her wheels, their points our 
 fpcai.s, 
 The bird of conqucft her chief feather cajl. 
 
 FairJ.ix. 
 
 Of plants fume arc giecn all winicr, others caJt 
 their leaves. Bacon' i Natural Hijfory. 
 
 Tlier(^i//?mg-of the fkin is, by the ancients, com- 
 pared to the breaking of the fccundinc, or cawl, 
 but not rightly; fur that were to make evciy 
 fi'jii»g of the Ikin a new birth: and bclides, tlic 
 -ftcundine is but a general cover, not lh;iped ac- 
 cording to tbe parts, hut the ikin is (hapcd ac- 
 cording to the parts. The creatures that ruji the 
 fkin, are the fnake, the viper, the grafshoppcr, 
 the lizard, the lilkworm, C£;V. Miicon. 
 
 O teitile head, whicb cv'ry year 
 Could fuch a crop of wonders bear ! 
 Which might it never have been ca^f 
 Ench year's growth added to the laft, 
 Thcfe lofty branches had fupply'd 
 The earth's bold fons prodigious pride, Ifafler. 
 
 The waving harvell bends beneath his blaft, 
 The forcrt ftiakcs, the groves their honour? toji. 
 
 From hence, my lord, and love, I thus con- 
 clude. 
 That though ray harncly anccftors were rude, 
 Mean as I am, yet may I have the grace 
 To make yuu father of a generous race: 
 And noble then am I, when I begin, 
 In virtue cloth'd, to caji the rags of fin. DryJen. 
 
 The ladies have been in a kind of moulting 
 feafon, having ^(jy;/ great quantities of ribban and 
 cambrick, and reduced the human figure to the 
 beautiful globular form. Jlddij'ni. 
 
 24. To lay afide, as lit to be ufed or worn 
 no longer. 
 
 So may caji poets write; there 's no pretcnfion 
 To argue lofs of wlr, from lofs of pcnfion. Dryd. 
 
 He has ever been of opinion, that giving cafi 
 clothes to be worn by valets, has a very ill etTctlt 
 upon little minds. Jiddifon 
 
 25. To have abortions; to bring forth 
 before the time, 
 
 Tiiy ews and thy Ihc-goats have not mj} thcii 
 young. Ctncfn. 
 
 26. To make to prepondfvate ; to decide 
 by overbalancing ^ to give overweight. 
 
 ~ CAS 
 
 Which being inclined, not conf>raincd, ccn- 
 tatu witiiin thcmfelves tlic caj\i>:g ad, and a 
 power to command the conctulion. Brovjn, 
 
 How much intcreft cajU the balance in cafes 
 dubious. Sc;.f '\ 
 
 Life and death arc equal in thcmfelves, 
 That which could czj: the bal.mcc i» tiiy faiflinod. 
 
 Drydfff. ^ 
 
 Not many years ago, it fo happened, that «i 
 cobicr had the ntjii'ig vote for tne life of a cri- 
 minal, which he vcty giaciuully g.^vc on the 
 meiciful fide. ^-^dd-pn p/i Italy. 
 
 Su^'pofc your eyes ftnt equal rays 
 Upon two dirtaiic pots of ale ; 
 Inthi; f.id flatc, vtmr doubtful choice 
 Wuuld never have the caJting\o\cc. Prhr. 
 
 27. To compute ; to retkon ; to calculate. 
 Hearts, tui.gues, fgure^ fciibes, bardb, poct^^ 
 
 cannot 
 Think, fijeak, cajf^ write, fing, number, ho * 
 His love to Antony. S-^i/peire, 
 
 Here is r.ovf the fmith's note for fhocing and 
 plow-irons. — Let it be c>zj/ and paid. Shnkjpeare. 
 
 You caji th' event of war, my noble Lord, 
 And fumm'd th* account of chance, before you 
 
 faid, 
 Let us make head, Shakfpearg, 
 
 The belt way to reprefcnt to life the manifoid 
 ufe of friendihip, is to cajl and fee how m.iny 
 things there are, which a man cannot do himfcU. 
 
 Bacon'i Ejfuyit 
 
 I have lately been cnjlUig in my thoughts the 
 
 fcvcral unhappii^clTcs of life, and compaiing the 
 
 infelicities of old age to thofe of infancy. Addif, 
 
 28. To contrive ; to plan out. 
 
 The cluirtcr facing the South is covered with 
 vines, and would have been proper for an orange 
 houfe; and had, I doubt not, been cajl for tiiat 
 purpofe, if this piece of gardening had been iheu 
 in a!> much vogue as it is now. Ttrnju'e. 
 
 29. To judge ; to confider in order ta 
 
 judgment. 
 
 If thou couldft, do<5lor, caji 
 The water of my land, find her difeale, 
 And purge it to a found and pniline health, 
 I would applaud thcc. Shtikfpeare, 
 
 Peace, brother, be not over exquifitc 
 To cajl ihe fafhion of uncertain evils. MiltQn^ 
 
 30. To fix the parts in a play. 
 
 Our paits in the other world will be new raji^ 
 and mankind will be there ranged in dilTcrcnt 
 ftations of fupciiority. Add-Jun. 
 
 3 1 . To glance ; to diredl: : applied to the 
 eye or mind, 
 
 A lofcl wandering by the way, 
 One that to bounty never cajl his mind ; 
 
 Nc thought of heaven ever didaffay. 
 His bafcr breall. Spenjer, 
 
 Zclmanes's languifhing countenance, with 
 croffcd arms, and fonieiimes f.-jyV up eyes, ihc 
 thought to have an excellent grace. Sidnrj, 
 
 As he pdit along, 
 How carneflly he <:<-/? his eyes upon mc ! S/tdJJp. 
 
 Begin, aufpicious boy, to aji about 
 Thy inf.int eyes, and, with a fmilc^ thy mother 
 fingle out. Dryden's Virgil. 
 
 Far eartward tTri/? thine eye, from whence the 
 ftm, 
 And orient fcicnce, at a birih begun. Popt. 
 
 He then led mc to the rock, and, placing mc 
 on the top of it, Cajl thy eyes caftward, faid he, 
 and tell mc what thou fecit. Addifoi. 
 
 32. To found; to form by running in a 
 mould. 
 
 When any fuch curious work of filvcr ib to he 
 cajlj as requires that the imprtllion ot hairs, or 
 very ficndcr lines, be taken ott by tiie mctei!, it is 
 not enough that the filver be barely mcUcd, but 
 it muft be kept a cpnfidcrable while in a ilrong 
 fufiun. £cyU. 
 
 How to build fliips, and dreadful ordnance ^--t/?, 
 InOriia the aitilt. iJ'alUr. 
 
 Tiic father's grii-f rcflrainM his art ; 
 He twice clTay'd to dtjl his fon hi gold. 
 Twice from his hauds he dropp'd the forming 
 mould. Drydtn,
 
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 33. To melt mttal into figures. 
 
 Yon crowd, he might rcricdt, yun joyful crowd 
 With rtlilt-fs ijge would pull my llaluc down, 
 Ani\ '<y' the br.iis;inc\v lu his renown. Pnor, 
 
 Tins WAS hill as a ic l.ucr'a fiic. to purge out the 
 drol's, ;inc; liicu c^Ji the mafs again into a nuw 
 mourd. Burnetii Theory. 
 
 34. To model; to form by lule. 
 
 We may t.ikc a quarter ot a mile for the com- 
 mon mc.ifu.c of the depth of ihc lea, if it were 
 cc.ji into a channel of an equal depth c\ery wheic. 
 Burnetii Thcr^ry of the Earth. 
 Under this influence, derived fioni matnema- 
 tical lludies, fome have been tempted to caji all 
 their logical, thfir mctaphyfical, and tiicir thco- 
 lugical and moia' learning into this method. 
 
 If'.ittt* Logick. 
 
 ^^. To commimicate by rcflcdion or ema- 
 nation. 
 
 So bright a fplendour, fo divine a grace, 
 The glorious D.i^Unis cjjli on his illuttrious race. 
 
 Dry den. 
 V/t rasy happen to (i^<i n fairer Vi^ht caJi over 
 the Himc tcriptures, and fee reafon to alter our 
 fentimcnts even in fome poiirts of momeni. 
 
 H'atti en the Mind. 
 
 36. To yield, or give np, witliout referve 
 or condition. 
 
 The reafon of mankind cannot fuggeft any fo- 
 lid ground of fatisfactron, bur in maki:ig Goti 
 our friend, and in carr)"iug a confcience fu cie.u, 
 as may encourage Ui, %s kh contidencc, to ajji 
 ourfclves upun htm. South. 
 
 37. Toinflia. 
 
 The world is apt to caji groat bl.imc on thoft 
 who have an inditfcrcncy for opinions, efpccraily 
 in religion. Lode. 
 
 38. To cajl afide. To difmifs as ufdefs or 
 iiiconvtrnleiit. 
 
 I have bought 
 Golden opinions from all fort of people, 
 Which would he worn now in liieir neweft glofs, 
 Not ciifi tiJiJ^ fo foun. Shakf^-eart'. 
 
 39. To caji anvay. To H^ipwreck. 
 
 Sir Francis Dr.ike and John Ihonias, meeting 
 with a ftoim, it thiuft John Thomas upon the 
 inlands to the fouth, where he was cafl a^iuay 
 
 Raleigh's Ejji^ys. 
 
 His father Philip had,-by like milTiap, been 
 like to have been eajl aivay upon the coaft: of 
 £.iigtand. KnoJ/it's tHJiory of the TujM^. 
 
 With pity mov'd for others c^iji avjay 
 On rocks of hope and feavs. R'jfrommon. 
 
 But now our fears tempeftuous grow, 
 And rt\f\ our hopes away ; 
 
 Whilft you, leg.udlcfs of our woe, 
 Sir c.relcfs at a pisy. Dorfct. 
 
 40. To cojl aivay. To lavilh ; to walle 
 in profufion ; to tnrn to no ufe. 
 
 TlK-y that want means to nouriih children, will 
 abrtain from mariiisge: or, which is all one, they 
 i^fi away then- bodies upon rich old women. 
 
 Raleigh^ s F.Jfayii. 
 Fiance, haft tliou yet more blood to c^ft ajvay.^ 
 Say, fnall the current of our right run on ? 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 He might be filcnt, and not caji anoay 
 Hi> leniences in vain. Ben yonfon. 
 
 O Marcia, O my firter ! ftill there's hope. 
 Our father will not coj} aioay a life 
 So needful lo us alt, and to hib country. 
 
 ^iidijon*s Cato. 
 
 41. To cqfl away* To ruin, 
 
 Ii is no impoiuble thing for ftates, by an over- 
 fight in fome one atft or treaty between them and 
 ihtir potent oppofitcs, utterly to cnjl a%L'ay thcm- 
 ffUeB for ever. Hooker. 
 
 42. To cajl by. To rcjed or difmifs, 
 with negleft or hate. 
 
 Old Capuiot and Montague, 
 Have made Verona's ancient citizens 
 Caji hy their grave bcfeeming ornaments. Shakfp. 
 
 When men, prcfuniing themfclvcs to be the 
 only mailers of rigiu leafon, cjfl hy the votci and 
 
 CAS 
 
 opinions of the nl\ uf mankind, as not woitliy 
 
 ot rcckoiiiiii: 
 
 Lo-i^. 
 
 43. To cajl do'wn. To rejcft ; to dcprcfs 
 the mind. 
 
 We're not the firft, 
 Wlio, with bell meaning, have incurr'd tlic 
 
 woill : 
 Fur tlicc, opprolRd king, Ism Cfi/7 doivn ; 
 Myfcll could cl'.c ouii'rowii falCc fortune's fiown. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Tlic beft way will be to let him fee you arc 
 
 much cojl thuii, and alflidted, for the ill opijiion 
 
 he cntcrl:iins ol you. j'lddifon. 
 
 44. To cajl forth. To emit. 
 
 He fhall yo\i as the lily, and raf fo'ih his 
 roots as Ltba-on. ILf^a. 
 
 45. To cajl forth. To ejeft. 
 
 I cof fi.ith all the hoiil'eliold (luff. Nch^m'ak. 
 They cAjl mtif'>itli into the fca. 'Jc^u/i. 
 
 46. 'lb cajl off. To difcard ; to put away. 
 Tlicprincf will, in the perfeiStncl's of time, 
 
 Cap off his followers. SImkfpcart. 
 
 Cajl me not off in the time of i.>ld age. Vjahu. 
 ' He led mcon lo mighticft deeds, 
 
 But now haili :i:Jl nie off as never known. Mi7/or. 
 How! not callhim father? I fee preferment 
 alters a man rtiangely ; this may lervc me foi an 
 ufe of inflrudtion, w caji ojf i\}y father, when I 
 am great. DtyJci:. 
 
 I long to clafp ih.tt haugh'y m.iid, 
 And bend her ilubbo.n viituc to nt" paihon ; 
 When I have gone thus far, I'd ajl her iff. 
 
 M.l:J<o'. 
 .\1 . To cajl ojj: ToR'jca. . 
 
 it is not to he im.igined, thit a whole fociety 
 of men (kuuld piiblitkly and piofelTcdIy difown 
 and cafi off a rule, which they could not but be 
 infailih.'y certain was a law. Locke. 
 
 48. Tocajrjf. Todlfburdenone'sfelfof. 
 
 Ali confpned in one to cajl o/?" their fuLjeift ion 
 lo the crcJwn of Enghind. Spef:ftt . 
 
 This makcth them, through an unwcariablt de- 
 fire oi rcceivinginitriicTion, to <-.tji iff the c;ne of 
 thole very affairs, which do molt concern their 
 crtale. H'jokcr, Vrfjace. 
 
 The true reafon why any man is an atheili, is 
 hecaufc lie is a w'rckcd man : religion would curb 
 iiini in his lulls ; and llicrcforc he cajh it off., .md 
 puts all the fcorn upo-.i it he can. TiUolJjn. 
 
 Company, in anyaetion, givescreditand coun- 
 tenance to the agent ; and fo mucii as the fmncr 
 gets of this, fo much he cajis off 0^ fhamc. 
 
 Soul/:. 
 
 We fee they never fail to exert ihcmfelves, and 
 to cijl off the oppreffion, when they feel the 
 weight of it. .i'.l:l:Jo/i. 
 
 49. To cajl off. To leave behind. 
 
 Aw.iy iie iVours crofs tlie fielfl^, vafis rff the 
 dogs, and gains a wood : but prcfiing througli a 
 thicket, the buPncs 'held him by the horns, till 
 the hounds came in and plucked him down. 
 
 U Eflran^c. 
 
 50. To cajl off. [a hunting term.] To 
 let go, or fet free : as, to cajl off the 
 dogs. 
 
 51. To cajl out. To rejeft ; to turnout 
 of doors. 
 
 Tiiy brat hath been caji outy like to itfelf, no 
 father owning it. SL-.kfjeaie. 
 
 52. Tocaflmt. To vent; to fpeak: with 
 fome intimation of negligence or vehe- 
 mence. 
 
 Why doft thou caji out fuch ungenerous terms 
 Agaii^ft the lords and fovereignj of the world ? 
 
 l^,. To cajl up. To compute; to calculate. 
 
 Some writers, in cajihig up the goods moil dc- 
 fiuhle in lii'e, have given them lliisrank, l.calih, 
 beauty, and riclies. Temple. 
 
 A man who defigns to build, is very eaa-fl, as 
 he fuppofes, in eajiing up the cod beforehand; 
 but, generally freaking, 'ne is millakcn in his 
 account, ~ J)>jdcn. 
 
 CAS' 
 
 54. To cnJl up. To vomit. 1 
 
 Thou, bcallly feeder, art to full of Iiim, 
 That thou provok'il ihyfell to cajl lim up. Shat. 
 Their villainy goes againft my weak ftomach, 
 and therefore I mull c.tji \i up, SJiakJpeun. 
 
 O, that in time Rome did not caff 
 Her crrours up, tliis fortune to prevent' 
 
 ■ Sen fonjon. 
 Thy foolifli crrour find; 
 Caji up the poifon that infccis thy mind. VryJen. 
 
 55. To cajl upon. To refer to ; to refiga 
 to. 
 
 If things were eaji upon this iffue, that God 
 (hould never prevent fin till man cefervcd it, tiic 
 hell would fin and Tin for ever. Houth. 
 
 To Cast. T.n. 
 
 1. To contrive ; to turn the thoughts. 
 
 Then, clofcly as he might, he ciaji to leave 
 The court, not afleing any pafs or leavr. Spenfcr, 
 
 From tiiat day forth, I cajl in careful rsiiid, 
 To feck her out with labour and long time. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 We have three that bend themfclvcs, looking 
 into the experiments of tlicir fellows, and caji 
 about how to draw out of them things of ufe and 
 piaiilicc for man's life and knowledge. Bacoi. 
 
 But firft he eajis to change his proper fliapc ; 
 Which elfe might work him dangi;t or delay. 
 
 Miltcrr. 
 
 Asa fox, with hotpurfuit 
 Ciias'd thro' a warren, caji about- 
 To fave his ciedit. Hudibrau 
 
 Ali events called cnfual, among inanimate bc-- 
 dics, are mechanically produced according to the 
 rietermiratc figures, textures, and motions of 
 thole bodies, whicii are not confcious of tiieir 
 own operations, nor contrive and caji about how 
 to bring fuch events to pafs Bcntiey, 
 
 This way and that I ciji to Have my friends. 
 Till one refolve my varying counfel ends. Pope. 
 
 2. To admit of a form, by calling or • 
 melting. 
 
 It conies at the firft fulion into a mafs tliat is 
 immediately malleable, and will not lun thin, '.0 
 as tor. I/? and mould, unit fs mixed witli poorer ore, 
 or cinders. IFosJiuard on FoJ/ili, 
 
 3. To v.'arp ; to grow out of form. 
 
 Stuff is f.iid to ra^// or warp, wl*n, by its owu 
 diougiit, or moiilure of the air, or orhcr acci- 
 dent, it alters its Hatnefs and llraighrncfs. 
 
 j\/cA07i'r ^]ecitu7:ical Exercifci. 
 
 4. To cajl alout. To contrive ; to look for 
 means. 
 
 Inanimate bodies arc not confcious of their 
 own opei'ations, nor contrive and caJi about to 
 biing fuch c\cnts to pafs. Bcnileyi Seiimn^. 
 
 Cast. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The ad of cafiing or throwing; a • 
 throw. 
 
 So when a fort of lufty fhcpl erds thro\r 
 The bar by turns, and none ti-e red outgo 
 So far, but th.lt the rcll aie nieafurin; wy/j. 
 Their emulation and their patlimc lalts. lYailer. 
 
 2. The thing thrown. 
 
 Yet .~11 theic dreadful deeds, this deadlv fray,. 
 A caji of dreadful duft will fuon allay. Dryden. ' 
 
 3. State of any thing CHll or thrown. 
 
 In his own inllancr of calling ambs-ace though 
 it partake more ul contingency than of freedom; 
 fuppofmg tlic pofiturc of the party's hand, who 
 did throw the dice ; fup]ivjfirg tii'e figure of the 
 tjble, and of the dice thcmlelves ; fuppollng the 
 meafureof force applied,and fuppof.ng all other 
 things which (lid concur to the pioduaion of tha,t 
 eajl, to be the \ery fame they weie, there is no 
 doubt hut, in this cafe, the tajl is neccffary. 
 
 hrimhall'i ^:kJ. tl ihl/irs. 
 
 Plato compares life to a game at t.tbk-» ; there 
 what eaji we Oiall have is not in our puucr; but 
 to manage it well, that is. Nter:: 
 
 4. Manner of throwing. 
 
 Some harrow their ground over, and fow wheat ■• 
 01 r}e on it with a broad nji; fome o'dy wiih a . 
 fiiigic cy?, aftd funic with a double: Mcrtirter.
 
 CAS 
 
 f.'The fpace tyuough wliich any thing is 
 throA-n. 
 
 And he was.witliiirawri from tl-.cni aljoMt a 
 flons's c.tjl, and kactkd down iiiid prayed. L-ih. 
 
 •€. A flrokc ; a touch. 
 
 We hive tlim all with one voice for giving him 
 a -ajl of tSicli court prophecy. A-^vM. 
 
 Aaothct raji of ihtit polif.cks, was that of cn- 
 f'.cavoiiring to impeach an innocent lady, for licr 
 faithful and diligent fcrvice of the queen. Swift. 
 Thi! «as a i:cijl of Wood's politiclis; for his 
 infoinution w.is whollv f-dfc and groundlefs. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 7. Motion of the eye; direftionof theeye. 
 
 Pity caufeth fumc'timcs tears, and a flcsion or 
 rati of the eye fido ; for pity is but grief in. ino- 
 tiier's bclialf ; the cnfi of the rye is a gefturc of 
 afcrlion, or lothnefs, to behold the objecT; of 
 ,,jt.,, Bac'jn'i Nnt:ir:ii Hijlory. 
 
 A man fliall be fiire to have a ci/i of their eye 
 to warn him, before they give him a cajl of their 
 nature to bctiay i.im. Scut/;. 
 
 ■ If any man dcfirc? to look on this doftrinc 
 of gr.ivity, let him turn the fivft caj! of his eyes 
 en what we have faid of fire. D'gfy' '" '*'' ^o"'- 
 
 There, held in holy paffioii ftill, 
 Fiirget tliyfelf to m.iible, till 
 With a fad leaden, downwai'J c.ij), 
 Tliou fix thcni on the cirth as fait. AZ/.'/o;.-. 
 
 They are the bell epitomes in the world, and 
 Jrt you fee, with one r.yt of an eye, the fub- 
 ftance of above an hundred pages. Mdifii:, 
 
 S. He that fquifits is faid popularly to have 
 
 a ctijl with his eye. - 
 5. The throw of dice. 
 Were it good, 
 'To fet the exaft wealth of all our ll;«ei 
 All at one cjj}; to fet fo uch a main 
 - On the nice hazard of tome <Ioubtful hour ? 
 
 Sfitl^fpe'^re. 
 
 10. Ver.ttire from throwing dice ; chance 
 from the fall of dice. 
 
 When you have brought them to the very laft 
 cafi, they will offer to come to yon, and lubmit 
 themfclvcs. Sfe'itr un lriU,nd. 
 
 With better grace an ancient chief may yield 
 "The long conlendcd honours of the field, 
 Than venture all his fortune at a c.ifi. 
 And fighl, like Haniiibal, to lofc .-it lal>. Tiri.l 
 
 Will y.m turn recreant at the latl cnjl ? DryA.-n. 
 
 Ill the lafl war, has it not foinctinics been .in 
 even <-.!,'.', whether the army fhould march thiv 
 way or tli;it way: Siuth. 
 
 11. A mould; a foim. 
 
 The whole would have hcen an hcroick poem, 
 hut in ano'.hcr e.y] and figure than any that ever 
 had been written before. Trit,r. 
 
 T-2. A fnade, or tendency to any colour. 
 
 A flaky niafs, grey, with a cajl of gictn, in 
 which the talky matter makes the greatcft part 
 of the mafs. If'.i.iwarJ. 
 
 The quilitics of blood in a healthy rtate arr to 
 tie fl.jrid,'thc red patt congealing, and the fcuim 
 ought to he without .iny grcenilh i.J//. Arhuthr.ct. 
 
 13. Evterior appearance. 
 
 The native hue of refolution 
 Is ficklicd o'er with the pale cj/? of thought. 
 
 Sh>tkf-^:ufe. 
 New names, new drcJungs and the modern u-Ji, 
 Some fcencs, fomc pcrfonsaltir'd, .ird outfac'rt 
 The world. ^" J- Denlium. 
 
 14. Manner; air; mien. 
 
 Pretty conceptions, fine metaphors, glittering 
 c!<prc(rion<, and fomething of a neat cjJI of verfc, 
 arc properly the drefs, gems, or loolc ornaments, 
 of poetry. I'-'P''' 1-etlrru 
 
 Keglvfl not the little figures and turns on the 
 words, nor Ojmeti.iies t! e very i.i/? of the peiiods ; 
 nrithcr omit or confound any rites or culloms of 
 
 antiinity. 
 
 en Ilo. 
 
 jr. A flight ; a number of hawks difmiffcd 
 from the fill. 
 A ">j!. of m-ili"S ''■"= was bcfidcs, which, 
 
 CAS 
 
 flying of a g.illant height, would beat the biid> 
 that rofe down unto the bulhcs, as falcons will 
 do wild fowl overa river, Stdnty. 
 
 16. [r,j/?a, Spanilh.] A breed; a race ; 
 
 a fpeoies. 
 Cv'sT-iVNET. n. f. \_cajlaneta. Spun.] A 
 fmallfliell cf ivory, orhaid wood, which 
 dancers rattle in their hands. 
 
 ].{ there had been words enow between thrm, 
 to have exprelTed piovocatiun, t'.icy had gone to- 
 gether by the ears like a p.tii of cajiuneti. 
 
 Ccgrcr;'! if ay cf the IJ'orH. 
 
 Ca'staway. n.f. [from c«/9 and a7fi2y.] 
 A perfon loft, or abandoned, by Pro- 
 vidence ; any tiling thrown av\'ay. 
 
 Neither given any I'.ivc to fcarch in jiarticular 
 who are the heir.s of the kingdom of God, who 
 caf\tiiL\i\^. Hsoier. 
 
 Lett that by any means, whcr\ I have preached 
 to otlicrs, I myfelf Ihoulri be a cajinwuy. i 6W. 
 Ca'staway. ad', [from the noun] Ufe- 
 lefs ; of no value. 
 
 We only prize, pamper, and exalt this valTal 
 and Have of death ; or only remember, at our 
 caJfifwoyWiinxtj the imprifoned iminorfal fou:. 
 Ralt:gk'i Hijhry. 
 
 Ca'sted. The participle preterit of caJl, 
 but improperly, and found perhaps only 
 in the following paffage. 
 
 WIiL'M the mind is quicktu'd, out of doubt. 
 The org.ms, tho' defunct and dead before. 
 Break up llieir drowfy grave, and newly move 
 With .-ay/i.-'llough and frcfli legerity. Sh.ikffeart. 
 
 Ca'stellain 11. f. {cajh-llano. Span.] 
 The capiain, governour, or conftable ol 
 a calllc. 
 
 Ca'stellany. n.f. [ixom cajlil.l The 
 lordfhip belonging to a caftle ; the ex- 
 tent of its land and jurifdiclion. Phillips. 
 
 Ca'stellated. arJj. [iv om cajlle.'\ En- 
 clofed within a building, as a fountain 
 or ciltern tajlcllited. Dili. 
 
 Ca'ster. n.f. [itom. To cqfl.'] 
 
 1. A thrower; he that cafts. 
 
 If witii this throw the itrongell cajhr vie. 
 Still, furtl cr (till, I bid ihc diUu> fly. /"c/-. 
 
 2. A calculator; a man that calculates 
 fortunes. 
 
 Did any of them fet up for a cjfrr of fortu- 
 n:'tc figures, what might he not get by his pte- 
 diaions f AiUifii.- 
 
 'To CA'STIGATE. t. a. [cqP.igo, Lat ] 
 To chafllfe; to chaften ; to correct; 
 to punilh. 
 
 If thou didft put this four cold habit on. 
 To i-.i/i'.'^.irf thy p;ic1e, 'twere well. Sluiifi'Snn. 
 Castica'tion. n.f. [ivomTo caftigale.'] 
 
 1. Penance; difclpline. 
 
 This hand of yours requires 
 A fequcftcr from bberty : fartnig and prayer, 
 \\'iti) c iJUy 'tici^y excrcik- devout. S/akJ^care. 
 
 2. Puniihmcnt; correftion. 
 
 Tlicir iitJfigutiot;i were accompanied with cn- 
 couiagcnicnts ; which care was taken to keep me 
 from looking upon as mere compliments. Jb'iy/d. 
 
 3. Emendation ; reprefTive remedy. 
 
 The ancients iiad ihele conjciiturcs touchii-g 
 ihefe Hoods and conilagr.itions, fo as to Irame 
 them into an hvpothefia lor the Cii/ii^.ithn of the 
 cxcclfcb of genctaiion. //...>■- 
 
 Ca'stigatory. atfj. [from cafltgcile.] 
 Punitive, in order to amendment. 
 
 There were other ends of penalties infliflcd, 
 cither probatory; r,iJ/lg<itory, or exenqilary. 
 
 BrnntJt.ill ucahiji Uohbc^. 
 
 Ca'sting-net. n.f. [froin cojhng and 
 nc/.] A net to be thrown into the water, 
 not placed and left. 
 C-ifiii'g-niti did riv:r5 bottoms firccp. A'<y. 
 
 CAS 
 
 CA'STLE. ;.'./. [cajlcllum, Lat.] 
 
 1 . A ftrong houfe, fortified againft alFaullj, 
 
 Thccyth-ot MacdudI will furprile. Si.iilf), 
 
 2. C A ST L F s iV; the air. [^chateaux d'Efpagttf, 
 Fr.] Projec'ts without reality. 
 
 Tiieie wore but like ca/Z/cj •<! iht air, and in 
 
 nen's fancies vainly inragin'-d. 
 
 Viilfisrff. 
 
 Castle-soap. n.f. [I fuppofe corrupted 
 from Cajlilc foap.] A kind of foap. 
 
 I have a letter from a foap-boiler, ricliring me 
 to write upon the prefent duties on c.^fiir-fojj,. 
 
 y-id.iifii:. 
 
 Ca'stlkd. adj. [from cqftlc.'] Furniflicd 
 with caftles. 
 
 The horfcs neighing by the wind is blown, 
 And cj/?,Vi.' elephants o'eilook the town. Drydtn. 
 
 Ca'stleward. n. f. [f;om caflle and 
 ctv!r</. ] An Impofition laid upon fuch 
 of the king's fubjefts, as dwell within a 
 certain compafs of any caftle, toward the 
 maintenance of fuch as watch and ward 
 the caflle. Co-mcIL 
 
 Ca'^tling. n.f. [from<-a/?.] An abor- 
 tive. 
 
 We ftiould rather rely upon the urine oi a 
 cti/i/ifig'i bhicldcr, a rclolutiou of cnibs cjes, or 
 a fecend diltUlation of uiinc, as Helmont hath 
 commended. JSiaivn's I'ltlgar Kifouri. 
 
 Ca'stou, or Chester, are derived from 
 the Sa.\. ceaj-rep, a city, town, or 
 caftle ; and that from the Latin caflnnn : 
 the Saxons chufing to fix in fuch placi.s 
 of ftrcngth and iigurc, as the Romans 
 had before built or fortiiied. ' Cibfon. 
 
 Ca'stor. n.f. \_caflor, Lat.] 
 
 1. A beaver. See Beaver. 
 
 Like hiunted ^ajio;^ conlcious of their ftore, 
 Their waylaid wealth to Norway's ccaft they 
 bring. DtydeT\ 
 
 2 . A fine hat made of the fur of a beaver. 
 
 CJSTOR and POLLUX. [In meteoro- 
 logy.] A fieiy meteor, which appears 
 fometimes fticking to a part of the fliip, 
 in form of one, two, or even three or 
 four balls. When one is feen alone, it 
 is called Helena, which portends the fe- 
 vereft part of the ftorm to be yet be- 
 hind ; two are denominated Caflrir and 
 Pollux, and fometimes Tyndarides, 
 which portend a ceffation of the ftorm. 
 
 Chambers, 
 
 CJSTO'REUM. n.f. [from cajior. In 
 
 pharmacy.] A liquid matter inclofed 
 
 in bags or purfes, near the anus of the 
 
 caftor, falfely taken for his tefticles. 
 
 Chambefs. 
 CASTRAMETATroN. n.f. [froni caflra- 
 mctor, Lat.] The art or praclice of en- 
 camping. 
 ToCA'STRATE. v. a. [(tijro, Lat.] 
 
 1. To geld. 
 
 2. To take away the obfcene parts of a 
 writing. 
 
 Cajtra'tion. n.f. [{rom c.flratt.] The 
 a£l of gelding. 
 
 The iaigcft needle fhould be ufed, in taking up 
 the fpermalick vcffels in i-jjimtic/i. Siiatp. 
 
 ,, , ■ > n. f. A kind of hawk. 
 
 (^A sTERii.. 3 -^ 
 
 Castre'nsi AN. tidj. [^cq/lretifs, Lat.] Be- 
 longing to a camp. DiCl, 
 
 CASUAL, adj. [cfiul, Fr. from c,<fus, 
 Lat.] .'^.ecidcntal ; aiifing from chance; 
 depending upon chance; not certain. 
 5
 
 CAS 
 
 The revenue cf Ireland, both certain and cnfue!, 
 c]id nut rife untu ten thoul'and piiunds. 
 
 Davres on Jrclanti. 
 
 Thatwliich feenietli mod cafua! and ful<jcil to 
 Toitunc, is yet difpofcd by ihe ordinance i<J"God. 
 
 Whether found wiicre c^jttal fiic 
 H^id n-nftcd woods, on mountain, or in vale, 
 Duu-ii tu the veins of eaitli. Milion, 
 
 The comniifliuners entertained thcrafclvej by 
 the fire-fide in general and cajual difcourfcs. 
 
 Claratdon, 
 Moft of our rarities have been found out by 
 cajual cnKigcncy, and ha\c l.rcn the worits cjf 
 time and chance, ratiiei than of phiiofophy. 
 
 Gtanvillc. 
 The cxpences of fome of them al^i'ays exceed 
 their certain annual income ; but feldum their 
 tafunt fupplics. 1 call them cajuttl, in compli- 
 ance witli the common foim. ^Ittcibury. 
 Ca'sually. adv. [from cafual.'\ Acci- 
 dentally ; without defigii, or fet piu- 
 pofe. 
 
 Go, bid my woman 
 Search for a jewel, that too cajuaUy 
 Hath left mine aim. Skakfptare, 
 
 Wool new (horn, laid cafunllv upon a \ctVtl of 
 verjuice, had drunk up the verjuice, though the 
 veflel was without :iny flaw. Bticcn. 
 
 1 thuuld have acquainted my judge with one 
 advantage, and whicli 1 now cajually rcmcmher. 
 
 Drydn. 
 Ca'sualness. «./. [from i-(j/i/(i/.] Ac- 
 
 cidentalnefs. 
 Ca'sualty. n.f. [ from (-rt/iW. ] 
 
 1. Accident; a tiling happening by cliance, 
 not defio;n. 
 
 With mure patience men endure the lolTcs that 
 befall tncm by mere rafualfy^ than the dam.iges 
 which they fuliain by injultice. Raleigh'i t'j/.iyi. 
 
 That Oitavius Cslar Ihould Ihitt h:s lanip 
 that night that it happened to be took by 
 the enemy, was a meie cifuahy ', yet it prc- 
 fcrvcd a pcrfun, wlio lived to ellabiilh a total al - 
 teraiion of government in tlie imper.al city of the 
 world. Smth. 
 
 2. Chance that produces unnatural death. 
 
 Builds in the weather on the outward wail, 
 Ev'n in the force and road of c.^fiuiity, S^iuifp. 
 
 It is obfcrvcd in particular nations, that, witln- 
 in the fpace of tw j or three hundred year.^, not- 
 witliltanding all cijuitltiis, the number of men 
 doubles, Butnet^i Thccyy, 
 
 We find one caf./aliy in our bills, of v/i-.ich, 
 though there be daily t;ilk, th-.re is little ett'eft, 
 GrauiU'i Btiis of JMnrlulity. 
 
 Ca'suist. n.f. [rqftiijle, Fr. from cafus, 
 I..at. ] One that lludies and fettles cafes 
 of coiifclence. 
 
 The judgment of any cafu'Jl, or learned div'ne, 
 tcnccriring the ftatc of a man's foul, is not fuf- 
 iicient to give him confidence. S'luth. 
 
 You can fcarcc fee a bench of porters without 
 two or ihrcc rofuijli in it, that will fettle you tlic 
 lights of princes. Aiiiijun. 
 
 Wliofhall decide when doctors tlifagrce, 
 And foundcrt .;.i/h/^] doubt, like ytm and me ? 
 
 Casui'stical. adj. [from M^^.] Re- 
 lating to cnfes of ci«fcience ; contain- 
 ing the doc\rine relating to cafes. 
 
 What arguments titey have to beguile pour, fim- 
 plc, uiiltabic louls with, I know not; but lurely 
 the praitical, cafiiijiicul, that is, the princip.nl, 
 \ital pjit of their religion, fav^uis very little of 
 fpirituality. ^ i'cutli. 
 
 Ca'sihstry. n.f. [from cnfiiijl.'] The 
 fcience of a cafuill ; the doifirine of 
 cafes of corifcience. 
 
 This conccffion would not p.ifs for good mfu- 
 ifrti in thcfe ages. Po/i,-'i OAyJfey, Nma. 
 
 Mor:ility, by her falfe guaidians drawn, 
 Chicane in fur.-, 3ndiafu:jhy in lawn. Pcfe. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 CAT 
 
 C.\T. «./ [/vj/K, Teuton. fZ.^2/, Fi-.] A 
 domellic animal that catches mice, com- 
 monly reckoned by naturalitls thclovvell 
 order ol the leonine f[)^cics. 
 
 'Twas you iiicens'd tlic lahblc : 
 CatSj that can judge as fitly of his worth, 
 As I can of thole niylttrics, which hcav'n 
 Will not have earth to know. S'uUfp. Corhlttrnn. 
 
 Thrice the brindcd cat hath mew'd. S/ialfp. 
 
 A cat, as (he beholds the light, draws the ball 
 of her eye fmall and long, being covered o\cr 
 with a green flcin, and dilates it at plcafure. 
 
 Pcucham on Drawing. 
 
 Cat. n.f. A fort of fhip. 
 
 Cat iti the pail, [imagined by fome to be 
 rightly written Calif an, as coming from 
 Callpcmia. An unknown correfpondent 
 imagines, very naturally, that it is cor- 
 rupted from CaU in tL- pan.l 
 
 There is a cunning which we, in England, call 
 the turning of the dit in the ^an ; which is, when 
 that which a man fays to another, he lays it as if 
 another had faid it to him. Bacon. 
 
 Cat o' nine tails. A whip with nine 
 laflics, uled for the punifliment of 
 crimes. 
 
 You dread reformers of an impious age, 
 ^'ou awful cat o^ninc tails to the liage, 
 Tins once be juft, and in our caufe engage. 
 
 Fro/tg/zc to P'anl/itrgll'i Fa/fe Ftitnd. 
 
 CATJCHRESIS. n. f. [y.c..Tc!.xer.au, 
 abufe.] It is. In rhetorick, the abufe 
 of a trope, when the words are too far 
 wrefted from their native fignification ; 
 or when one word is abufively put for 
 another, for want of the proper word ; 
 as, a voice beautiful to the ear. Smith. 
 
 Catachre'stical. adj. [from catachre- 
 Jis.'\ Contrary to proper ufe ; forced; 
 far fetched. 
 
 A c.ttachitjliral and far derived fimilitude it 
 holds with men, tii.it is, in a bifurcation. Jiroiun. 
 
 Ca'taCLYSM. n.f. \_y.y.raxKil:T(/i'^.'\ A 
 
 deluge; an inundation; ufed generally 
 for the uuiverfal deluge. 
 
 The opinion that held thefe catacl\fms and 
 empyrofcf univcrfal, was fuch as held that it put 
 a tor.U coiiiumniation unio things in this lo\\er 
 world. IfaU's Ortgin rij Mankin.i. 
 
 Ca'tacombs. n.f. [frotn xaT^', and )-o^fs, 
 a hollow or cavity.] Subterraneous 
 cavities for the burial of the dead ; of 
 which there are a great number about 
 three miles from Rome, fuppofed to be 
 the caves and cells where the pvlmitive 
 chriftians hid and ali'cmbled themfclves, 
 and where they interred the martyrs, 
 which are accordingly vifited with de- 
 votion. But, anciently, the word ca- 
 tacomb was only underllood of the tombs 
 of -St. Peter and St. Paid. Chatnlcrs. 
 On the fide of Naples are the catacomhi^ which 
 mufl have been full of ilcnch, if the dead bodies 
 that lay in them were left to rot in open nitches. 
 
 ylddijrjn. 
 
 Catagma'tick. adj. \jicfr-i-/y.i, a frac- 
 ture.] That has the quality of confo- 
 lidatiiig the parts. 
 
 I pot on a catagmatick emplaftcr, and, by the 
 life of a laced glove, Icattercd the pitultous fwel- 
 ling, and rircngtiicnecl it. tViJeman'i Surgcy. 
 
 CaTaLb'psIS. n.y. f ':aTl'^^;^}"?■] A lighter 
 fpecics of the apoplexy, or epilcpfy. 
 
 There is a difcafe called a catal- pfn, wherein 
 the p.uicnr is fuddenly Icized witliuut icnfe or 
 motion, and rcniaiiis in the fame polture in which 
 the difealc fciicih hiin. ^rhuthnot. 
 
 CAT 
 
 Ca'talogije. ti. f. [Kom^oy^.] An 
 enumeration of particulars; a lift ; a 
 reglllcr of things one by one. 
 
 In the raia/igne yc go for men, 
 Showghes, water rugs, and demy wolves, are 
 
 cicpcil 
 All by the name of Hogs. Skakffieare's Marh. 
 
 Make a catalngue of profpcrous f.icniegioul 
 pcrfons. and I believe they will be repeated 
 fooiicr than the alphabet. South. 
 
 In the libiaiy of nianufcripts belonging to St. 
 Laurence, of whicli there is a piintcd catalogue^ 
 1 looked into the Virgil, which difputcs its an- 
 tiquity with that of the Vatican. .^dJifrn. 
 
 The blight Taygete, and the (Kining Bears, 
 With all the failors catalogue of Itars. Adiifon. 
 
 Catamo'untain. n. f. [from cat and 
 moiintaiit.] A fierce animal, rcfembling 
 a cat. 
 
 The black prince of Monomotapa, by whofe 
 fide were fcen the glaring iatatnount.tin, and the 
 quiil-darting porcupine. ylrlutknot and Poj>€, 
 
 Ca'tapmr ACT. n.f. [^catnjihra^a, hit.} 
 A horfeman in complete armour. 
 
 On each fide went armed guards, 
 Bith horle and foot ; before him and behind. 
 Archers and flingers, cataphra&i and fpeais. 
 
 iW.V/. yigoni/fcj. 
 
 Cataplasm, n.f. [xaT-z'-Av-^fir..] A 
 poultice ; a foft and moilt ap-j;lication. 
 
 1 houglit an unction of a mouiueijank, 
 So mortal, that but dip a knife in it, 
 Wheie it draws blood, no ratapiafm fo rare, 
 Collcfled from all fimples that have virtue 
 Under the moon can five. Shakf^cre'i Han;/e^. 
 
 Warm cataf>lufms dilcufsj but Ic.ilding hot ma-/ 
 conlirm the tumour. .-Jibuthnot on Alimcnu. 
 
 Ca'tapult. n.f. [catnpidta, Lat.] A.n 
 engine ufed anciently to thruw Hones. 
 
 The balilla violently Ihot great flonesand quar- 
 ries, as alfo the cai.:pults. CarndL/i't Remains. 
 
 Ca'taRACT. n.f. [izra^axT)-.] A fall 
 of water from on high; a flioot of 
 water ; a cafcade. 
 
 Blow, winds, and crack your checks ; rage, 
 bluw ! 
 Y'ou cataralis and hurricaiif s, fpout, 
 Till you have dieiicli'duur Ileeplcs. Shaif^tare, 
 
 What if all 
 Her ftores were opeii'd, and the firmament 
 Ol hell Ihould fpout her cat.imcis of fire ? 
 Impendent horrours ' Milton's Varadife Loji. 
 
 No fooiier he, viiih them of man and beall 
 SeleiS for life, (hall in the ark be lodg'd. 
 And (hcUcr'd round ; but all the cararalU 
 Of heav'n ftt open, ( n the earih (lull pour 
 Rain, d.ay and ni;,'ht. .Vilton's Paradife LoJl. 
 
 Torrents and loud impetuous ratara^i^ 
 Through roads a bi apt, and rude unfalhion'd trails. 
 Run down the lufty mountain's ihannel'd fides. 
 And lotiic vale Convey tiieir foaming tides. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 Ca'taract. [In medicine.] A fuffulion 
 of the eye, when little clotids, motes, 
 and flies ftein to float about in the air; 
 when coiiritmed, the pupil of the eye 
 is either wholly, or in part, covered, 
 and flnit up with a little thin fkin, fo 
 that the light has no admittance, ^uiiiry. 
 
 Saladinc hath a yeilow m Ik, whicli hath hke- 
 wifc much acrimony ; for it clcanreth the eves : 
 it is good alio for cnLuacfs. Bacon' i Nat. Nifi. 
 
 CATARRH. ;;. /. [^cT^;;-u, ehfi.o.] 
 A dcflu.Kion of a fliarp ferum from the 
 glands about tlie head ar.d throat, ge- 
 nerally occafioncd by a diminution of 
 iiilenlible perfpiratlon, or cold, wherein 
 what Ihould pafs by the flcin, oozes out 
 upon thofe glands, and occafions irri- 
 tations. The cauffs are, whatfoevcr 
 2 N
 
 CAT 
 
 ticcafioiis too great a quantity of ferum ; 
 wliatfoever hinders the difcharge by- 
 urine, ajid the pores of the fl'cin. ^incy. 
 All fov'roLii kinds, 
 Convulfions, epilcplies, fierce catarrht. 
 
 y^radif! Loji. 
 
 Neither was the body tlicn ful;jc£l to die by 
 
 picct meal, and languift unicr coughs, catarrln, 
 
 or confumptions. South. 
 
 C AT A 'r^ HAL. \eJj. [from catarrh.^ 
 
 Cata'rrhous. J Relating to a catarrh; 
 
 proceeding from a catarrh. 
 
 The catjn hal t'evcr requires evacuations. Vloycr. 
 
 Oid age, attentJcd with a glutinous cold, 
 
 ealarrltcui, leuco-phlcgmatick conftitutjon. 
 
 ..■Irhilhnot on Vitt. 
 CaTa'sTROPHE. n.f. [xaTairljc,?;;.] 
 
 J , The change, or rcvohition, which pro- 
 duces the conclufion or final event of a 
 
 dramatic piece. 
 
 Pat! — He comes like the catajlrtphe of the 
 old comedy. S/uii/jt-are. 
 
 That pliilofophcr declares for rragedies, whofe 
 
 talafirop/iei are unhappy, with iclation t^"*. the 
 
 principal charaders. Vcnuia. 
 
 2. A final event; a conclufion generally 
 
 unhappy. 
 
 Here was a mighty revolution, the moft hor- 
 rible and portentous catajirophe that nature ever 
 yet faw ; an elegant and habitable enith quite 
 fliattcrcd. IJIc J ward's Nalwul Hijiory. 
 
 Ca'tcal. n.f. [from cat and ra//.] A 
 fqueaking inftrumcnt, ufed in the play- 
 boufe to condemn plays. 
 
 A yotmg lady, at the theatre, conceived a paf- 
 fion for a notorious rake that headed a party of 
 catcals. Sjielititor. 
 
 Three cjtc^h be the bribe 
 Of him, whofe chatt'ting ihames the monkey tribe. 
 
 To CATCH.- 1'. a. pret. I catched or 
 , caught; 1 have catcia^ or caugit. \_ketfen, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To lay hold on with the hand : inti- 
 mating the fuddenncfs oF the aftion. 
 
 And when he arofe againft me, 1 caught him by 
 his beard, and fmote him, and Hew him. j S'lm. 
 
 2. To Hop any thing flying; to receive 
 any thing in the pafTage. 
 
 Others, to ciitch the bicczc of breathing air, 
 To Tufculura or Algido repair. AdMjon on Italy. 
 
 3. To fcize any thing by purfuit. 
 
 I faw him run after a gilded butterfly, and, 
 when he ctugAt it, he let it go again ; and after 
 it again'; and over and over lie comes, and up 
 again ; and caught it again. Shakfpeart^ s Coriol. 
 
 4. To fiop any thing falling ; to intercept 
 falling. 
 
 A Ihcpherd diverted himfelf with tolTing up 
 eggs, wntS catching them again. Spci7.2tor. 
 
 5. To enfnarc ; to entangle in a fnare ; to 
 take or hold in a trap. 
 
 And they fent unto him certain of the Pliari- 
 fces a.rd of tlie Herodians, to catch hin» in his 
 words. Mark. 
 
 Thefc artificial method.': of renfoning are more 
 adapted to catch and entangle the mind, than to 
 irrftrutfl and iirtorm the undctf^anding. Locke. 
 
 6. To receive fuddenly. 
 
 Thcc.irlii^g fmoke moimts heavy from the fires, 
 A.I terrgth it catches flame, and in a bla^e expires. 
 
 rry.lcn. 
 But flopp'd f<ir fear, thus violently driv*n, 
 Tile fparks Ihould catch hii axlctrcc of heav'n. -. 
 
 Dry. /en. 
 
 7. To faften fuddenly upon ; to feizc. 
 
 The mule went under the thick boughs of a 
 gnat oak, and his head caught hold of the oak. 
 
 z Samuel. 
 
 Would they, like Bcrihadad'sambalTadour ■,£<!/■/( 
 
 hu'.A of every amicable exprcffion. Decay cj fitly. 
 
 CAT 
 
 S. To feizc unexpectedly. 
 
 To catch fomcthing out of liis moulh, that 
 tliey might acculc liim. Luke. 
 
 9. To felzc eagerly. 
 
 They have tii/xg'j.' up every ihiiig greedily, with 
 thjt bufy minute curiuluy, and iinl.ilisiat^tury in- 
 quilitivemls, which Scucca, c.ills the dilcale of 
 the Greeks. Vo^c. 
 
 I've peiui'd her \vi II ; 
 Beauty and hoiuiur in her are fu mingled, 
 Thiit they have caught the king. Sh.i/:fpcare. 
 
 10. To pkafe J to feize the affections ; to 
 charm. 
 
 For I am young, a novice in the trade, 
 Tke fnol of love, unpradtis'd to perfuade, 
 And want the Toothing arts that cutch ihc fair, 
 But, caught myfclf, lie Ikuggling in the fnare. 
 
 11. To receive any contagion or difcafe. 
 
 I cannot name the dileafe, and it is caught 
 Of you that yet are well. Shakfp. PFlntet's Tale. 
 
 Thole mcaflcs, 
 Which we difdain Oiould tetter us, yet feek 
 The \try way to catch them. Shakfj.'. Corio/anus. 
 
 In footh 1 know not why 1 am lo Ud : 
 It wearies me; yon lay it wearies you; 
 But how I cat4ght it, found it, or tame by it, 
 I am to learn. Shakfprare's Mer. 0/ l^'enice. 
 
 The foftcit of our Britifh ladies cxpofc their 
 necks and aims to the open air; which the men 
 could not do without catching cold, for want of 
 being accuftomcd to it. ^iUifori's Guardian. 
 
 Or call the winds thro' long arcades to roar. 
 Proud lo catch cold at a Venetian duoi. J-'cpe. 
 
 12. To catch at. To endeavour fuddenly 
 to lay hold on. 
 
 Saucy li(£twrs 
 
 Will catch at us like ftrumpcts, and fcald rhimcrs 
 
 Ballad us out of tune. Shakfp, Ant. ^ Cdeop. 
 
 Make them catch at all opportunities of fub- 
 
 vcrting the ftate. Addifon's State of the If'ar. 
 
 7o Catch, v. n, 
 
 1. To be contagious; to fpread infefiion, 
 
 or mifchief. 
 
 'Tis time to give them phyfick, their difcafcs 
 Are grown fo catching. Shak/pcare's Henry v 1 1 1 . 
 
 Sickncfs is catching ; oh, wcic favour lo ! 
 Yours would I catch, fair Hcimia, ercl go. Shai. 
 
 Confidering it with al! its malignity and 
 catching nuturCf it may be enumerated with the 
 worlt of cpidcmicks. liai-i'cy. 
 
 The pabce of Deiphobus afcends 
 In fmoky flames, and catches on his friends. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 Docs the fcdition catch from man to Mian, 
 And run among the ranks } Add-fo^i, 
 
 2. To lay hold fuddenly : as, the hook 
 
 catches, 
 
 V.'hen the yellow hair in flame ftiould fall, 
 The catching li;c might bain liie golden cawl. 
 
 D'ydm. 
 
 Catch. ?/.yi [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Seizure; the adl of feizing any thing 
 that flics or. hides. 
 
 T.iught by his open eye, 
 His eye, that ev'n did mark her troddi-n grafs, 
 That ihe would f.;in the catch of Sirephon fly. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 2. Watch; the poflure of feizing. 
 
 Hjth of tlicm lay upon the catrh for a great 
 aflion ; it ib no wonder, therefore, that they 
 were often engaged on one l'ubjci5t. j^JduiJon. 
 
 3. An advantage taken j hold laid on, as 
 In hade. 
 
 All which notions are but ignorant catrha of 
 a few things, which arc molt obvious to men's 
 ob'trvations. J>acon. 
 
 The motion is but n catch of the wit upon a 
 few inltnnces; as the manner is in the philofophy 
 received. Sacon, 
 
 Fate of empires, and the fall of kings, 
 Should turn on flying houis, and catch of mo- 
 ments. Drydcn. 
 
 4 Tl.c aiTt of taking quickly from anoihci . 
 
 CAT 
 
 Several quires, placed one over.Tgainff another,, 
 and taking the voice by catches anthem wife, give 
 great plcafuie. Bacon. 
 
 5. A fong fung in fncceffion, where one 
 catches it from another. 
 
 This is the tune of our eatclty play'd by the 
 picture of nobody. Shakjpeaie^s Tcmfejl. 
 
 Far be from thence the glutton parafite. 
 Singing his drukencjrf/rci all the night, Diyd.jun. 
 
 The meat was fcrv'd, the howls werecrown'd, 
 Catches were fung, and healths went round. Vrior, 
 
 6. The thing catight ; profit ; advantage. 
 
 Hector flrall have a great catihy if he knock 
 out your brains; he were as good crack a fully 
 nut with no kernel. Shakjpeare. 
 
 7. A fnatch ; a fliort interval of aftion. 
 
 It has bctn writ by catches, with many intervals. 
 
 8. A taint ; a flight contagion. 
 
 We retain ts catch of thofe pretty Ivories, and 
 our awakened imagination fmilcsin the recollec- 
 tion. Glanvi!le*s Scepjts. 
 
 9. Any thing that catches and holds, as 
 a hook. 
 
 10. A fmall fwift-failing fhip : often- 
 written ketch. 
 
 Ca'tcher. n.f. [from fa/tZi.] 
 
 1. He that catches. 
 
 2. That in which any thing is caught. 
 
 Scallops will move fo Itrungly, as oftentimes 
 
 to leap out of the catcher wherein they are caiight. 
 
 Grexu's Muj^siim. 
 
 C,\'tchflv. n.f. [ from f iJ/i:/' and ji?) ..2 
 
 A plant; a fpecies oi campion, 
 Ca'tchpoll. n.f. [from f<j/cA and /o//.] 
 A ferjeant ; a bumbailiff. 
 
 Catchpoll, though now it be ufed as a weed of 
 contempt, yet, in ancient times, it fcems to have 
 been ufed v.ithout reproach, for fnch as wc now 
 call feijeants of the m^ice, or any other that-uCes 
 to an elf men upon any crufe. Cowcll. 
 
 They c.ill all temporal birfrnclTesunderfherifFrics, 
 as if they were but matters for under Ifrciitts antl 
 catchpolls; though many times thofe uiiderlhe- . 
 ritfries do more good than their Irigh fpeculatiogs. 
 Bacon's fj/ays. 
 Another monficr. 
 Sullen of afpcdf, by the vulgar call'd 
 A catchpoll, whofe polluted hands the gods 
 With force incredible and magick charms 
 Erlf have endued, if he his ample palm 
 Should haply on ill-fated Ilioulder lay 
 Of debtor, Phl'lpu 
 
 Ca'tchword. n. f. [from catch and 
 •word. With printers.] The word .at 
 the corner of the page under the lafl 
 line, which is repeated at the top of the 
 next page. 
 
 Gate, n.f Food; fomelhing to be 
 eaten. This is fcarcely read in the- fm- 
 gnlar. See Gates. 
 
 We'll fee what catcs you have, 
 For foldiers flomachs always ferve them well. 
 
 Shakjpieare. 
 
 CaTECHE'tICAL. aetj. [from Kcctyyj.i...'^ 
 
 Confining of qvieftions and anfwers. 
 
 Socrates introduced a catechetical mctiiod of 
 arguing ; he would aflc his advcrfaiy qucftion 
 upon queftion, till he convinced him, out of his 
 owir nrouth, that his opinioirs were wrong, ylddif. 
 
 Cateche'tical LY. adv. [hoxvi cateche- 
 tica/.] Ill the way of qtieftion and an- 
 fwer. 
 To CA'TECHISE. -v. a. iKoe-.^.^l^.'] 
 I. To iiiftruft by aflting queftions, and 
 correfting the anfwers. 
 
 I will catechije the world for him j that is, 
 
 make qucftions, and bid them anfwer. Shakf. 
 
 Had thofe three tVioufand fouls been catechijcti 
 
 by our modern dfuifts; we had fecn a wide dif- 
 
 fcrcnte, D:cay of I'iety,
 
 CAT 
 
 1, To qiioflion ; to interrogate; to ex- 
 ainiiu' ; to try by iiitt rro^iilories. 
 
 Why then I fuck my tecrh, ami lafti-hif! 
 My piked man of cuuiitrics. Slukfpcar.'. 
 
 Tlicie flics alwur a ftrangc report, 
 Of fomc cxpicfs airiv'ci al court ; 
 I'm liopp'd by all the fools \ nicer, 
 A\u\c.ittrhii'ti'in cv'ry lirect. Sifi/t. 
 
 Ca'tlchiser. n./. [from To catichijc.'\ 
 
 Out; who catecliiffS. 
 Catechism. n,f. [fVnm «alr>;;i^»-] A 
 form of inllrudioii by means of qiicf- 
 tions and anfwers, conctrning religion. 
 
 Ways of reachiuK there have been luudr)', al- 
 ways ul'ual in God's c'nurch; for the tirll intio- 
 cludliuji of youth to the kiiowUdgc of God, the 
 Jews even tdl this day have thcii catahijnu. 
 
 Hooktr. 
 
 He had no catechifm but the creation, needed 
 no lludy but reflection, and read no book but 
 the volume of tlie woild. Scuth. 
 
 Ca'techist. «./. [^J>:>;irw.] One whofe 
 charge is to inilruft by queftions, or to 
 quellion the uninllrucled concerning re- 
 ligion. 
 
 None of years and knowledge was admitted, 
 who had not been inltrudeti by the catechijl in this 
 foundation, which tiie ccttechji I'cceived from the 
 blfhop. HtntfKOriJ' i Funditmentnli. 
 
 Catechu'men. n.f. [vaiv.i^aVi' 5 •] One 
 who is yet in the firft rtidimeiits of 
 chiiftianity; tlie lowell order of elirif- 
 tians in the primitive church. 
 
 I'l c prayers of the church did not begin in 
 St. Auftm's time, till the cauchumcni were dif- 
 miiTod. Sl.-J/irrgfice/. 
 
 Catechome'nical. ai/j. [frorn calechu- 
 miii.] Belonging to the catechumens. 
 
 Dici 
 Catego'rical. aJj. [from category.'] 
 i^bfoliitc ; adequate; poliiive J equal 
 to the thing to he expreflTcd. 
 
 The king's committionci s defired to know, 
 whether '.lie parliament's conimiifioners did be- 
 lieve thar bifhops wcie unlav\'ful? They could 
 never obtain a Cii.Vg^f/tu/ anlVer. Cliiyfuhn, 
 
 A fingic propofltion, which is alfo catfgnricaly 
 may be divided again into Ample and complex. 
 
 CATEGo'aiCALLY. adv. [ from categorical. ] 
 
 1. Directly; exprefsly. 
 
 2. Politlvcly ; plainly. 
 
 I daie affirm, .md t\v.\t cnteg'irically^ in all parts 
 whtrc\er trade is gieat, and continues fo, that 
 trade mcft be nationally profitable. Child. 
 
 CATEGORY. n,f. [vaV^^i:..] Aclafs; 
 
 a rank ; an order of ideas; aprcdicament. 
 
 The abfolute infinitude, in a manner, quite 
 
 chi»nt>es the nature of beings, and exalts them into 
 
 a dift'crcntf^.V^f'/^. Chcy:e. 
 
 Catena'rian. adj. [from caU'na, Lat.] 
 
 Relating to a chain ; refemblin»; a chain. 
 
 In gconietiy, tlie catcyuirian zww^ is loimed by 
 
 a rope or cliain hanging freely between two puints 
 
 of fuiiiciifiun. Hijrr.-s. 
 
 The back is bent after the manner of the ctife- 
 
 narian curve, by which it obtains that curvature 
 
 tliLi: is latclt for the included marrow. Ckeyne. 
 
 To CA'TENATE. v. a. [from caUna, 
 Latin.] To chain. D'i8. 
 
 Catena'tion. n.f. \Jxom catena, Lat.] 
 Link ; regular connexion. 
 
 This caunaiicti^ cr confcrving union, when- 
 ever his plcafurc fliall di\ide, let go, or fcparate, 
 they fli d! fall from their exiilciicc. Brczi^. 
 
 y^ Cater, v.n. [from cates."] To pro- 
 vide food ; to buy in vliftuals. 
 lie that doth the ravens i'':e(\, 
 Yea pr&vi<leiitly cilen for the fpariow, 
 Be comfoit to my ag-. Shaiffeart. 
 
 CAT 
 
 CATEit. ti. f. [from the verb.] Pro- 
 vidcr ; collector of provilions, or viflu- 
 als : milprinted perliaps for caterer. 
 
 The oyltcrs dredged in this Lyner, find a 
 welcomcr acceptance, where tlic talle is cittfr foi 
 the Itomach, than thole of the Tamar. Cniriu. 
 
 Ca'ter, n.f. [qurJre, French.] The four 
 of cards and dice. 
 
 Ca'ter-cousin. n./. A corruption of 
 qnatri-coufin, from the ridiculoufnefs 
 of calling coufin or relation to lo remote 
 a degree. 
 
 His mailer and he, faving your worlhlp'i re- 
 
 veiencf, .uc fcaice t-atcr-czufnn. Htukiyeari . 
 
 Poetiy and rcafon, how conic thofe to be caitr- 
 
 couflfis ? Rymrr. 
 
 Ca'terer. n.f. [from cater.'] One em- 
 ployed to felcft and buy in provillons 
 for the family ; the provider or pur- 
 veyor. 
 
 Let no fccnt offenfive the chamber infeft ; 
 Let fancy, not coft, prepare all our difties ; 
 
 Let the citenr mind the tafte of each gucft, 
 And the cook in his diefling comply with their 
 wilhes. 75t" Jo-:fon. 
 
 He made the greedy ravens to be Elias's ca- 
 ter(fi, and Ining him food. King C>:jrl£i, 
 
 Seldom fliall one fee in cities or courts that 
 athletick vigour, which is feen in poor houfes, 
 where nature is their cook, and necelTity their 
 caterer. Soiilh. 
 
 Ca'teress. n.f. [from cater.] A woman 
 employed to cater, or provide victuals. 
 
 Impollor ! do not charge innocent naturf. 
 As if Ihe would her children Ihould be riotous 
 With her abundance : (he, gond eater rft, 
 Means her provilioB only to the good. Mu'tor. 
 Ca'tek PILLAR, n.f. [This word 5/y«- 
 tier and Mi/i/he'zv are inclined to deiive 
 from chalte peliife, a weafel. It feems 
 eafily deducible from cates, food, and 
 piller, Fr. to rob ; the animal that eats 
 up the fruits of the earth.] 
 
 1. A worin which, when it gets wings, is 
 fudained by leaves and fruits. 
 
 The i,./ry.//.'jt biccdcth of dew and leaves; 
 for we iVc infinite e.i!eiy:lleiii\}\ce<\ upon trees 
 and hedges, by which the leaves of the trees or 
 hedges are coni'umed. Haeo'j. 
 
 Auller is drawn with a pot pouring forth wa- 
 ter, with which defcend grafshoppcrs, cuteifi/- 
 tan, and creatures bred by nioilhne. Peaehani. 
 
 2. Any thing voracious atid ufclefs. 
 Ca'terpillar. u.f. [fcorploides, Latin.] 
 
 The name of a plant. Miller. 
 
 To Caterwa'ul. v.n. [from fii/.] 
 
 1. To make a noife as cats in rutting time. 
 
 2. To make any offenfive or odious noife. 
 
 What a c.iterie\xu!iitif do you keep here ! If 
 
 my lady has not called up her flcwaid Malvolio, 
 
 and bid him turn you out of doors, ne\er trull 
 
 me. Hn.iifpeetrr'i Tueljih N/ght. 
 
 Was nodifputc between 
 
 T\\e caterwauling brethren.' Ihnl'/'y.u. 
 
 CATES. n.f. [of uncertain etyinology : 
 
 Siitiiier imagines it may be corrupted 
 
 from Iclicate; which is not likely, be- 
 
 cau*".; Junius obferves, that the Dutch 
 
 have later in the fame fenfe with olir 
 
 cater. It has wo fingular.] Viands; 
 
 food ; dilh of meat : gctierally cinployed 
 
 to ilgiufy nice and luxurious food. 
 
 The fair acceptance, fir, creates 
 The entertainment pcrfcit, not the reim. 
 
 Sen ffinha. 
 O walieful riot, never well content 
 With low \mz'e\ fare ; hunger ambitious 
 Of catci by bnd and fca far fetcht and feut. 
 
 Rallig':. 
 
 CAT 
 
 Alas, how fimple to thcfe catn, 
 W.ii that crude apple that diverted Eve ! Milltn. 
 
 They, by th' alluiing odour drawn, in hafte 
 F.y to the dulcet rateif and crowding fip 
 Tlr.il palatable bane. Philip:. 
 
 Witn t-Q^tiy ciites Die fiain'd her frugal boaid. 
 Then with ill-gotten wealth Die bought a lord. 
 
 ArbuthnU. 
 
 Ca'ttish. n.f. The name of a fea fifii 
 in the Wert Indies ; fo called from its 
 round head and large glaring eyes, by 
 which they are difcovertd in hollow 
 rocks. Phillips. 
 
 Ca'thaRpincs. n.f. Small ropes in a 
 fhlp, running -in little blocks from one 
 fide of the flirouds to the other, near 
 the deck : they belong only to the 
 main fhrouds ; and their ufc is to foicc 
 the flirouds tight, for the eafe and fs^ety 
 of the mails, when the (hip rolls. Harris. 
 
 CatHa'rTICAL. 7 ad] [^:<9i.-Ti:.;r.] Purg- 
 
 Catha'ktick. ^ ing medicines. Tiie 
 vermicular or perittaltitk motion of t!:e 
 guts continually helps on their content;-, 
 from the pylorus to the rcflum ; and 
 every irritation either quickens that mo- 
 tion in its natural order, or occafions 
 fome little inverfions in it. In both, 
 what but (lightly adheres to the coats 
 will be loofened, and they will be more 
 agitated, and thus rendered more fluid. 
 By this only it is manifeft, how a ca- 
 thartic haftens and increafes the dif- 
 chargcs by liool ; but where the force 
 of tlie iUmulus is great, all the appen- 
 dages of the bowels, and all the vilceia 
 in the abdomen, will be twitched ; by 
 which a great deal will be drained back 
 into the inteftines, and made a part of 
 what they difchaige. 
 
 f). 
 
 umcy. 
 
 Quickfilvcr precipitated cither with gold, «r 
 without addition, into a powder, is wont to be 
 firongly enough ratlmrticnl, though the chymirts 
 have not proved, that either gold or mercuiy 
 hath any fait, muchlefs any that is purgative. 
 
 Boyle'i Sceptical Chym-Jt. 
 
 Luihatlons and cithatt'eK^ of the mind wers 
 fought for, and all endeavour \^^i:A to calm and 
 regulate the fury of the paflions. Dccy ej Piety. 
 
 The piercing caufticks ply their fpiteful pow'r, 
 Emeticks ranch, and kecu cathartieki fcouj*. 
 
 Getrth: 
 
 Plato has called mathematical dcmonftiatinns 
 the cettharticH or purgatives of the foul. Aeidij'jn 
 
 Cat ha'rtic ALNESS, n.f. [from cathar- 
 tical.] Purging quality. 
 
 Ca'thead. n. f. A kind of fofiil. 
 
 Tl:e nodules with leaves in them, called i'lt- 
 headsy feem to confill of a fort of iron Hone, not 
 unlike that which is found in the rocks near 
 Wliiteiiaven in Cumberland, where tl.iy call them 
 catfcaups. IV^^tdu-ne.i tn Tofflh. 
 
 CA'rhf-.\D. n.f. [Inafliip.] A piece of 
 timber with two (hivers at one end, hav- 
 ing a rope and a block, to which is 
 faftened a great iron hook, to trice up 
 the anchor from the hawfc to the top 
 of the forecallle.. Scei Die^. 
 
 Cathe'dral. adi. [fiom calhee/ra, Lat. 
 a chair of authority ; an eplfcopnl fee.] 
 
 I. Epifcopal ; containing the fee of a bi- 
 fliop. 
 
 A :at>tfdrai church is that wl-.eriin there .Tc 
 two or more perfons, with a bifliop at the head 
 of them, that do make as it were one body 
 
 politick. 
 
 A.'/'Ie-, P.r.rt 
 
 2 N 2
 
 CAT 
 
 Mtlhoiighl I fa; in feat of majcfty, 
 In riic i:a0.eii>al church uf Wtllniiniier. Shukj. 
 
 2. Btlonging to ?,n epilcopal church. 
 
 His conflant and regular alfilliiig at the c.nhe- 
 dtul icrvice \\'a\ never iiiteri lifted by the Iharp- 
 ncls of weather. hi-^k^. 
 
 3. In low phrafe, antique ; venerable ; 
 old. This feenis to be the meaning in 
 the following lir.es. 
 
 Here aged trees fd/'iev'V«/\vaIivs compofc, 
 And mount the hill in vci:cialik rows; 
 There the given infants in their beds are laid. 
 
 P(ft. 
 
 Cathe'dral. n.f. The head church of 
 a dioctfs. 
 
 1 here is nothing in Leghorn fo extraordinary 
 as the cathedral, which a man -may view with 
 pleafure, after he has feen St. Peter's. Addijt,n. 
 Ca'theriije pear. See Pear. 
 For iircaks of red were mingled there, 
 Such as are on .1 Calhoim fear. 
 The fide that 's next the fun. ~ Suckling. 
 
 Ca'tHETER. 11./. [taScT^r).] A holloW 
 
 and fomewhat crooked inftrumtnt, to 
 ^hnift into the bladder, to aflill in bring- 
 ang away the urine, when the paflnge 
 js (lopped by a ftcne or gravel. 
 
 A large clyrtcr, fuddcnly iiijefled, hath fre- 
 quently forced the urine out of the bUdder ; but 
 if it f.iil, a cmliiicr muft help you. l! -Jfotnn. 
 
 Ca'tholes. n.f. [In a ihip.] Two little 
 holes aftern above the gun-room ports, 
 to bring in a cable or hawfer through 
 them to the capftan, when there is occa- 
 iion to heave the ihip allern. Sea DiB. 
 
 Catko'licism. n. f. [trom catho!kk.'\ 
 Adherence to the cathclick church. 
 
 CA'i'HOLICK. adj. [calholiquc, Fr. xa- 
 Si?.ix©, univerfal or general.] 
 
 1. The church of Jefus Clirill is called ca- 
 tholici, becaufe it extends throughout 
 the world, and is not limited by time. 
 
 2. Some truths are faid to be cathoUct, 
 becaufe they are received by all the 
 faithful. 
 
 3. Cathclick is often fet in oppofition to 
 heretick or feftary, and to Ichifmatick. 
 
 4. Calholid or canonical epiftles, ai'e feven 
 in number; that of St. James, two of 
 St. Peter, three of St. John, and that 
 of St. Jude. Tliey are called cathoUck, 
 becaufe they are dirccud to all the faith- 
 ful, and not to any particular church ; 
 acd canonical, becaufe they contain ex- 
 cellent rules of faith and morality. 
 
 Ci'.lmet. 
 
 Dcubticfs the fuccefs of thofe your great and 
 <<:.'A5//f;J endeavours will piomote the empire of 
 man over natnre, and bring plentiful accelfion of 
 glory to your nation. Glun'viUe'^ Scepjis. 
 
 Thofe fyflems undertake to give .in account of 
 tV.e formation of the univeife, by mechanical hy- 
 pothefes of matter, moved either uncertainly, or 
 accordi;ig to fome cath/.ci laws. Ray. 
 
 Catho'ljcok. n.f. [irom cathoUck ; xa.- 
 So^.iJfM Ix'j.a.'i An univerfal medicine. 
 
 Prcfcrvationagainlt that fm, is the contempla- 
 tion of the hift judgment. This is nideed a ca- 
 /icliciv againft all ; but we find it paaicularly 
 .-ipplicd by St. Paul to judging and dcfpifing ou: 
 Lrcthren. G<yi'itnmfnt of the 'fir.giie. 
 
 Ca'ikins. n.f. [katttler.s, Dutch. In 
 botany.] An aflemblngeotimperfett flow- 
 ers hanging from trccf, in manner of a 
 rope or cat's tall ; ferving as male blof- 
 fonis, or flowers of the trees, by wlilch 
 they arc pioduced. Chamterj. 
 
 C A V 
 
 Catlike, adj. [from <•«/ and /;;?i'.] Like 
 a cat. 
 
 A lionefs, with udders all drawn dry. 
 Lay couching hend on ground, with ^aiHic watch. 
 
 Ca'tling. »./. 
 
 1. A dilhiembcring knife ufed by fur- 
 geons. karris. 
 
 2. It feems to be ufed by Sh<ii/j)e,ire for 
 catgut ; the materials of fiddlcllrings. 
 
 What mufick there will be in him after Hecflor 
 has knocked out his brains, I know not. But, 
 I am lure, none ; unlefs the tidier Apoilo get his 
 fincws to make catlings of. Siiukjjieare. 
 
 3. The down or mofs growing about wal- 
 nut trees, refembhng the hair of a cat. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 Ca'tmint. «. /. [cataria, Lat.] The 
 
 name of a plant. Miller. 
 
 Cato'ptrical. adj. [from caloptricis.] 
 
 Relating to catoptrieks, or vifion by 
 
 refletf ion. 
 
 A rti.'c/'^iJL-al or dioptrical heal is fuperiour to 
 any, vitrifying tlie hardell fubltances. .-hiui/inci . 
 Cato'ptricks. n.f. [_:<ar<,Ao-, a looking- 
 glafs.] That part of opticks which 
 tieats of vifion by refleclion. 
 Ca'tpipe. «. /. [from cat and pipe.] 
 The fame with ccttcal ; an inllrument 
 that makes a fqueaking noife. 
 
 Some fongfters can no more (iiig in any cham- 
 ber but their own, than fome clerks can read in 
 any book but their own j put them out of their 
 road once, and they arc mere cufjiipei anri dunces. 
 
 U EjU angs. 
 
 Cat's-eye. n.f. A flone. 
 
 Cat'i-tye is of a glillcring grey, interchanged 
 with a ftraw colour. U'oiiward on TojjUs. 
 
 Cat's-foot. n.f. An herb; the fame 
 
 with alehoof, or ground-ivy. 
 Cat's-head. n.f. A kind of apple. 
 
 C'it's'head, by fome called the go-no-furthci 
 is a very large apple, and a good bearer. A1oriiinei\ 
 Ca'tsilver. n.f. A kind of foffil. 
 
 Catfilvft is compofcd of plates that are gene- 
 rally plain and paralk!, and that aie t^.csible ?.nd 
 el.ililck ; and is of three forts, the yellow or gol- 
 den, thewhlteorfilvery, and the black. (J'oodiv. 
 Cat's-tail. n.f. 
 
 1 . A long round fubftance, that grows in 
 winter upon nut-trees, pines, is'c. 
 
 2. A kind of reed which bears a fpike 
 like the tail of a cat. FhiHips. 
 
 Ca'tsup. n.f. A kind of Indian pickle, 
 imitated by pickkd mufhrooms. 
 
 And, for our home-bred Britifh cheer, 
 Botargo, caljup, and cavicr. Swift. 
 
 Ca'ttle. n.f [A word of very com- 
 mon ufe, but of doubtful or unknown 
 etymology. It is derived hy Siinner, 
 Menage, and Scelman, from capitalia, 
 que ad caput pertinent ; perfonal goods: 
 in which 'fenle chattels is yet ufed in our 
 law. Mandei'ille ufes catele ior fricc] 
 
 1 . Beads of padure, not wild nor domef- 
 tlck. 
 
 Make poor men's cattle break their nrcks. 
 
 Silai:fptare. 
 
 And God made the beaft of the earth after his 
 kind, and cait/e after their kind, and every thing 
 that creepeth upon the earth .nfter his kind. 
 
 Gcthfi,. 
 
 2. It is ufed in reproach of human beings. 
 
 Boys anil women arc for ths mull pnrt rorr/c- 
 of this colour. S/:ai/pr.:>c. 
 
 CAVALCA'wE.n./. [French; (torn cavalloj 
 
 C A V 
 
 a liorfc, Ital.] A proceflion on liorfe. 
 back. 
 
 Your c.ivn/cade the fair fpeflatsrs view. 
 From their higii ft.indings, yet look up to you ; 
 From your brave train each iingles out a ray, 
 And longs to date a concjuert from your day. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 How muft the heart of the old m.m rejoice, 
 when he law lucli a numerous cava/cad,- ot his 
 own railing! .-lllfcn. 
 
 CAVALI'ER. n.f [cavalier, French.] 
 
 1. A horfeman ; a kniglit. 
 
 2. A gay, fprightly military man. 
 
 For who is lie, whofe chin is but entich'd 
 With one appearing hair, that will not follow 
 Thefe cuU'd and choice drawn cavahen to France ? 
 
 Sliukfpeare. 
 
 3. The appellation of the party of king 
 Charles the Firll. 
 
 E:ich party grows proud of that appellation, 
 which their adveifaries at fii ft intend as a re- 
 proach: of this fott were the Gueifs and Gibe- 
 lines, Huguenots, and Caiialun. Siuft. 
 
 Cavalier, adj. [from the fubflaiitive.] 
 
 1 . Gay ; fprightly ; warlike. 
 
 2. Generous; brave. 
 
 The people are naturally not valiant, and not 
 much cavalier. Now it is the nature of cowards 
 to hurt, where they can receive none. Sucklir.g. 
 
 3. Difdainful ; haughty. 
 Cavali'erly. adv. [from cavalier. '\ 
 
 Haughtily ; arrogantly ; difdalufully. 
 
 Ca'valry. n.f. [cavalerie, Fr.] Horfe 
 troops ; bodies of men furnilhcd with 
 horfes for war. 
 
 If a (l.itc run moft to gentlemen, and the huf- 
 bandmcn and plowmen be hut as their work- 
 folks, you may have a good cavalry, but never 
 good liable bands of foot. JBacvn. 
 
 Their cai-ahy, in the battle of Blenheim, could 
 not fuftain the Ihock of the Brililh horfe. Addif. 
 
 To Ca'vaTe. 13. a. \cavo, Lat.] To 
 hollow out ; to dig into a hollow. 
 
 CAVA'ziON.n.y! [from crtijo, Lat. Inarchi- 
 teflure.] The hollowing or underdig- 
 glng of the earth lor cellarage ; allowed 
 to be the iLxth part of the height of the 
 whole building. Phillips. 
 
 Ca'udebeck. n.f. A fort of light hats, 
 fo called from a town in France where 
 they were lirft made. Phillips. 
 
 CAU DLE. n. f. \_chaiideau, Fr.] A 
 mixture of wine and other ingredients, 
 given to women in childbed, and lick 
 perfons. 
 
 Ye (hall have a hempen caudk then, and the 
 
 help of a hatchet. Siiakfpcart. 
 
 He had good broths, ria:^..'.'^-, and fuch like ; and 
 
 I believe he did diink fome wine. IVifcnJan. 
 
 Jo Ca'udle. 11. a. [from the noun.] To 
 make caudle ; to mi.x as caudle. 
 
 Will the cold brook, 
 Candied with ice, caudle thy morning roaft. 
 To cure thy o'ernight's furfeit ? Shakfpeare. 
 
 CAVE.n./. [cave, French; cavea, Lat.|] 
 1, A cavern ; a den; a hole entering ho- 
 rizontally under \\\i. ground ; a habita- 
 tion in the earth. 
 
 The wr.ithful fldcs 
 GuUowthe very wand'reis of the dark. 
 And m.ikc tlioni keep their ca-vei. Shatfpeart, 
 
 Bid hull bring his power 
 Before fun-iifing, left his fon George fall 
 Into the blind catie of elemal night. Sliakfprare. 
 They did fi]uarc and carve, and polilh their 
 floiic .and niaitlc works, even in the very camt 
 of tht\uariy. }y>iian.
 
 C A V 
 
 Through this a ciix>c wiis dug with vaftexpenft 
 The work it Icciii'd uf fomc Ijfpiciaus piincc. 
 
 DiyJeii. 
 
 2, Ahollow; any liollow place. Not ufcd. 
 
 Tlie t'l'j:<;t of hgl'.t doth linke upon iiic pupil 
 
 of tiie e?c diitiHy ; wheitas the cave ol' the t..r 
 
 doth hold off the Ibuiul a little. jSuto'i 
 
 ToCatk. v. n. [iiom the iioui'..] '1 o 
 
 dwell ill a cave. 
 
 Such as we 
 Cavi lierc, haunt hcie, arc outlaws, Shakfftare. 
 
 Ca'veat. n. /. \_cavfat, Lat. let him be- 
 warc.\ Iiitiniatlon oi caution. 
 
 A caveat is an intimation given to fomc ordi- 
 nary or ecclcfialtual judjjc by the a^ of man, 
 notifying to him, that lie ou^ht to bcwan: how 
 he adts 111 fucli ui fuch an a3'.in-. ^y^'JH 
 
 Tiie cnitfcd rais.ii in reformation muft he to 
 keep out tlie Scjts. ^pcnjci . 
 
 I am in daiifiii of commencing poet, peil-aps 
 laureat ; pray airaic Mr. Ko^vc to cuter a civt^it. 
 
 TiukIiuII tt l'„j:C 
 
 Ca'vern. tt. f. [cavernti, Lat. J A hol- 
 low place in the ground. 
 
 Wl-.erc wilt thou hnd a ravtrn iark enough 
 To malk t^.v mgu'.tiuus vilagc ? Sha'.J,ita^t. 
 
 Monlhisul tlif foammg deep, 
 Fromlh.e deep oo7.e .;ik. gelid rafiv/i roui'd. 
 They flounce and tremble In uiuvick.y joy. 
 
 C.'v'vEHNED. adj. [from caveyn.'\ 
 
 1. FtiU of caverns ; hullo w ; excavated. 
 
 Embdttlei'. troops, with flowing banners, pal's 
 Through flow'ry mcad^, dcligiited ; nor difliuli 
 The fmiling furtac; ; whillt tlie cjn'tm'd ground 
 Burfts fatal, and involves the hopes of war 
 In 6cty whiilcs. Philiin. 
 
 High at his head from out the cavern'd rock, 
 In Uving nil!, a gulhing loiintain broke. i'c.t. 
 
 2. Inhabiting a cavern. 
 
 No bandit heice, no tyrant mad with pride. 
 No cr.n-t"i'.n\ermit, refts fclf-faiisty'd. i'c/f. 
 
 Ca'vernous. adj. [from cavern.'] Full 
 of caverns. 
 
 No great damages aic done by earthquakes, 
 except only in thole countiics wliicli arc moun- 
 tainous, and confequenlly flony and di^.xrnous 
 underneath. l-f'c^.kvurj' i Nmural Hijlcy. 
 
 CAVESSON. n. f. [Fr. In horfcman- 
 fhip.] A fort of iiofcband, fometimcs 
 made of iron, and fonietiines of leather 
 or wood ; fometimes flat, and fometimcs 
 hollow or twilled ; which Is put upon 
 the nufe of a horfe, to forward the fup- 
 pling and breaking of liim. 
 
 An iron cavcjjon laves ,md fpaies the mouths of 
 yoting liorfes wt.en they are broken; for, by the 
 help of it, thev are accurtomcd to obey the hand, 
 and to bend the neck and Ihouldcrs, wiihtnit 
 hurting their mouths, or fpoiling their bars with 
 the bit. Furrier'!, Ul(t. 
 
 Cauf. n.f. A. chefl with holes in the 
 top, to keep lifli alive in the water. 
 
 Phillips' IForU of IFords. 
 
 Caught. The part. paiT. of To catch. 
 
 Caviare, n.f. [the etymology uncer- 
 tain, unlefs it come from ganim, Lat. 
 fauce, or pickle, madeoffidi falted.] 
 
 The eggs of a Iturgeon, being f.iltcd and mjdc 
 up into a raafs, were frill brought from Conftan- 
 tinople by the Italians, and called caviate. Greiv 
 
 C.^vi'er. n.f. A corruption of caviare. 
 
 See Catsup. 
 To CA'VIL. V. n. [caviller, Fr. cavillari, 
 
 Lat.] To raife captious and frivolous 
 
 objeftions. 
 
 I'll give thrice fo much land 
 
 To any well-rieferving friend; 
 
 But, in the way of bargain, maik ye me, 
 
 I'll cax'il on the ninth part of a hair. Shalffiarc. 
 
 C A U 
 
 My lord, you do not well, in obSui.tcy 
 T<5<-j:'.7in the courfe of this contr.iil. Shaifp. 
 He lavih hili at the poet's infilling fo nuch 
 upon the efl'.'dls of .^chillcs's rage. V'jfe. 
 
 To Ca'vil. -v. a. To receive or treat 
 with objcciioii;. 
 Tliou didll accept them: wilt thou enjoy the 
 good, 
 Then cavil the conditions ? PamJift L'^Jl 
 
 Ca'\il. n.f. [from llit; verb.] Falfe or 
 frivolous objeftions. 
 
 Wifcr men confidcr how fubjcci the bcft things 
 have been unto cavity when wits, pnrtefl'ed with 
 difdain, have fet them up as their mark to Ihoot at. 
 
 Hooker. 
 Several divines, in order to anfwcr the cavih 
 of tnofe advcrfaries to truth and morality, bt-gmi 
 to hnd out faither explanations. Su'if. 
 
 Ca villa'tion. n f. [(rain cavil.] Thi; 
 dilpoli'iDn to make captious objeclion ; 
 the praflicf of objecting. 
 
 1 niigl.t add fo miic^i concerning the large odds 
 bc'ween the caiV of the cldell chuiches in regard 
 of heathens, and o-ais in rcipeCt of the ciiutcn of 
 Rome, tiiat very cuvu/ation itfclf Ihould be fatis- 
 fied. Hcokcr. 
 
 CA'vn.LER. n.f. [cavi/lalor, Lat.] A 
 man fon.) of making objections; an un- 
 fair aaverfary ; a captious difputant. 
 
 The candour winch Heuace (hews, is that 
 which dillinguiflies a ciittck from a caviller; 
 he declares, that he is not ofl'cnded at little faults, 
 which n).iy be imputed to inadvertency. ^4JHf 
 -There is, I grant, room ftill left for a caviller 
 to mil'reprefcnt my meaning. Atterhioy. 
 
 Ca'villingly. fl^ii. \ltom. cavilling.] In 
 
 a cavilling manner. 
 Ca'villous. adj. \i\axa cavil.] Unfair 
 in argument ; full of objettioiis. 
 
 Ti".ofe perfons are laid to be cavilhm and un- 
 faithful advocates, by whofe fraud and iniquity 
 jufticc is deltioyed. ^y'lS^- 
 
 CAVIN. n.f. [French. In the ■ mili- 
 tary art.] A natural hollow, fit to co- 
 ver a body of troops, and confequently 
 facilitate their approach to a place. DiP.. 
 Ca'vitv. «. f. \cnvnas, Latin. J Hol- 
 lovvnefs ; hollow ; hollow place. 
 
 The vowels are made by a free palTage of 
 
 bicaih, vocalized through the i.TOiVyof the mouth ; 
 
 the faid cavity being diiicrently Ihaped by the 
 
 poiiures of the throat, tongue, and lips. Holder. 
 
 There is nothing to be left \ oid in a firm build 
 
 ing ; even the cavities ought not to be hlled witti 
 
 rulibilli, which is of a pcrifliing kind. Vry.hr!. 
 
 Materials packed together with wonderful arr 
 
 in the feveial cavitid of the flcull. .^.iclifoii. 
 
 An inftrumcnt with a fmall cavity, like a 
 
 fmall fpooii, dipt in oil, may fetch out the ftone. 
 
 Arhitthri'A on Diet. 
 
 If tlie atmofphere was reduced into water, it 
 
 would not make an orb above thirty-two feet 
 
 deep, which would foon be fwallowed up by the 
 
 civiiy of the lea, and the depreffcd parts of thi> 
 
 cartli. Beatify. 
 
 Cauk. «./. A coarfe talky fpar. fFcodiv. 
 
 Ca'uky. ad;, [from caui.] A white, 
 
 opaque, cauiy fpar, Ihot or pointed. 
 
 Woodward on Fojfils. 
 Caul. n.f. [of uncertain etymology.] 
 
 1. The net in which women enclofe their 
 hair ; the hinder part of a woman's cap. 
 
 Nc fpared they to ftrip her naked all ; 
 Then wiicn they had delpoil'd her tire and caul, 
 Such as (he was, their eyes might her bch.ild. 
 
 Spender. 
 
 Her head with ringlets of her hair is cruwn'd. 
 And in a golden caul tlie cuils are bound. Vryd. 
 
 2. Any kind of fmall net. 
 
 An Indian mantle of feathers, and th? fea- 
 thers wrought into a cuul of packthicad, Grc.^. 
 
 C A U 
 
 3. The omentum ; the integument in 
 
 which tlie guts arc enclofed. 
 
 The caul fervcs for the warming the lower 
 belly, like an apron or piece of woollen clorii. 
 Hence a certain gladiatour, wliofc caul Galen cut 
 oat, was fo liable to futicr cold, that he kept lus 
 belly conliantly coverefl with wool. Hay. 
 
 The bcaii they then divide, and difunitc 
 The ribs and limbs, obfervant of the lice : 
 On thefc, in double c.vth iuvol'd with arr, 
 The choicefl morfcis lay. Vc^t. 
 
 Caui. I'rEROus. adj. [from caulis, a 
 ll,ilk, ^nAfero, to bear, Lat.] A term 
 in botany for fuch plants as have a true 
 llalk, which a great many have not. 
 
 Ca'u LI FLOWER, n.f [ froiTi caulis, Lat. 
 the ftalk of a plant.] A fpecies of ctii- 
 bage. 
 
 Towards the end of the month, earth up your 
 winter piants and falhd herbs; and plant forth 
 your caulijiowcrs and cabbage which were fowa 
 in Augull. Evelyn's Kaleniar. 
 
 To Caulk. See To Calk. 
 
 To Ca'uponate. v. n. [f(7t//)on5, Latin.] 
 To keep a viclualling houfe ; to fell 
 wine or vidluals. DiQ. 
 
 Ca'usable. adj. [from a!;(/o, low Lat.] 
 I hat may be caufcd, or effetSed by a 
 cauft'. 
 
 That may be miraculoiilly effcclcd in one, 
 which is naturally f.i?//ii^/f in another. Bio-.i-n. 
 
 Ca'usal. adi. \_caul'aH5,\i^\s Latin.] Re- 
 lating to caules ; implying or containing 
 caufes. 
 
 Every motion owning a dependence on prcre- 
 quiied motors, we can have no tiue knowledge 
 of any, except we would diltiinflly piy into tivi 
 whole method of caujal concatenation. GlaaviUe^ 
 Cauf.1l propufiiions Hie, where two propofi- 
 tioiis are joined by caujal p.ii tides ; as, hotifes 
 weie not built, that ihey might be ricflrjyedf 
 Rehoboani was unhappy, be^aui'e he followed 
 evil counfel. IVatti' Logirk. 
 
 Causa'lity. n.f [caitfalitas, low Latin.] 
 The agency ot a caulc j the qualitj- of 
 caufing. 
 
 As he created all things, fois iie beyond and 
 in them ail, in his very elfence, as being the foul 
 of their caujalitici, and the clfenfinl caulc of tlu-ir 
 exilfences. Jircur^^ fulgar Errouts. 
 
 By an unadvifcd tranfiliency from the cfl'eil to 
 the lemoteft caul'e, wcobiVr\c not the connec- 
 tion, through the intcip.fal of more immediate 
 caufaiitics. GlarnjilW % Sce^Jii. 
 
 Ca'usal LV. adv. [from cavfal.] Ac- 
 cording to the order or feries of caufes. 
 Thu, may it more be c,:i,fai!y made out, what 
 Hippocrates affirmcth. Brcivn. 
 
 Causa'tion. n.f [from cetiifo, low Lat.] 
 The zii or power of cauling. 
 
 Thus doth he fometimes delude us in the con- 
 ceits of ftars and meteors, bcfides their allowable 
 ailio.is ; afciibing cfieiils thereunto of indepen- 
 dent ai«yrt//"r:/;. B'iriijn. 
 Ca'usative. adj. [a term in grammar.}. 
 
 That exprcflts n caufe or rcafon. 
 Causa'tou. n.J~. [from caufo, low L.at.] 
 A caufer ; an author of any effcft. 
 
 Denionltratively underltinriing the fimpliciry 
 of perfcflion, and the invifible condition of the 
 i\\i\ c.iujat-ir, it was out o^ the power of earth, 
 or the areopagy of hell, to work them from it. 
 
 Bmvn's J^ut. Err, 
 CALTSE. n.f [caufi, Latin.] 
 I. That which produces or efFefts any 
 thing ; the efficient. 
 
 The wife and learned, amon^ft the very hea- 
 thcni thtmfeUeS; have ail acknowledged lohie
 
 C A U 
 
 fiift caufej whrreupon originally ihc being of all 
 things dependcth ; neither hnvc they othcrw'il'c 
 f^ioken of that caufe, than as an age^^, which, 
 knowing what and why it worketh, obfcrvcMi, 
 inv-orkiu^, a mod e>;j<t> order or law. Hooker. 
 
 Buttciiiies, and other Hies, revive eafiy when 
 they fcc:Ti dead, being- brought to the Tun or tire ; 
 tli€ caujt! whereof is the ditfufion of the vital 
 fpirit, artd the dilating of it by a little heat. 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 Caufe is a fubftance exerting its power into a£V, 
 to make one tbin^ begin to be. Lockt. 
 
 t. The reafon ; motive to <^ny thing. 
 
 The rtiT lb.ill bear fome other fight, 
 As c,Jui'c will beobey'd. , Shakfpeare. 
 
 So great, fo conftant, and fo general a pra<fticc, 
 mull needs hive notonly a c^-f/c', but aifo a great, 
 a co.iftanl, and a gciieril cauff^ every way com- 
 Tncni'urare to fuJb :'.n.effc(Sl. South. 
 
 Thus, rov.it fir ! tu fee you landed here, 
 Wa5 ■•jufi ci^ough of triumpii for ayc:ir. Dry-fen. 
 
 .'Eneas wond'ring liood ; then afk'd rhe caufe, 
 Which (o the lir^am the crowding people draws. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Even he, 
 I^nmenting th^t there had been caufe of enmity, 
 ■Wiil often wilh fait had ordain'd yoa friends, 
 
 R^ive. 
 
 3. Reafon of debate ; fubjeft of litigation. 
 
 O madnofs of dircoiirfe, 
 That caufe fets up with and againit thyfelf ! 
 Bifold authority. Shukfpeare. 
 
 Hear the rauffs bet\reen your brethren, and 
 judg^ rightcijufly between every man and his 
 brother, and the ftrangcr tV.at is with him. Deut. 
 4.. Side; party; ground or principle of 
 aiftioii or oppofltion. 
 
 Eic to thy cunfi^ and thcc, my henit Inclin'd, 
 Or love to party had fcduc'd my mind. TirkeL 
 
 To Cause, t'. a* [from the noun.] To 
 eB^e£l as an agent ; to produce. 
 
 Never was man whofe apprchcnfions are fobcr, 
 and by a pcnfivx infpetftion advif^d, but hath 
 found by an ineligible nccclTuy one ^verbfHni; 
 bting, all for ever caufmgy and all fur ever ful- 
 "tainjng. Ra/igfi. 
 
 It ib necefTary in fuch a chain of caufcs to nl- 
 ccnd tn and t-Tinlnatc in fome firrt, which (hould 
 he the origmal of motion, and the caufe of ail 
 other things ; but itftlf be c^iufed by none. South. 
 
 She weeping aflt'd, In thefe her blooming years. 
 What unforefeen mJsfnrtunc cwi'i/ her care, 
 To loath her life, and Ian;juifb in dcfpair. DryA. 
 
 Things that move fo f\vift as not to alfcdt the 
 fciifcs d'flinifily, and (o rauje not any train of 
 ideas in the mind, arc not perceived to move. 
 
 Vrke. 
 
 Ca'u s k l r s l y . adv. [ from caufelefs^^ 
 Without caufe ; without reafon. 
 
 Human laws are not to be broken with fcan- 
 
 dal, nor at all without reafon; for he that docs it 
 
 ca'tfelcjly^ is a dcfpifer of the law, and und-.r- 
 
 valucs itj authoriiy. Tuylor^i Uoly Living. 
 
 Ca'useless. adj. \£rom caufe.'] 
 
 1, HavInjT no caufe ; original In itfelf. 
 
 Rcnch ti.* Almighty's fat-rtd throne, 
 And make his c^«/c/f/j pow'r, 'the caufe of all 
 tilings, known. Bfucimore^s Creation. 
 
 2, Wanting jull ground or motive, 
 
 Y-. t is my truth yplight. 
 And love avowM to other lady late, 
 That, to remove rhe fame, I have nomight : 
 To ciiange love caufeUJi, is repio;.ch to warlike 
 knight. Spfnfi-r't Fairy Queen. 
 
 And mc and mine threats no; with war but 
 death ; 
 Tiius caufelifs hatred endlefs Is uneath. Fairfax. 
 
 T'^\c caufeiifi diflikc, which others have con- 
 ceived, is no fufficicnt reafon for us to forbear in 
 any place. Hooker. 
 
 As women yet who apprehend 
 Some fndden caufe of eaufe/cfs fear, 
 AUhough that feeming caufe take end, 
 A (baking through thcii limls:bcy Hiid.jya/Ur, 
 
 C A U 
 
 Alaj .' my fear'; arc eaufclifi and u»gfou.nd<;d, 
 Fantartick. dicams, »nd nielancholj- fumes. 
 
 Dcnhani. 
 
 Ca'user. n.f. [from caufe.'\ He tha! 
 caufes ; the agent by wliich an effect is 
 produced. 
 
 His whole oi-ation flood upon a (hort narra- 
 tion, what was the cna/ir of this nietamorphofis. 
 
 iiidrtfv. 
 
 Is not the caiifir of thcfc dmclefs deaths 
 As blannful as the executioner • Shuifptme. 
 Ai)ltincnce, the ajiolfle determines, is of no 
 other leal laiue in religion, than as a minillerial 
 caufer of moral cffc(fts. R'^ei s. 
 
 Ca'usry. 1 n.f. \_chaujf-e, Fr. This 
 Ca'oseway. 5 word, by a falfe notion 
 of its etymology, has been lately writ- 
 ten caujexi'ay~\ A way raifed and 
 paved; a way raifed above the reft of 
 the ground. 
 
 To Siiuppim the lot came forth wcflward by 
 the ca.vyVy. r Chron. 
 
 The other way Satan went down, 
 T\\c caufeiuny to hetl-g:tte. Milton. 
 
 But that broad c.iufcw^y will dire£l your way. 
 And you may reach the town by noon of day. 
 
 JOry.^en. 
 
 Whofe f(j.v/HLMy parts the vale with (hady rows; 
 
 Whofe feats the weary traveller rcpofe. Po^e. 
 
 Ca'ustical. 7 'Z't'. [xa-jr-,?i;.] Epithets 
 Ca'u STICK. 3 "f medicaments which 
 dellroy the texture of the part to which 
 they are applied, and eat it away, o 
 
 burn it into an efc'iar. which they do 
 by extreme minutenels, afperity, and 
 quantity of motion, th^it, like thofe of 
 fire ilfelf, deilroy the texture of the 
 folids, and change what they arc applied 
 to into a fubllance like burnt flelh ; 
 which, in a little time, with detergent 
 drefiing, falls quite oft", and leaves a va- 
 cuity in the part. ^/incy. 
 If c.vtjrpation be fafe, the beft way will Jje by 
 ca-.tjl.'cal medicines, or ercototicks. Wijcman. 
 I propofed eradicating by cfcaroticks, and began 
 with a caujiick llone. tVifitr.r.n. 
 Air too hot, cold, and moill, abounding per- 
 haps with cnujltci, .irtringent, and coagulating 
 pai tides. Athu:'r,r:'j:. 
 CA'tJSTiCK. n.f. A burning application. 
 It was a Icndernefs to mankind, t!;at intro- 
 duced corrofives and caujlkhj whicii are indeed 
 but artilicial fires. Ttmple. 
 
 The piercing ■:aujlirs ply their fpiteful pow'r, 
 Emeticics ranch, and keen cathartics fcour. 
 
 GiDth. 
 
 CA'UTEL. n.f. [caut!la,'L7A.'\ Caution; 
 fcruple. Not ufed. 
 
 Perhaps he loves you now ; 
 And now no foil of fa^^r. / doth befmirch 
 The virtue of his will. Sha^Jpcare. 
 
 Ca'utelous. adj. ^eauteleux, Fr.] 
 
 1. Cautious; wary; providtnt. Not in ufe. 
 
 Palladio doth wilh, like a .-iintekui artifan, 
 that the inward walls might bear fome good 
 (hare in the burden. ff'citon. 
 
 2. Wily; cunning; treacherous. 
 
 Of thcmfclves, for the molt part, they ate fo 
 caulehui and wily hc.ided, efpecialty being men 
 of fo fmall experience and practice in law matters, 
 that you wonld wonder whence they borrow fuch 
 fubtilties and ily Ihifts. Sfiijer tn Irtlami. 
 
 Your fon 
 Will or exceed the common, or be caught 
 With cduie/iui baits and praftice. Siaiffitare, 
 
 Ca'utelously. adv. [from cauuhut.) 
 I . Cunningly ; (lily j treacheroufly. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 Ail pretorian courts, If any of the panics be 
 laid a.'^cep, under pretence of a retirement, and 
 
 C A U 
 
 thi; other party d,nh eautehiiPy get t'.'.e fl.ut aa.H 
 advantage; yet tl.cy will fcl baik all things M 
 Jlatit quo p' iui. Bacon's If'ar iv'.th St'uln. 
 
 2. CautiouGy ; warily. 
 
 The Jew.s, i.cit rcfolved of the fciatica fide of 
 Jacob, do cautdouji^^ in their diet, abHain from 
 both. Browr. 
 
 Catjteriza'tion. n.f. [from cauterize. '\ 
 The acl of burning He(h wilh hot irons, 
 or cauftic medicainents. 
 
 Tlicy re-^uirc, after .t^tcn'-cafronf no fucK 
 bandage, as that theicby you need to fear inter- 
 ception of the fpirits. If'ifrm,ir<. 
 
 Tb Ca'uterize. v. a. [cau/^rifer, Fr.2 
 To burn with the cautery. 
 
 For each true word a bliitrr, and each falfc 
 Be cjuurizif}^ to the root o' th' tongue, 
 C(^nfuming it with fpeaking. Shakfpfare. 
 
 No marvel though cantiiarides have i^acVi a 
 corrofivc and caufenzin^ qua'iiy ; for there is 
 not one other of the infcifta, but is bred of a duller 
 matter. Bacon's Natural f[ij:'j:y. 
 
 The defign of the cautery is to prevent the 
 canal from doling ; but the operators confelV, 
 that, in perfons caiitcri-zedj the tears trickle down 
 cvtl after. Sli.irfi'i Sargcry, 
 
 CA'UTERY. n.f [KoL^yuro.-] 
 
 Cautery is cither actual or potcnti.il ; the firft is 
 
 burning by a hot iron, and the latter with caullick 
 
 medicines. The actual cautery is generally ufed 
 
 to liop mortification, by burning the dead parts 
 
 ' to the quick; or to ftop tlie edulion of blood, by 
 
 fearing up the veflels. Quincy. 
 
 In heat of fight it will be neccfTary to have 
 
 your aftual cauttry always ready ; for that will 
 
 fccurc the bleeding aiteries in a moment. IJ'ftm. 
 
 CA'UTION. n.f. [caution, Fr. cuulio, 
 
 Lat.] 
 I. Prudence, as it refpefts danger ; fore- 
 light; provident care ; vvaiincfs againft 
 evil. 
 Z. Security for. 
 
 Such conditions, and cautions of the condition, 
 
 as might afTure with as much affurance as worldly 
 
 matters liear. Sidney. 
 
 Tile Cedar, upon this new acqucft, gave Hin\ 
 
 part of B.iccharia fvy caution for his difbu. fcment,;. 
 
 HoTtc/. 
 
 The parliament would yet give his majcfly 
 fulF.cicnt cautjcn that the war (hould be pre- 
 fecuted. Clart'idon, 
 
 He that objetTts any crime, ouglit to give rau. 
 ticr.\ by the means of furctics, iliat he wiil per- 
 fcvcre in the profccution of fuch crimes. Aytiffe, 
 
 3. Provifion or fecurity againft. 
 
 In defpite of all the rules and cautiini of go- 
 vernment, the molt dangerous and moital of 
 vices will come uif. L'FJiraxgc, 
 
 4. Provifionary precept. 
 
 Attention to the forcmentioned fymptoms 
 affords the bert aiuiioni and 1 ules of diet, by way 
 of prevention, ^rhuthnot . 
 
 5. Warning. 
 
 To Ca'ution. v. a. [from Jic noun.] 
 To warn ; to give notice of a danger. 
 
 How Ihall ourlhougiit avoid the various fnarc ? 
 Or wifdom to our caution'd tool declare 
 Tbc dilTrent fhapes thou plcafdl to employ, 
 When bent to hurt, and certain to deftroy ? I'rhr. 
 
 You caution' d me againft their charms, 
 But never gave mc ccjual arms. S"mJ'>, 
 
 Ca'utionarv. aJJ. [Irani caittioi:.} Given 
 as a pledge, or m lecurity. 
 
 I am made the cautionary pledge. 
 The gage and boftajc of your keeping it. 
 
 So'^/lieme. 
 
 Is tlierc no fecurity for the idand of Britain? 
 H.is the enemy no cautionary towns and lea-ports 
 10 give UJ fsr fccuiing tiadc? S'.vif'/. 
 
 Ca'utiods. (it(r. [from cautut, Lat.] 
 Wary j watchful.
 
 C E C 
 
 Ke enulisut of him ; for he is fomttimts an In- 
 coiiflanC lover, hecjulc he hath a great ad\ antagc, 
 
 Suifi. 
 L'A'i'TtousLY. aJv. [from ffl«'«W.] In 
 ari attentive wary manner ; warily. 
 
 They know how hckU- common lovers arc : 
 Their o,ith> and vows aic u:..lhjj)y bclicv'd; 
 For fev7 there arc but have been once deceiv'd. 
 
 Dryde'l. 
 
 Ca'utiqusness. n.f. [from cuulious.] 
 Watchfulnefj ; vigilance ; circumfpcc- 
 tion ; provident care ; prudence with 
 refpeft to danger. 
 
 I could not butapprovc their generous conftancy 
 and ciutLi./lrJi. ' King 0:ar!cs. 
 
 \Vc (hould always aift with great caurio:ifncfi 
 and circuml'peclion, in points where it is not im- 
 poffilile that we may he deceived. ^.Uijoi:. 
 
 !7tf Caw. -v. n. [taken from the found.] 
 To cry as the rook, raven, or crow. 
 
 Rtiffct-patcd choughs, many in fott, 
 
 Rifmg and c:fMng at the gun's report. Slifiijf. 
 
 A walk of aged elms, to very high, that the 
 
 rooks and crows upon the tops fecm to be cu-w'ng 
 
 in another region. ^JJ/fori. 
 
 The rook, who high amid the boughs,' 
 In early fpring, his airy city builds, 
 And ceafclcls ctiivi. Tficmfon^s Spring. 
 
 To CEASE. V. n. {cejfer, Fr. f;^, Lat.] 
 
 1. To leave off; to ftop ; to give over ; to 
 deCft : withy/-9m before a noun. 
 
 The lives of all, who ccajc from combat, fpare; 
 "My brothel's be ycur moil i»eculinr care. D^xd. 
 
 2. To fail ; to be cxtinft ; to pafs away. 
 
 The poor man (hall never ciajc out of the land. 
 
 Deuteroriory. 
 
 The foul being removed, the faculties and 
 
 operations of life, fcnfc, and intclletftion, cajfe 
 
 from that mc/t-i cor^orea, and are no longer in it. 
 
 iftj/e'i Origin oj Mankind. 
 
 3. To be at an end. 
 
 But now the wonder rftiy^-j, fince I fee 
 She kept them only, Tityrus, for thee. Dryden. 
 4.- To reft. 
 
 The minillers of Chrift have ccafed Uom their 
 labours. Sfait. 
 
 To Ce.ise. v. a. To put a ftop to ; to 
 put an end to; 
 
 Importune him for monies j be not reai'd 
 With flight denial. SA^iiffeare. 
 
 You may iooiier, by imagination, qaiciien or 
 flack a motion, than laifc or ccifr it ; as it is 
 eafier to make a dog go flower, than to ni.ikc 
 him (land flill. B.icn'i N.ilurai U:ji',ry. 
 
 Ctafe then this impious rage. Milton. 
 
 But he, her fears to ccaft, 
 Slfnt down the mcek-eycd peace. Milton. 
 
 Th.e diTcord i^ complete, nor can they cruje 
 The dire debate, nor yet command the pe.ce. 
 
 Dryi-. 
 
 Cease, n.f. [from the verb.] Extinc- 
 tion; failure: perhaps for ^iWa/J. 
 
 The rcj/V of majelly 
 Dies not al me, but, like a gulph, withdraws 
 WL.at 's near, it with it. Shakjprnre. 
 
 CE'ASELEss.fl<i/. [hom teafe.'l Ihceilant; 
 perpetual ; continual ; without paufe ; 
 without ftop; without tmi. 
 
 My guiltlcfs blood murt cjucnch the ceaftkp fire, 
 On which roy cndkl'^ tears were bootlels Ipciit. 
 
 Fuirjax. 
 
 All thefe with-ffa/e/f/ipraife his works beiiold, 
 Both day and night. Milton. 
 
 Like an oak 
 That Hands fecuro, though all tl e winds employ 
 Their cedfrJcfs ro.ir; and only flieds its leaves. 
 Or malt, which the revolving Tpriag reiiorcs. 
 
 I'/r/if'!. 
 
 Ce'city. n.f. [f<fa/ai, Lat.] Blindneis; 
 privation of fight. 
 
 They arc not blind, nor yet diftinflly f"e,; 
 there is in them no a-c/Zy, yet more than a cecu- 
 tiei:cy ; they have fi^ht enough to difccrn the 
 
 C E L 
 
 linht, though not pctlmps to diJtinguifli ohjc^s of 
 cuiuuis. BrOw:'t ru/car E'roun. 
 
 Ctcu'TiENCY. n.f, [ctecu/ioy Lat.] Ftn- 
 
 dcncy to bllndaefs; cloudincfs of fight. 
 
 There h in ihcni no ctcity, yet mure than a 
 
 cecutiency. BroTvn'i f^uigar Erroun. 
 
 CE'DAR. n./. [ceiirusyhzt.] A tree. 
 Ir is cvcigrtcn ; tiic leaves arc much narrower 
 th.in thofc of the pi;ie tree, ;ii'.d many of them 
 produced out of one tubercle, rcfcrabling a 
 p.iirittzr's pencil; it haih mile flowers, or katkins, 
 produced at remote diftanccs from the fruit 011 
 the fame tree. The feed;, aie produced iit large 
 cones, fquamofc and tyrt'inated. The extcniion 
 of the branches is very regular in cedar trees ; 
 the ends of the (hoots declining, aiv' tlicnby 
 (hewing their uppci furface, which is conftantiy 
 cloat.ied wi'li f,rccn Icivcs, fn rcgulnrtvj as to 
 appear ut a '.iltancc like a green carpet, and, 
 ill waving about, make an agreeable profptct. 
 It is furpiiling that this tree has not been more 
 cultivated in Hngland; for it would be a great 
 ornament to b.irrcn bleak mountains, even in 
 Scotland, where ^tv,' other trees would grow ; it 
 being a native of Mount Libanus, where the fnow 
 continues moli part of the year. Miuindtcl, in 
 his travels, fays, he meafurcd one of the largcrt 
 uduts on Mount Libauus, and found it to be 
 twelve yards fix, inches iu circumfeience, and 
 found. At about Hve or fix yards fiom the 
 ground, it was divided into tive limbs, each of 
 which was equal to a great tree. The wood of 
 this fam )us tree is accounted proof againlt tiic 
 putrefaction of animal bodies. The faw-iiuft 
 is thought to be one of tlie fecrcts ufed by the 
 mountebanks, who pretend to have the embalm- 
 ing myiiery. This wood is alfo faid to yield 
 an oil, which is famous for prcfcrving Looks and 
 writings; and the Wuod is thou^jht by Bacon to 
 continue above a thoufand years found. MilUr. 
 
 I muft yield my body to tlic earth : 
 Thus yields the ceMir to the axe's edge, 
 Wliolfc arms gave (helter to the ptinceiy eagle ; 
 Under wliok lliadc tiie ram.Ing Hon iKpt; 
 Whofc topbranclioveipeer'd Jove's fprcading tree, 
 And kept low ih rubs from wintej's pow'rful 
 wind. ShAjjfiare. 
 
 Ce'drine, a^i. [cedrinus, Lat.] Of or 
 belonging to the cedar tree. 
 
 To CEIL. 1), a. [fTif/o, Lat.] To over- 
 lay,, or cover, the inner roof of a build- 
 ing. 
 
 And the greater houfe he ceiled \>i\x\\ fir-tree, 
 whicli be oveilaid with fine gold. 2 Chrctfrks. 
 
 How will b>\ trom his h<mfe ceiltd with cc iir, 
 be content with his S.iviour's lot, not to have 
 where to lay his head? Decay cf Piety, 
 
 Ce'iling, n,f, [from f (*//.] The inner 
 roof. 
 
 Varnifh makes avV/w^i not only fhine, but l.;i:. 
 
 Bjcoh. 
 And now the thicken'd flty 
 Like a dark, ceiiifig Itood ; down rufh'd the rain 
 Impetuous. J\fi!t^K^s Faruiiij"b Loji. 
 
 So when the fun by day, or moon by night. 
 Strike on the pultfh'd brafs their trcmblijig light. 
 The giift'iing fpecies here and there divide, 
 And c.Tft their dubious beams from Hie to fide : 
 Now on the walls, now on the pavement play, 
 And to the ceiling flafh the glaring day. Dryden. 
 
 Ce'landine. n,f. [^c/j£iitlofieum,'L^t.'] A 
 plant. 
 
 The fwaliows ufe celandi/ie, the linnet euphragia. 
 
 Ahte. 
 
 Ce'lature. n. f, [cj-Ialura, Lat.] The 
 
 art of engraving or cutting in figures. 
 r^; CE'LEURATE. -o.a. [celdro^L^u] 
 I. 7'o praife; to commend; to give 
 praife to ; to make famous. 
 
 The fongb of Sion were pfalms and pieces of 
 poetry, tljiU adwcd or ceUbrnud the Supreme 
 Being. j-lddijotj. 
 
 C E L 
 
 I would have him lead over the cikhrated 
 works of aiitn|uity, which have flood the tcft of 
 fo many diiiercnt ages. Addifot, 
 
 2. To dlftinguilh by folemn rites; to per- 
 form iblemnly. 
 
 He flew all them that were gone to ctlei-a^e 
 
 the faiibath. 2 Mncrnbeci. 
 
 On 'he feafl d.iy, the father Cometh foth, after 
 
 divine (ervice, into a large room, where the fcaft 
 
 is uUhratfd. Bacon. 
 
 3. To mention in a fri or folemn manner, 
 whetlicr of j.iy or lorrow. 
 
 Tliis paufe of pow'r 'tis Ireland's hour to 
 mourn ; 
 While England celchmtfi your fafe return. V'jd. 
 
 CELEnRA 1 ION. n.f. [from cekiral.:] 
 
 1. Solemn performance; folemn remem- 
 brance. 
 
 ii; l.il.oured to drive- forrow from her, and to 
 haltcn the cefebiiitijn of their marriage, Sidniy. 
 
 He fhall conceal it. 
 While you are willing it ilinil come to note ; 
 What time we will our celebration keep, 
 According to my birth. Shakjfeare. 
 
 During the cilihmtinn of this holy facrament, 
 you attend earneflly to what is done by the priclt. 
 
 Ttrjioi. 
 
 2. Praife; renown; memorial. 
 
 No mure (hall be added in this place, his 
 UiCmLiiy defeiving a particular ctUhr .tion^ than 
 that his learning, piety, and virtue, have been ■ 
 attained by few. Clarendon, 
 
 Some of the ancients may be thought fome- 
 times to have ufed a kfs number of letteis, by 
 the rt/«ir^//wj of thol', who have added to their 
 alphabet. lh!de)\ Elemeritx of ^eech. 
 
 Cele'erious. adj. [cekber,'L.zX.'\. Tz' 
 moui ; renowned ; noted. Not in ufe. 
 The Jews, Jcrufalem, and ti-e Temple, having 
 been always Co etltlni'i.;; yet when, affjr their 
 captivities, they were defpoiled of their glory, 
 even then the AfTyriarx, Greets, and R„mans, 
 honoured with facrifices the NLft Hightjod, 
 whom that nation worfhipped. (irtiu, 
 
 Cele'briovsly. ativ. [from celetnous.'[ - 
 In a famous manner. 
 
 Cei.e'briousness, n.f. [from ceLhrioui..'^ 
 Renown ; fime. 
 
 Celebrity, n.f. [(-f/c^/;Va/, Lat.] Pub- 
 lick and fplendid tranfiiftion. 
 
 The manner of her rtcjiving;, and the ce/e!in'tr 
 of the marriage, were performed with great 
 magnifieence. Baton. 
 
 Cele'riack. n /. A fpecies of parfley : it 
 
 is nifo called iurr.ep rooted celery. 
 Cele'r;ty. n.f. [cf/mtey, Lat.] Swift- 
 ntfs ; ipeed ; velocity. 
 
 We ve.y well !\e in them, who thus plead, a ■ 
 wonderful rchriiy of difcaurfe : for, peicriving 
 at the firft but only fonie caufe of fufpicion, 
 and tear leil it ftioipld be evil, they aie preiently, 
 ill one and the fclf-famc bieath, refolved, that 
 what beginning foever it had, there is no poffi- 
 bility it fhould be good. Hcoier, 
 
 His former cullom and prailicc was ever full 
 of forwardnefs aod celerity 10 <-.akc head againft 
 tliein. ^ Bacen. 
 
 Thus, with imagin'd wings, our fwift kene 
 flics. 
 In motion with no Icfs celtrity 
 Than that of thought. Sliakjpeare. 
 
 Three thi^g^ concur to make apercufllon great • 
 the bignefs, the dcnlity, and the celerity of ii^ 
 body moved. Digly, 
 
 Whatever cncreafeth the dcnfity of the blood' 
 even \vi".out. eim -afing \\i celerity, heats, -bc- 
 caufe a denl'cF body is hotier than 3 larer. ybiaih. 
 Ce'eeey. n. f. k fpecies ol tarjiey. 
 CELE'STML. atij. [f^/j/?«, Lat } 
 I. Heavenly; relating to tl.efuptno'jr re- 
 gions. -
 
 C E L 
 
 Thv-K ftAy, -JPti.1 the twelve rtle/i<i.' (^gnt 
 Have brouglit about their annual reckoning. 
 
 The ancients commonly applied ccUjiiul de- 
 
 fc:iption5 of other climes to their own. llro'-uri. 
 
 Z. Heavenly ; relating to the blelTsd ftate. 
 
 Pl:iv that lad note 
 I nam'd my Jinell, wliiirt I fit meditatinj 
 On that celrjiial harmony i go to. Shakfpcare. 
 
 3. Heavenly, with refpeft to excellence. 
 Car.it thou prettiid defire, wkom zeal infiam'd 
 To worfhip, and a pow'r (clcfiinl nam'd: Drji. 
 
 Telemachui, his bloomy f.ice 
 (blowing cckfal fwect, with godlike grace. Vofe. 
 CELt'sTiAL. «./. [from the adj.] An 
 inhabitant of heaven. 
 
 Thus affab.c and mild tlie prince precedes, 
 And to the do.iic th' unknown ct-Ay^/W Ic.ids. 
 
 l-.pi. 
 
 -Cele'sti.-vllv. fl.'/'o. [from «/£/?;a/.] In 
 a heavenly manner. 
 
 'ITo Cele'stify. 'J- a. [from cdeflis, Lat.] 
 I'o give fomtlhing of heavenly nature 
 to any thing. Not iifed. 
 -We ihould affirm, that all things were in all 
 things, that heaven wore but earth tcneftrififd, 
 and'c.irth but licavcn ccleftificd, or that each p.ut 
 above had influence upon its affinity below. 
 
 Broivn^ Vulgar Kryours. 
 
 vCe'li.vck. adj.[x<,i-\k, the belIy.]Relating 
 to the lower belly. 
 
 The blood moving (lowly through the cc/iacl 
 and mefcntcrick arteries, produces complaints. 
 j^rb!'tlinot on .-J/interUi. 
 
 ..Ce'libacy. ri-f. [from r^.'fi/, Lat.] Sin- 
 gle life ; unmarried ftate. 
 
 I cm .'.itrilmte their numbers to notliing but 
 
 their fretiuent marriages ; fpr they look on ctlihacy 
 
 as an .iccurfed ft.itc, and generally are m.Tnied 
 
 . before twenty. Speaatar. 
 
 By teaching ihem how to carry thcmlclvcs iji 
 
 their relations of hulb.uuls and wives, parents 
 
 and ciiiklren, they have, withoutquellion, adorned 
 
 the gofpel, glorified God and benefited man, 
 
 ra'Ach more than they could have done in the 
 
 devouteft and (hiflelV rclllmcy. Attfrkury. 
 
 ^e'lib.\te. n.f. [c<v/i//atus, Lat.] Single 
 
 life. 
 
 The males oblige thcnifelvcs to celiiuir, and 
 then multiplication is hindered. Or,aunl. 
 
 CELL, n /. [<-<■//«, Lat.] 
 
 1. A fniall cavity or hollow place. 
 
 Tlie buin conUi;is ten ihnufand re/h; 
 In eJch fome ailHvc f.incy dwells. Prior. 
 
 How bees fir ever, though-a mon.irch rcien. 
 Their fep'rJtc cc.'/j .old properties ra>iiut3in. Foj,e. 
 
 2. The cave or little habitation of .a reli- 
 gions pcrfon. 
 
 B lidcs (lie did -intend confcTlon 
 At Patrick's «// this c\ 'u ; and there (he wai; not. 
 
 Then did religion in a lazy cetl. 
 In empty, airy cuntempi.itions dwell. DciJiam. 
 
 '3. A fmall and eloL- np.nrtment in a prifon. 
 .4. Any fmall pKtcc of rtfideiice; acottage. 
 Mine eyes be elos'ri, but open left the a// 
 Or fancy, my ii.tirn:d light. i\Wlin'iPer. L'Jl. 
 
 For ever in t' is hmnhle ct/ff 
 Let tine and I logc'hcr dvi-cll. friir. 
 
 In cottages and hnviy rr'/s 
 True piety neglc.5ted dwcll^i 
 Till call'd to heav'n, its n^.tivc feat, 
 -Wlicrc the good m.'n alane is great Sonit-miHe. 
 5. l.iltle bags or bladders, where fluids, 
 or matter of different forts are lodged; 
 common both to animals and plant.'t. 
 
 .Ce'llar. n.f. [crlla. Lat.] A pluce un- 
 der (ground, where flores and liquors arc 
 fcpofited. 
 
 C E M 
 
 If tl.is fellow bad lived in the time of Cato, 
 he would, for l.is puiiilhment, have been con- 
 fined to the bottom of a cclfar during his life. 
 
 Pcacha:n on Driiwng. 
 
 Ce'll.4Rage. n.f. [from Cellar.'] The 
 part of the building which makes the 
 cellars. 
 Come on, you hear this fellow in the cellarage. 
 
 Sl:akj[>earc. 
 
 A good afccnt makes a houfe wholefome, .Tnd 
 
 gives opportunity for crilatagi-, Moriimcr. 
 
 Ce'ilarisT. n.f. [ccUaiius, Lat.] The 
 
 butler in a religions hoiife. DiB. 
 
 Ce'llular. M'. \_ccUula,'L?,t.'] Conlill- 
 
 ino' of little cells or cavities. 
 
 Tne urnie, infinuating itfclfamongft the neigh- 
 bouring tnuicles, and cdlul.ir rocmlwanes, de- 
 ll royed four. Stiaiys iiagciy. 
 
 Ce'lsitude.;;./ [ce!/iluJ'y,Lat.] Height. 
 
 CE'iVIENT. n.f. [<:cmc/;/«m, Lat.]_ 
 
 1. The matter with which two bodies are 
 made to cohere, as mortar or glue. 
 
 Your temples burned in then- cemeiil, and your 
 franchifes confined into an augre's bore. Shakjp. 
 
 Ti.cre is a «mtn/ compounded of flour, whiles 
 of eggs, and ftoucs powder'd, that beconicth hard 
 as marble. . Bami. 
 
 You may fee divers pebbles, and a cruft of 
 cement or (lone between them, as hard as the 
 pebbles then-.felvcs. Bacon. 
 
 The foundation was mnde of rough (lone, 
 joined together with a molt firm cement ; upon 
 this was laid another layer, confifling of fmall 
 Hones and«M«.'/. .'!>huthnct on Coiin. 
 
 2. Bond of union in frienddiip. 
 
 Let not the pe.icc of virtue, which is fet 
 Betwixt us as the cement of our love. 
 To keep it builded, be the, ram to batter. Sh.ilsfp. 
 
 What crmsn/ Ihould unite heaven and earth, 
 light anddarknefs ? Glanville. 
 
 Look over the wliole creation, and you dial! 
 fee, that the band or cement, that holds together 
 all the parts of this great and glorious fabiick, is 
 
 gratjtutlc. 
 
 &i:ah. 
 
 To Ceme'nt. 1'. a. [from the noun.] To 
 unite by means of fomcthing interpofed. 
 
 But how the fear of us 
 May «<«>.•«/ their divifions, and bind up 
 Tie petty ditTcrcncc, \vc yet not know. Sht^ljp.' 
 •Lirpiid bodies have nothing to cfm<-n/ them ; 
 they arc all loofc and incoherent, and in a per- 
 petual flux : even an heap of (and, or fine pow- 
 der, will futl'cr no luiUowncfs within them, 
 though tiicy be dry fubibinces. Burnet. 
 
 Love with wtiite lead cement; his wings ; 
 White lead was lent us to repair 
 
 Two brighlcft, brittlcll, earthly things, 
 A lady's face and china ware. S;vlft. 
 
 To Ceme'nt. v. n. To come into con- 
 junftion ; to cohere. 
 
 - When a wound is recent, and the parts of it 
 nre divided 1 y a fliarp inltrument, they will, if 
 held in dole contaft for f.jme time, reunite by 
 inofculatioil, and cement like one bianch of a tree 
 ingrafted on anotlier. S/:arp'i Surgery. 
 
 CemeNTa'tion. n.f. [from cemettt.] The 
 aft of cementing, or ■uniting v/ith ce- 
 ment. 
 ■CEMr.'NTT.R. n.f. [from f/fwra/.] A per- 
 fon or thing that unites in foriety. 
 
 God having dcligncd man for a fuciable crea- 
 ture, furnilhed him with language, which was to 
 be the great inltiuraeut and frrmivi/w of lociety. 
 
 L:ieke. 
 
 Ce'metfry. n.f. [<ci(.6n'i>a'o .] A place 
 where the dead are repofited. 
 
 The (ouls of the dead appear frequently in ce- 
 mNriei, and hover about the pliices where t.ieir 
 bodies arc buried, as (tiii hankcting akout their 
 
 C E N 
 
 old brutal pleafures, and defiring again to enter 
 the body. ^.Uifor. 
 
 Cen, and CiN, denote iitufoli : fo Ci- 
 nulph is a help to his kindred ; C'mehclm, 
 a proteflor of his kinsfolk ; Ciiihurgy 
 the defence of his kindred j Ciiiiic, 
 powerful in kindred. GHfon. 
 
 Ce'natory. adj. [from cmo, to fup, 
 Lat.] Relating to fupper. 
 
 The Romans walhed, were anointed, and wc-re 
 a rf«u/5i_y garment ; and the f.ime was pi-a4tifcd 
 by tire Jews. Bratvn's Vuii^ar Errmn. 
 
 Cenobi'tical. adj. [xi;",®- end jjl©.] 
 Living in community. 
 
 They have multitudes of religious orders, blacl(. 
 and grey, ei'eniitical and i"£-v.:i.-/;Vfl/, and nuns. 
 
 StiUingfeet. 
 
 Ce'notaph. n.f. [,!fi:'^. and raV'^O A 
 monument for one burled elfewhere. 
 Piiam, to whom the lti>iy was unknown. 
 As dead deploi'd his met.iraorphos'd fon ; 
 A cenotaph his name and title kept. 
 And Heritor round the tomb with all his brotl-.ers 
 wept. JJryJen's Faliles. 
 
 The Athenians, when they loft any men at 
 fen, railed a cenotaph or empty monument. 
 
 A'c/fo on the OJyJfy. 
 
 Censk. n.f. [cenfiis, Lat.] Publick rate. 
 
 We fee what flocds of tie.ifure liave flowed 
 into Europe by that a^ftion ; fu tiiat the cenje, or 
 rates of chrifleiifiom, are raifed fince ten times, 
 yea twenty times told. Bai^n. 
 
 To CEN6E. -v. a. [encenfer, Fr.] To 
 perfume with odours : contrafted from 
 iitcetiji. 
 
 The Salii fing, and cerj/e bis altars round 
 With Saban Inroke, their heads with poplar bound. 
 
 JDryJen. 
 Grineus was neat, and call a furious look 
 On tire fide altar, cens\l with facred fmoke, 
 And bright with flaming fires. Drydtn, 
 
 Ce'n'SER. ti.f. [enceifoir, Fr.] 
 
 1. The pan or vcflel in which incenfe is 
 burned. 
 
 Antoninus gave Piety, in his money, like a 
 lady with a cenfer befirre an altar. • Peachan, 
 
 Of incenfe clouds. 
 Fuming from %o\dcncenfersy hid the mount. 
 
 Miltcn. 
 
 2. A pan in which any thing is burned; 
 fire-pan. 
 
 Here's fnip, and nip, and cut, and flifli, and 
 fluth, 
 -Like to a cenfer in a barber's (hop. Shalfpeare. 
 
 Ce'nsiotj. n.f. \cerJio, Lat.] A rate.; 
 an airefTiTicpt. 
 
 God intended tiiis eeficn only for the blelfed 
 Virgin and h.cr fon, that Chnll iiii.-.ht be born 
 wheie he Ihould. J''J't^' H"!!. 
 
 Ce'nsor. n.f. [cenfor, Lat.] 
 
 1. An officer of .Rome, who had the power 
 of corredling manners. 
 
 2. One who is given to cenfure and «x- 
 probation. 
 
 Ill-natur'd cenjoes of the prefect .igc, 
 And fond of all the follies of the pill. R'fcem. 
 
 The nioft feveie cenjor cannot but be pic.ifcd 
 with tiie prodigality of his wit, though, at the 
 fame time, he cnuid have wilhed, that the mailer 
 of it had been a better manager. Drydcn. 
 
 Censo'rian- adj. [from cenfor.] Re- 
 lating to the cenfor. 
 
 As the chanceiy had the pretnrian power for 
 equity, fo the ihir-chamber had the cenJoj.'.in 
 power for offences under the degree of capital. 
 
 Baecn. 
 
 Censo'rious. at'f. [from rcrfor.] 
 I. .^dtlidled to cenfure; fevere ; full of 
 invcftives.
 
 C E N 
 
 '•o nof ft)0 many believe no religion to be pure, 
 kilt what i-i iiitempcMtcly rigid? no zc;.! to \'; 
 Ij.iritii.il, Init what is (.cjiforious, or vindicative ? 
 
 S,.,.u. 
 
 O let tliy p-efepcc mnl?e my travels li^'it ! 
 Aad pjtcnt \'cnus (h.iU cx.ilt my name 
 
 Ab'.ive tin- rii^iouii ttf 
 
 -ror, 
 
 ■■S 
 
 fame. 
 
 3. Sometimes it has o/"btfcie the ob'tdt uf 
 reproach. 
 
 A dogmuical fjiirit inclines a man to he cftfs- 
 rioui if his neighbours. li'atn on the .Wind. 
 
 3. Sometimes on. 
 
 lie treated all his ii'.fcrijtiri of the clergy 
 with a moft fanflificd pride; w-s vigoroufly and 
 uni\crfally cnjirioui rj.ort all his brethren of t^e 
 gown. S^.iijt. 
 
 Censo'riously. ntiv. [from cenfor'mis.^ 
 Ill a fevere reflecting manner. 
 
 Censo'kiousNESs. n.f. [fromcfw/irioax.] 
 Difpofilion to reproach ; habit of re- 
 proaching. 
 
 Souriicfsof dilpofition, and nidencfs of beha- 
 viour, ctiij-^rhup.!^ and finiftcr inttrpret.ition 
 of things, all crofs and difialicful humuins, 
 render the convcrfation of men giievous and nn- 
 caly to one another. 7'//A.'_/i.7. 
 
 Censorship, n.f. \n-am cenJor.'\ 
 
 1. The office of a ceiii'or. 
 
 2. Ihe time in which the office of cenfor 
 is born. 
 
 It was biought to Rome in the fenj'orJh>^ of 
 Clnudius. Rr'jwni. Vulvar hrrcun. 
 
 Ct'wsURABLE. atl't. [from eeiifiire.'\ Wor- 
 thy of cenftire ; blamable ; culpable. 
 
 A fin.ill niifralic may L-ave upon the mind tiie 
 lading memory of having been taunted for lomc- 
 thing cenfurabU. L.',(.kc. 
 
 Ce'jsSUE ABLEKESS. n.f. [froili cetifura- 
 vte.l Blamablenefs ; fitnefs to be cen- 
 fured. 
 
 CE'NSURE. n.f. [cenfura, Latin.] 
 
 1. Blame; reprimand; reproach. 
 
 Enou;;h for i.ali"li;c gvcatelt of thcfe days 
 To Tcapc mi' ur.fufe, not cxpeil my piaifc. Po^c. 
 
 2. Judgment; opinion. 
 
 Madam, you, r.iy filler, will you go 
 To gi\c your ccujuta in this weighty Inifmers r 
 
 3. Judicial fentence. 
 
 To you, lord governcur. 
 Remains the ccnfiie of this helliih villain. S-'-.ah'j,. 
 
 4. A fpiritual pnni(hment iniiicled by fome 
 ecclcfiallical judge. J^yhffe^s Parergcn. 
 
 Cpjn the untueceisfulnefs of milder meoica- 
 meiit>, life that itrongcr pln^fick, t\\c cenfurcs oi 
 the church. Hu/mmml. 
 
 7o Ce'nsore. v. a. [ce^furer, Ti:l 
 
 1. To blame ; to brand publlckly. 
 
 The'b^ i:-rfuringi and dcl'piring.s have embit- 
 tered'tli^yiiiiits, and whetted both the tongues 
 and pens of learned men one ag-.unrt another. 
 
 Sdn.Utfou. 
 
 2. To condemn by a judicial fentence. 
 Ce'nsvrfr. n.f. [from ce/fuie.] He that 
 
 blames ; he that reproaches. 
 
 W'c mull not Hint 
 Oitrnecenary aifliuns, in the fear 
 I'o.cope malicious ceifurers. Shakffieare. 
 
 A llatefman, w'lio is poflcft of real merit, 
 Ihould took upiHi his political csrfunri with the 
 fame neglect that a good writer legards iiis cri- 
 ticks. .'fMjon. 
 
 Cent. n. f. [_centum, Lat. a hundred.] 
 A hundred ; as, five per cent, that is, 
 five in the hundred. 
 Ce'ntaub. n.f. [centaurus, Lat.] 
 I. A poetical being, fuppofed to be eom- 
 poiiiidid of a man and a horfe. 
 
 Down from the walk they aic centaurs, though 
 women all above. Skakfpcart. 
 
 Vol. L 
 
 t v.. N 
 
 Tl.c idea of a nntimr has no more filfchord in 
 it than the name r^y/rtjtir. Locke, 
 
 2. The archer in the zodiack. 
 Tiie chcarlefscnipiie of tiie Iky 
 To Cainicifin the C.V«.',i;/j archer yields. Tf""tf:n. 
 Ce'n r a t;.K V. gnalcr aad lefs. [ccntaariuni.] 
 Two plants. 
 
 Add pounded gal'.s, and rofcs dry, . 
 And wiMi Ciciopi.in thyme ftrong fccntcd rcn- 
 Itiuty. Dry Irn. 
 
 Ce'ntknarv. n.f. [cinlcnarius, L'al.] 
 The niimlicr of a hundred. 
 
 Inc^'crv centenary of years from llie creation, 
 fome Imail abatement Ihould have been made. 
 
 . Bakeiuill en triviJencr. 
 Cent^.'sim AL. n.f. \cenlefsntiis, Latin.] 
 Huiidredtlt ; the next flep of progrtfiiuii 
 after decimal in the aiithmetitk of frac- 
 tions. 
 
 Tlic nr;lc<!l of a few antefvfah in the fide of 
 the cube, would biing it to an equality with tlic 
 cube uf a foot. Arbuthnut an Cdhn. 
 
 Cen'tifo'lious. adj. [from centum and 
 
 folium, Lat.] Having a hundred leaves. 
 
 Ck'ntipede. n.f. [from i-i'«.'r/w and /iiv.] 
 
 A poilonous infcft in the Weil In ii.;, 
 
 commonly called by the Eiig!ifii_/&r/_v legs. 
 
 CENTO, n.f. \cento, Lat.] A compo 
 
 fitioii formed by joining fciaps from 
 
 ether aiithors. 
 
 1: is tpid'.cd, as it were, our of Ihicds of rii-' 
 
 vcis poets, fueh as fehol.us call ^ae'ito. Cawde-t. 
 
 If any man think tiie poem a ee<ito, our poet 
 
 will but have done the fame in jeil which Ijoilcau 
 
 .did in earnell. .eJ.{virtif-}ii!r.t 10 I'ofi'i Acv. /<i./. 
 
 Ce'ntral. adj. [from c-'ittre.'] Relating 
 
 to the ctnire ; containing the centre ; 
 
 placed in the centre, or middle. 
 
 Tliere is now, and was then, a fpacc or cavity 
 in the CiKtt.it parts of it ; fo large as to give re- 
 ception to that mightymafs of water. 
 
 - I't'ctilu'iird's NiHirnl Binary. 
 UmbricI, n dufky melancholy fpritc, 
 Djwn to the ccntrtU carti', his projicr fccne, 
 U-pairs. l';^>t'-i Rafc oftkcLork. 
 
 Ce'ntr .». i,LV. W-y. [ixom ce'ntral.^ With 
 regaid to the centre. 
 
 Tiiough one (»f the foct'moft commonly bears 
 
 the weight, ytl tlic whole wc'ght relts ce'itr,il.'y 
 
 upon it. Vryden. 
 
 CENTRE, n. f Tjentrum, Lat.] The 
 
 middle ; that which is equally diftant 
 
 fiorn all extretnities. 
 
 The hcav'ns themfeives, the. planets, and this 
 
 enure, 
 
 Obfci'Ve degree, prioiity, and place. $'ijhff>eare. 
 
 If we frame an Ima^e of a round body all of 
 
 fire, the flame proceeding iVonr n would difl'ufc 
 
 itfeir every way ; fo that the fourcc, fc-\ing for 
 
 the cfutre theic, would be rouiid about an iiuge 
 
 fpherc of lire .ind light. i^'gh '" thditi. 
 
 ToCe'ntre. 'V. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To place on a centre ; to fix as on a 
 centre. 
 
 One foot he cinttrd, and the other ttirn'd 
 Round through the \ alt piofundiiy obfcurc. 
 
 AlJl/nn. 
 
 2. To coUeft to a point. 
 
 By thy each look, and thought, and care, 'ti.s 
 
 Ihown, 
 
 Thy joys are centred :i\] in me alone. Prior. 
 
 He m.ay take a r.inge all the world over, and 
 
 draw in all th.it wide air and circumference of fni 
 
 and vice, and centre itin his own breaft. Scutti. 
 
 O impudent, regardful of thy t>\vn. 
 Whole thoughts arc ccnticd on thylcif alone ! 
 
 Dyden. 
 
 To Centre, v. n, 
 
 I. To reit on ; to rcpofe on; as bodies 
 when they gain an equilibrium. 
 
 C EN 
 
 Where li.ere is no vifible truth whertin to 
 centre, cfrour i$ as wide as men's fancies, ar.d 
 may waurler to crcrtiity. JJectjytf Piety; 
 
 2. To be placed in the midfi; or cenlrc. 
 
 As G jd in hcav'n 
 Is centre, ytt otends to all ! fo thou. 
 Centring, rccciv'fl from all tlwfc orbs. Af'.V?*. 
 
 3. To be colic* ed to a point. 
 
 What hopes you had in Diomede, lay down ; 
 Our hopes mull centre on ourfulvcs alone. Dryd. 
 
 The common ackuowlcdgmeiris of the body 
 will at length rirtre'm him, who appears fmccrely 
 to aim at lie cotnmun benefit. yjucrljury. 
 
 It was attclUd by the sifihlc ectr-rg of ail 
 the old prophecies, in the perfon of Chrili, and 
 by the completion of thefc prophecies fmrc, wiieU 
 he himf-lf uttered. uitti'iiury. 
 
 Ce'ntrick. adj. [from cctiirt.^ Placed 
 in the centre. 
 
 Some, that have deeper digg'd in mine than I, 
 Say where his centrick happinefs doth lie. Jeanne. 
 Ce\trifu'g al. adj. \^xam centrum and 
 f:gio, Lat.] Having the quality acquired, 
 by bodies in motion, of receding from 
 th.; centre. 
 
 They defcribed an hyperljola, by changing the 
 
 centripetal into ^eentrifigcl force. Ctuyre. 
 
 Centripe't.il. adj. [from centrum and 
 
 /•f/5, I^at.] Ha\ing a tendency to 
 
 the centre; having gravity. 
 
 The fill eel i.jn of ihe to.cc, wiiercby the planets 
 revolve in their orbits, is towairi.s their centres ; 
 and tills force may be very properly called at- 
 Iiaifliie, in lefpeil of the central body ; and«'!- 
 tripctul, in refpeit of the revolving, Lod)-. Uieyne. 
 Gentry. See Sentry. 
 
 The thoughtlefs wits (hall frequent foifc its pay. 
 Who "gainll the antiy's box difcharge their tea. 
 
 , Gay. 
 
 CK'sTur It., adj. [(•«;/;//.'.•.•-•, Lat.] A hun- 
 dred fold. 
 
 7o Centi'Vlicate. v. a. [centii'licalttm, 
 of centum 3i\d plico, Lat.] 'To make a 
 hundred fold; to le^ieat a hundred 
 times. '^ Diet. 
 
 To Centu'riatk. v. a. [ccniurio, Lat.] 
 To divide iiito hundreds. 
 
 Centuri.v'tok. n.f. [from century.'] A. 
 name given tohillorJans, who diftinguiih 
 times by centuries ; ^■.■h!cll is generally 
 the method of eccleliaftical hiilory. 
 
 The cfntnriafiri of Magdeburg were the firil 
 that difcovercd this grand impolhirc. .Aviijfe. 
 
 Cfnt'j'rion. n.f. [rra/ari'?, Latin.] A 
 military officer among the Romans, 
 who commanded a hundred men. 
 
 lla<e an ai'ir.y ready, fay your — A mo<{ roy?.l 
 one. The eenturiom, and tiieir chaiges, cillinct- 
 ly billeted in the entertainment, and to be op 
 foot at an hour's warning. Shakfjicare. 
 
 CE'NTURY. n.f. [eentttria, Lat.] 
 
 1. A hundred : ufually employed to fpecify 
 time; as, the fecond ftn/wrj'. 
 
 The nature of eternity is fuch, that, thoug'n our 
 joys, after fome centuries of years, may fetm to 
 have grown o'der by having been enjoyed fo 
 many ages,' yet will they really ftill continue 
 new. i>5i-.V- 
 
 And now time's wliitci- feries is begun. 
 Which in foft (r 7i;:^j;V( fhall fmoothly run. Dr\J. 
 
 The lids of bilhops are filled with greater 
 numbers than one would c.xpc<£l ; bur the fuc- 
 celilon was ijuick in the three ftrfi centuries, be- 
 caufe the biihop often ended in th^ martvr. 
 
 \'ltd:fi-. 
 
 2. It is fometimes ufed fimply for a 
 hundred. 
 
 R'jmulus, as you may read, did divi.!" the 
 Ron'ans into tribes, and the tribes into ce'iunia 
 01 hundreds, , Srcnfet.. 
 
 z O
 
 C E R 
 
 WhcnwJtli wood lerivcsand wecdsl 'vcftrew'd 
 his grave, 
 And on it iViid a century of prsy'is, 
 Such as I can, twice o'er I'll weep and figh. 
 
 Shjkf^ care. 
 
 Ceol' An initial in the names of men, 
 which fignifics a fhip or vcfTel, fuch as 
 thofe that the Saxons landed in. G'lbjan. 
 Ce'phalalgy. n.f. [>ti$a?>aV;a.] 'I'he 
 hcadach. Die!. 
 
 Cepha'lick. a(fj. [«i^a^v] That is me- 
 dicinal to the head. 
 
 Ccphnhck medicines are all fuch a? attenuate 
 the blood, lb as to make it ciiculatc calily 
 through the capillary veffcis of the brain. 
 
 A''iuthnot on AlimejJt%. 
 
 I dreffed him up with fuft folded linen, dipped 
 
 in a dfhalick ballam. IVifcman. 
 
 CERASTES, n.f. iK.^ctr-lA A ferpent 
 havinj; horns, orfiippofed to have them. 
 
 Scorpion, and afp, and anipiii(l)cna dire,* 
 Cerafii honi'd, hyrlrus, and clops drear. MiUin. 
 
 Ce'rate. n.f. [ff;-j, Lat. wa.x.] A me- 
 dicine made of wax, which, wiiii oil, 
 or foine fofter fiibttance, makes a con- 
 
 fill 
 
 ence fofttr than a plaller. Shatify. 
 Ce'rated. <2^y. [r«-a/Mj-, Lat.] Wa.xcd ; 
 
 covered with wax. 
 To CERE. -v. a. [from cera, Lat. wax.] 
 To wax. 
 
 You ought to pierce the ikin with a needle, 
 
 and Itrong brown thread ceted^ about half an incli 
 
 from tlic edges of the lips. t}'j,m>in. 
 
 Ce'rebel. n.f. [cereicl/um, hal.] Tart 
 
 of the brain. 
 
 In the head of a man, the bafe of the brain and 
 cer.-hclf yea, of the whole Ikuil, is fet parallel to 
 the horizon. Derfutm. 
 
 Ce'p. ECLOTH. n.f. [from cere and cloih.'\ 
 Cloth fmeared over with glutiYious mat- 
 ter, ufed to wounds and bruifes. 
 
 The ancient Egyptian mummies were ihrowded 
 Ki a number of folds of linen, befmeared witli 
 g\ims, 1^ manner of cerecloth. Biuori. 
 
 Ce'rement. n.f. [from cera, Lat. wax.] 
 Cloths dipped in melted wax, with 
 which dead bodies were infolded when 
 they were embalmed. 
 
 Let me not bunt in ignorance, but tell 
 "Why canonized bones, hearted in earth. 
 Have burll their cerc/nents ? Shukjpeare. 
 
 Ceremo'ni.il. adj. [from ccrancn^.'\ 
 1. Relating to ceremony, or outward rite ; 
 ritual. 
 
 What mockery will it be. 
 To want the bridegroom, when the pricft attends 
 To fpeakthe ccremonini r\ii:s of marriage I SluiJ. 
 Wc are to citiy it from the hand to the hca.t, 
 to improve a areinomul nicety into a fubllantiai 
 duty, an>i the modes of civility into tnc realities 
 uf religion. Suith. 
 
 . Chrift did take away that external ceremonial 
 worfhip that was .imong the Jews. SlllUngfiect. 
 ■3., Formal; obfevvant of old forms. ' 
 Oh monftious, fuperliitious puritan, 
 Of rehn'd manners, yet ceremonial man. 
 That wlien thou mcct'll: one, with enquiring eyes 
 Doft fcarch, and, like a needy broker, priz.e 
 The filk and gold he wears. Vj'jnne. 
 
 With dumb pride, and a, fet formal face, 
 He moves in the dull ceremoitial \v,\z^^ 
 With Jove's erabroider'd coat upon his back. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Ceremo'nial. n.f. [from ff/-«)!on)'.] 
 1. Outward form; external rite; pre- 
 - fcriptive formality. 
 
 The only conditi'in that cot-.ld make it prudent 
 for rhc-clerfy to alter the ctrcmonial, or any in- 
 diifcrcnt part, woid<l be a refoltition in tlie le- 
 gitlaturc topi«ve:U new feds. iVi//. 
 
 C E R 
 
 2. The ovJer for rites and forms in the 
 
 Romifh church. 
 Ceremo'nialness. «. /. [from ccnmo- 
 
 tiiaL] The quality of being ceremonial ; 
 
 overmuch ufe of ceremony, 
 Ceremo'nious. <?/■//. [from ceremony.] 
 X. Confiiling of outward rites. 
 
 Ur.flcr ;i dir^crent ttcanomv of religion, Gud 
 
 wns more tender of" t lie Ihell and cer€}mni'j:i\ part 
 
 of his worfhip. Szuth. 
 
 2. Full of ceremony ; awful. 
 
 O, the fucrlticc, 
 How ccremomoui^ foicmn, and unearthly 
 It was i' th' oflering! .?' ihf^'C.ire. 
 
 3. Attentive t» outward rites, or pre- 
 fcriptive formalities. 
 
 You arc too lenf^loU obrtiaatej my lord ; 
 Too ceicmoiii'Ms and traditional. S/iaifpt-arc. 
 
 4. Civil ; according- to the ftrict rules of 
 civility; formally r.efpe<ftful, 
 
 Th.cy have a let of crrononi'iui phrafcs, that run 
 tiirou^ii all ranki and dcgi-ees among them. 
 
 ^itLuJf,tf^ GuarrV.an. 
 
 5. Obfervant of the rules of civility. 
 
 Then let us take a ceretnonhus leave, 
 And loving farcwel, of our fevcral fi lends. S/:uk. 
 
 6. Civil and formal to a fault. 
 
 The old caitiff' was grown {orer(monious, as he 
 would needs accompany nie fume miles in my 
 way. Si.I'iij- 
 
 Ceremo'niously. adv. [from ceremoni- 
 ous.] In a ceremonious manner ; for- 
 mally ; refpe£ifully. 
 
 Cerafrjnioujly let us piepaic 
 Somc welcome for the miilrcfs of the houfc. Sh^l. 
 Ceremo'niol'sness. n.f, [from canno- 
 Tiious.] Addidtednefs to ceremony; the 
 ufe of too much ceremony. 
 CE'RElMONY. n.f. [ceremoma, Lat.] 
 
 1. Outward rite; external form in reli- 
 gion. 
 
 Biing her up to the high altnr, that fhe mav 
 The facrcd ceic/iionia partake. Sj'l'.Jli-. 
 
 He is fuperllitiuus giown of late, 
 Quite from the main opinitiu he licid once 
 Of fantafy, of dreams, and t-itcn:o;iies. Shukf. 
 
 Difrobe the images, 
 If you find them dtck'd with ctiemony, Sh.ikf. 
 
 2. Forms of civility. 
 
 The fauce to meat is ctretnofiy^ 
 Meeting were bare without it. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Nut to ufe ccnm-inics at all, is to teach others 
 not to ufe them again, and fo diniinilh refpcfl to 
 himlelf. Biicon. 
 
 3. Outward forms of flate, 
 
 \Vliat ail thou, thou idle cttfirto^iy ? 
 \\'\\.\X kind of god art thou, that fuftcr'ft more 
 Of mortal grief, than do thy worlhippers r 
 Art thou auglit elfe but place, degree, and form : 
 
 Sha/.Jpeare. 
 A coarfcr pi. ice, 
 AVhrre pomp and caetmnics enter'd not, 
 Where gicatncfs was (hut out, and nighncTs well 
 forgot. , Drydcfi'i Fal'/fi. 
 
 Cl'rote. n.f. The fame with cerate. 
 
 In thofc which are ciiiical, a cerc'!f of oil of 
 olives, with white v/ax, hath hitherto ferved 
 mv ])urpofe. i'J'ifanan. 
 
 CE'RTAIN. a.ij. [certiis, Lat.] 
 
 1. Sure; indubitable; unquellionablc ; 
 iiDiJoubted ; that cannot be quelHoncd, 
 or denied. 
 
 Thofc things are cen.iin among men, whiclr 
 cannot be denied without obftinacy and folly. 
 
 Tillotfcn. 
 
 This the mi d is equally certain of, whether 
 tl'.ele ideas be mo. e or lefs general. Locke. 
 
 2. Refolved ; detcrmintd. 
 
 However 1 with thee have fix'd my lot. 
 Certain to undergo like doom of death, 
 Confurt with tiice, MiU>n'i p,ir,i.ti/e I.oJ!. 
 
 C E R 
 
 3. Undoiibllng ; put pall doubt. 
 
 This form before Alcyone prcfcnt. 
 To make her ,:ert,iin of the fad event. nryJert. 
 
 4. Unfailing ; whieh always produces the 
 expefted tffeft. 
 
 1 ha\e oficn wiflrcd that I knew as certain 
 a remedy for any other dillcmpii. MenJ. 
 
 5. Conllant ; Picver failing to be ; not ca- 
 fu.tl. 
 
 ^'irtue, that direfls our ways 
 Through certain dangers to uncertain praifc. Dryil. 
 
 6. Regular ; fettled ; flated. 
 
 You Ihall gather .1 certain rate. Exo.iu^. 
 
 Who calls the coiuri il, Hates a certain d;iy. 
 Who forms the phahui.*;, and who points the 
 w.iy .> Popf. 
 
 The preparation for your fujipcr thews your rrr- 
 tain hours. C.tton. 
 
 7. In an indefinite fenfc, fome ; as, a cer- 
 tain man told mc this. 
 
 Hjw bad fk-everthis filhion may iullly be ar- 
 rt.unted, certain of the fame cuuntrj nicn do pafs 
 far htyond it. Vatcw^s Snu.'cy. 
 
 Some certain oi yum brcthern roar'd, and ran 
 From noife of our own drums. Shakfpeate. 
 
 Let tlicre hzeeriain leather bags made of It veiaj 
 Mgi;e;fes, wliich, for tiic matter of them, Ihould 
 be tr.i£lablc. Hiliins, 
 
 Ce'rt.\inly. tiih. [_hom ccr/aiti.'} 
 
 1. Indubitably; witiiout qucllion ; with- 
 out doubt. 
 
 Certainly he that, by thofe legal means, cannot 
 be fecured, can be much lefs io by any jnivaie at- 
 tempt. D. ray oj Piety. 
 
 \Vliat precifc collet^ion of (imi>le ideas mo- 
 delly (T fiurality ftand for, in anolher'.s ufe, is- 
 not fu Cff/.i/'/Zv known. Locke, 
 
 2. Without fail. 
 
 Ce'rtainness. n.yi [hom certain.} The 
 
 fame with certainty. 
 Ce'rtainty. n.f. [from certain.'} 
 
 1. Exemption from doubt. 
 
 C.eitainty is the perception uf the agreement or 
 difagretment of our ideas. Lr.cie. 
 
 2. E.xemption from failure ; as the cer- 
 taiiily of an event, or of a remedy. 
 
 3. Tliat which is real and lixcd. 
 
 Duuhtiiig things go ill, often hurts more 
 Than to be ftire they r'o.; for ccrtait.ties 
 Or are pall remedies, or timely knowing, 
 The remedy then born. Hhakfpearr. 
 
 4. fCegnlarity ; fettled ftate. 
 
 Ce'rtes. adv. [ccrtes, Fr.] Certainly; 
 
 in truth ; in foolh : an old word. 
 Cettei, hr knight, you 've been too much to 
 blame. 
 Thus for to blot the honour of the dead. 
 And with foul cowardice his earcafe Ihame, 
 Whofc living hands immortaliz'd his name, 
 
 Sp'-nfer. 
 For, f i-r.'(-r, thefe are people of the ifland. Slia.k. 
 Cerles, our authois are to bl.ime. Hudiiirai. 
 
 CertiVicate. n.f. [cerlificat, low Lat. 
 
 he certifies.] 
 \. A writing made in any court, to give 
 
 notice to another court of any thing 
 
 done therein. Csiveil. 
 
 2. Any teflimony. 
 
 A eertifieate of poverty is as good as a pro- 
 
 teaion. L'EJIrnngt. 
 
 I can bring certilieate.t that I behave myielE 
 
 fobcrly before company. yltlilif-n. 
 
 To Cl'rtity. v. a. {certifier, French.] 
 I. To give certain information of. 
 
 The Ei'glilh amh.iHadours rcnujicd cut of 
 
 Flanders from Maximdian, and co7.'AV</ the king 
 
 that he was not to hope for any aid from him. 
 
 This is defigned to certify thofc things that arc 
 confitmed of God's fa% our. ' iitimmomL
 
 C E S 
 
 *■. Tt lias a/bcfore the thing tohl, after 
 tlie pcrfon told : as, I eirlijit\i you of 
 the f'acl. 
 
 CliRTIORAT.I. n.f. [I.ntln ] A writ 
 Jfliiing out of the chancciy, to call U)) 
 the records of a caufe ther-.-iii dcpeiidinj;', 
 that jullice may he done ; upon com- 
 ph'.iiit made by bill, that the party, 
 who feeks the faiJ writ, hath received 
 hard dealing in tiie fald court. Kowell. 
 
 CK'KTirUDK. n.f. [c(r((Vf«/<', Lat.] Cer- 
 tainty ; freedom Irom doubt ; infallibi- 
 lity of proof. 
 They Ihduglit.it fiil't tliuy drc.im'd : fur 'i«a. 
 
 oflciKC 
 
 With them, to queflion rertilriile of-fcnfc. VryJ. 
 
 There can be no /titif/n :iiici tn'mia in the firtttuJc 
 xre h:ive of things, whether bv niatheniaticiv rte- 
 niut)ttr.itiun, or any otlicr way of eonfequcncc. 
 
 6-. •(.. 
 Ce'kvicai.. tijj. [ctTvic.i'is, Lat.] Be- 
 longing to the neck. 
 
 Tr.enorin, bending .1 little upwards, ffnds fort! 1 
 the :e-rT'-Vii/ and a\id.iiy arteries; tlic rell, turn- 
 ing down ag.iin, forms the defccnding trunk. 
 
 (Jh'Xftf. 
 
 CiRu'iF.AN. ^ aili. [ceru'eiis, I.at.] 
 
 Clru'leous. J Blue; iky-coloured. 
 
 It aft'ordcd a fulution with now and tlicn a 
 
 Jight touch of fky colour, but nothing near fo 
 
 high as the crukoui tiinfture of filver. Ji'^ylt. 
 
 From thee the fajihirc foiid ether takes, 
 lis iuic r^/.'iA J/.'. TH'rnj'.K. 
 
 CuR.L'i,i'ricK. ai/j. [irom cerulcous.^ Hav- 
 ina; the power tij^roduce a bit;; colour. 
 Tlic fcvcial fpecics of mys, as the rubltick, 
 eetuliji^kj and ethers, ?rc fcparateil one from an- 
 other. C.':.'71- 
 
 CERU'MEN. n.f. [Latin.] The wa.n 
 
 or cxcrtment of the ear. 
 Ce'ruse. n.f. [cervffa, Lat.] White lead. 
 A preparation of lead with vinegar, which is 
 of a wiii:e colour ; wiicncc many other things, 
 i-cfemh!ing it in that particular, arc by chynnlis 
 called ccrufi \ as tljC cir/v/t- of antimony, and the 
 like. (l^iiicy. 
 
 Cesa'rean. ail], [from C,efar.'\ 
 
 Th.e Cfftircnn fc(5fion is cuni ;g a child out of 
 the womb, either dead or alive, wiien it cannut 
 orhcrwifc be dcliecicd. Which circumlfance, it 
 ■}s f.iiri, firll ga\c the name of H-rja' tu the Ro- 
 man family fo called. ^/v,'>,v^V- 
 CESS. n. f. [probably corrupted from 
 cenfe ; fee Censr ; thougli ima;^ined by 
 yiin'nis to be derived from fi'i/ire, to 
 feize.] 
 ,1 . A Icyy made upon the inhabitants of a 
 place,' rated according to their pro- 
 perty. 
 
 The like cej< is alfo charge<l upt»n the country 
 fonielimes foi viftualinig the lolciiers, uhcntliey 
 11-: in garrifon. / S^cnft'T, 
 
 2. The adl of laying rates. 
 
 3. [from cejfe, Fr.] It feems to have 
 been ufed by SljidfpL-nrs for bounds or 
 limits, though it lland for ;■«/,-, reckoitiii^. 
 
 I pr'ytlice, Tom, beat Cutts's laddie, jiut a 
 few flocks in the point; the poor jatle is wiung 
 in tlic withers our of all ccf\. Sl<df^T.-'f 
 
 To Cess. -v. a. [from the noun. J 'I'o 
 rate ; to lay charge gn. 
 
 \\' e nrc lo coniidcr how inucii land there is in 
 all UllUr, that,a.j<(jrding to the quantity t! ereof, 
 we may ccfi the faid nnt, and allowance ilfuing 
 thereout. Spi->ifcr on Ircltin<i. 
 
 To Ckss. v. n. To omit a legal duty. 
 
 See Cessor. 
 Ci-ssa'tion. n.f. [ceffatio, Lat.] 
 1. A Hop ; a leih 
 
 c; E s 
 
 T'. e diy was yearly ol)(cr»ed for a fcftival, hy 
 ffjjaii'jn from lalii>'ir, and by cefurting to church. 
 
 Hay'iCurtl. 
 
 True piety, wi'hout cr/pifiin toft 
 By thtorics, the piacTick part is loll. Dcnfiam. 
 
 2. Vacation ;-fufpenfion. 
 
 There had been a mighty confution of tilings, 
 an interruptiun anil pertuibation of the ordinal y 
 co-arfc, and a ccjjdtlou and fufpenfton of the laws 
 of nature. IVoodwar.V i Naturnl liif.'j' r- 
 
 The rifing of a parliament is a kind ui r,-lj,iii-j'i 
 fi.im politicks. yJtUifi.\ F,,;h,Uie,. 
 
 3 . End of adion ; the (late of ceafing 
 to aiS. 
 
 The fetnm, whie'n is mixedwith an .I'k.di, be- 
 in^ poured out to that which is mixed with an 
 acid, raileth an cfl'crvefccnce ; at the c-jftiiio'i of 
 which, the lalt<, of which the acid was compufed, 
 will be regcneiated. Arbut'nnbt, 
 
 4. .A paufe of hollllity, without peace. 
 
 When the fucc.nns of th.e pour piotellants in 
 Ireland weic diveited, I was intreatcd to got 
 ti.v-ni I'ume lefjtitc, by ^.cyathn. Kin^ Chtirlci. 
 
 C ESS J r IT. n.f [Lat.] A writ that 
 liej upon this general ground, that the 
 perfon again!!, whuin it is brought, 
 hath, for two years, omitted to per- 
 form fuch fervice, or pay fuch rent, as 
 he is obliged by his tenure ; and hath 
 not, upon his land or tenement, fulhci- 
 ent goods or chattels to be dillrained. 
 
 Cornell. 
 
 Cessibi'lity. n.f. [from cedo, ccffiim, 
 J^atin.J The (|uality of receding, or 
 giving way, witliout refillance. 
 
 If the fubjeit Itrucken be of a priportitmare 
 
 rijjilnliti, it fetms to dull and deaden the lirokc ; 
 
 whereas, if the thing llruckcn be haitl, theftroke 
 
 feems to lofe no force, but to work a greatcreffcift. 
 
 Drghy nn the S'jid. 
 
 Cf.'ssiBLE. adj. [from ffr/o, ccjfum, Lat.] 
 Ealy to give way. 
 
 If the parts of the llrucken body be fo eafily 
 ccjjihlc, as svithout dlfficuliy the Itrokc can divide 
 them, then it enters into fuch a body, till it has 
 fpent its force. 1^'gfy '" '"' Sou/. 
 
 Ce'ssion. n.f. \_ccjfwn, Fr. ceffio, Lat.] 
 
 1. Retreat ; tne act of giving way. 
 
 Sotmd is not produced without fome refillance, 
 either in the air or tiie body pcreuHcd ; for if 
 there be a mere yielding, orr-^v/'w', 't produceih no 
 
 foinul. U.ll-I.n'i Nat. Ilijloty. 
 
 2. Refignation ; the a£l of yielding up or 
 quitting to another. 
 
 A parit;- in their coubcII would make and fe- 
 cure the bed peace they can with Fiance, by a 
 f'JIi'.n of Flanders to that crown, in exchange fur 
 other provinces. • Tiwfie. 
 
 Ce'ssionary. adj. [from eeJfton.'\ As, a 
 iiffionary bankrupt, one who has deli- 
 vered up all his efFccls. Ma,!\n. 
 Ce'e£.mekt. n.f [from af.^ An affe/F- 
 rr.ent or tax. lYid. 
 Ce'ssdr. n.f. [from ff^o, l,v.. Inlaw.] 
 He that cealeih or ncglccleth fo long 
 to perform a duty belonging to him, 
 as that by h's cefs, or ctffing, he in- 
 curreth the danger of law, and hath, or 
 may have, the writ ceflavit brought 
 agalnll him. Where it is faid the te- 
 nant ceffetli, fuch phrafe is to be under- 
 ilood as if it were faid, the tenatit cef- 
 feth to do that which he ought, or 
 is bound, to do by his land or tenement. 
 
 Cotvcll. 
 CE'STUS. n.f [Latin.] The girdle of 
 Venus. 
 
 Venus, without any ornament but her own 
 beauties, not fo much as net ovincefus, Mtiifin. 
 
 C H A 
 
 C^TA'cEOits. adj. [from cettt wlia1ei» 
 Lat.j Of the whale kind. 
 
 Such filhes as iiave lungs or rcfpinlion are. 
 not without the wczzon, as whales and cctuiciui 
 animals. Bnwn'i Vu!. Hrr, 
 
 H'.- hath created variety of tbcfc cctacewt 
 filhes, which tonvcrl'c chiefly in the northern 
 feas, whole wl olc body being cncompaffed 
 round with a cf pious fat or blubber, ^t is ena- 
 bled to abid.- tl-.e grcateft cold of the fea-warcr. 
 
 C FAur. A note in the fcaje of muGck. 
 Gamut I am, the ground of all accord, 
 A re, t J plead Horteuhos paflioii ; 
 
 B mi Bianca, take him for thy lord. 
 C fuut, tiiat Ijvcs with all artciition. Hi-alfiiairr. 
 
 CH has, in words purely Englifn, or 
 ftilly naturalized, the found of //Zi ; a pe- 
 culiar pronunciation, which it is hard 
 to dtfcribe in words. In fome word* 
 derived from the French, it has the 
 found ofyZ', as chaifc ; and, in fome de- 
 rived from the Greek, the found of kt 
 as chohrick. 
 
 Ch ACE. See Chase. 
 
 Chad, n.f A fort of fidi. 
 
 Of round filh there arc btit, fprar, whitings 
 chi i, fels, congai, millet. C'nmi), 
 
 To CHAFE. V. a. [echaujer, French.] 
 
 1 . To warm with rubbing. 
 
 They laid him upon fome of their garments, 
 and fell to rub and rj:afe him, till they brought 
 him to recover both breath, the fervanr, and 
 warmth, the companion of living. Sidney, 
 
 At laft, recovering heart, he does begin 
 To rub her temples, and to chafe her fein. 
 
 Fairy Qrireit. 
 
 Soft, and mote foft, at ev'ry tone h it grew; 
 Like pliant wax, when chafing hands reduce 
 The former mats to form, and trame to iife. 
 
 Vr^lleitt 
 
 2. To heat by rage or hurry. 
 
 Have I not heard the lea, puff'il up witfi 
 win.ds. 
 Rage like an angry boar ckr.jei with fweat? 
 
 Shakffears. 
 
 3. To perfume. 
 
 Lilies more white than fnow 
 New fall'n fiom hcav'n, wiiii violets mix'd, did 
 
 grow ; 
 Whofe fcent fo choj^d the neighbour air, that you 
 Would furely fwtar Arabick fpicus grew. 
 
 4. To make angry; to inflame paffion. 
 
 Her interceffiun ch.if.i him Ui, 
 Whtn (he for thy repeal was fupplianr, 
 Tiiat to clofc prifon lie commanded her. Siairp, 
 
 An otf'er of pardon mote cirifc.i the ragi'of 
 
 thofe, «ho were rcl'uived to li. e or die together. 
 
 -V.V y'>>:>; Hcywarii. 
 
 For all that i-.c was inwardly chufcci with the 
 heat of youth and indignation, againft his ow.t 
 people as well' as the Ri odians, he moderated 
 iiinifelf betwixt his osvn rage, and the ofr'eixc of 
 his foldiers. _ Km'l{.\ Hijl<iry if tke Turh. 
 
 This c/;,i/',i'the boar; his nofirils flames expire, 
 And his red eycbalU roll with living fire. Diy:i. 
 
 To Chafe, 'v. n. 
 
 1. To rage ; to fret ; to futr.e ; to rave ; 
 to boil. 
 
 Therewith he 'gaii full terribly to roar, 
 And r/;.i/'aat that indignity rigiit fore. Spoifir. 
 
 He will not rejoice fo much at the abufc ot 
 Falliart, as he will f/w/t -.-.t the doftor's marrying 
 my daugi-.ter. 'S/i,af/.c,i,e. 
 
 Be lion mettled, proud, and take no care 
 Who cli.if'u, who frets, or where confiiircis are; 
 
 S/iA(f^e.trr. 
 
 How did they fume, and fiamp, .and loar, and 
 (h.tfe. 
 And fwcar!— not Addifon himfclf was fafr. 
 
 2. To fret againft any thing, 
 
 202
 
 C H A 
 
 Once upon a raw and gufty day, 
 The troubled Tyber chafing with his (horcs. 
 
 Shakjpeare^ i J, C^f>ir. 
 
 The murmuring furgc, 
 Th.it on th' unnumber'd idle pebbles chafes^ 
 Cannot be heard fo iiigh. Sh^ikffeare' s K. Lr.ir. 
 Chafe, n.f. [from the verb.] A heat ; 
 a rage ; a fury ; a paflion ; a fume ; a 
 pett; a fret ; a llorm. 
 
 When fir Tiiomns More was fpeakcr of the 
 
 pailiamenr, with his wtlclom and eloquence he 
 
 fo crofled a pujpofe of c;irdiual \V'olfey'>, that the 
 
 cardinal, in a chafe, lent for him to Wuitehall. 
 
 Camden*s Remaitn. 
 
 At this the knight grew high in chr>fc, 
 And ftniing furioufly on Ralph, 
 He trembled. Utidihra^. 
 
 Chafe-wax. n.f. An ofEcer belonging 
 to the lord chancellor, who lils the wax 
 for the fealing of writs. Harris. 
 
 Cha'fer. n. f. [ceapop, Sax. kever, 
 'Dutcli.] Aninfeft; a fort of yellow beetle. 
 
 CHii'FF.RY. n.f. A forge in an iron mill, 
 where the iron is wrought into com- 
 plete bars, and brought to perfection. 
 
 PhUIips. 
 
 CHAFF, n.f [ceap, Sax. i.e/, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The hufl<s of corn that are feparatcd by 
 thralhingand winnowing. 
 
 We Ih.dl be winnow'd with fo rough n wind. 
 That cv'n our corn fhall feem as light as chag. 
 And good from bad find no partition. Sii.tkfpcare. 
 
 Pieaturc with infiru<^ion ihould be join'd; 
 So take the corn, and leave the r^'i;^ behind. 
 
 Dtjdcn. 
 
 He fet before him a fack of wheat, as it had 
 licen )ufi thiclhed out of the ftieaf ; he then bid 
 hinj pick out tlie c/uijf from amon^ the corn, and 
 lav it afide by itfelf. SpeBntor, 
 
 2. It is ufed for any thing worthlefs. 
 
 To CHA'FFER. v. «. [kaufen. Germ, to 
 buy.] To treat about a bargain ; to 
 haggle ; to bargain. 
 
 Noiyorie himfelf to Paul's, the publick fair, 
 To chajjet for preferments with his gold, 
 "Where bifhopricks and finecurcs are foid. Dryd. 
 
 The cfiafcri/ig witli dilTenters, and dodging 
 about this ort' otrier ceremony, is but like open- 
 ing a few wickets, and leaving them a-]ar. Swift. 
 
 In difputes with chairmen, when your malter 
 fends you to chaffer with them, take pity, and 
 tell your malier that rhey will not take a farthing 
 lefs. _ S-wifi. 
 
 ToCha'ffer. i\ a. [The aclive fenfe 
 is obfolcte.J 
 
 1. To buy. 
 
 He c/i<ijftr'./ chairs in which churchmen were 
 fet, 
 And breach of laws to privy farm did let. Sf.'fcr. 
 
 2. To exchange. 
 
 Appioach.ng nigh, he never ftaid to greet, 
 Nc f/_jV woids, proud courage to provoke. 
 
 Fairy Q^uccn. 
 
 CiiaVpeuF-R. n.f. [from chajer.} A 
 buyer ; bargainer ; purchalcr. 
 
 CfiA'riT.RM. n.f. [ivom .efchiivjfcr, Fr. 
 to heal.] A vtlfcl for heating water. 
 
 .Bis. 
 
 Cha'ffe'hy.' n./ [fromc/AjJ^-r.] Traf- 
 
 ftck. ;■ the prailice of buying and felling. 
 
 The third i<, merchandize and f5a/,'rrv ; that 
 
 j^ iiiying =nd (tiling. S/ci/rr'j Simc if Ird.ird; 
 
 C.'ia'ffini ri. n.f. [hom chuff' ai\i\fmch.'\ 
 A bird io called, becaufe it dtlights in 
 tiiafF, and h by fnmc rfinch admired for 
 ilafong. PltU'tpi' IP'orid'ijfiVorih. 
 
 The rhijffitrchf andolticr (mall birds, arc Inju- 
 rious to fomc fruits. Mortiwo's thtjhnn.iry. 
 
 C'HA'FFLt&s. ailj. [{iom.chaJf.'\ Without 
 «h:.fr. 
 
 C H A 
 
 The love I hear him, 
 Made me to Jan you thus ; but the gods made you. 
 Unlike ail others, chafficfi. ShLikfpeare's Cym!'. 
 Cha'ffweed. ti.f. [g/tap/jctJii/ni, Latin.] 
 
 An herb, the fame with cudweed. 
 Cha'ffv-. adi. [from c/;'i7^] Like chaff; 
 full of chaff; light. 
 
 If the ftraws be light and chufy, and held at a 
 rcafonablQ diflance, they will not rife unto the 
 middle. Broiun'i Vulgar Errour^, 
 
 The moft flight and chaffy opinion, if at a 
 great remove from the prcfcnt age, contratffs a 
 veneration. Glanvilk. 
 
 Ch'afingdish. n. f. [from chafe and 
 dy}!.'\ A veffel to make any thing hot 
 in ; a portable grate for coals. 
 
 Make proof of the incorporation of (ilvcr and 
 tin in equal quantities, whether it will endure the 
 ordinary fire which btlongeth to chafingdijjtei, 
 pofncts, and fuch other filver velTcls. Bacon. 
 
 Chagri'n. n.f. \_chagrme, Fr.] Ill hu- 
 mour ; vexation ; fretfulnefs ; peeviill- 
 nefs. It is pronounced y/ji7fri'f«. 
 
 Hear me, and touch Helinda with chagrin ; 
 That fingle act gives halt the world the fplecn. 
 
 'Pope. 
 
 I grieve with the old, for fo many additional 
 
 inconvcnicncies and chagrins, moie than their 
 
 fmaii remain of life feenied deilined to undergo. 
 
 Pcpc's Letters. 
 
 To Chagri'n. i'. a. [chagrineryFr.] To 
 vex; to put out of temper ; to teafe; 
 to make uneafy. 
 
 CHAIN, n.f ic/jahw, French.] 
 
 1. A feries of links fadened one within 
 another. 
 
 And Pharaoh took off his ring, aird put it 
 upon Jofeplrs haird, and put a gold chain about 
 his neck. Gene/is, 
 
 2. A bond; a manacle; a fetter; fome- 
 thing with which pilfoners are bound. 
 
 Srill rir conlVraint your fu^l'ring fex remains, 
 Or buund in formal, or in real chains. Fopf. 
 
 3. -A llne-of links with which land is mea- 
 fured. 
 
 A lurveyor may as faon, with his ihain^ mea- 
 furc out inlrnrte fpacc, as a plirlofcphcr, \>y the 
 quicked Higiit of mind, reach it; or-, by think- 
 irrg, comprehend it. L--'rkc. 
 
 4. A feries linked together, as of caufes 
 or thoughts ; a fucceffion ; a fubordl- 
 natioii. 
 
 Thofe fo miflakc the clrrifiian religion, as to 
 think it is only ^ chain of fatal decrees, to deny 
 all liljcity of man's choice toward good or evil. 
 
 llamrnnml. 
 
 As there is pleafure iVr the right excrcife of 
 any faculty, fo efpecially in that of right reafon- 
 ing ; which is liilr the greater, by how much the 
 confequcnces ar*e more clear, and the chains of 
 them more long. Burnet's theory of the l^arth. 
 
 To Chain. 1;. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fallen or bind with a chain. 
 
 They repeal daily ar.y wholcfomc ai^ eftahlilh- 
 cd ag.tind the rich, and provide more pierciirg 
 ihrtutes daily to chain ttp and rciirain the poor. 
 
 Shaifi'Cnrt^s Coriolaniis. 
 
 The mariners he ckuine.i in his own galleys for 
 (laves. • Knolhs. 
 
 Qjmarch'd I r/iij//j'./l;ehind the hoftile car, 
 Tiic viflor's pallimc, and the fpurt of war ! 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Ttiey, with joint force «ppreff!onf/w/»'«;f, fet 
 Imperial jullice at the helm. Thonfon. 
 
 2. To er.flawe ; to keep in flavery, 
 
 Tlic monarcli was ador'd, the people chahi.l. 
 
 Prior. 
 This world, 'tis true. 
 Was made for Cxfar, but for Titus too : 
 And which more bkft? who cliain'd his countrv, 
 
 fay, 
 
 Or he »bi.(i- viirue f-^h.'d to lofe a day ? Pifr. 
 
 C H A 
 
 3. To keep by a chain. 
 
 The adnriral feeing the mouth of the Kiven- 
 chaincdy and the caitlcs full of ordnance, and- 
 ftrongly manned, durll: not attempt to enter. 
 
 Kno/ici'i htfio'y of the Turki, 
 
 4. To unite. 
 
 O Warwick, I do bend my knee with thine, 
 And in this vow do chain my loul with thine. 
 
 Slia^fpeare. 
 
 Cha'inpump. n. f [from chain and 
 pump."] A pump ilfed in large Englifli 
 vcffcls, which is double, fo that one 
 riles as the other falls. It yields a great' 
 quantity of water, works eaiily, andis 
 cafily mended ; but takes up a great 
 deal of room, and makes a difagreeable 
 noife. Chambers. 
 
 It is not long fince the ftrikiirg of tiie topmaft, 
 a wonderful great eale to great thips, both at 
 fea and in harbour, hath'been de\ifed; together 
 with the chainpnmp, svhich takes irp twice as 
 nruch water as the ordinary did; and we have- 
 lately added the boni-ret and the drabble. 
 
 Ra/eigh- Effajs, 
 
 Chai'nshot. n.f. [fi-oni c/'fl/n and_/^o/.] 
 Two bullets or half bullets, faitencd 
 together by a chain, which, when they 
 fly open, cut away whatever is before 
 them. 
 
 Iir fea figlits, oftentimes, a buttock, the brawn 
 of the thigh, and the calf of the leg, are torn off 
 by the chainjhot, and fplinters. IVifeman, 
 
 Cha'in v.'ORH, ??. f [from chasn and 
 'ivork.'\ Work mth open fpacts like, 
 the links of a chain'A| 
 
 Nets oi chcquerrvork,- and wreaths o? chairt- 
 nmrkj for the cliapitets which were upon the tops ■ 
 of the pillars. i Kin^s.. 
 
 CHAIR, n.f Ichah-y French.] 
 
 1. A moveable feat. 
 
 WIretircr thou crioofe Cer-vantes' ferious afr, 
 Or laugh and (hake in Rabelais' cafy chair. 
 Or praife the cour-t, or magnify mankmd. 
 Or thy gricv'd country's copper chains unbind. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Ifa chair be defined a feat for a fingle perfon, 
 with a back belonging to it, then a ftool is a fcal. 
 fur a fingle perfon, witirout a b.itk. iVatt:,- 
 
 2. A feat of jullice, or of authority. 
 
 He makes for England, here to claim- the 
 crown. — 
 — Is the f//.i/r empty .' Is the fword unfway'd? 
 Is the king dead ? _ Shalfpcarc'i Richard llJ. 
 
 If thou be that princely eagle's bird. 
 Show thy defcent by gazing 'gainll the firn ; 
 For chair and dukedom, throne and kingdom, 
 
 fay; 
 Either tliat '& llunc, or elfc thou wcil not his. 
 
 The bnnour'd go<ls 
 Kcf p Rome in f;ifety, and the cJutirs of juftice 
 Supply with woithy men. Shakfpiare^ 
 
 Her grace iat down to reft awhile, 
 In a rich ;/;.'i/V of Itatc. Shukff-eare. 
 
 The cnmmitree of the commons appdintcd 
 Mr. Pym iu take the chA:r. C!AicnJon. 
 
 In this liigii temple, on ^ chair of ftitfc, 
 The leir of audience, old Lathuis fate. DryJcn, 
 
 3. A vfliiclc born by men ; a fcdan. 
 
 Think what an equipage thou haft in air, 
 And view with fcurn twu pages and a chn:r. 
 
 Pcpe. 
 
 Cha'irman". n.f. [from r/Wr and «.v.v/.] 
 .u Tlie piviidcnt of an aflVmbly. 
 
 In .TfTciiiblios geneully one perfon is chofcu 
 chatrmun or moderator, to keep the fcveral 
 fpcnkcrs to the rules ot order. . _ )Vr.ffi. 
 
 2. One whole trade It is to carry a chaiv. 
 
 One elbows him, one jiiftlcs in the (hole; 
 
 A rafter breaks his hcari^ or r/i(*/»7/;D//'spole.
 
 C H A 
 
 Troy chairmen bore the woodeii ftccd, 
 Fregnant with Greeks, impatient to be freed j 
 Thofc bully Greeks, who, as the moderns do, 
 Inftead of paving chairmen, run tliem through. 
 
 SmI/i. 
 
 Chaise, n.f. {chalfe, Fr.] A carriage 
 of pleafure drawn by one horfe. 
 
 Inltcad of the chariot he might have faid the 
 eh.iifc of govcrnmenr ; for Achaije is driven ly 
 the perfon that fits in it. MJifon. 
 
 ChalCO'grapher. n.f. [jjaNxoy^af©-, 
 of ^■j.'Ky.'^, biafs, and ^^z^w , to 
 write or engrave.] An engraver in 
 brafs. 
 ChALCo'graphy. «. /. [xiTixoy^a^isc.] 
 
 Engraving in brafs. 
 
 Cha'lder. T n./. A dry Englifh mea- 
 
 Cha'ldron. I" fure of coals, coiifilHng 
 
 Cha'udron.J of thirty-iix buOicls 
 
 heaped up, according to the fealed 
 
 bufliel kept at Guildhall, London. 
 
 The chaldron (hould weigh two thou- 
 
 fand pounds. Chambcs. 
 
 Cha'lice. n.f. [cullc, Sax. calice, Fr. 
 
 calix, Latin.] 
 r. A cup ; a bowl. 
 
 When in yonr motion you arc hot, 
 And, that he calls for drink, I'll have prepar'd 
 
 l.im , _ 
 
 A chaUci for the nonce. S/mifp'arc. 
 
 3; It is generally ufed for a cup ufed in 
 a£ts of worfliip. 
 
 All thccluircli at that timd did not think em- 
 blematical figures unlawful ornaments of cups 
 or ihalicci. ^ Stitlingjiect. 
 
 Cha'liced. or//, [from cn'nx, Lat. the 
 cup of a flower.] Having a cell or 
 cup : applied by Shr.ifpears to a flower, 
 but now obfolcte. 
 • Hark, h.irk ! the lark at heav'n's gate fings, 
 Arid Phcebus 'gins arifc, 
 
 His lleeds towaier at rhcfe fnrings, 
 On c!:ah't'J flowers thai \:ts. Shaifpnire, 
 
 GHALK. n.f. [cealc, cealcj-can. Sax. 
 caki, WeKh.] 
 
 dtalk is a white foff:lc, u^uilly reckoned .-, 
 (ionc, but by fome ranked among the boles. 
 It is ufed in medicine as an nblorbent, and is 
 celebrated for curing the heartburn. C/iiimicn. 
 He makcth all the ftones of the altar as ciu/i 
 ilones that arc beaten in funder. Jfn^'ah. 
 
 Ciiiik \i o( two forts ; the hard, dry, flrong 
 chti.'kf which is bell for lime; and a fofr, uiic- 
 tjous chj^ky which is bcft for lands, becaofe it 
 ca.^ly diflblveswirh rain and froft. Mortimer. 
 
 With r/:.i/{ 1 firft defrribe a circle iierc, 
 Where thcfe ethereal fpiiits muft appear. DryJ. 
 Ih Chalk, t. a. [from the noun.] 
 I.- To rub with chalk. 
 
 The bcallly rabble then came down 
 From all the g.nrct'i in the town. 
 And trails and Ihopboards in vail fwarms, 
 \^''.th new r/ij/^'t/ bills and rufly arm^ Hudihrai, 
 
 2. To manure with chalk. 
 
 Lsnd iha; is ckaikt.i., if it is nor well dunged, 
 will receive but little benefit from a fecond 
 fhnltit'g. Morlirr.ir. 
 
 3. To mark or trace out as with chalk. 
 
 Being not propt by a.ic;Hry, whofs giace 
 Ch.iiin fucceliours their way. Sh.ttfpntre. 
 
 His own mind chalked our to him the jult pro- 
 p.':^ions and mcatuies of behaviour to his fcllow- 
 crtatures. . S'':tth. 
 
 With thcfe helps I might at leaft have chalked 
 <''i: a way for others, to amend my errours in a 
 like defign. Dtydeyi. 
 
 The lime fallswithin the compafshere chalked 
 O'lt by na'.urc, very punifuially. JVoodiu.ird. 
 
 Chalk-cutter, n.f. [from ch.^lk and 
 cut-l A man that digs chalk. 
 
 C H A 
 
 ShelTs, by the fenmen called chalk eggs, are 
 dog up commonly in the clialk fiti, where the 
 ch.ni-cutleri drive a great trade witli them. 
 
 iJ^cidtuard, 
 
 Chalk-pit. n.f. [from ciializnd pil.] A 
 pit in which chalk is dug. See Chalk- 
 cutter. 
 
 Cha'lky. adj. [from chalk. '\ 
 
 1. Confirting of chalk ; white with chalk. 
 
 As far as I c.iuld kcji the chalky cliHs, 
 When from thy fhnrc Ihetcnipeft beat us back, 
 1 flood upon the hatches in the iVorm. Shuh/p. 
 
 That bellowing beats on Dover's chalky cliff. 
 
 2. Impregnated with chalk. 
 
 Chalky water towards the top of earlh is too 
 
 fretting. Bacun. 
 
 To CHA'LLENGE. m.a. [chalenger, Fr.] 
 
 1. To call another to aufwer for an of- 
 fence by combat. 
 
 The prince of Wales ftept forth before the king, 
 And, nephew, ihalleng'd you to linglc fight. 
 
 Sh.tkfpeare. 
 
 2. To call to a conteft. 
 
 Thus fnrm'd for fpccd, he challengn the wind, 
 And leaves the Scythian arrow far behind. Dryd. 
 
 I challenge any man to make any pretence to 
 power by right of fatherhood, either intelligible 
 orpoff.hlc. Lt,cke. 
 
 3. To accufe. 
 
 Many of them be fuch lofels and fcntterlings, 
 as that they cannot eaf.ly by any (hciiffbe gotten, 
 when they are challenged for any fuch faift. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 Were the grac'd perfon of our B.inquo prefcnt, 
 Whom I may rather challinge for unkindnefs. 
 
 , Shiikfpeare. 
 
 4. [In law.] To objeft to the impartia- 
 lity of any one. [See the noun.] 
 
 Though only twelve arc fworn, yet twenty- 
 four arc to be tetur led, to fupply the defeats or 
 want of appen'-ance of thjfe that arc chaL't'igel 
 oft", or make default. Hide. 
 
 J. To claim as due. 
 
 That divine ordi-r, whereby the pre-eminence 
 I of chiefeft acceptation is by the beil things wor- 
 thily ehalht^ed. Ihiker. 
 Wiii-ch of you, fhall we fay, doth love us moft .' 
 That we our birgeft bounty may extend 
 Where nature doth with merit (-A<i//f»gf. Shakf. 
 
 And fo much duty as my mother Ihew'd 
 To you, pi-sfcrring youbefoie her father; 
 StfmUi.ti I challenge, that I may profcfs 
 Due t«!-thc Moor, my lord. Shaifpeare. 
 
 Had you not been their father, tliefe white Hakes 
 D\<\ chalU'ig: pity of them. Shakf j,earc. 
 
 So When a tyger fucks the bullock's blood, 
 ATamidi'd Vioii, ifTuing from the wood, 
 Roars loudly tierce, and chai'Ungts the food. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Haft thou yet drawn o'er young ]ub3 ? 
 
 That, ft ill would recommend thee more to Caefar, 
 
 And challenge better terms. yiddijon. 
 
 6. To call any one to the performance 
 
 of conditions.. 
 
 I will noWif/; i//fwg^you of your promife, to 
 give me ceit.iin.rures as to the principles of bla- 
 zonry. Pearham on Dra^ving. 
 Cha'llence. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. A fummons to combat. 
 
 I never in my life 
 Di.I l-.ear a chMienie urg'd more modeftly. Shakf. 
 z. A demand of fomething as due. ' 
 Taking fur his younglings cark. 
 Left' greedy eyes to them might challenge lay, 
 Bufy with ckcrdid their Ihoulders mark. Sidney. 
 Tl'.cre mull be no challenge of fuperiority, or 
 dlfcountenancing of freedom. Collier. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 An exception taken cither again/l perfons or 
 things; perfons, as in aflfize to the jui'ours, or 
 any one or more of them, by the prifoner at the 
 bit, Challenge made to the jurour.', is cither 
 
 C H A 
 
 made to tiic array, or to the polls : eh.tll:nge made 
 to the array, is when the whole ntiiiit;r in*- 
 ceptcd againll, as paitiaiiy cinpannclled : chal- 
 leige to or by the pu^l, iv when funic one or muie 
 arc excepted againll, as not indid'crent ; cha/^ 
 lengc to the jurours is divided into challenge prin» 
 cipal, and'//j,''.'/.'?j' for caufe : c/Wf;;gf principal 
 is iViat whieli tic law ahows wiliiout caufc al- 
 leged, or farther examination ; as a prifoner a; 
 the bat, arraigned ipun felony, may peiemptorily 
 eha/tenee lo the number of twenty, one after an- 
 oiiier, of the iuiy empanncUea upon him, alleging 
 no c.iufc. CoiLell. 
 
 You arc mine enemy, I make my challenge. 
 You Ihall not be my judge. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Cha'llenger. n.f. [{rom cha//cnge.] 
 
 1 . One that defies or fummons another to 
 combat. 
 
 Young man, iiave you challenged Ch,arlcs the 
 wrelilcr ? — 
 No, fair princefs ; he is the general challenger. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 Death was denounc'dj 
 He took tiic fummons, void of fear, 
 And unconcerntdly call his eyes around. 
 As if to find .ind dare the grielly challenger. Vryd. 
 
 2. One that claims fuperiority. 
 
 VVhofc worth 
 Stood challenger on mount of all the age. 
 For her peifeclions. Sh.ikfpeeire. 
 
 3. A claimant; one that requires fome- 
 thing as of right. 
 
 Earncll chaiU'igeri there arc of trial, by fom* 
 publick difputation. Hockct . 
 
 Chalt'beate. adj. [from chalybs, Lat. 
 ileel. ] Impregnated with iron orfteel; 
 having the qualities of fiecl. 
 
 The diet ought to llrengthen the follds, allow- 
 ing fpices and wine, and the ufe of chalybeate 
 waters. .trirhuthnat on Diet. 
 
 CHAMADE. n.f [French.] The beat 
 of the drum which declares a ftirrender. 
 Several French battalions made a Ihcw of relill- 
 ance ; but, upon" our preparing to hll up a little 
 foffe, in order to attack them, they beat "the 
 ihamade, and fent us chartc blanche. ^Jdifon. 
 
 CH .AMEER, n.f. {cheimlre, French j 
 camera, hzX.\n ; flambr, Wellh.] 
 
 1. An apartment in a houfe : generally 
 ufed for thofe appropriated to lodging. 
 
 Bid them come forili, ami hear me, 
 Or at their Lhand/er door I'll beat the drum, 
 Till it ciy llccp to death. Shakf pean: 
 
 When we have mar'n'd with blood thofe ilcepy 
 two, 
 Of his own chamher. Shaifpeare. 
 
 A n;'.turai cave in .1 rock m£y have fomething 
 not much unlike to pariours or cha^nbcrs. BcntUy. 
 
 2. Any retired room. 
 
 Tlie dark cave of death, and chamben of the 
 grave. Prior. 
 
 3. Any cavity or hollow. 
 
 Petit has, from an examination of the figure 
 of the eye, argued .againft t.he pofiibility of a 
 film's cxiftence in the policriour chamber. 
 
 Shar^, 
 
 4. A court of juftice. 
 
 In the Imperial chamber this viiignr anfwcr is 
 not admitted, 7-vj:. I do not boiicve ir, as the 
 matter is propounded and alleged. ^ylijfe, 
 
 5. The lower part of a gun where the 
 charge is lodged. 
 
 6. A fpecies of great gun. 
 
 Names given them, as cannons, demi-can- 
 nons, chambers, artjuebufc, mulkct, i^r, 
 
 Cantdet. 
 
 7. The cavity where the powder 13 
 lodged in a mine. 
 
 To Cha'mber. <u. n. [from the noun.] 
 I. To be wanton; to iiitrignc.
 
 C H A 
 
 I.-t u? fl-alk honeflly as in t!it day, Hot In 
 rioting and dI■unkenMef^, not in Jmmberiiig .inci 
 wanlonnefs. _ ' Rom-im. 
 
 3. To re fide as in a chamber. 
 
 Tiic bell blood chamber' Am \ni hofom. Skntf 
 Ch^'mberer. n.f. [from chamber.'] A 
 man of iiilrigiie. 
 
 I liave not tliolf toft parts of convcif.ition, 
 lliK ckambcnii b.ivc. Sh^it/fcarc. 
 
 .CliA'MBF.UFKt,i.ov.'. n.f. [imm chiiinher 
 anAfeUoiv. ] One that lies in the fame 
 
 chnmber. 
 
 It i-; mv fortune to have a chambcfelh-.v, witb 
 wliomlaaicc vv-it well in many fentimcnts. 
 
 S/irrtiltoi 
 
 CiHAMBFRi-AiN. n.f. [from f/'Cra/;<T. ] _ 
 1. Lord great chamberlain of England is 
 the fixth officer of the crown ; a confi- 
 devable pait of his fnnaion is at a co- 
 ronation ; to him beloncrs the provi- 
 lion of every thing in the houfe of 
 lords ; he difpofes of the fword of (late ; 
 under him are the gentleman other of 
 the black rod, yeoman ufhers, and 
 door-keepers. To this office the duke 
 of Ancaller makes an hereditary claim. 
 
 Cfiamiers. 
 
 2- Lord chamberlain of the houlehold has 
 
 the ovcrfight of all officers belonging to 
 
 -the king's chambers, except the pre- 
 
 cinft of die bedchamber. Chambers. 
 
 Huniblv complainini; ro her deity, 
 
 Got my lord f''i.i»;.Vi.'n.'« his libeny. Shai:Jpfitre. 
 
 He was made lord Itewaid, that the flaft' of 
 
 chainhttUir. might be put into the hands of hii 
 
 iM-otl-.cr. CUrcidoit. 
 
 A patriot is a fool in every ajc, 
 Whom all lord ck.imheriMm r.llow the ft.igc. Pr^fc. 
 
 3. A fervant who has the care of the cham- 
 bers. 
 
 Think'ft thou 
 That the bleak air, thy boiftcrous chimberhil):. 
 Will put thy fliirt on warm ? Shakjfeari:. 
 
 When Duncan is aAcep, his two chiimberlaim 
 We win with wine and watfcl convince. ShakJ. 
 
 He ferv'd at firft ^Emilia's chamberlain. Bryd. 
 
 4. A receiver of rents and revenues ; as 
 chamberlain of the exchequer, of Ciief- 
 ter, of the city of London. Chaml-ers. 
 
 Cha'mberlainskip. n.f. [from chamhtr- 
 
 lain.] The office of a chainbeilain. 
 Cha'mbermaid. n.f. [from chamkraud 
 may.] A maid whole bvifinefs is to 
 drcfs a lady, and wait in her chamber. 
 
 Men will not hifs. 
 The li.imbermmJ was named Cifs. Ben "Jotfrn. 
 Some toaife country wench, almo!'. dtcay'd, 
 Trudges tolown, and firli turns ihambenmiui, 
 
 Pt^pf. 
 When he doubted whether a word were intel- 
 ligible or no, he ufed to coufult one of his ladyN 
 chamlsrmai.is. Sivijt. 
 
 If thcfe nurfcs ever pre fume to rnteitain ii,c 
 ♦ irli with the common follies praflifcl by cliam- 
 bamuidi among us, they ate publickly whipped. 
 
 Sw,ft. 
 
 To Ch a'mblft. IK a. \^?\ om camelot. See 
 
 ■ Camelot.] To vary ; to variegate. 
 
 Some have the veins more v.iried and ckain- 
 
 bUff.l; asoak, whereof wainfcot is made. Ji.noii. 
 
 Cha'mbrkl of a horje. The joint or 
 
 bending of the upper part of the hinder 
 
 \frr. Farrier's Dicl. 
 
 Chamf.'i.f.on. »/./. \-/;j-w.'L\iw .] 
 
 The < foitrtcfri'i hrts four fcet, antl on each font 
 
 thioc .claws. Ill i.-iil is long: with this, as well 
 
 as with ils feet, it faftcns itfelt to the bianclics 
 
 of IIM3. Its tall is flat, ils nofc long, in a 
 
 C H A 
 
 oblufe point; its h.ick is Iharp, ils ft.ln pl.n.fd, 
 and jagged like a faw from the neck to hie l.ill 
 joint of the tail, and upon its head it has fomc- 
 thing like a comb ; like a fi(h, it has no neck. 
 Some have aifertcd, that it lives only upon air ; 
 but it has been obfcrved to feed on flics, catehed 
 with its tongue, which is about ten inches long, 
 and three thick ; made of white flelh, round, 
 but flat at the end; or hollow and open, rc- 
 fembling an elephant's trunk. It alio (brinks, 
 and grows longer. This animal is faid to ailume 
 the colour of thofe things to which it is applied ; 
 but our modern oblervers allure us, that its natural 
 colour, when at reft and in the (hade, is a bluilh 
 grey; though fome are yellow, .ind others green, 
 but both of a fmaller kind. When it is expolld 
 to tiie fun, the grey changes into a darker g'C\ , 
 inclining to a dun colour; and its parts, which 
 have leaf); of the light upon.lhem, are changed 
 into fpots of different colours. The grain of its 
 (kin, when the light doth not (hine upon it, is" 
 like cloth mi.'icd with many colours. Sometimes, 
 when it is handled, it fecnis fpeckled witii daik 
 fpots, inclining to green. If it be put upon a black 
 hat, it appears to be of a violet colour; and 
 fometimos, if it be wrapped up in linen, it is 
 white ; but it changes colour only in I'omc paits 
 of the body. Cihiui.^ 
 
 I A rJiam'dcoi! is a creature about the bignefs of 
 ' an ordinary lizard ; his head unproportionahly 
 big, and his eyes great ; he movttli his head 
 without writhing of his neck, which is in- 
 flexible, as a hos doth ; his back crooked, his 
 (kin fpotted with little tumours, lefs eminent 
 nearer the hcUv ; his tail flcnder and long ; on 
 each foot he hath five fingers, three on the out- 
 fide, and two on theinlide; his tongue of a 
 marvellous length in refpeft of his body, and 
 hollow at the end, which he will launch out to 
 prey upon flics ; of colour green, and of a dnfky 
 yellow, brighter and whiter towards the belly; 
 yet fpotted with blue, white, and red. Bacon. 
 
 I can add colours ev'n to the cliamdeon ; 
 Change ihapes with Proteus, for advantage. 
 
 Siiiikfpcarc. 
 
 One part devoius the other, and leaves not fo 
 
 much as a mouthful of that popular air, which 
 
 the chameleans gafp after. Dcniy of Pieiy. 
 
 The thin chamckw, fed with air, receives 
 The colour of the thing to which he cleaves. 
 
 » J)rydcn. 
 
 As the clia-nrleon, which is known 
 To have.no colours of his own. 
 But borrows from his neighbour's hue 
 His white or black, his green or blue. Vi!or. 
 To Cha'mfer. 1'. a. [chambrer, Fr.] To 
 channel ; to make furrows or gutters 
 upon a column. 
 Cha'mfer. \n,f. [from To chamfer.] 
 CiiA'MF;tF.T. ) A fmall furrow or gutter 
 
 on a column. 
 Cha'mlet. n.f. [See Camelot.] Stuff 
 mace originally of camel's hair. 
 
 To mike a rham'ei, draw five lines, waved 
 o'. erthwart, if your diaperijjg c^mlift of a double 
 line. ■ ' PenrHinH on Df'iwi'iir. 
 
 Cha'mois. n.f..\_chamnis, Fr.] ■ An ani- 
 mal of the goat kind, whofe fkm is 
 made Into foft leather, called among us 
 Jl.uimmy, i •" . , ' 
 
 Thcfe are the bcafl-.s which, you (h:)!!, eat : the 
 ox, the (heep, and wild ox, and the ciun.os. 
 
 Deiitctoinmy. 
 
 Cha'momile. n. f. \_y^-j.j/.aiiuhj>-] An 
 odoriferous plant. 
 
 Cool violet', and orpine growing (lill, 
 Emb.nhcd balm, and clieeilul galmgale, 
 
 Frefll coflmary, and brcathful cli.imomUc, 
 Dull poppv, and drink (piick'ning fetusle. Spfif. 
 
 For though the ,l:am>-milf, lie moie it is 
 trodtlcn on the fal'cr it grows; yet youth, the 
 more it is walied, the fooner it wears. S/i,.ifp. 
 
 PolTct d-.ink with chM.-MiU flowers. Ti-.yo. 
 Tu Champ, v. a. \_cbctr,-pajcr, Fr.] 
 
 C H A 
 
 1. To bite witli a frequent action of the 
 tcetli. 
 
 Collee and opium arc t-iken down, tobacco but 
 in fmoke, and betel is bul champed m the moutii 
 witii a liulc lime. _ Bacin. 
 
 The fiend leply'd, not overcome with rage ; 
 '■ But, like, a proud -rteed lein'il, went haughty on, 
 \ Champrig his iron cufb. Mi/lon's I'arudijc Loji. 
 . At his coinniand 
 The (Veeds capaiilon'd with purple fiand, 
 And Lhai,:p betwixt ihcir teeth the foaming gold. 
 
 X>r-rden, 
 
 2. To devour, with violent aflion of the 
 
 teeth. 
 
 A tobacco pip^ happened to break in my 
 mouth, and the pieces letl fuel) a delicious rough-- 
 nefs on mv tongue, that I champed up the re- 
 maining part. ' Spcaator. 
 7"o Champ, -y. n. To perform frequently 
 the aftlon of biting. 
 
 Muttering and chnmping, as though his cud- 
 had troubled him, he gave occafion to Miifidoris 
 to come near I'.im. Sidney. 
 
 They began ro repent of that they had done, 
 and irei'uUy to ch.imp upon the bit they hSd takeii 
 into their mouths. ih',kn. 
 
 His jaws did not anfv/cr ccjually to one an- 
 other ; hut, by his frequent motion m<lchan:ping 
 with them, it was evid-ent they were neither 
 lu.^ateri nor fraflured. 11 ifcmair. 
 
 Cha'mpaign. /;./. {campagne,Yr.] A 
 flat open countiy. 
 
 In tiic abufes of the cuftoms, mefeems, you 
 have a fair ehAmpar^a laid open to you, in wliieb 
 vou may at large (Iretch out your dilcourfe. 
 
 Sjenfcr's Statf of Inland. 
 Of all thcfe bounds. 
 With (hadowy forelh and withiAjm/n/ois rich'd. 
 We make tnce lady. Sh.:kfpea'C. 
 
 If two bordering princes have their territory 
 meeting on an open chanipaign, the more mighty 
 will conimually feck occafion to extend his limits 
 unto the t'uither border thereof. Raltiglw 
 
 Sir John Norris maintained a retreat without 
 dilanay, by the fpace of fome miles, part of 
 the way champaigt:, unto the city of Gaunt, 
 with lefs lofs of men than the enemy. Ba en. 
 
 Trom his fide two rivers llow'd, 
 Th", one winding, tii' other flraighl, and left 
 
 between 
 F.iir champaign, with lefs rivers intcrven'd. 
 
 jMi/to/i, 
 
 Cua'mpertors. n f. [(torn chamfer/y. 
 Ill law.] Such as move fiilts, oi" caiife 
 them to be moved, either by tl-.eir own 
 or others procurem.ent, and purfiic, at 
 their proper cofts, to have part _ of 
 the land in contell, or part of the gains. 
 
 Co'zvell. 
 
 Cha'mpfrtv. n.f. [chiimpart, Yf. In 
 law.] A mainteniince of any man in jus 
 fuit, while depending, upon conditiou 
 to have part of the tiling when it Is re- 
 covered. Coiirll. 
 
 Chahpi'gnon. n.f. [_champignon, Fr.] 
 
 A kind of muiliroom. 
 
 He viler fi lends with doubtful ir-ufliroons treats, 
 
 Secure for vou, hmifelf cha-.r.ph'ii'.ns eats. DryJ. 
 
 It has tiie refcmblancc of a larg-. t'Limz-.'^c/'na 
 
 before it is topened, branching, out into a large 
 
 .uund knob, ' H'oodlLayd. 
 
 CHAMPION, n.f [champion, Fr. cajn- 
 
 pin, low Lat.] 
 I. .-\ man who undertakes acaufe in fingle 
 
 combat. 
 
 In many armies, the matter fliould be tried 
 
 bv (hul between two c/umipioni. Ba.nn. 
 
 ' Kor I ot, cold, modi, and dry, four ch.,mpio»s 
 
 tieice 
 
 S-rivc here for maft'rv, and to battle briny 
 
 ' Their embryon atoms'. Millon's P'lr. Lofi.
 
 C H A 
 
 O Ilgiit of Trojans, and luppott of Tiov, 
 Ihy father's ciiitmfion, and thy countiy'j joy ! 
 
 At length the advcrfc admirals appear, 
 The two bold cfunnpiiini of each country's rigHr. 
 
 Dnicr. 
 e. A hrro ; a (lout warriour ; one bold in 
 conteft. 
 A llouter chamfion never handled fnord. 
 
 Shakj^'eare. 
 
 This makes you incapable of convifliun ; ana 
 
 tlicy appl.uul rhcmfelvcs as ze;ilous champ'ora for 
 
 truth, when iiidccd they are contending for cr- 
 
 rour. L'^cf.-c. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 In our common la\r, cfiamj-hn is taken no kfs 
 for him that ti-ic'.h the comhat in his own cr.i'e, 
 than for him that fighteth in the cafe of another. 
 
 CewJI 
 To Cha'mpion. 1'. a. [ffo;n the noun.] 
 To challenge to the combat. 
 
 Tijc'fctd of B-snquo, kiiiijs! 
 Rather than fo, come, )"ate, into the lil>. 
 And <-fr,:inp.'on mc to th' iiltciuncc. S/i^i^fj-carc. 
 CHANCE. ?,./. [c/:ance, Vr.) 
 
 1. Fortune; the caufe of fortuitous events. 
 
 As th' unthougV.t accident is guilty 
 Of what wc wildly do, fo wc profefs 
 Ouifelvcs to be the lla\es of rAjM«, and flies 
 Of every wind that blows. - Sfialfpejre. 
 
 The only m in, of all that ch.mci could bring 
 To meet my arms, was worth the conquering. 
 
 Drj.Un. 
 
 Charter is Init a mere name, and really nothing 
 in itl'clf; a conception of our minds, and only a 
 compendious way of fpMking, whereby wc 
 would cxprcfs, that fuc1xet5'eas as are commonly 
 atiribuied to t-A.i/jrr, were verily produced by 
 their tiuc and proper caufes,. but without their 
 riel'ign to produce them. Bcrn/^v. 
 
 2. Fortune ; the act of fortune ; what for- 
 tune may bn'ng : applied to perfons. 
 
 Thct'e things aie commonly not t>bfervcd, but 
 left to take their i-hana. B^mn's Eff-'Vi 
 
 3. Accident; cafna! occurrence; for- 
 toitoujevent- 
 
 To fay a thing is a chana or cafualty, as it re- 
 lates to fecond caiilos, is not profanencfs, but a 
 great tru;h; as lignifying no more, rh:in tii.it 
 rticre are fo.Te events bcfidcs the Icnowlcdge and 
 power of fecrintl agents-. Sc;jih. 
 
 Tnc neaiity I bchtld has ftruck jr.e dead ; 
 Drknowingly ftie flrikes, and kills by t:ha?:ce\ 
 Vuifoa is in her eyes, :»nd. death in ev'ry glance. 
 
 D-jJrn. 
 
 All nature Is but art, unknown to thee : 
 All c.'tAitct direction, which thou ca-iil nut fee. 
 
 I'op-. 
 
 4. Event; fuccefs; luck: applied to things. 
 
 Now* we'll together, ;:nd the chance of go.idncfs 
 
 Be like our wanantcd nunrrcl! 
 
 Siiakf^t 
 
 5. Misfort-iine ; unlucky accident. 
 
 You were u-.'d 
 To fay e>ctrcmity was the trier of fjjiritj, 
 That utn\n\u\\ chcitKSi common men could bear. 
 
 6. Pofiihiiity of any occurrence. 
 
 A cLi'u-ff but clmme jiiay lead^ where I miy 
 meet 
 Some wand'ring fpiricof lieav'n, by fountain fide. 
 Or in thick Ihadc niir'd. MHion's P.ir. Lijl. 
 
 Then your ladyihip might have a cliante to 
 efcape this addrefs. Stuift. 
 
 Chance, adj. [It !s feldom ufed but in 
 compofition.] Happening by chance. 
 Now Ihould they part, malicious tongues would 
 f..r, 
 Tlicy met like chance companions on the way. 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 I would not take the gift, 
 Whi;li, '.ikeatoydropt from the hands of fortune, 
 Lay for the next chjnce comer. DryJcn. 
 
 7o Chance, -v. n. [from the nou 1.] To 
 happen ; to fall out ; to fortune. 
 
 C H A 
 
 Thinkwli.it a o!iance thou c^iw^ on ; tut 
 
 think 
 
 Thou han tl.y miftrefs fllll. Sh,itfj,enre. 
 
 How c/t.:mc thou art not with the prince thy 
 brother.^ * Shakfpenre. 
 
 Ay, Cafca, tell us what hath c/Mte';/ to-d;iy. 
 That Csefar looks fo fad. S^htiJ^<tre. 
 
 Hcj"/lrt//<r.i upon divers of iheTurksvi^uallcrs, 
 whom he caf.ly rook. Knoflc:*t Ifijf.'^fthcTurJti. 
 
 I chofc the lafct fen, and chanc'Jtu find 
 A river's mouth impervious to the wind. Pope. 
 
 Chance-medley, n./. [ from f/wKfir and 
 medhy. Inlaw.] The cafual (laughter 
 of a man, not altogether withotit the 
 fault of the flayer, when ignorance or 
 negligence is joined with the chance ; 
 as if a man lop trees by an highway- 
 fide, by which many ufiially travel, and 
 call down a bough, i;ot giving warning 
 to take heed thereof, by which bough 
 one jjafTiiig by is fluin ; in this cafe he 
 otFcnds, becanfe he gave no warning, 
 that the party might have taken heed 
 to himfelf. Coivcll. 
 
 If fuch an one (houlri have the ill hap, at any 
 time, to ftvikc a man dead with a fmait faying, 
 it ought, in all rcafoa and confcience, to be 
 judged but a chance-rneMev. Scuf/t 
 
 Cha'nceadle. adj. [fyom claiice.] Ac- 
 cidental. 
 
 The trial thereof was cut off by the chanceaik 
 coming thither of the king of Iberia. Sidney^ 
 
 Ch a'nceful. fl/^'. [_c/jatice and /ii//.^ Ha- 
 zardous. Out of ufe. 
 
 Myfclf would oiTcryou t' accompany 
 In this adient'rous c/umeefu/ jeopardy. Sfte/ifer. 
 
 C'lA'NCEL. ri.f. [from cancel/!, Lat. 
 lattices, with which the chancel was en- 
 clofed.] The eaftern part of the church, 
 in which the altar is placed. 
 
 VVhet!.i.r it be allowable or no, that the minif- 
 
 ter Ihouhl fay fervice in the chancel. H'yoirr. 
 
 The chance/ of this church is vaulted with a 
 
 fingle Ifone of four feet in thicknefs, and an 
 
 hundred and four:cen in ciicumference. ^dJ.'fcn. 
 
 Chancellor, n. /.' [cancellarlus, Lat. 
 chaiicellier, Fr. from cancellare, literas 
 •vel Jcriptum Itnea per medium du9a dam- 
 nare ; and feemeth of itfclf likewlfe to 
 be derived a canceiris, which fignify all 
 one with xiyx\<h , a lattice ; that is, a 
 thing made of wood or iron bars, laid 
 crofTv.'ays one over another, fo that a 
 man may fee through them in and out. 
 It may be lliought that judgment feats 
 were compaffed in with bars, to defend 
 the judges and other officers from the 
 prefs of tlte multitude, and yet not to 
 hinder any man's view. 
 ^icr/iltii rcgr.i lilt cancellarlus ^^ngl'i, 
 
 Friinvs follicUl mtiile petendtis crll. 
 Hie cjl, qui regni /eges cance/Iat iniquns, 
 £t inandata fii principis leqiia facit. 
 Verfcs of Nigel de IVetehre to 
 the bifiiop of Ely, chan- 
 cellor to Richard i.] 
 I. The highefl. judge of the l=w. 
 
 Cancc'hiriuif at the firlt, fign.hcd th^ rc- 
 giftcrs or aiiuarics in coutt ; ^ra^harlct, fit. 
 tjiii cotifctiLcnMs &* excrprendis Judicum aciis 
 diint opcram. But this name i-. greatly advanced, 
 and, not only in other kingdonts but in this, is 
 given to him that is the chief judge in caufes of 
 property ; foi" tiic cnancciicr hath po er tj mo- 
 dcr.ite and tcmpcrthc written law, and fub;?<5teti) 
 himfelf only to the law of nature and confcience. 
 
 C H A 
 
 Tuni out, you rogue ! how like a bcaft you ilc ! 
 Go, buckle to the law. I j thi> an hour 
 To llietch y«ur limbs.' you'll ne'er be ckonerL'tr. 
 
 Dryien ytn . 
 
 Ariftidcs was a pcrfon of the ftiiitcft juftice, 
 and belt :<crjuaintcd with the law>, as well as 
 forms, of tlieir government ; fo that he was in a 
 manner, chancellor of Athens. Sivfjt. 
 
 2. CiiANCKLi.LOR /« t/je Ecclefuijlical 
 Court. A bilhop's lawyer; a man 
 trained up in the civil and canon law, 
 to diiedl the bilhops in matters of judg- 
 ment, relating as well to ciiminal as to 
 civil affairs in the church. Ayliffe. 
 
 3. Chancellor of a CalliedraL A dig- 
 nitary whofe office it is to fuperintcnd 
 the regular exercife of devotion. 
 
 4. Chancellor of the Exchequer. A n 
 officer who fits in that couit, and in the 
 exchcqiKT chamber. He has power, VN'ith 
 otheis, to compound for forfeitures oii' 
 penal iiatutes, bonds and recognizances ' 
 entered into by the king. He has great 
 authority in managing the royal revenue, 
 and in matters of tirft-fruits. The 
 court of equity is in the exchequer 
 chamber, and is held before the lord 
 trcafurer, chance/lor, and barons, as that 
 of common law before the barons only. 
 
 Cciuell. Chambers. 
 
 J. Chancellor o/" «n Uniiierfity. The 
 principal magiltrate, who at O.sford 
 holds his office during life, but at Cam- 
 bridge he may be eletled every three' 
 years. 
 
 C>. Chancellor oy//i^ Ord:r cf the G. fr- 
 ier, and otiier military orders, is an' 
 officer who feals the commiffions and 
 mandates of the chapter and aflembly 
 of the knights, keeps the rcgi'ler of their 
 
 . deliberations, and delivers their ads 
 under the feal of the order. Chambers. 
 
 CHA'NCELLORsHiP. 11. f. The office of 
 
 chancellor. 
 
 The Sunday after More gave up \nsc':.-,ncc!!ir- 
 
 Jh'p of England, he eame himfelf to his wii'e's 
 
 pew, and ufed the ufual words of his gentleman- 
 
 ulher. Madam, my lord is gone. Camden. 
 
 Cha'kcery. 17. y. [from c/'/j,7i-,'//or ; pro- 
 bably chancellery, then Ihortcned.] The 
 court of equity and confcience, moderat- 
 ing the rigour of otlier courts, that are 
 tied to tlie letter of the law ; whereof 
 the lord chancellor of England is the 
 chief judge, or the lord keeper of the 
 great feal. Cowell. 
 
 The contumacy and contempt of the party 
 mult be fignificd in the court of chancery, by the 
 bilhop's letters under the feal epifcopal. ^yliffe^ 
 
 CH.A'NCRE. n./. lchancre,Vv.'\ An ulcer- 
 ufually arifing from venereal m tladies. 
 
 I: is poffible he was nor well cured, and 
 would ha\c leiapfed with a chancre. IVifimatt. 
 
 Cha'ncrous. <2r^'. [from c/jancrf'.] Hav- 
 
 iiig the qualities of a chancre ; ulcerous. 
 
 You may think I am too ftricft in giiing fo 
 
 many internals in the cure of fo fmjll an ulcer 
 
 as a chancre, or rather a chancrout callus. 
 
 H'ifcman. 
 
 Chandeli'er. n.f, \_chmiJtlier, Yr.] A 
 
 branch for candles. 
 Cha'ndler. n.f. [chandelier, Fr.] An 
 
 artifan whofe trade it is to make candles, 
 
 or a pcifon who klli tbeai.
 
 C H A 
 
 The hc\ tint thou haft riiiinkcn me, would 
 have (lou .v.I ms lijiui as good cheap at the dc.ir- 
 cll fhj'ulhts in Europe. SMfi't",.'. 
 
 But whether black, or lighter dyes arc worn, 
 The rLwMir'i balkct, on his fhouldcr born, 
 With tjll-..',r I'pjti tnv coat. i;'!)'- 
 
 CHANFRIiV. n.f. [old French.] Ihe 
 foicpait of the head of a horfe^ which 
 extends from under the cars, along the 
 interval between the eyebrows, down 
 to his nofe. Farrier's Di8. 
 
 2i CHANGE, v.a. Ichanser, I v. cam- 
 lla, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To put one thing in theplace of another. 
 
 He that cannot look into his i.wn cftatc, had 
 need choofe well «liom he cmjiloycth, and c/:ti„ge 
 them often; for new are more timorouv, and luls 
 
 fuhtiie. ^"""'' §f'y'- 
 
 2. To quit ar.v thing for the fake ot an- 
 other : w'kh Jlr before the thing taken 
 
 or received. 
 
 Pcrfons gi own up in the belief of any religion , 
 cannot riMg^! v\:\t for another, without applying 
 their undtrlia-.iding duly to confiderand coropaic 
 both. , •^''-"•'*- 
 
 The French and we ftill cfi<i'ige ; but here ;, the 
 
 cuife, ' , r r 
 
 They r/;,.;.cf/« l.cucr, and we rfa«gf/5' woile. 
 
 ". To rrlve and take rcciprocilly : u:th 
 
 ■^ the p^irticle a.-;//j bef'jre the peifon to 
 
 wl'.om we give, anri from whom w^' take. 
 
 To Iccure thy content, look upon tiiofe tliou- 
 
 fands, viith whom thou wouldlt not, for any in- 
 
 ti.Tc!t, chaiiJC thy fcrrunc and condition. 
 
 ° Taylor' i Rflr of Iking hlly. 
 
 4. To alter ; to make other than it was. 
 
 Tlion (halt not fcenie bliilh, 
 y.i.,r -har.trc my countenance for this arrelt ; 
 A hiiiit unfpii'ited is not cafily daunted. 5//,./;//.. 
 Wiuiifoever is brought upon thee, tike cheat- 
 fully, .nd be patient wlicn thou art f/i^i"gi</to a 
 
 ■ low'eft.ate. iVffri. 
 
 """ ^or the elements were di.vi^ei in themfclves by 
 a kind of h.irniony ; like as in a pfaltcry notes 
 ch.msi' tiie name of the tune, and yet aie aUirays 
 founw.. . "'^'*'"- 
 
 5. To mend the difpofition or niuid. 
 
 [ would (he were in heaven, fo (he could 
 Intrcpt fomc pow'r to c/mm^s this'curritli [ew. 
 
 Sh.dfl>!ttrt. 
 
 6. To difeonnt a larger piece of money 
 into fcveral fmaller. 
 
 A Ihopkcepcr might be able to e/m-j?' a gui- 
 nea, or a moiOore, when a cnftomer comes for a 
 crown's woilh of goods. oiv/'. 
 
 -. to change a horfe, or to change hand, 
 is to tin-n or bear the horfe's head from 
 one hand to the other, from the left to 
 the ri''ht, or from the right to the left. 
 ° farrier's DiS. 
 
 To Change, -v. n. 
 
 1. To undergo change , to fiiffer altera- 
 tion : as, his fortune may foon change, 
 liiough he is now fo fecure. 
 
 One f uli.i, that hii,r/M'/(;;';°: thought forgot. 
 Would bettor fit his chamber. Slmilficvr. 
 
 2. To change, as the moon ; to begin a 
 new monthly revolution^ 
 
 I iim wca.y of this moon; would he would 
 ,/;.,«.'?. Sh.'ifl'cunc. 
 
 Change, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. An alteration of the ftate of anything. 
 
 Since I faw you hilt. 
 Tier; is a <-'/«"gt upon you. Sh.dfpmrc. 
 
 2. A fucceffion of one thing in the place 
 of another. 
 
 O wond'rous changes of a fatal Cccnc, 
 Still varyins to tlio hH ! Dr-mkn. 
 
 c n A 
 
 Nothing can cure this part of iU-brneding, bur 
 cA/j«gf and vaiiety of compait)-, and tiiat of prr- 
 fons above us. L'j^\~. 
 
 .Empires by various turns (hall rife and l.t ; 
 While thy abandon'd tribes ihall only k.iiL..v 
 A dift'ient mafter, and a cliM:gc uhi\:-.v. I'ncr. ^ 
 
 Hear how Timotheus' vaiious haysfurpiize, 
 And bid alternate paliions fall and .rife ! 
 While, at each chavgr, the fon of J.ihyan Jove 
 Now burns with glory, and then melis with love. 
 
 3. The time of the moon in which it be- 
 gins ^ new monthly revolution. 
 
 Take feeds or roots, and let fome of them im- 
 mediately after the cluvigc, and others o^f the 
 fame kind immediately after the full. Bacon. 
 
 4. Novelty; a ilate different from the 
 
 former. 
 
 The hearts 
 Of all his people (hall revolt from him, 
 Andkifsthc lips of uiueiiualnted (ijwgc Sh.ik. 
 Our fathers did, for cii.t>rr^c, to France repair ; 
 And they, for change, will tiy our Eiglilh :ur. 
 
 5. [In ringing.] An alteration of the 
 order in vvliich a fet of bells is founded. 
 
 Four bells admit twenty-fourc/M/;,?;-! in ringing, 
 and liiC bells one iiundied and twenty. 
 
 IkliUi's Eiementi of Sfeech. 
 
 Eafy it may be to co; trivc new pbflures, and 
 ring o\\:<:r chtn^fi upon the fame hells. . N-jirii 
 
 6. That which makes a variety ; that 
 which may be ufed for aaolher of the 
 fame kind. 
 
 I will noi.v put fortli a riddle unto you ; if you 
 can hnd it out, then I will give you thirty iheets, 
 and thirty f/w^f of gaiments. _ JuJ^et. 
 
 7. Small money, which may be given for 
 larger pieces. 
 
 Wood buys up our old halfpence, and from 
 thence the' prefent want of cli.utg: arifcs ; hut 
 fuppofing not one farthing of change in the nation, 
 fivc-and-twcnty thnufand pounds would be fulTi- 
 cicnt. ^""J'- 
 
 8. Change for exchange ; a place where 
 pcrfons meet to traffick and tranl'act 
 mercantile affairs. 
 
 The b;ir, the bench, the change, the fchools 
 and pulpits, are full of quacks, jugglers, and 
 plagiaries. VEftrange. 
 
 Ch.\'ngeable. ndj. [from change.] 
 
 1. Subjeft to change ; fickle; inconllant. 
 
 A Heady mind' will admit Ifcady methods and 
 counfcis ; there is no mcafure to be taken of a 
 chan^table humour. L' hjbang'. 
 
 As I am a man, I muft be chungeMe ; and 
 foraetimes the gravel! of us all are fo, even upon 
 ridiculous accidents. VryJen. 
 
 2. Poffible to be changed. 
 
 The fibrous or vafcular parts of vegetables fcem 
 fcatce changeable in the alimentary duct. 
 
 .■hhulhr.fjt OH ^-jlhnents. 
 
 3. Having the quality of exhibiting dif- 
 ferent appearances. 
 
 Now the taylor make thy doublet of eh.inge- 
 <iA/c taffeta ; for tliy mind is a vci-y opal. Shaiff. 
 Ciia'ngeableness. n.f. [from change- 
 able.] 
 
 1. Inconftancy ; ficklenefs. 
 
 At length he betrothed hiinfclf to one worthy 
 to be liked, if any worthinefs might c.\cufe fo 
 innvorthy a cinngcablencp. Snlney. 
 
 There is no temper of mind more unmanly 
 than that changcahlentfi, with which we are too 
 juftly biandcd by all our neighbours. MMfon. 
 
 2. Sufceptibility of change. . 
 
 If how long they ste to continue in force, be 
 no where cxprelTcd, then have we no light to di- 
 rcft our judgment concerning the changcahlrnef 
 or immutability of them, but confidering the na- 
 ture and quality of fuch laws. Honker. 
 
 8 
 
 c n A 
 
 C-MA'NGKAn-LY. 0111'. [froiTi ckingcdk .'\ 
 
 Inconftantly. 
 Ch.v'ngf.fui,. adj. [from change an-.l/v//.] 
 
 Full of chagj^e'; inconllant ; uncertain ; 
 
 mutable ; fubjed to variation ; fickle. 
 I' n found-plots, ma<.''.angrfiil orders, are daily 
 
 dcviicd for hei good, yet never ctieciually pro- 
 
 fertited. . , , . , Sj-mfer, 
 
 Britain, dian'grfiil as a cidld at play. 
 
 Now calls in pmiccs, itnd now turns away. Pope. 
 Cha'kgelinc. «. /. [from change-, thz 
 
 word aiifes from an odd fupcrititiotjs 
 
 opinion, that the fairies (teal away ckilJ- 
 
 ren, and put others that are ugly and 
 
 ftupid in their places.] 
 
 1. A child left or taken in theplace of an- 
 other. 
 
 And her hafe elfin breed there for thee left : 
 Such men do ch.ingeiings call, fo eha,jg'd by 
 fairies theft. Spe':fer's Fairy Q;,j;n. 
 
 She, as her attendaiit, hsth , 
 A lovely hoy lloi'n from an Indian^ king'; 
 Siic never had fj fweet a ciahge/ing. Shakfpcare. 
 
 2. An idiot ; a fool ; a natural. 
 Changelings and fools of hciv'ti, and thence (hut 
 
 out, 
 
 Wildly we roam in difcontcnt about. Dry.vit. 
 
 Would any one be a changeling, becaufc he is 
 
 kfs determined by wife confidcrations than a wife 
 
 man ? Locke. 
 
 3. One apt to change; a waverer. 
 
 Of fickle changelingi and poor difcontcnts, 
 Thai gave and rub tiic elbow at the news 
 Of hurly-burly innovation. Shaifpeare, 
 
 'Twas not Jong 
 Before from world to world they fwung ; 
 As thev had turn'd friim fide to fide. 
 And as' they changcing! liv'd, they died. HiJibra! 
 
 4. Any thing changed and put in the place 
 of another; in ludicrous fpeech. 
 
 I folded the writ up in form of the other, 
 Subtcrib'd it, gave the impreffionjplao'd it fafely, 
 The <:i,3'/g.-/;,vg never known. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Ch.^'nger. n.f. [from cZian^^.] One 
 that is employed in changing or dif- 
 couuting monev ; moneychanger. 
 CHA'NNEL. n. /. [canal, Fr. canaFts, 
 
 Lat.] 
 I. The hollow bed of running waters. 
 
 It is not lociily, now that things are grown 
 into an habit, and have their certain couifc, to 
 chanccc th.c channel, and turn their (treams ano- 
 ther way. • Spenfer's State of Irtlan,!. 
 Dra* Iheni to Tyfact's bank, and weep your 
 teats 
 Into the channel', till the lowcft fire.am 
 Do kifs the mod exalted (hares of all. Sh.tlfp. 
 So th' injuv'd tea, which, from her wonted 
 coui fe. 
 To gain fume acres, avarice did force ; 
 If the new bank?, neglected once, decay,^^ 
 No longer will from her o\d channel R:iy. Jfaller. 
 Had not the laid Itrata been dillocated, fomc 
 of them elevated, and otiicrs deprelfed, there 
 would have been no cavity or channel to give re- 
 ception to the water of the fea. VVoodiuatd. 
 The tops of m'ountains and hills will be con- 
 tinually walhed down by the rains, and the r//<i«- 
 neh of rivers abraded by tliC llreams. Benliey^ 
 
 2. Any cavity drawn longwife. 
 
 Complaint and hot dcfircs, the lover's hell, 
 And fcalding tears, that wore a chn-.ml where ' 
 ihey fell. DryJin'i Fable!. 
 
 3. A flrait or narrow fea, between two 
 countries : «s the Britifli Channel, be- 
 tween Britain and France; St. George's 
 Channel, between Britain ^nd Ireland. 
 
 4. A glitter or furrow of a pillar. 
 
 Jo Cha'nnel. 1'. a. [from the noun.] 
 To cut any thing in channels.
 
 C H A 
 
 No more lliall trenching war rhnnel her fields, 
 Noi' biuilc hcv tiuw'iets with the armed hoofs 
 Of holt lie paiTcs. iV.,it/}ifrt>f. 
 
 The hudy of ihis column is perpetually chnri- 
 ifellf'i, like a thick phiiicd gown. kf^otir^n. 
 
 Toiients, and loud impetuous catarafls, 
 Roll down the lofty muuniain's chuiint//'il (idcSj 
 And to ilie vale convey their foaming tides. 
 
 To CHANT. V. a. [chanter, Fr.] 
 t. To Img. 
 
 W'luicm the chearful birds of fundiy kind 
 Do cArifl/ fwet-t niufick. Ftiiry ^uan. 
 
 2. To celebrate by fong. 
 
 The poets ckant it in :he theatres, the flicp- 
 hcrds III the niountains. Bramhtdl. 
 
 5. To ling in the cathedral fervice. 
 To Chant, v. n. To ling j to make me- 
 lody with the voice. 
 
 They clmnt to the found of the 'viol, and in- 
 vent to rhcmfclvcsinrtrumentsof niulick. ^-Jmou 
 Hcav'a lieard his fong, and haltcii'd his relief; 
 And cliang'd to fnowy plumes his hoary hair. 
 And wing'd his flight to c/uint aloft in ail. DryJ. 
 Chant, n.f. [from the verb,] Song; 
 melody. 
 
 A pleafant grove. 
 With chant of tuneful birds rcfounding loud. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Cha'nter. n.f. [ivom chant. "^ A finger-; 
 a fongilcr. 
 
 You curious chanters of the wood, 
 That warble forth dame Nature's lays. IVotton. 
 
 Jove's ethcrial lays, rehfllefs file. 
 The chanter\ foul and raptur'd fong infpirc, 
 . Iiiihn^ divine ! nor blame feverc his ciioicc. 
 Warbling the Greciaa woes with harp and voice. 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 Gh a'nticleer. n.f. [from chanter and 
 
 clair, Fr.] The name given to the 
 
 cock, from the clearnefs and loudnefs 
 
 of bis ciow. 
 
 And chearful rhaniicUer, with his note Ihrill, 
 Had warned once, tl at Phttbus' fiery car 
 In halle was climbing up the cattern hill. Sfctijcr. 
 Hark, hark, 1 hear 
 ^The flrain of 11 rutting chuntidcer. Shakfpeare. 
 Stay, the chearful chanticleer 
 Tells you that the time is near. Ben Jonpjn 
 
 Thefc verfos were mentioned by Chaucer in the 
 defcription of the lu«iricn Ifir, and pamcal fear, 
 when Ui.mticUet the cock was carried away by 
 Reynard tf.e fox. Camtien's Remaim. 
 
 Within this 1 omeftead liv'd without a peer, 
 Tor crowing loud, tiie noble chanticleer. D'yiUn. 
 
 CHA'NTRtss. n.yi [trom c/jan/.] A wo- 
 man fiiigtr. 
 
 Sweet bird, that (Tiunn'ft the noife of folly. 
 Molt mufical, moft melancholy ! 
 Thee, chantufi of tiie woods among, 
 I woo to hear thy even-fong. I\Iil;on. 
 
 Cha'ntry. n.f. l^irom chant.] A church 
 or chapel endowed with lands, or other 
 yearly revenue for the maintenance of 
 one or more prieils, dally to fing mafs 
 for tiie fouls of the donors, and fnch 
 others as they appoint. Coivell. 
 
 Now go \\-ith me, and with this holy man, 
 l»lto the chantry by ; 
 And, underneath that confecrated roof. 
 Plight me the full affurance of your faith. Shakf. 
 
 CHA'OS. n.f. [chaos, Lat. x"'®--! 
 
 1. The mafs of matter fuppofed to be in 
 confiiGon before it was divided by the 
 creation into its proper claffes and ele- 
 ments. 
 
 Tlic whole univcrfe would ha\e beenaconfufed 
 <*,joj, without beauty or order. Benttty. 
 
 2. Confufion ; irregular mixture. 
 
 Had 1 followed the worft, 1 could not hav e 
 brought church and ftate to fuch a chats of con- 
 fafions, as forae have done, JT. Ckartti, 
 
 ,V0L. k 
 
 C H A 
 
 Their reafon fleeps, but miinick fancy wakes, 
 Sujiplies her parts, and wild ideas takes 
 Krum woids and things, ill fortcd, and misjoin'd ; 
 The anarchy of thought, and chati of the mind. 
 
 DryJin. 
 
 3. Any thing where the paits arc undif- 
 tinguilhed. 
 
 We ihall have nothing but darkncfs and a ckai 
 
 within, whatever order and light there be in 
 
 things without us. Locke. 
 
 Pleas'd with a work, where nothing '% jull or 
 
 fit. 
 
 One glaring cAaoi and wild heap of wit. j'o/c. 
 
 CiiAOTicK. adj. [from c/ji;w. ] Rtfcm- 
 
 bling chaos ; confuftd. 
 
 When the terraqueous globe was in a chaotick 
 ftate, and the earthy particles fuhfided, then tiiofe 
 feicial beds were, in all probability, rcpofited in 
 the earth. Dcrham. 
 
 To CHAP. v.a. [/-rt/i/M, Dutch, to cut. 
 This word feenis orlginvdly the fame 
 with chop ; nor were they probably dif- 
 tiiigtiilbed at lirll, otherwife than by 
 accident ; but they have now a meaning 
 fomethiiig different, though lefcrable 
 to the fame original fenfe.] To break 
 into hiatus, or gapings. 
 
 It weakened mure and more the arch of the 
 earth, diyin^ it immoderately, ai^d chapping it in 
 fundry places. Burnet. 
 
 Then would unbahnc'd heat licentious reign, 
 Crack the dry hill, and iA«;>the rulfet plain. 
 
 Btackmoie. 
 
 Chap. n.f. [from the verb.] A cleft ; 
 an aperture ; an opening ; a gaping ; a 
 chink. 
 
 What moifture the heat of the fummer fucks 
 outof the earth, it is repaid in the rains of the next 
 winter ; and what chaps aic made in it, are filled 
 up again. Burnet's Theory. 
 
 Chap. n.f. [This is not often ufed, ex- 
 cept by anatomifts, in the fingular.] 
 The upper or under part of a bead's 
 mouth. 
 
 Froth fills his chaps, he fends a grnnting found. 
 And part he churns, and part befoams the ground. 
 
 Dryden. 
 The nether chap in the male fkeleton is half an 
 inch broader than in tiie female. Grevj's Mufeeum. 
 CHAPE, n.f [chappcYx.] 
 
 1. The catch of any thing by which it is 
 held in its place ; as the hook of a fcab- 
 bard by which it flicks in the belt ; the 
 point by which a buckle is held to the 
 back (Irap. 
 
 This is monficur Parolles, that had the whole 
 theory of the vi'ar in the knot of his fcarf, and 
 the praflice in the chafe of his dagger. Shak[p. 
 
 2. A brafs or filvcr tip or cafe, that 
 firengthcns the end of the fcabbard of a 
 fword. Philiips' World of PVords. 
 
 CHATEL. n.f [capella, Lat.] A cha- 
 pel is of two forts , cither adjoining to 
 a church, as a parcel of the fame, which 
 men of worth build ; or elfe feparate 
 from the mother church, where the 
 parifh is wide, and is commonly called 
 a chapel of eafe, becaufe it is built for 
 the eafe of one or more parilliioners, 
 that dwell too far from the church, and 
 is ferved by fome inferiour curate, pro- 
 vided for at the charge of the reftor, or 
 of fuch as have benefit by it, as the 
 compofition or cuftom is. Convtll. 
 
 She went in among thofe few trees, fo cloftd 
 in the tops together, as thty might feem a little 
 chapel. Si,!r.ey. 
 
 Will you difpatch us here under this tree, or 
 fliall we go with you te your chafil? Shakjp. 
 
 C H A 
 
 Where truth creaeth ner church, he helpt 
 crrour to rerr up a chapel hard by. Howet. 
 
 A chapel will 1 build with large endowment. 
 
 ^ Dryden. 
 
 A free chnpel is fuch as is founded hy the kinf 
 
 of England. Ayhjje'i I'arerj^on. 
 
 Cha'peless. adj. [(rom chape.J Want* 
 
 ing a chape. 
 
 All d rufty fword, with a broken hilt, md 
 chaprlef\, with two broken points. Shakfpeaie. 
 Chape'llasy. n.f. [from fAfl/f/.] 
 
 A ehaptHany is ufiially laid to be that whicH 
 does not fubfill of i'lclf, but is built .and founded 
 within fomc other ci urch, and is dependent 
 thereon. Ayliffc's Pareri^on. 
 
 Cha'pelry. n.f. [from chapel.] The 
 jmifdiction or bounds of a chapel. 
 
 CHAPERON, n.f [French.] A kind 
 of hood or cap worn by the knights of 
 the garter in their Iiabits. 
 
 I will omit tlie honrmiablc habiliments, as 
 robes of Itate, parliament robes, chaperons, and 
 cups of ftate. Camden. 
 
 Cha'pfaln. adj. [from chap and fall.'^ 
 Having the mouth (hrunk. 
 
 A I ha/Ja!n beaver loofely hanging hy 
 Tlie cloven helm. Dryden. 
 
 Cha'fiter. n.f. [cha/iteau, Tr.] The 
 upper part or capital of a pillar. 
 
 HeoveiUid their chapiters and their fillets with: 
 guld. E.\odut. 
 
 Cha'plain. n.f. [capellanus, Latin.] 
 
 1. He that performs divine fervice in a 
 cliapel, and attends the king, or other 
 perfon, for the indrudion of him and 
 his family, to read prayers, and preach. 
 
 I Cornell, 
 
 Wifliingrae to permit 
 
 John de la Court, my chaplain, a choice hour. 
 
 To hear from him a matter of fomc moment. 
 
 Shaifpeare, 
 Chaplain, away! thy piiefthood faves thy life. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. One that officiates in domeftick worfhip. 
 
 A chief goveinour can never fail of fome 
 worthlefs illiterate chaplain, fond of a title and 
 precedence. Sivift. 
 
 Cha'plainship. n.f. [Crom chaplain.] 
 
 1. The office or bulinefs of a chaplain. 
 
 2. The ponVflion or revenue of a chapel. 
 Cha'pless. adj^ [from chap.] Without 
 
 any flefh about the mouth. 
 
 Now chaplefi, and knocked about the muzxard 
 with a fextoii's fpade. Shaifpeare. 
 
 Shut me nightly in a charnel-houfe, 
 With reeky (hanks and yellow chaplefs bones. 
 
 Shaifpeare, 
 
 Cha'plet. n.f. [chapeht,Yr.] 
 
 1. A garland or wreath to be worn about 
 the head. 
 
 Upon old Hyem's chin, and icy crown, 
 An od'rous chaplet of fweet fummer's buds, 
 Is, as ill mockciy, fet, Shakfpeare. 
 
 I rttangely long to know. 
 Whether they nobler chaplets wear, 
 Thofe that their miftrefs' fcorn did bear, 
 Or thofe that were us'd kindly. SucMing, 
 
 All the quire was gracM 
 With chapleti green, upon their foreheads plac'H. 
 
 tiryden. 
 The viinding ivy chaplet to invade. 
 Aid folded fern, that your fair forehead Ihade. 
 
 Dryden. 
 They made an humble ehcflet for the king. 
 
 i .L.i-t. 
 
 2. A (Irlng of beads ufed In the Romilli 
 church for keeping an account of the 
 number rchearfed of pater-nollersand 
 ave-marias. A different fort oi chapltts 
 is alfo ufed by the Mahometan?. 
 
 2P
 
 C H A 
 
 » rin arclilteeiure'.] A lluk moMullng 
 
 ''■' carved Into rov.nd beads, pearls, or ohvcs. 
 
 4.. rlnhoiiemanthlp.] A couple of ilir- 
 nip leathers, mounted eachof them with 
 a lUrrup, and joining at top in a fort ot 
 leather buckle, which is called the head 
 of the chatjlet, by which they are faliened 
 to the pummel of a faddle, after they 
 have been adjulted to the length and 
 bearing of the rider. Famcr s Uitt- 
 
 c . A tuft of feathers on the peacock's head 
 
 cheapner ; one that offers as a purchale. . 
 
 Fair Diomedc, you do asf.'«i>»K« Ao, 
 Difpraife il.c thing that you intend to ^^^-^ 
 
 Yet have they feen the maps, and bought 'cm 
 
 And undc.ltand 'cm as moft ch<,pmmAo.^^^^^^ 
 
 There was a colleaion of certain rare manu- 
 fcripts, exquifitcly written in Arabick j thclc 
 were upon fale to the Jefuits at Antwerp, l.quo- 
 rim chapmen of luih wares. ^' '>•""'■ 
 
 He drcffed two, and carried them to Samos, 
 as the likelieft place for a thupman. Vhp^ng'- 
 
 Their f/w/>mf« they betray, 
 Their Ihops arc dens, tlie buyer is thcr prey. 
 
 JJryacn. 
 
 Chaps, n.f. [from chap.'] 
 
 1. The mouth of a bealt of prey. 
 
 So on the downs-WC fee 
 A haflen'dhare from greedy greyhound go, 
 And paft all hope, his chap^ to fruftrate fa^^^^ 
 
 Open yo uv moutli ; you cannot tell who's your 
 f.icnri; open yuurr/M/r again ' ^'[■'^I/'"". 
 
 Their whelps at home espeft the promis d food, 
 And long to temper tlieir dry clmfi in ^'^^-^^^^^ 
 
 2. It is ufed in contempt for the mouth 
 of a man. 
 
 Chapt. 1 ^j^g ^^t, pair, of To chap. 
 Cha'pped, J f t- 
 
 • Like a tab'.e upon which you may run your 
 
 finger without rubs, and your natl cannot find a 
 
 ioint; hot horrid, rough, wrinkled, gaping, or 
 
 ; ., Ben 'Jonjo?i. 
 
 Cooling ointment made, 
 
 Which on their fun-burnt cheeks and their c/wf? 
 
 Ikins.they laid. Dryden'! Fah'es. 
 
 Cha'pter. n.f. lchapUre,Yx. from ca- 
 
 pUuluin, Lat.] 
 1. A divifion of a book. 
 
 The 6rlt book we divide into three feflions ; 
 whereof the firft is thcfe three chapter i. 
 
 Burnei'i Innry. 
 If thcfe mighty men at chapicr and veifc, caii 
 produce then no fcriptui-e to overthrow our church 
 ecu rao-.iies, 1 will undertake to produce fcr.p- 
 ture enough to warrant them. South. 
 
 3 From this comes the proverbial phrafe, 
 ' to the end ef the chafer ;. throughout ; 
 
 to the end. ' • 
 
 Money docs all things : for it gives and it 
 likes away, it makes honcft men and knave*, 
 fools and pinlofophcrs; and fo forw.ud, «i./.-/'i 
 mutandh, to Ihc-end of the chapter. V Ijl'^'r^e. 
 
 3. Chapter, front eapitulum, fignifieth, in 
 
 our common law, as in the canon law, 
 
 whence it is borrowed, an affembly of 
 
 the clcrgT,- of a cathedral or collegiate 
 
 cluirch. Coifdl. 
 
 Tiie abbot tak«s tire advice and confent oi his 
 
 cJ:a>ier, before he enters on any matters of im- 
 
 pi^rVancc. _ M.llfin or, Italy . 
 
 A. The place where delinquents receive 
 
 ' difclp'.ine and correftion. 4>'^i^'- 
 
 J. A decretal cplftle. ^y#- 
 
 C H A 
 
 6. Chnptcv-houfe ; the plac2 In wltich af- 
 * femblies oF the clergy are held. 
 
 Though the canoixicalconfiitution docsfliidti) 
 rcouirc it to be made in the cathedral, yet it 
 matters not where it be made, cither m the 
 choir or chnftcr-hot.fi. ^Vif'- ' ^•^'■■V''.- 
 
 Cha'ptbel. n.f. [probably from chap,- 
 icr.'] The capitals of pillars, or pilal- 
 teis, which fupport avclies, commonly 
 
 called impofts. . , , , r 
 
 L»t the keylione break without the arch, lo_ 
 
 much .as you'projedl "over the jauras with the 
 
 , ; ■' Ah\ort. 
 
 chapt reh. ... • t ^ 
 
 Chak. n.f- [of uncertain derivation.] A 
 
 ii!h found in Winander mere, in Lan- 
 
 cailtire, and a few other places. 
 
 To Char. f. rt. [See Charcoal.] io 
 
 ■ burn wood to a black cinder. 
 
 SAaywood, in charring, parts into- various 
 
 CHAR. A'./, [cynn^j work, Sax. Lye. It 
 is derived by Siiniier, either from charge, 
 Fr bufinefs; or caj-.c, Saxon, care ; or 
 icercn, Dutch, to fweep.] Work done 
 by the day ; a fingle job or talk. 
 
 A mccr woman, and commanded 
 By Inch poor paffion, as the maid that m:lks. 
 And does the raeauell chars. Shaifpearc. 
 
 She havvcft done, to char work did afpfrc ; 
 Meat, drink, and two-pence, were her daily hire. 
 
 Drya<':. 
 
 ToC»AK.v.n. [from the noun.] To 
 work at others houfes by the day, with- 
 out being a hired fervant. 
 
 Cha'r-woman. «./., [from char and ivo- 
 man.] A woman hired accidentally for 
 odd work, or fingle days. 
 
 Get three or four char.-u.(imen to attend you 
 conftantly in the kitchen, whom you pay only 
 with the broken meat, a few coals, and all the 
 cinders. -' 
 
 CHA'RACTER. «. / [charader, l^at. 
 
 '/%iaier-ri.--i 
 
 1. A mark; a ftamp ; a reprefentation. 
 In outward alfo her refcmbling lefs 
 
 His image, who made both ; and lefs expicffing 
 
 The charaaer of that dominion giv'n 
 
 O'er other creatures. ParaA.fi UJl. 
 
 2. A letter ufed in writing or printing. 
 But his neat cookery ! 
 
 He cut our roots in charaOcrs. Shakfpearc. 
 
 The purpofe is perfpicuous, even as lubliancc 
 Whofc grolfnefs little chara^ers fum up. !>haij. 
 It were much to be wilhed, that there were 
 th.rouJhout the world but one fort of characler 
 for each letter, to exprefs it to the eye ; and 
 that exaaiy proportioned to the natural alphabet 
 formed in the month. HMer'sEle.ncntsof Speech. 
 
 5 The hand or manner of writing. 
 
 I found the letter th.rown in at the calement of 
 my clofet.— You know t'.-.e chayaitcr to be your 
 brother's. 1 • 
 
 4. A leprefentatlon of any man as to liis 
 
 perfoiial qualities. 
 
 Each drew fair charallcrt, yet none 
 Of thcfe they feigii'd excels their own. De,:ham. 
 
 Homer has excelled all the heroick poets that 
 ever wrote, in the multitude and variety of n. 
 charaaers ; every god that is adm.ttcc^ into his 
 poem, aas a part which would have been fu.t- 
 .-ible to no other deity. _ . M'-iJ'^"- 
 
 5. An account of any thiiVg as good or 
 
 This fubt?trancous paffagc is much mended, 
 fince Seneca gave fo bad a c/,Maa,roi it. 
 
 y^iUl/on oa ltal)i. 
 
 G. The pcrfon with his affemblage of 
 
 qualities; a pcrfonage. - 
 
 In a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of the 
 piece muif be advanced fo.cmoll to the view of 
 
 C H A 
 
 the reader or fpeaator j he inuft outfhine the reft 
 of all the cimailen ; he muft appear lbs pi mcc of 
 them, like the fun in the Copernican lyalem, cn- 
 compaa'ed with the lefs noble planets. VryJc. 
 
 T.Perfonal qualities ; particular eonltitu- 
 tion of the mind. 
 
 Nothioi fo true as what you once let fall,^ 
 Molt women have no rhara&ers at .ill. ^'fe. 
 
 8. Adventitious qualities impreffcd by a 
 poft or oflice. 
 
 , The chief honour of the magift;ate conhfts in 
 
 • maintaining the dignity of his charaaer by fuit- 
 able actions. ^ttcrt^t^.y.. 
 
 To Cha'racter. -v. it. [from the noun.] 
 To infcribe ; to engrave. It feems to 
 have had the accent formerly on the 
 fecond fyllable. 
 
 Tliefe few precepts in thy memory 
 See thou charaaer. Siakfprcr 
 
 Shew me one fear charaaer'Uon tny fkm. Shakf. 
 - O Rofalind! thcfe trees (hall be my books. 
 And in their barks my thoughl^s I'll charaBcr. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 The pleafing poifon 
 Ths vifage quite transforms of him that drinks, 
 And the inglorious likcncfs of a beaft^ 
 Fixes inftead, unmaulding reafon's mintage, 
 Charaaer' d in the face. Mtltcn. 
 
 CharActeri'stical.I aelj. {iromcha- 
 CharaCTERi'stick. \ raacrlze.] That 
 conftitutes the character, or marks the 
 peculiar properties, of any perfon or 
 
 thing. 
 
 There arc fcveral ethers that I take to have 
 been likewile luch, to which yet 1 have not ven- 
 tured to prefix that c/MnrHfr/to^ diftinftion. 
 
 H'oodwarii on Vojfili. 
 
 The ftiining quality of an epick hero, his- 
 magnanimity, his conltancy, his patieiice, his 
 piety, or whatever chiraajrijiieal virtue his poet 
 gives him, raifes our admiration. DryJen. 
 
 Characteri'sticalness. n. J. [from 
 charaaerlftkal.'] The quality of bemg 
 peculiar to a charafter ; marking a cha- 
 railer. 
 
 Ch^r\cteri'stick. ti.f. That which 
 conftitutes the character ; that which 
 diftinguillies any thing or perfon from 
 
 others. ...,,. TT 
 
 Tills vaft invention exerts ilfelf in Homer, in 
 a manner fupcriour to that of any poet ; it is the 
 great and peculiar charaacrifiick which diilm- 
 guilhes him from all others. ^ope^ 
 
 CiiARACTERi'sTicK of a Logarithm . The 
 
 fame with the index Or exponent. 
 To Cha'racterize. 1). a. \i\oxa. charac- 
 
 ier.\ . 
 
 1. To give a charafter or an account ot 
 ' the perfoncl qualities of any man. 
 
 It is fjmeioramcndation, thai we have avoid- 
 ed publickly to c/Mraflf/s.- any perfon, without 
 long experience. ^ ; ■»W- 
 
 2. To engrave, or imprint. 
 They may be called anticipations, prenotions, 
 
 or fentinients charaaalxcd and engraven m the 
 foul, born with it, and growing up with it. 
 
 llaU'i Origin of Mankind. 
 
 3. To mark with a particular ftamp or 
 
 token. 
 
 There are faces not only individual, but gen- 
 
 tilitious and national; European, Afiatiik, Chi- 
 
 nefe, African, and Grecian faces are charac- 
 
 tcrixecL ylrhnthnot on Air. 
 
 Cha'ractereess. c.tij. [from ir/jflraflo-.] 
 
 Without a charafter. 
 When water-rirof have worn the Ilonesof Troy, 
 
 And blind oblivion Iw.illow'd cities up. 
 
 And mighty ftates cha^raBerlcfs are S"'<:'' 
 
 To dully nothii>£. iA«^//«'-'.
 
 C II A 
 
 Cha'ractery. II. f. [from charticla-.'] 
 Imprcfiioii ; mark ; iliilin£iion : ;ic- 
 ccnted anciently on the fecond fyllable. 
 
 Fairies iitc liuwcrs for ihcir chaiutlery. ShakJ. 
 
 All my cngagcnienti 1 will conlliuc to tlice, 
 All ihc cliaraBiry oi" iny f:id blows. Sh.jkf. 
 
 Cha'rcoal. n.f. [Imagined by Siinncr 
 to be derived from tAwe, bufinefi ; but, 
 by Lye, from To chark, to burn.] Coal 
 made by burning wood imder turf. It 
 is ufcd in preparing metals. 
 
 Sc;ica,il lalh longer than diarcml; and rhjtct^il 
 mi roots, being coaK'd into great pieces, lifts 
 longer than ordinary charcoal. Bacoii\A'ii[. liiji. 
 
 Love is a fire that Inirns and fparklcs 
 In n-.en as njt'rally as in cli,ircOi<!i, 
 Which footy chymifts ftop in holes, 
 When out ot'wood they extratft coals. Hu4il>ra^. 
 Is there who, lock'd t"i om ink and paper, fcrawis 
 With dcfp' rate fArfj'tOd/ round his darken' d w.tlU r 
 
 Chard, n./. Uharde, Frendi.] 
 
 1. Chiirds of artichokes, are the leaves of 
 fair artichoke plant?, tied and wrapped 
 up all over but the top, in draw, during 
 llie autumn and winter; this makes 
 tliem grow wliitc, and lofc fome of their 
 bitternefs. Chnn.bers^ 
 
 2. Chanis of beet, are plants of white 
 beet iranfplanted, producing great tops, 
 which, in the midll, have a large, white, 
 thick, dow ny, and cotton-like main 
 flioot which is the true chard. Mcj-Zimcr- 
 
 To CHARGE. 'J. a. [charger, Fr. cari- 
 
 care,\.\.A[. from rarcHj-, T. at.] 
 J. Toentruft ; to commiHion for a cer- 
 tain purpofe : it has ti'lth before the 
 thing cntrullcd. 
 
 And the coi^I lin of t'lc gunrd charged '^o{c-^\\ 
 
 tvith them, and he feivcd them. ' Gacfn. 
 
 What you have sharped mc luiih, that I have 
 
 done. Shtikfi'Cii'c. 
 
 2. To impute as a debt : with oh before 
 the debtor. 
 
 My father's, mother's, hrother's death I p.Trdon: 
 That's fomewhat fure ; a mighty fum of murder, 
 Of innocent and kindred blood liruck otT : 
 My prayers and penance Ihall difcount for thefe. 
 And beg of Heav'ii to charge the bill on ine. 
 
 DiyJen. 
 
 3. To impute: with on before the perfon 
 to whom any thing is imputed. 
 
 No more aecufe thy pen, but charge the crime 
 On native floth, and negligence of time. Drydcr.. 
 
 It is cafy to .iccount for the difficulties he 
 charges nn the peripatetick* do^rine. Lcckc. 
 
 It is not barely the ploughman's pains; the 
 reaper's and threfiier's toil, and the baker's fweat, 
 is to be counted into the bread v/c eat; the 
 ■plough, mill, oven, or any other utcnfrls, muft 
 all Ic charged on the account of labour. Locke. 
 
 Pcrvcrfe mankind! whofe wills, created f.ce. 
 Charge all their woes on abfokitc decree j 
 AH to the dooming gods their guilt tranJlatc, 
 ^m\ follies arc miicall'd the crimes of fate. Pope. 
 
 We charge that uyon ncccflity, which was 
 really dc.'ired -and chofen. H^ain' Loglek. 
 
 j^ To impute to, as coft or hazard. 
 
 He was lb great an cncourager of commerce, 
 that he charged nimfelf with all the fea rilk of 
 Inch vcffels as carried corn to Rome in winter. 
 Aihuthnot on Coin%. 
 
 5. To impofc as a taflc : it has w'tth before 
 the thing inip;)fed. 
 
 The gofpe-l ihargith us luith piety towards 
 God, and jufticc and charity to men, and tcm- 
 peiance and chaflity in refcreucc Coourfclvcs. 
 
 • - Tilhifm, 
 
 6. To aecufe ; to cenfure. 
 
 t 
 
 C II A 
 
 Speaking thus to you, I am fo far from ehar^- 
 I'l^ you as guilty in this matter, that 1 can fin- 
 cerely f.iy, I Ijolieve the exhortation wholly 
 needlcfs. f^ahe's Ptepttrathn for Death. 
 
 7. To aecufe: it h;^i iv'ith before the crime. 
 
 And his angels hachai'ged with folly. yob. 
 
 8. To challenge. 
 
 The pritll (hall t/jurjc her by an oath. Numli. 
 
 Thou canlt not, card1n.1I, dcvife .1 n.imc 
 So llight, unworthy, and ridiculous, 
 To charge mc to an anfwcr as the pope. Shai-f. 
 
 9. To command; to enjoin. 
 
 I may not futJ'.i you to vilit thcmj 
 The king hath (Iriilly charg'd the conti'ary . Shai. 
 Why doll tiiou turn t'ny face? I c/jnr^^f thee, 
 anfwcr 
 To what I Ihall enquire. Drydcn. 
 
 I charge thcc, ftand, 
 And toll thy name, and buliucfs in the land. 
 
 D'ydcn. 
 
 10. To fall upon ; to attack. 
 
 VVith his prepared fword he charges home 
 My improvidcd body, l.uic'd my arm. Shakf. 
 
 The Grecians rally, and their pow'r; unite | 
 With fury charge us, and renew the fight. Dryd. 
 
 1 1. To burden ; to load. 
 
 Hero's the fmcll of blood ffill ; all rthe per- 
 fumes of Arjibiiwill not fwcctcli this Utile hand. 
 
 Oh I oh ! ch ! What a figh is there ! Tlie 
 
 heart is (o\c\y^charged. Shakfpeare. 
 
 When often uig'd, unwilling to be great. 
 
 Your countiy calls you from y(>ur lov'd retreat, 
 
 ."^nd fends to fenates, chaig'H with common c.irc, 
 
 Which none more (buns, and none can better 
 
 bear. • Drydin. 
 
 Meat fwallowed.down for pleafure and'gicedi- 
 ncfs, only charges the ftomach, or t'umcs into 
 the brain. Temple. 
 
 A fault in the ordinary method of educa:io:i, 
 is the charging of chilrlrcn's memories with uilc^ 
 and precepts. . . . Locke. 
 
 The brief with weighty crimes was charged, 
 On which the pleader much eniaig'd. Swift. 
 
 12. To cover with foir.ethir.g adventi- 
 tious. 
 
 It is pity the obclilks in Rome had njt been 
 ;:Z'<3r^.-*/ with fevcra! parts v{ the Egyptian hilto- 
 ries, inllcad of hieroglypliic.ks. A.ldifcr on Italy. 
 
 13. To fix, as for fight. Obfolete. 
 
 He rode up and down, gallantly mounted, 
 
 andf^(i''^.-7 and difcharged his lance. Knollcs. 
 
 I \. To load a gun with powder and bullets. 
 
 7u Charge, v. n. To make an onfet. 
 
 Like your heroes of antirjuity, he charges in 
 
 iron, and fecms to defpife all ornament but in- 
 
 irinfick merit. Grativille. 
 
 Charge, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Care; cullody ; truft to defeiid. 
 
 A haid divifion, when the harnilefs fliecp 
 Mull leave their lambs to hungry wolves in charge. 
 
 . Fairfax. 
 
 He enquired many things, as well concerning 
 
 the princes which had the charge of the city, 
 
 whetiicr they were in hope to defend the fame. 
 
 Knollei's hifiory of the Turks. 
 
 2, Precept; mandate; command. 
 
 Saul migiit even lawfully have olVered to God 
 thole icfcrved fpoils, had not t'lc Lord, in that 
 pirticular cafe, given fpecial charge to the con- 
 traiy. Hooker. 
 
 It is not for nothing, that Sf. Paul giveth charge 
 to beware of philof>phy ; that is to fay, fuch 
 knowledge as men by natural reafon attain unto. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 One of the Turks laid down letters upon a 
 ftone, faying, that in them was conuincd that 
 they had i'n charge. ■ Kncllcs, 
 
 'The Ica.clers havnng charge from you to itand. 
 Will not go oiT until they hear you fpcak. Shohf. 
 
 Ho, who requires 
 From us no other fervicc than to keep 
 This one, this eafy charge ; of all the trees 
 In Paradife, th.it hear delicious fruit 
 So various, not to taftc that only rrec 
 Of JiHowlcrige, planted by ;hc tree vi life. Miit. 
 
 C H A 
 
 3. CommiffioTi ; trufl. conferred ; office. 
 
 If l.i.*;;c polTeirions, pompous titles, honour- 
 able charce\, and profitable c<»rnmi(Tions, could 
 have made tins proud man hajipy, there would 
 have been notliing w.mtiirg. L* F.ftrange, 
 
 Go full the malfcr of thy herds to find, 
 True to his chaige, a loyal fwain and kind. Pope^ 
 
 4. It had anciently fometimes over before 
 the thing committed to trult. 
 
 I gave my biutlier charge over Jerufalem ; for 
 he svas a faithful man, and feared G id above 
 
 m.uiy. _ Nch'tniah. 
 
 5. It has o/hefore the fubjeft of command 
 or trull. 
 
 Haft thou citen of tlie tree, 
 fVhereof] gave thcec/iiir^rf thou Ihouid'ft not cat? 
 
 Milton. 
 
 6. It has iifan before the perfon charged. 
 
 He loves God with all his heart, that is, with 
 that degree of love, which is the Inghctl point 
 of our duty, and of God's charge upon us. 
 
 Taylor's Rule of Living Ihly. 
 
 7. Accufation ; imputation. 
 
 Wc need not lay new matter to his charge : 
 Beating your officers, curfing youfelvcs. Shakf. 
 
 Thefe very men are contumally reproaching 
 the clergy, and laying to their charge the pride, 
 tnc avarice, the luxury, the ignorance, and fu- 
 perftition of popiih times. * Strift, 
 
 8. The perfon or thing entrufted to the 
 care or management of another. 
 
 Why hart thou, Sata:^, broke the bounds pre- 
 fcrib'd 
 To thy tranfgrcffions, and diftuib'd the charge 
 Of others ? ■ Miiton's Paradife Z-y?. 
 
 More had he faid, but, fearful of her (iay, 
 The ftarry guardian drove bis charge away 
 To fome fielh pafture. ' Dryden. 
 
 Our guardian angel I'nw them where t'rey fate 
 Above the palace of our llumb'jing king; 
 He ligh'd, abandoning his charge tofare. Dryden. 
 
 This part Ihould be tlic governour's principal 
 
 care; tliat an habitual giaccfulnefs and polite- 
 
 ncfs, in all his carriage, may be fettled in his 
 
 . charg.-, as much as may be, before he goes out 
 
 of Lis hands. Locke. 
 
 9. An exhortation of a judge to a jury, or 
 bifliop to his clergy. 
 
 The biihop has rccoiiimended this author int 
 his charge to tile clergy. Dryden, 
 
 10. F.xpence ; coR. 
 
 Being long fince made weary with the huge 
 charge which you have laid upon us, and with ;iie 
 Ilrong endurance of fo many complaints. S^pcWir, 
 
 Their charge was always born by the queen, 
 and duly paid out of the exchequer. Bacon, 
 
 Witnefs this army of fuch mafs and charge. 
 Led by a delicate and tender p ince. Shakfpcare. 
 
 He liv'd as kings reiiie, though more at large. 
 From publick bufincfs, yet of equal charge., Drydi 
 
 11. It is, in later times, commonly ufed 
 in the plural, charges. 
 
 A man ought warily to begin charges, which 
 once begun, will continue. ' Bacon's Effays. 
 
 Ne'er put yourlclf to ch.irges, to complain 
 Of wrong which heretofore you did fuftain. Drydi. 
 
 The lalt pope was at contiderabic charges tu 
 make a little kind of harboui in this pl.icc. 
 
 A.'.{: :-: :. Italy. 
 
 12. Onfot. 
 
 And ei\inf; a rh.rge upon their cncmu's, like 
 lions, they flew eleven thoufand footmen, and 
 fixtecii hundred hoiTcnien, an*f ut all the others 
 to flight. '2, Mace. 
 
 Honoiir.able retreats sri no ways inferiour to 
 brave charges; as having lefs of fortune, more 
 of difeipline, and as much of valour. Bacon, 
 
 1 3 . The Cgnal to fall upon cnernies. 
 
 Our author fecms to found a charge, and be- 
 gins like t'nc clangour of a trumpet. Drydec, 
 
 1 4. The pofture of a weapon fitted fur tke 
 attack or combat. 
 
 2 p 2
 
 C H A 
 
 Their »icig>iing courfcrs daring of tVie fpar, 
 TlKi. armed lUves in ckarg,, tlieir beavers down. 
 
 Skakjpeare. 
 
 jr. A load, or burden. 
 
 ^ ABis of great cWg.. Si<.*/^-"«. 
 
 i6. What any thiiig canbear. 
 
 Take of auua-fortis two ounces, oF qu.cK- 
 filvertwo-dracl.ms, for that dungr^ the aqua- 
 fortis will Lear, tW diffolut.on will not bea. ^s 
 flint as big as a nutmeg. j v 11 „,,t 
 
 17. The quantity of powder and baU put 
 into a gun. 
 
 1 8. Amonff farriers. 
 
 a.rg. ?s a preparation, or a fort of o.ntmen 
 of the conf.flence of a thick decoftion, wh.ch , 
 applied to the ftioulder-fpla,ts,inila.iiniations, and 
 
 "'T^^lrtV a middle nature, between an 
 ointment fnd a plafter, or between a pla Ur .md 
 . 1 r~ Fanicr s V.^l- 
 
 a cntaplalm. 
 
 iq. Inheraldiy. 
 
 The ''mri: is that which is born upon the co- 
 lour, except it be a coat divided only by pm- 
 
 tion. . (• ; 1 
 
 Ch.'.'rgeable. adj. [i'Comcbarg;.i 
 
 1. Expenfive; coftly. 
 
 Duers bulwarks were demoUfhed upon the 
 fea-coaft, in peace ckarg.-aiU, and little lervce- 
 
 able m war. , , j f , 
 
 Neither did we eat any inan s b«=^'d o 
 rought, but wrought w.th labour and t,a^el 
 night and day, that we might not be/^-S-^^^ 
 to any of you. r , r . . 
 
 There was .another accident of the fame natu.e 
 •n the Sicilian f.dc, much more ple.iUnt, but ie(s 
 c/:.r^cMe; for it colt nothing but wit. «^'««. 
 Ctnfidering the a,„g..W. methods of thcr 
 education, their numerous iffue, and fmall in- 
 come, it is next to a miracle, that no more ot 
 their children ttiould want. ^Uerbury. 
 
 2. Imputable, as a debt or crime : with on. 
 
 Nothing can be a reafonable ground of de- 
 fpifrng a man, but fome fault or other r-4^r|r.W. 
 Upon liim. - . 
 
 3. Siibjed to charge or accufation ; ac- 
 cufable : followed by luith. 
 
 Your papers would be chargeable w.th fomf - 
 tiling worfe than indelicacy; tiiey would be im- 
 moral. , -r ; 
 
 Cha'rgeableness. n.f. [from charge- 
 Me.] Expence ; coft ; coftlincfs. 
 
 That which mod deters me from fuch trials, 
 
 is not their c/sargra!,le.f/,, but tlreir unfatisfac- 
 
 torinefs, though they ihould fuccecd. ^«>-. 
 
 Cha'rgeably. adv. [from chargeable.} 
 
 Expenfively ; at great coft. 
 
 He procured it not with his money, but by his 
 wifdom; nolchargeaifyho^^iMhy him, but li- 
 berally givtn by others by his means. ^!J.:ham. 
 Cha'rGEFUL. adj. [charge ^ndfull.] £x- 
 t>enfive ; coftly. Not in ufe. 
 
 Here 's the note 
 ■How much youi chain weighs to the utmoft carat, 
 The Bnenels of the gold, the chargMhttuon. 
 
 Shalfptare. 
 
 Cha'rger. n.f. [from charge.'] A large 
 
 All the tributes land and fea affords, 
 
 Heap'd in great cl,.i,gcr>, load our fumptuous 
 
 ^ boaids. J}rr,a,„. 
 
 This golden rAargtr, fnatchM from burning Troy , 
 
 Anchifes did in (..orifice employ. Drv-l -«"«.<. 
 
 Ev'n Lamb himfelf, at ti,c moft tolcmn feaft, 
 
 Might have fomc ciargen not exactly UreisM. 
 
 King. 
 
 Nor dare they clofc their eyes, 
 Void of a bulky chargn near their lips, 
 Wijh which, in often interrupted flcep, 
 Their frying blood compels to irrigate 
 Their diy furr'd tongues. ,,7 m'^'' 
 
 Cha'rii.y. adv. {horn chary.] Wanly; 
 
 ■Wiiat paper do you take up fo charilji? Shatf. 
 
 C H A 
 
 Cha'riness. n.f. [from chary.'] Cau- 
 tion ; nicety ; fcrupuloufnefs. 
 
 I will confent to a6l any villany againft him, 
 that may not folly the chirinch of our honelly. 
 ' Sh.ikfpcare. 
 
 CHA'RIOT. n. /. [car-rhod, Welfli, a 
 wheeled car, for it is known theBntons 
 fought infuch;ir/jflmo/,French; carretta, 
 
 Italian.] 
 
 1 . A wheel carriage of pleafure, or ftate ; 
 a vehicle for men rather than wares. 
 
 Thy grand captain Antony 
 Shall fct thee on triumphant chariots, and 
 Put garlands on Ihy head. Hhakjpeare. 
 
 2. A c:.u- in which men of arms were an- 
 ciently placed. 
 
 He (kirns the liquid plains. 
 High on his chjrlot, and with lool'cn'd reins, 
 MajoU ick moves along. Vrydcn:. JEncii. 
 
 3. A lighter kind of coach, with only 
 front feats. 
 
 To Cha'riot. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 convey in a chariot. This word is rarely 
 
 ufed. 
 
 An angel all in flames afcendcd. 
 As in a hery column charioting 
 His godlike piefcnce. AW/«;'s ^gonifln. 
 
 Charioteer, n./ [from <rA(7r;o/.] He 
 that drives the chariot. It is ufed only 
 in fpeaking of military chariots, and 
 thofe in the ancient publick games. 
 The gafping charioteer beneath the wheel 
 Of his own car. Dryder,' i fable'.. 
 
 The burning chariot, and the charioteer. 
 In bright Bo<ites and his wane appear. Addifon. 
 
 Show us the youthful hantlfome charioteer. 
 Firm in his feat, and running his career. Trior. 
 Chariot race. n.f. [from (r/6ar;o/ and 
 race.] A fport anciently ufed, where 
 chariots were driven for the prize, as 
 now horfes run. 
 
 There is a wonderful vigour and fpirit in the 
 
 defcription of the horfe and chariot race. Addifon. 
 
 Cha ritable. adj. [charitable, Fr. from 
 
 charite.] 
 I. Kind in giving alms ; liberal to the 
 
 poor. 
 
 He that hinders a charitable perfon from giving 
 alms to a poor man, is tied to reftitution, if he 
 hindered him by fr.uid or violence. Tayhr. 
 
 Shortly thou wilt beliold me poor, and kneeling 
 Befoic thy charitable door for bread. Roiue. 
 
 How Ihall we then wilb, that it might be 
 allowed us to live over our lives again, in order 
 to fill every minute of them with charitable 
 offices ! Alterl.ury. 
 
 Health to himfelf, .and to his infants bread. 
 
 The lahr'rer bears : what his hard heart denies. 
 
 His charitable vanity fupplies. _ Pope. 
 
 . Kind in judging of others ; difpofed to 
 
 tenderncfs; benevolent 
 
 How had you been my friends clfe ? Why 
 have you that charitable title from thoufands, 
 did you not chiefly belong to my heart? 
 
 Shaifpeare'i Tiinon. 
 
 Of a politick fcrmon that had no divinity, the 
 
 king fiid to bilbop Andrews, Call you this a 
 
 fcimo,;.' The bifliop aniwered, by a chariiubtc 
 
 c-nftruflion it nn.y be a feimon, _ Bacon 
 
 CHA'RiTABLY.«<-/'t^. [from charily.] 
 
 1. Kindly ; liberally ; with inclination to 
 help the poor. _ 
 
 2. Benevolently ; without malignity. 
 
 Nothing will more enable us to bear our crofs 
 patiently, injuries charitably, and the labour of 
 religion comfortably. Inylir. 
 
 "Hs beft fomclimes your cenfure to rcflnun. 
 And charitably let the dull be vain. Pope. 
 
 CHARITY. «./. [chariti, Fr. ehantas, 
 Latin."! 
 
 CHA 
 
 1 . Tendernefs ; klndnefs ; lors. 
 
 By thee. 
 Founded in reafon, loyal, juli, and pure, 
 Rehitioni dear, and all the charities 
 Of father, Ion, and brother, firft were known, 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. Good-will ; benevolence ; difpolition 
 to think well of others. 
 
 My erruurs, I hope, are only thofe of charity 
 to m.inkind; and fuch as my own charity has 
 caulcd me to commit, that of others may 
 more eafily cxciife. Dryden. 
 
 3. 1 he theological virtue of univerfal love.. 
 
 Concerning cha>ity, the final oLjed^ wheriof 
 is that incomprcheniible beauty which fliincth m 
 the countenance of Chrilf, the Son of the living 
 God. Hooker. 
 
 Peace, peace, for (hamr, if not for charity.— 
 — Uige neither charity nor Ihame to me ; 
 Uncharitably with me have you dealt. ShAf. 
 
 Only add 
 Deeds to thy knowledge anfwerable ; add faith. 
 Add virtue, p:iticnce, temperance; add love, 
 By name to come call'd charity, the foul 
 Of all the red. Milton. 
 
 Faith believes the revelations of God ; hope 
 cxpefts his promifes; charity loves his excellen- 
 cies and mercies. Taylor^ 
 
 But lading charity's more ample fway 
 Nor bound by time, nor fubjeft to decay. 
 In happy triumph ihall for ever live. PnV. 
 
 Charity, or a love of God, which works by a 
 love of our neighbour, is greater than faith or 
 hope. Attcrbury. 
 
 4. Liberality to the poor. 
 
 The heathen poet, in commending the charity 
 of Dido to the Trojans, fpoke like a c.Hiilian. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 5. Alms ; relief given to ihe poor. 
 
 We miift incline to the king; I will look for 
 him, and privily relieve him ; go you and main- 
 tain talk with the duke, that my chaiity be not of 
 him perceived. Sliakjpeare. 
 
 The ant did well to reprove the grafshopper for 
 herflotlifulncfs ; but (he did ill then to rcfufe her 
 3 charity in her diftrcfs V Ejlrange. 
 
 I never had the confidence to beg a charity. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 To Chark. 1). a. To burn to a black cin. 
 der, as wood is burned to make char- 
 coal. 
 
 Excefs cither with an apoplexy knocks a man 
 on the head, or with a fcser, like fire in a ftrong- 
 water (hop, hums him down to the giouiirt ; or, 
 if it flames not out, <:.4.ii.<i him to a coal. Grew. 
 
 CH/'i'RLATAN. n. f [charlatan, Fr- 
 ciarlatano, Ital. from ciarlarc, to chat- 
 ter.] A quack; a mountebank; an 
 
 cmpirick. 
 
 Sallimbanchocs,quacklalvers, and charlatans, 
 deceive them in lowei ritgrces. Brown. 
 
 For charlatans can do no good, 
 Until they'ie mounted in a crowd. Hudihras. 
 Charlata'nical. adj. [from charlatan.] 
 Quackilh ; ignorant. 
 
 A cowardly luldier, and a chailatanicalAo&nr, 
 are the principal fubjtits of comedy. Coivlcy. 
 Cha'rlataNry. n.f. [i\om charlatan.'] 
 Wheedling ; deceit ; cheating with fair 
 words. 
 Charles'-wain. ti. f The northern 
 conftellation, called the Bear. 
 
 Thcie arc (even ftars in Urfa minor, and in 
 Char let' s-wain, or Phiuflrum of Uria major, 
 fgyg„_ Brown's Vulgar Errcuri. 
 
 CHA'RLOCK.n./. A weed growing among 
 the corn with a yfHow fl nver. It is a 
 fpecies of Mithridate muftard. 
 
 CHARM, n./. [f/xir/nf, French, carmit, 
 Latin.] ,
 
 C H A 
 
 I, Words, or philtres, or cliarafters, ima- I 
 giiicd to have fome occult or unintelli- 
 gible power. 
 
 I never knew a woman fo dote upon a man ; 
 
 furcly I think, you have cAarms. Not I, I 
 
 alTurc thcc; fcttin!; tlie attiaftion of my good 
 parts afidc, I ha\c no other charvn. Shukijfiate. 
 
 There liave been uteri, either barharous wordi, 
 of no lcn(e,lelt they Ihould dillurb the imagin.i- 
 tion ; or word> of fimiliturie, that may fecond 
 and t'ced the im;igiiration : and this was ever as 
 well iu heathen charms, as ia c/uiims of hiier 
 times. -B"""- 
 
 Alcyone he names amidft his pray'rs, 
 Names as a i 'i(ir>« againft the waves .tnd wind, ^ 
 Moll in hi.s moutli, and ever in his mind. VryJ. 
 
 Antxu< cnuld, hy magick r/Mimi, 
 Recover llrengtli wliene'tT he fell. Sivifi. 
 
 3. Something of power to fubduc oppofi- 
 tion, and gain the affections; lome- 
 thing that can plcafe iirefiilibly. 
 
 Well founding verfes .ire the c/:.irm we ufe, 
 Ucroick thoughts and virtue to infulc. Rufiom. 
 
 Nor ever hope the queen of love 
 Will e'er thy fav'rite's churmi improve. Priir. 
 
 Tofam'd ApcUes when young Amnon brought 
 The darling idi.l of his captive heart ; 
 
 And the pleas'd nymph with kind attention lat, 
 To i.avt; \\cx c/itirmi recorded by his art. IValU' . 
 
 Bui wh.ii avail her une^haufted florcs, 
 Her blooming mountains, and her funny (horcs, 
 Witii all tiie gilts that heaven and earth impart. 
 The lmile> of n.atuie, and the chattti of art, 
 \Vh:l^ ptoud opprcfiion m her vallies reigns, 
 And tyranny uturps her happy plains? ^-Jddifin, 
 To CHARM. V. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1, To fortify with charms againll evil. 
 
 Let fall tijy l>lade on vulnciablc crcfts ; 
 1 beai a charmed life, which mail not yield 
 To one of woman born. Shui/pcare, 
 
 2. To make powerful by charms. 
 5. To fummon by incantation. 
 
 Upon my knees 
 I charm you by my once commended b«auty, 
 By all your vows of love, anct that great vow 
 Which did incorpoiate and make us one. Shakf. 
 
 4. To fiibdue by fome fecret power ; 
 to amaze ; to overpower. 
 
 I, in mine own woe charmed. 
 Could not find death, wlici^ I did hear him groan ; 
 Not feci iiim wi.ere he lliuck. Shaijpeare 
 
 Miifick the fiercei't giief can charm. Pofc. 
 
 5. To fubdue the mind by plcafure. 
 
 'Ti^ your graces 
 That from my muteft confcicncc to my tongue 
 Char^ii this report out. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Amoret! my lonely foe, 
 Tell mc where thy ftrength does lie : 
 Where the pow*r that charms us fo. 
 In thy foul, or in thv ey ? IValhr. 
 
 Charm by accepting, by fubmitting fway. Poj^i 
 Chl'je thus the foul alarm'd, 
 Aw'd without (enfe, and without beauty charm' d. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Cha'rmed. adj. Enchanted. 
 
 Arcadia was the charmed circle, where all his 
 fpirits for ever fliould be enchanted. Sidney. 
 
 We implore thy powerful hand, 
 To undo the charmed band 
 
 Of true virgin here dilf relfed. Milton. 
 
 Cha'rmer. n.f. [from char>n.'\ 
 I. One that has the power of charms or 
 enchantments. 
 
 That handkerchief 
 Did an Egyptian to njy mother give ; 
 She was a charmer, and could almoli read 
 The thoughts of people. Shakjpeare. 
 
 The paffion you pretended. 
 Was only to oljtain; 
 
 But when the charm is ended. 
 The charmer you difdain. Dryderi, 
 
 3. Word of €ndi;arment among loyers. 
 
 C H A 
 
 Cha'rming./>(3)/;V'/>. iiilj. [ from fijrm. ] 
 I'lcnfing in the liighell degree. 
 
 For ever all goodnefs will be charming, for 
 
 ever all wickedncfs will be mofl odious. Upratt. 
 
 O charming youth ' in the htft op'ning page, 
 
 So many gi.ices in fo green an age. Dry.ieri. 
 
 Cha'umingly. a</i'. [^from charming. 1 In 
 
 fucii a manner as to plcafe exceedingly. 
 
 She fniikd very charmingly, and difcovertd m 
 
 fine a fet of teeth as ever eye beheld. .rld.iijon. 
 
 Cha RMiNCNEss. n.f. [fiom fiarw/m^ ] 
 
 The power of pleafing. 
 Cha'rnel. adj. [^charnel, Fr.] Contain- 
 ing flefh, or carcalTes. 
 
 Such are thofe thick and gloomy fti.ndows damp, 
 Oft found in charnel vaults and fepiilchres 
 Ling'iing, and fitting by a new made grave. 
 
 Mill'.n. 
 
 Cha'rnel-house. n. /. {^charnier, Fr. 
 from caro, carnis, Latin.] The place 
 under churches where the bones of the 
 dead are repofited. 
 
 \f charnel-hrMfex and ouv graves muft fend 
 Thofe, that we hury, back ; our monuments 
 Shall be the maws of kites. Shakfpearc. 
 
 When they were in thofe chatnil-hsjja, every 
 one was placed in order, and a black pillai or 
 coffin fct by him. Tavhr. 
 
 CHART, n./. [f^ar/a, Lat.] A deli- 
 neation or map of coa'ls, for the ufe of 
 failors. it is diftinguifhed from a map, 
 by reprefenting only the coalh. 
 
 The Portuguefe, when they had doubled the 
 Cape of Good Hope, found (kilful pilots, uling 
 allionomical inftruments, geographical charts, 
 and compalTes. Arbathnnl. 
 
 Cha'rter. n.f. [charta, Latin.] 
 
 1. A charier is a written evidence of things 
 done between man and man. Charters 
 are divided into charters of the king, 
 and charters of private perrons. Chai tcrs 
 of the king are thofe, whereby the king 
 patfeth any grant to any perfon or more, 
 or to any body politick : as a charter of 
 exemption, that no man (hall be empan- 
 nelled on a jury ; charier of pardon, 
 whereby a man is forgiven a felony, 
 or other offence. Co'ivc//. 
 
 2. Any writing bellowing privileges or 
 rights. 
 
 If you deny ir, let the danger light 
 UponyourirAdi/fr, aiidyourcity's fieedom. Shai. 
 
 It is not to be wondeied, that the gre it charter 
 wl-creby God beftowed the whole eartli upon 
 Adam, and confirmed it unto the fons of No;ih. 
 being as brief in word as large in efte(S,hath bred 
 much quarrel of interpretation. Raleigh's EJJiiyi. 
 
 Here was that . /Mirer feal'd, wherein the crown 
 All marks of aibitrary power lays down. Dcnh., 
 
 She (hakes the rubbifh from hei mounting- 
 brow, 
 And fcems to have lenew'd her charter's date. 
 Which heav'n will to the death of time allow. 
 
 Lryden. 
 
 God renewed this charier of man's fovereignty 
 over the creatures. Seath. 
 
 3. Privilege ; immunity ; exemption. 
 
 I muft have libeity. 
 Withal as hrgc a charter as rhe wind. 
 To blow on whom 1 plcafe ; for fo fools have ; 
 And they that Jic moll galled with my folly, 
 They moft muft laugh. Shakfpeart. 
 
 My mother. 
 Who has a charter to e,xtol her blood, 
 When Ihe docs praife me, grieves me. Shaif. 
 Charter-party, n. /. [chartre partie, 
 Fr.] A paper relating to a contrad, 
 of which each party has a copy. 
 
 Charter-parties, Or contrafls, made even upon 
 the high fe.a^touchiii& tilings that ate not in their 
 
 CHA 
 
 ct»n nature maritime, belong not to .the adniiral'4 
 jurifdi^lion. Hale, 
 
 Chartered, ad;, [hom charier.^ In- 
 vefled with privileges by charter ; pri- 
 vileged. 
 
 When he fpeaks, 
 The air, a charter'd hbctxicie, is ftill. Sinif. 
 
 Cha'ry. adi. [from care.] Careful; cau- . 
 tious ; wary ; frugal. 
 
 Over his kindred he held a wary and chary 
 care, which bountifully was crpreffed, when 
 occ^ifion fo rerjuircd. Careiv' s Siir^'ey cj Cnrn-walh 
 
 The chnricjl maid is prodigal enough. 
 If Ihe unmafk her beauty to the moon. Shakf, 
 
 To CHASE, -v. a. [chajfer, French.] 
 
 1. To hunt. 
 
 It (h.iU be as the dwfed roe. Ifaia/ti 
 
 Mine enemies chapH me fore like a bird. 
 
 hamentationSt. 
 
 2. To purfue as an enemy. 
 
 And Ahimelcch chafcdh'tm, and he fled before 
 
 him. yudgcs. 
 
 One of you Ihall chafe a thoufand. Dtut, 
 
 3. To drive away. 
 
 He that t/;(.y>/Aaway his mother, is a fon th.1t 
 r.iufeth fhame. Pxt/verbs. 
 
 4. To follow as a thing defirable. 
 
 5. To drive. 
 
 Thus chajed by their brother's endlefs malice 
 from prince to prince, and from place to place, 
 they, for their fafcty, rted at lad to the city of 
 Bifennis. KnoUcs's Uijiory of tlic Turks. 
 
 VVhen iho following morn had chas'd svay 
 The flying flars, and light rciioi'd the day. 
 
 Dryde/t. 
 
 ToChase Metals. See To Enchase. 
 Chase, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Hunting; as, the pleafures ofther^fl/ff.. 
 
 2. Purfuit of any thing as game. 
 
 Whilft he was liaft'ning m trie chafe, it feems,. 
 Of this fair couple, meets he on the way 
 The f.ithe( ofthi« feeming lady. Shakfpeare. 
 
 There is no chafe more pleafant, methinks,. 
 than to drive a thought, by good conriufl, from 
 one end of the world to another, and never to 
 lofe fight of it till it tall into eternity. Burnft, 
 
 3. Fitnefs to be hunted ; appropriation to 
 chafe or fport. 
 
 Concerning tlie bealls of chaff, whereof ths 
 buck is the firft, he is called tiie firft year a 
 fawn. Shakfpeare, 
 
 A maid I am, and of thy virgin train ; 
 Oh ! let me llill tiiat fpotlefs name refjin^ 
 Frequent the forcfts, thy chaile will obey, 
 Anri only make the bcafis of chafe my prey. 
 
 Dry.;en. 
 
 4. Purfuit of an enemy, or of fome thing 
 noxious. 
 
 The admiral, with fuch (hips only as could 
 fnddenly be put in rcadinetV, made forth with 
 them, and fuch as came daily in, we fet upon, 
 them, anti gave them chafe. Bacon. 
 
 He f.illied out upon them with certain troops 
 ofhoifemen, with fuch violence, that he over- 
 threw them, and, having them in chafe, did 
 fpecdy execution. Knolles' Hijhry of the Turks, 
 
 They feek that joy, which us'd to glow 
 Expanded on the hero's face, 
 
 Wl'.en the thick Uiujdrons prell the for, 
 And William led the gljiious ch.ifc. Prior, 
 
 5. Purfuit of fomething as defirable. 
 
 Yet this m.td chafe of fame, by Uvj purfued. 
 Has drawn dellruilion on the multitude. Dryd. 
 
 6. I he game hunted. 
 
 She, Iceing the towering of her purfued ciafe, 
 
 went circling about, rifing fo with the lets fenfe 
 
 of riling. Sidr:cy, 
 
 Hold, Wai-wick ! feek thee out feme other 
 
 chafe, 
 
 For I myfelf muft put this deer to death. Shakf. 
 
 Honour 's the noblctl chafe; purfue that g.imc,. 
 
 And icconapciife the lofs of love with fame. 
 
 Gramti.U,
 
 C H A 
 
 Toj't. 
 
 7. Open gronndftqred with fucli bcails as 
 
 art hunted. • r • u' 
 
 A receptacle for deer and game, of a mulrtx 
 nature between a foveft arid a park ; being com- 
 monly Icfs than a fovefi, and not endued w.th 
 fo many liberties; and yet of a l;ugcr compafs, 
 ■ and fturci with greater divcrfity of game, .an 
 a narfc. A <M, dirters from a foi-eft m tim, 
 kec n.fe it may be m the: hands ol a lubjea, 
 which a forcft, in its proper nature, cannot : and 
 from a park, in that it is not mclofed, and h, t., 
 not only a larger evmpafs, and more ftore of game, 
 but likewife mure keeper, and overfeci-s. Co.-.../-. 
 
 He'an<;hi»l:>dy both arc at the lodge. 
 Upon the north f.de of this plealant cl:,:fi. ^'-"y- 
 S ni Ch A?. E of a gun, is the whole bore 
 or length of a piece, taken wilhinfiJe. 
 
 Chambers. 
 Chase-gun. n./ ['^yom chafe and^-««.] 
 Guns in the forepart of the (hip, hred 
 upon thofe that are purfued. 
 
 Mean time tlic Belgians tackaipon our rear, 
 And raking e/;<!/V-J<"" through our licrn t'^^^/'JII^- 
 
 Cha'sf.r. n.f. [iromrhafi:'] 
 1. Hunter; ptirfuer ; driv;r. 
 Then began 
 A Itopi" th' ihafc, a retire; anon 
 A rout, confufion thick. Snakfprare. 
 
 So fall he flies, that his revicw-ng eye 
 Has lofl the chajn,, and his ear the cry. Dfr:!.. 
 Stretch'd on. the lawn, his fecond hope furvcy, 
 At once the chafer, and at once the prey ! 
 Lo, Rufus, tugging at the deadly dart, 
 Bleeds in the forcft like a wounded hart . 
 ■z. An enchafer. 
 Chasm, n.f- [%»Va.] 
 . I. A breach unclofed; a cleft ; a g:ip ; an 
 
 opening. , , > 
 
 InalUhat vif.ble corporeal world, we fce^no 
 
 hhaims or gaps. . , . ' 
 
 The water of this orb communicates w,th that 
 
 of the ocean, by n.eans of certain h.atufes or 
 
 :L>.paffing^.'twiU it and the bottom ..f^^^^^^ 
 
 "'Xhe ground adua her ri-/n mouth difparts 
 Horrible ch^J"' ' proiound. _ s <'• t ■ 
 
 3. A I'lace unfilled ; a vacuity. 
 
 Some bzy ages, loft m esfc, 
 No aaion leave to bufy chronicles ; . 
 Such, whole fupinc felicity but makes 
 In llory ch^-n^ in cpochas m.ftakcs. 
 
 CHA'SSELAS. n.f [French.] 
 
 chaste! adi. [_cbap> Fr- f"/'"' L^t-] 
 I. Pure from all commerce of fexes ; as, 
 
 a chn[!t virgin. . 
 
 D.ana chaju, and Hebe fair. J'""'- 
 
 2 With rcfpea to language, pure ; un- 
 
 corrupt; not mij^ed with barbarous 
 
 phrafcf. ~ . 
 
 9 Free from obfcenity. . 
 
 ^ Among words wl-ich f-snify the fame pr.ncpal 
 
 ideas" Come are clean and decent, others unclean ; 
 
 , True to the marriage bed. 
 
 ^' Love y..ur ci-.ildren ; be difcreet, ch..p, keep- 
 ers at home. ^ r •, 1 ,t T 
 
 ^ T 1" rec w.ll grow to be eight or ten feet Ingh 
 „d produce fpikes of flowers at the extrem, y ol 
 „cry ftrong moot in autumn. ^'!'"- 
 
 CA'STELY. adv. [from clM Wtth- 
 
 *- o.c incontinence ; purely ; without con-. 
 
 "Cnidnotpaf. here; no, though it were 
 ,s v-ruou, .0 lie a's to l,ve ch.pcly. ^'..U:fpc..rc. 
 
 ■Make firft a fong of joy and lovr, 
 Which '•;:../'-/v flame in royal eyes. W <"">"■ 
 
 Succcffion of a long delcent, 
 When chijhh i" 'he channels ran, 
 
 Dty.ien. 
 
 A fort 
 
 C H A 
 
 To Cha'sten. v. a. [chaf:cr, Vr. 01/1^0, 
 Lat.] To correct; to punilh ; to 
 
 "^clySiM'thy fon while there is hope, and let not 
 tbv loul (pare for bis crying. Pr!,Terjs. 
 
 I follow thee, fafc guide ! the path 
 Tilou Itad'ft me, .and to the hand of hcav n luh- 
 
 However chajl'ning. Mho.'s Tara^lfi Loji. 
 
 Some feel the rod. 
 And own, like us, the fatlrer's ch.,fm,:g hand. 
 
 From our loft purfuit (lie wills to hide 
 Her dole decrees, and clu^Jhn humah pride. J nor. 
 To CHASTI'SE. -v. a. icaf.lgo, Lat. an- 
 ciently accented on the firtt fyllable, 
 now on the laft.] 
 I. Topunift; to correa by puniflimcnt ; 
 
 to afflia for faults. 
 My breall FU burll with ftrammg of my ctrn- 
 
 But I «'m fL/;/f this high minded ftmmpet. 
 
 I am glad to fee the vanity or envy of the 
 canting chymlfts thus difcoveicd and ^^''J^^-^^ 
 
 Seldom is the world afTrighted or ch.,p[ecl with 
 figns or prodigies, earlhciuakes or inundations, 
 fainines or plagues. Gr.^.' fffg'- Sclera. 
 
 Like you, commiffion'd to chcjlfe and blefs, 
 'He mult avenge the woild, and give "P"«;_ ._^^ 
 
 2. To reduce to order, or obedience ; to 
 reprefs ; to reftrain ; to awe. 
 
 Hie thee hither, 
 Tliat I m.iy pour my fpirits in thine car. 
 And chalhfe, with the valour of my tong.je, 
 All that impedes thee. Shaljln.ve. 
 
 Know fit, that I 
 Will not wait pniion'd at your mafter's court. 
 Nor once be chajtn\l with the fober eye 
 Of dull Oflavia. Shakf^eare. 
 
 The gay focial fcnfc 
 By decency clwfti^'J. Thomf.,,. 
 
 Chasti'sement. n.f [chafimeiit, Fr.] 
 Correftion; punifliment : commonly, 
 though not always, ufcd of domeiuck 
 or parental punilhment. 
 
 Shall 1 fo much dilhononr my fur flars, 
 On equal terms to give him chaftfmcnt? 
 
 He held the chaf.fmcnt of one, which molcft- 
 
 ed the fee of Rome, pleaf.ng to God. i^amgh 
 
 For feven years what can a child be guilty ot, 
 
 but lying, or ill-natured tricks; the repeatcrl 
 
 comn(iff,on of which Hiall bring him to the 
 
 chMUmcr.t of the rod. -^°'*^- 
 
 He receives a fit of ficknefs as the kind chf- 
 
 tUcmcnl and difciplineof his heavenly Father, to 
 
 wean his affcftions from the world. bcntlcy, 
 
 Chasti'ser. n.f [from chaff .'\ The 
 
 1 . ri : r_- . „ .^ m. fl 
 
 i.ininier 
 
 perfon that chaitifcs ; a _ 
 correftor. 
 Cha'stity. n.f. \_cpfiilas, i^at.J 
 I. Turity of the body. 
 
 Who can be bound by any foleran vow 
 To force a fpotlefs virgin's ch.pty ? Sho,[fean. 
 
 Clmfuly is either abftinence or continence : ab- 
 flincncc istiiat of virgins 01 widows ; continence, 
 of married perfon s : chaf.e marriages are ho- 
 nourable and pleafing to God ''•)'"■ 
 
 Ev'n here, where frozen C'^iA'CV retires. 
 Love fiuls an altar for forbidden (ires. i ope. 
 - Freedom from obfcenity. 
 
 There is not chajiiiy enough in '''"S""',"; ' . . 
 W.thout olTcnce to utter them. i-.M//'.""- 
 
 0. Freedom from bad mixture of any kind; 
 ^ purity of language, oppofed to barba- 
 
 Ch?stness. n.f [from chaje.} Chaftity ; 
 puritv. 
 
 ^ 9 
 
 C H A ' 
 
 To Chat. v. n. [from caqueter;Vr. S'ihi- 
 ncr; perhaps from achat, purchale or . 
 cheapening, on account of the prate na- 
 turally produced in a bargain ; or only, 
 as it is molt likely, contracted from 
 chatter.^ To prate; to talk idly ; to 
 prattle ; to cackle ; to chatter ; lo con- 
 veVfe at eafe. 
 
 Thus c'milei: ihe people in their ftcads, 
 Ylike as amonfter of many heads. Spenjer. 
 
 Bccaufe that I familiarly fomttimes 
 Do ulc you lor my fool, and chal with you. 
 Your lavicincfs will jcft upon my love. ■ Sii.3kff. 
 
 The (liephcrds on the lawn 
 Sat fimiOy chatting in a rtiftick row. Millnn. 
 
 With much good-will the motion wastmbrac'd 
 To J.Jt a while on their adventures pats'd. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 21 Chat. v. a. To talk of. Not in ufe, 
 unlefs ludicroufly. 
 All tongues Ipe.'.k of him, and the bleared 
 
 'ig''''s ,. r 
 
 Are fpeflacled to fee him. Your pvattbng nurlc 
 Into a rapture lets her baby cry, 
 W hile fnc chats him, Sh.dffcart. 
 
 Chat. n./. [from the verb.] Idle talk ; 
 prate ; ilight or negligent tattle. 
 
 Lords that c.ni prate 
 As amply and unnecefCirily 
 As this Gonialo, I rnyfelf would make 
 A chough of as deep chat. Shaifpeare. 
 
 The time between before the fire they lat 
 And lliorten'd the delay by plcafing chat. D>y1- 
 The leaft is good, far greater than the tickling 
 of his palate with a glafs of wine, or the idle 
 chat of a fo.iking club. •■ /■«*.'• 
 
 Snutf, or the fan, fupplics each paufe ct chnt. 
 With lingii-.g, laughing, ogling, and all that. 
 
 Ispi. 
 
 Chat. n.f. The keys of trees are called 
 chats ; as, a(h chats. ^^ 
 
 Cha'tellany. n.f [chdteknle, Fr.] The 
 diftrift under the dominion of a caille. 
 
 Here are about twenty towns and forts of great 
 importance, with their chatclhima and depen- 
 dencics. • -' 
 
 Chattel, n./ [See Cattle.] ' Any 
 moveable pofleffion : a terra now fcarcc 
 ufed but in forms of law. 
 Nay, look not big, nor ftainp, nor flare, nor 
 fret; 
 I will be niafter of what is mine own ; 
 She is my goods, my chatteh. Shalfpean. 
 
 Honour 's a leafe tor lives to come. 
 And cannot be extended from 
 The legal tenant ; 'tis a chattel 
 Not to he forfeited in battle. UuMrc. 
 
 To CHA'TTER. -v. n. [caqueter, Fr.] 
 
 1. To make a noifc as a pie, or other un- 
 harmonious bird. , 
 
 Nir;hting.rlcs fcldum fing, thepieftilU-/:<i«£'£W. 
 
 ° " Sidney. 
 
 So doth the cuckow, when the mavis fings, 
 
 Begin his witlefs note apace to chatter. i,pcnj«. 
 
 There was a crow fat chattering upon the back. 
 
 of a ihecp: Well, f.rrah, fays- the Iheep, you 
 
 durft not have done this to a dog. L I'.Jiraugc. 
 
 Your birds of knowledge, that in dulky air^ 
 
 . Chatter futufity^ Dryaen. 
 
 2. To make a noife by colllfion of the teeth. 
 Slood Theodore furpris'd in deadly Iright, 
 
 With chatt'ring teeth, and briftling hair upright. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Dip but your toes into cold water, ^^ 
 
 Their correfpondeiit tetth will chatter. -.. ncr. 
 1. To talk idly or carelcfly. 
 
 Sr,fter no hovn- to pafs away in a laiy idltnefs, 
 an impertinent .haltering, ov ufclefs trifles. 
 
 ' Watt!.' Logifi- 
 
 Cha'tter. n.f [from the verb.] 
 
 I . Noife like that of a pic or monkey. -.
 
 CHE 
 
 Tlie mirnick. ape uc^ui his c'h'llii') 
 lluw evil tongues his life befpattcr. S:v!fl. 
 
 2 . Idle prate. 
 
 Ch.v'tterek. n. /. [from cialler.] An 
 idle talker ; a prattler. 
 
 'Cha't'.vood. n.f. Little flicks ; fiii:!. 
 
 Cha'vender. n.f. [chivefne, Fr.] A 
 li(h ; the chub. 
 
 ^Thclc .Trc a ciioice bait for the chub, or :ha- 
 Vindir, or indeed any great ftfh. IValtcni .-irtglcr. 
 
 CHAUMONTELLE. v.. f. [French.] 
 
 A fort of ptar. 
 To CHAW. V. a. [lazurii. Germ.] To 
 champ between the teeth ; to mallicate ; 
 to chew. 
 
 I home returning, fraught with foul dcfp^jht, 
 And cliauiing vengeance all the way I went. 
 
 S^'C'ifer*s Fully Q^iucn. 
 They come to us, but us love diaws ; 
 Hc'fwallows us, and never c/i<2ii-'i ; 
 He is the tyiantpike, and we the fry. Dn'i'ic. 
 Whether he found any ufc of chawing little 
 fpongcs, dipt in oil, in his mouth, when he was 
 perfectly under water, and at a dillance from" his 
 engine. Boyle. 
 
 The man who laught but once to fee an afs 
 Mumbling to make tl.c crofs-grain'd thirties pafs, 
 Might laagh again, to fee a jur}' tv/jiw 
 The prickles of unpalatable law. DryArn. 
 
 Ch.aw. n.f. [from the verb.] The chap ; 
 the upper cr under part of a beall's 
 mouth. 
 
 I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy 
 f^.jTfj, and will bring thee forth and all thine 
 army. E-zt'kUI. 
 
 Cha'vvdron. n.f Entrails. 
 Add thereto a tyger's c/uiivJi':'i, 
 For the ingredients of our cauldron. SJuikf^care. 
 
 CHEAP, adj. [ceapan. Sax. koopen, Dut. 
 to buy.3 
 
 1 . To be had at a low rate ; purchafed for 
 a fmall pi ice. 
 
 Where there are a great many fellers to a few 
 buyers, there the thing to be fold will be ckeaf. 
 On the other fide, raifc up a great many buyers 
 for a few fellers, and the fame thing will imme- 
 diatclv turn dear. Lcckt'. 
 
 2. Of fmall vahie ; eafy to be had ; not 
 refpeded. 
 
 The goodnefs, that is cheap in beaut)', makes 
 beauty brief in goodnefs. Shakjpcai'c. 
 
 Had 1 fo laviOi of my prcfents been. 
 So common hackney'd in the eyes of men. 
 So rtale ar.d th^.ip to vulg;ir company.- SJitikfp. 
 
 He that is too much in any thing, fo that he 
 giveth another occafion of fociety, maketh him- 
 fclf che.tp. Bacon. 
 
 May your (ick fame ftill languifh till it die, 
 And you graw ctieap in cv'iy fubjcdl's eye. 
 
 DfydcTi. 
 
 The titles of diftin<51ion, which belong to us, 
 nve turned into terms of derifiun, and every way 
 is taken, by profane men, towards rendering us 
 chfap and contemptible ^'htcrl'ur\. 
 
 Cheap, n.f. \^cheapmg is an old word for 
 market ; whence EuJIcheap, Cheafjldc.^ 
 Market ; purchafe ; bargain : as good 
 cheap ; a bon marches Fr. 
 
 Tiic fame wine which we pay fo dear for now- 
 a-days,'in that good world was very good chtaii, 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 It is many a man's cafe to tire himfelf out with 
 hunting after »h:'t abroad, which he carries about 
 him all the while, and may have it better ch^ap 
 at home. L'Efrange. 
 
 Some few infulting cowards, who love to va- 
 pour good cheap, may tiamplton tbofe who give 
 Itaft rcfiftance. Decay of Piety. 
 
 To CiiF.'^i'E.»f. V. a, [ceapan, Sax. to 
 buy.] 
 
 CHE 
 
 1. To attempt to purchafe; to bIJ for 
 any thing ; to ad: the price of any com- 
 modity. 
 
 Rich the (hat! be, that's ccrt.iin; wife, or I'll 
 none j virtuous, or I'll never cheapen her'. Shak. 
 ■ The fitft he eheafeneJ was a Jupiter, which 
 would have come at aveiy eafy rate. L'KjIiange. 
 
 She flipt fometimcs to Mrs. Tliody's, 
 To cheapen tea. Friir. 
 
 To (h.ips ill crowds the daggled females fly, 
 Pretend to ■Jicapen goods, but nothing buy. 
 
 Stu,/t. 
 
 2. To leffen value. 
 
 My hopes piirfuc a brighter diadem. 
 Can any Lrigliter than the Roman be ? 
 I find my proflcr'd love has cheapen'd me. 
 
 Diy.lrn. 
 
 CiiF.'APLy. adv. [from cheaf."] At a 
 fmall price ; at a low rale. 
 
 By thefc I fee 
 So great a day as this is cheaply bought. S/:aifp. 
 Blood, rapines, malVaci'cs, were cheaply bought. 
 So mighty iccompcntc your beauty brought. 
 
 Chea'pness. n.f, [from cheap.] Low- 
 nefs of price. 
 
 Ancient ftatutes incite merchaiit-ftrangcrs to 
 bring in commodities*; liaving for end cheapnifs. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 The difcicdit which is grown upon Ireland, has 
 been the great difcouragemcnt to other natrons 
 to tranfplant thcmfelves hither, and prevailed 
 farther than all the invitations which the cheapnefi 
 and plenty of the country has made them. Temple. 
 
 Chear. See Cheer. 
 
 To CHE.AT. "v. a. [of uncertain deriva- 
 tion ; probably from aclieter, Fr. to pur- 
 chafe, alluding to the tricks ufed in 
 making bargains. See the noun. J 
 
 1. To defraud ; to impofe upon ; to trick. 
 It is ufed commonly of low cunning. 
 
 It is a dangerous commerce, whei'c an honel^ 
 man is fure at hrrt of being cheaie.i; and he re- 
 covers not his lolTes, but by learnin^^ to ch-at 
 others, Dryden. 
 
 There are people who find that the mod effec- 
 tual way to cheat the people, is always to pre- 
 tend to infallible cures. Tiliotfci, 
 
 2. It haso/"before the thing taken away 
 by fraud. 
 
 I that am curtail'd by this fair proportion, 
 Cheated of feature by diirembling nature, 
 Dcform'il, unftnilh'd. Shakfptar:. 
 
 Cheat, n.f. ("from the verb. Seme think 
 abbreviated from efcheat, becaufe many 
 fraudulent meafiires being taken by the 
 lords of manors m procuring efcheats, 
 cheat, the abridgment, was brouglit to 
 convey a bad meaning.] 
 
 1. A fraud; a trick ; an impoftnre. 
 
 The prctcnc^ of publick good is a cheat that 
 will ever pafs, tl^ough fo abufed by ill men, lliai 
 I wonder the good do not grow alhamcd to ufe 
 it. Temple. 
 
 Emplrick politicians ufe deceit, 
 Hide what they give, and cure but by a cheat. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 When I confider life, 'tis all a cheat ; 
 Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit : 
 Truft on, and think to-morrow will rep.iy; 
 To-motrow's falfer than the former day ; 
 Lves worfc; and while it fays we (hall be bleft 
 With fonie new joy, cuts off what we poffcft. 
 
 * Dryden. 
 
 2. A perfon guilty of fraud. 
 
 DilTimiilation can be no further ufeful than it 
 is concealed ; for as much as no man will truft a 
 known cheat. South. 
 
 Like that notorious cheat, vaft fums I give. 
 Only tiiat you ;i)ay keep mc while I live, Dryd 
 
 C H E 
 
 Ciie'ater. n.f. [from^^fff/.] One that 
 praflifes fraud. 
 
 I will be cheater to them both, and they fhall 
 be exchequers to n;c. [It is irere for tftheiaer ] 
 
 Siiokfpearc. 
 
 They fay this toivn is full of couzenage, . 
 As nimble jugglers that dicdvc the eye; 
 DflV.uifcd **/Tj.'(r!, pr.'.ting mouritcbaiiks,' 
 And many luch like libertines of fin. Shakfpeare. 
 
 He Is no fw.aggctcr, hoflcfsj a tame chciter 
 \'(i:t\\.— ^Cheater, call you him .' I will bar n5 ' 
 honell man my houfc, ror no cheater. Shakfpearc. 
 
 All forts of injurious perfons, the faciilegious, 
 the detainers of iithc>, f/rj-rt/rrj of men's iiihcrii- 
 anccs, f.jlfc witnclTcs and aceufeis. 
 
 Taylor' i Rule of Living Ifo/y. 
 
 To CHECK, "v. a. [from the French 
 echecs, chefs ; whence we life at that 
 game, the term checkmate, when we 
 ilop our adverfary from carrying on 
 his play any further.] 
 
 1. To rtprefs ; to curb. 
 
 Rcfcive tliy rtatc ; with better judgment check 
 This hideous ralhncfs. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Fames may be fown and raifed, they may be 
 fpread and multiplied, they may be cheeked and 
 laid dead. Bacon, 
 
 I iiate when vice can bolt her arguments. 
 And virtue has no tongue to check her pride. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 He who fat at a t,ible, richly and dclicioufiy 
 furnilhed, but with a fword hanging over his heai 
 by one fingie thread or b.air, fureiy had enough 
 to check his appetite. South, 
 
 2. To reprove ; to chide. 
 
 Richard, with his eye brimful of tears. 
 Then checked and rated by Northumberland, 
 Did fpeak thefe words, now prov'd *,prophec^« 
 
 Sha.kfpeare, 
 His fault is much, and the good king his 
 mafter 
 Will c^tY^ him f^ir't. Shaifpeare, I 
 
 3 To compare a bank note, or other bill, 
 
 with the correfpondent paper. 
 4. To control by a counter-reckoning. 
 To Check. i\ n. 
 
 1. To (lop ; to make a flop : with at. 
 
 With what wing the ftanyel chccii at it. 
 
 S^iakfpeare. 
 
 He mrift obferve their mood on whom hejelis. 
 The quality of the perfons, and the time ; 
 And,, like the haggard, check at ever}' feather 
 That comes before his eye. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The mind, once jaded by an artcmpt above its 
 power, either is dilabled for the future, or clfe 
 ehccd at any vigorous undertaking ever after. 
 
 Locke, 
 
 2. To clafh ; to interfere. 
 
 If love check with bufincfs, it tioubltth men's 
 fortunes. Bacon, 
 
 3. To ftrike with repreflion. 
 
 I'll avoid his prefcnce; 
 It: checks too ftrong upon mc. Dryden. 
 
 Check, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. RcprefTure ; Hop; rebuff; fuddcn re- 
 flraiiu. 
 
 Rclielllon in this land fli.ill lofe his fway, 
 Mieting the check of fuch another dr.y. 'S'lakfp. 
 M'c fee alfo, that kings that, have been fortu- 
 nate conquerois in their firft years, muft h.avc 
 fomc .hect or arreft in their fortunes. Bacon. 
 
 God hath of late years manifcfted himfelf in 3. , 
 
 very drcntiful manner, as if it were on purpofc to 
 
 give a check to this infolcnl impiety. Tiliotfon. 
 
 It was this viceroy's zeal, which gave a re- 
 
 roaikabic checklo the firltpiogiefsof chrifiianity. 
 
 Addifon'iFreehr.lder, 
 
 God put it into the heart of one of our princes, 
 
 to give a ch.ek to that faciilegc which had been 
 
 but too much winked r.t. Atterh'^rt. 
 
 The great ftruggle wilh pafiiuns is io the fivit 
 
 r^^f^i I Kc^crs^
 
 CHE 
 
 2. ■Reflraint; curb; government; con- 
 tinued rellraiiit. 
 
 Tiiey who come to maintain their o«'ii bicich 
 of faith, thi: check of their confcicnccs much 
 brcaketh their I'pirit. HyiwarJ. 
 
 The impetuolity of the new officer's nature 
 needed fomc refiraiiit and check, for fome time, 
 to his Imniodct.ite pretences and appetite of 
 power. CUrcuhn 
 
 Some, free from rhyme or reafon, rule or r^iVt, 
 Break. Prifcian's head, and Pegalus's neck. Pope. 
 
 While f.ich men arc in truft, who have no 
 check from within, nor any views but towards their 
 intei-eft. ^-^'f'- 
 
 3. A reproof; a (liglit. 
 
 Oh ' this life 
 Is nobler than attending for a c'leck. Shak/peare. 
 
 I do know, the ftate, 
 However this m.iy gall him with fome checi, 
 Cannot with fatety caft him. S':c.tJ}enrr. 
 
 4. Adillike; a fiidden difguft ; fomctliing 
 that ftops the progrefs. 
 
 Say I Ihoiild wed her, would not my wife 
 fubjefts 
 Take chec.i, and think it ftrange ? perhaps revolt ? 
 
 OryJcn. 
 
 5. In falconry, when a hawk forfakes her 
 proper game to follow rooks, pics, or 
 other birds that crofs her flight. Chaml/. 
 
 A young woman is a hawk upon her wings ; 
 and if (he be handfome, Ihe is the more fubjca 
 to go out on ^/-rr*. . S,.cl:!r,g. 
 
 When whillled from the hft 
 Some falcon ftoops at what her eye defign'd, 
 And with her eagcrnefs, the quarj' mifsM, 
 Straight flies at cieci, and clips it down the wind. 
 ° Dryden. 
 
 6. The perfon checking ; the caufe of re- 
 
 llraint ; a (lop. 
 
 He was unhappily too much ufed as a check 
 upon the lord Coventry. Clarendon. 
 
 A fatlrical poet is the check of the laymen on. 
 bad priefts. Dryden", Fable!, Preface. 
 
 •7. Any ftop or interruption. 
 
 The letters have the natural produdion by fe- 
 veral chech or ftops, or, as they are ufually called, 
 articulations of the breath or voice. 
 
 Holder's Elements of Speech. 
 
 8. The correfpondent cipher of a bank- 
 
 til'- c I. r 
 
 g. A term ufed in the game ot cliels, 
 when one party obliges the other either 
 to move or guard his king. _ ^ 
 
 10. Clerk of the Check, in the king s 
 houfchold, has the check and control- 
 ment of the yeomen of the guard, and 
 all the ufhers belonging to the royal fa- 
 mily. . , , . , 
 
 11. Clerk of the Check, m the kings 
 navy at Plymouth, is alfo the name of 
 an of&cer invelled with like powers. 
 
 Chambers . 
 To Che'cker. \ 'V. a. [from echecs, chefs. 
 To Che'queR- ) French.] To variegate 
 or diverfify, iu the manner of a chefs- 
 board, with alternate colouis, or with 
 darker and brighter parts. 
 The grey-eyed morn fmiles on the frowning 
 night, . 
 
 ' Check' rineX.'ae: eallcrn clouds with ftreaks of light. 
 
 Sh.iifpcare. 
 The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind, 
 And maice a checkered Ihadow on the ground. 
 
 Sttakfpcare. 
 
 As the fnske, rolled in the flow' ry bank, 
 •With mining checkcr'd Hough, doth fting a child, 
 That for the beauty thinks it excellent. iihakj. 
 
 The wealthy fpring yet never bore 
 That fwcet nor dainty flower, 
 
 That damalk'd not ihacheckcr'dtioox 
 Of Cynthia's fumracr bower. Draylnn. 
 
 CHE 
 
 CHE 
 
 Many a youth and many a.ni!u4 
 Dancing m tne cif^^ter',/ Ihade. M"""- 
 
 In the chefs-board, the ule of each chcls-man 
 is determined only within thai chetjuered p it^c of 
 J Locke. 
 
 wood. , . , ■ J ii« 
 
 In our prefent condition, which is a middle 
 rtate, our minds are, as it were, ckejueredviA'n 
 truth and falfchood. Mifon. 
 
 . The ocean intermixing with the land^, fo as to 
 checker it into earth and water. lI'oodiL-urd. 
 
 Here waving groves a checkcr'd fcene difpiay. 
 And p.irt admit, and part exclude the day. I'oje 
 Che'cker. } n. f. Work vaiieJ 
 
 Che'cker-work. J alternately as to its 
 colours or materials. - , 
 
 Nets of checker-i^ork and wreaths of chain- 
 woik for the chaoiters which were upon the top 
 of the pillars. ' ' ^i^;?-'- 
 
 Che'ckmate. n. f. [echec et mat, I'r.J 
 The movement on the chefs-board that 
 kills the oppofite men, or hinders them 
 from moving. 
 Love they him call'd, that gave me the chec- 
 niatc, 
 But better might they have bchotc him hate. 
 
 Spenfir. 
 
 Che'ckroll. n.f [from f if.'/- and ro//.] 
 A roll or book, containing the names 
 of fiich as are attendants on, and in pay 
 to, great perfonagcs, as their houfc- 
 hold fcr\-ant3. It is otherwife called the 
 chequer-roil. CotvcU. 
 
 Not daring to extend this law further than to 
 the king's fervants mchcckroU, left it Ihould have 
 been too harlli to the gentlemen of the kingdom. 
 Bacon's tiemy vll. 
 
 CHEEK, n.f [ceac, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The fide of the face below the eye. 
 
 And now and then an ample tear tiiU'd down 
 Her delicate cheek. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Her beauty bangs upon the cheek of night 
 Like a rich jewel in an ^thiop's ear. Shakjpeare. 
 
 I Ihall lurvey, and fpy 
 Death in thy cheeh, and darknefs in thy eye. 
 
 Donne, 
 Daughter of the rofc, whofe cheeks unite 
 The ditf'ring titles of the red and white ; 
 Who bcav'n's alternate beauty well difpiay. 
 The blulh of morning and the milky way. Dryd. 
 2. A general name among mechanicks for 
 ' almoll all thofe pieces of their machines 
 and inftruments that are double, and 
 perfeaiy alike. Chambers. 
 
 Chf'ekbone. n.f. [from cheek and^onf.J 
 
 The jaw. . 
 
 I cut the tumour, and felt the Aug :^ it l.iy 
 partly under the os jugale, or cheekbone. IVifcman 
 Che'ektooth. 11. f. [from cheek and 
 looth.] The hinder-tooth or tuflc. 
 He hath the cheekteeth of a great lion. J'.t!. 
 Cheer, n.f [chere. Ft. entertainment; 
 earn, Sp. the countenance. It feems 
 to have, in Englidi, fome relation to 
 both thefe fenfes.] 
 
 1. Entertainment; provifions ferved at a 
 
 feaft. , , 
 
 But though my cates be mean, take them in 
 good part ; 
 Better cheer you may have, but not with better 
 heart! Shakfpeare. 
 
 His will was never determined to any purluit 
 of good <r/i«r, poignant fauces and delicious 
 . ° Locke. 
 
 wines. 
 
 2. Invitation to gayety. ...... 
 
 Yon do not give the cheer ; the feaft is fold 
 
 That is not often vouched, while 'tis makinS, 
 ••Tis given with welcome. Shakjpea.e. 
 
 3. Gayety ; jollity. 
 I have not that alacrity of fpirit. 
 
 Not cheer of mind, that I was wont ^"hiive 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 '5 
 
 4. Air of the countenance. 
 
 Right faithful true he was in deed and WUiM, 
 But of his cheer did fceni too folemn fad : 
 Nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 Which publick death, receiv'd with fuch a chear, 
 As not a figh, a look, a ftirink bewrays 
 
 The leaft felt touch of a degcneious fear. 
 Gave life to envy, to his courage prailc. Dan:eli 
 
 He ended ; and his words their drooping cheer 
 Eiilighlen'd, and th^ir languilli'd hope rcviv'd. 
 ° Kilton. -- 
 
 At length appear 
 Her grilly brethren ftietch'd upon the bier: 
 Pale at the fuddcn fight, Ihc chang'd her cheer 
 
 Diydert. 
 
 5. Perhaps temper of mind In general ; for 
 we read of heavy cheer. 
 
 Tiien were they all of i;ood cheer, .and tnejr 
 
 alfo took fome meat ■^'^''• 
 
 To Cheer, v. a. [from the noun.] _ _ 
 
 I. To incite; to encourage ; to inlpint. 
 
 He complained that he was betrayed ; yet, 
 
 for all that, was nothing difcouraged, but cAk"^ 
 
 up the footmen. Knolles. 
 
 He cheet'd the dogs to follow her who fled. 
 And vow'd revenge on her devoted head. Dryde'u 
 z. To comfort; to confole. 
 
 I died, eie I could lend thee .aid ; 
 But cheer thy heart, and be thou not difmay'd. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 DlfpUas'd at what, not fuffeiing, they had feen, 
 Thev went to cheer the faftion of the green. 
 
 Vryiex. 
 
 3. To gladden. 
 
 Hark ! a glad voice the lonely defert cheers : 
 Prepare the way ; a god, a god appears ! Po/>.'. 
 
 The (acred fun, above the waters rais'd, 
 Tliio' heaven's eternal brazen portals blai'd, 
 And wide o'er earth diffus'd his cheering ray. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 To Cheer, -v. n. To grow gay or glad- 
 
 fome. 
 
 At fight of thee my gloomy foul cheers up ; 
 My hopes revive, and gladnefs dawns within me. 
 
 ' '^ .d. Philips. 
 
 Che'erer. n.f [from To cheer.] Glad- 
 ner ; giver of gayety. 
 
 To thee alone be praife. 
 From whom our joy defcends, 
 
 Thou chereer of our days. If ilto". 
 
 Angling was, after tedious ftudy, a reft to lii» 
 mind, a checrer of his fpitits, a diverter of fad- 
 nefs, a calmer of unquiet thoughts. If al''-,n. 
 
 Satfron is .he fafeft and molf fimplc cordial, 
 the greatelf reviver of the heart, and chnrer ot 
 
 the fpirits. ^ ^'"e^'- 
 
 Prime cheerer, light. 
 Of all material beings firft and bell. Thomfon. 
 
 Chf'erful. ailj. [from cheer and full.] 
 
 1 Gay ; full of life ; full of mirth. 
 Tl-.c cheerful birds of fundry kind 
 
 Do chaunt fweet inulkk to delight h^ mind. 
 
 Fairy i^ueen. 
 
 2 Having an appearance of gayety. 
 
 A mciTy heart maketh a cheerful countenance; 
 but by loirow of the heart the Ipirit is broken 
 
 Che'erfully. adv. [from cheerful] 
 Without dejeaion; with wilhngnels ; 
 
 with erayety. 
 Pluck up thy fpivits, look cheerfally ^pon me. 
 
 To their known ftations cheerfully they go. Dryd. 
 
 Doarine is that which muft prepare men for 
 difcipline ; and men never go on fo ^/'«'/'/6'. ;' 
 when they fee where they go. ■i'"'"- 
 
 May the man, 
 Th.at chcerfulh recounts the female's praite, 
 Find eqn..l lo've, an.l love's untainted fweeK 
 Enjoy with honour. , . -, 
 
 Che'erfulness. «./. [from^Wt;/.] 
 I. Freedom from dcjedlon:; alacrity.
 
 CHE 
 
 BirbarofT.i, ufii-.g this ctcccclln j (httrfnlntfi md 
 torwardncfs of Ms loldicrs, wciylicd up the four- 
 tcfii gallics he hid luiik. Km!l:t, 
 
 Wich what reluUirion and elieirft'liitf-^ wiih 
 wh:it courage and pi'tiiiice, did valt nuinbcis of 
 all forts of people, in the firft ngcs of chridia- 
 rit}') encounter all the rage and malice ul llie 
 world, ind embrace torments .ind death ! Dllolfiin, 
 
 a^Freedom from gloominefs. 
 
 ^^^T. marvelled tu fee her receive my command- 
 ments with fujlis, and yet do them with rhctr- 
 fuhaft. mdnry. 
 
 Che'krless. a^j. [from chccrJX With- 
 out gaycty, comfort, or gladnefs. 
 
 For lince mir.c eye your joyous fight did mifs, 
 My chctrfsti day is turn'd to checrUft nigh:. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 On a bank, bcfidc a willow, 
 Heav'n her cAv'ring, earth her pillow, 
 Sad Amyiita ligh'd alone, 
 , From the chcerUji dawn of morning 
 Till the dews of night returning. Vry.Ln. 
 
 Che'erlv. adj. [from ^/wr.] 
 
 1. Gay; cheerful. 
 
 They arc iifeful to mankind, in affording them 
 convenient (ituatioiis of houfes and vilL»gcs, rc- 
 fleiliiig the benign and che riHiing I'lin-beains, and 
 fo rendering their habitations both more comfort- 
 able and more chserly in winter. K.iy. 
 
 2. Not gloomy ; not dcjef^ed. 
 Che'erly. adv. [from char.?^ Cheer- 
 fully. 
 
 Under heavy arms the youth, of Rome 
 Their long laborious marches overcome ; 
 Chcerlv their tedious travels undergo. Dryden. 
 
 In God's name, chrerly on, courageous friends, 
 To reap the harvclt of perpetual peace, 
 By this one bloody trial of Iharp war. Shakflicare. 
 
 Oft lideninghow ti'.c hounds and horn 
 Chcerly roufetbe llumb'ring morn. Milton. 
 
 CHE'Eaif.fl.!)'. [from cheer.'] Gay; fpright- 
 ly ; having the power to make gay : 
 a ludicrous word. 
 
 Come, let us hie, and qu.ifF a chetry bowl ; 
 Let cyder new wafh lorrow from thy foul. G.iy. 
 CHEESE, n.f. [cafeus, Lat. cyye, Sax.] 
 A kind of food made by prcfTiiig the- 
 curd of coagulated milk, and fuffering 
 the mafs to dry. 
 
 Iwill rather truft aFlemingwithmybuttcr, the 
 Wellhm.m with my chetj'e, than ray wife with 
 heife'f ShAkJpmie. 
 
 Ch-e'eseca KE. n. f. [from cheefe and cake.'\ 
 A cake made of fott curds, fugar, and 
 butter. 
 
 Ertcininafe he fat, and quiet ; 
 Strange produift of a chctfecake diet. Piior. 
 
 Whcic miny a man, at variance with his wife, 
 With foli'ning mead ^nicheeftcuke endsthe drife 
 
 King, 
 
 Chek'semonger. n f. {^!rom cheefe and 
 monger.] One who deals in cheele. 
 
 A true owl of London, 
 That gives out he's undone^ 
 Being a cki;ffemongcrf 
 
 By iruding. Ben'Jonfo'i. 
 
 Chee'sepress. n. f. [from cheefe and 
 prefs.] The prefs in which the curds 
 are pre (Ted. 
 
 The cleanly thecftftrej^ (lie could never turn, 
 Her aukwaid hll did ne'er employ the churn. 
 
 Guy's Piif.ornh. 
 
 Chee'sevat. n.f. [from cheefe and -ui?/.] 
 The wooden cafe in which the curds 
 are confined when they are prefleJ into 
 cheefe. 
 
 His fenfe oecafions the carelefs ruftic to judge 
 the fun no bigger than a cheej^^'cit. G'a>wi!le. 
 
 Che'bsy. adj. [horn cheefe.] Having the 
 nature or form of cheefe. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 Aeid* mixed with tiicm precipitate a foplia- 
 
 ccous chilky iiuttcc, but nut a cin/y fubftance. 
 
 .libiithntil on .■JUmiN/i. 
 
 Che'ly. «./. [chela, hai.} The claw of 
 a (hellfifli. 
 
 It happcncth often, I confcfj, that a I'ibflcr 
 hath the cAe/y, or gicat claw, of one fide longer 
 than the other. Brtivn. 
 
 Chs'mISTRY. SeeCHYMlSTRV. 
 
 Che'quer. See Checker. 
 7o CHERISH, i;. a. lchi,nr,Yr.] To 
 fupport and forward witli encourage- 
 rpent, help, and protection ; to flicker ; 
 to nurfe up. 
 
 Whenever Buckingham doth turn his hate 
 .Upon your grace, and not with duteous love 
 Doth chtrijh you and youis, God punilh mof 
 With hate in thofo where 1 expedt moll love. 
 
 ^.Ltkffcare. 
 I would, I w'crc thy bird.- 
 
 -Sweet, fo would [ ; 
 
 J n.f. [cerife, Fr. cerafus, 
 
 Bjt I ftiould kill thee with too much c/ie'-i/Zun^. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 What doth cherijh weeds but gentle an ? 
 
 Sbakfpeare. 
 Magiftratcs have always thought themlclves 
 concerned io cherijh iLiigion, and to maintain in 
 the minds of men the btlicf of a God ard ano- 
 ther life. Ti Hot Jon. 
 
 But old god Sntuni, which doth all devOLir, 
 Doth cktfijh her, and ftiil augments her might. 
 
 Davie I. 
 He that knowingly commits an ill, has the up- 
 braidings of hjs own conl'cicnce ; thofe who adt 
 by errour, have its chcrijkingi and encourage- 
 ments to animate them. Decay «/" Fiefy. 
 Che'risher. «. J] [from cherj/lo.^ An 
 encouiagcr ; a fuppoi ter. 
 
 One of tlicir grt;U'-'ft prajfes it is to be the 
 maintainers d'ld chcrijhtrs of a regular devotion, 
 a reverend worlhip, a true and decent piety. 
 
 Upr.iit. 
 
 ChE'rfshmeKt. n.y; [from f^^/-//^.] En- 
 couragement ; fupport ; comfoi t. , Ob- 
 foletc. 
 
 The one live.s her age's ornament, 
 That with rich bounty, and ikf\x eherijkmenty 
 Supports the praife of noble poefic. Spitifer. 
 
 CHE'RRY. 
 
 Che'rK Y-TREE 
 
 The fpecies arc, i. The common red or gar 
 den cheri*y. 2. Large S['anilh cherry. 3. Tiic 
 red heart cherry. 4. The white heart cherry. 
 5. The bleeding heart cherry. 6. The black 
 heart cherry. 7. The May cherry. 8. The black 
 cherry, or mazard. g. The archduke cherry. 
 10. The yellow Spanilh cherry, n. The Flan- 
 ders cluftcr cherry. 12. The carnation chcny. 
 13. The large black cherry. 14. Thebird cher- 
 ry. 15. The red bird or Cornirti cheiry. 16. 
 The largcft double flowered cherry. 17. The 
 double flowered cherry. 18. The common wild 
 cheriy. 19. The wild northern Englilh chciry, 
 with lare ripe fruit. 20. The Ihock or perfumed 
 chciry. 21. The cherry tree wich liripcd leaves. 
 And many other forts of cherries; as the amber 
 chcny, lukcward, coronc, Gafcoigne, and the 
 morello, which is chiefly planted tor preferving. 
 This fruit was brought out of Pontus at the time 
 of the Miihridatic victory by Lucuilus, in the 
 year of Rome OSo ; and was brought nito B:i- 
 lain about 120 years afterward-*, which was .-/«'/. 
 Dom. 55 ; and was foon after fpread through 
 moll parts of Europe. MiiUr. 
 
 Some afic but a pin, a nut, a cherry ftone ; 
 but flie, more covetous, would have a chain. 
 
 Shakfprare, 
 
 July I would have drawn in a jacket of light- 
 yellow, caring cherriesy with his face and bulam 
 fun-buinr. ^ Pcac'ium. 
 
 A liitlc fpark of life, which, in Its fivll ap- 
 pearance, might be IncJoCcd in tlic hollow of a 
 cherry fton?. ILiU. 
 
 C TI K 
 
 Crp'rhy. adj. [frotn tlic fi: ' • ' 
 
 Rclcnibling u cliurry in coloi 
 Shore's wii.; h,»th a p' 
 
 A ehtry lip, a pafli:-j ;il :.iiin^ : 
 Che'rRV BAY. SieLACRC 
 
 Che'rhycheekei). aJj. [froir 
 
 cheek.] Havinj; i ■: Jiiy el 
 
 I warrant them -i,i ■,.-/.. «(•'.. 
 
 Che'rryfit. [f'om cherry wn's /-..' j A 
 child's play, in which they throw cherry 
 ftones into a fmall hole. 
 
 What, mart ! 'lis not lor jra-. it)- to pby at 
 cht'ifjiil. Sk.tkffr.iir, 
 
 Chersone'se. n.f. [• /nl-.-.] A pc- 
 nlnfula ; a tradl of land ahn<ift fur- 
 rounded by the fca, hut joined to ihe 
 continent by a narrow neck or ilihinus. 
 
 Chert, n.f. [from ywur/z. Germ.] A 
 kind of flint. 
 
 Flint is mod corr.monly found in fotm of no- 
 dules; but ?tis fonieiimcs found in thin llrata, 
 when 'tis called chgrt. IVoo.iwii*.-i. 
 
 CHE'RUB. n.f [3-iD fl-jr. Cn"!D- 
 ' It is fomctimes written in the j)!i>r.!l, ini- 
 propeily, cherulims.] A celellia! fpirit, 
 which, in the hierarchy, is placed next 
 in order to the fvraphiin. All the fevcral 
 defcriptions which the Scripture gives 
 us of cherubim differ from one another ; 
 as they are dclcribed in the fliapes of 
 men, eagles, oxen, lions, and in a compc- 
 fition of all thefe figures put together. 
 The hicroglyphical re;)relcntations in 
 the embroidery iipon^he curtains of the 
 tabernacle, were called by Mofes, 
 Excdus xxvi. I. cheruLim of cunning 
 work. Ca/ii:et. 
 
 The roof o' th' charahcr 
 With gold cii-ruhms is fretted. S'lalfftart, 
 
 Hcav'n's rlnrtihi'n^ hoi^'d 
 Upon the fightlefs courR-rs of the air. 
 Shall blow the horrid deed in ev'jy eye-, 
 That tears fliall drown the wind. Shukjpsare, 
 
 Some chfruh finiflics \vhat you begun, 
 And to a miracle improves a tune. Pric,^. 
 
 Cheru'bicX. adj. [from cherub.] An- 
 gelick J relating to the cherubim. 
 
 Thy words 
 Attentive, and with more delighted ear, 
 Divine inftru<Sor I I hjve heard, than when 
 Clu-rubick fongs by night from ncighb'r ing hills 
 Aerial mufick fend. Milton's I'^radiji Lofl. 
 
 And on the call fide of the garden place 
 ChnuL'ick watch. Mdlan's Varac.ije Lcjt, 
 
 Cheru'dix. adj. [fvamcheruh.] Ang^licaU 
 This foil whore of thine 
 Hath in her more dcftruition^than thy fwoid. 
 For all her cheruhin look. Shahheare. 
 
 CHE'R^^L. ;;./ [chtsrophyUum, Lat.] An 
 umbelliferous plant. Miller, 
 
 To Che'rup. v.^n. [irom cheer ; perhaps 
 from cheer up, corrupted to cheruf.'^ 
 To chirp; to ufe a cheerful voice. 
 
 The birds 
 Frame to thy fong their cheerful chrnpinfr • 
 Or hold their peace for (hame of thy fwect lays. 
 
 i/.'-yi-r. 
 
 Che'slip. n.f. A fmall vermin, that lies 
 
 under flones or tiles. Skinner. 
 
 CHESS, n.f [echees, Fr.] A nice and 
 
 abftrufe game, in which two fcts of men 
 
 are moved in oppofition to each other. 
 
 This game the Perfian ni.igi did invent, 
 The force of Eaftem wifdom to e^pref>; 
 Fioni thcnte to bufy Europeans lent. 
 And ftyl'd by naodern Lombards peiifive cif/s. 
 
 2Q
 
 CHE 
 
 CHE 
 
 So hive I ffcn a king on ckrft 
 {His rouks a'ul Iwights withdrawn, 
 His qviccn niut l)ilh-.ii)i in diftrcl'i) 
 Shiftily aljout, grow lefs and Icfs, ^ 
 
 Wiili licrc and ilicrc a pjwn. "'^'' :'"/ 
 
 Che'ss-apllh. n. f. A fpeck-fi of w/.j/- 
 feri-icc. . ^ 
 
 Che'ss-board. «./ [^l•omrZ^:/3 andioan/.j 
 'I'he board or tabic on which the game 
 
 of chefs is played. , , , , 
 
 And cards :ire cltalt, and chcfi-hoardi brought, 
 To-e:tfc the pain of cou^ird tbnight. J ':<■'■ 
 
 Che'ss-mak. n. /. [from (T/^c/i- and mflK.] 
 A puppet foT chefs. 
 
 AoniMiiVof c!::f~-mcn ftaiidiiig on the f.ia.c 
 
 fmiaws of tne thi l-l)o;nd where we left ihrm, 
 
 we lay they ar^ all in rhc fame place, or unmoved. 
 
 ' ■' LfcU. 
 
 ■G-HS'ss-riAVER. V. f. [from c/;e''i and 
 player.] A gr,mel(er at chefs. 
 
 Thus, like a fkilful ™/'->'"l»"''> '"= '''■'*"'* °"' 
 !iis mc'n, and makes his pawns of ufc to his 
 greater pcrfons. DryJi^'. 
 
 Che'ksom. r.f. Mellow earth. 
 
 The tender chtpm and mLllow earth is the 
 beft, being mere" mould, between tiie two ex- 
 ticmesof clay and fand ; efpeeially if it be not 
 ioomy r.v.d binding. Ba-oni N.<1. Uiji. 
 
 CHEST, n. f. [cvf-. Sax. clfla, Lat.]_ 
 
 1. A box of wood, or other malenals, m 
 which things are laid up. 
 
 He will feek there, on mv word ; neither 
 prefs, ch'fi, trunk, well, vault, but he hath an 
 abHiaa for the remcmbtance ot fuch places. 
 
 Sh.ikfjiearr. 
 
 But more have been by avarice oppred, 
 And heaps of money crowded in the ch.-f. Dryd 
 
 2. ACnEST of Drawl rs. A cafe with 
 moveable boxes or drawers. 
 
 3. The trunk of the body, or cavity from 
 tlie flioiildcrs to the belly. 
 
 Such, as have wund faces, or broad rh'-Jh, or 
 Ihoulders, have feldam or never lonj necks. 
 
 He defcribes another hy the largenefs of his 
 
 ch-JI, and breadth of his fnouVdeis. J cfr. 
 
 Jo Chest, -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 repofite ina chcft ; to hoard.. 
 Chest-foundertng. n.f. A difeafe in 
 hoiCes. It comes near to a pleurily, or 
 r.-ripneumony, in a human body. 
 /■ '■ FariL-r'i Dicl. 
 
 Che'sted. c,r'j. [from rhe/l.] Having a 
 chfcftj as.broad-chefted, narrow-chelted. 
 Che'ster. Sec Castor. 
 Che'stn ut. I n.f- lchq,'h>gne,Tr. 
 
 Cke'stsut-tree. ^cnfinnea, Latin.J 
 I. The tree hath katkins, which arc 
 placed at remote diftar.ces from the 
 fruit, on the fame tree. The oviler 
 coat of the frujt is very rough, and has 
 two or three nuts included in each .uiik 
 or covering. 'This tree was formerly in 
 areater plenty, as may be proved by the 
 old buildings in London, which were, 
 for the moiipait, of this timber ; which 
 is equal in value to the bell oak, and, 
 for nianv purpofcs, far exceeds It, par 
 ticularly for making velTels for liquors; it 
 having a property, when once the 
 rouehly ieafoned, to maintain its bulk 
 conlhintlv, and is not fubjcd to fhnnk 
 or fvv-ell, like other timber. milhr. 
 
 2. The fruit of the cheftnuttree. 
 A woman's tougue, 
 That eivcs not half fo great a blow to th' car, 
 Ai viiil a £*./"«' ia a (.irraer's lirg. ShukJicuic. 
 
 Oflober has alfiftet of fciviccs, medlars, and 
 
 chtjlmti, and fruits that ripen at the latter time, 
 
 Pencham on ])iaiui>:g. 
 
 3. The name of a brown colour. 
 
 His hair is of a good colour. 
 
 ^An excellent colour : your Jifmit was ever 
 
 the only colour. Shiifj^cuc. 
 
 Merab's lung hair was glolfy cfiefrmt hiown. 
 
 Che'ston. n.f. A fpecics of plum. 
 CHEVALIER, n. /. lchc%^a!kr, Fr.] 
 A knight ; a gallantjlrong man. 
 Kenowned Talbot doth cxpci9 in> aid 
 And I am lowttd by a traitor viilain. 
 And cannor l-.elp tl-.c noble clu-v.im-r. Shalji^crtr:. 
 CHEVAUXdeFnfc. n./. [Fr. The fin 
 g\\\M CLval tie Frif is feldom ufed.] 
 The Friefland horVe, which is a piece 
 of timber, larger or fmaller, and tra- 
 vtrfed with wooden fpikes, pointed with 
 iron, five or fix feet long ; ufed in de- 
 fending a padage, flopping a breach, 
 or making a retrenchment to (lop the 
 cavalry, "it is alfo called a turnpike, or 
 tourniquet. Chambers. 
 
 CiiE'vEN.n./ \_chevefne,V\.'] A river 
 
 filh, the fame with thub. 
 CnJi'vKKit. n.f. [chewrau, Fr.] A kid; 
 kidleather. Oblolete. 
 
 A iV-ntence is but a chn'cril glove to a good 
 wit : how quickly the wioi:£ fide may be tuir.ed 
 outward. Shui/j,u„c. 
 
 Which gifts the cnpacity 
 Of voiir foft ch^vcr:! confcieme would neceive. 
 If you might pleafc to flicrch it. Shai/pxire, 
 Ojhcre 's a wit of chcvriil, that {1 retches fiom 
 an inch narrow to an ell broad. Slutfpciuc. 
 
 CIIE'FISAKCE. n.f. [chevtfauce, Fr.] 
 Enterprife; achievement. Not in ufe. 
 
 Fortune, the foe of famous i-Ziw/itcc, 
 Seldom, f.i:d Guyon, yields to virtue aid. Spmf 
 CNEFXON. n.f. [French.] One olthe 
 honourable ordinaries in heraldry. It 
 reprefcnts two rafters of a houfe, fet up 
 as they ought to ftand. E/arris 
 
 To CHEW. V. a. [ceopyan. Sax. hauiveri, 
 Du;ch. It is very frequently pronoun- 
 ced chaiu, and perhaps properly.]^ 
 I. To grind with the teeth ; to m:illicate. 
 
 If little faults, proceeding on diftemper, 
 Shalluotbewink'dat,liowniallwcftrctchoiircye, 
 When capital crimes, chnu'd, Iwallow'd, and di- 
 
 gelled. 
 Appear before us ? Shctkjfearc. 
 
 Pacing through the foreft, 
 Chwwtr the food of fwect and bitter fancy. S/uii 
 This pious cheat, that never fuek'd the blood. 
 Nor chew'd the Hefb, of lambs. JJryiicri', F.iiiss. 
 
 The vales 
 Defcending gently, where the lowing nerd ^^ 
 C/1.1US vcrd'ious pafture. I'luhpi. 
 
 By chewing, folid aliment is divided into fmall 
 parts : in a human body, there is no other in- 
 ftrumcnt to perform this acition but the tectn 
 By the aftion of cheiviiig, the fpittlc and mucus 
 arc fquceicd from the glinds, and mixed with 
 the aliment; which aftion, if it be hing conti- 
 nued, will turn the aliment into a fort of ehylc. 
 
 ^Uhufhv.ol on ,'lti'nirtli. 
 
 . To meditate ; to ruminate in the 
 
 ihiiujihts. 
 
 While the fierce monk does at his trial (land, 
 He chcw! revenge, abjuring his offence : 
 
 Guile in his tongue, and murder in his hand. 
 He (labs his judge, to prove his innocence. Piior. 
 \. Totafle without fwallowing. 
 Heaven 's in my mouth. 
 As if I did but only cheiu its name. Shitkfptari. 
 
 Some hooks are to be tailed, others to be 
 fwallowed, and fome few to be rheiuid and di- 
 geftcd : that is, fome Looks aic to be read only 
 
 C H I 
 
 in parts ; others to be read, but not cunoiidy f 
 and fonle few to be lead wiiolly, with attention. 
 
 Bncarr. 
 
 To Chew. ■». n. To champ upon ; to ru- 
 minate. 
 
 I will with patience hear, and find a time j 
 Till then, my noble friend, e/ifiu upon this. 
 
 Shakjpenrf, 
 Inculcate the doftrine of difobedicnce, and 
 then leave the multitude to chew upon 't. 
 
 L'Eji range. 
 
 Old politicians cifw on wifdom pall, 
 
 And blunder on in bufmcfs to the laft. Popr. 
 
 CHICA'NE. n.f. [chieane,Yr. derived 
 
 by Mevcge from tWe SpaniHi word chko, 
 
 little.] 
 
 1. The art of protrafting a conteft by 
 petty objedlion and artifice. 
 
 The general pait ol tlie cii ii i.iw concerns not 
 the e.4;w!e of priv.ite cales, but the adaii sand 
 intcrcourfe of civilized nations, grounded upon 
 ti»c principles of rcafon. Locke. 
 
 His attornies have iiardly one trick left; they 
 are at an end of all tlwir chicane. Arbuthmt. 
 
 2. Artifice in general. This feiife is only 
 in familiar language. 
 
 Un. villmg then in aims to meet. 
 He ftrove to lengthen the campaign, 
 And fave his fbices by chicane. Viior_ 
 
 To Chica'ne. ^'. «. [ehicaner, Fr.] To 
 
 prolong a conteft by tricks. 
 Chica'ner. n.f. [cmcaneur, Fr.] A petty 
 f.philler ; a trifling difputant ; a wrang- 
 ler. 
 
 This is tiie wav ro diftinguini the two moft 
 
 different things I know, a h.gical c/S.c/infr from 
 
 a man of realon. L'lc^e. 
 
 CmcA'NERV.n./ \_ch':c,mcr:e,Y'C.'\ Sophif- 
 
 trv ; mean arts of wrangle. 
 
 ills .mger cai-fed him t,i deftroy the grentcft 
 
 part of ti.efe reports ; and only to prefers e fuch 
 
 as difcoveied moll of x\\i chcar.ery and lutility 
 
 olthe praflice. Arluthjdi. 
 
 Chiches. n.f. See Chickpea. 
 
 ChichmngVetch. «./ [/j%nw, Lat.]" 
 
 In Germany they are cultivated, and 
 
 eaten as peas, though neither fo tender 
 
 nor well tafted. Miller. 
 
 CHICK. \n. f. [cicen,.Sax. I'uchn, 
 
 Chi'cken. \ Dutch. Clnchen'M, I believe, 
 
 the old plural of f/jH, though now ufed 
 
 as a fingular noun.] 
 
 I. The young of a bird, particularly of a 
 
 hen, or fmall bird. 
 
 All my pretty ones! 
 ■^'hat, all my I'.retty chickens, and their dam. 
 At one fell fwoop ! . Shakfpeare. 
 
 For when the fliell is broke, out comes a 
 chi.k. Dairies. 
 
 Wliile it is a chicik, and h;ith no fpurs, nor 
 •cannot hurt, nor hath feen the motion, yet lie 
 readily oraitifeth it. If"''- 
 
 Even fince (he wa'; a fc'en-nigbtold, tiiey fay, 
 Was chafte and humble to her dying day ; 
 Hur chick, nrr 1 en, was known to diCohcy. VryJ. 
 Having the notion that one laid the egg out of 
 which the otlier was hatched,- 1 have a clear idea 
 of the relation of dam and chick. Locke. 
 
 On rainy days alcHic I dine, 
 Upon a chick and pint of wine ; 
 On lainy days I dine alone. 
 And pick my chicken to the bone. Swift, 
 
 2. A word of tendernefs. 
 My Ariel, chick. 
 This is thy charge. Shak/feari. 
 
 5. A term for a young girl. 
 
 Then, Chloe, dill go on to prate . 
 Ofthifty-fix and ihiiiy-eight ; 
 Puifue your trade of Icandal-picking, 
 Your hints, that Stella is no chniirtj Stiifi
 
 C H I 
 
 Cm'cKESHF, ARTED.ai^-'. [fromcljicleii and 
 ieart.] Cowardly; tlinoious ; fciuful. 
 
 Now H'c ice up tui tilting in rhc pit, 
 Where 'tis a;;icc<l liy Inilhcs, chiikcnhcaritJ, 
 To fright the l.idics tirlt, and then be pnrtcil. 
 
 Vrch^uc to ^panj'h Fr.'.ti . 
 
 Chi'ckknpox. n. f. An cxantluinatous 
 diUcnipcr, fo called fiom its being of no 
 very great danger. 
 Chi'ckmno. n./. [from chid.'\ A fmall 
 
 chick. 
 Chi'ckpf.a. n.f. [from ch'uh and fca."] 
 A kind of degenerate pea. Millar. 
 
 Chi'ckweei>. n.f. [ from f/j;V/' and ■zi'£f<r'.] 
 The name of a plant. 
 
 Green mint, or (hiiskiusi iy .ire of good ufc in 
 
 all the liard fwcUiiigs of tiic bre.alt, occafioned 
 
 by milk. H^ifem>i'i. 
 
 To CHIDE, -v. a. pret. ch'iJ or choile, 
 
 part, chid ox chidJiii. [ciban, Sax.] 
 
 1. To reprove ; to check ; to corredl with 
 words: applied to perfons. 
 
 Chide him for faults, and do it reverently. 
 When you perceive his blood iiiclin'd to mirth. 
 
 Sh.tkfpcare. 
 And fly like ckidden Mercury from Jove. 
 
 Shjkfjtcore. 
 Thofe, that do teach your babes, 
 Do it with gentle means, and eafy taflis ; 
 He might ha\-e chui me fo : for, in good faith, 
 I am a child to chiding. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Scyll.i wept, 
 And ti/./her barking waves into attention. 
 
 Milr.N. 
 Above the waves as Neptune (hcw'd his (ace, 
 Toc/j/Jethe winds, and fave the Trojan race. 
 
 You look, as if yon ftern philofopher 
 Had juft now £/;;■(/ you. j^dd'Jo':. 
 
 If any woman of better falTiion in the parifh 
 happened to be abfent from church, they weie 
 fure of a vifit ttoin him, to chide ind. to dine with 
 her. Swift. 
 
 2. To drive with repoof. 
 
 Margaret my queen, and Clifford too, 
 Have chid me from ihc battle. Sh.ikfpearc. 
 
 3. To blame; to reproach: applied to 
 things. 
 
 Winds inurmur'd through the leaves your long 
 delay, 
 And fountains, o'er the pebbles, chid your ftay. 
 
 Dr^'dcfl. 
 
 I chid the folly of my ihoughtlcfs hafte ; 
 For, the work perfected, the joy was pall. I'lior. 
 To Chide, v. n. 
 
 1. To clamour ; to fcold. 
 
 What had he to do to chidt at me ? Sh.^kfp. 
 
 Next morn, betimes, the bridcwas miinng : 
 The mother fcream'd, the father chid, 
 Where can this idle wench be hid ? Swift. 
 
 2. Tx> quarrel with. 
 
 The bufinefs of the (late does him oifence. 
 And he dees chide with you. Shukfpcare. 
 
 3. To make a noife. 
 
 My duty. 
 As doth a rock againlf the chiding flood, 
 Sliould the approach of this wild liver break, 
 And Hand unlhakcn yours. Siuiifpt.trc. 
 
 Chi'der. n.J'. [hom c/jiik.'] A rebuker ; 
 a reprover. 
 
 Not her that chides, fir, at any hand, I pray. — 
 T4ovc no chidcr^j fir. Shakfpeaie. 
 
 CHIEF, mlj. [chef, the head, Fr.] 
 I. Principal; molt eminent; above the 
 reft in any refpefi. 
 
 Thefe were the ch:ef of the officers that were 
 
 over Solomon's works. 1 Kingi, 
 
 The hand of the princes and rulers hath been 
 
 c/..T/ in this trefpafs. Ez>,i. 
 
 Your country, chief mixmi, abroad defend ; 
 
 At home, with morals, arts, and laws amend, 
 
 I'cpe. 
 
 C H I 
 
 2. Eminent; extraordinary. 
 
 A fiowaid man foweih Ihifc, and .iwhifpcrcr 
 fcparatclh t7/;(y friends. I'ro-vcrhi. 
 
 3. Capital; of the firft order; that to 
 which other parts arc inl'crionr, or fub- 
 ordiiiatc. 
 
 I came to have a good general view of the 
 apoflle's main purpol'e in writing the cpiftlc, and 
 the (///(/branches ofhis difcourle wherein he pro- 
 fecuted it. Loikt. 
 
 4. It is ufed by fome writers with a fuper- 
 lative termination ; but, I think, im- 
 propeily : the comparative chiiefr is 
 never found. 
 
 We beftcch you, bend you to remain 
 H.rc in the cheer and comfoit of out eye, 
 Our r';/V/(y/ courtier, coufin, andourfon. Shakf, 
 Djcg an Edomitc, x\\<: chief cf} of the herdmen. 
 
 I Siitnuel. 
 He fomctimes denied admiilion to the chief e^i 
 olHccrs of the army, Ctarend^ju. 
 
 Chief, n.f. [from the adjeflive.] 
 
 1. A military commander ; a leader of ar- 
 mies ; a captain. 
 
 Is pain to them 
 Lefs pain, lefs to be fled ? or thou tlian they 
 I.ef^ h.iidyto endure? courageous r^vV/"/ 
 The tirlt in flight from pain. Miltiri. 
 
 .^ftcr or before were never known 
 Such chief ; as each an army fcem'd alone. 
 
 Dryden. 
 A wit's a feather, and a chief :v rod; 
 An honefl man's the noblefl work of God. Vt,pe. 
 
 A prudent £■/;.->/" not always mult difplay 
 His pow'rs in equal i-atrks, and f.rir array ; 
 But with th' occafion and the place comply, 
 Conceal his force, nay fcem fomctimes to fly. 
 
 Vope, 
 
 2. In Chief, inlaw. In cap'tte, by per- 
 fonal fervice. 
 
 All fums demandable, cither for licence of 
 alienation to be made of l.mris holden in chief, or 
 for the pardon of any fuch alienation already 
 made witiiout licence, iiave been Itayed in the 
 way t ? thehanaper. Bacon. 
 
 I fliall be proud to hold my dependanceon you 
 in ^hief, as I do part of my fmall fortune in 
 Wiltlhire. Drydtn. 
 
 3. In Spetifcr it feems to fignify fome what 
 like achievement; amarkof diftintSion. 
 
 Wheie be the uofcgays that Ihe dight for thee ? 
 The coloured ckaplets wrought with a chief, 
 The knottifli rulh-rings, and gilt icfemary ? 
 
 Spertfer ^ 
 
 4. In heraldry. 
 
 The diiff is fo cabed of the Fi'ench word chef, 
 the head or upper part : this poffcffes the upper 
 third part of the efcutcheon. l'er.,h,im. 
 
 Chi'efdo.vi. n. f. [from chiefl Sove- 
 reignty. Not in life. 
 
 Zcphyrus being in love with Chloris, and co- 
 vetting her to wife, gave her for a dowry the 
 chief lorn and fovereignty of all flowers and green 
 herbs. Spcfc'i A'.i/, Cic/r, 
 
 Chi'efless. adj. [from chief] Wanting 
 a head ; being without a leader. 
 
 And chi<f'fi armies doz'd out the campaign, 
 And navies yawn'd for orders on the main. Vope. 
 Chi'efly. adv. [from chief.] Principally ; 
 eminently ; more than common. 
 
 Any man who will confider the nature of an 
 epic poem, what atftlons it defciibcs, and what 
 pei'l'ons they are ehiejiy whom it informs, will 
 find It a work full of difficulty. Dryden. 
 
 Thofe parts of tlic kingdom, where the num- 
 ber and cltatesof the difl'enters chief y lay. Sivift. 
 
 Chi'efrie. n.f. [from chief] A fmall 
 rent paid to the lord paramount. 
 
 They fliall be well able to live upon thofe lands, 
 
 to yield bet majefty leafonable crdefie, and alfo 
 
 give a competent maintenance untothe garrifons. 
 
 Sptnftr's Inland. 
 
 C H I 
 
 Would the. refer. cd rent at t!.:s iiy he Mf 
 nnre than a fmall ; iiiefru ? S'^if.'. ., 
 
 Chi'f.ft.ws. n.y. [from fAif/", n.f. cap- 
 tain.] 
 
 1 . A leader ; a commander. 
 
 That forc'd their</r/V/'/.i/«, for hisfftfety'sfa'At 
 (Their c/i/(/>j/n Hunihcr named was arigiit) 
 Unto the mighty Itieamhimto betake. 
 Where he an end of battle and of life did make. 
 
 Fairy Qurz^Jt 
 
 2. The head of a clan. 
 
 Il b:oke, and abl'uliitciy fuhdued all the lords 
 and chif tains of the Irlfhry. Dafiei on Ir,/,tnd, 
 
 Chie'v.vnce, n.f. [probably froin acht. 
 ■Vance, French, purchafc.] Traffick, in 
 vvlrich money is extorted j as dil'couut. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 There were good laws againft afur}-, the baf- 
 tard ule of money ; an^l agaiiifl unlawful chts-' 
 ■».i«t.'s and exchanges, which is bailard ufuiy. 
 
 B.teclt, 
 
 Chi'lbe.un. h. f. [from chill, coM, a<i<l 
 bluin ; fo that 'limpk fecms millakeii in 
 his etymology, or has written it v.rorjg 
 to ferve a purpofe.] A fore made by 
 froft. 
 
 I remembered the cure of chi'.dllain: wh<m I 
 was a boy (which may be called the children'* 
 gout) by burning at the fire. Temfie. 
 
 CHILD, n.f in the plural rZ-Z/y^n. [cJb, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. An infant, or veiy young perfon. 
 
 In age, to wlfii for youth is full asva.n, 
 As for a youth to turn a child again. De/ih.irri. 
 
 We fliuuld no more be kinder to one child t\aan 
 to another, than we are tender of one eye moro 
 than of the other. L' tjirnrge. 
 
 The young lad muft not be ventured abroad 
 at eight or ten, for fear of what may happen i» 
 the tender i/i;7</ ; though he then runs ten timci 
 tcl's rifi.|uc than at fixtccn. Locke, 
 
 The ftroke of death is nothing : children en- 
 dure it, and the greatcft cowards tind it no pain. 
 
 iruie. 
 
 2. One in the line of filiation, oppofed to 
 the parent. 
 
 Where c/:.idren have been cxpofed, or taken 
 away young, and afterwards have appio.iched to 
 their parents prefence, the parents, though they 
 have not known them, ha\c had a fecret joy, 'or 
 other alterarion, thereupon. - Bacon., 
 
 1 Ihall fee 
 The winged vengeance overtake fuch children. 
 
 Sh.tkfiiare, 
 So unexhaufted her pet feiH ions were, 
 Th.ir for rirore children (he had more to fpare. 
 
 Dryden. 
 He, ill a fruitful wife's embraces old, 
 A long incrcafe of children's children tolil. Addif. 
 
 3. The defcendnnts of a man, liow remote 
 foever, are called children ; as the chil~ 
 dren of Edom, the children of Ifrael. 
 
 4. In the language of fcripture. 
 
 One weak in knowled;;e. Ifaiah. zCor. 
 
 Such as arc young in grace. i "-fchn. 
 
 Such as areiiumblc and docile. hUtlliiij. 
 
 The children of light, the chiLlrcn of daikncfs ; 
 who follow light, who icmain in darknefs. 
 
 Theeleft, the blefled, are alfo called the chil~ 
 dren of God. 
 
 How is he numbered among the children of 
 God, and his lot is among the faints! lYifdcm. 
 
 In the New Teflameiit, believers arc com- 
 monly called children of God. 
 
 Ye are all the rhildrcn of Gcd, hy faith' m 
 Jefus Chriit. G.il.m.z(>. Calmct. 
 
 5. .A girl child. Not in ufe. 
 
 Mercy on 's ! a bearnc, a very pretty be.Trnc 
 A boy, or el. ill, I wonder ? Shakfie.ire, 
 
 6. Any thing the produdl or effecl of an- 
 other. 
 
 2 0.2
 
 ■C H I 
 
 Macduff, thU noble pafiion, 
 Wa.'d the black fciples. S/S^^//^--;'- 
 
 ..Tobe'witbCmi.x>. To be pregnant. 
 
 ' Kit muft ft^^nd fiiU, let w.ves w.ib r/;;.>^ 
 
 Pray that their burtbcn n^.^V "^' f'''';^;;^^'^ ' 
 Left that tb..r hopes ptod.g.oufly be '^-^^^^^^^ 
 
 Zo Child, f. «• [from the noun.] " To 
 
 bring children. 
 
 The fpring the fummer, 
 The cmins autu,.n, aug.y «-«-. ']Zllcare. 
 
 3rt^i::^Uri.lsofaict,infuch,tbeg,ns^wuh 
 
 "Lvand^^.r.] Theaa of bearing 
 
 children. 
 
 To the= 
 pv.nsonlv in chllSmrh'g were foretoW, 
 ^rd:b"'4ins forth, (conreccr..p=n.Mw,.hpy, 
 
 ^'^L:;,;:;irtdir^U,teSy.viabasden^. 
 
 red till me is paft chilJbeuung. fl'Ti 
 
 Ch.'ldeed. «. /. [from .W and ^.^0 
 
 The ftate of a vvcman bringing a child, 
 
 or bt-lnil in labour. 
 
 The fieralsof prince Arthur, and of queen 
 EliLbe>b, who dic5 in .'MM .n the Towcr.^^ 
 
 P.re, asv^-hcn ^vaIh•d from fput of^MMeJ 
 
 yet .Seft:tho- poor, the pain of. i/Aii^bear. 
 
 CHI 
 
 Let no one be aftually married, ti« ^.^1'-'' 
 
 --f;1S..einthe..ip=- 
 
 C::'ro;,.TH.„./.[from./.7^andW.] 
 Trava,l;labour; the time of bringing 
 forth ; theacl of bringing torth. 
 The mother of Pyroclcs, after her ./"Wi-r^, 
 
 ^'t kernel void of any tafle, but not fo of 
 virt,e(peciany for women traveling, m.^:A^ 
 
 ^■'jn'the whole fex of women, God baH, decreed 
 
 ,ie (harp7ft pain, of .* /./i'V"^ ! "> *'«:' ' "' 
 
 h rcisTro fta^te exempt from forrow. /-^y-- 
 
 He to his wife, before the trme aff.gn d 
 Fo".W>/icame, thn, bluntly (poke n.^m.nd. 
 
 Ciu'LDED. adj. [from child.] Furnilhed 
 
 with a child. . ^ 
 
 How light and portable my par" fecms now. 
 When that which m,-.kes me bend, makes the 
 
 Ch.'lpf-RMAS day. [from J.<W and 
 ,„,fs. 1 The day of the week, through- 
 out the year.^anfwering to the day on 
 «h!ch the feSa of the Holy Innocents 
 \, ftilemnixed, which weak and fuper- 
 IHtlous perfons think an unlucky day. 
 
 To nlk of har-cj, or fuch uncouth Inmgs, 
 p.ovcs as ominous to.the frfeerman, as the be- 
 ri„,.pg of .1 voy:.i;e on the day when Md^rn:.s 
 «"vien,dotbtothema,n,cr. C^.'"- 
 
 Ci:l'j.DH00D. n./. [from<rA:W; cilbhab, 
 
 Saxon.] , 
 
 I The ibte of children ; or, the time in 
 'which we are children : it includes in- 
 fancy, but is continued to puberty. 
 N..W i have n.iin'd ibe fh,ldh'j!,d oi mu joy 
 Wrth blood, remov'dbu. 1^"" f™"' ';;;;jj;,";„ 
 The fons of lords and gentlemen fhould be 
 trailed up in !""""£ f""» '"^^ ch,ldl„o.lu 
 ' "^ Sprnfer on Ireland. 
 
 Seldom have 1 ccas'd to eye 
 Thy infancy, .thy chilJlmd, and thy youth. M:tt. 
 
 The fame authority that the aaions of a man 
 have with us in our cMdhoml, the lame, m every 
 period of life has the praiticc of all whom we 
 regard as our fupenuurs. Rogen. 
 
 2. 'I'he time of life between infancy and 
 
 puberty. 
 
 Infancy and ddhihod demand thin, copious, 
 nourilhing aliment. ^ ^,iMhM. 
 
 3. The properties of a child. 
 
 Theii love in early infancy began, 
 And role as t/j./ifcciripcn'd int.. man. Dryden. 
 Cui'i-DISH. adj. {_iiom child.] 
 
 1. Having the qualities of a child ; trif- 
 ling ; ignorant ; iimple. 
 
 Learning hath its infancy, when it is but be- 
 ginnmg and almofl c/d/di/i: then its youth, when 
 it is lu.xuriant and juvenile. iacon. 
 
 2. Becoming only children ; trifling ; pue- 
 rile. 
 
 Hufidorus being elder by three or four years 
 there was taken away the occafion of chiU:yA 
 contentions. "'J'' 
 
 The lion's whelps (he faw how he did bear. 
 And lull in rugged arms withouten cliuhjiiar. 
 
 Spenjir. 
 
 When I was yet a child, no chi!d:/i play 
 To me was pleafing ; all my mind was let 
 Serious to learn and know. i^f- J<''g 
 
 The fathers looked on the worlhip of images 
 as the moft filly and ddUiJi thing in tne wodd. 
 
 Slillmgfieet. 
 
 One that hath newly learn'd to fpeak and go 
 Loves c«/A/,/- plays. . ^f ""'"'"'■ 
 
 They have fpoiled the walls with chddijh fen- 
 tences, that confift often in a jingle of words. 
 
 jiddifcn on Italy. 
 
 By converfation the childijh humours of their 
 
 younger days might be worn out. Jrluthnot. 
 
 Chi'ldishly. adv. \_iiO'cc, childijh .] In 
 
 a childilh trifling way ; like a clulJ. 
 
 Together with h.s fame their infamy was 
 fpread, who had fo ralhly and cMSfily ejeaed 
 
 him. , , • .L ■ 
 
 Some men are of excellent judgment in their 
 own profeffions, but chddijidy unlkilful in any 
 thing befides. ,;r'i?T 
 
 Chi'ldishness. n.f. [from chddijb.\ 
 
 1. Puerility; triflingnefs. 
 The aftions of chddijlincfi, and unfafhionahle 
 
 carriage, time and age will of itfelf be fure to 
 r Locke. 
 
 reform. . . 
 
 Nothing in th,e world could give a truer idea ot 
 the fuperliition, credulity, and cdtHdiJhmJ% ui the 
 Roman catholick religion. Add,fin. 
 
 2. Harinkirnefs. 
 Speak thou, boy ; 
 
 Perhaps thy chUdi/lincJi will move him more 
 Than can our reaiurs. ■^'"'((^'^''r''' 
 
 Ciu'i.DLEss. adj. [from fi;W.] With- 
 out children ; without offspring. 
 
 As thy fword hath made women c/dld.'efs, fo 
 lliall thy mother be c/dU/rfs among women. 
 
 I Samuel. 
 A man fhall fee the nobleft %vorks and foun- 
 dations have proceeded from clii.'dh-fs men ; which 
 have fought to expicfs the images of their minds, 
 where thole of their bodies have failed : lo the 
 care of poftetity is moft in them that have no 
 pofterity. B»con > Effays. 
 
 C/duUfs thou art, c/dldle/i remain : fo death 
 Shall be deceiv'd his glut. ,']'",' Tr' 
 
 She can give the reafon why one died cAi.'MeJi. 
 
 SfcButor. 
 
 Chi'ldi-Jke. adj. [from f/.i/W and ///r.] 
 Becoming or befeeming a child. 
 
 WnocanowenoK-fs than cldldlike obedience 
 to her that hath more than nioii.erly care. Hooker. 
 
 I thought the remnant of mine age 
 Should have been cheri(h-d by her cid/d/ike duty. 
 
 Snafifpearf. 
 
 Chi'liad. n.f. [from xiXiaf.] A tlioti- 
 fand; a colkaion or fum containing a 
 thouland. 
 
 C HI ^ 
 
 We msKC cycles and periods of years, as de- 
 cads, centuiics, c/dliads, for the ufe of compu- 
 tation in hirtory. Holder. 
 Chiha'edron. n.f. [from x'?.'«-J A 
 ligurc of a thoufaiid lides. 
 
 In a man, who fpeaks of a cldl'uiedron, or a 
 bocy of a tlioufand lides, the idea of the figure 
 may be very confufed, though that of the num- 
 ber he very diliinft. ■^"""*'. 
 Chil'ifa'ctive. \ adj. [from ^Vf. See 
 Chilifa'ctory. \ Chylifactive.] 
 That has the quality of making chyle. 
 
 Whtiherthis be not effeiHed by fome way of 
 cor.ohon, r.ather man any proper digeftion, rAr- 
 lilaaive mutation, or alimental converfion. 
 
 Brown's Vulgar Errours. 
 We Ihould rather rely upon a chdijdtlory men- 
 ftruum, or digelVive preparation drawn from 
 fpecies or individuals, whole ftomachs peculi- 
 arly dUTolve lapideous bodies. Brown. 
 ChILIFICa'tION.W./. [SeeCHYLIFICA- 
 
 TION.] The aft of making chyle. 
 
 Nor will we affirm that iron is iiidigcfted in 
 the ftomachof theoftriehe; but we lufpe.'t this 
 effect to proceed not from any liquid reduclion, 
 or tenilence to chi!ification, by the power of na- 
 tural heat. Bro-ujn'i Vulg. Err. 
 
 CHILL, "dj. [cele, Sax.] 
 
 I. Cold ; that is cold to the touch 
 
 And all my plants I fave from nightly ill, 
 Of noifome winds, and blafting vapours e//.7/. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. Cold; having the fenfation of cold; 
 (hivering with cold. 
 
 My heart and my chill veins freeze with de- 
 fpair. ^''■""• 
 
 3. Dull; not warm; not forward : as, a 
 chill reception. 
 
 4. Dcpreffed ; dejeaed ; difcouraged. 
 
 5. Unaffedionate; cold of temper. 
 Chill, n.y: [from the adje£tive.] Chil- 
 
 nefs; cold. 
 
 I very well know one to have a fort of chill 
 about his praecordia and head. Derham. 
 
 Tb Chill. •V. a. [from the adjeaive. J 
 
 1. To make cold. 
 
 Age has not yet 
 So (hrunk my fmcws, or fo chill' d my veins, 
 But conlcious virtue in my breaft remains. _Dy'i/: 
 Heat burns his rife, froft chills his fctting 
 beams. 
 And vex the world with oppofitc extremes.C.r^e A. 
 
 Each changing feafon docs its poilon bung ; 
 Rheums clnlh'at winter, agues blaft the fpring. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Now no more the drum 
 Provokes to arms ; or trumpet's clangor flirill 
 AftViiihts the wives, 01 chills the v,rgin's blood. 
 " rnilips. 
 
 2 To deprefs ; to dejea ; to difcourage. 
 
 Every thought on God clulh the gaiety of his 
 fpirits, and awakeas terrors which he cannot bear. 
 '^ ' Rogers, 
 
 7. To blall with cold. 
 
 The fruits peiilh on the ground, 
 Or foon decay, by inows immod'rate eldll'd, 
 Bv winds are blafted, or by lighuiing kill d. 
 ■' Slackmore. 
 
 Chi'lliness. n.f. [from chilly.] A fen- 
 fation of fhiveiing cold. 
 
 ll the patient furvives three days, the acute- 
 nefs of the pain abates, and a chillinejs or (hiver- 
 ing affefts the body. jlrbuthNOt. 
 
 Chi'lly. adj. [from chill] Somewhat 
 
 cold. 
 
 A cidlly fweat bedews 
 My (hudd'ring limbs. r^ y^''''f' 
 
 Chi'l-ness. n.f. [ivom chill.] Coldneis ; 
 want of warmth. 
 
 If you come out of the fun fuddenly into » 
 Ihade, there foUoweth a chilntis 01 ftivcrmg ui 
 all the body. ' ^""^^
 
 C H I 
 
 This wWIc he thinks, he lifts aloft his darf, 
 A generous cfiilnffs icizcs cv'ry part, 
 The veins jjoui" Ljck the bluod, and fortify the 
 lieai I. Dryuin. 
 
 Chimb, n.f. [iime, Dutch.] The tnd of 
 a barrel or tub. 
 
 CHIME, n./. [The original of this woril 
 is doubtful. Junius and Aliii/brio fup- 
 pofc a corrupted from dmbal ; Siiniur 
 from gamnii, or gamut ; Heiifiaiu troin 
 chsamare, to call, bccaiile the chime calls 
 to church. Tcthaps it is only fofteiied 
 from ch'unte, or churm, an old word tor 
 the found of many >oicer, orinlliumcnts 
 niakii.g a noife together.] 
 
 1. The confonant or hannonick found of 
 many coi rtfpondent inlirHments. 
 
 Hanjjour lh;ii;gy tlii^hs with bells? 
 That, a» wc do Ih.ke a tunc, 
 In outdance (hall make a chimt. Ben JonJ'.n. 
 
 The found 
 Of inftrumeiits, that made melodious chime ^ 
 Was heard, oi harp and oigan. ^Jiht,ti. 
 
 Love virtue, flic alone is free ; 
 She c.tit teach you ho.v to climb 
 Higher th:iii the fphcry chimf. Milton. 
 
 2, The correfpoiidcnce of foimd. 
 
 Love fivH uivcnted vcrfe, and form'd the 
 rjiime. 
 The motion meafur'd, harmoniz'd the dilute. 
 
 DryJev. 
 
 3. The found of bells, not rung by ropes, 
 but ftruck with hammers. In tills fcnfe 
 it is always ufcd in the plural, chimes. 
 
 We have heard the chijr.ts at midnight. Skakf. 
 
 4, The correfpondence of proportion or 
 relation. 
 
 The conceptions of things are placed in th^ir 
 feveral degrees of finiiliuidc ; as in fever.tl 
 proportions, one to another : in which harmo- 
 nious chimeiy the voice of rcafoti is often drown- 
 ed. Gi cw. 
 
 To Chime, -u. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To found in harmony or conionance. 
 
 To make tiie rough recital aptly chiir.e, 
 Or bring the turn of Gallia's lots to rhimi, 
 'Tis migl.ty hard. Pririr. 
 
 2. To coirefpond in relation or proportion. 
 
 FatUei anti fon, hufband and wife, and fuch 
 other correlative terms, do belong one to an- 
 other ; and, through cuflom, do readily chlmey 
 andaniwer one another^ in people's memories. 
 Loih. 
 
 3. To agree ; to fall in with. 
 
 He not only fat quietly and lieard his faih.cr 
 
 railed at, but often chimed in with the difeouife. 
 
 Arbulhmjt\ Hijt. (.J Jchn Bull^ 
 
 4. To fuit with : to agree. 
 
 Any fc(5i, whofe rcitl'onings, interpretation, 
 and language, I have been ufed to, will, of 
 GQurfe, make all chime that way ; and make an- 
 other, and perhaps the genuine meaning of the 
 author, fcera harlh, Ifrai^gc, and luicouth to me. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 5. To jingle; to clatter. 
 
 But with the meaner tribe I'm forc'd to chime, 
 And, wanting ftrcngth to rife, defcend to rhime. 
 
 Sinith. 
 
 To Chime, v. a. 
 
 1. To move, or flrike, or caufe to found 
 harmonically, or withjuft confonancy. 
 
 With lifted ?rms they order ev'ry blow. 
 And chime thcirfoLinding hammers in a row : 
 Witnlabour'danvils j;tnn groans below. Vrycl. 
 
 2. To ftrike a bell with a hammer. 
 CHIMERA, n.f. IChlwera, Lat.] A 
 
 vain and wild fancy, as remote from 
 reality as the exiltcnce of the poetical 
 Chimera, a monlter feigned to have the 
 
 C II I 
 
 head of a lion, the belly of a goat, and 
 the tail of a dragon. 
 Ill Ihort, the loice of dreams is of a piece, 
 
 Chimeras i\!, and more abfurd, 'r lefs. D'y:icri. 
 No body ji>ins the voice of a Iheep w itli the 
 (hape of a lioife, to be the complex ideas of an} 
 real fubltaiiccs, unlets he has a mind 10 till his 
 lit. id wiih e/i(»ii r.iJ, and his difcuurlc with unin- 
 Itlii^ible Words. Locki. 
 
 Ciiime'uical. W/'. [^{rom chimera."] Ima- 
 ginary ; fanciful ; wildly, vainly, or 
 fantaliically conceived ; faiitallick. 
 
 Nwtwiihnaiiding tiie hiicnefs of this allegory 
 may atone for it in fome meafurc, I cannot think 
 that perfons of fuch a rhiir.erical cxillciicc arc pro- 
 per aitlors in an epic poem. Spe^aio . 
 
 Chime'rically. adv. [from cLimciicaJ.] 
 Vainly ; wildly ; fantaliically. 
 
 Chi'minaGE. n.f. [from chimin, an old 
 law word for a road.] A toll for paf- 
 fage through a forcft. Coiccll. 
 
 CHIMNEY, n.f- [cheminee, French.] 
 
 1. The paflage tlirough which the fmoke 
 afcends from the fire in the houlc. 
 
 Chimnies with fcorn rejefting ImoKe. Sivift. 
 
 2. The turret raifed above the roof of the 
 houfe, for conveyance of the fmoke. 
 
 The night has been unruly : where we lay, 
 Oui chimnies were blown down. Shakf^eare. 
 
 3. The fire-place. 
 
 The chimney 
 Is fouth the chamber ! and the chimneypiece, 
 Ch.ifte Dian bathing. Shnkfpearc. 
 
 The fire which the Chaldeans worlhipped tor a 
 god, is crept into every man's chimney. Raleigh. 
 
 Low offices, which fome neighbours harcjy 
 think it worth liirring from their c///m/ifj' fides tu 
 obtain. S-wift on Scic TfJ!. 
 
 Chimney-corner, n.f. [^from chimney 
 and corner. ] The fire-lide ; the feat on 
 each end of the fire-grate : ufually noted 
 in proverbial language for being the 
 place of idlers. 
 
 Yet fome old men 
 Tell ftories of you in their chimney-corner. 
 
 Denham 
 
 Chi'mneypiece. n.f. [from chimney and 
 
 piece.'\ The ornamental piece of wood, 
 
 or (lone, that is fet round the fire-place. 
 
 Polilh and brighten the marble hearths and 
 
 chimneypiece^ with a clout dipt in greafe. Siuift _ 
 
 Chi'mneysweeper. n.f. \i\-Ciix\ chimney 
 z.nA fj-'eeper .'\ 
 
 1. One whofe trade it is to clean foul 
 chimnies of foot. 
 
 To look like her, are chimneyfivecpers black ; 
 And fince her time are colliers counted bright. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 The little chimnryfiveeper Ikulks along. 
 And niaiks with (ooty ilains tiie heedlefs throng 
 
 G.iy. 
 
 Even lying Ned, ihc ehiinneyfweeper of Savoy, 
 
 and Tom ^thc Portugal duAman, put in their 
 
 claims. . .r!ii>uthn<,t. 
 
 2. It is ufed proverbially for one of a mean 
 and vile occupation. 
 
 Golden lads and guMs, allmuft. 
 As cinmncypweepen, come to dull. Shakfpeare, 
 
 CHIN. n.f. [cinne, Sax. if/on. Germ.] 
 The part of the face beneath the under 
 
 lip. 
 
 But .ill the words I could get of her, was 
 wrying her waift, and ihrulling out her chin. 
 
 Sidney. 
 With his Amazonian chin he drove 
 The biiflled lips before him. Shakfpenre. 
 
 He rais'd his hardy head, which funk again, 
 And finking on his bofom, knock'd his chin. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 C H I 
 
 Chi'xa. n./. [from Chiner, the country 
 where it i-i made.] China ware ; porce- 
 lain ; a fpecics of vtiftls made in China,- 
 diinly tranfparent, partaking of the 
 qualities ct earth and glafs. i'hey are 
 made by mingling two kinds of earth, 
 of which occ cafily vitiifics; the other 
 refills a very llrong heat : when the vi- 
 trifiable earth is melted into glafs, they 
 are completely burnt. 
 
 Spieen, vapoitis, or fniall-pox above tiicm all; 
 And miltrefsof herfeif, tho' ch'nd fall t'ope. 
 After fuppcr, caTi7 your plate and chir/a to- 
 gether in the fame balket. Stuift, 
 
 China-orange, n.f. [^(romChina and 
 orange.^ The fvveet orange :■ brought 
 originally from China. 
 
 Not many years has the China-orange been pro- 
 pagated in Puitugal :ind Spain. Monimer. 
 
 Chi'na-root. n.f. [from Chinaznd root.\ 
 A medicinal root, brought originally^ 
 from China. 
 
 Chi'ncouoh. n.f. [perhaps more pro- 
 perly kincough, from Llnckin, to pant, 
 Dutch, and cou^h.'\ A violent anu con- 
 vuliive cough, to which children are 
 fubjedl. ' ■ . " 
 
 I have obferved a chineouph complicated with 
 an intermitting fever. hloyer on the ilumotits 
 
 CHINE, n.f [ejchine, Fr. fchiena,\f!i\\ 
 
 fpina, Lat. cein. Arm.] 
 I . The part of the back in which the fpinc- 
 or backbone is found. 
 
 She Ilrakc hini fuch a blow upon hi s-fA/Hf that- 
 fhe opened all his body. . Sidney. 
 
 Ke prelenrs her with the tulky head. 
 And chine with rifingbriilles roughly fprcad. 
 
 Dry.ien. ■ 
 '2. A piece of the back of an animal. 
 
 Cut out the burly boned down in chines of 
 
 beet ere thou flecp. ShaUpeare. 
 
 He had killed eight fat hogs for this leafon, 
 
 and he had dealt about his chines very liberally- 
 
 amongft his neighbours. SptHator. 
 
 To Chine, -v. a. [from the noun. J To- 
 cut into chines. 
 
 He tiiat in his line did chine the long ribb'd: 
 Appciiine. D^ydcn. 
 
 CHINK./;./, [cinan, to gape. Sax.] A 
 fmall aperture longvvife ; an opening or 
 gap between the parts of any thing. 
 
 Pyramus andThithc did talk through the chinks 
 of a wall. Shcii/p. Miilf urn. Night's Dream. 
 
 Piague» alio have been raifed by anointing the 
 thinks of doors, and the like. Bacon's Nai. H,Jl. 
 
 Though birds have no epiglottis, yet they (o 
 contiaft the chink of their larinaip' 'o prtventi 
 theadmifiicn of wet or diy intjif^Ld. Bnjun. 
 
 Other inventions, falfe jind ahfurd, th-it are 
 like lb many chinks and hollsto difcoycr the rot- 
 tcnncts of the whole fabriak. ■ « South.. 
 
 In vain (lie fearch'd eack cranny of the^houfc,. 
 Each gaping chink jn!pcrvi#s to a moufc. S~.v:fe, 
 
 To CnitiK. 'V. a. [derived by Sitinnjy from 
 the found.] To fnate fo as to make a. 
 found. 
 
 He .-hiii.h his purfe, .-nd takes his feat of llatc ; 
 With ready quilU the dedicators wait.. I'cpe. 
 
 To Chink, v. n. To found by- flriking 
 each other. 
 
 Lord Strutt's money fiiines as bright,. and 
 
 chinks as well, as 'fquirc .South's. ^-irhiithnot. 
 
 When not a guinea rhin'R'A on Martin's boards, 
 
 And Atwill's fcif was drain'd of all his hoards. 
 
 Swift. 
 Chi'nkY. adj. [from chini.J' Full of 
 holes ; gaping ; opening into iiarfo',*- 
 clefts.
 
 C H I 
 
 But phiftcr iViou t\ie chinly hives with clay. 
 
 Dry.im'i f'r'gil- 
 
 Grimnlkin, to domcftick vermin fwoiu 
 AnevcrlalUng foe, with watchful eye 
 Lies liiglitiy bioociing o'er a chinky gap, 
 Protending lier fell claws, to thougltlefs mire 
 Sure r»in. Ph'.lp' I'ocm^i. 
 
 Chints. n.f. Cloth of cotton made in 
 India, and printed with colours. 
 
 Let a charming chinti, and BrulTcls lace, 
 Wrap my cold limbs, and Ihade my lifelels face. 
 
 Chi'oppine. n.f. [from cha;<ln, Span.] 
 A high (hoe, formerly worn by ladies. 
 
 Yourladylhip is nearer heaven than n-hcn I 
 faw you Uft, by the altitude of a c/i/a/ip/ui-. 
 
 The woman was a giantcfs, and yet walked 
 always in chlo^f.j:es. Cr^-ioUy. 
 
 CHIP, Cheap, Chipping, in the names 
 of places, imply a market ; from the 
 Saxon cyppan ceapan, to buy. Giifon. 
 To Chip. v. a. [probably corrupted from 
 chop. ] To cut into fmall pieces ; to 
 diminidi, by cutting away a little at 
 a time. 
 
 His mangled myrmydons, 
 Xofclcfs, handlcfs, hackt and chift, come to him, 
 Crying on Heftor. Shakjfeare' % Trt-il. andCrcf. 
 To return to our liatuc in the block of mar- 
 ble, we fee it fometitnes only begun to be ch':^- 
 fi.i; fomctimes rough hewn, and juft (ketched 
 into an human figure. Addtjon' s Spe^a/or. 
 
 The critick Irnkes out all that is not juft ; 
 And 'tis cv'n fo the butler c/iipi his cruft. iCi'ig. 
 
 Indurtry 
 Taught him to cAip the wood, and hew the ftone. 
 
 T/lO>llfo/t. 
 
 Chip. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A fmall piece taken off by a cutting 
 inftrument. 
 
 Cucumbers do extremely afTeft moifture, and 
 
 o^er-drink therafelves, which chaff or fA//»i for- 
 
 birfdeth. Bacon. 
 
 That rliip made iion fwim, not by natural 
 
 power. Teiylor. 
 
 The ftraw was laid below ; 
 Of ehipi and ferewoad was the fccond row. 
 
 Divd^ii's FabUi. 
 
 2. A fmall piece, however made. 
 
 The raanganefe lies in t'ne vein in lumps 
 
 'wrecked, in an irregular manner, among clay, 
 
 fpar, and chips of ftonc. IVoodiuard. 
 
 Chi'pping. n. /. [from To ch'ip.'^ A 
 fragment cut off. 
 
 They dung their land with the chippiie! of a 
 fort of foft ftone. Moriimer^ Uujhandry. 
 
 The chipping^ and filings of thefe jewels, could 
 they be prcfervcd, are of more value th.m the 
 whole mafs of ordinary authors. Fellci. 
 
 •C H I R A 'g R I c A L. aiij. [ ^romchiragra, Lat. ] 
 Havirig the gout in the hand ; fubjedl 
 to the j^out inalie hand. 
 
 Cliirn^riccil perfons rto fuffcr in the finger as 
 well as in the relV, and fomctimes firft of all. 
 * « Broiun^i Vuliftir Krioucs 
 
 ■Chiro'gr APHERT n. y; [y;=i,, the hand, 
 - and V.--.' J, to write.] He that exercifes 
 
 or profeffcs the art or bulmefs of writing. 
 Thus palTcth it from this olBce to the chirogrti- 
 
 phersj to be cngrofTcd. Bacon. 
 
 'Chiro'gkaphist. n. /. [See Chiro- 
 GRAPHtR.] This word is ufed in the 
 following paffngc, I think improperly, 
 ■for one that tells fortunes by examining 
 the hand : the true word is chirofophijl, 
 or chiromancer. 
 
 Let the phiftognomifts cxam'nc his features ; 
 -let the chirogiaphijU behold his palm ; but, 
 above all, let us confult for the calculation of his 
 iKttivity. j^rbuthiol u/ui P^.pc. 
 
 C H I 
 
 CH'TRo'craphy. n.f. [See ChiroCra- 
 pher.] The art of writing. 
 
 CHl'ROMANCER.n.y. [SeeC H I ROM A N C Y. ] 
 
 One that foretcls future events by in- 
 fpeciing the hand. 
 
 The middle fort, who h.ave not much to fparc, 
 To chiromaitcen* cheaper art repair. 
 Who clap the pretty paim, to make the lines 
 more fair. X)r\\h'i' s 'Ju:-efuil. 
 
 Chi'romancv. 7!./. [jj:-i;, the hand, and 
 fis-vli-, a prophet.] The art of fore- 
 teUing the events of life, by infpecling 
 the hand. 
 
 There i» not much confidcrable in that doc- 
 trine of r///V(jwa«r>', chat fpots in the top of the 
 nails do fignify things paft ; in the middle, 
 things prclent; and at the bottom, events to 
 come. Biotun's V^uia^ur Ermurs. 
 
 To CHIRP. 1'. 71. [perhaps contrafled 
 from cheer up. The Dutch have circk- 
 en.'\ To make a cheerful noife ; as 
 birds, when they call without finging. 
 
 She chirping ran, he peeping flew away, 
 Till hard by them both he and fhc did Itay. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Came he right now to (ing a raven's note ; 
 And thinks he that the thjrping of a wren 
 Can chafe away the fiift conceived found ? 
 
 Shj.kfpcare. 
 No chirping lark the welkin flieen invokes. 
 
 Gay's Vajhrah. 
 The careful hen 
 Calls al] her chirping family around. Thomjon. 
 
 To Chirp, ii. a. [This feenis apparently 
 corrupted from cheer up.'\ To make 
 cheerful. 
 
 Let no fober bigot here think it a ^\\\ 
 To pulh OR the chirping and moderate bottle. 
 
 Jnhrifan. 
 
 Sir Balaam now, he lives like other folks ; 
 He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. 
 
 Pope. 
 Chirp, ti.f. [from the verb.] The voice 
 of birds or infers. 
 
 Winds over us win fper'd, flocks by us did bleat, 
 And chirp went the grafshopper untler our feet. 
 
 Spea.itct. 
 
 Chi'rper. n.f. [from c^'/r/i.] One that 
 chirps ; one that is cheerful. 
 
 ToChirre. 1). n. [ceopian, Sax.] See 
 Churme. To coo as a pigeon, yumus. 
 
 CHIRU'RGEON. n.f [x^.^^r/^ , irom 
 X'-i^y the hand, and s^y.:, work.] One 
 that cures ailments, not by internal 
 medicines, but outward applications. 
 It is now generally pronounced, and by 
 many written, furgeon. 
 
 When a man's wounds ceafe to fmart, only 
 becaufe he has loft his feeling, they .ire nevcrtlie- 
 lefb mortal, for his not feeing his need of a c/;/- 
 rurgeon. Souih's Sermons. 
 
 Chiru'rgery. n. f. [from e/jirurgeoti.] 
 The art of curing by external applica- 
 tions. This is cMeAfiirgery. 
 
 Gynecia having fkill in chirurgeryy an art in 
 thofe days much cdcemed. Sidney, 
 
 Nature could do nothing in her cafe without 
 the help of chir:/rgery, in drying up the luxurious 
 ficlh, and making way to pull out the rotten 
 bones. iy'sftmnn. 
 
 Chiru'kgical. 7 rtr//. See Chirur- 
 
 ChIRu'rGICK. f OKON. 
 
 1. Having qualities ufc'ful in outward ap- 
 plications to hurts. 
 
 As to the chiritr^ii.tl or phyfical virtues of 
 wax, it is reckoned a mean between hot and 
 cold. Akr/irner. 
 
 2. Relating to the manual part of healing. 
 3- Manual in general, conCftlr.g in opcra- 
 
 6 
 
 C H I 
 
 tlons of the hand. This fenfe, though 
 I he firfl: according to etymology, is row 
 fcarce found. 
 
 The chhurgkal or manual part doth refer Xa 
 the making inrtruments, and exercifiiig particu- 
 lar experiments. yfiU'i'm^ 
 
 CHI'SEL. n.f [cifcau, Fr. ai fci/fum, 
 Lat.] An inftrument with which wooci 
 or ftone is pared away. 
 
 What fine chifcl 
 Could ever yet cut breath ? Let no man mock me. 
 Tor r will kils her. Shahfpeare. ■ 
 
 There is fuch a fccming foftnefs in the limbs, 
 as if not a chifcl had hewed them out of Ifone, 
 hut a pencil had drawn and if roakcd them in oil. 
 
 IFotttn, 
 Impeife<fl fliapes : in marble fuch are fcen, 
 When the rude chijel does the man begin. Dryden. 
 To Chi'sel. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 cut with a chifel. 
 CHIT. n. f. [according to Dr. H'lckes, 
 from I'lncl, Germ, child ; perhaj^s from 
 chko, little. Span.] 
 
 1. A child ; a baby: generally ufed of 
 yoinig perfons in conteinpt. 
 
 Thefe will appear fucli thus in llory, 
 'Twill turn all politicks to jclt. Anonymous. 
 
 2. The ftioot of corn from the end of the 
 grain. A cant term with maltfters. 
 
 Bailey, couched four days, will begin to Ihew 
 the c/;.7 orfprit at the root-end. Mortimer, 
 
 3. A freckle, [from chickpea.] In this 
 
 fenfe it is feldom ufed. 
 To Chit. ■u. «. [from the noun.] To 
 
 fprout ; to ftioot at the end of the 
 
 grain: cant. 
 I have known barley cUt in feven hours after 
 
 it had been thrown fortli. hhrsimer. 
 
 Chi'tchat. n.f. [corrupted by redupli- 
 cation from c/ja/.] Prattle; idle prate ; 
 
 idle talk. A word only ufed in ludicrous 
 
 converfation. 
 I am a member of the female fociety, who call 
 
 ourfelves the chit-chat club. Spe£iator. 
 
 Chi'tterlings. n.f. without fingular. 
 [fromyi-Zn'/f/'Z/nj/i, Dut. Aliifloetu ; from 
 kiitteln. Germ. Skinner. '\ The guts; 
 the bowels. Skinner. 
 
 Chi'tty. aJu [from chit.~\ Chlldiffi ; 
 like a baby. 
 
 Chi'\alrous. adj. [from chivalry.'] Re- 
 lating to chivalry, or errant knighthood i 
 knightly; warlike; adventurous; daring. 
 Out of ufe. 
 
 And noble minds of yore allied were 
 In brave purfuit oi chivalrous cmprife. Fairy (lueen, 
 
 CHIVALRY, n.f [cheimlcrie, French, 
 knighthood, froin cheval, a horfe ; as 
 e.qiiei in Latin. It ought properly to 
 be written chevalry. It is a word not 
 much ufed, but in old poems or 
 romances. ] 
 
 1. Knighthood; a military dignity. 
 
 There be now, for martial encouragement, fome 
 degrees and ordcis of chi'v.ihy ; which, neverthe- 
 lefs, are conferred promifcuoully upon foldiers and 
 no foldiers. Bacon, 
 
 2. The qualifications of a knight ; aSj 
 valour, dexterity in arms. 
 
 Thou half llain 
 The flow'r of Europe fur his chivalry. Shakfpeare. 
 I may fpcak it to nry Ihamc, 
 I have a truant been to chiTalry. Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. The general fyftem of knighthood. 
 
 S'-lemnly he fwoie. 
 That, Ly the faith which knights to knighthood 
 Lore,
 
 C I-I o 
 
 And wliate'cr tlfc to rhivniiy belongs, 
 He would nut ccafc nil lit rcvcng'd their wrongs. 
 
 Dyydcn. 
 
 4. An adventure; an exploit. Not in ufe. 
 
 Tiity four doing a«its mure d.ingtruus, ihougli 
 Jcfs famous, bcciiufc llicy were but piivatc chi- 
 ^tilty. 6iJ':<y'. 
 
 5. The body or order of knights. 
 ^^i^;« And by hh light 
 
 l^u Did all the th.ihifry ot' EngUnd move 
 
 To do liravc aiils. Shaifpcate. 
 
 6. In law. 
 
 Sctvitium miiiiarey of the French chri'aliir ^ a 
 tenure of land by knight's fervlcc, Ttiirc is no 
 land but is liolrlcn mt-diatcly or immcdi.Ucly of 
 the crown, by lomc fervlcc or other; and iherc- 
 fou- are all our frcchotds, that arc to us and our 
 l.oirs, called J.uMiy Lees, as proceeding from 
 the bcnt'tic ot the knig. As the king gave to the 
 nobles jar^jc poiVtlTion-s fur this or that rent and 
 fcrvioo, fo tlity parcelled out their lands, fo ic- 
 ceivcd lor rents and (ervices, as they thought 
 good; and thofc fcrvices are byLittlctun divided 
 into chrjiilty and locage. The one is marliai 
 nnd military; fTi? other, clownifh and rultick. 
 Chivalry^ therefore, is a tenure of fervice, wh^ic- 
 by tlic tenanr" is buvnul to perform fonie noble 
 or military otVicc unto his lard: and is of two 
 fon^ ; either rcg.il, that is, fuch as may liuUl 
 only of tiK king ; or fuch as may alfo hold of a 
 common peifon as well as of the king. Tliat 
 which may hold onl> of the king, is properly 
 called fergcantry ; and is again dividid into 
 grand or pciic, /. e. great or fmall. Chivalry 
 that may hold of a common perfon, as wt II a^ 
 of tht king, is called Icutagium. toiv-.i!. 
 
 Chi'ves. n,f. [cive^Vw Skinner.l 
 
 1. The threads or filamenis riting In 
 flowers with feeds at tlie end. 
 
 The mafcuUnc or prolitic feed contained in 
 
 the ch'.vci or apices of the rtamina. Ray. 
 
 2". A fpecies of fmall onion. Skinner, 
 
 Chloro'sis. n.f. [from ;(;?.J^-5>> green.] 
 
 The greenficknels. 
 To Choak. 6ee Choke. 
 CHOCOLATE, n.f. [chocoiafey Span.] 
 J. The nut of the cacao or cocoa tree. 
 
 The tree hath a iofe flower, uf a gieat number 
 of petals, from whofe cmpalements arifes the 
 poinial, being a tube cut into many parts, 
 which becomes a fruit (haped fomcwhat bke a 
 cnoiimbcr, and deeply fui rowed, in whicli arc 
 contained ievcral letds, collciflcd into an ol^- 
 long heap, and flic down, fumcwhat 1 ke al- 
 monds. It is a native of America, and is'found 
 ^ in great plenty in I'cvcral places between the tro- 
 picks, and grows wild. See Cocoa. Miller. 
 
 2. The cake or mafs, made by grinding 
 the kernel of the cacao nut with other 
 fubllatices, to bt diiTolved in hot water. 
 
 The Spaniards wcie the firlt who bi ought 
 c^ccclate into ufc in Europe, to promote thecon- 
 fumption of their cacno-nnt*;, achior, and other 
 cirugs, which their \W'i\ Indies furniih, and 
 which enter the compofition of chocol<ite. 
 
 {'.harnhcrs. 
 
 3. The liquor made by a folution of 
 chocolate in hot water. 
 
 Chocolate is certainly much the beft^ of thcfe 
 three exotick liquours : its oil feeras to be both 
 rich, alimentary, and anodyne. Arbuthnot. 
 
 In fumes of burning chocolate ftialt glow. 
 And tremble at It.e ica tiiat froths below ! Po^c. 
 Cno'coLATE HOUSE, ti. f, [cho£olate and 
 houfe.^ A houfe where company is en- 
 tertained with chocolate. 
 
 Ever fince that time, Lil'andcr has been twice 
 a d.iy at the chocAatc-lmtje. TatUt, 
 
 Chode. The old preterit o^ chide. 
 
 And Jacob was wroth, and choae with Lab.in. 
 
 Choice, n.f. [choix, French.] 
 
 1. The aift of choofing j determination 
 
 C H O 
 
 between diffeivni things propofcd ; cIlc- 
 lidii. 
 
 If yuii oliligi! nie fucldcnly ro chuff, 
 The r/n'cc is iiiiick ; for I mull bulh ii-lufc. Dr)/<l. 
 
 Soft clucution doili thy ftjl; renown, 
 Gi'i-tic or fli.iip, .iccoicliiii; tu thy r/nicc, 
 Tu l.iugh at lollic^, or to blh al vici:. Dry.ltn. 
 
 2. The power of cliooling ; elcftion. 
 
 Chici-xhcrc is nut, unlifs the tiling which we 
 t.ikc be fo iii our power, that we mignt have re- 
 fufed it. If.lirc tonlumc the ftiiWlc, it clioofctli 
 not fo to do, bccaufe the nature thereof is fuch 
 that It can do no other. Hc<yier. 
 
 There 's no libcity like the freedom of h.iving 
 it .It my own cii.ict, whether I will live to the 
 woild, or to mylclf. L' Ejlraugr. 
 
 To talk of coiDjjilling a mm to be good, is 
 a contradlition ; lor where there is forte, tlicro 
 c.iH be no c/lt/cc. VVhetc.is, all moral goodnefs 
 confilteth in the elcfluc adt of the uniltillandiiiy 
 will. (ireiu^i Cojmch^iit Sficnt. 
 
 Whether lie will remove his coiUeniplailon 
 fionj or.c idea to aiioihcr, is many times in Im 
 choi.e, Lcckc. 
 
 3. Caie in choofing ; curiofity of dilliiic- 
 tion. 
 
 Julius Cxfar <',:d u-ritc a coUeiSion of apo- 
 phtlitgms : it is pity l..s book is loll ; fori ima- 
 gine they were coUcfltd with judgment and 
 choia, h'accij's Jlpi^i>lilheg>!n. 
 
 4. Tlie thing chofeii ; the thing taken, 
 or approved, in preference to others. 
 
 Y^nu c':oiic is not fo rich in biith as be.^uty ; 
 That you migiit well enjoy her. ShAjf-.urc. 
 
 Tak'- to tl.ee, from among the cherubim, 
 Thy ch'j'::-e of tiamuTj waiiiours. MtUon. 
 
 Now, Mais, flie f.i.d, let fame exalt her voice; 
 Nov let thy ..nntjuelts only be her choice. Piior. 
 
 5. Tht bell part of any thing, that is 
 more properly the objeirt of choice. 
 
 The cAcicc and flower of all tilings iMofil:ibic in 
 other books, the Pfnlms do both more biiefly 
 contain, and more muviitjjly alfo exprcfs. Ihokcr. 
 
 Xhou art a migbty piince: in the r/;y/cf.of 
 our fcpulchrcs biuy Iby dead. Gcncfn. 
 
 Their I 'dels, the flow'r and choice 
 Oi many provinces, from bound to bound. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 6. Several things propofcd at- once, as 
 objecis of judgment and elcftlon. 
 
 A braver choice of dnumlcfs Ipiiits 
 D d never float unviii the rwell:ng tide. Shjifji. 
 
 7. 73 mal:e Choice of. To clioofe ; to 
 take from ftveral things propofed. 
 
 Wifdom 01 what bcifelf ajiproveb m^iics choice^ 
 Nor is led c.4iti\e bv the comniuii \oicc. Vciih. 
 
 Choice, atlj. [chn'if:, French.] 
 
 1. iicli-C't ; of extraordinary vahie. 
 
 After having let before tbe king the choicji of 
 wines and fruits, he told iiim tbe belt part of his 
 eiiieitaiiiment was to come. Guardian. 
 
 Thus, in a fca ot folly tofs'd, 
 My choitcj} hours of life are loll. Rwifl. 
 
 2. Chaiy; frugal; careful: ufed of per- 
 fons. 
 
 He that is choice of his time, will alfo he 
 choice of his company, and choice of his aifl ions. 
 1 avioi\ Holy Livii.g. 
 Crio'icELESs. ac{j. [horn c/joice.] With- 
 out the power of clioofing ; without 
 right of choice ; not free. 
 
 Neither the weight of the matter of which the 
 cylinder is made, nor the round voluble form of 
 it, arc any more imputable to that dead choiccltfi 
 creature, than the fiifl motion of it; and, there- 
 fore, it cannot be a fit rcfenibl-ince to fliew the 
 rcconcileablcncfs of fate with choice, llair.mond. 
 Cho'iCely. adv. [from choiciJ] 
 
 1. Ciirioufly ; with exaft choice. 
 
 A band of men, 
 Colleflcd choic ty Horn each county fome. Shaif. 
 
 2. Valuably; excellently. 
 
 l! is certain it is choicely good. /'Faker.' i ji%. 
 
 C H O 
 
 Cfio'icF.vr.ss. n.f. [from choice.^ Nicety ; 
 p'lrticiilar value. 
 
 Carry into the (hade fuc'i auriculas, fcedlings, 
 or plants, as are tor their choicc/itji rcferved in 
 pots Elciyn^i Kaltnii..sl! 
 
 CHOIR, n.f. [donis. Latin.] 
 
 1. An aflembly or band of lingers. 
 
 • They now aflifl the choir 
 
 Of ang Js, who their fongs admire. JVal'.-.r. 
 
 2. Tiic fingers in divine worfhip. 
 
 The ciioii f 
 Witli all the choicefl niufick of the kingdom, 
 Togetiicr fung Tc Deum. Shakf^atre. 
 
 3. The part of the church where the 
 chorifteis or fingers are placed. 
 
 The lords and ladies having brougiit the queen 
 To a piepai'd place in the choirs fell off 
 At dillancc from her. Shukfpeare. 
 
 To CHOKE. 11. a. [aceocan, Sax. from 
 c^oca, the rhfcL or mouth. According 
 to Minjlieiv, fi om ^n > whence, pro- 
 bahly, the Spanilh ahogar.'\ 
 
 1. To fufl'ijcatc ; to kill by flopping the 
 pnfl'agc of refpiration. 
 
 Kut when to my good lord I prove untrue, 
 I'll f/j;^tmylelf Shcl^lptore. 
 
 While you thunder'd, clouds of dull djd choke 
 Coiiiendiiig troopi. IVailcr. 
 
 2. To Hop up ; to obftruft ; to block up 
 a paffage. 
 
 Men troup*d lip to the king's capacious court, 
 Whole porticos were chok'.i with the rcforr. 
 
 Chafman. 
 
 They are at a continual expenco to clcanfe the 
 
 ports, and keep thjm fioin hz\x\^chokti up, by 
 
 the help of ievcral engine?. yiddifon on Italy. 
 
 While pray'rs and tears his dellin'd progrcfs 
 
 (lay. 
 
 And crowds of mourners choke their fov'reign*s 
 
 way. TickeJ. 
 
 3. To liindcr by obflruilion or confine- 
 ment. 
 
 As two fpent fwinimers, that cjo cling toge- 
 ther. 
 And choke their art. Skfik/fcire, 
 
 She cannot Iofe her perfefl pow'r to fee, 
 Tiio' mills and clouds do c/iv.Cf her window-light. 
 
 DjTics. 
 
 It kemeth the fire is fo choked^ as not to be 
 adk' to remove the Itone. Bacon\ Nat. Hiji. 
 
 You mufl nuke tl.e mould I ig enough to con- 
 tain the whole fruit, when it is grown to the 
 greatelt; for elfc you will choke the fpreading of 
 ll:e fiuit. Bacon's Natural Hijiory, 
 
 The lire, which c/«^'.f in afties lay, 
 A loatl too heavy for his foul to move, 
 Wai upward blown below, and brulh'd away by 
 hive. Diydeti. 
 
 4. To fupprefs. 
 
 And yet we ventui'd ; for the g^flfcproposM - 
 Chok'd the relpeit of liki ly peril fear'ck> Shat.Jp, 
 
 Confcfs thee freely of thy fi^ m 
 
 For to rleny each article with oath. 
 Cannot remove nor choke the^rongconceplton 
 Thiit I do gioan withal. " &liat.(^c-rc. 
 
 5. To overpower. 
 
 Anti that wiiich fell amon^g; thorns are they, 
 which, when th.ey have heard, go forth, and are 
 choked with cares, and riches, and pleafurcs of 
 this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. Luke. 
 
 No fruitful crop the fickly fields return; 
 But oats and darnel choke tnc rifing corn. DryJ. 
 
 Choke, n.f. [ficni the verb.] TIic fila- 
 mentous or capillary part of an arti- 
 choke. A cant word. 
 
 Choke-pf, .AR. n.f. [irom cLcie and pear. ^ 
 
 1 . A rougli, harlh, unpalatable pear. 
 
 2. Any afperfion or farcafm, by which 
 anoilicr Is put to filence. A low term. 
 
 Faidon ine for going [g low as to talk of giv- 
 inj chikc-f ears. Carina,
 
 C H O 
 
 Cho'ke-wekd. II. f. \ervangina.'\ A 
 
 plant. 
 Cho'ker. n.f. [from cioiT.] 
 
 1. One that chokes or fuffocates another. 
 
 2. One that puts another to filence. 
 
 3. Any thing that cannot be anfwcred. 
 Cho'ky. adj. [from choke.'l That has 
 
 the power oi fufFocation. 
 Cho'lagggues. n.f. [-^i^®-, Wf.] Me- 
 dicines which have the power of purg- 
 ^ ing bile or choler. 
 CHOLER, n. J. \choh-a, Lat. from 
 
 £. The bile, 
 
 Marciliiis Ficimus increafes thefe proportions, 
 adding two more of pure ciJ.fr. IVotton. 
 
 There would be a m;iin defeft, if fuch a feed- 
 ing animal, and fo fubjeit unto difcafcs from 
 bilious caufcs, Ihould want a proper conveyance 
 for chStcr. Broiun^s Vul^tir F.'tatoi. 
 
 ■z: The hiiraour which, by its &jT)cr- 
 abundance, is fuppofed to produce iral- 
 
 cibility. 
 
 It engenders f^o/^r, plantetli anger; 
 And belter 'twere that both of us did faft. 
 Since, of ourfelvcs, oiui'cives are cholerick, 
 ThanJeod it with fuch over-roalled Helh. ShakJ(. 
 
 5; Anger; rage. 
 '■ Put him to cio/sr fti-aight; he hath been ufed 
 
 Ever to-conquci', and to liavc his \<'ord 
 , Of contradiaion. Sliakffeare. 
 
 He, mcthinks, is no great fcholar, 
 'Who can mirtake defire i'jx fhokr. Prior. 
 
 C H o 'l E R ! C X . adf. [^chohricus, Latin . ] 
 I. Abounding with choler. 
 
 O-ir two great poets bcmg fo different in their 
 tempers, the one cholerick and faiiguine, the 
 otiier phlcgmatick and melancholick. V'yden. 
 3. Angry; irafcible : of perfons. 
 
 Bull, in the main, was an honeft plain-deal- 
 ing fellow, *:]ioUr!ckf bold, and of a very uncon- 
 ttant temper. Aihuthnai. 
 
 3. Angry; ofFenGve : of wordsor aftions. 
 
 There caijic in ckofcrick halte towards me 
 
 about feven'.or eight knights Sidney. 
 
 Becanus rhrcalcneth all that read him, ufing 
 
 bis Confident, or rather ch'derick fpeech. RaUigh. 
 
 Cho'lerickness. n.f. [from cholerick.'] 
 
 Angei ; irafcibility ; pcevifhncfs. 
 To CHOOSE. 'V. a. I chrfc, I have cho- 
 fen, or chofe. [choifr, Fr. ceof-an, tiax 
 kicfcH, Germ.] 
 I . To take by way of preference of feve- 
 ral things offered ; not to reject. 
 Did I cW.,le him out of all tiie, tribes of Ifrael 
 
 to be my pritll 
 ' I may 
 fufe wlio 
 
 If he^flioul^offer to ch'J^ 
 ri^lit calket, yo^hould refufe 
 fath£i;'s will, if np Ibould rcfu 
 
 I may rather chonfe whom I would, nor ic- 
 
 j^T^iflike. Sii'ffcirc. 
 
 ;SSioul4^ofrer to cho'.Je, and chocji tlic 
 
 fufe to perform your 
 
 I icfufc to accept him. 
 
 Siitiij^caic. 
 
 2. To take ; not to refiife. 
 
 Let us choofe to us judgment j iet us know 
 among ouifelvcs .what is good. J'^^ 
 
 Tlie will has (Mil fo much freedom 4cft as to 
 enable it to cluofe any ait in its kind good ; as 
 alfo ton fufe any afl in its kind evil. South. 
 
 3. To fcledt ; to pick outof a number. 
 
 Kow much lefs fhall I anfwer hini, an<l c/ifjf^Jc 
 out my words to reafon with him ? J^if- 
 
 4. To tleft for .eternal hapiinefs ; to 
 predcftinatc to life. A term of theolo- 
 gians. 
 
 To Choose. t>. n. To have the power 
 of choice between diffcrtn* things. It 
 IS gem rr.!ly jointd with a negative, 
 and fignifics muft ncccdarily be. 
 
 C H O 
 
 Withoirt the influence of the Deity fopport- 
 ing things, their irtter annihilation could not 
 cho^Je but loUow, Hooker. 
 
 Knaves abi'oad, 
 Who having by tlreir own importunate fuit 
 Conviirced 01 fupplied tncm, they cannot rJtoc>fc 
 But they mull blab. Shakjprare. 
 
 When a favourite (hall be raifed upon the touir- 
 dation of rnerit, tiien can he not choojc hut 
 profper. Buran. 
 
 Threw down a golden apple in her way ; 
 For all her hafte, Ihe could not chonje but Hay. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Thofe who are perfuaded that they (hall con- 
 tinue for ever, cannot ch'jojc but afpire after a 
 happinefs commenfurate to their duration. 
 
 Tii'otJ'jn. 
 Cho'oser. n.f. [from f/jroo/J'.] He that 
 has the power or office of choojing ; 
 eleftor. 
 
 Come all into this nut, quoth fiie j 
 Cunre ciofciy in, be rul'd by me j 
 £ach one may here a clw-Jcr be, 
 
 For room you need not wrelile. Drayton. 
 
 In all things to deal with other men, as if I 
 
 might be my owir choojer. Hammc't.t's yraif. Cat. 
 
 This genci-ality is not lutficient to m.>k.c a 
 
 good chooferj without a more particular conrrac- 
 
 tion of his judgment. IVottori. 
 
 To CHOP. -v. a. {happen, Dutch ; cou- 
 
 per, French.] 
 
 1 . To cut with a quick blow. 
 
 What (hall we do, it wc perceive 
 Lord Hafliugs will nut yiela to our complots r 
 th:jp off his head, man. Shak/peurt 
 
 Within thele three days his head is to be chrjp' 
 off. Shatffeare 
 
 And where the clever cliopi the heifer's fpoil. 
 Thy breathing nolhil hold. Goy's Tri-vut. 
 
 2. lo devour eagerly: with ?;^. 
 
 Vou are for m.iking a hatly meal, and for 
 cinffiiiig up your entertainment like an hungr;. 
 clown. Dryden 
 
 Upon the opening of his mouth he drops hi^ 
 breakfaft, winch the fo.t prefently chopped up. 
 
 L'Fjlr.iilgt 
 
 3. To mince; to cut into fmall pieces. 
 
 They break tl-.eir bones, and ch^.p them 1: 
 pieces, as lor the pot. Alic<th. 
 
 Some granaiies are made with clay, mixct 
 with hair, chopped Hmw, mulch, and fuch lil<e. 
 
 Mortittier's Hujbindrv 
 
 By dividing of them into chapters and veifes, 
 they are fo choppsd and minced, and liand f. 
 broken and divided, that the common peopl- 
 take the verfes ufually for difl'ereut apliorilms. 
 
 J..ocke 
 
 4. To break into chinks. 
 
 I remember the cow's dugs, that her prett" 
 ckopt hands had milked. Skjkjpiarc. 
 
 To Chop. v. n. 
 
 I. To do any thing with a quick and 
 unexpcfted motion, like that of a blow : 
 as wc lay, the wind chops about, that 
 is, changes fuddtnly. 
 
 If the body repercufTing be near, and yet not 
 fo near as to make a concurrent echo, it citofpct'n 
 with you upon the fudden. Bacon's Nut. H:ji. 
 2 To catch with the mouth. 
 
 Out of giecdinefs to get both, he chops at the 
 
 (hadow, and iofcs the fubltancc L'Efir-.uge 
 
 3. To light or happen upon a thing fud- 
 
 dcnly : with upon. 
 To Chop. v. a. [ciapan, Saxon ; kvnpen, 
 Dutch, to buy.] 
 
 1. To purchafe, generally by yvay of 
 truck; to give one thing for another. 
 
 The chopping of bargains, when a mair buys 
 not to hold but lo fell again, giindcth upon the 
 feller and the buyer. Bucon. 
 
 2. To put one thing in the place of an- 
 other. 
 
 C H O 
 
 Sets up communities and fenl'es, 
 To chop ana change intelligencies. Hiidiirat. 
 
 Athrnr the Trigons chopp'dand chang'd. 
 The watry with rue fiery rang'd. tludiltrai. 
 
 We go on chopping and changiirg our friends, 
 as well as our hurfes. L'Fjiiangc. 
 
 3. To bandy ; to altercate ; to return one 
 thing or word for another. 
 
 Let not the council at the bar chop with the 
 judge, nor wind himfelf into the handling of the 
 caule a-new, after the judge hath declared his 
 fentence. Bacon. 
 
 You'll never leave off your chopping of log'ck, 
 till your (kin is turned over your ears for praiing, 
 
 U Ejlrange, 
 
 Cjiop. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A piece chopped off. See Chip. 
 
 Sir William Capcl compounded for fixtecn 
 hundred pounds ; yet Empfon would have cut 
 another chop out of him, if the king had not 
 died. Bacon. 
 
 2. A fmall piece of meat, commonly of 
 mutton. 
 
 Old Crofs condemns all perfons to he fops, 
 Thai can't regale themlclves with mutton chops. 
 /l/a'^'j Cookery. 
 
 3. A crack, or cleft. 
 
 Waiei will make wood to fwell; as we/ec in 
 the (il.ing o( the chops of bowls, by laying them 
 in water. Bacon. 
 
 Chop-house, n.f. [hom chop and ho:ife.] 
 A mean houfe of tntertainment, wliere 
 provriion ready dreflcd is fold. 
 
 I loll my place a: the chop-houfe, where everv 
 man eats in piiblick a mefs of broth, or chop of 
 meat, in filcr.ce. Specfator. 
 
 CHO'PIN. n.f [French.] 
 
 1. A French liquid mcafure, containing 
 nearly a pini ol Wiiichtlltr. 
 
 2. A term uied in Scotland for a quart 
 of wine mealure. 
 
 Cho'v piti c . parlicipial adj. [In this fenfe, 
 of uncertain etymology. J .ii.ii epithet 
 frequently applied to i.itaius, by way ■ 
 of lur'icrous comincndjtioii : imagined' 
 by Skinnci to iJgnift lujly, from t-;ip, 
 Saxon ; by others to mciin a chilQ t!iat 
 \\ ould bring money at a market. Fer- 
 ha[-S a greedy hungry clii.d, likely to 
 live. 
 
 Both J.ick Freeman and Ned Wild 
 W..Bid own the tai' and chopping child Fenton. 
 
 Chopping-block. n.f. [chofi and h/oci 1 
 A log of wood, on which any thing 
 is laid to be cut in pirces. 
 
 Tlie flioight fmooth elms are good for axle- 
 trees, boards, choppmg-blocks ' Ahrtimer. 
 
 Chopping-knife. n.f. [cho^i and infe.} 
 A knife with which cooks inince their 
 meat. 
 
 Here comes Damctas, with a fword by his 
 frde, a forcft-bill on his neck, and a chopping^ 
 knife unoer his gndle. ^i.incy. t 
 
 Cho'ppy. adj. [frcm chop.} FuE of 
 holes, clefts, or cracks. 
 
 Yon fetm to undciliand me. 
 By each at once her ckop^ finger laying 
 Upon her (kinny lips. i^iakfpeare. 
 
 Chops, n.f. without a lingular, [cor- 
 rupted probably from Chaps, which 
 fee.] 
 
 1. 7 he mouth of a bead. 
 
 So foon as my chopi begin to walk, yours 
 muft he walking too, for company. L' EJir.tnge. 
 
 2. The mouth of a man, ufed in con- 
 tempt. 
 
 He ne'er (hook hands, nor bid f.ircwcl to him, 
 Till he unfcam'd him from the nape to th' chops. 
 
 Shakjpeare,
 
 C H O 
 
 j..T!ie mouth of any thing in faniiliiir 
 langunge ; as of a river, of ii linilh's 
 vice. 
 Cho'ral. adj. [from chorus, Latin.] 
 (. Belonging to or compoling a choii or 
 concert. 
 
 All founds on fret by lliing or golden wire 
 Tcinpc". 'd fofr tuninjis iiitfwiii\'(l with vc»irc, 
 C /tor a I or Ullifon. i\/.' C,n. 
 
 CJi^jfitl fyrTH>!'.unics. i^liilcrt. 
 
 2. Singing in a choir. 
 
 And c'lV'i/ fcraj>!is fung the fccond d.iy. 
 
 CHORD, n. /. Icborda, Latin. When 
 it fignifies a rope or llring in genetal, 
 it is written cord : when its primitive 
 fignifrcation is preferved, the h is re- 
 tuincd.] 
 
 1. The Ibing of a mufical inltrument. 
 
 Who mov'd 
 Tlieir flops and c/urjs, was (ecu ; Ms vul.int 
 
 toucli 
 Inftinft thro' all proportions, low and high, 
 I'lcd and purfu'd tranlVerfc the rcfonant fugue. 
 
 Ali/Krr. 
 
 2. [In geometry.] A right hne, which 
 joins the two ends of any arch of a 
 circle. 
 
 To Chord, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 furnifh with firings or chords ; to 
 ilring. 
 
 What paflion cannot mufick raife and qnt 11 
 ■\Vhcn Juh.il Urnck the c'torJeii llictl. 
 His lill'ning brethren flood around. Dry.icn. 
 
 Chorde'e. n. f. [from chorda, Latin.] 
 
 A contraflion of the frocnuin. 
 Cho'rion. n. f. [xi'fi,r:, to contain.] 
 The outward membrane that enwraps 
 ■ the fetus. 
 Cho'rister. ti. f. [from f />«)•.■«•.] 
 
 1. A linger in cathedrals, ufiially a finger 
 of the lower order ; a Tinging boy. 
 
 2. A finger in a concert. This fenfe is, 
 for the mod part, confined to poetry. 
 
 And let ihe roaring organs loudly pl.iy 
 Tiic pr.iifcs of tlic,Lorcl in Hveiy notes j 
 Th.c whiles, with hollow throats, 
 The chcrijier^ the joyous anthe-.n fing. S^enfcr. 
 
 The new-born phcenix t.ik(--s his way; 
 Of airy ckorijhr^ a numerous tr.iin 
 Attend his progrefs. DryJfn. 
 
 The niuiical voices and accents of the aerial 
 rhorifleri, '^^.^ Ray on t'::: Crdition. 
 
 Choro'gr.\phf.r. n.J. [from yujr, a re- 
 gion, and yiafii; to defcribe.] He 
 that defcribes particular regions or 
 countries. 
 
 Chorocr.\'phic AL. adj. [SeeCnoRO- 
 GRAPHER.] Defcriptive of particular 
 regions or countries ; laying down the 
 boundaries of countries. 
 
 I have added a cmrDgra^htc^il defcription of 
 this tcrrertiial paradifc. RuLigh. 
 
 Chorocr a'phically. cid-v. [from choro- 
 graphical.^ In a chorographical man- 
 ner ; according to the rule of chorogra- 
 phy ; in a manner defcriptive of par- 
 ticular regions. 
 
 Choro'graphy. n.f. [See Chorogr.-.- 
 PHER.] The art or practice of defcrib- 
 jng particular regions, or laying down 
 the limits and boundaries of particular 
 provinces. It is lets in its objeCl than 
 geography, andgreater than topography. 
 
 Cho'rus. n.f. [^chorus, Latin.] 
 
 I. A number of fingers J a concert. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 C H R 
 
 The Grecian tragedy wns at fifd notlnnj but 
 a cU^ii! of lingers j allerwaids one aiSor w.is i 
 trodiced. Dry.i • , 
 
 Nivtr did a more full and unfpotted ch(,ru\ of 
 hum.m cre.ituus join tiigeihci in a hjvnn of de- 
 votion. .-UJifon. 
 
 In praifc fo juft let cvciy vc-ice he join'd, 
 And hit tlic gcueral f/zirwi of mankind ! Popf. 
 
 2. '1 lie perfons who are fuppofed to be- 
 hold what psfl'es in the aits of a tra- 
 gfdy, and fing their fentiinents be- 
 tween the a(^s. 
 
 F'li fupply, 
 Admit inc ch it.i to t; is hiflory. Sijkj]n-arc. 
 
 3. The fong between the atts of a tragedy. 
 
 4. Vcrfis of a foiig in which the company 
 join the linger. 
 
 Chose. 1 ,ie ureter teufe, and fomctimes 
 the participle paflive, of chooji. 
 
 Our I'overcign here above the refl might fland, 
 And iicre be cftnfe again to I'ule the land. Dtyl. 
 C H o's e N. The participle paflive of chooj'e. 
 It king Lewis vouc!>falc to lurnilh us 
 Wnh fome few bands of chof;:n loldiers, 
 I'll undertake to land ihcni on our co.ifl. S'tnifj . 
 Chough, n. /'. [ceo, S.-Kt. choucas, Fr.] 
 A bird which frequents the rocks by the 
 fea lide, like a jackdaw, but bigger. 
 
 Hanmer. 
 
 In birds, kites and keftrcis have a rcfemblance 
 
 with hawks, crows with ravens, daws and 
 
 choi/ght, BaCOrt' i Natural Hijo'y. 
 
 To crows the like impartial grace atfords. 
 And choiighi and daws, and Inch republick birds. 
 
 DryMn. 
 
 CiiouLE. n.f. [commonly pronourtced and 
 writtenjow/.] The crop of a bird. 
 
 The choitlc or crop, adhering unto the lower 
 fldc of the bill, and I'o dcfcendmg by the throat, 
 is a bag or iachcl. /brown's ru.'gur Enoun. 
 
 To Chouse, v. a. [The original of this 
 word is much doubted by Shhiner, who 
 tries to deduce it from the French ^^r, 
 to laugh at ; or jonchcr, to wheedle ; 
 and from the Teutonick kofen, to prat- 
 tle. It is perhaps a fortuitous and cant 
 word, without etymology.] 
 
 1. To cheat ; to ttick ; to impofe upon. 
 
 Freedom and zeal have chouid you o'er and 
 o'er ; 
 Pray give us leave to bubble you once more. 
 
 Drydm. 
 
 From London theycame, filly people to rhoufe. 
 
 Their lands' and their faces iniknown. S'.vijt. 
 
 2. It has 0/" before the thing taken away 
 by fraud. 
 
 When gcefc and puiien are feduc'd. 
 And fous cj fucking pigs are choiti'J. IJuAil'r.7^. 
 
 Chouse, n. /. [from the verb. This 
 word is derived by Henfl:aiu from hittus, 
 or chiaus, a meffengtr of the Turkidi 
 court ; who, fays he, is little better than 
 a >(//.] 
 
 1. A bubble; a tool; a man fit to be 
 cheated. 
 
 A fottilh cho:ifi, 
 Who, when a thief has rubb'd his houfe, 
 Applies himfclf to cunning men. ihiiiibrn^. 
 
 2. A trick or (liam. 
 
 To Cho'wter. v. n. To grumble or mut- 
 ter like a froward child. Phillips. 
 Chrism, n. /. [yiliu.o, an ointment.] 
 Unguent, or undiion : it is only ap- 
 plied to facred cercrnonies. 
 
 One r;<^t, never to be repeated, i ; not the thing 
 that Chrirt's eternal pricflhood, denoted cfpcci- 
 ally by his unflion or »7;r//'w, rcleis to. llarrm. 
 
 Chri'so.m. n.y". [Sec Chrism.] A ehild 
 
 C IIR 
 
 tliat diej within a month after it? biitli. 
 So called from tlie chrifom-clolh, a 
 cloth anointed with holy unguent, which 
 the children anciently wore till they 
 were chrillcned^ 
 
 When the convulfions were but few, the num- 
 ber of chrijinti and iilfants was greater. 
 
 Graitnt't BilU of Morrniity. 
 
 To Chri'sten. -v. a. [eiipij-'cnian, Sax.] 
 
 1 . To baptize ; to initiate into chriilianity 
 by water. 
 
 2, To name; to denominate. 
 
 Where fuch cvds as thel'e reign, chrip.en the 
 thing what you wiil, it can be no better th.in a 
 niock miiitiniiinu. Humct. 
 
 Chri'stendom. n.f. [from Chrifl and 
 r/on.] The Cdlkflive body of chriilia- 
 nity ; the regions of wlrrii the inhabit- 
 ants profefs the chriltian religion. 
 
 What hath been done, the parts oidirijiemhm 
 mofl artiiftcd can belt teltify. Hu.ktr. 
 
 An older and a better loldier, none 
 That chiipenMrn gives out. Shakfpeare. 
 
 His coiilputation is univcrfally received ovtv 
 
 all chrlf.cndom. Uoldcr m 'iimf. 
 
 Chri'stening. n./. [fromf/;r^'.v«.} The 
 
 ceremony of the - firft initiation into 
 
 chriilianity. 
 
 Tl'.e queen was with great folemnity crowned 
 at Weftminftcr, about two years after the mar- 
 riage; like an old c/Sr.y.-fi/.vg that had liaid Ion; 
 fur godfathers. Bacr,rt. 
 
 We (lijll infert the caufes why the account of 
 chr:jifihigi hath been negieited more than that 
 of fiurials. Graunt, 
 
 The day of the chrijlerting being come, the 
 houfe was tilled with gotVips. Arbutknot an.iFope. 
 
 CHRISTIAN, n.f Ichrifiianus, Lat.] 
 A profefibr of the religion of Chrill. 
 
 We chrijUan: have certainly the bcft and the 
 holicCt, the wifcfl and moft reafon.ible, religion 
 in the world. Tillotft, 
 
 Chri'stian. adj. Profefilng the religion 
 of Chrift. 
 
 I'll not be made a foft and dull-cy'd fool. 
 To fliakc the head, lelcnt, and figh, and yiel9 
 To rkrijlum intcrcclTors. Shakjp^are, 
 
 Christian-name. n.f. Thenamegiven 
 at the font, dillincl from the gentilitious 
 name, or furname. 
 
 CiiRi'sTiANisM. «._/". \_chrijliamfinus, Lat.] 
 
 1. The chrillian religion. 
 
 2. The nations profefling chriilianity. 
 Christianity, n.f. [chreticnle, Fr.] 
 
 The religion of chriftians. 
 
 God doth will that couples, which are mat'^ 
 ricd, both infidels, if either party be coa- 
 verted into chrijiiamty, this (liould not make le- 
 paration. Hnokf . 
 
 Every ono, who lives in thmhabitual practice 
 of any voluntary fin, cuts hinrfclt' od'from chi-if- 
 t!-^!y. _ ' AtlH,j-jn, 
 
 roCHRi'sTI AMI7.E. 7'. a. [from c/ri/Zimi.} 
 To make chrillian ; to convert to chrif- 
 lianlty. 
 
 The principles of Platonick philofuphv, as it 
 is now chrij}i.,mzc.i. ' Dndcn. 
 
 CiiRi'sTiANLY. adv. [from chr'flian.'^ 
 Like a chrifiian ; as bccom'es one who 
 profelfes the holy religion of Chrift. 
 
 ChRi'stmas.k./. [from C'.'rl/ia.ndirafs.'j 
 The day on which the nativity of our 
 bltlfed Saviour is celebrated, by the 
 particular fervice of the church. 
 
 CuRistmas-box. n.f [from chrijfmas and 
 bos.] A box in which little prefents 
 are collefted at Chviftmas. 
 2 R
 
 C H R 
 
 When time comes loimd, a. chrijioias-hox tViey 
 And one day mskcs them rich for all the year. 
 
 CHP.rsTMAs-FLQWER. n.f. Hellebore. 
 
 Christ's-thorn. n.f. [So called, as 
 Skinner fancies, becaiife the thorns have 
 fome likenefs to a crofs.] A plant. 
 
 It hath long (harp Ipines: the flower has five 
 leaves, in form of .1 rofe : out of tlic flower-cup, 
 which is divided into fevcral fcgmcnts, rifes the 
 pointai, which becomes a fruit, (haped like a 
 bonnet, having a Ihell almoft globular, which is 
 divided into ti:tee cells, in c-ach of which is con- 
 tamed a roundiih feed. This is by many pcr- 
 fons fuppufed to be the pliuit from which our Sa- 
 viour's crown of thorns was compofcd. MdUi-, 
 
 Chkoma'tick. adj. [;i(;^wf/,a, colour.] 
 
 1. Relating to colour. 
 
 I am now come to the third part of painting, 
 which is called the chromatkk, or colouring. 
 
 Dryden^i Dufrefnry. 
 
 2. Relating to a certain fpecics of ancient 
 nuilick, now unknown. 
 
 It was obfcrved, he never tovKned liis lyre in 
 fuch a truly chnmatick and enluu monick manner. 
 j^ybulhmt and Po^e. 
 
 Chrokical. 7 ,- rr „ / t-~. 1 
 „ , ?• <?'';. rtrom yeani:, tinae.J 
 
 Chronick. 5 -^ '- -^.s" ■' -■ 
 
 A chronic-il diltcmper is of length : as drop- 
 fies, afthmas, and the like. Quincy. 
 
 Of difeafes fome are chronica!, and of long du- 
 ration ; as quartanc agues, fcurvy, wherem we 
 defer the cure unto more advantageous feafons. 
 
 Brciun's Kulgiir Errours. 
 
 The lady's ufc of thcfe excellencies is to divert 
 the old man when he is out of the pangs of j 
 chrofiicjl dirtcmpcr, SpcBaior. 
 
 CHRONICLE, n.f. [chiomque,YKnc\\; 
 
 from jcfM©-, time.] 
 J. A regiller or account of events in order 
 of tjme^ 
 
 No mare yet of this ; 
 For *tis a chtonlde of day by day, 
 Not a lelation for a brcakfall. Shaifptnre,. 
 
 3. A hilt or)'. 
 
 You lean too confidently on thofe Irifh chro- 
 ?i/r./tfj, which are moif fabulous and foi-gt:d.Sfefifi:r. 
 
 If from the field I Ihould return once more, 
 I and my fword will earn my chro'iicle. Shahfp. 
 I .im traduc'd by tongues, whicii neither know 
 My faculties nor pcvfon, yet will be 
 The chrznictci of my doing. Shiikfpeare. 
 
 I give up to hirtorians the generals and heroes 
 which crowd their annals, together with thofe 
 which you are to produce for the Britllh i.h't.>nclt- . 
 
 Drydm. 
 
 To Chbo'nicle. i>. a. [from the noun. J 
 
 1. To record in chronicle, or hillory. 
 
 Th.is to rchc.irfe, lliould rather be to t-hronirle 
 times than to fearch into relormation of abufcs 
 in that realm. \ Spenfei. 
 
 2. To regiiler f to record. 
 
 fbrnijw thedcVii, that told me I did well,' 
 Says that this deed is i/troiihkd in hell. Si.iifp. 
 
 Love is your malicr, fdr he mailers you : 
 And he that is fo Yoked by a fool, 
 Methinks, Oiould not be chioytiiUd for wife. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 I (hall be the jeft of the town ; nay, in two 
 
 days, I expe<ft to be chrbnicUd in ditty, and fung 
 
 in woeful b.illad. Con^revc. 
 
 C H R o'n I G L E R . n.f. [from chronicle. ] 
 \. A writer of chronicles; a recorder of 
 events in order of time. 
 
 Here g.ithcring <rA'<.«it.'«j, and by them ftand 
 Giddy fantafiick poets of each land. Dannc. 
 2. A hiftorian ; one that keeps up the 
 niemor)' of things pad. 
 
 I do hcieiii rely upon l4icf« fcards, or Irith 
 thrmleleis. Suffer, 
 
 C II R 
 
 This cuiTom w<is held by the Diiud^ and bards 
 i)f our ancient Britons, and of latter times by the 
 Irilh r/'r&';,V/eM, called rmicrs. RtiUigJi. 
 
 Chronogram, n.f. [;»-^ai<5-, time, and 
 yt;»®», to write.] An infcription in- 
 cluding the dale of any attion. 
 Of this kind the following is an example : 
 Gloria laufque /^cofueCXor^'iV/in (a:cFla funto. 
 A c/tfon:rgriimni.itici2l vcrfc, which includes noi 
 only this year, 1660, but numciical letters 
 enough to reach above a thoufand years further, 
 until tiie year 2S67. Howcl. 
 
 Chronogr.^mma'tiCal. adj. [Iromckro- 
 r.Bgram.2 Belonging to a chronogram. 
 See the laft example. 
 Chronogra'mmatist. n.f. [from chro- 
 nogram.^ A writer of chronograms. 
 
 There are foreign univerlitics, where, as you 
 ptaife a irian in Fngland fur being an excellent 
 philofophei- or pocl, u is .in ordinary character to 
 be a great chrcrw^riimmatiji. Jiddijou. 
 
 Chrono'loger. n.f. [;^;jo,©, time, and 
 >.iy'S>-, doctrine.] He that fludies or 
 e.-^plains the fcience of cotnputing pall 
 time, or of ranging pall events accord- 
 ing to their proper years. 
 
 Chroffilogits differ among thcmfelves about 
 moft great epochas. Holder on Time. 
 
 Chronolo'gical. adj. [from chronokgy.'\ 
 Relating to the dodtrine of time. 
 
 Thus much touching the chroitolcsirat account 
 of fome times and things pail, without confining 
 myfelf to the cxa<5lncfs of years. Hole. 
 
 Chronolo'gically. adi\ [from chrono- 
 logical.] In a chronological manner; 
 according to the laws or rules of chrono- 
 logy ; according to the exaiil feries of 
 time. 
 
 Chrono'locist. n.f. [SeeCHRONOLO- 
 ger.] One that lludies or e.'iplains 
 time ; one that ranges pali events ac- 
 cording to the order of lime j achrono- 
 loger. 
 
 According to thefc chr&nok^i'JiSf the prophecy 
 
 of the Rabin, that the world fhould lalt but fix 
 
 thoufand years, has been long difprovcd. Byown, 
 
 All that learned noife and dull of the ci:rono. 
 
 hgij} is wholly to be avoided. Locke on Educit. 
 
 Chrono'logv. n.f. [;^«i<©, time, and 
 ^o7®-, doctrine.] The fcience of com- 
 puting and adjii (ling the periods of time; 
 as the revolution of the fun and moon ; 
 and of computing time paft, and re- 
 ferring each event to the proper year. 
 
 And the mcifuieof the year- not being fo per- 
 fectly known to the ancients, rendered it \eiy 
 rlithcult for rhrm to traafrait a true ckrcnology 
 to fucceeding .iges. ihUer on Titnc. 
 
 Where I allude to the cuftoms of the Greeks, 
 I believe I may be jullificd bv the ilricteft chro- 
 nology ; thougli a poet is not obliged to the rules 
 that confine an hilloiian. Prior. 
 
 Chrono'mkter. n.f [i^«i®- andiisT^oi.] 
 An inftruracnt for the exaiS menfuration 
 of time. 
 
 According to obfervalion made with .a pendu- 
 lum c/i'Ciowi'/fr, a bullet at its firlf difcharge flics 
 five hundred and ten yards in five half fcconds. 
 
 Dcr/uirn. 
 
 Chry'salis. h. f, [from j^ftJj®-, gold, 
 becanfe of the gulden colour in the 
 nymphae of fome infedts.] A term ufcd 
 by fome naturalii-ts for aurelia, or the 
 firft apparent change of the mj.ggot of 
 any fpecies of inftds. Chambers. 
 
 Chry'solite. n.f. [xw^'j 0°^, and 
 ^i9^, a-ftone.] A precious ilonc of a 
 cluiliygrccn,\>iihacallofydlov\'. /^Ww. 
 
 C II u 
 
 Swch rmotber world, 
 Of one intire and perfeiS chyjolite, 
 I'd not have fold her for. Shixkfpeare, 
 
 If metal, part feem'd gold, part fiUcr clear ; 
 If (lone, carbiincle moft, or chryfolite. Milton. 
 Chbyso'pr ASUS. n. f. \_x^va^, and 
 pi-ajmus., green.] A precious ftone of 
 a yellow colour, approaching to green. 
 The ninth a topaz, the tentii a ckryfoprafus. 
 
 Re^c'cJii!/'j'Js. 
 
 CHUB. n.f. [from co/>, a great head,. 
 Siinner.] A river tidi. The cheven. 
 
 The dull is in prime from Midmay to Can- 
 dlemas, but bell in winter. He is full of fmall 
 bones: he eats watcrilh j not firm, but limpand 
 tallelefs : neverthelefs he may bcfodrefftd as tj 
 make him very good meat. IJ'allj'i'i Angler, 
 
 Chu'bbed. fli^". [ixom chuh.] Big-headed 
 like a chub. 
 
 To CHUCK. 1). n. [A word probably 
 formed in imitation of the found tliat it 
 expreffes ; or perhaps corrupted from 
 chick. 1 To make a noife like a hen 
 when Ihe calls her chickens. 
 
 To Chuck, -d. a. 
 
 1 . To call as a hen calls her yoting. 
 
 Then crowing clapp'dhis wings, tir* .ippointed 
 call 
 To chuck his wives together in the h^ll. Drydtn. 
 
 2. To give a gentle blow under the chin, 
 fo as to make the mouth llrike together. 
 
 Come, fiiuck the infant imder the chin, foicc 
 a fmilc, and cry. 
 Ah, the boy takes after his mother's relations. 
 
 Congreire, 
 
 Chuck, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The voice ot a hen. 
 
 He made the chuck four or five times, that peo- - 
 pie ufeto make to chickens when they cail them. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 2. A word of endearment, .corrupted from 
 chicken or chick. 
 
 Come, your proniifc. What pioniife,c/:.vr^.^ 
 
 S'uikjpcari. 
 
 3. A fudden fmall noife. 
 Chuck-farthing, n.f. [chtici T^nAfar- 
 
 thing.] A play, at which the money 
 falls with a chuck Into the hole beneath. 
 He loll his money at chuck-fr.riidng, (huliie- 
 cap, .iiuj all-fonib. Jir'oitth, Uii:. of "ywiw Bu'l. 
 TbCnu'cKLE. t). n. \_fchaecken, Diit.] To- 
 laugh vehemently; to laugh convulfively. 
 
 What tale (hall 1 to my old father teil > 
 'TwiU make him chu^Kl-. tiiou'rt beftow'd fowcil. 
 
 Drydtn, 
 She to intrigues was e'en hard-hearted ; 
 She c/uickhd wiien a bawd was carted. Pmr, 
 To Chu'ckle. v. a. [ivom chuci."] 
 t . To call as a hen. 
 
 I am not far from the women's apaitment, t 
 am fure ; and if thefe birds are within dillance, 
 here 's that will chuckle 'em together. Drytltn. 
 2. To cocker; to fondle. 
 
 Your confclfor, that parcel of holy guts and. 
 gaibidge ; he mult ch:4ckie you, and moan you. 
 Drydcn^i Spanijfi Fiiar. 
 
 Chu'et. n.f. [probably from To chew.'] 
 An old word, as it leems, for forced 
 meat. 
 
 As for chuets, which are likewife minced meat, 
 inltcad of butter and fat, it were good to moifterx 
 them partly with cream, or almond or piflachio 
 milk. Bacon's Natu>iiI_HiJiory» 
 
 CHUFF, n.f. [A word of uncertain de- 
 rivation ; perhaps corrupted from chuh, 
 or derived from kivf, Wellh, a Itock.] 
 A coarfe, fat-headed, blunt clown. 
 
 Hang ye, gurbellied knaves, are you undone ? 
 No, y^iitchujsf I wuuld your ftorc were hcie. 
 
 Shakj^iMCf
 
 C H U 
 
 A Icff jonerous c/uiff' than lUU in the f:tllo, 
 would luvc huiiijtd liis bags to the lah . 
 
 L-f.j:<irgf. 
 Ciiu'FFl^v. at/v. [(romc/iti^'.] Surlily; 
 itomaclifully. 
 
 JoliH .t:\iv, \:tcd c/iujfifv. CIniJJa. 
 
 Chl' FFiNfiSs. n.f. [ixota chuj'y.'\ Clown- 
 
 ifiiiufs; lurliiiefs. 
 Ch u'f FY. adj. [from chtijf.'] Blunt ; furly ; 
 
 fat. 
 Chlm. n. f. \jhom, Armoiick, to live 
 
 together.] A ctiambcr fellow : a term 
 
 'ifcd in the univtilities. 
 Chumt. n. /. A thick heavy piece of 
 
 \vooJ, lefs than a block. 
 Wtich one IS batlcicd, they can quickly, of a 
 
 c'humf of wuodj acco>nmodate thtnifclvcs with 
 
 ^l:l.jthcr. M'^.\r<n. 
 
 CHURCt-T. n.f. [cipce, Sax. xijikw'.] 
 .J. The colleftive body of chriliians, ufually 
 termed the catlioHck church. 
 
 T)ie churchy being a fupeniatuial focicty, doth 
 differ fioni natur.d locicties in this ; tliat the per- 
 iou^ unto whom wc aiTociate ouifelves in the one 
 me mcHi limply confidcred as men ; but they to 
 "uhom wc he joined in the other, are God, aii- 
 jcU, and holy men. Jio&kcr. 
 
 2. The body of cbrillians adhering to one 
 particiiUu opinion, or form ot wordiip. 
 
 The cliiirch ib a religious afienibly, or the huge 
 fail building where tiiey meet j and fometimcs 
 the fame word means a fynod of hifhnps, or ctf 
 prefl»vtcrs ; and in fome places it is the pope and 
 .1 general council. H'tifn^ Lo^icc. 
 
 3. The place which chriftians conlecrate 
 to the woriliip of God. 
 
 It comprehends the whole i/:</rr/j,vi/.. the unnie 
 
 fir body of the c/rdfchj together with ti'.e chancel, 
 
 which is oven included under the word chnrcli. 
 
 ylyli^^e's Vnyergon. 
 
 That chnrchti were confecraicd unto none but 
 fix Lord only, tlie vciy general name chiefly doth 
 fulTiciently fticw: ckinck doth lignify no other 
 thing than the Lord's houfe. Hooker. 
 
 Tho' you uniy the winds, and let them fight 
 Ap.ainlt ihc c/turcAcs. Shukfpcaye. 
 
 4. It is tifed ficqucntly in conjanftion with 
 other words ; as church-member, the 
 member of a church ; church-poiuer, 
 fpiritual or ecclefiallical authority. 
 
 To Church, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 perform with any one the ofHce of re- 
 turning thanks in the church after any 
 fignal deliverance, as from the danger of 
 childbirth. 
 
 Church-ale. n.f. [from church and 
 a/c'.] A wake, or fealt, comniemora- 
 tory of the dedication of the church. 
 
 For the (■///ift/j-u/t, two young men oftnc p.tiifti 
 are yearly chotVn to be wardens, who make col- 
 leilion among the paiiihioners of wliat provifion 
 it pleafeththem to bttiow. Carcxu. 
 
 Church-attire, n. f. The habit in 
 which men officiate at divine fervice. 
 
 Thefe .rnd fuch like were their difcourfes, 
 touching that churck-attircj which with us, for 
 the moft part, 15 ufed in publick prayer. Unriker, 
 
 Church-authoritv. n.f. Ecclefiallical 
 power ; fpiritual jurifdittion. 
 
 In tiiis point of church-authcirityf I liavefifted 
 all the little feraps .ilkged. .'ittcrbm v. 
 
 ■Church-buhial. n.f. Burial according 
 to the rites of the church. 
 
 The bifhop has the care of feeing that nil 
 chriftians, aftei their deaths, be not denied church, 
 burial, according to the ufage and cullom of tiie 
 place. jiylifft'i yarergct. 
 
 Church-founder, n.f. He that builds 
 or endows a church. 
 
 C II u 
 
 WhctJ.er fmpcroi s or Liftiops in thofe Hays were 
 
 chi.-rch-joufuUrty the folcmn dc-dic^uion of cliurtKct. 
 
 tlicy thought nut to be a work, in itfclf cithtr vain 
 
 or ("upcrltTtiou*!. Hooker, 
 
 Churchm.vn. n.f, [churcJ] znd man,'\ 
 
 1. An LCcl(.Ti;i(lick; a clergyman; one 
 thai niIiiillci-3 \ti facrtd things. 
 
 Jt :iny thin^ Lc oricicd to you touching the 
 chuicli anrl •.hu'chmeuj or chur-h-gyvcniniciU, 
 rely nut oniy uj'on yourtclf. Bac.n. 
 
 A vi'vy JiilicuU woi'k lo dO| to reform and re- 
 duce achiM'Ciiintoordev, that had hccnfjlong nc- 
 glc(5>ed, and that w:is lo ill filled by m;*ny weak 
 and inorc wilful churchmen. Curemlon. 
 
 Patience in want, and poverty of mind, 
 Thefcm^irks of chuichandrA.vrr/w(/^«hc defign'd, 
 And living; t.iiighr, and dying Icic behind. JJty-^. 
 
 2. An adherent to the church of Etigland. 
 Chukcji-w AKDENS. tu /, [See Wak- 
 
 ijKN.] Officers yearly chofen, by the 
 content of the miuillcr and parifliioners, 
 according to the cullom of each place, 
 lo look to the church, church-yard, and 
 fuch things as belong lo both ; and to 
 obfcrvc the beliavlour of the parifliioneis, 
 for fuch faults as appertain to the jurif- 
 dldlon or ccnfure of the eccleliaftlcal 
 court. They are a kind of corporation, 
 enabled by law to lue for any thing be- 
 longing to their church, or poor of their 
 parllh. CoivcH. 
 
 Theic (hoiild likcwife fhurrh-ifnttifmy of the 
 (;iavtlt men in the parilh, be appointed, as they 
 I.'f licic in Knghmd. Spenjer. 
 
 Our i:hurch-ivard^ns 
 t\alt on the Tihcr, and give us the farthings. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Churchyard, n.f. The ground ad- 
 joining to the church, in which the 
 dead arc burled ; a cemetery, 
 I am almuft :tfi.tid to Ihuid alone 
 Here in trie churckyard^ yet X will adventure. 
 
 Shakfpcare, 
 
 In churchyardi where they bury much, the catch 
 
 will coiifunie the corps in far flioilcr time than 
 
 other earth will. Bacon. 
 
 No pl.icc lo f.icred from fuch fops is barr'd; 
 Nor is Paul's church more fafc than Paul's 
 chuychyarA. Por'e. 
 
 CHURL, n.f. [ceo)il, Sax. carl/mGcr- 
 man, is Itrong, rulllcks being always 
 obferved to be Arong bodied.] 
 
 1. A ruftick ; a countryman ; a labourer. 
 
 He huldeth himlVlf a gentleman, and fogrncih 
 to work 01 ufe any hard labour, which he fatth is 
 the life of a peafant ox churi. SpCTzJer. 
 
 One of the L.tL-v (ow, which they call rhur.'iy 
 ijcing reproved fur his o.ith, anfweicd confidently, 
 thyt his lord commanded him. Spenjcr. 
 
 C'lur/, upon il;y eyes I throw 
 All the pow'r this charm doth owe. Shakjp. 
 
 From tliib light caulc th' infernal maid prepares 
 The country churh to milchicf, hate, and wars. 
 
 Dryuen. 
 
 2. A rude, furly, ill-bred man. 
 
 A churl'i courtcfy rarely comes, but either for 
 gain orfalfchood. S:d'ny. 
 
 3. A n.Ifer ; a niggard ; afelfifh orgreedy 
 
 wretch, 
 
 Puilon, I fee, hath been his ttmclcl's end ! 
 O ch.n/y clrink all, and leave no friendly drop 
 To help nic aft>;r ! Shakjpeare. 
 
 Chu'rlish. adj, [Uom churl.'] 
 I. Rude; biutal ; harfli ; auftere ; four; 
 mercilefs ; unkind ; uncivil ; 
 
 A fen oi melriiij; pearl, which fome call tears, 
 Thofe At her father's churVjh feet flic tender'd. 
 
 Sknkfpeare . 
 The interruption of their chwfVtjlt drums 
 Cuts off more circnmftancc ; they arc at hind 
 To paily, 01' to fight. Ukukfpeare. 
 
 i 
 
 C H U 
 
 A lion fn love with .1 lafs, defired lier fattier'l 
 confont. The anliver was rhurlifu enoojh : 
 He'd never marry his daughter to a briile. 
 
 L'EJI'angt. 
 
 He ihc piirfuit of churlijh hearts 
 Prefetr'd to flecping on her breafts. WalUr, 
 
 2. Selfifh ; avaricious. 
 
 The man was chuiliji and evil in his doings. 
 
 X Sumuti. 
 ■fhis fallen ch'jri.Jh thief 
 Had all his mind plac'd upon Mully't beef. 
 
 King;. 
 
 3. [Of things.] Unpliant; crofs-gi^ained ; 
 unmanageable ; hardi ; not yielding. 
 
 If there be emiirion of fpirit, the body of the 
 metal will be hard and churlijh. Uucon. 
 
 The Cornilli were beeomc, like metal often 
 fired and quenched, ckurli/i, and th.at would 
 fooner break than bow. Bacon's Henry vil. 
 
 In the hmuhedsof Efre.tthty have a very chir- 
 lijh blue clay. Mortimer's Uujbimdiy, 
 
 4. Vexatious ; obftruflive. 
 
 Will you again unknit 
 This churlijh knot of all abhorred war > Shjifp, 
 
 Spain found the war fo churljli and longsonie, 
 as they found they ftiould confume thcmfelves ia 
 an endlcfs war. Bacon, 
 
 Spreads a path clear as the day, 
 Where no churiij!: rub fays Hay. Crajliaw. 
 
 CHu'nLisiiLY. adv. [from' churlijh.'^ 
 Ruddy ; brutally. 
 
 To tl>e oak, now legnant, the olive did chur. 
 lifdy put over the ton for a reward of the fervice 
 of his fire. Ho-j.cl, 
 
 Chu'rlishness. n.f. [from churlifh ; 
 cvfilir'-'nerr'^' i^axon.] Brutality; lug- 
 gedncfs ot manner. 
 
 Better is the chuilijhncji of a man than a cour- 
 teous woman. Ecchs^ 
 In the churlijhnefs of fortune, a poor honeft 
 m;in fuffers in this world. V Ejirangc. 
 Chur ME. n. f. [more properly c'lii-m, 
 from the Sarou cypme, a clamour or 
 noife ; as to chirre Is to coo as a tiirtle.] 
 A confufed found ; a noife. 
 
 He was conveyed to the Tower, with the 
 churme of a thoufand taunts and reproaches. 
 
 CHURN, n. f. [properly chern, from 
 iern, Dutch, cej-.ine, Sax.] The vef- 
 fcl in which the butter I;, by long and 
 violent agitation, coagulated and fepa- 
 rated from the ferous parts of the milk. 
 Her .lukwaid fifi did ne'er employ the churn, 
 G-Jy's FaJioraU. 
 
 To Churn, v. a. [hernen, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To agitate or flwke any thing by a vi- 
 olent motion. 
 
 Pci chance he fpoke not : but 
 Like a full-acorn'd ijoar, a churning on. 
 Cried Oh. Shaifpenrr. 
 
 Froth fills his chaps j he fends a grunting lound. 
 And paiX he churns, and part befoaras the ground. 
 
 jyrytUn. 
 
 Ckurn'd in his teeth the foamy venom role. 
 
 AMiJoyt, 
 
 The mcchanifm of nature, in converting our 
 aliment, confifts in mixing witV» it animal juice.-, 
 and in the a<flion of the folid parts cAar;;/w» them 
 together. ^jrhuthnot on Aiimenfi. 
 
 2, To make butter by agitating the milk. 
 
 The churning of milk bringeth forth butter. 
 
 Prcvcr^t, 
 You may try the foice of imagination, upoa 
 ftjying the coming of butter after the ehurnine. 
 Ba.:or!^s N.itural Hij^cv. 
 
 Chu'rrworm. n.f. [from ryppan. Sax.] 
 An infeft that turns about nir.ibly ; 
 called alfo a fancrlckct. Skinner. Phdi, 
 
 To Chuse. See To Choose. 
 3 ft 2
 
 C I B 
 
 Chyla'ceoUS. adj. [from chyk.] Be- 
 longing to chyle ; confifting of chyle. 
 
 When the fpirits of I'nc chyle have half fer- 
 mented the chyUceoui mafs, it has the ftalc of 
 drink not ripened by fermentation. Fhjer. 
 
 CHYLE, n. f. [y^Ja'S-.] The white 
 juice formed in the ftomach by digef- 
 tion of the aliment, and afterward 
 changed into blood. 
 
 Thispowcrful ferment, mingling with the parts, 
 The levcn'd mafs ur milky rhyle convcits. 
 
 The c^yr cannot pafs through the fmallcft vcf- 
 
 Chylifa'ction. h./. [from civ/'-.] The 
 aft or piocefs of making chyle in the 
 
 body. 
 Drinking cxccffivcly during the time oi ckyU- 
 
 faar^n, lt..ps prrfpiratiun. Arhuthmt on Alinciiti. 
 Chylika'ctive. adj. [from chyhs, and 
 
 J'acto, to make, Lat.] Having the 
 
 power of making chyle. 
 Chylopoe'tick. adj. \_yji>.^ and ttci/w.J 
 
 Having the power, or the office, of 
 
 forming chyle. 
 Accurdingtothc force of the i:Jv/o/Of//<^/{ organs, 
 
 mote or lefs chyle may be cxtrafled from the lame 
 
 food. ^i'lbuthnat. 
 
 Chy'lous. M'. [from f^V''''-] Confilling 
 of chyle, partaking of chyle. 
 
 Milk is the chylous p.irt of an animal, already 
 prepaied. Arhuthmt. 
 
 Chy'mic. «./ A chymifl. Obfolete. 
 The ancients obferving in that material a kind 
 bi metallical nature, feem to have rcfolved it 
 into nobkrufe ; an art now utterly loli, or per- 
 chance kept up by a few chyinirs. tVoUcn. 
 
 Chy'm.Cal.)- ^^;rji,^,^ Latin.] 
 
 Chymick. J ^ i. J 
 
 1. Made by chymiflry. 
 
 I'm tird with waiting for this chymkk gold. 
 Which fools us young, and beggars us when old. 
 
 llrydin. 
 
 The medicines arc ranged in boxes, according 
 to tl eir natuies, whether chymUal or Galenical 
 preparations. Ifatti. 
 
 2, Relating to chymiflry. 
 
 ' Merhinks already, from this r^jm/i.^ flame, 
 I fee a city of more precious mold. DryJrn. 
 
 With ckymick art exalts the miii'ral pow'rs. 
 And draws the aromatick fouls of flow'rs. Pope. 
 C'hy'mically. arf'^l. [horn chymkaL'\ In 
 
 a chvmic;il manner. 
 CHY'MIST. «./. [See Chymistry.] 
 A profcflbr of chymiilry ; a philofopher 
 by fire. 
 
 The ftarving chymlji, in his golden views 
 Supremely blelt Pojic'i F.ffay on M,ik. 
 
 CmMisTRY. n. f. [derived by fome 
 from yi^'^, or juice, or xJv, to melt ; 
 by others from an oriental word, kema., 
 bl.ick. According to the fiippofed ety- 
 mology, it is written with^y or f.] 
 
 All art whereby fcnfible bodies contained in 
 veffcls, or capable of being contailicd ihcicin, are 
 io changed by means of certain ii]itiumcnts, and 
 principally fire, chat iheir fcvcral powers ar.d vir- 
 tuc.^ arc mcrcby riifcuveied, with a view to phi- 
 lulophy or medicine. B'.eihutivc. 
 
 Operation> tdi chymijlry fall (hort of \ital force : 
 110 chymifl can make milk or blued of grafs. 
 
 ylihuth'Wt on AUmnin. 
 
 Cin.v'Rious. adi. [cilarius, Lat. from 
 ci/^ur, food.] Relating to food; ulc- 
 fiil for food ; edible. 
 
 CiROL. n./ [cibouk, Fr.] A fmallfort 
 of onion ufcd itr falhids. This word is 
 common in th<: Scotch dlukiTi ; but the 
 i 18 not prcnjuuced. 
 
 C I D 
 
 Cib>iuleii or fcaliions, are a kind of degenerate 
 
 onions. Mortimer. 
 
 CICATRICE.) r r ■ . ■ T .• 1 
 
 CrC'^TRlX \ "■-'■ V'^"^"''''^' Latin.! 
 
 1. The fear remaining after a wound. 
 
 One captain Spurio, with hi* cicatrice^ an em- 
 blem cf war, here on his finifter cheek. Skak. 
 
 2. A mark; an imprefTion : fo ufed by 
 Shahfpcare lefs properly. 
 
 Lean but upon a ru(h, 
 The ckatrict and capable imprelTure 
 Thy palm fome moments keeps. ^hakj^iare. 
 
 CiCATRi's.'VNT. n. f. [from cicatrice,] 
 An application that induces a cicatrice. 
 CiCATRi'sivE. ndi. [from cicatrice.] 
 Having the qualities proper to induce a 
 cicatrice. 
 Cic atriza'tion. n.f. [from cicati-lce.'] 
 
 1. The aft of healing the wound. 
 
 A vein buirted, or corroded, in the lungs, is 
 looked upon to be for the raoft part incurable, be- 
 caufe of the motion and coughing of the lungs 
 tearing the gap wider, and hindering the con- 
 glutination and ricatr!Z.nI:r.n of the vein. Iliirt'iy. 
 
 2. The flate of being liealed, or Hdnned 
 over. 
 
 The (irft ftage of healing, or the difcharge of 
 matter, is called digcllion ; the fecund, or ttic 
 filling up with flefli, incarnation; and the lall, 
 or fkiiining over, cictitri-zuthn. Sharfi Suigoy, 
 
 To Ci'c.iTRizE. V. a. [from cicatrix.] 
 
 1. To apply fucli medicines to wounds, 
 or ulcers, as heal and ilcin them over. 
 
 ^lincy. 
 
 2. To heal and induce the Ikin over a 
 fore. 
 
 We incarned, and in a few days cicatrized it 
 with a fmooth cicatiix. Jlijcmaii cii Tutmitls. 
 
 Ci'cELY. n.f. [jnyrrhis.'] A fort of herb. 
 
 CiCHOR a'ceous. adj. [from cichorium, 
 
 Lat.] Having the qualities of fuccory. 
 
 Diurcticks e\acuatc the fait fcrunl ; as all acid 
 
 diurclicks, and tiie tcl^aceous and bitter c/V/Ccia- 
 
 cecii^ plants. .F.cyet . 
 
 Ckh-pka. n.f. \_cicer.^ A plant. 
 
 roCrCURATE. v. a. [cicnro, Latin.] 
 To tiime; to reclaim from wildnefs ; 
 to make tame and traftabie. 
 
 Poifons may yet retain fume poition of ihcir 
 natures; yet arc fo rcfraiited, c/cwi .j/rt/, and uib- 
 diied, as not to make good their defliuiffive ma- 
 lignities. Jirowri*s Vulgar hrr-j:iri. 
 
 CicuR a'tion. «._/! [from f/V«ra/f.] The 
 aft of taming or reclaiming from wild- 
 nefs. 
 
 This holds rot only in domeflirk and man- 
 fuete birds, for then it might be the eff'eifl of 
 (;t;^r.i/;6« or inrtitulion ; but in the wild. R.iy 
 
 CI'DER. n. f. [cidre, Fr. fdra, Ital. 
 fcera, Lat. riKsVa, "i;3Ji>] 
 
 1. All kind of flrong liqurrs, except 
 wine. This fenfe is now wholly obfolete. 
 
 2. Liquor made of the juice of fiuiis 
 prelTed. 
 
 We had alfo drink, wholefome and good Wine 
 of the grape, a kind of ei.lrr made of a fruit nf 
 that country; a wondeifml pleafing and icfielli- 
 ing drink. Juic/i. 
 
 3. The juice of apples cxprefled and fer- 
 mented. Tin's is now the fenfe. 
 
 To the utmuft bounds of this 
 Wide univerfe Siluiian ci.lcr bum. 
 Shall pleafe all taftcs, and Irlumph o'er the vine. 
 
 I'/U.'ip!. 
 
 Ci'dekist. ti.f. [from <■/(/(•/■.]• A maker 
 
 of cider. 
 
 When the cidrrijl! have taken care for the bed 
 fruit, and ordered thcra alter the bell manner 
 
 C I N 
 
 they could, yet hath their cider generally proved 
 
 pale, (harp, and ill rafted. Aioi toner. 
 
 Ci'derkin. ».yi [from ;•/(/(■;•.] The liquor 
 
 made of the murk or grofs matter of 
 
 apples, after the cider is prcfled out, 
 
 and a convenient quantity of boiled 
 
 water added to it ; the whole infufing 
 
 for about forty-tight hours. PhilUfs. 
 
 C;Jefkin is made fur common drinking, and 
 
 fupplies the place of fmall beer. M(tr tuner. 
 
 CiEi.iNG. n.f. See Ceiling. 
 
 CIERGE. n.f [French.] A candle 
 
 carried in proceffions. 
 Ci'liary. art'/. [c;7/am, Lat.] Belonging 
 to the eyelids. 
 
 The e.luiry proceffes, or rather the ligaments, 
 obfervcd in the iiifide of the fclerotick tuniclcs 
 of the eye, do fcrve inftead o( a mufcle, by the 
 contraiftion, to alter the figure of the eye. Ray. 
 
 CiLi'cious. adj. [from ciUcium, hair-cloth, 
 Lat.] Made of hair. 
 
 A garment of camel's hair, that is, made of 
 fome texture of that hair; a coarfe garment, a 
 ci/icious or fackcluth habit, fuitable to the auf.- 
 terity of his life. Brown's Fulgar Eirouis, 
 
 Cima'r. See Simar. 
 
 Cime'liarch. 71. y. [from xufi-viyAiPx^'-^ 
 The chief keeper of plate, veftmentsy 
 and things of value, belonging to a 
 church ; a church-warden. Dilf. 
 
 Ci'.meter. n. f. [ciiiuiamr, Span, and 
 Pol tug. from chimetcir, Turkilh. Bk- 
 t^aii's Porti/^'iie/e Dictionary.] A fort of 
 fword ufed by the I'urks, (hort, heavy, 
 and recurvated, or bent backward. 
 This word is foinetimes erroneoudy 
 fpelt fcimitar, and J'cymltcr ; as in the 
 following examples. 
 
 By lh\^ jrimitar, 
 That (lew the fophy and a Pcrfian prince, 
 That won three fields of fultan Solyman. Shahfp. 
 Our aiinours now may rull, our \i\e Jrymittrs 
 Hang by our fides for ornament, not ufe. 
 
 JJrydlrt. 
 
 Ci'.vcTURE. n.y. [ciiiP.ura, Lat.] 
 
 1. Something worn round the body. 
 
 Now happy he, whofe cloak and cinffure , 
 Hold out thib tempcll Shak/pliffe. 
 
 Columbus found tb' Ameiican fo giit 
 With fealhcr'd cin^urc, naked clfe, and wild. 
 
 Miltot, 
 He binds the facred citiHurs round his brcaft. 
 
 I'off. 
 
 2. An enclofure. 
 
 The court and prifon being within the cln&urt 
 of one wall. Bacon's Ilcnry v 1 1. 
 
 3. [In architefture.] A ring or lill at 
 the top and bottom of the fhaft of a 
 column ; fepatating the fhaft at one 
 end from the bale, at the other from tire 
 capital. It is fuppofed to be in imita- 
 tion of the giiths or ferrils anciently 
 ufed to flrengthen and prefeive the 
 primitive wood columns. Chamlers. 
 
 CINDER, n.f. [cein.lre, French, fiom 
 
 cineres, Lat.] 
 I. A mafs ignited and quenched, without 
 being reduced to afhe.'!. 
 
 I llionld make very forges of my cheeks. 
 That would locin.lcrs burn up modclty. 
 Did but 1 fpo.nk thy deeds! Shakffrarr. 
 
 There is in fmiths' cindirs, by fome adhefion 
 of iron, fomctimes to be found a magnetical ope- 
 ration. _ Brown. 
 
 .So fiiow on ,'Rtna docs unmcltad lie, 
 Wliofc rolling flames and I'catter'd cimleri fly. 
 
 tfal/,1: 
 
 t. A hot coal that has ctafed to flame.
 
 C I N 
 
 irfi'om adown the Imj^cful chops 
 The fJt upon ,1 cinder cJioj'j, 
 
 To liinking fmukc it tunii the flnme. Sw!ff. 
 
 Ci N D E R-w E N c H . } N,/i [chuler aiul lUO- 
 
 C I N IJ E R -M' o M A N . j^ f7ia:i . ] A woman 
 
 whole ti'ddc is to rake in heaps oi aihci. 
 
 lor ciiJtltrs. 
 
 'Tis under fo much iinrty rubhifli bid, 
 To find it out 's l';ic rf/fi/tr-u'owj/.'s tr.iric. 
 
 ■£//*{>' ^" Siltity. 
 
 Sheliad above five hundrcdfuits of fine doaths, 
 and yet went abroad like a ciniln-ivt-nch. y/rlufk. 
 
 In the bUick form of cinJet luench flic come, 
 'Whcnlo\e, the hour, the j.l.icc, bad banilh'd 
 Ihanic. G.iy. 
 
 CINERATION. n. f. [fiom ckeres, 
 Lat.J Tlic ndudtion ot any thing by 
 fire to aflics. A term of c)iymilhy. 
 Cineiu'tious. ailj. \_cwcrkius, Latin.] 
 Having the form or ilatc of adies. 
 
 The nerves ariie from l!ie gUuds of tlic cUieri- 
 tiwi p.ul of (lie brain, and aie tctniliialcd in all 
 parts uf the body. Chtyic. 
 
 CiNERULENT. adj. \Ji:om civ.eres, Lat ] 
 Full of allies. Dia. 
 
 Ci'ngle. n.f. [from cln^uliim, Lat.] A 
 {rinh for a horle. 2Ji<?. 
 
 Ci'nkabar. ri./. [cinnnharh , Lat.] Cin- 
 nabar is native or factitious: the facti- 
 tious cinnabar is called vermilion. 
 
 Cinmilttr is the ore out of wiiich quickfilver 
 is drawn, and confifts partly of a mercurial, 
 ajid i»iirtly of a fulpliureo-jchreous matter. 
 
 U-ooJw.,nl's Met. F:JJib. 
 Tlie particles of mercury uniting with thepar- 
 ticlci of I'lllpl^r cornpofe cii:rtuhar. Ni-tutan. 
 
 Cititi AM xf. of Antimony, is made of mer- 
 cury, ftilpliur, and criide antimony. 
 Ci'nnamon. n.f. [dniinmomum, Latin.] 
 The fragrant bark of a low tree in the 
 ifland of Ceylon. Its leaves refemble 
 thofe of the olive, both as to fubftance 
 and colour. The fruit refemblcs an 
 acorn or olive, and h.is neither the fmell 
 nor talle of the bark. When boiled in 
 water, it yields an oil, which as it cools 
 :iad hardens, becomes as firm and white 
 as tallow ; the fmell of which is agree- 
 able in candles. The cinnamon of the 
 ancients was different from ours. 
 
 Chambers. 
 Let Araby cjctol her bappy eoaft. 
 Her cinmn on and fwect amomum boalt. D/y.-Ztn. 
 
 CiNNA.MON JViiler is made by dillilling 
 the bark, firft infnfed in barley water, 
 in fpiiit of wine or white wine. 
 
 Cbamierj. 
 
 CINQUE, n.f. [French.] A five. Jt 
 is ufed in games alone j but is often 
 compounded with other words. 
 
 CiNQUE-roiL. II. f. [cinque feuUle, Fr.] 
 A kind of five-leaved clover. 
 
 CiN-QLE-PACE. n.f. [cinque ^as, Fr.] A 
 kind of grave dance. 
 
 Wooing, wedding, and repenting, is a Scotch 
 jig, a meafnre, ^\\A .\ cinque-pnrc. The fiiltfuit 
 i< hot and halh, bke a Scotch jig, and full as 
 fantaflic.'^l ; the wedding mannerly and ino- 
 fleft, as a mrafure lull of flalc and gravity; and 
 then comes repentance, and, « ith his Jjad legs, 
 falls into the ciD'/ue-pafe laftci and falter, till he 
 finks into hisgiavc. Shaifpsart. 
 
 CiNtit'E-PORTS. n.f. [cinque portiyVT.} 
 Thofe havens that lie towards France,andll.erc- 
 fore h.ive been thought by our kmgs to be fuch 
 as ought moft vigilantly to be obfcr\ed againlt 
 invafion. In which rcfpedt, the places u here 
 ihey are have a fpccial govcmour or kecper,callcd 
 
 CI R 
 
 by his oflicc J^Ltid Warden of the citiqiu^p^rts ; 
 and divers privilege? gi-antcd lo tlicm, a^ a parti- 
 cular juiildidiuii ; their waidcn hiivrng tlic aii- 
 rlioiity of an admiral among tlicm, and feiidrug 
 out writs in his own name. The crrj^itc-ports aic 
 Dover, Sandwich, Kye, Haftings, Winchclfea, 
 Kumncy, and Huh.; fyme of which, as t!\e 
 number exceeds live, niiifl citlicr be added to the 
 fiirt iiihituiiDn by fame Uttr grant, or accounted 
 as .ii^pendanis to lomc of the rclK CowcM. 
 
 They, that bear 
 The cloth of ftntc above her, aic four barons 
 
 of the c:ti(jue-j>otfi, Shakjj-e.ire. 
 
 CiNc^uE-sroTTED. adj. Having five i'pots. 
 
 On her left brenft 
 A mole, cinijut-JprtteUj like the ciimfon drops 
 1' tir bottom of a cowlbp, Shakfpearc. 
 
 Ci'oN. n.y." [fion, ovJirioTi, French.] 
 
 1 . A fprout ; a fhoot fronn a plant. 
 
 We liavc rcafon to cool our raging motions, 
 om- ciina! liingi, our unbitted lulls ; whereof I 
 lake thi.s, tlui you call love, to be a l'c<5l or fi'-^ri 
 
 Shakfpeart. 
 
 The il.itely Caledonian oak. newly fettled in 
 his triumphant throne, begirt with ciom of his 
 own royal ftcm. lIo-it,e/. 
 
 2, The ihoot engrafted or infcrted on a 
 flock. 
 
 The mn ovcr-rulcth the Ilock ; and the ftock 
 is but palfive, and givcth aliment, but no mo- 
 tion, to tlic g.afr. B'Ucrf. 
 CITHER. «./. [r/ji/re, French; zi/ra, 
 Italian ; c/fray low Lat. from an orien- 
 tal root.] 
 
 1. An arithmetical charatfler, by which 
 fome number is noted; a figure. 
 
 2. An arithmetical mark, which, (land- 
 ing for nothing itfelf, increafes the va- 
 lue of the other figures. 
 
 Mine were tliC veiy cipher of a funf^ion, 
 To hnd the fault?, whole tinL;,ilands in record. 
 And let go by the adtor. Shnkfpetire. 
 
 If the people be fomcwhat in the elcifiion, you 
 
 cannot make them nulls ot cijt^t'ts in the privation 
 
 or tranOation. Bacon. 
 
 As, in account.";, ciphers and figures pafs for real 
 
 funis, fo names pafs for things. S'^utk. 
 
 3. An intertexture of letters engraved 
 ufnally on boxes or pbite. 
 
 Troy llam'd in bunnlh'd gold ; and o'er the 
 throne, 
 Arms and the Man in golden cij'hcn flione. 
 
 Pcpc. 
 Some mingling ftir the melted tar, and fome 
 Deep on the ncw-ihorn vagrant's heaving fide 
 To ftamp the mailer's r-phtr ready Hand. ThomJ. 
 
 4. A charader in general. 
 
 In fuccecding times tins wifdom began to be 
 writrcn in cipheri and charadters, and letters 
 bearing the form of creatures. RaUif^k. 
 
 5. A fecret or occult manner of writing, 
 or the key to it. 
 
 This book, as long liv'd as the elements, 
 III cipher writ, or new-made idioms. Ddmie. 
 
 He was pleated to command me to liay at 
 London, lo lend and receive all his letters; and 
 1 was furnilhed with mine fevcral ciphers, in or- 
 der to ic. D<nLiim. 
 
 7o Ci'pHtR. •v.tK [from the noun.] To 
 praClife artthmetick. 
 
 You have been bred to bufinefs ; vou can ci- 
 phet ; I wonder you never ufed your pen and 
 ink. At buthnot . 
 
 To Cipher, 'v. a. To write in occult 
 
 c)iara<^tcrs. 
 
 He fieqiicnted fcrmons, and penned notes : 
 his notes he ciphered with Greek charaiftcrs. 
 
 Htiyuuard. 
 
 To Ci'rcinate. -u. a. [drcino, Lat.] To 
 
 make a circle ; to compafs round, or 
 
 turn round. Bailey, 
 
 CiRCiNATioN. ff. /. [cininatioy Lat.J 
 
 c I R 
 
 An orbicular molion ; a turning round; 
 a meafuiiiig witli the compad'ts. BuiUy. 
 CIRCLE, n.f. [circu/us, Latin.] 
 1. A line continued till it ends where it 
 begun, having all its parts cquidillant 
 from a cotnmon centre. 
 
 Any thing that moves round about in a circ/ff 
 in icfs tirr^c than our ideas are wont to fuccced 
 one another in our minds, is not perceived to 
 move; but I'cenis 10 be a ju-ircft intirc crrcU of 
 that matter, or colour, and not a part of a citi/e 
 in motion, Lcckt. 
 
 By a c'tTcU [ underlland not here pcrfcil geo- 
 metrical cirde, but an orbicular (igurt, wnulc 
 length is c^jua! to its breadth; and whici), as to 
 fcnl'c, may iVcni circular. Nz-wtcn i O^ttckt. 
 
 Then a deeper flill. 
 In circle following <.''r/t-, gathers round 
 To dofc the face of things. T'l^^mf'jn i S.^mmcr. 
 
 2. The fpace included in a circular line. 
 
 3. A round body ; an orb. 
 
 It IS he that littcth upon the r.'c/cof tilc earth. 
 
 4. Compafs ; enclofure. 
 
 A great magicl.in, 
 Obfcuicd in the cin/r of the foreft. S/ialfprare. 
 
 5. An affembly furroundiiig the principal 
 perfon. 
 
 To have a box wliere eunuchs fing. 
 And, fuicmoft in tlit circ/e, eye a king. Fiff, 
 
 6. A company ; an aflcinbly. 
 
 I will call over to him the whole c:rc/i of 
 beauties that arc difpofcd among the boxes. 
 
 .Addijon. 
 Ever fincc that time, Lifindcr vifiis in every 
 
 cl,Je. _ Tatlir. 
 
 7. Any feries ending as it begins, and 
 perpetually repeated. 
 
 Tlicre be fruit trees in hot countries, which 
 have blolToms and young fruir, and young fruit 
 and ripe fruit, alniort all the year, fuccecd- 
 ing one another; hut this chcle -oi ripening 
 cannot be but in fucculent plants, and hot coun- 
 tries. Bau,:.' 
 
 Thus in a circle runs the peafant's pain. 
 And the year rolls witnin itlelf again. Dry.len. 
 
 8. An inconclufive form of argument, in 
 which the foregoing propofition is 
 proved by the following, and the fol- 
 lowing piopofition inferred from tiie 
 foregoing. 
 
 That heavy bodies defccnd by gravity; and 
 again, that gravity is a quality whereby an hea- 
 vy body riefcends, is an impertinent circle, and 
 teaclieth nothing. G'.M-j;!le\ Sceffis. 
 
 That fallacy called a circle, is when one of the 
 prcmilTes in a fyllogilin is queftioned and oppofed, 
 and we intend to prove it by the conclufion. 
 
 IVaItt' Logici. 
 
 9. Circumlocution; indireft form of words. 
 
 Has he given the lye 
 In circle or oblique, or femicircle. 
 Or direct parallel.' You mult challenge him. 
 
 Flctc/,f,-s q. If Cor. ■ 
 
 10. CiKCL-Ei of the German empire. Such 
 provinces and principalities as have a 
 light to be prefent at diets. They are 
 in number ten. Tre'voux, 
 
 To Ci'rcle. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To move round any thing. 
 
 The lords, that were .ippointed to circle the 
 hill, had fome d.ays before planted themfelvcs 
 in places convenient. Bacon, 
 
 Another Cynthia her new journey runs, 
 And other planets circle other tuns. Vcfe, 
 
 2. To enclofe ; to fitrroiind. 
 
 What ftcrn ungentle hands 
 H.ive topp'd and hew'd,an(l made thy body bare 
 Of hci two branches, thofc fwtet ornaments, 
 Whofc ciicliiii fhadgws kings have fought to 
 ««fp in ■ Shuijfeare,
 
 C I R 
 
 Wiiile tViefe fond arms, thus a/c/j'i| you, may ^ 
 piove 
 More heavy chains than thofc of hopekfs love. 
 
 Piior. 
 Unfeen, he glided thro' the joyous crowd, 
 With darknets circled mA an ambient cloud. Pofc. 
 3. To Circle in. To confine ; to keep 
 togc^ther. 
 
 W< teim thofe tilings dry which have a con- 
 fidence within chemfclves, and which, to enjoy a 
 dettrininatc figure, do not require the flop or 
 hindrance of anutner body tolimit and circit them 
 j-,j Pigl'V on Bodice. 
 
 To Circle, -v. n. To move circularly ;. 
 to end where it begins. 
 
 The wc!l t'nuight bowl 
 CVf.'f J inccfliint ; whillt the humble cell 
 With quavering laugh and rural jells relbunds, 
 ^ TMlif!. 
 
 Now the ciicHng years difclofc 
 The d.iy predcltin'd to reward his woes. l''-pr- 
 Ci'ncLED. adj. \J\om circle.] Having 
 the form of a circle ; round. 
 
 Th' incunftant moon, 
 That monthly changes hi heraVr/V orb. Shalt fp. 
 Ci'rclet. n.f. [(\-om circle.l A circle ; 
 an orb : properly a little ci'cle. 
 
 Then take lepaft, till Hcfperus difpby'd _ 
 His golden cinUt in the wedcrn (hade. _ I'ofc. 
 d\ci.\sc. particip. atij. [from To circle.] 
 Having the form of a circle ; circnlar ; 
 round. 
 Round he furvcys, and well might, where he 
 Hood 
 . So high above the circling canopy 
 Of night's o.<tended (hade. Afilion's Fur. Lojl. 
 Cl'RCUIT. «. /. [circuit, Fv. circuitas, 
 
 Latin.] 
 3. The afl of moving round any thing. 
 There arc foiii moms alfo perpLtu:illy toiling 
 round the planet Jupiter, and earned along with 
 Jiim in nis periodical circuit r.iund the fun. 
 
 Wjf/j o>i the Mind. 
 
 2. The fpace enclofed in a circle. 
 
 He led me up 
 A woody mountain, whofe high top was plain, 
 A c:,cu:t wide inclus'd. Milioii'i Par. Lcjl . 
 
 3. Space, or extent, meafured by travel- 
 ling round. 
 
 He .aitributcth unto it fmallncfs, in refpeft of 
 circuit. iIoo.iei. 
 
 The lake of B^.lfcna is reckoned one-anri- 
 twenty miles in c:rcui/. .-Jd-lif-'n err Italy. 
 
 4. A ring; a diadem; that by which any 
 thing is incircled. 
 
 And this fell temped Ih.ill not ccafe to rage, 
 Until the golden circut on my head 
 Do calm the fury of this mad-bi.iin'd flaw. Shot. 
 
 5. The vifitations of the judges for holding 
 allizes. 
 
 The circuit!, in former limes, went but round 
 about the pale ; as the circuit of the cynofura 
 about the pole. Davm. 
 
 C. The trad of country vifited by the 
 judges. _ 
 
 7. Long deduflton of reafon.. 
 Up into the w.itch tower get, 
 And fee all things dcfpoii'd of fallacies; 
 Thou fli.ilt not peep thro' l.ittlccs of eyes, 
 Hot hear thro' labyrinths of enrs, nor learn 
 By circuit or colleiflions to ditccrn. Donne. 
 
 Circuit of adion. [In law.] Is a longer 
 courfe of proceeding to recover the thing 
 fued for than is needful. Cwwell. 
 
 To Ci'rcuit. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 move circularly. 
 
 Pining with equinoflral heat, unlefs 
 The cordial cup perpetual motion keep, 
 Quick eiicuiti'fg P!iiHf>!. 
 
 Circuite'er:; n./ [from circuit-'] One 
 that travels a circuit. 
 
 C I R 
 
 Like yoHV fellow circuitier,\:hi furt',yo',i travel 
 tlie round of the earth, aTld"behold all the ini- 
 quities under the heavens. ^ Fofe. 
 CiRCUiTiON. n.f.[cireu!tio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aCl of going round any thing. 
 
 2. Compafs-; maze of argument. 
 
 To apprehend by what degrees they lean to 
 things in (how, though not in deed, repugnant 
 one to another, rcquircth more (harpncfs ol wit, 
 more intricate circuitions of difcoui^e, and deptii 
 of judgment, than common ability doth yield. 
 
 HorAer. 
 
 Ci'rCular. adj. [cirnilaris, Latin ] 
 
 1. Round, like a circle; circumfcribed 
 by a circle. 
 
 Tl-e frame thereof leem'd partly circular. 
 And p.tri tiiangtilar. Fsiry Queen. 
 
 He full inclos'd tor lifts a level ground ; 
 The form was circular. Lhyden'i Faliles. 
 
 Ner.1'5 port, conipofed of huge moles running 
 round it in a kind of ciicular figure. Addijon. 
 
 2. SiiccefTive in order ; always returning. 
 
 From whence th' innumerabK- race of things 
 By circular fucceffive order fpringv. Rt,Jcommon. 
 
 3. Vulgar ; mean ; circumforaneous. 
 
 Had Virgil been a circular poet, and clofcly 
 adhi-red to hillory, how could the Rom.ins have 
 had D do > Dennis. 
 
 4. Ending in itfelf : ufed of a paralogifm, 
 where the ftcoiid propofition at once 
 proves the firil, and is proved by it. 
 
 One of Cartes'.s firit principles of rcaldning, 
 after he had doubted of every tiling, feems to he 
 too circular to fafely build upon ; for he is for 
 proving the being of God from the truth of our 
 faculties, and the truth of our faculties from tnc 
 being of a God. Baker's ReJlcCl. on Lcuinir. . 
 
 5. Circular Letter. A letter direfted 
 to feveial perfons, who have the fame 
 interefl; in fome common affair ; as in 
 the convocation of aifemblics. 
 
 6. Circular Lines, tiucli ftraight lines 
 as are divided from the diviiions made 
 in the arch of a circle ; as the lines of 
 fines, tangents, and fecants, on the 
 plain feale and feCtor. 
 
 7. Circular Suiling, is that performed 
 on the arch of a great circle. 
 
 Circula'r I TV. n.y. [ixam circular.] A 
 circular form. 
 
 The heavens have no divcrfity or difTctcnce, 
 but 3 fimplicity of parts, and equiformity in 
 motion, continually fuccccding each other; 
 fo that, from what ponit foever we compute, the 
 account will be common unto the whole ni'cu- 
 larity. Jirt/ivn. 
 
 Ci'rcularly. atlv. \_fvom circular.} 
 
 1. In form of a circle. 
 
 The inttrnal form of it confifts of fcveral re- 
 gions, invoUiwg one another like orbs about the 
 fame centre ; or of the Icvcral elements cart cir- 
 cular Iv abour each other. Bui net - 
 
 2. With a ciicular motion. 
 
 Trade, which, like blood, (hould circularly 
 flow, 
 Stopp'd in their channels, found its freedom loft. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Every body, moved circularly :.bout any centre, 
 
 recedes, or f ndeavours to recede, Irom that ecn- 
 
 lre7.of its motion. Ray. 
 
 T"!) Ci'rculate. iu 11. [from cV(-;v/;w.] 
 
 1. To move in a circle ; to run round ; to 
 
 return to the place whence it departed 
 
 in a conftant courfe. 
 
 If our lives motions theirs muft imitate. 
 Out knowledge like our blood muft ciiculate. 
 
 Denl.am. 
 
 Nature is a perpetual motion ; and the work of 
 
 the univcrfe circulates without any interval or re- 
 
 polc. L'l^jiiange. 
 
 z. To be difpei-fed. 
 
 C I R 
 
 As the mints of calumny arc fcrpetiially at 
 work, agicat number of curious ineiriions, il- 
 fued out from time to time, giow cuncnt among 
 the party, and c;irt</<i(f through the vvbole king- 
 dom. Aidifon. 
 
 To Ci'rculate. t>. a. To put about. 
 In the civil wars, the money fpent on both 
 (ides was circulated at home; no pubiick debts 
 contrafled. Hivijt. 
 
 CiRC'JLa'tion. n.J. [from clrcvlctle.] 
 
 1. iWotion in a ciicle; a couife in which 
 the motion tends to the point from 
 which it began. 
 
 What more obvinusj one would think, fJLin 
 the circulation of the blood, unknown till the lalV 
 ;,oe ? Burnetts TllC'jry. 
 
 As much l.loort paffeth through the lungs as 
 through all the rell of the body : the chcuia'.ioa 
 is quicker, and heat greater, and their texture 
 extremely delicate. Aih-ilhiot on Alinu-nts. 
 
 2. A ferles in which the fame order is al- 
 ways obferved, and things always re- 
 turn to the fame (late. 
 
 As for the fins of peace, thou haft brought 
 upon us the miferics of war; fo for the fins of 
 war, thou fceft fit to deny us the hlcfling of peace, 
 and to keep us in a circulation of mileries. 
 
 King Chalks, 
 
 God, by the ordinary rule of nature, permits 
 this continual circulation of human things. Siuijt. 
 
 3. A reciprocal interchange of meaning. 
 
 When the apolllc faith of the Jews, tnat they 
 crucified the Lord of glory ; and when the Son 
 of man, being on earth, affirmcth that the Son 
 of man was in heaven at the f.ime inrtant,theic 
 is in thele two fpecchcs that mutual circulatltn 
 before mentioned. llooler, 
 
 Ci'rculatory. n.f. [from drciilate.] A 
 chymical veffel, in which that which 
 rifes from the veffel on the fire is col- 
 lefted and cooled in another fi,\cd upcn 
 it, and falls down again. 
 Ci'rculatory. at/j. [from circulate.] Cir-' 
 cuhitory Letteis are the fame with 
 Circular Ltllirs. 
 Circuma'mbiency. n. f. [from circum- 
 ambient.] The a6\ of encompalfing. 
 
 Ice receivcth its figure according unto the fur- 
 face it concreteth, or the riicumambiency which 
 confurmeth it. Brown. 
 
 ClRCUiVlA'MBIENT. aJj. [circum and 
 amtio, hMm.] Surrounding; encom- 
 paffing ; enclofing. 
 
 The circumambient coldnefs towards the fides of 
 the ve(fi.-l, like the fecond region, .ooling and 
 coiidenfing of it. II ilkiini 
 
 To Circum a'mbulate. v.n. [from Wr- 
 cum and amiulo, Latin.] To walk, round 
 about. Z)/fl. 
 
 To ClRCUMCrSE. 1'. a. Icircumcido, 
 Latin.] To cut the prepuce or fore- 
 flvin, according to the law given to tire 
 
 Jews, 
 
 They came to ciieumy.fe the child. Luke, 
 
 One IS alarmed at the indultry of the wliigs, in 
 aiming to ftrengthen their louted party by a rein- 
 forcement from the ci'cumcij'td. Swift, 
 CiR c u M c I's I ON . ?; /. [homcircumcife. ] Tlie 
 rite or aft of cutting off the forelkin. 
 
 Tl.cy left a race behind 
 Like tothemfcKes, riiftinguilhable fcarce 
 From gehtiles, but bv .-/-.-umcyrwi vaio. MUltn. 
 To CIRCUMDUCT, v. a. [circunuluco, 
 Lat.] To contravene ; to nullify : a 
 term of civil law. 
 
 Acts of judicature may be cancelled and f/r- 
 cumdudcd by the will and dircilion of th« 
 judge; as alfo by the confcnt of the parties liti- 
 gant, before the judge has pronounced and given 
 fentence. -■'J-W Farergon. 
 
 CiRCUMDu'CTiON. n.f. [ixMixi cirtumdua .}
 
 C I R 
 
 3. Nullification; cancellation. 
 
 Tic citalioii may l)C ciicuniduiflcd, tliougli the 
 dcKndant iliould not appcir; and the dcl'cndaiit 
 murt bu cited, as a chiurrniuOinn requites. 
 
 3. A leading about. 
 
 By loiij; i::ic:im.i:i(}:oi: pcihaps any truth may 
 be derived nom any otler truth. Hooker. 
 
 CIRCU'MFERENCE. «. /. [clrcum- 
 ferentla, J.atiii] 
 
 1, The pi;ripliery ; the line including and 
 furrounding any thing. 
 
 Extend thus Tar thy boundSf 
 This be thy jult circumfcrrml, O world ! Milton. 
 
 Bccaufe the hero is tlie centre of the mam 
 aflion, all the lines from the <ircumfercmi tend 
 to him alone. DryJen. 
 
 Fire, moved nimbly in the circumfertnce of a 
 circle, m:ikei tiic whole circumference appear like 
 a circle of fipe. Nrwtan. 
 
 2, The fpace enclofed in a circle. 
 
 So was his will 
 Pronounc'd among the gods, di-t<i by an oath, 
 Thar Uiook heav'n's wliolc ci-cumjctcnce^ con- 
 lirm'd. hllm:. 
 
 He firft inclos'ri for lifts a level ground, 
 The whole ciicunrjerercf a niile around. Drydeti. 
 
 3, The externa! part of an orbicular body. 
 
 The bubble, hzm^ looked on by the light of 
 
 the clouds reliciited from it, feeincd red at its 
 
 apparent cncuntjtrencc. If the clouds v^ ere viewed 
 
 hrirugh it, the colour at its circumfcitnre would 
 
 tblue. Niivion'i Opticki. 
 
 4 An orb; a circle; any thing circular or 
 
 orbicular, 
 ilis pond'rous fiiield, bigcand round, - 
 
 Behind him call ; ihe bto-ddi duutfifcrc/iL-e 
 
 Hung tm his Ihuulders like the moon. Mi/tor:. 
 To Circu'mference. v. a. [from the 
 
 noun.] To include in a circular fpace. 
 
 Not proper. 
 Kor IS the vigour of this great body included 
 
 only in itfcif, or chcumjennce by its furfacc ; but 
 
 .dii^'ufcd at indeterminate diliances. Brown. 
 
 ClRCUMFER ENTOR. H.J. [frOlTl c'trcwn- 
 
 fero, Lat. to carry about.] An inftru- 
 ment ufed in furvcyiiig, for meafuring 
 ang'es, confilHng of a brafs circle, an 
 index with fights, and a compafs, and 
 mounted on a llaff, with a ball and 
 focket. Chamleis. 
 
 Circumflex, n. f. \_circnipjlfxus, Lat.] 
 An accent ufed to regulate tlie pronun- 
 ciation of lyllables, including or par- 
 ticlpaling the acute and grave. 
 
 The cii.umjifx keeps the voice in a middle tune, 
 and th.ereioic in the Latin is compounded of botli 
 tl'.c other. HoJJsr. 
 
 .Circu'mf.luence. n. f. [from c'lrcum- 
 fluent.] An enclofure of waters. 
 
 CIRCU'MFLUENT. mij. \_arcur„Jlua,s, 
 Lat.] Flowing round any thing. 
 
 I rule the 'Paphian race, 
 V/|iofe bounds the deep tvfcrwwtftft-w? waves em* 
 
 brace j 
 A duteous people, and induflrious ifle. Pop^. 
 
 CiRCu'viFi.uous. «</,'■. [circuri'Jluus, Lat.] 
 Environing with waters. 
 
 He the world 
 Built on f;V(r;^fli^«ffM J, waters calm, in wide 
 Cryllalline ocean. Milton's Panulife Loji. 
 
 Laertes' fon, girt with circuKjlwjtn tides. Pope. 
 
 C I R c u M Fo R .\ 's K o u s . nr^'. [ circumforaiieus , 
 Latin.] Wanderivig from houfe to 
 houfe : as, a drcumforancous fiddler, 
 one that plays at doors. 
 
 To ClRCUiViFU'SE. V. a. [drcumfiifus, 
 Lat.] To.pour rouud J to fprcad every 
 wa}-. 
 
 \ 
 
 C I R 
 
 Men fee better, when their eyes are againfi the 
 fun, or candle, if they put their hand btferc their 
 eye. The glaring fun, or candle, weakens the eye; 
 whereas the light iircumfufeJ is enougir for tire 
 perception. Bmon'i Natural Hijiofy. 
 
 His army, circun-Jui' d an either wirrg. Milton. 
 
 Earth, with her nether ocean Lircumjui\lf 
 Their pleafant dwelling- houfe. Milton. 
 
 I'his nynrph the God Cefiphus had abus'd, 
 With all his windirrg w-MU'iciiewrfji'd. ^/JJifon. 
 ClRCUMFt;'siLE. ai/J. [circum indfujilis, 
 Lat.] That may be poured or fpicad 
 round any thing. 
 
 Aitift divii'.e, whofe (kilful hands irrfold 
 The virftim's horn with arcumjujtle gold. Pope. 
 CiRCUMFu'sloN. n.f. [[from circumfufs .] 
 The act of fpreading round ; die itate 
 of being poured round. 
 roCIRCU'MGYRATE. -v. a. \_chcum 
 ^\\A gyrus, Lat.] To roll round. 
 
 Ail the glands of the Iwdy be congeries of va- 
 rious foitsof vcffcls curled, citcumgyratt.ly and 
 cumplicateil together. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 Circumgyration, ti. f. [from citcum- 
 gyrate.] The aft of running round. 
 
 The fun turns round his own axis in twenty- 
 five days, from his fiiil being put into fuch a 
 circwngy/ ation. Clttyne. 
 
 CiRCUMj ACENT. atJj .'[ctfcumjacdis ,L.at..] 
 Lying round any thing ; bordering on 
 every fide. 
 
 Circumi'tion. n./. [{vomcirciimeo.cin-mni- 
 tuin, Lat.] The aft of going- round. DiU. 
 
 Circcmliga'tion. n.f. [circuin/igo, Lat.] 
 
 1. The acf o' binding round. 
 
 2. The bond with which any thing is en- 
 compafTed. 
 
 Circumlocution, n.f. \_circumlocutl6, 
 J.atin.] 
 
 1. A circuit or compafs of words; peri- 
 phrafis. 
 
 Virgil, ftudyiilg brevity, could bring thel'i 
 
 words into a narrow compafs, wiiich a tranllator 
 
 -cannot render without iiycwnlocuticns. Drydcr. 
 
 1 much pict'cr the plain BiHiiiglgatc way to 
 calling names, hecaufe it would fave abundance 
 of time, hjrt by circumlocution. S^a-ift. 
 
 2. The life of indirerSl expreffions. 
 
 Tlrefe people are nut to ht dealt withal, birr by 
 
 a train of mydcry and citcum'ocution. L'i.jirange. 
 
 Circummu'red. adj. l^oircum and mums, 
 
 Lat.] Walled round ; encompaifed 
 
 with a wall. 
 
 He liath a garden cticuuimurcd with bricks. 
 
 Sluikfpears. 
 C I r c u M N .* 'v I G A B I. E . aiij. [from circum- 
 navigate.] That may be failed round. 
 
 The being of aniifodes, the hal itablcnefs' of 
 the torrid zone, and the rciiderii;^ the whole ter- 
 raqueous glob'.: cii cuinn^liigablfi . Ray. 
 
 To Circuv.na'vig.4te. 1). rt. \_circum zx\A 
 navigo, Lat.] To fail lound. 
 
 CiRCUMN-A viga'tion, n.f. [from cir- 
 
 cuir,na%vgate.'\ The aft of failing round. 
 
 What he fays concenring the i'n/n:na'i>:e^atii,n 
 
 of .\t'rica, frjm the llraits of Gibraltar to the 
 
 Red Sea, is very remarkable. -'Jrlmtli. en C^.im. 
 
 Circumna'vigator. n.f. One that fails 
 round. 
 
 Circumplica'tion. n, f \_drcutrplico, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of enwrapping on eveiy fide. 
 
 2. The llate ot being enwrapped 
 Circumpo'la R. a.ij. [from circum and 
 
 polar.] Stars near the north pole, which 
 move round it, and never fet in the 
 nonhevn latitudes, are faid to be circiim- 
 
 polarjiaru 
 
 C I R 
 
 CiitcuMPOSi'TioN. n.f [from r/Vrum and 
 
 pfjilion. ] The aft of placing any thing 
 
 circularly. 
 Now is your feafon for clrcumpofiHon, by tiles 
 
 or balkets of earth. Evelyn'^ Kalcidar. 
 
 Circumra'sion. n./ [circumrafio, Lat.] 
 
 The ad ot Ihaving or paring round. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Cuicumrota'tion. n. f \_rircum and 
 
 rnio, Lat.] 
 t . 'I'he aft of whirling round with a motion 
 
 like that of a wheel; circumvolution ; 
 
 circumgyration. 
 2. The iiate of being whirled round. 
 To CIRCUMSCRIBE, v. a. [aVwwand 
 
 fciibo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To cnclofe in certain lines or boundaries. 
 
 2. To bound ; to limit ; to confine. 
 
 The good Andronicu? 
 With honour and with fortune i£ return'd : 
 From whence he circumfcriied with his fword. 
 And bi ought to yoke, the enemies of Rome. 
 
 Siiiikfpea/e^ 
 Therefore mufl his choice be clrcumfril/'d 
 Unto the voice and yielding of that body 
 Whereof he 's head. Sk.ikfpeare. 
 
 He form'd the pow'rs of hcav'n 
 Such as he pleas'd, and circumfrib'd their being ! 
 
 Miltot. 
 The- aftion great, yet circumfcrib'd by time ; 
 The words not forc'd, but Giding into rhime. 
 
 - Drydert, 
 The external circumftances which do accom- 
 pany meir's adls, are thole wnich do circumjeribe 
 and limit them. Stiiliilgfitel. 
 
 You are above 
 The little forms which circumfribt your fex. 
 
 Southerrt, 
 CiRCUMsCRi'pTiON. n.f. {circumfcviftio., 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Determination of partlcjlar form or 
 magnitude. 
 
 In the ciiaimfcription of many leaves, flowers, 
 
 fruits, and feeds, nature affcifts a regular hgurc. 
 
 Ruy on t/!c Cfcati'.n, 
 
 2. Limitation; boundary ;' contraction ; 
 confinement. 
 
 I would not my unhoufed free condition 
 Put into circui'ifcriplion and confine. Sliakfpeare. 
 Circumscriptive, adj. [from circum- 
 fcribe.] Enclofingthefuperficies; mark- 
 ing the form or limits on the outfide. 
 
 Stones regular, arc diiunguiihcd by rheir ex- 
 ternal forms ; fuch as is circumfcriptive, or de- 
 pending upon the whole ftone, as in the eagle- 
 ftone, is pioperlv cal'edthc figul-. Gxiu 
 
 CIRCUMSPECT, afj. [circumfpeaus, 
 Lat.] Cautious; attentive to every 
 thing- ; watchftd on all fides. 
 
 None are for me. 
 That look into rne with confid'ratp eyes : 
 High teaching Buckrni,haiii grows circumffelt. 
 
 Sfiukfptaff^ 
 Men of tlieir o-.vn nature circumfpea and flow, 
 but at the time ditcountenanccd and difcontent. 
 
 ' . Hayivoodt 
 
 The judicious doiftor had been very watchful 
 and a.v««./;„7, to keep himfelf from being iirr- 
 poicd upon. _gy,;^_ 
 
 Circumspe'ctiox. n.f. [from circunt- 
 fpeil.] Watchfulnefs on every fide; 
 caution ; genera! attention. 
 
 Ohfervc the fudden growth of wickednefs, 
 from want of care and circumfpc^ion in the fitft 
 imprcffr.ns. Clarendon. 
 
 So faying, his proud ftep he fcornful turn'd. 
 
 But with fly cirumfpeaion. Milton' % Par. Lojl. 
 
 CiRCtJMSPE'cTivE. adj. ^^circumfpido, 
 
 circumfprautn, Latin.] Looking round 
 
 every way ; atte.itivt ; vigilant ; cautious.
 
 C I R 
 
 No left alike the politick md v,'\k, 
 All fly flow things, with ciicumfftclfve eyes. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 Circv'Mspec'tivei.y. adi. [from clrcum- 
 fpeclive.] Cautioufly; vigilantly; at- 
 tentively ; with watchfuliicl's every way ; 
 watchfully. 
 Ci'RCUMSPtLTLY. «(/•!). ]J(om circumfpea.'] 
 With watchftilnefs every way ; cauti- 
 oufly ; watchfully ; vigilantly. 
 
 Their autlioiiiy weighs inure with me than the 
 eoiicurrejit Cuffiages ui athouhnd eyes, who ne- 
 ver ctamincd the things fo carefully and i/>c«m- 
 fi'fcfly. ^''y ^" '^'^ Creancri. 
 
 Ci'rcumspectness. n.f. [from c'lrcum- 
 
 fpca.] Caution; vigilance ; watchful- 
 
 iiefs on every fide. 
 Travel foicis circumffcetiirj! on tliofe :ibro.Td, 
 
 who at i'.omc aie nurfed in fccurity. H'otinn. 
 
 CIRCUMSTANCE, n.f. \j:lrcimjlainia, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Something appendant or relative to a 
 faCi : the lame to a moral adion as ac- 
 cident to a natural fubRance. 
 
 When men arc higenious in picking out arn. w- 
 jiart.-ci of contempt, they do kindle their anger 
 much. Bunn\ Efoyt. 
 
 Ourconfeffing or concealing perfecuted truths, 
 vary and chajige their very nature, according to 
 dilfcrent ciicumjlanccs of time, place, and per- 
 fons. Soutlt. 
 
 2. The adjunffls of a faft, which make it 
 more or Icfs criminal ; or make an ac- 
 cufation more or lefs probable. 
 
 Of thefe fuppofcd crimes gi-.e me leave, 
 Bv c'nc:i>njlM:ce, but to acquit niylelf. Shnlfp. 
 
 3. Accident ; fomething adventitious, 
 which may be taken away without the 
 annihilation of the principal thing con- 
 fidered. 
 
 Senfe outfide knows, the foul thro' all things 
 fees J 
 Senfe, circumfianci; (he doth the fubftancc view. 
 
 Davies. 
 
 4. Incident; event: generally of a miuute 
 or fubordiuate kind. 
 
 He defended Carhflc with very remarkable cir- 
 c-.i'njiancci of cour.ige, mduHry, and patience. 
 
 Clurcndtin, 
 
 The fculptor had in his thoughts the Con- 
 queror's weeping for new worlds, or the like «r- 
 arnl'.jv.rc \n luftory. .4d<iij',n. 
 
 The poet has gatliercd thofe drtumfianctt which 
 mill terrify the imagination, and which really 
 happen in the r.igingof a tcmpeft. AdiiJ-m. 
 
 5. Condition; Hate of affairs. It is fre- 
 quently ul'ed with refpecl to wealth or 
 poverty ; as, good or ill circumjlaiices. 
 
 None but a virtuous man can hope well in all 
 (ir^'imjiiincci. B'lcou. 
 
 \Vc ought not to conclude, that if there be ra- 
 tional inhabitants in any of the planets, tliey 
 niuft therefore have human nature, or be iii- 
 ■ vulved ni the (iicumflunce\ of our World. Btnl'.iy 
 When men are cafy i" their circumjlanct!, they 
 arc naturally enemies to innovations. Addifun. 
 To CfRCUM STANCE, -u. a. [from the 
 noun.] To place in jjarticular iituatlon, 
 or relation to the things. 
 
 To worthiert things, 
 Virtue, art, beauty, furtuns, now I fee, 
 Karenefs or ufe, not n:itur;-, >.ilue brings ; 
 And (ueh as they Me urcumfutic'd, they be. 
 
 Ci'rcumstant. adj. \_arcumjlms, Lat.] 
 
 Surroundl.ng ; environing. 
 Its beams fly to vifit the renioteft parts of the 
 
 world, and it gives motion to all circumjiunt 
 
 bodies. < ^''g'y "" ''" >>''"l- 
 
 CnicuMST a'nti.^i. arfj. [drcuni/laniialis, 
 
 low Lat.] 
 
 C I R 
 
 1 . Accidental ; not effential. 
 
 This fierce abridgment - 
 Hath to it circumjitintial branches, which 
 Dillinftion would be rich in. Siaifpt-aie. 
 
 This junfdidlion in the elTcntials of it, is as 
 old as clirilfianity; and thofe a-r.-tnifhirrt/j/ addi- 
 tions of fecular encouragement, chnllian princes 
 thought necelfary. S'iuih. 
 
 Who would not prefer a religion that differs 
 frjQi our own in the cijrumjianiiiilij before one 
 that dilterb from it in the effentiali. ? AddiJ'jri. 
 
 2. Incidental; happening by chance; 
 cafual. 
 
 Virtue's butanguilh, when 'tis fcveral. 
 By oecafion wak'd, and circumjhtniiul. Danne. 
 
 3. Full of fmall events ; particular ; de- 
 tailed. 
 
 He had been provoked by men's tedious and 
 circtnnjiatjtial recitals of their ali'.iirs, or by their 
 multiplied queflions about his own. Vrkr. 
 
 Circuiwstantia'lity. n. /. [from cir- 
 cinnftmit'ial. ] The appendage of circnm- 
 ftances ; the ftate of any thing as modi- 
 fied by circumitances. 
 
 CtKCUMSTA'NTlALLY. adv. [from c'lr- 
 cumjlanl'ml. ] 
 
 1. According to circumflance ; not cITcn- 
 tially ; accidentally. 
 
 Of the fancy and intcllc^ff, the powers are only 
 t'iicw)ijiantiaUy dilTerent. GUnviUe':, Sccpfii. 
 
 2. Minutely ; exaclly ; in every circum- 
 flance or particular. 
 
 Lucian agrees with Homer in every point c/V- 
 cumjlanlitiliy. Ill name. 
 
 To Circumst.\'ntiate. v.a. [fromaV- 
 
 cumjliince. ] 
 I. To place in particular circumitances ; 
 
 to invell with particular accidents or 
 
 acljunfls. 
 If tlie aft were otherwife circiimjia'irnted, it 
 
 might will that freely, which now it wills ficcly. 
 
 Britifth,i!i. 
 
 1. To place in a particular condition, as 
 with regard to power or wealth. 
 
 A number infinitely fupcrioui, and the K-Ji 
 ciramjfuntialed imaginable, are for tiie fuceclfion 
 of Hanover. Xiv:jt. 
 
 To CIRCUMVA'LLATE. v. a. [drcum- 
 ■vailo, Lat.] To enclofe round with 
 trenches or fortifications. 
 
 CiRCUM VA lla'tion. n.f. [from c'lr- 
 cumvallale. ] 
 
 1. The art or a£l of calling up fortifi- 
 cations round a place. 
 
 When the ciat firll .icquaiolcd himfelf with 
 mathematical learning, he practilcd all the rules 
 of oVeOTKr'<i//<'f/5i andcontravallation al the ficge 
 of a town in Livonia. iraris. 
 
 2. The fortification or trench thrown up 
 roimd a place befieged. 
 
 This gave rclpite to rtiiilli thofe flupcndous 
 
 ciicumvalUtism and barricadoes, reared up fca 
 
 and land. ^ HoiuH. 
 
 Circumve'ctIon. «. /. \_circiimvedio, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of canning roimd. 
 
 2. The Hate of being carried round. 
 
 To CIRCUMVL'iMT. v. a. [ciramiveiilo, 
 Lat.] To deceive; to cheat ;to iin- 
 pofe upon ; to delude. 
 
 He fearing to be betrayed or circumvented by 
 
 his cruel brother, fled to Barbaroffa. Kn,:i,s. 
 
 As his malice is vigilant, he rellcth not to c,r. 
 
 cumvcnt the fons of the firft deceived. Biown. 
 
 ShouUI m.m 
 Fall c!rc:imvcr}tcd t^.u^ by fraud. Millan. 
 
 Qbllinately bent 
 To die undaunted, and to e;V.-umrr/if. Drydci:. 
 
 CiRCU M ve'ntion. rif. \_{rop\drcumvent.'] 
 8 
 
 c I r 
 
 1. Fraud; impollure ; cheat; delufion. 
 
 The inequality of the match between htm and 
 tiie fubtlelt of us, would (pilckly appear by ;» 
 fiital circitmvc'ttifju : there mull be a wifdom front 
 above to over -reach this hcilifh wifdum. Scit-t. 
 
 If 1 c is in tlic city, he nuilt avoid haranguiiijj 
 againlt circumvention in connlieice. Collier. 
 
 2. Prevention; preoccupation. This fenlc 
 is now out of ufe. 
 
 Wh.itcvtr hath been thr'ught on in this fl.i.ie. 
 That could be brought to bodily adt,"ere Rome 
 Had citcttmz'e.itlof'. Shakjpcir'. 
 
 To Ciucumve'st. 1' «. [drcurnvrffij, 
 Lat.] To cover round with a garment. 
 Who on this bafc the earth didtj firmly found. 
 And mad'If the deep to circumvfji it round. 
 
 if'o.'iin. 
 
 Circumvola'tion. n. f [from dicum- 
 •volo, Lat.] The adl of flying round. 
 
 7"o CiRCUM vo'lve. 11. a. [diriimvoho, 
 Lat.] To roll round ; to put into a 
 circular motion. 
 
 Could folid orbs be accommodated to pheno- 
 mena, yet to afcribc each fpheie an intelligence 
 to lircumvolve it, were unphilofophical. GlanviiU. 
 
 Circumvolution, n.f. [dnumvoiutus, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of rolling round. 
 
 2. The Hate of being rolled round. 
 
 The twilling of the guts is really either a ciV- 
 cumvoliitioif or iiifertion of one part of the gut 
 within the other. Athuthtjot. 
 
 3. The thing rolled round another. 
 
 Confiflcr tlie obliquity or clofenefs of thefe cfV. 
 cumvohition\ ; tlic nearer they arc, the higher may 
 be the iiittrumcnt. ' IVilkim. 
 
 CTRCUS.l n.f. [drcus, Latin.] An 
 CiRQt'E. j open fpace or area for fports, 
 with feats round frr the fptftators. 
 
 A ple.ifant valley, like one of thofe circiifc^,. 
 
 wiiich in great cities fomewherc doth give a plca- 
 
 fant fpriffacle of running horlcs. Sitiricy. 
 
 The one was about the cirque of Flora, the 
 
 other upon the Tarpcian mountain. Stiliingficet. 
 
 See \.\\zcijr^uf falls ! th* unpillar'd temple nods; 
 
 Streets pav'd with heroes, Tyber choak'd with 
 
 gods. Po/if. 
 
 CIST. n.f. [cifta, Latin.] A cafe; a 
 
 tegument : commonly ufed in medicinal 
 
 language for the coat or enclofure of a 
 
 tumour. 
 
 Ci'sTED. nJj. [fromf//?.] Enclofedina 
 
 cifl; or bag. 
 Ci'sTEKN. n.f. [djierna, Latin.] 
 
 1. A receptacle of water for domeflick 
 
 ufes. 
 
 'Tis not the rain that waters the whole earth, 
 but tli.it which falls into his own cijiern, that 
 mull relieve him. _ Scut/i, 
 
 2. A refervoir ; an enclofed fountain. 
 
 Had no part as kindly (laid behind 
 In the wide i J/.Vi»J of the lakes confin'd. 
 Did not the fprings and rivers drench the land. 
 Our globe would grow a wildcrnefs of fand. 
 
 Blitcimorf. 
 
 3. Any receptacle or repofitory of water. 
 
 So h.i'f my iigypt were fiibmcrg'd, and made 
 Acijterniux fcil'dfnnkc* Sluiifpcarc. 
 
 But there 'sno bottom, none, 
 In my vohiptuoufnefs : your wives, your daugh- 
 ters, 
 Your mation.s, and your maids, cculd not fill up 
 The ciflerii of my lull. Sfiakfpcan. 
 
 CrSTUS. n. f [Lat.] A plant; the 
 
 fame with rnchrofe. 
 CiT. n.f. [cnntrafted from citizen.'] An 
 
 inhabitant of a city, in an ill fenfe ; a 
 
 pert low townfraan ; a pragmatical 
 
 trader.
 
 C I T 
 
 We faring you now to (how wliat different 
 thing] 
 The citt or clovnis Jic from the courts of kims. 
 
 Study your race, or the foil of your family 
 will dwindle into <-/.'i or fquiresjor runup inlu 
 wits or madmen. TatUr. 
 
 Barnard, thou ait a <.'/, with all thy worth; 
 But Bug and D — I, ilicir honours, and fo forth. 
 
 Ci't.idel. n. f. \\-ttaikllc, French.] A 
 fortrefs ; a caflle, or place of arms, in a 
 city. 
 
 As lie came to the crown hy unjuft means, as 
 
 unjuttly he Iccpt it : by force of Itrangci luldicrj 
 
 in citadeU, the nelts of tyranny and murderers 
 
 of libcrtj'. Sidney. 
 
 I'll to my charge, the r;7.trff/, repair. DryJtn. 
 
 Ci'tal. n.f. [fromafcr.] 
 
 1. Reproof; impcaclimtiit. 
 
 ■ He mndcablulhing rlia! of liirafelf, 
 And cl.id liis truant youth. Shnhye.in. 
 
 2. Summons; citation; call into a court. 
 
 3. Qiiotation ; citation. 
 ClTATiot/. 11. f. [f//&//o, Latin.] 
 
 1. The calling a pcrfun before the judge, 
 for the fake of trying the caufe of action 
 commenced againll him. ^y^'JJ'- 
 
 2. Quotation; ilie adduction of any paf- 
 fage from another author, or of another 
 man's words. 
 
 %. The paffage or words quoted ; a quo- 
 .tation. 
 
 The letter-writer cannot read thefc citiU:Mi 
 without blulhing, after the charge he hath ad- 
 vanced. - .'ilteriuiy. 
 
 View the principles in their own authors, and 
 not in the citalions of thofe who would canfute 
 tlem. _ /•;-«.'/.. 
 
 4. Enumeration ; mention. • 
 
 ThclL caufcs etfefl a confumption endemick to 
 thisifland : there rcmaiiisa ciialion offuch as may 
 produce it in any country. Hantey. 
 
 Ci't.^tory. adj. [from To clte-l Hav- 
 ing the power or form of citation. 
 
 If a judge cite one to a pl.ice, to which he 
 cannot come with fafety, he may freely appe,->l, 
 though an appeal be inhiliited in the letters i;- 
 tatcry. ^ylrffe's Parergin. 
 
 To CITE. V. a. [dto, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To fummon to anfwer in a court. 
 
 \\<t held a late court, to which 
 She oft was ciud by tliem, but appear'd not. , 
 
 ShakJ^eare. 
 
 Forthwith the cllrd dead, 
 0( all part ages, to the general doom 
 Sh.ill lialien. _ Milloi. 
 
 This power of citing, and dragging ti^e de- 
 fendant into court, was taken away. --^yli^'e. 
 
 2. To enjoin; to call upon another au- 
 thoritatively ; to direct ; to iummon. 
 
 I fpeak to you, fir Thurio ; 
 For Valentine, I need not c//£ him to it. Siui. 
 
 This fad experience li/n me to reveal. 
 And what I diiiale is flora what I feci. P^ior. 
 
 3. To quote. 
 
 Dcmonllrations in fcripture may not otherwife 
 he Ihewed than by citing them out of the fcrip- 
 ture. Hytkir. 
 
 That paffage of Plato, which I cited before. 
 
 B'tcon. 
 
 In banilhmeiit he wrote thofe verfes, which I 
 cite from his letter. iJrydtn. 
 
 Ci'ter. m. /. [from c'ltt.'] 
 I. One who cites into a court. 
 ;. One who quotes; a quoter. 
 
 I muft defire the iirtr hcnecfuiward to inform 
 us of his editions too. Atuthury. 
 
 Cite'ss. n. /. [from cU.'\ A. city wo- 
 man. A word peculiar to Dryden. 
 
 Cits iwCciteJfci raife a joyful ftrain; 
 'Tis a good omen tu begin a reign. J)'yA<n. 
 
 VoL.L 
 
 C 1 T 
 
 Cithern. «./. [W//mci7, Latin.] A kind 
 of harp; a mulieal inllriiment. 
 
 At what time the heathen had profaned it, 
 even in that was it dedicated with fongs and 
 citktrni, and harps and cymbals. M.icc. 
 
 Citizen, n. f. [cii'is, Lat. ciloycn, Fr.] 
 
 1 . A freeman of a city ; riot a foreigner ; 
 not a flavf. 
 
 All inhabitants within thcfc walls are not pro- 
 perly nV/sMi, but only fiich as arc called free- 
 men. Rulrigh'i U'fioty. 
 
 2. A townfman ; a man of trade ; not a 
 gentleman. >, 
 
 When he fpeaks not like a citi:un. 
 You find him like a foldior. Stiaijfcare. 
 
 3. An inll:lbitrf^t ; a dweller in any place. 
 
 Far from noify Home fccuic lie lives, 
 ."Undone more a/; if n to Sybil gives. Drydin 
 
 Ci'tizen. adi. [This is only in- Shah- 
 fpeare,'\ Having the qualities of a ci- 
 tizen ; as cowardice, meannefs. 
 
 So fick I am not, ytt I am not well ; 
 But not fo citiz.m a wanton, as 
 To fccm to die ere fick. Shr. 'I'yf--' .■". 
 
 Ci'trine. adi. [cllnnus, Lat.] Lemon 
 coloured ; of a dark yellow. 
 
 The liutterHy, papiliu- inajcT, hath its wings 
 
 painted with dirint and black, both in long 
 
 llieaks and fpots. Gicw. 
 
 By citrir.c urine of a thicker confiftence, the 
 
 faltncfs of phlegm is known. Fhycr. 
 
 Ci'trine. n.f. [from citrlmts, Latin.] 
 
 A fpecics of cryll.il of an extremely pure, 
 clear, and fine texnire, generally free from Haws 
 and blemilhcs. It is ever found in a long and 
 fiender column, "irrcgul.irly hexangular, and 
 terminated by an hesangular pyramid. It is 
 from one to four or five inches in length. This 
 ftoiie is very plentiful in the Weft Indies. Our 
 jewellers have learned to call it citrine ; and cut 
 ftoncs for rings out of it, which are mifiaken for 
 topazes. H:l! on F^Ji!.. 
 
 Citron-tree, n.f. [from citrus, Lat.] 
 It hath broad ftift'lcaves, like thofe of the lau- 
 rel. The flowers confiftof many leaves, expand- 
 ed like a rofe. The piltil becomes an oblong, 
 thick, fleOiy fruit, very full of juice. Genoa is 
 the great nurfcry for thefe trees. One fort with a 
 pointed fruit, is in fo great efteem, that the finglc 
 fruits arc fold at Florence for two fhiilings eacii. 
 
 MitUr. 
 May the fun 
 With citr&n groves adorn a dil^ant foil, ^ddifon. 
 CiT RON-WATER, ti. f. Aqua vltje, dif- 
 tUled with the rind of citrons. 
 Like citron-'watcrs matrons cheeks inflame. 
 
 Pw. 
 Ci'trul. n.f. The fame with pumpion, 
 
 fo named from its yellow colour. 
 CI'TY. n.f. {cite, Fr. civitas, Lat.] 
 
 1. A large colletlion of houfes and inha- 
 bitants. "^ 
 
 Men leek fafety fiom number better united, 
 andfiom walls and for:ihcaiions, tlie ufe whereof 
 is 10 make the few a match for the many ; this 
 is the original of citia. temple. 
 
 City in a ftrift fenfe, means the houfes inclofcd 
 within the walls : in a larger fenfe it reaches to all 
 the fuburbs. Watti. 
 
 2. [In the Englifh law.] A town cor- 
 porate, that hath a bifliop and a cathe- 
 dral church. Coixiell. 
 
 3. Tiie inhabitants of a certain city, as 
 diftinguilhed from other fubjec'ts. 
 
 Wiiat is liic city but the people ? 
 
 Tn:e, the people arc the city. Sh.ikJ. 
 
 I do futpeft 1 have done fome oft'cncc. 
 That fcenis difgracious in the city's eye. ShAj. 
 Ci'ty. adj. 
 1. Relating to the city. 
 
 His CDiorccnicn! of the city wives. Sh.ikff. 
 
 C I V 
 
 H.-, I accnf'., 
 The t.-'j ports by thi. hath enter d. Sh-iifji. 
 
 2. Refembling the manners of the cit!/...:ib. 
 ' Make not a city fcad of it, u, 
 cool cic wc c»n agree upon the fi.ll 
 Cl VET. n.f. \civtllc, Fr. zihctia, .\i^l<;e, 
 iignifyingy^OT/.j A psrlume troui ihe 
 civet-catl 
 
 Tn-; ci'Jit or C'vet cat, is a little animil nft 
 
 unlike our car. It is a niiivc of the Indies, Fini, 
 
 Brifil, Guinen. The perfume is fomcd like a 
 
 kind of greafc, in a bag onder its tail, bi;twi:i n 
 
 the anus and puritndiim. ft i> g:ithcrcd from 
 
 time fo time, and abouada in pr^jportion as the 
 
 animal is fed. Trctmiv. 
 
 Civet is of 3. bafer birth than tar ; rhe very 
 
 uncle.in y flu.x of a cat. Shaijfcurf. 
 
 Some putrcfaillions and eicrcmcnts do yield 
 
 excellent odours; as civet and muRc, and, is 
 
 fome think, ambergreafc. p.acm'i N.tt. Ilijl. 
 
 Ci'viCK. adj. Ictvicus, Latin.] Relating 
 
 to civil honours or practices ; not 
 
 military. 
 
 I With equal rays immortal Tully Ihore : 
 
 BehintI, Rome's genius waits witii ciiick crowns. 
 And the great father of his country owns. Pope. 
 
 CIVIL, adj. [ciiA/is, Latin.] 
 
 1. Relating to the community ; political; 
 relating to the city or government. 
 
 Gid gave tl.em laws of civi! regimen, and 
 would not permit their commonweal to be go- 
 verned by any other laws than his own. iU'/kct . 
 
 Part fuch as appertain 
 To n'r/.'juftice; part, religious rites 
 Of facrifice. MUtiii'! Pjr. LoJ!, 
 
 But there is another unity, which '.rould be 
 mult adv.uitagcous to oul- country; and that is, 
 your endeavour after a civil, a political union in 
 the whole nation. - Sprait. 
 
 2. Relating to any man as a member of a 
 community. 
 
 Break not your prumife, ur.lcfs it be unlawful 
 or impofiiblc ; iSthcr out of your natural, 01 nut 
 of your cix-il power. TuyUr, 
 
 3. Not in anarchy; not wild ; not with- 
 out rule or government. 
 
 For rudell minds with harmony wcic caught. 
 And cj: ■/ life was by the mufes taught. Rfcm:. 
 
 4. Not foreign ; inteliine. 
 
 From a r.'-w-V wTT God of his mercy defend «<, 
 as that which is raoft defperate of all others, 
 
 Biicort to Vil'iCf i. 
 
 5. Not ecclefiallical : as, the cc-cleliallical 
 courts are controlled by the ci-vil. 
 
 6. Not natural : as, a perfofl banillied or 
 I outlawed is faid to fuffer clvi/, though 
 
 not natural, death. 
 
 7. Not military : as, the ck'// magifiratc's 
 airdiority is obiiructed by war. 
 
 8. Not criminal: a?, this is a mnV pro- 
 (icfs, not a criminal profecution. 
 
 g. Civilized; not barbarous. -• >!i 
 England was very rude and barbarous ; fur it 
 is but even the other day fince England gre«v 
 civi/. Spenjcr an /jr/«/...'. 
 
 10. Complaifant ; civiil/cj ; gentle; t,< il 
 bred; elegant of manners ; not rude j 
 not brutal ; not coarfe. 
 
 I hc'^id a mermaid, on a dolphin's back. 
 Uttering fuch dulcet and harm>jiiiuus breath, • 
 Thai ihe rude fea grew i.mY at her fong. Sh^lif. 
 
 He was ci-ail and well-iiaturrtl, never rcfufii.i, 
 to teach an.ithci. Dryden' s X>.7/ii/'.".>.. 
 
 And fall Ihefe fjylngs from th.it gcntlr tongue , 
 Where civil ipeech and fult perfuahon hun^i. Z'l:' . 
 
 1 1 . Grave ; fober ; not gay or ftowy. 
 Thus night oft fee me in thy pale cirecr. 
 
 Till ciTit fuited morn .ipptar. Miitot's Pietni. 
 
 12. Relating to the ancient coi>fal?r or' 
 imperial go'.ernment : as, civii law. 
 
 No woman !.a<l it, but iitri' dortor. S/iiil\ 
 2 S'
 
 C I V 
 
 CfVt'tiAM. «./. [civilis, Lat.] One tTiiit 
 profelTes the knowledge of the old Ro- 
 man law, and of general equity. 
 
 The prcfeffois of the law, called cii^Hiam, bc- 
 caufc the civil law is their guide, fliuuld not he 
 ditcountcnanctfd nor difcuuragcd. BacoiL. 
 
 A depending kingdom is a term of nit un- 
 known to all ancient dvi/ianr, and writers up^in 
 government. .5a.;//. 
 
 Civilisa'tion. n.f. [from civil.] A 
 law, aft of juftice, or judgment, which 
 renders a criminal procefs civil ; which 
 is performed by turning an information 
 intoan inquetl, or the contrary. Harris. 
 
 Civi'lity. r.f. [from civil.] 
 
 1. Freedom from barbarity ; the (late of 
 being civilized. 
 
 The Englilh were at firft a5 ftout and wai'.ke 
 a people as ever the Irilh ; a.id yet are mt^,- 
 brought unto that civility, that no nation esccl- 
 leth them in all gjodly conveifatioa, and all the 
 ftudics ot knowledge and humanity. S[n:f,r. 
 
 Di.xrs great monarchies have rifcn from bavha- 
 rifm to ciii:liiv, and fallen again to ruin. Dmies. 
 
 VVhcielue'er her conquering eagles flcH, 
 Alts, learning, and ci~.dity were ipread. Dc-Juim. 
 
 2. Politenefs ; complaifance ; elegance of 
 behaviour. 
 
 Art thou thus bolden'd, man, by thy difttefs r 
 Or elfe a rude dclpifcr of good manners, 
 That in crciiity thou fecm'll fo empty? ShulJ. 
 
 He, by his grcatT/w//.^* and affability, wrought 
 very much upon the people. Clarcnjnn. 
 
 I fliould be kept from a publication, did not, 
 what ymir civility calls a rcquelt, your gieatncfs 
 command. . ^'^uth. 
 
 \Vc, in point of civility, yield to others in our 
 o'.vn houfcs. Sivi/t. 
 
 3. Rule of decency ; prnftlce of politenefs. 
 
 Love taught him Ihanrc ; and (h.mie with love 
 at flrife. 
 Soon taught the fweet civilitia of life. Diydcr. 
 
 To Ci'viLi?.E. V. a. [from mvV. ] To re- 
 claim from favdgenefs and brutality ; to 
 inllruft in the arts of regular life. 
 
 We fend tiie graces and the mules forth 
 To civilize and £0 inliiuil the N'oith. IJ'allcr. 
 
 Mufxus hrft, then Orpheus, civilize 
 Mankind, and give the world their deities. 
 
 Denhavi. 
 
 Among ft tbofe who are counted the civilizeii 
 pr.rt of mankind, this original law of nature l>ill. 
 Likes place. Lochc. 
 
 Ofi.is or Bacchus, is rep.-irtcd to have cini- 
 /.•>.^i the Indians, and reigned aniongft thcni 
 f.fty- two years. Arbuthiot 
 
 Cl'vti,i2ER. n.f. [from civilfx.e] He 
 that reclaims otherj from a wild and fa- 
 vage life ; he that teaches the rules and 
 cultonis of civility. 
 
 The c'-iw/.' ieri .' — tl:c riifturbers fay j 
 The robbers, the coiiuptcrs of mankind ! 
 
 Vhilifi' Briton. 
 
 CiViLLY, adv. [f!Gm civil.] 
 
 1. In a manner relating to government, or 
 to the rights or cliaraifter of a member 
 of a community ; not naturally. 
 
 Msn that arc civil lead their lives after one 
 common law; for that a n3ultitud« fliould, with- 
 out harmony, concur in the doing of one thing 
 (for this \i civilly to live), or Ihould manage 
 communiiy of life, it is not ptiflible. linker, 
 
 2. Not criminally. 
 
 That acculation, which is puldick, Is either 
 civilly comn-.enced for the private fatisfiiflion of 
 the p'lrty injured ; or elCe criminally, that is, for 
 fom-: puMick punifhment. Ayliffe. 
 
 3. Politely; co.mulaifantly ; gently; with- 
 out rudenefs ; without brutality. 
 
 I will deal civilly with his poems : nothing ill 
 IS to be Cpoken of tlic dead, Vrydcn. 
 
 C L A 
 
 I wouU have had Atmcriaand O'r.iyn parted 
 civilly, as if it was not proper fur Kner^ tr> do 
 fo. Collier cf till Stage. 
 
 lie thought them folks that loft their way. 
 And afk'd ihcm civilly to ftny. Pii-^r. 
 
 4. Without gay or gaudy colours. 
 
 The chambers were h.rndfome and cheerful, 
 
 and furnilhcd ciiiilly. Baan'i i^cu yJtl.tiit'ii. 
 
 CiZE. n. f. [perhr.ps from incija, I.at. 
 
 fhnped or cut to a certain magnitude.] 
 
 The quantity of any thing, with regard 
 
 to ite external form : often written^sf. 
 
 If no motion can alter bodies, that is, reduce 
 
 them to fome other cizc or figure, then there is 
 
 none of itfelf to give them the i-Zir and figure 
 
 which tlicy have. Grsiu'i CnJyiKkgia. 
 
 Clack, n.f. [^klatchen. Germ, to rattle, 
 
 to make a noife.] 
 
 1 . Any thing that makes a lading and im- 
 portunate noife : generally ufcd in con- 
 tempt for the tongue. 
 
 But ftill hi» tongue lan on, 
 And with his evcrlalling c/of^ 
 Set M men's cars upon the rack. HuJihiin. 
 
 Fai:cy Hows in, and mule Hies high; 
 He knows not when my rljci will lie. Pritr. 
 
 2. The Clack of a Mi!!. A bell that rings 
 when more corn is required to be put 
 in ; or, that which (hikes the hopper, 
 and promotes the running of the corn. 
 
 .Says John, juft at the hopper will I Hand, 
 And mark the clad how juHly it will found. 
 
 Belleiton. 
 
 To Claoiv. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To make a chinking noife. 
 
 2. To let the tongue run. 
 
 To Clack, v. a. .As to cla^:!: ivool, is to 
 cut off the Hieep's mark, which makes 
 it to v\cigh lefs, and fo yield the lefs 
 cuftom to the king. Coiveli. 
 
 Clad. part. pret. [This participle, which 
 is now referred to clot!)c, feems origi- 
 nally to have belonged to deaen, or 
 fomc fuch word, like kltedcn, Dutch.] 
 Clothed ; invelled ; garbed. 
 
 So oft in fealis with cullly changes did. 
 To crammed maws a fpratt new flomach brings. 
 
 SiSiey. 
 He hath clad iiimfelf with a new garment. 
 
 I Kitigi. 
 Beyond 
 The -flow'ry vale of Sibma, chd with vine. Milt. 
 
 Their prayers .:.'j / 
 With incenfe, where the golden altar rum 'd 
 By their great intcrceifor. hiilton. 
 
 But virtue toc>, as well as vice, is clad. 
 In flefli and blood. Il'.iller. 
 
 To her the weeping bcav'ns become fcrenc j 
 For her the ground is clad in cheerful green. 
 
 Dry den. 
 The courtiers were all molt magnificently clad. 
 
 Sic 'Jr. 
 
 To CLAIM, -v. a. [clamcr, French.] 
 To demand of right ; to requic aiitlio- 
 rativcly ; not to beg or accept as fa- 
 vour, but to exacl as due. 
 
 If only one man halh a divine right to obe- 
 dience, no body can dairi that obedience but he 
 that can (hew his right. L':cl:e. 
 
 We muft know how the firft ruler, from whom 
 any one clainn, c.inie by his authority, bLlure 
 we can know who h.isa right to fuccccd hiin in 
 it. l^rii,ke. 
 
 Poets have undoubted right to claim, 
 If not the gic.atell, the raoftlafting name. 
 
 Congrevc. 
 Claim, n.f [from the verb.] 
 I. A demand of any thing, as due. 
 
 You, ,in the right of lady Blanch your wife, 
 M.ty then make all the, claim that Arthur did. 
 
 S/ia^ffeare. 
 
 C L A 
 
 Forfworn thyfclf ! The traitor's odious name 
 I firlt rctiiin, and then difprovcthy cltiitn. Dryd. 
 
 Will he not, therefore, of the two evils ehufe 
 the leal}, by kibmitting to a mafter who hath no 
 immedi.ite claim upon him, rather than to another 
 who hath already revived feveral claims upon 
 him ? Swift. 
 
 2. A title to any privilege or pofleffion in 
 the hands of another. 
 
 Either there mult have been but one foverci^ii 
 over ihem all, or elfe cveiy father of a family 
 had been as good a prince, and had as good a 
 claim to royalty, as (hctc. Lode. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 A demand of any thing that is in the polTrflion 
 of another, or at the leaft out of Uis own ; as 
 clam by clianer, claim by defcent. Coiuell, 
 
 4. The phrafes are commonly to make 
 claim, or to !ay claim. 
 
 The king of Fruffia lays in his claim for Ncuf- 
 
 chatel, as he did for tne principality of Oiangc. 
 
 Addiftn on Italy, 
 
 If God, by pofitivc grant, gave dominion to 
 
 any man, primogeniture can lay no claim to it, 
 
 unlefs God ordained. Lncki^ 
 
 Clai'mable. aili. [from claim.] That 
 
 may be demanded as due. 
 Clai'mant. n. f. [from cl.iim.~\ He that 
 demands any thing, as unjuftly detained 
 by another, 
 Cl ai'mer. n.f. [from claim.] He that 
 makes a demand ; he that requires any- 
 thing, as unjuftly withheld from hiin. 
 Cl.vi-'<-obscuke. h. f. See Clare- 
 obscure. 
 To CLA'MaEU. 11. 11. [probably cornipted 
 from climb ; as climher, clamber.] To 
 climb with difficulty, as with both hands 
 and feet. 
 
 The kitchen malkin pins 
 Her richeft lockram 'bout her reechy neck, 
 Clama* rinj the widls to eye him. ShaiJ. 
 
 When you hear ihc drum, 
 Clamhcr not you up to the cafcments then. Shakfi 
 The men there do, not without fume difficulty, 
 clamber up the acclivities, dragging their kine 
 with them. Rr.y. 
 
 They were forced to clamher over fo many 
 rocks, and to rrcad upon tire brink of fo m;iny 
 precipices, that they were very often in danger of 
 t: eir lives. Addifoft's Freeholder, 
 
 To CI^AMM. V. a. [in fome provinces, 
 to cleam ; from clsemian, Sax. to glue 
 
 ' together.] To clog with any glutinous 
 matter. 
 
 A fwarm of wafps got into a honey-pot, and. 
 there they cloyed and ilammcd themfelvcs till 
 there was no g-.tti-.g out again. L' Ejl range. 
 
 The I'prigs were all daubed with lime, and the 
 birds clammed and taken. TJEjIrange, 
 
 Cla'mhiness. ?!./. {hom clammy.] Vif- 
 coflty ; vifcidity ; tenacity ; ropincfs. 
 
 A picafy pipkin will fpoil the clammi'ieji of 
 
 the glue. Mox-M, 
 
 Cla'mmy. adj. \fxora. cJarnm.] Vifcous i. 
 
 glutinous; tenacious; adhefive ; ropy. 
 
 Bodies clammy and cleaving, have an appct.te, 
 at once, to follow another body, and to hold to 
 themfclves. Bacon. 
 
 Neither the brain ncn- fpirits can cmferve mo- 
 tion ; the former is of fuch a clammy confiftence,. 
 it can no more retain it than a quagmire. Glar.v, 
 
 Aghaft he wak'd, and (farting from his bed, 
 Cold fweat, mclammy drops, his limbs o'etfprcad. 
 
 Dtyden. 
 Joyful thou'lt fee 
 The clammy furface all o'er-ilrown with tribes 
 Of greedy' infcfls. Pliilljn. 
 
 There is an nnfluous clammy vapour tliaS 
 arifes from the ftum of grapes, when they lie 
 malhcei together in the vat, which puts out a 
 light when dipt into it. Addijon on Italy.
 
 C L A 
 
 Tlie coniimi.inc: of llic fe\cr, chiinmx fwcJts, 
 
 pilciietft, and a' l.iil a total cclTatioti of p;un, 
 
 aic figiu of a g.i.igiL'iic and approacliiiig dtaili. 
 
 .■Irhutlt.wt iM Diet. 
 
 Cla'viorous. adj. [from t/a/nouj".] Vo- 
 
 cit'trous ; noily ; tuibiileiit ; loud. 
 
 It ii jio fufficiciit ar^unu-iit to f.ty, tliatj in 
 urging thcfc ccrcnioiiicii, nunc arc fo t^iamdr^iui as 
 pa^.ilU, and they whom papifls fubotn. ll'^okcr. 
 
 He kil's'd htr W-^m 
 ^Vith fuch a c!air.o'o:ii fnuck, that at the parting 
 All the chuich eclio'd. Shj\ji<eurc. 
 
 At my biith 
 The goats ran from the mountains, and the hcj ds 
 \V«rc llrangcly ciasa'mui in the flighted fields. 
 
 ShakjftaTi. 
 With the flamoyoui report oi war 
 TJ^us will I drown your CAClaniatiunfi. Shakf. 
 
 Tiicn various chnjcnls ii^.iinit thee juin'd, 
 In one more various aninj.ii conil>in"d, 
 And frani'd llie c'aai'roui race of bufy human 
 kijid. }'c£c. 
 
 A panipiilct that will fettle the wavering, in(iriii!l 
 the ignor.int, and inflame the cl.tmorom. Swift. 
 CLA'MOUR. n.f. Iclamor, Latin.] 
 
 1. Outcry; nolle; exclamation; voci- 
 fcrdtiou. 
 
 Revoke thy doom, 
 Or whilft I can vent cUmsur from my throat, 
 I'll Tell thee thou do'lt evil. Shaijjjiarr. 
 
 The people gicw then exorbitant in their .-/d- 
 nl9i:rt fur julHce, King Ck<2rlti. 
 
 The maid 
 Shall weep the fuiy of my love dccay'd ! 
 Andwc^-'ping follow me, as thou do'lt now, 
 Witii idle c/iimi-uts of a broken vow. I'lior. 
 
 2. It is ufcd fomctimes, but Icfs fitly, of 
 inanimate things. 
 
 Here the loud Arno's boift'rons cLzm-mji ccafe, 
 That with fubmilTive murmurs glides in peace. 
 
 Jo Cla'mour. v. n. [from the noun.j 
 
 1. To make outcries; to exclaim ; to vo- 
 ciferate ; to roar in turbulence. 
 
 Thfoblcuic bird i/j»i9«r\/thc li\c-long night. 
 
 I.ct them not come in multitudes, or \\\ atii- 
 hunitious in. inner; for mar i» to t!amf,uf coutifels, 
 not to infuini them. Bacan's Ejj'iy^. 
 
 2. In SIxiiJptare it feems to mean, aiflively, 
 to Hop from noife. 
 
 Ct>imour yom tongues, and not a word moiT. 
 
 Shiikjpe.ire. 
 CLAMP, n.f. [clamp, French.] 
 
 1 . A piece ot wood joined to another, ,ts 
 an addition of Ihcngth. 
 
 2. A quantity of bricks. 
 
 To burn .1 ditmp of brick of lixtecii thoufand, 
 llicy alh>w Icven ton of cuaK. Mirtifner. 
 
 Ti Cl.\mi'. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 When a piece ol boarti is lilted with the grain 
 to the end of aiioth.er piece of board ciofs the 
 grain, the lint liii.iid is cl<in:ped. Thus the ends 
 uf tables are commonly t/.jwyf.V to prcfcrvc them 
 fiom warping. ^iO-on\ SUchanicnl F\m:ijei. 
 
 Cl.vx. n.f. [probably of Scottifh origi- 
 nal ; klaan, in the Highlands, figni-iies 
 children . ] 
 
 1 . A family ; a race. 
 
 They around the fl^g ' 
 Of each his fatftion, in their fcverjl rUm, 
 Swaim populoj*, utuninilicrd. .Mi.'e^jr. 
 
 Milton was the poetical fon of Spenfer, and 
 Mr. Waller of F.iirtax ; for we have oiii iine.il 
 defccnts and itu>:s as wellas other families Vryti. 
 
 2. A body or fefl of perfons, in a fcnfe 
 of cortcmpt. 
 
 P.irtridgc and the rcrt of his c/.m may hoot mc 
 
 f.jraci e.il,if I tail in any fingle p.irticular. Su-r/t. 
 
 C'l a'vculah. adj. [c/nncu/ai hu, iM'.n.^ 
 
 Claude nine ; fccret ; private ; conceal- 
 
 fd ; obfeurc ; bidden. 
 
 C L A 
 
 Let us withdraw all fupplics frr.m cur Iiirti, 
 and not by any fccret icfcrvvdali'cClion give them 
 claticuhtr aids tu nianitain ti;cir rebellion. 
 
 y).v..i fViely. 
 CL.ANDE'STINE. adj. {cLmlflinm, 
 Lat.] Secret ; hidden ; private: in an 
 ill feiife. 
 
 Tno' nitrous tempefts, and i-Utid:f,:>:t Heath, 
 Fiird tlkc deep cavca and nuni'iois vaults be- 
 neath. I'.iaikmM!. 
 
 ClANDe'stisely. adv. [from clar.dcf- 
 tiHt:.] Secretly; privately ; in private ; 
 in fecrct. 
 
 Theifr have been two printed papers ihn.iff- 
 tiitcty fpread about, whereof no injii i* able to 
 trace the original. S^vf;. 
 
 CLANG, n.f [clangor, Lat.] A Iharp, 
 Ihrill noife. 
 
 With fucti a horrid e/.i»(^ 
 As on mount Sinai rang. 
 
 While the rfil fne and fmould'ring clouds out- 
 break. .\///;vi. 
 An ifland fait and bare. 
 The haunt of feals and ores, and ft.i-mews clarg. 
 
 .Milttiti. 
 What cAinyj were beard in German iVics afar. 
 Of arms and armies rulhing to the war I Dry.i. 
 Guns, and tnin'p;ts c/u»;g, and lolcmn found 
 Of drums, o'ercanie tlieir groans. i^h''-j-i. 
 
 7oCl.4ng. t. n. [f/.inoo, Lat.] Toclat- 
 tcr ; to make a loud Ihrill noife. 
 Have I nut in a pitched battle heaid, 
 Loud 'laiums, neighing ftceds, and trumprts 
 
 The Libyans, clad in armour, lead 
 The dance ; .-md cUngitig fwords and (hie Ids they 
 beat. triir. 
 
 7a Clang. 1). a. To ilrike together 
 with a noife. 
 
 The fierce Curetes trod tumultuous 
 Their myllic dance, and clnng'd their founding 
 
 arms ; 
 Indulbioiis with the watlike din to quell 
 Thy infant cries. Prior. 
 
 Cla'ngour. n.f. [clangor, Lat.] A loud 
 fhrill found. 
 
 In death he cried. 
 Like to a difmal Jaigiur heard from far, 
 W.irwick, revenge ray death. Skaijptart. 
 
 With joy they view the waving enfigns fly. 
 And hear the trumpets clangour pierce the (ky. 
 
 Dr\d;n. 
 
 Ci.\''SGn\:s, adj. [fvom clung.] Making 
 a clang. 
 
 We do not oLferve the cranes, and birds of 
 long ncr k^, have any nuifical, but harlh and 
 rlangi.ui throats. lirfm-':. 
 
 Clank./;./, [from r/jof.] A loud, ihiill, 
 (harp noife, made by the collilion of 
 hard and lonorous bodies. 
 
 Tl-.cy were joined by the melodious c.'.ivi of 
 marrow-hone and clever. .^p'Ocicr. 
 
 To CLAP. a>. <7. [chippan, Sax. ktht'psn, 
 
 Dutch.] 
 I . To Ibike together with a quick motion, 
 fo as to make a noife by the coUiiion. 
 
 Following the fliers. 
 With them he enters ; who, upon the fudden, 
 Ciipl lo their gates. .Sn.iii'ftari-. 
 
 Men (hall f.'jp their hands at him, and fh.iil 
 hits inni out of his place. 'fo/'. 
 
 Have you never fcen a citizen, in a cold morn- 
 ing, cLrffirg his fides, and walking before l.i> 
 (hop? DiviUn. 
 
 He crowing cl.ij'j~\i his wings, th" appointed 
 call 
 To chucii his wi\cs together in the h.iU. DryJin. 
 
 Each poet of the air her glory fin^s. 
 
 And round him the pleas'd audience clnp their 
 
 wing';. Jhy.1,,1. 
 
 He had ji/ft time to get in and daf to the 
 
 d<*or, 10 avoid the blovr, Lfcie on Education. 
 
 C L A 
 
 In flow'iy wreathes the royal virgin dreft 
 His bending horns, and kindly e/j^-r his bir»0. 
 
 Glad of a quarrel, ftraijh: I chip tl.c door, 
 Sir, let lac tCL J o|^i" uork* and you no nioic. I*oj-' _ 
 
 2. To add one thing to another, imply- 
 ing the idea of foinething hafty, uuck- 
 pefted, or fudden. 
 
 They cla^i niouth to mouth, wing to wing, arti 
 leg to leg ; and fo, after a fwect finging, (..11 
 down into lakes. Care-:. 
 
 This pink is one of Cupid's carriers: rfaf i.n 
 more fails : purfue. Shntjpfa^f. 
 
 Smooth temptations, like the 'fun, rii.ike a 
 maiden lay by her veil and ruho ; wlrcti perfecti- 
 tion, like the noitiarn wind, made her hold 
 fai^, and chp clcfc about her. Taylt^. 
 
 If a man be highly commended, we ti-.i"k 
 hits fiiffieicntly kfleiied, if wc u^'f fin, or foiij , 
 or infirmity into his account. Tay \r. 
 
 Raior-makers geneially e/<i^ a frasU b.-u of 
 Venice litel between two fniall bars of Flcmilii 
 Ueel. A/o.\9.*»'i Mrcka'zicot Exeicifei. 
 
 The min ch'pt his (ingcrs one day to his 
 mouih, ;i\d blew upon them. L'Ejirange. 
 
 His Ihicld thrown by, to mitigate the Imait, 
 He ilapyd ills hand upon the wounded part. 
 
 Drydf'.. 
 
 If you leav» fome fpace empty for the air, 
 then dap your h;ind upon tl.c mouth of the vet- 
 fel, and the filhe,^ will contend to get uppe.'-moiV 
 in the water. i?.-tv o>: t';r C'r£a/'o». 
 
 It would be as abfurd as to fay, he rlnpp-ri 
 fpurs to hi:, horfe at St. J.tmes's, andg-Hoppei 
 away to the Hague. .'Iddijoti. 
 
 By having their .minds yet in their perfeft 
 freedom and inrtitferencv, they purfue truth the 
 better, having no bias yet clapjed on to miflead 
 them. Lorkr. 
 
 1 have obfervcd a certain cheerfulncfs in as 
 bad a fyftem of features as ever was clapped 
 together, which hath appeared lovely. ..idaipn. 
 
 Let all her ways be uiiconfin'd. 
 And clap your padlock on her mind. Prir,r, 
 
 Socrates or Alexander might have a fool's 
 coat clapt upon them, and perhaps neither wil- 
 dom nor majefty would fecurc them from x 
 fneer. Ham on th Mind. 
 
 3. To do any thing with a fudden hafly 
 motion, or unexpeftedly. 
 
 We were dcnd .ifleep. 
 And, how we know not, ail clapt under liatchci. 
 
 Hhakfpcaie. 
 
 He was no fooner entered into t4ie town, but 
 a fcambling folriicr f/'ii/f hold of his bridle, u hlch 
 he thought was in a begging or in a drunken 
 falhion. H'otlon'i Lift of Buck. 
 
 So much from the rcff of his countr)mcn, and 
 indeed from his whole fpecics, that his friends 
 would have clapped him into bedlam, and have 
 begged his eliate. H^eHatir, 
 
 Have you obferi 'd a (itting hare, 
 Lift'ning, and feartol of the itorm 
 Of horns and hounds, clap back her ear ? P»iV. 
 
 We will take our remedy at law, and clap a;i 
 aft ion upon vou for old debts. .rlrbutkiot. 
 
 4. To celebrate or praife by clapping the 
 hands ; to applaud. 
 
 I have often heard the ibiioncr wilhing for 
 thofe hands to take oft" his mclaiirht.ly bargain, 
 which clapped its performance on the ftage. 
 
 Dedication to DryJen'i Spaniji Ftinr. 
 
 5. To infeift with a venereal poifon. [Sec 
 the noun.] 
 
 If tl-.e patient hath lleen,/.'a/^/, it will b« the 
 more diiTirult to cure him the fccond time, and 
 worfe the thiid. If'ifeman. 
 
 Let men and manner^; ev'iy di(h .adapt ; 
 Who'd force his pepper wlicre his guefls ate 
 <"''<'/"■■•' K'.'.g. 
 
 6. To Clap up. To complete fuddenly, 
 without much prtcaution. 
 
 No longer than wewdl could wudi our hanJs. 
 To clap this royal bargain up of peace. Skaif^. 
 Was ever match clapt up fo fadrienly .' S'-^jt" 
 2 S 2
 
 C L A 
 
 A peace mry be cUiifcd up with that fj('.(5fn- 
 
 iic'"s, tliattl.e fovces, which arc now in motion, 
 
 mr.v un^xpiacdly fall upo.i his fliivts. _ -f^s"-^''- 
 
 7. 2b Clap u^. To imprifon with little 
 
 formality or delay. 
 
 Being urcfcntcd to the emperor for his admi- 
 rable beauty, he w.is known, and tne pnnce 
 ci.ipt him uj> as his inveiglcr. S.mJys. 
 
 ToCla?. I'.n. 
 
 1. To iBove nimbly with a nolle. 
 
 Every door flew open 
 T- adoiit my entrance ; and then chpt behind me, 
 To bar m.y going back/ , m"!,/"' 
 
 A whirlwind rofe, tliat with a violent bl.tll 
 Shook aUthc doom : tiic doors around meclapt. 
 
 JJrydtv. 
 
 2. To enter with alacrity and brifliiicfs 
 
 upon any thing. 
 
 Come, a fong. 
 
 —Shall we chip into 't roundly, without faying 
 we arc l.oarfc ? Shckfpc.r.c. 
 
 3. To ftrike the hands together in ap- 
 
 plaufe- , ,••,11. 
 
 All the bcft men are ours ; for tis ill hap 
 
 If they hold, when their ladies bid 'em dap. kiiakj. 
 
 Clap. n.f. [from the verb.] _ 
 
 I. A loud noife made by fudden collnion. 
 
 Give the door fuch a clap as you go out, as 
 
 win (hake the whole room, and make every 
 
 thing rattle in it. ^ ":'!'■ 
 
 2 A fudden or unexpefled aft or motion. 
 
 It is raonftrous to mc, that tiie fouth-fea 
 fliould pny half their debts at one chf. Swijt. 
 a. Anexplolionofthunder. 
 
 There Ihall be horrible f/<i/>s of thunder, and 
 fla&cs of lightning, voices and earthquakes 
 
 H:iifwill on Provuknce. 
 The chip is paft, and now the ikies arc clear. Dry. 
 4. An aft of applaufe. 
 
 The aiftors, in the midft of an innocent old 
 ulav ate often ftartled in themidil of uncXpcaed 
 dap. or hiilcs. ^''''iA"-'- 
 
 c. A fiidden or unexpefted misfortune. 
 'Obfolete. . 
 
 6. A venereal infedion. [from clapa-.r, 
 
 French.] 
 
 Time, iii.it atlatt matures a chip to pox. rcpe, 
 
 7. [With falciincis.] The nether part of 
 the beak of a liawk. 
 
 J. One who claps with his liands ; an =p- 
 plaiidcr. 
 
 2. The tongue of abtll. 
 
 K- hati- a heart as found as a bell, and his 
 toiigiic is the chipper : for what his heart thinks 
 his tongue fpcaks. Shaijiie^re. 
 
 luiwayoung lady fall down the other day, 
 ai <>• ilic much rtfembled an overturned bell 
 without a cinpp;r. ^aiiifo:. 
 
 3. Cl APrER of a Mi!!. A piece of wood 
 fhaking the hopper. 
 
 y"eCi.A PPKRCI.AW. v.a. [from ffc/ and 
 dtiv.'.] To totiguebeat ; tofcold. 
 
 -ric\:itc clapptrcl.twing one another, I'll lock 
 on. ' SlmkJiiearc. 
 
 They've always been at daggers-drawing. 
 And one .-.nuihir chi,->percliiiving. Hudi/iras. 
 
 .Cla'rENCEUX, or Cl A'RENCIEtlX. n.f. 
 
 The fecond king at arms : fo named 
 from the duchy of Clarrnce. 
 Ci.ARE-OBScuEE. n.f [from elarus, 
 bright, and olfr.irus, Lat.] Light and 
 (hade in painting. 
 
 Ai mafteiJ ill the clare-tljnre 
 With vailous light your eyes allme ; 
 A flnming vcllow iicre tiity fpreacj, 
 DriW olV in blue, ot charge in icd ; 
 Yet from thcfe colours, oddly mix'd, 
 Yoai fight ufon the wlicic is fi»V.. P"'" 
 
 C L A 
 
 Cla'ret. it.f. [da'tret, Fr.] French wine, 
 of a clear pale red colour. 
 
 Red and white wine are in a trice confounded 
 into clartt. B-yie. 
 
 The clant fmooth, red as the lips we prcfs 
 In fparkling fancy, while we drain the bowl. 
 
 Thomfofi. 
 
 CtA'RicHORD./i.yi [fromf/jjnaandc/ior^fl, 
 Latin.] A muf.cal inllrument in form 
 of a fpinet, but more ancient. It has 
 forty-nine or fifty keys, and feventy 
 ftiino-s. Chambers. 
 
 CLARirrcA'TiOK. n.f. [i'com ' clanfy .'\ 
 The aft of making any thing clear from 
 
 impurities. 
 
 Liquors aie, many of them, .at the firft, thick 
 
 and troubled; asmufle, and woiL: to know the 
 
 means of accelerating chuificatkn, we muft know 
 
 the c.iufes of chirificnthn. h^;on. 
 
 To CLA'RIFY. -v. a. [dctrifier, French.] 
 
 1. To.pnrify or clear any liquor ; to fe- 
 parate from feculencies or impurities. 
 
 The apothecaries chi'ify their fyrups by whites 
 of es;!;s, beaten with the juices which they would 
 ,/ai^y; wl-.ich whites of eggs gather all the dregs 
 and giolTer parts of the juice to them ; and after, 
 the fyrup being fct on ihe fire, the whites of eggs 
 thcmi'eUes harden, and are taken forth. Bacon. 
 
 2. To brighten; to illuminate. This 
 fenfe is rare. 
 
 The will was then dudile and pliant to all the 
 motions of right reafon ; it met the diftates of a 
 <:A;';;^.J untlcrlUnding halfway. S:ii.'':. 
 
 The chriftian religion is the only means that 
 God has fanflificd, to fet fallen man upon his 
 legs again, to claiify his reafon, and to rcaify 
 his will. ^'''"'''■ 
 
 ToCla'rify. v. u. To clear up ; to 
 grow bright. 
 
 Whofocver hath his mind fraught with many 
 thoughts, his wits atld undcilianding do rhuify 
 and break up in the dilcourling with another; 
 he niarfh.rllcth his thoughts more orderly, he 
 feeth how tliey look when they are turned into 
 words. Rncon's Kff.iyi. 
 
 Cla'rion. n. f. [darhi, Spanifh ; from 
 darus, loud, Lat.] A trumpet ;■ a wind 
 inftrument of war. 
 
 And after to his palace he them brings. 
 With fhams, and trumpets, and with clariom 
 
 fweet ; 
 And all the way the joyous people fings. Spenf. 
 Then ft rait commands, that at the warlike found 
 Of tiumpets loud, and f.'.inowi, be uprear'd 
 The mighty Itandard. Mi/ion'i Paradife Loji. 
 Let fuller notes th' applauding world ama7,e, 
 And the loud clarior. labour in your praife. Pope. 
 Cla'rity. K./ Idarle, French; darltas, 
 Latin.] Brightnefs ; fplendour. 
 
 A light by abundant claiity invilibic ; an un- 
 dcrflanding which itfell can only comprehend. 
 
 Sir Walter Raleigh. 
 
 V.M was not only deceivable in his integrity, 
 
 but the angels of light in all ihc'w clarity. Brown. 
 
 Cla'ry. n.f. [/jjvvnm/KW, Lat.] An herb. 
 
 Plants that have eiieled leaves do all abound 
 
 with moulurc. The weakeft kind of curling is 
 
 ronghncfs ; as in clary and hurr. Bacon. 
 
 To CLASH. V. «. {LUtfn, Dutch, to 
 
 make a noife.] 
 I. To make a noife by mutual coUifion ; 
 
 to flrike one againft another. 
 
 Three times, as of the ilajhing found 
 Of arms, we he.ird. Denham. 
 
 Thofc few that (liould happen to clajh, might 
 rebound after the cuUlfion. Beniley. 
 
 How many candles may fend out their light, 
 without clajhing upon one another ! whiih argues 
 the (mallnefs of the parts of light, and the l.u'ge- 
 nefs of the interliices bc:wecn particles of air and 
 ol'.:'-r bcd.cs. f.hiy':c. 
 
 C L A 
 
 2 . To aft with oppolite power, or ccntrai-y 
 diretlion. 
 
 Neither was their any queen-mother who- 
 mieht clalh with his counlcUors for authorl'y. 
 
 ^ ■' Baeor.. 
 
 Thofe that arc not convinced what help this is 
 to magifliacy, would find it, if they (hould 
 chance to claJh. South. 
 
 3. Tocontradift; to oppofc. 
 
 Wherever there .-src men, there will be cl.ifilng^ 
 fome time or other; and a knock, or a contcft, 
 fpoils all. VEf range. 
 
 The abfurdity in this inftance is obvious ; and 
 
 yet every time that clafiing metaphors are put 
 
 together, this fault is committed. SpcBator. 
 
 To Clash, -v. a. To ttrike one thing 
 
 againft another, fo as to produce a 
 
 noife. 
 
 Tne nodding ftatuc clajlt\lhh arms, 
 And with a fullen found, ami feeble cry. 
 Half funk, and half pronounc'd the word of 
 victory. Drjden. 
 
 Clash. .«./. [from the verb.]_ 
 
 1. Anoify coUifion of two bodies. 
 The cla/A of arms and voice of men wc hear. 
 
 B>enkam. 
 He nobly feiz'd tliee in the dire alarms 
 Of war and flaughtcr, and the cla/i of arms. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. Oppofition ; contradiftion. 
 
 Then from the claj/ia between popes and kings. 
 Debate, like fparks from flint's collifion, fprings, 
 
 Denliam. 
 
 In the very next line he reconciles the fathers 
 
 and fcripture, and (hews there is no ir/a/5 betwixt 
 
 them. yltterbury. 
 
 CLASP, n.f [d.iefpe, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A hook to hold any thing clofe ; as a 
 book, or garment. 
 
 The fcorpion's claws here grafp a wide extent, 
 And here the crab's in leCfer clafps are bent. 
 
 y]i{difort. 
 
 He took me afide, opening the clafps of the 
 parchment cover. ^rbuthnol and Pope. 
 
 2. An embrace, in contempt. 
 Vour fair daughter, 
 
 Tranfported with no worfe nor better guard, 
 
 But witha knave of hire, a gondalier. 
 
 To the grofs cl.ifps of a iafcivious Moor. Shakfp. 
 
 To Clasp, f. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fluit with a clafp. 
 Sermons are the keys of the kingdom, of he.n- 
 
 vcn, and do open the fcripturcs ; which being 
 but read, remain, in comparifon, ftiU clafped. 
 
 Hookey. 
 
 There Caxton flept, with Wynkin at his fide ; 
 
 One dajp'cl in wood, ond one in flrong cow hide. 
 
 Popt. 
 
 2. To catch and hold by twining. 
 Direa 
 
 The chtfping ivy where to climb. Milton. 
 
 3. To hold with the handb extended ; to 
 enclofe between the hands. 
 
 Occafion turneth the handle of the bottle firft 
 to be received ; and after tire belly, which is 
 hard to clafp. Bacon. 
 
 4. To embrace. 
 Thou art a (lave, whom fortune's tender arno 
 
 " With favour never clafpt, but bred a dog. S/iak/. 
 Thy fuppliant, 
 I beg, and clafp thy knees. Milton's Par. Lojl. 
 
 He (loop'd below 
 
 The flying fpear, and fluinn'd the promis'd blow ; 
 
 'llien creeping, clafp'tl the hero's knees, and 
 
 pray'd. Drydm. 
 
 Now, now, he dafps her to his panting breart ; 
 
 Now he devours hei' with his eager eyes. Smilk. 
 
 5. To enclofe. 
 Boys, with woiTKn's voices 
 
 Strive to (peak big, and cUJp their female joints 
 In rtiff iinweildy aims againft thy crown. SlialtJ. 
 Cla'spek. «./. [fromf/«//>.] The ten- 
 dril or thread of a creeping plant, by
 
 C L A 
 
 which it dings to fome other thing for 
 fupport. 
 
 The tcndicU or rlafptn of plants arc given 
 only to lutti rpccie:> iis have wt.ik and inlinn 
 ilalks. iiny on thi Creaiio'i. 
 
 Cla'spknife. n.f. [ from cLifp and hiijr. ] 
 
 A knife which loMs into thi hamile. 
 CLASS, n.f. [from clajist Latin.] 
 
 1. A rank oiorder of perfons. 
 
 Scgrais has oilinigkiilVicd the readers of puctry, 
 according Co tlieir capacity of judging, into three 
 chjjis. Drydcn. 
 
 2. A number of boys learning the fame 
 leflbn at the fchooL 
 
 We (hall be fcizcd away from this lower c/,ijs 
 in the fchool of knowledge, and our convcrfation 
 (hall be with angels and illuminated fpirits. 
 
 Harti on the yjnd. 
 
 3. A fct of beings or things ; a number 
 ranged in dlfti ibtuion, under feme com- 
 mon denomination. 
 
 Among this herd of politicians, any one fet 
 make a very confiderable cAj/i of men. j^dJifon, 
 
 Whate'er of mongrel, no one claji adnjits 
 A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits. l''i>r. 
 To Class, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 range according to fonie llated method 
 of diltribution ; to range according to 
 different ranks. 
 
 I cunfidered that, by the clujpng and metho- 
 dizing fuch palTages, I might inllrudt the rcadtr. 
 AibuthnQt on Coitn. 
 
 Cla'ssiCal. 7 1- T 1 tr T ..• T 
 Cla'ss.ck. } adj.iclajKus,\.^U^.-\ 
 
 1. Relating to antique authors ; relating 
 to literature. 
 
 Poetick lields encompafs me around, 
 And Hill 1 fecm to treat on dajfick ground. 
 
 j^dJrjon. 
 
 With them the genius oiclajpck learning dwcl- 
 leth, and from thtni it is derived. FtUo'i. 
 
 2. Of the firft order or rank. 
 
 From this ftandard the value of the Roman 
 weights and coins are deduced : in the fettling 
 of wl.ich 1 have followed Mr. Greaves, who may 
 be juftly reckoned a claJJidU author on this fub- 
 jeet. Arhuthnot 'cti Coins. 
 
 Cla'ssick. n.f. [clajficus, Lat.] An au- 
 thor of the tit 11 rank : ufually taken for 
 ancient authors. 
 The t^tajpch of an age that heard of none. Pc-^f. 
 
 CLA'SSIS. n.f. [Latin.] Order; fort; 
 body. 
 
 He had dechrcd his opinion of that c'liffn of 
 men, and did all he could to hinder their growth, 
 
 Cdure/idon^ 
 
 To CLA'TTER. -v. n. [clarpunje, a rat- 
 ^ tie, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To make a noife by knocking two fo- 
 norous bodies frequently together. 
 
 Now the fpiightly trumpet from afar 
 Had rous*d the ntigliing ftecdsto fcour the fields, 
 While the fierce riders daticr'd on their fhields. 
 
 I>>yJen. 
 
 2. To Utter a noife by being Itruck toge- 
 - ther. 
 
 All that night was heard an unwonted cLxttcr. 
 ing of weapons, and of men running to and fro. 
 K'loiu^^ HiJSory. 
 Down funk the monftcr-Lulk, and prcfs'd tho 
 ground ; 
 His arms and clattering (hicid on the vaft hady 
 found. Divden, 
 
 Their cUtltring arms with the fierce fliocks re- 
 found ; 
 Helmets and broken lances fpreadthe ground. 
 
 GranvilU. 
 
 3. To talk fall and idly. 
 
 C L A 
 
 H-re is n great deal of good matter 
 
 Loft for lack of telling ; 
 Now, fi;<cr, I fee thou do'ft but clutt.r; 
 
 He, m may come of melting. Spcrfrr. 
 
 All th.ofe aiiy fjicculations, which bcttc-ied 
 
 not men's manners, were only a noife and clat- 
 
 toin^ of words. Decay of I'icly. 
 
 To Cla'ttkr. v. a. 
 
 1. To III ike any thing fo as to make it 
 found and rattle. 
 
 I only with an oaken ft, iff will meet thee, 
 And r.rifc fuch outcries on thy clmicr'd iron, 
 That thou oft Ihalt wilh thyfelf at Gath. Milton. 
 
 When all the bees arc gone to fettle, 
 Vou riatter ftill yovir brazen kettle. Sxi'ft. 
 
 2x To difpute, jar, or clamour : a low 
 word. Martin. 
 
 Cla'tter. n.y^ [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A rattling noife made by the frequent 
 and quick collifiofi of fonoious bodits. 
 A cLitUr is a clujli often repeated with 
 great quickntfs, and fcems to convey 
 the id!;a of a found Iharptr and (liiillt. 
 than rattle. [See the verb.] 
 
 I have feen a monkey overthrow all the difhes 
 and plates in a kitchen, merely for the plcafurc of 
 feeing them tumble, and hearing the clatter they 
 made in th.eir fall. Sivift. 
 
 2. It is ufed for any tumultuous and con- 
 fufed noife. 
 
 By this great cUtur, one of greateft note 
 Seems bruited. _ Sluikjfcare. 
 
 Grow to he Ihorr, 
 Throw by your clatter j 
 And, handle jhe matter. Ben yr.rjon. 
 
 O Rourk's jolly boys 
 Ne'er dre.imt of the matter, 
 
 Till rous'd by the noife 
 And niuficai clatter. Swift. 
 
 The jumbling p.irticles of matter 
 In chaos make not fuch a clatter. Szcift. 
 
 Cla'vatkd. adj. [davattis, L.nl.'] Knob- 
 bed; fet with knobs. 
 
 Thcfc appear plainly to have been elavattd 
 fpikes of fotr.e kind of echinus ovarius. IVoodward. 
 Cla'udent. ^<//. \_claudens,\jVi\..'] Shut- 
 ting ; enclofing ; confining. Di3. 
 To CLA'UDICATE. -u. n. Iclamiico, 
 Latin.] To halt ; to limp. !)}&. 
 C t- A u D I c A 't I o N . n.f. [ f ro m clauiiknte . ] 
 The aft or habit of halting. D'i8. 
 Clave. The preterit oi cleave. 
 Cla'vellated. aiij. [clavcllatus, low 
 Latin ] Made with burnt tattar: a chy- 
 mical term. Chambers. 
 Air, tranfrairted through c/avellated ^Iha into 
 an exhaufted receivci', lofes weight as it paftcs 
 through them. Arln/t/mot. 
 Cl.i'ver. 7;./. [clarpep yyp-, Sa.t.] This 
 is now univerfally written elovtr, th'.. gh 
 not fo properly. See Clover. 
 Cla'vicle. n.f. [_flavieula, Lat.] The 
 collar bone. 
 
 Some quadrupeds can bring their fore feet 
 
 unto their mouths ; as moft that have clavicles, 
 
 or collar bones. Brown. 
 
 A gill was brought with angry wheals down 
 
 her neck, towards the cLix-icU. PViJcman. 
 
 Clause, n.f. [claiifula, Latin.] 
 
 1. A fentcnce ; a iingle part of a dif- 
 courfe ; a fubdivifion of a larger fcn- 
 tence ; fo much of a fentence as is to be 
 con ft rued together. 
 
 God may be glorified by obedience, and obeyed 
 by performance of his will, although no fpccial 
 clau/e cr fentence of fcripturc be in eve y fuch 
 a^ion fet before men's eyes to warrant it. hotkcr. 
 
 2. An article, or particular ftipulation. 
 
 The claiije is untrue concerning the bilhop. 
 
 Hioker. 
 
 C L A 
 
 When, after his death, they were fenr both to 
 Jews .ind Gentiles, we find not this chiufe il>- 
 thcii coinmiirion. Houfh. 
 
 Cla'ustr AL. fli^'. [horn claii/lrum, Lat.] 
 
 Relating to a ci-.)iller, or rcligiou."; houfe. 
 
 C/./'^r«f/ priors arc fuch as prt-fidc over rao- 
 
 nafterics, next to the abbot or chief govctnour in 
 
 fuch religious houfcs. Ayli^e. 
 
 Cla'usure. n.y. [clarifiiret, 'L^t.'l Con- 
 finement ; the ail of Ihutting ; the Hate 
 of being (hut. 
 
 In fonre monaftcrics the fcvcrity of the clnufure 
 is haul to be horn. Gedda. 
 
 CLAW. n.f. [elapan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The foot of a beall or bird, armed with- 
 {harp nails ; or the pincers or holders of 
 a flicllfim. 
 
 I law her range abroad ro feck her Tood, 
 T' cmbruc her Icelh and claws with lukewarm 
 blood. Sfrii/'er. 
 
 What's jjfticc tn a man, or laws, 
 That never comes within thei? cLfivi? HuJihrai. 
 
 He foftens the harlh rigour of the laws, 
 Blunts their keen edge, and grinds their har))'^ 
 claiui. Gaith, 
 
 2. Sometimes a hand, in- contempt. 
 To Clav/. v. a. [elapan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To tear with nails or claw;. 
 
 Look, if the wither'd elder hath not his poll 
 claiu^d like a parrot. Shakjpeare. 
 
 2. To pull, as with the nails. 
 
 I am afiald we ft>all not ealily e/aw off tha; 
 name. South, 
 
 3. To tear or fcratch in general. 
 
 But we muft claiu ourfelvcs with (hameful 
 And heathen ilripcs, by their example, lludiina:.. 
 
 They for their own opinions ftand fatf. 
 Only to have them claw' d And canvaft. hudil/rat... 
 
 4. To fcratch or tickle. 
 
 I nuift laugh when I am merr/, and claiu no 
 man in iris humour. Shaifpcate. 
 
 5. To flatter : an obfolete fenfe. See 
 C I, A w B A c K . 
 
 6. To Claw off^, or away. To fcold ; to 
 rail at. 
 
 You ihnnk the place where you fourd money ; 
 
 but the jade Tortunc is to be claived anuay tor 't^ 
 
 if yoii fhoiild lofc it. L'Tfrang'. 
 
 Cla'wdack. n.f. [from clazu and Lact.'\, 
 
 A flatterer ; a fjtophant ; a wheedlcr. 
 
 The pope's clawbacks. ye-ivcl. 
 
 Cla'wed. aJj. [from r.'ao.-.] Furniflied 
 
 or arined with claws. 
 
 Among quadrupeds, of all the clawed, the 
 
 lion is the (tiongcft. Giew's Ccfmologia. 
 
 CLAY, n.f [r/a/, Welfli ; //n., Dutch.] 
 
 1. Unftuous and tenacious eaith, fuch as 
 will mould into a certain form. 
 
 Clay\ are earths firmly coherent, weighty and 
 compact, ftift, vifcid, and due'tile to a great dc- 
 giee, while nioill ; frnooth to the touch, no: 
 eafily breaking between the fingers, nor icadlly 
 difrufible in water i and, when mixed, not readily 
 fubfiding from it. Hill-on Fojffils. 
 
 Deep Acheron, 
 Whofc troubled eddies, thick with ooze and clayj^. 
 Are whirl'd aloft. Drydcn. 
 
 Expofe the clay to the rain, to drain it from 
 falt^, that tix b'icks may be more dur.ible. 
 
 IVoodlvard on Tojplt. 
 
 The fun, which foftens wax, will harden cl.iy, 
 
 H'atts. 
 
 Clover is the heft way of improving f/n|(j, where 
 manure is fcarce. Mortimer^s liuftandry. 
 
 2. [In poetry.] Earth in general ; the 
 terrclirial element. 
 
 \\M-.y (boiud mn clay 
 Over our fpirits fo much fway ? D:rrri. 
 
 To Clay. -v. a. [froin the noun.] To 
 cover wilh clay ; to manure with. clay.
 
 CLE 
 
 This manuring hrts fifty yesrs : lli?n iliC 
 gtcund mull be rA^vW aj;Hin. il.5r/."'/< r. 
 
 Clay-cold. at!;, [f/aj' and c/)A/.] Life- 
 Icfs ; cold as the uiianitnaltd eaitli. 
 
 I vvolli'd hii (■ljy--j!.l corfc with loly lixi^yi, 
 And fau- l.im laid m lullou '^i giaund. Rjuf. 
 Clay-pit. n.f. {clay and/i/.] A pit 
 wliere clay is dug. 
 'Twi.s found in a tliyfi'. n'lo.i.vard. 
 
 Cl.wes. /;. /. [.-/./>v, Fr. In fortifica- 
 tion.] Wattles made with ftakes inter- 
 wove with cficis, to cover lodgnients. 
 
 C ham hers . 
 Cla'vey. ci//. [from f/fi-v-l Confiltiiig of 
 clay ; abounding with clay. 
 
 Some m a lax or Uivdy, fomc a lica-. y oi- dayry 
 
 fuil. DrrK.im. 
 
 Ci.a'vish. adj. [from clay.'] Partakiiigof 
 
 the nature of clay ; containing particles 
 
 of clay. 
 
 Small beer proves an unwliolefome drink ; 
 perhaps, by heing brewed with a thick, iiuiddilh, 
 M\d cUyiji; water, which the brewers covet. 
 
 Harvev on Cotifumptiom. 
 Cia'ymari,. n.f. ^clay and mar/.] A 
 whitilh, fmooth, chalky clay. 
 
 (;/(y*war/rcfembbs cl.iy, and is near a-kin to it ; 
 but is more fat, and lometiinesniixcd with ciulk- 
 
 flones. l^hrtimir'i Uup,,indry. 
 
 CLEAN, adj. [gfan, Welfh ; clxne. Sax.] 
 J. Free from dirt or filth : as,ckan water. 
 
 Eijth his hands, moJl filthy feculent, 
 Abo\c the water were un hi^h extent, 
 And fain'd to w-illi thenifeJvcs inccir.inrly ; 
 Yet nothing rUuur were for fuch intent. 
 But rather f.mkr. luny Quern. 
 
 Thev make iU<i" tlic oiitfide of the cup and of 
 the pl;.lter, but within they arc full of extortion 
 and cxecfs. M,uihe\u. 
 
 He thai hath e/tviJihandsanda pure heart. I'fil. 
 
 Create in me a clt-an heart, O God ! rfulnu. 
 
 2. Free from moral impurity; chalte ; 
 innocent ; giiiltlefs. 
 
 3. Elegant ; neat ; not iinv.-eildy ; not 
 encumbered with any thing ufelefs or 
 difproportioned. 
 
 The timber and wood ari in fome trees more 
 e/frtf7, in fome more knotty. Bar-in's Nat, 11 Jf. 
 
 Yet thy waift is lliaight and dtan 
 As Cupid's fh:ifr, or Hermes' rod. JVallcr. 
 
 if.. Not foul wilh any loatlifome difeafe ; 
 not Itprou,;. 
 
 If the plJgiit be fomewhat dark, and fpri"ad 
 not in the Ikin, the prietl ihall pronounce him 
 cl.r.<:. Lsvilicn. 
 
 5. Dexterous; not bungling ; feat: as, a 
 dean trick ; a clean leap ; a ckan boxer. 
 Clean, adv. 
 
 1. Quite ; perfeftly ; fully ; completely. 
 Tliis fcnfe is now litile ufed. 
 
 Their actions h.tve been ^httn contrary unto 
 tbofe before nuntioned. ll'jik:r. 
 
 Bjn:g feared, and domcftick broils 
 Clean overblown. Sfi'ikfj^care, 
 
 A philofupher, pielTed with the fame objec- 
 ti -n, lh,n:cs .in :ml'wci i:ii\in contrary. U.dciui/1. 
 
 2. Without mifcuniage ; in a dexterous 
 manner. 
 
 Poj-ccame uS clean with Homer; hut tl'cy fay, 
 Broome went before, and kindly f«ept the w.iy. 
 
 Henley. 
 
 *ro Clkan. 11. a. [from the adjtftive.] 
 To free from dirt or filth. 
 Their tribes adjtifted, eUan'd their vig'rjus 
 wini^s, 
 And many a circle, many a (hort cflTay, 
 Wiieel'd round and round. Tht-njii. 
 
 Cle'anlilv. adv. {irom cleanly.] la a 
 
 cl-'a;ily manner. 
 Cl.i'.\?'i.i^'Ess. n.f, [from cleanly.'] 
 
 CLE 
 
 1. Freedom from dirt or filth. 
 
 I ni;ill fp^ak nothing of the extent of this ciry, 
 l\\c deanlinefi of its ftrccts, nor the beauties ot 
 its piazza. ^-Lldifon. 
 
 2. Neatntfs of drefs ; purity; the quality 
 contrary to negligence and nalluiefs. 
 
 The miihcfs thoii.';hi it cither nut to dclcTve, 
 o!' not to nec'dj any cxquilite deck.ingj h*»ving 
 no ndorning but deanlmrji. Sldnvy. 
 
 Fiuni whence the tender Ikin alTumes 
 A fwcctnels above nil perfumes ; 
 - From whence a deanUnef:, remains, 
 
 Inc.ipable of outward ftnins. Sivifi. 
 
 Sucli cicinlinej\ from head to licel ; 
 Ko humours grofs, or frowzy Ocams, 
 No nulfome whiffs, or fweaty ftreams. Sivijt. 
 Cle'anly. ac^j,\J\omclcan,'\ 
 
 1. Frue from dirtinefs ; careful to avoid 
 filth ; pure I'n the pcrfon. 
 
 Next that fhall mountain 'fparajus be hid, 
 Puird by fume plain but cUan/y country m.iid. 
 
 ' Drjdr,,. 
 
 An ant is a ven/ clf-anly infefl, and throws out 
 of her nell ali the fmall remains of the coin on 
 whirh ihe feeds. ^Hdij'i.n. 
 
 2. That makes cleanllnefs. 
 
 In our fantaftick climes, the fair 
 Wjth chitfilf powder dry t!icir hair. Trior. 
 
 3. Pure J Innocent ; Immaculate. 
 
 Peihaps human nature meets few more fwectly 
 I'tlilhing and r/^;i"/v joys, than thufc that dtrlve 
 from fucceUful trinl^. GhurjiHe. 
 
 4. Nice ; addrefsful ; artful. 
 
 Thiuujh hi': fine handling;, and his f/frt/;/)- play. 
 All tiiofe inya! figns had lh»lc aw:iy. Sptnfer. 
 
 VVcean fccure aurfclvcs are treat by {omccUuvly 
 evafion. L' Ejlrur.^e*i Fai-.'n. 
 
 Cle'anly. arlv. [from c!ea7i.'\ Elegantly; 
 
 neatly; without nalhnefs. 
 If I do grow great, I'll leave fack, and live 
 
 c//a:i/v, as a nobleman (hould. Shukf^caie, 
 
 Cle'anness. n.f. [from clean."] 
 
 1. Neatncfs ; freedom from tilth. 
 
 2. Eafy exaftnefs ; jiillnefs ; natural, un- 
 laboured corret^ncfs. 
 
 lie Oiewed no Uiengtli in (baking of 1 is li^iT; 
 hut the tine channefx of bearing it was deligiitful. 
 
 He minded only the clearncfs of his fatlre, and 
 the cleanneji of cxpreiTion. D*ydtn\ yuvoial. 
 
 3. Pinity ; innocence. 
 
 The (Ic-ttnnefi and pmity of one's minrl is never 
 bctitr proved, than ni difco\ering its own faults 
 at Hrit view. Pope. 
 
 7o Cleanse. IT. fl. [cl^enpian, Saxon.] 
 
 1. l"o free from filth or dirt, by wafhing 
 or rubbing. 
 
 (deiwfe the pale corps with a religious hand 
 From the polluting weed and common f:md. 
 
 2. To purify from guilt. 
 
 The bluenefs of a wound ticijnjcih aw2V evil. 
 
 r,'.vtdn. 
 
 Not all her od'rous tears can cka^iji. her crime. 
 
 The pl.tnt alnne deforms the happy clime. D'vd. 
 
 3. To free from noxious humours by pur- 
 gation. 
 
 Canlt thou not miniftcr to a mind difcas'd, 
 And, with fome fwect oblivious antidotr, 
 Cleanfe the fluff'd i^olom of that peiilous lUiff 
 Which weighs uj>nn the heart? S'idJffH-.ifc. 
 
 This oil, c.*mLiricd with its own fait and I'ug.n, 
 makes it laponatcous and c'canfi.tgj l-y which 
 quality it often helps di^cllion, and excites np 
 pttiie. Ajhuthitct on AHincnt^ 
 
 4. I'o free from leprofy. 
 
 Shew thyt-lf to the pricll, and offer f:«r (liy 
 
 clt^xnfinz tbofe thlna-s which Mofts eonimandcd. 
 
 ^ M..k. 
 
 5. To four; to rid of all ofTcnfive things. 
 
 This liver the Jews proft'tied tiic pnpe to 
 .-.'f.i'j/ir, fo they mijht have what they found. 
 
 .-UUij'.n c-i It \ly. 
 
 CLE 
 
 Clk'anslr. n, f, [claEnpej^e, Saxon.] 
 That which has the quality of evacua- 
 ting any foul humour.s, or digciliug a 
 fore ; a detergent. 
 
 If chert' happens an impofthumc, honey, -ind 
 evui honey ot rufes, taken iiiwardiy, \s a good 
 clft'Kfer. _'iV hut itf oi . 
 
 CLEAR, adj. \_clalr, Fr. klaery Dutch ; 
 clanis, Latin. J 
 
 1. Bright; tranfpicuous ; pellucid ; trar.f- 
 parcnt ; luminous; without opacity or 
 cloudinefi ; not nebulous ; not opacoua ; 
 not dark. 
 
 The riieam \s fo tranfpaicnt, pure, and fh.Jr, 
 Tiiat, had the felt-enaniour'd youth gaz'd here. 
 He Out the buUum, nut I'is face, had fee n. JJcnh, 
 
 2. Pcrfpicacious ; fliarp. 
 
 Mieiiacl from Adam's eyes the film remov'd/ 
 Which that falfe fruit, thatpromis'd clearer fight, 
 Had bred. Mi//or.*i Varsdifi LtJ. 
 
 A tun about was every pillar there; 
 A pulilh'd miiiuur Ihonc not half fo clear, DryJ. 
 
 3. Cheerful J not clouded wilh care or 
 anger. 
 
 Srcin'.y he pjonouncM 
 The rigid interdidtjun, wtiicn refuunds 
 Yet dreadful in mine ear, though in my choice 
 Not to ir.cur ; but loon liii cicur afpcdt 
 Rcturii'd, and gracious puipole thu& renew'd. 
 
 MtittT-., 
 
 4. Free from clouds ; ferene. 
 
 I will darktn the earth in a cleur day. Amu, 
 And the clear fan on his wide wateiy gbfs 
 Gai'd hot. Milt<^i'i Paradijf Lof. 
 
 5. Without mixture ; pure; unmingled. 
 
 6. Perfpicuoiis ; not obfcure ; not hard 
 to be utidcrtlood ; not ambiguous. 
 
 V\'e pr-tcnd to give a dcat account ho%y thun- 
 der and lightning is ptoduccd. Tcf f'ie. 
 
 Many men rcafon cxci'.ding clear and rigi»ilyj 
 who know not how to n:;ik.t a fyllogifm. Li>eke» 
 
 7. Indifputable ; evident ; undeniable. 
 
 Rcmain'd to our Mmighty foe 
 CVar Victory ; to our part lofs, and rout 
 Through all th* empyrc.n. Milton'i Par. /,-.;?. 
 
 8. Apparent ; maaifcll ; not hid'; not 
 dark. 
 
 Tlic hemifphcrc of c.irlh, in elearejt ken, 
 Strcich'd out ;o th' amplcit reach o\ ptofpc*^ lay, 
 
 M-.llOM. 
 
 Unto God, who miderftandeth all their feci et 
 cognations, l^^cy are dear and n.anifeft. Hto^er, 
 
 Th; plcafurcof right rcfoning is iliU the greater, 
 by ho\' much the conle<pient.cs are more dear ^ 
 and tlic chains of ihtm more long. Burnet. 
 
 9. Quick to undcriland ; prompt ; acute. 
 
 ^lothcr of tcience, imjw I let. ! thy power 
 Within me dcur^ not only to dirurn 
 Thin^js in their caulVs, but to trace the wayi 
 O: higiiclt agcnrs,^decm'd however wife. Millon. 
 
 10. Unfpottcd ; guiltlefs ; irrtproachable. 
 Duncan ha^ been fo ile.ir in his great ofHee. 
 
 Shtikjpiare. 
 Think that the dearrji gods, who niaku rheni 
 l.onours 
 Of men's inipoffibiliiie>, have prefcrv'd ihcc* 
 
 akukj^etirt. 
 
 Repentance fo alteitth and thangcth a m;tii 
 
 ihrougii tiic mercy of God, be he ntver fo defiled, 
 
 that it maketh him pure and tUitr. iVlutglft, 
 
 Though the peripatttick philofupliy has been 
 
 mort eminent in its way, ytt other fcdts have 
 
 not been wholly de<\r of it. Luke. 
 
 Sc itcfm.ui, yet frit ml tu truth, in foul linccre, 
 
 In aiflioii faitliful, and in honour cfiar. Ptfe. 
 
 1 1. Unprepofltffcd ; not preoccupied ; im- 
 partial. 
 
 J.cucippo, of whom one Io;'k, in a c/^d** judg- 
 ment, would have been mure acceutable than all 
 her knidnefs fo prod-gilly bellowed. SiJrtry. 
 
 12. Free from dIihci^, prufecution, or ioi- 
 puted guilt.
 
 CLE 
 
 The cruel curp'ial whifpcr'd in my cir, 
 Five puundS) if lightly tint, would fct inc c^'fiit . 
 
 G.n. 
 
 13, FrcefrDm declii^ions or encumbrances. 
 
 liupi', it' the Uicccf.s [upptfiis to t'.iil, is f/t.i' 
 goins as long as it larts. Collier ugaivjl Dijpnir. 
 
 Whatever .1 foicignei , who purciiafcs lund hcic, 
 gives for it, is fo much every faithing cUar goin 
 to the nation; for that money comes clfur in, 
 withoLit carrying out any thing fur it. Lockt. 
 
 I often wilh'd that I h^d rV(j», 
 For htc, fix hundred puund^ a-ye.ir. S:o:ft. 
 
 14. Unencumbered; wiiliout let or hiu- 
 dcrance ; vacant; unobfliut\cd. 
 
 If he he fo f^r hcyond his health, 
 
 Mc"tliinks he (hoiild the I'ooner pay his debts. 
 
 And make a clirtir way to the god>. S/t.iif/^t'ftte. 
 
 A poll-boy windif.g hi-: horn at iis, my com- 
 
 pnnion gave bim t«'o or three curies, and Itft 
 
 t!)L* w.iy c!,u:r for liini. AdHifo'i. 
 
 A c/ra/ fl.ige is left for Jupiter to difplay his 
 
 omnipotence, And tu»n the fate* of armici alone. 
 
 Pope's £J/\y or [Icmf. 
 
 ir;. Out of debt. 
 
 16. Uncntan^;]ed ; at a fafe diftancc from 
 any danger or enemy. 
 
 Kindini^ ourfcjves too llow of fail, we put on 
 a coiTipeiled valour, and in the gnipple I boardtd 
 then* : on the indant they t;ot c/e^ty of our (hip. 
 
 Shttkfpeare. 
 
 It icquircs care for a man with a double delign 
 to keep clenr of clalljing with bis own rcafoiiings. 
 
 17. Canorous ; founding diftintfily, plainly, 
 articulately. 
 
 I much approved of my friend's inlifting upon 
 the qualifications of a good alpecl and a dear 
 voice. ^JtVJon, 
 
 Hark ! the numbers foft and titar 
 Gently Ileal upon tiie car; 
 Now louder and yet lovider rife, 
 And fill with fpieading lounds the fkics. Pcpe. 
 
 18. Free; gniltlefs : w'whfrom, 
 
 I am dear from the blood of this woman. 
 
 Sttfanna. 
 
 None is fo fit to corrcft their faults, as he 
 
 who is clear frofn any in his own writings. Dryd. 
 
 19. Sometimes witlio/*. 
 
 The air is clearer c/^rofs and damp exhalation?. 
 
 Tanpie. 
 
 20. Ufed of perfons. Diftinguiriring ; 
 judicious; intelligible: this is fcarcely 
 uled but in convcrfation. 
 
 Clea R. adiK 
 
 1. Plainly; not obfcurely. 
 
 Now cle.xr \ underftand 
 \Vliat oft my fleddicll thoughts have fearch'd in 
 vain. Miiion. 
 
 2, Clean ; quite ; completely. A low 
 word. 
 
 He put bis moiuh to her ear, and, under pre- 
 text of a whifper, bit it cUar off. VKfirarrge. 
 
 Cle.\r. «,yl A term nfL-i by builders for 
 tlie infide of a houfe ; the fpace within 
 from wall to wall. 
 
 To Cle.\r. tt. a. [From the adjeclive.] 
 
 1. To make bright, by removing opacous 
 bodies ; to brighten. 
 
 Your eyes thar Teem fo clear, 
 Yet are but dim, (hall pcrfetiUy be then 
 Open'd and clnv^d. Jvli/fott's Pnradife Lyh 
 
 Like Boreas in his race, when ruflxing forth, 
 He fwceps the Ikies, and clears the cloudy North. 
 
 Dr^iien. 
 A favoury difli, a homely treat, 
 Where all is plain, where all is near, 
 Cle.tr up the cloudy foreheids of the great. T)r\\i, 
 
 2. To free from obfcurity, pcrplexily,or 
 amhiguicy. 
 
 To clfar up the fcvcral parts of this theory, 
 I was willhig to lay afide a. grtat many other 
 fpecuiations, Bumct'i Theory. 
 
 CLE 
 
 ^^cn, in the k"ot of the pl«y, nu olhor wny 
 is Icll lor till; dircovi.(y, thoi\ kt a god (li-fcciKl, 
 and r/r,r tlx bufiiKfs to tlic audience. D'y.lin. 
 
 By ni>lliial temis and nmliiguous phi.nfcs, 
 he darkens what lie Oioiild cUitruf. Boyle. 
 
 Many knoiiy iioints there arc, 
 Wiiicli all difcufs hu: few can char. Prior. 
 
 3. To pvirgc from the imputation of 
 guilt; tojullify; to vindicate ; to de- 
 fend : often \villiy/om before the thing. 
 
 Sonicrfct was mvieli rlmrfj hy the death of 
 thofc uho were executed, tu make him appwir 
 faidty. Sir 'Jo/:m If^iYirtir.l. 
 
 Tu r/cijr tire Deity from the inipiitati..>n of 
 tyraitny, injufticc, and dilfimulation, which nunc 
 do thri'W ripnn God witli roore prefunrptioir than 
 tliofc who are the patrons of abfolute mccffity, is 
 both Comely and clnirtian. £rum/ia/l. 
 
 To r/rar herfclf, 
 Foi fending him no aid, fhc came fiotn E^ypt. 
 
 VrjiJen. 
 
 I will appeal to the readei, and am furc he will 
 
 f/f.lr mc from paitiallty. JjryAen'! Fid'/fs. 
 
 How I wouldH thou i7f<7r relicllion ? .rlJdifon. 
 
 Before you pray, ctmr yonx foid/^cw all thofc 
 
 fins, which you know to bo dil'plcafin^ to God. 
 
 IVake^i Prcpar.ition p..r Dtath. 
 
 4. To cleanfe : with of iix from. 
 
 My hands arc of your coloui ; bu; I fliamc 
 To wear a hcait fo white : 
 
 A little water lUnn us o/this deed. Shiikfpenrt. 
 J. To remove any encumbrance, or em- 
 bavrafTment. 
 
 A man digging in the ground did meet with a 
 door, ha\ ing a wall on each hand oi it ; from 
 which having cleared the earth, he foiccd open 
 the door. H'ilkim. 
 
 This one mighty fum has clear' J the debt. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 A ftatue lies hid in a block, of marble ; and 
 the art of the Itatuaryonly t/evics away the fuper- 
 fluoiis matter, and rcmo^■es the rubbilh. .^IdJifon. 
 
 Multitudes will furnilh a double proportion 
 ton :irdi the etearbig of that expcnce. .■l.Uiijo?i. 
 
 6. To free from any thing ofTenfive or 
 noxious. 
 
 To .l-.ar the palace from the foe, fucceed 
 The weary living, and revenge the dead. Dry.I. 
 
 It (liould be the .'kill and art of the teacher to 
 clear their heads of all other thoughts, whilft they 
 are learning of any thing. Lorkeon Kdueathn. 
 
 Auguftus, to clt:iblifii the dominion of the 
 feas, ligged out a powerful navy to clear it of 
 the pirates of Malta. Arbulhnot. 
 
 7. To clarify : as, to clear liquors. 
 
 8. To gain without dediiftion. 
 
 He dears but two hundred thoufand crowms a 
 ye.ii, after having deiiayed all the cliarges of 
 wo; king the fait. jiddijon. 
 
 9. To confer judgment or knowledge. 
 
 Our common prints would clfar up their un- 
 dcrftandings, and animate their minds with vir- 
 luc. j^ddif'jn' s SfteiJator. 
 
 10. To Cle.^r «_/Zi//^, at the caftomhoufe, 
 is to obtain the liberty of failing, or of 
 felling a cargo, by fatisfying the cuf- 
 toms. 
 
 To Cle.\r. -v. n. 
 
 1. To grow bright ; to recover traufjia- 
 rency. 
 
 So foul a (ky clean not without a ftorm. Sh.ik. 
 
 2. Sometimes with up. 
 
 The miil, that hung about my mind, dean up. 
 
 .'Iddifon. 
 Take heart, nor of the laws of fate complain ; 
 Tho' now 'tis cloudy, 'tivill dear up again. 
 
 Norrii. 
 
 Advifc him to flay till the weather eltari up, 
 
 for you arc afraid there will be rain. Xir.y/. 
 
 3. To be difcngaged from encumbrances, 
 dillrefs, or entanglements. 
 
 He that e/Mis at once, will relapfe ; for, find- 
 ing himfclf out of lltaits, ijc will revert t(5 his 
 
 CLE 
 
 cuiloms r hut he that cleareth by degrees, in- 
 ducctli a habit of frug.illty, and ^'aiiicth as well, 
 upon his mind as upon his cliate. Baor/t EJfayt . 
 
 Clk'auance. n.f. [from r/fjr.J A ccr- 
 tilicate iliac a (hip has been cleared at 
 the cuftomhotile. 
 
 Cl^'arek. n.f. [ from f /fa;-.] Brightcncr ; 
 purifier ; eiilightencr. 
 
 Gold is a wonderful dearer of the urdcrftand- 
 ing : it diflipatcs every doubt and fciuplc in ait 
 inltant. .Adiiijtn. 
 
 Clf.'akly. adv. [from c/far.] 
 
 1. Urightly ; himinoufly. 
 
 Mvllories of grace and l.ilvation, which were 
 but d.irkly di:clofed unto ihem, n.ive unto us 
 mote cleady Ihiiud. lI'Mrr, 
 
 2. Plainly ; evidently ; without obfcurity 
 or ambiguity. 
 
 Chrirtiaiiiry firit rlenrly proved this noble and 
 im;>orlant truth to the world. Rojieri. 
 
 3. With difceinment ; acutely ; williout 
 embarraffment or perplexity of mind. 
 
 1 here is almoft no m;in bur fees cUarlier and 
 fliarper the vices in a fpe.iker than the virtues. 
 
 Ben Jorfm. 
 
 4. Without entanglement or diftraSion of 
 affairs. 
 
 He that doth nor divide, will never enter into 
 bufmefs ; and he that divideih too much, will 
 never come out of it clearly. Bacor's Effays. 
 
 4. Without by-ends ; witliout finilier 
 views ; honeftly. 
 
 When you arc examining thefe matters, Acj 
 not t:ikc into confidoration any fenfu il or wot Idly 
 intcicft; but deal clearly and impartially wiiu 
 yotirfclves. TillotJ-i':, 
 
 6. Without deduflion or coft. 
 
 7. Without refeive ; without evafioiT j 
 witliout fubtcrfuge. 
 
 By a certain day they (hould clearly relinquifii 
 unto the king all their lands and poffcflions. 
 
 iJavHi on Ireland. 
 
 Clk'arness. n.f. [from//i-flr.] 
 
 1. Tranfparency ; brightnefs. 
 
 It may be, percolation doth not only caufe 
 
 elearnefi and fplendour, but fweetnefs of favour. 
 
 Bacon's Nalttral HI/t'Try. 
 
 Glafs in the furnace grows to a greater in:<g- 
 nitude, and refines to a greater clear,-:efi, only .is 
 the bieath within is more powerful, and the heat 
 more intcnfe. Bacir;, 
 
 2. Splendour ; luftre. 
 
 Love, more clear than yourfclf, witli the elear- 
 «(/"■, hijs a night of furrow upon mc. Sidney. 
 
 3. DiftinClncfs ; perfpicuity. 
 
 If he chances to think right, he does not 
 know how to convey his thoughts to another 
 with elearnefi and perfpicuity. Addifon, 
 
 4. Sincerity ; honefty ; plaindjah'ng. 
 
 V/hen the cal'e required diflimulation, if they 
 ufed it, the former opinion fprcad abroad, of 
 their good faith and clearnejs of dealing, made 
 them almolf invincible. Bacon, 
 
 5. Freedom from imputation of ill. 
 
 1 require a cleafnefs. Sliaijpeare's Macbeth. 
 
 Clearsi'ghted. aelj. \_clenr andyTjZj. }. 
 Pevfpicuous ; difccining ; judicious. 
 
 Cua'Jighted renton wiTdonr's judgnrent leads y 
 And fenfe, her valfal, in net footllcps treads. 
 
 Denham,. 
 
 To Cle'arstarch. v. a. [from clear 
 and llarch.'\ To ftiffen with (larch. 
 
 He took his prefent lodging at tlic rnanlion— 
 houfc of a taylor's widow, who wafhcs, and ca* 
 clfarjlarck his bands. Atldljnn-, 
 
 To CLE.-WE. v. n. pret. I clave, [cko- 
 
 j:an, Snx. klcven, Dntcli.] 
 I. To adhere; to ftick ; to hold to. 
 
 The clirifying of liquors by adhclion, is ef- 
 
 feiitcd when fomc eleavi'ig body is roi>.cd witb
 
 CLE 
 
 t\-.t liquors, wV.:reby the groffcr pjrt Picks to 
 
 that cleaving bociv. B.ion'i Natural B:Jhry. 
 
 Water, in fraaU quantity, cUa-jeth to any thing 
 
 that is foiid. ^--^-'-'''^ ^'■""•f "-p'y- 
 
 When the duft growcth into hitdiiefs, andti« 
 clods c/caOT fall together. . j"*' 
 
 The thin ch2m';leon, fed with an-, receives 
 The colour of the thing to whid. he c/cav.-j. 
 
 2. To unite aptly; to (it. 
 
 New lionours come upon -him, . 
 
 Like our ftrange garment., cUavc not to tl.e.r 
 
 mould, ^, ,^ 
 
 But with the aid of ufe. . S/.aifpcarc. 
 
 2. To unite in concord and interelt ; to 
 
 adhere. , .„. 
 
 The ...pofllcs did conform the chnftiar.s ac- 
 cording to the p.itlern of the Jews, .-"'d '^^d>. 
 them cU.mi the- better. . "'■•''' ■ 
 
 The men of Judah davt unto their king. 
 
 ■^ Samuel- 
 
 If vou Ihall rka-ue to my confent, when 'tis, 
 
 Jt Ihall make honour for you. Shai/^care 
 
 Tne people would revolt, if they faw any of 
 
 the Trench nation to c/eavi unto. KmlJci. 
 
 A. To be concomitant to ; to be united 
 
 with. ,. , 
 
 We cannot imagine, that, in breeding or be- 
 getting faith, his grace doth cka-ve to the one, 
 id forfake tie other. ^Y"' 
 
 To CLEAVE. V. a. pret. I clove, 1 c/avc, 
 I cleft ; part. pafT. cloven, or cleft, 
 fcliOpan, Sax. iloven, Dutch.] 
 i. To divide with violence ; to fplit ; to 
 pait forcibly into pieces. ^ . „ , 
 ^ ^ And at ti-.eir paffing c/cave th' Affynan^flood. 
 
 The fountains ofit are faid to have been chw^, 
 «r buft open. Runul's Theory of the hart h. 
 
 The blciTed rainifter his wings difplay d, 
 And, hke a Ihooting lUr, he cUJt the night. 
 
 ' XhyAtn. 
 
 Rais'd on her dufky wings, fhe cha-vn the 
 
 Ikies \ }yry<h-n. 
 
 Whom with fuch force he ftrock, he fell'd 
 
 him down. 
 
 And clef the ciiclc of his golden crown D^y.Un. 
 
 Or h:>d the fun 
 £lcaed 10 the earth a nearer feat, 
 His beams had cleft the hill, the valley dry d. 
 
 -Where whole brigades one champion's aims 
 
 o'cithrow, -r i / 
 
 Aiifl <•/"« ;' S'S'" at 3 random blaw;. / -cM. 
 
 Not half fo iwift the trembling cloves cm Hy, 
 
 Wren tl>e heice eagh- ckaim the liiiuid fey. 
 
 i ape. 
 
 -o To divide ; to part naturally. 
 
 And cveiy hcaft that partcth the hoof, and 
 tleaTethx\x cleft into two claws. ^<-"'- 
 
 TcCl-KAVE. V. n. 
 % To part afunder. 
 
 Wars 'twi^t V"U nvam, would oc ^ 
 
 As if the world Ihould chavr, and that fl.im men 
 
 Should folder up the lift. '''f^lZ'^ 
 
 The cround clave afunder that was under them. 
 
 " Aumferi. 
 
 He cut the r'eaz'hi^ fky, 
 And in a moment vanVlh'd from her eye. I ope. 
 A To fnffer divifion. 
 
 :" It c/M-v. with a gloffy polite funftance, not 
 j.Unc, but with fomc little unevenncfs. Nrru/c/:. 
 Ci.i\\VEK. n.f [from cleave.] 
 T. A butcher's infirument to cvt animals 
 
 into iointb. ^ • , „■ " 
 
 Yu'i gentlemen keep a parcel of roaring bullies 
 
 jboui me d»v and nisht, with huMas and hunt- 
 
 ■y.i horns, and ringiiig the changes on butchers 
 
 ' Tl'"" armM with all th.y ehavrrt, knives. 
 And a«es made f hew down lives. HnJihrau 
 2 A wtcd. Imtjrcpcily written Cliver. 
 
 C- T." »•/- 'l'*-»'^ '"■" °^'''* °'^ ^''- ^°'^' "'^ 
 
 CLE 
 
 bealls wlilch are cloven-footed. SUnner. 
 It is a country word, and probably cor- 
 rupted from claws. 
 Clef, n.f [homclef, key, French.] ^ In 
 mufick, a mark at the beginning oi the 
 lines of a fong, which fliows the tone 
 or key in which the piece is to begin. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 C-LZ¥i. par!. paj. [fromfA'<m-.] Divided ; 
 parted afunder. 
 
 Fat with inccnfe ftrew'd , , r „ 
 
 On the cUft wood. Mihon'i Paradt/e LoJ . 
 
 I never did on chjt ParnalTus dream. 
 Nor tarfe tl-.e facred HeliconUin llrcam. Dry.k''. 
 Cleft, n.f. [from ffanv.] 
 
 . A fpace made by the reparation ot parts ; 
 • acrrck ; a crevife. 
 
 The cafcades feem to break througn the <r/f//i 
 and cracks of rocks. Mdif-.n. Guard, an 
 
 The extremity of this cape has a loiig cleft m 
 it, which was enlarged and cut mto (hape by 
 Agiippa, who made this the great port tor the 
 Roman fleet. MJifn chaly. 
 
 The rcit ofit, being more giofs and ponderous, 
 does not move far; but lodges in tl-.e iUjf, 
 crags-, and fides of the rocks, near the bottoms 
 of them. _ JJoodxvard. 
 
 2. In farriery. 
 
 C.hfti appear on the bought of the pafterns, 
 and are caufed by a (harp and malignant humour, 
 which frets the (kin; and it is accompanied with 
 pain, and a noifome ftcnch. Farrier's DiB- 
 
 His horfe it is the heralds weft ; 
 
 No, 'tis a mare, and hath a cleft. Ben J'infon. 
 
 To Cle'ftgraft. v. a. [cleft and s''"/'-^ 
 
 To engraft by cleaving the ftock of a 
 
 tree, and inferting a branch. 
 
 Filberts may be cleftgrafted on the common 
 
 Mortimer. 
 nut. „ , . 
 
 Cle'mency. n.f [clemence, Fr. dementia, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Mercy; remiffion of feverity ; willing- 
 ' nefs to fpare ; tcndernefs in punilliing. 
 
 I have rtatcd the true notion of clemency, 
 mcicy, compaffion, good-nature, humanity, or 
 whatever ellc it may be called, fo far as is con- 
 fiftent with wifdom. , Mdfon. 
 
 2. Mildnefs; foftnefs. 
 Then in the clemency of upward air 
 
 We'll fcotir our fpots," and the dire thunder fear. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 CLE'iWENT. adj. [Jf»ifn.f,Lat.] Mild; 
 gentle ; merciful ; kind ; tender ; com- 
 paffionate. 
 
 You are more clement than vile men, 
 Who of their broken debtors take a third. 
 Letting them thrive again on the abatement. i/wX-/. 
 Clench. See Clinch. 
 ToCi.£Vt.v.a. [clypian. Sax.] To call. 
 
 Obfolcte. , ^ ^ , 
 
 Three cr.ibbed months had lowr d thomfelvcs 
 to death, , . , J 
 
 Ere I could make thee open thy white l.anti. 
 And clepe thyfelf my U.ve. Slukfpeare. 
 
 CLE'RGY. n.f. {ckrsh'^r. f/ci-w.Lat. 
 xx« ; .] The body of men fct apart by 
 due ordination fur the fervice of God. 
 
 We hold t;,-.. God's ■.lergy are a liatc which 
 hath been, and will be as long as tl.cie is a chur.h 
 upon ea.th, necciTaiy, by tiic plain word oi Oo<l 
 himfcif; a (late whcreunio the relt.ot Oort s 
 pc .pie muft be fu' jea, as touching things that 
 appatain to their fouVs health. Hooter. 
 
 The convocation give a greater fum 
 Than ever, at one liinc, the c/friJ.V yet 
 Did to his predeccllors part withal. i '"«/ 
 
 Cxe'rcyman. r..f [clergy andma«.] A 
 man in holy orders ; amanfet apart for 
 miniilra'.ion of holy thin-s ; not a laick. 
 9 
 
 CLE 
 
 Hjw I i^ave fped among the clergymen, 
 The turns I have collcfted Ihall exprefs. Shatf. 
 It Dems to be in the power of a reafonable 
 clergyman to make the raoft ignorant man com- 
 prehend his duty. S-.uij;. 
 Cle'ric.vl. fl^. [ckricus, Lat.] Relating -^ 
 to the clergy : as, a clerical man, a man 
 in orders. 
 
 In clericals the keys are lined, and in colleges 
 
 they ufeto line the tablc-men. Baco!. 
 
 Unlefs we may more properly read 
 
 clanchords. 
 
 CLERK. «. /. [clcjiic, S;is. ckrkus, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. A clergyman. 
 All perlons were ftiled clerh, that fcrvcd in 
 
 the church of Chrifr, whether Ihey were bilhops, 
 pricds, or deacons. -^y^'.!)'- 
 
 2. A fcholar ; a man of letters. 
 They might talk of book-leaniing what they 
 
 would; but, for l.is- part, he never faw more 
 
 unfeaty fellows than gre.it ck,h were. Sidney. 
 
 The greatcft ckrti being not aUvays the lio- 
 
 nefteft,°any mure than the wifeft, men. Soulli. 
 
 3. A man employed under another as a 
 
 writer. 
 
 My lord BalTinio gave his ring aw.ay 
 Unto the judge; and th'n the boy, his eleri. 
 That took fonie pains in writing, he bcgg'd mine. 
 
 Slihfpcare. 
 I.Iv friend was in doubt whether he could not 
 e.xert'the jufiicc upon fuch a vagrant; but not 
 having his clerk with him, who is a neccETaiy 
 counfcllor, he let the thought drop. ylddifin. 
 A. A petty writer in publick offices ; an 
 ofiicer lif various kind;. 
 
 Take a jurt view, how m.any may remark 
 Who 's now a lord, his grandfire was a eleri. 
 
 Graniiille. 
 It may feem difficult to make out the bills of 
 fare for the fuppers of VitcUius. I queftion not 
 but an expert cU;k of a kitchen can do it. A'buth. 
 5. The layman who reads the refponfestp 
 the congregation in the church, to di- 
 rect llie rtll. 
 Clerkship. ;/./. [from clerl.'\ 
 
 1. Schclarrtilp. 
 
 2. The office of a clerk of any kind. 
 He fold the c/t-i^/'^of his parilh, when it became 
 
 vacant. - Sw//V'i Mifellanieu 
 
 Clj 
 Cli 
 
 ClI V t. J v/i « ^,.,^~, 
 
 ate on the fide of a r<5ek or hill : as, 
 Cle-velanel, Cl'ifton, Slaiic/if. 
 CLE'VER. citlj. [of no certain etymo- 
 logy.] 
 
 1. Dexterous; fi-:ilful. 
 I; was tne cleverer riockcry of the two. 
 
 VEjhangc. 
 
 I read Dyer's-letler more for the ftile tlian the 
 
 news. The man has a ^.'"■«; Pf". \ ">"'} '^^ 
 
 owned. Mdfon's Frcehlder. 
 
 2. Tuft; fit; proP^f; commodious. 
 "1 an't but think 'twould found more cl(-.-er, 
 
 To mc, and to my heirs for ever. Pope. 
 
 !. 'V^'ell-fhapcd ; handfome. 
 
 She called him gundy-guts, and he called her 
 loufy Peg, though the girl was a tight t-/«rr 
 wench as any was. Muthn.r 
 
 4. This is a low word, fcarcely ever ulcd 
 ' but in burltfque or converfation ; and 
 applied to any thliig a man likes, with- 
 out a fettled meaning. 
 Cle'verly. arlv. [from f/cwr.] Dex- 
 tcroufly ; fitly ; handfomely. 
 
 Thcfc would inveigle rats with tb' fcent. 
 And fometimes catch them with a fnap, 
 As diverly :i! th' ableft trap. Hudi.'.ra,. 
 
 vacant. - Siuifi's Mifrellanies. 
 
 i,EVE 7 In compofition, at the begin- 
 lif. > ning or end of the proper name 
 LIVE S of a olace, denotes it to be fitu-
 
 C L I 
 
 i\ rogue upon the highway iii.iy have ,is ftrong 
 vn arm, and take off a man's head as clrt'erly, :is 
 the executioner. Soutlt. 
 
 Cle'vekness. n.f. [hom clever.'] Dex- 
 terity; (kill; accomplifhment. 
 
 CLEW. n.f. [clype.Sax. klowwen.Dvil.'] 
 
 1. Thread wound upon a bottom ; a ball 
 of thread. 
 
 Ettluons untwifting his deceitful i^feiv. 
 He 'g:in la weave a wci) of wiclced guile. Spenfrr. 
 
 While, guided by fomc c!cv of htav'nly thread, 
 The perplex'd labyrinth we backward tread. 
 
 Rof common. 
 
 They fee fmall i-Aws draw vaftcft weights along, 
 "Not in their bulk, but in their order, ftrong. DryJ. 
 
 2. A guide; a diictlion : btcaufe men 
 diiefl thcmfelvcs by a clew of thread in 
 a labyriiilh. 
 
 This alphabet mull be your own cltxu to guide 
 
 you. 
 
 IlcUe, 
 
 Is there no way, no thought, no beam of light > 
 No clew to guide mc through this gloomy maje. 
 To clear my honour yet prcferve my faith? Smil/i. 
 
 The reader knows not bow to tranfport his 
 thoughts over to the next particular, for want of 
 fomc c/civj or conneifting idea, to lay hold of. 
 
 fratls' LogiiJi. 
 
 3. Cizw of the fail of aJJjifi, is the lower 
 corner of it, which reaches down to that 
 earing where the tackles and (lieets are 
 fallcncd. Harris. 
 
 To Clew. v. a. [from clew, a fea term.] 
 To clezt) the fails, is to raife thein, in 
 order to be furled ; which is done by a 
 rope faftened to the clew of a fail, called 
 the clew-garnet. Harris. 
 
 To CLICK. V. n. [clileri, Dutch ; cli- 
 ■qiieter, French ; or perhaps the diminu- 
 tive of clad. ] To make a Iharp, fmall, 
 fuccefiive noife. 
 The folemn death-watch click'd, the hour Ihe 
 died ; 
 And flxrilling cricketi in the chimney cried. Gay. 
 
 Cli'cker. n. f. [from click.] A low 
 word for the fervant of a falefman, who 
 (lands at the door to invite cullomers. 
 
 Cli'cket. n./. [fTomclici.] The knocker 
 of a door. Siinner. 
 
 CLI'ENr. n.f. [cFiens, Latin.] 
 
 1 , One who applies to an advocate for 
 counfel and defence. 
 
 There is due from the judge to the advocate 
 fomc 'commend.ition, where caufes are well 
 handled ; for that upholds in the c/icnt the repu- 
 tation of his eounlel. Bncon^s E^tiys. 
 
 Advocates muft deal plainly with their f//.''rrj, 
 and tell the true liate of their cafe. Taylor. 
 
 2. It may be perhaps fometimes ufed for a 
 dependant in a more general fenfc, as 
 it was ufed among the Romans. 
 
 f do think they arc your friends and cUcntfy 
 And fcarlul to difturh you. Ben "Jonjon. 
 
 Ci.i'E.>iTF.D. particip. ody. , [from client.] 
 Supplied with clients. 
 
 This due occafion of difcouragemciit, the 
 worlV conditioned and icaft- clitntcd petivotruers 
 do yet, under the fwect bait of revenge, convert 
 to a more plentiful profecution of aiff ions. Carcit\ 
 
 CtiFNTE'i.E. n.f. [cUentela, Lat.] The 
 condition or office of a client. A word 
 fcarcely ufed. 
 
 Tiiere 's Varus holds goodquaiters with him ; 
 And, under the pretext of tliintcte, 
 Will be admitted Ben Jtmf'.r,. 
 
 CLr'FNTSHip. n. /. [fiom i://cn/.] The 
 condition of a client. 
 
 PationageanrI r//>/i//,i';' among the Rom:ins al- 
 ways defcendcd : the plebeian houfcs had rc- 
 VOL. I. 
 
 C L I 
 
 courfe to the patrician line which had formcily 
 
 protcijlcd thrm. Drviltn. 
 
 Cliff, n.f. [clivtis, Lat. clip, cliop,SaK.] 
 
 1. A deep rock ; a rock, according to 
 Siinner, broken and craggy. [/•;//«.] 
 
 The Leucadians did ufi- to precipitate a man 
 from a high .7^ into tl-.e tea. Jlaecn. 
 
 Mountaineers, that from Scverus came, 
 And from the craggy c/ift of Tetrica. Dry.i^i. 
 
 Wherever 'tis fo found fcattered upon the 
 fliores, there Is it as conftanlly found lodged in 
 the fli(fi thereabouts. Jl'oodiuarti. 
 
 2. A charafter in mufick. Properly Clef. 
 Clift.k./. The fame with Cliff. Now 
 
 difufed. 
 
 Down be tumbled, like an aged tree, 
 High gruwing on the top of rocky cliff. Spcnfcr. 
 
 CLIMACTER. n. f [^^.^^a^Tr;^.] A 
 certain fpace of time, or progreffion of 
 years, wliich is fuppofed to end in a 
 critical and dangerous time. 
 
 Elder times, fettluig their conceits upon c!i- 
 tn.tBersy dilVer from one another. B.otvti. 
 
 Climactf.'rick. ) adj. [ivoincHmader.] 
 Clim ACTERiCAL. j Containing a certain 
 number of years, at the end of which 
 fome great change is fuppofed to befal 
 the body. 
 
 Certain obfervable years are fuppofed to be at- 
 tended with fome conliderable change in the 
 body; as the Icventh year; the twenty-firft, 
 made up of three times feven ; the forty-ninth, 
 made up of feven times leven j the fixty-third, 
 being nine times feven; and the eighty-frrft, 
 which is nine times nine : which two laft are 
 called the grand dima^lericks. 
 
 Tlie numbers feven and nine, multiplied info 
 themfclvcs, do make up fixty-three, commonly 
 clfeemed the great climaOcrical of our lives. 
 
 Bro-wn^s Vulgar Krraun. 
 
 Your lordlhip being now arrived at your great 
 cUma^erique^ yet give no proof of the leall decay 
 of your excellent judgment and comprehcnfion. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 My mother is fomething better, though, at her 
 advanced age, every day is a cUmaEirick, Po^e. 
 
 CLl'MATE. n.j: [xAu-a.] 
 
 I . A fpace upon the furface of the earth, 
 meafured from the equator to the polar 
 circles ; in each of which fpaces the 
 longeft day is half an hour longer than 
 in that nearer to the equator. From 
 the polar circles to the poles, climates 
 
 . are meafured by the increafeof a month. 
 
 a. In the coinmon and popular fenfe, a 
 region, or trat^ of land, diflFering from 
 another by the temperature of the air. 
 
 Betwixt th' extremes, two happier r/.'/.'j.'c-i hold 
 The temper that paititkes of hot and cckl. Dryd. 
 On what new liappy climateTiXt we thrown ? Dryd, 
 
 This talent of moving the paffions cannot be of 
 any gteat ufe in the northern clhnaiei. S^ufe. 
 
 To Cli'm ATE. V. n. To inhabit. A word 
 only in Shakfpenre. 
 
 The iilelTed gods 
 Purge all infeftion from our air, whilfl- you 
 Do climate here. Shakfpeate. 
 
 Ch'mature. n.f. The fame with Cli- 
 mate. Not in ufe. 
 
 Such harbingers preceding flill the fates, 
 Have hcav'n and earth together demonftiTited 
 Unto our clhnature^ and countiymen. Shalf. 
 
 Cli'max. n.f. [x>~lf/rx?.] Gradation; 
 afcent : a (igtne In ihetorick, by which 
 the fentence Tifes gradually ; as Cicero 
 fays to Catiline, Thou doeft nothing, 
 moveft nothing, tliii'.keft nothing ; bin 
 I hear it, 1 fee it, and perfcClly undei- 
 lland It. 
 
 C L I 
 
 Choice between one ercclKincy and .':not1ief If 
 difficult; andyet thecoiichiCior., by a due climax, 
 is cvei mare the bed . DryiUn'i 'Ju:.: Vcdicalhn. 
 
 Some nidiant Richmond every age has giac'd, 
 Still lifingin a rlimax, till ike laft, 
 SurpafTuig all, is not to be furpaft. Gra/ivi'le. 
 
 To CLIMB. V. n. pret, clomb or climl'cd ^ 
 \nn.c,'(/ml> or c/imicvl. It is pronounced 
 like clime. [oilman. Sax. klinvn:n, 
 Dutch.] To afcend up any place ; Iti 
 mount by means of fome hold or footing. 
 It implies labour and difiiculty, ar.d 
 fuccc(rive efforts. 
 
 You tempt the fury of my three attcndaitj,- 
 Lean taniiue, quailcring ftcci, .tnd climlin^ file. 
 
 a lull ft) 'ill c. 
 
 When fh^ll I come to tli' top of that l.ia;e 
 hill? — 
 — You do climb up it now. Look, how we la- 
 bour. S/talfprarr. 
 Jonathan climhed up upon his hands and upon 
 his feet. i Sam. 
 
 Asa thief 
 Into the window <r//W'j, or o'er the tiles, 
 So chmh the firft grand thief into God's fold. 
 
 Milliii. 
 Thou fon I of this great wottd both eye and 
 
 fuul. 
 
 Acknowledge him thy greater; found his p-aife 
 III thy eternal courfe, both when thou cl:tnb''f. 
 And when high noon halt gain'd, and when tl*©a 
 fall'ft. Milton's Far. L'.ji. 
 
 No rebel Titan's facrilegious crime. 
 By heaping hills on hills, can thither clhib. 
 
 Kofcotnm'j". 
 Black vapours cilmi aloft, and cloud the day. 
 
 DiyJcn. 
 What controuling caufe 
 Makes waters, in contempt of nature's laws, 
 Climb up, and gain ih' afpiiing mountain's height? 
 
 Bl.icknior: 
 
 To Climb, -v. a. To afcend ; to mount. 
 
 Is *t not enough to break into my gar<icn, 
 Climbing ray walls in fpite of me the owner ? 
 
 Shakf^ican. 
 Thy arms purfuc 
 Paths of renown, and climb afcents of fame. 
 
 Piior, 
 Forlorn he mud and perfecntcd fly ; 
 Climb the fteep mountain, in the cavern lie. Prior. 
 Cli'm BER. n.f. [from climi.] 
 
 1. One that mounts or fcales any pl.ice or 
 thing; a mounter ; a rifcr. 
 
 I wait not at the lawyer's gates, 
 Ne Ihouldcr climbers down the Ifairs. Citrnu. 
 
 Lowliiiet's is young ambition's ladder, 
 Wheicto the climber upward turns his face. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 2 . A plant that creeps upon other fupports. 
 
 Ivy, briony, honey -luck !es, and ether 'liin'.-eis 
 niuil be duL-; up. Mortitnsr. 
 
 3. The name of a particular herb. 
 
 The feeds are gathered into a little head, ending 
 
 in a kind of rough plume ; whentre it is called by 
 
 the country people old man's beard, l^'illr. 
 
 To Cl i'mbf.r. "v. n. [From clennier]. To 
 
 mount with efToi t ; , to clitiib. 
 
 In fraling the youngcfl to p|::ck oiFhrs hecke, 
 Beware how ye ilimber for breaking your nci k. 
 
 r.jr.r. 
 
 Clime, n.f. [contiafted from cUmtzie, and 
 therefore properly poetical.] Climate,; 
 region ; trail of earth. .' ; . 
 
 He tan fpread thy name o'er land and ftas, . 
 Whatever clime the fun's bright circle warms. 
 
 Mil/'.H. 
 
 They apply the cclel>iai dcfcription of other * 
 e//wi^j unto their own. Brcivn's Vulg. Jliroun. 
 
 Of beauty fing, her (hiaiiig progrefs view, 
 Frcni clime to clime tTie dazzling light pu:fut-. 
 
 Gi.iiriCc 
 We fiiall meet 
 In happier elimeif and en a fain faore. .e-LUt/iiit.
 
 C L 1 
 
 •Kealtli to vigorous bodies, or fruitful fir»foiiJ 
 ja tcmpernte c/imes, are common and familiar 
 hleflings. ,-!tterbu:y. 
 
 To CLINCH, -v. a. [clymp^a, Saxon, to 
 knock, J7'"""'' ; clingo, in Fellus, to 
 encompafs, Alhi/lew.] 
 
 1. To hold in the' hand with the fingers 
 bent over it. 
 
 Siniois rowls the bodies and the fliields 
 Of heroes, wiiofc dilmemberM hands yet Bear 
 The dait alot't, and c/hic/i the pointed fpear. 
 
 DryJea. 
 
 2. To contrafi or double the fingers. 
 
 Their tailed trees arc about fcven feet high, the 
 tops whereof I could but jult leacii with my filt 
 clinclted. _ S-'^ift. 
 
 3. To bend the point of a nail on the 
 other fide. 
 
 4. To confirm; to fix: as, to clirtch an 
 argument. 
 
 Clinch, n. f. [from the verb.] 
 ] , A word uled in a double meaning ; a 
 pun; an ambiguity; a duplicity of 
 meaning, with an identity of expreffion. 
 How it obtains this meaning is difficult 
 to find. A nail caught on the other 
 Jlde, and doubled, is a nail clinched : a 
 word taken in a different meaning, and 
 doubled in fenfe, is likcwife a clinch. 
 
 Such as tlicy are, 1 hope they will prove, with- 
 out a clincky lueiferous; fearching after the na- 
 ture of lighr. Boyle. 
 
 Pure clinch/! the fuhurhian mufe affords, 
 And Panton waging harmlefs war with words. 
 
 Here one poor word a hundred clinches makes. 
 
 I'ope. 
 3. That part of the cable which is faftened 
 
 to the ring of the anchor. 
 Clincher, n.f. [from clhich.'] A cramp ; 
 a holdfaft ; a piece of iron bent down 
 to faften planks. 
 
 The wimbles for the work Calyp'o found ; 
 With thofe he pierc'd 'em, and with ctinchen 1 
 bound. i'e/"- 
 
 To CLING, v. n. pret. I clung ; part. I 
 
 have clung, [ilynger, Daniih.] 
 J. To hang upon by twining round ; to 
 flick to ; to iiold faft upon. 
 
 The broil long doubtful flood ; 
 As two fpent fwimmers that do clmg together. 
 And choak their art. Sl:ai/peare. 
 
 The fontanel in his neck was defcried by the 
 clinging of his hair to the plafter. IViJcmitn. 
 
 When they united and together clung, 
 AVhen uudillinguifli'd in one heap they hung. 
 
 BLickmfjrc, 
 Sec in the circle next Eliza placM, 
 Two babes of love clofe clinging to hci waift. 
 
 Fope. 
 That they may the clofcr cling, 
 Take your blue ribbon for a flring. Swift. 
 
 2. To adhere, as followers or friends. 
 
 Moft popular conful he is grown, methinks ! 
 How tlie rout ciing to him ! Bt'n "Jnnpjn. 
 
 3. To dry up; to confume ; to wafle ; to 
 pine away, [ceclungen tpeo^', a wi- 
 thered tree. ] 
 
 If thou fpeak'fl falfc, 
 Upon the next tree flialt thou hang alive, 
 Till famine f;'/Vj; thee. Shakffeare's MMhcth. 
 Cli'ngy. ai^'. [fromf/Z/Jf.] Apt to cling; 
 
 adhcfive. 
 Cli'nical. 7 "'')■ [«'■!"■» to lie down.] 
 Cli'nick. J Thufe that keep their beds; 
 thofe that arc fick, pad hopes of re- 
 covery. A ("//nrVrt/ledlure is a difcourfe 
 upon a difcafe, made by the bed of the 
 faticnt. 
 
 C L I 
 
 A cUntcal convert, one that is con- 
 verted on his deathbed. This word 
 occurs often in the works of Taylor. 
 To CLINK, v. a, [perhaps foftened from 
 clank, or corrupted from click. ] To 
 ilrike fo as to make a fmall Iharp noife. 
 I'ive yc.us ! a long kale for the clinking of 
 pewter. Shaif/jcare. 
 
 To Ci.tHK. v.n. To utter a fmall, (harp, 
 interrupted noifc. 
 
 The fcvcr'd bars 
 Submiffive clink againft your brazen portals. 
 
 Prior. 
 Underneath th' umbrella's oily (hed,- 
 Safc thio' the wet ou clinking pattens tread. Gay. 
 
 Clink, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A fharp fucceflive noife ; a knocking. 
 
 I heard thec.'/« and fall of fwords. Shai/ji, 
 
 2. It feems in Spenfer to have fome unufual 
 fenfe. I believe the knocker of a door. 
 
 Tliu' creeping clofc, behind the wicket's clink, 
 Piivily he peeped out thro' achink. Spenfer. 
 
 CLI'N^UANT. adj. [French.] DrefTed 
 in eiribroidcry, in fpanglcs, falfe glitter, 
 tinfel finery. 
 
 To-day the French, 
 All clinqu/int, all in gold, like heathen gods, 
 Shone down the Englilli. SImkfpeare. 
 
 To CLIP. i>. a. [clippan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To embrace, by throwing the arms 
 round ; to hug ; to enfold in the arms. 
 
 He that before fhunn'd her, to &un fuch 
 harms. 
 Now runs and takes her in his clipping arms. 5;./. 
 
 Here I dip 
 The anvil of my fword, and d© conteft 
 Hotly and nobly with thy love. Shakfpearc. 
 
 O nation, that thou couldll remove 
 That Neptune's arms, ■viiioi.lippeth thee about. 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 
 Enter the city j clip your wives, your friends ; 
 
 Tell them your feats. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The jades 
 That drag the tragick melancholy night, 
 Whowith their drowfy, (low, and flagging wings. 
 Clip dead men's graves, Slinkjpeare. 
 
 The male rcfteth on the back of the female, 
 clipping and embracing her with his legs about 
 the neck and body. ^ Ray. 
 
 2. To cut with Iheers. \_kUpper, Danifli ; 
 ■ Uippen, Dutch ; apparently from the 
 
 fame radical fenfe, lince flieers cut by 
 enclofing and embracing.] 
 
 Your Iheers come too late to clip tiie bird's 
 wings, that already is flown away. Sidney. 
 
 Then let him, that my love ihall blame. 
 Or clip love's wiitgs, or quench love's tlamc. 
 
 Suckling. 
 
 He clips hope's wings, whofe airy blifs 
 Much higher than fruition is. Denham. 
 
 But love had clipp'd his wings, and cut him 
 ihort, 
 Conftn'd within the purlieus of his court.^ i^^^^. 
 
 If mankind had had wings, as perhaps fome 
 extr.avagant athcifts may think us deficient in 
 that, all tiie world mull have confcntcd to clip 
 them. Bentley. 
 
 By this lock, this facred lock, I fwear, 
 Wluch never more fhall join its parted hair, 
 Lttpp'd from the lovely head where late it grew. 
 
 Pcpc. 
 
 He fpent every day ten hours dozing, clipping 
 papers, or darning his dockings, Siuiji. 
 
 3. Sometimes with off. 
 
 We Ihould then have as much feeling upon the 
 clipping off a hair, as the cutting of a nerve. 
 
 Bentle\^ s Si f mom. 
 
 4. It is particularly ufed of thofe who 
 dimlnifii coin, by paring the edges. 
 
 Thi.sdefign of new coinage, is juft of the na- 
 ture of clipping. lyicke. 
 
 C L O 
 
 5. To curtail j to cut fhort. 
 
 All my reports go with the niodcft trut'n { 
 Nor more, nor dipt, but fo. Sliakfpc.ire^ 
 
 Mrs. Mayorefs clipped the king's Englifli. 
 
 ^ddif'r. 
 
 Even in London they clip their words after una 
 manner about the court, another in the city, and 
 a third in the fuburbs. Sit.'ift» 
 
 6. To confine ; to hold ; to contain. 
 
 Where is he living, dipt in with the fea. 
 Who calls me pupil ? Shakfpeare, 
 
 To Clip. v..n. A phrafe in falconry. 
 
 Some falcon ftoops at what her cyedcfign'd, 
 And with her eagcrncfs tbe quarry mif^'d. 
 Straight flics at clieck^and dipi it down the wind. 
 
 Dtyden^ 
 
 Cli'pfer. n. /. [from clip.'] One tliat 
 debafes coin by cutting. 
 
 It is no Englilh neafon to cut 
 French crowns, and to-morrow the king 
 Himfelf will be a clipper. Shitkfpeo*e-, 
 
 No coins pleafcd fome mcdalliUs more than- 
 
 thofc which had palled through the hands of aa 
 
 old Roman dipper. Addifon. 
 
 Cli'pping. n.f. [from cA/.] The part 
 
 cut or clipped oif. 
 
 Beings puiely material, without fenfe or 
 thought, as the dipping-, of our beards, and pa- 
 lings of our nails. Locke. 
 
 Cli'ver. n.f. An herb. More properly 
 written cleaver. 
 
 It grows wild, the feeds fticking to the clotlies 
 of fueh as pafs by tlicm. It is lomctimes ufed 
 in medicine. Miller, 
 
 CLOAK, n.f [lach, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The outer garment, with which the 
 reft are covered. 
 
 You may- hear it 
 Under a eloke that is of any kngth. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Their f/nt" were cloth of lilvcr,. mix'd with, 
 gold. Dryden, 
 
 All arguments will be as little able to prevail, 
 as the wjnd did with the traveller to p.irt with 
 h\% clonk, which he held only the lalier. Locke. 
 
 Nimbly he rofe, and call his gaiment down; 
 That inllant in \i\idook I wrapt me round. I'opt, 
 
 2. A concealment; a cover. 
 
 Not ufing your liberty ioi a cloetk of maliciouf-- 
 nefs. Vetcr. 
 
 To Cloak, -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To cover with a cloak. 
 
 2. To hide ; to conceal. 
 
 Moll heavenly fair, in deed and view, 
 She by creation was, lillihe did fall; 
 Thenceforth (he fought for helps to clfak her 
 Climes withal. Spenfer. 
 
 Clo'akb.\g. n.f. [from f/ajiJ and ^<i^.] 
 A portmanteau; a bag in which clothes 
 arc carried. 
 
 Why doll thou converfe with that trunk of 
 humours, that llutlcd chakli.ig of guts ? Shaif, . 
 
 I have already tit 
 ('Tis in my doakimg^ doublet, hat, hofe, all 
 ■That anfwcr to them. Sliakfpearr, 
 
 CLOCK, n.f. [clocc, WelHi, from cl6ch,., 
 a bell, Wcllh and Armorick; cloche,. 
 French.] 
 
 1. The inftrumcnt which, by a feries of 
 mechanical inovements, tells the hour 
 by a ftrokc upon a bell. 
 
 If a man be in fickncfs or pain, the time will- 
 fecm longer without a clock or hour-glafs than 
 with it. Jiaccn. 
 
 The piiflurcof Jerome ufnally defcribed at his 
 fludy, is with a clock hanging by. Broivn. 
 
 I told the clocki, and watch'd the wafling light. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 2 . It is an ufual expreflion to fay, What 
 is it of the clock, for IVhut hour is it ? 
 Or tat o'clock, for the tenth boui-.
 
 C L O 
 
 Upon the llrokc of lour. ^hnt/piare. 
 
 Mncicaus let forwiid about tin o'ch^k u\ the 
 right. , ^■'''■//'■'• 
 
 AhouC nini of I he .Uk at nifiht the king 
 riHrchvd DUt of the Nnith-puit. ClncniLn. 
 
 3. The clock of a Jluckiug ; the flowers or' 
 inverted work about tlie ankle. 
 
 His flockiniis with lilvcr t/c-Xi were ravithcd 
 from iiim. '^ " ;/'■ 
 
 4. An iiifca; a fort of beetle. Ditl. 
 AJlo'ckmakkr. 11. f. [clock aiul niakir.] 
 
 An artificer whofc pvofeffion ij to make 
 clocks. 
 
 This inequality h.is been diligently oblcrvcd by 
 ffvtral of our ingenious t/iiXvwXj-j, m& cqua. 
 tions hecn nutk- and iik-d by thcni. .Wc/i.iw. 
 Ci.o'cK\voKK. n.J. [ivomclock and ti't/i/. J 
 Movements by weights or fprings, like 
 thofe of a clock. 
 
 So if unpicjudicM you fcan 
 The goings t.f this chtkwjrk, man ; 
 You find a humltcd movements made 
 By line devices in iiis head : 
 But 'tis the i\omach's fulid ftrokc, 
 That tells this being wh.afs o'clock. Fuor.^ 
 
 Within this hollow was Vulcan's (hop, full ot 
 fuc M\Aclo,tiro>k. MJfj'i 
 
 You look like a puppet moved by chckw.ik. 
 
 A'huthiifjt. 
 
 CLOD. n.f. [club. Sax. aliltle hillock ; 
 hhllc, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A lump of earth or clay ; fiich a body 
 of earth as cleaves or hangs together. 
 
 The c:nth that cutteth up from the plough a 
 great chd, is not fo good as that which calleth 
 up a fmallcr dod. ij'.uc». 
 
 I'll cut up, as plows 
 Do barren lands, and lirike together Hints 
 And cUdi, th' ungrateful fcnatc and the people. 
 
 B(n yorif^n. 
 Who fmooths with harrows, or who pounds 
 with rakes, 
 The crumbling chd<. Diydm. 
 
 2. A turf ; the ground. 
 
 Byzautians boali, that on the chd. 
 Where once their fultan's horfe has trod, 
 Grows neither grafs, nor llirub, nor tree. Swift. 
 «. .'\ny thing concreted together in a 
 
 ' duller. 
 
 Filhermcn who make holes ni the icc to dip up 
 fifh with their nets, light on fwalluws con- 
 gealed in ciodi of a iVimy fubltancc ; and carry- 
 ing them home to their ftovcs, the warmth re- 
 lioreth them to life and flight. Carew. 
 
 4. A lump, a mafs of metal. 
 
 One at the forge 
 Labouring, two nully c/oA of iron and brafs 
 H.«d melted. Miltm. 
 
 5. Any thing vile, bafe, and earthy; as 
 the body of man compared to his foul, 
 
 .^nd ye' high hca\ens, the temple of the gods, 
 In which a thoufand torciics, flaming bright, 
 Bo burn, that to us, wretched carth.lv <7or/<, 
 In dreadful darkncfs lend defircd light. Spenfcr. 
 
 The I'pirit of man, 
 
 Which God infpir'd, cannot together perifh 
 
 With this corporeal chd. Miln/^'s I'nr. Lr,Ji. 
 
 ' How rbe purer fpi.it is united to this chd, is a 
 
 knot too hard for our degraded intellefts to untie. 
 
 Ghfn:iite. 
 
 In moral lefl'eaions there muft be heat, as 
 
 well as dry reafon, to intpiie this cold clod of 
 
 clay whicli we cany about with us. Baoirt. 
 
 6. A dull, grol"s,ftupid fellow ; a dolt. 
 
 The vulgar ! a fence animated did, 
 Ne'er pleas'd with .lught above 'em. Dryden. 
 To Clod. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 {rather into concretions ; to coagulate : 
 for this \vc fometimes ufe clot. 
 
 Let us go find the body, and from the llrcam, 
 With lavcrs pure, and cleaiiliug herbs, walh olV 
 •l\\s dudded ffixc. Milttn. 
 
 C L O 
 
 To Clod. v. n. [from the noim.] To 
 
 pelt vvitli clods. 
 Clo'ddv iidj. [from (loil.'\ 
 
 1. Confining of cartli or clods; earthy; 
 muddy ; miry ; mean ; grofs ; bafe. 
 
 The glorious fun. 
 Turning with fplendoui of his precious eye 
 The meagre r/trfi/) caith to glittering gold. ShA. 
 
 2. Full of clods unbroken. 
 
 Tlicfe l.inds they fow always under furrow 
 about Michaelmas, and leave it as tUddy as tlicy 
 can. Mcrfmur't Uitjh.tndty. 
 
 Ci.o'dp.\te. n. f. \clud and fatr.'l A 
 llupid fellow ; a dolt ; a thickflcull. 
 
 Clo'dpatkd. ad'u [from f/oi^a/^.] Stu- 
 pid ; dull ; doltidi ; tlioughtlefs. 
 
 My ch.lfj.itcd relations fpoiled lUe grcatcll ge- 
 nius in the world, when they bred me a mcclia- 
 
 nick. Arbnth'l'A, 
 
 Clo'dpoll. w.y; [from i-/cir/ and/ici//. ] A 
 thlcklktill; a dolt; a blockhead. 
 
 Tills letter being fo excellently ignorant, he 
 will find that it comes fiorn a clodfdl. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Cl.OG. ni. a. [It is imagined by 
 Skinner to come from log ; by Cajaubon 
 derived from y.Aor?'-, a dog's collar, being 
 thought to be full hung upon tierce 
 dogs.] 
 
 1 . To load with fomething that may hinder 
 motion; to encumber with Ihackles; to 
 impede, by fail cuing to the neck or leg 
 a heavy piece of wood or iron. 
 
 If you find lo much hlood in his liver as will 
 
 chjT the foot of a flea, I'll eat the reft of the 
 
 anatomy. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Let a man wean himfclf from thcfc woildly 
 
 impediments, that here dog his foul's flight. 
 
 Digf'y on the Soul. 
 
 The wings of buds were dogg'd with ice and 
 
 fnow. Ihydrn. 
 
 Fleflily lults do dcbafc men's minds, and c'.',^ 
 
 their fpirits, make them gnofs and foul, lilflcls 
 
 and nnafiivc. Tilhljon. 
 
 Gums and pomatums Ihall bis flight rcftrain, 
 While ckgg'd he beats his filkcn wiugs in vain. 
 
 Fope. 
 
 2. To hinder; to obftruft. 
 
 The gutte|'d rocks ami congifgated fands, 
 Traitors cnllccp'd tOffcgthc guiltlefs keel. ShukJ. 
 
 His majcHy's (hips were ovcr-peflertd and 
 rhf^fred with great ordnance, whereof there is fu- 
 peVrtuity. ti.ilagh. 
 
 3. To load ; to burden ; to embarrafs. 
 
 Since thou halt far to go, bear iioi along 
 The clogging burthen of a guilty loul. Shakfpca'e. 
 
 You 'II rue the time 
 That clog' me vi'ith this anlwer. Shnkfpeare. 
 
 They lanc'd a vein, and watch'd returning 
 breath; 
 It came, but r/rygV/ with fymptoms of his death. 
 
 1 irydfn. 
 
 All the commodities arc doggtd with impoti- 
 
 tions. Mdifon. 
 
 4. In the following pafTage it is improi)tr, 
 for its meaning always includes hiii- 
 derance. 
 
 Clocks and jacks, thtugh the fcrcws and teeih 
 of the wheels and nuts be never fo fmooth, yet, 
 if they be not oiled, will hardly move; though 
 you i/oifthcm with never fo much weight. Roy. 
 
 To CLOG. -0. n. 
 
 1. To coalefce ; to adhere. In this fenfe, 
 perhaps, only corruptly ufed iox cloii or 
 clot. 
 
 Move it fnmcumcs with a broom, that the 
 feeds -log not together. }'.-rdyn. 
 
 2. To be encumbered or impeded by fome 
 e.Ktrinfick matter. 
 
 Ill working through the 'oonc, the teeth of the 
 faw will begin to i/»g. Sitiq^, Siirg'y. 
 
 C L O 
 
 Cloc. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. A load ; a weight ; any encijmhrance 
 hung upon any animal or thing to hinder 
 motion 
 
 1 'ni glad at foul I have no other child j 
 For thy cfeapc would teach me tyranny. 
 To hang dogi on them. Shakfptafe. 
 
 I did but proiiipt the age to quit their <"/ol;i, 
 By the known rules of ancient liberty. Milton: 
 
 As a dog, committed clofe 
 For fome offence, by chance bieaks joolc, 
 And quit^ his clfg ; but all in \:\\n, 
 He Hill draws after him his chain. liudibrat. 
 
 7. An encumbrance; a hindcrance ; an 
 obilrue^ion; an impediment. 
 
 Weatincfs of tlic Hclli is an heavy clog to the 
 will. Jhoker, 
 
 They 're onr clogt, not their own ; if a roan !«: 
 Chain'd to a galley, yet the galley's free. Dovni. 
 
 Their prince made no other Itcp than rejcftirj 
 the pope's fupremacy, as a dog upon his own 
 power and paffions. Sivift. 
 
 Slavery is, of all things, the greatcft dog and 
 obllacle lo fpecuhition. Swift. 
 
 3. A kind of additional (hoe, worn by 
 women to keep them from wet. 
 
 4. A wooden nioe. 
 
 In Fiance the peafanrry goes barefoot ; and 
 the midole fort, ihroughout ail that kingdom, 
 makes ufc of wooden clogs. Haii'cy. 
 
 Clo'gginess. n.f. [from chg^y.'\ The 
 
 ilate of being clogged. 
 Cbo'ccy. adj. [from ^/of.] That haj 
 
 the power of clogging up. 
 By additaments of fome fuch nature, fome 
 
 groli'erand r/o^g^'paits are retained ; or elfe much 
 
 fubtilized, and olhcrwife altered. Boyle. 
 
 CLOISTER. «./.[clas,Wel(h;cIaurtifr. 
 
 Sax. chjlcr. Germ, kloafler, Dut. chw- 
 
 flro, Ital. clo'iflrc, Fr, clauflrum, Latin.] 
 
 I. A religious retirement; a monaltery ; 
 
 a nunnery. 
 
 Nor in a fccret chijlcr doth he keep 
 Thefc virgin fpirits until their marriage-day. 
 
 Daviet, 
 Some folitary chifler will I choofe, 
 And there with holy virgins live immur'd. 
 
 J>yd!„. 
 
 How could he ha^'c the leifiirc and rctirednefs 
 
 of the doifccy to pcrfoim thofe acls of devotion ? 
 
 ^tterhury. 
 
 3. A periftyle; a piazza. 
 To Cloister, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To fluit up in a religious hoiife ; to con- 
 fine ; to immure ; to fliut up from the 
 world. 
 iilo!/!er thee in fome religious houfc. Shahfprare. 
 They have by comniandnieiit, though in foini 
 of courtefv, chijicrcd us within thefc walls for 
 three days. Bacon. 
 
 It WHS of the king's firiV aiSs to doifcr tl.e 
 ' queen dowager in the nunnery ot Beimondfcy. 
 
 Bacon. 
 Nature affords plenty of beauties, that no man 
 n«ed complain if the dtfoimcd zrtidoifereJup. 
 
 ' ' Rymci'i Tingc.lic^. 
 
 Clo'isteral. aili. [(rom cloijler.] ' Soli- 
 tary ; retired ; religiotifly reclufe. 
 
 I'pon this grouiKl manv doijlcrttl men, of 
 great learning and devotion, prefer contempla- 
 tion before ?.i5tion. /fd/zwi'i ./rtslrr. 
 
 Ci.o'i%vv.Kin. pcirlic'ipadj. [from cloi/ler,} 
 
 1. Solitary; inhabiting cloilters. 
 
 Ere the bat hath tl^wn 
 His r/o//.'^i'./ ttiglit, there ih.-ilt be done 
 A drvc\ of rircadlul note. Shak/prarc'i y'cch. 
 
 2. Built with perillyles or piazzas. 
 
 The Greeks and Romans had commonly tu'o 
 rloi/i^rtd open courts, one ferving for the wo- 
 men's fide, and the other for the men, ll'niff), 
 2 T 2
 
 C L O 
 
 Cto'jsTRESs. n. J. [from th\jitr.'\ A 
 nun ; a lady who has vowed rehgious 
 retirement. 
 
 Like a cl'/:jlref! (he will veiled walk, 
 Ar.d water oriL-e a day l.er chamber round 
 Wi:hcye.otie;iding brine. Shak/furc. 
 
 Cloke. n.f. See CtOAK. 
 Ci-OMB. The pret. of To clinib. 
 
 Alk to what end they c/okj liiat tedious height. 
 
 Sfenfar. 
 
 To Cloom. i\ a. [corrupted from cleam, 
 cl=euiian. Sax. wliich is (lillufed infome 
 piovinces.] To clofe or lliut with 
 glutinous or vifcous matter. 
 
 Rear the hive enjujh to let them in, and doom 
 
 lip ti-.c ikirrs, all bi.t the door. Mortimer. 
 
 To CLOSE, r. a. l^clofa, Armorick ; kluys, 
 
 Dutch ; clos, Fr. claujus, Lat.] 
 I . To fhut ; to lay together. 
 Siecp inftantly fell on me, call'd 
 By iiuture as in aid, and cloi'i mine eyes. Milton. 
 When the fad wife his chs'd her hufband's 
 eyes ; 
 Lies the paie corps, not yst entirely dead .' Prior. 
 
 I loon lliali vim Hector, and the (hades 
 Of my great ancellors. Cephifa, thou 
 Wilt lend a hand to r/o/c thy mKirefs' eyes. 
 
 Py/ips. 
 
 2. To conclude ; to end; to finifti. 
 
 One frugal fuppcrdidour ftudics c/cfe. Drjd. 
 
 I cUfi this with my cariiefi defires thar you 
 will fctioutly confider your cftate. H^ake. 
 
 Edward and Heniy, now the boaft of fame ; 
 Aiid virtuous Alfred, a more facrcd name ; 
 After a life of generous loiis cndur'd, 
 C'/oj'./ their long glories with a figh, to find 
 Th' unwilling gratitude of bafc mankind. Pope. 
 
 3. To enclofe^ to confine ; to repofite. 
 
 Every one 
 According to the gift which bounteous nature 
 Hath in him ckt'd. Shakfpsare. 
 
 4. To join ; to unite fractures ; to confoli- 
 date fiffures. 
 
 TliC armourers acconiplifliing tlie knights. 
 With bufy hammers clojh'.g rivets up. Sliakffeare. 
 
 There being no winter yet to clofe up and unite 
 its parts, and reftore the earth to its former com- 
 padlnefs. Burnet. 
 
 As foon as any public rupture happens, it is 
 inmediaiely clofed up by moderation and good 
 offices. .Ad.iifon on Italy. 
 
 All the traces drawn there are immediately 
 {hfed up, as though you wrote tlicra with your 
 finger on the furface of a liver. If'atts. 
 
 To Close, v. n. 
 
 1. To ccalefce ; to join its own parts to- 
 gether. 
 
 They, and all that appertained to them, went 
 down alive into the pit, and the earth cicfeii upon 
 Ihcm. ' Numbers. 
 
 lu plants, you may try the florce of imagination 
 iipo.n the lighter motions, as upon their ckfmg 
 and opening. B.icoi'. 
 
 2. To Close upon. To agree upon; to 
 join in. 
 
 The jcaloufy of fuch a dcfign in us would in- 
 <luccFr..ncc and l^otiand to clofe uponiomc mea- 
 luies between them to our difadvantage. Temple. 
 
 3. To Close ivUh. 7 To come to an a- 
 To Close in luUh. j grecment with ; 
 
 to comply with ; to unite with. 
 
 Intire cow.)rdice mnkcs thee wrong this virtu- 
 ous gentlewoman, lo elofif -wrt/i us. Shakfpeate. 
 
 It would become me better, than to clcfe 
 In terms of fricndihip tvith thine enemies. Shak. 
 
 There was no fuch dcfeft in man's under- 
 iVanding, but that it would clofe ^.jitk the evi- 
 dence. South. 
 
 Ke took the time when Richard was dcpos'd. 
 And high uud low ■with happy Harry clo^'d. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 C L O 
 
 Pride is fo unfociable a vice, that there is no 
 clofirig ivith it. OJlier of Fuen.ljliip. 
 
 This fpirit, poured upon iron, lets gii the w.i- 
 ter ; the acid fpirit is*niore attrafted by the fixed 
 body, and lets go the water, to elofe ivit/': the 
 taxed body. NciutJ-^n'f Optick^. 
 
 Such a proof as would have been clofed ivitk 
 certainly at the (irl'r, f.iall be fct afide eafily af- 
 tcrwaids. Attcrbury. 
 
 Thefe governors bent all their thoughts and ap- 
 plications to elofi in t^:ith the people, now the 
 Ihonger party. S-.vf;. 
 
 4. Tff Close mitb. To grapple with in 
 
 wreftling. 
 Close, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Any thing fliut, without outlet. 
 
 T!;e admirable elVe^ls of this dilHllation in 
 clof,; which is like the wombs and matrices of 
 living creatures. Bacon. 
 
 2. A fmall iield enclofed. 
 
 I have a tree, which grows heri- in my clofcf 
 That mme own ule invites me to cut down, 
 And (hortly muft I fell it. Shnkfpeare. 
 
 Certain iierigers dividing a chfey cl-.anced upon 
 a great cheft. Cetre-w's Survey of Corrnva/I. 
 
 3. The manner of fhutting : in this and 
 the following fenfe it is pronounced as 
 c/oze. 
 
 The doors of plank were ; their elofe exquifite. 
 Kept with a double key. Ch'ipman. 
 
 4. The time of (hutting up. 
 
 In the clofe of nii,'ht 
 Philomel begins her heav'nly bay. Dryjen. 
 
 5. A grapple in wreftling. 
 
 Th.e icing went of purpofe into the North, 
 laying an open fide unto Pcrkin to make him 
 come to the clofe, and fo to trip up his heels, 
 having made fure in Kent beforehand. Bacon. 
 
 Both fill'd with dull, but ftarting up, the tliird 
 clofe they had made. 
 Had not Achilles* felf (lood up. Chctpman. 
 
 6. Paufe ; cefTation ; reft. 
 
 *rhe air, fuch pleafurc loth to lofe, 
 With thoufand ccchocs flill prolongs each heav'nly 
 clofe. Milton. 
 
 Atev'ry clofe (he made, th' attending throng 
 Replied, and bere the burden of the fong. Dryd. 
 
 7. A conclufion or end. 
 
 Speedy death, 
 The clofe of all my miferies and the balm. 
 
 MUton. 
 Thro' Syria, Perfia, Greece, (he goes; 
 And takes the Romans in the clofe. Prior 
 
 Close, adj. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Shut faft, fo as to leave no part open : 
 as, a clofe box, a clofe houfe. 
 
 We fiijipofe this bag to be tied ehfe about, to- 
 waids the window. If^ilkhn. 
 
 2. Having no vent ; without inlet ; fecret ; 
 private ; not to be feen through. 
 
 Nor could his afts too clofe a vizard wear. 
 To 'fc.-spe their eyes whom gviilt had taught to 
 fear. Dtydcn. 
 
 3. Confined; ftagnant ; without ventila- 
 tion. 
 
 If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of win- 
 dows and doors ; the one makcth the air clef; 
 and not frelh ; and the other maketh it exceed- 
 ing unequal. Bacon' z. Natural Hiflo' v. 
 
 4. Compaft ; folid ; denfe ; without in- 
 terftices or vacuities. 
 
 Tlie inward fubftance of the earth is of itrejf 
 an uniform mafs, clofe and compadf. Burnet. 
 
 The golden globe being put into a prcfs, 
 which was driven by the extreme force of 
 fcrews, the water made itfclf way thro' the pores 
 of that very clofe metal. Lo^ke. 
 
 5. Vifcous; glutinous; not volatile. 
 
 This oil, whieii nourifhcs the lamp, is fvippofcd 
 of lo clofe and tenacious a fubflance, that it miy 
 Eowly evaporate. H'iUins. 
 
 C L 
 
 6. ConciA; ; brief; compreffetl ; without 
 exuberance or digrcffion. 
 
 You lay your thoughts fo' clofe together, that, 
 were they -.lofr, they would be ciowderi, and 
 even a due conneiftion would be wanting. Vryd, 
 
 Where the original is clofey no vcrfion can 
 reach it in the fame compafs. Drydcn. 
 
 Read thefe inl'truclive leaves, in wliich confpire 
 Frefnoy's chfe art, and Diydcn's native lire. 
 
 Pofe. 
 
 7. Joined without any intervening diflance 
 or Ipacc, whether of time or place. 
 
 Was I a man bred great as Rome lierl'clf, 
 Equal to all her titles ! tii.-tt could Hand 
 Chf'- up with Atlas, and fultain her name 
 As Ihong as he doth heav'n I Ben Jonfon. 
 
 Wc muft lay afide that lazy and falljciouj 
 method of cciifuring by the lump, and mult 
 bring things clofe to the tell of true or falfe. 
 
 Burnet. 
 Plant the fpring crocufes clofe to a wall. 
 
 Alortimer. 
 Where'er my name I find, 
 Siimc dire misfortune follows elofe behind. Pope. 
 
 8. Approaching nearly; joined one to 
 another. 
 
 Now fit we clofe about this taper here, 
 And cab in queftion our neceflities. Shnifp. 
 
 9. Narrow : as, a clf'e alley. 
 
 10. Admitting fmall diftance. 
 
 Short crooked fwords in chfer light they wear. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 1 1 . Undifcovered ; without any token by 
 whicb one may be found. 
 
 Clofe obfcrve him for the fake of mockery, 
 ClofCf in the name of jelling ! lie you there. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 12. Hidden; fecret; not revealed. 
 
 A clofe intent at laft to (hew me grace. 
 
 Spenfer, 
 
 Some fpagyrilVs, that keep their bcft thingsc/c/f^ 
 will do more to vindicate their art, or oppofe their 
 antagonilfs, than to gratify the curious, pr bene- 
 fit mankind. Boyle.. 
 
 13. Having the quality of fecrecy ; trufty. 
 
 Conllant you are, 
 But yet a woman j and for fecrecy, 
 No lady clofer. Shakfpeare. 
 
 14. Having an appearance of conceal- 
 ment ; cloudy ; fly. 
 
 Thar clofe afpeift of his 
 Does (hew the mood of a much troubled bieaft. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 15. Without wandering; without devia- 
 tion ; attentive. 
 
 I difcovered no way to keep our thoughts clofe 
 to their bufinefs, but, by frequent attention, get- 
 ting ihe habit of attention. Locke. 
 
 16. Full to the point ; home. 
 
 1 am engaging in a large difpiite, where the ar- 
 guments are not like to reach clofe on either fide. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 17. Retired; folitary. 
 
 He kept himfelf clofe becaufe of S.iul. Chron. 
 
 18. Secluded from communication : as, a 
 cl'fe prifoner. 
 
 19. Applied to the weather, dark; 
 cloudy ; not clear. 
 
 Close, ad-v. It has the fame meanings 
 with cliifely, and is not always eafily 
 diftinguifhtd from the adjeftive. 
 I. Nearly; dciifely ; fecrttly. 
 He his deep 
 Diftui b'd not, waiting clofe th' .approach of morn. 
 
 Milton, 
 Behind her death 
 Clofe following pnce for pace, not mounted yet 
 On his purple iiorfe. Mitton. 
 
 . It is iifed fometimes adverbially by 
 iifclf, but more frequently in conipo- 
 fition. As,
 
 C L O 
 
 Ci-OSE-BANnED. adj. In clofe order i 
 thick ranged ; or fecretly Ita^titd, 
 whicli fcems rather the meaning in this 
 pad'age. 
 
 Noi in the houfc, which chamber amhiifhei! 
 ChfehandtJ, flurlt ntt.uk nic. M./io'i. 
 
 Close-bodied. iiJj. Made to lit the body 
 exaflly. 
 
 It' any clergy fliall .ippcui in any clift-t>oM<\i 
 coal, ilify fliall lie luiiicatted. Aylijji. 
 
 Closu-handed. adj. Covetous. 
 
 Galba was very ch(c-handeA : \ have not read 
 mucli of his libeialities. /Irbuthnnt ort (.'oJ'.-i, 
 
 Ci.osE-PENT. a,!j. Shut clofc ; vvidiout 
 vent. 
 
 Then in fomc ciof^-pcr: room it crept along. 
 And, fmouM'rlng as it went, in filence lid. Urytl. 
 Clo'sely. adv. [irom clofe. '^ 
 
 1. Without inlcL or outlet. 
 
 Putting the mixture into a crucible chf^!y luted. 
 
 2. Witliout much fpace intervening ; 
 nearly. 
 
 FoUoiv Fl'iellcu rhfe/y at the heels. S.'i.ilf. 
 
 J. Attentively. 
 
 If we look more chfrfy, we (hall find 
 Mod have the feeds of judgment in thcii mind. 
 
 }'cij.e. 
 
 4. Secretly; flily. 
 
 A Spaniard, riJing on the hay, fcnt fonie 
 c/cfiljr into the village, in the dark of the night. 
 CAreiu't Survty of Cornwall, 
 
 5. Without deviation. 
 
 I hope I hive tranllated clojely enough, and 
 given them the fame turn of verfe which they 
 had in the original. Drydcn. 
 
 Clo'seness. n.f. [from c/o/J.] 
 
 1. The (late of being (hut; or, the quality 
 of admiting to be (liut without inlet or 
 outlet. ^ 
 
 Indiums, the chfenefs round about that pre- 
 
 fcrveth the found, maketh the noife come fouh 
 
 of the drum-iiolc more loud than if you Ihould 
 
 ftrike a^on the like Ikin extended in the open air. 
 
 Bitrori's Natural tlijh^y. 
 
 2. Narrownefs; ftraitnefs. 
 
 3. Want of air, or ventilation. 
 
 I took my leave, being half-l^ificd by the 
 chjiiuji of the room. Sivift. 
 
 4. Coinpadtncfs ; folidity. 
 
 How could panicles, fu widely difperfed, com- 
 bine into that ckfencfs of texture ? Betilley. 
 
 The hafte of tiie fpiiit to put forth, and the 
 chfetefi of the bark, caufe prickles in boughs. 
 
 Sjfori's N.itura! llijhry. 
 
 5. Reclufenefs ; folltude ; retirement. 
 
 I thus ncgltiTling worldly ends, all dedicated 
 To clofenrfsf and the bettering of my mind. 
 
 Sitakjpcarc. 
 
 6. Secrecy ; privacy. 
 
 To his confederates he was conlhint and juft, 
 but not open. Such was his enquiry, and luch 
 his chjcmjs, as they llood in the light lovAirds 
 him, and he ftood in the dark towards them. 
 
 Bucin' i Henry vii. 
 
 A journey of much adventure had been not 
 communicated with any of his majcfty's coun- 
 fellois, being carried with great cbjcnrfi, liker a 
 bufincfs of love than ftate. H'ctt'jn. 
 
 VV'c rii'c not againll the piercing judgment of 
 Augui':us, nor the extreme caution or clojencfs of 
 Tiberius. Bacon's Ej/uys 
 
 This prince was fo very rcfcrvcd, that he would 
 impart his fecrcts to nu body : whereupon this 
 <lojeneJs did a little periih his underlhinding. 
 
 Collier of Tiiendjhif. 
 
 7. Covetoufnefs ; fly avarice. 
 
 Irus jurtged, that while he could keep his po- 
 verty a fecrcl, he Ihould not feel it : he improv ed 
 this thought into an affeiSation of clufoicfs and 
 covetoufnefs. ^ddifon'i Speiiafor. 
 
 S, Connection j dependance. 
 
 The a<?J'ons,anfl prooccdhigs.j>f « !fe men run 
 in greatjr f/s/f'/f/'r and cohitchcf with one ano- 
 ther, than thus to drive at a cafirjl ifluc, brought 
 under nof foreaitt or rtelign. . ■ Soii/li. 
 
 Clo'ser. «./. [Iroin clo/e.'] Afiniilier; 
 a coiicluder. 
 
 ClO'sestooj.. n.f. \_(rom clofe andjloo/.] 
 A chamber implement. 
 
 A pelile for his irunchcon, led tive van ; 
 And his high helmet was iclofc-jlool ir.m. Garth. 
 
 Clo'set. n.f. [from clo]e.\ 
 
 1. A fmall room of pi ivacy and retirement. 
 
 Tile taper burneth in your c loft t. Slialf^carr. 
 
 lie would make a (Up into his e«/t.-, ami after 
 
 a ihuit prayer he was gone. /7'i//c«. 
 
 2. A private repofitory of curiofities and 
 valuable things. 
 
 He lliouhl have made himfelf a key, where- 
 with to open the clofii of Minerva, where thofe 
 f.lir tiealuies arc to be found in all ahundance. 
 
 Drydcn'! DtfrefiKy. 
 5Ic furniflics her clofrt fiift, and fills 
 The crowded Ihelvcs with rarities of Ihells. 
 
 X)ryden's Vaiks. 
 
 To Clo'sbt. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fluit up, or conceal, in a cloict. 
 
 The heat 
 Of thy great love once fpread, as in an urn, 
 Doth chjcl up itfeif. Herbert. 
 
 2. To take into a clofet for a fecret inter- 
 view. 
 
 About this time began the projefl oi clofeting, 
 
 where the principal gentlemen of the kingdom 
 
 were privately eatechifcd by his majelly. Swft. 
 
 Closh. n.f. A dillemper in- the feet of 
 
 cattle ; called alfo the founder. D!3. 
 
 Clo'sure. K. y. \_hom clofe.] 
 
 I. The aft of Ihutting up. 
 
 Tne chink was carefully clofcd up : upon 
 which clofure there appeared not any change. 
 
 Boyle's Spring of tie ylir. 
 
 z. Tliat by which any thing is clofcd or 
 Ihut. 
 
 I admire your fending your laft to me quite 
 open, without a feal, wafer, or any rlfure what- 
 ever. Fofie to Swift. 
 
 3. The parts enclofing ; enclofure. 
 
 O thou bloody pnfon ! 
 Wiihin the guilty chfure of thy walls 
 Richard the Second here was hack'd to death. 
 
 Shukfpearc, 
 
 4. Conclufion ; end. Not in ufe. 
 
 We'll hand in hjiid all headlong caft us down. 
 Arid make a mutual clofureoi out houle. Shakf. 
 CLOT. ti.f. [probably, at firft, the fame 
 with clod, but now always applied to 
 different ufcs ; or rather hlotu, Dutch, 
 a mafs.] ConcretJon ; coagulation ; 
 
 grume. 
 
 The white of an egg, with fpirit of wine, doth 
 bake the egg into clots, as if it began to poch. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 The opening itfclf was ftopt with a clot of 
 
 grumous blood. // ifeman's Siirgtry.- 
 
 To Clot. ^'. «. [from the noun ; or from 
 lilolleren, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To form clots, or clods; to hang to- 
 gether. 
 
 lUijc unwieldy bones lading remains 
 Of that gigantick race ; which, as he breaks 
 The clotted glebe, the plowman haply finds. 
 
 J'/i.7;/>j. 
 
 2. To concrete; to coagulate; to gather 
 into concretions : as, clotted mi\k, clotted 
 blood. 
 
 Here mangled limbs, here brains and gore, 
 Lie clotted. Fhihps. 
 
 3. To become grofs. 
 
 CLOTH, n. f. plural chlhs or cloths. 
 [clii^, Sa.-4on.] 
 
 C L O 
 
 I ■ Any thir»g woven for drtfs or covering^, 
 
 whether ot animal or vegetablcfubftaiice. 
 
 A coilly ckili (ji gold. D'a;ltn. 
 
 Tnc Sp^iniards buytlitir Wnza clot ii in that 
 
 kiiigrlom. Swift. 
 
 2. The piece of linen fpread upon a table. 
 
 Nor let, like Nxvius, every error pafs ; , 
 Tlx mufty wine, foul cloth, or greafy glafs. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 3. The canvafs on which pifturcs are de- 
 lineated. 
 
 1 anfwer you r'ght painted cloth, from whence" . 
 
 you have Itudicd your qucltions. Shakfgtaec. ^' 
 
 Who fears a fcntcnce, or an old man's faw. 
 Shall by a painted cloth be kept in awe. S'lr.kjp. 
 
 This idea, which wc may call tne goddefs of 
 painting anrl of fculpture, defcends upon the 
 marble and the cloth, and becomes the original 
 of thcfc arts. ■ Dry.ien, 
 
 4. Any texture put to a particular ufe. 
 
 The king ftood up under his cloth of fiate, 
 took the fvvord from tlie pijteflpr, and dubbid 
 the lord mayor of London knight. UayvJ.trd, 
 
 I'll make the very green cloth to look blue. 
 
 Ben foiifvi. 
 
 5. Drefs ; raiment. • 
 
 I'll ne'er diltruft my God for ch'th and bread, 
 While lilies flourilh, and the raven's fed. ^wurA j. 
 
 6. Cloth, taken abfolutely, commonly 
 means a texture of wool. 
 
 7. In the plural. Drefs ; habit ; gar- 
 ment ; veiture ; veftments : including 
 whatever covering is worn on the body. 
 In this fenfe always clothes, pronounced 
 do's. 
 
 He with him brought Pryene, rich array'd 
 In Clarihcllce's clothes Spenfir. 
 
 Take up thcfe clothes here quickly : cany 
 them to the laundrefs in Darchet-mead. Shakfp. 
 
 Strength grows more from the warmth of ex- 
 eicifesthan of cloathi. Temple, 
 
 8. The covering of a bed. 
 
 Gazing on her nurinighr foes. 
 She turn'd each way her frighted hcadj 
 Then funk it deep beneath the clothes. Trior. 
 
 To Clothe, v. a. piet. I clothed, orelad ; 
 part, clothed, or clad, [from cloth.'] 
 
 1 . To invtft with garments ; to cover with 
 drefs, from cold and injuries. 
 
 An inhabitant of Nova Zcmbla having lived 
 in Denmaik, where he was clothed, took the 
 fiift opportunity of making his efcape into na- 
 kedncfs. Addifon's Freeholder. 
 
 The Britons, in Casfar's time, painted their 
 bodies, and c/w^trftiiemfelvos with tho Ikins of 
 bcafts. S-wiJt. 
 
 With fuperior boon may your rich foil 
 Exuberant nature's better bleflings pour 
 O'er every land, the naked nations clothe. 
 And be th' eihauftiel's gr.Tiiary of a world. 
 
 '1 hohj.n, 
 
 2. To adorn with drefs. 
 
 We clothe and adorn our bodies ; indeed, too 
 much time we bellow upon that. Our fouls alfo 
 are to be clothed v!\x.h holy habits, and adoined 
 with good works. Ray on Creation. 
 
 Embtoider'd purple clothes the golden beds. 
 
 Pope's Statius. 
 
 3. To invert, as with clothes. 
 
 1 put on tighieoufncl's, and it clothed me. Jol/, 
 Hart thouc;'o//W his neck with thunder? yoh, 
 1 will alfo e.'i!//i£ hei piiefts with falvaiiun. 
 
 Pfalms. 
 If thou beeft he ; but O how fall'n ! how 
 chang'd 
 From him, who in the happy realms of light. 
 Cloth' d with tranfccudcnt brighuiefs, dill "it ou^- 
 
 fhine 
 Myriads though bright! Milton, 
 
 They leave the (hady realms of right, 
 And, iloth'd in bodies, breath youi' upper lieht. 
 
 D-jHen,
 
 C L O 
 
 Let both ufc the clcaveft language in wjiicli 
 they can chthe thciv tlioughts. ll'atti,. 
 
 4. To furnifh or provide with clothes. 
 
 Dtowfincfs iliall cl-:thc a man with rags. Prov. 
 To Cr.OTHE. f. «. To wear clothes. 
 
 Care no more to ^htht ami eat. Shakfl'tar: 
 
 Clo'thier. n.f. [from Jo//;.] Amaker 
 of cloth. 
 
 The tl'it'ilfrs all, not able to maintain 
 The many to them Monsiins. have put off 
 The fpinilcrs, carders, fullers, weavers. SA'*/. 
 
 His commiirioneis (Imuld caufe rlothicn to 
 take wool, paying only two p.atts of the price. 
 
 They iViall only fpoil tlie chthin'i wool, and 
 beggar the prefent (pinners, at heft. Graimt. 
 Clo'thing. n.f. [from. To cIothe.'\ Drefsj 
 vefluve ; garments. 
 
 Thy hofom might receive my yielded fpnght, 
 And thine with it, in iicav'n's pure clothing drcft, 
 Throiigli clcaiclt ikies might take united flight. 
 
 Ffj;>/i-j.x'. 
 
 Yotir bread and clothing, and every neccllary 
 
 of life, entirely depend upon it. Siuift. 
 
 Clothshearer. «./. [from clolh and 
 
 Jhear.] One who trims the cloth, and 
 
 levels the nap. 
 
 My f.ither is a poor man, and by his occupa- 
 tion a ■:hlhjhcMtr. Hnhnvill on Vro-viicnce. 
 
 Clo'tpoll. n.f. [from <:/')/ and/*//. ] 
 I. Thickflcnll; blockhead. 
 
 What f.ivs the fellow, there? call the chtj,-ill 
 back. ' Shakffcare. 
 
 a.. Head, in fcorn. 
 
 I have fent Cloten's chtfott down the ftrcam, 
 
 In cmbalTy to his mother. Shaifp. Cymb. 
 
 ToClo'tter. 11. n. [klotteren, Dutch.] 
 
 To concrete ; to coagulate ; to gather 
 
 into lumps. 
 
 He dragti'd the tremlding fire, 
 Slidd'ring thro' ciotter'd blood and holy mire. 
 
 Diycien^i yEneid. 
 
 Clotty, adi- [from clot.'] Full of clods ; 
 •concreted ; full of concretions. 
 
 The m.ittcr expefloratcd is thin, and mixt 
 
 with thick, cl'jtttd, bluilh ftreaks. Harvfy. 
 
 Where land is chity, and a (hower of rain 
 
 foaks through, you may make ufe of a roll to 
 
 hieak it. Ahrlimer. 
 
 CLOUD. «. /". [The derivation is not 
 
 known. M'uijleiu derives it from claiuL, 
 
 to fhut ; Sumner from clod; Cafauhun 
 
 from a-yivr, darknefs ; Skinner from 
 
 iladde, Dutch, a fpot.] 
 
 I . The dark colledlion of vapours in the 
 
 air. 
 
 Now are the c/suJs, that lowcr'd upon our 
 houfc. 
 In the deep bofcnn of the ocean buried. ^^i^- 
 
 As a mill is a multitude 01 fmall but folid glo- 
 bules, which thercfoic dcfcend ; fo a vapour, 
 and therefore a watery cloud, is nothing elfe but 
 acongcrics of very fmall and concave globules, 
 which therefore afcend, to thai height in «hi(.h 
 they are of equal weight with the air, where 
 they remain I'ul'pended, till; by fome million in 
 the air, being broken, they dcfcend in f.jlid 
 drop. ; either fmall, as in a mift ; or bigger, 
 when many of them run together, as in rain. 
 
 Greiu's Cofinologin. 
 
 Clouds are the greateft and mod confidcrable 
 of all the meteors, as fuinilhing water and 
 plenty to the earth. Tlicy confill of very fmall 
 drops of water, and arc elevated a good dil- 
 tance above the furface of the earth ; for a cloud 
 is nothing but a milt flying higii in the air, as a 
 milt is nothing but a cloud here below. Lorkc. 
 
 H»iw vapours, ruin'd to c/tj/Yiiobfcurcthc lk\ ; 
 And chud,, dilfolv'd, the thirliy ground fupply. 
 
 RoJ>:t,m'iion. 
 
 The dawn is overcaft, the morning low'rs, 
 And heavily in clouds brings oil the day. ^ddif. 
 
 C L O 
 
 2. Tlie veins, marks, or flains, in ftoiies 
 or other bodies. 
 
 3. Any (late of obfciirity or darknefs. 
 
 Thii' poets may of infpiration hoall, 
 Thcii lage, iUgovein'd, in the chuds is loft. 
 
 IVallcr. 
 
 How can I fee the brave and young 
 Fall in the c/oui/of war, and fill unU\ng. .'IdJif. 
 
 4. Any thing that fpreads wide : as a 
 crowd, a multitude. 
 
 The objciflion comes to no more than this, 
 that, amongli: a cloud of witneffes, there was one 
 of no very good leputatioo. .Atterhury, 
 
 To Cloud, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 f. To darken with clouds ; to cover with 
 clouds ; to obfcute. 
 
 2. To make of fullen and gloomy appear- 
 ance. 
 
 Be not dilhcartcn'd then, nor cloud'Aviia looks. 
 That wont to be more cheerful and fcrene. Miit. 
 What fullen fury clouds his fcornful brow ! 
 
 Poj,e. 
 
 3. Toobfcure; to make kfs evident. 
 
 If men would not exhale vapours to cloud and 
 darken the clearelt truths, no man could mifs 
 his way to heaven for want of light. 
 
 Dcciiy of Piety. 
 
 4. To variegate wi'th dark veins. 
 
 The handle fmooth and plain, 
 Made of the clouded oVwq's cafy grain. Po^e. 
 To Cloud, -v. n. To grow cloudy ; to 
 
 grow dark with clouds. 
 Clo'udberry. n. f. [from cloud and 
 berry ; chamiemorus.] A plant, called 
 alfo hnotherry. Miller. 
 
 Clo'udc.^I'T. adj. \fi\X.m cloud and cup.~\ 
 Topped with clouds ; touching the 
 clouds. 
 
 The cloudcipt towers, the gorgeous pal.iccs, 
 The folemn temples, the great globe irtclf. 
 Yea, all which it inherits, fliall diflialvc. Sh.ikjp. 
 Cloudcompe'lling. adj. [A word 
 formed in imitation of »=y=?iti-)/spiT/,<, ill 
 underflood.] An epithet of Jupiter, 
 by whom clouds were fuppofcd to be 
 colkfted. 
 
 Health to both kings, attended with a roar 
 Of c.innoiis, cci:lio'd from tli' adrighlcd Ihoie 
 With luud rcfcniblance of his thunder, pro\e; 
 Bacchus the feed of iioudcompclliftg Jove. 
 
 iraller. 
 Supplicating move 
 Thy juH complaint to cloudcompcllinsr Jove. 
 
 D>yde;. 
 
 Clo'udily. adv. [from chudy.] 
 
 1. With clouds ; darkly. 
 
 2. Obfcurely ; not pcrfpicuoufly. 
 
 Some had rather have good difcipline deli- 
 vered plainly, by way of precepts, than cloudily 
 enwrapped in allegories. Si'i-njct . 
 
 He was commanded to write fo cloudtly h) 
 Conuitus. Jhydtn. 
 
 Clo'udin ESS. n.f. [horn cloudy.'} 
 
 1. The Hate of being covered with clouds; 
 darknefs. 
 
 You have fuch a February face. 
 So full of froll, ofllurni, and cloudincfs, .Shnlf 
 
 The lituation of this iHand expofcs it to a con- 
 tinual iloudimf, which in the fummer renders 
 tiicair colder, and in the winter warm. Harvey. 
 
 2. Want of briglunefs. 
 
 I faw a cloudy Hungarian diamond made 
 clearer by lying in a cold liquor ; wherein he 
 affirmed, that upon keeping it longer, the Hone 
 would tofe more of its cloudiuefi. BoyU, 
 
 Clo'udless.^i//. [from f/o ;.''/.] Without 
 clouds ; clear ; unclouded ; bright ; 
 luminous ; lightfome j pure ; undark- 
 encd. 
 
 \ 
 
 C L O 
 
 This Partridge foon (ball view in -Ind'tji (kits, 
 Wiien next he looks through Ualila;o's eyes. 
 
 Pofe.. 
 How many fuch there mull be in the vaft ex- 
 tent of (pace, a naked eye in a cloudlep night 
 may give us fome l.ont glimplc. Cluyne, 
 
 Clo'lidy. adj. [{[-am cloud.'] 
 
 1. Covered with clouds; obfcurcd with 
 clouds ; cunfilUng of clouds. 
 
 As Kofcs entered into tiic tabernacle, the 
 cloudy pillar defcendcd, and Hood at the door. 
 
 Exodu'.; 
 
 2. Dark; obfcin-e ; not intelligible. 
 
 If you content youifelf frequently with words 
 inilcad of ideas, -or w'nh cloudy and tonfufed no- 
 tions of things, how impenetrable will thai 
 darknefs he ! H'atti on ike Mind. 
 
 3. Gloomy of look ; not open, nor cheer- 
 ful. 
 
 So my ftorm-be.nten heart likewlfe is cheer*"d 
 With that fim-fliinc, when douJy looks are 
 cleLii'd, Spenfer. 
 
 Witiicfs 'my fon, now in the (hade of death, 
 Whufe hri^ht outlhiiiiiig beams th.y tl-judy wrath 
 Hath in eternal darKiidi folded up. Shttkjpcare, 
 
 4. Marked witli fpots or veins. 
 
 5. Not bright ; wanting luftre. 
 
 I faw a chudx diamond. So^/e, 
 
 Clove. The preteilt of To cleave, 
 Gyon's angry blade fo fierce did play 
 On th' other's helmet, which as Titan fhone. 
 That quite it clevs his plumed cieil in tway. 
 
 Fairy Q^uccn, 
 
 CLOVT.. ri./. [clouj Fr. a nail, from the 
 iiinihtude of a clove to a nail.] 
 
 1. A vaUiable fpice brought from Ternatc 
 in the Eall. Indies. It is the fruit or 
 feed of a very hirge tree. 
 
 (.'/•ir feems to be the rudiment or beginning 
 of a fruit growing upon clove-trees. Broivn. 
 
 2. Some of the parts into which garHck 
 feparates, when the outer (kin is torn 
 off. [In this fenfe it is derived from 
 clove^ the preterit o^ cleave, ~\ 
 
 'Tis mortal -fin an union to devour; 
 Each t/oif- of garlic k is a f.icrcd power. Tate. 
 
 Clove-gillyflower, ;;. f. [from its 
 fmelling like clo--oes.'] 
 
 Tln^ genus may be divided into three claflcs : 
 I. The ciuve-giUyflowcr,arcarnation. 2. The pink, 
 3. The fwect William. Tl>c carnation, or clove- 
 gillyflower, are dillinguilhed into four claiTes. 
 The firrt, called flakes, liaving two colours only, 
 and their rtripcs laigc, going quite through ihe 
 leaves. The fecond calkd biz:ars, have flowers 
 iVriped or variegated with three or four different 
 colours. The third arc piquctrcs : ;hcfe Howcrs 
 have always a whi'.c ground, and are fpolted 
 with fcailet, red, purple, or other colours, 
 Tlic fourth are called pa.nted iadics : thcfe 
 have their pctaLs of a re<i or purple colour 
 on the upper fide, and arc white unt'cr- 
 neath. C)f each of thcfccIalVts there are nume- 
 rous varieties. The true clove-giUytiower has 
 been loii^ in ufe for making a cordial fyrup. 
 Thercare two or three varieties commonly brought 
 to the market*, which differ greatly in goorincls ; 
 fome having very little fccnt, when compared 
 with the rruu fort. Au'.'h*. 
 
 Clo'vun. The part. pafT, o^Tockavc, 
 
 There is Autidiu^, lift you what work he 
 makes 
 Among your claven army. Shakjpeare, 
 
 Kow heap'd high 
 The d'.vfv oaks and lofty pines do lie. JftilUr, 
 
 A chap-fallen beaver, loofcly hanging by 
 Th^chven helm, and arch of victory. Dryden. 
 
 Clo'ven-footed. 1 adj. \^cIoveri ^r\<ifQot 
 
 Clo'ven-hoofld. J Qvhoo/.] Having the 
 foot divided into two parts ; not a romni 
 hoof; bifulcous.
 
 C L O 
 
 There arr the lifulcous or divm-ho-jftd; li 
 ca-nels and Lcucrs. jBrtu.i'i i ul^. ir. 
 
 The cUven-Ji'ticd liciid is baiiith''' from us. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 Great variety of watci-fowl, both whole anj 
 
 rhTcn-fo'>irJ, frequent the waters. *'!>'• 
 
 CLO'VER. >«./ [more properly 
 
 Clo'ver-grass. J c/aTfr; claeper* '''"'■ J 
 
 1. A Ipecies of trefoil. 
 
 The even nicsd, ili.it errt brought fwcetly forth 
 The freclUcd cowllip, buinet, and green r/aiw. 
 
 Shakfpeatt. 
 Nature (li.iU provide 
 Green p-rafiand fatl'ning ilirver for their faro. 
 
 Drydc'!. 
 
 Clmer improves land, by the great quantity of 
 
 cattle it maintains. Mcriimer' s Hujhindiy. 
 
 My Blouzclinda is tlie bliihcll lal's, 
 Than pumrol'e Iwceler, or the c wrr-grrt/i. Gay. 
 
 2. To live in Clov ek, is to live luxuriotidy; 
 clover being extremely delicious and fat- 
 tening to cattle. 
 
 Well, Laurtat, was the night in clover fpent .> 
 
 Ogle. 
 
 Clo'verf.d. adj. [from clover.] Covered 
 with clover. 
 
 Flocks thick nibbling lino' the c/otwV vale. 
 
 T^.orf;Jhn. 
 
 Clovgh. n.f. [dou^^h^ Saxon.] The cleft 
 of a hill ; a clift". In compofition, a 
 hilly place. 
 
 Clough. It./. [In commerce.] An allow- 
 ance of two pomiJs in every hundred 
 weight for the turn of the fcale, that the 
 commodity may hold out weight when 
 fold by retail. 
 
 CLOUT, r. f. [clur, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A cloth for any mean ufe. 
 
 His garment nought but many ragged chuli, 
 With thorns together pion'd anii patched was. 
 
 Spsfiffr. 
 A clouf upon tiiat head, 
 Where late the dijdem flood. Shaifpiare. 
 
 In pow'r of fpictle and a clouf. 
 Whene'er he plcal'e, tu lilot it out. Swift. 
 
 ■2. A patch on a fhoe or coat. 
 
 3. .Anciently, the mark of white cloth at 
 which archers iliot. 
 
 He drew a good bow ; he (hot a fine fhoot ; 
 he would have clapt in the clout at twelve fcore. 
 
 Skiii/jiCfire. 
 
 4. An iron plate to keep an axle-tree from 
 wearing. 
 
 To Clout, t. a. [from the noun.] 
 3. To patch ; to mend coarfdy. 
 
 I thought he llept, and put 
 My clouted brogues from off my feet, whofe rude- 
 
 nefs 
 Anfwer'd my ftcp? too loud. Shahfpcart. 
 
 The dull fwain 
 Treads on it daily with his chuted (hoon. Milton. 
 
 2. To cover with a cloth. 
 
 Milk fomc unh.Tppy ewe, 
 Whofe ckutedlc^ her hurt dotii (hew. Spcnf/r. 
 
 3. To join awkwardly or coarfely togetlier. 
 
 Many fcntences of one nicafling clouted up to- 
 gether, yljch.im. 
 
 C'lo'i'TED. parl'tc'tptal adj. Congealed; 
 coagulated : corruptly iifcd for cloltal. 
 
 I've fccn her (kim the o'o./c.^ cream, 
 And piefs from fpungy curds tlio milky flream. 
 
 ('"J- 
 Clo'uterly. adi. [probably by corrup- 
 tion from /w/fc/y.] Clumfy; awkward: 
 as a douUrly fellow. 
 ■The fingle wheel plough k a very clouterly fort. 
 Mortimer'^ Hujhartd'y. 
 
 CLOWN, n.f. [[irnagined by Skinner and 
 Junius to be contracted from colonus. It 
 iccms rather a Saxon word, corrupted 
 
 C L O 
 
 from loivn ; hen, Dut, a word nearly of 
 the fame import.] 
 
 1. A ruftick ; a country fellow ; a churl. 
 
 He came with all his clovjm, hurfcd upon cart- 
 jades. Sidney. 
 The eh-wit, a boilVrous, rude, ungovern'd 
 crew, 
 With furious haftc to the loud fummuns Hew. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 2 . A coarfc, ill-bred maa. 
 
 In youth a coxcomb, and in age a clovin. 
 
 Spetlator. 
 A country fiiuire, rcprcfcnted with no other 
 vice but that of being a clowns and having the 
 provinci.il accent. H'luJ't. 
 
 Cto'wNEKY. n.f. [from clown,] Ill- 
 breeding ; churlilhnefs ; rudenefs ; bru- 
 tality. 
 
 The fool's conceit had both chiuntry and ill- 
 nature. V EJii attge . 
 Clo'wnish. fl//r. [from r/own.] 
 1. Confifting ofrullicks or clowns. 
 
 Young Silvia beats her breall, and cries aloud 
 For fuccour fiom the clowniJJi neighbouihond. 
 
 Dryder. 
 
 2 . Coarfe ; rough ; rugged. 
 
 But with his clownijh hands their tender wings 
 He brulhcih oft. Sperfr's FMiy Clucen. 
 
 3. Uncivil ^ ill-bred ; ill-mannered. 
 
 Wiiat if we elfay'd to (le.ii 
 Thef/ou'w^'!'/ fool out of your father's court? 
 
 Sliiikfpeure. 
 
 4. Clumfy ; ungainly.. 
 
 With a grave look, in this odd equipage. 
 The clow'iijk mimick traverfcs the Ifagc. /V/^r. 
 Clo'vvnishly. adv. [from cloivnifli.] 
 
 Coarfely ; rudely ; brutally. 
 Clo'wnishness. n.f. [from cloivt'tjh.] 
 I. Rullicity ; coarfenefs ; unpolllhed rude- 
 nefs. 
 
 Even his Dorick diaJeift has an incomparable 
 fweetnefs \n \^^cloiujtij'hnep. D'ydeii. 
 
 If the boy (hould nut make legs very grace- 
 fully, a dancing mJlter will cure tiiat defcit, and 
 wipe off that plainnefs which the ;i- la -mode people 
 call cloivnijhneji. Locke. 
 
 i. Incivility ; brutality. 
 Clown's Mustard, n.f. An herb. Dicl. 
 To CLOY. v.a. \_enclouer,Vr. to nail up ; 
 to ftop up.] 
 
 1. To fatiate ; to fate ; to fill beyond de- 
 fue ; to fuifeit ; to fill to loathing. 
 
 The length of thofe fpeeches had not cloyed 
 Pyrocles, though he were very impatient of long 
 deliberations. Sidney. 
 
 The very creed of Atlianalius, and that facied 
 hymn of glory, are reckoned as fuperHuities, 
 which we mult in any cafe pare away, left we 
 eloy God with too much lervice. Uooker. 
 
 Who can eloy th.e hungry edge of appetite 
 By bare imagination of a feaft ? Sbnkfpeiire. 
 
 Cuntinually varying the fame fenfc, and tak- 
 ing up what he had more than enough incul- 
 cated before, he fomotimcs cloyi his leaders in- 
 rtcad of fatisfying them. Dryden. 
 
 Whofe little (tore her well taught mind does 
 picafc, 
 Nor pinch'd witK want, nor cloy'd with wanton 
 eafe. Rof-otmncn. 
 
 Intemperance in eating and drinking, inllead 
 of deli'^hiing and fatisfying nature, doth but load 
 and i.'oy it. I'lii.'Jon. 
 
 Settle, cloy'd with cuAard and with prail'e. 
 Is gather'd to the dull of ancient days. I'lij-e. 
 
 2. It feems to have, in the following paf- 
 fage, another fenfe : perhaps to (hike 
 the beak to;^ether. 
 
 His royal bird 
 Prunes the immortal wing, and ehyi his beak. 
 As when his god is pleas'd. Siiiifpciie. 
 
 3. To nail up guns, by linking a fpike 
 into the touchhuk. 
 
 C L U 
 
 Clo'yless. adj. [from c/oy.] Tliat of 
 which too much cannot be had j that 
 cannot caufe fatiety. 
 
 Epicurean cooks 
 Sharpen with elcyleji faucc his appetite. Shaifp, 
 
 Clo'ymi;nt. n.f. [horn cloy,'] Satiety; 
 repletion beyond appetite. 
 
 Alas ! their love may be call'd appetite : 
 No motion of the liver, but the palate, 
 That I'uft'Lrs fuifcit, chymtnt, and revolt. Sntk, 
 
 CLUB. n.f. [fromf/w//a, Wclfli; llup. 
 pel, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . A heavy Hick ; a flafF intended for of- 
 fence. 
 
 He (trove his combred dub to quit 
 Out of the e.irth. Sfen[-r'i Fairy Qr/efn, 
 
 As he pullril oft' his helmet, a butcher (lew 
 him with the Itrokc ot a elnt*. llaynvard. 
 
 Arm'd with a knotty elub another came. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 2. 7'he name of one of the fuits of cards. 
 
 The ctuhi black tyrant (irlt her viitim died, 
 Spie of his haughty mien and barb'ruus pride. 
 
 3. [from cleopan, to divide. Skinner.] 
 The fliot or dividend of a reckoning paid 
 by the company in juft proportions. 
 
 A fuddling couple fold ale : their humour was 
 to drink drunk, upon their own liquor: they 
 laid down their c/wi,. and this tliey called foicing 
 a tiade. L'EjhaTigc. 
 
 4. An affembly of good fellows, meeting 
 under certain conditions. 
 
 What right has any man to meet in f.-uftious 
 r/;/ir .to vilify the government? Dryden. 
 
 5. Concurrence; contribution; joint 
 charge. 
 
 He 's bound to vouch them for his own, 
 Tho' got b' implicitc generation,. 
 And general chh of all the nation. lindibratt 
 
 To Club. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To contribute to a common expence in 
 fettled proportions. 
 
 2. To join to one cffed ; to contribute 
 feparatt powers to one end. 
 
 Till grofltr .itums, tumbling in the flieam 
 Of fancy, madly met, and eluhb'd into a dream-. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 Every part of the body feems to club and con- 
 tribute to the feed ; elfe why (hould parents, . 
 born blind or deaf, .I'ametimcs generate children 
 with the fame imperfections.^ Hey, 
 
 Let lugar, wine, and cream together club, 
 To make that gentle viand, fyllabub. .Aj/i^. 
 
 The owl, the raven, and the bat, 
 CliM'd for a feather to his hat. Swift. 
 
 To Club. 1;. a. To pay to a common 
 reckoning. 
 
 Plums and directors, Shylock and his wife. 
 Will club their tetters now to take your life. 
 
 Fof.e. 
 Fibres hcing diftinci, and impregnated by 
 diltincS fpirits, how Ihould they e.'ui th«ir parti- 
 cular informations into a common ide.i^ Ctlli.r. 
 
 Clubhea'ded. adj. \_cluh?inA head.] Hav. 
 ing a thick head. 
 Small eli.hl:eaded antcrinse. Derh.t»i. 
 
 Clubl.v'w. n.f. ^c/ui and /a:ti.J Regu- 
 lation by force ; the law of arms. 
 
 The enemies of our happy eltubliJhmenr fecm 
 10 have recourfe to the laudable method of club- 
 laiv, when they 6nd all other means for enforc- 
 ing the abfurdity of their opinions to be ineffec- 
 tual. .-WiJ'.r,' i Fieehlder. 
 Clu'broom. n.f. [c/«i and room.] The 
 room in ■which a club or company affem- 
 bles. 
 
 Thefe ladies ref'lved to give the piiftures of 
 
 their deceafed hulbands lo the dubrccm. .-Idiijon. 
 
 To Cluck., v. n. [clu:cian, Welfli ; clccbat,
 
 C L U 
 
 Armorick ; cloccan, Saxon ; ifoden, 
 Dutch.] To call chickens, as a hen. 
 
 She, poor h-zn, fond of no fecond brood, 
 
 Has duck'H then to the wars. Sltakfpearr. 
 
 Ducklings, thoujli hatched by a hen, if ftc 
 
 .biings them to a river, in they goi though the 
 
 hen cluch and calis to keep them out. R'V- 
 
 Clump, n.f. [formed ft om /urn/.] 
 
 1. A fliapekfs piece of wood, or other 
 inatter, nearly equal in its dimenfions. 
 
 2. A ckiiler of trees ; a tuft of trees or 
 .ihrubs : anciently a /A/'-"/. 
 
 Clumps. «./ A numfliull. Skinner. 
 
 Clu'».;5ily. adv. {ixom. dumfy.'] Awk- 
 ..wardly-; Vvithout readinefs ; without 
 nimblenefs ; without grace. 
 He walks very chmfiiy and ridiculonfly._ Ray. 
 This lofty humour is duir.ftly and inartificially 
 managed, when atfefled. C-JUer on Pride. 
 
 Clumsiness, n./. [from clumfy.] Awk- 
 wardnefs ; iingainlinefs ; want of readi- 
 nefs, nimblenefs, or dexterity. 
 
 The drudging pjit of life is chiefly owing to 
 dumfi'icri, and ignorance, which cither wants 
 ■proper tools, or ikiU to ufc ti-em. Cc!ii:r. 
 
 CLU'MSY. adj. [This word, omitted in 
 the other ctyraologills, is rightly de- 
 rived bv Baihy from lompfch, Dutch, 
 flupid. in Englifh, lump, clump, lumpifi, 
 .chmp'tp, dumpi/hly, clumfdy, clumfy.] 
 Awkwaid; heavy; artlefs; unhandy; 
 ivitliout dexterity, readinefs, or grace. 
 It is ufed either of perfons, or aSions, 
 
 -<3r things. 
 
 The matter dufiile and fequacious, apt to be 
 
 moulded into tich Ihapes and mscliines, even by 
 
 iluinfy fingers. ^V- 
 
 ■But thou in dumjy \cr!c, unlick'd, unpointed, 
 
 Haft (hamefuUy defy'd. X>,y.!:r:. 
 
 That rhmfy outfide of a porter, 
 ■How could it thus conceal a courtier ? S:v!ft. 
 Clung. The pret. and part, of cllnj. 
 'OJ.-JNG. aJJ. [-clunp^u. Sax.] Walled 
 
 with leannefs ; (hrunk up with cold. 
 3"o Clung, v. n. [clinjan. Sax.] To 
 dry as wood does, when it is laid up 
 after it is cut. See to Cling. 
 /:LUS I'ER. n.f. [clyfxep, Saxon; /•///■- 
 
 ter, Dutch.] 
 J. A bunch; a number of things of the 
 iame kind growing or joined together. 
 Grapes will continue fredi and moift all Win- 
 ter, \i you hang them dupr by cluficr in the roof 
 pf a warm room. Bacti. 
 
 A fwcUing knot is rais'd ; 
 ■ Whence, in ihort fpace, itfelf the dujicr (hows, 
 Arid from earth's moitture, mixt with fun- 
 beams, grows. Denham. 
 The falinc corpufcles of one liquor do vari- 
 outly aft upon the tinging corpufcles of another, 
 4o as to make many of them alfociate into a 
 rluher, vihcreljy. two tranfpatcnt liquors max 
 compofe a coloured one. Nc-Mtm. 
 
 An elm was near, to whofc embraces led. 
 The curling vine her iwclling dujiirt Iprcad. Vof. 
 
 2. A noJmber of animals gathered together. 
 
 As bees 
 Pour foflh their populous youth about the hive 
 induficrs. Milton i VaraJife Laji. 
 
 There with.their clafping feet together clung. 
 And a long duj}tr from the laurel hung. DryJ. 
 
 3. A body of people colle61ed : ufed in 
 contempt. 
 
 We lov'd him ; but like beafts. 
 And coward nobles, gave way to your duf.cn, 
 iVho did hoot i.im out o' th' city. Shukjflare. 
 
 Mv friend took his ftation among a d:ijicr of 
 mob, who wercmaking themfclves .racrry with 
 ihtir bcttca. AMjm. 
 
 C O A 
 
 •To Clu'ster. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To grow in bunches; to gather into 
 bunches ; to congregate. 
 
 Forthfl >uri(h'd tl-.ick the dujicring vine. Milt. 
 
 Great father Bacchus, to my long repair ; 
 For dnjicring grapes arc thy peculiar care. Diyd. 
 
 Oi from the forefl falls the c.k.ftir'<l fnow. 
 Myriads of gems. Thmfon'i JViitcr. 
 
 To Clu'ster. v. a. To colled any thing 
 into bodies. 
 
 Clu'ster-grape. n.f. [from c//£/?(r and 
 grape. ] 
 
 The fmall black grape is by fome called the 
 curiam, 01- duj'.cr-grafe ; which I reckon the 
 forwaixiefi of the black fore. Mortimer. 
 
 Clu'stery. adj. [from clufler.l Grow- 
 ing In darters. 
 
 To CLUTCH. 1'. a. [of uncertain ety- 
 mology.] 
 
 1 . To hold in the hand ; to gripe ; to 
 grafp. 
 
 Is this a dagger I fee before me. 
 The handle tow'rd my hand? Come, let me 
 duldt thee. Shakjfeare. 
 
 They, 
 Like moles within us, heave and cad about ! 
 And, till they foot and dutch their prey, 
 Tiiey never cool. Herbert. 
 
 2. To comprife ; to grafp. 
 
 A man may fet the poles together in his head, 
 and dutdi the whole globe at one intelleiftual 
 grafp. Cdliemn Thought. 
 
 3. To contradt ; to double the hand, fo 
 as to feize and hold fall. 
 
 Not that 1 have rhe power to dutth my hand. 
 When his fair angels would fahite my palm. 
 
 Shatfptare' i K. John. 
 
 Clutch, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The gripe ; grafp; feizure. 
 
 2. Generally, in the pliual, the paws, 
 the talons. 
 
 It was the iiard fortune of a cock to fall into 
 the r.'ar.-/;fi of a cat. L'F.jirange. 
 
 3. Hands, in a fenfe of rapacity and cru- 
 elty. . 
 
 lour greedy flav'rnig to devour, 
 Before 'twas in your duichtt pow'r. Hudilrm. 
 
 Set up tlife covenant on crutches, 
 'Gainlt ihole who have us in their dutcha. 
 
 Hudihrai. 
 I muft have great leifure, and little care of 
 myfclf, if I ever more come near the dutchei of 
 fuch a gi.rnr. SiiUiugfleet. 
 
 CLUTTER, n.f [See Clatter.] A 
 noife , a buttle ; a bufy tumult ; a 
 hurry; a clamour. A low wotd. 
 
 He faw what a clutter there was with huge, 
 ovci-grown pots, pans, and fpits. L'EJirr.ngc 
 The fav'rite child, that jurt begins to prattle, 
 Is very humoiirfome, and makes great rA/Z/fr, 
 Till he has windows on his bread and butter. 
 
 King. 
 Prithee, Tim, why all this c/K//fr .' 
 Why ever in thefe raging fits r S-:c:jt. 
 
 To Clu'tter. -u.n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 make a noife, a buttle. 
 Cly'ster. n.f. [x'^iT^f.] An injection 
 into the anus. 
 
 If nature relieves by a diarrhaa, without fink- 
 ing the Jlrcngth of the patient, it is not to he 
 Ilopt, but promoted gently by emoUicnt chpcn. 
 
 .^bbuthtot. 
 
 To COACE'RVATE. v. a. Icoacer-uo, 
 Latin.] To heap up together. 
 
 The collocation uf the fpirits in bodies, whe- 
 ther the fpiiits be coacervatt or ditfukd. Bacon. 
 
 Coacfkva'tion. n.f. {l\om.coaccrvate.'\ 
 The aCi of heaping, or Hate of being 
 heaped together. 
 
 y 
 
 C O A 
 
 The fixing of it is the equal fpreading of thu 
 tangible parts, and the clofe coaiervation of 
 them. Bacon*s N:itural Hijiiny. 
 
 COACH, n.f. \_coche, Fr. hourly, among 
 the Hungarians, by whom this vehicle, 
 is faid to have been invented, Mhi/Jiew.^ 
 A carriage of pleafiire, or ttate, diitin- 
 guilhed from a chariot by having leats 
 ironting each other. 
 
 Baliims attended for her in a coac/iflo carry her 
 abroad to fee fume fports. Sidney. 
 
 A better would you fix ? 
 Then give humility.a coach and fix. Pcfr. 
 
 Suppofe that Kilt weeK my coach was within 
 an incii of overturning in a fmooth even way, 
 and drawn by very gentle horfes. Swift. 
 
 To Coach, -u. a. [from the noun.] To 
 carry in a coach. 
 
 The needy poet rticks to all he meets, 
 Ccae't'd, carted, trod upon ; now loofe, now fail. 
 And carry'd off in fome dog's tail at lall. Pope. 
 
 Coach-box. n.f. [coach and Sox.^ The 
 feat on which the driver of the coach fits. 
 Her father had two coachmen : when one was 
 in the coach-box, if the coach uvung but the leaft 
 to one fide, Ihe ufed to lliriek. .Arbuthnat. 
 
 Coach-hire. n.f. Money paid for the 
 life of a hired coach. 
 
 You exclaim as loud as thofe that praife. 
 For fcraps and coack'hire, a young noble's plays. 
 
 'Dry den. 
 
 My expences in coack-hire make no fm'all 
 
 article. SpeUatc^r. 
 
 Co.ACH-HOUSE. n.f. [coach and hotifi.^ 
 
 The houfe in which the coach is kept 
 
 from the weather. 
 
 Let him lie in tne liable or ibeeoadi-fionfi. 
 
 Swift. 
 Co'ach MAKER, n.f. [cooch and maier.'j 
 The artificer whofe trade is to make 
 coaches. >■ 
 
 Her chariot is an empt-/ hazel-nut. 
 Made by the joyncr Squiricl, or old Grub, 
 Time out of mind, the faiiies coadt-tnnkers. 
 
 ShakfpFare. 
 
 Take care of your wheels ; get a new fet 
 
 bought, and probably the coach-maker wil confi- 
 
 der you. Stv-ft. 
 
 Co'ach MAN. n.f. [coach and man,'] The 
 
 driver of a coach. 
 
 Thy nags, the leaned things alive, 
 So very hard thou lov'ft to drive; 
 I heard thy anxious coachman fay. 
 It coll thee more in whips than hay. Frio-. 
 
 She commanded her trembling coachman to 
 diive her chariot near the body of her king. 
 
 South. 
 
 To COA'CT. -u. n. [from con and aS.} 
 To aft together ; to aft in concert. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 But if 1 tell how thefe two did coafl, 
 Shall I not lie in publlfhing a truth? Skakffeare. 
 
 Coa'ction. n.f. [conSus, Lat.] Com- 
 puHion ; force, either reflraining or 
 impelling. 
 
 It had tile paffions in perfcifl fubiefiion; and 
 though its c.jmmand over them was perCuafive 
 and political, yet it had the force of coallion, 
 and dcfpotical. South. 
 
 Coa'ctive. adj. [from cca3 ] 
 
 1. Having the force of reflraining or ira- 
 pelllng ; compulfory ; rcilriclive. 
 
 Tije Levitical prielis, in the old law, never 
 arrogated unto tUcmfelvcs any temporal or 
 coadr-e power. RaUlgh, 
 
 2. Afting in concurrence. Obfolete. 
 
 , Imagination, 
 
 i With what 's unreal thou ciaclivc art. Siaifp. 
 Co.adju'ment. n.f. [from fo« and ^i^<a- 
 meiitum, Lat.J Mutual aflilUnce. Dia,
 
 C O A 
 
 Co'.djI-'ta'Nt. a'!i. [frum con and aJ- 
 julo, Lat,] Helping ; opemling. 
 
 Thracius ccndjutanr, and the rout 
 or fierce Kiiroclydon. PhUi'i. 
 
 CoATijuTOK. n.f. [from con and ailiulor, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. A fellow-helper; an aiTiflant ; an vX- 
 foci.itc J one engaged in the afliltancc 
 of another. 
 
 I liiuuld no; f.iccccd in a proj^iT, \^^lc^cof t 
 luvc h.ifl H') Iiint horn my prccfcccffurs tiic 
 yocts, or tluii fccunds or «n^//'i'/orj the ciiiicks. 
 
 Dryttn. 
 
 Awav tlic fiicnd)y co^idjut'jr fl'es. (Jatth. 
 
 A gownman of a ciitK-rcnt make, 
 V/lioni P.ill.is, once V-nu-fij's taior, 
 Hj(I fix'd on for hcrir^J.y«'!>''. Swift. 
 
 2. [In the canon law.] One wlio is 
 inil)owercd or appointed to perform the 
 duties of another. 
 
 A liifhoj) ihat is unprafirabic lo his dioctTf 
 o\ight tu he dcpofcd, and no c-oaJ/utor jifli^nerl 
 him. ^fy/iff'- 
 
 CoADju'vANCY. 11./. [from ron and ai^- 
 juvo, Lat.] Help ; concm-rent help ; 
 contribution of help ; co-operation. 
 
 Cryflal is a mineral body, in thcdiffi-rcnce of 
 floncs, made of a lentous pcrcolalion of e.ntli, 
 drawn from the molt pure and limpid juice 
 thereof; owing to tlie coldnefs of the c:n th fonic 
 concurrence and cialrn-jancvt but not inime<Iiarc 
 determination and efliciencv. Broiufi't l'i/l. Eit. 
 
 Coaduni'tion. n./. [fromron, ncf, uni- 
 tin, Lat. J The conjimAion of different 
 fubftances into one raafs. 
 
 Bodies feem to have an intrinfick. principle of, 
 oi corruption from, the comiunicion of paiticls 
 endued with contrary qualities. ILtU. 
 
 To COAGiVlE'NT. 11.0. [from con and 
 agmen, Lat.] To congregate or heap ' 
 together. 1 have only found the parti- 
 ciple in ufe. 
 
 1-lad the world been coagmented from tliat 
 fuppofed fortuitous jumble, this bypothtfis hnd 
 been tolciablc. CtanviiU. 
 
 Coagmenta'tion. n.f. \_1\'om. coagmtnt .\ 
 Colleftion, or coactrvation, into one 
 mafs ; union ; conjtm(Sion. 
 
 The tiiird part refts in tl.c well joining, c-- 
 mcnting, and c^.i^mcnfati'm of wortU, wht'B it 
 is fmooth, gentle, and fwect. lic*t J'-ufo't. 
 
 CoA'GULABLE.ofl';. \^rom. Coagulate.^ 7 hat 
 is capable of concretion. 
 
 Stones tliat arc rich in vitriul, being often 
 drenched with rain-water, tire liquor will then 
 e>;tratSt a fine and tranfparent fubftance, c^.igu- 
 ..t!iii into \irriol. B^\lc. 
 
 To COA'GULATE. r. a. [fOfl-»/o, 
 Lat.] To force into concretions : as, 
 by the affufion of fome other fubllance, 
 to turn milk. 
 
 Roalh'd ill wrarii and firf, 
 And thus o'cijizcd with cxngi.htc gore. Shakjp. 
 \'i\ilication e\tr conliHcih in fpirits attenu- 
 ate, wliich tiic cold doth congeal and coagulate. 
 Jhi'jn'i Natmal. Hiji'.ry. 
 Bitumen is f'uind in lump--, or cn:igitUtte.i 
 niall'es, in fome fprings. U'oo.lvjar.d Not. Iliji. 
 Tiie milk in the itomach of calves, wliich is 
 r'.. li'ut'.iriU Ijv the niniiet, is again diflolvcd and 
 rendered fiuid by ti.e gall in the duodenum. 
 
 _-/' huthnct. 
 
 To Coa'cli.atk. 1'. n. To lun into 
 concretions, or conjjelations. 
 
 Spirit of wine commixed witli milk, a third 
 p.iit fpirit of wine, ind two parts milk, coagu- 
 i.i^M little, butminglcihj .ind the fpirit fwims 
 ;ivt j'.'ove. Ji^tc'iii. 
 
 About the third part of- the oil olive, which 
 ■!\:i' ill i. 'en over into tlie receiver, did there cca- 
 
 Voj. L 
 
 C A 
 
 f-./.i.'f into a whi:ifh body, almoft lik; buttrr. 
 
 j:t>\lr. 
 
 Co agula'tion. n.f. [from f0flf«/<7V. ] 
 
 1. Concretion; congelation; the aift of 
 coac;nlaliiig ; the ilate of being coagu- 
 l.ited. 
 
 2. 'I'lie Iiody formed by coagulation. 
 
 As the fuhltancc of f9rti^r//d/>o;jt is not merely 
 falinc, noliiuig diffuses them but wiuit pene- 
 trates and TClaxes at liic fame time, .-hhulhnnt. 
 
 Coa'gui.ati VE. atlj. [from c'>ag'ilaic.~\ 
 That has the power of cauluig con- 
 cretion, or coagulation. 
 
 To maiiifefl the ci.igr,l.iir.'r power, we have 
 fomctimes in a minute arrcHcd tlie fiuidily of 
 new milk, iind tiirneri it into a curdled lub- 
 llaiice, only by dextcruutly mingling with it .i 
 few drops of good oil of vitiiul. B'.,yle. 
 
 Coagula'ior. n. /. [from coagulate.'] 
 That which caufts coagulation. 
 
 I iii^uhituri of tiie hummus, arc thofs things 
 which expel the mod fluid parts, as in the 
 cafe of iiicralTating, or thickening ; and by thole 
 things which fuck up lome of the fluid pairs, as 
 ablii bents. jlibithnoi. 
 
 COAL. n.f. [col, .Sax. lo!, Germ, kok, 
 Diit. lul, Danilh.] 
 
 1. The common folhl fewel. 
 
 ( v.ii is a black, fuiphMieuii-, inflammatory 
 matter, dug out of the calth, fen in;: foe lewcl, 
 conimon in Europe, though the ICngldh c-'' is of 
 moft repute. One fpecies of pit-coal is called 
 cunnri, or ranrJe coal, which is found in the 
 northern counties; hard, glbfly, and light, apt 
 to cleave into thin flakes, and, when kindled, 
 yields a continual blaze till it be burnt out. 
 
 Chtitnhen. 
 
 Ceils .arc folid, dry, opake, inflammable 
 fiibftanc;s, found in large Hrala, fplitting hori- 
 7.ontaliy mote eafily than in any other direc- 
 tion; ofaglolTy hue, foft and friable, not fii- 
 fihle, but ealily inflammable, .tnd leaving a 
 large r( fu'uum of aflics. //'// O" Fr'/fi.'i. 
 
 liutagf, ciiforc'd, falls Iiy her own confcnt ; 
 As coj.'i to alhcs, when the fpiiit 's fpent. 
 
 \Vc (liall meet with the fame mineral 
 lodged in cOiifs, that c'fcwhere we found in 
 marie. tfooJn jtA' s Natural llijioyy. 
 
 2. The cinder of fcorched wood ; char- 
 coal. 
 
 Whatt'ocver doth fo alter a body, as it re- 
 turmth nut again to that it was, may he called 
 alteratio nrajor ; as when cliecfe is made of curds, 
 or ci.iii of wood, or bricks of earth. Baron. 
 
 3. Fire ; any thing inflamed or ignited. 
 
 You arc no furer, no, 
 Than is the rial of fire upon the ice, 
 Or hailftones in the fun. Shakff^earr. 
 
 You liavc blown this cGal betwixt my lord and 
 me. Sh.tkfprare. 
 
 The rage of icaloufy then firM his foul. 
 And his face kiiulled likca burning coj!. Dr\.l. 
 To Coal. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To burn wood to charcoal. 
 
 Add the tinner's care and coft in buying the 
 wood frir this fcrvice ; felling, framing, and piling 
 it to he burnt ; in fetching ihe fame, when it is 
 malrd, through fuch far, foul, and cumbirfame 
 ways. .^ C.arriu^i SurTry cf {^ot'iwall 
 
 Charcoalof roots, rru/(-(^ into great pieces, lafls 
 longer than ordinary charcoal. JSacon. 
 
 2. To delineate with coal. 
 
 Maivailing, he n.ilrd out rhymes upon the 
 
 wall, near to the picture. t.vndm. 
 
 Coal-black, fl.^'. [coal znd Hack. ] Black 
 
 in the highcft degree ; of the colour of 
 
 coal. 
 
 As burning Jll\i\-^, from his boiling ftcw. 
 Doth belch out flames, and rocks in pieces broke. 
 
 And ragged ribs of mountains molten new, 
 Enwrapt in nat-ilaii clouds and filthy fniokc 
 
 C O A 
 
 Ethiopians and negroes become mat-lihcl fioin 
 fiJ'ginous clflorefceiKJcs, and eomplcxioi;al tinc- 
 tures. ■ lit own. 
 
 Cial-black his colour, but like jet it (hone ; 
 His legs and flowing tail were white .ilone. D'yi, 
 Coal-box. n.f. \_coal ^r\d iox ."] A bov 
 to carry coal to the fire. ' 
 
 Leave a pail of diity water, a eoal-hox^^ bot- 
 tle, a broum, and luch other unlightly thmgs. 
 
 Coal-fish. n.f. [afel.vt niger,] A fjie- 
 
 cies of beardlefa gadus. 
 Coal-mine. n.f. [coal and tnwe,\ A. 
 
 mine in which coal is dug ; a coal-pit. 
 
 Siitings injure land, that How from fW-«i;ici. 
 
 Mcrtr'r^rt'. 
 
 Coal-pit./:./ [from «a/ and /?>.] A 
 pit made in the earth, generally lo a 
 great depth, for digging coal. 
 
 A leaf cf the polypody kind, found intlie fink- 
 ing of a caulfit. H'ood-uiarJ. 
 
 CoAL-STONK. n. / [coal zniflonc] A 
 foi t of cannel coal. See Coal. 
 
 C'lj/'-y.-'Mc rianir-s eafily, and burns freely ; but' 
 holds and endures the fire niiicii longer than coal. 
 
 Coal-wokk. n.f. [coal ixii iL'orl.] A 
 coalery ; a place v\here coal is found. 
 
 There is a vaM trcafure In the old Englifli. from 
 whence aui.iuis may diaw conttant fupplxs ; as 
 our ofliccrs make their fureft remits from the 
 co-il-wiris and the mines. Frlisr. 
 
 CoAT.ERV. n.f. [from coal.^ A place 
 where coal is dug. 
 
 Two hne flaladtita; were found hanging from a 
 bhick ftone, at a dcftrted vault in Bcnwell 
 rjofcrv. ^ }VcodiL-ard. 
 
 To COALE'SCE. 1: n. [coalcfco, Latin. J 
 
 1. Tu unite in mafTep by a fponlaneous 
 approximation to each other. 
 
 When vapours are raifcd, they hinder not the 
 tianf|iaicncy of the air, being divided inij pans 
 toofmall to caufe any refleftion in their fuper- 
 ficics ; hut when they begin to ciahfre, and con- 
 ftitutc globules, thofe globules become of a con- 
 venient fize to reflect fome colours. AVw/i!':. 
 
 2. To grow together; to join. 
 Coale'scence. n.f [from coalefe.'^ 
 
 The afl of coalefcing ; concretion ; 
 union. 
 CtiALi'xiON. n.f. [horn ccalif CO, coatitum, 
 I..atin.] Utiion in one mafs or body ; 
 coi-jnndion of feparate parts in one 
 whole. 
 
 The world 'a a mafs of heterogeneous con- 
 fillencies, and every part thereof a cr.alitior: of 
 diftinguilhablc varieties. Olar.vilfe. 
 
 In the firif calithn of a people, their profjicift 
 is not great: ihcy provide laws for their prefcnt 
 exiijence. //^/,_ 
 
 'Tis necclTary that ihefe fqnandcrcd atoms 
 mould convene and unite into great maiils : 
 without fuch a oalitii.!, the chaos muft have 
 reigned to all eternity. Fe'ulfv, 
 
 Co'ai.y. at/j. [from coal.] Containing 
 
 coal. 
 
 Orc?a/v Tine, or ancient hallo'.vV. Dec. jV.vV. 
 
 Coapta'tiox. n f. [from con znd apfv, 
 
 Lat.] The adjuilment 01 j;;irts to eacli 
 
 other. 
 
 In a clock, the hand is moved upon the dial, 
 the bell 1% (truck, and the other aftinns belong- 
 ing to lie engine are pfrf'rmed, by virtue of the 
 fize, lb ape, bigncfs, and «fl/./a//o,; of the Icve- 
 ral parts. ji„f^ 
 
 The fame meth.od rrakes both piofe and verfe 
 beautiful, which coiifufs in tie judicious <rc/i/>. 
 /..■/■3« and ranging of the words. Broonr 
 
 To COA'RCT. 1 ,.. a. [coara,, 
 
 To COA'RCTATE. ^ Latin.] 
 2 U
 
 C O A 
 
 1. To (Iraitcnj to confine into a nar- 
 row compaft. 
 
 Tht wind fioding the room in the form of a 
 trunk, anrt aarBitti therein, forced the lloncs 
 of the wiudow, like pelicts, clean through it. 
 
 Bacin. 
 
 2. To corvt raft power ; to reftrainv 
 
 If a man'SJrSj himfclf to the extremity of an 
 
 aft, he mud blame and impute it to himlclf, 
 
 tiiat he has thus ccarani or ftraitcned himftlf fa 
 
 far. ."V#- 
 
 Coarcta'tion. n./. [Jiom coaraaie.] 
 
 1. Confinement; reftraint to a narrow 
 fpace. 
 
 The greateft winds, if they have no coareiaMn, 
 Of blow uol hollow, give an inceaiour found. 
 
 2. Contraftion of any fp.ice. 
 
 Straiten the ailcry never lo much, provided the 
 fides of it du not meet, the velTel will continue 
 to beat, below or beyond the ccirHiUiot. Ri]y. 
 
 3. Reftraint of liberty. 
 
 Eleflion is oppofed not only to coaaion, but 
 al(o to ceurtS-itiin, or dctermiuation to one. 
 
 £ram/ia!l. 
 
 COARSE, atfj. 
 
 J. Not refined ; not feparated from, im- 
 purities or bafcr part*. 
 
 I feel 
 Of what cajr/> metal ye arc molded. Sh.d/feart. 
 
 2. Not fofi or fine : ufed of cloth, of 
 which the threads are large. 
 
 j. Rude ; uncivil ; rough of manners-. 
 
 4. Grof&; not delicate. 
 
 'Tis not the coaijer tye of human law 
 That binds their peace. Thmftn. 
 
 5. Inelegant; rude ; unpolilhed. 
 
 Piaiieof N'ligil is againlt mylelf, for prefum- 
 ing t» copy, la my aaije Englilh, his beautiful 
 exprcffions. Drydti. 
 
 b. Not nicely expert ; unfiaifhed by art 
 cr educatior>. 
 
 Ptaifticai rules may be ufcful to fuch as are re- 
 mute ftorr. adwcc, and to aarfc prairtitioiiers 
 which thty aic obliged to make ui"e ui'. .1ri:iik. 
 -j. Mean; not nice; not elegant; vile. 
 
 Ill confort, and a ccjrje perfume, 
 DiCgrace the dclicaey of a \k.A. K-^Jcammin. 
 
 A ciaifc and ufelcfs dunghill weed, 
 Fix'd to one (pot, to rot jull ai it glows. Of-vuv. 
 
 From this co<i//i mixture of tt-TtelUial parts, 
 Dcfite and fe.v by luiiis polTcfs their hearts. 
 
 Xhyden. 
 
 Co'arsely. adv. [from oar/J'.] 
 
 'i. VViihout finenefa ; without refinement. 
 
 2. Meanly; not elegantly. 
 
 John ^.ime neither eating nor drinking, but 
 fared io^rfly and poorly, accoding to the appa- 
 rel he wore. Brian. 
 
 3. Rudely; not civilly. 
 
 The gt.od cannot be too much honoured,, noi 
 the bad too coarjeiy ufed. Vrydi/i. 
 
 ^. Inelegantly. 
 
 Be plc.ited to accept the rudiments of Virgil's 
 j>-«;try, ccarfc/y iranfi^ted, but which yet retains 
 toroe beauties' of the author. Drydtn. 
 
 Co'ARSE^^KSS. n./. [from caar/J.] 
 
 1. Impurity; unrefined Itate. 
 
 Firrt know the materials whereof the ghfs is 
 made ; then confidcr what the reafon is of the 
 cl.Lf-r.,f: or de:.rnefs. Boon's hj[.:yi. 
 
 2. Roncbnefs; want of fioenefs. 
 
 3. Groffuefj ; want of delicacy. 
 
 Friends (pardon the co.ffincf: of the illuftra- 
 tion) as dogs in couples, Ihould be of the fame 
 file. l.'JijhaNge. 
 
 4. Roujrhntfs ; rudcnefs of manners. 
 
 A bife Willi o. I. e l.e remains ; 
 TSif ft» ut' <M « J'/fr/s of the down retains. 
 
 Cu-ti, 
 
 C O A 
 
 J, Meannefs; want of nicety. 
 
 Conlider the penurioufiiefs of the t^ollasder.^, 
 the c^arfrr;cfi of their food and raiment, and their 
 ' little indulgencies of pleafuic. AJ.i:f-jr.. 
 
 CO -AST. n.f. [ojle, Fr. fo/j, Latin. ] 
 
 1. The edge or margin of the land iiest 
 the fea ; the (liore. It is cot ufed for 
 the banks of lefa waters. 
 
 He lets 111 Englilh Ihips the Holland coaf. 
 
 Z)fyden. 
 
 2. It feeras to be taken by Ne-wton for fide, 
 like tht French cofte. It was likewife 
 fo ufed by Bacon. 
 
 The foutli-eaft IS iound to be better for ripen- 
 ing of trees tlian the fouth-wcftj though the 
 fouth-weft bethchottcll ccajl. Rmon. 
 
 Some kind of virtue, lodged in fome fides of 
 thecryftal, inclines and Lends the rays towards 
 the cojji, of unufual rcfraftion; othciwife the 
 rays would nut be refrafted towards that enaji 
 rather tnan any other conji, both at their inci- 
 dence and tiieir emergence, fo as to emerge by a 
 contrary fituation of the coajl. N/wton'i O^'i. 
 
 3. T^e Coast is cLar. [a proverbial ex- 
 preffion.] The danger is over; the 
 enemies have marched off. 
 
 Going out, and feeing that thi co.iji was clear, 
 Zclmaiic dtl'miffed Mufidorus. S:'li>,y. 
 
 The royal fpy, when now t/ie cmJI -wm cUar, 
 Sought not the g:adcn, but retir'd unfeen. i'ry./. 
 To Coast, v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 fail clofe by tTit coaft ; to fail within 
 fight of land. 
 
 But Ijecr my vcffel with a fteady hand, 
 And co.xJi along the Ihorc in light of land. Vlryi. 
 
 The ancients n.ijied only in their navigation, 
 feldom taking the open fea. Ailuthn'.t 11 L's/ni. 
 
 To Coast, -u. a. To fall by ;. to fail near 
 to.. 
 
 Nearchu', the admiral of Alexander, not 
 
 knowing the compafs,was fain Koaajt that Ihore. 
 
 Broivn^i Vulgar Ent,utx. 
 
 The grcatcll entertainment we found in ciajl:':g 
 it, were the fevcral profpeifts of woods, vine- 
 yards, meadows, and coru-hclds which lie on 
 the bmdeis of it, jidAij<,n on Italy. 
 
 Co'aster. n.f. [from foo/?.] He that 
 fails timoroufly near the (liore. 
 
 In our fmall Ikiff we muft not launch too far ; 
 We here but coj/^en, not dil'cov'rcrs aie. Vrydcn. 
 
 COAT. n. /. [cotte, Fr. cotta, Italian.] 
 1. The upper garment. 
 
 He was armed witii a coat of mall, and the 
 weight of the four was h\e thouiaiid Ihckels of 
 
 brafs. • S.im:icl. 
 
 The «.7f of many colours they brought to 
 their father, and faid, this have wc found: 
 knoni nuw whetiicr il be thy foil's iro^f or no. 
 
 Gsnrjii, 
 
 z. Petticoat; the habit of ahoy in his 
 infancy ; the lower paA of a woman's 
 drcfs. 
 
 A fritndV younger fon,. a child in coaiSy was 
 ni't cafiiy brought to his book. I.tLic. 
 
 3. The habit or velhire, as demonftrative 
 of the office. 
 
 For his intermeddling with arms, he is the 
 more excufeablc, lA-x.:uifc many' of his (c.-,;, in 
 thofc times-, arc no', only marli.il directors, Kt 
 commanders. licwfl's fical Hr.yl. 
 
 Men ot his foarftiouldhc minding their pray 'rs. 
 And not among ladies, to give thtniff Ives airs. 
 
 S-u.ft. 
 
 4. The hair or fir of a bcaft ; the cover- 
 in? of any animal. 
 
 ^ He clad 
 
 Their nakediicfs with (kins of hearts ; or flain, 
 Or, as the fiiakc, with youthful . jj/ repaid ; 
 And thoiisht no! rauth lo dulhc ius enemies. 
 
 M.'m. 
 
 COB 
 
 Gi.cypur horfe fume powder of hrimftons 
 in his oats, iind it VkiU make his c^jrlic fine. 
 
 M^rth-.er'i ili/Jhandry,- 
 "V'uu have given us milk 
 In lufcious dreams, and lent us youi own coat 
 Againi^ the winter's cold. T/itmfin' s Spring, 
 
 5. Any tegument, tunick, or covering. 
 
 The eye is dcfewlcd with four cMfi or ikint. 
 
 i'tacharrt. 
 
 The optick nen-es have ihoir medullary partf 
 terminating in the biain, their teguments termi- 
 nating in the ccaii of the eye. Dcrftam. 
 
 Amber is a nodule, invelled with a four, call- 
 ed rock-amber. lyotdivard on FoJ/ilsf 
 
 6. That on which the enfigns armorial arc 
 portrayed. 
 
 The herald of love's mighty king, 
 In whofe coat armour richly are dilplay'd 
 All forts of fluwers the which on earth do 
 fpring. Spcnfcr. 
 
 Cropp'd are the flower-de-luces m your arms ; 
 Of England's ccat one half is cut away. Shakf,. 
 
 At each trumpet was a banner bound. 
 Which, waving in the wind, ditplay'd at large 
 Their maltcr's coat of arms and knightly charge. 
 
 Dryden^ 
 
 To Coat, v, a. [from the noun.] To- 
 cover ; to inveil ; to overfpread : as, 
 to coat a retort ; to coat a ceiling. 
 
 To COAX. -v. 0. To wheedle; to flatter;, 
 to humour. A low word. 
 
 The mine had dianged her note ; flic was 
 
 muzzling and a^xxlng the child; th3t"'s a good 
 
 dear, fays the. VEjirc.rgt. 
 
 I cQai. ! I wheedle I I'm ahove k. farquhw. 
 
 Co'axer. n. f. [from the verb.] A 
 wheedlcr ; a flatterer. 
 
 CoB. A word often ufijd in the compo- 
 fition of low terms ; corrupted from 
 cop. Sax. kopf. Germ, the head or top, 
 
 Cos. n.f.. 
 
 1 . A fort of feafowi ; called ^'iofca:oh. 
 
 Phillips. 
 
 2. In fome provinces, and p.'-obably in old 
 language, a fpider ; whence cobivcb. 
 
 Co'balt. n.f. A niarcafite frequent in 
 baxony. 
 
 Cobalt is plentifiillv i.-npregnated with ar- 
 fenick; contains cupper and l-jme lii\er. Being 
 fublimcd, the (lores aic of a blue colour: thelc 
 German mincralilh call r.ifiir. Koidnvard. 
 
 Cchul: is a dcnfe, cumpaiit, and ponderous mi- 
 neial, sery bright and Ihining, and much n- 
 fembling^ fome of the ;intimoni;il. ores. It is 
 found m Geiniany, SaXoay, Bu'nemia, and En- 
 gland; but ours is a poor kind From, co'^a/t 
 nic produced the three fo•t^ of arfcnick, white, 
 yelU'W, and red ; as alio zatlre and imalt. ii:l/. 
 
 To CO'BBLE. 1'. a. [kolkr, Danifll.] 
 
 1. To mend any thing coaiftly : ufeJ 
 geneially of fiioes. 
 
 If you be out, lir, lean mend you. — Why, 
 fii, io'.*A- you. ' Shakjpcujc. 
 
 Tlicy'll lit by th' five, and pre - ic to know 
 Wh.ii'sdone i' th" c3piiol,.makin^ panics ftioiig. 
 Ami feeble fuch as Band not in tneir lik ng 
 Below '.heir cohbltd Ihoes. S/lJ/piarr. 
 
 Many undeilaycis, when they coulti not live 
 upon their trade, have ralfed thcmfcivcs from 
 coikhig to lluxHig. L' Ejirange^ 
 
 2. To do or make any thing clumfily, or 
 unhandily. 
 
 Rfj. (ft the nnuleous prail'es of the times; 
 Give thy bafe poets back their cjw/rrfihymcs. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Believe not that the whole univtrfe is mere 
 bungling and blundciiiig, nothiig elTciScd for any 
 purpofc or dciij;!], but all iil-favouredly cohb'.id 
 and jumbled together. Bmll'v. 
 
 Co'bbler. n.f. [from cobble.^ 
 1. A mender o£ old (hoes.
 
 c o c 
 
 Hot msny y< jrj .ijo it liapjif red ihit » rtW.Vr 
 hid tiiteaftirj vote for the life of a criminal. 
 
 .'id.iif'in in ll^ly. 
 
 2. A clumfy workman in general. 
 
 WtiHt tiadc arc you .' — 
 Truly, fir, in rcfpoit of a fine workman, I 
 ani but, as VuU woj-d fay, a •.t^lltr, S'ui^fi'C^'^i. 
 
 3. Ill a kind of piuvcrbial ftnfc, any mean 
 perfon. 
 
 Tliink you tl:<: great prerogative t' enjoy 
 Of lining ill, by \ir'iic uf tint race ? 
 As if what wc cftccm in ahhlm tale 
 Vv'f.'.iid the liigli family of lilutiis (;i.icc. Br\.lin 
 Co'fliRONS. n.f. [cob and tron.^ Irons 
 with a knoh at the uppt-r end. 
 
 Tl'.c imjilcmcnts of the kiiclicn; ai fpits, 
 ranges, uAnim'.j anJ pots. /i.i.'>«. 
 
 CoBi'sHOP. n. f. pM and hipjop.] A 
 coadjutant biftiop. 
 
 N'akrius, ari\ani'cil in years, and a Grecian liy 
 
 birth, not iju.ilifii-il to jjrf .ich in ibi; Latin tongue, 
 
 made ijfc of Auliin as a ititijLaf, fjr the hcnctil 
 
 of the cliMich of Hippo. Aylfr. 
 
 Co'bnut. n.f. \cob and ni;/.] A boy's 
 
 game ; the conquering nut. 
 CoBsw.vN, n.f. \cohy head, and/afiin.] 
 The head or leading fwan. 
 
 I am not taken 
 With aeeAyii'a'', or a high-mounting bull. 
 As fooliOi Leda and Europa were. Btn yar.Jtn. 
 
 Co'bweb. n.f. [ioftvet, Dutch.] 
 I. The web or net of a fplder : from cqI>, 
 a fpider. 
 
 The lucklefs Cbrion, 
 With violent («ift flight, forth carried 
 Into the cutlcd c-.bwr^y which his foe 
 Had framed for his final oveithrow. Sf."f.-r. 
 
 Is fupper ready, the houfe trimmed, r'lih^t 
 flrewed, and c»iii.e*ifwept f Sh.ikjft.in. 
 
 The fpider, in the houl'e of a burgher, tell 
 prefently to her net-work of drawing cobicchi up 
 and down. L'fj>ringr. 
 
 t. Any fnare, or trap : implying infidiouf- 
 uefs and weaknelt. 
 
 For he a rope of fand could twift 
 As tough as learned Sorbonill ; 
 And weave tine aabit-cbi tit for fcull 
 That's empty when the moon is full. IJuAibrij^. 
 
 Chronology at heft is but a cribxuei law, and 
 ■he broke through it with his weight. V'y'tm. 
 
 Laws arc like «4u«ij, which may catch fmall 
 AicSi but let wafps and hornets break through. 
 
 S'uift. 
 
 Cocci'pERovs. adj. [from y.'.xy.o:, and 
 fero, Lat.] Al plants or tree? are fo 
 called that have berries. ^ihuy. 
 
 Co'cHiNE.\L. n. /. [coclj'imlla. Span, a 
 woodlcjufe.] An infefl gathered upon 
 the op'Jiitia, and dried: from which a 
 bea-iitiful red colour is extracted. 'Hill. 
 
 Co'cH LEAKY, adj. [from cochlea, l.at. 
 a fcrew.] Screwform ; in the form of a 
 fcrcw. 
 
 Th.n at St. Dennis, near Paris, hath wreathy 
 fpircs, and c^chUary tiirnings about it, which 
 agrccth with the defcription of the unicorn's 
 horn ill ."I'Uian. JitoiviCi Vul'^ar Krjcur^. 
 
 Co'cHi.F. ATED. adj. [from cochha, Lat.] 
 Of a fcrewed or turbinated form. 
 
 Two pie( es of ftone, ftruck forth of the ca- 
 vity of tite umbilici of flrciU, of the fame ff)rt 
 with ihc ft*rcgoing : tl.ey aic of a ccchUnted 
 figure. ll'f.o.'iwiir.i irt F'£'ili. 
 
 COCK, n.f [cocc, Sax. coq, Fr.] 
 
 I. The male to the hen; a donieftick 
 
 fowl, remarkable for his gallantry, pride 
 
 and courage. 
 
 i.V.-J-i have great ccmbs and fpurs ; hens, little 
 
 ii Hone. Bf.an'i Natural Uijh'y. 
 
 c o c 
 
 True txki a' th' gnm»t ' 
 
 That Btvet a(k fur what, or whom, tney rtghf ; ■ 
 iiut turn 'em out, .uid fliew 'cm but a foe, 
 Cry liberty, and that 's a caufc of qnvrel. Dryd. 
 
 'i'hc caicfu! hen 
 Call, all her ciniping family around, 
 Frd ,i;id defended by tlie fearlels roe*. Thtmfm. 
 
 2. The male of any fmall bird. 
 
 Calves andphilufciphers, tygers and ftatcfmcn, 
 «ick tparrows mid coijuets, exa<^ly refcrnhle one 
 anotiicr in the foimat-onuf the pineal gh:id. 
 
 ^■hbr,thrA w.d Ptpt. 
 
 3. The weathercock, tliat fhows the di- 
 reition of the wind by turning. 
 
 You cat.ira^'ls and hurricanoes, tpoui 
 Till you have drcnch'd our liecples, drown'd the 
 
 4. .'\ fpout to let out water at will, by 
 turning the (lop: the handle had pro- 
 bably a cnck on the top. Things that 
 were contrived to turn, fetm anciently 
 to have had that/ form, whatever was 
 the reafon. 
 
 When cveiy room 
 Ilath bl i/'d with lights, and bray'd with min- 
 
 Ibelfy, 
 I have retir'd me to a wafteful c(.ci, 
 And let mine eyes at flow. Skttkfprarf. 
 
 It were good there were a little cac.k made in the 
 belly of the upper glafs. Ba:a>i'j Sat, Hijh 
 
 l"hus the fmall jetf, which hafty hawds unlock, 
 Spirts in the gardiicr's eyes- who turns the cjck. 
 
 Fife. 
 
 5. The notch of an arrow. 
 
 6. The part of the lock of a gtin that 
 (Irlkes with the flint, [from cocca, Ital. 
 the noch of an arrow. Siinner. Per- 
 haps from the aftion, like that of a cock 
 peckiitg ; but it was, I think, fo called 
 when it had not its prefent form,] 
 
 With hafiy rage he fnatch'd 
 His gunlhot, that in holllers watch'd^ 
 And bending .crl, he levell'd full 
 A.'.onft til' outfide of Talgol's (kuU. ITuJibtai. 
 A fevcn-lhot gun carries powder and bullets 
 for {t\cn cii.irgej and difchargcs. Under the 
 breech of the barrel is one box for the pr.wdcr ; 
 a little before the lock another for the bullets ; 
 behind the c^. k a charger, which carries the pow- 
 d'r from the box to a funnel at the faither end of 
 the lock. drr-.L: 
 
 7. A conqueror; a leader; a governing 
 man. 
 
 Sir Andrew is the co<k of the club finre he 
 left us. AddiJ"'!. 
 
 My fchoolmaftcr c.iU'd mc a dunce and a fool ; 
 But at culTs I was always the c.-oe<fcof the fchoo!. 
 
 i'ii//>. 
 
 8. Cockcrowing ; a note of the time in 
 a morm'ng. 
 
 We s*-crc caroufing till the fccond reri. Sk.ik. 
 He bi-ginaat cuifcw, and goes till the flrfl cck. 
 
 Sbjkjpf.trf. 
 
 9. A cockboat ; a fmall boat. 
 
 They take slew of all fwed cic^i, bjrges, and 
 fifherhoats hovering on the coalf. Ctireiv. 
 
 The fiihermeii, tiiat walk up>tn the beach. 
 Appear like mice ; and yond tall anchoring bark 
 Diniinilh'd to herroci; her t-cj,^, a buoy, 
 Alnuilt too fmall lur light. i.i,i(//-i-.irr. 
 
 10. A fmall heap of hay. [Properly fi/>.] 
 
 As loon as the dew is oii the ground, Ipread 
 the hay ai'.ain, and tu;n it, that it may witlici 
 on the other fide : tlien handle it, and if you 
 find it dry, make it up into co \ti. A^o'. '"».•-'». 
 
 11. The form of a hat. [from the comb 
 of the cock.] 
 
 You fee many a fmnrt rl-.etorician turning his- 
 hat in his hands, moulding it into fe\cr.il dif- 
 ferent iOir;ti. JldMpr. 
 
 12. The ftyle er gnomon of a dial. Chamb. 
 
 13. The Hecdlc uf a balance. 
 
 c o c 
 
 14. Cock onihs Hoop, Triumphant; ex- 
 ulting. 
 
 Now 1 am 1 fiilkcr, all men on me look ; 
 What Ihould I do but fet csr/t 31 tht hwf ' 
 
 Camd'n*i Rrmairjt. 
 
 You 'II make a mutiny among my guelh ! 
 You will fet cdck a ha:f I likUffiare. 
 
 For Hudibra', who tluughth'had won 
 The field as ceitain as a gun. 
 And having routed the whole troop, 
 With viitoiy was ct^k a hoop. Hu.^ihrst, 
 
 To Cock. v. a. £from tl;c noan.] 
 
 1 . To fet erert ; to hold lx)lt upright, a? 
 a cock holds his head. 
 
 This is that mufcle which perform'; the motion 
 fo often mentioned by the Latin poel^, when 
 ihcy talk of a man's eoffcig his nofe, or ptaymg 
 the rhinoceros. j^ddifQ». 
 
 Our Lightfoot barks, and neki his ears ; 
 O'er yondci tli'C fee Lubherkin appears. G-iy. 
 
 Dick would (9rjt his nofe in fcoin. 
 But Tom was kir.d and loving. S-ut'ff. 
 
 2. To fet up the hat with an air of petu- 
 lance and pertnefs. 
 
 Dick, who thus long had paiTive fat, 
 Here ilrok'd his chin and ^^ck'd his hat. Piior. 
 
 An alert young fellow cocked his hat upon & 
 fiiend of his who entered. Addi^in^i SfifdtUor. 
 
 3. To mould the form of the hat. 
 
 4. To fix the cock of a gun ready for a 
 dilcharge. 
 
 Some of them holding up their piOob, nzktJ, 
 near the door of the houfe, which they kept 
 open. Drydrn'i DeMcatton^ ^neid, 
 
 5. To raife hay in fmall heaps. 
 
 Sike mirth in May is meetcft for to make. 
 Or fumnier fhade, under the e«ici hay Speiffrr, 
 
 To Cock. v. n. 
 
 1 . To ftrut ; to hold up the head, and 
 look big, or menacing, or pert. 
 
 Sir Fopling ii a fool fo nicely writ. 
 The ladies would milUke him fog- a w-it; 
 And when he fings, talks loud, and focii, would 
 
 I vow, mcthinks, he-'s pretty company. V'yJ. 
 Kvery one focJtt and ftruts upon it, and pre- 
 tends to overlook us. Ad.^r'jh't's Guat4i.iru 
 
 2. To train or ufe fighting cocks. 
 
 Cries out *g£inft coding, fince he cannot bet. 
 
 Sen Yonfon. 
 
 Cock, in compofition, fignifies fmall or 
 
 little. 
 Cocka'de. n.f. [from ecKi.} A riband 
 
 worn in the hat. 
 Co'cKATRtcK. n.y; [from Miri, and atrep. 
 Sax. a ferpent.] A ferpent fuppofed 
 to rife from a cock's egg. 
 
 They will kill one another by the look, like 
 
 e-vi-i.irr.'-et, S'lat^fure, 
 
 This was the end of this little cozl.ttnce of a 
 
 king, th.'it was able to deliroy t.iofe that did rot 
 
 efpy him hrff. Bnnru 
 
 This :ockairr:e is fuonel^ crufhed in the Ihell ; 
 
 but, if it grows, it tarns to a ferpent and « 
 
 drjgon. 'J'uy'3'. 
 
 My wife ' 'tis (he, the very c::(atr!cc.' 
 
 Ctngrevr. 
 
 Co'cKBOAT. n.f. [r«i-i and i.M/.] Afmall 
 boat belonging to a fhip. 
 
 Th.tC insincibie armada, w'rich hasiiig not 
 fired a cottage of ours at land, uor taken a coe-^- 
 h'„u of oiir» at lea, wandeied through the wil- 
 dcrncfs of the northern leas. Sacort. 
 
 Did thev tl-.ink it lefs dilhonour to Goii to be 
 like a liute, or a plant, or a a.-kbaar, than to be 
 like a man? StiUir.^jii:tt. 
 
 Co'cKEROTH. n.f. Broth made by boil- 
 ing a cock. 
 
 Diet upon fpoon-meats; as veal or eKkhrat\i 
 prepared with French bailey. Htfry.fi, 
 
 CoCKCRo'wiNG. n.f. [cod and crow,J 
 I u z
 
 c o c 
 
 The time at which cocks ciow; early 
 
 morning. 
 
 Ye know not wlicn the marter of the 
 
 houfe cotneth ; at even, or at midnight, or at 
 
 tlie cocicrctving, or in the morning. M^trk- 
 
 To Co'cKER. V. a. [coqiieliiier, French.] 
 
 To cade ; to fondle ; to indulge. 
 
 Mcft chihhen's conftitutions are fpoiled by 
 r,<:keri,:g and tendcrnefs. Locke on Educ.ition. 
 
 He that will give his Ion fiigar plums to make 
 him learn, does but autliorize his love of ple.i- 
 furc, and cocker up that propenfity whicli he ouglit 
 to fubduc. Locke on Education. 
 
 Bicd a fondling and an heirefs, 
 Drefs'd like any lady may'rcfs, 
 C'«f<fr'i by the Urvant* round, 
 Was too good to touch the giour.d. S'u:fi. 
 
 Co'cKER. n. /. [from cod.] One who 
 
 follows the Iport of cockfighting. 
 Co'cKEREL. n.j: [from <:ot-;f.] 4- young 
 cock. 
 
 - Which of them firft begins to crow ? — 
 The old cock ?— The ccckcd. ShAfptarr. 
 
 What wilt thou.be, young cockerel, when ihy 
 fpurs 
 Are grown to (harpnefs ? Dnden. 
 
 Co'cKET. n./. [of uncertain derivation.] 
 A feal belonging to the king's cuftomhoufc : 
 likewife n fcroll of parchment, icnlcd and deli- 
 vered by the officers of the cuftomhoufe to mer- 
 chants, as a waiiant that tlicir merch. ndizc is 
 entered. Com.'J. 
 
 Tke greatcft protir did arifc by the cocket of 
 hides ; for wool md woollells were ever of little 
 value in this kingdom. Davus. 
 
 Co'cKFiGHT. n. /. [cod znifg/jt.] A 
 battle or niatch of cocks. 
 
 In ccckjighti, to make one cock more hardy, and 
 the other more cowardly. Bacon's Nat. UiJ. 
 
 At the feafons of football and cockjightivg, 
 thcfe little republicks reaflumc their national ha- 
 tted to each other. MJifoii. 
 Cockhorse. «</f'. [coJ and Z-or/J.] On ^ 
 horfeback ; triumphant ; exulting. 
 
 Alma, they ftrcnuoufly maintain, 
 Sits ccckhorje on her throne the brain. rrior. 
 
 Co'CKLE. n.f. [coccel, Saxon; loUum, 
 zizania, Lat.] A weed that grows in 
 corn, the fame with cornrofe ; a fpecies 
 of poppy. 
 
 Ill foothing them, wenourilh 'gainftour fcnate 
 The cockle of rebellion, infolencc, Icoiliun. Shak. 
 
 Good feed degenciates, and ofi ohcys 
 The foil's difeafc, and into cockle fliays. Dinnc. 
 CO'CKLE. n.f. [coqulUe, French.] 
 
 1. A fmall teftaceous fi(h. 
 
 It is a cockle or a walnut ftiell. Shahffe.tre. 
 
 We may, 1 think, from iht make of an oyftcr, 
 •r lodh, reafonably condude, th.it it has not fj 
 manv, nor fo quick fcnfes as a man. Locke. 
 
 Three common cockle Ihells out of gravel pits. 
 
 irood'.vani. 
 
 2, .\ little or young cock. Obfolete. 
 
 They L-arcn the crag fo lliffand fo ll.ite, 
 
 As cockli on his dunghill crowing crank. S^'cnfer 
 
 Co'cKLE-STAiRS. n.f. Winding or fpiral 
 
 flairs. Chambers. 
 
 To Co'cKLE. 11. a. [from cocl-le.'\ To 
 
 contract into wrinkles, like the fiiell of 
 
 a cockle. 
 
 Show'rs foon drench t! c camlet's cockled g'aifi. 
 
 G,iy. 
 
 Co'cKLED. adj. [from cockle.'] Shelled; 
 OT perhaps cochk-ate, turbinated. 
 
 Love's feeling is more foft and fcnllblc 
 Than aiC the tender horns of corkUd fnails. 
 
 aliakffctire. 
 
 Co'cKLorT. n.f. [ccch and hfi.'] The 
 room over the garret, in which fowls are 
 fuppofed to rood ; unltfs it be rather 
 
 c o c 
 
 corrupted from cojiloft, the cop or top of 
 the houfc. 
 
 If the lowed floors already burn, 
 Cukl'.Jti and garrets foon will take their turn. 
 
 J^ryden^i Ju-veriitl. 
 
 My garrets, or rather my cocklofis indeed, arc 
 
 very indiiFcrunlly furnifiied ; but they are rooms 
 
 to lay lumber in. Sw-J'_ 
 
 Co'cKMASTER. H. /. [coci and majhr.l 
 
 One that breeds game cocks. 
 
 A cocknwjhr bought a parti idge, and turned 
 it among the lighting cocks. tj'Rjl'.'i'ge. 
 
 Co'cK MATCH, u. f. \cocl and mauh.] 
 Cockfight for a prize. • 
 
 At the f.ime time that the heads of parties 
 prekive towards oix another an outward (hew of 
 good breeding, their tools will not fo much as 
 mingle at a cocimatch. yhldljon. 
 
 Though quail-feghting is what is mott taken 
 notice of, they had doubtlefs cockmatche^ alfo. 
 
 Athylhnot uiid Po^e. 
 
 Co'cKNEY. n.f [A word of which the 
 
 original is much controverted. The 
 
 French life an exprcdion, piiis decocaignet 
 
 for a country of dainties. 
 
 Paris ejlpour un rube uiipciis de cocnignc. 
 
 Boileau. 
 Of this word they are not able to fettle 
 the original. It appears, whatever was 
 its firll ground, to be very ancient, 
 being mentloncJ iu an old Normanno- 
 Saxon potm : 
 
 Far in fee by weft Spayng, 
 Is a lond yhore cocayng. 
 On which Dr. H'uhes has this remark : 
 
 Nunc coquin, coquine: qus olim apud 
 Gallos, otio, gulx, et ventri deditos, 
 ignavum, ignwvam, dej^diofum, def:d,ofam, 
 fgnem, fignlficabant. Hinc urbanos, 
 utpote a ruflicis laboribus ad vitam fe- 
 dentaiiam et dcfidiofam avocatos, pagani 
 nollri olim cokaignes, quod nunc Icnbi- 
 tin- cockneys, vocabant. Et pcifta hie 
 nofler in monachos & moniales, ut fegne 
 genus liuminum qui, defidix dediti, 
 ventri indulgebant, & coquina amatores 
 eraiit, malevolentifrime invehitur; nio- 
 nalleria & monaflicam vitam inde fcvlp- 
 tione terrae cockainecs parabolice per- 
 ftringens.J 
 
 1, A native of London, by way of con- 
 tempt. 
 
 So the cockney did to the eels, when (he put 
 them i' th' pally alive. Sinifpcare't K. Lc.ir. 
 
 For who is fuch a cock/iey in his hcait. 
 Proud of the plenty of the fouthern part. 
 To fcorn that union, by which we may 
 Boaft 'twas his counti7 men that writ this play .' 
 
 Vo,/et. 
 
 The cockney, travelling into the country, is 
 furpriz,ed at many common pradticcs of rural 
 aff.iirs. ir.iiis. 
 
 2. Any efPciTiinate, ignorant, low, mean, 
 dcfpicable citizen. 
 
 I am afraid this great lubber the world will 
 prove a co.incy. Shdkcjpcire. 
 
 Co'cKPiT. n.f [cock zn& pit. 1 
 
 1. The area where cocks fight. 
 
 Can this cockpit hold 
 
 The vafty iitld of France ? Sknk/pe.tre. 
 
 And now h.ive I gained the cockpit of the 
 
 well cm world, and academy of arms, for m.iny 
 
 years. Ho^veTi Voal Foiejt. 
 
 2. A place on the lower deck of a man of 
 war, where are fubdkilions for thepur- 
 fer, the furgeon, and his males. Harris. 
 
 COD 
 
 Cu'cKSCOMB. 7i.f, [^cock d^Xidi comh^l A 
 
 plant. 
 Cockshead, n.f, A plant, named alfo 
 fahifom, M'lllcr, 
 
 Co'cKSHUT, tt. y*. [from coch andyZ)///.] 
 The clofe of the evening, at which time 
 poultry go to roofl. 
 
 Surrey and himfelf, 
 MlkIi abouE C3cf/^w? time, fioin troop to troop 
 \Vciit through tue army, Shakjpea'f., 
 
 Co'cK^pL'R. n.f. [_coch and fpur,~\ Vir- 
 giniLin liawthurn. A fpecies of medlar. 
 
 Miller. 
 Co'cKSURE.' adv. [from cock and fure.~\ 
 Confidently ccitain ; without fear or 
 diflldence. A word of contempt. 
 
 \Vc {ical, as ill a caltle, cnckjure. Shakfpeare, 
 
 I thought myftlf cockjure of his horfe, which 
 
 lie icadily promifcd me. Fope'i Letteri, 
 
 Co'cKswAiN. ;/./*. [coj^y-pame, Saxon.} 
 The oiHcer who has the command of 
 the cockboat. Corruptly Coxon, 
 
 Co'cKWEED. ?i.f. [from cock and tueeei,^ 
 A plant, called alto dhtander and^f^/f;-- 
 loort, 
 
 Co'coA. n.f. [cacaoial, Span, and there- 
 fore more properly written cacao.'} 
 
 A fpecies ot' palm-tiee, cultivated In the Eaft 
 nnd Weft Indies. The bnrk of the nut is m^de 
 into cordage, and the (hell into drinking bowls. 
 The kernel afiuvds them a wholcfonic fuod, and 
 the milk coutjini.d in the (hcil a cooling liquor. 
 The leaves arc ufcd for thatching their houfes, 
 and are wrought into baflcets. I^lifler, 
 
 The CyicuQ or cbocol.itc nut is a fruit of an ob- 
 long figure; is compofcd of a thin but haid and 
 woody coat or {kin, of a dark black ifh colour ; 
 and of a dry kernel, filling up its whole cavity, 
 fle(hy,dry, firm, and fattilh tothe touch,ofa dufky 
 colour, an agreeable fmell, and a plcafant and 
 peculiar taftc. It was unknow:i to us till the dii- 
 covery of America. The tree is of the thick- 
 iiefs of a man's leg, and but a few feet in height ; 
 its b.irk rough, and full of tubercles and its 
 Itraves fix or eight inches long, halt as much ia 
 breadth, and puintcd at the ends. The Howcrs 
 are rucce;:dcd by the fruit, which is large and ob- 
 lon;^, rcfembling a cucumber, five, fijc, or eight 
 inches in length, and three or four in thickncfs ; 
 when fully ripe, of a puiplc colour. Wjihin the 
 c.ivity of thii fiuit arc lodged the cocsa nuts, ufu- 
 aliy about thirty in number, HiU's Met. AUdrctu, 
 
 Amid Ihofe orchards of the fun, 
 Give mc to drain the cct-ca's milky bowl, 
 And from the palm to draw its fitilitnipg wine. 
 
 Thcmfon, 
 
 Co'cTiLE. adj. [coilUhy Lat.] Made by 
 
 baking, as a brick. 
 Co'cTioN'. n. f [cocfiOf Lat.] The adt 
 of boiling. 
 
 The d:lealc is fomctimes attended with ex- 
 pectoration from the lungj, and tt at is taken off 
 by a LO^ion and rcfolution of the feveiilh malter^. 
 or terminates in fiippurationsor a gan£,rene. 
 
 Arbuthnut en Diet. 
 
 ^P^' 1 «•/• [<?A//«^-] A fea fi(h. 
 
 Co DFISH. j .»• L ^ J • 
 
 COD. /;./. [cobhe, Saxon.] Any cafe 
 or huik in which feeds are lodged. 
 Thy corn thou there may'li fafcly low. 
 Where in fuU cadi lalt year rich pcafc did grow, 
 
 ^l.iy. 
 They lot peafc lie in fmall heaps as they arc 
 reaped, til^ they find the hawm an<) cod dry. 
 
 ^Ui timer* s H:ijl.iridry. 
 
 To Cod. v. n. [from the noim.] To en- 
 clofc in a cod. 
 
 All codded gi3\n heing a dcftroyer of weeds, 
 .in improver of land, airf a preparer of ir for 
 other tr.'ps. likuimtr.
 
 C O E 
 
 Co'iiDERS. «./. [from (.W.] Gailierers 
 of peas. Din. 
 
 Code. n.f. [codex, Latin.] 
 p. A book. 
 2. A hook of the civil law. 
 
 Wc (iiiH ill t!ie ThcodiirMn uik! Juflinijin coik 
 tlic iiuciclt of tiadc vc-ry well providcU for. 
 
 .'iihiithnot Oft Ci.iis. 
 rndenrurcs, cov'naius, auicics [licy dr.tw, 
 LtiiKC as tlic hflds tiRinfclscs ; and laigcr f.ir 
 Tliail ouil cc.lii wilh all then (•.loll<:% aie. I'eff. 
 
 Codicil. «./. [coilicillus, Latin.] An 
 appiTidage to a will. 
 
 Tlu- mail luliiCc'ts hi, lady's crying 
 \\a> I lit to gam hun to appoint Ucr, 
 By r'../'V.7, alargcr jointuic. ^ Prhr. 
 
 Coui'lle. n.f. ]_codiI!e, Tr. codillo. Span.] 
 A term at ombre, when tlie game is won. 
 
 i^lic kc» and tronibics at tli' appnncl.iug ill ; 
 Jui: ill the jaws of ruin, and n.lillf. Pope. 
 
 To CO DLE. V. a. [cuqiw, ccfiulo, Lat. 
 Siinnrr. ] To parboil ; to fui'ten by the 
 heat of water. 
 Co'dlinc. n.f. [from Tocofl/e.] An apple 
 generally codled, to be mixed wilh milk. 
 In July come gillitlowcis of all variciic!, eaily 
 peats and' plums in iiuit, gennitin^^ and nAhngi. 
 Jl aeon's Tjjtiyi. 
 Their entertainment at the height, 
 In cream and ndlings rcv'ling with delight. King. 
 He let it lie all winter in a gravel w.iik, Couth 
 of i codling heJge. Mortimer's Ihijhun.iry. 
 
 A cod/irgj crc if went his lip in, 
 Would Itiaight bec'jme a g&ldco pippin. Swift. 
 
 CoK'Kfic.iCY. n.f. [«n and f^aff/V, Lat.] 
 The pov'cr of ievoral things ac\ing to- 
 gether to produce an effett. 
 
 We cannot in general infer the etlicacy of thofe 
 liars, or cot^cmy paiticular in mt-dic.itioiis. 
 
 Brown's I'ul^rar Krronrs. 
 
 CoEFFi'ciENcy. n. /. \_con and efficio, 
 Latin.] Co-operation ; the liate of 
 afting together to fome fingle end. 
 
 The managing and c.iirungon of this work, 
 by the fpiiits inllrumental r^tj/iciincy, lequires 
 that they be kept together, wiinoiit diftinclion 
 or diffipation. GUnitiile's Sccpjls. 
 
 CoEFFi'ciENT. n. f. [con and efficient, 
 Latin.] 
 
 !. That which unites its aclion with the 
 aftion of another. 
 
 2. In algebra. 
 
 Such numbers, or given quantities, that arc 
 put befoie letters, or unknown quantities, into 
 wich letters they arc fiippufed to be multiplied, 
 and fo do make a redtangic or produfl with the 
 letters ; as, 4 ii, b -v, c .\x ; where 4 is the co~ 
 ijfict.rf of 4 ■>, b o{ b X, and c of c .\x, Ch.imt'trs. 
 
 3. In fluxions. 
 
 The corjf.:irnt of any generating term is the 
 quantity aiiling by the dlvihon of that term, by 
 the generated quantity. Chambirs. 
 
 Coe'liaCk Pajfion. \^Kot>^\a, the belly.] 
 A diarrhoea, or flii.'^, that arifes from 
 the indigeftion or putrefafHon of food 
 in the ftomach and bowels, whereby the 
 aliment conies away little altered from 
 what it was when eaten, or changed 
 like corrupted {linking fleili. ^liiicy. 
 
 Coe'mption. n.f [coemp/lo, Lat.] The 
 aft of buying up the whole quantity of 
 any thing. 
 
 MoiK'[>ulics and ccemption of wares for refale, 
 where they are not rcllrained, are great means to 
 enrich. Bacon's jijfrf;:. 
 
 Coe'ciual. niJj. [from con and eqi<;:lis, 
 Lat.] Equal; being of the fame rank 
 or dignity with another. 
 
 C O E 
 
 ircnij the Fifth did fomctimc projil.if/, 
 If once Ire eamc to be a cardinal. 
 He'll niiikc his e.ip cot^unl with the crown. 
 
 S'ltiiji'-am's lit/try vt 
 
 CoEtiy A't.iTV. n.f. [from cocijiiii/.] Xlic 
 
 ilate of being equal. 
 To COKRCh. -v. a. [cnerceo, Lat.] To 
 
 iellr:iin ; to keep in order by force. 
 Punilhnicnts ."rcniaiiifoUl, that tlicy may lOficd 
 
 rhispiodig rtc hut. ^'lyliffc's Vtirei^oii. 
 
 Coe'kcij)i.e. iitlj. [from foi-rcc.] 
 
 1. That may be rcilrained. 
 
 2. That ought to be re-llrained. 
 Coe'kcion. n.f. [itom coerce. 1 Penal 
 
 relhaint ; check. 
 
 Tlie c7ttriof7 or execution of the fentcnce in 
 ctclel'iallical courts, is only by cxcommiinic.ition 
 ol the perfrjn contumacious. ilaU's Com. Laiv. 
 (Mncriimcnt , has tocrci&n and animadvcrfion 
 upon I'ueh as ncglc^ their duty ; without which 
 coercive power, all government is toulhlcfs and 
 precarious. South. 
 
 CotRCivE. adj. [hoin cncrce.^ 
 
 1. That has the power of laying reflraint. 
 
 All things, on the fuifaec fprcad, are hound 
 By their orrt/Vc vigour to tire ground! B/ncimorc. 
 
 2. That has the authority ot lellrainlng by 
 puiiilhment. 
 
 For minillers to feck that themfelves might 
 ha\ e cofrcii'c power over the chuich, would 
 have been hardly conrtrued. Hooker, Preface. 
 
 The viitues of a geneial, or a king, ate pru- 
 dence, couiifclj'aitive foititude, cor'/r/ir power, 
 awful command, and the exercife of magnani- 
 mity, as well as jullice. Dryden. 
 Coksse'ntiai.. adj. \_con and ejfcntia, 
 Latin.] Participating of the fame ef- 
 fence. 
 
 The Lord our God ii but one God, in which 
 indivifibic unity wc adore the Father, as being 
 altogether of himfelf ; wr glorify that confubltan- 
 tial Word, which is rhc Son; we blofs and mag- 
 nify that coifftrtti.tl Spirit eternally proceeding 
 from both, whicii is tlic Holy Gliofr. Hooter. 
 Coessentia'lity. n.f. [from coe/jlutia/.] 
 
 Participation of the fame tffcnce. 
 Coeta'neous. ad/, [con and ..-/«/, Latin.] 
 Of the fame age with another : with^o. 
 Eve was old as Adam, and Cain their fon 
 C'jet.incous Uftt.i both. Broivn's Ir u.'gar llrrohr^. 
 
 Evtry f.iuit hath penal effcdts^ coLtoneous to the 
 ad^. Gfjvernmcnt. 
 
 Through tfic body every membci fuftains ano- 
 ther; and all aie cocttitieoits, bccaufe none can 
 fublift alone. B-yjtlfy's Scrmo.ti. 
 
 Coete'rnai.. adj. [con and aiurnui, Lat.] 
 
 Equally eternal with another. 
 
 Or of the eternal coetir-ial beam ! },Vlton. 
 
 Coete'knally. adv. [from coeternaI.'\ 
 
 In a flale of equal eternity with another. 
 
 Arius had diflionoured his coetcrnaliy begotten 
 
 S'>n. Hooker. 
 
 Coete'rnity. n. /. [from coelema/.] 
 E.xiltence from eternity equal with an- 
 other eternal being. 
 
 Ti.e eternity of the Son's generation, ant! his 
 cetemitv and coiifubltantialiiy with tiiC Father, 
 wrrtn he came down fronr heaven, and was in- 
 carnate. Il.iinmon.l's FiCidamcntals. 
 
 COE'VAL. adj. \_coiivus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Of the fame age. 
 
 Evc'i his teeth and white, like a young flock, 
 Coi'::::.i, and ncw-lhorn, from the clc.ir brook 
 Recent. Vr:or. 
 
 2. Of the fame age with another: fol- 
 lowed by tvilli. 
 
 This religion cannot pretend to be coeval wit/t 
 man. W:/f. 
 
 The monthly revolutions of the moon, or the 
 diurnal of the earth upon its own axis, by the 
 
 C O F 
 
 vtiy hypjihcfis, are ro.-.,../ witli the foimer. 
 
 Btnt/yy, 
 Silence, coma/ w'lih eternity' 
 1 huu wcjt, cicnatutc tirll beg;;nlo he : 
 'Twas one vaft notiiiiig all, and all flcpt faft in 
 Ihcc I i'cjs. 
 
 3. LSometlmcsby ?<7. 
 
 Althougti we h.id no monuments of religiou 
 ancientcr than idolatiy, we have n3 reafjii to 
 conclude that idolatrous relii^ion v/as coit hI to 
 mankind. HaWi Origin of M.inkind. 
 
 Cok'val. n.f. [from the adjeflive.] A 
 contemporary ; but properly one not 
 ohly living at the fairic time, but of 
 the lame time of life. _, 
 
 .\s it were not enough to h.ivc outdone al] 
 your cuvaU in wit, you will c»ccl then in good- 
 nature. ' Pope, 
 Coe'vous. adj. [cocs-vus, Lat.^ Of llie 
 fame age. 
 
 Then it ftiould not have been the iitfl, as fup- 
 
 pofing fome other thing coevom to it. S^Aith. 
 
 To Coexist, -v. n. [con and f.vi/?(7, Lat. ] 
 
 1. To exift at the fame time. ^ 
 
 The thiec li.irs- that roe.xiji in' Iwavenly con- 
 ftetlatioi:s, are a multitude of Itars. . Uuie. 
 
 Oi fublbinces no oi-c has any clear idea, far- 
 thir than of certain finiple ideas cooijling tj'g«- 
 ther. LqlU, 
 
 2. Followed by •lukh. 
 
 It is fri.'Sciciit that .wc have the idea of the 
 Ichgrh of any legular pciiodltal appcar.inces,. 
 which we can in our miiids apply to duraiiuti,. 
 with which the nrolion of appearance never 
 roexified. Loc^c, 
 
 CoEXi'sTENCE. n.f. [from coexij).] 
 
 1. Exiftence at the fame time v/itli an- 
 other. Locke, who in the preceding lines 
 has coexfied tvith, has here coexiflcuce to. 
 
 The me.ifuring of any duration, by lome mo- 
 tion, depends not on the real coexijicnce of that 
 thing to that motion, or any other periods of 
 revolution. Locke, 
 
 2. More commonly followed by with. 
 
 We can dtinoi'.iliate the being of God's, qter- 
 nal ideas, and their coexijicnce with him. Gre-w. 
 
 CoExi'sTENT. adj. [from coexifl.^ 
 
 1. Having exillence at the fame time with 
 another : with to. 
 
 To the mealuring the duration of any thing 
 by time, it is ncrt rcquilitc that that thing ftio.ild 
 h<tcoexiji;nt to the motion we mcafure by, or 
 any other periodical revolution. Locke. 
 
 2. Sometimes 'u;itli. 
 
 This proves no antecedent ncccflify, but co~ 
 exif.ent .tvilh the aft. Bramh.ril. 
 
 Time is taken for fo much of duration as is 
 cQcxident njDith the motions of the great bodies of 
 thr' uirivctfe. , Lock''. 
 
 All that one point is either future or paft, ^nd 
 no parts are coexijhnt or contemporary ivith rr. 
 
 Bcntiry. 
 
 To Coextf'nd. V. a. [con and extendo, 
 Latin.] To extend trj the fame fp'ace 
 or duration with another. ■•■ ■•.. 
 
 Every motion is, in fome fott, coextendcd with 
 the bodv moved. Gre.'ju's Cofmobgia. 
 
 Cokxte'nsion. n. f. [from cocxlend.^ 
 The afl or flate of txti nding to the 
 fame fpaceor duration with another. 
 
 Though It be a fpiiit, I finil it is r.o ■inconve- 
 nience to have fome analogy, at leail of coextrn- 
 J:on, with my body. Hale. 
 
 COFFEE, n.f. [Itis originally Arabick, 
 pronounced cahcit by the Tuiks, aiii 
 (-j^i.Y/A by the Arabs.] The tree is a 
 fpecies of Arabick jaimine. 
 
 It is found to fucceed as well in tte Caribbee 
 illands as in its native place of growth : but 
 whether the to^ee f roductd in the Weft Indiei 
 
 3
 
 C F 
 
 ■will prove ai good as (hat from MocKi In An- 
 bia Ftlix, time will liifcover. TthlUr. 
 
 Coffee denotes a (iiink prepared from the bcr- 
 lies, very f.imiliar in Europe for thefc eighty 
 ycari, and among the Turks for utic hundred 
 and fifty. Thevcuot, the traveller, was i he tirft 
 u!.o brought it into France ; and a Gicek fer- 
 v3at, called Pjfqia, brought into England hy 
 >fr. Daniel Edwards, a Tuilty mercliant, in 
 t6 5i, to make his t',fer, firll Icl up the profef- 
 fivn of coflccraan, and jutruduced the diink 
 among us. ClumOrn. 
 
 They have in Tuiky a diink called r.frr, 
 made of a Icrrv of the fame nimie, as black as 
 l^ot, and of a ftto ig fcent, but not aromatic.rl ; 
 wl:icl. they take, beaten into powder, in w.itev, 
 as hot ii they caji diiuk if. This drink com-, 
 fcKcth the brain and licart, -and helpeth digef- 
 rion. Uncon. 
 
 To part her fime'twixt reading and bobe.i, 
 
 Or o"cr colli cjfic trifle wifh the fpoon. ' Po^e. 
 
 Co'rtEEHOUSE. «./ [coffiei-nAhoufe.] A 
 
 houfe of entertainnitnt where coffee is 
 
 ■fold, and the gueiis are fupplkd with 
 
 ncwfpaptrs. 
 
 At ten, from offcc'nnjc or play 
 JRcturning, trnilfics tlie day. Trior. 
 
 It is a point they do not crmcerrl themfelvcs 
 
 ab'iuf, farther than perhaps as a fcbjcft in a 
 
 tffiihiufe. Swi/t. 
 
 Co'TftTMKV.n.f.loffeeTinivian ] One 
 
 that keeps' a cofftehoufe. 
 
 Cjnfidcr your enemies the L.icedernonians ; 
 
 did ever yuu iicarthat they prefeiicd a coffrrn-an 
 
 to Agdllaus ? .-lAdtf.n. 
 
 'Co'FKEEFCT.n.y! [.r^i'and /Of.] The 
 
 covered pot in which coffee is boiled. 
 COFFER./!./, [cope, Saxon.] 
 5, A cheft. generally tor keeping money. 
 
 Two iron ee^frs hung on cither fide, 
 With precious mctai liiil as they could hold. 
 
 I tilt ^ (^ncen. 
 
 The lining of his c^en lliall make coats 
 To deck our foldicts fur tliefe Irifti wars. Sh,itf 
 
 Ifyou dclfroy your governuur that is wcaltliy, 
 you muft chul'e another, wlio will till his i-nfjcn 
 out of what is lcl"t. L'Kjhangr. 
 
 2. Treafure. 
 
 He would difcharge it without .my burthen to 
 the queen's "^''j, io\ honour fake. Ituio/i. 
 
 3. [In architedure.] A fquare depref- 
 fure in each interval between the mo- 
 dillions of the Corinthian cornice, 
 ufually filled with feme enrichment. 
 
 Ciamf'ers. 
 
 4. [In fortification.] A hollow lodgment 
 actofs a dry moat, from fix to feven 
 foot deep, and from fixtecn to eighteen 
 broad ; the tipper part being made of 
 pieces of timber, raifed two foot above 
 the level of the moat ; which little ele- 
 vation has hurdlts laden with earth for 
 its covering, and fervej as a parapet 
 ■with embrafures. Chambirt. 
 
 To Co'ffer. 11, a. [from the noun,] To 
 treafure up in chcfts. 
 
 Treafure, as a war might draw forth, fo a 
 peace fuccceding might rc^rr up. Bacon. 
 
 Co'fferlr of the Kind's HoufeholJ. n. f. 
 A principal officer of his majelly's court, 
 next under the comptroller, that, in the 
 compting houfe and elfe where, hath a 
 fpecial oveifight of other officers of the 
 houfchold; for their good demeanour in 
 their offices. Conuell. 
 
 -COTFIN. n.f. [cofn, French.] 
 
 I. The box 0. chell in which dead bodies 
 are put into the ground. It is ufed 
 both of wood anid other matter. 
 
 COG 
 
 Jle wwt as if he had been the coffii that ear- 
 ried himl'elf to liis fepulchre. SiJ"^. 
 
 Not a flower fwcet 
 On my black cojfit: let theic be Ibovrn. 5AuK 
 
 One fate they have, 
 The th'ip their co^n, anc the fea their grave. 
 
 imier. 
 The joiner is fitting fcrews toyourrc^'i. Sivtff. 
 
 2. A mould of palle for a pie. 
 
 Of the p:dle a «^>/ will I rear. 
 And make two pallies of your IhameTul hends. 
 
 ^hakf^fiire. 
 
 3. A p^per cafe, in form of a cone, ufed 
 by grocers. 
 
 4. In farriery. 
 
 Coffin of -a hoife, is the whole hoof of the 
 , foot above the coroiut, including the c'-^*7 bone. 
 Ttie cojftrt bone i; a fniali fpoiigy bone, nicloled 
 in the niidft of the hoof, and polfeiring the whole 
 form of the foi*t. Fanier'i UUt. 
 
 To Co'ffin. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 enclofe in a coffin. 
 Would'It thou have laughMhad I come ctffitt*d 
 home. 
 That weep'li to fee mc triumph ? Shakffeare. 
 
 Let me lie 
 In prifon, and here be rc^';'./, when I die. Dc/nie. 
 
 Coffin M aker, n. /. [criffin and maier.^ 
 One whofe trade is to make coffins. 
 
 Where will be your fe.\tons, c^.^mniiktrsj and 
 plummcrs } Tatler. 
 
 To COG. 1'. a. [A word of uncertain 
 original, derived by Stiiincr from coque- 
 liner, French.] 
 I. To flatter; to wheedle ; to footh by 
 adulatory fpeeehes. 
 
 I'll mountebank their loves, 
 Ci,g their heaits fiom them, and come home 
 
 beluv'd 
 Of all the tr.ades in Rome. Shakffrarr. 
 
 1. To Coc. n die. To fecure it, fo as to 
 direct its fall ; to falfify. 
 
 But then my Ihidy was to .eg the dice. 
 And dext'roully to throw the lucky ficc. DrvA. 
 
 For guineas in other men's breeches, 
 Your ganielUrs will palm ani will Cig. Swfr. 
 
 Ye gidlants of Newgate, whol'e fingers are nice 
 In diving in pockets, orfygi^i/jg of dice. S^tiiJ'r. 
 
 3. To obtrude by falfeliood. 
 
 The outcry is, that I abufe his demonftralion 
 by a falfitication, by cogging in the word. Tilh!(. 
 I have cogged in the word to fervc my turn. 
 
 Stlthngjiea. 
 
 FulVi.in tragedies, or infipid comedies, have, 
 
 by cuncertcri applaufes, been ccggcd u^-on the 
 
 town tor malf».rpiecc5. Dennit. 
 
 To CuG.i'. n. To lie ; to wheedle. 
 
 Now ilealeth he, no-.v will he crave; 
 And now will he cofen and c->g. Tujfer. 
 
 Mrs. Kurd, I cannot ctg ; I cannot prate, Mrs. 
 r»rd : now (h.dl I l:n in my with. Snckip^tiis. 
 
 COG. n.f. The tooth of a wheel, by 
 which it acls upon another wheel. 
 
 ToCoG. V. a. [from the noun.] To fix 
 cogs In a wheel, 
 
 Co'gency. n.f. [from (TOfirn;. ] Force; 
 ftrtngth ; ppwer of compelling ; con- 
 vittion. 
 
 Maxims and axioms, principles of fcience, 
 becaafc they are felf-cvidctit, have been fiippofed 
 inn.itc ; although nobody cv»,t (hewed the foun- 
 dation of their clearnefs and ctgincy. l.c ic. 
 
 CO'GENT. adj. [cogens, Lat.] Forcible; 
 refiftlefs ; convincing ; powerful ; having 
 the power to compel conviftlon. 
 Such is the cogcnf force of nature. Prhr. 
 
 They have contriverl methods of (Teceit, one 
 repugnant to another, to evade, ifpofiible, this 
 in-jft ccgrni proof of a Deiiy. £iilUv. 
 
 COG 
 
 Co'CKNTtv. o<A.'. [from co^e7!K'] WitW 
 refiftlefs force ; forcibly ; fo as to force 
 conviction. 
 
 They forbid us to hearken to thofe proofs, as 
 weak or failacious, which our own exil^cnct, 
 and the feniibic parts of the univcrfc, offer la 
 clearly and ccgt/rtfy to our thoughts. Luke. 
 
 Cogger, n.f. [from 'locog.^ A flatterer; 
 
 a whetdler. 
 COGGLESTONE. D.y". [rr/fJfoAj, Ital.] A 
 
 little Hone ; a fiiiail pebble. SLinner. 
 CoGiTABLfc. adj. [from cnfilo, Latin.] 
 
 That may be thought on ; what may 
 
 be the lubjecl of thought. 
 To COGITATE, v. n. [^jt/m, Lat.] 
 
 To think. DicJ, 
 
 Coc.ita'tion. n. f. \_ccgltalio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Thought ; the aft of thinking. 
 
 Having their ci^it.itioni darkened, and being 
 Grangers from the life cf God, fiom the igno- 
 rance which is in them. Hooker. 
 
 A pi^urc puts mc in mind of a friend ; The 
 intention 'J the mind, in fcein?, is carried to the 
 ohjeel reprelcntcd ; wliich is no more than fim- 
 pie cogitation, or appreheulion of the perfon, 
 
 St'lUftgfeet. 
 
 This Defcaites proves that brutes have na 
 cogittitiov^ becaufe they could nc\cr Ijc brought 
 to fignify their thoughts by any aitilicial figni. 
 
 Kay on the Creation, 
 
 Theft powers of cogitation, and volition, and 
 fenfation, are neither inherent in matter as luch, 
 nor acriuirabic to matter by any motion and mo- 
 dification of it. Bentlfy. 
 
 2. Purpofe ; rcfieftion previous to atSion. 
 
 The king, pcicciving that his dcfires weie in- 
 temperate, and his cooitjtiom \ aft and irregular, 
 began not to brook him well, Bacot. 
 
 3. Meditation ; contemplation ; mental 
 fpeculatlon. 
 
 On fome great charge employ'd 
 He feem'd, or lixt in cogitation deep. Milton. 
 
 Co'gitative. aJi. [from co^ito, Latin.] 
 
 1. Having the power of thought and re- 
 flcftlon. 
 
 If thefe powers of cogitation and fenfarion are 
 neither inherent in m.itter, nor acquirable tj 
 matter, they proceed from fome togit^ititc fub- 
 llance, which we call fpirit and foii'. Siritity. 
 
 2. Given to thought and deep meditation. 
 
 The earl had tlie cloler and more rcfcrved 
 countenance, being hy nature more cogittitive. 
 
 if'otton, 
 CoGNATios. n.f. [co^nctio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Kindred ; defcent from the fame ori- 
 ginal. 
 
 Two vices I ftiall mention, as being of near 
 cognation to ingratitude; pride, and hard-hcarted- 
 neis, or want of compalfion. Soutk. 
 
 Let the criticks tell nie what certain fenfe tiiey 
 could put upon citlier of thefe four words, by 
 their mere covr-ttitn with each other. H'atti, 
 
 2. Relation; participation of the fame 
 nature. 
 
 He induceth us to afcribe effcifls unto caufesof 
 
 no cognation. JifOiun'l f^u/gar Etroiirs. 
 
 Cogniske'. n.f. [In law.] He to whom 
 a fine in lands or tenements Is acknow- 
 ledged. Co'weil. 
 
 Co'gnisour. n.f. [Inlaw.] He that 
 paffeth or acknowlcdgeth a fine in lands 
 or tenements to another. Cowell. 
 
 COGNITION, n. f. [eognitio, Latin.] 
 Knowledge ; complete conviflion. 
 
 I will not be myfelf, nor have cognition 
 Of what I feel : I am all patience. Shakfjieare. 
 
 God, as he created all things, fo is he beyond 
 and in them alt j not only in power, as under his 
 fubjct'^ion; oris hijprcfcnce, as in his «f si/iiflj
 
 C O H 
 
 Vuf in llicir vciy cifencc, as in the foul of their 
 caufjlitics. Ktiwn's ViJgtir Krtcun. 
 
 Co'oNiTiVK. (idj. [from ro^'/;//uj, Lutiu.] 
 Having the jiawor oi kiunving. 
 
 Unlclb the uinicilijndid^ cim»luy and cxcrcifc 
 its i'ignifife or appiclicnfivc j'uwcr about ihel'c 
 tcrni^f (here cjii be no ailtual apprchcnl'iun of 
 t'ncm. S'^uth'i Scrmn/js. 
 
 Co'gnizablh. adj. [^cogno!jabli',Yv,'\ 
 
 I. That falls under judicial notice. 
 
 3. Liable to be tried, judged, or examined. 
 
 Some arc merely of ccclclialtical cugni/ance ; 
 others ot .1 mixed iiarure, {\.k\\ as aic cog^iza6U 
 both in the ccclcfialtical and fecular courts. 
 
 y{y!ifi'i Furcrgon. 
 
 Co'gnmz ANCK. n.f. [cotmojfancc, French.] 
 
 1. Judicial notice ; trial- judicial autho- 
 rity. 
 
 It is worth tbe while, however, to confider 
 how wc m.iy difcounlcnance ;ind prevent thofc 
 cviis which the law can take no cognix-ttnce of. 
 
 H^ippincfs or mifer)', in converfe with others, 
 depends upon things which human laws can take 
 no CQgni-zance of. South. 
 
 The moral crime is completed, there are only 
 circumftances wanting to work it up for ihc 
 cognizance of the law. Add'ifan. 
 
 2. A badge, by which any one Is known- 
 
 And at the king's going away the carl's fer- 
 vanrs ftood, in a fccmly manner, in their livery 
 coats, with c'igniz.anctiy ranged on both Tides, 
 and made the king a bow. Jiiicon. 
 
 Tlicfc were the proper cognizi:n<-es and coat- 
 arms of the D'ibcs. Jirctv/i's I'ulgjr Krrour\. 
 
 COGNO'MINAL. aJj. [<ro^;w/n£«, Lat.] 
 Having the fame name. 
 
 Kor da thofc animals mote refemblc the crea- 
 tutes on c.uih, than they on c:irlh the conliellj- 
 ti >ns whicli pal's under animal names in heaven ; 
 nor the dog-hlH at ("ea nuich more malcc out the 
 c\o^ of the land, than iiis ^ognfMiinal or name-fake 
 in the heavens. Brown't I'u/gar Krioun. 
 
 CuONOMiN a'tion. n.f. [co!;nonicn, hat.] 
 
 1. A runiame ; the name ot' a family. 
 
 2. A name added from any accident or 
 quality. 
 
 Pompcy dcfcrved the name Great : Alex- 
 ander, of the fame iitgncminaiioji, was gencrahf- 
 fi. no of Greece. Blown 
 
 COGNO'SCENCE. n.f. [cosno/co, Lat.] 
 Knowledge ; the Hale or act of knowing. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 C^KTNo'sciBLE. atlj . \^cognofco, Latin.] 
 That may l)c known ; being the objeft 
 of knowledge. 
 
 The fame t!i at is laid for the renundance of 
 matters intclliijillc and iog.icf.it/f in things natu- 
 ral, m.y he applied to thing^ artificial. Jh/e. 
 
 Jv C01L-\ UlT. V. n. [csh.,bUo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To dwt.ll with another ia. the fame 
 place. 
 
 The Pinlii>ines were woiflcd Ijy the captivated 
 vk,. which foraged their country more than a 
 cj'-.qiicilin; army ; thc\ wtre \v>\ aljlt to i-Jibii 
 with t'i.it holy tiling. s,:^th 
 
 2. To live together as liiifband and wife. 
 
 lickncw her not to be his own wife, and vet 
 had a dcfi^ii to :i,habi.' with her as fuch. Fi.Ut. 
 Coha'bitant. n./. [from fo/ja^V.] An 
 inhabitant of the fame place. 
 
 The opprelTed Indians proteil ajainft that 
 heaven where the Spaniaids are to be their 
 ecfl^il-it.ints. Di^ay of PUty. 
 
 Cohabit.\'tion-. n.f. [from fo/wZ//.] 
 
 1. The aa or llate of inhabiting the far 
 place with another. 
 
 2. The ftatt of living together as married 
 ^ ptifo.-if. 
 
 : fame 
 
 C O H 
 
 Which defcA, though it could not evacuate a 
 ITtarriagc after tohahiiait:.n^ and a^ual confum- 
 mation, yet it was enough to make void a con- 
 tract, lia.on'i Henry VII. 
 
 Monfieur Brumars, at one hundred and two 
 years, died for love of his wife, who was ninety- 
 two at her death, after fcvcnty years cjhiibitatkn, 
 
 Tutltr. 
 
 Cohe'ir. n.f. [coLtres, Lat.] One of 
 fevcral among whom an inheritance is 
 divided. 
 
 Married perfons, and widows, and virgins, 
 arc all co/ieiti in the inheritance of Jefus, if they 
 live within the laws of their cftate. Taylor. 
 
 CoHK.'iRF.ss. n./. [from «/•(■»>.] A wo- 
 man who has an equal fhare of an in- 
 heritance with other women. 
 
 To COHERE, v.n. [ro/'^rco, Latin.] 
 
 1. To ilick together ; to hold fall one to 
 another, as parts of the fame mafs. 
 
 Two pieces of marble, hiving their furface 
 e.\aiflly plain, polite, and applied to each otiier 
 in fuch a manner as to inieiccpt the air, do ohire 
 firmly together as one. lyooA-xutiri. 
 
 Wc find that the force, whcrehy bodies ah^n^ 
 is very much greater when they come to inome- 
 diate contai5\, th.in when they arc at ever fo 
 fmall a finite diliance, Chtync'% Pkihf. Vrin. 
 
 None want a place ; for all, their centre found. 
 Hung to the goddefs, and coh:'r'J around ; 
 Not clofer, otb in orb coiigloh'd, are feen 
 The bu72ing bees about their dufky queen. Pcpe. 
 
 2. To be well conncfted ; to follow re- 
 gularly in the order of difcourfe. 
 
 3. To fuit ; to tit ; to be fitted to. 
 
 Kad time citer'd witii place, or place with 
 wilhing. Shukj'fc^ri. 
 
 4. To agree. 
 
 Cohe'p. tNCE. 7 rr T r T ..• n 
 
 o . r "■/■ \coherentta, Latin. 
 
 COHE RENCY. i '^ ■' 
 
 1. That ftate of bodies in which their parts 
 arcjoinedtogether,from what caufe foe ver 
 it proceeds, fo that they refill divulllon 
 and ieparation ;'norcan be fcparated by 
 the lame force by which thty might be 
 limply moved, or, being only laid upon 
 one another, might be parted again. 
 
 The prefiuic of the air will not expliin, 1101 
 
 ' can -be a caufe ot tlie <i.her(ncc of the particles of 
 
 air themlehes. Lc^kt. 
 
 Matter is either fluid or folid ; words that may 
 comprelicjid the middle degrees between extrimc 
 tixedncf's and *.-oArrt'«.;v, and the moll rapid in- 
 tefline motion. lUni'ry, 
 
 2. Conneftion ; dependency ; the rela- 
 tion of parts or things one to another. 
 
 It fliail be no tmuble to tind each controverfy's 
 rclliiig-place, and the c;hnen.'c it hath with 
 things, either on which it dependeili, or which 
 depend on it. IhrAf, Prtjau. 
 
 Why between fermons and faith (hoiild there 
 be oidinarily that ohaan.e, which caufcs h.ive 
 with their ul'ual ctTedij : lU'Acr . 
 
 3. The texture of a difcourfe, by which 
 one part follows another regularly and 
 naturally. 
 
 4. Confillency in reafoning, or relating, 
 fo that one part of the difcourfe does 
 not deftrtn- or contradift the reil. 
 
 C^'-.oence ut difcourfe, and a direcft tendency 
 of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, aic 
 moft eminently to be found in him. Locic. 
 
 Cohe'rent. adj. [ccJj^reiis, Latin.] 
 1. Sticking together, fo as to refill fepa- 
 ration. 
 
 By coagulating and dlluring, tiiat is, making 
 their parts more or lefs t'j/t^rent. ..-^Ttut'tnot. 
 
 Where all muft fu'l, or not current, bt ; 
 And all that iifes; uic in due dtgitc, J'(,jc 
 
 C O I 
 
 2. Connefted ; united. 
 
 The iTiind proceeds from the knowledge it 
 ftands polTtired of already, to that whicli liei 
 next, and is cjkertr.: to it, and fo on to what it 
 aims at. L'^cke. 
 
 3. Suitable to fomething elfe ; regularly- 
 adapted. 
 
 Inftruf^ my daughter. 
 That time and place, with this deceit fo lawful, 
 May prove cjhrrent. Sijiffenrc, 
 
 4. Confident ; not contradiftory to itfelf. 
 
 A cohfreni thinker, and a Itrie't rcafoner, is 
 not to be made at once by a fet of rules, /fain. 
 Cohe'sion. «._/! [from fo^iTf.] 
 
 1. The aft of (ticking togetl cr. 
 
 Haid particles heaped together touch in a few 
 points, and muft be Icparable by lefs force than 
 breaks a folid p.irtklc, wljofe parts touch m =11 
 the fpacc between them, "with-iut -any pores or 
 interllices to weaken thejr cihefion. Ntvjtan. 
 
 Solids and lluids ditfcr in the degree of ruV- ^^ 
 Jijn, which, being incicafed, turns a fluid into a 
 'olid. Arbulhnt on Alnn:nti. 
 
 2. The ftate of union or infeparability. , 
 
 What cjufc of their cahrjion can you find? 
 What props fupport, what chains the fabriek • 
 bind } Mlackmiri. 
 
 3. Connexion ; dependence. 
 
 In their tender years, ideas that have no natu- 
 ral cok'fion come to be united iu their heads. 
 
 ■ Licie. 
 Cohe'sive. fl(//. [from cahert.l That' 
 has the power of flicking to another,". - 
 and of rcfiliing feparation. 
 CoHF.'sivENEsSi n. f. [from coLJive.] 
 The quahty o£ being cohefive ; the 
 quality of refilling feparation. 
 To CoHi'EiT. r. .7. [cohilco, Lat.] T<> - 
 
 reilrain ; to hinder. Did: 
 
 To CO'HOBATE. v. a. To pour the 
 diililled liquor upon the remaining mat- 
 ter, and diflil it again. 
 
 The juices of an animal body are, as itwcre^- 
 cofi',bat(tl^ being excreted, and admitted again int« 
 the blood with the frclh aliment. Arbuilimt. 
 
 Cohoba'tion..?;. /. [from coholate.'^ A 
 returning any diltiUed liquor again upon 
 what it was drawn from, or upon frefti in- 
 gredients of the fame kind, to have it 
 the more impregnated with their virtues. 
 
 ^'incj. ■' 
 Cobobtifhn is the pouring the liquor dillthcd 
 from any thing back upon the remaining matter, 
 and dillilling it again. Locee. . 
 
 This oil, dnlcihed by coiiltil'on with in 
 aromatized fpirit, i> of ule to rcllore the digeftive 
 faculty. Gr!-.L''i Mijj-w^. 
 
 Co'iioRT. n.f. [fo/?'Or/, Latin.} 
 
 1. A troop of foldier:, in the Roman ar- 
 mies, containing about five hundred 
 foot. 
 
 The Romans levied as many f;.4'rrrt, compa- 
 nies, and cnfigns, fiom hence, as from any of 
 their provinces. Curt'^i-r. 
 
 2. [In poetical langiiage.] A body of 
 warrioiir.i. 
 
 Th' jrch-angclic pow'r f repar'd 
 For fwiit defcent- with him the csvtrf bright 
 Of watchful cherubim. S\!ilton. ■ 
 
 Here Churchill, not fo prompt 
 To vaunt as fight, nis hardy iUorn joinM 
 With Eugene. P/iiii^'s' ULn'r-i'n, 
 
 Cokorta'tion. n. /! [t-oior/fl//o, Latin.] 
 Encouragement bv woids; incitement. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 COIF, n /. [coe/^e, Vreaih ; from c:>fta, 
 for ctcu/ii, lov/ Latin.] The head- 
 dicfs j a lad) 't cap ; the fojcanl's cap.
 
 QO 1 
 
 THicjU':!gcs oflhe'foui- ciicuils in Wales, al- 
 »liougli tiicy aic not of the fii ft magnitude, nor 
 iKcd be of the dcgicc of the cij, ytt aw they 
 cuufiricriblc. _ li^nns.-UricetoVditai. 
 
 No Icfs a man t'Han a brotiict of the «// heg:in 
 !.is fuit, before he h.irf been a tn-eivemonth at 
 Ihc Temple. Sj:iaM<,r. 
 
 Inik-ad of homc-fpuii < '/"i wee fccn 
 Good pinneis cdj'd with eo^heninc. Sw'ft. 
 
 Cq'iFED. adj. [from -:»//■.] Wearing a 
 
 coif. 
 Co'iFFURE. tt. f. [<.o#Tf, French. J 
 Headdrefs. 
 
 . I am p.cafert witS the cTjfwc now in fafliion, 
 and tliuik it fticvi-s the good fenft of the valuable 
 p.ilt of the fci. ^MiiJ:.n. 
 
 Co^(?NE. «./ [An Irifh term, as it fcems.] 
 
 Fit/. Thomas of Defmond bcg.in tiiat cxtuition 
 
 of c<,i^"c and iivery, and p.cy ; that is, lie and 
 
 h,5 aimy took horfe me.it and man's meat, and 
 
 nionev, ,it pleaturc. Diiviei c" InluiiJ. 
 
 ^IG'XE.u.f. [French.] 
 
 1. A corner. 
 
 No jntting fiiezc, 
 Buttricc, nor nignc of vantage, but this bird 
 Harh made bis pcnil.mt bed. _ i;i,i>j]-rau\ 
 
 3.. A wooden wedge ufed by printers. 
 
 To COIL. nt. a. Itueulh-, French.] To 
 gather into a narrow compafs : as, to 
 coil a rope, to wind it in a ring. 
 
 Tlie Uirlting paiticlcs of air, fo expanding 
 Themfeh'cs, mult ncceflarily plump out the fides 
 oT the bladder, and fo kcip them turgid, until 
 Tbe pi-cBiire of the air, that at tiift n:lM them, Ije 
 !i-adniitted to do the fame thing again. BoyU, 
 
 CojL. n.f. [lolleirn, German.] 
 
 I. Tumult ; turmoil; buflie ; Itir ; hurry ; 
 confulion. 
 
 t Who iras fo firm, fo conftant, that this coH 
 
 Would no! infcS his reafon. S>t,ii:fp:nrc's Temfij!. 
 
 You, miitrcfs, all this ail is 'long of you. 
 
 Shakfpcarc. 
 
 ■ In that flccp of death, what dreams may come, 
 When we have Ihutrfcd olT this mortal coil, 
 Muft give lis paul'c. Shatjfsarc'i Ihmltt. 
 
 ■Z.'h rope wound into a ri^g. 
 
 CoiN.n.y". [.-o/jnc, French.] A corner ; 
 any thing (landing out angularly ; a 
 fquare brick cut diagonally : called 
 often quoin, or qu'ine. 
 
 ■ See you y.md' coin o' th' capitol, yond' corner 
 
 llonc? S!:jkfl.ta,c. 
 
 COIN. n.f. [by fome imagined to come 
 
 from cmwiu, a wedge, becaufe metal is 
 
 cut ill wedges to be coined.] 
 
 1. Money llamped with a legal impreflion. 
 
 He gave Dainc|-.-,s a good fum of gold in ready 
 
 mn, which Mcnalcas liiid bequeathed. SiJtuy. 
 
 ' • You ha\e made 
 
 Y'our huiy hat be Itarap'd on the king's coin. 
 
 Shiitfpairc's Hen. v n I . 
 
 » I cannot tell bow tbc poets will fuccccd in the 
 
 -explication of coi'ki, to wl-.icn they are gcncra'ly 
 
 vciy_^rcat ftrangers. AiUifn. 
 
 ■ She now contraftslrer vaft defign. 
 
 And all lier triu.nphs fnrink into a air., J'-/)--, 
 3. Payment of any kind. 
 
 The lofi of prclcnt advantage to fiefh and 
 
 blood, is repaid in a nobler coii. HummonJ 
 
 To Coin. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To mint or ftatr.p metals for money. 
 
 Tlicy cannot toucii me for loir.i'ig : 1 am the 
 king. Shal.ff.f„c. 
 
 Thoy never put in praflie-ca tiring fo necetfary 
 as r-wm-J money is. . Fca'si.iii "f ylnrijuit'n 
 
 Ternnts cannot r«m rent juft at quarter-day, 
 but mult gather it Iry degrees. Lode. 
 
 Can we be fure that this medal was really 
 «;«?.f by a;i aitiliccr, or is hut a product of the 
 foil from whence it was taken r Smtl'y 
 
 2. To make or invent. 
 
 C O I 
 
 My lungs 
 Coi'i words till their decay, againll thofe mcafles 
 Which we difdain lliould tetter us-. Sh^ikjteurt-. 
 3. To make or forge any thing, in an ill 
 fenfe. 
 
 Never coin a formal lye on 'r. 
 To make the knight o'eicomc the giant. Ihidib. 
 Thofe motiies induced Virgil to <ro/i bis fable. 
 
 Dryiici. 
 
 Some talc, f(mic new pretence, he daily nin^d, 
 
 To footh his filler, and delude her mind. Dryilin. 
 
 A term is ai/ted to make the conveyance cafy. 
 
 .'htnt'u'y. 
 
 Co'iN.vcE. n.f. [from coin."] 
 
 1. The art or practice of coining money. 
 
 The care of tlic coino^c was committed 10 rhe 
 inferior magillr.Ttcs ; and I don't find that they 
 bad a puhlick trial, as we folemnly praftife in 
 this country. ,4th:it!uiot. 
 
 2. Coin ; money ; Ilamped and legitirnated 
 metal. 
 
 This is conceived to be a coinage of fome Jews, 
 in derifiou of cbriftians, who firll began that 
 portrait. Broian. 
 
 Moor was forced to leave off coining, by the 
 great crowds of people continually offering to 
 return his coinage upon him. Swif. 
 
 3. The charges of coining money. 
 
 4. New production ; invention. 
 
 UnneccfTary coinage, as well as unnecelT.uy 
 revival of words, runs into aft'eftation ; a fault 
 to be avoided on either hand. DryAcn. 
 
 J. Forgery ; invention. 
 
 This is the very c'.,!n,jgt of your brain ; 
 This boriilefs creation ecllacy 
 Is vciy cunning in. Slialffenre'! IJnmlit. 
 
 7~d COINCIDE. 11. n. \_rD'w,-;do, Lat.] 
 
 1. To fall upon the fame poirit ; to meet 
 in the fame point. 
 
 If the equator .and ccliptick had coiiiriJeJ, it 
 would have rendered the annual revolution of tbc 
 earth ufelefs. Chiyne. 
 
 2. To concur ; to be confident with. 
 
 The rules of right iiidgmcnt, and of good ra- 
 tiocin.ition, often ccii{uic with each other. 
 
 irntis' Logick. 
 
 Coi'ncidence. n.f [from mwtia'f.] 
 
 1. The ftate of fevcral bodies, or lines, 
 falling upon the fame point. 
 
 An uni^erfal equilibrium, arifing fiom the 
 roinriiltncc of infinite centics, can never be na- 
 tur.illy acquired. Beinley. 
 
 2. Conciurence ; conftflency ; tendency 
 of many things to the fame end ; oc- 
 riurence of many things af the lame 
 time. 
 
 The very concurrence and roinridetice of fo 
 many evidences that contribute to tbc proof, 
 carries a great weight. ILdc. 
 
 3. It is followed by 'u-ilh. 
 
 The coincide!!,-! of the pl.incs of this rotation 
 ^piili one another, and witii the plane of the 
 ccliptick, is very near tiic truth. Chcyne. 
 
 Coi'ncident. adi. [^vom coincide.'] 
 
 1. Falling upon the fame ])oint. 
 
 Tiiefc eiales I viewed tl'roug'i a prifm ; and. 
 as I went from thcin, tl-ev lame nearer and 
 nearer together, and at leni;th fee anie coi'hi.leni. 
 
 '\r -rion's Of'lith. 
 
 2. Concurrent ; confluent ; equivalent : 
 followed by "U'ilJi. 
 
 Chrillianity teaches nothing bur wh.it is prr- 
 fcetly fnitablc rn and coinridcnl vJ:t/: the ruling 
 principles of a virtuous and well inclined man. 
 
 Scutfi. 
 T'nefe words of our apoftlc arc exaflly coi'iri- 
 </f>;/ ii-vV/i that conirovertcd paff. ge in his dif- 
 coiirfc to tiic Athenians. Beniley, 
 
 Coindica'iion. n.f. [from coh and /«- 
 (•/(Vfl, Latiti.] Mi'.ny fymptoms bttoktn- 
 iiiff the fame caufc. 
 
 I" 
 
 C O L 
 
 Co'iNER. n. f. [from f</,7j.] 
 
 1. A maker of u'.oiicy ; a minter ; aflam- 
 )cr of coin. 
 
 My father was I know not where 
 Wl.cn I was Hanipt'; fome nine' with ni.s tool; 
 M.icc me a counterfeit. Sll.ikjp'-aye^s (ymle/i"'. 
 It is caly to find dcfigns tl.at never cnlei.-d 
 into the thoughts of the fculptor or me cincr. 
 
 y^'ddifon on Medali. 
 
 Tlierc at c only two patents referred to, both" 
 
 lefs a<!\ aiuageoui to ihc c-'hicy than tl'.is of Wood. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 2. A counterfeiter of the king's llamp ; a 
 maiicr of bafe money, ' 
 
 3. An inventor. 
 
 Dioinfms, a Greek coi-iir of etymologies, is 
 
 commended by Athcnieus. Civnden's P-ema:r:s. 
 
 To Cojo'lN. -v. n. [conJung«, Lat.] To 
 
 join with anotlier in the fame office. 
 
 Thou may'ft cojoiti with fometliing, and I'nou 
 
 doll, 
 
 And that beyond commiffion. Shuifpeme. 
 
 Co'isTRiL. n./. A coward; a runaway: 
 corrupted from kejlrcl, a nican or dege- 
 nerate hawk. 
 
 He 's a coward and a ciifril, that will not - 
 
 drink to my niece. Sh.djpeajc'i Tiueljih Night. 
 
 CoiT. n.f. [kote, a die, Dutch.] A thlftg 
 
 thrown at a certain mark. See Quoit. 
 
 The time they wear out at coils, kayles, or 
 
 the like idle cxcrcifcs. Ccirew'i Survey oj Cornw. 
 
 Coi'tion. n.f. [roilio, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Copulation ; the aft of generation. 
 
 I cannot but admire that philufopheis DuhiM 
 imagine frogs to fall from the clouds, cunlider- 
 ing how openly they aft their coition, produce 
 fp.iwn, tatlpolcs, aiici frogs. Ruy on ill! Cn.ilion. 
 
 He is nut made productive of his kind, but 
 by coition w iih a female. Grciv's Cojmo/ogiit. 
 
 2. The aft by which two bodies come to- 
 gether. 
 
 By Gil'oertus this motion is termed coiiiin, 
 not made by any faculty attrai^ive of one, but 
 a fvnduime and conconifc of each. B'oiun. 
 
 Coke. n.f. [peihaps from coquo, Skin- 
 ner.'] Fewel made b)' burning pit-coal 
 under earth, and quenching the cinders ; 
 as charcoal is made with wood. It is 
 frequently ufed in drying malt. 
 Co'lander. «./. [colo, to ftrain, Lat.j 
 A fieve either of hair, twigs, or metal, 
 through which a mixture to be fepa- 
 rated is jnnired, and which retains the 
 thicker parts ; a llraiiier. 
 
 T;ike a thick woven' oficr colan.-tcr, 
 Thto' which tr.e piefl'ed wines arc llraincd cbar. 
 
 Moy. 
 
 All the vifcera of the body are but 3.s fo many 
 
 CQiundcri to fcpaiate ie\eial juices from the blood. 
 
 A'^Jv on the Creiition. 
 
 The brains from nofe and mouth, and either car, . 
 
 Came ilTiiing forth, as through a lolumier 
 
 The cutdled milk. D<ydrn. 
 
 Cola'tion. n.f. [from colo, Lat.] The 
 
 art of filtering or ilraiiiiug. 
 Co'i ATURE. r..f [from colo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . The aft of ftrainliig ; filtration. 
 
 2. The matter ilraiiud. 
 Co'luertine. n.y". A kind of lace worn 
 
 by v.-omen. 
 
 Go, hang out an old fiifonecr gorget, with a 
 yard of yellow cclhertini again. Cngtite. 
 
 Dirl^rencc role between 
 Mechlin, the queen of lace, and Colhcrtine. 
 
 Young, 
 
 Co'l.coTHAR. n.f. A term in chymiftry. 
 
 Colcrthar is the dry fubllance which remains 
 
 after diHill.itioii, but Commonly tlic caput oior- 
 
 tuum of vitriol. iliimy.
 
 COL 
 
 Cu'rtrli.71; or vitriol burnt, tliougli 'Jiito 1 icd- 
 ncff, conuiuiiig the fixed iilt, will make good 
 ink. liroiun. 
 
 COLD. aJj. [colb, Saxon ; ialt. Germ.] 
 
 1. Not hot ; not warm ; gelid; wanting 
 warmth ; being without heat. 
 
 The dici in the liarc vi mjniioud ought to be 
 folid : and tlicir cliief diink water rc/Jy becaulc 
 in I'uch a flate it has its own natoial fpirit. 
 
 .^hhuthfKt in ^iUmenti. 
 The aggregated foil 
 Death, witli his mace petrihck, c^Id, and dry. 
 As «ith a trident, Imute. Milton. 
 
 2. Caufing fcnfe of cold. 
 
 Elds us feck 
 Some better (hroud, fjme better wainith, to 
 
 therilh 
 Our limbs bcnumb'd, ere this diurnal l^ur 
 ieave co.Ki the night, how we his gather'd beams 
 Rcfletf^ed, may with matter fere foment. M:l!on. 
 
 3. Chill; (liivering ; having fenfe of cold. 
 
 O noble Englith, that could entertain, 
 With half tlu-ir forces, the full power of France ; 
 And let anotiicr half If.md laughing by, 
 All out of work, and ra/i^ for at5tion. Shakfptarr. 
 
 4. Having cold qualities ; not volatile ; 
 not acrid. 
 
 C'j/i/ plants have a quicker perception of the 
 beat of the fun than the hot herbs ; as a caL'. 
 hand will fooner find a little warmth than an 
 hot. Bdi.on'i N.itU'al Hi/hty. 
 
 5. Indifferent ; frigid ; wanting paflion ; 
 wanting zeal ; without concern ; unac- 
 tive ; unconcerned ; wanting ardour. 
 
 There fprung up one kind of men, with whofe 
 zeal and forwaidnefs the reft being compared, 
 vere tliought to be marvellous cold and dull. 
 
 Hooka ' i Vrrfjce. 
 
 Infinite (hall be made cohi in religion, by 
 
 'your example, that never were hurt by readin^i 
 
 books. Afcham. 
 
 Temp'rately proceed to what you would 
 
 Thus violently rcdiefs Sir, thefe roH ways, 
 
 Tlut fccm like prudent helps, arc very poifonous. 
 
 Shiikj^^.ire. 
 New dated letters thcfc, 
 Their ro/./ intent, tenour, and fubftancc thus ; 
 Here doth he wilh his perfon, and his power, 
 The which he could not levy. ShakJ^carc. 
 
 Wr Ihould not, when the blood was cold, have 
 threatened our prilbners with tire fwovd. Sluikj. 
 To fee a world in flan-.es, and an lioll of 
 angels in the clouds, one muft be much of a 
 Itoick to be a r<>/.hlnd unconcerned fperftator. 
 
 Butnit'i Prefucc to ihc T'ncoiy of the ILtirlh. 
 No drum or trumpet needs 
 T' infpire the coward, or to warm the cold; 
 His voice, Uis fole appearance, makes them bold. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 O, thou baft touch'd me with thy facred theme. 
 And my cold hrart is kindled at thy flame. 
 
 RoiL-r. 
 
 A man muft be of a very cold or degenerate 
 temper, whole heart doth not burn within him 
 in the midft of praifc and adoration. ylddifon. 
 
 6. trnaffeCting ; unable to move the paf- 
 llrns. 
 
 What a deal of cold bufinefs rloth a man mif- 
 ^enrl the better pai't of life in.' In fcattcring 
 compliments, tendering vifits, following I'calts 
 •and plays. Hen Jonfon. 
 
 The rabble are pleafed at the firft entry of a 
 difguift; but the jeft grows t-oA/ even with them 
 Tuo, when it comes on in a fecond fccnc 
 
 j^ddrfon on It.ily. 
 
 7. Referved ; coy; not afieftionate ; not 
 cordial ; not friendly. 
 
 Let bis knights have coUer look<! 
 Among you. Sllakffe.irc's Kitrj Lciic. 
 
 Tie commiffioners grew more lefcrvtd, and 
 taller towards each other. Cl<i<cmlon. 
 
 S. Chafte ; not heated by vitious appe- 
 . lite. 
 
 Vol. r. 
 
 COL 
 
 You may 
 Convey your plcafures in a fpacious plenty, 
 .\nd yet fecin f&A/,thc time you may fo hoodwink : 
 We've willing d^mes enough. Slutkl^'e.at c^ 
 
 9. Not welcome ; not received with kind- 
 nefs or warmth of affcdion. 
 
 My lUdllei's fuit will be but cold. 
 Since flic fefpct^s my miltrefs' love. Shakf^teare, 
 
 10. Not lially ; not violent. 
 
 11. Not affetiing the fcent llrongly. 
 
 She made it good 
 At the hedge corner, in tiic toUitJl fault. Shtikf. 
 
 12. Not having the fcent ftrongly affeftcd. 
 Smell this bulincfs with a feufe as loW 
 
 As is a dead man's nofe. Shikfptare. 
 
 Coi.D. n.f. [from the adjcftive.] 
 
 1. The caufe of the fenfation of cold ; the 
 privation of heat ; the frigorifick power. 
 
 Fair lined dippers for the c.ld. Sh.ikf. 
 
 Heat and cold are nature's two hands, where- 
 bv Ihe chiefly worketh : and heat we have in rea- 
 dincl's, in lefpetit of the fire; hwt iot cold, we 
 mult Ilay till it con^eth, or feck it in deep caves, 
 or high mountains : and, when all is done, we 
 camiot attain it in any gicat degree. Bacon. 
 
 The fun 
 Had firft his precept fo to move, f.i ftiinc. 
 As might atfeft the earth with cold and heat 
 Scarce tolerable, and from the north to call 
 Decrepit winter, from the fouth to bring 
 SoKtitial fummcr's heat. Milton. 
 
 2. The fenfation of cold ; coldnefs ; chil- 
 nefs. 
 
 Whc.T ftie faw her lord prepar'd to part, 
 A deadly r&.'i ran Ihiv'ring to her heart. Dryd 
 
 3. A difcafe caufed by cold ; the obftruc- 
 tion of perlpiration. 
 
 What difeafe haft ihou ? 
 
 A whorefon cold, fir; a cough. Sliukfpeare. 
 
 Let no ungentle (■'././ deftroy 
 All t.lfle we have of heavenly joy, Rofcom. 
 
 Thofc rains, fo covering the earth, might pro- 
 videntially contribute to the difruption of it, hv 
 flopping all the pores and all evaporation, whicii 
 would make the \apours within ftruggle vio,- 
 lently, as we get a fever by a cold. Burnet. 
 
 Co'ldly. ativ. [from coU.'\ 
 
 1. Without heat. 
 
 2. Without concern; indifferently; neg- 
 ligently ; without warmth of temper or 
 expreffion. 
 
 What England [ays, fay briefly, gentle lord; 
 We coldly paufe for thee. Shukfpcure. 
 
 Swift feem'd to wonder what he meant^ 
 Nor would believe my lord had feiit ; 
 So never- olfer'd once to i^;r, 
 But coldly faid. Your fervant, fir. Swift 
 
 Co'ldts'ess. n.f. [irom cold.l 
 
 1. Want of heat ; power of caufing the 
 fenfation of cold. 
 
 He relates the excelTive ioldnef of the watc r 
 they met with in fummer in that ii y region, 
 where they were forced to winter. Boyle's Exp. 
 
 Such was the diicord, which did firft rlilpcrfe 
 Form, order, beauty, through the univerlc ; 
 Wliile drynefs moifture, coldncfi hear rcfifts. 
 All that wc have, andthatwe aie, fubfirts. Denli, 
 
 2. Unconcern; frigidity of temper ; want 
 of zeal ; negligence ; dlfregard. 
 
 Divlfions of ieli;glon are not only tnc fartheft 
 fpread, beca'ife in religion all men prefurnL 
 thcmfclves interefted; but they are alio, for tl-.e 
 moft part, hotlier piiifecutcd : forafmuch as 
 c^ldncf, which, in other contentions, nt.iy be 
 thfiught to proceed from moderation, is nrjt in 
 thefe fo favour. ibiy conftrued. iloc'tr. 
 
 If, upon reading admired paffagcs in authors, 
 
 he finds a ccldncfs and inditTcrencc in his thoughts, 
 
 he ought to conclurlc., that he iiinnfelf wants the 
 
 facuUy of difcovcring the rn. Aldlfon. 
 
 . It betrayed itfelf in a foit of mdiffei-eiicc ai;d 
 
 COL 
 
 carelcffnefs in all her aflions, andcoWw./t to \\ 
 bett t'l lends. yj'rivMrr 
 
 3. Coynefs ; want of klndnefs ; want 
 paflTion. 
 
 Unhappy youth ! how will thy coldnefs taife 
 Tcmpcfts and florms in his atfiifted bofom \ 
 
 .4.idifon'i Cj^I 
 
 Let cv'ry tongue its various cenfurcs chufc, 
 ALfolvc with coldnefs, ur with fpitc acciifc. Pt. 
 
 4. Chaliity; exemption from vehement^ 
 deli re. 
 
 The filver ftrcam her virgin coldncfi keeps, 
 For ever murmurs, and for ever weeps. Vop:. 
 
 COLE. n.f. [capl, Saxon.] A general 
 
 name for all forts of cabbage. 
 Co'lksked. n.f. [from c'Je ^n^ ficj.\ 
 Cabbage feed. 
 
 Wiiere land is rank, it is not good to fuw 
 
 wheat after a fallow ; but cdefccd or barley, an J 
 
 then wheat. Mcuimcr, 
 
 Co'lewort. n.f. [caplpyjtT, Sax.] 'i\ 
 
 fpecies of cabbage. 
 
 rht decotffiun oi coletvorti is alfo commended 
 to bathe them. IVifenuui of .it Kryfq.tli^. 
 
 She took the crJeimrls, which hcrhuft>ind got 
 From his own ground (a fmall wcll-water'd fpoi), 
 Sne itnpp'dtiie ftalksof all their leaves; tbe belt 
 She cuii'd, and then with handy care Ihe dilrfs-'d. 
 
 Dyyden. 
 
 How turnips hide their fwelling heads below; 
 And how the clofingco/fworrj upwards grow. C i\\ 
 Co'l k k . n.f. [coliciis, Latin.] 
 
 It ftrii!tlyisa diforder of the colon; butloofe- 
 ly, any diforder of the ftoinach or bowels that is 
 attendvd with pain. There are four forts : i. A 
 bilious colict, which proceeds from an abun- 
 dance of acrimony or choler irritatiirg the bowi is, 
 fo as to occafion continual gripes, and generally 
 with a loofcnefs; and this is bcft managed with 
 lenitives and emollients. 2. A flatulent cslici, 
 which is ftrin in the bowels from fia'tufes and 
 wind, which diftcnd them into iniequal and un- 
 natural capacities ; and this is man.aged with 
 carminatives and moderate openers. 3. An liy. 
 flerical colick, which arifcs from diforders of the 
 Womb, and is communicated by confent of parts 
 to the bowels ; and is to be treated with the or- 
 dinary hyftcricks. 4. A nervous colick, which 
 is from convulfive fpafms and contortions of the 
 guts thcmfclves, from fome diforders of the fni- 
 lits, or nervous fluid, in their component fibres- 
 whereby their capacities are in many placet 
 flreightened, and fometimes fo as to occafion 
 obftinate obftruifliorrs : this is heft remedied by 
 briflt catharticks, joined with opiates and emol- 
 lient diluteis. There is alfo a fpecies of this 
 diftcmpcr which is commonly called the rtone 
 colick, by confent of par ts, from the irritation of 
 the ftonc or gravel in the bi.addar or kidneys - 
 and this is moft commonly to be treated by 
 nepl.riticks and oily diuieticks, and is greatly 
 antftcrt with the carminative turpentine clyfters. 
 
 ,, , c ' e Quincy, 
 
 (.clicks of infants proceed from acidity, and the 
 air in the aliment e.-(pandiiig itfclf, "while the 
 aliment fern>ents. Arluthnot. 
 
 Co'lick. ticii, AiFefiing the bowels. 
 
 Inteiiirje (tone and ulcer, colick pangs. Milt. 
 To Co i..t.^'fsTi. -U.K. [_collulor,''co!lapfus, 
 Latin.] To fall together ; to clofe fo 
 as that one fide touches the oilier. 
 
 In confumptions and atrophy the liquids aae 
 
 exhanltod. and the ftd;s of the canals colLif-fr . 
 
 therloie the attrition is increafcd, and confe- 
 
 qrieritly the lieat. .-lebutl.not em Diet. 
 
 CoLL.4.'psi0N. n.f. [hom collapfe.] 
 
 1. The act ofckifing or collapfin^. 
 
 2. The flate of velfels clofed. 
 CO'LLAR. n.f [^o&rr, Latin.] 
 
 I. A ting of metal put round the neck. 
 That 's nothing, lay>- the dog, but the frettin, 
 of my cciiu, : nay, fays the wolf, if there be a co/Ur 
 2 X
 
 COL 
 
 In t'ne cafe, I know better things than to (ell my 
 Jiberty. VEflrar.^-. 
 
 Ten brace and more of greyhounds ; 
 With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound, 
 And ccZ/'ars ofthelametheirncckfuriound. Dnui. 
 5. The part of the harnefs that Isfaflened 
 about the horfe's neck. 
 
 Her waggon fpoltes made of long fpinners legs, 
 The traces of the fmalleft fpidcr's web, 
 The nJlan of the moonfhine's watty beams. 
 
 Sh<ikfpeare. 
 
 3. The part of the drefs that furrounds 
 
 the ncL-k. 
 
 A. To flip the Co LLAR. To get free ; to 
 efcape ; to dlfentangle himfelf from any 
 engagement or difficulty. 
 
 \Vh°n, as the ape him heard fo much to talk. 
 Of labour, that did from his liking baulk. 
 He would have//// the collar handfomely. 
 
 Huhberdi I ale. 
 
 y. y^ Collar of Bratvn, is the quantity 
 bound lip in one pared. .it 
 
 Collar-bone. n.f. [from cJIar and *o«f.J 
 The clavicle ; the bones on each fide ol 
 
 the neck. , , ^ „ , 
 
 A pa<'C tiding behind the coach fell down, 
 btuifcd his face, and broke his right cllar-boM. 
 IfifimaN's Surgery. 
 
 To Co'llar. i'. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 I. To feize by the collar ; to take by the 
 
 throat. 
 a. To Collar ieef, or other meat ; to 
 
 roll it up, and bind it hard and clofe 
 
 with a firing or collar. 
 To COLLA'TE. v. a {confero, attatum, 
 
 Latin.] r 1 r 1-1 
 
 1. To compare one thing of the lame kind 
 with another. 
 
 Knowlcdoe will be ever a wandering and in- 
 digelUd ihuig, if it be but a commixunc of a 
 few notions that are at hand and occur, and not 
 excited from a fulficient number of mfianccs, 
 and thofc well collated. Bacm', Natural H,jK,y. 
 They could not rclmquilh their Judaifm, and 
 embrace chriftianiiy, without co.ifuknng, weigh- 
 ing, and collatmg both religions. _ ■_ *«''/'■ 
 
 a. To collate books ; to examine if no- 
 . tbing be wanting. 
 
 «. To bellow ; to confer. 
 
 ^ The fignificance of the fncrament d.fpofcs the 
 fpirit of the receiver to admit tlie g.;.ce of the 
 iBirlt of Gotl, there coi.figned, exniLned, and 
 .ollu!t.t '^V'"-'' Co,f.nmn,ca„t. 
 
 4. With to. To place in an ecckiiafiical 
 
 benefice. , » /■ 
 
 He thruft out the invader, and c-Mate.l Amf- 
 
 •■orf K the benefice : Luther performed the con 
 
 .'it:crbury. 
 
 iccration. „ . , ' 
 
 If a patron fliall negleft to prefent unto a be- 
 
 • refice, void above fix montRs, the bilhop may 
 
 ,MaU iheveaTfo. ^V'!i('- 
 
 CoLLATER al. ,adj. \c0M and htus, Lat.] 
 
 S . Side to llde. 
 
 In his bright radiance and «/fc/.™/ light 
 Muft I be co.Tifortcd, not in his fpherc. 54..^- 
 
 Th.s raving, from his radiant feat he rofe 
 Of liigii 'Vlaural gloty. Miltm'sl'aradife Lofl. 
 2. Running parallel. 
 s. Diitufed oti either fide. 
 
 But man bynumlier is tomamf;.^ 
 His Angle impcrftflion ; and hcg.-t 
 Like of his Vixe, his imsgc mu.uply d 
 Ii, unity dcfcflive, which retvuncs 
 OJU!„al Icvc and dcareft am.t>'. _ «.■/«". 
 
 a.. In -rcncJiloer^', thofe that iland in equal 
 ' relat'ioii to fome common anccflor. 
 
 Tiie ertatc and inlicritancc of a perfon dying 
 intcn...e, is, by .^g'.t of dcvclulior., accordmg 
 to Ibc civa law, 6"CU «» ^'^''^ »« ^f« ""'"^ '" 
 
 COL 
 
 him IX latere, commonly flyled collaterals, if 
 there be no afccndants or defcendants furviving 
 at the time of his death. --lylije-i Parergon. 
 
 5. Not direct ; not immediate. 
 They (hall hear and judge 'iwixt you and me ; 
 
 If'by diiea or by coUalerai hand 
 
 They find 11s touch'd, we will our kingdom give 
 
 To you in fatisfaaioa. Shakjpcarc. 
 
 6. Concurrent. 
 
 All the force of the motive lies within itfelf : 
 
 it receives no collateral ftrength from external 
 
 confiderations. ^ttcrbury. 
 
 Colla'terally. ailv. Itrom collateral.] 
 
 . . Side by fide 
 
 Tiiefe puUies may be multiplied according to 
 fundry different fituations, not only when they 
 arc fubordmate, but alio when they arc placed 
 cdUterally. Wilkhn. 
 
 2. Indiredly. 
 By afferting the fcripture to be the canon of 
 
 our faith, I have created two enemies : the 
 papilts more direaiy, bccaufe they have kept 
 the fcripture from us; and the fanaticks more 
 collaterally, bccaufe they have affumed what 
 amounts'to an infallibility in the private fpiiit. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 3. In collateral relation. 
 Colla'tion. n./ [i-o/A-i/io, Lat.] 
 
 1. The a£l of conferring or bellowing ; 
 gift. 
 
 Neither arc we to give thanks alone for the 
 fiifl collation of thefe benefits, hut alfo for llicir 
 prcfervation. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 2. Comparifon of one copy, or one thing 
 of the fame kind, with another. 
 
 In the dilquifition of truth, a re.idy fancy is 
 of great ufe ; provided that colhiion doth its 
 office. , Gre-.i>'s C.ofmohgia. 
 
 I return you your Milton, which, upon iWAi- 
 tio't, I find to be revifed and augmented in^ fe- 
 veral places. J '/''• 
 
 3. In law. 
 Collation is the bellowing of a benefice, by 
 
 the bilhop that hath it in his own gift or pa- 
 tronage ; and differs from inftitution in this, that 
 iqftitution into a benefice is performed by the 
 bilhop at tlie profentation of another who is pa- 
 tron, or bath the patron's right for the time. 
 
 CoivcVt. 
 Bifliops fhould be placed by collation of the 
 king under his letters patent, without any pre- 
 cedent eleftion, or confirmation enfuing. 
 
 llc.y.uard. 
 
 4. A repall ; a treat'lcfs than a feall. • 
 Collati'tious. at^j. {collaUiuts, Lat.] 
 
 Done bv the contribution of many. Did. 
 Collator, n.f. [fiomcoffi/^.] 
 J. One that compares copies, or niaiui- 
 fcripts. 
 
 To read the titles they give an editor or colla- 
 tor of a manufcript, you would take him for the 
 glury of letters. Jd.i,jw,. 
 
 z. One who prefents to an ccclefialUcal 
 benefice. 
 A mandatory cannot' inti-mipt an ordinary 
 ■ collator, ti;Ui montii is exi-ired from the day of 
 prefei-.tation. ^yl'X'- 
 
 ro Colla'uo. f. a. [fo&ar/o, Lat.} To 
 ' join in prailing. Difl. 
 
 COLLE.'^GUE. v.f [colL'ga, Lat.] 
 A partner in ofEce or employment. 
 Anciently accented on the hill fyllable. 
 
 Eafy it might be fcen that I rntend 
 Mercy toilcague with jufticc fending thee. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 The regent?, upon deniife of the crown, nould 
 
 keep the peace without coilea^/tet. Siv.ft. 
 
 To Collr'.4Gue. 1;. a. [from the noun.] 
 To unite with. 
 
 COL 
 
 CoUeagued with this dream of his advantage, 
 He hath not fail'd to pefter us with melTage, 
 Importing the furrender of llioic lands. Sliakf., 
 
 To COLLE'CT. V. a.i\_colligo, colUSum, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . To gather together ; to bring into one 
 place. 
 
 *Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by 
 pefcrving what our labour and iiiduftry daily 
 cclUei. IVatts, 
 
 2. To draw many units, or numbers, into 
 one fum. 
 
 Let a man collc£7 into one fum as great a num- 
 ber as he pleafes, this multitude, how great 
 foever, lefi'ens not one jot tix power of adding 
 to it. Ijicke. 
 
 3. To gain by obfervaiion. 
 
 The reverent care I bL-ar unto my lord. 
 Made me colleB thel'e dangers in the duke, Shakf. 
 
 4. To infer as a confcquence; to gather 
 from premifes. 
 
 How great the force of erroneous peifu.afionis, 
 we may tolled from our Saviour's ii -niO'i:::on lo 
 his difciples. - fy. 
 
 Tliey conclude they can ha-. -!;fi- 
 
 nice fpace, becaufe they can have no Kka of in- 
 finite matter; which confcquence, I conceive, is 
 vei7 ill colket'd. Loch. 
 
 5. To Collect birnfrlf. To recover from 
 fnrprife ; to gain command oi'cr his 
 thoughts ; to affemble his featiments. 
 
 Be colUeled; 
 No more amazement. ' Shakf. Tem^eji, 
 
 Afl'rigbted much, 
 I did in time colieO myfeh', and thought 
 This was fo, and no .flumhcr ShakJ. IVin. Tale. 
 Profpcrity unexpected often makeih men 
 carelefs and rcmils; whereas ihcy, who recciv* 
 a wound, become more vigilant and colUHed. 
 
 Uayiuartl. 
 As when of old fome ocitor renown'd 
 In Athens or free Rome, where eloquence. 
 Flourifn'd, fincemnte, to fome great caufe ad- 
 
 drtfs'd. 
 Stood in himfelf co/''«SrJ,-while each part, 
 Mutivjn, fach aft won audience, ere the tongue 
 Sometimes in height began, as no delay 
 Of preiace breaking through his. zeal of right. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Co'llect. n.f. [colhxla, low Lat.] A 
 (liort comprthenlive prayer, ufed at thg 
 facranient ; any fi-iort prayer. - 
 
 Then let your devotion be humbly to fay over 
 proper collets. Taylor's Guide to Derotiou. 
 
 Collecta'neous. atij. [colleUaneus, 
 Latin.] Gathered up together; col- 
 IcCled ; note* compiled from various 
 books. 
 
 Colle'ctedlv. tidv. [from collc^ed.] 
 Gathered in one view at once. 
 
 The whole evolution of aj'cs from eveibfting 
 to cvcrlafling is fo colUSclly and p{cfcntifickly 
 reprcfciued to God. ^Urc. 
 
 Colle'ctibl!3. adj. [homcolkcl.'] That 
 may be gathered from the premifes by 
 jull confeqiieiicc. 
 
 Whcthci thereby be meant Euphrates, is' not 
 colle&ible fiom the foUowing words. Brown, 
 
 Colle'ctiox. n./. [from colkil.] 
 
 1. The ait of gathering together. 
 
 2. All aHemblage ; the things gathered. 
 No perjur'd knight dtfiiesto quit ihy arms, 
 
 Faircft ccildHon of thy fex's'charms. Prior. 
 
 The gallery is hung with a colieClion of piftures. 
 
 Aildijon. 
 
 3. -The aft nf deducing confequencts ; 
 ratiocination ; difcourfe'. This fenfe is 
 now fcarce in ufe. 
 
 If once we dcfcend unto prohable colUBicn:, 
 we ace then in the territory where free and Mfci-
 
 C O I, 
 
 Thou flbjlt rtt jieeplhro' Uttitcce of i-jls, 
 Nor ht»r till o' labyrint'.ie of tars, sur J(.;u'ji« 
 By circ'j'rt or tt^IlcShrts tg fLiican. Do*wc. 
 
 4. A corollary ; a confeclaiy deduced 
 from prcmiics ; deducrion ; coiifcijueiice. 
 
 It ihould be *i wc.ik ct^iUtlioti^ if whereas wc ■ 
 fay, that wiicn Chrill had overcome Ihc (harjj- 
 i)<;fs of death, he then opcmd the kingdoni ot 
 heavcit to all bclic/crs ; a thiiig in CuLh I'ui 1 
 affirmed with circamftanccs, u-cVe taken -as in- 
 linuitin^ an oj^pohtc dcni;tl bcfow that circum- 
 stance be acconrililhcH. llooicr. 
 
 This label 
 I' fo from fenfc in hardncfs, ihM I cnn 
 Make nu ctillrSlim of it. Xia'.J. Cy'>'hil:i:e. 
 
 When the, from fundry arts, one (kill doth 
 draw ; 
 Gath'ring, from-rfivcrs flights, one afl of <var ; 
 
 From many calcs like, one nr!c of law : 
 Thcfc her co/le^fionsy not the fenlcsare. Daviei. 
 Collecti'tious. ■adj. [coUcdilius, Lat.] 
 
 Gathered up. 
 Collr'ctive. adj. [from coJIell ; collec- 
 tif, French.] 
 
 1. Gathered into one mafs ; aggregated ; 
 accumulative. ^ 
 
 A body ciJliBivr, it containcth a huge niul- 
 lltudc. thihr. 
 
 The three forms of goverjiment differ only by 
 The civil adminiftration being in the hands of one 
 ar two, ciikd kings; in a fcnatc, called the 
 2iob)e«4 or in tlie people coUeSiive or rcprcfcnta- 
 tive, wlio may i>c called the commons. Svjift. 
 
 The diffcre:' • ■ ^c-ween a compound and a col- 
 ieBive idf .)mpound idea unites things 
 
 of adity Mt a cJUCfivc idea, things 
 
 of t" ■ ■ fJ^ti/ti' Logici. 
 
 2. ' educing confequences ; 
 
 ly falfitics controulable not 
 
 . ..„ ciUcBrve reafon, but con- 
 
 .,::s. Broiuti 
 
 -..'.r.] A cci/kcli've novn IS a 
 
 IV, : \vhich expreffes a multitude, 
 '.■;v-i^;!i iiielf be fiiigular : as, a coni^ny ; 
 T.a army. 
 Colle'ct'ively. aih. [from coUeil'ive.l 
 In a general mafs; in a body ; not 
 fiiigly ; not numbered by individuals ; 
 in the aggregate ; accumulatively ; taken 
 tci;;cther ; ia a Itate of combination or 
 nuion. 
 
 Altiiijugh «"c cannot be free from all fin c&/- 
 : Ht flyj in luch fcrc that no part tlicrcof Ih.ill be 
 . :>.;ntl 111 us, yet rhlVr'.butively all great atftual of- 
 t-nces, as they oh'er themfeUcs one by one, both 
 inay and ought to be by all means avoided. Hooker, 
 
 Singly and apart many of them are fubjc*^ to 
 exception, ytt colleBivcJy it.ty make up a good 
 moral evidence. IlrJe. 
 
 The other part of the water was eondcnfed at 
 the fuiface of tiie earth, and fent forth col'U}ii-ciy 
 inta landing fprings and rivers. If'ootlivarii. 
 
 Colle'ctor. n.y". [colL'^or, Latin.] 
 
 I • A gatherer ; he that collects fcattered 
 
 things together. 
 2. A compiler; one that gathers fcattered 
 pieces into one book. 
 
 The grandfather might be the firll collfilor of 
 
 them into a body. Utile. 
 
 Volumes without the to/fiiSsr's own reflcc\iuns. 
 
 M.llfin. 
 
 The beft Englifh hiftorian, when his ilile 
 
 grows antiquated, will be only confidercd as a 
 
 tcdio'js reliter of fafls, and perhaps confultcd to 
 
 furnilh mateiialsfor feme future co'/iflsr. Sivift. 
 
 j^. A tax-gatherer ; a man employed in 
 
 levying duties or tributes. 
 > J^ jreat part of tliis trcafure is now embcitled, 
 
 cor 
 
 6n (*«-A,»aa fcaflcd twni' 'by t»Srfto:t, vK, 'iV/ 
 
 The commi(Uom'a of the xeixmie aic difpofed 
 o^, and the collfSon air iippoiulcd 1<J' tl»e com- 
 miffioners. Siutje. 
 
 Coj-L EG ATARV. n f. [from con and ir^a- 
 tum, a legacy, Liil.] lu the civil la. v, 
 a perfoii to whom is kft n legacy In com- 
 mon with one or more other pe;-fons. 
 
 Chamhers. 
 COLLEGE, ;:./. [ffi%/)/m, Latin.] 
 
 1. A community ; a number of perfons 
 living by fome common rules. 
 
 On barbed iK'cds they tudc in proud anay, 
 Thick as the nlje^i of the bees in May. Dry.l. 
 
 2. h fociety of men fet apart for learning, 
 or religion. 
 
 He is rcturri'd with his opinions, 
 Gather'd from ail I'.ie famous colleges 
 Almoft in Chriftendom. Shukf. Henry viii. 
 
 ■ 1 would the coflcge of the cardinals 
 Would chufe him pope, and cany him to Rome 
 
 Shaiffcare. 
 Tl'.is order of fociety is fometimes called So- 
 lomon's houfe, anrl fometimes the college o( the 
 fix days-work. Bacon, 
 
 3. The houfe in which the collegians 
 refide. 
 
 Huldah the prophetefs dwelt in Jerufalem in 
 the college. King'. 
 
 4. A college, in foreign unlverfities, is a 
 lefiure read in publick. 
 
 Colle'gial. ae/f. [from<ro//.'_g'^.] Relating 
 to a college ; poifefled by a college. 
 
 Colle'gian. ti. f. [frcJm college,^ An 
 inhabitant of a college ; a member of a 
 college. 
 
 Colle'giate. aclj. [coHeg'Mfus,\o\w'L.^t,'] 
 
 1. Containing a college ; inllituttd after 
 the manner of a college. 
 
 I with that yourfelves did well confider how 
 oppofite certain of your pofitions are unto the 
 ftate oi eollegiaie focieties, whcrecn the two unl- 
 verfities conlift. Hooter, Fief.iec. 
 
 2. A colhgiate church was fiich as was 
 built at a convenient diftance from a 
 cathedral church, wherein a number of 
 prefbyters were fettled, and lived to- 
 gether in one congregation. Ayl'tjfe. 
 
 CoLLE'orATE. n.f. [from college,^ A 
 member of a college ; a man bred in a 
 college ; an univeriity man. 
 . Thei'e are a- kind of cmpiritks in poetiy, who 
 have got a receipt to plcafc ; anil noct/Zf p/urc- like 
 tliem., for purging rlie pafiions. Kymer. 
 
 Co'llet. n.f. [Fr. from collum, Latin, 
 the neck.] 
 
 1 . Anciently fomething that went about 
 the neck ; fometimes the neck. 
 
 2. That part of a ring in which the ftone 
 is fet. 
 
 3. A term iifed by turners. 
 
 To Collide, -o. a. \cnUtih, Lat.] To 
 ftrike againft each other ; to beat, to 
 daili, to knock together. 
 
 Scintillations ate not the accenfion of air upon 
 collifion, but inflammable «tl1ueneies from the 
 bodies ccllided. • Sroivn. 
 
 Co'llier. n,f, [from coal.^ 
 
 1. A digger of coal ; one that works in 
 the coal-pits. 
 
 2. A coal-merchant; a dealer in coal. 
 
 I knew a jicbleman a great grafier, a great 
 timberman, a great co/.'/f, and a. great landman. 
 
 Jiticon, 
 
 3. A (hip that carries coal. 
 Co'iLiEKY. n.f. [from colliir.'} 
 
 J 
 
 COL ^ 
 
 1 . The fSsec ixiierc coal is ^^Z- 
 
 2. Tlic <-.r)al trade. 
 
 Co LLiFLOWiR, n./l [fios hrnfics'i friytv 
 ca|.l. Sax. cabbage, znA Jlor-.'fr t j-.ro- 
 pcily tju/^^oiucr.} A fpecies of cab- 
 bage. 
 
 Colliga'tiov. n.f, [cofUj^atto, 1,11.] A 
 bi:ulinjr together. 
 
 Thcfc the midnife corrtri-vCTh into a kinr* 
 whence that tortuofity or nodoftty in tire n.ivd» 
 occii^oned by tlic colligarisk of vclVcls. Ihc-Vfn. 
 
 Collima'tion. n.f. [[vomeo'/mo, Lat. J 
 The aft of aiming at a mark ; aim. I)i3~ 
 
 CoLLiNEATioN. n,f. [;ccliiuica, Latiii.] 
 The aft of aiming. 
 
 Co'lliituable. aJj. [from rcHiquale.l 
 Eafily diflolvcd ; liable to be mehcd. 
 
 The tender con fiiicnre lenders it the more col/i- 
 fjunble and confuinptjvc. Uarrjey^ 
 
 Colli'quament. n.f. [Jttim coUiqiiali.1 
 The ftibftance to which any thing is ic- 
 duccdby being melted. 
 
 Co'LLuy-iANT. aiij. [from io/IijuaU.} 
 That has the power of melting or di/Folv- 
 Ing. 
 
 To cOLLIQUATE. -v. «. {cornqtuo, 
 Latin.] To melt; to diffolve ; to twr« 
 from folid to fluid. 
 
 The fire me Itctl the glafs, that made s great 
 (hew, after what was colli jiialcd l>ad bees removed 
 fjom the fire. _ B'yie, 
 
 The fat of tlie kidneys is apt to be cduiqttsict 
 through a great heat from within, and an ardtnl 
 colliquative fever. Ihr^'ty on Conjunipfions* 
 
 To CoLLjQU ATE. <y.«. To mclt ; to be 
 diffolved. 
 
 Ice will dii'iulve in fire, and collljuate'in ■wratet 
 
 or warm oils. Brown.. 
 
 CoLLiQ,t.'A'TioN. ti, f. \_co!Uqiuitlo-, Lat.} 
 
 1 . The aft of melting. 
 
 Glafs may be made by the bare nlliqzeatlen of 
 the fait and earth remaining in the allies of x 
 burnt plant. , Beyle. 
 
 From them proceed rarefa<ftioR, coKiqiMtion^ 
 concoition, maturation, and molt cffetfls of 
 nature. Baronet Natural Hijtcry. 
 
 2. Such a temperament or difpoiition tjf 
 the animal fluids as proceeds from s. las: 
 compages, and wherein they flow off 
 through the fecretory glands fafter than 
 they ought. ^ihcy^ 
 
 Ar.y kir.d of univcrfal diminution and colli' 
 rjuntion of the body. Hr-viry on Con/'vrptiens. 
 
 Colli'qu ATIVE. adj. [from co/liguale.J 
 Melting ; dlflblvent. 
 
 A coUirjt/Jlizc fever is fuch as is attended witK 
 a diarrhcia, or fweats, from too lex a contexture 
 of the- fluids. Qutney\ 
 
 It is a eonfcquent of a burning collrqieaett-e fe- 
 ver, whereby tiie humours, fat, and fl«(h of the 
 body are melted. Ilaruey. 
 
 Colliquefa'ction. fi.y. \tc!!iqitefiuloy 
 Latin.] Th€ aft of inciting together^ 
 redutlion to one mafs by fluxion in the 
 fire. 
 
 After the- incorporation of metr.ls by fimpie 
 colliqutfailion, for the better difcovering of the 
 ■ nature and coiifents and diiiems of metals, it 
 would betricd by incorporating of their diflTulu- 
 tions. Bucon's Phvftcttl Kem.:ini, 
 
 C o L L I's I o N . n.f. [ from coll'ifta, Lat. ] 
 I. The zS. of linking two bodies to- 
 gether. 
 
 Or, by coll-fon of two bodies, grind 
 
 The air attrite to fire. Milton's l'(tra.-li.Ci l.tji^ 
 
 The flint and the Heel you may move apaj.! a» 
 
 lor.g asyou pleafe ; but it is the hitting and e/UJar. 
 
 of them that mull rajke them firilvcfire, Bi'ii ey, 
 
 12 X 2
 
 COL 
 
 COL 
 
 S. The {late of being ftruck together ; a 
 
 ckdi. 
 
 Then from the dalhcsbetwecnpopes and kings, 
 Debate, like fparks from flint's cdb/Krt, fprings. 
 
 Tlie devil Comctimes baiiowcd fire from the 
 altar to ci>nrume the votaiies ; and, by the mn- 
 tual col/TjioT, of well-meant zci-j, fee even oftbod.>x 
 chriftians in a Hame. ^«'1>' "fFifly. 
 
 To COLLOCATE, -v. a. [colhco, hit. } 
 To place ; to Itation. 
 
 If yon def.re to fuperinduce any virtue upon a 
 "perfon, t.ikc the crcainre m winch that vntue is 
 moil eminent : oi that creature take the parts 
 ■ wherein that virtue is ollocile. _ Bacon. 
 
 Colloca'tion. a. f. {coUocalio, Lat.J 
 
 1 . The aft of pliicing ; difpofition. 
 
 2. The ftate of being placed. 
 
 In the «//si.-i"';o" of the fpirits iiv bodies, the 
 cc//oM//o« is equal or unequal; ai>d the fpints 
 coacervate or diffufed. _ i'-J''"'- 
 
 CoLLOCUTioN. n.f. [co//on/rfo, Latin.J 
 
 Conference; converfation. 
 To Collo'gue. -y. n. [probably from 
 fc%Hor, Lat.] To wheedle ; to flat- 
 ter ; to pleafe with kind words. A low 
 word. 
 Co'llop. n.f. [it is derived by ilf/V^ftu 
 from coal and cf, a raOier broiled upon 
 coal ; a carbonade.]- 
 I. A fmall flice of meat. 
 
 Sweetbread and cUhp were with fltewers 
 prlck'd 
 About the fides. Dry.hns Faiks. 
 
 A cook perhaps has migbvy things profcfs'd ; 
 Then fenc up but two diflics nicely drcft : 
 W'liat fignit^.es Scotch cal/cfi to a fealt ? 
 
 A7/;g'i Cookery. 
 
 3. A piece of aixy animal. 
 
 The lion is upon his death-bed : not an enemy 
 that does not rJopU for a cil/cf of him. 
 
 L'EJhiWgf. 
 
 0. In burlefq^ue language, a child. 
 Come, fir page, 
 Look on me with your welkin eye, (weet villain, 
 Moft dear' ft > my col/oi>. S/uit/jJifn. 
 
 Tiiou art a collop of my flelh, 
 And for thy fake I have ihcd many a teac. 
 
 S/iakf^care's Htmy vl. 
 
 CoLLo'oyiAL. nJJ. [from colloquy.] 
 Whatever relates to common converfa- 
 tion. 
 
 Co'LLOoy Y. n.f. [_nnoqmumy Lat.] Con- 
 ference ; converfation ; alternate dif- 
 
 courfe; talk. 
 
 My earthly, by his heav'nly ovcr-power'd. 
 In that celeltial toik-juy fiiblime. 
 As with an obiefl th.it excels the feB(e^ 
 D.i7.7-led, anil fpent, funk disvn. ' Milton. 
 
 In rctuemtnt make frequent col/o-juies, or 
 ftort ditcourfing", between God and thy own 
 ■ foul. T.iyky. 
 
 Co'llow. n. /. [more properly colly, 
 from coal.] 
 
 Co/low is fhe word by which they denote black, 
 grime of bunnt coals, or wood. IfloJiuarJ. 
 
 CoLLu'cTANCY. n. /. [coHuRori Lat.] 
 A tendency to contell ; oppofition of 
 nature. 
 Collucta'tion. «./. {cnlluaatio, Lat.] 
 Conteft ; iti-uggle ; contrariety ; oppo- 
 fition ; fpite. 
 
 The tbcrm*, natural baths, or hot fprlngs, 
 io net owe ttisir heat to any ntbiBati'in or ef- 
 fcn.'crccnce of the minerals in them. Woo.iiujrd. 
 
 To COLLU'I>E. -J. ». [fo/Wo, Lat.] 
 To confplrc in a fraud ; to aft in con- 
 cert ; to play into the liand of each 
 ether. 
 
 CoLLu'sioN. «./• [fo/Zw/io, Lat.] 
 
 Callufion is, in our common law, a deceitful 
 agreement or compadt between two or more, for 
 the one part to biiiig an acfiion againll the other 
 to feme evilpurpolej as to dclraud a third of 
 his right. Cowdl. 
 
 By the ignorance of the merchants, or dil- 
 hontlly of weavers, or the aihtfi-.n of both, the 
 ware was bad, and the price e.sceiTivc. Snv/f. 
 CoLLu'sivK. adj. \i\iim collude.] Frau- 
 dulently concerted. 
 CoLLU S1VEI.V. adv. l^rom colliijive.] In 
 
 a manner fraudtilently concerted. 
 CoLLu'soRY. mlj. [from rt//«i7o, Latin.] 
 
 Carrying on a fraud by fecret concert. 
 Co'lly. «./. [from cos/.] The fmut of 
 
 coal. 
 
 Suppofe thsii faw her drcffed in fomc old Inr- 
 fute attire, out of fafliion, coarle raiment, be- 
 fmearcd witJi foot, coHyy perfumed with opo- 
 p^fj^jj. Bi,rton oti Mitanch'Tly. 
 
 To Co'lly. v. a. To grime with coal ; to 
 
 ' fmut with coal. 
 
 Biicf as the lightnir^ "n the coHkJ night, 
 Thai, in a fpecn, unfolds bnth hcav'n and earth ; 
 And, ere a man hath pow'r to fay, behold, 
 The jaws of darkiiefs do devour it t.p. SkakJ. 
 
 COLLT'RIUM. n.f. [Lat.] Anoint- 
 ment for the eyes. 
 
 CO'LMAR. n.f [Vt."] A fort of pear. 
 
 Co'logn Earth, n.f. Is a deep brown, 
 very light baftard ochre, which is no 
 pure native foffil ; but contains more 
 vegetable than mineral matter, and owes 
 its origin to the remains of wood long 
 buried in the earth. Hill on Fojfds. 
 
 Co'lon. n. /. {KiiM-i a member.] 
 
 I. A point" [:] ufed to mark a paufe 
 greater than that of a comma, and 
 lefs than that of a period. Its ufe is 
 not very exaftly fixed ; nor is it very 
 ncceifary, being confounded by moil 
 with the femicolon. It V.-25 ufed before 
 punftnation was refined, to ir.ark almoft 
 any ftnfe lefs than a period. To apply 
 it properly, we (hould place it, perhaps, 
 only where the fenfe is continued with- 
 out dependence of grammar or conftruc- 
 tion : as, / love him, I defpife him : I 
 have lung cea/ed to trujl, hut fiall never 
 forbear tofucconr him. 
 2. The greateft and wideft of all the in- 
 teftines, about eight or nine hands 
 
 breadth long. 
 
 The colon begins where the ilium ends, in the 
 cavity of the os ilium on the right fide; from 
 thence afcending by tlic kidney ijn the fame fide, 
 it piffes under the concave fide of the liver, to 
 which it is fometimes tied, as likewife to. the 
 gall-bladder, which tinges it yellow in that 
 place: then it runs under- the bouom of the 
 ftomach to the fpiven in the left fide, to which 
 it is alio knit : from thence it turns down to the 
 left kidney ; and thence paffing, in form of an 
 S, it terminates at the upper part of the os 
 factum in the reftum. Sidney. 
 
 Now, by your cruelty hard bound, 
 I drain my guts, my colon wound. Svijt. 
 
 The contents of the colon are of a four, fetid, 
 acid fnicll in rabbits. Fkyer on tht Ihrr.'un. 
 
 CO'LONEL. ?^. /. [of uncertain etymo- 
 logy, tikimier imagines it originally 
 co'lonialis, the leader of a colony. Mm- 
 Jhenv deduces it from cclotiita, a pillar : 
 as, pntrice cohmen ; exercitus columcn. 
 Each is plaufible.] The thief comman- 
 der of a regiment j » field officer of the 
 
 COL 
 
 higheft rank, next to the general offit 
 cers. It is now generally founded with 
 only two diftintl fyllables, cornel. 
 
 The chicfeft help mull be the care of the co- 
 lonel, that hath the government of .ill his gar- 
 rifon. Sp'.nfrr on Ireloml. 
 
 Captain ox colonel, or knight in arms, 
 Whofc chance on thefe dcfencelefs doors may 
 
 feiie. 
 If deed of honour did thee c\ er pleafe. 
 Guard them, and hira within protefl from harms. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Co'lonelship. n.f [from co/o«f/.] The 
 office or charadler of aoloncl. 
 
 While he continued a fuhalttrn, he complained 
 againft the pride of colonels towards their offi- 
 cers ; yet, in a few minutes after he had re- 
 ceived his commiffion for a regiment, he con- 
 felTcd tliat cokneljkip was cominj; fall upon hira. 
 
 Svjift. 
 
 To Co' LOS iZE.v. a. [from colony .] To 
 plant with inhabitants ; to fettle with- 
 new planters ; to plan: with colonies. 
 
 There was never an hand drawn, that did • 
 double the reft of the habitable world, before 
 this ; for fo a man may truly term it, if he IbalL 
 put to account as well that tiiat is, as that which 
 may be hereafter, by the farther occupation and 
 colonizing of thofe countries : and yet it cannot . 
 be affirmed, if one fpcak ingcnuoufly, that it 
 was the propagarion of the chrillian faith that 
 was the adamant of that difcoveiy, entry, and 
 plantation ; but gold and fih er, and temporal 
 profit and glory; fo that what was fiill in God's 
 providence, was but fecund in man's appuite 
 and intention. Bncon'i Holy 11 w. 
 
 Druina hath advantage by accjueft of illands, 
 which fljc cchni^ctli and fonifieih daily. Ilm-c!^ 
 Colonna'de. n.f [from colonna, ItaL a . 
 column.] 
 
 1. A perillyle of a circular figure ; or a 
 feries of columns dlfpofcd in a circle, . 
 and Infulated within lide. Builder's Diil. . 
 
 Here circling cch'in.i.l,s the ground inclofc. 
 And hl:re the marble ftatucs breathe in rows. 
 
 ^cUifir, 
 
 2. Any feries or range ofpll'srs. 
 Hor vou my colonna.la e,^;tend their wings. 
 
 CO'LON Y. n.f. [colonia, Latin.] 
 
 1 . A body of people drawn froni the 
 mother-country to inhabit fome dillant 
 
 place. 
 
 To thefe new inhabitants and cohnia he gave 
 the fame law under which they were born and 
 ^,,,1. Spcnfcr on Ireland. 
 
 Rooting out thcfi- two rebellious fepts, he 
 placed Englilh colonics in their rooms. Vcvics. 
 
 Ofiris, or the Baccbu,' of the ancienti, is re- 
 ported to have civilized tiie Indians, planting . 
 <,/.«,Vi, and building, cities. .-IrOnthnot on ('Am. 
 
 2. The country planted ; a plantation.. 
 The rifing city,, which frjm lar you lee. 
 
 Is Carthage, and a Tyriaii cclony. Dryjcn. 
 
 Co'lophony. n.f [frciin 6'ci)/)Z'0«, a city 
 whence it came.] Rofrn. 
 
 Of Venetian turpentine, lluwly evaporali.ig 
 
 about a fouith or fifth part, the lemaining fub- 
 
 ftance futtctcd to cool, would afiord me a cuhcrcat 
 
 body, or a fine colofhony. ' Boyle. 
 
 Turpentines a/.id oils leave a cok^hny, upon 
 
 a feparation of their thinner oil'. Fhyer. 
 
 Coloqui'nteda. n.f Icolocynthh, Lat. 
 
 Ko>.o>iU'Ac.] The fruit of a plant of the 
 
 fitme name, brought from the Levant^ 
 
 about the bigncfsof a large orange, and 
 
 often called bitter apple. Both the feed 
 
 and pulp are intolerably bitter. It 
 
 is a violent purgative, of confiderabitt 
 
 1 ufe ia rocdicins. Chambers.
 
 COL 
 
 Go'l.ORATR. ad], [coloratus, T.at.] Co- 
 loured ; died ; marked or ftained with 
 fome colour. 
 
 Had the tuniclcs and humours of the eye been 
 cf.hr.iify many luyi from viliblc objc<£ts would 
 h.ivc been liojit. Ray. 
 
 Colora'tion. n, f, [coloro, Latin,] 
 
 1. Theart orpratlicc of colouring. 
 
 Some bt'dies h.ivc a more dcpartablc iiarutc 
 than others, 35 is evident in cr/vution; for a 
 imall quantity of lalfi-on will lin<fl more than a 
 grc.it quantity of (^lafil. Ji.uon. 
 
 2. Tiic flate of being coloured. 
 
 Amongft cuiiofuics I fiiall place colorathriy 
 though I'omcwhat better j fur hcaiity in flowers 
 is their prehcmlnence. Ba-'on^i Nttiural Hijory. 
 Go LO R. I'f I CK . ai^j. [^cofori/tcus, Latin. ] 
 That has the power of producing 
 dic-s, tints, colours, or hues. 
 
 In this compofuion of white, the feveral rays 
 do not fuffer any change in their cohrijick quali- 
 ties by ailing upon one another; but arc only 
 mixed, and by a mixture of their colours produce 
 white. Newton'i Opticki. 
 
 COLO'SSE. 7 «./ [colojus, Lat.j A 
 COLOSSUS, y llatue of enormous ntag- 
 iiiiude. 
 
 Not to mention the walls and palace of Baby- 
 lon, the pyramids of Egypt, or cthjfe of Rliodcs. 
 
 Temple, 
 
 There huge colajfu^ rofc, with trophies crown'd. 
 And runick charadlcrs were grav'd around. Vope. 
 
 Colosse'an. adj. \^co!ojeut, Latin.] In 
 form of a colofTus ; of the height and 
 bignefs of fvich a ilatue ; giantlike. 
 
 CO'LOUR. «./. [fo/or, Lat.] 
 
 1. The appearance of bodies to the eye 
 only ; hue ; die. 
 
 It is a vulgar idea of the c^hurt of folid bodies, 
 when we perceive them to be 2 r^d, or Iiluc, or 
 green tinfture of the furface ; but a phitofophical 
 idea, when we confider the various cchiiri to be 
 different fenfarions, excited in us by the refraiSed 
 rays of light, teficiled on out eyes in a dift'etent 
 manner, according to the different fixe, or Ihape, 
 or I'ltnarion of the particles of whi^b furfaces are 
 compofcd. IFatti, 
 
 Her hair (hall be of what nhur it plcafc God. 
 Shakjpeare, 
 
 For though our eyes can nought but ci.hurs fec,- 
 Yet colours give them not their pow'r of fight. 
 
 Davies. 
 
 The lights 0^ coloun are more, refrangible one 
 than another in tliis order ; red, orange, yellow, 
 preen, blue, indigo, deep violtr. Ntiuton. 
 
 2. Tlte frefnnefs, or appearance of blood, 
 in the face. 
 
 My cheeks no longer did their cclmr boaft. 
 
 Dry dun . 
 A fudden horror fel?.'d his giddy head, 
 Ant\ Wis ears tiickleri, and hi^ tr^^sar fied. Dryileu. 
 
 3. The tint of the painter. 
 
 When each bold figure Jitfr begins to livc^ 
 The treach'roiis cokuii the fair art l)etray. 
 And all the bright creation fades away. Pope. 
 4.. The reprcfentatlon of any thing. fuper- 
 iicially examined. 
 
 Their wifcJum is only of this worH, to put 
 falfe colours upon things, to call goad evil, and 
 evil good, againd the convidtion of their own 
 confcicnces. Stulfr. 
 
 5. Concealment ; palliation ; excufe ; fu- 
 perficial cover. 
 
 It is no matter if I do halt ; 1 have the wars 
 for my Lc/our, and my pcnfion (hall i»cra the 
 nure reafonable. Sbakf^eurc'i Ihm-y iv. 
 
 Their fin admitted no colnur or excufe. 
 
 Kin^ Chai/ei. 
 
 6. Appearance; pretence; falf;; ihow. 
 
 Under the colour of cotjmiending him, 
 I have accefs lay own love to jprefei-, SAui/yearc. 
 
 COL 
 
 Merchants c-imc to Rhodes with .1 great (hip 
 laden with corn; under the coUi/r of the fale 
 whereof, they noted all that was done in the 
 city. Kmllii' l\:pory of the Turks. 
 
 7. Kind; fpccics ; charatfter. 
 
 Koys and women arc, for the moft patt, cattle 
 of this colour. Shukfprare'! A^ you like il. 
 
 8. In the plinal, a flandard ; an enfign of 
 war: they fay x\\<i colours of the foot, 
 andjliini/unl of the horfe. 
 
 He at Venice gave 
 His body to that plcafant country's earth, 
 And his pure foul unto his captaiji Cliiill, 
 Under whofe coloun he had fought fo long. 
 
 Shakjpeare^ % Rkhard u. 
 
 Againft all checks, rebukes, md-nwnncrs, 
 I mull advance the coloun of my love, 
 Aitd not retire. Shahjptare. 
 
 The banks were (filed with compinies, pair- 
 ing all along the river under their coloun, with 
 trunijicts founding. Knolla, 
 
 9. Colotns is 11 fed fingularly by AcWifun. 
 
 An author compares a ragged com to a tat- 
 tered colou-i. yld.hjon. 
 
 To Co'lour. 13. a. \_coloro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To mark with fome hue, or die. 
 
 The lays, to lj)eak pioperly, are nox coloured: 
 in them thcie is nolliing clfe tlian a certain power 
 and diijiofition to (lir up a fenfation of this or 
 that crjour. Neivtmi's Optuti. 
 
 2. To palliate ; to excufe ; to drefs in fpe- 
 cious colours, or fair appearances. 
 
 I told him, that I woulA not favour or colour 
 
 in any fort his former folly. Rizlelgli'i Ej[ay\. 
 
 He co/ousj the fall'ehood of jEneas by an cx- 
 
 prefs command from Jupiter to forfake the 
 
 ■ queen. Diyden's Dedicat.. jEneid. 
 
 3. To make plauiible. 
 
 We have fcaive heard of an infurrefllon that 
 was not co/cw'f,/ with ^licvances of the highelt 
 kind, or countenanced by one or more branches 
 of the Itgillaturc. Mdifou' s Frteholdtr. 
 
 4. To Colour ajlranger's goods, is when 
 a freeman allows a foreigner to enter 
 goods at the cullomhoufe in his name ; 
 fo that the foreigner pays but lingle 
 duty, when he ought to pay double. 
 
 PL'dlips. 
 To Co'lovr. -j. n. To blufii. A low 
 
 word, only ufed in converfation. 
 Co'LOURAnLE. ar^'. [from fo/oui-.] Spe- 
 cious ; pkullble. It is now little ufed. 
 llicy ha\e now a cohu^iihle pretence to wirh- 
 . ftand innovations, having, accepted of other laws 
 ajul rules already. Spenfer. 
 
 They were glad ro lay hold on fo cokurable a 
 matter, and to traduce him as an author of fuf- 
 piciou^ iiniovatioii. Hooker. 
 
 Had I faciificed ecclefiaflical government and 
 revenues to their covetoufnefs and ambition, 
 tiiey would have found no Loloutahie neccflily of 
 ail army. King CImiIh. 
 
 We hope the mercy of God will confider us 
 unto fome mineration of our offences ; yer had 
 not the finceriiy of our parents To colourable ex- 
 pcflalions. Bio'.un'i Vulgar Eiroun. 
 
 Co'loi'r AHLY. adv. [from cokttralle.'] 
 Specioufly ; plaufibly. 
 
 '1 hf proeefs, howfocver cthurally a-.varded, 
 batii not hit the very mark whereat it was di- 
 reified. Jiacon. 
 
 Co'loured. participial adj. [from-foAi.'*-.] 
 Streaked; diverfified with variety of 
 hues. 
 
 yha cxoured zre ranrfer juiced, and thcrc.'brc 
 not fo well arrd equall) conceded. Bacon. 
 
 Co'louring. n.f. [from colour.'^ The 
 part of the painter's art that teaches to 
 lay on hh colours v.ith p-.opriity and 
 ticauty. 
 
 COL ' 
 
 But as the (lighteft (ketch, if ju(»ly trac'd, 
 Is by ill colouring but tne more difgrac'd ; 
 So by falfe learning is good fcnfc defac'd. Pope. 
 Co'LOfRisT. ti. f. [from colour.] A 
 painter who excels in giving the proper 
 colours to his defigns. 
 
 Titian, Paul Vcronele, Van Dyck, and the 
 reff of thcgood cohurijli, have come neareft to 
 nature. Drydcn', Ihijrcjnoy. 
 
 Co' LOVB.LESS. adj. [horn col'jur.] With- 
 out colour ; not dillinguiihcd by any 
 hue ; tranfparent. 
 
 Tr.irrfparcirt fubifanccs, as glafs, water, and 
 air, wiien .-nadc vei-y thin by being b|own int« 
 bubbles, 01 otherways formed into plates, cxhi- 
 b.t various colours, according to their various 
 thmnefs; although, at a greater thicknels, they 
 appear very clear and colourlefi. Neiuion. 
 
 Pellucid cokurl-.Ji ghfs or water, by heir g 
 beaten into a powder or froth, do acijuiic a very 
 intcnfc whitencfs. Bcntul, 
 
 COLT, n.y; [coh, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A young horfe; ufed commonly for the 
 male oflipring of a horfe, as'lilly for 
 the female. 
 
 The colt hath about. four years of growth, antj - 
 fo t!ic fawir, and fo the calf, Bacon \ Nat. Uijl. 
 
 Like coin or unmanaged horfcs, we Itart at "■ 
 dead bones and lifekfs blocks. Taylor. 
 
 No fports, but . what belong to war, they 
 know. 
 To break the ifubborn coh, to bend the bow. 
 Vrydcn's Aintid, 
 
 2. A young foolirti fellow. 
 
 Ay, that 's a coil, indeed ; for- he doth no- 
 _thii!o but-talk of his horle. Sltakjpcarc. 
 
 To Colt. -v. n. [from the noun.] T6 ■ 
 friilv ; to be licentious ; to run at large 
 without rule ; to riot ; to frollck. 
 
 As toon as they were out of fi^ht hv them- 
 fclves, they (houk off their bridles, and began 
 to colt anew more hccntioully th.an before. 
 
 Spoftr'i State oj hrland. 
 
 To Colt. -u. a. Ta befool. 
 
 What a plague mean ye, to colt metlms ? 
 
 ^nakjprart^s llcnry iv. . 
 
 Colt'5-foot. n. f. [liijfdago ; from cdt 
 and/oo/.] A plant. 
 
 It hath a radiated flower, whofe (lift; confifts 
 of many florets, but the crown conipofed of 
 many half florets : the embryos are included in 
 a multilid fiowercup, which turns to downy 
 feeds fixed in a bed. Millti 
 
 Colt's-tooth. n./ [from «// and /oo//..] , 
 
 1. An imperfeft or fuperfluous tooth ia '. 
 young horfes. 
 
 2. A iove of youthful pfcafure ; a difpo^ - 
 fitiou to the praiflicifs of youth. 
 
 Well laid, lard Sands ; 
 
 , Your cf.lt^s-tooth is not eaft yet } ■ 
 
 — No, my lord ; nor (hall'iiot, whili.- 1 have x 
 ''""'P- Shakjpeare. 
 
 Co'lter. n./ [cufepi Sa-x. cuhcr, Lat.] 
 The fliarp iron of. a plough tliat cut* 
 the ground perpendicularly to tlie fliaie. 
 
 Co'tTisH. adj. [from o//.] Hav.'ng the 
 tricks of a colt ; wanton. 
 
 Co'ruBRiNE. adj. [colidritiiis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Relating to a feipent. 
 
 2. Cunning ; crafty. . 
 Co'lumbary. n./. [columiarlum, Latin.] 
 
 A dovecot ;. a pigeon houfe. 
 
 The earth of clumharia, or dovehoufes, is 
 
 mitrh defired in :he artifice of f.rltpeti*. Bro'ojn. 
 
 Co'i.uMBiNE. n. / [^columbuia, Latin,] 
 
 A plant with leaves like the meadow 
 
 it:e- MilUr'. 
 
 i
 
 COM 
 
 Crf«*.*;«! ait of fcvcral fort* and to^cun- I 
 
 Titer tJowci in tlic end of Ms)', wlicn fi:5V other 
 
 fldvrcrsfhew. - . Mirtif,-'-^ 
 
 0)!.X'MS1NE. n.y^ [oUimbhius, Lattn.] 
 
 A kind of violet colour, or changeable 
 
 dove colour. x JJul. 
 
 CO'LUMN. n.f. Icolumna, Latin.] 
 
 1. A round pillar. 
 
 Some of tlie eld Greek eijumrn, and altars, 
 were bruiight from the ruins of Apollo's temple 
 at Dclos. ■ • 1 
 
 Round broken cvumm dafpins ivy twin «. 
 
 2. Any body of certain dimenfions preffing 
 vertically upon its bafe. 
 
 The whole weight of any cotumrt of the at- 
 mofpiiere, and likcwile the fpccificlc gravity ot 
 'its bafis, arc certainly tnown by many expeii 
 
 Ber,tlcy. 
 
 3. [In the military- art.] The long tik 
 or row of troops, or of baggage, of an 
 army in its march. An army marches 
 in one, two,, three, or more columns, 
 according as the ground will allow. 
 
 4. [With prii.teis.] A column is half a 
 page, when divided into two equal 
 pa?ts by a line paffing through the mid- 
 dle, from the top to the bottom ; and, by 
 fevcral parallel lines, pages are often di- 
 vided into three or more columns. 
 
 Colu'mnae. \adj. [from rolumii.'] 
 
 Cot-UMN-^RIAN. J Formed in columns. 
 
 White aluaaiii fpar, out of a rtone-pit. 
 
 ffoUwarcl on Toffih. 
 
 Co'lures. n.f. \_colur'i, Latin; zo^oupu.J 
 Two great ' circles fuppofcd to pafs 
 through the poles of the ^'orld : one 
 through the equinoctial points, Aries 
 and Libra ; the other through the fol- 
 ftitial points. Cancer and Capricorn.. 
 They are called the equinoflial and fol- 
 filtial colurcs, and divide the ecliplick 
 into four equal parts. The points wlitre 
 they interfec^ the ecliptick arc called 
 the cardinal points. Harris. 
 
 Thrice the equinoftinl line 
 He circled; four times crofs'd ihe car of night 
 Fiom pole to pole, traverfing each colure. 
 
 Milton 
 
 CO'iWfA. n. f. {■'.Zu.a.'] A morbid difpo- 
 
 iilion to Heep ; a lethargy. 
 Co'MAaT. n.f. This word, which I have 
 only met with in one place, fccms to 
 •lio-nify treaty ; article; from coit, and 
 mart, ot m.iriet. 
 
 By the fame nmart, 
 ,And carriage of the articles dcfign'd, 
 His fell to Hamlet. Siudfpcah's Ihimht. 
 
 Co'matr. n.f. [con and male.] Com- 
 panion. 
 My comaici and brothers in exile. Skakffearc 
 CoMATo'sE. adj. [from IT -/ma.] Lethar- 
 gick ; flecpy to a difeafe. 
 
 Our bcrt cilior is from Rufiia; the great and 
 principal ufc whereof, is in hyllerical and cojim- 
 K/fcafe'!. _ G:".i.i. 
 
 COMB in the end, and Comp in the be- 
 ginning, of names, fcem to be derived 
 from the Britilh lum, which fignifies a 
 low lituation. Gihfon's Camdtn. 
 
 Comb, in Carr.'iPi, fignifies a valley, and 
 had the fame meaning anciently in the 
 French tongue. 
 CO.MB. n.f. [camb, Saxon ; lam Dutch.] 
 i. An inftrumcnt to feparate and aiijuli 
 the hair. 
 
 COM 
 
 By Wf Liges's soWcn ctmh, 
 ^y:a:rcwith ihe fits on rii«mond f<sckr, 
 Sleeking herfoft .illuring locks. JiH.'tan 
 
 I Kude an inllrument in falhion of a co'n/t, 
 whofe teeth, being in number fixrecn. were 
 about an inch and a half broad, and the inier- 
 vah of tlie teeth about two inches wide, liewlon. 
 
 2. The top or crcll of acock, fo called 
 from its [>e<5tinated indentures. 
 
 Cocks have great combi and fpurs, hens little 
 or none. B.icon. 
 
 High was his comh, and coral-red withal. 
 With dents embattled like a caftle-wall. Urydni. 
 
 3. The cavities in which the bees lodge 
 their honey : perhaps from the fame 
 word which makes the termination of 
 towns, and fignifies hollo'w or deep. 
 
 This in alTairs of flatc,- 
 Employ'd at home, abides within the gate, 
 To fortify the c-jji^t, to build the wall. 
 To prop the ruins, left the fabrick fall. Dryden. 
 To Co.%iB. T. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To divide, and clean, and adjuft the 
 hair with a comb. 
 
 Her care fliall be 
 To csmi ybur noddle with a three-lcgg'd flool. 
 
 Divers with us,- that arc grown grey, anti-yct 
 would appear young, find means to make their 
 hair black, by c^jmbivg it, as they fay, with a 
 leaden comb, or the like. B.icon. 
 
 She with ribbons tied 
 His render neck, andr'5»«iVhie filkenhi('-c. Dryd. 
 
 Thciew.is a fort of engine, from which wtr^ 
 t'xtcnded twenty long poles, wherewith the 
 man-mountain combs his head. S^^ij! 
 
 2. To lay any thing confiding of fili- 
 ments fmoolh, by drawing through 
 narrow iiiterftices : as, to comb 'zvool. 
 
 CoMBBRUEH. 11. f. [comi and irijju.} A 
 
 brufii to clean combs. 
 CoMB-MAKER. n.f [c:!!!!^ and ma.'-er.] 
 
 One vvjiofe trade is to make combs. 
 This wood is of ufe for the turner, engraver, 
 
 carver, and romb-maier. Mortimcr'i Hufli.in.Uy 
 
 To CO'MBAT. %K n. Icomh^tlre, Fr.] 
 
 1. To iiglit ; generally in a dvicl, or hand 
 to hand. 
 
 Pardon me, I wi!i not combat in my fhirt. Shuk. 
 
 2. To acl in oppolitlon, as the acid and 
 alkali combat. 
 
 Two phinets nifiiing from afpeift malign 
 Of fierccft oppofition in mid (ky, 
 Should cf.mhat^ and their jarring fphcres con- 
 found. I\Ulton. 
 To Co'mbat. 1;, a. To oppofe ; to fight. 
 Tlieir opprenfors have cha iged the fcenc, and 
 c'jTnbiited tiie cpinioni in thtir true ihapc. 
 
 Demy of Piety. 
 Love yields nt l.ifl-, thus comhutrd by pride, 
 And flie fiibmits to be the Roman's bride. Gra>n\ 
 Co'mbat. n,f, [from the verb.] Con- 
 teft ; battle; duel; ft rife ; oppofition : 
 generally between two, but fomctimes 
 it is ufed for battle. 
 
 Tiiofc regions wtro full both of cruel monftcrs 
 
 and nionllrou-s men ; all which, by private com- 
 
 l/uis, ihcy delivered the countries of. SlJniy. 
 
 The noble c:.mlat tluit, 'iwixt joy and forrow, 
 
 was fought in Paulina! She had one eye declined 
 
 for the lofs of her luifband, another elcv-ued, that 
 
 the oracle was fulfilled. - Shakfj^eorc. 
 
 y The combat now by cour.ige muft be tried. Dry^ 
 
 Co'mbatant. n.f. [combattunt, Fr.] 
 
 I. Pie that fights with another ; duellill ; 
 
 antagonill in arms. 
 
 Su ttowii'd the mighty combatants^ that hcU 
 Grew darker at their frown. MiitonU Par. Loj}. 
 
 Whoj finjlc combatnntj 
 DnclM their armies rauk'd in proud ?niiy, 
 ilimfclf an auiiy. Milt<in^i Agojvjits. 
 
 COM 
 
 He v'sHa his imurA unlhcadi'd, on paia of Vife, 
 
 Coit.mands both nmbntants to cealc then lijite 
 
 Li ie defpairing combatanti tbey ftrive a^^icll 
 yon, as if they had beheld un\eilcd the migical 
 fliidd of Arioilo, which daizlcd the behoSders 
 with too inucli briijhtncfs, VrjiLa. 
 
 2. A champion. 
 
 When any of ihofc co>nhataf:t, firips his ten«» 
 of ambiguity, I Ihall think him a champion for 
 kiio^vicdge. Liicla. 
 
 3. With /or before the thing defended. 
 
 Men become corfibajuftts for thofc opinions. 
 
 Locke., 
 Co'.viBER. n.f. [from foffii.] He whofe , 
 trade it is to diicntangle wool, and lay 
 it fniooth for the fpinntr. 
 Co'.MBiNATE. adj. [from combine.'] Be- 
 trothed ; prcmifed ; fettled by compafl. 
 A word' of Skalifpiare. 
 
 She loll a nobler brother j with him the finew of 
 ler fortnne, her marriage dowry : with both, her 
 cowi/'.-rtr^hnflirndihiswcll-fecming.'Vngelo. i^ak. 
 Combination, n.f. [from combtKe.l 
 
 1. Union for fome certain purpofe ; afTo- 
 ciation ; league. A combination is 
 of private perfons ; a confederacy, of 
 ftatcs or fovereigns. 
 
 This cunning cardinal 
 The articles o' th' ccmbhuition drew. 
 As himfclf pk;is"d. Sba!:ft!^i:ic Iffit-y vrri. 
 
 2. It is now generally ufed in an ill I'enfe ; 
 but was formerly indifferent. 
 
 They aim to fuhrhic all to their own will and 
 power, under the diftjuifes of holy combinations. 
 
 King Charter. 
 
 3. Union of -bodies, or qualities ; com- 
 mixture; coiijunftion. 
 
 Thclc natures, from the moment of their firft 
 combinathn, liave been and are for ever infcpn- 
 ratle. . Hooker. 
 
 Refolution of componnd bodies by fire, does 
 not io much enrich mankind as it divides the 
 bodies} as upon tiic fcore of its making new 
 compounds by new coniMnations.- BcyU, 
 
 Itigiatitude is alw;iys in ombinaiion with pride 
 and hard-heartcdncfs. South. 
 
 4. Copulation of ideas In the mind. 
 
 They never fufi'tr any ideas to be joined in 
 their unilcrliandings, in any other or lUonger 
 co-nbinatlon than what their own nature and cor- 
 refpoMflence give them. hocke. 
 
 5. Combination Is ufed, in mathema- 
 ticks, to denote the variation or altera- 
 tion of any number of quantities, letters, 
 founds, or the like, in all the dilTerent 
 manners poffible. Thus the number of 
 poOible changes or comhinnlwns of the 
 twenty four letters of t?ie alphabet, 
 taken firft two by two, then three by 
 three, dfff.' amount to 1,391,724,288, 
 887,252,999,425,128,493,402,200. 
 
 Chamlcrs. 
 To COMCI'NE. f. a. {combiner, French ; 
 bitios jutigere, Latin.] 
 
 1. To join toj^ether. 
 
 Let us not tl-.en fufpeft our happy ftate, 
 As nc't fecuie to (ingle or combin\i. Milton, 
 
 2. To link in union. 
 
 God, the be!> maker of ail marriages. 
 Combine your hearts in one, your realms in one. 
 
 Shiu^fpcare. 
 
 Fricndlhip is the cement which really combines 
 maii''.lnd. (lO'vcrnntent oj the Tongue. 
 
 3. To agree ; to accord ; to fettle by 
 compaft. 
 
 My hcar;'s dear love is fet on his fair daughter; 
 As mine on hers, fo hers is fet on mine. 
 And all lombin'.l, five what thou murt combine 
 By holy mnrtiujje. Slfti^'*",
 
 C O M 
 
 4. To join words or ideas togetlier : op- 
 
 polcd to ancilyje. 
 To Comiu'ne. v. n. 
 J . To coalefce ; to unite each with other. 
 
 Ufed both of tilings and perfons. 
 Honour and policy, like imfcvcr'd fiicnds 
 
 I" til' war, do grow logclhcr : giant that, and 
 tell mc 
 ■ In peace what each of ihcm by tli' other lofes. 
 
 That they combine not there ? 5/-.iAy/>fiJct'j Csiicl. 
 
 2. To unite in frienddiip, or defign. 
 Comhint together 'gainft the enemy j 
 Forthefc doinellick and particular hroils 
 Are not the queftion hcie. Sluikffcart'i X.Le^ir. 
 
 You with your foes combiiiij 
 And fcem y-our own dcltrucfkion to defign. DryJ. 
 Co'm BLESS, adj. [from fomi.] Wanting 
 a comb or crell. 
 
 What, is your creft a coxcomb ? 
 
 — A ccmUc/i cock, Co Kate will be .n-,y hen. 
 
 COMBU'ST. adj. [from cmnburo, com- 
 liiflum, Latin.] 
 
 When a planet is not above eight degrees and 
 .■« half dift.'ju from tuc fun, eithci before oi" alter 
 him, it is (aid, to hicombujl, or ill nmbiijhan. 
 
 ifitrris. 
 
 CoMBu'sTiBLE. ar^'. £comiuro, comiii/.':ii:i, 
 Lat.] Having the quality of catciiing 
 fire ; fufceptible of fire. 
 
 Chaicoals, made out of the wood of oxycedar, 
 
 are wnite, Lecaiil'c their vapours are r.rtiier ful- 
 
 phurcous than of any otlier cambujliHe fubftance. 
 
 S)i/ivn'i f^ittgar Erroun. 
 
 Sin is to the foul like fire to ccnbujUbU mat- 
 ter ; it ailimilaies before it dellroys it. South. 
 
 They are but ilrewed over with a little peni- 
 tential afhes ; and will, as foon as they meet 
 vith com'-'/j}ible matter, ^^a\^owt. Decay of Picly, 
 
 The fl.nnc Ihall rtill remain ; 
 Noi, till the fuel pcrilh, can decay, 
 By nature forrn"d on things cimbiflibU to prey. 
 . - DryJen. 
 
 CoMBu'sTiBLENESs. n. f. [from combuf- 
 
 titlc] Aptnefs to talte iire. 
 CoMBu'sTiON. n.f. [French.] 
 
 1. Conflagration ; burning; confumption 
 
 by fire. 
 
 The future nmbujlhn of the earth is to he ufh- 
 crcd in and accompanied witli violent impref- 
 fions upon nature. ' Bma,:, 
 
 2. Tumult; hurry; hubbub; buille ; 
 hurlyburly. 
 
 Mutual comhuJiionSf blaodOieds, and waftes 
 may enforce them through very faintnefs, alter 
 liic experience of fo encllefs niii'eries. liooicr. 
 
 I'ropl.cfying, with accents terrible. 
 Of due c<>wb:iJitoHf and confus'd events, 
 Kcw-hatch'd to th* woeful time. Sknifpftire. 
 
 Tl'.ofc cruel wars between rhe hoiifes of York 
 And Lancailer brought all England into an horri- 
 ble cdmbuflion. Raleigh. 
 
 How muclTmore of pow'r, 
 Atmy .ngainil arniy, numberlcfs to raile 
 Dreadful cowz''/.y;/o« warring, and dilturb. 
 Though not dcltroy, their happy- native feat ! 
 
 Mihcn. 
 
 But fay, from whence this new cnmhufiian 
 fprings r Dryi'.tn. 
 
 The comet moves in aTi--inconcctvable fury, 
 and t-.mb!.jii'jny and at the fame timrc with an tx- 
 aA legul.nity. yUMJf.n's GmtrJiitfi. 
 
 To COME. V. n. pret. came; particip. 
 come, [coman, Saxon; iomen, Dutch; 
 Lommm, German.] 
 
 3. To remove from a diftant to a nearer 
 place ; to arrive : oppofed to go. 
 
 Ar.d troubled bluod through his pale face -.vas 
 feen 
 1q ciir.t and go, with tidings fiotn the heart. 
 
 y.liry QjiCtJl. 
 
 COM 
 
 Caefar wll! come forth to-day. $hAJfe&u> 
 
 Coming to look on you, thinking you dtad, 
 I fpakc unto the crown as having fcnfc, t^ukfp. 
 
 The colour oi tlic king doth come and go, 
 Between his purpofc and his confctcncc. Sh.ikf^. 
 
 The chriftitns h;iviu£ rtood almoll .ill the tlay 
 
 in order of battle in the fight of the enemy, 
 
 vainly expecting when he (liuuld come forth to give 
 
 them battle, returned .Tt nigl-.r unto their camp. 
 
 Kno'lci* Hijiory of the Turks. 
 
 'Tis true that fincc the fcnatc's fuccour came, 
 They grow more bold. DryiLrt's Tyri.finUk i,cvi'. 
 
 This chril^ian woman ! 
 Ah ! there the mifchief comes. Rowe. 
 
 . To draw near; to advance toward. 
 
 By the pricking of my thumbs, 
 Something wicked this way crimes. Shakfpenre. 
 
 . To move in any manner toward an- 
 other; implying the idea of being re- 
 ceived by another, ©r of tending to- 
 ward another. The word always re- 
 fpects the place to which the motion 
 tends, not that place which it leaves ; 
 yet this meaning is fometimes almoll 
 evancfcent and imperceptible. 
 I did hear 
 
 The galloping of horl'e: who was 't cume by ? 
 S/iiii/peare's Maclclh. 
 
 Bid them cover the taljje, ferve in the meat, 
 and we will come in to dinner. Sha*:fpeare. 
 
 As foon as the commandment came abroad, 
 the childicn of Ifracl biought in abundance the 
 firft fruits. Z Chroniciez. 
 
 Knowledge is a thing of their own invention, 
 or which they come to by fair reafonJng. Burnet. 
 
 It is impotTible to come near your lordfhip, 
 at any time, without receiving fome favour. 
 
 Congtt'Vf. 
 
 None may come in view, but fuch as aie pei- 
 lincnr. Locke, 
 
 No pciceptiun of bodies, at a diftance, may 
 be accriunred for by tbc motion of particles com" 
 ing from them, ant! Ilrtking on our organs. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 TIrey take the colour of what Is" laid before 
 them, aad as foon !oC' and refign it to the next 
 that happens to come in their way. Locke. 
 
 Ged has made tlie inieliectii.il world harnioiii- 
 ous and beautiful without us ; but it will nevt t 
 come into our heads all a: once. Locke. 
 
 To proceed ; to iffue, 
 Bei.oUi, my fon, which came forth of my 
 bowels, fcckeih iriy life. 2 S^t/iuc/. 
 
 To advance from one ftage or condi- 
 tion to another. 
 
 Truft me, I am exceeding weary. 
 
 — I.s it come to that ? I had thougUt w:arinci's 
 durft not have attacked one of fo high blood. 
 
 Shiikfpcnr(* i fie'/''v iv. 
 
 Though he would after h:ive turned hh teeth 
 ivpon Spnin, yet he was taken .order with bcfuic 
 it came to that. -" J^>rcc-/f.. 
 
 Sediliou-s tumults, and fcditious fames, differ 
 no mere but as brother and filter ; if it cc7;ie to 
 thr.r, that the Iieft adtions of a ftale are taken in 
 an ill fenfc and triuUiced. Baccr. 
 
 His foldicis had fkirmiflies with the Numi- 
 dians, fo that once tnc ^irmilh was like to 
 cone to a juft battle. '^ KnoUa. 
 
 When it came to that once, they that had 
 mofi: ficlh wifhed they hadhadlcfs. UKjhange. 
 
 Eveiy new fprung pafiion is a part of the ac- 
 tion, except we conceive nothing action till the 
 players comf to blows. Dtyden. 
 
 The force whereby bodies cohere tsveiy much 
 greater Vvhen they come to immediate cont-ufi^, 
 than when they are at ever fo fmall a finite dif- 
 tance. Cheyne^n Phikfophical Princrpfes. 
 
 , To be brought to fome condition 
 either for better or worfe, implying 
 fome degree of cafnalty ; with to, 
 One> fnid lu Ariltij^pus, 'tis a ftrangc thing 
 
 vhy aicii Ibould rather give lo the poor than to 
 
 COM 
 
 philofophcrs. He anfwcrcd, bccaiifc they think 
 thcmfclvcs may fooner come 10 be poor than to be 
 philofophers. Baioti^^ .'Ipophthegmi. 
 
 His fons come to honour, and he knuwcth it 
 not. Joh. 
 
 He being come to the cflate, keeps a bufy fa- 
 mily. Lccie, 
 
 You were told your maftcr had gone to a ta- 
 vern, and come to fome mifthancc. Stm/t, 
 
 7. To attain any condition or charadler, 
 
 A fcrpcnt, ere he comes to be a dr-i^on, 
 Docs cat a bat. Ben y'iffon'i Cdfa/.'ne, 
 
 He wonder'd how flic came to know 
 What he had done, and meant to do. Hudihras, 
 
 The tertimony of confcience, thu.% informed, 
 comei to be fo authcntick, and fo much to be re- 
 lied upon. South, 
 
 8. To become. 
 
 So came I a widow; 
 And never fli.iil have length of life enough 
 To reign upon remembrance with mine eyes. 
 
 $/uikfpearc't ILniy iv. 
 
 When he returns from hunting', 
 I will not fptak with him ; fay 1 am fick. 
 If you come flack of former fcrviccs. 
 You (h.ill do well. Shak/pe-irr's KingLear, 
 
 How cn'r.e tl.c publican jullified, but by a 
 fliort and humble pniyer .' Dup^a, 
 
 9. To arrive at fome act or habit, or dif- 
 pofition. 
 
 They would quickly come to have a natural 
 abhorrence for that which they found made 
 them flighted. Locke, 
 
 10. .To change from one flate into an- 
 other defired ; as the butter comes, when 
 the parts begin to feparate in the churn- 
 It is reported, tliac if you l.iy i^-jod flore of 
 
 kernels of grapes about the root of a vine, tt will 
 make the viae come earlier, and piofpcr.hcttcr. 
 
 Bticon'i Natural Hijicry, 
 
 Then butter does refuTe to comr. 
 
 And love proves crofs and humourfome. Uudih. 
 
 In the coming or fprouring of malt, as it muft 
 
 not cotne too little, fo it mult not come too much, 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 i I . To become prefent, and no longer 
 future. 
 
 A time will «Jmr, when my maturer raufe 
 In CseT.Tr's warsa nobkr theme (hall chufe. Dry. 
 
 12. To become prefcnt, and no longer 
 abfent. 
 
 That 's my joy 
 Not to have feen before ; for nature now 
 Comfs all at once, conipunding my delight. "Dryd. 
 Mean while tnc gods the dome of Vulcan 
 throng, 
 Apollo «w<?5, and Neptune 'Mw<: along. P/ipe, 
 Cewf then, my frrcnri, my genius, txmf along. 
 Thou mailer of the poet and the fongi Pope, 
 
 13. To happen ; to fall out. 
 
 The duke of Curiiwal, and Kegan his ducttefs, 
 will be here witli him this night. — 
 
 — How convex that ?— Shakjpcare' i K. Lear, 
 
 14. To befal, as an event. 
 
 Let me alone that 1 may fpeak, and let come 
 on mc what will. y^i, 
 
 15. To follow as a coufequence. 
 
 Thofe that ;nc kin to the king^ never pfick 
 their fingci^bul they fay, there is fome of the 
 king's blood ipilt. How cowfi ihut .' fays he, 
 that takes upon him not to concei\e: the an- 
 fwer is, I am the king's poor coufin, fir. Shakj. 
 
 16. To ceafe very lately from fome acl or 
 ilate ;■ to have jull done or fulFcrcd any- 
 thing. 
 
 I>a\ id faid unto Uriah, cjmcjt thou not froni 
 thy j'jurncy > • z S^vmu-K 
 
 17. T,o Come about. To come to pafs ; 
 to fall out ; to come into being, Pro- 
 bably fron^ the French rai'tr a lout. 
 
 -And let me fpeak lo ih' yctujikuowing worlJ, 
 How ihtk things (tuwtf nL^Mt, Shiiij^fure, 
 
 A
 
 COM 
 
 That chtmlim, wliicli now appears as i Gad 
 ti I human foul, knows veiy well that the pe- 
 riod will nmc about in etciuity, when the hu- 
 man fuul (hall b<s as perfcfl as he himfclf now is. 
 AJJijm's SpcclJtor. 
 
 I conclude, however it cviiis ali:it, tl.at 
 things are oot as th.ey Ihould be. S-xcift. 
 
 How c^mti it ahout, that, fs.' above fixty 
 years, aiTairs bavo been placed in the hands of 
 new njen. Sivift. 
 
 18. To Come about. To change ; -to 
 come lound. 
 
 The wind came abvit, and fettled in the Weft 
 for many days. />..««'! Niw .-Itlaniis. 
 
 On better thoughts, and my urg'd rcafons, 
 They arc cjmc abuui, and won to the true fide. 
 
 Ben ycnjhri. 
 
 19. To Come again. To return. 
 
 There came water thereout ; and when he-had 
 drunk. Ins fpirit cam: agaia, and lie revived. 
 
 ymigcs. 
 
 20. To Come afh-r. To follow. 
 
 If any man will c^tng ajter me, let him deny 
 himfclf, and take up his crofs and follow me. 
 
 iilailk'.'.v. 
 
 21. Ti Come nl. To reach; to get 
 within the reach of; to obtain ; to gam. 
 
 "Neither fword nor fceptre can come at coiifei- 
 ence; but it is above and beyond the reach of 
 -both. S,ick!:«g. 
 
 Cats will eat and deftroy your marum, if they 
 can c'jmc a! it. K■ve!Jn^i K-r.UnJ.ir. 
 
 In order to come at a true -knowledge of our- 
 felvcs, we (hould coulider kow far we m.ay de- 
 fers e praifc. ^.Uifon. 
 Nothing -niakcs a woman more efteemcd by 
 -the oppofite Ccx than challity, and we always 
 ctije thofe moft who are hardcft to c^me at. 
 " A.U}Jin. 
 
 22. To Come hy. To obtain ; to gain ; 
 to acquire. This feenis an irregular 
 and improper ufe, but has verj' power- 
 ful authorities. 
 
 Thinjs moll needful to prefcrvc tliis life, arc 
 moft prompt and -eafy for all living creatures to 
 $<imc by. Hcohr. 
 
 Love is like a child, 
 That longs for every thing that he can ccme iy. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 Thy caTe 
 Shall be my precedent ; as thou got'ft Milan, 
 .I'll cunu by Naples. Shakj^care' \ Teinpefl. 
 
 Are you not alhamfd to inforce a poor widow 
 to fo raugh a courfe to come by her own ? Shatf. 
 
 The ointment wherewith this is done is made 
 of divers ingredients, whereof the ftrangcll and 
 h.ardeti to ame by is the mofs of a dead man un- 
 Ijmied, Ji:icon's Natural llijhry. 
 
 And with that wicked lye 
 A letter they c-ame by. 
 From our king's majefty. Dmhan. 
 
 He tells a fad ftory, how haid it was for him 
 to cam! by the book of Tr.gantius. StUlingfeet. 
 
 Amidft your train this unfeen judge will wait. 
 Examine how you came by all your ftatc. Drjdtn. 
 
 23. To Come in. To enter. 
 
 What, aie you there ? come m, and gi»e fomc 
 help. Shaifyeare. 
 
 The fimple ideas, united in the fame fubjcil, 
 are as pcrfeillly diftiniS as thofe that come in 
 by diifcrent fcnfes. L^che. 
 
 24. TbCoMEin. Tocomply; to yield; 
 to hold out no longer. 
 
 If the arch-rebel Tyrone, in the time oT thefe 
 wars, Ihould offer to come :n and fub.iiit himfelf 
 to her majcfty, would you not have him re- 
 reived ? Spe'iftr on Ire/11 -ij. 
 
 25. To Come in. To arrive at a port, 
 or place of rendezvous. 
 
 At what time our fecond fleet, which kept 
 the narrow leas, was come in and joined to our 
 main fleet. ./?■" 1. 
 
 There was the Plymouth fquadronnowamf 11, 
 Which in the Streights l»ft winter was abroad. D;y. 
 
 COM 
 
 26. To Come in. To become modifh ; 
 to be brought into uf?. 
 
 Then came rich cloaths and graceful aflion iV, 
 Then iiiftrumeuts were tauglit more moving notes. 
 
 Jiofcotntnon. 
 
 Silken garments did not eim; in till late, and 
 the ufe of them so men was often reliraincd by 
 law. Arbuthrtot on C-'otKi. 
 
 27. To Come in. To be an ingredient ; 
 to make part of a compolition. 
 
 A generous contempt of that in which too 
 many men place their happincfs, mulV csmc in 
 to heighten his eharJcler. .i^ttcrbury. 
 
 28. To Come in. To accrue from an 
 ellate, trade, or otherwife, as gain. 
 
 I had rather be m.id with him that, when he 
 had nothing, thought all the fliipi that came 
 into the harbour his ; than with yoo that, wiicn 
 you h,«ve I'o much tuning in, think you have no- 
 thing. ^S:i.i::IV,. 
 
 29. 'Jo Come in. To be gained in 
 abundance. 
 
 Sweetheart, we fliall be rich ere we depart. 
 If ii;iltiigs come thu» plentifully tn. Shakfpeare. 
 
 30. To CoMh in for. To be early enough 
 to obtain : taken from hunting, where 
 the dogs that are flow get nothing. 
 
 Shape and beauty, worth and education, wit 
 and undcrilandinc, gentle nature and agreeable 
 humour, honour and virtue, were to come inf'.r 
 tneir (hare of futh contracts. Temfle 
 
 If thinking is ellcntial to matter, f;o-;ks and 
 ftones will ciOTf/'7y»r their Iharc of privilege. Collier. 
 
 One who had in the rear excluded been. 
 And could not_/&r a tafte o' ih* flefti ccmt in. 
 Licks the folid earth. Tate's Jimcnal. 
 
 The rcll came in fer fubfidies, whereot tliey 
 funk confiderable fums. Siuijt. 
 
 31. To Come in to. To join with; to 
 bring help. 
 
 They marched to Wells, where the lord Aud- 
 ley, with whom their leaders had betbrc fecict 
 intelligence, came in to them ; and was by them, 
 with great gladnefs and cries of joy, accepted as 
 their general. £acon'! Henry vll. 
 
 32. To Come in to. To comply with; 
 to agree to. 
 
 The fame of their virtues will make men ready 
 to eome into every thing that is done for the pub- 
 lick good. Atterbwy. 
 
 33. To Come tuar. To approach; to 
 referable in excellence ; a metaplior 
 from races. 
 
 Whom you cannot equal or c^>me near in do- 
 ing, you would deliioy or ruin with evil fpcak- 
 ing. Ben Jonfon't DifiOT,n id. 
 
 The whole achieved with fuch admiianlu in- 
 vention, that nothing ancient or modern feems to 
 ccite near it. Tenipie. 
 
 34. To Come of. To proceed, as a de- 
 fcendant from anceftors. 
 
 0/ Priam's royal rart my mother cumf. Drj.l 
 
 Self-love is fo natural .in inhrmity, that it 
 
 makes us partial even to thofe lliat cc'ne cf us, as 
 
 well as ourfclvcs. ^ L' Fjlrange. 
 
 35. To Co. ME of. To proceed, as cifedls 
 from their caufes. 
 
 Will you plcafc, hr, be gone; 
 1 told you what would -owf c/"this. Shaijfiart. 
 
 The hiccough antes of fulnefs of meat, efpe- 
 cially in children, which caufeth an cstcnfioii of 
 the ftomach. Bacon. 
 
 This comes 0/ judging by tfic eye, without con- 
 fulting the nafon. V Fjlran^e 
 
 My young maftcr, whatever comet cn'i, mull 
 have a wife looked out for him by that time he is 
 of age. ' "■"*-^■• 
 
 36. To Come of. To deviate; to de- 
 part from a rule or direftion. 
 
 The figure of a bell partaketh of the pyramis, 
 but yet comiig c^and dilating more fnddenly. 
 
 JJaiOi's Natural tHjtory. 
 
 COM 
 
 37. To Come rff. To efcape ; to get 
 free. 
 
 I knew the foul enchanter, though difguis'd ; 
 Lnter'd the very lime-twigs of his fpells, 
 - .'^nd yet r.ime off. Milton. 
 
 •How thou wilt here come of, furmounts my 
 reach. Milton. 
 
 If, upon fiich a fair and full trial, he can comt 
 off, he is then clear and innocent. South. 
 
 Thofe that are in any lignal danger implore 
 his aid ; and, if they come off fate, call their de- 
 liveraiKe a miracle. Ad.lifon. 
 
 38. To Come off. To end an affair; to 
 take good or bad fortune. 
 
 Oh, bravely came wc off. 
 When with a volley of our necdiefs IhoT, 
 After fuch bloody toil, we bid good-night. Shak. 
 
 Ever fince Spain and England have had anv 
 thing to debate one with the otiicr, the Eiiglifli, 
 upon all encounters, have come off with honour 
 and the better. ■ Bacon. 
 
 We mult expcifl fometimes to come off by the 
 wor^l, before we obtain the final conqueft. Calamy. 
 
 He uft, in fuch attempts as thefe, 
 C-nne off with gloiy and iuccefs. Htulibras. 
 
 y). To Come oJ[ from. To leave; to 
 forbear. 
 
 To come off from thefe grave difquifitions, I 
 would clear the point by one inftance more. 
 
 Felton on the Clafficks. 
 
 40. To Come on. To advance ; to make 
 prog re fs. 
 
 Things feem to come on apace to their former 
 Itate. Bacon. 
 
 There was in the camp both ftrcngth and vic- 
 tual fufiicient l"or the cibtaining of the vi^ory, if 
 they W( Lilri not protia6t the war until winter 
 were com: tn. Knolles' Hijlory. 
 
 The lea came on, the fouth with mighty toar 
 Difpcrs'd and dalh'd the reft upon the rocky 
 flloK. Dry din. 
 
 So travel. irs, who wafle the day, 
 Noting at length the fctting fun, 
 Tiiej- mend their pace as nigtii comes on. Granv. 
 
 41. ToCoMEon, To advance to combat. 
 The great ordnance once difchargcd, the armies 
 
 came fait on, and joined battle. Knolles. 
 
 Rhymer, come on, and do the worft you can; 
 I fear not you, nor yet a better man. Dryden. 
 
 42. To Come on. To thrive; to grow 
 big ; to grow. 
 
 Come on, poor babe ; 
 Some powerful fpiiit inftrutfl the kites and ravens 
 To be thy narl'es. Shakfpearc's IVintcr's Talc. 
 It Ihould teem by the experiments, both of the 
 malt nnd of the rofes, that they will come far fallcr 
 on in water than in earth ; tor the nouriflimeni is 
 eafier diav.-n out of water than out of earth. 
 
 Bacon* , Natural HiJlory^ 
 
 43. To Come over. To repeat an aft. 
 
 44. To Come over. To revolt. 
 
 They are perpetually tcizing their friends to 
 come ox-er to them. Addiftn's Spe^fitor. 
 
 A man, in changing his fide, not on^ makes 
 himfelf iiaftd by tlnfe he left, but is feldom 
 heartily efteemcd Ly thofe he romet over to. 
 
 Addifon's Spe?}ator. 
 
 45. To Come over. To rife in didilla- 
 tion. 
 
 Perhaps alfo the phkgmatick liquor, that is 
 wont to fcmr c^-t^ in this analyfis, may, at kai% 
 as to part of it, be produced by the operation of 
 the fire. Boyle. 
 
 46. ToCoME ou^ To be made publick. 
 
 Before h;i book came out, I had undertaken 
 the anl'wer of fcvcral others. Stillingjieet. 
 
 1 have been tedious ; and, which is wcrrfe, 
 it come: cut from the fir(txlr3ught,and uncorrei^lcd. 
 
 Dry.ien. 
 
 47. To Come out. To appear upon trijJj 
 to be difcovered.
 
 C O M 
 
 •Ir is hidceH co-n; cnf at laft th.if Wf arc fo 
 look, on the failits as inferior dcitic^. Sn./t'iffj/icf. 
 
 The weight ut' the den.irius, or the IcveiUh of 
 a Roman ounce, I'omi^i aut lixiy-two giaiiu and 
 four Icvcnths. ,-libutr.'rA . 
 
 48. To Come out ivllh. To give a vciu 
 to>; to let fly- 
 
 Tlioff great maftcrs of chyraicTl arcnna mart 
 tic provoked, before they will come out h'./'j 
 liicm. liuyli. 
 
 49. To Come to. To confcnt or yield. 
 Whnt is this, if iny parfon will not comf to? 
 
 Sv.'ift. 
 
 50. To CoMK Z-?. To amount to. 
 
 The empciour impofed To great ;i curtom upon 
 ali coin to he tranfportcd out of Sicily, Chat the 
 very cuftoins camr to as much as botti the price 
 •f the cum and the frrigbt toj;fther. A.«5.'Am. 
 
 You faucily i)raend to know 
 M'TC thnii your dividend comtt fo. Iluct'ilnji 
 
 Animals either feed upon vrgetahlcs immcdi- 
 at;.ly, or, which comet to the fame at Lift, upon 
 other animals which have fed upon ihcni. IJ'ooJxv. 
 
 He pays not this tax immcdinicly, yet his 
 purfcwill find it by a greater want of money than 
 that txwci to. Locke. 
 
 51. To Come to hhnfdf. To recover his 
 fenfes. 
 
 He falls into fweet ccrtafy of jny, wherein I 
 ihall leave him till he corner to himplf. Temple. 
 
 52. To Come to pafs. To be cfFeded j to 
 fall out. 
 
 Ie ccmftkj we grant, many times to pafi, that 
 the works of men heing the fame, their drifts 
 and purpofc therein arc divers. Hooker. 
 
 How irctffi it t'j p-jfh that fome liquorf cannot 
 pierce into or moiltcn fome bodies, which arc 
 calily pervious to other liquors. Boy!e. 
 
 53. "To Come yp. To make appearance. 
 
 0\er-AVct, at fowingtinae, with Ui breedeth 
 mueh dearth, infomuch ai the corn never cvmeth 
 
 up. Bi'-cori. 
 
 It" wars (hould mow ihem down never fo fart, 
 yet they niay be fuddcnly fupplied, and trcvr 
 up again. Btj.-on. 
 
 (jood intentions arc the feeds of good aiftiou'i ; 
 and every man ought to fow them, whether they 
 come up or no. T-'mp.'e. 
 
 54. 7h Come up. To come into iile : as, 
 a fafhion comes up, 
 
 ^^, To CoM^ UP to. To amount ^o. 
 
 He prepares for a furrcnder, alTercing that nil 
 thcfe will wqK. come up f^ near the quantity requi- 
 fitc. W'iOthvat d* i Niiturai Hijlrns 
 
 56. To CoMi- up to. To rile ; to ad- 
 vance. 
 
 VVhofe ignorant credulity will not 
 C'^mt up fi th' truth. Shakjpeart* I H'"inter' % T-'/f. 
 
 Confidcrations there arc, that may make u-;, if 
 not came up to the charadler of thofe who rcjuuc 
 in tribulations, yet at leall fatisfy the duty of hc- 
 iiig patient. iViite'^ Preparation for Jlfut) 
 
 The vertcs hyirina;, -which fome ladies wrr'-, 
 mull iiave been of luch extradrdmary price, that 
 ttierc is no llutV 'n our A'^f: comes up to it. A'huth. 
 
 VVhen the heart is full, it is an^iy at all wo-d-; 
 that cannot come up to it. Sic-p. 
 
 ^7. Tiy Come up iv'tth. To overtake. 
 y8. To Come upon. To invade ; to at- 
 tack. 
 
 Three hundred hovfe, and thiee thoufnnd fnot 
 Engiifh, tommanocd by fir\fohn Norri-;, v/cic 
 tliaiged by Parma, corning ufin them with fevcn 
 Choufand horle. Sn'On. 
 
 When old age eotne^ upi^n him, it comes alone, 
 brirging no otncr evil with it but itfelf. SontI-. 
 
 59. '/"oCoME. In futurity; not prefent ; 
 to happen hereafter. 
 
 It fervrth to dilcovcr that which is hid, as 
 well 'IS to foretcl that which is to come. Bacon. 
 
 In times to co^ne, 
 My waves Ihall walli the wxlU «t' mighty Rome. 
 
 Dry.-ien. 
 
 Vol. L 
 
 COM 
 
 Tikins » Icnfc of l.ind fur ycart l» ranif, it t!ie 
 rent of one hniuhcd p tHmls. l.a.-kit, 
 
 60. CoMt ib a vvoiil of wliicli the ufc is 
 various and exlciilive, but tlie radical 
 figiiillcatiuii of leiultiuy hlthtr'iuard Is 
 uniformly prcfcrvcd. VVlicii wt fay 
 he ciinc from a pla^e, I'le idea ij that of 
 returning, or arriving, or liccomiiig 
 nearer; when we fay he luent from a 
 place, \vc conceive limply depailurc, or 
 removal to a greater dillance. The 
 butter fOT«fj- ; it is paffiiif; fiom its foi- 
 mer hate to tliat wliicli is defued ; it is 
 advaiicinjj toward us. 
 
 Come, [participle of the verb.] 
 
 Thy W(>rda wcic hciid, ana I aiw iome ttj thy 
 words. D.t'iul. 
 
 Come. A particle of exhort.itlou ; be 
 quick ; make no delay. 
 C''>'iff Kt us inak-c uLii f.ithtr drink wine. 
 
 <;,;,Ju. 
 Come. A particle of reconciliation, or 
 incitement to it. 
 
 f.Vwt', I'^w, at all I l;ingh he bugli^ no doubt ; 
 
 Tlic only dift.Tcnce u, I d.u-e l.Tugh out. I'o/'.-'. 
 
 Come. A kind of adverbial word for 
 
 -when it Jhtill come : as, come ll^ejnefcliiy, 
 
 when Wediiefday lliall coine. 
 
 C(,tm Candlem.is, nine years ago flic dierl. 
 
 t7,»v. 
 
 Come. n.f. [from the verb.] A fprout : 
 a cant term. 
 
 That the malt is fufHcientIv well diii-d, you 
 may know both by the talle, and .dlo by the 
 falling oft' of the come or fprout. M9rf!/rii:->. 
 
 Come'dian. n.f. [from fomifi^.] 
 
 1. A jjl.'yer or aCior of comick parts. 
 
 2. A player in general ; a ilageplayer ; 
 an aftrefs or aftor. 
 
 MoliTavion, ^Tcrty honc-y-bee, when of a '-0- 
 jr.fJiat: (he hec.inn- a wealthy man's wife, would 
 be fainted Madam Pitiiias, or Prudence. 
 
 3. i\ writer of comedies. 
 
 Scaliger willeth us to admire riiuliis as a 
 fjuir.i!<i'i, but Ttienee as a pure and elegant 
 f]jc.ik(r. ]\a.h.tmof Vt'et^y. 
 
 CO'MEDY. n.f. [comedia, Lat.] A dra- 
 matlck lepreleiitaticn ofthe lighter faults 
 of mankind, with an intention to make 
 vice and folly ridiculous : oppoftd to 
 tragedy. 
 
 Your honour*s players 
 Arc cotne to play a j>le.ifant ciitif.iy. SJiakfpfa'' t . 
 
 A long, exacl, and Crions cinicily; 
 In every feene fome mora! let it reach, 
 And, if it ean, .it once both plcafc and prra«h. 
 
 i'cft. 
 
 Co'wt i.iNFSS. n./. Ifrom come fy.] Grace j 
 beauty ; dignity. It lignifics fome- 
 tlting Itfs forcible than ktaitly, lels ele- 
 gant than grace, and lefsliglil than fret- 
 tinefs. 
 
 A earelefs rtimtlinff wltii ciimelv eaic. ^d'Uy. 
 
 The fei V ice of C»od ii:ith not fur h perleiiion 
 of 1 1 ace and ctm'li'up, as wh.-n the dijnirj' of 
 tlv platr dorli concur. Hoi(fr. 
 
 Tiiey Ikillcd not of the goodly ornaineirt> o! 
 poctiy, yet were fprinklcri with fome prc(t) 
 flowers, which gave gojd grace and ifiie/in..;.. 
 
 Sf.enfer tn Ir, !.in,l. 
 
 H.irdly (hall ynii meet with m.<n or woir.au 
 fo aged or ill-favoured, but, il' yon will com- 
 mend them for n-mdniji, nay and for _\ ouih 
 too, (hall take it well. Stuth. 
 
 T'lete is great pulchrirndr and amrlimfi of 
 proportion in thi ieave.*, liowrrs, and fruits o't 
 pUntc. \ ^t*) ^'» Oi'e Crftt::'cn. 
 
 COM 
 
 A horftnian'i coat Ihall Hide, 
 Thy tnpcr fh.^pc, and comfhncfi of lide. T'hr. 
 
 COMKLY. adj, [from become \ or from 
 cp.^man, Sax. to pleafc] 
 
 [. Graceful ; decent; having dignity or 
 grandeur of mien or look. Comelinefs 
 lecms to be that fpecies of beauty which 
 excites refpedl rather than pleafure. 
 
 U tlic principal pait of bit^uty is in decent 
 m ttion, no marvel though perfons in year< frcm 
 mil y times more amiable ; for no youth.c.Mj he 
 comn'y but by pardon, and cuufidcring the youth 
 as t(* make up the comclincfs. Biicf^n. 
 
 He that is comely, when old and decrepit, 
 (urely was very beautiful wlien he wasyooyg. 
 
 Smfk. 
 
 Thou arc a comefy-j yoangi and valiant knight, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. Ufed of things, decent ; according lo 
 propriety. 
 
 Oh, what a world is this, when what is comrfy 
 Knvcnoms h.iin that bears it' Shakfpt^re. 
 
 Tliis is a hap[)icr and moTe romc/y time, 
 Than when tlitle fellows ran about tl'.e llrctts, 
 Crying coufuhon. Shakfpeate' s Corro.'anLs. 
 
 CoMKLY. adv. [from the ad^edtive,] 
 Handfomely ; gracefully. 
 
 To ride romr'\ , to play at all weapons, to dance 
 
 comely, be very nccefl'ary for a courtly gentleman. 
 
 .■i'fc^i.im' I Schoc!ma/Ur, 
 
 Co'mi:r. n,y, [from come.] One that 
 comes. 
 
 Time is like a fafhionablc hoft, 
 T'lat nightly ftiakts his parting gueft by tl/ Iiand; 
 But with his arms outftrctch'd, as he would fly, 
 Grafps in the co-ner : welcome ever fmilts, 
 And fircwel goes, out fighing. Slnifpeare. 
 
 Youifelf, renowned prince, then flood as fair, 
 As any comer I have iook'd on yet, 
 ¥or my affetfiion. Shakfpcar^. 
 
 IMants move upwards ; but, if the fap puts up 
 too f.ill^, it maketh a llcndcr lUlk, which will 
 not fupport the weight ; and therefore thcfe are 
 iill fwift and halty comtis, Ba:ori. 
 
 It IS natural to be kind to th.e laft mmer. 
 
 JJ Ejirang^, 
 
 Njw leave thofc joy?, unfuiting to thy age, 
 T" a frcfli r-iw r-, and lefign the thtge. D^vdcn. 
 
 Tic renowned champion of our lady of Li- 
 r-rt^, and the niincuMus tranflalion oi her 
 ch.ipel ; al out wliicii he hath pubiifhiid a rJcfiance 
 to the wo'.Jd, and offers to piove it aa^ainft all 
 comers, Stiliin^et^r. 
 
 There it is not ftranc;e, that the mind Jhoutd 
 give itfclf up to the common opinion, or render 
 itfelf to the fiift comfr, L^c('t. 
 
 Houfe and heart are open for a friend ; the 
 piiraijc is eafy, and i ot only admits, but c\cn . 
 iiviies, the eomtr. South. 
 
 CO'MK']\«./. [comctay Lat.ahauy.ilar.] 
 
 A heavenly body in the pLinetari' region, ao- 
 pearing fudd^'nly, and again dit"app\aring j .-ind, 
 durii*g the time of its appearance, mo-'ing 
 through it« piopi:r orbit like a planet. The o;-- 
 hiti ot comet' are ciliplv., l-jving on^ of their 
 foci in the ccntc of the !iin ; and heing \eiy 
 long and ecccntrick, they-bccime irivil'ible when 
 in rliat part iiurt remote from the fun. Csvj?.* , 
 jiopiilarly called bhiiint^ ft.trs, »'e dilungiiiniid 
 from other it.us by a long tiain or tail ot light, 
 alwiys oppofite to the fun : hcr.ce ariiVs a po- 
 puhfdivilion of .-o»V(»rs ui1"o threr kinds, hearJcd, 
 iji/ci, and haired ci^r.^Ts \ thou;^h the divifiori 
 rather relates to the different ciicum.^ances of the 
 fame e:mctj than to the pb<tnom;ri,i ot'the Ct\t- 
 rai, Thas, wlicn the comet is caftward of the 
 fun. ami moves from it, the com:.' is faid to be 
 braided, 'j-t^Satw^ bo...iuie the lighr marches be- 
 fore it. When ihc light U wciVward of the fuj», 
 the czmsf i:> fait! to be tailed, becaule the tr^'in" 
 follows it, When the comer and the ftni are dia- 
 mcrrically opjiofite, the earth being betwern 
 them, tlie Irani is hid beliind the body of the 
 .o-o?/", evcepiing.a little tiiat a-jpears aror«d it 
 in torm jf a border A hmr, heuce caiicd-i ?■/»,,*„, 
 
 s V
 
 COM 
 
 Acford'ing to fir ll'aac Newton, the (ail of a 
 totm \s a very thill vapour, emitted by the head 
 «jr nucleus of the conift, ignited by the ncigh- 
 bourliood to the fun ; and this vapour is furnillicd 
 b'/ the atmofphere of the cctner. The Vcipou:s nf 
 conitu being thus dilated, rarefied, and difTulcd, 
 may probably, by means of ibeir own gravity, 
 be attiaacd doven to the planets, and become 
 intermingled with ihcir atmofpheres. For the 
 eonfervation of the water and moillure of the 
 tl-.e planets, cami^is fecm abfolutely requifue ; 
 , Irom whofc con-Jenfcd vapoui's and exhalations 
 '. ^1! tbat moiihire which is fpcnt -in vcgelalions 
 '" jjid ptiircf.iSions, and turned into dry earth, may 
 ■lie rcfupplicd and recruited; for all vegetables 
 jncrcafe wholly from (tmU, and tnui, by putre- 
 • ifaftion, into canl). Hence the quantity of dry 
 earth m.uft .Continually increafe, and the moillure 
 uf the glebe detre.ife, and at laft be quite eva- 
 porated, it it have not a cor.tiiuial fupply. And 
 I fufpcdt, adds fir Ifaac, that the fpiiit which 
 makes the fineft, fubtileft, and belt part of our 
 air, and which is abfolutely requifite for the life 
 and being of all things, comes principally from 
 lliecomt/j. 
 
 The fame great atithor has computed that the 
 fun's heat, in the c'jm,-i of 1680, was, to his 
 keat vriih.us al; midfuminer, as twenty-eight 
 thoufand to one ; and that tlie heat of the body 
 of the c'jrr.et was near two thoufand times as 
 great as that of red-hot iron. He alfo calculates, 
 ihnt a globe of red-hot iron, of the dimonfions 
 ef our Mrth, woii^d icarce be cool in fifty thou- 
 fand years. If then the cumet be fuppofed td 
 cojI a handrcd times as fall as red-liot iron, 
 yet, fince its heat was two thoufand times greater, 
 fuupofing it of the bignefs of the earth, it would 
 lie! be cool in a million of years. 
 
 Trmcux. Chamhen. 
 
 And wherefore gaze this goodly company. 
 As if they faw fonic v.'ond'rous monument. 
 Some c>!.i!t, or unufual prodigy r Sliakffcare. 
 
 Such his fell glances as the fatal light 
 Of flaring camett. Crajliaw. 
 
 I conftdered a camet, of, in the language of 
 the vulgar, a blazing flav, as a fky-rocket dif- 
 chargcd by an hand that is almighty. AiSJon. 
 
 Fierce metcuis Ihoot their arbitrary light, 
 And Cjmeti marcn with lawlefs horrors bright. 
 
 Co'metary. 7 nJj. [from «;nf/.] Rela- 
 
 Come'tick. j ting to a comet. 
 
 Refraefions of li^hl are in the planetary and 
 tnm:tar\' regions, as on our globe. Cftey/ie. 
 
 CO'MFIT. it.f. [k-Uaria arlda, Latin ; 
 hnf.!, Dutch. It fhonid feem that 
 both are for ncd by hafty pronunciation 
 irom cunfeB.'l A dry Iweetmeat ; any 
 kind of fruit or root preferved with 
 fugar, and dried. 
 
 Ey feeding me on beans and peafe, 
 He crams in nafiy crevices. 
 And turns to amf.a by his arts, 
 To make me rclilh for dcferts. Tliuiilras. 
 
 7'oCo MPiT. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 prcferve dry with fugar. 
 
 The fruit that does fo quickly wallc. 
 Men I'carcc can fee it, much Icfs t ilic. 
 Thou comjjri-jl in flieets to make it laft. Ctnvhji, 
 
 Co'mfitvre. 11./. [hom comjit, or confec- 
 turc.'] Sweetmeat. 
 
 From country grafs to cumfilum of court, 
 Or city's quelque-chofcs, let not teport 
 My mind tr.infport. Dcnnc 
 
 To CO'MFORT. •!'. a. [comforto, low 
 Latin. Salvia coinforlat nerval. Schol. 
 Sal.] 
 1. To flrengtbcn ; to enliven; to invigo- 
 rate. 
 
 The evidence of God's ov/n teftimony, added 
 unto the natural alfcnt of rcaTon, concerning the 
 certainly of thrra, dotU not a little ccmfort and 
 Cflnftim She itmt. Jhckcr. 
 
 COM 
 
 Light excellcth in comforting tbe fpirits of men : 
 light varied doth the fame efFc<n., wlih mote 
 noveliy. This is the caufe why prcciuiis ftones 
 ccfnforf. Biicoft^s Nut. Hijhry. 
 
 Sume of the abbots had been guilty o( comfort- 
 ing and atTirting the \ebels, ^y/iffr's Parrrgon. 
 2. 'fo confole ; to llrengtheu the mind 
 under the prcfTure of calamity. 
 
 Tliey bemoaned hiin, i\nd corjortcrl liim, over 
 all the evil that the Lord had biuught upon him. 
 
 Co'mfort, ti.f, [from the verb.] 
 
 1, Support; aflillance ; countenance. 
 
 Puj'nings made a wild chace upon tlic wild 
 Irilh ; where, in lefiietl of the mountains and 
 faflneffc;, he did little good, which he would 
 needs impute unto the tomfort tiiat the rebels 
 ftiould receive ur.deihand from ihc catl of Kll- 
 dare. Bacon. 
 
 The king did alfo appoint commiflioners for the 
 fining of all fuch as were of any value, and had 
 any hand or partaking in the aid or comfort of 
 Perkins, or the Cornilhmen. Bacon, 
 
 2, Confolation j fupport under calamity 
 or danger. 
 
 Her foul heaven's queen, whofc name fhe 
 bears, 
 In comfort of her mother's fears. 
 Hath plac'd among her virgin train. Benyonfan. 
 
 As they have no apprchenfion of thofe things, 
 fo they need no comfort againlV them. Tillotfj^i. 
 
 3, That which gives confolation or fup- 
 port in calamity. 
 
 I will keep her ignorant of her good, 
 To make her heav'nly comfotn of dclpair. 
 When it is leaft expetflcd. Shukfpeare. 
 
 Your children were vexation to your youth, 
 But mine fhall be a comfort to your age. Shakf 
 
 Wc need not fear 
 To pafs commodioufly this life, fuftain'd 
 Cy iiim with many cowjort^, till wc end 
 In duli, our final reft and native home*. Milton. 
 CoV PORTABLE, adj. [froui comfort. '\ 
 
 1. Receiving comfort ; fufceptible of com- 
 fort ; cheerful : of perfons. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 For my fake be cotnfor table ; liuld Heath 
 A while at tlie arm's end. Shakfpcare. 
 
 My lord leans wond'roufly to difcontent; 
 His Ci^nfortnbk temper has forfook hini ; 
 He is much out of health. Shakf. Timon. 
 
 2. Admitting comfort ; of condition. 
 
 What can promife him a comfortable appear- 
 ance before his dreadful judge .^ South. 
 
 3. Difpenfmg comfort ; having the power 
 of giving comfort. 
 
 He had no brother, which, though it be com- 
 fortable for kings to have, yet drawcth the fub- 
 jcifts eyes afide. Bacon's Henry vji. 
 
 The lives of many mifcrable men were faved, 
 and a comfortable provifion made for their fub- 
 fift^TiCe. JDryJcn's Fub. DdJication. 
 
 Co'mfortably. ad'v, \^hom comfortable,'] 
 In a comfortable manner; with cheer- 
 fulnefs ; without defpair. 
 
 Upon view of the fmceiiiy of that perform- 
 ance, hope comfortably and cheerfully fur God's 
 performance. Hammond. 
 
 Co'mforter. n,f. \{x^n-\ comfort. ~\ 
 
 1. One that adminiflers confolation in mlf- 
 fortunes ; one that itrengthens and fup- 
 ports the mind in mifery or danger. 
 
 Tlii.s vci-y prayer of Cbiil> obiaincd angels to 
 be fent him, as comforters in his agony, khoktr. 
 
 The hcav'ns have blelt you with a goodly fon, 
 To be a comforter when he is gone. Sh.ikfpearc. 
 
 Nineveh is laid wafte, who will bemoan her? 
 whence (hall I fei^k cmnfotets for iht^c } Nc/um. 
 
 2. The title of the Third Perfon of the 
 Holy Trinity. 
 
 Co'm f o r t l e s s . aJj. [ from comfort. ] 
 Wanting comfort ; being without any 
 
 COM 
 
 thing to allay misfortune : ufcd of per- 
 fons as well as things. 
 
 Yet fhall not my death be comfortlrpj receiv- 
 ing it by your fcntencc. Si.lney, 
 Where was the cave, ywrought witli wond'rous 
 art, 
 Deep, d.irk, uncafy, doleful, rom/^r/Ziy,. Fairy Q«. 
 
 Kcws lilting to tire nig'nt ; 
 Black, feaiful, comfaitUfi, and horrible. Shnkf. 
 
 On thy feet thou ftood'll at laO, 
 Though comfort!,-/,, as when a father mourns 
 His children, all in view deft loy'd at once. Mi!t. 
 That unfociable comJouUfi deafncfs had not 
 quite tired me. Siuift, 
 
 Co'mfrey. n.f. [cojifolida, Lat. comfri:, 
 French.] A plant. Miller. 
 
 Co'm\c \i.. adj. \_comiais, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Railing mirth ; mcrr)' ; diverting. 
 
 The greatcft rcfcmblance of our author is irj 
 the fanriliar ftile and picafiiig way of relating 
 comical adventures of that nature. Dry'i. Fah. 
 
 Something fo conrical in the voice and gelluies, 
 that a man can hardly forbear being pieafed. 
 
 AdAijm or. Italy. 
 
 2. Relating to comedy ; befitting comedy; 
 not tragical. 
 
 ' That all might app;ar to be knit up in a comical 
 concludon, the duke's daughter was afterwards 
 joined in marriage to the lord Lifle. Uayumrd, 
 They deny it to be tragical, bccaufc its cataf- 
 traphe is a wedding, which hath ever been ac- 
 counted comical. Gay. 
 
 Co'mically. adv. [from «m;Va/.] 
 
 1. In fnch a manner as raifes miith. 
 
 2. In a maiiiier befitting comedy. 
 Co'mic A LNEss. n. f. [from comical,\ 
 
 The quality of being comical; the power 
 of railing mirth. 
 CO'MICK. adj. \comicus, Lat. comijui^ 
 French.] 
 
 1 . Relating to comedy ; not tragick. 
 
 I never yet the tragiclc mufe eflay'd, 
 Detcii'd by thy inimitable maid; 
 And when 1 venture at the comick llile. 
 Thy fcornful lady feems to mock my toil. W.ilUr, 
 
 A comick fulijedt loves an humble \i;r{e ; 
 Thyeftes (corns a low and comick Ityle ; 
 Yet comedy fometinres ma) raife her voice. 
 
 RoJcdmm^H. 
 
 Thy tragick mufe gives fmiles, thy comick 
 fl'jcp. DryAen. 
 
 2. Railing mirth. 
 
 Stately triumphs, mirthly comick (hows. 
 Such as befit the ple.ifurc. Siutkjl'cart. 
 
 Co'ming. n.f. [from To iTowf.] 
 
 1. The ad of coming ; approach. 
 
 Wtiere art thou, Adam ! wont with joy to 
 meet 
 My coming, fecn far otT? Mrli. Par. Loj}. 
 
 Sweet the coming on 
 Of grateful evening mild. Alilt. Far. Loji. 
 
 2. The Hate of being come ; arrival. 
 
 May "t picafe you, noble madam, ru withdraw 
 Into your private chamber; wc (hall give you 
 The full caufe of our coming, Shakfpearf. 
 
 Some people in America counted their years by 
 the fom/n_^of certain iiirds amongll thcnr at their 
 certain feafons,and leaving them at oti.ers. Loske, 
 
 Coming-in. n.f. Revenue; Income. 
 
 Here "s a fniall trifle of wives ; eleven widows 
 and nine maids is a fimple couiing-in for one 
 man. Shakjpeaig, 
 
 What are thy rents ? what arc thy camings-in ? 
 O ceremony, Ihcw me but thy worth ! 
 What is thy toll, O adoration ? Shakfpeare. 
 
 Coming, i/irticiiiinl adj. \^ from come. J 
 I. Fond ; foruard ; ready to come. 
 
 Now will I be your Uofalind in a more ctTjutist 
 
 on difpufirion ; and, a(k mc what you will,*^ 
 
 will grant it. Shakfpcaa. 
 
 That very lapidary himfclf, with a mmiig
 
 C O iVI 
 
 ilomach, and In the cock's place, wmikl li.ivc 
 ni.iclc the cock's choice. L' I'/irti/tgt-. 
 
 That he had been fo nflc<5lionatc a huflKuid, 
 was no ill .trgunicnt to the anting dowajcr. D'y i. 
 On moiiiing wings how active Iprings tl-x 
 mind ! 
 How eafy every labour it purfucs, 
 How coming to the poet ev'ry muCct Vo^c. 
 
 2. Future ; yet to tomr. 
 
 Piaile of great wAi he fcuttcis, as a feed 
 Which may the like in coming ages biced. Riff. 
 
 CoMi'riAL. «^. l_c.~militi , Lat. an aCTembly 
 of the Romans.] Relating to the af- 
 f^mblies of the people of Rome. 
 
 Co'mity. n.f. [c-omitiis, Lat.] Courtcfy ; 
 civility ; good-breeding. Did. 
 
 Co'mm.\. tl.f. [xixf^u.^ 
 
 1. The point which notes the diftin6\!cn 
 ofcliufes, and order of conlhu6lioM, in 
 thefcntence; marked thus [,]. 
 
 Coninras ar<\ points they fet cx.i<^l; right. J'spf. 
 
 2. The ninth part of atone, or the inter- 
 val whereby a femitone or a perfeft tone 
 exceeds tiie impcrfcdl tone. It is a 
 term ufed only in theorical mufick, to 
 fliew the exaft proportions between 
 concords. Harris. 
 
 To COMM.'\'ND. 1). a. Icommander, Fr. 
 viando, I..at.] 
 
 1. To govern ; to give orders to ; to liold 
 in fubjedlion or obedience : correlative 
 to obiy. 
 
 Look, tins fe.Tther, 
 Obeying with my ^vlnri wlien 1 k\o blow, 
 And yicldnig to another when it blows. 
 Commanded always by the greater giift ; 
 Suchis the lightncfs of you common men. Shcihf. 
 
 Chrift could comtnund legions of angels to his 
 refcue. Deciy <jj' Viety. 
 
 Should he, w-iO was thy lord, command thte 
 now 
 With a harfh voicCj and fiipercillous brow, 
 To fervile riiitief. Vrjden's Pirf. Sat. 5. 
 
 The queen ccwmcind^, and we'll obey. 
 Over the hills, and far away. Old Song. 
 
 2. To order; to direft to be done : con- 
 trary to prohibit. 
 
 My confcience bids me aflc, wherefore you 
 h.ive 
 C^r.mtitidtU of me thefe moil pois'nous com- 
 pounds .' Shakfpcnre. 
 
 We will faciifice to the Lord our Gijd, as he 
 fhall command us. E.V(idus . 
 
 Whateict hypocrites anftcrely talk 
 Of purity, and place, and itnocence, 
 Defaming as impure what God declares 
 Pure, ar.<l CQnu;ia^id\ to lomc, L'aves free to all. 
 Our maker bids increafc : who bids ahlfain 
 But our deftroyor, foe to God and man ? Milto*i. 
 
 3. To have in power. 
 
 If the ftrong ccine fupport thy walking hand, 
 CiiairnK-n no longer fliali the wall command. Gay. 
 
 4. To overlook ; to have fo fubjedl as that 
 it may befeen or annoyed. 
 
 Up to the Eaftcin tower, 
 Whofc height commands as fubjc^s all the vale. 
 To fee the light. Sfiaif^earc. 
 
 His eye nit^^ht there i:ow«(3>j(/ wherever Hood 
 City, of cit! or modern fame, the feat 
 Of migl.lieft empire. }\filton. 
 
 One fide ^Gmmandi a view of the fineft garden 
 in the worUl. ylddijln'i. Guardian, 
 
 51. To lead as a general. 
 
 Thole he co ;m.inds move onlv in command, 
 Nothing in love. Shakjpca'c'i Macbeth. 
 
 TsCoMM a'ncu. n. To have the fupreme 
 authority; to poflefs the chief power; 
 to govtrn. 
 
 Tho!"'- two commanding powers of the foul, the 
 unrferftanding and the will. South, 
 
 CoM.M.\'}jD. n./ [from the verb.] 1 
 
 C O 1\! 
 
 1. The right of commanding ; power J 
 fupreme authority. It is ulcd in mili- 
 tary allairs, as magillracy or govern- 
 ment in civil life : with over. 
 
 Take pity of your town ami of your people, 
 While yet iiiy folriiirs are in my command. Shaif. 
 
 With lightning fill her awful hand, 
 And make the clouds fcem all at hcrioraww/i/.. 
 
 IfalUr. 
 
 He afTumed an abfolutc command tzrr his 
 leadeis. V'ydcn. 
 
 2. Cogent authority ; dcfpotifm. 
 
 C'Anm.ind and ftMce may t.,iw\\ cieaie, but can 
 never cure, an avcrfion ; and whatever any one 
 is bkought to by conipuUion, l.c will Lave as 
 foon as he can. Locke on Education. 
 
 3. The aft of commanding; the mandate 
 uttered ; order given. 
 
 Of this tiee we may not tafte nor touch ; 
 God fo comniandcfl, and left that command 
 Sole daughter of his voce. Milt. Par. I.ojl. 
 
 As there is no prohibition of it, fo no command 
 for it. Taylor. 
 
 The captain gives command, the joyful tram 
 Glide tlirough the gloomy Ihadc, and leave the 
 main. * Dryden. 
 
 4. The power of overlooking or furveying 
 any place. 
 
 The '.tcepy rtand, 
 Which overlooks Ihc vale with wide command. 
 
 JJryden's jEnc'id. 
 Comma'nder. n.f. [from command. "[ 
 
 1. He that has the fupreme authority ; a 
 geneial ; a leader ; achief. 
 
 We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by tiiec ; 
 Lose thee as our commander and our king. ShakJ. 
 
 I have given him for a leader and commander 
 to the people. IJ.iiah. 
 
 The Romans, wlxn commanders in war, fpakc 
 to theii army, and rtyled. them, My foldiers. 
 
 Bacoi.* i Apophthegms. 
 
 Charles, Henry, and Francis of France, often 
 adventured rather as foldiers than as commanders. 
 
 Hayiuard. 
 
 Sir Phelim O'Neil appeared as their commander 
 in chief. Clarend-in, 
 
 Supreme commander both of fca and land. 
 
 IVallcr. 
 
 The heroiek atftion of fome great commander, 
 enterprifcd for the common good, and honour of 
 the chrirtian caufe. Dryden. 
 
 Tkic\r ^Tcai cofnman.!ers by credit in their armies, 
 fell into the fcales as a counterpoife to the people. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 2. A paving beetle,ora very great wooden 
 mallet, with a handle about three foot 
 long, to ufe in both hands. Moxon. 
 
 3. An inftrument of furgcrv. 
 
 The glulTocomium, commonly called the t-ow- 
 mandcr, is of ufe in ti^e moli if long tough bodies, 
 and where the luxation hath been of long conti- 
 nuance. IVfeman's Surgery. 
 CoMMANDERY. ti. /. [from commanil.] 
 A body of the knights of Malta, belong- 
 ing to the fame nation. 
 Comma'ndment. n.f. [^commanJement, 
 French.] 
 
 1. Mandate; command; order; precept. 
 
 Tl'.ey plainly require fome fpecial commaridment 
 for that which is exacted at their hands. Hooker. 
 
 Say, youchofc him more a iter ouv commandment. 
 Than guided by your own nfleiflions. Shakf 
 
 By tne eafy iomw.mdmcnt by God given to 
 Adam, to forbear to feed thereon, it pleafcd God 
 to make trial of his obedience. Raleich. 
 
 2. Authority ; coaclive power. 
 
 I thought that all things had been favagehcre, 
 And thcr^-forc put I on the countenance 
 Of f^ern cr.u:mar:dment. Shakf. ^-Js you like it. 
 
 3. Ey way of eminence, the precepts of 
 the decalogue given by God to iVlofes. 
 
 And he wrote upon the tables the wnrds of; 
 the covenant, and the ten amman.ijncnti. J^.xoJusi 
 
 COM 
 
 CoMM a'ndrrss. n.f. [from eommfin/fer.'] 
 
 A woman veiled with fupreme authority. 
 
 To ptefcribe the order of doing in all things, ii 
 
 a peculiar prerogative, which wifdom haiii, as 
 
 queen or fovcrcign commandirjs, os'cr all other 
 
 virtues. _ Hooker, 
 
 Be you rcmmanjrefs therefore, princefs, queen 
 
 Of all our forces, be thy woid a law. Fairfax, 
 
 Co M M ate'r I A I,. ac/J. [from con and via- 
 
 tcria.} Confining of the fame matter 
 
 with another thing. 
 
 The beaks in birds are commaHri.tl with teeth. 
 
 Bacon. 
 The body adjacent and ambient is not comma* 
 terial, but mcrily helcrogciiealtow.il ds tlic body 
 to be prefers ed. B.icit'. 
 
 Co.M m.Vtf.ria'lity. n.f. [Jrom commatc 
 rial.] Participation of the fame m.itter. 
 CoMMELiNE. n.f. [comnalina, Latin.] A 
 plant. Miller, 
 
 Comme'morasle. adj. [from commnno- 
 rale] Deferving to be mentioned with 
 honour; worthy to be kept in remem- 
 brance. 
 ToComj.te'morate. v. a. [con and nc 
 mora, Lat.] To prefer ve the memory 
 by fome publick acl ; to celebrate fo- 
 lemnly. 
 
 Such is the divine mercy which wc now eom- 
 mcmorate \ and, if we commem'i; ate it, we fhall 
 rejoice in the Lord. Fiddc:. 
 
 CoMMEMORA'TidN. n.f, [from comme- 
 morate.] An aft of publick celebration ; 
 folemnizalion of the memory of any 
 thing. 
 
 That which is daily offered in the church, is a 
 daily cimmemoration of that one facrifice oiTcre<I 
 on the crofs. Taylor. 
 
 St. Auiiin believed that tlie martyrs, when the 
 cQmmfmorations\VQrcmz6c:tt their own fepulchres, 
 did j lin their prayers with the churches, in behiilf 
 of thofe who there put up their fupplicationN to 
 God. Stiilingji'cct. 
 
 C'^mmtmr.rat:on was formerly made, witli 
 thankfgiving, in honour of good men departed 
 this world. ^-^yiffe's ]*arer^:T:. 
 
 CoMMt'inoRATnE. adj. [horn commemo- 
 rate.'] Tending to preferve memory of 
 any thing. 
 
 The annual offering of the pafchal lamb was 
 commemorative vf th.iX FiiH pafchal lamb. j-Jtto!/. 
 
 The original ufe of facrifice M'as commemorative 
 of the original revelation ; a fort of daily memo- 
 rial or record of what God declared, and man 
 believed. Toii/ei, 
 
 To COMME'NCE. ik n. [commcncer^ 
 French.] 
 
 1. To begin; to take beginning. 
 
 Why hath it givcii me carnell of fiiccefs. 
 Commencing in a truth r Shakfpi'tc'r. 
 
 Man, confcious of iiis immortality, cannot be 
 without concern for that Ilale lliat is to Cj'Kmenc* 
 after this life. Hog.ri, 
 
 2. To take a new charafter. 
 
 If wit fo much from ign'rance undergo. 
 Ah ! let not learning too commence its foe ! Fip; 
 To CoM.MF.'vcE. 1'. a. To begin ; tu 
 make a beginning of : as, to cumracnee 
 afiiir,. 
 
 Moft fiiallowly did you thefe arms ctv.mtrcey. 
 Fondly brought liere, and foolifi:ly feiit hence. 
 
 Sh.thfp-4!Tr, 
 Comme'ncement. n.f [from commence,] 
 Beginning ; date. 
 
 The waters weic g.itheicd together into er- 
 pldce, the third day from the ccmmcf.-cement of 'he 
 creation. ifood'ajar.^s N.tl, Uiji. 
 
 To COMME'ND, v. a. [ecmmaido, Lat ] 
 I. To reprefent as v.-ortliy of notio", -re- 
 gard, or kindncfs ; to recommend. 
 2 Y 2
 
 COM 
 
 After JB.irbarolTa was arilvet?, it wss known 
 fcow cffecSually the chiet baifa had cotmunied 
 Mm to Sulyman. KnclJc,' Hijtoiy. 
 
 Among the objeSs of knowledge, two cfjic- 
 c\My c-^mmeiid thcnilVlvcs to oui contemplation; 
 the knowledge of God, and the knowledge i.l 
 OUtfclvcs. /A:/rj' Origin cf Mani'"d. 
 
 Vain-Rlory is a principle I .-5w«i./to no man. 
 D.rayofPUty. 
 
 2. To deliver up with confidence. 
 
 To thee I do commend my v/.itchfiil fonl, 
 Ere 1 let fall the windows of mine eyes ; 
 Sleeping and waking, O defend me ilill ! Shakf. 
 
 Father, iiUo thy haiKls I cunir.cnd my ^y'lM.Lukc. 
 
 3. To praife ; to mention with approba- 
 tion. 
 
 Who is Silvia ? What i) Ihe, 
 That all our fwains coomi'id hei ? 
 Holv, f;ni-, and wife is (he. Sh,ilfff.>re. 
 
 Oldinen do mort cjicecd in this point of folly, 
 eammcnding the days of their youth they fcarec 
 remccnbc]ed,at Icail well underftood not. liroivn. 
 He Ijv'd my worthlefs rhymes ; and, like a 
 friend, 
 Would find out fomething to commend. Cotvlry. 
 Hiftorians ccir.mind Alexander for weeping 
 when he read the actions of Achilles. Dtyd. I ir. 
 
 Each finding, like a friend, 
 Something to blame, and fomething to commend. 
 
 1'r.fc. 
 
 4. To mention by way of keeping in me- 
 mory ; to recommend to remembrance. 
 
 Signior Anthonio 
 
 Cwtmcndi him to you. 
 
 Ere 1 ope his letter, 
 
 I pray you tell me how my good friend doth. 
 
 SfiiikJl'C'iiC' 
 
 5. To produce to favourable notice. 
 
 The chorus was only to give the young ladies 
 anoccalion of entertaining tne French kuig with 
 vocal miifick, and of commending their own 
 voices. Vrydcn's Dufie/ncy. 
 
 6. To fend. 
 
 Tbefe draw the chariot which Latinus fends, 
 And the rich prcfcnlto the prince commends. Dry. 
 Com M f.'nd. n.y. [from the verb.] Com- 
 mendation. Not in ufe. 
 
 Tell her I fend to her my kind commends : 
 Take fpecial care mygreetnigsbedeliver'd. SfiniJ. 
 
 Comme'nuable. «(//. [from commend-] 
 Laudable ; wortliy of praife. Anciently 
 accented on the lirft fyllable. 
 
 And power, unto itielf mod commendaHe, 
 Hath not a tomb lo evident, as a chair 
 T' extol what it hath done. Shakfj'Care. 
 
 Order and decent ceremonies in the church, 
 are not only comely, hut crjm>nin.l.i!>/e. JIucon. 
 Many heroes, and moll worthy perfons, be- 
 in" fufticicntly connmndabic from true and un- 
 c^ueltionible merit, have received advatKemem 
 Irotn falfehood. Brown's Vul. Errmis. 
 
 Britannia is not drawn, like other countries, 
 i'.l » f'»ft peaceful pollute ; but is .idorncd with 
 emblems that marh out the military genius of 
 het inh.ibitants. This is, 1 t4iink, the only com- 
 men.htic riuahty that the old poets have touched 
 upon in the detcriptioii of our country. Addifon. 
 CoMMENDABLY. odv. [fiom conmertda- 
 t,le.'] Laiitlably ; in a manner worthy 
 of commendation. 
 
 Of preachers the ftiiire holdeth a number-, all 
 lommenl.iil)! labouring in their vocation. Care-.v. 
 COMME'NDJM- \_conwienda, low Lat.] 
 A benefice, which, being void, is com- 
 mctidcd to the charge and care of fome 
 fiifficient clerk, to be fupplltd until it 
 be conveniently provided of a pallor. 
 
 CbivcU. 
 
 It had been once mentioned to him, that his 
 
 pearc IhoiiUl be in.idc, if he wiArld refign his 
 
 bilbcprick, and deanry of Wettminlicr ; for he 
 
 had Itial in lomniiuUnr/tt Ciartndon. 
 
 C O M 
 
 Commk'np.itarv. ". /. [from commeti- 
 dain.] One who holds a living ui cont- 
 mendam. 
 
 CoMMEN da'tion. ti./. [hovn comiiieru!-] 
 
 1. Recommendation; favourable repre- 
 fentation. 
 
 This jewel and my gold are yom s, provided 
 I have your commendation for my more free en- 
 tertainment. S/t'tkf{)rare's Cymbrlinc. 
 
 The choice of tliem (hould be bj die commen- 
 dution of the great officers of the kingdom. B.tcon. 
 
 2. Praife ; declaration of efteem. 
 
 His fame would not get fo I'wcct and noble ar< 
 air to fly in as in your breath, fo could not jou 
 find a titter furiicdit oi aminendation. Si.incy. 
 
 5. Ground of praife. 
 
 Good-nature is the mort godlike cammcndntion 
 of a man. Dryden's 'Ju-ucnal, Dedicalion. 
 
 4. Mclfage of love. 
 
 Mrs. Page has her hearty commenditionK to you 
 too. ShalJ^eare. 
 
 Haik you, Margaret, 
 
 No princely crtmmendations to my king ! 
 
 Such commendiitions as bccumc a maid, 
 
 A virgin, and his fervant, fay to him. Shctlf. 
 Comme'ndatory. ad', \_i\-om covimend.] 
 Favourably reprefentative j containing 
 praife. 
 
 It doth much add to a man's reputation, and 
 
 is like perpetual letters commcndiitory, to have 
 
 good forms ; to attain them, it almort lufficeih 
 
 not to defpife them. Bacon's Ejfy!. 
 
 We bellow the flourilll of poetry on thofe 
 
 commendatory Conceits which popularly fct forth 
 
 the eminency of this creature. Bro-.un. 
 
 if lean think that neither he nor you delpile 
 
 me, it is a greater honour to me, by far, than if 
 
 all the houfe of lords wiit commcnd-itory verfes 
 
 upon me. J ^/'' ■ 
 
 Comme'nder. n. f. [from commend.'] 
 
 Fraifcr. 
 
 Such a concurrenc; of tw(^ extremes, by mofl 
 
 of the fame :omme>iders wwA difprovers. iVotlon. 
 
 Commensa'lity. n.f. [hom cor7inieiifafis, 
 
 Lat.] Fellowlhip of table ; the cuf- 
 
 tom of eating together. 
 
 They being ertjoined and prohibited certain 
 foods, thereby to .t\oid community with the Gen- 
 tilcb, upon pronrlfcuous commenja/ity. Brawn. 
 
 Com MENSUK abi'lity. n.f. [from com - 
 mcnfuralle.l Capacity of being com- 
 pared with another, as to the lueafure ; 
 or of being meafiired by another. Thus 
 an inch and a yard are coramcnfurablc, 
 a yard containing a certain number oi 
 inches ; the diamtter and circuiuference 
 of a circle are incommenfurable, not 
 being reduceable to any comitton mea- 
 fiire. Proportion. 
 
 Sonic place the cffcnce thereof in the propor- 
 tion of parti, concei'. ing rt to confilt in a comely 
 commenjur-iltilUy of the whole unto the parts, and 
 tile pairs hc'wccn thcmfehes. BrO'-.un. 
 
 Com me'nsur ABLE. adj. [con and niai- 
 fura, Latin.] Reducible to fome com- 
 mon meafure : as a yard and a foot are 
 mcafuredby an inch. 
 Comme'nsuka BLENESS.-n./. [from com- 
 meiifurable.] Commenfurabllity ; pro- 
 portion. 
 
 There is no commmfurahlencfs between this ob- 
 jci!t and a cieatcd jiidcrltaiiding, yet there is 
 a congriiity and connatunility. Hale, 
 
 To COMME'NSURATE. i>. a- [con and 
 meiifura, Lat. ] To reduce to fome com- 
 mon meafure. 
 
 That divllion is not natural, but artificial, and 
 by agreement, as the apteft terms to nmmcnfu- 
 ratc the lonjituile of plates. Brown. 
 
 COM 
 
 CoMMF.NsuR ATE. adj. [from thc vcib,.] 
 I. Reducible to fume coinmon meafure. 
 They permitted nu intelligence between them, 
 other than by the mediation of fom:i organ equ:illy 
 commenjutat; to i'j\\\ zniihoAv. Go-u.o^ the iono^uc. 
 I. Equal; proportionable to each other. 
 Is our knowledge adequately commenfurr.te 
 with the nature of thingi ? GlvrciUc, 
 
 Thot'c who aie pcrfuadcd that they Ihall con- 
 tinue for ever, cannot chufc but afpire after a 
 happiiiefs commensurate to their duration, 'fillotj. 
 Nothing comtntnjurate to the defrres of human 
 nature, on which it could fix as its ultimate end, 
 without being carried on with any farther defire, 
 Rogers' Scrmontt 
 ^lattcr and gravity are always commcnfnrate. 
 
 Be»t:,y. 
 
 Comme'nsurAtely. adv. [from com- 
 
 vien/urate.] With the capacity of niea- 
 
 furing, or being mcafurcd by fome 
 
 other thing. 
 
 We are conttrained to make the day ferve to 
 meafure the year as well as we can, though not, 
 commenjurately to each year; but by colleifling 
 the fradlion of days in feveral years, till they 
 amount to an even day. Holder on Time, 
 
 CoMMENSt'RA'TioN. n.f. [from conimen- 
 furate.] Proportion; reduction of fome 
 things to fome coiumon meafure. 
 
 A body over great, or over I'mall, will not bc- 
 thiown fo f.n as a body of a middle fize ; fo 
 that, it feemeth, there mult be a commenjnration 
 or proportion between the body moved and the 
 force, to make it move well. Bacon's Nat. HiJ}. 
 All fitiufs lies in a particular cmmenjiiration, 
 or proportion, of one thing to another. South. 
 To CO'MiVlENT. ii.n. [commentor, Lat.] 
 
 1. To annotate ; to write notes upon an 
 author; to expound; to explain : with 
 upon before the thing explained. 
 
 Such are thy fecrcts, wlucii my life makes good, 
 And comments on thee ; for in ev'ry tiling 
 Thy words do find me out, and parallels bring. 
 And in another make me undeiftand, Her6ert. 
 
 Ciiiii ks ha\ing fiill taken a liking to one.of 
 thcfc poets, proceed to comment on him, and il- 
 lulliate hiin. Dryden's 'Ju~,:enal, Dedication. 
 
 They have contented thcmfclvcs only to com- 
 ment upon thofe texts, and make the beft copic* 
 they could after thofe originals. Te.nfle, 
 
 Indeed I hate that any man (hould be idle, 
 while I mult tranll ite and comment. Pope. 
 
 2. To make remarks ; to make obfcrva- 
 tions. 
 
 Enter his chamber, view his lifelefs corps, 
 And ccmmcnt then upon his fuddcn death. Si.t^f, 
 
 Co'mment. n.f [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Annotations on an author ; notes ; ex- 
 planation; expofition ; remarks. • 
 
 Adam cime into the world a philofopher, 
 which appeared by his writing the nature of 
 things upon their names : he could view elTenccs 
 in themrelvcs, and read forms viithout the rc^- 
 ment of their refpeiftive propertie'-. South, 
 
 All the volumes of philofophy. 
 With all their comrne/itSf never could invent 
 So politick an intUument. Prior. 
 
 Proper gcHures, and Achemeot exertions of the 
 s'oice, are a kind o{ comment to what he utters. 
 .dddifo-i's Speftator. 
 Still, with itfcif compar'd, his text perufc ; 
 And let your lommei.l be the Mantuan mufe. 
 
 Popt. 
 
 2. Remark; obfervation. 
 
 In fuch a time as this, it is not meet 
 That every nice offence Ihould bear its comment, 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 Forgive the comment that my palTion made 
 Upon tiiy feature ; for my rage was blind. 
 
 Shakjpearc's King 'Yohtt, 
 All that is behind will be i)y way of comment 
 on that part of the church of Engbnd's charity. 
 llummond's Fundamentals,
 
 G O M 
 
 Co'MMtsT.iRV. n.f. [ro)M»««/rt>7o/, Lat.] 
 J. An expolition ; book of annotations or 
 remarks. 
 
 In religion, fcirptute is the bcft rule ; and tlic 
 church's univcrfal praflice, the beft commrnt.^iy. 
 
 King ChnrUi. 
 
 2. Memoir; narrative in familiar manner. 
 
 Verc, in a private cimmentiny which he wrote 
 of that Ictvicc, tcftilied that eight hundred were 
 Ihin. Bcicm. 
 
 They flicw ftill the ruins ofCxfar's wall, that 
 reached eighteen miles in length, as he has de- 
 clared it in the firlt Look of his CmmcniMin. 
 
 MM f I" on It^h- 
 Commenta'tor. n.f. [from comment.] 
 Expjfitor ; annotator. 
 
 I h.ivr Miadc Inch cxpohtions of my authors, 
 
 as r.vi czmmtniator will (oigive me. Dryden. 
 
 Soric 111 the nmncnuisrs tell us, that Murfya 
 
 was :i la>vycr wlio had loll his caufc. Mtii/oi. 
 
 ij.t'.-n'i ■:i>!::m;iila!or tells us, that bitter lub- 
 
 llancci engender cholcr, and burn the blood. 
 
 .-Iihi^thnul en Al^mtnti. 
 
 No ccitMcitalar can more flily pafs 
 
 O'er a k.arn'd unintelligible place. Vofe. 
 
 eo'MMENTER. Ti f. [from commfn/ ] One 
 
 that writes comments ; an explainer j 
 
 an 4innotator. 
 
 Silly as any cojwOTfw/i-r goes by 
 Haid words or fciil'c. Donni. 
 
 Commenti'tious^. adj. [commenlitins, 
 Latin.] Invented ; iiftitious ; imagi- 
 nary. 
 
 It is tafy to draw, a parallelifm between that 
 anciciifnnd this modem nothingj and make good 
 its refcmblancc to that comntntitioui in.anity. 
 
 Ghtnz'ilU^i Scej>Jii. 
 COMMERCE, n.f. [^commen-ium, Lat. 
 It was anciently accented on the lall 
 fy liable.] ; 
 
 1. Intercoinfe; exchange of one thing for 
 another ; interchange of any thing; 
 trade ; traffick. 
 
 Places of publick rcfort being thus provided, 
 out repair thither is cfpecialiy for mutual confe- 
 rence, and, as it were, commerce to be had be- 
 tween God and us. Hosier. 
 
 How could convmunities, 
 Degrees in fchools, and brotherhoods in cities. 
 Peaceful ccmtntrcc from di\idablc (bores. 
 But by degrees rtand in authcntick place ? Shaif. 
 j Iniiruifted (hips (liall fail to quick cammirce, 
 By which remoteft regions .iie aliy'd ; 
 
 Wiiich makes one city of tlie univerfe. 
 Where fume may gaui, and all may be I'upply'd. 
 
 i)tydcn. 
 
 Thefo people had not any commerce with the 
 other known paits of the world. Tiflotjon, 
 
 In any counriy, thnt hath commerce with the 
 reft of the world, it is almoft impolTible now to 
 be without the ufe of (ilvcr coin. Locke. 
 
 2, Coinmon or familiar intercourfe. 
 
 Good-nature, which confilts in overlooking 
 of taults, is to he excrcifed only in doing our- 
 feivcs juit'cc in the oidinary commerce and oc- 
 currences of life. MMfon. 
 To Co'm MERGE. V. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To traflick. 
 
 Ezekiel in the dcfcription of Tyre, snd of the 
 exceeding. trade that it had with the Eaft, as the 
 only mart town, reciteth both the people with 
 whum they comme'cc, ami alio what commodi- 
 ties every country yielded. Raided. 
 
 When they miglit not convcrfe or commerce 
 with any civil men ; whither Ibould they Hy but 
 Into tl-.e woods and mountains, and there live in 
 a wild manner. Sir y.Din-ics. 
 
 2. To hold intercourfe with. 
 
 Come, but keep tliy wonted (^atc, 
 Wirii even ih.-p and niufiiig gair, 
 Antl looics commercing with the (kies, 
 Thy i.iptfoul fating in tliine eyes, Millon. 
 
 C O M , 
 
 Commk'rci.u.. aJj. [from eommerct.l 
 Relating to commerce or traflick. 
 
 To COMMIGR.XTE. -j. n. \_con and ml- 
 gro, Latin.] To remove in a body, or 
 by confcnt, from one country to an- 
 other. 
 
 Commigra'tion. n.f. [from commigrate.] 
 A removal of a large body of people 
 from one coimtry to another. 
 
 Both the inhabitants uf that, and of our world, 
 loll all memory of their ammigrittion hence. 
 
 iyoodiuard' i Nnltirat liif'iry. 
 
 COMMIN.'^'TION. n. f. [comminalio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. A threat ; a denunciation of punifh- 
 ment, or of vengeance. 
 
 Some p.irts of knowledge God has thouglit fit 
 to (ccludc from us ; tu fence them not only by 
 precept and coniminution, but with ditlic ulty and 
 impoffibilities. Vtciy nj I'lety. 
 
 2. The recital of God's threattnings on 
 Hated days. 
 
 Commi'n ATORY. adj. [fvom comminalton.] 
 Denunciatoiy ; threatening. 
 
 To Commingle, v. a. [_commifceo, Lat.] 
 To mix into one mafs ; to unite inti- 
 mately ; to mix ; to blend. 
 
 EleHarc thole, 
 Whofe bloodand judgiacntare fowell commi»g!ed, 
 That they arc not a pipe for foitunc's linger. 
 To found what Hop (he pleafe. Shakjiirare. 
 
 To Commi'ngle. "v.n. To unite x)ne with 
 . another. 
 
 Dill'olutionsof gum tragacanth and oil of fwcet 
 almonds do no\ commingle, the oil-remiiningon 
 the top till they be flirrcd. i\icon. 
 
 CoMMiN-u'iBLE. tttij. [from comminute. '\ 
 Fiangihie ; reducible to powder ; fuf- 
 ceptible of piilverizalion. 
 
 Tiic belf diamonds Ajtcommimiihle \ and arc 
 fo tar from breaking hammers, th.it-thcy fubmit 
 unto pcftikition, and rtlilt not any ordinary pelHe. 
 
 Brown. 
 
 To CO'MMINUTE.' v. a. \_commmuo, 
 Latin.] To grind; to pulverize; to 
 break into fmatl parts. 
 
 Parchment (kins, ar.d cloth, drink in liquors, 
 thoiiyn t; enifclvcs be intire bodies, and notccw- 
 mimtteJ, aj land and alhcs. Bmon'i Nat. Hiji, 
 
 Comminution. n.J'. [itom commimu'e.} 
 
 1 . The aft of grinding into fmall parts ; 
 pulverization. 
 
 The jaw in men, and animals furnilhed with 
 
 grinders-, hath an oblique or tranlverfc motion, 
 
 ■, necciTary for comminution of the meat. R'ly. 
 
 This fmiting of the fteel with the flint doth 
 only make a comminution^ and a very rapid whirl- 
 ing and melting of fomepatticles i but tiiat idea 
 of flame is wholly in us. BentUy. 
 
 2. Attenuation. 
 Cnufes of tix.-tion are the even fpreading of 
 
 . the tpirits and tangible parts, the clofenefs of the 
 tangible parts, and the jejunenefs or extreme 
 commiimtion ol Ipirit* ; of which the two firiV may 
 be joined with a nature liquefiahle. Bacon ^ 
 
 CoMMi'sER.tr.LE. adj. [from coir.mferatit.] 
 Worthy of compafTion ; pitiable ; fuch 
 as mull excite fympathy or forrow. 
 
 It rs the finfullefl thing in the world to dcfli- 
 tutc a plantation once in forwardnefs : for, he- 
 fides tiic dilhonour, it is the guiitinefs of blood 
 of many <"cw;w";//£'<i/v V perfons. Bacon. 
 
 This was the end of this noble and ccmmijc- 
 rahle perl'on, Edward, eldefl fon to the duke of 
 Claience. Baccn's liemy va. 
 
 To COIV'lMI'SERATE. v. a. Icon and 
 mifenor, Lsr.] To pity ; to look on 
 with cowipalLon ; to compaflionate, 
 1 ■ 
 
 COM 
 
 Then we muft thofc, who groan beneath the 
 
 wcigi t 
 
 Of age, ditcafe, or want, commiferate. Dcnham. 
 
 Wc (hould commijcrate our mutual ignorance, 
 
 and endeavour to remove it. Li-che. 
 
 Commisera'tion. n.f, [ivovncommlfiratcl 
 
 Pity; compaffiun ; tendernefb, or conccra 
 
 for another's pains. 
 
 Thcfc pour Icduccd creaturcsi whom I can nei- 
 tljcr fpcak nor riiink. of but wilh much c/tmmi'- 
 Jeration and pity. Hoikcr^ 
 
 Live, and hereafter dy 
 A mad man's mjixy bade ihce run iway, 
 
 1 do defy thy conttnif'rittiQKy 
 
 And appichcnd thee for a felon here. Sh^kfpearf, 
 God knows with huw much commiftruH'.Ttf 
 and folicicous caution, I earned on thatburmeli, 
 that I might neither encourage the rebels, nor 
 dilcuunigc the prutellr^nts. -^'"^ CharUi, 
 
 She ended weeping ; and her lovely plight 
 Immoveable, till peace, obtain'd from fault 
 Acknowlcdg'd and d«-plor'd, in Adam wrought 
 Co^nmijl ration . Stilton* i I'arudijc Lcjft 
 
 From you their ell.ite may expc^ ertVitual 
 comfoit ; tiiere are none from whom it may rut 
 defer\c c-ivimijtrntion. Sprjfr. 
 
 Nowhere fewer beggars appeartocharm up com- 
 tnijc-ration^ yet no where is there greater ch.anty. 
 Graunt'i Bifli of ^[ortahty, 
 I prevailed with myiclf to go aiid fee him, 
 paitly out of camir.'Jcriitio»f and p-utly out of 
 curiolity. Sxvttt:, 
 
 Co'm MISS ARTS HIP. 71./. [from commiffary .^ 
 The ofHce of a commiirr.ry. 
 
 A commijfarijhif is not gvant.iblc Uir Tifc, ^o as 
 to bind theluccceding bilhop, though itlhould'he ■ 
 confirmed by tlic dean and cluptcr. ■•^y'Hje, 
 
 CO MMISSARY. n.f. lco7nmjfanus, low 
 . Latin.] 
 
 1 . An officer made occafionally for a cer* 
 tain purpofe ; a delegate ; a deputy- 
 
 2. It IS a title of ecclefialiical jurild:Clian> 
 appertaiiHugto fuch as exeicifes fpiritual 
 jurifdiftion (at lead fo far as his com- 
 miffion permits) in places ot the dioc :fa 
 fo far dillant from the chief city, as the 
 chancellor cannot call -the fubjects. - 
 
 Co*U'eIK 
 
 The comtKijJariei of biffiops have authority 
 
 only, in fome certain, place ci the dit-ccfc, and in 
 
 fume certiiin caufci of the jurifdi*rtiun iimitcd to 
 
 them by the biihcj)'.- coramilVion. J^y^'ff, 
 
 3. An officer wl>o draws up lids of tlw 
 numbers of an army, and regulates the 
 procuration and conveyance ot proviUoa 
 or ammunition. 
 
 But is it thus yuuEnglifh bnrds compofc ?■ 
 Wirh Rufixk. Inysthus tag inlipid profc ? 
 And when you Iliould your heroes Oeeds rehc.irfe^ 
 Give us a L-otrtrr.fJ/.iry'i lift in verfc ? Prhr^ 
 
 COMMI'SSION.- n.f. Icomwj^o, lo\r 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The ad of entrufting any thing. 
 
 2. A truft ; a warrant by which any trufl 
 is held, or ai:thorIty fxercifed. 
 
 Coww/^on is tiu- warrant, 01 Icttcis patent, f( at 
 all men exeicinn^ jinifdietion, either ordin^ii) or 
 extraordinary, iiave for their power. Cc^e/l. 
 
 Omi(r»on to do what i$ nercU:tiy, 
 Seah a comm-lhon To a blank of danger. Shakf^faie. 
 
 The fuhjcifVs grief 
 Comes through c^mmiffi^m^ which compel fi-om 
 
 each 
 The fixth part of his fubflancc, to he levied 
 Without deiay. Sft.il ff-tiirc^i Henry vni. 
 
 He led our powers ; 
 Bore the covimijjicn of my plane and perfon; 
 The which immediacy may well Itand up, 
 And call itfclf vour biothcr. Shakfffart. 
 
 He would have mtm fully acquainted wiih \\^ 
 natwie ajid exttuiof their ojIkc, and fo he joms
 
 COM 
 
 ^mm\fft(>n wUh Inftriiaion : by one he eonvtys 
 power, by t'.-c other knowledge. S'.i//A. 
 
 3. A warrant by which a mihtary olhcer 
 is condituted. 
 
 Solymsn, filled with the vVui hope of the con- 
 qucft of Pcrfia, gave c^it his co,j,m,£,om into all 
 parts of his empire, for the raifing of a mighty 
 
 1 was made a colonel; though I gained my 
 „««#>» by the horfc's vi.iues, having leapt 
 . over ffix-bar gate. -f #-'' ^'"'"'''" ' 
 
 He f^.r his fon a gay axiimijmi buys, 
 Who driniis, whores, fights, and m a duel d.€S. 
 
 rope. 
 
 4. Charge ; mandate ; office ; employ- 
 
 C O M 
 
 ment. „ 
 
 It was both a ftrange camm-JJlct, and a Itrange 
 obedience to a r,mm#o.-, for men, in the midlt 
 
 • of their own blood, and being fo fiiriouny affa.l- 
 ed, to hold their hands contrary to tnc laws ot 
 ji.;!uie and necefiity. Sac,,,-, h.iy w.th 5p.i;«. 
 
 Such commjf':" from above 
 ■ J have receiv'd, to anfwer thy defue 
 Of knowledge within hounds. Muto". 
 
 \x his command the ftorms invade ; 
 The winds by his cvnvvjfmi blow, 
 Till with a nod he bids them ceafe. Dry.iai. 
 
 Kc bore his great commijicn in his look ; 
 But fweetly temper'^ awe, and foften'd all he 
 
 fpoke. . D'y^'"- 
 
 r. A£i of committing a crime ; perpetra- 
 tion. Sinsof<-om»#««a>'ed''^'"S"'"^^'^ 
 in theology from fins of onvf.on. ■ 
 
 Every c'y.nnvjfion oi fin introduces into the foul 
 
 • ^ certain degree of hardnefs. &o:,th\ Somom. 
 
 He indulges himfelf in the habit of known fin, 
 
 whe'lier C'.mm;ji'„! of fomething whicn God lutli 
 
 forbidden, or the om.fiion of fomething eom- 
 
 mandcd. . k . ,1 
 
 '6. A number of people joined in a truU 
 
 or ofSce. . 
 
 ■7. The ftate of that which is entrutted to 
 " ani'.mber of joint officers,: as, the great 
 
 j'enl ivas (.lit into coinnii/Jioii . 
 •S." [In commerce.] The order by which 
 
 a fadtor trades for another perfon. 
 To CoMMJSs'io.N. V. a. [hom cominifion.] 
 
 1. To empower; to appoint. 
 
 2. To fend with mandate or authority. 
 
 The peace polluted thus, a chofen band 
 ■ He tirft cmimijporn to the Latian land, 
 
 Tn th.cafning emtaffy. . D-y!'r.\ yE,:ad. 
 yo CoM.\ii'ssioNATE. ij.a. [from com- 
 ■ mifwn.] To commiffion ; to em- 
 . power. Not in ufe. 
 
 As he was thus fcnt by his father, fo alfo were 
 -the apollles folemiily nmmH/ionaUil by him to 
 meach to the Gentile world, who, with uit'.cia- 
 iigable induury and refolute fuffcrings, purfued 
 the charge : and furc this is compeient evidence, 
 that the defiiin was of the mull weighty impor- 
 • lanre. ^ Dw'y '1.^'"^ 
 
 CoMMi'ssiONER. H /. \jxom commilJinn.\ 
 One included in a warrant of authurity. 
 A ammjjhr.er is one who halh commifTion, as 
 lettcis patents, ot otl;er lawiul wariant, to exe- 
 cute any pub.ick oftice. Co-iocll. 
 One a. tide they flwd upon, which I wit.iyour 
 .cur.mijf:mcri have agreeduipon. SUmy. 
 TiKtc cmmifuncis c-.mic into England, wit.i 
 wham covenants weie concluded. H-yuiar.!. 
 The archhiihop was made one of the commif- 
 >,«M of the trcafury. CUraukn. 
 Supi.'of; itinerary cmnmiffioncn to mfpeit, 
 thiotighout tie kingdom, in:o the condufl of 
 men in office, with rcfnea tomoials and religion, 
 as well as abilities. i^i.^/. 
 Like are their, merits, like rewards they Iharc; 
 That Ihincs a conful, this comm'Jfifncr. Pole. 
 CoMMi'ssuRE. 11. f. [t(;mm/^yra,_ Latin.] 
 Joint? a place where one part is joined 
 to another. 
 
 All thcfe ■inducements cannot couftiefvail the 
 inconvenience of disjointing the Lmimnjjura wilh 
 fomany ftrokesof thechilfcl. _ ITmon. 
 
 This animal is covered with a ilrong flicll, 
 jointed like armour by four tianfverfe com«::prii 
 in the middle of the body, conneded by tough 
 membranes. R^'y •>" '>''■ Crc'itw,. 
 
 To COIVIMI T. 1). a. [_comtnitto, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tointriill; to give in trutl ; to put 
 into tlie hands of another. 
 
 It is not for your health, thus to commit 
 Your weak condition to the law cold morning. 
 
 Shiikjpi^i' c. 
 
 2. To put in any place to be kept fafe. 
 
 They who arc defirous to cmnm:t to memory, 
 might nave eafe. ■ * ^'^'"■ 
 
 Is my mufe controul'd 
 By.fervile awe > Born free and not be bold! 
 At lead I'll dig a hole within the ground, 
 And to the trurty earth commit the found. 
 
 Dr;.Un's Ferfiui. 
 
 3. To fend to prifon ; to iinprilon. 
 Here comes the nobleman that comnittid the 
 
 piince, for ftriking him about Bardolph. 
 
 •^ Sh.ikfp'-iiri'i Ucnry iv. 
 
 They two were committ€d,3t leaft retrained of 
 their liberty. . ^!." "'■''"■■■ 
 
 So, though my ankle (he has quitted. 
 My heart continues Itill committal; 
 And, like a bail'd and main-priz'ci lover. 
 Although at large, I am bound ovir. Hitdiir^. 
 
 }.. To perpetrate ; to do a fault ; to be 
 guilty of a crime. 
 
 Keep tliy word jultly ; fwear not ; commit nox. 
 Willi man's fworn fpou'le, Hhakjpca.e. 
 
 Letters out of Ullier gave him notice of the 
 inhumane raurrtets committed there upon a multi- 
 tude of the protellants. Clarendon. 
 
 A creeping young fellow cejnmilted matrimony 
 with a brifk gamcfome lafs. V Ejtrange. 
 
 'Tis policy 
 For fon and father to take difTcrent fides ; 
 Then lands and tenements commit no trealon. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 5. To put together for a contcfl : a la- 
 
 tiiiifm. 
 
 How becomingly does Philopolis e.xercife his 
 office, and feafonably conmit the opponent with 
 the refpondent, like a long praflilcd moderator. 
 Mne'i Diiine Dra!. 
 6. To place in a ftate of hollility or in- 
 congruity : a latinifm. 
 
 Harry, wiiofe tuneful and well meafur'd fong 
 Firft taught our Englilh niullc.;. how to 1pm 
 Words with jull note and accent, not to lean 
 With Midas' ears, committing (hort and long. 
 
 Milton 
 
 Commi'tment. n. /. [from f'Jwmi/.] 
 I. Ad of fending to prifon, impnfon- 
 
 ment. *' 
 
 It did not appear by any new exam mitions or 
 
 coniKitmenti^ that any other perfon w.rs difco- 
 
 vere.i or impeached. -S<i«n. 
 
 Tnty were glad to compound for his bare com- 
 
 mitment to the Tower, whence he was within 
 
 few days enlarged. Clurcmion. 
 
 I have been confideriiig, ever fmce my con:- 
 
 mitmenl, what it might be proper to deliver upon 
 
 this occaiion. &\v:]t. 
 
 z. An order for fending to prifon. 
 
 CoMMl'TTEE.n./. [fromfflm«:i/.] Thofe 
 
 to whom the confider;.tion or ordering 
 
 of any matter is referred, either by fome 
 
 crurt to vvliom it belongs, or by confent 
 
 of parties. . 
 
 In parli..mcnr, after a bill is read, ,t ^ e.'her 
 atriecd 10 and pafTed, ot not agieed to ; or nei- 
 ther of tl-.efe, bulieftrred to theconf.deration of 
 fome appointed by the hoiife to examine it far- 
 ther, who thereupon are called a ctnumttee 
 
 Mancbefter had orders to march thither, hav - 
 ing a cen.mitiie of the parliament with hjni, as 
 
 COM 
 
 there WJS Snothcr committee of the Scottlfli parli- 
 ament always in that army ; there being alfo now 
 a committee of both kingdoms tehding at London, 
 for the carrying on the war. Cuirendon. 
 
 All corners were filled with covenanters, cor.- 
 fufxon, commiitec men, and foldiers, (erving each 
 other to their ends of revenge, or power, or pro- 
 fit ; and thefe committee ma\ ^nd foldiers were 
 poCTtfl with this covenant. " H alton. 
 
 Commi'tter. B./. [from fomiK/V.] Per- 
 petrator ; he that commits. 
 
 Such an one ir.akcs a man not only a partaker 
 of othu- men's lins, but a deliver of the whole 
 guilt to himfelf; yet fo as to leave the committer 
 as lull of guilt as before. _ South. 
 
 Commi'ttible. cJ/. [fromcomm/V.] Lia- 
 ble to be committed. 
 
 Bclidcs the mifiakes committiUe in the folaiy 
 compute, the difference of chronology diftuil* 
 his computes. ^'''■^^"■ 
 
 To CoHMi'x. -y. a. [commi/cm, Lat.] To 
 mingle; to blend; to mix; to unite 
 with things in one mnfs. 
 
 A dram of golddilfolved in aqua rcgia, with 
 a dram of copper in aqua fortis commixed, gave 
 a great colour.' - ^''""• 
 
 I have written againfl the fpontaneous gene- 
 ration of frogs in the clouds; or on the earth, out 
 of dufl and lain watei- rommixed. R'^y. 
 
 It is manifelt, by this experiment, that the 
 commixed impreffions of all the colours do flit 
 up and beget a fenfaiion of wiiite; that is, that 
 wmtencfs is compounded of all the colours. 
 
 Nemton's Opticki, 
 
 CoMMi'xioN. X n f. [from «mmV.] 
 CoMMixTioN. 5 Mixture ; incorporation 
 of different ingredients. 
 
 Were thy commixton Greek and Trojan, fo 
 That thou could'l\ fay, this hand is Grecian all, 
 And this is Trojan, Sli^.ifp. Troil. andCreJida. 
 Some fp'.cies there be ot middle and partr- 
 cipalirg n'.ituies, that is, of birds and bealts, as 
 batts, and fome few others, lo confirmed and fet 
 together, that we cannot define the beginning or 
 end of either ; there being scommixtion of both in 
 the w hole, rather than adaptation orceme -t ot the 
 one unto the other. h'ro-.un's Vulgar hrrmr,. 
 
 CoMMi'xTVRE. n.f. [from fommi-v] _ 
 
 1. Theaflofminghng; the Hate of being 
 mingled; incorporation; union in one 
 
 mafs. 
 
 In ihe commixture of any thing that is more 
 oily or fwcet, luch bodies are lealf apt to putrefy, 
 the air working little upon them. Bacon. 
 
 2. The maft formed by mingling different 
 thiil'^s ; compohtion ; compound. 
 
 Fai?'.adie>, mafk'd, are roles in the bud. 
 Or angel.-, veil'd in clouds ; arc rofcs blown, 
 Difm.ilk'd, their damafk fwect commixture Ihcwn. 
 
 Skakjptare. 
 
 Mv love .and fear glcw'd many friends totl.ee; 
 And 'now I fall, thy tough commiytum melt. 
 Impairing HcMiry, ftrength'ning milprond \ork. 
 
 '^ ° Sliaifpearr. 
 
 There is fcarcely any rifing but by a csmm/A-- 
 r^« of good and evil arts. ^"'!"'- 
 
 Allthccircumffances and rcfpea of iriigioh 
 and flatc intermixed together in their nmmixture^ 
 will better become a royal liiftory, or a council- 
 table than a fingle 1,1= «'""'"■ 
 
 CoMMo'PK. n.f. [French.] The head- 
 
 drefs of women. /,■ „ . 
 
 Let them rcHeithow they would be afleited, 
 (hould thev meet with a man on horfcback, ui 
 his breeched and jacV-boot<, drefied up in a «-,.- 
 mo,!e and a nishtrail. . . ^y'^"";'' 
 
 She has connived to fhew her principles by the 
 fitting of V.erconimo.le; lo that n will be impof- 
 fible for anv woman that is dif.-.rtefted to he m 
 thefafhion.- Mifin'. FrecU.ier. 
 
 She, like fome penfive fla{efm.in, walks dc- 
 jiiure, f 
 
 And fmiles, and V.uss, to makedcftrua.on fure;
 
 COM 
 
 Or under IrgluOTi/ioiifj, wilh looks ereA; 
 Ba^cfJc'd devours, in gaudy culuurs clcck'd. 
 
 COMMODIOUS, adj. [coimnodus,\^\.\ 
 I. Conveiiifiit ; fiiitable ; accomaiodale 
 to any purpofe ; lit ; proper j free from 
 lliiiJerancc or uncalinefs. 
 
 Such a pl.icc canuo: be cinimotiioui to live in ; 
 for L'.ng I'o near the moon, it iiad been too near 
 the iun R.iitifih'i liijhry. 
 
 To that rcccfs, fotr.'nzJioui fur furprizc, 
 Wlicn innple light (hall next luffufc the Ikies, 
 With nic repair. J'o/te's Odvffey. 
 
 2. Ufcful ; fuited to wants or neccflities. 
 If they think we ought to prove the ceicmo - 
 iiics commoJiouSf they do greatly deceive them- 
 Iclvcs, IhUrr. 
 
 Kacehus had found out the making of wine, 
 and many things elfe cummoJhus for mankind. 
 
 R.ild^Vi Wjhry of the }n,U. 
 The gods have done their pair. 
 By fejiding this con-jnodhm plague. D^ydcn. 
 
 JMaro's inufe, 
 Thrice facred mufe, cammtdloui precepts gives, 
 Inlhuctive to the I'woins. i'/i/Z/^f. 
 
 Commo'diously. adm. lixQxacommodioui.l 
 
 1. Convenkiitly. 
 
 At the large foot of an old hollow tree, 
 In a deep cave feated istmrnodioujly^ 
 Hisan^-ienr and hereditary houfe. 
 There dwelt a good lubftantial country moufe. 
 
 CoTxley. 
 
 2. Without uneafinefs. 
 
 We need not fear 
 To pafs nmmi.ihujly this life, fuHain'd 
 By him with many comforts, till we er.d 
 In dult, our final icii and jiative home. A/z/zsv. 
 
 3. Suitably to a certain purpofe. 
 
 Wifdom may have f'amed one and the f.i.-ne 
 thing to fcrve c^nnmudkiify foi divers ends. Honker. 
 G.alcn, upon the conlideration of tne body, 
 challenges any one to find how the Icall fibre 
 might be more commod.aujly placed for ufe or 
 comelinefs. S^ur/i's Stnm/ts. 
 
 Commo'diousness. n. f. [from comino- 
 Ji'ius.} Convenience; advantage. 
 
 The place reijui.cth many circumiianccs ; iis 
 the fiiuation near the fea, tor the corfimodioufnfjs of 
 an inlcrcuurfe with England. Bacon 
 
 Of cities, the greatnefs and riches increafe ac- 
 cording to the comtnodioujfseji of their fituacion in 
 fertile countries, or upon rivers and havens. 
 
 Temp!^. 
 Commo'dity. n.f. [commoditas, Latin.] 
 I. Intertlt:; advantage; profit. 
 
 They knew, that howfoevcr men may feek 
 their own commodity, yet, if tnis were done with 
 injury unto others, it was not to be fullered. 
 
 tkokn. 
 Commodity, the biafs of the world. 
 The world, which of itfclf is poifed well. 
 Till this advantage, this vile drawing biafs, 
 This fway of motion, this commodity, 
 Makes it take head from all indiffVrency, 
 From all direction, puTpofe, coiirfe, intent. 
 
 Shitkfpeure's Ki/tg yohrt. 
 After much dcbatement of the commoditia or 
 difcommoditici like to enliic, they concluded. 
 
 HayjViird. 
 
 i. Convenience ; particular advantage. 
 
 Therecame into her head certain verfes, which, 
 if (he had had prtlent comtnity, (he would have 
 adjoined as a rctraiiion to the other. Sidney. 
 
 .She demanded leave net to lofe this long fought 
 forcommodiiy of time, to eale her heart. Sidney. 
 Travellers turn out of the highway, drawn ci- 
 ther by the commodity of a foot-path, or tic de- 
 licacy or the fre(hnefs of the fields. Ben Jonfon. 
 It had been difficult to make fuch a nu.le 
 ■where they had not fo natural a rarami/.-Vy as the 
 earth of PuMuola, which immediately hardens in 
 the water. Addifin on Italy. 
 
 2- Wares; inerchandife; goods for traf- 
 .£ck. 
 
 e M 
 
 All my fortunes are at fea^ 
 Nor Ii.ive I nijiicy nor lO'tnnodiiy 
 To railc a piefcnt fum. SAai/fciff, 
 
 C'o«/,o./z/.Yi arc moveables, valuable by money, 
 tile common mcafure. Locic, 
 
 Ot money, in the commerce and tralfick 
 of manknut, the principal ufe is that of faving 
 the commutation of more bulky rommoditia. 
 
 Arbutknot O't Coins. 
 
 Commodo're. 11. /. [probably corrupted 
 from the ypanifli commaiulador.] I'lic 
 captain who commands a fquadron of 
 fhips ; a temporary admiral. 
 
 CO'MMON. ndj. [co/nmi/n/V, Latin.] 
 
 1. Belonging equally to more than one. 
 
 Though life and fenfe be cotnmon to man and 
 brutcs,and their opeiations in many things alike; 
 yet by this (orm he lives the life of a man, and 
 not of a brute ; and hath the fenfe oi a man, 
 and not of a brute. Utile's Origin of M'tnkind. 
 
 He who hath received damaj^c, has, be- 
 (ides tlie right of puiiilhmcnt common to him with 
 other men, a particular right to feek repar.ation. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 2. Having no pcncfTor or owner. 
 
 Wiieie no kindred are to be found, we fee the 
 IxifTcnions of a private man revert to the com- 
 munify, and ia become again perieitly common ; 
 nor cm any one have a properly in them, other- 
 wile than in other things common by nature. Loc^c. 
 
 3. Vulgar; mean; not dillinguilhed by 
 any excellence ; often feen ; eafy to be 
 had ; of little value ; not rare ; not 
 fcarce. 
 
 Or as the man, whom princes do advance 
 Upon their gracious mercy-feat to fit. 
 
 Doth common things, of couvfe and circum- 
 IVancc, 
 To the leports of common men commit. 2).i7.vVi. 
 
 4. Publick; general ; fervingthe ufe of all. 
 
 lie was advifcd by a parliament-man nut to 
 be Ifiiift in rearlmg all the common prayer, but 
 make tome v.iriaiion. f'VaJion. 
 
 1 need not mention the old common (Kore of 
 Rome, which ran from all pans of the town with 
 the current and violence of an ordinary river. 
 
 j-ld.iijon o.-j ItMy 
 
 5. Of no rank; mean; without birth or 
 dcfcent. 
 
 Look, as I blow this feather from my face. 
 And as the air blows it to me again, 
 Sucn is the lightnefs of you csmmon men. Shalfft. 
 
 Flying fcullets now. 
 To execute his rage, appear too (low ; 
 They mils, or fweep but common fouls away ; 
 For fuch a lol's Opdam his life muft pay. Ifai/ei . 
 
 6. Frequent; ufiial ; ordinary. 
 
 There is an evil which I have feen common 
 among men. Eccia. 
 
 Tne papills were the moft common place, and 
 the butt againft whom all the arrows were di- 
 refled. CU.cndon 
 
 Neither is it ftrange that there (hould be myf- 
 tcries in divinity, as well as in the commonffl 
 o\v rations in nature. Suijt. 
 
 7. Proftitute. 
 
 'Tis a (Irangc thing, the impudence of fume wo- 
 men I was the woid of a dame who heifelf was 
 common. L'EjIiange. 
 
 Hipparchns was going to marry a common wu- 
 map, but confulted Philander upon the occifion 
 
 Sjiefi'ilor. 
 
 8. [Ill grammar.] Such verbs as (ignify 
 both adlion and pafTion are called com- 
 mon : as, afpernor, I defpife, or am de- 
 
 Jp'ifed; and alfo fuch nouns as are both 
 mafculine and feminine, ■}& pareis. 
 Co'm.\;on. n.f. [from the adjertivc.] An 
 open groiuid equally ufed by many 
 perfons 
 Then take wc down his load, and turn him off, 
 
 C OM 
 
 j Like to the :m;jty a:*, to (hake his ear.5, ' 
 
 And graze in coviiajvi. Shaifp-art. 
 
 Is not the fepirate property of a thing t'^e 
 
 great caufe of itj eiiil.ai mem i Docs any ore 
 
 tcfpeft a common a much as he does his garden t 
 
 So'it/i. 
 Co'mmon. ailv. [from the adjeftivc] 
 Commonly ; ordinarily, 
 I am more than common lall. Sial'prare. 
 
 In Common. 
 
 1. Equally to be participated by a certain 
 number. 
 
 Ky making an cxplicito confent of eveiy com- 
 moner neceirary to anyone's appropriating t« 
 liirofelf any part of what is gi»en :r, eomn:or^ 
 children orfcrvants could not cut tlie mc.it whicli 
 their father or m.ifter had provided for them in 
 common, wirhout affigning to every one his pecu- 
 liar part. i,,^,_ 
 
 2. Equally with another; indiferlminatcly. 
 
 In a work of this nature it is impcflible la 
 avoid pueriliiics ; it having that in common with 
 diftionarics, and books of antiquities. Arbutk. 
 7"6 Co'mmon. -v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To have a joint 1 ighl with others in fonie 
 common ground. 
 Common Lav/ contains thofe cnftomsand 
 iifagts which have, by longprefcrlptioii, 
 obtained in this nation the force of laws. 
 It is diftlngulfhed from the flatute law, 
 which owes its authority to atts of par- 
 liament. 
 Common Ple.\s. The king's court no\7 
 htld in M'eftminfter Hall, but anciently 
 moveable. 
 
 G:vyn obferves, that till Henry iii. granted 
 the rtiiis^na ch.arta, there were but two courts, the 
 exchequer, and the king's bench, fo called bccaufc 
 it followed the king ; hut, upon il-e grant of that 
 charter, the court of common p[ca\ was credtcd, 
 and (ctllcd at Wcltminfter. All civil caufes, 
 both real and perfonal, are, or were forniei ly, 
 tiicd in this court, according to the (trift laws 
 of the realm; and Fortefcue repicfcnts it as the 
 only court for real caufes. The chief judge ij 
 called the lord chief juitice of tiie common pj,„s, 
 and he is aInKed by three 01 four afTuciatcs, .cre- 
 ated hy letters pal; nt (lom the king. I oxvcll. 
 Co'.\iMON-AB!.E./?a)'. [fromtoOTjsofl.] What 
 is held in common. 
 
 Much good land might be gained from forefts 
 and chales, and fiom otiicr commonable places, fo 
 as there be care taken that the poor commoners 
 have no injuiy. Bncon to Viliitn. 
 
 Co'mmonage. «./ [from fommon.] The 
 right of feeding on a common ; the joint 
 right ot ufing any thing in common with 
 Others. 
 
 Co't^MONALTY. n.f. [communaitti, Fr.] 
 I . The common p-ople ; the people of the 
 lower rank. 
 
 Bid him (^ii\e 
 To gain the love o' th' commonalty ; the duke 
 Shall govern England. Shakffcart. 
 
 There is in every ftatc, as we know, two por- 
 tions of lubjcas; the nobles, and the common^ty. 
 . . Bacon. 
 
 The emmet joined in her popular tribes 
 Of commonalty. Milton's Paradife Lofl. 
 
 All gentlemen are almolt obliged to it ; anu I 
 know roreafon we fliould give that advantage to 
 the ctmmonaliy ol Englai.o, to be foreraolt in 
 biave ait ions. Drydm. 
 
 2. l%e bulk of mankind. 
 
 I inylo.f too will uie the fecret acknowledg- 
 ment of the cd^r:mon.J.y, beating lecord of the 
 God of gods. hooker. 
 
 Co'mmoNER. n./. [from common.1 
 I. One of the common people; a man of 
 low rank, of mean condition.
 
 COM 
 
 COM 
 
 Doubt not 
 The Mw«o««, for »l>om we ftand, !)»« 'l«y> 
 Upon tlKir ancient malice, will fo.gct. i""*//-- 
 H.s great men durft not pay then court to 
 V.im, till l.e had fatiated his t\>i>ft of blood by 
 .hede^thofforneofhisloya,™-^^^^^^^ 
 
 3, A man not noble. 
 
 This csmm'ier has wmth and parts. 
 Is i.raib'd for arms, or lov'd for arts : 
 His head aches for a coronet ; 
 And who is tlefs-d that .s not great ? Tr,,r. 
 
 -t A member of the houfe of commons. 
 '• ThTr! .shardlv a greater difference hcrwxcn 
 i^r, th uRs, than there is between a reprefent.ng, 
 ir^'riUrsprarhclc calling, and .h^(;,nr, 
 
 rerfon in tow^J" h'f ■ . , • '' „ 
 
 . 4.. One who has a jomt right in coaimoa 
 
 ^ Macl land might be gained fr«n» commonable 
 pUc'" fo as the., be care taken that the poo, 
 c'-^m^ncr, have no injury. ^'^ • 
 
 r \ lludent of the fecond rank at the 
 ^"univevlky of Oxford;, one that eats at 
 the common table. 
 
 ■■ 6- A prollitute. 
 
 Behold this ring, ; 
 
 Whofe hirh refpeft, and rich validity, 
 D,d lack, a parallel : yet, for all th.t. 
 He gave it to a <:o«,mon,r o' th' camp.^ S':r.i:Jp. 
 .CoMMONi'TioN.-n./ [conmonilw. i.at.J 
 ' Advice ; ■ wartiing ; inftruaion. 
 Co'MMONLY. c:.h. [{yomconnnon.] tie- 
 -qiiendy; ufually; ordmanly ; ior the 
 
 ^.jnoft.part. ' 
 
 This hand of yours requn-es 
 Much ►:aftigation, exercilc devout ; 
 yov here's a ftrong and Iweatmi; dev.l h"^; 
 That ,omn,,n!r rebels. Siafcar, . Utkelh 
 
 A great difeafe may change the frame of the 
 body, tl.ough, if it lives to recover Itrength, a 
 „JUy returns to its natural .conft.tu.ron.^^^^^^^ 
 
 . Co'MMONMBSs. «•/• [from «W«<J».] 
 ,1. Equal participation among many. 
 
 Korean the .InM.nn^!^ ot the gu.lt obviate 
 . ,he cenfure, the.e being noth.ng -o- /l-l^- 
 tnan for men to accufe therr own faults ,n orher 
 perfons. Go-vavmcnt of >k. hn^u,. 
 
 2 Frequent occurrence ; freqvienc) . 
 
 Blot out that maxim, ..-. »oh„t dlu male ,..fon- 
 nUlr.r, : the com,mn,uf makes me not know w ho 
 U the author; but fu/c he muft be fome morlern. 
 
 ,7-aCoMMONPLA'ci:. v.a. To reduce to 
 
 *^?"*,ot !pptehend any difficulty in eollcfting 
 _andr«.»m.«^'aa«ga^univer(al butory from^.he 
 
 hiiiorians. , a u 1 .V, 
 
 X:ommonpt.a'cf..book. «./. Abook.n 
 which things to be remembered arc 
 ranged under general heads. 
 
 1 turned to my c...«o-'^/-v-^«*, ^-"l ^''^}f^ll 
 cafe under the word £cij«.^«=-. •"" ' 
 
 Co'mmons. n.J. , 
 
 ,. The vulgar; the lower people ; tl.oie 
 
 vfho inherit no honours. 
 
 Little office 
 The hateful ««/««« will perform for us ; 
 Except, l.ke curs, to tear us all .n v^.ces. Sh..Mf 
 Zl he not pafs'dthencbles and <^---;; 
 
 Thcfe three to kings and chiefs the.r fcenes 
 difolay, j, , 
 
 The reft before th' ignoble "mm^ns ^\^^.-*^'yUn. 
 
 Tne gods of greater nations dwell around 
 And u.i the right and left, the palace bound ; 
 thc'I"«.-. wh"C thev can : the nobler fort. 
 With winding doors wide optn, Iront thc^^«.t._ 
 
 ^ The lower houfs of parliament, by 
 wlich the people we reprefentsd, and 
 
 of which the members are cliofen by the 
 people. 
 
 My good lord. 
 How now for mitigation pf this bill 
 Urg'd by \\\e.amnwm ? Doth his majcfty 
 Incline to it, or no > S!uxlj[carc ^ iU-ny v i. 
 
 In the houfe ol commom many gentlemen, im- 
 fatisfted of his guilt, durft not condemn him. 
 
 King Lh.i'lfi. 
 
 3. Food; fare; diet : fo called from col- 
 leges, where it is eaten in common. 
 
 He painted himfclf «f a dove colour, and 
 took, his cwMmwii-with Kic pigeons. L'tjln'^^t- 
 Mean while (he quenci.'d her fury at the Hood, 
 And with a lenten fallad cool'd her blood : 
 . Their «m™ov!, though but coarfe, were nolhmg 
 leant ; 
 Nor did their minds an equal banquet want. 
 
 ZhyJen. 
 
 The doftor now obeys the fummuns. 
 
 Likes both his company and «vw;o,m. Ah'!/'- 
 
 Commonwe'aI. 1 "•/• [f'-om tormnou 
 
 Commonwe'alth. J and^t;W,or-W'*-J 
 
 I. A polity; an eftablilhed form of civil 
 
 life. 
 
 Two foundations l«;ar up publick focicties; 
 the one inclination whereby all men dehre locr.ble 
 life; the other an order .agreed upun, touchn.g 
 the manner of their union in living togeti.er : tht 
 latter is that which we call the law oi a ««'««- 
 , HoaUr. 
 
 It was Impoffible to make a commonweal in 
 Ireland, without fettling of all the cllates .and 
 pofleffions -throughout the kingdom. JJ-'-""- 
 
 A continual parliament would but keep the 
 commonw1.1l in tune, by prefervmg laws in their 
 
 "^'^Tl'icre is no body in the commoniueaM: of learn- 
 ing who does not profefs himfelf a lover of truth. 
 
 COM 
 
 1 2. Perturbation; diforderof mind ; heat , 
 
 2. The publick ; the general body of the 
 
 people. 
 
 Such a prince. 
 
 So kind a father of the commomucal. blmkJl''M'- 
 
 Their fonsare well tutored by you : y""/"-' '' 
 
 good member of the commoniL'culih. Shakjfc.irc, 
 
 , A government in which the fupreine 
 
 power is lodged in the people ; a re- 
 
 publick. 
 
 Did he, or do yet any of them, imagine 
 The gods would nccp to fuch a Stygian pr.ia>ce, 
 Againft that rommonu.ullh which ^^"=V^}^I'^^ 
 founded? . .'■"]''"■ 
 
 Con:m,iiuc.i!thvc^<^ nothing more, in their 011- 
 Einal, but free cities , lhou>;h l..mct,mes, by lo.ce 
 of order and difcipline, they have extended thcna- 
 fclvcs into mighty donuniuns. Iimja. 
 
 Co 
 
 C 
 
 abode ; reftdence. 
 The very oualirj-, carriage, and place of r»«- 
 
 w,.«.-r, 0/ w'ltneffes is phunly and "identl^ W 
 
 '"^An archbiflrop, out of Hs dioeefe, becomes 
 fiih,ea to the arclvbilhop of the province where 
 he nas h.s abude mA co'u,::,,, .,nry . -l^'-l!" 
 
 fclvcs into mighty donuniuns. jtmy.,. 
 
 :o'MMORANCF.. ) «./. [from fom»..or««/.] 
 :o'MM0RAKCv. J Dwelling; habitation; 
 
 nu iirts itis «>'w^-^ . _. - 
 
 CO'MMOR.^NT. adj. [(ro?nw/»»-^w. i-at.J 
 Refident ; dwelling ; inhabiting. 
 
 The abbot may demand and reco^.r his monk, 
 ,,.....,„.«,. and rcM^igm^anoth^^^^^ 
 
 CoMMo'TioM. »./ [«mmo//V, Latin.] 
 1 Tumult ; dillnrbance ; combull.on ; fc- 
 "dition; publick dilorder; .l.lurrea.on. 
 Bv rtatfry he hath won the cwmmo.. hearts ; 
 And, when he 'ill pleate to make co,,.--../-:^, 
 ^'./to he fear'd.they all will toUoW h.m. ^hukj 
 \c Ihallhwr ofwHts and «™.»''«'», ^y^^^ 
 
 *"Th!-''iUad conlifts of battles, snd a continual 
 
 ,,.,■ the Odv irty in patience and wifdom. 
 
 "*"'•"' "" ^ b\^J> N.r« .1 th. OJy,j;y. 
 
 violence ; agitation. 
 
 Some ft range esmi'TW.'W 
 Is in his brain ; he bites his lip^ ar.d ftarts. S'.'..<-. 
 He could not debate any thing without fome 
 «««<!/,•,/>, when the argument was not ot nio- 
 
 {..arcrdon. 
 ment. 
 ^..Difturbance; reftleffntfs. 
 
 Sacutices were offered wlien an e-chquake 
 happened, that he would allay the commowms ol 
 the water, and put an end to the caithqualie. 
 
 ircoJwaiJ'i Natural lUjlify . 
 
 CoMMo'TroNER. n.f. [from fommo/ion. ] 
 One that caul'es commotions ; a dilUuber 
 of the peace. A \vord not in ule. 
 
 The people, more regarding rmwionomr^ than 
 commilhoners, flocked together, as clouds clnller 
 againltaftorm. llajo.'^rd 
 
 To CoMMOVE. -v. a. Icommoveo, Latin.J 
 TodiRurb; to agitate ; to put into a 
 violent motion ; to unfettle. Not ultd. 
 
 Straight the lands, 
 Co„!mi>v\l around, in gathering eddies play. 
 
 Tii'nfon's Summer. 
 
 roCO'MMUNE. v.n. [communka, Lat.] 
 To convci fe ; to talk together ; to im- 
 part fentiments mutually. 
 
 So long as Guyon with her commnneii. 
 Unto the ground Ihe cart her modeft eye j 
 
 And ever and anon, with rofy red, 
 The balhful blood her fnowy cheeks did dye. 
 
 Fairy i^ucen, 
 
 I will commune with you of fuch things 
 That want no eats but yours. hhahffiare. 
 
 They would forbear open hoftility, and tclort 
 unto him peaceably, that tiicy vax'^X communt 
 together as f, lends. lUywa.i. 
 
 Tiien ccmmune, how that day they beft may ply 
 
 Their growing work. ^Mion' ^ ?a, I'JI. 
 
 Ideas, as ranked under names, are thoje tbar, 
 
 foi the moll part, men reafonot withinthcmfelves. 
 
 and always tnole which they .-i>«.-«..«f about with 
 
 ColrMUNMCABl'nTY. V. /.. [from (OTb- 
 
 mumcnblc] 1 he quality of being com- 
 municable ; capability to be imparted. 
 Commu'nicable. a<lj. [from commlmt- 
 
 Cfl/f.] p 
 
 1. That may become the common pot- 
 fclHon of more than one : with to. 
 
 Sith eternal life \^ comnnnncahle i,'J(» all, it be- 
 hoovcth that the word ol God he to \iU^.•.■|it.^^^ 
 
 2. That mav be recounted ; that of which 
 "another uuiy Ihare the knowledge : wuh 
 
 to. . • V, 
 
 Not let thine own inventions hope 
 Tl in-s not revcal'd, which th' invilibie king, 
 Oiily''omnifcient, hath fuppiefs'd in "'ght, 
 n none commumcabUm canh or heav 11. Mr.ioi. 
 ■}. That may be imparted. 
 •* The happy place 
 
 Rather inflames thy tormer.t, reprcfenting 
 Loll bill's, « thee no more rowm./m.i/'.":. .W;//?-?. 
 ComMu'nicaNT. ii.f. [homcommumcatc.\ 
 One who is prefcnt, as a woraupptr, 
 at the celebration of the Lord's Suj*. 
 per ; one who participates of the bkficd 
 
 facrament. 
 
 ammnmcanti have ever ufed It ; and we, by 
 the to.in of the veiy utterance, do *•* "'^^j^;';; 
 it :i!» iOftnmtnnii'iti, ' *. 
 
 A conlHnt frequenter of worftiip, and » never* 
 
 failing monthly c:m,„:,n,cant. ^Itcrbwy, 
 
 y;, COMMUNICATE, v. a. {commam- 
 
 CO, L,ilin.] , • • ", 
 
 I To impart to others whnt is in oHi 
 'own power; to give to othe« as ?= r. 
 takers ; to confer a joint poflefiwn , t^ 
 bcftow.
 
 COM 
 
 Common benefits are to be cimmiinicatiA with 
 A\\y but peculiar benefits Avith choice. Bucot:. 
 
 VV'iieic God is worshipped, tlicrc he communi' 
 
 f.i.'fj his blelfing! niitl holy influences. Tayhr, 
 
 Which of the Grcci.in chiefs conforts with tiiec i 
 
 But Diomcdc dcfires my comp;iny, 
 
 And Ilill communicLilei liis piaile with me. Dtj-d, 
 
 2. To reveal; to imjjait knowledge. 
 
 I Icarn-d diiigcntiy, and do cimin-tni .tie wif- 
 dom libeia!iy : 1 do nut hide hci" riches. /fi/Joni. 
 
 3. It had anciently the prcpolititm 'zuilh 
 before tlie perlon to whom commiiiii- 
 cation, cither of benefit or knowledge, 
 was made. 
 
 Ch-trles tiic Hardy would coninwniciite his 
 lecrcts If/.'/; none; and, Ic^it'ofall, thofc fccrcts 
 which troubled him moft. Bacfj/t. 
 
 Ho amtiiitmcai-.d tliofc thoughts only luith the 
 lord Digby, the lord Colepeper, and the chan- 
 cellor. CUfc>idon. 
 
 A jouuiey of much adventure, which, to fliew 
 
 the Ihength of his privacy, had been before not 
 
 t'oi'im'ffti'cuUti ivit/t any other. U^ottr^n. 
 
 4).. Now it has onlyVo.- Clarendon n^a 
 
 both vjhh and to. 
 
 Let him, that is taught in the word, ommmii- 
 tnt€ ufito him that teaciieth. Gttlatiam, 
 
 His niajclty fiankiy promifed, that he could 
 not, in anv degree, (Om»itt?;;Vd/t- /» any pcrfon the 
 matter, before he had taken and communic^tetl to 
 them his own rcfolutions. Clurcndon. 
 
 Thole who fpeak in publick are belter heard 
 when they difcourfe by a lively genius and ready . 
 memory, th.an when ihcy read all they would 
 comtnuniiate to theii hearers. IVattt. 
 
 To Commo'nicate. -u. n. 
 
 1. To partake of the blefled faciainent. 
 
 The primitive chrillians communUateii every 
 day. 'I'jyi'.r. 
 
 2. To have fomething in common with 
 another : as, tha houfes commiinicale ; 
 there is a padage between them, com- 
 mon to both, by which either may be 
 entered from the other. 
 
 The whole body is noticing but a fyflem of 
 fuch canals, which all cjiiitnujiicate with one ano- 
 ther, mediately or immediately. Arbuthnot, 
 Communica'tion. n. f. pfrom comwuni- 
 calc. ] 
 
 1. The adl of imparting benefits or know- 
 ledge. 
 
 Both together ferve completelv for the reception 
 and LOnununicufi'jrt of learnec'i knowledge. HolJer. 
 
 2. Common boundary or inlet ; pafTage or 
 means, by which frcm one place there is 
 a way without iiittrruption to another. 
 
 The map Ihews the iialuial tcvwtunLiu/on pro- 
 vidence h.is fc'i nied b-.tween the rivers and lakes. 
 of a country at fo gre.u .i dillance from the fca.- 
 yliii:(oft on billy. 
 
 The Euxine fca is conveniently ijtuated for 
 tr.-ide, by the commitnkatio^i it has both witli 
 .\lia and Eu;ope. j^rhitlhisot. 
 
 3. Interchange of knowledge ; good in- 
 telligence between feveral perfons. 
 
 Secrets may be can led fo far, as to flop the 
 communication neceffary .miong all who have the 
 niau.igcinenC of anairs. ■ Swift. 
 
 4. Confcre-.ice ; converfation. 
 
 Abncr had c'.r;}t!un'rutir^it witn the elders of 
 Ifracl, f.iying, ye fought for David in times p.ilt 
 to be king over you : now then do it. 2 Humnfl. 
 
 The chief cad of langu:ige, in comnmrikiitioii, 
 being to he iiudcrjiood, words ferve not for that 
 end, when any v/ord does not excite in the hcar- 
 Cis the r.ime idea which ii ll.uuis for in the mind 
 uf the fpoafccr. /.otif, 
 
 CoM.Mu'.viCATivE. fl./f. [from conmiu-, 
 .'.■.(v.'/t-. ] Inclined to ma.ke advantages 
 common ; liberal of benefits or know- 
 ledge ; not clofe ; not lelhib. 
 Vol,, r. . ^ 
 
 COM 
 
 We conceive them more than fome cnvlouj 
 and mcrccn;uy gartkncrs will cliank, us for j but 
 tliey dcfcivc nut the name of that commutuca.'n.e 
 and noble profcflion. EvilynU Kaltnilar. 
 
 We have paid for our want of prudence, and 
 
 determine for the future to be Icfs comfnumcati-ve. 
 
 Swift i,nd i'o/>f. 
 
 Commu'nicativeness. n.y. [from fom- 
 municativc,] The quality of being com- 
 municative, of bellowing or imparting 
 bcuciits or knowledge. 
 
 He is not only the uxwA communicative of alt 
 beings, bnt he will ;ilI'o communicate himfelf 
 in ii;ch mcnfnie as entirely to fatisfy; other- 
 wile fomc dc^xcc^ oi cotnmunlcativenefi would be 
 wanting;. Norris. 
 
 Commu'niov. n.f. [communlo, Lat.] 
 
 1. Intcrcourfe ; fellowlhip ; comnrion pof- 
 ftffuin; participation of fomething in 
 common ; interchange of tranfat^lions, 
 
 Confulcrj Hnally, the angels, as having witli 
 us that communion which the apoftle to the He- 
 brews iioCcth J and in regard whereof angels have 
 not difdaincd to profefs themfelves our fellow- 
 fervants. Jlooifr. 
 
 We are not, by ourfclves, fufficicnt to furnilh 
 ourfeivcs with competent (tores for fuch a life as 
 our nature riuthdefire; therefore we are natu- 
 rally induced to feck communiQn and fellowlhip 
 with others. Hooker. 
 
 The Ifraelitcs had never any commufiion or af- 
 fairs with the Ethiopians. RaUigh, 
 
 Thou, fo pleas'd, 
 Cnnrt raife thy creature to what height thou wilt 
 Of union, or communionf deihed. Miltou, 
 
 Wu maintain ctm/7;K/;;V; with God himfelf, and 
 arc made in the fame tlegree partakers of the 
 divine nature. FiAJei. 
 
 2. The common or publick celebration of 
 the Lord's Supper; the participation 
 of the blcfled facrament. 
 
 Tlicy rcfolved, tiiar the ftanding of the com- 
 munion table in all ciiurclies fliould oe altered. 
 
 Cliirendon. 
 Tertullian rcporteth, thnt the piflure of Chiilt 
 was cngiavcn upon the comviunhn cup. 
 
 Pciu/iam on Draxuing. 
 
 3. A common or publick aft. 
 
 M'jii began pubiickly to call on the name of 
 the Loid; tliat is, they ftrved and praiftd God 
 by vommuniifij and in publick manner. Ra L:gh. 
 
 4. Union lu the common worfhip of any 
 church. 
 
 B;lc cofftmunicn with a good church can never 
 alor^- make a good man ; if it could, we fhould 
 have no bad ones. So-.ith. 
 
 Ingenuous men have lived and, died in the 
 comiiiunion of that church. Stiiiingficct. 
 
 CoMMu'yiTY. n.f. \_communttas, Lat.] 
 
 1 , The commonwealth ; the body poli- 
 tick. 
 
 How could commuhiihsy 
 Degrees \\\ fchuols, and brotherhood in cities, 
 But by degree rt;uid in auihentlck place? Shakf. 
 
 K.jt in a fingle pcdon only, but in a cmnmumty 
 or multitude of men. Uamnv.ud. 
 
 Tiiis para'nle may be aptly enough expounded 
 of the laws that fccuie a civil community. 
 
 L'Ejiran^e, 
 
 It \<i not defigned for her own ufe, but for the 
 whole Lommunity. j-hiJifon. 
 
 Tiic love of our country is impreiTed on our 
 mind tor tlic prefcrvation of the community. 
 
 j^d({;jQn*i FrfchoiJct . 
 
 He lives not for himfelf alone, but hath a re- 
 gard in all liis atilioub to the great communify. 
 
 .•ittcihury, 
 
 2. Common poflefiion ; the ilate contrary 
 to property or appropriation. 
 
 Sic up ?.x\<\ revel, 
 Call :iU the 31 eat, tlie fair, and fpiiited dames 
 Of Rome about thee, and begin a falhron 
 Of frecdwJm :md i.oimjtu.':ity, Bm yoffon. 
 
 COM 
 
 T he undifliiuflion of many in the !a«miiiuiy of 
 name, or mifapplication of the act of one" unto 
 the other, hath made fomc doubt thereof. 
 
 BfOivn*! Vulvar E'roitn. 
 This text is far from proving Adam fole pro- 
 prietor; it ia a coiiBrmaCion of the original c;m* 
 •ilmwly of all things. Loch'. 
 
 3. Frequency; commonnefs. Not in ufe. 
 
 He Mas hut, as the cuckow is in June, 
 Heard, not regarded; fcen, but with fuch eyes. 
 As, Tick and blunted with communityy 
 Aftotd no extraordinary gaze. Shakjpearc, 
 
 Commutaki'lity. n.f. [from commuta- 
 ble. ] The quality of being capable of 
 exchange. 
 
 Commu'tabie. adj, [from comnwle.'] 
 That may be exchanged for fomething 
 elfe ; that may be bought off, or ran- 
 fomed. 
 
 Com.muta'tion. n.f. [(rom commuli.} 
 
 1. Change; alteration. 
 
 An innocent nature could hate nothing th.ir 
 was innocent: in a word, fo great is the commit- 
 tati'.n, thnt the foul then hated only that whitii 
 now only it loves, /. e. fm. Scrith's Sermons. 
 
 2. Exchange ; the ail of giving one thing 
 for another. 
 
 The whole univcrfe is fupported by giving and 
 returning, by commerce and commutation. Souths 
 
 According to the piefcnt temper of mankind, 
 
 it is abfotutely neceilary that there be fonie rr.e- 
 
 thod and means of commutation, as that of money. 
 
 Ray on the Creation, 
 
 The ufe of money, in the commerce andtraf- 
 fick of manitind, is thatof faving xbecoiKmutaiioir 
 of more bulky commodities. j^rbuikn^.r, 
 
 3. Ranfom ; the adt of exchanging a cor- 
 poral for a pecuniary piinifhment. 
 
 The l.iw o^ God had allowed an evafion, that 
 is, by way of commutation or redemption. Bront-n, 
 
 Commu'tative. adj. [from commute.^ 
 Relative to exchange : as, conimutallvs 
 jujilce, that honefty which is exercifed in 
 traffick, and which is contrary to fraud 
 
 ' in bargains. 
 
 7J COMMUTE, v.a. [w«ma/c, Lat.] 
 
 1. To exchange ; to put one thing in the 
 place of another ; to give or receive one 
 thing for another. 
 
 This will c:mm:ite our talks ; exchange thefc 
 pkifant and gainful ones, which God afligns, for 
 thofe uncal'y and fruitkfs ones we impofe on 
 ourfelves. Decay of Piety. 
 
 2. To buy off, or ranfom one obligation 
 by another. 
 
 Some commute fwearing for whoring ; as if 
 forbearance of the ond were a difpenfation for 
 the other. L'EfJiange. 
 
 To Commute, v. n. To atone ; to bar- 
 gain for exemption. 
 
 Thofc inllitutions which God defigned for 
 means to further men in holiiiefs, they look 
 upon as a privilege to ferve iiikad of it, and to 
 commute for it. SoutA's Sermons. 
 
 CoMMu'TU.lL.<7(jf. [con snd Kuttjal.] Mu- 
 tual ; reciprocal. Ufed only in poetrj'. 
 
 Love our hearts, and Hymen did cur liands. 
 Unite eommutual in mofl facied bands. Shakfp. 
 There, with eommuiual zeal, we both h.nd 
 11 rove 
 In arts of dear benevolence .ind love ; 
 Brothers in peace, not rivals in command. Tope. 
 
 COTMPACT. n.f [/.«.7,'/m, Lat.] A 
 contraft ; an accord ; an agreeinent ; 
 a mutual and fettled appointment be-- 
 tweon two or more, to do or to forbear 
 fomething. It had anciently the accent 
 on the laft fyllable. 
 
 2 Z
 
 COM 
 
 T liopt the king made pence with ti\l of vis ; 
 And the compii^ is firm 2nd tme in me. Sh.ikj. 
 In the beginnings of fpeech there was an itnph- 
 cit compn&^ founded UDun commtm conlent, that 
 fuch words, voices, or geftures, ihould be figns 
 whereby they would exprcfs their thoughts. So'ttli. 
 ToCompa'ct. -u.a. \j:omj>m^o,compadwn, 
 
 Latin.] 
 1. To join together with firmnefs ; to 
 unite clofely ; to confolidate. 
 
 Inform her full of my particular fears : 
 And thereto add fuch reafons of your own, 
 As ra.iy cornpctcl it nioie. SLiif. King Lejr. 
 
 Nor are the nerves of his compai^cd llrcngth 
 Strctch'd and dilTolv'd into unfinew'd length. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 By what degrees this earth's com/>rt(f?ci/ fpherc 
 
 Was harden'd, woods, and rocks, and towns, 
 
 to hear. Rcfcnmmc^. 
 
 This difeafe is more dangerous, as the folids 
 
 are more fliicft and cmnpaa:.!, and confequently 
 
 more io as people are advanced in age. Arbuthn, 
 
 Now the bright fun .ompufls the precious ftone. 
 
 Imparting radiant luff re like his own. Blackmore. 
 
 2. To make out of fometliing. 
 
 If he, «m/Ji3 of jars, grow mufical. 
 We (hall have Ihortly difcord in the fpheres. 
 
 Shakfpicnre. 
 
 3. To league with. 
 
 Thou pernicious woman, 
 Compel} with her that's gone, think'll thou thy 
 
 oaths, 
 Tho' they would fweardown each particular faf>. 
 Were teftimonics ? Sluiifpeare. 
 
 4. To join together ; to bring into a 
 fyilem. 
 
 We fee the world tocimpaElerl, that each thing 
 preferveih other things, and alfo itlclf. Hcaker. 
 Compa'ct. aJj. [compadut, Lat.] 
 
 1. Firm; folid ; clofe ; denfe ; of firm 
 texture. 
 
 Is not the dtnfity greater in free and open 
 fpaces, void of air and other grofler bodies, than 
 witiiin the poi^s of water, glafs, cryltal, gems, 
 and other cc-wz/xit^ bodies? Nt:iutijn''i Opticks. 
 
 Without attraction, the diffevcred particles of 
 the chaos could never convene into, fuch great 
 compa^ malTes as the planets. Bentley. 
 
 2. Compofed ; confilling. 
 
 The lunatic, the lover, and the poet. 
 Are of imagination all 1-0W/IJC7, Shaifpeaie. 
 
 A w.ind'ring tire, 
 C^Bipjf} of unitnous vapour, which the night 
 And the cold environs aroiuid condenTeS, 
 Kindied through agitation to a Hajcc. Milton. 
 
 3. Joined? held together. 
 
 In one hawd Pan has a pipe of feven reeds, 
 «w/.:/? with wax together. Ptarh^im. 
 
 4. Brief, and well connefted : as, acom- 
 paft difcourfr. 
 
 Where a foreign tongue is elegant, exprertive, 
 civile, and rempa^, we mnft iludy the utmoft 
 force of our language. Ft-lton, 
 
 Com?a'ctedness. n.f. [^vomcompaclcd.^ 
 Firmnefs ; deniity. 
 
 Sticliiiig or ctimpntleAntp, being natural to 
 d'.'iifity, requires fume excefs of gravity in pro- 
 jxjrtion to the denfity, or fume otlicr outward 
 vi-jhncc, to break it. Vighyon Bodies. 
 
 Tiiofc atoms are fuppofcd infrangible, extreme- 
 ly compaiicd and hard; which cctnpn^cd/refs.^luA 
 h^rdncfs is a dcmonftiation that nothing could be 
 ptiidjccd by them. Clifyne. 
 
 Compa'ctly. adv. [from «m/o5.] 
 J. Clofely ; denfely. 
 2. With neat joining ;. with good com- 
 
 pafture. 
 CoMP a'ctkf.ss. n. f. [from compaS.'] 
 Firmnefs J clofcnels ; denfity. 
 
 Iradiancy or fpaikling, found in many gems, 
 is not difc(/\'ctablc in this^ for it coiUC'th fliort of 
 their arr.£i)Sntf! and durity. S'otun. 
 
 CO M 
 
 Tlic beft lime mortar will not have attained its 
 lUmoIl ccr)ipu6}:!if.yy till fourfcorc ycaf> after it 
 has been employed in building. This is one 
 rcafou why, in demolifliiiig ancient fabrics, it 
 is eaficr to break the Itone than the mortar, jvy /t. 
 
 The reft, by reafon of the compd^rjtfs of tcr- 
 reftiial matter, cannot make its way to wcUs. 
 
 Compa'cture. fi. f. [from compaS,'] 
 Strudlurc ; manner in which any thing 
 is joined lo;:^ether ; cotnpagination, A 
 good word, but not in ufe. 
 
 And over it a fair portcullis hong, 
 Which to the gate dirc6Hy did incline, 
 With comely compafs, and compij&urc ftrong, 
 Neither unfeemly Ihort, nor yet exceeding long. 
 
 Fairy Qf/ecn. 
 
 COMPAGES, n.f. [Latin.] Afyllem 
 of many parts united. 
 
 The org'ins in animal bodies aie only a regular 
 compijges of pipes and veffels, for the fluids to 
 pafs through. Ri:y. 
 
 Compagina'tion. n.y. [compagOy Lat.] 
 Union ; Ihucture ; junction ; connexion; 
 contexture. 
 
 The intire or broken compagination of the 
 magnerical fubrick under it. Bronvn, 
 
 Co'mpanableness. n*f. [from company.'] 
 The quality of being a ^ood compa- 
 nion ; foclablenefs. Not in ufe. 
 
 His oycs full of merry fimplicity, his words 
 of hearty companahlen:J%. SiJney. 
 
 Co'mpaniable. a^f. [from company.l 
 Social ; having the qualities of a com- 
 panion ; fuciable ; maintaining friendly 
 intcrcouife. 
 
 Towards his queen he was nothing uxorious, 
 hwx. companiable and lefpeif^ivc. Biicon. 
 
 Compa'nion. n, f, \^compa^nonjYv,'\ 
 
 1. One with whom a man frequently con- 
 verfes, or with whom he fhares his hours 
 of relaxation It difftrs from jriendy as 
 acquaintance from conjidencf. 
 
 How now, my loid ; wtiy du you keep alone .' 
 Of forriilt fancies your ("9'fl/'<jn/o«i maker Hhnkf. 
 
 Some friend ii a companion at tne table, and 
 will not continue in thcday of thy afflidtiou. EccLu 
 
 With anxious doubts, with raging pnttons torn, 
 No fwet: compiiniou near with wiiom to mourn. 
 
 2. A partner; an afTociate. 
 
 Iipaphroditu.';, my brother .ind ampanicn in 
 labour, and fellow foldicr. P^t/ippiu/i^. 
 
 btrcav'd of happlncfj, thou may'it pariaite 
 His punJlhmcnr, eternal mifciy ; 
 Which would be all hii fulacc and revenge, 
 Thee once to gain campa/iion of his woe. ^Ulton. 
 
 3. A familiar term of contempt ; a fellow. 
 
 I fcorn you, fcurvy companion! What.'* you 
 poor, bafc, rafcaliy, cheating, hck-liinun mnre ! 
 away, you mouldv rogue, away ! Shakjpe^re. 
 
 It givci boldntis to every petty ccynpunicn to 
 fprcad lumours to my defamation, where I can- 
 not be prefent. R.i'tigh. 
 
 Co M p a'n 1 o n a b l e . adj^ [ from compa- 
 nion.] Fit for good ftUov/fhip j fecial ; 
 agreeable. 
 
 He had a more iompanicnd-le wit, and fwaycd 
 more among the good fellows. Clatendon. 
 
 Co mpa'nionably. adn), [ from compa- 
 
 nwnahle.~\ In a comjianionablc manner. 
 
 Compa'nionship- n.f, [Ivom companlsn.'^ 
 
 1. Company; train. 
 
 Ak'iUades, and fome twenty horfc, 
 All of co'np'irionjhip. Shakjpcare' s Timun. 
 
 2. Fdlowfhip; aflbciation. 
 
 If it be honour in your wars to feem 
 The fame you arc nut, winch, for your bcft ends, 
 You cull yottT policy ; how Wi leii, or worle, 
 
 COM 
 
 That it Ihall bold mmpanicnjiip in peace 
 Witl^ honour as in war? Shakfpfare' ^ Czrinjanut^ 
 CO'MPANY. n. /. [compognie, French;: 
 either from con and pagusy one of the 
 fame town ; ov con and panisy one that 
 eats of the fam.e mefs.] 
 
 1. Perfons aflembled together; a body of 
 men. 
 
 Go, carry fir John FalftafF to the Fleet ; 
 Tahe all \\\s CLVipany along with him. Shakfp^ 
 
 Honeit company, I thank you all, 
 That ha\e beheld me gi\e away myfelf 
 To this moll: patient, Iwcct, and virtuous wife. 
 
 Sftakfpeare. 
 
 2. Perfons afTembled for the entertainment 
 of each other; an afiemblyof pleafure. 
 
 A ciowd is not company i and faces are but a. 
 gallery of pi<fturcs, where there is no love. 
 
 Bacon's S/piys, 
 
 3. Perfons confidered as afTembled forcon- 
 verfation ; or as capable of converfatioa 
 and mutual entertainment. 
 
 Monficur Zulichem came to me among the 
 reft of the good company of the to An. Temple, 
 
 Knowledge of men and manners, the freedom, 
 of habitudes, and converfation with the belt 
 ccmpa/ry of both fexes, 15 nccefT^iry. DryHefi. 
 
 4., The ftate of a companion ; the atSl of 
 accompanying ; converfation ; fellow- 
 Ihip. 
 
 it is more plcafant to enjoy the company of him 
 that can fptak fuch words, than by fuch words 
 to be perfuadcd to follow folitarinefs. Sidney^ . 
 
 Nor will I wretched thee 
 In death forfake, but keep thee rom^awy. Dryd, 
 
 Abdallah grew by degjecs Co enamoured of 
 her converfation, ihnt he did not thuik he lived 
 when he was not in L(,mpany with his beloved 
 Balfora. GuardiaK, 
 
 5. A number of perfons united for the 
 execution ot performance ofany thing ; 
 a band. 
 
 Shakcfpcare was an aftor, when there were 
 fcveji cQ/npanies of players in the town togctlicr. 
 
 Dennif^ 
 
 6. Perfons united in a joint trade or parL- 
 
 nerfhip. 
 
 7. A number of fome particular rank or 
 profefTIon, united by fome charter ; a. 
 body corporate ; a fubordinate corpora- 
 tion. 
 
 This emperor fcenis to have been the fi'-ji 
 who incorpu:ated the fcveral trades of Rome 
 into ccmpariu'Sj wjth ihelr paiticuiar privileges. 
 
 ylrhut/i/iot on Cdinr, 
 
 8. A fubdivlfion of a regiment of foot ; fo^ 
 many as are under one captain. 
 
 Evcty captain brought with him thrice fo 
 
 mar.y in his cofr.pany as was cxpcdted. Kno/Us, 
 
 i To hear Company. 7 To accom*. 
 
 ^' I To keep Company. J pany ; to af- 
 
 fociate with ; to be companion to. 
 
 I do dcfire thee 
 
 To bear mc c-j>npanyy and jro 'Airh me,_ Shakfp. 
 
 Thofc Indi.ni wives are loving fauls,_and may 
 
 do well to kctp comptiny with fhe Arrias and 
 
 Portias of old Rome. * Drydt^, 
 
 Admitted to that equal iky, 
 His fpithful dog fnall hear htm ri/.-r tuy. Popt. 
 Why (Kould he call her whore ? Wno ieeps her 
 ccrrpaiy ? S^:n^fpjaie^s Othcfh, 
 
 10. To keep Company. To frequent houfes 
 01 entertainment. 
 
 1 1. Sometimes in an ill fenfe. 
 
 To Co'mpa.ny. V, <z, [from the noun.} 
 To accompany ; to attend ; to be com- 
 panion to ; to be afTociated with, 
 
 I am 
 The foldicr that did <ompany iliefc three* ShnkJ,
 
 C O M 
 
 Tliut, tSroiigli wliat path fjc't r of life wf rove, 
 Rjjjc wm^uwt-j our iiaic, and giiff our luvc. 
 
 To Co'mpany. v. n. 
 
 1. To afTociate on^'s fcif vvitlt. 
 
 1 wrote to vou not to company with foniic.itor*. 
 
 I Cm. 
 
 2. To be a gay companion. Obfolcte. 
 
 For there tnou needs lT^Jl^ lc;un to l.tJijIi, to lye, 
 To face, to forge, to fcoJf, to ccm/'.t'iv. Spc^ipr. 
 Co'm PAR ABLE, tiiij . [ftoni To com/>are.] 
 Worthy to lie compared ; (if cq'.ial re- 
 gard ; woiUiy to contend for prefer- 
 ence. 
 
 Thi» p:efent world aft'ordeth not any thing 
 mmttarjilr inuo the piiblick duties of religion. 
 
 lionkei . 
 
 A man com^ita^ft with any of the cnjitains of 
 
 that age, an excellent fuldicr both by Ic.i and 
 
 lnj-.d. ATW/ei' Utfl-.ry of the Vurk i. 
 
 There ii no" bleUirig of lite comparable to the 
 
 ciiioymcnt of a tliurcet and virtuous friend. 
 
 yrUifon'i Sj':a,ti'.i . 
 Co'MrARABLY. adv. [from comparnhle .^ 
 In a manner or degree worthy to be 
 compared. 
 
 Tlie-re could no fi)rm for fucli a royal ufe be 
 compitrally imagined, like that of the forcfaid 
 nation. H'otton'i .-Ifchitefjure, 
 
 Compa'rates. n.f. [from compare.'\ In 
 
 logick, the two things compared to one 
 
 another. 
 
 CoMP a'rative. atir. \_compai-ativus, Lat.] 
 
 t. Eilimated by comparifon; notpofitive; 
 
 not abfolute. 
 
 Thou wcrt dignified enough, 
 Ev'n to the point of envy, if 'twere made 
 Comfaralife for your virtues, to be ftilcd 
 The under hangman of his realm. Sfi.i.kfpeatf, 
 There rcftcth tUc ciitfartUive, that is, granted 
 that it is cither lawful or binding ; yet whether 
 other things br Jnot to be preferred before the 
 CKlirpation of iicrelics. Bticon. 
 
 The bloUbm is a pofitive good; aithougli the 
 remove of it, to gi\'e place to the fiuit, he a 
 comfijrafn^f good. B.tCbn. 
 
 Tliis bubble, by rcafon of its comparative le- 
 vity to ci-.e tluid that inclules it, would netelTarily 
 afccnd to the top. Bcitlry. 
 
 2. Having the power of comparing differ- 
 ent things. 
 
 Beauty is not known by an eye or nofe ; it 
 confifts in a fymjnctry, and it is the ci^mpaiathr 
 faculty which notes it. G/an. iJie. 
 
 3. [In grammar.] The comparative de- 
 gree expreffes more of any quantity in 
 one thing than in another ; as, th^ right 
 hand is the llronger. 
 
 CoMfA'RATiVELY. adv. [from compara- 
 tive.^ In a ftate of coniparifon ; ac- 
 cording to eftlmate made by compari- 
 fon ; not poilflvely. 
 
 Thef;ood or evil, wiiich is removed, may be 
 efleemed good or evil compa^ativflyj znd not po- 
 fitively or (imply. £a,o;i. 
 
 In this world, whatever is called good, is 
 fcmparaii-vely with othci things of its kind, or 
 with the evil mingled in its conipofition; fo he 
 is a good man that is better than men commonly 
 arc, or in whom the good qualities arc more 
 than the bad. Temple. 
 
 The vegetables being ctmparative'y lighter 
 than the ordinary terreftrial matter of the globe, 
 fubfidcd Lift. fnodv-wd. 
 
 But how few, comparativJy, are the inlUnccs 
 of this wife application ! R^^rtt. 
 
 To COMPA'RE. v.a. [comparo, Lat.] 
 I . 'I'o make one thing the mcafure of an- 
 other ; to ellimate tlie relative good- 
 nefs or badnefs, or other qualities, of 
 
 COM 
 
 any one thinp;', by obforvlng how It dif- 
 fers from loiiictliiiig clfc, 
 
 I will hear Hiatus fpcik.. — — 
 I will licar C.ill'ws, and ccw^arc thcii rcafons. 
 
 Shuif^ear,:. 
 
 Tlicy mcrifuring tlifmlclvcs hy tliemfdvcs, 
 and iftmpa'ring tlxinrdvfb amuiig ilicmftlvcs, arc 
 not wife. 2 Cvt. 
 
 No man can think it grievous, who cnnfidcis 
 the pkafurc and fwcctntb uf Invi-, and t'lc i;Io- 
 rious \itfVoty of oveixuimng evil with good ; atid 
 then cr^iifititei thciV witli tlic rcltlcli toimcnt, 
 and j>cTpctu;il tumults, o( a malicious and rc- 
 vciigclul fpirit. Tflhtjoti 
 
 He th.it has got the ideas of numbers, and 
 hath taken the pains to compare ont;, two, and 
 three, to fix, caniioc chufe but know they arc 
 equal. Luke. 
 
 Thiu much of the wn>ng judgment rnen make 
 of pitTent and future ple.ilurc and pain, when 
 thty aic compunU together, and fo the abfent 
 confideicd :ii future. Loekt. 
 
 2. It may be obfervcd, that when thc 
 Cdinparifon intends only fimllitude or 
 illuiirati(»n by likenefs, wc vifc to before 
 the thing brouglit for illiiilration : as, 
 he compareii aiigci to a lire. 
 
 Solon cc^mjiii'Cii the people uri/o the fea, and 
 orators and counfi-llois to the winds; (ui tlut 
 the fea would be calm and quiet, if tl^e wind^ 
 did n(it trouble it. liitori's rJpophthcgmi. 
 
 3. When two perfons or things are com- 
 pared, to dlfcover their relative propor- 
 tion of any quality, ^ufhh is ufcd before 
 the thing ufed as a nieafure. 
 
 Black Macbeth 
 Will fcem a$ pure as fnow, being compar'^J 
 With my confinekf-. hnrni>. iihakjpeaie. 
 
 To comp<ite 
 Sm.iII things ivi/h grcntclK Milion. 
 
 He carv'ri in ivory fiich ;i maid fo fair, 
 As nature could not ivith his Jit comp.ne. Dry.l. 
 
 If he comp.iTc^ this trinlbtion ivith the origi 
 nal, he will fitui that thL* three firlV ftanzas arc 
 rendered alniult word ^or word. Addijon. 
 
 4. To compare is in S/'e/if^y ufed after the 
 Latin comparoy for to get; to procure; 
 to obtain. 
 
 Bur, both from back and belly, ftill did fpare 
 To fill his bag'i, and riches to comptire. 
 
 Pairy Queen. 
 
 Compare, n.f. [from the verb. J 
 T. The ilate of b'-ing compared ; compa- 
 rative ellimate ; comparifon ; poillbihty 
 of entering into compavilon. 
 
 There I the rarert things have fccn, 
 Oh, thing-, without «w/>^/f/ Surl/ing. 
 
 A^ iheir fmni) galleys may not hold compare 
 V/uh our tall Oilps. IV^iiUr. 
 
 Beyond icmpu-c the Son of God was feen 
 Mull glorious. i\UL\n's P<inUifc LojJ. 
 
 2. Simile; fimilitude; illuliration by com- 
 parifon. 
 
 True Iwains in love ihiill, in th'* world to come, 
 Approve theii truths by I'loihu; when their 
 
 • rhinKs, 
 Full of protcii, and oarh. and big comyarfj 
 Want fimillcs. Sh.ikfpettte^s TrQihiT and C.'rjfida. 
 
 CoMP,\'fl isoK. n.f. Xcomparaifitiy Fr.] 
 
 1. The a(5l of comparing. 
 
 Nat.ilis Comes, comparmg his pr.rts with thofe 
 of A nun, r ckuns his claws among thrui, 
 which are much more like thofc of a lion : fu 
 eafy it is to drive on the ccmpitif^n too far to 
 make it good. Grg'iu'i Sfufignm. 
 
 Our author favcs mc the cow^-j-'/yi/i wjth tra- 
 gedy ; for he fay.«, tha: herein he is to imitate 
 the tiagick poet. Drjdtn, 
 
 2. The llatc of bcin^; compared. 
 
 If wc will rightly eftlmate what we call good 
 and cvkl, -vyc lhall knd it lies much in (^mp>ir:/on. 
 
 Ufke. 
 
 COM 
 
 Obj.-ifti near our \ ic;^j arc apt to 6e fhwjgW 
 greater than thofc of 3 Ur^tx file that are mere 
 remote ; and fo it is witli plcafurc and pain : 
 the picfent is apt to cany it, and thofe at \ dif- 
 tancc have the difadvantagc m the corrpanf.n. 
 
 I or Hi. 
 
 3. A comparative ellimate; proportion. 
 
 If men would live as religion requiies, the 
 world would be a moft lovely and defirable 
 place, in compai ifon o( v^hiX now it is. Ti/forfon. 
 
 One can fcarce imagine liuw (o plentiful x 
 
 •' foil fl;nuld become (<j milcrabiy unpeopled, in 
 
 coi'tparifon of what it once was. ylJJtJin 
 
 4. A fimile in writing or fpcaking ; an 
 i'liitlratioii by fiinilitude. 
 
 As iiiv and .15 goori a kind of hmd in hand 
 compatifox, had been fomcthn g too fair and to» 
 
 good for any lady. S'tttHprare. 
 
 5. [In grammar] The formation of an 
 adjettive tlirough its various degrees of 
 figniiication : 7i%,jlrong,Jlronger ,jlrongejl. 
 
 To COMl'A'RT. 11. a. [compartir, Fr. 
 fiojn Con and partior, Lat.] To divide ; 
 to mark out a general deri;jn into its va- 
 rious parts and fubdivilions. 
 
 1 tn.ike halle to the calling and rtjmpartirt» of 
 the whole Work. if a tort' i ArchteBwe. 
 
 CoMP.i'itTiMENT. n. f. \compartimcnl, 
 French.] A divilion of a picture, or 
 dcllgn. 
 
 The circumference is divided into twelve ecm- 
 partimetttif each containing a coniplcte pielurc. 
 
 Pofe, 
 CoMPARTiTioN. n.f. [from compart.'\ 
 
 1 . The a£l of comparting or dividing. 
 
 I will conic to l\w onpariition, by which the 
 authois of this ait nndeilland a giacefol and ufc- 
 ful dirtiihution of tlic whole groundpiot, botK 
 for rojms of office and cntcitainmenc. ijotlar. 
 
 2. The parts marked out, or feparated ; 
 a feparate part. 
 
 Tl.cii temples and amphitheatres reeded n* 
 comp.ntitio'n. H'otlon'i /Irihittclrire. 
 
 Comp.v'rtment. n.f. [compartiment, Fr. 
 Divilion ; feparate part of a dellgn. 
 
 The fqiiaie will make you' ready foi all man- 
 ner o( crjwpnrtmenis, bafes, pcdefials, and build- 
 ings, feacham on I^raivincr 
 
 To CO'MPASS. -u. a. [compafr, Fr', 
 compajfare, Ital. pnjfibus metiri, Lat.] 
 
 1. To encircle ; to environ; iofurround; 
 to enclofe : it has fometimes around, or 
 about, added. 
 
 A darkfome way, 
 That deep defcendcd through the hollow ground, 
 And was with diead and horrour compaffcd arouml. 
 
 Fciirv Queen, 
 
 I fee thee ecmpafd with thy kingdom's peers. 
 
 That fpeak my falutation in their minds. ShaiJ. 
 
 Now all the blelTings 
 
 Of a glad father c^-nptif! tliec ahouf ! Shaifpeart. 
 
 Thclhady trees cgvei liim with their fhadowj 
 
 the willows of the brook compaft him iib',ut. Joh. 
 
 OhCervc the crowds Uiat tow <./i him around. ' 
 
 l>:yde>i'i I'^irgil, 
 
 To dart that death, Iwillapproachvet nigher • 
 
 Thus wert thou -^"i/'.if^i^ with circling 'fire. Dryd. 
 
 2. 'I'o walk round any thing. 
 
 01(1 Chijiijicos compi.ji'd thrice the crew, 
 And dipp'd an cli^ c-br.inch in holv dew. 
 Which thrice he fp.lnkled-round. ' Drxltn 
 
 3. To beleaguer; to bdiege ; to block. ' 
 
 Thine enemies fh:;!l call a trench ahr.ut thee 
 mu! e-MfaJi tbtc rsiund, and keep thee in on every 
 lide. J .■' 
 
 i-uke. 
 
 4. To grafp ; to enclofe in the arms ; to 
 feitf. 
 
 5. To obtain ; to procure ; to attain ; t.i 
 ha\e in the power. 
 
 2 Z 2
 
 C O M 
 
 Tha) which by wifdom he f.iw to be rtquilitei 
 ■fj* tliat people, was by as great wifdom (om- 
 f tiffed. Hcaio's Frefau. 
 
 His maflcr being one of great regard, 
 In court to comfctji any fuit not hard. tinh-T/^lt. ^ 
 
 If I can check, my erring love, I will; 
 If not, to i:o;>!/.r3yi her I'll ufe my.fkill. ShaiJ. 
 
 How can yoii iiope to comp^ifs your defigns, 
 
 Ar.d not diirtraiilc them ? ' Oenhnm. 
 
 He had a mind to make himfelfmafler of 
 
 ■VVcymouih, if lie could comjmfi it without tn- 
 
 ■' gaging his army before it. Claremii'i, 
 
 The church of Rome creattth titular patriarchs 
 
 of Contlantinuplc and Alexandria ; fo loth is the 
 
 ; pope to lofe the rcmembra)icc of auy title that he 
 
 haril once ?-jm^<ff£d, BrcrelPGld, 
 
 Invention is tlic firll part, and abfolutdy ne- 
 
 ccfltiry to ihcni bum; yet no rule ever was,, or 
 
 eve; can be given, how lu compifiit. JOiydin. 
 
 The knowledge of what is good and what is 
 
 evil; what ought and what ought not to be done, 
 
 is a thing too large to be c^m^afftd^' ii'sd too hard 
 
 to he maftered, without. bj-auis and Itudy, paits 
 
 .and contemplation. Srjuth. 
 
 •*' ■ In cv'ry work regard th.e writer's end, 
 
 ; Since none c^n-.iompitfi more than they intfcnd. 
 
 .' - i'ope. 
 
 6. [In law.] To take meafures prepa- 
 ratory to any thing : as, to compafs the 
 death of the kin^. 
 
 Co'mpass. n.f. [from the verb. 3 
 I. Circle; rotmd. 
 
 This day I breathed firfl ; tijiie is come round ; 
 And where I did. begin, there fiiall 1 end : 
 ^ly life is run its coinpafi. S^an/p^^rt-, 
 
 3. Extent; reach; grafp. 
 
 O Juliet, I already know tliy grief; 
 
 It rtrains me pall the comp'-iji of my wits. ShakJ, 
 
 Thar which is out of the compafi of any man's 
 
 power, is to that man irapoflible. South. 
 
 How few there arc may be juHly bewailed, the 
 
 ■ f9w.'/'flyV of them extending but from the lime of 
 
 . Hippocrates to that of Marcus Antoninus. Temple. 
 
 Animals in tlu-;r generation arc wifcr than the 
 
 , /ons of men; but their wifdom is confined to a 
 
 i'cwparticulars, and lies in a \ery narrow rompafi, 
 
 Add:jiii' i SpeSiut^r. 
 
 ' ' This author t.ath tried the force and compafi 
 
 of our language with much fuccefs. Swift. 
 
 ij. Space; room; limits, eidicr of time 
 or (pace. 
 
 No kfs than the comfafi of twelve books is 
 
 takcii up in thefc. Pope, 
 
 The Englilh aie good confederates in an enter- 
 
 priie which may be difpatched in a ihort er.mp.ip 
 
 .cftime. Addif'^r.. 
 
 You have heard what hath been here done for 
 
 the poor by the five hofpitals and the workhuofe, 
 
 within the canpufs of one year, and towards the 
 
 ■ end of a long expenfive war. Attcihuiy. 
 
 t^. Enclofure ; circumference. 
 
 And their mount Palatine, 
 
 Th' imperial palace, ixmpaji huge, and high 
 
 The ftn:fture. Mitt. Par. Regained. 
 
 Old Rome from fuch a race deriv'd her birth, 
 
 . Which now on feven high hills triumphant reigns, 
 
 And in that ce,mpafs all the world cont.iins. Dryd. 
 
 y. A departure from the right line ; an 
 indireft advance : as, to fetch a compafs 
 round the camp. 
 (>. Moderate fpace ; moderation ; due 
 limits. 
 
 Certain it is, that in two hundred years before 
 (I fpeak within compnft) no fucli comni'lTion 
 had been (i'xecutcU in either of thefe provinces, 
 
 Uwvies on Irehir:d. 
 
 Nothing is likelier to keep a man within eom- 
 
 fafiy than the having conftantly before his eyes 
 
 the ftate of his affairs, in a regular courfe of 
 
 account. L(,c.ke, 
 
 7 . The power of the voice to exprefs the 
 notes of mufick. 
 
 COM 
 
 You would fourid me from my lowcft note to 
 the top of my compafs. Shakjpeare. 
 
 From harmony, from heavenly harmony. 
 This unvieifal frame beg:'n : 
 
 From harmony to harmony 
 Through all the cornpufs of the notes it ran. 
 The diapafon clofing full in man. Dnde^t.. 
 
 8. [This is rare})' ufed in the fingiilar.] The' 
 inftruraent with which circles are drawn. 
 
 If they be two, they are two fo 
 As ftiti'twin eompaffes arc two: 
 Thy foul, the fixt foot, makes no (how 
 To move ; but doth, if th' other do. Donne. 
 
 In his hand 
 He took the goUIen coinp-.-.ffci^ picpar'd 
 In God's eternal Itore, to circumfcribe 
 This univcrfe, and all created tilings. Milto'i. 
 
 To hx one foot of their co.npiip wherever thty 
 think tit, and extend the other to fuch terrible 
 lengths, without defcrihing any circumference 
 at'flil, is to leave us and tiicmfclves in a vci) 
 UDCcrtain iiate. Sivijt. 
 
 g. The iiillriiment compofed of a needle 
 and card, whereby mariners lleer. 
 
 The breath of rehgion tills the fails; prpfit is 
 the eomptif, by which factious men lieer their 
 courfe. ' A7«^ Ch^'ilei. 
 
 Rude as their fliips was navigation then. 
 No ufeful compafi or meridian knovi n : 
 
 Coaliing they kept the land within their ken, 
 
 And knew wo north but when the pole-Itar 
 
 ihone. Dryden. 
 
 Wiih equal force the tcmpeft blows by turns 
 From cv'ry corner of the feaman's eompafi. Roive. 
 
 He that firit difcovcrcd the ufe of the eompttfi^ 
 did more for the fupplying and increafe of ufeful 
 commodities, than tiiofc who buiic woikhoufes. 
 
 horke. 
 lo. In old language there was a phrafe, to 
 
 come ill eompafi, to be brought round. 
 Compass-saw. n.f. 
 
 The compaji-fiiiv Ihould not have its teeth fcr, 
 as other faws liave ; buttiie edge of it Ihould he 
 made fo broad, and the back fo thin, that it 
 may eafily follow the broad edge. lis office is 
 to cut a round; and theiefore the edge muft be 
 made broad, and the back thin, that the back 
 m.av have a wide kerf to turn in. M'jxon. 
 
 COIVIPA'SSION. «. / [compajmn, Fr. 
 fiom con and pallor, Latin.] Pity; 
 commiferation ; forrow for the fuffcrings 
 of others ; painful fympathy. 
 
 Ye had e'^npajfion of me in my bonds. 
 
 Hebrcvi. 
 Their angry hands, 
 My brothers hold, and vengeance thcfc exa£t ; 
 This pleads conipeiffioti, and repents the faft. 
 
 JJ/yden's Fable%. 
 
 Tne good-natured man is apt to be moved 
 with eompajffioti for thofe misfortunes or infirmi- 
 ties, which another would turn into ridicule. 
 
 Addip'i's Spe&alor. 
 
 "7"o Compa'ssion. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To pity ; to companionate ; to commi- 
 ferate. A word fcarcely ufed. 
 
 O heavens! can you hear a good man groan, 
 And not relent, or not ecwp ffion him ? Sh.ikj. 
 CoMP.\'ssioNATE. ad'^. [from compajfion.^ 
 Inclined to compafllon ; inclined to pity ; 
 merciful ; tender ; melting ; foft ; eafily 
 affefttd with forrow by the mifery of 
 others. 
 
 Tiiere never was any heart truly great and ge- 
 nerous, that wasnotalfo tenderand eompojpottate. 
 South^ % Scrmotii. 
 To Compa'ssioNate. v. a. [from the 
 noun.] To pity ; to commilerate. 
 
 Experience laycth princes torn efrates before 
 their cyc.j, aiul withal pcrfuades them to ccm- 
 pajjionitte rhcmfelves. Rulcigh. 
 
 CompiiffiO>iate\ my pains, and pities mef 
 What is compalTion, when 'tis void of love ? 
 
 Jlddipn'i Onto. 
 
 C O INI 
 
 Compa'ssionately. adv. [ixy^xw compaf- 
 fionate.'\ Mercifully ; tenderly. 
 
 The fines were alhgntd to the rebuilding St. 
 Paul's, and thought tlicrefore to be the more fe- 
 verely inipufed, and the lets eompnjjionntcly re- 
 duced and cxcufed. Clarendon, 
 
 Compatf.'rnity. n.f [eon and pa/er- 
 nttns, Latin.] The relation of godfa- 
 ther to the perfon for wh.om he anfWers. 
 
 Gothj-.ied, or Lompatemif}-, by the canon l.iw, 
 is a fpiijtu.il afliniry ; and a juror'that was goiTn 
 to cither of the parties might, in former times, 
 have been chailcrge<l as. not indiflcrcnt by oui 
 law. Dui'iet' Stale of Ireland. 
 
 .Compatibi'lity. n.f. [from cornea///)/".] 
 Conlillency; the power of coc.\t(ling 
 with fomething elfe j. agreement with 
 any thing. 
 
 COilvIPA'riBLE. adj. [corrupted, by an 
 undcilftil compliance with proiumciation, 
 from c'.mpetlbh, from competo, Latin, to 
 full, lo agree. Competible is found in 
 good witters, and ought always to.be 
 ufed.] 
 
 1. Suitable to; fit for; confident with; 
 not incongruous to. 
 
 The objeifl of the will is fuch a good as is 
 compatible to an intellc(5taal nar'..;rc. Hale. 
 
 2, Confident ; agreeable. 
 
 Our poets have joined together fuch qualities 
 as aie by nature the moll compatibb •. saiour 
 with anger, mceknefs with piety, and prudence 
 with dilhmulation. Broome. 
 
 Compa'tiblenese. n.f. [from compa- 
 tihle. ] Confillency ; agreement with any 
 thing. 
 
 Compatibly, adv. [from compatiile.J 
 Fitly ; fuitably. 
 
 Compa'tient. adj. [from con and pa. 
 t'lor, Latin.] Suffering together. D'lci , 
 
 Compa'triot. n. f. [from on and pa- 
 tr'ia, Lat.] One of the fame country. 
 
 Dici. 
 The governor knew he was fo circumfpefl as 
 not lo adhere to any of lire fatftions of tlic time, 
 in a neutrality indifferently and friendly enter- 
 taining ail his eompalricts. JDinvimond. 
 
 Compe'er. n.f [compar, Lat.] Equal; 
 companion ; colleague ; afibciate. 
 
 Scfofiris, 
 That monarchs harnefs'd, to his Chariot yok'd 
 Bafe fervitudc, and liis dethroii'd compeers 
 Lalh'd furioully. P':i'ips, 
 
 To Compe'er. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To be equal with ; to mate. 
 
 In his own grace he doth ci.ti]l himfelf 
 More than in your advancement. 
 
 In my right, ^ 
 
 By me inveftcd, he compeers the bcft. Shaifpearc. 
 To COMPE'L. V. a. [compello, Lat.] 
 I. To force to fome aCl ; to oblige ; to 
 conftrain ; to ncceffitatc ; to urge irre- 
 fillibly. 
 You will compel mc then to rcsd the will } 
 
 Sfiakfpenfe. 
 The fpiiincrs, carders, fuller?, compe'ud by 
 hunger, 
 And Uck. of other mc:ins, in dcfp'ratc manner 
 During th' event to the teeth, arc all in upcoar. 
 
 Shakjpearf, 
 
 He rcfufed, and f^iid, I will not e.it ; but his 
 
 fcrvantSj together with the woman, cvtn^dled hinr. 
 
 I Samuel, 
 But firft tiie lawlcfs tyrant, who denies 
 To know their God, or meiTagc to regard, 
 Muft be ccntpeird by figns and judgments dire.
 
 C O M 
 
 All thcfc blefungs coulU but enable, not ««- 
 ft(, us to be liappy. C/.iren.l<ui, 
 
 ■ WUuIe droves of rr.indi arc by t!ie diiving god 
 C'^mptfi'J to drink the deep Luhcm flood. Vry.l. 
 B. To tnke by force or violence ; to la- 
 viih from ; to {e'l/.e. This lignincatioii 
 is uncommon and liarfli. 
 
 The fubjedts grief 
 Cojues through coninriffions, which csot^^/ fiom 
 
 each 
 The fixth part of his fubltnnce, to be levied 
 Without deljy. Skakjf care's Hc.ry VIII. 
 
 3. To gather together, and unite in a 
 company. A ialiniiai, compellcrc grc- 
 
 gem. 
 
 He to the town rcturn'd, 
 Attended by the chiefs who fought the field, 
 Now friendly mix'd, and in one troop .•t-.M/c//'.V. 
 
 JJiyMn. 
 
 4. To feize ; to overpower. 
 
 Our men fccure nor guards nor centries held. 
 But c.ify flccp their we.iiy limbs cmipcll'ii. Vry,!. 
 Compe'i.lable. a^J. [from compel.] That 
 may be forced. Perhaps it Ihoiild be 
 compillibh. 
 Com?eula'tion. n. f. [from compello, 
 Latin.] The ftyle of addrefs ; the 
 word of falutatlon. 
 
 The ftile bell fitted for all perfons, on all oc- 
 cafions, to ufe, is the compcHation of Father, 
 which our Saviour rirft taught. Dtippa. 
 
 The peculiar <ompel!ation of the kings in 
 France, is by Jhif which is nothing cife hii\. fa- 
 ther. Temple. 
 Compe'ller. n. f. [from compel.] He 
 
 that forces another. 
 CO'MPEND. n. /. [compencTium, Lat.] 
 Abridgment ; fumm.ary ; epitome; con- 
 traftion ; bieviate. 
 
 Fi.t in memory the difcourfcs, and abftrafl 
 them into brief compe-.ds. i'J\itts^ 
 
 Compendia'rious. adj. [comfeiidlarius , 
 Lat.] Short; contracled ; fummary ; 
 abridged. 
 CoMPE.N'Dio'siTY. n. /. [from compendi- 
 ous.] Shortnefs ; contradled brevity. 
 
 Bid. 
 Co.mpe'ndious. ad'<. [from compendium.] 
 Short ; fummary ; abridged ; compre- 
 henfn'c ; holding much in a narrow 
 fpace ; direct ; near ; by which time is 
 faved, and circuition cut off. 
 
 They learned more campen.iioui and expedi- 
 tious ways, whereby they (hortencd their labours, 
 and gained time, , JJ'ocd-.viird. 
 
 Compe'ndiously. adv. [from compen- 
 dious.] Shortly; in a fhort method ; 
 fummarily; in epitome. 
 
 ^y the apjftlcs we have the fiibftance of 
 cbriilian belief compendioufly drawn into few and 
 fhort articles. H^^oker. 
 
 The liatc or condition of matter, before, the 
 world was a-making, is ccmp^n.licufiy expreifcd 
 by the word chaos. Bentlty. 
 
 Compe'ndiousxess. n.f. \_hota coitipendi- 
 ous.] Sliortnefs ; brevity; comprehen- 
 fion in a narrow compafs. ' 
 
 The inviting cafinc(s and ccm^endhtdneU of 
 tbis afiVrtion, Ihould dazzle the eyes. BentUy. 
 
 COMPENDIUM, n.f. [Latin.] A- 
 bridgment ; fnmmary ; breviate ; ab- 
 breviature ; that" v»l>Ich holds much in a 
 ■ narrow room ; tire near way. 
 
 After we are grown well acquainted with a 
 firorr fyltem or compendium of a fcience, .which is 
 written in the plaincft and mot^ fimplemannei', 
 it is then proper to icad a larger rcgul.ir treatife 
 •n that fu!)J£iS, f't'utti a the Mind. 
 
 ^ COM 
 
 Compf.'n'sable. adj. [from comptnfate.] 
 
 That nisy be rccompcnfcd. 
 To COMI'E'NSATE. -v. a. [compen/o, 
 Lat.] To rccompenfe ; to be ccjniva- 
 lent to ; to coimterbalance ; to counter- 
 vail ; to make amends for. 
 
 The length oftbu night, and the dews thereof, 
 
 do ciiKpinjdtt the heat of the day. Bnoii. 
 
 The pleafurcs of life do not coiK^-cnfite tiie mi- 
 
 fcrics. I'riir. 
 
 Nature to thefc, without profufibn kind, • 
 The proper organs, proper powVs, aftign*tl ; 
 K.ica leeming want r3?«/'^»/"/f(V of cou'.fe, 
 Hiic with degrees of Iwiftncfs, thereof force. 
 
 Vofe. 
 
 Compensa'tiok. n.f. [from compen/nle.] 
 Rtcompeiifc ; fomethiiig equivalent ; 
 amends. ' 
 
 Poyniiijs, the belter to make compenfation ai 
 his ftrvice in the wars, called a parliament. 
 
 Haeori. 
 All other debts may ccvpenjation find ; 
 But love is lliidt, and will be paid in kind. 
 
 Drydo'. 
 
 Compe'nsative. adj. \hom. competij'ate.] 
 
 Such as compenfates or countervails. 
 To Compe'nse. 11. a. \_compenJo, Latin.] 
 To compenfate ; to countervail ; to be 
 equivalent to ; to counterbalance ; to 
 recompenfe. 
 
 It feemeth, the weight of the quickfilver doth 
 not c^mp(nj'e tlw weight of a ll-one, more than the 
 weight of the aqua-forlis. Bacon's Nut. Hijl. 
 The joys of the two marriages were compcnjed 
 with the mournings and funerals of prince Ar- 
 thin'. Bacon's Henry vll. 
 
 To COMPERE'NDIN.\TE. v. a. ^com- 
 
 perendino, Lat.] To delay. 
 Comperendina'tion. n.f. [from com- 
 
 pcrencRnale.] Delay; dilatorinefs. 
 
 Co'mpetence. 7 /• rr X J .. T 
 
 ,-, , f n. I. rtrom cowbctent. 
 
 Competency. J 
 
 1. Such a quantity of any thi;ig as is fuf- 
 ficient, without fuperfluity. 
 
 Something of fpeech is to be indulged to com- 
 mon civility, more to intim.icies, and a compe- 
 tency to thole recreative difcourfes which mam- 
 tain the chcarfulncfs of fociety. Gcrv. of Tongue. 
 
 2. Such a fortune as, without exuberance, 
 is equal to the conveniencies of life. 
 
 For comptttncs of life I will allow you, 
 That lack of means enforce you not to evil. Sh.ik. 
 
 It is no mean happincfs to be feated in the 
 mean : fupertiuiiy comes fooner by white hairs, 
 but cornpitcnc\ lives longer. Shukfpeare. 
 
 A dil'crect learned clergyman, with a contpe- 
 t'myfiX for one of his criucatiori, may be an en- 
 tertaining, an ufeful, and fometimes a nccelTary 
 companion. Siuift. 
 
 Rcafon's whole pleafure, all the joys of fenfe, 
 Lie ill three WDrds, health, peace, and competence. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 •3. [Lilaw.] The power or capacity of 
 a judge or court, for taking cognifance of 
 an affair. 
 
 CO'MPETENT.^//;. [compctens, Lat.] 
 
 1. Suitable ; fif; adequate; proportionate. 
 
 If there be any power in imagination, the dif- 
 Wnce muft he competent , t^ie medium not advcrfe, 
 and the body apt and proportion.a'tc. Bmcn. 
 
 2. Adapted to any purpofe without defcft 
 or fuperfluity. 
 
 The greatcll captain of the Engiifli brought ra- 
 
 thci a g'.iard, than a contpetent army, to recover 
 
 • Ircl.ind Duvrei on Irr/and. 
 
 To' draw men from great cxcefs, it is not 
 
 i amifs, thuugh we ufe. them unto fomcwhat Icfs 
 
 ihsn is competent. liotiUr. 
 
 3. Reafouable; modsrate. 
 
 COM 
 
 A etmptleni number of the old being fiii? reac?, 
 the new fhould fucceed. Hoci/t , 
 
 The clergy have gamed fomc infight into -men 
 and things, and a ciiKpetent knowlc'dge or tiie 
 world. yittfrbury* s'Stfin*ins, 
 
 -\- Qualified ; fit : a nmpetcnl judge, is 
 one « ho luii, a riglit of jurifdiiSion ia 
 the cafe. 
 
 Let us lirft confidcr hoW competent we are for 
 the office. G'ivcfntnint of the Toitgue^ 
 
 5. Conliftent with ; incident to. - '' 
 
 "That'is tiic privilege of the Infinite Author of 
 things, who iicver llumbcrs nor ilccps, but i% 
 noi competent to -.xny finite being. t^Jie* 
 
 Co'mpete'ntly. adv. [from coritpttenl,] 
 
 1. Adequately; properly. , 
 
 I think If hath been to^r-petentfy proved. Bcniley. 
 
 2. Reafonably ; modeiattly ; without fu- 
 perfluity or want. 
 
 Some places require men competently endowed :. 
 but none think the appointment to be a duty of 
 jullicc bouTid to lel'pcct dcfcrt. f-^'oum, 
 
 COMFE'TIBLE. adj. [horn competo, Lat. 
 For this word a coiTupt orthography has 
 introduced compatible.] Suitable toj 
 confiftent with. 
 
 It is not iompetible with the grace of God fo 
 much as to incline any man to do evil. Hammon.1. 
 
 Thofe are properties not at all compelihle to 
 body or njatter, though of never fo pure a mix- 
 ture. Glanvitle. 
 
 The duration of eternity a parteanteis fuch asis 
 only compftible to the eternal God, and not com- 
 municable to any created being. Sir Mat. Hciie. 
 
 Compe'tibleness. n.f. [^lova. competibk .^ 
 
 Suitablenefs ; litnefs. 
 COMPETITION, ti.f. [from con and 
 
 pclitio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The a£k of endeavouring to gain what 
 another endeavours to gain at the fame 
 time ; rivalry ; conteft. 
 
 The ancient flames of difcoi-d and ir.teftine 
 wars, upon th.e competition of both houfes, would 
 again return. BaeOn. 
 
 A portrait, with which one of Titian's could 
 not come in competition. • Dryden's Dufrefricy. 
 
 Tiiough what produces any degree of pleafure 
 
 be in iifelf good, and what is apt fo produce any 
 
 , degree of pain be evil, yet often we do not call 
 
 it fo, when it comes in competition ; the degr*^e5 
 
 alio of pleafure and pain^^have a preference. ' 
 
 ' ■ Uc^e.. 
 
 We Ihould be afhamedto rival infeiiours, anri 
 dilhonour Om- nature "by fo degrading a ampe" 
 tiiion. Rogers. 
 
 2. Double claim ; claim of more than one 
 to one thing : anciently with /o. 
 
 Competition u, the crown there is noECj nor can 
 be. Bttcin. 
 
 13. Now with _/«/•. 
 
 The prize of beauty was difputcd till ycju 
 
 , were feen j but now all pretenders have with- 
 
 ! drawn their claims : there is no competition but 
 
 for the fccond place. Dry.Un. 
 
 Co.mpe'titor. n.f. [con and peliior, Lat.] 
 
 t. One that has a tJaim oppolite to an- 
 
 otlier's ; a rival i with for before the 
 
 thing claimed. 
 
 How fuiious and impatient they be>i 
 And cannot brook competitors in iove. Shaiffean, 
 Some undertatte fuits-with purpofe to.lct themi 
 fall, to gratify the coinpelitor. Bacon. 
 
 Cicereius and %c\^\o'^trt competitors for the 
 offiee of prxtor. Tnt.'er. 
 
 He who trufls in God has the adv,mtage in 
 prefcnt felieit\' ; and, when we take futurity 
 into the account, flands alone, and,ts acknow- 
 ledged to have no competitor. Rczcrs, 
 
 2. It had formerly of before the thing 
 claimed.
 
 COM 
 
 Stiymcj, king Sf Algiers, was in vm» ijainft 
 I^is brother Mcclicmctctj omfcliitr o/ the kir.g- 
 
 3. In Skalfpi:arc it feems to fignify only 
 an opponent. 
 
 The Guilfoids aie in arms. 
 And c\cry hour more fomptfrf^rs 
 Flock to the rcb'.l!. S^tnifp. Rich.f.l 111. 
 
 Compilation, n.f. [from compilo, Lat.] 
 
 1. A collection from various authors. 
 
 t. An afTtmblage ; a coacervation. 
 
 Theieis in it a fmall vein fill-jd with fpar, pro- 
 bably fmcc the time of the c^mp:''alioi of the 
 mafs. JJ^tjoiwrnd on YnJJits. 
 
 roCOMPI'LE. 'o.a. [m;«;.;7-7, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To draw up from various authors ; to 
 coUeifl into one body. 
 
 Z. To write ; to compofe. 
 
 In poetiy thuy compile tne praifcs of virtuous 
 
 men .tnd actions, arrdfatiics againlt vice. Temple. 
 
 By the account* which authors have loft, they 
 
 jnight learn that the face uf fea and land is the 
 
 ■ fame that it was when thole accounts were 
 
 compiled. ll'cod-Ti'urd's Nutui til [hj}'jty. 
 
 The regard he had for his Ihield, had caufcd 
 
 liim foraiorly to n-jmp-Je a dilfcitation corceining 
 
 it. .-Irhulhmt und Fop:. 
 
 3. To contain ; to comprife. Not ufed. 
 
 After fo long a iMcc a^ I have rjn 
 ThroUi>h fairy land, which thofc lin books conp:!,; 
 Give Icrve to red me. Speii/c-. 
 
 4. To make up ; to compofe. Not ufed. 
 
 Lion like, uplandilh and more wild, 
 ^lavc to his pride, and all. hh. nerves being na- ■ 
 
 totally compil'd 
 ■Of einincnt Ibength, llalks out and preys upon 
 a ftUy fnccp. C't.ipm.m's Iliad. 
 
 CoMPi'n-MENT.n./. [from nni/tle.] Coa- 
 cervation^ ihc aft of piling together ; 
 the acl. of heaping up. 
 
 I was encouraged to affay how I could build a 
 man ; for there is a moral as well as a natural or 
 artificial compilem.-nt, and of better marcrL-ls. 
 
 IVontn on Education. 
 
 •Compi'ler. n./. [from compile.'] A col- 
 leflor ; one who frames a Gompofition 
 from various authors. 
 
 Some draw experiments into titles and tables : 
 thofc we call compiltn. Bacon' i Ne-u> .-llaUtitii. 
 
 SoiTic parr.ful compiler, who will lUidy old lan- 
 guage, may inforni the workl4hat Robert earl of 
 Oiford was high treafurer. Stuift. 
 
 iComvla'cence. 'ojn.y. [complar^ntia, low 
 Compi.a'cencv. J Latin.] 
 
 .PleaJure; fatisfaftion .; gratification. 
 
 I by convcifing cannot thcfe ere<ft 
 Trom pi'one, not-in their ways comflaaiKc find. 
 
 Mil/on. 
 When the fnprcme faculties move regularlv, 
 the inferior affciitions following, there arifes a 
 ■fcrenity ajid conpUcencj upon the whole foul. 
 
 South. 
 
 DifcaCes extremely leffcn the complacence we 
 
 have in all the good things of this life. jitterb. 
 
 Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man 
 
 with fatisfaf^ijn and co-nplaccncy_f if they difcover 
 
 none of the liite in therafclves. ylddifon. 
 
 i. The caufe of pleafsire ; joy. 
 
 O thou, in hcav'n and caith, the only peace 
 Found out for mankind under wratii ! G thou. 
 My fole iomphcence .' Milton's P.ir. CcJ}. 
 
 2. Civility ; coraplaifance ; foftnefs ol 
 manners. 
 
 They were not fatisfied with their governour, 
 and apprchenfivc of his rudencfs and want of 
 ■tomplaeeny. ^ C/aiej,do,,. 
 
 Hi great humanity appeared in the benevo- 
 Jence of his afpefl, the compLcericy of his beha- 
 <»iour, and the tone of his voice. Addihn. 
 
 Ce,mfUcemy and truth, and manly fwceincfs, 
 ■©*cU;vcr ou histongucj and I'moothhis thoughts. 
 
 AdJijon. 
 
 COM 
 
 ^Wirl: nsfan M>'j^/rtc^«,c ne'er bclVay youi' trnft, 
 Kor he fo civil ai to picivc unjull. V^p?. 
 
 COMPLA'CENT. adj. IcomplacemX^-'^.l 
 Civil; affable; foft ; complaifant. 
 
 To COMPLAIN. V. „. [complaindre, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To mention with foriow or refentment ; 
 to murmur ; to lament. With of be- 
 fore the caufe of forvow ; fometimes 
 with on. 
 
 Lord Haftings, 
 Humbly co-npl.vning to her deity, 
 Gotmy lord chamberlain his liberty. Shakfp. 
 I will fpeak in the anguilh of my fpiiit ; t 
 uiU complain ill the bitterncfs of my foul. Job. 
 Shall 1, like tl.cf, on Friday night comjdain ? 
 For on that day was Co^iii dc Leon llain. Dtyden. 
 Do not all men con:phxtn, even theie as well as 
 others, oj the great ignorance'of mankind ? 
 
 Burnet's Frejace to Tlieoiy of Kettth. 
 Thus accurs'd. 
 In midft of water I e-ompliin of thirft. Dryden 
 
 2. Sometimes withyi//- before the caufal 
 noun. 
 
 V.'hcTtfoi'c doth a living man complain, a man 
 /irthe pnnilhmcilt of his lins ? Larnentutions. 
 
 3. To inform againli. 
 
 Now, mafter Shallow, you'll complain of me to 
 tiie council .' Shitfpeare. 
 
 To CoMTLA'tN. w. a. [This fenfe is rare, 
 and perhaps not very proper.] To la- 
 ment ; to bewail. 
 
 Pale death our valiant leader hath opprcfs'd. 
 Come wreak his lots whom bootlcfs ye complain. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 Gaufiidc, who couldfl fo well in rhimc complain 
 The drath of Richard, with an arrow ilain. 
 
 Dry.icn's Vahles. 
 They mi^i;ht the grievance inwardly complai/i, 
 But outwardly they needs niuft temporir.e. 
 
 Dun. fJiTil irar 
 
 Cqmpla'inant. n.y. [from comfilttin.] 
 One who urges a luit, or commences a 
 profecution, againli another- 
 
 Congreve and tliis author are the moft eager 
 complainants uf the difpute. Collier's Defence. 
 
 Compla'iner. ;;.y. [from t:omp/am.'} One 
 who complains ; a murraurer ; a la- 
 menter. 
 
 St. .Judc obfcr\'es, I'/.at the murmurers and 
 complainers are the fame who fpeak fwellinj; 
 words. (jc-vernment of the r:-nvut 
 
 Philips is a complainer ; and on this occafion I 
 told loid Carteret, that ccmplainers never fuccced 
 at court, ihoui'.h railers do. Swift. 
 
 Compla'int. n.f. [comp/ainU, French.] 
 
 1. Reprefentation of pains or injuries; 
 lamentation. 
 
 I cannot find any caufe of complaint^ that go«d 
 laws have fo much been wanting unto us, as we 
 to ihcm. Hooker's Vtdicatlon. 
 
 As for me, ismy «w^/.-(/«/fo man. 'foit. 
 
 jvfc Adam faw 
 
 AI^ray.in part, though hid in gloomiert fhadc, 
 TdT^row abandon'd, but worrt felt within, 
 Ji^''u\ a troubled fea of palTion tofs'd, 
 Tbiis to difburchen fought with fad complaint. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. The caufe or fubjeft of complaint; grief. 
 
 The poverty of the clergy in Eni^Land hath been 
 the complaint of all who wilh well to the church. 
 
 S'wijt. 
 
 3. A malady ; a difeafe. 
 
 One, in a complaint of his bowels, was let 
 
 blood till he had fcaccc any left, and was per- 
 
 fciftly cured. Ariuthnot. 
 
 4.. Remonftrance againft; information 
 
 againft. 
 
 Full of vexation, come I wlfh complaint 
 Againft my child. Shakfprari. 
 
 In evil flrait this day I ftand 
 Before my judge, either to undergo 
 
 COM 
 
 Myfflf \\\t total ciiiTic, or to accufc 
 My other fc]f, the p-irlncrof my lite; 
 Whofc failing, wiii.c licr faith to mc rem.ilns, 
 I Ihould conceal, an*! not expofe to blumc 
 By my compf.iint ; but ftii*;\ ncccffity 
 Subdues me, and calamitous coiiltiaint. Mi/rctrr. 
 Againli the goddefi thcfc complainti he mad-:. 
 
 Compl.\isa'nce, n.f, [complajfanccj Fr.] 
 Civility; delire of plealing; a<St of 
 adtilation. 
 
 Her death is but in co>ytp}aiJuncc to her. D^vA. 
 
 You muft alfo be indulhious to difcover tlic 
 opinion of your enemies; for you may be afTurcd, 
 that they will i^ivc you no qunrtcr^ and allow no- 
 thing 10 ccmftlaijance. Dryden'i Dujrfjnsj. 
 
 F.iir Venus wept the faddifaiUr 
 Of having loit hci tav'rite dove : 
 In co'upl.itfancc pool* Cupid mourn'd; 
 His grief relicv'd his mother's pain. Vr!J*\ 
 
 COMPI.AISA'NT. aJj. Icomplnifanl, 
 French.] Civil ; defirous to pleafe. 
 
 There arc to whuin my f.itire feems too hold ; 
 Scarce l» wife Peter complaifint enougii. 
 And fomctlung faid o=t" Chartres much too rough. 
 
 I'cpe. 
 Complaisa'ntly. adv. [from complaif- 
 ant.'] Civilly ; with deiire to pleafe ; 
 cercmonioufly. 
 
 In plenty ifarving, tantaliz'd in flate, 
 And complaifant ly help'd to all I hate; 
 Treated, carcls'd, and tir'd, I take my leave. 
 
 Fcpe, 
 
 Complaisa'ntvess. n.f. [from com- 
 
 plmfant.] Civility; compliance. Dift. 
 
 To Compla'nate. ) f. a. [fram planus , 
 
 To Compla'ne. J Lat.] To level; 
 
 to reduce to a flat and even furface. 
 
 The vertebrK of the neck and h.ick.-bunc arc 
 made rtioit and c^^mplanatcd^ and firmly brat.-ed 
 with mufcl-es. IHetham. 
 
 Comple'at. See Complete. 
 Co'mplement. n.f. \_complemfnlum., Lat.] 
 
 1. Ferfeflion ; fuliiefs; completion; com- 
 pletement. 
 
 Our cuAom is both to pbce if in the front of 
 oui prayers as a guide, and to add it in the end 
 oi fomc principal limbs orpTits, as a eomplemrit 
 which fully perfcvftcth whatfoever may be dc- 
 fe^^ive inthcrell. Hooker,- 
 
 They as they feaiHd had their fill, 
 For a full complement uf all their ill. //kA. Teslet. 
 
 For a complement of thcfe hicfiingj, they were 
 enioycd by the prote«i^itin of a king of the mulf 
 harmlefs difpofition, the moft exemplary piety, 
 the greateft fobrict)', chaftily, and mercy. 
 
 l.'larendoits 
 
 The fenfibic nature, in its complement and in- 
 tegrity, hath iivc exterior powers or faculties. 
 
 Hale's Ot'gin of Mankind. 
 
 2. Complete fet; complete provilion ; the 
 full <jiiantity or numhtr. 
 
 Tlic god of love himfeK inhahits there, 
 With all his rage, and dread, and grief, and care; 
 His comfltment of ifores, and total war. Fiior. 
 
 3. Adfcititiouscircumftances ; append^geu; 
 parts not neccffary, but ornamental : 
 whence ceremony was called coDipismciiL, 
 now corrupted to compl'iinct.t. 
 
 \.i the cafe permittcth not baptiUn to have the 
 decent compkments of haptifni, hefk-r it were to 
 enjoy the body wittiout his furniture, than to 
 wait for thit, till the oppoitunity of that, for 
 wbich we dcfire it, be loli. Hooter. 
 
 Thefe, wliich have lalUy fprung up, for com- 
 flemrnts, rilrs, and ceremonies of church atftion.?, 
 are in truth, for the grcatelt part, fuch filly 
 things, that very cafinefs doth make them hard 
 to be difputed of in fcrious manner. Heeler^ 
 
 A doleful cafe defius a doleful fong, 
 Without vain art or cuiJOUS (tntflemenlt. Spenftr,
 
 COM 
 
 G.iniidi'J and {leckM in modeft nmp/ivtini, 
 Not woikiiig witli tlie lar, but witli the eye. 
 
 ii/iiikfbearc. 
 
 A. [In gcometr)-.] What remains of a 
 (jiiadranl of a circle, or of ninety degrees, 
 aitcr any certain arch hath been re- 
 trenched from it. 
 
 5. [In allronomy.} The diftance of a 
 ftar from the zenith. 
 
 C. Complement o/"/Ar fur/arn, in fortifi- 
 cation, that part in the interiour fide of 
 it which makes the demigorge. 
 
 7 . Arithmetical Complement of a Loga- 
 rithm, is what the logarithm wants of 
 10,000,000. Chambers. 
 
 COMPLE'TE. adj. Icomphlus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Perfeft ; full; having no deficiencies. 
 
 With us the rciding of fcripture is a part of 
 our church liturgy, a fpecial poitioii of the fcr- 
 vice which we do to God ; and not an excrcile to 
 fpend the time, when one doth wait for another 
 coming, till the affcmbly of tlicm tliat Ihal! af- 
 terwards woiftiiphim be tt^.phte. l-Iooicr . 
 
 And vc are ccnpltlr in him which is the head 
 of alt principality and power. Cohjfiav^. 
 
 Then marvel not, thou great and tnmplete nun, 
 That all the Greeks begin to worfliip Ajax. 
 
 ahakjjteare. 
 
 2. Complete, having no degrees, cannot 
 properly admit more and mojl. 
 
 If any difpofition fhoiild appear towards fo 
 good a work, the aififtance of the Icgiflative 
 power would be ncceflary to make it m'^ne com- 
 plete. Svjijt. 
 
 3. Finifhed ; ended; concluded.. 
 
 This coui fe of vanity alniolt ccmplitf, 
 Tir'd in the field of life, I hope retreat. Prior. 
 
 2'o Comple'te. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To perfeft ; to finifh. 
 Ml. Sanderlon was cctr-'h-red mafter of arts. 
 
 Bred only and completed to the taflc 
 
 ©f lultful appetence. MiltON. 
 
 To town he comes, comphtey.ihc nation's hope, 
 
 And heads the bold train-bands,, and burns a 
 
 pojic. Pope. 
 
 CoMPLt'TELy.aiA). [(rom complete..] Fully ; 
 
 perfeftly. 
 
 Then tell us, how you can your bodies roll 
 TiUOUiih fpacc of matter fo completely full ? 
 
 Blttckmotc. 
 
 "VVhatever perfon would afpiie to be coinplctelx 
 
 witty, fiiiart, hunloruu^. and pohtc, mull be able 
 
 to retain in his memory c.ety finglv fcutciicc 
 
 contained in this work. Swift. 
 
 Comple'tement. n. f. [from^f pktemeni, 
 French.] The act of compltl'fig. 
 
 Allow me to gi%c you, from the btit .luchur^, 
 
 rhcoripn, the antiquity, the growth, the ch.inge, 
 
 aiidthe complttimer:: fji LiUrc amon^tlic Roniaus. 
 
 Df^Uns DeMcatiOft to yu-vtriol. 
 
 Co.mfle'teness. n. f. [front complete.] 
 
 Perfection ; the (late of bf iiig complete. 
 
 I cannot allow their wifdom luch ;i contpletc- 
 
 ntfi and ineiiability as to exclude mylclf. 
 
 Ktji* V.hjrlc\. 
 
 Thffe parts go to make up the compUtincJi of 
 any fubjeift. H'l.tt,' LizUt. 
 
 Comple'tion. n. f. [from complete.] 
 
 1. Accompllihmciit ; a£t of fulfilling j ilate 
 of being fulfilled. 
 
 There was a full enrire harmony and confcnt 
 of all the divine predidiions, receiving rhctr f^;/;- 
 /,/..-i'o» in thrift. Souli. 
 
 2, Utmofl height; perfeft ftate. 
 
 He makes it the iitmort ccir.pUttor. of an ill 
 chatadler to bear a malevolence to the bci^ 
 men. p^», 
 
 CO'MPLEX. 1 adj. [complexui, Latin.] 
 Compie'xed. J Compofite; of many 
 
 COM 
 
 parts ; not fimple ; including many par- 
 ticulars. 
 
 To exprtfs complcst.l fignifications, they took 
 a liberty to compuund and piece together crea- 
 tures of allowable forms into miiturcs inc.xiftcnt. 
 
 Bro'^LTi. 
 Ideas made up of feveral fimple ones, I call 
 complex; fucli as beauty, gratitude, a man, the 
 univerfe ; which, though complicated of various 
 fimple itieas, nr compter ideas made up of fimple 
 0110, yet are confidered each by itl'clf as one. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 A fecondary effential mode, called a propeity, 
 
 fomctimes goes toward making up the cITcnce ot 
 
 a complex being. IVatts. 
 
 With fuch pevfeflion fram'd 
 ii\.h\% complex itupendous Iciieme of things. 
 
 rhomfo/t' i Spring. 
 
 Co'mplex. n. f. [from the adjeftive.] 
 Complication ; collcdlion. 
 
 This parable of the wedding fuppcr compre- 
 hends in it the whole complex of all the bicliiug. 
 and privileges exhibited by the gofpel. South. 
 
 Comple'xedness. n. f. [irora complex.] 
 Complication; involution of many par- 
 ticular parts in one integral ; coiitra- 
 liety to fimplicity ; compound Hate or 
 nattire. 
 
 From the complexetlnefi of thefe moral ideas, 
 there follows another inconvenience,* that the 
 mind cannot cafily letam thole precife combi- 
 nations. Locke. 
 
 Comple'xion. n.f. \_complexio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The enclofure or involution of one 
 thing in another. 
 
 Though the terms of propofitions may be com- 
 plex, yet where the compofition of the argument 
 IS plain, fimple, and regular, it is propel ly 
 called a fimple fyllogifm,fincc the compkxton doe^ 
 not belong to the fyllugiftick form of it. IViitti. 
 
 2. The colour of the external p^rts. of any 
 
 body. 
 
 Men judge by the cotttplexion of the iky ; 
 The If ite and inclination of the day. SknhJ. 
 
 What fee you in thol'e papeis, tiiat you lofc 
 So much a.rttpUxioit ? Shakjpcaie' ^ Henry, v. 
 
 He fo takes on yonder, fo rails againft all mar- 
 ried manki.nd, fo curfcs all Eve's daughters, ot 
 wiiat cornple.vion focver. Sltitklpciie. 
 
 Why doth not beauty then refine the wit. 
 And good iomplcMOR redllfy the will } D.njiei. 
 
 Nicenefs, though it renders them infignificant 
 to great purpofes, j-et it polilhcs their complexion, 
 and makes their fpirits iceni mure vigorous. 
 
 Ojlller on PriJe. 
 
 li' I write on a bl.ack man,. I run over all/the 
 eminent perfoiis of that comp/e.xiutj. Spi£l.,t^r. 
 
 3. The temperature of the body, accord- 
 ing to the various proportions of the 
 fotjr medical humours. 
 
 'Tis ill, thuiigli ihrtercnt your complexion! arc, 
 The family of hcav'r. lor men (liiMjUl war. Dryl 
 
 For fiom all timpei-i, he could fervice dra«'; 
 The worth of each, with its allay, be knew; 
 
 A.nd, as the conhdeiit of naljit, f.iw 
 How fhe complex, i»! did dividcand brew. DryJci. 
 
 The methods of piovidcnce, men of this com- 
 plexion muft be unfit fur the contemplation of 
 
 Murnct's Th^o-y 'j the Lurth. 
 
 Let melancholy rule fiipi erne, 
 Choler prefide, or blood, or phlegm, 
 It makes no dill'ier.ce in the- cafe, 
 Nov IS complexion honour's place. Siiift. 
 
 Comple'xional. adf. [fcom comf.lexion.] 
 Depending on the complexion or tem- 
 perament of the body. 
 
 Men and other animals receive different tinc- 
 tures from .-«>;/i/f.r/.->..;/erfiorefcenc'ts, and' de- 
 fcend ftil) lower as they paiiake of tne fuliginous 
 and denigrating liumoufs,^ i'rcwn. 
 
 COM 
 
 Ignorance, where it proceeds from early or «»;• 
 pltxional prejudices, will not wholly exclude 
 Irom favour of God. Fitidet, 
 
 Com ple'x ION ALLY. adv. Ifrom complex- 
 ion.} By complexion. 
 
 An Indian king fent unto Alexander a fair wo- 
 man, fed with poifons, either by converfeor co- 
 pulation eompUxionally to rlcllroy him. BfOwn. 
 
 Comple'xly. adv. [from complex.] la 
 
 a complex manner ; not limply. 
 Comple'xness. n.y". [i^om complex.] The 
 
 Hate of being complex. 
 Comple'xure. n.f. [^ixom complex.] The 
 
 involution or complication of one thing 
 
 with others. 
 Compli'ance. n.f. [{torn comply.] 
 I. The adl of yielding to any dcfire or 
 
 demand ; accord ; fubmifiion. 
 
 I am far fiom excufing that compli, 
 
 for 
 
 plenary cunfent it was not, to his dcliruftion. 
 
 Kin^ Charkti 
 
 We are free from any necelTary determination 
 of our will to any particular adtion, and froma 
 necelfary comp'i'ince with our defire, fet upon any 
 paiticular, and then appearing preferable, good. 
 
 Li.ku 
 
 Let the king meet eompljjnce in your looks, 
 A fiee and ready yielding to his wilhes. Roix-e. 
 
 The aiftions to which the world folicits our 
 compliance are fins, which forfeit ctsrnal expec- 
 tations. Rogeii. 
 
 What compliances vfrill remove diffenfion, wlfile 
 the liberty continues of prgfclfing what new opi- 
 nions we pic.afe ? Sluf/t. 
 
 2. A difpoiition to yield. to others; coai- 
 plaifancc. 
 
 He was a man of few words, and of greaC' 
 compliance, and nfually delivered that as his opi- 
 nion, which tie forclaw would be grateful to the 
 king. Ctarcndir,, 
 
 Compli'.\nt. atlj. [from comply. "^ 
 
 i. Yielding ; bending. 
 The 1 ojrpliant boughs 
 Yielded them. Mi/ion's Faradife Lr-f.. 
 
 z. Civfl > complaifant. 
 
 To CO'MPLICATE^ v. a. ^complice., 
 ', Latin.] 
 
 1. To entangle one with another ; to join ; 
 to involve mutually. 
 
 Though the particular aiflions of w.nr are con:* 
 plicate in faift, yet they are fjparate anddillinft 
 in right. Baco.:. 
 
 In cafe our offence againft God hath been com- 
 plicated with injury to men, we IhoiUd make-rc- 
 Ifitution-. Till'.tjon. . 
 
 When the'difcafe is eo^jf/zVaW with other dif- 
 eaff^, one muit confidcr liiat which is moft 
 dangerous. Arbuthmt on Diet. 
 
 There are a multitude of bntnin aflions, which 
 have fo many cotrpiimtid circumltaiiccs, afpo^ft^, 
 ■ and fituations, with regard to time and piite, 
 perfons and things, that it is impolTible for ai.y 
 one to pafs a right judgment concerning ihsm, 
 without entering into molt uf thefe circunillances. 
 
 li'atts. 
 
 2. To unite by involution of parts one in 
 another. 
 
 Commotion in the parts may make them apv- 
 ply themfclvcs one to anothn-,'or tomplieate anti 
 dilpole them aftep the manner rcquifite to m..ke 
 thim Ihck. B'.yle'! Il:j:c-y of Fiin-ticrt. 
 
 3. To form by complication ;. to foim by 
 the union of feveral parts into one 
 integrid. 
 
 Dreadful. wai the din 
 Of biffing thruugi, the hall ! thick fwarmlng now 
 With oomihcattd moivfli-rsj.hr.ad and tail, tl.lt. 
 A man, an army, the uni.crfe, Me: con plicated 
 of various fimple ideiis, or complex ideits.mailc 
 up nf fimple ones. Lcckt, 
 
 Complicate, adj. [from the verb.] Coai« 
 pounded of a multiplicity of parts»
 
 e o M 
 
 Wiut plcafiire would fclicltnlc lu3 fpiiit, if lie 
 
 could gial'ivall in a furvey, as a painter runs over 
 
 a complicate piece wiought by Titian or Raphatl. 
 
 Wain on the Mind. 
 
 Co'MPLlCAtE->JESS. n.f. {i^omcov'.plkate.'] 
 The flate of being complicated j in- 
 tricacy ; perplexity. 
 
 There is great variety of intcUigiblcs in , the 
 "world, fo raucli objcifted tjoiir fenlcs, and every 
 feveial cbjeft is full of fubdividcd multiplicity 
 and complicMcnch. H"-'''' Origin of McnUnd. 
 
 Complica'tton. n.f. Ihom compheate.^ 
 
 1 . The ad of involving one thing in an- 
 other. 
 
 2. The flate of being involved one in an- 
 
 All our grievantrc? are cith-er of body or ot 
 mmd, ■ or \»ca":plk.i!ia»s oi buth. L'Efirange. 
 
 The notions- of' aiQonfufcdknottMoAge arc.al- 
 ■w-ays full of perplexity and complications, and 
 leldom in order. , miki^s. 
 
 3. Tlie integral confiding of many thnigs 
 involved, perplexed^ aad united. 
 
 By .admitting AconipHcation of ideas, and tak- 
 ing too many things at once into one queftion, 
 the mind is daziled and bewildered. ir.Uti. 
 
 Co'mplice. n.f. [Fr. from complex:, an 
 affociate, low Latin.] One who is 
 united with others in an ill dtfign ; an ^ 
 alTociate ; a confederate ; anaccomphce. 
 
 To arms, vii!torious noble fatlier. 
 
 To quell the lebels and their comfliceu Slicikfi: 
 
 luftice was afterwards done upon the oftenders, 
 
 the principal being hanged and quartered in 
 
 Smithfreld; and divers of bis chief compliceia- 
 
 ■ecutcd in divers paits of the realm. HuyiuarH. 
 
 The marquis prevailed with the king, that he 
 
 ■ jnight only tilrn his brother out of the garnlon, 
 
 after iufticc was done upon iris complices. 
 
 Glarcriaon. 
 
 Compli'er. «./ \J\om comply.] A man 
 of an eafy temper ; a man of ready com- 
 pliance. 
 
 Suppofe a hundred new employments were 
 ereflcd on purpofe to gratify complies, an infup- 
 pottable difficulty would remain. i'uv/r. 
 
 CO'MPLIMENT. «./. \_CDmpliment , Fr.J 
 An atl or expreffion of civility, ufually 
 ■undcrllood to include fome hypocrify, 
 and to mean lefs than it declares : this is 
 properly complement, fomething fuper- 
 Huous, or more than enough. 
 
 He obfcrved few rcmplimtn.'s in matter of arms, 
 tut fuch as proud anger did indite to hint, .?/./«. 
 
 My fcrvant, fir ? 'Twas never merry world 
 Since lowly feigning was call'd compliment: 
 y a.-c fcivant to the duke O'hno, youth. Shikf. 
 
 One whom the mufick of his own vain tongue 
 Potli ravilh, like enchanting harmony : 
 A man of compliments, whom right and wrong 
 Have choi'e as umpire of their meeting. SiMjp. 
 
 What honoui that, 1 
 But tedious wafte of time, to fit and hear 
 So many hollow compliments and lyes, 
 Outlandiih flatteries ? Miltcn's Par. kc^. 
 
 Virtue, religion, heaven, and eternal happiiiefs, 
 arc not trifles to be given up in a compliment, or 
 facrificedtoaje(f. R\^ers_ 
 
 To Co'mpliment. v. a. [from the noun. J 
 To footh with adis or expreffions or 
 refpca ; to flatter ; to praile. 
 
 It was not to n-npUment a fociety, fo much 
 above flattery, and the regardlefs air of common 
 
 applaufes. . ,^,''"''7''"'' 
 
 MonarcV.S ftiould their inward foul difguife, 
 Dlffemblc .and command, be falfe and wife; 
 By ignominious arts, for fcrvile ends, 
 Should cnnplimeril their foes, and Jhun their 
 fritnds. . ■''"='■ 
 
 The walcBnian gave fo very great a tnump at 
 my door, rl at 1 awaked, and heard myfclf comp!,- 
 mtnced w;-.!i ti.c ufu,i! falutation. Ititlo. 
 
 e u 
 
 To Co'.viPLlMENT. 11. n. To ufe ccremo- . 
 nious or adulatory lailguage. 
 
 I^akc the interlocutors upon octalion complt- 
 vient with one another. Soyle. 
 
 She compliments Menclans very handfomcly, 
 and fays he wanted no accomplilhmcnt either of • 
 mind or body. Pope. 
 
 Compli,me'nt.\l. atfj. [fvom compliment.] i 
 Hxpreffive of refpedt or civility; im-. 
 plying compliments. 
 
 I come to fpcak with Paris from the -prince : 
 Troilus : I will make a <-5)nyi//';!;-'//«/airaiilt upon ' 
 iiim. Shakfpeare's Troll, atiii Creff. 
 
 Languages, forthe molt part, in terms of art 
 and erudition, retain their original poverty, and 
 rather grow rich and abundant in compiimtntal 
 phrales, and fuch fvr,th. IVotton. 
 
 This falfchoud of Ulyfles.is entirely complimen- 
 
 /.i/and ofiicious. ; Broome. 
 
 Complime'ntally. adv. [from compli- 
 
 mmtah'] In the nature of a compliment ; 
 
 civilly ; with artful or falfe civility. 
 
 Tills fpeech has been condemned as avari- 
 cious : Eullathius judges it fpoken artfully and 
 c:mplimcnta!ly. Broome. 
 
 Compi.ime'nter. n.f. [from compliment.] 
 One given to compliments ; a flatterer. 
 Co^MPLiNR. n./. [comp/ine, Fr. comphtinum, 
 low Lat.] The laft afl of wordiip at 
 niglit, by which the fervice of the day 
 is completed. 
 
 At morn and eve, befides their anthems fwcct, 
 Their penv maffes, and their complines meet. 
 
 " Hu!,herd'sTaU. 
 
 If a man were but of a day's life, it is well if 
 
 he lafts till even foiig, and then fays his compline 
 
 an hour before the time. Taylor's Holy Living. 
 
 yo Com plo're. -u.n. [ccmploro, Latin.] 
 
 To make lamentation together. 
 COMPLO'T. n./. [Fr. {xom completum, 
 for complexum,^ low Latin. Menage] A 
 confederacy in fome fecret crime ; a 
 plot ; a confpiracy. 
 
 1 cannot, my life, my brother, like but well 
 
 The purpofe of the mnfht which ye tell. Hul\ T. 
 
 I know their nmpht is to have my life. Shak. 
 
 To Complo't. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 To form a plot ; to confpire ; to join 
 
 in any fecret defign, generally criminal. 
 
 Nor ever by advifed puipofe meet 
 To plot, contrive, or compl'.t any ill. Shaifptnre. 
 A few lines after, we hnd them c;mpktting 
 togctlicr, and contiiving a new feeiie of mifcries 
 to the Trojans. Pop.-. 
 
 Compi-o'tter. n.f. [from com^lnt.] A 
 confpirator ; one joined in a plot. 
 
 [oeatta too, no longer now my filler. 
 Is found complolter in the horrid deed. Dry.ien. 
 To COMPLY'. 'V. n. ySlinner derives it 
 from the French complaire; but pro- 
 bably it comes from complicr, to bend 
 to. P//'«- is Hill in ufe.] To yieldto; 
 to be obfequiovis to ; tr) accord with ; 
 to fuit with. , It has «'i//j betort as 
 well perfons.as things. 
 
 The rifmg fun ciir.piies -Mth our weak fight, 
 
 Firll gilds the clouds, then llrcws his globe or. 
 
 ligiit. n'allcr. 
 
 They did fcrvilcly comply vith the people in 
 
 worlhipping God by Ccnliole ir,,»ges and repre- 
 
 iinvations. - ■ riltoijon 
 
 The truth of things will not «»»/k/» loiM our 
 
 conceits, and bend irfclf to cur intcrelt. Tilkif 
 
 Remember I am (he who fjvVl your life, 
 Your lounge lawful, and rcfl/'/v/cg wife. Dryd. 
 
 He made his wilh ■wiiii his ciiate comply; 
 Joyful to live, yet not afi aid to die. Prior. 
 
 Compo'nent. a/(j. [coniponeiis, Latin.] 
 
 That conilitutes a compound b6dy. 
 
 7 
 
 COM 
 
 The bigncfs of the mw^on.;'// parts of naturs! 
 bodies may be conjcdtured by their colours. 
 
 Neivlon's Opiick'. 
 
 To COMPO'RT. -v. n. [tomportcr, Fr, 
 
 from porta, Lat.] To agree ; to fuit : 
 
 followed by with. 
 
 Some piety 's not good there, fome vain dif- 
 
 poit • 
 
 On this fide fin, nvith that place may comport. 
 
 Dann;., 
 Such' does uot comport ivit^ thp niiture of time. 
 ■ Holder. 
 
 ■It is not every man's talent to diftinguilb 
 ai ight how far our prudence may warrant our 
 charity, and b"W far our dhariiy may comport 
 liith our prudence. U Efirange. 
 
 Children, in the things tl.ey do, if they com- 
 port xcith their age, find little difl'crence, fo thsy 
 may be doing. . Lockx. 
 
 ToCompo'rt. v. a, ' 
 
 1. To bear ; to en-dure. This is a Gallick 
 fignificatioUi not adopted aifiong ui. 
 
 The maleeontcnted fort, 
 That never can the prefciit Itate campct, 
 But would as often change as they change will. 
 
 ; Daniel. 
 
 2. To behave ; to carry : with the reci- 
 procal pronoun. 
 
 At years of difcrction, and comport yourfelf at 
 this rantipole rate I Congreiie. 
 
 Compo'rt. ;;./. [from the verb.] Be- 
 haviour ; conduft ; manner of aiEling 
 and looking. 
 
 I Iball account concerning the rules and man- 
 ners of deportment .in the receiving, OUT. comport 
 and convcrfition in and after it. Taylor. 
 
 I know them well, and mark'd their rude. 
 comport ', 
 In times of tcmpcfl they command alone. 
 And iic. but fits precarious on the throne. 
 
 Dryden's Faliles. 
 
 Compo'rtable. aclj. {iram comport.] 
 Coiiliftent ; not conlradiftory. 
 
 We cad the rules and cautions of this art into 
 fome c'.tnpfjrt.iblc method. Il'ottoii's ArehiteSlure. 
 
 Compo'rtance. n. f. [from comport.] 
 Behaviour; gefture of ceremony. 
 
 Goodly c^ty.portance each to other hear. 
 And entertain themfelvcs with court'fies meet; 
 
 Fairy Q^uccn^ 
 
 Compo'rtment. «. f. [from comport.] 
 Behaviour; mien; demeanour. 
 
 The wiil of God is like a flraigbt unalterable 
 rule or line; but the various comportments of the 
 creature, either thwarling this rule, or holding 
 conformity to it, occafion feveial habitudes of 
 tl'.is rule. Hole. 
 
 By her ferious and devout comportment on 
 th.vfc folemn occafiuns, llie gives an example 
 tliat is very often too much wanted. yld.lijon. 
 r&COiVirO'SE. -v. «. Icompofr, French j 
 
 compono, Latin.] 
 t. To form a mafs by joining different 
 things together. 
 
 Zeal ought to he comp'.fed of the higlicff de- 
 grees of all pijus .iftt.^tions. Sp'att. 
 
 2. To place any thing in its proper from 
 and 'method. 
 
 In a peaceful grave my corps '«)»;>«;(>. Dryd. 
 
 Hov.'doth the fca exacP.ly tw./i'/f itfclf to a 
 kvcl fupcificies, and with the caitli make tip 
 ore fpi.ciical rountinefs. ■ R4y. 
 
 3. To difpofe ; to put in the proper dale 
 fyr any purpofe. 
 
 The whole army I'ecmcd well compifrd to ob- 
 
 . aain that by their I'woids, which they could not 
 
 bythiirpcii. _ Cluren.lcn. 
 
 4. To put together a uifconrfe -or feu- 
 tence ; to write as an author. ' 
 
 Words fo pleafing to God, as thofc which lie 
 Son of God himfelf hath co)/j/>6/V,.', were not Vol - 
 fiblc /ui men to frame. : H'y.'^i' •
 
 COM 
 
 TliO greatfft conqueror in this nation, nftfr the 
 mnnnor of tiio oid Grecian lyriclcs, did not only 
 comfoje the woi dk of his divine odes, but gcnc- 
 rahy let them tj tnufick. himfelf. ^■l.U'Jon. 
 
 5. To couflilutc by being parts of a 
 whole. 
 
 Nor did IlViicl 'Ic.npe 
 Th' infeilion, when their borrow'd gold comfii\l 
 The calf in OreLi. Mlton's I'u'.iMfc Ltji. 
 
 A few iifjful things, confounded with many 
 trifles, fill the r memories, and com^'^fi thcjr in- 
 icllcflual pofieffio.is. if'Mts. 
 
 6. To calm ; to quiet. 
 
 lie would undertake the journey with him, l>y 
 
 which all his tears would be cnmfjfcd. C.larcn.l. 
 
 You, that had taught them to fubdue their 
 
 foes, 
 
 Could order, teach, and their high fp'rits «m/>«/>. 
 
 VValkr. 
 Compofe thy mind ; 
 Nor frauds are here contriv'd, nor force dellgn'd. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 He, having a full command over the water, 
 
 had power to (fill and comp'^fe it, as well as to 
 
 move and dilVurb it. IVoodtv-trii. 
 
 Yer, to comp-jj'e this midnight noifc, 
 Go freely fcarch where'er you plcafe. Prior. 
 
 7. To adjtill the inind to any bufinefs, 
 by freeing it from dillurbance. 
 
 The mind, being thus difquiaed, may not be 
 able eafily to campofe and fettle itfelt' to prayer, 
 
 Vuppii'i RuU% for r>c~-otloti. 
 
 Wc befeech thee to comfofc our thoughts, and 
 prcfcrvc her rcafon, during her licknefs. Swifi. 
 
 8. To adjuft ; to fettle : as, to compofe a 
 difference. 
 
 9. [With printers.] To arrange the let- 
 ters ; to put the letters in order in the 
 compofing llick. 
 
 10. [Ill mulick ] To form a tune from 
 the different miilical notes. 
 
 CoMPo'sED. participial adj. [from com- 
 pofe.^ Calm; ferious ; even; ledate. 
 
 In Spain theic is fomethiiig ft ill more ferious 
 and compojeA'm the manner of the iniiabitants. 
 
 .■iddijon on Italy. 
 Th« Mantuan therein fober triumph fate, 
 Ccm/oi'i/his pofture, and his look fedalc. Fopc. 
 CoMPo'sEDLY. adv. [from compofed.'] 
 Calitily ; fericuny ; fedately. 
 
 A man was waitcing before the door vciy 
 compoJuV.y without a \\xx. One crying. Here is 
 the fellow that killed the duke ; every body 
 alked, which is he r Tiie man without the hat 
 very con-.pofedly aufwered, I am he. Clarendon. 
 
 CoMPo'sEDNEss. ti. f. [hom eompofed.l 
 Scdatcnefs , calmnefs ; tranquillity. 
 
 He that will think to any purpofc, rauft have 
 fixednefsand compojedncp of humour, as well as 
 fmartnefs of parts. Norn's. 
 
 CoMPo'sER. II. /. [from compofe.] 
 
 1. An author; avvriter. 
 
 Now will be the riglit iVafon of forming them 
 to be able writers and compofcrs in every excel- 
 lent matter. MUton. 
 
 If the thoughts of ftich authors have nothing in 
 them, they at Icaft do no harm, and (hew an 
 honefl induitry, and a good intention in the com- 
 
 f^fi'- .4dd:fon-i FrcehUa . 
 
 2. He that adapts the mulick. to word;; ; 
 he that forms a tune. 
 
 For the truth of the theory I am in no wife 
 concerned, the mmpofir of it mufl: look to tliat. 
 
 tj'oojtuiird. 
 
 For compofrtion, I picfcr next Ludovico, a 
 moft judicious and fweet nmp'.fer. I'eacLim. 
 
 The rompofer has fo cxprcffcd my fenfc, where 
 I nitcndcd to move the p.5iri on^, that he feenis 
 to have been the poet as well as the comfofcr. Dryd. 
 Co,MPo'siTE. adj. [compofitus, Latin.]' 
 Vol, I. 
 
 C ^I 
 
 The nnifofiti order in tirchitcifltirc Is the laft 
 of the five orders of columns j fo named, bcoauf- 
 its capital is compofed out of thofe of the other 
 orders ; and it is alfo called the Roman and Iia- 
 lick order. i/,i"/i. 
 
 Some are of opinion, that the ctmpofite pillars 
 ofthisarth were in imitation of the pill.;rs of 
 Solomon's temple. yUidijon. 
 
 Composition, n.f. [compofilio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The adl of forming an integral of vari- 
 ous dlfilmilar parts. 
 
 We ha\eexa(fl forms of cmnpifithn, whereby 
 they incorporate .nltncft as they were natural 
 fimplcs. Buccn's New Ail.inth. 
 
 In the time of the Yncas reign of Peru, no 
 nmpofition was allowed by the l.nws to be ufed in 
 point of medicine, but only fimples proper to 
 each difeafe. TempU. 
 
 2. The ai5i of bringing fimple ideas into 
 comphcation : oppofed to analyf.s, or 
 the reparation of complex notions. 
 
 The inveIHgation of dilhcult things, by the 
 method of analyfis, ought ever to precede the 
 method of compofition. Nfwton^s Opftch. 
 
 3. A mafs formed by mingling diifeient 
 ingredients. 
 
 Heat and vivacity, in age, is an excellent 
 comfofition for bulintfs. Bacon's El/iiys. 
 
 Vart pillars of lionc, cafed over with a cmpo- 
 fifion that looks the moil like marble of any 
 thing one can imagine. JldAifon. 
 
 Jove mix'd up all, .ind his bcli clay em- 
 ploy'd. 
 Then call'd the happv cotnpnfuloii Floyd. Sto':fi. 
 
 4. The ilate of being compounded; union; 
 conjunftion ; combination. 
 
 Contcnipl.itc tilings lirlf in their own fimple 
 natures, and afterwards view them in cotnpofuiou 
 with other things. iVaiii. 
 
 5. The arrangement of various figures in 
 a pifture. 
 
 The difpofifion in a pii^ure is an afTembling of 
 '- ny parts ; is alio called the compofiiion, bv 
 which is meant the dillrihution and ordeily plac- 
 ing of things, both in gencial and in particular. 
 Dryden's Dujrejmy. 
 
 6. Written work. 
 
 Writers arc divided concerning the authority 
 of the gieater part of thofe compofitions that pafs 
 in his name. UEjtr.tnge. 
 
 That divine prayer has always been looked 
 upon as a compofuioii fit to have proceeded from 
 the wifeft of men. Addijon. 
 
 When I read rules of criticifm, I enquire after 
 the works of the author, and hy that means dif- 
 co\er what lie liKes in a co.r.pojition. Addifon. 
 
 7. Adjiillment ; regulation. 
 
 A preacher, in the invention of matter, elec- 
 tion of woids, cci,»ry)&/7/.'(;7j of gcnine, look, pro- 
 nunciation, motion, ufeth all thefe faculties at 
 once. Beti Jonjori's Dii'cni. 
 
 S-. Compaft ; agreement ; terms on which 
 differences are fettled. 
 
 To take away all fuch mutual grievances, in- 
 juries, and wrongs, there was no way but onlv 
 by going upon con: pojh io-i anJ agreement amonglf 
 tlienifelvcs. And again, all publick regiment, 
 of what kind foever, feemeth evidently to have 
 arifen from delihcrate advice, confultntion, and 
 compifnion between men, judging it coinenieiu 
 and beiioveful. Hosirr. 
 
 Thus wo are agreed ; 
 r crave our compcjir.-on may he written 
 And fcai'd between us. Shalfpearc. 
 
 Their courage droops, and, hopelcfs now, 
 they wifh 
 For comf^ofit'o: with th' unconqucr'd fiHi. iK.!l,-r. 
 
 9. The a(5t of difcharglng a debt by pay- 
 ing part ; the fum paid. 
 
 10. Ccnli.lency ; congruitv. 
 There is no cvitpofitioii in thifc news. 
 
 That gives them credit 
 
 — IlidectJ they nic difproportisn'd, Shalfptan. 
 
 COM 
 
 11. [In grammar.] The joining of two 
 words together, or the prefixing a par- 
 ticle to another word, to augment, di- 
 minilh, or change its fignification. 
 
 12. A certain method of demonftratiou 
 ill matheinatlcks, which is the reverfe 
 of the analytical method, or of refoli*- 
 tion. It proceeds upon principles in 
 thetiifclves lelf-evident ; on difinilions, 
 pollulates, and axioms, and a previ- 
 oufly demonllrated feries of propoGons, 
 flep by ilep, till it gives a clear know- 
 ledge of the thing to be demonftratcd. 
 This is called the fynlhetical method, 
 and is ufed by Euclid in his Elements. 
 
 Harris. 
 CoMPo'siTivE. adj. [iram compofe.] Cora- 
 pounded ; or, having the power of 
 pounding. Die!, 
 
 CoMPo'siTOR. ti.f. [fro.n coir.pfe.] He 
 that ranges and adjufls tlie types in 
 printing ; diflingullhed from the prtfT- 
 man, who makes the inipreffioii upon 
 paper. 
 CO'MPOST. n.f [Fr. comlioflum, Lat.] 
 A mixture of various fubltances for en- 
 ricliing the ground ; manure. 
 
 Avoid what is to come, 
 And do not fprcad the cmr.pojl on the weeds. 
 To make them ranker. Shaifpean's Himltl. 
 
 We alio iiave great variety of co:i[ojh and 
 foils, for the making of the earth fruitful. 
 
 Br.ccri'i Atlantis.' 
 
 Water young planted Ihrubs, amomum cfpe- 
 
 cially, which you can hardly refreih too often, 
 
 and it requires abundant compoji. Evelyn. 
 
 There, as his dreams foretold, a cart he found, 
 
 That carried compoji forth to dung the ground. 
 
 Dryden» 
 In vain the nurfling grove 
 Seems fair awhile, cheiilh'd with fofter earth; 
 But when the alien compojl is exhauil. 
 Its native poverty again prevails. Pk/.psi 
 
 To Compost, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To manure ; to enrich with foil. 
 
 By removing into worfe earth, or forbearing 
 to compoJl the earth, water-mint turncth into 
 field-mint, and the colewort into r,ipc. Bacon. 
 
 As for earth, it compojletli itlclf ; for I kneV ' 
 a garden that had a field poured upon it, and ir 
 did bear fruit excellently. ' Bsicon.' 
 
 CoMPo'sTVRE. n. /. [from compqfi.,} 
 
 Soil ; manure. Not ufe8. 
 
 The earth 's a thief, 
 • That feeds and breeds by a compoflurc ftol'n : 
 
 From gen'ral excrements. Shakfpoare's Timvi. 
 CoMPo'suRE. n.f. [^rom compofe] 
 
 1. The aft of compofing or inditing. 
 
 Their own forms are not like to be fo foun<T 
 or roniprehenllve of the nature of the duty, .ns 
 forms of pul'lick compoji.re. X. Cijrlei; 
 
 2. Arrangement; combination; mixture; 
 order. 
 
 Hence- languages arife, when, by ini>ituticn 
 and agreement, fuch a compoji.re of letters, fucii 
 a word, is intended to fignify fuch a certain 
 "»"{;■ ^"''-cr c„ Elcvicm ! of Speech. 
 
 From the various composures and combinations 
 of tlwfe corpufcles together, happen all the varie- 
 tie:; of the bodies foimed out 01 them. tV-cdvi. 
 
 3. The form arifing from the difpofilioa 
 of the various parts. 
 
 In «'.':/.:/«r^--of his face, 
 Liv'd a fiir but manly grace, Crafiaii,-: 
 
 4. Frame ; make ; temperament. 
 
 To red ihe-fliects at noon, and (land thehu-ftcc 
 With ilivrv that fmell of Ivveat j fay-th.st^caines 
 him; 
 
 3 -^
 
 COM 
 
 A' Ms KtuHfi'C muft'be rare indeed, 
 V/lc-rn the'fe things cannot bleraith. Shuif/cJri: 
 Tl'.s duke of Buckingham fprung, without 
 'any help, by a kind of congenial compofurt, to 
 the irkencfs of our late fovercign and nulier. 
 
 c. Adiuftment. 
 
 Qjd will rather look to tlic Inwjrd captures of 
 the mind, than to the uutward form and rsw- 
 ' ft/vr of the body. _ Duj>p>i. 
 
 €. Compcltion; framed difcoiirfe. 
 
 Difc-jurfes on fuch occafions are leldom the 
 produSions of leifure, and fiiould be read with 
 »h<;fc favourable ahowanccs that are m,ide to 
 ■laity comfo/unu Aturhury. 
 
 In the ainipcjures of men, lemember you are a 
 ■man as well as they ; and it is not their rcafon, 
 kut your own, that is given to guide you. 
 
 }J''at[s O'l lii Mind, 
 
 7, Sedatenefs ; calmnefs; tranquillity. 
 
 To wliom tlie \ jrgin inajeRy of Eve, 
 lAs one who loves, and fomc tinkindnefs meets. 
 With fwcet auftcrc compofure thus replied. AfcV. 
 ■The calmeft and ferencrt hours of life, wlicn 
 • ihe pamcns of nature are .ill filent, and the 
 mind enjoys its moll pcrfeft car[K,Jure. If'alts. 
 t. Acrreement ; compoGtion ; fettlement 
 of differences. 
 
 The ««atv at Uxhiidge gave the faireft hopes 
 ef an happy 'compojure. King Ch.irlci. 
 
 Van guard ! to tight and left the front unfold, 
 Th.it all may fee, -.vho hate us, hoy we fcek 
 Peace and compjure. Milron's Pam.llfe Lofl. 
 
 Things were nor brought to an extremity : 
 •tlierc fecms yet to be room left for a ctmfojurr ; 
 '■k«reafter there may be only for pity. Dryd^ri. 
 Compota'tion. n. f. \_compotal'io, Latin.] 
 The ad of drinking or tipplitig toge- 
 ther. 
 Secrecy to words fpoke under the rofe, only 
 •mean, in compQtn/icn, from the ancient cuftom 
 in fymjioliack meetings, 10 wearchaplcts of rofts. 
 Brown' i Vulgar Eirours. 
 jf thou wilt prolong 
 T)ire cimpotalhn, forthwith rcafon quits 
 Her empire to confufion and mifrule, 
 ■And vain debates ; then twenty tongues at once 
 ■ Confpire in fenfelefs jargon ; nought is heard 
 But din and various clamour, and mad rant. 
 
 P/ii/tp^. 
 
 To COMPOUND, v.a. [compono, Lat.] 
 
 1. To mingle many ingredients together 
 in -one mafs. 
 
 2. To form by uniting various parts. 
 
 Whufocver ccmpourJet/i any like it, Ihall be 
 cut off. ExoJu'. 
 
 It will be difficult to evincr, that nature docs 
 rot maicc decompounded bodies ; I mean, min- 
 g'.e together fuch bodies as are already mnpoMded 
 cf elementary, or rather of fimple ones. Bcyk. 
 
 The idea's, being eacii I>ut one finglc percep- 
 tion, aie eafier got than the more complex ones ; 
 and therefore are not liable to the uncertainly 
 .whicii attends thofe compounded oMi. Locke 
 
 3. To mingle in different pofitions ; to 
 
 combine. 
 
 We cannot have a fingle image that did not 
 enter through the fight; but wc have the power 
 of altering and c!imp(,-undiiig thofe im.ages into all 
 the varieties of piflurc. .'iddifin's Speaalir. 
 
 jL. [In grammar.] To form one word 
 f i;mtwo or more words. 
 
 Where it andTigvis embrace cieh other under 
 ti.c city of Apamia, tbere do they agree of a 
 joint and cua.pamdid n.-.me, and arc called Pifi- 
 ■finrh. R:ilcig/!'s Hiflory if theiVarld. 
 
 r. To compofe by !>eing united. 
 
 Who'd be fo rnock'd with glory, as to live 
 But in a dicam of fricndibip ? 
 To have his pomp, and all what ftafc compo^indi, 
 But only painted, Jikc'.iis vamilh'd friends! 
 
 iihakjpeiift' i Timov. 
 
 COM 
 
 6. To adjiift a difference by fome recel- 
 fion from the rigour of claims. 
 
 I would to God all ftrifes were well rm- 
 faundtdi Shakfpeare. 
 
 If there be any difcord or fuits between any 
 
 of the family, they aic campoundfd and appeafed. 
 
 Jy'ticcn's iVt^c-' ^-^ihfrt.-s. 
 
 7. To difcharge a debt by paying only 
 part. 
 
 Shall I, ye gods ! he cries, my debts compmid^ 
 
 Gey. 
 
 To CoMPo'i;XD. 1'. n. 
 
 1. To come to terms of agreement, by 
 abating fomething of the firft demand. 
 It has for before the thing accepted or 
 remitted. 
 
 They were, at laft, glad to compound fir Vk 
 bare commitment to the Tower. Clarcndm. 
 
 Pray but for half the virtues of this wife ; 
 Compound for all tlie relt, with longer life. Dryd. 
 
 2. To bargain in the lump. 
 
 Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow ; 
 compound with him by the year. Shakejpcare. 
 
 3. To come to terms, by granting fome- 
 thing on each fide. 
 
 Cornwall ompoimded to furnilh ten oxen after 
 Michaelmas for thirty pounds. Carc'iu. 
 
 Once more I come to know of thee, king 
 Hariy, 
 If/or thy ranfom thoti wilt now compound. 
 Before thy moft affured overthrow r Shakfjieare. 
 
 Made all the royal ftars recant, 
 Compound, and take the covenant. llndihras. 
 
 But ufclefs all, when he defpairing found 
 Catullus then did with the winds compound. 
 
 Drydcn i ytcvcrral. 
 
 Paracclfus and his admirers have compounded 
 with the Galenifts, and brought a mixed ufe of 
 chymical medicines into the prefent praflice. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 4. To determine. This is not in ufe. 
 
 We here deliver, 
 Subfcribcd by the confuls and patricians. 
 Together with the feal o' the fenate, what 
 We I'.ave ccmpoundcd on. S/i^ifpeiue's Ccriol. 
 
 Co'mpound. a^'. [from the, verb.] 
 
 1 . Formed out of many ingredients ; not 
 fimple. 
 
 The ancient elecflrum had in it a fifth of filver 
 to the gold, and made a compound metal, as fit 
 for moft ufes 4s gold. Bacon. 
 
 Compound fubllances are made up of two or 
 more fimplc fubftanccs. ]Vatts' Lo;.\k. 
 
 2. [In gram.mar.] Compofed of two or 
 more words ; not fimple. 
 
 Thofe w'no are his gieatcft admirers, feem 
 pleafed with them as beauties ; I fpeak of his 
 compound cpitliets. Pope 
 
 5. Compound or aggregated Flozver, in 
 botany, is fuch as conlllls of many little 
 flowers, concurring together to make 
 up one whole one ; each of which has 
 its ftyle and ftamina, and adhering- 
 feed, and are all contained within one 
 and the fame calyx : fuch are the fun- 
 flower and dandelion. Han-is. 
 Co'mpound. «./. [from the verb.] The 
 mafs formed by the union of mapy in- 
 gredients. 
 
 I'or prefcnl ufe or profit, this is the rule : con- 
 sider the iiiice of the two fimplc bodies ; confi- 
 der again the dignity of the one above the other 
 in ufe; then fee if you can m.ike a compound, 
 that will fave more in price than it will lute in 
 dignity of th.e ufe. Bacon' i Phyficnl h'.cin. 
 
 As man is a compound and mixture of tklh 
 as well as fpirit. South'i Scrmom. 
 
 Love why do we one palTion call, 
 When 'lis a conipO'nd of them all ; 
 Where hot and c .Id, where (harp and fwcet, 
 In all their cquipiges meet .- S-.^^.-j'. 
 
 COM 
 
 CoMro'uN' CABLE, adj. [from (ampeund.'^ 
 
 Capable of being compounded. 
 CoMPo'uNDER. n.f. [{xom To compound. '\ 
 
 1. One who endeavours to bring parties 
 to terms of agreement. 
 
 Thofe fuftncrs, fwcetneis, compoundfj, and 
 expedient-mongers, who fhake their heads f<> 
 ftrojigly. Sivft, 
 
 2. A mingler ; one who mixes bodies. 
 •JoCOMPllEHEND. v. a. [cpmprehendot 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . To comprife ; to include ; to contain ; 
 to imply. 
 
 If tner^; be any other commandment, it is 
 briefly comprehended ' 'vn this faying, namely, 
 Thou (h.alt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. Ram, 
 
 It would be ridiculous to grow old in the 
 ftudy of every neceflary thing, in an art which 
 comprtktndi fo many feveral parts. Dryden. 
 
 2. To contain in the mind ; to uader- 
 fland ; to conceive. 
 
 Rome was not better by her Horace taught, 
 Than we are here to comprehend his thought. 
 
 H'aller. 
 'Tis unjuft, that they who have not the Icaft 
 notion of heroic writing, (liould therefore con- 
 demn the pleafure which others receive from it, 
 becaufe they cannot comprehend it. Dryden, 
 
 Comprehe'nsible. adj. \comprehcnfible, 
 French ; comprehenjib'd'is , Latin.] 
 
 1 . Intelligible ; attainable by the mind ; 
 conceivable by the underflanding. 
 
 The horizon fets the bounds between the en- 
 lightened and daik parts of things, between 
 what is and what is not comprehenjibk by us. 
 
 Locke, 
 
 2. Poflible to be comprifed. 
 
 Left this part of knowledge Ihould feem to . 
 any not comprehenfihle by axiom, we will fet 
 down fome heads of it. Bacon, 
 
 Comprehe'nsibly. ad-o. [from co7ni>re- 
 heiifiblc.l With great power of fignifi- 
 cation or underllanding ; fignificantly ; 
 with great extent of fenfe. Tillotfoii 
 feems to have ufed comprehetifibly for 
 
 comprehcitfi'vely • 
 
 The words wifriom and 1 ightcoufnefs are com- 
 monly ufed vci-y comprelicnfihly, fo as to fignify 
 all religion and virtue. TUlotfon, 
 
 Comprehension. «. /. {compreheti/io, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Ihe a<a or quality of comprifmg or 
 containing; inclnfion. 
 
 In the O.d Teftament there is a clofe compre- 
 henfion of the New, in the New an open dif- 
 co\ ery of the Old. Hooker. 
 
 The cofnprehenfon o( 3n idea, regards all effcn- 
 tial modes and piopertics of it; fo body, in its 
 comprehenfion, takes in folidity, figure, quantity, 
 mobility. IVntl^' Logict. 
 
 2. Summary; epitome; compendium; 
 abftract ; abridginent in which much 
 is comprifed. 
 
 If we would draw a Ihort abflraft of human 
 happinofs, bring together all the various ingre- 
 dients of it, and digcft them into one prefcrip- 
 lion, we mull at hit fix on this wife and religi- 
 ous aphorifm in my test, as the fum and compre- 
 Aenjicn of M. Rogers, 
 
 3. Knowledge; capacity; power of the 
 mind to admit and contain many ideas 
 at once. 
 
 You £ive no proof of decay of your judgment, 
 and comprehenfion of all things, within the com- 
 pafs of an luuiian underftanding. Vfyden, 
 
 4. [Ill rheloritk.] A trope or figure, by 
 which the nqme of a whole is put 
 for a part, or that of a part for the
 
 C O IM 
 
 vJholtf, or a definite number foi- an in- 
 definite. Nanis. 
 Comprf.he'nsive. cu/j. [from compre- 
 hend.) 
 
 1. Having the power to comprehend or 
 underlland many tilings :it once. 
 
 He muft liave been a mnn of a moll wonder- 
 ful com^relieiiftve natiuc, ()Cc:uifc he lias taken 
 Into tl.c compafs of liis Cantcilmty Talcs tl-.e va- 
 vious manners and humours of tlic whol.' Eng- 
 lidi nation in his age ; not a finglc charafler has 
 tfcapcd him. Dryikn's Fables, Preface. 
 
 His hand unftain'd, his uncormpted heait, 
 His comfre)unfme head ; al\ intcrells weigh'd, 
 All Europe fav'd, yet Britain not bctiavM. 
 
 Pofe-s Ef-jUn. 
 
 2. Having the quality of cdmprifnig 
 much ; compendious ; extenfive. 
 
 So diftufive, fo t-Mprehtiifw!, fo catholick a 
 grace is charity, that whatever time is tlie <jyi- 
 portunity of any other virtue, that time is the 
 opportunity of charity. Sfralt'i Sermons. 
 
 Comprehensively, aetv. [from cam- 
 frehenjlve.^ In a comprehcnfive manner. 
 
 Comprehe'nsiveness. 11. f. [from ccm- 
 prehenfiw-l The quality of including 
 much in a few words or narrow coin- 
 pafs. 
 
 Compare the beauty and comprehenfiveiefi of 
 legends on ancient coins. yictdifon. 
 
 To COMPRE'SS. V. a. [com^rejus, Lat.] 
 
 1. To force into a narrower compafs j to 
 fqueeze together. 
 
 2. To embrace. 
 
 Her Neptune ey'd, with bloom of beauty 
 Uefl, 
 And ia his cave tlic yielding nymph comfrrjl- 
 
 Pipe'i Odylfey. 
 
 There was in the ifland of lo a young girl 
 
 e'impreffed by a genius^ who delighted to affbciate 
 
 with the mufes. Pope. 
 
 Co'mpress. n.f. [from the verb.] Bol- 
 fters of linen, by which furgeons fuit 
 their bandages for any particular part 
 or purpofe. ^lincy 
 
 I applied an intercipient about the ankle and 
 upper part of the foot, and by comprrfi and band- 
 age dreffed it up. If'ifeman. 
 
 CoMPRf SSIBi'lity. 11. f. \Jrom comprejji- 
 bk.^ The quality ot being coniprefii- 
 ble ; the quality of admitting to be 
 brought by force into a narrower com- 
 pafs ; as air may be comprefled, but 
 water can by no violence be reduced 
 to lefs fpace than it naturally occupies. 
 
 Compre'ssible. aifj. [from comprefs.'\ 
 Capable of being forced into a narrower 
 compafs ; yielding to preffure, fo as that 
 one part is brought nearer to anotlier. 
 
 Their being fpiral particles, accounts for flic 
 clafticity of air; their being fpberical particles, 
 which gives free pafTigc to any heterogeneous 
 matter, accounts for air's being comptejihle. 
 
 C/uyne's PhiloJ'ophical Prineipki. 
 
 Compre'ssibleness. n. '/. [from cnm- 
 prejjihle.'\ Capability of being prctTcd 
 clofe. Dla. 
 
 ComPre'ssion. n.f. \comprrJfio, Latin.] 
 The art of bring. ng the parts of any 
 body more near to each other by vio- 
 lence ; the quality of admittlug fuch 
 an effort of force as may compel the 
 body comprefled into a narrower fpace. 
 Whenever a fulid hociy is prcfied, there is an 
 irw.iid tumult in the pints, fcekinj to dcli.er 
 tlicnii'^lves from the ctmpnjjmi ; and this is the 
 xaufc of all violent motion, B.ion. 
 
 COM 
 
 The powder in (hot, being dilated into fu^jh a 
 flame as cndureth nut utmprejioit, movctli in 
 round, the flvime being in chedaluic of a liquid 
 body, fuinctimcs recoiling. Baean. 
 
 Tears aic the effects of the etMpreJpun of the 
 moifluic of liic brain, upon dilatation of the 
 tpirits. Bacon' i Natural Uif.ory. 
 
 Merry Michael, the Cornilh poet, piped this 
 upon his oaten pipe for merry Eiigl.ind, but 
 with a mucking cmpreffion for Normandy. 
 
 CamHen'i Remains. 
 
 He that fliall find out an hypothcfis, by which 
 water may bo fo rare, and yet not be capable of 
 compecffnn by foicc, may douhtlefj, by the fame 
 hypothcfis, make gold and water, and all other bo- 
 dies, as mucii rarer as he picafcs; fo that light 
 may find a ready paflage thiougli tianfparcnt 
 fubltanccs. Neivion. 
 
 Com PR k'e SURE. n. f. [from comprefs.'\ 
 Tire aft or force of one body prefliiig 
 againft another 
 
 We tried whether heat would, notwilhftanding 
 fo forcible a cnmprejfure^ dilute ic. Boyle. 
 
 7b CoMPRi'xT. V. n. \_compn>neri, Lat.] 
 To print togctiier ; it is commonly taken, in 
 law, for the dccei.fcl printing of anotlier's copy, 
 or book, to the prejudice of the rightful proprie- 
 tor. Phillipi' U'orU of IVords. 
 7"o CoMPR I'sE. V. a. [^comprendie, com- 
 pris, French.] To contain ; to com- 
 prehend ; to include. 
 
 Neccffity of Oiortnefs caufeth men to cut off 
 impertinent difcourfes, and to comprife much 
 matter in few words. hooker. 
 
 Do they not, under doiftrine, comprehend the 
 fame that we intend by matters of faith .^ Do not 
 they, under ditcipline, comprife the regimen of 
 the church ? Ihtker. 
 
 *Tis the polluted love that niultiplies; 
 But fi'iendlhip does two fauis in one comprife. 
 
 Rofcr^tnmon. 
 Comproba'tiox. n.f. \comprobo, Latin.] 
 Proof; attcflation. 
 
 That is only efteemed a legal teftimony, 
 which receives comprohation from the mouths of 
 at leaft ;wo witneil'es. Btotun. 
 
 CO'MPROiVIISE. n. / [compromifum, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . A mutual promife of two or more par- 
 ties at difference, to refer the ending of 
 their controverlks to the arbitrement or 
 equity of one or more arbitrators. Cotvell. 
 
 2. A coinpaft or bargain, in which fome 
 conceffions are made on each fide. 
 
 Wars have not walled it, for wan'd he hath 
 not ; 
 But bafely yielded, upon compromife, 
 That which iiis anceftors achicv'd with Mows. 
 Shakfpeate^i Richard rl. 
 
 To Co'mpromise. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To compound ; to adjuft a compaft 
 by mutual conceffions : as, ll:ey com- 
 promiled the njfan- al a middle raw, 
 
 2. In Shaljieare it means, unufually, to 
 accord ; to agree. 
 
 Laban and himfelf were rom^r67/;.'i'.-/, 
 That all the yearlings, which were ftreak'd and 
 
 P'ed,. 
 Should fall as Jicob's hire. ^fer. of Venice. 
 
 Comi'komisso'rial. adi. [from compro- 
 
 mi/e.] Relating to a conipromife. 
 CoMPr,.ovi'Nci.A L. n.f. [from on and 
 provincial.] Belonging to the fame 
 proviiice. 
 
 At ihe confecration of an aichhiftiop, all his 
 c^'mpto-^-inciii/s ought to give their atten<iaiice. 
 
 -I'y/ijfe's Parergcn. 
 
 COMPT. n.f. [ccmpte, French ; aim[)utus, 
 Latin.] Ac'ount; computation; rec- 
 koning. 
 
 9 
 
 COM 
 
 Your fervants ever 
 Have theirs, themfeKcs,and what is theirs, irtJioxrp^l 
 To make their audit at your higi-iiers' pleifurc, 
 Still to return yOin^wn. Shaltj'ptaee' i K. fihn. 
 To CoMPT. -o. a. \compter, French.] To 
 compute; to number. We now ufe 
 To Count, which fee. 
 Co'mptibi.e. adj. [from cnrnpl.] Ac- 
 countable; relponfible; ready to give 
 account ; f'lbjed ; fubmidivc. 
 
 Good heauties, let nie fuRain my fcorn ; I am 
 very eomptiblec\tn to the Icaft finiftcr ufage. 
 
 Sha^ifpeare. 
 To COMPTRO'LL. -u.a. [This word 
 is written by fomc authors, who did not 
 attend to the etynology, for cor.lnl : 
 and fome of its derivatives are written 
 in the fame manner.] To control; to 
 overrule ; to oppofc. 
 Co ^; p T R o' L L E E . n.f. [from corfiptnU. ] 
 Direcior ; fupervifor ; fuperiour in- 
 tendant j governour. 
 
 This night he makes a fupper, and a great one, 
 To many lords and ladies: 
 I was fpoke to, with fir Heniy Guilford, 
 This night to be complroHer. Shai^fpenre, 
 
 The e'jmptrolleri of vulgar opinions, pretend to 
 find out fuch a fimilitude in fome kind of ba- 
 boons. T-emft). 
 
 My fares permit me not from iicnce to fiyi; 
 Nor he, the great comptroiUr of the Iky. Drwl^n, 
 Co.mptro'll8kshjp. n.f. [from comptrol- 
 fc-.] Superintendance. 
 
 The gayle for ftannery-caufes "'is annexed ti 
 the comptr'jilcrjhip. Caicw's Sutrjey of Cornzva//. 
 
 Compu'lsatively. adv. [from compulf 
 /atnry.] With force ; by conflraint. 
 
 Compu'lsatorv. adj. [from compidfor, 
 Lat.] Having the force of compcDing ; 
 coadlive. 
 
 ■ Which is no ottier, 
 But to recover from us by l^rong hand, 
 And tcims compulfatory, thofc forefaid lands 
 So by his lather lolt. Shakfpeare' s llamlef. 
 
 Compu'lsiox. n.f. [compiilfo, Latin.] 
 
 1. The act of compelling to foraethino-. 
 force ; violence of the agent. 
 
 If reafons were as plenty as bl.ickbcrries, I 
 wouldgive no man a reafon on ccmpn/fior:. S/iu'kf, 
 
 Thoughts, whether have ye led me : with ti.at 
 fwect 
 Compiiifv! thus tranfported ! Mi/ton's Par. Lo/t, 
 
 Such fweet compu/Jici doth in mufick lie. 
 To lull the daughters of neceffit)'. Miltorf. 
 
 2. The ftate of being compelled ; vio- 
 lence fuiTeved. 
 
 CoKfulfi^rn is in an agent capable of volitibn, 
 when tlic beginning or continuation of any ac- 
 tion is contrary to the prefeitnceof his mind. Locke, 
 When the fierce foe hur.g on our broken rear. 
 With what compulfion and laborious flight 
 We funk thus low ! hiilto?t's Paradife Lofi. 
 
 This faculty is free from compulfion, and fo 
 fpontancous, and free from determination by the 
 particular objcA. Hale. 
 
 Poflibly tl ere were others whoafTiIled Haiold, 
 partly out of fear and covtpulfion. llfJc. 
 
 Compu'lsive. adj. [from coT.pnlfer, Fr. 
 compulfus, Latin.] Having the powiir 
 to compel ; forcible. 
 
 The Danube, vail and deep, 
 Supreme of rivers ! to the frightful brinic, 
 Uig'd by <.o,np'il/h'e arms, foon as they reach 'd, 
 New terror cliill'd their veins. Philips. 
 
 The clergy would be glad to recover their dues 
 by a more (hurt and c<,!)rp':lfn>e method. Siuift. 
 Compi-'lsively. adv. [fvom compul/hv.'] 
 
 By force ; by violence. 
 Compu'lsivekess. n.f. [.from comtjl' 
 five-l Force ; compulfion. 
 
 3 A 2
 
 COM 
 
 CoMPr'LSORiLY. adv. {iromcdmpulfory.''' 
 In a compulfory or forcible manner ; by 
 force J by violence. 
 
 To fay that the better defcrver hath fuch right 
 to govern, as he may comfulfiiily bring under the 
 lefs worthy, is idle. Bacon. 
 
 Compu'lsory. aJj. [compulfoire, Fr.] 
 Having the power of neceffitating or 
 compelling. 
 
 He circih in this, to think that aflions, pro- 
 ceeding from fcai, are properly compulfrry aflioRi ; 
 which, in truth, are not only voluntary, but free 
 aitions ; neither compelled, nor fo much as p' y- 
 fically ncccffitated. BramhaH againf: liohia. 
 
 Kindly it would be taken to comply with a 
 patent, although not compulfory. Swift. 
 
 COMPU'NCTION. K. / [componaion, 
 Fr. (mm fiun^o, pmtSum, to prick, Lat.] 
 i. The power of pricking; iliraulation j 
 irritation. 
 
 This is that acid and piercing fpirit, which, 
 vith fuch ai£livily and compunfficnj invadcth the 
 brains and noftriis of thofe that receive it. 
 
 BrotvTi^s Vu!gar Jirrouri. 
 
 2. The ftate of being pricked by the con- 
 fcience ; repentance ; contrition. 
 
 He acknowledged his difloyalty to the king, 
 with cxpreiTuns of great compunilion. Ciurendon. 
 
 Co.mpu'nctious. adj. [JroTncompunHwn.^ 
 Repentant ; forrovvful ; tender. 
 
 Stop up th' acccfs and palTage to remorfe, 
 That no ct,»ipun^if/Ui vifitings of nature 
 Shake my fell purpofe. Shaijpeare' i Mad. 
 
 Compu'nctive. adj. [from co/M/wiA'cn.] 
 Caufing remorfe. 
 
 C O!.'! fv Rc A'TJon . n ./.[compur^at'io, Lat.] 
 The pradlice of jnllifying any man's 
 veracity by the teftimony of another. 
 
 Compurg.v'tor. n./. [Latin.] One who 
 bears his teftimony to the credibility of 
 anotlier. 
 
 The next quarry, or chalk-pit, will give 
 abundant atteftation : thcfe are fo obvious, that 
 I need not be far to feek for a compurgator. 
 
 ^Joo.huarJ's Natural IVrJiory. 
 
 Computable. fl(/r. {Ixox^compule.^ Ca- 
 pable of being numbered or computed. 
 
 If, inftcnd of twenty-four letters, there were 
 twenty-four millions, as thofe twenty-four mil- 
 lions are a finite number, fo would all combina- 
 tions thereof be finite, though not elifily com- 
 /a/oWi' by arithmctick. Half's Orig. of Mmtiind 
 
 Computa'tion. n.f. [from compute.'] 
 
 1. The aft of reckoning ; calculation. 
 
 My princely father 
 Then, by jufl comp:i!,ir:o?i of rh.c lime, 
 ' Found tiiat the iffue was not his. S/uifpeare. 
 
 2. The futn coUefted or fettled by calcula- 
 tion. 
 
 \Vc pafi for women of fifty : many additional 
 yeais .ire thrown into female computaiiim of this 
 nature. .^thlifon'i Guardian. 
 
 To COMPU TE. 1'. a. [compiito, Latin.] 
 To reckon ; to calculate ; to number ; 
 to count. 
 
 Compute how much water would be requifitc 
 to lay the cirth under water. Burnet. 
 
 Where they did compute by weeks, yet ftill 
 the year was mcafurcd by months. Holder. 
 
 Alas ! not dazzled with their noon-tide ray, 
 Ccmpute the morn and cv'ning to the day ; 
 The whole amount of that enormous fame, 
 A talc that blends their glory with their ihamc. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Compu'te. ti.f. [com/:ii!f!s, Lat.] Com- 
 putation ; calculation. 
 
 Though there were a fatality in this year, yet 
 divers were out in their account, abetting fevc- 
 jalwjysfroai the tru« and jull tw/ipuie; and 
 
 CON 
 
 calling thit one year which pcrhap! might be 
 another. £fo:^'n'j Vulgar Etroun. 
 
 Compu'ter. n./. [[rom compute.] Rec- 
 koner ; accountant ; calculator. 
 
 The kalendars of tnefe computers, and the ac- 
 counts of thefe days, are different. Broiurt. 
 
 1 have known fome fuch ill computers, as to 
 im.igine the many millions in flocks fo much real 
 wealth. Swift. 
 
 CoMPUTisT. n.f. [compiit'i/le, Fr.] Cal- 
 culator ; one flvilled in the art of num- 
 bers or computation. 
 
 The treafurer wasa wife man, anda ftrift corn- 
 put if! . . Hot ton. 
 
 We conceive we liave a year in three hundred 
 and fixty-five days exatfl ; com^utlfts tell us, that 
 we cfcapc fix hours. Bioiun. 
 
 Co'mrade. k. J~. [camerade, Fr. from 
 camera, a chainber ; one that lodges in 
 the fame chamber, conluhernio fruitur.] 
 
 1. One who dwells in the fame houfe or 
 chamber. 
 
 Rather I abjure all roofs, and chufc 
 To be a comrade with a wolf and ow!. Sh.jil^^ 
 
 2. A companion ; a partner in any labour 
 or danger. 
 
 o 
 
 He permitted them 
 To put out both thine eyes, and fetter'd fend thee 
 Into the common prifon, there to grind 
 Among the (laves and atfcs, thy comrades. 
 As good for nothing elfe. Allltori's Agonifes. 
 
 A footman being newly married, dcfired his 
 ■ comrade to tell him freely what the town fiid of 
 it. _ _ Siyfi. 
 
 Con. a Latin infeparable prepofition, 
 which, at the begiiming of words, fig- 
 nifies union or affociation : as, concsurje, 
 a running together ; to convetie, to come 
 together. 
 Con. [abbreviated from contra, againft, 
 Lat.] A cant word for one who is on 
 the negative iide of a queftion : as, the 
 pros and cons. 
 To CON. 'V. a. '[connan, Sax. to know : 
 as, in Chaucer, Old zvymen connen mach'd 
 th'inge ; that is, old women have much 
 knowledge.] 
 
 1. To know. 
 
 Of mufcs, Hobbinol, I eannc no fliiU 
 Enough to mc to paint out my unreli. Spenftt . 
 
 2. To lludy ; to commit to memory ; to 
 fix in the mind. It is a word now little 
 in ufe, except in ludicrous language. 
 
 Pretty anl'wers ! have you not been ac-iuainted 
 with goldl'miths wives, and conn'd them out of 
 lings .5 SJt.i^jP'-are. 
 
 Here arc your parts j and I am to entreat you 
 to con them by to-morrow night. Sl:akjpcare. 
 
 Our undcrflandiiTg cannot in tnis body anive fo 
 cic-.uly to the 'knowledge of God, and things in- 
 vifible, as by orderly conning ovzr the vifible and 
 inferiour creatures. ^hlt'^n. 
 
 Shew it him written; and, having the other 
 alfo written in the p.aper, Ihew hira that, after he 
 has co.med the firft, and. require it of him. 
 
 Holder's Elements of Speech. 
 
 The books of which I'm chiefly fond, 
 Arc fuch as you I'.ave whilom contt'J. Prlir. 
 
 All this while John had romed over fuch a 
 catalogue of hard words, as were enough to con- 
 jure up tl-.e devil. .-Irbutlmot. 
 
 3 . To CoN thanks ; an old expreflion for 
 to thank. It is the fame witli fgavoir 
 gre, 
 
 I con him no th.anks for't, in the nature he 
 delivers it. Sli.ikfpeare. 
 
 JoCOKCA'MERATE. -v. a. [coticamero, 
 Lat.] To arch over; to vault j to lay 
 concave over 
 
 CON 
 
 Of the upper beak, an inch and a half con- 
 fiftcth of one concamerateJ bone, bended down- 
 wards, and toothed as the other. Grcio, 
 
 Concamera'tion. «, y. [iXQTii concamc' 
 rate.'\ Arch ; vault. 
 
 What a romance is the ftory of thole impof- 
 Able concamcraiionSf and feigned rotations of 
 folid orbs ! GlartvUU^s Scepjis, 
 
 To CONCATENATE, v. a. [from ca- 
 tena, Lat. a chain.] To link together; 
 to unite in a fucceffive order. 
 
 Cojjcatena'tion. «. f. [from concate- 
 nate.] A feries of links; an uninter- 
 rupted unvariable fucceffion. 
 
 The Hoicks affirmed a fatal, unchangeable 
 concatenation of caufes, reaching to the elicit a<ftj 
 of man's will. Soutl:. 
 
 Con'cava'tion. n. f. [from concave.] 
 
 The aft of making concave. 
 CONCA'VE. adj. [concavvs, Latin.] 
 
 1. Hollow without angles ; as, the inner 
 furface of an eggfhell, the inner curve 
 of an arch : oppofed to con-cex. 
 
 Thefe great fragments falling hollow, inclofcd 
 under their concave furface a great deal of air. 
 
 Burnetii Theory. 
 
 2. Hollow. 
 
 Have you not made an univerfal Ihout, 
 That Tyber trembled underneath his banks, 
 To hear the replication of your founds 
 Made'in his concave (bores ? Shakfpeare, 
 
 For his verity in love, I do think hin> as art- 
 cave as a covered goblet, or a worm-eaten nut, 
 Sltakfpeare's As you like it. 
 
 Conca'veness. n. f. [from concave.'\ 
 
 HoUownefs. 
 Coxca'vity. n.f. [from eoneave.] In- 
 ternal furface of a hollow fpherical or 
 fplieroidical body. 
 
 Niches th^Jt contain figures of white marble 
 fhould not be coloured in their concavity too 
 bi.ick. yVotton. 
 
 Ti.cy have taki-n the imprtfTcs of thefe (hells 
 with that exqiiifite nicenefs, that no metal, when 
 melted and call in a mould, can ever poiTibly re- 
 prefent the concavity o^ that mould with greater 
 cxaȣfncfs than thcfe flints do the ctncavitie. of the 
 (hclh, wherein they were moulded. IFoodiuard. 
 Concavo-concave, adj. Concave or 
 
 hollow on both fides. 
 Concavo-convex, adj. [from concave 
 and cotive.x.] Concave one way, Riid 
 convex the other. 
 
 I procured another corcavo-con^'ex plate of 
 
 glafs, ground on both fides to the fame fphcre 
 
 with the foinicr plate. A'tterc/J, 
 
 A coffca'i^-ir&m^ivc pentangular plate, part of & 
 
 (hell that belongs to the entrochus. iVoodward. 
 
 Conca'vous. adj. [concavus, Lat.] Con- 
 cave ; hollow without angles. 
 
 C K c a ' v o V s L Y . ad%: [ from concavotis. ] 
 With hollownefs ; in f.tch a manner as 
 difcovers the internal furface of a hol- 
 low .'phere. 
 
 The dolphin thr,t carricth_Arion is concaiaufiy 
 inverted, and hath its fpinc dcprelU'd, Bro'ivn. 
 
 To CONCE'AL. v. a. {conceio, Latin.] 
 To hide ; to keep fecret ; ret to di- 
 vulge ; to cover ; not to detecl. 
 
 He oft finds med'cine, who his grief imparts} 
 But douhlegricfs alJIi'fl concealing hearts. F.Q.ueCH. 
 
 Come, Catcfliy, [houartfwoni 
 As deeply to effeft what we intend. 
 As clufcly to cori-eal wl-.at we impart. Shakfpeeiru 
 Ulyiles hiuifelf adds, he was the moll elo- 
 quent and the mol\ fiient of men : lie knew that 
 a word fpcke never wrought fa much good as a 
 a word comiulid. BiViIbi.
 
 CON 
 
 Thtre is but one way I know of conwrfinff ' 
 fafcly with iill men, tl;:it is, rot by t:'nceitl;':g 
 what wc f,iy or oo, but by faying or doing no- 
 tliing that d-fii\£s to be cunccalcd. Fope. 
 
 Conce'alable. adj. [ivom conceal. "^ Ca- 
 pable of being concealed ; poffible to be 
 kept fecret, or hid. 
 
 Returning a lye unto his Maker, and prcfum- 
 ing to put olf the ftarcher of hearts, he denied 
 the omnil'ciency of God, wheicunto there is nij- 
 t\\\n^ rotjctalabU-. Jyroxun's yutg. Er. 
 
 Conce'aledness. n. f. [from conceal.^ 
 The Kate of being concealed ; privacy ; 
 obfcurity. Di8. 
 
 Conce'aler. n. f. [from conceal.^ He 
 that conceals any thing. 
 
 They were to undergo the penalty of forgery, 
 and the ca7:cialtr of tiic crime was equally 
 guilty. ClaKndcfi. 
 
 Conce'alment. n.f, [irom c'inceul.~\ 
 
 1, The ait of hiding ; fccrecy. 
 
 She never told her love ; 
 But let cDTtcialment J like a worm i' th' bud, 
 Feed on her damalk cheek. Shiitf^tar;. 
 
 He i5 a worthy gentleman. 
 Exceedingly xvcU read, and profited 
 In Ilrange coticealmenti. Shi'kfpenrc^i }fcnry iv. 
 Few own fuch fentiments ; yet this cortcealmini 
 derives rather from the fear of man than of any 
 Being above. Gitiui-ii:^. 
 
 3 ■ The itate of being hid ; privacy ; de- 
 litefcence. 
 
 A pertbn of great abilities is zealous for the 
 
 good of mankind, and as folieitous for the con- 
 
 tealmcnt as thepeiformance of illullrious f.(ftions. 
 
 ytdd'fon-i FrteliC'lder. 
 
 3, Hiding-place; retreat; cover; fhelrer. 
 
 The choice of this holy name, as the molf ef- 
 
 feftual covce.-.'.mfri of a wicked dcfign, fuppofcs 
 
 mankind fatisfied that nothing but what is jult is 
 
 dircfled by the principles of it.- Rogers. 
 
 The cleft tree 
 Offers its kind icnccj/meut to a few, 
 Their food its inftcfts, and its niofs their nefts. 
 
 T/tovifwi. 
 
 T'oCONCE'DE. v. a. [coticedo, Latin.] 
 To yield ; to admit ; to grant ; to let 
 pafs undifpiited. 
 
 By e.xpurgatory animadverfions wc might 
 ftrike out great numbers of liiddcn qualities ; 
 and, haviiig once a conceded lift, wc might with 
 more fafeiy attempt their reafong. Btoji^n. 
 
 This muu not be conceded vj'\i\\Q\j,K limitation. 
 
 BoyU. 
 
 The atlieift, if you concede to him that for- 
 tune may bean agent, dothprefume himfcif f.fe 
 and invulneiable. B.nru-y. 
 
 CONCEIT, n.f. [^concept, French; con- 
 
 ceplus, Latin.] 
 I. Conception ; thought; idea; Image 
 in the mind. 
 
 Here the very flicphcrds have their fancies 
 lifted to lo high conceits, as the learned of other 
 nations are content both to borrow their names, 
 and imitate their cunning. Sidney. 
 
 Impoffihle it w:.s, that ever their will Ihould 
 ch.ing,: or incline to remit any part of their duty, 
 withiiut feme objeil having force to avert ihcir 
 i,or.ccif from God. Haier. 
 
 His giace looks chearful'y and fmooth this 
 morning : 
 There 's fome conceit, or other, likes him well. 
 When that he bids good-morrow with fuch fpi- 
 rit. Shukjpeare. 
 
 In laughing there ever precedeth a concdt of 
 fomewhat ridiculous, and therefore it is proper to 
 man. Bacon's N.rturnl Hificrj. 
 
 2. Underftanding ; readinsfs ofapprehen- 
 fion. 
 
 How often, alas ! did her eyes fay unto me, 
 that they loved ! and yet I, not looking for fuch 
 a matter, had not my concUt open to uncerftand 
 them. Eid-!cy. 
 
 CON 
 
 The firft kind of things appointed by l«ws 
 humane, containctli whatlocver is good or evil, 
 is notwithlianding more fecret tlian thai it can be 
 difcerned by every man's prcfcnt fomwV, without 
 fomc deeper difcourfc andjudgmenl^ Hooter. 
 
 I (hall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, 
 and fliuU bo admired. H tjdom. 
 
 3. Opinion, generally in a fenfe of con- 
 tempt ; fancy ; imagination ; fantaf- 
 tical notion. 
 
 I know not how conceit may rob 
 The treafury of life, when life itfelf 
 Yields to the theft. Sl:«tffeaie't King Lear. 
 
 Strong conceit, like a new principle, canies all 
 cafily with it, when yet above common fenfc. 
 
 Locke. 
 Malbranche has an odd conceit. 
 As ever cnter'd Frenchman's p.ite, Frior. 
 
 4. Opinion, in a neutral fcnfe. 
 
 Secft thou a man wife in his own conceit T 
 There is more hope of a fool than of him. Piov. 
 
 I fliall not fail t' approve the fair conceit 
 Tiie king hath of you. S/iti.ifpeurc's Henry vin. 
 
 5. Pleafant fancy; gayety of imagination ; 
 acutenefs. 
 
 His wit is as thick as Tewkfbury murtard : 
 
 there is no more conceit in him than is in a mallet. 
 
 S'lakfpcare' s Henry I v. 
 
 While he was on his way 10 the gibbet, a freak 
 
 took him in the head to go off with a conceit. 
 
 L'Ejlrange, 
 
 6. Sentiment ; (Inking thought. 
 
 Some to conceit alone their works confine. 
 And glitt'ring thoughts Ih'uck out at ev'ry lii^e. 
 
 ■ Pope. 
 
 7. Fondnefs ; favourable opinion j opinion- 
 atlve pride. 
 
 Since by a little lludving in learning, and great 
 conceit of himfclf, he has \M\ his religion ; may 
 he find it again by harder iiudy, under humbler 
 truth. Bcnlicy. 
 
 8. Out of Conceit ivith. No longer 
 fond of. 
 
 Not thatldare alTume tomyfelf tohaveptit him 
 out of conC'-it luilh it, by luiving con\ inccd him 
 of the tantallicalncls of it. - TiHotfon, Preface. 
 
 What hath chiefly put me out of conceit -zvit/i 
 this moving manner, is the frequent dilappoi.it- 
 mcnt. ^\Lft. 
 
 To Conce'it. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To conceive ; to imagine ; to think ; 
 to believe. 
 
 One of two bad ways you miift conceit me. 
 Either a coward or a fljtterer. Sftukfpenre. 
 
 They looked for great matters at their hands, 
 in a caufc which they conceited zo be for the li- 
 berty of the fubjeiff . Bacon. 
 
 He cB-iceits himlclf to be ftruck at, when he is 
 not fo much as ihouglit of. L'EflntnQc. 
 
 Tne ftrong, by to/7t\-;7;>^^ themfelves weak, arc 
 
 thereby rcndcied as un:iflive, and confequentiy 
 
 as ufelefs, as i? they really were fo. Souif:. 
 
 Cofscz'iTEX), parlic!/). adj. [from conceit.^ 
 
 1. Endowed with fancy. 
 
 He was of countenance amiable, of feature 
 comely, aclivc of body, pleafantly conceited, and 
 Ih.irp of wit. Knolles. 
 
 2. Proud; fond of himfelf ; opinionative ; 
 affected ; fantaftical. 
 
 . Tiicrc is another e^tleme in obfcure writeis, 
 wh.ich ibme empty conceited iicads are apt to run 
 into, out of a piodi-galily of wurds, and a want 
 of fenfe. Felton on the tUiJpcks. 
 
 If you think me too loxceited, 
 Or to pafiion quickly heated. Sivift. 
 
 What you write of me, would make me more 
 co'tt filed than what I fcnbble m.yfelf. Pope. 
 
 3. With of before the objedt of conceit. 
 
 Every man is building a fcveral w-ay, mipo- 
 tently conceited of liis own model and bis own 
 materials. Dryden. 
 
 If wc confider how vitious and corrupt the 
 Athenians were, how conceited oi llieir owir wit, 
 tcieoce, and f olitencfs, £i»tteji. 
 
 CON 
 
 CoNCE^iTEDLY. aJv. [from tonteIfeJ-2 
 
 Fancifully ; whlmfically. 
 
 Co: ettedjy dri:is her, and be aflignM 
 By you fit place for every flower -And jewel : 
 Make her for love fit fuel. Dome. 
 
 Conceitedness. n.f. [ from ronw/ci/. 1 
 Pride ; opinionatlvencfs ; fondnefs of 
 himfelf. 
 
 When men think none worthy eftcem, tut 
 fuch as claim imdcr their own pretences, par- 
 tiality and eoncettednefi make them give the pre- 
 eminence. Collier on Pride. 
 
 CoNCE itless. adj. [from conceit.] Stu- 
 pid ; without thought ; dull of apprc- 
 henfioii. 
 
 Think'ri thou I am fo (hallow, fo conceitlefs. 
 To be fcduccd by thy flattery. Shatfparc. 
 
 Conce'ivable. adj. [^irom conceive.] 
 
 1. That may be imagined or thought. 
 
 If it wgie pofiible to contrive an invention, 
 whereby any conceivable weight m;iy be moved 
 by any conceivable power, with the fame quick- 
 ncfs, without other inftrumcnt, the works of n.t- 
 tuie would be too much fubjcfl to art. lyUtins. 
 
 2. That may be underftood or believed. 
 
 The freezing of tlie words in the air, in ths 
 northern climes, is as conceivable as this flrange 
 union. Glanville*i Sccpjl^. 
 
 It is not conceivable, that it (hould be indeed 
 that very perlbn, whole (hape and voice it ai* 
 fumed. jltte'hury's Sctmons. 
 
 Conce'ivableness. n.f. [ivom conceiv- 
 able.] The quality of being conceiv- 
 able. Dia. 
 
 Conce'ivably. adv. [from conceivable.] . 
 
 •• In a conceivable or intelligible manner. 
 
 To CONCEIVE V. a. Icottcevoir, Fr, 
 concipere, Lat. ] 
 
 1. 'I'o admit into the womb ; lo form in 
 tne vtomb. 
 
 I was (hapcn in iniquity, and in fin did my 
 mother conceive me. Pju.nis. 
 
 2. To form in the mind ; to imagine. 
 
 Nebuchadnezzar hath conceive! a purpofe 
 againft you. Jeremiah. 
 
 Tliis man conceived the duke's death ; but 
 what was the motive of that felonious cc ncep- 
 tion, is in the clouds. il\tton^ 
 
 3. To comprehend; to underftarr.d ; as, 
 he conceives the nuhole fyjlem. 
 
 T!»is kifs, if it durtt fpe ak, 
 Would fitctch thy fpirits lip into tfie air : 
 Conceive, and fare thee welh Shttifpeare. 
 
 4. To think ; to be of opinion. 
 
 If yon compare my gentlemen with fir John,- 
 you will hardly conceive him to have been brrd 
 in the fame climate. Suift, 
 
 Tb Conce'ive. 11. n. 
 
 1. To think ; to have an Idea of. 
 
 The griev'd commons 
 HartWy conceive of me: let it be nois'd, 
 Thar, through cur intercefiion, this, revokemerit 
 And pardon comes. Shakfpe-are's Henry viii, 
 
 O what avails me now that honour h'-gh, 
 To have ronceiv'd of God I or that falutc. 
 Hail, highly favour'd, among women bie(T ! 
 
 M.ll',n. ■ 
 
 Conceive of things clearly ant) diftindtly in 
 their own natures j corceive of liungs coni^v'ei- ly 
 in all t'.ieir parts; conceive of things comprc- 
 henfively in all their properties and leiations; 
 conceive of things extcnfively in all their kinds ; 
 anceive of things ordetly, or in a proper method. 
 f-ratts' Z^gick^ 
 
 2. To become pregnant. 
 
 The flocks Ihuuld conceive when they came to 
 drink. Gene fit. 
 
 The beauteous maid, whom he beheld, poflefs'ii ; 
 Conceiving as ihe flepr, her fruitful wonih 
 Sweli'd with the fouader of iminoital Rorne. 
 
 - ^ddfirt.
 
 CON 
 
 CON 
 
 CosCtnER "• '• L' ,,.,,„-' xi,:,t in whcianv thill sr IS contained ; 
 
 that undeiftands or comprehends 
 
 Though hereof 1)1 udent Cymbols ;ir.d pious nl- 
 leruric-s I)f made by wifcr cmceivets, yet com- 
 mou h=adi « ill fly umo fLipcfltitious apphcations. 
 
 Co>'ce'nt. 11. f- [concentus, Latin.] 
 
 I, Concert of voices; harmony; concord 
 
 of found. , ^ . , , 
 
 It is to be conf.dcred, that whatfoever virtue 
 is ,n numbers, for conducing to .'.««.vr of notes, 
 i. r"tUcr 10 be aferihed to the antcnumber than 
 to the entire number. 
 
 '>, Confillency. , , r i i 
 
 Reafons borrowed from nature and the fchool- 
 nieu, as fubfervient mediums, earry a muhcK 
 Td 'conant to that which God hath f^.d ^j^ hi. 
 
 '""Vis in "'««' to his own principles, which 
 allbw no merit, no intrinhck worth, to accom- 
 pany one (late more than another. .-iuerhay. 
 To CONCE'NTRATE. v. a. Iconcentrer, 
 Fr. from con and centi-um, Lat.] To 
 drive into a narrow compafs ; to drive 
 toward the centre : contrary to expand 
 
 or dilate. , . > j , 
 
 Sph't of vinegar, .mce,,lraled ^nA reduced to 
 its sreateft ftrength, will eongul.te the ferum. 
 '' Jrbuthml an Aliments. 
 
 Covcentr-a.'tion. n.f. [from concm- 
 trate.^ Colleaion into a nairo\v Ipace 
 round the centre ; compreffion into a 
 
 narrow compafs. 
 
 \\\ circular bodies, that receive a concer,i,n- 
 th'n of. the ligl>t, mull be Ihadowed in a circular 
 manner. •P"^'""" '" •"'"'""'S- 
 
 To Conce'ntRE. 11. n. [conanlrer, Fr. 
 from con and centrum, Lat.] To tend 
 to one common centre;, to have the 
 fame centre with fomething elfe. 
 
 The bricks having firll been formed m a cir- 
 cular mould, and then cut, before their burning, 
 !To four qr:.rters or more, the fides ^fterwarc s 
 join fo elofely, =vnd tiie.points c.ncc,,l,c fo e«d , 
 that the pillars appear one int.re piece // otto,,. 
 AH tiiefe are like fo many lines drawn rom 
 feveral objea.., that fome- way relate to W, 
 and concentre in him. 
 To CoNCE'NTliE. v. a. To dlrcft or con- 
 traft toward one centre. 
 The having a part lefs to animate, will ferve 
 . .0 c.,.cen,-r. 1U fpints, .nd -.ke them mo 
 aaive in the reft. , . ^'"""/^ f^f-''' 
 
 In thee concentring all their precious beams 
 Offered influence! f'.''"'- 
 
 Conce'ntrical-) ntfj. [concfnlncv>, 
 CoKCE'NTRicK. ] Lat.] Having one^ 
 x:ommon centre. r , ,►" 
 
 If, as in water ftlrrM, more circles be^^- 
 love fuch additions tak(^;" 
 y rphrle^, hutonc heav'amake; 
 
 Produc'd by one, lov 
 
 Thofe,l.ke'folnanyrpnrle^,y' - •— - ^.^^r 
 
 For they are all ro,urnt,,c!: unto thee. .i?»" 
 Any fubftance, pitched ileddy .ipon I;wop5.ints, 
 as on In axis, and moving about on' that axis, 
 alfo defcribes a circle conccntrjcHo xht '»^- . 
 
 Ifthccryftalline humour had been ««e.„;,*c,./ 
 
 to tlK- felcrodes, the eye would not have admitted 
 
 a whole hcmifphere at one view. -""V- 
 
 If a flone he thrown into ftnBnating wa.er, 
 
 -the waves excited thereby continue fj'""^/'™'^ '° 
 
 nife in the pUcc whore the flone feil into the 
 
 w.iter, ami Sie propagated from ihena: into con- 
 
 cntrilk circle, upon the farlace of .he water <o 
 
 great d.ft.nces, . A''-'"" ^ <^^ '/ • 
 
 The rair.nsr of its concretion is by concn,tru,.i 
 
 .rings, like thofe of an onion about tne hrft 
 
 ' ''^ '. ytrliuthnot on Did. 
 
 ""(:> '01-1 revolutions in micrntrirk orbs about 
 
 the fun, ..r other central body, could m no wife 
 
 be attained witiiout tlx power of the Divine aim. 
 
 "'■ Mcnilrfi Sermons. 
 
 That in which any thing is contained ; 
 
 a velfel. 
 
 There is at this day refidcnt, in that huge 
 
 conceptacle, water enough to efteft fuch a deluge. 
 
 IVooJward-s Nalur..l H,J}ory, Preface. 
 
 Co'nce'ptible. atlj. [from concipio, con- 
 ceptum, Lat.] That may be conceived ; 
 intelligible ; capable to be undevllood. 
 
 Some of his attributes, and the manifeftations I 
 thereof, are not only highly dekaable to the 
 inlelleaive faculty, but aie moft fuitable and 
 eafily conceftihk by us, becaufe apparent in his 
 works. lUle-sOrigvLoj Mankind. 
 
 Conce'ption. n.f. {conceptio, Lat.] 
 I. The aft of conceiving, or growing 
 qnick. with pregnancy. 
 
 I will gieatly multiply thy forrow by thy 
 conception ; in forrow thou flialt bring forth 
 children. . ^'"'J''- 
 
 Thy forrow I will grcatjy multiply 
 By thy conception; children tliou fli.ilt bring 
 In forrow forth.- Mi/ton^ Pnra.life Lojl. 
 
 z. The ftate of being conceived. 
 
 Tuy had the like conerpticn in our eyes. 
 And, at that inftant, like a babe fprung up. 
 
 Shakffeare. 
 
 Our own produaions flatter us : it is, impof- 
 fible not to be fond of them at the moment of 
 their conception. JDry-len's Dnjrefnoy. 
 
 2. Notion ; idea; image in the mind. 
 
 As conceptions arc the images or refcmblances 
 of things to the mind within itlclf, in the like 
 manner .ire words or names the marks, tokens, 
 or refcmblances of thofc ronceptiont to the minds 
 of them whom we converfe with. Sonr/r 
 
 Confult the acuteft poets and fpeakcrs, and 
 they will confefs that their quickefl, moft ad- 
 mired conceptions, were fuch as darted into tneir 
 minds, like fudden tlalbes of lightning, trey 
 knew not how, nor whence ; and not by any 
 certain confcquencc, or dependence . of one 
 thought upon another, as it is in matters of ra- 
 tiocination. So„th's Sermons^ 
 To have right conceptions about tncm, we mult 
 bring ourunderftandings to the inflexible natures 
 and unalterable relations of things, and not en- 
 deavour to bring things to any preconceived no- 
 tions of our own. Lode. 
 L. Sentiments ; purpofe. 
 
 Thou but rememher'ft me of my own con- 
 ception. I have perceived a moft faint negka 
 of late ; which I have rather blamed as my own 
 ralous' curiofity, than as a very pretence and 
 purpofe of unkindnefs. Slu.ifpeare' s K,ng Lear. 
 
 Plcafe your highnels, note 
 His dani;crous co^iception in this point : 
 Not friended by bis wifti to your high perfon, 
 His Will is moft malignnnt, and it ftrciches 
 Beyond you to your friends. Shakjpeare. 
 
 f. Apprehenfioii ; knowledge. 
 
 And as if beafts conceiv'd what leafon were, 
 And that conception ftiould diftinflly th"W 
 
 They (hould the name of reafonable bear ; 
 For, without reafon, none could rcafon know. 
 
 6 Conceit ; fentiment ; pointed thought. 
 
 He is too flatulent fomctimes, and fomctimcs 
 
 too dry ; manv times unequal, and almort always 
 
 forced- and, befules, is full of «':c<-/.//6>7j, points 
 
 of epigram, and witticilm.-, ; all which are not 
 
 only beh.w the dignity of heroick vnfe, but 
 
 contrary to its nature. -' ",' '": 
 
 CoNeE'PTious. mlj. [conccptmn, l.atin.,, 
 
 Apt to conceive ; fruitful; pregnant. 
 
 Common mother, 
 E'lfeir thv fertile and conceptions womb ; 
 Let it no 'more bring out to ingrsteful nian. 
 
 Shakfpeare s IiKOn. 
 
 Conce'ptive. ciJj. [conceptum, Latin.] 
 Capable to conceive. 
 
 In'hot climates, and where the utcime paits 
 exceed in heat, by the coldnefs of this fimpic 
 
 CON 
 
 they may be reduced into a conceptive confiitu- 
 tjjjn Brown's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 To CONCE'RN. -v. a. [concerner, Fr. 
 
 crmcerno, low Latin.] 
 I. To relate to ; to belong to. 
 
 Exclude the ufe of natural reafoning about the 
 fenfe of holy fcripture, concerning the articles of 
 our faith ! and then, that the fcripture doth con- 
 cern the articles of our faith, who can afl"ure us? 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 Count Claudio may hear; for what I would 
 fpcak of concerns him. SAakfpeare. 
 
 Gracious things 
 Thou haft reveal'd ; thofe chiefly which concern 
 Tuft Abraham and his feed. AUIton's Par. Loft, 
 This pbce concerns not at all the dominion of 
 one brother over the other. i-O'k'- 
 
 To aifea with fome paffion ; to toucti 
 nearly ; to be of importance to. 
 
 I would not 
 The caufe were known to them it moft concerni. 
 
 Shukfpeari. 
 
 Our wars with France have aftV-aed us in our 
 
 moft lender interefts, M^dcMcemcd us more than 
 
 thofe with any other nation. MMJon. 
 
 It much concerns them not to fufler the kiagto 
 
 eftablilh his authority on this fide. Addijon. 
 
 The more the authority of any ftation in fo- 
 
 ciety is extended, tiie more it concerns publick 
 
 happinefs that it be committed to men fearing 
 
 Q^^ Rogers' Sermons. 
 
 5. To intereft ; to engage by intereft. 
 
 I knew a young nt-groc who was fick of the 
 fmall pox : I found by enquiry, at a perfon's con. 
 cerncJ for him, that the little tumours left wh.tifh 
 fpecks behind them. Boyle on Ulours. 
 
 Above the reft two goddcffes appear. 
 Concern' J for each; hcie Venus, Juno there. 
 
 Drydcn s A.n. 
 
 Providence, where it loves a nation, concerns 
 
 itfelf to own and afl'ert the intereft of religion, by 
 
 blafling the fpoilers of religious perfons and 
 
 , „, So:ltli's Sermons. 
 
 places. ., 
 
 Whatever paft aaions it cannot reconcile, or 
 appropriate to that prcfent felf by confcioufnefs, 
 ir can be no more co?iccrned in than if they had 
 never been done. i""';- 
 
 They think themfelves out of the reach of pro- 
 vidence, and no longer concerned to folicit his 
 . Rogers. 
 
 favour. * 
 
 A To didurb ; to make uncafy. 
 
 In one con.ptefling engine I fli'Jt a fparrow, 
 without forcing any air in; an<l in an hour the 
 bird began to pant, and be comerned, and m lels 
 than an hour and a half to be fiek. i)«-A|»«. 
 
 J. To concern himfelf. To intermeddle ; 
 
 to be bufy. , 
 
 Bcin- a layman, I ought not to have concerned 
 
 md.lf with fpcculations which belong to the pro- 
 
 fcLn. ^'y'"- 
 
 Conce'rn. «./ [from the verb.] _ , 
 I . Bulinefs ; affair : conCdered as relating 
 
 to fome one. 
 
 Let caily care thy main concern fecure, 
 Thin-s of lefs moment may delays endure. 
 ^ Dennam. 
 
 This manner of expofing the private concerns 
 of famillo, and facifieing the fecietsof the dead 
 to the euriof.iy of the living, is one of thole 
 licentious piaaices, which might well doferve 
 the animaiUcrfion of our government. AdtKjon. 
 
 A leathen emperor faid, if the gods were 
 ofTendcd, it was their own concern, and they 
 weie able to vindicate ihemlclves., •5"' 'Jt. 
 
 Religion is no trifling concern, to be pcrfoimed 
 in any catclels and fuperficial manner. R'^g^rs, 
 
 . Intereft; engagement. 
 
 No plots th" ol.irm to his leiiiements give ; 
 •Tis all mankind's concern that he Ihould live. 
 
 j)ryden. 
 
 When we fpeak of the conflagration of the 
 world, tixfc bavc no concern in the queftion. 
 
 rnrnet's Theory oj the Earth. 
 
 . Importance ; moment.
 
 CON 
 
 Myftcilous fL-crets of a liigh cfntcerity 
 And weighty tvutlis, l\>lici convincing iVnTc, 
 lixplain'd liy uniitFedcd tloqii- ncc. Rcjcomttfi. 
 
 The mind is ftuuiKct and da/.zlcd amidlt th;itp 
 variety uf objcdls : (ht caniiut apply hcrl'clf tu 
 thofc things "which arc of the utmoft concern to 
 her. ^■LU.fcti'i i>p:S}utor. 
 
 ^, Paffion ; afre<5li()n ; regard. 
 
 Ah, u li:it coKcam did botli your fouls dividt ! 
 Your honour i^iive us what yojr love denied. 
 
 Miiicia, let mc hjpc thy kind oncam^ 
 And gentle wiflies, follow mc to battle, ^ddifon. 
 
 Why all tl4i> ic^tctni for the poor? We wanl 
 them nut, as the country is now managed ; 
 where the plough has no work, one family can 
 do the bufincfs of fifty. Stvifr. 
 
 Concf/rnedly. a^v. [from concer/t.] 
 With nffcttion ; with intcrcll. 
 
 They had more j-ofitivcly and towcVT/f./Zy wed- 
 ded his caufe than they were before undcrllood 
 , to have done. L/aremlon. 
 
 Gonce'rning. f^rrp. [from concern : this 
 word, originally a participle, has before 
 a noun the force of a prepofitiun.] Re- 
 lating to ; with relation to. 
 
 Thcie is not any thing more fubjefl to errour, 
 than the true j-idgment cof/cerrthjg the power and 
 forces of an cftatc. B>ic?n, 
 
 The ancients had no higher rccourfe than to 
 nature, as may appear by a difcourfc conc^rniug 
 this point in Sirabo. Broivn. 
 
 None can deraonfl^rate that there is fuch an 
 jfland as Jamaica ; yet, upon teftiniony, I am 
 free from all doubt concerning it. TiUotJon. 
 
 Conce'rnment. n.f. [from rowrfr.-/.] 
 
 1. The thing in which we are concerned 
 or interelled ; affair; bufinefs ; intereft. 
 
 To mix with thy ccrue^nmevts I dclift 
 Henceforth, nor too much difapprove my own. 
 
 MiUon. 
 
 This fhews how ufeful you have been, 
 To bring the king's cojicemmtHt^ in. liudihra^. 
 
 Yet when wt 'ic fick, the dodor's fctcht in 
 hafte, 
 Leaving our great concernment to the lait, 
 
 X>cnham. 
 
 When my concernment takes up no more room 
 orcompafs than myfelf, then, fo long as I know 
 where to breathe and to exift, I know alfo where 
 to be liappy. South. 
 
 He that is wife in the affairs and concemmtnts 
 of other men, but carelefs and negligent of his 
 own, that man may be faid to be bufy, but he is 
 not wife. Tilhtfon. 
 
 Our fpiritual intcrelts, and the great concern- 
 ments of a future flate, would doubtlefs recur 
 often, Atterhttry. 
 
 Proportions which extend only to the prcfent 
 life, are fmall, compared with thole that have 
 influence upon our eveilafting concernmcnti. 
 
 I'Fatis on the Mind. 
 
 2. Relation ; influence. 
 
 Sir, 'tis of near concernment^ and imports 
 Uo lefs than the king's life and honour, Dcnham. 
 
 He juftly fears a peace with mc would prove 
 Of ill concernment to his haughty love. Dryden. 
 
 3. Intercourfe ; bufinefs. 
 
 The great concernment ol men is with men, one 
 amongft another. Locke. 
 
 4. Importance ; moment. 
 
 1 look upon experimental truths as matters of 
 great concernment to mankind. Boyle. 
 
 5. Iiiterpofition ; regard; meddling. 
 
 He married a daughter to the earl, wirhout 
 any other approbation of her father, or concern- 
 ment in it, than fuffcring him and her to cume 
 into his prcfence. Clarendon. 
 
 6. Paffion ; emotion of mind. 
 
 While tlicy are fo eager to dclb'oy the fsme of 
 others, their ambition is manifeft in their cc^- 
 
 i;ernment. Dr\drn. 
 
 If it carry with it tba notion of fomctbiug ex- 
 
 C-0 N 
 
 tnordfn.iiy, if appiehciifjon and rincfrttntrnt ar- 
 comp:iiiy it, the idea i> liltc-ly tcj liiili tlic tltcptr. 
 
 To CONCE'RT. r. a. [ronm-la; F"i. 
 from concerlare, Lnlin, to prepate tlicm- 
 felvcs for fome piiblick exliibitlon, or 
 pcrfomiaiicc, by private ciicoimtcis 
 amr)ng tlicnifdves.] 
 
 1. To Icttlc any thing- in private by mu- 
 tual coniiminication. 
 
 2. To fettle ; to contrive ; to adjiifl. 
 
 Mark I'.ow, alrcatiy, in his woiking biain, 
 He furnis the ^M-anccited lcl}cmc ut mifchief. 
 
 Co'ncert. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 r. Communication of defigns ; eftablifli- 
 
 ment of meafnres among tliofe who are 
 
 engaged in the fame affair. 
 All iholc difcontcnts, how ruinous focver, have 
 
 aril'cn from tlie want of a due communic:uio!i 
 
 and cottrcrt. Swift, 
 
 2. A fyniphony ; many performers playing 
 
 to the fame lune. 
 Concf.kta'tu)n. n.J. [concertat'io, Lat.] 
 
 Strife ; contention. 
 
 CoKCe'rTATive. adj. '[concertat'fvus,'LzU~\ 
 Coiitentious ; quar;elfome ; recriminat- 
 ing. B'icl. 
 
 CONCE'SSION. n.f. [concifflo, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of granting or yielding. 
 
 Tlie ccnc.JJ'rjn of thclc ohartcrs was in a par- 
 liamentary way. }Li!s, 
 
 2. A grant ; the thing yielded. 
 
 1 iHIl counted ni^iclf undiminiflicd by my 
 largell i.mic,jffic,ii, if by lliem I might gain the 
 love of my people. ^''fg (.'JutrUi. 
 
 Wlien a lover becomes fatisiied by fnmll com- 
 pliances, without further purfuits, then cxpei^ to 
 find popular aiTeniblics content with fmall crjr.* 
 ctjffions. Sviij'i. 
 
 Conce'ssionarv. aJi. [from conceffion.'\ 
 
 Given by indulgence or allowance. 
 Conce'ssively. ad-v. [from concejjion.'] 
 By way of conceffion : as, yielding ; 
 not controverting by affumptlon. 
 
 Some have written rhetorically and concejfn'ely^ 
 
 not controverting, bur afTuming the qucrtion, 
 
 which, taken as granted, advantaged the ill.irion. 
 
 Bro-MKi Vulgar Ertvun. 
 
 CoNCH. n.f. [concha, Lat.] A (hell; a 
 fealhell. 
 
 He furniflics her elofet firft, and filts 
 The crowded flielvos with rarities of fhcHs : 
 Adds orient pearls, which I'lom tlie cnulu he 
 
 drew, 
 And all the fparkling ftones of various Inie. 
 
 Jjrydcn^l F.iliUi. 
 
 Co'nchoid. n.f. The name of a curve. 
 
 Conci'liar. adj. \_concUiuin, Lat.] Re- 
 lating to a council. 
 
 Having been framed by men of primitive fim- 
 pliciiy, in free and conJ/jor debates, without a.iy 
 ambitious regards, Juiit-i . 
 
 2h CONCI'LL^TE. v. a. [fanaV/s, Lat.] 
 To gain ; to win ; to reconcile. 
 
 It was accounted a philtre, or plants that cm- 
 ciliate ^^eiX\o\\. Bro-iwis l^:jlgiir l'.nty> u 
 
 Concilia'tion. n.f. [from concilL:te~\ 
 
 The ad of gaining or reconciling. Z);.=/. 
 CoNCiLi a'tor^ n.f. [from coticiiiate. 2 One 
 
 that makes peace between others. 
 Conci'liatorv. adj. [from conciliate.^ 
 
 Relating to reeoncilialion. Jilicl. 
 
 Conci'nnity. n. f. [from concinnitas , 
 
 Lat.] Decency; fitnefs; neatncfs. 
 C0NCTNN0U3. adj. [concinnus, Lat.] 
 
 Becoming ; jilea!"ant j agreeable. 
 
 CON 
 
 Co'ncionator V. adj. [coneiriita/criitt, nn- 
 cin, Ijat.J IJfed at p/eachiugs or pub- 
 liik aflembiies. 
 
 TIeit cemdinefs unbcguilcd the vulgar of llio 
 
 old opinion the loyalilK had formerly iiifufid into 
 
 them by fhcir iri>«r<i;;aMry inveflives. Howfl. 
 
 CONCI'oE. adf. [conci/iis, cut, Latin.] 
 
 Brief; (hort ; broken into fliort periods. 
 
 The cnrife rtilc, wl-.icn cxprctTetli not enough, 
 
 but leaves f.imewliat to be underftood. li.fonkn. 
 
 Where the author is obfcure, enliglitcn him ; 
 
 wheic he is too brief and nncijf, amplify a little, 
 
 and fet his notions in a fairer view. Walts. 
 
 CoNCi'sEl-Y. ail-v. [from fo?;f</2-.] Briefly; 
 
 fhortly ; in few words ; In Ihort fen- 
 
 tcnces. 
 
 Ulyfies here fpeaks very ancifely, and iie may 
 feem to break abruptly into the fubjcfl. Jimotne. 
 
 Conci'seness. n.y: [^from concifc] Bre- 
 vity ; fliortncfs. 
 
 Giving more fcopc to Mozcntius and Laiifiii, 
 that vcrfion, which has more of the niajefty of 
 Virgil, lijs Icfs of his Mic'iftiafs. Di^icn. 
 
 CoNCi'sioN. n. f. \_cunc'ifiim, I^at.] Cut- 
 ling off; excifion ; dcftrufticn. 
 Concita'tion. n.f [covcilalio, Latin.] 
 The aft of flirriiig up, or putting in 
 motion. 
 
 The revelations of heaven aie conceived bv 
 immediate illumination of the foul; whereas ;h'e 
 deceiving fpirit, by <-s«o'm/;m of humoiKj, pro- 
 duces Lonceited phantafmcs. B'oun. 
 Conclama'tion. n.f. [conclamatio, Lat.] 
 An otitcry or fhout of many together. 
 
 Dlcl. 
 Co'nclave. n.f. [conclave, Latin.] 
 
 1. A private apartment. 
 
 2. The room in which the cardinals meet ; 
 or, the allembly of the cardiiitils. 
 
 I thank thee, holy c(,nclui}f, for their loves; 
 They've fent me fuch a man I would have wifh' J 
 for. Shaijfc.iic. 
 
 It was faid of a cardinal, by reafon of his ap- 
 parent likelihood to ftep into St. Peter's chair, 
 th.it in two cmriivci he went in pope, and came 
 out again cardinal. ii:,ii'! Scimt,r:s. 
 
 3. A clofe aflembly. 
 
 Toithwith a cont'.ivc of the gqdhead n-.ccis, 
 Whcie Jjiio in the (hining fcnatc fits. Gaith. 
 
 To CONCLU'DE. -v. a. [condudo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To (liut. 
 
 The very perfon of ChiiO, therefore, fur ever 
 and the fclf-1'ame, was only, touching bodily 
 fubrtancc, fii.v/.Yf/ti/ within the grave. Hinkcr, 
 
 2. To include ; to comprehend. 
 
 God hath nmJu.ud them all in unbelief, that 
 he niiglit have mercy upon all. Romani. 
 
 3. To coUetl by ratiocination. 
 
 The providences of God are promifcuoully 
 adminiftercd in this world ; fo that no man caij 
 conrlmk God's love .01 hatred to any perfon, by 
 any thing that befali him. TilhiJ-ti. 
 
 4. To decide ; to dtrermine : that is, to 
 JJsitt ot chfc thedifpute. 
 
 Youtii, ere it fees the world,, here (Judies rcfl ; 
 .\nd age, returning thence, condndti it beft. 
 
 DrytleH. 
 
 But no frail man, however great or high," 
 Can be ranLhiUd blcft before he die. ^i.Ujj'in. 
 
 5. To end ; to finifh. 
 
 Is it concluded he fliall be protPiHor.' 
 It is dctcrmin'd, not concluJed ycr ; 
 But fo ir mull be, if the king mifcarry. Sltoif. 
 
 I will c'jicliid: this part with the fpeeeh of a 
 coiinfcllor of llatc. Bacon. ' 
 
 Thcfc arc my theme, and how the war began. 
 And how cwchded by the godlike man. DtyJ^n. 
 
 6. To oblige, as by the final determina- 
 tion. 
 
 The king would never endure that the lafc
 
 CON 
 
 niJltitudc (hould fruftrate the authority of the 
 pailiament, wliercin their votes and conftnts 
 were c>i7icluded.- B^icon^i Hcr.ry \ii. 
 
 If tlieiefuie they will appeal to revelation for 
 their cieition, tliey muH lie canclu.itd by it- 
 
 tla'u'i Origin of .\Uniiinil. 
 
 He iievfr refufed to be concluded by the autho- 
 rity of one legally fummoncd. Asicrbuiy. 
 
 ?"5 Concl'ude. "y. n. 
 
 1. To perform the lafl: aft of ratiocina- 
 tion ; to coUeiil the confequence ; to 
 determine. 
 
 Fur why Ihould we the bufy foul believe, 
 \Vbe:i boldly (he cr,nctuda of ttiat and this ; 
 
 When'of herfcif fire can no judgment givC] 
 Kor hovp, nor whence, nor where, nor what (he 
 is r - JJavies. 
 
 The blind man's relations import no ncccffity 
 of concluding, that though black was the rougl-.cll 
 of coloms,tiiercforewhitc Ihould be the fmoatiieft. 
 
 Bojk. 
 
 There is fomethihg infamous in the very at- 
 tempt : the woild will conclude I had a guilty 
 conlcience. Arluthnot. 
 
 2. To fettle opinion. 
 
 Can we c^nc'uie upon Luther's inftability as 
 our author bas done, bccaufc, in a (ingle notion 
 no way fundamental, an enemy writes that he 
 had lorac doublings ? Atttibiiry. 
 
 I queltion not but your tranflation will do 
 hunoui' to our country ; for I conclude of it al- 
 ready from thole pc:foi nianccs. Addifon to Fo^c. 
 
 J. To determine finally. 
 
 They humbly I'uc unto your excellence, 
 To have a .gooOiy peace c'mcludcd of 
 Eclwecn tlie realms of England and of France. 
 
 Shijkjfcarc. 
 
 4. To end. 
 
 And all around wore nuptial bonds, the ties 
 Of love's .liluvaiiCL-, and a train of lyes, 
 That, made in lulf , conclude in perjuries. Dryden. 
 
 We'll tell when 'tis enough, 
 Or if it wants tiie nice concluding bout. King, 
 
 Concl-u'dency. ti. f. [irom concludeni .~\ 
 Confequence ; regular proof; l0(^ical 
 xieJuclioa of reafon. 
 
 Judgment concerning things to be known, or 
 the neglefl and concludency of them, ends in 
 decilion. Ha^c. 
 
 CoN.CLu'oENT. adj. [ftom conclude.'^ De- 
 cifive ending in jud and undeniable con- 
 fequenc'-'S. 
 
 Though thefe kind of arguments may feem 
 more oufcure, yet, upon a due conftderation of 
 them, tiiey aic highly conievjueiiiial and ccn- 
 cludenl to my purpole. llfle 
 
 CoNCLu'niNGLY. odv. [from conclude.] 
 With uKcontrovertible evidence. 
 
 Examine whether the opinion you meet with, 
 repugnant 10 what you were formerly emhi ed 
 with, bcconrludingiy demonftrarcd or not. Digly 
 
 CoNCLUSiBi.E. adj. [from cons/udc] 
 
 Determinable ; certain by regular proof. 
 
 'Xis as ccriainly condufible from God's pie- 
 
 fcicncc, that they will voluntaiily do tliis, as 
 
 that '^hcy will do it at all. llummond 
 
 CoNCLu'sioN. n.f. \^'CQm. conclude.] 
 
 1. Determination ; final decilion. 
 
 Ways of peaceable conclufhu there are biu 
 thefe two certain ; the one a fentencc of judic-.tl 
 decifion, given by authority thereto apjiointeil 
 within ourfelvcs ; the otlur, the like kind of 
 fenlence given by a more univcrfal authoriiv. 
 
 2. The collection from propofitlons pic- 
 miled ; the confequence. 
 
 The conclufion of experience, from the tip, 
 nafl to tbc time picfcnl, will not he found .n'! 
 pcrfeifl. Jlticon'i PVm lulth Sf^ai't. 
 
 And marrying divers pi inciples and grounds, 
 Cal of riieir match a true <»«r/«/fOB brings. Daviis. 
 
 <: o N 
 
 "Then doth the wit 
 Build fond mnclufiins on thofe idle grounds ; 
 Then doth it fly the good, and ill putfue. D^vies. 
 
 I only deal l>y rules of art, 
 Such as arc lawful, and judge by 
 Condufir.m of altrology. Uudihra^. 
 
 It is of the nature of principles, to yield a 
 conclufnn different from themfelves. Till'^tjon. 
 
 He granted him bolh the major and the minor ; 
 but denied him the ccnclujion. Addifcn. 
 
 3. The clofe; the lail refult of argumen- 
 tative deduftion. 
 
 Let us hear the concluftan of the whole matter: 
 Fear God, and keep his commandments ; for 
 this is the whole duty of man. Ecda. 
 
 I have been reafoning, and in cancluficn have 
 thought it beft to return to what fortune hath 
 made my home. Sziifr. 
 
 4. The event of experiments ; experi- 
 ment. 
 
 Her phylician tells mc. 
 She has purfued conclufu^m infinite 
 Of eafy ways to die. ShakfpCitTe. 
 
 We praiftife likcwife all conclufiom of grafting 
 and inoculating, as well of wild trees as fruit 
 trees. B-tc^n^i Nciu Arhtnris. 
 
 5. The end; the lafl: part. 
 
 J can fpeak no longer; yet I will drain my- 
 felf to breathe out this one invocation, which 
 (hall be my crjnclufion, Honcl. 
 
 6. In Shaifpeare it feems to lignify filence ; 
 confinement of the thoughts. 
 
 Your wife Oftavia, with her modeft eyes 
 And iViU concluff^n, (hall acquire no honour, 
 Dcrfiuring upon me. Antony ani C/eoj.utra, 
 
 CoNCLu'sivE. adj. [from conclude.] 
 
 1. Declfive ; giving the lafl determination 
 to the opinion. 
 
 The agreeing votes of both houfes were not 
 by any law or reafon conclujive to my 'judgnicnr. 
 
 Kintf Ckiiilii. 
 
 The laft diflate of the underflanding is not 
 always abfolute in itfclf, nor concluj'rve to the 
 will, yet it produces no antecedent nor externiil 
 necelUty. BrarnhalTs Anfivcr to Hohhti. 
 
 They have fecret reafons for what they fccm 
 to do, which, whatever they arc, thcv inuH be 
 equally conclujive for us as they were fjr them. 
 
 Rogei i. 
 
 2. Regularly confequential. 
 
 Thofe that are not men of art, not knowing 
 the true forms ef fyllogifm, c^mnot know whe- 
 ther they -re made in right and conclufive modes 
 and figures- . Locke. 
 
 CoNCLu'sivELY. adv. \ifom conclujive.] 
 Dccifively ; with final determination. 
 
 This 1 fpeak only to defire Eupolis not to 
 fpeak peremptorily, or concluf^vcly, touching the 
 point o! p'.f."bility, till they have heard me de- 
 duce the means of the exc. utiun. Bucon. 
 CoNCLu'sivENESS. n.J. [from conclujive.] 
 Power of delevmining the opinion ; re- 
 gular confequence. 
 
 Confidcration of t'lings to be known, of their 
 fcvtral weights, concluftvenejiy or evidence. Uulc. 
 
 To Conco.\'gi;late. *:'. a. [from con and 
 coagulate.] To curdle or congeal one 
 tKiiig with -anether. 
 
 The iV-line parts of thofe, upon their folution 
 
 by tf.e rain, may work uiv-'^n thofe other fub- 
 
 ftances, formerly concoagulu::dv,\\\\ them- Boyle. 
 
 1'hcy do but coagulate themfelves, wirliout 
 
 csncagulating with them any w.:ter. BoyU. 
 
 CoNCOAGUL a'tion. n. J. [from coticna- 
 gulale.] A coagulation by v.'uich dif- 
 ferent bodies are jo'r,.;d in 0'.t tnafs. 
 
 /oCONCO'CT. v. a. [f«/:r vo, Lat.] 
 
 I. 'I'odigeft by the ftomar! . .0 as to turn 
 food to nutriment. 
 
 The working of purr, iv ^irlnes cometi 
 two or three hours after uic meoicines taken 
 foi that the lfo:r..ich lirlt maketh a proof, wh- 
 tlicr it can conaa them. Ji^JK. 
 
 CON 
 
 AITuredly he was a man of a feeble ftomach, 
 
 unable to concoS} any gieac fortune, proCperous 
 or adverfe. ^, Hiywtird. 
 
 The vital funif^ions arc performed by gener?l 
 and coniiant laws ; the food is con-ocied, the 
 heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs 
 play. CHeyne's Pflilof. Principici. 
 
 The notions and fentiments of others judg* 
 ment, as well as cf our own memory, makej 
 oT?t\ properly : it docs, as it were, cmcoB our 
 intelle(!tual food, and turns it into a part of oor- 
 felves. IVutii on the Mind. 
 
 2. To purify or fubllme by heat ; to 
 heighten to perfection. 
 
 The fmall clofe-lurking miniftcr of fate, 
 Whofc high conco£itd vcnora through the veins 
 A rapid lightning darts. Tliomfon'i Summer. 
 
 3. To ripen. 
 
 The root which continueth ever in the earth, 
 is l^ill conceded by the earth ; and fruits and 
 grains arc half a year in conconingy where-is 
 leaves are out and pcrfeiil in a month. Bacon. 
 CoNCo'cTioN. n.f. [from concoR ] Di- 
 geftion in the ilomach ; niaturr-tion by 
 heat ; the acceleration of any tiling to- 
 ward purity and perfeClion. 
 
 This hard rohing is between concoSfion a-nd a 
 (ir>iple maturation- Bacon's Nut. H^. 
 
 The conflantell notion of concoBion is, that it 
 (liculd (ignify the degrees of alteration of one 
 body into another, fiom crudity to perfeiit cf*n' 
 cc^ion, which is the ultimity of that aiflion or 
 prccefs. Bacon's Njt. HiJI. 
 
 He, though he knew not which foul fpake, 
 Becaufe both meant, both fpake, the fame, 
 
 Might tlicncc a new concoSion take, 
 And part far pui-cr than he came. Do':re, 
 
 Conco'lour. adj. {]fonfo/or, Latin.] Of 
 one colour ; without variety. 
 
 In eMrcAf/r ani'nials, .\nd ftich as are confined 
 unto the fame colour, we meafure not their 
 beauty thereby ; for if a crow or tlaekbird grow 
 white, we account it more pretty. Bro-iun. 
 
 Conco'mitance. 7 n.f. [from concomi- 
 Conco'mitancy. J lor, Lat.] Subfill- 
 ence together with another thing. 
 
 The fccondary aftion fuhfifteth not alone, hut 
 in concomitancy vr'yih the other; fo the noflrils 
 are ufcful for refphation and fmelling, but the 
 principal.ufe is fmelling. Broivn. 
 
 To argue from a coiixmitancy to a caufality, is 
 not i -.falliblv conclufive- GlawLiile. 
 
 CONCO'iMITANT. adj. [concomilans. 
 Lat.] Conjoined with ; concurrent 
 with ; coming and going with, as col- 
 lateral, not caufatlve or confcqufntial. 
 
 The fpirit that fuithcrclh the e.\tenfion or di- 
 latation of bodies, and is ever concomitant with 
 porofiiy and drynels, Bacon^ 
 
 It has pleafed our wife Creator to annex to 
 feveral ohjefts, as alfo to fcveral of our thoughts, 
 ^concomitant plcafuic; and I oat in feveral objects, 
 to feveral degrees. Lode, 
 
 Coxco'mitant. n.f. Compa:ilon ; per- 
 fon or thing collaterally conn?6icd. 
 
 Thefe eft'eflsare, fiom the local motion of the 
 air, a concomitant of the found, and not from the 
 found- Bacon. 
 
 He made him the Mef concojiitant of his heir 
 appaient and only fon, in a journey of much 
 adventure. tf'otto':. 
 
 In confumptions, the p'etematural concomitants 
 an univerfai heat of the body, a torminous diar- 
 rhoea, and hot diftiUations, h?.ve all a corrofive 
 
 quality- 
 
 Barvt'V on Conjumpttons. 
 
 Tl'.c other concomitant of iiigraritude is h.'>.rd- 
 heartec'ncfs, or want of compaflion. Soutfi. 
 
 Honour fi.ilks around, 
 Wild ftaripg, and his fad con.imitant 
 Difpair, ofabjcfllTOk. Philips. 
 
 Reproach is a concomitant t;) ^reatnefs, as fa- 
 tires and iinedlives were an eirciitial part of a 
 Roman triumph. Addifcn,
 
 CON 
 
 A.nd for tobncco, who could be^r it .' 
 Fiilliy concbmilJnt of cl.lixt! Pri'ir. 
 
 VVhcit aiucrcdcnts, conccmi/it'tti and conk- 
 qiiciiti, ciiufcs and cftcfts, llgns ;ind tlnn^s hg- 
 nificd, fubjcifts and adjuniit>, arc ni.ccll.uily 
 c-inncdtcd with each other, wc may infer. IVutii. 
 
 Concomitantly, adv. [from concomi- 
 tant.] In cjmpany with others. D'lit. 
 
 !7o Covco'mit ATE. V. a. ^concomihitiis, 
 Lat.] To be collaterally connedcd 
 with any thing ; to come and go with 
 another ; to attend ; to accump.iiiy. 
 
 This finijile bloody Ipcctation of ihe Inngi, is 
 differenced from that wliich ctniomitaus a 
 plcuril'y. IlaitJty on C'^iijutn^tio/a. 
 
 CO'NCORD. n./. [Concordia, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Agreement between perfoas or things ; 
 fultablcnefs of one to anothei ; peace j 
 union ; mutual kindnefs. 
 
 Had I power, I (hoald 
 Pour the fweet milk ui c-:nc'jrU iiUu hi. II, 
 Upiuai r'lic univciUl pence. Shukfpeare. 
 
 What contaiU hath Chrill with Belial ? 2 ( or. 
 One Ihall rife 
 Of proud ambitiuus hearr, who not content 
 With fair equality, fraternal ftatc, 
 Will arrogate duiniiiiun undcfciv'd 
 Over his brethren, and quite dUpoflcfs 
 Cq/jlokJ And law of nature from the earth. Mi/t. 
 
 Unfat'e within the wind 
 Of fuch commurion ; fuch as, to fct forth 
 Great things by fmall, if, nature's (.-0:7. cr*/ broke, 
 Among the conltellations war were fprung. MUt^ 
 Kind ccncorjy heavenly born I whole bliffful 
 reign 
 Holds tUib vail globe in one furrounding chain ; 
 Soul of the world ! 'fickti. 
 
 2. A compact. 
 
 It appcarctii by the c':''rc':r{! made between 
 Henry and Roderick, the Irith king. DavUi 
 
 3. Harmony ; confent of founds. 
 
 The man who hath not mu'ick in himfelf, 
 No! is not mov'd with onccrii of fwect founds, 
 Is rti for trcalons. Sh.dfpeut:. 
 
 4. Principal grammatical relation of one 
 word to another, dillinCt troiu regimen. 
 
 H.IVC tholo who h.tve wiic about declenfKips, 
 ton^'ihj and fyntaxcs, lott their labour r Ljuke. 
 
 Conco'rdance. n. f^\concordantia^ Lat. 3 
 
 1. Atrreement. 
 
 2. A book which fhows in how many texts 
 of fcripturc any word occurs. 
 
 I (hall takir it for an opportuiiitv to lell you, 
 
 U(jw you are 10 rule the city out of a ancof dance . 
 
 South''^ Senn'jniy Dtdicathn. 
 
 Some of you liun over a cziico'dancr, and 
 there, having the principal word, introduce as 
 milth of the verfe as will ferve your turn. Siv-ft. 
 
 An old ^^'h.^ir.i,i'iC£ Lound Jong fince. Swi'f:. 
 
 l, A concord in grammar; one of the 
 lliree chief relations in fpeech. It is not 
 now in nfc in this fcnfe. 
 
 Alter the three cbnconlufic^s learned, let the 
 mallei read unto him the cpilVles of Cicero. 
 
 ■ ^Jchum. 
 Con'co'rd AN'T. adu \_c one or {Jans, Lat,] 
 Agreeable ; agreeing ; corj-elpondcnt ; 
 harmonious. 
 
 Were every one employed in points corcorJujit 
 U# their nacuiis, piuftifious, and arts, conimon- 
 Wfalths would rile up of thcmfelves. Bk^iu^ 
 
 Covco'rdate. n. f. [concordafy Fr. con- 
 cordaluniy Latin.] A compact ; a con- 
 venllon. 
 
 Huw ^omes h? to number the want of fynodi 
 in the G;.Ilican church among the grievances of 
 that onccrdare, and as a mark of their fiavcry, 
 fii\ce he reckons all convocation? of the clergy 
 in Eng'and to be ufeieft and dangerous -* i'-wZ/r 
 CoNCORPOR AL, adj, [from eoncorporc. 
 Vol.. I. 
 
 CON 
 
 I,at. to incorporate.] Of tl\c fame 
 body. DicL 
 
 To Con CORPORATE. V. a. [from con and 
 corpus.] To unite in one ma(s or fub- 
 llance. 
 
 When wc coiror^tointe tlic fign with the figni- 
 ficau'jn, wc conjoin, the word with the ipirit, 
 
 Tu) hr. 
 
 7& Conco'rpok ATE. ij. «. [coTi and cor- 
 pus.] To unite into one body. 
 
 Thus wc chaitilc the god of wine 
 With watci that is fcminuit-. 
 Until the cooler nymph abate 
 His wiath, and fo lo/uotporau. C/favdanJ. 
 
 CoXCokpora'tion. n.f, ["frotii concor- 
 porate.^ Union iu one mais ; intimate 
 mixture. D'lH. 
 
 Concourse. n,f, [concur/us, Latin.] 
 
 1. The confluence of many perfons or 
 things to one place. 
 
 Do all the nightly guards, 
 The city's watches, with the pcopleS fears, 
 The concdutjf of all good men, iirikc thee nothing ) 
 
 Hf.'t Jonjtn. 
 Th*" coalition of the good frame of the uiii- 
 vcrle w.ts not the pioduct oi chance, or fortui- 
 tous ccncoufjf of particles ot matter. HaU. 
 
 \'ain is his force, and vainer is his (kill, 
 Witn luch a ctituoufft comes the Hood K}i ill. 
 
 M>iyJe/t'i Fable i. 
 
 2. The perfons aflembletl. 
 
 The prince with wonder iiears, from ev'ry part. 
 The noife and bufy concouije of the m.irt. Dryd. 
 
 3. The point of junction or interfc<5lIon of 
 two bodies. 
 
 So foon as the upper glafs is l.iid upon the 
 lower, fo as to toucli it at one end, and to touch 
 tne drop at the other end, making with the 
 lower glafs an angle of aljout ten or fifteen mi- 
 nutes ; the drop will begin to move towaids the 
 ancou'fe of the glalTes, and will continue to move 
 with an accelerated motion, till it arrives at that 
 cmiourji of the glalTes. Ncivt'jn. 
 
 Concrema'tion. n. f. [from concremo, 
 Lat. to burn together.] The atfl of 
 burning many things together. D'tcf. 
 
 Co'ncrem EN'T. n. J. [from covcrefco, 
 Lat.] The mafs formed by concretion ; 
 a collt£lion of matter growing together. 
 
 Tlicre is riic concl'.an of the marrcr into a more 
 loole conliilency, like clay, and thereby it is 
 prepaied to tlitf conctcmerit of a ]>ebblc or flint. 
 
 Hale'i Origin cf Muniind. 
 
 CoNCRt'scKNCE. «. J] [fi'om concrt'fcoy 
 Lat.] The acfl or quality of growing 
 by the union of feparate p:u'ticlcs. 
 
 Seeing it is neither a fubflance pcrfcif^, nor 
 inchoate, how any other fubllance Ihould thence 
 take tO'.tVfyr.'Wft-, hath not been taught. Raleigh. 
 
 To CONCRETE, v. h. {concrefco.l.^X.] 
 To coalcfce into one mafs ; to grow by 
 tlie union and cohcfion of parts. 
 
 The rnincial or metallick m-itCcr, thus con- 
 c'ctinz with th.e cryllalline, is equally diffofcd 
 tliroughout the i)(idy of it. • IJuodivard. 
 
 When any falinc liquor is evaporated to a 
 cuticle, and kt cool, the fait co/jcrerei in rcgul.ir 
 figures; whicti ifl-gues tliat the particles of the 
 fall, before they eencreted, flo^.tcd in the liquor 
 at equ.il riiliances, in rank and file. Nf-.i-f^.Tt. 
 
 Th? blood of fome who died of the plague 
 could nut be ni;*do to a,f:crtTey by reafop of the 
 pjtrefa^ion begun. yi:f>uthn<,t. 
 
 To CoxcRFTE. 'V, a. To form by con- 
 cretion ; to form by the coalition of 
 fcattcred particles. 
 
 That thi.'ie are in our inferiour world divers 
 bodies, cIklI arc iOn*; ?/*■:.' out of others, is beyond 
 ;i:l difpufC ; wc ice it i:i the meteors, Ualc. 
 
 CON 
 
 Co'n'Crftf. adj. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. I'unned by concretion; formed t>y 
 
 CO ilitiou of feparate particles into one 
 
 m fs. 
 The firft concrete flatc, or confiftent furfare, 
 
 of the chaos, mull be of the fam^: hgurc Ji the hiiV 
 
 liquid llait-. Burrat. 
 
 2. [In loglck,] Notabftraft: applied to - 
 a fubjcct. 
 
 A kind oi mutual commutation there ifc, 
 whereby thofe ronrrete names, God and man, 
 when we fpe^ik of Chrift, do take intcichaiTEe- 
 ably one another's loom ; fo that, for truth of" 
 fpeech, it Ikdleth not whether wf lay thai the 
 Ion of God hath created the world, and the fon 
 of man by his death halh laved it; or elfc that 
 the fon of man did create, and the fon iSi God 
 died to lave, the world. JJ'^lcr, 
 
 Co/trrtte teims, whde they exprefs the quality, 
 do alfo either cxprela, or imply, or refer lo- 
 fome lubjedl to which it belong*; as white, 
 lound, long, broad, wU'e, mortal, living, dead; 
 but ihefe are not .dways noun adje^ives in a 
 grammatical lenfc ; for a knave, a faoi, a phi- 
 I^l'ophcr, and many otiicr ccncieies, are fublian- 
 tivcs, as well as fcnaviry, folly, and philofophy, 
 which are tiie ablliadl terms that belong to 
 tht-m. iVtitti* Logr'cik, 
 
 Co'ncrete, /j.yl A mafs formed by con- 
 cretion ; or, unicn of vaiious pai ts ad- 
 hering to each other. 
 
 If gold itfelf be admitted, as it mufl be, fo 
 a poious cofirrfti-f the pri^portion of void to body, 
 in the texture of common air, will be fo much 
 the greater. Bent/ry'i Sefmors, 
 
 Concre'tely. adv. [from concrcU.] In 
 a manner including the fubject with the 
 predicate ; not abltiaClly. 
 
 Sin, confidered not abfiracledly for the mere 
 aift of obliquity, but comaetfly, with fuch a fpe- 
 cial depcndance of it upon me will as Icrves to 
 render the agent guiiry. Norrh. 
 
 Concre'tlness. «. y". [from ccn:rct{;.] 
 Coagulation ; collection of fluids i;:to a 
 folid mafs. Dkf. 
 
 Concre'tjon. n.f. [from cortcrete.'\ 
 
 1. The adl of concreting; coaliiion. 
 
 2. The mafs formed by a coalition of fe- 
 parate particles. 
 
 Soii'.c pl.Tutb, upon the top of the fca, .ire iu^' 
 pjled to g^ow of fome c.ncr^twn 6f ii^mc fion\ 
 the water, wheic the fca Itineth littlc. B::c.7t, 
 
 Heat, ni general, doth not refolve and attenu- 
 ate the juices of a human bony; for too great 
 heat will produce concrcliorts. ^rhurh'tjtf 
 
 Co'xcR ETi V E. adj, [from concrete, J 
 Having the power to produce concre- 
 tions ; coagulatlve. 
 
 When wood and other bodies petrify, wc do 
 not afcribe their induration to cold, but unto fa- 
 linous fpirit, or concretiTe juices.' Broivn, 
 
 Concre'ture. n.Jl [dom coucrste.] A 
 
 mafs formed by coagulation. 
 CoNCu'binage. n. f, \^concuhiragCy Fr, 
 concuhhiatusy Lat.] The adl of liviijg 
 with a woman not marriej. 
 
 Adultery was puniOicd-tt-ith death by the an- 
 cicnt heathens; ccinc;.i>:nage was pcrniitte4. 
 
 Uroyne. 
 CO'NCUBINE. n./. [conculina, Lat.] 
 A woman kept In fornication ; a vvh^re ; 
 & drumpet. 
 
 I know I am too mean to be y.nir qucc!^, 
 And yet too gi»od to be vour cotct./'ire. Sh,d-fp. 
 Wiicn his gieatf friend w»s luitor to him to 
 pardon an oticndcr, he <ienieii him: afterwr,>ds, 
 when a ccvadine of his m.ide the fame fuit, he 
 granted it to ntr ; uud'faid, Suchfuils were to he 
 gcautcd '.o whores. B.2:on. 
 
 3 ^
 
 CON 
 
 CON 
 
 He cauftd him to pair.l one of his ccncilirti!, 
 Camiafpe, who iud the gicatcft (hare in his aJ- 
 ica.oo. - Vnd'n. 
 
 , The wife, though a bright goddefs, thus £ives 
 
 P's" r. -It 
 
 To mortal roic,.J;V.-i of frefii embrace. Grarr.nU. 
 
 To CONCU'LCATE. -v. a. Iconculco, 
 
 Latin.] To tread, or trample, under 
 
 foot. . P'^'- 
 
 CoNCULCATioy. n.f. \caiuukalio, Lat.J 
 
 ■ Trampling with the feet. D'-^- 
 
 Concu'piscence'. n. f. \concupiJccntia, 
 
 Lati'i.] Irregular dcfire ; libidinous 
 
 ■wifli ; luH ; kchery. 
 
 We know even fecret r ;. ' ■" li= "" ) 
 
 and are made fe-ufiil to oScnd, though it be- hut 
 in :i wandering cogitation. Hooker. 
 
 In our faces the evident figns 
 Of foul conaipifcencc ; whence evil ftore, 
 Ev'n (h.ime, the laft of evils. yUhin. 
 
 Nor can thev fay, that the difference of cl;nia:c 
 inclines one natina to micufijcenc-: and fenlual 
 plealurcs, .mother to blood-thirltinefs : it would 
 difcover great ignorance not to know, that a 
 people has been overrun with recently invented 
 :^ii.j_ _ Sentley's Samoi:s. 
 
 CONCUTISCENT. adi. [concuj^ijhns, 
 Lat.] Libidinous; lecherous. 
 
 He would not, but by gilt of my chafte body 
 To his conaipifccnt fntempcrate luft, 
 Rcleafe my brother ! SUifpcare. 
 
 Concupisce'ntial. adj. [from concu- 
 pifcsiU.'] Relating to concupifceiice. Dia. 
 CoNCUPi'sciBLE. adj. IconcupifcMu, 
 Lat.] Imprefiing defire ; eager ; de- 
 firous ; incliuing to the purfuit or at- 
 tainment of any thing. 
 
 The fchools reduce all the paffians to thefe two 
 heads, the cor.c.-.pifaOle and irafciblc appetite. 
 
 South'i Sirmins. 
 
 To CONCU'R. f. n. [concvrro, Lat.] 
 
 1. To meet in one point. 
 
 Though rcfoii favour them, yet fenfe can 
 hiHdlv allow them J and, to fatisfy, boilv thefe 
 muf.'.v-«^. _ ^. ^""f''- 
 
 2. To agree; to join in one aaion, or 
 
 opinion. 
 
 Atis which (hall be done by the greater part 
 
 •f mv executors, (hall be as valid and etk-aual 
 
 as if all ray executors had concurrc.i in tl>e fanie. 
 
 Swift's Lnji IJ'dl. 
 
 3. It has w'l'.h iDefore the perfon with 
 whom one agrees. . 
 
 It is not evil nmply to nncur luuh the nea- 
 thens, either in opinion or aclion ; and that con- 
 formity with them is only Chen a difgracc, w..en 
 we follow them in that they do amifs, or gene- 
 rally in that they do without rtafon. _ Ho'.Ker. 
 
 4. It hao /o before the effcd to which one 
 contributes. 
 
 Theh- affcaioBS were known to ccncr to t.ie 
 Bioft defpeiate counfels. CUrtndon. 
 
 Extremes in nature equal good produce, . 
 
 Extremes in man amur 10 gcnc.al ufc. _ Fofe. 
 
 r. To be united with ; to be conjoined. 
 
 ■^ To have aiv orthodox belief, and a true pro- 
 
 fe(non, conctrrlng, with a batl life, is only to deny 
 
 Chrift with a grc.ter fokmnity. Soul;. 
 
 Tellimoriy is the argument: and, if tair pio- 
 Inbilities of reafo.i c,„cur with it, this argument 
 hath all the fliength it can have. liUotjo,,. 
 
 6. To contribute to one common event 
 
 with joint power. 
 When outwaid caufes cmrur, the idl- nre 
 
 I'ocnclf feized by this infeaion. U.hr:. 
 
 Ccscu'rrence. 7 ^ J- [from concur.] 
 Concu'rrency. 3 
 1 Union; affociation ; conjundion. 
 
 We have no other mcafure hut our own ideas, 
 
 with the nn-.:.irincc of Other probable rcafons, to 
 
 jfifoadc us. i.<i- '• 
 
 2. Agreement; aft of joining in any de- 
 fign, or meafures. 
 
 Their ancurrence in perfu^fion, about feme 
 material points belonging to the f.imc' polity, is 
 not ftrange. Hooker, Preface. 
 
 The concurrence of the peers in that fuiy, can . 
 be imputed to the iueveicncc the judges v.ere in. \ 
 
 Cltiieri.kr:. 
 
 Tarquin the proud was expelled by .-.n univer- 
 fal concurrctic! of nobles and people. Swift. 
 
 3. Combination of many agents or circum- 
 ftances. 
 
 Stiuck with thefe greffl concurroiea of things. 
 *■ Crajhaw. 
 
 He views our behaviour in cvtry conairrcnce o( 
 affairs, and fees us engage in all the poflihilities 
 of aaioji. .'UlMJ-.n. 
 
 4. Affifiance ; help. 
 I'lom thefe fuiiiune images we coUcdt the 
 
 grcatnefs of the woik, and the necemry of the 
 1 divine roi-'.vr;<«f; to it. 1^-i^-^'- 
 
 5. Joint right ; equal claim. 
 A bi(!)op might nave officers, if theie was a 
 
 coiicurn-ncy of jurifdiaion between him and the 
 
 archdeacon.. -"y-'l'' 
 
 Concurrent, an^. [from fsnfur.] _ 
 
 [. Adling in conjunflion ; agreeing in the 
 
 fame ad; contributing to the fame 
 
 event ; concomitant in agency. 
 
 I join wiih tliefe Ijwj the pcrfonal prefence of 
 the king's fon, as a concurrent caufe of this re- 
 formation. ZJ<it,'/.'s on he\,ir.:t. 
 Fur, without tlie concurrent confeiit of all tneic 
 thrse parts of the icginatute, no fuch law is or 
 can be made. HiUe. 
 This fole vital faculty is not fufficient to ex- 
 terminate noxious humours to the periplier)', 
 unlefs the animal faculty be concuircnt wiih it, 
 to lupply the fibres with animal fpirits. 'Harvry. 
 
 All comhinM, 
 Your beautv, and my impotence of mind ; 
 And his con.-:irreni flame, that bitw my fire ; 
 For lUU our kindred fouis had one defire. Dry^i^ 
 2. Conjoined; affociate ; concomitant. 
 There is no difference between the conc.-.rreni 
 echo and the iterant, but the quicknefs or flow- 
 nefs of the return. £uc:n. 
 
 Concu'rrent. n.f. [from concur.] That 
 which concurs ; a contributory caufe. 
 
 To all affairs of importance ti.ere are three 
 nccelTaiy ..'o«r«rrcnri, without which they can ne- 
 ver be difpatched; time, induftry, and f.icu'.tics. 
 Dccav of Piety. 
 
 CONCU'SSION. «./. [concitjjlo, Lat.] 
 I. The ad of fhaking ; agitation; tre- 
 mefaction. 
 
 It is believed that great ringing of bells, in 
 populous cities, hath difhpated pcftilent air: 
 which may be from the concuffion of the air. Bacon. 
 
 The Wrong concujfion on tne heaving tide 
 Roird back the velTe! to the ifland's fide. Toft. 
 
 3. The ftate of being (haken. 
 
 There want not in(tances of fuch an univcrfal 
 concuffion of the whole globe, as niu(f needs im- 
 ply an agitation of the whole abyfs. Woodxuani. 
 Co.vcu'ssive. adj. \_cnncuffus , Lat..] Hav- 
 ing the power or quality of ihakmg. 
 To CONDEMN, v. a. Icondcmno, Lat.] 
 
 1. To find guilty; to doom to punifli- 
 ment : contrary to ab/ohe. 
 
 My confciencc hath a thoufand feveral tongues, 
 And ev'ry toncue brings in a fcv'ral tale, 
 And ev'ry tale cond'tnni me foravillam. Sk:ikJ. 
 
 Is he found guilty > 
 
 Yes, truly, is he, inA conjnm'd u^on't. 
 
 Shnhf.Hriry^iu. 
 
 Confidercdasajudgc, it condemns where it 
 
 ought to abfolve, and pronounces abfo_u:ion 
 
 where it ouglit to condemn. ''■' ■'■ 
 
 2. It has to before the pimiHimcDt. 
 
 CON 
 
 Tlie fun of man (hall be betrayed unto.the 
 fcnbcs, and they Ihail con.icmn him to death. 
 
 Mati'.cw. 
 
 5. To cenfuve ; to blame ; to declare cri- 
 min.il : contrary to approve. 
 
 Who then (hall tlamc 
 His pelfcr'd feiifes to recoil and ftart, 
 When all that is within hira does con leinn 
 Itlelf tor being there ? Sliaifpean. 
 
 The poet, who riourilhed in the fcene, is 
 con.iemned in the ruelle. Dry.ien. 
 
 He who was fo unjuft as to do his brother an 
 injury, will fcarce be fo juft as to ccad-jmn him- 
 fclf for it. Locke. 
 
 They who approve my conduft in this particu- 
 lar, are much more numerous than thofe who 
 condemn it. Spedutor.. 
 
 4. To fine. 
 
 And the king of Egypt put him down at Je- 
 rufalcin, and condemnci the land in an hundred 
 tak-ncs of filver. ^ Chronicles. 
 
 5. To llic-.v guilt by contraft. ^ 
 T4.ie rightcousth.it is dead ibA\ condemn the 
 
 ungodly which are living. Wip.om. 
 
 Conde'mn.ible. adj. [from cor.demti.] 
 Blamable ; culpable. 
 
 He commands to deface the print of a cauldron 
 in a(hes; which ftviaiy to obfcrve, weie eon- 
 dcmnalile fuperftition. BrCL-i. 
 
 Condemna'tion. n, f. \^condemnalio, 
 Lat.] The fentence by which anyone 
 is doomed to punithment ; tlie aCl of 
 condemning ; the ftate of being con- 
 demned. 
 
 There is therefore now no condemnation to 
 tiicm. • Romans. 
 
 Co N D e' M N A T o R y . adj. [ from condemn . ] 
 Faffing a fentence of condemnation, or 
 of cenfuie. 
 
 He that paiTes the firlf eondemnjtory fentence> 
 is like the incerdia!7 in a popuU.r tiimult, who 
 is chargeable with all thofe dilordeis to which he 
 ga.,,c 1 ife. Go^'crnment of tlie Tongue. 
 
 Con'De'mner. v.f. [from condemn.] A 
 blaraer ; a cenfurer ; a ceiifor. 
 
 Some few are the only rcfufcrs and condemners 
 of this catholick praflice. Taylor't H'lnhy Com. 
 Conde'nsable. adj. [from condenfate.] 
 Capable of coudenfation;- that can be 
 drawn or compreffed into a narrower 
 compafs. 
 
 This agent niccts with rcfiftance in the move- 
 able ; and not being in the uIohjU extrt-mity of 
 dehfity, but conJenfakle yet further, every refift- 
 ance works fomelhiiig upon the mover to con- 
 deiife it. D.g/>y on the Soul. 
 
 To Conde'nsatE. ^'. a. [corideii/o, Lat.] 
 
 To condenfe ; to inake thicker. 
 ToConde'n^ate. v. n. To grow thicker. 
 Con de'n SATE. adj. \cotidetifaius, Lat.J 
 Made thick; condenfed; compreffed 
 
 into lefs fpac^ 
 
 Water by nat\:re is while ; yea, thickened or 
 
 cwUnf.itc, molt white, as it appearetti by the 
 
 hail and fnow. Yciclmm. 
 
 Condeksa'tion. n.f. [(rorr. conduifate.] 
 The ad of thickening any body, or 
 making it more grcfs and weighty : op- 
 pofite to rarefadion. 
 
 If by natural arguments it may be proved/ 
 that water, by condenfatior., may become earth j 
 the fame rcafon teacheth, that earth, rarefied, 
 may become water. Ra'cigk. 
 
 ■ By watcr-glalfcs the account was not regular ; 
 for, from attenu:ition an<'. -ondcnfotion, the hours 
 weie (liortcr in hut weather ihan in cold. B'O^in- 
 
 The fnpply of its moifturc is by rains and 
 fnuw, and dews and coiidenfrtion of vapours, 
 and Dcrhnps by fubterrancous pafTiigcs. B«ntliy.
 
 CON 
 
 ii CONDENSE, -u. a. [c-jnihn/o, Lat.] 
 To mafee any body more thick, clofe, 
 and weijirhty ; to drive or iittract the 
 iparts of aijy body nearer to each other ; 
 to iiifj^iflate : oppofed to rarefy. 
 
 M ji ing ill lo hijii A rjjljerr, he mult needs, as 
 
 the lull, laife many ei«lous cxhnb'.loiis ; wiiicii., 
 
 conJcnft.l by ri [A);>ii;,ir odium, M'trc capable to 
 
 cloud liic bnijluelt merit. King Uiur/ei. 
 
 Some lcad~ tlicir youth abioad, while foroc 
 
 cmJcrlJc 
 
 Thcii liquid lro«, and fomt in cells difpcnfc. 
 
 • , Diyden'i Virgil. 
 
 Such dcnfc and folrd ftrala anclt the va^iouv at 
 
 thj: luiiace of the earth, and colieit and rt«./.-«/i 
 
 .it there. ITo'.dwarJ. 
 
 To Conde'nse. IK n. To grow clofe and 
 ' \veigl)ty ; to withdraw its parts into a 
 narrow cornpal's. 
 
 The HMter falling from tiic upper parts of the 
 
 cave, does prefcntly there, -.mdcnfc into little 
 
 ftones. ;?<,,,/,. 
 
 Ail v.ipoiirs, when they begin to c;n-lr::f( jnd 
 
 . eoalcfcc into fmall parcels, become fnft of th.it 
 
 bigncls wheieDy azure muft be rcflefled, bcfoie 
 
 they can conltitutc other colours. At-cvo.-i 
 
 CoNDE NSE. adj. [from the verb. ] Tiiick ; 
 
 denfe ; condenfated ; clofc ; mafl)- ; 
 
 weighty. 
 
 They colour, (hape, and fizc 
 AlTume, as likes them btlt,.-v/;<.',,^,orrare. Mil:. 
 Ti>ey might be feparated without confociating 
 into the huge mdaijc bodies of planets. Bcntiey. 
 Gonde'nser. n. f. [from condenfc] A 
 ftrong metalhne veflel, wheiein to crowd 
 the air, by means of a fyringe faftened 
 thereto. ^incy. 
 
 Conde'nsity. n. f. [from fo,W«(/*f.] The 
 ftate of being condenfed ; condenfation ; 
 . denfenefs J denfity. 
 Cil'NDERs. n.f. [coniJuire, French.] 
 
 Siich as ftar.d upon high places near the fea 
 coalt, at the time of herriilg filliiiig, to make 
 figns to the filhers which way the (hole paffcth, 
 which m.ay better appear to fuch as ftand upon 
 foine high clilf, hy a kind of blue colour that tlic 
 filh caufcth in the w.iter, than to thofe in the 
 ftiips. Ti:efc be iikewife called /Own, by like- 
 lihood of the French huyer, excl„maie, and 
 balkers. Cowr//. 
 
 To CONDESCE'ND. -u. «. [condefcen- 
 
 drc, Fr. irom. condcfcendo, Latin.] 
 1. To depart from tlie privileges of fupe- 
 riority by a voluntary fubinilTion ; lo 
 fink willingly to equal terms with infe- 
 riours ; to footh by familiarity. 
 
 This method cirries a very humble and an.li- 
 fcemiing air, wlien he that mftrufts feems to It 
 the enquirer. Ifv^ 
 
 2; To confent to do more than mere jiif- 
 tice can require. 
 
 Spain's mighty monarch, 
 In gracious clemency docs comUfren.l, 
 On ihefc conditions, tol.'ccome your friend. Tiry.l. 
 He did nor primarily intend" to appoint this 
 way ; but nn.hfcindcd to it, as accommodate to 
 their prcfent dare. TiL'^^iff-, 
 
 3. To ftoop ; to bend ; to yield ; to fub- 
 mit ; to become fiibjecL 
 
 Can they think me fo broken, fo debas'd. 
 With corporal I'ervituile, that my mind ever 
 Will condffcenj to fuch abfurd commands ■ Milt. 
 
 l^orihall my rcfohitioii 
 Dilarm itfclf, nor «Wfy;«./to paily 
 With f..oli(h hopes. Vad,jm. 
 
 Condesce'n-dexce. «._/ [condtfccndence. 
 Fr.] Voluntary fubmidion to a ftate of 
 equality with inferionrs. 
 Condesce'ndixgly. adv. \fvo\-a conde- 
 
 CON 
 
 fcfnd'mg.'] By way of voluntary humi- 
 liation ; by way of kind coneeHion, 
 
 We c-j-t.'.^f'.t: /t'r^fy made Luther's wjrks um- 
 pires in the controveify. .-tL'triiiry. 
 
 CoNDEscE NsioS. n./. [irom condefceitd.'\ 
 Voluntary humiliation ; dcfccnt irom 
 fuperlority ; voluntary fubmlirion to 
 'equality with inftrioiirs. 
 
 It forbids piide, and ambition, and vain 
 
 glory ; and commands humility, and modert) , 
 
 and cm Icfanjlioi to others. ' 'r.il<iijin 
 
 Couitely and aiidefce.-ijkn is an h.ippy quaiily, 
 
 which never fails to make its way into the good 
 
 opinion, and into the vcrv heart; and allays the 
 
 envy which always attends a higii i\..\Mn.J'Ulerb. 
 
 Raphael, amidrt his tenderiiifs, (hews fuch a 
 
 dignity and coiu'.rjirnjhn in all his behaviour, as 
 
 arc fuitable to a fupcriour nature. MJifiii. 
 
 Condesce'nsive. adj. [h-am coudefcaid. ] 
 
 Courteous ; willing to treat with infc- 
 
 i riours on equal terms ; not haughty ; 
 
 not arrogant. 
 CONDIGN, adf. [condlsnus, Latin.] 
 Worthy of a perfon ; fuitable ; deferv- 
 ed ; merited: it is ahvaysufed of fome- 
 thing defervcd by crimes. 
 
 Unlefs it were a bloody murthcrer, 
 
 I never gave them ct,ndign pnnilhment. Sliakf. 
 
 C.iifidcr who is your friend, he that would 
 
 have brougiit him to c.n.iign punilhmcnt, or he 
 
 that has faved him. .■hbmhr.it. 
 
 Condi'gness. n./. [from foW/Vn.j Sint- 
 
 ablenefs ; agreeablenefs to deferts. Dla. 
 
 CoNDiGNLY. adv. [from condign.'] De- 
 
 fervedly; according to merit. Did. 
 
 Co'ndiment. n. f. \_condimenttim, Lat.] 
 
 Seafoning ; fauce ; that which excites 
 
 the appetite by a pungent tafte. 
 
 As lor radifli and tiie like, they are for mr.di- 
 
 mriits, and nor for nourifhment. " Bacon. 
 
 Many tilings are fwallowed bvanimals rather 
 
 for condiment, gult, or medicament, than any 
 
 fubliuntial nutriment. Brown. 
 
 CoNDisci'pLE. /;./ [condifcibtdus, 'L^t.^ 
 
 A fchool-fellow. 
 To CONDITE. V. a. [condlo, Lat.] To 
 pickle ; to preferve by falts or aroma- 
 tieki. 
 
 Much after the fame manner as the fugar doth, 
 in the coi:dit:T7g ui ptAti, quinces, and the like. 
 
 Gicxu's Mujaam. 
 
 The moft innocent of them are but like condited 
 
 or pickled nnithrooms, which, carefully cor- 
 
 rcflcd, may be harmkfs, but can never do 
 
 guoti. T,iylo,'i Ri,!-: of Living llo/y. 
 
 Co'nditement. n.f. [from rondile.] A 
 comp'ilition of coufervLs, powders, and 
 fpiccs, iniheform ofaneleftuary. Diff. 
 
 CONDITION. «./ [conddkn, French, 
 conditio, Lat.] 
 
 1. Quality; that by which anything is 
 denomiii;ited good or bad. 
 
 A rag?, whofe heat hath this cotdit.'on, 
 Thatnotliingcaii allay, nothing but blood. S'ul-f. 
 
 2. Attribute; accident; property. 
 
 The king is but a man: the \ iolct fmclls, the 
 clenvni fhews to h.im as to me : all his fcnfes 
 have but human condiiions. S'tatfpunrc. 
 
 Jt fcemed to us a condition and property of 
 Divine lowers and Beings, to be hidden and nn- 
 feen to others. Bacon. 
 
 They will be able to conferve tlieir properties 
 unchanged in pafling through fcvcral mediums ; 
 which is another condition of the rays of ligiit. 
 
 Ncivton's Ojiticks. 
 
 3. Natural quality of the mind; temper; 
 ternperainent ; complexion. 
 
 The child t.iketh mod. of his nature of the 
 mother, bcfides fpeech, manners, and iiiciina- 
 
 CON 
 
 tion, which arc agreeable to the ctnJitioni of tlieir 
 mothers. Sprnjir on htlond. 
 
 The beft and foundcft of his time hath been but 
 ralli : now muft we look, fruin his age, to re- 
 ceive not alone the imperfctlions of long en- 
 grafted condiiions, bur tiic unruly wayw.mlncfs 
 that infirm and cllolerick years bring wiili 
 them. S'::iijfcarc. 
 
 4. Moral quality ; virtue or vice. 
 
 Jupiter is hot and modi-, temperate, modefl, 
 honelt, adventurous, liberal, merciful, loving, 
 and faithful ; that is, giving thefc inclinations: 
 and therefore ihofc anvient kings, beautified w iili 
 thefc conditions, might be called thereafter Ju-^ 
 piter. Riihigk'i Uijl. of ihi U'o'lJ. 
 
 Socrates cfjioufcd Xaiitippc only for her ex- 
 treme ill conditions, above all of that lex. S'.utk. 
 
 5. State ; external circumllances. 
 
 To us all, 
 That feel the bruifcs of the days before. 
 And iutfer the condition of thefc timet 
 To lay an heavy airtf unequal hand 
 Upon our iiuniours. Shtkfft.ve. 
 
 It \ras not agreeable unto the condition of Pa- 
 ladife, and ftate of innocence. Bro'Mn. 
 
 EiHmatc the gieatnels of this mercy by the. 
 condition it linds the fiitner in, when God vouch- 
 fafcs it to them. Soath. 
 
 Did we pcrfeilly know the ftate of our own 
 condition, and what w.is moft pioper for us, wc 
 might have icalon to conclude our prayers not 
 heard, if not aniwercd. /^'iiff. 
 
 Tins is a principle adapted to every paffioii 
 and faculty of our nature, to every ftate and 
 condition of our life. Rcgcn. 
 
 Some defponding people take the kingdont 
 to be in no condition of encouiaging fo numerous 
 a breed of beggars. Siiiift. 
 
 Condition, circumftance, is not the thing; 
 Elifs is the fame in fubjcfl. as in king. Pofe. 
 
 6. Rank. 
 
 r am, in my condition, 
 Apiince, Miranda. Shakf. TmfefS. 
 
 The king hiraf-lf met with many entertain- 
 ments, at the cha.gc of particular men, which 
 had been rarely praaifed till then by the perfons 
 of t!ie beft r.ndition. Clarcndoii. 
 
 7. Stipulation; terms of compaft. 
 
 Condition ! 
 Wliat caitdilion can a treaty find 
 r th' part that is at mercy .' Sin.f-fpc^rc, 
 
 I yield upon conditions. — We give none 
 Totiaitors: flrikc him down. Bcnjonfon. 
 
 He could no: defend it above ten days, and 
 muft then fubmii to the worft conditions the re- 
 bels were like to grant to his perfon, and to hi» 
 '■•^''S'""- Clarendon. 
 
 M.iny are apt to believe remiflion of fins, but 
 they believe it without the condition of repentance. 
 
 T-i. f I I. . Tuyhr. 
 
 1 hole baih rous pirates willingly receive 
 Con.iiiions, fuch is wc are pleas'd to give. SV.tlhr. 
 
 Make our conditions with von captive king '. 
 
 Secure me but my lolitary cell ; 
 ^ 'Tis all I .lik him. Drulcn, 
 
 8. The writing in which the terms of 
 agreement arc comprifcd ; compafl • 
 bund. ' 
 ^ Go with me to a notary, feal me there 
 
 Your fingle bond; and in a meiry fporr, 
 If you repay me not on fuch a day, 
 111 fuch a place, fuch fum or fums'as are 
 E,xprers'd in the condition, let the forfeit 
 Benominated. «.:///v«... 
 
 lo Condi tion. -v. n. [from the nouii.l 
 To make terms ; to ftipulate. 
 
 It was con.ilii'.Ticd between Saturn and Titan 
 that Saturn Ihould put to death all his male chil' 
 '^"'''- K-,/c.'gi-s Hifiory 
 
 Small towns, which ftard ftift'till great Ihot 
 Enforce them, by war's law co'idition not. Do:,-^ 
 
 'Tis one thing, I nJiift-CfJhfefs, to condition (^ 
 
 a good oflicc, and anbtiieV thing to do it gratis. ■' 
 
 _, ."■■ . - ... JJRftrjinjrf ■ 
 
 LoxDi TiON.ii.. adj. Ifroxa.condtjion,}.' 
 3 B 2
 
 CON 
 
 1. By way of (lipiilation ; not abroUite ; 
 made with limitations ; granted on par- 
 ticular terms. 
 
 For tnc ulc we have his cxpiefs command- 
 ment, for the cfteit his candilhn.il pruniile; fo 
 that, without obedience to the one, there .s of 
 the other no affiirance. . «««"• 
 
 Many fcnptuies, though as to their formal 
 terms they are abfolute, yefas to tneir lenfc 
 they are cundilimsl. 
 
 This liricl ncccfTity they fimple call ; 
 Another fort there is nnJithn,,!. Drydt^. 
 
 t. [In grammar antl logick.] Expreffing 
 
 fome condition or fuppofuion. 
 CoNDi'TioNAL.n./. [from the adjeftive.] 
 
 A limitation. Not in ufe. 
 
 He f.iid, if he were furc that young man were 
 king Edward's fon, he would never hear arms 
 agamll him. This cafe teems hard, both in re- 
 fpeft of the comiithnal, and in refpctt ot the 
 other woids. Bacon's tJemy ^ii. 
 
 Condition a'lity .«./. [(romccnJilional.] 
 The quality of being conditional ; limi- 
 tation by certain terms. 
 
 And as this clear piopofal of the promifcs may 
 
 infpirit our endeavour, fo is the nnd.n^n^hiy 
 
 raoft efficacious to ncceffitate and engage them. 
 
 Deeply of F:ery. 
 
 CoNDi'tionaLLY. aJv. [from conM- 
 Ihnal.] With certain limitatu-n': ; on 
 particular terms ; on certain Itipula- 
 
 tions. 
 
 I here entail 
 The crown to thee, and to thine heirs foe ever; 
 (:cnJith„a/ly, tl"t here thou take an oath 
 To ceafe this civil war. Shalffmrt. 
 
 A falfc apprchenfion imderftands tnat poU- 
 tivelv, which was but m,Mti<,»ally expreffcd. 
 
 •" iJrOTtvi'j Vul/ar Errours. 
 
 We fee large preferments tendered to him, 
 
 -but condithnrJiy, upon his doing wicked offices : 
 
 conlcience (K-ill he.e, according; to its office, 
 
 interpofe and pvotcft. •^''"'" 
 
 Condi'tionary. adj. [from condltkn.'] 
 
 Stipulated. . 
 
 Would God in mercy difpenfe with it as a 
 tcm,lhnary, yet we could not be happy » ithout 
 U as a natural qualification for heaven. Awjs- 
 roCoNDi'TioNATE. V. a. [from condi- 
 tion.'] To qualify ; to regulate. 
 
 That ivv aritcth but where it may be (lipport- 
 cd we cannot af-cribe rhc fame unto any fcience 
 therein, which fufpends and co,,_ci.t,,,mtcs its 
 eruption. Broken- s1'ulg.u k<r.ur. 
 
 Covni'TioNATE. aiVi. [from the verb. J, 
 EilabHlhed on certain terms or condi- 
 tions. , . , J 
 That which is mittaken to be particular and 
 abfolute, duly underftood, is general, but condi- 
 lioMU ■ and belongs to none who Ihall not per- 
 form the condition. Hamm'.n.l 
 
 Co-ndi'tioned. adj. [from coaditimt.] 
 Having qualities or properties good or 
 
 bad. 
 
 The desreft frii-nd to me, the kindeft man, 
 The belt c-,nd::io,.\!. Shakfpaiu. 
 
 ya CONDO'LE. "U. ». {condoho, \.s.l.] 
 To laiTient with thofe that are in niif- 
 furtune; to exprefs concern for the mife- 
 ries of cjthers. It lias tviih before the 
 ptrfon for whofe misfortune we profcfs 
 Urief. Y- is oppofed to congratulate. 
 
 Vour frTcr.ds would have caute to rejoice, ra- 
 tier thm comlde luiih you. lemfk. 
 
 1 congr.ituUtc with lh« hearts upon this honour 
 djn.- to their king; and muft con '.ole ivith us 
 pi,or rion.Ms, who are rendered incapable of pay- 
 j;,g our refpcfts. M^^t"- 
 
 To CoNQO tE. «. a. To bewail with 
 another. 
 
 CON- 
 
 I come not, Sampfon, to conloli thy chance, ^ 
 As thcfe perhaps ; yet wilh it had not been, 
 Though lor no iricnrily intent. Miltin. 
 
 Why Ihould our poet petition Ifis for her fafe 
 deli\eiy, and afterwards condole her itrifearriage ? 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 CoNfio'LEMENT. n. f. [from condole.] 
 
 Grief; forrow ; mourning. 
 To pcrfeverc 
 
 In obflinate condi/imfnty is a courfe 
 
 Of impious ftubbornncfs, unm.mlv grief. Shakf. 
 Condo'lence. n. /, ^coiulolarice, Fr.] 
 
 The exprcflion of grief for the forrows 
 
 of another ; the civilities and meffages 
 
 of friends upon any lofs or misfortune. 
 Tiie reader will excufc this digrcffion, due by 
 
 way of condolence to my worthy brethren. Arbuth. 
 Condo'ler. n.f. [from condole.] One 
 
 that joins in lamentation for the mif- 
 
 fortuncs of another. 
 Condona'tion. n. f. [rondonatio, Lat.] 
 
 A pardoning ; a forgiving. Difl. 
 
 To CONDU'CE, v. n. [comfuco, Lat.] 
 
 To promote an end ; to contribute ; to 
 
 ferve to fome purpofe : followed by to. 
 
 The boring of holes in that kind of wood, 
 and then l.iying it abro.ad, Icemcth to cand'ace lo 
 make it ftrine. Bucon. 
 
 Tlie means and preparations that may conduce 
 unto the cnterpiizc. Bacon. 
 
 Every man does love or hate things according 
 as he apprehends them to conduce to this end, or 
 to contradia it. Tillotjon. 
 
 They ni.iy conduce to farther difcos cries for 
 completing the theory of light. Ne-wion. 
 
 To Cond'uce. v. a. To conduft ; to ac- 
 company, in order to Ihow the way. 
 In this fenfe I have only found it in the 
 following paffage. 
 
 He was lent to conduce hither the princefs 
 
 Henrietta Ma; ia. JJ'otton. 
 
 CoNDu'ciBi.E. ad/. [conducllUh, Latin.] 
 
 Having the power of conducing ; having 
 
 a tendency to promote or forward : 
 
 with to. 
 
 To both, the medium which is moH propi- 
 tious and conducibUf is air. Barori. 
 
 Thofe motions of generations and corruptions, 
 and of the conducildn thereunto, are wifely and 
 admirably ordered and contemporated by the 
 leiftor of all things. Hale. 
 
 None of thcfe magnetical experiments are fuf- 
 (icient for a perpetual motion, though thofc 
 kind of qu:ilities fccm mort ronducihle unto it. 
 
 IVilkin'.' ^Lithfwatical Magrci. 
 
 Our Saviour hath enjoined us a reafonabic 
 fer^ ice : all his laivs are in thcmfelves conducih/r 
 to the tcmpoial interctt of them that oblerve 
 them. Bent ley. 
 
 CoNDv'ciBLENESS, n.f. [fvom conduci- 
 lle.] The quality of contributing to 
 any en^l. Dili. 
 
 Covdu'cive. ailj. {^rom rondiice.] That 
 may contribute ; having the power of 
 forwarding or promoting : with to. 
 
 .\n aflion, however ccniducrje -to the good of 
 our country, will lie reprefcnted as prejudicial 
 ly it, Addif'jti's Fiee/io/dei . 
 
 Thofc proportions of the good things of this 
 life, which are moll conlirtcnt with the intctelis 
 of the foul, are alio inoli conducive to our prefent 
 tvruity. Rogei^. 
 
 CoNnti'civFNFSs. n.f. \^xom conducive.] 
 The quiility of conducing. 
 
 I mention fome examples of the conducivcnrfi 
 of tlie fmallnefs of a body's parts to its fluidity. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 CO'NDUCT. n.f. [conduit,^ Fr. con and 
 
 dudus. Eat.] 
 I . Management ; economy. 
 
 CON 
 
 Young men, in the conduli and manage of 
 aflions, embrace more than they can hold, Ilir 
 mure than they can quici, and fly to the cnti 
 without confulcration of the means. Bacon. 
 
 Hov/ void of reafoii are our liupes and fears \ 
 What in the condu^ of our life appears 
 So well defign'd, lo lu( kily begun. 
 But when we have our wifti, we wifli undone .' 
 Dryden' s yuvenal. 
 
 2. The aft of leading troops ; tlie duty of 
 a general. 
 
 Conduct of armies is a prince's art. IValicr. 
 
 3. Convoy ; efcort ; guard. 
 
 His majefty 
 Tcnd'ring my perfon's fafety, hath appointed 
 Tnis conduct to convey me to the Tower. Sluiifp. 
 I was afhamcd to alk the king footmen and 
 horfenien, and conduit for fafcguard againft our 
 advcrfaries. 1 Hjdtat, 
 
 4. The adl of convoying or guarding. 
 
 Some three or four of you, 
 Go, gi\e him courteous c.^nduSl to this place. 
 
 Shalif^eare. 
 
 5. A warrant by which a convoy is ap- 
 pointed, or fafety Is aflured. 
 
 6. Exaft behaviour ; regular life. 
 
 Thougli all regard for reputation is not quite 
 laid alide, it is lo low, that veiy few think vir- 
 tue ard conduct of abfolute iieceflity lor prefcrv- 
 ing it. Siuij't. 
 
 To CoNDu'cT. II. a. \j:onduire, French.] 
 
 1. To lead ; to diredt ; to accompany, in 
 order to Ihow the way. 
 
 I flrall ftrait conduit you to a hill fide, wher« 
 I will point you out the right path. Mitton. 
 
 O m-iy thy pow'r, propitious flill to me, 
 ConduB tr.y Heps to find the fatal tree. 
 In this deep foicll I Dryden's JEnciJ, 
 
 2. To uflier, and to attend in civility. 
 
 Prav receive them nobly, and conduit them 
 Into our prefence. Snakjf carets ticnry vlrr. 
 
 Afcanius bids them be conduced in. Dryjcn. 
 
 3. To manage : as, to conduft an aj'air. 
 
 4. To head an array ; to lead and order 
 troops. 
 
 Conducti'tious. adj. \conducitiius, Lat.j 
 Hired ; employed for wages. 
 
 The pertons were neither tiuiJ.Tiies nor per- 
 petual curates, but intireiy conduit itiouij and 
 removable at picafure. AyliJ^r. 
 
 CoNDU CTOR. n.f. [fram eonduH.] 
 
 1. A leader ; one who (hows another the 
 wav by accompanying him. 
 
 Shame of change, and fear of future ill'; 
 And zeal, the blind ecn.iuitor of the will. Dryd. 
 
 2. A chief; a generaL 
 
 Who is c'.-nduiior of his people ? — 
 As 'tis laid, the baltard fon of Glo'litr. Sliaiff. 
 
 3. A manager; a direftor. 
 
 If he did not intireiy projeift the union and 
 regency, none will deny him to have been the 
 ciiicf c5'/./(.**?or in both. Addijon. 
 
 4. An inftrument to put up into the blad- 
 der, to duett the knife in cutting for 
 the ftone. Shiincy.. 
 
 CoNnu'cTREss. n.f. [from ««</!.'iV.] A 
 
 woman that directs ; direifrefs. 
 Co'nduit. n.f. [fo;/fl'»;V, FiLnch.] 
 I. A canal of pipes for the conveyance 
 of waters ; an aqueduft. 
 
 W.itcr, in conduit pipes, can rife no higher 
 Thau the well head from whence it firll doth 
 fpi ing. Vmiiti. 
 
 This face of mine is liid 
 In fap confuming winter's dri77.Icd fnow. 
 And all the conduits of my blood froze up. 
 
 ShnkJ^care. 
 
 God is the fountain of honour ; and the conduit, 
 
 b-y which he conveys it to the fons of men, aie 
 
 virtuous and generous pr4<5fices. Siuii,
 
 CON 
 
 Tl^ff* organs are tlie nerves wlikh arc tlic 
 fUuii! to cuiivcy them from without tu tneii 
 Audience in rlie brain. LoiU. 
 
 Wile n.TtutL- likewifi-, tliey fiippofe, 
 Has drawn two cQ'iMuti ilown our nole. Prior. 
 
 2. The pipe or cock at which water is 
 drawn. 
 
 I cli:in;c .ind cunimand, that the cindiiit run 
 nothntg but cl.irt-t wmc. Shakfpcdte. 
 
 Conduplica'tion. n. f. [^conduplicatlo, 
 Latin.] A doiibliiijr ; a duplicate. 
 
 Cone. n. /. [_>'u»&-. '\'n xutu ^^o-k x^ix^O- 
 in, ^litjlfilc] Afolidbody, of whicli 
 the bale is a circle, and which cuds 
 in a point. 
 
 Coney. See Cony. 
 
 To CONFA'DULATE. v.n. [confabulo, 
 Lat.] To talk ealily or carclclly to- 
 gethi-r ; to chat ; to prattle. 
 
 Confabula'tion r.. f. [confabuhilio, 
 Latin.] Eaf, conveilation ; clieertul 
 and careltfs tai;. 
 
 Confa'dulatory. adj. [from confLihi- 
 late.] Belonging to talk or prattle. 
 
 CoNFARittA'TloN. II. f. [confarrcaUo, 
 Lat. froniy^ir, corn.] The foleniniza- 
 t- )n of mairiuge by eating bread toge- 
 ther. 
 
 By llie ancient laws ofRomuhis, the witt 
 was by conjunttiti^jn joined to the Iui(b.nul. 
 
 ^'J\!ij[Je' i Vitrei get. 
 
 roCO'NFECT. -v. a. {confef:us,l.?^i.] 
 To make up into fweetmeats ; to pre- 
 ferve with fugar. It feems now cor- 
 rupted into covifit. 
 
 Co'nfect. n. f. [from the verb.] A 
 fweetmeat. 
 
 At ("upper eat a pippin roafted, and fwectened 
 with fugar of rofes and can away mijelii. 
 
 Hitivry. 
 
 Confe'ction. «. f. \_conftcfioy Latin. J 
 
 1. A preparation of Fruit, or juice of 
 fruit, with fugar ; a fweetmeat. 
 
 Halt thou not learn'd mc lo prcfcrve? yea fo, 
 That our great Icing hiiiifclf doth woo mc oft 
 For my corifciiions ? Sliakf^c^ite'^ Cymbclinc. 
 
 They have in Torky and the Ealt certain 
 confeliions, which they call (ervets, which an. 
 like to candied conferves, .and are made of fugar 
 
 and lem<jns. B.icon'j Natural Uljimy. 
 
 He faw him devour filh and fieih, (wallow 
 wines and I'pices, conft^ciiom and fiuits ot nuni- 
 beriefs fwects and flavours. j-id-bjjri. 
 
 2. An afTeniblage of different ingredients ; 
 a compofiLion ; a mixture. 
 
 Of belt things then, what woild Ihall yield 
 
 i.niijct}i^jn 
 
 To liken iier? Shakfpc<ire. 
 
 There will be a new cuifi^lon of mould, which 
 
 perhaps will alter the feed. Bnon. 
 
 Confe'ction ARY. ii.f. [from confeilion.] 
 
 One whofe trade is to make fweetmeats. 
 
 Myicif, 
 Who had the world as my coii/c^ionarVf 
 The mouths, the tongues, the eyes, the heaits of 
 
 men 
 At duty, inoie than I could frame employments. 
 
 S/luiflffiire. 
 
 Confe'ctionf.r. n. f. [from co/ifeiliuri ] 
 One whofe trade is to make confcttions 
 or fweetmeats. 
 
 Nature's cGnf.i&ionfrf the bee, 
 Whofe fuckers are moill alchimy, 
 The llill of his rctining mold 
 Miming the garden into gold. Cleavelaml. 
 
 Confe^lifjncrs make much ufc of whites of eggs. 
 
 Bijyle. 
 
 Confe'der ACY. n.f. [confederation, Fr. 
 
 J'tJus, Lat.] A league J acoiitraftby 
 
 CON 
 
 which fcveral perfons or boJics of men 
 engage to fupport each olhcr; union; 
 engagement ; federal compa<5t. 
 
 Wluit cunjcdiTUcy have yuu .vith the traitors ? 
 Sh.!.kfpi-an'i Kinr^ Liur, 
 
 Judas fcnt them to Rumc, to make a le.iijuc 
 of amity .uid cnft^nmy with them. l Mace. 
 
 N'a^il has a whole co'ijeMracy jgaiilil him, 
 and I niLift ciidcav-*Hii' to defend him. Dtjdtn. 
 
 T\y triciutilujis ot the W'oild art: oft 
 Co/jje:' radet in vice, or leagues oIplLafuie. 
 
 An avaricious man in office is in anfederacy 
 with the wiiolc clan of his diftiidl, or dcpcnd- 
 ancc ; whruh, m modem tcn-ns of art, is calUd 
 to live and let live. ' Swift. 
 
 To CONFE'DERATE. v. a. [confcde- 
 rtr, French ] To join in a league ; to 
 unite ; to ally- 
 Tlicy were cr.nftJcrated with Charles's enemy. 
 
 Kfiollci. 
 With thefe the Pieicics them confederate^ 
 And as three headi conjoin in one intent. DunJcL 
 
 '/"c/ Confk'deiiate. v.rj. To league ; to 
 unite in a league. 
 
 By wonU men cohie to know one another's 
 minds ; by thofc they covenant and t-o/^(./:/<j''i'. 
 
 Scut/i. 
 
 It is a ccnfederafrng with him to whom the 
 
 facrificc is offered. ^ttcrhnry. 
 
 CoNf k'derate. adj. [from the verb.] 
 United in a league. 
 
 Fur ihcy h.ive cualulted together with one 
 cjnient ; they are co/^t./^rn/f agaiiill thee. Vfulms. 
 
 All the fwords 
 In Italy, and her confederate arms, 
 Could not have made this peace. S/uiffeare. 
 
 While the mind of man lookcth upon fecund 
 caufes fcattered, it may fometimcs relt in them, 
 and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the 
 Chain of tlicm corfcdtrutc and linked together, it 
 miift need fly tu providence and deity. Bticon, 
 
 Oh r.icc corfrd'iate iniu crimes, that prove 
 Tiiumphyiit o't.r th' eluded lagc of fove ! /'o/r. 
 In a ccrijt dilute war, it ought to be conlideied 
 which party has the decpelt fharc in the quaircl. 
 
 Siuifl. 
 
 Confe'dkrate. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 One who engages to fuppoit another ; 
 an al!y. 
 
 Sirtdmond Courtney, and the haughty prelate, 
 With m.iny m^re confederates ^ arc in arms. 
 
 Shaiffeare's R.', /:.i, ! m. 
 
 We Dill have frefh recruits in ftore, 
 
 If our L-rjHfcderatei can arford us more. Dry:.!. 
 
 CoNFEDER a'tion, //, /. [confeJcrattoti j 
 
 Fr.3 League ; compact of mutuiil 
 
 fupport ; alliance. 
 
 The three princes enter into fome liritil league 
 
 and cofif-dtmtiOH amongrt tncmfelves. Hiiron. 
 
 Nur can thofe corJtderiU.jris or defigns l)e 
 
 durable, when fu'.jedts. make bankrupt 01 rhtir 
 
 allegiarce. ■^■'"^ ^ ^i^i^/a. 
 
 To CONFE'R. t). n. [cotifiroy Lat. con- 
 ferer, Fr. ] To difcourfe with another 
 upon a iiated fubje(5l ; to ventilate any 
 qucilioii by oral dilcunion ; to converie 
 fLlcninly ; to talk gravely together ; to 
 compare fentitncnts. 
 
 You will hear us confer of this, and hy nn 
 
 auricidar affurancc have your falisfadlion. Sf'iukfp. 
 
 ReaHlni; makes a full man, confeientf a 
 
 ready m.:n, and writing an exa(^ ii',.in ; and 
 
 thcicforc, if a man write little, he had need 
 
 have a gicat memory ; if he cotfer little, fe had 
 
 need have a prcfent wit ; and, if lie read little, 
 
 he had need have much cunning, to fcem to 
 
 know that iie doth not. B^u'.m. 
 
 When they had commanded them to go afidc 
 
 out of the council, they co/Jei red among ihein- 
 
 felves. ' ^ '-^^fs. 
 
 He was though: to ccnftr with the loid Cwlc- 
 
 CON 
 
 p#per upon the fuhjcfl j but had fomc parti- 
 tular thoughts, upon which he then unjttr^d 
 with nobody. Clartnjon. 
 
 The chnliian princefs in her tent conferi 
 With lifty of your learn'd philotophers ; 
 Whom with fuch eloquence (he does pcrfuade. 
 That they are captives to her rcafons nude. 
 
 Dry din 'lyr. Lwe. 
 
 To Confer, v. a. 
 
 1. To compare; to examine by compa- 
 rifon widi other things of the fame 
 kind. ^ 
 
 The words in the eighth vcrfc, onferred vi'\K\y 
 the fame words in the twentieth, mike it ma- 
 nifift. R.iliigli. 
 
 If we nnfcr thefe obfervations with others of 
 the like n.ituic, wc may find caufc lo icflify 
 the general opiiuon. S'jylf. 
 
 Pliny conftrring his authors, and comparn g 
 thcii works together, found thofe that went \,-- 
 forc tranleiibed hy thofe that followed. Jimun. 
 
 2. To give ; to beftow : with on before 
 him who reeeives the gift. 
 
 Reli to the limbs, and quiel [ confrr 
 On troubled minds, IValhr, 
 
 The conferring this honour u((,ti him would 
 increafe the credit he had. Ctjrcndi,n. 
 
 Coronation to <i king, conftn no royal autho- 
 rity upon him. Siuik. 
 
 There is not the lejft intimation in fcriptuie 
 of this privilege confer red uftin the Roman churci . 
 
 Tlll'jtfon. 
 
 Thou cwy, )( f/? the benefits, and he rcccnes 
 them : the lirft ptoduto love, and the lail in-- 
 gi^Jtitude. ^ ^ ^'Irluthnot. 
 
 3. To contribute ; to conduce : with to. 
 
 The clofeiiefs and comp.ufluefs of tl.c p.iits 
 reding together, doth much confer to the fttength 
 _of the union. GlanvUle. 
 
 Co'nference. n.f. [corfvence, Fr.]' 
 
 1 . The aift of converliiig on fcrions fub- 
 jeds ; formal difconrfc ; oral difeuflioa 
 of any qiiellion. 
 
 I (hall glow Ikilful in country matters, if I 
 have ofien conference viwh your fcivant. Sidney. 
 
 Sometime they deli\er it, whom piivatcly zeal 
 and piety moveth to be inlhuftors of others by 
 confiiencc; I'umetime of them it is taught, whom 
 the chuich hath c^ill.d tu ilie public, either read- 
 ing thereof, or interpreting. Hccirr. 
 
 What pifTion hangs thefe weights upon my 
 toiigue ! 
 I cannot fpcak to her; yet (be urg'd co'iference. 
 
 S/Ltifprare, 
 
 2. An appointed meeting for difciifllng 
 fonie point by perfonal debate. 
 
 3. Coinparifon ; examination of difFtrent 
 things by comparifon of each with other. 
 
 Our dihgcnce niufr fearch out .ill helps .md 
 furtherances, which fcripturcs, councils, laws 
 and the mutual conference ui :ih men's collefl ions 
 and obfervations, may afford. Hooter. 
 
 The confirencc of thefe two places, containing 
 fo excellent a piece of learning as this, expre(fcd 
 by fo worthy a wit as Tuily's was, niuft needs 
 bring on pk^fure to him that maketh true ac- 
 count of learning. .eifdum's ScioMnafer, 
 
 Confe'rker. n.f. [from confer.] 
 
 r. He that convctfes. 
 
 2. He that bcUows. 
 
 To CONFESS. V. a. [covfejer, French ; 
 confiteor, confffum, Latin. J 
 
 1. To acknowledge a crime; to own a 
 failure. 
 
 He doth in fome foit oonfefs it.- If it be 
 coifijfeJj it i^ not redieffed. S^ulifpeajr. 
 
 Human faults with huni.in grief ic/|^''>/i • 
 'Tis tiiou ait ehang'd. Prior. 
 
 2. It has 0/" before the thing confelfed, 
 when it is tiftd reciproeall)%
 
 CO N 
 
 C.tiifef^ t'r.ce freely of ihy fin ; 
 Vox CD deny each article with oat'i, 
 Cannot remove nor choke :!ie Inong ccnccpiioii. 
 S'tiitfpcarc- s Glhelh. 
 
 3. To difclofe die Hate of the confcience 
 to the prieli, in order to repentance and 
 
 'pardon. - 
 
 If our fin be only againft God, yet to cmfr/s 
 if to liis niiniftcr noay be of ggod ul'c. ,'^;'^^^ 
 
 4. It is ufdd with the reciprocal pronoun, 
 
 Our beautiful vstary took, the opporiuriiy, of 
 '■■/#'••£ /liffi-J to tliis'cclcbratcti fntnfv. -■I'-iJiJ. 
 
 5. 'i'o hear the rtniftnion of r> pctiit'eht, 
 ' as a pried. 
 
 6. To own ; to .i.\.>v, to piokl.;; not to 
 deny. 1 ' ' '' "• 
 
 Wbofopver therefhr^ fliall cvrfefr. nrie before mtn , 
 l-.)m will I i-c-./.y'i alio before Tny Fallvev which 
 is- in heaven; but wbofaevcr (hall deny m^ bc- 
 ; ■ c men, Iv.m willl alio deny before niy Father 
 \v iiich is in heaven. Mutthikv. 
 
 7. To grant ; not to difpnte. - 
 
 If that the king 
 Hnic any way your good defer ts forgot, 
 ^Vhich he onfejjith to be manrfold, 
 He .bids yoy.mmc your griefs. ShaLjjicayc. 
 
 They may 'have a xle.nr view of good, great 
 .Tnd fw/r^i/good, without being concefncd, if 
 : cy can make up their happineii, without it, 
 
 hacks. 
 
 S. Tofliow; topi;ove; to attell. 
 
 Tall tl-.riving trees onjifi'd the fruitful mold; 
 
 , The rcdci'ning^ apple ripens here Xij gold.- Ft^ye. 
 
 9. It is ul'ed in a loofe and unimportant 
 
 fcnfe, by way of introdudlion, or as an 
 
 afRrmative form of Ipeech. 
 
 I mtifl nnfcfi 1 was m.jlf pleafed with a beau- 
 tiful piofpcii, that none of them have mentioned. 
 ji'iddif'jii on It Ay. 
 
 To Conte'ss. v. n. To make confefiion ; 
 
 to difclofe ; to reveal ; as, he is gone to 
 
 the l<riejl to confefs. 
 Confe'ssedly. adv. [from co!ifsJfi:t!.'\ 
 
 Avowedly ; indlfputably ; undeniably. ■ 
 Labour is anjcjjidly a great part of the curfe, 
 
 and therefore no wonder if men fly from it. Si^utk. 
 Great geniufes, like great minifters, though 
 
 they are confcjfed^y the firii in the commonwealth 
 
 of letters, mult be envied and calumniated. I'cpe. 
 Confe'ssion. n.f. \_hom. confifs.'] 
 
 1. The acknowledgment of a crime ; the 
 dlfcovery of one's own guilt. 
 
 Your engaging me firll in this adventure of 
 the Moxa, and defiring the (lory of it from me, 
 is like giving one the torture, and then alking his 
 c-i}'J:-Jfianj which is hard ufage. Ttinplc. 
 
 2. The aft of dilhiirdening the confcience 
 to a prieft. 
 
 You will have little opportunity to praiflifc 
 fuch a c'^njejfion^ and flrould therefore ftip;)ly the 
 "want of it by a due performance of it to God. 
 
 I'Vtike' i Prtparationf'-jr Death. 
 
 3. Proftffion ; avowal. 
 
 Who, before Pontius Pilate, witncflcd a good 
 onfiffmn? I Thn. 
 
 If there be one amongft the fair'ft of Greece, 
 That loves his miftrefs more than in cunfcffionj 
 And dare avow her beauty and her worth 
 In other arqis than hers j to .Kim this challenge. 
 
 Sh,dfpitj)e. 
 4.. A formulary in which the articles of 
 
 faith are comprifed. 
 Confe'ssion.il. n. f. [Fr.] The feat 
 or box In which the confeflbr fits to 
 hear the declarations of his penitents. 
 
 In one of the churches I faw a pulpit and 
 coi/JcJJknal, very finely inlaid with lapis- la.-.iiH. 
 
 , --V^A/Z/Tw oti tialw 
 
 CoKrE'ssioN.vpY. r.. f. \jconfe/fi'mqire, 
 -7 ->' '' ■ • 
 
 CON 
 
 French.] The confeflion-clulr or feat, 
 wlicre the priefc fits to liear confcfTiohs. 
 
 Did. 
 Confe'ssor. n.f. [confcjjeur) FrencJ).] 
 
 1. One who makes proScfGon ot his f.iifh 
 in the face of danger. He who dies 
 for religion, is a martyr ; he who fuf 
 
 '.fer§,for it, is aconfeflor. 
 
 "Th'e dyflrine in' the thitty-nhie article's is fo 
 orlhudo.\Iy fettled, as' caniioche'(jue|^ioiicd with- 
 out dangef to 6111 rd"g:on, which haViibjen fealed 
 witli .the blooti of fo manv r.;ai:yrs ^m\ .a'lfijfo} s 
 
 V:.'iieri. 
 ..',11, if 
 
 ' ,- , ■■ ; - ■ - , :-gfi"'- 
 
 i he patience 3nd..(«i:iH;.iij:.of.a rjW) t^r. y.r ton-: 
 
 ; Vif fiq cofcc*r^?d -in rr '.-^'HTri^ing -rinte/s o^ 
 
 C'-Vl^ianitv ■ '■ '■r^i ipcflaf&r. 
 
 it was r un.tiiat g^ve 
 
 p.lti(^gc,«-.t.o .L.J.: -'^'J jj'.' I .'■'■ o '^ijuiii^- to the mar- 
 
 ' tyr. " Kogtrs. 
 
 2. He that hears€onfefl"ion?,andprefcvibes 
 rules andm«iliii*csi.of^ pemtcticc. 
 
 . , I ' . •'. !> 1 .'. . Scejuac Ciaudio " 
 Be e.^icciited by nine to-nio\fo,«f m'i^rnipg " 
 Bring, hii^i,nis.,s^'^_^/^>i, lRt,);.ii« be prcp;;r'i! ; 
 Fur that's tpc.uioioil.Qf his, pilgrimage. , iikakf. 
 y If you tind any (in thar lies heavy upon you, 
 di(burthj:ij,.yo(iil'el^.of it into tlie hofonv, of your 
 ic'frfir, wio llands between Gotj and^ you to 
 pray for you., - -. ■ Tay/cr. 
 
 Oiie huilt be trullcdj ar.d he 'iiougrit 'her ht. 
 As pairing prudent, and ipariou's wit :*■''• 
 To tKis'fas»ici6us'i:o)!/4^rhe went, 1 '•'' ■'^'" 
 And told' her. ' Drylen'slflfi'cfSath. 
 
 3. He who confefles his crimes. Di8. 
 Conpe'st. adj. [a poetical word for ron- 
 
 yjll^ir/.] Open ; known; acknowledged; 
 not concealed ; not difputed ; apparent. 
 
 IjUt wherefore Ihould I feck. 
 Since the perfidious author rtands c:n(:Ji? 
 This villain has traduc'd me. ' Rriwc. 
 
 Confe'stlv. ad'o, [from ortfejl.'] Un- 
 difpittably ; evidently ; without doubt 
 or concealment. 
 
 They .-.ddrefs to that principle which is con- 
 fcfily predominant in our nature. Decay of Piety 
 CoNFi'ciENT. adj. [ccii/iriens, Lat.] That 
 caufes or procures ; tffeftive. Dicl. 
 
 Co'nfidaht. v. f. \_cotiJident, Fr.] A 
 perfou trufted with private affairs, com- 
 monly with affairs of love. 
 
 Martin compofed his billet-doux, and in- 
 truded it to his i-o.jfi.itinI. .^tlu.'/nict fl^;d Ps/'t'. 
 
 To CONFIDE. T. n. [i-o,ifido, Lat.] To 
 truft in ; to put truft in. 
 He alone won't betray, in whom jioiic will 
 
 car fide. C'j'iom;,. 
 
 Co'nfidence. )i. /. [cati/ideiitia, Lat.] 
 
 1. Firm belief of another's integrity or 
 veracity ; reliance. ^ 
 
 Society is built upon truft, and truft upon 
 (r5>/^.Yf«ff of one another'sirUcgrity. ,. 'Stmt/!. 
 
 2. Truft in his own abilities or fortune ; 
 fectnlty : oppofed to dejetlion or llii:idity. 
 
 Alas, my lord, 
 Y'K.t wit'dom is confum'd in canjid-n.. : 
 D'j not go forth to-day. ."ij^.'^klpc-iyt. 
 
 His times being rather profpcrous than calm, 
 h.idraifed his tctifidcnce by fucccf.'?. Jiaca>i. 
 
 He had an ambition and vanity. ai\d c^.nfidcKce 
 in himfelf, wliich fometlmcs inroxic.ircd and 
 ij.infpurted, and cxpofed him. Idiiic/idon. 
 
 3. Vitious boldnefs ; falfe opinion of his 
 own excellencies : oppofed to modejly. 
 
 Thefe forvent rtprehcndcis of things ettahli 111 ed 
 by publick authority, are always confident and 
 bold- fjsirited men; but their «>.v?/f>"', for the 
 mgll p,if, lifcth from too much credit given to 
 
 dograatieal : 
 
 C; aisT : 
 
 their own wits, for wliich caufe they arc fcldoin 
 free from errors. Ihtiktr. 
 
 4. Confcioufnefs of Innocence ; honell 
 
 boldnefs; firmncli of Integrity. 
 ,- .Beloved, if our he.ut condcnjn us not, then 
 ha.vtj we ci-Jidcncc towards God. r J'J:!!, 
 
 Be mcriifu! unto tlicm which have not the 
 co't/i'./*«{-f of good woi.ks. ' ' i Efdrai. 
 
 Juft co:ifis'^':ce, ami native righteoufncfs, 
 Aiid honour. Mtlt. I'ur. Lo,}. 
 
 5. That which gives or caufes confidence, 
 I boldnefs, or fecnrity. 
 
 Co'nfident. adj. [fiotti cotifidc.^i 
 I; Alfiired- beyond doubt. 
 
 He-' iff fo lure and. confident of his particular 
 
 clc<5iion, as to refolvc he can never fall. Hamfn. 
 
 I am co/.Ji.I'/itj that very much may be done 
 
 ,^o\vards the improvement of philofophy. Sqy'c. 
 
 2. Pofitive ;. affirmative ; 
 a coiijitletit talker. 
 
 3. Secure of fiicccfs ; without fear of 
 mifcarriage. ". 
 
 Btith" valiant, as mtin dcfpifing deaths both 
 confident^ as unwonted to be overcome. Sidney. 
 
 Noughts and the Hot-fpur, 'both together. 
 
 Are c«»/i..':-vr.againrt the world in arms. Shakf. 
 
 Be wot cinfdei'ton a pl.tin way. .}-^c<,hi^. 
 
 People forget liow little they know, , when 
 
 ^ they grow csnji.icnt upon any prelcnr flate of 
 
 . tliirg^-. ,■ ' South. 
 
 I4. Void of lufplcion ; trufting v/Ithout 
 limits. 
 
 He, true knight. 
 No lefTer of her honour confj.U/ity 
 Th:-n I did truly find her, Itakes this ring. Shakf. 
 Rome, be as jull and gracious unto mc, 
 ; As I gm colif.ient and kind to thcc, Shakf. 
 
 5. Bold to a vice j elated with falfe opi- 
 nion of his own excellencies ; Impudent. 
 Co'kfidf.nt. tt.f. [from fon/f(/c.] One 
 trujled with fecrcts. 
 If ever it comes to .this, that a man can fay 
 I of ills coifi.icnt^ he would ha\c deceived me, he 
 has faid enqujph. , Soiilh. 
 
 You love mc for no other enti. 
 But to become my conjidcni and friend ; 
 As uich, I keep no fecrct from your fight. D>yd. 
 Co'nfidfntly. aih. [from conjident.'] 
 
 1 . Without doubt ; without fear of mif- 
 carriage. • 
 
 V/c fliall not be ever the lefs likely to meet 
 with fucccfs, if vve do not expert it too con- 
 fidently. Aiterbur^. 
 
 2. With firm trull. 
 
 The maid-becomes a youth; no more delay 
 Yoio- vow-, but look, and cvifdcrtly pay. U'jrf. 
 
 3. Without- appeaiance of donbt ; with- 
 out fiifpetiiiiig any failure or deficiency ; 
 pofilively ; dogmatically. 
 
 ' .Many .-nen icaft of all know what they. them- 
 fclvcs nioli cinfidently boaft. Btrt Jotfin. 
 
 ; It is li range how the ancients took up cxperi- 
 ; ments upon credit, and yet did liuild great mat- 
 ters upon them ;"the obfcrvarion of fonie of the 
 bcft of them, delivered confidently, is, that a 
 vell'el filled with alhss will receive the like quan- 
 tity of water as if it. had been empty; this -is 
 utterly untrue. J^ttcon. 
 
 Every fool may believe, and pronounce cc/tfi- 
 dentlv; but wife men will conclude firmly. Soiith. 
 'Co'NFinf.NTXKss.. H. f. \_i\c>m crtnjideiit .^ 
 Favourable oplniou of one's own pow- 
 ers ; affu ranee. Difl. 
 C o N f It; u u A 't I u ; . . tt- f. [ configure tioii , 
 
 French.] 
 I. The form of the various parts of any 
 thing, as they are adapted to each other. 
 The different cll'ecSs of fire and water, which 
 wc calHicat and cold, lefult from the fo ditfering 
 coitfiguraiiiti and agitation of (heir particles. 
 
 ChnvtHe.
 
 CON 
 
 I'tilffcv 
 
 No qvliei' acBHuit can be {;iye)i j>f il',e (iiScvtnt 
 
 aniin.'M fccietions, tlisn the diflcrciit «»^^.vrn//J>; 
 
 aii(4 adiun of the- ('liIIU puits. ,t Atbiithr.rA. 
 
 Tiicic is 110 jjljftick. Viit_uc,i.jj;jcci(^ccl iirllvipin); 
 
 them, but the :onp^iiiti<im of the "paiticjcs 
 
 lyhcrcof Ihey i;im^(f. ,, tl'ds.kv'J- 
 
 2. The face ot the Iiorofcopc, accordliii; 
 
 , to the afpada lof llu- i/laiiets toward 
 
 each other jt any tiiwc. ' ,, 
 
 To CoNFl'cuRi;. 1). a. [ffom^'wra.Lat.] 
 Todifi)ofc into any form, by adaptati6'n. 
 Mother c.-rth Irdiijl.t larth Ici;?, arms, :iii(! 
 ■ oIIkt irn;mbcr> oi ;iic bccty, fcattcrcd and dil". 
 tinit-, at ihcir lull g: j«th ; which comiiig toge- 
 ther, ccracnting, an5 fo (C'ljj^ur'jig tTiciiifelvcs 
 int'j human ftiiipc, m.\dk lufty men. ' Jfffnr/' v. 
 
 CO'NFINE. n. f. \_cc>ifi/ih,'LzX.. It had 
 formci'ly the accent on the lafl fyllable.] 
 Common boundary ; border ; edge. 
 
 Hcic in tlicle icn/ines (lily have I lurk'd 
 To watch the waining of mine enemies. S.V.i^f. 
 
 You are old : 
 Nature in you ftan.d; on the very verge 
 •Of her rcfy^ff. Sf:ittfpftiir-. 
 
 The ci>njir,ci of the river Niger, where the ne- 
 groes arc, are well watered. Bacon. 
 'Twas ebbing darkncfs, part the noon of night, 
 .And Pliofphor on the cDnfina of t\ie light. /)/j J. 
 The idea of dur.ition, equal to a revolution of 
 the full, is applicable to duration, where no mo- 
 tion was; as the idea of a foot, taken from bo- 
 dies here, to diftances beyond the cnnfinci of the 
 wprW, where are no r.odics. Lcckc. 
 Co'NriNE. adj. [confinis, Lat.] Border- 
 ing upon ; beginning where the other 
 ends ; having one common boundary. 
 To Confi'ne. v. n. To boder upon ; to 
 touch on other territories, or regions : 
 it has with or on, 
 
 Halfloft, I frck 
 Wi at readioJt p.ith leads wl.cie your gloomy 
 
 bou:)(:s 
 
 Coaf'ic -.uith !,en- 'n. Milt. Par. LoJI. 
 
 Full in t«*.c rn'diV of this created fpace, ^ 
 Betwixt hc.iv'n, earth, and (kies, tncrc llands a 
 
 piae. 
 CoTipnine on all three. T>r;\:t-: 
 
 To CoNri'NE. "u. a. [confitcr, Fr. corf^. 
 nls, Latin.] 
 
 1. To biuiiid ; to hmit : as, he cotifints 
 his fiibjett by a rigorous definition. 
 
 2. To thiit up ; 10 impnfon ; to immure ; 
 to rellrain within cejlain limits. 
 
 I'll not over the-thte-tirold. 
 
 Fy, you to;^?/:^ yourfclf molf unreafonably : 
 
 conic, you iniift go viiic the good lady. 5.-'u'/. 
 
 1 had been 
 As broad and gen'ial as the cafir.g air: 
 But i^ov,' I'm cabbin'd, crlub'd, conjin'dy bound 
 _ in _ _ Shaifyc.^r,. 
 
 3. To rellrain ; to tie up to. 
 
 Children, permitted tlie f.-ecd. i ; ! :'i 
 hand<,' do oft rimes confiric unto ri, ■ ki", and 
 arc not witliout great di.'ficully roHraincd fipni 
 
 it. . . ; . B,C-^:n. 
 
 Make onf man's fancier, or failings, to'i^ning 
 laws to others, and convey them as.fuch Co tht-'ir 
 fucceedors. , , BoyU. 
 
 Wiicvc honour or where confcience does not 
 bind. 
 No otl'.er tic fhall (hackle nie ; 
 Slave to myfclf 1 will not be; 
 Nor fnall my future actions l^c cinjin\l 
 Ky my own prcfcnt mind. divlty. 
 
 If the gnut continue, I rDw^w myfclf wlully 
 ro the milk ditt. 'Icmji/i. 
 
 He i> to 'C'l^'.'s-himfvlfto the comp.-.fs of num- 
 ber . ::nd the flaveVy of rhyme. Drydn. 
 CoNF"'" -LESS. aHj. [r.-omreH/"«.-. ]BounJ- 
 K-i's .'.'nite^; unbounded; without 
 
 •-ing rtmpat'd 
 
 Wi'. 
 
 hmh, ! 
 ' .uims. 
 
 Sh.dfj-:,: 
 
 CON 
 
 ■; ■ ' ■ s 'itir: til -i-j , , . ■ ' ■ ' 
 
 Cohti'nemf.nt. k. /. [from eoK^tJc] 
 ilnipriloiirnent'; Incarctrtitioii ; rtliiaint 
 of liiierty. 
 
 ■ ' .Our hidden foe* 
 
 Wiw jt)yfulfrom their long iwi;f»>'mr«/rofe Dryil. 
 Tbe mind h.atts rtllrainr, and is apt to fancy 
 itfelf u;idci' (ohjiiieintni viihefi the fight is pent 
 up. ' ' • ■ ' • Mil. [nil. 
 
 As 'to the numbers who are uiulcr rcftraint, 
 people do ndl feein fu mudi furpiiltd .it the cn- 
 finrm. It of iome, a^ the libeiry 01 others. Addijoii. 
 Confi'ner. n.J. [from c.mfme.'\ ■ 
 It. A borderer; oiicthat lives upon con- 
 fines,; one that inliabits the extreme 
 parts of a country. li . 
 
 The fonate hath liirr'd up tiiccwj/f/ifrf, ShaiJ 
 H.ippy conjiners you of other lands, 
 Tliat Ihift your loil. jiar.-ci't Ch'H IKir. 
 
 ,2. A near neighbour. 
 
 Though gUidncfs and grief he oppofitc in na- 
 I tnrc, yet they arc fach neighbours and conjiners 
 r in art, that the Ica'ft touch of a pencil' wilt iranf- 
 I late a ciying into a laughing lace. Iflticn. 
 
 3. One which touches upon two different 
 regions. 
 
 The participles or conjiners between plants and 
 livinj; crearuref, are fuch as have no local mo- 
 tion; fuch as oyflers. Bticon, 
 Comi'NiTy. n. /. [cinjimlas, Latin.] 
 Ncarnefs ; neighbourhood ; contiguity. 
 
 To CONFI'RM. V. a. [nnfrmo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To put pafl doubt by new evidence. 
 
 T'.i- te.'iimoiiy of Chrilf was conf.imeJ m you. 
 
 I dr. 
 So was his will 
 Pronounc'd among the gods, and by an oath, 
 Which (hook heav'u's whole circumrcrence,««- 
 finnd. Milton. 
 
 Whilil all the ftars t'nat round her I urn. 
 And ail the planets in their lurr, 
 Conjirin the tidings as they roll, 
 - And I'pread the tiuth from pole to pole. AtlVf-.n. 
 
 2. To fettle ; to eftablifn either perfons 
 or things. 
 
 I c'.nf.ir,: thee in the high pricflhood, and ap- 
 point thcc ruler. i M.tcc.ibccs. 
 Cc>:f:tm the crown to me and to mine heirs. 
 
 ^hiikf^care. 
 
 3. To fis ; to radicate. 
 
 Fcruelius never cured a toiifinned pox without 
 It. . . ■ . IVijfman. 
 
 4. To complete ; to perfeft. 
 
 He only liv'd hut till he was a mm ; 
 The which no fooner had his prowefs ccnfirtn*di 
 But like a man he died. Sliakjptare, 
 
 5. To ftrcngthen by new folemnities or 
 ties. 
 
 Thr.t treaty, fq prejudicial, ought to have been 
 remitted rather than ro'.;^'?;/^^/. ,,.. j.S'v.*:J't. 
 
 6. To fettle or ftiengthcn in refolution, 
 or purpofe, or opinion. 
 
 ' ConJirm\i th.en I rtfolvc 
 
 Adam (hall fhaic wiih me in bhfsur woe. i^LIt. 
 
 They in their -ftatc though tirra, iiood moie 
 
 i . . confiiWd. AHItw. 
 
 B. heve and be c^nfirm'.^. Miitin. 
 
 7. To admit to the full privileges of a 
 chridian, by impofition of hands. 
 
 Thofe which rrc thus to-.finnt.iy are fchVreby 
 fuppol'cd to be fit for admiffiun to th'j facranleiit. 
 I-ijmfl:ard*s Fundamental'.. 
 
 CoNF i'rm.able. adj. [irom conjtrm.^ 
 Capable of inconteilible evidence. - 
 It -i-ay receive a fpurious inmate, as is con- 
 jtrnt.iltU by ma;iy example?. B^own. 
 
 Confirma'tion. n.f. [from corifrw.] 
 I. The z6i of edablilliing any thing or 
 , pcrfon J fettkment ; ellublifhmciU. 
 
 ... _ C O N 
 
 Eiribr.nce and love this jman. 
 
 Wiih brother's 'lovi'i'do it.- — '- 
 
 And let heav'n ' ' 
 
 Witncfs how dear I h< IJ tKis cdrtflrrrJt':- ■ ■ -;.; >., . 
 
 2. Evidence by wliich any thiitg is afceJ- 
 taintd ; additional proof. .,., ,,.^. , 
 
 A f die report l.ith " , ". 
 Honour'd with atjirmatiott your great'ind^triel'r. 
 
 ^hafif^-care. 
 
 The fea-captains anfwered, that thiry would 
 
 perform his coaimahd ; and, in cuifitmar'mr^ 
 
 the. I of, promifed not to do any thing which t"- 
 
 fcemcd not valiant men. KnoUa^ ll'i:, 
 
 3. Proof; convincing tcfiimony, , 
 
 Wanting iVctjucnt c^nf.rintiti'in in a matter, fu 
 confiimablc, their adiimatiuii carricih byi.flqiv- 
 prrfi.alion. Bui-irr. 
 
 The ar'.iments brought by Chrift for tht cw 
 fi'rnaiiir: of his doflrme, wcri in thcmfelvcs fuf- 
 tiiicnr. i. .r*. 
 
 +. An ecclefialHcal rite. 
 
 What is prepared for in catcchlfirg, is,' in the 
 next place, pcrfoimed by conjirmaiion j a moit 
 profitable iilage of the cluireli, tranfctitied fro'ni 
 the praciicc of the apolUcs, which confilis in two 
 parts : the child's undertaking, in l-.is own name, 
 every part of the b.aptii'mal vow (having firll'Sp-^' 
 proved hinalclf to undtrltand it)3 and to that 
 purpofe, that he may more folemnl'y enter tjhis 
 ^obligation, bringing fome godfather with Sim, 
 not now (as in baptifm) as his procurator to un- 
 dertake for him, but as aAvitncfs to tellify his 
 entering this obligation. Hai'iK^nd. 
 
 Cokfirm.^'tor. n. /. [froiii conJirmOf 
 Latin.] An attefter; he that puts a 
 matter pad doubt. 
 
 Tlieic wants iierein tlie definitive c'.>:Jirmatiir, 
 and teft of things uncertain, the fcnfc of man. 
 
 j!>>37i'':'j fu/^ar Errourr. 
 
 CoNFi'RM.iTOK V. cdj. [from coii/irni.'j 
 Giving additional teilimony ; eilablilli- 
 ing with new force. 
 
 Confi'rmedness. t!.f. [uom coriJirmt:d.'\ 
 Confirmed ftate ; radication. 
 
 It the dilficulty arift fion; the 'onfinnidjiffs of 
 h.ibit, every refiflance weakens tlie habit, a'batci 
 the dilficulty. Dtcay of Pistj. 
 
 Confi'rmer. n.f. [from cotij^rm.} One 
 that confirms ; one that produces evi- 
 dence or ih-ength ; an attefter ; an ef- 
 tahliflier. 
 
 Be tl.efe fad (ighs conjirnii't of thy vrord'. .' 
 
 Then fpe.ik again. Sn.iLfpcire. 
 
 The oatii of 3 lover is no ftrotiger than the 
 
 wok) of a tapfter ; they aie both the cc.f.rir.ds 0: 
 
 falfe reckonings. Shakffcare. 
 
 CoNFi'sCABLE, adj. [from conjiJi:itie.'\ 
 
 L:able to forfeiture. 
 To CONFl'SC.ATE. t,. a. [corJ!Jcare, 
 coHftj'quer, 1. e. in f-iihliciim addkere \ 
 from _/f/f«x, which originally fignifittli 
 a hamper, pannier, bail^ct, or frcil ; but 
 metonymically the emperor's trcafure, 
 btcaufe it was antient'y kept in-f;ich 
 hamper,".- Cowc!!.'] To transfer pnv.rte 
 ' property to the prince or piiblick, by 
 W6.J of penalty for an offence. 
 
 It was judged that he fl-,.>uld he banifhcd, .irid 
 his whole, citale cvjij'caud znA ft:,i.d. ;:i,c' his 
 houfrs pulled down. ,, . . i.j... 
 
 Whatever filh the vulgar fry c . . 
 Belong to Caelar, whercfoe'er thry I'.cin, 
 By their own worth cmjifiattd to hip. H'V^. 
 CoNFi'sc.,iTE. adj. [from the verb.] 
 Transferred to the publick as forfeit. 
 The accent in Sl:akf^carc is on the firil 
 fyllable. 
 
 Thy lands and goods 
 4re, by the laws of 'Vcnicr, conj.fcju 
 Unto the fiate of 'Venice, • i/:.,'<;; .j.v.
 
 / CON 
 
 Co^■f■1Si a'tion. n. f. [from cvififcatt.'] 
 The ad of transferring the forfeited 
 goods of criminals to publick life. 
 
 It was 111 every man's eyr, wlut great fo'.fci- 
 
 tures and ciifjcatmrn he iiad at tliat prcCent to 
 
 ticlp himfelf. B'lron'i }lcriy\ii. 
 
 CoNFlTENT. n./. [confifens, Lat.] One 
 
 confeffing ; one who confefTes his faults. 
 
 A wide di^erence ilicre is between a mctr 
 
 nijitrtit and a true penit>.nt. Dcctiy of Pn-.y. 
 
 CoKriTURE. n. /. [French; from con- 
 
 fidura, Lat.] .A fweetmeat ; a con- 
 
 • fettion ; a comfit. 
 
 It is certain, that there be fome hcufes wherein 
 catjit'tra and pics vill gather niould more than 
 in others. Bjcrm. 
 
 We contain a e5«/i/w;e honfc, wl»cre we make 
 all fweetmeats, dry and moifV, and flivcrs plca- 
 fant wines. Bacon. 
 
 To'CoNFi'x. 71. a. [conjigo, coiifxum, 
 Lat.] To fix down ; to faiteii. 
 
 .\s this is true, 
 Let me in fafcty raife me from my knees; 
 Or clfe Tor ever br co'tfvyd heie, 
 A -marble mynunicnc ! Sh,iljyeiirf. 
 
 CotFLA'cRANT. aiij. \_conJIagrans , Lat.] 
 Burning together ; involved in a gene- 
 ral lire. 
 
 Then raifc 
 From the .'ojyfagrjint mafs, purg*d and rcfin'd, 
 Xew heav'ns, new eaith. Milan. 
 
 ■.Conflagra'tion. n. f. [^confld^ralio, 
 ■ Latin.] 
 I. A general fire fpreading over a large 
 fpacc. 
 
 The opinion dcri\'£tlT the complexion from the 
 deviation of tn^ fun, and tlw: co"J1agrtition of nil 
 . thi^ig; under Phaeton. Brou.-n. 
 
 Next o'er the plains, where ripen'd hanefts 
 grow, 
 The running -orJJapr.^thn fprcads below. j^Miif- 
 M.^nkiJld hath had a gradual increafe, not- 
 M'ithlianding what floods and cr,iiflaguitir,ir>^ and 
 the religious profcHioa of celibacy, may have in- 
 terrupted. BeTttU\*i Sennons. 
 
 ■2. It is generally taken for the fire which 
 IhuU confiime this world at the confuni- 
 niation of things. 
 
 Conflation, n.f. \^corJlalum, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of blowing many inftrumcnls 
 together. 
 
 "The fwcetcft harmony is, when ever)' part or 
 inftiument is not heaid by itfelf, but a conji.inon 
 of them all. B:iiO'i. 
 
 2. A casing or melting of metal. 
 Confle'xure. n. f. '[^conficxura, Latin.] 
 
 A bending or turning. 
 To CONFLI'CT. V. n. Icovpgo, Lat.] 
 To drive ; to conteft ; to fight ; to 
 ftruggle ; to contend ; to encounter ; to 
 ■engage : properly by finking againft 
 one another. 
 
 Bare iinhoufed trunks. 
 
 To the confi^iiir elements cxpos'd, 
 
 Anfwer meer nature. Shiihfpeare. 
 
 Vou fhall hear under the earth a horrible 
 
 thundering of fire and water i-^':fl:f1iig together. 
 
 Bacon^s Nafur.tl llijhi\ 
 
 A man would be content to ftrive with him- 
 
 frlf, and confitH with great diHicullics, in hopes 
 
 of a mighty reward. Tillotfon. 
 
 I.alli'd into foam, the fierce anfticiing brine 
 Stems o'er a thoufand raging waves to burn. 
 
 Tht/mfan, 
 
 Co'nflict. n. f. [corfliaus, Latin.] 
 
 1, A violent collifion, or oppofition, of 
 
 two fubftances. 
 Pour dcphlegmed fpirit of vinegar upon fait of 
 
 taitar, and thcic will tt fuch a anfiS or cbul- 
 
 CON 
 
 li*ion, as if there were fcaicc two more coivtrary 
 bodies in nature. Boyl^. 
 
 2. A combat; a fight between two. It 
 is ftldom ufed of a general battle. 
 
 The Uicklcfs conjI-B with the giant Itout, 
 Whcrcni captiv'd, of life or de^th he ftood in 
 doubt. Spenfcr. 
 
 It is my father's face, 
 Whom in this ccy?/!?? 1 unawares have klU'd. 
 
 a/iakfpeare. 
 
 3. Contcil ; ft rife ; contention. 
 
 There is a kind of men-y war betwixt fignior 
 Benedick and her, they never meet t>t.t there's a 
 
 Ikirmith of wit between them. Alas! he 
 
 gets nothing by that. In our lall conjiid, four 
 of his five wits went halting off. Skakjpeaic. 
 
 4. Struggle; agony; pang. 
 
 No afTiir^ncc touching vidlories can make 
 
 prcfci^t cc':Ji7tfi fo fwect and eafyj l>ut nature wi.I 
 
 flirink from them. Hooker. 
 
 If he attempt thi<! great change, with what 
 
 labour and i-a^Vtf? mull he accompliih il! Rcgen. 
 
 He pcrceiv'd 
 Th' unequal ccyrJiiB then, as angels look 
 On dying faints. Thomfon's Smnmct . 
 
 Co'nfluekcf. ;?. /I [cotifluoy Latin.] 
 
 1. The junction or union of feveral 
 ft reams. 
 
 Nimrud, who ufurped dominion over the reft, 
 f.it down in the very confiucr^ce of all thofe rivers 
 w'.ich wat'-red Paiadifc, Raleigh. 
 
 EagHtC is beneath the cnnjluctcf. of Tigris and 
 Euphrates. Brtrewad on Langut^gc. 
 
 In ihe veins, innumerable little rivulets h.ive 
 their anjlusnce into tiie great rein, tl'.e common 
 channel ot' the blood. Beniiiy. 
 
 2. The act of crowding to a place. 
 
 You fee this conftuenccy lliis great flood of 
 vilitnrs. Shakfi^furt. 
 
 Some corne to make merry, becaufc of the 
 co'^fuencc of all forts. Bac;?!. 
 
 Von l".ad found by experience the Iroiibie u^ 
 all men's conjiucnce^ and for all matters to your- 
 felf. Bucon to /'V/Aect. 
 
 3. A concouiTe ; a multitude crowded 
 into one place. 
 
 This will draw a cortfiucnce 6f people from all 
 patts of ihe country. Ttmj-!\ 
 
 4. Colled ion ; concurrence. 
 
 We may there be inlhuificd how to rate all 
 good.s by ihufc that will cunccntvc into the feli- 
 city we Ihall poflTefs, wliich (hall he made up 
 of the confiutnce^ perfcdtion, and perpetuity of 
 all true joys. B'jyle. 
 
 CO'NFLUENT. adj. [co>,Juet,s, Latin.] 
 Running one into another ; meeting. 
 
 At length, to make their various currents one, 
 The congregated floods togeihcr run : 
 Thel'e influent ftreams make fonie great tivei's 
 
 head, 
 By (lores (till melting and dcfccnding fet>> 
 
 Bilfkrr^rc. 
 
 Co'nflux. n. J. [conjlux'w, Latin.] 
 
 1. The union of feveral currents ; con- 
 courfe. 
 
 Knots, by the confnx of meeting fap, 
 Infe(ft the lound pine and divert his grain. ShukJ. 
 
 2. Crowd; multitude collefted. 
 
 He quickly, by the geii'.-rni cvifl:ix and con- 
 couvfc uf the whole people, itrcightcred his 
 quartets. Oartn.kn. 
 
 To the gates cart round thine eye, and fee 
 M'hat ci^nf!/.\ ilViimg forth, or cnt'ring in. Miltin. 
 Confo'rm. adj. [c'jrifonnis, Lat.] Af- 
 funiing the fame form; wearing the 
 fame form ; refembling. 
 
 Variety of tunes doth tlil'pofe the fpiiits to 
 variety of palhons eo.^o/m unto liiem. Bacon. 
 
 7oCONFO'i<M. v.a. [confoi-mo, Lat.] 
 To leduce to the like appearance, fliape, 
 or manner, with fomething tlfe ; with 
 to. 
 
 CON 
 
 Thc.i followed that moft natural fffcft of .-»«- 
 foiming one's felf to that which fhc did like. 
 
 Sidney, 
 
 The apoftlcs did conform the chri(Vians, as much 
 
 as might be, according to the pattern of the 
 
 Jews. Hooker. 
 
 Demand of them wherefore they cortfo'v. not 
 
 themfelves unto the order of the church } Hiokir. 
 
 7o Confo'rm. -u, n. To comply with ; 
 
 to yield : with to. 
 
 Among mankind fo few there are, 
 \\^lio will conform to piiilufophick fare. D^yi-n. 
 
 Confo'rma BLE. adj. [irom cotiform.'] 
 
 1. Having the fame form ; uling the lame 
 manners ; agreeing either iu exterior or 
 mora! ciiaraCters ; fniiilar ; rcfembling. 
 
 The Gentiles were not made conjormahle unlo 
 the Jews, in that which was to ccal'c at tliK 
 coming of Chrilt. HooL-r. 
 
 2. It has commonly to before that vv:tli 
 which there is agreement. 
 
 He gives a realon LonfcimahU to the principles. 
 
 ^irpitt/inot. 
 
 3. Sometimes iu':'h, not improperly ; but 
 to is ufed with the verb. 
 
 The fragments of Sappho give us a ta.'ie of 
 her way of writing, pcueitly conjoimubU ■w.tk 
 tiiat chararter we tind of her. Mdifcn. 
 
 4. Agreeable ; iuitsble ; not cppofite ; 
 confident. 
 
 Nature is very confonant and conprniaili rt 
 
 heifelf. N.wton. 
 
 The prnduflions of a great genius, with many 
 
 lapfes, are prefcr.ihle to the works of an iiife- 
 
 riour author, fcrupuloufly exaift, snd conformaiic 
 
 to all the rules of correct writing. ^ddifon. 
 
 J. Compliant ; ready to follow direftions ; 
 
 fiibmlflive ; peaceable ; obftquions. 
 
 Tie been to yuu a true and humble wife, 
 
 At all time to your will conformahif. Shakjpcare. 
 
 For all the kingdoms of the earth to yield 
 
 themfelves williii.^ly rcnf^^mnh/,; in whatevA 
 
 (hould be required, it was their duty. Hooker. 
 
 Such dclufions are reformed by a ccnformaklc 
 
 devotion, and the well-tcmpcicd ztal of the 
 
 true chiilfian fpirit, Syratt. 
 
 Co N fo'r M A B I. Y . adv. [ from conformable. ] 
 
 With conformity ; agreeably ; fuitably : 
 
 it has to. 
 
 So a man obferve the agreement of his own 
 im.iginations, and talk (oijoimnbtj/, it is all 
 certainty. l.ockr. 
 
 I have treated of the fcx conformably to this 
 definition, ^dJifon. 
 
 Conforma'tion. ti.f. [Tr. conformatio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The form of tilings, as relating to each 
 other; the particular ttsture and con- 
 filltnce of the parts of a body, and 
 their difpolition to make a whole : as, 
 light of diffhriit colours ts njlicied from 
 bodies, according to the'tr different con- 
 formation. 
 
 Varieties are found in the difTeieiu natural 
 fhapes of the mouth, and levcral cci'fortnatiom of 
 the organs. Holdtr. 
 
 Where there happens to be fuch a fiiuaure 
 and 1.0'foi mat/on ot tiie earth, as that the (ire 
 may pafs freely into thefe fpiracles, it then rea- 
 dily gets out, If'oodward'i N.iturai H.'Jiorj: 
 
 2. The aft of producing fuitablenefs, or 
 conformity, to any thing : with to. 
 
 \irtuc and vice, fm and holinefs, and the 
 conformation of oiii heaits and lives to the duties 
 of true religion and mcr.ility, are things of more 
 confequencc than the furniture of undcilfaiiding. 
 
 Il'atii. 
 
 Confo'rmist. n.f [from i-or/>;?-m.] One 
 that complies with the wurfliip of the 
 church of England; not.a dillenter.
 
 CON 
 
 They were nor both nonconfurmiiUi neither 
 'hiifh fO'iftrrrftlt. Djittot. 
 
 •Con ro r m rry . n. /. [from conform. ] 
 I. Similitude; rcfcmblaucf ; the llate of 
 having the faini; charafter of manners 
 or form. 
 
 By ti.e knpwlcd^c of ti'irtli, and enorc'ifc of 
 vJitiR-, niati, anionjjlt the creatures of this wuilii, 
 afyircth to the gre.icell confori^:ty witji Go<l. 
 
 fioeii-r. 
 Judge not what is bcft 
 By pIcaTure, though to n.itiue fceming meet j 
 Created as thou art to, nobicr end, 
 Holy and puie, trs/^^rm/Vv divine ! ' Af/ /.'■:';. 
 
 Sj^ace aiid (Uiration have a great nnjcfrnity in 
 thiS| tiiat tlicy arc juiily rt:ckAjitcd umiMigU uur 
 liniple tdeat). . . ■ ■ 'Locke, 
 
 This metaphor would not have bean fo gene- 
 ral, had tlicie not been a conformity between the 
 mental tadc and tiie fenlitivc talle, yltitiffi'i. 
 
 i. It has in fome authors <wil& before the 
 model ,to which the conformity is made. 
 The end of all religion is but to diaw us to a 
 conformity 'With God. Decay of Victy, 
 
 3. In fome to. \ 
 
 We cannot be othcrwife happy but by our 
 
 corform-ty to God. TiUotfon.' 
 
 Conformity in building to other civil nations,} 
 
 hath difpofed us to let our old wooden daik; 
 
 houfes fall to decny. Uraunt.\ 
 
 j^. Confillency. 
 
 Many inliances prove the conformity of the 
 
 efliy <wU!i the notions of Hippocrates. Arhuth. 
 
 Contorta'tion. n.f. [from conforlo, a 
 
 low Latin word.] Collation of Itrength ; 
 
 corrobation. 
 
 For corroboration and confortation, take fucli 
 bodies as are of aftringcnt quality, without ma- 
 nifel't cold. Bacon'% Natur ll Ihjiory 
 
 To CONFQ'UND. tj.a. [confondre, Fr. 
 
 confur.do, Lat.] 
 1. To mingle things fo that their feveral 
 forms or natures cannot be difcerned. 
 
 Let us go down, and there confound their lan- 
 guage, that they may not undetUand one ano- 
 thcr'-s fpeech. Gcnefis. 
 
 Two planets rulhing from afpcft malign, 
 Of fierceft oppofition, in mid Iky 
 Should combat, and their jarring i^\it:\t\ ccnfo:tnH, 
 
 Milton. 
 
 3. To perplex ; to compare or mention 
 without due diftiniftion. 
 
 A fluid body and a wetting liquor are wont, 
 bccaufe they agree in many tbiitgs, to be co»~ 
 foundr'd, Soyle, 
 
 They who ftrip not ideas from the marks 
 men nfe for them, but co^o//wt/ them witii words, 
 muft have cndlefs difputc. Lode. 
 
 3. To difturb the apprehenlion by indif- 
 tinft words or notiojis. 
 
 I am yet to think, that men find their fimple 
 ideas agree, though, in difcourfc, they confoun.i 
 one another with diiTcient names. Locke. 
 
 4. To throw into confteraation ; to per- 
 plex ; to terrify ; to amaze ; to afto- 
 nifh ; to ftupify. 
 
 So fpakc the Son of God ; and Satan flood 
 A while as mute, rOT/ouni/f*^ what to fay. Milton. 
 
 Now with furies furrounded, 
 Dcfpairing, c^nfoundedy 
 He trembles, iie glows, 
 Amidll Rhodope's fnow<. Voce's St. Cecilia. 
 
 5. To deftroy ; to overthrow. 
 
 The fwceteft honey 
 
 Is loathfome in its own delicioufncfs, 
 
 And in the tafte confounds the appetite. Shnkfp. 
 
 The gods confound thee ! doft thou hold there 
 
 ftill ? Skakff,r,ne. 
 
 Let them be confounded in all their power and 
 
 might, and let their ftrength be broken. Daniel. 
 
 So deep a malice to confound the race 
 Of mankind in one root. Milton 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 CON 
 
 CoNFo'uKDED. fiarlk'tp. adj. [from con- 
 JmuJ.] H.ilcfiil; Jettllahlc i enor- 
 mous ; oJijus ; a low cant word. 
 
 A molt confounded itJion for liu brutllh coii- 
 cejition. Grtiu. 
 
 bii, I have heard another rtoiy : 
 He was a tv.oii eonfc:i».ied Toty ; 
 Aid grow, or I c is much belied, 
 tutrcmely dull before he dud. S-.vif'. 
 
 CoN|;o'uNDEr>i,Y. iidv. [from confounded . ] 
 Hatefully ; (hamefuliy : a low or ludi- 
 crous word. 
 
 You .ire confou-i led.'y given to fquirting up and 
 
 down, and cli.irterirg. L Hjtrangc. 
 
 Thy fpeculations begin to fmell confoundedly 
 
 of woods and meadows. .-Iddilon's Si'dl^nc-. 
 
 CoNFo't'XPER. n. f. [from cotifound.l 
 
 He who diilurbs, perplexes, terrilies, 
 
 or dellroys. 
 
 Confratk'rnity, n. f. [from con and 
 
 fratei-nllas, Lat.] A brotherhood ; a 
 
 body of men united for fome reltcrious 
 
 purpolc. 
 
 .We find days appointed to be kept, and a 
 cotfrattrnity eUiblilhcd for that purpolc, .witii 
 the law's of it. Stillingfat. 
 
 Confrica'tion. n. f. [from con and 
 frico, Lat.] The aft of rubbing againll 
 any thing. 
 
 It hath been reported, tlwt ivy hath grown 
 
 cut of a ftag's horn ; which they fuppoie did 
 
 rather come trom a confiic.ttion of the hoin upon 
 
 the ivy, than fioni the horn itfelf. Bucon. 
 
 To CONFllO NT. i:a. [confrcntcr, Fr.]' 
 
 1. To Hand againll another in full view ; 
 to faee. 
 
 He fpoke, and then confronts the bull ; 
 And on his ample forehead, aiming full. 
 The deadly ftrokc delccnded. Dryden. 
 
 2. Toftand face to face, in oppoCtion to 
 another. 
 
 The Eart and Weft churches did both confront 
 the Jews, and concur with them. Hooter. 
 
 Blood hath bought blood, and blows have an- 
 fwer'd blows. 
 Strength match'd with ftrength, and power riw- 
 frontrd power. Siaifpenre. 
 
 Bellona's bridegroom, lapt in proof, 
 Conjronted h\m with fclf comparitons, 
 Point againft point rebellious, arm 'gainlt arm. 
 Shakfpeare' i M^icielh. 
 
 3. To oppofe one evidence to another in 
 open court. 
 
 We began to lay his unkindnefs unto him : 
 he Iccing himfclf confronted by \o many, went 
 not to denial, but to jullify his cruel falfehood. 
 
 Sidfuy. 
 
 4. To compare one thing with another. 
 
 When I confcnt a medal with a verfe, I only 
 (hew you the fame defign executed by different 
 hands. Addifon on Medals. 
 
 Co-nfronta'tion. n.f. [French.] The 
 aft of bringing two evidences face to 
 face. 
 
 To CONFU'SE. V. a. [confifus, Lat.] 
 
 1. To diforder ; to difperfe irregularly. 
 
 Thus roving on 
 In ccnfus'd march forlorn, th' advent"rous bands 
 View'd firft their lamentable lot, and found 
 No reft. i\/;,'/-//; 
 
 2. To mi,\-, not feparate. 
 
 At length an univcrfal hubbub wild, 
 Of ftunning founds and voices all confu'd^ 
 Borne through the hollow dark, alTaults his car. 
 
 Mi 1 1 on. 
 
 3. To perplex, not diftinguifh ; toobfcure. 
 
 M'c may have a clear and diftinifi idea of the 
 cxiftencc of many things, though our ideas of 
 their intimate efl'cnces .ilid caufcs arc very con- 
 fui'd and oLfcure. IJ'ntti' Logici. 
 
 CON 
 
 4. To Iiurry the mind. 
 
 Con/ui\/in.i f.„ily Ihi at length replies. Poft. 
 CoNFu'sEDLV. ajv. [from coifu/cd.] 
 
 1. In a mixed mals ; without lepaiation. 
 
 Tlicle foiii nations arc cveiy w'.ere mixed in 
 
 the Sciiptuies, bccaule they diveli con/i,f:.iy to- 
 
 ■ getiier. R.Jeielri lHjh'y , 
 
 2. Indillinftly ; one mingled with ano- 
 ther. 
 
 The inner court with horror, noife, and tears 
 Cof:,s\ily fill'd ; tiic Women's (hrieks and cries 
 The arched vaults re-echo. Drnlraut, 
 
 On mount Vcfovius next he fix'd his eyes. 
 And law the fmoakuig tups canfus'dly rile; 
 A iiidcius ruin ! Addifon on Italf. 
 
 I viewed through a prifm, and fawii-.cm nioll: 
 confufedly defined, fo that I could not dillinguilli 
 their fnialler parts fiom one another. Nnvton. 
 
 Heroes and heroines Oiours coifus'div rife. 
 And bafe and treble voices ftrike the ikies. Pafe. 
 
 3. Not; clearly ; not plainly. 
 
 He '.onf.feJIj ar,d obfuttly delivered his opi- 
 1™'- Chr.ndr:n. 
 
 4. 1 umultuoufly ; hafiily ; not delibe- 
 rately ; not exaclly. 
 
 The propriety of tiioughts and words, whicli 
 
 are the hidden beauties of a pliy, .-rebut con. 
 
 fufedly judged in the \ehemence of aflion. Dryd. 
 
 CoNFu'sEDNESs. n. f. [from confufcd.] 
 
 Want of dillinftnefs ; want of clearnefs. 
 
 Hithtrunto theie titles of honour cany a kind 
 
 of confufed-iefs, and rather betokened a fucceffivc 
 
 office than an cllabliftied dignity. Carets. 
 
 The caufc of the ccnfufeJnef of our notions, 
 
 ntxc to natural inability, is want of attention. 
 
 Norris. 
 CoNi'u'siON. n.f. [Worn confife.] 
 
 1. Irregular mixture ; tumultuous medley. 
 
 God, only wile, to punifti pritla of wir. 
 Among men's wits bath thij. roy'ufcn wrought ; 
 
 As the proud tow'r, whofe points the cloud' 
 did hit. 
 By tongues confufion was to ruin brought. Daviet. 
 
 2. Tumult ; diforder. 
 
 God is not a God of fedition and conf.fion, but 
 of order and of peace. Hooker, yreface. 
 
 T!us IS a happier and more comely time. 
 Than when thcfe fellows rsn about the itrccts 
 Cryin| confufion. _ Shui/i,e„re's CoriolMm. 
 
 3. Indiflinft combination. 
 
 The lonffon of two diScreiit ideas, which a 
 cuftomary connexion of them in theii mi,-ds hath 
 made to them almoll one, fills their heads will, 
 falle views, and their rcafonings with falfe confo- 
 quenccs. Loch 
 
 4. Overthrow; deftniftion. 
 
 The llrcngth of their illuiion. 
 Shall draw him into his conffion. Shakfftarr 
 
 5. Ailoniftment; diaratiion of mind;' 
 hurry of ideas. 
 
 Confhfwn dwelt in ev'ry face. 
 
 And fear in cv'rj* heart. 
 When waves on vt^y^^, and gulphs in gulphi, 
 Oe icome the pilor's art. Sf.rtat^r 
 
 Confutable, adj. \Jxom confute.'] Fof- 
 fible to_ be difprovcd ; poffible to be 
 Aiown falie. 
 
 At the laft day, that inquifitor (hall not pi-efent 
 fo God a bundle of c.rlumnics, or confutable ac- 
 cufations; but will offer unto his omnifcicnce a 
 true lift of our Ir.iiigrefiions. Bro-m, 
 
 Confuta'tion. n.f. Iconfutatto, Lat.l 
 The aft of confuting ; difproof. ' 
 
 A confutation ofatheifm from the frame of the 
 world. p I 
 
 To CONFUTE. ... a. {confuto, Latin.]' 
 To convict of crrour or falfehood ; to 
 difprove. 
 
 He could on eitlier fide difpute; 
 Confute, change hands, and ftill confute. Uudibra, 
 For a man to doubt whether there be anv hen' 
 and thereupon to live as if there tvci-c none, but'
 
 my 
 ■arc. 
 
 CON 
 
 when ht dies, to find himftlf effund in tVe 
 flames, miift be the height of woe. it-.-./^. 
 
 COTSIGE. n./. [<ron^/, French.] 
 
 1. Aft of reverence ; bow; courtefy. 
 
 The captain faiutes you witli row^r' profound. 
 
 And your ladylhip curt'fies half way to the 
 
 ground. ' S-w:/t. 
 
 2. Leave ; farewell. 
 
 So courteous nng,' both did give and take, 
 With right hands plighted, pledges of good-will. 
 
 Fuiry Qucr'j. 
 
 To Co'nge. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 take kave. 
 
 1 have iOt:gfe<l with the duke, and don: 
 adieu with his neiucft. Shr.kfp 
 
 CUNGE D'ELIRE n Trench ; and fig- 
 nifieg in common law, the king's per" 
 mifiion royal to a dean and chapter, in 
 time of vacation, to chufe a bifhop. 
 The king, as fovereign patron of all 
 archbilhopricks, bi(hopricks, and other 
 ecclefiaftical benefices, had, in ancient 
 times, the free appointment of allecclefi- 
 2!lical dignities ; inverting them firft per 
 baculum iff annulum, and afterwards by 
 his letters patent. In procefs of time 
 he made the ek-ftion over to others, un- 
 der certain forms and conditions ; as, 
 that they Ihould, at every vacation, 
 before they chufe, demand of the king 
 a congs d'eUre, that is, hcence to pro 
 ceed to eleAion. Coiuell. 
 
 A woman, when iKe has made her own choice, 
 for form's fake, fends a CQnge d*elire to her 
 friends. Sfidotor. 
 
 Co'nce. n. f. [In architefture.] A mould- 
 ing in form of a quarter round, or a 
 cavetto, which ferves to feparate two 
 members from one another : fiich is 
 that which joins the fhaft of the column 
 to the cinft'jre. Chambers. 
 
 To CONGE'AL. v. a. [congelo, Latin.] 
 1. To turn, by froft, from a fluid to a 
 folid Rate. 
 
 What more miraculous thing mny be told. 
 Than ice, which is ron^etiPii with Icnfelefs cold. 
 Should kindle fire by wonderful device ? Spenj'ir. 
 
 In whofe capacious wemb 
 A vapouiy deluge lies, to fnow cor.^ttjPd. 
 
 3. To bind or fix, as by cold. 
 
 O'.ij gentlemen, fee! fee! dead Henry'> 
 wounds 
 Open their eangeai'H iiiouths, and bleed afrefh. 
 She.kfpeare*s Richtsrd jn. 
 Too much fadnefs hath cc/igea/*J your blood. 
 
 S'lutfpc'iirf, 
 
 ToConge'al. t. n. To concrete ; to ga- 
 ther into a mafs by cold. 
 
 In :!\c midjl of molten lead, when it begin- 
 Beth to congeal, make a little dent, into which 
 j>ut quickfilver wrapt in lincti, and it will fix and 
 run no more, and enduve the hammer. Ba en. 
 When water cotgca!:, the I'urface of the ice is 
 fmooth and level, as the furface of the water was 
 bcfote. Burnf*^i Thto-y 
 
 Comgr'alment. n. f. [from congeal.l 
 The clot formed by congelation ; con- 
 cretion. 
 
 E'ltcr the city, clip your wives, vouv friends; 
 Tell them your fcat.v, witilil they with joyful tears 
 V/alh the cc'igtjrn£nt from your wounds. 
 
 Shakfpe.ur's Ant'jtty and CLopntTii. 
 
 CchVG^'x.K'&i.T.. adj. [from ron^cfl/.] Suf- 
 ceptible of congelation j capable of 
 loUng it* fluidity. 
 
 The coufiAencics of bodies arc very divcis : 
 <lrufe, rate, tangible^ piKumatical, ti^ied^ hard, 
 
 C N 
 
 fufr, /o-irf/.</.V, not congtUbhy Viqucfiablc, not 
 liqut fiat.k. B'lcon. 
 
 The chymifii define fait, from fome of its 
 properties, to be a body Bxuble in the fire, and 
 congdalU again by cold into brittle glebes oi 
 cryrtals. . jUluthwt un jr^lbncnti. 
 
 Congela'tion. n.yi [from congeal.} 
 
 1, A£l of turning fluids to folids by cold. 
 
 The capillary tubes are obftruifted either by 
 outward coHjpicfliun or congelation of the fluid 
 
 Tlrbuthnrjt on ^iiniertts. 
 There are congelations of the redundant water, 
 precipitations, and many other operations. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Air. 
 
 2. State of being congealed, or made foHd 
 by cold. 
 
 Many waters and fjjtings will never freeze; 
 and many parts in rivers and bkcs, where theie 
 are mineral eruptions, will ftiil peiTift without 
 congeUtion. ^ro^un't Vdgar Errours. 
 
 CO'NGENER. n. f. [Latin.] A thing 
 of the fame kind or nature. 
 
 The cherry-tree has been often grafted on the 
 laurtl, to wiiich it is a nngener. M'lUr. 
 
 Conge'nerous. adj. [fon^TOfr, Latin.] 
 Of the fame kind ; arillng from the 
 fame original. 
 
 Thofe bodies, being of a congenerous nature, 
 do readily receive the impreflions of their nature. 
 B't/'.uTt's Vulg.ir Krrcnrz. 
 From extreme and lalling colds proceeds a 
 gicat run of apoplexies, and other congenfTous 
 difeafes. Arbuthnot on /iir. 
 
 Conge'nerousness. h. f. [from conge- 
 nerous.] The quality of being from the 
 fame original ; belonging to the fame 
 clafs. Bia. 
 
 CONGE'NIAL. adj. [con and genius, 
 Lat.] Partaking of the fame genius; 
 kindred ; cognate : in Su'i/t it is fol- 
 lowed by it'tlfi. 
 
 He fprung, without any help, by a kind of 
 congcn/a/ composure, as we may term it, to the 
 likenefs of our late fovcieign and maftvr. i-fottsn. 
 You look with plcafure on thofe things which 
 are foniewhat cor.genial, and of a remote kindred 
 to your own conceptions. Drytier. 
 
 Smit with the love of fllHr arts we came. 
 And met ^'j'rger.ial, mingling Bame with flame. 
 
 Tope 
 He acquires a courage, and ftifTnefs of opi- 
 nion, not at all congenial ivith him. S-iuifr. 
 
 CoNGEN'i a'litv. n. f. \{rom Congenial. '\ 
 Participation of the fame genius ; cog- 
 nation of mind, or nature. 
 
 Conge Ni.iLNESs. n.f. [from congenial^ 
 Cognation. 
 
 Conge'nite. adj. \_congenitus, Latin.] 
 Of the fame birth ; born with another; 
 connate ; begotten together. 
 
 Many corxlulicurs of moral and intellcflual 
 truths feem, upon this account, to be congentte 
 with us, connatitral to us, and engraven in the 
 very frame of the foul. hale. 
 
 Did we learn an alphabet'in our embryo-ftate ? 
 And how comes it to pafs, that we are not 
 aware of any fuch congen.tc apprchcnfions ^ 
 
 GLtinille's Sccpjii. 
 
 Conger, n.f. [congrus, Lat.] The fea 
 eel. 
 
 Many fifh, whof« fhape and nature are much 
 like the eel, fic^ucnt both the fea and frc-fh 
 rivers ; as the mighty covgcr, taken often in the 
 Severn. IVulton's AngUr. 
 
 Conge'ries. n.f. [Latin.] A mafs of 
 fm:ill bodies heaped ap together. 
 
 Ttic a-r is noinpg but a co"^ec:ei or heap of 
 fmail, and for the molf pait of flexible, p.lrti- 
 clei, uf Several fiuSj aiKl of .ill kinds of figures. 
 
 CON 
 
 To CONGE ST. V. a. {congcri), eongtf' 
 turn, Lat.] To heap up ; to gather to- 
 gether. 
 
 Conge'stible. adj. [fromfon^^.] That 
 may be heaped up. Di<J. 
 
 Conge'stion. II. f. [^congejlto, Latin.] 
 A colleftion of matter, as in abfccffes 
 and tumours. ^lincy. 
 
 CongeJIion is tl-.en faid to be the caulc of » 
 tumour, when the growth of it is flow, and 
 without pain. iVifcman. 
 
 CoNGiARY. n.f. [congiarium, from con- 
 gius, a meafure of corn, Lat.] A gift 
 dillributed to tlie Roman people or fol- 
 diery, originally in corn, afterward in 
 money. 
 
 We fee on them the empcior and general of- 
 ficers, Handing as they diflributed a congiary to 
 the foldiers or people. Addijon. 
 
 To CONGLA'CIATE. -v. n. {congldcia- 
 tiis, Latin.] To turn to ice. 
 
 No other duth properly conglaciate but water : 
 for the determination of quickfilver is propeily 
 fixation, and that of milk coagulation. Brotvn, 
 Conglacia'tion. «. f. [from congla- 
 ciaU.'] The ftate of being changed, or 
 acl of chanffinjr, into ice. 
 
 If crytlal be a (lone, it is concreted by a mi- 
 neral fpirir, and lapidihcal principles ; for, while 
 it remained in a fluid body, it was a fubjc*5l 
 very unfit for proper cc/iglaciation. Sroiun, 
 
 To CO'NGLOBATE. -v. a. [conghtatus, 
 Lat.] To gather into a hard firm ball. 
 
 The tefticlc, as is faid, is one large conglahalai 
 gland, confilf ing of foft fibres, all in one convo- 
 lution. Grew. 
 Co'nglobate. adj. [from the verb.] 
 Moulded into a firm ball, of which the 
 fibres are not diftinftly vifible. 
 
 Fluids are fcparated from the blood in the 
 liver, and the other conglobate and conglomerate 
 glands. Ckcyne^i Thil. Vein. 
 
 Co'ngiobately. adv. \1\q\t\ conghbate.'\ 
 
 In a fpherical form. D't^. 
 
 Congloba'tion. n.f. [from ccnglohate.'\ 
 
 A round body ; colleftion into a round 
 
 mafs. 
 In •this fpawn are difcerned m.iny fpccks, or 
 
 little conglohauonsy which in time become black. 
 
 ■ ,- ■ ■ B^awn. 
 
 To Conglo'be. v. a. [copghbo, Latin.] 
 To gather into a round mafs; to confo- 
 lidate in a ball. 
 
 Then he founded, then conglob'd 
 Like things to like, Milton' i ParuJife LeJ. 
 
 For all their centre found. 
 Hung to the goddcfs, and eohei'd around : 
 Not clofcr, orb in orb conglob'd, are feen 
 Tlic buzzing bees about their duiky queen. Pope. 
 
 To Conglo'be. v. n. To coalefce into 
 a round mafs. 
 
 Thither they 
 Hafted with glad precipit.ince, up-roll'd 
 As drops on dud conglobing from the dry. Milton, 
 
 To CONGLO'MERATE. -u. a. [con. 
 glomero, Lat.] To gather into a ball, 
 like'a ball of thread; to inweave into a 
 round mafs. 
 
 The liver is one great onghmcntlej gland, 
 compofed of innumcral.lc fmall glands, each of 
 which confiftcth of foft fibres, in a diftinifl or 
 feparate convolution. Greiu^t Ccftno/ogia 
 
 CoNGLo'merate. adj. [from tlie verlj.j 
 I. Gathered into a round ball, fo as that 
 the conflitutnt parts and fibres are dif- 
 tinft. 
 
 Fluids are feparated in the liver, and the other 
 conglobate and cciglsmtrate glands. Cheynt.
 
 CON 
 
 3. Collcfted; twilled together. 
 
 The beams of light, when tiicy are multiplicri 
 ind coig/omerurfj generate Iicat. Bi'^'''i. 
 
 CoNGLOMER a'tion. ti. f. [ffom Conglo- 
 merate. ] 
 
 1. Colle6Hon of matter into a loofc ball. 
 
 2. Intcrtcxtiire ; mixture. 
 
 Tiic miiUiplicntioii and lO'i^Ifimcratiott of founds 
 dotli generate raiel'aiftion of the air. Bucfi't. 
 
 To CONGLUTINATE. v. a. [conglu- 
 tino, Latin.] To cement; to reunite > 
 to Ileal wounds. 
 
 To CoNOi.u TIN ATE. V. n. Tocoaltfce; 
 to unite by the intervention of a callus. 
 
 Con GLUTiN a'tion. n. f. [from conglu- 
 tiriate.1 The acl of uniting wounded 
 bodies ; reunion ; healing. 
 
 The caufe is a tempcr.uc •zighttivati:^; for 
 both bodies aic cUn\my" and vifcous, and do 
 bridle the detlux oi humours to the hurts. ^>.' 5^. 
 To this elongation of the fibres is owing the 
 union or conglutirtattQn of parts fep.iratcd hy a 
 wound. A'bulhn'it on Alimcnl^. 
 
 Conglu'tinative. adj. [from congluli- 
 
 nate.'\ Having the power of uniting 
 
 wounds. 
 Conglutin a'tor. n. f. [from congluli- 
 
 nate.^ That which has the power of 
 
 uniting wounds. 
 The uitcuculla is recommended as a f:onglntina~ 
 
 tor of broken hones. ^'i^tiwatJ on Fojfth. 
 
 CoNGR.i'TULANT. adj. [from conjratu- 
 
 lale.] Rejoicing in participation ; ex- 
 
 prefTing participation or another's joy. 
 
 Forth rulh'd in h.iHc the great confulting peers, 
 Rais'd from the dark divan, and with like joy 
 Congratuhtit appro3ch'd him. M'dto'i. 
 
 To CONGRATULATE, v. a. [gratu- 
 lor, Latin.] 
 
 1. To compliment upon any happy event; 
 to exprefs joy for the good of another. 
 
 I eongrtittiiite our Enghlh tongue, that it has 
 been eiiriclied with words from all our neigh- 
 bours. tVatii' LogUk. 
 
 2. It has fometimes the accufative cafe of 
 the caufe of joy, and to before the 
 perfon. 
 
 An ecclefiaftical union within yourfelvcs, I 
 am ratlier ready lo ccngrarulau to you. Spratt. 
 
 The fuijjeifts of England may congrnruhtt- to 
 thcmfclves, that the nature of our government, 
 and tiie clemency of our king, fecurc us. Dryii. 
 
 To Concra'tul ATE. V. tt. To rcjoice 
 in participation. 
 
 I cannot but coiigratuUte with my countiT, 
 which liath outdone all Europe in adv.-incing 
 converfation. Swift. 
 
 Congratula'tion. n.f. [from cotfra- 
 lulute. ] 
 
 1. The aft of profclTing joy for the hap- 
 pincfs or fucccfs of another. 
 
 2. The form in which joy for the happi- 
 nefs of another is profelTed. 
 
 CoNCRa'tulatory. adj. [from con^ra- 
 
 tulate.l Expreffing joy for the good 
 
 fortune of another. 
 ToCongre'e. v.n. [from ^»Y, French.] 
 
 To agree ; to accord ; to join ; to 
 
 unite. Not In ufe. 
 
 For i^ovcrnmcnr, 
 
 Put info parts, dorii keep in one concent 
 
 Congreeing in a full and natural clofe. S!:alf. 
 
 To Congre'et. v. n. [from con and 
 
 greet.] To falute reciprocally. Not 
 
 in ufe. 
 
 CON 
 
 My ofllcc hith To far prcvailVTf 
 That f.ice to face, nud roya! eye to eye, 
 You have co^ii\tfcifii. Sluikjpcaf<:'i lf<!nry v. 
 
 To CO'NGRIiGATE. •^^ a. [con^^re^o. 
 Lat.] To colkd together; to afTcmblc ; 
 to bring into one place. 
 
 Any multirudc of cliriltian men congregated, 
 may be -termed hy the name of a church. Honker. 
 Thefc waters were afterwards cougregntecif 
 and called the fca. Rale'f^h 
 
 Temped-, tlicmfcWcs, high fcas, and howling 
 wiiid«, 
 The gutti 1 *d rocks and congregated fands, 
 As having fcnfe of beauty, do omit 
 Their mortal natures. Shakfpeare^s Othello. 
 
 The dry land, earth; and r!ic ?iT.it leceptaclc 
 Of rry,}g,tg,itrd wateis, he call'd leas ; 
 And la-.p th.it it w:is good. MUtou. 
 
 Heat eortgregates homogcnenl bodies, and fe- 
 pnr.itos hcterogencal ones. Neivton^s, Optirkt 
 
 I.ijjht, ca^regate.i by a burning ghifs, acts 
 moft upon fulphuieous bodies, to turn them into 
 U;e. NfTuton's OpricL. 
 
 To Co'ycREGATE. V. n. To aflemble ; 
 to meet ; to gather together. 
 
 He r.iih, 
 Ev'n there wlicie merchants moft do congregate, 
 On me, my bargitins. Shakfprare. 
 
 'Tis true (as the old proverb doth relate) 
 Equals with equ.iU often congregate. Dcnhom. 
 
 Co'ngregate. ailj. [from the verb.] 
 Collected ; compact. 
 
 Where the matter is mofl congrcgnfef the cold 
 is the gieatcr. Bacon's Niiturul liijir.ry. 
 
 Co\greg.\'tion, n. /! \JrQm congregate, 1 
 
 1. The 3(51 of collef^ing. 
 
 The means of redu»^ion by the fire, is but by 
 congregation ot homogeneal paits. Baron. 
 
 2. A collection; a mafs of various parts 
 
 brought together. 
 
 This brave o'crhanging firmament appears no 
 other thing to me, than a foul and peftilent con- 
 gregation of vapours. Shakfprare. 
 
 3. An afTembly met to worfhip God in 
 publick, and hear doiflrine. 
 
 The words which the miniftcr firft pro- 
 nnunceth, the whole congreguticn ihall rcp^rat 
 after him. Hooker. 
 
 The pra<£lice of thofc that prefer houfes before 
 churclies, and a conventicle before the congre- 
 gation. South. 
 
 If thofc preachers, who abound in epiphonem.is, 
 would look about them, They would find part 
 of their congregation out of countenance, and the 
 other afleep. Swift. 
 
 Con g r e g a 't 1 on a l. a/^j. [ from corigir- 
 gat'ton.'] Publlck ; pertaining to a con- 
 gregation or afTembly. It is a word 
 ufed of fuch chriflians as hold every 
 congregation to be a feparate and inde- 
 pendent church. 
 
 CO'NGRESS. «./ [congrejtis, Latin.] 
 
 1. A meeting ; a fhock ; a conflict. 
 
 H;re Pallas urges on, and Laufus there; 
 Tl\elt congrrf^ in the field great Jove withliand.':, 
 Buth doom'd to fall, but fall by greater h;inds. 
 D'yden's J-.n.i.L 
 
 From thefc bws may be deduced the rules ot 
 the cong'cjfcs and refle<flions of two bodies. 
 
 Chcync^f Philofcphicai Pi inciplcs. 
 
 2. An appointed meeting for fettlement of 
 affairs between different nations ; as, 
 the congrefs of Cambray. 
 
 Cong r e 's s i v e . adj, [ from cotigrefs . ] 
 Meeting; encountering; coming toge- 
 ther. 
 
 If it be undciftood of fexes conjoined, all 
 plants are fcmaU ; and if of disjoined and con- 
 grcjji-ve generarioPj there is no male or female in 
 them, £rov.-n'i Vulgar Ertoun. 
 
 CON 
 
 nCONGRU'E. „. n. [f.om cm,g,-i,o, 
 Lat.] To agree ; to be con(;ilenl with j 
 to fffit ; to be agreeable. Not in ufe. 
 
 Our fovcrcign proccfs iinjoits at full, 
 By litter'i(:o»g'«///g to tliat elTcdl, 
 Thcprefent death of Hamlet. .^f^atfpfare. 
 
 Conguii'ence. n.f. [_corignieiitia, Lat.] 
 Agreement ; fuitableiiefb of one thing 
 to another ; confiftency. 
 
 Congru'ent. adj. [ccingn/enj, Latin.] 
 Agreeing ; coriefpondent. 
 
 Ttjcfc planet, wiic fo fcparntcd as to move 
 upon a common fide of tlic cwgruirit fquarcs. as 
 an axis. Clirync'i I'hitofifhual Piimiflu, 
 
 CoNGRu'iTY. n.f. [from congrue.] 
 
 1. Suitablenefs; sgreeablencf«. 
 
 (;o"gi;<//)' of opinions to our natural conllitu- 
 tion, is one great incentive to their reception. 
 
 GliinviHe, 
 
 2. Fitnefs ; pertinence. 
 
 A whole fentcnce may fail of its nngrulty 1 jr 
 wanting one particle. Sidniy, 
 
 3. Confequence of argument; reafon ; 
 
 confiftency. 
 
 With what congruity doth the church of Rome 
 deny, that her enemies do at j11 appertain !u 
 the church of Chrid ? I^oofrr. 
 
 4. [ In geometry.] Figures or lines which 
 e.\-aflly correfpond, when laid over one 
 another, are in congrmly. 
 
 Co'ngrument. n. f. [from cnngrue.] 
 Fitnefs ; adaptation. Not in ufe. 
 
 TXm-- congmmfnt and harmonious fitting of pe» 
 I iods in a fentence, hatii almoft the faflening and 
 force of Icnitting and connexion. Sen ^o'lfo^.. 
 Co'ngruous. adj. \congruus, Lat.j 
 
 1. Agreeable to ; confident with. 
 
 The cxilicnce of God is fo many vays tnao:- 
 feft, and the ohcriicnce we owe him fo co^gruoui 
 to tlie light of reafon, that a great part of man- 
 kind give tcftimony to the law of niturc. LtU. 
 
 2. Suitable to; accommodated to; pro- 
 portionate or commenfurate. 
 
 The faculty is infinite, the objcifl ir.fj.-iiie, 
 and they infinitely congruou\ to one another. 
 
 Chiyiie'i Vhi!of-jfhic.it Pr!n:iJ'!et. 
 
 3. Rational ; fit. 
 
 Motives that addrcfs themfclvcs to our rcafo?, 
 are fittclt to be employed upon rcafonahle ctci- 
 tuies : it is no ways congruo.it, that God (houid 
 be always fiightening men into an acknowlcdg. 
 mcnt of the truth. .^rteth.a^-. 
 
 Co'ngruously. adv. \_ixom congruovs.'[ 
 Suitably; pertinently; confillently. 
 
 This conjedurc is to be leg.iidcri, bccaufe, 
 congruc-if.y unto it, one having warmed the bla^d- 
 dcr, found it then lighter th.in the oppofirc 
 weight. B'jyie'i Spring of ti:c .-?/>. 
 
 Co'nical. J adj. [cotikiis, Lat.] Having 
 Co'nick. J the form of a cone, or round 
 dtcreafing. 
 
 Tow'ring firs in cc'iich furms arife. 
 And with a pointed fpcar divide the Ikies. Prio'. 
 
 A brown flint of a conick figure : the laiit :s 
 oblong. I f^toi!T,-iri{, 
 
 Tl ey are co-knl vcffels, with their bafes 
 
 towards the he;irt ; and, as they pafs on, thtir 
 
 diameters grow II ill U'fs. jii''iilhnot. 
 
 Co'nic.\i. LY. adv. [from conical.} In 
 
 form of a cone. 
 
 In a watering pot, Ihaped conically, or like a 
 fugar-loaf, filled with w.itcr, no liquor falls 
 tiirough the holes at the bottom, \shiift rhe 
 gardener keeps his t!:umb upon the orifice at the 
 top. Bo)lr'i!:f'i'!g of I fie j-:It. 
 
 Co'nicalness. n.f. [from conical.] The 
 Itate or quality of being conical. 
 
 Conick St^ion. n.f. A curve line arffiit? 
 
 from the kclion of a coae by a plane, 
 
 X C i
 
 CON 
 
 CovJCK Seaions.l n.f. That part of geo- 
 Co'NiCKS. 5 mttry which confiders 
 
 thi cone, and the curves ariliiig from 
 
 its feftions. 
 Jo CONJE'CT. V. n. \conjeaum, Lat.] 
 
 To guefs ; to conjeaure. Not in ule. 
 I intieaT: you then, 
 
 From one that but impcrfccSly conj^S^, 
 
 Your wifdom would not buiia yourfclf a trouble. 
 
 Con J e'ctor . n.f. [from eonjed. ] A guef- 
 
 fer ; a conjefturer. 
 For fo co7tji3ort would obtnid?, 
 
 And fiom thy painted (kin conclude. S:v:ft. 
 
 Conje'ctur.«-BLE. adj. \irom conjea'ir,.-} 
 
 Being the objecl of conjeftiire ; polhble 
 
 to be guefied. 
 Covje'ctural. o^. [from eonjcaure.^ 
 
 Depending on conjedure ; faid or done 
 
 bv pruefs. 
 
 They'll fit by th' fire, and prefume to know 
 Who thrives aiid who declines, fide faclions, and 
 
 give out . 
 
 C^KJeaura! marriages. Shnkfpearc ,Cor,^l.=nus. 
 Thou fpeak'ft it falfely, as I love mme honour, 
 ■ And mak'rt conjeeiuml fears to gome 'nto rne. 
 
 iyfuiKfpt'nif. 
 
 It were a matter of great profit, favc that I 
 doubt it is too c.njea:.r.il to venture upo.i, U 
 one coL.ld difccrn what corn, herbs, or truits, 
 are likely to be in plenty or fcarcity Bacon. 
 
 The two laft words are not in Callimachus, 
 and confequently the reft are only conjeaural. 
 
 hroome. 
 
 GoNJECTUR^'litv. n.f. [from conjec- 
 tural.^ That which depends upon guefs. 
 Thev have not recurred unto chroiology, or 
 the records of time, hut taken themfelves unto 
 probabilities, and the cwjcauraliiy of philofophy. 
 • ^ Biown's fulgar Lrrmrs. 
 
 Conje'cturally. aiiv. [from conjec- 
 tyniL] By guefs ; by conjeclure. 
 
 Whaifoever may be at any time, out of Scrip- 
 ture, but probably and conjiaur.ilfy furmifed 
 ' Hooter. 
 
 Let it be probably, not canjeaumHj, proved. 
 
 Conjecture, n. f. [conjcBura, Lat.] 
 
 1. Guefs ; Imperfcd knowledge ; prepon- 
 deration of opinion without proof. 
 
 lu the cafting nf lotJ, a man c:innot, upon 
 any ground of reafon, bring the event fo much 
 as under nnjfauye. ■^'"■' '■ 
 
 2. Idea; notion ; conception. Mot in 
 
 tife- 
 
 Now enterlain o'^jta-jTe of a tpre, 
 Wncn creeping murmur, and the poring dark, 
 Fills the wide vclTel ofti.e univerfc. Sha'jfcare. 
 To Conjk'cture. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To guefs ; to judge by guefs ; to enter- 
 tain an opinion upon bare probability. 
 
 When we look upon fuch ihnigs as equally 
 
 may or may not he, human renfon can then, at 
 
 the befr, but cnnfanre what will be. Sojik. 
 
 CoNJe'ctorer. n. /. [from cnnjeHiirs .'] 
 
 A guefier ; one who fcrms opinion 
 
 without prot>f. 
 
 IfweHiouhl believe very grave cif-j'^u'irr, 
 
 canfivorous animals now were not fielh devourcrs 
 
 . Bro zun. 
 
 iheii. , . . . 
 
 I (h.-iM leave conjcnwcs to ihcir own imagine.- 
 
 tions. ^'■''■'J'-"- 
 
 Coni'feroos. adj. [«««.» and />ro, Lat.] 
 Such trees or herbs ate c'-r:iferous, as bear a 
 fquamofe fc.iiy fruit, of a woody fuhftancc, and 
 a figure approaching to a core, in which are 
 manv feeds; and when ti-.ey ate ripe, K.x levcnil 
 cclls'in the cone open, and the fecd^ drop out. 
 Of this kiad arc the fir, piuc, and beech. ll:'!r:cy. 
 
 CON 
 
 To Conjo'bble. v. a. [E*omf on, together, 
 znAjobbernol, the head.] To concert ; 
 to fettle ; to difcufs. .^ low cant word. 
 Wnat would a body think of a miniflcr that 
 (hould mnjoOhU matters of iiate with tumbltis, 
 and cjnfcr politicks with tinkers r VF.jiranyi. 
 
 To CONJO'IN. V. a. [confomdre, Fr. 
 conjungo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To unite; to confolidate into one. 
 Thou wrong'ft Pirithoui, and not him alone j 
 
 But, while I live, two friends mnjciri'il in one. 
 
 2. Totinite in marriage. 
 If either of you know any inward impediment, 
 
 Whv you Ihould not be nnj'Jn'il, I charge 
 Yr>u on your fouls to utter it. Siiaifpeai-:. 
 
 3. To aflbciate ; to connect. 
 Common and univerl.il fpirits convey the 
 
 aiftion of the remedy into the part, and (.cnjofi 
 
 the virtue of bodies far disjoined. Bro-wn. 
 
 Men of differing intcrefts can be reconciled 
 
 in one communion ; at leaft, the defigns of all 
 
 can be coyoined in ligatures of the fame rcve- 
 
 lence, and piety, and devotion. Tayhr. 
 
 Let that which he learns next be nearly nn- 
 
 joined with what he knows already. Locke. 
 
 To CoNjo'iN. -v.n. To league; to unite. 
 
 This part of bis 
 
 dmhins with my difeal'e, and iielps to end me. 
 
 Conjoint, adj. [conjci-it, Tr.] United; 
 
 connected ; affociate. 
 Conjoint Dfgrccs. [In mufick.] Two 
 notes which immediately follow each 
 other in the order of the fcale : as, vt 
 and re. 
 CoNjo'iNTLY. adv. [from conjoint.] In 
 union ; together ; itt affociation : joint- 
 ly ; not apart. 
 
 A grofs and frequent error, commonly com- 
 mitted in the ufe of doubtful rcmcoies, cinprnlly 
 with thofe tliat are of .ipprovcd virtues. Bro-^vn. 
 The parts of the body, fcpataiely,. m^ke 
 known thepaffions of tnc foul, or ellc con/oi'tify 
 one with the other. Drydcn. 
 
 Co'nisor. See CoGNrsoR. 
 CO'NJUGAL. af!j. [ccnjugalls, Lat.] 
 Matrimonial ; belonging to marriage ; 
 
 Connubial. 
 
 Their co'v'.'g"' afTcflion fiiil is tied, 
 
 And ftill the moumful race is multiplied. Dryd. 
 
 I could not forbear commending the young 
 
 woman for l-.er cot/ugal aflWlion, when I found 
 
 that (he h:'.d left the^goo.-! man at \:vme.Spiaatrj,. 
 
 He mark'd the o.-i.-r/^n/ difpute ; 
 Nei; roar'd inccfiant, Dick fui mute. S:i"/t. 
 Co'njcg.illy. adv. [from conjugii!.] 
 
 Matrimonially ; connubially. 
 To Co'n-JUGATE. 11 a. [conj:iJO, Lnt. ] 
 
 1. To join; to join in marr!.ige ; to 
 
 unite. 
 
 Thofe drawing as well marriage as wardthip, 
 gave him both power ;md oecafiun to «■»/;. e/i/f at 
 ple.ifuic the Norman and the S;ixon home';. 
 ' IVcttov. 
 
 2. To infieft verbs; to^ decline verbs 
 through their various terminations. 
 
 Co'njugate. n.f. [conjugalus, Latin.] 
 Agreeii g in derivation with another 
 word, and therefore genvrally rcftm- 
 bling'in fignincation. 
 
 Ris granmiat'ca! argument, grnimded upon 
 the f'.crivationof fpontaneous trom //.o»/f,.weiRhs 
 nothing: we have learned in logick, lh.it «/!;-/- 
 gnut aie fometimcs in name only, and not m 
 deed. BramlM.Ti Anjiuer to Ui>hhn 
 
 CoVjVG ATE. Diameter, or ylxis. [In ge- 
 ometry.] A right line bifedlng the 
 tranfvcrfe diameter. Chambers. 
 
 CON 
 
 Covjuga'tion. n.f. \^conjugaih,'L^i.} 
 
 1. A couple ; a pair. 
 The heart is fo tar from afFordinj nerves unto 
 
 other parts, that it receiveth very few it(elf fiom 
 tlie fixtti conjugation or pair of ncr\es. hrcri^m. 
 
 2. The aft of uniting or compiling things 
 together. 
 
 The general and indefinite contemplations and 
 notions of the elements, and their coniugatrcm, 
 are to be let afidc, being but notior.il, and 
 illimited and definite axioms are to be drawn out 
 of meafured inltanccs. Bacon. 
 
 Ail t!.e various iiiixiures and eonjugatic/m of 
 atoms du beget nothing. Bcrttl.y. 
 
 3. The form of inflecling verbs through 
 their feries of terminations. 
 
 Have thofo who h.ave v.-rit lu much about de- 
 clcnfions and ctryv^fiZ/V.-r, .ihciit coi^cords and 
 fyntaxes, lofi their labour, and been learned to no 
 purpofe.> Locke. 
 
 4. Union; aflemblage. 
 Tiie fupper of the Lord is the moft facrcd, 
 
 myfterious, and ufeful conjugation of fecret and 
 holy tilings and duties. Taylor. 
 
 CONJUTSICT. adj, {conjunatis, Latin.], 
 Conjoined ; concurrent ; united. Not 
 in ulc. 
 
 It pleas'd the king his mafler to ftrike at me,. 
 When he, corjuna -.inA flall'nng his dilpleafure, 
 Tript nie behind. Ukaif. King Lrur^ 
 
 Conju'nction. n.f. [conjunaio, Lat.} 
 
 1 . Union ; aflbciation ; league. 
 With our fmall conjunction we (hould oir,- 
 
 To fee how fortune is difpos'd to us. Shakf. 
 
 He will unite the white rofe and the red; 
 Smile, heaven, upon his fair conJunShn, 
 That long hath frown'd upon their. enmity. Siai. 
 
 The treatv c.ave abroad a reputation of a ftritt 
 cor/unaion 3nd amity between them. Bacon. 
 
 Man can effect no great ni.itter by his perfonal 
 ftrengtl-, hut as ho adta m fociety aiid conjur.a^on 
 with others. South. 
 
 An invilible hand from heaven mingles hearts 
 and fouls hy lliange,. fecret,- and unaccountalle 
 conjiinaions. Sorttn. 
 
 2. 'Ihe oongrefs' of two planets in the 
 fame degree of the zodiack, where they 
 are fuppofcd to have great power and 
 influence.. 
 
 God,, neither hy drawing waters f.om the 
 
 deep, nor ly any conj.inaion of the ftars, (hould 
 
 bury them under a fecoud (lood. Kit!e:gn. 
 
 Has not a poet more virtues and vices wiihm 
 
 his civcle .> Cannot he ohfervc their infiiieni es 
 
 in their oppufitior.s and for/Vi^/w:=, in their alri- 
 
 rudes and rieprcfficns ? He (halt looner find ink 
 
 than nature exhauftcd. Kyaier. 
 
 Pumpey and C*far were two ftars of tuch a 
 
 m-T-niturie, that their coiijunaion was as fatal as 
 
 their oppofition. iu.dt. 
 
 3. A word made ufe of to conneft. the 
 
 claufes of a period to2:ether, and to 
 
 fjgnify their relation to one another. 
 
 Clarke. 
 
 Conju'nctive. adj. [conjunPk-us, Lat ] 
 I. Clofcly united. A fenfe not in ufe. 
 She 's fo ciinpinaive to my life and foul, 
 That as the liar moves not but in his Iphere, 
 
 I could not hut hy 
 
 Skiikjptare. 
 
 2. [In grammar.] The mood of a verb, 
 nfed fubfequently to a conjunflion. 
 
 CoNjti'NCTiVELY. adv. [trom conjunc- 
 tive] In union ; not apart. 
 
 Thefe are good mcdu;ms cotyitnaii'tly taken, 
 that is, not one without the other. Brou/n. 
 
 CoNjt'vcTivENEss. n.f. [(vom conjunc- 
 tive.] The quality of joining or unit- 
 ing. 
 
 Conju'nctly. adv. [from conjjnU.I 
 Jointly J together ; not apart..
 
 CON 
 
 Cottju'ncture. n.f. \jnnjon&ur!, Fr.] 
 r. Comljiiiation of m.iny clrcumitancc-s, 
 or caiifts. 
 I never met with a more iinlwppy conjuith <; 
 of affaiuth.m in the iiufiri:rs of that c.iil. Kin^Ch. 
 Every viiruc requires time and plate, a proper 
 objc^, and a lit co'ijunSlurc of circumftances. 
 
 2. Occafion ; criticnl time. 
 
 Such ceiiTmcs alu'ayS' atttnt! fuch ccnjurtQurciy 
 and find f.uilt for what ij nut dont, as with that 
 which is done. ClaretiM-.. 
 
 3. Mode of union ; connexion. 
 
 He is tjuick to perceive the motions of aificu- 
 lation, and coijunflurci of letters in wuKJs. 
 
 liMer'i Elcmmtiof Sfmh. 
 
 4. Coiififtency. 
 
 1 was willing to grant to piclbytery \rhat with 
 rcafon it can pretend to, in a coiijiintlmr wiih cpii- 
 copjcy. A7,';g L/iarks. 
 
 Conjuration, n.f [from corfjiire.^ 
 I. Tlie ftjvm or sft of fummoning another 
 in fome facrcd natne. 
 
 \Vc ch.i'ge you, inthe name ofGod, take heed : 
 Under this co'y'j/ru//(i/< fpeak, my lord. Sliniffieare. 
 a. A magical form of woiJs; an incanta- 
 tion ; an tnchantmenl. 
 
 Your rtnii/ititio/i, f.iir knight,. is too ftrong tor 
 my poor Ipirit to dif.ibey. Sidney. 
 
 What drugs, what charms, 
 What canjiiraiiony.mA what mighty ningick, 
 For (uch pioceeding I am char^'d withal, 
 I won his dau^iitei witlr.* ShitkJ^cnte^i Othdh 
 3. A plot ; a confpiracy. D'lit. 
 
 2o CONJURF.. 'J. a. [ccnjuro, Latin.] 
 li. To fiimmon in a facrcd name ; to en 
 join with the highell folemnity. 
 
 He ronchided with iighs and tears to objure 
 them, that they would no more prefs liim to con- 
 fcnt to a tiling i'o contrary to his icafcm. Ctaun t 
 The church ra ly addrefs her fnn.'; in the form 
 St. PjuI docs the Piiilippians, when lie anjures 
 tiiem to unity. Decay of ticty. 
 
 l-conjiirc you ! Let him know, 
 Whatc'er was done againft him, Cato (lid it. 
 
 Addifon^ s Ca:o. 
 
 1. To bind many by an oath to fome com- 
 mon deljgn. This fenfe is rare. 
 
 He in proud rebellious arms, 
 Drew after him tne third part of heav'n's 
 
 fons, 
 C»>!yi"''rfagainft the HJgheft. Mih^n'i Par. Lojl. 
 
 3. To influence by magick ; to affecf by 
 enchantment ; to eharm. 
 
 VVi;at hi icK pijgician fcw/Vrfi up this fiend, 
 To ftop dc\otcd charitable deeds ? S'iakfpeure. 
 
 What is he,- whole griefs 
 Bear fuch an emphahs ? whofe phrafe of furrow 
 Conjurei the wand'ring ftars, and makes them 
 
 ftand 
 Like wonder- wounded hearers ? Shakfpeme. 
 
 I tliciight tfieir own fears, whofe black arts 
 full i.Tiled up thcfe turbulent fpirits, would force 
 li*em to mnjiire tlrcm down again. A'/^'g Charles, 
 
 You have conjured up perfons that ex'lt no 
 whore clfc hut on old coins,, and have made our 
 palTions and v irtuos vifihlc. Addifon. 
 
 4. It is to be obferved', that when this 
 word is ufed for Jumtnon or conj'fire, its 
 accent is on the lall lyllable, conjure ; 
 when for charm, on the firll, conjure. 
 
 To Co'njurk. v. n. To praclife cliarms 
 or enchantments; to enciiant. 
 
 My invocation is honclt and fair; and in his 
 millicfs's name 1 cjrijure only but to raife up 
 liim. Siiakjpeat e* i Rcmco and yutiet. 
 
 Out of my door, you witch! you hag, yi.u 
 baggage, you poulcar, you lunnaway ! Out, out, 
 out ! I'll to^jitri you, I'll furtLinefell you ! 
 
 SAaMJpfare' X Meny tVives of IVimij^^r. 
 
 Co'njurer. n.f. [from conjure.'] 
 
 v. An enchanter ; one that ufes charms. 
 
 CON 
 
 Good rfc^or Pinch, you are a fonjwf : 
 Eltablilli liim in his true I'cnfc .again. Shatfpiare. 
 
 Figures in the book 
 Of fome dread cmjurn, that would enforce 
 nature. Doriiic. 
 
 Thus h.'is he done you Britifli conforts right, 
 Whofe liulbands, (hould they pry like mine to- 
 
 nighl, 
 Woidd never find you in your conduA iUpping, 
 Though they turn'drw.y'wrt/i to take you tripjnng. 
 
 M,l.[t.n. 
 
 2. An irapoftor who pretends to fecret 
 arts ; a ctmning man. 
 
 From the account the lofer brings, 
 Thec5ff/''-fr knows who Itolc the things. Vrkr. 
 
 3. By way of irony, a man of flirewd con- 
 jefhire ; a man of fagacity. 
 
 Though ants aic very knowing, I don't rake 
 tl-em to be cnjurcrt ; and therefore they could not 
 guefs that I had put fome corn in that room. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 Conju'rf.mf.nt. «. / [from conjure.'] 
 Scriou.'i iiijunftion ; lolemn demand. 
 
 I Ihould not be induced but by your earned 
 iinreatici and fcrious cmjuieweiits. Miltr.n. 
 
 Conna'scence. n. f. \_con and nafcor, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Common birth ; produclion at the fame 
 time ; comiiiunity of birth. 
 
 2. Being produced together with another 
 being. 
 
 Chrilf ians have baptized thcfe geminous births 
 and douhXi cofjnnfnwics, as containing in them a 
 dillinif^ion of foul. Broiun's yi^lg- Etr. 
 
 3 . The ac^ of imitlng or growing together : 
 improperly. 
 
 Symphafis denotes a connafcence, or growing 
 logcrher. iVfeman. 
 
 Conn a'te. rt/^. [from ccn and ni7j'«j, Lat.] 
 Born with another ; of the fame birth. 
 Many, who deny all connate notions in the 
 fpeculativc intellect, do yet admit them in this. 
 
 South. 
 
 Their difpofitions to be reflected, fume at a 
 
 greater and others at a lefs thicknefs, of thin 
 
 plates or bubbles, are connate witli the rays, and 
 
 imniiitabie. Newton's Optick^. 
 
 Cosn.\'tura L. aiij, [con znA natural.] 
 
 1. United with the being; connefted by 
 nature. 
 
 Firit in man's mind we find an appetite 
 To learn and know tlie truth of every thing; 
 Which is cannatuialj and born with it. DaTtes, 
 
 Thcfe atfctTtioils aie connatural to us, and as 
 we grow up fo do they. L'hjlrange. 
 
 2. Participant of the fame nature. 
 
 Is there no way, befides 
 Thefc painful paiTage', how wc may come 
 To death, and mix \v\',\io\ix cor.natural dull ? 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Whatever diaws nie on, 
 Or fympatli)', or fume connatural force, 
 Pow'rful at greattf^ diflance to unite 
 With lecrct amity. Milton's Paradife Lofl. 
 
 Connatura'litv. n.f. [from connatu- 
 ral.] Participation of the fame nature ; 
 natural union. 
 
 There is ^ connat'tralitv andcongruiry I etwecn 
 tliat knovvlcclge and thofe habits, and that future 
 eftate of tlie foul. Hale. 
 
 CcNN a'tura LLY. adv. [{romconnatural.] 
 By the a£t of nature; originally. 
 
 Some common notions fecm nanatwally zn- 
 gravcii in tlie foul, antecedently to difcalVive ra- 
 tiocination. }la!t. 
 
 CoNH a'tura I.NF.SS. n.f. [Uam contmiu- 
 raJ.] Participation of the fame nature; 
 natural union. 
 
 Suci. is the c->n.i.*tuielnefs of our corruptions, 
 except we looked fur an account hereafter. 
 
 S'earfoti on tne Creed. 
 
 CON 
 
 To CONNECT. V. a. [tronne3o, L^xlin.] 
 
 1. To join; to link ; to unite ; to con- 
 join ; to fallen together. 
 
 The coipufeles that conftitutc the ([uickfilver 
 will be fo connrilcd to one another, that iiilU-ad of 
 a fluid body, they will appc.ir in the form of a 
 red powder. Bo\ie. 
 
 2. To unite by intervention, as a cement. 
 
 The natural order o( the conne^ing ideas mult 
 dirctt the lyllogifms ; and a man mull Ice 
 the connection of each intermediate idea with 
 thofe that ic connc£lsj before he can ufc it in a 
 fyllogifm. t^jckt. 
 
 3. To join in ajuft ferics of thought, or 
 regular conflrtiction of language : as, 
 the author connects his reafons nuell. 
 
 7o Conne'ct. t. n. To ciiliere ; to have 
 jiift relation to things precedent and fiib- 
 feqiient. This is fcldom ufcd but in 
 converfation. 
 
 Conne'ctively. «^t;. [fyom conned. 1 In 
 conJuniStion ; in union; jointly; con- 
 jointly ; conjunftly. 
 
 The people's power is great and indifputal.le, 
 whenever they can unite conne^tively, or by de- 
 putation, tocxcrlir. Stuft, 
 
 To Conne'x. -v. a. [connexum, Lat.} To 
 join or link together ; to faden to each 
 other. 
 
 Thofe birds who are taught fome words or icr\- 
 tences, cannot connex their words or fcntenccs in 
 coherence with the matter whicli tliey fignify. 
 
 Hale's Origin of Mankind, 
 They Hy, 
 By chains connex^d^ and with Oeftiui^live fwcep 
 Behead whole troops at once. i'hdips. 
 
 Conk e'x ION. n.f. [from connex; or con- 
 nexio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Union ; junction ; the a£} of fattening 
 together ; the Hate of being fallcned 
 together. 
 
 ^Iy heart, which by a fecret harmony 
 Still moves witii thitie, join'd in connexion fweet. 
 
 M.llon. 
 
 There muft be a future ftatc where the eternal 
 and infeparable connexion between virtue and hap- 
 pincfs Iball be manifeilcd. Atterhiiry. 
 
 2. Jull relation to fomething precedent or 
 ftibfcquent ; confequence of argumen- 
 tation ; cohertnce. 
 
 Gontemplation ol human nature doth, bv a 
 necelTary connexion and chain of caufcs, carry u«- 
 up to liic Deity. Hali. 
 
 Each intermediate idea muft be fuch as, in 
 the whole chain, hath a \ifihle connexion with- 
 thofe two it is placed between. Locke, 
 
 A confeious, wife, ixfleifling caufe, 
 That can deliberate, means citd't, and find 
 Their due connexion with the end defign'd. 
 
 Blahnore's Creation. 
 
 Conne'x I VE. adj. [from connex.] Hav- 
 ing the force of connexion; donjnnftive* 
 ■The predicate and lubjeft are joincei in a form 
 of words by conncxive p.irricies. IVatn. 
 
 CoNNiCTATioy. n. f. [from conniSo,. 
 Lat.] A winking. Dicl. 
 
 CoNNi'vANCE. n.f. [from ccnniije.] 
 
 1. The adl of winking. Not in life. 
 
 2. Voluntary blindncfs ; pretended igno- 
 rance; forbearance. 
 
 It is better to mitigate ufury by declaration, 
 than to fnft'er it to rage by connivance. Bacon. 
 
 Dilohcdicrrc having g.iined one degree of li- 
 berty, will demand another ; every vice inter- 
 prets a coNnii'ance an approb.ition. So-.-th. 
 
 A connivance to admit half will produce ruin. 
 
 Svft,- 
 
 To CONNIVE. V, n. [.-onniveo, Lat.] 
 I . To wink.
 
 CON 
 
 TKis artift is to tc.ich them how to tied judi- 
 cioufli', to cinnhie with either eye. Spe^^^for. 
 Z. To pretend blindnefs or ignorance ; to 
 forbtar ; to pal's uncenfurcd. 
 
 The licc'.ltioufncfs of intciiours, nnd the re- 
 
 mifTntfsof fuperioars, the one violates, and the 
 
 other rcmrtim. Dtcay of Piety. 
 
 With whatever colours he perfuades authority, ' 
 
 ■to nnnnrt at his own vices, he will dcrire its pro- 
 
 tccflion from the ctic<!ts of other men's. Rogen. 
 
 He thinks it a fcandal to government to ron- 
 
 vivc at fuch tr.ifts as rcjcdl ail revelation. Swift. 
 
 CONNOJSSl'UR. n.f. [French.] A 
 
 judge ; a critick. It is often ufed of a 
 
 pretended critick. 
 
 Your leffun learnt, you'll be Cccure 
 To get the name of counoljfeur. Siuift. 
 
 To CONNOTATE, v. a. [eon and iwta, 
 Latis.] To defignate fomething be- 
 fide itfelf; to imply; to infer. 
 
 God's forefeeiiig doth not include or emmtatr 
 predetermining, any more than I decree with my 
 intelle<?l. H.immo'i.l 
 
 Connota'tion'. n. /. [from connotafc] 
 Implication of fomething befide itftlf ; 
 inference ; illation. 
 
 By rcafonofthe co-cxiftcnce of one thing with 
 
 another, there arifcth a various relation or cottno- 
 
 t<itioti hetween them. Hak'i Orig. of Mtuikind. 
 
 Plato by his ideas means only the di\inc ef- 
 
 fcnce with [his co/uiotiitio'i, as it is varloufly imi- 
 
 t.ible or participable by created beings. Norrii. 
 
 To Conno'te. v. a. \_con and Kp/a, Lat.] 
 
 To imply ; to betoken ; to include. 
 
 Good, in the general notion of it, connotei z\(o 
 
 - a certain fuitabkncXs of it lo fomc other thing. 
 
 So;t/i. 
 
 Connu'bial. atlj. [connublalh, Latin] 
 Matrimonial ; nuptial ; pertaining to 
 marriage ; conjugal. 
 
 Should fecond love a plcafing flame infpire, 
 J\.nd the chafte queen cotmuhuil lites require. 
 
 Pt,/.f'j (hiyffey. 
 
 CO'NOID. ». /. \_::uKi\l'.c.'\ A figure 
 partaking of a cone ; approaching to 
 the form of a cone. 
 
 The tympanum is not capal)le of tcnlion as a 
 flrum ; There remains another v.'.iy, by drawing 
 it to the centre into a cauaid form. Huldrr. 
 
 Conoi'dic.4l. adj. [from conoid.'\ Ap- 
 proarhing to a conick form, to the 
 form of a round decreafing. 
 To CONQUA'SSATE. v. a. [conqnajo, 
 Latin.] To fhake ; to agitate. Not 
 in ufe. 
 Vomits do violently nnjunff.itt the lungs. 
 
 •CoNCii'ASS a'tion. n.f. [from conquaJfaU.'] 
 
 Agitation ; concuffion. 
 To CONQUER. V. a. 'itoitq-aenr, Fr. 
 
 conquireri', Latin.] 
 5. To gain by coiiqueft ; to overrun; to 
 win. 
 
 They had conquered them and brought them 
 Uii^er tribute.j I Mi^-c. 
 
 Welcome, great St igirite, and teach me now 
 All I was horn to know ; 
 
 Thy fcholar's vidlorie.^ thou floft outdo; 
 He ctittfuit' d t^v\ earth, tlic whole world you. 
 
 Coiulfy, 
 ■*Twas fit, 
 "Who conquer' d nature, Ihould prcfidc o'er wit. 
 
 We fo-s/.ver'.Y' France, but felt our captive's 
 charms ; 
 Their arts victorious triumpli'd o'er our arms. 
 
 2. To overcome; to fubduc ; tovanquifli. 
 Both tugging to be viflors, bread to bread ; 
 Yet ncitlicrconqucf or nor conjucrcd. Sluikf^earc. 
 
 CON 
 
 TIic eottjuer'J alfoi and iiiflav*d by war, 
 Sbsll, with their freedom loft, all virtue lofc 
 And fear uf God. ^lilton. 
 
 Anna conquers but to favC| 
 And governs but to blefs. Smith. 
 
 3. To rurmount ; to overcome: as, he 
 
 conquered his reluctance. 
 To Co NQUER. i;. w. To get the viclor}'- ; 
 to overcoine. 
 
 Put him to choler rtralght: he bath been us'd 
 Ever to (■onquer and to have his wurd 
 Of contradi«£lion. Sl\ikfpeurc's Corhlanui. 
 
 Equal fuccefs had let thefe champions high, 
 And both refolv'd to conrjiar 01 to die, i-Valkr, 
 
 The logick ot '^c'^fsqucrivg fw(jrd has no pro- 
 priety. Decay of Pitty. 
 
 Co'nquerable. o(^'. \^hovc\ conquer. 1 Pof- 
 fible to be oveicome. 
 
 While the heap is fmall, and the particulars 
 few, he will find it eafy and cof:qu£rab!e. South. 
 Co'nqukror. n,f. [from conquer.'] 
 
 1. A man that has obtained a victory ; a 
 vidlor. 
 
 Bound with triumphant garlands will I come, 
 And lead thy daughter to a co^.'-yf/c-^tr'j bed. 
 
 Shakfpea:i''i Richaid ill. 
 
 The gain of civil wars will not allow 
 Bags for the conqueror' s cvtw . Coiu/cy. 
 
 A critick that attacks authors in reputation, 
 is as the Have who called out to the conquerorj 
 Remember, fir, that you are a man. Addifon. 
 
 2. One that fubdiies and ruins countries, 
 
 Deferving freedom more 
 Than thofe their conquerors, who leave behind 
 Nothing but ruin wlierefoe'er they rove. Milton. 
 
 That tyrant gud, that leftlcfs conqueror, 
 May quit hispleafurc to affert his pow'r. Prior. 
 
 Co'nquest. n.f. [conquejie, French,] 
 
 1. The ^St of conquering ; fubjedtlon. 
 
 A pcrfc^ conqueft of a country reduces all the 
 peuplc to the condition of fubjc^s. Dainei. 
 
 2. Acquifition by vitftory ; thing gained. 
 
 More willingly I mention aii, 
 This our old conqucji ; than remember hell, 
 Our hated habitation, Milton i Par. Reg. 
 
 3. Vi<?tory ; fuccefs in arms. 
 
 I muft yield my body to the earth, 
 And, by my fall, the co7:qutJi to my ioc. Shak. 
 
 I'll lead thy daughter tea conqueror's bed ; 
 To whom I will retail my coiqueji won, 
 And Ihc fhall be fole viitrefs. Skakjpeare. 
 
 Nut to be o'cicome, was to do more 
 Than all the tonquejli former kings did gain. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 In joys of conquefi he refigns his breath, 
 And fili'd with England's glcrv, fmilcs in death. 
 
 Add- Jon. 
 
 CONSAN^GUrNEOUS.^.//. [fr.r//;7«-«;- 
 tieus, Lat.] Near of kin ; of the fame 
 blood ; related by birth, not aflined. 
 
 Am I not confiinguinccus ! Am 1 not of her 
 blood } Shakjptare. 
 
 Cons angui'ntty. n. f. [confinguinitas, 
 Lat.] Relation by blood ; lelation hy 
 delcent from one comn'ion progenitor ; 
 ncarncfs of kin : dillingnilhed fiom 
 affimly, or relation by marriage, 
 
 I've forgot my father; 
 I know no touch of c^r.Jiin^uinity, Shakfp. 
 
 Tlierc is the fuprtmt: ar.d iiidnTuluble conjan- 
 guinity and fociety between men in general ; of 
 wliich the heath^'n poet, whom the apolHc call.', 
 to witncfs, faith, Wc are all liis gcneiation. 
 
 Baron's Holy IVar. 
 
 The firtt original would fubfift, though be 
 outlived all terms of rmfanguinitvy ai.d became 
 a ih'angcr unto his progeny. Jhr.ivn^ i Vulg. Err. 
 
 Chrift has condefccndcd to a cognation and 
 foujanguin.ty with us. South. 
 
 Consarcina'tion. n.f. [from fon/^rmno, 
 Latin, to piece.] The a6l of patching; 
 together. D'ltl. 
 
 CON 
 
 CO'NSCIENCE. n.f [ron/aW/fl,Lat,] 
 !. The knowledge or faculty by which 
 we judge of the goodncfs or wickednef* 
 of ourielvej^. 
 
 When a people have no touch of confience^ ni* 
 fenle of thciv evil doings, it is bootlcfs to think, 
 to reftrain them. Sp:njer. 
 
 Who agdinft faith and conjricnce can be heard 
 Infallible ? Milton s Paradije Lojf. 
 
 Conjcience has not been wanting to itfclf in en- 
 deavouring to get the cleareft information about 
 the will of God. South. 
 
 But why muft thofe be thought to 'fcape, that 
 feel 
 Thofe rods of fcorpions, and thofe whips of llcel. 
 Which conjcience (hakes ? Creeches Juvenal. 
 
 No courts created yet, nor caufc was heard ; 
 But all was fafe, for conjdence was their guard. 
 
 DryJen'f Oin'd. 
 
 Cotfcience fignifies that knowledge which a man 
 hath of his own thought.^ and actions; and be- 
 caufc, if a m.in judgeth faiily of his atflions by 
 comparing them with the law uf God, his mind 
 will appro\c or condemn him, this knowledge or 
 coTiJcitncc may be both an accufcr and a judge. 
 
 Szvije. 
 
 2. Juflice ; the eftimateof confcience ; the 
 determination of confcience; honefty. 
 This is fumetimts a ferious, and fome- 
 times a ludicrous fenfe. 
 
 This is tiiank-worthy, if a man, for confcience 
 toward God, ci^dure grief. i Peter, - 
 
 Now is Cupid a child of conjcience ; he makes 
 reftitution. Shakjp, Meny Hives of I'VindJor, 
 
 He had againll right nnd conjcience, by Ihamc- 
 ful treachery, intruded himfelf into another man's 
 kingdom. Knolles. 
 
 What you require cannot, in conjcience, be dc- 
 feired beyond this time. Milton. 
 
 Her majefty is obliged in conjrience to endea- 
 vour this by her authority, as much as by her 
 pradlice. Snvift. 
 
 3. Confcioufnefs ; knowledge of our own 
 thoughts or anions. 
 
 Meiit, and good works, is the end of man*s 
 motion ; and confcience of the fame is the accom- 
 plilhment of man's left. Hacort, 
 
 The reafon why the fimplcr fort arc moved 
 with authority, is the conjcience of ihcir own ig- 
 norance. Hooker, 
 
 The fweeteft cordial wc receive at laft, 
 Is conjcience of our virtuous aiftions part. Denk^ 
 
 Keflor was in an abfulutc certainty of death 
 and depieffcd with the conjcience of being in an 
 ill caule. Pope. 
 
 4. Real fentiment ; veracity; private 
 
 thoughts. 
 
 Dolt thou in confcience think, tell me Emilia, 
 That there be women do abufc their hulbands 
 In fuch grols kind ? Shukjpeme's Othello. 
 
 They did in their <:c«yiru-«rff know, that he was 
 not ai>le to fend them any part of it. Clarendon. 
 
 5. Sciuple ; principle of atflion. 
 
 We muil make a ccrijcience in keeping the juft 
 lawsof fupciiouis. T.ylor' I Holy Living. 
 
 Why Ihould not the one m..ke as much con- 
 jcience of betraying for gul<i, as the otl tr of rio- 
 nig it for a cruft ? L' ffirungt. 
 
 Children arc travellers newly arrived in H 
 flrangc country ; we fhould theicfore m;ike ron- 
 Jrienif not to millcnd them. Locke. 
 
 6. In ludicrous language, reafon ; reafon- 
 ablentris. 
 
 Why duft thou weep? Can'ft thou the ««- 
 
 Jcie'ice Inck, 
 
 Tothink I Ihalllack friends.' Sh.iljpeare. 
 
 Half a do7.cii fools are, in all conjcience, as 
 
 many as you fliould nt^uire. Siuift. 
 
 Conscientious, ft/r. [from ccnfdence*^ 
 
 Scrupulous ; exadly jull ; regulated by 
 
 conic ience. 
 
 Lead a life in io cotfcientioui a probity, as in 
 il;ouglt, word, and deed, to make good the cha- 
 radler of an honell man. V£jrange.
 
 CON 
 
 CoNSCtENTtOUSLY. aJv. [fiom ««/cjVrt- 
 
 tious.] According to tlic diicdion of 
 confcience. 
 
 More (trcfs has been liud upon tlic lltitf^ncls 
 of l.iw, than conjcitfithujly d»l belong lo ir. 
 
 is Ejifii'-.trf,^ 
 
 There is tlie erroneous as well as tlic rightly 
 informed confcience ; and, if tlic confciincc 
 happens to be deluded, fm docs not therefore 
 cc.ifc to lie lin, becaufc a man committed it to>i- 
 jdentht'Jly. Sutfh. 
 
 Conscik'ntiodsness. n. f. [from con- 
 Jdenl'tous .\ Exatlnefs ot julticc; tcu- 
 derncfs ot confcience. 
 
 It will b- a woi..le:ful confcitnthufnefs in tiicm, 
 if they will content thcmfclves with lefs prnfit 
 than they can make. L'^rkc. 
 
 Co'n SCION ABLE. adj. [from confc'uncf.'\ 
 Reafonable ; jull j according to con- 
 fcience. 
 
 A knave, very voluble ; no farther cc>ijci:,na- 
 hlf than in putting on the meet form of civil and 
 humane fccniiiig. S'iukfpt-are. 
 
 Let my debtors have conJc:t>nabli fatisfadtion. 
 
 IVottOrl. 
 
 Con'scion ABLENESS. n.f. [fromcori/nori- 
 
 a'li] Equity; reafonablencfs. Did. 
 Co'nscionably. ailv. [from confclonable .'\ 
 
 In a manner agreeable to confcience ; 
 
 reafonably ; juflly. 
 A prince murt be u{ti cotfcionably ^s well as a 
 
 common perfon. Tay/or's Holy Li'ving. 
 
 Co'nscious. adj. \_confcius, Latin.] 
 
 1. Endewed with the power of knowing 
 one's own thoughts and atftions. 
 
 Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not 
 
 (onjc'mui of its own exiitence. Beniiey. 
 
 Among fubftances, fome are thinking or con- 
 
 fdous beings, or have a power of thought . H^ntn. 
 
 2. Knowing from memory ; having the 
 knowledge of any thing without any 
 new information. 
 
 The darafel then to Tancred fent, 
 Who, confcidus of th' occafion, fcar'd th' event. 
 
 DryJc. 
 
 3. Admitted to the knowledge of any 
 thing : with to. 
 
 Therefl flood trembling, itruck with awe di- 
 vine ; 
 j^iineas only, conjcioui to the lign, 
 Prefig'd til' event. Dry.ien's j^yteiJ. 
 
 Rufes or honey cannot be thought to fmcll or 
 tafte their own fwcctnefs, or an organ be confciot/t 
 to its niufick, or gunpowder ta its flalKing or 
 noiic. BcntUy's Sermom. 
 
 ^. Bearing witnefs by tl)e diftate of con- 
 fcience to any thing. 
 
 The queen had been folicitous with the king 
 
 00 his behalf, being rcw/ir/owj to hctfclf that he had 
 
 been encouraged by her. ClitrcriLhn. 
 
 Co'nsciously. adv. [from coiifc'wus.'\ 
 
 With knowledge of one's own aiftions. 
 
 If thefe perceptions, with their cunfcioufnefs, 
 always remained in the mind, the fame thinking 
 thing would be always ron/t/o:^/)' pre fent. Locke. 
 Co'nsciousness. n.f. [from fon/aow.] 
 
 1. The perception of what pafles in a 
 man's own mind. Locke. 
 
 If fpirit be vvithour thinking I have no idea 
 of any thing left : therefore confcioi'fiufi mud be 
 its eflenlial attribute. IVaiti' Logirk. 
 
 2, Internal fenfc of guilt, or innocence. 
 
 No man doubts of a Supreme Being, until, 
 from the ettrjcioujncji of his provocations, it 
 become his intereft there fnould he none. 
 
 Government of the Tongue . 
 
 Stich ideas, no doubt, tl ey would have had, 
 had not their confcioujnefi to thcmfelvci, of their 
 ignorance of them, kept them from fo idle an 
 gitempt. Locke. 
 
 All honed mind is not in the power cf a dif- 
 
 CON 
 
 Jior.eft ! te lieak its peace, there muft be fome 
 guilt of cinjckufifji. Vvje. 
 
 CoNSCRiTT. adj. [from coiifcriio, Lat.] 
 A term ufed 111 (peaking of the Roman 
 fenators, who weie called Piitns con- 
 fcririi, fiom tlieir naincs being written 
 in the rcgiller of the fenate. 
 
 CoNsCKi'pTioH. n./. [conjcriptio, Latin.] 
 An enrolling or regillerlng. Z)/77. 
 
 To Cp'NSECRATE. v. a. [conffcro, 
 Latin ] 
 
 1. To make facrcd ; to appro^iriate to 
 facied ufcs. 
 
 Enter into the hoheft by the blood of Jcfiis, 
 by a new and living w.-iy which he hath co/ije- 
 craletl for us. Jfti. 
 
 Shall I abufo this corrfeerafeel g]ft 
 Of llnngth, again returning with my hair? Milt. 
 
 A bifliop ought not to conjccrate a church which 
 the patron has built for hithy gain, and not for 
 true devotion. Ayli^e. 
 
 2. To dedicate inviolably to fome parti- 
 cular purpofe or perfon : with to. 
 
 He (hall conjccrate unto the Lord the days of 
 his reparation, and (hall bring a lamb of the firil 
 year for a trefpafs ofteiing. Numiicn. 
 
 3. To canonize. 
 
 Co'nsecrate. cidi. [from the verb.] Con- 
 ftcrated ; facred j devoted ; devote ; 
 dedicated. 
 
 The water confecrate for facrifice 
 Appears all black. tfa/ler. 
 
 Shouldlt rhou but hear I were licentious; 
 And that tiiis body, confecrate to thee, 
 By ruffian luft Ihoiild be contaminate. Sliakfp. 
 
 The cardinal, Itanding before the choir, lets 
 thcra know that they were alTemblcdin that con- 
 Jicr^te place to fing unto God. £acor. 
 
 Into thefe fecret Ihades, ciicd (he. 
 How dar'ft thou be fo hold 
 
 To enter, conJ\crute to me ; 
 
 Or to'ich thishallow'd mold ? Drnytoti^i Cynthia. 
 
 Co'nsecrator. tl. f. [from coiifecrate.'\ 
 
 One that performs the rites by which 
 
 any thing is devoted to facred purpofcs. 
 
 Whether it be not againft the notion of a fa- 
 crament, that the conjccrator alone ihould par- 
 take of it. .Attcrhui v. 
 
 Consecra'tfon. n.f. [from confecrate.'\ 
 
 1. A rite or ceremony of dedicating and 
 devoting things or pcrfons to the fervice 
 of God, with an application of certain 
 proper foleninities. Jyllffe's Par. 
 
 At the erciflion and ccnficrntion as well of the 
 tabernacle as of the temple, it pleafed tlie Al- 
 miglity to give a fign. Hooker. 
 
 The coiijtcration of his God is upon his head. 
 
 ^umtien. 
 
 We muft know that conjeotttion makes not a 
 place (acred, but only folcmnly declares it fo : 
 the gift of the owner to God makes it God's, 
 and tonfequcntly facrcd. ^outli. 
 
 2. The aft of declaring one holy by ca- 
 nonization. 
 
 The calendar fwells with new conjecrutiojn cf 
 
 CO'NSECTARY. adj. [from confidnrils, 
 Latin.] Confequent ; confequential ; 
 following by conlcquencc. 
 
 From the inconfiftent and contrary determi- 
 nations tlicieof, conJeOary impieties and conciu- 
 fions may arit'e. Broiun. 
 
 Co'nsectary. n.f. [from the adjeftive] 
 Dcduftion from premlfes ; confcquence; 
 corollary. 
 
 Thefe propofitions are centenaries drawn from 
 the obfervatiuns. tj oottiuuitl's Nat. Hiji. 
 
 Consegu'tjon. n.f. [conficulio, Latin.] 
 1. Train of conftquences ; chain of de- 
 duftions ; concatenation ofpropofitions. 
 
 CON 
 
 Some nnferitioni are Co intimately and evi- 
 riciifl/ conne.xed to or found in il.c prcmifts, that- 
 the conclufion is attained, and wui out any thing 
 of ra'iocin.ilive progrel's. Ha/e. 
 
 2. Succcflion. I I 
 
 In a quick anfcul'orl of the colour', the'im- 
 
 prelTion ot evei-y colour ri mains in the fenforium. 
 
 Ntv>lin'>i Ofiidi, 
 
 3. In allronomy. 
 
 The month of confrcution, or, as fttmc term it, 
 of progrelTion, is the fpacc between one conjunc- 
 tion of the moan with the fun unto another. 
 
 Bio'wrr't I'u/g. Mr.ririrt, 
 
 The moon makes four quarterly (ealjas within ~ 
 her little year, or montn of conje,tuU'jir. lioleler, 
 
 CONaE'CUTlVE. adj. {conftcutif Fr.] 
 
 1 . Following in train ; uninterrupted ;.- 
 fuccenive. 
 
 That obligation upon the lands did nor come 
 into difufe but by (ifty cr-njccutitie years of ex- 
 emption, ^iriuth'.tit on Ojl'lJ, 
 
 2. Confequential ; regularly fucceeding. 
 
 This is feemiiig to comprihend only the 
 anions of a man, eO'ifecutive to volition. Locks. 
 Conse'cutively. adv. [from confecu-- 
 th'e.'\ A term ufed in the fchooi phf- 
 lofophy, in oppulition to antecedently,- 
 and fometimes to eJfSlvely or ciufally. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 To Conse'minate. v. a. [confemino, 
 Latin.] To fow different feeds to- 
 gether. Dia. 
 
 Conse'nsion. k. f. [confenjto, Latin.] 
 Agreement ; accord. 
 
 A great number of fueh living and thinking 
 particles could not polTitly, by their mutual con- 
 taft, and prelTing and ftriking, compofc one 
 greater individual animal, with one mind and 
 underftanding, and a vital conjenf.on of the whole 
 body. Bentlcy. - 
 
 CONSE'NT. «./ [confinfusy Latin.]. 
 
 1. The afl of yielding or confcntin^t^, 
 
 I am far frutn cxcufmg or denying rh.it ccm* - 
 pl'ancc ; for picnaty cfj'.Jtnt it wns not. K. Ch^rUs, 
 
 When thou canft truly call thefe virtues thine, 
 
 Be wife and ficc, by hca\ 'a'i corfent and mine. 
 
 Dtyden*i Perfrui» 
 
 2. Concord; agreement; accord; unity 
 of opinion. 
 
 Tlie fighting winds would ilop there and ad- 
 mire,. 
 Learning conjent and concord from his lyre. 
 
 Coivi. DauiMis. - 
 
 3. Coherence with; relation to j corrc-- 
 
 fpondence. 
 
 Demons found 
 In fire, air, . flood, or uudrr groundj 
 Whofe power hath a true ca-ijcnt 
 With pfanctor witii cleroent. M.'Itcn, 
 
 4. Tendency to one point ; joint operation. 
 
 Such is the world's great harmony, that fprings - 
 From union, order, full *-'."/<ri/ of tilings. Po^-r. - 
 
 5. In phyllck. 
 
 Tne perception oncpsrt has of another, by means 
 of fome fibres and nerves common to them both j - 
 and thus the ftone in the bladder, by \cl|:cacing 
 the fibres there, will atfeCb and draw tiicni To 
 into fpafms, as to atfedt the bowels in the fame 
 m;mner by the inrermedlntion of nervous thicads, - 
 and caufe a colick ; and extend their twilchcs 
 fometirnes to- tire ftomach, and occafion vomit- ■ 
 i"g^- Q.v/wfj;. 
 
 To CbNSS.'i?T. V, w. [confentioy Latin.] 
 
 1. To be of the fame mind ; to agree. 
 
 Tho'j^h wliat thou teli'ft fome doubt within ■ 
 me m'.)vc, 
 But more defirc fo heat if I'lou conjint^ 
 The full relation. Miltcn^ 
 
 2. To co-operate to the fame end,' 
 
 3. To yield; to give coiifciit ; to allaw j . 
 to adiiiit ; with to.
 
 CON 
 
 Ye coir.rtt, fcourge the bad itTOlting ftflrt 
 That have Mnjcr.teA unto Hlmiiv's ricaih. i,ltitk(. 
 
 In this we conjent unto you, ii' ye will t>c as wc 
 he. OVaf/j- 
 
 What in ilecp thou didft abhoi to dream. 
 Waking ihou never wiir cmjuit to do. Milton. 
 
 Tc-.cir num'rous ihundei would awake 
 Dull e.(rtli, which does with hcav"ii cnnjcnt ^ 
 To all they wrote. m>/ler. 
 
 Consenxa'neous. aifj. [confetitaiteus , 
 Lat.] /Agreeable to ; conlillent with. 
 
 Ill the piWureof Abraham lacrilicing his Ion, 
 Ifaac IS delciihed ahtilcbov; which is nut OT//'f«- 
 tanious unto the ciicumllance of the text. Brcvri. 
 
 It will colt no paiii> to bring you to the know- 
 ing, nor to the pr.idticc ; it being very agreeable 
 Slid amfeKUttto:!! to every one's nature. 
 
 H:liiwo':d'i Pritdlical Catcchifnl. 
 
 Conseijta'ne«usly. adv. [from con- 
 ftnlaneous.J • Agreeably ; confiftently ; 
 luitably. 
 
 Paraccifus did not always write fo mr.fentanc- 
 cujly to iiimfelf, that his opinions were confi- 
 dcntly to be collected fioin every placo of his 
 writings, where he fccms to cxprefs it._ BQyU. 
 Consenta'neousness. n.f. [from con- 
 fi-nliineous.l Agreement; confillence. 
 ■ Die!. 
 
 Conse'ntient. at/j. [confentiens, Lat.] 
 Agreeing; united in opinion; not dif- 
 fering in fentiinent. 
 
 The authority due to the confoitUnt judgment 
 and pradiicf of the unjverlal church. 
 
 Oxforii Reijons agai/iji the Covrna-!t. 
 CO'NSEQUENCE. n. f. {confequentia, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. That which follows from any caufe or 
 
 principle. 
 
 2. Event; effeft of a caufe. 
 
 Spirits that know 
 All mortal ro'i/syKWcfs havcpronounc'd it. ShaiJ 
 
 Snun the hitter confiqutticc ; for know, 
 The day thou eateft thereof, thou (halt die. 
 
 Mihon, 
 
 3. Propofition colleifted from the agree- 
 ment of other previous propolltions ; 
 dediiftion ; conclufion. 
 
 • It is no g»od ciififteme, that rejfon aims at 
 our being happy, therefore it forbids all voluntary 
 fuffc.iiigs. Decay of Pi tty. 
 
 4. The lad propufitionof a fyllogifm: as, 
 what is commanded by our Saviour is our 
 du.'v ; prayer is commanded, conf. there- 
 fore prayer is our duly. 
 
 Can fyllogifm fet things right ? 
 No, majors foon with minors fight : 
 Or, both in friendly conloit jcia'd. 
 The corpjuciiee limps falfe beiiir.d. Prior. 
 
 J. Concatenation of caufes and effetls ; 
 
 confecutiou. 
 
 Sorrow being t'le natural and direi?! offer of fin, 
 that which fiift brought fm into tlie world, niuli, 
 by neceffary conjcquence, bring in forrow too. . 
 
 South. 
 I felt 
 That I muft after thee, with this thy fon : 
 Such fatal coijrquence unites us three. Mihon. 
 
 6. That which produces confequences ; 
 influence ; tendency. 
 
 AITcrled without any coloui of fcripture-proof, 
 it is of very ill conjcjuencc to the lupeidruifting of 
 good life. llummonj 
 
 7. Importance; moment. 
 
 The inftrumcnts of daiknefs 
 Win us with honelt trifles, to betray us 
 111 dcepcft conje/jiieiice. Shukfpr^irc'i Macbeth. 
 
 The anger of Achilles was of fuch confcijuencr, 
 tl at it embroiled the kings uf Greece. ^4ilJi/on. 
 
 Their people arc funk in poverty, ignoiance, 
 and cowardice ; and of as little conftquenre as 
 women -and childi en. Su-fi. 
 
 CON 
 
 Co'nsequent. adj. [confeqiiens, Latin.] 
 
 1. FuUowiiig by rational dcduiliun. 
 
 2. Following as the effect of a caufe : 
 with to. 
 
 It was not a power pofTible to be inherited, be-; 
 caufe the right was conferjuent to, and built on, an;' 
 aft ^■eifcitly perloiial. Locke. 
 
 3. Sometimes with upon. 
 
 This fatisfaflion or diffatisfaiffon., corfeqnent 
 upon a man"s aftmg fuitably orunfuiiably to con- 
 fcience, is a principle not eafily to be worn out 
 
 South. 
 
 Co'nseqi'ent. n.f. \ 
 
 1. Confcqncnce; that which follows from 
 previous proportions by rational de- ; 
 duclion. j 
 
 Doth it follow that they, being not the people! 
 of God, .ire in nothing to be followed? This; 
 coKjequcit were good, if only the cufloni of the 
 people of God is to beobfcrvcd. Hooker.': 
 
 2. Effedt ; that which follows an acling 
 caufe. 
 
 Tfacy were ill paid; and tbey were ill governed, 
 which is always a confequent of ill payment. 
 
 Da'vici on Irelnnd. 
 
 He could fee confequents yet dormant in their 
 
 principles, and effects yet unborn. South. 
 
 Conseque'ntial. adj. [ham confequent.'] 
 
 1. Produced by the neceffary concatenation 
 of eifefls to caufes. 
 
 We fometimes wrangle, when we fhould de- 
 bate : 
 A cnnjequential ill which freedom draws ; 
 A bad effcft, but from a noble caufe. Prior. 
 
 2. Having the confequences juftly con- 
 ncfted with the premilcs ; conclufive. 
 
 Though theic kind of arguments m.iy feem 
 obfcure; yet, upon a due confidcration of them, 
 they arc liighly eonfequevtial and concludent to 
 my puipofe. Hnle's Origin of Mankiyid. 
 
 CoNSEtiUE'NTiALLY. adv. [from confe- 
 qtienlial. ] 
 
 1. Withjuft deduftion of confequences; 
 with right connexion of ideas. 
 
 No body writes a book without meaning fome- 
 thing, though he may not have the faculty of 
 \^vaiag confequent ially, and expiefiing his mean- 
 ing. yJU.lifon'i tVhig Examiner 
 
 2. By confequence; not immediately; 
 eventually. 
 
 This relation is fo neceffary, ihat God himfelf 
 cannot dilcharge .1 rational creature from it ; al- 
 though ro-ijequenti.tlly indeed he may do fo, by the 
 annihilation «f fuch creatuies. South. 
 
 3. In a regidar ferics. 
 
 Were a man a king in his dreams, and n beg- 
 gar awake, and dreamt confequentiuHy, and in 
 continued unbroken fchcmcs, would he be in 
 reality a king or a beggar ? AM fo-i 
 
 CoNSEtvUE'NTIALNESS. u. J . [from corfe 
 qtienlial.} Regular confecution of dil' 
 courfe. Dili. 
 
 Co'NSECiyENTLY. adv. [horn eonfeque/it.l 
 
 1. By confequence ; ncccffailly; Inevita- 
 bly ; by the connexion of tffecis 10 their 
 caufes. 
 
 In the moft perfccl poem a perfe<!> iden was 
 required, and conftquently all poets oui,ht i.ithtr 
 to imitate it. Diylen. 
 
 The place of the fevcr.il foits of terrcftriiil 
 matter, fuftained in the fluid, being contingent 
 and uncertain, their intermixture^ with each 
 other are confquently fo. tj oo.huarii. 
 
 2. In confequence ; purfiiantly. 
 
 There is «r</ry'/r«,'v, up n Ihi- diftlnguKhing 
 principle, an inward fatisf.ieli n or dliralisf.i^tion 
 in the heart of every m.in, after good or evil. 
 
 South. 
 
 Co'nseqjjentness. «V^ [iiom confequent.] 
 
 CON 
 
 Uegular connexion ol propofitions ; 
 confecution of dilcoiirfc. 
 
 Let them exiini.ic the (Onfequenttiefi of the 
 whole body oi the doeliine 1 dLliver. Drgby. 
 
 Cokse'rvable. (idj [from conferva, Lat. 
 to keep.] Capable of being kept, or 
 inaiutained. 
 
 Conse'ji V ANCY. n.f. [from coifo-vans, 
 Lat.] Courts lield \t\j the lord mayor 
 of London, for the fM tfervation .ii the 
 firtieiy on the livcr Tliamcs are called 
 Courts of Covfcrvaiicy. 
 
 CoNSERV a'tion. n.f. [cotfervatin, Cat.] 
 
 1. The aft of prcferving ; care 10 keep 
 from pen (hing; continuance; protefiion. 
 
 Thougii thcic do indeed happen fume altera- 
 tions iri tncglobc, yet they .ne fuch as tend rather 
 to the benefit and confervatio't of the earth, and 
 its produifions, tlum to the diforder and jdcfl Mic- 
 tion of both. M^oodumrd' i Naturul Hifloiy. 
 
 2. Prefervation from corruption. 
 
 It is an enquiry of excellent ufe, to en- 
 quire of the means of preventing or ftaying \ji 
 puiretai5tion ; for theiein confifteth the means «f 
 cojlfematicti of bodies. Bacon's Nut. Hiji. 
 
 Co"nse'rvatjve. adj. [fromfc?//<V^'o,Lat.] 
 Having the power of oppofing diminu- 
 tion or injury. 
 
 The fpherual figure, as to all heavenly bodies, 
 fo it agrecth to light, as the moft perfcift and 
 conferviiti-.'e of all others. Pcichum. 
 
 Conserva'tor. n.f [Latin.] Pre- 
 ferver ; one that has the care or office 
 of keeping any thing from detriment, 
 diminution, or extindlion. 
 
 For that you declare thatyou have mapy Tick 
 amongft you, he w^s warned by the confaiiator 
 of the city, that he Ihould keep at a diHance. 
 
 Siicon* i Neiu Atlantis. 
 
 The lords of the fecret council were likewife 
 made (onfcr^o<'to'i of the peace of the two king- 
 doms, during the intervals of parliament. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 Such individuals as are the fingle confenutton 
 of their own fpccies. Hale's Origin of ManiinJ. 
 Comser'vator Y. n.f. [from confr-vo, 
 Lat.] A place where any thing is kept 
 i.i a manner proper to its peculiar na- 
 ture : as, fifh in a pond, corn in a 
 granary. 
 
 A confefi:ator^ of fnow and ice, fuch as they 
 ufe for delicacy to cool wine in fummer. Bacon. 
 
 You may fet ytfbr tender trees and plants, with 
 th.e windows and doois of the grcenhoufes and 
 covfirvatories open, for eight or ten days befotc 
 Aprrt. Evetvn*s Kulendar. 
 
 The water difpenfcd to the earth and atmo- 
 fphere by the great abyfs, that fuhlcrranean con~ 
 Jervatory, is by tiiat means icftorcd back. 
 
 H^ood-!Ut4rd' i Nntural IJifiory, 
 
 CoNSi;'nvATORY. aJj. Having a pre- 
 fervalive quality. Diet. 
 
 To CONSE'RVE. v. a. [conferva, Lat.] 
 t. 'l"o preferve without lofs or detriment. 
 Nniliing was loft out of thefe (tores, fiiice the 
 part of eonfeni/ig what others have gained in 
 knowledge is "-afy. Temple. 
 
 Tliey will be able fo conferve their properties 
 unchanged in palTing through fever.il mediums; 
 which is another condition of the lays of light. 
 Nctvton's Opticks. 
 2. To candy or pickle fruiti 
 Conse'rve. «./. [from the verb.] 
 I. A fweetmeat made of the infpiflated 
 juices of fruit, boiltd with fugar till 
 they will harden and candy. 
 
 Will 't please your honour, tafte of thefe con- 
 Jervet f Shakfpeart,
 
 CON 
 
 Tlify have in Turkey and the E.ift ccitnin con- 
 fciiHons, which they c.ill fervets, which .ire like 
 Co candied nnfcn'n, and are made of fugar and 
 lemons. Bacon'i Niti. HiJ!. 
 
 The nioie coll they were at, and the more 
 fweets they befiowed upon llieni, the more tlitir 
 foi/ii-tt! ftunk. Doith. 
 
 2. A confervatoiy oi- place in which any 
 thing is kept. This fenfe is iinufual. 
 
 Tubcrol'cs will nm endure tlic wet of this fca- 
 fon ; therefore let tlu- pots into your confrrve, and 
 keep ihem dry. E%tclyn's K<iUniUir. 
 
 Conse'rver. n. f. [from conjirve.'] 
 
 1. A layer up ; a repoliter ; one tliat pre- 
 ferves any thing from lofsor diminution. 
 
 He hath been moft induflrious both collc<;ior 
 and conftrver of choice pieces in that kind. 
 
 Uaywiird. 
 
 In the eaftcrn regions there fecms to have 
 keen a general curtom of the priclts having been 
 the perpetual co/z/inrsM of knowledge and ftory. 
 
 2. A preparer of conferves. 
 CoNSESsioN. n.f. \j:onfeJf.r!y Latin.] A 
 
 fitting together. Did. 
 
 Conse'ssor. h. /. [Latin.] One that 
 
 fits with others. D'lcl. 
 
 To CONSI'DER. -u. a. {couftdero, Lat.] 
 
 1. To thir.k upon with care ; to ponder ; 
 to examine ; to fift; to lliidy. 
 
 At our more i-«';/r./ir'./time we'll rc.id, 
 Anfwer, and tliink upon this bjfinefs. Sliakfp. 
 
 2. To take into the view ; not to omit in 
 - the examination. 
 
 It fecms ncccffary, in the choice of perfons 
 for greater employments, to conJiJcr their bodies 
 as well as their minds, and ages and health as 
 well as their abilities. 7>m^/f. 
 
 3. To have regard to; to refpeifl ; not to 
 defpife. 
 
 Let us cmfidei one another to provoke unto 
 love, and to good works. Hebrews. 
 
 4. In the imperative mood it is a kind of 
 iiiterjeftion ; a word whereby atten- 
 tion is fummoned. 
 
 Thy life hath yet been private, moft part fpcnt 
 At home. Mi/ton'! Paradife Rrg. 
 
 5. To requite ; to reward one for his 
 trouble. 
 
 Take away with thcc the very fei-vices lliou 
 haft done, which if I have not enough c^nfideredy 
 to be more thankful to thee (hall be my ftudy. 
 Shakjpsaie^i. fVirtter't Tate. 
 
 To Consi'der. -u. n. 
 
 1. To think maturely; not to judge 
 haftily or rafhly. 
 
 None c^itfideriin in his heart, neither is there 
 knowkdge nor underftantiing. IJnia'n 
 
 2. To deliberate ; to work in the mind. 
 
 Widow, we will cortfid,T ^if your fuit ; 
 And eume fome other time to know our mind, 
 
 Skjkjpearf' i Henry VI. 
 
 Such a treatife m'ght be conluited by jury- 
 men, bcfi'i'.- they «/i/7,/.r of their vcidiiS. SutJ't. 
 
 3. To douljt ; to hefit.Tte. 
 
 Many m.z'd confidiring\ did throng, 
 And prefs'd in wi:h cV.i- c.->ution. S/inkffrare. 
 
 'Twas grief no morc,^.. ^.-ef and rage were one 
 Within tier foul ; at lift 't.vas r.Tge alone; 
 Which, burning upw.iras, in fucceflion dries 
 The tears that ftood cunjidtriug in her eyes. 
 
 Dry.ien'i Falda. 
 
 Consi'df.rable. adj. [from conjtder.'l 
 I. Worthy of confideration ; vierthy of 
 regard and attention. 
 
 Eternity is infinitely the moft ci^iifidcrMe du- 
 ration, lithtfcn. 
 
 It is coiifiderabk, that fome urns have had in- 
 fcriptions on them, exprclBng that the lamps 
 were burning. H'iHiins. 
 
 Vol. L 
 
 CON 
 
 2. Refpeclable; above ntglefl ; defciving 
 notice. 
 
 Men conjiderahlr in all worthy profeflions, 
 eminent in many ways of life. Sfriit/'i Ss'woni. 
 
 I am fo ciiifi.leriihic a man, that I cannot have 
 Icfs than forty Ihillinjs a year. .•Iddijon. 
 
 3. Important ; valuable. 
 
 Cluift, inllead of .-;pplauding St. Peter's /.e.il, 
 upbraided his ablurdiiy, that could think his 
 mean aids cifftd<:tal>U to him, who could com- 
 mand legions of angels to his refcue. 
 
 Decay of Pi^ty. 
 
 In painting, not every aftion, nor every pcr- 
 
 fon, is nrifiiteialiU enough to enter into the cloth, 
 
 Drydtn*i Dnfiefnoy. 
 
 Many can make themfelvcs maftcrs of as '■S'/- 
 fidtiahlc eftates as thofc who have the grcatcft 
 portions of land. Jiddifin. 
 
 4. More than a little. It has a middle 
 fignilication between little and great. 
 
 Many brought in very co-iftderable funis of 
 money. Clarcndcr:. 
 
 Very probably a co'.f:dcrable pait of the earth 
 is yet unknown. IVllkifiu 
 
 Thofe earthy particles, when they came to be 
 collciled, would conftitutc a body of a ver)' 
 coniiderable thicknefs and folidity. Buirct. 
 
 Every cough, though fevcre, and of fome 
 coyiderabU continuance, is nut of a confumpiive 
 nature, nor prefages diflblution and the grave. 
 
 SUckmore, 
 
 CoNsi'nER.^BLENESS. ti. f. [(rom conji- 
 derai/e.] Importance; dignity; mo- 
 ment ; value ; defert ; a claim to notice. 
 We iniift not ahv.iys mcafure the cot!f,dcr<tble- 
 iitjx of things by their moft obvious and immedi- 
 ate ufefulnefs, but by their fitncfs to make or 
 contiibute to the difcovcry of things highly ufe- 
 ful. BoyU. 
 
 Their moft flight and trivial occurrences, by 
 being theirs, they think acquire a cortfidcrahlemji, 
 and are forcibly impofed upon the comp.iny. 
 
 Government of the Tonsue. 
 
 Consi'der ABLY. adv. ffrom confidera- 
 hk.-] . . 
 
 1. In a degree deferving notice, though 
 not the higheft. 
 
 And Europe Aill conjiderahly gains. 
 Both by their good example dnd their pains. 
 
 Rojcommon. 
 
 2. With importance ; importantly. 
 
 I defirc no fort of favour l"o much, as that of 
 ferving you more conjiderahly than I have been 
 yet able to do. Pope. 
 
 Consi'dkrance, n.f, [from confider.'\ 
 Confideration ;refltrtlion; foberthought. 
 
 After this cold confuUrancey fentence mc ; 
 And, as you are a king, fpcak in your ftate 
 What I have done thai milbccame my place. 
 
 Shiikfpeare^i Henry iv. 
 
 Consi'der.^te. atfj, [coT-Jicleratus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Serious ; given to confideration ; pru- 
 dent ; not rafh ; not negligent, 
 
 I win convcrfe with iron-witted fools, 
 And unrerpc<flcd boys : none are for me. 
 That look, into mc with conftderatc eyes. Shal:f. 
 
 .^nc'is is patient, cQt:/iieruttj and careful of 
 his people. Vryden's FuiUsj Ptefacc. 
 
 I grant it to be in many cafes ccitain, that it 
 is fuch as a cotifiderate man may prudently rely 
 ■and proceed upon, and hath no juit caufc to 
 doubt of. Tilhtjon. 
 
 Tr.e expediency, in the prefent juncture, may 
 appear ro cvciy corrfiderate man. .j^ddijofi. 
 
 2. Having refpedt to ; regardful. Little 
 
 ufed. 
 
 Though they will do nothing for virtue, yet 
 
 they may be prefumed more coKjidcrate of pvaifc. 
 
 Decay of Piety. 
 
 3. Moderate; not rigorous. This fen fc 
 is much ufed in converfation. 
 
 COM 
 
 Coksi'derately. adv. [font co>i/iJf. 
 rail-."] Calmly; coolly; prudently. 
 
 Circumfiancc^ arc of !'uch for:e, as they IWay 
 an ordinary judgment of a wile man, not fully 
 and confi.icmdy pondering the mat'cr. Baxt, 
 
 Consi'der ATENESS. n. J", [from cmif- 
 derate."^ Prudence ; calm dclibsration. 
 
 Dul. 
 Considera'tion. n.f. [from con/iijtr.] 
 
 1 . The adl of confidering ; mental view ; 
 regard ; notice. 
 
 As to prefent happinefs and mifer)-, when 
 that alone comes in cinfidi'raihn, mid tic tonfe- 
 qiiepLcs .ire removed, a man never cliufes amif^. 
 
 . Lndte, 
 
 2. Mature thought; prudence; ferious 
 deliberation. 
 
 Let u% think with covfidiraticn, and confidcr 
 with acknowledging, and acknowledge with ad. 
 miration. Sidney, 
 
 The breath no fo mer left his fither'sbody, 
 But that his wiidncfii mortified in him ; 
 Cvfideration, like an angel, came. 
 And whipt th" oflcnJing Adam out of hira. 
 
 Shtilcfpeare* i Henry V. 
 
 3. Contemplation ; meditation upon any- 
 thing. 
 
 The love you bear to Mopfa hsth brought you 
 to the confideration of her virtues, and thai ron/i.- 
 deration may iiave made you the more virtuous, 
 and fo the more woi thy. Sidney. 
 
 4. Importance ; claim to notice ; wor- 
 th inefs of regard. 
 
 Luran is the only author o( con^deratiommortg 
 the Latin poets, who was not explained for the 
 ufe of the dauphin j becaufe the whole Pharfalia 
 would have been a fatire upon the French form 
 of government. ylddijui' i I'reehoLilr. 
 
 5. Equivalent ; compenfation. 
 
 We are provident enough not to part with any 
 
 thing ferviceable to our bodies under a ^ood 
 
 confideration, but make little account of our fouls. 
 
 Kay on the Creation, 
 
 Foreigners can never take our bills for pay-. 
 ment, though they might pafs as valuable corf, 
 derations among our own people. Loehc. 
 
 6. Motive of ,adion ; influence; ground 
 of condiiifl. 
 
 The confideration, in regard whereof the law 
 forbiddeth rhcfe things, was not becaufe thole 
 nations did ufe them. Hooker. 
 
 He had been mar'e general upon very partial, 
 and not enough deliberated, ccfideratiom. 
 
 Clarertd.n. 
 
 He was obliged, antecedent to all other cot.Ji. 
 derations, to fearch an afyliim. Drydcn. 
 
 The world cannot pardon your concealing ir, 
 on the fame confideration. f)i\den. 
 
 7. Reafon ; ground of concluding. 
 
 Nut ltd by any coi:imandmcnt, yet moved 
 with fuch iofj/;.^f(<j//i>/;i as have bcjn before fct 
 down. H'.okeY, 
 
 Ufes, not thought upon before, be reafcnabic 
 c.-iufes of retaining that which other confidera- 
 tions did procure to be inililurcd. Hoitr, 
 
 8. In law. 
 
 Cotf deration is the ni.iteriat caufe of a con- 
 tract, without which no contrail bir.deth. It 
 is cither csprefted, as if a iran bargain to give 
 twenty ftiillings for a horfe ; or clfe inipjied, as 
 when a man comes into an inn, .nid taking both 
 meat and lodging for himfrlt and his hotfr, 
 without bargaining with the ho/?, if he difcbarge 
 not the houfo, the holt may ftay bis horfe. 
 
 Cw.%'.'. 
 Consi'derer. n.f. [from ccnftdtr.'\ A 
 man of nfleclion ; a thinker. 
 
 A vain applaufe of wit for an impious jci!, 
 or of reafon for a deep c.nfdeier. 
 
 C'^vcKtwicnt of t fie Ton^i:e, 
 
 Consi'derjng. [Tlii., is a kind of cor.- 
 juniStion ; it had been more grammaii.
 
 CON 
 
 cally written conjidered ; "ou, French ; 
 hwt eonfidering is always uftd.] If al- 
 lowance be made for. 
 
 It is not polfiblc to aa otiicrwifc co'ifidiring 
 the wciikncfs of our nature. Sfeaaicr. 
 
 To CONSIGN, -u. a. [corfisno, Latin.] 
 
 1. To give to another any thing, with 
 the right to it, in a forma! manner ; to 
 give into other hands ; _ to transfer : 
 fometimes with to, fometimes over to. 
 
 Men, by fiee gift, fs'^g" "vir a place to tiie 
 Divine worlhip. Smth. 
 
 Muft I pafs 
 Ajain to nothing, when this vital breath 
 CJaling, a'!f:g':i mc o'sr lo reft and death > 
 
 Prior. 
 
 A: the day of general account, good men arc 
 
 then to be co'figni-i aver to :inother ftatc, a ftate 
 
 of evcrlaftiiig love and charity. .-Itttrbuty. 
 
 2. To appropriate ; lo quit for a certain 
 
 purpofe. 
 
 The French commander config'icd it to the ufe 
 foj- which It wai intended by the donor. Vrjdfn. 
 
 3. To commit ; to entruft. 
 
 The foul- evangclifts mijig'iia to writing that 
 hi (lory. • . Mdifon. 
 
 Atride!, parting for the Trojan war, 
 Cort/igntd the youthful confoit to his care, Poja. 
 To Cos'si'gn. 1). n. 
 
 1. To fubmit to the fame terms with an- 
 other. Not in ufe. 
 
 Tl-.i'U has finifh'd joy and moan ; 
 All lovers ycung, all lovers mull 
 O/e-i tj tiice, and conic to dull. Sh.ikfpcarc. 
 
 2. Tofign; to confent to. Obfolete. 
 
 A maul yet rofed over with the virgin crim- 
 fon of modefty : it were a hard condition for 
 a maid to ct,r.f,gtt to. iikiikjp!i.ri. 
 
 Consigna'tion. n.J. \^\om canfign.'] 
 
 1. Tire aft of configning ; the act by 
 which any thing is dehvcred up to an- 
 other. 
 
 As the hope of f.ilvalion is a good difpofition 
 towards it, lo is dei'pair a certain mifwimtloi xa 
 tteinal ruin. T^iyior. 
 
 2. The a<5l of figiting. 
 
 If we find that wc incrcTfc in duty, then wc 
 
 m.iy look upon the tradition of the holy facra- 
 
 montal fynibols as a direit coufignaihn of pardon.. 
 
 Tayhr'i ty^/fthy Comtnunicarit. 
 
 Cossi'gnment. n.f. {h-om confign.'\ 
 
 1. The ad of configning. 
 
 2. The v/riting by which any thing is 
 cQnfigneJ. 
 
 Cons'i'milar. adj. [ho'm co'ifmifn,^ La- 
 tin. 1 Having one common rcfeniblance. 
 
 2:)ia. 
 
 Ti CONSIST. 1'. n. \_conjlJio, Latin.] 
 J . To fubfift ; not to peviili. 
 
 He is before .ill things, and by him all things 
 co,:fil>. ' ^■W#<«"- 
 
 2. To continue fixed, without diflipation. 
 
 Vlanie doth not mingle with flnme, as air doth 
 with air, or water with water, but only remain- 
 cth contiguous ; as it Cometh to pifs betwixt 
 eoi/hii'ig bodies. Hann' Ntimal Hijh'y. 
 
 it isagainft the nature of water, btiug a ilexi- 
 hle and ponderous body, to cor./}/! and ftay it- 
 fcliV and not fall to the lower parts about it. 
 
 B'creiuood on Lnngutiges 
 
 3. To be comprifed ; to be contained. 
 
 I pretend not to tic the hands of artifts, whofe 
 
 ' (kill coi/ij!^ o[>ly ii} a ccnaiu manner whictr they 
 
 haveclleacd. Dn-^t,.: 
 
 A great beauty of letters does often ccnfijl in 
 little paflages of private .convcrtation, and rc- 
 f-— irci to particul.ir matters. Il'.t'jl,. 
 
 A. To be compofcJ. 
 
 Tiic land v/oM n"/ij1 vt plains, and viiUics, 
 and mountains, riccordmg a; tiie pieces of thi, 
 luiii were d!(j.oled. ii*r/i.7 
 
 8 
 
 CON 
 
 y. To have being concurrently ; to co- 
 exift. 
 
 Ncceflity and ekflion cannot ««/?/ together 
 in the lame aft. Bramhtill ag.itnji Hobbei. 
 
 6. To agree ; not to oppofe ; not to con- 
 tradift ; not to counteraft : it has with 
 before the thing' compared, or coex- 
 iftent. 
 
 His majefly would be willing to confent to 
 
 any thing that could cotjijt ■w:ii his confcicnce 
 
 and honour. _ CUtendcn. 
 
 Nothing but what may calily conjijl with 
 
 your plenty, your profperity, is lequefled of 
 
 you, Spratt*! Seyrn-ins. 
 
 You could not help bellowing more than is 
 
 cmfijiingnuitk'xhs fortune of a private man, or 
 
 with the will of any but an Alexander. Drydin 
 
 It cannot conftfl ^uith the divine attributes, 
 
 that the impious man's joys (hould, upon the 
 
 whole, exceed thofe of the upright. Altcrhury. 
 
 Health confifli -with temperance alone. Vcye. 
 
 Tile only way of fccuring the conftitution will 
 
 be by IcCrciiing the power of domcrtick. advcrfa- 
 
 ries, 33 much as can conjiji iv!ih lenity. Stvijt. 
 
 Consistence. ) n.f. \coiiJlJlcnt\a, low 
 
 CoNsi'sTENCY. \ Latin.] 
 
 1. State with refpeft to material exift- 
 ence. 
 
 Water, being divided, makcth many circles, 
 till it relloie itfelf to the naiural conjljlet::c. 
 
 B toon's Nature/ Hijhty. 
 
 The confijiencie! of bodies are vciy divers : 
 dcnfe, rare, tangible, pneumatical, volatile, 
 fixed, dcterniinate, indeterminate, h.ird, and 
 fljft. Bunn'i Nntuial Hijlory. 
 
 There is the fame necefiity for the divine in- 
 fluence and regimen, to order and govern, con- 
 ferve and keep together, the univerfe in that 
 confijitnce it hath i-eceived, as it was at firll to 
 give it, before it could receive it. Utile. 
 
 1 carried on my enquiries farther, to try whe- 
 ther this rifing world, when formed and finifhed, 
 would continue always the fame, in the fame 
 form, llruftuic, and mnfiftency. _ Burnet. 
 
 2. Degree of denfenefs or rarity. 
 Let the expreffcd juices be boiled into the 
 
 nr.J'tjUncc of a fyrup. Arlnithiot on Alimcnti. 
 
 3 ' ■ " 
 
 Siibftance ; form ; make. 
 His friendlhip is of a noble make, and a lad- 
 ing conjillency. Sa.il/1'i H.rvr.r:!. 
 
 |. Durable or lading ftate. 
 
 Meditation will confirm refolutions of good, 
 and give them a durable confjimcc \n the foul. 
 
 limnm'jnd. 
 Thef» are fund.imcntal tniths that lie at tiic 
 bottom, the balls upon w-liich many others red, 
 and in which they have their confjUncia teeming 
 and rich in llorej with which they furnith the 
 mind. . . _ Locke. 
 
 5. Agreement with" ilftlf, or with any 
 ether thing ; congrulty; uniformity. 
 
 That conjipency of behaviour, whereby he in- 
 flexibly ..purfues thofe meafurcs whicii appear the 
 moft j.ult and equitable. ■ Mdifmi Ftee/io/dtr. 
 
 6. A ftate of reft, ia which things capa- 
 ble of growth or decreafe continue for 
 fome time at a fland, without either ; 
 33 the growth, conftjtencc, and rehnn. 
 
 Chr.mlers. 
 CoNSi'sTENT. adj. \_conftfl:KS, Latin.] 
 I. Not contradictory ; not oppofcd. 
 
 With reference to fuch a lord, to ferve, and 
 to be free, are terms not lOnji/Unt only, but 
 •equivalent. South, 
 
 A grcit part of their politicks' others do i;ot 
 think ntif-fient with honour to praflife. Mdijon. 
 
 On their owr> axis as the pl.tneis am, 
 Yet malcc .It one; thc-ir circle round the fun ; 
 So two conf'jient morions .T«fl the foul, 
 And o;:e regards itfelf, and ore the whole. Pc/'C 
 
 Shew mr one that has it in his power 
 To art ov///?t«/' with himftlf an hour. Vofc. 
 
 The U<)\.ii''llj!a.t, and liic falfe fincerc. ^f/-. 
 
 CON 
 
 2. Firm ; not fluid. 
 
 Pellilential mialms infinuate into the humoral 
 and confjler.i paits of the body. Hurvcy. 
 
 The land, contained within ihe (hell, becom- 
 
 ing folid and conjijlrnt, at the lame time tn.ii of 
 
 the ftratum without it did. ff'oo.iwarj. 
 
 CoNsi'sTENTLY. adv. [froni confi/lent.'] 
 
 Without contradiction ; agtccably. 
 
 The Phoenicians are of this chara^cr, and the 
 poet defcribes them conftjUntty with it : they ard 
 p.-'oud, idle, and effeminate. 1 Broome. 
 
 Consisto'rial. adj. [from corjylory.'^ 
 Relating to the ecclefiallical court. 
 
 An offici-l, or chancellor, has tne i.\vr^Q co*tJif~ 
 torial audience with the bilhcp himfelf that de- 
 putes him. _ -■(ylijic'i Pjrergon_ 
 
 CO'NSISTORY. n.f. [coiifijlormm, Lat.] 
 
 1. The place of juftice in the court chrlf- 
 tian, Co'u^eU. 
 
 An offer was made, that, for every one mi- 
 nilfcr, there (hould be two ot the ptopic to i'lt 
 and give voice in the ecclefiadical ro'ij'ijtcrv. 
 
 Hoohr, Frffau. 
 Pius was then healing of caiifes in conf-Jiory. 
 
 B'icon, 
 
 Chrift himfelf, in that great confijiory, ihall 
 
 deign to llep down from his throne. Soul/u 
 
 2. The affembly of cardinals. 
 
 How far I've proceeded, • 
 
 Or how far further (hall, is warranted 
 By a commidion from the conjijioryj 
 Yea the whole co.fijl'ry of Rome. Shakfpfarr, 
 
 A late prelate, of remarkable zeal for the 
 church, were religions to be tried by lives, 
 would have lived down the pope and the whole 
 confijiory. Atterbuvy, 
 
 3. Any folemn affembly. 
 
 In mid air 
 To'council fummens all his mighty peers 
 ■VVithin thick clouds, and dark, icnfoW involv'd, 
 A gloomy cwifijicr\\ \li!ton's Viirttdife RegairJtd, 
 
 At Jove's affcnt, the deities around 
 In fokmn date the conjijl-jry crown'd. Po/r. 
 
 4. Place of rclidence. 
 
 My olhcr fcif, my counfel's confijiory, ir.y 
 oracle, 
 I, as a child, will goby thy dire£lion. Shiiif, 
 CoNSo'ciATE. n. f. [from confocia, La- 
 tin.] An accomplice; a confederate ; 
 a partner. 
 
 Patridge .and Stanhope were condemned as 
 conjoci.ua in the confpiracy of Somerfet. 
 
 Hayiuard. 
 
 To CONSO'CIATE. -v. a. Iconfoclo, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To unite ; to join. 
 Generally the bed outward (hapcs are alfo the 
 
 likclied to be conjociaied with good inward fa- 
 culties.. iVotton on Kducatic.n, 
 
 2. To cement ; to hold together. 
 
 The ancient philofophers always brought Ir, a 
 
 , fupernatural principle to unite and conjociati the 
 
 piirts of the chaos. Burnet. 
 
 To CoNso'ciATE. V. n. To coalefce; to 
 
 , unite. 
 
 If they cohered, yet by the next confliifl wit'n 
 other atoms they might be feparated again, 
 with(;:il ever conjoci.it/ng into tiie huge condrnfe 
 bodiet of planets^ Bcntlry's Sermons, 
 
 Consocia'tion. n.f. [horn confociale.^ 
 
 1. Alliance. 
 
 There is f«ch a ccnjociaticii of oftices hctwcrn 
 the piincc and whom his favour breeds, that 
 they ma;^ help to fuftain his power, as he their 
 knowledge. Ben. yorjin^s DiJco^:ery, 
 
 2. Unfon ; intimacy; companionfhip. 
 
 By fo long and fo various c^njiciation with a 
 prince, he h.id now gotten, ^s it were, two live* 
 in his own fortune and greatnefs. //'e.'r;-;, 
 
 CoNSO'l.AELE. fl«)'. \J\-Qia conflict Thut 
 
 admits comfort.
 
 CON 
 
 To Co'nsolate. v. a. [confilur, Latin.] 
 To comfort, to coufole ; to footh in 
 inifcry. Not miicli ulcd. 
 
 I will he gone, 
 Th.ir pitiful rumour may report my flight, 
 To anfdat,' thine c.Tr, Shnkfptnre. 
 
 What may fomewhat conf^ihtf all men that 
 honour virtue, wc do not (lifc(»vcr the latter 
 fccnc of his mifcry in authors of antiquity. 
 
 JiroiL'i's l^uhar Kirouii. 
 
 Consol.v'tion. n. f. [coii/o/alio, Latin.] 
 Comfort ; alleviation of mifery ; fncli 
 alleviation as is produced by partial re- 
 medies. 
 
 We, that were in the jaws of death, were now 
 brought into a place where wc found nothing 
 but confclations, £iii;cn. 
 
 Againft fuch cruelties. 
 With inward c^nf'Jationi reconrpcns'd; 
 And oft I'upported I'o, as Ihall amaze 
 Tlieir proudcft pcrfecutors. Mi/ton's Pur. htjji. 
 Let the righteous pcrfcvcrc with paticircc, fup- 
 , ported with tiris lonjolatkn^ that their i.ibour thai! 
 not be in vain. Rogcn. 
 
 Consola'tor. n.f. [Lat.] A comforter. 
 Cosso'latory. n.f. [fi-om confolale.'\ A 
 fpecch or writing containing topicks of 
 comfort. 
 
 Confoiatoriei writ 
 With ftudied argument, and much perfuafion 
 
 fought, 
 Lenient of grief and anxious thouglit. ,\,'/;<),v. 
 Conso'latory. adj. [from con/o/ate.} 
 
 Tending to give comfort. 
 CONSOLE, n.f. [Fier.cli.] In arclii 
 teflure, is a part or member projecting 
 in manner of a bracket, or fbouldei- 
 picce, ferving to fupport a cornice, 
 biift, vafe, beam, and frequently ufed 
 as keys of arches. Chamhen. 
 
 ^ To CONSO'LE. *. a. [confolor, Lat..] 
 To comfort; to cheer; to lr(.c from 
 tlic fenfc of mifery. 
 
 Others the fyrcn fifters cornpafs round. 
 And empty heads, nnjtlt with empty foun:. 
 Pope's Viincia.l 
 Coss-o'ler. n.f: [from cry':!:. 2 One 
 that gives comfort. 
 
 Pride once more appears upon the ftage, a.s 
 the great confoUr of the niiferics of i-naii. 
 
 Cc.^mer.tflry on y.opt^s ^'Jj'^v O" Man. 
 
 CoKSo'l,IDANT. adj. [from coifollaale.^ 
 That hasrlio qunlriy of Imiting wounds. 
 
 Tv CONSO'LIDATE. v.fl. [coafJUer, 
 Yr.folidus, I..atin.] 
 
 1 . To form into a compsifl 6> folid body ; 
 to harden ; :o unite ii.to a folid mafs. 
 
 The word may Sc rejioejeJ, eitricr he ftretch- 
 cd, or tie fixed land «;^y//(^tf/W/, the eartii ;ibovc 
 the waters. Burnet's Th^nry. 
 
 The etfcft of fpirits in ftopping bcmoirha^js, 
 xnA ionfdiddriag the .:t.;ir, is well known to 
 clrirurgeons. • ^'Irhuthnzt. 
 
 2. To combine or unite two parliamentary 
 biUi into one. 
 
 Te Consq'l iD.\ xE. -v. n. To grow tirm, 
 hard, or folid. 
 
 In hurts and ulcers in the hrad,"drynef< mak'-" 
 €tb tlicm more .ipt to CQnJfj.:i .iuti . Ba:o 
 
 The ftindy, fparry, and fiinty matter w 
 then fofr, and fufccplthii-ofaiiy fur-T in rhcfe Ihcl 
 moulds; and iz corifo.':-: iffti mul became hard at" 
 terwards. li'oiJ'Mard's Natural Jlijliry- 
 
 CoNSOLI D a'tion. 71, /. [from confoHdi/e. ] 
 
 1. The a£l of unitiij;; iatc a fclid mafs. 
 
 The car.p.'i.lal.in of the r;-. . ''Ic, an.l of tli- 
 flone, did not f.rll out at r.ir ln'i iP'ivlw-ir I 
 
 2. The annexing of one bill in parliament 
 to another. 
 
 CON 
 
 3. In law. It ii ufed for the combining and 
 uniting of two benefices in one, Cow. II. 
 
 Conso'lI OA rl VE. adj. [from ronf;i: , 
 date ] I'hut has the quality of heali:i' 
 wounds. D'i,'l 
 
 Co'nsonance. "( n. f. [cnifonnnce, Fi. 
 
 Co'nscn ANcY. J coifonaiis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Accord of found. 
 
 The two principal co'ifwances that mart ravifti 
 the car, .art, ly the confcnt of all nature, tin 
 fifth and the oiftavc. IVuiion 
 
 And »iuJs and waters flow'd 
 In conj'in^iitci:. ThcittJon*i SbriHg. 
 
 2. Confiftency; congruence; agreeable- 
 
 ncfs. 
 
 Such decifioiu held ronfonancy and congrriit) 
 
 with rclulutrons and decifions of former trm;s. 
 
 ila/e'i Latu of F.nglanJ. 
 
 I have fet down this, to (how thf perfect 
 cortjcna'icy of our perfccutcd church to tlic doc- 
 trine of fciipture and antiquity. llanmond. 
 
 3. Agreement; concord; fricnd/liip. A 
 fenfe now not ufed. 
 
 Let me cjnjure yon by the rights of our fcl- 
 lowlliip, by the ntifotiancy of our youth. ShaiJ. 
 
 CO'NSONANT. adj. [confonans, Lat. J 
 Agreeable ; according ; confillenc : fol 
 lowed by either ivit/i or io. 
 
 Were it ccvjonatit unM> rcafon to divorce rhcfe 
 two fenrences, the fornrci" of wirich dutii flicw 
 how tr.e latter is leltrained. Hooker. 
 
 Tliat where mucir is given there Ihaii be 
 much rei^uitcd, is a thing conjcnatii ivUh natural 
 equity. D^cay of Pitty. 
 
 Religion looks i:o"/0'7rt';/ to itfclf. Dcc.iyof Piety. 
 
 He otfcovers how carifi^rant the account which 
 Mores have left of the ptmutivccartii, is to thi^ 
 fiom nature. il x, diuard^ 
 
 Consonant, n.f. [con/onafii, Latin.] 
 A letter which cannot be founded, or 
 but imperfcitly, by itfelf. 
 
 In all vowels the palT.rgc of the mouth is open 
 and free, without any appulfe of aii organ of 
 fpeech to another : but in all rQnfon.inti there is 
 an appulfe of the orgcins, fomctimes (if you,ab- 
 iVir.dt the cs'fyrtarit: from tne vowels) wholly 
 precluding all loiind ; and, in all of thcjU, more 
 or Icfs checking and abetting it. . ; Holdrr. 
 
 He confideicd thcfe as they had a greater mix- 
 ture of vowels or co'ifonantij 'and accordingly 
 " employed them as the verfe required a greatci 
 tiiiootiiucfs. Pofc's Fjpiy on llcmer. 
 
 C6'nso.v.vntlv. adv. [from confonaiit.] 
 Coafillently j agreeably.- 
 
 This as aufonitiitty \t. prcachcth, teachcth, and 
 dclivcteth, as if but one tongue did fpcak for all. 
 
 Ibote 
 
 Ourfelvo? are formed according td that inind 
 
 which frames things coftfinantly to their refpee- 
 
 . tive natures. , ChmiHU'i Scrffit 
 
 If he. will fpeak confcrutriily^ to himlcif, ht 
 
 ' mult fay th.it happened in the criginrrl conltitu- 
 
 ti'jti. 77/.'!>r/ofi. 
 
 Co'nsonan'tnt.ss. n.f. [from cnnfonant.'^ 
 .•^grecablenefs ; contiflency. Di.'i. 
 
 Co'nsokous. ad';, [con/'onm, Lat.] Agree- 
 ing in found ; fymphonious. 
 CoNSOriA'TioN. n.f. [from confcpio, la- 
 tin.] The ad. of laying to fieep. Lit- 
 tle in life. 
 
 pnc of i.is maxims is, that a total abflinence 
 from intemperance is no more philofophy, than 
 a tt,tai co'tf'^'jiulion of the fenfes is rcpol'e. 
 
 Digly to P:,pt. 
 
 CONSORT, n.f [,■««^»■f, Latin. It 
 lui'l imciintly the accent on the latter 
 fyllable, bat has it now on the former. 
 Milton hao ufed them both.] 
 
 CON 
 
 r. Companion; partner ; generally a part- 
 ner ot the Led ; a wife or htifhand. 
 
 I'eilowOiip, 
 ."luch as I feek, fit to paitiripate 
 Ail rational delight; wheieiii the bnile 
 Cannot be hunun or.jort. Mflro^i. 
 
 Male lie created thee, hut thy ctrfirt 
 Tcmalc for race : then blefs'd mankind, and 
 
 f.iid, 
 El- fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth. Af'/'tn. 
 
 Tiiy Hcllona, who ihy cunjort came 
 Kor only to Ihy tied, but to thy fame, Dtrr^.ttn, 
 
 He tingle chofe to live, and ftiunn'd to wed, 
 Weil plcas'd to want a confvtt of his bed. 
 
 Pryden'i taila. 
 His warlike amazon her hoft intadcs, 
 Th' imperial confun of the crown of fpades. 
 
 Vofr. 
 
 2. An afTembly ; a divan ; a confultation. 
 
 In one conf.ri there fat 
 Cruel revenge, and rancorous defivite, 
 D.floya] treafon, and heart-buining hate. 
 
 Yairy Quffk. 
 
 3. A number of inRruments playing toge- 
 ther ; a fymphony. This is probably a 
 miftake for concirt. 
 
 A confrt of mufick ill a banquet of wine, is 
 as a figiie: of carbuncle fet in gold. Eccux. 
 
 4. Concurrence ; union. 
 
 Take it fingly, and it carries an air of levity ; 
 but, in cmfirt with the rclt, has a meaning quite 
 diftercnt. Atttrbu-y. 
 
 To CoNs'oRT. V. n. [from the noun.] 
 To aflbciate with ; to unite with ; to 
 keep compiny with. 
 
 What will you do.' Let's not nrtf'.tt witl\ 
 
 them. Slinkfpeare. 
 
 Which of the Grecian chiefs cmfoitt wiik 
 
 thee ? ViyJtn. 
 
 To Coxso'rt. v. a. 
 
 1, To join ; to mix ; to marry. 
 
 He, with his ccrjorted Eve, 
 Theftory heard attentive. ^L'ttrtn's Par. Lojt. 
 
 He begini to ccnfort hirafelf with men, and 
 thinks himfelf one. L'.cke on Educaihn. 
 
 2. To accompany. Not ufed. 
 
 I'll meet with you upon the mart, 
 And r.ftctw.a.-d ccfcrt you rill bed time. Snalfj', 
 CoNoO'kT ABLE. l:dj. [from .Cn/O!'/.] To 
 
 be compared with ; to be ranktd with ; 
 fuitable. Not iiftd. 
 
 He was ciifortnli.'e to Charles Ecandon, imdrf 
 Henry vlll. who was cqui.! to.liinl. li'oltcr. 
 
 Conso'rtiox. ». f. [confortio, Latin.] 
 Pattnerthip; fellowfhip ; fociety. JJia. 
 
 CoWSTK'cTAliLE. (idj. [from OiufpeclvSi 
 
 Latin.] Kafy to be feen. . Ti'ip.. 
 
 CoKspECTu'iTV. n.f. [from coi:fp,cluSy 
 Latin.] Sight; view; fr-nfe of feeing. 
 This word i.s, I believe, peculiar tu 
 Shjhfpeai'c, art! perhaps coriupt. 
 
 What l-arru can your billon c;r,f:hmtiii glean 
 out of this chararflerr S'iukfpccie'i Coi :o!at:ii . 
 
 Conspe'rsioh. 7;./. [cotfpetfn, l.^iUn.l 
 A fprinkling about. Did. 
 
 CoNSPicu'lTY. n./. [from corfpk'jons.'] 
 
 Brightntfs ; favounljlcnefs to the fitrht. 
 
 If this definition be clearer liian the aiii. 
 
 defined, midnight may vie for coiijfita'uy \\.\\, 
 
 noon. Gl.^r.ii::^ i .T.-.j ;. 
 
 CONSPICUOUS, adj. [conff>iruvs, Lat.j 
 
 1. Obvious to the fight j feen at a dif- 
 taiice. 
 
 Or come I Ids iO!tfpi..i,t:i; T Or wha: cliangc 
 Abfcntsthec? Miflon't Para Jife Lift. 
 
 2. Eminent; famous; difiingiiinicd. 
 
 He attributed to each cf them that virtue 
 whiclt he thought moll e'.':j).i::tout in ihem. 
 
 V'y.U/i'i ytnt/iii}, Vfd'ctHf-. , 
 302
 
 CON 
 
 « 
 
 Tl-.y father's mtrir points thee outto view, 
 Aiirf lets thee in the fiireft point of light, 
 To make thy virtues or tliy faults co-ijpici^oui. 
 
 ^dJifon'sCjto, 
 The houfe of lords, 
 Cotfpicuous fcene ! F^jpe'i Ep'jVf of Horace 
 
 Con s p I 'c u o u s l y . rtrfc. [from conjficuous. ] 
 
 1. Obvioufiy to the view. 
 
 Tnefe methods may be preferved conj^kuoufy^ 
 and intirciy dilUncl. IVitin' Logick. 
 
 2. Eminently ; famoufly ; remarkably. 
 CoxsPi'cuouENESs. i!.f. [from ccnffi- 
 
 cuovs. ] 
 
 1 . E.xpofure to the view ; {late of being 
 vifible at a diilance. 
 
 Looked on with fuch a weak light, they ap- 
 pear well proportioned fabricks ; yet they appear 
 It) but in that twilight, which is rcquifite to 
 tiieir confpicuoiifnrfi. B'j)/c*s Pioa/l. EJ/ti)\ 
 
 2. Eminence ; fame ; celebrity. 
 
 Their writings attract more readers by the au- 
 thor's conj^icuo'ifncfs. Boylc on Colours. 
 
 Conspi'racy. n.f. [confpiratio, Latin.] 
 
 1. A private agreement among fevcral 
 perfons to cominit fome crime j a plot ; 
 a concerted treafon. 
 
 O confpiracy ! 
 Sham'ft thou to flicw thy dang'rous brow by 
 
 night. 
 When evib are moft free ? Shaifpeare. 
 
 I had forgot tiiat foul confpirary 
 Of the bcaft Caliban, and his confed'rates, 
 Againft my life. Shnkfpeare's TctnpeJ!. 
 
 When fcarce he had efcap'd the blow 
 Of faelion and confpiracy, 
 Death did his promisM hopes deftroy. Drytlcn. 
 
 2. In law, an agreement of men to do 
 any thing ; always taken in the evil 
 part. It is taken for a confederacy of 
 t«"o, at the Icaft, falfely to itidiCl one, 
 or to procure one to be indifted, of fe- 
 lony. Ce-well. 
 
 a. A concurrence ; a general tendency of 
 many caufes to one event. 
 
 When the time now came that n^ifciy was 
 ripe foi him, there was a confpiracy in all hea- 
 venly and earthly things, to frame fit occafions 
 to lead him unto it. Sidney, 
 
 The air appearing fo malicious in this morbific 
 etrfpiraryy c.\a(fls a more particular regard. 
 
 Htiiijcy on Confumptions. 
 CoXspi'rant. e!c(/. \_confplrans, Latin.] 
 Confpiring ; engaging in a confpiracy 
 or plot } plotting. 
 ' Thou art a traitor, 
 
 Confpirant 'gainft this higii illuftrious prince. 
 
 Sh<ikfpturi's Kinc JLfar. 
 
 CoNSpIRa'tion. n.f. [confpircitia, I^au] 
 An agreement of many to one end. 
 
 One would wonder how, from fo ditfering 
 prcmilcs, they ftionld infer the fame conclufion, 
 wcic it nor that the corrfpirutiin of intereft were 
 loo potent for the divcrfity of judgment. 
 
 Dcfciy of Piety, 
 
 CoNspi'rator. n.f. l^^xom conffiro, Lat.] 
 A mpn-engagcd in a plot ; one who has 
 fccrutly concerted v^ith others the com- 
 miffion of a crime ; a plotter. 
 
 Achilophel is among the cor.fpirators with Ab- 
 filom. 2 Sarr.uil. 
 
 itandback, thou manifcft ccnfpirator ; 
 XhiHithat con::iv'ft to murder our dread lord. S/hjI. 
 
 B;it let the bold confprm/or beware; 
 Tor her.v*n makes princes its peculiar care. Dryil. 
 
 One put into his hand a note of the whole con- 
 
 fpitjry acaiiift him, together with all the names 
 
 of the confpirators. South. 
 
 To CONSPl'RE. T. n. [eonffiro. Latin.] 
 
 1, To concert a crime ; to plot j to hatch 
 
 Cccret treafon. 
 
 CON 
 
 Tell me what they defervt) 
 Tiiat ^o confpirc my death with devililh plots 
 Of damned witchcraft. iiha>.fpeiite's Rich. ni. 
 
 What was it 
 That mov'd pale CrlTias to confpire? Skakfp. 
 They took' great- indignation, and confphru 
 againft the king. .^potrypha. 
 
 Let the air be excluded ; for that undcrminclh 
 the body, and corfpireih with the fpirit of the 
 body to diflolve it. Bucon 
 
 There is in man a natuial poflibility to deflroy 
 the world J that is, to confpire to know no wo- 
 man. Broivn's y^Igar Erroun. 
 
 The prefs, the pulpit, and the IVage, 
 Corf pi) € to ccnfure and expote our age. Rtfco^n. 
 2. To agree together : as, all things con- 
 fpire to make him happy. 
 
 So moill and dry, when Phosbus fhines, 
 Confpiring give the plant to grow. Heigh. 
 
 Conspi'rer. n.f. [from confpire.'^ A 
 confpirator j a plotter. 
 
 Take no care, 
 Who chafes, who frets, and where conffiren are: 
 Macbeth (hall never vanquifh'd be. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Conspi'ring Poitwj. [In mechanicks.] 
 All fuch as aft in direClion not oppo- 
 fite to one another. Harris. 
 
 ConspurCa'tion. n.f. [from confpuro, 
 Latin.] The aft of defiling; defile- 
 ment ; pollution. 
 
 CO NSTABLE. n./. [comes flab uU, as 
 it is fuppofed.] 
 
 1 . Lord high conflahle is an ancient officer 
 of the crown. The fimftion of the 
 conflahle of England confifted in the care 
 of the common peace of the land in 
 deeds of arms, and in matters of war. 
 To the court of the conflahle and mar- 
 flial belonged tire cognizance of con- 
 trafts, deeds of arms without the realm, 
 and combats and blazonry of armswithin 
 it. The firfl coiflahle of England was cre- 
 ated by the Conqueror, and the office 
 continued hereditary till the thirteenth 
 of Henry VIII. when it was laid afide, 
 as being fo powerful as to become trou- 
 blefome to the king. From thefe mighty 
 magirtrates are derived the inferiour 
 conflalles of hundreds and franchifes ; 
 two of whom were ordained, in the 
 thirteenth of Edward i. to be chofen 
 in every hundred, for the confervation 
 of the peace, and view of armour. 
 Thefe are now called high coiflalles ; 
 becaufe continuance of time, and in- 
 creafe both of people and offences, have 
 occafioned others in every town of in- 
 fetiour authority, called petty conflahles. 
 Befides thefe, we have confables deno- 
 minated from particular places ; as, 
 confl.ible of the Tower, of I)over Caflle, 
 of the Ciflle of Carnarvon : but thefe 
 are properly caflellatii, or governours of 
 
 ' caftles. Coivell. Chambers. 
 
 When I came hither, I was lord high confiMe, 
 
 And duke of Buckingham ; now poor Edward 
 
 Bohun. Shakfpcme. 
 
 The knave ronfiahic, had fet me i' th' Ilocks, 
 
 i' th* cmmon Irocks, for a witch. SUakfpcate. 
 
 The conflahle being a fober man, and an enemy 
 
 to fcdiiion, went to obfervc what they did. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 2. To overrun the Constable, [perhaps 
 from conteflable, Fr. the fettled, firm, 
 and Haled account.] To fpcnd more 
 than what a man knows himlelf lo be 
 worth : a low plurafc. 
 
 CON 
 
 Co'nstableship. n.f. [from eoti/lablc.} 
 The office of a conftable. 
 
 This kcepcilhip is annexed to the conflahlcjiuf 
 of the caftle, and that granted out in leafe. 
 
 Carevj'i Suri'Cy of Cornwall, 
 Co'NSTANCy. n.f. [conflantia, Latin. J 
 
 1. Immutability; perpetuity; unalterable 
 continuance. 
 
 The Uws of God himfelf no man will ever 
 deny to be of a different conftitutiou from the 
 former, in refpeil of the one's conjjancy, anti 
 the mutabibty of the other. Hooker. 
 
 2. Confiftency ; unvaried ftate. 
 
 Incredible, that conjlancy in fuch a variety, 
 fuch a multiplicity, Ihould be the refult of 
 chance. Ray on th'. CreatiorK 
 
 3. Refolution ; firmnefs ; fteadinefs ; un- 
 fhaken deteimination. 
 
 In a fmall ifle, aniidlt the wideft feas. 
 Triumphant corfiancy has fix'd her feat ; 
 In vain the fyrens fing, the tempells beat. Prior, 
 
 4. Lading affeftion ; continuance of love, 
 or friendfhip. 
 
 Confr.ncy is fnch a ftability and firmnefs of 
 friendfhip, as overlooks and palfes by Icller 
 failures of kindnefs, and yet ftill retains the 
 fame habitual gocd-will to a friend. Soutli. 
 
 5. Certainty; veracity; reality. 
 
 But all the ftory of the night told over. 
 More witnefieth than fancy's images. 
 And grows to lomething of great conjiancy. 
 But, however, lirange and admirable. Shakfp^ 
 CO'NSTANT. adj. [conjans, Latin.] 
 i.vFIrm ; fixed; not fluid. 
 
 If you take highly redlihed fpirit of wine, 
 and depl legmed fpirit of uiinc, and mix them, 
 you may turn thefe two fluid liquors into a ««- 
 Jlant body. Boyle's Hijlory of Fi^nmefs. 
 
 Z. Unvaried; unchanged; immutable j 
 durable. 
 
 The world's a fcene of changes, and to be 
 Conflant, in nature were inconflancy. CoivUy^ 
 
 3. Firm; refolute ; determined; im- 
 movable ; unlhaken. 
 
 Some iTiiewd contents 
 Now fteal the colour from BafTanio's cheek : 
 Some dear friend dead ; elfe nothing in the world 
 Could turn fo much the conliitution 
 Of any conjlant man. Shatfpeure's Alcr, of Vert, 
 
 4. Free from change of affection. 
 
 Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained 
 cc>:f;ant friends. Sidney. 
 
 5. Certain ; not various ; fteady ; firmly- 
 adherent : with to. 
 
 Kow through the land his care of fouls he 
 ftretch'd. 
 And like a piimirive apoftte preach'd ; 
 Still chceiful, ever confiant to his call; 
 By manv follow'd, lov'd by moli, admir'd 
 by all. Dryden, 
 
 He fhcwed his firm adherence to religion, as 
 modelled by our national conftitutiou ; and was 
 conf.mt to its offices in devotion both in pub- 
 lick, and in his family. Addifon'i FreehoLUr„ 
 
 Co'nstantly. adv, [from coiiflant.'\ 
 Unvariably ; perpetually ; certainly j 
 
 rteadily. 
 
 It is lirange that the fatiiers fliould never ap- 
 peal ; nay, that they fhould •aoxcctnjtantly do ir. 
 
 Tillotfun, 
 
 To CONSTE'LLATE. v, n, [confclla. 
 tus, Latin.] To join luftre ; to fhine 
 with one general light. 
 
 The fevcial things which engage our affec- 
 tions, do, in a tranfcendent manner, Ihine forth 
 and conflellaie in God. Boyle, 
 
 To Conste'llate. 1'. a. To unite feve- 
 ral fliining bodies in one fplcndour. 
 
 Great conftiuitions, and fuch as arc conjlel* 
 lated in:o knowUdgr, do nothing till they outdo 
 all. Broiva'i Vulgar Erruin,
 
 CON 
 
 Thefe fcatteicd pcrfcitiuns, which were fiivided 
 
 among rhc fcM-ral ranks ufiiiier'n^ur ii.itiircs, were 
 
 fiimnud tip and anjUilatid in ours. GLinvilU, 
 
 Constellation, ii.f. [Worn coiific/laU:] 
 
 1. A clufter of fixed liars. 
 
 For the rtjrs of liciveii, and the conficl^ttioii 
 thereof, fliall not give their light. IJaiuli. 
 
 The e.irth, the air, refoundcd ; 
 The heav'ns and all the riiJIclliUiom rung. 
 
 Milmn't ftradife I.oji. 
 
 A toifltUathn is but one ; 
 Tthnugli 'tis a train of liars. DryAci:. 
 
 2. All afTcmblage of fpiendours, or excel- 
 lencies. 
 
 The condition is a cinjidhtion or coninniSuTc 
 of all tliolc gofpcl graces, tairh, hope, chaiit^', 
 (clf-dcniat, rcpc;iiance, and the rcll. llummcuJ. 
 
 Consternation, n.f. [from conjlenio, 
 L.al.] Aflonifnmeut ; amazement ; ali- 
 enation of mind by a furprife j fur- 
 prife ; wonder. 
 
 Ti^cy find the fame holy covfem.itio'i upon 
 thcmlVlvcs that Jacob did at Bethel, which he 
 called the gate of heaven. S-iufk. 
 
 The natives, dubious whom 
 They muft obey, in coijieTn.itii,n wait 
 Till rigid conqueft will pronounce their liege. 
 
 To CONSTIPATE, v. a. [from conjlipo, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To crowd together into a narrow 
 
 room ; to thicken ; to condenfe. 
 
 Of cold, the property is to condenfe and con- 
 
 fiifale. Bacon. 
 
 It may, by amaffing, cooling, and confipating 
 
 of waters, turn them into rain. Ray. 
 
 There might arifc fome vertiginous motions 
 
 or whirpools in the matter of the chaos, whereby 
 
 the atoms might he tliruft and crowded to the 
 
 middle of thofe whirpools, and there corjlipau 
 
 one another into great folid globes. Bentley. 
 
 a. To Hop up, or flop by filling up the 
 paflagcs. 
 
 It is not probable that any aliment (Tiould have 
 the quality of incirely corftifuting or lliutcing up 
 the capilinry veffels. Aihuthnot. 
 
 3. To bind the belly, or make cofttve. 
 
 Omitting honey, which is laxative, and the 
 powder of fome loadftones in this, doth rather 
 confiifatt and bind, than purge and loofen the 
 belly. , Bro^un'i J^ulg. Erroun. 
 
 Constipa'tton. n.f. [from conJlipate.'\ 
 
 1. The acl of crowding any thing into lefs 
 room ; condenfation. 
 
 This workcth by the detention of the fpirits, 
 ajid i'irjiipiition of the tangible parts. Baan. 
 
 It requires either abfolutc fulnels of matter, or 
 a pretty clofe onjiifatlm and mutual contafl of 
 its particles. Bmilcy. 
 
 2. Stoppage ; obfiruftion by plenitude. 
 
 The inadivity of the gall occafions a confiipa- 
 ticiulthl: belly. Ariutiml. 
 
 3. The (late of having the body bound. 
 CoNSTiTVFNT. adj. [con/litiifns, Lat.] 
 
 That makes- any thing what it is ; ne- 
 ceffary to exillence ; elemental ; effen- 
 lial ; that of which any thing- confills. 
 
 Body, foul, and reafon, are the three parts 
 neccffarily ca>:Jl:tueni of a man. Drydtn. 
 
 All animals derived all the conjiitucnt matter 
 of their bodies, fucceflively, in all .ages, out of 
 this fund. H^will'ar.i. 
 
 It is impolTible that the figures and (izcs of its 
 
 cwfiituent particles, Ihonld be fo juftly adapted 
 
 ai to toucl\ one another in every point. BentUy. 
 
 Consti'tuent. n.f. 
 
 1. The perfon or thing which conftitutes 
 
 or fettles any thing in its peculiar (late. 
 
 Their firft compofnre and origination requires 
 a higher and mlbXtx anptuent than chance. Hale. 
 
 CON 
 
 2. That which is ncccffaiy to the fubfifl- 
 cuce ol any tiling. 
 
 The oliitru'iti'Jii of the mefcntcry is a great 
 ' impcclimciil ty nuliicioii ; for the lymph in ihofc 
 gbnds is a ncccfl'ary conjlitucnt of the aliment. 
 
 .^rhuth'iOt. 
 
 3. He that deputes another: as, the re- 
 
 piefcntativcs in parhameiit dliVc^ard 
 their conjlltucnts. 
 roCO'NSTlTUTE.r.^7.[-:c?«/^;V«o,Lat.] 
 
 1. To give formal cxillcncc ; to make 
 any thing what it is ; to produce. 
 
 IVudcnce is not only a moral but chrlftian 
 virtue, fuch as is nccctrary to the cfinjUtuting of 
 dll others. Decay of Victy. 
 
 2. To ered ; to eftabli(h. 
 
 Wc mud oLcy laws ajjpointcd and conjlitutcd by 
 lawful authority, not agr\in(t the law of God. 
 
 Taylor^ Holy Lh>ing. 
 
 It will be neccfTary to cotxTider, how at fiilt 
 
 tliofe fevcral churcl'es were conjiitutniy that we 
 
 miy undcrltand how in this one church they were 
 
 all united. PcarJ'jn, 
 
 3. To depute ; to appoint another to an 
 office. 
 
 Co'nstituter. w, f. [from con/Il/ute,] 
 
 lie that conftitutes or appoints. 
 Constitution, n.f. [from conjlttute,'] 
 
 1. T!ie at^ of conllituting ; enacting ; de- 
 puting ; eflabllfhing ; producing. 
 
 2. State of being; particular texture of 
 parts ; natural qualities. 
 
 This is more beneficial than any olhcr rc/iy';V- 
 tution. Bentley. 
 
 This light being trajei£lcd through the parnlLl 
 prifms, if it fuffered any change by the refrac- 
 tion uf one, it loft that imprclTion by the contrary 
 rcfr.idtion of the oiher ; and fo, being icliorcd to 
 its priftine conjiitutionj became of the fame condi- 
 tion as at firlt. Neivtcn'i Opiich. 
 
 3. Corporeal frame. 
 
 Amongft many bad effetfls of this oily conjli- 
 tutidn^ there is one advantage; fuch who ani\c 
 to age, are not fubjeift to tlri»fture of fibres, 
 
 .AthuthnQt on yilitnenti^ 
 
 4. Temper of body, with refpedt to health 
 or difeafe. 
 
 If fuch men happen, by their native fon/?//K- 
 tlonsj to fall into the gout, citlier they mind it 
 not at allj having no leifure to be fick, or they 
 ufc it like a dog. Temple. 
 
 Beauty is nothing elfe but a juft accord and 
 harmony of the members, animated by a health- 
 ful conjiitution. Dryden. 
 
 5. Temper of mind. 
 
 Damctas, according to the conf.ituthti of a dull 
 head, tlnnks no better way to ihew himkif wife 
 than by fufpecting eveiy thing fn his way. Sidney, 
 
 Some dear friend dead ; elfe nothmg in the 
 world 
 Could turn fo much the ccnJUiution 
 Of any conlianl man. Shakfpeare. 
 
 He defended himfcif with undaunted courage, 
 and lefs paflTion than was expe<Sed from his cor.- 
 fiilution. Clare fsdcti. 
 
 6. Edablithed form of government ; fy(lcm 
 of laws and cultoms. 
 
 The Norman conquering all by might, 
 Mixing our cultoms, and the form of riglit, 
 With U>xt'\gn a/tjiltutien^ht: had l)ruug't't. Daniel. 
 
 7. Particular law; eftabliihcd ufagc ; ef- 
 tablifiiment; inftitution. 
 
 We lawfully may obfervc the pofitive ccnjiitu- 
 tt'ofis of our own churches. Hooter. 
 
 Co>ijlitut:ony properly fpcaking in't^C fcnfe of 
 
 the civil Jaw, ii that law which is made and 
 
 ordained by fome king or emperor ; yet the cano- 
 
 ' nifls, by adding the word facrcd to it, make it to 
 
 fignify the fame as an ecclefmftical canon. ^lyViffc. 
 
 Constitu'tional. cdj, [from cQnfutU' 
 
 C ON* 
 
 ' r. Bred In the conftitulion ; radical. 
 
 It is nut piobable any i.:.y/t.'ufiO/ia/ lHi».ii will 
 be communicated wiln li.e tuiail-pux by uiocu- 
 lation. i)/tarp*t Surgery. 
 
 2. Confident with the civil conllitution ; 
 
 legal. 
 Constitu'ti VE. adj. [from conjlilute.] 
 
 1 . That conRitutes any thing what it is j 
 eltmcnlal ; eflential ; productive. 
 
 Although it be placed among tite nun-naturalS| 
 that is, tucii as netthcr natuially c'jTtJiiti.tme nor 
 merely dcltiudtive, do picicrvc or deltroy Brvwn. 
 
 Tlie ckments and uinjiitutive parts \ji a Ichif- " 
 matick, tiling the cfleem of hmifelf, and ihc 
 contempt of others. Decay '.] fie/y, 
 
 2. Havijig the power to tnatSl or ellabhih. 
 To CONSTRAIN, v. a. [_coii/}rainJre. 
 
 Fr. conJJr'mgo, Lat. J 
 
 1. To compel ; to force to fonic adlion. 
 
 Tliy light, which Ihould 
 Make our eyes how witi; joy, 
 Cotijiratm them w cep. Sfitijp. Coricfartu:.. • 
 
 Namur fubdued, is England's palm atone ; 
 The relt befieg'd, but we c^njirain'.i the town. 
 
 Diy.ien. 
 
 2. To hinder by force; to reftrain. 
 
 My fne in cavci co'/jhujfn thi: winds, 
 Can with a breath their ciam'tous rageappeafe ; 
 They fear his whiftte, and furfake the iCAS.VryJ, 
 
 3. To neceffitate. 
 
 The fears upon your honour, therefore, he 
 Does pity as eo'ijlriiifiej bkinilhes, 
 Nottiing defcrv'd. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Wnen to his lult jEgyfthus gave the rein. 
 Did fate or we th" admt'rous adt cor.Jtrairt ? Po^e. 
 
 4. To violate ; to ravifh. 
 
 Her fpotlcls chaftity 
 Inliuman traitors ! you ci'./>r<i/>;'Jandforc'd. Stai, 
 
 5. To confine; to prefs. 
 
 When aniidll the tcrvour of the fealV, 
 TheTyrian hugs and fonds tbce on her bicaft. 
 And with 1'wi.et kifles in her arms conJirainSf 
 Thou may'll iiifulc thy venom in her veins. Dryd. ■ 
 
 How the ftrait IVays the ;lendei wntie anjirjiin. 
 
 Gay. ■ 
 
 6. To conftringe. 
 
 When winter iyui\s eo^Jirain the field with cn!d. 
 The I'canty root can take no Iteady hold. Dryd. 
 
 7. To tie ; to bind. 
 
 Scarce the weary god had clos'd his eyes. 
 When rulhiiig on with Uiuuts, i.e binds in chains ' 
 The drowfy prophet, and his limbs ct,njhains. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 8. To imprifon. 
 
 Conjirain'd him In a bird, and made him fly 
 With party-colour'd plumes, a chattering pye. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 9. To force ; to produce in oppoHtion to 
 nature. 
 
 In this northern trafl our hoarfer throats 
 Utter unripe, and ill co/y?)a;/;^./ notes. IVttUef, 
 
 10. Torcllrain; to withhold. 
 
 The foft weapons of paternal perfuafions, after 
 mankind began to forget the original giver of 
 life, became overwcak to relili the tiill inclina- 
 tion of evil: or after, when it became habitual, 
 to corjlrain it. Rahio/:^ 
 
 Constra'in ABLE. aJi. [from cenjlr^in.j 
 Liable to conftiaint ; obnoxious to com- 
 pnlfion. 
 
 Wiiereas men before ftood bound in confcience 
 to do as reafon teach^tn, they are now, by virtue 
 of liuman law, coiijltninable ; and, if they out- 
 wardly ttanfgrcfs, punilhable. ffmier. 
 Constra'inedly. aeiv. [from conjlraiii.l 
 By conftraint ; by compnlfion. 
 
 What occalion it had given them to think, to 
 their grcitet ohduration in evil, that through a 
 fioward and wanton defiie of innovation we ri:d 
 conjhnincJly tiiofe things, for which confcience 
 was pieundcd. 
 
 i/oci.-i
 
 CON 
 
 Constra'ikee. n. f. [from conjtra'm,] 
 
 He that conftrains. 
 Constra'int. n.f. [_cnntrainfe, Fr.] 
 
 1, CompuHion ; compelling force; vio- 
 lence ; aft of overruling the defire ; 
 confinement. 
 
 I did fuppofe it Ihould be on nnjiraiit ; 
 _B.it, hcav'n be th ink'a, it is but voluntary. Shjif- 
 
 Like you, a man ; and hither led by Ume, 
 >rot by coiifir.wii, but by my choice I camcDyJ. 
 
 The comtjnt tlcfire of hajipinefs, and tlic cor.- 
 fraint it puts upon ui to .lit tor it, no body, 1 
 think, accounts .i:i abridgment of liberty. Lacke. 
 
 2, Confinement. Out of ufe. 
 
 His limbs were waxen weak and rsw. 
 Thro' long imprifonmcnt, and hard cotjlrainl. 
 
 Spenfc. 
 
 To CONSTRI'CT. -v. a. [conftrmgo, con- 
 
 friaum, Lat.] 
 
 1. To bind ; to cramp ; to confine into a 
 narrow compafs. 
 
 2. To contraci ; to caufe to (hiink. 
 
 Such thingsas fO/?//V;i:JthehDres, and lirengthen 
 the iulid p. [Its. ,'^rhmhnot on Dirt, 
 
 Constriction, n. f- [from conjlria.^ 
 ContraAion ; comprelTion ; forcible con- 
 tradion. Comprejfun is from an outward 
 force, eonjlriilloii fiom fome quality : ai 
 the throat is comprelTcd by a bandage, 
 and conJI ringed by a cold. 
 
 The ;iir, which tliefe receive into the lungsi 
 may ferve to render their bodies equiponderant 
 •totlic water; and the conjirtUhn or dilat.ation ot it, 
 m.<y probably affill tlieiii to aicend or aeieend in 
 the water. Rf*y o« ^^^ Creation. 
 
 CansTKlCTOR. n.f. [conflriilor, Lat.] 
 That which comprelicsor contrafls. 
 
 He luppofcd the co'ifriaon of the eye-lids 
 mini lie Ihengrhcned in the Cupcicilious. Arbuth, 
 
 Jp CON'STRINGE. -v. a. [conjrinso, 
 Lat.] To comprtfs; to contratt j to 
 bind ; lo force to contratt itfelf. 
 
 The dreadful Ipout, 
 Which fliipnien do the huriicano call, 
 Ccjiring'.! in mat's by the almighty fun. Shalf. 
 Strong liquors, efpecially inflamm.aiory fpirits, 
 intoxicate, rjKjiring,-, harden tlic fibres, and 
 coagulate the fluids. ^hbuthnot, 
 
 Constri'ngent, adj. [conJlrhi^ens.'Ld.t.'] 
 Jiaving the quality of binding or com- 
 prefTing. 
 
 Tiv n deep well, or a confervatory of fnow, 
 where the cold may be more eonftnngent. Bacon. 
 
 Winter binds 
 Our IVrengthcn'd bodies in a cold embrace 
 O.nflr.ngtnl. Thomfon'i K'i.nlrr. 
 
 To COKSTRU'CT. nj. a. [cmiflruaus, 
 L-ilin ] 
 
 1 . To build i to form ; to compile ; to 
 conftiiute. 
 
 Let-there be an admiration of chofe divine at- 
 tributes and prerog.atives, for winfe manifelting 
 he was pkafctHo«'i^'K<S lliis vafi fabrick. EoyU. 
 
 J, To form by the mind : as, lie conJlruSed 
 a new fyftem. 
 
 CoNSTRu'cTioN. n.f. [conjlrtia'io , Lat.] 
 
 1. The act of building; fabrication. 
 
 2. The form of building ; ftruflure ; con- 
 formation. 
 
 There "s no :irt 
 "So drew the mind's conJiruHion in the face. 
 
 Shitkfprnrr. 
 The ways wers,made of fcvcr.il l.tyers of flit 
 flones and Hint : the r'.Kjiuiaion wa-; a little vari- 
 ous, according to the nature of the foil, or the 
 materiils which they found. Jirhithu.t. 
 
 3. [In gram.Tiar.] The putting of words. 
 
 CON 
 
 duly chor\.n, together in fuch a manner 
 as is proper to convey a complete fenfe. 
 
 Clarke. 
 
 Some particles conftantly, and others in certain 
 
 rorfruBi'^niy have the fcnfe of a whole fcntcnee 
 
 contained in tliem. Locke. 
 
 4. The aft of arranging terms in the pro- 
 per order, by difcntangling tranfpofi- 
 tions ; the a£t of interpreting ; expla- 
 nation. 
 
 Tliis label, whofc containing 
 Is fo from fenfe in hardncfs, that I can 
 Make no colleftion of it; let him fhcw 
 His (kill in the coKJi.iiaion. Sii.dffeare. 
 
 5. The fenfe; the meaning; interpreta- 
 tion. 
 
 In which fenfe althcugh we judge the apoftle's 
 words to have been uttered, yet hereunto we do 
 not require them to yield, that think any other 
 conjiiuhtor: more found. Hooker. 
 
 He that would live at cafe, (hoilld always put 
 
 the bel^ covjiruilion on bufintfsandconverfatiun. 
 
 Collier on th: Spleen. 
 
 Religion, in its own nature, produces good 
 will towards men, and puts the niildeft m;)//>-i/i-- 
 tion upon every accident that befals them. Spe^. 
 
 6. Judgment ; mental teprefentalion. 
 
 It cajmot, therefore, unto rcafonablc coujiruc- 
 
 fions feem ftr-inge, 01 favour of fingularity, th.at 
 
 we have examined this point L!rox;^n 
 
 - . Tlie manner of defcribing a figure or 
 
 problem in geometry. 
 8. Construction of Equations, In al.^e 
 bra, is the method of reducing a kajwn 
 equation into lines and ligtires in order 
 to a geometrical demonftration. 
 CoNSTRu'cTURE. ft. f. [fiom con/lru3.^ 
 Pile ; edifice ; fabrick. 
 
 They (hall the earth's «»i/!ia<3Krfclofely hind. 
 And to the ceiitie keep the parts conhn'd. 
 
 Blackmoi e 
 
 To CONSTRUE, -v. a. [con/lmo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To range words in their natural ordei ; 
 to difentangle tranrpofitiim. 
 
 I'll teach mine eyes, witli mc k iiumility, 
 Love-learned letters to her eyes to read ; 
 Which her deep wit, that true licart's thought 
 
 can fpcl!, 
 M'iU foon conceive, and learn to ccnjlrue well. 
 
 Spenjer 
 Confirue t'ne times to their neccfiitles, 
 And you (hall fay, indeed, it is the time. 
 And not the king, that cloth you injuries. Shall 
 
 2. To interpret; to explain ; to ihovv the 
 meaning. 
 
 I niuiV crave that I be not fo untlerllood oj 
 roi^f.rucd, as if any fuch thing, by virtue thcrcot, 
 could he done without the aid and aliillancc of 
 God's molt blelfcd fpirit. Hcoitr 
 
 Virgil is fo very figurative, that he requires, 
 (I may alnioli lay) a grammar apart to nnjhue 
 him. Dry.lea. 
 
 Thus we are put to conjlrue and paraphrafe oui 
 own words, to free ourfclves cither from the ig- 
 norance or malice of our advcrfari'es. StiflingjJeet 
 
 When the word is rce-yjrue./ into its idea, the 
 double meaning vanilhcs. Adilijett. 
 
 ZoCONSTUPRATE. -u. a. {con/lupro, 
 L:\t. 1 To violate ; to debauch ; to de- 
 file. ' 
 
 CoN'STiipR a'tion. n.f. [from eonjlu 
 priiU.'\ Violation ; defilement. 
 
 CONSUBSTA'NTIAL. adj. {confuhjlan- 
 
 iiaJis, Lat.] 
 1. Having the fame effcnce or fubfi Hence. 
 The Lord our God is hut one God ; in which 
 i-idivifible unit)-, notwithftanding w adore the 
 rather, as being altogether of himfelf, we glorify 
 that cr.nf,tl.li.mlinl Word, which is the Son ; we 
 Llels and m.-gnify that o-effontial Spirit, cltr- 
 
 CON 
 
 naliy proceeding from bot'n, wliicli is the Holy 
 Ghol!. Boohr. 
 
 2. Being of the fame kind or nature. 
 
 It coniinueth a body conjuhjiantial with oiir 
 bodies ; a body of the fame, boln natuie and 
 niedfiire, which it had on eart'n. U^ktr, 
 
 In their conceits the human nature of C^rift 
 
 was not conjutijiaittial to ouis, but of aiiiithcr 
 
 kind. Bnrc'jjvii. 
 
 Consobstanti.i'litv. n.f. [from con- 
 
 fulflaiilial.J 
 
 1. Rxiftence of more than one, in the 
 fame fubfiance. 
 
 The eternity ot tiie Son's geneiation, and hii 
 co-etcrnity and (onjubfiartiality with the Father, 
 when he came down irom heaven. Hammond. 
 
 2. Participation of the fame nature. 
 
 Fo Coneubst.'i^'ntiate. -y. a. [from con 
 and Jul^jSemtia, Lat.] To unite in one 
 common fubftance or nature. 
 
 Coxsubstaktia'tion. n.f. [.from con- 
 fvhjlanliale. ] The union of the body of 
 our bleffed Saviour with the facramca- 
 tal element, according to the Luttierans. 
 
 In the point of c-^njul'Jiantiation, toward the 
 latter end of his life, he changed his mind. 
 
 Alltrbli'j. 
 
 CO'NSUL. n.f. {conful, confuhndo,\.-i\.'\ 
 
 1. The chief magillrate in the Roman re- 
 puLlick. 
 
 Or never be fo noble as a confuf, 
 Nor yoke with him for tribune. Sh:if:fp;are. 
 
 Cot:juh of mod" 1 ate power in calms wcieinadc; 
 When the Gauls came, one fole dnflator fway'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. An officer commiffioned in foreign 
 p.Trts to judge between the merchants 
 of his nation, and prote£l their com- 
 iiicrce. 
 
 Cq'nsular. adj. [cotfulai-is, Latin.] 
 
 1. Relating to the confu). 
 
 The co^julaf power had only the ovnnmcnts, 
 with.out ti.e force, of the royal autiioiity. SprSf, 
 
 2. CoNSUL.\R Man. One who had been 
 conftd. 
 
 Role nut the confuhr men, and left iheir pLicet 
 So foon as thou fat'O down .' Ben ^onfon. 
 
 CoNSL'LATE if. f. [confulatus, Latin.] 
 '1 he office of confui. 
 
 His name ai d ronf.,'„le were efl'.cedout of all 
 public re;;irters and inlVri^itions. jiddifon. 
 
 Co'nsv'1.ship. n.J. [from confui, 1^ The 
 office of confui. 
 
 The patricians (houid do very ill, 
 To let the c^nj-iljj-.ip he fi> defil'd. Ben fonfon. 
 
 The loecly hoy with his aulpicious face, 
 Shall P.. l!io's ^.--y:.-//:/^ and triumph grace. Vryd, 
 /oCONoULT.'t'. «. [confulta, Latin.] 
 To take counfcl togtiher ; to deliberate 
 in common : it has t;///^ before the per- 
 fon admitted to conlultation. 
 
 Everj- man. 
 After the hideous llorm that fo!lov<''d, was 
 A thing infpi-'d ; and, not conjuiting^ broke 
 Into a gencr;-! prophecy, that this ttmpeft, 
 Dalhing the garment of this peace, ahnded 
 The fuddeu bieach on't. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A fenate-ho.ife v/hcrein three liundred and 
 twenty men fat conjuiting always for the people. 
 
 1 ivfiiccabeii, 
 Confult not luilh the (lolhful for any work. 
 
 Ecclui. 
 
 He feiit fvx his bofori friends, itiih whom he 
 
 molt confidently confu/trd, and ftiew ed the paper 
 
 to them, the contents whereof he could not coa- 
 
 cei\e. Clarendon, 
 
 To Consv'lt. v. a. 
 
 I. To aJk ajvice of: a?, hf conAiltcd his 
 friends j to confult an author.
 
 CON 
 
 a. To rfgard ; to ad with view or refpeft 
 to. 
 
 Wc art, in ibc ftrft pl.icc, to cunfult the ne- 
 Cf fliiies ol life, rjtlicr tljan m.itlcii of ornament 
 anil (icliglu. V Ejirarge. 
 
 The icnatc owes its gratitut!c to Cnfo, 
 Who Wlti\ fj gie.1t a foul rtnfnlts its fnfcty, 
 And guards our lives, while he neglcfts his own. 
 
 M..ijjcn. 
 3. To plan ; to contrive. 
 
 Thou h.ilt canfiiltfd (hame to thy houfc, by 
 
 cutting off mjiiy people. U.-.hh.iiuk. 
 
 M.iiiy things were there orfultcd for the 
 
 futvnc, yet nothing was pofitivcl/ iciolvcd. Clar. 
 
 Co'nsult. n. f. [from tlic verb. It is 
 
 varioully accented.] 
 
 1. The att of coiifulting. 
 
 YoLiif^jlf in pcrfon head one chofcii half, 
 And niaich t' opprefs the failion in ccnptlt 
 With dying Dorax. iJtyi. iJon S^l<tJJitifi. 
 
 2. The cffedl of confiilting; determinalion. 
 
 He faid, and rofc the firft ; the council broke ; 
 And all their grave conjii/.s diffolv'd in fmokc. 
 
 Drvih>/*s Fablci. 
 
 J. A council ; a number of perfons af- 
 fembled in delib.-ration. 
 
 J)ivcrs meetings ;nu! confult^ of our whole 
 number, to confidcr of the former Uiiours. Bijcon. 
 
 A i-u''juli of coquets Ijelow 
 Was call'd to rig him OLit a beau. S^rif/, 
 
 Consulta'tion. n. /. [[vor.\ confu/t.] 
 
 1. The a£t of coiifulting ; fecret delibe- 
 ration. 
 
 Tiic ciiief priefts held a confu/tan'on with the 
 ciders and fcribcs. Mark. 
 
 2. A number of perfons coufulted toge- 
 ther ; a council. 
 
 A conj'ulitition was called, wherein he advifes 
 a falivation. Wiftman of .-lijrtjfti. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 ('■onJ'Jtath i? a writ, whereby a caufe, being 
 formerly removed by prohii-'ition from the eccie- 
 fiaftical court, or court chriflian, to the king's 
 court, is returned thither agani : for the judges 
 of the king's court, if, upon comparing the 
 libel with the fuggcltion of the party, they do 
 find the fuggeftion falfe, or not proved, and 
 therefore the caufe to be wrongfully called from 
 the court chriltian ; then, upon this conjuitation 
 or deliberation, decree is to be returned again. 
 
 Consu'lter. n.f. [from fon/;^//.] One 
 that confults, or alks couufel or intelli- 
 gence. 
 
 There fli;dl not be found .imong you a cliarmer, 
 cr a ii.njiiher with familiar fpirits, or a wi/.ard. 
 
 Deuteronomy . 
 
 Consu'mAbi.e. adj. [from confume.'] Suf- 
 ceptible of deltruftlon ; poffible to be 
 wafted, fpent, or deliroyed. 
 
 Afbcftos does truly agree in this common 
 quality afcribed unto both, of being incombuJfi- 
 ble, and not conptmuljlc by lire ; but it dotii 
 contract fo ranch fuliginous matter from the 
 earthy parts of the oil, though it was tried w itii 
 Ionic of tiie purcit oil, that in a very few tiays 
 it did ciioalc and extinguilh the flame. IVt'.kim. 
 Our growing rich or pool- depends only on,wliich 
 is gieatcr or lets, our importation or exportation 
 fii confttmcihU commodities, Lricke, 
 
 TbCONSU'ME. v. a. [confumo, Lailn.] 
 To wafte ; to fpend ; co deftroy. 
 
 Where two raging fires meet together, 
 Tiiey do i^njuty.e tlic thing that Reds their fury. 
 
 Shukj^ctn c. 
 
 Thou r.>.dt carry much feed out into the field, 
 and (halt gather but little iji ; for the locufts (hall 
 tc-ifiimr it. Deuteronomy. 
 
 Thus in fofr anguKh (he confi.meilht day. 
 Nor quits her deep retirement. Tho^nfon. 
 
 ToConsu'me. 1). n. To wafle away ; to 
 be €.\hau(led.. 
 
 CON 
 
 Thefc violent delights have violent cndy, 
 And in their triunaph die ; like Utf:. and powder, 
 Which, as 'ricy meet, confums. Slutif. 
 
 Coksi^'mer. n.f. [from fi9«/!/mf.] One 
 that fpends, . waftes, or dcftroys any 
 thing. 
 
 Money may be confidcred as in the hand! of 
 the confumer, 01 of the merchant wlto buys tiie 
 commodity, when made to export. Locke. 
 
 To CONSU'MMATE. v. a. {confimmer, 
 Fr. confummare, I^at.] lo complete ; 
 to perfeft; tofini/h ; to end. Anciently 
 accented on the firll fyliable. 
 
 Yourfelf, myfclf, and other lords, will pafs 
 To confummat: this hufinefs happily. Slitikf. 
 
 There (hall we conjummate our fpoufal rights. 
 
 Shiikj^jeare. 
 
 The perfon was cunning enougli to begin the 
 deceit in ^the weaker, and the weaker fulTicient 
 to eonf.^mmate tlie fraud in the flronger. Brozun. 
 
 He had a mind to cmftinmute the hoppinefs of 
 the day. Tatlcr. 
 
 Consu'mmate. at^j. [from the verb.] 
 Complete ; perfedt ; iiniihed : omtiibus 
 numcrls abfoliilus. 
 1 do but ftay till your marriage hcconfummnte. 
 
 Slukfpenn. 
 
 Earth, In her rich attire 
 
 Confttmmatef lovely fmil'd. Al'/fJ". 
 
 Grati^^R, among his maxims for railing a man 
 
 to the moii eonfummtit; greatncfs, advifes to pci- 
 
 .""orm extraordinary actions, and to fecurc a good 
 
 hiitorijo. vA/.///ifl. 
 
 If a nian of pcrfei^ and confummate virtue falls 
 
 into a misfortune, it raifes our pity, but not our 
 
 tcrrour. .^-idilifon' s Sj>c&ufor. 
 
 Consumma'tion. n. f. [from confum- 
 mate. ] 
 
 1. Completion; perfeclion ; end. 
 
 Thar jull and regolir procefs, which it mult 
 be fuppofed to take from its oiiginal to its con- 
 Jummat-.on. A.iJifon'!. SpefJ.h'cr 
 
 2. The end of the prcfent fyllem of 
 things ; the end of the world. 
 
 From the (iilf beginning of tlie world unto the 
 lalf confummaiio^ tbci cof, it neither hath been, nor 
 can be, otherwilc. HoUcr. 
 
 3. Death; end of life. 
 
 Giiolt, unbiid, forbear thee ! 
 Nothing ill come near tliee ! 
 Quiet ccnfu»:mulizn ha\e, 
 
 Unremoved be thy grave ! S'j.t'f. 
 
 Consu'mption. ti.f. [confuinpt'w, Lat.] 
 
 1 . The ad of confuming ; walte ; de- 
 ftrudioa. 
 
 In commodities, the value lifes as its quan- 
 tity is jtfs and ventgieater; which depends 
 upon its being preferred in its co*ifumption. Loeke. 
 
 2. The ftate of walling or periihing. 
 
 Etna and Vefuvius have (ent folth flames for 
 this two or three thoufanfl years, yet the moun- 
 tains tliernfehes have not futTcredany conlidera- 
 Mc diminution or conjum^tiun \ but aie, at this 
 day, the higheft mountains in thufe countries. 
 
 ff'coiht ard. 
 
 3. [In phyfick.] A wafie of mufcular 
 fledi. It is frequently attended with a 
 heftick fever, and is divided by pbyfi- 
 cians into feveial kinds, according to 
 the variety of its caufes. ^dncy. 
 
 Coifumption fo 
 In hollow bones of man. Shakf. Timon. 
 
 The Ooppage of women's courfes, if not looked 
 to, fets ttie.m into a eonfumption^ droply, or 
 other (lifeafe. ■ H.in:,y. 
 
 The cffential and diflinguilhing charatfter of a 
 conlirmed co7iJ'i.mpri:'/i) is a wafting of the body 
 by rcafon of an ulcerated ft.itc of the lungs, at- 
 tended with a cougli, a,difchaigc of purulent 
 miitter, and a he,!tick fever. liitichnore. 
 
 CoNsii'iif TJ VE, adj. [horn cotifini.-.] 
 
 CON 
 
 1. Dtflruftive ; wafling ; extiaufting ; 
 having the quality of confuming. 
 
 A long coijumptne wai is more like!) to brc^k 
 this grand alliance than difable Fiance. /idM!:n. 
 
 2. Difeafcd with a confumption. 
 
 Nothing taints found lungs fooner than In- 
 fpiring the breath of rcwyim/i/zTe lungs. Harvey. 
 
 The lean, eanjumpiivt wench, with coughs 
 dccay'd, 
 Is call'd J pretty, tight, and (lender maid. Dryd. 
 
 Ky an cxait regimen a eonjumptive pcrfon may 
 hold out for years. ^rhutht.:,t cr D:ct. 
 
 Consu'mptiveness. n./. [from confump- 
 
 /(i)f.] A tendency to a confumption. 
 Consu'tile. adj. \_confut'i!'is, Lat.] That 
 is fewed or ftitchcd together. Di^. 
 
 To CONTA'BULATE. -y.a. {centabula. 
 
 Latin.] To floor with boards. 
 Contabula'tion. n. f. [contabulatioi 
 Latin.] A joining of boards together'; 
 a boarding a floor. 
 CO^NTACT. «. /. [contaaiis, Latin.] 
 Touch ; clofc union; junAure of one 
 body to another. 
 
 Tlic Platonilis hold, that the fpirit of the Mvcr 
 doth pafs into the fpirits of the pcifon loved, 
 which caufcth the deliic of return into the body ; 
 whereupon toltoweth that appetite of c'jntai} and 
 conjunction. Bacon's Natural Hifiory. 
 
 When the light fell fo obliquely on the ait, 
 which in other places was between them, as to 
 be all teflcfted, it feeined in that place of ro/i/jf? 
 to be wholly tranfmittcd. Newton's Opticks. 
 
 The air, by its iramediate contaO, may coagu- 
 late the blood which (lows along the air-bladderS. 
 ^r hut knot on Diet. 
 Conta'ction. n.f. \conliictus, Latin.] 
 The aifl of touching ; ajoiningone body- 
 to another. 
 
 That deleterious it may be at fomc diflance, 
 and deftruflive without corporal conta^icny tfcere 
 is no high improbability. Bro'wn. 
 
 CONTA'GION. n.f [contagio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The emifTion from body to body by 
 which difeafes are communicated. 
 
 If we two be one, and thou play falfe, 
 I do digelf the poilon of thy dclh, 
 Being (trumpeted by tliy contag.-rju. Slujkfpeare, 
 
 In infeiff ion and contaeion from body to body, 
 as the plague and the like, the infection is re- 
 ceived many times by the body paffive ; bi;t yet 
 is, by the llrcngth and good dilpofuion thereof, . 
 repulfcd. Br.x^;. 
 
 2. Infeftion; propagation of mifchief, or 
 
 difeafe. 
 
 Nor will the goodnefs cf intention exciifc riie- 
 fcandal and contagion of example. K:rg Ciar/es, 
 
 Down fell they, 
 And the dire hifs rcnew'd, and the dire form 
 Catch'd by contagion. AIi/i07t's I'ara.-tif'e Loji. 
 
 3. Peftilence ; venomous emanations. 
 
 Will he Ileal out of l-is wholefome bed. 
 To dare tiic vile contagion of the nigh; .> Shuir^ 
 
 Conta'gious. adj. [from contagio, Lat.] 
 Infeftious; caught by apprcadi ; ppi- 
 fonous ; pcililential. 
 
 The jatles 
 That drag the tiagick melancholy night 
 From then milly jaws 
 Breathe foul, cantagioui darknefs in the aisv 
 
 Snakfpearti's Hen'y VK 
 We (icken foon from her ccntagious care, 
 Grieve for her foiiows, groan lor her dcfpair. 
 
 Prur. 
 
 Conta'giousness. nf. [from ccn.'a^ious \ 
 
 The quality of being contagious. 
 JoCONTA'lN. V. a. [cornhuo, Lat.] 
 I . To hold as a vcffel. 
 
 There an many other th'ngs which Jefus dij, 
 the whicU if ihey Qioulcl be wriuciv estry ei,ej ,
 
 CON 
 
 1 fuppofetliat even the w.irld itf«!f couW no: 
 con:.t:n tl.e books chat (hoM be wruten. J^A". 
 
 Gently inlV:u<ftcd I fiuU hence depart, 
 Greatly in peace of thought, and h.ive my bll 
 -Of knowledge what this veffel caa ""' 'l^^':^^^^ 
 
 What thy (lores cor.tam bring forth, and pour 
 Abundance. 
 2. To comprehend; to comprife. 
 
 Whatfccm-d fair in all the woild, feem d now 
 Mean, or in her fumm'd up, in ^" """"^^ff^^^^ 
 
 The earth. 
 Though in compatifon of heav'n fo fmall, 
 Nor glid'riPg, may of fohd good ccnlam 
 More plenty than the fun, that barren Ih.ncs. 
 
 '^ ■* Ml/ton. 
 
 a. To conTprife, as a writing. 
 
 Wherefore alfo it is con!ciir<d in the fcripture. 
 
 I Jt.'fi-. 
 
 4, To reftrain ; to withhold ; to keep 
 xvithin bounds. 
 
 A.II men Ihould be coti-.-ihud in duty ever 
 jfter, witnout the teriour of warlike forces. 
 
 Sff'ifn- on Ireland. 
 Their king's perfon conlaim the unruly people 
 from evil occafions. Sfcr.fcr. 
 
 I tell you, firs, 
 
 If you Ihould fmile, he grows impatient. 
 
 _re»r not, my lord, we can contain ourfelves. 
 
 Shahfpeare- 
 
 To Co^•T.\'I^^ i-. n. To live in conti- 
 nence. . , .„ , 
 I felt the ardour of my paffion increale, till 1 
 could no longer nnlain. Arhuthnr.t and Vofe 
 Con t a'i n a b l e. adj. [from contain.'] Pof- 
 fible to be contained. 
 
 The air, containabU within the cavity of tiie 
 eolipile, amounted to eleven grains. Boyle. 
 
 5-0 CONTA'MINATE. -v. a. [conta- 
 niino, Latin.] To defile; to pollute ; 
 to corrupt by bafe mixture. 
 
 Shall wc now 
 •Contaninats our fingers with bafe bribes? Shaif. 
 
 A bafe pander holds the chamber-door, 
 ■Whilft by a flavc, no gentler than a dog, 
 a\i faireil daughter is c-j<:timir:,it!d. Shukfpeare. 
 Do it not with poifon ; ftiangle her in her bed, 
 Even in the bed fhe hath contmninattd. Skakf. 
 
 I quickly flied 
 'Some of his baftard blood, and in difgrace 
 Befpoke him thus : cmtaminatul, bafe. 
 And mifbcgottcn blood I fpiil of thine. Shakjf. 
 Though it be neccffitated, by its relation to 
 •ilelh, to a^terrcnrial converfe ; yet 'tis, like 
 the fun, without row/<iOT/M?/ffg its beams. Gtan-v. 
 He that lies with another man's wife, propa- 
 gates children in another's family for him to 
 keep, and nntaminaics the honour thereof as 
 much as in him lies. -Vr/;f/s y.-.nrgon. 
 
 Contamin-a'tion. «./. [from coiUami- 
 
 nale.] Polhition ; defilement. 
 Conte'merated. adj. [cotitemeratus, 
 Latin.] Violated ; polluted. Biff. 
 
 ToCONTE'MN. -o. a. {_coiitemno, Lat.] 
 To defpife ; to fcorn ; to flight ; to dif- 
 rcpard ; to negleft ; to defy. 
 
 Yet better thus, and known to be ccntmned. 
 
 Than (lill TO>;/;;ji;/f..' and Sattcicd. S/iak/j:ta,e 
 
 Eve, thv contempt of life and plcafure I'ecms 
 
 To arsue in thee Ion>erhing more fublime 
 
 And excellent than .what thy mind contemns. 
 
 Mi/ton. 
 Pygmalion then the Tyri.in fceptre fway'd, 
 One who nntemn'd divine and human laws ; 
 Then rtrifc enfucd. Dry.Un's Virg. ^€'i,id. 
 
 Conte'mner. «./. {^\om ccntemn.] One 
 that contemns ; a dcfpiftr ; a fcorner. 
 
 He counfcls him to profcoute innovators of 
 worlhip, not only as eo'./.mwu of the gods, but 
 diftuibcrs of the ftate. South. 
 
 To CONTE'MPER. v. a. [corUmperc, 
 9 
 
 CON 
 
 Latin.] To moderate ; to reduce to a 
 lower degree by mixing fomething of 
 oppofite qualities. 
 
 Tne leaves qualify and conlemjier the heat, 
 
 and hinder the evaporation of moiliure. Ri-y, 
 
 Conte'.mperament. ;/./. [(rom contrm- 
 
 psro, Lat.] The degree of any quality 
 
 as tempered to others. 
 
 Theie is nearly an equal nntcmyeranunt of the 
 warmth of our bodies to that of the hotteft part 
 of the atmofphere. Derkain. 
 
 To Conte'mperate. v. a. [from con- 
 temper.] To diminifh any quality by 
 fomething contrary ; to moderate ; to 
 temper. 
 
 The mighty Nile and Niger do not only moiften 
 and cottcn-.f crate the air, tut refrefh and humec- 
 tate the earth. Brown. 
 If blood abound, let it out, regulating the 
 patient's diet, and contcmj,cra::ng the humours. 
 Wifeman'i Surgery. 
 
 Contempera'tion. ri. /. [^hom contem- 
 
 perate.] 
 I. The a£t of diminidiing any quah'ty by 
 
 admixture of the contrary ; the act of 
 
 moderating or tempering. 
 The ufe of air, without which there is no 
 
 continuation in life, is not nutrition, but the 
 
 contitnf nation of fervour in the heart. Brown 
 
 2.. Proportionate mixture ; proportion. 
 There is not greater variety in men's faces, 
 and in the cantstnferations of their natural hu- 
 mours, than there is in their phantafies. HaU. 
 
 To CONTE'MPLATE. i). a. [contcm- 
 plor, Lat. This feems to have been once 
 accented on the fitft fyllable.] To con- 
 fidcr with continued attention; to ftudy ; 
 to meditate. 
 
 There is nor much difficulty in confining the 
 
 mind to contemplate what we have a great delire 
 
 to know. IVa'.ti. 
 
 Conte'mplate. -v.n. Tomufe ; to think 
 
 ftudioufly with long attention. 
 
 So many hours muft I take my reft ; 
 So many hours rauft I antemflate. Shakffe^rc. 
 
 Sapor had an heaven of glafs, which he tiod 
 upon, conttmflating over the fame as if he had 
 been Jupiter. yeacham. 
 
 How can I confiier what belongs to myfelf, 
 
 when I have been fo long cmiemflathig on you ? 
 
 , Drydert's Juvtnat, Pref.ice, 
 
 Contempla'tion. «, f. [from contem- 
 plate.'] 
 
 1. Meditation; ftudious thought on any 
 fubjeft ; continued attention. 
 
 How now ? what ferious con:teir.plntion are 
 you in } Shakjpeare. 
 
 Conten-.platioti is keeping the idea, which is 
 brought into the mind, for fome time aflually 
 in view; Lo.-ke. 
 
 2. Holy meditation ; a holy cxercife of 
 the foul, eniployed In attention to facred 
 things. 
 
 I have breatii'd a fecret vow 
 To live in prayer and contetn/lation. 
 Only attended by NeiiflTa here. Shakfpearc. 
 
 3. The faculty of ftudy : oppofed to the 
 power of acllon. 
 
 There are two funfllons, coitenip/alion and 
 praflicc, according to that general divifion of 
 objefts ; fome of which entertain our fpeculation, 
 others employ our ai5lions. South. 
 
 Conte'mpl ATivE. adj. [from contem- 
 plate. '^ 
 
 1. Given to thought or ftudy ; ftudious; 
 thoughtful. 
 
 Fixt and contemplative their looks, 
 Still turning over nature's books. Denham. 
 
 2. Employed in ftudy ; dedicated to ftudy. 
 
 CON 
 
 I am no courtier, nor verfed in ftate afeits : 
 my life hath rather been contemplative thjn 
 aitive. - Bacin. 
 
 Contctr.plati-ue men may be without the plea- 
 fure of difcovering the fecrets of Hate, and n)en 
 of aflion are commonly without the pleafure ef 
 tracing the lecrets of divine art. Greiu_ 
 
 3. Having the power of thought or me- 
 ditation. 
 So many kinds of creatures might be to exer- 
 . cife the contemplative faculty of man. Bay, 
 
 Conte'mplatively. flfl't'. [from fon/fm- 
 pktive.] Thoughtfully ; attentively ; 
 with deep attention. 
 Contempl.a'tor. n.f. [Lat.] One em- 
 ployed In ftudy; an inquirer after know- 
 ledge ; a ftudent. 
 
 In the Perfiau tongue the word magu! imports 
 
 as much as a contcmplatoi of divine and hesvenly 
 
 fcience. Raleigh' i Bifiory. 
 
 The Platonick contemp/ators rcjcft both thcfe 
 
 delcriptions, founded upon parts and colours. 
 
 Broifn's I'l.fgar Krrours. 
 
 CONTEMPORARY, adj. {contempo- 
 rain, Fr.] 
 
 1. Living in the fame age; coctaneous. 
 Albert Durer was contemporary to Lucas. 
 
 Dryden\ Dvfrejnoy, 
 
 2. Born at the fame time. 
 
 A grove born with himfelf he fees, 
 And loves his old contemporary uz... _ Co'oiley. 
 
 3. Exifting at the fame point of time. 
 It i.-^ impoffible to make the ideas of yefterday, 
 
 to-d.iy, and to-morrow, to be the lame ; or 
 bung ages paft and future together, and make 
 them contempirafv. Loeke. 
 
 Conte'mporary. «./. One who lives 
 at the fame time with another. 
 
 All this in blooming youth you have achiev'dj 
 Nor are your foil'd contempor^riei gtiev'd. Dry.l. 
 
 As he has been favourable to me, he will hear 
 of his kindnefs from our contemporaries ; for we 
 are fallen into an age illiterate, cenforious, and 
 detradting. Pryden's Juvenal, Preface. 
 
 The active part of mankind, as they do moft 
 
 for the good of their contemporaries, very de- 
 
 fei vedly gain the grcatcft Tr.are in their applaufes. 
 
 yiddifon's Fretlnlder. 
 
 To Conte'mporise. v. a. \_ccn and tem- 
 pus, Latin.] To make contemporary ; 
 to place in the fame age. 
 
 The indiiierency of their exiftences, contim- 
 pirifcd into our aitions, admits a farther confi- 
 deration. Brown's l^ulgai Errours, 
 
 CONTE'MPT. n.f. {contemptus,'Lzl.] 
 I. The aft of defpiling others ; flight re- 
 gard ; fcorn. 
 
 It was neither in contempt nor pride that I did 
 not bow. " MJIhir. 
 
 The (liame of being miferable, 
 Expofcs men to fcorn and bafe contempt, 
 Even fiom their nearcit friends. Dcnham. 
 
 There is no aflion, in the behaviour of one 
 man towards another, of which human nature is 
 more impatient than of contempt ; it being an 
 undervaluing of a man, upon a belief of his utter 
 ufilclVnrfs and inability, and a fpiteful endeavour 
 to engage the reft of the world in the fame (light 
 efteem of him. ^o'-"'"- 
 
 His friend Tmil'd fcornful, and with proud 
 contempt 
 Rcjcfls as idle what his fellow dreamt. Drydtn. 
 
 Nothing, fays Longinus, can be great, the 
 contempt of which is great. Addijon. 
 
 2. The ftate of being defpifed ; vilenefs. 
 The place was like to come unto contempt. 
 
 X Mac. 
 
 Conte'mptible. adj. [from contempt.] 
 I. Worthy of contempt ; defcrving fcorn. 
 No man truly knows himfelf, but he groweth 
 daily luoie coniemptibls in his own eyes. Taylor.
 
 CON 
 
 Fiom no one vice exempt, 
 And moft cctnifrnpllhU tu Ihun contempt. P^y'r. 
 
 2. Dcfpifed ; fconied ; negkcitd. 
 
 Tlitrc is not fu cintcm^tibi: a plant or nntni.ii, 
 th:it docs not confuand tlie molt enlarged under- 
 U.inriing. L',k:. 
 
 3. Scornful; apt to dcfpif^ ; contemptu- 
 ous. This is no proper ufe. 
 
 If flic- IhonU! m.ikc tcndir of lier love, 'tii 
 very poflibic he'll Icoin it ; fur the man hath a 
 cintini^tihU fpirit. Shakf^c^tte. 
 
 Conte'mptiblkness. n. f. [from con- 
 tempt Uile.'\ The Hate ot being con- 
 temptible ; the ftate of being dcfpifed ; 
 meaniiefi ; vilenefs ; bafentfs ; chcap- 
 iiefs. 
 
 Who, by a flcddy pnflice of virtue, comes 
 to difccni the caiMtmjiUblenefs of baits wlieruwith 
 he allures us. " Decay cf Viety. 
 
 Cokte'mptibly. adij. [^(rom contem/ittlk.] 
 Meanly ; in a maimer dcferving con- 
 tempt. 
 
 Know'Il thon not 
 ThciV language, and their ways > They alfo know, 
 And rcaton nut cutit/mptibly, Milioii. 
 
 Conte'mptuous. adj. [^rom contempt.'] 
 Scornful ; apt to defpife ; ullng words 
 or aftions of contempt ;' infolent. 
 
 To ncglcfl God all our lives, and know that 
 we neglect h.im j to otFend God voluntarily, and 
 knoiv that we oftend him, calHng our hopes on 
 the peace which we trull to nuke at pairing, is 
 no other than a rebellious prefumption, and even 
 a cotitimptitoui lauglung to I'corn and deriding of 
 God, his laws, and precepts. Raleigh. 
 
 Some much avcrfe I found, and wond'rous 
 harlh, 
 ContemptuouSf proud, fet on revenge and Ipitc. 
 
 Mi/i. .-Jgi'i. 
 
 Rome, the proudeft part of the heathen world, 
 
 entertained the moll contnuptuoiis opinion of the 
 
 Jews. Atttrbury. 
 
 Conte'mptuous LY. adii. [Ixom contemp- 
 tuous. '\ With fcorn ; with defpite ; 
 fcornfully ; defpitefully. 
 
 I throw my name againft the bruifing llonc, - 
 Trampling cfjutempttnujly on thy diadem. Sk.ikf. 
 The apollles and molt eminent chrillians weie 
 poor, and ufcd contemptuoujly. Tiiy/ar. 
 
 If he governs tyrannically in youth, he will 
 be treated contfmptu^jujly in age ; and the bafcr 
 his enemies, the more intolerable the atfrunt. 
 
 L'EjIiniigc. 
 
 A wife man would not fpeak artanptmuPy 
 
 oF a prince, though out of his dominions. Tillotf'jfi. 
 
 Conte'mpti;ousxess. n. f. [from .;on- 
 
 temptuous.'\ Difpofition to contempt ; 
 
 infolence. Di^. 
 
 To CONTE'ND. v.n. [contcm/o. Lat.] 
 
 1. To llrive ; to ftru;.;gle in oppofitiou. 
 
 Hetftur's forehead fpit loith blood 
 At Greci in 1 words cr^ntc'i.ihig, --Shahjpeay:. 
 
 His wonders and his praifes do ccfitifid 
 Which Ihuuld he thine or his. Sh.tkfp;ciye. 
 
 Death and nature rlo ro^r^wt/ about them, 
 Whether they live or die. Shahfpean' s yjarbeth. 
 
 Dillrcl* nut the Moabitcs, neither corit(ftd with 
 them in b.itUc ; for 1 will not give thee of their 
 lind. Veut. 
 
 2. To vie ; to aft in emulation. 
 
 You ht above, and fee vain men lieiow 
 O^nund for wluit you only can bellow. Dr\.i:^. 
 
 3. It has for before the ground or caufe 
 of contention. 
 
 The queftion whicii our author would confrml 
 fi.r, if l;e did not forget it, is, what pcilbns have 
 a tight to Ite obeyed. Lf^ckc. 
 
 4. Sometimes about. 
 
 H'- will find that many things he fierceiv con- 
 teniicJ iibiut were trivial. Dfntv of Piety. 
 
 5. It \vi%iu'!th before the opponent. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 CON 
 
 This battle f.ires like to the niornin_;'s w»r, 
 IViien dying clouds coKicnJ wif/i growing light. 
 Shalt fft'arc's Henry VI. 
 
 If wc confidcr him as our Maker, we cannot 
 corttLitd 'With him. Tetttple. 
 
 6. Sometimes jfrt/H/?. 
 
 In ambitious ttrength I did 
 Cnrft'ul agaltijl thy valour. Slu^lfprari 
 
 To Contk'nd. ni. a. To dlfputc any 
 thing ; to contelh 
 
 Their .liry Imib- in fports they cxrrcife, 
 And on the green eonlr-ni the wieftltr's priie. 
 
 Ijiyjert't jEncid. 
 
 A time of wait .it length will conic, 
 
 ^^l,cn Caiihigc (hall co-itenJ the world with 
 
 Rome. Drydcii. 
 
 Thus low wc lie. 
 
 Shut ('rom this dJy and that nr.iin(iriiSk.y. D'yd 
 
 Coxtk'mdent. n.f. [from contend.'\ An- 
 tagonill ; opponent ; champion ; com- 
 batant. Not ufed. 
 
 In all notable changes and revuUilions, the 
 coincmkiits have been Hill made a ptey to the 
 third party. . L EJlrange. 
 
 Conte'nder. n.f. [from contend.'} Com- 
 batant ; champion. 
 Tlie co/itinJin for it look upon it as undeniable. 
 
 Tliofe difputes often arife in good carnell, 
 where the two co»tt>iJi>% do really believe the 
 diticient propolitions which tncy fupport. IKiits. 
 
 CONTE'NT. ac^. [contcnius, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Satisfied, fo as not to repine ; eafy, 
 though not highly pleafed. 
 
 Born to the fpacious empire of the Nine, 
 One would have thought Ihe fbould have been 
 
 content ' 
 
 To manage well that mighty government. Diyd, 
 
 Who Is content, is happy. L'.cke. 
 
 A m.Tn is pcrfeftly content with the ftate he is 
 in, when he is perfeflly without any uneafincfs. 
 
 horke. 
 
 Foe to loud praife, and friend to learned caf;, 
 Ctrnten! with fcience in the vale of peace. I'cpe. 
 
 2, Satisfied, fo as not to oppofe. 
 
 Submit you to the people's voices, 
 Allow their officers, and be content 
 To fuffcr lawful ccnfure. Shakjptare. 
 
 To Conte'N't. v. a. [from the adjeftive.] 
 
 1. To fatisfv, fo as to flop complaint; 
 not to offend ; to appeafe, without 
 plenary happinefs or complete gratifi- 
 cation. 
 
 Content thyfolf with this much, and let this 
 fati.sfy thee, that I love thee. Sidney, 
 
 Gicat minds do fometimcs content themfelves 
 to tlireaten, when they could deftroy. Tillotfon. 
 
 D;j not content youiftlves with ubfcure and 
 confufcd ide.is where clearer are to be attained. 
 Ifiiili' Logick, 
 
 2. To pleafe ; to gratify. 
 
 Is the adder better tiiau the eel 
 Becaufc his p.iintcd Ikin content! the eye .' Slutf. 
 
 It doth much content me. 
 To hear him fo ineliii*d. Sbetkfpearc' s Hamlet. 
 
 If a man fo temper his anions, as in fome 
 one of them he doth content every faction, the 
 mnfirk of praife will be fuller. Bacon. 
 
 Wheat is contented with a meaner earth, and 
 contenting with 3 fuitablc gain. Care-w. 
 
 Conte'nt. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 1. Moderate happinefs ; fuch fatisfaftion 
 as, though it does not fill up defire, ap- 
 peafes complaint. 
 
 Nought 's had, all 's fpent. 
 When- our defire is got without content. Sfuiljp. 
 
 One tiiought content the good to be cnjoy'd ; 
 This every little accident deltroy'd. DryJen. 
 
 A wite content his even foul feciii'd; 
 By want not Ihilkcn, nor by wealth allur'd. 
 
 imrVA en I'hil'pt. 
 
 CON 
 
 2. Acquiefccnce; fatiefadion in a thin* 
 UJiexamiiied. 
 
 Oilicrs for language all their care exprcfs, 
 And value books, ai women met-., for drefj ; 
 Their praife is fliil — the ftilc is cvcellcnt ; 
 The feiilc they humbly take upon content. Popr, 
 
 3. [from conlentiis, contained.] Tliat 
 v.'hich is contained, or included, in any 
 thing. 
 
 Though my heart's content firm love doth bear, 
 Nothing uf mat lltall from mine eyes appear. 
 
 Sb ikjpcart. 
 
 Scarcely any thing can be determined of the 
 particular contents of any fmglc mafs of ore by 
 mere infpciflion. Wood-ward, 
 
 Experiments are made on the blood of healthy 
 animals : in a weak habit fcrum might afford 
 other contents. Arbuthnot. 
 
 4. The power of containing ; extent'; 
 
 capacity. 
 
 This illand had then fifteen hundred ftfonp 
 fliips of great content. B.:con. 
 
 It were good to know the geometrical content, 
 figure, and fituation of all the lands of a king- 
 dom, aceurding to natur.il hounds. Graunr. 
 
 5. That which is comptifed in a writing. 
 Intlils feiife the plural only is in ufe. 
 
 I Have a letter from her. 
 Of fuch cov.tenti as you will wonder at. 
 
 Shakjpear^. 
 I (hall prove tjiefe writings not counterfeits, 
 but authL-ntick; and the contents true, and wor- 
 thy of a divine original. Greiu': Cofmo^ot^ia, 
 The contents of both books come before thofc 
 of the liill book, in the thread of the ftory. 
 
 Addifon'i Spc^atsr. 
 
 Content.i'tion. n. f. [from content.'} 
 Satisfaflion ; content. Out of ufe, 
 
 I fcek no better warrant than my own confci- 
 encc, nor no greater picafure than mine bwa 
 contentat'on. Sidney. 
 
 Fourteen years fpace, during the minority of 
 Gordianus, the government was with great ap- 
 plaufe and conlematiinin the hands of Mifiihcus, 
 a pedant. Bac-.n. 
 
 The Ihield was not long after incruilcd witli 
 a new luil, and is the fame, a cut of which 
 huth been engraved and ejthibited, to the great 
 cortcntation of the learned. Arb-uthnot and FoJ/e. 
 
 Conte'nted. participial adj. [from con^ 
 tent.] Satisfied; at quiet; not repin- 
 ing; not deinanding more; eafy, though 
 not plenarily happy. 
 
 Baibdiolfj, in hope by fuflerancc to obtain 
 another kingdom, fccmcd cmtented with the 
 aiifwcr. KnoHa' Hljlery. 
 
 Dream not of other worlds, 
 Contevte.i that thus far has been rcveal'd. 
 Not of earth only, but of highell heav'n. 
 
 Milton' i Par. Lof, 
 If he can defcty 
 Some nobler foe approach, to him he calls, 
 And begs bis fate, and then «»/?«/£</ falls. 
 
 Denhaiti. 
 To dill.int lands Vertumnus never roves. 
 Like you c«««7:fc/ with his native groves. Fopf. 
 
 CoNTENTEDNEss. n.f. {fxQim contented .'\ 
 State of fatiifaiTtion in any lot. 
 
 Angling was, after tedious ftudy, a calmer of 
 unquiet thoughts, a moderator of paffions, a pro*- 
 curer of conttntednejs. ITa/ton's Ane.'c . 
 
 Conte'ntion. n.f. [contentio, Lat.] 
 I. Strife ; debate; conteft ; quarrel; mu- 
 tual oppofition. 
 Can we with manr,;r5 aflc what was the dif- 
 ference ? 
 
 Safely, I think ; 'twas a eonttmitn JH 
 
 imblick. Skaifpea-e. 
 
 Avoid foolilh queftions and genealogies^ and 
 
 canUnt:9ri and lliivings. />/;.,-. 
 
 Can they keep themfelves in a petpetusl ror- 
 
 tenliti with their eafe, th-ii reai'on. and t:;-'t 
 
 3 E
 
 CON 
 
 God, and not cndurs a Ihort combat with a 
 hoful cuftom ? Decay of Pi.ty. 
 
 The ancients made contrtlio'i the principle that 
 reigned in the chnos at fiift, and then Ime ; the 
 one to exprefs the divifions, and the other the 
 union of all parties m the middle and common 
 bond. Burntl's Theory cf the Earth. 
 
 2. Emulation ; endeavour to excel. 
 
 Sons and brothci at a ftrife ? 
 What is your qiurrtl ? how be^an it firft ? 
 . No quarrel, but a fwect contention. Shu!/. 
 
 3. Kagerncfs ; zeal; ardour; vehemence 
 of endeavour. 
 
 Vuut own c.nneftncfs and content-on to cffcfl 
 what vou -ire about, will continually fuggi^ll to 
 
 you Icvcral artiticcs. 
 
 hhUcr 
 This is an end, which at firft view appears 
 worthy our utmoll eontey:tion to ol uin. Kigen. 
 
 CoNTe'ntious. a^j. [from conten.i.} 
 Qtiarrelfome ; given to debate; per- 
 verfe ; sot peaceable. 
 
 Thou tlunkcil much that this ro'-tenticus ftorm 
 
 Invades us to the Ikin. Shukf[>ea>c's King L'ar . 
 
 There are zziXvwx contentiom humouis that are 
 
 ncvsr to be plcnfed. L'l'.ftrange. 
 
 Reft made them idle, idlcnefs made them cu- 
 
 tiuus, and cuiiolity ■M/c'f'w/r. Deccty of I'icty. 
 
 Contentious JurifJiaion. [In law.] 
 A court which has a power to judge 
 and detennlne differences between con- 
 tending parties. The lord chief juf- 
 tices, and j.udges, have a contentious ju- 
 ril'didion ; but the lords of thetreafury, 
 and the commiflionets of the cuiloms, 
 have none, being merely judges of ac- 
 courrts and tranfadtions. Chambers. 
 
 Conte'ntiously. adv. [from conteti- 
 tiaws.] Perverfely ; quarrelfomely. 
 
 We Ihall not contentioujly rejoin, or only to 
 juttify our own, but to applaud and contirra his 
 maturcr alTertions. Brawn, 
 
 Conte'ntiousness. n. f. [from contm- 
 ikus.l Pronenefs to contell ; perverfe- 
 nefs ; turbulence ; quarrelfomenefs. 
 
 Do not contentiofri'Ji, and cruelty, and ftndy 
 of revenge, fcldom fail of rttaliation ? Beiiihy. 
 
 CoNTENTLESS. adj. [from content.'\ Dif- 
 conteuted ; difTatisfied ; tmeafy. 
 
 Bel! (tares, continih/, 
 Kave adiftraited and moft wittched being, 
 Worfe than t\ic wcrft, content. Sh.ikffcare. 
 
 Contentment, n.f. {i\om content, the 
 verb. ] 
 
 1 . Acquiefcence, without plenary fatisfac- 
 tion. 
 
 Such men's conter.ivunt muft be wrought by 
 ftratagem : the ufual method of fare is not for 
 »hem. ■f^'"*"- 
 
 SubmiBicn is the only reafoning between a 
 trcatnre and its Maker, and .on-.entnent in his 
 will is the bell remedy we can apply to misfor- 
 tunes. Tcn:fi-. 
 
 Coitenf.ncnt, without external honour, is hu- 
 mility ; without the picafure of eatnig, tempe- 
 rance. Gre'.u'> Ufmokg.j. 
 
 Some pljcc the hlifs in aaion, fon;c ni cafe ; 
 Thofccall n pkafurc, andmir.Tj/mfn/thcfe. i'ojie. 
 
 But now luj face divine contcnimnt wears, 
 Tis all bbnk fadnefs, or continual tears. Pope. 
 
 2. Gratlficatioa. 
 
 At Paris the prince fpent one whole day, to 
 rive his mind fonie eantentmtnt in viewing of a 
 famous city. H'ottou. 
 
 CoNTE'tiMiNOUs. adj. [cortterm'tnus, Lat.] 
 Bordering upon ; touching at the boun- 
 daries. 
 
 Tills conformed fo maiTy cf them, as were 
 fj'.termi-ii 1^ to the culoiiic! and gatrilons, to the 
 Rriuiin la,»j. •'''"''• 
 
 CON 
 
 Conterr.^'neous. atJj. [contirraneus, 
 Lat.] Of the fame country. Diii. 
 
 To CONTE'ST. v. a. [contejer, French, 
 probably from contra tejlari, Lat.] To 
 difpute ; to controvert ; to litigate ; to 
 call in queilion. 
 
 'Tis evid;nt upon what account none have 
 prefumcd to conteji the proportion of thefe an- 
 cient pieces. D'y^icn'i Dt'frtfnoy. 
 
 To Conte'st. v. n. 
 
 1. To ftrive ; to contend: followed by 
 'U'hh. 
 
 The difficulty of an argument adds to the 
 pleafure of contejttng ivitJt it, when there arc 
 hopes of vidtory. Burnet. 
 
 2, To vie ; to emtilate. 
 
 I do eonteji 
 As hotlv and as nobly n I'rA thy love, 
 As evvr rn .^mbitioui ftn-n^th 1 did 
 Contend ag iufi thy valour. S'-iiJpeitrt. 
 
 Of rnan, whodaios in pump li-rf/i Jove cr.ntrjly 
 Unchang'd, immort..!, and fuprcinely bleft } 
 
 I'oft'i Odyffty. 
 Co'ntest. n.f. [from the verb. It is 
 now Receipted on the firll fy liable.] Dif- 
 pute ; difference ; debate. 
 
 This of old no Icfs cortejh did move, 
 Than when for Homer's birth fev'n cities ftrove. 
 
 Drnhr.tn. 
 
 A definition is the only way whertby the 
 
 meaning of words can be known, wiihout leaving 
 
 room fur conteji about it. Lode. 
 
 Leave all noify conirjh, all immodcll clamours, 
 
 and brawling language. If't^tft. 
 
 Conte'stable. at!J. [from conle/l.] 
 
 That may be coutefted ; difputabic ; 
 
 controveitible. 
 
 Conte'stabi-ENEss, n.f. [horn contrf- 
 
 t^ble.^ PofTibility of conteft. Dltt. 
 
 Contesta'tuin. n.f. [from con/</?. ] The 
 
 aft of conteliing ; debate; Orife. 
 
 Doors Ihut, vifits forbidden, and, which was 
 worfe, divers cbntejiations even with the queen 
 licrfclf. ^ If'ttton. 
 
 After years fpent in domeflick, unfociable ccn- 
 tejjuion^. Ihe found means to withdraw. Clniend. 
 ToCONTE'X. -v. a. Iconlexo, Lat.] To 
 weave together ; to utiite by Interpoli- 
 tion of parts. Not in ufe. 
 
 Nature may contrx- a planr, though that be 
 
 a pcrfedily mixt concrete, without having all the 
 
 elements prcvioufly prtlentcd to her to compound 
 
 it of. Boyle. 
 
 The fluid body of quickfilvcr is contex-e<i with 
 
 the falts it carries up in fiiblimation. Boyle. 
 
 Co'ntext. n.f. [contextus, Latin.] The 
 
 general feries of a difcourfe ; the parts 
 
 of the difcourfe that precede and follow 
 
 the fentence quoted. 
 
 That chapter is lealiy a reprefentation of one, 
 which hath only the knowledge, not prafticc, of 
 his duty ; as is manifcll from the context. 
 
 HitmmonJ o/t Ft.nttn/nentttlt. 
 
 CoNTs'xT. aJJ. [from context.} Knit to- 
 gether ; firm. 
 
 Hollow and thin, for lightncfs; but withal 
 
 cat^'^t and him, for ftrenglh. Derliutn. 
 
 Conte'xture. n.f. [ftom co»tex.'\ The 
 difpofition of parts one among others ; 
 the compofition of any thing out of 
 feparatc parts; the fyftem_; the confti- 
 tution; the manner in which any thing 
 is woven or formed. 
 
 He was not of any delicate contexture ; his li mbs 
 rathei Ituidy than dainty. Ilottcn. 
 
 Every fpccies, afterwards exprelled, was pro- 
 duced from that idea, forming that wonderful 
 contexture of created beings. Dryden. 
 
 Hence 'gan relax 
 The ground's ron/(.v/.v'fi hence Tirtarian dregs. 
 
 CON 
 
 f ulphiir .ind nitrous fpume, enkindling fkxzt, 
 Bcliow'd wifhin their daikfome ta\e5. Bhilipy, 
 
 This apt, this wife co/!lextiire of the fea, 
 M.ikcs it the Ihips, driv'n by the winds, obey ; 
 Whence hardy merchants fail from Ihorc to (hore, 
 
 Btucimorr. 
 
 Conticna'tion. n.f. [contignatio, Lat.] 
 
 1. A frame of beams joined together; a 
 ftory. 
 
 We mean a porch, or cloifter, or the like, of 
 one eontign.ition, and not m rtoried buildings. 
 
 If'ctlon'i ylrchitcliure. 
 
 Where more of the orders than one Ihall be 
 fct in fcvcral ftories or contignntiofr, there muft be 
 an exqtiiiite care to place the columns one over 
 another. iVottort. 
 
 2. The aifl of framing or joining a fabrick 
 of wood. 
 
 CoNTiGu'iTY- n. f. [from contiguous.'] 
 Aftual coTitaft ; fituation in which 
 two bodies or countries touch upon 
 each other. 
 
 H'- defined magnctici'l attraflion to be a na- 
 tural imitation and diipofition conforming unto 
 contr^ufty. B'Ojvn. 
 
 Tl e immediate contiguity of that convex were 
 a re;il fpace. Halt's Orig. of Mjiikind. 
 
 CONTIGUOUS, a;//, [contlguns, Lat.] 
 t. Meeting fo as to touch; bordering 
 upon each other ; not feparate. 
 
 Flame doth not mingle with dame as air doth 
 uith air, or water with w.itcr, but only re- 
 maincth c.nti^uouz ) as it coinctli to pafs betwixt 
 confiding budies. Bacoa'i Nat. Bifi. 
 
 The loud mifrulc 
 Of chaos far rcmov'd ; left fierce extremes, 
 Coniigiuui. might diilemper the whole frame. 
 
 hiittor.. 
 The ca0 and welT, 
 LTpon the globe, a mathemaiick puint 
 Only divides : thus happincfs and mifcry, 
 And all extremes, are fiill contiguous. De7ih.wi. 
 Didinguilh ibcm by the diminution of the 
 lights and Ihadows, joining rhe contigavuf ob- 
 jcfts by the p.irticipatjon of their colours. Dry.i. 
 W' en I viewed it too near, the two halts of 
 the paper did not appcrr fully divided from one 
 another, but feemcd •.iM!//|n«/.i at one of rlitir 
 angles. Netvton'i Opti.h, 
 
 2. It has fomctimes tvhh. 
 
 W.iter, being contighoui ivith air, coolclh it, 
 but moifteneth it not. Bacvn'i Kit. Ilii:. 
 
 CoNTi'GuousLy. acfv. [from contiguouj.l 
 Without any intervening fpaces. 
 
 Thus difembroii'd,they take their proper place. 
 The next of kin <-o'j//^viv/7r embrace, 
 And foes are fundcr'd by a larger fp.ice. D'ydev. 
 Conti'guousness. n. f. [from conti'. 
 ^uous.l Clofe connexion ; coherence. 
 ^ Di.% 
 
 Co'ntinence. 7 ^j r„„/;„^„/;a, Lat.l 
 
 Co NTINENCV. 1 -^ ."• 
 
 1. Rellraint ; command of one's felf. 
 
 He knew what to lay; he knew alfo when to 
 leave off, a co«rmt«f which is pr.TCUfcd by few 
 ^^.rirers. DryJen't Fah. Frlf. 
 
 2. Cliaftity in general. 
 
 Where is he ? — 
 
 In her chamber, making a fermon c( eontincn.-y 
 
 to her, and rails, and fwears, and rates. Shakf. 
 
 Suffer not diihonout to approach 
 Th' imperial feat; to virtue confecrate, 
 Tojuflice, continence, and nobility. Siai/p, 
 
 3. Forbearance of lawful pleafure. 
 
 Content without lawful venery, is eontinenet ; 
 without unlawful, chaftity. G'e-w' i Cojmol. 
 
 4. Moderation in lawful pleafures. 
 
 Challity is cither abftinence or continence : ab- 
 flincnce is that of virgins or widows; continence, 
 of m^'.rried pcrfons. Taylor. 
 
 5. Continuity; uninterrupted cowfc
 
 CON 
 
 Aafwfrs ouglit ro.bc made before tbe f.imc 
 |u<1t'c, before wiiom the dcpolitiojis were pi*)- 
 duced, Icit the ionr'trnca of the courU ftiuuid he 
 divided; or, in nriier ftrms, IcH tlicic Ihuiild he 
 a diftontlnuancc of the caul'e. ^h!i£i . 
 
 CONTINENT. aJj. [continetu, Lat.] 
 
 1. Chalie; ahllcmioiis in lawful pleafmts. 
 
 Life 
 Hath been as cortt-nentj as chaftc, as true, 
 Ai 1 am row iinliappy. SH.ikjptari. 
 
 2. Reflrained ; moderate; tempeiati.'. 
 
 I pray you, have a ant^ntnt fuibeai;incc, till 
 the fpced uf his rage goes (lower. Hhakjpean. 
 
 3. Continuous ; connected. 
 
 The noith-c.ilt pan of Alia, if not continent 
 with the weft lidc of America, yet certainly is 
 the Icalt di%juincd by fea of all that cualt of 
 Afia. Ji'erexvooJ on jLanguagrs. 
 
 4. Oppoilng ; retraining. 
 
 My dcfirc 
 All rontinent impediments wobld overbear, 
 That did oppofc my will. Skakjpearf, 
 
 Co'ktinent. n.f. [coTi/tnens, Latin.] 
 I. Land not disjoined by the fca trom 
 other hind*^. 
 
 Whether this portion of the world were rent 
 By the ludc (jctan liom the ontinrnt^ 
 Or thus crcaifd, it was fme dcfjgn'd 
 To he the factcd refuge uf mar-kind. f-J'u/I^r. 
 The dccliviry of nverb will he fo mucli llie 
 iefs, and therclore the continents will be tlic )eli 
 drained, and wii! gradually increnle in hu- 
 midity. Bent!<-y'i S-rmf^rn. 
 
 2.. That which contains any thing. This 
 ienfc is pci haps only in Shakfpcare, 
 
 O cleave, my fides ! 
 Heart, once be Wronger than thy ecntinent; 
 Crack thy frail caie. ^/ntcny and Cleopatra. 
 
 Clofe pent-up gviilt* 
 Rive Yf^HT contending c-jntinenti. Kin^ Lear. 
 
 7o CdNTINGE. -v.n. [cont'tnno, L^u] 
 
 To touch ; to reach ; to happen. Did, 
 
 Conti'noeNCE. \ruj. [from contingent.^ 
 
 Conti'ncency. J The quahty of being 
 
 fomiitous ; accidental pofhbility. 
 
 Their cicduhtics aiTcnt unto any prrjgnoflicks, 
 which, cunfidcring die crn:iyigrni.y in events, lire 
 only in the prclcicnce of God. Bfoirv. 
 
 For once, O hcav'u ! untold thy adamanrinc 
 book ; 
 If not th) firm immiilablc decree, 
 At Icirt the I'ccond p.igc of great ccntin^enry, 
 Such as confjrts with wills originally ftec. Dr\d. 
 AriftotU fave, we ar« not to build ctiiaiii 
 lulcs upon tlic contingency of human aition'i. 
 
 South. 
 CoKTiKG ENT. rt/A, [conftngetij, I^atin.] 
 Falling out by chance ; accidental ; not 
 determinable by any certain rule, 
 
 Ha/ard natur-tlly implies in it, firli, fomcthing 
 fuliire; fecondlv, fomcthing contingent. South. 
 I tint itiformed myfclfin a!) materia! clrcum- 
 ftatiocs of it, in niuic jtlacc.s than one, that there 
 pii^'ht he nothing c.ilu li or cjntingent in any one 
 of thufc circumlianccs. l^'ooMvurd. 
 
 Con t i'n gent. /; . /, 
 
 z. A thing in the liands of chance. 
 
 By cQt.iingrniy we nre to underliand ll^ofe things 
 which come lo pals without any human forc- 
 caft. Gn-uf't Chfmol'i^ia, 
 
 \\\% underftanding could almoll" picicc into 
 future co'it ins^ent iy his conjectures improving 
 even to prophrcy. South' i Sermon \ 
 
 1, A proportitin that falls to any perfon 
 upon a divifion : thus, in time of war, 
 each prince of Germany is to furnilh 
 his contingent of men, money, and muni- 
 tion. 
 4?oNTr'*;GENTLV. adv. [^Yom Contingent. "[ 
 Accidentally ; without any ftttlcd rule. 
 It is digged out of ihe earth contingentlyy and 
 lftdi!^>renlly, as ttie pyrit» and agates. //U./if. 
 
 CON 
 
 CoVTi'nGC VTNT SS. n.f. [f]OmCW//V)(^?»/.] 
 
 Acci'dcnUiliK-fi) ; forluitoufncfs. 
 Co N 1 I N I' A I, . ailj. [toii/inrjus, 1 ..itin.] 
 
 1. Inctiraiit ; pioceediiijj without inter- 
 ruption ; iiiccclTivc witlioiit any fpacc 
 t>f time between. Conliniiul ii ufeJ uf 
 lime, and continuous uf place. 
 
 He tti;u i> of a merry Ivciirl, l.aili a fynfima' 
 fcalt. I'loverbi. 
 
 Other c.ire pcrlups 
 M.iy h^jvc diveitcd trom ronfmunl watch 
 Our gicat t\.rl)i(klcr. Miltov. 
 
 'Tis all l.laiik ladiiefs, or uttlnua! tci\s. I'opt, 
 
 2. [Inlaw.] A continual claim is made 
 from time to time, witliin every year 
 and day, to hind or otlier thing, which, 
 in foriie refpe't, we cannot attain with- 
 out danger. For example, if i be dif- 
 feiftd of land, into which, though 1 
 have right into it, I dare not enter i<ir 
 fearol beating ; it behooveth me to hold 
 on my right of entiy to the beil oppor- 
 tunity of me and mine heir, by ap- 
 proachiiiiT as near it as 1 can, once every 
 year as long as I live ; and fo I fnve the 
 right of entry to my heir. CowcJI. 
 
 3. It is fometimes ufed for perpetual. 
 CottTiHv ALLY. aJv. [from cotiliiiUal.'\ 
 
 1. Without [)aufe ; without interruption. 
 
 The drawriii; (jf hiniglis into the iiinde of a 
 rourn, where trie ii itiniinualfy kept, hath been 
 tried with grapes. B^.-^n 
 
 2. Without ceufing. 
 
 Why du not all animals To/;r/''*urf//> ineicafe in 
 bignefi, during the wliole fpace of their lives r 
 Betrh\^i Sftman. 
 
 CoNTi'Kt',\NCE. n.f. [from coiiliriue.l 
 I. Succedior. iminternipted. 
 
 The l>rutc immediately regards his own prc- 
 fcrvation, or the continuance of his fpecies. 
 
 A.Uij t'f Spectator, 
 
 1. Permanence in one (late. 
 
 C'oT/.vTAr<i7/.-f of trii dotti in itielf incrcafe evil. 
 
 Sithicy. 
 
 A chnmhcr where a great fiic is kept, though 
 the flic he at O'lc (lav, yet with the cortt-hr/ance 
 continiinllv lutli its heat itirrenfcd. SiJr.rv. 
 
 Tiicfe Ui'mifh ra:'ut!fs i'pcak peace to the con- 
 fcienccs of men, by luggclting fooictiiing which 
 fha!I fativfy their mnids, norwithltanding 3 
 known, avi'W^d contirwanct i« lins. So:tt/i. 
 
 3. Abode in a place. 
 
 4. Duration ; laltingnefs. 
 
 You either fear his iuirr.uur, or my negii^enre, 
 that you call in qucftion tiic rintitiuart'f nf nis 
 love. Shui f^'a>f\ TxL^iJtll Ni^ht. 
 
 Their duty depending upon fear. The one was 
 of no greater contirinancc tiian the other. Itay^.r. 
 
 Thar plcafurc is nor of greater .'•cfitinunnrry 
 which arifes from ihe preiudicc and malice of 
 its hearers. .'IJiUi'^n'i ficehrjdcr. 
 
 J. Perfeverauce. 
 
 To them who, by patient cantin-tancf in well- 
 doing, feck for glory, and honour, and immor- 
 tality, cttinai life. K'-'rtii'tt. 
 
 6. Progreflion of time. 
 
 In riiy book all my inemher': were v.'iit:en, 
 wliicii in 'onti'iuufc- wcie lallnuned. }'J\i/ftrt. 
 
 7. Refinance to feparation of parts ; con- 
 tinuity. 
 
 Wool, tow, cutton, and raw filk, have, br- 
 fides tlie dcliie of ccnttmraKce in regard to the 
 tenuity of Ihtirthicad, a grccdinefs of moilhire. 
 
 Conti'nu ATF. rtrA. [contiriualus, Lat.] 
 
 I . Immediately united. 
 
 We arc of him and in him, even as though 
 our very Hclh and boiaes fiiouJd be made .-c;/;- 
 nnarc with kis. IlifUr. 
 
 CON 
 
 2. Uninterrupted; unbroken. 
 
 A mtid incomparahle nvan, brcaih'd, as i< 
 
 wc re, 
 
 To an nntiiable and een^/nii/a/c goodncfs. Shakff. 
 
 A clear body broken to fmall pieces produceth 
 
 white : and bccomjth moft black while it is 
 
 contiruiitc and undi^ ided, ab wc tec in Uctp wa- 
 
 tcia and ll;ick glalTci. Vfacham. 
 
 CoNTi N VATii.Y. aJv. [from coi:linuale.'\ 
 
 With continuity; without interruj)tion. 
 
 The water afceiids gentlv, and by imermif- 
 
 fions ; but it fails cont;nuatiIy, and with foice. 
 
 CONTINU.ITION. n.f. [[from contin.wlc] 
 Prolr.iiflion, or fucceflion uninterrupted. 
 
 Theie things mud needs be the works of I'lo- 
 vidcncc, for the tirtit:tmtion of the f^ceics, and 
 upholding the world. l<ay. 
 
 The Roman poem is but the fccond part of 
 the Ilias ; a c-jntimuifiofi of rl.c fame rtory. X)ryd. 
 
 Conti'nuattvh. r.f. {fron continuale.] 
 An expreifion noting permanence or du- 
 ration. 
 
 To thcfe may be added ay^ti'^Lntr'-ifs : as, 
 Rome lemains to \W\s d.iy ; which includes at 
 Icaft two propohtions, t.-.'';^. Rome v.'a^, and 
 Rome is. IVcitt' Ligick. 
 
 CoNTiN't.- 'v'toh. n. y^ [from confinujfc] 
 He that continues or keeps up the ftries 
 or fuccefiion. 
 
 It fceins injurious to Piovidcncc to ordain a 
 way of prodvi<!tion which (hould delfro) tlic pro- 
 dtircr, or contrive tne continuation of the fpecies 
 bv the deriruftion uf tl-.e coKtiftuaror. J>ioti-'u 
 
 7J' CONTINUE, v.n. \_cortinuer, Fr- 
 cmtir.uo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To remain in the fame (late, or place. 
 
 The. multitude cvfUinue with me now three 
 days, and have nothing tn cjt. ^latthcru. 
 
 The popular vote 
 Inclines here to c^nfinud^ and build up here 
 A glowing empire. Milttn. 
 
 Happy, but for fo happy ill fecur'd, 
 Long to coritinuf. M:/,'tn. 
 
 He fix days and nights 
 Ccffi'/>fr^.V making. A/.'/re-r. 
 
 2. To lad ; to be durable. 
 
 Thy kingdom (hall not contSnuf. j Saniutt. 
 
 For here have v*e no continuing citv, but wc 
 feck c:>\\c to come. Urhrcv.-i. 
 
 They ini:'gine tha? an animal of tiic longed 
 duration Ihould live in a continued motion, 
 without that rcH wheicl.y .t11 othtis cmtir-a. 
 
 3. To perfevere. 
 
 If ye .'.ntinuc in my word, then are ye my 
 diitiples indeed. ' yoiii:. 
 
 Down rufh'd the rain 
 Impetuou', an<i (o'liinuid tiil the earth 
 No more was fctn. hfiitor:. 
 
 To Conti'ni E. V. a. 
 
 1. To protraci, or hold without interrup- 
 tion. 
 
 O cMtiiiui thy loving kindnefs nr;tj tl-eni. 
 
 You know how to make yourf.,-lf happy, by 
 only icni-nuin^ fucU a life as you have Keen long 
 ai (. tiiiomed to le,id. ' 7'o/..-. 
 
 2. To ntiite without a chafm, or Interven- 
 ing fubftance. 
 
 The nfe of the navel is to rci/.'i.ve the irfairt 
 unt.) the mother, and by rhc veflels thereof to 
 convey its aliments and fuiienance. Snun. 
 
 The dark abyfs, whofc boiling gulph 
 Tamely endur'd a bridge nf wond'rous lengrh, 
 From hell iQntirme.t, reaching th' utmolf orb 
 Of this fiaii vviild. Miinn'! Parad-Jr Lojt 
 
 Here Hrinm's fon, Deiphobus, he found. 
 Whole t.ice and limbs wcie one ccniinucd wound ; 
 Difbonell, with lopp'd arms, the youth appear}, 
 Spuil'd of hit iiofe, and Ihottcn'd of his ears. 
 
 lirjicn'i AirtiA 
 3 E 2
 
 CON 
 
 WViere any motion or fucceffiim is fo flow, as 
 that it keeps not pace with the ideas in oiir 
 minds, liierc the feries of a conftant «'"'"'«'' 
 fuccauon is loll j and we perceive it not but 
 with certain g.ips of reft between. ^ Locie. 
 
 Conti'nuedly. ciiiv. [from confmued.] 
 Without interruption ; without ceafing. 
 By pcrfcverante, I do not underftand a «'J- 
 tinuedlf uniform, equal courfe of obedience, and 
 fucKa's is not inlc'.ruptcd witli the lead oft of 
 fin, . A'"-'"- 
 
 CoNTi'NfER. «./. [from continue.] That 
 which has the power of perleverance. 
 
 1 would inv horfc had the fpecd of your 
 tongue, and fo'good a contiwicr. ShukJ^enre. 
 
 CoNTiNu'iTY. n.f. [con.'mai/dj, Latin.] 
 I. Connexion uninterrupted; cohefion ; 
 clofe union. 
 
 It is certain, that In all bodies there is m ap- 
 petite of liniun, and cvitation of folution of toK- 
 tirmity. Bacon's Naluial Bijhry. 
 
 Afrcr the great lights there rauft be great 
 fhadows, which we call repofcs ; bccaufc in 
 reabty the fight would be tired, if it wtie at- 
 traited by a contimdiy of glittering objefls. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 It wraps itfelf about the flame, and by its 
 continuity hinders any air or nitre from coming. 
 AdJiJon on Italy. 
 
 i. [In phyfick.] That te.\ture or cohe- 
 fion of the parts of an animal body, 
 upon the dcftrudtion of which there is 
 faid to be a folution of continuity, ^uiticy. 
 As in the natural body a wound or folution 
 of centir.vty is worfe than a corrupt humour, fo 
 in the fpiritu.il. Bacon's Effays. 
 
 The lolid parts may be contnitcd by diffolv- 
 ing their co'itinuity ; for a fibre, cut through, 
 contrafls ilfclf. Ariuthnoi. 
 
 Ccnti'nuous. adj. [continuus, Latin.] 
 Joined together without the intervention 
 of any fpace. 
 
 As the breadth of every ring is thus augment- 
 ed, the d.iik intervals muft be diminillied, 
 until the neighbouring rings liecome continuous, 
 and are blended. K.iuton's Ofticks. 
 
 To whofc dread expanfc. 
 Continuous depth, and wond'rou* length of courfe. 
 Our floods are rills. Tliomjon's Summer. 
 
 7"o CONTORT, v. a. [cotilorios, Lat.] 
 To twill ; to writhe. 
 
 The vsr'ebral artciies are varioufly contorlcd. 
 
 Ray. 
 
 Air feems ro confift of fpires contorted into 
 
 fniall fphercs, through the interftices of which 
 
 the particles of light may freely pafs. Cheym. 
 
 CoKTORTioN. n. f. [from contort.] 
 
 Twill ; wry motion ; flexure. 
 
 Difruption they would be in danger of, upon 
 a great and fuddtn ftretch or contottion. Ray. 
 
 How can (he acquire thole hundred graces 
 and motions, and airs, the contortions of every 
 mufcular motion in the face .» 5n'/r 
 
 CONTO'UR. n.f. [French.] The out- 
 line ; the line by which any figure is 
 defined or terminated. • 
 
 Co'ntra. a Latin prepofition, iifed in 
 compofition, which fignifies againjl. 
 
 CO'NTRABAND. adj. [contraiando, 
 Ital. contrary to proclamation.] Pro- 
 hibited , illegal ; unlawful. 
 
 If there happen to be found an irreverent cx- 
 urelTion, or a thought too wanton, in the cargo, 
 let them be llaved or forfeiled, \,ki conlr.^iand 
 goods. DryJen's Fables, Preface. 
 
 To Co'ntraband, 1'. a. [from the ad- 
 jeftive.] To import goods prohibited. 
 
 To CON TR.VCT. -v. ,i. Icontraclns, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Tg druvY together into lefs compafs; 
 
 CON 
 
 Why love among the virtues is not known ; 
 It is, that kjve contra^s them all in one. Donne. 
 2, To Itiren ; to make lefs ample. 
 
 In ail things dcfuctudc dues contract and nar- 
 row our faculties. Goi:ernment of the Tongue. 
 
 j. To diraw the parts of any thing toge- 
 ther. 
 To him the angel with contraded brow. 
 
 liUUon. 
 
 4. To make a bargain. 
 
 On liini thy grace did liberty beftow ; 
 But firfi coKtr,uled, that, if ever found, 
 His head Ihould pay tiie forfeit. Diydcn. 
 
 3;. To betroth ; to affiance. 
 
 The tiuth is, flic .nnd 1, long fince contraSled, 
 Are now fo lure that nothing can diflblve us. 
 
 Sitakfpearc. 
 
 She was a lady of the higheft condition in that 
 
 country, and contracted to a man of merit and 
 
 quality. Tatlcr. 
 
 6. To procure ; to bring ; to Incur ; to 
 draw ; to get. 
 
 Of enemies he could not but contra^ good 
 ftore, while moving in fo high a fphere. 
 
 King Chailes. 
 
 He tl.at but conceives a crime in thought, 
 
 Contrads the danger of an aftual fault. Drydcn. 
 
 Like friendly colours, found them both unite, 
 
 And each from each contrail new ftrength and 
 
 light. I'ope. 
 
 Such behaviour we contract by having much 
 
 converfed with pcrfons of high llatioirs. Sivijt. 
 
 7. To fhorten : as, life was conlra^ed. 
 
 8. To cpitomife ; to abridge. 
 
 To CoNTR.'i'CT. 1;. n. 
 
 1, To Ihrink up ; to grow (hort. 
 
 Whatever empties the velitls, gives room to 
 the fibres to contrait. Athuttinot on Aliments. 
 
 2. To bargain : as, to contraftybr a quan- 
 tity of provijions . 
 
 Contra'ct. J>arl. adj. [from the verb.] 
 Affianced ; contrafted. 
 
 Firft was he coniraB to lady Lucy ; 
 Your mother lives a witnefs to that vow. St'iaiff. 
 Co'ntra CT. n.f. [from the verb. An- 
 ciently accented on the laft fyllable.] 
 
 1 . An ad whereby two parties are brought 
 together ; a bargain ; a compaft. 
 
 The agreement upon orders, by mutual con- 
 trail, wiih the confent to execute them by com- 
 mon ftrength, they make the rife of all civil 
 governments. Temple. 
 
 Shall Ward draw contrails wi'.h a ftatefman's 
 (kill.' 
 Or Japhet pocket, like his grace, a will \ Tope. 
 
 2. An aft whereby a man and woman are 
 betrothed to one other. 
 
 Touch'd you the ballardy of Edward's chil- 
 dren ? — 
 — I did, with his contrail with lady Lucy, 
 And his contrail by deputy in France. Sliakjp. 
 
 3. A writing in which the terms of a bar- 
 gain are included. 
 
 CoNTR a'ctedness. «. f. [from coti- 
 trafled.] The Hate of being contrafted ; 
 con t raft ion. Diet. 
 
 Contractibi'litv. n.f. [from fon/r.^i?- 
 ihle.] Poffibility of being contrafted ; 
 quality of fuffering contraftion. 
 
 By this continual cotitra^lihitity and dilatabi- 
 
 lity by different degrees of heat, the air is kept 
 
 in a tonflant motion. Arhuthnoi. 
 
 Contra'ctible. adj. [from contract.] 
 
 Capable of contraftion. 
 
 Small air bladders, dilatable and conlraSlihle, 
 are capable to be inflated by the admifhon of 
 air, and to fubfidc at the cxpulfion of it. 
 
 A'huthnot on Alimrrts. 
 
 Contra'cxibleness. n. /. [from con- 
 
 C O N 
 
 traclihlc] The quality of fuffering con- 
 traftion. Din, 
 
 Contra'ct I LE. adj. [from contratt.]' 
 Having the power, of contraction, or 
 of fliortening itfelf. 
 
 The arteries are elaltick tubes, endued with a 
 contrallile force, by which they fquce^e aird 
 drive the blood ItiU forward. Atbutr.not, 
 
 Contra'ction. n.f. [cantrat^io, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of contracting or fhorttning. 
 
 The main parts of the poem, fuch as the fable 
 and fentiments, no tranllator can prejudice but 
 by omilTions or contrultions. Pope. 
 
 2. The aft of ftirinking or fhrivelling. 
 
 Oil of vitriol wlU throw the (toniach into in- 
 voluntary contraUions. Arkuthnot. 
 
 3. The ftate of being contrafted, or drawn 
 into a narrow compafs. 
 
 Some things induce a contraltion in the nerves, 
 placed in the mouth of the ftoniach, which is a 
 great caufc of appetite. Bacon. 
 
 Comparing the quantity of contraltion and di- 
 latatioir made by all the degrees of each colour, 
 I found it greateft in the red. Newton. 
 
 4. [In grammar.] The reduftion of two 
 vowels or fyllables to one. 
 
 5. Any thing in its Rate of abbreviation 
 or contraftion : as, the writing is full of 
 contraftions. 
 
 Contra'ctor. n. f. [from contra^.] 
 One of the parties to a contraft or bar- 
 gain. 
 
 Let the meafure of your affirmation or deniaj 
 be the undciftanding of your contraHor ; for he 
 that deceives the buyer or the feller by fpeaking 
 what is true, in a fcnfe not undcrftood by the 
 other, is a thief. Tayior's Rule of Living Holy. 
 All matches, friendfhips, and focieties, are 
 dangerous and inconvenient, where the contract 
 tors are not equal. L'Ejlrangc. 
 
 To CONTRADI'CT. -v. a. [contradico, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To oppofe verbally; to affert the con- 
 trary to what has been afferted. 
 
 It is not lawful to cont^adill a point of hiftory 
 which is known ro all the world, as to make 
 Hannibal and Scipio contemporaries with Alex- 
 ander. jyiyJen, 
 
 2. To be contrary to ; to repugn ; to opi 
 poff., 
 
 No truth can contrajicl any truth. Hooker. 
 I contradm your bancs : 
 If you will many, make your loves to me. 
 
 Skakfpcarc's King Lear. 
 
 CoNTRADi'cTER. n. f. [from contradiff.'jf 
 One that contradifts ; one that oppofes ; 
 an oppofer. 
 
 If no contiadiHer appears herein, the fuit will 
 
 furcly be good. -cfyiWe'' Parirgon. 
 
 If 3 gentleman is a little finccre in his repre- 
 
 fentations, he is fure to have a dozen contradiliers. 
 
 S-Jcjft't f'letv cf it eland. 
 
 Contradi'ction. n.f. [from contradi<1 .] 
 
 1. Verbal oppolition ; controveifial afler- 
 
 tion. 
 
 That tongue, 
 Infliir'd with contradklioi:, durft opjiofe 
 A tliird part of the gods. AlHton's Par. Lofi. 
 
 2. Oppofition. 
 
 Confidcr him that cndureth furh contradiHion 
 of (innei-s agalnfl himfclf, left ye be wearied. 
 
 Uchcws. 
 
 3 Inconfillcncy with itfelf; incongruity 
 in words or thoughts. 
 
 Can hemakc deathkfs death ? That were 
 Strange contradiliicn, which to God himfclf 
 Impoffible is held ; an argument 
 Of wcakncfs, not uf puw'r. Milton's Par. Lofi,
 
 CON 
 
 Tlie apoftlc's ntKicc, to lie angry and fin not, 
 w;is a n»trniiiiiion in their pliilolbpiiy. ' S'titih, 
 
 l( tiutli lie once jjcrccived, we do tiicnljy 
 alio pcrctivc wliallofvi:!' is fall'c in c^i:t)aaicl:tiri 
 to it. (Jrew'i Cafumlugia. 
 
 4. Contrarletv, in tlioiiglit or effect. 
 
 All coiilrmlu'l'd'ii glow 111 rhofc minds, which 
 iicitiicr .ibloluuly cUnib the rock of virtue, nui 
 freely fmk into llie fe.i of vanity. Sidnry. 
 
 L:iWi iinnian mull be made without corrtru- 
 tii^icn uiuo \my politivc l.iw in fcripturc. Kfl&ii''. 
 
 C o N T R .^ D I 'c T I o u s . odi. [ from contratt'iLi. ] 
 
 1. Filktl wiih contradictious; incoiifillcnt. 
 
 The rules of decency, of govetnnicnt, of juf- 
 ticc itfcif, are f<j ditlcrcnt in one pl.icc from wiiat 
 they are in another, fo party-colonrcd and c'.n:ia- 
 JiOhui, that one would think the fpccics of men 
 altered atcording to their climates. CoWci. 
 
 2. Inclined to contradirft ; given to cavil. 
 
 3. Oppolite to; inconfiftent with. 
 
 Where the att is unmanly, and the expecta- 
 tion immoral, or c^ntrtai.ilhui to the attributes 
 of God, our hopes we ought never to cnterrarn. 
 
 C'&/V;Vr. 
 
 CoNTK-ADi'cTiousNESs. n.f. [from con- 
 iradiBiotis .^ 
 
 1. Inconlilieiicy ; contrariety to itfcif. 
 
 This opinion was, for its ablurdity and con/f<i- 
 diilicufnify, un\7orthy of the refined fpirit of 
 Plato. Nor til. 
 
 2. DifpoCtionto cavil; difjnitatious temper. 
 CoNTK.ADi'cTORiLY. at/v. [ftom comra- 
 
 d'icfory.~\ Inconliftently with himftU"; 
 
 oppofitely to others. , 
 
 Such as have difcourfcd hereon, have (o di- 
 vcrfcly, contrarily, or Lontradt^l'.iUy delivered 
 tbemfclvcs, that no affirmative from thence can 
 be reafonably deduced. Btowti. 
 
 CONTR ADl'CTORINESS. It./, [from C6/I- 
 
 tradidoiy.'\ Oppofition in the highcd 
 degree. Dicl. 
 
 CoNTK.vDi'cTOP.Y. adj. [cotttraditloriuj, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Oppofite to ; inconlillent with. 
 
 The Jews hold, that in cafe tworabbies fhotrld 
 happen to contradiift one another, ihcy were yet 
 bound to believe the c{,fitraM£iory aHcrtions of 
 Loth. Soutk^s Sermons. 
 
 The fchemcs of thofc gentlemen are mort ab- 
 fuj"d, and contradiEir.ry to common fenfe. j-lddif. 
 
 2. [In logick.] That which is in the 
 fulleft oppoiition, where both the terms 
 of one propofition are oppofite to thofe 
 of another. 
 
 CoNTRADi'cTORY. «. /. A propofition 
 which oppofes another in alls its terms ; 
 contrariety ; inconfiftency. 
 
 It is common with princes to will ontraffiSI:- 
 rits J for it is the folecifm of power to think to 
 command the end, and yet not to endure the 
 means. deacon. 
 
 To alcribe unto lilm a power of election, not 
 to chufe this or tliat indifferently, is to make the 
 lame thing to be determined to one, and to be 
 not determined to one, which are ctintradiBnrtei. 
 BramhatC % An^'tver to Ho/'l'es. 
 
 CoNTR adisti'nction. n.f. [from con- 
 iradi/linj^ui/h.] DifliniEtion by oppofite 
 qualities. 
 
 We mult trace the foul in the ways of intel- 
 Icflual aflions, whereby we may come to the 
 diftlnft knowledge of what \i meant by imagi- 
 nation, in contradjJJi/tSlion to fonie other powers. 
 
 That there are fuch things as fins of infirmity, 
 in coiUiadi/lhidion to thofe of prefumption, is a 
 truth not to be qucftioned. So:tfi. 
 
 To CONTRADISTINGUISH, v. a. 
 • [from fon/ra ^ad t/i/Jin^ui/h.] To dif- 
 
 CON 
 
 tmguifh not fimply by dififercniial but 
 by oppofilc qualities. 
 
 The primary ideas we have peculiar to body, 
 as nntritiiijtin^uijhed to fpirit, aie the cohclion of 
 folid, and confcquently fcpaiablc, parts, and a 
 p6wrr of communicating motion by impulfc. 
 
 Lucie. 
 
 I Thefe arc our com^i'rx ideas of foul and 
 
 body, as conir.idif;ingiiijhcd. Lwke. 
 
 CoNTRAFissuRE. ti.f. [from rtn.'ra and 
 
 Contufions, when great, do ufually produce a 
 filFiirc or crack ot the fcull, citlicr in ihe f;imc 
 parr where the blow wjs infliiHed, and Ihcn it is 
 called filTurc ; or in tlic contrary parr, iti which 
 cifc it obtains riic name cf cciiT.iJijj'urc, IVtjnnan. 
 
 To CONTR.ArNDIC.VrE. -v. a. {con- 
 tra und iiiclko, Lat.] To point out 
 fome peculiar or incidental fymptom or 
 method of cure, contrary to what the 
 general tenoiir of the malady requires. 
 
 Vomits have their ul'c in ttns malady ; but the 
 age and fcx of the patient, or other urgent or 
 cojttruindicuitTig fymptoms, mull be obfeived. 
 
 Harvey on Confumpticm. 
 
 Contrain'dica'tion. n.f. [from con- 
 traindicale.^ An indication or fymptom, 
 which forbids that to be done which 
 the main fcope of a difeafe points out 
 at firft. ^incy. 
 
 I endeavour to give the mo3 (imple idea of the 
 (lifteinper, and the proper diet; abltraifting from 
 the complications- of the firii, or the corit'nindi- 
 Cittio'ii to the I'econd. yiibuthnot on Alhrtrits. 
 
 Contramu're. n.f. [contrcmure, Fr.J 
 In fortification, is an out-wall built 
 about the main wall of a city. Chamb. 
 
 Contrani'tency. r..f. [from fon/r« and 
 n'ttens, Lat.] Reailion ; a refiftency 
 againft prclfure. Did. 
 
 Contraposi'tion. n.f. [from ran/ra and 
 pqfitlon.1 A placing over againft. 
 
 CoNTR AREGt'LA'RiTY. n.f. [ffom con- 
 tra and regularity.^ Contrariety to rule. 
 It is not only its not promoting, tut its cp- 
 pofing, or at lealt its natural aptnefs to oppole, 
 the greatelt and heft of cndsj to that it is not 
 fo properly an irregularity as a lOututitguLifiiy. 
 
 Ncrrh. 
 
 Contra'riant. adj. [contrariant, from 
 contrarier, l'rtnch.2 Inconfillent ; con- 
 tradiflory : a term of law. 
 
 The very dtpolitions of witnelfes themfelvcs 
 being falfe, various, antraria*itf finglc, inconchi- 
 denr. ' Wy/jft'j Parergon. 
 
 Contraries, n.f. [(rom contrary.'] In 
 logick, propolitions which deftroy each 
 other, but of which the falfehood of 
 one does not ellablilh the truth of the 
 other. 
 
 If two univerfals differ in quality, they are 
 cofltTiiries ; as, ez>cry vine is a tfee^ 1:0 -vine /i a 
 tree. Thefe can never be both true together, but 
 they may be both falfe. Walts' Logick. 
 
 CoNTR ari'ety. n.f. [horn contrarietas, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Repugnance; oppofition. 
 
 The will about one and the fame tlting ma}', 
 in contrary rct'pcr^s, ha^'e contrary inclinations, 
 and that without eontrari^ty. ^ /fsc^tv. 
 
 He which will perfectly recover a lick, and 
 refiore a difcafed, body unto health, muft not 
 endeavour fo much to bring it to a flatc of fim- 
 ple contiariety, as of fit proportion in cotitmtitty 
 unto thofe evils which are to be cured. liooktr. 
 
 Making a i*jntetiriety the place of my memory, 
 in her foulncfs I teheld Pamela's laincfs, flill 
 looking on Mopfa, but lliiiikijig on Pamela. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 C'O N 
 
 It principally failed by late fctting ou*, and I y 
 fome contrariety of weather at fca. If'^ihn. 
 
 There religion had more than negative cs/i- 
 ttariety to virtue. Decay if fiet) . 
 
 There is a contrari.iy between thofc thinji that 
 confcience inclines to, and lliofe that tr.rcrtaiii 
 the fcnfes. icuti. 
 
 Thefe two ii.t' refts, it Is to be feared, caimor 
 be divided ; but ilicy will ail'o prove oppohtc, 
 and, not reding in a bare dncrfity, quickly inn 
 into' a contrariety. South. 
 
 There is noticing more common than contra- 
 riety of opinioms ; nothing moie obvious than 
 that one man wholly difbelievcs wb.'^t another 
 only doubts of, and a thiid flcdfaftly believes 
 and firmly adheus to. . Lnie. 
 
 i. Inco»fillency ; quality or pofillon de- 
 llrudtive of its, oppofite. 
 
 He will be here, and yet he is not here ; 
 How can tnefe e5/.7rdrr^.*/Vj agree? Shakjpeare. 
 Contra'rily. adv. \_hom contrary.] 
 
 1. In a manner contrary. 
 
 Many of them confpire to one and the fame 
 aftion, and all this eo/manly ro the laws of fpe- 
 cifick giavity, in whatever poflure tire body be 
 formed. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 2. Different ways ; in different direftions. 
 
 Though all men defire happinefs, yet their 
 wills carry them fo contrarilyy and confequently 
 fome of them to what is evil. L'.cke, 
 
 Contrariness, n.f. [from contrary.'] 
 Contrariety ; oppofition. Did, 
 
 Contra'rious. ««)'. [from contrary. ] Op- 
 pofite; repugnant the one to the other. 
 
 God of our fathers, wl-.at is man ! 
 That thou towards him, with hand fo various, 
 Or might I fay contrari'.us, 
 Temper'ft thy providence through his fh'ort 
 courfc > Mi/ton. 
 
 Contr A'iiiousLy.a(/T. [fvom ccnfrarious,'} 
 Oppofitely ; contrarily. 
 
 Slany things, having full reference 
 To one confent, may work cc>itrariou/Iy. Shakr^, . 
 
 Contra'riwise. adv. [contrary and Cfj/'^.] 
 I. Converfely. 
 
 Divers medicines in greater quantity move 
 flout, and in fmallcr urine j and fo, co>.trariii:ifef 
 fome in greater quanliiy move urine, and in 
 fmallet Itool. Bacjn's N.it. 11:1. 
 
 Every thing that aifls upon the Huids, mull, at 
 the fame time, acit upon tl-.e folids,and c^^^/rarr- 
 '^'-'je. Arhuthnot on Aliments. 
 
 2. Oppofitely. 
 
 The matter of faith is conftaiit; the maftr, 
 contrariv-ifr, of afiioas, daily changeable. ' 
 
 Ih-.tir. 
 
 This requeft was never before maile by any 
 oilier kirds ; but, confrari-jjife, they were hum-' 
 ble fiiitors to have the benefit and protcfrion of 
 the Englifli laws. Duviesin In.and, 
 
 Tlie lull may fct and rife ; 
 But we, ionttarituifcy 
 Sleep, after our (hurt light. 
 One evcil.ifling night. Raleigh. 
 
 CO'NTRARY. adj. [cotilrarlus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Oppofite ; contradit-tory ; not fimply 
 different, or not alike, but repugnant, 
 fo that one dcflroys or obflrutirts the 
 other. 
 
 Perhaps fome thing, lepugnant to her kind. 
 By ftiong antipathy the foul may kill ; 
 
 But what can be contrary to tlie mind. 
 Which holds all contraries in concord iiill.' 
 
 Da-Jeu 
 
 2. Inconfiftent ; difagreclng. 
 
 He that believes it, and yet lives cjirr.Try to it, 
 knows that he hath no tcafon for what he docs. 
 
 Tilktjcn. 
 
 The various and contrary choices that men 
 make in the world, do nut argue that they do not 
 all purfue good ; but that the lame thing is not 
 good to evciy man alike. hucki, 
 
 3. Advcrfej in an oppofite dweftiou.
 
 CON 
 
 The (hip was in the miilft of tlie fca, totTcd 
 vr\th tlie wa\fs j foi the wind was cwtrjry. 
 
 Co'ntrary. k./ [from the acijedive.] 
 1. A thing of oppofite qualities. 
 Kd contra'iei hoid myie antipathy, 
 Tiian I and !uch a kn,.v=. Shakjfturt. 
 
 He rung 
 Wl;y fcjrf'jriV! feed thunder in the cloud. 
 
 Coivhy'l Da-J:deii. 
 Honour fhould be concetn'd in honour's caufc ; 
 1"! at is not to be cui'd by ccntrurirt, 
 As bodies arc, whofe heakli ii often drawn 
 From rankell poifons. Smthem'i Oroomic. 
 
 s. A propofitioii contrary to fome other; 
 a fad contrary to t!ie allegation. 
 
 The inftances brought by our .luthor arc but 
 flcndcr proofs of a right to civil power and do- 
 ra:i]ion in the fiift-botn, and do ratlier (hew the 
 e:ni'a'y. Lctc. 
 
 3. On the CoKTR.\RY. In oppofition ; 
 on the other fide. 
 
 He pleaded Pill not guilty ; 
 The king's attorney, 51 the contrary, 
 Uig'd on examinations, proofs, confeiTions, 
 ■Of divcrfe wltnefTes. Ha'fp. Henry vlll. 
 
 If lultice flood on the fide of the finglc perfon, 
 it ought to give good nu-ii pleafurc to lee that 
 Dght Ihould take pl.ace ; hut when, on the nn.'fuy, 
 tiiecjramonweal of a wlwle nation is overborn 
 by private inCcrclf, what good man but mull la- 
 ment ? Swift. 
 
 4. To t!:e CoNTR.iRY. To a contrary 
 puipofe ; to an oppofite intent. 
 
 They did it, nul for want of inlfruflion ta the 
 contrary. Stillingtictt. 
 
 ToCo'ntrarv. "V. a. [coritraru'r, Fr.] 
 To oppofe ; to thwart ; to contra Jict. 
 When I came to court, 1 was advifed nvt to 
 
 Kntrnry the king. L^tlmcr. 
 
 Finding in hnn the force of it, he would no 
 further contrary it, but employ all his fcivice to 
 medicine it. SiJmy. 
 
 CO'NTRAST. n.f. [ro„lrq/lj, French.] 
 Oppofition and diffimilitutie of figures, 
 by which one contributes to the vifibility 
 or «ffeft of another. 
 To Contra'st. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To place in oppofition, fo that one 
 fiTure (hows another to advantage. 
 
 2. To Ihovv another figure to advantage 
 by its colour or fituation. 
 
 The figures of the groups mull not he all on 
 « hric, that is, with tlicir faces, and bodies all 
 turned the fame way ; hut niuft ctntrafi each 
 other by their feveral pofitiuiis. D'yJen. 
 
 CoNTRAVALi. 4'tioV. «./. [Uom contra 
 and •valio, Latin.] The fortification 
 thrown up by the befiegers, round a 
 city, to hinder the fallits of the gar- 
 
 rifon. 
 
 Wiitn the late czar of Mufcovy firft acquainted 
 himfdf with mathematical learning, nc praitilcd 
 all the rules of tircamvallation and contravnlla- 
 tion at the ficge of a town in Livonia. iV.ittt. 
 
 ToCONTRAVF/NE. v. a. [««/niand 
 T.-Hio, Lat.] To oppofe ; to obllnicl ; 
 to baffle. 
 
 Con TR ave'ker. n.f. \(vom. contt-aveiie.'\ 
 He who oppoles another. 
 
 Contravf.'mtio.'^. n./. [FreiKh.] Op- 
 pofition. 
 
 If chriiVianiiy did no: lend its name trj (land 
 in the gap, and to employ or divert thefc hu- 
 mvurs, they mull of ncccOity be fpent in contra. 
 TKntiO'J'iu the laws of the land. itw' 
 
 Contrayf.'rva. n.f. [fon/r<7, ajjainft, 
 and y«~y.-(, a name by wliicli the Spani- 
 ards call blac't hellebore ; aud, ptrhnps. 
 
 CON 
 
 fometimes poifon in general.] A fpe- 
 cies of biithwort grovsing in Jamaica, 
 where it is much uied as an alexiphar- 
 mick. Miller . 
 
 Contrecta'iioS. n.f. [contreSalio,L,at.] 
 A touching or handling. Dici. 
 
 CoNTRi BUTARV. tiJt. [from «» and /;/- 
 iutary.] Paying tribute to the fame 
 fovereign. 
 
 Thus we are engaged in the objeils of geo- 
 metry and arithraeti<-k ; yea, the wiiolc matiie- 
 niaticks mult be contrHfutary-j and to them all na- 
 ture pays a fubfidy. GUnvitic'i Sce^fn. 
 
 7i CONTRIBUTE, v. a. [r^ntrlbuo, 
 Latin.] To give to fome common 
 llock ; to advance toward fome common 
 defign. 
 
 England contributei much more than any other 
 of the allies. AJdifon on tie IFar. 
 
 His mailer c'^ntiihuted a gicat fum of money 
 to the Jeluits church, which is not yet quite 
 finilhed. ^d.lij'.n on Italy 
 
 To Contri'bute. T>. n. To bear a part; 
 to have a fhare in any act or effeft. 
 
 Whatever praifcs may be given to works of 
 
 judgment, there is not even a fingle beauty in 
 
 them to which tht invention mull not cwitiilute. 
 
 Pope'f Ejjay on tlomef . 
 
 Contribu'tion. n.f. [from conh-iiiite.] 
 
 1. The atl of promoting fome delign in 
 conjunction with other pcrfons. 
 
 2. That which is given by fevcral hands 
 for fome common purpofe. 
 
 It hath pleafod them of Macedonia to make 
 a certain contril>nticn for the poor faints. Ro'i. 
 
 Parents owe their children not only materi.il 
 fubliftence for their body, hut much more fpiii- 
 tual onlrih^itlons for their mind. • I^'gh- 
 
 Beggars are now maintained by voluntarj- con- 
 trihu'nn^, Graunt'i Bi^'i of Mortality . 
 
 3. That which is paid for the fupport of 
 an army lying in a country. 
 
 The people 'twnt Philippi .ind this ground 
 Do (land but in a forc'tl atlciftion ; 
 For they have gradg'd us contribution. Shakf. 
 
 Contri'buTive. adj. [from contribute.'} 
 That has the power or quality of pro- 
 moting any purpofe iu concurrence 
 with other motives. 
 
 As the value of the promifes renders them 
 moll proper incentives fj viitiie, fu the mannci 
 of propohng we (hall (ind alio highly rcntril'nti'.c 
 to tiic fame end. Decay oj I'iety. 
 
 Contri'butor. n.f. \_iiom coTilribvte.'] 
 One that bears a part in fome common 
 dtlign ; one that helps for»-aid, or ex- 
 erts his endeavours to fome end, in con- 
 junition with others. 
 
 i proniis'd we would be conirihuton. 
 And bear his cliaige^ of wooing, whalfoe'er. 
 
 Sh.AJprar;. 
 
 A grand cintrihutor to our dilTcntions is palhon. 
 
 Deciy of I'iety. 
 
 An thou a true lover of thy country.' zealous 
 
 f(^r its religious and civil liberties ? and a ciiear- 
 
 ful nntii/'ulor to all thofe publick expenccs which. 
 
 have been thought nccLlTaty to I'ecurc them } 
 
 Attcrhtry. 
 
 The whole people were witnclTes to the build- 
 ing of the ark and tahcrnaclt ; they were .ili 
 contrihutorl ro it. f'>'/><.(, 
 
 Contri'bi'torv. aei'. [from tontriiute.] 
 Promoting the fame end ; bringing af- 
 fittance to fome joint delign, or incrcafe 
 to fome common ftock. 
 
 To CONTRI'S FATE. -v. a. [coniri/h, 
 Latin.] TofadJen; to make forrow- 
 ful ; iu make melancholy. Not ufed. 
 
 CON 
 
 Blackntfjind darknefi are IbuI privative?, anit 
 theitfuie have htile or no aiflivity; fonicwhat 
 they do coilnjtate., but very little. Bacoa, 
 
 CoNTRisTA'rioN. n.f. [Jxom conlrijlate.'^ 
 The a6t of making fad ; the liatc of 
 being made fad ; fonow ; heavincfs of 
 heart; fadnefs ; forrowftiliiefs ; gloomi- 
 nefs ; grief; moan; mournfulnefs ; 
 tiouble ; difeontent } melancholy. Not 
 ufed. 
 
 Inccnfe and nirioruus fmcUs, fuch as were of 
 facrificcb, were thouglit to intoxicate tl.c bM::», 
 and to dilpoft; men Co devotion ; which rhcy may 
 do by a kiad of ladnel's and cr^vtrijiatmn of thz 
 fpirits, and partly alio by l»eatipg and exalting 
 tlicm Bacon'i Natural Hjjio*y^ 
 
 CONTRITE, adj. [fan/nVaj, Latin.] 
 
 1. Bruifed ; much worn. 
 
 2. Worn with forrow ; haraffed with the 
 fcnfe of guilt ; penitent. In the books 
 of divines, contrite is forrowful for lin, 
 from the love of God and dclire of pleal- 
 iiig him ; and altrlle is forrowful for 
 fin, from the fear of punilhment. 
 
 I Rich.ird'i body have interred now; 
 Antl on it ha\e bellow'd more contrite tears. 
 Than from it iffued forced drops of blood. 
 
 ShaifpcaTt'i Henry v. 
 With te.Tis 
 W.it'ring tlx ground, and with our ttghs the jir 
 Frequenting, fent from heaits contrite, m lign 
 Of ibrrow unfeign'd, and humiliation meek. 
 
 Ml/ton. 
 
 The contrite (inner is rellored to pardon, and, 
 
 through f.iilh in Chiifl, our repentance i> entitled 
 
 to f.ilvation. R'j^trs. 
 
 CosTRi'xENESS, n.f. [from conlrite.1 
 
 Contiition; repentance. Did. 
 
 Contki'ti n. ri.J. [from conliite.] 
 
 1. The ad of grinding, or rubbing t» 
 pottdcr. 
 
 Seimc of thofe coloured powders, which paint- 
 ers ule, may have their colours a little changed, 
 by being very elaborately and finely ground ; 
 where I fee not what can he jultly pretended for 
 thofe cli:inge5,h. fides the breaking of their parts 
 into hfs p.iits by that cor:trition. Nciuton'i Opt. 
 
 2. Penitence; forrow for fin : in the flriifV 
 fenfe, the fonow which arifis from the 
 delhc to plcafe God ; diftiuguilhed from 
 nitrilion, or imptrfcdl repentance pro- 
 duced by dread of hell. 
 
 What i> forrow :i'.^d cc trition for fin : A being 
 grieved with the conlcicnce vf fin, not only that 
 we have thereby incurred fuc^ danger, hut alfe 
 that we have fo unkindly grieved and provoked 
 fo good a God. llammin.Vs Pra^it-il Catedtijm. 
 
 Fruits of inoie ploafing favour, from thy feed 
 Sown with antrition in his heart, th.m thofe 
 ^\'llich, his own hand manuriig, all the trees 
 Of Paiadife could have prudue'd. Aliitoa. 
 
 Yptir Caliing, contiition, and mortification, 
 when the chuicli and fiatt appoints, and that ei- 
 pccially in times of gicater liot and lunury. 
 
 . Spratt'i iirmont. 
 
 My futuri' days fhall be one vihole contrition ; 
 A chapel will I buihl with laige endowment. 
 Where eveiy H,iy an hundred aged men 
 Shall all held up their wnhered h.uids to lieav'n. 
 
 rirydn. 
 
 CoN'TRi'vA BLE, odf. [from contrive.'] 
 Poffible to be phaiiied by the mind; 
 pofiible to be invented and adjufled. 
 
 It will hence appear hnw a yicrpetuil mutioa 
 may feenr cafily contrii.-ai//c. tf^uitns' D^zdalus. 
 CoNTRi'v ANCE. n.f. [fiom contrive.'] 
 1. The acl of contiiving ; excogitation; 
 the thing contrived. 
 
 There is no M-ork inipofiiblc to thrfe :ontri~ 
 la/icc. hut there may be as much a»fled by this 
 art as van be fancied bv imagination. H' :lkirK,
 
 CON 
 
 Inftriiifled, you'll explore 
 Divine innlriviinct-^ and a God adoie. B'tAm'.t-c. 
 
 2. Schtme ; plan; dlfpoCtion of paila or 
 
 caiifes. 
 
 Our bodies arc niidc according to ilic niuii 
 curious ariitice, andoidcrly comuvtuuc. 
 
 6'.'<r'j7v7/r'i Scf^jh. 
 
 3. A conceit ; a plot ; an artifice. 
 
 Have I not mana^'d rr.y ci'itih'a'TC U'cl!, 
 To try your Jove, and make you doubt ol niinc ? 
 
 Tiiere might be a fcinf, a cottrirKirre in the 
 matter, to draw him into lomc lecret ambufh. 
 
 To CONTRI'VE. -u. a. [tonhouver, Fr'.] 
 
 1. To plan out ; to excogitate. 
 
 One that flefjt in tlie raitrifirg loii, and waked 
 
 to do It. S^Ji-fpl^fc'i A'-»'f Lr.tr, 
 
 What more likely to crtntrixe thi^ arliriirahic 
 frame of the univeil'e than inhiiitc wildoin * 
 
 itihifin. 
 
 Our poet has ahvtys Tome beautiful delii^n, 
 which he lint clliblilhes, and then ctnfnvcs the 
 means which will naturally conduct hini lu Ins 
 end. VryAetT. 
 
 2. To wear away. Out of iifc. 
 
 Three ages, Inch as mortal men r^ntrhit. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 PIcafe yt, we may cunlrlve this afurnoon, 
 And qtialt' caroul'es to our miHrct's' health. 
 
 ShjUpejre. 
 To CoNTRi'vE. 1). n. To form ordclign ; 
 to plan ; to fclicme ; to con-.plot. 
 
 Is it cpough 
 That malking habits, and a bor.-^ow'd name. 
 Contrive to hide my plenitiuie of Ihamc ? Pric . 
 CoNTRiVEMENT. n.f. [from contrive.^ 
 Invention. D'til. 
 
 CoNTRi'vER. n.f. \_^rom contrive.^ An 
 inventer ; one that plans a delign ; a 
 fchcmer. 
 
 1, the miftrcfs of your charms, 
 Theclofe contriver of all haims, 
 Was never caird to bear my pait. Shakfpcare. 
 Epeus, who the fraud's cortriTer was, Denhuin. 
 Plain loyalty, not built on hope, 
 I leave to your contriver., Pope ; 
 None loves bis knig and country better. 
 Yet none was ever lefs their debtor. SiL-iff. 
 
 Scenes of blood and defolatioii, Iliad p.iinted 
 as the common effcdts of thofe dcHruCll^e ma- 
 chin.'s; whereof, he laid, fomc evd genius, ene- 
 my to mankind, mult have been the fitll- coniri^iitr. 
 Siuift's Gutlivcr'i Tral'eh. 
 
 CONTRO'I.. n. f. [coniro/e, that is, 
 
 conlre roUt French.] 
 J. A regifter or account kept by another 
 ofEctr, that each may be examined by 
 the other, 
 a. Check ; reftraint. 
 
 Let partial fpuits ftill aloud complain, 
 Think tiiemlclves injur'd thai they cannot reign ; 
 And own no liberty, but where they m.iy, 
 Without corttr'jlj uprin tiieir fellows prey. yflj/A-r. 
 
 He Ihall feel a force upon himfelf from within, 
 and Irom the £0«/»c// of his own piinciples, to en- 
 gage him to do worthily. South. 
 
 If the finner (hall win fo complete a viiftory 
 over bis confcience, that ail thofe confiderarions 
 Ihall be able to ftrike no tcrrour into his mind, 
 )ay no reftraint upon his lufts, no control upon 
 his appetites, he is certainly too ftrong for the 
 means of grace. South'! Sermons. 
 
 Speak, what Phcebus has infpir'd thy foul 
 For common good, and fpeak without control. 
 
 Drydtn's Homer. 
 
 3. Power; authority; fiiperintendence. 
 
 The hearts, the firtjcs, and the winged fowls, 
 Are their males' i'ubjeiSs, and at their controls. 
 
 Sh,ikfpe.ire. 
 
 To Contro'l. -D.a. [from the noun.] 
 1. To keep under check by a counter 
 reckoninj;. 
 
 CON 
 
 2. To govern ; to reftrain ; to fubjeift. 
 
 Autiiuiiry lo convent, to control, to punilh, 
 as fii as with eACommunicaiion, whonifoevcr 
 they think worthy. 1'ooi.tr. 
 
 Give me a ftatf of honour for mine age ; 
 But not a fceptrc to control the world. ShukJ 
 
 Who (liali control me for my works ? Ecclui. 
 
 I feel my vijiue ftiijggliiig in my foul; 
 Bui lirorgei pafllon dms its pow'r control. 
 
 iJiy.icn't ^/urenpzclfc. 
 
 With this he did a herd of goats control, 
 Wiiicli by the va-; be nut, and (lily flulc ; 
 Clad like a country lA-ani he pip'tl .ind furig, 
 \\:A playing (bovi- 1. 15 jolly troop ahjng. Dry.l.n. 
 
 O, deatcrt Andivw, fiys the bumbledroll. 
 Henceforth m.iy 1 obey, and thou control. l'ri''i . 
 
 3. To ovcrpowei ; to confute : as, /'i- con- 
 trolled all llje cvuliiic; of hh ad-ueifnry. 
 
 As for tlie lime while be was in the Tower, 
 and ihc maniu'rof his brotbei's death, .ind his 
 own clcapc, (lie knew they were things that a 
 very few could control. Ilacon*s Henry vii. 
 
 Contro'llable. atij. [from control.'] 
 Subjed to control ; fubjcdl to com- 
 inand ; fobjedt to be over-ruled. 
 
 Palfion is lie dnnikennefs of the mind, and 
 theicfo.e, its his picfent workings, not contioHa 
 ble hy lealon. South. 
 
 Contro'ller. n.f. [from control.'] One 
 that has tlic power of goveining or re- 
 ft raining ; a fuperintendcnt. 
 
 He doLs not calm his contumelious fpirir, 
 N jrccafe to be an arrogant rc^-^rc-A'tr. ShttlQiearc. 
 
 The great conti oiler of our fate 
 Deign'd to be man, and liv'd in low eftate. 
 
 Dry.len. 
 Contro'llership. n.f. [from csntroikr.] 
 
 The office of a controller. 
 Contro'lment. n.f. [from control.] 
 
 1. The power or aft of fuperintending or 
 rcfl raining. 
 
 2. The Itate of being retrained; reftraint. 
 
 They made war and peace with one another, 
 without controlmcnt. Davies on Ireldnci. 
 
 3. Oppofition ; confutation. 
 
 Were it reafon that we (hould fuffer the fame 
 topifs without l'5*;.':£W'7/, hi that cui rent nil ail- 
 ing, whereby eveiy where it pievaileih. tlooitr. 
 
 4. Refrllance ; hoftility. 
 
 Here have we war for war, and blood for flood, 
 Contrrjtnent for ccntrolmcnt. Shokjpfa'c 
 
 CoKTRDvt'RsiAL. aJj. [from contro- 
 •»erfy.] Relating to difputes ; difpu- 
 taticiu5. 
 
 It happens in ro«,*i;-.'^r,^.//Hircourres as it does 
 in the alfaultlng of towns, whert, if the ground 
 be but tirm whereon the batteries are ereifted, 
 there is no farther enuuiry whom it belongs to, fo 
 it atiords but a lit rile for theprel'cnt putpofc. 
 
 Lode. 
 
 Co'ntroversy. n.f. [contrnverfia, Lat.] 
 
 1. Difpute ; debate; agitation of con- 
 trary opinions : a ilifpute is commonly 
 oral, and a controverfy in writing. 
 
 How Cometh it to pals that we are fo rent 
 with mutual contentions ,Jand that the church is 
 fo much troubled .- If men had been willing to 
 learn, allthcle contro^rrfies might have died the 
 very d.ay they were fiiil brought forth. Hooter. 
 
 Without controfvcrjy great is the myftery of 
 godhnefs. \ Timothy. 
 
 Wild contrffuerfy then, which long had llepr. 
 Into the prefs from ruiii'd cloilters leapt. JOenh. 
 
 This left no room for controvetfy about the title, 
 nor tor encroachment on the right of olhcis. 
 
 Lo.kc. 
 
 2. A fuit in law. 
 
 If iliere be a contrTverJy between mei, and 
 tt cv come unto judgment, that the judges may 
 judge th.em, then they (hall ^iftify the righteous 
 and condemn the WLckeri, X)tkter<,nomy. 
 
 CON 
 
 3. A quarrel. 
 
 '1 iic Li-rd hjth a conirerverjy with the nations. 
 
 Jeroniuh. 
 
 4. Oppofition ; enmity. This is an uu- 
 uliial fciifc. 
 
 The toi rent roar'd, and wc did buffet it 
 With luliy fiiiews ; throwing it afidej 
 And litmming it witli hcaits ai cntroverjy. Shak, 
 
 roCO'NTROVERT. v. a. [controvirto^ 
 Lat.] To debate; to ventilate in op- 
 polite books ; to difpute any thing in 
 writing. 
 
 If any pcrfon (liall think fit to controirert them, 
 he may do it vciy fifely for me. C/4f>^,-. 
 
 Hooker feems to ufc the word coniro- 
 •ucrje, if It be not an erratum. 
 
 Psriuafioii ought to be fully Ictikd in men's 
 hearts, that, in litigations and cj/;rr'/7 r/yc„' caufes 
 ot fucn ijuality, the will of God is to have them 
 to do whatloevcr the fintencc of judicial and final 
 dicibon Ihall deteiminc. Uooktr . 
 
 CoNTROv f.'uTiBLE.at//. [fxQmconlruvei t .] 
 Dilputable ; that may be the caufe of 
 contioverfy. 
 
 Dilcourfing of matters dubious, and many 
 contrnicrtibte tiuths, we cannot without arro- 
 gancy intreat a credulity, 01 implore any farther 
 alfent than the probabiliiy of our rcalons and 
 verity of our experiments. Brorun's Au/g.f.r. 
 
 CoNtrove'rtist. n.f. [from controvert. ~\ 
 Difputant ; a man verled or engaged in 
 literary wars or difputations. 
 
 Who can think hiiiiiclf fo conlidetable as not 
 to dread this mighty man of demonftration, 
 this prince of controveriijis, this gieat lord and 
 poffclTorof lirlt principles.' Tillotfon, 
 
 Contuma'cious^. acij. ^contumax, Lat.] 
 Obftinate ; perverfe j ftubborn ; in- 
 flexible. 
 
 He IS 11] law laid to be a contumacious pcrfon, 
 who, on his appearance afterwards, departs the 
 court without have. yJyltffe's I'arcr'on. 
 
 There is another very elHcacious method for 
 fubduing of the mod obllinate contumacious fin- 
 ner, and bi-inging him into the obedience of the 
 faith of Chritt. Hammond* s Fund'tmentals. 
 
 Contuma'ciouslv. adv. [from contuma- 
 cious.] Obilinafely; (lubbornly ; in- 
 flexibly ; perverfciy. 
 
 CoNTfMA'ciousNEss. n.f. [from conttf- 
 macious.] Obllinacy ; perverfenefs ; in- 
 flexibility ; ftubbornnefs. 
 
 From tlie dei'cription I have given of it, a 
 judgment may be given of the difiiculty and.™- 
 t-.m.iaoufnep of cure. ' H'ifeman. 
 
 CONTUIVlACy. n.f [from contumaciam 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Obllinacy; perverfenefs; ftubbornnefsj 
 inflexibility. 
 
 Such acls 
 0( rontfimccy will pruvuke the Higheft 
 To make death in us live. ^tiltmr. 
 
 2. [Ill law.] A wilful contempt and 
 difobedience to any lawful fiimmons 
 or judicial order. y^ylijfe's Pjrcrgon. 
 
 TI.efe certificates do only, in the generality, 
 
 mention the party's contumacies and difobedience. 
 
 .^yliffc's Parirgon. 
 
 CoMTV ^rE \.\ovs.ailj. [centnnifliofus.'Lzt.] 
 
 1. Reproachful; rude; farcaftick ; coir- 
 
 temptiious. 
 
 With (coft's and fcorns, ard contumelious taunts, 
 In open m.aik(t-place pioduc'd they me 
 To be a puhlick fpeiftacle. Si.tt/penre. 
 
 In all the quarrels and tumults at Rome, 
 though the peojjle liequently proceeded to rude 
 ccntumilioiii language, yet no blood was ever 
 drawn in any popular commotions, till the time 
 «f the Gracchi. S-u-./f,
 
 CON 
 
 2. Inclined to utter reproach or praiSife ' 
 infiiks ; brutal ; rude. 
 
 TSierc is yet another fort of cor.mm-l'ou^ pcr- 
 foBSx who indeed are not chargeable with tliat 
 circiimftancc of ill employing their wit ; for they 
 ufe none of it. . ' Grjfrninent 0/ t/ic To"g''i~. 
 
 Giving our holy virgins to the (t.iin . 
 Of c5';//(rar/.!/«!, beallly, madhraici'd war. Sia f/i. 
 
 3. Produdive of reproach j lliameful; ig- 
 nominious. 
 
 As it is in the higheft degree injutious to them, 
 
 (a it is cMfmiulUus to him. Jj,-c.jy of Pit.'ji. 
 
 Contume'l!Ously. adv. [from coniume- 
 
 ■ lions.'] Reproachfully ; ■ contemptu- 
 oufly ; rudely. 
 
 The people are not wont to take fo great 
 offence, When they are excluded from lionours 
 and ofl-.ces, as when their pcrfuns are cvitumc- 
 l.sufly trodden apon. ' Ho'jkci . 
 
 Fie, lords! that you, bting-fuprome magif. 
 trates, 
 Th'js muumiliaujly lliould break the peace. Shak. 
 .CoNTt'MF.'i-iocbNEss. K /. [from con- 
 '•- iumf.Hoits.'] - Rtidencfs ; reproach. 
 CO'NTUiyiELY. «./.. [cdnfuni.Iia.L'ai.] 
 J , RuJenefs ; cuntemptuoufnefs ; bitter- 
 1 , aefs of language ; reproach. 
 
 If the helm of chief government be in the 
 
 Tiands of a lew of the wealthieft, then laws, pro- 
 
 yidi-ng for c&ntinu.rnce thereof, mull maiie tne 
 
 -. JjuniOrment of cnntumsly ,nnd wrong, offered unto 
 
 ■ ■■• «ny of the common fort, fharpand gricvyus, that 
 , fo.the evil may be prevented. Uaokir. 
 
 Th' opprcfiur's wrong, the proud man's con- 
 tumelyy 
 The pang of defpisM love, the law's delay. 
 
 Shakffcan's Hamlet. 
 
 It was ufidervaiued and depreffed with fome 
 
 bitternefs and cjfituinc/y. Cl.ttend'jn. 
 
 Why (liould any man be troubled.it the contu- 
 
 we'.iei of thofe, whole judgment defervcs not to 
 
 be valued > ' Tillotfin. 
 
 Eternal cmium,iy attend that guilty title, which 
 
 claims e.wmption trom thought, and arrogates to 
 
 its wearers the prerogative of brutes. M-'.iJon. 
 
 To CONTU'SE. V. a. [contitfus, Latin.] 
 
 1. To beat together ; to brull'e. 
 
 Of their roots, barks, and feeds, mniufcd to- 
 gether, and mingled with orher earth, and well 
 ivatcred with warm water, there came loith herbs 
 much like the other. Biw.i:. 
 
 2. To bruife the flefli without a breach 
 of the contitiuity. 
 
 The ligature coiilujt^ the lips in cutting them, 
 fo that they rco,uire to be digefted before they can 
 unite. ' IVifemai. 
 
 CoNTu'sioN. n.f. [from cotifujio.} 
 
 1. The aft of beating or brtiifing. 
 
 2. The ftate of being beaten or bruifed. 
 
 Take a piece of glafs, and reduce it to powder, 
 it acquiring by contujion a multitude of minute 
 furfacef, from a diaphanous, dogenerates into a 
 white body. .Bcj-lt on Colwn. 
 
 3. A bruife ; a compvefTion of the fibres, 
 <liltlngui(hed from a wound. 
 
 That winter lion, who in rage forgets 
 Aged caniufiQin, and all bruife of time. Shakff. 
 
 The bones, in flrarp colds, wax brittle ; and all 
 cmttifmii, in haid weather, are more hard to cure. 
 
 Biic':jn. 
 
 Convale'scence. ? n./ [f'Otn cotiw- 
 Convale'scency. J /f/io, Lat.] Re- 
 newal of health ; recovery from a difeafc. 
 Being in a place out of the reach of any alarm, 
 flic rec-overcd her fpirits 10 a reafonable com^a- 
 iejct,:.!. CUrcmloru 
 
 CONVALE'SCENT. adj. {con-valifans , 
 Latin.] Recovering ; returning to a 
 flate of health. 
 Co^•yE'^'AliLE. adj. [_rmvena.ble, Fr.] 
 
 CON 
 
 1. ConfiRent with; agreeable to; ac- 
 cordant to. Not in ufe. 
 
 . He is fo meek, wife, and mevciable. 
 And with his' word his work is convcmbU. 
 
 Spe"fer*s I'oJloTah. 
 
 2. That may be convened. 
 
 To CONVE'NE. -v. n. [convenio, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To come together ; to affociate ; to 
 unite. 
 
 The fire feparates the aqueous parts from the 
 otliers, wherewith they were blended in the con- 
 crete, and brings them into the receiver, Where, 
 they onvene into a liquor. Boyle.' 
 
 In fliort-fightcd men, whofe eyes are too 
 -plump, the refraction being too grcatj the raysj 
 converge and anvtric in the eyes, before they 
 come at the bottom. Nawtuij's Oyi/.'V.b. 
 
 2. To aflemble for any publick purpofe. 
 
 There are fettled periods of their cant'cnir.^, or 
 a liberty left to the prince for convoking the 
 IcgiilaMie. Locke. 
 
 To Conve'ne. 'V. a, 
 
 1 . To cah together ; to afferable ; to con- 
 voke. 
 
 No man was better pleafcd with the comienlng ' 
 of this parliament th.in m) felf. Ki':g Cl-.urlts. 
 
 All the factious and fchifmatic.nl people would 
 frequently, as well in the night as the day, con- 
 vene themfclves by the found of a bell. Clarend. 
 
 And now th' almighty father of the gods 
 C.nvcKii a cotincU in the hlcll abodes. Pc//?. 
 
 2. To fummon judicially. 
 
 By the papal canon law, clerks, in criminal 
 and civil caufes, cannot be convened before any 
 but an ecclefiaftical judge. .rlyliffe. 
 
 Conve'nien-ce.I n.f. [jonvetiientia, 
 
 CoNVENiENCv. J Latin.] 
 
 1 . Fitnefs ; propriety. 
 
 Comenicncy is wlicn a thing or adiion is fo fit- 
 ted tothecircumdanccs, andthe circumftanees to 
 it, that thereby it becomes a thing convenient. 
 
 Verkini. 
 
 In things not commanded of God, yet lawful, 
 becaufc permitted, the quelfion is, what light 
 (hall Ihew us the onver.iency which one hath , 
 above an.jthei .' Hooker. . 
 
 2. Commodioufaefs ; eafe ; freedom from 
 diliiculties. 
 
 A man puttinj all his plcaferes into one, is 
 like a traveller's putting all his goods into unc 
 jewel ; the value is the fame, and the c'jr.veniencc 
 Greater. Sou;\'i Sermons. 
 
 Every man m'uft want fomething for the ««- 
 ■vcKcncy of his life, for wjiich he mult be obliged 
 to others. Culainy's Serm-.r.s. 
 
 There is another convenience in this method , 
 during your waiting. _ Swift. 
 
 3. Caufeofeafe; accommodation. 
 
 If it have not fuch a convenience, voyages muft 
 be very uncomfortable, li'ilkivs' Math, Magick. 
 
 A man alters his mind as the work^roceeds, 
 and will have this or that ec-ivenience more, of 
 which he had not thought wlien he began. Dryd. 
 
 Thcie was a pair of fpeftacles, a pocket pcr- 
 fpeflive, and feveral other little convenicneia, I 
 did not think myfelf bound in Jjonutir to dilco- 
 vei-. Sivift^s GulUver\ Traveh. 
 
 4. Fitnefs of time or place. 
 
 Ufe no farther means ; 
 But, with all brief and plain convcnlency, ' 
 Let me have judgment. Siaifp. Mtren. of f-.n. 
 CONVE'NIENT. <7./;. [c-onvniJens, Lat.] 
 I. Fit; fuitable; proper; well adapted; 
 commodious. 
 
 The leait and rooft trivial epifodes, or undci 
 aflious, are either nccelTary or an-enien! ; cither 
 fo nccelTary, that without them the poem mull be 
 imperfcft ; or fo cinvrnunt, that no others can be 
 imagined more fuitable to the pl.acc in « hich they 
 j,c. Dryd. Dedic. to the jfludd. 
 
 Health itfel'f is but a kind of temper, gotten 
 and prcferved by a convinunt mixture of contra- 
 ■ risties. ^riutftnotvn /iHmcnu. 
 
 1 ' 
 
 CON 
 
 2. It has either to or for before the follow- 
 ing noun : perhaps it ought generally 
 to have/sr before pcrfouf, and to be- 
 fore things. 
 
 Give me neither poverty noi* lichcs, feed mc 
 with food convenient for mc. Proverl/s, 
 
 There are fome arts that are peculiarly convex 
 
 venient to fome particular nations. Ti/htjon. 
 
 Conve'niently. tidv. [from coniJOTitv;/.] 
 
 1. Commodioufly ; without difficulty. 
 
 I tins morning know 
 Where we (hall find him moit cenvinicnty. SJiaif. 
 
 3. Fitly; with proper adaptation of pait 
 to part, or of the whole to the efieft 
 propofcd. 
 
 It would be worth the expeiiment •to inqui'e, 
 whether or no a failing chariot might be mnie 
 conveniently framed with moveable fails, whole 
 force may be impreifed from their motion, equi- 
 valent to thofe ill awir.d-mill. IVtlkim. 
 
 CONVENT, n.f. Iconventiis, Latin.] 
 r. An affembly of religious perfons ; ' a 
 body of monks or nuns. 
 
 He came to Lciceiler ; 
 Lodg'd in the abbey, v.'here the reverend abbof, 
 With all Wii convent, honourably reeeiv'd him. 
 
 Sh.ikfpcurc. 
 
 2. A religious houfe ; an abbey; a mo» 
 nailery ; a nunnery. 
 
 One leldom finds in Italy a fpot of groi\nd 
 more agreeable than ordinary, that is not covcre J, 
 with a co/mf'r/. Addfon. 
 
 To CoNve'nt. v. a. [convenio, Latin.] 
 To call before a judge or judicature. 
 
 He with his oath 
 By all probation will make up full clear. 
 Whenever he 's convented. Shukfpeare. 
 
 They fent forth their precepts to attach men, 
 and convent them before themfclves at private 
 houfes. Biicon'i hi ly v 1 1, 
 
 GonVe'nticle. n.f. [convenlicu!um,L.^t.1 
 
 1. An affembly ; a meeting. 
 
 They are commanded to abltain from all con~ 
 ventic/es of men wh.atfoever j even, out of the 
 church, to have nothing to do with publick bu- 
 finds. AyifysPttrergon. 
 
 2. An aflembly for worfliip. Generally 
 ufed in an ill fenfe, including herefy or 
 
 fchifm. 
 
 It behoveth, that the place where God (hall be 
 ferved by the whole church be a publick place, 
 for the avoiding of privy wnx'tn/iV/jj, which, co- 
 vered with pretence of religion, may fervc unto 
 dangerous pracfticcs. Hooker. 
 
 Who, far from ftceples and their facred found, 
 In fields their lulleii conventicles found. Dryden. 
 
 A fort of men, who are content to be (tiled of 
 the church of England, who perhaps attend its 
 fcivice in the morning, and go with their wivei 
 to a coJncntiele in the afternoon. Swift. 
 
 3. A fecret aflembly ; an aflembly where 
 confpiracies are formed. 
 
 Ay, all of you have laid your heads together 
 (Myfelf had notiee of your conventicles') 
 And all to m.ike away my guiltlefs l.fc. Shukf, 
 
 4. An aflembly, in contempt. 
 
 If he revoked thi^ plea too, 'twas becaufe 
 he found the expcfled council was dwindling 
 into a cor.ventie.'e, a packed affembly of Italian 
 bifliops; not a free conventionof fitheis from all 
 quarters. Atteriury. 
 
 Conventicle R. it./, [from conventicle.] 
 One that fuppovts or frequents private 
 and unlawful aiferablies. 
 
 Another crop is too like to follow ; nay, I 
 fear, it is unavoidable, if the convenlieUrs he per- 
 mitted ftill to fcattcr. JJryden. 
 
 Conve'ntion. n.f. [cona'ra/w, Latin.] 
 I . The a£l of coming together ; union ; 
 coalition ; jiinftion.
 
 CON 
 
 Thoy av« to be rcckotK-rt .imon(;ft the moft 
 goiiciMl nft'c6lion!> ol" the convent ;(>ns^ or alTocia- 
 tijiis, of icvcnil particks of matter into hudics 
 of any ccirain dcnumiiiaiiun., 7-''i ' . 
 
 2. An atTembly. 
 
 Publick cmvcjiiions are liable to all the irlir- 
 niliics, I'lilUts, and vices of private men. Sxrijt. 
 
 3. A contrafl ; an agreement for a tliiu% 
 previous to a definitive treaty. 
 
 Conve'ntional. «^. [ from (•OK'j»fH//oH ] 
 Stipulated ; agreed on by compaft. 
 
 Convemiotut! fcrviccs rtfcrvtcl by tenures upon 
 grants, made out of the crowit or knigiits tcr- 
 vice. ''"''■■ 
 
 Conve'ntionary. adj. [from convention. '\ 
 Afling upon contradt ; fettled by ftipu- 
 lations. 
 
 The ordinary covenants of moft convcnlionary 
 
 tenants arc, to pay due capon and due harvcit 
 
 journeys. Careiu'i Sunxy. 
 
 Conve'ntual. adj. \_ccnventucl,Yrewc\\.'\ 
 
 Belonging to a convent ; monallicli. 
 
 Thofc aie called cnvcntual priors, that have 
 the chief ruling power over a monaftery. Ayliffc. 
 
 CoNvk'ntual. n.f. [from con^jcn/.] A 
 monk ; a nun ; one that lives in a con- 
 vent. 
 
 I have read a fcrmon of a coftventualf who laid 
 it down, that Adam could not laugh before the 
 fall. AJdifin'i Sfeaalor. 
 
 To CONVE'RGE. v.n. [corivergo,Lat..] 
 To tend to one point from dilFerent 
 places. 
 
 Where the rays from all the points of any ob- 
 je£l meet again, after they have been made to 
 cirrvergc by rerte<5tion or refraction, there they 
 will make a picture of the objeft upon a wiiite 
 body, Neivu/t'i O^tich. 
 
 Enfweeping firfl; 
 The lower Ikies, they all at once convetgr 
 High to the crown of heaven. Thomjo?!. 
 
 Conve'rgent. ? adj. [from converg<'.'\ 
 
 Conve'rging. 5 Tending to one point 
 from different parts. 
 
 Converging ■$■<■;•/£■ J-. See Series. 
 
 Conve'rsable. ai//. \JroTa converfe. It is 
 fometimes written converjible, but im- 
 properly ; converjant, converfation , con- 
 ■verfabk.'\ Qualified for converfatioii ; 
 fit for company ; well adapted to the 
 reciprocal coinmunlcation of thoughts ; 
 communicative. 
 
 That fire and levity which makes the young 
 fcarce o'lvciJibU, wtien tempered by years, 
 makes a gay old age. MJiJon. 
 
 Conve'rsableness. n. f. [from conver- 
 fabk.'\ The quality of being a pleafing 
 companion ; fluency of talk. 
 Conve'rsably. adv. [from con-verfable.^ 
 In a converfable manner ; with the 
 qualities of a pleafing communicative 
 companion. 
 
 Conve'rsant. adj. [connierfant , Fr.] 
 
 1. Acquainted with ; having a knowledge 
 of any thing acquired by famiharity and 
 habitude ; familiar : with in. 
 
 The learning and (Idll which he had by being 
 converfant in tlicir books. Hooker, 
 
 Let them make fome towns near to the moun- 
 tain's fide, where they may dwell together with 
 neiglihours, and be cotnierjant in the view of the 
 •Uf'ti- Spenfcr. 
 
 Tfcofe who are convtrf.int in both the tongues, 
 I leave to make their own judgment of it. Diyd. 
 
 He ufcs the different dialers as one who had 
 teen convcrj.ir.t with tlrcm all. I'ope. 
 
 2. Having intercourfe with any ; acquain- 
 
 VoL. I. 
 
 CON 
 
 ted ; familiar by cohabitation or fcllow- 
 filip ; cohabiting : with among or wi/h. 
 
 All that Moles commanded, Jolhtia read 
 hWorc all the congregation of llVail, with tiic 
 women, and the little ones, and the ftrangtrs 
 that were converjtint amnrig them. JoJJiua. 
 
 Never to be infected with delight, 
 Nor con-jerfiint with cafe and idlencfs. Shulfp. 
 
 Old men who have loved young company, 
 and i)een convcrjani continually with them, have 
 been of long life. Bticon. 
 
 GaliiicI, this day by proof thou (Iialt behold, 
 Thuii, and all angels coryi>etfant on eaith 
 /////; m.ni, or men's afl'airs, how I begin 
 "IVi verify that folemn mclfage. Milton. 
 
 To fuch a one, an ordinary cofTeehoufe gleaner 
 of the city is an arrant ftatcfraan, and as much 
 fupeiiour too, as a man convcrjant about White- 
 hall atid the court is to an ordinary Ihopkeeper. 
 
 hocke. 
 
 3. Relating to ; having for its objed ; 
 concerning : with about, formerly in. 
 
 The matters wherein church polity is conver- 
 fiint, are the publick teUgious duties of the 
 church. Hooker. 
 
 If any think education, becaufe it is mriverjant 
 about children, to be but a private and domef- 
 tick duty, he has been ignoiantly bred himfclf. 
 
 iVotton on Education. 
 
 Difcretion, confideied both as an accomplifli- 
 ment and as a vntuc, not only as converfant about 
 woildly affairs, but as regarding our wiiole exift- 
 ence. .'Iddifon^s Spectator. 
 
 Indifference cannot but be criminal, when it is 
 converfant about objeCis which are fo far from 
 being of an indifferent nature, that they are of 
 the higheft impuitar.ce toourfclves and our coun- 
 try. Addijon'i Freeholder. 
 
 Conversa'tion. n.f. [converjatio, Lat.] 
 
 1. Familiar difcourfe; chat; eafy talk : 
 oppofed to a formal conference. 
 
 She went to Pamela's ciiambcr, meaning to 
 joy her thoughts with the fweet converfafion of 
 her fifter. Sidney. 
 
 What I mentioned fome time ago in cont'cr- 
 Jation, was not a new thought, juft then llarted 
 by accident or occafion. Swift. 
 
 2. A particular aft of difcourfing upon 
 any fubjeCl : as, wj' had a long conver- 
 fation on that qiiejlion. 
 
 3. Commerce; intercourfe ; familiarity. 
 
 The knowledge of men and manners, the free- 
 dom of habitudes, and convei fation with the bclf 
 company. Dryden. 
 
 His apparent, open guilt; 
 I mean his conrverf-.tion with Shore's wife. Sliakf. 
 
 4. Behaviour; manner of atling in com- 
 mon life. 
 
 Having your convcrjation honeft among the 
 Gentiles. i fcter. 
 
 5. Practical habits; knowledge by long 
 acquaintance. 
 
 I fet down, out of long experience in bufinefs 
 and much comierfation in books, what I thought 
 pertinent to tiiis bufmefs. Bacon. 
 
 By e."cpcvience and convs'Jation with thefe bo- 
 dies, a man may be enabled to give a near con- 
 jeflure at tlic metallic ingredients of any mafs. 
 
 Woodiaurd 
 
 Conve'rsative. adj. [from convcy/t'.'\ 
 Relating to publick life, and commerce 
 with men ; not contemplative. 
 
 Find>g him little iHidious and contempl.itive, 
 (he chofe to endue him with converfative quali- 
 ties of youth. H'attoti. 
 
 ZoCONVE'RSE. -v. n. [converfi,; Fr. 
 
 con-verfor, Latin.] 
 I. To cohabit witli ; to hold inteicouvfe 
 
 with ; to be a cou'.panion to : followed 
 
 by •with. 
 By approving the fentiments of a pctfon it'ith 
 
 whom he converfid, in fuch particulars as were 
 
 CON 
 
 juft, lie won him over from thofe points in wi.icii 
 he was mill a ken. Mdijon. 
 
 For him who lonely lovei 
 To feek the dillant tiiils, and there converfe 
 M'ith nature. Tliomjon's Summer. 
 
 2. To be acquainted with ; to be familiar 
 toaclion. 
 
 I will ioni'erfe luith iron-witted fools, 
 And unrctpeClive boys : none are for me. 
 That look into rae with confiderate eyes. Shalf. 
 
 Men then come to be furnilhed with fewer or 
 more fimpje ideas from without, according as 
 the oh]ci\s l\\Qy convtrfc viih afford greater or 
 lefs variety. Loclr. 
 
 3. To convey the thoughts reciprocally in 
 talk. 
 
 Go therefore half this day, as fi lend ivilh friend, 
 Coniierfe ■with Adam. Milton's Varadifc Loji. 
 
 Much lefs can bird with beaft, or fi(h with fowl. 
 So well converfe. Milton's Paradife Loft. 
 
 4. To difcourfe familiarly upon any fub- 
 jeft : with on before the thing. 
 
 We had converfecl fo often on that fubjeft, and 
 he had communicated his thoughts of it I'o fully 
 to mc, that I had not the Icalt remaining dif- 
 ficulty. Dryden' s Dufrcfnoy. 
 
 5. To have commerce with a different fex. 
 
 Being alked by foKie of her fex, in how long 
 a time a woman might be allowed to piay to 
 the gods, after having converfed ivith a man.* 
 If it were a hutband, fays (he, the next day ; 
 if a (Granger, never. Guatdian. 
 
 Co'nverse. n.f. [from the verb. It is 
 fometimes accented on the firft fyllable, 
 fometimes on the lad. Pope has ufed 
 both : the firft is more analogical.] 
 
 1. Converfation; manner of difcourfing in 
 familiar life. 
 
 His convcifc is a fyftcm fit 
 Alone to fill up all her wit. Swift. 
 
 Gen'rous converfe, a foul exempt from pride. 
 And love to piaife with reafon on his fide. Pope. 
 
 Foim'd by thy cotverfe happily to fleer 
 From grave to gay, from lively to fevere. Pope. 
 
 2. Acquaintance; cohabitation ; familiarity. 
 
 Though it be neceflitaied, by its relation to 
 flefh, to a tcrreftrial converfe; yet it is, like the 
 fun,wirtiout contaminating its tieams. GumvilU. 
 
 By fuch a free converfe with perfons of dif- 
 ferent fefls, we (hall find that there are perfons 
 of good fenfe and virtue, perfons of piety and 
 worth. IVatts on the Mind. 
 
 3. In geometry, [from conveifus.^ 
 
 A propofition is (aid to be the converfe of 
 another, when, after drawing a conclufion from" 
 fomething firfl propofed, we proceed to fuppnfe 
 what had been before concluded, and to draw 
 from it what had been fuppofed. Thus, if two 
 fides of a triangle be equal, the angles oppofitc 
 to thofc fides are alfo equal ; the irojsr'wyi of the 
 propofition i?, that if two angles of a triangle be 
 equal, the fides oppufite to thofc angles are alfo 
 ':H"3'- Chambers^ 
 
 Con V e'r s E L v. adv. [ from converfe. ] With 
 change of order-y in a contrary order ; 
 reciprocally. 
 
 Conve'rsion. n. f. {converfio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Change from 6ne Hate into another- 
 tranfmutation. 
 
 Artificial comic fion of water into ice, is the 
 work of a few hours ; and this of air may be 
 tried by a month's fpace. Baan. 
 
 There are no fuch natural gradations, and con. 
 veifions of one metal and mineral into another 
 ill the earth, as many have fancied. tVoodward. 
 
 The cimvcrfion of tiie aliment into fat, is not 
 properly nutrition. ylrhuthnot. 
 
 2. Change from reprobation to grace, 
 from a bad to a holy life. 
 
 3. Change from one religion to another. 
 
 They p.iffed through Phcnice and Samaria, 
 declaring the tmverfion of the Gentiles. jia, 
 
 3 P
 
 CON 
 
 4. Th« interchange of terms in an argu- 
 ment : as, no -virtue is vice ; no -vice is 
 virtue. Chambers. 
 
 5. Conversion of Equations, in algebra, 
 is the reducing of a fractional equation 
 into an integral one. 
 
 Conve'rsive. atlj. \_irom converfe.] Con- 
 
 verfable ; fociable. 
 To CONVE'RT. ■:•. a. {csnverto, Lat.J 
 1 . To change into another fubftance ; to 
 
 tranfmute. 
 
 If the whole atmofphere was converted into 
 water, it would make no more than eleven yards 
 
 water about the earth. _ _ Burnet. 
 
 Z. To change from one religion to another. 
 Aiifultine is cunvcr'.td Ly St.Ambiofe's lermon, 
 wl'.er. he came to it on no fucli dcfign. Umnm'^n.i. 
 3. To turn from a bad to a good life. 
 
 He which corrvcrteth the finner from the cr- 
 
 rour of his way, Oiail fave a foul from death, 
 
 »nd fliall hide a multitude of fins. Jama. 
 
 Then will I teach tranfgreffors thy ways, and 
 
 finners Ihall be converted unto thee. PJalms. 
 
 A. To turn toward any point. 
 
 Cryftal will caliif}' i:)to cleftricity, and con- 
 vert the needle freely placed. Brown. 
 
 5. To apply to any ufe ; to appropriate. 
 
 The abundance of the lea (hall be ivtvcmJ 
 tinto thee, the forces of the Gentiles (hall come 
 »i]ito thee. I/arnli. 
 
 He acquitted UimQ^f not like an honcft man ; 
 foi he co.nverted the prizes to his own ufe. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Ccim. 
 
 6. To change one propofuion into ano- 
 ther, fo that what was the fubjeft of 
 the firll becomes the predicate of the 
 fecond. 
 
 The papifts cannot abide this propofition eo/i- 
 
 I'L-rieJ : all fin is a tranfgrcirion of the law; but 
 
 every tranfgieflion of the law is fin. The apofiie 
 
 therefore turns it for us : ail unvightcoufnels, 
 
 favs he, is fin ; but every tranfgreffion of the 
 
 Jaw is unriguteoufncfs, faysAurtin, upon the 
 
 place. '''■'■ 
 
 To Conve'ri . -v. n. To undergo a change; 
 
 to be tranfmuted. 
 
 The love of wicked friends convert! 10 fear; 
 
 .That fear, 10 hate. Shakjpeaie'i Rich.ird \i. 
 
 They rub out of it a red du(t which conveneth 
 
 into worms, which they kill with wine. Sjndyi. 
 
 Co'nvert. n.f. [from the verb.] A p^-r- 
 
 fon converted from one opinion or one 
 
 practice to another. 
 
 The jcfuits did not perfuade the converts to 
 
 lay afidc the ufe of im.iges. SriJIingflcet. 
 
 Wh.en Pbtonifm prevailed, the converts to 
 
 cfcrilVnnity of that fchool interpreted Holy "Writ 
 
 according to tl-.at philofophy. , Locke. 
 
 Let us no; imagine tiiat the firft converts only 
 
 pf chrifli.mity were concerned to defend their 
 
 icligion. - Rog!r,. 
 
 Converter, n /. [from fonivv/.] One 
 
 that makes converts. 
 CoNVERTiBrLTTy. w. /. [from convei-ti- 
 llc] The quality of being poffiblc to 
 be converted. 
 Convertible, fl.//. [from convert.] 
 
 1. Sufccptlble of change ; tranfmutable ; 
 capable of tranfmutalion. 
 
 Mineralb are not ro/w<'.'.o/> into another fpe- 
 iles, though of the fame genus; nor reducible 
 jato another genus. _ Barmy. 
 
 The gall is not an alkali ; but it is alkalcfcent, 
 
 concc-ptlblc and anvcrtiliie iirto a corrofive alkali. 
 
 ylrbutltnot an Aliments. 
 
 2. So much alike as that one may be ufed 
 for the- other. 
 
 Though i! be no! t!ie real cflTcncc of any fub- 
 ftance, it is the fpccitick cffmcc, to which our 
 jiiaic bstjns*; ant) is ctn\eriible with it. Lode 
 
 CON 
 
 Many that call themfelvcs proteftants, look 
 upon our worlhip to be idolalrousas well as that 
 of the papifts; and put prelacy and popery to- 
 gether, as terms convertSle. Sw?ft. 
 Conve'rtibly. aJ-v. [_[rom convertiile.2 
 Reciprocally ; with interchange of 
 terms. 
 
 There never was any perfon ungrateful, who 
 was not alfo proud; nor, cormerfibly, any one 
 proud, who was not equally ungrateful. South. 
 Co'kvertite. n. f. [convert!, Fr.] A 
 convert ; one converted from another 
 opinion. Not in ufe. 
 
 Since you are a gentle convertite. 
 My tongue (hall hulh again this llorm of war. 
 
 Stsaifpettre. 
 
 Nor would I be a convertite fo cold, 
 
 As not to tell it. Donne. 
 
 CO'NVEX. a^/. [f onw.vuj-, Lat. ] Riling 
 
 in a circular form ; oppofite to concave. 
 
 It is the duty of a painter, even in this 
 
 alfo, to imitate the convex mirrour, and to place 
 
 nothing which glares at the border of his 
 
 picture. , Dryde?:. 
 
 An orb or ball ro»nd its own axis whirl ; 
 Will not the motion to a diitance hurl 
 Whatever duft or fand you on it place, 
 And drops of water from its convex face .' Bhchn. 
 Co'nvex. n.f. A convex body ; a body 
 fuelling e.Kternally into a circular form. 
 
 A cumct draws a lung extended blaze ; 
 From eaft to weft burns thro' th' ethereal fianic. 
 And half hcav'n's c2/!i;i?.v glitteis with the flame. 
 
 Tickd. 
 Conve'xed. partkip. adj. [from convex.'\ 
 Formed convex ; protuberant in a cir- 
 cular form. 
 
 Dolphins are Itraight; nor have they their fpine 
 convexcd, or more confiderably embowed than 
 either (harks, porpoifes, whales, or other ceta- 
 ceous animals. Byoit-iri's Vulgar JLyrours. 
 
 Conve'xedlv. flfl'i). \{xoxc^sonvexed.'\ In 
 a convex form. 
 
 They be drawn convexedJy crooked in one piece ; 
 yet the dolphin, that canieth Anon, is cun- 
 cavoully inverted, and hath its fptne depieilcd. 
 
 B>0-.uns Fii'gar Errours. 
 
 Conve'xity. n.f. [from convex.'\ Pro- 
 tuberance in a circular form. ■ 
 
 Convex glafTes fupply the defe<S of plumpnefs 
 in the eye, and, by increafing the refraction, 
 make the rays converge fooner, fo as to convene 
 diftiniSly at the bottom of the eye, if the glafs 
 have a due degree of co^rfMvVy. Neivton- 
 
 If the eye were fo piercing as ro defcr\^ even 
 opake and litileobjciffs a hundred leagues oii, it 
 would do us little fervice^ it would be termina- 
 ted by neighbouring iiills and woods, or, in the 
 i.ugeil and eveneli plain, by the very co^t/f.v/7y 
 of the earth. Bemley. 
 
 Conve'xly. adv. [from convc.-c.] In a 
 convex form. 
 
 Almofl all, both blunt and (harp, src eo'tve.\ ly 
 conical ; they a;e al! along convex, not only per 
 amhit:tv:, but between bolh ends. Grew. 
 
 Conve'xness. n.f. [from convex.] Sphe- 
 roidical prottibetance ; convexity. 
 
 Conveso-coxc.we. ti.-fj. Having the 
 hollow on the inlide correfponding to 
 the external protuberance. 
 
 Thefe are the phenomena of thick conve.xo- 
 concuve plates of glafs, wii:ch are cv^cry where ut 
 the fame ttiicknefs. Ne'.do't. 
 
 To CONVEY. 1'. a. [conveljo, Latin.] 
 
 1, To carry ; to transport from one place 
 to another. 
 
 Let letters be given mc to the govcinouis bc- 
 
 ytmd the river, th;jt they may corrvcy me over 
 
 till i come into Judca. AVAf»./..r 
 
 1 will fci7'y them by fea, in floats, unto tie 
 
 I a;c tMU Ihil'. apo'nt me. I Kii:^'. 
 
 CON 
 
 2. To hand from one to another. 
 
 A divine natural right could not be conveyed 
 down, without any plain, natural, or divine 
 rule concerning it. Lode, 
 
 3. To remove fecretly. 
 There was one conveyed out of my houfe yefter* 
 
 day in tliis balket. Shakj^earc^ 
 
 4. To bring any thing, as" an inftrument 
 of tranfmifiion ; to tranfmit. 
 
 Since there appears not to be any ideas in the 
 mind, before the fenfes have conveyed any in, 
 I conceive that ideas in the underftanding are 
 coeval with fcnfation. Locke, 
 
 5. To transfer ; to deliver to another. 
 The earl of Defmond, before his breaking 
 
 forth into rebellion, conveyed itzxeilyaXX his lands 
 to feoffees in truft. Spenfer. 
 
 Adam's property or private dominion could 
 not co/n:cy any foveicignty or rule to his heir, 
 ■who, not having a right to inherit all his father's 
 poffcflion.s, could not thereby come to have any 
 fovereignty over his brethren. Locke, 
 
 6. To impart, by means of fomething. 
 
 Men fill one another's heads witli noife and 
 found-^, but convey not thereby their thougV.ts. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 That which ufcs to produce the idea, though 
 CJTzveyid in by the ufual organ, not being taken 
 notice of, there follows no t'cnfation. Locke, 
 
 Some Tingle imperceptible bodies muft come 
 from them to the eyes, and thereby ccirfj' to the 
 biaia lome motion which produces thofc ideas. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 They give energy to our expreflions, and convey 
 our thoughts in more ardent and intcnfe phrafcs, 
 tl.an any in our own tuiigjc. Addijon, 
 
 7. To impart ; to introduce. 
 What obfcurcd light thft hcav'ns did grant. 
 
 Did but convey unto our fciitful minds 
 A rioubifu! warrant of immediate death. Shakf. 
 Othtrs convey themfelvcs into the mind by 
 moie fenfes than one. Locke, 
 
 8. To manage with privacy. 
 I will cofivey t'lic bufiiiefs as 1 fliall Hnd means, 
 
 and acCjcnint you withal. S^iikffiearf, 
 
 Hugh Ci'pet alfo, who ufurp'd the crown, 
 To fiiiC his title with fomc /hews of truth. 
 Conveyed himfelf as heir to th* lady Lengare. 
 
 Shitkffieare, 
 
 Conveyance, n.f. \_hQm convey .~\ 
 
 1. The a6t of removing any thing. 
 Tell her, thou mad'ii away her uncle Clarence, 
 
 Heruncie Rivers; ay, and for her i;ik,e, 
 Mad'rt quick conveyance with her good aunt Ann. 
 
 Shiikjpenre, 
 
 2. Way for carriage or tranfportation. 
 Foiiuwing tliC river downward, tiicre is con^ 
 
 veyance into the countries named in the text. 
 
 Rukgk'i Hifi. c/ PVorld, 
 
 Iron works ought to be confined to places where 
 
 there ii no arroeyanre for timber to pl;<ces of 
 
 vent, fo 3s to quir the coft of tiie carripgtr. Ttmpte. 
 
 3. The method of removing fecretly from 
 one place to another. 
 
 Your hufband'b here at hand ; bethink you of 
 fomc conveyance : in the houfe j ou cannot liid9 
 him. Shnkfpeare. 
 
 4. The means or Inilniment by which ajiy 
 thing IS conveyed. 
 
 \Vc powt upon the morning, are unapt 
 To give or to ioigivc ; but when we've liufT'd 
 Thcfc pipes, and theft conveyances of blood, 
 With wine and feeding, wc have fuppler fouls 
 Shakjpetire's Corio/anuf. 
 
 IIow fuch a variety of motions fhoiild be re- 
 gularly condu£led, in fuch a wildcrnefs of paf- 
 fages and diltin^ ^^vcnues, by mere impellents 
 and material c^onveyancesf I have not the Icaft 
 conjciflure. C/*i«. Sen. Vog. 
 
 y. Tranfmifiion ; delivery from one to an- 
 cthet. 
 
 Our author has provided for the defcending 
 and couviyar.cs down of Ad.im's momrchicai 
 power, or patcrnaj dam n ion j to puficnty. Locic
 
 CON 
 
 6. Acl of transferring property ; grant, 
 Do'.h not the ail ot the p.ncnts, iii any l.iw!'ul 
 grant or conveyancsj bind tlicir heirs for cvlt 
 thereunto? Sfcnftrm IrV.,,,!. 
 
 •}. Writing by which property is tranf- 
 ferrcd. 
 
 The \'ery ct)nvfy'tfice% of his lands will hardly 
 lie in this box ; and mult tlic inheritor himfcif 
 haji'C nu itiore ? Shitkjfcurr. 
 
 This begot a fuit in tlic chancery before tiie 
 lord Coventry, who found the cnnveyanccs in law 
 to be fo firm, that ia juftite he mult decree the 
 land to the carl. Clarimim. 
 
 $. Secret management ; juggling nrtitlcc ; 
 private removal ; fecrct lubftitution of 
 one thing for another. 
 
 It comcth herein to pafs with men, unadvifedly 
 fallen into error, as with them wlvifc Ilatc hath 
 no ground to uphold it, but only the help which, 
 by fubtilc ain-jiyj'icf, tiiey draw out of cafiial 
 events, ariTing from day to d.iy, till at Ini^th 
 they be clean fpcnt. Hiohr. 
 
 Clofc co'ivij.i-icr, and each praflicc ill 
 Of colinage and kiv.ivciy. Si>;>ifrr. 
 
 I im this day come lo furvey the Tower ; 
 Since Henry's death, I fear, there is conveyance 
 
 Shokfpeare. 
 
 Cant'.icy not juRs'^i and with (liglit 
 Omvi-yMicc play with wrong and right ? Hudih. 
 
 Conve'yancer. n.f. [from coiivcyance.'\ 
 A lawyer who draws writings by wliicli 
 properly is transferred. 
 Conve'yi.r. n. f. [from cc/iivey.'] One 
 who carries Or tranfmits any thing from 
 one place or perfon to another. 
 
 The convfyon of waters of thefc times content 
 thcmfclvcs with one inch of fall in fix hundred 
 feet. B'CfiiVioJ on Laitgti,iges. 
 
 Thofe who ftand before earthly princes, in the 
 ncareft degree of approach, wl:o are the difpenfers 
 of their favours, and cMviyc-s of their will, to 
 others, do, on that very account, chalrenge high 
 honours to themfelves. Attcrbury, 
 
 ToCONVrCT. v. a. {convlnco, Lat.] 
 
 1. To prove guilty ; to deleft in guill. 
 
 And they which heard it, being cmxiiOcd by 
 their own tonfcicnce, went out one l>y one. 'John. 
 
 Things, that at the fiift (liew teemed pofiihle, 
 by rippnig up the performance of tiieni, have 
 been convldUd of iflipulTibility. Sacon. 
 
 2. To confute ; to difcover to be falfe. 
 
 AlthoUj^h not only the rcafon of any head, 
 but experience of every hand, may well rorvi^ 
 it, yet will it not by divers be rcjedled. Biqwii. 
 
 3. To (how by proof or evidence. 
 
 If there be no fuch thing appnient upon re- 
 cord, they do as if one (Kuuid demand a legacy 
 by virtue of fome written tellament, wherein 
 there being no fuch thing fpecified, hepleadeih 
 that there it muft needs be, and bringeth argu- 
 ments from the love which, always the teftator bore 
 him; imagining that thefe proofs will co/nic? a 
 feflament to h.ive that in it, which other men cnn 
 no where by reading find. li'^oLer. 
 
 CoNVi'rx. adj. [rather the part'icipk of 
 the verb.] Convifted ; detefled in guilt. 
 
 Before I be c^iii^} by courfc of law. 
 To threaten me with death, is moft unlawful. 
 
 Ry the civil law, a pzrhn co-iiji6}j or conic{nng 
 
 his own crime, cannot appeal. Ayfi^e. 
 
 CinviO a papift he, and I a poet. I'zpc, 
 
 Co'nvict. n. /. [from the verb.] A 
 perfon call at the bar ; one found guilty 
 of the crime charged againft hini ; a 
 criminal dettfted at his trial. 
 
 On the fcore of humanity, tiie civil law allows 
 a certain fpace of lime both to the convJif and to 
 perfons confcliiiig, in order to fatisfy the judg- 
 ment. Ayt'i^'c's Pitrergir:, 
 
 Coxvi'cTiON. n. /. [fiom corivici. 2 
 
 CON 
 
 1, DetcAion of guilt, which i?, in !a\T, 
 ciilici when a man is outlawed, or ap- 
 pears and confc'lIVs, or clfc is found 
 guilty by tlic inqucll. CoiveJI, 
 
 'J he rhird beft .ihfciu is condemned, 
 Convict by iiiy:lit, and ichcl to all lawj 
 OjfiviOion-Xo the fcrpciit none belongs. Milton. 
 
 2, The a£l of convincing ; confutation; 
 the a£l of forcing others, by argument, 
 to allow a poiition. 
 
 When ihtrcfoic the apoJllc rcquircth hnbility 
 to convidt hcrciick?;, can wc chink hcjudgcth it 
 a thing unlavvful, and nut lathcr needful, to ufc 
 the pruicip;il inili umciit uf their convi^iony tlic 
 light uf rcalVn ? Hooker. 
 
 The manner of his convifiion was dcliijncd, 
 not as a peculiar isrivilcgt to him,, but as a Itand- 
 ing mir.-icie, a hilling argument for the conviiiiofi 
 of others, to the very end of the world. ^Itttrb, 
 
 3, State of bt:ing convinced. 
 
 Their wifdom is only uf this world, to put 
 falfc colours upon things, to call good evil, and 
 evil good, againft the corrviSfion of their own 
 confcitncos. Swift . 
 
 CoNVi'CTivr. adj. [from ^c«ij/c7.] Hav- 
 ing the power of convincing. 
 TbCONVrNCE. v,a. [conv'mco, Lat.] 
 
 1. To force any one to acknowledge a 
 contePad poiition. 
 
 That which I have all tliis while V<ecn endea- 
 vouring to convince men ot, and to pcrkiudc 
 them to, is no otlicr but what Cud himUlf duth 
 partictdarly recommend to us, as proper for hu- 
 naan confideration. T:t!otJon. 
 
 But, having Ihlfted ev'ry furm to Tcapc, 
 Co/n.'/wfVof conqucrt, he r>.funrd lus fhapc. Dry. 
 
 Hiftory ii alt tlic light wc have in many cafes; 
 and wc receive from it a great ptnc of the ureCnl 
 truths we have, with a conv:Kcit;g evidence, h^cki. 
 
 2. To convidl ; to prove guilty of. 
 
 To cokikhcc all that aie un^judly aniung them, 
 of all their ungodly deeds. J'^-^-- 
 
 The difcovery uf a truth forraeily unknown, 
 doth rather ffo?/i'/nirf man of ignorance, than na- 
 ture of crrour. Riileigh, 
 
 O feek. not to cor.vlrce me of a crime. 
 Which I can ne'er repent, nor can you pardon. 
 
 3. To evince ; to prove; to man i fed ; to 
 
 vindicate. Not in ufe. 
 
 Your Italy contains none fo accompliflicd a 
 
 courtier, to convince the honour of my miflicfs. 
 
 Shukf^ejtre*i CymbcUne. 
 
 This letter, inrtead of a confutation, only 
 
 urgcth me to prove divtrs paOagcs of my fermon, 
 
 which M. Chcyncl's part was to cawvUice. 
 
 Dr. hUifir. 
 
 4t To overpower ; to furmount. Obfo- 
 lete. 
 
 There are a crew ofwrftclicd fouls 
 That flay his cure; their vt\'x\2i<\y cannimcs 
 The great cfiay ot' arr. Shakf^earc. 
 
 Knives be fuch abroad, 
 Who having, by their own importunate fuir, 
 Or voluntary dot;igc of fom . niiftrcls, 
 CoTivi'ic'dor fuppk-d ihcm, ihey cannot chufe 
 But they muft blab. Hhakj^'faf:. 
 
 When Duncan is ?fleep, his two chamherhiins 
 Will I witii wine and walT<;l fo coni-tn::e 
 That memory, the warder of the biain, 
 Shall be a fume. Sh^kfpftire. 
 
 Coxvi'nckmf.nt. n. f. [from CQnvittC€*~\ 
 
 Convidlion, 
 
 If rhar i)c not convincemcnt enough, let him 
 weigh rhc other alfo. .# Decay of Piety. 
 
 CoNvr'NctBLE. aJJ. I (i-om convif tee. 1 
 
 1, Capable of conviciiou. 
 
 2. Capable of being evidently difproved 
 or detcftt^d. 
 
 Upon what uncertainties, and alfo ccnifuil/e 
 falfities, they often crcftcd lucli emblems, wc 
 have delivered, U'-^n. 
 
 CON 
 
 CoNvi'^ciVGLy. adv. [from tMv'itief.'} 
 Ill f'.ich a ii;aiincr as to leave no room 
 for doubt or difputc ; fo as to {uoduce 
 convidlion. 
 
 This he did fo particularly ai-rl nmincingly, 
 rliar thofe of the parliament weic in great coii- 
 fufion, alitrendort. 
 
 The rcfurreflion is fo foffirirrci/t^/y attoflcd by * 
 fuch pcifons, with fuch circumAan'ce*, that they 
 who confuler and weigh the teliiniony, at what 
 tliflance focvcr they are placed, cannrjt entertain 
 any more doubt of the refurreition than the 
 crucifi>ion of Jefus. AlUiiuty. 
 
 CoNv i'ncingness. n.f. [from «Mi)//if- 
 '"S-'\ The power of convincing. 
 
 To CONVrVE. V. a. [^convivo, Lat.] 
 To entertain ; to ftaft. A word, I be- 
 lieve, not elfcwhcre ufcd. 
 
 Firli, all you peers of Greece, go to my tent, 
 There in tl-,c full commc you. Shak. fro. anJCiff. 
 
 CoNvi'vAL. lajj. [conz'ivalis, Latin. J 
 CoNvi'vuL. ) Relating to aa enter- 
 tainment ; feflal ; focial. 
 
 I was tie tiift who fct lip fcftivals; 
 Not with high taflcs our appcutes did forcr^ 
 Kut fih'd With converfaticn a/id difcourfe ; 
 Which feails, c6/n;iv!al mectingi we did nam(». 
 
 DcnhoiH. 
 Your focial and ccm-ivial fpirit is fuch, th.;t 
 it li a liappincfs tu live and convcrfe with you. 
 
 Dr, NciLton. 
 
 Conu'ndrum. n.f. A low jefl: ; a quib- 
 ble ; a mean conceit : a cant word. 
 
 Mc:in time he fnioaks, and laughs at nicriy t ■!'•, 
 Or pun ambiguous, or conundtttrr. quaint. Phifipi, 
 
 •ZoCO'NVOCATE. v. a. [roniwo.Lat.] 
 To call together ; to fiimmon lu an af- 
 
 fembly. 
 CoNvoc a'tion. n.f. \_coj:vocat!n, I.al.} 
 
 1. The aft of calling lo an afiembly. 
 
 Diaphantus, malcing a general coni'orati'jti, 
 fpake to them in this manner. Sidney. 
 
 2. An afrembly. 
 
 On the eighth day fliall be an l.oly cun'.ocallin 
 unto you. Lniiiicus. 
 
 3. An affcmbly of the clergy for conful- 
 tation upon matters ecckfiallital, in 
 time of parliament: and, as the parh':^- 
 ment confifts of two t]i(iii-,£t houfes, fo 
 does this ; the one called the upper 
 lioufe, where the arclibiflu ps and iMfliops 
 fit fevcrally by thcmfclvcs; the other 
 the lower houfe, where all the red of 
 the clergy are rcprcfenied by their de- 
 puties. Co'-j.-dL 
 
 I have made an off.T to his mnjtft^, 
 Upon 0:11 fpiritual ronvKtCdti'jn^ 
 As touching France, to give a greater fum 
 Than ever at one time the clergy yet 
 Did to his pr;deceffors part withal. Slwkfpeare. 
 
 This is the declaration of oin- church about it, 
 made by thofe who met in coni'tcathn. Slillingjl. 
 Tu CONVO'KE. V. o.. [corii'oco, Lat.] 
 To call together; to fummon to an af- 
 fcmbly. 
 
 AlVemblies pxerclfc their li-giPature at tl e 
 times that their conftitution, or their own ari- 
 joinnment, appoints, if there be no other w.iy 
 picfcribed to c:m'oic them. Lorle, 
 
 When next the morning warms the purpio cart, 
 Comcke the peerage. Pofe's Oiyffey. 
 
 The fenale originilly ccnfiftcd all of jicbles, 
 the people being only coir.'.hcd upon fuch oces- 
 fions as fell into theii cognizance. S'Wj/f. 
 
 To CONVOLVE, v.a. [nrmoho, Lat.] 
 To roll together ; to roll one part upoli 
 another. 
 
 lie W". i;l.'d him to and Fro auvf'iv'J, ^'J.'Uui 
 
 3 f 2
 
 CON 
 
 It is a wonderful artifice how newly liutc'.ied 
 maggots, not the parent animal, becr.uie Ihe 
 emirs no web, nor hath any tcUiine arr, can 
 convolve the ftubhorn leaf, and bmd it wiih the 
 thread it weaves from its body. Dcrham. 
 
 Us'd to milder I'cents, the tender race 
 By thoufands tumble from their honey'd domes, 
 CiTOofoVand agonizing in the duft. Vmnjon. 
 Co'nvoluted. part, [of the verb I have 
 -found no example.] TwiRcd ; rolled 
 upon itfelf. 
 
 This dilFers from Mufcovy-glafs only in this, 
 
 that the plates of that are fiat and plain, whereas 
 
 thcfe arc convo'uleJ and infleiftcd. IV'jo.huard. 
 
 Convolu'tion. «./. [coimolutio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of rolling any thing upon it- 
 felf; the ftate of being rolled upon 
 
 itfelf. 
 
 Obferve the comiolii tlon oU'r.t faid fibres in all 
 
 other glands, in the fame or fome other manner. 
 
 Grcws Ccjmohgia. 
 
 A thoufand fecret, fubtle pipes beftoMr, 
 
 Flora which, by num'tous convolutiaui wound, 
 
 Wrapp'd with th' attending nerve, and twi.Hed 
 
 round. Blackmnc. 
 
 2 . The ftate of rolling together in com- 
 pany. 
 
 And tofs'd wide round, 
 O'er the calm fea, in nmwhtion fwift 
 The feather'd eddy floats. Thimfon's yfutumn. 
 To GONVO'Y. V. a. Iconvoyrr, French, 
 from conware, low Latin.] To accom- 
 pany by land or fea, for the fake of de- 
 fence : as, he was convoyed by foips of 
 miar. 
 Co'nvoy. n. f. [from the verb. An- 
 ciently the accent was on the laft fylla- 
 ble ; it is now on the firft.] 
 
 1 . Force attending on the road by way of 
 defence. 
 
 Had not God fet peculiar value upon his tem- 
 ple, he would not have made himfelf his peo- 
 ple's convoy to fecure them in their paffagc. to it. 
 South's Sermons. 
 My foul grows hard, and cannot death endure ; 
 Your convoy makes the dangerous way fecure. 
 
 Dryden's J/urcngzeie. 
 Convey (hips accompany ttieir merch.mts, till 
 they may profccute the voyage without danger. 
 Dryden'i Prcf.ice, Dujcefn-y. 
 
 2. The aft of attending as a defence. 
 
 Such fellows will learn you by rote where 
 feniccs were done ; at fueh a breach, at fuch a 
 convoy. Shnhfpeari' s Henry v. 
 
 Swift, as a (pavkle of a glancing ftar, 
 I (hoot from heav'n to give him fefe convoy. 
 Milton's Paradife Regained. 
 
 3. Conveyance. Not in ufe. 
 
 Sifter, as the winds give benefit. 
 And convoy is affiftant, do not flcep. 
 But let me hear from you. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Co'nusance. n.f. [cono't/fance, French.] 
 Cognizance ; notice ; knowledge. A 
 law term. 
 To CONVU'LSE. V. a. [convtijfus, Lat.] 
 To give an irregular and involuntary 
 motion to the parts of any body. 
 
 Follows the loofen'd, aggravated roar. 
 Enlarging, deepening, mingling peal'on peal, 
 Crulh'd horiible, convulftng heaven and earth. 
 
 . Thomson. 
 
 Cokvu'lsion. n.f. {^cotmulfw, Lat.] 
 1, A convulfwn is an involuntary contrac- 
 tion of the fibres and muWes, whereby 
 the body and limbs are preternaturally 
 diftorted. ■5i"'"0'- 
 
 If my hand be put into motion by a convul- 
 fion, the indiflereney of that operative iacult)' is 
 taken away, Locf.e. 
 
 COO 
 
 2. Any irregular and violent meiion ; tu- 
 mult ; coinmotiori ; dillurbance. 
 
 All have been fubjeȣl to fome concuiTions, and 
 fall under the fame convulfions of ftate, by dlf- 
 fcnficns or invafions. Timf/e. 
 
 Convu'lsive. adj. [conviilff, Fr.] That 
 produces involuntary motion j that gives 
 twitches or fpafms. 
 
 They are irregular and confvulfive gjrotions, or 
 ftrugglings of the fpirits. _ Hale. 
 
 Shew me the Hying foul's eotmulfme ftrife. 
 And all the angiiilh of departing life. Dry.lcn. 
 Her colour chang'd, her face was not tiie 
 fame. 
 And hollow groans from her deep fpirit came; 
 Her hair llood up; canvuijnie rage poffefs'd 
 Her trembling lirabs, and heav'd her labMiig 
 bieatt. Drydcrt. 
 
 In filence weep, 
 Anti thy coKvulftve forrows inward keep. Prior. 
 
 CO'NY. n.f. [Lanin, Germ, coimil or 
 eonniii, Fr. eumculus, Lat. ] A rabbit ; 
 an animal that burrov.s in the ground. 
 
 With a fl>ott-;eggd iien. 
 Lemons and wine for fauce ; to thefe a cony 
 Is not to be defpair'd of, for our money. 
 
 Ben fonfoii'i Efig. 
 
 The hulbandman fufFers by hares and conyt, 
 
 which eat the corn and trees. Mortimer. 
 
 CoKY-BOROUGH. K. f. A place where 
 
 rabbits make their holes in the ground. 
 
 To Co'nvc.^tch. "v. n. To catch a cony, 
 
 is, in the old cant of thieves, to cheat ; 
 
 to bite ; to trick. 
 
 I have matter in my head againft you, and 
 againft your cony-catching rafcals. Shakfpeare. 
 Co'nycatcher. n.f. A thief; a cheat ; 
 a (harper; a tricking fellow ; a rafcal. 
 Obfolete. 
 To Coo. v. n. [from the found.] To cry 
 as a dove or pigeon. 
 
 The flockdove only through the foreft cooes, 
 Mournfully honrfe. Thomfon's Summer. 
 
 COOK. n.f. {coquiis, Lat.] One whofe 
 profeflion is to drefs and prepare victuals 
 for the table. 
 
 One miftrefs Quickly is in the manner of his 
 nurfe, or his dry-nurfe, or his cook^ or his laundry, 
 his walher, and his wringer. Shakffe.nc. 
 
 The new-born babe by nurfes overlaid. 
 
 And the cook caught within the raging fire he 
 
 made. Dryden. 
 
 Their cooki could make artificial birds and 
 
 filhes, in default of the real ones, and which 
 
 exceeded them in the e.-iquifitenefs of the tafte. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Coins. 
 
 CooK-M.\iD. n.f. [cook 3.x\A maid. '\ A 
 maid that drefles provifions. 
 
 A friend was complaining to me, that his wife 
 had turned off one of the belt co-jk-maids in Eng- 
 land. yJddifon. 
 
 Cook-rOom. n. f. [cook and room.'\ A 
 room in which provifions are prepared 
 for the fliip's crew; the kitchen of a 
 
 fhlp. 
 
 The commodity of this new cook-room the 
 merchants having found to be fo gveat, as that in 
 all their (hips the cook-ro'.ms are built in their 
 fore-caftles, contrary to that which had been 
 anciently ufed. Raleigh's Ejfays. 
 
 To Cook. f. a. [coquo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To prepare viAuals for the table. 
 
 Had either of the crimes been cooked to their 
 palates, they might have changed meffes. 
 ^ Decay of Piety. 
 
 2. To prepare for any purpofe. 
 
 Hanging Is the word, fir; if you be ready for 
 that, you are well cookt. Sl:.,ifpearc. 
 
 Coo'kery. n.f. [from ctjok.} The art 
 of dreffing viftuals. 
 
 COO 
 
 SuTi;' r .' *; V it 
 
 Found ih' art of ■ 
 
 More bodies .'. c -, 
 
 Than with the IV.-. , ..:.■ .;. 
 
 Ev*ty onc'xo c.kiiy prttci y, 
 
 Thefc;irc the ingicdicnis oi pi;iiii..> uci'.i -y 
 
 are prepared by ciok ty. Arbui "... -/. 
 
 COOL. adj. {koihn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Somewhat cold ; approaching to cold. 
 
 He fethis kj h; .< ■ .:-r";nL :i !■,,; a. he i „uld 
 well endui 
 
 . - .; /e. 
 
 2. Notzealouj ; not aidcul ; not angry; 
 not fond; without pafiion : as, a cool 
 friend ; a cool deceiver. 
 
 Cool. n.f. Freedom from heat 5 foft and 
 refrefhing coldnefs. 
 
 But fee where Lucia, at i;'r wont?:? hc;.;r, 
 Amd the cool of yon high n 
 Enjoys tiic noon-day bicej.c. ..'. /ot. 
 
 Philander was enjoying the i ; . 01 iiic ir.orr.ing, 
 among the dews that lay on every tiling ahuut 
 him, and tliat gave the air a ficflinefs. Jidditon. 
 To CooL. -v. a. [kockn, Dutch.] 
 I. To make cool ; to allay heat. 
 
 Snow rhey \x(f: in Naples inftead of ice, b,e- 
 
 caufe, as they fay, it cools or congeals any liquor 
 
 fooner. Jlddifon on Italy. 
 
 Jelly of currants, or the jelly of any ripe fubacid 
 
 fruit, is cooling, and very agreeable to the fto- 
 
 mach. jirhitthnot on Diet. 
 
 1. To quiet paffion ; to calm anger; to 
 
 moderate zeal. 
 
 My lord Northumberland will foon be cooVd. 
 
 Shaifpcnre^s Henry iv. 
 
 He will keep his jealoufy to himfelf, and 
 
 repine in private, becaufe he will be apt to fear 
 
 fome ill ed'eft it may produce in cooling your love 
 
 to him. .fiddijon's Spe£itttor . 
 
 Had they thought they had been fighting only 
 
 other people's quarrels, perhaps it might have 
 
 cm/;<^ their zeal. Swiff. 
 
 To Cool.' v. n. 
 
 1. To grow lefs hot. 
 
 2. To grow lefs warm with regard to 
 paflion or inclination. 
 
 My humour (hall not cool; I will incenfe Ford 
 
 to deal with poifon ; I will poffcfs him with 
 
 ycllowncfs. S/uk/feare. 
 
 You never r5c/ while you read Homer. Dryden. 
 
 I'm impatient till it be tt ne ; I v/lU not give 
 
 myfelf liberty to think, left I Ihould coot. 
 
 Congrcve's Old Bachelor. 
 Co'oLER. n.f. [fromfOi/.] 
 
 1. That which has the power of cooling 
 
 the body. 
 
 Coolers arc of two forts; firtf, thofc which 
 produce an immediate fenfe of cold, which ate 
 fuch as have their parts in lefs motion than thofe 
 of the organs of feeling ; and feco.idly, fuch as, 
 by particular vlfeidity, or groffiefs of parts, give 
 a greater confittence to the aaimal fluids than 
 they had before, whereby they cannot move fo 
 faft, and therefore will have kfs of that inteftinc 
 force on which their heat depei.di. The former 
 are fruits, all acid liquors, and common water ; 
 and the latter arc fuch as cucumbers, and all 
 fubftances producing vifcidity. (luiticy. 
 
 In dogs or cats there appeared the fame ne- 
 cclfuy for a cooler as in man. Harviy. 
 
 Acid things were ufed only as coolers. 
 
 -4thuthriot on Aliments. 
 
 2. A veflel in which any thing is made 
 
 cool. 
 
 Your firft wort being thus boiled, lade off into 
 one or more coolers, or cool-backs, in which lca\e 
 the fulhige behind, and let it run off fine. 
 
 Mortimer's Hufhandry. 
 Co'oLLY. ailv. [from cool.^ 
 I. AVithout heat, or (harp cold. 
 
 She In the gelid caverns, woodbine wrought, 
 And frcfh bedew'd with ever-fpnuting flreams. 
 Sits coolly calm. thomfon's Summtr, 
 
 7
 
 coo 
 
 8. V/iihout paflTion. 
 
 M iiivfs that Kiidiefs thcmfclves cM.'/y to our 
 rcafon, a;e liucll to be employed upon rcafonabk 
 creatures. ^Itcrbuyy. 
 
 Co'oLNESs. n. y. [from coo/.] 
 
 1 . Genilt cold ; a foft or mild degree of 
 cold. 
 
 This di8fcicnce confiActh not in the heat or 
 cooijtiji of.l'pirits; for cloves and other fpifrcs, 
 lupli'.a, and petroleum, have exceeding; hot fpi- 
 rits, hotter a great deal than oil, wax, or tallow, 
 but not inflamed. B.tcjn\ Naturat Ihjtory. 
 
 The toad loveth fliadc and co'jimf:. B^con. 
 
 Yondei the hatvelt uf cold months laid up, 
 Gi^'Cs a frelh cjohiefi to the royal cup ; 
 There ice, like crvilal, fiim and rcver lort, 
 Tempers hot July uitii December's froft. JVallci. 
 
 The Iheep enjoy the calncfi of the (hade. 
 
 Diy-icn^i i^irgli. 
 
 2. Want of a£fe£lion ; difinciination. 
 
 They parted with (uch co'Jmfs towards each 
 other, as if they fcarce hoped to meet again. 
 
 3. Fretdom from pafGon. 
 CooM. II. f. [ecumc, French] 
 
 1 . Soot that gathers over an oven's mouth. 
 
 Phillips. 
 
 2. That matter that works out of the 
 wheels of carriages. Bailey. 
 
 3. It is ufed in Scotland for the ufelefs 
 dull which falls from large coals. 
 
 Coomb, or Comb. n.f. [comik, ¥r. cumu- 
 lus, Latin, a heap. Skinner:'] A mca- 
 fure of corn containing four budicls. 
 
 Buii'ey. 
 
 COOP. n.f. [iuype, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . A barrel ; a velTel for the prefervation 
 of liquids. 
 
 2. A cage ; a pern for animals, as poultry 
 or (heep. 
 
 Gr.icchus was flain ihe day the chickens rcfufcd 
 10 cat out of the r^.cjt; and Claudius Pulcher un- 
 derwent the like fuccefs, when he contemned the 
 tripudiaiy auguiat-ot.s. Brcum. 
 
 There were a jjieat many crammed capons to- 
 geliicr in a coop. Jj E/trr.nge, 
 
 To Coop. V. a. [from the noun.] To 
 fhut up in a narrow compafs ; to con- 
 fine ; to cage ; to imprifon : when it is 
 ufed abfolutely, it has often, perhaps 
 always, the intenfive particle up. 
 
 That pale, that whiie-lac'd fliore, 
 Whofe foot fpuriis back the ocean's roaring tides. 
 And coopi from other lands her iflandcrs. Shakf. 
 
 The Englilhmen did coop up the lord Raven- 
 flcin, that he llirrednot; and likcwife held in 
 Urait (icgc the town. Bjam. 
 
 In the taking of a town the poor efcape better 
 than the rich j for the one is let go, and the other 
 is plundered and cooped up. JJEf.rcjn^e. 
 
 Twice conquer'd cowards, now your fliame is 
 Ihown, 
 Cooped up a fccond timt within your town ! 
 Who dare not ilTue forth in open held. Dryden. 
 
 One world fuflic'd not Alexander's mind ; 
 Coop'd up he feem'd, in earth and feas confin'd. 
 Vtydcn''s 'juveriLit. 
 
 Coop'd up in a narrow iflc, obferving dreams 
 With flattering wi7.;.rds. Dryden. 
 
 The Trojans, coof'd within their walls fo long, 
 L'nbar their gates, and ilTue in a throng. Dryden. 
 
 The contempt of all other knowledge, as if it 
 were nothing in comparifon of law or piiyfick, of 
 allrology 01 chymiltry, coops the underllanding 
 up within n.;rrow bounds, and hinders it from 
 looking abroad into other provinces of the iiucl- 
 lc451ual world. Locke. 
 
 They ar; cooped in clofe by the laws of their 
 countries, and the flridt guards of thofe whofe 
 inttreft it is to keep them ignorant. Locke. 
 
 COO 
 
 What I cKp whole armies in our wal!« jg.iiM ' 
 
 i>op-. 
 C )ope'k. n.y". \coupe,Vxtnch.'\ Amotion 
 
 in dancing. 
 Co'oPE!^. H. /. [from coop."] One that 
 makes coops or fcavrels. 
 
 Societies of artiliccrs and tradefmen, btilonging 
 to fonic towns corporate, fuch as weavers and 
 oiopcri, by virtue of their chartcri, pretend to i)ri 
 vilegc and jurifdidlion. C/.//./ 
 
 Co'oPERAGE. n.f. [from cooper.'] The 
 
 price paid for CDopcr's work. 
 To COOPERATE, v. n. {con wilopera, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To labour jointly with anotlier to the 
 fame end : it has with before the agent, 
 and lo before the end. 
 
 It puzzlcth and perplexetli the conceits of 
 many, that perhaps would otherwife cooperate 
 ivi'.h Inm, and makes a man walk almoft alone 
 to his own ends. Bucon. 
 
 By giving man a free will, he allows man 
 that higheil fatisfa«51ion and privilege of cooperat- 
 ing to his own felicity. Jioy/e. 
 
 2. To concur in producing the fame 
 effeft. 
 
 His mercy will not forgive offenders, or his 
 benignity coopirate to their converfions. 
 
 Sioiu/i^s Vulgar Hrrours. 
 
 All thcfe caufes cooperating, mull, at laft, 
 weaken their motion. Ckeyne. 
 
 The fpccial .\fls and impreffions by which the 
 Divine Spirit introduces this charge, and how far 
 human liberty cooperates luith if, are fubjeifls 
 beyond our comprehenfion. Rogen. 
 
 Coopera'tion. n. f. [from cooperate.] 
 The acl of contributing or concurring 
 to the fame end. 
 
 We n^ight work any effetfl without and againft 
 matter; ar.d this not holpen by the coopertiticn of 
 angcis 01- fpirits, but only by the unity and har- 
 mony of nature. Bacon's Natural Hijiory. 
 
 Coo'pERATivE. aJj. [from cooperate.] 
 Promoting the fame end jointly. 
 
 Cooper a'tor. n.f. [ixQ<m cooperate.] He 
 that, by joint endeavours, promotes the 
 fame end with others. 
 
 CoopTATiON. n.f. [cocpto, Lat.] Adop- 
 tion; aiTumption. 
 
 COO'RDINATE, adj. Icon and ore/ina- 
 tus, Lat.] Holding the fame rank; 
 not being fubordinate. Thus fiiellfith 
 may be divided into two coordinate kinds, 
 crufiaccous and \eftaceous ; each of 
 which is again divided into many fpecies, 
 fubordinate to the kind, but coordinate 
 to each other. 
 
 The word Analyfis fignifies the general and 
 particular heads of a difcourfe, with their mutual 
 connexions, both coordinate and fubordinate, 
 drawn out into one or more tables. IVntis. 
 
 Coo'rdinately. adv. [{rom coordinate.] 
 In the fame rank ; in the fame relation ; 
 without fubordination. 
 
 Coo'rdin ATENiss. n.f. [from coordi- 
 nate.] The flate of being coordinate. 
 
 Coordina'tion. n.f. [hom coordinate.] 
 The ilate of holding the farre rank ; of 
 fianding in the fame relation to fome- 
 thing higher ; collateralnefs. 
 
 In this high court of parliament there is a 
 rare ccor.iination of power, a wholefome mixture 
 betwixt monarchy, opiiinacy, and democracy. 
 
 lioiucl's Pre-eminence of Ptirliament. 
 When thefc petty intrigues of a play are fu 
 ill ordered, that they have no coherence with Ihe 
 other, I mud grant that Lyiidtus has rcafon to 
 tax that waijt of due connexion ; for coordinjtion 
 
 COP 
 
 In a play is as dangerous and unnatural as in • 
 ftate. Dryden on Dramatick Poefy, 
 
 Coot. n.f. [maer-iort, Dut. cotee, Fr.] 
 A fmall black waterfowl, feen often in 
 fens and marfhet. 
 
 A lake, the haunt 
 Of fM/i, and of the filhiiig cormorant, Drydtn. « 
 
 COP. n.f [iop, Dut. cop. Sax.] The 
 head ; the top of any thing ; any thing 
 riling to a head : as, a cop, vulgarly 
 coii, of hay ; a cob-cajlle, properly cop- 
 ciflk, a ftnall callle or houfe on a hill ; 
 a ob of cherry-ftones, for cop, a pile 
 of Hones one laid upon another ; a lufc 
 on t!ie head of birds. 
 
 Copal, n.f. The Mexican term for a 
 
 gum. ^ 
 
 Copa'rcenary. n.f. [from coparcener.] 
 Joint fucceffion to any inheritance. 
 
 In dcfcent to all the daughters in cop.ircenctry, 
 for want of fnns, the chief houfe is allotted to 
 the eldcft daughter. liiile. 
 
 COPA'RCENER. n. f. [from con and 
 particeps, Lat.] 
 
 Coparceners are otherwife called parceners; 
 and, in common law, are fuch as have equal 
 portion in the inheritance of the anceftor. Cowett. 
 
 This great lurdlhip was broken and divided^ 
 and partition made between the five daughters : 
 in every of thefc portions, the coparceners fcve* 
 rally cxereifed the fame jurifdiiSion royal, whir h 
 the earl marfhal and his fons had ufed in the 
 whole province. Dalies on Ireland, 
 
 Copa'rceny. n.f. An equal {hare of co- 
 parceners. Phillips' IVorld of IVords. 
 
 COPA'RTNER. n.f. [co mA partner.] 
 One that has a (hare in fomc common 
 flock or affair ; one equally concerned ; 
 a (barer ; a partaker ; a partner. Mil- 
 ton has ufed it both with 6/" and in. 
 
 Our faithful fi lends, 
 Th' aflbciates and copartners of our lofs. Mitten. 
 
 Shall I to him make known 
 As yet my change, and give him to paitaice 
 Full happinefs witii me .* Or rather not ; 
 Kut keep tl.e odds ol knowledge in my pow'r. 
 Without copnrttur. Milton's faradi/e Loji. 
 
 Rather by tlum 
 I gain'd wiiat I l:ave gain'd, and with them dwell 
 Copartner in thefc regions of the world. Mtlton. 
 
 Copa'rtnership. n.f. [^ixom copartner.] 
 The ftate of bearing an equal part, or 
 poffefhng an equal (hare. 
 
 In cafe the father left only daughters, the 
 daughters ecjually fucceedcd to their father as in 
 copartnerjhip. Hate. 
 
 Co'patain, adj. [from cop.] High raifed ; 
 
 pointed. Hanmer. 
 
 Oh, fine villain ! a (ilken doublet, a velvet 
 
 hofe, a fcarlet cloke, and a copatain hat. Shaif. 
 
 Copa'yva. n.f. [ It is fometimcs written 
 caj.ii'i, copi-vi, capayva, copayva, cupay- 
 %'a, cupiiyba.] A gum which diftils from 
 a tree in Brafil. It is much ufed in 
 diforders of the urinary paffages. 
 
 Cope. n.f. [See Cop. ] 
 
 1 . Any tbing with which the head is co- 
 vered. 
 
 2 . A facerdotal cloak, or veftment worn 
 in facred minlllration. 
 
 3. Any thing which is fpread over the 
 head ; as the concave of the fkies ; any 
 archwork over a door. 
 
 All thcfe things that arc contained 
 Within this goodly «;>f, both mod and leaO, 
 Their being have, and daily are incrcaft. Spinfir,
 
 COP 
 
 Over ixad the difmal liifs 
 Of 6cry daits in H iming volleys dew, 
 And rfyiiig vauiied either hoftwilh tiie ; 
 So, under fieiy co/;-, together ruih'd ,., . 
 Both battles main. ' Milion'^ Paradife UJl 
 The fcholar believes there is no man under 
 the cope of heavm, who is fo knowing as his 
 r.ialcer. -^ 
 
 Jo Cope. v. a. [fiom ihe noun.] 
 I . To cover, as with ^ cope. 
 
 A %'eo-iUigc bridge, that is all made of wood, 
 a:id «,p.-cV over head. ^^J^/^" <"" ^•'■■■>- 
 
 S. To contend wiih ; to oppofe. 
 Know my na.iie is loil, 
 By trcafon's tooth bait- gnawn, and canker-bit j 
 ■>'ct am I noble as the advcrfary 
 I come to «/>£. Shatfpcare-i King Uat. 
 
 3. To teward ; to give in return. 
 
 I .:nd my fiiend 
 Have, by your wifdom, been this diy acquitted 
 Of grievous penalties; in lieu whereof, 
 Three thoufand ducats, due unto the Jew, 
 We freely n-t- your comtcous pa;as withal. 
 
 To Cope. 'o.n. n • t 
 
 I. :ro contend ; to ftruggle ; to ftnve. It 
 has 'w'lth before the thing or perfon op- 
 pofed. [In this fenfe it is a word of 
 .doubtful etymology. The conjefture of 
 7««/uj derives it from koofm, to buy, 
 or for.ie other word of the fame import ; 
 fo that to c:jpe with lignifies to inter- 
 change blows, or any thing eUe, with 
 
 another.] 
 
 Let our trains 
 March by us, that we may ^lerufe the men 
 ' \Vc Ihould have cop 'J tvithal. S!ia if. Henry I v . 
 
 It is likely thou wilt undertake 
 A thing, like death, to chide away this (hame, 
 That cdoii vjU/'i death itfelf, to 'fcape from it. 
 
 S/tciifj>CJre. 
 But Eve was Eve ; 
 This far his over-match, who, felf-dcceiv'd 
 And rail), beforehand had no better weigh'd 
 The ftiength he was to C7pc wit/:, or his own. 
 
 I^^i.'lon 
 
 They perfcftly undciilood both the hares and 
 
 the enemy they were to npe luithM . L'Ejhange. 
 
 On every plain, 
 Hott ccp'd with hoft, diie was the din of war. 
 
 PkiUps. 
 
 Their generals have not been able to copr iciik 
 
 the troops of Athens, which I have conducted. 
 
 AiUiJon's ^Vhig Exantirur. 
 
 If the mind apply ilfelf firft to eaficr fubjcifls, 
 
 and things ncara-kin to what is already known; 
 
 and then advance to the more remote and knoity 
 
 parts of knowkcige by flow dcgrcfs, it will be 
 
 atle, in this manner, to :cpt w:ik great riitficul- 
 
 tics, and prevail •ver them with amazing and 
 
 bappy fjccefs. /^."" <■>• •''"' -Y-"''- 
 
 i. To encounter; to interchange kind- 
 
 nefs or fenlinient?. 
 
 Thou frf (h jjicce 
 Of excellent witchcraft, who of force muft know 
 Tlie royal foul tlio'i c-.y.'/ -.vitli. Siai/jieure. 
 
 Tiioit art e"en as jufl a man. 
 As e'er my converfatioii np'd -iuUknl. Sh.iijp. 
 
 To Cope. v. a. To embrace. Not in 
 
 ufe. 
 
 I will make him tell the tale anew ; 
 Where, ho'.v, how oft, how long ago, ai'd when, 
 ,Hc hat.H; »nd is again to opt your v,.k. Shakf. 
 Co'fESMATE. n.f. [perhaps for r«///mwc-, 
 a companion in drinking, or one that 
 dwells under the fame cope, for houfe.] 
 Companion ; f.iend. An old word. 
 He ever l^aid in place, nc fpakc to wight, 
 Till that the for. hi» ctpcp);.itr he had found. 
 
 Huhkrd'i T„k. 
 Co'uF.R. n.f. [f'om ropy.] 
 I . Oae that copies ; a tranfcriber. 
 
 COP 
 
 A coin is in no dangei of having its charaAcis 
 altered by c.purs and iranfciibcrs. Addij-^n. 
 
 Z. One that imitates j a plagiai7 ; an imi- 
 tator. 
 
 Without invention a painter is but a ciipier,3m\ 
 a poet but a plagiary of others. jOrjdan, 
 
 Let the faint ccpiir, on old Tiler's (hore. 
 Nor mean liie talk, each breathing buft explore; 
 Line after line with painful patience trace, 
 This R jman grandeur, that Athenian grace. 
 
 TicM. 
 
 Co'piNG. r./. [from cope.] The upper 
 tire of mafonry which covers the wall. 
 
 Al! t'lefe were of tolily ftoncs, even from the 
 foundation unto the npin^. i king'- 
 
 ■The roping, the modiUions, or dentils, make 
 a nolle fiicw by their graceful projcftions. 
 
 Aildifin's Fniholdcr. 
 
 COPIOUS, adj. [copia, Lat.] 
 
 1. Plentiful; abundant; exuberant; in 
 great quantities. 
 
 Rofe, as in dance, the llately trees, and fprcad 
 Their branches hung with copious truit. MiUoti. 
 
 Full mcafure only bounds 
 E.vcefs, before the all-bounteous king, who 
 
 ihow'r'd 
 With copious hand, rcjoicingin their'joy. Mdton. 
 This alkaline acrimony indicates the ccpKm 
 ufc of vinegar and acid fruits. Arhuthnot. 
 
 The tender heart is peace. 
 And kindly pours its copiom treafures forth 
 In various convtrfe. Thomfon'i Spri>:g. 
 
 2. Abounding in words or, images; not 
 barren; not confined ; not concife. 
 
 Hail, Son of God, Saviour of men! thy name 
 Shall be the apious matter of my fung 
 Henccfoith, and nevci fliall my harp thy praife 
 Forget, nor from thy Father's praife disjoin. 
 
 Co'piousLY. atlv. [{rom copious.] 
 
 1. Plentifully; abundantly; in great 
 
 quantities. 
 
 2. At large ; without brevity or concife- 
 nefs ; diffufcly. 
 
 Tliefc feveral remains have been fo c^pioujly 
 
 defciibed by abundance of travellers, and othei 
 
 writers, that it is very difficult to make any new 
 
 difcovcrics on fo beaten a fubjeft. Addifin, 
 
 Co'piousNESS. n.f. \_Uom copious .] 
 
 1 . Plenty ; abundance ; great quantity ; 
 exuberance. 
 
 2. Diffufion; exuberance of (l)le. 
 
 The Roman orator endeavoured 10 imitate the 
 
 copioujncji of Homer, and the Latin poet made it 
 
 his bufinefs to reach the concifcntfs of Demol- 
 
 thenes. Drj.d,n, 
 
 Co'pisT. n.f. [from copy.] A copier; 
 
 a tranfcriber ; an imitator. 
 Co'pi.AND. n. /. A piece of ground 
 which terminates with an acute angle. 
 
 ma. 
 
 Co'pPED. aJf. [from ccp.] Rifing to a 
 top or head. 
 
 It was broad in its bafis, and rofe ropped like 
 
 a fugar-loaf. IVipmon'i Surgsry. 
 
 A goleated efchinus being copped and fomc- 
 
 what conic. Ifoodwaid. 
 
 Co'pPEL. B. f. [This word is varioufly 
 
 fpelt : as cope/, nipel, cu^*Ie, and citpple ; 
 
 but I cannot find its etymology.] An 
 
 iit.1rumcnt ufed in chymiitry, in the 
 
 form of a difh, made of afhes, well 
 
 wafhed, to cleanfe them from all their 
 
 fait ; or of bones thoroughly calcined. 
 
 Its ufe is to try and purify gold and 
 
 filver, which is done by mingling lead 
 
 with the metal, and expofing it in the 
 
 coppe! to a violent fire a long while 
 
 The impurities of the metal will thin 
 
 COP 
 
 be carried off In drofs, which is called 
 
 the hlhaige of gold and filvtr. The 
 
 refiners call the coppel a left. Harris. 
 
 CO'PPER. n.f. [/.5/-er, Dutch; cuprum, 
 
 Latin.] One of the fix primitive metals. 
 
 Coppa is the moft duflile and malleable metal 
 
 after gold and fiher. Of a mixture of copyf 
 
 and lapis ealaminaris is formed brals; a com- 
 
 pofition of copper and tin m;.kcs bell-metal; and 
 
 copptr and brals, melted in equal quantities, 
 
 p'oduccs what the French call bronze, ufcd for 
 
 figures and itatues. Chambers. 
 
 Cipper is he.ivier than iron or tin ; but ligliler 
 
 than lilver, lead, and gold. Hi/ton foffifs. 
 
 Two vclTcL of fine cpprr, precious .is gold. 
 
 Ezra. 
 Co'ppsn. n. /. A vefTel made of copper : 
 coinmonly ufcd for a boiler larger than 
 a moveable pot. 
 
 They boiled it in a cr'pper to the iialf ; then 
 they poured it into earthen veir;l>. Jlacci. 
 
 CoppER-NosE. n /. [copper ixiid no/e.] A 
 i-ed nofe. 
 
 He having colour enough, and the other 
 higher, is too flaming a praife for a good con.- 
 plesion: I had as liese Helen's golden tongue 
 had commended Troilus for a copper-nofe. Shatf. 
 Gutta rofacca arifeth in little hard ttiberclcs, 
 aBVaing the face al! over with great itching, 
 wliith, being fcratchcd, looks red, and rifcs in 
 great welks, rendering tlie vifage fiery ; and 
 makes copper-noj;^, as we generally exprcis them. 
 
 IT'ijmjn. 
 CoppER-PLATE. n.f. A plate on which 
 piflures are engraven for the neater im- 
 preffion, dilllnguiflicd from a wooden 
 cut. 
 CoprER-worsK. n.f. [iro/i/'fr and lyori-.] 
 A place where copper is \\oiked or ma- 
 nufaiSlured. 
 This is like thcfe wrought at copper -11. oris. 
 
 Jl^oodivnrd. 
 
 Co'ppERAS. n.f. \_hoppcrr>rff, Dut, cctt- 
 peroufe, Fr. fuppofed to be found in 
 copper mints only.] A natiie given to 
 three forts of vitriol ; the green, the 
 bluifh green, and the white, which are 
 produced in the niin;s of Germany, 
 Hungarv, und other countries. But 
 what is commonly fold here for copperas, 
 is an artificial vitriol, made of a kind 
 of ftones foimd on the fea-(hore in Ef- 
 fex, Hampfliire, and fo weftward, or- 
 dinarily called gold ftones from their 
 colour. They abound with iron, and 
 are expofed to the weather in beds above 
 o-round, and receive the rains and dews, 
 which in time breaks and diffolves the 
 ftones : the liquoi that runs off is pumped 
 into boilers, in which is fiill put old 
 iron, which, in boiling, dilTolves. This 
 faclitious copperas, in many refpefts, 
 arrrccs with the native green vitriol. 
 Chambers. Hill. 
 It may be qucflioned, whether, in tl.is ope- 
 ration, the iron or copperm be tranfnuitcd, from 
 the cognation of copperas with copper, and the 
 iron remaining after convcrfioii. Biavn. 
 
 Co'j'PERSMiTH. n.f. [copper znd fritith.] 
 One that manufactures copper. 
 Salmoneus, as the Grecian tale is. 
 Was a mad coppi'fn.ii of Elis ; 
 Up at his foigc by muining peep. S':t'i/r. 
 
 Co'ppi-R WORM. n.f. [teredo, Lat.] 
 
 I A little worm in (hips. 
 
 2. A worm that frettcth garments. 
 
 3, A worm breeding in one's hand. 
 
 ^injkforlh.
 
 COP 
 
 Co'pPERY. 0(1] . [from copper.'] Contain- 
 ing copper ; made of copper. 
 
 Sonic lpiiiig% of Hungaiy, liiglily impregnated 
 with viiriolicle l'.ilis, diffjlvc tlic boriy ol iioii 
 put into tlic fpiing, and dcpofuc, in lieu of the 
 irony particles ciriicd oft', copptry p.irliclcs 
 brought with the water out of the ncighliouring 
 copper-mines. iVoodiuurd on I'oJJiU. 
 
 COl'PICE. n. f. [coiipcaux, Fr. from 
 couper, to cut or lop. It Is often writ- 
 ten copfe.~\ A low wood cut at liated 
 times tor fuel ; a place overrun with 
 brulhwood. 
 
 A land, each fide whereof was bounded both 
 with high limhcr trees, and copja of far more 
 humble gtowtli. Sidney. 
 
 Upon the edge of yonder coppice, 
 A fland, whefe you may h.ive the faireft {hoot. 
 
 Sh.ikfpeare. 
 
 In coppice woods, if you leave ftaddlrs too 
 
 thick, they run to buflics ind bnars, and have 
 
 little clean underwood. Bacon. 
 
 The willows, and the hazel «//« green, 
 Shall now no more be teen 
 Fanning their joyous leaves to their foft lays. 
 
 Miilon. 
 
 Raifc trees in your feminarics and nurferics, 
 
 and you may trnnfplant them for coppice ground, 
 
 wafies, or hedges. iMortimcr's llu/lrundry. 
 
 The rate of coppice lands will f.ill upon the 
 
 difcovcry of co-ilniincs. Locke. 
 
 Co'pPLE-DUST. n.f. [probably for fo/i/^/, 
 
 ox cupel dtij}.] Powder ufed in purily- 
 
 ing metals, or the grofs parts feparated 
 
 by the cupel. 
 
 It may be alio tried by incorporating powder 
 of fleel, QYcopplc-duJijhy pouncing into the quick - 
 filver. Bacon. 
 
 CcppLE-sTONES are lumps and fragments 
 of (lone or marble, broke from the ad- 
 jacent cliffs, rounded by being bowled 
 and tumbled to and again by the atlion 
 of the water. Woodward. 
 
 Co'ppLED. adj. [from ro/i.] Riiing in a 
 conick form ; riling to a point. 
 
 There is fome difference in this fli.Tpe, fomc 
 being flatter on the^top, others more coppled. 
 
 I'Voodzvar d en FoJJih. 
 
 Copse, n.f. [abbreviated from ra/y>;«.] 
 A low wood cut at a certain growth for 
 fuel ; a pltce overgrown with fhort 
 wood. 
 
 The eaft quarters of the Oiire are not dcilitute 
 oi copje woods. Ciireiu's Sunicy of CorniutiU. 
 
 Oaks anrl brambles, if the copfe be burn'd, 
 Confounded lie, to the fame afhes turn'd. H'allcr. 
 
 But in what quarter of the copfe it lay. 
 His eye by certain level could furvey, Dryden. 
 To CorsE. •v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 preferve underwoods. 
 
 The ncglefl of copfuig wood cut down, hath 
 been of very evil confequence. S-wifi. 
 
 CO'FUL/1, n. f. [Latin.] The word 
 whicli unites the fubj^f^t and predicate 
 of a propofitlon : as, books are dear. 
 
 The copulii is the t'uim ot a propniuion ; it 
 rcprcfcnls the 2£i of the mind, affirming or de- 
 nying. lf'<iff$' Logiik. 
 
 To CO'PULATE. -v. a. [copulo, Lat.] 
 To unite ; to conjoin ; to link together. 
 If the fotce of culiom, fimplc and feparate, 
 be great, the force of ciirtom copulittCj and eon- 
 joined, apd collegiate, is far greater. Bacon . 
 To Co'pui.ATE. IK n. To come toge- 
 ther as different fexes. 
 
 Not only the perfonsfo copulating are infefled, 
 but all'o their children. IJ'ifnnan. 
 
 Copula'tion. n.f. [from co/«/a/^.] The 
 
 congrefd or embrace of the two fexcs. 
 
 S 
 
 COP 
 
 Sundr)' kinds, even of conjugal copulation, are 
 prohibited as unhonelh Hooker. 
 
 Co'puLATivii. adj. [copulalivus, Latin.] 
 A term of graminar. 
 
 Copulative propofitions are thofe which have 
 more fubjcifls or predicates connciled by affir- 
 mative or negative conjtniftions : as, riches *ind 
 honours arc temptations to pride ; Ca;far con- 
 quered the Gauls and the Britons ; neither gold 
 «';r jewels will purchafe immortality. IVatii 
 COTY. n.f. {copie, Fr. opia, low Latin ; 
 quod cuipiam fiila cjl copia exfcribendi. 
 Juidus inclines, after his manner, to 
 derive it from xinr'Sh, labour ; becaufe, 
 fays he, to copy another's writing is very 
 painful and laborious.] 
 
 1. *A tranfcript from the archetype or ori- 
 ginal. 
 
 If virtue's felf were loft, we might 
 From your fair mind new copies write. Waller. 
 
 I'haie not the vanity to think my copy equal 
 to the original. Denham. 
 
 He llcpt foith, not only the copy of God's 
 hands, but alfo the copy of his pcifcflions, a 
 kind of image or rcprefentation of the Deity in 
 fmall. * South'i Sermons. 
 
 The Romans having fent to Athens, and the 
 Greek cities of Italy, for copies of the heft laws, 
 chofc ten Icgillators to put them into form. Swift. 
 
 2. An individual book; one of many 
 books : as, a good or feilr copy. 
 
 The very liaving of the books of God wis a 
 matter of no fmall charge, as they could not be 
 had otherwilV than in written ccpies. Ucohtr. 
 
 3. The autograph ; the original ; the ar- 
 chetype ; that from which any thing is 
 copied. 
 
 It was the cpy of our conference ; 
 In bed he flcpt not for my urging it ; 
 At board he fed not for my urging it. Shakfp. 
 
 Let him firft learn to write, after a copy, all 
 the letters in the vulgar alphabet. Holder. 
 
 The firft of them I have forgotten, and cannot 
 cafiiy ietiie\e, becaufe the copy is at the prefs. 
 
 D.ydcn. 
 
 4. An inftrument by which any conveyance 
 is made in law. 
 
 Thou know'ft tliat B.inquo and his Fleancc 
 lives; 
 But in them nature's copy 's not eternal. Sliatf. 
 
 5. A piclure drawn from another pifture. 
 Copy-book n. f. \_copy and book.] A 
 
 book in which copies are vi'rittcn for 
 learners to imitate. 
 Copy-hold. n. f. [copy and hold.] A 
 tenure, for which the tenant hath no- 
 thing to fliow but the copy of the rolls 
 made by the fieward of his lord's coutt : 
 for the Reward, as he enrolls other 
 things done in the lord's court, fo he 
 regiiters fueh tenants as are admitted in 
 the court, to any parcel of land or te- 
 nement belonging to the manor ; and 
 the tranfcript of this is called the court 
 rr>ll, tlie copy of which the tenant takes 
 from him, and keeps as his only evi- 
 dence. 
 
 Copy-hold is called a bafe tenure, becaufe it 
 holds at the will of the lord; yet not fimply, 
 but according to the ciftom of the manor : lo 
 that if a copy-holder break not the cuftom of 
 the manor, -.mtX thereby furfc-ir his tenure, he 
 cannot be turned out at the lord's pleaTure. 
 Thefc cuftonis of manors vary, in one point or 
 other, almf)ft in every manor. Some copy-ltolds 
 are finable, and fome certain : that whicli is 
 finable, tiie lord rates at what fine or income he 
 pleafcs, when the tenant is admitted into it ; 
 that wliii-h is certain, is a kind of inheritance, 
 and called in many pUtes aiftomary ; becaufe 
 
 C O (^ 
 
 the tenant dying, and the hold being void, ihe 
 next of blood paying the cuftomary fine, as two 
 fliillings for an acre, or fo, cannot be denied hil 
 adiniflion. Some copy-holders have, by cuftom, 
 the wood growing upon tlicir own land, which 
 by law they could nor have. Some hold by the 
 verge in ancient demcfnc ; and though they iiold 
 by copy, yet arc they, in account, a kind of 
 freeholder; for, if fuch a one commit felony, 
 the king hath annum, diem, and vaflum, as in 
 c.ilc of freehold. Some others hold by common 
 tenure, called mere cr.p\-h,ld\ and they com- 
 mitting felony, their land cfchi:ats to the lord of 
 the manor. Cotvell. 
 
 If a cuftomary tenant die, the widow (hall 
 have what the law calls her free bench in all- his 
 copy-hold lands. Jlddifon. 
 
 CoPY-HOLDER. «. /. [from copyhold.'] 
 One that is ponciftd of land in copy- 
 hold. 
 
 To Co'py. V. a. [from tlic noun.] 
 
 1. To tranlcribe ; to write after an origi- 
 nal : it has fometimes out, a kind of 
 pleonafm. 
 
 He who hurts aharmlefs neighbour's peace. 
 Who loves a lye, lame (lander nelps about. 
 Who writes a libel, or who copiei out. Pope,- 
 
 2. To imitate ; to propofe to imitation ; 
 to endeavour to refemble. 
 
 He that borrows other men's experience, with 
 this defign of copying it out, poffcflcs himfelf of 
 one of the grcateft advantages. Decay of Piety. 
 
 Set the examples, and their fouls inflame 
 To copy out their great forefathers fame. Drjden. 
 
 To copy her few nymphs afpir'd. 
 Her virtues fewer fwains admit'd. Stvlft, 
 
 To Co'py. v. n. 
 
 1 . To do any thing in imitation of fome- 
 thing elfe. 
 
 Some imagine, that whatfuever they find in 
 the pi.5ture of a mafter, who has acquired repu- 
 tation, muft of neccflity be excellent; and never 
 fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well 
 as the good things. Dtyden's Dufrefnoy, 
 
 2. It has fometimesyV-om before che thin^ 
 imitated. 
 
 When a painter copies fiom the life, he has no 
 privilege to alter features" and lineaments, under 
 pretence that his pi^ure will look better,. Dryden, 
 
 3. Sometimes after. 
 
 Several of our countrymen, and Mr. Dryden 
 in particular, feem very often io_ have copied 
 after it in their dramatick writings, and in their 
 poems upon love. Adiifon* s Spectator. 
 
 To ConiiE'T. 1). a. [from iKe noun.] To 
 entertain with compliments and amo- 
 rous tattle ; to treat with an appearance 
 of amorous tendcrnefs. 
 
 You are coquetting a maid of honour, my lord 
 looking, on to lee how the ganieftets play, and I 
 railing at you both. Stvtf'r. 
 
 To CocyjE'T. i\ n. To aft the lover j to 
 
 entice by blandifiimcnts. 
 
 Fhyllis, who but a month ago 
 Was married to tlie Tunbiirige beau, 
 I faw e'irjuetting t'other nighr, 
 111 publick, with that odious knight. Sojift, 
 
 Coque'try. '«._/! [coquderle, Fr.] AtFec- 
 tation of amorous advances ; defire of 
 attrafting notice. 
 
 I was often in company with a couple of 
 charming women, who had all the wit and beauty 
 one could oefire in female conipanions, withoirl 
 a dalh of e'5y;.v/>;y, that from time totiate g.iuc 
 me a great m.Tny agreeable tortncnts. Ad.lifon. 
 
 COQUETTE, n.f [cogudte, Pr.' fron\ . 
 coquart, a prattler.] A gay, airy girl ; 
 a girl who endeavours to attracl notice. 
 
 "The liylu coquettes in fylphs aloft repair, 
 And fpott and i'luiter in the fitkls of air. Peps.. 
 A coauctteaad a tiiidcr-boi »rc fp.u klcd...-/;-/rj,/i.
 
 COR 
 
 Co'raCle. «./ [civfwgle, Welrti ; pro- 
 bably from corium, leather, Lat.] A 
 boat ufed in Wales by fi/hers, made by 
 drawing leather or oiled cloth upon a 
 frame of wicker work. 
 eO'RAL. n.f. \_coraIlium, Latin.] 
 I . Red coral is a plant of as great liard- 
 nefs and ftony nature, while growing in 
 the water, as it has after long expofure 
 to the air. The vulgar opinion, that 
 coral is foft while in the fea, proceeds 
 from a foft and thin coat, of a crufta- 
 ccows matter, covering it while it is 
 growing, and which is taken offbefore it is 
 packed up for ufe. The whole ^rora/ plant 
 grows to a foot or more in height, and 
 is variouily ramified. It is thickell at 
 the ftem, and its branches grow gra- 
 dually fmaller. It grows to ftones, 
 without a root, or without any way pe- 
 netrating them; but as it is found togrow, 
 and take in its nourifhment, m the manner 
 of plants, and to produce flowers and 
 feeds, or at lead a matter analogous to 
 feeds, it properly belongs to the vegeta- 
 ble kingdom. Hill's Mat. Med. 
 In the fea, upon the fouth-wett of Sicily, 
 much csj-fl/ is found. It is a fubmaiine plant ; 
 it hath no leaves ; it branchcth only when it is 
 under water. It is foft, and green of colour ; 
 tut being brought into the air, it becometh h;4id 
 and Ihining red, as we fee. Bacnn. 
 This gentleman, defirous to find the nature of 
 coral, caufed a man to go down a hundred fa- 
 thom into the fea, with exprefs orders to rake 
 notice whether it were hard or foft in the place 
 ■where it groweth. Bro-uiti's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 He hears the ciackling found of c&ra/ woods, 
 And fees the fecret lource of fubterranean floods. 
 Dryden^s V^irgil. 
 A turret was inclos'd 
 Within the wall, of alabjfter white. 
 And crimfon c<iral, for the queen of night, 
 Who takes in Sylvan fports her chafte delight. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Or Where's the fenfe, diieft or moral. 
 
 That teeth are pearl, or lips are coral ? Prior. 
 
 2. The piece of coral which children have 
 
 about their necks, imagined to affift 
 
 them in breeding teeth. 
 
 Her infant grandame's coral next it grew ; 
 The bells fhe gingled, and the whiltle blew. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Coral-tree. 'n./. [corallodendron, Lat.] 
 
 It is a native of America, and produces \'cry 
 
 beautiful fcarlet flowers ; but never any feeds in 
 
 the European gardens. MilUr. 
 
 Co'ralline. a<//. [coralliniis, Lat.] Con- 
 
 iifting of coral ; approaching to coral. 
 
 At fuch time as the fea is agitated, it takes 
 tjp into itfelf terreftria! matter of all kinds, and 
 in particular the coralline matter, letting it fall 
 again, as it becomes calm. IVoodiuarH. 
 
 Co'ralline. n.f. [from the adjeclive.] 
 
 Coralline is a fea plant ufed in medicine ; but 
 
 much inferior to the coral in hatdnefs, fonietimes 
 
 grcenilh, fometimes ycUuwilh, often reddilh, 
 
 and frequently white. Hill. 
 
 In Falmouth there is a fort of fand, or rather 
 
 coratiin£y tliat lies under the owfe. Mortimer. 
 
 Co'ralloid. ladj. [«oca?>>iosiJi)c.] Re- 
 
 Co'ralloidal. 3 fembling coral. 
 
 Now that plants snd 1 gneous bodies may in- 
 durate under water, without approachment of 
 air, we have experiment in coralline, with many 
 coralloidal concrerions. Bro'wn, 
 
 Tiie pcnradrous, columnar, ccralUid bodies, 
 that are compofed of plates fct lengthways of 
 the body, and palTing fiom the furface to tiie 
 axis of it. IVi,:d\ji\ird on fojji'i. 
 
 COR 
 
 Cor.4'n't. n. f. [cou)-ant. Fr.] A lofty 
 fprightly dance. 
 
 It is harder to dance a orant well than a jigg : 
 fo in converfation, even, ealy, and agiecablc 
 more than points of wit. Temple 
 
 I would as foon believe a widow in gre;it 
 grief for her hufband, hecaufe I faw her dance 
 a coram about his coflin. IV.ilJ/, 
 
 Co'rban. «./ [.J2~ip] An alms-baflcct 
 a receptacle of charity ; a gift ; an 
 alms. 
 
 They tliink to fatisfy all obligations to duty 
 by their corbcm of religion. K:r^ Ch.irki. 
 
 Corhan (lands for an offering nrgitt made to 
 God, or his temple. The Jews fometimes fwore 
 by corban, or tiie gifts ottered unto God. If a 
 man made all his fortune corhan, or devoled it 
 to God, he was forbidden to ufe it. If all that 
 he was to give his wife, or his father and mo- 
 ther, was declared corban, he was no longer 
 permitted to allow them neceflary fubfilience. 
 Even debtors were permitted to defraud their 
 creditors, by confecrating their debt to God. 
 Our Saviour reproaches the Jews, in the gofpel, 
 with thefe uncharitable and irreligious vows. 
 ^•j this word fuch pcrfons were likewifc meant, 
 as devoted thenilelves to the fervice of God and 
 his temple. Carban iignifies alio the treafury of 
 the temple, where the oiferings, which were 
 made in money, were depolrted. Cahnet. 
 
 CORBE. adj. \_courhe, Fr.] Crooked. 
 For fiker thy iiead very tottie is. 
 So thy corbe flioulder it leans amifs. Sp^njsr. 
 
 Co'rbeils. n.f. Little bafliets ufed in 
 fortification, filled with earth, and fct 
 upon the parapet, to flielter the men in 
 firing upon the befiegers. 
 
 Co'rbel. n.f. [In architefture.] The 
 reprefentation of a badcet, fometimes 
 placed on the heads of the caryatides. 
 
 Co'rbel. 7 ^ 
 
 Co'rbil. 3 ■ •'■ 
 
 1. A (hort piece of timber flicking out 
 fix or eight inches from a wall, fome- 
 times placed for ftrength under the femi- 
 girders of a platform. 
 
 2. A niche or hollow left in walls for 
 figures or flatues. Chambers. 
 
 CORD. n.f. Icort, Welfh; chorda, h^U 
 corde, Fr.] 
 
 1. A rope; a firing compofed of feveral 
 ftrands or twifts. 
 
 She let them down by a cord through the 
 window. Jojhua. 
 
 Form'd of the fined complicated thread, 
 Thefe num'rous zordi are thro' the body fpread. 
 
 Blaekmore. 
 
 2. The cords extended in fetting up tents, 
 furnifh feveral metaphors in fcfipture. 
 
 Thine eyes IKall fee Jeiufalem a quiet habi- 
 tation, a tabernacle that (hall not bs taken 
 down ; none of the flakes thereof ihall ever be 
 removed, neither Ihall any of the cordi thereof 
 be broken. Ifainlt. 
 
 3. A quantity of wood for fuel, fuppofed 
 to be meafured with a cord ; a pile 
 eight feet long, four high, and four 
 broad. , 
 
 Cord-m.\ker. n.f. [^corJ and mah.^ 
 
 One whofe trade is to make ropes ; a 
 
 ropemaker. 
 CoRD-wooD. n. f [^cord and luood.'^ 
 
 Wood piled up for fuel, to be lold by 
 
 the cord. 
 7« Cord. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 bind with ropes ; to faften with cords ; 
 
 to clofe by a bandage. 
 
 COR 
 
 Co'rdage. n.f. [from <:«)•</.] A quantity 
 of cords ; the ropes of a fliip. 
 Our cordtige from her (tore, and cables, (hould 
 be made, 
 Of any in th.u kind moft fit for marine trade. 
 
 Drayion. 
 They faflened their Oiips, and rid at anchon 
 with cables of iron chains, having neither can- 
 vas nor cordage. Ralei^/K 
 Spain furnifhed a fort of rufli called fpartuni', 
 ufelut for cordage and other parts of (hipping. 
 
 ylrhuthnot on Coins. 
 Co'rded. adj. [from cord.'\ Made of 
 iopes. 
 
 This night he meaneth, with a corded ladder, 
 To climb celeflii'.l Silvia's chamber window. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Cordeli'er. n.f. A Francifcan friar: 
 fo named from the cord which ferves 
 him for a cinclure. 
 And who to alTili but a grave ce>rJelier. Priv . 
 
 CO'RDIAL. n. /. [from cor, the heart, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. A medicine that increafes the force of 
 the heart, or quickens the circulation. 
 
 2. Any medicine that increafes ftrength. 
 
 A cordial, properly fpeaking, is not always 
 what increafcth the force of tire heart : for, by 
 increaf:!ig that, the animal may be weakened, 
 as in inflammatory difeafcs. Whatever in- 
 creafcth the natural or animal (trength, the force 
 of moving the fluids and raulcles, is a cordial : 
 thefe are fuch fubilances as bring the ferum of 
 the blood into tlie propcreft condition for circu- 
 lation and nutritfon ; as broths made of animal 
 fublKances, milk, ripe fruits, and whatever is 
 endued with a wholefome but not pungent tafte. 
 .'^tbulhrwt on ^'ilimenn. 
 
 j. Any thing that comforts, gladdens^ 
 and exhilarates. 
 
 Then with fome cordiaU feek for to appeafe 
 The inward languor of my wounded heart. 
 
 And then my body (hail have Ihortly cafe ; 
 But fuch fweet cordials pafs phylicians art. 
 
 Spenfir. 
 Cordials of pity give me now, 
 For I too weak for purges grow. Coiv/ey, 
 
 Your warrior oiF^pring that upheld the crown. 
 The fcarlet honour of your peaceful gown, 
 Are the moft piealing objetfts I can find, 
 Ch.rrms to my figlit, and cordials to my mind. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 Cordial, ail;. 
 
 1. Reviving; invigorating; reftorative. 
 
 It is a thing I make, which hath the king 
 Five times redcenii'd from death : I do not know 
 What is more ccrdial. Slakfpeare^s Cymbeline, 
 
 He only took cordial waters, in which we 
 infufed fometimes purgatives. Wijtman. 
 
 2. Sincere; hearty; proceeding from the 
 heart ; without hypocrify. 
 
 Doffirines are infuted among chrifiir^ns, which 
 are apt to obftruft or intercept the cordial fuper- 
 flrufting of chriftian life of renovation, where 
 the foundation is duly laid. Hammond. 
 
 He, witli looks of cordial love. 
 Hung over her enamaur'd. Milton. 
 
 Cordia'lity. n.f. [from cordial.'] 
 
 1. Relation to the heart 
 
 That the antierits had any fuch refpefts of 
 cordiality, or reference unto the heart, v^ill much 
 be doubted. Brotvn. 
 
 2. Sincerity; freedom from hypocrify, 
 Co'rdially. adv. [from cordial."] Sin- 
 cerely ; heartily ; without hypocrify. 
 
 Where a (trong inveterate love of (in has made 
 any doi£triac or propolition wholly unfuitable to 
 the heart,- no argument or riemonftration, no 
 nor miracle whatloever, fliarl be able to bring 
 the heart e^rdlelly to ciofe with, and receive it. 
 South's Sermons.
 
 COR 
 
 Co RDINER. n. /. [^cortivnitier, Fr.] A 
 flioemaker. It is fo iifcd in divers llauitis. 
 
 CO'RnOiV. 11./. [Fr.] In fortilkatlon, 
 a- row of ftones jutting wit before tlio 
 i-ampart and the bafis of the parapet. 
 
 Chamlicrj . 
 
 CO RD WAIN. n. f. Cordovan leather, 
 from Cordova in Spain. Spanifii Icatlier. 
 Her ftr.\i«l.t legs moit liravcly were cmbny'd 
 In golden bulkinsof coi\\y cord-wahi. Fair^Quecn, 
 
 Cokdwa'iker. n.f. [unceitain wlietlicr 
 from Cordovan, Spanifh leather, or f;om 
 cord, of which ihoes were formerlv 
 made, and are now nfed in the Spanifii 
 Weft Indies. Trevoux.'] A ihoemakcr. 
 
 CORE. n.f. [cxur, Fr. cor, Lat.] 
 
 1. The heart. 
 
 Give mc that man 
 That is not patfujn's flavc, and I will wear him 
 In my heart's csrt-; ay, in my heaa of heart, 
 
 S'iiii/i>eur!*s Hatr.lct. 
 
 2. The inner part of any thing. 
 
 In the rcrc ui the fquarc fte rai(c(i a tower of 
 
 a fiulong high. Ra/irt'i's tUf^'y 'J the IJ'atlJ. 
 
 Dig our the nrei bcluw tlie furf.icc. Murtimer. 
 
 They wafteful eat, 
 
 Througii buds and baik, into the blucken'd core. 
 
 TiiO'r.jjn. 
 
 3. The inner pavt of a fruit which eon- 
 tains the kernels. 
 
 It is repurted that trees watered perpetually 
 with warm water, will make a frtrit with littls 
 or no core or itune. Bac^n. 
 
 4. The matter contained in a boil or fore. 
 
 Launce the fore, 
 And cut the head ; (kh; till the «r^ be found, 
 The fecrct vice is fed, and gathers ground. 
 
 Vryiicni Viigil. 
 
 5. It is ufed by Bacon for a body or col- 
 le(flion. [from corps, Fr. pronounced 
 
 core.'\ 
 
 He was more doubtful of the raifing of forces 
 to relill the rebels, than of the rcfillancc itfeif ; 
 for that he was in a core of people whofe aftcc- 
 tions he furpe(ncd. Bjcuri'% Hjnry vii. 
 
 CoRi a'ceous. adj. [cor'iaceus, Lat.] 
 
 T Confifting of leather. 
 
 2. Of a fnbllance refembling leather. 
 
 A ftronger proje(f\iIe motion of the blood 
 murt occafion greater fecretions and lofs of liquid 
 parts, and from thence perhaps fpifiitude and 
 rafmce^ui concretions. j^rhuthnot on A'imsnts. 
 
 Coria'n'DEe. n.f. [i:or/fl«</;uOT, Latin.] 
 A plant. 
 
 The fpucies are, i. G'-eater cori.mdtr. 2. 
 Smaller tcftirulated f5r/d«./cr. Tnc tiiil is cul- 
 tivated for the feeds, which are ufcd in inedi- 
 tine ; the fccond fort is fchlom found. MiUrr. 
 
 Ifracl called the name thereof manna ; aid it 
 was, like r'^riauder feed, white, F-\ohs. 
 
 CO'RINTH. n.f. [from the city of that 
 name in Greece.] A fmall fruit, com- 
 monly called currant. 
 
 Now will the roriiiih!, now the rafps fiipply 
 Delicious diaughts. Vhtli^^. 
 
 The chief riciies of Zant confrft in coririths, 
 which the inhabitants have in great quantities, 
 
 Bro'imc. 
 Cori'nthian Order. 
 
 This is generally reckoned the fourth, hut by 
 feme the fifth, of the live orders of areliitccfture: 
 and is the moir noble, rich, and delicate of 
 them .dl. Vltruvius afcriijcs it to Callimachus, 
 a Corinthian fculptor, who is faid to have taken 
 the hint by pading hy the tomb of a young ladv, 
 over which a batket with fonie of her playthings 
 had been plact-d by her nurfe, aiid covered with 
 a tile ; the whole having teen placed o\ cr a root 
 of acanthus. As it fprung up, the branches cn- 
 VOL. I. 
 
 COR 
 
 fomp.-.Hed thchafket; but ariivlng at the tile, 
 bent downwards uiidci the corners of if, forming 
 a kind of volute. Hence Callimachus imitated 
 the Lalket by the vale of his capital, the tile in 
 llic abacus, and the leaves in the volute. Vil- 
 l.ilpandus imagines the C'jii'if'uiir: capital to have 
 taken its oiiginal from an older in the temple of 
 Sotonion, whofc leaves were thofc of the palm- 
 tree. The capital is adorned with two rows of 
 leaves, between which little ftalks arifc, of 
 which the lixteen volutes ate formed, which 
 fupport the abacus. Il.inis. 
 
 Behind thefc figures arc large columns of the 
 C^rhitliian order, adorned with fruit and fl«iwers. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 CORK. n.f. [corU.x, Lat. iorci, Dutch. 
 Hie dies, anno redetinte, fejlus 
 Cortiecm ajlriclum pice dimoveiil 
 .-'iinp/ior^ J'umrim bibere injliluta 
 
 Confule Tullo. HorJ 
 
 1. A glandiferous tree, in all refpefts like 
 the ilex, excepting the bark, which, in 
 the cori tree, is thick, fpongy, and 
 foft. MdJcr. 
 
 The fari tr?-; grows near the Pyrenean hills, 
 and in fevcra! parts of Italy, and the noith of 
 New England, Motimfr, 
 
 2. The bark of the cork tree ufed for Hop- 
 ples, or burnt Into Spanifii black. It 
 is taken off without injury to tha tree. 
 
 3. A piece of cork cut for the ftopple of 
 a bottle or barrel. 
 
 I pr'ythce take the lork out of thy mouth, that 
 I may drink thy tidings, Sh,ikfpeare. 
 
 Be fure, nay very fure, tliy cork be good ; 
 Then future ages (hall of Peggy tell. 
 That nymph that brew'd and bottled ale fo well. 
 
 King. 
 
 Nor ftop, for one had ciri, his bullet's pav, 
 
 Fo>:. 
 
 CoRKiXG-piN. n.f. A pin of the largell 
 fize. 
 
 When you put a clean pillow-cafe on your 
 lady's pillow, be fure to faften it well with three 
 c-jriing-ji-ns, tliat it may not fall oiF in the 
 night, Siulf:. 
 
 Co'rky. adi. \(vom corh.l Confiillng of 
 cork ; relcmbling cork. 
 Bind fait his corky arms. Shalfj^itire. 
 
 Co'rmorant. n.f. [cormorant, Fr. from 
 corvus tnarir.us, Latin.] 
 
 1. A bird that preys upon fidi. It is 
 nearly of the bignefs of a capon, with 
 a wry bill and broad feet, black on his 
 body, but greenifh about his wings. He 
 is eminently greedy and rapacious. 
 
 Let fame, t'.wt.all hunt after in their lives, 
 Live regiltor'd„uponour brn/en t.iinbs; 
 W'lien, fpite of ctjrmorant dcsiHiriitg lime, 
 Tir endeavour of this prelent breath may buy 
 Tnat honour which (hail 'bate iiis fcythc's keen 
 edge, ' Shakffca'e. 
 
 Th.ofc called birdsof prey, as thce.ig!e, hawk, 
 
 putt.>ck, and comrjrani. ycic/'liit/l. 
 
 Thoncc up he flew, and on the tree of life 
 Sat like a coiticrcint. Ali/ton P.ir. Loft. 
 
 Not far from thence is fecn a lake, the haunt 
 Of coots, and of the hthhig tofraerj/;/. Dryien. 
 
 2. A glutton. 
 
 CORN, n.f [copn, S.tx. lorn. Germ. 
 It is found in all the Teutonick dialeds; 
 as, in an old Runick rhyme, 
 Ha^ul er kaldajlur corna. 
 Hail is the colded grain.] 
 I. The feeds which grow in ears, not in 
 pods ; fnch as are made into bread. 
 
 Except ■\c'.rii of wheat fall into the ground and 
 die, it abidrth alone. "Jihi. 
 
 COR 
 
 The people cry you mock'd them ; and, of 
 
 late, 
 
 When c'jin was given them gratis, you lepm'd. 
 
 ShaiJ^eare, 
 
 2. Grain yet unreaped, (landing in the 
 field upon its lialk. 
 
 All the idle weeds that grow 
 In our lullainiiig corn. Shikfptare. 
 
 Landing his men, he 1 urnt the corn all there- 
 abouts, winch was now ahnoll ripe. KnoHit,. 
 
 Still a murniur runs 
 Along the foft inciiniiii, titlds of corn. T/tomjon, 
 
 3. Grain in the car, yet unthraftied. 
 
 Th' u Ihalt come ro thy grave in a full agp, 
 like as a Oiock of com comcrh in his leafon. J^>1>. 
 
 4. An excrcfcence on the feet, hard and 
 paiiifi.l ; probably fo called from it« 
 form, though by fome fiippofcd to be 
 denominated from its corneous or horny 
 fubllaucc. 
 
 Ladie?, that have your feet 
 Unptagu'd with cotm, we'll li.ivc a bout with 
 you, Sk^i/feare. 
 
 The man that makes his foe 
 What he I, is heart (liould make. 
 
 Shall of u corn cry woe. 
 And turn his deep to wake. Shnkfpearr. 
 
 liven in men, aches and hurts and ctrn: do en- 
 grioccithti towards ra;ii ot towards froft. 
 
 r.'tcon'i t^ittural hif.ory. 
 
 The hardell- part of the njivi is ufually in the 
 middle, ihiiiUingitfelf inanailj whence it has 
 the Latin appellaticn of ;,'.:t/.-, li'ifemnn. 
 
 He fiiU that ufeful lecret did explain, 
 That pricking corm foretold the gaih'ring rain. 
 
 Ga^^i Pnjj. 
 
 It looks as there vnt regular accumulations 
 and gatherings of humours, growing perhaps in 
 fome people as corns. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Thus Lamb, renown'd for cutting corm, 
 An oiTcr'd fee from Radclitf fcorns. Swift, 
 
 To Corn. t. a. [from the noun. J 
 
 1. To fait ; to fprinkle with fait. The 
 word is I'o ufed, hi Skinner obfcrves, by 
 the old Saxons. 
 
 2. To granulate. 
 
 Corn-field, n.f A field where corn is 
 growing. 
 
 It was a lover and his lafs. 
 That o'er the green corn-JicU did ptifs, Shakjf. 
 
 You may foon enjoy .ji.e gallant lights of ar- 
 mies, encampments, and liaiidards waving over 
 your brother's arnfulds. Pope. 
 
 Corn-flag. n.f. [corn znAfag.'] A 
 plant. Miller enumerates eltvcn fpecles 
 of this plant, fome with red Howers, 
 and fome with white. 
 
 Corn-floor, n. f. The floor where 
 corn is ftored. 
 Thou iian loved a reward upon evci-y com-fioor 
 
 LoRN-FLowKR. n. f. [from corn and 
 Jloiuer. ] , ~ 
 
 There be certain corn-Jlowm, whicli come 
 
 feldom or never in other places, unlcfs they be 
 i"cf, but onlyamongft corn; as the bluchottle, a 
 kind of yellow marygcld, wild poppy, and fur- 
 ""'ory- JiMoni N^lur.,1 Hi/.ory. 
 
 Corn-fiois.'trs are of many forts : fome of tlicni 
 fiowerin Jiiee and July, and others in Aiigulh 
 Tiie I'tvrts Ihould be fowii in Marchj they require 
 
 •' i'^'^ '"'I- Mortimer. 
 
 Cork-land. n.f. \com and land.] Land 
 
 appropriated to the pioduCtion of grain. 
 
 Pailures and ni-ailov.s ale of I'ucli advantaje 
 
 to l.ufbandry, that m.a;y prefer them to corn 
 
 '■""''■ Morlivsei-, Iliijh^ndry. 
 
 CoRN--MASTLR. n.f [corn and majler.] 
 One tliat cultivates com for fale. Not 
 ill ufc. 
 
 3G
 
 COR 
 
 . I. knew s tiobleinan in Eiigl.ii^d, tVi:!t had the 
 grearctt audits ot any man in my tinie; a gieat 
 graliei', a gieat fhucp-rar.flci, a great lirnber- 
 jnan, a great collier, a gieat c^rn-inajhr, and a 
 great lead-man. Bacon. 
 
 Corn-marigold, n. f. [from corn and 
 
 vuirigolJ.^ h flower. 
 Corn-mill. n. f. {corn and rai//.] A 
 mill to grind corn into meal. 
 
 Save tiic more laborious work of beating of 
 hemp, l.-y making tlie axle-tree of tlie «/•;;- w;//.'i 
 . longer tiiin ordinary, and placing pins in it to 
 raife large l-.aramcrs. Mortimer. 
 
 Corn-pipe. u.f. [from corn and /'j/f.] 
 A pipe made by flitting the joint of a 
 green ftalk of corn. 
 
 Now tiic lliriil.'0)fl-r>iy«, echoing loud to arms, 
 To rank and lik reduce the ftragglmi; fwarms. 
 
 Tirkel. 
 
 Corn-rocket, ti.f. [from corn and roc- 
 
 ket.} A plant. 
 Corn-rose. n. f. A fpecies of poppy. 
 
 CORN-SALLAD. 11. f. [irom CCm ZnA fiil- 
 
 /ail.] An herb, whofe top-leaves are 
 a fallet of themfelves. Mortimer. 
 
 Co'rnage. n. f. [from «rnf, Fr. coniu, 
 Lat.] A tenure which obliges the land- 
 holder to give notice of an invaCon by 
 blowing a horn. 
 
 Co'rnchandler. n.f. [corn and chand. 
 kr.'\ One that retails corn. 
 
 Co'rncutter. n.f. [from CO)-/; and c;i/.] 
 A man whofe profcflion is to extirpate 
 corns from the foot. 
 
 The nail was not loofe, nor did feem to prcfs 
 into the tiefti ; for there had been a camciitler, 
 who had cleared it. " :feman. 
 
 I have known a corricutter, who, with a light 
 education, would have been an excellent phyfi- 
 cian. S^eiialir. 
 
 Co'RNEL. I n.f.{cornus,-Lzl.^ 
 
 CoRNE LIAN-TREE. J, ■' '" 
 
 The cimtltnt bcareth the fruit commonly 
 called the corTifl or cornelian cherry, as well 
 (rum tiic name of the tree, as the cornelian tfone, 
 the colour whereof it fomewhat reprcfents. The 
 wood is very durable, and ufeful for wheel-work. 
 
 MortirlHl. 
 
 Take a fervice-tree, or a corm>!.m-tr;e, or an 
 elder-tree, which we know have fruits of hurfb 
 and binding juice, and fet them near a vine or 
 iig-tree, and fee whether the grapes or ligs wiil 
 nat be the fwecter. B.uan. 
 
 A huntrefs iffuing f.om the wood, 
 P.cctinlng on her cornti fpear (he rtood. DryJen. 
 
 Mean time the goddefs, in difdam, beftuws 
 The mai^ and acorn, brutal food! and ftrows 
 The fruits of coirie!, as they fea;l around. Po/^. 
 
 On wildings and on ihawb:rtics they fed; 
 Ctrneh and bramblcberries gave the relt. 
 And falling acorns furnilh'd out a feaft. Dty.Un. 
 Corne'lian stone. See Cars'elian. 
 CO'RNEMUSE. n.f. [Fr.] A kind of 
 
 ruftic flute. 
 Co'rNEOus. ar/?. [iOrKft/J, Lat.] Horny; 
 of a fubllance refembling horn. 
 
 Such as have csrr.ious or horny eyes, as lobller^, 
 and cruftaceous animals, are gcacr;illy dimfighted. 
 
 The various fubmarine (Hrubs are of a rcrneoui 
 
 or ligneous' conftitution, confilting chiefly of a 
 
 tibious matter. IVct.iwnrd, 
 
 CO'RNER. n.f. [cornel, \Vt\{h; cornier, 
 
 French.] 
 \. An angle ; a place enclofed by two 
 walk or lines which would interfecl each 
 ether, if drawn beyond the point where 
 they meet. 
 2. A fct.ret or remote place. 
 
 COR 
 
 There 's nothing I have done yet, o iny con- 
 I'ciencc, 
 Defcrves a coyjur. Shakfpcarc^s lltnry viii. 
 
 It is b'.tter to dwell in a arficr of a houfe top, 
 than with a brawling wi»man and in a wide houle. 
 
 Vr'ivtri%. 
 
 I am pcrfuaded that none of thcfc things arc 
 h.idden from him ; for this thing was not done 
 in a corner. A<^i. 
 
 All the inhabitants, in every corner of the 
 itlaad, have been abfolutcly reduced under his 
 immediate lulijcition. Dtii'Us. 
 
 Thofe vices, tiiat lurk in the fcci«t «••«<•« of 
 
 the foul. . JlJdlfon. 
 
 3. The extremities ; the utmoft limit : 
 
 thus every corner is the whole or every 
 
 part. 
 
 Might I but through my prifon, once a day, 
 Ilchold this maid, all comers clfe o' tli' earth 
 Let liberty make ufe of. Shakffecre' s Tcfipcfi. 
 
 I turn'd, and tried each conur of my bed, 
 Tu find if ficcp were thcie ; but llccp was lolV. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 CORN'ER-STONE. n.f '[jorncr 7\w^Jlune.'\ 
 The (lone that unites the two walls at 
 the corner ; the principal (lone. 
 
 See you yond' coin 0' th' capitol, yond' lomer- 
 
 Rone ? Shtikfi>eaie. 
 
 A mafon was fitting a rorner-f:onr. Hotuel. 
 
 CoKNER-TEETH of a Horfe, are the fore- 
 teeth between the middling teeth and 
 the tufhes ; two above and two below, 
 on each fide of the jaw, which (lioot, 
 when the horfe is four years and a half 
 old. Farrier's Dicl. 
 
 Co'rnerwise. adv. [corner and 'u.-ife.'] 
 Diagonally ; with the corner in front. 
 
 Cornet, n.f. [cornellc, Fr.] 
 
 1. A mufical inflrument blown with the 
 mouth : ufed anciently in war, proba- 
 bly in the cavalry. 
 
 Ifrael played before the Lord on pfaltcries, 
 and on timbrels, and on cor/:£:s. 1 S.int^!. 
 
 Otiicr wind inllruments require a lorciblc 
 
 breath; as trumpets, cornets^ and hunters hoins. 
 
 Bacon^ i Natural ilijhty. 
 
 Ccrnets and trumpets cannot reach his car ; 
 Under an aftor's nofc, he *s never ne^r. Dtyden. 
 
 2. A company or troop of horfe ; perhaps 
 as many as had a cornet belonging to 
 them. This fenfe is now difufcd. 
 
 Thefe nohlcm^^n were appointed, with tome 
 corntts of horfe and bands ot fjot, to put them- 
 felves beyond the hill where the rebels were en- 
 camped. 5-«'j. 
 
 Seventy great horfes lay dead in the field, 
 and one cornet was taken. ' Huyiuard. 
 
 Trey difcerned a body of five corKtts of horfe 
 very full, ftanding in very good order to receive 
 
 them> Ciarcr.don. 
 
 3. The officer that bears the itanJard of a 
 troop. 
 
 4. CoRS'ET of a Horfe, is the loweft part 
 of his pafterii, that runs round the cof- 
 fin, and is diitinguidied by the hair that 
 joins and covers the upper part of the 
 hoof. Farrier's DiS^ 
 
 J. A fcarf ancivntly worn by doflors. 
 
 6. A headdrefs. Did. 
 
 7. Cornet of Paler, h defcribed by 
 SFirintr to he a cap of paper, made by 
 retailers for fmall wares. 
 
 Co'rnetter. n.f. [from cornet,] A 
 blower of the cornet. 
 
 So great was the inhble of trumpcttcr^, cor- 
 tifttrrs, and other muriciiins, ^hat even Claudius 
 himfelf might have htjid them, Iluicwi/L 
 
 X 
 
 COR 
 
 Co'rnicb. n.f. lariiicije, French.] The 
 highell projection of a wall or column. 
 
 The iory.'cc of the Piiizzo Fainefe, which 
 makes lo bcaulifal an effeel below, when viewed 
 more nearly, will be found not to have its juft 
 meafiue. Drfdc/i's Dujrefnoy. 
 
 Tnc walls were niaffy brafs, the mriticf high 
 Blue metals crown'd, in colours of the (ky. 
 
 Pole's Odyjfy. 
 
 Cornice Ring. [In gunnery.] The 
 next ring from the muzzle backwards. 
 
 Chambers. 
 Co'rNICLE. n.f. [from corn«, Lat.] A 
 little horn. 
 
 Tiierc will be found, on either fide, two black 
 filaments, or membranous Ilrings, which extend 
 unto the long and ihoiter comicUy upon pro- 
 
 tiulion. B'Oturt'i Vulgiir Errcurs. 
 
 CoRNi'cut ATE. adj. [[\om coriiu, Lat. J 
 A term in botany. 
 
 Corniculate plants are fuch as produce many 
 diHintft and horned pods ; and cornlcuUte flowers 
 are fuch hollow flowers as have on their upper 
 part a kind of fpur, or little horn. Chambers. 
 
 CoRNi'ncK. adi. [from cornu b^wHl facio, 
 Lat.] Produftive of horns ; making 
 horns. Dicl. 
 
 CoRNi'cERous. adj. [coniger, Latin.] 
 Horned ; having horns. 
 
 Nature, in other ccniiacyrMi animals, hatli 
 placed the horns higher, and reclining; as in 
 bucks. Brown's J''utgar Ertours. 
 
 CORNUCQ'PIA. n.f [Lat.] The horn 
 of plenty ; a horn topped with fruits 
 and flowers in the hands of a goddefs. 
 
 Tc Cornu'tE. v. a. [cumulus, Lat.] To 
 bellow horns ; to cuckold. 
 
 Corsu'ted. adj. [cornutus, Latin.] 
 Grafted with horns; horned; cuckolded. 
 
 Cornu'to. «,/". [from cornutus, Latin.] 
 A man horned ; a cuckold. 
 
 The peaking corr:ut^, her hufband, dwelling 
 in a continual iarura of jealoufy. S/iakf^care. 
 
 Co'rny. adj. [from cornu, horn, Lat.] 
 
 1. Stronj; or hard like horn ; horny. 
 
 Up flood the corny reed, 
 En^batrel'd in her field. Milton's Paradlfe Lojh 
 
 2. [from corn.'} Producing grain or corn. 
 
 Tell mc why the ant, 
 *Mid(^ rummer's plenty, tlunks of winter's want ; 
 By cont^ant juunicys carelul to prepare 
 Her iiores, and bringing home the corny cjr. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 3. Containing corn. 
 
 They lodge in habitations not their own, 
 By their high crops and corny gi^^ards known^ 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Co'rollary. n.f [corollarium, Latin ; 
 from corolla ; [finis coronal opus ■ coroU 
 /■air, Fr.] 
 
 1. The conclufion : a corollary fccms to 
 be a conclufion, whether foBowing from 
 
 - the premifes ncceffarily or not. 
 
 Kow fince we have confiricred th.e malignity 
 of this fin ol dttradtion, it is but a n:irural ro- 
 tollaiy, chat we enforce our vigilance againft it. 
 Gcvtrnmcnt cj the Tonai/c. 
 As a corotlary to this preface, in wliichT have 
 done jultice to others, I owe fomewhat to my- 
 felf. Dry.lcn-s F.ii.'cs, Preface. 
 
 2, Surplus. 
 
 Bring a corollitry, 
 R.ither t'-an want. Shaiffctire's Tempej}, 
 
 CORO'NA. n.f [Latin.] 'A large flat 
 niember of the cornice, fo called be- 
 caufe it crowns the entablature and the 
 whole order. It is called by workmen 
 the drip. Chambers, 
 
 la a cornice tlic gola or cymatium of ths
 
 COR 
 
 cc'«t,j, tlie coping, the modillions or dentelll, 
 iiLikc .1 nubli; fluiw !>>' 'Iicn guccfiil piDJodti-jn*. 
 
 Co'ronal. n. /. [corona, Latin.] A 
 crown ; a garland. 
 
 Crown yc god Btcchu-i witli a c^ronnt, 
 Ant! Hymen alio crown wirli wreaths of vine. 
 
 Co'ronal. aJj. Belonging to the top of 
 the licad. 
 
 A ni:in of about forty-five ycirs of age came 
 to mc, with a round tdbercle between the fjgittal 
 and cfiiort'^l futuic. H'ijeman, 
 
 Co'ronaky. a.j. [coronar'lus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Relating to a crown ; fcated on the top 
 of the head like a crown. 
 
 The bafililk of older times was a proper kind 
 of ferpcnl, net above three palms lonj;, as fome 
 account; ai:(l diffVrcnccd from other ferpents by 
 advancing bis head, and fome while maiks, or 
 coronnr^ fpots tijion the crown. Brown. 
 
 2. It is applied in anatomy to aittrles, 
 which are fancied t6 cr.compafs the 
 heart in the manner of a §:arland. 
 
 The fiibftancc of the bent itfelf is ir.oft cer- 
 
 ' tanily rrfidc and nourifhed by the blood, winch 
 
 is C'liivcyed to it by the cQnnjtry aitciics. Bcnthy. 
 
 Corona'tion. n.f [from fo>i3nfl, Lat.] 
 
 I. The adi or folemnity of crowning a 
 
 king. 
 
 Foitnnc finiling at her work therein, tli.?t a 
 fcaffoM of execution ihouid glow a fcrirToid ul' 
 
 coronation. Sidney. 
 
 Willingly I came to Denmark, 
 To (hew my duty i:T youi coi-'.n^tti'in Shakfpiare. 
 A cough, fit, wiiich Ic:'Ughtwith ringmg ii. 
 
 -the King's ait-iUa upon h-.s C'^roriit^ln day Sh.if.f. 
 
 Now cmjircfs tame had publifli'd tlie renown 
 Of Sh 's lOTzn.iticn through the town. Ih) i. 
 
 Z. The pomp or afiembly prefcnt at a co- 
 ronation. 
 
 In pcnfive thought rccal the fanci^'d fcene, 
 See rironationi rife on ev'ry green. Pope. 
 
 Co'RotiEK. n.f. [fromrojcna. ] An offi- 
 cer whofe duty is to inquire, on the part 
 of tlic king, how any vi<jicnt death was 
 occafioned ; for which purpufe a juiy it. 
 impannclled. 
 
 Go thou and feekthc .-oroi/T, and let him fit o' 
 my uncle ; for he 's in the third dcgiee of drinlc ; 
 he 's drowned. Shr,lJ^'C',< c. 
 
 Co'uoNET. n. f. \coron;tta, Ital. the dimi- 
 nutive oicorontt, a crown.] 
 
 1. An inferiour crown wo:ti by the nobi- 
 lity. The coronet of a duke is adorned 
 with ftrawbern/ leaves ; that of a mar- 
 quis has leaves with pearls intcrpofed ; 
 that of an ta 1 raifes the pearls, above 
 the leaves; that ot a vifcount Is fiir- 
 rounded with only pearls; that of a 
 baron has only four pearls. 
 
 In his livery 
 Walk'd crowns and cotcncis ; realm? and ifland'; 
 
 wcio 
 As plates dropr from his pocket. Sfiaif£tan\ 
 All the rtft arc countefFes. 
 
 Their csnrt-ts fay fo. Shaifpearc. 
 
 Nov could our nublcs hope their bt^ld 3tc;-mpt, 
 Who ruin'd crowns, would ^oroneti exempt. 
 
 D'ydcTi. 
 
 Peers and dukes, and all their fweeping train, 
 
 And garters, ftars, and cortnt-ts appear. P-ipr. 
 
 2. .-^n ornamental hcaddrefa, in poetical 
 language. 
 
 Tue icrt was drawn into a antict ofgnUl, 
 richly fet with pearl. Sidney, 
 
 TJndfr a ccrontt hi? flowing hair. 
 In curls, on either cheek play'd. Milton. 
 
 Co'rporal. n.f. [covniptcd horn crpo- 
 ral, Fr.] The lowell officer of the in- 
 
 COR 
 
 fantry, whofe office is to place and re- 
 mnve the fentinels. 
 
 The cnicl c'j'p'r^l whifpcr'd in my ear. 
 Five pounds, if lightly lipt, would fet mecltar. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 CoKPORAL of a Si!j>. An officer that 
 hath the charge ot fetting the watches 
 and fenterie?, and rtrlieving them ; who 
 fees that all the foh'.iers and failors keep 
 theii arms neat and clean, and teaches 
 them how to ufe them. He ha^a n-.atc 
 iuider him. Harris. 
 
 CO RPORAL. ar/J. [corporel, Fr. corpus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Relating to the body ; belonging to the 
 bcidy. 
 
 To lelief of larar? and weak age. 
 Of iiuhguit f .int fouls pafi co'poij! toil, 
 A iuiuuied alms houles right well fupplied. 
 
 Shti.'cfpcnri. 
 
 Render to me ftjme corporal fign about licr, 
 M-rc evident than this. Shiitjpeare, 
 
 Tiiat God hath been otherv/ifc feeii, uith 
 eori'vint tycH, excecdeth the fmall proportion of 
 my undeilVuiding. Ruhiglt. 
 
 Bealts cnjuy greater fenfual pleafures, and 
 feel tewer corporal pains; and are utter ftrangers 
 tc all tliol'c anxious and toinienting thoughts 
 which perjietually haunt-and difquiet mankind. 
 
 .^tlcrhury. 
 
 2. Material ; not fpirilual. In the pre- 
 fent !;inguaj;e, when hody is ufed philo- 
 fophically in oppofition to fpiril, the 
 word corporeal is ufed, as, a corp>orea! 
 being ; but other wife corporal. Corpo- 
 real is, having a body ; corporal, rela- 
 ting to the body. This diftinclion feems 
 not ancient. 
 
 Whither are they vani(h'd? 
 Into the airj and wliat fecm'd corporal 
 Melted, as breath, into the wind. Shaifpeare. 
 And from tiiefe a,iporal nutriments, perhaps. 
 Your bodies may at hut turn all to fpirit. MUton. 
 Con POR a'i.ity. n. f. [from corporal.] 
 The quality of being imbodied. 
 
 Il thia light be not fpiiitual, yet it approach- 
 eth ne.ircii unto fpiritu.'lity ; and if it have 
 any corpor.il/ty, then, of all others, the moft i'ub- 
 tilc and pure. Kalcigi's Ibjhry. 
 
 Corporally. aJv. [from corporal.] 
 Bodily. 
 The fun is ccrpiriilly conjoined with bafilifcus. 
 
 " Broivn. 
 
 CO'RPORATE. adj. [from «r/aj-, Lat.] 
 
 1 . United in a hody or community ; 
 enabled to ac"t in legal procefles as an 
 individual. 
 
 Hreaking; forth li'ke a fudden tempcft, be 
 over-run all Munfttr and Connaught, defacing 
 and utterly fubierting all corporate towns that 
 v.'ere not flrongly walled. Spcr.Ja on Ireland. 
 
 The nobles of Athens being not at thi's time 
 3 corpornte ajTembly, therefore the refcntmcnt of 
 the commons w.is ufually turned againft particu- 
 lar p.i'rfons. Sicijt. 
 
 2. Gericral ; united. 
 
 They anfwcr in a joint and corporate voice. 
 That now they are at fall. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Co'rpok ATENK.'^s. n. f. [from corporate.] 
 The (late of a body corporate ; a com- 
 munity. Difl. 
 
 Co.'irou a'tion. n./I [Jromcnrpus, I.iat.] 
 A body politick, authorized by the 
 king's charter to have a comirton feal, 
 one head officer or more, and members, 
 able, by their common confcnt, to grant 
 or receive, in law, any thing within the 
 compafs of their charter : even as one 
 
 COR 
 
 man may do by ^avT all things, lliat by 
 law he Ii not forbidden ; and bliidctli 
 the lucctflbrs, as a rmj;le man binds his 
 executor or heir. Cowcll- 
 
 Of angels we arc rot to confidcr only what 
 tb.cy art, and do, in regaid to their own being ; 
 but tiiatali'o which conccrneth them, as they are 
 Irnkcd into a kind of corporation aniongft them- 
 (clvcs, and of focicty with men. llool:er. 
 
 Of th.is we find fume foot-fteps in our I.iw, 
 Wn ch do'.h hti- root from God and lU'turc take ; 
 
 I'en tbouhind men llic dorii ttigctbcrdraw, 
 And of them all one corporation make. J/t^viei, 
 Co'rpor ATURE. n.f. [from for^ar, l.at. ] 
 The ftatc of being imbodied. Ditl. 
 
 Cokpo'real. adj. ^corporeus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Having a body ; material; HOt fpiiit- 
 ual. See Coni'OR Ai. 
 
 Tht-fwiftncfs of thole circles attribute, 
 Though numberlefs, to his omnipotence, 
 Th.it 10 cer/)prf.i/ fublianccs coulfl add 
 Speed alinolt fpiritual. Milton's Par. Ijjf. 
 
 Having iuieeyed the image of God in the fool, 
 we arc not to omit tbofc characters that_Gud im- 
 printed upon the body, as much as a fpiritual 
 fubftance could be pictured upon a corporeal. 
 
 South' i St-rmonr. 
 
 God being fuppofed to be a pure fpiril, rannot 
 be the object ot any corpori;:l fenfc. Tilhtfan. 
 
 The courfe is ftnifh'd which thy fates deciecd, 
 And tliou from thy corporeal prifon freed. Dtyif, 
 
 Fix ti.y eo'p'^re.il and inteinai eye 
 On the young gnat, or new engcnder'd fly. Prior. 
 
 2. It is uft-d by Swift inaccurately for 
 corporal. 
 
 I am not in a condition to make a true flep 
 even on AimPoury Downs; and I declare, that 
 a corporeal falfc t<ep is worfc than a political 
 one. Swft. 
 
 Corpore'ity. n./. [from corporeus, Lat.] 
 Materiality ; the quality of being im- 
 bodied ; the ftate of having a body ; 
 bodilinefs. 
 
 Since philofophy afiirmctli, that wcare middle 
 
 fubllances between the foul and the hody, they 
 
 mulf admit of fome corporeity, which fuppofcth 
 
 weight or gravity. Urount, 
 
 It is the faying of divine Plato, that man is 
 
 nature's horizon, di\iding betuixt the upper he- 
 
 niifphere of immaterial inteliefls, and tnis lower 
 
 of corporeity. Gl.ir:vilie' i Sceplis. 
 
 The one attributed corporeity to God, and the 
 
 other Ihapc and ligure. Stilling jlect. 
 
 Corporifica'tiov. n.f. [from cor/io- 
 
 rify.] The acl of giving body or pal- 
 
 pabHity, 
 
 To Corpo'rify. v. a. [fromcor/yj, Lat.] 
 
 . To imbody ; to infpiifate into body. 
 
 Not ufed. 
 
 A ceirnin fplrituous fubftance, exrra(5^ed out 
 of it, is miftakcn for the fpirit of the world «»- 
 porified Eoyte, 
 
 Corps. 7 /• r ^ r- ■ t -i 
 
 Corpse. \ "-J- ^""'^^'' ^''- '""''/''^j Lat.] 
 
 1, A body. 
 
 That lewdribauld 
 Laid firfi bis filthy hands on viigin rle-'ne. 
 To fpoil herdainry ccrje, fo fair and fliecne, 
 Of chaltlty and honour virginal. Spenfer 
 
 2, A body, in contempt. 
 
 Though pl-ntcous, all too little feems 
 To flulT this man, ttiis vaii unhidc-bcund corps. 
 
 Miltor.. 
 
 He looks a? man was made^ with face ere(fl, 
 
 That fcorns his brittle corps, and feems afham'd 
 
 He 's not all fpiiit. Drydet:. 
 
 3 , A carcafe ; a dead body ; a corfe. 
 
 Not a friend 
 Greet my poor ror/i, where my bones fliall be 
 thrown. Sh:\kjptnre, 
 
 3 G 2
 
 COR 
 
 There was t'ne muidcr'd ctrfs in covfrt laid, 
 And violent death in tlioufand Ihapes difpl.iy'd. 
 
 See where the cor^s of thy dead fun approaches. 
 
 ,V./,.-./3/!. 
 
 The corpfe was laid out upon tlie riiyor by the 
 emperor's command : I'.e then bid every one 
 light his rianibcau, and liand alunit the dead 
 body. Ad.UfWi G:i.i'.i:u-i. 
 
 4. The body, in oppofition to tlie foul. 
 
 Cold nombncl'i Ihcight bereaves 
 Her c'.rfi of fciifc, and th' air licr foul ri-ceives. 
 
 Denhum. 
 
 5. A body of force?. 
 
 Co'rPULENCE. 7 r r ^/.•T^.T 
 
 Co RPTLENCY. J -^ L r J 
 
 1. Bulkinefs of body ; flefhinefs ; fiilnefs 
 of fieOi. 
 
 To what a cumberfonie unwieldincfs, 
 And burdeaous ccpu/encff my lave had grown. 
 
 Do fine. 
 
 It is but one fpccies of cor^uUncy ; for there 
 
 m3y be bulk witliout fat, from the great ijuan- 
 
 f»:y of mufcuhn flclli, the cafe of ruburt people. 
 
 ^'Irhnthriot 5'; ^•ilimcnis. 
 
 2. Spillitiide ; grofPnefs of matter. 
 
 The niufculgiis rfielh fcrvcs for the vibration of 
 tl'.e tctil ; the hta.intfs aid co^p:tj:'iry of the 
 water ret^uiiing .1 gre.tt force to divide it. Ji^tv 
 Co'rpvlent. adj. [_ror{>ulaitiu, I.,alin.] 
 Flelhy ; bulky; having great bodily 
 bulk. 
 
 We fay it is a fieOiy ftile, when there is much 
 
 penphrafcs, arjd circuit of words ; and when, 
 
 with more tiran enouijh, it grows far and cc- 
 
 fiihnt, Ren 'y'jUjcn^i Uik'^^ver'ni. 
 
 Excefsofnourlfhmenc is hurtful ; for it mak- 
 
 etl; the child ^uif.Li:!, and growing n\ breadth 
 
 rather than in iiciglit. Bacsn. 
 
 CO'RPUSCLE. n.f. [corfufailum, Lat.] 
 
 A Imall body ; a particle of matter ; an 
 
 atom ; a little fragment. 
 
 Ic win add much to our fatisfaiSion, ifthofc 
 •r/K/i/fican be difcovered with niicrofcopcs. 
 
 Who knows whnt are the figures of the iitrlt 
 
 iorfujtles that eompol'c and diltiiiguilh ditiferent 
 
 bodies.' I'i'ulti' L'.gick. 
 
 CoRPu'sct'LAR. 7 aS. [from cor- 
 
 Corpuscul.i'kian. 5 pnfc-uhtm, Latin.] 
 
 Relating to bodies ; comprifing bodies. 
 
 It is the diftiiiguifhing epithet of that 
 
 phiiofopay, which attempts the rational 
 
 iolution of all phy ileal appearances by 
 
 the atiion of on^e bridy upon another. 
 
 As to natin-al philofophy, I do not cxpcA to 
 fee any priuciplts piopofed, more coniprehcniuc 
 and tntcllijjtblc than the c^.rpitjcuiar'um or mecha- 
 nical. Beyle. 
 This may be Did, rh.it the n>odcrn cut^ufcu- 
 Jcin'.wt talk, in nroil things, mure intelligibly 
 than the pcripateticks. BcntUy. 
 The iiurchanical or a^^'ttfati^r philofophy, 
 lh«jugh pciadvcnturi- the eldcfl, as well as the 
 fcrd in the world, had lain d-iad for many ages 
 in contempt and obli\ i-.n. BeritUy. 
 Co'rRACLE. SceCoRRICLF. 
 
 Tc Corra'de. -J. a. \_Corrada, Lat. 3 To 
 rub off; to wear away by frequent rub- 
 bing j to fcrape together. 
 
 CoRR ADiATioN. n. /. \_con and ratlins, 
 Latin.} A conjunciion of rays in one 
 point. 
 
 The implelTion of colour worfceth not but by a 
 con: if direft hearas, or light lines, whereof the 
 bafis is in the object, and the vcitical point in the 
 eye ; fo as there is a ci,rimUa:ii.r., and con- 
 }un(?iion of bcan.s. B.2ron't Nat. U.ji. 
 
 To CORRE'CT. v. a. [carries, corrcFtum, 
 Latin.] 
 
 J. TopunKhj to chadife ; to difclpline. 
 
 COR 
 
 Sad accidents, and a ftate of afflij^lon, is a ' 
 fchool of virtue; \\. corre^s\fv\Xy, and interrupts 
 the confidence of finning. 'fayhr. 
 
 After he has once been correHed for a lye, you 
 mult be fure never after to paidon it in him. 
 
 Locke on Education. 
 
 Cliildrcn being to be reftrained by the parents 
 only in vicious ihnig<;, a look, or nod only ought 
 iQcarreci them when they do amifs. Locke. 
 
 2. To amend ; to take away faults in writ- 
 ings, life, or things. 
 
 This is a defe<£l in the fiift make of fome 
 men's minds, which can fcaixe ever be concilcd 
 afterward';, either by learning oi age. Burnet. 
 
 Ca^rti'/.'/;^ Nature, from what aftiially the is 
 in individuals, to what flie ougiit to be, and 
 what fhc was created. D<yden. 
 
 1 wii-t, bccaufe it amufed me; I corrc&cdj bc- 
 caufe it was as plcafant to mc to rorrscf as to 
 write. Popc^s Prt-fuce. 
 
 The mind may cool, and be at leifurc to attend 
 to its donvcrtick concern : to coufulcr what haKit 
 wants to be corre^ed^zwd what inclination to be 
 fubdued. Ryycri, 
 
 3. To obviate the qualities of one ingre- 
 dient by another, or by any method of 
 preparation. 
 
 O happy mixture ! wherein things contiarj* do 
 fo quality and corrt^ the one tht danger of the 
 other's cxcefs, that neither boldncl'i can make us 
 prefumc, as long as we aic kept under with tlic 
 lenfe of our (»wti wit. tchcdncfs ; imr, while we 
 truft in the mercy of God through Ci^rili Jcfus, 
 fe.u be able to tyrannize over us. Ikohr, 
 
 As, in habitual gout or ftone^ 
 The only thing that can- be done, 
 Is to coitt£} your drink, and diet,. 
 And keep the inward foe in quiet. F:it>r. 
 
 In cafes of acidity, water is tl.c proper drink: 
 its quality of rel.ixing may be couched by boiling 
 it wiih fome animal fubftanccs ; as ivory or 
 hartlhorn. jifbuthmt on ^lineuii. 
 
 4. To remark faults. 
 
 Corre'ct. adj. [corre^us, Latin.] Re- 
 vifed or finiflied \vltli exadnefs ; ficc 
 from faults. 
 
 Wiiat verfe cnn do, he has peifjrm'd in tJiis, 
 Which he prcTuines the moil: correct of his. 
 
 D'jden. 
 
 Always ufe the moft c^rrrE} edition* : various 
 
 re:idings will be only troublefomc whcie the feme 
 
 ib complcrtr. Fci'tcn. 
 
 Corre'ction. Ti. /. [from rijrr^^. 1 
 
 1. Funifliment ; difcipline ; chaltifcment ; 
 penalty. 
 
 Wilt thou, pupil like, 
 Take thy corre^jcK mildly, kifs the rod? Shakjp. 
 
 An ofFenfive wife, 
 That hath enrag'd liim on to otlcr ftrokes, 
 As he IS Ilriking, holds his infant up, 
 And han^is refoh'd irorrt^io/i in the arm 
 That was uprear'd to execution. Shn^fpcjic. 
 
 We are all but cUibtrcn here under the great 
 mailer of the family j and he h ptcafed, by lu'pcs 
 and fears, by uieicies and coytuUion^^ to iiirtrutft 
 us in \'irtue. Mlit/u 
 
 One f.iult was too great lenity to her fervants, 
 to whum flic gave good counfel, but too gentle 
 co> rc61h^. yirhulhnot. 
 
 2. Alteration to a better (late ; the nfl of 
 taking away faults ; amendment. 
 
 Another puct, in another age, may take the 
 fame libcrt)- with my writings ; if, at Icaft, they 
 live long cnoiijjh to defcive cotn^io'i. Drydifi. 
 
 3. That which is fubflituled in the place 
 of any tiling wrong. 
 
 Ccr regions or ImprovcmcnTs (houM be ad- 
 joined, by way of note or commentary, in their 
 proper places. IVtiits. 
 
 4. Rtprehenfion ; an-imadverfion. 
 
 They proceed with judgment and ingenuity, 
 ei^abliihing their afTenions not only with great 
 folidity, but fubmltting them alto unto thcor- 
 rtflioH of future difcovcjy. Broivn. 
 
 COR 
 
 5. Abatement of noxious qualities, by tht- 
 addition of fomething contrary. 
 
 To make ambitious, wholefLme, do r.ot take 
 A dram of country's dulncfs ; do not add 
 CorrcBioiiy but as chymilU purge thr bad, Dinrte. 
 
 Corre'ctioner. k. f, [from corre/Jiori.J 
 One that has been in the houfe of cor- 
 rection ; a jailbird. Tiiis feems to be 
 the meaning in Shakfpeare, 
 
 I will have you foundly fwinged for thi.>, you 
 blue-bottle rogue ! you tillhy familhed corrcc- 
 ti'j'ier, S'takjpeare's Henry iv, 
 
 Corre'ct IV E. aJj. [(r om corrs^.] Hav- 
 ing the power to alter or obviate any 
 bad qualities. 
 
 Mulberries are peifVoral, ccrreOh'e of bilious 
 alkali. j^rhutknot-, 
 
 Cokre'ctivh. n.f. 
 
 1. That which has the power of altering 
 or obviating any thing amifs. 
 
 The hiiir, wool, feathers, and fcales, which 
 all animal* of piey do fwallow, arc a Icr^fonaMc 
 and nccclf^ty iorriBiive, to prevent their gitedi* 
 ncfs iVum fiUJng thcmlcWcs with loo lucculent x 
 food. Ray at! the de^ttion. 
 
 Humanly fpesking, and according to ihc me- 
 ihcd of the world, and the little tcrcHrvei fup- 
 pi*ed by art ;aid difcipiinc, it fcldom fails but 
 an ill principle has its courfc, and nature m::kej 
 good tKir biow. S'yuth'i Sctrnantt 
 
 Z. Limitation -J rcflridlion, 
 
 Thcic fecms to be fuch -in inllancc in the re- 
 giment which the human foul excicifeth in it- 
 lation to the body, that, with ccitdin ccrre^iTes 
 and exceptions, may giv-c Ionic kind of explica- 
 tion or adumbration tliereof. Nule.. 
 
 Corre'ctly. at/v. [^from correct..'], Ac- 
 curat-cly ; esinStly ; without faults. 
 
 There a:e hidics^ without knowing wiiattcnfes 
 and participlt^,. adverbs and picpofiiiuns arc^. 
 fpeak as properly and zs cot ted /y as nioft gen- 
 tlemen who ha\e been bred up iu the oidinary. 
 niethuds of grummar fchools. Locke*. 
 
 Such lays as ncitlior ebb nor flow, 
 Corrc^iy cold, and regularly luw. Pope. 
 
 Corre'ctness. n.f, [jrom cor re 8.1 Ac- 
 curacy ;. exadlnefs ; freedom from faults. 
 
 Too much 1-ibour ofren t.ikcv away the fpiri', 
 by addiiig to tlie pohlbing ; fo th;it there re- 
 mains nothing but a dull eorreUn-:j4f a piece 
 without any confideraLle faults, but with few 
 beauties. Dryden's Dr^/refncw 
 
 The foftnefs of the ftcfb, the delicacy of the 
 fhape, air, and polHirc, and the tcndhufi o( 
 defign, in this lliituc, arc incxprelfible. Ai.ki:kr.. 
 
 Lute,- very late, cc-r/f^?//?/! grew our care. 
 When the lir'd nation Ireach'd fioni civil war, 
 
 ?cpc. 
 
 Thofc piocfs have never before been printed 
 from the true cepies, or with any tolerable degree 
 of eorreOfi-fi. S'JJtJ:, 
 
 Corre'ctor. n.f [from ^jnv(?.] 
 
 1. He that amends, or alters, by puiiifh- 
 ment or animadvcrfion. 
 
 How many- docs zeal nige rather to do jufticc 
 on fome (in>, than toforhe.4[ all fin ! How many 
 rather to be correSJon than pva<fl!fi.rs of religion. 
 Spruit' i SerwcNt. 
 
 With aM his faults, he fets up tn be an uni- 
 verfal reformer and ccrreclor ot abufos, and a 
 remover of grievances. Stuif; . 
 
 2. He that revifes any thing to free it 
 from faults : as the ccrrc^or of the 
 prefs, that amends the errours commit- 
 ted \\\ printing. 
 
 i rctpember a perfon, wlio, by iiis fiyle and 
 litciature, fecms to have been the csm-ffcr of a 
 hedge prefs in Little Britain, preceding gra- 
 dually ID an author. S'lvijt. 
 
 3. In medicine. 
 
 Such an ingredient in a compofition,as guiirds 
 againfl or abates the force of another ; as thu
 
 COR 
 
 lixivial falts prevent the grievous vcllica- 
 lions of rrfinous piirjje;, by tlivicling tlieir 
 j):iriiclcs, and pievciiDiig their adhcfton to tlie 
 iiitelliiMl membranes J anj as fpiccs and carmi- 
 native lecds alViil the operation of foinc c.ilnn- 
 ticks, by difTiputlng wind. In making a medi- 
 cine, loch a tinng is called a cavrrao', which dc- 
 ftroys or diniinilhcs a quality that could iijt 
 othLtw'ifc be dirpcnled with; thus turpentines 
 arc c-irreSi'jrs of quick filvcr, by dellroyiiig its 
 fluxilit}', and making it tajj.rblc of mixture. 
 
 Qijincy. 
 
 To CO'RREL.'VTE. v. n. [frotn con and 
 
 relatiis, Lat.] To have a reciprocal 
 
 relation, as father and fon. 
 
 Co'uREL,\TE. n.f. One that flands in the 
 
 oppolitc relation. 
 
 It is one tiling for a f.ithcr to ceafe to be a fa- 
 ther, by calimg off his fcHi ; and another lor 
 him to ceafe to be fo, by the death of his' fon : 
 in this tiie relation is at au end, for want of a 
 
 Corrk'lative. a^'j. [o« and rclallvas, 
 Latin.] Having a reciprocal relation, 
 fo that the exillence of one In a partl- 
 cnlar ftate depends upon the exilletice 
 of another. 
 
 Father ar.d fon, hulband and wife, and fiicli 
 other arittativt terms, Icem nearly to belong 
 one to another. Sti.th. 
 
 Giving is a relative a£Iion, and fo leqoir.-i a 
 correhttjvf to anfwcr it : giving, on one pait, 
 transfers no property, unbls there be an accept- 
 ing on the otl-.er. Smth. 
 Corke'lati vENEss. n.f. [ixom correla- 
 
 tive.'l The ftate of being correlative. 
 Corre'ptio-N. n.f. [con-ipio, correplum, 
 Latin.] Objurgation ; chiding ; repre- 
 henfion ; reproof. 
 
 If «'c nvjlt be talking of other people's fauUs, 
 Jet it not be to defame, but to amend them, by 
 converting our detra£lion into admonition and 
 fraternal icrrcpt^ct. G^iu-i nmcrU of the T^ii\iiie _ 
 
 To CORRESPO'ND. v. «. \con and 
 refponaeOf Latin. j 
 
 1. To fait; to anfwer ; to be propor- 
 tionate ; to be adetjuate to ; to be 
 adapted to ; to fit. 
 
 The d^ys, it one he compared with anolhci 
 fucceHiveiy througiiout the yc.ir, jre found not 
 to be etjui!, and will not ji'ftly cottefi>cnd with 
 any artificial or mechanical equal nicafures of 
 time. Holder CK Time. 
 
 Words being but empty founds, .my fiirthcr 
 than they are figns of our ideas, wc cai>not but 
 afTcnt to them, as the)" corrrfpond to tliofe ideas 
 wc have, buT no f.ulh.er than that. Licke. 
 
 2, To keep up conuiKrcc with aiiotlier 
 by alternate letters. 
 
 Correspo'nuekce. ? ti. Jl [from cor- 
 Corres?o'ndencv. J '''y/'^^^'^'] 
 I. Relation; reciprocal adaptation of one 
 thinj^ to another. 
 
 Kctwccn the law of tiicir heavenly opor.itio.is, 
 2ud the .i*5\ioas of men in this oui u.ilc of morta- 
 liiv, fuch .r-'rifpoid/Kci- there is a* miknii it ex- 
 pedient to know in feme foit the one, for the 
 ©ther's more perfect dircflion. Hcokt-r. 
 
 Whatever wc fancy, tiiini^s keep ilieir courfe ; 
 and their habitudes, con cffr.'idtjic'Ciy and rcht- 
 tions, keep the fame to one another. Locke. 
 
 t. Intercourfe; recfprocal intelligence. 
 
 I !iad diicoveicd thofc unlawful tcitifpo-rlcft' 
 c/f- ilicy had ufcd, and engagements tlicy had 
 m idc to embroil my kingdoms. A7.v^ Charles, 
 
 Sure the vHlains hold a aQrrefp>-j,jdencc 
 With the enemy, and thus they would betray us. 
 
 Denfj.ifn. 
 
 It b.ippcns vfiy oddly, that the pope and I 
 iho'.ild i.avc the fame thought much ;ibout the 
 U^^ t'.iiic ; my enemies will be apt to lay, f:i.tt 
 
 COR 
 
 wt hold a ccrrefpf^ndtnce together, and :itft by 
 concert in this matter. .'lUij(.'t. 
 
 3. Fiicudniip ; interchange of offices or 
 civi!itles. 
 
 Let fuch military perfons he alTured, and \vA\ 
 leputcd of, latliLr than factious and popular; 
 holdmg aUo good •f.rrfJponJince with the other 
 gicat men in the llatc. Jiacon. 
 
 Correspo'ndent. ucli. [from correfpond.'] 
 Suitable ; adapted ; agreeable ; aa- 
 fwcrable. 
 
 What guod or evil is there under tltc fun, what 
 a*ftiuu CO' Tff pendent or ix'pugnaiit unto the law 
 which God liath impofcd upun his cicaturcs, but 
 iu or upon it God doth work, according to the 
 law Which himfclf hath tlcrnally purpofcd to 
 keep. Ihoker. 
 
 And as- five zones th' cthcrial regions bind, 
 Vwc cQirtfpcJfient -Axz to cailh aHi^ju'd. Dryden. 
 
 Corrkspo'ndemt. n f. One with whom 
 intclligencv-' or commerce is kept up by 
 mutual mcfTiic'es or letters. 
 
 He was plealcd to command me to fend to 
 
 him, and receive from him iill his letters fiom 
 
 and to all hii nnej^undcnti at home and abroad. 
 
 Dcnluim^t Dcdic'itiort. 
 
 Cokrkspo'msive, adj. [from correfpond.^ 
 Anfwerable ; adapted to any thing, 
 Vrlam's fix gitei 1' tli* <ity, with mafly 
 ftaple.s, 
 
 And correfpon/ive and fulfilling bolts 
 
 Sj-enr up the fons of Tr^y. Shakfpcarc. 
 
 CORRIDOR, n.f. [French.] 
 
 1. [In fortification.] The covert way 
 King round the whole compafs of the 
 forlificafions of a place. 
 
 2. [In archltefture.] A gallery or long 
 ifle round about a building, leading to 
 feveral chambers at a diftance from each 
 otho!- Harris. 
 
 There is fomcthins very noble In the amphi- 
 theatre, though llic high wall and lorriJon that 
 went iouiid it are ulnroit enciicly ruined. 
 
 -.-IMiifGrt on lfr..'y. 
 
 Co'RRlGinLE. (li/J. [from corrida, Lat.] 
 
 1. Th;rt may be altered or ameaded. 
 
 2. That is a proper objecl of punidiment ; 
 punifhable. 
 
 He was taken up very (hort, and adjudged cor- 
 ligihle for fuch prefuniptuous language. IJ-j'tu:!. 
 
 3. Corrective ; having the power to cor- 
 rect. Not proper, nor ufed. 
 
 Our bodies are our g.'trden.^, to the wh'cli our 
 wills are gardener.-; ; lo th.ic, if wc will eiihci 
 have it fterd with idlonefs, or manured with in- 
 dulVi y, the jiowcr and nrrigiil: authority of this 
 lies in our will. S/i.i^f^iure's Ochrllo. 
 
 CoRRi'vtr.. n.f. \_con and r;T!«/. ] Rival ; 
 competitor. 
 
 They had govrrnonrs coT.monly out of the 
 two famili-'s of the Geraldinc. and Burbrs, botli 
 advcrfaries and conlvaU one a^^ainft the other. 
 
 .'^pirtf'-r on Irfiiu:!. 
 He, that doth redeem l-.cr thence nii^ht wc^r 
 Without fi'r/tjtf/ all her dignities. Shakfpic-c. 
 CoRRi'vAl.RY. n.' f. [from ccrrivaJ.] 
 
 Competition ; oppofition. 
 CoRRo'noR. \NT. a.-!j. [from corrolcraie.'] 
 Having the power to give flrength. 
 
 There Le divers forts of bracelets fit to eom- 
 fort the fpirits ; and they be of three intentions, 
 refiigerant, cr^ryal^raur^ and aperient. Bann. 
 
 To CORRO'BORATE. v. a. {con and 
 roboro, Latin.] 
 
 I. To confirm ; to eftablidi. 
 
 Maehiavel well nottth, though in an ill-fa- 
 vn\nvd iulhincc, there is no truttmg to the force 
 of n.ature, nor lo the hra\cry of"word?, e.\cept it 
 Lc czTfil'^tiU in- cultoni. BaXn. 
 
 COR 
 
 2. To ftrengthen ; to make ftrong. 
 
 To fortify imagination theic be thr-c wayf; 
 the aurhoiity wlienccrtic belief is derived, nicans 
 to fjuicken and carrohrate the imaginattun, and 
 means to repeat it antt re;ic(h it. Bii:*iH, 
 
 It was laid (hat the prince himfelf had, by the 
 fight of foreign courts, and obl'ervations on the 
 dirteient natures of people, and rules of govern- 
 ment, much ciccited and awaked his fpirits, and 
 Ciir'yhorjtc.i his judgment. Ifmr-m. 
 
 As any limb well and duly exeicifed grows 
 (Wronger, the nerves of the boUy art conohr.it'.l 
 thereby. ff^-ifrs. 
 
 Cokrobora'tion. n.f. [from corrobo- 
 rate.] Tie a£t cf ftrcngtheiiing or 
 confirming; confirmation by lonie ad- 
 ditional fcctirity ; addition of fttcngth. 
 
 The lady hcrf.llpiocured a bull, for ihf; better 
 
 «/'oicr,T///jn of the marriage. B.t<'}'i'i lifnryvn* 
 
 Corro'borative. atl'. [from orroio- 
 
 ral^.] Having the power of increafing 
 
 llrciiglli. 
 
 In the cure of an uleer, with a moilt intempc- 
 ries, as the heart is weakened by too niueli liu- 
 mitlitv, you arc to mix r'}rioho''ttn>et of an af- 
 tringent faculty ; and the ulcer alfo requircth to 
 be dried. lytjc-mnn^ i ^^^g-^y. 
 
 To CORRO'DE. i},a, [corrcdo, Latin.] 
 To cat away by degrees, as a men- 
 flruum ; to prey upon ; to confume 5 
 to wear away gradually, 
 Statcfmen purge vice with vice, and may C9'' 
 
 The bad with ba,d, a fpidcr witli a toad ; 
 For fo ill thralls not them, hut they tame ill, 
 And make her do much good agaiiill her will. 
 
 J)onir. 
 We know that aqua fortis orro^/Zig copper, 
 which is it that gives the colour to vcrdigreafe, 
 is wont to reduce it to a grccii-bluc folution. 
 
 Beyle on Cohurj. 
 The nature of mankind, left to itfcif, would f^on 
 have fallen into difToIution, without the incelTiHt 
 and corrsdifig invafions ot fo long a time. 
 
 H^tU'i Origin of ytanktrd, 
 Hannibal the Pyrcncans part, 
 And llcepy Alp^, the mounds that nature caft ; 
 And with rsric ///.j^ juices, as he went, 
 A pafT.ige through the living rock he rent. 
 
 D'yden's Juvenul. 
 Filhcs, which neither chew iheir mc^r, nor 
 grind it in their liomachs, do, by a riift>)lvent 
 liquor there provided, cvmdr and reduce ^ into 
 a chylus. Ray on the trcttriorr^ 
 
 The blond turning ac:iiioni<ms, c^jTrude.\ i:ic 
 vcfiTehs producing almoft all thp clifcafcs of the- 
 infkimnvatoiy kind. " Artuthnct. 
 
 Should jc.tloufy its \-?nsra once ditVufc 
 Corr^d-.Kg every thought, djid binlting all 
 
 Ti'^*K 
 
 ':pn t \p,. 
 
 Love\ paradifc. 
 CoRRo'DrKT. adi. [from corrode,] Hav» 
 
 ing t!ie power of corrodmg or waiting 
 
 any thing away. 
 CoKiiooiBi'LiT^". n.f. [from corrodihh .'[ 
 
 The qnality of being corrodible ; polli- 
 
 bility to be confimied by a menllrnum. 
 Corro'dible. adj, [from cotrodf-l Pof- 
 
 fible to be cor.ftinitrd or corroded. 
 
 Mi-wis, aith.'Ugh co'todilU by waters, yet will 
 not furf'cr a liquaiiim from tiic poiA-i-rfuiJcft' mat 
 communicable u:uo that clement. Broj-t. 
 
 CoRRODY. n.y. [horn ccrrodoy Latin.] 
 A dtfalcation from an allowance or 
 falary, for feme other than the original 
 purpofc. 
 
 Bi!lides thcfe ficating burgefTes of the ocean, 
 there are certain flying ciiircn^ cf the air, which, 
 prefcribe for a corrody therein. C.szmt;, 
 
 In thofe days even m>blc perfons, and other 
 meaner men, ordered c;"frtVVj and penfmns tt> 
 ihcir chaplains uud ftrvanu out nf churchts.
 
 c: o R 
 
 CoRP.o'siBLS. «<y;. [from corro/Zc] Pofli- 
 
 ble to be conUimed by a mciiihuuin. 
 
 This ought to be corrodibL^ 
 
 CoRRo'sTBLENEss. ji.f. [froiTi ccrr-f.hk.'] 
 
 Sufceptibility of coirofion ; rather nr- 
 
 rodibUity, Did. 
 
 CoRRo'sioN. n.f. [corrodo, Latin.] The 
 
 power of eating or wearing away by 
 
 ■degrees. 
 
 Corrofion is a particul<ir fpecies of diffulution 
 ■ of bodit-'s, either by an acid or a faiinc mcnftiuuin. 
 'It is ;tiinoft wholly defii^ncd for the rcfolution of 
 bodies moft ftiongty compiiftcd, ns buncs and 
 metali ; fo tl.at tne meiiiiruiiras here employed 
 have a conlulcrablc moment oi force. Thcic li- 
 quors, whtthci" acid or urmou^, arc notl.ing but 
 fairs difTolved in a little pliicgm ; tiicrcfore thcfc 
 being fulid, and confcqaently containing a con- 
 fiderable quantity of matter, do both attratfl one 
 another more, and are dlfo more attracted by tlx 
 particles of the body to bcdifToUcd : fowhcntlie 
 more fjlid bodies arc put into faluic menltruums, 
 'the attr'Hcflion is ftrongcr than in other folutions : 
 and the niution, which is always propoitional to 
 the atiia(f^ion, is more violent; fo that we may 
 enlily conceive, when the motion is in fuch a 
 manner increafed, it ftiould drive the Tdts into 
 tlie pores of the bodies, and open and loofcn 
 their cohefion, though ever fo firm. Q./^.-i. 
 
 A kind of poifon worketh either by coyo/kfij 
 or ^y a fccret malignity and enmity tt- nntuie. 
 
 Btrrcn^s Natttic! Hijhry. 
 That c^rroficn and diffblution of bodies, even 
 the moft folid and dujable, which is vulgjiiy 
 afcribed to the air, is caufed mciely by the ac- 
 tion of water upon them j the air being fo f.ir 
 from injuring and preying upon the bodies it en- 
 virons, that it contributes to their ftrur:ty and 
 prefers atioji. JVocdn'ard. 
 
 CoRRo'siVE. adj. [from corndoy Latin. 
 It was anciently pronounced with the 
 accent on the firft fyllable, now indif- 
 ferently.] 
 I, Having the power of confuming or 
 wearing away. 
 
 G^Ai\^ after it has Keen divided by rofoyfr-^ 
 liquors into iivifible parts, yet may prcfcntiy 
 be precipitated, fo as to appear again in its own 
 foim. Gmu'z Coftmhg:a. 
 
 Tne fntjed Tons of vengeance, on whofe cuurfe 
 C'jrrofive famine waits, and kilis the year. 
 
 ThfjmfonU S ring. 
 
 *2. Having the quality to fret or vtx. 
 
 If the maintenance uf ceremonies be a ^'irm- 
 Jtti to fuch AS oppui^n them, undoubtedly to 
 fuch as maintain them if can bi? no g-tat plea- 
 • fiire, wiien they behold that which they reve- 
 rence is oppugned. Hcokcr. 
 
 Con Ro'siVF., n. /. 
 
 1. That which has the quality of u'^fling 
 any thing away, as the fljfh of an 
 ■ulcer. 
 
 He meant his corrojh.e'i to applv, 
 And with ftiidt diet tame his ilubbom malady. 
 
 Fairy Q^ugc:. 
 
 2, That which has the power of fretting, 
 or of giving pain. 
 
 Such fpeeches favour not of God in liim that 
 ufcth them, and unto virtuouHy difpofcd minds 
 itiev arc grievous corro/itje^ H<.cker 
 
 Away ! though paiting be a fietful corrofivty 
 It is ap^jiied to a dciithful wound Shakjpean. 
 
 Care is no cure, but rather arrr./tw'^ 
 For things that arc not to be remedied. Shakfp. 
 
 CoRRo'sivELV. adv. [from corroftve.'] 
 |, Like a corrofive. 
 
 At hrft it laftcd fomowhat carrsfivg^y. Boyie. 
 2, "With the power of corrofion. 
 CoRuo'siVKNESs, n. f, [from corrofive.~\ 
 
 The quality of corroding or eating 
 
 away ; acrimony. 
 
 COR 
 
 Wc (io iiifuff, to what he meant for meat, 
 Csirofivnr[%^ or intenfe cold or heat. 'Donne. 
 
 Saltpetre betiays upon the tim^uc no heat n(;r 
 rirtcpvrKtfs at all, hut cuidncls, ni'ut '.vith a 
 fomewhat languid relifh retaining to Ijitterncls. 
 
 Soylc. 
 Co's-VVGAtit. adj. [from «<7;/f/7/f.] Hav- 
 injj the power of coutraciing into 
 wrinkles. 
 Ta CO'R RUGATE, -v. a. [con-ugo, 
 Latin. ] To wrinkle or piirfe up, as 
 the (Icin is drawn into wrinkles by cold, 
 or any other canfe. ^linry. 
 
 The cramp Cometh ot contra^ion of lincw.^ : 
 it Cometh cither by cold or dryncf.* ; for ccld and 
 dlyncU do both of them contra£^ and rc/r^a/f. 
 Bucou's N^ititm.' I'liflo'y 
 Corruga'tion. n.f. [from corrvgati.'\ 
 Contraftion into wrirkles. 
 
 Tlic pain of the fi>iid p.:rrs is t'^e corr^gat'oti 
 or violent ajjitation of finres, w en the fpirirs are 
 irritated hy fharp luimoii'*s. Fkyrr on t'm Humouri, 
 
 To CORRUPT, -v. a.\ccrrumi>Oy cor- 
 rupt us t Latlr.] , 
 
 1. To turn from a found to a putrcfcent 
 Hate ; to infetl. 
 
 2. To deprive; to deflroy integrity ; to 
 vitiate ; to bribe. 
 
 I fc;*r left by any means, as the ferpjnt be- 
 guiled Eve through his fuhtilty, fo your minds 
 rtiould be corrupted from the fin.plicity that is in 
 CI riiK i C:>rinihia?is, 
 
 Evil communications csn;/^/ good manners.* 
 I Corini^siuns. 
 All that have mifcarriod 
 By underhand, rcrr/z^^i'.^, foul injuilice. Skskf. 
 
 I have iicard it fiid, the tictcfl, time to ccr~ 
 ru-^t a man's wife, is when (he *s fallen cue with 
 her hnfb nd. Shnl-fp-are*s Corhuimti. 
 
 But iHv, I fmcll a mm of middle earth ; 
 With trlsi fire touch mv hi<; fin^or-cnd ; 
 It" lie be c!ial*e, the flame wil! back defcend, 
 And turn him to no pain ; but if he ftart. 
 It is tlie fielh of a ccr;/-^/ir</ heart. Shnkfpearc. 
 
 Linguage bein;; the conduit whereby men 
 convey chiir knowledge, he that makes an ill ufc 
 of it, ihjiigh he dt'CS not corrupt jihc fountains 
 of knowledge, which are in things, yet he flops 
 the pi[ics. "^ Locke. 
 
 Hi.re the black trumpet thro' the world pro- 
 claim, 
 That not lu be corrupted i.<; the fbamc. P'^pe. 
 
 3. To fpoil ; to do mifchief. 
 To CoRKii'pT. 'V. n. To become putrid ; 
 to grow rotten ; to putrefy ; to lofe 
 purity. 
 
 The nptnefs nr proponfion of arr or water to 
 
 ccrrujit or putrefy, no douht, is to be founrl bc- 
 
 fuio it br-iik forth into m.inifeft cffcifts of dif- 
 
 ealcs, bhilting, or the like. Baccr.. 
 
 CoRRu'pT. ad;, [from To corrupt. ~\ 
 
 1. spoiled ; tainted; vitiated in its q\iali- 
 tie;:. 
 
 Cuirfe hoary mouMcd bread ihefoldicrs thiuft 
 upon the points o( their fpi-.irs, railing ajjainiJ 
 Ftrdinand, wh^ with iuch cctrupi andpdtilcnt 
 btt-nd would f ed them. X/icJ'c:. 
 
 2. Unfound ; putrid. 
 
 As fuperfluouv Rcfh did rot, 
 Amendment readv ftill at haurt did waif, 
 To pluck it out with pincer'i fiery hot. 
 Th.it f"Oii m him was left no corrupt jot. Spenfer. 
 
 3. Vitior.s ; tainted with wickednefs ; 
 without integrity. 
 
 Let no c'jyrupt c immunicxtion pror«ed out o\ 
 your mouth, h^t that wl'.jth is good to the ufc 
 of edifying Eph. fi'iii 
 
 C.fjyrii^ty rorrupty ;md tainted in defue. Sn\ikf. 
 
 Thtfe kind of knaves I Know, which In this 
 phunntfs 
 Harbour more criift. and more cftrupter cnd^, 
 Than twenty fdky ducking obfcrvaiTts. Shakfp. 
 
 COR 
 
 S"rae, who have been curiuft in their morals, 
 have yci been intiiiinly foliciious to have their 
 children jii-.>uAy Oroujjnt up. Soiiik'i Sernant. 
 CorruVter. n.f. \iiam corrupt.'] He 
 that taints or vitiates ; he that IcfiTcns 
 puiity or integrity. 
 
 Away, away, conujitcrs of my fai'h I Shakfp. 
 
 From the vanity ot the Greek-, the nrruyrrti of 
 a:l truth, who, without all giound of certainly, 
 vaunt their antiquity, came t e enour (iilt of 
 
 all Raleigh's \lif.ory if the il'orld. 
 
 Thofe great cem/ptcn of ehriiiiaauy, and in- 
 deed uf iiatuial religion, thejriutts. jiJ.!ifon. 
 
 Corruptibi'lity. tii /. [Irom corrupti' 
 
 Me.} Ponibility to be coiiiipttd. 
 CoKRu'pTiBLE. adj. [from corru /.] 
 
 1. Snfccptible of dtilruftion by natural 
 decay, or without violence. 
 
 Oui corruptible bodies could never live the life 
 they fliall live, were it not that they aic joined 
 with his hody which is incoiruj'tible, and that 
 his is in ours as a caufc ofiinnioitulity. liyAir. 
 
 It is a devouring tumiption of the cffjnsiai 
 mixture, which, conhlhng chiefly of an oily 
 mui!iu;e, h corruj.tii.c tl;rougli diffipation. 
 
 HartTf on Cotijiirr.ptiont. 
 
 The fcveral parts of which tlie world conlills 
 being in their nature eurrupi,hl( , it is more than 
 probable, that, in an infinite duration, this 
 fiame of things would long fuicc have hem dif- 
 f^'lved. Til!o-J<,n_ 
 
 2. Siifceptible of external depravation; 
 poilible to be tainted or vitiated. 
 
 CoRKu'pTiBLENESS. «./ [hom corrupti- 
 ble.} Sulceptibility of ccrrnption. 
 
 CoRRu'pTiBLY. adv. [from corruptible.'} 
 In fuch a manner as to be corrupted, 
 or vitiated. 
 
 It is too late; the life of all his blood 
 Is touch'd corruptibly. Shaifpeure's King Lear. 
 
 CoRRo'pTiON. n.f. [cGrru/'tlo, Latin.] 
 
 1. The principle by which bodies tend 
 to the fcparation of their parts. 
 
 2. Wickednefs; perverlion of principles ; 
 lofs ot integrity. 
 
 Ptccepis ot nior.ility, bcfidcs the natural cor- 
 ruption of oui tempers, which makes us averfe- 
 to them, are fo abltradcd from id^.is of lenfc, 
 that tl'.cy feldom get an o])portuni'y foi defciip- 
 tions and images. ^-i.iUijo't on the GeorgUki. 
 
 Amidft cotruptiofif luxury, aitd rage, 
 Still leave fome ancient virtues to our ape. 
 
 i''-fe. 
 
 3. Putrefcence. 
 
 Tiic wife contriver, on his end intent, 
 Careful this fatal errour to prevent. 
 And keep the waters from corruption free, 
 MiAt tiicm with fait, and ftafon'd all the fca. 
 
 Blijcktmre. 
 
 4. Matter or pus in a fore. 
 
 5. 1 he tendency to a worfe ftate. 
 
 Aittr my death 1 wilh no otlier herald, 
 No other fpeakcr of my living a^ion.^, 
 To keep mine honour from corr.iptiont 
 But fuch an honeU chronicler as GnlTith. Shjkf. 
 
 6. Caufe, or means, of depravation. 
 
 The region hath by conqiicft, a;;d corruption 
 of other lai.guages, received new and diS'erent 
 names. Rnhi^h'i Uijiory. 
 
 All thofe four kinds of corrupt. on are veiy 
 common in their language; for which reafon? 
 the Greek tongue is become much altered. 
 
 Bterciooc^.l en Lan^unget. 
 
 7. In law. 
 
 An inlcdion growing la a man atr..iiitcd of 
 felony, or treafon, and to his iifuc ; for as he 
 lofeth all to liie prinee, or ether lord of the fee, 
 fo his ilfue cannot be heir to him, -or to any 
 other anceftor, of whom ihey miglit have claim- 
 ed by him ; and if lie were noUc, or a jeni;;;-
 
 COR 
 
 man, he and liis cliildirn are made ignebU and 
 
 ur.jjciillv, in rcfpccl of li c f'-nliti. Cowdl. 
 
 CuiiKu'pT! VE. acli. [from corru/>l.] 
 
 Having the quality of tainting or viii- 
 
 fng. 
 
 Cari7ing; a fcltlcd habitude unto tlie corrriftn'c 
 
 Origin:its. Si'O-uin'l f^t/fi^ar Frrojrs. 
 
 It (houM be endued witli an atici fcimtnt, ur 
 
 fomf rorrui'tiTf quality, (or fo fpeedy a dilVjIu- 
 
 tiou of the mc \l and preparation of the rhylc. 
 
 R'jy Oft rh; ('n.ition. 
 
 CoRR v'pTLKSS. adj. [fioni corrupt. "^ In- 
 
 fufccptiblt ot corrujjtion i uiidccaying. 
 
 All :uound 
 The borders with c^fruptlffs injnh aie crown'd. 
 
 CoRRu'pTi.y. adv. [from corrupt. '\ 
 
 1. With corruption; with taint; with 
 vice ; wStliout integrity. 
 
 O that cit.ites, dcgiccs, and offices, 
 ^^'^;re not dcriv'd corrupriy ' that clear honour 
 Were purchas'd by the merit of the weaicr. 
 
 Shakfpenre. 
 VV'e have dealt \cry nrruftly againll thee, 
 and have not kept the commandments. 
 
 Nehemiah, 
 
 2. Vitioudy; improperly; contrary to 
 purity. 
 
 We luive corruptly contraftcd moft names, both 
 of men and places. Camdm' s Kemtavs. 
 
 CoRRu'pTNESs. n.f. [from cornj/.l.] The 
 
 quality of corruption ; putrtfcence ; 
 
 vice. 
 CORSAIR, n / [French ] A pirate ; 
 
 one who proieflcs to fcour the fea, and 
 
 fcize merchants. 
 Corse, n./. \^ccrl>s, French.] 
 J . A body. Not in ufe. 
 
 For he was flror.g, and of fo rrfl^hty corfe, 
 As evy wielded fpear in warlike hand, ^penfcr. 
 2. A dead body ; a carcafe : a poetical 
 word. 
 
 That from her body, full of filthy fin, 
 Htf reft hci hateful licnd, without rcmorfc ; 
 A riream of coal-black, blood forth guflicd from 
 her iorfe. Spirjtr 
 
 £etdown the corJt\ or, by faint Paul, 
 I'll make i cmfe of him that difobcys Shakfji- 
 
 What may this mean ? 
 That thou, dead eij/ir, again in coniplctc i>eel 
 Revilit'ft liids the ghnipfes of the moon. 
 Making night liideous? Sliaijpcate' s llam'c-t. 
 
 Here lay him down, my friends, 
 FuU in my fight, that I m;iy view at le'-fine 
 The bloody f^'yi", and count tkole glorious 
 wounds. .Addljmi. 
 
 Co'rselet n.f. {corfikt, French.] A 
 light armour for the forepart of the 
 body. 
 Some (hilts of maile, fome coats of plate 
 put on, 
 Some don'd a cuirace, fome .•» cji:! bright. 
 
 Fairfjiy. 
 They larti, they foin, thev par>, lliey ibivc to 
 bo:c 
 Their corjh-iij and their thiniicft parts explore. 
 
 Drydett. 
 But heroes, who overcome or die. 
 Have their heait-i hung extremely high j 
 The drings of which, in battle's hc.it, 
 ^ Againfi their verv corf-hti beat. -Trier. 
 
 CO RTICAL. adj. [cortex, bark, L.it.] 
 Barky ; belonging to the outer part , 
 belonging to the rind ; outward. 
 
 Their laft extremities form a little gland (:ili 
 thcfe little glandf. together make the corticul part 
 of the brain), terminatirg in two little vclTels. 
 
 Ciuym'i Pkihj^^pkictti Vrinci^le\. 
 
 Co'nTicAt'Kt>. adj. [from corlkalus, 
 Latin.] Reftmbling the burk of .^ 
 tiee. 
 
 COS 
 
 This animal is a kind of lizard, a quadruped 
 
 ccrticalcl and dcpilous ; that is, without wool, 
 
 fur, or iiair. Jiraun. 
 
 Co'rticose. adj. [from corticojus, Lat.] 
 
 Full of bark. Uia. 
 
 CoRVETTo. ft./. The curvet. 
 
 You murt diaw the horfe in his career with 
 bis manage, and tum, doing the coinirtto anc 
 lejpiiig, ytiicfiattj on })rau-ti^. 
 
 C0RU':5CANT. aJj. [coru/co, Latin.'] 
 
 Glittering l>y flaOies ; flaOiiug. 
 Corusca'tion. n.f, [corufca/ioj Latin.] 
 FlaQi ; quick vibratlor of light. 
 
 \Vc fee thar ligV.tning*; and con/JcatioftSj whicli 
 are near at hand, yield no found. Baron 
 
 Wc miy learn tli.it fulphureous ftcaras abounri 
 in tlic boweli of the cjith, and fcimcnt wiih 
 minerals, and ftmietimcs take fire with a Cuclden 
 corufcatiyn and cxjiloiiou. N^ivton'i O^tiiki. 
 
 How hcnt and nioiUuic mingle in a m;ifb, 
 Or bcjch in tluindcr, ur in ligl ming blaze; 
 Why \\\\\\\Aq. cQTujcatttfn I'rike t!.( eye, 
 And bold ton.ados blultcr in the Iky. Gaftk. 
 
 Cory'mbiateo. ifiij. [corymlus, Latin.] 
 Ganiilhcd \^ltIi bjanches of berries. 
 
 Did. 
 Cor y m bi'f erous. adj, [ from coryml-us 
 zr\djerOj Lat.] Bearing fruit or ber- 
 ries in bunches. 
 
 Corymbiferom plants arc dlftinguKhcd into fuch 
 as have a indi.ite (lower, as the lun-fl'iwci j and 
 fuch .is have a naked Howcr, as die hemp-agii- 
 mony, and mug wort : to which are added thofe 
 a -kin hereunto, fuch as Icabious, ttafjl, thiftle, 
 and the like. Quiftcj-. 
 
 CORTMBUS. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 Amungft the ancient i.utanift-, it was ufed to 
 exprefi the bunc'ies or clutters oi berries of ivy : 
 amungft modern botanills, it is uled for a com- 
 pounded difcous flower, whofe lecds arc not 
 pappous, or do nut fly away in (!own ; fuch arc 
 the flowers of daifics, and common niarygold. 
 
 (^ithiry. 
 
 CosCi'nOM.INCY. n. f. [from y^naxim, a 
 
 fieve, and u.xm'i'r > divination.] The 
 art of divination by means of a ficve. 
 A very ancient pracHce, mentioned by 
 Theocritus, and ftill nfed in fome parts 
 of England, tolind out pcrlons unknown. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 Cose'cant. n. J'. [In geometry.] The 
 ftcant of an arch, which is the com- 
 plement of another to ninety degrees. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 Co'sHERiNG. n.f. [Irilh.] 
 
 Cojie'in'^s were vtfitations and progrefles made 
 by the lord and his t*ollowe;s among his tenants ; 
 wherein he did eat lliem (as the Hnglilh proverb 
 ii) out of houfe and home. Davies. 
 
 Co'siER. tt.f. [from confer, old French, 
 
 to few.] i\ botcher. Hanmer. 
 
 Do you malce an alenoufe of my lady's houfe, 
 
 that ye fqtieak out your c^t'er catches, wiihout 
 
 a:^y mitigation or remorfc ot voice r HhakJ^t^re. 
 
 Co'siNE. n. f. Jin geometry.] The 
 right fine of an arch, which is the 
 complement of another to ninety de- 
 grees. Harris. 
 
 Cosme'tick. adj. [<itc-u.r,ryxv.'\ Having 
 the power of improving beatity ; beau- 
 tifying. 
 
 No better c:>fr*t(t:cks than a fcvere tempei-ance 
 and purity, niodefty and humility, a gracious 
 temper a:id cani>nefs of fpirit; no true beauty 
 without the figiiatUFCS of Ihcfc j^races in tiie veiy 
 countenance. K.iv t-rt the Creatien. 
 
 Fir if, rob'd in white, the nyinph Intent adores, 
 V/ith' head uiicover'd, the icjmtiitk pow'rs. 
 
 Pipe. 
 
 COS 
 
 CO'SMICAL. ctdj. [>««?.] 
 
 1. Relating to the world. 
 
 2. Rifing or fctting wiih the fun ; not 
 acronycal. 
 
 The cojmical afcenfion of a (lar we term that, 
 when it anfcth togciher with the fun, or in 
 the fame degree of the cclipiick wrerein the fun 
 abideth. Hrown's yulgdr Errmrs. 
 
 Co'sMiCALLY. adv. [from co/mical.} 
 With the fun ; not acronycaly. 
 
 From I.iC rifiiig ot this llai, not c,fmi:al/y, 
 that IS, with the fun, but hcli.ically, that is, its 
 cmeifioii from the lays of the fun, the aiicients 
 compiued their canicular days. Jirvwr. 
 
 Cosmo'gony. n. /. [ icn'!^- and >(;.>■.] 
 The rife or birth of the world ; the 
 creation. 
 
 COSMOGRAPHER. n/ [- 'r;.<,.S>- and ^.ja^Si. ] 
 
 One who writes a dcfcriptlon of the 
 world ; dillinft from geographer, who 
 dcfcribes the fituation of particular 
 countries. 
 
 The ancient nfmr^rnphtn do place the divi- 
 fion of the call and weftern hemifphcre, that Is, 
 the firft trrm of longitude, in the Canary or 
 Fouunate Iflands, conceiving thele parts the ex- 
 trcmert h.ibitaiions wcftward. Brown, 
 
 Cosmoora'fuical. adj. [from cofmo~ 
 grdphy.] Relating to the general de- 
 fcription of tlie world. 
 CosMOGRA'PHfCALLY. adv. [from cof- 
 mogra/i&ical.] In a manner relating to 
 the fcience by which the (Irudure of' 
 the world is difcovered and defcribed. 
 
 The terie:Ia, or fpherical m.ignct, co/m:grafh:- 
 ca'.ly fel out with circles of the globe. Bri>^t:n. 
 
 COSMO'G ;APHY. n.f. [«^^fx^ and 
 ■•::ll!'.-.] The fc'ence of the general 
 fyftem or afFeilions of the world ; dif- 
 tinft from geograpiiy, which delivers 
 the litnation and bouniarics of particu-> 
 lar countries. 
 
 Here it might fee the world without travel; 
 it being a leifer fchcmc of the creation, n-atura 
 contrafled, a little cofmograpliy, or map of the 
 univerl'e. Sou:ri. 
 
 Cosmopolitan.^ n.f. [voo-^©. and s-c-^ 
 
 Cos.MoponTF.. j ,,.;..] A citizen 
 of the world ; one who is at home in 
 every place. 
 
 Co'ssET. n.f. A lamb brought up with-, 
 otit the dam. 
 
 Jf thou wilt bewail my woeful teen, 
 I (hall 'thee give yond' cojfet for thy pain. 
 
 Spinrer. 
 
 COST. «. / [hjl, Dutch. .4s this 
 word is found in the remoteft Teutn- 
 nlck dialects, even in the Illandick, it 
 is not probably derived to us from the 
 Latin confo ; thotigh it is not unlikely 
 that the French coujler comes froia the. 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The price of any thing. . 
 
 2. Sumptuoufnefs ; luxury. 
 
 The city woman beai^ 
 The cof of princes on unworthy flioiilderj. 
 
 Shakj^Eare^ 
 Let foreign princes vainly boaft 
 The rude ctfedts of pride and forf 
 Of varter fabricks, to wliicii tiiey 
 Contribute nothing hut the pay. Wi'.Ur. 
 
 3. Charge ; expence. 
 
 While he found his daughter maintained with- - 
 out his oft, lie was content to be deaf to any . 
 none of infamy. Sidneji- 
 
 1 liiall never hold thil man my friend, 
 Wivofe tongue (halluik me i^r one penny co/lf 
 To i.a:i[om heme revolted MuWiasct, . iir--ii^nrt.
 
 COS 
 
 n.nc rt-e eaten at all of tUc king's nfi? ov 
 liatli l.e given us any gift? 2 i.^m.v.;. 
 
 And wilt tbou, O cruel boaft ! 
 Put poor nature to luch coji ? 
 O \ 'twill undo our common mother. 
 To be at charge of futh another. C.raJ!,^'.'^. 
 
 It is ttrangc lo lee any ecclefiaftical pile, not 
 hy ecckfiaftical cofi and intincnce, rifnig above 
 Eiound: elpccially in an age in whicn mens 
 months are open againft the church, but then 
 Lands Ihut towards it. &-"'''^ Scnmm. 
 
 He whofe tale is heft, and pleafes moll. 
 Should «'in his fuppei at our common cofl 
 
 DryAm 1 tal'ki. 
 
 Fourteen thoufand pounds are paid by Wood 
 
 fT the purchafc of his patent: what were his 
 
 other vifible.-j/fi, I kno* not j what his latent, 
 
 is vaiioutty conjcftuicd. •ii'-V'- 
 
 4. Lofs ; fine ; (ktiiment. 
 
 What they had fondly wiflied, proved after- 
 wards to theii cyis over true. KtrJlci. 
 ■To Cost. v. n. piet. coj ; particip. cojl. 
 {coujlcr, Fr.] To be bought for ; to 
 be had at a price. 
 
 Tl;e d.igscr and poifun are always in leadi- 
 ncfs; but to bring the aOion to extremity, and 
 then' recover ail, will require the art of a writer, 
 and coji him many a pang. DryJcji. 
 
 Co'sT.\L. adj. Icojla, Lat. a nb.] Be- 
 longing to the ribs. 
 
 Hereby arc excluded all cetaceous and cartila- 
 ginous ti'lhes; many pedlinal, whofe nhs are 
 rciSriliiieal ; and many co/a!, which have their 
 ribs embowcd. Brc-,vn's V«lg.rr Erroun. 
 
 Co'iT.^RD. n.J. [from <-2/?fr, ahead.] 
 
 1. A head. 
 
 Take him over the cajlrrj with the belt of thy 
 (vford. Shakjfenrt'i Kichaidiw. 
 
 2. An apple round and bulky like the 
 
 head. 
 
 Maiiv country vicars are driven to Ihitrs ; and 
 ■if our greedy patrons hold us to fuch conditions, 
 thcv will make us turn rofiurd mongers, giaficrs, 
 or fell ale. Bart'.n an Mcianck: y. 
 
 CO'STIVE. a:V]. Vjonppatus, Latin, 
 conjlipe, French.] 
 
 1. Bound in the body ; tiaving fhe excre- 
 tions obftrucled. 
 
 When the paffige of the gal! becomes obftiuc- 
 tcd, the bodv glows tc/jrtf, and the excrements 
 of the belly 'white. . BfO'a,n. 
 
 While fafter than his mp-jt brain indites, 
 Philo's quick hand in Sowing letters writes ; 
 His cafe appears' to me like honcft Tcaguc's, 
 When he was run away with by his legs. Piior. 
 
 2. Clofe ; unpermeablc. 
 
 Clav in dry fcafons is eojlive, hardening with 
 tiic fan and wind, till unlocked by indurtry, fo 
 as to admit of tne ait and heavenly influences 
 
 M'>rt:*nfi's lli4jhar:dr\ 
 
 Co'sTtVENESS. n.f. [from cojTi-ve.} _ The 
 flate of the body in which excretion is 
 obitruded. 
 
 Cr/ii-.d^f^ difpcrfes malign putrid funics out 
 of the guts and mcfenrcr)- into all p-rts of the 
 .ludi-, occafioning head-aches, fevers, lols of 
 appetite, and dilhirbancc of concoilion. lla:'.:iy. 
 
 univ!':e[< has ill ettefts, and is hn-d to be 
 dealt with hy phyfick ; purging rhedicincs ra 
 ther inc cafing than removing the evil. 
 - Co'sTi.iN'Ess. n.f. [from ro/?/y.] 
 .tBoufnefs ; expeniivenefs. 
 
 Though not witn cu;icus coJIUnffi, 
 cleanly fuSiciency, it entertained rac 
 
 Sump- 
 
 ycl witii 
 
 Nor have the' frugaller fons of fortune any 
 reafoi) to objci^ tl« c.JilMi ; fmce they fre- 
 nu-ntlv pay dearer for lefs advant.-.gious plea- 
 
 Co'aTLY. adj. [from coJl.'] Stimptuous ; 
 expcnfive ; ofa high price. 
 
 r.->jUy tiiv habit as thy purfc can buy. 
 But not exprert in fancy; rich, not gaudy ; 
 Poi- the apparel oft ptjclaims the man. iik^iff 
 
 COT 
 
 Leave ftr a while thy cojily country -feat ; 
 And, to be great indeed, forget 
 The naufccus pleafurcs of the great. DryiUn. 
 
 The chapel of St. Laurence will be perhaps 
 the moll «//>• piece of work ou the earth, when 
 completed. MMf»:. 
 
 He is here fpeaking of Paradlfe, which he le- 
 prefcnts as a moll charming and d-lightful 
 place ; abounding with things not only ufeful and 
 convenient, but even the moll rare and valuable, 
 the moil mji/y and defirable. U'cohv^ird- 
 
 Co'sTMARY. n.f. {cojlus, Lat.] An herb. 
 Co'sTREL. n.f. [fuppofed to be derived 
 from coja-.] A bottle. Sini/ic-r. 
 
 Cot, Cote, Coat, at the end of the 
 names of places, come generally from 
 the Saxon cor, a cottage. Gilfoii. 
 
 COT. n.f. [cor. Sax. rtt-.', Weini.] A 
 fmall hotife ; a cottage ; a hut ; a 
 mean habitation. 
 
 What that ufagc meant, 
 Which in her ::or (he daily pvaaifed. F. Q:!fiii. 
 Befides, his cot, his flocks, and bounds of 
 feed. 
 Arc now on faie ; and at our (hecp cot now. 
 By reafon of his ablVnce, there is nothing 
 That you will feed on. Shakjf. Ai you lite it. 
 
 Hezekiah made himfelf Halls for all manner 
 of hearts, and coti for flocks. 1 Cliromaeu 
 
 A rtately temple Ihoots within the Ikies ; 
 The ciotcl\cts of their 'S/ in columns rife ; 
 The plvtment, polifh'd marble, they behold j 
 The gates with fculpture grac'd, the fpircs and 
 tiles of gold. Drydcn's B,mc:i nij Phil. 
 As Jove vouchfaf 'd on Ida's top, 'tis faid. 
 At [loor Philcmen's nt to take a bed. F<:;::':r:. 
 Cot. n.f. An abridgment of cotqiidaii. 
 Cot.a'ngent. n.f [In geometry.] The 
 tangent of an arcli which is the com- 
 plement of anotJier to ninety degrees. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 Tn Cote. v. a. This word, which I 
 
 have found only in Chapman, feems to 
 
 fignify the fame as To kavs bebiiiil. To 
 
 overpnfs. 
 
 Words her worth had prov'd with deeds. 
 
 Had more ground been allow'd the race, and 
 
 cotid far his fleeds. Chapman'i Iliad. 
 
 Cote'mpor.ary. adj. \con and temptis, 
 
 Latin.] Living "at the fame time ; 
 
 coetaneous ; contemporary. 
 
 What would not, to a rational man, cottm- 
 foittry with the firft voucher, have appeared pro- 
 bable, is now ufed .as certain, bccaufe feveral 
 have fir.ce, from him, faid it one after another. 
 
 ic.-.f--. 
 
 Co'tla-s'D. n.f [cot and land.] Land 
 
 appendant to a cottage. 
 Co'titj-e.i-n-. tuf. [probably from coqu'm, 
 
 French.] A man who buCes himfelf 
 
 with women's affairs. 
 Look to the bak'd meats, good .\ngclita ; 
 
 Sparc not for coft. ■ 
 
 Go, go, you fo.'jwfJW, go; 
 
 Get von to- bed. SJ'uffpeare^! R'Mim nnd fithct. 
 A ftatcfwoman is as ridiculous a cieaturc as a 
 
 c(,!quc:in : each of the fcxes Ihould keep within 
 
 its lounds. A.UiJ'ou. 
 
 You have given us a lively piflurc of hufliaiids 
 
 hen-pecked; liut you have never touched ufjn 
 
 one of the quite (iiftcient charafler, ami who 
 
 goes by the name ui cottjkean. .-Iddijon. 
 
 Cottage, n.f. [from cs/.] A hut ; a 
 
 mean habitation ; a cot ; a licile houfe. 
 
 The fca ceatl (hall be dwellings and cottwn 
 for Ihepherds, and folds for flocks. Zrphaniuh. 
 
 They were light glad to take fome corner of a 
 poor nttagc, and there to fcrvc God upon their 
 knees. ''»'■*'■' ■ 
 
 The felf-fame fun that fhines upon iiis<oiirt, 
 Hides not his vilage from our cctlagf, but 
 Looks on both jii'itc. S/i.i(j}ii'ri'i ll'i"ic.-'s TJ,. 
 
 c o u 
 
 Let the women of noble birth and great for 
 tunes nurfe their children, look to the aftaits of 
 the houfe, vifit poor cottagn, and relieve th eii 
 neceffities. T.tyhr'i Holy Lru ing. 
 
 It is difficult for a-peafant, 'orcd up in the oh- 
 fcuiiiics of a cottage, to fancy in his roind the 
 fplcndors of a court. Siul't, 
 
 Beneath our hurable cottage let us haflc, 
 And here, unenvicd,rur.il dainties talle. Pojic. 
 Co'ttager. n.f. [fiom c-itle^e.] 
 
 1. One who lives in a hut or cottage. 
 Let us from our farms 
 
 Call foith our cw/agcri to arms. Swift. 
 
 The moll ignorant Iiilh cAiagcr will not 1.; 
 
 his cow for a groat. StvI/i's Addr. to Pailiamc-t 
 
 2. A cottager, in law, is one that live i 
 on the common, without paying rent, 
 and witliout any land of his own. 
 
 The hufbandmen zud. plowmen be butastVcir 
 work-filks and labourers; or elfc mere .'///.i- 
 gfri, which are but houfed beggars. Bacon. 
 
 The yeoracnr)', or middle people, ofa condi- 
 tion hctv.een gentlemen .i\:d ■atagers. £a:o'r. 
 
 Co'ttier. n.f. [(vom cot.] One who 
 inhabits a cot. D:c-I. 
 
 COTTON, n.f. [named, according lo 
 SilnrcT, from the down that adheres (.0 
 the ir-.Ltla cotor.ca, or qaincc, called by the 
 Italians cotogtti; whence cottone, Ila!. 
 cotton, French.] 
 
 I. The down of the cotton-tree. 
 
 The pin ought to be as thick as a rowling- 
 id covered wi:h cotton, that its hardmlj 
 
 pm, ana cjverca v.'\'m coii'jn, uui m ■•«•" 
 may not be otfenfive. H ifer. 
 
 2 . Cloth made of cotton. 
 Cq'tton. n.f. A plant. 
 
 The ipecies are, i, Swtubhy cotton. 2. The 
 mofl: excellent American cottov, with a grecnilh 
 feed. 3. Annual Ihruhby cotton, of the ifl.and of 
 Providence. 4. The tree cotton. 5. Tree cot- 
 tot, with a yellow flower. The tirft fort is cul- 
 tivated plentifully in CVindia, Lemnos, Cyprus, 
 Malta, Sicily, ai'id at Naples ; as alio between 
 Jerufalem and Damafcus, fro.m whence the .o.'- 
 ton is brought annually into tliefe nouhcrn parts 
 of Europe. The cotton is the wool which in- 
 clofes or wraps up tlie feeds, and is contained in 
 a kind of brown bulk, or fced-vefli-l, growing 
 upon this (hrub. It is from this fort that the valt 
 quantities of «/K« arc taken, which furniih our 
 pans of the world. The fecond and third foi ts 
 are annu.il : thefe aic ciiltiv.itcd in the Weft In- 
 dies in great plenty. But the fourth and fifth 
 forts grow in Egypt : thefe abide many years, 
 and often arrive to be frees of great magnitude. 
 
 Miilcr. 
 
 To Co'ttok. f. n. 
 
 1. To rife with a knap. 
 
 2. To cement ; to unite with : a cant 
 word. 
 
 A quarrel will end in one of you being turned 
 off, in which cafe it will not be eafy to cotton 
 with ancither. Sivift. 
 
 To COUCH, v.n. [couchfr, French.] 
 
 1. To lie down on a place of repole. 
 
 If I court more women, you '11 couch wirh 
 moic men. Sh.ikffcare. 
 
 Doth not the gentleman 
 Dcfervc as full, as fortunate a bed, 
 As ever Beatrice ihall cowh upon ? Skakfpeire. 
 
 When loves fair goddefs 
 CoarA'..' with her huib.and in his golden bed. 
 
 J)r\'den'^ jiCncid, 
 
 2. To lie down on the knees, as a bcall 
 to re LI. 
 
 Trees bent their heads to hear him fing hu 
 wrongs, 
 Fierce rygcts couch' d around, and loU'd their 
 
 lawning tongues. 
 
 Drydcn'i fiif^i!. 
 
 Thefe, when death 
 Comes like a rulhing lion, auci like fpaniclj, 
 With lolling tongues, aiidtremble at the paw. 
 
 Drfdm,
 
 c o u 
 
 3. To lie down in lecrct, or in smbufli. 
 
 We'll cwcA x' th'caltic-diccli, tiil wc u-c rlic 
 
 li£;lu of uurtarics. H^uij^faie. 
 
 Tl.t: cirl ot An^us caurhcd in a fiiirow, am! 
 
 w.ii pjiVcd ovci for (lead, until a horCe \va5 
 
 hrouglit for his efctju'. Iiirt;u,utJ. 
 
 4. To lie in a bed, or llratiim. 
 
 Blt-titd ui the LaH be his land for the dew, 
 and lur the dceji tiut ccurhcth bcucatn. Dent. 
 
 5. To ftoop, or btnd down j to lower in 
 fear, ill pain, in refpect. 
 
 Tlicfc roM(A;>i^-fj .iiid t.ita lowly curtcftcs, 
 Mijht iWv the biood of oniiiruy iiitn. H^i.tlfp. 
 
 lir.icliar is a Itroug afi couc/i.-'g down bctwixii 
 twu huuJcui. GcmJ'n. 
 
 70 Couch, v, a. 
 
 1. To repofe ; to lay on a place of repofe. 
 
 Where niiljiuU'd yuuth, witli imltun 'd lu.nn, 
 
 Dulh c(,uc': hii liiuLbi tta-rc golden llrcp dullj 
 
 rci^n. Sh,ikjpcu}£, 
 
 2. To lay down any thing in a bed, or 
 ilratum. 
 
 It the wcatlirr be warm, we imnicdiattly 
 c^uch m.dt iibuut a I'uui thick ; but if a iiulici Ic.i- 
 foii require It, we fprcad it on the riuor niucli 
 thinner. Mottimir'i Ur/f:a>iJry. 
 
 The fcaand the land make one glybe ; and the 
 waters cwch thcmfclves, as ciolc as may be, to 
 the centre of tnis globe, in a fphcrical convex- 
 ity. ihnr.ft*i Tktor\- of the Ettrth. 
 
 3. To bed ; to hide in another body. 
 
 It is at this day in ufe nt Gr.za, to couch pot- 
 flicrds, or vefTcls ot cartii, in ihcir walls, to ga- 
 ther tlie wind from tlic top, and to pais it dnwn 
 in fpouts into rooms. BiKou'i Nar. IVjL 
 
 4. To involve ; to include ; to compiife. 
 
 But wlio will call thofe noble, who dcrace, 
 By me:nicr ait.s, the glories of their race ; 
 Whofc only title to thcii fathers' fame 
 Is couch'd in the dead letters of tbtir n.iine * 
 
 Drydffi'i yuverml. 
 
 That great argument for a future itatc, -vhich 
 St. Paul hath ceuchcAm the woids I have read to 
 you, ^htcrbuyyi Sinnoii, 
 
 5. To include fecretly; to hide: vvitli 
 
 The found;ition of all pnrablcs, is fume ana- 
 logy or fimilituile between ihc topical or aliufive 
 p.irt of the parable, and the thing 'tt);/c^f</ «?;./,-■/■ ir, 
 and intended by it. Smth. 
 
 There is all iliis, and more, that lic^ nntural'y 
 couched uridcr this allegory. L' f.Jir,tngf. 
 
 The true notion oi the inftitution being loU, 
 the tradition of the deluge, which was couchid 
 under it, wa.s thertupon at length fidpendcd ; nd 
 loft. Jf'o'jdivdrJ's Nuturu/ ilijhy. 
 
 C, To lay clofe to another. 
 
 And overall with brajcn fc.des was arm'd, 
 Like pliitcd Coat of Itccl, fur-y«(./ii-i./ncai, 
 That nought might pierce. Spevfcr 
 
 7. To fix the fpcar in the relT, in the 
 pollure of attack. 
 
 The knight 'gan falily couch his I>cady fp^ar, 
 And Hcrcely ran at him with rigorous jnijht. 
 
 B.forc each v;in ' 
 
 Ptick forth rhe ai^ry kiiiglUf, and exich iSi'ir 
 
 fptar*;, 
 Till riiickeft'lfglons doff?. Miitm's V.» \ h j'. 
 
 The f Tmcr wavM in ;tir 
 His Haining fwuid j /Eiicas rouch'd hi? fprar. 
 
 8. *To deprefs the condcnfcd cryflalline 
 liumour or film that ovejfpreads ilie 
 pupil of tlie eye. 1 his is impropcrK- 
 called cviicl.'ing the eye, for couching ihc 
 cuinratl : with equal impropriety lb' v 
 fometimcs fpeak of couching the patiml. 
 
 Sonu- artirt, whufc nice hand 
 C-Sui.hu the catarafts, and clears his eves, 
 And all at once a fluod of gluiiows lijht 
 Conies lulhini; c^j his eyes. Vinnh. 
 
 Voul. 
 
 C O V 
 
 Wi.fthcr tho citaiaO he waftod by being fe- 
 paiatcd f"r«i^ its vclfcJ^^i I have iicvcv known po- 
 litivily, by difTcfting one that had been eoucheJ. 
 
 Sharp. 
 
 Couch, n.f. [from tli- verb.] 
 I. A feat of rcpol'e, on which it ia com- 
 mon to lie down drciTcd. 
 
 So Sjran fcH ; andrtraigl.t a fiery globe 
 Of anijcison full fail of'ivin^ .'lew ligh, 
 Who '>n their I'lumy van:* recei/'d him loft 
 I*"ron» hii uni'aly Ilation, aiiri uphoiCi 
 As on a floatiou f»«f/-, through tl.c blithe air. 
 
 MriUn*i J\iTfij-je R'^AimJ. 
 To loll on ni/chfi rich with citron (icds, 
 And lay rheir j^urtiy liinhs in Tyiiaii beds. 
 
 Dn.Un'i ririT. Gcor^i'-h. 
 
 ye iiTiir.orral pow'r>, th^t gviaid ihc juli, 
 Watch rouiid hi^ cour!:, arid foften hi^ repofe I 
 
 2. A l)cd ; a place of repofe. 
 
 Lei nut the royiil bed of Dennaark Ik: 
 A couch for Inxtiiy and damned incelt. Hh.itfp, 
 
 Diic was the toffnig, deep the groans ! defpaii 
 Tcjided the fitk, bulicll from couch to couch. 
 
 Mihon'i Pttriidiff LojI. 
 
 Tills gentle knighr, infpii'd by jolly May, 
 Foifook his early couch at early day. D'^dtn. 
 
 3. A layer, or (liatum. 
 
 This neaj) is called by nlaliltirt'sa ro/.r?, or bed, 
 of raw malt. Moriimn't Hi^/.'><ir.{ry^ 
 
 CoucHANT. adj. [couchant, Fr.] Lying 
 down ; fquatting. 
 
 rf a lion weie the coat of Judah, yet were it 
 not probably a lion lampant but ratiicf ccu:h,iir 
 01 doimant. Btoivu. 
 
 As 3 tis^cr, who by chance liath fpy'd, 
 In feme puilieu, two gentle fawns at play, 
 Straight conches clofe; then lilinj, changes aft 
 His ^o-u-^u;;f watch. ^ji/ton'i V.ifiiiii,'c Lyi. 
 
 CO'UCHEE. n.f. [ French. ]_ Bedtime; 
 the time of vifiting late at night. 
 
 Kane of iicr fylvan fuhjeifts made their court ; 
 I.cvecs and cotichccs pafs'd without rcfort. Dryd. 
 
 Co'uCHER. n.f. [iram couch ] He that 
 couches or deprefTes catararls. 
 
 Co'ucnFsi.i.o\v. n.f. [couch v^MfcUozv.] 
 Bedfellow ; companion. 
 
 1 have grated up >,] my g<3ud friends for tliree 
 reprieves iot you, and voiir couchfcuo:vj Nim ; 
 or clfc you had locked through the grate like a 
 eeniir.y cif baboons. Sk.ikfpe^iTc. 
 
 Co 'I'CH GRASS, n.f. A weed. 
 
 The couchgr.ij's, for the fitfl year, infenfibly 
 robs moll plants in fandy grounds apt to graze. 
 Mortimcr'i Utijha;i.ir\ . 
 COVE, n.f 
 
 1 . A fiTiall creek or bay. 
 
 2. A flicltcr ; a cover. 
 CO'VENANT. n.f Iconvmant, French ; 
 
 coni'entum, Latin.] 
 [. A contract ; a itipiilation. 
 
 tie rriakes a covcnnnt ncvei to (lellroy 
 Tic earth again by flood ; noi let the fca 
 Surpafs his houads. Mi/i'.n's P.tr. Lojl. 
 
 The Enghlh make the ocean their abode, 
 V.'rol'c rvadyfails with ev'ry wind can fly, 
 Aiul make a cov'/ntrit with ih' incontiaiii ikv. 
 
 Some men live as if they had made a ci,;-cn.wi 
 with hi'jl : let diviires, faihers, friends, fay what 
 they wiil, they fto]) thiir ears .aij«inli thein. 
 
 I.' Fjir/ing!. 
 
 2. An agreemert on certain terms; a 
 compail;. 
 
 A co^."ui"f ij a mutual compa^, as'-a-e now 
 confidcr it, betwi.vt CJoJ and man ; coulilling of ^ 
 mercies, on God's pait, made over to man; and 
 of conditions, on man's pjlit, required by God. 
 HiimyfioyiJ's Vru^icut LUitcchifm. 
 
 3. A writing containing the terms of 
 a^retnicit. 
 
 C O V 
 
 I ftial! Ijiit lend my diamond till your return; 
 let tneic be cov!n<inti dfawii between us. Sh.ik. 
 To Co'vENANT. V. tt. [from the iiouH.J 
 1. To bargain ; to llipulate. 
 
 H:s lord i!k-d commun/y lo to crtjcnant with 
 him, which if at any time the tenant difliked, 
 he mif ht freely depart at his pkafurc. Sfcnfcr. 
 It had been ccvcnanlcd between h'rm and the 
 king of England, that neither of t! em (hould 
 trcst of peace or truce with the French king. 
 
 U<:ylUit}\i on UJ-wiiril vi. 
 By words men come to know one another's 
 mtuds ; by thclc they cwenant and confederate. 
 
 South. 
 Jupiter cmt-ianfrd « ith him, that it (hould be 
 l-.ot or cold, wet or dry, calm or windy, as the' 
 tei.int (hould direct. I,' Kfiravyr. 
 
 2 . 'I'o agree with another on certain terms : 
 withy&r before t;ither the price or the 
 tiling purchafed. 
 
 Ti ey con.\n.tntrd with him for thirty pieces of 
 <'l-ef- ' MuttJitui. 
 
 t'oiuting to a heap of fand 
 Forev'iy grain, to live a year demand ; 
 But, ah ' unmindful of tl.' cfTcdl of time, 
 Fii-got to coi cn,ir.'. for youth ind prime. Garth. 
 
 CoTKNANTE'r.. n.f. [from covenant.] A 
 party to a covenant; a ftipulator; 3 
 bai gainer. 
 
 Both of them were rtfpcflivc rites of thcit 
 adiuiffior. into the fticral covenants, ar.d the co- 
 vtnmicfi become thereby entitled to the refpec- 
 tive privilege.-. ' ^iylffc' ! Parcrgcz. 
 
 Coveka'nter. r.. f. (^fro!;i covenant.} 
 One who takes a covenant. A word 
 introduced in the civil wa.i-s. 
 
 The cirvcnar.icn Ihalll-.ave no more aHurancc of 
 mutual alTillancc each from other, after the tak- 
 ing of the covenant, th.an they had before. 
 
 Ovfotd KcafcKi againj} the Ccrt'Cffant. 
 
 Co'vEN'ovs. adi. -rfroni covin. j Fraudu- 
 lent ; collufive ; trickilh. 
 
 I wifli fome mcai... dcuieri for the redra'ntof 
 f' el'e iniirdin.iie and c.venms IcsfeN of lands, 
 hoklen in chief, for hundreds or thoufands of 
 years. h'a.on's Office of .-ihcnatiot. 
 
 ZoCOTER. v. a. [for/tr/r,' French.] 
 
 1. To ovevfpread any thing- with fome- 
 tliing elfe. 
 
 The paftures are doithcd with flocks, the val- 
 leys alio arc .-'.Tercd over with corn. I'fj/Ks. 
 
 Sea ccicr'dk!; 
 Sea without fnore. Mi/tan 
 
 The flaming mount apprar'd 
 
 In Dothan ccvcr'd with a camp of (iic. Mr/lm:. 
 
 Go to tiiy fellows, bid ri.c-m co-o,r the table' 
 
 ferie in the meat, and v»c wiil comeiiito dinner! 
 
 ShaUj-latc's Mrrckinl of Venice. 
 
 2. To conceal under fomething laid over.' 
 
 Nor he their outward only witli the (kins 
 Of bcafls, but inw'ard nakcdnefs, much more 
 Oiiprobrioui, with his robe of righteoufnefs 
 Allaying, ot,v:,'d from his father's light. Mik. 
 imrr me, ye pines t ' ' 
 
 Vc cedars with innumerable boughs 
 Hide me, tii.t I m.:y never fte them more. 
 
 T 1-r . , . , MilCor.. 
 
 In life s cool vale lot my lowfcenc be hiid 
 C:;r me, gods, witii Tempe's thickeft (hade. 
 
 .-, Covicy. 
 
 Or 1-adme to fome folitary place, 
 A;i^<' '"'!"■ '"y '<':''^:>t fi''ni h'Jman race. Dry.{:n. 
 
 3. To hide by fiipcrlicial appeafance.":!- 
 
 4. To overwhelm ; to bur)-. 
 
 K.'.illery and wit fcrve only to r«.n- nonfciife 
 with (hainc, when reakn has liill proved it to 
 be mere nonitnic. K\t't 
 
 5. To ctmceal from notice or punifhment. 
 
 Charity (hall coi^cr the multitude of lins. ' 
 
 ~ ' i'ele'. 
 
 Thou may'^ rcpenr, 
 
 .\ivf one bad ad with many deeds well done 
 M..y'l\ «.,;,.. j^;,,,^ 
 
 3 li
 
 C O V 
 
 GOV 
 
 6. To Hieker ; to protea. 
 
 His calm x.,<i Liamelel's life 
 Does with fubftantial blcffcdncfs abound, 
 And the fofc wu.gs of peace c.vfr him ro.rtd.^ 
 
 «. To uicubate ; to brood on. 
 
 ' NHtaul hiftoria„s obfervc, tl«t only the n»l= 
 birds have voices ; thnt the.r i-^JXcv- that 
 before breeding time, and ena a 'fl^ f '^ "'^^ 
 «i-hil(l the hen is cjwi/"!: her eggs, tfte niaic gv 
 ne a llv Uke hi, ft.nd npon a ne^ghbourrng bough 
 ^;?!^ her heahns,n„dly that me^^^c^-^ 
 divots her with .us iongsdr,™gt^,v.ho,e^t,n>e 
 
 ot her fitting. r , 
 
 «. To copulate w.lli a female. 
 o. To wear the hat, or garment of the 
 
 head, a, a mark of fupertority or mde- 
 
 ^'ritlin^had conferred the honour of grandee 
 
 ' „p on him. which was of no other =>d"n< S= 
 
 7, figniSca'tion to hin,. than to be — ^'" J;!;; 
 
 prcfence of that king. -^ ' 
 
 Co'vER. «./. U^oKi the verb.] 
 
 1 Any thing that Is laid over another. 
 
 t"I fecundine is but a general ««;, not 
 fl,aped according to tl,e parts ; the fxnr .sihaped 
 
 ■''^?ht'??^:;al;:;^^beftrengthcncdnoother 
 
 way. than by making a ftrong "- °;;-]l/,°;;'. 
 
 •hem. . , ,, 
 
 Orcftes' bulky rngt, 
 
 U:ifatisfiedwith n.a.gins <:'°f'='y ":'>^' , ^, 
 Foams o'er tnc^.n, and not fimlh^d^,^.^^^^^^^ 
 
 With your hand, or any other «t,vr, you rtop 
 
 -he vca-elfo as wholly to exclude the air. A,.j. 
 
 2. A concealment ; a Icreen ; 3 veil ; a 
 
 fupe.flcial appe-irance, under which 
 
 fomethuig is hidden. 
 
 The ir..:h and reaion of things may l>c artifi- 
 ciV.Iv.indeH£ftu?.!!yi"fnv.iated, under t.ic . = ■-■ 
 e.h^o,arealfaaorofafuppoi.d^nc.^^^^^^^ 
 
 As the fpleen has great inconveniencies, fo the 
 ,r^„ce i it is a h^ndCme^. for^^^ 
 fidtions. , ' 
 
 1. Shelter j'Sefence from weather. 
 
 ^ In the mean tixc, by being compelled to Iclge 
 inthe helds, wh«:h grew now to be vej "W> 
 whilii his army w« under ccr^O ''>'>X™<'^'' 
 fo-.ced ro retire. . -, 
 
 COVER-SH....E. «./. l^^^'- and>mf.] 
 
 Some appearance uled to conceal ni- 
 
 ^^Doe"= he put on holy garments for a awir.fiame 
 
 Co'veri;;g. n.f. [from«T,m] Dreis ; 
 
 vefture ; any thing fpread over another. 
 
 %L wimen^ook a"nd fpread a ..vc„.,g over 
 
 the well's mouth. , • i ,j f„„i 
 
 Bring feme covering for tins naked f""'. 
 Whom I'll intreat to lead me. bh.A.,..,f. 
 
 Through her fieth mcihmics is «n 
 The brighter foul that dwells within ; 
 Gur eyes the fubtle covermg pafs, 
 And fee the lily through its gUf,>. ^o-^'V- 
 
 Then from .he floor he rais'd a ™yal bed 
 With .ofV.Vg. of Si.lonian ptirplc pread. Dryd 
 Sometimes providence cafts things fotha 
 ttuthTnd interel: lie the fame w.iy ; and when it 
 ."w;i^ur^nthisr<..n.g,mencanbeconte,.«> 
 
 follow "■ ,. T- T Tl 
 
 r.VvERi-ET. n. f. Uoimreht, Fr.J The 
 ^ o^'moa of the bedclothes ; that under 
 which all the reft are concealed. 
 
 Lav t,er in lihes and in violets, 
 And iilken curtims over her difplay, 
 A.rdclour'd(heets, ..nd arras c<^.-/.«. fMn. 
 
 This done, the hoft produc'd the genul bed, 
 wIicK with no coftly .«-/^-5JP- j;,^ 
 
 I wa:, for want of a boufe and bed, forced to 
 IK on.l^&.ound.wrajtupin my c..>rUl. S'H'- 
 
 Co'vERT. «./. [from foi'f/' ; convert, Yr.] 
 I. A Ihclter; a defence. 
 
 Let mine outcails ilwcU with thee, Moab ; 
 be thou a cmert to them from the face of the 
 
 fpoilcr. . ,„,-', 
 
 There ftiall be a tabernacle for a (hadow in the 
 day-time from the heat, and for a place of re- 
 fuge, and for a cmcrt from Itorm and rain. 
 '^ ' If^i:a/i. 
 
 They are by fudden alarm, or watch-word, 
 to be cilUd out to their military motions, under 
 fkv orotw/, according to the feafun, as was the 
 Riman wont. , ^^^f °"- 
 
 It was the hour of night, when thus the bon 
 Commun'd in filent walk, then laid him down 
 Under the hofpitable nv.'rt nigh 
 Of trees thick interwoven. Mi/K-n. 
 
 Njw have a care your carnations catch not 
 too much wet, theicfJic retire them to cr.-e,t 
 
 Evr/jn s KaieTliiay. 
 
 2. A thicket, or hiding place. . 
 
 Tow'rds him I made ; but he was 'ware of me, 
 And flole into tiu: nvtrt of the wood. Shakp. 
 
 I ihall be your faithful guide. 
 Through this gloomy «-i^".' wide. _ ^i:.:!■>•. 
 
 Thence to the cuvcrti, and the conlcious groves, 
 The fcenes of liis paft triumphs and his loves. 
 
 Deep into ferae thick cm'ert would I run, 
 Impenetr.ible to the ftars or fun. Dry.ien. 
 
 The deer is ludg'd; I've track'd her to her 
 cc^'ert : . . 
 
 '. Be furc ye mind the word; and when I give it, 
 Rulh in at once, and feir.e upon your pri-y. 
 
 Covert, adj. ^cowuert, French.] 
 
 I . Shckered ; not open ; not expofcd. 
 
 You are, of eitiier lirie the green, to plunl a 
 inert alley, upon carpenter's work, about twelve 
 fuot in height, by which you may go m Ihar.e 
 
 into the g.iiden. ..-.,. ,i „ 
 
 Tl- fo.x is a bead alfo vcrv prejudicial to the 
 
 h.,!handman, efpccially in places that are near 
 
 loreft-woods and cr^cr, places. M.rumcr. 
 
 Together let us beat this ample held. 
 Try what the open, wii.'.t the criav,/yi:id. P»/.f. 
 ■>. Secret; hidden; private i inhdious. 
 And let us prefently go lit in council, 
 How c<ruirt maltcrs may be bell dilclus d, 
 And open perils furelt anfweied. Sl:aiffe«rf. 
 
 By wl.at beli way, 
 Whether of open war, or covert guile. 
 We now debate. Mllon's I'ara.hjt Ufl. 
 
 Co'vERT. ad], [coiiverl, French.] Tke 
 ttate of a woman iheltered by manuage 
 under her hufband : as covert baron, feme 
 
 covert. , . 1,. 
 
 Infleadof her Iwing under twf/ baron, to L- 
 undcr coi-ert feme mylelf ! to have my body dif- 
 abled, and my head torri Bed ! i)y.V«. 
 
 Covert-way. n.f. [from,:<^t;«rf and^^j-.J 
 It is, in fortlBcation, a fpacc of ground level 
 with the held, on the edge of the ditch, three or 
 four fathom broad, ranging quite round tiie halt 
 moons, or other works towarfi the country. One 
 of the -reatert dilficulties in a Siege is to m3.<e a 
 lodgment on the cr.vn!-,u.2y, heeaufe ufually 
 the befiegcd pallifade it along the middle, and 
 undermine it on all f.ries. It is fomctimes called 
 the corridor, and fomctimes the counteilcaip, he- 
 eaufe it is on the edge of tire icarp. W"''"- 
 Co'vERTLY. adv. [from covert.] be- 
 cretly ; clofcly; in private; with privacy. 
 
 Yet iliU Aragnol (fo his foe was hight)^ 
 Lay luiking, co^'ci/y him to fnrpiife. i?"!/"- 
 
 How can'ft thou ciofs this raairiage ?— - 
 
 —Not honeftly, my lord ; but fo "wrz/y, that 
 
 no dilhonefty Ihall appear in me. /'*';W"''; 
 
 AmonMl the poets, Perfius «'..,rr/y llrikes at 
 
 Nero ; fome of whole veifes he recites ^''^ f'^^'," 
 
 and indignation. '-^'J" 
 
 Co'vert>:ess. n.f. [horn covert.] be- 
 
 crecy; privacy. •^"'• 
 
 Co'vERTVRE. n.f. [from«w»7.] 
 
 2 
 
 C O "7 
 
 1. Shelter; defence; not expofnre. 
 
 It may be it is rather the Oiade, or otner cM'fri 
 /«r., that .hey take liking in, than the virti^ of 
 the herb. £"-""'' ^'"■"''' ^'/°'->'' 
 
 He fiw their iliaine, that fought 
 Vain fci.-.'r/,/r.i. Milicn's Paradife LcJ.. 
 
 The winds being fo ficrte, and fo levere,.ai 
 not to futfer any thing to thrive bcyoild the 
 height of a (hiub, in thofe iflands, unlets pio- 
 tcdfed by walls, or other like cmerl:i>e. 
 
 lll^aivtirft, 
 
 2. [In la'.v.] The eftate and condition of 
 a married woman, who, by the laws 
 of our realm, is in potcjiate viri, and- 
 therefore difabkd to contract with any, 
 to the prejudice of lierfdf or her huf- 
 band, witliout his allowance or coa^-c- 
 mat-.on. Co-we/l. 
 
 The infancy of king Edward vi. and the «- 
 v<:r!,,,t of queen Mary, did, in faft, difablc them 
 tuaccomplilh the coiuiucft of Ireland. 
 
 JJitvks on Ireland. 
 
 To CO' VET. V. a. [fOH-uo/V^r, French.] 
 i.^To delire inordinately ; to dcfire be- 
 yond due bounds. 
 
 If it be a fin to covet honour, 
 I am the molt offending man aVivc. ' Shakjftare. 
 
 I am yet 
 Unknown to woman ; never was fotfwcrn ; 
 Scarcely have cmctei what was mine own ; 
 At no time broke my faith. ^hakji-. Machiti. 
 
 O father ! can it be, that foujs fublime 
 Return to vifit our ter'iefliial clime.' _ 
 And that the gen'rous mind rcleas'dby death, 
 Cm covet lazy limbs and mortal breath ? ^ 
 
 X)ryde,i'i yjLr.eia. 
 
 2. To defire carneftl^'. 
 
 All tilings cr.-eii'i!^ as much as m.iy be (0 be 
 l^kc unio God in bein- ever ; that which cannot 
 hereunto attain perfonally, doth feek to t^ontmue 
 itfclf another way, by oti'sprirg and propagation. 
 
 Hsottr. 
 
 But rcff/carnefily tic beft gifts. '''""'• 
 
 To Co'vET. v.n. To have a i'Lrong defire. 
 
 The love of money is the roc* of ail evil, 
 
 which while fome cmcleJ after, they have crr.d 
 
 from the faith. ' ^""_'' 
 
 Co'vuT.-\BLE. adj. [horn covet.] lobe 
 
 widied for ; to be coveted. DU!. 
 
 Co'vETisE. n. /. [convoitl/e, French. J 
 
 Avarice ; covetoufnefs of money. Not 
 
 in ufe. 
 MolV wretched wight, whom nothing might 
 fuffiee, '■ 
 
 Who'c greeriv luft did 1 ick in grcateft ftore ; 
 Whufc need i.ari end, but no end cc7.riije. 
 
 F^iiry i^utert. 
 
 Co'vETOV'S. adj. [convoitcux, French.] 
 
 1. Inordinately dcfirous ; eager. 
 ' Whilecumber'd with my dropping cloaths Hay, 
 
 The cruel nation, eoviK'US of piey, 
 
 Stain'd with my blood th' un'nofpitablc coaft. 
 
 Dry den's ji.nei.1. 
 
 2. Inordinately eager bf moaey ; avari- 
 cions. , ■ 
 
 An heart they have e.Heicifed with i^-cleut 
 
 praftices. ^"'^ 
 
 What he cannot help in his nature, you mult 
 not account a vice in him : you muft in no ways 
 fay he is emetcui. S/mt/pe.irr. 
 
 Let never fo much probability hang on one 
 fide of a cavetom man's re afoning, and money oa 
 the other, it is ealy to forelce which will oiit- 
 weigh. _ J f r 
 
 3. Dcfirous ; e.iger : in a good lenie. 
 Sheba was never 
 More cmetKii of wifdom and fair virtue. 
 Than this fair foul Ihall be. S/i^ifpe.irr. 
 
 He that is envious or angry at a virtue that is 
 not his own, at the peifciSion or c.iccUensy of 
 his neighbour, is not cczctcus of the virtue, but 
 of its reward and reputalisi^ 5 and then his in- 
 tentions arc poUiltcd. 7«>/cr.
 
 c o u 
 
 Co'vr.TousLY. ailv. [from cc-i;!ous .1 
 Avaiicioufly ; eagcHy. 
 
 If he care not fm 't, he iviil fupply us c.ifUy ; 
 if he covctoijly icfcrvc it, how (lisll 's get it ■ 
 
 ithnkfpedrc. 
 
 Co'VETOUSNES'). ri.f. [fiom covclous.'\ 
 I. Avarice; inordinate dclire of money; 
 eagerncfs of gain. 
 
 He that takes pains to fervc the ends of ar'c- 
 
 ttupicfi, or niinifters t.) another's lult, or Ivceps 
 
 a liiop of impurities or jntcmpeiancc, is idle in 
 
 ■ tlic woill fcnfc. 'f'tyhr's }Io/y Living. 
 
 CoTridr-fnffi dcbafcth a man's fpiiit, and fiiilii 
 
 it inio tnc earth. Tiihtfon. 
 
 a. Eagerncfs ; dcfire : in a neutral fenfe. 
 
 When wui limcn lirlvc to do better than well, 
 
 They do confound their (kill in cyvtt'juftafs. 
 
 ^hit.kjpeuri's Kif:g jf^^'^- 
 
 Co'vKY. n. f. [couvee, French.] 
 
 1. A hatch ; an old bird with her young 
 ones. 
 
 2. A number of birds together. 
 
 A tiiijliL of vaipa and cc^'^y of partridges went 
 to a former, and begged a fupof him to quench 
 tiieir thint. L'EjlrMic. 
 
 A civcy of partridges fpringing in our front, 
 put our jniantry in dilorder. ^'liidifon. 
 
 There would be no wallcing in a ihady wood, 
 without ipringing a cn-.-ty of toafts. ' yiJtiifoi:. 
 
 COUGH. »./. [/-.vf^, Dutcli.] Acon- 
 vullion of tlie lungs, veliicated by fome 
 Iharp ferofity. ^It is pronounced ccff. 
 
 In con'"uiT,ptions of the lungs, when -nature 
 cannot expel the i^'''^g'') men fall into flux«s of 
 the bcily, and then they die. B.:ccn. 
 
 For his deai fake long reliefs nights you bore, 
 \Vliile.rattling coughs ins hc-iving velTcls tore. 
 
 Smith. 
 
 7«CouGi:. V. n. \_hicben, Dutch.] To 
 liave the lungs convulfed; to make a 
 noife in enJiavouring to evacuate the 
 peccant matter from the lungs. 
 
 Thou (iitlH drir.k 
 The rtale of horfcs, and the gilded puddle 
 Which bcafts would cQugh at. Siud-fpcare. 
 
 Thou hart quarrelled with a man for coughing 
 in the flreet, bccaufe he hath wakened thy do^ 
 that hath la'n afleep in the fun. Sh.ilij'fsayc. 
 
 The firll prolilem enquiretlt why a man doth 
 <cu^h, but not an ox or cow ; whereas the con- 
 trary is often ohfcrvcd. Brcu'!. 
 If any humour b^riifchalgcd upon the lungs 
 they h.avc a faculty of calling it up by ccugiung. 
 Ray on ihc i.rcntion. 
 I cougli like Horace, and Iho' lean, am (hort. 
 Pofc'i Ep.Jl/a. 
 
 7o Cough, v. a. To ejeft by a cough ; 
 to expectorate. 
 
 If the matter be to he difcharged by expcif^o- 
 
 ration, it mulf brft pafs into the fubllance of the 
 
 lungs { then into the al'pera aiteria, or wcafand ; 
 
 and from thence be coughed up, and fpir out I-y 
 
 the mouth. iVifeman'i Surgery. 
 
 Co'uGHEU. n. f. [from coughr\ One 
 
 that coughs. Dul. 
 
 Co'viN. 7 n.J. \ deceitful agreement 
 
 Co'viNE.j" between tvvu or more, to the 
 
 hurt of another. Coivell. 
 
 Co'viNG. it./, [from cnse.'] A term in 
 
 building, ufcd of houfes that project 
 
 over the ground-plot, and the turned 
 
 projeflure arched with timber, lathed 
 
 and plallered. Han-h. 
 
 Could, [the Imperfeft preterit of can. ^ 
 
 Was able to ; had power to. 
 
 And if I I'.ave done well, and as is titling 
 
 'the fto'y, it is that which I defircd ; but if 
 
 (Icndcrly and iDesrly, it is that which I coiJ.I 
 
 attain unto. j M.i:. 
 
 C ,0 u 
 
 What if he did hot all :hc ill he Ci'iii .■' 
 Am 1 oblig'd by that t' alTill bis i.ipincs, 
 Andto maintain his nmrdcrs? D'yJcit. 
 
 Co'uLTi;u. n. f. ^culler, Latin.} The 
 fiiarp iron of the plough, which cuts 
 the earth perpendicular to the ibare. 
 
 The ifraelitcs went down to iharpcn every 
 man his Iharc, and his coulUrj and his ax, and 
 his .mattock. i S^twucl, 
 
 . Literature is the giindrt jnc to (liarpcn t(>c 
 cou'.ttti, to whet their natural faculties. 
 
 Hammond on Fwidatncntati. 
 
 Tiie plough for fliflclay is long and broad; and 
 the coiilter long and very little bending, with a 
 vcrv large win:-. ^loriiner, 
 
 CO'UNClL.-«./. Ubncilium, Latin.] 
 
 1 . An affembly of perfons met togethgr 
 in cuiiliikation. 
 
 . The c!iicf priefts, and all the council, fought 
 falle wirncfs. • Malthfw. 
 
 The itygi.tn «K7m7 thus diiToIv'd; and fortli 
 In Older came the grand infernal peers. Milton. 
 
 In hilloties compolcd by polilicians, they arc 
 for drawing up a pei-petrial fcherae of eaufes .uid 
 events, and preferving a conftant correfpondcncc 
 between the eam'Jj and the council table, yiddif. 
 
 2. Adl of publick deliberation. 
 
 The fccptcr'd heralds call 
 To council in the city gates : anon 
 Grey-headed men and grave, with warriors mi).'d, 
 AlTemble, and harangues arc heard. Milton. 
 
 3. An aflemhly of divines to deliberate 
 upon religion. 
 
 Some borrow all their religion from the f.:£hers 
 of the chriiliau church, or from their fyr.od.^ or 
 couKcili. tl'atn. 
 
 4. Perfons called together to be confulted 
 on any occafion, or to give advice. 
 
 They being tluu ailcmbled, are more properly 
 a council to the king, the great rcunc:! of tire king- 
 dom, lo adviie his m.ijtiiy in thole things of 
 weigiit and ciifliculty, wl.icii concern botii the 
 km^ .ind people than a court. Bacyn. 
 
 5. Tile body of privy counfellors. ■ 
 
 Without the knowledge 
 Either of king or council, you made bold 
 To carry into Flandcisthe grtat fcal. Shulfp. 
 CouNCiL-BO.'VRD. ti. f. \_councU and 
 6oard.] Council-table ; table where 
 matters of Hate are deliberated. 
 
 He hath commanded. 
 To-morrow morr.ijig to the council-hoard 
 He be convened. Shukji'care^s Henry viii. 
 
 When fliip-money was tranfadted at the coun~ 
 cil-lcard, they looked upon it as a woi k of that 
 power they were obliged to trull. Clarendon. 
 
 And Pallas, if ihc broke the laws, 
 Muft yield lier foe the fliongcr caufe; 
 A Ih.mic to one fo much ador'd 
 For wifdom at Jove's counciUhoard. Siinft. 
 
 CO UNSEL. n.f. [confilhtm, Latin.] 
 
 1. Advice ; direftion. 
 
 There is .iS much difference between ttrc coun- 
 fcl that a friend giveth, and that a man givcih 
 himfelf, as there is between the to.v'?/t'/of a friend 
 arid of a llattcrer. B.icon. 
 
 Tne beft nunj.l he could give him was, to go 
 to his parliament. Clarendon. 
 
 Kfi-cave me not, 
 Whereon I 1 ve, thy gentle look', thy aid, 
 Tl.y coui'fel, in tliis uttermoil diliicfs. Milion, 
 
 2. Confultation ; interchange of opinions. 
 
 1 hold as liiile t-i^//«/'/ with wc.ik fear 
 As yo'-i, or any Scot that lives. Uliakfpcarc. 
 
 3. Deliberation; examination of confe- 
 quences. 
 
 They all confefs, therefore, in the working 
 of lii.Tt ftrft caufe, that co'injtl is uled, rcafon 
 followed, and a way obf-rvtd. lUoier. 
 
 4. Prudence ; art ; machination. 
 
 O how cnmcly i?the v.-ifdom of old men, and 
 underltandirii and :6rtT!j;i tu men of honour. 
 
 A".-..'V!. 
 
 c o u 
 
 Thcr; Is no wifdom, nor undernanding, n»r 
 ciunfcl againft the Loid. VrDvethi. 
 
 5. Secrecy ; the fecrcfs intrullcd in con- 
 fiilting. 
 
 The players cann jt keep ccunfcl; they '11 tell 
 all. Shitkfpeare. 
 
 6. Scheme; purpofe; defign. Notinufe. 
 
 The < -.unj::l of the Lord flar.dcthfor ever, th.c 
 thoughts ot hi^ heaitto all generations. I'faltm. 
 
 O God, from whom all holy defires, ail good 
 counjelif and all jul't works do proceed. 
 
 Conwion Prayer, 
 
 7. Thofe that plead a caufe; the coun- 
 fellors. This feems only an abbrevia- 
 ture ufual In convcrfation. 
 
 Your liLirfl, a covenant ; we will have thefc 
 things let davin by lawful c^nmfcl. Shalffeare, 
 Foi the advocates and coutifci that plead, pa- 
 tience and graviiy of learning is an oU'ential pait 
 of jullice ; and an overfpcakmg judge is no well- 
 tuned cymbal. Bacon. 
 Wliac fays my cowrfel learned in the law .' 
 
 Pofc. 
 To Co'uNSEi,. V. a. \_ccnft!i-ir, Latin.] 
 
 1. To give advice or counlel to any perfon. 
 
 But lay, Lucctta, now we are alone, 
 Would'll thou then counjtl me to fall in love r 
 
 ' Sl.al:fi>et:re. 
 
 Truth fna II nurfe licr; • 
 Holy andhCdV'uly tliouglits ftlil cj.v/r/e/ her. 
 
 Skakj'feare' i Henry vlt'I. 
 
 There is danger of being iinfaiihfully eounfelledf 
 
 and more for the good of them that couvjcl than 
 
 for him that is counfelled. Bacon. 
 
 Ill fortune never crullied that man whom good 
 
 fortune deceived nor; I theielbre have ««»:- 
 
 filed my fi lends never to trutt tj her i"a-ier fide, 
 
 ^ though Ihc fecmed to make peace with them. 
 
 Ben J'cnfan's Difcovcries, 
 
 He fup])orts my poverty wilh his wealth, and 
 
 I counj,! and inftruifl him with my learning and 
 
 cxperici-ce. Taykr, 
 
 2. To advlfe any thing. 
 
 The Icfs had been our fhamc, 
 The lefs his courfell'd crime whicli brands the 
 Grecian name. Dry.len' : Fabks, 
 
 Co'uNSELLABLE. adj. [from coun/ej.] 
 willing to receive and follow the advice 
 or opinions of others. 
 
 \'ery few men of fo great parts were mo'.e 
 caunjcUahU than he ; fo that he would fildoni 1 c 
 in danger of great errours, if he would commu- 
 nicate his own thoughts to difquifition. Clatend. 
 
 Co'uNSELLOR. 11. J. {^XQVo. counfel. This 
 fhould rather be written couii/eller.'] 
 
 1. One that gives advice. 
 
 His mother v»ms his counjellor to do wickedly. 
 zChr^jtiicUs. 
 
 Slic would be a counjellor of good things, i^nd 
 a comfort in cares. tVifJom. 
 
 Death of .thy foul I Thofe linen cheeks of tiiine 
 Arc counfellon tofear. Shniffeare'i Mad. 
 
 2. Confident; bofom fileiid. 
 
 Ill fucb green palaces the firft kings reign'd. 
 Slept in their Iharics, md angels entcrtain'd ; 
 With fuch old coun/illors tl.ey did advife. 
 And by freouenting facrcd groves grev>- wife. 
 ,-, 1 r • If'al/cr. 
 
 3. One whofc province is to deliberate 
 and advife upon publick aJia.irs. 
 
 You arc a crjunfe/lo:-. 
 And by that virtue no man dare accufe you. 
 
 Skai:fpeare'i Hrnry vill. 
 Of counfellcrs there are two forts: the lirfl 
 ci-i/lliarii na/i, a; 1 may term them; fuch are 
 the prince of Wales, and others of the king's 
 fons : but the ordinary fort uf ccunfel.'ors .-.re fuch 
 as the king, out of a due confideration of their 
 werlh and abilities, and withal of their fidelity to 
 his perfon and to his crown, callcth to be of 
 teuiicil with him, inhis ordinary govcrnmeiit. 
 
 Bacon's Mr Ice to Villicn, 
 .3 H 2
 
 c o u 
 
 4. Oae tliat is confulted in a cafe of law ; 
 a lawyer. 
 
 A cc^nftllor fersd up in the knowktlgc of tlie 
 municipal and ll.itute las's, may iiuiKlliy inform 
 a jull prince how far liis prerogative cjireiid'^. 
 
 X)iyJm's Juvir.^lf DcJicithn. 
 
 Co'uNSELLORSHir. n./. \ixQa\coaiiJ'-llor.'\ 
 
 The ofHce or pofl of a privy coiuifcrllor. 
 
 Of ;lie great o:riccs aud otSccri vi V.ic uc.'j- 
 
 dom, tlic muft part are fuch as caiiiut V.-1.I1 be 
 
 fevered from tiic coun/iHo'/iip. Bjccr.. 
 
 To COUNT. -J. a. {compter, Fr. conpfi- 
 
 tare, Latin.] 
 I. To number; to tell. 
 
 Here thro' this grate I can mnt every one, 
 And view the Frenchn\cii. Shai-fj:! arc. 
 
 The vicious roMMt -their years ; virtomis their 
 
 for the preferments of the world, he that 
 woi:td rcc.tvjn up all the accidents tha< they de- 
 pend upon, may as well undertake to count the 
 fands, or to fum upinliiiity. Svxth. 
 
 When men in fickn-.isling'ring lie, 
 They coutil the tctiious hours hj months and 
 yeais. D'yd.n. 
 
 Argos now rejoice, for Thcbci lies low ; 
 Tl.y llaughter'd fons now fmile, ar.d think they 
 
 won, 
 When they can (xuit more Thcban ghuft: than 
 tiicirs. Dtyic^- 
 
 Z, To preftrve a reckotiing-. 
 
 Sonic people in Ameiica cou':tfd tlicir years by 
 the coming of ccir.iin birds amongll them at 
 tJicir certain Icifons, and leaving them at others. 
 
 LtcL. 
 
 3. To reckon ; to place to ao account. 
 
 He believed ni tiie Loid, and he ci,unled it to 
 fcim for rightcoufnefs. Ginrfu. 
 
 Not baicly the plowman's pains is Xo be 
 taunted into the brsad we eat; the labour of thofe 
 who broke the oxen, muft all be charged on the 
 account of labour. Lcrtt. 
 
 4. To cfteem ; to account ; to reckon ; 
 to confiJer as having a certain churacler, 
 vfhether good or evil. 
 
 When once it comprehendcth any thing above 
 this, as tr,eriiffi:renc«sof time, affirmations, ne- 
 gati'jns, aiid contradiiftions in fpeech, w: then 
 *s//n/ it to have tome ufe of natural reafon. 
 
 CiUKt not thine handmaid for a daughter of 
 Belial. ,1 Smii. 
 
 Nor (h.ill I ciiiHt it heinous to enjoy 
 The publick marks of honour and reward 
 Confert'd upon me. Mi/tin's .-dg^t, rifts. 
 
 You would n^ t wifh to .-oa'/f this m.in a tue ! 
 In friendthip, arxl in hjlied, o.HfTinate 
 
 Pn:Jijts' liriton. 
 
 5. To impute to- to chnrge to. 
 
 AH th' icnpn.Tihilitiej, w .ich p^cts 
 Q,k':t to extravagance of loole dtlcription, 
 Sha>l fooner be. Roiut's y/tnOitmis Stepmcthcr. 
 To Count, -v. n. To foimd an account 
 or fchenie : v/ith upon. 
 
 I think it a great trrour to cr.unl w^an the ge- 
 nius of A nation, as a ftaading argument ni all 
 •nge!. •^' ■'■•/'■ 
 
 Coi;nt. n./ [<rem/.V, French ; computus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Number. 
 
 That we up to your pilaces may movmt. 
 Of bleffed tanlts for to nicrcafe lhc«r<7.'. ^f.-ijir. 
 
 2. Reckoning; number fiimmed. 
 
 By mv ccii'it^ 
 I was yotu^ motlier much- upon Ihcfc ye.irs. 
 
 iih.ikj[cate. 
 SiiKC I fjw you la({. 
 
 There is a change upon you. 
 
 -Well, I know not 
 
 What Mi'Hi hard fortune cafis upon my face. 
 
 Cs-JWT. H.f. Icomte, F;-. «m«r, Lat.] A 
 
 C O XT 
 
 title of foreign nobility, fuppofed eqv'-i- 
 va'.ent to an earl. 
 Co'uNT.vBLE. adj. [from count.'^ That 
 may be numbered. 
 
 The evils which you defire to be recounted are 
 
 very many, ;'nd aimolt countable v;\\\i thofe which 
 
 were hidden in thtbilkct cf Pamiora. Sfcnfer. 
 
 CO'UNTKN.'^NCE. «. /. Icor.'.cr.ance, 
 
 French.] 
 
 1. Tlic form of the face; the fyftem of 
 the features. 
 
 2. Air i look. 
 
 A made ts.v/i.'trj-ref aliouther raoulh, hctween 
 fimpcring and fmiiing ; her head, bowed lomc- 
 what down, lecmed toilanguilli with over-much 
 idlenels. Sidniy. 
 
 Weil, Suffolk, yet thou (hall not fee me blufh, 
 Nor change my tourtcr.jice fur this arrcft ; 
 A iieart unfpotted is not e.il-ly daunted. ShAf. 
 
 So fpakc our fire, and by his cduWiimcc 
 feem'd 
 Entering on fludious thnvighls abflrure. MUtcn. 
 
 To whom, with cmiu'nance calm, and foul 
 fcdale, 
 Thus Turnus. D'ydcn'i JEitdd. 
 
 3. Calmnefs of look ; compofure of face. 
 
 She fmil'd fcverc ; nor with a troubled look, 
 Or trembling hand, the fun'ral preltni took ; 
 Ev'n kept Vu c!>ii'>t' nance, when the lidremov'd 
 Dil'clos'd the hcait unfortunately lov'd. Drydm. 
 
 Tl'.e two great maxims of any great man at 
 court arc, always tj keep his countenance, and 
 never to keep l.is wi>rd. Swift. 
 
 4. Confidence of mien ; afpeft of alTur- 
 ance : it is commonly ufed in thefc 
 phrafes, in countenance , and out of coun- 
 tenance. 
 
 The night beginning to perfuadc fome retiring 
 place, the gentlewoman, even tiut of countenance 
 before ftic began her fpeech, invited me to lodge 
 that night with her fatiier. Sidney. 
 
 We will not make your eountename to fall by 
 the :a)fwer ye (hail receive. Bacon. 
 
 Their belt friends weie oa/ of countenance, be- 
 caufe they found that the imputations, which 
 their enemies had laid upon them, were well 
 grounded. CA.fcWon. 
 
 Your example; will meet it at every turn, and 
 put it out of countenance in every place; even 
 in private corners it will foon lofe cir.fidence. 
 
 Sftratt's Sertnjnt. 
 
 If :he outward profelTion of religion and virtue 
 wtj-e once in practice and coun/inance at court, a 
 good treatment of the clergy would be the necef- 
 iary cunfcquencc. Sit'ijl. 
 
 U- thofe pieachers would look jboul, they 
 would find one part of their coi^grcgation out oj 
 cou-iteftaiirCy and the otiier atleep. Stvijt. 
 
 It is a kind of ili manners to offer objections 
 to a fine wom.in, and a man would be iiit of 
 fo.v«ft'W».'f that (liould gain the lupeiiority in futu 
 a contefl : a co^iuette logician may be rallied, 
 but not cuntradiiSed. ^-^.'.difon's FtecMder. 
 
 It puts the le.irned in countenance, .inri gives 
 them a place among the falhionable part of ma--.- 
 Itind. Ad.'.fO'i's Freeholder. 
 
 5. Kindnefs or ill-will, as it appears upon 
 the face. 
 
 Yel the ftoutjairy, 'morgfl the middeft crowd. 
 Thought all tneir gloiy vain in knigr.ily view, 
 Andt;:at great puncefs too, exceeding proud, 
 I'hat Co luangc knight no better ooxntctance 
 alliiw'd. H/tnJer. 
 
 6. Patronage; app^srance of favour; ap- 
 peal ancc on any lide ; fupport. 
 
 Til* church of Cinifl, which held that pro- 
 fclvioa which had not the'publick allowauce and 
 countenance of-authority, c.uld not ufe the cxcicilc 
 of the chriltian religion hut in private. Jhcier. 
 His m.ijcfty maintained an array here, to give 
 ftiength M\d countenance to the civil magiliiate. 
 
 David on Ireland. 
 Now then we'll ufe 
 His coutiter.ance for ;hc b«ttlej which Wcing done, 
 
 c o u 
 
 L-t het wlio would be rid of him ^evife _ 
 
 His Ipetriy laking off. Hhaiffcatc's A", /.w. 
 
 This is the m.~gilirate's peculiar province, to 
 give countenance to piety and virtue, and to re- 
 buke vice and prouuencls. Atterturjt. 
 7. Superficial appearance ; (how; refem- 
 blance. 
 
 The eleilion being done, he made counienan.ti 
 of gleat difcontent thereat. Afchand SchoU't. 
 
 O you hUiTcd minilters above! 
 Keep me in patience, and with ripen'd time 
 U.ifold the evil, which is here wrapt up 
 \n cojnteriunce. ^hukj^care' i Meaj.jat ^Uaf. 
 
 Eiaiica s love 
 Made me ej.change my lla^e with Tranio, 
 While he did bear my .r.tntenance jn the town. 
 
 Shakjpeafe. 
 
 To Co'uNTENANCE. T. a. [from the 
 noun.] 
 
 1. To fupport ; to patronife; to vindicate. 
 
 Neither (halt thou couKtcna::ce a poor man iti 
 his caufe. E.xodus. 
 
 This conceit, though countenanced by leatftcd 
 men, is not made out either by experience or 
 reafon . di'toitT, 
 
 This national fault, of being fo very talkative, 
 looks natural and graceful in 00c that has grey 
 hairs to counten.ince it. uiddifon. 
 
 2. To make a (how of. 
 
 Each to thofe ladies love did countenance, 
 And to his miltrefs each himfelf i^rovetoadvantje. 
 
 S/:enfer. 
 
 3. To a6i fuitably to any thing; to keep 
 up any appearance. 
 
 Malcolm! Banqiio! 
 As from your graves rile up, and walk like 
 
 fpriles. 
 To countenance this horrour. Shtikffea'e 
 
 4. To encourage ; to appear in defence. 
 
 At the fiift defcent on (hore he was not im- 
 mured wrth a wooden vciRI, but he iiA rounit- 
 nance the landing in his long-boat. IVolton. 
 
 Co'UHTENANCER. U.f. [from fOU?;/fBCRfr. J 
 
 One that countenances or fupports an- 
 other. 
 Co'oNTER. n.f. [from <-J«/!/.J 
 
 1. A falfe piece of money ufcd as a meant 
 of reckoning. 
 
 Will you with counter fum 
 
 The vafl proportion of his inhnite ? Siaifpejre. 
 
 Though thefc half-pence are to be received as, 
 
 money in the Exchequer, yet in tiadc they ate 
 
 no br Iter than rounicis. S-uiift.. 
 
 2. Money, in contempt. 
 
 When Marcus Brutus grows fo covetous. 
 To lock fucli rafcal counttti from hrs fi lends. 
 Be ttjiiy, gods! with all your thunder-holts 
 Dalh him to pieces. SItakffc.nc's Julius C^far. 
 
 3. The table on which goods are viewed, 
 and money told, in a (hop. 
 
 A fine gaudy minx, tint robs our counter: 
 evciy iiiglit; and then goes out, and fpcnds it 
 upon our cnckuld-maktrs. Dryden^ 
 
 In 1 ?.\i whipt icunin needles i.fclcfs lie, 
 And (hiiitlccocks acrofs the counter fly. Gay. 
 
 Sometimes you would Ire him behind his 
 cou7:i.r fellirg broad-tluth, (omctinics naeafuring 
 
 Jinen. .rlrbuthnot. 
 
 Whellier thy counter (hine Avith fums untold. 
 And thy widegrafping hand grows black witS 
 gold. _ S~.uift. 
 
 4. CouNTTR (fa Horfe, is that part of 
 a horfo's forehand that lies between tli« 
 (hculdtr and under the neck. 
 
 Farrier's DiH. 
 
 Co'fNTER. ndv. [csn/ff, Fr. fon//«, Lat.3 
 1. Contrary to; in oppofition to: it is 
 comtnonly ufcd with 'the verb run, per- 
 haps by a metaphor from the old tuur- 
 iiamcnls.
 
 c o u 
 
 Slull we crtfl two wills in Gorf'i, and make 
 tbc will of his puipjfc .Ttld iiUtllti«;n run auntrr 
 to the will of liisapprolialioii ? S^\t/:. 
 
 The profit of the merchant, and the gain of 
 tlic kini^doni, aic fo far from bctng always pa- 
 talleU, liiat frequently tlicy r.v« counter one to the 
 uthcr. Chi /it fin Trade. 
 
 He thinks it brave, at his firit letting out, to 
 figilaiizc luntl'elf in tunnir.g counter to all the 
 rules of viituc. Locke. 
 
 2. The wrong way ; contrarily to the 
 right courff. 
 
 How ch^cifiiUy on the fali'e trail they cry, 
 Oh, tliis ii cTi'Ji'.r^ yt,u falfcUanilh ciogs ! Shakf. 
 
 3. Contrarywiie. 
 
 A mail, wlioni 1 cannot deny, may ohlit^e mc 
 toufe perfualioiis to anotlict, which, at the fame 
 Time I am fpcakirg, 1 miy wiflj may not prevail 
 on him : ni this cafe, it is plain, the will and the 
 defirc run countrr. Loclc. 
 
 4. The fare, in oppofition to the back. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 They hit one another with darts, as the other 
 do with their hands, whicli they never throw 
 nuntn , but at the back, of tiic flyer. Sandy. 
 
 c. This word is often found in compofi- 
 tion, and may be placed before cither 
 nouns or vtibs ufed in a feiife of oppo- 
 fition. 
 
 Th.at defign was no fooncr known, but othcis 
 of an oppolitc party were appointed to fct a 
 (-ij/zwrrr-pctition on foot. Clarcnd<jn. 
 
 ToCoL'NTER a'ct. i: a. [coun/^r and rtff.] 
 To hinder any thing from its efJeift by 
 contrary agency. 
 
 In this cafe we can find no principle within 
 >iim llrong enough to countera^ that piinciple, 
 and to relieve him. , Sourli. 
 
 To CourTTER ba'i.ance. f. a. [counter 
 and balanceSl To weigh againfl ; to 
 a61 againft with an oppofite weight. 
 
 There was fo much air drawn out of the vclTel, 
 that the remaining ajr was not able to counter^ 
 balancF the mercurial cylinder. Bcylc. 
 
 Few of Adam's children are not horn with 
 fome bias, which it is the bufincfs of education 
 citiier to take otF, or couatcrhaUnce. Lc.-kr. 
 
 CocNTERB a'lance. Tt. /. [from the 
 verb.] Oppofite weight; equivalent 
 power. 
 
 But peaceful kings, o'er martial people fct, 
 Each other's poife and cc:tntci htfance are. Drjd. 
 Money is the cc:ttiterb>ilance to all other things 
 piirchafealile by it, and lying, as it wctc, in tne 
 oppofite fcaie of commerce. Locke. 
 
 To CouNTF.RBU FF. V. ti. [from counter 
 and luffS\ To iinpel in a dLredlion op- 
 pefite to the former impulfe ; to llrike 
 back. 
 
 The giddv (hip, hitwistthc winds and tides 
 Forc'd back and forwards, m a circle rides, 
 Stunn'd with the diiTercnt blows ; tjieu flioots 
 
 anuin, 
 Till cnuntcrhuff'H (he flops, and fleeps again. 
 
 Divd-r:. 
 
 Counter Btr'Fr. n. f. [counter <i-ni t:^!\] 
 A blow In a contrary diieftion ; ii Uroke 
 that produces a recoil. 
 
 He rit ihc ficoiid ;:ave him fuc'n a co'fnterbitff, 
 that, tiecau^c Ph.ilanttr. was not to f»c diiven 
 Irnin the fnddir, the f.tddle with broken girths 
 ■ w.is driven from tl c "uorfc. Sidney. 
 
 Go, captain Stub, lead on, and (liow 
 What h'lufe you come of, by the bbw 
 Y'ni give Sii Quintiii, and the cniT 
 You 'fcapc o' ih' hi\(i{t.\r^ cuinterbuff. Ben fcffon. 
 Co'uNTfi CA"!TER. n. f. [fronv counter, 
 for a falfe piece of rnoney, and cii/lcr.] 
 A word of contempt for an arithmeti- 
 cian ; a book-keeper ; a callcv cf ac- 
 •tunti ; a rcckontr. 
 
 C O IT 
 
 I, of whom !.l! cvci iiad l^en the proof 
 At Rhodes, It Cypru<, mull he lit and calr.i'd, 
 By debtor and cieditoi, this rourfticiJI:r. SInif 
 Co'i;ntcrch ANGF,. n. f. [coun!:r aiiJ 
 change.'^ Exchange; reciprocation. 
 
 She, like harmkfs l.jjhtiiinp, ihiows her eye 
 On him, hir l.utiiers, ine, her maAci, iiitling 
 Each object witii a joy. The couutcrcium^c 
 Is fcv 'rally in all. Shakffeare. 
 
 To Co'uNTERCHANGE. 'CI. a. To givC 
 
 and receive. 
 Counterch.\'r.m. n. f. [counter and 
 chann.'\ Tliat by which a charm ii 
 difTolved ; tliat which has the power of 
 dcihoviug the effects of a charm. 
 Now touch'd by countcrcharim tlicy change 
 again. 
 And ftand majrftick, and recall'd to men. Pope. 
 To Countercha'rm. -v. a. [from f oun- 
 Lv nwd charm.] To dcftroy the elTtCl 
 of an enchantment. 
 
 Like a fptll it was to keep us invulnerable, 
 and fo eou'itefcharm all our crimes, that they 
 Ihojid only I* aiSivc to pleafc, nut huit us. 
 
 Decay of Pictv. 
 
 To Counterche'ck. v. a. [counter and 
 check.'] To oppofe ; to ilop with fud- 
 den oppofition. 
 
 Counterche'ck, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 Stop ; rebuke. 
 
 Ifagain I faid his beard was not well cut, he 
 Would fay I lye: this is called the /■n/''^f>tAi'<"^ 
 quancltome. Sfi.ikfpt.ire. 
 
 To Counter dra'w. i>. a. [ftom counter 
 end draw.] With painters, to copy a 
 defign or painting by means of a fine 
 linen cloth, an oiled paper, or other 
 tranfparent matter, whereon the ftroke.-, 
 appearing througli, are traced with a 
 pencil. ChatiiLirs. 
 
 Coi'Ntere'vidknce. n.f. [counter T^nA 
 evii'ence.] Telliinony b)' which the de- 
 pofition of fome former witncls is op- 
 pofed. 
 
 Senfc itfelfdetcc'lsrts more palpable deceits bya 
 coi^nter-e^n.icncPf-inA the morcordinaiy impollurcs 
 fcid.-m outlive the firft experiments. G'anTiJ.'e. 
 We have llrtlc rcafoii to ijueltion his teltimony 
 in this point, feeing it is b.acked by others of 
 good credit; and all bccaufe there is no cou/iter- 
 e^'i.iencey nor any witnefs, that appears againft 
 it. jR^trncr's Theory cf thi E':r:h. 
 
 To CO'UNTERFEIT. v. a. [contrefalrc, 
 French.] 
 
 1. To copy with an intent to pafs the 
 copy for an orlijinal ; to forge. 
 
 What art thou. 
 That counterfeits the pcrfon of a king .* Shaif 
 
 it came into this pnelt's fancy to caufc this lad 
 to cMntafeit and pe rfonate the fccond fon of Ed- 
 ward IV. fuj-pofed to he murdered. Bi:con 
 
 There have been tome in.ir could counterfeit 
 the diftance of voices, which is a lecnndary ob- 
 ieiS of hearing, in fueh firt, as, when they 
 tiand fart by you, you would think the fpeech 
 came from afar off in a fearful manner. Biuon. 
 
 -Say, lovely dream, \i here couldft thou find 
 Shadows to counterfeit that filer } IViulcr. 
 
 It happens, th.at not one fiiigle line or thought 
 is contained in tnis impofturc, although it appeals 
 that they who «tf«/t'y<"frf me had heard of the 
 true one. , . Sivijt. 
 
 2. To imitate ; to Copy ; to refemblo. 
 
 And, oh, you mortal engines ! whofe rude 
 throats 
 Til' imnioital Jove's diead clamours coitrirrrfrit, 
 Farewell ! .Siaij^'tare. 
 
 O Eve ! in evil hour thou did'ft give ear 
 To that falfe worm, of whomfucvcr taught 
 To eounlC'fcil mail's voice. ..^.';'.'.•i';. 
 
 c o u 
 
 To counterfeit, is to put on the liktrtcfs aatt 
 appearance of fome icalcxcelkii'^y : Brillol-rtoncf 
 would not pretend to be diamonds, if there never 
 had been diamonds. Tttiotfon. 
 
 Co'oNTERFCiT. aJj. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. That is made in imitation of another, 
 witii intent to pafs for the original > 
 forged ; fiditious. 
 
 I leatn 
 Now of my owiicxpciiciice, not by talk. 
 How co'tnterfeit a coin (iicy are, wlto friends 
 Bear in their I'upcrfcr'ption ; in profpcrous di'yj 
 They fwarni, but in aiiverlc withdraw iheirhead; 
 
 Milton. 
 Gencr.1l obfervations drawn from pailiculais, 
 arc tne jewels of knowledge, touiprchcndint; 
 great ftorc in a little louin; Lot they arc there- 
 fore to be made with the greater caic and cau- 
 tion, left, if we take eomterfcit for true, out 
 (hanie be the gre.iler, when our ftock. comes to t 
 Icv'-re fcrutiny. Locke, 
 
 2. Deceitful ; hypocritical. 
 
 True friends appear Icfs mov'd than counter^ 
 feit. Rojcommon. 
 
 Co'uNTERFEiT. n.f. [ from the verb. ] 
 I. One who pcifonates another; an im- 
 poltor. 
 
 1 am no counterfeit ; to die is to be a counter..- 
 feit ; for he is but the counterfeit o! a man, who 
 hath not the life of a man. Sliatfpeare. 
 
 This prieft, being utterly unacquainted witU 
 the tiuc perfon, according to whofe pattern he 
 Ihould Ihape his coi.nterfeit, yet could think it 
 polTible for him to inllruct I is player, either in 
 gclture or falhions, or in fit anfwcrs to qucRions^ 
 to come near the rcfcmblancc. Bacon, 
 
 But truft me, child, I'm much inclin'd toTear 
 Some counterfeit in this your Ju;Mter. ./^ddijon, 
 1. Something made in imitation of ano- 
 ther, intended to pafs for that which it 
 rcfembles ; a forgery. 
 
 My father w.Ts I know not where. 
 When I was flampt. Some ccincr with his tools^ 
 Made nip a cunterfcit ; yet my mother fecni'd 
 The D an of that time. S!iatf[,are. 
 
 Theio would be no cotintffeiti but lor the- 
 fake of funietl'.iiig real ; though pretenders feem 
 to be what they really are not, yet they pre- 
 tend to be fomcthing that really is. TUtotfon. 
 
 Co'ukterfeiter. n. f. [from counter- 
 feit.] A forger; one who contrives co- 
 pies to pafs for otiginals. 
 
 Heniy the Second .ilftred the coin, which wac 
 corrupted by eounterfett>.rij to the gieat good of 
 the commonwealth. Catndcr:. 
 
 Co'unterfeitly. adv. [from counter^ 
 feit. ] Falfely ; ficUtioiifly j with for- 
 
 Since the wlfdom of their choice is rather to 
 h.T\ e my cap tUun my he;irr, I will prn^ifc the in- 
 finuating nod, and be off to thctn rcoft counter- 
 Jcitty. ' ShckffCQfe*^ Corhlanu^ 
 
 Countf.rff.'rmknt. n. f, \coxmfer and 
 fcnicr.:.'\ Ferment oppofed to ferment. 
 What unnatuial moiiotis :i\\A couTfterftmient^ 
 muft ;i medley or' intcniperantc produce in the 
 body ! When ] luh;*ld ;i n.fliiunable table, I farcy 
 I fee innumerable diitem^iers linking in air-biif- 
 cadc among ihe diOics. W.j'./Tow'j SptiTntor, 
 
 Counter fe'sakce. n./ [contrefaifance, 
 Fr.] The acl of counterfeiting; for- 
 gery. Not in ufel 
 
 And iiisman RcTnc->)d, with {\Tit c^irterfcfunri^ 
 Svipp'^l*; hi*; credit ^nd hi? countt-nance. IJiibbctd^ 
 
 Such i*; the f:icc of falfciiuod, Uich the fight 
 Of iiud DuelTa, when her borruw'd light 
 Is b.id ;m-ay, -.wsd count erf ((.tree known. Fairy Q. 
 
 Co'uN^rERFoRT. ti.f. [ fpom ccurUer dmd. 
 fort.] 
 
 Courtc^fcrtt, InittrcfTe^ or fjnirs, nre pillar* 
 fiTving to fuppoct waib oc tciiiifle* (iubjc<ft *x»
 
 C O IT 
 
 CcuNterga'ge. 71. f. [from counter and 
 gage.^ In carpentry, a method ufed to 
 
 . meafure the joints, by transferring the 
 breadth of a mortife to the place where 
 the tenon is to be, in order to make 
 them fit eacli other. Ckambers. 
 
 I Countergua'rd. n. f. [from counter 
 and guard.^ A fmall rampart, with 
 parapet and ditch, to cover fome patt 
 of the body of the place. Military Did.. 
 
 Counterh'ght. n.f. [from fOM«;^r and 
 light. "[ A window or light oppofite to 
 any thing, which makes it appear to a 
 difadvantage. Chambers. 
 
 To Counterma'nd. v. a. \contremander , 
 French.] 
 
 1. To order the contrary to what was or- 
 dered or intended before ; tocontradift, 
 annul, or repeal a command. 
 
 In ftates noturioufly irreligious, a fecrct and 
 jrrefiftible power cour.termivuU their det-pell 
 projcdts, and I'mites their policies witli fruftra- 
 tion and a curfc. Smth. 
 
 2. To oppofe ; to contradict the orders of 
 another. 
 
 For us to alter anj' thing, is to lift up our- 
 felves againll God, and, as it weie, to co:inter- 
 mand him. Hooker. 
 
 3. To prohibit. 
 
 Avicen ccuritcrmandi letting blood in cholerick 
 
 bodies, becaufc he cflccms the blood a bridle 
 
 of the g;dl. H.ir-,,cy. 
 
 ■Countebma'nd. n. /.[contremand, Fr.] 
 
 ilepeal of a former order. 
 
 Have you no couiiteima'id for Claudio yet, 
 
 But mufl lie die tu-morrow.* S'ui^fpeare. 
 
 -J'o Counterma'rch. 1'. n. \_counter and 
 
 march. '\ To march backward ; tomaich 
 
 in indirect ways. 
 
 Counterma'rch. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Retroceflion ; march backward ; march 
 in a different diie61ion from the forn\er. 
 
 How arc fuch an intinltc number of things 
 placed with fuch order in the memory, notwith- 
 ilanding the tuniuUs, marches, and counter, 
 marche: of the animal fpirits ? C'AlUr. 
 
 2. Change of meafures ; alteration of con- 
 duft. 
 
 They make him do and undo, go forward and 
 backwards by fuch countermarch^ and refra(£lions, 
 as \vc do not willingly impute to wifdom. Burnet. 
 Counter ma'rk. n.f. [cown.Vr and mark.'\ 
 J. A fecond or third mark put on a bale 
 of ooods belonging to feveral merchants, 
 that it may not be opened but in the 
 prefence of them all. 
 
 3. The mark of the goldfmiths company, 
 to (hew the metal is ftandard, added to 
 that of the artificer. 
 
 9. An artificial cavity made in the teeth 
 of horfes, that have outgrown their na- 
 tural mark, to difguife their age. 
 ^. A mark added to a med;il a long time 
 after it is ftruck, by which the curious 
 know the fevera! changes in value which 
 It has undergone. Chambers. 
 
 To CouN'TEP-M a'ri'C. "u. (7. [couiittr and 
 mar.(.'\ 
 
 A horfe is faid be to ccuntermarkcd, when his 
 covner teeth are attificinlly made hollow, a falfe 
 iratk being made in the hollow place, in imita- 
 tion of the eye of a bean, to concealthe horfc's 
 age. Fdrrier^ % Dif}ionary. 
 
 Countermi'ne. n.f. [counter and mitie.'\ 
 
 I , A well or hole funk into the ground, from 
 
 which a gallery or branch runs out under 
 
 c o u 
 
 ground, to feek out the enemy's mine, 
 and difappoint it. Ardiliiry DiH. 
 
 After this they mined the walls, laid the pow- 
 der, and rammed the mouths ; but the citiiens 
 made a ccuTitennincy and thereinto they poured 
 fuch a plenty of water, that the wet powder 
 could not be fired. Hciywttrd. 
 
 2. Means of oppofitlon ; means of coun- 
 teraftion. 
 
 He thinking himfelf contemned, knowing no 
 C!3.v/J/^^;H/'/f againft contempt but terror, began to 
 let nothing pafs, wliich might bear the colour of 
 a fault, v%it'.iout fliarp punilhment. Sidney. 
 
 3; A (Iratagem by which any contrivance 
 is defeated. 
 
 The matter being brought to a trial cf {k\\\, the 
 countermine was only an acl of fclf-prefcivation. 
 
 To Countermine, v. a. [from the 
 noun.] 
 
 1. To delve a paffage into an enemy's 
 mine, by which the powder may evapo- 
 rate without mifcliief. 
 
 2. To counterwork ; to defeat by fccret 
 meafures. 
 
 Thus inf.i'ilibly it rouft be, if Gcd do rot mi- 
 raculoufly cct^nterm-ne us, and do more fci- us 
 than we can do againll ourfelvcs. Decay of Ptety. 
 Coustf.rmo'tion'. h. f. [counter and 
 tnolion.] Contrary motion ; oppofition 
 of motion. 
 
 Th.at refilrance is a roynterrnot^onj or et]ni''a- 
 Icnt to one, is plain by tl.is.that any body which 
 is prefied muli needs prcfs again on tt.e body 
 that pveffes it. • D'^iy on the Sful. 
 
 It any of the returning fpirits (Hould happen 
 to fall foul upon others which are outward 
 bound, thefe eountermotiom would overfct them, 
 or occafion a later arrival. Coilitr. 
 
 Count ermu're. n.f. [contremure, Fr.] 
 A wall built up behind another wall, to 
 fupply its place. 
 
 The great Ihot flying through t!ic breach, did 
 beat down houfes ; but the conntern-.ute^ new 
 built agsinfi the breach, flanding upon a lower 
 ground, it felc'om touched. Knolta. 
 
 Countf.rna'tur AL. adj. [counter and 
 natural.'] Contrary to nature. 
 
 A confumption is a countern,itur.il hec^tick c.x- 
 termariun of the body. Harvey on Ccnfnmpih/.s. 
 
 Counterno'ise. n.f. [counter and«o//f.] 
 A found bv which any other noife is 
 overpowered. 
 
 They endeavoured, either by a conilant fuc- 
 cefiion of fenfual delights to charm and lull 
 afleep, or cUe by a cot/nternoife of rc\eUings and 
 riotous exceffes to drown, the fofter whifpcrs of 
 their confciencc. dtr.fny'i Sermons. 
 
 Countero'pening. n. f. [counter and 
 'opening.'] An aperture or vent on the 
 contrary fide. 
 
 A tent, plugging up the orifice, would make 
 tiic matter recur to the part difpofcd to receive 
 it, and mark the place fur a ccu".t:r:pening. 
 
 Shciru'i Sj.rfrcry. 
 
 Counterpa'ce. n.f. [counter znd pace.] 
 Contra'.T meafure ; attempts in oppo- 
 fition to any fcheme. 
 
 When the leaft ezvnterp.tces are made to t'-efe 
 rcfolutions, it will then be time enough for our 
 m.alccontents. Sip-f: 
 
 Co'unterpane^ n.f. [eontrefoint, Fr.] 
 A coverlet for a bed, or any thing elfe 
 woven in fqiiares. It is fometimef 
 written, accoiding to etymology, coun- 
 terpoint. 
 
 In ivoiy coffers I have fluff"d my crowns; 
 In Cyprus chcils my arras cou.iterpaiei Sha.ifp. 
 
 Counterpa'rt. n.f. [cou:iicr z^hdpart.] 
 
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 The correfpondent part ; the part whlclt 
 anfwers to another, as tlie tv.'o papers 
 of a contraft ; the part which fits an- 
 other, as the key of a ciph.er. 
 
 In fume things the laws of Normandy agreed 
 with the laws of England ; fo that they Iccm to 
 be, as it were, copies oT counterparts one oi ^iU' 
 other. Ha.'i* s Lalv of England . 
 
 An old fellow with a young wench, may pat's 
 for a counter peirt of this fabli. VEfirangt. 
 
 Oh counterpart 
 Of our foft fex; well arc, you made our lords : 
 So bold, to great, fo god-likcare you form'd. 
 How can you love to filly things as women ? 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 He is to confider tiie thought of his author, 
 and his words, and to find out the counterpart to 
 each in another language. X>ryden. 
 
 In the difcovcry, the two dificrents plots hiok 
 like counterparts ami copies of one another, ^d.if. 
 
 CoiNTrRPLE'A. n. f. [from counter and 
 plea.] In law, a repiication : as, if a 
 Hrr.nger to the a£tion begun, defire to be 
 admitted to fay what he can for t!ie fafe- 
 guard of his ellate, that vvhich the de- 
 mandant aliegeth againft this requeft is 
 called a cmnlcrplea. Co-uicU. 
 
 To Counterplo't. 1', a. [counter and 
 plot.] To oppofe one machination bjr 
 another ; to obviate art by art. 
 
 Counterplot, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 An artifice oppofedto an artifice. 
 
 The woJf that ii:id a plot upon the kid, was 
 confounded by a counterplot of the kid's upon the 
 wolf J and fuch a coiinterptct as the wolf, with 
 all his I'agacity, w.as not cblc to fmcll out. 
 
 Co'uNTERpoiNT. t2. f. A coveilct wovcn 
 in fqiiares, commonly fpokeri couuta'^ 
 pane. See Counter pane. 
 
 To CouNTERPo'isE. T». o. [^countcr and 
 
 1. To counterbalance; to be equiponde- 
 rant to; to adl againft with equal 
 weight. 
 
 Our fpoils we have Ijioiight home 
 Do more than roi.zterpoijt a full third part 
 The charges of the adt'ion. Sfutkf^tear-, 
 
 The force and the dift.incc of weights countei- 
 polfing one another, ought lo he rccipiucal. Digh\\ 
 
 2. To produce a contrary atiion by an 
 equal weight. 
 
 The hcavincfs cf bodies mui^ ht eounterp'^.ijc^ 
 hy a plummet fallcned about the pulley ta the 
 axis. fPi7L-ns, 
 
 3. Toad with equal power againft any 
 pcrfon or caufc. 
 
 So many frethcldcrs of Etiglifh will be able t9 - 
 beard and to cou'i/trpoijc the reft. Spinfrr. 
 
 Co'uNTERPOisE. T2, f. [from foyw/.^r and 
 
 folfe.'] 
 
 1 . Equiponderancc; equivalence of weight; 
 equal force in the cppofite fcalc of 'the 
 balance. 
 
 Take her by the hand, 
 And tcU her fhe is thiiH ; to whom I piomife 
 A cour:ft>fo:Jc, if not in thy eliate, 
 A balance more rcpVle. ShtUJpea'e. 
 
 Faftcning that to onr exa(^ balance, we put 
 a metailhie caUnttf^iKje into the o;ij,Gfjrc fcalc. 
 
 2iojIc*i Spring t.f the Jiir, 
 
 2. The ftate of being placed in the oppo- 
 fite fcale of the balai'.ce. 
 
 Th' Eternal hung forth liis goldtn fcales, 
 Wherein all things created firft he wcigi.'d, 
 The pendulous round c;iith, with bahnc'd air 
 In couTiferpoiJe. Milton's Par. LcJ^. 
 
 3. Eqwipolkflce ; equivalence of power.
 
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 Ti;e ftcond iiolilcs arc a caunwfvj'e to the 
 h'ghcr nobilityi that they glow not too potent. 
 
 Their generals, by their credit in the army, 
 ■were, with the miigillrates and other civil o!- 
 ficers, a fort of ctunterfoijc to the power of the 
 peoi/;e. Swift. 
 
 CouNTERPo'isoN. ti. f. [^coutilcr ?ind f>oi- 
 Jon.'} Antidote ; medicine by which 
 the cfFcCis of poifon arc obviated. 
 
 C9iintc'po!j^->ii niufl: be adapted to t'nc caufc ; 
 for eKam;'lc, in jjoifon frooi fuL.im.ite corrofivc, 
 and aifen.clt. ..-Jrjr.illinotr 
 
 Coonterprk'ssure. n. f. [counter and 
 prejjur{.'\ Oppolite force ; power adting 
 in contrary dircilions. 
 
 Does it not all mcciianick lieads confound, 
 That ti>.)ops ©f atoms from all parrs around, 
 Of ci-,uai riimbcr, and of equal force, 
 Should to this I'lnglL- point dircft their courfe j 
 That fo tlie ca.ntctirrjpin ev'iy way. 
 Of equj) vigour, might their motions flay, 
 Ai/. by a ftcady poile the whole in quiet lay. 
 
 Jiltickm'jrf. 
 
 CouNTERPRo'jECT. n. f. [^Counter and 
 projed.] Correfpondent part of a 
 fcheme. 
 
 A clear reafon why they never fcnt any forces 
 to Spain, and why the obligation not to enter 
 into a treaty ui peace with Trance, until tiiat en- 
 tire monarchy was yielded as a preliminary, was 
 Drucb out of the coumlerprojcB by the Dutch. 
 
 Suifl. 
 
 T'aCouNTKRPRo'vE. -v. a. {Jrom counter 
 and //■o^•<^. ] To take off a dcficjn in 
 black lead, or red chalk, by pafTirig it 
 through the rolliiig-prcfs with another 
 piece of paper, both being moillened 
 \vith a fponge. Chambers. 
 
 To COUNTER RO'L. -u. a. [counter^ and 
 ro/J.] This is now generally written 
 as it is fpoken, control.] To preferve 
 the power of detefting frauds by ano- 
 ther account. 
 
 CoUNTerro'lment. n.f. [from cour.ter- 
 ro/.] A counter account ; controlment. 
 This mannei* of exercifmg" of this office, hatli 
 many teftimonics, interchangeable warrants, and 
 tutnUti'ol>ii£)iti, whereof each, running tl-rough 
 the iiauds, and refting in rhe power, of mar.y 
 fcvcra! perfons, is fofncient to argue and convince 
 all manner of faliehood. B-c.n. 
 
 Co'uNTERSCARP. n.f. [ from ^o«K/("/- and 
 fcarp.] That fide of the ditch which 
 is next the camp, or properly the talus 
 that fupports the earth of the covert- 
 way; although by this term is often 
 VMidevilood the whole covert-way, witii 
 its parapet and glacis : and fo It is to 
 be undcrllood when it is faid the enemy 
 lodged themfclves on the countcrfcarp. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 To CouNTL'RSi'oN. -u. a. [from coiinler 
 and_y7fH.] To fign an order or patent 
 of a fuperionr, in quality of fecretary, 
 ta render it more authentick. Thus 
 charters are figucd by the king, and 
 ctitmteyfigned by a fecretary of (late, or 
 lord chancellor. Chambers, 
 
 Countertenor, n. f. [from counter and 
 tenor.] One of the mean or middle 
 parts of mulick ; fo called, as it were, 
 oppofite to the tenor. Harris. 
 
 I am i^i:^i : this deafnefs unqualifies me for 
 all company, except a lew Jiicnds with caunter. 
 iciiii voices. Hiuifr. 
 
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 Oounterti'di;, n.f. Icotmifrani tide.] 
 Contrary tide ; flucluations of the 
 water. 
 
 Such were our rointtertiitri at land, and fo 
 Pi efagiiig of the fat.d blow. 
 In your prodigious ebb aiul flow. Drydcn. 
 
 Counterti'me. n.f. [^counter and//m^; 
 contretemps, French.] 
 
 1. Tiie defence or lellftance of a horfe, 
 that intercepts his cadence, and the 
 meafure of his manage. Farrier's Did. 
 
 2. Defence ; oppofition. 
 
 Let cheerfulnefs o.i happy fortune w.iit, 
 And give not thus the countcrtime to fate. Dryd. 
 Countektu'rn. n.f. [^counter and turn.'] 
 
 The caiaftafis, called by the Ramans Uatus, 
 the height and full growtii of the play, wc may 
 call properly the coi.nUytutn, which dcftroys tiiat 
 «pec1ation, embroils the aiUon in new dilfieid- 
 tics, and leaves you far diliant from that hope in 
 which it found you. Dry.kn. 
 
 ro.COUNrERVA'IL. 'v.a. [««/ra and 
 vnleo, Lat.] To be equivalent to ; to 
 have equal force or value ; to aft againll 
 with equal power. 
 
 In fomc men thcie may be found fuch qualities 
 as are able to auiiuruail thofe exceptions which 
 might be taken againlt them, and fuch men's au- 
 thority is not likely to be Ihaken otl'. Hooker. 
 
 And therewithal he fiercely at him flew, 
 And with important outrage him aflail'd ; 
 
 Who, Ibon prepar'd to field, his fword forth 
 drew. 
 And him will: equal valour co/<«/frtw//'i/. T^riy Q. 
 
 The outward ftream^, which defcend, muft be 
 of fo much force as to i-i.'///.'£vr'.i//all that weight 
 whereby" the afccndlng fide does exceed the 
 other. tfilkins' Da^d.ilus. 
 
 We are to compute, that, upon balancing the 
 account, rhe profit at lart will iiardly counttivml 
 the incciU'coiiencies that go along with it. 
 
 L'Ej:,anil_l. 
 
 CoUNTERV a'il. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Equal weight ; power or value fufficient 
 to obviate any efFeft or objeclion. 
 
 2. Th.-,t whicli has equal weight or value 
 with fomething elfe. 
 
 Surely, the prcfent pleafure of a nfful afl is 
 a poor f&.vff.'fri-rt.V for the bitternefs of the review, 
 which begins wiiere the ailion ends, and lafts for 
 ever. South* i ScrM'^ii. 
 
 Countervie'w. n.f. [counter znA vicnv.] 
 
 1. Oppoiilion ; a pollure in which two 
 perfons front each other. 
 
 Mean while, ere thus was lion'd and judg'ii 
 on catth, 
 Within the gates of hell fat fin ai>d death. 
 In countcrvtcio. ^LUcn\ ViU^iAije L'^Ji. 
 
 2. Contrail; a pofition in which two dil- 
 fimilar things illuilrate each other. 
 
 1 have drawn fome lines of Lingcr's character, 
 on purpofc to place it in cuntervie-iu or contralt 
 with that of the other company. S'.ilft. 
 
 To Counterwo'rk. 1). a. [counter and 
 luork.] To countcraft ; to hinder any 
 effcft by contrary operations. 
 But heav'n's great view is one, and that the 
 whole : 
 That cmintertuorkt each folly and caprice ; 
 That difappoints th' eifeO of ev'ry vice. Pope. 
 Co'untess. n.f. {comitiffa. Lat. Co>::leJfe, 
 Fr.] The lady of an earl or count. 
 
 I take it, (he that carries up the tr.iin, 
 Is that old noble lady, tlie duchcfsoi Noifolk. 
 — It is, and all the reft are countcjjes. Sialiff. 
 
 It is the peculiar happincfs of tlie coumtpi of 
 Abingdon to hive been fo truly loved by jou 
 while Oie was living, and fo gratefully honoured 
 after ftie was dead. Dry.ki, 
 
 Co'uNTiNG-HousE. n.f. [«««.' and/joa/f.j 
 
 c o u 
 
 The room appropriated by traders to 
 their books and accounts. 
 
 Men in trade feldcm think of laying out mo- 
 ney upon land, till their profit ha:, brought them 
 in more than their trade can v^-cll employ ; and 
 their idle b.tgs cumbering their tou/itirg-/toufeip 
 put them upon emptying them. Locke, 
 
 Co'uNTLEss. adj. [from count.^ Innu- 
 merable ; without number ; not to be 
 reckoned. 
 
 Ay, tear for tear, and loving kifs for kifs^ 
 Thy brother MarcLS tenders on thy lips : 
 
 were th: fum of thcfc that I (houid pay 
 Cfiuntiej: and intinitc, yet would, I ^lay them. 
 
 Shakfpeurt^ 
 But oh, her mind, that orcus which includes 
 Legions of mifchief, countlejs multitudes 
 Of former cuifes. Dtmrrr^ 
 
 By one co:tTit1cJs fum of woes oppreff, 
 Hoary with cares, and ignorant of relV, 
 We find the vital fpvings relax'd and worn ; 
 Thus, thro' the round of age, to childhood we 
 return. Pritr. 
 
 I fee, I cried, his woes, a cc^.lnt!ef^ train ; 
 
 1 fee his friends o'crwhelm'd beneatli the main. 
 
 Pope's Odyfcy. 
 
 CO'UNTRY. n.f [conlre, Fr. contrata, 
 low Latin ; fuppofcd to be contracted 
 from canlerrala.] 
 
 \. A tratl of land; a region, as diflin- 
 guifhed from other regions. 
 
 They require to be examined concerning tha 
 delcriptions of thofe countries of which they 
 Would be informed. Sfratt. 
 
 2. The parts of a region dillant from cities 
 or courts ; rural parts. 
 
 Would I a houfe for happincfs creft. 
 Nature ahuje fhould be the aicbiteit; 
 She'd build it more convenient than great. 
 And doubt! -1 in the country chufe her feat. 
 
 Cowley, 
 I fee them hurry from country to town, anil 
 then from tlic town back again into the country,- 
 
 Spcci.itor, 
 
 3. The place which any man inhabits, or 
 in which he at prefent refides. 
 
 Send out more horfes, ikirie the country round, 
 Hing thofe that talk of fear. SLitfpcurc, 
 
 4. The place of one's birth j the native 
 foil. 
 
 The king fet on foot a reformation in the 
 orn:.raents and advantages of our country. Sprait, 
 
 favc my czuntry^ heav'n I fliall be your lad. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 5. The inhabitants of any region. 
 
 All the country, in a general voice. 
 Cried hate upon him ; all their pray'rs and lo'/e 
 Wcie fet on Heicford. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Co UNTRY. adj. 
 
 I. Iluftick ; rural; viUa.tlck. 
 
 Cannot a country wcueh know, that, having 
 received a (hilling from one that owes her three, 
 and a (hilling alfo from another that owes iicr 
 three, the icniaining debts in each of their hands 
 are equal? Lcrie, 
 
 1 never meant any other, than that Mr. Trot 
 Ihould confine himfelf to ciiuntry dances. SpeSi. 
 
 Ho comes no nearer to a pofitive, clear idea 
 of a pofitive infinite, than the country fellow had 
 of the w.ater which was yet to pafs the channel 
 of the river where he Hood. Locke. 
 
 Talk but with countty people, or young peo- 
 ple, and you (hall find that tlic notions they ap- 
 ply this name to, arc fo odd, that nobody can 
 imagine they were taught by a rational man. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 A country gentlfrrian, learning Latin in the 
 univerlity, removes thence to liis manfion-hoi,fe. 
 
 I-oclie. 
 
 Tre low mcchanicks of a ccuntry town do 
 fomewi i't outdo him. Locke. 
 
 Come, we'll e'en to our counity feat repair. 
 The native home of icaoccacc aad love. Hnrii,
 
 c o u 
 
 *• Of nn intcrcll opp^-fite to \.h»\. of 
 courts: as, the r^un/rj.- party. 
 
 3. Peculiar to a region or people. 
 
 Silt ijiii^'niiig llie cruet tyrant to Icorn, fp.'tke 
 in !.cr caumry [.wgu-ij^c. ^ Xn^ddcu. 
 
 4. Rude ; ignorant ; untaught. 
 
 Vv'c mak= a rountry man dumb, wliom we 
 
 • will rot allow tn fpcali but by the rules of 
 
 grammar. " Diydc'^i Diijrejuoy. 
 
 Co'uNTRYMAN. n. f. [froni counliy and 
 
 maii.~\ 
 1. One born in the fatne country, or traft 
 ^f ground. J.ockc. 
 
 Sec, who comes bcrc ? 
 My couiiuyKai! ; but yet I know him not. Sinl-f. 
 
 Homer, great bard ! fo fate ordain'd, arolc; 
 And, bold as were ah c(iui:.'rj\mc'i in figbt, 
 Snatcli'd tlicir fair ai\ious fiura degrading 
 pro-re, 
 And fet their battlei in eternal ligb.t. Pr:or. 
 
 Tiic Britiih foldiers acTt with greater vigour un- 
 der ti.e conduill of cmc whom they do not con- 
 fide: only ai tiieir leader, but as their cwutrj-ma.-i. 
 ^liiiUhn en the JViir. 
 
 :. A ruflick; cue that inhabits the rural 
 parts. 
 
 All that have buhnefs to tiie court, and all 
 countrymen coming up to the city, leave their 
 wives in tire country. Giaunt. 
 
 3. A fanner; a liufbandman. 
 
 A rountrjman touk a boar in his corn. 
 
 L'Efrangc. 
 
 Co'uNTi'. n. /i [comie, Fr. comkalus, 
 Latin.]] 
 
 I. A fliire ; a circuit or portion of the 
 realin, into which tbfiv.hole land is di- 
 vided, for the adminiftration of juftice. 
 Every cmni\ is guvcined by a ytarly otiiccr, 
 oallcd a (heritf, who puts in execution all the 
 •ommands and judgments of the king's courts. 
 
 * Uf thcfe m.v«/;Vi four are termed county-pala- 
 tines, as tb^t cf Lancaftcr, Cheller, Durnam, 
 and Ely. A county-p-alatine is a jurildicSion of 
 to high a nature, that the chief governors of 
 tiiefe, by fpecial charter from the king, lent out 
 all writs in their own name, and did all things 
 touching juHice as sbfolutily as the prince him- 
 felf, only acknowlcrlging him their fupctior and 
 fovcreign. But this power has, by a liatute in 
 Henry viii. his time, been much abridged. 
 There arc likewifc ««nf/V! corporate, which arc 
 certain cities or ancient boioi:ghs upon which 
 *ur princes have thought good to bellow cstia- 
 ordniary liberties. Of thcle London is one, 
 York another, the city of Clielicr a third, and 
 Canterbury a fourth. And to thcfe may be ad- 
 ded m.iny more; as the «./«?>' of the town of 
 Kingfton upon Hull, the county of the town of 
 Haverfurdwell, and the tounty of Liciifield. 
 Ccuniy is, in another fignification, ulcd for the 
 county-court. _ Ccii'r.V. 
 
 DiCchargc your powers unto their fevcral 
 countit^y 
 As we wi'l ours. . Sli.itfpcare. 
 
 He caught his death the lart ronvty fcffions, 
 where he would go to fee juflice done fo a poor 
 widow-woman, and her fatijeriefs child"cri. 
 
 Add'ijon'i a^fHator. 
 
 2. An earldom. 
 
 3. \compte.'\ A count ; a lord. Obfolete. 
 
 The gallant, young, and noble gentjcmaii, 
 
 The cmnty Paris. SImkfpcarc. 
 
 He maile Hugh Lupus ccunly palatine of 
 
 Cheller, and gave that earldom to him and his 
 
 . heirs, to hold the fame Ha libsri ad gl.\ iiuni, 
 
 fidtt rex tcrebat AngViam ai crjrcnam. DaTtc.t. 
 
 COUPE'E. n.f. [French.] Amotion in 
 dancing, when one leg is a little bent 
 and fufptnded from the ground, and 
 with the oth.cr a motion is made for- 
 -.varcls. Chamhen. 
 
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 COtJPLE. n.f. lcouJ>h, Trench; cspufa, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . A chtin or tie th^t holds dogs together. 
 
 I'll keep my ilable-itand where 
 I lodge my wife; I'il go in r9u/>/fj with her. 
 Than when I fctl and lee no further irult her. 
 
 Shakfpearf. 
 
 It is in fomc fort with friends as it is with 
 
 dogs in rtw/^'/fi ; they Ihould be of the fame fijc 
 
 and humour. L* Ejhangc. 
 
 2. Two ; a brace. 
 
 He was r.iken up by a f5.v/»/r of Ihcpherds, and 
 by them brought to life again. Sidiicy. 
 
 A fchoolmaller, who (liall teach my fon and 
 yotirs, I will provide ; yea, though the three do 
 cutl me a cauple of hundred pounds. y^J^hani. 
 
 A piece of cryltal inclofed -^ ccu^t'e of drops, 
 whicti looked like water when tiicy were (hakeii, 
 though perhaps they arc nothing but bubljles of 
 air. AtUifwi on Italy. 
 
 Bv adding one to one, \vc have the comjilcx 
 idea of a c-sr^^/..-. L-ockc. 
 
 3. A male and his female. 
 
 So fliall all the coiifUi three. 
 Ever true in lovii:g be. SU.ihfixare. 
 
 Oh ! alas ! 
 I l.-ft a aufle, that 'tv.-ixt heaven and earth 
 Might thus have flood, begetting wonder, as 
 You gr.lcious couj'lc do. Sitaifpcarc. 
 
 I have read of a feigned commonwealth, 
 where the married couple are permitted, before 
 they conttaft, to fee one another naked. Bacon. 
 
 He fiid : the careful couple \om their tears. 
 And then invoke the gods with pious prayers. 
 
 Diy.lcn. 
 AH fuccecding generations of mtn are the 
 progeny of one primitive couple. Bcnthy. 
 
 To Co'l'ple. v. a. [^copiilo, Latin.] 
 I. To chain together. 
 
 Huntfman, 1 charge thee, tender well my 
 hounds : 
 And couple Clowder with the dcep-mouth'd 
 Brach. Shakjpcure. 
 
 1. To join one to another. 
 
 What greater ills have the heavens in flore, 
 
 To (Tcw/'/f coming haims with loriowpart. Sidney. 
 
 And whercfoe'cr we went, like {uuo's fwans. 
 
 Still vi'c went touplcd and infopavahlc. S^.ii-fp. 
 
 Put the taclics into the loops, and couple the 
 
 tent together that it may be one. E.\3du<. 
 
 They behold your chafle converfation coupled 
 
 with fear. r i'eler. 
 
 Their concernments were fo coupled, that if 
 
 nature had not, yet tircir religions would have 
 
 made them brotiiers. South. 
 
 That man makes a mean figure in the eyes of 
 
 rcafon, who is mcafuring fv ilables and coupling 
 
 rhimes, when he Ihould be mending his own 
 
 foul, and fecuring his ovvr immortality. Pope. 
 
 3. To inarry ; to wed ; to join in wedlock. 
 
 I fliill vejuicc to fee you fo coupld, as may be 
 
 fit both for your honour and your fatisfa(ilion. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 I am juft going to aflift with the archbilhop, 
 
 in degrading .1 pnrfon who coupler all our beggars, 
 
 by which I (hall make one happy man. Siuifi. 
 
 To Co'i'PLE. -v. n. To join in embraces. 
 
 Waters in Africa being rare, divers forts of 
 
 beafts come from feveral parts to drink ; and fj 
 
 being rcfrcnicd, fall to couple, and many times 
 
 with fevcral kiivds. Bacon. 
 
 Tl ou, with thy lurty crew. 
 Cad wanton eyes I'n the daughters of men. 
 And coupled wiih them, and begot a race. il.'/;V. 
 That great variety of brutes in Africa, is by 
 leafon of the'mccting t'lgethcr of brutes of fevc- 
 ral Ipccics, at vs'atcr, and the jironiifcuous rcv- 
 piif'gi of males and females of feveral fpecies. 
 
 U.ile's Origin of Mankind. 
 After this alliance. 
 Let tygers match with hinds, an<t wolves with 
 
 (heep. 
 And every crcztuxc couple wirli his foe. Dry.lcn. 
 
 Couri.i-.-BECGAR. n.f. \_couple and bi-g- 
 
 I 
 
 IC o u 
 
 ^ar. j One tltat makes it his bu6»e.f» 
 to maiTy beggars to each other. 
 
 No ciu^.le-htggar ill tire land 
 E'er juin'd fuch numbers hand in hand. S-v-ijc. 
 Co'uPLET. n.f. [French.] 
 
 1. Two verfcs ; a pair of rhymes. 
 
 Then would they calV away tl eir pipes, am', 
 holding hand in hand, dance by the oiry cadence 
 of their voices, which tliey would ufe in frnging 
 fome (hort «»/.'<■/!, whereto the one half begin- 
 ning, liie other half Ihould anfwcr. Sidney.. 
 
 Then at the lafl, an ot tv couplet fr.iught 
 Wirh fomc unmeaning thing they call a thought, 
 A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong, 
 That, like a wounded I'ltakc, drag! its flo» 
 length along. " p,i.-. 
 
 In Pope I cannot read a line. 
 But with a figh I wilh it mi.'-.e; 
 When lie can in one couplet fi:t 
 More fcnfc than I can do in fix. 
 It gives me fueh a jealous fit, 
 I c :y, pox take him and his wit \ S^vjf. 
 
 2. A pair, as of doves. 
 
 Anon, as patient as flic forcalc dove. 
 Ere that her golden couplets are difclos'd, 
 His filcncc vviil fit drooping. Sltalfpcare.. 
 
 CO'UK AGE. 7:. f. ^coiira^e, Fr. from 
 cor, Lat.] Bravery; adtive fortitude j 
 fpirit of enteipriie. 
 
 The king- becoming graces, 
 Devotion, patience, courage, forritude, 
 I liave no rciifli of them. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Their difcipiinc 
 Now mingled with th.eir. coufoge. Sjtalcfpeare. 
 
 Hope arms their courage; from their tuw'rv 
 they throw 
 Their darts with double force,- and drive the foe. 
 
 Dryd;n. 
 
 Courage, that groves from corfiittition, very 
 oltcii forlakcs a man whta he has uccafion for. 
 it ; and when it is only a kind oi inltinct in the 
 foul, it breaks out on all occafions, without judg. 
 rnent or difcretion. Th.it courage which ariles 
 from the fcnfe of our duty, and from the fear of 
 offending Him that niarte us, adls always in an 
 uniform manner, and acco.-riing to the diitatcsof 
 right reafon. .e-Jddifo-i's Guardian. 
 
 Nothing hut the want of common courage was 
 the caufe of their misfortunes. S-aiJ'i- 
 
 Coura'geous. adj. [irom couicge.'] 
 
 1. Brave; daring; bold; entcrprifing ; 
 adventurous ; hardy ; ftout. 
 
 And he that is courageous among the mighrv, 
 (hall flee aw.iy naked in that day. j^'ms-. 
 
 Let us imitate the conageous example of St. 
 Paul, who chofc then to magnify his ofncc wlufri 
 ill men confpircd tn leiTtr. it. j^ihrbun-. 
 
 2. It is ufed ludicroufly by Shaifpeare for 
 outrageous. 
 
 He is very courageous mad, about his throwing 
 
 into the water. Shaifpeare. 
 
 Coura'geously. adv. [from coiirageotu.\ 
 Bravely ; floutly ; boldly. 
 
 Th.c king rhe next day prcfented him battle 
 
 upon the plain, the fields there being open a«^ 
 
 champaign; the cnrl courageoujiy came down, 
 
 and joined battle with him. httco/t. 
 
 CouRis'cEousNEss. n.f. [^^tom couragi- 
 
 ouj-.] Bravery ; boldnefs ; fpirit ; courage. 
 
 Nicanor hearing of the manlinefs and the «?«- 
 
 ragyoufmfs that they had to fight for their coun- 
 
 tiy, durd nottiy the matter by the fword. 2 Mae. 
 
 Coura'nt. 7 "•/• ['■ouran/t', Fr.3 See 
 
 Coura'nto. 5 CoR.\XT. 
 
 1. A nimble dance. 
 
 I'll like a mnld the better, while I have a tooth 
 in my he;.d : wliv, he is able to lead her a eou- 
 ranto. S'tai fpente. 
 
 2. Any tiling that runs quick, as a paper 
 of news 
 
 ToCtJuKB. V. r.. [^courltr, French.] To
 
 COT? 
 
 bend ; to bow ; to flocp in fiipplica- 
 tion. Not in iifc. 
 
 In the fatiicfi cf tlicfc ptirfy tirr.c!, 
 Virtue itfcif of vice nuift pDrdoii Leg, 
 Yea, couib and woo, fui leave to do it good. 
 
 Shakffi£iiye\ Ujnt.Ui. 
 
 Co'uRiER. 11. f. [courier, Fr.] A men"cn- 
 ger feat in hallc ; an exprefs ; a run- 
 ner. 
 I met a couriir, one mine ancient friend. 
 
 Shiikf^iar{*i Titron. 
 This thing the wary liafTi well pcicciving, Ly 
 fpccdy coutien advcrtifcd Solyman of the ene- 
 my's purpufc, rcqucOing him with all fpecd to 
 repair with his army toTauris. Kmll^^. 
 
 COURSE. n.J. -[courfe, Fr. curfm, Lat.] 
 
 1. Race ; career. 
 
 And fomc fhe arms with finewy force. 
 And lonie with fwirtncfs in the c'j:i>fe. Coxr/ry. 
 
 2. PafTage from place to place ; progrcfs. 
 To this may be referred, //if comfe ufa 
 river. 
 
 'And when we had finidicd our coiirft fiom 
 Tyre, wc came to Ptolcmais. -Vc7j. 
 
 A light, by which t!ie Argive fquadron ftccrs 
 Their filcnt courfc Co Ilium's well linown Ihore. 
 
 3. Tilt ; aft of running in the lills. 
 
 But this hot kn:ght was cooled with a fall, 
 which, a: the third conrfe, he received of Pha- 
 lantus. Sidtnj . 
 
 4.. Ground on which a race is run. 
 
 5. Track or line in which a fliip fails, or 
 any motion is perforined. 
 
 6. Sail ; means by which the courfe is 
 performed. 
 
 To the courfes wc have devifed Hudding falls, 
 fprit-fails, and top-fails. Rul--ig'i^i }-jJay\. 
 
 7. Progrefs from one gradation to another ; 
 procefs. 
 
 When the ftate of the controverfy is pl.^inly 
 
 detcrmine<l, it mull not be altered by another 
 
 difputanc in the courjc of the difputation. IVatts. 
 
 3. Order of fuccelTion : as, every one in 
 
 his courfe. 
 
 If any man fpeak in an unknown tongue, let 
 it be by two, or at the molt by t!\ree, and that 
 by ecitrfc-^ and let one interpret. i t's--. 
 
 9. Stated and orderly method, or manner. 
 If flic live long, 
 And in the end meet the old courfe of death. 
 Women will all turn monfters. Shakfpe,jre, 
 
 The duke cannot deny the ccurje of law. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 If God, by his revealed declaration, fiiltgave 
 rule to any man, he, that will claim by thar ti- 
 tle, murt have the lame pofitive grant of God for 
 his fucceffion ; for, if it has not direifed the 
 tourft of its rfefcent and conveyance, no body 
 can fuccced to this title of the hrft ruler. Lccke. 
 
 10. Series of fucceffive and methodical 
 procedure. 
 
 The glands did refoive during her courf,: cf 
 phyfick, and Ihe continueth very well to this 
 day. IKifem.i.'i'i Surg€'\\ 
 
 1 1 . The elements of an art exhibited and 
 explained, in a methodical ferits. 
 Hence our courfes of philofophy, ana- 
 tomy, chymiilr)-, and mathematicks. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 12. Conduft; manner of proceeding. 
 Grittus perceiving the danger he was in, began 
 
 to doubt with himfclf what couije were beft fur 
 
 him to take. KnolU^. 
 
 That worthy deputy finding nothing but a 
 
 common raifcry, took the beft c-jurjr he pofilbly 
 
 could to cftablilh a commonwealth in Irela. d, 
 
 Duvies on htUiid. 
 
 He placed commiflioners there, who govcrii(-d 
 
 it only in a cmirfe •f difcretion, put mnni.il, part 
 
 ■cjyil. baviti tn Irtljti.l, 
 
 Vol. r. 
 
 C o u 
 
 Give tiillingly what I can take I.7 force ; 
 'And know, obedience is your fafeft courfe. Dryi. 
 Built a light ra/r/> be taken with children, 
 thcic will not be fo much need of common re- 
 wards and punilhments. Locke. 
 
 ' i'is time wc (hould decree 
 What courfe to take. A.Uifon'i Cato. 
 
 The fenate obferving how, in all contcntion.s, 
 they wcri. foiced to yield to the Ciibuncs and 
 pioph.', thought it their wifcft cotirfc to give way 
 alio to time. S-MJ!. 
 
 13. Method of life ; train of afiions. 
 
 A woman of fo working a ntiiid, and (o ve- 
 hement fpirits, as it uas happy (lie loolc a good 
 cc:irfe ; for othcrwifc it would have been terrible. 
 
 Sitlittjf. 
 His ad(ri<51ion was to c5:/r7fivain ; 
 His companies unlelter'd, rude, and flialiow ; 
 His hours lill'd up with riots, ban<iircts, fpotis. 
 Sl:.ikfycare*i llcny v. 
 As the diopfy-man, the mote he drinks, the 
 drier he is, ami the more he flill defiles to drink ; 
 even To a frnirer, the more he fin^, the npter is 
 he to fin, and more defirous to keep Itill a I'jurfc 
 in wickedncfs. Vcrkim. 
 
 Men will fay, 
 Titat beauteous Emma vagrant courfi took, 
 Her father's houfe and civrl life forl'ook. I'lior, 
 
 14. Natural bent ; uncontrolled will. 
 
 It is b( ft to leave nature to her courfe^ who is 
 the fovereij;n phyfician in molt difcafes. Temple. 
 
 So every fervant took his courfe, 
 And, bad at tirlt, they all jjrew woife. Tiior 
 
 15. Catamenia. 
 
 The ftoppage of women's co'itfs, if not fud- 
 denly looked to, fcts them undoubtedly into a 
 confumption, dropfy, or lonie other dangerous 
 diteale. llai-veyon Coitfiimbtioni, 
 
 16. Orderly llrufture. 
 
 The tongue dcfileih the whole body, and fet- 
 leth on file the ccuife of nature. yawfs, 
 
 17. [In architefture.] A continued range 
 of Itonts, level or of the fameheiglit, 
 throughout the whole lengtii of the 
 building, and not interrupted by any 
 aperture. Harris. 
 
 18. Series of confcquences. 
 
 19. Number of diflies fet on at once upon 
 the table. 
 
 Worthy fir, thou bleed'ft : 
 Thy exercife hath been too violent 
 For a fccond courfe of fight. Shnhfpeeirc. 
 
 Then with a fecond coujfc the tables load, 
 And with full chargers olfci to the god. Dr\d. 
 
 You are not to walh your hands till after you 
 have fent up your fecond courf. Szviff. 
 
 So quick retires each flying courfe ^ vou'd fwear 
 Sancho's die.id dotj^or and his wand were there. 
 
 r.pc. 
 
 20. Regularity ; fettled rule. 
 
 21. Empty form. 
 
 Men talk as if they believed inCod, but they 
 live as if they thought there was none; their 
 vows and promifes are no more than words of 
 courfe. VEfcwgc. 
 
 22. Of courfe. By confequence. 
 
 With a mind unprepofTeffed by doiflors and 
 commentators of any feci, whofc reafonings, 
 interpretation, and language, which I have been 
 ufed to, will of cvirfc make all chime that way ; 
 .and maie anoiirer, and perhaps the genuine 
 meaning of the author, fecm liarlh, ftrained, and 
 uncouth to me. Locke. 
 
 23. Ofeourfe. By fettled rule. - 
 
 Senfe is of courfe airnex'd to wealth and 
 power ; 
 No mnfc is proof agalnft a golden (liowei-. Gtinh. 
 Neither (hall I be fo f^.r wanting to myfelf, as 
 not to riefire a patent, gi'anted of courfe to all ufe 
 ful projrflors. S'.v'fi, 
 
 To Course, v. a. [from the noun. J 
 I. To hunt : topuvfjc. 
 
 c o u 
 
 The big round te?ri 
 Court' dciTit another down his innocent nofe 
 In piteous chafe. ■ Sktikfptarr. 
 
 The kir g is hunting the dcerj I am cmrfi>ig 
 myfelf..^ SMf/jene. 
 
 Where's the thane of Caw : 
 We cairs'J h)m at the heels, and had a ; 
 To be hi-i purveyor-. .V/ 
 
 2. To purfue with dogs that hunt in view.- 
 
 It would be tried alio in (lying of hawk', ru- 
 in courfirjg of a dcci, or hart, with greyhoundl. 
 Bticon's Natural liiflcry. 
 
 I am continually ftar'.ing h-irej for you to 
 courfe: we were certainly cur out for one ano- 
 ther ; for niy temper quits an amc'Ur juft where 
 tliine takes it up. Chngreve 
 
 3. To put to fpeed ; to force to run. 
 
 Wher; they have i\) appetite 
 To venery, let them not drink nor eai. 
 And ccurfc them oft, and tiic them in the heat, 
 
 ^ftiy's f'irgjf. 
 
 To Course, v. n. To run j to rove about. 
 
 Swii: as quiekfirver it courfes through 
 
 The nat'ral gates and alleys of the body. S/uiif. 
 
 Tiic blood, before cold and fettled, left the 
 
 liver white and paie, which is the badge of pufil- 
 
 lanimi:y and cowattlice; but the Oicrris warms 
 
 it, and makes it courfe from the inwards to the 
 
 parts extreme. S/t.iffftjre. 
 
 She did fo courfe o'er nsy cxteriours, with fuch 
 
 a greedy intention, that the appetite of her eye 
 
 did fecm to fcorch nie up like a burning glafs. 
 
 Siaifp. Mary /AVwj of mr.df:>r. 
 Ten brace and more of greyhounds, fnowy 
 fair, 
 And tall as flags, ran locfe, and «.vri'(/ around 
 his chair. Dryden. 
 
 All at once 
 Relapfing quick, as quickly re-afccnd 
 And mix, and thwart, extmguilh, and rcnew^ 
 All etner courfmg in a maze of lii,ht. Thomfon, 
 Co'uRSER. ti. f [from courfe-^ coKifier, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . A fvvift horfe ; a war horfe : a word 
 not ufed in prole. 
 
 , He proudly pricketh on his courfrr Ilrong, 
 And Atin ay him pricks with fpurs of Ihame 
 and wrong. Spenfcr. 
 
 Then to his abfent gueft the king decreed 
 A pair u( cturfcrs, born of heav'nly breed; 
 Who fi-oni their noftrils brcath'd eri-.e real fire. 
 Whom Circe ftole from her celeflial fire. Dryel. 
 
 Th' impatient courfer pants in every vein. 
 And, pawrng, fecms to be.it the difta'nt plain.; 
 Hills, vales, and floods appear already crofs'd, 
 A-nd, ere he iUits, a thoufand fteps are loft. 
 
 Vope. 
 
 2. One who purfues tlie fport ef courfino- 
 ares. 
 
 A lealh is a leathern thing, by which a fal- 
 coner holds his hawk, or a courfer leads his grcy- 
 '"-•"nd- lUnmer. 
 
 COURT, n.f [eour, Fr. ioerl, Dutch ; 
 
 curlis, low Latin.] 
 
 1. The place where the prince refides ; 
 the palace. 
 
 Here do you keep i hundred knights and 
 fquircs. 
 Men fo diforderly, fo debauch'd and bold, 
 That this our c:'.jrt, infcfled with their manners. 
 Shews like a riotous inn ; epicurifm and lult 
 Make it more like a tavern, or a brothel, 
 Than a grac'd palace. Slutifpem e. 
 
 Ir (hall be an habitation of dragon?, and a 
 couii for owls. Ifii'ai. 
 
 Hs cvailnefs, that every man (hould iiave 
 his due, was fuch, that you would chink he 
 had never fecn a court : the politenefs with 
 iv-hich this JLiftice was adminiflercd, would con. 
 vince you he oever had lived out of one. I'rioy 
 
 A Urppliant to your royal couit I come. Pap 
 
 2. The hall or chamber wlieic jullice it 
 
 adminillered. 
 
 3 T
 
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 Are you acquainted with the difference 
 TliSt holds this preCcnt quettion in the eturt ? 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 St. Paul being brought into the higheft c-.urt in 
 Athens, to give an account of the dodtrine he 
 had preaclied concerning Jefus and the rcfurrcc- 
 tion, took occnlion to nnprint on tiiofc magi- 
 Urates a futuie Ihue. Aturhury. 
 
 3. Open fpace before a houfe. 
 
 You mull have, before you come to the front, 
 three cturti: a green court plain, wjth a wall 
 about it; a fecond cnurt of the fame, but more 
 garnilhcd, with little turrets, or other embellifh- 
 ' ments, upon the wall; and a third cturt, to 
 
 fquarc with the front, not to be built but inclofed 
 •with a naked wall. Bann. 
 
 Suppolc it were the king's bedchamber, yet 
 the meaneil man in the tragedy muft come and 
 dil'patch his buhnefs, rather than in the lobby or 
 tutrl yard (which is fitter for him) for fear the 
 itare ihuuld be cleared, and the fcenes broken. 
 
 Drydcri. 
 
 A.. A fmall opening enclofed with houfcs, 
 and paved with broad Hones, diilin- 
 guilhed from a 11 reel. 
 
 5. Perfons who compofe the retinue of a 
 prince. 
 
 Their wifdom was fo highly eftcemed, that 
 
 fome of them were always employed to follow 
 
 the courts of thiii kings, to adviie thcra. TcmfU. 
 
 €. Perfons who are affembled for the ad- 
 
 mvuiilration of jiiftice. 
 7. Any jurifdidion, mihiary, civil, or 
 ecciefiaftical. 
 
 If any noife or foldier you perceive 
 Near to the wall, by fome apparent f:gn 
 Let us have knowledge at the mirt of guard. 
 
 Sfl'^/tfpcare'i Htnry VI. 
 The ai-chbilh.ip " 
 Of C.interbury, accompanied with other 
 Learned and reverend fathers of his order. 
 Held a late aurt at Dunfta'ole. Skatffiare. 
 
 I have at lalt met with the proceedings of the 
 cart baron, held in that behalf. Sptaator. 
 
 6. The art of pleafing ; the art of infinua- 
 tion ; civility ; flattery. 
 
 Him the prince with gentle couit did board. 
 
 Spi>:J:r. 
 H-af: thou been ne^er h.afe ? Did love ne'er 
 bend 
 Thy frailer virtue to bctr.iy thy friend .' 
 l-'lattir nif , make thy .c.-c/, and fay it did ; 
 kiiys ill a cr(»*d would have their vices hid. 
 
 Dryd. Aureitg. 
 Some fort of people, placing a great part of 
 -their h.ippinefs in firong tirink, are always for- 
 ward to make cturt 10 my young mailer, by 
 Bfeijng that which they love beft theml'clvcs. 
 
 I have been confidciing why poets have fuch 
 ill fuccefs in making their cwn, fince they aie 
 allowed ,to be the grcatctl and bell of all flat- 
 terers: the defeft is, that they flatter only in print 
 or in writing. Siuift to Gay, 
 
 5. It is often ufed in conapofition in moft 
 
 of its icnfes. 
 - To Court, v. a. [from the nourv.] 
 ^ I . To woo ; to folicit a woman to mar- 
 riage. 
 
 Folio* a fnadow, it flies you ; 
 Sccin to fly it, it will purfue : 
 
 So c-jurl a millrefs, (he denies you j 
 Let her alone, (hi will cturt you. Ben y<,nfsn. 
 
 Fir'd with her love, and with ambition led. 
 The nelghb'ring princes aurt her nuptial bed. 
 ^ Diyden'i jEneiA, 
 
 Alas! Sempronius, wouldfl thou talk of love 
 To Marcis, whiUl her father's life's in danger.' 
 Tiicu might' 11 as well court the pale trembling 
 
 vellat. 
 While Jhe faehtilds the holy flame expiring. 
 
 Atl.tifcii' i Catc. 
 
 c o u 
 
 Ev'n now, when filent fcorn isall they gain, 
 A thoufand court you, though they court in vain. 
 
 Popt. 
 
 2. To folicit ; to feek. 
 
 Their own eafc and fatisfa£lion would quickly 
 teach children t>> co:irt commendation, and avoid 
 doing what they found condemned. Locke. 
 
 3. To flatter ; to endeavour to pleafe. 
 CoviRT-CHAPL.MN. n. f. [courl and chaf)- 
 
 la'in.~\ One who attends the king to 
 celebrate the holy offices. 
 
 TiiC maids of honour have been fully con- 
 vinced by a famous court-ciuiplctin. Swift. 
 C0UH.T-DAY. n./. [f5wr/ and^flj'.] Day 
 on which juftice is folemnly adminif- 
 tered. 
 
 The judge took time to deliberate, and the 
 next court-day he fpoke. Arbuthrrot ami Pope. 
 
 Coi'RT-DRESSER. ti.f. [f5?(/-/ and drejfer.'\ 
 One that drefltsthe court, or perfons of 
 rank ; a flatterer. 
 
 There arc many ways of fall.-cy ; fuch arts of 
 giving colours, appearances, and refcrablances, 
 by this court-dreffcr, fancy. Lorhe. 
 
 Cot'RT-FAVou'R. n.f. Favours or benefits 
 beltowed by princes. 
 
 We part with the blclTings of both worlds for 
 pleafurcs, court-favours, and commilTions ; and 
 at la(l, when we have fold ourfelves to our lulls, 
 we grow fick of our bargain. L'Ff.rar.ge. 
 
 Court-hand. n. f. \^court and hand.^ 
 Tlie hand or manner of writing ufed in 
 records and judicial proceedings. 
 
 He can make obligations, and write court- 
 hand, ihatfjicare. 
 
 CouRT-LADY. ti. f. [four/ and lady.] A 
 lady converfant or employed in court. 
 
 The fame iludy, long continued, is as intole- 
 rable to them, as the appearing long in the fame 
 clothes or fafliion is to a court-Udy. Locke. 
 
 Co'uRTEOus. adj. [courtois, French.] 
 Elegant of manners ; polite ; well-bred ; 
 full of afts of rcfpetft. 
 
 He hath dcferved worthily of his country ; 
 and his afcent is not by fucli eafy degrees, :is 
 thofe who have been fupple and courteous to ti:e 
 pcot)le. Shakfpcare^ s Corio/anuu 
 
 They are one while fc.v;/fc;/i, civil, and oblig- 
 ing ; but, within a fmall time after, arc fuper- 
 cilious, fharp, troublelome, tierce, and excep- 
 tious. South. 
 
 Co'uRTEOUSLV. adv. [from coiirleous.'] 
 RefpeftfuUy ; civilly ; complaifantly. 
 
 He thought them to be gentlemen of much 
 more worth than their habits bewrayed, yet he 
 let them courtcoujty pafs. IVoiton. 
 
 Whilll Chrift was upon cnrth, he was not only 
 eafy of accefs, he did not only cauriioujiy receive 
 all that addreffed themfclves tj him, but a'ifo 
 did not difdain himfelf to travel up and down' 
 the country. Calamy's Sermons. 
 
 Alcinous, being prevailed tipon by the glory 
 of his name, entertained him courtcoujly. 
 
 Brcomc. 
 
 Co'uRTEOusNESS. n.f. [from courU-oiis.] 
 
 Civility ; complaifance. 
 Co'uRTESAN. > «. /. [cor/ifana, low 
 Co'uRTEZAN. 3 Lat.] Awomanofthe 
 town ; a prollitute ; a flrumpet. 
 
 'Tis a brave night to coal a courtex.a'i. Shakfp. 
 
 ■yVith them there are no Hews, no dilTolute 
 houfe;, no comtcfar.i, nor any thing of that 
 kind; nay they wonder, with detellation, at you 
 in Europe, which permit fuch things. Bacon. 
 
 The Corinthian is a column lafcivioufiy decked 
 like a ccurtczan, IVottcn. 
 
 Charixus, the brother of Sappho, in love with 
 Rhodope the comtcxan, fpent bis whole eflate 
 upon her. Addijcn. 
 
 Co'uRTESY. n.f. [courtolfie,Yt. coriefnt, 
 Italian.] 
 
 c o u 
 
 1. Elegance of manners; civility; com- 
 plaifance. 
 
 Sir, you are very welcome to our houfe ; 
 It mult appear in other ways than words, 
 Therefore 1 fcant this breathing couttcfy. 
 
 Sh.ikfpeare' s Merchant of Venice. 
 Who have feen his ellate, iiis hufpitality, his 
 courtefy to ilrangcrs. Peacham^ 
 
 He, who was compounded of all the elements 
 of affability and cf^urtcjy tow.^ids all kind of 
 people, brought himfelf to a habit of ncglcft, 
 and even of rudenefs, towards the queen. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 Courtcfy is fooner found in lowly (hades 
 With fmoky rafters, than rn tap'ftry halls. 
 And couits of princes, whence it firll was 
 iiam'd. MiUcn, 
 
 So gentle of condition was he known, 
 That thiough the court his courtefy was blown, 
 Dryden's Tablet, 
 
 2. An aft of civility or refpeft. 
 
 You Ipurn'd me fuch a day ; another time 
 You calj'd me dog ; and, for thefe courteftesy 
 I'll lend yuu thus much money. Shakfpeart. 
 
 Repofc you there, while I to the hard houfe 
 Return, and foice their fcanted courtcfy. Shakf. 
 
 When I was laft at Exeter, 
 The mayor in courtcfy Ihew'd me the caftle. 
 
 ShakfpenTe*s Richard ill. 
 
 Sound all the lofty inftnlments of war. 
 And by that mufic let us all embrace ; 
 Forhcav'n to earth fome of us never (hall 
 A fecond time do fuch a courtefy. Shakfpeart. 
 
 Other dates, affurcdly, cannot be jullly ac- 
 cufed for not ftaying for the hrft blow ; or for 
 not accepting Poiyphemus's courtefy^ to he the 
 lalt that (hall he eaten up. Bacon. 
 
 3. The reverence made by women. 
 
 Some country girl, fcarce to a courtcfy bred. 
 Would I much rather than Cornelia wed; 
 If, fupcrcilious, haughty, proud, and vain. 
 She brought her father's triumphs in her train. 
 
 Drydin's 'Juvenal, 
 
 The poor creature was as full of courtcfies as 
 if I had been her godmother : the truth on't is, 
 I endeavoured to make her look fomething 
 chrillian-like. Ccngrere's Old Bacheltr. 
 
 4. A tenure, not of right, but by the fa- 
 vour of others : as, to hold upon courtefy. 
 
 5. Courtesy of England. A tenure by 
 which, if a man marry an inheritrix, 
 that is, a woman feifed of land, and 
 getteth a child of her, that comes alive 
 into the world, though both the child 
 and his wife die forthwith, yet, if fhe 
 were in polTeflion, fliall he keep the 
 land during his life, and is called te- 
 nant per legem Jlnglia, or by the courtefy 
 of England. Co-ivelL, 
 
 ■To Co'uRTESY. 1'. n, [from the noua.] 
 
 1. To perform an aft of reverence : It !«• 
 now only ufed of women. 
 
 Toby app.-oaches, and court'fies there to me. 
 
 Shakfpeare,. 
 The petty traffickers, 
 That court' fy to I'nem, do them reverence. 
 
 Shakjpcare. 
 
 2. To make a reverence in die manner of. 
 
 ladies. 
 
 If I Ihould meet her in my way, 
 Wc hardly courtfy to each ether. Prior, 
 
 Co'uRTlER. n.f. [from court,'\ 
 
 I. One that frequents or attends the Gourts- 
 of princes. 
 
 He hath been a ccurtier, he fwcars. 
 
 If any man dcuhts that, let him put me to my 
 putgstion. I have trod a meaUire ; I have fl.at- 
 tered a lady ; I have been politick with my 
 friend, fmooth with mine enemy ; I have un- 
 done three taylor^; I have had four quarrels, 
 and like to have fought «uc. S-uikf^caie,
 
 c ow 
 
 Yoli are a flattering boy ; now, I fee you'll 
 he a courtier. Sluikjpearc. 
 
 You know I am no rturtiir, nor veiled in 
 fiatc-affjirs. _ Bart,n. 
 
 The principal figure in a piifVure, is like a king 
 
 among his cturt.cn, who ought to dim the luftre 
 
 of his attendants. Diyde/i. 
 
 2. One that couits or folicits tUt favotti- 
 
 of aiioilicr. 
 
 What 
 Made thee, all lionour'd, honclt Roman Brutus, 
 With the arm'd reft, courtiers of beauteous free- 
 dom. 
 To drench the capitol } Shnh.fpcare. 
 
 There was not among all our princes a greater 
 couriier of the people than Richard iii ; not 
 out of fear, butwifdom. Suciling. 
 
 Co'uRTiNE. See Curtain. 
 
 Co'uRTLiKE. arij. [court and /He.'} Ele- 
 gant ; polite. 
 
 Our Englilh tongue is, I will not fny as f.icrcrl 
 as the Hebrew, or as learned .la the Greek, but 
 as Huent as the Latin, as courteous as the Spa- 
 nil,h, as coartlike as the French, and as amorous 
 as the Italian. Cninicn's RiKuirn. 
 
 Co'URTLlNESS. tl. /. [from coiirlly.] 
 Elegance of manners ; grace of mien j 
 complaifance ; civility. 
 
 The flighteft part that you excel in, is ctuttli- 
 nefi. Lord Digi>y to Sir Ke/ielm Dighv. 
 
 Co'uRTLiNG. n,/. [from cotirl.'] A cour- 
 tier ; a retainer to a court. 
 
 Courtling, I rather thou Ihoukl'ft utterly 
 Difpraifc my work, than praile it froftily. 
 
 Ben ^onfcn. 
 
 Co'uRTLY. arij. [from court."} Relating 
 
 or retaining to the court ; elegant ; foft ; 
 
 flattering. 
 In our own time (excufe fome aurtly ftrains) 
 
 No whiter page than .\ddifon's rcm.iins. Tofe 
 Co'uRTLV. adv. In the manner of courts; 
 
 • elegantly. 
 
 They can produce nothing fo courtly writ, or 
 which exprefles fo much t}\e converfation of a 
 gentleman, as fir John Suckling. Dryden, 
 
 Co'uRTSHlP. n.f. [from court ] 
 
 1. The act of folicltiiig favour. 
 
 He paid hi' cmrijhif with the crowd, 
 A» far as modcl^ pride allow'd. Sivift. 
 
 2. The folicitation of a woman to mar- 
 riage. 
 
 Be metry, and employ your ciiiefcft thoughts 
 To e^urrjhipf and fuch fair oflents of love. 
 As fliall conveniently become you there. Shnkf. 
 
 In tedious courtjiiip wc declare our patn, 
 And ere we kiiidnefs find, firft meet difd.iin. 
 
 Drydc. 
 Every man in the time of cnttrt/iip, and in the 
 firlt entrance of marriage, puts on a behaviour 
 like my correfpondcnt's holiday fuit. Addifon, 
 J. Civility ; elegance of manners. 
 My courtjhip to an univeriity, 
 ir My modefty I t;ive to foidiers bare j 
 
 My p.Ttience to a gamcilti 's fliare. D^nne. 
 
 COUSIN. n.f.[coufin,YT. confanguineus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Any one collaterally related more re- 
 motely than a brother or fifter. 
 
 M.icbcth unfcani'd iiim. 
 Oh valiant co'ijin ! worthy gcirleman ! S/i.ikf. 
 
 Tybalt, my coiifin ' O niv brother's child ! 
 Unhappy fight ! dlas, the blood is fpill'd 
 Of my dear kinfman. * Sh,^kfpearc, 
 
 Thou art, great lord, my father's filler's fAi, 
 And C'jui'.ii german to great Priam's feed. Skntf. 
 
 2. A title given by the king to a noble- 
 man, particularly to thofc of the 
 council. 
 
 COW. n.f. [in the pliiral anciently ihu; 
 or leen, now commonly co'ms ; cu, Sax. 
 
 COW 
 
 Loe, Dutth.l The female of the bull ; 
 the hoincd anim.il with cloven feet, kipl 
 for her milk and calves. 
 
 We kv ih:it the horns of oxen and co-us, for 
 the molt part, are larger than the bull's ; wlucii 
 is eaufed by abundance of moifluie, which in the 
 horns of the bull faikth. lioion. 
 
 After the fever is diminKIied, alTes and goats 
 milk maybe ncceir.iry ; yea, a diet of wifi milk 
 alone. If'ijemaii'i Surgery. 
 
 Then, leaving in the fields his graiing cojivi, 
 He fought hiinfelf fomc liofpitahle houfe : 
 Good Cretoii cniertain'd bis godlike guc-if. 
 
 Vry.l,tl'i Ftildli. 
 
 To Cow. v.a. [from coward, by contrac- 
 tion.] To deprefs with fear; to op- 
 prefa with habitual timidity. 
 
 Macduff was from his mother's womb 
 
 Untimely i-ipp'd 
 
 Accuil'ed be that tongue that tells me fo. 
 
 For it hathcoii^'i/ my better paitof man. Shakf. 
 
 By reafon of their frequent revolts, they have 
 drawn upon themfelves the prcffuies of war fo 
 oftej), that it feems to have fomewbat «ttri/ their 
 Ipirits. ikiucTs Vocal forcji. 
 
 For when men by their wives are cow'd, 
 Their horns of courfc are u.idcrftood. Hud:hriis. 
 
 Cow-herd. n.f. [coiv, and hyjib. Sax. 
 a keeper.] One whofe occupation is 
 to tend cows. 
 Cow-HO'jsE. juf. [cow AxxAhoufe.} The 
 houfe in which kine are kept. 
 
 You mull Iriijufe your milch-cows, that you 
 give hay to, in your covj-hoiife all night. 
 
 Mortimer, 
 
 Cow-LEECH. n.f. [cow and leech.} One 
 who profefTes to cure diftempcred cows. 
 
 To Cow-LEECH. v.n. To profefs to cure 
 cows. 
 
 Though there are many pretenders to the art 
 of farriering and coip-heching, yet many of them 
 are very ignorant, efpeci«lly in the counti-y. 
 
 Alorrimer'S Uujbiindry. 
 
 Cow-weed. n.f. [cow and weed.'] A 
 fpecies of chervil. 
 
 Cow-wHEAT. ti.f. [cow and wheat.] A 
 plant. 
 
 CO'WARD. H./ [couard.'Fr. of uncer- 
 tain derivation.] 
 
 1 . A poltroon ; a wretch whofe predo- 
 minant pafhon is fear. 
 
 Pyroclcs did fuch wonders, beyond belief, as 
 was able to lead Mufidorus to courage, though 
 he had been born a rowjrd. Sidnt'y. 
 
 There was a foldier that vaunted, before Ju- 
 lius Gsefar, of the hurts he iiad received in his 
 face, Caefar, knowing him to be but a coward, 
 told him. You were heft take heed, next time 
 you run away, how you look back. Bacori. 
 
 Some are brave one day, and cowards another, 
 as great capt.iins have often told me, from their 
 own experience and obfervation. Tcmp/c. 
 
 A coiuard does not always efcapc with dif- 
 grace, but fometimes alfo he lofcs his lif?. Scut/:. 
 
 Tremble ye not, oh friends! and rciuards fly, 
 Doom'd by iheliern I'elcmaclius to die I Pope. 
 
 2. It is fometimes ufed in the manner of 
 an adjcAive. 
 
 Having more man than wit about me, I 
 
 drew ; 
 
 And rais'd the houfe with loud and roiuard 
 
 cry. Shakfpcarc. 
 
 Invading fears repel my ctivard joy, 
 
 And ills forcfeen the prefent blifs deftroy. Frier. 
 
 Co'wARDlcE. ff. f. [from coward.} Fear ; 
 habitual timidity ; pufdlanimity ; want 
 of courage. 
 Ccrtcs, fir knight, ye been too much to 
 blame, 
 Thusioi to blot the honour of the dcadj 
 
 COW 
 
 And with foul nvardice liis carcafe l}i.ime, 
 Whofe liiing hands iminoTtaliz'd his narae- 
 
 Vaxry Queetf 
 
 Gallant and fcarlcfs cournge will turn ii.to a 
 
 native and hcroick valoui, anil make tlicm hate 
 
 the lovardice of doing wrong. Miliolt, 
 
 None was difgrac'd ; for falling is no fhame. 
 And coirardice alone is lofs of farr.c ; 
 The vent'rous knight is from the faddlc thrown, 
 But 'tis the fault of fortune, not his own. Oryd. 
 This gieat, this holy, tl is terrible Being, i« 
 prefent to nil our ari'ciftion.; fees every treache- 
 rous inclination of oiu beait to defut his fetvicc; 
 and trc-ifuics up, againft tiic day or his wiaih, 
 the fctiVt cowaijice which deters us from alTcrt- 
 ing his caufe, which prevails on us to compliment 
 the vices of the great, to applaud tiie libcr;ine» 
 and laugh with the prophane. tiofer,. 
 
 Cowardliness, n.f. [from couariHy.] 
 
 TiiTtidily ; cowaidice. 
 Co'w A R ij L Y. adj. [from inward. ] 
 
 1. Fearful; tiinoroiis; pulillaniiuous. 
 
 An Egyptian footlilaytr made .\ntoiiius l.cl!cv» 
 tli;it his genius, otiieiwil'e brasc aud confident, 
 was ill the prefcnce of O'Savius poor and coui- 
 aidly. JJacGit'i Natttial ilijicrv. 
 
 2. Mean; befitting a coward; proceed- 
 ing from fear. 
 
 I do find it convardly and vilcj 
 For fear of what might fall, fo to prevent 
 The time of life. Si;atfftare. 
 
 Let all fuch as can enlarge their confcicnces 
 like hell, and ftylc a coiuardiy filencc in Chli(i'.<- 
 caufe dil^crttion, know, that Ghiill wiil orrc day - 
 (corn them. Soutit. 
 
 Cowardly, adv. In the manner of a 
 coward ; meanly ; vilely. 
 
 He ftiarply reproved them as men of no cou- 
 rage, who had moll coivardly turned their backs 
 upon their enemies. Knotia. 
 
 Co'wARDSHip. ?;.y". [hovn. coward.} The 
 character or qualities of a coward ; 
 meannefsi Not in ufe. 
 
 A very palti-y boy, and more a coward than a 
 hare: his dilhonclly appears ifi leaving l-.is friend 
 here in nccefliry, and denying him ; and for his 
 coxvardjiip, atk Fabian. Sri.ikjpca'!. 
 
 To Co'wER. i». n. [cwrrian, Welfh ; 
 iourher, Fr. or perhaps borrowed from 
 the manner in which a cow fink.s on her 
 knees.] To (Ink by bending the 
 knees ; to ftoop ; to fhrink. 
 
 Let the pail be put q-^qx the man's head above 
 
 water, then he coiver down, arid the p.iil be 
 
 prelTcd down with bitn. Bacon, 
 
 The fplitling rocks conv'r'd iti the finking 
 
 fands. 
 
 And would not dalli me with their ragged fides. 
 
 Siiaifprat^. 
 As thus he fpake, e;;ch bird and bca.1 beheldj 
 .\pproarliing two and two ; thefc c^ju'ri'ig low 
 With bl.Trdilhiv.ent, each bird lloop'd on his 
 wing. .Vi/ioH. 
 
 Our dame firs ci-^u'tiftg o'er a kitchen fire ; 
 I diaw frelh air; and n.ituje's works admire. 
 
 D'ydca. 
 
 Co'wJSH. ailj. [from To cotu, to awe.] 
 Timorous; fearful; mean; pufil'ani- 
 mous ; cowardly. Not in ufe. 
 It is the c',ivi[h terrot-.r of his fplrit. 
 That daics not undertake: he'll not feel wrong. 
 Which tic him to an aiifwer. Shaktj- m. 
 
 Co'wKEEPiR. n. J. [cow and kceper.\ 
 One whofe btifnicfs is to keep cows. 
 
 The ternii co-.ckirpei and l;oi;herd are not to he 
 iifcd in our poetry ; .but tllerc are no finer \'.ords 
 in the Greek langVuigc. Br(.ore. 
 
 COWL. n.f. [cuvl>;, Sa.Kcn ; cucullas, 
 Latin.] 
 
 I . A monk's hood. 
 
 You miy imagine that Francis Cornfield did 
 fcuitch his tlbuw, when he had fweetly Inveat- 
 
 3 « 2
 
 COY 
 
 C O Z 
 
 .-.d, to fignu'y Viis name, faint Francis with l<is 
 frjci-y cowl in a cornfield. Catndc^-. 
 
 What differ more, you cry, than crown and 
 fitvl ? 
 I'll tell you, friend, a wife man and a fool. Voft. 
 2 . [ Perhaps from cool, cooler, a veffel in 
 ■which hot liquor is fet to cool.] A 
 Vfflel in which wattr is carried on a 
 pole between two. 
 Cowl-staff, n.f. [i:oWand7?fl(f ] The 
 ilaff on which a vcfTel is fupported be- 
 tween two men. 
 
 Mounting him upon a miul-fag'. 
 Which (tolhpg iiimfomcthing high) 
 He appa-hcniled lo be Peg.id,.. ■^"™"^^. 
 
 The way by a coiul-faf is fafcr : the ftaft 
 muft have a bunch in the middle, fomcwhat 
 ■wed'C-likc, and covered with a foft bolfter. 
 
 Co'wsLlP. n. f. [paralvfts ; cu)-lippe, 
 £ax. as fome think, from their refem- 
 blance of fcent to the breath of a cow ; 
 perliaps from growing much in paf- 
 ture grounds, and often meeting the 
 
 coiu's Up.'] 
 
 Co-wpf is alfo railed pagil, grows w.ld m the 
 meadows, and is a fpecies of primrofc. M:Ji< . 
 
 He might as well fay, that a cmuj],f m as 
 »hite as a lily. •^"''">'- 
 
 Where the bee fucks, there fuclc 1 5 
 In a aivj],f% bell I lie. Shatffcirc. 
 
 Thy little fons 
 Permit lo range ihc paftures : gladly they 
 Will mow the cozvfiip pofies, famtly fwcct 
 
 Fhilifi. 
 
 Cows-lungwort, n.f. A fpecies of 
 
 muUein. 
 Co'xcoMB. n.f. [coch and comb, corrupted 
 
 from cock's coml.~\ 
 
 1. The top of the head. 
 
 As the cockney did to the eels, wh.en fire put 
 them i' the pafty alive; (he rapt them o th 
 cixcombi with a flick, and cried, down, wantons, 
 down ! ^hakjpfarc. 
 
 2. The comb refcmbling that of a cock, 
 which licenfed fools wore formerly in 
 
 their caps. 
 
 There, take my axcomh : why, this fellow 
 Las banidi^d two of his daughters, and d.d the 
 ih.id a bleifing againft his will: if 'hou fo! ow 
 iim, thou mull needs wear my axcom-j. Skak. 
 ■3. A fop ; a fuperficial pretender to know- 
 ledge or accompliftiments. 
 
 1 fent to her, 
 By this fame «a-«»ii that we have I' ih' ■wifd, 
 Tokens and letters, which (he did refcnd, 
 
 I fco.n, quoth Ihe, thou coxcomb fiUy 
 Quarter or council from a foe. 
 
 It is a vanity for every pretending coxcomb to 
 make himfdf one of the party full whb his bet- 
 tei-s. VEfrantL^c 
 
 They overflowed with fmait repartees, and 
 •were only diftinguilhed from the intended wits 
 by being called coxcombs, though they dcfeived 
 not fo fcandalous a name. DryJen. 
 
 Some are bewildci'd in the maze of fchools, 
 And fome made »«(!»;4s, nature meant but fooU. 
 
 I'opc. 
 
 4. A kind of red flower. 
 Coxco'MiCAL.arfJ. [irom coxcomb.] Fop- 
 pi(h; conceited : a low word, unworthy 
 
 cf life. 
 
 Bccaufc, ss lie was a very r.atural writer, and 
 they were without prejudice, without prepotTel- 
 fior, without affcaation, and without the ii.Hu- 
 rncc of coxco-nical, fcnfclcfs cabal, they were at 
 liltrty 10 receive the imprcff.ons which things 
 naturally made on their minds r.... .. 
 
 COY. ailj. [coi, French; 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Mode ft ; decent. 
 
 &hak. 
 Huciibra^. 
 
 Dcr:t'ii: 
 
 from niiictus 
 
 Jafon is as coy as is a maide ; 
 He looked piteoully, but nought he faid. Chaucer. 
 >.. Referved; not acceffible ; not ealily 
 condefcending to familiarity. 
 
 And vain delight flie f.iw he light did pafs, 
 A foe of folly and immudeft toy ; 
 Still folenin fad, or (till difdainful coy. Sfer.fcr. 
 
 Like Pha;bus fung the no lels am'rous boy : 
 Like Daphne (he, as lovely and as coy. M'aller. 
 At this leafon every fniilc of the fun, like the 
 fmils of a coy lady, is as dear as it is uncommon. 
 
 I'ofe. 
 The Nile's coy fourcc. Gia.r.gcr. 
 
 TaCo\. 'V. n. [from the adjeflive.] 
 
 1 . To behave with referve ; to reject fa- 
 miliarity. 
 
 What, coy!t:g it ag.iin ! 
 No more ; but make me liappy to my guft, 
 That is, without your ftriigglmg. Dryden. 
 
 Retire! I beg you, leave me. 
 
 Thus to coy it ! 
 
 With one who knows you too ' Roive. 
 
 2. To make difficulty ; not to conde- 
 fcend willingly. 
 
 If he coy'H 
 To hear Cominius fpeak, I'll keep at home. 
 
 Sh.uf^cttie'i Co> lolanui. 
 
 To Coy. f. a. [for decoy.] To allure. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 I'll mountebank their loves, 
 Coy their hearts from them, and come home be- 
 loved 
 Of all the trades in Rome. Shiljfrarc. 
 
 Co'yly. adv. [from coy.] With referve ; 
 with dilinclination to familiarity. 
 
 This laid, his hand he cr,\!y fnatch'ri away 
 From forth Antinous' hand. Chipnan. 
 
 Co'yness. n. f. [from coy.] Referve ; 
 unwillingnefs to become familiar. 
 
 Wlien the fun hath warmed tiie eaiih and wa- 
 ter, three or four male carps will follow a fe- 
 male ; and (he putting on a fecming coyncji, they 
 force her through weeds and flags. IValtojt. 
 
 When the kind nymph would ctymf\ feign, 
 And hides but to be found again. Drydin. 
 
 Co'ystrel. n.f. A fpecies of degenerate 
 
 hawk. 
 
 One they might trwft, their common wrongs 
 to wreak : 
 The muflvct and the coyflrcl were too weak. 
 Too fierce the falcon. _ _ Dryden. 
 
 Coz. n.f. A cant or familiar word, con- 
 traftcd froin cwfm. 
 
 Be merry, cox; fince fudden forrow 
 Serves to fay thus, fome good thing comes to- 
 morrow. Shnkfpearc. 
 To CO'ZEM. 1'. a. [To cofe is in the old 
 Scotch dialcft, as Junius oblcrves, to 
 chop or change ; whence co-:,en, to 
 cheat ; becaufe in fuch traffick there is 
 commonly fraud.] To cheat ; to trick ; 
 
 to defraud. 
 
 Let the queen pay never fo fully, let the 
 
 muftcr-mailer view them never fo dilligcntly, 
 
 let the deputy or general look to them never fo 
 
 e>:i:Cllv, vet they can «xi-n them all. Sfcijer. 
 
 Goring loved no man fo well hut that he 
 
 would lOZM him, and expofe him to puhlick 
 
 mirtii for having been cozened. CInrcnJon. 
 
 He that fuffers a government to be abufed by 
 
 carcleffncfs or neglefl, does the fame thing with 
 
 him that maliciouflv and conuptly feis liiinlclf 
 
 toco%cn\x. ' VFjhauj^c. 
 
 You arc not obliged to a literal belief of what 
 
 the poet fays; but you aic picafert with the 
 
 image, without being cozcmJ by the fiflion. 
 
 Drydcii. 
 What if I pkafc to lengthen out his date 
 A day, and take a piidc to cr.z.cn fate. Dr\id. 
 Ciiildrcn may be cozened into a knowledge of 
 the lctter>, and'bc taught to read, without per- 
 ceiving it to be any thing but a fpoit. l.ocie. 
 
 C R A 
 
 Co'zENAGE. ti.f. [from cozett.] Fraud ; 
 deceit; artifice; fallacy ; trick; cheat; 
 thepraftice of cheating. 
 
 Tlicy fay this town is full oi cozenage, 
 As nimble jugglers rhat deceive the eye, 
 Difguifed cheaters. Si.'fpeiire. 
 
 Wifdom witiiout honefty is meer cratt and 
 cozenage; and therefore the reputation of boneily 
 mud firft be gotten, which cannot be but Ijy 
 living well: a good life is a main .^rgument. 
 
 Ben ^'-njoi's Dijcci'erie:. 
 There's no fuch thing as that we beauty call, 
 It is meer c/zetutge all ; 
 For though fome long ago 
 Like certain colours mingled fo and fo. 
 That dotn not tie me now irom ciiufing new. 
 
 Suckling. 
 Imaginary appearances offVr tkemfelvcs to our 
 impatient mines, which entertain thefe counter- 
 feits, without the Icalt fufpicion of their cozenage, 
 Gtanvillc'i Sccfjls. 
 Suange roi'nugf .' none would live p,;ft years 
 agrin. 
 Yet all hope pleafure in what yet remain • 
 And from the dregs of life think to rcceiv'e 
 What the firrt fprightly running could not give. 
 
 Dryd, ^'luf. 
 
 But all thefe are trifles, ifweconfider the fiaud 
 and cozenage of trading men and (hopkecpers. 
 
 Siuift. 
 Co'zENER.n./ [irom cozen.] A cheater ; 
 a defrauder. 
 
 Indeed, fir, there ai-e cozeners abroad, and 
 
 therefore it behoves men to be wary. Saakfp. 
 
 CRAB.n./ [cpabba. Sax. trabte, Dut.] 
 
 1. A cruflaccous iilh. 
 Thofe that call ilieir (hell arc, the lobrter, 
 
 the crab, the crawfilh, the hodmar.riod or dod- 
 man, and the tortoife. The old fliells are never 
 found; fo as it is like they fcale oft' and crumble 
 away by degrees. Bacon's Natural Hijiory. 
 
 The fo.v catches crab Iilh with iiis tail, which 
 Olaus Magnus faith he inmfelf was an eye-wit- 
 nefs of. Derham. 
 
 2. A wild apple ; the tree that bears a wild 
 apple. 
 
 Noble flock 
 
 Was graft with crab tree flip, whofa fruit thou 
 
 art. Skaiffcare. 
 
 Fetch me a dozen crab tree ftaves, and ftrong 
 
 ones; thefe are but fwitches. Shakjfeaie. 
 
 When loalied crabs hifs in the bowl, 
 Tiicn nightly fings the flaring owl. Skakjfeare. 
 Tell why a graft, taking nouriiliment from a 
 crab flock, (hall have a fruit more noble than irs 
 nurfe and parent. Taylor. 
 
 5. A peevilh morofe perfon. 
 \. A wooden engine with three claws fbr 
 launching of (hips, or heaving them 
 into the dock. Phillips. 
 
 5. The fign in the zodiack. 
 
 Then parts the Twins and Crab, the Dog di- 
 vides. 
 And Argo's keel, that broke the frothy tides. 
 
 Creech. 
 
 Crab. ailj. It is ufed by way of contempt 
 for any four or degenerate fruit : as, a 
 crab cherry, a crab plum. 
 
 Better gleanings their worn foil can boaft 
 Th:m the crab vintage of the neighb'ring coafj. 
 
 D'ydert^ 
 
 Cr a'bbed. (7.//. [from r;-rt^.] 
 
 Pcevifh ; morofe ; cynical ; four. 
 A man of years, yet frelh, as mote appear. 
 Of Iwaah complexion, and of crabbed hue. 
 That him full of melancholy did (hew. Spenfcr, 
 
 O, (he is 
 Ten limes more gentle, than her father '.s crabbed; 
 And he 's compos'd of hailhnefs. Shakffeart, 
 :. Har(h ; unpkafinjj. 
 
 That was when 
 Three nviiif./ months had luui'd thcmfelvcj t» 
 death,
 
 C R A 
 
 Eie 1 could make ihcc o,'cii tliy white lian(t, 
 And cicpc thyfclf my love. Sini/ptart. 
 
 How chain. iiig is divine pliilotopliy ! 
 Not hailh and crabbeii, .i* dull touU fiippore, 
 But mufic.ll as is Apullo's lulc, 
 And .1 [icipctunl fcalt ol nectar'd fwcets, 
 Wlicic no crude fuiTit n-i^ns. ^t:!.'on. 
 
 a. Difficult ; pt:i'plv.'.\inf;. 
 
 Kefulc, lie was a thicwd philofopiicr, 
 And had read cv'iy text a, id gtofsovcr; 
 Wtiaic'er the crttbf'aVjl author halh, 
 He undcrllood b' im|licit t'aith. Huditrat. 
 
 Lucictius had cholcii a fubjcfl naturally crai- 
 icl ^ DryM«. 
 
 Your crahhcJ rogues that read Lucretius 
 Arc ag.iinit gods, you know. Prhr. 
 
 Cka'bbedlv. Wi). \^{\om crabkJ.^ Pee- 
 
 vifhly ; morofely ; witli perplexity. 
 Cra'bbedness. n /. [from rra^/W.] 
 
 1. Sotitiiefs of tafle. 
 
 2. Soiii-nefs of countenance ; afperity of 
 manners. 
 
 3. Difficulty ; perplexity. 
 Cra'ber. n.f. 
 
 The poor tilh have enemies cnonrh, befulc 
 fuch unnatural filhcrmen as otters, the cormo- 
 lant, and the crabir, which fome c»ll the 
 wtter-rac. JValton^t Angler. 
 
 Crabs-eyes. n. /. Whitlfh bodies, 
 rounded on one fide, and depiefTeJ on 
 the other, heavy, moderately hard, and 
 without fniell. They are not the eyes 
 of any creature, nor do they belong to 
 the crab, but are produced by the coni- 
 mon crawfiih : the flones are bred in 
 two feparate bags, one on each tide of 
 the ftomach. They are alkaline, ab- 
 forbent, and in fome degree diuretick. 
 
 Hill. 
 
 Several perfuns liad, in vain, endeavoured to 
 
 ftore themfclvcs with crahi-syes. BoyU. 
 
 CRACK, n.f. [hraeci,'D\i^c\\.] 
 
 J. A fuddcn difruption, by which the 
 
 parts are feparatcd but a little way from 
 
 each other. 
 
 2. The chink, fifTnre, or vacuity made by 
 difruption ; a narrow breach. 
 
 Contufions, when great, do uUially produce a 
 fifl'ure or cruck of the ikull, cither in the fame 
 jiart where the blow was infli->ed, or in the con- 
 trary part. IVifrman. 
 
 At length it would emrk in many places; 
 and thofc cracks, as they dilated, would appear 
 of a pretty good, but yet obfcure and dark, 
 
 flcV-(olour. NfUJtor:', Opiicb. 
 
 3. The found of any body burfting or 
 falling. 
 
 ll I i"ay footh, I mull report they were 
 As cannons overcharg'd with double ctucii. 
 
 Shttkfpcirc'i Macbeth. 
 Now day appears, and with the day the king, 
 Whofc early care had rohb'd him of liis relt ; 
 
 Far off \\\zcritcks o{ fallmg houfes ring, 
 And (hrieks of fubjedts pierce his tender bread. 
 
 ■Drydcn. 
 
 4. Any fudden and quick found. 
 
 A fourth ? — tlait eye ! 
 What will the line liretch out to th* crack of 
 doom.' Sha^jpcarf. 
 
 Vulcan was employed in hammetinv; out thun- 
 derbolts, that every now and tiien flew up from 
 the anvil with dreadful cratks and flalhes. A.iJiJ. 
 c. Change of the voice in puberty. 
 
 And let us, Palddonr, though now our voices 
 Ha\e got the mannilh cracky fing him to th' 
 ground. Shakfpcuie. 
 
 6. Breach of chaftity. 
 
 I i/aiinot 
 Believe this crack to l-c in my dread miftirfs, 
 ■ -So fovcrcignly bciiig honourable. Sitk/fcarc-. 
 
 8 
 
 C R A 
 
 7. Crazinefs of intellect. 
 
 8. A man crazed. 
 
 I have invented projcfls for raifing millions, 
 without burtiicning the fubjcfl ; but cannot get 
 the parliament to lllicn to me, who look upon 
 me as a crack and a piojedor. .'iJatJori. 
 
 9. A whore, in low language. 
 :0. A boalt. 
 
 L~alings, baekbitings, and vain-glorious cracki 
 All tnofe againll that tort did bend their b.itterics. 
 
 .Sperfcr. 
 
 II. A boafter. This is only in low 
 
 phrafc. 
 To Crack, v. a. \_lracclen, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To break into chinks ; to divide the 
 parts a little from each other. 
 
 Look to your pipes, and cover thvm with frefti 
 and warm littei out of the ilabie, a \yioA thick- 
 ncfs, led the frort fatit them. Ahnimir. 
 
 2. To break ; to fplit. 
 
 O, madam, my heart h cracked, it 's tracked. 
 
 Sfialjpeare. 
 
 Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cr^ie^///^ nuts, 
 having no other rcafon but bccaufe thou haft ha- 
 zel eyes. Skakjpeare. 
 
 Should fome wild fig tree take her native 
 bent, 
 And heave below the gaudy monument, 
 Would crack the marble titles, and difperfe 
 The charaiSrrs of all the lying vcrfe. Drydcn. 
 
 Or as a lute, which in moirt weather rings 
 Her knell alone, by cracking of her Itrings. 
 
 Dbnnc, 
 
 Honour is like that glaffy bubble. 
 That tinos philofopheis fuch trouble; 
 Wiiofc leaft part crack'J, the whole does fly, 
 ArKl wits are crack'd to find out why. IluJibras. 
 
 3. To do any thing with tjuicknefs or 
 fmartntfs. 
 
 Sii B.ilaam now, he lives like other folks ; 
 He takes his ciiirping pint, he cracks his jokes. 
 
 Fopc. 
 
 4. To break or dellroy any thing. 
 
 You'll crack a quart together ! Ha, will you 
 not .> Shaljfcarc 
 
 Love co«ls, friendfhip falls off, brothers di- 
 vide : in cities, mutinies; in countiies, difcord; 
 in palaces, treafon j and the bond cracked "twixt 
 fon and father. Sliakfpeatc'i King Lear. 
 
 5. 'i"o craze ; to weaken the intellect. 
 
 I was ever of opinion, that t!ie philofophcr's 
 ftonc, and an holy war, were but the itndezvous 
 of cracked brains, that wore their feather in their 
 heads. Bacon's Holy ij''ar. 
 
 He thought none poets till their brains were 
 crackt. K^J^OJnmou. 
 
 To Crack, -u. n. 
 
 1 . To burft ; to open Tn chinks. 
 
 By mistortune it cracked in ihe cooling, where- 
 by we were reduced to make ufc of one part, 
 wiiich was llraightand intire. Boyle. 
 
 2. To fall to ruin. 
 
 The credit not only of banks, but of exche- 
 quers, cracks when little comes in Lnd much 
 goes out. Dry.ien. 
 
 3. To utter a loud and fudden found. 
 
 I will board her, though (he chide as loud 
 As thuntler, when the clouds in autumn crack. 
 
 Shakjpiaie. 
 
 4. To boaft : with of. 
 
 To look like her, are chimney-fweepers black, 
 A.nri fince her time arc colliers counted bright, 
 
 And Ethiopsc/" their fweci complexion crack : 
 Dark needs no candles now, for dark is light. 
 
 Sftakfpcare. 
 
 Crack-brained, adj. [crack »nS brain- 
 cd.'\ Crazy J without right rcafon. 
 
 We have lent you ananfwcrto the ill-ground- 
 ed fophifms of tliole crack-brained izWoVi. 
 
 jirbuth'iOt and Pope. 
 
 Crackhemp. n.f. [crack and hemp.'\ 
 A wretch fated to the gallows-; a crack- 
 rope •• furcifcr.- 
 
 C R A 
 
 Come liithcr rracJk'/n/ftft 
 ———I hope I may chufc, (ir, 
 — Cumc liithcr, you rogue: 
 What, have you forgot nic ? Shalfifcare. 
 
 Crack-rofi:. n. f, [crach and rope.'\ 
 
 A fellow tliat dckrves hanging. 
 Cra'cker. «. y! [hom cracL] 
 
 1. A noify boalting ftllow. 
 
 What cracker is this fame that dcafs otir ears 
 With thi:> abunc'ancc of fupcrfluous hrcath r 
 
 Hh.iijfeatc'y King y*Jirt. 
 
 2. A quantity of gunpowder tonlincd fo 
 as to burfl with great noifc. 
 
 Tr.c bladder, at us bicaking, gave a great re- 
 purt, alrnolt like a rrackcr. iioyJc. 
 
 And H iicn, for furious h;iftc to run, 
 ■ They duift not (tay to tire a gun, 
 Have done 't with bonfitcs, and at home 
 M.idc iquihs and imctm ovt-rconic. Hudibras.- 
 
 Thcn furious he bcginsi his maich. 
 Drives ratilingo'cr a brazen arch. 
 With fqiiil)s a\\<[ Qm'kcn arm'd, to throw 
 Among the trembling crowd below. Sivlft, 
 
 To Cra'ckle. 1;. rt. [from crack.'] To 
 make flight cracks ; to make fmall and 
 frequent noifts ; to decrepitate. 
 
 Ail tlicfc motions, which wc faw, 
 Arc but as ice wi.ich crack/a at a li.aw. Doiire. 
 
 I fciu to try new love, 
 As boys to vcntuic on the unknown ice 
 That crackles underneath tiicm. Dryticn. 
 
 Caught her dilhcvcll'd hair and rich attire; 
 Her crown and jewels crucklcd id the fire. 
 
 Drydfn'i j^neid. 
 
 Marrow is a fpeclfick In that fcurvy which oc- 
 
 cafions A crackit/ig oi the bones; in whicli caic 
 
 marrow performs its natural fundlion of nioificn- 
 
 jng them. Jlrbuthnot tn Alinunti. 
 
 Cra'cknel. n.f, [from^rfffvf.] A hard 
 brittle cake. 
 
 Albce my love he feck with daily fute, 
 His clownilii gifts und curtcfics I difdain, 
 His kids, his crachuhy and his early fruit. 
 
 S^enjcf, 
 Pay tributaiy cracknclsy which he fells; 
 And with our oflerings help to raife his vails. 
 
 Dryden's Juvena!^ 
 
 CRA'DLE. n./ [cjiabel, Saxon.] 
 
 I. A moveable bed, on which children or 
 
 fick perfons are agitated with a fmooth 
 
 and equal motion, to make them fleep. ' 
 
 She had indeed, fir, a fon for her cradle, ere 
 
 Ihe had a hufband for her bed. Shakffcart. 
 
 No jutting fiiczc, 
 Biittrice nor coigiie of vantage, but this bird ■ 
 Hath made his pendant bed and procreant ctad'c. 
 
 ithakfpearc. 
 
 His birth, perhaps, fome paltry village hides, 
 
 And fets his c/W/i' out of foirune'i way. Dryd. 
 
 A child knows his nurfc and his cradle, and by 
 
 degrees the playthings of a little more advanced 
 
 age. Locke. 
 
 The cradle and the tomb, alas, fo nigh ! 
 To live is fcarcc diltinguifli'd from to die; VriiT. 
 
 Me let the tender office long engage. 
 To rock the cia.ile of rcpofing age; 
 Willi lenient aiCs excend a motl-ci's bre.ith. 
 Make languor fmile, and fmooth the bed of death. 
 
 ■'''■/'■ 
 
 2. It is ufed for infancy, or the firft part 
 of life. ■ 
 
 He knew them to be inclined altogether to 
 
 war, and thercfoie wholly trained them up, even 
 
 from their cradles, in aims and military cxercifcs. 
 
 Spetijcr's Ireland. 
 
 The new duke's daughter, her coufin. loves 
 
 her; being ever, ixomX\y..n cradles, bred togt-her. 
 
 S/iakJpearc's -*/j yct^ like it. 
 
 Tl ey Ihonld fcarccly dopait from a foim cf 
 woifliip, in wliich they had btcn educated from 
 their cradle. Llarcn.ltn • 
 
 3. [VVithfurgeons.] A cafe for a broken 
 bone, to keep cffprcffiire.
 
 C R A 
 
 4.. [With (hip Wrights.] A frame of tim- 
 ber raifed along the outride of a {hip by 
 tlic bullae, ferving more fecurely aad 
 commodiouUy- to help to launch her. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 YoCra'dle. -u-a. [from the fubdantive.] 
 To lav in a cradle ; to rock in a cradle. 
 
 He thathatli hem <■ i.i'.eJ m niajeriy, will not 
 leave the thront so p'.jy with beggars. G.'im.v,.c, 
 
 The tears ileal fi ora our eyes, when in the itrcet 
 With fome betiothed viigin's lierfe we meet j 
 Our infant's fun'r.il, fiom the cheated womb 
 Convey'd to earth, and craJIrd in a tomb. Dryd. 
 
 He Ih.iU be craMM in my ancient ftiicld, fo 
 
 famous through the univerfities. ji'h. and Pope. 
 
 Uradi.e-clothes. n. /■ [from cradk 
 
 and clothes.'] Bedclothes belonging to a 
 
 ■Cradle. 
 
 O could it be prov'd 
 That fome night- tripping fairy had exchang'd, 
 la crMlt-cloaih, our children, where they lay, 
 And call mine Percy, his Piantagcnet ; 
 Then would I have his Harry, and he mine. 
 
 Skjkfpenre. 
 
 CRAFT, n.f. [cpspt, Sax. .->•;//, in old 
 Welfli.] 
 
 J.' Manual art; trade. 
 
 I hear an objedliori, even from fome well- 
 meaning men, that thefe delightful crafts may 
 be itivcrs ways ill-applied in a land. ITotton. 
 
 z. Art; ability; dexterity. 
 
 A poem is the work, of the poet; poefy is his 
 fkillor craft of making, the very fifliunitfelf of 
 tlie work. -S*" Jonfon. 
 
 3. Fraud ; cunning; artifice. 
 
 Th' offence is holy that (he nath committed ; 
 And this deceit iolcs the name of ciaft, 
 Of difobedicnce, or unduteous title. ShAfp. 
 
 This gives us a full vi[^w of wonderful art and 
 crnft in raifing fucii a Itruifture of power and 
 dniquity. ' -^yl^'- 
 
 4. Small failing veffcls. 
 
 To Cr.vft. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 play tricks ; to practife artifice. Out 
 
 of ufe. 
 
 You've made fair hands. 
 You and your crafts ! You've crafted fair. 
 
 SJlakfpcart^ s Coiiolarws. 
 
 CRA'FTiLY.ai/'u. [from.-iV7y>j'.] Cunning- 
 ly; artfully ; with more art than honelly. 
 But tliat which molt impni'.ed his credit, was 
 the common report that he did, in all tilings, fa- 
 vour the chriftian-i ; and had, for that caul'c, 
 craft:ly pcrfuaded Solynian to taLe in hand the 
 unfortun.itc Perfian war. hmlUi. 
 
 May he not craftily infer 
 The rules of friendlhip too fcvcre, 
 Which chain him to a hated truft; 
 Which make hira wretched to be juft ? Prior. 
 Cr a'ftikess. n./. [fromrrrt//)'.] Cun- 
 ning ; ftratagem. 
 He t:iketh the wife in their own cr.ftincf. Job. 
 Cra'ptsman. n.f. Icriift and man.] .Xn 
 artificer; a manufrifturer; a mechanick. 
 
 That her became, as imlifh'd ivi ry, 
 Which cunning rraftfman's hand hath overlaid 
 With fair vcrmillion. Sjitnfer. 
 
 What reverence he did lirnw away on rtavcs, 
 Wooing poor crapfmen with the craft of fmllcs. 
 
 Shakff'Cttrt . 
 What a re rcmhlancc t'lis advice carries to the 
 oration of . Demitrius to his fellow craftfmen ! 
 
 Decay if Piety. 
 
 Cra'ftsmaster. n.f. [<-)<(/? and /n«/- 
 Ur.] is. man flcillcd in his trade. 
 
 He is not his crafifmafitr, he doth not do it 
 jight. . Shalfpenrc. 
 
 There is art in pride : .i man might as foon 
 learn a trade. Tiioic who were nut brought up 
 ttf it, fcidora prove their traftfrnfflcr. Cdliir. 
 
 C R A 
 
 Cra'fty. aJj, [from fro/}.] Cunning; 
 artful; full of artifices; fraudulent; fly. 
 
 N:iy, yoa may tliink my love was ri^\f:y Ice, 
 And call it cunning. Sh^ikfpeare'z King john. 
 
 This opprtrfii.in did, of force and ncctfTit)-, 
 make lise Irilh a crafty people; for fuch as arc 
 opprefled, and live id fiavery, are ever put to 
 tlicir ihifrs. Dama c*i lrti<uui. 
 
 Before lie came in fight, the crafty god 
 His wings djfniifi'd, but Itiil ictain'd his rod. 
 
 Nobody was ever fo cunning a? to conceal 
 their being fo ; and every body u Ihy and dif- 
 truftfal of crafty men. Lock:. 
 
 CRAG, n./ 
 
 1 . Crag is, in Britlfh, a roug^ fleep rock ; 
 and is ufed in the fame fenfe in the 
 northern counties at this day. G'thfon, 
 
 2. The rugged protuberance of a rock. 
 
 And as mount Etna vomits fulphur out, 
 With clifts of burning cragSy and fire and fmoke. 
 
 Fairfu.v. 
 
 Who hath dlfpos'd, but thou, the winding way, 
 
 Where fprings down from the llcepy crags do 
 
 beat. IVottcn. 
 
 A lion fpied a goat upon the crag of a high 
 
 rock. L' Eftrange, 
 
 3. The neck. 
 
 They loukcn Vilggc, as bulls that been bare, 
 And bearcn the crag Co ftiff and fo fta'.i. Spcrfcr. 
 
 4. The fmall end of a neck of mutton : a 
 low word. 
 
 Cr.^'gged. adj. [from crag.] Full of 
 inequalities and prominences. 
 
 On a huge hill, 
 Cragged and ftcep, truth Itands. CraJJiavj. 
 
 Cra'ggedness. 77. y. [from cragged,] 
 Fulnefs of crags or prominent rocks. 
 
 The craggeiinejs or ileepnefs of tlmt mountain, 
 makcih muny parts of it iu a manner iiiacccflibie. 
 
 Brtrtivood. 
 
 Cra'ggikess. «./. \_^xo\n craggy.] The 
 
 fiate of being craggy. 
 Cra'ggy. adj. [from crag.~\ Rugged ; 
 full of prominences ; rough to walk on, 
 or climb. 
 
 That fame wicked wight 
 His dwelling has low in an hollow cave, 
 Far underueath a craggy clift ypigiit, 
 Dark, doleful, dreary, like a greedy grave. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 tt was impoiTible to pafs up the woocy and 
 craggy hills, without the lofsof lliefc command- 
 ers. Raleigh^s EJfayi 
 
 Mountaineers that from Sevcruscamc, 
 
 And from the cr.iggy cliffs of Tetrica. Dryden. 
 
 The town and republick of St. Marino ftands 
 
 on the top of a very high and craggy mountain. 
 
 jiddfon on Italy. 
 
 To CRAM. TJ. a, [cj-.amman, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To fluff; to fill with more than can 
 conveniently be held. 
 
 As much love in rhyme, 
 As would be crammd up in a Ihcet of paper. 
 Writ on both fides the leaf, margeni and a\\. 
 
 Skahfputrc . 
 
 Being thus crammtd in the baikct, a couple of 
 Ford's knaves were called. Shcffpearc 
 
 Thou haft fpoke as if thy cldeft fon (hould be 
 a fool, whofe Ikul'. Jove cr.iw with brains. Shuk. 
 
 Cram not in people by fending too fafl compa- 
 ny after company ; but fo as ihc number nuy 
 live well in the plantation, and not by furch.iigc 
 be in penury. Baccn. 
 
 2, To fill with food beyond fatlcty. 
 
 You'd mollify a judge, would crum a fquirc j 
 Or elfe fome fmiles ftom court you may dcfirc. 
 
 King. 
 
 I am fure children would be freer from difcafcs, 
 if they were not ctavimrd fo mucii 3S they are 
 by fond mothers, and were kept wholiy from 
 ftcfh the firft three years. LqcU. 
 
 C R A 
 
 As a man may be eating all day, and, foi 
 want of digertion, is never noarilhed ; fo thefe 
 cndkfs readers may cr.iw thcmfclves in vain with 
 intcliedlual food. iVata en tht Mind. 
 
 But Annius, crafty fcer. 
 Came cramm'it with capon from where Poliio 
 dine*. J^»j>f. 
 
 3. To thrud in by force. 
 
 You cram thefe words into mine ears, againit 
 Thi^ ftomach of my fenfe. Shakfpearc. 
 
 lluf?'er, quoth Hudibras, this fwoid 
 Shall down thy falfc throat cram that word. 
 
 hludthrai. 
 Fate has cransm'diis all into one leafc, 
 A-id that even now expiring. Dryd£?:'s C/eomcncs. 
 In anothci printed paper it is roundly expreffcdj 
 that he will cram his brals down our throats. 
 
 Sjvft, 
 
 To Cram, v. n. To eat beyond fatiety. 
 
 The godly dame, who flefhiy failing? damns, 
 
 Scolds with her maid, or with her chaplain crams, 
 
 Vope, 
 
 Cra'mbo. n.f. [a cant word, probably 
 
 without etymology.] A play at which 
 
 one givei a word, to which another finds 
 
 a rhyme ; a rhyme. 
 
 So MasMus, when he drain'd his. fkuU 
 To celebrate fome fuburb trull, 
 Hii fimihcs m oider fet, 
 And every crambo he could get. Siuift. 
 
 CRAiVlP. Ti, f. [i^r^my>^, Dutch ; crampSy 
 
 French.] 
 
 1. A fpafm or contraction of the limbs, 
 generally removed by warmth and rub- 
 bing. 
 
 For this, be furc, to-night thou fhall have 
 cr amply 
 Side-ftitchfi that (hall pen tliy breath up. Shuk. 
 
 In a retreat he outruns any lacquey ; marry, 
 in com.ug on, he hits the cramp, Skakjpeare, 
 
 Thcciun;^ Cometh uf coniraction of finews; 
 whicii IS manifeft, in tiiat it cometh either by 
 coM or dry icfs. Bacnn'i Nat. Hilary. 
 
 Haie^, laid to live oti hemlock, do not make 
 good the tradition ; 2nd he that ohfervcs what 
 \ertigoe>, cramps^ andconvuifions follow thereon^ 
 in thci ■ ;*n]mali, will be oi our belief. Brotun, 
 
 2. A reilri^t'on ; confinement; obfiruc- 
 tion ; fhackle. 
 
 A njirow fortune is a cramp to a great mind, 
 and lays a man under incapacities of fcr\'lng his 
 friend. U Ejirange. 
 
 3. A piece of iron bent at each end, by 
 which two bodies are held together. 
 
 To the upptrmoft of thefe there fhould be 
 fattened a fhaip graple, or cramp of iron, which 
 may be apt to take hold of any place where it 
 lights. kyUkins, 
 
 Cramp, adj. Difficult; knotty: alow 
 
 term. 
 To Cramp, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To pain with cramps or twitches. 
 
 When the contradVcd limbs were crump'd, ev*n 
 then 
 A waterilh humour fwclTd, and ooz'd again. 
 
 Di\dcf:'f Virgil. 
 
 2. To reflrain j to confine ; to obllru<tt ; 
 to hinder. 
 
 It is impoffible to conceive the number of in- 
 convcniencies that will enfue, if borrowing Lc 
 crwnped. Bacon. 
 
 There arc few but find that fome companies 
 benumb and cramp them, fo thai in tium they 
 can neither fpcak nor do any thing that is hand- 
 fomc. G/anvi/ic'i Sccpji*. 
 
 He who fervcs has rtill rt^lTaints oi dread upon 
 his Ipifits, which, even in the midll of adiou, 
 crrt"ips and tics up hi-, adivity, South's Setm. 
 
 Dr. Hammond loves to contra^ and fr.uff/) the 
 fcnlc of prophecies. Burnetii Theory. 
 
 The anlitiuarics are for cramping their fubjecij 
 into as narrow a f^jacc as they can, aiul for re-
 
 C R A 
 
 diiclnj; the whole extent of a fcience info a'few 
 general maxims. AdJiJiiu an li,ily. 
 
 Marius ul'ed all endeavours for dcprcfTini; liit 
 nobleSf ^nA railing tlic people, particularly ioi 
 ii^tj»p!Tig the former in tiicii puwcr of judicature. 
 
 Sivift. 
 No more 
 TK' expanfive atmofphcre is cra'itp'ii v;\\.\\ cold, 
 But full of life, and \ivifyiiig foul. Tlicmj'.fi. 
 
 3. To bind with cinmjnrons. 
 Cr,\'mpkish. n. /. [from r/-aw.'^ and /J'Zi.] 
 Tlie torpedo, vvhicli benumbs the liands 
 of tliofe that touch it. 
 Cra'mi'Iron. «./. [fioro «■<"«/■> and ?Von.] 
 
 See Cramp, fenle 3. 
 Cka'nage. n,f. [^cmnaghim, low Lat.] 
 A liberty to ufe a crane for drawing up 
 wares from the viiTels, at any creek 01 
 the fea or wharf, unto the land, and t(i 
 make profit of it. It fi^nifies alfo the 
 money paid and taken for the fame. 
 
 Cowcll. 
 CRANE, n.f. [cj-.an, Sax. kraen, Dut.] 
 I. A bird vs'ith a long bc^k. 
 
 Like a cianc, or a fwallow, fo did I chattf!i'. 
 
 That fmall infantry warr'd on by cranes. 
 
 Mi/tcn. 
 
 a. An inftrument made with ropes, puUies, 
 and hooks, by which great weights are 
 raifed. 
 
 In cafe the mould about it be fo ponderous as 
 not to be removed by any ordinary force, you 
 may then raile it with a t:mm. ?>Urtim r. 
 
 Then commerce brought into the publick walk 
 The bufy merchant, the big warchoufe built, 
 Rais'd the rtrong cra^t, ThoTr.Jon' i yhttu'titi. 
 
 3. A fiphon; a crooked pipe for drawing 
 
 liquors out of a cafli. 
 Cranes-Bill. n.f. [from ^;-«w and ^7/.] 
 
 1 . An herb. 
 
 2. A pair of pincers terminating in a point, 
 ufed by furgeons. 
 
 CRANIUM, n.f. [Latin.] The Iliull. 
 
 In wounds made by contufion, when the aa- 
 nlum is a little naked, you ought not piofently to 
 crowd m doffils ; for if that contufed llclh be 
 well digefted, the bone will incarn with the 
 wound without much difiitulty. IViJeman'i Sutg. 
 
 CRANK, n.f. [This word is perhaps a 
 contraftion of crane-neci, to which it 
 may bear fome refemblance, and is part 
 of the inftrument called a rrawi'. ] 
 
 1 . A crank is the end of an iron axis turned 
 fquare down, and again turned fquare 
 to the firft turning down ; fo that on 
 the laft turning down a leather thong is 
 Dipt, to tread the treddle-wheel about. 
 
 Moxon. 
 
 2. Any bending or winding paffage. 
 
 I tend it through the rivers of youi- blood, 
 Even to the court, the heart j to th' feat o' th' 
 
 brain ; 
 And through the cranh and offices of man, 
 The ftrongcft nerves, and fmall inferiour veins, 
 From me receive that natural compctencv, 
 Whereby they live. Sluitfpeare's Cotiolnaus, 
 
 3. Any conceit formed by twifting or 
 changing, in any manner, the form or 
 meaning of a word. 
 
 Hafte thee, nymph, and bring with thee 
 Jeft and youthful joUiiy, 
 tjuips and a. mis, and wanton wiles. 
 Nods and becks, and wreathed fmiles, 
 Such as hang i>n Hebe's cheek, 
 And love to live in dimple fleck. Mi.'tcn. 
 
 C&AVK.adJ. [froracn^rawijl^ut. Siinticr.] 
 
 C R A 
 
 1. Hralthy ; fprighily: fometimes cor- 
 rupted to criiid-y. Not in iilc. 
 
 They looken higge, as hulls that been bate, 
 And bcarcn the crag fo (iiff .ind fo lUtc 
 As ciicklc on l-.ia dunghill ciowing ctttkf. Sptnf- 
 
 2. Anionjxfailors, a ihip ii faiti to hccranl, 
 when, b;- the form of its bottom, or by 
 being loaded too much above, itish.il)le 
 to be overl'et. [from krancl, Dot. fick.] 
 
 ToCra'nkle. 1). n. [from crank, as it 
 fignifies fomcthing bent.] To run in 
 and out; to run in flexures and windings. 
 
 Sec how this river conies me crnnkl.ng in, 
 And cuts me froni liie belt of all my land 
 A huge half moon, a monllrous cintle out. 
 
 Shiikfjttart^i Henry iv. 
 
 To Cra'nkle. v. a. To break into un- 
 equal furfaces ; to break into angles. 
 
 Old Vaga's llream, 
 Forc'd by the fudden Ihock, her wonted track 
 Forfook, and drew her humid train allope, 
 CV,if;i,'/«j her banks. J'/:i!ij>u 
 
 C'ra'nkles'. n.f. [from the verb.] In- 
 equalities; angular prominences. 
 Cra'nkness. n.f. [Jvom crani."] 
 
 1. Health ; vigour. 
 
 2. Difpofition to overfet. 
 Cra'nnied. ai/J. [from cranny.^ Full 
 
 of chinks. 
 
 A wall it is, as I would have you think. 
 That had in it a crannied hole or chink. Sli(ikJ'. 
 
 A very fair fruit, and not unlike a citron ; but 
 
 fomt;wh.it rougher chopi and tr.innied, vulgarly 
 
 conceived the marks of Adam's teeth. Broiun. 
 
 CRA'NNY. n.f [cren, Fr. crena, Lat.] 
 
 A chink ; a cleft ; a fifTure. 
 
 The eye of the undeif.anding is like the eye of 
 the fcnie ; for as you may fee gieat obje<51s 
 through fmall cranniei or holes, fo you may fee 
 great axioms of nature through fmall and con- 
 leniplible inlianccs. Bacon's Natural Hijl. 
 
 And therefore beat and laid about. 
 To Hilda t><i/i'iy to cieep out. HuJihras. 
 
 In a firm building, the cavities ought not to 
 be filled with rubbilh, but with brick or Ilone, 
 fitted to the crannies. D'yeien. 
 
 Within the foaking of water and fprings, 
 with Ilreams and currents in the veins and ernn- 
 riies. Burnetts Theory. 
 
 He fkipped from room to room, ran up Ilairs 
 and down itairs, from the kitchen to the gariets, 
 and he peeped into every cranny. ..-Irbutli'^ci. 
 
 Crape. «. /. [crepa, low Latin.] A 
 thin fluff, loofely woven, of which the 
 drcfs of tiic clergy is fometimes made. 
 
 And proud Roxana, fir'd with jealous rage. 
 With fifty yards of crape Ihall fweep tlic llage. 
 
 Sivift. 
 
 To thee I often call'd in vain, 
 Againft that airalTin in erufe. S'.uift. 
 
 'Tisfrom high life high charai^lers are drawn ; 
 A faint in crape is twice a faint in l.iwii. Fope. 
 
 Cra'pulence. n.f. [crapula, a furfeit, 
 Lat.] Drunkennefs ; fkknefs by in- 
 temperance. D'ilI. 
 Cra'pulous. adj. [e-reipulofus, Latin.] 
 Drunken; intemperate; lick with iit- 
 temperanee. Did. 
 To CRASH. -D. n. [a word probably 
 formed from the thing. ] To make a 
 loud complicated noife, as of many 
 things falling or breaking at once. 
 There (hall Le a great cr.ijhmg from the hills. 
 
 Zepha'iialt. 
 When convutfions cleave the lab'ring earth, 
 Before the difnial yawn appears, the ground 
 Trembles and heaves, the nodding hnufcser-?/5. 
 
 Smith. 
 
 To Crash, v, a. To break or bruife. 
 
 C R A 
 
 M/ rnnttcr i? xh^. great ricli C-ipiikt; and if 
 
 you he nui of the houlc of Montague, I pray you 
 
 cum^ andr'-'i^ a cup of wine. ShMkfpeare. 
 
 Mr. WarlnirUn has it, crujh a cup of 
 
 To crapi^ fayi Hanmsr^ Is to be merry ; 
 a crnjfi being a word liill ufcd In foine 
 couutits fcv a merry bout. , It is furtly 
 belter to read crack. See Crack. 
 CR.\S!r. n,J\ [from tlie verb.] A Icnid 
 fudden mixed found, as of many ihinga- 
 broken at the fame time. 
 
 Scnfclcfs Ilium, 
 Seeming to feel this blaw, with tl.imiiig top 
 Sloops to his bafc ; and, with a hidcou^ craj!i, 
 Tnkcs prifoncr Pyrrhus' car, Shakf^carr, 
 
 Mo^.lIi^illg fat 1 by the harard-tablc : I looked 
 upon the uncertainty of riches, the decay of 
 beauty, and the craJJt of worlds, with as nnicii 
 contempt as ever Piato did. /'&/**■, 
 
 CRA'SIS, n.f, [x^ao-K.] Temperntare ;, 
 conrtitution arifmg from the various pro- ^ 
 perties of humouvs. 
 
 The fancies of men arc fo immcdiardy divcrfi-- 
 ficd by the individual ow/?!, that every man owns 
 fomctr.ing wherein none is lik.L* him. GlamuUc. 
 A man may be naturally inclined Co pride, lulV,- 
 and anger; as thefe inclinations are founded in a 
 pcculi.u" cM^fj and conflitution of the blood antt 
 fpiiits. S'juik. 
 
 CRASS. aiJj. [crafpis, Lat.] Grofs ; 
 coarfe ; not thin ; uot comminuted ; 
 not fubtle ; not couhlling of fmall parts. 
 Iron, in aquafortis, will fall into ebullition,- 
 with noife and emication ; as alfo a crap and 
 fumid cxiialalion, cauledfrom the combat of the 
 fulphur of iron wilii the acid and nitrous fpiriis 
 ol aquafortis. B'Otvn's fu/gar iTr^ovrj, 
 
 Metals arc intermixed with the common ter- 
 I rclhial matter, fo as not to be difcovcrable by 
 human inftulhy ; or, if difcovcrable, fo dilTuftcl 
 and fcaUcrcd amonglt the ctajfsr and more un- 
 profitable matter, ihac it would never l>e pofliljle- 
 to fcparatcand extract it. l'Voo:hv,ir<l. 
 
 Cra'ssitude. n.f [^craffuudo, Latin.] 
 GrofTntls ; coaifcncfs ; tliicknefs. 
 
 Tiiey muii be but thin, as a leaf, or a piece nf 
 paper, or parcl.inent ; foi*, if ihcy have a greater 
 ctajf:tudty they will alter hi ihclr own bod), 
 though tlicy fpend nor. Bacci, 
 
 The dead fca, which vomitcth up bitumen, is 
 of that crajjitudcy as living bodies, bound liand 
 and foot, cart into it, have liccn born up, and 
 not funk. £acon's Natura/ Ui/iotv. 
 
 The tciTcftrial matter carried by rivers into tlic 
 fca, i.s (ulhiiiicd therein partly by the greater 
 cr^tj/j/uJe and gravity of the fea-water, andpartlv*^ 
 by its conitanr agitation. If'&o.-iiuaij. 
 
 Crastina'tion. n. /. [from crasj Lat. 
 
 to morrow. ] Delay. Did. 
 
 Cratch, n.f [c;W;^, Fr, rr*?/**/, Lat.]- 
 
 The pah'faded frame in which hay is pu: 
 
 for cattle. 
 
 When, being expelled out of Pandifc by rca- 
 
 fon of Hn. ihou wert held in the chains of death ; 
 
 I was inctolcd in the virgin's womb, I was l..id 
 
 in the (.-■ j.'t '/, I was wrapped in fwathling- deaths. 
 
 Hixkcivill on Proz'idince. 
 
 Crava't. n.f [of unc^frtain etymology.] 
 A neckcloth ; any thing worn about- 
 the neck. 
 
 Lcfs delinquents have been fcourg'd^ 
 And hemp on wooden anvils forg'd ; 
 Which others far crj^-srs have v/orii 
 About iheir necks, and took a turn. Hudfhraf; 
 
 The iellii£ti\cs wercapplicd, one over another, 
 to her thicat: then wc put her on a >/<i7.-<:/. 
 
 ff'ijt man's Surgrrf~ 
 
 Ts CRAVE. -D. a. [crapian,. Saxon.] 
 I. To adi with earnellnefs; to aili. with 
 fubmiflion j to be^j ; to entreat.
 
 C R A 
 
 What one petrion is tkcic found in t'ne wi-.ule 
 Litnnj-, whereof wc fliall ever be able at any 
 time to fay, that no man living needcth the grace 
 or benefit therein craved at God's liands '■ 
 
 Huoier. 
 
 As for my nobler friends, I rra-.'C their par- 
 dons ; 
 But for the mutable rank-fcentcd many, 
 Let them regard me as I do not flatter. S/:<ii/{,. 
 
 The poor peuplc, not knowing where to hide 
 themfelves from the fuiy of their enemies, nor of 
 whom to crave help, fled as men and women dif- 
 maycd. Kno/Jes. 
 
 1 would crave leave here, under the word ac- 
 tion, to comprehend, the forbearance too of any 
 adlion propofed. Locke. 
 
 Each ardent nymph the rifing current cravei. 
 Rich (hcphcrd's pray'r retards the parting waves. 
 
 Frior. 
 
 a. To aflc infatiably. 
 
 The fulijccts arm'd, the more their princes 
 gave, 
 Til' advantage only took the more to crave. 
 
 Der.k^jyn. 
 
 Him doft thou mean, who, fpite of all his ftore, 
 
 Is ever cr<ii';,-;g, and will ftill he poor? 
 
 Who cheats for halfpence, aiid who doffs his coat 
 
 To favc a farthing in a ferry-bnat ? Drydcn. 
 
 3. To long ; to wi(h unreafonably. 
 
 Lcviry pulhes us on frum one vaiti dclire to 
 another, in a regular viciffitude and fucccffion of 
 cr,rvmg< and fatiety. L'Ef'ang-. 
 
 He is aaually under the power of a tcmptatioyi, 
 md the fway oi an impetuous luft ; both hurry- 
 ing him to fatisfy the cravings of it by fome 
 wicked a>.1ion. Sotiti. 
 
 4. To call for importunately. 
 
 Bcftow 
 Your needful counfcl to our bulinelTes, 
 Which crave the inltant ufe. Shaiffcarc 
 
 The antecedent concomitants and effects of 
 fuch a conllitution, are acids, taken in too great 
 quantities j four erutftations, and a cruvhig appe- 
 tite, cfpccialiy of tcneftiial and abfoibcnt lub-. 
 ftdiiccs. ytthuthii^t on yllimenli. 
 
 5. Sometimes with for before the tliiny 
 fought. 
 
 Once one may crave for love, 
 But more would" prove 
 This heart too little, that too great. SurUi'ig. 
 
 Cra'ven. «./. [derived by Siinner from 
 cra-ve, as one that craves or begs his 
 life : perhaps it comes originally from 
 the noife made by a conquered cock.] 
 
 1 . A cock conquered and difpirited. 
 
 What, is your creft a coxcomb r 
 
 A conablefs cock, fu Kate will be my hen. 
 
 — No cock of mine; you crow too like ii craven. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 2. A coward; a recreant; a weak-hearted 
 fpiritkfs fellow. 
 
 Is it fit this foldier keep his oath ? 
 — He is 3 craven and a villain clfe. S/taif^earc. 
 .Cr.\'ven. adj. Cowardly; bafe. 
 Upon his coward brcaft 
 A bloody ciofs, and on his ci aT;f«crell 
 A bunch of hairs difcolour'd diverfly. Sjienfer. 
 
 Whether it be 
 Beftial oblivion, or fome craven fcruple. 
 Of thinking tooprecifely on th' event; 
 A thought which, quarier'd, hath but one part 
 
 wifilom. 
 And ever three parts cowainl. Shaif^searc. 
 
 Yet if the innocent fonie mercy find. 
 From cowai"dice, not ruth, did that proceed ; 
 
 His noble foes durft not his craven kind 
 Exafperate by fuch a bloody deed. Fairf.tv. 
 
 •To Cra'ven. 1). a. [from the noun.] To 
 make recreant or cowardly. 
 'Gainll ielf-flaught'er 
 There is a prohibition fo divine. 
 That cravem my weak hand. Shfhfi>eare't Cymh. 
 .Cra'ver. n.f. [from crave.^ An in- 
 fatiaLIe aflcer. It is ufed in Clartffa. 
 
 C R A 
 
 To Craus'Ch. t'. a. {fchi'aiitfen, Dutch ; 
 whence the vulgar fay more properly to 
 fcraunch.~\ To crufh in the mouth. 
 The word is ufed by S-.iifl. 
 Craw. n.f. \_kroe, Daniih.] The crop 
 or firft (tomach of birds. 
 
 In birds there is no maftic.uion or comminu- 
 tion of the meal in the mouth; but, in fuch as 
 are not carnivorous, it is immediately fwallowcd 
 into the crop or cra'tv, or at leaft into a kind of 
 ante-llomach, which I have obferved in many, 
 efpecially pifcivorous birds. Rayontk; Creation. 
 Cra'wfish. «. f. [fometimes written 
 crayfijli, properly crevice ; in French 
 ecreviffi.'\ A fmall ciuftaceous fiih found 
 in brooks ; the fmall lobller of frcfh 
 water. 
 
 Thofe that caft their (hell are the lobflcr, the 
 crab, the craxvftjh.^ the hodmandod or dodman, 
 and the tortoife. liaccn. 
 
 Let me to crack live ernvfjft recommend. 
 
 Tope. 
 The common craicpJJi^ and the large fea crn'^U' 
 fjjif both produce the liones called crabs-eyes. 
 
 Hill. 
 To CRAWL. 1'. n. [irielcti, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To creep ; to move with a (low mo- 
 tion ; to move without riling from the 
 ground, as a worm. 
 
 1 faw them under a green mantling vine, 
 That cravjh along the lide of yon fmall hill. 
 
 Alilton. 
 Th3t craiv/ing infe£t, who from mud began ; 
 Warm'ri by m)* beams, and kindled inro man ! 
 
 V,y..'cn. 
 The dreams, but juft contain'd within their 
 bounds, 
 By flow degrees into tlicir channels eraivh. 
 And eaith increafes as tnc waters fall. Dryden. 
 A worm finds wii.ar it fearchcs after, only by 
 feciing, as it craipU from one thing to another. 
 1 • Grenu^i Cojmdogia. 
 
 The vile worm, that yefierday began 
 To craiul; thy fellow creature, abjedt man. 
 
 Pr,cr. 
 
 2. To move weakly and flowly, or timo- 
 roufly. 
 
 'Tis our firft intent 
 To Ihake all cares and bulincl's from our .ige, 
 Wnile we unburthen'd craiv! toward death. 
 
 Shakfpeare's King Lair. 
 They like tall fellows crept out of the holes ; 
 and fecretly craivling up the battered walls of 
 the fort, got into it. A'«.'/ci. 
 
 For the fleets of Solomon and the kings of 
 Egypt, it is very apparent they went wfth great 
 leifure, and crrtrf.W clofe by the ihorc-fide. 
 
 IJrytin. 
 A lo.ik fo pale no quartane ever gave ; 
 Thy dwindled legs fccm cratuling to a gtave. 
 
 jOryden's fuvenal. 
 He was hardly able to craivl about tnc 100m, 
 far lets to look after a Iroub'f i'on-.e bufinefs. 
 
 jirhltthuor % fohn Bull. 
 Man is a very worm by birth, 
 
 Vile reptile, weak and vain! 
 A while he crarvU upon the e irth. 
 
 Then (brinks to caith ag.iin. T'jpe. 
 
 It will be very neccflary for the -threadbare 
 
 gownman, and every ci;lld who can cenik^ly to 
 
 watch the fields at hai velf-time. S-ioiJ'e. 
 
 3. To advance flowly ana riily. 
 
 Cranmcr 
 Hath craivl'd into the favour of thjC king. 
 And is his oracle. ShAJp.Henyy vin. 
 
 4. To move about hated and dcfpiftd. 
 
 Reflecft upon that httcr of abfurd opinions that 
 cta'.i'l about the world, to the dil'gracc of reafon. 
 
 So:itlr 
 
 How will the condemned finner then oaW 
 forth, and appear in his filth, before that unde- 
 filcd tribunal > Souti. 
 
 Behold a rcv'rend fire, whonfi want of grace 
 ilas made the Utlier of a »3:nclcfs race, 
 
 C R A 
 
 Craw! through the ftreet, Ihov'd on, or rudclf 
 
 prefs'd 
 By his own fons, thatpafs him by unblefs'd ! 
 
 Fife. 
 Cra'wler. n. f. [from craw!.] A 
 
 creeper; any thing that creeps. 
 Cr a'yfish. «.y. [Stc Crawfish.] The 
 rivet lobller. 
 
 The cure of the muriatick and armoniack 
 faltnefs requires (limy meats ; as fnails, torroifes, 
 jellies, and trayfyics. Fhyer, 
 
 Cra'von. n.f. [^crayon, French.] 
 I. A kind of pencil; a roll of palle to 
 draw lines with. 
 
 Let no day pafs over you without drawing a 
 line ; that is to fay, \i-ithout working, without 
 gi\ ing fome ftrokcs of the pencil or the crayon. 
 Dryden's Dufrejnoy. 
 
 z. A drawing or defign done with a pencil 
 
 or crayon. 
 To CRAZE. V. a. [ecrafer, French, to 
 
 break to pieces.] 
 
 1 . To break ; to crufli ; to weaken. 
 
 In lliis confideration, the anfwer of Calvin 
 unto Parrel, concerning the children of popifn 
 p.irenfs, doth feen cra:^ed. Ifooker. 
 
 Relent, fweet Hermia ; and, Lyfandcr, yield 
 Thy cra-x.€d title to my certain right. Shakjp, 
 
 Till length of years. 
 And fedeniary numbnefs cra-zc my limbs. " JV//7.'. 
 
 Then through the ficiy pillar, and the cloud, 
 God looking forth, will trouble all his hoft, 
 Kr\A craze their chariot wheels. Miltm, 
 
 2. To powder. 
 
 The tin ore pafTeth to the crazing mill, whicli, 
 between two grinding floncs, biuifcLh it to a fine 
 fand. Care~t>^s Surzfy. 
 
 3. To crack the brain ; to impair the in- 
 tellect. 
 
 I lov'd him, friend. 
 No fatlier his Ton dearer, true to tell thee, 
 That grief hath craz'd my vixs. S/tai/frarr. 
 
 Wickerincfs is a kind of voluntary freniy,ard 
 a chofen diftraiiion; and every finner dues wilder 
 and more extra\agant things than any man can do 
 tliat is cr,i:e.eit and out of his wits ; only with tl-.is 
 f.id diti'crence, that he knows better what he docs. 
 
 Tiilotjin, 
 
 Cra'zedness. n.f. [fromfrazf^.] De- 
 crepitude; brokennefs J diminution of 
 intelltfl. 
 
 Tiic nature, as .of men that have fick bodies, 
 folikcv.'ifeof the people in the cra-zedncji oi K\\<i\t 
 minds, pofTeiTcrl with diHike and difcontentment 
 at things prcfent, is to imagine that any thing 
 would help them. Hooker. 
 
 Cra'ziness. n.f. [from cra'iy.~\ 
 
 1. State of being crazy; imbecility; 
 weaknefs. 
 
 Touching other places, (he may be faid to 
 hold them as one (hould do a .wolf by the cars; 
 nor will I fpeak now of the ctax,!i!efs of her title 
 to many of them. ll<,ivel'i Focal Foiefi. 
 
 2. Weaknefs of intelleft. 
 Cra'zy. cJj. \_ecrafc, French.] 
 
 1 . Broken ; decrepit. 
 
 Come, my lord, 
 We win bei^ow you in fome better place, 
 Fitter for ficknefs and for cra-^y age. Shaiff, 
 When .people arc (-r*j.-^, and in diforder, it is 
 naturaj for them to groan. L' F.Jirangr. 
 
 2. Broken-wittcd ; Shattered in the i»- 
 tellecl. 
 
 The queen of night, whofe large command 
 Rules all the fea and half the land, 
 And over moilf and cra:ey brains. 
 In high fpring-tides, at midnight reigns. HuJii. 
 
 3. Weak ; feeble ; fhattered. 
 
 Phyfick can but mend our ciary (late, 
 Patch, an old buildinf, not a qew cre.ite. 
 
 Bij!ltn,
 
 C R E 
 
 Were it pofTible that the near approaches of 
 
 eternity, whether by a mature age, a t'.i;v 
 
 conltitution, or a violent ficknefs, Ihould amaz.c 
 
 lb many, had they truly coiifidcrcd. JJ^nkt. 
 
 Crkaght. n.f. [An Iridi word.] 
 
 In thcfe faft places, they kept tlKu- crr.n^/i/s, 
 or lierds of c:itile, living by the milk ot tlic 
 cow, without hulbandiy or tithgc. Duiisi, 
 
 To Crkaght. v. n. 
 
 It was made penal to the Englilh to permit the 
 
 Irilh to cieaghi or gra/.e upon tiicir lands, or prc- 
 
 fcut them to ccclclialtical btnelices. Z)arv>j. 
 
 To Creak, v. n. [corrupted from crack.'\ 
 
 1. To make a harlh proiraCied noil'c. 
 
 Let not the ciiak:r!g of Ihocs, nur the ruliling 
 of filks, betray thy poor heart to women. 
 
 Shakfpfare'i King Lear. 
 No door there was th' unguarded houfc to 
 keep, 
 On creaking hinges tuin'd, to break his flcep. 
 
 D'jdcn. 
 
 2. It is fometimes ufed of animals. 
 
 The cre,iii;!g iocults with my voice confpirc, 
 They fried with heat, and I with fierce dciir--. 
 
 Vryu,-;. 
 
 CREAM, n.f. [cremor, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tlic unChioiis or oily part of milk, 
 which, when it is cold, floats on the 
 top, and is changed by the agitation 
 of the churn into butter ; the flower of 
 tnilk. 
 
 It is not your inky brows, your black (ilk hair. 
 Your bugk eye-balls, nur your cheek oi cream j 
 That can entame my I'pirits to your worfliip. 
 
 Sftukfpeare. 
 
 I am as vigilant as a cat to fteal cream. Shak. 
 
 Cream is matured and made to rife fpcedily, 
 by putting in cold water j which, as it fcemcth, 
 getictii down the whey. Bacon^s Nat. II ji. 
 
 How the drudging goblin fwet, 
 To e.irn his c<eani-\}^vt\ duly fet; 
 When in one night, ere glimpfe of morn, 
 His (hadowy flail hath tliielh'd the coin. MUt. 
 
 Let your various creams inciiclcd be 
 With fwelling fruit, juft ravilh'd from the tree. 
 
 King. 
 
 Milk, (landing fome time, naturally fepaiaics 
 into an oily liquor called crt-am; and a thinner, 
 blue, and more ponderous liquor, called (kim- 
 med milk. ..'irhuthnzt on .rilimtnts. 
 
 2. It is ufed for the beft part of any 
 thing : as, the cream of ajejl. 
 
 •ToCre.xm. v. a. [from the noun. ] 
 
 1. To flcim off the cream. 
 
 2. To take the flower and quintcflence 
 of any thing: fo ufed fome where by 
 Snc'tft. 
 
 ToCrkam 'V. n. To gather cream. 
 There arc a fort of men, wl-.ufe vifages 
 Do cream and mantle like a (landing pond ; 
 And do 3 wilful Hitfnefs en,tertain, 
 With purpofe to be drcft in an opinion 
 Of wiltiom, gravity, profound conceit. Shaki- 
 
 Crf.am-faced. adj. [cream and /r<ii'.] 
 Pale ; coward-looking. 
 
 Tiiou creatn-fac'4 lown. 
 Where got'll thou that goofc-louk .' Siakfpeare. 
 
 Crd'amv. mlj. [from cream.] Full ci 
 cream ; having the nature of cream. 
 
 CRE'JNCE. n.f [French.] In fal- 
 conry, a fine fmall line, fali-tned to 
 a hawk's leafli when (he is firft lured. 
 
 CREASE, n. f. [from crela, Latin, 
 chalk. Shinner.] A mark made by 
 doubling any thing. 
 
 Men ol great parts arc unfortunate m bu(inefs, 
 becaule they go out of the common load : I 
 once defued lord Bohngbfoite to obfcrvc, that 
 the clerks uicd an ivory fen^fe, with a blunt 
 edge, to divide paper, which cut it even, only 
 requiring a lirong hand; whereas a (harp pen- 
 Vol. L 
 
 C R E 
 
 knife would go out of the crcnft, and disfigure 
 the paper. Swift. 
 
 TV Creask. II. fl. [from the noun.] To 
 mark any thing by doubling it, fo as to 
 leave the impreffion. 
 
 TdCREA'TE. v.a. [creo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To form out of nothing; to caufe to 
 exift. 
 
 In the beginning God created the heaven and 
 the cart)). Oenefn. 
 
 We having but impcrfcA ideas of the opera- 
 tions of our minds, and much impcrfecler yet 
 of the operations of God, mn into great difficul- 
 ties about free created agents, which reafon can- 
 not well cxlric.'tc itfcif out of. Locke. 
 
 2. To produce ; to caufe ; to be the oc- 
 cafion of. 
 
 Now is the tir:i: of help : your eye in Scot- 
 land 
 Would create foldiers, and make women fight. 
 
 Skakfpcare. 
 
 His abilities were prone to crr.ite in him great 
 conhdciicc of unucrtakings, and this was like 
 enough to betray him to great crrours and many 
 enemies. ^ ^'"g CAmhi. 
 
 They eciipfc the clearelt tiaiths by di/hcuUics 
 of their own crcatrng^ or no man could niii's his 
 way to heaven fur want of light. Decay of i'iety. 
 
 None knew, till, guilt created fear, 
 Wli.'t daits or poifon'd arrows were. KufcQmm'jn . 
 
 Muii I new bars to my own joy create, 
 Rcfufe myfclf what I had forc'd from fate } 
 
 J}ryden*s ^urengzehc. 
 
 Long ahftinencc is troublefome to acid confti- 
 tutions, by the uncafinefs it creates in the fto- 
 mach. Arbulhmt. 
 
 1, To begfet. 
 
 And the i(ruc there create 
 Ever (hall he fortunate. Shakfpeare. 
 
 4. To invert with any new charadrter. 
 
 Aiife, my knights o' th' battle: I create you 
 Companions to our pcrfon, and will fit you 
 With dignities becoming your eftates. S/iakfp. 
 
 5. To give any new qualities ; to put any 
 thing in a new Rate. 
 
 The belt Britifh undertaker had but a propor- 
 tion of three thoufand acres for himfelf, with 
 power to create a manor, and hold a court-baron. 
 Dat'ies on Lrela nd. 
 Crea'tion. n.f. [from create.'] 
 1 . The aft of creating, or conferring ex- 
 illence. 
 
 Confidcr the immenfity of the Divine Love, 
 exprclTcd in all the emnnaiions of his providence j 
 in his creation^ in his confcrvation of us. Taylor. 
 z. The act of invefting with new quali- 
 ties or charafter : as, the creation of 
 peer.s. 
 
 3. The things created; the univerfe. 
 
 As fahj'cits then the whole creation came, 
 And from their natures Adam them did name. 
 
 Denham. 
 Fuch was the faint, who (hone with cv'ry 
 grace, 
 Rcflciling, Mofes-like, his mailer's face : 
 God law his image lively was exprcfs'd, 
 And l.ii own work as his creatiou blefs'd. 
 
 Dry den' i FaLles. 
 Nor could the tender new creation bear 
 Tir c.'.ceflivc heats or coldnefs of the year. 
 
 ^ Drydcn'i Virgil. 
 
 In days of yore, no matter where or w hen, 
 Before the low creihon fwarm'd witii men. 
 
 1-aind. 
 
 4. Any thing produced, or canfed. 
 
 Art thou not, fatal viiir,n, fenfible 
 To feeling as to (ight "• Or art thou but 
 A d.iggcr of the mind, a falfc creattorif 
 Pioceedirg fioni the he^it-oppreffcd brain.' 
 
 S/..ik/pearc' ! Macbtth. 
 
 Crea'tive. Cilj. [ from <r(r<7/£-. ] 
 I. Having the power to create. 
 
 C R E 
 
 But come, ye generous minds, in vhoTe wid* 
 
 thought, 
 Of all his works, trrfflZ/i/e beaiity burns 
 With warmclt beam. Thcmfon'i Spring, 
 
 2. Exerting the r.ci of creation. 
 
 To tiace the outgoings of the ancient of days 
 ill the (iilt indance, and of his creative power, 
 is a lefearch too great for mortaV enquiry. 
 
 tout ft. 
 Crea'tor. n.f. [creator, Latin.] The 
 being tliat bellows exillence. 
 
 Open, ye heavens, your living doors ; let ia 
 The great Creator, from iiis work return'd 
 M.igniliccnt J his fix days work, a world. 
 
 Mtltot, 
 When you lie down, clofc your eyes with a 
 (hort prayer, commit yourfelf into the hands of 
 youi (jiiliful creator; and when you have done, 
 truft him with yourfelf, as you muft do when 
 you arc dyirg. Tayhr't Guide to Devotion. 
 
 Cri.'ature. n.f. [creatura, low Latin.] 
 
 1. A being not felf-exillent, but created 
 by the fupreme power. 
 
 Were thefc perfoiis idolaters for the worihip 
 they did not give to the creator, or for the wor- 
 (hip they did give to his creatures. Stillingjlut. 
 
 2. Any thing created. 
 
 God's fiill creature was light. Bacon. 
 
 Impcrfccfl the world, and all the (natures in 
 it, muft be acknowledged in many refpeifts to 
 be. Tilloljon. 
 
 3. An animal, not human. 
 
 The queen pvetended fatisfaflion of her know- 
 ledge only in killing creatures vile, as cats and 
 d»gs. Shakfpeare's Cymbeline, 
 
 4. A general term for man. 
 
 Yet crime in lier could never creature (ind j 
 But for his love, and for her own felf fake. 
 She wander'd had from one to other Ind. Spenf. 
 
 Mod curfcd of all creatures under ilcy, 
 Lo, Tantalus, I here tormented lie. Spenfer. 
 
 Tho' he might burll his lungs to call tor help. 
 No creature would affift or pity him. Rojcomm. 
 
 5. A word of contempt for a human be- 
 ing. 
 
 Hence ; home, you idle creatures, get you 
 home ; 
 Is this a holiday f Skakfpeari's "julius C^fur. 
 
 He would into the (lews. 
 And from the coniinon creatures pluck a glove, 
 And wear it as a favour. Shakfp:are'sRitAard\n, 
 
 I've heard that guilty creatures, at a play, 
 Have, by the very cunning of the fcene. 
 Been (liuck lo to the foul, that prefcntly 
 They have proclaim'd their malcfaflions. 
 
 Shakfptars's Hamlet. 
 
 Nor think to-night of thy ill nature. 
 
 But of thy follies, \d[e creature. Piior. 
 
 A good poet no fooner communicates his 
 
 works, but it is imagined he is a vain youn^ 
 
 creature, given up to the ambition of fame. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 6. .\ word of petty tendernefs. 
 
 And then, fir, would he gripe and wring my 
 hand ; 
 Cry, Oh (v/eQt creature, and then kjfs me hard. 
 
 S/iaiJpeare. 
 Ah, cruel creature, whom doft thou defpife? 
 The gods, to live in woods, have Icfc the Ikies. 
 
 DryJen's Firgll. 
 
 Some young rrf,ifar« have learnt their letters 
 and lyllabics by having them paftcd upon little 
 tablets. „r^,,^^ 
 
 7. A perfon who owes his rife or his' for- 
 tune to another. 
 
 He fcnt to colonel MalTey to fend him men, 
 which he, being a creature of E(rcx's, refufed. 
 
 Clarendon, 
 The duke % creature he dcfired to be eftcemed. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 Great princes thus, wl en favourites thev raife 
 To juftify their grace, their creatures praife. 
 
 Drydeu, 
 
 3 K
 
 C R E 
 
 Cre'ati'rely. adj. [from creature.'] Hav- 
 ing the qualities of a creature. 
 
 The feveral parts of relatives, or creaturely in- 
 
 £mtes, may have finiteproportions to one another. 
 
 Cll'yne'i Philofifhical Frin:if!t!. 
 
 Cre'britude. n. f. [from criber, fre- 
 quent, Latin.] Frequentnefs. Diet. 
 
 Cre'brous, adj. [from creber, Latin.] 
 Frequent. D:cl. 
 
 Cre'dence. n. f. [from credo, Latin; 
 credence, Norman French.] 
 
 I. Belief; credit. 
 
 Nj let K fcvm that cndcna this exceeds, 
 Vo he that matie tlie fame was Itnown right well 
 
 To have done much more admi[able deeds ; 
 It Merlin was. S^tnjer. 
 
 Love and wifdom, 
 Approved fo to your majefty, may plead 
 ■ For amplt: cre.isnce. Shahfpeare. 
 
 They did not only underhand give out tliat 
 this was tiie true earl ; but tl;e friar, finding 
 fome crz\ie'ic£ in the people, took Loldnefs in the 
 pulpit to declare as much. Bucci. 
 
 2. That which gives a claim to credit or 
 belief. 
 
 After they had delivered to the king their let- 
 ters of credence^, "tliey weie led to a chamber 
 richly furnifhed. HityWiird. 
 
 C REDE N DA. n.f. [Latin.] Thitigs 
 to be believed ; articles of faith : dillin- 
 guiflied in theology from agenda, or 
 practical duties. 
 
 Thefe were the great articles and credsnda of 
 chriflianity, that fo much ftaitled the world. 
 
 Scuth. 
 
 Cre'dent. adj. [credos, Latin.] 
 I. Believing; eafy of belief. 
 
 Then weigh what lofs your honour mny 
 fuilain, 
 . Tf with loo credint car you lift' his fongs. Shatf. 
 
 3. Having credit ; not to be queltioned. 
 Lefs proper. 
 
 My auihoiity bears a credent bulk, 
 That no particular fcandal once can touch, 
 But it confounds the bieathcr. Si:uifpeare. 
 
 Crede'ntial. n.f. [from credens, Lat.] 
 That which gives a title to credit ; the 
 warrant upon which belief or authority 
 is claimed. 
 
 A few perfons of an odious and defpiicd 
 countiy could not have filled the world with be- 
 lievers, had they not Ihown undoubted creden- 
 l}.tU from the Divine Perfon who tent them on 
 fjch a meffage. .'Iddifon on fie Chrijiiah Re/ig. 
 Credibi'lity. n. J. [from credible.} 
 Claim to credit ; poffibility of obtain- 
 ing belief ; probability. 
 
 The firft of thofe opinions I fhall Ihew to be 
 altogether incredible, and the l.itter to have all 
 the credihilily and evidence of which a thing of 
 that nature is capable. Tilloifon. 
 
 Calculate the feveral degrees of credihiliiy and 
 conviflion, by which the one evidence furpaff- 
 eth the other. Atterlury. 
 
 Cre'dible. adj. [credil'dis, Lat.] Wor- 
 thy of credit ; deferving of belief j hav- 
 ing a juft claim to belief. 
 
 Ti-.e ground of credit is the credibility of 
 things credited; and things are made cre.iibie, 
 either by the known condition and quality of 
 the uttcrcr, or by the manifeft likelihood of 
 truth in themfelves. Ho-Acr. 
 
 None can dcmonftrate to me, that there is 
 fuch an ifland as Jamaica; yet, upon the tefti- 
 Morv of cicdil/ie perfons, I am free from doubt. 
 ' Tilhtjo.;. 
 
 CRE'niBr.ENESS. n. / {^rom credible.'] 
 Credibility; worthineCs of beijcf ; jull 
 claim to belief. 
 
 C R E 
 
 The eridilUnffs of a good part of thefe narra- 
 tives has been confirmed to mc by a pra£fifcr of 
 phyfick. Boyle. 
 
 Cre'dibly. ad-v. [from credible.] In 
 a manner that claiins belief. 
 
 This, with the lofs of lb few of the Englilh as 
 is fcarce credible ; being, as hath been ratiier 
 confidently than credibly reported, but of one 
 man, though not a few huit. Bnco. 
 
 CREDIT, n.f. [credit, French.] 
 
 1. Belief; faith yielded to another. 
 
 When the people heard thefe word., they 
 gave no credit unto them, nor received tiiem. 
 
 I Maccabees. 
 I may ^•\e, credit to reports. yiddif:>n'i Spin. 
 Some feciet truths, from leinied piide con- 
 ceal'd. 
 To maids alone .'>n(i children arc rcveaPd : 
 What though no credit doubting wits may give. 
 The fair and innocent Ihall flill believe. Vcpi. 
 
 2. Honour; reputation, 
 
 I publilhed, becaufe I was told I might pleafe 
 fuch as it was a credit to plcaCe. Pope. 
 
 3. Efteem ; good opinion. 
 
 There is no decaying mercliant, or inward 
 beggar, hath fj ma ly tricks to uphold the ctedit 
 of their wealth, as thefe empty perfons have to 
 maintain the credit of their fufficicncy. Bacon. 
 
 His learning, though a poet laid it, 
 Before a play, would lofe no rrtJiV. Swift. 
 
 Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave 
 Shall walk the woild in credit to his grave. Pope. 
 
 4. Faith ; teftimony ; that which procures 
 belief. 
 
 Wc are contented to t.ike this upon your cre- 
 Hitj and to think it may be. Hooker. 
 
 The things which we properly believe, be only 
 fuch as are received upon the cndit of divine tef- 
 timony. fhs.^cr. 
 
 The author would have done well to have left 
 fo great a paradox only to the credit of a Hngle 
 aflertion. Locke. 
 
 5. Truft repofed, with regard to pro- 
 perty : correlative to delr. 
 
 Credit is nothing but the cxpet£lal:on of mo- 
 ney, within fome limited time. Locke. 
 
 6. Promife given. 
 
 They have never thought of violating the pub- 
 lick crcdU, or of alienating the rc\enuc3 to other 
 ufes than to what they have been thus alngned. 
 
 Addijon. 
 
 7. Influence; power not compulfive ; in- 
 tereft. 
 
 She employed his uttermofl credit to relieve us, 
 which was as great as a beloved fon with a mo- 
 ther. Sidney. 
 
 They fent him Hkewife a copy of their fuppli- 
 cation to the king, and del'.red him to ufe his 
 credit that a treaty might be entered into. 
 
 Clarend'^n. 
 
 Having credit enough with his mailer to pro- 
 vide for his own intereft, ht troubled not iiimfclf 
 for that of other men. Clarendon. 
 
 To Cre'dit. *y. a. [credo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To believe. 
 
 Now T change my mind, 
 
 And partly credit things that do ptefagc. S'.'akf 
 
 To credit the unintel;igibilify both of this 
 
 union and motion, we need nj more than to 
 
 confidcr it. (j/.JM'/7/f. 
 
 2. To procure credit or honour to any 
 thing. 
 
 May here her monument ftand fo, 
 To c.W// this rude age; and ihow 
 To future times, that even we 
 Same patterns did of virtue fee, JVaUcr. 
 
 It wai not upon defign to credit thefe paper.'?, 
 nor to compliment a fociety fo much above Hat- 
 tery. G/jnz:///c. 
 
 At prcfent you credit the church as much by 
 your government, as you did the fchool fo'"mci ly 
 by vuur wit. S-.uth 
 
 3. To truft ; to confide in. 
 
 ORE 
 
 4. To admit as a debtor. 
 Cre'ditable. adi. [ixom credit.'] 
 
 1. Reputable; above contempt. 
 
 He fettled him in a good crcditub.'e way of liv^ 
 ing, having procured liim by his intercit one i>l 
 tiic belt places of the coutttry. Ajbutitno:. 
 
 2. Honourable; eftimable. 
 
 The contemplation of things, that do net 
 feive to promote our happinels. Is but a m.-iie 
 fpccious fort of idlejiels, a more pardon.ihle and 
 acditubU Kind of ignorance. 'fulotjon. , 
 
 Cre'ditableness. n.f. [from credita- 
 ble.] Reputation ; elUmation. 
 
 Among all thefe inares, there is none more 
 entangling than the cteditabtefttji and repute of 
 cultoniary vices. Decay of Fitty. 
 
 Cke'ditably. adv. [from creditable.] 
 Reputablv ; without dllgrace. 
 
 ^Iany will chufc rather to ncgleft their duty 
 fafely and creditably, than to get a broken pate 
 in the chuich's fcrvice, only to be rewarded with 
 that which will break their hearts too. Sou!'., 
 
 Cre'ditor. n.f. [creditor, Latin.] 
 
 1 , He to whom a debt is owed ; he 
 that gives credit : correlative to debtor. 
 
 Theie came divers of Antonio's creditors in my 
 company to \'enice, that fwear he cannot chufe 
 but ijreak. Sliaifpeare. 
 
 I am fo uftd to confider myfelf as creditor 
 and debtor, that I often ftatc my accounts after 
 the fame manner, with regard to hc.iven and my 
 own foul. .^dd.fon's Spe^ator. 
 
 No man of honour, as that word is ufually un- 
 derftood, did ever pretend that his honour 
 obliged him to be challe or temperate, to pay his 
 creditors, to be ufeful to his country, to do good 
 to mankind, to endeavour to be wife or learned, 
 to regard his word, his promife, or his oath. 
 
 S-uift. 
 
 2. One who credits, one who believes. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 Many fought to feed 
 The eafy creditors of novelties, 
 By voicing him alive. Shctkfpeajy. 
 
 Credu'lity. n.f. [creduUte, Fr. credu- 
 litas, Lat."] Eafinefs of belief ; readi- 
 nefs of credit. 
 
 The poor Plangus, being fubjcfl to that only 
 difadvantage of honclf hearts, credulity, was 
 perfuadcd by him. Sidney. 
 
 The prejudice u{ credu/iry may, in fome mca- 
 furc, be cured, by learning to let a high value 
 on truth. IVatts' L.ogici. 
 
 CREDULOUS, adj. [credulus, Latin.] 
 
 Apt to believe ; unlufpecting ; eafily 
 
 deceived. 
 A C'cdiih:is father, and a brother noble, 
 
 Wiiofe nature is fo far from doing harm, 
 
 That he fufpedfs none. Sba.kff'eare''s King LearT 
 Who now enjoys thee cre:tut'jus all gold, 
 
 Who always vacant, ahvays amiable, 
 
 Hopes thee of flattery gales 
 
 Uumiudfu!, haplefs he, 
 
 T' whom thou unti-y'd feem'il fair. Md:in. 
 
 Cre'dulousness. n.f. [hom credukus.] 
 
 Aptnefs to believe ; credulity. 
 Creed, n.f. [from credo, the firft wonl 
 
 of the aportles creed.] 
 
 1. A form of words in which the articles 
 of faith are comprehended. 
 
 TiiC larger and fuller view of this foundation 
 is fct down in the creeds of the church. 
 
 Hammond on Fundanic/ttu's. 
 
 Will they, who decry creedi and creedmakcrs, 
 lay that one who writes a treatifc of moraliiy 
 ought not to make in it any collcilion ot m0r.1l 
 precepts ? E:d.les' Sermons. 
 
 2. Any folemn profeflion of piinciples or 
 opinion. 
 
 For me, my lords, 
 I love him not, nor fear hiro; there 's my 
 creed, Shakjleare,
 
 C R E 
 
 To Chehk. v. a. [See To CRr.AK.] To 
 " iiuikc a liaifli uuil'c. 
 
 Sli.ill I ft.iy line, 
 Criding my Ihocs on the pljin nufonry ? S/ifi/. 
 CREEK. II. f. [qwcca, Saxon ; irdc, 
 
 Dutch.] 
 I. A prominence or jut in a winding 
 coaft. 
 
 As Ilit.inis, whkli with thtir winding b.inks 
 
 do pl;iy, 
 
 Stopp'tl by cncir crech, lun fofily tlirougli the 
 
 phifn. JJavici. 
 
 They on the h.mk of Joidjn, by a neck, 
 
 Wkcrc winds with rccdi and ol'icrs whifp'ring 
 
 play, 
 Their unc.ipeifted lofs and plaints outbreath'd. 
 
 Militn. 
 
 t. A finall port ; a bay; a cove. 
 
 A l.i\v was m.xic here to ftop their paflage in 
 every port and creek. jjavics on IrclanA. 
 
 3. Any turn, or alley. 
 
 A b.iek-fricnd, a llioulder-cl.ippcr ; one that 
 
 commands the palVages of alleys, citcki, and 
 
 •jiairow lands. Shatfpcius. 
 
 Cre'eky. adj. [from crecLI Full of 
 
 creeks ; unequal winding. 
 
 Who, leaning un the belly of a pot, 
 Ponr'd forth a water, whofe out-tjufliing flood 
 
 Run bathing all the crctky (horc a-rto'. 
 Whereon the Trojan prince fpilt Turnus' blood. 
 
 Spcnfcr. 
 
 To CREEP. V. n. prct. crept, [cpypan, 
 Saxon ; krcpini, German.] 
 
 1. To move with the belly to the ground, 
 without legs, as a worm. 
 
 Ye that walk 
 The caith, and (lately tread, or lowly creep '. 
 
 Mihoi. 
 
 And every creejirg tl-.ing that creepi the ground. 
 
 * Miltw. 
 
 If they cannot riiftinguifli creepiig from flying, 
 
 let them lay down Viigil, and take up Ovid de 
 
 Ponto. VrjJen. 
 
 2. To grow along the ground, or on other 
 fupports. 
 
 The grottos eool, with fliady poplars ctown'd, 
 And creeping vines on arbours weav'd around. 
 
 V'j.ler,. 
 
 3. To move forward without bounds or 
 leaps, as inftfls. 
 
 4. To move flowly and feebly. 
 
 To-moirow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, 
 Creepi in this petty pace from day to day, 
 To Che lall fyllable of lecorded time. Shakjpcarc. 
 
 Why fliouUl a man 
 Sleep when he wakes, and creep into tlic jaundice 
 By being pcevifh ? S'liiifpejre's MtrJ:. cf re/iiee. 
 
 He who creeps after plain, dull, cor/imon fenfe, 
 is fafe from eomniit'.ing abfurdities, but can ne- 
 ver reach the excellence of wit. Diyeten. 
 
 5. To move fecretly and clandeftinely. 
 
 I'll creep up into the chimney. 
 
 — There they always ufe to difcharge tiieirbird- 
 ing-picces ; rr^r/* into the kiln-hole. S/uikfpeflre. 
 
 Whate'er you are, 
 That in this dcfcrt inacctlTible, 
 Under the fhade of mel.mcholy boughs 
 Lofc and ncgle,5l the creeping hours of time. 
 ■ Shukfpe.ire. 
 
 Of this fort are they which creep into houfes, 
 and lead captive Ally women. z T.t/io//ty. 
 
 Thou miikcll darlcnefs, and it is night wherein 
 all the bca(Vs of the forcft do creep forth. Pf.i/mi. 
 
 Now and then a v/ork or two has crepi in, to 
 keep his firft defign in countenance. ..Iiierliury. 
 
 6. To move timoroudy without foaring, 
 or venturing into dangers. 
 
 Paradife Lolt is admirable; but am I there- 
 fore bound to maintahi, that riiere are no flats 
 anmngft his elevations, when it is evident he 
 eteept along fometimcs for above an hundred 
 lines together ! Dijticr.. 
 
 C R E 
 
 We here took a little boat, to creep along the 
 fea-fliore as far as Genoa. jWijhn on Italy. 
 
 7. To come unexpefted; to fteal forward 
 luiheard and unfeen. 
 
 By thofe gifts of nature and fortune he creepi, 
 nay he flics, into the favour of poor filly women. 
 
 Si.iuey. 
 
 It feems, the marriage of his brother's wife 
 Has crept too near his confcicncc.— ^— 
 
 No, his confeiencc 
 
 Has crept too near another lady. Sh.ikfpcat c . 
 
 Neccfiity enforced them, after they grew full 
 of people, to fpread themfelvcs, and creep out of 
 Shinar, or Il.il>y Ionia. Ra/eigit's Hiftory. 
 
 None piciends to know from how remote 
 coiners of" thofe frozen mountains fome uf thofe 
 fierce natior.s firll crept out. Temple. 
 
 It is not to be expefled that every one (hould 
 guard his undcrftanding from being impoled on 
 by the fophiliry which creeps into molt of the 
 books of ai'gument. Locke. 
 
 8. To behave with fervility ; to fawn ; to 
 bend. 
 
 They were us'd to bend, 
 To fend their fniiles before them to Achille.-:, 
 To come as humbly as they us'd to creep 
 To holy altars. Shakjpcarc' i Ti dins and Crejffiila. 
 C R. e'e p E u . n. /. [ from creep. ] 
 
 1. A plant that fupports itfelf by means 
 of foirie llronger body. 
 
 Plants that put forth thrit fap haftily, have bo- 
 dies not proportionable to their length ; therefore 
 they are winders or creepers, as ivy, briony, and 
 woodbine. Bacorr. 
 
 2. An iron ufed to Aide along the grate 
 in kitchens. 
 
 3. A kind of patten or clog worn by wo- 
 men. 
 
 Cree'phole. n./. [creep and io/e.] 
 
 1. A hole into which any animal may 
 creep to efcape danger. 
 
 2. Afubterfuge; an excufe. 
 Cree'pingly. ctefv. [from crccping.l 
 
 Slowly ; after the manner of a reptile. 
 
 The joy, which wrought into Pygmalion's 
 mind, was even fuch as, by each degree of Zel- 
 mane's words, creepingly entered into Philoelea's. 
 
 SiJney. 
 
 Ck-Ee'ple. n. f. [from creep.'\ A lame 
 perfon ; a cripple. 
 
 She lo whom this world mufl itfelf refer 
 As fuburbs or the microcofm of her, 
 She, Ihe is dead, (he 's dead when thou knoiv'ft 
 
 this, 
 Thou know'll how lame a creep.'e this world is. 
 
 Jlcfwr, 
 
 Crema'tion. It. y, [crematio, Latin.] 
 
 A burning. 
 CREMOR. ti.f. [Latin.] A milky fub- 
 ilance ; a foft liquor refembling cream. 
 The food is fwallowcd into the flomach, 
 where, mingled with ditfolvent juices, it is re- 
 duced into a chyle or crctnor, Kay. 
 Cre.'n'ated. aiij. [from creiia, I^atin.] 
 Notched ; indented. 
 
 The cells are prettily crerrateJ, or notched, 
 quite round the edges; but not flraited down to 
 any depth. IJ'ood-.carJ. 
 
 Cre'p.'vne. n. f. [With farriers.] An 
 ulcer feated in the midfl of the forepart 
 of the foot. Farrier's Die!. 
 
 To CREPITATE, v. n. [crepito, Lat.] 
 
 To make a finall crackling noife. 
 Crepit.v'tion. n.f. [from crepitate.'^ A 
 
 fniall crackling noifc. 
 Cke'pt. The participle of creep. 
 
 There arc ccitain men crept in unawares. 
 
 Jude. 
 Tliis fair vine, but tliat her arms furround 
 Her maided elmi had crei't alorg ilic Kunipd. 
 
 l''^e. 
 
 C R E 
 
 CRErU'SCULE. n. / Icrefiifatlum^ 
 Latin.] Twilight. Dicf. 
 
 Crepu'scolous. cic/j. \crrpufiuhim, Lat.] 
 Glimmering ; in a llate between light 
 and darkncfs. 
 
 A clo(e apprchcnfion of the one, might pcr- 
 liaps aflotd a glimmering light and crepujculiut 
 glance of the other. Hiown. 
 
 The beginnings of philofophy were in a ere- 
 pufcu/ous ubfcuricy, and it is yet I'carce part riie 
 dawn. Glam>ille*s Scepfis. 
 
 CRE'SCENT. aitj. [from crefco, Latin.] 
 Increafmg ; growing; in a ftate of in- 
 creafe. 
 
 I have fccn him in Britain : he was then of a 
 crcfccnt note. Hhakj'peai e* s Cymbeliue, 
 
 With thcfc in troop 
 Came Aftoreth, whom the Pheenicians call'd 
 Altaite, (|ueen of heaven, with crf/Vt-;;/ horn*. 
 
 Milim. 
 
 Cke'scent. n.f. \_crefceiis, Lat.] The 
 moon in her llate of increafe ; any fimi- 
 litude of the moon increafmg. 
 
 My pow'i 's a eiejrent. and my auguring hope 
 Says it will come to th' t'ull. S/iakfpcjte. 
 
 Or Bai5lrian lophy, from the horns 
 Of Turkilh crepent, lca\cs all wafte beyond 
 The realm of Alailule, in his retreat. Mi'fi.i: 
 
 Jove in dulky clouds involves the (kies, 
 And the faint crefcent (boots by fits before their 
 eyes. Dryden* 
 
 And two fair cref^ents of tranflucent horn 
 The brows of all their young increafe adorn. 
 
 Pope's Odyjfey. 
 
 Cre'scive, adj. [from crefco, Latin. J 
 Increafmg ; growing. 
 
 So the prince obfcur'd his contemplation 
 Under the veil of wiklnefs, which no doubt 
 Grew, like the fummer grafs, fafteft by night, 
 Unfeen, yet crefcive in his faculty. Sliakfpeare, 
 Cress, n.f. [perhaps from cr.f/J'o, it be- 
 ing a quick grower; najluri'ium, Latin. J 
 An herb. 
 
 Its Howcr confifls of four leaves, placed iit 
 form of a crofs : the pointal arifes from the cen- 
 tre of the flowercup, and becomes a roundifh 
 fmooth fruit, divided into two cells, and fur- 
 nilhed with feeds, generally fmooth. Miller. 
 
 His court, with nettles and with ctejfes (for'd. 
 
 With (oups unbought, and Callads, bleft his 
 
 board. Pope, 
 
 Cre'sset. b. /. [croiffctte, Fr. becaufe 
 beacons had crofTes anciently on their 
 tops.] A great light fet upon a bea- 
 con, lighthoufe, or watchtower. Plan- 
 iner. They ftiU raife armies in Scotland 
 by carrying about the fire-crofs. 
 
 At my nativity 
 The front of heav'n was full of fiery fparks. 
 Of burning crejfcts. Shakfpeare's Henry IV, 
 
 From the arched roof, 
 Pendent by fubtle m;tgick, many a row 
 Of ftarry lamps, and htiz'mgcrrjfets, fed 
 With naphtha and afphaltus, yielded light 
 As from a flcy. Milton's Para. life Lojl, 
 
 CREST, n.f. [crlla, Latin.] 
 
 1. The plume of feathers on the top of 
 the aneier.t helmet ; the helmet. 
 
 His valoui-, fhewn upon our rr^r to-day, 
 Has taught us how to cherilh fuch high deeds, 
 iav'n in the bofom of our adver(ai ies. Skakfpeare. 
 
 2. The comb of a cock : whence Milton 
 calls him crejled. 
 
 Others on ground 
 Walk'd firm; the crejied cock, whoTe clarion 
 
 founds 
 The filent hours, Milton's ParaJiJe Lr,^- 
 
 3. The ornament of the helmet in lie- 
 raldry. 
 
 Of what eftecm crejls were, in the tJmc>nf 
 kinj Edffilfd the Tniiu's reign, may apj'Oai hv 
 ' 3 K 2
 
 C R E 
 
 his giving an caglt, which he himftlf had for- 
 merly b^rn, far a cnjl to \ViiIi:*m M>ntacure, 
 earl of Salifbury. Cttm:iin' i Rimam. 
 
 The horn ; 
 It was a crrfl ere thou waft born : 
 Tliy father's father wore it. Sluilfpeare- 
 
 4. Any tuft or ornament on the head ; 
 as fonie wkich the poets afil^n to fer- 
 pents. 
 
 Their crcfti divid;, 
 And, tow'ring o'er his head, in triumph ride. 
 
 5. Pride ; fpirit ; fire ; courage ; loftintfs 
 of mien. 
 
 When horfcs fliould endure the bloody fpur, 
 They fall their cr/jU. Shakfftenre. 
 
 Cre'sted. aa'j. [from crcjl ; cr'ijlatus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Adorned with a plume or crcft. 
 
 The buld Afcalonitcs 
 Then grov'ling foil'd their cr^/W bclnicts in ihc 
 duft. " Milton. 
 
 At this, for new replies he did not flay ; 
 But lac'd his crefted ht\m, and llrode away- 
 
 Diyuct;. 
 
 2. Wearing a comb. 
 
 The crfJlcdbnA ftiall by experience know, 
 Jove made not him his raafter-piece below. 
 
 DryM,:. 
 
 Crest-fallen, a^^j. [rr^y? and/^*//. ] Dc- 
 jefted ; funk ; difpirited ; cowed ; hcart- 
 lefs ; fpiritlefs. 
 
 I warrant you, they would whip me with their 
 fine wits, till I were as crrft-fnUst as a dried 
 pear. Shakfpe.-tre^s Merry If'lvfs of IVindjoT . 
 
 They prolate their words in a whining Icind 
 of querulous tone, as if they were ftill com- 
 plaining and crrfl-fiilhn. Howcl 
 
 Cre'stless. fl(//. [from rr^;?.] Not dig- 
 nified with coat-armour ; not of any 
 eminent family. 
 
 His gr.indfather was Lionel dulce of Clarence, 
 Third fon to the third Edward king of E:"gland, 
 Sprung cifjilefs yeomen from fo deep a root. 
 
 Shciifpinre. 
 
 CRUTA'CEOUS. adj. [creta, chalk, 
 
 Latin.] 
 1. Having the qualities of chalk ; chalky. 
 What gives the light, feems hard to fay ; whe- 
 ther it be the cr.itacecu\ fait, the nino'Js fait, or 
 fome igneous particles. Gifiv. 
 
 a. Abounding wrth chalk. 
 
 Nor from the fable ground ejpefl fuccefj, 
 Nor from cretactou\, ftubborn and jejune, yhilipi, 
 Creta'ted. adj. [critatus, Latin.] Rub- 
 bed with chalk. DIP.. 
 Crevice, n.f. [from erf vit, Fr. crepare, 
 Latin, to burft.] A crack; a cleft; 
 a narrow opening. 
 
 I pried me through the crnuce of a wall, 
 When for his hand he had his two foivs heads. 
 
 Shakjpfare. 
 
 I thought it no breach of good-manners to 
 
 peep at a crevice, and laok in ar people fo well 
 
 employed. .•Sdd.jvn's Sfefl,i!r,r. 
 
 To Crevice, t). a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 crack ; to flaw. 
 
 So laid, they are more ayt in fwagging dowi) 
 
 to pierce with their points, than in the i?cent 
 
 pofture, and fo to cteniice the wall. if^ttvi. 
 
 CREW. n.f. [probably from cpub, Sa.K.J 
 
 1. A company of people affociated for any 
 purpofe : as, gallant creiu, for troops. 
 
 Chevy-ch.!fe. 
 There a nohle crew 
 Of lords and ladies Hood on every fide, 
 Which with their prcfcnce fair the place much 
 beautified. _ Sfenfir. 
 
 2. The company of a (hip. 
 
 The anchors dropp'd, his crtvj the veffels 
 atoor. D'ydin'i ^ntiJ. 
 
 C R I 
 
 3. Tt is ROW generally ufed in a bau 
 fcnfe. 
 
 Oiie of the banifh'd crcimj 
 I fear, hath ventur'd from the deep, to raife 
 New troubles. Miltan's ParaJijl Lcjl. 
 
 He, with a creiuy whom like ambition joiiis 
 W'ltii him, ay undtr him to tyrannise, 
 M.irchiiig from Eden tow'ii's tiie weft, (hall ^:^d 
 The plain. Mi/ron's I^aradife hoji 
 
 The lad was he, whofc thunder flew 
 The Titan rare, a rebel creiu. Addijo-. 
 
 Crew. The preterit oi crow. 
 
 The cock cre-.u. Bihle. 
 
 Cre'v.'el. n.f. [ilewel, Dutch.] Yarn 
 tivifted, and wound on a knot, or ball. 
 
 Take filk or rre-.vcl, gold oj (ilver thread, and 
 make thefc fall at the bent cf the hook. 
 
 A/'i//'3i'j Atpltr. 
 CRIB. H./. [c.nybbe. Sax. crih. Germ.] 
 
 1. The rack or manger of a ftable. 
 
 Let a bealt be lord of healVs, and his crih fhill 
 (land at the k:r.g's raefie. Shckf^arn'i HamUt. 
 
 The ileer and lion at one crib (hall meet, 
 And harmlefs ferpenis lick the pilgiim's feet. 
 
 rape. 
 
 2. The ftall or cabin of an ox. 
 
 3. A fmall habitation ; a cottage. 
 
 Why rather, fleep, liell thou in fmoaky crihs. 
 Upon unc.ily pallets ftretchmg thee, 
 Than in the pcrfum'd ciiambcrs of the great ? 
 
 Shjkfpeare. 
 
 To Crib. i). a. [from the noun.] To (hut 
 
 up in a narrow habitation ; to confine ; 
 
 to cage. 
 
 Now I am Ci^bbin'd, fr/7>/> V, confin'd, bound in 
 To faucy doubts and fears. Sk*tkfpeji eU Macb. 
 Cri'bbage. n.f. A game at cards. 
 Cri'bble. n.f. [criirum, Lat.] A corn- 
 
 fieve. Dia. 
 
 CRIBR.'^'TION. n.f. [cr:6ro, Lat.] The 
 
 aft of fifting, or feparating by a fieve. 
 Crick, n.f. [from cricco, Italian.] 
 
 1. The noife of a door. 
 
 2. [from cpyce, Saxon, a flake.] A pain- 
 ful ftiffnefs in the neck. 
 
 Cricket, n.f [liflel, from Lreien, to 
 make a noife, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . An infeft that fqueaks or chirps about 
 ovens and fire-places. 
 
 Didft thou not hear a noife ? 
 
 — I he;rd the owl fcrcim, and the crickets cry. 
 
 SAukfpeare. 
 
 Far from all refort of mirth. 
 
 Save the cricket on the hearth. Milton. 
 
 Tile folcmn death.- watch click'd the hour Ihc 
 
 died. 
 
 And fiiiilling crickets in the chimney cried. Gay. 
 
 2. [froin cpyce, Sax. a (lick.] A fport, 
 at which the contenders drive a ball 
 with (licks in oppofilion to each other. 
 
 The jufige, to dance, his brother feijeant c.ill; 
 Tiie fenator at cricket urge the ball. Pope. 
 
 3. [from iriechen, German, to creep.] A 
 low feat or llool. 
 
 Cri'cketing Jj>pU. n.f. A fmall fpe- 
 
 cics of apple. 
 Cri'er. n. f [from cry. 2 The officer 
 whofe bulinefs is to cry or make procla- 
 mation. 
 He opcncth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. 
 The criers command filence, and the whole 
 multitude prcfent (land in a fufpenfe. Brernucod. 
 
 The crier calls aloud 
 Our old nobility of Trojan blood. 
 Who gape among the crowd for their precarious 
 food. Drvdin. 
 
 CRIME, n.f. {crimen, Lat. crime, Fr. ] 
 An aft contrary to right ; an ofTtnce; 
 a great fault ; an jil of wickednefs. 
 
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 High God be witnefs that I guiltlefs amj 
 Bu: it yourfelf, fir knight, ye guilty find, 
 Or wrapped be in loves of former dame, 
 With cnme do not it cover, but difclofe tSa 
 fame. Spenftr. 
 
 llndtrgo with me one guilt, one crime, 
 Ol'talting Milltit. 
 
 L'ke in punifhment 
 As in their crimr. Miltcn. 
 
 No cume was thine, if 'tis no crime to love. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Cri'meful. adj. [from crime and /a//.] 
 
 Wicked ; criminal ; faulty in a liiali 
 
 degree ; contrary to duty ; contrary to 
 
 virtue. 
 
 You pioceeded not agaUift thefc feats. 
 So criiticful and fo capital in nature. Shakfpcare, 
 
 Cm MEL ESS. ad'f. [from crime. 1 InnoceiU ; 
 
 free from crime. 
 My Iocs cojUl not procure me any fcathe. 
 
 So long as I am loyal, tiuc,.and cnmcUfs. Shik. 
 Cri'minai-. adj. [from crime.'] 
 
 1 . Faulty ; contraiy to right ; contrary 
 to duty ; contrary to law. 
 
 Live thou, and to thy mother dead atteft, 
 That clear _lhe died from bl--milh criminal. Spenf. 
 
 What we approve in our fi lend, we can haidly 
 be induced to think criminal in ouifelves. Rogers. 
 
 2. Guilty ; tainted with crime ; not inno- 
 cent. 
 
 The neglcfl of any of the relative duties, ren- 
 ders us crimi'ial in the figlit nt God. Ropers. 
 
 3. Not civil: as, a criminal profecution ; 
 the criminal law. 
 
 Cri'minal. n./. [from ovW.] 
 
 1. A man accufcd. 
 
 Was ever cn'miial fori id to plead ? 
 Curb your lll-manncr'd ical. Dryd. Spanifh Fr. 
 
 2. A man guilty of a crime. 
 
 All three perfons that had held chief place of 
 autliority in tt.eir coinitries ; all three ruined, 
 not by war, or by any otl-.cr dil'alicr, hut by jof- 
 tice and fentence, as delinquents zn^triminuh. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Cri'min ALLY. «(/•!;. [fiom criWsfl/.] Not 
 innocently ; wickedly ; guiltily. 
 
 As our tlwrnghrs extend tcj all fubj^ils', they 
 may be criminally employed on all. R^.gers. 
 
 Cri'minalness. n. f. [from criminal.'] 
 Guiltinefs ; want of innocence. 
 
 Crimina'tion. n.f. [criminaiio, 'Lzt.\ 
 The aft of accufing ; accufation ; ar- 
 raignment ; charge. 
 
 Cri'minatory. rt(^'. [frommmina, Lat.] 
 Relating to accufation ; accufing ; cen- 
 forious. 
 
 Cri'minous. adj. [^criminnfus, Latin.] 
 Wicked; iniquitous; enonnoudy guilty. 
 The puniflimcnt that belongs to that great and 
 criminoin guilt, is tire forfeiiuic of his right and 
 claim to all mercies, which are made over to 
 him by Chrifl. Hwrmond. 
 
 Cri'minously. adv. [from criminous.] 
 Enormoufly ; very wickedly. 
 
 Some particular duties of piety .-md charity, 
 which were moil ctiminoufly omitted before. 
 
 hammond. 
 
 Cri'minousness. n.f. [from criminous.] 
 Wickednefs ; guilt ; crime. 
 
 I could never be convinced of any fuch criml- 
 vonfnef in him, as willingly to expofe iiis life u> 
 the lirokcof jufticc, and malice of his enemies. 
 
 Kins Chariest 
 
 Cri'mosin. n.f. [crimrftuo, Itali.in ; com- 
 monly written as it is pronounced, crim- 
 fon.] A fpecies of red colour tinged 
 with blue.
 
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 , Upon hcT licid a ciim-jfi'i coroner, 
 Willi (bm.ilk rufti and d.ifiiJilics fet, 
 B:iy Ic:l\e^ between, 
 And pnrxnofcs green, 
 Emix'llilli tl'C wliitc vioitt. Spfnf'i'i Pafiti'\^h. 
 Ckimi". aJj. [from cninible.ox dimble. ] 
 J, Friabli/; brittle; lalily c.uinbkJ ; 
 eafily reduced to powder. 
 
 N'j'v t!ie f(.'wit'i, w.irii'd 
 By thcfo gaod omens, wif. Iwift early (leps, 
 TiTiids tlic crifnp eiirch, langing tmou^Ii fields 
 and glides. Pk:'/ifi. 
 
 2. Not coiifilleiit ; not forcible: a low 
 cant word. 
 
 Tiie evidence is rrr'tt/'; the witncffes fwcar 
 b.ickwards ;nd forwards, and coniradi^ tiitm- 
 felves J and Ins tenants Ibek by liim. ^hb'itk<:ct. 
 ToC&i'mpi,e. 7). a. [from rumple, crumple, 
 crimpk.'\ 'I'o eontraft ; to cornigiite ; 
 to CLiilc to fliriiik or contract. 
 
 He p.iff-d the calieiy tliiougb tlicm, and ac- 
 cordingly rrhnpltd tlKlll up I'J'ifemun. 
 CRl'MaON. «./. Icrimofino, Italian.] 
 
 1. Red, foniewhat clirkened witli blue. 
 
 As cilmfrrt Icinis to be little ellc than a very 
 deep red, wicli an eve of blue; (o fume kinds 
 of red fcem to he little elTc tliau beiglittned yel- 
 low. Biv/e on Cc'ourj. 
 
 Why does the foil endue 
 The h'ufhing f ippv with a critijunhuc ? I'lior 
 
 2. Red i'l gi-neral. 
 
 Can you blame lier then, being a maid y. i 
 rofcd over with tiie virgin crimfon of nodclty, i! 
 fhc deny the appearance of a naked biind boy, 
 in her naked feeing P.lf? Shal-jpcare. 
 
 Bciuty's C'ifign yet 
 Xtcrimfort in thy lips, and in thy checks. Shakfp. 
 
 Thccrimf^'f (Ir'-am diflain'd his arms around, 
 And the difdainful foul came rulhing through the 
 wound. DryJen^z ^neid. 
 
 ToCri'mpon. v. a. [from thenoun.] To 
 die with crimfon. 
 Paidon me, Julius. Here waft thou bay'd, 
 brave hart ' 
 Merc did'jt thou fall ; and here thy hunters ftand 
 Sign'd in thy fpoil, andm»i/i>«V in thy Icthe. 
 
 Cri'ncum. n.y^ [acantword.] A cramp ; 
 a contraAion ; whimfy. 
 
 For jealoufy is but a kind 
 Of clap and ctincum of the mind. }J:idih. 
 To CRINGE. II. a. [from iriechen, 
 German.] To draw together j to con- 
 trail. 
 
 Whip him, fellows, 
 Till, like a boy, you fee him cringe his face, 
 .\nd whine aloud tor mercy. Shakfpenre. 
 
 jfi) Cringe. 1). n. To bow ; to pay court 
 with bows ; to fawn ; to flatter. 
 
 Flatteiers have the flexor niufclcs fo ftrotig, 
 ihat they arc always bowing and cringing. 
 
 Atbuthitot, 
 The crrngiKg knave, who fecks a place 
 Without fuccefs, thus tells his cafe. Siuift. 
 
 Cringe. «./. [from the verb.] Bow ; 
 fervile civility. 
 
 Let me be grateful ; but let far from me, 
 Be fawning cringe, and fall'e dilTembling looks. 
 
 Pli,l'pi. 
 
 Crini'gerous. (I'lj- [criniger, Latin.] 
 
 Hairv ; overgrown with hair. DiS. 
 
 To CRINKLE, v. n. [irindekn, Dul.] 
 
 To go in and out ; to run in flexures : 
 
 dimlniitiue of crariile. 
 
 Unlcfs fome fwectnefs at the bottom lie. 
 Who cares for alt the crinkling of the pie ? 
 
 K<no^i Cookery. 
 
 IcCri'nkle. "u. a. To mould into in- 
 equalities. 
 
 Crinkle, n. f. [from the verb. 3 A 
 wrinkle ; a fintiofity. 
 
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 CRI'NOSE. adj. [from crmi, Latin.] 
 Hairy, D'tCi. 
 
 Crino'sity. n.f. [ficm irWflo/f.] Hain- 
 Hcfs. li'tl. 
 
 CRITPLE. n.f. [qiypel. Sax. hrej^tl, 
 Dutch.] A lame ncan ; one that has 
 loll or never enjoyed the ufe of his 
 limbs. Donne, with great appearance ot 
 propriety, writes it creeple, from crec^. 
 
 \\z, poor mini, by yoiu* tirit order died, 
 And that a wmged Mercuiy did bear: 
 S )rTie tardy cnppU had the countermand, 
 That came too lag to fee him buiicrl Shokf^'eare. 
 I ::m a cripple in my limbs ; but what decays 
 are in my mind, the reader muft determine. 
 
 D'yJen. 
 Anring the reft there was a lame cripple Irom 
 his birth, whom Paul c jmmuided to It.uid up- 
 right on ills feet. Beniky. 
 
 See the blind beggar dance, the cripple fing. 
 The fot a hero, lunatick a king. Pope. 
 
 To Chi'pple. 11. a. [from the noun.] 
 To lame ; to make lame; to deprive ot 
 the ufe of limbs. 
 
 Knots upon his gouty joints appear, 
 And chalk is in his crippled rtng"rs found. Dryd. 
 Tetty.x, ttie dancing-maftcr, t'^rcw himfcif 
 from the rock, but was crippled in the fall. 
 
 ^ddlfin. 
 
 Cri'ppi.eness. n. /. [£rom cripfile.l 
 Laiiienefs ; privation of the limbs 
 
 Cri'sis. n./. [>-;■■'?■.?.] 
 
 1. The point in which the difeafe kills, 
 or changes to the better ; the decifive 
 moment when fentence is pafled. 
 
 Wife leeches will not vain receipts oli:rn<1c ; 
 Doaf to complaints, tlicy wait upon the ill, 
 Till fome fafe cri^s anihonze their fltiil. Diyden. 
 
 2. The point of time at which any affair 
 cornes to the height. 
 
 This hour 's the very crijii of your fate j 
 Your good or ill, your infamy or fame, 
 And all the colour of your lifs^ depends 
 On this important now. DryJen. 
 
 The undertaking, which I am now laying 
 down, was entered upon in the very crijii of ihe 
 late rebellioi^, when it was the duty of every 
 Briton to contribute his urmoft alTiltatice to the 
 government, in a manner fuitable to his ftation 
 and abilities. Addijon'i FreehiLlcr. 
 
 CRISP. aJj. Icrlfpus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Curled. 
 
 Bulls aie more crifp on the forehead than cows. 
 
 Bttc'.n. 
 
 The Ethiopian black, flat nofcd, and crifp hailed. 
 
 lUlc. 
 
 2. Indented; winding. 
 
 You nymphs, call'd Naiads, of the winding 
 brooks. 
 With your fcdg'd crowns, and ever liarmlcfs 
 
 looks, 
 Leave your crifp channels, ai.d on this green 
 
 hand 
 Anfwet your I'ummoiis ; Juno does command. 
 
 SJ:.ikfpei:re. 
 
 3. Brittle ; friable. 
 
 In frolly weather, mufick within doors found- 
 eth bs-tlcr; which may he by reafon, not of the 
 difpofilion of the air, but of the wood or ftiing 
 of the imirument, which k made more crfp, 
 and (o jyiOTC porous and hollow. Bciccn. 
 
 To Crisp, -v. a. [i-rj^«£>, Latin.] 
 I. To curl} to contract into knots or 
 ctirls. 
 
 Severn, affrighted with their bl rody looks. 
 Ran fearfully among the trembling reeds, 
 And hid Uis crif/d head in the hollow bank. 
 
 Shakfjeart'i Henry iv. 
 
 C R I 
 
 Youflg I'd hsvc him too j 
 Yet a man with crifped hair, 
 Calt in tiiouiand In.ires and rings. 
 For love's fitigeis, and iiis rings. Benyonf^n. 
 
 Spirit of wine is not only unfit fot intt.inima- 
 tions m general, but alto crifpi up the vciTela of 
 tlje duia niiter and brain, and lometimts pro- 
 duces a g.ingrciic. Sharp'i Suigery, 
 
 2. I'o twilt. f 
 Al mg the crifped fhades and bow'rs 
 
 Revels the fprucc autl j..cun(i ipinlg. Millon. 
 
 3. To InJent; to rmi in aiid out. 
 
 From that fapnne tount the ciifprA brooks. 
 Rolling on orient peail and lands of gold. 
 Ran iieftar, vifiiing each plant. Mill''". 
 
 Crispa'tion. n./. [fvora fW/^.] 
 
 1. The act of curling. 
 
 2. 'i'hc Hate of being curled. 
 
 Some differ 111 the hair and feathers, both In 
 
 * the quantity, cnfpntion, and colours ot tlivin ; 
 
 as he lions arc i.irfute, and iiase gieat manes ; 
 
 the llic's are fmooth, like cats. Bacon. 
 
 Cri'spino-pin. 11. f. [from cryp.~\ A 
 
 curling iron. 
 
 The changeable fuits of apparel, and the 
 mantles, and the wimples, and the crifping-pini^ 
 
 IjuiaS^ 
 
 Crispisu'lcant. adj. {crifflfulc.ns^ 
 
 Lat.] Waved, or uiidukting, as light. 
 
 ning is reprefentcd. Diil, 
 
 Cri'spness. n.f. [from crifp.l Curled- 
 
 neis. 
 Cri'spy.a^'. [ from f )-//^. ] Curled. 
 So are thofe cnfpv fnaky locks, oft known 
 To be tlic dowry ot a fecond head. Shukfpeare. 
 Crite'rion. n.f. [>?fiTt)^.oy.] A mark 
 by which any thing is judged of, with 
 regard to its goodnefs or badnefs. 
 
 Mutual agreement and enrtearments was the 
 badge of primitive beli-vers; but we may be 
 kn.wn by the contiary criitri-jn, Glatrville, 
 
 We have here a fure infallible critciioti, by 
 which every man may difcover and find out the 
 gracious or ungracious dilpofition of liis own 
 heart. South. 
 
 By what criterion do you tat, d'ye think. 
 If this is priz'd for fweetnefs, lliat fir flink? 
 
 Pc^f'j Horace^ 
 
 CRITICK. B./ [.,-mx©.] 
 
 1. A man fcilltd in the art of jurlging of 
 literature ; a man able to dIHIiiguilh, 
 the faults and beauties of writing. 
 
 This fctt.cs truer ideas in men's minds of fe- 
 veral tilings, whcreol we read the names in an- 
 cient aathois, ihsn all tlie large and laboiious 
 aigumcnts of criticki, Locke, 
 
 K.-w learn what morals criticks ought to fhow. 
 For 'tis but half a judge's talk to know. Pope. 
 
 2. An examiner ; ajudge. 
 
 But you with pleafurc own your errours pai^. 
 And make each day a citiek on thelali. Pope. 
 
 3. A fnailer; a carper ; a caviller. 
 
 Criticks I faw, that others names deface, 
 .^nd fix their own with labour in their pl.ice. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 Where an author has many beauties oonfiftcnt 
 with viitue,pirty, and truth, le* not little crititks 
 exalt thenifclves, and Uiower down tlieir ill* 
 nalut?. Walts, 
 
 4. A cenfnrer ; a man apt to find "ault. 
 
 My cl.icf rirfign, next to feeing you, is to be- 
 a fcverc cnifck on you and your neighbour. 
 
 Sivift , 
 
 Cri'tIck. adj Critical ; relating to crt- 
 tlcifm ; relating to the art of j-udgiag; 
 of literary ptrtormrncis. 
 Thence ai ts o'er all the northern world ad- 
 vance, 
 But ciitkk learning fleuiilh'd niofl in Fr ee. 
 
 Xto^t.
 
 C R I 
 
 Cri'ticiC. n.f. 
 
 1. A ciitical examination; critical re- 
 marks ; animadverfions. 
 
 I (hould be glad if I could perfuade him to 
 continue his good offices, and write futh another 
 crUick on any thing of mine. Dryda:. 
 
 I (hould as loon expeift to fee a cr;ii<jur on the 
 
 poefy of a ling, as on the infciiption of a medal. 
 
 Addijon on Medals. 
 
 2. Science of criticifm. 
 
 If ideas and woids were diftinftly weighed, 
 and duly confidered, they would afford us ano- 
 ther fort of logick and critick than what we have 
 Leen hitherto acquainted with. Locks. 
 
 What is every year of a wife man's IHc, but 
 a cenfure and critique on the paft .- Po[e. 
 
 Not that my quill to cr-ticki was confin'd; 
 My verfe gave ampler lelTons to mankind, pr.pr. 
 To Cri'tick. -z). n. [from the noun.] 
 To play the critick ; to criticile. 
 
 They do but trace over the paths that have 
 been beaten by the ancients ; or comment, cri- 
 tick, and flourifli upon them. 'leir.f:t. 
 Cri'tical. adj. [from oUkl.'l 
 
 1. E.Kaft ; nicely judicious ; accurate; 
 diligent. 
 
 It is fubmitted to the judgment of more critical 
 ears, to direct and determine what is graceful and 
 what is not. Holder. 
 
 Virgil was fo critical in the rites of religion, 
 that he would never have brought in fuch prayers 
 as thefe, if they had not been agreeable to the 
 Roman cuftoms. Slilti«gfcel. 
 
 2. Relating to rriticifm : as, he wrole a 
 critical d'ljfertai'ton on the laji play. 
 
 3. Captious ; inclined to find fault. 
 
 What wouldrt thou write of me, if thou 
 (houldll praifc me ? — 
 — O, gentle l.ndy, do not put me to't; 
 For 1 am nothing, if not critical. Sliatfpeare. 
 
 4. [from crijis.'\ Comprifing the time at 
 which a great event is determined. 
 
 The moon is fuppofed to be meafuicd by fc- 
 vens, and the critical ordecrctory days to be de- 
 pendent on that number. Brcmm's Vtilgar Erraun. 
 
 5. Decifive ; nice. 
 
 Opportunity is in refpcft to time, in fome 
 fenfe, as time is in refpcfl to eternity : it is the 
 fmall moment, the exaft point, the critical mi- 
 nute, on which every good work fo much depends. 
 Spratt'i Scnnrins. 
 
 The people cannot but refent to fee tlieir 
 apprehenlions of the power of France, in fo 
 critical a junfture, wholly laid afide. Sivift. 
 
 6. Producing a crifis or change of the dif- 
 cafe : as, a critical fweat. 
 
 Critically, adv. [from critical.] 
 I. In a critical manner; cxaftly ; curi- 
 oudy. 
 
 Difficult it is to underftand the purity of En- 
 gliih, ^nd critically to difccrn good writers from 
 bad, and a proper ftile from a corrupt one. 
 
 Dryden, 
 Thefe (hells which arc digged up out of the 
 earth, feveral hundred of which I now keep by 
 me, have been nicely and critically examined by 
 very many learned men. JVocdivard. 
 
 2. At the exaft point of time. 
 Cri'tic.\lness. n. f. [from critical.'} 
 ExaAnefs ; accuracy ; nicety ; inci- 
 dence at a particular point of time. 
 To Cri'ticise. v. n. [from critick.] 
 I. To play the critick; to judge; to 
 write remarks upon any performance of 
 literature ; to point out faults and 
 beauties. 
 
 They who can criiicife fo we:ikly, as to ima- 
 gine 1 have done my wotH, .-nay be convinced, 
 at their own coll, that I can write fcverely witli 
 tnorc calc than I can gently. JOryJen. 
 
 C R O 
 
 Know well each ancient's proper chaiafter j 
 Without all this at once before vuur eyes, 
 Cavil you may, but never ir:tic:f:. P-'fc. 
 
 2. To animadvert upon as faulty. 
 
 Kor would 1 have his father look fo narrowly 
 into thefe accounts as to take occalioii from 
 thence to criticifs on his expcnces. ■ Lcri:^\ 
 
 2o Cri'ticise. v. a. To cenfure"; to 
 pafs judgment upon. 
 
 Nor (hall I look upon it as any bi'cach of cha- 
 rity, to ciiticifi the author, fo long as I keep clear 
 of the pcrfon. • .-^.IJifir:. 
 
 Cri'ticisiM. n.f. [fvorarri;/c/-.] 
 
 1. Criticifm, as it was firll inliituted by 
 Ari/lotlcjViai meant a ftand.ird of judging 
 well. Diyden's Innocence, Preface. 
 
 2. Remark; animadverCon ; critical ob- 
 fervations. 
 
 Tl'C-re is not a Greek or Latin ciitick, who 
 has not fliewn, even in the llile of his •riticifnii, 
 that he was a malter of all the eloquence and de- 
 licacy of his native tongue. Addifon. 
 7"o CROAK. ■£). n. [cpacezzan, Saxon; 
 fjvvdrf, Italian ; crocitare, Latin.] 
 
 1. To make a huarfc low noile, like a 
 frog. 
 
 Tiie lubtle fwallow flies about the brook. 
 And querulous frogs in muddy pools do croak. 
 
 -\/.y'j Vtrg:L 
 
 So when Jove's block defcended from on high, 
 
 Loud thunder to i!s bottom (hook the bog. 
 
 And the hoarte nation croak\L Pope. 
 
 Blood, ftuff'd in (kins, is Britifli chriftians 
 
 food I 
 
 And France robs marilies of the croaking brocd. 
 
 Gay, 
 
 2. To caw, or cry as a raven or crow. 
 
 The raven himfeif is hoarie, 
 That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan 
 Under my battlements. Shakfpcar;. 
 
 The hoarie raven, on the blafied bough. 
 
 By croaking from the left, prefag'd the coming 
 
 blow. Drydcn. 
 
 At the fame time the walk of elms, with the 
 
 croaking of the ravens, looks exceeding folemn 
 
 and venerable. Addifon. 
 
 3 . It may be ufed in contempt for any dif- 
 agreeable or ofFenfive murmur. 
 
 Their underrtandings are but little inflruifled, 
 when all their whole time and pains is laid out 
 to (till the croaking of their own bellies. Lcckc. 
 
 Croak, n./. [from the verb.] The cry 
 or voice of a frog or raven. 
 
 The fwallow (kims the river's watry face; 
 
 The frogs renew the crcaki of their loquacious 
 
 race. Vrydct. 
 
 Was tliat a raven's croak, or my fon's voice ' 
 
 No matter which, I'll to the grave and hide me. 
 
 Zee. 
 Cro'ceovs. adj. [croccus, L,zUn.} Con- 
 fiding of faffron ; like faffron. Did. 
 Crocita'tion. n.f. [crocitatin,L,?LUn.] 
 The croaking of frogs or ravens. Z);V7. 
 CROCK. «./. [in/ui, Dutch.] A cup: 
 
 any veflel made of earth. 
 Cro'ckery. n.f Earthen ware. 
 CROCODILE, n.f. [from *.-«&, faf- 
 fron, and jiiXii, fearing.] An amphi- 
 bious voracious animal, in fliape refcm- 
 bling a lizard, and found in El^ypt and 
 the Indies. It is covered with veiT 
 hard fcales, which cannot, iviihout 
 great difliciilty, be pierced ; except 
 under the belly, where the flvin is ten- 
 der. It has a v.'ide throat, with fcveral 
 rows of teeth, fliarp and feparated, 
 which enter one another. It runs with 
 gieat fwiftnefs; but does not eafily 
 turn itlelf. It is long lived, and is 
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 faid to grow continually, to its death. 
 Some arc fifteen or eighteen cubits long. 
 Croodilcs lay their eggs, refsmbling 
 goofe-eggs, fometimes amounting to 
 fixty, near t\\s water-fide, covering 
 them with the fand, that the heat of 
 the ftm may hatch them. Calmct. 
 
 Glolier's (huw 
 
 Beguiles him: as the mournful crocoiile 
 
 With forDW fnarcs relenting paffcrgcrs. Shakfp. 
 
 . Crocodijei were thought to be peculiar ijnto the 
 
 Nile. ■ Srt-xvn'i fulgar Errwi s . 
 
 Cairnrwill weep, the' i-ronxi'V will weep. Drjd. 
 
 Enticing cocodilc^ whofe tears are death ; 
 Syrens, that mutder with enchanting breath. 
 
 ' ' ' - _ GraTVille. 
 
 Crocsdiie is alfo a little animal, olHerwife called 
 flinx, very much like the' lizard, or fmall croio.. 
 dile. It lives by land and water; has four (hort 
 fmall legs, a veiy Iharp muzzle, and a (hurt 
 fmall tail. It is pretty enough to look at, being 
 covered all over with iittle fciles of the colour of 
 lilvev, iiilermixt with brown, and of a gold colour 
 upon the back. It always remains little. 
 
 TrcT'nix. 
 
 Cp.o'codiline. adj. [_crocodiUnus, Lat.] 
 Like a crocodile. Die!, 
 
 Crocus, n./. A flower. 
 
 Fair-handed Spiing unoofums every grace, 
 Thiovvs out the fnow-drop and the cronn firft. 
 
 Thintfor.. 
 
 Croft, n.f [cyoyx, Saxon.] A little 
 clolc joining to a houfe, that is ufed for 
 corn or pafture. 
 
 This have I leam'd. 
 Tending my flocks hard by, i' th' hilly crofts 
 That brow this bjttom glade. Milton. 
 
 Croisa'de.I n.f [croifude,Yr. from 
 
 Croisa'do. J croix, a crofs.] A holy 
 war ; a war curled on agalnflt infidels 
 under the banner of the crofs. 
 
 See that he take the name of L'rban, becaufe 
 a pope of that name did htA inifitute the croi' 
 fido; and, as with an holy trumpet, did (Vir up 
 the vovagc for the Holy Land. Bacort. 
 
 Cro'ises. n.f. 
 
 1 . Pilgrims who carrj' a crofs. 
 
 2. Soldiers who fight againft infidels under 
 the banner of the crofs. 
 
 Crone, n.f. [cpone. Sax. according to 
 Verjlegan ; kronie, Dutch, according 
 to Shinner.] 
 
 1. An old ewe. 
 
 Frtlh herrings plenty Michel brings, 
 Witli fatted crones, and fuch old thirgs. Titjjer. 
 
 2. In contempt, an old woman. 
 
 T.ike up the balfard, 
 Take 't up, I fjy ; give 't tq thy crone. Shakfp. 
 The crone being in bed with him on the wed- 
 ding night, and finding his avcrfion, endeavours 
 to win his atfecf ion by leafon. Drydcn. 
 
 Cro'net. n.f. The hair which grows 
 over the top of a horfe's hoof. ( 
 
 Cko'ny. n.f. [a cant word.] An old ac- 
 quaintance J a companion of long 
 (landing. 
 
 ?o when the Scots, your cont^ant cronies, 
 Th' cfpoufets of your caufe and monies. Hudih. 
 
 To oblige your crony Swift, 
 Bring our dame a new year's gift. Swjt. 
 
 Strange, an a(trologer fhould die 
 Withi'Utone wonder in the (ky ! 
 Not one of all his cnry Oars 
 To pay their duty at his licrfe! Sw-fl. 
 
 CROOK, n.f [croc, French.] 
 
 1. Any crooked or bent Inilrument. 
 
 2. A fhecphook. 
 
 I lin^ the man who Judah's fceptre bore 
 In that jiiht hand wlitii held t'.ic crcok before.
 
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 He left liis emk, he left his flocks, 
 And wimd'iing through the lonely rocks, 
 He nourilh'il ciullefs woe. Pajr. 
 
 3. Any tiling bent ; a meander. 
 
 There fall thofe faphire-coioin'd hrook^. 
 Which, conduit-like, with curious crooh, 
 Sweet in.indi. make in tliat fwcet land. i:Jrr'v. 
 To Crook, v. a. \_crocber, French.] 
 
 1 . To bend ; to turn into a liook. 
 
 It is highly probahle, that lliisdifeafc proceeds 
 from a redundant acidity, becaufe vincjjai will 
 foften and tvcsi tender bones. Jirbuth'ii^t. 
 
 2. To pervert from redltude ; to divert 
 from the original end. 
 
 \Viiaifoc\er arijirs paf> fjch a nian*s hands, l.c 
 cicokttk them to Lis own ends ; which inuft nct'cN 
 be often ecccntrick. to the ends of his iiialtcr 01 
 ft ate. h\ii<,n 
 
 To Crook, v. it. To bt bent ; to luive 
 a cnrvatiire. 
 
 Their Ihoes and pattens arc fnouted and piivcd 
 more than a fm^cr long, cr^king upwards. 
 
 CtlHtdLlt. 
 
 Cro'okb.^ck. n.yi [crool znA bach.'\ A 
 term of reproach for a man that has 
 gibbous (houlders. 
 
 Aye, crooklhick, here I iland to anfwcr thee. 
 Or any he the pioudeft of thy fort. Sli^ikfi'c.ite. 
 
 Cro'okbacked. adj. Having bent fhoul- 
 ders. 
 
 A dwarf as well may for a giant pafs, 
 As nejroe for a fwan j a cioakhnrk'd lafs 
 Be call'd Enropa. Dryden's 'J-.ivoml. 
 
 There are millions of truths that a man is 
 not, or may rot think himfelf, concerned to 
 know; as, whether our king Richard iii.was 
 ciookbuckcd or no. Lccke. 
 
 Croo'ked. adj. [crocher, French.] 
 
 1 . Bent ; not llraight ; curved. 
 
 A bell or a cannon may be heard beyond a 
 
 liill which inteicepks the tight of the founding 
 
 body ; and founds are propagated as readily 
 
 through cimiid pipes, as thiough lU.iight ones. 
 
 Nci^iiii's Opiif h. 
 
 Mathematicians fay of a Ihaight line, that it 
 is as well an index of its own reftitude as of 
 the obliquity of a cooked one. fl'^ood-w.ud. 
 
 2. Winding ; oblique ; anfiafluous. 
 
 A man Ihall never want crooked paths to walk 
 in, if he thinks that he is in the right way, 
 wherever he has the footfteps of others to foUcw. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Among the crosked^ tirtQS, on cvei7 hedge, 
 The glow-worm lights his gem. Thamjon. 
 
 3. Pervcrfe ; untoward ; without refti- 
 tude of mind ; given to obliquity of 
 conduft. 
 
 They have corrupted thcmfcUcs : they are a 
 prrverfe and crooked gener.ition. Diut. 
 
 Hence, heap of wrath ; foul, indigcfted lump ! 
 As eroded in lliy manners as thy Ihapc. S/KiifjK 
 
 We weic not born crooked^ we learned tiiofe 
 windings and turnings of the ferpent. Sn:itl:. 
 
 Croo'kedly. adv. [^xom crooked.l 
 
 1. Not in a ftraight line. 
 
 2. LTntovvardly ; not compliantly. 
 
 If we walk pcrvcrfcly with God, he will walk 
 eiookedfy towards us. T'lyl'jr^i Rule of Lr.ingllo.'y. 
 Croo'kedness. ti.f. [from crooked.'] 
 
 1. Deviation from llraightnefs ; curvity ; 
 the ftatt of being inflefted ; inficiRion. 
 
 He that knowcih what is llraight, tl<jtii even 
 t: (reby difccrn what is r/fei^r</ ; bccanfe the ah- 
 fuKC of llraightnefs, in bodies capable tliercof, 
 
 i.s c'S-'kedrlefs. ll'^okcr . 
 
 2. l)cfor.mity of a gibbous body. 
 
 When the heathens offered a facrifice to their 
 falfe gods, they w-ovild make a fcvcic fcarch to 
 ,l<e if there were any erookrdritp or fpot, any un- 
 L'ieaar.eCs or deformity, in their facrifice. 
 
 Tfjiir'i Ifanhy CommuKiciint . 
 
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 CROP. «./ [crop, Saxon.] The craw 
 of a bird ; t!ie lirll Ilomach into which 
 its meat defcends. 
 
 In birds tiicte is no maftication or comminu- 
 tion of the meat in the mouth; but, in fuch as 
 are not carnivorous, it is immediately fwallowcd 
 into the crop or craw. R")' 
 
 But fluttering there, ihcy nelUe near the 
 throne, 
 And lodge in h.abitations not their own, 
 By their higli crop* and corny i^iiiards known. 
 
 D'yder.. 
 
 Cuor.n./. [cj\oppa, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The hlghell part or end of any thing: 
 as the head nf a tree, the ear of corn. 
 
 2. Tlie harvell ; the corn gathered oft" a 
 field ; the pt oduft of the field. 
 
 And this oi ail my harvell hope 1 have, 
 Nought reap.-d but a weedy <.)»/> of care. 
 
 Spcx/er. 
 
 La'j'riiig the foil, and reaping plenteous crop, 
 Corn, wine, .uid oil. AliJion's P.ir.id-Jc Lojl. 
 
 Tlie fountain which from Helicon proceeds, 
 Tliat facred llream, Ihould never water weeds, 
 Kor make the crif of thorns aud thirties grow. 
 
 Rojcommoyt. 
 
 Nothing is more prejudical to your crop than 
 mowing of it too fooii. Morliiiicr's IJufiaiidry. 
 
 3. Any thing cut off. 
 
 Cuiltlefs of llecl, and from the razor free, 
 It falls a plenteous crop referv'd for thee. D'yd. 
 To Crop. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To cut o(F the ends of any thing ; to 
 mow ; to reap ; to lop. 
 
 Cropp'd are the flower-de-luces in your arms; 
 Of England's coat, one half is cut away. S/i.ikJ. 
 
 He, upon whofe fide 
 The feweft lofos are cropji'd from the tree, 
 Shall yield the other in the right opinion. Shakfp. 
 
 All the budding honours on thy creft 
 I'll crop, to m.ike a garland for my head. ShukJ. 
 
 I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a 
 tender one, and will plant it upon an high moun- 
 tain. E:^ek. 
 
 There are fomc tears of ticcs, which are combed 
 from the beards of goats ; for when the goats 
 bite and crop them, cfpecially in the mornings, 
 the dew being on, the tear Cometh forth, and 
 hangeth upon their beards. Bucon'i Nat. Hifl. 
 
 No more, my goats, fhall I behold you climb 
 The ilccuy cliffs, or ci.p the How'ry tiivme ! 
 
 V'yden. 
 
 2 . To gather before it falls. 
 
 O fruit divine ! 
 
 Sweet of thyfelf, but much more fweet thus 
 
 cropp'd. Miltm. 
 
 Age, like ripe apples, on earth's bofom drops; 
 
 M'hile force our youth, like fruits, untimely cropi. 
 
 Denham. 
 Death deft toys 
 The parent's hopes, and crops the growing boys. 
 
 Creech. 
 
 To Crop. f. n. To yield harveft. 
 Royal wench I 
 She made great Cif-ir lay his fword to-bed ; 
 He ploughed her, and flie ..-''_».'. Shjkjp. 
 
 Cro'pfvl. adj. [crop and full.] Satiated ; 
 having a full belly. 
 
 He, liietch'd out all the chimney's length, 
 E.iiks at the fire his hairy flrcngth ; 
 And crop-fiiil, out of door he ftings 
 Krc the fiift cock his matin rings. M'lfori. 
 
 Cro'f I'ER. ?'./. [from na.1.] A kind of 
 pigeon with a lagre crop. 
 
 There he tame and wild pigeons ; and of 
 tame there be croppen, carriers, runts. lJ',t/ror. 
 Cro'psick. ad/, [crop and Jici.'] Sick 
 with repletion ; lick with e.^cefs and 
 debauchery. 
 Strange odds! where crcp-Jiii drunkards mult 
 engage 
 A hungry foc; and arm'd with fober rage. 
 
 Tele'i "Jiivinjl. 
 
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 Cko'sier. n.f. [croi/cr, Fr. from rrofx, a 
 crofs.] The palloral (laff of a bifhop, 
 which has a crufs upon It. 
 
 When prelates arc gieat, there is alfo danger 
 from them ; as in the times of Anfelmus and 
 Thomas Beckct, who, with their trofien, did 
 almoli rry it with the king's fword. Bacon. 
 
 Giievances tiicic were, I muft confcfs, and 
 fomc incongruities in my civil government \ 
 wherein fome fay the crofter, fomc fay the diftaff, 
 was too bufy. Hoivrl. 
 
 Her front erefl with mnjefiy (he lice. 
 The crcficr wielded, and the mitre wore. D'yd. 
 
 Cko'slct. n.f. \croi]felet, French.] 
 
 1 . A firiall crofs. 
 
 Then Una 'gan to aflc, if aught he knew. 
 Or iicard abroad, of that her champion true, 
 Thar in his armour bare a erojt^t red. Spcnfcr. 
 
 Here an unfinilh'd diamond croJJct lay, 
 To which loft lovers adoration pay. dry. 
 
 2. It fecms to be printed in the following 
 padiige, by millake, ior corfelet. 
 
 The crcjlet fomc, and fomc the cuilhes mould. 
 With filver plated, and with duftile gold. Dryd. 
 
 CROSS. «.y! \_crui.-:, Fr. croce,\\.A. crux, 
 
 Latin.] 
 t. One ftraight body laid at right angles 
 over another ; the inltrument by which 
 the Saviour of the world fuffered death. 
 
 They make a little crofs of a quill, longways 
 of that part of the quill which hath the pith, 
 and ciofsways of that piece of the quill without 
 I'ith. Bacon's N.ilurtil Uljlory. 
 
 You are firll to confider ferioufly the inlinite 
 love of your Saviour, who offered himfelf for 
 you as a faci ifiec upon riie crofs. Tuyht* 
 
 2. The enfig'n of the chriftian religion. 
 
 Her holy faiih and chriltian crofs oppos'd 
 Againft the Sa.\on gods. Rowe^ 
 
 3. A monument with a crofs upon it to 
 excite devotion, fuch as were ancientlj- 
 fet in market-places. 
 
 She cloth ftray about 
 By holy crcffes, where (he kneels and prayi. 
 
 Shiikfpeare. 
 
 4. A line drawn through another. 
 
 5. Any thing that thwarts or obilructs ; 
 misfortune ; hiiiderancc ; vexation ; 
 oppofitionj mitadventure ; trial of pa- 
 tience. 
 
 Wilhing unto me many rr.^JTts and mifchancct 
 in my love, whcnfocver I Ihould love. Sidney. 
 
 Then let us teach our trial patience, 
 Becaufe it is a c.iftoniary crofi. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Heaven prepares good men with crojjes ; but 
 no ill can happen to a good man. Ben Jonfon. 
 
 A great effate hath great <.'oJfcs, and a mean 
 fortune hath but fmall ones. Taylor, 
 
 6. Money, fo called becaufe marked with 
 a crofs. 
 
 He was faid to make foldicrs fpring up out of 
 the very earth to follow liiiii, though he had not 
 a ciofs to pay them fabiy. HotJcl. 
 
 Whereas we cannot much lament our lofs, 
 Who neither carried back nor brought one nofs.' 
 
 DrydcK, 
 
 7. Crofs and Pile, a play with money ; at 
 which it is put to chance whether the 
 fide, which bears a crofs, fliall lie up. 
 ward, or the other, 
 
 Whacum had neither ci'.fs nor p:/e ; 
 His plunder was not worth the while. IhJibmt, 
 
 Tuis I humbly conciive to be perfr.5t bovs 
 play ; cofs, I win, and pile, you lofe ; or, what's 
 your's is mine, and what's mine is my own. 
 
 SlLift, 
 
 8. Church lands in Ireland. 
 
 The abfoliite palatines mads- their own fudges, 
 fo as the king's writ did nut run in thofe coun- 
 ties, but only in the churcli lands lying wiihja
 
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 lliefame, which were ca\kd the ertfi; whevein 
 the king made a IheiiJ: fo in each of thcle 
 counties paldtiiies there was one (heriff of the 
 libertv, and another ut the cofi. Sir J. D.ni;u 
 Cross, adj. [from tlie fiibftantive.] 
 
 1. Tranfverfe ; falling athwart fometlung 
 
 elfe. ^ . , 
 
 Whatfoever penumbra ihoulti be made in tlie 
 circles by the cofs lefraaion of the fecond pnfm, 
 that penumbra would be confpicuons in the 
 right lines which touch thofe circles. Nrmton. 
 The fun, in that I'pace of time, by his annual 
 contrary motion eaftward, will be advanced near 
 a degree of the ecliptick, crofi to the motion of 
 the equator. ii'-'-i" "" T^"''- 
 
 The rhi?s muft needs encounter, when they 
 either advance towards one another in dlreft 
 lines, or meet in the interl'efiion of croh ones. 
 
 BentUy. 
 
 2. Oblique; lateral. 
 
 Was this a face, 
 To ftand againft the deep dread-bo'.ted thunder? 
 In the moft terrible and nimble flroke 
 Of quick crof^ lightning ■ _ Shiifpe.ire. 
 
 5. Adverfe ; oppofite : often with to. 
 
 We're both love's captives; but with fate fo 
 crofi, f r, 7 
 
 One muf^ he happy by the other's lofs. DryJen. 
 
 Croji to our inteielfs, curbing Icnfe and fin; 
 Opprefi'd without, and undermin'd within. 
 It thrives through pain. DryJtn 
 
 It runs cr',n /5 the belief and apprehenfion ot 
 the reft of mankind; a difficulty which a modeft 
 and good man is fcarce able to encounter, ^tleri. 
 A. Perverfe ; untraAable. 
 
 When, through the crsfs circumftances of a 
 man's temper or condition, the enjoyment of a 
 pteafure would certainly ejpofc him to a greater 
 inconvenience, then religion bids him quit it. 
 
 S'^u.'n. 
 
 r. Peeviih ; fretful ; ill-hnmoured. 
 
 Did ever any man upon the rack afiiiift himfelf, 
 bccaul'a he had received a rrofi anfwer from his 
 miftrels? /''.'■'='•■ 
 
 AH crofi and diftafteful humours, and what- 
 ever elfe may render the converfation of men 
 srievous and uneafy to one another, muft be 
 ftunned. _ Ti/ht/on. 
 
 6. Contrar>' ; contradictory. 
 
 Tiie mind brings all the ends of a long and 
 various hypothelis together ; fees how one part 
 coheres with, and depends upon, another; and 
 fo clears off all the appearing contrarieties and 
 contradiflions, that feeraed to lie crcfs a:id un- 
 couth, and to make the whole unintelligible. 
 
 Soutr.. 
 
 7. Contraty to wlfh ; unfortunate. 
 
 We learn the great reafcnablenefs of not only 
 a contented, but alfo a thankful, acquiefcence in 
 any condition, and under the croffcji and feveteit 
 paffages of Provirience. ,_,,,„ '; 
 
 I cannot, without fome regret, behold the croji 
 and unlucky iffue of my defign ; for, by my dif- 
 like of difputes, I am engaged m one. 0.am:-l/e. 
 i. Interchanged. ' 
 
 Evarchus made a cmfs mariiage alfo with Uo- 
 rUaus's fitter, and (hoit.y left her with child of 
 the famous Pyrocles. , ,. , / -', 
 
 Crof! marriage^, between tV.e king s fon and 
 the archduke's daughter; and again, between 
 the archduke's fon and the king's daughter. 
 
 Bacon^i Henry VI I. 
 
 Cross, prep. . . n i.- 
 
 I. Athwart ; fo as to inlerfea any thing ; 
 
 tranfverfcly. 
 
 The enemy had, in the woods before them, 
 cut down g.eat trees crof. the ways, fo that 
 their horfe could not paflibly pals that way^^^^^^ 
 
 ^ctwintthe midft and thefe, the gods affign-d 
 Two habitable feats of human kind; 
 And croh their limits cut a (lop.ng way, 
 Which the twelve figns in beaute-.us order fway 
 Drydcn I i"gii- 
 
 Crofi his back, as in triumphant fc8»fl, 
 The hope and pillar of the houfewas burn. Dry.i. 
 2. Over ; from tide to iide. 
 
 A fox was taking a walk one night crofi a vil- 
 Ingc. L'Ejlrange. 
 
 To Cross, "j. a. [from the noun.] 
 t. To lay one body, or draw one line, 
 athwart another. 
 
 This foic'd the (tubborn'ft, for the caufe. 
 To crofi the cudgels to the laws ; 
 That what by breaking them "chad gain'd. 
 By their fuppoit might be maintain'd. HuJihras. 
 'The loxia, or crofs-bill, whofe bill is thick 
 and ftrong, with the tips crojpng one another, 
 with great rcadinefs breaks open fir-cones, ap- 
 ples, and other fruit, to conic at their kernels ; as 
 if the crt,fflng of the bill was defigned for this fcr- 
 vice. Durham's Phyjico-Thfology. 
 
 I (hall moft carefully obfevvc, not to cro/j over 
 or deface the copy of your papers for the future, 
 and only to mark in the margin. Pope. 
 
 A hunted hare treads back her mazes, and 
 croffn and confounds her former track. H atts. 
 
 2. To lign with the crofs. 
 Friars 
 
 Refort to farmers rich, and blefs their halls. 
 And cxeicife the beds, and oof, the walls. Dryi. 
 
 3 . To cancel : as, to crofs an article. 
 A. To pafs over. 
 
 He conquered this proud Turk as far as the 
 Hellelponr, which he ero//frf, and made a vifit to 
 the Greek empeior at Conftantincplc. TcntpU. 
 
 We found the hero, for whofe only fake 
 We fought the dark abodes, and croji'd the bitter 
 lake. Dryitm. 
 
 5. To move laterally, obliquely, or 
 athwart ; not in oppofition ; not in the 
 
 fame line. 
 
 But he them fpying, 'gan to turn afide, 
 For fear, as feem'd, or for fome feined lols ; 
 More greedy they of news, fall towards him do 
 crop. Sfcnf-r. 
 
 6. To thwart ; to interpofe obaniclion ; 
 to embarrafs ; to obfti ucl ; to hinder ; 
 to counteraft. 
 
 Still do I crofs this wietch, wh.<itfo he taketh in 
 hand. ""''"■ 
 
 The king no longer could endure 
 Thus to be croJi'J in what he did intend. DanUi. 
 
 He was fo great an enemy to Digby and Col- 
 pepcr, who were only prefent in debates of the 
 war with the ofEceis, that he crojfcd all they pro- 
 pofed. Clarendon. 
 
 Buried in private, and fo fuddenly ! 
 It croffa my defign, which was t' allow 
 The rites of funeral fitting his degree. Dryden. 
 
 Swtll'd with our late fucceffes on the foe, 
 Which France and Holland wanted pow'r to crofs. 
 We urge an unfccn fate. Dryden. 
 
 The firm patriot there. 
 Though fiill by faftion, vice, and fortune crofi. 
 Shall find the generous labour was not loft. 
 
 Addifon^s Cato, 
 
 7. To counteraft ; to be inconfiftent 
 
 with. . n. A 
 
 Then their wills clafh with ineir undcrftand- 
 ings, and their appetites crofs their duty. Locke. 
 
 8. To contravene; to hinder by autho- 
 rity ; to countennand. 
 
 No governour is fufiered to go on with any one 
 fourfe, but upon the leaft information he is ci- 
 ther ftopperi and .roffcd, or other cuuifrs ap- 
 pointed him from hence. Sfcnfer on IreiarU. 
 
 It mov make my cafe dangcious, to crofs tms 
 inthefmallefl. Shatjfc^re. 
 
 g. To coniradift. 
 
 In all this there is not a fyllable which any 
 
 ways ^/#-'/' us. "'^'^''■ 
 
 It IS ceirain, howfocver it coft the received 
 
 opinion, that founds may be created without a.r. 
 
 ■^ J^ucon's Nal-irnl Hijiory. 
 
 to. To debar; to preclude. 
 
 C R O 
 
 From his loins no hopeful branch (hall fpring. 
 To crof. me from the golden time I look for. 
 
 Siatffcart. 
 
 To Cross. i'. n. 
 
 1. To lie athwart another thing. 
 
 2. To be inconfiitent. 
 Men's aiflions do not always crofs with reifon. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Cross-bar-shot. n.f. ./"i round ft-iot, or 
 
 great bullet, with a bar of iron put 
 
 through it. liarrh. 
 
 To Cross-examine, t. a. {crofs andf.va- 
 
 tnine.'\ To try the faith of evidence by 
 
 captious queflions of the contrary party. 
 
 If we mav but crofs-e.ratninr and interrogate 
 
 their aflions' againft their word.s, thefc will foun 
 
 confefs tiie invalidity of tiieir folemncft confef- 
 
 fions. Veeay of Piety. 
 
 The judges fljall, as they tiiink fit, inteitogate 
 
 or crofs-txaminc the witneCcs. Spcciatoi . 
 
 Cross-staff, n.f. [from orofs and. 
 
 JIaJf.} An inftrument commonly called 
 
 the foreftafF, ufed by feamen to take the 
 
 meridian altitude of the fun or liars. 
 
 Harris. 
 Cro'ssbite. n.f. [fro/J- and i/.'f.] Ade- 
 ception ; a cheat. 
 
 The fo.x, that trufted to his addrcfs and ma- 
 nage, without fo much as dreaming of a eM/j-iir- 
 from fo filly an animal, fell himfelf into the pit 
 that he had digged for another. L'Sfimnge. 
 
 To Cro'ssbite. v. a. \irom the noun.] 
 To contravene by deception. 
 
 No rhetoric k muft be fpcnr againft crofs-biling 
 a countrj- evidence, and frigh.ting him out of his 
 fenfes. ^''^'"■ 
 
 That manv knotty points there are. 
 Which all.dlfcufs, but few can clear j 
 As nature' flily bad thought fit, 
 For fome by-ends, to erofs-hite wit. P>ior. 
 
 Cro'ssbow. n.f [crofs and bow.'] A 
 mifTive weapon, formed by placing a 
 bow athwart a flock. 
 
 Gentlemen tuffer their heafis to run wild in 
 
 their woods and wafte ground, where they ate 
 
 hunted and killed with crofs-ioius and pieces, in 
 
 the manner of deer. Carew of Co,n-aall. 
 
 The mailer of the crofs-hovjs, lord Rambures. 
 
 Shakfpeare . 
 
 Teftimony is like the (hot of a long bow, 
 
 which owes its efficacy to the force of the ftiooter ; 
 
 ar<rumeni is like the (hot of the crofs-hoiv, equally 
 
 forcible whether difcharged by a giantoradwart. 
 
 Boy!e. 
 
 Cro'ssbower. «./. [horn crofshow.] A 
 (hooter with a crofsbow. 
 
 The French affilted themfelves by land with 
 the crofs-bo-wers o( Genoa againft the Englifh. 
 
 ■' Raleigh's EJfisys. 
 
 Cro'ssgrained. a^'. [crofs zn6 grain.] 
 
 1. Having the fibres tranfverfe or irre- 
 
 If the rtuff proves crs^ra;)..-.^ m any part ot 
 its length, then you muft turn your ftufl to plane 
 it the contrary way, fo far as it runs cojjgrained. 
 
 Mo.xon. 
 
 2. Perverfe ; troublefome ; vexatious. 
 We find in fuUen writs. 
 
 And m/i-gra/'i'.J works of modern wit5, 
 The wonder of t)ie ignorant. Hudltra, 
 
 The fpiiit of contradiflion, m a erofs-grainrd 
 woman, is incurable. L'E/irange. 
 
 She was none of your ciofs-gramea, terma- 
 gant, fcolding iades, that one had as good be 
 tanged as live in the houfe with. Arbuthnot. 
 
 But viifdc-m, pee\lftian.ir«/i-grais'i/, 
 Muft be oppos'd, to be fuftain'd. Prior. 
 
 Crossly, ai/r. [from rrs/i.] 
 I. Athwait ; fo as to inttrfttl fomething 
 elfe.
 
 C R O 
 
 S. Oppofitcly i aUvcffcly ; in oppofition 
 to. 
 
 He that provides for tliis life, but taltcs no 
 care for cteniityT is wife f'lr a uiomcnt, but j 
 fool for ever ; and aifts as uarownrdly and (:'s;;/) 
 to thcrc.il'on of things, »s can be iins^incd. 
 
 Titht/on. 
 
 3. Unfortunately. 
 Cro'ssnkss. n.y". ^from «•&/}.]] 
 
 1. TranfveiTtncfs ; interfeftion. 
 
 2. Pcrverfencfs; pce\illincfs. 
 
 The lighrcr fort of malignity turnclh but to a 
 croj/'nfji cr aptncfs to oppofc ; but the deeper fori, 
 to envy, or mere mifcliicf. Jjutsn. 
 
 I deny notMng, fit to be granted, out of frojf- 
 
 neji or luimuur. 
 
 Kir.g ChilT 
 
 Whe would have imagined that the Itifi'fi'///- 
 tfcji of a poor captive fhjuld ever have had liic 
 power to make Haman's feat fo uncafy to him '■ 
 
 l.'FjhiiKgc 
 Tliey hdp us to forget the cnjfieji of men ana 
 things, compufc oiii cares and our paflaons, and 
 lay our difappointmcnts aflcep. Collier. 
 
 Ck-o'ssrovv. n.f. \_crcfs and row.] Alpha- 
 bet ; fo named becaiife a crofs is placed 
 at the beginning, to (how that the 
 end of learning is piety. 
 
 He hearkens after propiiecics and dreams. 
 And from the cnjjr'jw plucks the letter G ; 
 And fays a wizard told him, that by G 
 His ilTile difinhcrited Ifioulc bo. Shatfprare. 
 
 Cro'ssiv;ni>. n. f. \j:i-oJs and vj'md.l 
 Wind blowing from the right or left. 
 
 The leaft unhappy peifons do, in fo fickJe and 
 fo tcmpelluous a lea as lliis world, meet with 
 many more either crtj'windi or ttorniy gufls ti.an 
 profpcious gales. B'>)Ie. 
 
 Cro'sswav. n. f. \_croJs and to<2)'.] A 
 fmall obfcure path interfering the chief 
 road. 
 
 Daran'd fpirits all. 
 That in tT-ifficayi and floods have Imrial, 
 Already to their wot my beds are gone. Shjlfp. 
 
 Cbo'sswort. n.f. [from fro/f and war/.] 
 A platst. 
 
 It hath foft leaves, like the ladies bedftraw, 
 from which it differs in the number of leaves 
 that are produced at every joint; which in this 
 are only four, difpofcd in farm of a rrofs. Al/llcr, 
 
 Crotch, r.f. [croc, French.] A hook 
 or fork. 
 
 There is a tradition of a dilemma that Moreton 
 «fcd Co raifc the bene\'oler.ce to higher rates ; and 
 fome called it his fork, and fome his rr&tch. Bacon. 
 
 Save elme, afh, and crab tree for cart and fur 
 plough. 
 Save fiep for a ftile of the crotch and the bough. 
 
 Tfjir. 
 
 Cro'tchet. n.f. l^crochet, French.] 
 I. [In mufick.] One of the notes or 
 characters of time, equnl to liilf a 
 minim, and double a qnaver. Chamb. 
 
 Asa good harper, fliickeii far in years. 
 Into whofe cunning hands the gout duili fall, 
 All hisoldcrs/cAc/j in his brain he be.irs, 
 But on liis harp plays ill, or not at all. D.n:ni 
 
 3. A fiipport; a piece of wood fitted 
 into anotherto fiipport a building, [fioin 
 croch, a fork.] 
 
 A ftately temple fhoot" \-. ithin the Ikies, 
 The crorc/ii/i of their cot :: jolumnsrife. DryJ 
 
 3. [In printinjr.] Hook; in which words 
 are included [thus]. 
 
 4. A perverfe conceit ; an odd farcy. 
 
 All the devices and ii::ciits of new inven- 
 tions, which crept into h^r, tended eitlici tn 
 twitch or enlarge tlie ivy. Il'^tal. 
 
 The horfc fmelt him out, and prefentiv a 
 irotchu came in his bead how he might rountcr- 
 •wine him. V Elirantc. 
 
 V-oi.L 
 
 C R O 
 
 To Croi'Ch. v. n. [crochu, crooked, Fr.] 
 
 1. To (loop low; to lie clofc to the 
 ground; as, the lion croucbts to his 
 mafter. 
 
 2. To fawn ; to bend fcrviltly ; to ftoop 
 inranly. 
 
 Lvtiy nnc that is Icfi in thine hoiife, fliall 
 come A\^t\ crouch to him for a piece of filvcr and 
 a inorfel of bread. i Sum. 
 
 At his heels, 
 Lealhc ii like hounds, Ihoutd famine, fword, 
 
 and fire, 
 Crouch for employment. ShAfpcarr. 
 
 They fawn and ctouch to men of parts, whom 
 they cannot ruin ; quote them, whi:ii they arc 
 prcfent ; and, when they au a'Lfcnt, ftcal ti'.eir 
 jofts, •' Vrytleft. 
 
 Too well the vigounoF that arm they know ; 
 Tlity lick the dufl, and crouch beneath their fatal 
 fcjc. D'j ihn. 
 
 Your (hameful ftory (hall record of me. 
 The men all cmuch'J, and left a woman free. 
 
 Drjlkn. 
 
 CROUP. ,!./. {croupe, French.] 
 
 1. The nnnp of a fowl. 
 
 2. The buttocks of a horfe. 
 Croup.v'des. «.yi [fromcroup.} Higher 
 
 leaps than thofe of corvets, that keep 
 the fore and hind quarters of a horfe in 
 an equal height, fo that he truffes his 
 legs under his belly without yerking. 
 
 Farrier's Did. 
 CROW. K.y. [cpape, Saxon; corpus, 
 Latin.} 
 
 1 . A large black bird that feeds upon the 
 carcafles of beads. 
 
 The CT01VS and choughs, that wing the midway 
 air. 
 Shew fcarce fo grofs as beetles. Shitifpsurc. 
 
 To cows he like impartial grace affords. 
 And choughs and daws, and fuch republick 
 
 birds. Drydcn. 
 
 2. TofluciaCROW, Is to be indudrious 
 or contentious about that which is of 
 no value. 
 
 If you difpute, we mud even plud it rrov 
 about it. V Ejirurigc. 
 
 Rcfolvt, before we go. 
 That you and I mull /v<// 'i craTt-, Uudihras. 
 
 3. A bar of iron, with a beak, ufed as a 
 lever to force open doors ; as the Latins 
 
 called a hook corvus. 
 
 The crcc4' is ufed as a lever to lift up the ends 
 of great heavy timber, and then they thruft the 
 chaws between the ground and the timber; and 
 laying funie ftutf behind the rro^Uj they draw 
 the otlier end of the fliank backwards, and fo 
 raife tlic timber. ^UJ^on*i Mccllaniciil Exercif^s. 
 
 Get me an iron rrauj, and brit>g it llraight 
 Unto my cell. Sha^fpatrc'i Rotncoajt.i yuUct. 
 
 Againlt the gate employ your troifj of iron. 
 
 Stuthern. 
 
 4. [from 7"oc;->)TC'.] The voice of a cock, 
 or the noife which he nukes in his 
 gayety. 
 
 To Crow, v, u. pret. I crew, or croivcd ; 
 
 I have croived. [cpapan, Saxon.J 
 I. To make the noife which a cock makes 
 in gayety or defiance. 
 
 But even then the morning cock erttu loud. 
 
 Shti/cfpearc* i Ilamfct. 
 
 Diojenes called an illphyliciaii, cock Why : 
 faith ilic. Diogenes anfwered, Becaufc when you 
 crt-w, men life to rife. B.ic-'i. 
 
 That the lion trembles at the rrCTL'm^ of the 
 cock, king James, upon trial, found to be fabu- 
 lous, llakciuil:. 
 
 Witliin this homeffead liv'd, without a peer 
 Tor crotuing luud, thciUJblc Chanticleer, 
 Sohiglit her cock, Dry'Un'i Tables. 
 
 C R O 
 
 2. To boafl. ; to bully; to vapour; to 
 blulier ; to I'wagger. 
 
 Selby is cro-wi,!j,^, and, though always defeated 
 byhiiwife, (Jill crD'a/.,_^ on. Grandijon. 
 
 CROWD. «./ [cpuS, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A multitude confufedly prelTcd toge- 
 ther. 
 
 2. A promifcuous medley, without order 
 or dillintftion. 
 
 He cotild rhen compire the confufion of a 
 multitude to thai tumuit ho had oliferved in the 
 Icaiian fea, dalliingand bicaking among its i:r3-:u/ 
 of iflands. Pope. 
 
 3. The vulgar; the populace. 
 
 He went not witii the cnwd to f'jc a fhrine. 
 But fed us by the way with food disine. Drydin. 
 
 4. [fromfrnvA, Wclfh.] A fiddle. 
 
 Hark how the minffrels 'gin to (hrill aloutl 
 Their merry mufick that refounds from far, 
 
 Tlie pipe, the tabor, and the tiemMirtg cu.v./. 
 That well agree withoutcn breach or jar. 
 
 Spenfef. 
 
 His liddic is your proper purcha.'c. 
 Won in the fervicc of the churches; 
 And by your doom mull be allow'd 
 Tube, or be no more, i crowd. Hudihra:. 
 
 To Crowd, -d. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fill with confufed multitudes, 
 
 A mind which is ever cro^wiing its mcmar^ 
 with tilings which it learns, may cramp the in- 
 vention itfelf ff^arrs. 
 
 2. To prefs clofe together. 
 
 The time inifordcr\l, doth in common fenfe 
 Croiud us and crulh m to this monflrous form, 
 To hold our fafety up. Shahfpe.irc' s Jlcn-y iv. 
 
 It feemi probable that the fca doth ftillgrow 
 narrower from age to age, and (inks more within 
 its channel and the bowels of the earth, accord- 
 ing as it can make its way into all thofe fubter- 
 raneous cavities, and crowJ the air out of them. 
 
 Burnetii Theory. 
 
 As the mind itfelf is thought to take up n» 
 fpace, fo its adlions feern to require no time - 
 but many of them fecm to be croivdcd into an 
 inllaRt. Loci:;. 
 
 Then let us fill 
 This little interval, this paufe of life. 
 With all the virtues we can crowd \T\tt\ tf. 
 
 y.. 
 
 3. To Jacumber by multitudes. 
 
 How (liort is life ! Why will vain courtiers 
 toil. 
 And cro-wd a vainer monarch for a fmile ? 
 
 Grarn'iltf^ 
 
 4. To Crowd Sail [^a fea phrafe.] T* 
 fpread wide the fails upon the yards. 
 
 To Crowd, ii. n. 
 
 1 . To fwarra ; to be numerous and con- 
 fufed. 
 
 They follow their undaunted king; 
 Crowd through their gates ; and, in the fields of 
 
 light, 
 Tiie rtiocking fquadrons meet in mortal fight. 
 
 Dry.lcn's Vh^il. 
 
 2, To thru"ft among a multitude. 
 
 .-^ mighty man, had not fome cunning (in 
 
 Amidlt fo many virtues croiudcd in. Cotvl,y 
 
 Cro'wder. n.f. [from crowd.'] A fid. 
 
 dler. 
 
 Chevy-chafe fung by a blind crtnu.Ur. SiJjir)'. 
 
 Cro'wfoot. n.f. [from crozu snd foo! ; 
 
 in Latin, rar.unculu: .'] A /lower. 
 Cko'wfoot. n.f. \i\om croto andyof/.] 
 A caltrop, or piece of iron with four 
 points, two, three, or four inches lon^ ; 
 fo that, whatever way it fails, or.; 
 point is up. It is tiftd in war f.ir in- 
 commoding the cavalry. Mditary Did. 
 
 2 L
 
 C R O 
 
 Cro'wkeeper. n.yl [croiv zni ieep."] A 
 fcartcvow. 
 That fellow handles his bow Wke icru'wifrftr. 
 
 ShMpeu^c. 
 
 CROWN, n f. [couron>ie, Fr. kroone, 
 Dutch; ccircna, Latin.] 
 
 1. The ornament of the head which de- 
 notes imperial and regal dignity. 
 
 If thcu be a king, wSeie is thy crj^iw; ? 
 
 —.My crown is in my heart, not on my head : 
 
 My f rows IS cali'd content ; ^ 
 
 A crrwd it is that fcldom kings enjoy. Snak/f. 
 
 Look down, vou gods, 
 And on this couple drop a bldfed cmur.. Shakj. 
 
 I would the college of the cardin.ils 
 Would chufe him pope, and carry him to Rome, 
 And ibt the triple oown upon his head. Siaifp. 
 
 Is it not as great a prefumption in us to be- 
 come God's Ions ; and to inherit kingdoms, and 
 to hope for crrr-wnt, and thrones, and fceptrcs, 
 as it is to fit djwn with him as his guelh ? 
 
 Kettlfjjfll. 
 
 2. A garland. 
 
 Receive a cnwn foi- thy well ordering of the 
 fenft. Ecclus. 
 
 3. Reward ; honorary diftinflion. 
 
 ■■ They do it to obtain a coii-uptible crcwt, but 
 we an incoriuptible. i Car. 
 
 Let merit cn-iurn, and juftice laurels give, 
 But let me happy by your pity live. Drydm. 
 
 4. Regal power ; royalty. . 
 
 The fuccclTion of a crotvn in fcveral countries 
 places it on different heads. Locke. 
 
 5. The top of the head. In a contemptu- 
 ous ferife. 
 
 If he awake, 
 Trom toe to cro'um he'll till our (kins with 
 pinches, 
 . Make us ftrange lluff. Shakfpeare'i Tempeji. 
 
 . While his head was working upon this thought, 
 the toy took him in the ciown to fend for the 
 ■ fongflcr. VEJlrangc. 
 
 Behold ! if fortune or a miftrefs fiowns, 
 Some plunge in bufmefs, others Ihavc their 
 crotiim. ■' ^P^- 
 
 6. The top of any thing, as of a moun- 
 tain. 
 
 Upon the cm-wn o' th' cliff, what thing was 
 that 
 Which parted from your Shakfp/are. 
 
 Huge trunks of trees, fell'd ftom the flctpy 
 cfoiun 
 Of the bate mountains, roll with ruin down. 
 
 J}ryden*s .^ne'ui. 
 
 7. Part of the hat that covers-thehead. 
 
 ' I once opened a remai kablc atheroma : it was 
 about as big as the c/ciun of a man's hat, and 
 lay underneath the pectoral mufrlc. Sharp's Surg. 
 
 fi. A piece of money, anciently damped 
 with a crown ; five fhiUings. 
 
 Trull not to your fervants, who may mifin- 
 form you, by which they may peihaps gain a 
 few crcui.s. B^cQU. 
 
 Zui tit that can eat beef, and feed on bread 
 which is fo brown. 
 May fatisfy his appetite, and owe ro man a 
 ciotL-n. Suckling. 
 
 An ounce of fit'er, whether in pence, groats, 
 or c-oiM-picces, ftiviis or ducatoons, or in bul- 
 !ion, is, and eternally will be, of equal value to 
 any other ounce of filvcr. Locke. 
 
 9. Honour ; ornament ; decoration ; ex- 
 cellence ; dignity. 
 \ Much eipctience is the crown of old men. 
 
 Ecdui. 
 
 Therefore, my hret'r.rcn, dearly beloved, and 
 
 Juiigcdfor, my joy and croviii. Hand fad in the 
 
 Lord. " . Vhllifpiar.i. 
 
 to. Completion ; accomplilhment. 
 Crown-tmpfriai.. n.f. \corona im^cna- 
 iit. Lat.] A plant. 
 
 C R U 
 
 To Crown, v. a. [from the no«n.^ 
 
 1. To inveil with the crown or regal orna- 
 ment. 
 
 Had you nor come upon your cue, niy lord, 
 William loid Haftiiigs had pronounc'd your part; 
 I mean your voice for croivning of the king. 
 
 ShaXfpeaFE* i Richard in. 
 
 Her who faircft does appear, 
 CroivTt her queen of all the year. Dry.Un. 
 
 2. To cover, as with a crown. 
 
 Umhro, t'r.t prieft, the proud Marrabians led. 
 And peaceful olives cr^tvn'd his hoary head. 
 
 Dryden'i JEnei.l. 
 
 3. To dignify; to adorn ; to make illuf- 
 trious. 
 
 Thou haft made him a little lower than the 
 angels, and baft croiunei him with glory and ho- 
 nour. Pplir.i. 
 
 She fhall be, to the happincfs of England, 
 An aged princefs ; many days ftiall fee her. 
 And yet no day without a deed to no^u.''.- it. 
 
 Shakfpcurc. 
 
 4. To reward ; to recompenfe. 
 
 L^rge your fucccfs; defetve a Ufling name; 
 She'll croiun a grateful and a conftant flame. 
 
 Rojcommon. 
 
 5. To complete ; to perfedr. 
 
 The lafting and cmx:n:r:g privilege, or rather 
 propeity, of fricndftilp, is conftancy. S'Mth. 
 
 6. To terminate ; to finifh. 
 
 All thefe 3 milk-white honeycomb furround, 
 Which in the midft t'ne country banquet c'Oiin'd 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 Cro'wnclass. n.f. The fined fort of 
 window-glafs. 
 
 Cro'wnpost. n. f. a pofl, which, in 
 fome buildings, flands upright in the 
 middle, bttwten two principal rafters. 
 
 Cro'wnscab. n.f. A (linking filthy fcab, 
 that breeds round about the corners of a 
 horfe's hoof, and is a cancerous and 
 painful fore. Fai tier's Dul. 
 
 Crowx-thistle. « /. [corona imj)^'ria/is.] 
 A flower. 
 
 Cro'wnwheel. n.f. The i:ppcr wheel of 
 a watch next the baknte, which is 
 driven by it. 
 
 Cro'wkworks. n.f. [In, fortification.] 
 Bulwarks advanced towaids the field, to 
 gain fome hill or rifing ground. Harris. 
 
 Cro'wnet. n.f. [from crown.] 
 
 1 . The fame with coronet. 
 
 2. In the following paflage it feems to 
 fignify chief end ; laft purpofe : proba- 
 bly from Jinis coronal ofus. 
 
 Oh, this falfc foul of Egypt ! this gay c'narm ! 
 Whofe eye beck'd forth my wars, and call'd 
 
 them home ; 
 Whofe hofom was my crc-rnd, my chief end; 
 Like a right gipl'y hath, at faft and loofe, 
 Beguil'd me to the veiy heart of lofs. Shakfp. 
 Cro'wtoe. n.f. [crow and toe.] A plant. 
 Bring the rathe primrofe th.t fctfakcn dies. 
 The tufted rvcw-.'s;-, and tiie pale jeffamine. 
 
 JW/A'of, 
 
 Cro'ylstoke. n. / CryR-t'lized cauk. 
 
 In this the cryftals are fmall. IVoodiu. 
 Cku'cial. adj. [crux, cruets, Latin.] 
 
 Tranfverfe ; interfering one another. 
 
 Whoever has fcen the pr-iflicc of the crucial 
 incifion, muft be fcnfiblc of the falfe reafoning 
 ufed in its favour. Sharp. 
 
 To Cru'ciate. v. a. [crucio, Lat.] To 
 torture ; to torment ; to excruciate. 
 
 Cru'cible. n.f. [cnicibulum, low Lat.] 
 A chymid's m-.-lting pot, made of 
 
 C R U 
 
 esrth ; fo called, becaufe they were 
 formerly marked witii a crofs. 
 
 Take a quantity of good filver, and put it in a 
 critcil'le or melting crufe, and fct them 011 the (ire, 
 Weil covered round about with coals. Pencham. 
 Cruci'ferous. atij. [oi/.v and fero, 
 Latin.] Beating the ciofs. DiH. 
 
 Cru'cikiek. n. /. [from crucify.] He 
 that infliils the punilhment of cruci- 
 fixion. 
 
 Vihble judgments were executed on Chrift's 
 cruc'f.L'S. Hammond. 
 
 Cru'cifix. n.f. [crucifxus, Latin.] A 
 reprtfentation in picture or ftatuary of 
 our Lord's paffion. 
 
 Tliere ftands at the upper end of it a la'ge 
 crucijixy very much efteemcd. The figme of our 
 Saviour reprcfcnts him in his laft agonies of 
 death. j^Jdrfon on Italy. 
 
 Crucifi'xion. n. f [from cruc'tfixus, 
 Latin.] The punilhment of nailing to 
 a crofs. 
 
 This earthquake, according to the opinion of 
 many learned men, happened at our Saviout's 
 crUciJi.Mon. .ridd.Jon on Italy. 
 
 Cru'ciform. adj. [crux anA forma, Lat.] 
 
 Having the form of a crofs. 
 To CRUCIFY, v.a. [crucifigo, Latin.] 
 To put to death by nailing the hands 
 and feet to a crofs fet upright. 
 
 They crucify to themfelves the fon of God 
 afiefh, and put him to an open (hame. Heb. 
 
 But to the crofs he nails rl.y enemies. 
 The law that is againft thee, and the lins 
 Of all mankind, with him there crucify" d. MUlox. 
 Cruci'gerous. adj. [cruciger, Latin.] 
 
 Bearing the crofs. 
 CRUD. n.f. [commonly written curd. 
 See Curd.] A concretion of any liquid 
 into hardnefs or ftiffnefs ; coagulation. 
 CRUDE, fl^/. [c.«</aj, Latin.] 
 
 1. Raw; not fubdued by fire. 
 
 2. Not changed by any procefs or prepa- 
 ration. 
 
 Common crude fait, barely dilToIved in com- 
 mon aqua fortify will give it power of woikiiig- 
 upon gold. ■ Boyie. 
 
 Fermented liquors have qiiite different qualities 
 from the plant itfelf ; tor no fruit, takf n crude, 
 has the intoxicating qual.ty of wine. Arbuthnot, 
 
 3. Harih ; imripe. 
 
 A juice fo crude as cannot be ripened to the 
 degree of nourilhment. Bacon. 
 
 4. Unconcofted ; not well digefled in the 
 ftotnach. 
 
 While the body to he converted and altered is 
 too ftrong for the efficient that fhould convert or 
 alter it, whereby it holdeth faft the lit ft form or 
 conliftencc, it is crude and incuncott ; and the 
 procefs is to be called crudity and inconcodtion. 
 
 Baco'i'i Natural Hflory. 
 
 5. Not brought to perfeillonj unSnifltedj 
 immature. 
 
 In a moment up they turn'd 
 Wide the cclcftial foil; and faw beneath 
 Th' originals of nature, in their oude 
 Conception. S.'iltot'i Patadife Left. 
 
 6. Having indieeded notions. 
 
 Deep vers'd in books, and (hallow in himfelf,, 
 Cru.ic, or intoxicate, colleifing toys. Milton. 
 
 7. Indigeded ; not fully concocfled in the 
 intelleft. 
 
 Others, whom mecr ambition nres, and dole 
 Of provinces abroad, which thev have fcign'd 
 To their crude hopes, and I as amply promis'd. 
 
 Ben Jonfon. 
 What peradventure may feem full to nie, may 
 appear vciy crude ar.d maimed to a ftrangcr. 
 
 Dighy on tkt Scut.
 
 € R U 
 
 Abfurfl cxpreflions, cruile aboitive tli<iii[;lits, 
 All ilic lewd Ic'gioni of exploded f.uilis. R-J-cm. 
 Ciiu'uiiLY. adv. [from crude.'] Umipcly ; 
 witliout (hie preparation. 
 Th' advice was true ; but fear had fcii'd tlic 
 mofl-, 
 And all good couufcl is on cownrds loft : 
 Tlic qucrtiun cniiicly put, to (hun dcLiy, 
 *Twas carried by tlic major part to ftay. Dr\d. 
 Cru'denuss. «. /^ [from tcHdi'.J Unripc- 
 
 nefs ; indigt'flion. 
 Cru'dity. «.y. [from fru.i'.'.] 
 I. Indlgellion ; inconco<5lion. 
 
 They are very temperate, whereby they pre- 
 vent indlgellion and cifitlittn, and confcquently 
 pulrcfcencc of humours. I'r^wir. 
 
 A diet of vifcid aliment creates flatulency and 
 cru.liliti \n the liomach. Arlmtlinot. 
 
 3. Unripcnefs ; want of maturity. 
 ToCRu'riLE. v.a. [a word of tinceitaiii 
 etymology.] To coagulate; to congeal. 
 
 I felt my ir;/,//f./ blood 
 Congeal with fear; my hair with horror ftood. 
 
 The Gelons ufe it, when, for drink and fond. 
 They mix their t/K.//«/millc with horfes blond 
 
 Cru'dy. adj. [from cnid.] 
 
 1. Concreted ; .coagulated. 
 
 His cruel wounds, with crudy blood congeal'd, 
 They binden up fo wifely as they may. Sptnjer. 
 
 2. [from cnide.] Raw ; chill. 
 
 Slxrris fack afceiids into the biain; dries mc 
 
 there all the foolifli, dull, and crudy vapours 
 
 which environ it. Shakffcnn. 
 
 CRU'EL. adj. \_crue!, French ; crude/is, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Pleafed with hurting others ; inhuman; 
 hardhearted ; void of pity ; wanting 
 compafiion ; favage ; barbarous; unre- 
 lenting. 
 
 If wolves had at thy gate howl'd that ftern 
 time. 
 Thou (houldft have faid. Go, porter, turn the 
 
 key ; 
 All o-j/f/ 's elfe fubfcrib'd. Shakfpeare. 
 
 If thou art that cruel god, whofe eyes 
 Delight in blood, and human facrificc. T)rydcn. 
 
 2. [Of things.] Bloody; mifchievous ; 
 deftruftivc ; caufing pain. 
 
 Confider mine enemies ; for they are many, 
 and they hate me with crud hatred. Pfalms. 
 
 We beheld one of the crueUji fights between 
 two knights, that ever* hath adorned the molt 
 martial llory. Sidney. 
 
 Cru'ei.ly. adv. [from cruel.'] 
 
 1. In a cruel manner ; inhumanly ; barba- 
 roully. 
 
 He relics upon a broken reed, that njt only 
 balcly fails, but alio cruelty pierces, the hand that 
 rcfts upon it. South. 
 
 Since you deny him entrance, he demands 
 His wife, whom cruiUv yon hold in bands. Dryd. 
 
 2. Painfully ; tnifchicvoudy. 
 
 The Scottifli arrows being iharp and {lender, 
 enter into a man or horfe molt eruellyj notwith- 
 flandiiij; they arc Ihot forth weakly. Sieufer. 
 
 Biimllone p^iKl wild-fire, though they burn 
 crutHy, and are hard to quench, yet make no 
 fucli fiery wind as j^un-poivder . Bacon. 
 
 Cru'ulness. n.f. [from cruel.'] Inhu- 
 manity ; cruelty. 
 
 But l)ie more cruel, and more favage wild, 
 Tiian either lion or the 1ioncf>, 
 
 Shames not to be with guiUlcfs blood defil'd ; 
 
 She taktlh ginry in her crue/ne/s. Spi'Jir. 
 
 Cru'elty. n.f. [cnwule', French.] 
 
 I. Inhumanity; favagenefs ; barbarity; 
 
 delight in the pain ormifery of otheis. 
 
 The crutU\ and envy of tlie people, 
 Permitted by our daftard nobles, 
 
 C R U 
 
 Have futTerM mc- bv ihe voice of flavcs to be 
 Whoop'ri out of RJme. Shakjfeare. 
 
 2. A6t of intentional affliction. 
 
 There were great changes in the world by the 
 revolutions ol enipiie, the cruelties of conquer- 
 ing, and the calamities of ciidavcd, nations. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 Crv'entatk. adj. [cruetiMus, Latui.J 
 Smeared witli blood. 
 
 Atomical aporrheas pafs from the cruenttile 
 clorb or weapon to the wound. GUnvttlc. 
 
 Crv'v.t. n.f. [/rw/V/r, Dutch.] A vial 
 for vinegar or oil, with aliopple. 
 
 Within thy re.ich I fet the viner^ar; 
 And lill'H the cruet with the acid tide, 
 While pcpper-w.ater worms thy bait fupplicd. 
 
 Siuift. 
 
 Cru'ise. n.f. [iruicie, Dutch.] A fmall 
 cup. 
 
 I have not a cake, hut an handful of meal in a 
 iMtrel, and a little oil in a cruije. i Kings. 
 
 The train prepare a cruife of curious mould, 
 A cruife of fragrance, fdrm'd of burniih'd gold. 
 Pofe's Odyjfey. 
 
 CRUISE, n.f. [croife, Fr. from the ori- 
 ginal a-tt/7i,j, who bore the crofs, and 
 plundered only infidels.] A voyage in 
 fearch of plunder. 
 
 To Cruise, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 rove over the fca in fearch of opportu- 
 nities to plunder; to wander on the 
 fca without any certain courfe. 
 
 Cru'iser. n.f. [horn crufe.] One that 
 
 roves upon the fea in fearch of plunder. 
 
 Amongft ll^c cruijcrs it was complained, that 
 
 their furgeons were too active in amputating 
 
 frafli.ircd members. H'ifeman. 
 
 CRUM. \ n.f [cpuma, Sax. hruyme, 
 
 CRUMB. J Dutch ; hvmmi!, German.] 
 
 1. The foft part of bread ; not the cruft. 
 Take of manchct -about three ounces, the 
 
 crumh only thin cut ; and let it be boiled in milk 
 till it. grow to a pulp. Bacon. 
 
 2. A fmall particle or fragment of bread. 
 Moi'c familiar grown, the table crums 
 
 Attrail his (lender feet. Thomfon. 
 
 To Cru'mble. v. a. [from crumb.] To 
 
 break into fmall pieces ; to connminute. 
 
 Flelh is but the glafs which holds the duft 
 That meahires all our time, which alfo fhall 
 Be crumbled into duft. Herbert. 
 
 He with his bare wand can unthread thy 
 joints, 
 And crumble all thy fincws. Milton. 
 
 By frequent parcelling and fubdividiiig of 
 inh.eritances, in procefs of time they became fo 
 divided and crumbled^ flint there were few pcrfons 
 of able eftares. Rule's Laiu of England. 
 
 At the fame time we were crumbled into va- 
 rious f.iiftions .ind patties, all aiming at by- 
 interefts, wilhtiut any finccre regard for the pub- 
 lic giiod. Atterbury. 
 '1 he bill leaves three hundred pounds a year 
 to liic mother church ; which they can divide 
 likewlfc, and crumlic as low as their will and 
 plcafure will^ifpofe of them. Siuijt. 
 yoCRu'MBLE. 1'. n. To fall into fmall 
 pieces. 
 
 There is fo hot a fummer in my brain, 
 Thar all my bowels crumble up to duft. Sluikfp. 
 
 Nur is the profit fmall the pcafant makes, 
 Who fmpoths with iiariow, or who pounds with 
 
 rakes. 
 The crumbling clods. Dry.len. 
 
 Ambition figh'd : ftic found it vain to truft 
 Tlic failhlefs column, and the crumbling hurt. 
 
 I'.fe. 
 
 It ih<; ftone is brittle, it will often crutnhley and 
 
 pati 111 the foim of gravel. ■ ^rbuthnot^ 
 
 C R U 
 
 What houfc, when its materials crumble, 
 Muft not inevitably tumble? Swift. 
 
 For the liillc land that remains, piovifion u 
 made by the [ate ai!t agaittll popery, that it will 
 daily crumble away. * Sivijf* 
 
 Cku'menal. n.f. [from crumena, Lat.] 
 A purfe. 
 
 The fat ox, that wooiint li^yc in the ftall. 
 Is now faft ftalted in her cmmenal. Spefifert 
 
 Cru'mmy. adj. [?iom crum.] Soft; not 
 
 crudy. 
 CRUMP, adj. [cpump, Saxon ; hrom, 
 
 Dwlch ; irumm, German.] Crooked 
 
 in the back. 
 When the workmen took meafure of him, he 
 
 was crumji tliouldered, and the right fide higher 
 
 than the left. L'Ejhangc. 
 
 To Cru'mti.e. T.a. [from cruw^; or cor- 
 rupted from rumple, rompehn, Dutch.] 
 To draw into wrinkles ; to crufli toge- 
 ther in complications. 
 
 Sir Roger alighted from his horfe, and expofins 
 his p.ilm to two or three that ftood by him, they 
 crumpled it into all fiiapes, and diligently fcanncd 
 every wrinkle that could be made. .rlddifon. 
 
 Cru'mpling. n.f. A fmall degenerate 
 
 apple. 
 
 To Crunk. 7 i'- "• To cry like a 
 
 To Cru'nkle. j crane. Did. 
 
 Cru'pper. n. f. [from croupe, Fr. the 
 
 buttocks of the horfe.] That part of 
 
 the horfeman's furniture that reaches 
 
 from the faddle to the tail. 
 
 Clicophon had received ftich a blow, that he 
 had loli the reins of his horfe, witii his head 
 well nigh touching the crupper of the horfe. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Where have you left the money that I gave 
 you .' 
 
 Oh — fixpcnce that I had a Wednefday laft, 
 
 To pay the fadler for my millrefs' crupper. 
 ^ ■• *' * ' Shuljpeare. 
 
 ■ffTAjlUofC' the rivals met, andiieither fpar'd 
 His utmoft force, and each forgot to ward: 
 The head of this was to tire laddlcibcnt, 
 The other backward to tlie cruppel fent. Dryd. 
 
 Ck-u'ral. adj. [from crus, cruris, Lat.] 
 Belonging to the leg. 
 
 The Iharpntfs of the teeth, and the ftrenglh of 
 the ctuuil niufclcs, in lions and tygers, arc the 
 caufe of the great and habitual immorality of 
 thofc animal?. Arbuihnol. 
 
 Crusa'de. 7 /- p /-> 
 
 ^ , > n. /. beeCROisADE. 
 
 CrUSA DO. \ ■' 
 
 1. An expedition againft the infidels. 
 
 2. A coin (lamped with a crofs. 
 Believe mc, I had rather have loft my purfe 
 
 Full of crufadoes. Shal^Jpeare. 
 
 Cruse. See Cruise. - 
 Cru'set. n.f. A goldfmilh's melting-pot. 
 
 PhtU'ips. 
 To CRUSH. V. a. [ecrtifer, Frencli.] 
 1. To prefsi between two oppofite bodies; 
 to fqueeze ; to force by comprefiinn. 
 
 The afs thrnft herkif unto the wail, and c.y'i- 
 cif Balaam's foot agamtl the wall. Nuu:br:s. 
 
 Cold c.'ufes rheums and dcHiLiions from the 
 head, and fume aftringent plaiicrs t.ruji out pu- 
 rulent matter. B.tcon. 
 He criijhed trwifure out of his fubjefts puiile.s, 
 by forfeitures upon penal laws. Bacon. 
 
 Bacchus, that fiift from out the purple grape 
 CVw//;'t7 the fwect poilon of miluktl wine. Jtt:lton. 
 1 fought and fclf like one, but death decoiv'd ' 
 me: 
 I wanted weight of feeble Moors upon mr. 
 To •.lujii my loul out. ' JJiydcn, 
 
 3 '■ 2
 
 C R U 
 
 3. To prefs with violence. 
 
 You fper.k him far— 
 
 1 don't extend him, fir : within i>imfelf 
 
 Cr^h h\m together, rather than uafold ^^ 
 
 His mcafure tuUy. ^""vr 
 
 When loud winds from diat'tentqvnrteis_rul6, 
 
 Yaa clouds cncoi.nt'rip.g one another '"'j^^,^^^^ 
 
 «. To overwhelm ; to beat down. 
 
 ^ Tax in theirhands thy bruifu.gs irons of wrath, 
 That they roay cru/i down, with a heavy fall, 
 Th> ufur'pins heli^ets of our ^dvcrf^es !. ^_^^^ 
 
 Vain is the force of man, snd hea%'n's as 
 To cr^Ji the pillars wlneh the pile f"ft^'"-_, __ 
 
 4. To fubdue ; to conquer beyond relia- 
 ance. 
 
 They ufe them to pbgue their enemies, or to 
 oppiefs and crz/> ferae of their own too ftubborr. 
 ^ceholders. Sp^nja en Irslund. 
 
 Mine emulation 
 Hath not tl»t honour in 't it had ; for 
 1 thought to crua him ia an ci^ual force, 
 Title f word to fword. ShAJpiau. 
 
 This aft 
 Shall biuifc the head of Satan, fr:./his ftrengtli, 
 Defeating f.n and death, his two main arms. 
 
 What can that man fear, who takes caie t^o 
 Dle^fe a Being that is fo able to cru/h all his ad- 
 v.rfaries? a Being that can divert any misfortune 
 from befalling him, or turn any fuch misfortune 
 to his advantage ? ^'^^'^-' ' Guar.u.n. 
 
 To Crush, -v.-n. To be coadenfed; to 
 
 come in a clofe body. 
 Crosh. «./. [from the verb.] A eolH- 
 fion ; theaa of rulhing together, 
 Thou (bait ftourilh in immortal youth, 
 Unhurt amidft the war of elements. 
 The wrecks of matter, ar.d the crufi of warlds. 
 AtUifon i Call. 
 
 CRUST, n.f. {cnifta, Latin.] 
 
 1. Any thell, or external coat, by which 
 any body is enveloped. 
 
 I have known the fiatuc of an emperor quite 
 hid under a ,^up of drol's. .-UHp':. 
 
 2. An incraftation ; eoU«aion. of matter 
 into a hard body. 
 
 Wee ihe river a confuGon of never fo many 
 Jifferc'-H bodies, if they had been all aflually 
 diffolved, they wouW at leaft.have formed oi-,c 
 .ontiTUie.1 cruJI; as wc fee the fcoiium of metals 
 always gathers into a folid puce. di.a,Jor, 
 
 The viCco.js carf flops the antry of the chyle 
 into the laacals. ^riuthn.t ™ .-.'/,«.«r. 
 
 5. The cafe of a pie,. made of meal, and 
 
 baketJ. . , r r 
 
 He was- never fiiffwed to go aoroad, foe fear 
 
 ,f catching cold: when he Ihould have been 
 
 ku'itine down a buck, he was by. lus mothci s 
 
 fide, learning how to leaTon it, or put it r.i tra/2. 
 
 ' yJM/,ri's S^ca,.l'.r, 
 
 4. The outer hard part of bread; 
 
 Th' impenetrable crujl thy teeth defies,. 
 And oetiihed with age, iccurely lies. i^rydcn. 
 t, A walle pitce of bread. 
 
 V arc liberal, now; but when yotir tuin is 
 fpcd. 
 You'll wi(h me ciioak'd with eveiy cT,.fi oi 
 bread. , ^'>"'^"- 
 
 Men will. do ticks, like dogs, tor crufl^. 
 
 L' r.J,rd/tg€- 
 
 To Crust, t. a. [from the noun.) 
 1 To envelop ; to cover with a hard cafe. 
 Why .gave you me a monarch's foul. 
 And cVled it witli bafe plebeian clay ? Dy 'e„ 
 Nor ii it impioh..ble but that m P-;;^;'^ o' 
 
 rrih^i^ands enlarge the,.(elves^t,.l^- 
 
 CRY 
 
 And now their legs, and breads, and bodies 
 flood 
 Cru/^sJ with bark, and hard'ning into wood. 
 ■' MJifon. 
 
 In fome, who have run ivp to men without 
 education, we may abfeive many great quabti'^s 
 darkened and ecllpl'ed ; their minds are crujted 
 over, like dhamonds in the rock. Fdton. 
 
 2. To foul with concretions. 
 
 If your maftcr hath many mullv, or very foul 
 
 and cr:,fltd bottles, let thtife be the tirli you truck 
 
 at the alehoufe. S-Mifi. 
 
 T"? Crust, -a.n. To j:?.t!ier or contrad 
 
 a cruft ; to gain a liard coverh.j. 
 
 I contented mylVif with a plafter iipo.i tbe 
 place that was burnt, which cr-j^d am! i;;3ltd 
 in very few days. /^'V '■ 
 
 Crust a'ceous. aJj. [from rray^a, L:tt.] 
 Shelly, with joii.ts ; not teftaccous ; 
 not with one continued uninterriipttd 
 fhell. Lobfter is crujlacaui, oyfter tef- 
 
 taceous. 
 
 It is true that there arc fome (hells, fuch as 
 Ihofc of lobltsrs, crabs, and others of crufl.umin 
 kinds, that ari very rarely found at land. 
 
 Wi^odivarii Noturai Hijlory. 
 
 Crusta'ceousjtess. n.f. [from cnijla- 
 ceous.'\ The quality of having jointed 
 (hells. 
 
 Cru'stil Y. adv. [from cnijy.'] Petvilhly ; 
 fnappilhly ; harfhly. 
 
 Cuu'sTiXEss. n.f. [from crujly.} 
 
 1. The quality of a cruft. 
 
 2. Peeviflinefs ; morofenefs, 
 Crv'sti. adj. [bomcruji.] 
 
 1. Covered with a eruft. 
 The esjg itfelf deferves our notice : its parts 
 
 within, a'lid its a:ij!y coat witliout, arc admira- 
 bly well fitted for the bufinei's of incubation. 
 
 Dt'ham'i Fhftca-Thcokgy. 
 
 2. Sturdy; morofe ; fnappifh : a low 
 word. 
 
 CRUTCH, n. /: IcrocJa, Ital. croc:, 
 
 French; crude, German.] 
 I. A fupport ufed by cripples. 
 
 Ah, thus king Henry throws away his i-r.v.'/r, 
 Before bis legs be firm to bear his bof!y. SLiiJp. 
 
 Hence, therefore, thou nice crulch : 
 A foaly gauntlet now, with joints of i1ee>, 
 Muft glove this hand. Sh.iif fibre's Henry ir. 
 On tbafc IKW- cruicbs let thera leai-n to walk. 
 
 J^ryden'i G^orglcks. 
 This fair defefl, this helplefs aid call'd wife. 
 The bending cruich of a decrepit life. D<;-den. 
 
 Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak along 
 Suppjrts the feeble 
 
 hut retards the llrong. 
 
 Srr.-ith. 
 The dumb (Ball fing, the lame his cratch 
 
 fi-'l-ego. 
 And leap exulting !l.ke the bcanding roc. 
 
 fcfc. 
 
 2. Tt is ufed for old age. 
 
 Beauiy doth vamilh ;.ge, .is. if new bofa, _ ^ 
 And give; tbe cruich :l.c cradle's infancy. Sicnf 
 To Crutch. <v,a. [froin o-i--/»-A.] To 
 fupport on crutclies as a cripple; 
 I- halUn Og and Doeg to leheirfc, 
 
 t crutch rheir feebk: fenfe en Torfe. 
 
 Urydcn. 
 
 . [rnVr, Ft end'.] 
 I Tcfpcakwith vehemence and lout? ncfs. 
 Mcthought I heard a voice cry, Slctp no 
 more ! . 
 
 Macbeth doth .Tiufther flecp ! the innocent flcsp. 
 
 Shukfpcatt. 
 
 While his fallins. tears the flream fupplieri. 
 Thus mourr^ig to hi-s roothet goddefs »(;.« 
 
 2. To call iinpcrtunateTy.. 
 
 I critd, by r'afoM of niine sflEftion, unto the 
 Ljtd, and be hcmd me. Jc^J'. 
 
 Two fools th 
 To CRY. 1). n. 
 
 CRY 
 
 3. To talk eagerly or incelTantly; tart' 
 peat continually. 
 
 They be idle; theiefore they cry, faying, let 
 us go. _ -'■■•«''''»• 
 
 4., To proclaim ; to make publick. 
 
 Go- and cry in the eats of Jerulalem. ycrcmm 
 
 J, To exclaim. 
 
 Yci let them look they glory not in mifchief. 
 Nor build tlieir evils on the graves of great men. 
 For thcji my guiltlcfs blood mull cry againft them, 
 
 ^hakjpeare, 
 What''s the matter. 
 That in the fevcral places of the city 
 You cry againft the noble fcnate ? Shaijpearc. 
 
 If dielfing, miftrelfing, and compliment. 
 Take up thy day, the fua himfelf will cry 
 Againfl thee. Herbert. 
 
 Lyfimaehus having obtained the favour of 
 feeing his Ihips and machines, furprifed at the 
 cor.triv3nce, cried out, that they were built wit!, 
 more tliaa human art. ArhutlulU en dins, 
 
 5. To Utter lamentations. 
 
 We came cuing hither; 
 Thou know 'ft, tlie firll time that we fn>ell the 
 
 air, 
 We wawie and cry. Shahfpeare's King Lear, 
 
 Behold, my lcrvanls(Tla)tring for joy ol ne.it ; 
 but ye Ih.ilUcy; for foifow of heart, and IhaU 
 howl for vexation of fpirit. Ifuu.k. 
 
 When nny evil has been upon philofophers, 
 they groan as pitifully, and cty out as loud, as 
 other men. Ti/Utjcn. 
 
 7. To fquall, as an infent. 
 
 Should fome god tell iwc, that I fhould be 
 born. 
 And cry sgiin, his offer I (hould fcorn. Deahizm. 
 
 Thus, in a (tarry night, tond children cry 
 For the rich fpangies that adorn the iky. Haller. 
 
 He ftruggles fi.ft for breath, and cria for aid.j 
 Then helplcfs in his mother's lap is laid. Dryd. 
 
 The child certainly knows, that the worm- 
 feed or muftard-feed it Kt'ufes, is not the apple 
 or fugar it crm for. Lacke, 
 
 8. To weep ; to (lied tears. 
 
 Her who liill weeps with fpungy eyes,. 
 Ajid her wh.o is dry cotk, and never rr.'.-r. 
 
 Dofine^ 
 
 9. To Utter a» inarticulate wlce, as aa 
 animal. 
 
 He giveth to the bead his food, and to the 
 
 young ravens which cry. ^H"",' 
 
 The bcails of the field C'y alfo unto thee. Jm/. 
 
 10. To yelp, as a hound on a feent. 
 
 He rrUJ upon irat the meeieft- lofs ; 
 Truftmc, 1 take h mi fur the better dog. 
 
 Shiiifpcarti 
 
 To Cry. -a. t^. To proclaim publickly 
 fomeihing loi: or found, in order to its 
 recovery or rellitution. 
 
 She leeks, (Ire fighs, but no whcFe fpics him t 
 Love is lolT, and siius (he crie-Aura. Ciajka-.u, 
 
 To Cry do'ivn. v. a, 
 
 1 . To blame ; to depreciate ; to decry. 
 Bavin; criad^-01 an admirable treatife of phi- 
 
 lofopl.v, ann lavs there 's atheifm in it. Matti. 
 
 Men of diSTol.irc X^'.ci-i cry diwn religion, be- 
 
 crufe they wou!J nat Is under the lelbaintsof. it. 
 
 ' Ttlhtjan^ 
 
 2. To prohibit. 
 By all means cry down thatunwortny court* ot 
 
 late tixcs, that they (hculd pay raoney. i'.irw* 
 
 •J. To overbear. 
 
 Ill to the king. 
 And f.om a mouth of honour quitt cry <'^"'' 
 This Ipfwich fsilow's inlolence. i*.i*y5p.. 
 
 7o Cry cuK i>. n. 
 
 I. To exclaim ; to fere am ; to clamour. 
 
 They make the oppieiTed to cry ; riiey cry Kit 
 
 l,y lea'fon of the arm of the mighty. J"'*. 
 
 Wltl-..th.at Sufanna cried with a loud voice, 
 
 and 'Jic two elders a:<i >«/ againft tea.. &/"■-
 
 CRT 
 
 . To complain loudly. 
 
 Wc ;iie icaJy ru -.Ty nut of an unequal m.i- 
 r.igcmcnt, aud to blame the Divine adruinlftr.T- 
 tion. _ W.-/.-ri«M- 
 
 . To blame; tocenfuie: vi\\.\\ of, agaiiift , 
 uf'on. 
 
 Arc thefc things then necefiities ? 
 Tiicn let ui mcci rhem likcncceiritics ; 
 And that lame wotd even now cria out on us. 
 
 Shuifpeart. 
 Giddy ctnfure 
 Will then cry cut cf Ma^cius : oh, if l.e 
 Had borne Hie buiiicls. Siai/ftar.: 
 
 Behold, 1 cry cut 5/wrong» bui I am n. ' heard. 
 
 Jo!'. 
 Cry oat k/'5« the ffars for doi ■ * 
 111 oftices, to ciofs tlicir woomic }IuA:br,n. 
 
 Epij)haiiius f^/>t 0?/? u^n it, as rank. idolatry, 
 and dcftrudlive to their louls who did it. 
 
 Stillingfitct. 
 
 Tumult, fedttian, nnd rebellion, are tuings 
 
 that the follower^ ^t that hypothcfts cry out 
 
 agalrtji. Locke. 
 
 I find every fcft, as far as rcafon will help 
 
 them, make ufc of ;; ghidly ; and where it fails 
 
 them, they cry out, 'x i: matter of faith, and .iiio. e 
 
 reafon. Locke. 
 
 ^. To declare lend. 
 
 5. To be ill labour. 
 
 What ' is (he crying out ? 
 
 So faid her woman ; and tl«t her lurf' ranee 
 
 made 
 Each pang a death. Siaijfcare' s Hci'y viii. 
 
 To Cry «/. v. a. 
 
 1 . To applaivd ; to exalt ; to prnife. 
 
 InHead of crying up all ihmgi which are 
 brought from htyond lea, let us advance the na- 
 tive commodti'^s of our own klrtgdora. Bacon. 
 
 Tiic philofopher dsleivedly fulpe^ted himfelf 
 ©f vanity, when cried up by the multitude. 
 
 datniitk'i Sc-'ffjis. 
 
 The nflrologer, if his prediflions come 10 pnis, 
 is cireJ up to the ftars fiom whence he pretends 
 to draw them. South. 
 
 They llight the ftrongeft arguments that can 
 be brought for religion, and cry up very weak 
 ones againll it. Tilioijar.. 
 
 He may, out of intereft, as well- as conviction, 
 try up ihjl fur facieel, which, if once trana-pled 
 en and profaned, lie himitlf cannot be lafe, nor 
 fecure. Locke. 
 
 Poets, like monarchs, on an eaftcrn throne, 
 Confin'd hy nothing but their will alone. 
 Here can .ry up, and rt.cre as boltlly bhtmc. 
 And, as they pleale, give hifamy or fame. 
 
 ir<!l/:. 
 
 Tiiofe who are fond of continuing the war, cry 
 yp our conllant lucccfs at a molt prodigious r:Ue. 
 
 Sw/t. 
 I, To raife the piiee by proclamation. 
 
 All the cffeift that I conceive wai n-.ade by cry- 
 i^guplhc pieces of eight, wjs to bring in much 
 more of that fpccies, initead of otheis currcni 
 here. Tcmp/c. 
 
 Cry. /!./. [n-t, French.] 
 
 1, Lamentation; fbriek ; fcream. 
 
 And all the firft born in the find of Egypt Cr.M'i 
 die, and th.ert fhaii be a great cry througlioiit jjl 
 the land. £xoiius. 
 
 2, Weeping ;, mourning. 
 
 3, Clamour; outcry. 
 
 Amazement fciics all ; the general cry 
 Froclaims L-iocoon julliy doom'd to die. Dry^ien. 
 Thefe narrow .itid fclfifh views have fo g^car 
 an influence in this rr_y, that there arefe\eral of 
 my fellow freeholders who fancy ths church in 
 danger upon the rifii^g of bank-ftock. y^d.iifz'/. 
 i^. E.\clamatIon of triumph or \Yoiidtr, or 
 any other paffion. 
 
 In popifh countries foms-impoOor erics out, a 
 miracle I a miracle ! to confirm the delu<h r' 
 vH'gar in their crrours ; and fo the cry gpcs round, 
 without examining into the cheat, " Siuift. 
 
 5. Pcoclamatiisa. 
 
 CRY 
 
 6. The hawkers proclamation of \*arts to 
 be fold ill the ftreet : as, the cries 0/ 
 London. 
 
 7. Acclamation ; popular favour. 
 
 The cry went once for thee, 
 A»tl ftill it might, and yet it may again. Sidkf. 
 y. Voice; utterance; manner of vocal 
 expicllion. 
 
 bounds alio, hefides the diftlnft rr/.-s of birds 
 and bcalU, are modified by divcrfity of notes of 
 diftcrcnt length, put together, which make that 
 coniplex idea called tunc. Lo.kc. 
 
 9. Importunate call. 
 
 Pr.iy not thou for this people, neither lift up 
 cry iier prayer (ur them. ycremuin^ 
 
 10. Yci[jing of dogs. 
 
 He Icorns the dog, refolves to try 
 The comb It next ; but if their cry 
 Invades again his trembling ear. 
 He Urait relumes his wonted care. ITuUc. 
 
 11. Yell; inarticulate noife. 
 
 There Ihall be the noife of a cry from the fi(H- 
 gate, and an howling from the lecond, and a 
 great cralhing from the hitls. Zephaniah. 
 
 12. A pack of dogs. 
 
 About her middle round, 
 A «_)rof hell-hoiinds never ceafing bark'd. Milt. 
 Vou common cry of curs, whole breath I hate 
 As reek o' lii' rotte.; fens ; whofe loves I priie 
 As the dead carcafcs of unbwicdmcn, 
 Tl'.at do Corrupt my air. S''^i/p. Coriolanus. 
 
 Cry'al. «./. The heron. Amfworth. 
 
 Cai ER See Crier. 
 
 Cky'er. n.f. A kind of hawk, called 
 the falcon gentle, an enemy to pigeons, 
 and very fwift. Amfnuortb. 
 
 CRY'PTIC.AL. ) adj. [y;J/..] Hid- 
 
 CRYTTICK. j den; fecret ; occult; 
 private ; unknown ; not divulged. 
 
 The iiiidcnts of nature, confcious of her more 
 cryptick ways of working, lefolve many Ifrange 
 eSedts into the near efficiency of fecoiid caufcs. 
 Gltirrvifte^i ^pol. 
 Speakers, whofe chief buftnefs is to amufc or 
 delight, do not conhiie themlclves to any natural 
 order, but in a cryptic.xl or hidden method adapt 
 every thing to their ends. fKitti. 
 
 Cry'ptic.iliy. adv. [from cryptical.] 
 Occultly ; iecrelly : perhaps, in the 
 following example, the author might 
 have written crilkally. 
 
 \V'e take the word atid in a familiar fcnfe 
 without ctypti^ally ditlir.guifhing it from thofe fa- 
 pors that arc a-kinloit. £iyle. 
 
 CRVPTo'GRAPHY.n,/ [k^vvIu. and yf a f a. . ] 
 
 1. The aft of writing fecret charatflers. 
 
 2. Secret charaiElers ; ciphers. 
 Cry?to'logy. n.f. [x^u'^lu, and Ao-/©-.] 
 
 Enigmatical language. 
 CRY'ST.AL. n.f. [«,u'r«W^©.] 
 I. Cryjlah are hard, pellucid, and na- 
 turally colourlefs bodies,- of regularly 
 angular figures, . corapofed' of limple, 
 not nhimeiitous plates, not fle.xile- or 
 elallick, giving fire with ftetl, not 
 fermenting with acid menftriTa, and cal- 
 cining in a urDng fire. There are many 
 varlo }s ipecies of it prodnccd in different 
 parti of the glohtf. Hi'l on Foffds. 
 
 IJl.mA cryjial is a genuine fpar, of an extremely 
 pure, clear, and fine texture, fcldonv either ble- 
 miihed with flaws or fpots, or (Gained" with any 
 other colour. AremarkaMe property of this body, 
 which his much employed tiic writers on uptitk.^, 
 is its double tefr.u^ion ; fo that if it he laid over a 
 black line, drawn on paper, two lines appear in 
 the piace of one. lUll. 
 
 \ CRY 
 
 Water, as it fcem!, lurneth into cryj)u); as is 
 feen in divers uvcs, where the cryjlal hangs :« 
 jiiHiciJiii . U.t c jh - 
 
 If cryjfal Ik a done, it is not immediately con- 
 creted by the eflicaty of cold, but rather by a 
 mineral fpiiit. Sro-wn. 
 
 Cryjlal is certainly known and diflinguiflied by 
 the degree of its diapiuneity and of its refrafliun, 
 as alio of it> hatdnefs, winch are ever the fame. 
 
 IVo-i.tiLarA. 
 
 2. Cr^al is alfo ufed for a faflitious body 
 call in the glafs-houfes, calkd alfei 
 cryjlal glafs, which is carried to a de- 
 gree of perfeftion beyond the common 
 glafs ; though it comes far (hort of the 
 whitenefs and vivacity of the natural 
 cryflal. Chambers. 
 
 3. Cryjlah [in cliymiflry] exprefs falls or 
 other matters (liot or congealed in man- 
 ner of cryjlal. Chamhirs, 
 
 If the nicnftruum tc overcharged, within a 
 fhott time the ncetals will (hoot i:«o certain 
 
 cryjlah. JiMCiK. 
 
 Crystal, adj. 
 
 1. Confiding of cryllal. 
 
 Then, Jupiter, thou king of gods, 
 Thy cyJicU window ope, look out. Shuifpearf^ 
 
 2. Bright; clear; tranfparent ; lucid }s 
 pellucid. 
 
 In proves we live, and lie on mofiy beds. 
 By cryjial ftrcams that murmur tiirough the 
 meads. Dyden. 
 
 Crv'stallinf. adj. {^cry^alUnus, Lat.j 
 
 1. Confifting of cryftal. 
 
 Mount eagle to my pabce cr^JlaUtne. Shukfp. 
 We provided ourfelves with fome fmall receiv- 
 ers, blown of cryjhilliitf glafs. \ Boylr. 
 
 2. Bright; clear; pellucid; tranfpareint. 
 
 The clarifying of w.itcr is an experirftent 
 rending to the health ; bcfiries, the plealure of^.he 
 eye, when water is cryjlatlnie. It is cfiectecliy 
 calling in and placing pebbles at the head of th^ 
 current, that the water may Hi-.^in through them. 
 B^coiy i Natural Hijlcrj. 
 He on the wings of cherub rode fublime 
 On the cryjhillin: iky, in faphir throu'd 
 Illuftrious far and wide. Miltorr. 
 
 Cry'stalline Humour, n. f. The fe- 
 cond humour of the eye, that lies ira- 
 mcdiately next to the atjueous behind 
 the ;ivea, oppofite to the papilla, nearer 
 to tl>e fore part than the back parf of 
 the globe. It is the leaf! of the-h-nmotlrs, 
 but mtrch more folid than any of thSm. 
 Its figure, which is convex o!> both 
 fides, refemhks two unetjual fegments 
 of fpheres, cf" v.'hich the moll convex 
 is on its backfide, which makes a fmall 
 cavity in the glafTy h-jmour in which k 
 He.V' It' is covered with a line coat, 
 called araaea. 
 The parts of rhe eye are made convex, afid cf- 
 
 • peeially the t^yji.illme kumorir, which is cf a len- 
 ticular figure, convex on both fides. Ray, 
 
 Crvst.allija'tion. n.f. [from cryjlal- 
 
 li%e. ]. 
 I. Congelation into cryftals. 
 
 Such a ccmibination of faline ■Jwrti^Us as fe- 
 
 fembles the form of a crylfal, variouily modified, 
 
 according to the natuie :>nd texture of the fait*. 
 
 The metl od is by dilTolvirg any laline body iu 
 ■ water, and .Slrering it, to evapoiate, till a film 
 
 appear at ehc top, and tlien let it .land lu fhout; 
 
 and this it does by jhi« attractive fopte which i» 
 
 in all bodies, and paiticuferty in fnU, by reafm 
 
 • of its folidity : wi-.crt-l>yjwhi n the tBenflruuiTi 
 tji- fluid, in which fuch' jJSjtutcs Sinv, is frtcd ' 
 enough or cvapor-iEeO, iV> that the fai'aic psr^ 
 licles are within eaeti ertl.n'j ainj^uve 
 
 , powers, they draw one aiiotter more than . 
 they are- dtawn by tli* fluid,, ttta wiii"ilv.y *
 
 CUB 
 
 nm into cryftals. And this is peculiar to 
 thoft, that, let tlicra be ever fo much divided and 
 reduced into minute particles, yet when they are 
 formed into cryftals, they each of them reaffurae 
 their proper ihapes ; fo that one might as eahly 
 dived them of their fi'.tiiefs, as of their figure. 
 This being an imnuitab'x and perpetual law, by 
 knowing the figure of che cryftals, we may un- 
 clcrftand what the te.Mute of the particles ought 
 lobe, which can form thofc cryftals; and, on 
 the other hand, by knowing the texture of the 
 particles, may be determined the figure of the 
 cryftals. _Q«/':n'. 
 
 J. The mafs formed by congelation or 
 
 concretion. 
 
 All natural metalhck and mhicral i-r^.i///-''- 
 ticns were etfeaed by the water, which' firft 
 brought the particles, whereof each confifts, out 
 from amongrt the matter of the ftrata. Woodw. 
 
 Ta Ckv'stallize. v. a. [irom cryjlal.^ 
 To caiife to '.ongeal or concrete in 
 cryllals. 
 
 If you dilTolve copper in aijua forllt, or fpirit 
 of nitre, you may, by cryftailizixg the folution, 
 obtain a goodly blue. Boyle. 
 
 Jo Gry'stallize. v. n. To coagulate, 
 congeal, concrete, or Ihoot into 
 cryftals. 
 
 Recent urine will rryJlaWne by infpiffation, 
 and aiibrd a fait neither ;>cid nor alkaline. 
 
 Arbuthnot an Aliments. 
 
 'CUB. n.f. [of uncertain etymology.] 
 J. The young of a beall ; generally of a 
 bear or fox. 
 
 I would outftare the fterneft eyes that look, 
 Pluck the young fucking cuhi from the (he-bear. 
 
 Shakjpearc . 
 
 This night, wherein the cui-drawn bear would 
 
 couch, 
 
 The lion, and the belly-pinched wolf. 
 
 Keep their fur dry. Sluikfpearc'i King Lcnr. 
 
 Ill the eagle's deftroying one fo.\'s eiibi, there's 
 
 power executed with oppicflion. VEfirangi. 
 
 2. The young of a whale, perhaps of any 
 viviparous fifii. 
 
 Two mighty whales, which fwelling feas had 
 toi^, 
 One as a ro.ountairk vaft, and with her came 
 A c:'h, not much inferior to his dame. IJ'nUcr. 
 
 3. In reproach or contempt, a young boy 
 
 or girl. 
 
 O thou difTembling cub / what wilt thou be. 
 When time li::th fow'd a grizzle on thy cafe? 
 Or will not elfe thy craft fo quickly grow. 
 That thine owii trip (hall be tninc overthrow > 
 
 Shiikjl>eitrc. 
 
 O moft comical fight ! a country hjuire, 
 
 ■with the equipage of a wife and two daughters, 
 
 cime to Mr. Siiipwcl's (hop laft night; but, 
 
 fudi two unlickod cuhi ' Congrn-e. 
 
 To Cub. 'u. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 bring forth : ufed of bealis, or of a 
 
 woman in contempt. 
 
 Cubb' J in a c.ibbin, on a mattrcfs laid. 
 On a brown gcorgc with loufy fw.ibbcrs fed; 
 IXad wine, that (links of the Borrachio, fup 
 Frimi a foul jack, or guafy maple cup. DryAcn. 
 
 Cuba'tion. n.f. [cuiatio, Latin.] The 
 aft of lying down. DUT. 
 
 Cv'batoky. atij. [fromf!;io, Lat.] Re- 
 cumbent. Difl. 
 
 Cu'baturi;. n.f. [from ci/lr.] The 
 finding exactly the (olid content of any 
 propofed body. //arris. 
 
 CVB^.. n.f [from y^Q^r, a die.] 
 
 I. [In geometry ] A regular folid body, 
 
 confilling of fix fquare and equal faces 
 
 or fides, and the angles all right, and 
 
 therefore equal. Chainbers. 
 
 , -z. [Inarilhmctick.] ^ctiQvaicv. Number. 
 
 CUB 
 
 All the maftcr planets move about the fun at 
 feveral diftances, as their common centre, and 
 with dirt'erent velocities. This common law be- 
 ing obl'ervcd in all of them, that the fquarcs of 
 the times of the revolutions arc proportional 
 to the cubes of their diltances. Gifiu. 
 
 Cf DK Root. 1 n.f. The origin of a 
 CuBiCK Root.) cubicle number; or a 
 nuinber, by vvhofe multiplication into 
 itfelf, and again into the produft, any 
 given number is formed : thus two is 
 the cube-root of eight. Chamkcn. 
 
 Cu'beb. n.f, A fmall dried fruit lefem.- 
 bling pepper, but fomevvhat longer, ot a 
 greyifh brown colour on the furface. It 
 has an aromatick fmell, and is acrid to 
 the tafte. Cubehs are brought from Java. 
 
 /r,u. 
 
 Aromaricks, as ruhtbi^ cinnamon, and nut- 
 megs, are ufually ])ut into crude poor wires, to 
 give rhem more oijy fpirics, I'lujcr. 
 
 Cu'bical. ) 7- rf „ ;• 1 
 „ , > aeli. ftrom cubs. 
 
 Cu BICK. 5 ■ 
 
 1. Having the form or properties of a 
 cube. 
 
 A clofe velTel containing ten cubic^il feet of air, 
 will not futFer a wax candle of an ounce to burn 
 in it above an hour before it be fulTocated. 
 
 A/^//a/«j'j Mathentiliicnl M'ig. 
 
 It is above a hundred to one, agaiiift any parti- 
 cular throw, that you do not caft any given fct of 
 faces with four f«/'/c<j/ dice ; becaufe there arc fo 
 many feveral combinations of the (ix faces of 
 four dice. * Bsnlley's Sennons. 
 
 2. It is applied to numbers. 
 
 Thenumbcr of four, multiplied intoitfelf, pro- 
 duceth the fquare number of fixtcen; and thr.r 
 again multiplied by four, pioduceth the cuhici 
 number of fixty-four. If we fhoukl fuppolc a 
 multitude aiffually infinite, there mull be inrinitc 
 routs, and fquaieand cubick numbers; yet, of nc- 
 ce(hty, the root is but the fourth part of the 
 fquare, and the fixteenth part of the cubick num- 
 ber. Hule's Origin of MaTikinct. 
 The number of ten hath been as highly ex- 
 tolled, as containing even, odd, long and plain, 
 quadrate and (r«/'/>i3/ Viumhers. Bfyiuit. 
 Cu'bicalness. n.y; \jvom cubical. '\ The 
 
 ftate or quality of being cubical. 
 CuBi'cuLARY. adj. [cubiculum, Latin.] 
 Fitted for the pofture of lying down. 
 
 Cuftom, by degrees, clianged their nbrcu.'.iry 
 
 beds into difcubitory, and introduced a falhion 
 
 to go from the baths unto thefe. Brown. 
 
 Cu'biform. adj. l^itom cube and_/b;v«.] 
 
 Of the (liape of a cube. 
 GU'BIT. n.f. [from ™te!«, Latin.] A 
 meafure in ufe among the ancients ; 
 which was originally the dillance from 
 the elbow, bending inwards, to the ex- 
 tremity of the middle finger. This 
 meafure is the fourth part of a well- 
 proportioned man's liature. Some fix 
 the Hebrew cubit at twenty inches and 
 a half, Paris meafure ; and others at 
 eighteen. Calmet. 
 
 Fiom the tip of the elbow to the end of the 
 long finger, is half a yard, and a quarter of the 
 flature; and makes a cubit, the tiilt meafure 
 wc read of, the ark of Noah being framed and 
 meafurcdby cubits. llc.'J.r on Tunc. 
 
 Mcalur'd by cubit, length, and breadth, and 
 height. Milton. 
 
 The Jews ufed two forts of luhits ; ihe facreri, 
 and the prof.uie or common one. Ar but knot . 
 
 When on the goridefs fiift Icift my fighl, 
 Scarce fcem'd herfta:urc of a cni/r height. Bifc. 
 
 Cu'uiTAL. adi. [cubitalis, Latin.] Con- 
 taining only the length of a cubit. 
 9 
 
 cue 
 
 The watchmen of Tyre might well be called 
 pygmies, the towers of that city being fo higli, 
 rliat unto men below ihey appeared in a cubital 
 ftature. B^o'.vii^s Vuigar Errdurt. 
 
 Cu'cKiNGSTooL. n.f An engine in- 
 vented for the punifhment of fcolds and 
 unquiet women, which, in ancient times, 
 was called tumbrel. Coiucll, 
 
 Tlicfc mounted on a chair-curule, 
 Wiiich moderns call a cucking-fiool, 
 March proudly to the river's lidc. .iJudibrat. 
 
 CU'CKOLD. n.f Icocu, French, from 
 coukoo.'\ One that is married to an 
 adulterefs ; one whofe wife is falfe to 
 his bed. 
 
 But for all the whole world ; why, who would 
 not make her hulband ^ cuckold, to make him a 
 niunarcb ? I (hould venture purgatory for 'r, 
 
 Shakjftare's Othelh. 
 There have been. 
 Or I am much deceiv'd, cuckoldserc now ; 
 And many a man there is, ev'n at this prefent, 
 Now vi-hile 1 fpeak this, holds his wife by th' arm. 
 That little thinks (he has been fiuic'd in 's ah- 
 lence. .Shakfpeare . 
 
 For though the law ijakcs null th' adulterer's 
 deed 
 Of lands to her, the cuckold may fucceed. Dryd. 
 Ever (ince the reign of knig Charles 11. the 
 alderman is made a cuckold, the deluded virgin is- 
 debauched, and adultery and fornication are 
 committed behind the fcenes. Swift. 
 
 To Cu'CKOLD. V. a. 
 
 1 . To corrupt a man's wife ; to bring 
 upon a man the reproach of having an 
 adulterous wife ; to rob a man of his 
 
 wife's fidelity. 
 
 It thou canft cuckold iiim, thou do'ft thyfelf a 
 plealure, and me a'fport. Slitikfp. Othello, 
 
 2. To wrong a hafband by unchallity. 
 
 But fuffcr not tiiy \\ ife abroad to roam. 
 Nor ftrut in ftreets with amazonian pace ; 
 For that's to cvrto/.-/ thee before thy face. Drydcn. 
 
 Cu'cKOLDLY. ad]. \f.\K>m cuckold.^ Hav- 
 ing the qualities of a cuckold ; poor ; 
 mean ; cowardly ; fneaking. 
 
 Pool cuckoldly knave, I know iiim not: 
 yet I wrong him to call him poor; they fay the 
 jealous knave hath maftts of money. SItakfp. 
 
 Cu'cKOLDMAKER. U.f [fUf^oWaudwzaZ'f.] 
 
 One that makes a practice of corrupting 
 
 wi ves 
 
 If I fpared any that had a head to hit, either 
 young or old, he or (he, zuzWuM, or cuckoldmnkery 
 ier me never hope to fee a chine again. Slictk/p. 
 
 One Hernando, cuckoldmaker of this city, con- 
 trived to (tealhei away. D'v.lcn^s Spani/l Friar. 
 
 Cu'cKOLDOM. n.f. [horn cuciold.] 
 
 1. The aft of adultery. 
 
 She is thinking on nothing hut her colonel, and 
 confpiring aickoldom againtl me. Dryden. 
 
 2. The ftate of a -cuckold. 
 
 It is a true faying, that the laft man of the 
 parith that knows of his cuckoldom, is himfclf. 
 
 Arbuthnol's John Bull. 
 
 CU'CKOO. n.f. [cuculus, Lat. civccw, 
 Welfh ; cocti, French; cokiijck,TiMch.'\ 
 
 I. A bird which appears in the fpring, and 
 is faid to fuck the eggs of other birds, 
 and lay her own to be hatched in their 
 place : from which practice, it was 
 ufual to alarm a hufinnd, at the approach 
 of an adulterer, by calling cuckoo ; 
 which, by miftake, was in time applied 
 to the huft)and. This bird is remarka- 
 ble for the uniformity of his note, from 
 which his name in molt tongue* feems 
 to have been formed.
 
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 Finding Mopfa, like n cuckoo by a ni^litingnly, 
 AJuiic wicii i',im'-lrf, I c-inic hi. $Ur:ry. 
 
 Tne mcriy cucho, mcflcnger of fpring, 
 His crumpet Oirill h-AXU tliricc already fuunHcH. 
 
 The plninfong cuckoo gi'.iy, 
 WhoiC note full many a m.in doth mark, 
 And dares not iitifwor, n.iy. Shukfpftirc. 
 
 Take hccdJiiuc open eye; forlliicvcs do toct 
 by night : 
 Take lu-ed, ere fummer comes, or cuckoo birds 
 affright. Shaljpcarc. 
 
 I deduce, 
 From the (y\^ nolc tie- huliow cuckoo fingsi 
 The lyniphouy of Ipnng ; ;»nd touch a theme 
 Unknown to tame, the palTion of the grove. 
 
 Thcmfon. 
 2. It is a name of contempt. 
 
 Why, what a rafcal art thon, then, to praift: 
 
 him fo for running ! -A-horfeback, ye cuck':o ; 
 
 but a-foot, l-.e will riot budge a foot Shakf. 
 
 Cu'cKOO-n.'D \ «• y"« [^cardamiuusy 
 
 Cu'cKOO-Fi owER. j" Latin.] Thename 
 of a flower. 
 
 When daizies pied, and violets blue. 
 And cjickoo-f'uds of yellow hue, 
 Do paint the mcanows much bcdighr. Shakfp. 
 
 Netties, cutkoo /hwttSf 
 Darnel, and all the idle weeds. Snakfpeare. 
 
 Cu'CKOO-SPITTLE. tl.f. [cucl'OO cindj^t/t/f.] 
 
 Cuckoo'fpittlcy or woodOiie, is that ipumous 
 <1ew or cxuctaiion, or both, found upon plants, 
 cfpecially about the joints of Livcnder and rolc- 
 mni-y j obfcrvable with us about the I.uter end of 
 May. Bro':vrrs VulgiJr Errours. 
 
 Cu'cuLLATE. 7 ^^j* [cuculiatusf hood&df 
 Cu'cuLLATED. J Latin.] 
 
 1, Hooded; covered, as with a hood or 
 cowL 
 
 2. Having the refemblance or fhape of a 
 hood. 
 
 They are differently cucullated, and capuchcd 
 upon the head and hack. Broiun's Vulg. K> . 
 
 Cu'cuMDER. n. J. [cucumisi Lat.] The 
 name of a plant, and alfo of the fvuit of 
 that plant. 
 
 It h^th a flower confifting of one fingic leaf, 
 bell fbaped, and expanded loward the top, and 
 cut into many fegments ; of which fome arc male, 
 cr bairen, having no embryo, but only a Inrge 
 ftylc in the middle, charged with the fnri?!u : 
 others aic female, or fruitful, being fattened to an 
 embryo, which is afterwards changed into a fleiliy 
 tniir, for the moft p.iit oblong and turbinated, 
 which is divided into three or four cells, inclofini^ 
 mriny oblong feeds. The fpecics are, j. The 
 common cucumber, 2. The wliitc cucumber. 
 3. The long Turky cucumber. Miller. 
 
 How cuc-nnb^rs a!ong the fuifacc creep. 
 With crooked bodies and with lieilics deep. 
 
 CUCURBITA'CEOUS. a^rffrom'S- 
 curbita, Latin, a gourd.] 
 
 Cucurbitaccout plants arc thofc which rcfemble 
 a gourd; luch as rhe punipion and melon. 
 
 Chambers. 
 
 Cu'cuRBiTE. n.f. [caciirbita, Latin.] A 
 
 cliymical vefTtl, commonly called a b(i{!y, 
 
 made of earth or glafs, in the fhape of a 
 
 gourd, and therefore called cucurbt'c. 
 
 ^u'mcy. 
 I have, for cnriofity's fake, dllli'Icd quick- 
 filvcr in a cucurhite^ fiited with a capacious glafs 
 head. B^yk on Cfjhun. 
 
 Let common yellow fulphur he put into a cu- 
 riithite glafs, upon which pour the ftrongelf apn 
 forth. Mortimrr. 
 
 CUD. n.f. [cub, Saxon.] That food 
 which is rrpofitedin the firft ftomach in 
 order to rumination, or to be chewed 
 again. 
 
 Many times, when ray mailer's cattle came 
 
 CUE 
 
 hither to chew thiir cud in this Trefli phes, I 
 might fee the young hull ttliify liis love. Sidney. 
 
 Yon i;iiige tlie palhlefs wood, 
 While on a flow'iy hank he chews the en J. Dryil. 
 Cu'dden. 7 ii.J. [without etyniolojjy.] 
 Cu'ddv. 3 A clown ; a (lupid rullick ; 
 a low dolt : a low bad word. 
 
 The flavcring cudJrii, propp'd upon his flalF, 
 Stood re.idv g-ipnig with a grinning laugh. J)ryJ. 
 To Cu'ddle. 1). n. [a low word, I be- 
 lieve, witlitjut etymology.] To lie 
 clofe ; to fqnat. 
 
 Have you mai k'd a pnrtridgc quake, 
 \'icwing the tow'iing falcon nigh' 
 
 She r.v(/.y/rj low bchiiift the bi-ake; 
 Nur would fhe ftay, nor dare Ihc Hy. Prior. 
 
 CUDGEL. „./. {lu.lfe, Dutch.] 
 
 1. .\ flick to fcrike with, lighter than a 
 club, fltorter than a pole. 
 
 Vine twigs, while they arc gtccn, are britllc; 
 ycr the wood, dried, is extreme tongli ; and 
 \\'as iifed by the captains of armies, amongft the 
 Romans, for their cudgels. .Bacon. 
 
 Do not provoke the rage of ftones 
 And cii.i^fts to thy hide and bones : 
 Tienrhlc and vanifh. Uudihras. 
 
 The afs was quickly given to underfland, with 
 a good eud^ei, the ditfcrcncc betwixt the f>nc 
 playfellow and the otiier. L'F.Jlrange. 
 
 His furly officer ne'er fail'd to crack 
 His knotty cuJgct on his tougher back. Dryden. 
 
 This, if well reflected on, would make peo- 
 ple more wary in I he ufe of the rod and the cu.-i- 
 gd. Loch. 
 
 The wife Cornelius was convinced, that ihefe 
 being polemical arts, could no more be leaintd 
 alone than fencing or cwrf^'f/ playing. Aibutitnot. 
 
 2. To crnfs the Cudgels, is to forbear 
 the conteft, from the praftice of cudgel- 
 players to lay one over the other. 
 
 It is much belter to give way, than it would 
 be to contend at fird, and tl.tn either to trop 
 the cud^ei^j or to be batflled in tiic coiiclufion. 
 
 L' Ejlrangc. 
 
 To Cu'dgel. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To beat with a Hick. 
 
 My lord, he fpeaks molt viU-ly of you, like a 
 foul-mouched man as he is; and faid he would 
 cudgel you. Shakff^eare^s Henry Iv. 
 
 The afs coui'ting iiis mafter, iuit as the fpanicl 
 had done, inftead of bcuig llrokcd and made 
 much of, is only rated otr and cudgelled for all his 
 courtflrip. South. 
 
 Three duels he fought, thrice ventur'd his life; 
 Went home, and was atdgcil'd again by his wife. 
 
 S-wift. 
 
 2. To beat in preneral. 
 
 CB(/^e/ thy brains no more about it; for your 
 dull ais will not mend his pace with beating, 
 
 Shakfpeare's Harnlet. 
 
 A good woman happened to pafs by, as a 
 company of young fellows were eudgeiling a 
 walnut-tree, and aikcd them wb.at they (:id that 
 for. L' Kjtr.irige. 
 
 Cudgel-proof, atlj. Able to reiili a 
 ftick. 
 
 His doublet was of flurdy bufT, 
 And though not fword, yet cudget-procf. Hudibrjs. 
 Cu'dle. n.f. A fnial! tea tifh. 
 
 Of round trfh there are britt, fprat, cnJlet, eels. 
 
 CiireiU. 
 
 Cudweed, n.y', [from cud and wf</.] 
 A plant. MiUer. 
 
 Cue. ti.f. [queue, a tail, French.] 
 
 1. The tail or end of any thing : as, the 
 l(in^ curl of a wig. 
 
 2. The laft words of a fpeech, which the 
 player, who is to anfwer, catches, and 
 iei!;a]ds as intimation to begin. 
 
 Pvr.imus, yt;u begin : when you h.ave fpoken 
 your fpeech, enter into that biakc ; and lo e\cry 
 one accotdiDg to his cue, Sht-.kfpeatc. 
 
 C U F 
 
 5, A hint J an intimation; a fliort direc- 
 tion. 
 
 What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, 
 That lie Ibould weep for her? What would he do, 
 Had lie the motive and thr fte fur palTiun 
 Tliat I have ? He would drown tiic fi.ige with 
 tears. Skukffeart. 
 
 Let him know how many fcrvants thcicart, 
 of both fcxis, who expefl vr.ils ; and give thtiu 
 riicir cue to attend in two lines, as he leaver the 
 houfe. SiLij!. 
 
 4. The part which any man is to play in 
 his turn. 
 
 Hold your hands, 
 Both you of my inclinmg, and the reft: 
 Were it my cue to figt't, 1 Ihould have known it 
 Without a prompter. Shakf^eaie\ Othtlh. 
 
 Neither is Otto here a much more taking gen- 
 tleman; nothing appears in his c//e to move pity, 
 or any way make the audience of his party. 
 
 Byrmr's Trtt^ediei of the Injl .^lg.e. 
 
 5. Humour; temper of mind: a low 
 word. 
 
 CUE'RPO. n.f. [Spar.ifh.] To be in 
 cuerpo, \i to be without the upper coat, 
 or cloak, fo as to difcover the, tiue 
 fliape of the citerpo or body. 
 E.\pos'd in iurrpo to their rage, 
 Witliout my arms and ccjuipiige. Hudibrai, 
 
 CUFF. ji.f. \_^uja, a battle ; zuffare, to 
 fight, Italian.] 
 
 1. A blow with the fifl ; a box ; a flroke. 
 
 The priert let fall the book. 
 And as he (^oop'd again to take it up, 
 Ttic mad-braiiv*d bridegroom tookhim fucha aiff, 
 Tliat down fellpriert and book, and book .incf 
 piiell. Shaiffieare. 
 
 There was no money b^d for argument, uniefs 
 the poet and the player went to cuj's in the quef- 
 tion. Shak/peure. 
 
 He gave her a nff on the ear, -and (he would 
 piick him wirii her kiniting-ncedle. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Their ov/n feifts, whien now lie dormant, 
 would be foon at cuffs again with each other about 
 power and preferment. . S"^vijt. 
 
 2. It is ufed of birds that fight with their 
 talons. 
 
 To Cuff. v. n. [frtmi the noun.] To 
 fight ; to fcuffle. 
 
 Cl.rpping farces afled by the court. 
 While the peers cuj to make the rabble fport. 
 
 fiiyilen^s ^Jin^enul, 
 
 To Cuff. v. a. 
 
 1. To itrike with the fill. 
 
 I'll after him again, and beat him. ■ 
 
 Do, csiffWim loundly ; but never draw thy 
 
 fn'ortf. Shakjp. 
 
 Were not you my friend, abufcd, and ciffed, . 
 and kicked.' ' Congieve'i Old Eachdor, 
 
 2. To Urike with the talons. 
 
 Thofe l.izy owls, who, ptrch'd rear foituneVs 
 top, 
 Sit only watchful with their heavy wings 
 To cuff down ncw-fledg'd virtues, thai: would rife 
 To nobler heights, and make tlie grove harmo- 
 nious. Or^f.ij-. 
 The dallard crow, that to the wood made 
 wing, 
 V/ith her loud kaws her craven kind does bring,. 
 Who fafem numbers, cuff xt\<: noble bird. Dry.len. 
 They with their quills did all the hurt'tl.ey . 
 cou'd, 
 And cuff'd the tender chickens from their food. 
 
 Dryd,,,. 
 
 3. To ftrike with the wings. Thisfeems 
 improper. 
 
 Hov'fing about the coalts, they make thei. 
 moan. 
 And cufftht: cliffs with pinions not their own. 
 
 Dryden's jSneiJ. 
 
 Cuff. n.f. [coefe, French.] Part of the 
 fleevc.
 
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 He laikd at fops ; and, inftcad of the com- 
 
 ■mun fufhion, he would vifit his miftrefs in a 
 
 nioniing gown, band, Uioit aiffs, and a peaked 
 
 begird. yirb'ithrot. 
 
 ■Cvi'NAGE. n /. The making up cf twine 
 into fuch tonus, as it is coinmonly 
 flamed iuto for caniage to other places. 
 
 Co'wcll. 
 
 CU'IRASS. n.f. [calr,7f,¥r. from fUjV, 
 
 leather; coraccla, Ual.] A breaaplate. 
 
 The laiice i^iirfucd :hc voice without delay. 
 And picrc'd liii rv/.n/i, with -fuch fury ftnt, 
 And (ijn'd his lofum witli a purplt^dint. D<).!. 
 jCuira'ssier. n.f. [from cuirafs.'\ A 
 man at arms ; a foldier in armour. 
 
 The field, all iron, cift a gleaming brown, 
 Uor wanted clouds of foot, nor on each horn 
 Oiir.iJIiOi, all ill ficcl, for Jianding fight. 
 
 Ml! ton. 
 
 The piftuie of St George, wherein he is dc- 
 fciibedlikca cuhajfier, or horfcinan completely 
 srined, is rather a fymbolical image than any 
 proper figure. BrOTun' i Vulgar Erioun. 
 
 CuisH. n.f. {cu'ijfe, French.] Tlie ar- 
 mour that covers the thighs. 
 
 I law young Han y with his beaver on, 
 
 His cuijhcian his thighs, gallantly arm'd, 
 
 J(ilc from the ground like featlicr'd Meicury. 
 
 ^ Shnk(fcari' i Henry w. 
 
 The croflet fume, and fon-.e the cuijlia mould, 
 
 •With filver plated, and with duftile gold. 
 
 Dryiifn'i j^neid. 
 
 But what had our author to wound /Eneas with 
 
 .at fo critical a time ? And how came the cuijae.^ 
 
 to he worfetemneied than the relt of his armour : 
 
 DryHin. 
 
 Cu'ldees. n.f. [coluisi, Lat.] Mouks 
 in Scotlands. 
 
 Cu'lerage. n.f. The fame plant with 
 arfefmart. Jhfivorlh. 
 
 .Cu'lixarv. cuij. {cid'ma, Latin.] Re- 
 lating to the kitchen ; relating to the 
 
 art of cookery. 
 
 Great weight may condenfe thofe vapours and 
 exhalations, as loon as they Ihall at any time be- 
 .jjin to afcend from the fun, and r.lake them pre- 
 lintly fall back agini into him, and by that 
 afliun increafe his heat; much after the manner 
 •that, in our earth, the ail incrcafcs the heat of a 
 culixjry fire. Nsw!vi:. 
 
 To thofe who, by rcafon of their northern ex- 
 pofition, wiii be dill forced to be at the expence 
 of culiKjry trcf, it will reduce the price of 
 their ni3nuf..clure. Jlrbuthmt. 
 
 Zo CULL. ^•. <7. [f,vf ;///>, French.] To 
 fcle6l from others ; to pick out of many. 
 The beft of every thing tliey had being culltd 
 cut for theinfelves, if there were in their flocks 
 any poor difcafed thing not v/oith the keeping, 
 tUcy thought It-goud enough for the altar of God. 
 
 lluhr. 
 Our engines fhall be l«nt 
 Againft the brows of this rcfifting town : 
 Call for our ci.iefelt men of difcipline, 
 To «/// the plots of belt advantage. Skaiff. 
 
 tike the bee cullii,g from cv'ry fluw'r, 
 Our thighs arc packt with wax, our mouths with 
 honey. Sh.iif^rare. 
 
 1 (j.i remember an apothecary 
 In t.itter'd weeds, with o^crwliolming brows, 
 Culling of fimples. Shitfp. Rcmie and Juliet. 
 
 Then in a moment fortune Ihali cull forth, 
 
 .Outof one fulc, her happy minion, Shakjji. 
 
 Tiic choiccft of the Biitilh, liie Roman, Saxon, 
 
 tnd Norman laws, beii'g cuUt.l, as it were, this 
 
 ^ra);d cl.aitcr wa> cxtia<ftcd. Hcuel. 
 
 When falfc riow'ts of inelorick thou would'lf 
 
 cull, 
 
 Triift nature, do not labour to be dull. Drydrii. 
 
 From bis h. rd he culls. 
 For Jlaughter, four the faivcll of his bulls. 
 
 Drydc-fi'f Vi'gil. 
 
 When the current pieces of the fame denomi- 
 «ui«njK:bf diiVcrvul weighi.s, tUsu the tjadcrs 
 
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 ir. monsy '"" out the heavier, and melt them 
 down with profit. Lccke. 
 
 With humble duty, and officious hafte, 
 I'll "■./.'" the fartheil mead for thy lepalt. Pticr. 
 
 The vaiious offerings of the world appear ; 
 from each (he nicely rulh with curious toil, 
 Aud decks the goddcfs with the glitc'ring fpoi1. 
 
 Popr. 
 Cv'ller. n.f. [from fu//.] One who 
 
 picks or choofes. 
 CU'LLION. n.f. [coglione, a fool, Ital. 
 or perhaps from fcull'ion. It feems to 
 import meannefs rather than folly.] A 
 fcountirel ; a mean wretch. 
 
 Such a one as leaves a gentleman. 
 And makes a god of fuchaca/iVan. Shahfpeare. 
 Vp to the breach, you dogs j avaunt, you 
 culliom. , Sliukjp^urc. 
 
 Cu'LLiONtr. adj. \jTom cuUion.^ Hav- 
 ing the qualities of a cnUion ; mean ; 
 bale. 
 
 IM tirake a fop o' th* moonlhinc of you: you 
 whorcfon, 'uVionTy, barber-monger, draw. 
 
 Shj^j^'ture' i Km^ Lear. 
 
 Cu'llumbtne. n.f. [more properly fpelt 
 CoLtMUiNE.] 1 he flowers of this 
 plant are beautifully variegated with 
 bhie, purple, red, and white. Miller. 
 
 Her goodly bofom, like a flrawberrj' bed ; 
 Her neck, like to a bunch of cuHumbiia. Spenfer. 
 CU'LLY. n.f. [coglione, Ital. a fool.] 
 A man deceived or impofcd upon ; as 
 by (harpers, or a llrumpet. 
 
 Why Ihoulri you, whole mother-wits 
 Are furnifti'd vi'ith all perquihtes, 
 B' al'.ow'd to put all tricks upon 
 Our e«//vfc.x, and we ufe none .* HuHibras. 
 
 Yet tlie lich cullies may their boafiing fpare : 
 They purchafe but fojihililcated w.are. Diyden. 
 
 He takes it in mighty dudgeon, bccaufe I 
 Won't let him make me over by deed as hiN 
 lawful cully. Afbuth:'A. 
 
 To Cu'llv. 1'. a. [from the noun.] To 
 befool ; to cheat ; to trick ; to deceive ; 
 to impofe upon. 
 
 Culmi'ferous. adj. \j:ulmiu, zn&fero, 
 Latin.] 
 
 t"i<.'«if/>«vj plants are fuch as have .a fmooth 
 jointed llalk, and ufuaily hollow ; and at each joint 
 the llaik is wrapped about with fingic, narrow, 
 long, iharp-poiiued leaves, and their feeds are 
 contained in ch.ifty hulks. Qu-ncy. 
 
 There are alfo fevcral forts of gralTes, both of 
 the Cyprus and culmfucus kinds ; fome with 
 broader, others with n.inower leaves. IJV.diUiird. 
 The propcreli food of the vegetable kiugdemi is 
 taken from the farinaceous or m^aly ieeds of 
 kime culmifmus plants j as oats, bailey, w'ncat, 
 rice, n'C, maize, panic, millet. .nrbutnr.al , 
 
 To CULMINATE. i:n. [f«/»ien, Lat.] 
 To be vertical ; to be in the meridian. 
 
 F.u- and wide his eye commands : 
 For fight no obft.icle found here, oi (hade, 
 But all funlhine; as when his beams at noon 
 Culminatt from th' equator. Mi It en' s Par. Lojl . 
 
 Culmina'tion. n.f. [from culminate.^ 
 The tranfit of a planet through tlie 
 meridian. 
 
 Ct'LrABi'LiTY. n. f. [from culpalk.'] 
 Blamabkncls. 
 
 CLT'LPABLE. adj. [c:d/c:Fdis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Criminal. 
 
 Piocced no ftniter 'galnlf our uncle Glo'ftn, 
 Than from true^eideiKC of good ellccm ' 
 He be appruv'd in piaetice cul^ib.'e. ilialfi'. 
 
 2. Guilty; with of. 
 
 Thcle being perhaps culfohle of this crime, or 
 favourers of their friends. Sfinjii's Stale of h-.^. 
 
 3. Blamable ; blameworthy. 
 
 TI.e wifdom of God fcttcth before us in Scrip- 
 ture fo iwn^ adraitablc paticrns of viriu?, and 
 
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 n» one of thetn without foraewhat notct! wherein 
 they were culpable; to the end that to Him aionc 
 it might always he acknowledged, Thm orly art 
 ftoly, Tlinu stiy art juji. Hosier. 
 
 All fuch ignorance is voluntary, and therefore 
 culpable; foiafmuch as it was in every man's 
 power 10 have prevented it. Sbutk. 
 
 Cu'lpableness. s. f. [from culptibk.~\ 
 Blame ; guilt. 
 
 Culpably, adv. [from f«^j3/i?.] Blama- 
 biy; criminally. 
 
 It we perfoi m tiiis duty pitifully and culpably, 
 it is not to be expet^led we (hould communicate 
 holily, Taylor, 
 
 Ci;'LPRif. n.f. [about this word there is 
 great difpute. It is ufed by the judge 
 at criminal trials, who, when the prifoner 
 declares himfelf not guilty, and puts 
 himfelf upon his trial, anfvvers, Culprit, 
 God fend thee a good dtliverance. It is 
 likely that it is a corruption of ^I'il 
 parcit. May it fo appear ; the wiHi of 
 the judge being that the prifoner may 
 be found innocent.] A man arraigned 
 bc^'ore his judge. 
 
 Theknlghtappear'd, and filence they proclaim; 
 Then firli the culprit anfwer'd to his name; 
 And, after forms of law, was la'.i rcquii'd 
 To name the thing that woman moft defir'd. 
 
 Drydeit. 
 An author is in the condition of a culprit; ths 
 publick aic his judges : by allowing too much, 
 and condefccnding too far, he may injure his 
 own canfe ; and, by pleading and aiferiing to« 
 bo.dly, he may difpleafc the court. Ptior. 
 
 Cu'lter. n. f. [culler, Latin.] The 
 iron of the plough perpendicular to the 
 Ihare. It is commonly written coulter^ 
 
 Her fallow lees 
 The darnel, hemlock, and rank fumitory, 
 Doili root upon ; while that the cultir rurts 
 That (hould deracinate fuch favagery. Shaifp. 
 
 n CU'LTIVATE. v.«. [cuItivcr.Yr.] 
 
 1. To forward or improve the prodinEl of 
 the earth by manual induftry. 
 
 Thofe e.xc-llent feeds implanted in your birth, 
 will, if cultivated, be moft flouri(hii)g in pro- 
 duftion ; and, as the foil is good, and no cdll 
 nor care wanting to improve it, we mult enter- 
 tain hopes of the richeft harveft. Pcllon, 
 
 2. To improve ; to meliorate. 
 
 Were we but lefs indulgent to our faults, 
 And patience had to cultivate our thoughts, 
 Our mufe would flourifli. If'aller. 
 
 To make man mild and fociable to man, 
 To culi:~.-ate the wild licentious (avage 
 With wildom, dircipline,and liberal arts, 
 Th' embcllilhmcnts of life. ^ddi/on's Cc.H. 
 
 Cultiva'tjon. n.f. [kom cultivate.'] ^ 
 
 1. The art or prad'.ice of itriproving foils, 
 and forwarding or meliorating vege- 
 tables. 
 
 2. Improvement in general ; promotion ; 
 melioration. 
 
 An innate light difcovers the common notions 
 of good and evil, which, by ctdltivaticn and ina- 
 .provemeiit, may be advanced to high.er and 
 brighter dtfcovcries. South. 
 
 A foundation of good fcnfe, and a cultivation 
 of learning, are required t.- give a feafoning to 
 retii-emcnt, and make us taiU the blcffing. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Cultiva'tor. n. f. [from eullivate.] 
 One who improves, promotes, or meli- 
 orates ; or endeavours to forv.'ord any 
 vegetable produft, or any thing elfe ca- 
 pable of improvement. 
 
 It has been lately complained of, by fome <■/./- 
 tlvjtors of clovcr-gr.ifs, that from a gicat quan- 
 tity of Ihc feed not any grafs fpanjs up. Moyfi.
 
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 CULTURE, n.f. {aduna, Latin.] _ 
 
 1. The zB. of cultivulion ; the act of till- 
 ing the ground ; tillage. 
 
 Give tis ftcil imto our licnrt, .iiul cutturt to 
 our undcrilanding, that there may come fruit 
 cif it. 2 7i//r.ii. 
 
 Tlicic three lift were flower than the ordinary 
 wlitiit of itfelf, Mv\ thii iK/'.'Kiidid rather retard 
 tli:ui advance. 5o«»/. 
 
 The plough w.is not invented till .iftcr the de- 
 luge ; the eartli requiring little or no care or cul- 
 ture, but yielding its increafc freely, and wirliout 
 laliour and toil. , IVM-iiunrd. 
 
 Wlicie grows .' — Where grows it not : If vain 
 our toil, 
 Wc ought to blame the mlture, not the foil. 
 Fi.\'d to no fpot is happincfs fincerc. Y<-ye. 
 
 They rofe as vigorous as the fun ; 
 Then to the c«//"if of the willing glclie. ThomfQii, 
 
 2. Art of improvement and melioration. 
 
 One might we.ir any paffion out of a faniily 
 by Ciiltun, as Ikilful gardeners blot a colour out 
 of a tulip that hurts its beauty. TatUr. 
 
 To Cu'lturk. 1). a. [from the nonii.] 
 To cultivate; to manure; to till. It is 
 iiftcl by Thonifoti, but without aiitho 
 rity. 
 Cu'lver. n. f. \_columba, Lat. ciilpjie, 
 Sax.] A pigeon. An old word. 
 
 Had he fo done, he had iiini fiiarch*d away. 
 More liglit than cuh-fr in the faulcon's fift. 
 
 Sjifnfer. 
 Whence, lnjriie on liquid wing. 
 The folUHling c«/:rr (hoots. T/iomfmrs Spring, 
 
 Cu'i.VERiN. n. f. [coloiivrine, French.] 
 A fpecies of ordnance : originally a 
 hawk. 
 
 A whole cannon require.":, for every charge, 
 forty pi'unds of powder, and a bullet of fixiy- 
 four pounds ; a ctt'verirty fixlecn pounds of pow- 
 der, and a bvillet of nineteen pounds ; a demi- 
 cuh'enn^ nine pounds of powder, and a bullet of 
 twelve p->unds. H'ilkiin' Math. Afug/j. 
 
 Here a well polifh'd mall gives us rhcjoy 
 To fee our prince his m.itchlcfs f)rcc employ; 
 No fooncr has tie toucli'd the tlying ball. 
 But 'tis already more th.ui half the mall ; 
 And fuch a fury from his arm 't has got. 
 As from a fmoakuig culvetin 'twere ihot. 
 
 IVuHcr. 
 
 Cu'lverkey. n.f. A flower. 
 
 Looking down the meadow^ I could fee a 
 girl cropping citherhys and cowflips, to make 
 ^Sl lands. U'utton's ^-/'ig.'ti. 
 
 To CUMBER, "v. a. [iommeren, Lorn- 
 Icrcn, to diltiirb, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To enibarrafs; to entangle; to obftrudl. 
 
 Why alts he what avails him not in tight. 
 And would huK cumber and ratard his flight. 
 In which his only excellence is pl.ic'd .- 
 You give him death that intercept his hafte. 
 
 Dryiic'i's FiihU.^. 
 
 Hardly his head the plunging pilot rears, 
 Clcgg'd with his clo.;ihs, and i-;<wi/.f/'(/ with his 
 years. Dn;!rn. 
 
 The learning and maftcry of a tongue, being 
 iineafy and unplcafant enough in iffelf, fliould 
 not be cuml'ircd with any other difliculties, as is 
 •done in this way of proceedii^g. Loch^. 
 
 2. To crowd or load -.vitli fotncthina; ufe- 
 Icfs. 
 
 Let it not £untl/er yoiii better remembrance. 
 
 SJutkff'c-irc^i "^rimort. 
 
 Tn'. iiiultiplying v.iriety of arguments, efpe- 
 cialiy fiivolous ones, is not only loll labour, 
 but rumho 1 the memory to no purpofe. L'.,cke. 
 
 3. To involve in difficulties and dangers; 
 to diftrefs. 
 
 Domellic fuiy, and fierce civil rtiifc, 
 Shall c*«/vr all the parts-of Italy. SihilT- 
 
 VOL. L ^' 
 
 CUM 
 
 4. Tobnfy; to diflradl with multiplicity 
 of cares. 
 Martha was ™»;i«fi/ about mui.ii fciving. 
 
 Luke. 
 
 J. To be troublefome in any place. 
 
 Uotb the bramble i-;/»H/'<r 3 garden .> It makes 
 the better hedge ; where, if it chances to prick 
 the owner, it will tear the thief. Giew. 
 
 Cti'r.iBER. n.f. liomier, Dutch.] Vex- 
 ation; Imrdciifomcnefs; embarrairment; 
 obllruftion ; liiiiderance ; dllturbancc ; 
 dilliefs. 
 
 IJy the occafnn thereof I was brought to as 
 grc.it ciimUr and danger, as lightly any might 
 efcape. Siilncv. 
 
 Tims fade thy helps, and thus thy cmnhcn 
 fpiing. Spcrjn. 
 
 The gicatcft (hips are Icaft ferviceablc, go 
 very deep in water, are of marvellous charge and 
 fcaiful i-umhcr, Ratcigh. 
 
 Cu'mbeksome. ciilj. [from ram^-r. ] 
 
 1 . Trotiblcfotne ; vexatious. 
 
 Tiiinking it too early, as lung as they had any 
 day, to break utt' lb plcafing a company, with 
 going to perform a cumherpme obedience. 
 
 SiJnej: 
 
 2. Curdenfome ; embarrafling. 
 
 I wa-: drawn in to write tiie firft part by acci- 
 dent, and tM write the ferond by fume detciSts in 
 the fiill : thcfe are the cumbfrfome pcrquifites of 
 authors. Aibuthnu on Aiiminti. 
 
 3. Unwieldy ; unmanageable. 
 
 Very long tubes are cumberfomcy and fcarcc to 
 be readily miir.agcd. N wtoi:\ Optuki. 
 
 Cc'mbersomei-y. adv. [from ciimber- 
 fume.^ In a troublefome manner; in a 
 manner that produces hinderance and 
 vexation. 
 Cu'mbersomeness. n. f. [from cumbcr- 
 fotne.'l Encumbrance; hinderance; ob- 
 liruiSion. 
 Cu'mbrance. n.f. l^^vom cutnber.'\ Bur- 
 den; hinderance; impediment. 
 Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, 
 The wile mM\'s cumbiancc, if not fnare j more 
 
 apt 
 To flacken virtue, and ab.ate her f»lge, 
 Tlien prompt her to do aught may merit praife. 
 
 Miltun. 
 Cu'mbrous. aili. [from cumber. "] 
 
 1. Troublefome; vexatious; dilturbing. 
 
 A cloud of cutnhorii gnats do him molclt. 
 All driving to infi.x their feeble flings, 
 Tliat from their noyancc he no where can reft. 
 
 Spcnfer. 
 
 2. Oppreffive ; burdenfome. 
 
 Heneefortli I fty not death, nor would prolong 
 Life much I Bent rather, how I may bequTt, 
 Faircft and eafieft, of this cumbious charge. 
 
 Milton. 
 Thev rcar'd him from the ground. 
 And from hi> ::anlrotis arms his linrbs unbound ; 
 Then lanc'ci a \eln. Drydcn. 
 
 PolTtflion'a Ici.id was grown fo gi'cat. 
 He funk beneath th.e cumbrous weight. S~.t:ift. 
 5. Jumbled ; obflruAing each oilier. 
 Swilt to their iVvcral quarters haftcd then 
 Th.c tv/w;/>/M//i elements, earth, flood, air, tire. 
 
 Mi!t;n, 
 
 Cu'mfuey. tt. f. [cotfoliJa.] A medicinal 
 
 plant. 
 Cu'min. n.f. [aimiiium, haun.j A plant. 
 
 Rank frncliin^ :uc, nnd f.v»j;« good for tycs. 
 
 To CU'MULATE. v. a. [cunw/o, Latin.] 
 To hep.p together. 
 
 A man that beholds the mighty (boals of 
 fliclls, bedrlcd and rujnuUteJ, heap upon heap 
 amongft earth, will fcarccly conceive which 
 way theft could ever Tnc. Il'mdwar,!. 
 
 C U N 
 
 Ct-'ML'LA'TioN-. «. f The a£l of lieap- 
 Iiig togetlier. D'lH. 
 
 Cunct.i'tiox. n.f. [_cutic!alto, Latin.] 
 Delay ; procradlnation ; dilatorlnefi. 
 
 It is moll certain that the Engiini made not 
 their beft impro\ cmcnls of thefc fortunate events ; 
 and that elpccially by two miferabic crrourj, 
 mnHiilitin in piofccuting, and hallc in departure. 
 
 lluy^vutd. 
 
 The fwiftcft animal, conjoined with a heavy 
 
 body, implies that common moral, ffina l,nte ; 
 
 and that celerity fhould always be contcmp'.red, 
 
 with rrinilittion, B'oivn. 
 
 CUNCTATOR. n. f. [Latin.] One 
 given to delay ; a lingerer ; an idler j 
 a fluggaid. Not in ufe. 
 
 Others, being unwilling to difcnur.ige fucli 
 cuu.'-hitori, always keep them up in good hope, 
 that, if tiicy .are not yet called, they may jcr, 
 with the thief, be btouglit in at the laft hour. 
 
 ILtmmond* \ 1 wuLimtTtt ait . 
 
 To CuND. V. n. [from ionnen, to know, 
 Dutch.] To give notice: a provincial 
 or ol folete word. See Conder. 
 
 Tiiey are dirc^cd bv a balker or huer on the 
 
 clift', who, difcerning the courl'e of the pilchard, 
 
 cundetli, as they call it, the mafterof each boat. 
 
 Care-.v'i Sitii"y oj CoiniuaH, 
 
 CU'NEAL. adj. \_cttnetjs, Latin.] Re- 
 lating to a wedge ; having the form of 
 a wedge. 
 
 Cu'ne.^vted. adj. [_ctineits, Latin.] Made 
 in form of a wedge. 
 
 Cu'neiform. adj. [from rwwraj and/or- 
 ffja, Lat. ] Having the form of a wedge. 
 
 CuvEiFORM BOXES. 7/. f. The fourth, 
 fifth, and fixth bones of the foot ; thus 
 called from their wedge-like (hape, be- 
 ing large above and narrow below. Dul. 
 
 Cu'nner. n.f. [/epas.] A kind of fi!h 
 lefs than an oyfler, that Hicks clofe to 
 the rocks. Ahifworlb. 
 
 CU'NNING. adj. [from connan, Sax. 
 iontieii, Uut. to know.] 
 
 1. Skilful; knowing; well inftruiEled ; 
 learned. 
 
 Schoolmafters will I keep within my lioufe, 
 Fit to inftrufl her youth. — To running men 
 I will be very kind ; and liberal 
 To mine own children, in good bringing up. 
 
 Sl-.akJ'peiire. 
 
 I do prcfent you with a man of mine. 
 Cunning in mulickand the mathematicks, 
 To inftruiH. her fully in thofe fciences. S'tai/. 
 
 Wiierein is he good, but to tafte fack and 
 diink it .' Wiierein ru .mrg, but in craftr Where- 
 in crafty, but in villainy ? Shukf. Henry iv. 
 
 Send me now thercfoie a man cunning to work 
 in gold and in filver, and that can /kill to cut 
 and to grave. 2 Ckronicje:. 
 
 When Pedro doe.s the lute command, 
 She guides the eunnini artift's hand. Prior, 
 
 2. Tci formed with l1<lll ; artful. 
 
 And o\ er them Aracluie high did lift 
 Her cunning web, and Iprc.id l.er fubtilc net. 
 Enwrapped in foul fuioaU, and clouds more black 
 than jet. Sy/nfer. 
 
 And there befide of marble ftone was built 
 An altar, carv'd with cur^ninff imagery ; 
 
 On which true chriftians blood was ofteu 
 fpi't. 
 And holy martyrs often done to die. S}nf:r, 
 
 Once put out rliv lighi, 
 Thou cuKning'Ji pattern of excelling nature, 
 I know not where is that Promethean heat 
 Tiiat can thy light rclumiiic. S/i.-<(f. Oih-lh. 
 
 3. Artfully deceitful; fly; dcfigning ; 
 irickifli ; full of fctcher and llratagems ; 
 fublle ; crafty ; ftibdolous. . 
 
 Tlufe Imall wares and petty points of .'unnfitm 
 arc iiilinitc, and it were a good deed to make » 
 
 3 M
 
 CUP 
 
 Jifl of tViem ; for nothing cloth mots tiurt than 
 that cunning men pafs for wife. B<:csu. 
 
 Men will leave truth and mifery to fuch as 
 love it; they are refolved to be cunning: let 
 ot lers ruit the hazard of being fincere. South. 
 A. A£kd with fubtilty. 
 
 The more he protcKed, the more his father 
 thought he diffembled, accounting his intcgiity 
 to be but a cunning face of falfehood. Sia-.j/. 
 Cu'nning. n. /. [cunninje, Saxon.] 
 J. Artifice; deceit; flineis ; Height; 
 craft ; fubtilty ; diffimulation j fraudu- 
 lent dexterity. 
 
 What if I be not fo mu;h the poet, as even 
 that miferable fubjeit of l-.is cunning, whereof 
 you fpeak ? f ■'"-> 
 
 "We take cunning for a finifler or crooked wif- 
 'dom ; and certauiiy there is great difference 
 between a tunning man and a wile man, not only 
 in point of honeliy, but in point of ability. 
 
 Biic:n. 
 
 Difcourage cunning in a child; cunning is 
 
 the ape of wifdom. Lot.'ie. 
 
 2. Art; lldll; knowledge; right-hand 
 
 cunning. 
 Ci;'nnin-gly. ailv. [from cutining.} Art- 
 fully ; flily ; fubtly ; by fraudulent con- 
 -trivance ; craftily. 
 
 Amongft other crimes of this nature, there was 
 ttiligent enquiry made of fuch as had rnifed and 
 xlifperfed a bruit and rumour, a little before the 
 iieid fought, that the rcocls had the day, and 
 that the king's army was o\erthrown, and tic 
 iing fled ; whereby it was fuppofed, that many 
 fuccouis Wirera«n//!g/>' pat off and kept back. 
 
 Bttcon's Hetrj/ VII. 
 
 I muft meet my danger, and deftroy him firft ; 
 
 But cunningly and clol'e'.y. Vcnham's. So^Aji. 
 
 When ft'jck is high, they come between. 
 Making by fecond-hand thciroa'crs ; 
 
 Then cunni':gli retire unfeen, 
 With each a million in his co3'.:rs. Stvift. 
 
 Cu'sNiNGMAN. r. /. [cunning and mau.'\ 
 A rnan who pretends to tell fortunes, 
 or tejch how to recover llolen goods. 
 
 He fent him for a ftrong detachment 
 Oi beadle, conftable, and watchmen, 
 T* attack the cnnningm-in, for plunder ^ 
 Committed falfely on his lumber. Hudi/'rds. 
 
 Cu'ntjingness. n. f. [from cuim'mj.] 
 
 Deceitfulnefs ; flineis. 
 CUP. r.. /. [cup. Sax. io/>, Eut. coup, 
 
 French ] 
 J. A fmall vefFel to drink in. 
 
 Then Ihalt deliver Pharaoh's «;> into hrs hand, 
 after the former manner when ihou waft Ifis 
 butler. Gcnrfn. 
 
 Ye heavenly powers that guard 
 The Btiiifn ifics, iuch dire events remove 
 Far from fair Albion ; nor let civU broils 
 Ferment frjni focial cv^j. r'!i'.'/:s. 
 
 S.. The liquor contained in the cup; the 
 draught. 
 Which when the vile enchantercfs percelv'd, 
 With cup thus chatm'd imparting (he dcc^i\ *d. 
 
 SpfnCi-t . 
 All friends (hall taftc 
 The wages of their viituc, and all foe« 
 The cufii of tlicir dcfcrvings. Sftakf. King Lmr. 
 Will't plcafc your loidlhip, drink a t:ij of f.ick r 
 
 ShjhJpettTC. 
 They that never had ihe ufe 
 Of the giapc's furprifing juice. 
 To the (irft delicious cnj> 
 All their reafon render up. ir^H.) . 
 
 The belt, the dcareft fav'ritc of the Iky 
 Mull tartc that cnf; for man is born to die. 
 
 }'<,pe'i OJ\jJfy 
 
 I, [In the plural.] Social entertainment . 
 jr.eny Lout. 
 
 CUP 
 
 Tie<i (hall our names, 
 Familiar in their mouth as houfehold words, 
 Be in their flowing cup: frelbly remcmbcr'd. 
 
 Shakf. Henry v. 
 
 Let us fuppofe that I were reafoning, as one 
 friend with another, by the (irefide, or in our cup;, 
 without care, without any great affedtion to 
 either party. Knolla. 
 
 It was near a miracle to fee an old man filent, 
 fuice talking is the dileafe of age ; but, amongft 
 f.v/'s, makes fully a wonder. Bin Jcnfin'i Vifcov. 
 
 Thence from cups to civil broils ! Milton. 
 
 Amidft his cups with fainting ftiiv'ring feii'd. 
 His limbs disjointed, and all o'er difeas'd. 
 His hand refufes to fuftain the bowl. Dry.ie:. 
 
 4. Any thing hollow like a cup : as, , the 
 hullc of an acorn ; the bell of a flower. 
 
 -\ pviites of the fame colour and Ihape placed 
 in the cavity of another of an hemlfphevick figuie, 
 in much the fame mannei as an acorn in its ••up. 
 pyiojivard en F'^/tls. 
 
 5. Cop and Cats. Familiar companions. 
 The can is the large vellel out of which 
 the cup is filled, and to which it is a 
 conflant aflbciate. 
 
 You boalling tell us where yon din'd, 
 And how his lordfliip was fo kind; 
 Swear he 's a moft facetious man; 
 Tiiat you and he are cup arjj an : 
 You travel with a heavy load. 
 And quite miftake preferment's read. S-jiift. 
 
 6. \_covpcr, French, to fcarif)-.] A glafs 
 to draw the blood in fcarification. 
 
 Hippocrates tells you, that in applying of cuff, 
 the fcarification ought to be made with crooked 
 inrtrunients. Arbuthnat, 
 
 To Cup. -u. a. [from the nonn.] 
 
 1 . To f'.ipply with cups. This fenfe is 
 obfolete. 
 
 Plumpy Bacchus, v.-ith pink eyne, 
 In thy vats our caves be diown'd ; 
 Witii thy grapes our hairs be crown'd ! 
 Cup us, till the world go round. Skaip Ant. 
 
 2. \co:ipcr, to cut, Fr.] To fix a glafs bell 
 or cucurbite upon the Ikin, to draw the 
 blood in fcarification. 
 
 Tl-.e clotted blood hes heavy on his heart. 
 Corrupt!, and there remains in fpirc of art : 
 Nor bieathing veins wok cupping will prevail; 
 All outward remedies and inward fail. Drydcn. 
 
 You have quartered all tlie foul language upon 
 me, that could bciaked out of the air of Billingf- 
 gate, without knowing who I am, or whether I 
 deferve to be cupped and fcarified at this rate. 
 
 Sp:^titor. 
 
 Bliftering, capping, and bleeding, are fcldom 
 of ule but to the idle and intenij-.craie. Spilt. 
 
 Him the damn'd doflors and kis friends im- 
 mur'd ; ' 
 They bled, they cupp'd, they purg'd ; in (liort 
 they aa'ii. Pope. 
 
 Cvpbf.'arer. «. /. 
 
 1. .An officer of the king's houfehold. 
 
 There is convey'd to Mr. Viilitrs an intimation 
 of the Iting's pleafure to wait and to he fwotn his 
 fcrvant, and (hortiv alter his cuphi.ver at large ; 
 and t! •- lummer following he was admitted in 
 ordinary. _ IVotton. 
 
 2. An attendant to give wine at a feait. 
 
 This vine was f;ud to be given to Tros, the 
 
 father of Ptiam, by Jupiter, as a rccompeuce for 
 
 N his carrying away his fon Ganymede to be his 
 
 cuphiarei. Briome. 
 
 Cu'rBO.\RD. ti. /. [cup, and bopb, a 
 cafe or receptacle, Saxon.] A cafe 
 with fiiclvcs, in which victuals or earth- 
 en ware is placed. 
 
 Some tices arc beft for planchers, as deal; 
 
 fonic for tables, cupioarJi, and dilks, as walnut. 
 
 Bacon*: Nitturitl lli/ioty. 
 
 Ctidrus had but one hcd ; fo Ihort, fo !>oot, 
 
 Th.it his flioit wif«'» Ihoit legs luii-.g dangling out : 
 
 CUR 
 
 His cuplaar.fi head fix earthen pitchers grac'ti, 
 Beneath them was his trufty tankard plac'd. 
 
 J^ryden^i *Junjenal» 
 Yet their wine and their victuals thcfe cur- 
 mudgcon-lubbards 
 Lock up from ray fight, in cellars and cupboards. 
 
 Swift. 
 To Cu'pBOARD. V. a. [from the noun.] 
 To treafure in a cupboard; to hoard 
 np. 
 
 The belly did remain 
 I' th' midft o* th' body, idle and unadtive. 
 Still ruphcarding the viand, never bearing 
 Like labour with the reft. ShakJ. Cfr.'c.'am.':, 
 
 CupI'dity. n. f. [cup'idilas, Latin.] 
 Concupifcence ; unlawful or unreafon- 
 able longing. 
 CU'POLA. n. f. [Italian.] A dome; 
 the hcmifpherical fummit of a build- 
 ing. 
 
 Nature fecms to have defigned the head as the 
 
 cupola to the moft glorious of her woi.ks ; anti 
 
 when we load it with fupemumerary oniaments, 
 
 we defiioy the fyramctry of the human (igurc. 
 
 Addifon'i Spc^latcr, 
 
 Cu'prEi.. n. f. See Coppel. 
 
 Theic be otliCr bodies tixed, as wc fee in the 
 fluff whereof cuppcfs are made, which they put. 
 into furnaces, upon which (ire worketh not. 
 
 Bacun's N,it. Hif, 
 
 Cu'pPER. X. f. [from citj).] One who 
 applies cupping glalTes ; a fparifier. 
 
 CuppiNG-GLASG. n. /. [from cup and 
 ^/rt/}.] A glafs ufed by fcarifieis to 
 draw out the blood by rarefying the 
 air. 
 
 A bubo, in this cafe, ought to be drawn o:>t- 
 ward by cupping-gliijjes, and brought to fuppu- 
 ration. IViJeman. 
 
 Cu'pREOus. adj. [cuprtus, Latin.] Cog(- 
 pery ; confiilingof copper. 
 
 Havi-.g, by Ihe intervention of a little fa! ar- 
 moniack, matic copper inflammable, I tookfoma- 
 fmall grains, and put Ihcm under Ihe wick of a 
 burning candle ; whereby they were witti the . 
 melted tallow fb kindled, that the green, not 
 blue, flame of the cupieous body did burn. Boyls. 
 
 CuR. n. /. liorre, DutcS. See CuPv- 
 
 TAL.] 
 
 . I . A worthlcfs degenerate dog. 
 
 'Tls a good dog. 
 — A cur, (ir. — 
 — Sir, he's a good dog, and a fair dog. Siai. 
 
 Here's an oM drudging cur turned off to (hift 
 for himfelf, for want uf the vciy teeth and lieels- 
 ch.at he had loft in his niaftcr's fcrvicc. L'Epr, 
 
 A cur may bear 
 The name of tiger, lion, or whatever 
 Denotes the nobleft or the faireft hcaft. Dryden. 
 2. A term of reproach for a man. 
 What would you have, ye curs, 
 Th.U like not peace nor war? ■ Sha.k. Con'o/anut. 
 
 This knight had occafion to inqu'ic the w.(y 
 to St. Anne's Lane ; ihe pcrfon, whom he fpokc 
 lo, calkd him a young popifli cur, and alked 
 him, who made Aiiiic a laint.* / Adiijon. 
 
 Cii'rable. iulj. [from ciire.^ That ad- 
 mits a remedy ; that may be healed. 
 
 A conflimntion of the lungs, at the hegirning, 
 herein riifltrs fmm all other curable difea'.cs, that 
 it is not to be worn away by change of diet, or » 
 ci-eerful fpilit. H.iy-vey. 
 
 A defpcrate wound moA fkilful hands employ. 
 But •hinc is curable by Philip's boy. Dtydtti. 
 
 Cu'p.AHLF.NESS. n. f. [from ciirah]e.\ 
 Pofiibility to he healed. 
 
 CuR.^cv. n. f. [from fvj-flff. ] Employ- 
 ment of a curate, diftincl from a bene- 
 fice ; employment which a hired cler- 
 gyman holds judci the beneficiary.
 
 CUR 
 
 Tlity get into orders as fi'on as t'ncv em, Mitl, I 
 if tlicy be very form.-iaic, anive in time to a ,•,.- 
 fvirv here in town. Si'-':Jt. 
 
 CU*RATE. n. /. [airator, Latin.] 
 I . A clergyman hired lo perform the du- 
 ties of another. 
 
 He fpar'd no p;uns ; for cur.it:- l:c had r.onc, 
 Nor durft he trull another with his care. 
 
 Z. A pari(h prieft. 
 
 Bilho^js and curiiU-i, and all congregations. 
 
 CofmtAn l^riiyii , 
 I thought the Englifli of curaie had been ajr 
 
 eccK-fiaftical hireling. No fiich matter ; the 
 
 proper import of the word fignifies one vi'.-o has 
 
 the cure of fouls. Ccllier in I'rUk. 
 
 Cu RAVicsiiip. ?;. /. [ixom airdU.'] The 
 
 fame with curacy. 
 Cu'r.vt/ve. aJj. [from eure.'\ Relating 
 to the cure of dlftafes ; not prcferva- 
 
 t ive. 
 
 The thcrapcutlckora(r.5rn'f phyfick, wc term 
 that wlijch rcltorcs the patient unto fanity. 
 
 BtO'tun'i yulgjr Erm-irs. 
 
 There may be taken proper wfcful indications, 
 lioth pfcfervative and curative, from the qualities 
 of the air. Atiuthnnt. 
 
 CU'RATOR. n. f. [Latin.] 
 I. One that has the care and fuperinten- 
 dence of any thing. 
 
 The rvrjfoM of B:dlain affiiic us, that feme 
 lunaticks are pcrfons of honour. Su'ijt. 
 
 3. A gtiardian appointed by law. 
 
 A minor cannot appear as a defendant in 
 court, but by nis guurdian and ciir.itzr, 
 
 ylyli^c'i Vttrlrpin. 
 
 CURB. n.f. [courier, to bend, French.] 
 
 1. An iron chain, made fa ft to the upper 
 part of the branches of the bridle, 
 in a hole called the eye, and running 
 over tjic beard of the horfe. Farr. DiU. 
 
 Tlic ox has his bow, tlic horfc his curb, and 
 the faulcon his bells; fo man hath his defircs. 
 
 S'hi^f^eurc^s y^syou like it. 
 
 So (oin fierce comfeis, ftarting to the race, 
 
 Seourthrough tlie plain, and lengthen cv'ry pace ; 
 
 Nor reins, nor citrhsf nor threat'ning cries they 
 
 fear. Dry.lcn. 
 
 2. Rettraint ; inhibition} oppofition ; 
 hinderance. 
 
 The P.oman ftate, whofe courfe will on 
 The way it takes, cracking ten thoufand mrbs 
 Of more ifrong Iniks alundcr, than can ever 
 Appc.lrin your impediment. S^^ikf^i. Cctioiuniis. 
 
 VVe remain 
 In ftriflcd bondage, though tlius far rcmov'd, 
 Vndcr th' inevitable curb, rcfcry'd 
 His cniJti'.'c multitude. Milton's Pxr,ul:fe Lcji. 
 
 By thcfe men, religion, that fhould be 
 The curb., is made the fpur to tyranny. 
 
 Dc/l/tMn's Sophy. 
 
 Even they, who think us under no other tie to 
 the true inteielt of our country^ will allow this 
 to be an efledlual curb upon ns. Attcrbury. 
 
 3. A hard and callous tumour, which 
 runs along the infide of a horfe's hoof; 
 that is, on that part of the hoof that is 
 oppofite to the leg of the lame iide. 
 
 Farrier's DlS. 
 
 To Cl'Rb. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 I. To guide or "refna'n a horfe with a 
 
 curb. 
 
 Pait wield their arms, part cutl the foarr.ing 
 
 Ifctd. Mi.'tan. 
 
 ;, To rellrain ; to inhibit; to check; 
 to confine; to hold back. 
 
 Were not the laws planted amr>nr;ft them .it 
 the tirrt, and had they not governours to curb 
 
 CUR 
 
 Th«n thou, the mother of fo fwcet a c^Ai, 
 Her fa|lc iniagin'd lot's toalc to lanienr, 
 And wifely learn to curb ihy forrows Wild. 
 
 i^iilion. 
 If fenfc and learning arc fuch unfociafile im- 
 perious llnnijs, he ought to keep down tl.e growth 
 of his rcafon, and Curb Iris intelle<auali. 
 
 Collier i.n PriJe. 
 Knowing when a mufc fiiould be indulged 
 III her full (light, and when Ihe Ihould be cuibeJ. 
 
 Hcfi^cnitKoii. 
 At this (he eutb'd a grcan, tiiat elfc had come ; 
 And, paufing, view'tl the prtfeiU in the tomb. 
 
 DryJeri's i'ablci. 
 Till fnrre rcttiYiis, his ardour wc rclfrain, 
 And curb his warl.ke wilh to ctofs the main. 
 
 DryJni. 
 Some )50or cottajc on the rnount.vin's brow. 
 Where pinching wa;U mull curb ihy warm dcfires. 
 And houfehold cares fappiefs lliy genial (ires. 
 
 Pno,. 
 N.ilnte to all things Sx'd the limits fit. 
 And wifely curb'.t proud man's pretending wit. 
 
 Pofe. 
 
 2. Sometimes witli y>-o?n. 
 
 Ytt yon arc cutb'J from that enhirgement liy 
 The confcciueiicc of the crown. ShuU'p. Cymbtliric 
 
 3. In the following paflage it fignifies, I 
 think, as in French, to lend. 
 
 Though the courfe of tlie fun be cuibc.l between 
 the tropics, yet are not thofe parts direilly fuli- 
 jeil to his perpendicular beams unhabitable or 
 extremely hot. K.i\. 
 
 CURD, ti.j: [See Cruplf,.] The coa- 
 gulation of inllk ; the concretion of the 
 thicker parts of any liquor. 
 
 Milkofilfclf is fuch a compound of cream, 
 
 cur<h, and whey, as it is eafily turned and dif- 
 
 folved. B^ro'i. 
 
 This night, at lealf , with me forget your c.ire ; 
 
 Chefnuts, and curds and cream, (hall be your fare. 
 
 , ! DryMn. 
 
 Let Sporus tremble..— What ! that thing of fi Ik ? 
 Sporus, that mere white curj of afs's milk .' Pojie. 
 
 To Curd. v. a, [from the noun.] To 
 turn to curds ; to caufe to coagulate. 
 
 Maiden, does it curd thy blood, 
 To fay I am thy mother .' SiLik/feare. 
 
 To Cu'rule. v. n. [from airJ.] To 
 coagulate ; to (hoot together ; to con- 
 crete. 
 
 Powder of mint, and powder of red rofes, 
 keep the milk foracwhatfrom turning or curdling 
 in the ftomach. Huco.i. 
 
 Some to the honfe. 
 The fold, and dairy, hungry bend their flight. 
 Sip round the pail, or talle lUe. cur d.'irrg checfe. 
 
 1 l:o>'ij6'i's Summer. 
 
 To Curdle, v. a. To caufe to coagu- 
 late ; to force into concretions. 
 
 His changed powers at (irii tl'.cmfelvcs not felr, 
 
 Till curjicd cold his courage "gan t' afiail. Sj^i-i. 
 
 Mixed with the fixth part of a fpoonfai of 
 
 miik, it burnt to the fpace of one hundredpulfes, 
 
 and the milk was curdled. Bacon's Nat. lli/i. 
 
 My foul is all the fame, 
 Unmov'd with fear, and niov'd with martial 
 
 fame i 
 Kut my chill blood is curdled in my veins, 
 Ani tcarce the (hadow of a man remains. 
 
 Vrydea's rirt-I. 
 
 Ev'n now a fatal draught works out my foul; 
 
 Ev'n now it curdles in my (htinking veins 
 
 The la/.y blood, and freezes at my heart. Smith. 
 
 There is in tiie fpirlt of wine fome acidity, by 
 
 which brandy curdles milk. Fhyer. 
 
 Cu'rdy. adj. [fromnW.] Coagulated; 
 
 concreted ; full of curds ; curdled. 
 
 It dilVcrs from a vegetable emulfion, by coagu- 
 Uting into a curdy mafs with acids. 
 
 .■Irhuthnoi on Almettts. 
 
 R.td keep thew i".!!! ill awe and obedience ' 
 
 i^oiftr m Ireland. , CURE. »J. /• {wrs, LittiB-J 
 
 CUR 
 
 t. Remedy; pcdoiativ*. 
 
 This leagi:e that we ha'.e niacJe 
 Will glvclur fadnefs vciy little cure; 
 Brother of Eiigland, how may we content 
 This widow lady } Sbnijp. King J-i'tii, 
 
 Colri^ hunger, jirifons, ills without a cuie, 
 All thcic he niufl, aiM guiltlcfs oft, endure. 
 
 Dry^U.-i's Fiblet. 
 Now we're ador'd, and the next hour difpkafe j 
 At fiift your cure, and after your ciifcal'e. 
 
 Grotiville. 
 Horace advifes the Romans to feck a feat in 
 fome remote pait, by way of a cure lor the cor- 
 ruption of manners. S-Miji. 
 
 2. ASi of healing. 
 
 I do cures to-d.iy and to-moriow. Lute. 
 
 3. The benefice or employment of a cu- 
 rate or clergyman. 
 
 If his cute lies among the lawyer;, let nothing 
 be fa id againit entangling property, fpinning 
 out caufes, tqueciiilg clients, and making thi 
 laws a greater grievance than thofe who break 
 them. Collier., 
 
 To Cure. ■u. a. [euro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To heal; to reilore to health ; to re- 
 medy ; to recover : with of before the 
 difcafe. Ufed of patients or difeafes. 
 
 The bones, in (harp colds, wax brittle ; and 
 therefore all cuntuliuns of bones, in hard weather^ 
 are inoi"e dilTu nit to cure. Baton's Nat. UijK 
 
 Here tlic poor lover, that has long endur'd 
 Some proud nymph's fcorn, ofWn fond pafnon'* 
 cu, 'd. lyalter. 
 
 I never knew any man cured of inattention- 
 
 Stuifl. 
 
 Hear what from lo\e unpraftis'd hearts eiidtiie^ 
 
 Fjoni love, the fole difcafe thou canii not cure^ 
 
 Vofe, 
 
 2. To prepare In any manner, fo as ti) 
 be j)rcfcrved from conuptlcn. 
 
 Tl.e beef would be fo ill chofen, or fo ill rureef^ 
 as to lliiik many times before it came to far as 
 Holland. Trmfle. 
 
 CuRtLESs. adj. [cure and /g'}.] With- 
 out cure ; without reir.edy. 
 JJootlcfs ate plaints, and curehft are mjr 
 wounds ; 
 No way to fly, nor ftrength to hold out flight. 
 
 Shakf. Henry vt. 
 
 Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall 
 To curelef, ruin. Sh.ikfp. Merchant of Venici, 
 
 'if, faid he, 
 Your grief alone is hard captivity. 
 For love of heav'n, with patience imdergo 
 A curelefs ill, fince fate will have it fo. Dry.iett. 
 
 Cu'rer. n. f. [from. curc.'\ A healer j 
 a phyfician. 
 
 He is a cnrcr of fouls, and yon a ru-er of bo- 
 dies : if you (hould fight, you go agaiefl the 
 hair of your profelhons. Shakfpeare.. 
 
 The indexterity and v.-orfc fuccefs of the moft 
 famous of our confumption r.vfrj, do evidently 
 demonftr.itc their diniicfs in beholding its caufe, 
 Uaiiiey on C'^nfumptions^ 
 
 Cv'ityEW. n. / [ecuvrf feu, French.] 
 
 1. An evening-peal, by which tlte Con- 
 querer willed that every man fhould rake 
 up his fire, and put out his light ; fo 
 that in many place.s at this day, where 
 a bell is cuflomarily rung towaidi bed. 
 time, it is faid to ring iurfcj.'. Coivelt. 
 
 Yon, whofe paftime 
 Is to make midnight inulhroom'!, that rejoice 
 To hear tl.e folemn cwfetu. 5.4c ijf. Tem^ejf. 
 
 Oft on a plat of rifing ground 
 1 h.car the fir off cwfe-.u found. 
 Over f imc wiJc-walcr'd fliore, 
 Swinging How with fallen ro.rr. Ml/lent. 
 
 2. A cover for a fire ; a firepl;itc. 
 
 But now for pans, pots, curfy-.i". rcuntcit, 
 ar.'y Ui- hk.c, tl.e beauty will not be ft* iKuc- 
 S M 2
 
 CUR 
 
 refpcfled, fo as the compound fluff Is Uke to 
 
 Curia'lity. n.f. [(torn cur!a!is, Latin.] 
 The privileges, prerogatives, or perhaps 
 retinue, of a court. 
 
 The court and ciifi.iiity. Bacon !o FillUn. 
 
 CuRio'siTY. «. f. [from curious.'\ 
 
 1. Inquifitivcnefs ; inclination to inquiry. 
 Z. Nicety ; di.hcacy. 
 
 When thou wall in thy gilt, and thy perfume, 
 they mocked thee for too much cmijuy ; in thy 
 rags thou knoweil none, but ait defpifed forihe 
 contrary. Shakfftare'i Timon. 
 
 3. Accuracy; exadlnefs. 
 
 Qualities arc fo weighed, that curiefity m 
 neither can make choice of cither's moiety. 
 
 Shakfp. King Lear, 
 
 Our fenfes, however armed or aififlcd, arc too 
 grofs to dii'cern the curiojsiy of the workmanlhip 
 ot'natuie. -^'n'. 
 
 4. An act of curiofity ; nice experi- 
 ment. 
 
 There hath been praflifcd alfo a airiofity, to 
 fet a tree upon the north fide of a wall, and, at 
 a little heignt, to draw it thrcujh the wall, and 
 Ipread it upon the. foath fide ; cunccivini; that 
 the root and loiyer part of the ftock (hould enjoy 
 the frcfhncfs of tlic (hade, and the upper boughs 
 and fiuic, the comfort of the fun ; but it furttd 
 not, Biicon^i Nut. HijL 
 
 5. An objeft of curiofity ; rarity. 
 
 We took a ramble together to fee the curi',fi- 
 t!»\ of this gre.it town. .-IJJifO'i'i FicehLler. 
 
 CU'RIOUS. mlj. [faWo/Hj-, Latin.] 
 ■J. Iftquifitive ; dellrous of information; 
 additled to inquiry. 
 
 Be not curio:ii in unnecelTary matters ; for 
 more thnigs are (hewn unto thee than men un- 
 iierftand. . Ecchis. 
 
 Even then to them the fpiiit of lies fuggelis 
 That they were blind, bccaufe they faw not ill ; 
 
 And hieath'd into their uncorrupted b»eaib 
 A atiious wUh, which did corrupt their will. 
 
 DoViEi. 
 
 If anv one too cur:ou% (hould enquire 
 After a vidlory wiiich we (iifdain. 
 
 Then let him know the Belgians did retire 
 Before the patron faint of injur'd Spain, Dryden. 
 
 Reader, if any curious (lay 
 To alk my hated name, 
 
 TcU them, the grave that hides my clay 
 Conceals me from my (hame. U'.ftry. 
 
 2. Attentive to; diligent about: fome- 
 times with after. 
 
 It is pity a gentleman fo ver}' curious afu-r 
 
 things that were elegant and beautiful, (hould 
 
 Tiot have been as curious as to their origin, their 
 
 ufcs, and their natural hiftory. H^ooikuarJ. 
 
 1. Sometimes with of. 
 
 Tiicn tiius a fcnior of the place repKes, 
 Well read, and curious of antiquities. Dryden. 
 jL. Accurate ; careful not to miftake. 
 
 Till Aii-rnifmhad made it a m.atter of great 
 fiiarpncfs and I'ubtlety of wit to be a found be- 
 lievMig chriUian, men were not curi-Ms what 
 IvUables or particles of fpccch they ufcd. W'^oker. 
 r. Difficult to pleafe ; follcitous of per. 
 fcclion ; not negligent ; full of care. 
 
 A temper.itc perlon is not curious of fancies 
 and delicloufnefs ; he thinks not much, and 
 (peaks not often, of me, it and drink, T<tyh'. 
 
 6. Kxailt;nice; fubtile. 
 
 Both thefc fenfes embrace their objefls at 
 greater dillance, witli more variety, and with a 
 more curia'is diicriraination, than the other fenfe, 
 
 lUUcr. 
 
 7. Artful ; not negkftful ; nicely dili- 
 gent. 
 
 A vaik obfcur'd the funfiilnc of her eyes. 
 The rofc within hcrfclf iier fweelncfs clos'd : 
 
 liach ornament about her feemly lies. 
 By curious chance, or carclcfi ar: compos'd. 
 
 ruirj'ax. 
 
 CUR 
 
 8. Elegant ; neat; laboured ; (iniflied. 
 
 Underllaiiding to devife cuiious works, to 
 woik_ in gold. Exodus. 
 
 9. Rigid; fevere; rigorous. 
 
 For curior/s I cannot be with you, 
 Signior Baptifta, of whom I hear fo well. Shui. 
 
 Cu'kiously. aJv. [from curious.] 
 
 1. Inquifitively ; attentively; ftudioufly. 
 
 He looked very cunou/lv upon himfelf, fome- 
 times fetching a little (kip, as if he laid his 
 llrength had not yet forfaken him. Sidney. 
 
 At hril I thoiiglit there had been no light re- 
 flciSed from the water in that place ; but obfeiv- 
 ing it more cuiicujly^ I faw within it feveral 
 fraaller round Ipots, wiiicli appealed much blacker 
 and darker than the i-eft. Hewton's Oi'ticLs, 
 
 2. Elegantly; neatly. 
 
 Nor is it the having of wheels and fpvings, 
 though never fo curioujly wrought, and artifi- 
 cially fet, but the winding of them up, that 
 mult give motion to the watch. S^iuth. 
 
 3. Artfully ; exacily, 
 
 4. Captioufly. 
 
 To CURL. 13. a. {hrdUn, Dutch ; 
 
 cyppan. Sax. hilk, Dan.] 
 I. To turn the hair in ringlets. 
 
 What hall thou been' — 
 — A ferving man, proud in heait and mind, that 
 rurlcJ my hair, wore gloves in my cap, ferved tiic 
 lull of my midiefi's heart, and did ihe aft of daik- 
 ncfs with her. Shukfpcarc's King Lcur. 
 
 i. To writhe ; to twift. 
 
 3. To drefs with curls. 
 
 If (he lirrt meet the cuilcd Antony, 
 He'll make dcmandof her a kifs. Shnkfpcarc. 
 
 They, up the trees 
 Climbing, fat thicker than the fnaky locks 
 That c.vr/'i/ Megxra. Milton's J'jrudjjc Lojl. 
 
 4. To raife in waves, undulations, or 
 iinuofities. 
 
 The vifttation of the winds. 
 Who take the ruffian billows by the lop. 
 Curling their monllrous heads. Sliiikf[icare. 
 
 Seas would be pools, without the biulhing air 
 To cuil the waves. Diy.len's FiMcs. 
 
 To Curl. v. ti. 
 
 1. To fhriuk into ringlets. 
 
 Tnofe (lender aerial bodies are feparatcd and 
 Orctchcd out, which otherwife, by reafon of 
 their flexiblenefs and weight, would flag or i. 71/. 
 
 2. To rife in undulations. 
 
 To every nobler portion of the town 
 Tbc.curling billows rowl theii rciUcfs tide ; 
 
 In parties now they (draggle up and down. 
 As armies, unoppos'd, for prey divide. Diyd/n. 
 
 While CK'.'/Vjg fmoaks from village tops are feen. 
 
 I'oj.i. 
 
 3. To twia itfelf. 
 
 Then round her (lender waifl he cuil'd. 
 And (lamp'd an image of hiralcir, a fov'reign 
 of the woVld. Dryden's fniks. 
 
 Curl. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A ringlet of hair. 
 
 She apparelled hctfelf like a page, ctitling off 
 her hair, leaving nothing but the Ihort curi^ to 
 cover that noble head. Sidney. 
 
 Jul! as in aift he flood, in clouds enfhrin'd. 
 Her hand the falVen'd on his hair behind. 
 Then backward by his yellow curls (he drew; 
 To him, and him alone, confefs'd in view. 
 
 Jiiydcn's F.sl>!es. 
 
 2 , Undulation ; wave ; finuofity ; flexure. 
 
 Thus it happens, if the gl.ifs of the piifms be 
 free from veins, and their frdcs be accurately 
 plain and well polilheri, without thofe numbcr- 
 lefs waves of cutis, which ulually arife from the 
 fand holes. Newton's Opiicks. 
 
 Cu'rlew. n. /. [courlicii, Fr. arqitala, 
 Latin,] 
 
 CUR 
 
 1. A kind of waterfowl, with a large 
 beak, of a gray colour, with red arid 
 black fpots. 
 
 Among birds we reckon crcyfcrs, curkn^f 
 andpufhns. Cttreiu. 
 
 2. A bird laiger tlian a partridge, with 
 longer legs. It runs very fvviftly, and 
 frequents the corn-fitlds in .Spain, in 
 Sicily, and fometimts in Frr.:ice. 
 
 Trcvoii:^. 
 CURMU'DGEON. n. f [It is a vitious 
 manner of pronouncing cai:r viccbant, 
 Fr. An unknown correfpondent, ] An 
 avL-ricious churlifh fellow; a niilcr ; a 
 niggard ; a churl ; a griper. 
 And when lie has it in his claws, 
 He'll not be hide-bound to the caufe ; 
 Nor (halt thou find him a cumuuigecny 
 If thou difpatch it without grudging. JHudil/ra!. 
 A man's way of living is ccmniended, bccaufe 
 he will give any rate for it : and a man will give 
 any rate rather than pals for a poor wi^etch, oca 
 penurious turmudgeon. Locker 
 
 Curmu'dgeonly, adj. [from curmud- 
 geon.] Avaricious ; covetous ; churlifh ; 
 niggardly. 
 
 In a country where he that killed a hog in- 
 vited the neighbourhood, a curmudgeonly fellow 
 advifed with his companions how he might fave 
 the charge. L'Kjirungg^ 
 
 Cu'rrant. ti. f. [r/i^fj, Lat,] 
 
 1. The tree hath no prickles ; the leaves 
 are large : the flower confifts of five 
 leaves, placed in form of a rofe : the 
 ovary, which arifts from the centre of 
 the flower-cup, becomes a globular 
 fruit, produced in bunches. 
 
 2. A fmall dried grape : properly written 
 coririlh. 
 
 They butter'd eurraytts on fat veal befiow'd. 
 And lumps of beef with virgin honey flew'd; 
 Infipid tafle, old friend, to them who Paris 
 
 know, 
 Where rocomliolc, (hailot, and the rank gaii-ck 
 grow. ^Ir/g, 
 
 Cu'rrf.ncy. II. f. [from cunenl.] 
 
 1, Circulation ; power of p.tiling from 
 hand to hand. 
 
 The currency of thofe half-pence would, in 
 univerfal opinion of our people, be utterly dc- 
 flruitive to liiis kingdom. Siuift. 
 
 2, General reception : as, the report had 
 a long currency. 
 
 3, Fluency ; readinefs of utterance ; 
 ealinefs of pronunciation. 
 
 4, Continuance; conftant flow; uninter- 
 rupted courfe. 
 
 The currency of time to eftablilh a cuftom, 
 ought to be will) a coniinunndo from the beginning 
 to the end of the term piefcribed. ■'^yl'fe- 
 
 5, General eftcem ; the late at which any 
 thing is vulgarly valued. 
 
 He that th.inUcth Spain to he fome great over- 
 match for this cflate, alfilled as it is, and may 
 be, is no good mintman, but takes greatncfs of 
 kingdoms according to their bulk and utruncyy 
 and not after intrinfick value. Bacon. 
 
 6, The papers damped in the Englifh co- 
 lonies by authority, and piifling for 
 money, 
 
 CU'RRENT. adj. [fmw,f, Latin.] 
 
 I. Circulatory; palling from hand to 
 
 hand. 
 Shekels of f.lvcr, current money wlih the 
 
 merchant. 0>n<jii.
 
 CUR 
 
 Ti..it ilierc was curreni mcniy in Aliraliam's 
 time, is pjft duiibt, though it is not futt that it 
 was lliiiii>t ; for he is faid to be rich iii citil;, 
 in filvcr, and in gold. Arhuthntt. 
 
 2. G<-n<-rally received ; uiicontradidsJ ; 
 authoritative. 
 
 Many itranL,c bruits are received for current. 
 
 Sui'tcy. 
 
 Becaufc fuch as openly reprove fuppofcd dif- 
 orde*5 of Hate arc taken for principal friends to 
 the comtnon benefit of all, under tl;is fi:ir ar.U 
 pl.iufible colour, whalfoevei they utter pjlfctli for 
 good and current. llcoker. 
 
 I h.avc collciftcd the facls, with all pofliblc im- 
 partiality, from the current liiliorics of thofc 
 times. Stui/t. 
 
 3. Ci>inii;on ; general. 
 
 Tney hii\c lietn trained up from their infancy 
 in one' fct of notions, without ever hearing or 
 knowing What other opinions are current among 
 mankind. ir<itts. 
 
 About thr;e months ago we had a cnmnt 
 leport of the king of France's death. j^dJifon. 
 
 4. Popular ; fuch as is eftablinied by vul- 
 gar cftimatioii. 
 
 \Vc >re alio to conlider the difference between 
 worth and mciit, ftrifliy caken : tnat is a man's 
 jntrinfic'ti, this his current, value ; which is Ids or 
 moi<", as men have occafion toi him. Greiv. 
 
 5. F-ifliiouable ; popular. 
 
 Oit .caviiig what is na.ural and 5t, 
 The curre-it folly proves our reuiy wil ; 
 And authors tl inKrhcir reput.ition lac, 
 \Vhich lives as long as fools arc plcas'd to laugii. 
 
 Vi^e. 
 C. PafTable; fuch as may be allowed or 
 admitted. 
 
 Fouler tlian heart can think thee, thou canft 
 make 
 No cxcufe <::nrent, but to hang thyfclf. Sh.ilf. 
 
 •J. What is now pafling; what is at pre- 
 
 fent in its courfe : as, the current j'tvir. 
 Cu'rrf.nt. «. f. 
 
 1. A running Itieam. 
 
 The cur I cut, that with gentle murmur glidi:s, 
 Thou know'li, being ftopp'd, imp.itiently doth 
 
 rage; 
 But his fair courfe is net hindered ; 
 He makes fweet mufick with th' en-imcll'd 
 ftones. Shakffcarc. 
 
 Thefc inequalities will vanilh in one place, and 
 prcfently appe-'r in another, and feeni perfetftly 
 to move like waves, fuccecrting and di-lhoymg 
 one another ; favc that their motion oftcntinivs 
 fcems to be q.iickeil, as if in that vaft fea thty 
 werecairied on by a current, or at kail by a 
 tide. * Boyle. 
 
 Heav'n hei Eridanus no more (hall buad, 
 Whofe fame in thine, like lellermrrcv/, 's lolt ; 
 Thy nobler ili-eanis fliallvilit Jove's aboaes. 
 To Ihinc among tlie Itars, ana bathe the gods. 
 
 Denhatn. 
 
 Not fabled Po more fwclls the poet's lays. 
 While through the fky his lliining current ttiavs. 
 
 1S.C. 
 
 2. In navigation. 
 
 6'arrc«/i are certain piogreld'c motions of the 
 watiT of the fea in fevera! places, citiicr quite 
 down to the bt)itom, 01 to a certain determinate 
 depth ; by which a Ihip may iiappen to be car- 
 ried more fwiftly, or retarded in licr courfe, ac- 
 cording to the direction of the current, with or 
 againit the way of the (liip. H.irr:s. 
 
 3. Courfe ; progreffion. 
 
 The caftle of Cadmus was taken, and Thebes 
 invelled by Phcuid.TS the Lacedemonian infidi- 
 uufty ; which drew on a refurpriic ot the calrlc, 
 a recovt ry of the town, and 3 current of the w.:r, 
 even intoth; w.iils of Sparta. Buccn. 
 
 Cu'rrentlv. adv. [ixom currcii!.'\ 
 
 1. In a conftant motion. 
 
 2. Witboat oppofition. 
 
 Th€ very c.-.ulc which maketh the fim;)l: ami 
 
 CUR 
 
 ignorant to think they even fee how the trord of 
 God runneth rnrrentlx on your fide, is, that their 
 minds are foicftallid, and their conceits perver- 
 ted bi forehand. Hcakcr, I'lrfnce. 
 
 3. Popularly; fafhionably ; gcucrally. 
 
 4. Without cealing. 
 
 Cu'krf, NTNEss. n.f, [from f urrf/i/. ] 
 
 1. Circulation. 
 
 2. General reception. 
 
 3. Ealinefs of pronunciation. 
 
 When fubltai.tialnefs combnieth with dclight- 
 fulnefs, and currcninefi with Itayednefs, how can 
 the l.inguagc found other than mofi full of f«eet- 
 nefs ? C.nntlcn'i Rcmnim. 
 
 Cu'rrier. tt.f. [carlarhis, Latin.] One 
 who dreffcs and pares leather for thofe 
 that make fliocs, or other things. 
 
 A currier bought a bear-lkin of a huntfman, 
 and laid him down ready money for it. 
 
 L'EJlrati^c. 
 
 Warn'd by frequent ills, the way they found 
 To lodge their loathlome cariion under ground ; 
 For ufelel's tolhe t«/T;Vi were their hides, 
 Nur could their tainted flelh with ocean tides 
 Be freed from filth. DryJeii'i I'i'gi/. 
 
 Cu'rrish. adj. [froni ctir.^ Having the 
 qualities of a degenerate dog ; brutal ; 
 four ; quarrclfome ; malignant ; cliur- 
 li(h ; uncivil ; untraciable ; impracti- 
 cable. 
 Sweet fpeaking oft a airriJJt heart reclaims. 
 
 Sidney. 
 No care of juftice, nor no rule of reafon. 
 Did then.cturthcvcr enter in his mind, 
 But cruelty, the fign of cuoijh kind. Uuh. TMe. 
 
 In laflili-ns waj \i'ard, and in love unkind ; 
 For Cupid deigns not wound a eurrljh mind. 
 
 Yalrfax. 
 I would Ihc were in heaven, fo fhe could 
 Entieat fome pow'r to ciiange this eurrijh Jew. 
 
 Shakj^eare. 
 
 She fays your dog was a cur; and tells you, 
 
 currifi I'nanks is good enough for fuch a prefent. 
 
 Shakfpeiire. 
 
 To CU'RRY. f. a, \_corium, leather, La- 
 tin.] 
 
 1. To drcfs leather, by beating and rub- 
 bing it. 
 
 2. To beat ; to drub ; to thrafli ; to chaf- 
 til'e. 
 
 A deep delign in 't to divide 
 The well-atfeetcd that confide; 
 By fetting brother againft brother, 
 To claw zwA curry one another. Hudilmu. 
 
 I may expci5^ her to take care of her f.imily, 
 and cur}v her hide in cafe of rcfnfal. Addijcn, 
 
 3. To rub a horfe with a fcratching inftrii- 
 ment, fo as to fmootli his coat, and pro- 
 mote his flelh. 
 
 Frictions make the parts more flcihy and full ; 
 as we fee botii in men, and in the currying of 
 horfes : the caufe is, for that they draw a greater 
 quantity of fpirits and blood to the parts. Bctcon. 
 X. To fcratch in kindnefs ; to rub down 
 with flattery ; to tickle. 
 
 If I had a I'uit to mafler Shallow, I would 
 humour his men ; if to his men, I would currt 
 with martcr Shallow. S/titkfpc^rc. 
 
 5. To Curry Favour. To become a fa- 
 vourite by petty officioufnefs, flight 
 kindneffes, or flattery. 
 
 He judged them Hill over-abjcftly to fawn 
 upon the heathens, and to curry Javoiirvt'nh in- 
 fidels. Hioier. 
 This humour fuccecded fo with the puppy, 
 tl.at an als would go the fame way to work to 
 curry fuviur forhinifelf. L'Ejtr,:nee. 
 
 Cu'rkycomb. ri./. [ from a/rrr and iromi.] 
 An iron iiiilrument ufcd for currying or 
 cka.nintr horfes. 
 
 CUR 
 
 He has a clearer idea from a liufc print than 
 from a long definition ; .ind lo he Mould lave of 
 f.rigii M\A Jijirum, il, inllendol a luirtciir.l and 
 cymbal, he could Ice liamped in the margin 
 fmallpiftutts ot tljcfc iiiftrum;n:s. L'-eU. 
 
 To CURSE. i>. a. [cuppian, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To wifli evil to ; to execrate ; to de- 
 vote. 
 
 C'////£ me this people; for they arc too mighty 
 for me. A'«»iicj. 
 
 After Solyman had looked upon the dead body, 
 and bitteily curfcd \\\<: fame, he caulVd a gicat 
 weight to be tied unto it, and fo caA into tiic 
 fea. Knilleu 
 
 What, yet again ! the third time halt ihou 
 curji me : 
 This impneation was for Laius' death, 
 And thou half wilhcd me like him. 
 
 I}yyd-:n and Lee. 
 
 2. To mifchief ; toafllitfl; to torment. 
 
 On iini>iuus lealms and barb'ious kings im- 
 pofe 
 Thy plagues, and eurfe 'em with fuch fons as 
 thofe. I'ofe, 
 
 Tu Curse. i>. n. To imprecate ; to deny 
 or afiirm with imprecation of divine ven- 
 geance. 
 
 Tlie hlver about which thou curfalj!, and 
 fpcakcft of alfo in my car*, behold the filver is 
 with me. "Judgei. 
 
 Curse, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. iVIalediaion ; wifh of evil to another. 
 
 Nc:tlicr have 1 fuffcrcd my mouth to lin, by 
 wilhing a curfc to l.is foul. "J'Ji.. 
 
 I never went fiom your lordOiip hut with a 
 longing to return, or without a hearty curfe to 
 him who invented ceremtmies, and put me oij 
 the neceffity of withdrawing. Drydtn. ' 
 
 2. AfHiclion ; torment; vexation. 
 
 Curfe on tie Uriplm- ! how he apes his fire ! 
 Ambitioufly fenten;ioiis ! ^'^ddifon. 
 
 Cu'rsed. pa.ticip'ml etdj. [from cur/«.] 
 
 1. Delerviiig a cuvfc ; hateful; detefta- 
 ble ; abominable ; wicked. 
 
 Merciful pow'rs ! 
 Rcltrain in mc the <;/iy.v/ thoughts that nature 
 Gives way to in rcpolc. ' Shukffdr!. 
 
 2. Unholy ; unfandiSed ; blailed by a 
 curfc. 
 
 Come, lady, while heav'n lends us grace. 
 Let us Hy this curf-.d place, 
 Lett the forctrer us entice 
 With fome othei new device : 
 Not a walle or ncedlcfs found. 
 Till we come to holiei ground. ^Tl'tcx. 
 
 3. Vexatious ; troublefome. 
 
 This ear/.-./ quarrel he no more rcnew'd ; 
 Be, as becomes a wife, obedient ttill. 
 Though griev'd, yet fubjcfl to her huibaiid's 
 «•■"• Drydcn. 
 
 Oned.iy, I think, in Par.idifc he liv'd; 
 Deftin'd the ncil his journey to purfue, 
 Wl-.cre wounding thoinsana cur/ed ih'ililt.s grew. 
 
 Frhr. 
 
 Cd'rsedly. adv. [Tmm cut/ed.] Mifera- 
 bly ; Ihamefully : a low cant word. 
 
 Satisfa^ion and rcftitution lies fore-yi-.r/r hard 
 on the gizzards of our publicans. L'KjIrange- 
 Sure this is a nation that Is curjedly 3\ri\A or 
 beiig over-run with too much politcnefs, and 
 cannot n g:Lin one great g; ni-js but at the ex- 
 prncc of another. Pu'e. 
 
 Cu'rsedness. n.f. [from curfed.l TJie 
 ftate of being under a curfe. 
 
 CuRSHip. n. f [from a;r.] Dogfhip ; 
 mcannefs; fcoundrcllhip. 
 
 Huwduift he, I fay, oppofc t\i\- curjilp, 
 
 'Gainit arms, authority, and worlhip .= Uudlb. 
 
 ClTRSITOR.n.f [Latin.] An officer 
 
 or clerk belonging to the Chancery, 
 
 that makes out original writs. They
 
 CUR 
 
 ave called- clerks of courfe, in the oath 
 of the clerks of Chancery. Of ihele 
 there are twenty-four in iiamber, whicn 
 have certain (liires allotted to each of 
 them, into which they make out fuch 
 original writs as are required. 1 hey 
 are a corporation among therafelves. 
 
 Cotvsll. 
 
 I Then is tlii: recognition and value, fijiicd witii 
 
 the handwi-iliig uf tliat juliice, uivncd b;,' the 
 
 . nrjlfor in Cl.ancery for that Ihiie whSre tliofc 
 
 lands do lie, and Cy him is a writ of coviiunc 
 
 thereupon drawn, and ingrofTedin parchment. 
 
 Baccn. 
 
 Qv' KiOKAKY. adj. [from curfus, Latin.] 
 
 Ciitfory ; hafty ; carelefi. A word, I 
 
 "telicre, only found in the following line. 
 
 lh.ivc b'lt « ith a rar/c/ary-cye 
 O'cr-lanc'd tiie ailiclcs. 'Shuk/peare's Ihmy v. 
 Cu'rsoki'ly. tia'-u. [from ci'rfiry.] Haf- 
 'tiiy; without care; without folicitoua 
 
 attention. 
 
 This power, and no other, Liitlicr difowiis, as 
 
 srv one that views r!:e place but chrfarily moft 
 
 . r.ccds fee. .'ii-crh.ry. 
 
 Cu'rioriness. n./. [from curfcry.l Shght 
 
 attention. 
 CU'RSORY. ailj. [from curfortus, Latin.] 
 Hally ; quick ; inattentivi ; carelefs. 
 
 The fiift, upon a a/r/oi^ and fupcificial view, 
 appeared lilic the licad of another mar,. Addij'jit. 
 CuusT. atlj. Froward ; peeviih ; malig- 
 nant ; niifcliievous ; malicious ; fiiarling. 
 Mr. M.ifon, after his manner, was very merry 
 with lioiii parties ; ph;af.intly playing hutli with 
 liie Ihrcwd toii^licsof many ciKJi hoys, and witli 
 liic fmall nifcretioii of many lewd fchoilnialiers. 
 Afcham ' i Hckaolmijlcr . 
 Curl! COWS h.ive flioi C horns. I' overii. 
 
 I pray you, thoigh you moclt me, gcnllenien, 
 },ct her not hurt m- : I was never cwj! ; 
 1 have no gift at .ill in lhrc\»ilhncfs ; 
 i am a riijlit maid, for my cowardices 
 L'.-t iict not liiikc me. , Shitkjpetiie. 
 
 I'll g) fee if the beir he gone from the gcn- 
 tliinan, and how mnth he hath e.ntcn : they are 
 r.cvcT curjl hut when they are hui'.giy. Sisal:/. 
 
 Her only fault, and th.at is fault cnougli, 
 Ij, that file is inlolcrably cinji, 
 And Ihrewd and froward, fo beyond all mealurc, 
 Tint, were my it.ue far worlcr than it is, 
 1 would not wed her for a mine of gold. Shukf. 
 
 Wlien I dilTuaded him from his intent. 
 And found l-.ini pight to do it with c:i'l! fpcech, 
 i threaten'd to dil'covcr him. Skakfpeare. 
 
 And though his mind 
 B.- ne'er fo ru'J}, his toriguc is kind. Cmfij'.u. 
 jCt.''KsrNRSs.n./ [homcurfi.] Peevifh- 
 nefs ; frowatdiiefs ; malignity. 
 
 Then, noble partners, 
 Tnnch vou the four< ft pyints with fwectcfl terms, 
 Kor curpicp grow to the matter. Shutfpeair. 
 
 Hci mfutn tlic writh'd, her forehead taught 
 to frown, 
 Her eves tofparkic fires to love unknown ; 
 Hn- (.iltow cheeks her envious mind did thcw. 
 And cv'ry feature fpokc aloud the ciirjltirf- of a 
 Ihrcw. Dijdm. 
 
 Ci'RT. ndj. [from fKr/ur, Latin.] Short. 
 "To CU RTAIL. -y. a. [cutli, Latin. It 
 was anciently written airtal, which per- 
 haps is more proper ; hut dogs that had 
 their tails cut being called curfnl dogs, 
 the word was vulgarly conceived to mean 
 originally fo cut Ihe tail, and was in time 
 \<.'ritten according to that notion.] 
 I. 7"o cut off; to cut fliort ; to (liorten. 
 J, that am cnrtaiPit of M fair proportion, 
 D'i'orm'd, ui fn.i^fli'd, fent before my lime 
 Into this Ure. thing woild. Shaifpcare. 
 
 C U ?L 
 
 Then why ihould we ourfclvea abridgt) 
 And curtail our own privilege ? liuii/'h<ciL 
 
 Seiibhicrs fend us over their trafh in prole and 
 vcrfe, with abominable curiailiitgi and qu.iint 
 modcrnifms. Sitnft. 
 
 This g«ncral employ, and cxpencc of their 
 time, would as alfuredly curtail iwA retrench the 
 ordinary means of kiiowh-dge and erudition, 
 as it would flioitcn the opportunities of vice. 
 
 IVoJivnrd. 
 
 Pcrh-.'.ps this humour of fpcaking no more 
 than we muil, has fo mifciably f-urtnilcd fume 
 of our words; and, in f.nuiliar wii:ings and 
 convetfa'.ions, they often lol>. all hut their firlV 
 fyllables. Mdijtm'i Sptilr-'or . 
 
 3. It has o/" before the thing cut off, 
 
 Tlie count aiTnred the court, that Fail hij an- 
 ta^onift had taken a wioiig name, having cur- 
 («//,•(/ it o/' three letters ; for that his name was i 
 not Fail, but Faction. y.'ddijoi). 
 
 Cu'r.TAlL Dog. n. f. A ioglaived, or 
 mutilated according to the forcll laws, 
 whofc tail is cut oS, and who is there- 
 fore hindered in courling. Perhaps this 
 word may be the original of cur, 
 
 I, amazec', ran from her as a witch ; and I 
 
 think if my breaft ijad not been m.ide of fa.th, 
 
 and my heart of fteel, fiic h.id transformed me 
 
 to a airtti:! dcg, and made mo turn i' th' wheel. 
 
 Skaiijpsare* i Comtdy of Erruun. 
 
 CU'RT.^IN. «./. [corlma, Latin.] 
 
 1. A cloth contracted or expanded at plca- 
 fure, to ad-r.it or exclude the light ; to 
 conceal or difcover any tiling ; to ihade 
 a bed ; to darken a room. 
 
 Their attains ought to be kipt open, fo as to 
 rejiew the air. yhbuihrnt en Diet. 
 
 Sol through svhite atrlaint fliota tim'rous ray. 
 And op'd thofe eyes tliatmuii cclipfe the d.ry. 
 
 Vope 
 
 Thy hand, great Du'.nefs ! lets the «/r/a/>t fall, 
 .^nd nnivcrfal d.iiknefs buries all. P'^p'. 
 
 2. To drata the Cvv.T Kin . To cicfe it, 
 fo as to fhut out the light, or conceal 
 the objeft. 
 
 I mult draw a airiain before the work for a 
 
 while, and keep your patience a little in fulpcnfc. 
 
 Burnct'i Theory. 
 
 Once more I write to you, and this once will 
 he ihc laiV : the ntriciin will foon be drawn be- 
 tween my friend and me, and nothing left hut to 
 with you a long good night. l-'opc. 
 
 3. To open it, fo aa to difcern the objtdl. 
 
 So foon as the all -cheering fun 
 Should in the farthcft cafl begin to dr.iw 
 The fli.Triv curtain from Aurora's l»ed. Shalfp. 
 
 Let them fleep, let them llcep on, 
 Till il.'s llormy ntgiivbc gone ; 
 And th' eternal morrow dawn. 
 Then the curtain w ill he drawn. Craf:a'v. 
 
 4. [In fortification.] That part of the 
 wall or rampart that lies between two 
 badions. Military Did. 
 
 The governnur, not difcouraged, fuddenly of 
 timber and boards rnifed up a curtain twelve foo; 
 high, at the Lack of his foltlicrs. Krrol'a. 
 
 CuRT.MN-LECTURE. n.y! [ froiTi rW/aiH 
 and/c<7;/;t.] A reproof given \>y a wife 
 to her hiifband in bed. 
 
 What endlcfs Lr.awls by wives arc hred i 
 The cuituiri-te£ture makes a moui nfvd bed. 
 
 l)r)Jctl's yuT£t!a.'. 
 
 She ought to exert the authority- of the mr- 
 
 tnin-lctlurc, and, if Ihe finds hiin of a rebellious 
 
 dlfpofition, to tame him. jCddijcn. 
 
 7iCi;RTAiN. i>. a. [from the noun.] To 
 enclofe or accominodate with curtains, 
 
 Kow o'er one half the world 
 Nature fcems dead, and wicked dreams ahufe 
 The tailiiin'd flcc^). iliDkfpe^rc'i M'i'l'Ctlt. 
 
 c u s 
 
 The wand'iing prince and DitJrt, 
 When with a h.^ppy iioim they were furprisMj 
 And curtnin'd with a counfel-keeping cave. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 But, in lier temple's laft rrccfs inclos'd, 
 On Dulnefs' hip th' at-.uintcd head repos'd : 
 Him dole (he turt;tin\t xu\iK\t\ with vapours blue^ 
 And foft befprinkled with Cimmerian dew. Vope. 
 Curtate Dijlunce. n. f. [In allronomy.] 
 The diflaiice of a planet's place from the 
 fun, reduced to tire ecliptick. 
 Cuut.^'tion. n.J. [from ctirto, to fhorten, 
 Latin. ] The interval between a planet's 
 diftance from the fun and the curtate 
 diftance. Chambers. 
 
 Cu'rtei,a.';se. ? <-> 
 
 ^ , \ See Cutlass. 
 
 Cu RTELAX. \ 
 
 Cu'rtsy. See Courtesy. 
 Cv'rvated. ar^'. \curvalus,\sA.'\ Bent; 
 
 crooked. 
 Curva'tion. n.f. \_ciirvn, Latin.] The 
 
 aft of bending or crooking. 
 Cu'rvatuue. n.J. [fiomfK/-TC.] Crook- 
 ednefs ; inflexion ; manner of bending. 
 
 It is bent after the manner of the catenaiiaa 
 curve, by which it obtains that cut-vuturc ttiat is 
 fafeft for the included m.irrow. Chcyti^. 
 
 Flaccid It was beyond the aiftivity of the mufcle, 
 and cuivalurc of the ofticles, to give it a due 
 tenlion. IJfJ.icr, 
 
 Curve, ar/r. [tv/funr, Latin.] Crooked; 
 bent ; infleded ; not flraight. 
 
 Unlcfs an in:rinf:ck principle of gravity oraf- 
 
 tratftion rnn.y make it defcribe a curve line about 
 
 the attraibng body. , Bcut/cv. 
 
 Curve, n,/. Any thing bent ; a flextnc 
 
 or crookednefs of any pirticular form. 
 
 And as you lead it lound, in artful curite. 
 With eye intentive maik the fpringing game. 
 
 'L hr,mp,ti. 
 
 To CURVE. 11. a. Icurnio, Lstin.] To 
 bend ; to crcok ; to infleft. 
 And the tongue is diawn back and curved. 
 
 H'lJer. 
 roCURVE'T. v.,t.[corvctlayc, Italian.] 
 I. To leap ; to boimd. 
 
 Cry holla ! to thy tongue, I pr'v thee : it 
 curvfti ljfc.iron.lhiy. i/ui/.-fj'taie, 
 
 Himfclf he on'an earwig fct. 
 Yet fcarcc he on bis back could get, 
 So oft and high he did curvet, 
 Ere he himfelfcou4d fettle. D'a\tirt. 
 
 Seii'd with unwonted pain, furpriz'd with 
 fright, 
 Tlic wounded ftecd .-vjt.v.'i ; and, rais'd upright, 
 Lights on his feet before : his hoofs behind 
 £l)iing up in ai; aloft, and !i;(h the whid. 
 
 Viydcn's JEneid. 
 1. To fiifls ; to be licentious. 
 Clkve't. n.f. [fiom the verb.] 
 
 1. A leap ; a bound. 
 
 2. A frolick ; a prank. 
 CfRviii'NKAR. adj. \curvt!s and llutat 
 
 Ijatin.] 
 
 1. Coniilling of a crooked line. 
 
 The impnlfc continually draws the ccleflial 
 body from its rc^ilinear motion, and forces it 
 into a cwvilincar (ix\ni \ fo tliat it mull be re- 
 pealed every minute of time. Chcynt. 
 
 2. Compofed of crooked lines. 
 Cu'rvity. n.J. [fvoni cwve.'\ Crooked- 
 nefs. 
 
 TliC joined ends of that bone and the incus re- 
 ceding, make a more acute angle at that joint, 
 .nid give a greater 4»n-.'/)' to ti-.e poflmc of the 
 ofiicles. tlcfder on Speech. 
 
 CirSHION. n.f. [hfn, Dutch; coii^rr, 
 French.] A pillow for the fwt ; a foft 
 pad placed upon ? chsir.
 
 c u s 
 
 Call Claudius, and fomc other of my men ; 
 I'll have tlicm flcep on cufiions in my tciit. 
 
 If you are leani'd, 
 Be not as common fooU j if you are nor, 
 Let tlicm have cujliiins by you. S/iuif/ttnrf. 
 
 But, ere they fat, officious Baucis hiys 
 Two citations ftuff'd with ftraw, the feat to raife ; 
 Coarfc, but the hcrt (he lud. DtjJcn's F<it/es. 
 
 An caftcrn king put a judge to death for an 
 iniquitous fcritcnce ; and ordered his hide to be 
 ilu6^cd into a ctij/iiony and placed upon the tribu- 
 nal, for the fon to fit on. SwiJ'i, 
 Co'sHiONED. flc^'. [from a//Zi;Vn.] Seated 
 on a culliion ; fupported by cudiions. 
 
 Many, who arc cw^/tnf// upon thrones, would 
 have remained in obfcurity. DiJJtyl, ci I'iiriits. 
 
 CUSP. n./. [ai/fis, Latin.] A terni iifed 
 to exprefo the points or lioriis of the 
 moon, or other luminary. Harris. 
 
 Cu'sPATED. \ adj. [from cuff Is, La- 
 
 Cu'spiDATED, 3 tin-] -A. word ex- 
 prefling the leaves of a flower ending 
 in a point. ^lincy. 
 
 Cu'sTARD. n.f. [ctujlard, Wehh.j A 
 kind of fweetmeat made by boiling 
 eggs with milk and fiigar till the whole 
 thickenb into a mafs. It is a food much 
 ufed in city feafts. 
 
 He cramni'd them, till their guts did ake. 
 With cawdle, cuj}ardy and plumb-cake, liudih. 
 Now may'rs and lliiieves all hulli'd and Ir.ti- 
 ate lay \ 
 Yet eal, in dreams, the cufiari of the day. Foft. 
 
 Cu'sTODV. n. f. \j:!iJlo'd\a, Latin.] 
 
 1. Imprifonment ; rettraint of liberty. 
 
 The council remonftranced unto queen Eliza- 
 beth the confpiracies agaiult her life, and there- 
 fore they advifed her, that (he (hould go lefs 
 abroad weakly attended; but the queen an- 
 Cwered, Ihe had rather be dead than put in f^/- 
 ttds. Bacon. 
 
 For thus enHavM, is cufiody feverc, 
 And ftripes, and arbitrary punithment 
 InHifted ? Milton' i Paradife LcJ!. 
 
 2. Care ; guardiarfliip ; charge. 
 
 Under the citjicdy ;md charge of the funs of 
 Marari, fhall be the boards of the tabernacle. 
 
 MiKicri. 
 
 We being firangers f.erc, how dai'lt thou trull 
 So great a charge from thine own cii/ion'y ? S'tuk. 
 
 An offence it were, ralhly to depart o jt of The 
 city committed to their ciiftodf. JOiol/es. 
 
 There is generally but one coin IVampt upon 
 the occation, which is made a prefcnt to the per- 
 fon who is celebrated on it : by this means the 
 ■whale frame is in his own cjjiody. ..-Idiiij^^n. 
 
 3. Defence ; prefervation ; fecurity. 
 
 There was prepared a fleet of thirty Ihips for 
 the cujh.ly of the nanow feas. tu 'n 
 
 CU'STOM. n.f. icoujiumi, French.] 
 
 1. Habit; habitual practice. 
 Blosd and deft ruiftion (hill be fo in ufe. 
 
 That mottters Hi.tII but I'mile when they behold 
 Their infants quarter'd by tl-.e hands of war ; 
 All pity choak'd w.th cupM of fell deeds. Si:-jif. 
 Cuf.om, a gieater power than nature,'r<;liiom 
 fails to make tliem worOiip. ~ Lo^t.:. 
 
 2. Fadiion ; common way of afting. 
 
 And the pricft's cujlori widr the people was, 
 that when any man cff'jred facriftcc, the pric(t*s 
 farvaut came, while the flefb was in fceth.ing, 
 with a lielh-hook of three tecih in his hands. 
 
 1 Sar.utl. 
 
 3. Etlabhlhed manner. 
 
 According to the a.fom of the pricrt's ofncc, 
 his lot was to burn inccnft when he went into 
 t'C temple of the Lord. Luke. 
 
 4. Praftice of buying of certain perfons. 
 
 Vj» fay he is alfiduous In his calliUj;, aiid m 
 he nni gron n rich by it ? Let him have your r.v/- 
 Imi, but iii-t yojr vot.s. Md'h' 
 
 C IT S 
 
 J. Application from buyers : as, this trader 
 
 h.is g'>od cullom. 
 
 6. [In law.] 
 
 A law 01 right not written, 'which, being rf- 
 tablilhcd by long ufe, and the confent ot our 
 anceltors, has been, and is, daily pradtiltd. V/e 
 cannot fay that this or that is a cujlrni, c.\ccpt we 
 can juftify that it hath continued lb one hun- 
 dred years ; yet, bccaufe that is hard to prove, 
 it is enough for the proof of a cujhmf if two or 
 more can dcpole that they heard their fathers 
 fay, that it was a c:tJlom all their time ; and 
 that their fathers heard their fathers alio fay, that 
 it was likewife a cujltm in their time. If it is 
 tube proved by record, the continuance of a bun- 
 dled years will ferve. Oijlom is either general 
 or particular : general, that which is current 
 ihiough England; particular, is that which he- 
 longs to this or that county; as gavelkind to 
 Kent, or this or that lordlhip, city, 'or town. 
 Cujlom differs from prefcription ; for cujlom is 
 conimon to more, and prefcription is particu- 
 lar to this or that man : prefcription may be foi 
 a far Ihortcr lime tiian cuflom. Co \i:di. 
 
 7. Tribute'; tax paid for goods Imported 
 or txported. 
 
 The rcfidue of thcfe ordinary finances be ca- 
 fual or imcertain, as be the clcheats and forfei- 
 tures, the atjiomt, ^butlerage, and impofts. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 ^Thofe commodities may be difperfed, after 
 
 having paid the rujlans in England. Tan^h. 
 
 Cujlomi to (^eal is fucii a [ii\ial thing. 
 That 'tis their charter to defraud their king. 
 , . Dry den. 
 
 Strabo tells you, th.at Britain bore heavy taxes, 
 efFccirlly the cuJUim on the importation of the 
 Gallick tr.ade. .Arluihnit. 
 
 Cu'sTOMHOusE. n.y". The'lioufe where 
 the taxes upon goods imported or ex- 
 ported arc coUefted. 
 
 Some c:iJiomh'.'hfe officers, birds of prffage, 
 and opprelTivethiifty fquires,are the only thriving 
 people amongft u?. Sivijf. 
 
 Cu'iTOM.^BLE. adj. [from ai/!o/!! .'] Com- 
 mon ; habitual ; frequent. 
 
 Cu'sTOMABLtNESS, t!./, [from .'.V 7v' .'.>;- 
 
 alk. ] 
 
 1. Frequency ; habit. 
 
 2. Conformity to cuftoni. 
 CusTO.VABLY. ai!v. [from cuJ!GnuilL'.'\ 
 
 According to cuHoni. 
 
 Kingdoms have cKJlomMy been carried away 
 by right of fucccfiion, according to prosi- 
 mity of blood. Uayicird. 
 
 Cu'sTOM ARiiY. ndv. \lx.-iVA cnJlor,iary.'\ 
 Habitually ; commonly. 
 
 To call God to witnefs truth, or a lye perhaps, 
 or to appeal ro him on every trivial cccaliou, in 
 common dlfcourfe, cujlomariy without confi- 
 deiation, is one of the higVeiit indignities and 
 aifronts th.at can be oflieied him. Ray. 
 
 Cu'sTOM ARiNE.'^s. n.f. [^lom. cujlom.iry.'] 
 Frequency; commonr.cfs; frequent 
 occurrence. 
 
 A vice which for its giiiit may jiiniiV the 
 fh:;rprlt, and for its cr.l'.e.mAnnefi the frequentelf, 
 invcflivcs which can bt made sgainft it. 
 
 Govcr/munt oj the Tongue. 
 
 CufeTOMAP.Y. adi. [from cujlom.^ 
 I. Conformable to ellablilhcd cuftora ; 
 according to prefcription. 
 
 Pr.iy you now, if it may ftandwith the tune 
 of your voices, that T may be confol : I have 
 here VM. cujHinitry rinviKX. Shal-fpcare, 
 
 Several ingenious perfons, whofc. alSftance 
 might be conducive to the advance of real and 
 ufcful knowledge, lay under the prejudices of 
 cdjcit:on and ci.JJi:iitt'y beUc/. (Jla'-vUU. 
 
 -2. Habitual. 
 
 C t? T 
 
 We rhould avoid the profane and 'nevercrfiiff. 
 of God's name, by curling, or .ujl(jr:tirv (wearing ; 
 and take heed of the iicglcdl of iiii worOiip, or 
 any thing belonging to it. lHlotpr. 
 
 3. Ufual ; wonted. 
 
 Ev'n now I met him 
 With cujltmcry compliment, when he, 
 Waftmg his eyes to th' contrary, and failing 
 A lip of much coutempt, fpecds from me. 
 
 ShakJjsCiiTe. 
 Cu'sTOMED. adj. [from f.v/?om.] Ufual; 
 common ; that to which we are accuf 
 tcmed. 
 
 No iiat'ra! •.xhal.ition in the fty. 
 No rominoii wind, n<j ru/lyinfd i:\ar.' , 
 But they willpiuck away its nat'rai caul'e, 
 And call them meteors, prodigies, anti tigns.' 
 
 S/:uijpcare,~ 
 
 Cu'sTOMER. n.f. [from at/lom.] 
 
 1 . One who frequents any place of fale 
 for the fake of purchafing. 
 
 Gne would think it Overdone's houfe ; for 
 here be many old cujlorr^en. Shaijfeare, 
 
 A wealthy poet takes more pains to hire 
 A flattering audience, than poor tradefmcn do 
 To perluadc cuf.wncn to buy their guod.*. 
 
 R<iJ'Ofr.n:on. 
 
 Lord Strut has befpoke his liveries at Lewis 
 Baboon's (hop : Don't you fee how that old fox 
 deals away your cujlomcti, and turns you out,of 
 your bufinefs every day > yhbutlinot. 
 
 Thofe papers are grown a nccelTary p.iit in 
 cofieehoulc futniiure, anrl may be read by cuf- 
 tomcn ol all ranki for curiofity or amufciiien:.' 
 
 Swiff. 
 
 I (hewed you a piece of black aijd white f.uK, 
 juft font from the dyer, whith you were pleafcd 
 to approve of, and Ije my cufiorr.cr for. i'lt.-'/r.. 
 
 2. A common woman. Thisfenfc is iicv» 
 obfoletc. 
 
 Imairyher! — What, a cuf.omer ? Pr'ythee 
 bear fomc charity to ir.y wit ; do not think it fo 
 unwholefome. Sh.:.*'f^saTe'i 0:hci!i, 
 
 Ctl'sTREL. n.f. 
 
 1 . A bucklcr-bcarer. 
 
 2. A veflVl for holding wine. A'jvfivirih. 
 To CUT. pret. cut ; part.pafr. cut. [pro- 
 bably from the Vven^hcoutcau, a knife.] 
 
 1. To penetrate with an edged inftru- 
 ment ; to divide any continuity by a 
 fharp cd^e. 
 
 Ah, ctit my lace afunder, 
 Tiiat my great hcarr may have fome fcopt to 
 
 beat, 
 Or cife I fwcoa with this de«d killing news. 
 
 S':,i ^fpr.jre'^ Kic/rartt in. 
 
 And when two leaits were joiii'd by mutual 
 
 love. 
 
 The fword of jiiflice cuss upon the knot, 
 
 And fevers 'em forever. Dryde.;. 
 
 Some 1 have c^l away witii ftilTars. If'rjemui. 
 
 2. To hew. 
 
 Thy f;;rvant3 can (kill ti<t.: ti.mh'Cr in Leiii- 
 non. 2 Ch9'::..ei, 
 
 3. To carve ; to make by fculpture. 
 
 Why (houKI a man, w'nofc bioosl is warm 
 within, 
 Sit like his grandfirc ru! in alaba(!cr ? Sialf. 
 
 The triumphal is deficed by time ; but the 
 plan of it is nearly cu: upon the wall of a neigh- 
 bouring building. yid.tiJ'M. 
 
 4. To form any thing by cutting. 
 
 And they did heat the gold into thin plates, 
 and .-w.' it into wires. hxo.itii. 
 
 5. To divide br,' paflinir through. 
 
 Before the wiiirtling winds ihc vcflcls fly, 
 With rapid fwiftnefa r,vr the liquid wr.y. 
 And rracti Gereftii* at the point of day. "Pzrt^ 
 
 6. To pierce with any uneafy fenfation. 
 
 The manV-is f.v.' to thr !.c;:; with thofc c.-^-i- 
 fiiation:. .V-- . -
 
 CUT 
 
 7* To divide packs of cards. 
 
 Supine they in their he.u'11 remain, 
 Exempt fiom pail'ion and from pain ; 
 And frankly leave us, hunnan elves, 
 To .'K.' and lliulflc for our ourfelvcs. Pr.'or. 
 
 VVe fure in vain the caids condemn, 
 Ourfelvcs both cut and Ihurtled them. F'J'ji- 
 
 Take a frcfli pack, nor is it worth our griev- 
 
 '"£> ,. , . 
 
 Who iuii or (liulflcs with our duty leavmg. 
 
 8. To interfefl;; to crofs : as, one line 
 cuts another at right angles. 
 
 9. To Cut doiun. To fell ; to hew down. 
 
 All the timber whereof was cut down in the 
 moi^ntains of Cilicia. KnuH's. 
 
 10. To C\JT Joiun. To excel; to over- 
 power : a lowphrafe. 
 
 So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts 
 ^.iwn the fincrt orator, and dclhoj s the bcft con- 
 trived aiijumeiit, as foon as ever he gets himfelf 
 to be heard. Addijnn'i Count Tunff, 
 
 ir. To CvT off'. To feparate froni the 
 otiier parts by cutting. 
 
 And tliey caught him, and cut c/his thumbs. 
 
 Judgei. 
 
 .12. TuCuT ojf. To deftroy ;ta€xtlrpate; 
 to put to death untimely. 
 
 All Spain was 6r(l conquered by the Romans, 
 and filled with colonies from them, which were 
 liill incrcafed, and the native Spaniards rtill cut 
 ^fj)\ ■ Spcjc on Ireland. 
 
 Were I -king, 
 X Ihould cut iff the nobles for their lands. 
 
 Shiikfp. Mochcth. 
 
 This^cat commander was fiiddenly cut o^by 
 
 a fatal ftrokc, given hioi with a fmall contcmp- 
 
 .tible infirument. Ihiuct. 
 
 Ircnaus was likev/ife cut off by martyrdom. 
 
 AdJiJou. 
 lU-fatcd prince ! too negligent of life ! 
 ■Cut (iff in tKe frclh ripening prime of manhood, 
 ■Even in the pride of life. I'hillfi. 
 
 13. To Cut oJ". To refcind ; to fepa- 
 rate ; to take away. 
 
 'Fetch the will hither, and wc Ihall dcterniine 
 'How to cut off {oine charge in legacies. S/iaif. 
 
 He that cuti off twenty ytprs of life, 
 Cuts off fo many years of fearing death. Sliahf. 
 
 Prelume not on thy God, wlioc'cr he be : 
 Thet he regards not, owns not, hath cut yf 
 Quite from his people. Milt'jti's Agonrfics. 
 
 The propolal of a recompence from men, cun 
 sff the hopes of future towards. Small idge. 
 
 14. To Cut ^ To intercept ; to hinder 
 from union (ST return. 
 
 Ti t king of this ifland, a wife man and a great 
 
 ■■warrior, hattdled the m.ttrcr fo, as h.c cut 0^ ihcii 
 
 land forces from their (hips. Bacon. 
 
 His party was fo much inferior to the enemy, 
 
 that it would inf.tliibly be cut off. Clarendon. 
 
 ^5. To Cut off. To put an end to ; to 
 
 ohviate. 
 
 Tocv.' jy contentions, commiflioncrs were ap- 
 pointed to make certain the limits. lluy.u,ird. 
 
 To C!:t off all further mediation and intcrpofi- 
 ■tion, the king conjured him 10 give over all 
 .thoughts of excufe. Clarendon. 
 
 It mnv compofc our unnatural feuds, and cut 
 ■cff frequent occ.ifions of brutal rage and intem- 
 perance. Addifoa. 
 
 i(y. To Cot rff. To withhold. 
 
 Wc are concerned to cut off all occafion from 
 thofc who feck occafion, that they may ha\e 
 whereof to accufe us. Ro^eis. 
 
 ^7. ToCw off. To preclude. 
 
 Every one who lives in the praf'iccof any vo- 
 .iuntary fin, atiiia^ly cuts hirnfeil off from the 
 licnefits and prol'elTion of chiifiianity. Ad.lijon. 
 
 This only objc£l of my real care, - 
 Cut off Uon. hope, abandon d to t!;fpair, 
 
 CUT 
 
 In Tome few porting fatalliours is hurl'd , 
 Fiom wealth, from pow'r, from love, and from 
 the world. Vrior. 
 
 Why (Iiould thofc who wait at altars he ..ut off 
 from partaking in the general benefits of law, or 
 of nature ? S^vift. 
 
 18. ToCvToff. To interrupt ; to filence. 
 It is no gr.ice to a judge to llicw quicknefs of 
 
 conceit ia cutting off evidence or counfel too 
 flioit. Bacon. 
 
 19. 2o Cut off. To apoftrophife ; to 
 abbreviate. 
 
 No vowel can be cut 5^ before another, when 
 we cannot fink the pronunciation of it. Drydcr.. 
 
 20. To Cut out. To fliape ; to form. 
 
 By the pattern of mine own thoughts I cut out 
 Ths purity of his. Shakjpeare. 
 
 I, for my parr, do not like images cut out in 
 juniper, or other garden lUitf : they be for 
 children. Bacon. 
 
 There is a large tahli at Montmorancy cut out 
 of the thickrjefs of a viue llock. Temple. 
 
 The antiquaries being but indifferent taylors, 
 they wrangle prodigioully about the cutting out 
 the toga. Arbutknot on Coins. 
 
 They have a large foreft cut out into walks, | 
 extremely thick and gloomy. Addijon. 
 
 21. To CvT out. To fcheme ; to con- 
 trive. 
 
 Having a mofl pernicious fire kindled within 
 the very bowels of his own forell, he had work 
 enougii cut him out to extinguilh it. Uoxvcl. 
 
 Every man had cut out a place for himfelf in 
 his own thoughts : I could reckon up in our 
 army two or three lord-ticafuiers. Addijon. 
 
 22. To Cut 01.'/. To adapt. 
 
 You know I am not rut out for writing a 
 treatife, nor have a genius to pen any thing 
 e.ta'ffly. Kymer 
 
 23. To CvT out. To debar. 
 
 I am cut out from any thing but common 
 acknowledgments, or common difcourfe. Pope. 
 
 24. To Cvr out. To excel ; to outdo. 
 z^. To CvTjhort. To hinder from pro- 
 ceeding by fudden interruption. 
 
 Thus much he fpoke, and more he would 
 have fiid. 
 But the ftcrn hero turn'd afide his head. 
 And cut himjAoit. Dryden's JElneid. 
 
 Achijics cut himy«9// ; and thu^ replied, 
 Mv vroitii, allow'd in v/ords, is in efFcft denied. 
 
 Dry.l.n. 
 
 26. To Cut fhort. To abridge : as, the 
 foldiers --were cut flfort of their pay. 
 
 27. To Cut up. To divide an animal 
 into convenient pieces. 
 
 The boar's intemperance, and the note upon 
 him aftciw.nrds, c^n^i^c cutting him up^ that he 
 had no brains in his head, may be moralized into 
 a fenfual man. L'EJlrange. 
 
 28. To CvT up. To eradicate. 
 
 Who cut up mallows by the bulhcs, and juni 
 per-roots for their meat. jfol'. 
 
 Tl'.is rioiftrine cuts up all government by the 
 roots. Lode. 
 
 To Cut. v. n. 
 
 1. To make way by dividing ; to divid' 
 by pafling through. 
 
 When the teeth are ready to cut, the upper 
 part is rubbed witii haul fubliances, which in- 
 fants, by a natural inrtinff, atfe(ft. A'hutknot. 
 
 2. To perform the operation of lithotomy. 
 
 He faved the lives of thoufands by his manner 
 of cutting for the flone. P'^pe. 
 
 3. Tointerfcte: as, a horfe that <:«/j'. 
 Q,VT. part. adj. Prepared for ufc : a me- 
 taphor from lievvn timber. 
 
 Sets Kt^ phiafes, cut and dry. 
 Evermore thy tongue fupply. Siu.j't. 
 
 Cut. ri. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 CUT 
 
 . The acllon of a fharp or edged Inllru- 
 ment ; tlie blow of an ax or fword. 
 
 . The imprefiion or fcparacion of conti- 
 nuity, made by an edge or fharp in- 
 ilrument : diftliiguiflied from that miide 
 by perforation with a pointed inttm- 
 ment. 
 
 . A wound made by cutting. 
 
 Sharp weapons, according to the force, cut 
 into tiie bone many ways ; which c.vrv are 
 called yVin, and are reck.oncd among the frac- 
 tal es. JVifema7i*i Surgery, 
 
 .. A channel made by art. 
 
 This great cu: or ditch Scfortris the rich king 
 of Egypt, and long after him Ptolomcus Phila- 
 delphus, piirpofed to have made a great deal 
 wider and deeper, and thereby to have let the 
 Red Sea into the Mctlitcrrane.tn. Knolla, 
 
 ', A part cut off from the reft. 
 
 Suppofe a board to be ten foot long, and one 
 broad, one cut is reckoned fo many foot. 
 
 iMortimer's Hujhandrw 
 
 ». A fmall particle ; a (hred. 
 
 Ir hath a number of ftiort cuti or fhredding?, 
 which may be better cnlled wilhes than prayers. 
 
 ilooktr, 
 
 r, A lot made by cutting a ftick. 
 
 My lady Zclraane and ray daughter Mopfa 
 may draw cw/i, and the fiiorielt cut fpeak firft. 
 
 Sidney, 
 
 A man may as reafonably draw cuti for his 
 
 tenets, and regulate his peifuafiou by the calt of 
 
 a die. Locke, 
 
 5. A near pafTage, by which feme angle 
 is cut off. 
 
 The ignorant took, heart to enter upon this 
 great calling, and inltead of their cutting their 
 way to it through the knowledge of the tongues, 
 the fathers, and councils, they have taken an- 
 other and a (horter cut. South, 
 
 There is a fhorter c;//, an eafier paffage. 
 
 D/cay of Piefy, 
 
 The evidence of my fenfe is firaplc and im- 
 mediate, and therefore I have but a (honer cut 
 iheieby to the aiTent to t!:e truth of the things fo 
 evidenced. Hale^i Origin of Mar.ktnd, 
 
 But the gentleman would needs fee mf part of 
 
 my way, and carry me a ihoit cut through his 
 
 own ground, which laved mc h;:lf a mile's riding, 
 
 Siu:ft*i Examiner^ 
 
 ■), A piclure cut or carved upon wood 
 or copper, and imprefTed from it. 
 
 In this form, according to his dcfcription, he 
 is fet forth in the prints or cuts of raarryrs by 
 Cevallerius. Brown. 
 
 It is, I belie%'e, ufed improperly by 
 
 Jcidifon, 
 
 Madam Dacier, from fome old cuti of Te- 
 rence, fancies thrtt the larva or perfona of the 
 Roman a^ftois was not only a vizard for the face, 
 but had f ''''e hair to it. Addijon on Italy, 
 
 10. The ftamp on which a pidure is 
 carved, and by which it is irnpi.flcd. 
 
 1 1 . The a*5l or pra6ilce of dividing a pack 
 of cards. 
 
 How can the mufe her aid impart, 
 Cnlkiird in all the trrms of art ? 
 Or in hiirmonious numbers put 
 The deal, the fliufflc, and iwQ cut ? Swift. 
 
 12. Fafhion ; form; (hape ; manner of 
 cutting into fiiape. 
 
 Their clotncs arc after fuch a pag.m cut too, 
 That, fure, they 'vc worn out chrillendcm. 
 
 S/utifff care's Henry viii. 
 
 His tnwny beard was th* equal grace 
 Both of liis wifdom and his face; 
 In <■.■■.' nnd dye fo like .t tile, 
 A fudden view it would beguile, Hudihrns, 
 
 They were (o familiarly ic.^uaiited with him, 
 as to know :iic very mt of his bcvd. 
 
 Stilling fiett.
 
 CUT 
 
 Cliildfcii luvc brccclies, nol for their cut or 
 caff, liut bccauli; the having them is :i mark, or 
 ftcp tow.irds maiihoud. LocU. 
 
 A thiid (Iclircs you to obfcrvc well the toga on 
 fuch a reverie, and afki you whether you can in 
 confcicncc believe t!i= ilccvc ol it to be of the 
 true Roman cut. MMfon. 
 
 Sometimes an old fellow IhiU wear this or 
 
 that fort of cut in his cluaths with great integrity. 
 
 Mdijon'i Si'caatoi. 
 
 Wilt thou buy there fomc high heads of the 
 liewcll cut for my dauglitct r ylrlnilhnot'i J- Bull. 
 
 13, It feems anciently to have fignificd a 
 fool or cully. To cut Itill lignilies to 
 cheat, in low language. 
 
 Send her money, knight : if thou haft her not 
 irt.the end, call mc cut. Shak. Tiuc'fth Night. 
 
 14. Cut and long tail. A proverbial ex- 
 prcflion for men of all kinds. It is 
 borrowed from dogs. 
 
 He will maintain yuii like a gentlewoman 
 
 Ay, that I will, conic cut ami lung lail, under the 
 degree of a fiiuire. SluikJ^eare. 
 
 At (juintin he, 
 In honour of this bridaltce, 
 Hath challeng'd cither wide couinec : 
 Come cut nihl long tail ; for there be 
 Six bachelors as bold as he. Bert yonjan. 
 
 Cuta'neol's. adj. [from cutis, Latin.] 
 K elating to tlie (kin. 
 
 This fcrous, nutritious mafs is more readily cir- 
 culated into the cutaneous or remntell parts of the 
 _body. Flayer on Humoun. 
 
 Some forts of cutaneaui eruptions are occa- 
 fioncd by feeding much on acid unripe fruits and 
 farinaceous fubftaiices. Arbiahnot. 
 
 Cu'ticle. n. f. [culiciila, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The firft and outermoU covering of 
 the body, commonly called the fcarf- 
 ikin. This is that foft flcin vi'hich rifes 
 in a bliller upon any burning, or the 
 application of a blifteriiig platter. It 
 flicks clofe to the fnrface of the true 
 il.:in, to which it is alfo tied by the vef- 
 fels which nourilli it, though they are 
 fo fmall as not to be feen. When the 
 fcarf-dcin is examined with a micro- 
 fcope, it appears to be made up of fe- 
 Tcral lays of exceeding fmall fcales. 
 
 ^liticy. 
 
 In each of thcver)- fingers there are bones and 
 
 griftles, and ligaments and membranes, andmuf- 
 
 cies and tendons, and nerves and arteries, and 
 
 veins and Ikin, and c,v//c/c and nail. Bc'itley. 
 
 2. A thin flcin formed on the furface of 
 any liquor. 
 
 When any faline liquor is evaporated to cuticle, 
 and let cool, the fait concretes in regular figures; 
 which aijucs that the particles of the fait, befirc 
 tlicy concreted, Huated in the liquor at equal dif- 
 tanccs in rank and file. Ncivton's Opticii. 
 
 CuTi'cuLAR. adj. [from cutis, Latin.] 
 Belonging to the fltin. 
 
 Ci'TH, lignifies knowledge or fl<ill. So 
 Culhivin is a knowing conqueror ; Cuth- 
 red, a knowing counftUor ; Ciithherl, 
 famous for n<ill. Much of the fame 
 nature are Sophocles and So;/j:ciniis. 
 
 Gibfon's Camden. 
 
 Cu'tlass. n.f. Icoutelas, French. This 
 word is written fometinies cutlacc, fome- 
 times ckwAja- ; \n Shahfpeare, curlkaxc ; 
 and in Pope, cutlajh.'] A. broad cutting 
 fword : the word is much in ufc among 
 the fcamen. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 CUT 
 
 Were 't not better 
 That I did fuit mc all points like a man.' 
 A gallant cuiilcaxc upon my thigh, 
 A bo.ir-l'pcai in my hand. - Shak. Ai you like it. 
 
 To the lodgments of his herd he run. 
 Where the fat purkets (lept benia'h the fun ; 
 Of two his QutUiJIi launch'd the fpouting blood, 
 Thefe qu.irtrr'd, fing'd, and hx'd on fjiks of 
 wood. i'o/f- 
 
 Cu'tler. n.f. [coiifelicr, French.] One 
 who makes or fells knives. 
 
 A paultry ling 
 That (he did give, whole poefy was 
 For all the world like tuiltn pociiy 
 Upon u knife; love nre, and Leave nie not. 
 
 Shiilfpcnrc. 
 
 In a bye ruflcr's (hop he bought a tcnpenny 
 
 knife : fo cheap was the inlfrumcnt of this great 
 
 attempt. Il'otton. 
 
 He chofe no othtr inllrument than an ordinary 
 
 knife, which he bought of a common cutler. 
 
 Clarenikn. 
 
 Ci.''tpurse. n.f. {cut zwA purfe.'\ One 
 who ftcals by the method of cutting 
 purfes : a coinmon praftice when men 
 wore their purfes at their girdles, ai 
 was once the cuftom. A thief; a rob- 
 ber. 
 
 To have an open car, a quick eye, and a nim- 
 ble hand, is iiecelTary for a rutpurfc. 
 
 Shid/pcure'i IVinter's Tale. 
 A vice of kings, 
 A cutpurfe of the empire and the rule, 
 That from a fliclf the precious diadem ftole. 
 And put It in his pocket. Shakjp. Ihmlet. 
 
 Was there no felony, no b.awd, 
 Cutpurfe, nor burglaiy abioad ? Hudibras. 
 
 If we could imagine a whole nation to be cut- 
 pmfes and robbers, would thefe then be kept that 
 fquare dealing and equity in fuch a monftrous 
 den of thieves ? Bentley'i Sermons. 
 
 Cu'tter. n.f, [fromfu/.] 
 
 1. An agent or inllrument that cuts any 
 thing. 
 
 2. A nimble boat that cuts the water. 
 
 3. iiiicifores.l The teeth that cut the 
 
 meat. 
 
 The molarcs, or grinders, are behind, nearcft 
 the centre of 'motion, bccaufe there is a greater 
 flrength or force required to chew the meat than 
 to bite a piece ; and the cutlers before, th.it they 
 may be ready to cut off a morfel from any loliJ 
 food, to be tranfmittcd to the grinders. 
 
 Ray on the Creation. 
 
 4. An officer in the Exchequer that pro- 
 vides wood for the tallies, and cuts the 
 fum paid upon them ; and then culls 
 the fame into the court to be written 
 
 upon. 
 
 Co well. 
 
 Cu't-thkoat. n.f. [cut and throat.] A 
 ruffian ; a murderer ; a butcher of men ; 
 an aflaffin. 
 
 Will you then fuftcr thefe robbers, cut-lhrsiit!, 
 bafc people, gatiicred out of all the corners of 
 CluiUendom, to wafte your countries, fpoil your 
 cities, murder your people, and trouble all your 
 fcas ? Kr.'o/lfs. 
 
 Perhaps the cut-throat may rather take his 
 copy from the Parifian maffacrc, one of the iior- 
 rideft inftances of barbarous inhumanity that 
 ever was known. South. 
 
 The ruffian robbers by no juflice .-iw'd. 
 And unpaid at- throat foldiers, are abroad ; 
 Thole venal fouls, who, hardtn'd in each ill. 
 To fave complaints and profecution, kiU. iJ vJ. 
 
 Cu't-throat. adj. Cruel ; inhuman ; 
 barbarous. 
 
 If to take above fifty in the hundred be ex- 
 tremity, this in truth can be none other than cut 
 threat and .abomiuable dcalirj. dnu:'^ S.,r'<ty. 
 
 c y • L- 
 
 Co'ttiVg. «. / [from cut.] A piece cut 
 off; a chop. 
 
 The huining of the e//f?;>ji of vines, and cart- 
 ing them upon land, doih much guod. Bacon. 
 
 Many are propagated above ground, by flips 
 or ruttin£^i. l^"X- 
 
 CU'TTLli. n.f [fefia.'] A Ani, which, 
 when he is puilued by a f;(h of prey, ^ 
 throws otit a black liquor, by whxli he 
 darkens the water and efcapes. 
 
 It is fomtwhat ftrangc, that tiic blood of .ill 
 birds, and beads, and fifties, (huiild he of a red 
 colour, and only the blood of the cutili ftould be 
 as black as ink. •^""*- 
 
 He that ufes many words for the explaining 
 any fubjeft, doth, like ths cu'itc filh, hide him- 
 felf for ihe m jfi part in his own ink. Ray. 
 
 Cu'ttle. n. f [from cuttle.] ^ foul- 
 mouthed fellow ; a ftUov/ who bhckens 
 the characier of others. Hanmer. 
 
 Away, you cutpurfe rofc.il ; you filthy bung, 
 away : by this wine I'll thrull my knife in your 
 mouldy chaps, if you play the faucy cunte with 
 nie. Shai. tienry iv. 
 
 Cy'ci-E. n.f. ^fyclus, Latin; y.U\'3.] 
 
 1 . A circle. 
 
 2. A round of time ; a fpace in which thr 
 fatne revolutiona begin again ; a periodi- 
 cal fpace of time. 
 
 We do inoie commonly ufc thefe words, fo as 
 to ftilc a lellcr fpace a y'k, and a greater by the 
 name of period ; and you may not improperly 
 call the beginning of a large period the eyoch.1 
 thereof. Ih::ler on Time. 
 
 3. A method, or account of a method, 
 continued till the fame courfc begiui 
 again. > 
 
 We thought we Ihould not attempt an unac- 
 ceptable work, if here we endeavoured to prefcnt 
 our gardeners with a complete cycle of what is 
 icquilite to be done throughout every month of 
 the year. Eiiclyn^ Kalenaar. 
 
 4. Imaginary orbs ; a circle in the hea- 
 vens. 
 
 How build, unbuild, contrive 
 To fave appearances ; liow gird the fp'ierc 
 With cenliick and excenrrick, fcribbled o'er 
 Ctcle and epieyclc, orb in oib ! Milton. 
 
 CY'CLOID. n. / [from xt/KV,=rJ,:.-, of 
 xy>:X®- and s""5s, fhape.] A geometrical 
 curve, of which the gcnelis may be con- 
 ceived by imagining a nail in the cir- 
 cumference of a wheel : the line which 
 the nail defcribes in the air, whi'e the 
 wheel revolves in a right line, is the cy- 
 cloid. 
 CvcLo'lDAi,. adj. [from cycloid.] Relating 
 to a cycloid ; as the cycloidal fpace, is 
 the fpace contained between the cycloid 
 and its fubllance. Chambers. 
 
 Cyci-op.edi'a. n.f. [)fj«,\©. andir-uJsia.] 
 A circle of knowledge ; a courfe of the 
 fciences. 
 Cy'gn'ET. n. f £from cyititis, Latin.] .\ 
 youfig fw.in. 
 
 I am the cv^nct to this pale faint fwan, 
 Who eiiaurts a doleful hymn to his own deaih. 
 !i\ak. King yohn. 
 So doth the fwan !iei downy cygnets fave. 
 Keeping them pris'ners underneath her wings. 
 
 Shak. Henty \l. 
 Cypiets from grey, turn white. Bacon. 
 
 Young ( r^;j./j are good nic.ii, if fatted with 
 eats ; but fed with weeds they taflc fiftiy. 
 
 Mortlmer^s Hujhan,lr)' . 
 
 CY LINDER. >i. f [v..';».ijf<».] A body 
 having two flat furfaces and one cir- 
 cular. 
 
 3 N
 
 C Y N 
 
 The quantity of water which every revolution 
 floes cany, according to any inclin.icioii of ti.e 
 . tylirdcr, may be eafily found. tVilkinu 
 
 The fquure will make you ready for all m:iii- 
 ner of compartments, faafes, pcdcHals, p\ots, and 
 huildings ; youry/.Wfr, for vaulted turrets, and 
 Tound buildings. ft.icham. 
 
 Cyli'ndrical. ") aaj. [from cylinder.'] 
 Cyei'ndrick. 5 Piu-taking of llif na- 
 ture of a cylinder ; having the form of 
 a cylinder. 
 
 Minera fen! fialaflitb, wl.cn feveval of the 
 Tylimlrick lirise arc contiguou's, and grow together 
 into one Iheaf, is called brulliiron ore. Iftidu). 
 
 Obrtruftions mull be mod incident to fuch 
 parts of th.e body wheic the circulation and the 
 claftick fibres arc both fmallcft, and thofe gbnds 
 which arc the citremities of aiteiies formed into 
 cylindrical canals. Jlrhuthn'it. 
 
 Cvma'r. n.f. [properly written Tfmar.j 
 A (light covering ; a fcarf. 
 
 Her comely limbs compos'd with decent care, 
 Her body fli idcd with a flight cjunr , 
 Hcrbofom to the view was only bare. D^y.icn. 
 
 CTMATIUM. n.f. [Lat. from K-ju-Jir,:-., 
 a little wave.] A member of architec- 
 ture, whereof one half Is conve.^:, and the 
 other concave. There are two forts, of 
 Avhich one is hollow below, as the other 
 is above. Hams. 
 
 In a cornice, the gola, or cyjr.aliinn- of the co- 
 rona, the copnig, the modillions, or dentelli, 
 make a noble Ihow by their graceful projciflions. 
 
 Spi£l,itt,r. 
 
 Cv'mbai.. n.f. \_cymbalum, Latin.] A m«- 
 fical inftrument. 
 
 The trumpets, fackbuts, pfaltciies and fifes. 
 Tabors and i-.-fmbah^ and the ihoutirrg Romans, 
 Wake the fun dance. S'uilfp. Cotiahnus. 
 
 If mirth (hould fail, I'll bufy her with cares, 
 Silence hci clamorous voice \i-ith louder wars ; 
 Trumpets and drums ftiall fright her from the 
 
 throne, 
 As foiuiding rymbah aid the lab'iing moon. 
 
 DryJeri's Jlurcngzele. 
 
 .CvNAKTiiROPY. n.f. [xvu:, xv/^, artd 
 arO,j.'7r©^.] A fpecies of inadnefs in wliich 
 men have the qualities of dogs. 
 
 C Y P 
 
 CyNARCTo'maCHY. [j(tw, o^xtIc, fj.a'/y.-'l 
 A word coined by Biit'.sr, to denote 
 beat-baiting with a dog. 
 
 That fomc occult defign doth lie 
 In bloody cynnrclomachy. 
 Is plain enough to him that knows 
 How faints lead brothers by the nofe, HuJiItjs. 
 
 Cynege'ticks. n. f. [k^ e-/>itix2.] The 
 art of hunting ; the art of training and 
 hunting with dogs. 
 
 There are extant, in Greek, four books of rj- 
 negeiickSf or venation. iVoTf/r'i Vulgar Krrcun. 
 
 Cy'nical. 1 adj. [xif.x®-.] Having the 
 Cy'nick. J qualities of a dag ; currini ; 
 brutal ; /iiarling ; fatirical. 
 
 He doth believe that fomc new-fangled wit, 
 (it is bis cyr.icil phrafc) will fomc time or other 
 tiud out his art. Wilkbn. 
 
 Cv'nick. n. f. [i-J.ur^.] A philofopher 
 of the fnarling or curridi foit ; a fol- 
 lower of Diogenes ; a rude man ; a 
 fnarler ; a mifanthrope. . 
 
 \\:3V/ vilely doth this cynick rhime ! — 
 Get you hence, firrali ; laucy fellow, hence. 
 
 !ihakjpeare. 
 Without thefc precautions the man degenerates 
 in'o a c\nlcky the woman into a coquette; the 
 man grows fuUen and morofe, the woman im- 
 pel tinent and fantallical. Addijm. 
 Cy'nosure. n.yi [from xt^vo; cf^.-n.] The 
 ilar near the north pole, by which failors 
 lleer. 
 
 Towers and battlements it fees 
 Bofom'd high in tufted trees, 
 Where peih;ips fomc beauty lies, 
 The cyr.ojure of neighbouring eyes. Milton. 
 
 Cy'on. See CroN. 
 
 Gather cyom for graffs before tlie buds fproul. 
 
 Kviiyn. 
 
 Cy'press-tree. n.f. [cuprejjus, Latin.] 
 1. The cyprefs is a tall ftraight tree, pro- 
 duced with great difficulty. Its fruit is 
 of no ufe ; its leaves are bitter, and the 
 very fmeli and Iltade of it are dangerous. 
 Hence the Romans looked upon it to 
 be a fatal tree, and made ufe of it at fu- 
 nerals, and in mournful ceremo.-;ies_ 
 
 C Z A 
 
 The typrefs-lree is always green, and 
 never either rots or is worm-eaten. 
 
 Cclmct, 
 
 In ivory coffers I have ftuft my crovnis j 
 In cyprcfi chclls my arras counterpanes. Shak. 
 
 Hf taketh the fypreji and the oak, whicii he 
 ftrengtheneth for lumfelf among the trees of lljc 
 forett. Ifaiah. 
 
 Poplars and alders ever quivering plavM, 
 And nodding cyf'cfs form'd a fragrani Ihadc. • 
 
 Pcf'e's Odvjpy, 
 
 2. Being anciently ufed in funerals, it is 
 the emblem of mournmg. 
 ♦• Poifon be tiieir drink. 
 
 Their iwccteft (hade a grove of ryprefs trees. 
 
 Shak. Henry VI, 
 
 Cy'pRus. 11, f. [I fuppofe from the place 
 where it was made ; or corruptly from 
 cyprvfs, as being uftd in mourning.] A 
 thin tranfparcnt black lluff. 
 Lawn as white as driven fiiow, 
 Cyprui black as e'er was crow. Shakjpeare. 
 
 A cyj^rusj not a bofom, 
 Hides my poor heart I Sh.ikfptjrt, 
 
 CYST. ) n.f. [x-jrif] A bag contain- 
 CY'STIS. J ing fome morbid matter. 
 
 In taking it out, the oy;.r broke, and tliewcd 
 itfelf by its matter to be a mcliceris. iJiftmrta. 
 There may be a confumptiwn, with a puiulcnc 
 fpitting, when the vomica is contained in a cyfi 
 or bag ; upon tiie breaking of winch the patient 
 is commonly fuiTocatexl. Arhuthndt ari Diet. 
 
 Cy'stick. adj. [from cyfl, a bag.] Con- 
 tained in a has:. 
 
 The bile is of two forts : the cyjiicky or that 
 contained in the gall-bladder, a fort of repofitory 
 for the gall; or the hcpatick, or what flows im- 
 mediately from the li\er. Arluthmjt. 
 
 Cystotomy, n.f. [xun; and te>»<.j.] The 
 aft or practice of opening encylltd tu- 
 mours, or cutting the bag in which any 
 morbid matter is contained. 
 
 CZAR. n.f. [a Sclavonlan word, written 
 more properly icar. ] The title of the 
 tmperour of Ruflia. 
 
 Czarina, n.f. [trora r^fi/-.] The era-- 
 prefs of Rnilia. 
 
 D A 
 
 DAB 
 
 DAB 
 
 DIs a confonant nearly approacli- 
 > ing in found to /, but forn->cd 
 by a fironger appnlfe of th.e tongue 
 to the upper part of the mouth. 
 The found of d in Engllfh is uniform, 
 and It is never mute. 
 JD.'I CAPO. [Ital] A term in mnfic, 
 wliich fignlfying from the head or the 
 beginning, means that the lirll part of 
 the tune (lioulJ be repeated at the con- 
 elufiun. 
 
 To DAB. V. a. \_dauher, Fr.] To flrike 
 gently with fomcthing foft or moilt. 
 
 A fore (liould never be wiped by drawing a 
 a piece of tow or rag over ir, but only by dab- 
 hiiig it with fine tint. Sharp. 
 
 Dab. n. /. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A fniall lump of any thing. 
 
 2. A blaw with fomething moill or foft. 
 
 3. Something moid or flimy thrown upon 
 one. 
 
 4. [In low language.] Aaartift; a man 
 
 ex'peit at fomething. This is not ufed 
 in writing. 
 J. A kind of fmall flat fidi. 
 
 Of flat filh there arc rays, flowks, dais, 
 pkiicc. Carrw. 
 
 Dab-chick, n.f. [cilymlius.'\ a fmall 
 waterfowl, called llkewife dobchkk, and 
 dulafper, and dipchick. Rfy. 
 
 A Jab-chick waddles through the copfe 
 On feet and wings, and flics, and wades, and 
 ko^js. I'o^c.
 
 D ^ D 
 
 To DABBLE, v. a. [<MMt„, Dotch.] 
 To fiiuar ; to daub; to fpattci ; to 
 befprinkle ; to wet. 
 
 A lh:ido\vIike an angcl witli liriglit liair 
 Dail>le,t ill blood. X': tifprarf's RUhiir.l in. 
 
 I lc;irilicd, and dahbUJ \.\\e wound with oil of 
 lurixiitinc. H'ifemMi'i i";,r?^;v- 
 
 Mcaii while Ihc South, tifing with ii.iboic.i 
 wines, 
 A f.iblc cloud .itliw.T.t the welkin flings. Sicifi": 
 To Da'bule. -0. n. 
 
 1. To play ill wattr; to move in water 
 or nuid. 
 
 Neither will a fpirir, th.it dwrlls with llsrs 
 dabble in this inipurrr mud. 67i;».v//A'i .-JjoL 
 
 The HjIc one romijlaincd of her legs, tliat 
 flic could ncithcf fwini nor dtMU with tiitm. 
 
 V ISjiiange. 
 
 But wlienlie found the hoy; at pliy, 
 And faw them d.ibblhig in tlicir cli}', 
 }Ie Itood behind a ftall to lurk, 
 And ninrk the pvoi;rcfs of tlair work. Su'ft. 
 
 2. To do any thing in a flight, fiiperli- 
 cial, or fliallow manner ; to tninper. 
 
 ShakefpcMrc Ibill be pLt into your hands, as 
 clear and as fair as it came out oi them : though 
 you, I think, have been dabbling here and there 
 with the text, I have had more reverence for the 
 writer and the printer, and left every thing Hand- 
 ing. ^■!!tttb!iiy 10 Pof't. 
 Da'bblf.r. n. /. \^hom tiaille.] 
 
 1. One that plays in wattr. 
 
 2. One tliat meddles wiiiiout madery ; 
 one that never goes to the bottom of an 
 afitlir; a ftiperlicial meddler. 
 
 He dares not complain of the tooth ach, left 
 our dabiitis in poliiicks lliould be ready to fwcar 
 againft him for difa:lc<ftion. Siv./i. 
 
 Dace. n. f. [of uncertain derivation : 
 in mod piovinces called dare. Leiicifcus.'] 
 A fmall river fi(h, refembling a roach, 
 but lefs. 
 Let me live h.irmlcfsly, and near th.c brink 
 - Of Trent or Avon ha\ e a dwelling place ; 
 
 Where I may fee my quill or cork down fink. 
 With c.iger bite of pearch, or bleak, or drcd, 
 
 ll'rJton. 
 
 Da'ctvle. n. f. \_iu.KTv\'.q, a finger.] A 
 poetical foot confiding of one long 
 fyllable and two fhort, like the joints 
 of a (inger : as, candltlus. 
 D.\D. > n. f. [The^ child's way of 
 
 Da'dtiy. J exprefling f.itbcr. It is re- 
 markable, that, in all parts of the 
 ^volld, the word for father, as firit 
 taught to children, is compounded of a 
 and t, or the kindred letter <•/, diffe- 
 rently placed ; as tad, Welili ; a-fu, 
 Greek; ^ta, Gothick ; tu!u, Latin.] 
 Father. 
 
 I was never fo bethumpt with words, 
 Since fitft I call'd my brother's father dj.l. 
 
 Sbaklpruic. 
 nis loving mother left him to my care ; 
 Fine child, as like iiis dud as he could liare ' 
 
 I' -v. 
 
 To D.'VDE. V. a. To hold up by a leading 
 
 ftrlng. 
 The little children when they learn to go, 
 
 By painful mothers d,tdidto and fro. J)-.nU'i. 
 DyED.lL. adj. IJadahs, Latin.] 
 
 1. Various; variegated. 
 
 2. Skilful: this is not the true meaning, 
 nor (liould be imitated. 
 
 Nor hath 
 The d^dt}' hand of Nature only pout'd 
 Her gifts of outward grace. Pln!U,!. 
 
 DAG 
 
 Da'fpodii.. T h. /. [Suppofed 
 
 Daffodi'i.ly.. > hy Skinner to be 
 
 Daffodow .n niLLV. 3 corrupted homaf- 
 phodehis.'] 
 
 This plant hath a lily- flower, confining of one 
 leaf, which is bcll-ftiaped, and cut into fix fcg- 
 mcnts, which incirclc its middle like a crown ; 
 but the empiienient, which commonly rifcs out 
 of a membranous \agina, turns to an oblong or 
 rotnidi.li fruit, which is triangular, and g.ipcs in 
 three paits; is tliwded into three cells, and full 
 of ror^ndifli feeds. ^til/cr. 
 
 Strew me the green gr.jund with djffodiiva- 
 
 d-i'l!S. 
 
 And cowllipi, and kingcups, and loved lilies. 
 
 Spt-i'fjr. 
 Bid amaranthus all his beauty Oicd, 
 And d.iffo allies till their cups with tears. 
 To ftrew the laurcat herlc where Lvcid lies. 
 
 Mllt',n. 
 
 The daughters of the flood have fearch'd the 
 
 mead 
 
 For violets pale, and cropp'd the poppy's head: 
 
 The fliutt n.irciflTus, and fair dafft.iil, 
 
 ?.incies to pleafe the light, and calua fweet to 
 
 fmell. Dyydni. 
 
 To DaTt. v. a. [contradted from do aft ; 
 that is, to fhrotu back, to throw ojf.'] 
 To tofs alide ; to put away with con- 
 tempt ; to throw away flighlly. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 The nimblc-fjoted mad-cap prince of Wales, 
 And his comrades, that duft the world afide, 
 And bid it pafs. S'htki'f>cjn:^i Hcnr\< iv. 
 
 I would ihc had beftow'd this dotage on me ; 
 1 would have ditfi all other refpccls, and made 
 i.cr half myl'elf. Shaifjieari. 
 
 Dag. n. f. \_diigue, French.] 
 
 1. A dagger. 
 
 2. A hand-gun ; a pifto! : fo called from 
 ferving the piirpofe,'; of a dagger, being 
 carried fecrclly, and doing mifchief 
 fuddenly. It is in neither fenfe now 
 nfed. 
 
 To Dao. v. a. [from dag^L:] To daggle ; 
 
 to bemire ; to let fall in the water ; a 
 
 low worii. 
 DAGGER. «. / ida^ue, French.] 
 
 1. A fhort fwotd; a poniard. 
 
 She ran to her fun's dagger, and (truck hcrfelf 
 a mortal wound. Sidney. 
 
 This fword a d.t^gti had his page, 
 That was but little for his age j 
 And therefore w.iitcd on him fo 
 As dwai fs upon knights-errant do. Jiudibrju 
 
 He ftrikcs himlelf with his dagger- but being 
 interrupted by one of his friends, he flabs him, 
 and breaks the dagger on one of his ribs. 
 
 ^ddifir. 
 
 2. [In fencingr fchooh.] A blunt blade 
 of iron with a ballcct hilt, ufed for de- 
 fence. 
 
 3. [With printers.] The obelidc ; a 
 maik of reference in form of a dagger ; 
 as [tJ. 
 
 Da'ggersdp. AWING, ti. f, [</i7^^fr and 
 draivJ] The aft of drawing daggers ; 
 appro.ich to open violence. 
 
 They always are at dagge'fji a.vinr^, 
 And one another clapperclawing. Hudibrt:;. 
 
 I have heard of a quarrel in a tavern, where all 
 were at daggerflr.ni'irg, till one defircd to know 
 the l'«l)j--e1 "I tiicfiuiurcl. Sic.-fi. 
 
 To DAGGLE, v. n. [froin r/dj, dtw ; 
 a word, according to Mr. Lye, derived 
 from the Danlfli ; according to Skiimer, 
 from i^ag, fprinkled, or beaxan, todip. 
 They are probably all of the lame root.] 
 
 D A I 
 
 ■ 
 
 To dip negligently \n m'rc or water; 
 to bemire; to befj>rinkie. 
 7"aDA'GGLE. V. n. To be in the inifi- ; - 
 to run through wet or dirt. 
 
 Nor like a puppy, daggled thioughtl e towij, 
 To fetcii and cany fiUij-fong up and duv 11. 
 
 Da'cgledtail. udj. [da^gk and tai':] 
 Ueinired ; dipped in llie water or nii:i ; 
 bclpnttered. 
 
 The gentlemen of wit and pu-af-arc arc r.pt to 
 be chuaked at tiie fighr of i-j inan/ dag^I-^d'oi^ 
 parfons that h.rppcn to fall 111 their way. Stvifr. 
 
 DA'II.Y. adj. [bajlic, Sa::oii.] Hap- 
 pening every day, or very frequently ; 
 done c.'ery diy ; quotidian. 
 
 Much are we bound to heaven 
 In rf.iVv thai.ks, that gave us fjcli a phncc 
 
 Ceafe, man of woman born I to hope iclitf - 
 From dutly trouble and continued grief. Vrrji . 
 
 Da'ily. adv. Everyday; very often. 
 
 Let that man with Letter fenfe advife. 
 That of the wo; Id lealrpart to us is read ; 
 
 And duity bow through hardy cnterpnie, 
 Many great regions are riiicovered. Kj.Tvi^r.^^". 
 
 A man with whom I conveilcd alraoft dj'iv 
 fjr ye.irs together. Drydiu. 
 
 Daixtilv. adv. [from «/ii(H/)'.] 
 
 1. Elegantly; delicately. 
 
 Truth is a naked and o n day-light, that doth 
 not (hew the malks and mummeries and triumphs 
 of the world, half fo ftately and daintily as cai- 
 dle-light. SjeL-K. 
 
 2. Delicioudy ; pleafaiilly. 
 
 There is r.o region on earth fo daiji'i'y watered, 
 with inch great navigable rivers. }it:cfl. 
 
 Thofe young fuilors had been acctiltomed t-» 
 nothing but to llcep well, and fare d.t'ntily. 
 
 Brosmys Vieiu of R pick i^ifi.'H. 
 
 3. Nicely; cereraonlouny ; fcrupuloufly. 
 4.. Squeamillily ; fallidioufly. 
 DA'iNTiNESs. n. f. \^iiom dalnf--.'] 
 
 I. Delicacy; foftnefs. 
 
 What (bouldyet thy palate pleafe } 
 Dairitia-i's and toftercale, 
 
 Slceiicd limbs and finelt blood .' S.'ii "jan-'ir. 
 1. Elegance ; nicety. 
 
 The duke exceeded in tin dniniintfs of his leg 
 and foot, and the earl in tlie line fliape of his 
 hands. " H'crtcn. 
 
 3. Delicacy; dtlicioufnefs. 
 
 It was more notoiiuus for the daintir-f; of the 
 provilion wliich he fervcd in it, th.in forthe maf- 
 finefsof the dill). Haketv II on pn,videKee. 
 
 4. Sqtieamillinefs ; faftidioiifr.efs. 
 
 Ot land, and lime, 7i\^A cl.iy, Vitruvius l-.a:'fi 
 dilcourl'ert without any daint^nefs. Jf'ottr^n. 
 
 y. Ceremonioufnefs ; fcrupulofity. 
 DA'INTY. adj. [derivaiby 5/J-i/;nfr from 
 
 dtrir;, an old Frencli word for ilrUca'e ; 
 
 whicii yet I cannot find in dicliona- 
 
 ries.] 
 
 1. riealliig to the palate; of exquilits 
 talle; delicious. 
 
 Higher concoflion is required for fweetnefTt, or 
 plralure of tafie, and tl.tieroie all your djinry 
 plunil's are a little dry. I'aco). 
 
 2. ])elicate ; of acute fenfiiillity ; nice; 
 fpueamifh ; foft ; luxurious ; tender. 
 
 This is the llowc-ft, yet th.c Jaii,.ij! fenfej 
 For even the ears of fuch as ii.ive iiolkill ■ 
 Perceive a difcurd, and eonceivc ottciice ; 
 And knowing not what 's good, yet find the iU. 
 
 Jiarict. 
 They weiea fine and dainty people; frugal and 
 yet elcjjani, Jiough not military. iUi.ii, 
 
 '. Sciupuiwis ; ceremonious. 
 3 N- J
 
 D A.1 
 
 Which of you .ill 
 
 DAL 
 
 to daucc? She that makes 
 
 ■VVIII now deny 
 
 I'll fweai- hath corns. S/iaif. Roaco aid Ja.iet. 
 
 Tlicrt.-fcre to horfe; 
 And let us not be tUinty orf le.i%'e-lakins, 
 But .Lift awav. Sh^kjy<^>(^ MacbHh. 
 
 ^. Elegant; tenderly, langaifhingly, or 
 efFcminately beaaliful. 
 
 Mv houfe, within ths city, 
 U richly fur'niflicd with plote andgold, 
 Balonsand eweis to lave her .*««/>• hands. 
 
 Snakfjir^n. 
 
 Why fnould ye he To cruel to yourfelf, 
 And to thole .i»«cy li'ubs, which nature lent 
 For s^ntlc "fage nnd loft delicacy ? W'-""- 
 
 r. Nice; afR-aedly fine : in contempt. 
 Your .hi'iiy fpeakers have the cuiie, 
 To plead bad c.iuf<-s down to worfc. Fnor. 
 
 Da'iNTV. «. /• 
 
 1. Something nice or delicate ; a deli- 
 cacy ; fornet'iiiig of exquilite tafle. 
 
 ■ ' Be not dclitous of his dair.tUs ; for they arc 
 deceitful meat. Vrovlrh. 
 
 A worm b.eedclh in ir.ea!, of the fiiapc ot n 
 large white maggot, which is given as a great 
 d^:,:ly to nightingale!. -0"«''- 
 
 Siie then produr'd her dairy flore, 
 And unhought ,y..-.-'.-.'/fi of the poor. Dry..er.. 
 
 The liiepherd fwains, with fure abundance 
 blclr. 
 On the fat flock, and rural JMr.Hn feaft. Po/c 
 
 2. A word of fondnefs formerly in ufe. 
 
 Why that 's my ./""'v ; I fhall mifs thcc ; 
 But yet thou (halt h.ivc tVecdom. Sh.dfpearc. 
 
 Tiiere is a forlunc coming 
 Towards vou, tl.ihity, that will take thee thus, 
 And let thee aloft. -&'<■« 7"/'" ■ 
 
 DAIRY, n. /. [from dey, an old word 
 
 for mUk. Mr. Lye.'] 
 1. The occupation or art of making vari- 
 ons kinds of food from milk. 
 
 Grounds were turned much in Englind either 
 to feeding or Mv-y; and this advanced the trade 
 of Englilh butter. _ ^■"'? '■ 
 
 J. The place where milk is manufactured. 
 You have no more worth 
 Then the coarfe and country fairy, 
 That doth haunt the hearth or dniry. Bar Jonfon. 
 
 What ftores my f.'.i.V'Vj and my folds contain ! 
 A thouland lambs that wander on the plain 
 
 JD'yden. 
 
 «:lie in pens his flocks will fold, 
 And then produce her .iai^y ftorc. Dr)^ler.. 
 
 3. Pafturage ; milk farm ; ground where 
 milch cattle are kept. 
 
 Dairies, being well hajfewifed, are exceeding 
 commodious. 
 
 Children, in rfa.Vy countries, do wax more 
 ta'l than where they feed more upon bread and 
 
 fleih. , . ^ ^rr, 
 
 DVlRVMAin. «. / [d^iry^nd maiJ.j 
 The woman fervant whofe bufineis is to 
 n-.anage the milk. 
 
 The pooreft of the fex have tliM an itch 
 To ituow tiieir fortunes, equal to the rich: 
 The Unymaid enquires if (he (hall take 
 . Thetiufty t^rylor, and tneeook forfake Srydr". 
 Come up qu-'ckly, or we (hall conclude that 
 thou art in love with one of fir Roger s rf«y_v- 
 
 Da'i'sv. n. J. [baisereas-f, <3=y's eye- 
 r\ mcir "! A fpring flower. 
 
 Jn«rbr'nehou,: the cup of the flower is 
 k °v ana fimple, divided ir.to many fegments to 
 ,ht (,.0 ft.m Tne flowers are radiated ; and 
 Ib'e heads'! afur ihc petals are falhn u«, refcinble 
 
 "' men'^J^^" pM-"*-»''>' ""'• 
 And lai'.y fn..>ck. all over white, 
 
 And cuckoo buds of yellow hue, 
 Bo taint the meadows mucn bedijut. SlUJi- 
 
 As he pr.lTcd, the woods put forth their blof- 
 f.ims, the earth her primrofes and dayi-cyeh to 
 bel-.o!rih,m. ^ "°'f;'- 
 
 Now hawthorns blolTom, now the da-pa 
 
 fprirg ; , 
 
 Now leaves the trees, and flow'rs adorn the 
 
 ground. ^ /'/"f- 
 
 This will find thee picking of </<"/«, or frnell- 
 
 ing to a lock, of hay. Mdijw. 
 
 F,iir-handed Spring unhofoms every grace ; ^ 
 IVid-Miy, piitnrofc, violet. ThomiC-:. 
 
 Dale. n. / [^/aW, Gothick ; dc.I,Y;nXch 
 ap.d Gerraa .] Alow place between 
 hilh ; a vale ; a valley. 
 Long toft with 0orms, and beat wish biUu 
 winds, 
 Hrh over hills, and low adown rhe dale, 
 She wand'rcd many a wood, and meafur'd many 
 a vale. ^"'•'y Q-"""- 
 
 Be.fore the downfall of the fairy (tale. 
 This dM't, a pleafing icglon, not unblefl, 
 This dak pofTefs-d they, and had ftiU polTcfs d. 
 '^ lickel. 
 
 He fleals' along the lonely da'j. Th.mjon. 
 
 D.^'lli.-vnce. «. / \{-:o^daUy.\ 
 
 1. Interchange of careffes ; ads of fond- 
 
 nefs. . 
 
 Look thou be true ; do not give dalliance 
 Too much the rein : the fliongeft oaths ate 
 
 Uraw 
 To th' lire i' th' blood. Shakffenn's Timfsji 
 
 Nor gentle parpole, nor endearing fmiles 
 W..nted ; nor youthful dalliance, as bcfeems 
 Fair couple link.'d in happy nuptial l«aS"<=. , 
 Alone as they. 'W-.'/w. 
 
 •I'll head my people; 
 Then think of dalliance when the danger 's o'er ; 
 My warlike fpirits woik. now another way, 
 And my foul's tun'd to trumpets. Dryien. 
 
 2. Conjugal converfation. 
 Tiie giant, felf-difm.iyed with the found, 
 
 Wnerc he with his Dueffa daUianc: found, 
 In hafte came rufhing foith from inner bow r. 
 
 Fairy i^uecn. 
 
 That bower not myftick, w'nere the fapicnt 
 
 Hvia dalliance wit'n his fair Egyptian fpoule. 
 
 Millon. 
 
 Thou claim'ft me for thy fire. 
 And my fair fon here (how'lt me, the dear pledge 
 Of dalliance had with thcc in heav'n. Alilron. 
 5 Delay ; procraflination. 
 
 Both wind and tide It.ry for this gentleman ; 
 And I, to blame, have held him here too long— 
 
 Good lord, you ufe this dalliance to excufe 
 
 Your breach of promife. Sl,akjj.eare. 
 
 D.v'llier. n.f. [from dully.] A trifler; 
 
 a fondler. , • , 
 
 The daily dalli/r^ with pleafant words, with 
 
 fniiliiig countenances, and with wagers purpofed 
 
 to be loft before they were purpofed to be made. 
 
 j^ljciiaiji. 
 
 Da'ilop. n.f. [of unknown etymology.] 
 A tuft, or clump. Not in ufe. 
 
 Of I'ailcv the lineft and grecncft ye find, 
 Leave (landing in J...'/cpi till time ye do bind 
 
 lujjer. 
 
 To DA'LLY. 1;. n. idolhiH Dutch, to 
 
 trifle.] , ^ , r 
 
 1 To trifle ; to play the fool ; to amule 
 ' one's felf with idle play ; to lofe time 
 in trifles ; to procraftinate idly. 
 
 Take up thy mafter : 
 If thou Ihouldft dally half an houi-, his lii"c. 
 With thine, and all Ihat offer to defend him, 
 Stan'd in aifarcd lofs. Sh-xkjpcare- > Kmg Lear. 
 
 He left his cur, and laying hold 
 Upon his arms, with courage bold 
 Cried out, 'tis now no time to dally. 
 The enemy begin to rally. Hudih.:>. 
 
 We have trifled too long already : it is mad- 
 nefs to dally any longer, when our fouls are at 
 
 DAM 
 
 One hunJrcd thouflmd pounds mtifV be raifed; 
 for there is no dallying wi'h hunger. SuHfi. 
 
 2. To cKchange carclfea; to play the 
 wanton ; to tondle. 
 
 He is not lolling on a lewd love bed. 
 But on his kncfi at meditation ; 
 Not dallying witii a brace of courtezans. 
 But meditjting with two deep divines. Shakff. 
 
 3. To fport ; to play ; to frolick. 
 She her airie biiildetii in the cedar's top. 
 
 And dallici with the wind, and fcorns the fun. 
 
 Shakjpeart, 
 
 4. To delay. 
 Tncy th.it would not be reformed by that cor- 
 
 ledio:!, wiieieinhe iii//iV./ with thein, (hall feel 
 a judgment worrhy of God. Iti/.i^m. 
 
 yt^DA'LLY. 13. a. To put off; to de- 
 lay ; to amufe till a proper opportunity. 
 He fct do-.vn to perform fervice, not by the 
 hazard of one fct battle, but by IJlyiny otf the 
 time with of;en (kirmilhes. Knola' Bipry. 
 
 Dam. n./. [from d.me, which formerly 
 fio-nliied mother. Had Nero never hem 
 an emperour, Jljulde never his dame have 
 ieenjlaine. Chaucer.] 
 
 1. The mother: ufed of beads, or other 
 animals not human. 
 
 'The dam runs lowing up and down, 
 Looking the way her harmlefs young one went. 
 And can do nought but wail her darling lofs. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Mother, fays a fick kite, let me have your 
 prayers.— Alas, my child, lays the dam, whieli 
 of the gods (hall I go to .> VEpangc. 
 
 Birds bring but one morfel of meat at a time, 
 and have not fewer, it may be, than fcven or 
 eight young in the nelV together, which, at the 
 return of their daim, do all at once, with equal 
 greecinefs, hold up their heads and gape. Ray. 
 
 2. A human mother, in contempt or de- 
 
 teftation. 
 
 This brat is none of mine; 
 It is the iffue of Polixena : 
 Hence witn it, and, together with the dam. 
 Commit them to the fire. Shakfp. mnter's Tale. 
 Dam. n f. \_dam, Dutch.] A mole or 
 bank to confine water. 
 
 As when the fea breaks o'er its bounds. 
 And ovcrdows the level grounds, 
 Thofe banks and dami, thai like a Ikreen 
 Did keep it our, now keep it in. Hudihras. 
 
 Not with fo fiL-rce a rage (he foaming flood 
 Roars, when he finds his rapid courfe withftood ; 
 Beais down the Jams with unrefifted fway, - 
 And fwccps ihe caule and the cots aw.ay. DryJ. 
 
 Let lojfe tl.e reins to all your wat'iy (lore. 
 Bear down the dami, and open every door. 
 
 Drydetl. 
 
 The infide of the dam muft be very fmooth 
 andftreight; and if it is made veiy (lupiiig on 
 each fide, it is the better. Mortimer's Hujhindry. 
 
 To DAM. v. a. [bemman, popebemman. 
 
 Sax. dammen, Dutch.] 
 I. To confine, or Ihut up, water by moles 
 
 or dams. * 
 
 I'll have the current in this place damm'd up f 
 And here the fmug and filver Trent (hall run 
 lu a new channel, fail and evenly. Shakffeare. 
 
 Home I would go. 
 But that my doors arc hateful to my eyes, 
 Fiirri and daKin'd up with gaping creditors. 
 Watchful as fowlers when their game will fprinf. 
 
 Ot^vay. 
 
 Boggv lands are fed by fprings, pent by a 
 
 weight of earth, that darrn in the water, and 
 
 canfes it to fpread. Moriimer.. 
 
 'Tis you muft drive that tieuble from your 
 
 fnul ; • . 
 
 As flreams, when damm'd, forget their ancient 
 
 current, •> 
 
 And, wond'ring .at their banks, in other chan- 
 nels flow. Snuiii.
 
 D AM 
 
 2. It is iifed by Shalfprarc of fire, and 
 by Mihon of light. 
 'fill; move thou damm'Ji it up, the more it 
 bonis. Shiikjpi:ate. 
 
 Moon ! if your influcnct be quite rfumw'rf up 
 With |i|;Kk uluipii'g milts, fome gcr.ilc taper, 
 Thijuglv A rulh-canrile fiom the wicker liole 
 Ofli'mccl:iy habitation, vifit us 
 With thy long IcvcU'diule of flroamirg light. 
 
 Milton. 
 DA'MAGE. n.f. [Joma^e, French.] 
 
 1. Mifchicf; hint; detriment. 
 
 Grofs crrours and abfurdiiics many commit for 
 wantufa liiend to tell tlxm of them, tothci;rcat 
 damage both of their f.imc and fortune. Jiaccr. 
 
 Such as were fent from thence did commonly 
 <io move huit and ilamngc to the Enjjlilh fubjefts 
 than to the Irifli enemies, by their continual cefs 
 and extortion. Da'vi'-s, 
 
 He iei>aiicd the enemy very much to their 
 damayr. Cittrentkn. 
 
 2. Lofs ; mifchief fnfferedr 
 
 His lieart cx.ilts him ii\ liie harm 
 Alicidy done, to have difpcoplcd heiiv'ii, 
 My tiamai^e fondly decni'd ! Millan, 
 
 3 . The vaUic of mifchief done. 
 
 Tliey believed that they were not able, though 
 they fliould be willing to fell all they have in Ire- 
 land, to pay the iianiag!s which had been fultain- 
 ed liy ilic war. Cl.uemi.n. 
 
 4. Reparation of damage ; retribution. 
 
 The bifhop demanded icfticution of the fpoils 
 taken by tlic Scots, or damages for the fame. 
 
 EliCOH. 
 
 Tell me whether, upon exhibiting the fevcral 
 particulars which I have related to you, I may 
 not fue her (or^tmnga in a couit of jultice ? 
 
 5. In law. 
 
 Any hurt or hindcrance that a man taketh in 
 his eftate. In the common law it particularly 
 fignibes a part of what the j^irors be to enquire 
 of; for, after verdift given of the principal caufe, 
 they are likewilc aiked their conlciences touch- 
 ing coft5, which arc the charges of fuit, and 
 damages^ which contain the hinderancc which 
 the plaintiff or demandant hath fuffcred, by 
 means of tiie wrong done him by the <lcfcndanr 
 or tenant. Cciuc'l. 
 
 When the judge had .awarded due damage! to 
 a perfon into whole field a neigh 'tcur's oxen had 
 broke, it is reported that he ie\er(cd his own 
 fentencc, when iie heard that the oxen, which 
 had done this mifchief, were his own. Pi'uttz. 
 To Da'mage. "u. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 mifchief; to injure ; to impair ; to 
 
 hurt ; to harm. 
 
 I confider time as an immenfc oecan, into 
 which maiiy noble authors are entirely fwaliowcd 
 
 lip, many very much Ihattercd and damaged, 
 
 forae quite disjointed and broken into pieces. 
 
 To D.i'MAGE. 1). B. To take damage, 
 
 or be damaged. 
 Da'mageable. aJj. [from damage ] 
 
 1. Sufceptible of hurt: as, damageable 
 goods. 
 
 2. iVlifchievous ; pernicious. 
 
 Obfcene and immodell talk is offcnfivc to the 
 purity of God, damttgenttle and infciftious to the 
 innocence of our neighbours, ajid moft pernici- 
 ous to ourfelves. GoiKrnment ^f the 'fL/!g,ve_ 
 
 Da'mascene. n. /. [tfamafcenus, from 
 Damajcus. ] A fmall plum ; a damfon, 
 as it is now fpoken. 
 
 In April follow t'le cherry-tree in MolTom, 
 the damafcene and plum-trees in bloRbm, and 
 the white thorn in leaf. Jjucori. 
 
 In fruits the white commonly is meaner, as in 
 pear-plums and dumafcenes ; and the choiccfi 
 plums arc black. B'Uifi. 
 
 DA'IVIASK. n.f. [damafqtiin, Fr, ciaitui/- 
 chino, Ital. from Damafcus.] 
 
 D A M 
 
 1, Linen or filk woven in a manner in- 
 vented at Damajcus, by which part, by 
 a various direction of the threads, ex- 
 hibits ilo«-crs or other forms. 
 
 Not any weaver wliich his work doth boaft 
 In diaper, damufi, or in lyne. Sjiinf"- 
 
 Wipe your (lioes, for xyant of s clout, with a 
 r/iraa/J napkin. Sivift's Ru/es tn Servanti. 
 
 2. It is ufed for red colour in Fairfax, 
 from the damaflc rofe. 
 
 And for Ionic dealc perplexed was her fpirit. 
 Her damajk late, now chaiig'd 10 purell while. 
 
 F:\iijnx. 
 To Da'.mask. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To form iiowers upon fluffs. 
 
 2. To variegate ; to diverfify. 
 
 They fat recline 
 On tlie foft downy bank, </(ima_^V with flowers. 
 
 Mittiri. 
 Around him dance the rofy hours, 
 And dantajkhig the ground witii llow'rs, 
 VVith ambient fweets perfume the morn. Tintoit. 
 
 3. To adorn fteel-^YO^k with figures ; prac- 
 tifcd, I fuppofe, firll at Damafcus. 
 
 DAMASK-rLUM. See Plum. 
 Damask-rose. n.f. The rofe of D.v 
 mafeus ; a red rofe. See Rose. 
 
 Damajk-rcje! have not been known in England 
 above one hundred years, and now arc fo com- 
 mon. Bticon. 
 
 No gradual bloom is wanting from the bud. 
 Nor broad carnations, nor gay (potted pinks, 
 Nor, fliower'd from ev'ry bulh, t\\zdiimaJk-tofe. 
 
 Thfitnjon. 
 
 Da'maskening. n.f. [from damafqu't- 
 ner, Fr.] The art or aft of adorning 
 iron or Iteel, by making incifions, and 
 filling them up with gold or filver 
 wire : ufed in enriching the blades of 
 fwords, and locks of piftols. Chainlers. 
 
 DAME. n.f. [Jame, Fr. damn, Spaniih.] 
 
 1. A lady; the old title of honour to wo- 
 men. 
 
 The word dame originally fignified a miftrcfs 
 of a faniilv, who was a lady ; and it is ufed liill 
 in the Englilli law to fignify a lady : but in com- 
 mon ufc, r.ow-a-days, it reprefents a farmer's 
 wife, or a mill refs of a family of the lower rank 
 in the country. }Va!ts' Lcgick. 
 
 B!efs you, fair dame ! I am. not to you known. 
 Though in your ftate of honour I am pcrfeiil. 
 
 SltaLJpeare. 
 
 Not all thefe lords do vex mc half fo much 
 As that proud dame, the lord prctcclor's wife. 
 
 - Shakjpeore. 
 
 Shut your mouth f/^wr / Shakfpeare's K. Lear. 
 
 Sov'ieign of creatures, univerfal dame ! M:I/0'-t. 
 
 2. It is ftiil ufed in poetry, for women of 
 rank. 
 
 His father Faunus ; a Laurenrian dame 
 His mother, fair Marica was her name. Dryden. 
 
 Who would riot repeat tliat blifs. 
 And frequent fight of fuch a dame 
 Bay wirii the haiard of his fame? iValler. 
 
 3. Miftrefs of a low family. 
 
 They killed the poor cock ; for, fay they, if 
 it were not for his waking our dame, Jhc would 
 not wake ns. JJ Ejirai'ge. 
 
 4. Woman in general. 
 
 \Vc 've willing dames enough ; there cannot be 
 That vulture in you to devour fo many 
 As will togrcatncfs dedicate themfelves. S'/nifp. 
 Dames-violst. n. f. A plant, called 
 alfo queen's gillyflower. Miller. 
 
 Ti DAMN. 01. a. Idarr.r.o, Latin.] 
 :. To doom to eternal torments in a fu- 
 ture flate. 
 
 It is nioft neceffary, that the church, by doc- 
 trine and decree, d" damn and feed to hell for 
 ever thole j'aifls and opinioac> Bacon. 
 
 DAM 
 
 2. To procure or caufe to be eternally 
 
 condemned. 
 
 Tiiat which he continues ignorant of, having 
 done the ulmoft lying in his power thai he might 
 not be ignorant of it, (hall not damn him. 
 
 Sc-utJt'i Stfmcni. 
 
 3. To condemn ; to cenfure. 
 
 His own impartial thought 
 Will damn, and confciencc will record the fault. 
 
 Dryd: n. 
 
 4. To hoot or hifs any publick ptrforin-' 
 ance ; to explode. 
 
 They damn themfelves, nor will my mufe de- 
 fcend 
 To dap witii fuch who fools and knaves com- 
 mend. Dij.ien. 
 For the great dons of wit, 
 Plicebus gives them full privilege aJone 
 To damn all others, and cry up their own. 
 
 D'y.ie1. 
 You are To good a critick, rhat it is the 
 greatett happinefs of the moacin poeis that you 
 do not hear theii woiks; and, next, that you 
 are not fo arrant a critick as to damn them, like 
 the rel(, without hearing. Pofe. 
 
 Da'.mnarle. ai!j. [from a'amn.] 
 
 1. Defcrving damnation; jnftly doomed' 
 to never-ending puniniment. 
 
 It gives him ottafion of l.iboiiring with greater 
 c.irnclintjfs elfewhrre, to entangle unwaiy minds 
 with the fr.arcs of his .lamnahlc opinion. IhAer. 
 
 He 's a creature unprcpar'd, unmeet for death ; 
 And to tranfport him in the mind he is 
 Were damn.Me. .'ihaifpedri . 
 
 As he does not reckon every fchifni of a 
 damnable nature, fo he is far from clofmg with 
 the new opinion of thofc who make it no crime. 
 
 2. It Is fometimes Indecently ufed in a 
 low and ludicrous fcnfc ; odious ; per- 
 nicious. 
 
 O thou damnable fellow I did not I pluck thee 
 by the nofc for thy fpeeches ? i>!iatjpearc. 
 
 Da'mnably. adv. [from damnaile.] 
 
 1 . In fuch a manner as to incur eternal 
 punifliment ; fo as to be excluded from 
 mercy. 
 
 We will propofe the queilion, whether tliofe 
 who hold the fundamentals of faith may den/ 
 Chrift d.imna/jly, in refpeiff of thofe confequcnces 
 ll-.at arife from them .' Scut/i's Sermons, 
 
 2. It is indecently tifed in a ludicrous 
 fenfe ; odioufly ; hatefully. 
 
 The more fweets they bt flowed upon them, 
 tliC more damntfUy their conlerves flunk. Dennis. 
 Damn'A'tion. n.f. [from damti.'\ Ex- 
 clufion from divine mercy ; condemna- 
 tion to eternal puiiifhment. 
 
 He that hath been atVrighted with the fears of 
 hell, or remerabeis liow often he hath been 
 fparcd from an horrible dnmnatinn, will not he 
 ready to ftratigle his biothcr for a trifle. Tayhr. 
 
 Now mince the fin. 
 And mollify damnation with a phrafe : 
 Say you confented not to Sancho's death, 
 But barely not forbade it. Drvden. 
 
 Da^mnatory. adj. [from damnaliniis.] 
 Containing afentence of condemnation. 
 D.*'m-ned. part. adj. [from damn.] Hate- 
 ful ; deteilable ; abhorred ; abominable. 
 
 Not in the legioi s 
 Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd 
 In cvih to lop Macbetii. Si-.iifpeare's Mae/et/i. 
 
 Let nor the royal bed of Denmark be 
 A couch for luxury and di.m: ?,; inceli. Shakfp. 
 
 But, O ' whi.t .iarr.ned minutes tells he o'er 
 Who douts, yet doubts; fufpeits, yet llrongly 
 l^vcs. Shakjpcar,: 
 
 D-ire not 
 To binnd ihc fpotlcfs virtue of my prince 
 With falfchoods of ir.tU bafc and damn'd contri- 
 vance, J?ou.,,
 
 DAM 
 
 Damm lie. adj. [from damnify,'] " PrJ- 
 
 curing lofs ; mifcliicvoiij. 
 Te Da'mnifv. v. a. [from daimii/ico, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . To etid.imagc ; to injure ; to eaiife lofs 
 to any. , ,, 
 
 He, )viio hns fiiffcrcr! t'.ic d.itnagc, has a 
 light to ricmaiid in his owii nainc, and he ;iIonc 
 can t^mit, fatisf^iaion : the rf.;iw!?,W psKon has 
 the power of appropriating the goods or fsivicc or, 
 tl'.e oBi I'.der, by iight of Iclf-preleivation. Ltcie:, 
 
 2, To hurt ; to impair. 
 
 \Vii«i now he faw hirofcif fo frcflily rear, 
 As if late fijlit had nongh.t him dami-ftfii, • 
 
 He «as oifinSy'd, and 'gari his fate to -fear. - j 
 
 ' Fd/y QurrnJ 
 
 Di'MN-iNGNnss. n. /. [^[m'.n damning.] 
 Temkiil-y to procure damnation. 
 
 ;; ; may vow never to return to thofe fins 
 '. . .'.1 lie luth had fucli experience of, for the 
 enipiincfs and Jamnignrf! of thoni, a^l fo think 
 himfclf.-i complete penitent. Hanr.aoni!, 
 
 Damp. adj. [dumpe, Dutch.] 
 
 i. Moift;" inclining to wet; not cora- 
 
 pletely dry ; foggy. ' •■ , ■ ' 
 
 Sl-.e faid no move : the trembling Trojans hear, 
 Ocrfpread with a dtunf iweat and holy fear. 
 
 l^tydetj. 
 
 Z. DeieSed ; funk; deprefled. 
 
 All thcfe and more came fiociving, but with 
 looks 
 Downcafi and ./.iw/) : yet ftich wherein appeal 'i! 
 •OSfeiire fomegiimpfc of joy. MHi'.n. 
 
 DAMP. n.f. 
 
 1. Fog; moillair; rr.olflnre. 
 
 Niglil ; not now, as ere man fell, 
 VVhoUonie, and cool, and mild; but with black 
 
 air ^ 
 
 Accomoanicd, with damy and dreadful gloom. 
 
 A rri't there was, wiiich from the mountain's 
 (heigi.t 
 Ciinvey'd a glimmering and malignant light; 
 A breai! ing-placc to draw tlie dn-npi aw.iy, 
 A twilight of an intercepted day. Diy.lrn. 
 
 2. A noxious vapour exhaled from the 
 earth. 
 
 1 The heat of the fun, in tHe hotter feafons, pe- 
 netrating the exterior paits of the eartii, exciics 
 rhofe mineral cxlulations in fubterraneoiis ca- 
 verns, which are dallcd d-'fftps : tliefe fcldom 
 happen but in the fummcr-time ; when, the hot- 
 ter the weather is, the more frequent arc the 
 
 da'tips. iT'OOiiirjrJ. 
 
 9,. Dcje£iion ; dtprefTion of fpirit j cloud 
 of the mind. 
 
 Adam, by this from the cold fuddcn dtrryy 
 Recov'ring, and hi> fcalter'd fpirits return'd. 
 To Michael thus bis humble words addrel's'd. 
 
 M.-/!on. 
 His name ftruck everj- where fo great a damp, 
 As Archimedes through the Roman camp. 
 
 Jicfi;otr:mcn. 
 Ev'n now, while thus I ftafid bleft in thy pre - 
 fence, 
 A fecret damp of grief comes o'er my tliouglits. 
 
 ^/dd.-fon. 
 An eternal ftale he knows and confeflc; 
 that he has made no provilion foi-, that he is un- 
 done for ever : a profpfil enough to caft a damp 
 over his fprightJiell hou»5. Roc^ru. 
 
 This commendable rcfcntment againft me, 
 lirikes a datrp upon that fpirit in all ranks and 
 
 corporations of men. 
 
 Slu.'j 
 
 To Damp. i>. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To wet ; to moiilen ; to make humid. 
 
 2. To deprefs; to dejeCl ; to chill; to 
 dull. 
 
 The very lofs of one plcafure is enough to 
 
 dafio the r: liih of another, j UF^jirari^f, 
 
 Ui«ad of death hangs, over the mere natural 
 
 DAN 
 
 man, snd, like the hand-writing on the wall, 
 dizmpi all his jollity. Jltterbuty. 
 
 It would be enough to diimp their warmth in 
 fuch purfults, if they could once refiedt, that in 
 fucii couifc they will be fure to run upon the 
 very rock tiicy mean to avoid. S:frft. 
 
 3. To weaken; to abate; to hebetate ; 
 to difcomage. 
 
 A foft body dampetli the found much more 
 than a li^d. Baisn. 
 
 4. To hebetate ; to abate motion ; to 
 dlfcotiiage ; to dull. 
 
 Ulury duils and dampi all induftrie^, improve- 
 ment., and new in\cntion?, wherein inonev 
 would be (lining, if it were noi for this flug. 
 
 Bacon, 
 Unlefs an age too late, or cold 
 Climate, or years, damp my intended wing 
 Diprefs'd. MHiok. 
 
 Da'mpishness. n.f. [from damfi.] Ten- 
 dency to wetnefs ; fogginefs ; moif- 
 tute. 
 
 It hath been ufed by fome with great fucccfs to 
 ^nake their walls thick ; and to put a lay of 
 thalk .between the biicks, to take away all 
 d.impipiiiifi. Bj;cir. 
 
 Da'mi"nf.3s. n.f. [from <3(jCT/.] Moif- 
 tuie ; fogginefs. 
 
 Nor need they fear the dampr.rfi of the (kv 
 Should dag their wings, and hinder them to flv ; 
 'Twas only watci thrown on fails too dry. 
 
 >'* Diydtn. 
 
 By ftacks they often have very great lofs, by 
 
 the dampniji of tiie ground, which rots and fpoils 
 
 it. Mortim-:r. 
 
 Da'mi'y. adj. [from damp."] Dcjeded ; 
 glooinyj; forrowfiil. 
 
 The lirds did difpcl dampy thoughts, which 
 the remembrance of lits uncle might raiie, by 
 applying him with exercifcs and difjiorts. 
 
 Ihyiu.ud. 
 Da'msel. n.f. [damoifrlle, French.] 
 
 1. A young gentlewoman ; a young wo- 
 man of dillinition : now only ufcd in 
 veife. 
 
 Kneeling, I my fervant's fmilcs implore, 
 And one mad damj'ci dares difpu'.es ray pow'r. 
 
 I'rio,. 
 
 2. An attendant of the better rank. 
 
 With her train of dair.fe/i Die was gone 
 In (h.idy walks,, the fcorching heat to (hun. 
 
 Drydcn, 
 
 3. A wench; a counti')- lafs. ..'' , . 
 The clowns are wliotcmaliers, anc! lhe'<Jiwyr/s 
 
 with child. Gav. 
 
 Da'mson. n.f. [corruptly from damaf- 
 fc-n.'.] A fmall black pl'om. See D.v- 
 M .1 s c E N E . 
 
 My wife defir'd fome ;^<;r:,'r>,'i. 
 And made me climb w:rh danger of -my life. 
 
 iii:jkjpca> e. 
 Dan. n.f. [from daminus, as now </on in 
 Spanilh ; and donna, Italian, from do- 
 r;mj.] The old term of honour for 
 men, as we now fnv majhr. I know 
 not that it was ever ufed in profc, and 
 imagine it to have been rather of ludi- 
 crous import. 
 V.I" Chaucer well of Englidi undefil'd. 
 
 Dsugla^. 
 This whimpled, whining, purblind, waywaid 
 boy. 
 This (ignor Junio's giant dwarf, dan Cupid. 
 
 Unaifpeare. 
 Dick, if this Ilory plcafeth thee, 
 Prjy thank dan Pope, who told it me, Fihr. 
 
 To DANCE. V. n. \^danfer, Fr. dane.ar. 
 
 Span, as fome think from lan^a, Ara- 
 
 bick, a dance ; as Junius, who loves to 
 
 derive from Greek, thinks, from J'i.i>js-ic.] 
 
 8 
 
 DAN 
 
 To move in meafure ; to move with 
 Heps correfpondcnt to the found of iu- 
 iiruinents. 
 
 Wl.at fay you to young Mr. Fenton? He ca- 
 pers, he </.i,-iai, he has eyes of youth, he writes 
 verfes. iiaifp.-ar.: 
 
 To Dance ..Attendance, v. n. To wait 
 with fiipplenefs and obfequioufnefs. 
 
 Men arc founer weary to dance alter. ini: ■: nr 
 the gates of foreign lorils, than to tarry thegooil 
 Icifure of their own magiilnites. RaUigh't Fj/ayi. 
 
 It upbraids vou. 
 To let your father's friend, for three lorg 
 
 months. 
 Thus dance aticmlarcc for a word of audience. 
 
 J)iyden. 
 
 To Dance, v. a. To make to dance; 
 ~ to put into a lively inotion. 
 
 Thy gi-andlire lov'd thee^Vtll ; 
 Many a time he </««'./ thee on his knee. S/iaif. 
 
 That I fee thee here. 
 Thou noble thing '. more danai my rapt' heart, 
 Than when I firft my wedded millrcfs faw 
 Eeliridc my threlhold. Shakfpeare's driolanut. 
 In peftilenccs, the malignity of the infcflinj 
 vapour JiiH.-ff/; the principal Ipirits. Ba.O'i. 
 
 Dance, n.yl [from the verb.] A mo- 
 tion of one or many in co.Tcert, regu- 
 lated by inufick. 
 
 Our d.in,; of curtom, round about the oak 
 of Heme the hunter. Shaifpeare, 
 
 The-honourablefl part of talk is to give the oc- 
 cafioii, and again to moderate and pafs to fome- 
 what ehc; for then a man leads the dance. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 But you perhaps expeift a modifti feaft, ' 
 With aiu'ious fongs and wanton dances grac'd. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 Da'ncfr. n.f. [from dar.ce.l One that 
 pratlifes the art of dancing. 
 
 He at Philippi kept 
 His fwoid e'en like ai-ii.vi.v, while I lliook 
 The lean and wrinkled Calhus. Sliatjpeare. 
 
 Muficiar.s and danceis ! take fome truce 
 With thtfe yotii plcaling hibours ; for great life" 
 As much we.aiinels as pcrfciSion brings. Donne. 
 
 Tile eai 1 was fo far trom being a good danter, 
 that he was no graceful gcer. tfolton. 
 
 It is a utual praiftice for our funambuiours, or 
 danccri on the roj.c, to attempt lomcwhat like to 
 flying. ir./iins. 
 
 He, perfecft dancer .' climbs the rope 
 And balances your fear and hope. ; Frio*. 
 
 K ture, I thought, peiform'd too mean a pait, 
 Forming her movements to the rules of art ; - 
 And, \e,\'d, I found that the muliclans hand 
 Had o'lr the dnmrr'i mind too great command. 
 
 I'rhr. 
 Da'ncin'gmaster. n.f. [dance and inaf- 
 /.'/■.] One who teaches the art of 
 dancing. 
 
 The ajes were taught their apes tricks by a 
 dincinJiiu.Jier. L'Ejlian^e. 
 
 The legs of a ddn'cirtgmafer, and tl>c fingers of 
 a mufician, fall, a« it -were, naturally, without 
 thought or pains, into regular and admirable mo- 
 tions. Ijockc on Undcrjianding. 
 
 Da'ncingschool. n. /. [ dance and 
 fchonl.'\ The fchool where the art of 
 dancing is taught. 
 
 They bicliis to the Etiglifli danch:^ fchcds. 
 And teach lavoltas high, and fwift courantos; 
 Saying our grace is only in our heels. S/ialefp. 
 A ceitain Egyptian king endowed a dancwg~ 
 fchool for the iulUtutioii of apes of quality. 
 
 JJ Ejiraji^c. 
 
 Dandem'ox. n.f. [dent de lion, French.] 
 The name of a plant. 
 
 It agrees in all refpctfls with the hawkweed, 
 but only in its having a finglc naked flalk, with 
 one flower upon the top. yiiHc,
 
 DAN 
 
 Tot cowflips fwect, let dardtliM! fjiread ; 
 Fur BloUiclind.i, bliihfom': maid, is dead I 
 
 Guy's I^ti/h'iih. 
 
 Da'ndiprat. n,/. [datii/in, Freiicli.] A. 
 little fcUou ; ail urchin : a word ufcd 
 fometimcs in fondncfs, fomctlinci in 
 contempt. 
 
 To DA'NDLE. v. a. [thwM-n, Dutcli.] 
 
 1. To fhake a child on the knee, or in 
 the hands, to pleafe and quiet him. 
 
 Then llia'.l yc I'nck, and Ih.ill be born upon 
 l-.cr fides, iiiul be iiuniiUi upon licr knees. IJaiah. 
 
 Tliy liule l)relbren, which, like fairy fprights, 
 Oft ikipt inro our chamhci- thoft* fweei nights. 
 And, kif^'d and ./.i';(^V./^n thy fatiicr's knee, 
 Were brib'd next day to t.:ll wirat they did fee. 
 
 i'^onnc. 
 
 Courts ;ire but fuperSeial fciiools 
 To d.xTiMe fools. Ba-Qi. 
 
 Sporting the lion r.tmp'd, and in bis paw 
 Va'iM.J ilie kid. Mihon. 
 
 Motion occafions flecp, as we fnd by the 
 common ufe of vockijig froward cinldren in 
 cradles, or danci/ifig th«m in their nuvfcs anus. 
 
 Temjdi. 
 
 2. To fondle; to treat like a child. 
 
 Their cliild Ihall be ad\air4!Jt|, 
 And be received for the emperor's he;i ; 
 Aod kt the cmpcioi" tianMe him for his own. 
 
 They have put me in a filk gown, ."^nd a giiudy 
 fool's cap; 1 am ;sniamcd to he lia'iiiifd thu^, 
 and cnnnut U>uk in the glafs without blufti'ng, lu 
 fee inyiVlf taiueri into fuci> a little pretty malrcr. 
 
 .^dd'f:,,. 
 
 3. To delay ; to procraftinatc ; to pro- 
 traA by trifles : not in ufe. 
 
 C.ip';nns do fo dandle their doing?, and dally 
 
 in the fcr\'ice, as it tliey would not have tlie 
 
 enemy fubdued. Spei'fci. 
 
 Da'ndler. n.f. [from danffk.] He that 
 
 dandles or fondles cliiidren. 
 Da'nduuff. n.f. [ohen written dtndrij/',' 
 from ran, the itch, and bjioj:, fordid, 
 filthy.] Scabs in the head; fcurf at 
 the roots of the hair. 
 Da'newort. n.f. A fpecies of elder; 
 
 called alfo dwarf-elder, or wallwort. 
 DA'NGER ;.•./. [danscr, Fr. of uncer- 
 tain derivation. Skinner derives it from 
 damnnm, Menage from angana, M'ln- 
 Jlieiu from JJ.'S-, death, to which yu- 
 nius fecms intllned.] Rifk; hazard; 
 peril. 
 They that fiil on tl e fta, tdl of the dangir. 
 
 Our craft is in d.ingtr to he fet at nought, .^.-l:.' 
 He hath writ this to feel my atfcdion to yju. 
 
 honour, and to no other pretence of danger. 
 
 S'ta-kf^eate. 
 More da-igfr now from man alone we fjnd. 
 
 Than from tl-.c ro^ks, the billows and the wind. 
 
 To Da'ngkr. "v. a. [fro.-n the noun.] 
 To put in hazard ; to endanger. 
 Pompey's fon ftands up 
 For the main fnldier ; whofe quality f oing on, 
 The fides o* th' world may danger. Slt-i^jpcnre. 
 Da'ngerless. adj. [from danger. 1 
 Without hazard ; wiihout rifli ; exempt 
 from danger. 
 
 He fhewcd no Icfs magnanimity in durgcylep 
 
 ricfpiTng, than o'i-.crs in dangerous afFciling, 
 
 the multiplying of kingdoms. Sidney. 
 
 Da'ngerous. adj. [iroivi danger. '] H.v 
 
 zardous ; perilous ; full of danger. 
 
 A man of an ill tongue .is dimgcnus in his city. 
 
 Ecc/.n. 
 
 All men counfcl me to take away thy life, 
 
 likely to bring forth nolliing but duigeiam and 
 
 wicked, cffcfl 5. Sid'lryi. 
 
 DAP 
 
 AlrcnHy wc hnvc comjucr'd h-ilf the war, 
 ' And tiic Icfs Unngerous purt is left behind. Dryd. 
 Da'ngkx.ousi.y. adv. [fiom Han^erous.^ 
 Hn/.artloufly ; periloully ; with danger. 
 
 But for yiiiir fon, believe ir, uli believe it, 
 Moft (iatig^ toujly you Hhvc with him prcvail'd, 
 If not mofl mortal to him. Sh.ikfpeare' s Corhl. 
 
 A fort of naughty pcrfons 
 Hnvc praiflifr'd durt^trcujlv agaiiifV your flatc, 
 D^^aling with witches and witli conjurors. Sf:<i(/ 
 
 (t is jiift wit'ii God to pcrn:ir thoIc» which 
 think they iiand fo fureiy, to fall n\j\\ datigf- 
 TQuJly. liamm'ind on yurtdamentals, 
 
 Plutarcli fays, TcIlcfiUaj a nohic lady, being 
 d.tngtrotijly lick, was adviled to apply her mind 
 to poetry. Fe^chiiv: 
 
 if it were fo, which but to think were pride, 
 My conftant bve wuuld./.i//^^.-»o«//v bctiici. D>yd. 
 
 Da'ngerousness. n,J\ \^hov[i danger ous.'\ 
 Danger; hazard; peril. 
 
 X Ihall nut need tu mlud you of judging of tlie 
 ^<i'/grroir/«r/'i of difcafts, by the nublencfs of ihc 
 pari aifeited. B'^yU. 
 
 To DA'NGLE. -u. n. [from harirr, ncco'rd- 
 ing to Skinner ; as han^^ bangle y dandle. ~\ 
 To hang loofe and q\i!ver!ng. 
 Go, bind thou up yua ./dr?^//fl_g apricrcks. 
 
 He 'd rather on a gibbet darjgicy 
 Th.in mifs his C.c^r dehglit to wianglc. lludih. 
 
 Codrus had but one bed ; fu (liori, to boot, 
 Tliat his (hurt wife's Ihort legs hung H.'^igHr^s^ 
 
 out. Drydtn. 
 
 With da'igUng hands he Arok.es th' impeiial 
 lobc. 
 And with a cuckold'i air commands the globe. 
 
 Smith. 
 But have you not with thought beheld 
 The fword hang dungUng o'er the (hield ! Prior. 
 
 2. To hang upon any one ; to be an hum- 
 ble, ufelefs, harmlefs follower. 
 
 The prefl'yterians, aiiu otlicr fanatick s that 
 d>i'!i'^fc' after them, are well inclined to pull riovin 
 the prefent cllabliihrncnC. Sri-ij!. 
 
 Da'ngler. «./. [horn dangle.] A man 
 that hangs about women only to walk 
 time. 
 
 A du-igler is pf ncitV.cr fcx. R.t!ph. 
 
 DANK. adj. [from tund^eti, Germ. Skhi' 
 ner.] Damp ; humid ; moift ; wet. 
 
 He her the m;^idcn fiecping found 
 On the dank and dirty ground. ShAjyearc, 
 
 Yet oft they quit 
 The </ij'/^, and rifirg on fliff pi.iions tour 
 Tiie mid aerial iky. Mil.'cn. 
 
 Through c.ich thicket, dank r.x diy 
 Like a black mill, low creeping, he held on . 
 His midnight fearch. I\l^!tt.?t. 
 
 Now that the fieldc are dar.k^ and ways arc 
 mire, 
 Where lliail we fometlmes meet, and by the fire 
 Htip w.iiie a lulicn diy ? hUiton 
 
 By the rufhy-fringf d bank, 
 Wtieic grows the willow and the ofier dank^ 
 My Hiding chariot ftays. iSl.Uon. 
 
 Mc, in my vow'd. 
 Figure, the facicd wall declares l' h.U'^ hu'.ig 
 My dark and di(>oping weeds 
 To tl\e fietn god of fea. - Milton. 
 
 To wltrti the fkin^ of hcafVs and fowls here- 
 with, would keep them from growing dank \\\ 
 moilt wfaihcr. Grew, 
 
 Da'nkish. adj. Somewhat dank. 
 
 They bound me, bore me thence. 
 And in a dark and danK-jh vault ut home 
 There left me. Sh^dfpcnre. 
 
 To Dap. ij. «. [corrupted from dtp.] To 
 kt fall gently into the water : a word, 
 I believe, only ufed by anglers. 
 
 I have tnught him how to cr.tch a chuh,. hy 
 d<ij-pifig With r. grafshopper. fjuhon. 
 
 Dapa'tical. adj. [from dapaiicus, I^a- 
 
 tin.] Sumptuous in cheer. Bnihy^ 
 
 D A R 
 
 DA'PI'E R. ndj. Idupper, Dutch.] Lit. 
 tie and aflivt ; lively without bulk. It 
 is ufunlly fpokeu in contempt. 
 
 And on the tawny lands and (helves, 
 Trij: the pert fairies and the .lajprr elves. Mi!lr>n. 
 A pert dtijiper fjiark of a inagpyc fancied the 
 birds would never be governed till liinilell (hould 
 fit at the l.'lm. L'J'j:ru,:fe. 
 
 Da'i'pkrliN(;. ;.'./ [from dajfer.'\ A 
 dwarf; a (laudiprat. ylwfworli. 
 
 D.A'PPLE. adj. [^iiomafpL-; aspommei,^.] 
 Marked with various coli.iirs ; varie- 
 gated ; ftreakcd ; imbricated : it is uftd 
 ciiie tly of animals. 
 
 My countiy ncighbonrs do not find it impo;ri- 
 I le to tliink of a lame Imrfe, tdl iLey have run 
 over .dl Ijemgi that are, and then pilch un dapplr. 
 
 L:,tf. 
 2^pA'ppLE. V. a. [from the adjective.] 
 l"o llreak ; to vary ; to divtrlify with 
 coLnirs. 
 
 But under him a grey iiwd did lie w ie'.d, 
 VVhofe (ides with diijipUd c\xc\a were en<lij;hr. 
 
 S^rnjrr: 
 The gcnllc d.ay 
 DisppUuhe drowfy call wicii fpots of grey. 
 
 S/tti.ljprare. 
 
 Horfes that are d,ipphd turn white; and old 
 
 filiiiirels torn grilly. Baan, 
 
 The lark begins his flight, 1 
 
 From his wateh-tower in the Ikies, 
 
 Till the diipplcd (hv/w doth rile. Milton: 
 
 The dappled pink, and bluihing rofe. 
 Deck my charmnig Chile's hair I'ricr. 
 
 The gods, to curie Pamela with her pray'i-s. 
 Cave the gilt coacli and iw/y .Vvi Flanders mares. 
 
 ?<,pr. 
 Dar. In./. A fidi found in the Si- 
 Dart. J veni. Bailey. Darl 'n the 
 
 fame with Dace. 
 To DARE, -v. n. pret. 1 durjl; the pre- 
 terit I dared belongs to the aftive d.ire ; 
 part. I have dared, [bea;if.an, Saxoa; 
 dnreii, Dutch.] To have courage for 
 any purpofe ; not to be afraid ; to ad- 
 venture ; to be advent uiox;s. 
 
 Dar.jl thou be as good as thy word now ':— 
 Why, H.il, thou knowelr, as thou arr but .i 
 man, 1 ilare; but, as thou art a prince, I fear 
 thee.- Siaifpectt. 
 
 I dare di>all that may become a man ; 
 
 Who dare ■ do more, is none. Siui/prr.rr. 
 
 They arc both hanged ; and fo would this be, 
 
 il he djrj: ileal any thing adventuroully. Shiir. 
 
 Neither of them was of that temper as to dart 
 
 ai.y dangerous ha. . H.ti;vt.(u!. 
 
 The father bore it «-ith undaunted foul, 
 Like one who ii.'f: his deltiny ciMitioul. Dry.irr. 
 Dilil.ciate and wcll-weii,h'cd courage knows 
 bolh to be cautious and to d,iic, as occafion of- 
 fers. Dryder^ 
 We d:rc not build niucri upon fuch a notion 
 01 defijine, till it be vtiy fully examined. /■I'atrs. 
 To Dark. v. a. pret. I dared, not I 
 Juijl. To challenge ; to defy. 
 
 I never in my life 
 Did hear a challenge iirg'd more mt.defllv, 
 Unlefs a brotiier fliould a brother dai; 
 To gentle excveife and proof of arms. Sliakfp, 
 
 Here Ihc ftands ; 
 Take but polTcilion of her with a touch; 
 1 d.uc thcL but to iircalhe upon mv love. Shaif. 
 He had many ri.i/s come halt Yeas over; and 
 fonictimes pafling fuither, came and by at ilir 
 niouth of the harbour, darl^ia ihcni to tiijhi. 
 
 ~ K^i/les. 
 
 Makers of the arts of policy thought that thcy- 
 
 rr.ight even defy and dare Providence to the face. 
 
 All cold, but in her bread, I will defpife ; 
 , And dare all heat but that in Celia's eyes. Ri\-. 
 Time ! f dare thee to dilrover 
 
 D'jkn. 
 
 Suth ,1 youth and fuch 3 lover.
 
 D AR 
 
 rrefumptuous wretch ! with. mortal art to du'-f 
 Inimortiil jjowcr, and brave the thundercr. Grjnv. 
 To Dare Larks. To catch them by 
 means oEa looking-glafs, or by keeping 
 a bird of prey hovering aloit, which 
 keeps them in amaze till caught ; to 
 amaze. ' . , 
 
 Shrimps are dipped up in (hallow water with 
 li'tl- round nets, nnt much unlike that which is 
 uledfor,^«r/"gUrks. 'l'"''^- 
 
 As lai ks lie dar'J to Ihun the hobby s Hight. 
 
 V'^ydcn. 
 
 Da re. ;;./. [from the verb.] Defiance; 
 challenge 
 
 Si-xtus Pompeius 
 Hath given the date to Csefar, and commands 
 The empire of tlie fea. Sh,i:fprare. 
 
 Dare, n./ Ifnid/cus.] A fmall hih. the 
 
 fame with rlace. 
 Da'reful. adj. [dare and full.] Full of 
 ' defiance. Not in ufe. 
 
 VVc might have met them darLfJ, beard to 
 beard, 
 And beat them backward home. Sl-.jkfpenre. 
 
 Da'ring. adj. [from dare.'^ Bold; ad- 
 venturous ; fearlefs ; courageous ; in- 
 trepid ; brave ; ftout. 
 
 The laft Georgick has many metaphors, but 
 
 not fo daring as this ; for human p.Hhons may 
 
 be more naturally afcribed to a bee than to an 
 
 inanimate plant. Md:pr,. 
 
 The long too darh:g, and the theme too great. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Grieve not, O daring prince ! that noble heart. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 D.\'i.-ir.ch\. adv. {Jrom daring.'] Boldly; 
 ^ courageouHy; fearlefly ; impudently; 
 
 outrageoudy. . . 
 
 Some of the great principles of religion are 
 every day openly and djringly attacked from the 
 ■ ' Murbury. 
 
 Your brother, fir'd with his fuccefs, 
 Too durhgly upon the foe did prets. H<i/./<;-v. 
 Da'ringness. H./ I'ixom daring.] Bold- 
 
 nefs. 
 D.\RK. adj. [beopc, Saxon.] 
 I. Not light; wanting light. 
 
 Ficmce, his fon, who keeps hina company, 
 Muft embrace the fate of that dark hour. Sh..t[. 
 
 While we converfe with her, we mark 
 
 No w.-nt of day, nor ti>ink it d^rk IValler. 
 
 i Not of a (liowy or vivid colour. 
 
 -■ ' If the plague be fomewhat dark, and the 
 
 plague fpread not in the fkin, the pnell mall 
 
 pronounce him clean. U^.ituu.. 
 
 In Mufcovy the generality of the people are 
 
 more inclined to have dark coloured hair th.an 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 -1 Blind ; without the enjoyment of h-rht. 
 Thou wretcr.ed daMghtcr of a da,k tld mai, 
 Condua my weary Reps. Dryd. and UC ^Ocd,p. 
 4. Opakc ; not tranfparent : as, lead i:, a 
 
 dark body. 
 r. Obfcure ; not perfpicuouf. 
 ^ What may feem dark at the Brft, will after- 
 wards be found more plain. Bi^okir. 
 Mean time wc Ihall espvefsourriar^'-'pirpoie. 
 
 Shakfp<ar!. 
 
 f>. Not enlightened by knowledge ; igno- 
 rant. , , ... 
 
 The a-'C, wherein he lA'M was dirk; but he 
 Could not want f.ght, wbo t.,ught (iic world to 
 
 7. Gloomy; not cheeiful. 
 
 Ml m-n of da,k tempers, according to their 
 decree of melanchcly or tnthufiafm, m^//"'' 
 convents lilted lo their humours. M,.,fy„. 
 
 Dark. "•/• . n- i_. 
 
 ,. Darknefs; obfcunty ; want of light. 
 
 Come, thick night. 
 And pall thcc In the dunneft fmokc of hell, 
 
 D A R 
 
 That my keen knife fee not the wound it m;:kes ; 
 Nor hcav'n peep through the blanket of the dark, 
 To cry, hold, hold ! , Shakjpean'^ Matbelh. 
 
 Cloud and evcr-during dark 
 Surrounds me ! from tiie chearful ways of men 
 Cutoff. /^''■""'• 
 
 Whereas feeing requires light, and a free me- 
 dium, and a right dine to the objefls, we can 
 hear in the dark immured, and by curve lines. 
 
 Holder. 
 
 2. Obfcnrity ; condition of one unknown. 
 
 All he fays of himlclf is, that he is an obfcure 
 
 p-rfon ; one, I fuppofe he means, that is, in the 
 
 dark. ^Itcrbu-y. 
 
 7. Want of knowledge. 
 
 'Till we ourfelves perceive by our own undcr- 
 ftandings, we are as much in the d^rk, and as 
 void of°knowlcdge, as before. Locke. 
 
 To Dark. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 darken ; to obfcure. Obfolete. 
 Fair when that cloud of pride, wliich oft doth 
 dark 
 Her goodly light, with fmiles (he drives away. 
 
 1 Spe/.'Jer. 
 
 To Darken, v. a. Ihom dark.] 
 
 1. To make dark ; to deprive of light. 
 
 Black with lurrounding forefts then it Hood, 
 That hung above, and darkened all the flood 
 
 ^d.lijon. 
 Whether the darken d room to mufc invite, 
 Or whiten'd wall provoke the Ikew'r to write. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. To cloud ; to perplex. 
 
 Such was his wifdom, that his confidence did 
 fcMora darker: his forehght, cfpeciilly in things 
 near hand. B"""- 
 
 7 . To foul ; to fully. 
 
 The lufts and paffions of men do fully and 
 darken their minds, even by a natural influence. 
 
 Tilhtfon. 
 
 To Da'rkes. -v. n. To grow dark. 
 Da'rklin'g. [a participle, as it feems, 
 from darkle, which yet I have never 
 found ; or perhaps a kind of diminutive 
 from dark, us young, youngling.] Being 
 m the dark ; being without light : a 
 word merely poetical. 
 O, wilt thou darkling leave me ? do nnt Co. 
 
 Slialfpcarc. 
 
 Darkling (lands 
 The varying (bore o'' th' world. ^ Shakfpeare. 
 
 The wakeful bird 
 Sings darkling, and, in (hadiell covert hid. 
 Tunes her noaurnal note. Mdton. 
 
 Darkling they mourn their fate, whom Circc s 
 pow'r. 
 With words and wicked herbs, from human kind 
 
 w itii woi via a'.... .. ..-. — . /• .J r» 
 
 Had alter'd, and in brutal (hapes conhn d. Ury 
 Da'rkly. adv. [froai dark.] In a luna- 
 tion void of light ;_ obfcurely ; bhr.dly ; 
 doomlly ; uncertainly. 
 
 For well you know, and can record alone, 
 V.>iiat fame to future times conveys but *i'f_r 
 J .,.« Dryden. 
 
 down. .^ 
 
 Da'kkness. «./. [from dark.] 
 1 . Abfence of light. 
 
 Darkn^H was upon the f..ce of the deep. 
 
 ■' Genrfii. 
 
 I go whence I (hall not return, even to the land 
 of darknefi and the Ihadow of death. Job. 
 
 ■r. Opakenefs; want of tranfparency. 
 
 3. Obfcurity; want of perfpicuity ; dit- 
 ficultnefs to the uiiderftanding. 
 
 4. Infernal gkom ; wickednefs. 
 
 Tl'.e inftrumtnts of darknef^ tell us truths ; 
 Win u. with honeJl trifles, to betray us 
 Indeepeftcoufequeiice. Shakfpear,. 
 
 5. State of being intellefttially clouded; 
 ignorance ; uncertainty. 
 
 AH the light truth las, or can have, is from 
 ,ho clcarneff and va:Kr,.y of thofe proofs upon 
 wWich U is received j to talk of uny otlicr light 
 
 DA R 
 
 in the uuderfVanding, is to put ourfelves in the 
 dark, sr 111 the powjr of the prince of darknrfi. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 6. The empire of Satan, or the devil. 
 
 Who hath delivered us from the power of 
 darknep, and tranOatcd us into the kingdom of 
 his dear Son. CvloJ/um. 
 
 Da'rksome. W/. [homdark.'] Gloomy; 
 obfcure ; not well enlightened ; not 
 
 luminous. 
 
 He brought him thro' a darkfon-.c nanrow pafs 
 To a btoad gate. Sfenfer. 
 
 And her fair eyes, like ftars that dimmed were 
 With darkfome cloud, now fhew their goodly- 
 beams. Spenjcr. 
 
 You mufl; not look to have an image in any 
 thing lightfomc ; for even a face in iron, red-hot, 
 will not be feen, the light confounding the fmall 
 differences of lightfome and darkfome, which (hew 
 the figure. . -f"""- 
 
 A darkfome cloud of locufts, fwarming down, . 
 Muft cat, and on tiie ground leave nothing green. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 He, here with us to be, 
 Forfook the couits of evcrlalHng day. 
 And chofe with us a <^iiri/(!»Khoufe of mortal clay. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Miifcifcen blefTmg, which old age they call, 
 
 'Tis a long, nalty, darkfrne hofpital. Dryder. 
 
 The darkfome pm^i, that o'er yon rocks reclin d, 
 
 Wave high, and murmur to the hollow wind. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Da'rling. adj. [beoplins, Saxon; di- 
 minutive of dear.] Favourite; dear; 
 beloved ; regarded with great kindnefs 
 and tendernefs. 
 
 'Ti<i not fur a generous prince to countenance 
 oppreffion and injuftice, even in his mo<i darling 
 
 favourites. , ■ ■' r 
 
 Have a care left fomc beloved notion, or fomc 
 darling fciencc, too far prevail over your in^nd^.^ 
 
 Da'rling. «./. A favourite; one much 
 
 beloved. , 
 
 Young Ferdinand they fuppofe is drown d. 
 
 And his and my lov'd da-lmg. Shakfpeare. 
 
 InTiiames,rheocean'sr/.i'Av;|;,England s pride, 
 
 The plealing emblem of his reign does glide 
 
 She became the darling of the princefs. 
 
 Addifor.. 
 
 To Darn. v. a. [of uncertain original.] 
 To mend holes by imitating the texture 
 
 of the lluff. , . , , „ 
 
 Will ftie thy linen wa(h, or holen darn? Uay. 
 He fpcnl everj- day ten hours in his clofet, u> 
 darn.ngh^, ftockings, which he performed to ad- 
 mwation. -^ 
 
 Da'rxel. n.f. [lolium.] A weed grow- 
 ing in the fields. 
 
 He was met cv'n now 
 Crown-d with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, 
 Darnel, and all the idle weeds ''>»' 81°™, , ^, 
 In ourfurtainingcorn. Ski.kfpct,re. 
 
 Want ye corn for brcatl r 
 'Twasfullof</«-W;doyoulikethe^fie_?^^^_ 
 
 Kio fruitful crop the fickly fields return ; 
 
 But oats and Ja,»r/choak the rifing corn. Drydea. 
 
 TiDA'uRAlN. v.a. [This word is by 
 
 Junus referred to d^re : it feems to me 
 
 more probably dediicible from arranger 
 
 la baltaille.'] 
 
 I. To prepare for battle; to range troops 
 
 for battle. . . ^. 
 
 Therown-boys parted in twain, tneoncf.dc 
 calling themfelvcs Pompei.^ns, the other Ci.a- 
 rinsf and then <;.<r.,/-,/.g a kind o( baule, tut 
 without arms, the C^tarinns got 'l'^;"*;;^^ " 
 
 Comes Warwick, backing of the duke of 
 Xi„,r.,;7y«ur'battlei for they are at hand. Shuk. 
 
 9
 
 DAS 
 
 2. To app'y to tlie fis'it ■ of tingle coni- 
 batanto. 
 
 Tlicicwiili they 'gall to luiilen giccdily, 
 Rcdoubtod battle txatly to dunalne. SptnJ-:r. 
 
 DART. «./. [dai-d, French.] 
 
 1 . A niinile weapon thrown by the hand ; 
 a fmall lance. 
 
 Here one is wounded or n.iin with a piece 
 
 of a loclt or tliiit ; there another with a dan, 
 
 arrow, or lance. Prnchiim. 
 
 O'erwhelni'd with darts, which from afar they 
 
 fling, 
 
 The weapons round his hollow temples ring. 
 
 }1,yd!n. 
 
 2. [In poetry.] Any miffile weapon. 
 7"c Daut. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To tiirow o.Tenfively. 
 
 He whett his tulks, and turns, antt dares the 
 ■war J 
 Th' invaders dart their jav'lins from afar. Tiryd. 
 
 2. To throw ; to emit : as, the fun darts 
 his beams on the earth. 
 
 Pan came, and alk'd what magick eaus'd my 
 fmart ; 
 Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart. I'o^e, 
 To Dart. 13. n. 
 
 1. To fly as a dart. 
 
 2. To let fly with hoftile intention. 
 
 Now, darting Partlria, art thou ilruck. Shak. 
 
 To DASH. -v. a. [The etymology of 
 
 this \^■ord, in any of its fenfes, is very 
 
 doubtful.] 
 
 1. To throw or ftrike any thing fuddenly 
 
 againft fomething. 
 
 If you dnjk a ftone againft a ftonc in the bot- 
 tom of the water, it makcth a found. Baco/i, 
 A man that cuts himfelf, and tears his own 
 iiefh, .and dajlia his head againft the ftoncs, dues 
 not aft fo unreafonably as the. wicked man. 
 
 TilUtJon. 
 Z. To break by collifion. 
 
 They that ftand high have many blafts to lliake 
 them ; 
 And, if they fall, they dajh themfelvcs to pieces. 
 
 Shakf^eare. 
 David's throne ftial! then be like a tree, 
 Spreading and ovcrlliad'wing all the earth ; 
 Or as a ftone, that fhall to pieces dajh 
 All monarchies befides throughout the world. 
 
 Miltm. 
 
 3. To throw water in flalhes. 
 
 Dajhifig water on them may prove the l-eft re- 
 medy. Ahr timer. 
 Middling his head, andprone to earth his view, 
 With cars and chell that dajh the morning dcu'. 
 
 Tickel. 
 
 4. To befpatter ; to befprinkle. 
 
 This tempeft, 
 Dajh-ng the garment of this peace, aboded 
 The ludden breach on 't. Shakfp. Hrnry viii. 
 
 5. To agitate any liquid, fo as to make 
 the ftirface fly off. 
 
 At once the brulhing o.ars and brazen prow 
 Z>a_//: up the fandy waves, and ope the depth be- 
 low. Drydrn. 
 
 6- To mingle ; to adulterate ; to change 
 Isy fome worfe admixture. 
 
 Whacum, bred to daJh and draw, 
 Kot wine, but more unwholefome law, Hudih. 
 
 I take care to dajh the charafter with fuch par- 
 ticular circumftances, as may prevent ill-natured 
 applications. jiddifin. 
 
 Several revealed truths are dajhsd and adulte- 
 rated with a mixture of fables and human in- 
 ventions. S^rct.lt'ir, 
 
 7. To form or llcetch in hafte, carelefly. 
 
 Never was d^tjh'd out, at one lucky hit, 
 
 A foul fu jurt a copy of a wit. Fope, 
 
 £. To obliterate ; to blot ; to crofs out. 
 
 To daji: over this with a line, will deface the 
 
 ■whole copy extremely, and tu a degree that, I fear, 
 
 ■lay dUplcafc you. PH'f. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 DAS 
 
 9. To confound ; to make afhamed fud- 
 denly ; to fnrprifc with fliair.e or fc.ir ; 
 to deprcfs ; to fupprefs. 
 
 His tongue 
 Dropp'd manna, and could make tiic woifc ap- 
 pear 
 The better reafon, to perplex and d.ifi 
 Maturcll councils. Milton. 
 
 Ve.jrly cnjoin'd, fome fay, to undergo 
 This annual, humbling certain numbcr'd days. 
 To da//i then pride ;yid joy fur man leduc'd. 
 
 Md:o„. 
 An unknown hand ftiU check'd my forward 
 
 Dajh\l mcwith blufhcs. Dryden and Lee's Oed. 
 
 To daj/i this cavil, read but the practice of 
 
 chriftian emperors. South. 
 
 After they had fufficiently blafted him in his 
 
 perlun.:l capacity, they found it an eafy work 
 
 to (/<.y^ and overthrow him in his political. Soutii. 
 
 Nothing dafieilihe contidence of the mule like 
 
 the braying of the afs, while he was dilating 
 
 upon his genealogy. iJEjlrange. 
 
 The nymjilij when nothing could Narcifl'us 
 
 move, 
 
 Slilli/<^/Vwith bluflies for her flighted love. 
 
 .Addijon, 
 Some ftronger pow'r eludes our fickly will ; 
 Dnjhaam rhTng hope with certain ill. Friar. 
 
 Dajii the proud garaeftcr in his gilded car ; 
 Bare-the mean heart that lurks beneath a liar. 
 
 Fope. 
 To Dash. v. n. 
 
 1. To fly off the furface by a violent mo- 
 tion. 
 
 If the veflel be fuddenly ftopt in its motion 
 the liquor continues its motion, and dajhes^ 
 the fides of the vcflisl. Cf 
 
 2. To fly in flaflies with a loud noife. 
 
 On each hand the gnftiing waters play. 
 And down the rough cafcade, all dajliing, fall. 
 
 rii'iwj'jtt. 
 
 3. To rufh through water, fo as to make 
 it fly. 
 
 Doeg, tbo' without knowing how or why, 
 Spurr'd boldly on, and dajH'd through thick and 
 
 thin, 
 Thro* fcufc and nonfcnfe, never out or in. 
 
 Dryder:. 
 
 Dash. n. f. [from the verb, J 
 
 1. Collil'ion. 
 
 By the touch ethereal rous'd. 
 The iajli of clouds, or irritating war 
 Of figntnig winds, while all is calm below. 
 They furious fpring. Tliomjon. 
 
 2. Infufion ; fomething worfe mingled in 
 a fmall pi'oportion. 
 
 Thcr; is nothing which one regards fo much 
 with an eye of mirth and pity, as innocence, 
 when it has in it idaji of foily. Addifeti. 
 
 3. A mark in writing; a line ' , to 
 note a paufe, or omifGon. 
 
 He is afraid of letters andcharaflers, of notes 
 and d.i/ies, which, fet together, do fignify ro- 
 thiilg. Brown's Vulgar Etrostn. 
 
 In modern wit, all printed tralh is 
 Set off with num'tDUS breaks and d.ijhe!. Svilft. 
 .L. Sudden ilroke ; blow; ail: ludicrous. 
 Stand back you lords, and give us leave awhile. 
 
 She takes upon her bravely at firft di:fi. 
 
 ■ Sltakfpeare^ 
 
 Dash. adv. An expreflion of the found 
 of water dafhed. 
 
 Hark, hark, the waters fall; 
 And, with a murmuring found, 
 Da/i, daJh, upon the ground. 
 
 To gentle (lumbers call. Dryden^ 
 
 DA'STARD. >i.f. [aba^rnij^a. Sax.] A 
 coward ; a poltron ; a r.ian infamous for 
 fear. 
 
 The cru( lly and envy of the people, 
 rcrmitlei by cui </«/?«'</ noble*. 
 
 DAT 
 
 Have fuffer'd me by th' voice of (lavcj to te 
 \\'hoop'douiof Rome. Halfprtre, 
 
 Who now my matclilefs valour dare oppofe .- 
 How lung will Dares wait his Jajlardloca > 
 
 JJrydiX. 
 Ciy/rtr,/ and drunkard, meanand infoknt; 
 Tongue-valiant hero, vauntcr of thy might, 
 In threats the foicmoft, but the lart in fight. 
 
 JJryJen. 
 Bug-bear thoughts, in the minds of cl.ildien, 
 make tV.em dajlaidi, and afraid of thefhadow of 
 darkncl's ever after. Lc'eie. 
 
 Curfe on their Jajiard fouls, they (lard afio- 
 nidi'd ! yld.lijon. 
 
 To Da'stard. rv. a. To terrify ; to in- 
 timidate ; to defcrt with cowardice ; to 
 difpirit. 
 
 I'm wean- ' f ihij ?.c(li which holds us here, 
 Kiid dajtards manly louls with hope and fear. 
 
 Dryde/t, 
 To Da'stardise. v. a. [from Jajlard.^ 
 To intimidate ; to dcjcd with cowar- 
 dice; to difpirit; todoprtfs; to terrify; 
 to ir.ake an habitual coward. .. 
 lie had fuch things to urge againft our mar- 
 riage. 
 As, now declar'd, would blunt my fword in 
 
 battle, 
 And dajardije my courage. Dry.ien. 
 
 Da'stardly. a^'. \irovadaJlard.'\ Cow- 
 ardly ; mean ; timorous. 
 
 Brawl and clamour is lo arrant a mark of i. 
 
 d.J^dly wTctch, that he dues as good as call him- 
 
 (cir fo that ufes it. L'Ejh.inge. 
 
 STARDY. n.f. [from dajlard.'\ "Cow- 
 
 dlinefs ; timoroufnefs. 
 
 ^'takv. tj.f. [Jalarius.} AnolSceroF 
 
 the chancery of Rome, through whofe 
 
 hands benefices pafs. Di3. 
 
 DATE. n.f. [datte,Yr. from datum, Lat.] 
 
 1. The time at which a letter is written, 
 marked at the end or the beginning. 
 
 2. The time at which any event happened. 
 
 3. Tiie time ftipulated when any thing 
 fhall be done. 
 
 His days and times arepaft, 
 And my reliance on his fraitlcd dates 
 Has fmit my credit. S liakj'peare' s Timor, 
 
 My father's promifc ties me not toiimc; 
 And bonds without a date, they fay, are void. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 4. End ; conclufion. 
 
 What time would fpare, fiom fteel receives its 
 date ; 
 And moimments, like men, fubmit to fate. Pr.%e. 
 J. Duration; continuance. 
 
 Could the declining of this fjte, O fr'cnd. 
 Our date to immoitaliiy extend.' JJcktlm. 
 
 Then rait'e. 
 From the conflagrant mafs, pmg'd and refin'd. 
 New heav'ns, new earth, ages of endlefs i/.r.*i:*. 
 Founded in lighteoufnefs. M:ito->. 
 
 6. [from dac!ylus.'\ The fruit of the date- 
 tree. 
 Hold, take thefe keys, and fetch more fpiccs, 
 nurfe. 
 
 They call for dales and quinces in the paflrr. 
 
 Stfakj'pejtf, 
 
 Date-tree. n.f. See Palm, of wliicli 
 
 it is a fpecies. 
 To Date, v, a, [from the noun.] To 
 
 note with the time at wliich any thin<>- 
 
 J J a 
 
 IS written or tione. 
 
 'Tis all one, in refpeft of eternal duration yet 
 behind, wiicthcr we begin the woild fo manv 
 minions of ages ago, or dr.ti from the late acra < i 
 about (ix thoufand years. ■ Kmt.'iy. 
 
 To all their d.it^d backs he turns you round ; 
 Thefe Aldus priiited, tho'.'e Du Sucil has bokiid. 
 
 l'.,<e. 
 39
 
 D A U 
 
 Dateless. eJj. [from ^a/<.] Without 
 any fixed term. 
 
 The Sy-flow hours (hall not determinate 
 The JiUelrJi limit of thy ticaresile. Siaifpeare. 
 
 Da'tive. adj. [dativus, Latin.] 
 
 1. [In grammar.] The epithet of the 
 cafe that fignities the perfon to whom 
 any thing is given. 
 
 2. [la law.] Thofe are termed dulivi 
 executors, who ate appointed fuch by 
 the judge's decree; as adminillrators 
 v/ith ijs here in England. -^y-jfi- 
 
 To DAUB. -0. a. IJaiicn, Dut. dauLr, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . To fmear with fo.-nething adhefive. 
 
 She took, lor bira an ark. of bu'iruflics, and 
 (Lz:ibeA it with llime and with pitch. ExoJ. 
 
 2. To paint coarfely. 
 
 Haft.y d^-ling will but fpcil the p'flure, and 
 mike it fo unr.Kural as mult want falfe light to 
 fet it o:T. Ofsvay. 
 
 They fnatched out of his hands 2 lame imper- 
 fect piece, rudely dcubtJ over with too little re- 
 fleaioil. Dryden. 
 
 If a piflureis rfaain'with many bright and 
 gbring colours, toe vulgar admire it as an ex- 
 cellent piece. Ifalti. 
 ?. To cover wi'li fomething fpecious or 
 grofs, fomething that difguifcs what it 
 
 lies irpon. 
 So lmo..tl. he i-ii'i his vice with (hew of 
 virtue, 
 He li\'d from all attainder of fufpeft. Sh:ikjf. 
 
 4. To lay on any thing gaudily or often- 
 tatioufiy. 
 
 Since princes will have fuch things, it is bet- 
 ter they Ihoidd be graced with elcganc)', than 
 daubei with coft. Sacon. 
 
 lj.1 him be lUuh'd with lace, live high, and 
 whore ; 
 Sometimes be loufy, but be never poor. Drydtn. 
 
 5. To flatter grofsly. 
 
 Let every one, therefore, attend the fentence of 
 
 his confeiencc ; for, he may be fure, it will not 
 
 daub nor flat:er. Sc-utk. 
 
 To Daub. -o. n. To play the hypocrite : 
 
 this fenfe is not in ufe. 
 
 I cannot daub it further ; 
 And,yet I muft. Sbakfjuare . 
 
 Dauber n.f. [hom dauh.'\ 
 I. One that daubs. 
 
 3. A coarfe low painter. 
 
 What they called his piilure, had been diawn 
 at length by the i/u.vierjoialmoft all nations, and 
 ftill unlike him. Drydtn. 
 
 Parts of diJcrcnt fpecics jumbled together, 
 according :o the mad imagination of I'ai daubir, 
 to caufe .aiighter. Drydin- 
 
 A hgn-poil di:uher would difdain to paint 
 The one-eyed hero on his elepiiant. Dryden. 
 
 The treacherous tapfter, Thomas, 
 Hangs a new angel two djors from us, 
 As ti'ic as ddubc's. hands can miike it. Swift. 
 3. A low flatterer. 
 
 Da'uery. n.f. [from dauh.'\ Aaold 
 word for any thing artful. 
 
 She woiks by charms, by fpcllsj and fuch 
 daubry as this is beyond our clement. Sttakjpeaie. 
 
 Da'ub^. adj. [from daub.'\ Vifcous ; 
 l>4utinous; adiieiive. 
 
 Nor in vain th* induOrious kind 
 
 With d:tuby wax and flow'rs the chiiiks have 
 
 lin'd. Drydii 
 
 Some Thega!rdr..*ei witKJ!«./'y marling hind. 
 
 Or feat-cloth raifts with lirong tarpawlin; coats. 
 
 Drtdtn. 
 Da'ughtf.r. n.f. [dauhtar, Cothick ; 
 t-ohwp, Saxon; dctter, Run[<:k; dc/L'er, 
 Gciman; dodler, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The female offspving of a man or 
 woman. 
 
 Your wivc>j your iauaj-.teriy 
 Your matrons, and your maids, could nut fill up 
 The ciltern of my !uft. Shakjpc^rc. 
 
 Now Aurora, da-ighter of the dawn, 
 Withrofy luftie pj:-]jl;:doVr the lawn. Popt. 
 
 2. A daughter in law, or fon's wife. 
 
 3. A woman. 
 
 Jacob went out to fee the duughtcn of the land. 
 
 Gertejh. 
 
 4. [In poetry.] Any defcendant. 
 
 5. The female penitent of a confeflbr. 
 
 Are you at leiture, holy father, now ; 
 Or ihail I come to you at evening mafs? — 
 -^My ieifurc fcrves mc, penlive duugkCir now. 
 
 To DAUNT. "J. a.- [dcmter,Tr, doniitare, 
 L.at. ] To difcourage j to fright ; to 
 intimidate. 
 
 Fairf.iX, whofe name inarms thro* Europe rings, 
 And fills all mouthi with envy or w.th praife, 
 And a!! her jealous oionnrcns with amaze. 
 And rumours loud, which daunt remotelt kings. 
 
 Miito'i. 
 Where the rude ar with heaved ftroke. 
 Was never heard the nymphs lod^ttn.'. 
 Or fright them from their halUw'd haunt. Milt. 
 Some pretences dauKt and difcourage us, when 
 others raifc us tt» a brifk alTuraiice. QLiirviUc. 
 DA'uNTLtss. adj. [from daunt.^ Fear- 
 Icfs ; not dejedled ; not difcouraged. 
 
 Grow great by your example, and put on 
 The dauntUJi fpirit of refoiution. Shahfpearc. 
 
 Dauntkj^ he role, and to the fight returned: 
 With ihame his glowing checks, his eyes with 
 fury burn'd. Dryicn'i Virgil. 
 
 He, not by wants or woes opprefs'd, 
 Stems the hold torrent with :idauniiefi breafV. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The utmoft weight of aifliflion from miniftc- 
 
 rial power and popular hatred, were almoft worth 
 
 bearing, for the gloi"v of fuch a dauntUJi condu(5t 
 
 as he h.;s Ihewn under if. Yope. 
 
 Da'l-ntlessness. «.y! [from daunilejs.~\ 
 
 FearlefTnefs. 
 Daav. n.f, [mcnedzilu. It is fupoofed by 
 Sk'mtier fo nam^rd from his note ; by^y- 
 n'lus to be corrupted from dan'l ; the 
 German /«/, and del in the Bavarii^n 
 dialect, having the fame fignificatisn.] 
 A bird. 
 
 I will wear ray heart upon my (leeve, 
 For diiiu: to peck it. Shaifpearc's Oth-Ho. 
 
 If death do quench us quite, 4re have great' 
 wrong. 
 That daws, and trees, and rocks fhould laft fo 
 
 long. 
 When we muA in an intrant pafs to nought. 
 
 Davles. 
 
 The loud du-j!, his throat difplaying, dr^ivs 
 
 The whole aiTembly of his (tWow dj~j:%. tVf.'.hr. 
 
 DAWK. n.f. A cant word among the 
 
 workmen for a hollow, nipturc, or in- 
 
 ciiion, in their ItutF. 
 
 Qbfcn'c if any hollow or daviki be in the 
 length. 2-kxi'i. 
 
 2o Dawk. "b. a. To mark with an incifion. 
 Should they .ipply that fide of the tool the 
 edge lies on, the fwift coming about of the work 
 would, where a fmali irregularity of fiufF flioulrf 
 happen, jobb the edge into the lluff, and fo 
 dA\i;k it. Ahrorj 
 
 To DAV.'Nf. v.n. [ftippofed hy the cty- 
 mologifts to have been originally to tiy-fn, 
 or advance toward day. J 
 
 I . To grow^ luminous j to begin to grow 
 
 I have been troubled in my fleepthis night ; 
 But du-j-tiing day oew comfoit hath infpir'd. 
 
 Siakjfinrt. 
 
 DAY 
 
 As it began to .la-jun towards the firft day of 
 the week, came Mary Magdalene to fee the fc- 
 pulchre. Mutth.:w. 
 
 A;i night I flept, oblivious of my pain ; 
 Aurora (iju'/iV and Phcebus fhin'd m vain. Pope^ 
 
 2. To glimmer obfcurely. 
 
 A KoEDaniiV, from the very firft da^Ltmmr of 
 any notions in his undcrllanding, hath this prin- 
 ciple confianily inculcated, that he muft believe 
 as the church. Lucki. 
 
 3. To begin, yet faintly ; to give fome 
 promites of lultre or eminence. 
 
 While we behold fuch dauntlcfj worth appear 
 111 downing youth, and fouls to void of fear. 
 
 Drydf. 
 
 Thy hand ftrilces out fome free defign, 
 When Ufe awakes and da'wns'it every line. Vobe. 
 
 D.wvN. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The time between the firll appearance 
 of light and the fun's rife, reckoned 
 from the time that the fun comes within 
 eighteen degrees of the horizon. 
 
 Then on to-morrow's dwwn your care employ 
 To feaich the land, but give this day to joy. 
 
 JJrydett, 
 
 2. Beginning; firll rife. 
 
 Thefe tender cn-eunallances dififufe a dawn of 
 ferenity over the foul, Fooc, 
 
 Such their guiltlefs paffion was, 
 As in the dn-.vr. of time infoim'd the heart 
 Of innocence and undiiTembiing truth. 'ITuivfinl. 
 
 DAY, n.f. [bxg, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The time between the riling and fetting 
 of the fun, called the artihcial day. 
 
 W'ny fland \z here all the d.y idle ? yjjtr^eiv. 
 Of night impatient, we dera.ind Ihcdtiy; 
 The Jd)' arrives, then for the n.ght wc'pray ; 
 The night and dty Uiccefuve come and go. 
 Our lalting pains no int;;rruption know. B!ackm. 
 
 Or objeil ;iew 
 Cafualdifcourfc draws. ou, which intermits 
 Our d.iy's work. AFr/tcir, 
 
 2. The time from noon to noon, or fiom 
 midnight to midnight, called the natural 
 day. 
 
 Ho'v many hoiu^s bring about the day, 
 How many days will fiuilh up tiic year. Siiik, 
 
 3. Light; funihine. 
 
 Let us w^alk honellly, as in the d.-.y ■ not ia 
 rioting and eruiike;'.ner5. . Romer:]. 
 
 The weft yet gliraBicrs with fora? fiieaks of 
 day : 
 Now fpurs the lated traveller apace, 
 To gain the tin^cly ir}ii. Si.^ifff.irr's Macbui. 
 
 Around the 6clds did nirablc l:ghtniiig plav, 
 Which otfei'd us by fits. Zi\A f.iarch'd the liay .- 
 'Midl^ this, was heard the ftiiiit au$k tender cry 
 Of wcll-pleas'd gholis,-wiiich in the llorm cid 
 fiy. Drydm. 
 
 Yet are we able' only to furvey 
 Dawniiigs of heatps, and proinilcs of d^y. Pnor. ■ 
 
 4. Any time fpecitied and diftinguilhed 
 from other time ; an age ; the time. In 
 this fenfe it is generally plural. 
 
 After h.im reigned Gut.hciine i-is heir. 
 The julleft man and trueft in his deys. F. 'Qree/r, 
 
 I think, in thefe dj)'j, one honcft man isjibligcd 
 to acquaint another wiio arc his friends. J^op4, 
 
 We have, at this time oi d.iy, better and mol-c 
 certain means of informatiou than they had. 
 
 Ir ^!ldiuar>d, 
 
 5. Life: in this fenfe it Is commonly 
 phnal. He mver in his days broke his 
 •word ; that is, in his •H'hih life. 
 
 He was r.ever at a lofs in I. is days for a frc» 
 tjucnt anfwer. * Cartt's Life of Ormonde. 
 
 6. The day of conteft ; the conteft ; tke 
 
 battle. 
 
 His name firuck fear, his conduft won the da) ; 
 He caiiie, he faw, he lcii"d the flruggling prey. 
 
 ^fcdmrmt:.
 
 DAY 
 
 Tlic noble thanes do bravely in ihc warj 
 The .fiiy ilmoft irfcll' proftlfcs yuis, 
 And litrlc n lo do. Shakfjicnrc^ i Macbeth 
 
 Would you th' advaiUngc of ilic fight dcl:iy, 
 If, flrikiiig liirt, you wcic lo win the liay ' . 
 
 jJ'yJ:". 
 
 7. An appointed or fixed tirae. 
 
 Or if rtiy dvbtois do not k^ cp tlicir tioy^ 
 Deny tlicir hands, ;ind then rcfuicto p-iy, 
 I mull with lutiencc all the tcims attend. D'yil 
 6. A day appointtd for fomt commemora- 
 tion. 
 
 Tlie field of Agincourt, 
 Fought on the d,iy of Ciifpin Cr;fpi.»nus. S/!j<-. 
 
 9. From day to day ; without certainty or 
 continuance. 
 
 Bnvaria h.ith been taugl.t, that mciit and fcr- 
 ^;cc doth oblige the Sp^iniurd Lax jiomday to H^y. 
 
 Baron. 
 
 To-BAY. On this day. 
 
 'Vo-day^ if ye will hear his voice, harden rot 
 your he.irts. i'J.tlm! 
 
 The part is all by death poflcft. 
 And frugal fate, lh.it guards the reft, 
 
 By giving, bids us ];vc to-Miy. Fcnt^jti. 
 
 D.v'ybed. n.f. \_djy and ted.'\ A bed 
 iifed for idlenefs and luxury in the day- 
 time. 
 
 Calling my officers about me, in my branched 
 velvet gown ; having come down tVom a dayhedj 
 where I have left Olivia flcepii-g. Shatjjtc^i-c. 
 
 Da'ybook. n.f. [from r/a)' and foo;f.] A 
 tiadtfman's journal ; a book in which 
 all the occurrences of the day are fet 
 down. 
 
 D.^'ybreak. n.f. [day and ireai.] The 
 dawn ; the firll appearance of light. 
 
 I watcli'ri the caily gloiics-of her eyes, 
 Ai men for liiyirmi watch the caltein ikies. 
 
 Drydcr. 
 
 Dayla'bour. n.f. [day and labour.1 
 I-abour by the day; labour divided into 
 daily taiks. 
 
 Doth God exact dnylaliur, light denied, 
 I fondly a(k ? ' Millo,,. 
 
 Day/ahour w.ns hut an hard and a dry kind of 
 
 livelihood to a man that could get an ellate with 
 
 two or three Ifrokes of his pen. South. 
 
 Da yla'bourer. n.f. [{rom daylabour.'\ 
 
 One that works by the day. 
 
 In one niglit ere giimpfc of morn, 
 His (hadowy flail hath threfli'd the corn 
 That ten d.i^ui>Ciurers could not end. M:Iti>n. 
 
 The dayUbijuTir^ in 3 Country village, has.com- 
 
 monly hut a fmall pit:ance ai courage. L'^rlc. 
 
 Da'ylight. n.f. [day and Jijkl.l The 
 
 light of the duy, as oppofcd to that of 
 
 the moon, or a taper. 
 
 By this the diuoping./.i>.Vgi7 'gan to fade, 
 And yield his 100m to fad fucccetiing night. 
 
 ftiiry Queen. 
 Thou rtialt buy this dear. 
 If ever I liiy face by daylight he, 
 Kow go tl;y way. Shatfpearr. 
 
 They, by dayjight palTing throtigh the Turks 
 fleet, recovered t!ie haven, to the joy of the be- 
 fieged chriHians. KnolUi. 
 
 He lla'ids in d,i\!ighi, and difdains to hide 
 An aft, to which by honour he is tied. DryJo:. 
 
 Will you murder a m m in plain daylight.' Diy. 
 
 Though rough bears in covt-rt feck defence, 
 White foxes liay, with feeniing innocence; 
 That crafty kind with daylight can difpenfe. 
 
 Drydci. 
 
 If bodies he illuminated by the ordinary prif- 
 inatick colours, they will appear neither of their 
 own daylight colours, nor of the colour of the 
 light calt on them, but of fome middle colour 
 fcctween both. Ncivici's Opiich. 
 
 Da'ylily. n.yl The fame with affhvdel. 
 
 Davs-mas. n.f. [^ly and man.] An old 
 
 D A Z 
 
 word fcr umpire. Ahfworth, Perhaps 
 rather, furtty. 
 
 For what art thon, 
 That mak'll tliyfelf his dayfman, to prolong 
 The vengeance prell ? Faiiy C^iiffr. 
 
 Da'yspkin c. H.yl [duyznAfprir^.l The 
 rife of the day ; the dawn ; the firft ap- 
 pearance of light. 
 
 So ; II ere dayjpring, under confcious night. 
 Secret they linifh'd, and in ordci (et. Millet. 
 The breath of-heav'n-fiolh-blowirtg, pure-and • 
 fweet. 
 With dayjfriiig born, here leave me to rcfpirc. 
 
 Milton. 
 Da'ystar. n.f. [day and_/7ar.] The 
 morning ftar. 
 
 I nie.int to make her f.iir, and free, and wife, 
 Of ijrc.ateft blood, and vet irore good than gicut : 
 I meant the dayfiar (hould not brighter rife, 
 Nor lend like inHuence from his lucent feat. 
 
 Bt'n Jonfofj. 
 Sunk though he be beneath the watry Huor ; 
 So finks the da\Jlar in the o;ean bed, 
 And yet anon repairs his drooping head. Milton, 
 Day'time. n.f. [day and limc.^ The 
 time in which there is light : oppofcd 
 to night. 
 
 In the da\timt Fame fitteth in a watch-tower, 
 and llicth moll by ni^ht ; Ihe niingtetli things 
 done with things not iX^tw^^ and is a terror to 
 great cities. Baton. 
 
 My ants never brought out their corn but 
 in the niglit when the moon did Ihine, and kept 
 it under ground in the .iaytim:. j^odipn. 
 
 Da'ywork. n.f. [<j'aj' and •mar/-. ] Work 
 impofed by the day ; dayiabour. 
 
 True labour in the vineyard of thy lord. 
 Ere prime thou haft ih' impofed day-'MO'k done. 
 
 Fairjc.v. 
 
 7"i7 DAZE. V. a. [bjixs. Sax.] Toover- 
 powcr with light ; to flrike with too 
 llrong lullre ; to hinder the aft of fee- 
 ing by too much light fuddenly intro- 
 duced. 
 
 They I'mote the glittering armies, as they ftand. 
 
 With qui\ cring beams, which .-/t/xVthe wond'ring 
 
 eye. Fairfax. 
 
 Poor human kind, all daz^d in open day. 
 
 Err after blifs, and blindly mifs their way. I)ryd. 
 
 Da'zikb. adj. [ralhsr d:ij:td. SeeD.^isY.] 
 
 Befpriiikkd with daifics. 
 
 Let us 
 Find out the prcttieli daxicd plot we can, 
 And make him a grave. S/iai-fp^are' $ Cymh. 
 
 To Da'zzle. v. a. [See Daze.] 
 
 1. To overpower with light ; to hinder 
 the adion of the fight by fudden lullre. 
 
 Fears ufc to be rcprefcr.ted in fuch an imagi- 
 nary falhion, as they ratiicr daz.z.ic men's eyes 
 tiian open them. Ba':'..n. 
 
 How is it that fome wits are interrupted. 
 That now they daxx.Ud aie, now clearly lee ? 
 
 Dalies. 
 
 2. To ftrike or furprife with fplendour. 
 
 Tliofc iieavenly fhnpes 
 _\Vill dr.z.rdt now this earthly with their blaie 
 Infiit^et^ibty brigiit. AL-.'tcn. 
 
 The places that have either (hining fentiments 
 or manners, have no occafion for them : a da-z- 
 :t/;""_^ expreflion rather damages them, and fcrves 
 only to cclipfe their beauty. rooe. 
 
 Ah, friend ! to d.i-zzic let the vain defign ; 
 To raife the thought, or toucn the heart, be thine. 
 
 To Da'zzle. v, n. To be overpowered 
 with light ; to loft the power of fight. 
 JJiiz-sJi mine eyes r or du 1 fee three funs ? 
 
 Shnkfp:arc. 
 
 Come, boy, and gowirh me ; thy fight is yaung, 
 
 And you Ihalt read when mine begins to ri^izsj/c. 
 
 Shaifpe.tre. 
 Ab ovcrlightmakctL the eyes dazxUj info- 
 
 D E A 
 
 mucl) as perpetual looking againlltkc fun would 
 cau^ Jjliudiy;ff . haean, 
 
 „ , I dare not t^uO tlicfc eyes ; 
 
 They donee in suifts, iaid.iz,^e with furprizc. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 DE'ACON. n.f [dSacomii,}.'iUa.] 
 
 1 . One of the loweil of the three orders of 
 the clergy. 
 
 Likewilc muft the d^aconr be grave. 2 Tim. 
 
 The conlliiutions that the apcliles msdc con- 
 cerning deacons and widows aie very impjrttive- 
 ly urged. JitJI.tfi Sander fon. 
 
 2. [In iicotland.] An ovtiiccr of ihc 
 poor. 
 
 3. And alfo the maP.cr of an incorporated 
 company. 
 
 De'aconess. n.f. [from </c(7rtn. ] A fe- 
 male officer in ilie ancient church. 
 
 De'acokry. \ti.f. [from dtucon.] The 
 
 De'aconship. ) office or dignity of a 
 deacon. 
 
 DEAD. adj. [btfab, Saxon; dood.D-A.] 
 
 1 . Deprived of life ; cxanimated. 
 
 The out'cn, n.y lord, \i dead : 
 . She Ihould have died hereafter. Shs^fp. 
 
 A brute or a man are another thing, when they - 
 are alive, from wiiat they are when .-.''nJ. Hale. 
 
 bile either from i;cr hopclcfs lover fled, 
 Or with diklainful glances (hot h.im d,aJ. Diyd. 
 
 2. With o/"before the caufe of death. 
 
 This Indian told ti.em, that, miftakir.g their 
 courfe, the ciew, all except liimfcif, were dead of 
 hung'-r. Arbullmi:. 
 
 3. Without life; inanimate. 
 
 All, alibiitttutl-., drops (/i-(2.y-born from theprcfs, 
 Likethe lalt g,!ztttc,orlike the hltaddiels. Pope. 
 
 4. Imitating death ; fenfeleis; motionlefs. 
 
 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the cha- 
 riot and horfe are call into a dead deep. PJalms. 
 
 .■\nointiiig of the foiehead, neck, feet, and 
 backbone, wc know is ufcd for procuring dead 
 flerps. liacon. 
 
 5. Unat?\ive ; motionlefs. 
 
 The tin fold fomctimcs hii^her, and fometimes 
 lower, accord ng to the quick vent and abun- 
 dance, or the (tV.ia'faleand icarciry. Careiv. 
 
 Nay, there 's a time when ev'n the rolling 
 year 
 Seems to Hand fiill : dead cx]ms arc in the ocean. 
 When not a bieathdiliuibs the dioufymain. Lee. 
 
 They cannot bear the drad weight of unem- 
 ployed time lying upon their hands, cor the un- 
 eafinefs it is to do nothing at all. Locke. 
 
 6. Empty ; vacant. 
 
 This Colour often carries the mind away ; yea, 
 itdeceivelhthefenfe; anditfeemelh to the eye a 
 fliorter dii'tance of way, if it be all dead and con- 
 tinued, than if it have trees or buildings, or any- 
 other marks whereby tlie eye may divide it. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Nought but a blank remains, a (/en,/ void fpaee, 
 A ftep of life, tl.at promis'd luch a race, ily.f. 
 
 7. Ufclefs; tinpvirtitable. 
 
 Trie conimod.ties of the kingdom they took, 
 though tl.ey Uy dead upon their hands for want 
 of \ent. B.tcon. 
 
 Perfuade a prince that he is irrefiftible, and he 
 will take care not to let lo glorious an attribute 
 li< drad and ufeiel's by him. A.idijon. 
 
 v>. Dull ; gloomy ; unemployed. 
 
 Travclhng o\tr Amarus, th^n covered with 
 deep (now, they came in the tltad winter ta 
 Aleppo. AW/«. 
 
 1 here is fomething unfpeakably chearful in a 
 fpot of ground which is covered with trees, that ' 
 fmiles amidl* a!l the rigours of winter, and gives 
 us a view of the mofi gay fealon in the raidll of 
 that which is the molt Jca-' and mclajicholy. 
 
 M.IifM. 
 
 9. Still ; obfcuve. 
 
 Their fligf.t w.u only deferred until they might 
 cover their diloidcrs by the .hva darkiiefs of the 
 ii^iht. Uajwa'd. 
 
 ■? O i
 
 D E A 
 
 lO. Having no refemblance of life. i 
 
 At a fccond fitting, though I alter not ttie 
 
 V draught, I muft touch the fame feurures over 
 
 again, and change the dead cotourina; of the 
 
 . whole. Diyck"- 
 
 n. Obtufe; dullj not fprightly : ufed 
 
 of founds. 
 
 We took a boll of about two inches in diame- 
 ter at the bottom, which was fupportcd in the 
 midft of the cavity of the receiver by a bent 
 ftick, in which, when it was clofed up, the bell 
 feemed to found more dead thsn it did when jult 
 before it founded in the open air. By/e. 
 
 12. Dull; frigid; not animated; not 
 
 afFefling. 
 
 How cold nnd dead does a praycr.appcar, that 
 is compofed in the moft elegant forms of fpecch, 
 «-hen it is not heightened by folemnity of phrafe 
 from the fftcrcd writings. .'!ddip,n. 
 
 13. Tatlelefs; vapid; fpiritlefs : ufed of 
 liquors. 
 
 14. Uninhabited. 
 
 Somewhat is left under dtad walls and dr\- 
 ditches. Arhuthti'A. 
 
 15. Without the natural foree orefBcacy : 
 as, a ita.AJire. 
 
 \6. Without the power of vegetation : as, 
 
 a dead hou^h. 
 17. [In theology.] The iVate of fplritual 
 
 death, lying under the pov.-er of fin. 
 You hath he quickened, who were dead in 
 
 trefpalTcs and fins. E^kefi.ini. 
 
 yif Dead. n./. Dead men. 
 
 Jove faw from high, with juft difdain, 
 The dead infpir'd with vital life again. Drydrn. 
 
 The ancient Romans generally buried their 
 Jiad near the grc;it roads. Addifoii. 
 
 That the died (liall rife and live again, is be- 
 yond the difcovery of rcifon, and is purely a 
 matter of faith. Li.cke. 
 
 The tow' ring bard had fung, in nobler lays. 
 How tlie laft trumpet wakes the lazy diad. 
 
 Smith. 
 
 Dead. n.f. Time In which there is re- 
 markable ftillnefs or gloom ; as at mid- 
 ivinter and midnight. 
 
 After this life, to iiope for the favours of mcr 
 
 <y then, is to expe<£t an harveft in the dead of 
 
 ■winter. S^iith. 
 
 In the dejd cf the night, when the men and 
 
 their d.:gs were all Eaft afleep. •L'Ejirnnge. 
 
 At length, in dead of night, the gholl .nppears 
 
 Of her unhappy lord. Dry Ut:. 
 
 TsDead. f. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 lofe force, of vs'hatever kind. 
 
 Iron, .IS loon as it is out of tiie fire, dend.th 
 • ftnitways. BiUOil^h Nati/ra/ Hijh'y. 
 
 To Deao. 7 
 10 Ue adejj. \ 
 
 1. To deprive of any kind of force or fen- 
 fatlon. 
 
 That the fonnd mav be cxtinguifhcd or d.-adt-d 
 by difcharging thepent air, before it comcth to 
 tiie mouth of tiie piece, and to the open ait, is 
 jiot probable. BiKon. 
 
 It is requifite that tympanum be tcnfe, and 
 hard ftretcbcd, otherwife the laxnefs of that 
 ,mcmbraue will certainly dead and damp the 
 found. Udder. 
 
 This motion woidd be quickly deadened by 
 eountcrniutions. GJ-tr^ville^s Scep/is Sciettlififii. 
 
 We will not oppofc any thing ta them that is 
 feard and ftubborn. but by a foft anfwcr deaden 
 (lieir force by degrees. Burnetts Theory. 
 
 Oiu" dreams arc great inftr.ncesof that aif^ivitj 
 which is natural to the human foul, and which 
 is not in the power of fleep to deaden or abate. 
 
 Spccliil;r 
 
 Anodynes are tush things as relax the tcniloii 
 of the alfi-iflcd nervous tibrcs, or dcftroy the 
 r.rticuUi acrimony vv'..!i.h oicr.fions ti.e p.ii:i .- 01 
 
 D E A 
 
 what deadens the fenCation of the brain, by pro- 
 curing deep. Arbuthyif^t on Diet. 
 2. To make vapid, or fpiritlefs. 
 
 The beer and the wine, as well within water 
 as above, have not been palled or decided at all. 
 
 B<teon . 
 Dead-doing, parlic'ipial adj, \dead and 
 ^0.] Deftruftive; killing; mifchievous; 
 having the power to make dead. 
 
 Hold, O dear lord, your dead-doin^ hand, 
 Then loud he cried, I am your humble thrall. 
 
 Sprr.Jcr. 
 They never care how many others 
 They kill, without regard of mothers. 
 Or wives, or children, fo they can 
 Make up fomc fierce dead^doiiig man. Hudibras, 
 Dead-lift.?;./. [</cWand/j/>.] Hope- 
 lefs exigence. 
 
 And liaveno power at all, nor fliift, 
 To help itfelf at a dead-lift. H:jdibras. 
 
 Dk'adlv. adj. [from ekad.] 
 
 1. Deftruflive ; mortrd ; murderous. 
 
 She then on Romeo calls, as if that name, 
 Shot from the deadly level of a gun. 
 Did mutthcr her. Shaifpcare. 
 
 Dry mourning will decay more deadly bring. 
 As a north wind burns a too forward fpring ; 
 Give forrow vent, and let tiie fljices go. Dryd. 
 
 2. Mortal; implacable. 
 
 The Numidians, in number infinite, are deadly 
 enemies unto thcTuiks. Knilla. 
 
 De'adly. adv. 
 
 1. In a manner refembling the dead. 
 
 Like dumb ftatues, or uiibreathing rtones, 
 Stai'd each on other, and look'd deadly pale. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 Young Arcitc heard, and up he ran with liafte. 
 And afli'd him why he look.'d fo deadly wan ? 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 2. Mortally. 
 
 I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he (hall 
 groan before him with the groanings of a deadly 
 wounded'maii. Ez.ekiel. 
 
 3. Implacably ; irreconcHeably; d.-ftruc- 
 tively. 
 
 4. It is fometlmes ufed in a ludicrous fcnfe, 
 only to enforce the fignlficatlon of a 
 word. 
 
 Mettled fchoolboys, fet to cuff. 
 Will not confefs that they have done enough, 
 Tliough deadly wt3ry. Orreiy. 
 
 John had got an imprcffion, that Lewis was 
 fo deadly cunning a man, that he was afiaid ro 
 venture himfelf alone with him. Arl'uthnot. 
 De'adness. n.f. [from dfiid.J 
 
 1. Frigidity; want of warmth; want of 
 ardour; want of affeflion. 
 
 His grace removes the defe£t c*{ inclhiation, 
 by taknig off our natural deadriefe 2nfi dilfa Sec- 
 tion towards them. K^j^ers. 
 
 2. Weaknei'iof the vital powers; hnguor; 
 faintnefs ; inaflivity of the fpirits. 
 
 Your gloomy eyes betray a dea.inefs. 
 And inward l.iaguillling. Diy.k'i and Lee's Oei 
 
 3. Vapidnefs of liquors ; lofs of fpirit. 
 
 De-idneJiQX Hatnefs in cyder is often occaiioned 
 by the too bee adnillfion of air into the vcffels. 
 
 Mo/ timer. 
 
 De'adnettle. n./. A weed; the fame 
 with archangel. 
 
 Dead-reckoning, n.f. [a fea term.] 
 That eflimation or conjeflure which the 
 feamcn make of the place whtre a fliip 
 is, by keeping an accouirt of her way 
 by the log, by knowing the courfe they 
 Lave Itecitd by the compaf?, and by 
 reftifying all with allowance for drift 
 or lee-way ; fo that this reckoning is 
 without any obfcrvation of the inn,; 
 moon, and liars, auJis-tobc reditiedi 
 
 D E A 
 
 Ks often as any crood obfervation can h^ 
 had. 
 DEAF. adj. yoof, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Wanting the fenfe of htanng. 
 
 Come on n.y li^ht hand, foi tliii cai is tkaf. 
 
 Infefled minds 
 To their t/w/ pillow* will difcharge their fccrcts. 
 
 Shakfjjfare, 
 
 The chief defign here intended is to niliruft 
 fuch as aie t/fa/and dumb, and dumb only by 
 confetjuencc of their want of heaving. Holder^ 
 
 If any fms atflidl our life 
 With that prime ill, a talking wife. 
 Till death Ihall brin^ the kind iclicf, 
 Wc muft be patient, or be dciif^ Frior^ 
 
 Thus you may ftill be young to me, 
 Vv'hile I can better hear than tee : 
 Oh ne'er may fortune Ihew her fpttej 
 To make me^JcaJ\ and mend my fight. StLiff, 
 
 2. it has io before the thing that ought 
 be heard. 
 
 I will be deaf to pleading and excufes ; 
 Nor tears nor prayers fiiall purchale out abufes. 
 
 Shnkjpeaic, 
 Oh that men's ears fhould be 
 To coimfel deaf J but not to ti;tttciy ! Shukjpcurc* 
 Whilft virtue cuuits them ; but, alas, in vain! 
 Fly from her kinfl embracing arms, 
 Denf to her fondeft call, blind to her greatcft 
 charms. R-iJcommtn . 
 
 Not fo, for once indulged, they fweep tl:^ 
 main; 
 Deaf io the call,, or, hearing, hear in vain. V>jd^ 
 
 Hope, too.long with vain delufton fed, 
 Deaf 10 the rumour of faliacions fame. 
 Gives to the roll of death his glorious name. P.-'^'c, 
 
 3. Deprived of the power of hearing. 
 
 Deaf yK\\\\ the noife, I took my hafty Hight : 
 No mortiil courage can fupport the fright. VtyJ* 
 
 4. Obfcurely heard. 
 
 Nor filcncc is within, nnr voice exprcf*, 
 But a </f<j/" noife of founds that never ceafc; 
 Confus'd and chiding like the hollow rnar 
 Of tides receding fjom th' infultcd iho.ir. Dtyd^ 
 
 The refl we;c feizM with lullen difcontent, 
 And a deaf murmur through the fquadrons went. 
 
 D-yUn, 
 TojyzxT. 1 Via. [from deqf.'\ To 
 To De'afen J deprive of the power of 
 hearing. 
 
 He.uiiig hath deaf d our failors; and ift'icy 
 Know how to hear, there 's none know what to 
 fay. i?o^/.Y. 
 
 A fwarm of ihcir aerial fhapes appears, 
 And, fiutt'riag round his temples, detf: bis enrs. 
 
 DryJi n, 
 
 BjI Saliiis eijtcis; and, exchiming loud 
 
 For juflice, deafcvi and diftutbs the crowd. Dtyd. 
 
 From rtioutiiig men, and horns, and dogSj h« 
 
 dies, 
 
 Deaf £ri*d and ftunn^d with thcirpromifcuous ciies. 
 
 ^ddif&n. 
 
 De'afly. adv. [frx)m i/c-^v/*.} 
 
 1. AVithoiit fenfe of founds. 
 
 2. Obfcurely to the ear. 
 De'afmf.ss. n.f, [from deaf.'] 
 
 1, Want of the power of hearing ; want 
 of fenfe of foimds. 
 
 Thofe who are deaf and dumb, are dumb by 
 confequence from their derfntfu HrAder. 
 
 The Duncit^d had never boen wrk, but at his 
 rcqucrt, and for hjs decfnefs ; for, had he bccr» 
 ?,hle to convcrfe with me, do you think I had 
 amufed my time fo ill ? Pojx*. 
 
 2. Unwilllngnefs to hear* 
 
 I found, fuch a deafmfy that n& declarati'on 
 from thcbifhops could take place. K.i>'.g ChurUu 
 DEAL. u.f. [ehr/, Dutch.] 
 I. Part. 
 
 A K'''^' '''■"' 'f ''>^' "aliich had been, was novy 
 to be rcinovcdout of tiie chuidi. iivJ^ir,
 
 D E A 
 
 2. Quantity; degree of move or kfs. It 
 was formerly joined with ditTcreiit words, 
 to limit its meaning : as, fme deal, in 
 fome degree, to fome amoimt : we now 
 either fay, a great deal, or a deal with- 
 out an adjective ; but this is com- 
 monly, if not always, ludicrous or con- 
 temptuous. 
 
 When men's affcflions do frame tlicir opinions, 
 tlicy arc ia rfcfcncc of ciroiir nvjic canicft, a 
 great deal, than, for tlio moli part, found be- 
 lievers in the m.riiitcnancc of truth, apprehending 
 according to the nature of that evidence which 
 fcripture yicldeth. Hooker, 
 
 Tlicre is, indeed, ftorc of matters, fitter and 
 belter a great deal for teachers to fpond time and 
 labour in. - Hooker. 
 
 To weep with them that weep, doth cafe fome 
 deal ; 
 But forrow Houtcd at is donhlc death. Shakfp. 
 
 What a deal of cold Ijufmcrs doth a man mif- 
 pcnd the better pa:t of life in! In fcattcring 
 compliments, and tendering vifits. lien 'Jo'ifiri. 
 
 The charge fome dc<d thee haply honour may, 
 That noble Dudone had while here he liv'd. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 Poffibly feme never fo much as doubted of the 
 fafety of their fpiritual eftate; and, if fo, they 
 have fo much the more real'on, a great deal, to 
 doubt of it. Sout/i. 
 
 The author, who knew that fnch a defign as 
 this could not be carried on'without a great deal 
 of artifice and fophiUry, has puzzled and per- 
 plexed his caufe. ^d.ufot. 
 
 3. [from the verb to deal.] The art or 
 pra£tice of dealing cards. 
 
 How can the mufc her aid impart, 
 Unllcih'd in all the terms of art.' 
 Of in harmonious numbers put 
 The deal, the Ihuffl.-, and the cut ? SiL"fi. 
 
 4. [deyl, Dutch.] Fir-wood, or the 
 wood of piues. 
 
 I liave alfuftund, that a piece of deal, far 
 thicker than ouc would eafily imagine, being 
 purpofely interpofed bctwiiwt my. eye placed in a' 
 room, and the clearer daylight, was not only 
 fomewhattranfpaient, but appeared quite through 
 a lovely red. BoyU on Colouri. 
 
 To Deal. ■v. a. [dee'en, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To diftvibute; to difpofe to different 
 perfons. 
 
 Veal thy bread to the hungry, and briiig the 
 poor that arc caft out to thy houfe. IJaiah. 
 
 One with a,brokcn truncheon deah his blows. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 His lifted arms around his he,-.d he throws, 
 And ./.-.i.'i in whiflling air his empty blows. Dryd. 
 
 The bufinefs of nunkind, in this life, being 
 rather to aft than to know, their portion of 
 knowledge is deali them accordinjiv. Adjifor.. 
 
 How Spain prepares her banners to unfold, 
 And Rome deaU out her bleffings and her gold. 
 
 '^ Tukel. 
 
 Had the great men of antiquity been poffelTed 
 of the art of printing, they would have made an 
 advantage of it, \\\,Ualhig out their lefiuies to 
 the pubfick. Adl.J:n. 
 
 If you deal out great quantities of ftrong li- 
 quor 10 the mob, there will be many drunk 
 
 JiaHs. 
 
 2. To fcatter; to throw about. 
 
 Keep nie from the vengeance of thy dar's. 
 Which Niobc's devoted iluie felt, 
 When inmng tlnough the ikies the fcaihcr'd 
 deaths were drali. JDiy.lcn. 
 
 3. To give gradually, or one after an- 
 ther. 
 
 The nightly mallet'</f(iA rcfouiu^ing bijv.'s. 
 
 Cay. 
 
 4. To diftribute the cards. 
 To Deal. v. n. 
 
 I. ToirafHclcj to iranfacl.bufinefs ; to 
 trade. 
 
 D E A 
 
 It is generally better to deal by fpeccli than ';>' 
 
 letter; and by a man himfclf, than by the medi- 
 
 atioHof athird. ■^'""''• 
 
 This is to drive a wholefale trade, when all 
 
 other petty merchants deal but for paicels. 
 
 Vecay of Pic'y. 
 Thcv buy and fell, they deal and traffick. 
 
 ' South. 
 
 M'iih the fond maids in palmiftry he deah. 
 They tell the fecret wiiicli he firft reveals. I'rior. 
 
 2. To ad between two pcrfons; to inter- 
 vene. 
 
 Sometimes he that deah between man and 
 m:ni, raifelh his own credit with both, by pre- 
 tending greater inlcrcft than he hath in titi.cr. 
 
 Baion. 
 
 3. To behave well or ill in any traiifac- 
 
 tion. 
 
 I doubt not, if he will </ij/ clearly and impar- 
 tially, but that he will acknowledge alj this to be 
 true. Tuloifon. 
 
 4. To a<fl in any manner. 
 
 Two deep enemies. 
 Foes to my reft, and my fwcet flccp's difturbers. 
 Ate thcv that I would liave thcc deal upon. 
 
 Sh-.kfprare. 
 
 5. To Deal by. To treat well or ill. 
 This feems a vitious ufc. 
 
 Such an one deals not falily hy his own mind, 
 nor conduits his own uiiderlianding aright. 
 
 Lreke. 
 
 6. To Deal in. To have to do with ; 
 to be engaged in ; to praftife. 
 
 Suiters are fo dirtafted with dehiys and abufcs, 
 that phiin-dealing, in denying to deal in fuits at 
 firfl, is grown not only honourable, but alfo 
 
 gracious. 
 
 Baeon. 
 
 The Scripture forbids even the countenancing 
 a poor man in his caufe; which is a popular 
 way of preventing julticc, that fome men iiave 
 dealt iti, though without that fuccefs which they 
 piopiofed to themielves. Al/eihiry. 
 
 Among authors, none draw upon themfclves 
 more difpleafuie than thofe who deal in political 
 matters. Mdijon. 
 
 True togick is not that noify thing that rf^n.'iall 
 in difpute, to which tlie forn:er ages had dchaled 
 it. }Valti' Letgick. 
 
 7. ToDealw//^. To treat in any man- 
 ner ; to ufe well or ill. 
 
 Neither can the Irifti, nor yet the Englifh 
 lords, think themielves wronged, nor hardly 
 dealt tvitn, to have that which is none of their 
 own given to them. Spenfcr's Ireland. 
 
 Who then (hall guide 
 His people ? Who defend ? Will they not deal 
 Worfe -io.-ili his foUowei-s, than iviii him they 
 ,l;alt ? M./ion. 
 
 If a man would have his confcience deal 
 clearly w/M him, he mufl deal feveicly ivitli 
 Ih.lf, Soath*s Sertnorts. 
 
 God did not only cxcrcife this providence to- 
 wards his own people, but he dealt thus alfo 
 luilli other nations. lillolfoa. 
 
 But I will dial the more civilly ivith his 
 two poems, becaule iiothing ill is to be fpoken 
 of the dead. Vryden. 
 
 You wrote to me with the freedom of a friend, 
 dealing plainly luiih me in the matter of my own 
 tiifles. I'''!"- 
 
 RcHeft on the merits of the caufe, as wrll as 
 
 of the men, who have b;cn thus dealt witit by 
 
 * their country. . S-wifi. 
 
 8. To Deal •with. To contend with. 
 
 If Ihc hated nic, 1 Ihould know what paffion 
 to deal ivilh. Sidney. 
 
 Gentlemen were comm,in<led to remain in the 
 country, to govern the people, eafy to be elenlt 
 n/.'/( whilft they ftand in fear. Hayxvaid. 
 
 Then you upbraid mc ; 1 am pleas'd to fnc 
 You 're not fj pcrfcift, but can fail like me : 
 1 have no God to <)fri/ ivith. Diy.ltn. 
 
 7oDEA'LB-A.TE. v. a. Idcallo, Lat.] 
 To.wLitenj.to blrach. 
 
 D E A 
 
 Dealba'ticn. n. f. [thalialio, Latin.] 
 The aft of bleaching or whitening ; 
 rendering things white which were not 
 fo before : a word in little ufe. 
 
 All feed is white in viviparous animals, and 
 fuch as have preparing vclTels, wherein it re- 
 ceives a manifold dealbation. Sroiurt, 
 
 De'aler. n.f. [from deal.'] 
 
 1. One that has to i.\o with any thing. 
 
 I find it common with thefe fmall dealer: \n 
 wit and learning, to give themfclves a title from 
 their firit adventure. Swift, 
 
 2. A trader or trafGckcr. 
 
 Where fraud is permitted and connived ar, the 
 honeft deider is always undone, and the knave 
 gets the advantage. Culliver's Travils. 
 
 ■5. A perfon who deals the cards. 
 
 De'aling. ti.f. <[_[rom deal.] 
 
 1. Praftice ; action. 
 
 Concerning the dealingi of men, who admi- 
 nifter government, and unto whom the execu- 
 tion of that Inw bolongcth, they base their j'ulBtc, 
 who fitleth in heaven. Hooter. 
 
 What thefc are ! 
 Wliofe own hard dealingi teach them to fufpcft 
 The thoughts of others. Shakfpeart. 
 
 But this was netther one pope's fault, nor one 
 prince's deftiiiy : he mu(t write a ttoiy of tUe 
 empire, that means to tell of all their dealings 
 in this kind. Rcleigli. 
 
 2. Intercourfe. 
 
 It were to be wifhed, that men would pro- 
 mote the happiiiefs of one another, in all their 
 private dealings, .among thofe who lie within 
 thcit influence. Addifon. 
 
 3. Meafure of treatment ; mode in which 
 one treats another. 
 
 God's gracious dealings with men, arc the aids 
 and auxilinrios ncccflary to us in the purfuit of 
 piety. Hammond, 
 
 4. Traffick ; bufinefs. 
 
 The doftor mull needs die rich; he had great 
 
 dealings in his wav for many yeais. Swift, 
 
 DEAMBULA'tlON. ;;./. l^eumlulu/h, 
 Latin.] The a6t of walking abroad. 
 
 Dea'mbul.^tory. arlj, [dcambulo, Lat.] 
 Relating to the pradlicc of walking 
 abroad. 
 
 DEAN. n. f. [decanus, Latin ; doyen, 
 French. From the Greek word^eVa ; ia 
 Englifh, ten; becaufe he was anciently 
 fet over ten canons or prebendaries at 
 leafl in fome cathedral church. /fy* 
 ^lff^''\ The fecond dignitary of a dio- 
 cefe. 
 
 As tliere are two found.ilions of cathc^Iral 
 churclie* in lingliinrf, the otU ancV the new (tHc 
 uew ate thofe wl.ich Heniy vni. upon fup- 
 prefTion of .Tblieys transformed from abboC or '' 
 prioi"| and convent, toJtJ^rand chaptei) fo there 
 arc two nitans of dealing thcfc dt^ni\ for thofe 
 of the old foundnticn aic bioiigl.t to their di;j- 
 nity much like bifliops, the king firit fending 
 ont his conge d\'i:re to the cliaptor, the chapter 
 then chuling and the bifliop confirming ihcm, 
 and giving his mandate to inftn! thi-m. Thofe 
 of the new foundation arc, by a ihoitcr conifc, 
 inllalled by \irlue-of the king'b letters patent, . 
 without cither ele^lon or conft(m;ition. 
 
 This word is alio applied to divers, that are 
 cliief of ccttiiin peculiar churches or chapels; .1$ 
 the ((can of the king's chapel, thxr dtun of the 
 Aichci, the Actin of St. Gooigc's ciiapcl at Wind- 
 fur, and the dtan of Bocking in Eflcx. Coii>eV. 
 The i/fcrt-and canons, or prchcnds^ of cathe- 
 dral cliLirchcs, were o( great ufe in the church ; 
 they were not only to be of counftl with rhc 
 bilhop.for his rcvcn-ic, but chiefly for gowrn- 
 nicnt in -caufes ccclefiafiical. Ufc ytiur btft 
 means fo prefer fuch to thofe places who arc fit . 
 for that purpofc. ^Ji,-*/;, 
 
 D£'.vNEP»Y. Ji.f. [^VQin dejn.1
 
 n E A 
 
 r. The office of a dean. 
 
 He could no longer keep the ({cantry of the 
 ch.ipcl-royal. ChrrnJon. 
 
 «. Tiie revenue of a dean. 
 
 Pat bo'h deans in one ; oi, if that 's tooniueh 
 tiojblf, 
 lufteatl of the deans make the dcan'ry double 
 
 3. Tlie houfe of a dean. 
 
 Take her l>v the hand, away with her to the 
 deanery, :!nd difpatch it .;uickly. Shjkj-^ca^ c. 
 
 De'anbhip. v.f. [ r": ora rff«n.] The of- 
 fice and rank of a dean. 
 , DEAR. adj. [beop, Sa.\on.] 
 I.Bclovtd; favourite; darling. 
 -_. _ Your brotiitr Glo'ftcr hales you. 
 —Oh, no, lie loves me, antl he holds nic dear. 
 
 1\k. dear, dear name (he bathes in flowing 
 teais, 
 Mangs o'er the f imb. Aid'.fon. 
 
 And the lalt joy was (Vf/ir,"- than the rert.fo/'f. 
 
 2. Valuable ; of a hi'gh price ; coftly. 
 
 \Vi..Tt made dhcdturs'"ciieat the Sjuth-fcaycar ? 
 To fi-etj on ven'lon when it fold fo dear. ¥of!. 
 
 3. Scarce; not plentiful: as, a dear 
 year. 
 
 4. It fcems to be fometimes ufed in 
 ' ■ Shcil:fj>care for eicer ; iad ; hateful ; 
 
 grievous. 
 What foolilh boldnefs brought thee to their 
 uicicies, 
 Whom tiiou in teiiiis fo bloody', and fo dear, 
 baft made tliine enemie^ ? Twilfih Night. 
 
 Let us return, 
 And drain what other means is left unto us 
 In our dear peril. Timan. 
 
 5omc dear caufe 
 M'ill in concealment wrapt me up a-while : 
 When I zm kno-.vn aright, you (hail nut grieve 
 Lending me this .icqu.iintanec. ^"^£ Lear. 
 
 Would I had met my dearej} foe in heav'n, 
 ■ 'Or ever I hid fccn th.>r day. Hamht. 
 
 Thy other banilh'd fon, with his dear fight 
 Struck pale and bloodlcfs. Tilm ^hidto'i. 
 
 Dear. n. f. A word of eadearraent ; 
 darling. 
 
 That kifs 
 I carried from thee, dear ; and my true lip 
 Hathvirgin'd it e'er fince. Shaifpearc. 
 
 Go, deari each niinate does new danger bring. 
 
 Dryucn. 
 See, my de.ir, 
 Howlavifli nature Ins adorn'd the year. Dndrn. 
 ■Df/aubouckt. adj. [dear and hought.l 
 Purchaled at a lii^h price. 
 
 O fleeting joys 
 Of Paradife, denrb'jight with lading woe. Mill. 
 
 Such dmrhwglti l)I--ffinBs happen ev'ry <lay, 
 Jjcaufe we knuw not for what things to pray. 
 
 Dryden. 
 ' Forget not wU.at my ranfom cod, 
 U jr kt my d:arij'iy/it loiil be lod. Rof.-omiiKn. 
 Dl'aRLING. «./. [now written itiA-/%.] 
 Favourite. 
 
 They do feed on nefiar, heavenly wife. 
 With VIcrcuIcs and HchCj and il.c red 
 Of Venus' Jearling!, through her bounty bled. 
 
 Sj-ifijer. 
 
 De'a"ly. rtdv. [from d.'n;-.'\ 
 I, With griral fundnefs. 
 
 For tiie unqueftionable virtues of her perfon 
 " and !ti\.-.d, he loved her (/f«i.^: fl^i,lit,n. 
 
 Z. At a high price. 
 
 It is rarely ht light, and then alio bought 
 dearly enough uilii fueh a line. Haan. 
 
 Turrnis ihall dearly piy for fiith forfworn ; 
 And corps, a«d fwuitls, and flilclds, onTyber 
 born. Dryden. 
 
 My father dotes, and let hioi dill dote on ; 
 lie kuys his lailhcfs dtarly with his throne. 
 
 D'yder.. 
 
 D E A 
 
 To Dearn. 'v.a, [byfinan, Sax. to'hide.] 
 
 To mend clothes. See Darn. 
 De'arness. n.f. [ from (vVi/ ". ] 
 
 1, Fondnefs ; kindncfs ; love. 
 
 My brotlicr holds you well, and in Hcarnrfi of 
 heart iiath ho!p to effect yuui culujiig mairiage. 
 
 Sli'ikjpcure. 
 
 The whole feiiate dedicated analt.ir to I'liciid- 
 fliip, as to a godded, in Ki'pc£l of the great 
 diamefs of friend(hip bvtween them two. £a:on. 
 
 He who hates his ncighhour morcally, and 
 wifely too, muli profcfs ail the dcamefi and 
 friendlhip, with readinefs to fcive him. Sruth. 
 
 2. Scarcity ; high price. 
 
 Landlords prohibit tcnonts from plowing, 
 which i^ feen in the dear ncfi of corn. Sivifr. 
 
 ■De'aknlt. a^-Iv. [beojm, Sax.] Se- 
 cretly ; privately; iinfeen. Obft)lete. 
 
 At Uft, as chanc'd them by a forell fide 
 To pafs, for fuGCour from the fcorciiinj r;:y, 
 Tl.cy heard a rueful voice, that dtarniy cried 
 With piercing Ihncks. S^-enfcr. 
 
 D£AP.TH. H. /. [from (kar.l 
 
 1. Scarcity which makes food dear. 
 
 In times of dtart/;, it drnin.d much coin out 
 of the kingdom, to furniili us with corn from 
 foreign parts. Bdcon, 
 
 There have been terrible years dearths of corn, 
 and every place is ftrewed with beggars; but 
 dsartki sixt common in better ciimaleii, and our 
 e\-ils here lie much deeper. Sxi'ift. 
 
 2. Want; need; famine. 
 
 Pity the dearth that I have pined in, 
 By longing for that food fo long a time. Shiikjp. 
 
 Of every tree that in the garden grows, 
 Eat freely with glad heart ; fear here no dearth. 
 
 Miltofi. 
 
 3. Barrennefs ; fterllity. 
 
 The French have brought on themfclvcs that 
 dearth of plot, and natruwncfs of imagination, 
 which may l>c obferved in all their plays. Dryd. 
 
 To De ARTi'cuLATE. t>. o. [^/c and ar- 
 
 t'tcidnSf Latin.] To disjoint ; to dif- 
 
 membcr. Dicl. 
 
 DEATH, n.f. [beaf , Saxon.] 
 
 r. The extinclion of life; the departure 
 
 of the foul from the body. 
 
 He is the mediator of the New Tcftament, that 
 by means of dcathy for the redemption of the 
 tranfgrelTions, they which arc called might re- 
 ceive the proniife of eternal inheritance. 
 
 }!cbre-:us. 
 
 They fay there is divinity in odd numbers, 
 
 cither ill ii2.X.\\\ty o\ d^ath. Shaiffeare. 
 
 Deaths a ircccfTary end, 
 Will come, wheait will come. Shakfpcare. 
 
 He muft his acts reveal, 
 From the firil moment of his vital breath, 
 Tohis laft hour of unicpcnting death. Dryden. 
 
 2. Mortality; deflruclion. 
 
 How did you dare *- 
 To trade and traftick with M;.cbeth, 
 In ridtiles and aft-'irs oi d:'t't'i ? Shi\kfpcare. 
 
 3. TLe Hate of the dead. 
 
 In iwinifh Hccp 
 Th( ir drenched natures lie, ;i!j \i\ ^diuth. Sh.iif. 
 
 4. Tlie manner of dying. 
 
 Thoufli^iit die the dtathi of them that arc (lain 
 in the midft of the feus. Jizf.iie/. 
 
 5. The image of mortality reprefeiUed 
 by a ikelcton. 
 
 I had rather be married to a v:V.cM's head, with 
 a bone in his mouth, than to cither of thtfc. 
 
 ShijiifpCiire. 
 If I gi^e now, 'tis but to fee 
 What manner of dtat^'^ head 'twill be, 
 
 When it is free 
 From that frcfk upper rt:in. 
 The gazer's joy, and lin. Su^lJin;;;. 
 
 6. Murder ; the act of dcftroying life un 
 
 lawfully. 
 As^n nianifeiting thr fwcct influPECC of his 
 
 D E A 
 
 mercy, on the fcverc ftroke of his'juftice ; fo-in 
 this, not to fuifer a man oi death to live. Baeon, 
 
 7. Caufe of death. 
 
 They cried o jt, and faid, O thou man of God, 
 there is dralh in the pot. 2 Kings. 
 
 He caught his dea:/; the lalt county-fifiions, 
 where he would go to fee juflicc done to a i>oor 
 widow woman. Addlfm. 
 
 8. Deftroyer. 
 
 All the endeavours .Achilles ufcd to meet with 
 Hcdor, and be the deatk of him, is the inlrlgue 
 whicii comprehends the battle of the laft day. 
 
 Brocme^s f^ieivof Uf'fc loetiy, 
 
 9. [In poetry.] Tiie inftrument of death. 
 
 Deathi in\tlible come wing'd with brc ■ 
 They hear a dreadful noife, and ilraight expiie. 
 
 X>ryden. 
 Sounded at once the bow, and fwiftly flics 
 The fcathcr'd death, and hifles Ihro' the fl:ics. 
 
 Dry din. 
 Ofr, as in airy rings they (kim the heathj 
 The clam'rous lapwings feci the leaden death. 
 
 I'epe. 
 
 10. [In theology.] Damnation; eternal . 
 
 torments. 
 
 We pray that God will keep us from all fin 
 and wickedncfs, from our ghoflly enemy, and 
 from cverlafting d.-ath. C7;.vr,7; Catuii/o!. 
 
 De'athbed. n.f. [death and bed.] The 
 bed to which a man is confined by- 
 mortal ficknefs. 
 
 Sweet loal, take heed, take heed of perjurv ; 
 Thou art on thy death-bed. Shakfpea,e'. 
 
 Thy death-bed h no lefTcr than the land 
 Wherein tiiou lieft in reputation fick. ish.,lrri,n„c, 
 Thcfe are fuch things as a man (hall rcmcni- 
 ber with joy upon his death-bei \ fuch as (hall 
 cheer and warm his heart, even in that laft and 
 bitter agony. Sutith'i SetiK^ns. 
 
 Then round cur AnM-ifiev'iy friend Ihould 
 run, 
 And joy us of our conqueft early won. Dry.len. 
 A death-bed figure is certainly the moll hum- 
 bling fight in tl-e world. CcUler. 
 A death-hed repentance ought not indeed to 
 be ncglcdled, becaufe it is the laft thing tl.at we 
 ean do. Aiterbury. 
 Fame can never make us lie down conten- 
 tedly on a death-bed. J'ope. 
 De'athyvi,. adj. [dta'.'.' znd ft,!/.] Full 
 of (laughter ; dcllrudive ; murderous. 
 
 ■^'our cruelty was fuch, as you would fpare his 
 
 life for many deaihful torments. Sidney. 
 
 Time itfelf, under the deathfut (hade of whofc 
 
 wings all things wither, hath waled th.it lively 
 
 viituc of nature in man, and bcaits, and plants. 
 
 Raleigh. 
 Blood, death, and deaihful deeds, are in that 
 noife. 
 Ruin, dellruflion at the utnioft point. Milton. 
 
 Thcfe eyes behold 
 The deathf.-d fcene ; princes on princes roll'd. 
 
 Pcpe. 
 De'.\thle3S. adj. [from death.l Im- 
 mortal; never dying-; evcrlafting. 
 
 God hath only immortality, though angels and 
 
 human foiils be deathl:fi. £o\le. 
 
 Tiieir temples wrcith'd with leaves, that &\\\ 
 
 renew ; 
 
 Vor death.'efi laurel is the vigor's due. Dryden, 
 
 Faith and hope thcml'clves (hall die, 
 VVhilc deathl.'fi charity remains. Prior, 
 
 De'.4thlike. (7.-j5'. [death sad rtf:s.'\ Re- 
 fembling death; flill; gloomy; mo- 
 tionlefs; placid ; calm ; peaceful; un- 
 dii'liirbtd ; refembling either the hor- 
 rours or the qiiictnefs of deatli. 
 
 Why doll iIkiu let thy hrav,: foul lie fuppreft 
 In deathlike (lumbers, while thy dangers crave 
 A waking eye and hand ? Crajhaw, 
 
 A deathlike flcep ! 
 A gentle wafting to immortal life ! Milton, 
 
 On feas, on eaith, and all that in them dK-tl|, 
 A dmlhlike luict and deep filciice fell. IJ'alUr.
 
 DEB 
 
 Black mclnnclioly Ills, and jomid Iwr throws 
 A. tlciUi'::He Clumber, ■•iiitl a diraci rcprfc. l''>pi:. 
 Dea'1'h's-Door.. [r/cj/Zj and <7oo,-.] A nt:u- 
 approacli to death ; the gates of deatli. 
 iiv^ii a-'h:. It is now a luw phrafc. 
 
 I niyfclf knew npcilon of grcit l.\iKtity, wlio 
 was alfliitctl to<fc.'/''l'j-'/'»r with ;l viimitiug. 
 
 Viiylir's tiui.'ity Cainmunii'iifit 
 There was a poor young woman, tliat hitd 
 brought hcifclf e\Ln to Ji\nh'i-ih(/r- with grief for 
 her fick hiilliand. L' l.jlran^e. 
 
 Dk'athsmaN. n. f. \_tlcalh and man.] 
 Executioner; hangman ; head fman ; hi; 
 that executes the fentencc of death. 
 
 He 'i dead ; I'm only forry 
 He had no oilier iU-<uhfnuiy.. Si:.'lffC:n!. 
 
 As deat'ijmtti you liave rid tiiis fwcct yoimj; 
 
 ^irillCC. S'liti-jp^\lr:-. 
 
 Dt'AT HWATCH. ti./i [fl'ffl/^ and ofa/r/i.] 
 
 An infe6\ that makes a tinkh'ng nolfe 
 
 like that of a \vatch,_ and is fuperlliti- 
 
 oufly imagined to pvognollicate dcalh. 
 
 The [oh mn Ji:it/iw<tic/i ehck'd the hour fire 
 
 died. Gfy. 
 
 We learn to prcfagc njipro.iching death in a 
 
 family by ravens, and litilc worms, wiiicii we 
 
 therefore call a iiiath^vauft. IJ'jtti. 
 
 Mifcrs arc muckworms, filkworms hcaiis, 
 
 Pi.n(^ iliath-Wiitcha phylicians. l*opc. 
 
 To DE.'VURATE. v. a. {deauro, Lat.] 
 
 To gi'iJ, or cover with gold. Did. 
 
 Deaura'tion. n. f. [from ihautate.'\ 
 
 Th6-aa of gilding. 
 D E B A c c H a T I o N . n .y^ [JcbacchaUo , Lat. ] 
 A raging ; a madnefs. D'ui. 
 
 To Df.ba'r. 1'. B. [from ba)-."] To ex- 
 clnde ; to preclude ; to fhiit out from 
 any thing ; to hinder. 
 
 The fi^ne boats and the fame building', arc 
 found vh countiics <^c^arri»(/ fiom all commerce 
 by unpayable mountains, lakes, and defarrs. 
 
 Ra.'sigh's EJfayi. 
 Not fo ftriftly hath our Lord impos'd 
 Labour, as to ciihc.r us wlicir we need 
 Rcficfhment, whether food, or talk between. 
 Food of the mind. j\/.'7.'aw. 
 
 Civility, intended to make us eafy, ii cm- 
 ployed in laying chains and fetters upon u<;, in 
 ntl'arthig us of our wilhes, and in crofling our 
 moil reafonable dc fires. S',v:fi. 
 
 To Deba'rb. '0. a. [from tie and laila, 
 Lat.] To deprive of his beard. D'lil. 
 
 ToDeba'rk. v. a. [</£ii;/-j«fr, French.] 
 To difcmbark. Did. 
 
 To DEBASE, -v. a. {^xomlnJc.~\ 
 
 1. To reduce from a higher to a lower 
 ftatc. 
 
 Homer intended to teach, that picafurc ano 
 fcnfuality ittlafe men into beafts. Bro'.fnc. 
 
 As much as you raife filvcr, you tith.tfc 
 jold, for they are in the condition of two things 
 put in oppofitc fcales ; :.s much as the one nfc , 
 the other falls. Lod.e. 
 
 2. To make mean ; to link into mean- 
 nefs ; to make defpicable ; to degrade. 
 
 It is a kind of taking God's name in vair, to 
 dcinfe religion with fuch frivolous difpiitcs, 
 
 K:.o.fcr. 
 
 A man of large poirelTioiis has not leifuie to 
 
 tonfidcr of every flight eS|ierce, and will not 
 
 (tthafc himfelf to ilie management of every triHe. 
 
 D>yAtrt. 
 Reflraining otlicrs, yet himfelf not free; 
 Made impotent by pow'r, lUhavd by digiily. 
 
 DryMn. 
 
 3. To fink ; to vitiate with meannefs^ 
 
 He ougiii ru be careful of not letting his fuhitci 
 ilfhufi hi^^fivle, and betray him into a meanrtfs 
 of c>i(iriluon. Mdifiti. 
 
 Hunting after arguments to make good one 
 fide of a. cjuellicn, and wholly to refnfc thcfc 
 
 DEB 
 
 which fsvour the oilier, is fo far frnm giving 
 truth its due value, tliat it wholly iith.ifa it. 
 
 4. To adulterate ; to Itfltn in value by 
 bafe admixtures. 
 
 ile rcfuimed tlic coin, which was much adul- 
 terated and //ti.i/iv/ in tiie times and troubles of 
 king Stephen. lia.'e. 
 
 Woids fo Jtl>ii\\1 and li.ird, no (lone 
 Was hard enough to touch them on. ni<Ji/)'.i<. 
 Deba'sement. «./. [from dcbafe.] The 
 act of debafing or dirgiading ; degrada- 
 tion. 
 
 It is a wretched ihliafcmtnl of that fprighlly 
 f.iculty, tl c tongue, thus to he made the in- 
 terpreter to a goat or hoar. Gov. of To>ii'ue. 
 Deea'ser. «./. [Worn dehofe.'] He that 
 dihafes ; he that adulterates ; he that 
 degrades another; he that finks the va- 
 lue of things, or defiroys the dignity of 
 perfons. 
 Deba'tahle. adj. \_i\om Jetale.'] Dif- 
 piitablc ; fubjcd to controvcrfy. 
 
 The French rciiuelted, that the dibatnhU 
 ground, and the Ecoltilh hoflages, might be rc- 
 Itorrd to the Scots. ILiywarJ. 
 
 DEli.ATE. «./. [ddat, French.] 
 
 1. A perfonal difputc ; a controverfy. 
 
 A way that men ordin.irily ufe, to force others 
 to fubmit to their judgments, and receive thcit 
 opinion in dthnif, is to require the adverfaty to 
 admit what they allege as a proof, or to aflign a- 
 bettcr. L'.cke. 
 
 It is to diffufc a light over the underftanding, 
 in our enquiries after truth, aild not to furnifh 
 tli,- tongue with dibttte and coiuioverfy. U'ctf/i. 
 
 2. A quarrel; a conteft : it is not now 
 ufcd of hoftile conteft. 
 
 Now, lord.*-', if hea\ 'n doth give fucccfsful end 
 To this debute that bleedeth at our doors, 
 \Vc will our youth lead on to higher fields. 
 And diaw no fwords but what are fanflified. 
 
 Shakfjisurc. 
 
 'Tis thine to ruin realms, o'crturn a (late ; 
 
 Betwixt the dearcrt friends to raife debute. Dryd. 
 
 To Deua'te. t.\ a, [debatre, French.] 
 
 To controvert ; to difpute ; to contcll. 
 
 lleb,jte thy caufe with thy neighbour himfelf, 
 
 and difcovcr not a feciet to another. proverbs. 
 
 He could' not debate any thing without fome 
 
 commotion, even when the argument was not of 
 
 _^momcnr. CUnndcn. 
 
 lo Deba'te. v. n. 
 
 1 . To deliberate. 
 
 Your fcv'ral fuits- 
 Have teen conlidci 'd and debated on. Sh.tlfp. 
 
 2. Todifpiite. 
 
 He prciV.nts that gre,at foul delating upon the 
 fubjeft of life and death with his intimate 
 friends. Tatter. 
 
 Deba'tepul. <?-/;'. [from r/f.Wt'.] 
 
 1. [Of perfons.] Quarrelfome ; conten- 
 tious. 
 
 2. [Of things] Contclled ; occafioning 
 quarrels. 
 
 Deba'tement. n f. [from ds^atc] Con- 
 trovcrfy ; deliberation. 
 
 Without debuterreni further, more or lefs, 
 He ihould the bearers put to fuddcn death. 
 
 Si.tkfpe.ire. 
 Debater. «./ [from ddtjte.J A dif- 
 
 ■pntant ; a controveriift. 
 To DEBAUCH, -v. a. [dcjbauchcr, Fr. 
 
 debawhr.ii, I...,Un.] 
 I. To corrupt ; to vitiate. 
 
 A man mul* have got iiis confctcnce t'noixufhly 
 d^biu/rfied ^nA hardened, before he can arrive -to 
 tlie height of fin. Sonii. 
 
 This it is to coimfrl things that sre unjiift ; 
 firrt, lo dtlMub 3 king to break his laws', anti 
 then to fcek protcrtion. Dryden, 
 
 D E B 
 
 2. To corrupt with Icwdncfs'. 
 
 Here do you ktep a hundred knigl.ts and 
 . ft|uirc-, 
 Men fo diforrtcr'd, fo detaueb' J 3ni hold, 
 That this our courr, infciflcd with their mannrrSf 
 Shews like a riotous inn. S^t^f-J/eeri. 
 
 3. To corrupt by intemperance. 
 
 No man's reafon did ever dictate to him, that 
 it is icafonalle fori ini Xif'.fhaurl: himfelf. by in- 
 temperance and buitidi I'ciiui iliiy. 'li:::ijc. 
 DsBAucir. ti.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A (it of intemperance. 
 
 He will for fome time contain himfelf within 
 the bounds of fobricir ; till witiiiii a liiilc while 
 he iccoveis his former .^Vi5/i.v;^, and is well a^air,. 
 and then his appetite ic-tu.'iis. Oshny. 
 
 2. Luxury; cxcefs; lewdncfs. 
 
 The fill! phylicians by drb^m.-l: wore made; 
 F.jccfs began, and lluih fu!l3in5,il'e Ir.iile. Dryi. 
 Dubauchee. n./. [from ^(y^ci/e/'i?, Fr.] 
 A lecher ; a drunkard ; a man given to 
 infenipt ranee. 
 
 Could we but prevail with the grcatcft dc- 
 b'virheii amongif us to ciiange ti:c;r liies, wc 
 fliuuld find it no very hard m.iller to change their 
 judgimnts. Scuth, 
 
 DEBA'rcHER. n./. [(ram ddattch.] One 
 who feduces others to intemperance or 
 lewdnefs; acorruptir. 
 Dera'ucherv. It./, [from dc-baiicf}.] The 
 pradiceof cxcefs; intemperance; Icwd- 
 ncfs. 
 
 Oppofc vices by their contrary virtues; hy.po- 
 crify by fobcr piety, and dehimcliery by tempe- 
 rance. Spt.lt!: 
 Thcfc magiftrates, inftead of leflening cnoi mi- 
 ties, occafion juft twice as much debauehery ai 
 there would le without them. SiUfr, 
 Dfba'uciiment. n.f. [from dtbaiich.'\ 
 'I he a<5l of debauching or vitiating; 
 corruption. 
 
 They told ihrm ancient flories of the ravifh- 
 mcnt of chalie maidens, or the deb.uubment of 
 nations, or the extreme poverty of learned per- 
 fons. Tayhr's Rule af Lhing IJo/y, 
 
 To DF.EE'L. 'iv.a. [_dcbci!o, La- 
 
 To DEBE'LL.'VTE. J tin.] To con- 
 quer ; to overcome in war. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 It doth notably fet forth the confcnt of all na- 
 tions and ages, in the appiobation of Ihc cxtir- 
 paii -g and dehtlUiiitig of giants, monltcrs, and 
 foreign lyrants, not only as lawful, but a» meri- 
 torious even of divine honour. BacOt:, 
 
 Him long of old 
 Thou didft dfbel, and dovi-ii from heaven cart 
 With all his aimy. Miitort 
 
 Debell.Vtio-n. «. / [from debsHalio, 
 Lat.] The ad of conquering in war. 
 
 Debe'nture. n.f. [deiciils/r, Lat. from 
 dcbeo.'] A writ or note, by wiiich a. 
 debt is claimed. 
 You modeiu wits, flioulu each man bring his 
 claim. 
 Have defpcratc debentures on yoeu- fame ; 
 Ami little would he left you, I'm afraid. 
 If all your debts to Greece and Rome were paid. 
 
 SiV'ft, 
 
 De'bile. adj. [drbilis, Latin.] V/eak ; 
 feeble ; languid; faint; without firength; 
 imbecile ; impotent. 
 
 I have not walh'd my r.ofe t'nat bled. 
 Or fiil'd fome derilr wretch, which without note 
 Tlieie 's many clfe have done. S/'u/Hpeare 
 
 To DEBFLITATE. v. a. [delUlio, Lai 
 tin.] To weaken; to make faint j ta 
 enfeeble ; to einafcubte. 
 
 In the luft of the eye, the iufl of tie flclli, .-nfl - 
 t! c pride of life, they feemed as weakly to fail. 
 as their dcbUhated ^oWeuiy ever after. B^rjim
 
 DEB 
 
 The fpirits being rendered languid, are ir.- 
 
 cnpable of purifying the blood, and dibiitated in 
 
 attraaing nutiimcnC. Hat^!y an Co'-fir,p, 
 
 Debilita'tion, «./. [ixom debilitatio, 
 
 Latin.] The aft of weakening. 
 
 Tl-.c w=.iknefc cannot return any th.ng ot 
 ft,.ngth, honour, or fafery to t.e .cad b- a 
 
 dcbiliiainr. and ruin. '^ £ 
 
 Debi'lity. «./. Ickbilltas, Lat.] Weak- 
 nefs; feeblensfs ; languor; faintnefsj 
 
 imbecility. 
 
 Metbink' I am partalcer of thy paflion. 
 And in thy cau- do glafs mine own ''^i'"'^-^^^^ 
 
 Aliment too vaporous or perfpirable will tub- 
 iec-l il to tne inconveniencies of too rtrong a per- 
 ip;„tion .h,ch are .*%. f-'-Cs, arid lorrrc- 
 times ludden dcatli. 
 DEBON-VIR. 'J'/i- [debonnaire, French.] 
 Elecrant; civil; vteU-bred; gentle; 
 complaifant. Obfolete. 
 
 Crvin?, let be that lady d;b->t.::r 
 Thou efreant knight, and foon thyle f prepare 
 ?o battle, if thou meanher love to gam. S,^c„/a. 
 
 Zephyr met her once a-niaying ; 
 FiU'd her with thee, a da-S^ter fair, 
 ■So buxom, blithe, and d,-6=>!.-'-r. Mmn. 
 
 The nature of the one is d.hnair and accofta- 
 hle of the other, retired and fupereihuus ; the 
 ^^lekandlpnghtfu, the other .^and^J. 
 
 *" A'n"d"(he tl.at was not only pafling fair. 
 But was withal ditrcct and </fW-^, 
 Refolv'd the pafiive doilrine to fulhl. O'J-'"- 
 Debona'irly. adv. [from debonair.] 
 
 Elegantly ; with a genteel air. 
 
 DEBT. n.f. [debilum, Latin ; dc-lle, Fr.] 
 
 I That which one man owes to another. 
 
 There was one that died greatly in dcbl : Wtll, 
 
 favs one, if he be gone, then he hnth c-.rr.ed five 
 
 hundred ducats of mine with him into tne other 
 
 The deh' of ten thoufand talents, which the 
 Servant owed the king, was no night ordinary 
 rum. , D.ppa .D..'.f.o.s. 
 
 To this great lofs a fea of tears is due ; 
 But the whole debt not to be paid by you. m,lUr. 
 
 Swift, a thoufand^pounds in d:jt. 
 Takes horfe, and in a mighty fret 
 Rides day and night. ''^"'J'- 
 
 2. That which any one is obliged to do or 
 
 futfer, . , , , ,. , . , 
 
 Your fon, my lord; has paid a foldier s uebt ; 
 He onlv liv'd but till he was a man. 
 But like a man he <lied. Shakfpi^rc s M.,cb. 
 
 De'bted. part, [from debt To Debt 
 is not found.] Indebted ; obliged to. 
 Which do amount to three odd ducats more 
 Than I ftand dibted tj this gentleman. Skakfp. 
 De'btor. n.f. [d.-bUor, Latin.] 
 I He that owes fomething to another. 
 I am a <Uh:or both to the Greeks and Co the 
 Barbarians, both to the wife and to the un«ife. 
 
 2. One that owes money. 
 
 I'll bring your Utter hazard back .igain. 
 And tiiankfully reft diiior for the 6rft. SAnifp. 
 
 If he his ample palm 
 Should haply on ill-fated Ihoulder lay 
 Oidibtor, ftraigbt his body to the touch 
 Cbfequious, as whilom knights were wont, 
 To fome enchanted cafile is conveyed. Fk,!:j.!. 
 
 There died my father, no man^s debtor; 
 And there I'll die, nor worfe, nor better. F'.pe. 
 
 The akofdcbi'.is in Rome, for the tirft four 
 
 centuries, was, after the fet time for payment, 
 
 no choice bur cither to pay, or be the creditor's 
 
 flave. •^'""/'• 
 
 % One fide of an account book. 
 
 When I look upon the dtbr^^ fide, I find fuch 
 umnmerablc articles, that I want arithmctick 
 
 DEC 
 
 to caft them up ; but when I look upon the crc- 
 ditor'i fide, 1 find lut.e more than blank paper. 
 
 Debulli'tion. n.f. [d.bullitio, Latin.] 
 A bubbling or feething over. Dicl. 
 
 Decacu'minated. adj. \_dccacumiiw.tus, 
 Latin.] Having the top or point cut 
 off. I^_''^- 
 
 Deca'de. n.f. [^i'x« ; decas, Latin.] 
 The fum of ten ; a number containing 
 ten. 
 
 Men were not only out in the mumber of fome 
 days, the latitude of a few years, but might be 
 wide by whole olympiads, and divers drcadis of 
 years. Brovjn'i Vulgar Krr^un, 
 
 We make cycles and periods of years : as 
 decadei, centuries, and chiliads, chiefly for the ufe 
 of computations in hiftory, chronology, and al'iru- 
 nomy. Holder '■m Time, 
 
 All rank'd by ten ; whole dicadss, when they 
 dine, 
 Muft want a Trojan llave to pour the wine. Pipt. 
 De'cadency. n.f. {decadence, French.] 
 Decay ; fall. . D'^- 
 
 De'cagon. n.f. [from J/xu, ten,, and 
 yiiis, a corner.] A plain figure in geo- 
 metry, having ten fides and angles. 
 Dl'calogue. «. f. [JEcaV.-/©-.] The 
 ten commandments given by God to 
 Mofes. 
 
 The commands of God are clearly revealed 
 both in the dsculague and other parts of f.icrcd 
 ^'[-jj-. Hamm'ird. 
 
 To DECA'MP. -u.n. [dccamj>er, French.] 
 
 To fhift the camp ; to move off. 
 Deca'mpment. n.f. [from decamp.'] The 
 
 ad of (hifting the camp. 
 To DEC ANT. V. a. [dccanto, Lat. de- 
 canter, Fr.] To pour off gently by 
 inclination. 
 
 Take aquafortis, and diffolve in it ordinary 
 coined filvcr, and pour the coloured folution 
 into twelve times as much fair water, and then 
 decant or filtrate the miiture, that it may be very 
 clear. i^'-jl^- 
 
 They attend him dally as their chief. 
 Decant his wine, and carve his beef. Swift. 
 
 Decanta'tiosj. n. f. \^dccantat'ton, Fr.] 
 The ad of decanting or pouring off 
 clear. 
 Deca N'TPR. n.f. \^xom decant.] A glafs 
 veflcl inade for pouring off liquor clear 
 from the lees. 
 To Deca'pitate. v. a. \_decapito, Lat.] 
 
 To behead. 
 To DECA'Y. i: n. [deckeoir, Fr. from de 
 and cadere, Latin. J To lofe excellence ; 
 to decline from the flate of perfedion ; 
 to be gradually impaired. 
 The monarch oak, 
 Three centuries he grows, and three he flays 
 Supreme in ftate, and in three more decays. 
 
 ' Diyden. 
 
 The garlands fade, the vows are worn away ; 
 So dies her love, and fo my hopes decay. Pope. 
 To Dec a'y. v. a. To impair; to bring 
 
 to decay. 
 
 I'llirmilv, that decays the wife, doth ever 
 make better the fool. Skakfpeare. 
 
 Cut off a flock of a tree, and lay that which 
 you cut off to putrify, to fee whether it will de- 
 ca\ the reft of the liock. Bacon. 
 
 He was of a very fmall and decayed fortune, 
 and of no good education. Claiendon. 
 
 Dicay'd by time and wars, they only prove 
 Their former beauty by your former love. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 In Spain our fprings, like old men's children, 
 be 
 Dteay'd and withcr'd from their infancy. D'yden. 
 ,8 
 
 PEC 
 
 It is fo ordered, that almoft every thing whie'k 
 corrupts the foul decay, the body. ^ddijin. 
 
 Decay. /;. /. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Decline from the fiate of perfection; 
 liate of depravation or diminution. 
 
 What comfort to this great decay may come. 
 Shall be applied. Shapjfcare. 
 
 She has been a fine lady, and paints and hides 
 Her dicayi \erv well. Ben y<mfon. 
 
 And thofc d.cays, to fpeak the naked trutii, 
 Tlitough ihcdefefls of age, were crimes of youth. 
 
 Denhdw, 
 
 By reafon of the tenacity of fluids, and at- 
 trition of their parts, and the weaknefs of el.if- 
 ticity in folids, motion is much more apt to be 
 . loft than got, and is always upon the decty. 
 
 Neu-tor.. 
 
 Each may feel increafes and decays. 
 And fee now clearer and now darker days. Vnpe. 
 
 Taught, half by reafon, half by mere deeay'. 
 To welcome death, and calmlv pafs awav. 
 
 2 . The effeds of diminution ; the marks 
 of decay. 
 
 They think, that whatever is called old muft 
 have the decay of time upon it, and truth too 
 were liable to mould and rottenncfs* Locke. 
 
 3. Declenfion from profperity. 
 
 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallea 
 in de.\iy with ll.ce, then thou flialt lelieve him. 
 
 Leziticus. 
 I am the very man 
 That, from your fiifl of dideience and decay. 
 Have followed your fad ftcps. Hhakfpeare. 
 
 4. The caufe of decline. 
 
 He that feeketh to be eminent amongif able 
 men, hath a greai talk; but that isevcrgood for 
 the publick : but he that plots to be ihe only 
 figure among cyphers, is the decay o[i whole age. 
 
 Bactn, 
 
 Deca'yer. n. f [from decay.^ That 
 which caufes decay. 
 
 Your water is a fore dccayer of your whorefon 
 dead body. S/uifpeare's tlatr./et. 
 
 DECE'ASE. n./ Itfecefus, Lzt.] Death; 
 departure from life. 
 
 Lands arc by human law, in fome places, af- 
 ter the ownei's dcceaji, divided unto all his chil- 
 dren ; in fume, all defcendeth to the eldeft fon. 
 
 Hooker. 
 To Dece'ase. ■:'. n. [^<f«i/o, Latin.] To 
 die ; to depart fiom life. 
 He tells us Arthur is Mceas' d to-nt^iii. Shakj. 
 You Ifcall die 
 Twice now, where others that mortality 
 In her fair arms holds, fliall but once deceafe. 
 
 Cha^THtin. 
 His lateft viftories flill thickeft carae, 
 As, near th.e eentre, motion doth incrcafe; 
 
 Till he, prcfs'drijwn byhisown weighty name^ 
 Did like the vcftal .inder fpoils deceafe. Dryden, 
 
 DECEIT, n.f \_tlecepth, Latin.] 
 
 I. Fraud ; a cheat ; a fallacy ; any prac- 
 tice by whJch falfehocd is made to pafs 
 for truth. 
 
 My lips Iball not fpeak wickediiefs, nor my 
 tongue utter deceit. Job. 
 
 1. btratagem ; aitifice. 
 
 His demand 
 Springs not from Edwa.d's well-meant honeft 
 
 love. 
 But from deceit bred Vy neceffity. Shakfp. 
 
 3. [In law.] A lubtile wily fliift or de- 
 vice; all manner of craft, fnbtilty, guile, 
 fraud, wilinefs, fleightnels, cunning, 
 covin, collufion, practice, and offence, 
 ufed to deceive another man by any 
 means, which hith no other proper or 
 particf.lar nrme but offence. CoweU. 
 
 Dece'itful. adj. [deceit s.uA full.] Frau- 
 dulent ; full of deceit.
 
 DEC 
 
 I ijiaiit him bloodv, 
 Luxurious, nvariciuu>, Wl'c, tleciirjul. Sinlff. 
 
 Tlic lovely young Lavinia once had friends, 
 And fortune fniil'd, drccitjul, on her birth. 
 
 DECE'iTFt'LiY. a<hi. [from deceilful.] 
 Fraudulently ; with deceit. 
 
 Exeicifcof toini may be deceitfully difparclicd 
 o{ courfc. t'Vatt^n. 
 
 Dkce'itfui.ness. n.f. [from deceitful.^ 
 I'lie (iiiality of being fraudulent ; ten- 
 ilcncy to deceive. 
 
 Tiic care of this world, and xhc Jeceitfulnfji of 
 riches, choke the word, and i.e becomcth un- 
 fruitful. AUiihtiii. 
 
 Deck IV ABLE. n:!j. [froin deceive.^ 
 
 1. Subject to fraud ; expofed to impofture. 
 
 Man was not only diccivahlc in liis integrity, 
 but theangels of lii;ht in all their cl.uity. Bro-wn. 
 
 How would thou ufe n:c no«', blind, and 
 thereby 
 Dcceivtwlf, in niofi things as a child 
 Hc!j)kfs t h.encc calily contemn'u .md fcorn'd, 
 And Lift ncgU-aal. ' M:!;;n 
 
 2. Subject to pioduce eiTour; deceitful. 
 
 It IS ^.ond to conlider of deformity, not as a 
 fign, which is more dtccivabU, but as a caufe 
 which Icldom faileth of the elleift. Bacw. 
 
 He received nuthini but fair proraifes, which 
 proved dcLi.vailc. Il.iywJ'd. 
 
 O everfalling truft 
 In mortal ftrcr.gth ! and oh, whatnot in man 
 DccCvaHc and vain ? MiU-.n. 
 
 DeCe'iv ABLENESS. n.f. [from decetvabk.] 
 LiablencTs to be deceived, or to uective- 
 He that has a great patron, has the advantage 
 of his negligence and dectivahlenefi. 
 
 Government cf the Tot:g\e. 
 
 To DECEIVE. 'J. a. [decipio, Latin.] 
 
 1. To caufe to miftake ; to bring into er- 
 rour ; to impofe upon. 
 
 Some have been d.eenied into an opir/um, that 
 there was a divine right of primug .-iiiiure to both 
 cftate and power. Loeke. 
 
 2. To delude by firatagem. 
 
 3. To cut off from expectation, with of 
 before the thing. 
 
 The Tui killi gentril, JectSi'ed of his expe<5ia- 
 tion, withdrew his ttcet twelve miles off. KnUtes. 
 
 I now believ'd 
 The happy day apptoacK'd, nor are my hopes de- 
 ce,v\i. Dryden. 
 
 4. To mock ; to fail. 
 
 They rai»'d a feeble cry with trembling notes, 
 But tiie weak voice decei\j'.i their gar,'ing throats. 
 
 D-yJer:. 
 
 c. To deprive by fraud or (lealth. 
 
 Wine i« to he forborne in c.infiimptions, for 
 that the I'pirits of the wine prey on the vifcid juice 
 of the body, intercommon with the fpi its of the 
 body, and fo dcecrje and rob them «f their nou- 
 rilhment. B-ic-.n. 
 
 Plant fruit-trees in large borders, and fer there- 
 in line flowers, hut thin and fparingly, kit ihcy 
 (i'Ti-/7r the trees. il.t<:r 
 
 Dece'iver. ft./', [from direi%<e.] One 
 that leads another into errour ; a cheat. 
 
 Sigh no moic, ladie,-., figh no more ; . 
 Men were drciv-rs ever : 
 
 One foot in fea, and one on fliore ; 
 To one thing conftaiit never. Shalfpe.iu-. 
 
 As for Pi I kins's dilniiflion out of Fiance, ihcy 
 interpreted it not as if he were dctcckd for a 
 counterfeit deceiver. Baeon. 
 
 Thole voices, actions, or gcftures which men 
 have not by any compaiff agreed to make the i'l- 
 Urumeiits of convcyi. g their thoughts one to 
 •another, arc not the proper inftrumer.ts of de- 
 ceiving, fo as to denominate iheperfon ufing them 
 a liar or deeeh'fr. S'lu'tlt. 
 
 It is to be admired how any de:e:i>er can be ^'i 
 weak to foretell things near at hand, when a veiv 
 Vol. I. 
 
 DEC 
 
 few months mult of necelTity difcover the Impuf- 
 ture. HiLnJt. 
 
 Adieu the heart-expanding bowl. 
 And all the VvAdrc/iven of the foul. Vofe. 
 
 Decr'mber. n.f. ^december, Lat.] The 
 lall moiitli of the year ; but named 
 deccmber, or tlio tailb month, when the 
 year began in March. 
 
 Men arc April, when they woo, and Tiertmhcr 
 when they wed. S'l.t^fprun 'j yh yii:i like it. 
 
 What Ihould we fpeak of 
 When we are old as you .' When we Ihall hear 
 The r.iinand wind beaf dark Deee>r.6er. Shjkfp. 
 
 Dece'mpedai.. adj. [from decemreda, 
 Latin.] Ten feet in length. Did. 
 
 Di.Ce'm V ir ate. n.f. [^decemvirtilus, Lat.] 
 The dignity and oiHce of the ten go- 
 vcrnours of Rome, who were appointed 
 to rule the cominonwcalth inltcad of 
 confvils : .their authority fubfifted only 
 two years.- Any bo;'y of ten men. 
 
 DECEiMCE. \ n.f [dexena; Fr. deed, 
 
 DE'CENCY. J Latin.] 
 
 1. Propriity of form ; proper formality; 
 becoming ceremony : decence is feldom 
 ufed. 
 
 Thofe thoufand dccencia, that daily flow 
 Fiom .ill her words and a<ftions. Milrqn. 
 
 In good works there may be goodncfs in the 
 general : but dcrevce and gracefulnefs can be only 
 in the particulars in doing the good. Sj^fut. 
 
 Wire the oSccs of religion Jfiipt of all the ex- 
 ternal decencies of worlhip, they would not make 
 a due impieluon on the minds of thofe who aiTiit 
 at them. yltterbury, 
 
 She fpcaks, behaves, andaflsjuftas (lie ought; 
 But never, never reach'd one gen'rous thought : 
 Virtue (he finds too painful .in endeavour, 
 Content to dwell in dcceneia fur ever. Pope. 
 
 2. Suitablencfs to character; propriety. ' 
 
 And mult I own, fhc faid, my fecret I'marr, 
 What with more dtecnce were in lilence kept ? 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The confidcratioB immediately fnbfcquent to 
 the being of a thing, is what agiees or difagrces 
 with that thing ; what is fuitablc or unfuitahle to 
 it; and fiom this fprings the notion u! decency ot 
 indecency, that which becomes or mifbecomes. 
 
 South. 
 
 Sentiments which raife laughter, can very 
 feldom be admitted with any decency into an he- 
 roick poem. Adilif:n. 
 
 3. Modelty ; not ribaldry ; not obfcenity. 
 
 Immodeli words admit of no defence; 
 Fjr w.nlt of uecency is want of fenfe. Rofeom. 
 
 Dece'nnial. adj. [from decennium, Lat.] 
 
 What continues for the fpace of ten 
 
 years. 
 
 Decenmo'v.il. 1 adj. \_d::cem and no- 
 
 Decenno'vary. J I'cm, Lat.] Relating 
 
 to the number nineteen. 
 
 Mcton, of (lid, in the time of the Pcloponne- 
 (ian war, conlliruted a decenn'y-jal circle, or of 
 nineteen years ; the fame which we now call the 
 golden number. lioLUr . 
 
 Seven months are retrenched in this whole .ie~ 
 een'.tt'.-iiiy progrcfs of the ep.uits, to reduce the 
 accounts of licr motion and place to tliufc of the 
 fun. Holder. 
 
 Dt.'cENT. adj. \_decens, Latin.] 
 
 I. Becoming; lit; fuitable. 
 
 SinLc there muft he ornaments both in paint- 
 ing and poetry, if they are not ntcclT.ii7, thty 
 mu(t at lealt he decent ; that is, in their due place, 
 and but moderately ufed. Drydei. 
 
 z. Grave ; not gaudy ; not ofter.tatious. 
 Come, pcnfivc nun, devout aud pure, 
 S'jber, lU-tifaft, and demure. 
 All in a rohe of darkclt grain 
 plowing with majcllick train, 
 
 DEC 
 
 And fah.'e dole of Cyprus la«n 
 
 O'er tile detent ihouidersrlrawn. Mtltc-n. 
 
 3. Not wanton ; not immodcft. 
 Decently, adv. [from decent. '^ 
 
 1. In a proper manner ; with fuitable be- 
 haviour ; VN ithuuc meanncf^ or orienta- 
 tion. 
 
 They could not decent'y rcfufe aiTifiance to i 
 perlbn, who had puuillicd thofe who had n 1 It- 
 ed their relation. ' Btvtrne. 
 
 Pcrform'd what friendfiiip, juttice, tiuth ic- 
 quirc ; 
 Wii.:t could he more, but decently rctiic .' Swft. 
 
 2. Without immodclly. 
 
 P.ilf htpc of fa.''cly, 'twas his latcll ca.'c, 
 I. kc falling Celar, accent 'y lo i\c. Dryden, 
 
 Deceptibi'lity. n. f. [from d;Cclt.'\ 
 I.(iablcnef3 to be deceived. 
 
 Some eirours a*re ("o flelhed in us, that they 
 maintain their interelt upon the decrpi.lrility of our 
 decayed natures. IJhtmilU. 
 
 Dece'ptible. adj. \from deceit.^ Liable 
 to be deceived ; open to impulltu-e ; 
 fuhjctfl to fraud. 
 
 The fuli and fath.er caufe of common crroiir, 
 is the common inlirniity Kii human iiatuic; ot' 
 whofc i/fC(-^/ri/f condition, perhaps, there ftiouid 
 not need any other eviction, than tl.c frcfjuti.f er- 
 rouis we Iha 1 ourfelves commir. Jirovjn. 
 
 Dece'ption. n.f. [dece/ilio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tiie aft or means of deceiving ; clieat; 
 fraud ; fallacy. 
 
 Being thus divided from truth in themfelvcs, 
 they are. yet farther removed by'advenient de^^ 
 eeftion. J^rowr:. 
 
 AH derepthn is a mifapplj'ing of thofe frgns, 
 wliich, by compact or inl^itution, were made the 
 means of men's fignifying or conveying their 
 thoughts. South. 
 
 2. The Hate of being deceived. 
 
 Rcaf<in, not impolTibly, m?ynieet 
 Some fpecious oijedt by the foe fuburn'd, 
 And fa:l into deception unaware. Milton. 
 
 Deceptious. adj. [horn deceit.'] De- 
 ceitful ; apt to deceive. 
 
 Yet there 15 a credence in my hear". 
 That doth insert tir aftelt of eyes antt ears ; 
 As if thofe organs had i.'irf^?;o.Yj fun^tuns. 
 Created only to calumniate, . * ShtiAf^earg, 
 
 Dece'ptu E. flijyi. [from aifCfvV.] Having 
 the power of tlecciving. Diei. 
 
 Dece'ptory. adj. [from deceit.'] Con- 
 taining means of deceit. Die!. 
 
 DECE RP T. a^//. [</<.-«r//«j,Lat.] Crop- 
 ped ; taken off. Diil. 
 
 Dece'rptible. «.^'. \_decerpo,'La.t.] '1 hat 
 may be taken off. DlU. 
 
 Dece'rptiom. n.f [from decerpt.] 'J he 
 ac^ of cropping or taking tjff. Did. 
 
 Decerta'tion. ■«._/; \^deeeitutio,\.tt.] .\ 
 contention ; a Ihiviiij^ ; a difpiite. JJ'rel. 
 
 Decessiox. n.f [de-i-l/io, Latin.] A 
 departure; a going aw.Tv. D.il. 
 
 ToDecha'rm. v. a. [dcetarmer, Fr.J 
 To coiinteradt a charm ; to difenchan:. 
 N'ltwit'.itanding the l.elp of pliyfuk, he was 
 ■ filddeiily cured by ticliannin^ tl;c witcliciaft. 
 
 ili^i.y. 
 
 TonECrDE. V. a. [deido, Latin.] 
 
 1. To fix the event of; to determine. 
 
 Tlie day apprnaeh'd when t'oi'iine (hoiiUJ decide 
 Th' important cnteiprite, and give the biidc. 
 
 J)ry ien, 
 
 2, To determine a qucflion or difptite. 
 
 In council (ft, and oft in btttU- (lied. 
 Betwixt thy m;ilkr and the world ^c -'V^, Cr.inv. 
 
 W'lio (hall d cide, when doiitors dilagrce, 
 And loiindtii caliiilts doubt } ■^'■^f', 
 
 Db'cidesce. n.f. [d.-eidrniia, Latin.] 
 3 P
 
 DEC 
 
 1 . The quality of being fhed, or of falling 
 off. 
 
 2. The afi of falling away. 
 
 Men obfervin^ the d^ciAcnce of their hotn, do 
 f.ill upon the conceit that it annually lottcth away, 
 and i'uccellively rencwcth again. J^rov--n. 
 
 Deci'der. n.f. [irom iieclh.'\ 
 
 1. One who determines caufes. 
 
 1 cannot think that a jcllcr or a monkey, a 
 droll or a puppet, can be proper judges or ic- 
 cijen ofconcrovcrfy. lyatts. 
 
 The man is no ill decider In common cafes of 
 pioperty, where paity is out of the queftion. 
 
 Sxi-ifi. 
 
 2. One who determines quarrels. 
 DECl'DUOUS. adj. \_diciduus, Latin.] 
 
 Falling; not perennial j not lalling 
 through the year. 
 
 In botany, the pcrianthium, or calyx, is deci- 
 duousj VI i;li the flower, Q^uim-y. 
 
 UfiCiDuousNESS. n.f. \_irom deciduous.'\ 
 Aptnefs to fall ; quality of fading once 
 a year. Di3. 
 
 De'cimat,. adj. [decimus, Latin.] Num- 
 bered by ten ; multiplied by ten. 
 ^. In the way we t.\ke now to name numbers by 
 oiillions of millions of million*, it is hard to go 
 beyond eighteen, or, at moll, four and twenty 
 decimal piogielFiuns, without confuiion. Locke. 
 
 To DE'CIMATE. i>. a. [d,'dwits, Lat.] 
 
 To tithe ; to take the tenth. 
 >4)ECriviA'Tio?f. n.f. [from decimate.^ 
 
 1. A tithing ; a feletftion of every tenth 
 by lot or otherwife. 
 
 2. A feleftion by lotof crery tenth foldler, 
 in a general mutiny, for punlihment. 
 
 By decimnii^n and a tithed death, 
 Take thou ttic deftin'd tenth. Shakfpears. 
 
 A.dfcin.ition I will iiri<ftly make 
 Of ali who my Charinus did forfake ; 
 And of each legion each centurion Ihall die. 
 
 Dr-fda:. 
 ToDECI'PHER. •:.. s. [dechjfrer, Fr.] 
 1. To explain that which Is written in 
 ciphers : this is the common ufe. 
 
 Zeimane, that had the fame tharaiter in her 
 heart, could eafily dcciphet it. Sidney. 
 
 AlTurance is wilt in a private cbarafler, not to 
 I)c read, nor underftood, but by the confcience, 
 to which the fpiric of God has vouchfafed to de- 
 eifiher it. South. 
 
 3>. To unfold ; to unravel ; to explain : 
 as, to decipher an ambiguous fpeecli. 
 
 J. To write out ; to mark down in cha- 
 radlers. 
 
 Cjuld 1 givcyou a lively rcprcfentation of guilt 
 and hoirour on this hand, and paint out etern-il 
 wrath and dec ph:r etcrpal vengeance on the 
 other, then might I fhcw you the condition of a 
 (inner hearing hrrafelf denied by Chrill. South. 
 Thcii were laws of ncceiiity nivented, that fo 
 < very particular fubje*£t might find his principal 
 pleafure dccifhered unto him, in the tables of his 
 liws. Loche. 
 
 4. To ftamp ; to charaiSerize ; to mark. 
 You aie hoxYi decipher' d 
 For villains mark'd with rape. Siiii/peur,-. 
 
 Dect'pherer. n.y! \_from decip/j.'r.'} One 
 
 who explains writings in ciplier. 
 Deci'sion. n.f. [from decide.^ 
 I. Determination of a diS'erence, or of a 
 doub:. 
 
 The time approaches. 
 That will with due dccifton make us know 
 ■\A'iiat we Ihali fay we fiavc, and what we owe. 
 
 Shakipiare. 
 Pleafure and revenge 
 Have ears more deaf thaa adders to the voice 
 Cs iny "'J* di.ifn:, Sfiai/peare. 
 
 DEC 
 
 The number of the undertakers, the worth of | 
 fome of them, and their zeal to bring the matter 
 to a decijorif are lure arguments of the dignity 
 and impi>rrance of it. M'oodivnrd. 
 
 War is a direft apper.l to God for the decijio?: 
 of fonie difpute, wtiicii can by no other me.u;s 
 f)e determined. .Attcrbwy. 
 
 2. Determination of an event. 
 
 Their arms are to the lalt decijUn bent, 
 And fortune labours with the vaft event. Drydeti. 
 
 3. It is ufed in Scotland for a narrative, 
 or reports of the proceedings of the 
 court of feffion there. 
 
 D E c I 's I V E . adj. [from decide. ] 
 
 1. Having the power of determining any 
 difFerence ; concluilve. 
 
 Such a ref)e<9ion, though it carries nothing 
 perfeiSly dccifi-ve in it, yet creates a mighty 
 confidenre in his breaft, and fticngthcns him 
 much in his opinion. Atterhtoy. 
 
 - This they are ready to look upon as a deter- 
 mination on their fide, and decifi-jt of the con- 
 ttoverfy between vice and virtue. Rogcn. 
 
 2. Having the power of fettling any event. 
 
 Fur on th' event 
 Vecijivs of this bloody day, depends 
 The fate of kingdoms. Philips. 
 
 Deci'sively. adv. [from decifive.'} In 
 a concluilve manner. 
 
 Deci'siveness. n.y. [from </ff//;iif.] The 
 power of argument or evidence to ter- 
 minate any difference, or fettle an event. 
 
 Deci'sory. adj. \Jvom. decide .1 Able to 
 detennine or decide. 
 
 To Deck. -u. a. [declcii, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To cover; to overfpread, 
 
 Yc mifts and exhalations, that now rife 
 From hill or fleaming lake, dufky or grey. 
 In honour to the world's great Author, rife ! 
 Wncther to dcc.i with clouds th' uncolour'd (ky, 
 Or wet the thirfty earth with falling Ihowers, 
 Riling or f.dling, llill advance his praifc. Millon 
 
 2. To drefs ; to array. 
 
 Sweet ornament! that dechi a thing divine. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 Long may'ft thou live to wail thy children's 
 lofi, 
 And fee another, as I fee thee now, 
 Veck'd in thy lights, as thou art Itall'd in mine. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 She fcts to work millions offpinning worms, 
 That in their green Ihops wea\c the fmooth- 
 
 hair'd filk, 
 To deck her fons. Milton. 
 
 3. To adorn ; to embellifh. 
 
 But direful, deadly black, both leaf and bloom, 
 Fit to adorn the dead, and deck the dreary tomb. 
 
 Sps'ijer. 
 
 Now the dew with fpangles deck'dt\\e ground, 
 A fweeter fpot of earth was never found. Dryd. 
 
 The god Ihall to his vot'ries tell 
 Each confcious tear, each blulhing grace, 
 That deck'd dear Eloifa's face. Prior. 
 
 Deck. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . The floor of a (hip. 
 
 Her keel plows belt, 
 And deck knocks heaven. Sen yonjou. 
 
 We have alfo raifed our fecond deckiy and gi\ en 
 more vent thereby to our ordnance, trying on 
 our nether overloop. Ruleigh. 
 
 If any, born and bred under deck, had no 
 other information but what fenfe affords, he 
 would be of opinion that the Ihip was as liable 
 as a houfc. Glatrviile. 
 
 On high rais'd decks the haughty Belgians ride. 
 Beneath whole (hade our humble frigates go. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 At fan-fcrto their (Trip they make return. 
 And fuore fccure on decks till rofy morn. Dryd.. 
 
 2. Pack of cards piled regularly on each 
 other. 
 
 Bcfidcj gemsj many other forts of ftoncs arc 
 
 DEC 
 
 regslarly figured : the amhinthus, of parallef 
 threads, as in the pile of velvet ; and tl.e felenitcs, 
 of paialltl plates, as in a deck of cards. Greju. 
 De'cker. n.f. [from ^fi-^.] A drefTer; 
 one that apparels or adorns ; a coverer, 
 as a lable-dciker. 
 7o DECLAIM, v.n. [elec/amo, Latin.] 
 1"o harangue ; to fpeak to the paflions ; 
 to rhctoricate ; to fpeak fct orations. 
 
 What arc his railchiefs, conful ? Yeu rffWmwj 
 Againll his manners, and corrupt your own. 
 
 lien yorjort. 
 
 The fplendid dicUimings of novices and men 
 of heat. South. 
 
 It is ufual for mafters to make their boys t/c- 
 c'ai/n on both lides of an argument. Swift. 
 
 Drefs up all the virtues in the beauties of 
 o-atory, and declaim aloud on the praife of good- 
 ncfs. H'atis. 
 
 Decla'imer. n.f. [from declaim.'^ One 
 who makes fpeeches with intent to move 
 the paflions. 
 
 Your Salamander is a perpetual dedaimer 
 againft jealoufy. Addifon. 
 
 Declama'tton'. n.f. [declamatlo, Lat.] 
 A difcourfe addrelTed to the pafTions ; 
 an harangue ; a fet fpeech ; a piece of 
 rhetorick. 
 
 The caufe why dechtmations prevail fo greatly, 
 is, for that men fuffer themfelves to be de- 
 luded. Hooker. 
 
 Thou mr.yeft forgive his anger, while thou 
 makeft ule of the plainnefs of his declamm- 
 t^un. Taylor. 
 
 Declama'tor. n.f. [Latin.] A de- 
 chiimer ; an oiator; a rhetorician : fel- 
 dom ufed. 
 
 Who could, I fay, hear this generous decUma* 
 tor, without being tired at his nob. e zeal. Tatler, 
 
 Decla'm ATORY. adj. [^declamatorius, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . Relating to the praflice of declaiming ; 
 pertaining to declamation ; treated ia 
 the manner of a rhetorician. 
 
 This awhile fufpended his interment, and be- 
 came a decLtmatory theme amongft the religious 
 men of that age. Notion. 
 
 2. Appealing to the paflions. 
 
 He has r^n hirafelf into his own declamatory 
 way, and almoft forgotten that he was now 
 fetting Hp for a moral poet. Dryden. 
 
 Decla'p. ABLE. at^. ^(rom declare.^ Ca- 
 pable of proof. 
 
 This is dechrulile from the befl writers. Broiun. 
 
 Declara'tion. n.f. [from r/cr/rtr^.] 
 
 1. A proclamation or atlrmation ; opeo 
 expreflion ; publication. 
 
 His promifes are nothing elte but declnrationsy 
 what God will do for the good of men. Hooker. 
 
 Though wit and learning are certain and habi- 
 tual perfe<flions of the mind, yet the declaration 
 of them, which aK^ne brings the repute, is fub- 
 jeit to a thoufand hazards. South. 
 
 There are no where fo plain and full derlara^ 
 tions of mercy and love I^> the fons of men, as ' 
 are made in the gofpel. TiilotJoK. 
 
 2. An explanation of fomething doubtful. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 3. [In law.] Declaration ( declaratio ) is 
 properly the fhewing forth, or laying 
 out, of an aflion perfonal in any fuit, 
 though it is ufed fonietimes for both 
 perfonal and real actions. Co'welU 
 
 DficLA'RATivE.ar^. [ from <Zf f/arf . ] Mak- 
 ing declaration ; explanatory. 
 
 The names of things lliould be always taken 
 from fomething oblervably dt.lM'ative of tliejr 
 fiirm or nature. CriVh 
 
 2. Making procl^nalion^
 
 DEC 
 
 To this we'm.iy add tJic fvx pcpufi, fo dirhrn. 
 
 live oil the fjinc fide. A'ii7/>. 
 
 DkCI-A'r ATORILY. at/v. [ffOm Jec/ui{J- 
 
 tory."] In tlie form of a declaration ; 
 not in a decretory form. 
 
 Anrirc.u Alciattis the civili.in, and Fmncifciis 
 dc Cordua, lnvc both (/(•i-7«/<a/cr,'7v confirmed rlic 
 tame. BroxLit'i Vulvar Hircun. 
 
 Decla'ratory. ai/i. [from dec/are.] Af- 
 fiimative; cxprtlfive ; not decretory; 
 not promilTory, but exprcfiing fonie- 
 thlng before promlfcd or decreed. Thus, 
 a t/ec/aratory law, is a new ail contirui- 
 inf^ a former law. 
 
 Thclc blcflings arc not only derlaratory of the 
 guod plcat'uie and intention of God towards 
 tlicni, but likewifc of the natural tendency of 
 the thing. Tilk:fon. 
 
 T'o DECLA'RE. v. a. [yf.-/(r/-o, Latin.] 
 
 1. To clear ; to free from obfcurity. Not 
 in life. 
 
 To dfcljtt this a little, we muft affumc that 
 the furfaccs of fuch bodies are e.\.nitly Iniouth. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 2. To make known-; to tell evidently and 
 openly. 
 
 It hath been cierlnred unto me of you, that 
 iheie arc contentions among you. j Cor. 
 
 The fun by ccitaiii ftgiis declares 
 Both when the fouth projecls a itormy day. 
 And when the clearing north will putf t)ic clouds 
 awav. Dryden't Virgil. 
 
 3. To publilh ; to proclaim. 
 
 Deci'.ut Wis glory among the heathen, i Cltrcti. 
 
 4. To (liow in open view ; to (how an 
 opinion in plain terms. 
 
 In Caelai's army fomcwlurt the foldicrs would 
 have had, yet tiicy would nor declare thenifelves 
 in it, but only demanded a dil'cliarge. B::con. 
 
 We are a confidtrable body, who, upon a pro- 
 per occalion, would not fail to dscLirc ourfelvcs, 
 
 ^ddif:n. 
 ToDeci.a're. v.n. To make a decla- 
 ration ; to proclaini fome refolution or 
 opinion, or favour or oppolition : with 
 for or a^a'mj}. 
 
 The internal foculiies of will and underrtand- 
 ing decreeing and dectari'igagLiinji them. luyiir. 
 
 God is faid not to have left himl'elf without 
 witncfs in the world, there being fomcthing 
 fixed in the nature of men, that will be furc to 
 ttiiify and declare fcr l;iin. South'\ Serin. 
 
 Like fawning courtiers, for fuccefs thcvwait; 
 And then come fmiling, and declare for fate. 
 
 Diydeii. 
 
 Decla'rement. n. /. [from declurc] 
 Difcovery ; declaration ; tellimony. 
 
 CtyHal will calefy into eledfricity ; tnal is, 
 into a power to attract Itraws, or light bodies; 
 and convcit tiie needle freely placed, which is a 
 deelaroHett of very dm'ercnt parts. Broiuit. 
 
 l^ECL AKFR. n. f. [from declare. ] A 
 proclaiiner ; oric that makes any thing 
 known. 
 
 Dkcle'nsiom. ti.y. Idecimatio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tendency from a greater to a lefs de- 
 gree of excellence. 
 
 A beauty-warning and diftrefTed widow, 
 Ev'n in the afternoon of her helt days, 
 Scduc'd the pitch and height of all his thoughts 
 To bafc iieclciijion. Hhakf^'Carc'i Ricli. ill. 
 
 Take the piilurc of a man in the grcenncfs and 
 vivacity of his youth, and in the l.itur date and 
 diclenlim of his drooping years, and you will 
 fcarcc itnow it to belong to the fame pcrfon. 
 
 Soittli's Sermins. 
 
 2. Declination ; defcent. 
 
 We may icjionably allow as much for the ..'<■- 
 ctenj-.m of tl.e land from that place to the fea, as 
 in Ibe imincuiate i.-ijiht of the mountain. 
 
 Burnet's I'htor:. 
 
 DEC 
 
 3. Inflcftion ; manner of changing n(5uns. 
 
 Decteiijion is only the variation or change of 
 the ttimmation of a noun, whilli it continues to 
 fignify the fame thing. Clarke's Lai. Giam. 
 
 Df.ci.i'nable. fl<^'. ^(wm dec line.] Hav- 
 ing variety of terminations : as, a cfe- 
 clluablc noun. 
 
 Deci.ina'tion. n.f. \_eiecUnatlo, Latin.] 
 
 1. Defcent ; change from a better to a 
 worfe Hate ; diminution of vigour ; 
 decay. 
 
 The queen, hearing of the d-elination of a 
 monarchy, took it fo ill, as flie would never 
 after hcrti of his fair. Bacon. 
 
 Two general motions all animations have, 
 that is, their heginning and increafc ; and two 
 more, that is, their ftate and deelin.ttion. Brown. 
 
 Hope waits upon the flow'ry prime ; 
 And fumnicr, tliough it be lefs, gay, 
 
 Yet is not look'd on as a time 
 Of declination or decay. IVu'ler. 
 
 2. The aft of bending down : as, a dec/i- 
 nathn of the head. 
 
 3. Variation from reftitudc ; oblique mo- 
 tion ; obliquity. 
 
 Suppofing there were a declinalion of atoms, 
 yet will it not cftcift what they intend; for then 
 they do all decline, and lb there will be no more 
 concourfe than if they did perpcndiculaily de- 
 fcend. H'ly. 
 
 This'deeli/iation of atoms in their defcent, was 
 itfelf either ncceilary or voiuniaiy. Bently. 
 
 4. Deviation from moral reftitude. 
 
 That a peccant creature ihould difapprovc and 
 repent of every declination and violation of the 
 rules of jull and honeli, this right leafon, dil- 
 courling upon the flock of its own principles, 
 could not but infer. Sot/th's Sermons. 
 
 J, Variation from a fixed point. 
 
 Time is no declination of latitude, nor vaiia- 
 tion of the elevation of the pole, notwithftandnig 
 what ibme iiave alTcited. Vl'oodiuard. 
 
 6. [In navigation.] The vailation of the 
 needle from the direftion to north and 
 fouth. 
 
 7. [In allronomy.] Tlie decnnalion of 
 a (lar, we call its Ihorteft dillance from 
 the equator. Broivn. 
 
 8. [In grammar.] The declenfion or in- 
 fleftion of a noun through its various 
 terminations. 
 
 9. Declination of a Plane [in dialling] 
 is an arch of the horizon, comprehended 
 either between the plane and the prime 
 vertical circle, if accounted ironi the 
 enll or well; or elfe between the me- 
 ridian and the plane, if accounted from 
 the north or fouth. H.irris. 
 
 DtCLiNA'TOK. 7 n. f. [from e/ec/uw.] 
 Decli'natorv. 3 An inftrument in di- 
 alling, by which the declination, recli- 
 nation, and inclination of planes are 
 determined. Chamhis. 
 
 There are feveral ways to knew the fcvcra] 
 planes ; but the readicif is by an inlirunient 
 called a declinatory^ fitted to the variation of yom- 
 place. Aloxon. 
 
 To DECLI'NE. V. n. [declino, Latin.] 
 
 1. To lean downward. 
 
 And tiien with kind embraces, tempting kilTcs, 
 And with declining head into his bofom, 
 bid him Ihcd tears, as being oveijoy'd. Shakfp. 
 
 2. I'o deviate ; to run into obliquities. 
 
 XeitbL'r Jhalt thou fpeak in a caulc to decline 
 aflei many, ro wiell judgment. F^odi.s. 
 
 3. To fliun ; to avoid to do any thing. 
 
 4. To fin.k ; to be impaired ; to decay. 
 Oppofed to improvement or exaltation. 
 
 D F. C 
 
 Sons ttpeifcfl age, and fathcrt ^a';« T», fie 
 
 father ihould be as a ward to the fon. Shai'p. 
 
 They '11 be by th' fire, and prefumc to know 
 
 What 's done i' ih' capitol ; who's like to rife, 
 
 Whothiives, and who </«//««. Shakfitearr, 
 
 Sometimes nations will decline fo low 
 From virtue, which is rcafon, that no wrong, 
 But jultice, and fi.me fatal cuifc annex'd. 
 Deprives them of ihcir outward liberty. Milton. 
 
 That empire mult dicline, 
 Whofc chief fuppnrt and fincws arc of coin. 
 
 irallir. 
 And nature, which all afts of life dcfigns, 
 Not like ill poets, in the l.all declines. Denli.tin. 
 
 Thus then my lov'd Euryalus appears; 
 He looks the prc»p of my declining years ! D'yd. 
 
 Autumnal warmth dedines ; 
 Ere heat is quite dccay'd, or cold begun. Dryi„ 
 Faith and morality arc declined among us. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 God, in his wifdom, hath been pleafed to load 
 
 our declining years with many fufforings, with 
 
 difcafcs, and decays of nature. Sunjt. 
 
 To Decli'ne. 11. a. 
 
 1. To bend downward ; to bring down. 
 
 And now fa;r Pho;bus 'gan decUnc in haflc- 
 His wcaiy waggon to the welfern vale. Sfeif/r. 
 
 And leaves the femblance of a lever, fixt 
 In melancholy deep, with Ueid-tieclin d, 
 And love-dcjeflcd eyes. Thmftn. 
 
 2. To ftun ; to avoid ; to refufe ; to be 
 cautious of. 
 
 He had wifely declined that argument, though 
 in their common fcrmons they gave it. C/aren.ion, 
 
 Since the mufes do invoke my pow'i', 
 I Ihall no more decline that facrcd bow'r. 
 Where Gloriana, their great mittrefs, lies. Ifaller,' 
 
 Though I the bufinefs did decline, 
 Yet I contriv'd the whole dcfign, 
 And fent them their petition. DeishaiK.' 
 
 If it (hould be faid that minute bodies are in- 
 difloluble, bccaufe it is their nature to be fo, tl-.at 
 would not Le to render a reafon of the thing pro- 
 poled, bur, in effcft, to decline rcndeung .iny. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 Could Caroline have been captivated with the 
 glories of this woi Id, fhe had them all laid be- 
 fore her; but (lie gencrouUy ifti/;>.'t-j' thcni, be- 
 caufe (he faw the acceptance of them was incoiv- 
 filtciit with religion. .rIdilifoK. 
 
 Whatever Miey judged to be moft agreeable or 
 difagrecablc, they would puffue ur dicline. 
 
 .^tterhury. 
 
 3. To modify a word by various termina- 
 tions ; to infleft. 
 
 You decline mufa, and conftrue I,.i;in, hv tU? 
 help of a tutor, or with fome Englilli tranflatioii. 
 
 Ifote^. 
 
 Decli'ne. ti.f. [from the verb.] The 
 
 liate of tendency to the lefs or the 
 
 worfe; diminution; decay. Contrary 
 
 to increafe, improremcnt, or elevation. 
 
 Thy rife of fortune <lid I only wed, 
 Fiom its decline dctcrmn'd to tecede. Prijr^ 
 
 Thole fathers lived in the de.l.ne of literatuie. 
 
 S^v ft. 
 
 DECLI'VITY. «./. [dedivij, Lat.] In- 
 clination or obliquity reckoned down- 
 ward; gradnaldefcent, not precipitous or 
 perpeiidicular ; the ccmtrary to acclivity. 
 Rivirs will not flow uiilefs upon decthity, ai'lij 
 their fouices be railed above the eanh's ordinal y 
 furfacc, fothat they may run upon a defcent. 
 
 tJ'^o.i'-wai :t, 
 I found myfelf within my depih ; and the de- 
 ein-iiy was lo fmall, ihat 1 walked near a mile 
 before I got to the Ihoie. Gi.-Vt rr's Tr.n-.l... 
 
 Decli'vous. cdj. [</«•/;■ wV, Lat. ] Gra- 
 dually defcendiiig ; not piecipitous; 
 not perpendicularly finking ; contrary 
 to acclivous ; moderately lieep. 
 To DIX'O'CT. V. a. [dicoquo, dtcoaiim, 
 Latin.] 
 
 •V f i
 
 DEC 
 
 1, To prepare by boiling for any ufe; to 
 digell in hot water. 
 
 Sena lofeih its windincfs by a,■:o^?;ng■, and 
 fiibtilc or windy fpirits arc taken ofl by iiicf nfion 
 or ev.ipitrailon. bacon. 
 
 ■Z. To digell by the heat of the Ilomach. 
 
 T'nsrc file ihccBs, and djth t!ie food jirtp.iic ; 
 There 'he tiKributc^it tu cv'iy vein ; 
 ■There ihe expels wl.at (he may fitly fpaie. Dc'.!t!. 
 
 3. To boil in water, fo as to diaw the 
 ftreiigth or virtue of any tliii g- 
 
 The ionger malt or herbs arc denilrd in liqnor, 
 thec'e.ircr.t i^. B.<nn. 
 
 4. To boil up to a confillcnce; toftrcngth- 
 en or invigorate by boiling : this is no 
 proper ufe. 
 
 Csii fudiicn water, tbeir barley broth, 
 T)f:.oa the!i coldbluodto fuch valiaiii heat. Shalj 
 Deco'ctible. adj. [irom iieaM.] That 
 may be boiled, or prepared by boiling. 
 
 Did. 
 
 Deco'ctioN. n.f. [decoSum, Lat.] 
 
 1. The ad of boiling aiiy thing, to ex- 
 tradl its virtues. 
 
 1.) infuli^n the longer it is, the greater is tlie 
 pan of the grul's body that goeth into the liquor ; 
 but in Jf.nclicn thovigh more goelii forth, yet it 
 cilherpurgcth at the top, or fctilethat the bottom. 
 
 The lineaments of a white lily will remain 
 after the Itrongcft Jcnaiot:. _ _ .-Irluthmt. 
 
 2. A preparation made by boiling in water. 
 
 Tliey diftil their hufbands land 
 In ./f.cf?;«;.; and arc mann'd 
 ■ With ten cnip'rics, in their chamber 
 
 Lying for the fpitit of amber. }^en Jcnfcn. 
 
 If the pKint be boiled in water, the ttiaincd 
 
 liquor is c.;lled the dunSfion of the plant, yjriuti. 
 
 Deco'ctlre. n./. [hom dicoff.] A fub- 
 
 ftance drawn by dccoftion. 
 Decolla'tion. n.f. [dicollatio, Lzl'm.^ 
 The aft of beheading. 
 
 He, by a dnoHatian of all hope, annihilated 
 his mercy : this, by an immoderancy theieof, 
 deilroyed hisjuftice. Biewa. 
 
 DeCOMPo'site. adj. \decomprJitus, Lat.] 
 Compounded afecondtiines compounded 
 with things already compofitc 
 
 DccoKfcfr.c; of three metals, or more, are too 
 long to inquire of, except there be I'jme compo- 
 Titions of them abi:ady obfeivcd. Jia.sii. 
 
 Decom posi'tick. n.f- [d.cjmpo/itus, 'Lat.] 
 The act of compounding things already 
 compounded. 
 
 \Vc confidcr what happens in the compofitions 
 and lico'r.pof'i.'or.i of faline particles. £oy.'c. 
 
 To DECOMPOUND, -v. a. ldccoi»j>orw, 
 
 Latiu.] 
 I. To eompofe of things already com- 
 pounded ; to compound a fccond time ; 
 to fonn by a fecoud conipulicion. 
 
 Nature hcrfelf (lotii iu tiie bovvt!> or the earth 
 mjlee decam^'OufiSeU bodies, as ft" ice in vitriol, 
 cinnabar, and even in I'alphur itielf. Jyt>y!t. 
 
 When a word llnnds for a vcr\ complex kica, 
 that is coropouiidud and ilemr.foundeJ, it is not 
 eafy for men to form and retain that idcacx.uftly. 
 
 hocke. 
 If the vidtet, blue, and green be intercepted, 
 the remaining yclloiv, oiange, and red will com- 
 . pound upon the paper an urange ; and then, if 
 Hic inleiccpted crjouts be let pifi, they will fail 
 upon this compounded orange, anil, together 
 witii it, rfr«T/o<';3'a white. - Neivt'jn. 
 
 a. To refolve a compound into fimple parts. 
 This is a fenfe that has of late crept ir- 
 rcfvi'atly into chymical books. 
 
 DF.coMPo'itNU. adj. (from the verb.] 
 Compofcd of things or words already 
 
 DEC 
 
 compouiuled ; compouiidcd a Tecond 
 time. 
 
 The pretended falts and fulpluir arc {o far 
 from heiiig elcmcnt.ir}' parts extracted owl of the 
 body of mercury, that they aic r;iriitr, to bor- 
 row a term of tlie grammaiians, Jir<i;nji''iirJ 
 bodies, made up of the whole metal and the 
 inenftruum, or otlicr additamenls employed to 
 difguifc it. h'oy/c. 
 
 Ko body fhouid ufe any corrtpound or dctom- 
 
 pounA oi the fubltantial verba. Arbutk andV'iyf. 
 
 De'corament. n. f. [from de^orate.^ 
 
 Ornament ; embelliniment. D'tcl . 
 
 To DE'CORATE. -v. a, {dscoro, l.at.] 
 
 To adorn ; to embcUifh ; to beautify. 
 Decor a'tion. 7/.yi \J\QXi\ decorate.^} Or- 
 nament; embellilhment ; added beauty. 
 
 The enfigns of virtues contrii)urc to tiie orna- 
 mcBt of figures ; fuch as the dccoratiom belong- 
 ing to the liberal aits, and to war. DfjM':. 
 
 This helm And heavy buckler I can fpare. 
 As only decoraliom of the war : 
 So Mars is arm'd for glory, not for need. DryJ. 
 Decorator, n.f. [from decorate.'] An 
 adorner ; an embellinier. Dicl. 
 
 Deco'kous. rtf//. \_dccorus ,^2iU~\ Decent; 
 fultable to a character ; becoming ; 
 proper ; befitting ; -feemly. 
 
 Jt is not io Utc'j'ouij in refpcdt of God, th.it 
 he fiiould"~immcdiateIy do all the mennert and 
 triflhigelt things himiLlf, without any infcriour 
 or fubordinatc niinifttr. Rti\. 
 
 To DECO'RTIC.4TE. -u. a. [dccortlco, 
 Lat.] To diveft of the bark or huflc ; 
 to huflc ; to peel ; to drip. 
 
 Talee great barley, dried and d^cDrticaicJj 
 after it is well walhecl, and boil it in water. 
 
 Decortic.4'tion. n.f. [irom decorticate. "l 
 
 The acl of dripping tlie bark or huflc. 
 DECO'RUM. n.f. [Latin.] Decency ; 
 behaviour contrary to lieentioufnefs, 
 contrary to levity ; feemlinefs. 
 If your matter 
 Would have a queen his begg.ir, your muft tell 
 
 him 
 Thar majefly, to keep decmutiif muft , 
 No lefs beg than a kingdom. Sh-ikfpeare. 
 
 I am far from fufpefling fimplieity, which is 
 bold to rrefpafs in points oidecotum. H'otton. 
 
 Beyo-.d the fi.\"dand I'ettleJ rules 
 Of vice and viituc in the fchools, 
 Tlie better foit fliall fct before "cm 
 A grace, a manner, a decorum. ' Pric^r. 
 
 Gentlemen of the army fliouid be, at leafl, 
 obliged to extern.il deccrum : a piofligatc life and 
 character Ihouldnoc be a means of advancement. 
 
 Siuj':. 
 He kept with princes due dicz'unij 
 Yet never Hood in awe before *em. Sii-uft. 
 
 To DECO'Y. V. a. [from kocy, Dutch, a 
 cage.] To lure into a cage ; to entrap ; 
 to draw into a fnare. 
 
 A fowler had taken a partridge, who of- 
 fered to de^oy her companions into the Inare. 
 
 IS EJiJ angs . 
 Decoy' d by the fantaftic tla^e, 
 Now lofl, and now renew'd, he finks abforpt, 
 Rider and hoife. Th'jmJ:,n. 
 
 Deco*y. n.f. [from the verb.] Allure- 
 ment to mifchiefs ; temptation. 
 
 The Devi! could never have had luch numbers, 
 had he not ufed fome as daoyi to enfnare others. 
 Goiernment of the Tongue. 
 Thefe exuberant piodiiiSions of the earth be- 
 came a continual dn.yy and fnaie : they only ex- 
 cited and fomented lulls. M'oodiv.ird. 
 An old dramdrinker is the devil's dec-y. 
 
 Ji,,i:'ey. 
 
 Deco'yduck. n.f. A duck that hues 
 others. 
 
 DEC 
 
 There 1$ a fort of ducks, called d-c^yd^cl^, 
 tliat wi.l bring whole flights of fowl to their re- 
 tirements, where arc convcnjencici made for 
 catching them. MoftUner. 
 
 To DECREASE, v. n. [</m-f/c9, Latin.] 
 To grow Icfs ; to be diaiinidicd. 
 
 From tlie moon is the f;gn of feafts, a light 
 that dcircifcth in her perfection. Ecctm. 
 
 Unto fifty years, as they laid, the heart an- 
 nually incrcafoch the \VT:ight of one drachm-; 
 after which, in the fame proportion, it decreafth. 
 Broiun'i Viitgar Errouti. 
 
 Wiien the fuiv comes to his rropicks, days in- 
 cicafe and deciiaje but a veiy little for a great 
 wlule together. Newton. 
 
 To Decre'.^se. 1'. a. To make lefs ; to 
 diminidi. 
 
 Ho did diflionourable find 
 Tbofc articles, which did our ftale deer cafe. 
 
 Daniel. 
 
 Nor cherifh'd they relations poor, 
 
 That might dccreiifc their prefent Uorc. Frior. 
 
 Heat increal'es the fluidity of tenacious liquids, 
 
 as of oil, balfam, and honey ; and thereby i/e- 
 
 cteafes tlieir refiltancc. Ne-wten, 
 
 Decrease, n.y". [from the verb.] 
 I. Ti;c date of growing lefs ; decay. 
 By weak'ning toil and hoary* age o'ercome. 
 See thy dccrenje, and halien to thy tomb. Prr.r, 
 1. The wain ; the time when the vifible 
 face of the moon grows lefs. 
 
 See ill what time the feeds, let in the increafe 
 of the moon, come to a certain height, and how 
 they dift er from thofe that are fet in the decre^ijc 
 of the moon. Baeor. 
 
 ToDECRE'E. V. n. \_decretum, Latin.] 
 To make an edift ; to appoint byedidl ; 
 to edablifli by law; to determine ; to 
 refolve. 
 
 They Ihall fee the end of the wife, and fhall 
 not underftand what God in his counfel hath 
 decreed of him. Wifdom, 
 
 Father eternal ! thine is to decree ; 
 Mine, both in heav'nand earth, to do thy wilJ, 
 
 M'dton. 
 Had heav'n decreed that I fhouid life enjoy, 
 Heav'n had decreed to fave unhappy Troy. Dryd. 
 To Decre E. V. a. To doom oraffign by 
 a decree. 
 
 Thou (hall alfo decree a thing, and it fliall be 
 eftablilhed. J'.b. 
 
 The king ciieir father, 
 On juft and wciglity reafons, has decreed 
 His fceptre to the younger. Rq-mc, 
 
 Decre'e. n.f. [decretum, Latin.] 
 
 1. An edid ; a law. 
 
 If you deny me, tic upon your law ! 
 There is no force in the decrea of Venice. Sink. 
 
 Tliere went a decree from Cxfar Augulfus, 
 that alt the world Ihouid he raxed. L:tie. 
 
 Arc we conderan'd by fare's u.ijuft decree 
 No more our houfes and our hijmcs to fee : 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The Snpreme Being is fovereignly good i he- 
 rewards the jurt, and puniflies the unjuft : and, 
 the folly of man, and not the decrte of hea\ca^ 
 is rhccaufe of human calamity. JSroomfi^ 
 
 2. An edablidied ride. 
 
 When he made. a decree for the rain, and a way 
 for the lightning of the thunder. ^o^. 
 
 3. A determination of a fuit, or litigated 
 caufe. 
 
 4. [In canon law.] An ordinance, which 
 is enafted by the pope himfelf, by and 
 with the advice of his cardinals in 
 council alreiubled, without being con- 
 fulted by any one thereon. 
 
 ylyl'lffe's Parergorr, 
 Decrement, n.f. [c/ccremeutum, Latin.] 
 Dtcreafe ; the date of growing lefs i 
 the quantity loii by decreafing.
 
 DEC 
 
 Ui'on thctropick, and firll (Iffcciirun fiom 
 •ur iull!iLr,wC arc (cjict fiuUbk ul ckulinatioii ; 
 but dtclmiiig fditlier, our Jeotment accclcKitci : 
 wc fet .ipaco, and in oiii Lift days precipitate into 
 our graves. Brti^'n'i VulgJtr h.rronri. 
 
 Kj(;1(s, tnountuiiib) and tlic other elevations of 
 tlic cartli, fuiVei a cuiiti.iual t/aitWi/i/, and giow 
 Icpwir and lower. //'co./w.ii,/. 
 
 DliCRE'PlT. adj. [deerepitus, Latin.] 
 WalU'd aiul woi II out with age ; in ihc 
 lall llagc of decay. 
 
 Decripit niifcr ! bale, iijnolile wretch. Sh,^k. 
 
 Of men's lives, in this dccripK age of the world, 
 many exceed fourfgorc, and Ionic an hundred 
 years. . Rjirigh. 
 
 This po|ie is dtcrcfit, and tile bell gocth fni 
 him : take Older that tljcrc be chofcn a pi>ic of 
 frelh years. i;..-.i;i. 
 
 J)ecrcfit fnpcrlHtions, and fuch as had tlieir 
 nativity in times beyond all hittory, are fielh in 
 the ublervation of many heads. Brawn. 
 
 And from tiic north to call 
 Decrepit ^yinter. Milton. 
 
 Who this obferves, may in his body find 
 T>triepit :igc, but never in his mind. jttnhum. 
 
 Piopp'd on his flaf?', anri ftooping as he goes, 
 A painted mine (hades his furrow'd brows; 
 Tiiegod, iu this ./;c>f;i/r foimarruy'd, 
 Tic gardens entcr'd, and th ■ fruits furvcy'd. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 The charge of witchcraft infpirrs people with 
 a malevolence towards thofe ^onrddcnpii parts of 
 our fpecics, in whom human n.uure is deiaced 
 by infirmity and dotage. Ad.Hfon. 
 
 To DECRE'PlTA'l'E. v. a. yecrtpo, 
 Latin.] To calcine lalt till it has cealeJ 
 to ci^ckle in the fire. 
 
 So will it come to pafsin a pot of fait, although 
 di^KpltutcJ. Ihoiuri's I'tilgai £nu:<ri. 
 
 Decrepita'tioN. n./. [from decrepitate.'\ 
 The crackling noife which fait makes, 
 when put over the !ire in a ciucible. 
 
 Dkcre'pitness. 3 n. /. \_hom ckcreph.] 
 
 Decre'pitude. J The lall ftage of tle- 
 cay ; the laft effedls of old age. 
 
 Motiier earth, in this her barrennefs and de- 
 frepittujs of age, can procreate I'ueh fwarms of 
 curious engines. B:ntlty. 
 
 Decre'sceNt. adj. [from decrefcens, Lat.] 
 Growing lefs ; being in a flate of de- 
 creafe. 
 
 Dt'CRETAl.. adj. \^de»rehim, Latin.] Ap- 
 pertaining to a decree ; containing a 
 decree. 
 
 A decretal epiftle is that which the pope de- 
 crees either by himfelf, or clfe by the advice of 
 hrs cardinals j and ttiis mull be on his being con- 
 fulled by fonic particular petfon or pcifons 
 thereon. .-iyiiffeU Purergon. 
 
 Dr'cretal. n.f. [from the adjtdlive.] 
 
 1. A book of decrees or edifts ; a body of 
 laws. 
 
 The ftcond room, whofc walls 
 Were painttd fair witii mt-moiablc gtfts 
 Of magirtrales, of courts, of tribunals, 
 Of laws, of judgments, and of i/ct-rc-.'/r/j. Spciftr. 
 
 2. The coUeftion of the pope's decrees. 
 
 Traditions and decretuli were made of equal 
 force, and as authcntical as the facred ctiartcr 
 itfclf. Howil'i roculForeJI. 
 
 De'cretist. n. f. [from decree.l One 
 that fttidics or profefTes the knowledge 
 of the decretal. 
 
 'T\\e dicrttljii had their rife and beginning 
 under the reign of the emperor Frederick Bar- 
 baroffa. ^-iyiiffe's P.ir,rgon. 
 
 De'cretory. adj. [from decree ] 
 
 I. Judicial ; definitive. 
 
 DEC 
 
 There .ire lenitives tliat friendfhrp will a^iply, 
 
 before it uill be biouglit to the .Lcr.tvf, rigours 
 
 of a cor.flemning fcjitence. S'^uth'i Sumom. 
 
 2. Crilic;il ; in which there is feme defi- 
 
 liitivc event. 
 
 The motions of the moon, fiippofed to be rpea- 
 fured by le\ens, and the ciiiical or d:\rtiiry days, 
 depend on that lurmLer. h'rowft. 
 
 Decui'al. n.f. [from decry.'] Clamo- 
 rous cenfme ; lially or noily condemna- 
 tion ; concur rencc in cenfuririg any 
 thing. 
 To DECRY'. V. a. [darlcr, French.] 
 To cenfuie ; to blame clamoroudy ; to 
 ■' clair.our againfh 
 
 Malice in criticks reigns fo high, 
 Tliat for fmall crrours they wl'.ole plays decry. Dry. 
 Thofe meafuics, whrch .arc extolled by one 
 half of the kingdom, are natur.ally decriedhy the 
 other. ^'LlUifofi. 
 
 They applied themfelves to leflcn their autho- 
 rity, diciUd them as hard and unneccflary re-, 
 ftraints. Ro^cn. 
 
 Quacks and impotl >rs arc ftill cautioning us 
 to beware ot cuuiucikits, and ./fcry others cheats 
 onlv to make nioie way for their own. Swift. 
 Decu'mbenck. ) n.f. \_dccumbo, Lat.] 
 Decombenc V. J The aiit of lying down ; 
 the poflure of lying down. 
 
 This mull come to pafs, if we hold opinion 
 they he in>t down, and enjoy no decumhence at 
 all ; for ftacion is properly no reif, but one kind 
 of motion. Bfow/i'i Vulg.ir jin'^w i 
 
 Not confidering the ancient manntr of dccum- 
 ^e .'(•)■, he imputed this gelVurc of the beloved 
 du'ciple unto lulticity, or an aft of incivility. 
 
 Broxv'i's rulgur V.rrours. 
 
 Decu'mbiture. «. J. [from decumlo, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The time at which a man takes to his 
 bed in a difcale. 
 
 2. [In allrology.] A fcheme of the hea- 
 vens erefled for thai time, by which 
 the prognollicks of recovery or death 
 are difcovered. 
 
 If but a mile Ihe travel out of town, 
 The planetary hour mult'hrll be known, 
 And lucky moment : if her eye but akes, 
 Or itches, its dtcumhitttrc Ihe takes. Dryden. 
 
 De'cuple. adj. [(/(c«/i/»j, Latin.] Ten- 
 fold ; the fame number ten times re- 
 peated. 
 
 Man's lengtti, that is, a perpendicular from 
 the vertex unto the foie of the foot, is .ic^npU 
 unto his profundity ; that is, a cUretlt line be- 
 tween the breaft and the fpinc. Bto:vN. 
 
 Suppofing there be a thuuland forts of iiifecls 
 in this ifland, if the lame proportion holds between 
 theinfeds of England and of the world, as between 
 plantsdumellick and e^otrck, that is, rrear a f/t- 
 cw/i/c-, the fpeciesofinfcta will amount to ten thou- 
 fand. Ruy, 
 
 Decu'rion. n.f. [deciirto, Latin.] A 
 commander over ten ; an officer fubor- 
 dinate to the centurion. 
 
 He inrtitutcd dcanij'n through both fhcfe colo- 
 nies, that is, one over every ten f^imilies. 
 
 r.mp.'e. 
 
 Decu'rsion. n.f. [eU-curfus, Lat.] Tlie 
 aft of running down. 
 
 Wl-.at is decayed by that dceur^on of V3!CTS, is 
 fupplred by the terrerx faeces which water brings. 
 
 lU'c. 
 
 Decurta'tion. n.f. [decurtallo, Lat.] 
 The adl of cutting Ihort, or (horten- 
 ing. 
 
 To DECU'SSATE. v. a. [decujl; Lat.] 
 To intcrfedt at acute angles. 
 This it performs by tlie aiiion of a njtablc 
 
 D E D 
 
 muffle on e«h fide, h.i\iiig the form of the 
 
 letter X, mafic up of many fibr<.>, iimjfutitig 
 
 one aiiutKci lui'.gw.iy>. Ray. 
 
 DtcusSATiON^ n. f, [from efccuj'ate .} 
 
 The adl of crofTm;,^ ; ILiu oi being 
 
 cfvjfTcd at uneqUiilangJes. 
 
 Ttioiii^li tliiric be Jicuj/ui^on of the ray.i in the 
 pupil uf ihc eye, aiid (o the image of lliC ubjccl 
 in tlic rctin.i, or l)j:tom of th^- eye,- he inverted; 
 yet doth njt the ulijccil dpjjc.ir itivetied, bot m 
 its ri^ht or ?i.iturjl polturc. f^^Y. 
 
 To DEDECORATE. v. a. [dedccoro, 
 Latin.] To disgrace; to bring a re- 
 pro:, ch upon. Diil. 
 
 Deuecor a'tion. n.f. [from deJecorate.] 
 The aft of difgracing ; difgrace. Dkl. 
 
 Dede'corous. adj. [dedccus, Latin.] Dif- 
 graceful ; reproachful ; (hanicful. /J/V7. 
 
 Dedenti'tion. n.f. [de and ilcntitio, 
 Lat.] Lofs or (hedding of the teeth. 
 
 Si'lun divided life into ten Icpfcnarics, becaufc 
 in every one thereof a man leteived I'ome I'enfi- 
 ble mutation : in the fiift is detrrttition, or 
 falling of teeth. Br'i'wn\ Vulgar Erroun. 
 
 To DE'DICATE. -v. a. [dedko, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To devote to fome divine power ; to 
 confecrate and fet apart to facred ufc. 
 
 A pleafant grove 
 Was (hot up high, full of the ftatcly tree 
 
 That dejicnti.i is to Olympick Jove, 
 And to his fon Alcides, Spenjtr. 
 
 The princes otfeied lor (/fi//crt////^ the altar, iti 
 the day that it was anointed. Nimhen. 
 
 Warn'd by the feer, to her offended name 
 We rais'd, and dedicatf, this wond'rous frame. 
 
 D'ydtn. 
 
 2. To apptopaate folemnly to any perfoa 
 orpurpole. 
 
 There cannot be 
 That vulture in you, to devour fo many 
 A> will to grcatnefs</E\/;Varf themfelves. S'taij. 
 
 Ladies, a gen'ral welcome from his grace 
 Salutes you ail : this night he dedicates 
 To lair content and you. Shakfpcure. 
 
 He went to learn the profeflion of a foldier, to 
 which he had (^e.iVr./.': Yliimfelf. i'liircn.hn. 
 
 Uid htr inliaiit wed. 
 And qulct</<&urc her remnant life \ 
 To the jiift durie* of an humble wil'e. P/icr. 
 
 3. To infcrlbe to a patron. 
 
 He compiled ten elegant books, and dedicated 
 them to the lord Burghley. Pe^ckam, 
 
 De'dicate. adj. [from the verb.] Con- 
 fecrate ; de\ote; dedicated j appro- 
 priate. 
 
 Pray'rs from prelVrvcd louls. 
 From fading maids, whole names 3Tt dedicate 
 To nothing temporal. Shatfpeure. 
 
 This tenth pan, or tithe, being thus afligntd 
 unto him, leaveth now to be of the nature of the 
 other ,nine parts, which arc given us for out 
 worldly ncceliitics, and becometh as a thin^ 
 dcdirnte and appropriate unto Uod. Sp.'/m.in„ 
 
 Dedica'tion. n.f. [dedicUio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The afl of dedicating to any bein>r or 
 ptirpofe ; confecration ; foleniii appro- 
 priation. 
 
 It cannot be laid to ni.iny men's charge, th.it 
 ihcyhave been fo curious as to trouble bilhopt 
 with placing the fijft lione in the churches; or 
 fo fcrupulous zs, after the eredtion of them, to 
 make any great atlo for their dedication. Hooker. 
 
 Among publick folcninities there is none fo 
 gluri'His as that under the reign of king Solomon, 
 at the di.tication iii \\\t: temple. .A.Uifo't, 
 
 2. An addrefs to a patron. 
 
 Proud as .'\p-jllo on his forked hill, ~" 
 
 Sat fuil-blown .'^ufo, pu.'l'M by cv'ry quill; 
 }"ed by Uihdediciti^jti all flay long, 
 Horace and he went hand in hand in fong. Fcpt.
 
 D E D 
 
 Bedica'tor. n./. [from (fccTicafe.'] One 
 who infcribes his v oik to a patron with 
 
 compliment ar.d fertility. 
 
 Leave daiig'rous ti uths to unfucccfsful fatires, 
 And flattery to fulfomc icdicat^n. Pope. 
 
 DsDiCATOR.Y. adi. [from dedicate.'] Com- 
 poiing a dedication j complimeiital ; 
 adulator}'. 
 
 Thus I (liould begin rry epiftle, if it were :i 
 dcicjtirj' one ; but it is j friendly letter. I'cpr. 
 
 Dedi'tion. «./. [dedilio, Latin.] The 
 aft of yielding up any thing ; furrendry. 
 It was not a complete conqueft, but rather a 
 tkdithit upon terms and capitulations agreed be- 
 tween the conqueror and ;he conquered. Hale. 
 
 To DEDU'CE. -v. a. [deduco, Latin.] 
 
 1. To draw in a regular connefted feries, 
 from one time or one event to another. 
 
 I vi'iWiieJuce him from his cradle, through the 
 deep and lalrlc waves of ilate and court, till he 
 was fwaliowed in the gulph of fat.ility. 
 
 U'otton Buck. 
 
 O goddefs, fay, (hall I JeJi/ce my rhimes 
 From the dire nation in its early times ? Pofe. 
 
 2. To form a regular chain of confequen- 
 tial propofitions, 
 
 Reaion is nothing but the faculty of deducing 
 unknown truths from principles already known. 
 
 I^Gckc. 
 
 3. To lay down in regular order, fo as 
 that the following fhall naturally rife 
 from the foregoing. 
 
 Lend me your fong, ye nightingales! oh pour 
 The mazy-running foul of melody 
 Into my varied verfc ! while I daiuce^ 
 From the 6rft note the hollow ctickuo fings. 
 The fymphony of fpring. Thamfm. 
 
 Dedu'cement. n. f. \ixori\ deduce.^ The 
 thing dediiced ; thecoUeftionof reafon ; 
 confequcntial propolition. 
 
 Praife and prayer are his due wordiip, nnd the 
 reft of thoie dc.iucetnaiti which I am confidciit 
 are the remote effefts of revelation. Dryden. 
 
 Dedu'cible. adj. [from deduce.'] Col- 
 leflible by reafon ; confequential ; dif. 
 coverable from principles laid down. 
 
 The condition, although dcducihU from many 
 
 grounds, yet Ihall wc evidence it but from few. 
 
 BtozvK'i Vulgar Eircun. 
 
 The general characler of the new earth is 
 
 pjradifaical ; and tl-.c p.irticular charadler, that 
 
 it hath no fea : and both- are apparently dedu- 
 
 idle from its fornialion. Burnet. 
 
 So far, therefore, as confcience reports |any 
 
 tiling agieeabU to or deducii/e from thcfc, it is 
 
 to be hearkened to. Scuth. 
 
 All properties of a triangle depend on, and 
 
 ate deducible from, the complex idea of three 
 
 lines, including a fpace. Lc^kc. 
 
 Dedu'cive. adj. [from deduce.] Perform- 
 
 Lng the acl of deduction. Did. 
 
 To DEDU'CT. -v. a. [deduce, Latin.] 
 
 1. To fubftrafl ; to take away ; to cut 
 off ; to defalcate. 
 
 Wc dcd-jB from the computation of our years 
 that parr of our time which is fpent in incngi- 
 tancy (if infancy. Nv,is. 
 
 2. To feparate ; to difpart ; to divide. 
 Now not in ufe. 
 
 Having yet, in his dcduBed fpright, 
 Some fparks remaining of that heavenly tire. 
 
 . ' Spcnjer. 
 
 Deuu'ction. n. f. \^dedu8'w, Lat.] 
 I. Confequential colltflion ; confe- 
 fluence ; propofiliou drawn from prin- 
 ciples premifcd. 
 Out of ftrij-'turc fuch duties maybe deduced, 
 iy fohic kind of conletiucncc ; as l>y long cir- 
 
 DEE 
 
 cutt oi dec{u£iion it may be that even rU trulli, 
 out of any trutlij may be concluded. H^&.tvr. 
 
 Set before you the moiiil law of God, with 
 fuch Heiiii£iiani from it as our Saviour hath 
 drawn, or ouiowu ic^fon, well informed, can 
 make. Duppa. 
 
 That by divcrfity of motions we fliould fpcU 
 out things not rcfembled by them, wc mult at- 
 tribute to fomc fecrct dcduciion ; but what thi'i 
 dcduBion Ihould be, or by what rricdiums this 
 knowledge is advanced, is as daikas ignorance. 
 
 iilanx:ille. 
 
 You have laid the experiments together in fuch 
 a way, and made fuch dedu^.-om fium them, as 
 I have not hitherto met with. Boyle, 
 
 All crofs and diftafteful humours arc cirher 
 exprefsly, or by clear confcqucnce and deduc- 
 t:c>if forbidden in the New Teilament. 
 
 TiUotfon. 
 
 A reflct^ion fo obvious, that natural inltinft 
 feems to have fuggeftcd it even to tliofe wlio 
 never much attended to deJuCfions oi reason. 
 
 2. That winch Is dedufled ; defalcation. 
 Bring then ihefc hiellingi lo a Itritft account ; 
 Make hit dedu£Iio/is j fee to what they mount. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Dedu'ctive. ailj, [from //etiucl.'] Dedu- 
 cible ; that is or may be deduced from a 
 pofition premifed. 
 
 All knowledge of caufes is ddducJive • for wc 
 know none byfimplc intuition, but through the 
 mediation of their cfici^s. Glanville. 
 
 Dedu'ctively. adv. [from dcduclive.'] 
 Confequentially ; by regular deduc- 
 tion ; by a regular train of ratiocina- 
 tion. 
 
 There is fcarce a popular errour pafTant in 
 our days, which is no: cither direilly expictfcd, 
 or dedu^ivcfy contained, in this work. Sroiun. 
 
 DEED, fl./ [ba:b. Sax. daed, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Adlion, whether good or bad ; thing 
 done. 
 
 From lowcft place when virtuous things pro- 
 ceed, 
 The place is dignified by th* doer's deed. 
 
 The monfter nought replied; for words were 
 vain. 
 And difdz could only deeds unjuft maintain. 
 
 DrydeK. 
 
 The fame had not confentcd to the council and 
 deed. Luke. 
 
 We are not fecluded from the cxpctflation of 
 reward for our charitable deed^. Smuitridge. 
 
 2. Exploit ; performance. 
 
 I, on the other fide, 
 Us*d no ambition to commend my dicds; 
 The dc-eJi themfclves, tho' mute, fpoke loud the 
 doer. Afiifon. 
 
 Thoufands were there, in darker fame that 
 
 Whofe deeds fomc nobler poem (hall adorn. 
 
 Dryde/i. 
 
 3. Power of aflion ; agency. 
 
 Nor knew f not 
 To he with will .ind ./cc./ created nee. Milton. 
 \.. A6\ declarator)' of an opinion. 
 
 They defire, with iirange abUitdity, that to 
 the f;irae fenatc it Ihould belong to give full judg 
 mcnt in matter of excommimication, and tr- ab- 
 folvc whom it picafed them, clean contrary to 
 their own former deedi and oaths. Hi.oker. 
 
 5. Written evidence of any legal z6i, 
 
 Tl-e folicitor gave an evidence for a deed^ 
 which was impeached to be fraudulent, Baeon. 
 
 He builds his huufe upon the fand, and writes 
 the deeds by which he holds his eftate upon the 
 face of a river. South, 
 
 6. Fad; reality; the contrary to fiction : 
 whence the word indeed, 
 
 O that, as of: I have at Athens feen 
 The Uage arifc, and \\vi big clouds defccnd; 
 
 DEE 
 
 ..So now in very desd I might behoM 
 
 1 he..pond'rous earth, and all yon marble roof. 
 
 Meet like the hands of Jove. Lce'i Oedi/uu 
 
 Die'dless. ac^. [from tlecd.] Unac- 
 
 live; without aftion ; without exploits. 
 
 Speaking in deeds, and deedlcfs in his tongue. 
 
 Shakfpear:, 
 
 Inftant, he cried, your female difcord end, 
 
 Ye d:-idlifs boallei s ! .ind the fong attend. I'ope. 
 
 To DEEM. 1). n. part, dempt, ox deemed. 
 
 [donigan, Gothick ; tiaemen, Dutch; 
 
 beman, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . To judge ; to conclude upon confide- 
 ration ; to think ; to opin-: ; to deter~ 
 mine. 
 
 Here eke that famous golden apple grew. 
 For which tU' Itiean ladies dif:igrcc<t, 
 Till partial Paris dtmpt it Venus' due. Sprnfir. 
 
 So natural is the union of religion with juftice, 
 thai we may boldly dan tlicre is ncitlier, where 
 both arc not. Hooker. 
 
 He who, to be decm'd 
 A god, leap'd fondly into vEtna flames. Md/on. 
 
 Thefe bleffings, friend, a deity bcuow'd ■ 
 For never can I deem him lefs than god. VryJ. 
 
 Nature diiluib'd. 
 Is i/«mV vindiflive to have ciiang'd her courfe. 
 
 2. Toeftimate; to make eftimateof : this 
 
 fenfe is now difufed. 
 
 Do me not to dy, 
 Ne diem thy force by fortune's doom unjuft, 
 Tliar hath, maugrt her fpite, thus low me laid in 
 duft. . Spcnjer. 
 
 But they that (kill nut of fo heavenly matter, 
 All that they know not, envy, or admire. 
 
 Rather than en\y, let them wonder at her. 
 But not to dcftr, of her dcfert afpitt. Spe:f-r, 
 Deem", n.f. [from the verb.] Judgment; 
 furmife; opinion. Not now in ufe. 
 
 Hear me, my love, be thou but true of heart, 
 — 1 true ! how now .- what mcked dem is this .» 
 
 Sliakfp,-tirc. 
 
 Dee'mster. n.f. Ih-om deem.] Ajudge; 
 
 a word yet in ufe in Jerfey and the Ifle 
 
 of Man'. 
 DEEP. adj. [beep, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Having length downward ; defccndina- 
 far ; profound : oppofed to Jl'a!/o-Tv. 
 
 All trees in high and fandy grounds are to be 
 fct deep, and in watvy grounds more ihallow. 
 
 Bac9r:. 
 Tlie gaping gulph low to the centre lies, 
 And twice as dtrp as earth is diftant from tljt 
 fkies. Dijdcn. 
 
 2. Low in fituation; not high. 
 
 3. Mirafuted from the furface downward. 
 
 Mr. Halley, in diving deep into the fea in a 
 diving velTcl, found, in a clear fun-lhine day. 
 that when he was funk many fathoms deep into 
 the water, the upper part of his hand, on which 
 the fun (hone directly, appeared of a red colour. 
 
 Ne~ivtQTj. 
 
 4. Entering far ; piercing a great way. 
 
 This avarice 
 Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root. 
 
 Shiikjpeare. 
 
 For, even in that fcafon of the year, the ways 
 
 ill that v.ile were veiy deep. Clitttndin. 
 
 Then hart not (Irengih fuch labours to fuilain : 
 
 Drink iielleborc, my boy ! drink deep, and fcour 
 
 thy brain. Pryden, 
 
 5. Far from the outer part. 
 
 So the falfc fpider, when her nets arc fpread, 
 Deep ambulh'd in htr filciit den does lie. Dtyd, 
 
 6. Not fuperficial ; not obvious. 
 
 If the mutter be kiir".y, and the fenfe lies 
 drfp^ the mind mu(f l^op and buckle to it, and (^ick 
 upon it with labour and thought, and dofe con- 
 templation, J-ccke,
 
 DEE 
 
 7. Sagacious; penetrating; having t"e 
 power to enter far into a fubjett. 
 
 Wlio h.ith not hc.ird it Ipokcn 
 How A<7>yoii were witl.in the bouki of hfav'n? 
 
 S/j<i (•//>«" f. 
 Thf fi>irii of <i-rf projihcry Ihc Iialh. i/iJ*/>>. 
 l[c 's raeditaiinj with two iietj> divines. Shak. 
 He in my e.ir 
 Vented much policy anti projco>s clrrf 
 Of enemies, of aids, battK«, and leagues, 
 rbufible to tlic woild, tj me worth noiigl't. 
 
 Milim. 
 
 I do not difcovcr the hilps which this grent 
 
 man of Jefp thought mentions. Lockf. 
 
 8. Full of connivance J politick.; infi- 
 dioiis. 
 
 When 1 li.nvc mart need to employ a fiiend, 
 Prep, hollow, treacherous, and fu.l of guile, 
 Be he to me, iVuX/^.'uif. 
 
 9. Grave ; folcmn. 
 
 O God ! if my dcrp pray'rs cannot appeafc 
 tl'WeV' '■ 
 But thou wilt be aveng'd on my mifdeeds. 
 Yet execute thy wrath on mc .done. Skakfp. 
 
 Nor awful Phoebus was on Pindus heard 
 With </<'t/'f' I'llciice, or with mure regard. Dr^d. 
 
 10. Dark-coloured. 
 
 With dctpir brown the grove was overfpread. 
 
 11. Having a great degree of ftillnefs, or 
 gloom, or fadnefs. 
 
 And the Loid God caufed a dtef fleep to fall 
 upon Adam. Gtrujis. 
 
 12. Deprefled ; funk; metaphorically, 
 low. 
 
 Their rieep poverty abounded into the riches of 
 their liberality. 2 Corinlhiam. 
 
 13. Bafs ; grave in found. 
 
 The founds made by buckets in a well, are 
 detper and fuller than if the like percuflion were 
 made in the open air. Baait. 
 
 Deep. n.f. [from the adjeflive.] 
 J, Thefea; the main; the abyfa of wa- 
 ters ; the ocean. 
 
 Yet w« did lift up our hearts and voices to 
 God above, who Ihewetii his wonders in the dap, 
 
 Bacoft. 
 
 What earth in her dark bowels could not keep 
 
 From greedy man, lies fafer in the J^-ep. IVulUr. 
 
 Whoe'er thuu art, whom fortune brings to 
 
 keep 
 
 Thcfe rites of Neptune, monarch of the ileep. 
 
 I-ope. 
 X. The moft folemn or dill part. 
 
 There want not many that do fear, 
 In Jtcp of night, to walk by this Heme's oak. 
 
 Shiikfpeart, 
 The tUip of night is crept upon our talk. 
 
 Shakfpeart:. 
 Virgin face divine 
 Attrafls the haplcfs youth through florms and 
 
 waves, 
 Alone in iiup of night. Vhilipi. 
 
 To De'epen. 11. a. [from deep.] 
 
 1. To make deep ; to fink far below the 
 furface. 
 
 The city of Rome would receive a great ad- 
 vantage from the undertaking, as it would raifc 
 the banks and deepen the bed of the Tiber. 
 
 Addifui. 
 
 2. To darken ; to cloud ; to make dark. 
 
 You muft deepen your colours fo, that the or- 
 pimcnt may be the higheff. reueham. 
 
 3. To make fad or gloomy. See Deep. 
 adj. 
 
 Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene. 
 Shades ev'ry flow r, and darki'ns ev'ry green, 
 Deepent the murmurs of lliC failing floods. 
 And breathes a browner honor on the woods. 
 
 }'ipe. 
 Deep-mouthed. a«J. [deep and mnutb- 
 ed.} Having a Iioatfe and loud voice. 
 
 D E F 
 
 Huntfman, I charge thee, tender well my 
 hounds ; 
 And couple Clowder with the </.-f/>-wii«</A'</Brach. 
 
 Shtdfpiuie. 
 Behold the Englifh bench 
 P.ilcs in the flood with men, with wives and 
 
 hoys, 
 
 Whofc (houts and claps outvoice that dcep-m'.ulVd 
 
 (q^^ Sftakfp'<ire. 
 
 Then toils for beafts, and lime for birds were 
 
 found, 
 
 And </f?p-Moj./^'</ dogs did foreft walks furround. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 Hills, dales, and forefts far behind remain, 
 
 While inc warm fcent draws on the deef-imuth'd 
 
 train. ('^'^'■ 
 
 Deep-musing. aJj. [a'eefi and wff//i'.] 
 
 Contemplative ; loft in thought. 
 
 But iic ./iY/i-m.v/f«g o'er the mountains ftray'd, 
 Through many thickets of the woodland ihade. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Dee'ply. adv. [from ^t-f/i.] 
 
 1 . To a great depth ; far below the fur- 
 face. 
 
 Fear is a pnflion that is moft deeply rooted in 
 our natures, and flows immediately from the 
 prmciple of felf-prcfervation. T:ihtfin. 
 
 Thofc impreffions were made when the brain 
 was more fufceplive of them : they have 1 ecn 
 derfty engraven at the proper feafon, and therefore 
 they remain. rj jttj. 
 
 2. With great iludy or fagacity ; not fu- 
 perficially ; not carelefly ; piofoundly. 
 
 3. Sorrowfully; folemnly ; with 3 great 
 degree of ferioufnefs or fadnefs. 
 
 He fighed dcipJy in l.is fpirit. i\/i;rt. 
 
 Klockins fo deeply iiath fworn ne'er mote to 
 come 
 In bawdy-houfe, that he dares not go home. 
 
 Dori'ie. 
 Upon the deck our careful general flood, 
 And deeply nuis'd on the fucceeding day. Diyd. 
 
 4. With a tendency to darknefs of colour. 
 
 Having taken of the deeply red juiec of buck- 
 thorn Lcities, I let it drop upon wuitc paper. 
 
 Beyle. 
 
 5. In a high degree. 
 
 To keep his promife with him, he had deeply 
 
 offended both his nobles and people. Baeo?:. 
 
 De'epness. n.f. [from ekep.] Entrance 
 
 far below the furface ; profundity ; 
 
 depth. 
 
 Carzianer fet forward with great toil, by rea- 
 fon of the deepnefs of the way, and her^incfs of 
 the great ordnance. Knc'let. 
 
 Some fell upon flony places, and they wither- 
 ed, becaufe they had no deepnefs of earth. 
 
 yUtn'r.^ TO. 
 
 Deer. n. /. [beop, Saxon ; thler, Teu- 
 tonick ; G.7,-, Greek.] That clafs of 
 animals wliich is hunted for venlfon, 
 containing many fubordinate fpecies ; 
 as the ilag or red deer, the buck or 
 fallow deer, the roebuck, and others. 
 
 You have beaten ray men, killed my deer, and 
 broke open my lodge. Shukfpear-e. 
 
 The pale that held my lovely deer. Wullcr. 
 
 To DEFA'CE. v. a. [dffaire, French.] 
 To deftroy; to rafe ; to ruin ; to dis- 
 figure. 
 
 Give me leave to fpeak as earneflly in truly 
 commending it, as you have done in untruly and 
 unkindly defacing and flanderiiig it. H''h:tgift. 
 
 Fatal this marriage, 
 Defaeing monuments of conquer'd France 
 Undoing all. Sliakfpeare. 
 
 Pay him fix thoufand, and deface the bond. 
 
 Shitkfpeare. 
 Whofe ftatues, freezes, columns broken lie. 
 And, though difac'df ti-.c woader of the eye. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 D E F 
 
 One nobler wretch can only rif«| 
 'Tjs he whofe fuiy (hall def.i.e 
 The floick's image in this piece. Trior, 
 
 Defa'cement. n. f. [from deface.^ 
 Violation ; injury ; rafure ; abolition ; 
 den-riic\ion. 
 
 But what is this image, and how is it defaced.' 
 The poor men of Lyons will tell ynn, that llie 
 image of God is purity, and tlic defacement fin. 
 
 Baon. 
 
 Defa'cer. n. f. [from deface."] De- 
 liroycr ; aholilher ; violator. 
 
 That foul dcfjcer of God's handywork 
 Thy womb let loofc, to cliace us to our graves. 
 
 i^tiakfptare. 
 
 Defa'ilance. n.f. [^/f/a/7/fln«, French. ] 
 Failure ; mifearriage : a word not in 
 ufe. 
 
 The afTeflions were the authors of that un- 
 happy dff'ail.inee. Glam-iiU. 
 
 To DEFA'LCATE. -v. a. [from fa/x, 
 ftdas, a fickle ; d.j'alqiier, French. ] 
 To cut off; to lop ; to take away part 
 of a penfion or falary. It is generally 
 ufed of money. 
 
 Defalcation, n.f. [from defalcate.] 
 Diminution ; abatement ; excifion of 
 any part of a cuftomary allowance. 
 
 The tf a-t.ible is fet forth with its cuflomary 
 hill of fare, and without any defalcation. Jlddtf. 
 
 To Defa'lk. v. a. [See Defalcate.] 
 To cut off ; to lop away. 
 
 What he .itfalks from fome infipid fin, is but 
 to mnke fome other more guftful. Decay of Piety. 
 Defama'tion. n./. \_ix om defume.^ The 
 ad of defaming or bringing infamy upon 
 another; calumny; reproach; cenfure; 
 detraflion. 
 
 Defamation is the uttering of contumelious lan- 
 gu.ige of any one with an intent of raifing an ill 
 fame of the party; and this extends to writing, 
 as by defamatory libels ; and to deeds, as re- 
 proachful poflurcs, figns, and geflures. .^yliffe. 
 
 Be filent, and beware, if fuch you fee; 
 'Tis defamation but to fay, tliat 's he. Dryden. 
 
 Many dark and intricate ^uotives there are to 
 detraction and defumatiin -j and many malicious 
 fpies are fearching into the actions of a great man. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 Defa'matoey. adj. [from defame.] 
 Calumnious ; tending to defame ; iin- 
 jiiflly cenforious ; libellous ; falfely fati- 
 
 rical. 
 
 The moft eminent fin is the fpreading of de- 
 famatory reports. Go^.'ernnient cf the Tongue. 
 
 Auguftvis, confeious to himfelf of many crime?, 
 made an edifl ajainft lampoons and fjtires, and 
 defamatory writings. Dryden. 
 
 To DEFA'ME. -v. a. Ide ^n&fama, "l,a- 
 tin.] To make infamous; to cenfure 
 falfely in cublick ; to deprive of ho- 
 nour; to di'.honour by reports; to libel; 
 to calumniate ; to deftroy reputation by 
 either adls or words. 
 
 I heard the difamiag of many. fi'. 
 
 They li\e as if they profcfled chti(iiani:y 
 merely in fplte, to defxne it. Decay of V.ety, 
 
 My guilt thy growing virtues did defame ; 
 My blackncfs blotted thy unblemlfh'd name. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Defa'me. n.f. [from the verb.] DiC 
 grace ; difhonof.r. Not in ufe. 
 
 Many doughty knights he in his days 
 Had done to death, 
 
 And hung their con^iucr'd arms for more defa-ne 
 On gallowljees. Spenfer. 
 
 Defa'meu. n. f. [from defame.'] One 
 that injures the reputation of aaothsr^ 
 a detvador ; a-calumniator.
 
 D E F 
 
 It rnsy he a ufci'ul trial of the p.itience of thf 
 
 defamed, yet the Jtfiunrr has not ilie Icfs crime. 
 
 — Gri'frrtf'.rtrf 'yf the ToifgJ/i. 
 
 To DEFATIGATE. v. a. [dcfaii^o, 
 
 L.at. ] To weary ; to tire. 
 Tl'.e power of tlicfc men's indui^ries, never 
 
 dt:J'.it:gatcJ, hath been great. Dr. Maliir. 
 
 DlF \TiG a'tiov. n.f. [_Jefat'galio,'L7it.'\ 
 
 Wearlnt fi ; fatigue. Dii!. 
 
 DEFAL'Ll". n.f. [./^//«/, French.] 
 
 1. Omiffion of that which we ought to 
 do ; neglciTl. 
 
 2. Crime ; failure ; fault. 
 
 Sedition tumbled into Eighnd more by ti-.c 
 .dcf.iuh of governors than t'.e people's. Hijzv. 
 
 U'c, that know w li.nt 'i!> to fait and pray, 
 Are penitent for your drfjiiii to-day. S/t*ii/p. 
 
 Let n»e nor rafhly call in doubt 
 Divine prediction : w'lat if all foretold 
 Had been fulhU'd, but through mine own ./c- 
 
 /.iv/f, 
 ^^'ho^ have I to complain of but myfelf^ ^fl7t. 
 -Partial judges we are of our own excellencies, 
 and other men's d^faulti. Siv'ft 
 
 3. Dtfefl ; want. 
 
 In d'ftj!i!t of the kind's pay, the forces were 
 laid upon the fubjcdl. D-ivies. 
 
 Cooks could make nrt'licial birds and tilhcs, 
 in dtfault of the real ones. Arhuthnot. 
 
 4. [In law.] Non-appearance in court at 
 a day affigned. Cow^ll. 
 
 To Defa'ult. u. n. [from the noun.] 
 To fail in performing any contraA or 
 ftipulation ; to forfeit' by breaking a 
 contract. 
 
 Defa'ulter. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 One that makes default. 
 
 ■DEF£'.\SANCE. «'./. Idcfalfancc, Fr.]. 
 
 1. The act of annulling or abrogating any 
 contraft cr ftipulation. 
 
 2. Deftafance is a condition annexed to an 
 aci ; as to an obligation, a recogni- 
 .zance, or .latute, which performed by 
 •the obligee, or the cognizee, the acl is 
 • difabled and made void, as if it had ne- 
 wer been done. Coivell. 
 
 3. The writing in which a defeafance is 
 contained. 
 
 4. A defeat ; conqueft ; the adl of con- 
 quering ; the Hate of being conquered. 
 Obfoltte. 
 
 T!at hoar)- king, with all his train, 
 [Being arrived where that champion ftout, 
 After hii foe's d.J'rn fan cc, did remain, 
 Him goodly greets, and fair does entertain. 
 
 Sprfif:r, 
 
 Defe'asiblf. aJJ. [from dtf,nre, Fr. to 
 
 make void.] That may be annulled or 
 
 abrogated. 
 
 ^ He came to the crt:wn tiy a djrufiblc title, fo 
 
 was never well fet.I d. Dti-tr'es. 
 
 DEFE'AT. n.f. [from deftnre, French.] 
 
 I. The overthrow of an army. 
 
 End Marlb'iou^ti's work, and finiih the d'fenf. 
 
 ^Jddifo,,. 
 %. Ai3 of deftruftion ; deprivation. 
 A king, upon whofe Tfe 
 A flam'd dtfcttt was made. Sfi'-^fpcjrr. 
 
 To Defe'at. t. a. [from the noun.] 
 .1. To overthrow ; to nndo^ 
 
 Peffai thy favour with ufurped beard. Shal[. 
 
 Ye gods, yc, make the weak molt ftrong; 
 
 Therein, yC gods, yc tyrants do di-fcal. Shakfp. 
 
 They invaded Ireland, and were defeated by 
 
 the lord Moin^tjoy. Bacon. 
 
 2. To frullrate. 
 
 To his accufations 
 He pleaded flill not guilty, and alleg'd 
 ivl.niy iharp rcafons to defeat the law. S/iulf'. 
 
 9 
 
 D E F 
 
 Death, 
 Tken due by lentcncc when thou didfl tranfgrefb, 
 Dtfeattii of hi$ feizure, many days, 
 Giv'n thee of gr;ice. Mihon. 
 
 Difcovci'd, and defeated of your prey. 
 You (kulk'd. Vryd.yt. 
 
 He fiTids htmfclf naturally to dread a fupeiiyr 
 Being, tliat can d--fi:t2t all hii dcfigns, and difap- 
 point all hi.s hopes. TiHotfon. 
 
 3. To abolifh ; lo undo ; to chanj^e. 
 Defe'ature. n.f. [from c/^ and y^.//«;-f.] 
 Change of feature ; alteration of coun- 
 tenance. Not in ufe. 
 
 Grief hath chang'd me, 
 And c^iicfu! hours, with time's dcfuvmcd hand, 
 Hjth wii'tcn Itiange dif-ntures in mv face. Shuk. 
 To DE'FKCATE. -v. a, [^efeco, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To purge liquors from lees or fouinel's; 
 to purify ; to cleanfe. 
 
 I pratfVifed a w.iy to dfccate the dark and 
 muddy oil uf amber. Boyle. 
 
 The blo^d is not fufficicntly difantcd ox cla- 
 rified, but remains muddy. Harvey. 
 
 Piovide a brazen tube 
 Inflcxt; ftlf-laught and voluntary flies 
 The ti-fc-cated liquor, through the vent 
 Afcending ; then, by downward tra*^: conveyed, 
 Spottts into fubjedt vctTcls lovely clear. PhiUpi. 
 
 2. To purify from any extraneous or 
 noxious mixture; to clear; to brighten, 
 
 Wc d-fcafe the notion from materiality, and 
 
 abi^rail quantity, place, and all kind of corporeity 
 
 from it. GliuivUle. 
 
 De'fec.\tk. a^j, [from the verb.] 
 
 Purged from lees or foulnefs. 
 
 We are pii/.zled with contradi^ions, wliich 
 
 are no abfurolities to defecate faculties. Glnrrvilh\ 
 
 This liquor was very defecate, and of a picafing 
 
 golden colour. Scy/e. 
 
 Defecation, n. f. [^efteca/io, Latin.] 
 Purification ; the adl of clearing or 
 purifying. 
 
 The fplccn and liver are obih'U(^cd in their of- 
 fices of defecation, whence vicious and drcggilh 
 blood. Hariffy, 
 
 DEFE'CT. «./. [ikfeclus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Want ; abfence of fomething necef- 
 fary ; infufficiency ; the fault oppoftd 
 to fuperfluitv. 
 
 Errors have been corrected, and dfcBi fup- 
 plied. DiTt'ie:. 
 
 Had this ftran^c energy been lefs, 
 Defetl had been as fatal as exccfs. Llackn^oie. 
 
 2. Fsiling; imperfeilion. 
 
 Oft 'lis feen 
 Our mran fecurcs u-:, and our inere defeat 
 Prove our commodities. Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. A fault ; mi (lake ; errour. 
 
 We had rather follow the perftv^ions of tiiem 
 wliom we like not, than in defec}^ rci'cmble them 
 whom wc love. Uooier. 
 
 Yon praife vourfelf. 
 By laying defefls of judgment to me. S^:,ik. 
 
 Trutniot yourf'elf ; bur, your dcfefi to know. 
 Make ufe of ev'ry friend— and ev'iy foe, P'^pt. 
 
 4. Any natural imperfttTlion ; a blemifh ; 
 a failure, without direct iin plication of 
 any thing too little. 
 
 Men, through fome defecl in the organs, want 
 w;ad;, yet fail not to exprefs their univcifal 
 ideas by Hgns. Loc>.e. 
 
 To Defe'ct ^'. n. [from the noun.] To 
 be deficient ; to fall (hort of; to fail. 
 Obfoltte. 
 
 Some loft tl'.emlelvcs in attempts above hu- 
 manity ; yet the enquiries of moft lifeSed by the 
 way, and tired witliin the fober citcumfeience of 
 kriowler'ge. Broiuni f'J^ar F.iroi/r^. 
 
 DErF.CTtBi'LiTY. ti. f. [from dt:fv£ltble.'\ 
 The flate of failing; deficiency; im- 
 perfection. 
 
 D E F 
 
 > The pcrfc-clion and fufficic-ncy of Sciiptufe has 
 been (hewn, as alfo the dtfeBibility of that par- 
 ticular tradition. Lord Di^f-y to Sir Ken. Digly, 
 The corruption of Things corruptible depends 
 upon tl.e intrinfical d-firtihiHiy of the connexion - 
 or unioii of the parts ot things corporeal. 
 
 Hnk'i Origiji of Mankind. 
 Defe'ctible. adj. [from defea.'\ Im- 
 perfcft ; deficient ; wanting. 
 
 The extraordinary perfons, thus higldy favour- 
 ed, were for a great part of their lives in a de- 
 f:<-l!hle condition. Hatei 
 
 Defection, n.f. [dtfc-clio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Want ; failure. 
 
 2. A falling away ; apodacy. 
 
 This dtfr^io't and tailing awav from God was 
 firlt found in angels, .and afterwards in men. 
 
 Raltigh. 
 
 If we fall away after tafling of the good word 
 
 of God, how criminal mull fui;(» a defection be ! 
 
 ( J *j . ^^tterhury. 
 
 There is more e\ il .>wrn'g to ovr"original </<■- 
 
 JcHion from God, and the fooliffc aud evil dlf- 
 
 pofitions that are found in fallen man. IVatti. 
 
 3. An abandoning of a king, or ftate ; 
 revolt. 
 
 He was diverted End drawn from hence by 
 the general dtfe^ion of the whole realm. X>r.vics. 
 
 Neither can lliis t)e meant of evil governours 
 or tyrants, but of fome perverfenefs and defe£iion 
 in the very nation itfelf. Bacon. 
 
 Df.fe'ctive. adj. [from defeBi-vus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Wanting the jiift quantity. 
 
 Nor will polilhcti amber, although it fend forth 
 a grofs and corporeal cxhalement, be found a lon^ 
 time dcfe^ivc upon the exatftciV fcales. Broicn. 
 
 2. Full of dtfeds ; imperfedl j not fuf- 
 ficient ; not adequate to the purpofe. 
 
 It fubjedts them to all ihe.difeafes depending 
 upon a drfeciive projeitiic motion of the (ilood. 
 
 -■?riur/mir. 
 
 It will very little help to cure my ignorance, 
 that this is the bcrt of foiu'orfi^e hypothefes 
 propofcd, which are all d-fi^ivc. Locke. 
 
 If it renders us pcrfcifl in one accompliflimcnt, 
 it generally leaves us defeClit'e in another. Jldd. 
 
 3. Faulty; vitious ; blainable. 
 
 Our tragedy writcis have been potoiioufly de.. 
 feSi'i'e in giving proper lenliments to the pcrfons 
 they introduce. Addifon. 
 
 Defective or deficient Nouns, [in gram- 
 mar.] Indeclinable nouns, or fuch as 
 want a number, or fome particular 
 cafe. 
 Defective Verb, [in grammar.] A 
 
 verb which wants fome of its tenfes. 
 Defe'ctiveness. n. f. [from defe8ive.'\ 
 VVant ; the Hate of being imperfeiS ; 
 faultintfs. 
 
 The lownffs often opens the building in 
 breadth, or tiie defiBii-cn'fs of fome other parti- 
 cular makes any liiiglc part appear in peifeflion. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 DEFENCE, n.f i'lefeiifo, Lat.] 
 
 1. Guard ; protection ; fecurity. 
 
 Rehoboam dwelt in Jciufalem, and built cities 
 for d'fe-.ce in Judah. 2 ClironiclcM. 
 
 The Lord is your proteiffion and ftrong ftay, a 
 defence from heat, and a cover from tlx fun. 
 
 EcJei. 
 
 Be thou my ftrong rock for an houfc of de- 
 fence to fave mc. Pfdms. 
 
 Againli all this thei*c feerns to be no defemcCf 
 but that of fupporting one cllabiilhed form of 
 duiftrinc and dii'eipline. Sivift. 
 
 2. Vindication ; jufiification ; apology. 
 
 Alexander beckttncd with his hand, and wouUI 
 have made his d fence unto the people. jifts. 
 
 The youthfld prinrc 
 With fcorn rej liedj and made this bold drfenct. 
 
 £>rydtn.
 
 D E F 
 
 3. Proliibition : this is a fciifi. mcidy 
 
 Severe rhfruces m:iy lie nindc ngaiufl wearing 
 any linen under a ccrt.iin brc.idtli. Tc»ip:f. 
 
 4.. Refinance. 
 
 5. [Inlaw.] The defendant's reply after 
 declaration produced, 
 
 6. [In fortification.] The part that 
 flanks another work. 
 
 To DrFF.'NCE. V. a. {^defenfu!, I. at.] 
 To defend by foitification. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 Tiic city itfelf he flrongly fortifies, 
 Three fidci by fix it well dfj;need\\A%. riti'f^tv. 
 
 Dkfk'ncelkss. ailj. [troin dc-fenc:.] 
 
 1. Naked; unarmed; unguarded; not 
 provided with defence ; unprepared. 
 
 Captain 01 cu!oncl, or knigiu in anus, 
 Wiiole clinncc on thcfc dtji nrthfi doors may fti/.e, 
 Gu.ird them, and him within protect fiom liarnis. 
 
 MiHr,:. 
 My filler is not fo Jfftnrtlefs left 
 As you imagine: (he ii.T.- a hidden ftrength 
 Which you remember not. MiUon. 
 
 Ah me ! that fear 
 Comes thund'ring back with dreadful revolution 
 On my MfeTrcehp head. MUtofi. 
 
 On a llavc difarm'd, 
 DcfcticeUfiy and fubmiltcd to mv ra^e, 
 A bafe revenge is vengeance on niyleU*. J'^^y-lm. 
 
 2. Impotent ; unable to make refiflance. 
 
 Will fuch a niuliitude of men employ 
 Their ftrength againft a weak ilefcncetefs hoy ■ 
 
 Mriif-.n. 
 
 To DEFE'ND. i\ a. [Jefaulo, Latin ; 
 Aef^nJre, French.] 
 
 1. To ftand in defence of; to proteiS ; to 
 fupport. 
 
 There arofe, to defcni Ifrael, Tola the fon of 
 Puah. 7'"'i'f>. 
 
 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God : 
 defend me from them that rife up againft me. 
 
 P/.<.'',7,I. 
 
 Hcav'n defend your fouls, rimt you think 
 I will your ferious and great bulincfi fcant. .S"^-:^. 
 
 2. To vindicate; to uphold; to aflfeit ; 
 to maintain. 
 
 The queen on the throne, by God's alTidancc, 
 is able tro defend herlelf againrt all her maicfty's 
 enemies and allies put together. Sivift. 
 
 3. To fortify ; to fccure. 
 
 And here th' acccfi a gloomy grove defends, 
 
 And here th* unnavigable lake extends. Diydtn. 
 
 A village near it was dcjen.kd by the river. 
 
 Clart-Jiihit. 
 
 4. To prohibit ; to forbid, [^ilefeiutre, 
 French.] 
 
 Wi^ere can you fay, in any manner, age, 
 That ever God defended marriage ? Umucer, 
 
 O fons I like one of us man is become. 
 To know both good and evil, fince his tade 
 Of that defended fruit. M-hon. 
 
 The ufe of wine is little praftifcd, and in fo.-ne 
 places defended by culloms or laws. Temple. 
 
 5. To maintain a place, or caufe, againll 
 .tliofe that attack it. 
 
 Let me be forenioil to defend tlie throne, 
 And guard my father's glories and my own. 
 
 F'^pe. 
 So have I feen two rival wits contend, 
 One briikly charge, one gravely wife defend. 
 
 Smith. 
 Defe'ndable. ailj. [from JefenJ.] That 
 
 may be defended. 
 Defendant, adj. [from ^/f/fwr/o, Lat.] 
 Defenfive ; fit for defence. 
 
 Line and new repair our towi\s of war 
 With men of courage, and with means defend.mt. 
 
 Shttkf^eate. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 D E I' 
 
 DkfeVdant. n. f. [from the adjeflive.] 
 
 1. He that defends againft affailantn. 
 
 Tliufc high towers, out of which the Romans 
 might more conveniently fight with the ,/<'/f«7/»i/j 
 on the wall, thole alfo were broken by Archi- 
 medes' engines. U'ilkim' Miuh. M'^- 
 
 2. [In law.] The pcrfon accufed or fued. 
 This is the day appointed for the combat, 
 
 And readv .ire tli' appellant and defcnd>tnt. Slutk. 
 Plaintiff dog, and hcdr defendant. Hudibrni. 
 
 Dffe'nder. «./. [from d'lyr-nr/.] 
 
 1. One that defends ; a champion. 
 
 Banirt) your defenders, till at length 
 Your iunorartce deliver you, 
 \s moll abated captives, to fome nation 
 'I'hat won you without blows. Shijifpeeire. 
 
 Do'll thou not mourn our pow'r cmploy'd in 
 vain. 
 And the defenders of our city flain ? Drydcn, 
 
 2. Anaffertor; a vindicator. 
 
 Undoubtedly there is no way fo cfTct^ual to 
 betray the tiutli, as to procure it a weak defender. 
 
 S^ulh. 
 
 3. [Tn law.] An advocate; one that de- 
 fends, another In a court of juftice. 
 
 Defe'nsati VE. n. f. \itoTCi defence. '\ 
 
 1. Guard ; defence. 
 
 A verj- tnifafe defenfativc it is againft the fury 
 of the lion, and furcly no better than virginity, 
 or lilood royal, which Pliny doth place in cock- 
 broth. Biaujtt^s Vulgar F.rtcurs. 
 
 If the biihop has no ether defenfttrjes but ex- 
 communication, no other power but that of the 
 kcy^, he may furrcndcr up his paftoral ilaff. 
 
 S>!<tll. 
 
 2. [In furgery.] A bandage, plafter, or 
 the like, ufed to fecure a wound from 
 outvrard violence. 
 
 Defe'nsible. adj. [horn defence.] 
 
 1. That may be defended. 
 
 A field, 
 Which nothing but the found of Hotfpur's name 
 Did fccni to make defenfible. Shidfpenre. 
 
 Tliey mull make themfelvcs defenfitU both 
 againll the natives and againft lirangcrs. Baeon, 
 
 Having often hcaid Venice rcprefented as one 
 of the moft defenfible cities in the world, I in- 
 formed myfelf in what its ftrength confiHs. 
 
 .r^ddif'^fl. 
 
 2. Juftifiable ; right ; capable of vindica- 
 tion. 
 
 I conceive it very defenfible to difarm an ad- 
 verfary, and difabie him from doing mifchicf. 
 
 C'd/ier. 
 
 Defe'n.'Ive. aelj. [deferi/if, T tench ; horn 
 chfenilens., Latin.] 
 
 1 . That ferves to defend ; proper for 
 defence ; not offenfive. 
 
 He would not be perfuadcd Ijy danger to offer 
 any oft'ence, but only to iland upon the belt ./■-- 
 fenfve guard he could. Sidney. 
 
 My iniprcparedncfs for war reftifies for me that 
 I am fet on the defenfive part. A7«g Charles. 
 
 Defenjiire arms lay by, as.ufelefs here, 
 Wiiere maffy balls the neighbouring locks do 
 tear. lyatler, 
 
 2. In a ftate or pofture of defence. 
 
 What llood, rccoit'd, 
 Defcnfme fcaice, or with pale fear furpris'd, 
 Fled ignominious. Milton. 
 
 Defe'nsive. 71./. [from the adje(5\ive.] 
 
 1. Safeguard. 
 
 Wars preventive, upon iuft fears, are true ..'.•- 
 fenftvesy as well as on a£lual invafions. Uaec^n. 
 
 2. State of defence. 
 
 Hi> niajelly, ttot at all difmayed, refolved to 
 ftand upon the (/fyt''///:v" only, r C/.irend-'rj, 
 
 Defe'nsively. flA'. [from defen/ive.] 
 In a defenfive manner. 
 
 D E F 
 
 Defe'nst. fart, peilf. [from defence.] 
 Defended. Obfolelc. 
 Stout men of arms, and with their guide of 
 power, 
 Like Troy's old town df/enj! with Ilion's tower, 
 
 Faii/tix, 
 
 To DEFE'R. f. V. [from diff'ero, Lat.] 
 
 1. To put ofl"; to delay to -aQ.. 
 
 He «'il) not long drfer 
 To vindicate the glory of his name 
 Againft all competition, nor will long 
 Endure it. Millott. 
 
 Inure thyfelf betimes to the love and praifticc 
 of good deeds ; for the I'jliger thou dtferreji to be 
 .icquaintcd with them, the Icfs every day tliou 
 wilt find ihylelf difpofed to tliein. ^Itterbury. 
 
 2 . To pay deference or regard to another's 
 oj)inion. 
 
 To Defe'r. ti. a. 
 
 I. To withhold ; to delay. 
 
 Defer the promis'd boon, the goddcfs cries. 
 
 Vofe. 
 Neither is this a matter to be ./r/>rrirrf till a 
 more convenient time of peace and Icifure. 
 
 S-wift. 
 i. To refer to; to leave to another'ajudg- 
 ment and determination. 
 
 The commiflioners deferred the matliir unto the 
 earl of Northumberland, who was the principal 
 man of authority in thofe parts. Baeon, 
 
 De'i'Erence. n. f. [deference, Fr.] 
 
 1. Regard ; refped. 
 
 Virgil could have excelled Varius in tragedy, 
 and Horace in lyric poetry, but out of deference 
 to ills friends he attempted neither, X>ryden, 
 
 He may be convinced that he is in an error, 
 by ui>lcrving thofe perfuns, for wiiofe wifdum 
 and goodncfs he has the greateft dtfirenee, to be 
 of a contrary fcntiraent. Sie-fu 
 
 2. Complaifance ; condefcenfion. 
 
 A natural roughnefs makes a man uncom* 
 plaifant to others ; lo that he has no deference for 
 their inclinations, tempers, or conditions. Ltieke, 
 
 3. Submlffion. 
 
 Moll of our fellow-fuhjerts are guided either 
 by tlie prejudice of education, or by a deference 
 to the judgment of thofe who, perhaps, in their 
 own hearts, difapprove the opinions whicli they 
 indtiftrioufly fpread among the multitude. - 
 
 Aeldif^n, . 
 
 De'FerenT. adj. [from deferent, ol defero, 
 ■ Lat.] That carries up and down. 
 
 The figures of pipes or concaves, through 
 whicti founds pafs, ur of other bodies defeient, 
 conduce to the variety aitd alteration of the 
 found. Jlaeon. 
 
 Deferent, n. f. [from the adje£live. j 
 That which carries ; that whicli con- 
 veys. 
 
 It IS certain, however, it erodes the received 
 opinion, tiiat fuiurds may be created -withouc 
 air, though air be (Ije moll favourable deferent of 
 founds, ' _ huan. 
 
 DE'pERENts. n. f. [In furgery,] Certain 
 veffels in the human body, appointed 
 for the conveyance of humours from 
 one place to another. Chamhers, 
 
 DEFI'ANCE, n. f [from drjjl, Fr,] 
 
 1. A challenge ; an invitation to fight. 
 
 The fieiyTybalr, witli his fword prepar'rl. 
 Which, as he brcath'd defiance to my ears, .v 
 He fwung about his head;;'* 1 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Nor is it iuft to bring 
 A war, without a jull defiance made, X>rydcn. 
 
 2. A challenge to make any impeachment 
 good. 
 
 3. Expaffion of abhorrence or contempt. 
 
 3 O,
 
 D E F 
 
 The Nov3tian heicfj' was very apt to attrsS 
 well-meaning fouls, who, feeing it bade fuch 
 txpixfs dtftar.ce to apoftacy, could not fufpeft 
 that it was itfelf any defection from the faith. 
 
 Decay of Piety. 
 
 Nobody will fo openly bid defiance to common 
 fenfc, as to affirm vifible and diica contradic- 
 tions. ' '-"'''■ 
 
 DEFICIENCE. \ n. f. [from def.cio, 
 DEFI'CIENCY. J Latin.] 
 
 1. Want; fomethinglefs tlianisneceffary. 
 
 What is to be confidercd in this cafe, is chiefly, 
 if there be a fufficient fulncfs or deficiency of 
 Hood, for different methods are to be taken. 
 
 .^rbiithnot on Viet, 
 
 There is no burden laid upon our polterity, 
 nor any deficiency to be hereafter made up by 
 ourfelves, which has been our cafe in fo many 
 other fubfidies. _ _ Addijcn. 
 
 2. Defect ; failing ; irtiperfeflion. 
 
 Scaliger, finding a defect in thercafon of Ari- 
 ftotle, introdnceth one of no lefs dif.ciency him- 
 JtJf_ ' Sroivn's Vulgnr Erroms. 
 
 Thou in thyfelf art perfefl, and in thee 
 Is no deficienee found. Milton. 
 
 We find, in our own natures, too great evi- 
 dence of intellcaua! deficienee, and dcplorabic 
 confeflions of human ignorance. GUnv:/.e. 
 
 What great deficienee is it, if we come Ihort of 
 ethers > ^t^"'- 
 
 ■ The charafters of corriedy and tragedy are 
 never to be made pcrfeft, but always to be 
 drawn with fome fpecVs of frailty and deficienee, 
 fuch as they have been defcribed to us in hiftory. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Pefi'cient. adj. {defickns, from de^fiao, 
 Lat.] Failing; wanting; defective; 
 imperfect. 
 
 O woman ! heft of all things, as the will 
 Of God ordain'd them : his creating hand 
 Jlothing impctfe£l or deficient left. Millon. 
 
 Figures ate cither fimple or mixed : the fimple 
 lie cither circular or angular ; and of circular, 
 •itiicr complete, as circles, or d.fiLier:t,Siov^ls. 
 
 fVotlon. 
 
 Neither Virgil nor Horncr_wcre d^cient in 
 any of the former beauties. - Vrjdcn. 
 
 Several thoughts of the mindyfor which we- 
 liave either none, or very leficiinp names, arc 
 diligently to be ftudied. "'^'1 ' ^Licke. 
 
 Deficient Numbers [in aritlimetick] are 
 thofe numbers, whofe parts, added to- 
 gether, make lefs than the integer, whofe 
 partsthey are.- ■ - i' . ... .■./■,.,:■ \' 
 
 Defi'er. «. /. [from deffi,. Fr.] A clial- 
 lenger;. a contemner ;. one that <lares 
 and defies. /','■ ' ■•-•';■••■:'■"•• i ■ '' 
 Is it not rhert high tirne'that the" faVs 'fhoUlfl 
 provide, by the mofl prudent and cffefruai 
 means, to curb thofe bold and infolent defiers of' 
 Heaven ? 'fiiiitjon. 
 
 To DEFI'LE. v.a. [apian, Saxon; from 
 fid, foul.] .^ ■,.'.. ■ 
 
 \. To make foul <>r impure ; to make 
 nafty or filthy ; to' dirty; '- •" ■ 
 
 There is a thing, H.irry, known to many in 
 «ui- land by the nap^e^if pitch ; this pilch, as 
 ancient writers do rcpoU, dulh defile., Shakfp. 
 He is'juflly reckoned .among' the greateft 
 prelates of this age, however his char.ifler may 
 be </?/?/?</ by mean and ditty hands. ■ ■Svjifj. 
 
 2. Td; pollute? to- riiabs legally ^rlriitaajfy 
 
 impMre.. " '- i>. ...; ; ■ ■ i -is /. . 
 
 That which diethof it&lf,)le>fliall>no« ejir, to 
 
 <;,A/<r,Bimfolf.tb«itwiaiii ' ' ; i • , i^- 
 
 .' «cf^therI:j)lall he (/jPelhiiitteirf foe his,fAU}eni 
 
 j ;? ■ ■ 1-1 ; i ■ : Lev. 
 ?i. To corrtipt chaftity ; to violiite. 
 Ev'cyobjca hisbfftitci rtsTil-^j^i 
 Thchuftand lijiirdci'd, and the wife defii'd.,- 
 '. ) .j.ijiiodd:: 1; ■ -^"f-. 
 
 D E F 
 
 4. To taint ; to corrupt ; to vitiate ; to 
 make guilty. 
 
 Foigetfulnefs of good turns, defiling of fouls, 
 adultery, and thamclefs uncleannjs. Kyd. 
 
 God requires rather that we fhould die, than 
 defile ourfelves with impieties. Stiliingfitet. 
 
 Let not any inftancesof dndefdeyoux requefts. 
 
 H'lke. 
 
 To Defi'le. v. ti. [dcffikrjYt.l To marchj 
 
 to go off file by file. 
 Defi'le. «. /. yeffile, Fr. from fi!c, a 
 line of foldiers, which is derived from 
 f-limt, a thread. ] A nan-ow pafiage ; a 
 long narrow pafs ; a lane. 
 
 There is in Oxford a narrow defile, to uft 
 the military term, \vl'ere the partilans ufad to 
 encounter. Addifon. 
 
 Defi'lement. n. f. [from defile.} The 
 ftate of being defiled ; the z£t of defil- 
 ing ; naftinefs ; pollution ; corruption ; 
 dcfedation, 
 
 Luft, 
 By unchafte looks, lojfe geftures, .and foul talk. 
 Lets ill defilement to the inward parts. Milton. 
 The uncharte are provoked to fee their vice 
 expoTetl, and the chafte cannot rake into fuch 
 filth without d.iiiger of defiiement. SjieHiitor, 
 
 Defi'ler. n.y. [from drfi/e.] One that 
 defiles ; a corrupter ; a violater. 
 
 At the lart tremendous day, I fhall hold forth 
 in my arms my much wronged child, and call 
 aloutl.for vengeance on her defiler, Addifijn. 
 
 Defi'nable. adj. [from define.'] 
 
 1. That may be defined ; capable of defi- 
 nition. 
 
 The Supreme Nature we cannot othcrwife 
 define, than by faying it is infinite ; as if infinite 
 were defin'ahh, or infinity a fubjeift for our niir- 
 rtnv underftandmg. J)tyden: 
 
 2. That may be afcertalned. 
 
 ■ Concerning :hc time of the end of the world, 
 ^ the queftion.is, whether-that timci be dcfina'bU 
 I or no. . Burnet' i Iheoey. 
 
 ?o DEFFNE. 1). a, \_dcfir.to, Lat. defner, 
 French.] 
 
 1, To give the definition; to explain a 
 thing by irs quaiities aiid circumftances. 
 
 Whofe lofs can'ft thou mean, 
 That dijft.fo well their, miferies define? Sidney. 
 Thol!|li defining be tliflu^it the proper way ro 
 make knowa the proper fignification, yet there 
 are -fomj wor(ls -that, will not be defined. 
 
 2. To circumfcribe ; to mark the limit; 
 to bound. 
 
 . When the rings appeared only bl.ick and 
 
 ■ white, they \i-ere very dirtinff and well defined, 
 and the blacknefs ftcmed as intenfe as that of 
 th;- central fpot. Neiuton. 
 
 To Define. '•'■ "• To determine ; to de- 
 ' clde ; to decree. 
 
 The unjuft judge is the capitnl remover of 
 
 I l.indriiarks, when herft;/f»c//i amifs of lands ami 
 
 properties. . Bacon. 
 
 Defi'n'er. n. f. [from define.} One that 
 i explains; one -that defcribcs'athing by 
 ! lits qiialitieSj. , j^. ^^' ' ', . , 
 
 Your God, forfonth, 'is found 
 
 Tnromprehenfible and infinite; . 
 Bu: isli'? therefore found?' VaiiifciircHcr ! no: 
 I^« your iHi'pe^fca'clefinition Blow;' ■ ' ' > ' 
 ' That nothing you, the we^k; •</^/'",i ki)OW.i . 
 
 ..r .■),:■ . .I.lj ,•• . ' ■ A"''- 
 
 DE'FINITE. a(//l [from definiwt^Lat^Jl 
 i. Certain; Intiited ; bounded. '' '' '' 
 
 D E F 
 
 Hither to your arbour divers times he repaired, 
 and here, by your means, had the fight of the 
 goddefi, who in a definite compafs can fet forth 
 infinite beauty. Sidney. 
 
 2. Exadl ; precife. 
 
 Idiots, in this ctfe of favour, would 
 Be wifely definite. Siaifpeeire. 
 
 In a charge of adulterj', the accufer ought to 
 fit forth, in the accufatory libel, or inquifition, 
 which fiicceeds in the place of accufation, fome 
 certain tind definite time. Ayliff'e's I'nrergon. 
 
 De'finite. n. f. [from the adjedlive.] 
 Thing explained or defined. 
 
 Special baftardy is nothing elfe but the defi- 
 nition of the general ; and the general, again, 
 is nothing clfc but a definite of the fpecial. 
 
 De'finiteness. n. f. [from definite.] 
 Certainty ; limitednefs. UiS. 
 
 Defi:mi'tion. n. f. [definltio, Lat. def- 
 nllion, French.] 
 
 1. A Ihort dcfcription of a thing by its 
 properties. 
 
 I drew my definition of poetical wit from my 
 particular confideration of him; for propriety of 
 thoughts and words is only to be found in himt^ 
 
 X>eyJc>i. 
 
 2. Dccifion ; determination. 
 
 3. [In logick.] The explication of the 
 effence of a thing by its kind and dif- 
 ference. 
 
 What is man.' Not a reafonable animal merely ; 
 for that is not an adequate and diliinguilliing 
 elefinition. "^ Bentley, 
 
 Defi'nitive. .«(//'/ Idefiniti-viis, Lst.] De- 
 terminate ; pofifive ; cxprcfs. 
 
 Other authors write often dubioiiny., even in 
 matters wherein is expefled a ftrict and defi.niti'ne 
 truth. Brown'j Fnl^ar Errours. 
 
 I make hafte to the calling and comparting.of 
 the whole work, it being indeed tl-.e very defir.i' 
 , tive fura. of this art, to_ diflribute ufefuUy and 
 gracefully a' well cl\dfcn plot. ' Jfotton. 
 
 Defi'.sitively. .adv. .\^\:om definitive^'] 
 Pofitively : dccifively ; exprefly.. 
 
 Definitii'ely thus I anfwcr you : 
 Your loye.deforvcs my thanks ; but my,4cferr, .,■ 
 Unmeritabic, fliuns your high rcqueft. Shaifpi. 
 
 Bellarmine faith,_bccaufi;'wc. think, that jth« , 
 body of Chrift niay'be in' many places at once, '■ 
 IcCilly and vifibly ; therel'ore we 'fay and .hold, 
 that the fame body may be circumfcriptivcly,a'nd 
 definitively in more places at once. - ijall. 
 
 That Metheufi-lah was the longcft lived of all 
 the children of Adam, we iiccd nutgran^Tnov ■■. 
 is it definitively fet down by Mofes. Bnitin. 
 
 Defi'nitiveness. 11. f. [from difitiitife.'] 
 Decifivenefs. , D'i^. 
 
 (Deflag 'bi'lity. ,b. yl [ixom dejlagro, 
 Lat.] Combuftibility ; the quality of 
 taking fire, andljurning totally away. 
 
 \ We have fpent more time than the opinion of 
 the xeiiy defiitgreilnlrtf, ifif^may fo'fpeak, of . 
 falt-petre did permit us. to imagine, v Boyla 
 
 Def.l.Vgr A,BLE. ai{l. [from , defiagro, 
 ' Lat.] Having the quality of wafting 
 
 away wholly in fire, without any re- 
 
 nrains. : • '■ < ^ '•■ • 
 
 Our chymical oIls,_fuj^ofing that they were.. . 
 
 Iexii^ly pure; yet- flirfy. would be, as the beft 
 fpirit of wine is, but the more rr.daramable and 
 defla^.ihle. ■ ^ . Boyte^^ 
 
 IDefi. ACK a'tion. r..f. [defiiigrallo, hiti"] 
 I A term frequently made trie of in chy- 
 j mi-llry, for ftttmg fire to feveral things
 
 D E F 
 
 in tlieir preparation ; as in making 
 ^thiops with iire, with fal prunella;, 
 snd many others. ^ilncy. 
 
 The true iT.ifon wliy p.ijicr is not buiind by 
 the flame that plays about it, fcvms to be, that 
 tiic aqueous part of the fpirit of wine, being im- 
 bibed by the paper, keeps it I'o muilt, that the 
 riamc ot the fulphuicous parts of the fame fpirit 
 cannot failcn on it; and therefore, when the 
 <!j!'iir-.thn is over, you fli.iU always lind the 
 l)aper nioilJ. h'tiyle. 
 
 7o DEFLE'CT. i'. «. [Jfjtdo, Lat.] 
 To turn alide ; to deviate from a true 
 conrfe or right h'ne. 
 
 At I'omc parts of the Azores the needle dyfirB- 
 eth not, but lieth in the ti-uc meridian : on the 
 other lific of the Azores, and this lid; of the 
 equator, tlje north point of the needle wheclelh 
 to the wclf. i)''^iu';'t J'^i^.'gat Krrouri. 
 
 For, did not fome from a llraiglit couik deJItS} , 
 They could not meet, they could no world crcdt. 
 
 Defi.e'ction. n.f. [from defeBo, Lat.] 
 
 1. Deviation; the acl of turning alile. 
 
 Needles incline to the fouth on the other fide 
 of the eijuator; and at the vciy line, or middle 
 circle. Hand without drfie^iot. ^roiu/i. 
 
 2. A turning f.fide, or out of the way. 
 
 3. [In navigation.] The departure ol" a 
 fhip from its true courfe. 
 
 Defle'xure. n.f. [ixom defleclo, Lat.] 
 A bending down ; a turning afide, or 
 out of the way. DiH. 
 
 Deflora'tion. n.f. [efe^oralion, French; 
 from dtf.craSus, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of deflourin<r ; the taking 
 away of a woman's virginity. 
 
 2. A feledion of that which is moil v.t- 
 luable. 
 
 The laws of Normandy arc, in a.greatmea- 
 fure, the dcforation of the Englilh Uws, and a 
 tranfcript,of them. H.i!e. 
 
 roDEFLO'UR. ■». a. [deflorer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To.Vaviih; to take away a wonaan's 
 virginity. 
 
 As is tiie lull of an eunuch to dcjlour a virgin, 
 fo is he that executeth judgment with violence. 
 
 Ecclus. 
 Now will I hence to feekmy lovely moor, 
 And let my fpleenful Ions this trull d-.fmr. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. To take away the beauty and grace of 
 any thing. 
 
 How on a fuddcn loll, 
 Defac'd, dtJUur^d^ and now to death devote \ 
 
 MUttn. 
 
 If he died y»ung, he died innocent, and before 
 
 the fweetncfsof his foul was f/ty?o//rr</and ravilhed 
 
 from him by the flames and follies of a fr^ward 
 
 age. Tayht. 
 
 Deflo'urer. n.f. [from deflour.'] A 
 
 ravifher; one that takes away virginity. 
 
 I have often wondered, that thole defourcfi of 
 
 ' innocence, though dead to all th« fcntiments of 
 virtue 3«d honour, are not rcllrained by himn- 
 riity. ylddifon. 
 
 Deflu'ous, ai^. [^defiuuSi Lat.] 
 
 1. That flows down. 
 
 2. That falls off. 
 
 Deflu'x. n. /. [defluKus, Lat.] Downward 
 flow. 
 
 Both bodies ate clammy, and bridle the dif.u.x 
 of humours, without penning them in too miicli. 
 
 n.in,,. 
 
 Deflv'xiok. n.f. {dcifluKW, Lat.] The 
 flow of humours downward. 
 Wc fee that taking cold movctli loofcnefs, bv 
 xonltaflio of the (kin and outward parts ; and 
 
 •1)3v P 
 
 fo tiath cold lilcQwife caurerhcumi snd./(,V«x/axi 
 from the head. Jiufin. 
 
 Df.'flv. adv. [from defu\ Dcxterouflyj 
 ikilfuUy. Obfolete. Properly d:J'lly. 
 
 L", iiow finely the graces can it foot 
 
 To the inltrument j 
 They dauncen dujiy, and fingcn foote, 
 
 In their mcrriiuent. Spenfrr. 
 
 Defoeda'tion. n.f. [from dtfcediis, 
 Lat.] The afl of making filthy ; pol- 
 lution. Thi$ is no Engliflv word ; at 
 leart, to make it Englifli, it lliould be 
 written dtfedallon. 
 
 What native nnextingujlh.<ble leauly miift be 
 impreircd and inliincfled through the »vhoIe, 
 which the dfiedafion of fo many paits by a b.ul 
 printer, and a worlc editor, could not hinder 
 froui Ihining forth ! Bcntlcy. 
 
 Deforcement, n. f. \\^\om force.'\ .\ 
 withholding of lands and tenements by 
 force from the right Oiviicr. 
 To DEFO IIM. i>. a. [deformo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To disligurc ; to make ugly; to fpoil 
 the fai m of any tiling. 
 
 I that am cuttail'd of all fair proportion, 
 Cheated of feature by diifembling nature, 
 DiJ'j'tri'd, unfinilh'U, fcnt before my time 
 Into this bicathing world, fcarec half made up. 
 
 ShakJ^curc. 
 Wintry blafts 
 Deform the year dclightlcfs. Thmfin. 
 
 2. To diflionour ; to make ungraceful. 
 
 Old men with dull d.jum'd their ho.iry hair. 
 
 Dijdcii. 
 
 Defo'rm. adj. \_deformis, Lat.] L^gly ; 
 disfigured; of an iiiegular form. 
 
 I did proclainr, 
 That whofo kiil'd thjt moniler moU dftfrm. 
 Should have mine only daughrcv to bis dame. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 So fpake the grieHy terror; and in (hape, 
 So Ipcaiving and lb rilrcalc^lng, grtw tenfold 
 Moie dreadful and dtfar>n. AliJtift. 
 
 Sight fo dij'j'f: what heart of rock could long 
 Dry-eyed behold } MiU'/n. 
 
 Deforma'tion. n.f, \dtformatio, Lat.] 
 A defacing ; a disfiguring. 
 
 Deto'iimi-D. p(!rl!cij>ial adj. Ugly; want- 
 ing natural beauty. 
 
 Defo'rmedly. ad-v. [from deform.'} In 
 an ugly manner. 
 
 Defo'rm EDNEss. n.f. [from deformed.] 
 Uglinefs ; a dilagreeable form. 
 
 Defo'rmity. II. f. [deformi/as, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Uglinefs ; illfavourednefs. 
 
 I, in this weak piping time of peace. 
 Have no delight to pals away the time, 
 Unlefs to fpy my (hadow in tie fun. 
 And defcant on mine own d-fwm:ty. Shatfp. 
 
 Proper dtfonmiy fceras not in the fiend 
 So horrid as in woman. Shakfpeaie. 
 
 Where fits dcfonnily to mock my body, 
 To (hape ray legs of an unequal iize, 
 To difproportion me in every part. SXakfp, 
 
 Why fbould not man, 
 Retaining ftill divine fimilicude 
 In part, from fuch deftrmitUi be free, 
 And, for his Maker's image fake, exempt ? 
 
 Milfn. 
 
 2. Ridiculoufncfs ; the quality of fome- 
 thing worthy to be laughed at, ov cen- 
 fiiicd. 
 
 In comedy there is fomewhat more of the 
 worfe likencfs to be taken, becaufe it is often to 
 pioduce laughter, which is occalioned by the 
 light of fome dtfrm'.ty, Drydcn^ 
 
 3. Irregularity; inoidinatencfs. 
 
 No glory is more to be envied tiian that of due 
 rcfu;niinj tithcr cliuich or Hate, wht^i dtjumiua 
 
 are fiidli, tl^t the pcrturbjtlan and nnvelty'iii* 
 not like to exceed the benefit of reforming. 
 
 Defo'rsor. n. f. [from fvcrui; Fr.] 
 One that ovcicomes and catU out by- 
 force. A law ttim. Bloun', 
 7o piiFRAUD.,1.. a. {difraiido, Lat.] 
 To rob or deprive by a wile or trick i; 
 to cheat ; to co/.en ; to deceive ; to be- 
 guile : with of before the thing taken 
 by fraud. 
 
 That 110 man go beyond and Arjraud his bro- 
 ther in liny matter, becaufe tli.it the Lord is li.e 
 .tvonger of all fuch, ns wc alfo have forewinied 
 yon and tciiified. Th'If.ihmUs. 
 
 My Im, drfr.iud not the poor»/"his hvinf;, dnd 
 make not ti.c needy eyes I > wait long. Ealui. 
 
 Churches fcem injured and defrauded of their 
 right, when places, not fanaified as they are, 
 prevent then* unnecefiarily in that pic-cmincnce 
 and honour. limkcr. 
 
 There they, who brothers better claim difown, 
 E\pcl their parent'!, and ufuip the throne ; 
 J)tfr„ud their clients, and, to lucre fold, 
 Sir brooding on unprofitable gold. Drydix. 
 
 But now he feii'd Brifeis' heav'niy charms. 
 And of my valour's prize defrauds my arms. 
 
 There is a portion of our lives which cvcry- 
 wife man may julily rcfervcfor his own p.irticu- 
 lar ufe, without dcfrnuding his native country. 
 
 D'yden, 
 
 Defraud.^'tion. n. / [dcfraiido, Lat.] 
 Privation by fraud. 
 
 Their impoftmes are worfe than any other, 
 
 deluding not only into pecuniary drfroudatmrt, 
 
 but the iricparable deceit of death. h'rnun. 
 
 Di;FR.\'ubEK. «. / litoxa defraud.^ A 
 
 deceiver; one that cheats. 
 
 The profligate in morals grow feverc, 
 Dcfrauden jult, and fycophants (incere. 
 
 Blaclm^re. 
 To DEFRA'Y. -v. a. [defrayer, Fr.] To 
 bear the charges of; to difchargc ex- 
 pences. 
 
 He would, out of his own revenue, dfray the 
 
 ch.argcs belonging to the facrifices. 2 M-ir. 
 
 It is eafy to by a cliaige upon any town ; but 
 
 to forefee how tnc fame m.iy be anfwered and dtf* 
 
 J>''yrd, is the chief part of good advilement. 
 
 Spenftr, 
 
 It is long fince any flranger arrived in this 
 
 part, and therefore take ye no care ; the liate 
 
 will dtfir.y you all the time you llay ; neither 
 
 Ihali you llay one day the lefs for that. Bacfin. 
 
 Defra'yer. n. f. [from defray.} One 
 
 that dilcharges expences. 
 Defra'yment. n.f. Ihom defray.'} The 
 
 payment of expences. 
 DEFT. adj. [h^yz, Sax.] Obfolete. ' 
 
 1 . Neat ; handfonne ; fpruce. 
 
 2. Proper; fitting. 
 
 You go not the way to .examine; you mud 
 
 call the watch that are their accufeis. 
 
 Yea, marry, that 's the drflcfi way. Shaiff. 
 
 3. Ready ; dexterous. 
 
 Loud fits of laughter fciz'd the gucft,'!, to. fet 
 The limping god fo Jf/> at his new mnnllry. 
 
 Di vdtft. 
 The wanton calf may (kip with many » 
 bound. 
 And my cur, Tray, play drftcfi feats around. 
 
 G..y. 
 
 De ftly. adv. [from defi.] Obfolete. 
 
 1. Neatly ; dcxteroufly. 
 
 Conic, high OT low, 
 Thyfelf and olfice dcft.y Ihow. Si.i.(f..Ma.-i:l/i. 
 
 2. In a flvilful manner. 
 
 Young Colin Clout, a lad of peerlefs meed. 
 Full Well could dance, and dfiy tune the leed. 
 
 Gliv,- 
 30.2
 
 D E G 
 
 DEFUNCT, adj. {lief, mans, Lat.] Dead ; 
 deceafed. 
 
 I tlierefore btg it nut 
 To pkafe the palate of my appetite ; 
 Nor to comply with heat, the young affefls, 
 In me defunB, and proper f;itisfaaion. Shakfp. 
 
 Here entity and quiddity, 
 The fouls of drfuna bodic, fly. Umfihra!. 
 
 Defu'nct. n. f. [from the adjeftive.] 
 One that is deceafed ; a dead man or 
 woman. 
 
 Nature doth abhor to make lii« couch 
 With the dijuna, or Ocep upon the dead. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 Id m.inv cafes, the fearchers are able to report 
 the opinioii of the phylician who was witW the 
 patient, ab they receive the fame from the friends 
 of the liefunit. Oraunl. 
 
 Defu'nction. n. /. [from defund.] 
 Death. 
 
 Nor did the French pofiefs the S;iliqiie land 
 Until four bundled one and twenty years 
 After defunaiui of king Pliaramond. SAaifp. 
 
 To DEFY'. V. a. [deffier, Fr. from de 
 fde deccdere, or fome hke phrafe, to fall 
 from allegiance to rebellion, contempt, 
 or iiifiilt.] 
 1. To call to combat ; to challenge. 
 I once again 
 J)ejy thee to the trial of mortal fight. ^ MlUon.^ 
 
 \Vliere fcek retreat, now innocence is fled ? 
 Safe in that guard, I durft even hell defy ; 
 Without it, tremble now when heav'n is nigh. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Agis, the Lvcian, ftepping forth with pride, 
 To fingle figlit'thc boldelt foe defei. Dryd,n. 
 1. To treat with contempt ; to (light. 
 As many fools that Hand in better lace, 
 Garmlh'd like him, that for a trickfy word 
 Defy the matter. Shakjpfare. 
 
 Defy', n. J. [from the verb.] A chal- 
 lenge ; an invitation to fight : this is 
 now hardly ufed. 
 
 At this the challenger, with fierce defy. 
 His trumpet founds; the challcng'd makes 
 
 reply : 
 With clangour rings the field, refounds the 
 vaulted iky. Dryden. 
 
 Defy'er. n. /. [from defy.'] A chal- 
 lenger ; one that invites to fight : mote 
 properly dejier. 
 
 God may revenge the affronts put upon them 
 by fuch impudent drfyrrs of both, as neither 
 believe a God, nor ought to be believed by man. 
 
 South 
 
 Dege'neracy. n. f. [from degenerotio, 
 Latin. ] 
 
 1 . A departure from the virtue of our an- 
 ceftors. 
 
 2. A defertion of that which is good. 
 
 'Tis true, we have contiaclcd a great deal of 
 weakncfs and irapoiency by our wilful dtgemracy 
 from goodnifs ; but that grace, which the gofpel 
 •ffcrs to us for our affiliance, is fufficient for us. 
 
 TdUif'.n. 
 
 The ruin of a ftatc is generally preceded by 
 an univerfal degeneracy of manners, and con- 
 tempt of religion, which is entirely our cafe at 
 prefent, Swift. 
 
 3. Meannefs. 
 
 There is a kind of niiggilh refignation, ns 
 
 well as poormrs and digfiitnicy of fpirit, in a 
 
 ftateof fln^rry. ^ddifon. 
 
 To DEGENERATE. •». n. [de^enerare, 
 
 Lnl. lUgenerer, Fr. degenerar. Span.] 
 
 1. To fall from the virtti'j of ancellars. 
 
 2. To fall from a more noble to a bafe 
 Hate. 
 
 VV hen wit tranfgrrtrnth decency, it dcgrnerates 
 into iulolente and implciy. Tnkifuf.. 
 
 D E G 
 
 3. To fall from its kind; to grow wild 
 or bafe. 
 
 Moft of thofe fruits that ufe to be giaftcd, if 
 they be fct of kernels or ftoiies, degcnciatr. 
 
 Dege'nerate. adj. [from the verb.] 
 8. Unlike his anceftors ; fallen from the 
 virtue and merit of his anceftors. 
 
 Thou art like enough 
 To fight againft me under Picrcy'spay; 
 To dog his heels, and curt'fy at his fiowns. 
 To fhow how much thou art dcgcnerat!. 
 
 Shuifpearc. 
 Yet thou haft greater catife to be 
 Alh.Tni'd of them, than they of thee ; 
 De^enertite from their ancient brood. 
 Since tirft the court allow'd them food. Sivft. 
 2. Unworthy; bafe; departing from its 
 kind or nature. 
 
 So all (hall turn di-gen'i.ite, all deprav'd; 
 Julficc and ternper.nnce, truth and faith, forgot! 
 One man except. Mi!le,n. 
 
 When a man fo far becomes degenerate as to 
 quit the principles of human natuit, and to be 
 a noxious creature, there is conimo ily an injury 
 done fome peifonor other. L''ke. 
 
 Dege'nerateness, n. J~. [from degene- 
 rate.] Degeneracy ; a being grown 
 wild, or out of kind. 
 Degenera'tion. n.f. [from degenerate.] 
 
 1. A deviation from the virtue of one's 
 anceftors. 
 
 2. A falling from a mere excellent ftate 
 to one of lefs worth. 
 
 3. The thing changed from its primitive 
 ftate. 
 
 In plants, thefe tranfplantations .ire obvious ; 
 as that of bailey into oats, of wheat into darncU ; 
 and thofe grains which generally arifc among 
 corn, as cockle, aracus, oegilops, and other dege- 
 nerations. Brown's Vulgar Errours. 
 Dege'nerous. adj. [from degeiier, 'LzX..] 
 
 1. Degenerated; fallen from the virtue 
 and merit of anceftors. 
 
 2. Vile; bafe; infamous; unworthy. 
 
 Let not the tumultuary violence of fome men's 
 immoderate demands ever betray me to that 
 degc'ierous and unmanly (lavery, which fliould 
 make me ftrengthen them by my confent. 
 
 King Char If i. 
 
 Shame, inliead of piety, rcftrains the.-n from 
 many bafe and drgencrous praflices. South. 
 
 Degencrous paffion, and for man too bafe. 
 It feats its empire in the female race ; 
 There rages, and to make its blow fccure, 
 Puts fiatt'ry on, until the aim be fure. D'ydcn. 
 
 Dege'nerously. ■3^1^. [(xom dege!:eroiis.] 
 Inadegeneratemanner; bafely; meanly. 
 How wounding a fpeflaclc is it to fee heroes, 
 like Hercules at the diftaft', thus deifnrio:tf.y 
 employed ! Dtc.y of Fifty. 
 
 Degluti'tio>-. n. f. [eleg/utilioit, Fr. 
 from deglutio, Lat.] The aft or power 
 of fwallowing. 
 
 When the deg/utition is totally .abolilhcd, the 
 
 patient may be'nouiilhcd by clyHcrs. .-Irbuih. 
 
 Degrada'tion. n.f. {degradation, Yr.] 
 
 1. A deprivation of dignity; diimiffioii 
 
 from office. 
 
 The word degradation, is commonly ufed to 
 denote a deprivation and removing of a man from 
 his degree. -'b''!'' 
 
 2. Degeneracy ; bafenefs. 
 
 So deplorable is the degradation of our nature, 
 that whereas before we bore the image of God, 
 we now retain on!y the image of men. Sout 1. 
 
 3. Diminution, with refptd to ftrength, 
 efficacy, or value. 
 
 D E G 
 
 4. [In painting.] A term made life _ of 
 to exprtfs the lefFening and rendering 
 confufed the appearance of dillant ob- 
 jects in a landfcape, fo as they may ap- 
 pear there as they would do to an eye 
 placed at that diftance from them. Did. 
 
 To DEGR.VDE. v. a. {degrader, Fr.J 
 
 1 . To put one from his degree ; to deprive 
 him of his office, dignity, or title. 
 
 He (hould 
 Be quite degraded, like a hcdgeborn fwain 
 That doth prefuaie to boall of gentle blood. 
 
 Shukfpeare. 
 
 2. To leflen ; to diminifh the value of. 
 
 Nor fhalt thou, by dcfcending to alTurae, 
 Man's nature, Icffen or degrade thine own. Mi't. 
 
 AH higher knowledge in her prefcnce falls 
 Degraded. Milton. 
 
 3. To reduce from a higher to a lower 
 ftate, with refpeCl to qualities : as, gold 
 is degraded into iilver. 
 
 Degr AV.^TION. n.f. {hora degravatuSf 
 oi degravo, Lat.] The acl of making 
 
 hea' 
 
 ■7- 
 
 Did. 
 
 DEGRE'E. «./ {degre.Yu from^»YZ. 
 dus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Quality; rank; Ration; place of 
 
 dignity. 
 
 It was my fortune, common to that age. 
 To love a lady fair, of great degree, 
 
 The which was born of noble parentage. 
 And fet in highcfi (cat of dignity. Spenjer. 
 
 I embrace willingly the ancient received courfe 
 and conveniency of that difcipline, which tcacheth 
 inferior degrees and orders in the church of Got!. 
 
 t(ooker. 
 
 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men 
 of high degree are a lye : to be laid in the balance, 
 they arc altogether lighter than vanity. Pfaltns. 
 
 Well then, Colevillc is your name, a knight 
 is your degree, and your place the dale. Shakfp. 
 
 Degree being vizarded, 
 Th' unworthieft thews as fairly i(ii the mafk. 
 
 ; S/fe,_kfpeare, 
 
 This noble youth to madnefs lov'd a dame 
 Of higii degree, Honoria was her name. Drydert. 
 
 Farmers in degree; 
 He a good hufband, a good houfcwife fhe. Dryd. 
 
 But is no rank, no ftation, no degree. 
 From this contagious taint of foriow free ? Frier, 
 
 2. The comparative ftate and condition in 
 which a thing is. 
 
 The bookof Wifdom noteth'rffff« of idolatry) 
 making that of worfhipping petty and vile idols 
 more grofs than fimply the worftiipping of the 
 creature. Saeon^ 
 
 As if there were degrees in infinite, 
 And Heav'n itfelf had rather want peifeiSion, 
 Than puniih to cxcefs. Dryjcn. 
 
 Poefy 
 Admits of no degrees ; but muft be ftill 
 Sublimely good, or defpicably ill. Rofeommon. 
 
 3. A ftep or preparation to any thing. 
 
 Her firrt degree was by letting forth her beauties, 
 trulv in nature not to be mifliked, but as much 
 advanced to the eye, as abafed to the judgment, 
 by art. Sidney. 
 
 Which fight the knowledge of myfclf miglit 
 bring. 
 Which to true wifdom is the firft degree. Davias. 
 
 4. Orderof lineage ; defcent of family. 
 
 Kini; Lalinus, in tlie third degree, 
 Had Saturn autlior of his family. Dryden. 
 
 5. Order or clafs. 
 
 The fevcr.rl degrees of angels may probably 
 have larger views, .-uid be endowed with capaci- 
 ties able to fct before tliem, as in one pidtuit, 
 all tlieir pad knowledge at once. JLocke. 
 
 6. Mcafme; proportion.
 
 D E J 
 
 If all tlie parts :ire cqu.illy lic.iid as loud as one 
 anathcr, they will llun yovi tu that i/c/;i?f, that 
 you will f.incv yuur caii were torn in ^jicces. 
 
 Dry.Un. 
 
 7. [In geometry.] The three luindrcd 
 and iixtieth part of the circimifcreiice 
 of a circle. The fpace of one degree 
 in the heavens is accounted to aiifwcr 
 to fixty miles on earth. 
 
 In muids aitd nianncis, twins oppos'd wc fee; 
 In the lame f'i;iij alnioit :iic fame -ug'te, V^yd. 
 
 To you who live in chill Af'^reef 
 As majt informs, ^i litty-thrce. Drydi/t. 
 
 8. [In arithnietick.] A ^rjrf^ confills of 
 three ligiires, viz. of three places, com- 
 prehending uniti, tens, and hundreds ; 
 l"o three h.aidred and fixty-tivc is a de- 
 gree. Cocker's Arhhm:tick. 
 
 Q. The divifion of the lines upon ftveral 
 forts of mathematical inllruments. 
 
 10. [Inmulick.] The intervals of founds, 
 which arc ufually marked by little lines. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 11. [In phllofopHy.] The vehemence oc 
 flacknefs of the hot or cold quality. 
 
 The fecond, third, and foui th ./r^rf c j of heat 
 are more eafily introduced than the Hift : every 
 one is both a preparative and a flcp to t\)C next. 
 
 S(,ttth 
 .B'_y Degrees, adv. Gradually; by little 
 and little. 
 
 Their bodies are exercifcd in all abilities both 
 of doing and lufferirig, and their minds acquainted 
 hy de^reci with danger. Sid/icv. 
 
 Doth not this etherial medium, in pafnng out 
 of water, glafs, cryflal, and other compadt and 
 tlcnfe bodies, into empty fpaces, grow rienfcr 
 and dcnlVr oy digrtis. NczL-/ort. 
 
 Exulting in tiiumph now fwell the bold notes; 
 In broken air, trembling, the wild mufick floats; 
 Till /'V iic-gtec's remote and fmail, 
 The llrains decay, 
 And melt away. 
 In a dying, dying fall. Fife. 
 
 A perfon who is addit5^ed to play or gaming, 
 though he took but little delight in it at firll, iy 
 degrees contracfts a ftrong incbnation towards it. 
 
 Degusta'tion. «./. [dcgujlulio, Latin.] 
 A tailing. Did. 
 
 2o DEHO'RT. v.a. [dehortor, Latin.] 
 To difluade ; to advlfe to the contrary. 
 One feverely .L-hiti,d all his followers fium 
 proftituting mathcniaiical principles unto cuni- 
 nion apprehcnlron or pra<^ice. IVii^im. 
 
 The apoftlcs vehemently dchoit us from un- 
 belief. 1Va,d. 
 Dehorta'tion. n. f. [from dchurlor, 
 Latin.] Diffnafion ; a counfelling to 
 the contrary-; advice againit fomething. 
 The author of this epilUe, and the iclf of the 
 apolt!cs,do every where vehemently and carnellly 
 dehort fron) unbelief : did they never read theie 
 dehortitthri: ? iVard on Inftdelity. 
 
 Deho'rtatory. adj. [from dehortor, 
 
 Latin.] Belonging to dilTuafion. 
 Deho'rter. n. f. [from dehort.'\ A 
 
 difTuader ; an adviler to the contrary. 
 DE'ICIDE. n. f. [from detis and aedo, 
 Latin.] The murder of God ; the a6i 
 of killing God. It is only ufed in 
 fpeaking of the death of our bleflTed 
 Saviour. 
 
 Explaining how Pcifc^flion fuffu'd p.nin. 
 Almighty languifh'd, and Eternal died ; 
 
 How f>y her patient vidlor Death was (lain, 
 And caitli profan'd, yet blcfs'd, with deUhlc ' 
 
 P,:'nr. 
 
 To DEJE'CT. V. a. Idyiclo, Latin.] 
 
 D E I 
 
 1. To cart down; to afflid ; to grieve ; 
 to deprefs ; to fink ; to difcourage ; to 
 crtifli. 
 
 Well, lam your theme; you have the ftart 
 of me : I am dcjeihd\ ignorance itfelf is a 
 pluuiinet o'er mt ; ufc mc as you will. Sfiakjp. 
 
 The hiwert, moll drjcHcd thing of fiirtune, 
 Stands Itdl in cfpcrancc ; liics not ni fear. 
 
 Shakfpfare. 
 
 Ni)r think to die drjeili my lofty mind ; 
 All lliat I dread is leaving you behind ! Pope. 
 
 2. To change the form vfith grief; to 
 make to look fad. 
 
 Entas here beheld, of form divine, 
 A godlike youth in glirt'ring armour Hiinc, 
 WItii great Marcellus keeping equal pace. 
 But gloomy were his eyes, dej.tled was his face. 
 
 DnJen. 
 Deject, adj. [deje^lus, Latin.] Call 
 down; afflicled; low-fpirited. 
 
 1 am of ladles mull dtiecJ and wretched. 
 That fuck'd the boncy of his mufick \'ows, 
 
 Shiikfiteare. 
 Dkje'ctedly. adv. [from dejed.] In 
 a dejefted manner ; fadly ; heavily. 
 
 No man in that pallion doth look llrongly, 
 but dfjcdedly : and that rcpullion from the eyes 
 diverteth the fpiiits, and gives heat more to tiie 
 cars, and the parts by them. Baton. 
 
 Deje'ctednf.ss. n. f. [from de'cdcd.^ 
 The ftate of being caft down ; a low- 
 nefs of fpirits. D'ul. 
 
 Deje'ction'. n. f. [dcjc'i'iwn, ¥r. from 
 dejtdio, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Lownefn of fpirits ; melancholy j de- 
 prefiion of mind. 
 
 What befides 
 Of forrow, and deje^ion, and defpair, 
 Our frailty can fuilain, thy tidings bring. Milt. 
 Dclerted and afioniflied, he (inks into utter 
 deje^ien ; and even hope itfeif is (wallowed up in 
 dclpair. K^gers. 
 
 2. Weaknefs; inability. 
 
 The clients of an alkalefcent ftate, in any 
 great degree, arc thiilf and a./rya^/ov of appetite, 
 whicli putiid things ocCafion more than any 
 other. .^Irhuth.ot on ^^iimenti. 
 
 3. [In medicine.] Going to ilool. 
 
 The liver ihould continually fcpaiatc the choler 
 from the blood, and empty it into the intelimcs; 
 where there is good ufe for ir, not only to pro- 
 voke dijccliofty but alfo to attenuate the cliyle. 
 
 Ray on ifie Crcntion. 
 
 Deje'cture. n.f. [irom dejed.'] The 
 excrement. 
 
 .\ dife.ifc oppolitc to fpillttude is too great 
 
 fluidity, the fympioms of which are excel's «f 
 
 animal fccretions ; as of perlpiration, fwcat, 
 
 urine, liquid dejeclureiy leannel's, weaknefs, and 
 
 thirit. Jlrhuthnot on Aiimenti. 
 
 Dej era'tioN. n.f. [from (/?,f/-o, Latin] 
 
 A taking of a folemn oath. Did. 
 
 Deifica'tion. n.f. [rt'f/^cflton, French. ] 
 
 The acf of deifying, or making a god. 
 
 De'iform. adj. [from deus znd forma, 
 
 Latin.] Of a godlike form. 
 To DE'IFY. v.a. [r/fZ/ffr, French; from 
 
 deus, andj7o, Latin.] 
 I . To make a god of ; to adore as god ; 
 to transfer into the number of the di- 
 vinities. 
 
 Daphnis, the fields delight, the (hephcrds love, 
 Renown'd on earth, and deified above. Dryuen 
 The teals of Julius Csfar, which wc know to 
 be antique, have the ilar of Venus over them, 
 though tbcy were all graven after his death, as a 
 ni>tc that he vas deified. Diy.ien. 
 
 Pcrfuade the covetous man not to deify his 
 money, and the proud man cot lo .adore himfclf. 
 
 KJOUt.'l. 
 
 D E 1 
 
 Halfoftl.ee 
 Is deified before thy death. Prio: 
 
 2. To praife cxceffively ; to e.xtol one a« 
 if he were a god. 
 
 He did again f« extol «nd deify the pope, as 
 made all that be had faid in praife of his malicr 
 and niii>reU I'ecm temperate an<I palfable. Bac^n. 
 
 To DEIGN. V. n. [from daijner, Tr. of 
 </']yHor, Latin.] I'o vouchfafc ; to think 
 worthy. 
 
 Deign to dcfccnd now lower, and relate 
 What may no lefs perhaps avail u> known. Sililt. 
 
 O dei^n to viftt our forfakcn feats. 
 The molly fountains, and the green retreats. Po^e. 
 To Deign. 1;. a. To grant ; to permit ; 
 to allow. 
 Now Swcno, Norway's king, craves com- 
 pofitiun ; 
 Nor would WQ deign him burial nf his men. 
 Till he dilburs'd ten thouland dollars. Sli<ikfpcare. 
 
 Dei'gning n.f. [from^W^n.] A vouch- 
 iafing ; a thinking worthy. 
 
 To Deintecrate. v.a. [fiom fl'i' and 
 Inlegro, Latin.] To take from the 
 whole ; to fpoil ; to diininifh. Did. 
 
 Dei'parous. adj. [deiparus, Latin.] 
 That brings forth a god ; the epithet 
 applied to the blelTcd Virgin. Dicf. 
 
 DEiSM. n.f [dafme, French.] The 
 opinion of thofe that only acknowledge 
 one God, without tlie reception of any 
 revealed religion. 
 
 Veifm, or the principles of natural woifhij), 
 are only the faint remnants or dying flames of 
 revealed leligion in the polfcrity of Noah. Dryd. 
 
 De'ist. n.f [dei/le, French.] A man 
 who follows no particular religion, but 
 only acknowledges the esiftence of God, 
 without any other article of faith. 
 
 In the fceoadcpiltlc of St. Peter, certain rf.'//?j, 
 as they fcem to have been, laughed at the 
 prophecy of the day of judgment. Burni't. 
 
 Dei'stical. adj. [from dc'i/l.'\ Belono-. 
 ing to the herefy of the delds. 
 
 Weaknel's does not fall only to the fliarc of 
 chrirtian wiitcfs, but to fomc who have taken the 
 pen in hand to fupport the deijiieal or antichrif- 
 lian fcheme of our days. jyatts. 
 
 De'ity. n.f. [(//;//, French ; irom Jeilat, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Divinity; the nature and effence of 
 God. 
 
 S.'me things he doth as God, becaufe his deity 
 alone is the fpring from which they fl.-iw ; fonic 
 things as man, becaufe they iflue from his mere 
 human nature ; fome things jointly as both God 
 and man, becaufe both natures concur as prin- 
 ciples thci-eunto. Hz-Acr, 
 
 With what arms 
 We mean to hold what anciently wc claim 
 Gi deity or empire. Mihin. 
 
 2. A fabulous god ; a term applied to the 
 heathen gods and goddelfes. 
 
 Will you fuffcr a temple, how poorly built 
 foevcr, but yet a temple of your deity, to he 
 razed ? ■ Si.iney. 
 
 Give the gods a thankful facrificc when it 
 pleai'eth their deities to take the wife of a man 
 Ir.im him. Sliatfpe.ue. 
 
 3. The fuppofed divinityof a heathen god; 
 divine qualities. 
 
 They on their former journey foiward paft, 
 With pa'His far palfing that lonj wandcrini: 
 G.cck, " 
 
 That for bis love rcfufed deiJy. Spmfer, 
 
 Heard you not what an humble fuppliant 
 Lord llaliings was to her for his deiivety } 
 — Who humbly complaining to her deity. 
 Got my lord chamberlain his liberty. Shatffetrt,
 
 D E L 
 
 By what reafan cou'.d the fjmo Aiily be de- 
 nied unto Laurcntia and Floia, wliicli was given 
 to Venus? Rahig/i- 
 
 Dei. acera'tiox. n./. [from t/claaro, 
 Latin.] A ttariiig in pieces. Z)/S. 
 
 Delacrvm a'tion. «./. [de/acryniatio, 
 Latin.] A falling down of ,the liu- 
 nioiirs ; the wateiillniefs of the eyes, or 
 a weeping much. Diil. 
 
 Delacta'tion. ti./. [iManallo, Latin.] 
 A weaning from the brealf. Dicl. 
 
 Dela'psed. aJj. [from delapfus, Latin. 
 With phyficians.] Bearing or falling 
 down, it is nii-d in fpeaking of the 
 womb, and the like. D'tct. 
 
 To DELA'TE. -v. a. [homdelaius, Lai.] 
 
 I . To carry ; to convey. 
 
 Tiy exactly the time wiicrein found is HihtiJ. 
 
 3. To accufe ; to inform againft. 
 JDela'tion. n.f. \_dclatb, Latin.] 
 i. A carriage ; conveyance. 
 
 In delation of loiinds, the inclofuic of them 
 
 pieferveth them, and caufeth tlicra to be licard 
 
 (urther. Baco'i. 
 
 It is certain that the a'i/ii//i>K of light is in an 
 
 inliant. Bac'j'i. 
 
 There is a plain delation of the found from the 
 
 teeth to the iiiltrument of hearing. Biico':. 
 
 z. An accufation ; an impeachment. 
 
 Dela'tor. n.f. [delator, Latin.] An 
 
 accnfer ; an informer. 
 
 What were thcfe harpies but flatterers, delntors, 
 ajjd inexplcabl;; covetous r Sandyi' Travch. 
 
 Men have piuvcd their own t/f-A^/orj, and dif- 
 coveted their ohh moll important fccrcts. 
 
 Gvjermnent of the Tongue. 
 No fooncr was that fmali colony, wherewith 
 the depopulated earth was to be replanted, come 
 foith of the ark, but we meet with Cham, a cV- 
 /citor to his own father, inviting his biethren to 
 that exeaabde fpeflacle of their parent's naked- 
 nefs. GfK'€ymm/:t of the Tongue, 
 
 To DELA'Y. -y. a. [from delayer, Fr."] 
 •£ . To defer ; to put off. 
 
 And when the people faw that Mofes delayed 
 
 to come down out of the mount, the people ga- 
 
 tncred thcmfclvcs together unto Aaron. Exodm. 
 Cyrus he found, on him his force effaj'd; 
 
 For Hciflor was to the tenth year dehy\i. Dryd. 
 1. To hinder J to frullrate ; to keep fuf- 
 
 pended. 
 3. To detain, flop, or retard the courfe of. 
 
 Thyifis, whofe artful ftrains have oft deUy'd 
 The imddling brook to hear hii madrigal. Milt. 
 She flies the town, and rnhxing with tlie throng 
 Of madding m.atrons, bears the bride along : 
 ■VVaud'ring through woods and wilds, and devi- 
 \ ous ways. 
 
 And with thcfe arts the Trojan match delirys. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Be mindful, goddefs, of thy prourife m.ide ; 
 
 Mul> lad Uly(li:s ever be delay' d? Voye. 
 
 To Dela'y. V. n. To flop ; to ceafe 
 
 from aiStipn. . 
 
 Tliere Icem to be certain bounds to the quick- 
 
 nels and (lownefs of the fucceiSon of tliofc ideas 
 
 one to anotlicr in our minds, beyond which they 
 
 .-' can neither delay nor liaften. Loeie, 
 
 Dei. AY. K.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1, A deferring ; procratlination ; linger- 
 ing inaiflivity. 
 
 I liave learn'd tlwt fearful commenting 
 Js leaden fcrvitor to dull delay ; 
 Ih/.iy leads impotent and fnail-p.ic'd beggaiy. 
 
 Sliaifpeare's Richard lu. 
 The condufl of out lives, and the minagc- 
 jment of our great concerns, wdl not bear delay.. 
 
 Ude. 
 
 2. Stay J flop. 
 
 DEL 
 
 The keeper chaim'd, the chief without iclay 
 Pals'd on, and took th' irremeable way. X>>yd. 
 Dela'yer. n./. [from r/ffc)'.] One that 
 
 defers ; a putter off. 
 DELE'CTABLE. adj. yeledabllU, Lat.] 
 Pleafmg ; delightful. 
 
 Ev'ning now approach j 
 For we have alfo our ev'ning, and our morn ; 
 We ours for change i/f/fe?(3i/r, not need. Milton. 
 
 He brought thee into this delicious grove, 
 This gaiden, planted with the trees of God ; 
 Deleital>ts- bothto beliold and talle ! Milton. 
 
 Some of his attributes, .and tiie manifeflatiuns 
 thereof, are not only highly deleeiublc to the in- 
 telleiftive faculty, but are fuitably and e.ifily con- 
 ceptible by us, becaufe apparent in his works ; 
 as his goodnefs, beneficence, w'ifdom, a:id power. 
 
 ILde. 
 Tiie apple's outward form, 
 Delcclable, the witlefs fwain beguiles ; 
 Tiii that with writhen mouth, and fpattcring 
 
 noife. 
 He tallcs the bitter morfel. Philifi. 
 
 Dele'ctableness. n./.[^romdekaaLlc.'] 
 
 Delightfulnefs ; plealantnels. 
 DeI/e'ctably, adv. Delightfully ; plea- 
 
 fantly. 
 Delecta'tion. n. /, [dckSalio, Lat.] 
 Pleafure ; delight. 
 Out break the tears for joy and delegation. 
 
 Str T. More. 
 
 To DE'LEGATE. -j. a. [dehgo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To fend away. 
 
 2. To fend upon an embaffy. 
 
 3. To entruft ; to commit to another's 
 power and jurifdiclion. 
 
 As God hath imprinted his authority in feve- 
 ral parts upon fevcr.il eftates of men, as princes, 
 parents, ipiritual guides ; fo he hath alio dele- 
 gated and committed part of his care and provi- 
 dence unto them. Taylor. 
 
 As God is the univerfal monarch, fo we have 
 all the relation of .fcllow-lubjcOs to him ; and 
 can pretend no farther jurifdiclion over each 
 other, than what he has delegated to us. 
 
 JDceay r,J Piety. 
 
 Why does he wake the correfpondent moon. 
 And fill her willing lamp with liquid light; 
 
 Commanding her, with delegated pov'rs, 
 To beautify the world, and blefs the night ? 
 
 Prior. 
 
 4. To appoint judges to hear and deter- 
 mine a particular caufe. 
 
 De'legate. n.f. [delegeitiis, Latin.] A 
 deputy ; a comraifTioner ; a vicar ; any 
 one that is fent to act for, or reprefent, 
 another. 
 
 If after her 
 Any fliall live, which clare true good prefer, 
 Ev'ry fuch perfon is her delegate, 
 T' accomplilh that which fhould have been her 
 fate. Donne. 
 
 They muft be fevere exaflors of accounts 
 £iom their delegates and minifters of juftice. 
 
 Taylor. 
 
 Let the young Auftrian then her terrours bear. 
 
 Great as he is, her delegate in war. Prior, 
 
 Eleifl by Jove, his delegate of Iw.'.y, 
 With joyous pride the fummons I'd obey. Peipe. 
 De'legate. adj. \jkkgatus, Lat.] De- 
 puted ; fent to aft for, or reprefent, 
 another. 
 
 Princes in judgment, and their </f%<irf judges, 
 muft judge the caufes of all pcrfons uprigl-.tly and 
 impartially. Taykr. 
 
 D e'l E G a T e s . [ Court 0/". ] A court wherein 
 all caufes of appeal, by way of devolu- 
 tion from either of the archbifhops, are 
 decided. .^yljfii'^ Peirnjcn. 
 
 Delf.g a'tion. n.f, \_delegatlOf Latin.] 
 I , A fending away. 
 
 DEL 
 
 2. A putting in commiinon. 
 
 3. The afiignment of a debt to another. 
 Deleni'fical. adj. \_de!c-r,ificiis, Latin.] 
 
 Having virtue to alTuage or cafe pain^. 
 
 Dia. 
 7oDELE'TE. v. a. -[homdeko, Lat.] 
 
 To blot out.. Did. 
 
 DeLete'rious. adj. [de/eterius, Latin.] 
 
 Deadly ; dcllrudtive j of a poifonous 
 
 quality, 
 i^lany things, neither deUterioui by fabllancc 
 
 or qu?.lity, are yet defirudlive by figure, or ibriic 
 
 occalionai activity. Bronun. 
 
 De'leterv. adj. [fvom Ji:k/erius, Lat. J 
 
 Dellruftive ; deadly ; poifonous. 
 Nor doilor cpidemick, 
 
 Though ftot'd with deleteiy med'cin^s. 
 
 Which whofoever took is dead fince 
 
 E'er fent fo vali a colony 
 
 To both the under worlds as he. HuJUiren, 
 
 Dele'tion. n.f. \_delet'io, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Aft of rafing or blotting out. 
 
 2. A deftruclion. 
 
 Indeed if there be a teits.\ deletion of every per- 
 fon of the oppoling party or countiy, then the 
 victory is compete, becaufe nunc remains to call 
 it in queftion. Hale.. 
 
 Delf. 1 n.f. [from belpan, Sa.'ion, to 
 Delfe.j dig.] 
 
 1. A mine ; a quarry ; a pit dug. 
 
 Yet could not fiieh mines, without great 
 pains and charges, if at all, be wrougl-.t : the 
 delfi would be fo riown with waters, that no 
 giMs or machines could fuffiee to lay and keep 
 them dry. i^ay on the Creation. 
 
 2. Earthenware; counterfeit China ware, 
 made at Delft in Holland. 
 
 Thus baiter honoui for a ^i'kcc of delf .' 
 No, not for China's wide domain itfelf. Sm.~.rt; 
 Deliba'tion. n.f. [de/iiaiio, Lat.] An 
 
 efl'ay ; a talle. 
 To DELI'BERATE. 1: n. [delibero, 
 Latin.] To think, in order to choice} 
 to hcfitate. 
 
 A confeious, wife, reflecting cauCe, 
 Which freely moves and afls by leafon's laws; 
 That an deMerutc means elect, and find 
 Their due connection with the end defign'd. 
 
 Blaekmore. 
 When love once pleads admlflion fo our hearts. 
 In Ipite of all the virtue we can boaft, 
 The woman that tielilrerates is loft. ./^ddifon. 
 Deliberate, atlj. \_delibcralns^ Lat.] 
 
 1. Circumfpect ; wary ; advifedj difcreet. 
 
 Moft Grave-belly was delihereUe, 
 Not ralh like his accufcrs. Shakfpeare*s CorioK 
 
 2. Slow ; tedious ; not fudden ; gradual. 
 .Commonly it is for virtuous coniidcrations, 
 
 that wifdom fo far prevailetli with men js tj 
 make them defirous of flow and <.'«Air;<.'ff death, 
 againll the ftrcam of their Icnfual inclination. 
 
 liooier. 
 Echoes are fome more Cuddcn, and chop again 
 as foon as the voice is delivered ; otheis are more 
 delitrerate, that is, give more (pace between the 
 voice and the echo, which is caufed by the local 
 neainefs or dillancc. Bacon. 
 
 Deli'ber ately. adv. [irom deliberate. 1 
 
 1 , Circumfpedly ; advifedly ; warily. 
 
 He judges to a hair of little indeccnciej; 
 knows better than any man what is not to be 
 written ; and never hazards himfelf fo far as to 
 fall, but plods on n'f/'*fraff/)' ; and, as a grave 
 man ought, is fuic to put his llaft' before him. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 2 . Slowly ; gradually. 
 Deli'berateness. n.f. [horn deliberate.'} 
 
 Circumfpe£tion ; warinefsj coolnefs 5 
 caution.
 
 D E L 
 
 Thfy would not Iby tiic fair pioduflion of 
 afls, in the order, gravity, and Jclihcyjtiticji bc- 
 fittin^j a parliament, ^^^^g C.tunUi 
 
 Delibeka'tion. n.f. [deliberatio, Lnt.] 
 The att of delibciatiiig ; thought in 
 order to choice. 
 
 It mnnkind had no power to avoiil ill or 
 clicofc good by free ddiliiraiion, it Ihould never 
 be giiilly of any thing that was done. I!,i;fmm,l. 
 
 DEi.r HKRATIVE. a/IJ. [(Milierallvtis, Lat.] 
 Penaiiiiiig to dtliixTutioii ; apt to 
 coiilidcr. 
 
 Dkli'iikrative. n.f. [from the adjec- 
 tive.] The dilcouifc ill which a qiicf- 
 tion is deh'bcrated. 
 
 In ddihcrnti-uci, the point is, what is evil ; and 
 of good, what is greater; ajid of evil, what is 
 lefs. hticm. 
 
 DK'LICACY. n.f. \ddkateje, French, 
 of ddic't.v, Latin. 3 
 
 1. Daintinefs ; pleafantnefs to the taflc. 
 
 On hofpit.ible thoughts intent, 
 What choice to clioofe for delicacy bcft. I\Ii/tt>i. 
 
 2. Nicety in the choice of food. 
 
 Any thing highly pleafing to tlie fenfes. 
 Thcfc d.lic^ciis 
 I mean of taftc, fight, friiell, herbs, fiuit5, and 
 
 fiow'rs, ■- ' 
 
 Walks, and the melody of birds. Millon. 
 
 4. Softnefs ; elegant or feminine beauty. 
 
 A man of goodly prcfcnce, in whom itrung 
 making took not 'away ds'k.iy, nur bc;uily 
 fiorcenefs. '^ SiJ^jii. 
 
 5. Nicety; minute acciracy. 
 
 Viin-Oyck' has even excelled' him In the rf',7/- 
 Mr). of his colouring, and in his cabinet pieces. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 You may fee into the fpiritof ihem all, ;md 
 form your pen fram thole general notions and 
 delicacy of thaugikts and iiajipy words. I'titon. 
 
 6. Neatnefs ; elegance of drefs. 
 
 7. Politenefs of manncfs : contraiy to 
 groficj}. 
 
 81 indulgence; gentle treatment. 
 
 Perfons born of families noble and- rich, de- 
 rive a weaknefs of conlfitution from the cafe and 
 luxury of their anceltois, and the dc/icary of 
 their t)wn education. Tcupte. 
 
 9. Tcnderncfs ; fcriipuloufnefs. 
 
 Any zealous for promoting' the iiUcrcft of his 
 country, ,muA conquer ati that tenderne.'^s and 
 dclUacy, which ^,ij( la.ilyc l)i.u^ afiai;|l of being 
 fpek^ri ill of. /^ ._■, ^, j^ddijm. 
 
 10. Wcakntfs of conftitution. 
 
 11. Smalluefs; tenuityi ■.;.'.■.,. i; i!i .,i: 
 Delicate. <idj: [i/c/M/,'^'PVeilc!HJ*' ■" 
 i; Nice; plealingtto.^the taftq j; .of . an. 
 
 ' agreeable ffavoui-. .'--.' 
 
 The clioofing ot a delicate before'ii more prdi- 
 rary dilh, is (o b6 done h'^ oflVei- hun^n'aitions 
 are,, in which 'the'rc are np'^e^n^VSiid'prccife 
 ^natural li_mits aijrcrlbcd. ' '■ ' ' ''' '' ' •' yiljih'r. 
 
 2. .Dainty ; defirouj of qurious m^ats. ' 
 
 3. Choici; ; feleifl ; excellent. 
 
 4. rieafingtp the /enfea. .. ,,,.■;..,. 
 
 5. Fine; not coariej confiftipg ,qf,,fniall, 
 
 Pat'ts- .;. ,1, ■' , A'UzA '.'. 
 
 As much. bipod pjfleth through the lungs as 
 tivrough pU the body; the circu|1atti9i;i,is,cjujc.ker, 
 and heat grt^iitej-, and their tcxtuic is e^tremely. 
 de/fcaie. ^hlAtlhn'A en I'llifuc^iti. 
 
 6. Of polite manners ; not.gi;of?, or eoarfe. 
 71 Soft; effeminate; unable to bear hard- 
 
 ■ ftiips. 
 
 Witnefs this army, of futh mafs and charge, 
 
 Led (jy'a' A-.'.'V.j/c'aiid tender prince. S'raiffeare. 
 
 Tci'irter and del, cite pcrfons'muft needs be oft 
 
 angry, tliey have fo many things to trouble them, 
 
 which more robuft natures have liitle fer.fc of. 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 DEL 
 
 S. Pure ; clear. 
 
 Where they mo.1 bretd and haunt, I have oL- 
 ferv'd 
 The air Is delicate, Sltaifpcarc, 
 
 Delicately. Wt. [from delicate.^ 
 
 1. Beautifully ; witii loft elegance. 
 
 That which will dilUnguilh his Hyle from all 
 ot'ier poets, is tlie elegance of his words, and 
 the nunicroufncl'b of his vcrfe : there is nothing 
 fo «/«AV<»/<V')» turned in all the Roman language. 
 
 Dryderi, 
 
 Ladies like variegated tulips fliow, 
 'Tis to their ciiangei h.'ilf their charms wc owe ; 
 Such happy fpots the nice admjrcr take. 
 Fine by tielcft, aiid (/'/.Vj/rTy weak. Pcy*-. 
 
 2. Finely; not coarfely. 
 
 3. Daintily. 
 
 liat not dflicatelyy or nicely; that is, be not 
 
 . troublcfome to thylelf or othcis in the choice of 
 
 thy meats,, or the delicacy of thy fauces, Taylcr. 
 
 4. Choicely. 
 
 5. Politely. 
 
 6. Eflerainately. J 
 De'licateness. n. f, [from deHiale.] 
 
 'i'iie itate of being dehcate ; tcnderncfs ; 
 foftncfs ;. effeminacy. 
 
 The delicate woman among you would not 
 adventure to fct the fole of her foo't upon the 
 ground, for (i(r/;>a/?/iiy5 and tendcrncfs. Dei't. 
 De'licates. w.y; [froth deHcatt:,] Ni- 
 ceties ; .rarities ; that which is choice 
 and dainty. 
 
 Tiic (hcphcrds homely curds. 
 His oold thin drink out of his leather bottle. 
 All which iccure and f\vcetly he .enjoys. 
 Arc far beyond a prince's delica/cs. Shakffearc. 
 
 They their appetites not only feed 
 With delicatfi ot leaves and marlhy weed, 
 But with thy fickle reap the laRkell land. 
 
 I ■ ';■ ■ jyrydcn. 
 
 With abftinence all dclicates he fees. 
 And can regale himfclf with toaft and cheefe. 
 
 A/wg'j Cooitry. 
 
 De'lices, n.f, pi. [deltcicc, Latin,] Plea- 
 fures; This word is merely French. 
 And now he has pour'd out his idle mind 
 In dainty rif/;>t'i and'l.rvilh joys, 
 
 Having his warlike weapons caft behindjj 
 And Howcr$- in phafuiesand \ainplcaling toys. 
 
 S^'cnfer, 
 
 Deli'cious. adj. \_JcUcicux, French, from 
 del\catus, Latin.] Sweet ; delicate ; 
 that affords delight ;' agreeable; charm- 
 ing ; grateful to the ftnfe of mind. 
 
 It is,l)igh)y probable, that upon Adam's difobe- 
 dicnce Almighty God chafed him out sf Paradifc, 
 {h^faircl.t and mQJj,;/f//<:.y>.v^ part of the earth, 
 into fortic other, ttc, moft barren and unpleafant. 
 ' ■' , IVo^.tiuiird, 
 
 ^n his laft IiburshTs eafy wit difpl.-.y ; 
 Like thcrtiqh fri^it he fings, delicious in decay. 
 
 , , . ^1 . ,,i.,j I I, Smith. 
 
 J, .Sjifl oii that triart' enamdnr'd let me lie, 
 5till Ah])\z. deUcifus poifoH fionr thy eye. Pope. 
 
 DEi^rcio,tlsi,X-. . ,<i(jV. [from ddidous.] 
 Sweetly ? pleafautly ; delightfiJly. 
 
 How mvich ilic liath glorified herfelf and lived 
 tdeiitioiiftyf fo much^urment and furrow give. her. 
 
 , . RevcLitic'is. 
 
 DEil'ciot'SNESs; , t'-f- [fropi deJkioiis.J 
 Delight ; pleafure ; joy. ,. ; . , ^ 
 
 , . i ' The fwcctell honey 
 
 Is'loathfonae'tin i(s pwn dclicicufiefsf 
 And in rhe^nlic confounds, the .appetite. S/'iaif. 
 Let Jioiman juslge of himfelf, or of the blcff- 
 Jng« and e.'lic^cy of the fr.ciamcnt itfclf, by any 
 .{enfihkrelifh, by thcghft an6de!ieio:i/i:efs, whicli 
 be fomeiinies ppiceivcs, and at other times does 
 not perceive. . Tajici . 
 
 Deliga'tion. n.f, [^dclt^alio, Latin.] 
 A binding )up In chir«rgcry. 
 
 DEL 
 
 Tli^ third intention is de/iga/icn, ohrefaitiinr 
 the parts fo joined together. Ififem. Surg. 
 
 Deli'cht. n.f. [at/iViT, French ; from 
 dcleBsr, Latin.] 
 
 1. Joy; content; fatisfaAion. 
 
 Saul Ci)mmandtd his fervants, faying, cam- 
 muiic with David fccrctly, and fay, behoM ih'e 
 king hath delight in thee, and all hit fervants 
 love thee, j Samuel. 
 
 2, That which gives delight. 
 
 Come, fillers, chear we up his fprighls, 
 And (hew the beft of our delighn : 
 We'll charm the air to give a found. 
 While you perform your antick rountl. . Shaljp, 
 Titus Vel'palian was not more the deljftht oF 
 human kind : the univeifal empire maqohim 
 only more known, and more poweiful, but 
 could not make him more beloved. Drydcri. 
 
 She was his care. Ins hope, and his </f/;/.i/, 
 Moll in his thought, and ever in his fight. Dryd. 
 roDELFGHT. v. a. [^'./r/fer, Latin.] 
 Topleafe; to content; to fatisfy ; lu 
 affoid pleafure. , 
 
 The princes delighting th'eil-'cbljccils with'con- 
 firmiiig their knowledge, feting wherein the 
 fea-dilcipline differed fruni the land fcrvice, had - 
 plcafing entertainment. Sidney, 
 
 Delight thyfclf alio in the Lord, and he (htill 
 give thee the defires of il.ine heart. I'/j'm. 
 
 I'uor infefls, whereof fome are bees, delighted 
 with (lowers, and their fweetnefs ; others beetles, 
 delighted with other kinds of viands. Locke. 
 
 He heard, he took, and pouring down his 
 throat. 
 Delighted, fwiU'd tlic large luxuiious draught. 
 
 Pope. 
 To Deli'ght. v. n. To have delight or 
 pleafure in. It is followed by in. 
 Doth my lord, the king, delight in this thing? 
 
 2 Samuel, 
 
 Blefled is the man that feareth the Lord, that 
 
 delighteih greatly in Lis commandments. I'falms. 
 
 DELi'GHTFUL.flr/^'. [iromdelight and/////.] 
 
 Pleafant ; charming ; full of delight. 
 
 He was given to fpariiig ill fo immeafurable 
 fort, that he did not only b.ir himlclf from the 
 delightful, but almoft from t!ie neccffary, ufe 
 thereof. Sidney. 
 
 No fpriiig ncr fummcr, on the mountain ftefl, - 
 Smiles with gay fiuits or with de.'Ightfi/J g\ccn. 
 
 : Mdij'.n. - 
 Deli'd'htfully./i^d. Pleafautly; charm- 
 ingly; with, delight. 
 
 i O voice I once heard 
 DelighifuHy, increafc and multiply ; 
 Now death to hear! Miltor.. 
 
 DEn'cHTFULijiESS. n.f. [from ^'i/Zf /!.'.] 
 Pleafure ; comfort ; fatistaaion. • ■' 
 But oucdefircs tyraniiicul extortion 
 . r)9th force us tlieic' to fet o\ir chief delight Jtdneji, - 
 I 'VyH?rf but, a baituig; place is all our portiop. 
 
 ' • : Srelnev. 
 
 Thisindeedfticwst'heexccllency of tlic'objea, 
 but-dolh not altogether take away ihe delightful' 
 I /'^yi of the knowledge. .' •.• fi.'lotfn, 
 
 Delj'ghtsome. adj:[iromdeUgk.'\ Plea- 
 fant ; delightful. 
 
 The wolds thcmfelves being fj ancient, the 
 
 knitting of ti.em fo (hort and intricate, .ind the 
 
 whole periods and compafs of his Ipeech fo dc- 
 
 lightjme for the loiindnels, and fo grave fjr the 
 
 ftrangcncfs. ■ . Sfenfer. 
 
 Ood has fuiiifhed every one with the fame 
 
 means of exchanging hunger an4 thirll for delight- 
 
 fcme v\i»ui: ; ,. . ' Greu>. 
 
 Deh'chtsomely. e7dv: [from delight' 
 
 fame.] Pleafautly ; in a delightful manner. 
 
 Deli'ghtsomeness. n.f. [from deHghi- 
 
 fome.l Pleafantnefs; delighlftilnefs 
 To DELINEATE, -v. a. U,.'m,o, Lat.] 
 1. To make the full draught of a thing ; 
 to dcfign ; to jkctch.
 
 DEL 
 
 2. To paint ; to reprefent a true likene(i 
 in a piAure. 
 
 Tbc licentia pi<£loria is very U:gc : with the 
 hmt rcafun they may delineate old Neiior like 
 Adunis, Hecuba with Helen's faec, and Tune 
 with Abfalom's head. Broivi:. 
 
 3. To defcnbe; to fct forth in a lively 
 manner. 
 
 I: fulloweth, to delineate the region in which 
 God hni planted his delightful garden. Raleigh. 
 I have not here time to delineate to you the 
 glories of God's heavenly kingdom; nor, indeed, 
 Could I tell you, if I had, what the-happinefs of 
 that place and portion is. IVukt. 
 
 Demmea'tion. n. f. [tlellneal'iO) Latin.] 
 The fiift draught of a thing. 
 
 In the orthogtaphical fchemes, there (hould be 
 a true delineettion^ and the juft dimcnfions. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 Deli'nimbnt. ft./, [elelhiimeritum, Lat.] 
 
 A mitigating, or affuaging. DiS. 
 
 DELI'NQUENCY. «./. [Mttquania, 
 
 ^Latin.] A fault ; a failure in duty ; 
 
 a mifdeed. 
 
 They never punilh the greateft and mofi in- 
 tolcrnble deUmpeeney of the tumults, and their 
 exciters. ' KingOiorln. 
 
 Can 
 Thy years determine like the age of man, 
 That thou Ihnuld'ft my detinquencies exquire, 
 And witl] variety of tortures tire. Sandys. 
 
 A delinquent ought to be cited in the place or 
 jurifditftion where iht delinquency was comniiiied 
 by him. ' '^y^{ff^- 
 
 JDeli'nqveNT. n. f. [from delhiqaens, 
 Latin.] An offender; one that has 
 committed a crime or fault. 
 
 Sach an envious flute, 
 That fooner will accufe the magifttate 
 Tlian the delinquent \ and will rather grieve 
 The treafon is not afleri, than believe. Ben JonJ. 
 
 All ruined, not by war, or any other difalier, 
 but by jultice and fcntence, as. deiiiiquenii and 
 criminals. Btucn. 
 
 He ii?d, upon frivolous fuimifes, been fent 
 hi a&^deiinquent,, And been brought upon his 
 kocqs. . Viyden. 
 
 7"oDE'LIQIJ.AT£. 1..;:. [M'jueo,'Lat.'\ 
 To melt ; to be diflblved. 
 Tt will be refolved iiUo a liquor very analogous 
 :to that which the chymilts make of fall of taitJr, 
 Jeft in moift cellars to delir^uate. <¥''y^^- 
 
 Such an ebullition as we fee made by the mix- 
 ture of funne chymical Jiquors, .as oil of vitr.ul 
 -and deiiq:^aied fait of tartar. Cudivarih. 
 
 Dkliqua'tion. R.y". [deliqualio , Latin.] 
 
 A melting ; a diflolving. 
 DELI^UWM. U.J. [Latin. A chy- 
 mical term.] A dillillation by diffolv- 
 ing any calcined matter, by hanging it 
 up in jnoill cellars, into a lixivious hu- 
 mour. .. Did. 
 Delirament. n.f. [dcrtramentum, Li^l.] 
 A doting or foolifh fancy. Dirl. 
 To DELl'R.^TE. ^.. «. [Mrv, Latm.J 
 To dote ; to rave ; to talk or act idly. 
 
 Did. 
 Delira'tion. n. f. [cleUralk, Ldtiji.] 
 Dotage ; folly ; madnefs. Did. 
 
 T)c.i.i'b.iov%. adj. [i/f/;ni/j, Lat.] Light- 
 headed'; raviiig -, doting. ■ 
 ~ The people about him faid he had been for 
 -ifeine hoiirs <(f//V;w/j f iut' when I faw him he 
 •Jiod his uoddiianding as well as ever 1 knew. 
 ■ . S-a-ift. 
 
 On bed . 
 Delnioui flung, flcep from his pillow flies. 
 
 Vhomf'jn. 
 
 DELIRIUM, n.f. [Latin.] Alicaatioii 
 of mind ; dotage. 
 
 9 
 
 DEL 
 
 Too great alacrity and promptnefs in anCwer- 
 ing, efpccialiy in pcrfons naturally of another 
 temper, is a fign of an approaching ./c'^/z/w ; 
 and in a fevciilh delirium there is a fmall inH.im- 
 mation of the brain. Arbuikna -,« Diet. 
 
 Delitiga'tion. n.f. \itov\ delitigo,\j^1.'\ 
 A driving ; a chiding ; a contending. 
 
 D\S. 
 7'oDELI'VER. -v. a. [r/^/mvr, French.] 
 
 1 . To fet free ; to releafe. 
 
 Tims Die the captive did deliiier ; 
 .The captive thus gave up i,is quiver. Vri:,r^ 
 
 2. To fave ; to refcue. 
 
 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of 
 the wicked, out of the hand of the unrightcoiis 
 and cruel man. i^jaiim. 
 
 \ was like to be apprehended for the wilc!i of 
 Brainfdrd ; but that my admirable de.'ireriiy of 
 wit, coimterfeiting the a<^ion of an old woman, 
 delivered me. Shakjpeare. 
 
 3. To furrender ; to put into one's hands; 
 to refign ; to give up ; to yield. 
 
 In any cafe thou Ihalt deliver liim the pledge 
 again when the fun goeth down. Deutere,nom\. 
 
 And David faid to him, canft thou bring me 
 down to this cump.Tny .- And he faid, fwcar unto 
 me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor 
 deliver me into the hands of my mailer, and I 
 will bring thee down to thi.s company. i Sam. 
 
 They obeyed not thy commandments, where- 
 fore thuu haft ■/t-/;':.vrc'<y us for a fpoil, and iMito 
 capti\ity. Tobii. 
 
 .f. To give ; to offer ; to prefent. 
 
 Xow therefore recei\e no more money of your 
 acqu;iintance, but deliver- It for the breaches of 
 the hoiife. 2 Kings. 
 
 1 hou Qialt deliver Pnaraoh^s cup into his hand, 
 after the former manner when thou waft his 
 butler. • '.' '■ -I'.li &cnejls. 
 
 It was no wonder that they, who at fuch a 
 
 time could be corrupted to frame and deliver 
 
 fuch a petition, would not be reformed by fuch 
 
 an anfwer. Dr\den. 
 
 5.: To call away ; to throw off. 
 
 .Charm'd witii that virtuous drjiughr, th* ex- 
 alted mind 
 All fenle of woe deli-ve/s to the wind. Pcfe. 
 
 6. To diiljurden a woman of a child. 
 
 On her fright and fears, 
 She is fon\ethnig before her time de/iver'd. Sluii. 
 Tully was lojig ere ihe coijri be delivered of a 
 -few verfes, and Ihofc poor ones too. Veaeham. 
 
 •J. To fpeuk ; to tell ; toiclate ; to utter ; 
 to ptonounce. 
 
 A mitth-nidving jell, 
 
 Winch his fair tongue, coiiceii's cxpolitor, 
 Delivers in fuch apt and gracious words. 
 That ;»getl e;ns play truant at his tales.' Shakf. 
 
 Tell me \ our hig'h'nefs' plcafure, 
 What from your grace I Ihall deliver to him. 
 
 Sliakjpeare. 
 I knew a clergyman who appeared to deliver 
 his fermon wiurout looking into. his notes. 
 
 - ^ '■'■''" ' , '' . ^r'J'- 
 
 8. To exijit'inrn'otibn. Not in 'life. 
 
 Procles fccmed fo to^o.trrun his agi;' "in 
 firciigih, th.it Mufidorus could not pciifurm- aiiy 
 aSion tjn horfc or foot more ftiSongiy, or diflivei 
 that ftrength moie nimbly^ ^uO'ey. 
 
 To Deliver oyer. v. a. 
 
 1. To put into another's hands ; to leave 
 to the difcretion of another. 
 
 Deliver mi r\i.it ner unto the will of mine 
 enemies; ftir falTe witnelTes are rifen up agaiiui 
 me, and fudi as breathe out cruelty. ■ I'Jalmt. 
 
 Tiic coiiftablcs have delivered her over to mc, 
 and Ihe Ihall have wipping enough, I warrant 
 her. SIhikfpeare. 
 
 2. To give from hand to hand ; to tranf- 
 mit. 
 
 If a true account may he expciflcd by future 
 ages from the prefent, your lordlhip will he de- 
 
 DEL 
 
 liveied over to poitcrity in a fairer charaflcr thlit 
 I have given. Dry.Un, 
 
 ToDeli'vek up. v. a. To furrender; to 
 give up. 
 
 He that fpared not his own fon, but delivered 
 him;/;, for us all, how Ihall he not, with him 
 alio, freely give us all things ? Koir.an\. 
 
 .Arc the cities, that I got with wounds, 
 Delivei'd :,j) again «ith peaceful words ? Shak. 
 
 Happy having fuch a fon, 
 That would deitver up his grcaLnels fo 
 Into the hand of juftice. Shakfpeari. 
 
 Deliverance, u.f. [delivrame, Fr. ] 
 
 1. The act of freeing from captivitj', 
 llavery, or any opprelTion ; refcue. 
 
 He hath fent nie to heal the broken-hearted, 
 to preach deliverance to tlie captives, and reco- 
 vering of light to the blind, to fet at liberty thole 
 that are bound. Luis. 
 
 O God, Command deliverances for Jacob. 
 
 rfiihis. 
 
 Whate'cr befalls, your life Dial] be my care; 
 One death or one deliv'rance we will fliarc 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 2. The acl of delivering a thing to an- 
 other : now C9nirnonly called delivery. 
 
 3. The a£t of bringing children. 
 
 Ne'er mother' 
 1 'R.q\o\c'' A deliverance morC. S/in(fpeare. 
 
 [ People h.ivc a fuperrtitious belief, that ni the 
 
 labour of women it helpcth to the eafy deliverance^ 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 4. The aft of fpeaking ; .utterance ; pro- 
 nunciation : now commonly cLiivery. 
 
 If fcriouOy 1 may convey my thoughts 
 In this my light deliverance, I have Ipuke 
 With one that in her fcx, her years profclfion, 
 Wifdom and conllanc;-, liath araai'd me more 
 Than I dare blame my weaknefs. Shakjpcare. 
 
 DtLi'vERER. n.y; [from </f/k'fr.] ; . 1 
 
 1. A faver ; arefcuer; apreferver; a re- 
 leafer. 
 
 It dolh notably fet forth the confent of all 
 nations and ages, in ti-.e approbation, of the ex- 
 tirpating anrl debeilating of giants, monllers, and] 
 fuicign tv'rants, riot only as'law/ul,, but as me- 
 rtorious ever, of divine honour ; and this, al- 
 though the deliverer came from xhc one. end of 
 the woild unto the other. ^ Bae-Ai. 
 
 ■ By that feed 
 Is meant tliy great Deliverer, 'wlio Ihall bruifc 
 The ferpent's head. Mitten. 
 
 Andrew Doria has a ftatue erefted to him at 
 the entrance of the doge's palace, with' the glo- 
 rious title of deliverer of the coirunon^wealth. 
 
 .'■''■ Addijori^- 
 
 Him their (/tf//vfrf/'',Europc. does confefs ; .1 
 
 All tongnes, extol him,' all religious bltfs. ,-i 
 
 .' '' " ' ' Kalijax.^ 
 
 2. A relhter ; "one that communicates 
 fomething by fpeech or writing. ' 
 
 Divers chymical expcrinieuts, deliyered by 
 fober. authois, have been believed falfc, only be- 
 caufe the mehftruunis were nor as liighiy .'cc- 
 tilied, or exquifitely depurated, as thofe that 
 were tifed by the detiverers of thofe cxperimt^nts. 
 - ■ Boyle. 
 
 Deli'very. n. J. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The a<S of delivering. 
 
 2. Rtlcafc ; refcue ; laving. 
 
 He fwore, with lobs, 
 Thnt he would labour my djivery, Shakjp. 
 
 3. A furi-ender ; atl of giving tip. 
 
 Alter the lielii.'ery of jour roy.il fathei's perfon 
 into the hands of the army, I undertaking to 
 the qfueen mother, that I vvould find fome-m.'ans 
 to get accefs to him, Ihc wasplcafed to fenu me. 
 
 Denliarn. 
 Nor did he in any degree contribute lo the 
 deliveiy of his houfe, whi:h was at hrft ima- 
 gined, becaufc it was lo ill, or not at all defended. 
 
 Clarertdon, 
 
 4. Utterance ; pronunciation ; fpeech.
 
 DEL 
 
 We allege what the fcripiures thtnifclvet Ho 
 uArilly fpeak, foi the r.iving fuicc of the woid 
 ol Cjofi; not tt'Jtli reilraint to any ctTt.iiii kind 
 M titlniery^ but howfuevcr the fame Ih.tll rhanta- 
 to be made knuwn, ilooktr. 
 
 I w;i3 chaimed with the grnccfiiincfs of his 
 figuie aind iitlii'iry^ as well as witii lui difcourfcs. 
 
 .'UMfcn. 
 
 5. Ufe of the limbs ; adlivity. 
 
 Mufidorits could not perform any a^ion on 
 horl'c or foot more lUon^ly, or deliver that 
 rticngth more nimbly, or become the di-Hvtry 
 more gracefully, or employ all more viituoully. 
 
 SiAnfy. 
 
 The earl was tlic taller, and much the Wron- 
 ger ; but the duke had tlie neater limt'S, and 
 freer drln'eiy. Jf'otton. 
 
 6. ClilUbirth. 
 
 Like as a M'oman with child, lliat draweth 
 near the tunc of her id!.'i::fty, is in pain, and 
 cricch out. Ifai.tlt. 
 
 Dki. L. n.f. [from </<//, Dutch.] A pit ; 
 a hole in the ground ; aii) cavity in the 
 earth, wider tliaii n ditch and nairower 
 than a valley. Obiolete. 
 
 The while, the fame luilmppy ewe, 
 Whofe clouted leg her hurt doth (hew, 
 VcJI headlong into a drll. Spenfit. 
 
 I know each lane, and every alley green. 
 Dingle, or bulTiy tif!!^ of this wi!<i wt>od. Milf. 
 
 But, foes to fun-Ornie, m^jft tiicy took delight 
 In dcUi and dales, conccal'd from hum.m fignt. 
 
 Trckcl. 
 
 Df.lph. n. f. [fiom Delft, the name of 
 the capital of Delftldud.] A hue fort 
 of earthen ware. 
 
 A flipper worthy of herfclf ; 
 Five nothings in five plates of </r/pi. Sirift. 
 
 De'ltoide. adj. [from delta, the fourth 
 letter of the Greek alphabet ; fo called 
 by reafon of its rtfembling this letter.] 
 An epithet applied to a triangular 
 Riufclc arifing from the clavicula, and 
 ■from the procefs of the fame, whole 
 dftion is to raife the arm npward. 
 
 Cut itill more of the tyc'/rff/</t- niufcic, andcari-y 
 the ai m backward. Sti^trp's S /r^^ rv,- 
 
 Df.lu'dable. adj. l^fvom delude.] Liable 
 to be deceived ; that is cafily impoied 
 on : rather diludll!/: 
 
 Not well undemanding omnifciencc, he is not 
 fo ready to deceive himtclf, as to falfify unto 
 him wiiofc cogitation is no ways dtUtdakU. 
 
 Brnxun'i Vulvar Er'Ourx. 
 
 To DELU'DE.f. a. [a'£'/W9, T.at.] 
 
 1 . To beguilfc ; to cheat ; to deceive : to 
 impofe (in. 
 
 O, gi\c mc leave, I have dtJudtd ynv; 
 'Twas neither Charles, nor yet the ditlcc. 
 
 Shakj^--aTf^l llc7:ry vl. 
 Let not the Trojan";, with a I'etgn'd pretence 
 Of proffcr'd peace, di'.u.ii the Latian prince. 
 ' ,, . . Dryin. 
 
 2. To difappoint ; to fruftrate. 
 DELUDtR. 11. f. [from dAude.l A bc- 
 
 g^nler ; a decivLr ; an impoHor ; a 
 cheat ; a falfe pretender. 
 
 Say, flatterer, fay, all fair d^hider fpeak ; 
 Anfwer me this, ere yet my heart does bre.ik. 
 
 Orani-iUt. 
 
 And thus the fwcct dcludct i tune their fong. 
 
 Vol"'. 
 
 To D-ELVE. -v. a. [oelpan. Sax. deh<m, 
 
 Dutch ; perhaps tro.m SiXpa?, a lior--. 
 
 Junius] ' 
 
 1. To dig ; to open the gvouiid with a 
 
 fpade. 
 
 It (Inll goiiatd 
 But I will a, he one yard below the mine, 
 ^m! blow thcia Kt the moon, .^'iuifiirarf. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 DEL 
 
 Vf/vt of convenient depth yeur tiir»fliing 
 door; 
 With tcmper'd clay then fill and face it o'er. 
 
 Vrydert. 
 The filthy fwine with dihing frrout 
 The lOcjtcd tore!! uiidetminr, Phil'pi. 
 
 2. To fathom ; to fift ; to found one's 
 ojiinion. Figuratively. 
 
 What \ his name andbiith ? 
 — I cannot dr/i't him to the root : his father 
 Was call'd Sicilius, St^ai-fiteare, 
 
 Delve, n. f. [from the verb.] A ditch ; 
 a pit; a pittal ; a den ; a cave. 
 
 He by and by 
 His feeble feet dirciJted to tlic cry ; 
 Which to rh.it Ihady delvf liim biongbt at lart, 
 Wiicie Mammon crll did fun his tiealury. 
 
 Sptnfcr . 
 Such a light and mettled d.mcc 
 Saw you nt\er yet in France ; 
 And by Icatlmcn, for the nonce, 
 Titat turn roLind like gi indle-ilones, ' 
 Which they dig out fro' the drives, 
 For their bairns bread, wives, and felves. 
 
 iien 'Jonjyn. 
 
 Delve of Coals. A certain quantity of 
 coals dug in the mine or pit. Die!. 
 
 De'lv ER. n.y". [Uom dche.] A digger ; 
 one that opens the ground with a fpade. 
 
 DELUGE, n.f. [Jeliigf, ¥1: [torn dilu- 
 vium, Latin.] 
 
 t. A general inundation ; laying entirely 
 under water. 
 
 The apoftle duth plainly intimate, that ll-.c 
 old world was fuhjeift to ptriih by a deluge, as 
 this is fubjeft to periflj by conHugration. 
 
 Burnet's Theoyy. 
 
 2. An overflowing of the natural bounds 
 of a river. 
 
 But if with bays and dams t'ley flrive to force 
 His channel to a new or narrow courle, 
 Ko longer then witnln his banks he dwells, 
 Fii ft to a torrent, then a deluge, fwclls. Denfum. 
 
 3. Any fudden and rcfilllefs calamity. 
 7o De'luge. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To drown ; to lay totally under water. 
 
 The reltlefs flood the land would overflow. 
 By which the delu^' d cunli would ulelcfs gr^'W. 
 
 Bhckmire. 
 Still the battering waves rufh in 
 Ipiptacable, till dflug\i by the foam. 
 The fiiijj links, fjuiKl'iing in the \afl abvfs. 
 
 I'liiUpi. 
 
 2. To overwhelm ; to caufe to fink under 
 the weight of any calamity. 
 
 At length corruption, like a general flood, 
 Ska 11 ./.-^e all. P,pe. 
 
 Delc'sion. n. f. [delifio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The act of deluding; a cheat ; guile ; 
 deceit; treachery ; fraud ; colluuoii ; 
 falfchood. 
 
 2. The Rate of one deluded. 
 
 3. A falfe reprefentation ; illufion ; errour ; 
 a chi'metital thought. 
 
 Who thriefi'ic b-eki in rhcfc 
 True wifdom, liiuU her not, or by deluficn. 
 
 ' Milscn. 
 
 I, wakinj, vicw'd with prief the riling fun, 
 .^.iid luucly niuurii'd the dear delujtgn gone. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 DeHj-'sivf. ttdj. [from Jslujiis, Latin.] 
 Apt to deceive ; beguiling ; impofing 
 on. 
 
 W^en, fii'd with pafiion, we attack the f»ir, 
 Vfl if'ie fi.'Jis and brittle vows wc b:ar. Pr:t,r. 
 
 The happy whimfey you purin.-, 
 TtU you ar lengtii believe it true j 
 Caugirt b" your own dd.tfn-e art, 
 Yoo fancy t.ilt.. .iiid tiienallcrt. Tfif. 
 
 ._/". [iJomainf, French.] 
 
 DEM 
 
 While the b.ifc and groveling multitude were 
 liftcnjnj to tic delujife deities, thofc of a mo<e 
 ereiS afpcci and exalted I'pirit fcpat»ttri thcm- 
 fclvcs from the reft. Tatler. 
 
 Phxiiomcna fo delujhv, that it is very hard 
 to elcapc impofitian and miftake. l1'!Ad:i.<iid, 
 
 DtLu'soRV. adj. [from dclufus, Latin. J 
 Apt to deceive. 
 
 Ti.il coi-.tidciicc is founded on no better foua- 
 darion than :idehjory prejudice., GlairvilU. 
 
 De'magogue. «. / [Jiniywys-.] A 
 ringleader of the rabble ; a popular and 
 factious orator. 
 
 Who were tite chief ./?wii^9»w^i and patrons of 
 tnmulti, to fend for them, to Halter and embol- 
 den them. ^"g Chirlet. 
 
 A plaulible, irfignificant word, in the moulK 
 of an expcrr dtm-i^ogue, is a dangerous and 
 ,dre.7<lful weapon. Sotdtfi. 
 
 Dmofthcnes and Cicero, though each dt" 
 tlu-m a leader, or, as tl e Gierks called it, idr- 
 mip^ojiti; -n a populai Itaic, yet fcera tu differ 
 in tlieir pra^icc, Svuft. 
 
 Dema'in. ^ 
 
 Df.me'an. > n. , 
 
 DtMF.'sNK. J 
 
 1 . That land which a man holds orlginalljT 
 ofhiinfelf, called c/or7;<.7(;/m by the civi- 
 lians, and (ippofed X.o feod'.:m, or fee, 
 which (ignifies thofe that are held of a 
 Aiperior lord. It is fometimes ufed alfo > 
 for a diiUnction between thofe lands that 
 
 the lord of the manor has in his owa 
 liandf, or in the hands of his lefiee, de- 
 inifed or let upon a rent for a term of 
 years or life, and fuch other lands ap- 
 pertaining to the faid manor as belong 
 to free or copyholders. Phiilift, 
 
 2. Eftate in land. 
 
 Has ing nowj>rovidcd 
 A gentleman of noble parentage, 
 OiUa deme/nes, jouthftl, and nob!y allied. 
 
 Shaifffort, 
 
 That earldom indeed had a royal jurifdi.;iiQit 
 
 and feigniory, though the hnds of that -county fV 
 
 dcmtf:,! were poflelTed for Che moft pan by the 
 
 ancient inheritors. Daries.. 
 
 3. Land adjoining to the manfion, kept ia 
 the lord's own hand. 
 
 Thofe acts for planting foreft trees have hi- 
 theuo been v holly inerfeClual, except about tire ^ 
 
 demrfnei of a few gentlemen ; and even there, in • 
 
 general, seiy unlkilfully made. ^'v-'ft. 
 
 To DEMAND. 1/. a. [demander, Fr.] 
 
 1. To claim ; toa/lc for with authority. 
 
 The pound of fle*, which I Jcmaoa'of him, 
 Is deaily bought; 'tis mine, and I wi;i have it. 
 
 S'i.j^fpearf. 
 
 2. 'J\i queftioa ; to interrogate. 
 
 And when Uriah was tome unto him, Daviii 
 demuriJed of hiui howjoab did, and how the 
 people did, aad how tiit war j}rofp«red .' 
 
 If any friend of C^far'i aVm.wJ why Krutu„ 
 rnfe jjainll Caviar, tliii ij my jnfwrr: Not t:.ac 
 2 loved Cxlai lets, but that I loved Rome more. 
 
 S,:aifpcate. 
 Voung 6ne, 
 Inform lis of thy fortunes ; fur, it ferms, 
 They cTave to-be dem.sf.ded. . Shatfp.-are. 
 
 The oracle of Apollo being drrt:sridrd, ivhera 
 the war and mifery of Greece fii.jukl have an 
 end, icplicci. When they would double tiie alrar 
 in Delus, which was of a cubick form. 
 
 i'ejeli.isa CI Gfomelry. 
 
 3. [In law.] To p.ofecutc in a real a<fiiou. 
 Dt>!.\'Nli. n.f. ■(dst/ieitid.', French.] 
 
 I. A claim ; a challenging; the a.ldn'- 
 of any thing with aut'.iority, *
 
 J) E M 
 
 This matter is by the decree of the wafchers, 
 Slid the dc-ma»!fby\ht wurd of the holy ones. 
 
 O'lv'mg venr,- gives life and ftiength, to our 
 appetites; and he that has tiie conhdencc to 
 turn his wiOies into dtmand', will be but a little 
 w«y from thinking he ought to obtain them. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 2. A queftion ; an interrogation. 
 
 3. The calling for a thing in order to 
 ptirchafe it. 
 
 My bookfeller te]ls me, the demanJ for thole 
 my papers incrtJles daily. Addifirt. 
 
 4. [In law'.] The alking of what is due. 
 It hath alfo a proper iignification dif- 
 tinguilhed from plaint; for all civil 
 aftions are purfued either by demands 
 or plaints, and the purfuer is called 
 demandant or plaintiff. There ai e two 
 manners of /kmands, the one of deed, 
 the other in law : in deed, as in every 
 pr<tcipi, there is esprefs deniand ; in 
 law, as every entry in land-dillrefs for 
 rent, taking or feifing of goods, and 
 fuch like acls, which may be done with- 
 out any words, are dcmauds in law. 
 
 Blount, 
 demand. ] 
 
 Dema'ndable. adj. [from 
 
 That may be demanded ; requeiled ; 
 
 alked for. 
 
 All fums demandalh, for licence of alienation 
 to be made of lands holden in chief, have been 
 flayed in the way to the naiiaper. S:iion. 
 
 Dema'ndant. «./. [from (/eman^.] 
 
 1. He who is af^or or plaintiff in a real 
 action, becaufe he demandeth lands. 
 
 Cale. 
 
 2. .A plaintiff ; one that demands redrefs. 
 
 One of the witneffes depofed, thnt dining on 
 a Sunday with the dema«dc.nt, whofe wife had 
 fill below the fquire's bdy at church, the the 
 faid wife dropped fome cxpreifions, as if flie 
 thought her hulband ought to be knighted. 
 
 Dema'nder. n. f. [demanJeur, Fr.] 
 
 1. One that requires a thing with au- 
 thority. 
 
 2. One that a(ks a queilion. 
 
 3. One that aiks for a thing in order to 
 puTchafe it. 
 
 Thty grow very fad and fat, which alfo bct- 
 ttretli thtir t.ilU, and delivcreih them to ihe dr- 
 mandiii icady ufc at all leafons. CVn-n,'. 
 
 4. A dunner ; one that demands a debt. 
 D^Me'an. n. /. [from demeiur, Fr.] A 
 
 mien ; prefence ; carriage ; demeanour ; 
 deportment. 
 
 At his feel, with forrowful .imtc/;. 
 And deadly hue, an armed corfe did lie. 
 
 Spenffr. 
 
 IToDEME'AN. v. a. [from dmener, Fr.] 
 1 . To behave ; to carry one's felf. 
 
 Thofe plain and legioie linesof duty requiring 
 us to demean oiirlolves to God humbly and tic- 
 vontly, to our governors o'jediently, and to cur 
 neighbours juftly, and to ourfclvcs lobeily and 
 temperately. Siutl:. 
 
 A roan cannot doubt but that there is a God ; 
 and that, according as he demeans himfelf to- 
 wards him, he will make him happy or mife- 
 rahlc forever. Tilktjon. 
 
 Etrcphon had long pcrplex'd his brains. 
 How with fo high a nymph he might 
 Dcmccin himfcli the wedding-night. Swr//. 
 
 3. To leiTen ; to debafe ; to undervalue. 
 Now, out of doubt, Antipholis is mad; 
 Elfe he would ucver '0 .ittr.eM hiinfclf. Sliaif. 
 
 DEM 
 
 Deme'anol'r. n.J, \_demener,Y\\^ Car- 
 riage ; behaviour. 
 
 Of fo inCupportablc a piidi; he was, that where 
 
 his deeds miglit well Itir envy, \nidcmeiii,'yar did 
 
 rather breed difdain. Sidney. 
 
 Angeis bell like us, when we are molt like 
 
 unto them in all pacts of decent demeanour. 
 
 Broker- 
 His geftures fiei-ce 
 He mark'd, and mad detttettnQur, then alone. 
 As he fuppos'd, all unoblcrv'd, nnfeen. Millon. 
 
 Thus Eve, with fad demeanour meek, 
 III worthy I. Milton. 
 
 He was of a courage not to be daunted, which 
 was manifefted in all his ai^icns, efpecinlly in 
 his whole demeanour at Rhee, both at the land- 
 ing, and upon the retreat. Clarendon. 
 
 Deme'ans. n.f. pi. properly demefiia. 
 
 An eftate in lands ; tliat which a man 
 
 poffeffes in his own right. 
 To DEME'NTATE. -j. n. yemcnto, 
 
 Lat.] To make mad. 
 Dementa'tion. n.f. [^dcmentatto,'LaX.^ 
 
 Making mad, or frantick. 
 De.me'rit. n.y. ^demerlte,Y\-. £tom deme- 
 
 litus, o{ demtreor, Latin.] 
 
 1. The oppofite to rherit ; ill deferving ; 
 what makes one worthy of blame or 
 punilhment. 
 
 They Ihould not be able once to ftir, or to 
 murmur, but it ihould be known, and they 
 ihorteued according to their demerits. Spenjer. 
 
 Thou liv'ft by me, to me thy breath refign ; 
 Mine is the merit, the demerit thine. Dryden. 
 
 Whatever they acquire by their induftry or in- 
 genuity, fliould be fecure, unlets forfeited by any 
 demerit or offence againft the cuftom of the fa- 
 mily. Temple. 
 
 2. Anciently the fame with merit; defert. 
 
 I fetch my life and being 
 From men of royal (lege ; and my demerits 
 May fjjeak, unbonnetting, to as proud a fortune 
 As this that I have reach'd. Shakfpcarp. 
 
 To Deme'rit. "u. a. \_dementer,Yi-.'] To 
 
 deferve blame or punilhment. 
 Deme'rsed. adj. [from dcmerfus, of dt- 
 
 wt'jw, Latin.] Plunged; drowned. 
 
 Dicl. 
 Deme'rsiom. n.f. [demerfo, Latin.] 
 
 1. A drowning. 
 
 2. [In chymiftiy.] The putting any medi- 
 cine in a diffolving liquor. DtCI. 
 
 Deme'sne. SeeDEMAiN. 
 
 DE'MI. infeparable particle, \_thmt, Fr. 
 dlmldiuvi, Latin.] Half; one of two 
 equal parts. This word is onlyufediii 
 compolition, as ileim-god; that is, half 
 human, half divine. 
 
 Demi-cannon, n.f {^demi wnA cannon.'} 
 
 Demi- CANNON Loiuejl. A great gun 
 that carries a ball of thirty pounds 
 weight and fix Inches diameter. The 
 diameter of the bore is fix inches two 
 eighth parts. Dl3. 
 
 Demi-cannon Ordinary. A great gun 
 fix Inches four eighths diameter in the 
 bore, twelve foot long. It carries a 
 {hot fix inches one fixth diameter, and 
 thirty-two pounds weight. Din. 
 
 Demi- CANNON of the greattfl Size. A gun 
 fix inches and fix eighth parts diameter 
 in the bore, twelve foot long. _ It carries 
 a ball of fix inches five eighths dia- 
 meter, and thirty-fix pounds weight. 
 
 Dill. 
 
 DEM 
 
 What! tliisa Ikove? 'tis likeai.'i«.'-r<i?i»5;i. 
 
 SJtdkJpeare. 
 
 Ten engines, that Ihall be of equal force either 
 
 to a cannon or demi-cannottf culverin or dcmi-cul- 
 
 vcrin, may be framed at the f,ime price that one 
 
 of tliefe will amount to. Hi/tins. 
 
 Demi-culverin. n. /. [demi and cul- 
 verin.} 
 
 Demi-culverin of the lo-wejl Size. A 
 gun four inches two eighths diameter in 
 the bore, and ten foot long. It car- 
 ries a ball four inches diameter, and 
 nine pounds weight. DiS. 
 
 Demi-culverin Ordinary. A gun four 
 inches tour eighths diameter In the bore, 
 ten toot long. It carries a ball four 
 inches two eighths diameter, and ten 
 pounds eleven ounces weight. 
 
 Demi-culverin elder Sort. - A gun four 
 inches and fix eighths diameter in the 
 bore, ten foot one third in length. It 
 carries a ball four inches four eiolith 
 parts diameter, and twelve pounds eleven 
 ounces weight. Military Diet. 
 
 They continue a perpetual volley of demi- 
 cuherim. Raleigh. 
 
 The army left two Jemi-culverins, and two 
 other good guns. Claren.hn. 
 
 Demi-devil, n. f [demi and devil.} 
 Partaking of infernal nature ; half a 
 devil. 
 
 Will you, I pray, demand that deml-drcil, 
 Wny he hath thus enfnar'd my foul and body ? 
 
 Shakfpejre . 
 
 Demi-god. n.f. [demi and god.} Par- 
 taking of divine nature ; half a god ; an 
 hero produced by the cohabitation of 
 
 divinities with mortals. 
 
 He took his leave of thera, whofe eyes bade 
 hi.-n farewell with tears, making temples to him 
 as to a demi-god. Sidney, 
 
 Be gods, or angels, demi-gods. Milton, 
 
 Tranfported demi-gods fiood round. 
 And men grew heroes at the found, 
 End.im'd with glory's charms. Pojte. 
 
 Nay, half in iieaven, except (what 's mighty 
 odd) 
 A fit of vapours clouds this demi-god. Pope, 
 
 Demi-lance. «./. [deini znd lance.} A 
 light lance ; a (hort fpear ; a half-pike. 
 
 On their ftecl'd heads lUcir demi-lances wore 
 Small pennons, which their ladies colours bore. 
 
 Dod'"- 
 Light demi-lnneei from afar they throw, 
 F.ilten'd with leathern thongs, to gall the foe., 
 
 Diyde/T. 
 
 Demi-*.4N. n.f [demi and man.} Half 
 a man ; a term of reproach. 
 
 We mull adventure thi."^ battle, left we perilh 
 by the complaints of this h:iik\ng efe?K-i-man. 
 
 K/iol/es. 
 Demi-wolf, n, f. [demi and -wolf.} 
 Half a wolf ; a mongrel dog between 
 a dog and wolf : lycifca. 
 
 Spaniel>, curs, 
 Showghs, water-rugs, and demi-tuohes, aie 
 
 'clcped 
 All by the name of dogs. Shakfpeare's Macbeth, 
 
 Demi'ee. n.y. [from demetre, demis, de- 
 mi fe, Fr.] Death ; deceafe. It is 
 fcldom uftd but in formal and ceremo- 
 nious language. 
 
 About a month before the demife of queen 
 Anne, the author retired. Siuijt. 
 
 To DEMI'SE. ^>. «. [demisy demife, Fr.]
 
 DEM 
 
 To grant at one's dfath ; to grant by 
 will ; lo Ixqueath. 
 
 My cxecu'ors Iliall not \u\vc power ro th-mift 
 my lands to be purdiafcd. Sivifr'il.njl IVill. 
 Demission, n.f. [^de>n[ffio,\^a\..^ 
 
 jDegradatioii ; diminution of dignity ; 
 dcprefiion. 
 Inexora'olc rigour ij worfe ih.in a lafchv" ilcnif- 
 fion of Ibvereign authority L^ KJit4irg£. 
 
 7i DEMIT, v.a. [dcmttio, Lat.] To 
 dcpiefs ; to hang down ; to kt tall. 
 
 Dla. 
 
 When they .ire in tlicir pride, thnt is, advan- 
 cing their trdiii, it' they decline ilteir neck to the 
 ground, they prclcntly Jcmit .ind let l';ill tl e 
 fame. Iyrow/i*i Vulgar Errouri. 
 
 DEiWO'CRACY. n.f. {"JracK^^Ti^.] One 
 of tilt three forms of government ; that 
 in which the fovereign power is neither 
 lodged ill one man, nor in the nohle?, 
 but in the colleftive body of the people. 
 While many of the fcivanti, by indullry .iiid 
 vitnie, arrive at riches and eftcem, then tiie na- 
 ture of the government inclines to a dtmscrary. 
 
 Temple. 
 The majority, having the wliole power of tie 
 community, may employ all that power itj 
 making laws, and executing thole lawi ; arid 
 there the form of the government is a perfect 
 dem^^cracy. Ljifrke. 
 
 Democr a'tical. adj. \Jram democracy.l 
 Pertaining to a popular government ; 
 popular. 
 
 They are-ftill within the line of vulgarity, 
 
 and arc democraticai enemies to truth. Bro-zLn. 
 
 As the government of England has a mixture 
 
 of democraticai m it, lb the right is partly in the 
 
 people. Arbuthn'A. 
 
 To DEMO'LISH. v. a. [rkmo/h; Fr. 
 demoHor, Lat.] To throw down build- 
 ings ; to raze ; to dcftroy. 
 
 J expefled the fabtick of my book would long 
 fince have been dcmoiiJJtcdj and laid even with the 
 ground. Tilhtfm. 
 
 Red lightning play'd along the firmament. 
 And their dcmolijh'd works to pieces rent. 
 
 Demo'lisher. n.f. [from Jemoii/h.'\ One 
 
 that throws down buildings ; a de- 
 
 ftroyer ; a layer wafte. 
 Demoli'tion. n. /. [from demo/ifi.] 
 
 The atl of overthrowing or dcmolilh- 
 
 ing buildings ; deftruction. 
 Two gentlemen (hould have the direction in 
 
 the demui.'-on of Dunkirk. Swift. 
 
 DE'MON. n.f. [rfi;««n, Latin ; i'ai^i;,.] 
 A fpirit ; generally an evil fpirit • a 
 devil. ' 
 
 I felt him ilfike, and now I fee him fly : 
 Curs'd demon ! O for ever broken lie 
 Thofe fatal fliafrs, by wl.ith 1 inward bleed ' 
 
 Fr,,r. 
 
 Demoni'acal. ) ,. ^. , 
 
 DemoMack. \ "''J- l^^om demon.} 
 
 1. Belonging to the devil ; devilifli. 
 
 He, all unarm'd. 
 Shall chafe thee with thj teiror of nis voice 
 From thy demomack holds, polfeflion foul. Mi'it. 
 
 2. Influenced by the devil ; produced by 
 diabolical poffeffion. 
 
 DcmQniack. phtent;,, moping melancholy. 
 
 Miltm. 
 
 Demo'niack. n.f [from the adjective.] 
 
 One pofftnid by the devil • one whole 
 
 mind is dillurbed and agitated by the 
 
 powtr of wicked and unclean fpisits. 
 
 D E I\I 
 
 Thofe lun:tiicks :<n(\ dewint ,!k\ that were re- 
 
 ftored to tlicir rijht luind, were fuch as fought 
 
 after him, and believed in him. B^muy. 
 
 Demo'nian. atij. [from demon.] Dc" 
 
 vililh ; of the nature of devils. 
 
 Dem'jiiiaii fpiiit.'; now, from the eleinrnt 
 Eich of hii rcgn allotted, riglitlicr cali'd 
 Powers of tiic, air, water. Milt^ti. 
 
 Df.mono'cracy. n.f. [^alft^.and xjxr/v.] 
 The power of tlie devil. Die}. 
 
 Demono'latry. n. /. [Ja.i^„ and v^- 
 T^na.] The worfhip of the devil. Dul. 
 Demono'logy. n.f. [,Mf4i.., and y.i-,'^.'] 
 Dilcourfe of the nature of devils. Thus 
 king James intitled his book concern- 
 ing witches. 
 Demo'nstraBLe. adj. [d^morl/lra!Hi.<, 
 Lat.] That may be proved beyond 
 doubt or contradiflion ; that may be 
 made not only probable but evident. 
 The grand articles of our belief arc as demon- 
 Jlr.il!e as geomctiy. GlanvH'.e. 
 
 Demo'kstrablv. ad-u. [from danon- 
 flrahk.] la fuch a maiiher as adriilts of 
 certain proof ; evidently ; beyond pof- 
 fibility of contradiction. 
 
 He (lioiild have compelled hi' minifters to ex- 
 ecute tiic law, in cafes that .{emonjlrably con- 
 cerned the publick peace. Clanmhn 
 TLDEiWONSTRATE. v. a. [demon- 
 Jlro, Lat.] To prove with the highefl 
 degree of certainty ; to prove in fuch a 
 rnanner as reduces the contrary poli- 
 tion to evident abfurdity. 
 
 We cannot domnftrate thefc things fo, as to 
 (hew rhat the contrary often involves a contra- 
 <'''''^"- TUIcthr:. 
 
 Demonstration, n.f. [demoiflralio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . The higheft degree of dediicible or ar- 
 gumental evidence ; the fliongell de- 
 gree of p«5of; fuch proof as not only 
 evinces the pofition proved to be true, 
 but fliows the contrary polition to be 
 abfurd and impoflible. 
 
 What appeareth to be true by ftrong and in- 
 vmcihle dcmiijltation, fuch as wherein it is not 
 by any way poffible to be deceived, thereunto 
 the mind doth Hcceffirily yield.' Ihoker. 
 
 Wheie the agreement or difagreement of any 
 thmg is plainly and clearly perceived, it is called 
 dffr,o>!jlt alion. Lc k- 
 
 2. lodubitable evidence of the fenfes or 
 reafon. - , ■• 
 
 Which way foever we turn ourfelvcs, we are 
 encountered with clear evidences and fenfiblc 
 drmtn/trationt of a Deity. Tilhllln 
 
 De m o'n s tr .aIti V e. adj. [demonflrativus, 
 
 Latiri.] 
 I. Having the power of demonftration ; 
 invincibly conclufive ; certain. 
 An argutnent nccclTary and demonjir.ttive, is 
 
 fuch as, being propbfed unto any man, and 
 
 und<;rflood, the man cannot choofe but inwardly 
 
 ^''^^■. H<,=h,. 
 
 .2. Having the power of exprefling clearly 
 
 and certainly. 
 Painting is neceffary to all other arts, becaufc 
 
 of the need which they have of dim^iftr.-.iive 
 ■ figures, which olten give more light to the un- 
 
 deruanriing than ihc clc.-.rc!l difcourfes. Liyden. 
 D E M o 'nst R A T 1 V E L .V. adv. \ from demon- 
 
 Jratiir.] 
 
 I. With, evidence not to be oppofed or 
 
 doubted. 
 I No man, in matters of this 'life, re<iuires an 
 
 0.12 M 
 
 .immnce c.'h?r of the grjod Wh?c!i he <Ie7ijit>, al- 
 of the evil which he avoid?, from jFgu.-tienTi ill- 
 mcn/ir.itiTr/y certain. SsuiH. 
 
 Kirft, I dutmtjtriti.'v'fy prove, 
 That feet were onfy made to m6"ve. Fric'. 
 
 2. Clearly ; plainly ; with certain know- 
 ledge. 
 
 Demwpot wly underrtsnding the fiinplicit)' 
 of |Krfe<!tioii, it was not ui the power uf earth 
 to work them from it. Brown. 
 
 Dimonstra'tor. n. f [from dsman- 
 Jlrntc] One that proves) one tLat 
 teaclies ; one that demondrates. 
 Dkmonstka'tory. adj. [.from d.-min- 
 firale.'] Having the ^tendency to dc- 
 moiulrate. 
 Demu'lcent. adj. yanukem, Latin.] 
 Softening ; mollifying ; affuafivc. 
 
 Pcafc, being (kp.ive'd of any aromaiick parts, 
 arc mild and dmtil.eni in the higheft degtct"; 
 but, being full of aerial particles, are flatuleiir, 
 when dilfolved by digeftion. .^riUtkiiot. 
 
 To DEMUR. V. n. [demeurer,Vtendii. 
 d.morare, Italian ; demirari, Latin.] 
 
 1. To delay a procefs in law by doubts 
 and objeftions. See Demurrer. 
 
 To this plea the piaintifF</Mvrr.-./. Wn'un. 
 
 2. To paufe in uncertainty ; to fufpend 
 determination ; to helitate ; to delay 
 the conclufion of an aifair. 
 
 Upon this rub the En?li(h ambaflTatiours 
 thought fit to demur, and fo lent into England lo 
 receive diieiSions from the lords of the councit. 
 
 _ HtjyivarJ. 
 
 Running into demands, they expcfl from.usi 
 a ludden refolurion in things wherein the "aevil 
 of Dclphos would demur. Bmun. 
 
 Hcmuft be of a very Ouggilh or quciuloua 
 humour, that (hall dcrnw upon letting out, or 
 demand higher encouragements than the hope of 
 ^"Z""- r Decy of Picfj.^ 
 
 Aews of my death from rumonr he receiv'd. 
 And what he wilh'd he eafily behev'd ; 
 But long demurr-d, though from my' hand he 
 
 knew 
 I liv'd, fo loth he was to think it true. Drydn. 
 ■3. To doubt ; to have fcruples or ditfi- 
 culties; to deliberate. ": 
 
 Thfiie is lometh.ng in our compofttion that 
 
 ; thinks andappichendj, and leliefls and dehke- 
 
 r;;tes, determines and doubts, confents and oc- 
 
 n.es; that wills- a,uW.»,„,j, and rcfolves,- and 
 
 , cluile.s and rejefls. .• sintley. 
 
 To Demu r. 13. a. To doubt of. 
 
 Tl-.e latter I demur ; for in their looks 
 Much realon, and in their aflions, oft appear... 
 
 Demu'r. «. / [from the verb.] Doub't'j 
 helitation ; fulpetice of opinion. 
 
 O progeny ofHeav'n, empyreal thrones '- 
 Will, realon hail, deep filence and </ra«r 
 ^el^ d 11-, though undifmay'd. Mihon 
 
 Ceitamly the higi>eft and deareft concern,' oi" 
 a temporal life arc infi.iucly lefs valuable than 
 thofe of an eternal ; and confequently ougVt. 
 without any y,™.,. at all, to be faciificed ,0 
 ^lem whenloevcr they come in competiti.,„ 
 With them. r ' 
 
 All my demurs, but double his attacks ' 
 At lall he whifpcrs. Do,- and we go fnacfci. 
 
 DEMU'RE. adj. [^„ „..„, Frencl^'j- ' 
 \. 6ober; dtxtnt. 
 
 Lo! two moil hncly virgins came in place, 
 With countenance demure, 3aA raodcli grace. 
 
 CP i^Penfer. 
 
 omc, penfive nun, devout and puic. 
 Sober, IhdfaO, and </,m:„r. \fr;„ 
 
 2. Grave; affe^cdly modeft : it iViidw 
 generally taken in a fenfe of 'cdii- . 
 tcirrpt, 
 
 3 R 2
 
 D E M 
 
 After i Jri^'t trivel of regardi T tell ihtm I 
 know my place, as I w.juld ihcy Ihould do 
 thei.s. Sk-itfycxre. 
 
 There be many wife men, that have fccret 
 hearts and tr.infpafem countenances; yet this 
 wuold be done with a Jtmurt aUfiug of your 
 eye fumctimes. Bac-a. 
 
 A cat lay and looked fo irmire as if^lherc nad 
 bee 1 neither life nor f jul in her. VEjIran^e. 
 
 Sox;at, transform'd, fat gravely and dunuri, 
 TiU moufe appcar'd, and thought himfeil fecure. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Jove fent and found, far in a country fccnc, 
 Tiuth, innccencc, g'jod-naturc, looitferene; 
 From whicn ingredients, firft, the dcx-tious boy 
 Pick'd the (fenB/rc, the auicarard, and the c.y. 
 
 Siuifl. 
 
 To Demv RE. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To look, with an affected modcfty : not 
 
 uled. 
 
 Your n-ife Ocflavia, with her modcfl eyes. 
 And ftill conclufiun, ihall acquire no honmir, 
 Uraaring upon me. i<i,j^rjrr. 
 
 Demu'eelv. aik'. [ivam ttemure.'] 
 J. With affeded modefly ; folemnljr; 
 with pretended gravity. 
 
 Put on a fober hahit, 
 Talk with refpeft, and fwear but now and tl.cn. 
 Wear prayer-books in my pocket, \uo\e. .kmunly. 
 
 Skaijptarc. 
 
 Efcp's damfel, turned from a cat to a womaii, 
 fat very detv<rtly at the boai d's eud, till a moufe 
 lan before her. BMan. 
 
 Next flood hypocrify with holy leer, 
 Soft fm-.Ung, and Jemure/y looking down ; 
 But hid the dagger underneath the gown. 
 
 2. In the following line it is the fame with 
 
 folemnly. U'arbtirton. 
 
 Hark, how the drums dtmure'y wake the 
 
 (leepers ! Shatjpcnrc. 
 
 Demu'reness. n.f. liTom demure.] 
 
 1 . Modelly ; fobernefs ; gravity of afpeft. 
 
 Her eyes having in them luch a chcerfulnels, 
 as natuie fcemed to fmile in them ; though her 
 mouth and clieeks obeyed to that pretty dtmure- 
 r.'js, which tl.e more one marked, the more 
 ene would judge the poor foul apt to bdicve. 
 
 Stdniy. 
 
 2. AfFeftcd modefly ; pretended gravity. 
 Pemu'rr.\ge. n.f. [from dcmur.'\ An 
 
 allowance made by merchants to maf- 
 ters of fliips, for their ftay in a port 
 beyond the time appointed. 
 Demu'rs-ER. n. f. [dmeurer, French ; 
 i. e. manere ia aliquo loco, -vel nwrdrt. ] 
 A kind of paufe tipon a point of dif- 
 ficulty in an aflion ; for, in every ac- 
 tion, the controverfy confifts either in 
 the faa, or in the law : if in the fnft, 
 that is tried by the jiir)- ; if in law, then 
 is the cafe plain to the judge, or fo 
 hard and rare, as itbreedeth jull doubt. 
 I cdl that plain to the judge, wherein 
 he is affured of the law ; aiid in fuch 
 cafe the judge with his affociates, pro- 
 ceeds to iudgment without farther work. 
 'But v?hen it is doubtful to him and his 
 aflbciates, then is their ftay made, and 
 a time taken, either for the court to 
 thiak farther upon it, and to agree, if 
 tbey can ; or elfe for all the jullices to 
 meet together in the Chequer-chamber, 
 and, upon hearing that which the fer- 
 jeants can fay of both parts, to advife, 
 and fet down as law, whatfoever they 
 ccnslude firm; witlwut farther remedy. 
 
 CQweit 
 
 DEN 
 
 A prohibition was granted, and ticreiinto 
 there was a demurrer. Ayhje'i P.ircrg<,:i, 
 
 DEN. n.f. [bin, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A cavern or hollow running horizon- 
 tally, or with a fmall obliquity, under 
 ground; diftinft from a hole which 
 runs down perpendicularly. 
 
 They here difpcrfed, fomc in the air, fomc 
 on the earth, fome iji the waters, fome amongft 
 the minerals, dens, and caves, under the earth. 
 
 Ih,k:r. 
 
 2. The cnve of a wild beafl. 
 
 Wliat, (hall they feck the lion in his dtn, 
 And fright him tiieie .> Skakjpeare. 
 
 The tyrant's d^n, whofc ufc, though loft tto 
 fame, ' 
 
 Was now th' apartment of the royal dame ; 
 The cavern, only to her father known, 
 By liim was to' his darling daugluer ihown. 
 ' U,„.'«. 
 
 'Tis then the fhapelcfs bear Iris </t'' forfaKCs; 
 In woods and fields a wild dcitructiun makes. 
 
 Dryder.. 
 
 3. Den, the termination of a local name, 
 may fignify either a valley or a woody 
 place ; for the SaxoH b^n imports both. 
 
 Glbfon's CatrJei:. 
 Dena'y. n.f. [a word formed between 
 deny s.nii nay. \ Denial; rcfufal. 
 
 To her in hallc, gi^e her tins j;wc; ; fay. 
 My love can give no place, bide no den,xy. 
 
 Shakfjiiar-t. 
 
 Dendro'logy. n.f. [J/rJfc» and Aoyi^.] 
 
 The natural hiftory of trees. 
 Dexi'able. adj. [from deny."] That 
 
 may be denied ; that to which one may 
 
 refufe belief. 
 The negative authority is alfo denUi.'e by rca- 
 
 fon. Broiu,,. 
 
 Deni'al. n./ [from</fny.] 
 
 1. Negation ; the contrary to affirmation. 
 
 2. Negation ; the contrary to confefiion. 
 
 No man more impudent to deny, where proofs 
 were not manifcil ; no man mare ready to con- 
 fefs, with a repenting manner of aggravating his 
 own evil, where d;r.:al would but make the fault 
 fouler. Sidney. 
 
 3. Refufal ; the contrary to grant, al- 
 lowance, or conceflion. 
 
 Here comes vour father; Tiever make denial : 
 I mull and will h.wc Catherine to my wife. 
 
 Sltakfpeai e. 
 
 The denial of landing, and hafty warning us 
 away, tiouMed us much Saccn. 
 
 He, at ev'ry frefli attempt, is repell'd 
 \Vith faint ^/ua/i, weaker than hefcie. Drydcn. 
 
 4. Abjuration ; contrary to acknowledg- 
 ment of adherence. 
 
 We may deny God in all ihofe afls that are 
 
 c:?pable of being moraliy good or evil: thofc arc 
 
 the proper fcenes, in which we aft our confct- 
 
 fions or dcniali of him. S^utn. 
 
 Denier, n. f. [from deny-^ 
 
 1. A contradictor; an opponent; one 
 that holds the negative of a propo- 
 fition. 
 
 By the word Virtue the afSrmcr intends our 
 whole duty to God and man, and the der.ier by 
 the word Virtue means only courag-, or, at 
 mod, our duty towards our neighbour, without 
 including die idea of the duty which we owe to 
 God. ^'""■ 
 
 2. A difowner; one that does not osvn or 
 acknowledge. 
 
 If it was fo fearful' when Chrift louketl his 
 denier into repentance, wl-.at will it be when he 
 fliaH look him into deftruflion ? South. 
 
 3. A refufer; one that refufes. 
 
 It may be I am cftecracd by my dtriitr fgf£- 
 
 DEN 
 
 {icnt et myftlf to difchargc my diUy to Cod .u ■ 
 pricll, though not to'ijcn as a prnice, A'/rtjj Cfi, 
 
 Denie'u. n.f. [from denarius, Lat. It 
 is pronounced as dcneer, in two fylla- 
 bles.] A fir.all denomination of French 
 money ; the twelfth part of a fous. 
 You will not pay lor the glaifes you have 
 burll r 
 No, not 3 denier. ShiikfpCtire. 
 
 To DENIGRATE. v,a. ycm^roy Lat.] 
 7 o blacken ; to make black. 
 
 By lurtciiiig fomc imprcifion from fire, bodies 
 arc cifvially or aiti6ciully denigruted in tliclr na- 
 tural cunij-lcMon : thus :irc charco:'.Is made black, 
 by a" infection of tlxir own Juiiicus. Broivn. 
 
 Hartlhorn, and other white bodic;, will be 
 deiiigratid by heat ; yet campiuic would not at 
 all lolc its whttencfs. Boyle. 
 
 Denigration, n. /. [ denlgi-attOy Lat. ] 
 A blackening, or making black. 
 
 Tiiefc :irc the advenicnt and ^irtihcial ways of 
 dsniaratiortf anfwesally whereto may be the na- 
 tural piogiefs. Jircwn, 
 
 In federal inftances of denigrathnj the metals 
 are worn oSj or otaerwifc reduced into vei^ mi- 
 nute parts. ^\}^''. 
 
 Dexjza'tios. n. /". [froni<s^,f/-7;si^.] The 
 act of enfrancUiiin|r, or making tree. 
 
 That the mere Irilh were reputed aliens, ap- 
 pears by the charters of d£nr:::i:hn, which in all 
 ages were purchafed by them. Davies, 
 
 DE'NIZEN. '^ n. /. [from dtr.afdJyn, a 
 DE'NISON. j man of the city ; or di- 
 mfydd, free of the city, Wellh.] A 
 freeman ; one enfranchifed. 
 
 Denizen is a BMtifti law term, which the Sax- 
 ons and Angles found here, and rerained. 2>tfv.. 
 
 Thus th' Almighty Sire began : ye gods, 
 Natives, or deriiz-er.s, of bleil abodes, 
 From wiicnce tliefe murmurs ? Dryden, 
 
 A great many plants will hardly, with nutfing^ 
 be made fo produce their feed out cf their native 
 foil ; but corn, fo ncccffary for all people, is 
 fitted to glow and to feed a^ a tree denix,efi of the 
 world. Grew. 
 
 He fummons ilraight his Jetdzem of air; 
 The lucid fquadrons round the fails repair. Fofe. 
 
 To Denizen, v. a. [from tlie noun.] 
 To enfranchife ; to make free- 
 Pride, luft, covetiie, being fcveral 
 To thel'e thrcs places, \ct all arc in ajl ; 
 Mingled thus, their ilTue is incel'tuous ; 
 Falfchood is denizer.'d, virtue is barbarous. 
 
 l>oHne_ 
 
 Deno'miN-1 BLE. adj. [denomino, 'LMin.J 
 That may be named or denoted. 
 
 An inflammation confifts ef a fanguincous 
 atRuxion, or clfe is dcKcminah.'e from other hu- 
 mour?, according to the predominancy of me- 
 lancholy, phlegm, or choler. Eitnvn, 
 
 To DENO'MINATE. v. a. [detwm'mo^ 
 Latin.] To name ; to give a name to. 
 Tl e commcndabte pnrpofe of contecration bc- 
 ir:t; not ot tvery one underlWod, they have been 
 conflrued as thoush they had fuperiiitioufly 
 meant either that ihofc places, wl ich were <i* 
 riminateH of angels and faints, Ihould ferve for 
 t! e wsrftiip of fo glorious crearures ; or elfe thofe- 
 gbrious creatures for defence, proteftion, and 
 parropage of fuch places. Hooker. 
 
 Predeiiination is deftrucfiivc to all that is efta- 
 bliOicd among men, to all thnt is moft precious, 
 to human nature, to the two faculties that deno- 
 TKinaie us men, underlHnding and will ; for what 
 tjfc can wc have of our underilandings, if we 
 c:innot do wh.^t wc know to be our duty r And,, 
 if we aft not voluntarily, what cxtrcife have we 
 for our wills .' HummonJ. 
 
 DiNOM I NATION, n. f. [denomfnathf 
 Laiiu.] A name givea 10 a tiiirga.
 
 DEN 
 
 wMcli commonly marka fome prlncip:>l 
 quality of it. 
 
 But is there any tukcn, rlenomm^tion, or nin- 
 numcnC of tljc Gauls yet remaining in Iri;l:inri, 
 as tlicrc is of the Scythiiuu ? Sjieffff 
 
 Tiic likinj or difliMng of the pcopli- gives 
 the play the dcizminaticn of good ur bad ; but 
 docs not rtaUy niaKc or tonftitutc it fuch, Dly^. 
 
 Philofophy, the great ulul of the learned part 
 of the heathen woild, has divided it into many 
 fefts and Jiimniiiaiions; as Stoicks, Peripste- 
 ticks Epicuieans, aiid the like. Saut't. 
 
 AH men aie I'lniiers : the moft righteous among 
 us mull confcfs ourfclvcs to tome under that 
 dciKmintithi, Rogt-t s. 
 
 Deno'mi NATIVE. (it/J. [(rom tfi'iiominate.] 
 
 1. That gives a name; tliat confers a dif- 
 tincl appellation. 
 
 2. That obtains a didiiii'V appellation. 
 This would be more analogically tii'no- 
 vi'tnable. 
 
 The \t7ii Jencm-ratr.-'f part of tiine is a minute, 
 
 the grcateft integer being a year. CccJtfr. 
 
 Df.NOMiN.\'TOR. n.f. [fiom ifenoniinatc] 
 
 The giver of a name ; the perfon or 
 
 thing that caiifci an appellation. 
 
 Both the fc^s of one name fliould have one 
 common denominator, _ Brown. 
 
 Denominator of a FraUion, is the num- 
 ber below the line, ihewing the nature 
 and quality of the parts which any in- 
 teger is fuppofed to be divided into : 
 thus in f, S the denominator fhevvs you, 
 that the integer is fuppofed to be di- 
 vided into 8 parts, or half quarters; and 
 the nuineralor 6 fhews, that you take 6 
 of fuch parts, i. c. three quarters of the 
 whole. Harris. 
 
 When a finglc broken number or fiadion hath 
 for its dcfinminator a irumhei'confifting cf an unit, 
 in the firft place towards the left hand, and no- 
 thing but cyphers from the unit tovvaids the right 
 hand, it is Then more aptly arid rigiitiy called a 
 decimal fraftion. CWieri .■Iritlsmitick. 
 
 Din'iminiitor of any proportion, is the quotient 
 arifing fr.mi the divlTion of the antecedent by the 
 confequent ; thus 6 is the denominator of the 
 proportion that 30 hath to 5, beeaufe 5) -50 (6. 
 This is alfo called the exponent of the proportion, 
 or ratio. Harris, 
 
 Denota'tion. n.f. \_denotiitio, Latin.] 
 The aft of denoting. 
 
 To DENO'TE. -v. a. [Jenoto, Latin.] 
 To mark; to be a fign of; to betoken ; 
 to (how by figns : as, a quick pulfe de- 
 notes a fever. 
 
 To DENOU'NCE. v. a. [damndo, Lat. 
 denoncer, French.] 
 
 1. To threaten by proclamation. 
 
 1 dtnCijme unto you this day, that ye fhall 
 furcly pcrifh, IHcul. 
 
 He of their wicVed ways 
 Shall them arimunifh, denoutiingvt^iih to come 
 Ori their impenitence. Milton. 
 
 They impofe their wild conje^ures for laws 
 upon others, and denounce war ag.iinrt all that 
 receive tl cm not. Dn.:y of Piety. 
 
 2. To threaten by forae outwaid fign or 
 exprefaon. 
 
 He ended frowning, and his look denounc'J 
 T)cfperate revenge, and battle dangerous 
 Ti> lefs than gods. Milton. 
 
 Tnc fea grew white; the tolling waves from 
 far, 
 Like heralds, firft denounce the wat'ry war. Drvd. 
 
 3. To give information againft ; to de- 
 late ; to accufe ptiblickly. 
 
 Archdeacon.'^ ought to propofe parts of the 
 New Ttfiaioeut to be Icaincd by hiatt by m- 
 
 DEN 
 
 forjor clergymen, and dciounct fucli a! src neg- 
 ligent, jiylijfe's laierg^i,. 
 Denou'ncement. n.f [from dencunce.] 
 The aft of proclaiming any menace ; 
 the proclamation of intended evil j de- 
 nunciation. 
 
 Falfc is iHie reply of Cain upon the denounre- 
 
 meni of his curie, My iniquity is greater tl»in 
 
 c:'n be forgiven. hroiun. 
 
 Denou'nckr. n. f. [from denounce.'] 
 
 One that declares fome menace. 
 
 Here cunies the fad di'iouncer of my fate. 
 To toll the mournful knell of feparation. Drydrn. 
 DENSE, ad), {devfm, Latin.] Clofe ; 
 compact ; approaching to folidily ; 
 having fmall intcrlticcs between the 
 eoudituent particles. 
 
 TliC caiifc: ut cold is tlie dcnfity of t'nc bo'ly ; 
 for all dcvjc l;ortics are coldcl- tlian mofl orliti 
 boriic5, as mct.ils, rtnne, glafs ; and llicy aic 
 longer in henring tiuii ft.fici bodies. Bacon. 
 
 \w tlie air the higher you go, the lefs it is com- 
 prcflcd, and confcqutiKly the Icfs denfc it ij>; and 
 fo the upper part is exceedingly tliinncr than the 
 lower part whicli wc breathe. I.orkc. 
 
 To De'n SHIRE. V. a. A barbarous term 
 of hufbandry. 
 
 Burning of l:nid, or burn-baling, is commonly 
 called dtTtJJtiringf that is, De-vonjhrring or Den- 
 highjliiring^ bccaufc m^li ufcd or firit invented 
 there. Mortirncr. 
 
 De'nsity. n,f. [detjfitas, Latin.] Clofe- 
 nefs ; compadtiicfs ; clofe adheiion, or 
 near approach of parts. 
 
 Wl;illl the denfcll of metals, gold, if foliated, 
 is tranfparent, and ^11 mctnh bccomr tranlparcnt 
 \i difTolvcd in mcnltruums, or vitrihed, the opa- 
 city of white metals arifeth not from their li/z- 
 Jity aJone. Ncnveon. 
 
 The air within the vcflVIs being of a Icfs -Yrw- 
 Ji/Yf the outward air would prefs their (ides to- 
 gether ; and, being of a greater denfity^ would 
 expand them fo as to endanger the life of the 
 animal. Arhuthnot on Alimenti. 
 
 DE'NTAL. adj. [dentalis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Belonging or relating to the teeth. 
 
 2. [In grammar.] Pronounced principally 
 by the agency of the teeth. 
 
 The Hebrews have afligned which letters are 
 labial, which dental^ and which guttural. Bacon. 
 
 The dental confonjnts arc ealy, therefore lit 
 theni be next; firlt the labial-^tf«/i)/r, as alio the 
 lingua-i/f«/«/*. Holder. 
 
 De'ntal. n.f. A ftnall fhellfilh. 
 
 Two fmall black and IhJning pieces, fcem, by 
 ttic fhape, to have been forms d in the fhcll of a 
 
 DENTE'LLI. n.f [Italian.] Modillons. 
 
 The motiillons, or dentellij m.ikc .t noble Iliow 
 by graceful projediuns. Spefiutor. 
 
 Dknticul.^'tion. n. f. \_dcnticulatvs, 
 Latin.] The flate of being fct with 
 fmall teeth, or prominencies refembling 
 teeth like thofe of a faw. 
 
 He pmits the dentieiJation of the edges of the 
 
 bill, or thofe fmall i.l)lique incilions, made for 
 
 the better rettntion of the Jirey. Grev. 
 
 Df^-ti'ci'i.atkd. adj. [denticulatus, Lat.] 
 
 Set with fmall teeth. 
 DL'fiTlFRlCE. n.f. [elens and frico, Lat.] 
 A powder made to fcour the teeth. 
 Is this grey powder a good dtntijiite? 
 
 Ben fonfon. 
 
 The (hells of all forts of (hell-fifh,' being 
 
 burnt, obtain a eauflick nature : moft of them 
 
 fo ordered and powdcied, make excellent de/tti' 
 
 fiiecl. Gretu's ^iluj.rnm. 
 
 To Dknti'se. v. a. [denteler, French.] 
 To have the teeth renewed. Not in 
 
 DEO 
 
 The old counters of Dtfrnonrl, who livtd till 
 
 Bie was fcven fcore, did dentije twice or ihiicc, 
 
 carting her old teeth, and others coming in their 
 
 phice. Bacon. 
 
 Denti'tion. n.f. [dentitio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of breeding the teeth. 
 
 2. The time at which children's teeth are 
 bred. 
 
 To DENU'D.'^TE. v.a. [denvdo, Lat.] 
 To divefl ; to llrip ; to lay naked. 
 
 Till he has denudatud himfcif of all incum» 
 
 biances, he is unqualified. Decay of I'lety. 
 
 Denuua'tion. n.f. [from dcmtdate.] 
 
 The aft of (tripping, or making naked. 
 
 ToDunu'de. v.a. [^/f«Hfl'o, Latin.} To 
 
 ftrip ; to make naked ; to divert. 
 
 Ndt a treaty can be obtained, unlcfs wc wouJd 
 denude ourfelf of .rll force to defend us. Clarendon. 
 If in fumrocr-tiine you denude a vine-branch 
 of its leaves, the giapes will never come to ma- 
 turity. Ray on tlie Creation. 
 The eye, with the flcin of the eye-lid, is ele- 
 nudedf to (hew the mufcle. Sharp. 
 
 Denunci.v'tion. n.f. [</<r«unt;Wo, Lat.] 
 The aft of denouncing; the procla- 
 mation of a threat ; a publick menace. 
 
 In a dernmcration or indidtion of a war, the 
 war is not confined to the place of ihe quarrel, 
 but is left at 1.11 ge. BacO'n. 
 
 Chnft tells the Jews, that, if they believe not, 
 they fliall die in their (ins : did they never read 
 thofe denunciatiom ? tJ^'ard. 
 
 Midft of ihcfc denuncrationTj and notwithl^and- 
 
 ing the warning befuie me, i commit myfelf to 
 
 lading durance. Congreve. 
 
 Denuncia'tor. n.f. [from dcnuncia, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. He that proclaims any threat. 
 
 2. He that lays an information agaioil 
 another. 
 
 The denunciator does not make himfelf a party 
 in judgment, as the accufer docs. ^jlife. 
 
 To DENY'. "V.a. [denier, Treach ; denega^ 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . To contradift : oppofed to ajirm. 
 
 2. To contradift an accufation ; not to 
 confefs. 
 
 Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not ; for (he 
 was afraid. Cenefis. 
 
 J. To refufe ; not to grant. 
 
 ,- My young boy 
 
 Hath an afpeift of interceffion, which 
 Great nature cries — deny not. Shakfoeare. 
 
 Ah, charming fair, faid I, 
 How long can you my bill's and yours deny? 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 4. To abnegate ; to difown. 
 
 It (hall be tI;ercfore a witneff unto you, left 
 yon dej:y your God. J'.fhua. 
 
 5. To renounce ; to difregard ; to treat as 
 foreign or not belonging to one. 
 
 The bet^ fign and fruit of denying ourfclvcs, is 
 mercy to others. Sfatt. 
 
 When St. Paul fays, If in this life only wo 
 have hope in Chri(V, wc are ot all men moft 
 mifcrable; he coiifiders chiiftians as denying 
 themfclves in the plealures ol this wsrld, for the 
 fakeof Chrift. Altchury. 
 
 To DEOBSTRUCT. r. a. [d^oftjn'io, 
 Latin.] To clear from impediments* 
 to free from fuch things as hinder a 
 paflage. 
 
 It is a fingiilar good woimd-herb, ufeful for • 
 dco/'Jlru fling the pores of the body. More, 
 
 Such as carry off the faces and mucus, deoi- 
 JlruB the montii of the ladteals, fo as the chyle 
 may hare a free palTage into the blood. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Diet. 
 
 Deo'bstruent. n f \_deohJlriten:, Lat.j 
 
 A medicifte that Las the power to refolve
 
 D E P 
 
 vifcidiiies, ov to open by any means iVie 
 animal paffagcs. 
 
 All lopes aie aucnuatins tini dcohfnutnt, le- 
 folviiig vifcid fubflancss. Arluihn-u. ( 
 
 De'odaND. n. J. [Z)o?(/'wAm, Latin.]' 
 A thing given or forfeited to God for 
 the pacTfying his wrath, in cafe of any 
 misfortune, by which any chnftian 
 comes to a violent end, without the 
 fault of any reafonable creature ; as, if 
 a horfe fliould arike his keeper, and fo 
 kill him ; if a man, in driving a cart, 
 and endeavouring to reaify fomething 
 about it, (honia fall fo as the cart- 
 wheels, by running over him, (hould 
 prefs him 'to death; if one flio^jld be 
 felling a tree, and giving warning to 
 company by, when the tree was near 
 falling, to look to ihemfelves, and any 
 of them (lionld neverthdefs be (lain by 
 the fall of the tree ; in tl)efe cafes the 
 .horfc, the cart-wheel, cart, and horfes, 
 and the tree, are to be given to God ; 
 that is, fold and dillributedto.the poor, 
 'for an expiation of this dreadful event, 
 though occaiioned by unieafonable, 
 fenfelefs, and dead creatures : and though 
 this be given to God, yet it is forfeited 
 to the king by law, as executor in this 
 cafe, to fee the price of thcfe difiributed 
 to the poor. Co-well. 
 
 To DEO'PPILATE. -v. a. [de and oppV.o, 
 Latin.] To deobllruft ; to clear a 
 pafTage ; to free from obftruftions. 
 
 Deo?pii.a'tion. n. f. [from deoppilate.] 
 The aft of clearing obflruAlons ; the 
 removal of whatever obftruas the vital 
 pafT^ges, 
 
 Though the groffer parts be cxcluderf sgain, 
 yet .-ue the diffaiuble parts .cxtr»aed, whereby ii 
 becomes cffcaual in ,1eipp::alh'n. Brmu-i. 
 
 Deo'ppilative. aiij. [from chopfihte.'] 
 
 Deobllruent. 
 
 - A phyfician prefcribcd l.im a inffi',-''.''"- !'"<! 
 
 purgative apozem. Uar'vfy. 
 
 Deoscula'tion. n.f. IJeofculatlo, Lat.] 
 
 The aft of kifiing. 
 We have an enumeration of the feveral adts of 
 
 woifnip required to be perfoimed to images, viz. 
 
 proceffions, genufleaions, thurificKUons, and de- 
 
 cfcuUti'jn,. Stulir.gfeft. 
 
 To Dep.a'int. v. a. \^depemt, French.] 
 I. To olfture ; to defcribe by colours ; 
 
 to paint ; to (liow by a painted refem- 
 
 blance. 
 
 He did unwilling woilliip to the faint 
 T'nat on liis Ihicld Je^ainted he did fi-e. S^eiijcr. 
 1. To defcribe. 
 
 Such ladies fair would I dtfnhil 
 In roundelay, or (oniiet quaint. Oay. 
 
 Ts DEPA'RT. -y. n. [i/c/rcr/, French.] 
 I . To go away from a place : with frum 
 before the thing left. 
 
 When the people def>arte<i away, Sufannah 
 went into her garden. SujMaah. 
 
 He faid unto him, go in peace ; fo he dtfar-tcd 
 fnm him a little way. 2 Kingi. 
 
 Tlicy d/paitid quickly f'om ihe fepukhic, 
 •with fear and great joy^ and did run to bring his 
 difcipks word. Matihriu. 
 
 He, which hath no ftomach to this fight, 
 Let him dejiart; iiis pafipott fhalj be marie. 
 
 S/f.iiff'iu c. 
 
 Barbaroffa, appcafed with ptcfclrtj; jffayiid 
 out ot that bay.. 
 
 D fi P 
 
 And couldft thou leave mc, cruel, thus alone r 
 Not one kind kifs from a dc farting Ion ! 
 No look, no laft adieu 1 Dryden. 
 
 2. To defift from a praftice. 
 He cleaved unto the Uns of Jeroboam, he de- 
 
 fdriid not therefrom. ^ Kingi. 
 
 3. To be loft ; to perifti. 
 Tl'.e good de^aricd away, and the evil abode 
 
 ftiii. 1 njd,!i>. 
 
 4. To defert ; to revolt ; to fall away ; 
 to appilatize. 
 
 In tranisreiTing and lying againft the Lord, and 
 dipatting away from our God. Ifua.;. 
 
 5. To defift from a refolution or opinion-. 
 His majerty prevailed not with any of them 
 
 to drpart from the moil unrcafunable of all riieir 
 demands. Cl.ncuhn. 
 
 6. To die ; to deceafe ; to leave the 
 
 world. 
 As hjr foul was in dcpariirg ; 
 
 Kmilci. 
 
 for flic died. 
 Gt'uji. 
 Lord, now lettcft thou thy fcrvant depart in 
 peace, according to tliy word. Lui:e. 
 
 As you wilh chriftian peace to fouls dcf^irted, 
 Stand thcle poor people's friend. Shakjpiare. 
 7o Depa'rt. "v. a. To quit; to leave 5 
 to retire from. Not in ufe. 
 
 You've had difpalch in priv'atc by the cpnful ; 
 You are wiU'd by him this.evening 
 To d:p^xrt Rome. . . Ben Jonfpr. 
 
 To Depa'rt. v. a, [part'ir, French ; fxlr- 
 //w, Latin.] To clivide j to feparatc ; 
 a chymical term. 
 
 Depa'rt. «./ [,/f/ia>-/, French.] 
 
 1 . The afi of going away : now itefar- 
 
 ture. 
 
 I had in charge, at ray derail from FraiiGe, 
 To marry princefs Margaret. Siaifpiuri. 
 
 2. Death. - I ■ 
 
 When your brave father brcath'd his latc.1 
 
 gaff! 
 Tidings, as fwiftly as the. port could run. 
 Were brought me of your lofs and his depart. 
 
 Shatjjicare'i Ulwy vi. 
 
 3. [With chymifts.] An operation fo 
 named, becaufe the particles of filver 
 are departed or dividcl from geld or 
 other metal, whea they were before 
 melted together in the fame mafe, and 
 could not be feparatcd any other way. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 The chymifis have a liquor called water of de- 
 part. Biiion. 
 Depa'rter. ti. f. [from depart.] One 
 
 that refines metals by fcparation. 
 Depa'rtment. n.f. [departcmehl, Fr.] 
 Separate allotment ; province or bufinefs 
 afligncd to a particular perfon : a French 
 
 term. 
 
 The Roman fleets, during their command at 
 
 fca, had their feveral Itaiions and def.irimititi : 
 
 the moll confiderablc was t!;e Alexandrian fleet, 
 
 and the fccond was the African. Ariiuthmt. 
 
 Depa'rture. n.f. [from r/if/ar/.] 
 
 1. A going away. 
 
 Fur thee, fellow. 
 Who needs mult know of \x\ departure, and 
 Doft fecm fo ignorant, we'll force it from ihcc 
 By a Ihatp torture. Shakjpeare. 
 
 What befides 
 Of forrow, and rieieftioii, and dofpair, 
 Our frailty can fuKain, thy tidings bring ; . 
 Departure from tiiis iiappy place. '' Milton. 
 
 They were feen notunty all the while our Sa- 
 viour was upon earth, but furvivcd after his dc- 
 farlure out of this world. Addifm. 
 
 2. Death ; deceafe ; the ad of leaving 
 the prefent ftate of exiftence. 
 
 Happy w.as their good fiincein his timely 
 
 9 
 
 D E P 
 
 dipafturt, which barred him from the knowledge 
 of his fon's niiferics. Sidney. 
 
 3. A forfaking; an abandoning: with 
 from. 
 
 The fear of the Lord, and departure from evil, 
 
 are phrafes of like importance. Tiliotf'jn. 
 
 Dbpa'scent. adj. [deptifceiis, Latin.] 
 
 Feeding. 
 To Depa'sture. 1'. a. [from depafccr, 
 Latin.] To eat up ; to confume by 
 feeding upon it. 
 
 They keep their cattle, and live therafelvcs in 
 bodies pafluring upon tiie mountains, and re- 
 moving ftiM to frelh land, as they have dipaf:i>:d 
 the former. Spinfer-. 
 
 To Depau'perate. 1'. a. [depatipero^ 
 Latin.] To make poor; to impover- 
 ilh ; to cohfume. 
 
 Liming docs not elepa;ifsrali .; tha. grdund 
 will laft long, and bear large grain. Mortii^er. 
 Great evacuations, which carry oft' the nutri- 
 tious humours, i/f;<!.''/''''n/£ the blood. Arbutlmot. 
 Depe'ctible. adj. [from depexlo, Latin. J 
 Tough; clammy; tenacious; capable 
 of being extended. 
 
 It may be alfo, that fome bodies have a kind 
 of lentor, and arc of a more dcpcniitlc iiatvre 
 tl-.an oil, as wc fee it evident in coloration; for a 
 fmall quantity of fatfron will tiiift more thaii a 
 very -great quantity of biafil or wine. B.-con. 
 To Depe'inct. ^.a. [acpeindre,YTetic^.] 
 To depaint ; to paint ; to defcribe in 
 colours. A word of Sp^nfr. 
 
 "The i?d rofc medlicd;with the white y fere, 
 In either cheek deptinSen lively here. Spenfer. 
 to DF.PE'ND. -0. «.' Idependeo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To hang frum. 
 From t!;e frozen beard 
 
 Long ificles defend, and crackling founds am 
 heir^. ^ D'ydiri. 
 
 From g:k."ed roifs dtpericting lamps difpUiy \ 
 Noftum.d bernis, that.c'mulate the eUy. Dryden. 
 
 There is a chain let down from Jove, , , 
 So ttroHg, that fiorh the low'et end, ^ 
 
 They fay, all human things .ffi'/rf. Stuift. 
 
 The direful munfler was i/ar defcricd, 
 Two bleeding b.ibes d'per.ding at her fide. Pope. 
 
 2. To be in a ftate influenced by fome 
 external caufe ; to live fubjeft to the 
 will of others : with upon. 
 
 We work by wit anj not l>y .witchcraft ; 
 And wit drjiends on dilatory tinje, SJ.ai/peare. 
 
 Never be without money, nor depend upon the 
 
 curtefy of others, which may fail at a pinch. 
 
 ■ Bacon. 
 
 3. To be in a flate of dependance ; to re- 
 tain to others. 
 
 Be then defir'd *■ 
 
 Of fifty to difquantity your train ; 
 And the lemaindcrs, that (hall ftill depend, [ 
 
 To be luch men as may befortyour a-e. Sfiaifp, 
 
 4. To be connefted with any thing, as 
 with its caufe, or fomething previous. 
 
 The peace and happihetsofa lociety '^'/c"/ on 
 the jnftice and fioeliiy, the temperance and cha- 
 rity, of its members. Rogers. 
 
 5. To be in fnfpenfe ; to be yet undeter- 
 mined. 
 
 By no means be you perfuaded to interpofe 
 yoiirfelf in any caufe depending, or like to be 
 diftnding, in any coint ot juftce. Bacon. 
 
 The judge corrupt, the \ong depending caufe, 
 : And doub:ful ilTiie of raifconftrued laws. Prior. 
 
 6. To Depend upon. To rely on ; to 
 truft to ; to reft upon with confidence j 
 to be certain of. 
 
 He refolved no more to depend ujon the one, 
 or to provoke the other. C/aien.Jon. 
 
 But if you 're lough, and life liim like a dug. 
 Depend upon rt-^hc'Il remain incog. .-Iddijon.
 
 t) E P 
 
 I rm a llr.mpcr to your cluiaflers, furihcr than 
 as Luniinoii famj icjiorti tlicni| which is net to 
 he ii'pniiUJ upon. Siuijt, 
 
 ,^ }•«•/• [iyom depend. \ 
 
 Dei'endancy.J •' '- ^ ■■ 
 
 1. The flate of hanging down from a 
 fiijiporter. 
 
 2. Something hanging upon another. 
 
 On a ncighb*ri:ig tree defccndiiig I'fiht, 
 Like :i large cluHcr of bbck giapci they (how, 
 And make a long deyendtincc from tlic bough. 
 
 DtyJe,:. 
 
 3. Concatenation ; connexion ; relation ot 
 one thing to another. 
 
 In all toils of ic.ilbniiij, the connexion .ind 
 dfftndmce of ideas (houltl be followed, till the 
 mind is brought Co the fourrc on which it bot- 
 toms. L'. Ic 
 
 4. State of bein^ at tl'.e c'.ifpofal or iintler 
 the fovereiguty of anuther : with ?;^07.i. 
 
 Evcrv monicut we feel our dfpendancc upon 
 God, .ind find th;it wc c:\n neiti^-r be hapjiy 
 without him, nor think ouiftlves lo. TillotJ^.n. 
 
 5. The things of perfons of which any 
 man has the doininiun or difpolal. 
 
 Never w.is there a prince bereaved of his de- 
 pff;dtindis l>y his council, e?ccept where thcie 
 l>.ith been cither an ovcr-greatnci^s in one coun- 
 IcJIor, or an ovcr-fltid coiubiiiation in div«rs. 
 
 Sacon. 
 
 The fecond natural divifion of power, is of 
 fuch men who have acquiicd large pofleflT.ons, 
 and confequcntly dep?nd.ir.cUs ; or defcend from 
 ancellors who have left them great inheritances. 
 
 Sitiift. 
 
 6. Reliance ; truft ; confidence. 
 
 Their depcndoficUs on him were drowned in 
 this conceit. Hnier. 
 
 They llcpt in peace by night, 
 Secure of bread, as of returning light ; 
 And with fuch firm di-pendntice on the day, 
 That need grew pampei'd, and forgot to pray. 
 
 D>yd,n. 
 "J, Accident ; that of which the exiftence 
 prefuppofes the cxillencc of fomething 
 elfe. 
 
 Modes I call fuch complex ideas, whieh, how- 
 ever compounded, contain not in them the fui>- 
 pofitiou of fubliliing by thtmfclvcs, but aie 
 confidered as dependnjicUi on, or affections aij 
 fubftances ; fuch are the ideas fignitied by the 
 words triangle, gratitude, niuidtr. L:^h. 
 
 Dete'ndant. aJj. [from depend.^ 
 
 1. Hanging down. 
 
 2. Relating to fomething previous. 
 
 3. In the power of another. 
 
 On God^as the moli high, all inferior caufes 
 
 in the world are dcptndant. Hvokfr. 
 
 Depe'ndant. n.f. [from depend.^ One 
 
 who lives in fubjtftion, or at the dif- 
 
 cretion of another ; a retainer. 
 
 A great abatement of kindnefs appears as 
 well in the general dtpeinhntsy as in the duke 
 himfelfalfo, and your daughter. Siui',fpr,:rc. 
 
 For a fix-elei'k a perfon recommended a dc- 
 foidajit upon him, who paid fix thoufand pounds 
 ready inoney. CUueidorr. 
 
 W\i df pendant i Ihall quickly become his pro- 
 fclytes. S'.nih. 
 
 Depe'ndence. 1 //. /. [from dcpendco, 
 Depe'ndency. 3 Latin. This word, 
 with many- others of the fame termina- 
 tion, are indifferently written with ancc 
 or eitcc, ancy or eiicy, as the authors in- 
 tended to derive iKem from the Latin or 
 French.] 
 I. A thing or perfon at the difpofal or 
 difcretion of another. 
 
 We invade the rights of our neighbours, nut 
 upon acct^unt of covotoufrefs, but of dominion, 
 that \vc may create dfpfndcncres, dtticr. 
 
 D E P 
 
 2. State rjf being fobordinatr, or fubjcft 
 ill fomc de.rrte to the difi:retion of 
 another ; the contrary to fovereignty. 
 
 Let mc report to him 
 Your fwcct Jfpriid.-ncyy and you ihall find 
 A conqueror that will pray in aid for klnt.'ncfs, 
 Where he for grace is kneel'd to. SH^ikfp. 
 
 .At their fctling out they muft have theii com- 
 minion, or I'jttcrs patent, from the king, that fo 
 they may acknowledge their depettdaicy upon the 
 crown of England. Bacon. 
 
 3. That which is not principal; that which 
 is fubordinate. 
 
 We fpcak of the fuhUmary worlds, this earth, 
 and its dipcndcncia^ which role out of a chaos 
 :il;uut lix thoufand years ago. Buyn:t. 
 
 4. Concatenation ; connexion ; rife of 
 coiifequents from prcitiifes. 
 
 ffcr madnefs h.itii the oddell frame of feiifc ; 
 Such a il-pntdtfuy of thing on thing, 
 As ne'er I heard in madnefs. ^utf:fp':are. 
 
 5. Relation of any tiling to anothei, as of 
 <?n effeft to its caufe. 
 
 I took plcafure to trace out the cnufe of ef- 
 fects, and the dependence of one thing upon 
 another in the vifible creation. Burnet. 
 
 6. Truft ; reliance ; confidence. 
 
 The cxpcdlalion of the performance of our 
 delire, is that we call dependence upon him for 
 lielp and alTillance. Siiliitgfeet. 
 
 Depe'ndent. adj. [dependcns, Latin. 
 This, as many other words of like ter- 
 mination, are written with ent or atit, 
 as they are fuppofcd to flow from the 
 Latin or French.] Hanging down. 
 
 In the time of Charles the Great, and long 
 fince, the whole fnrs in the tails were dependent ; 
 but now that falhion is left, and the fpots only 
 worn, without the tails. Vcaeham. 
 
 Depe'ndent. n.f. \ixom. detev.dcns,\^z\-.'\ 
 One fubordinate ; one at the difcretion 
 or difpolal of another. 
 
 We are indigent, defencelcfs beings ; the crea- 
 tures of his power, and the dependent: of his 
 providence. Rogers. 
 
 Depe'nder. n.f. [from depend.'] A de- 
 pendent ; one that repofes on the kind- 
 nefs or power of another. 
 
 Wnat (halt thou cxpefl, 
 To be depends on a thing that leans? S':,ii/p. 
 
 Dkperdi'tion. n. /. [from deperdkus. 
 Latin.] Lofs ; deihuciion. 
 
 It may be unjult to place all elficacy of gold 
 in tlie r.on-oniifiion of weights, or deperdifio't of^ 
 any ponderous particles. -Eroivn. 
 
 Dephlecma'tion. n.f. [homdep/j/egm.] 
 An operation which takes away horn 
 the phlegm any fpirituous fluid by re- 
 peated diftillation, till it is at length left 
 all behind. ^liiicy. 
 
 In divers cafes it is not enough to Tepara'e the 
 av-^ueous parts by dephUgmatiein ; for tome liquors 
 contain alto an unfnfpecited quantity of I'm.Tll 
 corpufcles, of foraewhat an earthy nature, which, 
 being alTociated with the faline ones, do clog 
 and blunt thetn, and thereby weaken their afti- 
 vity. JS'ojIe. 
 
 7"o DEPHLE'GM. 7 v. a. [A- 
 
 To DEPHLE'GMATE. \ phhgmo, low 
 
 Latin.] To clear from phlegm, or 
 
 aqueous infipid matter. 
 We have fometimcs taken (pirit of fait, and 
 
 carefully dephlegmtd it. ' /'y/V. 
 
 De p H L e'g m edn e 3 s . n./. [ hom dephlegm, ] 
 
 The quality of being freed from phlegm 
 
 or aqueous matter. 
 The proportion betwixt the coralline folution. 
 
 and the i'pirit of wine, depends fo much upon 
 , t'jc ftrength of the former liquor, and the de- 
 
 fliUgmednefi of the latter, tiiat it is fcarce pollible 
 
 IJ E P 
 
 (0 determine jtncrallyand cxai^ly whai <5ur.n';(y 
 of each ought to be li.kcn. Ati/r. 
 
 To Depi'ct. "u. a, [depwgn, depUliim, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To paint; to portray; to rcprefent 
 in colours. 
 
 Tic cowards of Lacedcmon depiflrd upon 
 their (hields tiic molt terrible beads thry could 
 imagine. Tay.'^.f. 
 
 2. To defcribe; to reprefcnt an action to 
 the mind. 
 
 When the difltafiions of a tumult are fcnfibly 
 d'-ji/SIed, every objeifl and every occurrence arc 
 fo prcfcnted to your view, that while you read, 
 you fcem indeed to fee them. Fe!t;n. 
 
 Depi'latorv. n.f. [de znA piliis, 1^1.1 
 An application ufcd to take away hair. 
 Dc'piLous. a/!j. [de tmd fi/us, Latin.] 
 Without hair. 
 
 This animal is a kind of lizard, or quadruped 
 corticated and Jcpikus, that is, without wool, 
 fur, or hair. Bn^ur. 
 
 Deplanta'tion. n.f. [deplanto, Lat.] 
 The a(El of taking plants up from the 
 bed. Ditl. 
 
 Deple'tion. n.f. [depko, depletus, Lat.] 
 The a(& of emptying. 
 
 AbHincnce and a flcndcr diet attenuates, be- 
 
 caufc depletion of the veffels gives room to the 
 
 fluid to expand iilelf. Af'u/ttnjct, 
 
 Deplo'rable. adj. [from (/f/i/oro, Lat.] 
 
 1. Lamentable; that demands or caufes 
 lamentation; difmal ; fad; calamitous; 
 miftrable ; hopelcfs. 
 
 This was the depltirable condition lo which tl;e 
 king was reduced. Clarendon. 
 
 The bill, of all weapons, gives the mud 
 ghafily and deplorahle wounds. Ttmple. 
 
 It will be confidered in how deplorable a Hate 
 learning lies in that kingdom. S-ii^ift. 
 
 2. It is fomctimes, in a more lax an J jo- 
 cular fenfe, ufed for contemptible ; de- 
 fpicable : as, depkrabh nonfenfe ; deplo- 
 rable ftupidlty. 
 
 Deplo'rableness. n.f. [from deplora- 
 i.'e.] The ftate of being deploiabie; 
 mifery ; Iiopelefncfs. Diff. 
 
 Deplo'r ABLY. adv. [from d.-plorab/e.] 
 Lamentably ; miferably ; hopelefly : often 
 in a fenfe of contempt. 
 
 NutA'ithHanding ail liieir talk of reafon and 
 
 philofophy, God knows, tiiey are drpiorai.'y 
 
 ifrangeis to rhcm. Soull. 
 
 .Defi.o'r ATE. adj. [deploralui, Latin.] 
 
 Lamentable ; hopelefs. 
 
 The cafe is then molt depkratc, when reward 
 goes over to the wrong fide. L'F.jirarge. 
 
 Deplora'tion. n. f. [from deplore.] 
 The afl of deploring, or of lamenting. 
 To DEPLO'RE. V. a-, [dephro, Latin.] 
 To lament ; to bewail ; to wail ; to 
 mourn ; to bemoan ; to exprefs forrow. . 
 
 But chade Diana, who his death depkr'd. 
 With ./Efculapian herbs his life lellor'd. DrydtK, 
 
 If Arcite thus deplore 
 His ("uffcrings, yet Palcmon Tuficrs inoie. Dryd. 
 
 Deplo'rer. n. f. [from deplore.] A la- 
 
 menter ; a mourner ; one that laments. 
 
 Depluma'tion. n.f. [de/lutnalio, Lat.] 
 
 1. A pluming, or plucking off the fea- 
 thers. 
 
 2. [In furgery.3 A fv.elling of the eye- 
 lids, accompanied with the fall of the 
 hairs from the eyebrows. Phillips. 
 
 7"o DEPLU'ME. V. a. [de and ;,l,ma, 
 
 Latin.] To llrip of its feathers. 
 iTc DEFO'NE. v. a. [depno, Lsiia,]
 
 DE P 
 
 I. To lay down as a pledge or fecurity. 
 i^ To line upoa the fuccefs of an adven- 
 ture. 
 
 On this I woulrf -/.•/'^■'J 
 As much as any caufc Tve known. Hadihrai. 
 DEPft'xENT. n. f. [from depono, Latin.] 
 I. One that depofes his teflimony in a 
 court of juilice; an evidence; a wit- 
 nefs. 
 Z. [In grammar.] Such verbs .is have 
 no aflive voice are called deponents, and 
 generally lignify adlion only: z'i,faleor, 
 1 confcfs. Clarke's Latin Grammar. 
 
 To DEPOPULATE, v. a. {depopuhr, 
 Latin.] To unpeople ; to lay walie ; 
 to deftroy inhabited countries. 
 
 Where is ttiis viper, 
 Tliat would S'f'^iuhir the city, and 
 iic every man iiiniftlf? Shalfpeitn. 
 
 He turned his nrms upon unnrmed and unpro- 
 vided people, to fpuil only and d'-pipufutr^ con- 
 trary to the laws both of war and peace. Eacon. 
 
 A land exhaufted to the lalt remains, 
 DspopuUteH towns and driven plains. D^ycicn. 
 
 Grim death, in ditl'crent Hiapes, 
 T>fprifmlat;i the nations ; thoufands tall 
 Hisviiftims. VliUf.. 
 
 Depopula'tion. n.f. [from depopulate.'] 
 The adl of unpeopling ; havock ; 
 wafte ; deftruftion of mankind. 
 
 How didft thou grieve then, Ad.ini ! to behold 
 The end of all thy offspring, end fo fad, 
 Dcp^ftuUiiion '. Thee another flood, 
 Of tears and forrow a flood, thee alfo drown'd, 
 And funk thee as thy fons. Milton, 
 
 Remote thou hear'ft the dire eifeft of war, 
 Depopulation, Pfirlipx, 
 
 Defopula'top,. n.f. [from depopulate.] 
 A difpeopler ; a deilroyer of mankind ; 
 a waller of inhabited countries. 
 Te DEPO'RT. -v. a. [deporter, French.] 
 To carry ; to demean ; to behave : it 
 is ufed only with the reciprocal pro- 
 noun. 
 
 Let an ambaiTidur Jpn't himfcif in the moft 
 graceful manner before a prince. P-ip^. 
 
 Depo'rt. n. f. [from the verb] De- 
 meanour; grace of attitude; behaviour; 
 deportment. 
 
 She Delia's fcif 
 In gait furpafs'd, and goddcfs-likc Jtpirt, Mill. 
 
 Of middle age one rifing, emment 
 1:1 wife .ifpsftj fpakc much of rig'it and wrong. 
 
 A/;/.-w;. 
 
 Deporta'tiov. n.f. [diporlatio, Lat.] 
 
 1. Tranfportation ; exile into a remote 
 part of the dominion, with prohibition 
 to change the place of rclidence. 
 
 2. Exile in general. 
 
 An abjuration, which is a ckportati'jn for evci 
 into a foreign land, was aiciently with us a civil 
 death. .-Ivli^e. 
 
 Defo'rtment. n.f, [deportcment, Fr. ] 
 
 1. Conduft ; management; manner of 
 afling. 
 
 I will but fwecp the way with a few notes 
 touching the duke's own de^ortmttt in th.ii 
 jfland. Hat!-jn. 
 
 2. Demeanour ; behaviour. 
 
 The coldnefs of his temper, and the gravity 
 of his iitp.-i'tmiv!, carried him fafe througli inany_ 
 •liSiculties, and he lived and died in a great Na- 
 tion. S-wift. 
 Tb DEPO'RE. T. a. [^f/ion(?, Latin.] 
 I. To lay down ; to lodge ; to let fall. 
 Its (h.rcs arc neither ailvanccd one j^r further 
 into the fca, nor its furfscc raifed by additional 
 mud drpojcd upon it by the yearly inun<latii>ns of 
 t'nc Nile. /IW-u-v./ 
 
 D E P 
 
 2. To degrade from a throne or high 
 ftation. 
 
 Tint of the king : what (hall of him become? 
 — The duke yet lives that Henry (hall depoje. 
 
 Shii'\fpinre. 
 
 May your fick fame ftill hmguilh till it die; 
 Then, as the greatcll ctirfc that 1 can give, 
 Unpitied he .'Irp^i'Jy and after live. Vryditi. 
 
 Dtf'ifrJ confuls, and captive princes, might 
 have preceded him. Tatlet . 
 
 3. To take away; to diveft ; to ftrip of. 
 Not in life. 
 
 You m:;y my glory and my ftate d/pr^f-, 
 But not my griefs; flill ana 1 king of thofe. 
 
 Shakjpeure. 
 
 4. To give teflimony ; to atteft. 
 
 'Twas l.c that made you to dsp'^fe ; 
 Yom- oath, my lord, is vain and frivolous. Shak. 
 If was nfu.il for him that dwelt in Southwark, 
 or TotliTll-ftrcer, to dcp'-.fi the yenrly rciil or va- 
 luition of lar.ds lying in the north, or other re- 
 mote p.trt ^^ the realm. Ji.iccn. 
 J. To examine any one on his oath. Not 
 in nfe. 
 
 According to our lasv, 
 Drp^fc- him in the jultice of his caufo. Slia^fp, 
 To Depo'se. t>. n. To bear witnefs. 
 
 I.ovc ftraight l^ood up and depifed, a lye 
 could not come from the mouth of Zclm^me. 
 
 Sidney, 
 Depo'sitary. n./. [dipoftarliis, l.sUn.] 
 One with whom any thing is lodged in 
 trull. 
 
 I gave you all. 
 — Mide you my guardians, my depo/itarigs ; 
 Kut kept a refcrvation, lo be fuUow'd 
 W'irh fuch a number. Skaifpettrr. 
 
 To DEPaSITE. i<. a. [depofitmn, Lat.] 
 
 1. To lay up ; to lodge in any place. 
 
 The e.iglc got leave here to dip'-jitc her eggs. 
 
 L'Epavgc. 
 
 Drydcn wants a poor fquarc foot of tfune, to 
 fhcw where tlic afhcs of owe of the greatcft poets 
 on earth are depofiu-d. Garth, 
 
 Wiicn vtfTcls were open, and the infcdls had 
 free acccfs to the aliment within them, Redi di- 
 ligently obfcived, that no other fpccics wcic 
 produced, but of fuch as he faw go in and feed, 
 and dep'fjie their eggs there, which rhey would 
 icadily do in nil putrcfatftion. BentUy. 
 
 2. To lay up as a pledge, or fecurity. 
 
 3. To place at intereft. 
 
 God commands us to return, as to him, fo 
 the pour, his gifts out of mere duty and thank- 
 fiilncfs; not to d,]'.fite them with him in hopes 
 of meriting by them. Sp'att, 
 
 4. To lay afide. 
 
 The difficulty will he to pcifuade x\\e deprftt- 
 in.^ of timfe lulls which have, by I know nut 
 wliat fafciiiation, fo endeared thcmfclvcs. 
 
 Vccay ;f Piety. 
 
 Depo'site. tj.f. [depojili/m, l>atin.] 
 
 1. Any thing comnilttetl tu the trull and 
 care of another. 
 
 2. A pledge ; a pawn ; e thing given as 
 a fecurity. 
 
 3. The Hate rf a thing pawned or pledged. 
 
 They had fmce >!jrfciUcs, and f^iirly Iclt it; 
 fliey had the other day the Valtollne, and now 
 ha<c put it in d/j't/Jtc. B..:-cn. 
 
 Deposi'tion. n.f. \_hom dcpfitlo, Lat.] 
 
 I, The Tift of giving public tellimony. 
 
 If you will examine the veracity of the fathers 
 by thofe circumrtanccs ufu;tlly confidtred in 
 dep'-JifiwtSj you will ftnd them ftiong on their 
 fide. Sir K. Digh, 
 
 A witnefs is obliged fo fwcar, othcrwifc his 
 dip'.fition i» not valul. .lylUfe'i I'uit'frci. 
 
 i. The aft of degrading a prince from fo- 
 vereignty. 
 
 3. [In canon law.] Depofition properly 
 
 D E P 
 
 fignifies a folenin depriving of a man of 
 his clerical orders. Ayl'iffe's Farcrgon. 
 Depo'sitory. n.f. [from dcpofte.] The 
 place where any thing is lodged. Z):- 
 pofitary is properly ufed of per.'ons, and 
 depojilory of places ; but in the following 
 example they are confounded. 
 
 The Jews themfclves arc the dpftoria of all 
 the prophecies which tend to their own confu- 
 fio:i. Ad.i'j'^r. 
 
 Di;pR wa'tioN'. n.f. \^depravalin,\j!>X.] 
 
 1. Tlie act of making any thing bad; 
 the aft of oorrupting ; corruption. 
 
 Tiie tUrec forms of govcrnnient ha'.e their fc- 
 veral pcrfciiions, and aic I'ubjeiiL to ihc'.r fevcral 
 deprat'atiiiin : however, tew if-ites are ruined by 
 defect in their inftitution, but generally by cor- 
 ruption (j( manners. Swift. 
 
 2. The (late of being made bad ; dege- 
 neracy ; depravity. 
 
 We liave a catalogue of the blackefl fins that 
 human nature, in its highel^ .iep'o^jatior^ is ca- 
 pable tji committing. So-..:^. 
 
 3. Dif.imation ; ccn.^'ure : a fenfe not now 
 in ufe. 
 
 St.ihb.irn ciitlclcs are apt, without a theme 
 For flep-.ivatn.ny fo fquare riU the fex. Shak/f. 
 To DEPRA'VE. -v. a. [Jepra-vo, Latin.] 
 To vitiate ; to corrupt ; to contami- 
 nate, 
 
 ^y'c admire t!ie providence of God it) tl^i* con- 
 tinuance of fcripturc, iiorwjthftar.dii.g the en- 
 deavours of infidels to abollfh, and t!-c fraudj- 
 lence of hcrcticks to (/^/>r.!T-^, tlic fanic. Hofl'tr, 
 
 Who lives that 's wot depi avtdf o\ liepra^jci ^ 
 
 Shr.hfpiiire, 
 
 Bi:r from me what can proceed 
 But all corrupt, both mind and will iifpfa:'Jf 
 
 A taflc which plenty docs d'pravf, 
 Loaths lawful goud, and Uwkfs ill docs cravr. 
 
 Dry dm. 
 
 Depra'vedxess. n.f^ [ from 4^prave. ] 
 Corruption ; taint ; contamination ; vi- 
 tiated ftate. 
 
 Whiit fin.s do you mean .^ Our originnl drpra* 
 'vui ifji^ and proncncfs of our eternal prirt to nU 
 <.\\\. H,imfTiond. 
 
 Depk a'vement. n. f* [from deprave,^ 
 
 A vitiattd ftate ; corruption. 
 He makuth men believe, thnt appnritions are 
 
 either dcceptio.is of fi^ltt, or mi:lancholy deprave^ 
 
 vic'.ii of fancy. Brotvn, 
 
 Depra'vek. n, f, [from rltprave,'^ A 
 
 corrupter; he that catifcs depravity. 
 DEPRA'vMTr. ft./, [from i/cjyravc] Cor- 
 ruption ; a vitiated Hate, 
 r<? DE'PRECATE, -y. ^. 
 
 1, To beg ofT; to pray deh'verance from ;" 
 to avert by prayer. 
 
 In d> pr,ui::rg of evil, we make an humble 
 acknowledgment of guilr, and of God's juliicc 
 in chaftifmg, as well as clemency in fparing, 
 the guilty. Grcu, 
 
 Puvcity indeed, in all its degrees, men are 
 cafily perfuaded to drprecate from themfelve*:. 
 
 Rog-rs. 
 
 The judgments which we would dtptecate are 
 not rcroovefl. ' Smulridgf, 
 
 The Italian entered them in his pr:iy<;r : 
 amongft the three ev.Is he petitioned to be riili- 
 vcred from, lie inighr hiivc drprccattJ grc.it<:r 
 evils. I'uker's K'J.'tit'cni on Liarnin^, 
 
 2, To implore mercy of: this is not pro- 
 per. 
 
 At h-ngth he fcts 
 Thof"? darl^, whofc poin;s mnke gods adore 
 His mighr, and .ifp'icufc his power. Pn^'^ 
 
 Dfprfca'tion. ri./. yifJirecaUOy hixi.] 
 I. Prayer againll tvll.
 
 D E P 
 
 I, with leare of fpcccli imp'orM, 
 And luimbic i^t-piraitw/t, thus replied. Milt'jtt. 
 Stcrimt:itiuii they gciicrilly coiicciveH to be a 
 j^aod fi-n, or a bad one ; and fu, upon this mo* 
 tiaii, they commonly uTcd a grattilaiion for the 
 one, and a deprecation for the other. Btowt. 
 
 2. Intrcaty ; petitioning. 
 J. An excufiag ; a begging pardon for. 
 De'precati\ E. \ adj. [from dtprecale.'\ 
 Di'PKECATORY. J That fcrvcs to depre- 
 cate ; apologetick; tending to awrt 
 evil by fupplication. 
 
 BiOijp For. tindcrUanding that the Scottifli 
 king \v.»s ftiH difcontcnt, being troubled that tlit 
 occatiun of breaking ot' the iiucc Ihuuld grow 
 frOm his men, ^ fent many humble and depre- 
 cnt'.yy letters to the ScottiPn king to appeulc hint. 
 
 l!.,c'.„. 
 DepreCa'tor. n.f. lileprecator, Latin,] 
 
 One that averts evil by petition. 
 To DEPRECIATE, t;. a. [tUprellare, 
 
 Latin.] 
 '%',_ To bring a thing down to a lower 
 
 price. 
 S. To undervalue. 
 
 They prelurned upon that mercy, which, in 
 .;U their converfatioiis, they endeavour to d:prt~ 
 t'iate and milreprefent. Add:[on. 
 
 As there are none more ambitious of fame, 
 than thofe who are coiners in poetry, it is vciy 
 natural for fuch as have not I'uccccded in it to 
 dc^recUte the works of Ihofc who have. 
 
 Sft^ateir, 
 
 To DE'PREDATE. v. a. [dcfredari, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To rob ; to pillags. 
 
 2. To fpoil ; to devour. 
 
 It maketli the fubftance of the body more h- 
 lid and compact, and fo lefs apt to be confumed 
 and dtpreJiiiid by the fpirits. Bacoit. 
 
 Depred.-v'tios. n.f. [deprsdalio, Lat.] 
 
 1. A robbing ; a fpoiling. 
 
 ComraiiTioners were appointed to determine 
 all matters of pirrtcy and depred^ttio'is between 
 the fubjcifts of both kingdoms. H'iyiv,nd. 
 
 The l.uid had never been before fo free from 
 robberies and deprcdnthm as through his reign. 
 
 IVoitnrz. 
 
 Were there not one who had faid. Hitherto 
 ftialt thou come, and no f.uthcr; we might well 
 c.xpe<5t fuch viciifitudcs, fuch chilhing in natuie, 
 and fuch depredations and changes of fea and 
 land. IVoodwitrd. 
 
 2. Voracity; wafte. 
 
 The fpecdy depredation of air upon watry moif- 
 rure, and verfion of the fame intj air, appeartth 
 in nothing more vifible than in the fudden dif- 
 charge or vanifliing of a little cloud of breath, or 
 vapour, from glafs, or the blade of a fword, or 
 any fuch polilhed body. Bacon. 
 
 Depredator, n.f. [ilepreedator, Latin.] 
 A robber ; a devonrer. 
 
 It is reported, tlia: the ihrub called our lady's 
 feal, which is a kind of briony, and coleworts, 
 fet near together, one or both wilLdie : the caiifc 
 is, for that they he both great depredators of the 
 earth, and one of them llarvcth the other. 
 
 Baeon. 
 
 We have threo that collect tiic experime.its, 
 
 which are in all books ; thefc we call depredators. 
 
 Baron. 
 
 To DEPREHE'ND. -j. a. [deprehendo, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To catch one ; to take unawares ; to 
 take in the faft. 
 
 Tiiat wretched creature, being diprehended in 
 that impiety, was held in ward. Hooker. 
 
 Who can believe men upon their own autho- 
 rity ; that are once <if/«/;M,/c'./ in fo grofs and 
 impious an impofture .' More. 
 
 2. To difcover ; to find out a thing ; to 
 
 Vol. L 
 
 D E P 
 
 come to the knowledge or underftand- 
 ing of. 
 
 The motions of the minute paits of bodies, 
 which do to gre.1t cft'cfls, arc invifible, and in- 
 cur not to the eye ; but yet they arc to be de' 
 prehtnded by experience. Bacon. 
 
 Deprehe'nsible. adj. [(rom dtrpre/jend.] 
 
 I. That may be caught. 
 
 z. '1 hat may be underliood, or difco- 
 vered. Dicl. 
 
 DEPREHF.'NStBLEHESS. n.f. 
 
 1. Capablenels of being caught. 
 
 2. Intelligiblcntfs ; eaiinefs to be under- 
 ftood. 
 
 DKPRKiiE'Nsrox. n.f. \_deprehfnfio, Lat.] 
 
 1. A catching or taking unawares. 
 
 2. A difcovery. 
 
 To DEPRE'ilS. 13. a. [hom deprejus , of 
 dcprimo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To prefs or thruft down. 
 
 2 . To let fall ; to let down. 
 
 Tiie fame thing I have tried by letting a 
 globe rell, and raifmg or deprejjing the eye, or 
 ^thcrwife moving it, Co make trie angle of a juil 
 magnitude. Newton. 
 
 3. To humble ; to dejeft ; to fink. 
 
 Otheis deprefs their own minds, defpond at 
 the firlt difficulty, and conclude th.it the mak- 
 ing any progrefs in knowledge is above their ca- 
 pacities. Locke. 
 
 If we confider how often it btcaks the gloom, 
 which is apt to deprefs the mind, with tranlicnt 
 unexpc(Sed gleams of joy, one would take care 
 not to grow too wife for fo great a pleafure of 
 life. AddiJ'.n. 
 
 Paflion can dep'ef^ or raife 
 The heavenly, as the human mind. Prior, 
 
 Depre'ssion. n.f. [depre/fio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The adl of preifing down. 
 
 Eiicks of a ret^angular f<nm, if laid one by 
 another in a level row between fupporters fuf- 
 taining the two ends, all the pieces between will 
 ncceffarily fmk by their own gravity; and much 
 more, if they fuffcr any difrej/ton by othei- 
 weight above them. IVotton. 
 
 2. The finking or falling in of a furface. 
 
 The beams ot light are i'ueh fubtile bodies, that, 
 in refpeit of them, evenfurfaces, that are fenfibly 
 fmooth, are not exa^Iy fo : rhey have their own 
 degree of roughnefs, confilting of little piorti- 
 be.ances and deprcjjtons ; and confequently fuch 
 inequalities may fuffice to give bodies different 
 colours, as we fee in marble thr.t appears white 
 or black, or red or blue, even when moft care- 
 fully polilhed. Boyle. 
 
 If the hone be much JcprclTed, and the fifTure 
 confidcrably Ir.ige, it is then at your choice, 
 whether you will enlarge that friTure, or conti- 
 nue it for the evacuation of the matter, and for- 
 bear the ufe of the trepan ; not doubting but a 
 fmall i/f-^rf^/o'/ of the bone will cither rile, or 
 caft off, by the benefit of natuie. tVijeman. 
 
 3. The aft of humbling ; abafemer.t. 
 
 VepriJJion of the nobility may make a king 
 more abfolute, but lefs fufc. " Bacon. 
 
 Depression of an Equation [in algebra] 
 is the bringing it into lower and morc 
 fimple terms by divifion. D'lH. 
 
 Depression of a Star [with aftrono- 
 mers] is the diflancc of a liar from the 
 horizon below, and is meafured bv the 
 arc'ri of the vtrticle circle or azimuth, 
 pafling through the ftar, intercepted 
 between the liar and the horizon. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Depre'ssor. n.f. \_dipreffor, Latin.] 
 
 1 . He that keeps or prcffcs down. 
 
 2. An oppreflbr. 
 
 Depke'ssor. [In aratemy.] A term 
 
 D E P 
 
 given to fcvcral mufcles of the buJr, 
 whofe aflion is to deprefs the parts ti» 
 which they adhere. 
 
 De'priment. ttitj, (^from dtpilmens, of 
 deprlmo, Lat.] An epithet applied to 
 one of the llraight mufcles that move 
 the globe or ball of the eye, its ufe be- 
 ing to pull it downward. 
 
 The cxquifite equilibration of all oppofitc and 
 antagonifl mufcles is cffciScd partly by the natu- 
 ral p'oflure of the body and tiie eye, which is 
 the cafe of the attollent and Jeprimeiil mufcles. 
 
 Derham, 
 
 Depriva'tion. n.f. [from dc and f.ri- 
 valio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The act of depriving, or taking away 
 from. 
 
 2. The ilate of lofing. 
 
 Fools whofe end is defttuflion, and eternal 
 depri'vatiin of being. . Benlley, 
 
 Depriva'tion [in law] is when a cler- 
 gyman, as a bifhop, parfon, vicar, or pre- 
 bend, is deprived, or depofcd from his 
 preferment, for any matter in faft or 
 'aw. Phillips. 
 
 To DEPRLVE. V. a. [from dc and 
 privo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To bereave one of a thing; to take it 
 away from him ; with of. 
 
 God hath dep-ived her of wifdom, neither 
 hath he imparted to her underftanding. -Toi. 
 
 He lamented the lofs of an excellent fervantj 
 and the horrid manner in which he had been eie. 
 prived of h\m. Clarendon. 
 
 Now wretched Oedipus, depriv'd of (,^\^tt 
 Led a long death in everhifimg night. fope. 
 
 2. To hinder; to debar from: Milloii 
 ufes it without of. 
 
 From his face I Ihail be hid, depriTj'd 
 His blelTed countenance. Milt'n 
 
 The gholfs rcjeifled, aie th' unhappy crew 
 DeprJv'dcf fepulchres and fun'ral due. Dryden. 
 
 3 . To releafc ; to free from. 
 
 Mo(f happy he, 
 Whofe Icaft delight fufficetii to a.-prive 
 Remembrance of all pains which him opprcft. 
 
 Spenfer^ 
 
 4. To put out of an office. 
 
 A miniflcr, deprived for inconformity, faid 
 that if they deprii-ed him, it (hould colt an hun- 
 dred men's lives. ^^^^^_ 
 
 Depth, n.f. [irom deep, of diet,, Dut.] 
 
 1. Deepncfs; the meafure of any thing 
 from the furface downward. 
 
 As fc^r men, they had buildings in many 
 places higher than the dept/t of tnc water. 
 
 itr \. 1 J J Baccn 
 
 Wc have large and deep caves of fevcral 
 
 dept/is : the dccpell arc funk fix. hundred fathoms. 
 
 , - Biucn^ 
 
 Tlie left to that unhappy region tends. 
 
 Which to the depth of Tartarus dcfcends. Dryef, 
 For tho', in nature, depth and height 
 
 Are equally held infinite j 
 
 In poetry the height we know, 
 
 'Tis only infinite below. Swift 
 
 2. Deep place ; not a fhoal. 
 
 The falfe tides (kim o'er the covcr'd land 
 And fcamcn with diffemblcd dept-u betray. 
 
 r>,yJt,i. 
 
 3. Theabyfs; a. gulf of infinite profun- 
 dity. ' ' 
 
 When hir prepared the heavens I was ffiere 
 wlicn he fee a compafs upon the face of the dej,th. 
 
 Proverbt, 
 
 4. The middle or height of a feafon. 
 
 And in the depth of winter,, in the tiighr, 
 You plough the raging leas to coalts ukiiowH. 
 
 3S
 
 D E P 
 
 The earl of Newcafile, in the <?<p(J of win- 
 ter, refgued the city of Ifork. from the rebels. 
 
 Gldrirrdcn. 
 
 5. Abftrufenefs ; obfeurity. 
 
 There arc greater d;pthi and obfcufities in an 
 
 elaborate and well-written piece of nonfcnfe, 
 
 than in the liioft abftrufc IraS of fchi>o!-divinity. 
 
 Add-jim'i IVhig Ex.imintr. 
 
 Depth of a Squadron or BaltaJian, is the 
 number of mfn in the file. Alifit. Dicl. 
 
 To D£ PTHEN. v. a. [diepen, Dutch.] 
 To deepen, or make deeper. DiS- 
 
 To Depl''cei.ate. v. a. [^cUpucckr, Yr.} 
 To dcflour ; to bereave of virginity. 
 
 Bia. 
 
 Depu'lsion. n. f. [depidfio, Lat.] A 
 beatihg or thrufiing away. 
 
 Depu'lsory. adj. [from deptdfus, Lat.] 
 Putting aw-av ; averting. D:B. 
 
 To DE PURATE. 'c. a. [dsf^irer, Fr. 
 from defurgo, Lat.] To purify ; to 
 cleanfc ; to free any thing from its im- 
 purities. 
 
 Chemiltry enabling us to dejMratc bodies, and 
 in fomc rreafure to analize them, and take afun- 
 der their heterogeneous parts, in many chemic.,! 
 experiments we may, better than m others, 
 know what manner of bccics we employ. B:ij;/t. 
 
 Depurate, adj. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Cleanfed j freed from dregs and impa- 
 rities. 
 
 2. Pure ; not contaminated. 
 
 Nethe. can any boaft a knowledge drpirale 
 from the defilement of a contrary, within this 
 atmofphere of flefli. Glarrjilh. 
 
 Debura'tion. n.y. [depuratlo, Latin.] 
 
 1. The ad of feparating the pure from 
 the impure part of any thing. 
 
 Brimftone is a mineral body, of fat and inflam- 
 mable parts ; and this is either ufed crude, and 
 called fulphur vivi ; or is of a ladder colour, 
 and, after difjrathn, fuch as we have in mag- 
 deleons, or rolls of a lighter yellow. Brc^xt. 
 
 What hath been hitherto difcourfed, inclnics 
 us to look upon the ventilation and drpuratior: o! 
 the blood as one of the principal and conftant 
 ufcs of refpiration. Bsyli. 
 
 2. The clean fing of a wound from its 
 matter. 
 
 2o Depu're. v. a. [depurer, French.] 
 
 1. To cleanfe ; to free from impurities. 
 
 2. To purge ; to free from fome noxious 
 quality. 
 
 It produced plants of fuch imperfcaion and 
 harmful quality, as the waters of the general 
 flood ciiuld not fo wafh out or dtfure, but that 
 the fame defedion hath had continuance in the 
 very generation and nature of mankind. 
 
 Ralsigh. 
 
 Deputa'tion. n.f. [deputation, French.] 
 
 1, The aft of deputing, or fending away 
 with a fpccial commiffion. 
 
 2. Vicco-erency ; the poflcflion of any 
 commifiion given. 
 
 Cut me off the heads 
 Of all the fav'rites that the abfent king 
 In dffrirathn left behind him here. 
 When he was petfonal in the Irifn w.ir. Shciifp. 
 
 He looks not belo-.v the moon, but hath de- 
 fic^ned the regiment of fiihlunary aliairs ii.to 
 fulilunary drp-^taHom. Sro-um 
 
 The authority of confcience ftands founded 
 upon its vicegcrency .ind dtfutatUrt under God. 
 * Scutk. 
 
 Ji DEPUTE, v.a. {dfputer, Fr.] To 
 fend with a fpecial commifiion ; to im- 
 power one to tranladt inllcad of an- 
 other. 
 
 D E R 
 
 And Abfalom faid unto him, See tliy matters 
 are good and right, but there is no man deputed 
 of the king to near. 2 Samuel. 
 
 And llinus thus, dtputedhy therefl. 
 The heroes welcome and their thanks exprefs'd. 
 
 R<jfcpmmon. 
 A bifhop, by deploring a pricft or chaplain to 
 admmiller^he facramcnts, may remove him. 
 
 .'lyl'jji^i FitrergOK, 
 
 De'puty. n.f. [depute, French; from 
 
 defutnlus, Latin.] 
 I. A lieutenant ; a viceroy; one that is 
 appointed by a fpecial commifiion to 
 govern or act infttad of another. 
 
 He excrcifeth dominion over them as the ^ ice- 
 gcrent and deputy of Alaiightj- God. Hal:. 
 
 He was vouched his immediate deputy upon 
 earth, and viceroy of the creation, and lord lien- 
 tenant of the world. > S'lutii. 
 3. Any one that tranfaSs bufinefs for an- 
 other. 
 
 Prelbytcrs, abfent through infirmity/ from their 
 churches, might be faid to preach by thofe depu- 
 ties, who, in their Itead, did but read homilies. 
 
 HiKker. 
 A man hath .1 body, and that body is con- 
 fined to a place ; but where frtendihip is, :iil 
 offices of life are, 2s it were, granted to hira 
 and his deputy j for he may cxercife thcra by his 
 friend. Sacjn. 
 
 3. [In law.] One that exercifes any of- 
 fice or olher thing in another man's 
 right, whofe forfeiture or mifdemea- 
 nour fliall caufe the officer or perfon for 
 whom he acls to lofe his office. 
 
 Phillip!. 
 To Dequa'ntitate. i\ a. [from </; and 
 quantitas, Latin.] To dimiiiilh the 
 quantity of. 
 
 Tiiis we afiirmof pure gold; for that which 
 iscuireiit, and paffcth in liamp amongll us, by 
 realon of its allay, which is a proportion of filver 
 or copper mixed therewith, is aftut^lly de/juan- 
 tittited by -fire, and pufiibiy by frequent extinc- 
 tion. Bro^^-n's Vulvar Errouri. 
 
 Der. a terrn ufed in the beginning of 
 name? of places. It Is generally to be 
 derived from beop, a wild beall, uiilefs 
 the place ftands upon a river ; for then 
 it may rather be fetched from the Bri- 
 tiih dur, i. e. water. GU./on's Camden. 
 
 To Deea'cinate. v. a. .[deraciner, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To pluck or tear up by the roots. 
 
 Her fallow lees 
 The darnel, hemlock, and rank fumitory 
 Doth loot upon ; while that the culler rul^s 
 That fhould .deracinate fuch favagcry. Sl:.>l:fp. 
 
 2. To aholilli ; to deftroy ; %o extirpate. 
 To DERA'IGN. \ -u. a. [difrationare, or 
 To DERA'IN. J diratio'nare, Latin.] 
 
 1. To prove ; to juftify. 
 
 When the parfon of any church is difturbed to 
 demand tj'thes in the next parirti by a writ of 
 indicavit, the patron Ihrll have a writ to demand 
 the .-.dvowfon of the tythcs being in demand : 
 and when it is Jerjigned, then (hall the plea pafs 
 in the court chrirtian, as far forth as it is dc' 
 rn's,-"-' in the king's court. Blcujit. 
 
 2. Todiforder; to turn out of courfe. Z);<?. 
 Der..'ignment.J ^_^ [homderaign.-] 
 
 DeRA IN.MEXT. ) ■' ^ . 
 
 1. The aCl of deraigning or proving. 
 
 2. A difordering or turning out of courfe. 
 
 3. A difcharge of profeffion; a departure 
 out of rehgion. 
 
 In fome places the fubftantive rffra.-^nmfii/ is 
 ufed in the veiy literal lignificition with the 
 Vtct\c\\ dijrayer, or dffrunger; that is, turning 
 out of courfc, (liff lacing, or fctting out of order ; 
 
 DER 
 
 as, deraigr.Kcnt or departure out of religion, and 
 der.iignment or difcharge of their profefHon, 
 which is fpoken of thofe religious men who for- 
 fook their orders and profefiions. Biount, 
 
 Dera'y. n.f. [from (/f/r<y*r, French, to 
 turn out of the right way.] 
 
 1. Tumult ; diforder; noife. 
 
 2. MeiTtment; jollity; folemnity. Not 
 in ufe. D'juglafs. 
 
 To Dere. -j. a. [bepian. Sax.] Tohurt. 
 
 Obfok-te. Some think that in the ex- 
 
 ample it means daring. "' 
 So tVom immortal race he does proceed. 
 
 That ra'>rtal hands may not withfrand his might; 
 Dred for his derrirg doe, and bloody deed ; 
 
 For all in blood and fpoil is his delight, f. Queen. 
 Dereli'ction. n. f [dereliSio, Latin.] 
 I. The acl of foriaking or leaving; a- 
 
 bandonmcnt. 
 
 3. The ftate of being forfaken. 
 
 There is no other thing to be looked for, but 
 the effcfls of God's moft juft difpleafure, the 
 withdrawing of grace, derchifi^Tj h\ this woriij^ 
 and in the world to come confufion. Hc^er. 
 
 De'r ELicTS. n.y; pi. [Inlaw.] Goods 
 wilfully thrown away, or relinquiflied, 
 by the owner. Diet. 
 
 To DER IDE. ^•. a. [derideo, Lat. ] To 
 laugh at ; to mock ; to turn to ridicule; 
 to fcorn. 
 
 Before fuch prcfence to offend with any the 
 leall uiMecniJincfs, we would be furely as loth as 
 tijey who mo(t -reprehend or deride what we do. 
 
 Hcoker. 
 
 \\'hat Ihall be the portion of thofe who have 
 
 derided God's word, and made a mock of every 
 
 thing tiiat is facrcd and rcl'gious ? Titlotjon, 
 
 Thel'e- funs, ve gods, who with flagitious pride 
 
 Iiifu't my darknel^, and my groans deride. Fspe. 
 
 Some, that adore Kcwton for his flujiions, 
 
 deride him for his religion. Berkley. 
 
 Deri'der. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A mocker; a fcoffcr. 
 
 Upon the wilful violation of oaths, execrable 
 blafphemies, and like contempt!, offered by «/<r- 
 r;'if-irof rel-gion, I'earful tokensof divine revenge 
 have been known to fellow. Hoeker. 
 
 2. A droll ; a buffoon. 
 Deri'sion. n.f. [dsyjjto, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of -deriding or laughing at. 
 
 Are we gineved with the fcorn and derijiuz of 
 t'ne profane ? Thus was the bleiTcd Jcfus de- 
 fpifed and rejetfted of men. Rogers. 
 
 Vanity is the natural wcakncfs of an ambitious 
 man, which expofes him to t'ne fecrct fcorn and 
 derij'toji of thofe he convcrfcs with. j^ildifon. 
 
 2. Contempt ; fcorn ; a laughingftock. 
 
 I am in derijion daily ; every one mocketh me, 
 
 Tiremian. 
 
 Thou makefl us a reproach to our neighbours, 
 a fcorn and a derifiem to them that are rounti 
 about us. Pf.itms. 
 
 Enfnar'd, affaultcd, ovetcome; led bound, " 
 Thy foes d:rifi!,n, captive, poor, and blind, 
 Into a dungeon thrnlt. MUttr. 
 
 Derisive, adj. [from deride. "^ Mock- 
 ing ; fcoffing. 
 
 O'er all the dome they qu.iff, tiiey feaft ; 
 Verifive taants were fpread from gueft te> gueft. 
 
 And each in jovial mood his mate addrefs'd. Vope^ 
 
 'Derisory, ad/. [deriforiuti Lat.] Mock- 
 ing ; ridiculing. 
 Deri'vable. adf. [from derive."} At- 
 tainable by right ot defcent or derivation. 
 God has declared this the eternal rule and 
 ilandard of all honour- derivahie upon me, that 
 thofe who honour him Ihall be honoured by him. 
 
 Soutk. 
 
 DERirA'TiON. n.f. [4r/T«//e, Latin.]
 
 D ER 
 
 I. A draining of water; a turning of its 
 coiM-fc, 
 
 When the water began to fwell, it would 
 every way dilVhargc ithlf l>y ajiy dcfcents or <k-- 
 clivitics of the ground; and thcfe Mms and 
 derivutiim being once made, and fupi)licd with 
 new waters pulliing them forwaids, would con- 
 tinue thcircuurfc till they arrived at the fea, jufl 
 as other rivcri do. hur>ct. 
 
 2. [In grnmmar.] The tracing of a word 
 from its original. 
 
 Yo'ar lordlhip here feeins to diflikc my taking 
 notice that tlic Jcnuir's'i of the word Subitance 
 favours tbt: idea we have of it ; and your lord- 
 iliip tcUs me, th.it very little wfighi, is to be laid 
 on it, on a bare grammatical etymology, h'^^ke. 
 
 3. The tranfmiflion of any thing from its 
 foiirce. 
 
 A. touching traditional communication, and 
 tradition ot thofc truths that I call ctqnatural 
 and engraven, I do not doubt but many of thofc 
 truths have h.id the help of tiiac Jerivathft: Ihik. 
 
 4. [In medicine.] The drawing of a 
 humour from one part of the body to 
 anotlier. 
 
 Drrhialim differs from revulfioa only in the 
 meafurc of the diftancc, and the force of the 
 medicines ufed : if we draw it to fome very re- 
 mote, or, it may be, contrary part, wc call that 
 reviilfion ; if only to fome neighbouiing place, 
 and by gentle means, wc call it derir-iilicn. 
 
 Wife man. 
 
 5. The thing deduced or derived. Not 
 ull-d. 
 
 Moil of them are the genuine {Irrrvarhm of 
 the hypathefts they claim to. Glanvillc. 
 
 Deri'vative. adj. [^deiivativw , Latin.] 
 Derived or taken from another. 
 
 As it is a deri~.ui[:vc perfeiflion, fu it is a dillin(fl 
 kind of perfection from that which is in God. 
 
 Derivative, n.f. [from the adjeftive.] 
 The tiling or word derived or taken from 
 anotlier. 
 
 For honour, 
 'Tis a dcrivjihie from me to mine, 
 And only that I tbnd for. Shakfpearc. 
 
 The word Honeltus originally and ftriflly 
 fignifies no more than creditable, and is but a 
 dtjivalive from Honor, which fignifies credit or 
 honour. South. 
 
 Deri'vatively. adv. [Jtom derivative. '\ 
 
 In a derivative manner. 
 To DERl'VE. -u. a. [d.'river, Tr. from 
 Jerlvo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To turn the courfe of water from its 
 channel. 
 
 Company lelTens the Ihamc of vice by Uiaring 
 jr, and abates the torrent of a common odium by 
 derivirig it into many channels. South. 
 
 2. To deduce; as from a root, from a 
 caufe, from a principle. 
 
 They endeavour to derive the varieties of 
 colours from the various proportion of the dirciit 
 progrefs or motion of thefe globules to their cir- 
 cuiiivolutiun, or motion about tneir own centre. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 Men i/tfr;i;j- their ideas of duration from riicir 
 tefledUon on the train of ideas they obfeivc to 
 taccecd one another in their own undcrftandings. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 From thcfe two caufes of the laxity and rigidity 
 of the fibres, the metliodifts, an ancient let of 
 )Dhyficians, derinjed -dW difcafes of human bodies 
 ■with a great deal of rcaf jn ; for the fluids derive 
 their qualities from the folids. j^rlmthnot. 
 
 3. To communicate to another, as from 
 the origin and fource. 
 
 Chtill having Adam's nature as we have, but 
 incorrupt, deri^>clh not nature, but iiicorruption, 
 and that iinmedi.Ucly from his own pcrfon, unto 
 all that belong unto him, iltoker. 
 
 D E R 
 
 4. To receive by tranfinillion. 
 
 Tliis property fcenis r.itltcr toiiavc been derived 
 from the pretorian loldicrs. Decay oj I'leiy. 
 
 The cciiftrs of thcfc wretches, who, 1 am fuic, 
 could dtrivc no fanftity to them from thf ir own 
 pcifonsj yet upon this account, that they had 
 been conficnted by the offering inccnfc in them, 
 wen, by God's f})ccial command, fcquefterrrl 
 from all common ufc. South. 
 
 J. To communicate toby defcent of blooJ. 
 
 Bilidcs the readincfsof parts, an excdirnf dif- 
 pofitioii of mind is derrved to your lordlhip from 
 the parents of two generations, to whom I have 
 the lionour to be known. Feltm. 
 
 6. Tofpicad; to difTufe gradually ftom 
 one place to another. 
 
 The fireamsof the publickjuflice were Ar/xri 
 into every pait of the kingdom. Duvics. 
 
 7. [ In graiiiiTiar,] To trace a word from 
 its origin. 
 
 7i Deri've. v. n. 
 
 1 . To come from ; to owe its origin to. 
 
 He that refills the power of Ptolemy, 
 Refills the pow'r of hcav'n ; for pow'r from 
 
 hcav'n 
 Dcrivesj and nionarchs rule by gods .appointed. 
 
 Prior, 
 
 2. To defcend from. 
 
 X am, my lord, as well deriv'd as he. 
 As well poflefl. Shakffiare. 
 
 Deri'ver. n.f. [from r/crraf.] One that 
 draws or fetches, as from the fource or 
 principle. 
 
 Such a one makes a man not only a pai taker 
 of other men's fins, but aifo a deri-.nr of the 
 whole intire guilt of them to liimfelf. Scut/i. 
 
 Dern. ai(/. [beapn, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Sad; folitary. 
 
 2. Barbarous; cruel. Obfolete. 
 Dkrnie'r. aJ/. Laft. It is a mere French 
 
 wold, and ufed only in the following 
 
 phrafe. 
 
 In the Imperial Chamber, the term for the 
 profccution of an appeal is not circumfcribed by 
 the term of one or two years, as the law elfe- 
 wherc requires in the empire; this being tlie 
 dernier refort and fupreme court of judicature. 
 
 To De'rog.ate. v. a. [r/irofs, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To do an act fo far contrary to a law 
 or cullom, as to diminifh its fonner ex- 
 tent : diftinguifhed from abrogate. 
 
 By Icveral contrary culloms and ftlles ufed 
 here, many of thofe civil and canon laws ate 
 cuntroulcd and derogated. Hate. 
 
 2. To lefFen the worth of any perfon or 
 thing; to difpar?.ge. 
 
 To Derogate, v. n, 
 
 1 . To detra6t j to lelTen reputation : with 
 from. 
 
 Wc thould be injurious to virtue itfclf, if we 
 did derogate fiorn them whom their induftry hath 
 made great. Ihokct. 
 
 2. To degenerate ; to aft beneath one's 
 rank, or place, or birth. 
 
 Is tticrc no derogation in 't ? 
 — You cannot derogatej my lord. S'takfpe.ire. 
 
 De'rogate. iidi. [from the verb.] De- 
 graded ; damaged ; leflened in value. 
 
 Into her womb convey iltrility; 
 Dry up in her the organs of increafe. 
 And from her derogate body never fpring 
 A babe to honour her I Shalf^tare^ K. Lear. 
 
 Deroga'tion. ti. f. [dcrtigalio, Latin.] 
 I. The aft of weakening or reftraining a 
 former law or contract. 
 
 It was indeed but a wooing ambaffage, with 
 good rcfpc^ts, to cnteitaiii the king in good 
 atl'cdion; but nothing was done or handled to 
 
 D E S 
 
 the derogation of the king's late tre.iiy-with the. 
 Italians. Jiann. 
 
 Tiiat which enjoins the deed is certainly God'j 
 law ; and it is alfo certain, that the (criptuie, 
 which allows of the will, is neither the dertga~ 
 lion nor relaxation of that law. South. 
 
 2. A defamation ; detraction ; the adl of 
 lelfening or taking away the honour of 
 any perfon or thing, iiometimcs with 
 to, properly vi\\\\from. 
 
 Which, tliougti never fo ncccirary, they couid 
 not cafily now .idmit, without fome fc.ir of de- 
 rcg.ition from their credit; and tliciefoie that 
 which once they had done, they became for ever 
 after relolutc to maintain. Umkur. 
 
 So furely he is a very brave man, neither is 
 that any thing which I fpe ik ro his ^/frd^uZ/o;/ j 
 for iii- that I laid lie is a mingled people, it is 
 no dilpiaifc. Sfcnjer on lr:lan.{. 
 
 1 he wifefi princes need not think it any di- 
 minution to their greatnefs, or derogation to their 
 fulliricncy, to rely upon counfcl. Bacon, 
 
 I fay not this in derogation to Virgil, neither 
 do I contradidt any thing which 1 have formerly 
 faid in his juft praife. Dryden. 
 
 None of thcfc patriots will think it 3 derogatiot 
 ftom their merit to have it faid, that thev re- 
 ceived many lights and advantages from theit 
 intimacy with my lord Somers. .-iddifon. 
 
 Dero'gative. adj. [derogfilivrts, Latin.] 
 Detrading; lelfening the honour of. 
 Not ill ufe. 
 
 That fpiiits .are corporeal, feems to roe a con- 
 ceit rt'«'ro^<i/™ir to himfelf, and fuch as he (hould 
 rather labour to overthrow; yet thereby he 
 cftablilhctli the doflrine of lullrations, amulets, 
 and cliarms. J>>oi<^n's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 Dero'catorily. adv. [ from d<:iogalorv. ] 
 In a detradling manner. Did. 
 
 Dero'gatoriness. n.f. [from deroga- 
 tory.'] The acl of derogating. Diff. 
 Dero'gatory. adj. [derogutorius, L.dt] 
 Detraftious; that leflcns the honour 
 of; difhonourablc. 
 
 They live and die in their abfurdities, pafliiij 
 their days in perverted appreheiificns and con- 
 ceptions of the world, derogatory unto God, antf 
 the wifdom of the creation. Broiun. 
 
 Thcfe deputed beings arc derogatory from tlie 
 wifdom and power of the Author of Nature, who 
 doubtlefs c.Mi govern tins machine lie could create, 
 by more dircet and eafy metliods thancmployiinj 
 thcfc fubfervient divinities. Cheyne. 
 
 Dervis. «. /. {ilcrvts, French.] A 
 Turkilh prieft, or monk. 
 
 Even there, where Chiift vouchfaf'd to teach,' 
 Tiieir dervifii d.ve an inipoilor preach. Sandti. 
 The derins at fiiftm.irie fome feruple of viohit- 
 ing his promife to the dying biachm.an ; but told 
 him, at laii, that he could conceal nothing from 
 fo excellent a prince. ' Spectator, 
 
 DESCANT, n.f. [difcanto, Italian.] 
 
 1 . A long or tune conipofcd in parts. 
 
 Kay, now you are too fiat, 
 And mar the concord with too harlh a rkfcanl. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 The wakeful nightingale 
 All night long her amorous .I't/i.!;;/ fung. Miller:. 
 
 2. .^difcourle; adilpiitation; a difquilition 
 branched out into feveral diviiions or 
 heads. It is commonly ufed as a word 
 of cenfure or contempt. 
 
 Look you get a prayer-book in your hand, 
 And Hand between two churciimen, good my 
 
 lord ; 
 For on that ground I'll builj a holy defcane. 
 
 Shukfptare^ 
 Kindnefs would fupplant our unkind report- 
 ing!, and fcvere def:ants upun our brethren. 
 
 G'ti t7 nmejit oj the Tongue. 
 
 To De'scant. 1'. n. [from the noun,] 
 I, To fing in partt.
 
 D E S 
 
 S. Tod'ifcourfeatlarge; to makefpeeclus: 
 in a fciil'e of ccnfure or contempt. 
 
 Why I, in this weak piping time of peace, 
 Have no deliglit lo p^is away the time, 
 Cnlcfs to (py my (haflow in the fun, 
 And Acfcani on mine own defoiraity. Shahfpiart. 
 Com'ft thou for this, vaia boalter, to I'urvey me. 
 To ikfcaiit on my ttiength, and give thy verdift ; 
 
 Miti'ji. 
 
 A virtuous man fhould be pleafcdto find people 
 
 WtfKiB.-.'Mg upon his aflions, bccaule, when they 
 
 aie ibrou-'hly canvafled and examined, they turn 
 
 to his honau'r. Addifcn. 
 
 To DESCE'ND. 11. n. [tle/cenJo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To 'TO downward ; to come from a 
 higher place to a lower ; to fall ; to fink. 
 
 The rain Jifcemi^df and the floods came, 
 and the winds blew, and beat upon tuathoufe ; 
 and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. 
 
 Miitthew. 
 The brook that dtfctndtd out of the mount. 
 
 Deuteronomy. 
 He cleft his head with one Aejcendir.g blow. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Foul with ftains 
 Of guftiing torrents and dejcemling rains. Ad.iij. 
 
 O goddefs ! who, dcjcending from the ikies, 
 Vouchfaf'd thy ptefence to my wond'ring eyes. 
 
 Pofe. 
 
 2. To come down, in a popular fenfe, 
 implying only an arrival at one place 
 from another. 
 
 He iballr/^ycfW into battle, and perilh. i Sam. 
 
 3. To come fudJenly or vioUntly ; to fall 
 upon as from an eminence. 
 
 For fi»e piuus fire prcfei vc the fon ; 
 His wiOi'd return with happy pow'r befriend, 
 And on the fuitors let ihy wrath dejctnd. I'ofe. 
 A. To go down : in a figurative fenfe. 
 He, with honert meditations fed. 
 Into himfelf defandcJ. Milan. 
 
 5. To make an invafion. 
 
 The goddefs gives th' alarm ; and fonn is known 
 The Grecian Hcet drfcending on the town. Dryd. 
 
 A foreign fon upun the (hore dejands, 
 Whofe maitial fame from pole lo pole extends. 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 6. To proceed as from an original ; to be 
 derived from. 
 
 Defpair defcendi from a mean original ; the 
 offspring of fear, lazinefs, and impatience. 
 
 CoUicT agalnji Deffnir. 
 Will, is younger brother to a baronet, and 
 ■ ilefcended of the ancient family of the Wimbles. 
 
 j^ddijon. 
 
 7. To fall in order of inheritance to a 
 
 fucceflbur. 
 
 Should we allow that all the property, all the 
 efiFitc, of the f.ither ought to defwid to the eldelt 
 fon; yet tV.e father's n.itural dominion, the pa- 
 ternal power, cannot dejccnd unto him by in- 
 heritance. I-:ickc. 
 
 The inheritance of both rule over men, and 
 propcViy in things, fprung from the tame original, 
 and were to dtjccnd by the fame rules. Locke. 
 
 Our author provides for the defending and 
 tonvcyaiicc down of Adam's monarchical power 
 to polteiity, by the inheritance of his heir, fuc- 
 teeding to his father's aiiti.oiity. Lceke. 
 
 8. To extend a difcourfe from general to 
 particular confiderations. 
 
 Congregations dilcemed the fmall accord that 
 was among thcmfclves, when they deftendcd to 
 particul.-.rs. ^""y "f ^'".^■ 
 
 To Dssce'nd. i). a. To walk downward 
 upon any place. 
 
 He ended, and they both dcfcend the hill ; 
 Defcendcd Adam to the bow'r, where Eve 
 Lay deeping. Miltcn. 
 
 In ail our journey through the Alps, as well 
 when we elimhcd as when we <«/«ni/f.Ahem, we 
 had full a river ruiuiing along with the road. 
 
 j^ddijon. 
 
 D E S 
 
 In the midft of this plain Hands a high liill,^fo 
 
 very fteep, that tnerc would be no mounting or 
 
 depending it, were not it made up of a loofe 
 
 cru nbied earth. Ad.i:fon. 
 
 Desce'nd.^nt. n.f. \defcendant, French; 
 
 defcendeiis, Latin.] 'i'he offspring of an 
 
 anceitor ; he that is in the line of 
 
 generation, at whatever diflance. 
 
 The dejcendants of Neptune were planted there. 
 
 Saeon. 
 
 O, true dcfccndant of a patriot line, 
 
 Vouciifafe this picture of thy foul to fee. Dry.ien. 
 
 He revealed liis own will, and their duty, in 
 
 a more ample manner than it had been declared 
 
 to any of my defcendants before them. AtLcrbury. 
 
 Desce'ndent. ad-f. \_defcendens , Latin. 
 
 It feems to be efuiblilhed, that the fub- 
 
 ftantive fliould derive the termination 
 
 from the French, and the adjective from 
 
 the Latin.] 
 
 1. Falling; finking; coming down; de- 
 fcending. 
 
 There is a regrefs of the fap in plants from 
 above downwards; and this defccndeni juice is 
 that which piincipaliy nourilhes both fruit and 
 plant. Riy on the Creation. 
 
 2. Proceeding from another, as an original 
 or anceitor. 
 
 More than mortal grace 
 Speaks thee dejcendcnt of ctncrial race. Fofe, 
 Desc'endible. adj. [from dcfcciid.] 
 
 1. Such as maybe defcendcd; fuch as 
 may admit of a pafiage downward. 
 
 2. Tranfmiffible by inheritance. 
 
 According to the cultoms cf other countries, 
 thofe honorai7 fees and infeudations were dej'cen- 
 dibte to the cldtft, and not to all the males. 
 
 Hale's Common Laiv of England. 
 
 Desce'nsion. n.f. [defcenfio, Latin.] 
 I. The a6t of going downward, falling, 
 or finking ; defcent. 
 
 2. A declenfion ; a degradation. 
 
 From a god to a bull ! a hca\y dcfcenfion : 
 It was Jove's cafe. Fiom a prince to a 'pren- 
 tice ! a low transformation ; that fhall be mine. 
 
 Shakhearc. 
 
 3. [In aftronomy.] Right <A/ffn/fon is the 
 arch of the equator, which dcfcends 
 with the fign or (tar below the horizuii 
 of a diredt Iphere. 
 
 Oblique ..'i/.iv.y.i/i is the arch of th.c equator, 
 
 which dcfcends with the fign below the horizon 
 
 of an oblique fphere. Oxanjm. 
 
 Desce'nsional. adj. [from defcenjion.l 
 
 Relating to defcent. 
 DesCe'nt. n./. \_defcenfus,l^dil\v,; d^fcenle, 
 French.] 
 
 1. The aci of pafTing from a higher to a 
 lower place. 
 
 Why do fragments, from a mountain rent, 
 Tend to the earth with fuch a fwift dejcent t 
 
 Blackmore. 
 
 2. Progrefs downward. 
 
 Obfcrving fuch graJual a-d gentle dtfcnti 
 downwards, in thofe parts of the creation that 
 are bencatii men, the rule of analogy may make 
 it probable, that it is fj alfu in things above. 
 
 iot/r. 
 
 3. Obliquity ; inclination. 
 
 The heads and lources of rivers flow upon a 
 dejcent, or an inclining plane, without which they 
 could not fiow at all. IVooi-Mnrd. 
 
 4. Lowell place. 
 
 From th' cxircmeft upward of thy head 
 To the dejcent and duft below thy feet. Shak. 
 
 5. Fall from a higher Itate ; degradation. 
 
 O foul dejcent, that I, who crll contended 
 With gods to fit the highelf, am now cunftiain'd 
 Into a bealf, and mix with beftial flime 
 Tliis effencc to mcarnate aud imbrutc. Af;.'r5«. 
 
 D E S 
 
 6. Invafion; hoRIle entrance into a king- 
 dom : in allufion to the height of fhips, 
 
 Ac the firit dejcent on Ihuie, he was nut im- 
 mured with a wooden \cflcl, but lie did coun- 
 tenance the landing in his long-boat. ifottortt 
 
 The duke was geneva! himfelf, and made that 
 unfortun.itc tV'.yV^rwt upon the IIlc ofRhec, which 
 was attended with a mifciabie retreat, in which. 
 the flower of ti-.c army w;is loll. Clarendon, 
 
 Arifc, true judges, in your own defence, 
 Cuntroul thofe foplings, and declare for fenfe ; 
 Fur, (hould tl:e fools prevail, they flop not there, 
 But make their next d^fcc^it upon the fair. Dryd. 
 
 7. Trnnfmilllon of any thing by fucceffion 
 and inheritance. 
 
 If t!ie agreement and confent of men firil gave 
 a fceptre into 2ny one's hand, that alfo mull di- 
 re<5l its defcent and conveyance. Locke, 
 
 8. The ftate of proceeding from an origi- 
 nal or progenitor. 
 
 All of them, even without fuch a particular 
 claim, had great reafon lo glory in their com- 
 mon defcer.t from Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, 
 to wl.om the promife of the blclfcd Iced was 
 feverally made. Atterbury, 
 
 9. Birth; extraflion ; procefs ofllneage. 
 
 I give my voice on Richard's fide. 
 To bar my mailer's heirs in true dejcent .' 
 God knows, 1 will not do it. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Tuinus, for high defcent and graceful mien. 
 Was fiifl, and favour'd by the Latian queen. 
 
 DryJen, 
 
 10. Offspring; inheritors; thofe pro- 
 ceeding in the hne of generation. 
 
 The care of our defcent pe-iplexes us mofl, 
 Which muft be born to certain woe. Milton, 
 
 From him 
 His whole defcent.) who thus Ihall Canaan win. 
 
 Milt fin, 
 
 1 1 . A fmgle ftep In the fcale of genealogy ; 
 a generation. 
 
 No man living is a thoufand defcenti removed 
 from Adam himfelf. Hooker, 
 
 Then all the funs of tlefe five brethren rcign'd, 
 By due fucccfs, and all their nephews late. 
 Even thrite eleven defcents the crown retain'd. 
 Till rged Heli by due heritage it gain'd. 
 
 Fairy Qtteen, 
 
 12. A rank in the fcale of fubordination. 
 
 How have I then with whom to hold con- 
 serfc, 
 Save with the creatures which I made, and thofe 
 To me inferior; v.i^Wx*^ defcent i 
 Beneath what other creatuies are to thee ? Mi/tcn, 
 
 To DESCRl'BE. v. a. [d^/criio, Lat.] 
 
 1. To delineate ; to raaik out ; to trace ; 
 as a torch waved about the head de- 
 
 Jcr'ihes a circle. 
 
 2. To mark out any thing by the mention 
 of its properties. 
 
 I pray thee, overnaine them ; and as thou 
 nam'li them, 1 will drjaibe them ; and accoid- 
 ing to n-.y defcriptiou, level at my affeflion. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 He that writes well in verfc will often fend his 
 thoughts in fcarcb, through all the treafure of 
 ■words that c.vprefs any one idea in the fame lan- 
 guage, that fo he may comport with the mcafures 
 of the rhyme, or with his own moft beautiful 
 and vivid fentiments of the thing he dejcrihes. 
 
 M'^att,. 
 
 3. To diftribute into proper heads or divi- 
 fions. 
 
 Men palTcd through the land, and defcribid it 
 by cities into feven parts in a book. Jojtua, 
 
 4. To define in a lax manner by the pro- 
 mifcuotis mention of qualities general 
 and peculiar. See Description. 
 
 Descri'ber. «. /. \lxQm. dejcr'ihe.'l He 
 that dcfcribes.
 
 D E S 
 
 Fiona a plantation and colony, an in.mcl nonr 
 
 Spain was by tlic Greek dcjcribers named liry- 
 
 tlii;i. BrmuK. 
 
 Descri'er. n. f. [from the veil).] A 
 
 difcovcrer ; a detefter. 
 
 The glad defcrtfr Ihall not mifs 
 To tarfc the neflar of a kifs. Cr.ifi i-rn. 
 
 Descri'ption. n. f. [de/crl/tio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aiil of delineating or exprcfliiig 
 any perfon or thing by perceptible pro- 
 perties. 
 
 2 . The fentence or paflage in which any 
 thing is dtfcribed. 
 
 A poet mull refufe all tedious and unnccclTiry 
 dfjcri^tiofn : a lobe which is too heavy, is lci» 
 an ornament than a bui then. Drjdrr 
 
 Somclimc;, niifguided by the tuneful throng, 
 I look fur rtreami ininioitalii'd in fong, 
 That loft In filcnce and oblivion lie, 
 Dumb arc their fountains, and their channels 
 
 dry, 
 That nni for ever by the mufe's (kill, 
 And in tlic fmooth dt-fcn'piion murmur Hill. 
 
 3. A lax definition. 
 
 Tlic t'uit of definition, which is made up of a 
 xnerc collection of tiie mort remarkable parts or 
 properties, is called an imperfc»5l definition, or a 
 defcripti'jft ; whereas the definition is called pcr- 
 feifV, when it is compofcd of the eli'ential dif- 
 ference, added to gener.il nature or genus. IViitn. 
 
 4. The qualities exprefTed in a dcfcrip- 
 tion. 
 
 I'll pay fix thoufand, and deface the bond. 
 Before a friend of this dcfcripthn 
 Shall lofe a hair. Shakfpcare. 
 
 •To DESCRY'. V. a. [dcfcrier, Fr.] 
 
 1. To give notice of any thing fiiddeuly 
 difcovered : as, the fcout defcried the 
 enemy, or gave notice of their approach. 
 This fenfe is now obfolete, but gave 
 occafion to thofe which are now in ufe. 
 
 2. To fpyout ; to examine at a diflance. 
 
 And the hoiifs of Jofcph fent to defcrv Bethel. 
 
 Edmund, T think, is gone to dcjcry 
 The ftrengtli o' th' enemy. Shakfpetire, 
 
 Our merchants, to their great charges, fet 
 ■ forth fleets to defcry the fcas. j-iib:.t. 
 
 3. To deteft j to Snd out anything con- 
 cealed. 
 
 ■Of the king they got a fight after dinner in a 
 gallery, and of the queen mother at her own 
 table ; in neither place dtfcricdj no, not by Ca- 
 dinct, who had been lately amb.tffador in Eng- 
 land. iVoiifjn. 
 
 4. To difcover ; to perceive by the eye ; 
 to fee any thing diftant or obfcure. 
 
 Thus diglit, into the court he took his way; 
 
 Both through the guard, which never him dtfcricdy 
 
 And through the watchmen, who him never fpied. 
 
 H:Mcrd-> Tale. 
 
 The fpiiit of deep prophecy Ihc harh ; 
 
 What's paft, and what's to come fhe can defcry. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 That planet would, unto our eves, dcfcrying 
 
 •Illy that part whereon Ihc light falls, appear to 
 
 be h.orned, as the moon Iccms. Rakii'h. 
 
 And now their way to earth they had dt-fniedy 
 
 To Paradife firit tending. MHton. 
 
 Although the motion of light be not defcried^ 
 
 ro argument can be made from thence to prove 
 
 that light is not a body. Diahy. 
 
 A tow'r ^o high, it fecm'd to reach the iky, 
 Stoo<l on the roof, from whence wo could dtfcry 
 . All Ilium. Dciham. 
 
 Once more at Icaft look back, faid I ; 
 Thyfclf in that large glafs d,:{rry. T <■.'.,-. 
 
 Pkscky'. n. f. [from the verb.] Dif- 
 covcry ; thing difcovered. 
 
 D E S 
 
 How near 's the other army r 
 — Near, and 'in fpccdy foot, the main dr^rry 
 Stands in the houi ly thought. Shahfpeart. 
 
 To DESECRATE, i: a. [defaao, Lat.] 
 To divert from the purpofe to which 
 any thing is confecrated. 
 
 Tlie fouiulcrs of monafteiies imprecated evil on 
 tlujlc who Ihould de/nrate their donations. 
 
 Snhnon'n Surt'ey. 
 D!-sr.CR.\'TioN. n. f. [from defecrate.'] 
 
 The abolition of confccralion. 
 DeV.ert. n. f. \dcferliim,'L.-3.X.'\ A wil- 
 dernefs ; folitude ; wade country ; un- 
 inhabited place. 
 
 Be alive again. 
 And dare me to i):\e difirt with thy fword. 
 If trembling I inhibit, then protel't me 
 The batty of a girl, Slittkfprttrc. 
 
 He, looking round on every fide, beiicld 
 A pathlcfs dcfcit, dutk with horrid Ihades. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 De'sert. adj. [(/lyjwwj-, Latin.] Wild; 
 walie ; folitary ; uninhabited ; uncul- 
 tivated ; untilled. 
 
 I have words 
 That would be howl'd out in the defert air, 
 Wiicie hearing Oiould not catch them. Shitljp. 
 He found him in a drfirt land, and in the 
 walie howling wildernefs. Deuteronomy, 
 
 The priimilcs and hsrgains between two men 
 in a defcit illaiid are binding to them, though 
 they are perfetflly in a Ibite of nature, in reference 
 to one another. Loch. 
 
 Tu DESE'RT. V. a. [defertcr, French ; 
 defero, Latin.] 
 
 1. To forfake ; to fall away from ; to 
 quit meanly or treacheroully. 
 
 I 60 not remember one man, who heartily 
 wiflied the palTing of that bill', that ever d;:Jerted 
 rhera till the kingdom was in a flame. Dryden. 
 
 2. To leave ; to abandon. 
 
 What is it that hords and keeps the orbs in 
 fixed nations and intervals, againil an inceflant 
 and inherent tendency to r/t/trr^ them ? Bcntley. 
 
 3. To quit the army, or regiment, in 
 which one is enlilled. 
 
 Dese'rt. n. f. [properly dejfert : the 
 word is originally French.] The laft 
 couife ; the fruit or fwectmeats with 
 which a feall is concluded. See Des- 
 sert. 
 
 Dese'rt. n. f. [from (/f/i'ri'i?.] 
 
 1. Qualities or conducl confidered with 
 relpeft to rewards or punishments ; de- 
 gree of merit or demerit. 
 
 Being of neceility a thing common, it is, 
 through the manifold peruiaiions, difpofitions, 
 and uccafions of men, with equal dejcrt both of 
 praife and difpraifc, fliunncd by feme, by others 
 defircd. Hooker. 
 
 The bafe o' th' mount 
 Is rank'd with all deferfif all kind of natures, 
 That labour on the bofom of this fphcre 
 To propagate their Itates. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Ufe every man after his defirt, and who (hall 
 'fcape whipping ? Shnkfpcare. 
 
 2. Proportional merit ; claim to reward. 
 
 All defcrt imports an equality between the 
 good conferred, and the good deferved, or .made 
 due. Soidh. 
 
 3. Excellence; right (jf reward ; virtue. 
 
 More to move you. 
 Take my dejtrti to his, and join them both. 
 
 ShakJ^enre. 
 
 Dese'rter. n. f. [from defert."] 
 I. He that has forfaken his caufc or his 
 pofl : commonly in au ill fenfe. 
 
 The members of both houfes, who at firft 
 withdrew, were counted dcfcrtersj and outed of 
 their places in parliament, Kin^ C/iaila. 
 
 D E S 
 
 Slrcijht to their ancient cells, rccall'd from, 
 air, 
 The rfconcil'd d'frrtcri will repair. Dryden. 
 
 Holts of deferien, who your honour fold, 
 And bafely broke your faith for bribes of gold. 
 
 Ijrydeir. 
 
 2. lie that leaves the :.rmy in which he 
 is enlidcd. 
 
 They aie the fame deferlers, whether they ftay 
 in our own camp, or run over to the enemy's. 
 
 Decay of Piety, 
 A defcrter, who came out of the citadel, fays 
 thcgarrifon is brought to the utraoll ncceflily. 
 
 Tatler. 
 
 3 . He that forfakes another ; an aban- 
 doner. 
 
 The fair fex, if they had the dtfcrter in their 
 power, would certainly have (hewn him mote 
 mercy tiian the Bacchanals did Orpheus. Dryden. 
 
 Thou, falfe guardian of a charge too good, 
 Thou mean (/t/t/Crr of thy brother's blood. Vofe, 
 Dese'rtion. n.J. [from defert.^ 
 
 1 . The a£l of forfaking or abandoning a 
 canfe or poft. 
 
 Every compliance that we are perfuadcd to Ly 
 one, is a contradiiftion to the commands of the 
 other; and our adheicnce to one, will nccclTarily 
 involve us in a JefcrHon of the other. Rogers, 
 
 2. [In theology.] Spiritual defpondency ; 
 a fenfe of the dereliction of God j an 
 opinion that grace is withdrawn. 
 
 Chrili hears and fympathizes with the fpiritual 
 agonies of a foul under deferlioti, or the prelTtnes 
 of fotne flinging afilidtion. South. 
 
 Dese'rtless. adj. [from defcrt.'] With- 
 out inerit ; without claim to favourer 
 reward. 
 
 She faid flic lov'd, 
 Lov'd me defertlcf ; who with Ihame confclt, 
 Another flame had feii'd upon my breaft. D'y.i. 
 To DESE'RVE. -v. a. [dcfirvir,Yx.] To 
 be worthy of either good or ill. 
 
 Thofe they honoured, as having power to work 
 or ccafc, as men deferved of them. Hooker. 
 
 Some of us love you well ; and even thofe fonie 
 Envy your great defcrvings, and good name. 
 
 Shakfpean. 
 All friends Ihall ta(fe ■ 
 
 The wages of their virtue, and all foes 
 Tiic cup of their defcrvhif!. Shakfpcare. 
 
 VViiat he dcferva of you and me I know. 
 
 Shakf^^ctn. 
 Yet well, if here would end 
 The mifery : I deferv'd it, and would bear 
 My own defcrvings. Mi/ton. 
 
 A mother cannot give him death : though he 
 Defriie! it, he defsr:-es it not from me. Dryden. 
 
 Since my Orazia's death I have not feen 
 A beauty fo defennne^ to be queen. Dryden. 
 
 To Dese'rve. -v. ti. To be worthy of re- 
 ward. 
 
 According to the ride of natural juftice, one 
 man ma)- merit and dtf:i-.;e of another. Sou/A. 
 
 Couitsare the places where beft manners (iou- 
 ri(h, 
 Where the defeniw^6ught to rife. Otiuay. 
 
 He had been a perfoit'of great defervingi from 
 the republick, was an admirable fpeakcr, and 
 very popular. S-wijt. 
 
 Dese'rvedly. ttdv. [from dcferve.] Wor- 
 thily; according to dcfert, whether 
 of good or evil. 
 
 For him I was not fcnt, nor yet to free 
 That people viiftor once, now vile and bafe, 
 Defiimd/y made vallal. . Milan. 
 
 - A man defcrvedly cuts himfclf oft' from the af- 
 fections of that community which he endeavours 
 to fubvert. j^d.Uf-.r., 
 
 Dese'rver. ;;./ [from deferve.'] A man 
 who merits rewards. If is ufed, I 
 think, only in a good fenfe.
 
 D E S 
 
 Their love \s never Unk.'d to the defcrv't 
 Till hi5 deferts arc pafs'd. Shui/pmn. 
 
 Heavy, with fomi; high minds, is an over- 
 weight uf obligation; or otherrt'ife great <^j/i!'~;'<^'^ 
 
 o, perchance, grow intolerable preCumers. 
 
 Emulation will never be wanting amongll 
 
 poets, when particular rewards and pii/.es are 
 
 propofed to the bell Jtferven. Dijdcn. 
 
 Dhsi'ccants. n.f. [horn deficcate.} Ap- 
 
 j.lications that dry up the flow of fores; 
 
 dritrs. 
 
 This, in the beginning, may be prevented by 
 iffucant%, andwi.ilcd. IVifcnW!. 
 
 To DE'SICCATE. -v. a. [Jeficco, Lat.] 
 
 1. To dry up ; to exhauft of moifture. 
 
 In bodies deficcatid by heat or age, when the 
 native fpirii goeth forth, and the moirture with it, 
 the air with time gctteth into the pores. Bacon. 
 
 Seminal ferments were elevated from the fe:i, 
 or fome Arfucatci ^aces thereof, by the heat of 
 the fun. iJ'^^'- 
 
 2. To exhale moifture. 
 
 Where there is moifture enough, or fupcr- 
 
 fluous, there wine helpeth to digcft and dcficcate 
 
 tlic moirture. Bacon. 
 
 Df.sicca'tion. «. /. [from deficccate.'] 
 
 The a£l of making dry ; the" Hate of 
 
 being dried. 
 
 Ifthefpirits iflue out of the body, there fol- 
 loweth dijiccatioii, induration, and conlumption. 
 
 Bticon. 
 
 Desi'ccative. adj. [from deficcate.'] 
 
 That has the power of dr)-itig. 
 To Desi'derate. v. a. [^dtfidcro, Lat.] 
 To want ; to mifs ; to defire in abfence. 
 A word fcarcely ufed. 
 
 Eclipfcs are of wonderful afliftaiice toward the 
 fuUriion of this fo defirable and fo much dc/idc- 
 r.itcd problem. Cheyfte. 
 
 DESIDERATUM. [Latin.] Somewhat 
 which inquiry has not yet been able to 
 fettle or dlfcover ; as, the longitude is 
 the defukratum of navigation. The tri- 
 feftion of an angle, and the quadrature 
 of a circle, are the dejiilerata of geo- 
 metry. 
 
 Desi'diose. adj. \defuliofus,Y.^l..'\ Idle; 
 lazy ; heavy. Diet. 
 
 ToDESrCN. v.a. [defigno, Lat. dejfwir, 
 French.] 
 
 1. To purpofe ; to Intend any thing. 
 
 2. To form or order with a particular 
 purpofe ; with for. 
 
 TIk avfts of religious worlhip were purpoftly 
 a.-ft^ried for the r.cknowledgmcnt of a Being, 
 whom the moH excellent creatures are hound to 
 adore as well as we. Stillinejlct:. 
 
 You are not for ofafcurity defign'd. 
 But, like the fun, muft chteV all human kind. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 3. To devote Intentionally : with to. 
 
 One of thofo places was dtfignsd by the old 
 man to his foil. Clarendon, 
 
 He was born to the inheritance of a fplendid 
 fortune : he was dtft^nfd to the ftudy of the law. 
 
 Dry den . 
 
 4. To plan ; to projccl ; to form In idea. 
 
 We .Tre fo obl'erve whether the piilure or out- 
 lines be well dr.iwn, or, as more elegant arti'/.aiis 
 term it, well d»fig-:ed : then, whether it be well 
 coloured ; which be the two general heads. 
 
 yVolton. 
 Thus while they fpeed their pace, the piince 
 d.figm 
 The new cleilcd feat, and diaws the lines. Tiryd. 
 
 5. To mark out by particular tokens. 
 Little ufed. 
 
 D E S 
 
 'Tis not enough to make a inan a fuhjcft, to 
 coiniiice him titat there is regal power in tlic 
 world ; but there muft be ways of drfignin^ and 
 knowing the pcrfon to whom tiiis regal power of 
 ■ riij'ht belongs. Locke 
 
 Desi'gn. n. J. [froin the verb.] 
 
 1. An intention ; a purpofe. 
 
 2. A fcheme ; a plan of adtion. 
 
 Is he a prudent man, as to his temporal eftare, 
 tliat lays dcfigm only for a day, without any pro- 
 fpefl to the remaining p.irt of his life ? TilJorf^jn. 
 
 3. A fcheme formed to the detriment of 
 another. 
 
 A fedate fettled drfign upon another man's 
 life, put him in a ftate of war with him agninll 
 whom he has declared fuch an intention. Locke. 
 
 4. The idea which an artiil endeavours to 
 execute or e.\prefs. 
 
 I doubt not but in the defigni of fevcr.al Greek 
 medals, one may often lee the hand of an Apclles 
 or Protogenes. Addijon. 
 
 Thy hand ftrikes out fome new dejign, 
 Where life awakes and dawns at every line. Pofc. 
 Desi'gnable. adi. \_deJigito, Latin.] 
 DilHnguifhable ; capable to be particu- 
 larly marked out. 
 
 The power of all natural agents is limited : 
 the mover muft be contined to obfcrve thefe pro- 
 portions, and cannot pafs over all thefe infinite 
 deftgnabU degrees in an inftant. Digby. 
 
 Designa'tion. n. f. [dffignalio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The att of pointing or marking out by 
 fome particular token. 
 
 This is a plain defign^ihn of the duke of 
 Marlborough : one kind of ftuff uled to fatten 
 land is called marie, and eveiy body knows that 
 borough is a name for a town. Sti'ift . 
 
 2. Appointment ; diredlion. 
 
 William the Conqueror forbore to uf.' that 
 claim in the beginning, but mixed it with a titu- 
 lary pretence, grounded upon the will and dejig- 
 neition of Edward the Confeffor. Bacon. 
 
 3. Import ; intention. 
 
 Finite and infinite feem to be looked upon by 
 the mind as the modes of quantity, and to be at- 
 tributed primarily in their firft defignation only 
 to thofe things wliich have parts, and are capable 
 of increafe or diminution. Locke. 
 
 Desi'gnedly. adv. [from defgn.'] Pur- 
 pofcly ; intentionally ; by defign or 
 p.irpofe ; not ignorantly ; not inadver- 
 tently ; not fortuitoudy. 
 
 Ufes made things ; that is to fay, fome things 
 were made de/ignedlyj and on purpofe, for fuch 
 an ufe as they ferve to. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 The iie.xt thing is fomctimes defignrdh to put 
 children in pain; but care muft be taken that 
 this be done wiicn the child is in good humour. 
 
 Locke. 
 Desi'gner. n.f. [from dcfigii.'\ 
 
 1. One that deSgns, intends, or purpofes ; 
 a purpofer. 
 
 2. A plotter ; a contriver ; one that lays 
 fchtpies. 
 
 It has therefore always, been both, the rule and 
 praflice for fuch deftgners to fuborn the public k 
 intcreft, to countenance and cover their private. 
 Decay of Piety. 
 
 3. One that forms the idea of any thing 
 in painting or fculpture. 
 
 There is a great affinity between defigningand 
 poetry ; for the Latin poets, and the defgners of 
 the Roniaii medals, lived very near one another, 
 and wcj-c bred up to the fame reliflr for wit and 
 fancy. yUl.lif.r. 
 
 Dzsi'gning. participial adj. [from df/igii. ] 
 Inlidious; treacherous; deceitful; frau- 
 dulently artful. 
 
 D E S 
 
 'Twould (hew me poor, indebted, and com- 
 
 r, r ■ '"'"'''• 
 
 Dejignrngj mercenary; and I know 
 
 You would not wi(h to think I could he bought. 
 
 Sou.'irern. 
 
 Desi'gniess. adj. [fvom dejigii.] With- 
 out intention ; without defign; unknow- 
 ii:g ; inadvertent. 
 Desi'gnlf.ssly. adv. [from defgnlefs.1 
 Without intention ; ignorantly ; inad- 
 vertently. 
 
 Ill this great concert of his whole creation, tht 
 defigulejsty confpiring voices are as didFcring as 
 the conditions of tiie refpeiftlvc fingers. Bayle. 
 Desi'gnmemt. n.f. [from ^^^n.J 
 
 1. A purpofe and intent. 
 
 The fanftity of the chriftian religion excludes 
 fraud and falfehood from the defigmnom. and 
 aims of its firft promalgatdrs. Decay of piity. 
 
 'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of cap- 
 tivating nature, and makijig her fubfer\e our 
 purpofes iinci defigntnents, than to have learned all 
 the intrigues of policy. Clanvilli. 
 
 2. A fcheme of hollility. 
 
 News, lords! o.ir wars are done ! 
 The defperate tempeft hath fo bang'd the Turk?, 
 That their deftgnmen' halts. Sh.ihfpeare. 
 
 Slie received advice both of the king's defpe- 
 rate eftate, and of the duke's dcjlgn/neni s againd 
 her. Hay ward. 
 
 3. The idea, or /ketch, of a work. 
 
 The fcenes which rcprefenr cities and coun- 
 tries are not really fuch, bur only painted on 
 boards and canvafs ; but (hall that cxcufc the ill 
 painturc or defignment of them ? Dryden. 
 
 W'hcn abfcnt, yet we conquer'd In his right j 
 For though that fome mean artilt's (kill were (hown 
 
 In mingling colours, or iu placing light, 
 Yet fliU the fair deftgnment was his own. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 Desi'rable. adj. \lxovn. defire.'\ 
 
 1. That is to be wiftied with earneftnefs. 
 
 Adjudged cafes, coUcfled by men of great 
 fag:icity, will improve his mind toward acquir- 
 ing this defirable amplitude and extent of thought, 
 
 ll'atti. 
 
 He cannot but confefs, that it is a thing the 
 molt defirable to man, and mod agreeable to the 
 goodnefs of God, that he (hould fend forth his 
 light and his truth by a fpecial levciation of this 
 will. Rogeri, 
 
 2. Pleafing ; delightful. 
 
 Sl'.e t);cn let drop fome exprelTions about an 
 agate fnuff-box : I immediately took the hint, 
 and bought one; being unwilling to omit any 
 thing tiiat migiit make me defirable in her eyes. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 Our own fcx, our kindred, our houfes, and 
 our very names, feem to have fomething good and 
 </f/7r.!M'in them. IVatts. 
 
 DESI'RE. «. /. {defir, Fr. defeo, Ital. 
 dfuieriiim, Lat.] Wifh ; eagernefs to 
 obtain or enjoy. 
 
 Defve IS the uneafinefs a man finds in himfclf 
 upon the abfence of any thing, whufc prefent 
 enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it. 
 
 Lochf. 
 Drink provokes, and unpiovokes ; it pro- 
 vokes the defirc, but it takes away tl e perform- 
 ance. Sh.ikfp£aie. 
 
 Dfire 's the vaft extent of human mind ; 
 It mounts above, and leaves poor hope behind. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 It is in a man's power only to obferve what 
 
 the ideas are that take their turns in i-,is imder- 
 
 flanding, or elfe to diredl ihr fort, and call in 
 
 fuch as he hath a dcfre or ufc of. Locke. 
 
 To Desi're. II. a. \_,!efirer, French j 
 
 dtfiderare, Latin.] 
 I. To wifh ; to long for; to covet. 
 
 Thou (halt not defire the filvcr or gold. 
 
 Diut.
 
 D E S 
 
 2. To expref; wiilita ; to appear to lon^. 
 
 |ovc licliclii it witli a-J./lrin^ look. D'ydcn. 
 
 3. 'i'o aik ; to iiiticat. 
 
 Sir, 1 i'Unat yuu liume with m» to diniici-. 
 
 I humbly do Jihe your jjr.icc of pardon ; 
 
 1 mull nw;iy this night. Siiifpcurr, 
 
 But fmcc you take fuch iut'reft in our woe, 
 And Troy'i diuirtruus end (U/i'e to kno^', 
 I will rcllrain my tears, and briefly tell 
 What ill our lalt and fatal nigl'.t befcl. D'y,!en. 
 
 4. To require ; to dem.iiui. Not in uCe. 
 
 A dolokil cafe dcjins a doleful f"ng, 
 Without vain art or curious compliments Sptnffr, 
 Desi'rer. n. f. \Jri>m il fire.] One that 
 is eager of any thing; a wiOier. 
 
 I will cjuntcrtcit tii« Ijcwitchmcnt c^f fome 
 popular man, and give it bountitully to tiic 
 ,l:/.'nri. Sh-ikfittarc 
 
 Desi'rous. at!j. [from defiri.l Full of 
 dcfirej eager; longing alter; wilhing 
 for. 
 
 The fame piety which makcth them that arc- 
 in autliority (Ujii^jiti to picafe and rtiVmble God 
 by j'jftice, infia:iicth c\cry way men of adliun 
 with zeal to do good. Hooko. 
 
 Be not dtfiroui oi his dainties; for they are 
 deceitful meat. Pmverii. 
 
 Men are drowfy and defimvi to fiucp before 
 the tit of an ague, and yawn aiid ftretch. 
 
 JBacon. 
 Adam the while, 
 Waiting itfirotii her return, had wove 
 Of choiccrt flow'rs a gailand. MUtca. 
 
 Conjugal aft'ei^K'n, 
 Prevailing over fear and timorous doubt, 
 Hath'lcd me on, d-ftrous to behold 
 Or.ce more thy face, Mi!!on, 
 
 Desi'rous LY. adv. [(torn defirous.'\ Ea- 
 gerly ; with defire ; with ardent wifltes. 
 Desi'rousness. n. f. [from de/irous.} 
 Fiilnefs of delire ; easrernefi. i);V7. 
 
 To DESrST. V. «. [dejl/io, Latin.] To 
 ceafe from any thing ; to ft op : witli 
 from. 
 
 Ds/ijl, thou art difccrn'd. 
 And toil'lt in vain ; nor mc ni vain molcft. 
 
 Mi.'fon. 
 There arc many who will not quit a projeiil, 
 though they find it pernicious or ahfurd ; hut 
 will readily defijt fycm it, when they are con- 
 vinced it is ia\pra^icabk. ^■•Iddij'.n, 
 
 Desi'stance. n. f. [from dijljt.~\ The 
 aft of dcfifting ; teffation. 
 
 Men ufually give frcclieft w:;erc they have not 
 given before : and raaive it both the motive and 
 excufe of their dcjijiance from giving any more, 
 that they have given already. Boy'e. 
 
 Df.si'tive. adj. \_def,lus, Latin.] End- 
 ing ; concludent ; tinal. 
 
 Inceptive and dcptivt propoiirions are of this 
 fort : the fogs vanilh as t'.ic fun rifes ; but the 
 fogs have not yet boguji to vanini, therefore the 
 fun is not yet rifcn. VS'atti. 
 
 Desk. «. /. {^dijch, a table, Dutch.] An 
 inclining table for the ufe of writers or 
 readers, made commonly with a bo.\ or 
 repofitory under it. 
 
 Tell her in the defk^ 
 That 's cover'd o'er with TurkiHr tapeftr\', 
 There is a purfe of ducats. Slukfpriirc. 
 
 He is dr.iwn leaning on a d:Jh, with his bible 
 before him. IVuIton^s ^rh^lt-r. 
 
 I have been obliged to leave unfinilhed in niy 
 drjk the heads of two clTays. Pcii. 
 
 Not the d'Jk with lilver nails, 
 
 Nor bureau of expcnce, 
 Nor ftandilh well japann'd, avails 
 
 To writing of good fcnfe. Sivift. 
 
 De'sOlate. adf. \_defolatus, Latin.] 
 |. Without inhabitants ; uninhabited. 
 Let us feek lome drfolate fliade, and there 
 Weep our fad bofomi empty, Shjkjpcjre. 
 
 D E S 
 
 This hero appears at full in i dijohtt iflant!, 
 
 fniing '.ipoil the lide of the fea. Bruime, 
 
 2. Deprived of inhabitants ; laid v/afte. 
 
 Tlus city will be dijaUtt, without an inliabi- 
 
 3, Solitary ; without fociety, 
 
 Vo DfiSOLATE, 1). a. [dff'.lo, Latin.] 
 T" deprive of inhabitants ; to lay 
 wafle ; to make dcfert. 
 
 The ifland of Atlantis was not fvi-allowcd by 
 an earthquake, but was dtjohlid by a particular 
 deluge. Bacon. 
 
 Thick around 
 Thunders tlic fport of thufe, who with the gun. 
 And doi impatient bounding at the Ihot, 
 Worfc than the kafondfo/utr the fields. TJiim/c'i. 
 De'solatei-y, adv. [from i/f/o/a/^.] In 
 
 a dcfolate manner. 
 Dksola'tion. n. f. \_ivom defolate.'] 
 
 1. ]Js(trutliou of inhabitants; reduftion 
 to folitudc. 
 
 What witn your praifcs of the country, what 
 with your dii'courfc of the lamentable difdat'n'i 
 thi reof made by tholp Scots, you have filled me 
 with a great compaiTion.' Spenjcr. 
 
 Without licr follows to myfcif and thee, 
 Hcrfelf, tliC land, and many a chriftian foul, 
 DC'ih, dejdaihny rutn, and decay. Shakfp 
 
 2. Gloominefs ; fadncfs ; melancholy; 
 dellitmion. 
 
 Tl at dv.-elling place is unnatural to mankind ; 
 ami tlun the tcrriblenels of the continual motion, 
 Inc dffo/ution of the far being from comfort, the 
 tye and the ear having ugly images before it, 
 doth ftlll vex the mind, even wticn it is heft 
 armed againll it. Sidruy. 
 
 Then you- hofe fhall be ungartered, and every 
 thi]ig about you demonltrate a carelafs dejolnimi. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 My Jefola/icr. does begin to make 
 A better life. Shakjfeare. 
 
 To complete 
 The fcene of dijolatirtjij itretch'd around 
 Tnc g'"im guards Itand. Thomfon. 
 
 3. A place willed and forfaken, 
 
 Iluw ia Babylon become a dtjolation among 
 tile iinrions ! ^tr, 
 
 DIlSPA'IR n.f. [Jefefpoir, French.] 
 I. Hopelefnefs; defpondence ; lofs of hope. 
 
 Difp-iir is the thjug'ht of t!ic unattaindbicnel's 
 of any good, which wotlcs clitft-rcntjy in men's 
 minds i fomctimes producing unciifmcfs 01 pain, 
 fomctimc!. rc-rt and indolency. Locke. 
 
 Vou had cither never attempted this change, 
 fct (in with hopej or never difcovered it, ftopt 
 with dcfpnir ^idnty, 
 
 \Vc arc troubled on every fide, yet not dilhencd; 
 we arc perplexed, but not in Jefpitir, % Cor. 
 
 Wearied, furfakcn, and purfued at Jaft, 
 All f.ifety in dcjpair of fafety phc"d, 
 Courage he thence rcfumes, rcfoiv'd to bear 
 Ai) their^fraulrsjfince'tii in vain to fear. Denham. 
 
 Equal their flame, unequal was their cine; 
 One lov*d with hope, one languifh'd with dfjpa'r. 
 
 Dryde;i. 
 
 r. That which caufes defpair'; that of 
 which there is no hope. 
 
 Strangely vifited people, 
 AU fvv'oln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye ; 
 The mere dtfpair of lurgery, he cures ; 
 Hanging a golden ftnmp about Jhcir necks, 
 Put on with holy'prayers. Sftakfpcnt-:. 
 
 3. [In theology.] Lofs of confidence in 
 the mercy of God. 
 
 Are not all or moli evangelical virtues ard 
 graces in danger of cxtrcmci r Ai there is, God 
 knows, too otcen a defeft on the unc fide, fo 
 there may be an cxccfs on the other: may not 
 hope in God, or godly forrow, be perverted into 
 prcfuniption or drf^urr ? Spratt. 
 
 To Dkspa'ir. i». n. [i/f/^«*i5j Latin.] To 
 be without hope j to dcfpond : with of 
 before a noun. 
 
 D E s 
 
 Though ih«u rireweft a fworH at thy fiiend 
 yet drfi,u:r not j for there may be a turning. 
 
 ,Tr . . F.Cclut, 
 
 We commend the wit of the Chinefc, who 
 lifjfan cj making of gold, hut arc mad upon 
 making of fiivcr. p„|:„_ 
 
 Never dtfpah of God's bleflings here, otof hii 
 reward hereafter j but go on as you have begun. 
 
 Despairer. n. f. [from d^Jj,air.] One 
 without hope. 
 He chci-rs the fearful, and commends the 
 bold, 
 And makes Jrfpaireri hope for good fuccefi. 
 
 Uespairful, adj. [defpalr and /u/A] 
 
 Hopelefs. Obfoitte. 
 
 Tiiat fwcct hut four dejfahfiA cxc. Sidnry. 
 
 Other cries nmon jft the Irifh favour of tj.e 
 
 Scythian barbaiifm ; as tie lamentations of their 
 
 burials, with ./,//.j.,/./ onlcries. Spcnfcr. 
 
 Despa'irinci.v. adv. [ from dtfpairing. ] 
 
 In a manner betokening hopelefnefs or 
 
 defpondency. 
 
 He fpeaks fcvercly and Jefpairirgty of our 
 focicty. g ,^ 
 
 To DESPATCH, v. a. [depefcher, Fr.] 
 
 1. To fend away haflily. 
 
 DoitorTheodo'rcCulehy, a fobcr n>an, IJrf- 
 faickcd inimecli.itcly to Utrecht, to bring the 
 moxa, and learn the exait method of uling it. 
 
 Timp!'. 
 
 The good /Eneas, whofe paternal care 
 liilus' abfcnce could no longer bear, 
 Drfpnick'd Azhut:^ to the fliips in hafle, 
 To give a glad relation of the patt. DryJ;n. 
 
 2. To fend out of the world; to put to 
 death. 
 
 Edmund, I think, is gone, 
 In pity of his mifcry, to defpaick 
 His knighted life. Shahffrare. 
 
 And the company fhall ftonc them with rtones, 
 and defpat'h them with their fwurds. £z.ck. 
 
 In combating, but two of you wil fall ■ 
 And we rcfolve we will dtjp.itcli you all. 
 
 Drydm, 
 
 D^fpatch me quickly, J m.iy death forgive ; 
 I fliall grow tender elle, and wifh to live. 
 
 DryJcn. 
 
 3. To perform a bufinefs quickly : as, I 
 dtfpatched my afFairn, and ran hither. 
 
 Therefore commanded he his chariot-man to 
 drive without ceafing, and to dcfpatck the jour- 
 ney, the judgment of God now following him. 
 
 J Mac. 
 
 No fooner is one aftion drfpatcied, which, by 
 
 fuch a dct;rminaiion as the will, we are fet upon, 
 
 but another uncafinefs is ready to fet us on work. 
 
 T-, Lode. 
 
 4. To conclude an affair with another. 
 
 What, are the brothers p|rted.> 
 — They have dejpatc/i'd with Pompcy ; he i» 
 gon=- Skakfprare. 
 
 Despa'tch, n. /. [from the verb J 
 
 1. Hafty execution ; fpcedy performance. 
 
 Aneded difp>,i!cl: is one of tiie moft danger- 
 ous things to bulincfs tl.at can be. Bacon. 
 
 You'd fee, could you her inward motions 
 watch, 
 Feigning del.iy, fhe wilhes for dcjpntch ; 
 Then to a woman's meaning would you look. 
 Then read her backwaid. Gninville. 
 
 T^xedefpatd: of a good office is veiv often as 
 benchcial to the fulicitor as the good office iifelf. 
 
 j-lddiptn. 
 
 2. Condufi ; management. Qbfoletc. 
 
 You Ihall put 
 This night's grtat bufinefs into my drfpaicii. 
 Which fhall, to all our nights and days to 
 ' come, 
 
 Give folely fovcrcign fway and marterdom. 
 
 ahaiifptare. 
 
 3. Exprefs; hafty mcffenger or mcflagc ; 
 as, dijpauhei were fer.t away.
 
 D E S 
 
 T) E S 
 
 Cespa'tchful. ailj. [from J/palcL] 
 Bent on hafte ; inlenl on fpeeoy execu- 
 tion of bufinefs. , . , n. 
 ■ So faying, with ./,/;,«,.*>? !ook5 m lufte 
 Sl,e t.m.;'on hoip'iuble thoughts >nt=nt.^^ 
 
 Let 0-.1C deffatchful bid fome fwain to lead 
 A well fed balloci fton> the graffy mead.^^^^ 
 
 DE'SPERATE, adj. [depratus, Latiiv] 
 
 1 Without hope. . . , „ . 
 
 ■■ Since his ex,le^hel,athdefpi.d-ernoft;., 
 
 Forfworn my company, and ra.l d at ^w 
 That I am i/^.-« "f °b""""S ''eu 5^^/^ 
 2. Without care of fafrty ; ra(h ; pieci- 
 ■ ■ pitant ; fcarlefs of danger. 
 
 ^ Can you think, my lords, 
 
 That any Englilhrnan dare give me counfe , 
 Orbeakno^n friend 'gainll his highwcfs' plca- 
 
 ■' ThougJh:rbesrown (b</^..<...tobe^^_^^ 
 
 . And live a fubjeit? " ^r 
 
 .. "^ He who goes on without any care or tnuught 
 
 of " forming, teh an one we vulgarly call a 
 
 ^^Xe^^andthatfureisamolt^damn. 
 
 ,.'"ln'"trievable; unfurmour.table j inc- 
 
 'TlSf iebts may be well called ./^/.--a.. 
 
 • ones ■ fyr a mad nran owes tnem. SA<.4P'a>-c. 
 
 . ' In IVn of Afia the fick, when the.r ca<c 
 
 • ^omes to be thoug'^'t r/,//,.r./., a,e earned out 
 
 tnd laid a» the earlfr, before they ^re' dead^^and 
 
 ^'Vama' man of <lcfperate fortunes, that is, a 
 „>an whofe friends are dead; for I never armed 
 at any other fortune than m friends. 
 •' J" ■ Pilule /« S-vjijt. 
 
 J Mad; hotbrained; furious. 
 
 ^ Were it not thf part of a d,Jp.-n,te phyfican 
 ,o wifli his fr.end dead, »ather than to apply the 
 belt endeavours of his ikiil for his recovciy 
 
 Sfinjir'i State of IreUn.L 
 
 It Is fometimes ufcd in a fenfe nearly 
 'ludicrous, and only marks any bad qua- 
 lirv predominating in a high degree. 
 
 Concluding all mere Hfratc fots and foJs, 
 That duril depart from Ariftotlc's rules. Fop- 
 De'sperately. aih. [from dcjperalc.\ 
 I. Furioufly; madly; without attention 
 to fafcty or danger. 
 
 Your cUlell daughters have foredonc them- 
 fclvcs. 
 And ith'ratdy are dead. _ . 51.akjfea,c 
 
 There might be fomewhat in it, that he would 
 not have done, or defired undone, when he 
 Sroke forth as def^aatdy as before he had done 
 unciviPy.' Bro.vn'.V:.lf,...,lirrour.. 
 
 2. In a great degree; violently: this 
 fenfe is ludicrous. 
 
 She fell dcfpsratcly in love with him, and took 
 a voyage into Sicily in purfuit of liim^^^^^ 
 
 De'sperateness. «. / [f'ora de/peraU.] 
 Madnefs : fury ; precipitance. 
 
 T-he going on not only in terrours and amaw- 
 „e„t of confeience, but alfo boldly, hopingly, 
 eonfidentlv, i" wilful habits of «''.'%=;'"='/; 
 Mhcr^tcu-f.^V.o; and irx more bold thus, the 
 ;,! defperate. Ha.«.no,.L 
 
 Pespera'tion. «. /. [F'-om thft^rate.} 
 Hopelefnefs; defpair; defpondency. 
 
 Dflp'ration 
 J, all the policy, ftrength, and defence. 
 That Rome can make againft rhcm. . S/m ^ 
 As long a'i we aic guilty of any paft Im, anrt 
 have no prom.le of rcmilTion, whatever our 
 fuuire care be, .his Jcfrr»-/;»'/ of fucecfs cmlU 
 
 ZZ '"'""'■" '"' "" "" "" *'''"^'— '■ 
 
 Dli'sPiCABLE. att;.. ye/DkabUh, Lat ] 
 Coatemptibk; vile; mean; fordid; 
 
 5- 
 
 worthlefs. It is applied equally to per- 
 
 fons or things. 
 
 Our cafe were miferable, if that wherewith 
 we raoft endeavour to pleafe God ^"e in his 
 fight fo vile and dcjincahle as men s difdainlul 
 iucech woulffmake it. Hoour. 
 
 Their heads as low 
 Bow'd down in battle, funk before the fpears 
 Of d.fyi..hU foes. ^ ^ /^••'""■ 
 
 All th- earth he gave tl.ee to poffcfs and lu c, 
 
 No .^.//■/-te gift- ,,. „ . ^^''"" 
 
 Kot lei's cv'n in this dcfp-.cabU hero. 
 Than when my name (hook Africk with affright, 
 And froze your hearts beneath your ""•rid^zone^ 
 
 All the quiet that could be expcfledfrom fuch 
 a reign, muft be the relult of :!blolute power 
 on tne^ne hand, and a defpicahU ">veryja^^^he 
 
 "'"wiien men of rank and figure pafs away their 
 lives in criminal purfuits and P"«'«J. J ■'); 
 ender themfelves mure vile and A/p/c.i/. than 
 4 innocent man can be, whatever low ftatlon 
 his fortune antl birth have placed ^.m^ 'Jl-^^ 
 
 De'spicableness. n. f. [from defpka- 
 Bk.] Meannefs; vilenefs ; worthkU- 
 
 "we confider the great difpioportion between 
 
 the infinity of the reward and xh^defp,cabU,up 
 
 ofourlcrvice. ^TJ ,", ] 
 
 De'spiCably. adv. [from defpicalk.\ 
 
 Meanly ; fordidly ; vilely. 
 
 Here wanton Naples crowns the liappy (horc, 
 Nor vainly rich, nor cUfi.icMy poor; 
 The town in foft folcmnitics flights, 
 And gentle poets to heiarms invites Md.fo,,. 
 Despi'sable. adj. [from </#/..] Con- 
 temptible ; defpicable; regarded wtth 
 contempt. A wordfcarcely ufed but m 
 low converfation. . 
 
 I am obliged to you for taking notice of a 
 poor old dillreffed court.er commonly the moft 
 defpif.hU thing in the world, ^rh.th.ot.o F.pe^ 
 
 To DESPrSE. f. a. [defmfer, old French, 
 
 Skinner ; defpicto, Latin.] 
 I. Tofcoru; to contemn ; to flight; to 
 
 difrefpeft. , , ,, ,i „^ 
 
 For, lo, I will make thee fmall among the 
 
 heathen, and dcfpifd among men Jcr. 
 
 Mv tons their old unhai>py fii= dcjptjc, 
 
 Spoil-d of his kingdom, and dcpnv'd of eycs.^ 
 
 2 In Shalfpear.'. it feems once to fignify 
 abhor, as from the Italian dej}ettare. 
 
 Let not your ears dcfpifr my tongue 'O'^"". 
 Which fnall poffefs them with the heav.eft found 
 That ever yet they heard. Shatfpcan. 
 
 Despi'ser. «. /. [f'-om dejptfe.^ Con- 
 temner; fcorner. 
 
 Art thou thus bulden'd, man, by thy diftrefs, 
 Or elfc a rude ./ry^;/="- of good manners, 
 That in civility thou feem ft foempty^^^^^^^ 
 
 Wifdom is commonly, at long running, jufti- 
 ficdevenofheii«/>'/f--^- G«^ ?/^^f«"'- 
 
 Thus the athclfts, libertines, and difp:tcr! ot 
 religioVi, ufually pafs under the name of^free- 
 thinkers. 
 
 DESPI'TE. «./. [»>, Dutch; ./.■/.■', 
 French.] 
 
 1. Malice; anger; malignity; mahci- 
 oufncfs ; fpleen ; hatred 
 
 Thou wretdh ! deifitc o'crvvhelm thee ! S/-,. /. 
 
 With men thefc confulerations are "/"''"y -"; 
 caufes of defpite, difdain, or aveifion from 
 "ti:!,: : but w(fh God they pnf. for reafons o o; " 
 jrcaier tendernefs towards others. ^P'-'''- 
 
 2. Defiance ; unfubdued <'PP°fi^'°"- ,, ^„, 
 The hfe, thougav'd mc hrll, was loft and 
 
 done ; 
 
 D E S 
 
 Till with thy warlike (word, defpitf. of fate, 
 To my detcrmin'd Nme thou gav'ft new date. 
 
 Shitifptarr, 
 My life thou flialt command, but not my 
 ihame : 
 The one my duty owes ; but my fair name, 
 Dcfpitc of death, that lives upon my grave, 
 To dark difliunour's ufe thou llialt not have. 
 
 , Sl:'ikjpefiie. 
 
 Knov/ I will ferve the fair in thy dejp:ic. 
 
 , Vrydcit, 
 
 I have nut qjjittcd yet a viflor's right ; 
 I'll make you iiappy in your own dcffite. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 Say,_wouId the tendei creature, in dcfpite 
 Of heat by day, and chilling dews by night, 
 Its life maintain .- Blachr.ore. 
 
 Thou, with rebel infolence, didft 'dare 
 To own and to protedf that hoary ruffian ; 
 And, in defpite ev'n of thy father's juliicc, 
 To liir the l'a<5ii:us r.-.kblc up to arms. Ko-.ve. . 
 3. Act of malice ; aft of oppoiition. 
 His punlflrnient eternal miitry, 
 It would be all his folace and revenge, 
 As a difpitr done againlt the Moll High, 
 Thee once to gain companion of his woe. Mi7t. 
 To Despi'te. v. a,, [from the noun.] 
 To vex ; to cficnd ; to difappoint ; to 
 give uneafinefs to. 
 
 Saturn, with his wife Rhea, fled by night; 
 fettine the town on fiic, to di/pit:: Bacchus. 
 
 Ru/cigi. 
 
 Despi'teful. adj. [d'efpUe and full.} 
 
 Malicious ; full of fpleen ; full of hate ; 
 
 malignant ; mifchievous : ufed both of 
 
 ptrfons and things. 
 
 I, his defpiiefi<l Juno, fent him forth 
 From courtly friends with camping foes to live, 
 Wiicre death and danger dog the heels of worth. 
 
 Shiihjpeare 
 
 Prel'erve us from the hands of our dSfpilifiu 
 
 and deadly enemies. King CharUi. 
 
 Meanwhile the heinous and dcfpitiju! xA 
 Of Satan, done in Paradifc, was known 
 In heav'n. A!:/ton. 
 
 Despi'tefully. adv. [from defp'iteful.'] 
 Malicioufly ; malignantly. 
 
 Pray for them that dijpitijully ufe yoii and 
 perfccutc you. Matthew. 
 
 Despi'tefulness. 71. f. {irom defp'ite- 
 ful.} Malice ; hate ; malignity. 
 
 Let us examine him with dejpiicfulnefi and 
 torture, that we know his mcekuefs, and prove 
 his patience. H'ljdcm. 
 
 Despi'teous. «</?. [from/j'^iVf.] Mali- 
 cious ; furious. Out of ufe. 
 The knight of the red-crofs, when him he 
 fpied 
 Spurring fo hot with rage dtjphmus, 
 'Gan fairly couch his fpear. Fr.hy quscn. 
 
 Turning dejpitioui torture out of door. 
 
 Sfhtkfpeare, 
 
 Despi'teOUSLV. adv. [horn dcfpihous .'} 
 In a furious manner. Not in ufe. 
 
 The mortal ftcci defpitcoufy cntail'd 
 Deep in their flelh, quite thro' the iron walls, 
 That a large purple ftrcam adown their giam- 
 bcux falls. Spenjcr. 
 
 To DESPO'IL. 1'. a. \defpoVto, Lat.] 
 I To rob ; to deprive : with of. 
 
 Pf/po/V'^e/ warlike arms, and knowen (lucid. 
 i' Spenfer. 
 
 You are nobly born, 
 ■ /),f/,r//Wo/ your honour in your life. Shak. 
 
 He waits, with hellilh rancour imminent, 
 To intercept thy wav, or feud thee back 
 M'd .? innocence, ./ faith, ./ blifs. M:lt.r,. 
 
 He, pale as death, W,//>«/7'.i 0/ his .inay, 
 Into the queen's apartment taK.cs '"^ *"5^^^ 
 
 Ev'n now thy aid, 
 Eugene, with tegimcafs unequal prcft,
 
 D E S 
 
 Awaits: this rfsy o/'nll liis honours gain'd 
 
 Drfpoils him, if thy fuctour opportune 
 
 Defends not tlic fad iiour. P/h/ijis. 
 
 2. To ilivt.lt by any accidcTtt. 
 
 Thcfc formed Rnnes, •/r/yni/r,! r,f tlicir Ihtll^, 
 and cxpofcd upon the Turficc of the ground, in 
 time ntouldcr away. iV^oMo^ird. 
 
 t. Simply to ftrip. Not iti life. 
 A grootu Ran dcfpil 
 Of puifTjnt arms, and laid in cafy bed. Spcnjer. 
 
 DESPOLIA'TIO>f. It. f. [fiom (Lfpolio, 
 Lat. ] The aifl of dcipoiling or ili ip- 
 ping. 
 To DESPOND, v.a. l,hffmn.-o, Lat.] 
 I. To dofpaii- ; to lofe hope; to become 
 hopplcfs or defpeiate. 
 
 It is CVC17 man's flu'.y to labourin hii calling, 
 and not to Jt-fpcrtd tor any mil'carri.T2;;s or difap- 
 pointmcnts tiiat were not iu his owji--powcr Uy 
 prevent. I.'fj!>.iri<f_r. 
 
 There is no finer remedy for f'.i;icrrtitious <ind 
 def^ifhiing wc^kncisf than firft to gorcrn 011;- 
 fehcs by tiic hcd inipiovemtnt oi' chat icafon 
 which providence has given liS for a guitie*. and 
 then, when, wc have done our own parts, lo 
 . -commit all cl;c.!r("ully, foi- the rcfl, to the good 
 pleafure of heaven, with trull tnd (ellgiiation. 
 
 Z.' Ejrr,IJtg^. 
 
 Phyfick is thcif bane:: 
 The learned leacb.es in dcf"p.iir depail. 
 And Ihakc tlicir lieads, iicf^cnJi;:^ of tlicir .irt. 
 
 Dry.Un. 
 
 Others deprefs their o«-n minds, ilrfpcnd m tht 
 
 •firf} diffieulty ; and conclude, th^t nraking any 
 
 piogrefs in knowledge, farther than f^ves their 
 
 oidinary bulinefs, is above their capacities. 
 
 Lie-',-, 
 
 Z. [In theology-.] To lofe hope of the 
 divine mercy. 
 
 He confrdei-s what is the natural tciidency of 
 ' fuch a virtue, or fiKrh a vice: he is w.^11 apprized 
 tV.at the reprefentation of fomc of thefe things 
 may convince the underilanding, Come may ter- 
 jtfy the coiifciencc, forac may allure the flothfnl, 
 and lome encourag* the drffo/u/ing mind. 
 
 iralls. 
 
 Despo'nuencv. n. f. .[from defpondentJ^ 
 
 Dcfpair ; hopclefiiefs ; defpeiation. 
 Despo'kiw;nt. atij. \_deJ'por,dstis, Lat.] 
 Delpaiiing ; liopekfs ; without hope. 
 
 It is well known, f)0lh from ancient and mo- 
 dem experience, that the very boldcl^ acheilfs, 
 'Tiut of their debauches and company, when they 
 chance to be fiirprited with folitude or fickncfs, 
 ■ arc the moli fufpicious, timorous, and dci^*tdcnt 
 wictciics in the world. ■ Bentley. 
 
 Congregated tlirulhes, linnets, (it 
 -On the dead tree, a dull drfjioadcnt flock. 
 
 Thomfrin . 
 
 To DESPO'NSATE. v. a. IJ^ffonJo, 
 Lat.] To betroth; to affiance; to 
 xmite by reciprocal promifcs of mar- 
 ilage. 
 
 r)Esi>o"NS.i'TlOK. 11. f. [[fom JeJpor>/i!te.'] ' 
 The S.&. of betrothing perlbns to cacli 
 other. 
 
 J)E'SPOT. «./. [ha'jTOTv:.] An abfuhitc 
 prince; one that govci-ns with unli- 
 mited authority. This Word is not in 
 ufe, except as applied to fome Divcian 
 prince : as, the tli-Jj'>ot of Servia. 
 
 Dkspo'tical. ladi. [from de/j^ot.} Al>- 
 
 'Despo'tick. i fol'ite in power; linli- 
 inited in authority; arLitrary^ unac- 
 countable. 
 
 God's univerfal law 
 'Cave to the man dtfpoiick power 
 •■Over his fcinale in (fue awe, 
 
 . - Kor from that rij;ht to part an hour, 
 
 'Smile Ihc or lowTC, Jijliton. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 D E S 
 
 In all its diici£liuns of the inferior f.icuhles, 
 rcaibu conveyed its fiiggeflicns with cleamefs, 
 and enjoined tliein with power : it had the paf- 
 fions ill pcrfeil fubjeftion ; though its eominaiul 
 o\er tiiem was but pcrfuafive and political, yet 
 it had the farce ofcoaAive :t]tti defpotifra/. Senth. 
 
 W'c may lee in a itcii^hbouving g»>vcrnmcnt 
 the l1 confcqiiences of liaving a drlfUlUk prince; 
 lor iiotwithlianding there is vali c.xteiit of lands, 
 and many 01 them better tiian thofe of the Swifs 
 and Giiloiis, the common people among the 
 latter arc in a much better fitiiation. Aiidijon. 
 
 Patriots were forced to give nay to ihe mad- 
 nefs of the people, ■who were now wholly bent 
 upon fingle and dffpoiUk flaveiy. S.viJ't. 
 
 Dksfo'ticalness. n. f. [from Jefpoll- 
 cal."] ^Abfoliite authority. 
 
 De'spotism. n. / \_dLffbliJme, French ; 
 from d(fpnt.'\ Abfolute power. 
 
 To DESPU'M.'\TE. v. v.. [drfpumo, La- 
 tin.] To throw off parts in foam ; to 
 froth ; to work. 
 
 Di-.spcm.-/tiom. >!./ [fioni drfpnmcite.'\ 
 The acl of throwing oft" excreiucnti- 
 tious par! a in fcimi or foam. 
 
 Di-;sq.i'ama'tio\. n. f. [from J'quama, 
 Lat.] The acl of fcaling foul bones. 
 A term of c-hirwrger)-. 
 
 Dksse'rt. n.f. [dcjfirfe, French.] The 
 lad coiirfe at an entertainment ; the 
 fruit or iwtctmeats fee on the table af- 
 ter the meat. 
 
 To jive thee all thy due, thou hail the art 
 To make a fupjicr with a fine dr^i-rt. Drydfn, 
 
 At your dt'[[nt bright pewrer comes too late, 
 Wlrcn your llrll courfc was well fei*v'd up in 
 plate. AVi^. 
 
 To DE'STINATE. i>. a. [dcJJho, Lat."] 
 To delign for any particular end or 
 purpofe. 
 
 Birds are drjl-natidta fly among the branches 
 of trees and bulhes. . Ray. . 
 
 Destina'tion. n. f. [from dcjllrwte.'] 
 The purpofe for which any thing is 
 appointed ; the ultimate defign. 
 
 The palTagcs through which fpirits are con- 
 veyed lo the members, being almoft infinite, and 
 tacli of them drawn through fo many meanders, 
 it is wonderful th.it they Ihotild perform theii 
 regular deJiiKatiom without lofing their way. 
 
 ijlarv'i'ie. 
 There is a great variety of appichenfions and 
 fancies of men, in the dtjlinaitot and applica- 
 tion of things to feveial ends and ufes. U%ilc. 
 To De'stine. v. a. [dfftino, Latin.] 
 I. To doom ; to devote ; to appoint un- 
 altciably to any ftate or condition. 
 
 ■\Vherctoie ecafc wc then.* 
 Say they who counlel war ; wc are decreed, 
 Rdcfv'd, and dfltin^d to eternal woe ; 
 Whatever doing, what can we lulTcr more ? 
 
 Miltcn. 
 All altars flame; before each altar lies, 
 Drcnch'd in his gore, Cl.c ./ly/;'/:'./ facrifice. 
 
 Drydcr. 
 
 z. To appoint to any ufe or purpofe. 
 
 Too thin blood lliavs into the inimceiiately ' 
 fuhordinatc velfels, which are ./ry/;n;i(' to carry 
 humours Icei.ted from the blood. .rJthitt'.nij/. 
 
 3. To devote ; to doom to punifhment or 
 
 miiery: ufcd abfolutely. 
 
 May hc.iv'n around this drfir^d head 
 The clmiccfl i.f its curfes ihvd. Ft-.>.^ . 
 
 4. To lix unalterably. 
 
 Tlie mferaal judge's dreadful pow'r 
 From (lietiark urn iliall ihrow thy drfiin'ii hour. 
 
 De'stinv. n./. [JrJlWe, French.] 
 r. The power that fpini the life, and de- 
 termines the fate, of living beings. 
 
 D E S 
 
 Thou art neither like thy (ire or dam i 
 Bu;, like a foul mif-lhapen liigmatick, 
 M.irk'd by the dt/li'iia to he avoided. Shalff. 
 
 t. Fate; invincible necefiity. 
 
 He faid, <Ie:^r d/sughter, rig'.itly may I rue 
 Tlic fall of famous children bom of mc ; 
 But v/ho can turn the llream of </■;/?■"•. , 
 Or break the chain of llrong fieccff.ty, 
 Which fall is tied to Jove's eternal fc:t ? 
 
 Fnity Qvfet. 
 
 How can li;arts, not fice, be tried whether 
 they fcivc 
 Willing or no, who will but what they mull 
 ^1 drjliny, and can no other chufo? M:!t<)n, 
 
 Had thy great defiry but given thee (kill 
 To know, »t well as pow'r to aft, iitr vill. 
 
 Chance, or foiceful dfjl.''<\. 
 Which forms in caufes tirrt whate'cr Ihall be. 
 
 3. Doom; condition in future time. 
 At the pit of Acheron 
 Meet mc i' th' morning ; thither be 
 Will come to know his drjiiny. Shatfptare, 
 
 DE'STITUTE. adj. [dcfii'uiu!, Latin.] 
 
 1. I'oifakcn ; abandoned: with 0/". 
 
 To loif.ike the true God of heaven, is to fa!', 
 into aU fuch evils upon'the face of the earth, as 
 men, cither defUuif of gra^c divine, may com- 
 mit, or- unpiotc,fled f:om above, may endure. 
 
 llyikrr. 
 
 2. Ahjeft ; friendlefs. 
 
 He will regard the prayer of the Jtfrilut;, mi, 
 not dclpifc tiicir prayer. Pialni, 
 
 3. In want of. 
 
 Take the deflin'd wsjr 
 To find the regions dejiitutc of day. DryJtn, 
 
 Nothing can be .i greater rnllanec of the love 
 that mankind has for liberty, than fuch a favage 
 mountain covered with people, and the Campa« 
 nia of Rome, which lies in the lame country, 
 dffiitut- of iniiabitants. .AAiif'iit, 
 
 Destitu'tiom. n.f. [from dcjlituie']. 
 Want ; the (late in which fomething is 
 wanted.' applied to perfons. 
 
 That dffitutian in food and eloathing is fucK 
 an impediment, as, till it be removed, fuffeieth 
 rot the Tiiind of man to admit any other care. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 They which want furtherance unto know- 
 ledge, are not left in fo great deftitutlon, that 
 julfjy 3«y mm fr.ould think the oidinary meairj 
 ofeteinallifc taken from them. Hookir, 
 
 The order of paying the debts of contrad or 
 rellituiior. is fet down by the civil laws of a 
 kingdom: in drjliiuilon or want of fuch rule,<^ 
 wc arc to obferve the neceffily of the creditor, 
 the time of the delay, and the fpecial obliga- 
 tions of f'riendfhip. Taylor., 
 
 roDESTRO'Y. -j.a. [dfjlnw, 1.3.1. ic^ 
 
 J! mire, French.] 
 
 1. To overturn a city ; to raze a building 
 to ruin. 
 
 Tlie Lord will drfny this cit^-. Gcnr/is, 
 
 2. To lay wafte; to make del'olate. 
 
 ."•■olynLin fcr.t hisaimv, Which burnt and r/»~ 
 Jlr'ifd the country viUagcs. Kmllet, 
 
 3. To kill. 
 
 A people, gre.at and many, and tall as the 
 Anakims ; but the Lord ./f^'iivw them before 
 them, and they fucccedcd them, and dwelt i.i 
 tl.eir Head. DeuUionamy. 
 
 'Tis lafcr to bp that which we d,-j}rcy. 
 Than by dellructioii dwell in doubtful joy. 
 
 Shikfpearf^ 
 
 The ■wife Providence h.ith placed a certain 
 antipathy bct«'cen funic animals antl manv iii- 
 fcifls, whereby they delight in their delfru<^ioi>, 
 though they ufe them not as food ; as the pea- 
 cock dfji'iys fnakes and adders; the wfafcl, 
 mice and i.^t^ : fpidcis. Hies ; and fome forts rtf 
 fiics.iiiyi-ov fpiricrs. H,i!f, 
 
 4. To put an end to ; to bring to noudit*
 
 D E S 
 
 Do wc not fee ihat flothful, intempcra'e, and 
 iricontinent pcrfons Jejiroy tlieir bodies .virh c!if- 
 eafes, their reputations with difgiace, and tlicir 
 faculties with want ? Bentky. 
 
 There will be as many fovereigns as fathers : 
 the mother too hath her title, which depoyi the 
 fovcreignty of one fupremc monarch. Locke. 
 
 Destro'yer. n.f. [from dejlrey.'] The 
 perfon that deiboys or lays wafte ; a 
 murderer. 
 
 It IS faid, that Affur both founded it and 
 ruined it : it may be underftood, that Affur the 
 founder was the fon of Shem, and Affur tlie 
 dejticyer w.is an AiTyrian. Raleigh. 
 
 Triumph, to be ftyl'd greal conquerors, 
 Patrons of manicind, gods, and fons of gods ! 
 Dejimyers rightlicr call'd, and flayers of men. 
 
 Miltott, 
 
 Vet, guiltlefs tso, this bright dcjlroytr lives ; 
 At random wounds, nor knows tiie wound fhe 
 
 DESTRUCTIBLE, ad], [hoi-a. dejlruo, 
 
 Lat.] Liable to deftrudlion. 
 Destructik'.'litv. «. /". [from dejlruc- 
 
 i'lole.'] Liablenefs to deftrudion. 
 Destruction, n.f. \_d!'JltuHw,'L.-i\.~\ 
 
 1. The a£t of dtftroying ; fiibverfion ; 
 demolition. 
 
 2. Murder; maflacre. 
 
 'Tis fjfer to be that which we dt-ftroyi 
 Than by defiruDim dwell in doubtful joy. Slak. 
 
 3. Tlie ftate of being dcftroycd ; ruin; 
 murder fufFered. 
 
 If that your moody difcontented fouls 
 Do through the clouds behold this prefent hour, 
 Even for revenge mock, my def.ruB'an. Shakj^. 
 
 When tliat which wc immortal thought 
 We faw fo near deJlruBicn brought, 
 We felt what you did then endure. 
 And tremble yet, as nut fccure. TfaUer. 
 
 4. The caufc of deftrudion ; a deftroyer; 
 a depopidator : as a confumiiig plague. 
 
 The dcjiiucThn that walUth at noon- day. 
 
 l'/a!ms. 
 
 5'. [In theology.] Eternal death. 
 
 Broad is the way that Icadelh to dfjlrulli!,«. 
 
 Mattheiu. 
 
 Destru'ctive. adj. [dcjlnicilvus , low- 
 Latin.] 
 i . That has the quality of deftroyiiig ; 
 wafteful ; caufing ruin and devallation ; 
 that brings to dellruciion. 
 
 In pf)rt3 and roads remote, 
 
 Dcfiruclhi fires among whole ileets wc lend. 
 
 ■' Dryden. 
 
 One may think that the continuation of ex- 
 
 ilV-ncc, with a kind of rci'iliance to any Aefiruc- 
 
 tivc force, is the continuation of folidity. Locke. 
 
 3. With of. 
 
 He wiil put an end to fo alifuid a praflice, 
 which makes our moil rctined divcrfions dc- 
 fin<P.:ve o/all politencf^. A.idifon. 
 
 Both arc dcfccls cquallj MJlruihve c/^ true re- 
 ligion. Hegtrs. 
 
 3. With/0. 
 
 In a firm building, even the cavities ought not 
 to be filled with rubbifh, which is of a petifh- 
 able kind, </iy?r«ai,'e fo the fircngth. jjryden. 
 
 Exccfs of cold, as well as licat, pains iis ; be- 
 caufc it is equally d,J!ru{lh'e ro that temper which 
 is neceiTary to the prefcrvation of life. Locke. 
 DKSTRu'crrvEi Y. aJ'j. [froin d-jlnic- 
 hve.'\ Ruinoully; mifchievoufly ; with 
 power to deftroy. 
 
 What icmains hut to Lventhe out Mofc';. 
 villi ? O iha; men wci'c not fo dejliUklively 
 fjC'lilh! Dlciy of I'iety 
 
 Destru'ctivkness. n.f [from deflruc- 
 tive.'\ The quality of dtftioying or 
 vuiiiing. 
 
 D E l"* 
 
 The vice of profcfTors exceeds the HtJiiuSIive- 
 nefi of t!ic moii hol^ile alTaults, a.'; intcUlne tica,- 
 chery is more ruinous than foreign violence. 
 
 Decny of Piety. 
 
 Destru'ctor, «. y, [from d^Jlroy,'] 
 Deftroyer ; confumer. 
 
 Hclmont wittily calls the fire the dcjirui}<ir and 
 the artificial death of thhigs. ^ Bo\h. 
 
 Desud a'tion, «, f. [defudatio, Lat.] 
 A profufe and inoidinate fweating, from 
 what caufe foever, 
 
 De'sqetude. «./. [defuetudoj'Lzt.'] Cef- 
 fation from being accuftomed ; difcon- 
 tinuance of pradlice or habit. 
 
 By the irruption of numerous armies of bar- 
 barous people, thofe counrrics were quickly 
 fallen off, with barbaiil'm and deJuetuJcf from 
 their former civility and knowledge. Hnlf. 
 
 Wc fee in all things how (/(///<■/:.';/;■ does con - 
 tiaf^ and narrow our faculties, fo lh2.t wc can 
 apprehend only thofc things wherein we arecon- 
 vcrfant. Goverumoit oj the longue. 
 
 De'sultory. \ adj. [dfu/iorius, Lat.] 
 Dksulto'rious. J Roving from thing to 
 thing ; unfeltled ; inimethodical ; un- 
 conftant. Dc'J'uhorkus is not in ufe, 
 
 'Tis not fur a dejuh^ry thought to atone for a 
 I':wdcouife of life; nor ior ajiy thing but the 
 fuperinducing of a virtuous h:ibit upon a vicious 
 oncj to qualify an efftflual converfion. 
 
 L'Ejhfifige. 
 
 Le^ hut the Icaft trifle crofs his way, and hib 
 dcfuJiorious fancy prcfently takes the fcent, leaves 
 the unfinirtied. and half-mangled notion, and 
 Ikips away in purfuJt of t'.ic new game. Nom's. 
 
 T.ike my dcfiliory thoughts in their nati\c 
 order, as they rife in my mind, without being 
 reduced to rules, and marfhalled according to 
 art. Felcon on the Cl.ijficki. 
 
 To Desu'me. V. a. [defiwwy Lat.] To 
 take from any thing; to borrow. 
 
 Thispclyble doth fuppofe, as precxiftentto it, 
 the more fimple mstttr out of which it is de- 
 Jumedj the heat and influence of the fun, and 
 the due preparation of the mattir, //j/c. 
 
 They have left us relations fuitablc to thnfc 
 of ^lian and PUny, whence they defumeJ tlieir 
 narrations. Broivt. 
 
 Laws, if convenient and ufcful, arc never the 
 wjrfe though they be d Jutned ..inA taken from 
 the laws of other countries. Ihth. 
 
 ToDETA'CH. 'D.a. [delachsr^Yi.'] 
 
 1. To foparate ; to dilcngage ; to part 
 from fomething. 
 
 Ti-.e heat tnkes along with it a fort of vegeta- 
 tive and tciieliri.il matter, wliich itditacheiUom 
 tlic uppcrmoft llratnni. li'jcdward. 
 
 The fevcval parts of it arc detuchtd uno fiorn 
 the other, and yet join again one cannot till how. 
 
 fope. 
 
 2. To fend out part of a greater body of 
 men on an expedition. 
 
 If ten men are in w.ir with forty, and the l;u- 
 ter dct.ich only an equal nuaibcr to the tngsge- 
 ment, what benefit do they receive from their 
 fupcriority ? ^'IdiljJ(,n. 
 
 Deta'chment. Ti.f. [from detach.] A 
 body of troops fent out from the main 
 army. 
 
 The czar difpatched inftruflions to fend out 
 d/tr.r'i'ih-n.*i of his CTivuhyy to prevent the king 
 of S^vcden's joining his army. Tti:.'''. 
 
 Bt fides materials, which are brute and Uin.l, 
 Did not this work require a knowing mind. 
 Who for the talk (hnuld fit d:t<i<.hnienti chiife 
 I'rom a'.l the atoms? hhicknt'.ic. 
 
 To DETA'IL. t.. a. [Jdallkr, Tr.] To 
 rrlate paillcularly ; to particiilariis ; to 
 difplay minutely and diilinclly. 
 They will perceive tlic mii^akei of thcf» phi- 
 
 D E T 
 
 lofophcrs, and be al>le to anfwer tlieir argu- 
 ments, without my being obliged lodelail them. 
 
 Cheync. 
 
 Deta'il. n. /. [ditail, Fr.] A minute 
 and particular account. 
 
 I chufc, rather than trouble the" reader with a 
 (/lVj;. here, to defer them to theirpropcr place. 
 
 fj ocdiutird. 
 1 was unable to treat tlis part of my fubjeft 
 more m det-iit, without becoming dry and tedi- 
 ous. I'cfe. 
 To DETAIN. 1-. a. Idelineo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To keep what belongs to another. 
 
 Detain not the wages i.'i the hireling ; fi.r 
 every degree of detention of it, beyond the time, 
 is injuttice and nncharitablenefs. Tayt^r^ 
 
 2. To withhold ; to keep back. 
 
 Thefe doings fting him 
 So venomoufly, that burning Uiame detains lam 
 From his Cordelia. Shakjpeaie. 
 
 He has defcribed the pafTion of Calypfo, and 
 the indecent advances fhe made to detain \\\v.\ 
 from his country. B^OQn:s, 
 
 3. To reftrain from departure. 
 
 Let us detain thee until wc fhall have made 
 leady a kid. Judgei. 
 
 Had Oipheus fung it in the nethei fpl.cre. 
 So much the hvnin had pleas'd the tyiant'o ear. 
 The wife had been detained lo keep he: hufband 
 there. Dry^Un. 
 
 ±. To hold in cuftody. 
 Deta'inder. n.f. [from detain.] The 
 name of a writ for holding one in cuf- 
 tody. 
 Deta'iner. n. f. [fiom detain.] He 
 that holds back any one's right ; he 
 that detains r,ny thing. 
 
 Judge of the obligation that lies upon all foils 
 of injurious pcrfons ; the facriligcous, the de- 
 tainers of tithes, and cheaters of men's inheri- 
 tances, lay/or. 
 
 To DETE'CT. V. a. [detcdus, Lat.] 
 
 1. To difcover ; to find out any crime or 
 artifice. 
 
 There 's no true lover in the forefl ; clfe figh- 
 ing every minute, and groaning every hour, 
 would deleft the laEy foot of time as well as a 
 clock. Shakffcate. 
 
 Tliough fiiould I hold my peace, yet thou 
 Wouldii cafily diteB what I conceal. Milton. 
 
 2. To difcover in general. 
 
 The utmofl infinite ramifications and inofcu- 
 lations of all the feveral forts of vtiiehs may 
 cafily be detected by glalTcs. Ray. 
 
 Dete'cter. n. f. [from delefl.] A dif- 
 toverer ; one that finds out wkat an- 
 other defires to hide. 
 
 Oh, heaven; ! that this t.<afon were not ; or 
 
 not lUK deleeter. Sr.jkfj/ea:e. 
 
 Hypociify has a fecrct ha::fd of its detetter ; 
 
 that which will bring it to atdl which itrannot 
 
 pafs. Decay of Vie:y. 
 
 Dete'ction. n.f. {fiom d.-lea.] 
 
 1. Diftovery of guilt or fraud, or aijy 
 other fault. 
 
 £ho:ild I corot to her with zny deteiticn in my 
 hand, I could drive her tiicii from the ward of 
 her purity. Hhtikjpea'c. 
 
 Ti.al is a fign of the tiuc cvangefirai zeal, and 
 note for the deti&icn of its contrary : it fht.aiki 
 abound more in the mild and good-naturetl .if- 
 fcflions, than in the vehement and wrathful paf- 
 lions. . Spr.itt. 
 
 Deletion of the incoherence ofloofe difcourfej 
 w.is wholly owing to the fv lljgifilcal fui m. Lcke. 
 
 2. Difcovcry of any thing hidden. 
 
 Not only the fea, but rivers and rains alfo, are 
 infliiiniGntal to the deteflicn of amber, and other 
 foffil-, by walhing away the earth and dirt that 
 concealed them. H'ci.J'a.aT.i, 
 
 Dete'ntion. n.f. [from detain.]
 
 D E T 
 
 J. Tlio a(5l of keeping what belongs to 
 aiiotliLT. 
 llow gucs the world, tlwi I jm thus cncouii- 
 tci'd 
 With rhini'rous claims of dolit, of broken bonds, 
 And the tictt^ntion of long fincc due debts, ' ■' 
 Agninll my lionoui ? 6''uikJpCiirt\ 
 
 2. Coniiiiement ; reflraint. ^ 
 
 This wurketh by ./c/:'i//o'< of the fpirits, and 
 conl^ip.ition cf the tangible p:u:s. i'ti;a«. 
 
 To DETER, v.a. [dilerreo, Lat.] To 
 (lifcotirage by terrour ; to fn'glit from 
 any thing. 
 
 I never yet Ihc tr.igick ftrnin aSay'd, 
 Drtrrr'.i by thy inimitable maid. ll'uHcr. 
 
 M.iny and potent enemies tempt and drur us 
 from our duly; yet our cafe is not hurd, fo long' 
 as wc have a greater lliength on our {\^^. 
 
 Beauty or unbccomingnefs are of more force 
 to draw or ^tYt-r imitation, than any difcouifcs 
 which can be made to them. Lork^. 
 
 The ladies may not be liflerrfcl from corre- 
 fponding with me by this method. jJititifctt. 
 
 My own face '/rr*, I me from my giafs ; 
 And Kncller only ihcws what Ccli;i was. Priar. 
 
 To DETER'GE. -v. a. [ihtergo, Lat.] 
 To cleanfe a fore ; to pnrge any part 
 from feculence orobftruftions. 
 
 Copfidcr the part and habit of body, and add 
 ordiminirn your funplcs as you defign to .f'/cr^i- 
 or incarn. IJIfemim. 
 
 Sea fait prcfcrves bodies, through which it 
 palTethf from corruption ; and it tktcr^eth the 
 vell'cls, and keeps the fluids from putrcfadiion. 
 
 Dete'ugent. adj. [itom deterge. "[ That 
 has the power of cleanfing. 
 The food ought to be nourifliing and Atnrgent. 
 
 .•Irhilhmt. 
 
 Deterioration, n.f. [from ditrrior, 
 Lat.] The act of making any thing 
 worfe ; the ftate of growing worfe. 
 
 Dete'rment. n. y". [from (/(■/«•. ] Canfe 
 of clifcotirageinent ; that by which one 
 is deterred. A good wold, but not 
 now ufed. 
 
 This will not he thought a difrouragcmcnt 
 unto fpirits, which endeavour to advantage na- 
 rmcby art ; nor will the ill fucccfs of lome be 
 made a fufficicnt ./s^/t '■;«£'/;/ unio otliers, Ihoiun. 
 Thefc are net all the tkit^rr.LKts that oppofed 
 my- obeying you. JioyU. 
 
 Dete'iiminablk. adj. [fvom de/ermirie.] 
 Tiiat may be certainly decided. 
 
 Whether all plants ha\c feeds, were more 
 cafily ditrrmijiiil'h, if wc could concluslc con- 
 cerning harts-tongue, fcrnc, and feme others. 
 
 About this matter, which fccms fo eafily iff- 
 tcr'tihhihU by fcnfc, accurate and fobcr men 
 widely difagrce. Bsvlf. 
 
 To DETERMINATE, lu a. yeter- 
 tniiier, French.] To limit ; to fix ; to 
 determine ; to terminate. Not in nfe. 
 
 The lly-lli.)W hours Ihr.ll not iktcrrnhiatc 
 Thedatehfs limit ot tliy dear e.\ilc. Sli.tiffr,-. 
 
 Dete'jiminate. adj. [determinatus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Settled ; definite ; determined. 
 
 Dcmoirll rations in numbers, if they are not 
 more evident and exact than m c.^tenfion, yet 
 ri^cy are more general in their ufe, and A.tcr- 
 niirtAU in their application. is ■''.--. 
 
 To make all the planets move about tiie fun 
 in circular orbs, there mull be given to cHch, by 
 n flfifrmhiM,- impulfe, thofc prefeht pariicuhir 
 degrees of velocity which they now have, in pro- 
 poriion to their dillances from the fun, ?ntl rn 
 the quantity of the folar matter. il,'ni! r. 
 
 2. Edablllhcd ; fettled by riJe ; politivc. 
 
 0\L4): 
 
 Sciipiyrcs .lie if.ul bcfoic tlic. time ©rdiurc 
 firviit'j unci without cidiL-r clioic-: or Ilnit ap- 
 jiolnud by any Jctrrmifiate order. llakcr. 
 
 3. Dccifivc ; concUiiive. 
 
 I' tij' progrcfsof this bufincfsy 
 Ere a i{if.-r>f:i'!.i/e rcrokition, he, 
 1 mean tlichithop, did icijuitca rcfpite. S/uff. 
 
 4. Fixed ; rciolutc. 
 
 Likt: men (lifulcd in .1 long peace, more d'-irr. 
 n::tUiteXo do, than ikillul how to do. Hihry. 
 
 5. Rcfolved. 
 
 Mjr Jrwrmi/iafi' voyage is mere cxtiavaj;ancy. 
 
 S/tiUJ'pr.trf', 
 
 Detf/p-MIN'ately. ativ» [from detenni- 
 naU, ] 
 
 1. RefoIuUly ; with fixed refolve. 
 
 Tl(c (piccn obeyed the king's commandment, 
 full x>f ritging agonies, .ind tUtctmincitil^ bent 
 that fl;c would Icck all loving means to win 
 Zclinnne. Sidficy. 
 
 In rivjlc errors they are To dctermincxtety Ictlkd, 
 that they pay unto f-Ulity the wl-.olc fum ot 
 wh:\tru:vcr love is owing "nto God's truth. 
 
 2. Certainly ; uuchangeably. 
 
 Think thus with yourlclves, that yoti have 
 not the mnking of things true or falfe ; but tii.it 
 the truth and exiflencc of things is already fi-xcd 
 and ictrlcd, and tiiat the piinciples uf religion 
 grc already cilhcr tlet emu. -uitily true or tjH'c, 
 bctori you ihink of them. 'I'lU-jjuf:. 
 
 Deter mina'tion. n. f. [from determi- 
 nate, ] 
 
 1. Abfohite dirv*£lion to a certain end. 
 
 When wc voUnitaiily waltc much of oui lives, 
 that rcmiiVnefs can by no means confirt with a 
 canllant deter miriatifjti of will or dclire to the 
 grratcft apparent good. Locke, 
 
 2. The rcfult of deliberation ; conclufion 
 formed ; refolution taken. 
 
 They have acquainted mc with their detcr- 
 nii/tutioHf whicli is to go home, and to trouble 
 you no more. Shal^fjicarc. 
 
 The j)ropfr \\6\% of the Intellcft are intellec- 
 tion, deliberation, and dctiTm-uation or decifion. 
 Haters Origin of Mankind. 
 
 It is much difputcd i'y divines, concerning 
 the power of man's will to good and evil in the 
 0alc oi innocence ; and up^n very nice and 
 dangerous precipices fland their dcterminariom on 
 either Hde. South. 
 
 Coi'fuit thy judgment, afTefftions, and incli- 
 nations, and make thy determination unon every 
 particular; and Ijc always as fufpicious of thy- 
 fclf as pnffihle. Calamy. 
 
 3. Judicial decifion. 
 
 He confuicd the knowledge of governing to 
 
 juftice and lenity, and to the {^GcAyd:tcnn:nu- 
 
 tion (jf civil and criminal caufes. Gulliver. 
 
 D E T E ' K M I N A T I \' E , adj, [ f Pom (ietemit- 
 
 mts. ] 
 
 1, Tliat uncontrollabi}' direds to a cer- 
 tain end. 
 
 That individual aclion, -whlcii is juQly pu- 
 nidicd AS finful in us, cannot proceed from the 
 rj)ec"ai influence and dciir mi native power of a 
 jult caufc. Br<imh,ill jg.iinjl H^bbes. 
 
 2. Tliat malccs a limitation, 
 
 Trt'nrtorni added to makeup the complex 
 ful-jecl does not mccflarily or conlhuitly bclung 
 to ir, then it is determinative, and limits the 
 fui'ieift to a particular part of its extcnfion; as, 
 every pious man fliall Ijc iinppy. U\itts. 
 
 D K T E R M 1 N a'to u . 71. f, [ from ddermi- 
 nate.'\ Que wlio determines. 
 
 Tiu-y have rcccurfc unto iht-- gcat dfttr>nina' 
 _ tcr of viiginily, conceptions, fcriilliy, and the 
 inlcrutable infiimities of the whole body. 
 
 ToDETE'RMINE. v. a. [dcl.-rmmcr,Yr'. 
 
 detervihio, I..at.] 
 I . To fix ; to foUlc. 
 
 D E T 
 
 li it concluded he fti,dl be proteflor ? 
 — It is Jcteimin'ii, njr coixIuJcd yet ; i 
 
 Bjtfo itfliult be, if the kin^mifcany. $hdlj\ 
 
 More p:n;iculiily to (/i-r'/w,/!- thj proper ftj- 
 lon for gramm u , I do not fee how it cm be 
 made a ftudy, but as an introduftion to rlieto- 
 
 z. To conclude; to fix ultimately, ' 
 
 I'.obability, ill the nature of ir, luppofcs ih.it 
 a thing m.iy or may not be fo, for ..iiy thing ihac 
 yet appears, or is cert..iiily deletmimd, oil the 
 other fide. Sculh. 
 
 Milton's fubjeft was fiill greater ti-.an Homer's 
 or Viigil's: ic docs not .li-termim the fate of 
 fiiiglc pel fons or nations, but of a whole fpccics, 
 
 Defti-uflion hangs on every word we fpcak, 
 
 On every thoujjht, till (lie concluding flroKe 
 Dilcimmei ail, and doles our delign. Mdih-r' 
 
 3. To bound ; to confine. 
 
 The knowledge of men nithcrto hath been it- 
 f£rw;/!s,V by tbo view or fight ; fo that whatfo- 
 cvcr is invifible, cither in refpeft of the fine- 
 ncfs of the body itieif, or the fmulhicfs of the 
 parts, or of the fubtilty of the motion, is little 
 '"'!'"''■'''• . . Boor. 
 
 'i he pilncrpiuni individu.itionis is cxiflcnie 
 itfelf, which Jfifminet a being of any fort to a 
 paiticular time and place, incommunicable to 
 two beings of the fame kind. lock-. 
 
 No founer hav^e they climbed that hill, which 
 thus </<v^im/^c-! their view .It a difbnce, but a 
 new profpei^l is opened. Alteriu.y. 
 
 f. 'I'o adjuft ; to limit ; to define. 
 
 He that has fettled m his mind darrnimJ 
 ideas, with names affixed to them, will be aule- 
 to difccrn their dilFcienccs one from another, 
 which is really diltinguilhing. Laikr. 
 
 J. To influence the clioice. 
 
 You iiavc the captives 
 Who were the oppofites of this day's ilrife ; 
 We do require them of yoD, fo to ufe theiu 
 As we fhall find their merits and our fafetv 
 M.iy equally determine. Skakjprart. 
 
 A man may fufpend the aft of his choice 
 from being d-termineti for or .againft the thing 
 propofcd, till iic has examined it. Lickt. 
 
 As foon as the ftudious man's hunger and 
 thirft makes him une.afy, he, whofe will w.is 
 never determined to any purfuit of good cheer, is, 
 by the uneafmefs of hunger and third, piefcntly 
 del CI mined ro eating and drinking. Locke. 
 
 6. To refolve. 
 
 Jonatlian knew that it was rf<7frw.'>;f.y of his 
 father to ilny David. j Sumui.!. 
 
 7. To decide. 
 
 I donot:i lie whether bodies fo cxift, that the 
 motion of one caniiot he without the rimtioi-. of 
 another- : to detrmi-.e tiiis cither w.iy, is to br» 
 the qucfiion for or again.l! a vacuum.' Lo.i.'r. 
 
 8. To put an end to ; to deftroy. 
 
 Now where is he, that will not fiay fo long 
 Till ficknefs hath de/ertnin'd mc} yi-jf'-.ivr. 
 To Detk'rmine. 1'. n. 
 
 1. To conclude; to form a final cc;;- 
 clufion. 
 
 Eve ! now e:;pc(S great tidings, which pcrh.it.s 
 Of us will loon dcte'nd^e, or inipufe 
 New laws to he obfcrv'd. Mii'tir.. 
 
 2. To fettle opinion. 
 
 It Is indifi'ercnt to the matter in hand which 
 way tl'.e learned (hall d~term>-.r oi\t, Ldk;. 
 
 3. To end ; to come to an end. 
 
 They were apprehended, ard, air-r convic- 
 tion, the danger determined by their deaths. 
 
 liay^v.Td. 
 
 All pleafurc fpringing from a. gratified paffion, 
 as molf of the pleafurc of fm docs, mutt needs 
 d'lcrrr.:e with that paflion. Slut':, 
 
 4. To make a decifion. 
 
 Site foon (hall know of us 
 How honouraMy and how kindlv we 
 i?:/<"!!;<ff for her. ' r'.;-v^- 
 
 ? T I
 
 D E T 
 
 p. To end confeqiientially.. 
 
 Rcvok.t.ons of itate, ms.iy times, make way 
 for new inlliiaiions and forms ; ind oi:en de- 
 Wminc m cithiT fcttiiig up fomc tyranny at 
 V.ome, or bringing in fome concjuclt from i^'^'^; 
 
 &. To refolve concerning any ibing. 
 
 Now, nobk peers, the c^iifc why we are nvet 
 Is to dcrcrn^.t! of the coronation. i>':.ikjp,.i'e. 
 
 Deterra'tion. n.f. [./« and i.rra, Lat. 
 d,ie>-rer, Ffcnch.]. Difco.-ery of any 
 thing by removal of the earth that hides 
 it ; thc'iiA of unbaryiniT. 
 
 This concerns the raVfrng of new mountains, 
 d.-'errathni, <x the devolution of eartli down ui m 
 Che valleys from the hills and higher g,>ouiids. 
 
 Dete'rsioK. n.f. \ixomdclergo, Latin.] 
 The att of cleanfing a fore. 
 
 I endeavoured d.:crj1cn, but the matter could 
 not be difcharged. ''''/""""■ 
 
 Dete'ksive. a^i. [ixom deterge.^ Hav- 
 ing the power to cleaufc. 
 Dete'rsive. n.f. Aiiappricatijiith.it 
 has the power of cleanfing wounds. 
 
 We frequently fee fimple ulcers afHiflccl with 
 ft,,irphumor.rs, which corrode them, and render 
 them painful fordid ulcers, if not timely re- 
 lieved by A/urfivci and lenicnts. /' ■■jeman. 
 Jo DETE'ST. -v. a. [det^pr, Latin.] 
 To hate ; to abhor ; to abominate. 
 
 Nigh thereto the evcr-damncd bcait, 
 Durft not approach; for he was deadly made. 
 And all that life pref. rvcd did dciijl. f . 'I"'"'- 
 
 Glary grows guilty of deteJieJ crimes, 
 When for fame's fake,, for ^jraifc, an outward 
 
 We bend to' that the wovlung of the heart. Shdf. 
 
 I 've liv'd in fiich difhonouiv that the gods 
 
 Paf/i my bafeneCs. Skukfec^r. 
 
 There is that naturallv in the heart ot m.rn 
 
 which abhors fin as fin, and confequently would 
 
 make \\\vaditfji it both in himfclf and others too. 
 
 Sout/i 
 Who dares think one thing, and another tell, 
 My heart detfjli him as the gates of hell, i'o/.f. 
 Dete'st.^ble. adj. [from ddfl.] ^ Hate- 
 ful ; abhorred ; abominable ; odious. 
 
 Beguil'd, divorc'd, wiong'd, fpighred, 9am ' 
 Moft deteftahic death. Shotffem. 
 
 He delircd him to confider that both armies 
 confiftcd of chriftians, to whom nothing- is more 
 detrjlahh than cfFul'ion of human blood. lU',-:L::rA. 
 Dete'staely. ad-o. [from^ ddtjlahk.l 
 Hatefully; abominably; odioully. 
 
 It ftands here fligmatiacd by the apoftle as a 
 temper of mind rendcringmcn fo detcpMy bad, 
 that the great enemy of mankind neither can nor 
 deliies to make them, worfc. Siiith. 
 
 Detest.a.'tiok. «./.■ [from (/^/f/i.] 
 
 1. Hatred ; abhorretvce ; abomination. 
 
 Then only did misfortune make her fee what 
 file had done, efpccially hndir.g in us rather <fc- 
 trpuon than pity. _ ^"^'"y- 
 
 2. It is fometimes ufed with/*;-; but of 
 ' fecms more proper. 
 
 The dcl.jlnion you exprefs 
 ?«- vice in all its glitt'ring drcfs. Sw,//. 
 
 ' Our love of God will infpne us with a dcicl- 
 MUonfor fin, as what is of all things moft con- 
 traiy to his divine nature. Siuijt. 
 
 Dete'ster. «./. [fi-ami/..'^-] One that 
 
 hates or abhors^ 
 To Dethrone, -v. a. [r/i/ronfr French ; 
 dc and thronu!, Latin.] To diveft ot 
 regality; to throw down from the 
 throne i to deprive of regal dignity. 
 ©..-tj'nue. n.f. [detinue, French.] A 
 vat that lies, againft hiro, who, having 
 6. 
 
 1»E •• 
 
 ooods or chattels delivered hfm to 
 keep, rtfufts to deliver them again.' 
 
 Coiuell. 
 
 Detona'tion. n. f. [delono, Lat.] A 
 noife fomewhat more forcible tlian the 
 ordinary crackling of falts in- calci- 
 nation ; as in the going off of the pul- 
 vis or aurura fulminans, or the like. It 
 is alfo iifed for that noife which hap- 
 pens I'poa the mixture of fluids that 
 ferment with violence, as oil of turpen- 
 tine with oil of vitriol, referobling the 
 explofion of guapowJer. ^liticy. 
 
 A nc\r-coil is not to hr caft on the nitre, till 
 the delor.ation occafi 'lied by the former be either 
 quite or almoftaltogetlier ended ;_ unlefs itchance 
 that the puffia-^ muter do bio* the coal too foon 
 out of the crucible. . Boyle. 
 
 To DE'TONIZE. v. a. [from tiaano, 
 Latin.] To calcine with detonation. 
 A chymical term. 
 
 Nineteen p.uts in twenty o{ dcfoy!:^ed nitre is 
 
 deftroycd in eighteen days. ^rhuthnot on Air. 
 
 Zo Deto'rt. 13. a. \dHortiis,ol delorqueo, 
 
 Latin.] To wrelt from the original 
 
 import, meaning, or defign. 
 
 They have afTumed what amounts to an in- 
 fallibility in the private fpiiit, and have diturted 
 texts of fcripture to tire foditiun, difturbance, and 
 dcftuiilion of the civil government. Dry.Un- 
 
 To DETRA'CT. -v. a. \_detFaaum, Lat. 
 dctraHcr, French.] 
 
 1. To derogate ; to take away by envy, 
 calumny, or cenfure, any thing from 
 the reputation of another : with from. 
 
 Thofe weie affit'ants in private, but not trultcd 
 to manage the aiVaiis in publick ; for that would 
 dciii2& Jiom the honour of the princijial ambaT- 
 fador. , .S"-""- 
 
 No caw can dtt'ciSt jirrn this : it will (hine in 
 hiftory,, and, like fwans, grow whitei tlie longer 
 it endures. Drydsn. 
 
 2. To take away ^ to v/ithdraw. 
 
 By the largonefs of the cornices they hinder 
 both the ligl>» within, and likcwile ditritd mucn 
 from the view of the front without. If'oUon. 
 
 Tho m.ultitudc of partners dots dctmR nothing 
 from each priv;ite Ihaie, nor docs the publickjiels 
 of it IclTcn propriety in it. iJo^V. 
 
 Detra'ct^r. k. /. [from ^rfra<?.] One 
 that takes away another's reputation ; 
 one that impairs tlie honour of another 
 injprioufiy.. 
 
 1 am right glad to be thus fatisfied, in t!i:H I 
 yet was never able till now. to chokf the mouth 
 of fuch dctraclen with the certain knowledge ot 
 their nanderous untruths. Sf,injcr ta Ireland 
 
 Whether we are fu entirety lure of their loy- 
 alty upon the prefert foot of government, as 
 you may imagjne, their dtir.iclors make a qucf- 
 tion. Sii//!. 
 
 Away the fair detraUers went,_ 
 And gave by turns their ccnfures vent. S-M.fr 
 
 Detra.'ction. n. /. [nWraflw, Latin ; 
 i/draiiiony French.] 
 
 Detrjaian, in the native importance of the 
 word, figniftes tho withdrawmg or taking off 
 fiom a thing; and^ai it is applied to the repu- 
 tation, it denotes the impairing or lelTening a 
 man in point of fame, rendering him lefs ^ali,.d 
 and eficemed by others, which is the finalaim oi 
 dclraiVo,,. ^y''P- 
 
 I put myfelf to thy dircfliou, and 
 Unfpcak mine own detraflmi ; here abjure 
 The taints and blames I laid upon myfelf, 
 For Hiangcts lo my natui.e. S/iaifi^jri: 
 
 BET 
 
 Famc,.lhat>icr high birth toraife,^ 
 Secm'd erft fo lavifh and profulc, 
 We may julily now accule 
 
 Of dilr.iBiin from her praife. Mi'lxr. 
 
 If iktia£}:'.ri could insite us, difcretion furel/ 
 would contain us flora ar.y rierogatoiy intention. 
 
 Briivn. 
 
 To put a flop to the infuUs and delra^ioni of 
 vain men, I lefolved to enter into the examination. 
 
 Ta confider an author as the fubjeft of oblo- 
 quy and dcira&inr.j we may oi'lerve with what 
 pleafuie a work, is received by the invidious part 
 of mankind, in which a writer falls (hoit of 
 himfclf. Addijon. 
 
 Detra'ctory. adj. [from delra&.Y 
 Defamatory by denial of defert ; dero- 
 gatory.. Sometimes with to, properly 
 from. 
 
 This is not only derogatory unto tiie wifdom 
 of God, who hath propoijed the woild unto our 
 knowkdge, and thereby the notion of himfelf ; 
 but alfo i/f/mfloiy unto the intellefl and fenfe 
 of man, exprcffcdly difpofed for that inquifition. 
 
 Briqu'i, 
 
 In mentioning the joys of heaven, I ufe the 
 exprellions I find lefs dUraSaty ftom a theme 
 above our praifes. £oyU, 
 
 The dctr.i3orv lye takes from a great man the 
 reputation thai julily belongs to him. Arbitthnot, 
 
 Detra'ctress. n.f. \ixQia\ detraB .'\ A 
 
 ctnforious- woinan. 
 
 If any fhall dctraft from a lady's characScrr 
 unlefs fhe be abfenr, the faid dfir,inrcf% (hall be 
 forthwith ordered lo the loweli place of the room. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 DE'TRIMENT.n./. [dctrlmentum, Lat.] 
 Lofsf damage; mifchiefi diminution; 
 harm. 
 
 D:fficult it muil be for one chrirtian church 
 to abohfh. th.it which all h-ad received and 
 held for the fpacc of many ages, and that wi'h- 
 out any detriment unto religion. Hooket. 
 
 I can repair 
 That detriment,, if fuch it be, to lofe 
 Self-loft. , Milton, 
 
 If your joint pow'r prevail, th' aftitrs of hell 
 No detritnenl need fear ; go, and be ftrong. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 There often fall out fo many tilings to be done 
 
 on the fuddcn, that lomc of ihem mull of ne- 
 
 ceffity be neglcfted for that whole year, which 
 
 is the greatelt"</«/';"it.-« to this whole niyftery. 
 
 £tic,yn'i Kiilendjri 
 Let a family burn but a candle a night lefs 
 thari the ufual number, and they may take in 
 the Spcflator without detriment to tlieir private 
 atfairs. Addifin. 
 
 Detrime'ntai.. adj. [(rom detrimfnt.}- 
 Mifchievoiis ; harmftd ; caufing lofs. 
 
 Among all honorary rewards, which arc nei- 
 ther dangerous nor detriirKniJ to the donor, I 
 remember none fo remarkable as the titles which 
 are bcftowed by the emperor of China ; thefe are 
 ntver given to any fubjca till the fubjeft is dead. 
 
 Addifon. 
 Ob.'Unacy in prejudices, which aie detriimntal 
 to our country, ought rot to he miliakeu for vir- 
 tuous refolutiun and firmnefs oi mind. Addifon. 
 Detrition, n.f. [(/rff/'o, -/sr/zi/w, Lat.J 
 The aiil of wearing away. Dia.^ 
 
 To DETRUDE, -v. a. \detrudo, Latin.] 
 To thrul\ down ; to force into a lower 
 place. 
 
 Such a' are di traded dov/n to hell. 
 Either for ihamc they ftib thcmfelvcs letire, 
 Or, tied in chains, they in. clofe priton dwell. 
 
 Da-vits. 
 
 Philofophcrs are of opinion, that the fouls of 
 
 men m.iy, for th-.n mifcaniages, be detrmted into 
 
 the bodies of bciUts. -""'•
 
 D E V 
 
 At thy command the vcinal Tun awakes 
 Tlic turpid fap, detruded lo the root 
 By wintry winds. Thsnfon. 
 
 To DETRUNCATE, -v. a. [dftrunco, 
 
 Latin.] To lop; to cut; to Ihortcn 
 
 by- deprivation of parts. 
 Df.trunca'tion. n.J. [ixom iietruncatc.'\ 
 
 The act of lopping or cutting. 
 Detku'sion. n.f. [from deSniJio, L:it.] 
 
 The aft of thruHing or forcing down. 
 From this d'-tniji^.n uf the waters towards tlie 
 
 fide, the parts towards the pole muft be much 
 
 incrcifcd. kcil agtiiiji Uurnec. 
 
 DETURBi'TioN. ti. f. [delurio, I..atin.] 
 
 The ad of throwing down ; dej^ra- 
 
 dation. Die!. 
 
 D£vast.\'tios. n./, \_devaJio, Latin.] 
 
 Wallc ; havoc-k ; defolation ; de- 
 
 ftrudion. 
 
 By dcv^ftatim the rough wanior giins, 
 And farmers fatten moft when famine reigns. 
 
 Garth. 
 
 That flood which overflowed Attica in the 
 days of Ojygcs, and lliat which drowned Thef- 
 faly in Deucalion's time, made cruel havock and 
 dci'ajiiit';f,n among them. IVood-wdrd. 
 
 Deuce, n.f. \deux, French.] 
 I. Two : a word ufej in games. 
 
 You are a gentleman and a gamejter; then, I 
 am fwrc, you know how much the grofs fum of 
 */<r//fir ace amounts to, Shaij^ia^e. 
 
 1. The devil. See Deuse. 
 To Deve'lop. v. a. \_developtr, French.] 
 To difengage from fomething that en- 
 folds and conceals ; to difentangle ; to 
 clear from its covering. 
 
 Take him to dtvck^y if you can-. 
 And hew tire block ofl", and get out the nun. 
 
 Dunciad. 
 
 Deve'rgence. n.f. [devergetilla, Lat.] 
 Declivity ; declination. I^icl. 
 
 To Deve'st. i<. a. \_devcjler, French ; di 
 and I'e/lis, Latin. ] 
 
 1. To Itrip ; to deprive of clothes. 
 
 Friends all but now, 
 In quarter and in terms like bride and groom 
 X)ev:ft:iig them for bed. Shakj^earc. 
 
 Then of his arms Androgens he dcirejj^, 
 His fword, his (hicld, he takes, and plumed 
 crclts. Denham. 
 
 2. To annul; to take away any thing 
 good. 
 
 What are thofe breaches of the law of nature 
 iind nations, which do forfeit and divcjl all right 
 and title in a natron to government }■ Bticfjn, 
 
 3. To free from any thing bad. 
 
 Come on, rhou little inmate of tliis L-re^I}, 
 Which for thy f.ike from palnons I dtrtfi. Vrior. 
 
 DEVE'X. adj. [de-vexus, Latin.} Bend- 
 ing down ; declivous > incurvated 
 downward. 
 
 DEVKXipy. H. f. [from deve-v."] Incur- 
 vation downward ; declivity. 
 
 Ta De'vi.\te. v. r.. \_de u'la diCedere, 
 Latin.] 
 
 J. To wander from the right or common 
 way. 
 
 The reft to fome faint meaning make pre- 
 tence, 
 But Shadwell never (Ar/j.'cs into fenfo. Dry,ltn. 
 
 Thus Pegafus, a nearer way to take, 
 May boldly deviate from the common track. 
 
 Pope. 
 What makes all phyfical and moral ill } 
 There nature deviates', and here wanders will 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Befides places which may dni:at< from tit 
 
 fcnfe of the authoi, it would he kind to oblerve 
 
 aay dehcictcics ia tlie diitiun. J'o/f. 
 
 D E V 
 
 2. To go aftiay; to err; to fin; to of- 
 fend. 
 Devia'tion. n.f. [from dexuiU.'\ 
 
 1. The' adl of quitting the right way; 
 errour ; wandering. 
 
 Thefe bodies conlhtntly move round in the 
 fame tracks, without ntiking the Icali dn'intian. 
 
 Cheyn;. 
 
 2. Variation from eftablidied rule. 
 
 Having once furvcycd ihc true and proper na- 
 tural alphabet, we may calily difcover the dev/u' 
 tiotit from it, in all the alphabets in ufc, cither 
 by dcfeft of fingle charaitcrs, of letters, or by 
 confufion of them. Holder. 
 
 3. Offence; obliquity of conduifl. 
 
 Wortiiy perl'uns, if inadvertsrily dr.rwn into a 
 deviation^ will endeavour inft.mtly to recover their 
 loft giuund, tl; It they may not bring error into 
 habit. Clurijfi. 
 
 Devi'ce. n.f. [devife, French; devi/li, 
 Italian.] 
 
 1. A contrivance; a {Iratagem. 
 
 This is our dei'ice, 
 That Falrtafl" at that oak (hall meet with us. 
 
 Shakjpiarc. 
 
 He intended it as a politick device to Itflen 
 
 their intercft, and keep them low in the world. 
 
 Atterhury. 
 
 2. A defign ; a fcheme formed ; project ; 
 fpeciilatlon. 
 
 Touching the exchange of l-iws in pracftice 
 with laws in der-iexy which they fay are better 
 for the rtale of the chuich, if they might take 
 place ; the faither we examine them, the greater 
 caufc we rind to conclude, akhough we continue 
 the fame we arc, the harm is not great. Hooker. 
 
 His dn'icc is againlt Babylon, to deftroy it. 
 
 Jeremiah. 
 
 There are many devieet in a man's heart ; ne- 
 vctthtlcl's the counfel of the Lord flrali ftajid. 
 
 Proverb t. 
 
 3. The embleni on a (hield ; the enfion 
 armorial of a natim> or family. 
 
 Then change we lliields, and their cVi//cfi 
 bear J 
 Let fraud Uipply the want of force in war. Dryj, 
 
 Hibcmia's harp, device of her command, 
 And parent of her mirth, (hall there be feen. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 They intend to let the world fee what party 
 they are of, by figures and defigns upon thtfc 
 fans ; as the kniglits-errant ufed to diftinguifh 
 ti^emfelvcs by devices on their (hields. AcLiiJon. 
 
 4. Invention ; genius. 
 
 He 's gentle ; never fchoolcd, and yet learned ; 
 full of noble ./.i-vVc, of all forts enehantingiy be- 
 loved. S'ljajpeare. 
 
 DE'VIL. n.f. [biopul, Saxon; diabolus, 
 Latin. It were more properly written 
 elivcL] 
 
 1. A fallen angel ; the tempter and fplrl- 
 tual enemy of mankind. 
 
 Arc you a man ? 
 
 Ay, .ind a bolu a:\c, that dace look on th.it 
 
 Which might appal the Jc^il. • ilhikfpeai :. 
 
 2. A wicked man or woman. 
 
 hce thylclf, .fc.v/: 
 Proper deformity fecm^ not in the fiend 
 So horrid as in woman. Sh.jhfpecire- 
 
 3. A ludicrous term for mifchief. 
 
 A war of profit mitigates the evil; 
 But to be tax'd, and beaten, is the dc'vil. Crarrj. 
 
 4. A kind of expletive, expreffing wonder 
 or vexation. 
 
 The things, we knovr, are neither rich nor 
 raie ; 
 But wonder how the devil ti-.ey got thcr« ! Pcpe. 
 
 5. A kind of ludicrous negative in an ad- 
 verbial fenfe. 
 
 The devil was wcll> the diiil 3, monk was he. 
 A Prnerb. 
 
 D E V 
 
 D E ' V r L I s H . adj. [ from dev'tl. ] 
 1 . I'ai taking of the qiulit'es of the devil; 
 diabolical ; mlfchitvous ; malicious ; 
 dellruiElIve. 
 
 Gynicia miftrtirted greatly Cecropia, Ijccaiife 
 (he li.id heard iruich uf ciic dcvilijii wickednrfs of 
 her heart. iidney. 
 
 For grief thereof, and dnili/i defpighl, 
 From his infern.il (urnace forth he threw 
 
 Huge flames, tnat dimmed ail the heaven's 
 light, ^ 
 
 Enroll'd In du(kl(h fnioke and brini(tone blue, 
 
 Spfnjer. 
 He trains his dc'jilijk engin'ry, impal'd 
 On cv'ry (ide wiiii (hadowy fqiudrons'deep. 
 
 2. Having comiminlcatlon with the devil. 
 
 The duchefA, by itis fuhornation, 
 Upon my life began her MviliJ'i pr.idiccs. Sl!tit. 
 
 3. An epithet of abhorrence or contempt. 
 
 A dc: Hip knave \ bcfidcs, the knave is hand- 
 fonie, young, and blyth : all thofe rcquifites arc 
 in him that de|li;ht. .Siai/pcine. 
 
 4. Exceffive : in a ludicrous fenfc. 
 
 Thy hair and beard aie of a diticrcnt dye. 
 Short of a foot, diftorted of an eye j 
 With all iiic(e tokens of a kn.wc complete. 
 If thou art honell, thou'rt a :fro.'/;// cheat. A.ldif. 
 De'vilishlv. eidv. [from devi/r/h.] In 
 a manner fulling the devil ; diabolically. 
 Thole trumpeters thieatcncd them with coniinu.il 
 alarms of damnation, if they did not venture 
 life, fortune, and all, in that which wickedly and 
 devilij/ily thofe impollors called the caufc of God. 
 
 So:itl:. 
 De'vilkix. n.f. \_hom devil. '\ A little 
 devil. Clarijfa. 
 
 De'vious. adj. \devnts, Latin.] 
 
 1. Out of the common track. 
 
 Crcula kept behind ; by choice wc l^ray 
 Through cv'ry dark and ev'ry devious w;r)-. Dryd. 
 
 In this minute devious fuhjcift, I have been 
 neccliirated to explain myfelf in more words titan 
 may feem needful. Hoidcr, 
 
 2. Wandering; roving; rambling. 
 
 Eveiv mule. 
 And every blooming pleafure, wail without 
 To blefs the wildly dc-jicus mcrning walk. 
 
 '//'lO'/risr:, 
 
 3. Erring; going alVay from reftltudc. 
 
 One devious ftep, at firrt I"etting out, fie',M iitly 
 leads a perfon into a wildcincrs of doubt and 
 error. Clarijfa. 
 
 Some lower mufe, perhaps, who lightly treads 
 The dci-izus paths where wanton fancy leads, 
 
 4. It Is ufed likewife of perfons. Roving; 
 idly vagrant ; errln-g from the way. 
 
 To DEVISE, t'. a. [de'viy'er, French, as 
 ni divfare, to look about. Siinner.] 
 
 1. To contrive; to form by art ; to In- 
 vent ; to excogitate ; to lirlke out by 
 thought. 
 
 Whether they, at their firft coming into the 
 
 land, or afterwards, by trading with other nations 
 
 Which had letter.-, leumed them of them, or .<>- 
 
 7 y../ them among thenifclvt^, is very doubtful. 
 
 Spenj'er's State of Ireland. 
 
 He could by his (kill draw after him the 
 weight of five thoufand bulhcls of grain, and de- 
 vije thole rare engines which (hot (mail Cones .-it 
 hand, but great ones afar ofF. Peachtm. 
 
 Ye fons of art, one curious piece drvife. 
 From whofe conflrUc1u,-e motion (hail arife. 
 
 £ia(.kti-.ore, 
 
 2. To plan ; to fcheme. 
 
 Behold I I'rame evil againft you, and .Vrr/c 1 
 device againll you. ' 'J,.re>:. 
 
 To Devise, v. n. To confidcr ; to con- 
 trive; to lay plans; to foriu fchcuus : 
 anciently with of.
 
 D E V 
 
 II'T merry fit Ihe freilily 'gan ta ta:, 
 A'lti did s; joy and jullily dci'Jt, 
 Hcrlclt to chcrilh and licr gucft to fl.;ar 
 
 But (ith now fafe ye ftizcd liavc the (hoie, 
 And well arrived ate, high God he blcll, 
 L«E us i/«7/i ^ eale and evcilafliiig reft. 
 
 Fairy Qrt-in. 
 
 Siucc we are -fo far cnteicd, let us, I pr^y 
 you, a little ^c-jifi i/ tlic>fc evils by which that 
 couKry is held iu this wretched cafe, that it can- 
 not, asyou fay, be lecuted. SpiaJ'a's ItdatJ. 
 
 Diiij: but! how you 'II ufe hira when he 
 come«, and let us two dcvije to bring him thi- 
 ther. Shahjiisn 
 Devise, ii. f. likviji., a will, old Fr.] 
 
 1. The ai5l of giving or bequeath lug l>v 
 
 This word IS properly attributed, in our com- 
 mon law, to him that bequeaths bis goods by hi* 
 lail will or tcilament in writing : and tlic reafon 
 iSvbecauie thofe that now appc; tain only to il.c 
 dcvifour, by this aft are cliririljutcd into many 
 pacts. Cowi'/L 
 
 The alienation is made by *3 •/<r in a lali wlil 
 oiuy, ^nd tiic third part or thele protils is thcie 
 <icr3a:idab!e. L'jrkc. 
 
 2. Contrivance. See Device. 
 
 God hath o.iiittcd nothing n;eOr,il to Kis pur- 
 
 pofe, nor kit hjs intention tj be acconii'lilhcd by 
 
 our -f7.'/r>i. /.'c.<:^.''. 
 
 ToDevi'se. 'V.a. [fio;-n the noun.] To 
 
 grant by \s'ill. A law term. 
 Devisee', n.f. He to vvhora fometbing 
 
 is bequeathed b)' will. 
 Devi'slr. n.f. [from V.i'i/J.] A con- 
 triver ; an inventer. 
 
 Being riivitlcd from truth in clicmfelves, they 
 are yet farther removed by advenient dixeption ; 
 tor true it is, if 1 lay they arc daily mocked into 
 errour by i i-.y^/i. B'owtt. 
 
 The ntithurs of ufeiul wiventions, the Jevijin 
 of wholefojr.c laws, as were the phiIofopbe:s of 
 ancient times, were honoured as the fatirers and 
 ^ropliets of their countiy. Grrw, 
 
 Devi's OUR. r.f. He tliat gives by will. 
 
 See Devise. 
 
 DE'\'ITABLE. ^JJ. [,//w/aMV, Latin.] 
 
 Pofiible to be avoided ; avoidable. Die!. 
 
 Detit.\'tion. I!./, hlevilath, Latin.] 
 
 The afl of efcaping or avoiding. Z);V7. 
 
 Devo'id. mij. [•!■««/>, French.] 
 
 1 , Empty ; vacant ; void. 
 
 When lawcke and found her place tln^iiiy 
 And nought but preflcd grafs where Ihc had 
 
 lyen, 
 I forrow'd all fomuch as carft I joyM. F<i:ry Q. 
 
 2. Without anything, whether good or 
 evil ; free from ; in want of. 
 
 He flung it from him, and A€i:oid of dread 
 Upon him lightly hapcd without heed. Fairy Q. 
 That the foul and angels are devoid of quantity 
 rjwl dimenfion, and that they have nothing to do 
 with proper locality, is generally opinioned. 
 
 GlarrciUc. 
 
 The motion of this chariot will fiiU be eafier 
 
 as itafccnds higher, till at length it Ihall become 
 
 utterly di^ni.-! oi gravity, when tiic kail liicngth 
 
 will be able to bellow upon it a fwift motion. 
 
 iii/iim' Miiti:anat -cui Siagick. 
 
 His warlike mind, his foul uei;'iiJ of fear. 
 
 His high defigning thoughts were li^nr'd there, 
 
 As whe.^, t>y magtck, ghofts are made appear. 
 
 JJrytitrt. 
 V.'e Tyrlans are not fo dmid of fenfe, 
 JJor fo icmotc fiom Piioebus' influence. Drydea. 
 He.s-M'ia. n.f. [^devoir, French.] 
 i. Service. A fenfe now not ufed. 
 
 To rcl;ore again trie kingdom of the Mjnia- 
 liikcs, he oficrcrl him their utmull devoir and 
 fervicc. _ Knol/cs. 
 
 ■Z. .'Vd of civility or obfequfoufnefs. 
 
 D E V 
 
 Gciillcnicn, wl-.o do not defign to nnrry, yet 
 p.ly their dcvoi'i to one particular fair, i'^i-fl^-ro; . 
 
 Ankward, and fupplc each dcvoi' to pjy. 
 She flatters h.-r good lady twice a-day. Foff. 
 
 To DEVO'LVE. v.a. [//cWro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To roll down. 
 
 Thro' fplendid kiijdoms he devolves l;is 
 maze. 
 Now wanders wild through folitaiy trafls ' 
 
 Of life-deforted find. Th'jnf.n. 
 
 2. To move from one hand to another. 
 
 Upon the duke of Ormohd the king had wholly 
 dcvo-'ved iht care and difpofition o£ all affairs in 
 Ireland. Timph. 
 
 Bccaufe they ■fouiul too much confufion in 
 fuch a muliitutlc of ll'atefmc;i, they dcvJvcd their 
 whole authdritv into the hands of the council of 
 futv. •' ^.'Jf.n. 
 
 The whole power, a? home and abrcid, was 
 fiyt^5/r.-;./ iipon that family. S-wift. 
 
 The matter wh.'.ch df-yh-i' from the hills 
 down upon the lower i^iounds, tioes not confide- 
 lably raifc and augment tlicm. iI'codxua>J. 
 
 jo Devo'lve. 1'. n. 
 
 1. To roll down. 
 
 2. To fall in fuccefiion into new hands. 
 
 Siippoling people, by wanting fpiritual blot- 
 
 fings, did lofe all their right to temporal, yet 
 
 tiiat forfeiture mull d-r..'ohc only to the fuprcme 
 
 Lord. -D-'"7 '/ P'"y- 
 
 Devolu'tion. n.f. [Jevoliitio, Latin.] 
 
 I. The act of rolling down. 
 
 The raiding of new mountains, deterrations, or 
 the devolution of earth down upon the \ alleys 
 from the hills and high grounds, will fall under 
 cur confidcration. 17 '.cd^dird. 
 
 z. Removal fucceffive from hand to hand. 
 
 The jurifdiflion cxcvcifed in thofc courts is 
 deiived fiown the ctosvn u( England, and the laft 
 devolution is to the king by way of appeal. Hule. 
 
 Devou a'tion. n.f. [from Jirrsro, Lat.] 
 The aft of devouring. Dia. 
 
 To DEVOTE. i: a. \_dcvovcc, dircclus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To dedicate; to confecrate ; to appro- 
 priate by vow. 
 
 No dtio.'t-d thing that a man (hall devote unto 
 Ihe Lord, of all that he hath, both of man and 
 bead, and of the field of his poffeflions, fhall be 
 fold or redeemed. Lev. 
 
 Wiiat black magician conjures up this fiend, 
 To Hop devoted charitable deeds .' S/i:i.i/j>. 
 
 They, impious, dat'd to prey 
 On herds dczoicd to the god of day. i'l/^r. 
 
 2. To addicl ; as to a feft, or ftudy. 
 
 While we do admire 
 This viituc, and this moral difcipline, 
 Let 's be no floicks, nor no fto.cks, 1 pray ; 
 Or fo devote to Ariftoilc"s checks, 
 As Ovid be an outcaft quite abjur'd. Shiif-fp. 
 If perfjns of this make (liould ever de-^ole 
 themfelves to fcience, they Ihould be wdl af- 
 fuicd of a folid and liiong conftitution of body. 
 
 ir.itii. 
 
 3. To condemn ; to rcfign to ill. 
 
 Aliens were devotf.i to their rapij^ and dc- 
 fpigi-.t. Decay oj !': .->. 
 
 Ail why, Penelope, this caufelefs fear. 
 To lender iieep's loft blcffings iiilTncere.' 
 Alike dfvote ro forrow's dire extreme 
 The day rcflcdlion and tic midnight drtam. 
 
 4. To addift ; to give up to ill. 
 
 The Roinins h.iving once debauched th.eir 
 fcnies with the pleauires uf other nations, tliey 
 dnoted themfelves onto .ill wickednel's. ihe-iv. 
 
 5. To curfe ; to execrate ; to doom to 
 dtdrudion. 
 
 I tly 
 Th.'ifc wicked tents ivoted ; lell lie wrath 
 1 nipcndent, raging into luddcil daiDC, 
 D'-llMi'iilh »■.>:. -'•' ■■" 
 
 D E V 
 
 To deftrutii.)n facrcd and dcvottf 
 He with his wnole pollcrity mult die. ^lUtrnt. 
 
 Goddefs of maids, andconfcious of our hearts, 
 So keep me from the vengeance of thy darts, 
 Which Xiobc's devoted ilTue felt, 
 When, hiffing through tiie (kies, the festhet'd 
 death> acre dealt. Dryden. 
 
 Let her, like me, of ev'ry joy forlorn, 
 Devon the hour when fuch a wictch was born ; 
 iLike nic to defirts and to daiknefs run. Kowe. 
 
 Devote, adj. For devoted. 
 
 How on a fiidden loll, 
 Defac'd, de.lowcr'd, and now to death devote ' 
 
 ■ Mi'.ion. 
 
 Devo'tedness. n. f. [from devotc.'\ 
 _ The Hate of being devoted or dedi- 
 cated ; confecvation ; addidedntfs. 
 
 Whatever may fall from my pen to her dif- 
 advantage, relates to her but as Ihe was, or may 
 again be, an obllacle to your dcvotedncfi to fera- 
 phick love. JBoyle. 
 
 The owning of our obligation unto virtue, 
 may be llyled natural religion ; that is ro fay, a 
 der'otcdnefi unto God, fo .is to aft according to 
 his will. Grew. 
 
 Devotee', n.f. [devot, French.] One 
 erroneoufly or fuperllitioufly religious ; 
 a bigot. 
 
 DEVOTION, n.f [devotion, French; 
 devotio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The ftate of being confecrated or de- 
 dicated. 
 
 2. Piety ; afls of religion ; devoutnefs. 
 
 Mean time her warlike brother on the fcas 
 His waving ftreamcrs to the winds ditplays, 
 And vows for his return with vain devtftiofi pay*. 
 
 Dryden . 
 
 3. An aft of external worflilp. 
 
 Religious minds are inflamed with the love of 
 publlck devotion. Ihoker. 
 
 For as I paflcd by and beheld your devotion, 
 I founfl an altar witii this infcription, To the uji* 
 known God. jlRi. 
 
 Li v.-iin doth man the name of juft cxpcfl, 
 If his dtv^iom lie to God r.eglec>. DtnhiHn, 
 
 4. Prayer ; expreflion of devotion. 
 
 An aged holy man, 
 That day and night faid his devotiov. 
 No other worldly bufinefs did apply. Fairy Q. 
 Your drvolion has its opportunity : we mud 
 pray always, bur chiefly at certain times. Sprntt, 
 J. The ftate of the mind under a llrong 
 fenfe of depeiidance upon God; devout- 
 nefs ; piety. 
 
 Grateful t.i acknowledge whence his good 
 Defccnds, thither witli heart, and voice, and 
 
 eyes 
 Direfted in devotion, to adore 
 And worlhip God fuprcme, wlio mndc him chief 
 Of all his works. Milton. 
 
 I'rom the full choir when lotid hofaniias rife, 
 And fwcll the pump of dieadi'ul facrificcj 
 Amid that fccnc, if fomc relenting eye 
 Glance on the llonc where ou: cold reliques lie. 
 Devotion's felf Ihall (leal a rhmigiit from hcav'n, 
 One human icrr fh.tU drop, imd be forgiv'n. 
 
 I'ofe. 
 - Devotion may he confidered either as an es- 
 ercife of publick or private pr.iycrs at fet times 
 and occafions, or as a temper of the mind, a 
 iUle and difpofition of the hciTt, which is 
 rightlj ailVcicd with fuch cicreifts. Laiv. 
 
 6. .\n acl of reverence, refpeft, or cere- 
 mony. 
 
 Wtiiher away fo fad ? 
 —Upon liic like dez'Otionzi yourfclvc^, 
 To graliilate the gentle princes there. S/ialfpeare, 
 
 7. Strong afltftion; ardent love ; fuc)) as 
 makes tlie lover the fole property of the 
 pcrfon loved. 
 
 Be oiJiiofitc all planets of good luck 
 To n; .- cccd'-g, if. with pure heart's love,
 
 ItTimr\cubtc <ii-i otiorr, lioiy rhouglits, 
 
 1 tender not thy beauteous piiiiccly d.^u;jlilci". 
 
 He f ad a piuticulnr reverence for the pcifoii of 
 the king, -Tnd rlic more cxtiaoifiiiuiry devotion for 
 that of tlic prince, as he h.id had the honour to 
 be tridKd witli his education. CLiremion. 
 
 8. Eanieflncfs ; ardour; ea;jernefs. 
 
 He fecks their hato with greater dc^Glion than 
 they can render it liim ; and leaves nothing un- 
 done thai may fully difcovci him tncir oppufitc. 
 
 Shakfiieatc. 
 
 9. Difpofal ; power ; flatc of dcpekdance 
 oil any one. 
 
 Auindcl caftlc would keep tViat rich cornerof 
 
 the country nc his ni.ijelty's div^tion. C/a'fndcrr. 
 
 De V o't I o N A I. . ae/J. [ from devotion . ] 
 
 Pertaining to devotion ; annexed to 
 
 worfhip ; religious. 
 
 Nor are the fobcreft of them fo apt for that 
 devotional compliance and juntfturc of iTcarts, 
 whicli I deliie to bear in holy office?, to be per- 
 formed with me. ^^"£ Charles. 
 The favourable opinion and good word of men 
 comes oftentimes at a very ealy rate, by a few 
 demure luoks, with fome ^^To^/i/jis/portures and 
 grimaces. South. 
 
 Devo'tion ALisT. Ti.f, [from dc'votton.'\ 
 A man zealous without knowledge, or 
 fuperilitioufly devout. 
 
 ToDF.VO'UR. 1'. «. [^."Tflro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To eat up ravenoufiy, as a wild bealt or 
 animal of prey. 
 
 We will ijy fume evil heart hnth devoured liim. 
 
 Genefn. 
 
 We 've willing dames enough: there cannot be 
 That vulture in you, to dtveur (o many 
 A^ will to grcaiiicfs dcdicaie themfelvc^, 
 Finding it fo inclin'd. Shalfpearc. 
 
 So looks the pent up lion o'er the wretch 
 That trembles under his dtivouring paws. Shakf. 
 
 2. To detLoy or confume with rapidity 
 and violence. 
 
 A i\\Q d'vo.-ircth before thcm^and behind them 
 a flame burneth. y<^^^- 
 
 How dire a tcmpcft from Mycenae poui*d. 
 Our plains, ot.;i temples, and uui town t^'x^or^/V; 
 It was the w;iitc uf war. Dryden. 
 
 Notwithrtarding that Socrates lived in the 
 time of this ^wcuring peltijcnce at Athens, he 
 never cauj;.it the Icaft infedlion. jdddijon. 
 
 3. To fw;ii;ow up ; to annihilate. 
 
 He ftem'd in fwiftnefs to devour the way. 
 
 Shakfjjeare. 
 Such a plcafute as grows frefhcr upon enjoy- 
 ment ; :^\\(}> though conunuaily fed upon, yet is 
 never dcvj-.^ed. Sf>uih. 
 
 Death itr.lks behind thee, 2nd each flying 
 hour 
 Does fonic loofe remnant of thy life dciaur. 
 
 Drydcr. 
 
 4. To enji y with avidity. 
 
 Longing li.cy look, and gaping at the fight, 
 Dfjcur her o'er and o'er witu \all delight. 
 
 Drydfn. 
 D E V o' u R F, n , « . f. [ f ro m de'vour. ] A 
 confumer ; he that devours ; he that 
 preys upon, 
 
 Rome IS but a wildcrneTs of tyjers ; 
 Tygcrs rnuil' prey, and Rume a.fi):di no prey 
 But me and mint : how happy art thou, then, 
 From tticfc dti-curcri to be bdniil'.cd ! Shahfp. 
 
 Since ihofc leviatii:uis arc withdrawn, the lefTer 
 dnyjurcrs fupply their place: traud fuceccds to 
 vJoknce. JJecay of Phty. 
 
 C-r;> -uid tench do be!> together, all other Hfti 
 being d- rmtrers oi their Ipawil, Mort/mcr. 
 
 DEVO L'T. aJj. [</evotus, Latb.] 
 I«r Pious; religious; devoted to holy 
 diitit;5. 
 
 SV: iiuift be conuant rr.d .^mor^t in the wor- 
 fiiif 'jf oiir Gcd, and ready in all aits of bcnc- 
 volc;!Cc 10 our ntigi.bciiT. Rogcri. 
 
 DEW 
 
 2. FlIIccl with pious thoughts. 
 
 I'or this, with foul devout, he thank'd the goti ; 
 And, of fiitccfs fccurc, rcturii'd to his .Thodc. 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 3. Exprtflive of devotion or piety. 
 
 Aiuin <lry ground aj>pc?.rs, and from his iirk 
 Tl.c ancient fire dcfccnds witli all l.is train ; 
 Tltfn with uplifted haiidsj and eyes iUi:curj 
 Grateful to heav'n. MiUtji. 
 
 Df.vo'utly. ad-u. [from devout.'} Pi- 
 onfly ; with ardent devotion ; reli- 
 gioully. 
 
 Her grace rofc, and with modeft paces 
 Cam!: In the altar, where fhe knccl'd j and faint- 
 
 lllvC 
 
 Call her fair eyes to hciv'tl, and pray'd defoutly. 
 
 Shiiifpcare. 
 One of the wife men iiaving a while atten- 
 tively and dfDoutly viewed and contetnplatcd 
 this pillar and croi's, fell down lipcn his face. 
 
 Bacon. 
 Ilt-r twilights were more clear than oui mid- 
 day, 
 She dreamt ck-j^utUcr than nioft ufc to pray. 
 
 Jjtjnne. 
 Think, O my foul, dcveul'j think, 
 
 How, with aflVighted eyes, 
 Thou faw'il tlie wide extended deep 
 
 In all its horrors rife ! .^.Uifin. 
 
 To fecond caufes we fcem to truft, without 
 
 expreitiiig, fo dncuily as wc onght to do, our 
 
 dependance on the firft. ySttttbuiy. 
 
 Deuse. n. f. [more properly than deuce, 
 'Junius, from Dufius, the name of a cer- 
 tain fpecifs of evil ipiriis.] The devil : 
 a ludicrous word. 
 
 'Twas the prettied prologue, as he wrote it ; 
 Well, the deuct take me if I ha'n't forget it. 
 
 Co'tgTCl-'C. 
 
 Deutero'gamy. n. / [.J;u'r£f©. and 
 ytLi*.'^.} A fecond marriage. DlH. 
 
 DEUTERo'NOMY.n./. [cJitf-rse©- and ici^@>..] 
 
 The fecond book of the law ; the fifth 
 book of IVIofes. 
 Deutero'scopy. n. /. \}ilT'.^<^ and 
 crxcTTtw. ) The fecond intention; the 
 meaning beyond the literal fenfc. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 Not att.iining the deuterofcopy, or fecond in- 
 tention of the words, they arc fain to omit their 
 confcqucnccs, coherences, figures, or t:op<>li>jies. 
 Brozi-t's i'ulgar Errouis. 
 
 DEW. n, /. [bsap, Saxon; Jaaiu, 
 Dutch.] The moiiiiire upon the 
 ground. 
 
 Fogs which we frequently obEcrvc after fun- 
 fettiiig, even in our hotted months, are nothing 
 but a vapour conlilting of Vv-ater : which vapour 
 was feni up in greater quantity ati the foregoing 
 day, tlian now in the evening : but the fun then 
 being above the horizon, t.iking it at the furjacc 
 of the earth, and r.ipidly mounting it up into 
 the atmofphtre, it w.is not difcernililc : the fun 
 being now gone eft", the vapour flagnates at and 
 near the earth, and faturaies the air till it is fo 
 thick as to be eafily viiibh therein : and when 
 at Icngtli the heat there is fomewhat further fpcut, 
 which is ufually .nbout the middle of the night, 
 it fall; down again in a di^u, alighting upon 
 herbs and other vegetables, which ir cheriliics, 
 coois, and refrethes. fycodivard. 
 
 Never yet one hour in bed 
 Did I enjoy the golden driu of llcep, 
 But With his tim'rous dreams wr.s Itill awak'd. 
 
 Si,:t/l-care. 
 
 That churchm.in bears a bounteous mind, in- 
 deed ; 
 A hand as fruitful as t!ie land that feeds 'ts ; 
 His di.'M falls cv'ry wheie. S'iulfje.in. 
 
 She looks as clear 
 
 As laurnirs lofcs ncw'y vvuijj'tl with .U-w. 
 
 S/lt'tji'ail. 
 
 DEW 
 
 .D^ti J and rain are but the returns of moi^ 
 vapours condenfed. Bacon 
 
 Now Hiding (ircam.s the thiirty pljiKs renewj 
 And feed their fibtes with reviving dtw. P»;>«, 
 Jo Di:w. -u. a. [from the noun.] To 
 wet as with dew ; to moiften ; to be- 
 dew. 
 
 A trickling ftream of balm moft fovcrcign, 
 Ami dainty dea.-, wliich on tlic ground Itill fei:, 
 And ovei flowed all the fertile plain, 
 As it had dtiucd been witli timely rai.n. fairy Q, 
 
 Witii him pour we in our coiuitry's puigc 
 Each drop of us. 
 
 Or I'o much as it needs 
 
 To dfiu th« fcncrcign Hewer, and drown tlie 
 weeds. S!iakjfcarc. 
 
 Give mc thy hand, 
 Tiiat I may dew it with my mournful tears. 
 
 Shtjkjycare, 
 He ceas'd; difccrning Adnm v.''.',\\ fuch joy 
 Sutchaig'd, as had, like grief, been diwd i.j 
 
 tenrr, 
 Witiiout the vent of words which thefc he 
 breath'd. Milcor.. 
 
 Palcmon above the rcfl appears 
 In fable garments, de-w'd with guOiing tears. 
 
 Drjdin, 
 In Galliek blood again 
 He ditvs his reeking fword, and ftrows the 
 
 ground 
 
 With htadlefs ranks. Vhili^t. 
 
 De'wberry. n.f. [from dew and iJ.'rry.] 
 
 Deiv6cr)us, as they (land here among the 
 
 more delicate fruits, muft be undenlood to mtjii 
 
 ralberrics, which ai-e alfo of the bramble kind. 
 
 Hunrtter. 
 Feed him with apricocks and de-uhcrrics, 
 With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries. 
 
 Shahjpeat e, 
 Dewbe SPR ENT. fart. {_de'w and Le/prent.'\ 
 Sprinkled with dew. 
 
 This tveiinig late, by them the chewing flocks 
 Had t.a'fn their (upper on the favoury herb 
 Of knot-grafs deit,liefj.rent, and were in fold, 
 i fit mc down to watch upon a bank 
 With ivy canopied, and interwove 
 Witii flaunting honey-fucklc. Mii.'m. 
 
 Dew-burning, adj. [from dew and 
 burning.'] The meaning of this com- 
 pound is doubtful. Perhaps it alludei 
 to the fparkling of dew. 
 
 He now, to prove his late renewed might. 
 Ugh brandiflinig ijIs bright civ.:'t2ir>i:Kg blad:^ 
 
 Upon his crefted fcalp fo fore did fmite, 
 That to tiic ftull a yawning wound it made. 
 
 f'.lirv Qrtrcr. 
 
 De'wdrop. r?. /. [de-w md drop.] A 
 drop of dew wliich fparkles at funrife. 
 
 1 muft go feck feme dtudrof,! here, 
 And hang a pcail in every cowflip's ear. Sia.f:f. 
 
 An holt 
 Innumorahle as the fiats of night, 
 Or flars of morning, diwdnps, which the fun 
 Impeails on ev'ry Iraf, and ev'ry flower. MiUcn. 
 Rni, tweet as .ii^i-drcp! on the flow'iy lawns, 
 When the fliy opens, and the laormng dawns i 
 
 Dewlap, n.f. [from l.tP/inj or Mir.^ 
 the de-zu.] 
 
 1. The fieili that hangs down from the 
 throat of o.xeii. 
 
 Laije rowlcs of fst about his Oioulders filing, 
 And from his neck the double drwicf hun.<. 
 
 2. U IS iifcd in Shalfpeare for a lip flaccid 
 with age, in contempt. 
 
 And fometimes iurk 1 in a gofl'.p's Lowl, 
 In very likenefs of a roafted ciat ; 
 And when Ihe drinks agaiiul her lips I bob. 
 And on the wither'd ditvi.if pour the ale. 
 
 S/iuifiea't. 
 
 Dewlapt. ndj. [from dtwla^.^ Fuv, 
 niflitd with- dcwbps,
 
 D E X 
 
 ■ \n,o Wftulibclicvi; that tlicrc were mour.t.\U>ecvs 
 Vcic.ffi '-'X-t bulls, wl.ufe tliroatb l.;i<l hurgms 
 
 at 'em , , . 
 
 Wallets of flclh ? ■^t ■'''T'",V 
 
 The dewhft bull now cnafes nloPg ihc I'lf"' 
 
 While burning We ferments in cv'ry vcni. t/.y^ 
 
 De'w-worm. «./. [from</^Tf and -worm.] 
 
 A worm found in dew. , 
 
 Fur the tiour, the .V.. ^o,,,., wl-eb fom c. 1 
 the lob worm, .nd the brandlmg, are the_ch.a. 
 
 Df'wv. /Tf/r. [from //^w.] 
 I. Refetiibiing dew ; partaking of dew. 
 From the earth a diwy railt 
 Went up, and water'd all the ground, and^each 
 Plant of the field. , ^ • j 
 
 Where two aavcrte wmtis, 
 Sublim'd from rf.-«v vapours in "^j^ /^V' 
 Engage with horrid Ihock, the ruificd br..>^ 
 
 Pnrirs iK)rmV. 
 
 Ro:irs llormy. 
 2 Moill with dew ; rofcid. 
 
 The joyous day 'gaH early to W"''' 
 And fair .Aurora from her ticw bed 
 
 Of aged Tithoiic 'gan hcrfelf to f'^ar. 
 With rofy cheeks, for (hame as '^'""^•^S^^^"^ 
 
 The hec with hortictl riiigh, 
 Tbat at her fiow'cy work doth fing, 
 And the waters murmuiing, 
 With fuch confoit as they keep, 
 Entice the .In.y fealbef-d llcep ^''''^"^"■ 
 
 < His Jcny locks diftill d aW/ok 
 
 ^ BcMes'the fuccnur which cold Ancicn yields, 
 The rocks of Hernicus and J.-i^y fieWs- JJ'.'''"'- 
 
 DEXTER, adj. [Latin.] The nght ; 
 not the left. A term ufed m heraldry. 
 
 My mother's blood 
 Runs on the d.ynr cheek, and this fimftcr 
 Bounds in my fire's. iinaKjft^e. 
 
 DEXTERITY, n.f. [J^xlentas,'Lzt.\ 
 
 1 Readinefs of limbs ; atlivity ; readi- 
 nefs to attain ilcill; ikill ; expertnefs. 
 
 2 Readinefs of contrivance; qiucknefs 
 ' of expedient ; flciU of management. 
 
 His wifdom, by often evad.ng ^^."^ r/'/'^ 
 was turned rather into a dcxtfufy «"!''«. him- 
 Telf from dangers when they preffed b.m, ban 
 into a providence to prevent and rcmove^tl.em 
 
 '^Thfy attempted ^o be knaves, bnt wanted^art 
 
 ^"Ti;"fome'proteftants may, bv their Ae>.1enty 
 
 rvx\,^ themfelves .the national rehg.on, and 
 
 . difpofc the church-revenues among t he. r pallor s. 
 
 Dt'xTERO'JS. adj. idexter, Latin.] 
 I Expert at any manual employment; 
 'jia'lve; ready: as, a Jexlerous work- 
 
 *"For"both their J..v/';.:--- hatKls the lan« cmdd 
 
 S^Expert in management; fubtle; fBllof 
 
 . expedients. . , 
 . They conf.ne thcmWves, and are </..w<r.:,s 
 managers enough of -the wares and produas ot 
 that corner with which they content 'hemfdves. 
 
 Dfi'xTf ROUSt.Y. adv. [from ekxtero.is.'] 
 Expertly; ilulfnlly ; artfully. 
 
 The nuVm-ate fomctimes cannot do h.s own 
 „hTle/»;.«.'V?V, bothy aa,ng -.he m,n.Ur 
 
 But then my ftudy was to cog the dice, 
 And ,U.t'.c,.Ay to throw the lucky See DryA.n. 
 D^'XTRAL. adj. {dealer, Lattn.] The 
 
 ^=£^^r%t,S-orn.ins,wh.hn.otdd 
 hh^er the liver from enabling the Austral par s, 
 1" t^tft not conceive it diffufeth its v.rtue by 
 
 J,T;rradi.io„,butby|^i^;nyXo:::^ 
 
 D I iE 
 
 Df.STHA'nTV. «./. {han-^dextral] The 
 iUte of being on the right, not thelctt, 
 
 fide. . , 
 
 If there were a deterniioatc prepotency in tl.c 
 ri'rht, and fuch as arileth from a conflant root in 
 natme, we mi^ht expeft the (-ame in other ani- 
 mals, whofe parts arc alio dilTercnced by <icx- 
 
 trj.ii\- A'' «'"'' ^'•'k'" ''■ ' ■• ''" : '• 
 
 Di^b'f.'tes. ti.f. [^.^UClr..] A morbid 
 coploufnefs of unnc ; a fatal colliqua- 
 tion bv the urinary palTages. 
 
 An in'creafe of tliat fcctet.on may accompany 
 tie general collifluatirj.is ; as in fluxes, fceflx 
 fweats and coughs', M^hir^ and other confump- 
 tions. ;),,,;.:m-rP/.n/«-AVj.v. 
 
 Diabo'liCAL."? adi. [from dtjbohis, 
 DiAiio'LicK. i Latin.] DevihOi; par- 
 taking of the qualities of the devil ; im- 
 pious ; atrocious; nefariousj pertaimng 
 
 to the devil. 
 
 Tiiis, in other beafts obferv'd. 
 Doubt might beget of diahoUck powV, 
 Aifive within, hevond the fcnfc of brute, ivir.t. 
 
 Does not the ambitious, the envious, and the 
 revengeful man know veiy well, that the tin. it 
 of blood, and affcftation of dominion by vio- 
 lence and oppreffion, is a moft rf/.i^/W outrage 
 upon the laws of Gud and Katurc. L' tflrmgc. 
 
 The piaftke of lying is a .//^W/V../ exercife, 
 and they that ufelt arc the devil's chiiditn. Mv. 
 
 Damlicd Ipirits nwft needs he all envy, de- 
 fpair, and rage ; and h..ve fo much of :idn,!,',.:cu! 
 naturcin them, .as to with all men to ll.are their 
 mifery. .-7r/.r«:-.v. 
 
 niACO'DIUM. n.f. [J.ax^'aVi.] The 
 
 fyiup of poppies. 
 DlACo'usTics. n.f. [^i«xaf-iX!r.J 
 
 doflrine of founds. 
 DIADEM, n.f [diadepia, Latin.] 
 I. A tiara; an enlign of royalty bound 
 
 about the head of eailern monarchs. 
 The facved d^mtcm in pieces rent. 
 
 And purple robe gored witli many 
 
 The 
 
 , wound 
 
 A lift the coblcrs' temples ties, 
 To keep the hair out of their eyes,- 
 From whence 'tis plain the diad,m, ^ 
 
 That princes wear, dt-.ives fr-om them. ^vJ't' 
 I. The mark of royalty worn en the 
 head ; tlie crown. 
 
 A crown, 
 Golden in fhew, is but a wreath of thorns; 
 Brings dangers, troubles, cates, , and lleeplefs 
 
 nights. 
 To him who wears the regal d-ndrm. Mi^'on. 
 
 Why (honld he ravifh then that ./w.Aw 
 From your grey temples, which the hand of time 
 Mnft (hortlv plant on his r Di-A-im. 
 
 Faftion, 'that once made diadems her prey, 
 And lioptour prince in his tiiumphant way, 
 Fled like a milt before this radiant day. RfJ^om. 
 Di'adkmed. adj. [from ^/rnr/fffi.] Adorn- 
 ed with a diadem ; crowned. 
 
 Not fo, when .::.ido"\l with rays divine, 
 Touch'd with the flame that breaks train virtue » 
 
 fhrine, 
 Her prielt lei's mufe forbids the good<o die, 
 And opes the teir.ple of eternity. P"/"- 
 
 Di'adro>u >i.f [Si«^.>c=..l The time in 
 which any motion is performed ; the 
 time in which a pendulum performs its 
 
 vibration. . 
 
 \ Kty is «ne tenth of a line, a line one tenth 
 «f an ireh, an inch one tenth of a philofophical 
 foot, K philofophical f<.ot one llurd of a pendu- 
 Imn ; wh.ofc d,jd.omi, in rhe laiittule ot forty- 
 five degrees, are ea. h equal to one feco.id ot 
 time, or a fixtieth of a mniutc. /•' >:' ■ 
 
 D.X'RESIS. n.f [i-V'-l 7'}--' f'-T"- 
 I ration or .disjundion .of fjllabks ; as 
 
 acr^ 
 
 D 1 A 
 
 DiACNo'sTICK. n.f. [^.ayivioV^f.] A 
 fymptom by which a difeafe is diilin- 
 guilhed from others. 
 
 I (h.iU l.iy down fome indifputable marks of 
 this vice, that whenever we fee the tokens, we 
 may conclude the plague is in the honfc:— let 
 us hear your diuif>:^JUch. C'JIkr on !'••'''■ 
 
 . One of our pliyficians proved difappomted of 
 'his prof nofticks, or rather dUgn'Jlicki. Harwy. 
 DIA'GONAL. adj. [^^ay^' ic,,.] Reach- 
 ing from one angle to another, fo as to 
 divide a parallelogram into equal parts. 
 
 The monflrofuvof the tDBgcr is ill-contrivcn, 
 and with fome dii'advantage ; the fhortncfs being 
 fixed unto the legs of one fide, that might have 
 been more properly placed upon the d:iigonal 
 mo-.er-. i'.j::,^'i r^g^r £r,«-.5. 
 
 All forfs of ftonc compolcd of granules, will 
 cut and rive in anv riiieftion, as well in a per- 
 pendicular, or m ,a diagonal, as horizontally and 
 parallel to the lide of the Ifrata. iroidwirJ 
 
 Diagonal, n.f. [from the adjcftive.] 
 A line drawn from angle to angle, and 
 dividing a fqnare into etjtial parts. 
 
 When .1 man b.ts in liis mind the idea of two 
 lines, viz. the lide and di.igoii>! of a fquari, 
 wiicrcof the J/ag^r:.?/ is an inch long, he may have 
 the idea alfo of the divifion of ti;at line into a 
 certain number of equal parts. _ Licit, 
 
 Dia'gonallv. aJv. [fvom diagonal.] l9 
 a diagonal direction. 
 
 The'iight ai'.d left aie not de6ncd by philo- 
 
 fophcrs according to common acceptation, that 
 
 is, rcl'peiftively from one man unto another, or 
 
 any conP.ant fite in each, as though that Ihould 
 
 be the right in one, whicii, upon conf.ont or 
 
 facing, Hands athwart or diugorj/y unto the 
 
 other ; but were difti.iguiftied according unio 
 
 their aaivitv, and pteduminant locoinotion, o» 
 
 the either iVde. Braw's I'-^lgar i-nmn, 
 
 Di'AGRix. n.f. [^\«/e="^(x^-l A<iel'nea- 
 
 tion of geometrical figures ; a matha- 
 
 ^nvatical fchenie. 
 
 Many a fair precept in poctp/ is like a fceming 
 
 demonliration in the mathematicks-, very fpe- 
 
 cious in the diagram, but failing m the mecnanick. 
 
 operation. ^ -^'V'"; 
 
 Why do not thefe perfons make a diagr.wi ot 
 
 theCe cogitative lines and angles, and demon. 
 
 Urate their properties of perception and appetite, 
 
 as plainlv as we know the other properties of 
 
 triangles'and circles ? Be^iUy, 
 
 DlAGRY'iJiATES.n./. [from diagrydtum, 
 
 -Lat.] Strong purgatives made with dia- 
 
 gi-ydinm. 
 
 All cholerick humours ought to be evacuated 
 
 by di.<~'ydi.il,i, mixed with taitar, oi foroc acid, 
 
 or ri.ubark powder. tioycr. 
 
 DI'AL. n. f [diale. Skinner.] A plate 
 
 marked with lines, where a hand or 
 
 (hadow (hows the hour. _ 
 
 O, gentlemen, the time of life is Ihort : 
 To fpcnd that fhortnefs balily were too long, 
 Tiioiigh life did ride upon a dial's point. 
 Still ending at th* arris al of an hour. Snukfpenre. 
 If the motion be very flow, we perceive it not.: 
 we have no fcnfeof tlie accretive motion ofpiantt 
 or animals ; and the fly Biadow Ideals away upon 
 the J/.«', and the quickeft eye can difcover no 
 more than ihat it is gone. GUnrule. 
 
 DiAL-rLATE. n.f. {dialmd.phte.] That 
 on which hours ©r lines are marked. 
 
 Stiada tells us that the two friends, l-cing cacij 
 of'them poffeffed of a m-..i;nctical needle, made 
 a kind of .*.'/-/>/<!/<, infcriLing it wiih the four 
 and twenty letters, in the fame manner as the 
 hours of the day are marked ujon the ordinary 
 d!<d.j.l^e. Maifor-'i y,-ra.:w. 
 
 DI'ALECT. n./p.AixTc..] 
 
 1. The fiibdivilion of a language ; as the 
 Attic, Doric, Ionic, iEolic diak€ls. 
 
 2. Style; manner of expreflioa.
 
 D I A < 
 
 When themfcKcs do prriSifc that whereof 
 they write, thoy ch.iiigc ihrir diaU£f \ and thofe 
 wold^ tliiy ftitin, as if there were in tliem fume 
 fecret (tiiig. H-Mc 
 
 J. Language ; fpeecli. 
 
 In her youth 
 There is a prune and fpccchlcis diakSt, 
 Such as juoves men. ^h.ihfftarr. 
 
 If the conferring of a klndncfs did not bind 
 the pcrfoii upon whom it was conferred to the 
 returns of gratitude, why, in the univcrfal ,/>.j/(<3 
 of the woild, are kindncfils ftill called obliga- 
 tions ) S'juth. 
 
 DiaLe'cttcal. adu [ from dialeOkk. ] 
 L.ogic;iI ; arg'Jme^ital. 
 
 Thofe •H.-iliL-lid! fuhrlrties, that the fchonlmen 
 employ about phyliological myOerie<, nioic cli- 
 cl.ue the wicof biiii that ufes them, than intreafe 
 the knowledge of fobcr levers of truth. Ihy/i-. 
 
 DIALELTICK. n.f. [}.^\ixT,y.r.-] r.o- 
 gii-k : tlie art of icafor.iiig:. 
 
 Dl Ai-Ll NG._ n. y. [from <//>/.] The fci;;- 
 terick foieiice ; tlie knowledge of 
 fliadow ; the art of conlinitiing dials 
 oil which the (huduw may fliuw the 
 hour. 
 
 Di'alist. n. /. [froin diuL] A con- 
 ftriitfter of dials. 
 
 Scicntifick iiiiilijh^ by the geomelrick conh- 
 tleratioiis of lines, i-ave found out roles to mark 
 out the irregular motion of the (hadow in all lati- 
 tudes, and on all planes. Mo.\iJi. 
 
 Dia'logist. n.f. [from dialogue. 1 A 
 fpeakcr in a dialogue or conference ; a 
 writer of dialogues. 
 
 DIALOGUE, n.f. [JJ>.7o..] A con- 
 ference ; a converfation between two or 
 more, either real or feigned. 
 
 Will you hear the dijhgne that the two learned 
 men have compiled in praife of the owl and 
 ■Cuckoo? Shakfpeare. 
 
 Oh, -the impudence of this wicked fex ! Laf- 
 civioiis Jinkgiiei are innocent with you. Diydai. 
 
 In eafy diiiUguc. is Fletch.er's piaife: 
 He mov'd tiic niiud, but had not puw'r to raife. 
 
 Drydm. 
 
 ToDi'alogue. v. a. [fropr the noun.] 
 To difcourfe with another ; to confer. 
 Doll dialogue with thy fliadow ? Shukf^tarc. 
 DlAlv'sts. n.f. [^i3!>tJCTi.-.] The figure 
 in rhetorick by which fyllables or words 
 are divided. 
 DIA'METER. n. f {_l:i and „/r ;-,..] 
 The line which, pafTing through the cen- 
 tre of a circle, or other cuivilinear figure, 
 divides it into eqn;il parts. 
 
 The fpace between the earth and the moon, 
 according to Ptolemy, is fcventecn times the 
 tUamite/ oi the earth, whiclj makes, in a grofs 
 account, about one hundred and twenty thoufand 
 miles. Ruh^^':, 
 
 The bay of Naples is the moft delightful ore 
 that I ever faw : it lies in almolt a round figujc 
 of about thirty miles in the di.tmfUr. ^^dd';Cor.. 
 
 Dia'metral. adj. [from diameter.1 De- 
 fcribing the diameter ; relating to the 
 diameter. 
 
 Dia'metrally. adv. [from diamttral.] 
 According to the direclion of a diame- 
 ter ; in diredl oppofition. 
 
 Chriftian piety is, beyond all other things, diu- 
 mrtraliy oppofed to prophancncfs and impiety of 
 a<?ii<"is. lUmn.c-.d. 
 
 Diame'trical. adj. \^\om diamdcr.'] 
 
 I. Defcribing a diameter. 
 Vol. I, 
 
 4D I A 
 
 2. Obfcrviiir the direction of a diameter. 
 
 The fin Kti calumny is fet in a moil diamiltical 
 oppofition to the evangelical precept of loving our 
 neighbours as ourfch cs. G'y\;. of the 'iXngue. 
 
 DiAMF.'ruicALLY. adv. [from diametri- 
 ca/.'J In a diametrical dirtdion. 
 
 He perfuaded the king to confent to what was 
 dinmctrkiiliy 3^Mn& his confcicnce and bis honour, 
 and, in truth, bis fccurity. Chrt/id'jn. 
 
 Thus intercepted in its paflage, the vapour, 
 which cannot penetrate the rtratnm dlametticaltf^ 
 glides along the lower furfacc of it, permeating 
 the horizontal interval, which is betwixt tlie faid 
 denfc lliatum and that which lies underneath it. 
 
 IVcodxuitid. 
 
 Diamond. «, f. [dlamanl, Fr, adamas, 
 Latin.] 
 
 Tlie di.irntudf the mod valuable and hardell of 
 all r:,e gem.-,' is« when pure, perfe-iSly cler.r and 
 p.Ilutid as the purelt water; and is eminently 
 ^il^.-igu'rhcd from all other fubftanccs by its ^ ivid 
 Iptcitdour, and the briglittiefi of its reflexions. 
 It is extremely vaiious in (hapc and fiz.e, being 
 found in the greateft quantity veiy fmall, and the 
 larger ones extremely ftldora met with. The 
 largeft ever known is that in the pofleffion of the 
 Great Mogul, which weighs two hundred and 
 fevcnty-nine carats, and is computcrl to he 
 \ioith l>.-ven bundled and fcvency-unie thoufand 
 two hundred and forty four pounds. The dia- 
 mond bears the force of the ftrongeft fires, except 
 the concentrated folar rays, without hurt; and 
 evtt; that infinitely liercert of all fires docs it no 
 iiij'iry, unlcf» diicfled to it3 weaker parts. It 
 biauaglafs houfe fire for many days, and if 
 taken carefully out, and futfercd to coo! by de- 
 grees, is ivund as brigiit and beautiful as before; 
 but if taken liaftily out, it will fometimcs crack, 
 and even fplit into two or three pieces. The 
 places where we liave diamcndi are the Halt In- 
 dies and the Brafils ; and thouglr they are ulually 
 found clear and culourlefs", yet they are fome- 
 timcs nightly tinged \vith the colours of the 
 other gems, by the mixture of fume metalline 
 particles. Hill on FoJ/ih. 
 
 Give me the ring of mine you had at dinner j 
 Or, for the diamondj the chain you ptomis'd. 
 
 Shakfpeitre. 
 
 I fee how thine eye would emulate the it:a^.ond: 
 thou hall the right aiciied bent of tiic brow. 
 
 Shakfpetire. 
 
 The dijrtwrd is preferable and vaftly fuperior 
 to all others in luilte and beauty: as alfo in 
 haidncfs, which rendeis it more durable and 
 laliing, and therefoie much more valuable, than 
 any other llone. If'ccdwjid. 
 
 The diamond is by mighty monarchs worn, 
 Fair as the flarthat ufhers in the morn. Btackmorc. 
 
 The lively diamcui drinks thy pureft rays, 
 Colledled light, compaft. Tli(,mfin. 
 
 Di'apase. n. / [Jia ■ETicrvi.] A choid 
 including all tones. The old word for 
 d'hipifcn. See Diapason. 
 
 And 'twixt them both a quadrant was the bafe, 
 Proportion'd equally by leven and nine; 
 Nine was the circle fet in heaven's place, 
 -■^-11 which compacted made a good diapafe. 
 
 Spi-njtr. 
 
 The fweet numbers and melodious mcafures, 
 With which I wont the winged words to tie. 
 
 And make a tuneful ili.tjtaf: of pleafures, 
 Now being jet to run at liberty. Spfsf.r. 
 
 Di.APa'soN. n. /. [c.ar' roarw .] 
 
 Vi.ip.ijin denotes a chord which includes all 
 tones : it is the fame with that we call an eighth,- 
 or an octave; becaufe there arc but fevcn tones 
 or notes, and then the eighth is the fame again 
 with the fiill. llatrii. 
 
 It difcovcreth the true coincidence of founds 
 into diafafim, »hicU it the return of the fame 
 found ilnccn. 
 
 D I A 
 
 Harlh di.i 
 Broke the fair niufick that all creatures mtirfc 
 To their great Lord, whofe \o\c their moti.jn 
 
 fway 'd 
 In perfect dinpajon, whilft they llood 
 III firll obedience, and their ftate of good. Mititn. 
 
 Many a fweet rife, mmy as fweet a fall, 
 A full-mouth di.ipajon I'wallfjws all. i'.t.Jhov). 
 
 From harmony, fiom heavenly harmony. 
 This univerfal frame began; 
 
 From haimony to harmony 
 Through all the compafs of the notes it ran, 
 The diap.tjo'i clofing full in man. O'yJin. 
 
 DI'APER. n.f. [diaprc, Fr. of uncertaia 
 
 etymolopv-] 
 
 1. Linen cloth woven in flowers, and 
 other figures ; the fined fpecies of 
 figured linen after dama(k. 
 
 Not any dainfil, which her vaunteth moft 
 In Ikilful knitting oi" fofi filkcn twine ; 
 
 Nor any weaver, which his woifc doth boaft 
 In diaprr, in damartc, or in lyne. 
 Might in their diverfe cunning ever dare 
 With this fo curious net- work to fompare. 
 
 Spenjer, 
 
 2. A napkin ; a towel. 
 
 Let one attend him with a filverhafon 
 Full of rofe-water, and bellrew'd with flowers; 
 Another bear the ewer, a third a di,:ptr. Siut^ 
 
 To Di'aper. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To variegate ; to diverfify ; to flower. 
 
 For fear the flones her tender foot fhould wrong, 
 The ground he llrcw'd with flowers all along, 
 And dijpir'd like the difcolour'd mead. Spenfer, 
 
 Flora ufed to cloath our gr.ind-damc E.arth 
 with a new livery, diapered with various flowers, 
 and Chequered with delightful objects. HMuel, 
 
 2. To draw flowers upon clothes. 
 
 If you diap'r upon folds, let your work he 
 broken, and taken, as it were, by the half; for 
 reafon tells you, that your fold muft cover fome- 
 what unfeen. Peuch.un on Draining. 
 
 DlAPBANElTV. n. f. [from Sixipanla.] 
 Tranfparency ; pcllucidnefs ; power of 
 tranfmitting light. 
 
 Btcaufc the outward coat of the eye ought to 
 te pc;iiicid, to tranlniit the light, which, if the 
 eyes Ihould always Hand open, would be apt to 
 grow dry and Ihrink, and lofe their diap^jiieity ; 
 therefore are the eye-lids fo contrived as often to 
 wink, that fo they may; as it were, glaze and 
 varnilh them over with the moillure they con- 
 'ai"- R,:jr. 
 
 Diapha'nick. adj. [?ia and ^aiu..] 
 Tranfparent ; pellucid ; having the 
 power to tranfmit light. 
 
 Air is an element fiipcrior, and lighter than 
 water, through whofe vaft, open, fubtile, Jiapia. 
 n.ci, or traniparent body, the light, afterward* 
 created, eafily iranffiicd. Raleigh. 
 
 DIATHANOUS. adj. [W and ?■:,;,„.] 
 Tranfparent ; clear ; tranllucent ; pel- 
 lucid ; capable to tranfmit light. 
 
 Ariftotle calleth light a quality inherent or 
 cleaving to a d:.<ph.i>::u! body. Ra.'iigi. 
 
 When he had taken oft' the infect, he found in 
 the leaf very little and diaph/inou; eggs, exactly 
 like to thofe which yet remained in the tubes of 
 the fly's womb. Ray. 
 
 Diaphoke'tick. adj. [5^2^•vr-(Jtc?.] Su. 
 dorifick ; promoting a diaphorefis or 
 perfpiration ; caufing fweat. - 
 
 A iiiuphore!i:t inccicine, or a fudorilick, is 
 fomething that will piovokt fwcjiting. /f^ura. 
 Viaphnrcriiksj or promoters of perfjiirallon, 
 help the organs of digeltion, bccaufe the attenua- 
 tion of the ailment makes it perfpirablc. ylrbutn. 
 Di'aphragm. n.f. [•!'(-,' -■;«', ;/.».] 
 I. The midriff which divides the upper 
 cavity of the bodv from the lower. 
 3U
 
 D I B 
 
 2, Any divifion or partition wliich divides 
 a hollow body. 
 
 It coafifts of a fafciculus of bodie';, round, 
 about one lixth of an inch in diameter, hollow, 
 and parted into numerous cells by means oi dia~ 
 fhragmi thick fet tiiroughout the whole length 
 of the body. JVmd-ward. 
 
 DIARRHOE'A. n. /. \).a.iU^r.] A 
 flux of the belly, whereby a perfon fre- 
 quently goes to llool, and is cured either 
 by purging off the caufe, or rellringing 
 the bowels. ^incy. 
 
 During his Marrkcca I healed up the fontanels. 
 
 Diarrhoe'tick. adj. [from diarrhica.] 
 Piomoting the flux of the belly ; folutive ; 
 
 purgative. 
 
 Millet is duirrhxiic, clcanfing, and ufeful in 
 difeafes of the kidneys. ^rbuthnot. 
 
 Di'ary. n. / [(/iaWum, Lat.] An ac- 
 count of the tranfaftions, accidents, 
 and obfervations of every day ; a 
 
 journal. 
 
 In lea voyages, where there is nothing to be 
 feen but fky and lea, men make diaries; but, in 
 land-travel, wherein fo much is to be obfervcd, 
 they omit it. Bacon. 
 
 I go on in my intended d:ary. TuiUr. 
 
 Dia'stoIE. n. f. QiaVo>.r.J 
 
 1. A figure in rhetorick, by which a ftiort 
 fyllable is made long. 
 
 a. The dilatation of the heart. 
 
 The fyftole feems to referable the forcible 
 bending of a fpring, and the diajlole its flying out 
 again to its natural ftate. Kay. 
 
 Dia'style. [J.a, and !-u>.o?, a pillar.] A 
 fort of edifice, where the pillars ftand at 
 fuch a diflance from one another, that 
 three diameters of their thicknefs are 
 allowed for intercolumniation. Harris. 
 
 Diate'sseron. n.f. [of Jia, and riajs^x, 
 four.] An interval in mufick, com- 
 pofed of one greater tone, one lefTer, 
 and one greater femitone : its propor- 
 tion being as four to three. It is called, 
 in mufical compoCtion, a perfefl fourth. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 Diato'nick. [of ^laToV-.] The ordi- 
 nary fort of mufick which proceeds by 
 different tones, either in afcending or 
 defcending. It contains only the two 
 greater and leffer tones, and the greater 
 femitone. Harris. 
 
 I)l AZE'tJTICK Tom. [oiaia ZwAS^tiyy.fl...'} 
 
 In the ancient Greek mufick, disjoined 
 two-fourths, one on each fide of it ; and 
 which, being joined to either, made a 
 fifth. This is, in our mufick, from A 
 to B. 
 
 They allowed to this diaicnthk tone, which is 
 our La, Mi, the proportion of nine to eight, as 
 being the unaltetabje difference of the fifth and 
 fourth. Harrii. 
 
 Di'bble. a. / [from dipfel, Dutch, a 
 fharp point, Sitnner; from dabble, Ju- 
 iuui.'\ A fmall fpade ; a pointed in- 
 flrument with which the gardeners make 
 ioles for planting. 
 Through cunning, with Shlle, rake, mattock, 
 and fpade. 
 By line and by level trim garden is made. 
 
 TuJJcr^i Hujhandry. 
 
 tJi'BSTONE. n. J. A little (lone which 
 children thfow at another ftoQC. 
 
 D I C 
 
 I have feen tittle girls exercife whole hours to- 
 gether, and take abundance of pains, to be ex- 
 pert at dibjionei. Lt.:kt. 
 
 Dica'city. n.f. [dicadtast Lat.] Pert- 
 nefs ; faucinels. Did. 
 
 DICE. «./. The plural of fl',"?. See Die. 
 
 It is above a hundred to one ;igainrt any par- 
 ticular throw, that you do not cait any given fet 
 of faces with four cubical dice ; liccaufe there 
 are fo many feveral combinations of the fix faces 
 of four dice : now, after you have cart all the 
 trials but one, it is ftill as much odds at the laft 
 remaining time, as it was at the 6ift. Binticy. 
 
 "To Dice. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 game with dice. 
 
 I was as virtuoully giveii as a gentleman need 
 to be ; virtuous enough ; fworc little ; diced noj 
 above fevcn times a w<ek. Shakfpeare 
 
 Di'cE-Box. n. f. [dice and box.'[ The 
 box from which the dice are thrown. 
 
 What would you fay, (hould you fee the 
 fparkler thaking her elbow for a whole night to- 
 gether, and [bumping the table with adice-hox? 
 
 j^ddifon. 
 
 Di'cER. n.f. [from <//«.] A player at 
 dice ; a gamefter. 
 
 They make marriage vows 
 As falfe as dicers' oaths. Shahfpcare. 
 
 DiCH. This word feems corrupted from 
 dit for do it. 
 
 Rich men fin, and I eat root : 
 Much good dick thy good heart, Apcmantus. 
 Skakfpearc's Timsn. 
 
 DiCHo'tomy. n. f. [^i;^;oToftia.] Diflri- 
 bution of ideas by pairs. 
 
 Some perfons have didurbed the order of na- 
 ture, and abufed their readers by an affedlation 
 of dichotomies, trichotomies, fevens, twelves, &c. 
 Let the nature of the (ubjeft, confidered together 
 with the deiign wliich you have in view, always 
 determine the number of parts into which you 
 divide it. Ifatis. 
 
 Dickens. A kind of adverbial exclama- 
 tion, importing, as it feems, much the 
 fame with the devil ; but I know not 
 whence derived. 
 Where had you this pretty weathercock ? — 
 
 I cannot tell what the dickens his name is my 
 
 hutband had him of. Shai/feare. 
 
 Wiiat a dickens does he mean by a trivial fum ? 
 
 But ha'n't you found it, tir.' Congin'C. 
 
 Di'cKER of Leather, n. f. [dicra, low 
 
 Lat.] Ten hides. Did. 
 
 To DI'CTATE. v. a. [diSo, Lat.] 
 
 To deliver to another with authority ; 
 
 to declare with coufidence. 
 
 The fpoils of elcpiiants the roofs inlay. 
 And ftudded amber darts a golden ray; 
 Such, and not nobler, in the re.ilms above, 
 My wonder dilates is the dome of Jove. Pope. 
 
 Whatfoever is di6}ated to us by God himfelf, 
 or by men who are divinely infpii'ed, mult be 
 believed nith full alTurance. IVatts. 
 
 Di'cTATE. n.f. [(//(^u/Kni, Lat.] Rule or 
 maxim delivered with authority ; pre- 
 fcription ; prefcript. 
 
 Tiiofe right helps of art, which will fcarce be 
 found by thofe who fervilely conlinc themfelves 
 to the diBat'.s of others. Lcckc. 
 
 I credit what the Grecian diHatis fay. 
 And Samian founds o'er Sceta's hills convey. 
 
 Then let this di&ate of my love prevail. Pt>pe. 
 
 Dicta'tion. n. /. [from diilale.'] The 
 
 aft or praflice of dilating or pre- 
 
 fcribing. Dicl- 
 
 D I D 
 
 DICTATOR, n. f. [Latin.] 
 I. A magiftrate of Rome, made in tlm^s- 
 
 of exigence and dillrcfs, and invefted 
 
 with abfolute authorit)'. 
 Kind (i/iSa/sr, made, when they came home, 
 ; Their vanquilh'd toes free citizens of Rome. 
 
 Julius with honour tam'd Rome's foreign 
 foes ; 
 But patriots fell, ere the diBator rofc. Pr/tr. 
 
 Z. One inverted with abfolute authority. 
 Unanimous they all commit the caic 
 And Kjanagemeiit of this main enterprise 
 To him, their great djciator. Mi'ro/t. 
 
 3. One whofe credit or authority enable* 
 him to direct the conduct or opinion of 
 others. 
 
 Nor is it a fmall power it gives one man over 
 another, to have ihe authority to be the diBator 
 of principles, and teacher of unquellionahle 
 trutns. L'-cke. 
 
 That riches, honours, and outward fplcndour, 
 (hcnld fet up perfons for diButcrs to all the reft 
 of mankind, is a niort lliamcful invalion of the 
 right of out underftanding. ffa/fi. 
 
 Dictato'rial. fli^'. [from diSalor.] Au- 
 thoritative ; confident ; dogmatical ; 
 overbearing. 
 
 A young academick often dwells upon t 
 
 journal, or an obfervator that treats of trade and 
 
 politicks in a diBatorial ftile, and is laviiK in the 
 
 praife of the author. tVali;, 
 
 Dicta'torship. n.f. [from JiSator,} 
 
 1. The office of diftator. 
 
 This is the fulemnelt title they can confer 
 under the princedom, being indeed a kind of 
 diBr.lcrfiip. tt'ollon, 
 
 2. Authority ; infolent confidence. 
 
 This is that perpetual diBatorJhip wich is ex- 
 eicifed by Lucretius, though often in the wrong. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Di'cTATURE. n. f. [diflatura, Latin.] 
 
 The office of a diftator ; diftatorfhip. 
 
 Difi. 
 Di'cTioN. n. /. [eli3Jor:, French ; didio, 
 Lat.] Style ; langu.ige ; exprelfion. 
 
 There appears in every part of his diBion, or 
 exprelGon, a kind of noble and bold purity. 
 
 Diydeti. 
 Di'cTloNARY. n. f. \di3ianarium, Lat.] 
 A book containing the words of any lan- 
 guage in alphabetical order, with expla- 
 nations of their meaning ; a lexicon ; 
 a vocabulary ; a word-hook. 
 
 Some have dcliveird the polity of fpirirs, and 
 left an account that they liand in awe of chaims, 
 fptlh, and conjurations; tiiat they are afraid of 
 letters and charai^ers, notes and daflies, which, 
 ftt together, do fignify noiliing ; and not only in 
 the diBiomiry of man, but in tne fubtlervocabu- 
 lary of Satan. Bro^uas Vulgar Kircurs. 
 
 Is it fuch a fault to tranflatc fimulacra images } 
 I fee what a good thing it is to have a good ca- 
 thulick diBlcnitry. StUliitgfcef. 
 
 An army, or a parliament, is a coUeftion of 
 men ; a dictionary, or nomenclature, is a ctdlcc- 
 lioo of wnrds. Ifiitts. 
 
 Did. of do. [bib, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The preterit of do. 
 
 Thou can If not fay I drdU, Shakfpeare. 
 
 What did that greatnefs in a woman's mind t 
 III lodg'd, and weak to a«ft what it defign'tt. 
 
 Drydjn. 
 
 2. The fign of the preter-imperfeft tenfe, 
 or perfect. 
 
 When did his pen on learning Hx a brand. 
 Or rail at aits he did not underflanri } Dryden. 
 
 3. It is fomettmes ufed emphatically : as I 
 did really lovt him. 
 
 Dida'ctical. \ adj. [o.Jx«ri-«!o^.] Pre- 
 DiDAtTiCK. I ceptive; giving pre- 
 4
 
 D I E 
 
 ccpls : as a d'tJacllrk poem \% a poem 
 tiiat gives rules ior foinc art; as the 
 Gcorgicks. 
 
 Tlic means ufcd to this purpofc .ire partly 
 tiiJaSiical^ and partly protrvpitcai ; dcmonllrat- 
 ing the trutli of rlic golpcl, and tiicn urging tlie 
 profclTurs oi thute truths to be ftedf.Ul in the 
 faith, and to beware of infidchty. fVtirJ on Injid. 
 DiDAPTER. n, j\ [fiom <iip.^ A bird 
 
 that (lives into the water. 
 DiDASc.\'i.iCK, atlj, [d■.5'23■xa^l«c:] Pre- 
 ceptive ; didadlick j giving precepts in 
 feme art. 
 
 1 found it ncccOary to form fomc ftoiy, and 
 give a kind of body to the poem : under wh:it 
 fpccics it may be comprehended, wUclhtr i^iJtif- 
 cal'tL-k oi licroick,, I leave to tlic judgment of the 
 criticks. Prior . 
 
 ToDi'dder, v. a. [JiJ^errifli cut, z,iiUrn, 
 Germ.] To quake with cold ; tofhiver. 
 A provi»c!al word. Skinner, 
 
 Didst. The fecond perfon of the prcter 
 tenfe of tio. See Did. 
 Oh i.irt and heft of Scots ! who did/} main- 
 tain 
 Thy country's freedom from a forcijn reign. 
 
 jyry.icn. 
 
 DiDu'cTiON", n, f. [d'liiu^lo, Latin.] 
 Separation by withdrawing one part 
 from the other. 
 
 He ought to fhow what kind of ftrings they 
 are, which, thou^jh ftrongly faftencd lo the infide 
 of the receiver and fupcrficics of the blnddcr, 
 mulldiawas forcibly one as another, in compa- 
 rifon of thofe that within the bladder draw fo as 
 to hinder the didu^ion of its fides. Boylf. 
 
 To DTE. r. a. [bifaj, Saxon, a colour.] 
 To tinge ; to colour; to ftain. 
 So much of death her thoughts 
 Had cntertain'd, as died her cheeks with pale. 
 
 Mil ten. 
 All white, a virgin faint Ihe fought the Ikies ; 
 For marriage, chough it fullies not, it difs. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 Die. n, f. [from the verb.] Colour; 
 tin(flure; ftain ; hue acquired. 
 
 It will help mc nothing 
 To plead mine innocence ; for that die is on me, 
 Which make-, my whit'fl part black. Sh.tkfp. 
 
 We have dainty works of feathers of won- 
 derful lultie, excellent (//Vj, and many. Bacon. 
 
 Darknefs we fee emerges into light. 
 And (hining funs defcend to fable night: 
 Ev'n hcav'n itfelf r^cceives another die, 
 When wearied animals in flumbeis lie 
 Of midnight eafe ; another, when the grey 
 Of morn preludes the fplcndor of the day. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 It is furprifing to fee the images of the mind 
 fjamped upon the afpeit ; to fee the cheeks take 
 the die of the paflions, and appear in all the 
 colours of thought. Coilier of the Af^eS. 
 
 To Die. v. n. [beabian, Sax.] 
 
 1. To lofe life ; to expire ; to pafs into 
 another tlate of exiftence. 
 
 Thou dofr kill mc with thy falfchood ; and it 
 grieves mc not to ./->, but it grieves me that thou 
 art the murtherer. Sidney. 
 
 Nor did the third his conqiicfts long fuivive, 
 Dying ere fcarcc he hud begun to live, yiddifon. 
 
 Oh let me live my own, and die fo too ! 
 To live and die is all I have to do. Dcnheim. 
 
 2. To perifti by violence or difeafe. 
 
 The dira only fcrved ta confirm him in his firft 
 opinion, that it was his dclliny iodie in the en- 
 fuing combat. Diyden. 
 
 Talk, not of life or ranfom, he replies ; 
 Patroclus dead, whoever meets me, diei : 
 In vain a fingle Trojan fucs for grace ; 
 But l-raft the foils of Priam's hateful race : 
 Die then, my friend ! what boots it to deplore ? 
 The great, the good PaU'acius is no more I 
 
 D I E 
 
 H«, far tliy hcttcr, was foicHoomM to //^) 
 And thou, (loll thou, bewail niortnlity .- Pep/. 
 
 3. It has by before an inllrunient of death. 
 
 Their young men ftiall ilie hv thp fword ; their 
 fons .ind d.iughtctb (hall (//c hy famine. Jenm. 
 
 4. Of before a difeafe. 
 
 They often come into the world clear, and 
 with the appearance of found bodies ; which, 
 notwithftanding, have been infeited with difeafe, 
 and hive died if it, oratleaft have been very in- 
 firm, mf.man. 
 
 5. For commonly before a privative, and 
 o/" before a pofitive caijfe: thefe prepo- 
 fitions are not always truly dillinguiilied. 
 
 At firft (he llartlrs, then (he (lands amaz'd; 
 At laft with terror (he from thence doth tly, 
 
 And loaths the wat'ry glafs wherein (he gaz'd, 
 And (huns it (till, altho' fw thiift (he dit. 
 
 Diniici. 
 
 He in the loaden vineyard <//« /or thir ft. 
 
 .idJifm. 
 
 Hipparchus being palTionately fond of his own 
 wife, who was cnamoiired of Bathyllus, leaped 
 and .AWo/' hi< fall, Add,jon. 
 
 6. To be puninicd with death. 
 
 If I die for it, as no Icfs is threatened me, the 
 ki.ig my old mailer mull be rtlievcd. SliukJi>. 
 
 What is the love of our neighbour ? — 
 — Tiie valuing him as the image of God, one for 
 whom Clirill died. HammoNd. 
 
 7. To be loft; to perllh; to come to 
 nothing. 
 
 How now, my lord, why do you keep alone ? 
 Of forrieft fancies your companion making, 
 Ufmg thofe thoughts which fliould indeed have 
 
 died 
 With them they thinken. Shatffean's Macbeth. 
 
 If any fovereignty, on account of his pro- 
 perty, had been vcftcd in Adam, which in truth 
 tlicre was not, it would have <<Wwith him. 
 
 Whatever pleafurc any man may take in 
 fpieading whifpers, he will find greater fatif- 
 faflion by letting the fecrct die within his own 
 brcaft. Speaat^r. 
 
 8. To fink ; to faint. 
 
 His heart (//ti/ within him, and he became as 
 a rtine. i Samuel. 
 
 9. [In theology.] To perifh everlafl- 
 ingly. 
 
 So long as God Ihall live, fo long fliall the 
 riamned die. Hakeiuill on Frovidence. 
 
 10. To languilh with pleafure or tender- 
 nefs. 
 
 To founds of heav'nly harps Ihe dies away, 
 /ind melts in vifioiis of eternal day. i'ofe. 
 
 11. To vanidi. 
 
 This battle fares like to the morning's war, 
 Wlrcn </v'"g clouds contend with growing light. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 The fmaller flains and blemilhcs may die 
 away and difappcar, amidft the brightnefs that 
 furrounds them ; but a blot of a deeper nature 
 calls a (hade on all the other beauties, and dark- 
 ens the whole charailcr. Addifiit:'i Sfeltntor. 
 
 12. [In the ftyle of lovers.] To langiiifh 
 withafteiftion. 
 
 The young men acknowledged, in love-letters, 
 that they died for Rebecca. Tatlei . 
 
 13. To wither, as a vegetable. 
 
 Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground, 
 and die, itabideth alone ; but if it die, it bring- 
 eth forth much fruit. 'J'^hn. 
 
 14. To grow vapid, as liqnor. 
 
 Die. «./. ^\.dke. [^/Z, Fr. (/w.WeKh.] 
 I. A finall cube, marked on its faces with 
 numbers from one to fix, which game- 
 flers throw in play. 
 
 Keep a g.imefter from the dice, and a good 
 ftudeiit from his book, and it is wonderful. 
 
 Shaiffeare. 
 
 DIE 
 
 I have fct my life upon 1 caft. 
 And I will (land the haiard of rhc die. Shalff. 
 He knows whicii way the lot and the die (h«ll 
 fall, as ptrfeilly as if they were already caft. 
 
 Sculti, 
 
 2. Hazard ; chance. 
 
 Eftfo„nshis cruel hand fir Guyon (laid, 
 Teiiip'ring the paffion wiih advifcnKnt (low, 
 
 And muft'ring might on enemy difmay'd ; 
 For th' equal die of war he well did know. 
 
 Ftiiry Queen. 
 
 So both to battle lierce arranged are; 
 In which his harder fortune was to fall 
 
 Under my fpcar : fuch is the die of war. 
 
 . Fairy Queert. 
 
 Thme is th' adventure, thine the viftory : 
 Well has thy fortune tuin'd the die for thee. 
 
 , , . , DrjtJen; 
 
 3. Any ciibick body. 
 
 Young crcatuies have learned fpelling of words 
 
 l>y having thera i;a(Ud upon little flat tablets or 
 
 T^ , , If'at.;. 
 
 UiE. n. f. phiT. Jhs. The (lamp ufcd 
 
 in coinage. 
 
 Such vatiet}' of did made ufe of by Wood in 
 ftampuig his money, makes the difcovcry of 
 counterfeits more dillicult, S'wift. 
 
 Di'er. n. /. [fiom Jle.] One who fol- 
 lows the trade of dying; one who dies 
 clothes. 
 
 The fleece, that has been by the ditr ftain'd. 
 Never again its native whiienefs gain'd. 
 
 fTa/Zer. 
 
 There were fome of veiy low rank and pro- 
 
 fi(nons who acquired great eftates : coblcrs, 
 
 diers, and (hoemakers gave public (hows to the 
 
 P<^opl=- .'hkuthr.ot M Coiitt. 
 
 DI'ET. n. / [e/Uta,h\vLzUn; j.a.T^.j 
 
 1 . Food ; provifions for the mouth ; 
 
 viCiuals. 
 
 They cared for no other delicacy of fare, or 
 curiufity of diet, than to maintain life. Raleigh. 
 
 Time may come, when men 
 With angels may participate; and find 
 No inconvenient diet, nor too light fare. 
 
 . Milfn. 
 
 No part of d,ef, in any feafon, is fo heikhful, 
 fo natural, and fo agreeable to the llomach, as 
 good and well-ripened fruits. Temple. 
 
 Milk appears to be a proper diet for human 
 bodies, where acrimony is to be purged or avoid- 
 ed; but not where the canals arc obflrufted, it 
 being void of all (aline quality. Arh.thnat. 
 
 2. Food regulated by the rules of medi- 
 cine, for the prevention or cure of any 
 difeafe. 
 
 1 commend rather fome diet for cert.iin feafonj, 
 than frequent ufc of phyfick ; for thofe diets alter 
 the body more, and trouble it lefs. Bactn. 
 
 I rcltrained myfelf to fo regular a diet, as to 
 eat flelh but once a-day, and little at a time, 
 without fait or vinegar. Temple. 
 
 3. Allowance of piovifion. 
 
 For his diet, there was a continual diet givett 
 himbythekiog. Jcr.m^h. 
 
 To Dl ET. V. a. [from the noun.] 
 I. To feed by the rules of medicine. 
 She diets him with falling every day 
 The fwelling of his wounds to mitigate. 
 And made him pray both early and eke late. 
 
 Fairy Queen. ^ 
 Shew a while like fearful w.ir, 
 To diet rank minds lick of happinefs 
 And purge th' obftruil ions which begin to Hop 
 Our very veins of life. Sli.dfpeare', Heiny iv. 
 
 He was not taken well ; he' had not din'd ; 
 The veins uiilill'rf, our blood is cold ; and then 
 We powt upon the morning, are unapt 
 To give or to forgive ; but when we've rtulf'd 
 Thefe pipes, and thefe conveyances of blood, 
 Wiih wine and feeding, we have fuppkr foul< 
 Than in our piicltlikc falls ; tlieieforc I'll vratcf' 
 
 him 
 Till he be dieted to my rcqueft. Shaifpfjsrt, 
 
 3 U 2
 
 D I F 
 
 I will stteiid my hiifbanci, be liis nuife, 
 D::l ilia fickiiefs ; for it is my office. Sh.n/f- 
 
 Henceforth my early care 
 Shall tend thee, nnd the ft-rtile burden eafe ; 
 Till, (i-Wc./hy thee, I grow mature 
 Xn knowledge as the gods, nruoall things know. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 We, have lived upon expedients, of which no 
 coun-rv had lefs occalion : we have .iUtai a heal- 
 thy body intj a confumption, by plying it witn 
 phyfick inftead of food. ^'""J' 
 
 2. To give food to. 
 
 I'm partly led to Jict my revenge. 
 For that I du l"ufpe.;t the luliy Moor 
 Hath k-apt into my feat. SiAjy,::re's OthehD. 
 ^. To board; to fupply with diet. 
 To Di'et. v. n. 
 t. To eat by rules of phyfick. 
 a. To eat; to feed. 
 
 1 join with thee calm peace and quiet ; 
 Spnre f.ifl, that oft with gods doth JUi. Mi!to,!_ 
 Di'et-drINK. n. /. [diet mA drink.] 
 Medicated liquors ; drink brewed with 
 medicinal ingredients. 
 
 The obfervation will do that better than the 
 lady's difi-Arinh, or apothecary's medicines. 
 
 Di'et. n. f. [from dies, an appointed 
 day, Shlnner ; from diet, an old Ger- 
 man word fignifying a multitude, 
 Junius.'] An affembly of princes or 
 
 eftates. 
 
 An cmperour in title without territory, who 
 can ordain nothing of importance but by a diet, 
 cr affembly of the eftates of many free princes, 
 ccclefiaifical and temporal. Ra/eigh. 
 
 Dietary, adj. [from did.] Pertaining 
 to the rules of diet. -Oii?- 
 
 Di ETER. «. / [from diet.] One who 
 prcfcribes rules for eating ; one who 
 prepares food by medicinal rules. 
 
 He fauc'd our broth as Juno had been fick, 
 And he her <//>/«-. Sh^l:Jpcare\ Cymhelinc. 
 
 Diete'tical. \adj. [oiaiTr!T=-x»)'.] . Re- 
 
 Diete'tick. J lating to diet ; bclonir- 
 ing to the medicinal cautions about the 
 
 ide of food. 
 
 He received no other counfcl Ihan to refr.iin 
 from cold drink, which was but a iietttical cau- 
 tion, and f.ich as culinary prefcription might 
 have afforded. Broio,i^ fulgar £.rwM. 
 
 This Look of Cheyne's became the lul.jea 
 «f converfation, and produced even fcfls in 
 the dicletick philofophy. Arhutk. en jiiim . 
 
 To DIFFER. 11. n. [dlffro, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tobe diftinguifhed from; tohavepro- 
 pcrties and qualities not the fame with 
 thofe of another perfon or thing. 
 
 If the pipe be a little wet on the iiilide, it will 
 make a dijjcrltig found f.om the fame pipe dry. 
 ■ ' Bacon. 
 
 Thy prejudices, Syphax, won't difccrn 
 Wh.u virtues grow from ignorance and choice, 
 Nut how i\tc htm dijf a from the brute. 
 
 Addijon*t Cato. 
 
 The feveral parts of the Came animal differ in 
 
 their qualities. Arbiithnoi. 
 
 2. To contend ; to be at variance. 
 
 A man of judgment fliall fometimcs hear 
 i-nurai.t men difftr, and know well within him- 
 felf that thofe winch fo differ mean one thing, 
 uid yet they themfelvcs never agree. Bueon. 
 
 Here uncontroU'd you may in judgment lit ; 
 We'll never d.jfer with a crowded pit. Rowe. 
 5. To be of a contrary opinion. 
 
 In things purely fpetulativc, as ihcfc arc, and 
 
 ro ingrrdieuts of our taith, it is free to differ 
 
 {torn one anothci in oui opinions and fentimcnts. 
 
 Buinst'i 'rht:>r\. 
 
 D I F 
 
 There arc certain mealurcs to be kept, which 
 niay leave a tendency rather to gain tiian to irritate 
 thofe who dffer with you in their fentimcnts. 
 
 AJdifort'i Frtehal.lrr. 
 
 Others dffer with me about liie truth and 
 reality of thcfe fpcculatioos. Chiyne. 
 
 Di'fference. n. f. [differentia, \yAUn.\ 
 
 1. State of being diftinCl from fotneihing i 
 
 contrariety to identity. 
 
 Where tlie faith of the holy church is one, a . 
 dffcrerce between cuftoms of the church doth 
 no harm. n^cur. 
 
 2. The quality by which one differs from 
 another. 
 
 This nobility, or dffcrcnce from the vulgar, 
 was not in the beginning given to the fucccffion 
 of blood, but to the fucccffion of viitue. Rj.'eig.'i. 
 
 Thus, born alike, from virtue firll began 
 The dff'rem-c that dil'tinguilh'd man from man : 
 He claim'd no title from defcent of blood; 
 But that, which made him noble, made him 
 good. D'jdc/l. 
 
 Though it beufefultodifcern every variety that 
 is to be found in n.-iture, yet it is nut convenient to 
 C-infidcr every differjncr that is in things, and 
 divide them into diftinft clafles under every fjch 
 difference- h'jcke. 
 
 3. The difproportion between one thing 
 and another, caufed by the qualities ot 
 
 each. 
 
 You fliall fee great difference betwixt our Bohe- 
 mia and your Sicilia. Shok/peare'!. li'intcr's 7".i.'f. 
 
 Oh the ilrangc difference of man and man ! 
 To thee a woman's fcrvices are due ; 
 My fool ufurps my body. S'natfp. King Lear. 
 
 Here might be fccn a great dffercncc between 
 men prae^ited to fight, and m«n acculltimed 
 only to fpoil. Hdyiv.nJ. 
 
 4. Difpute; debate; quavrel; controvtrfy. 
 
 What was the difference ? It was a conten- 
 tion in pubhclc. Skii/peure's Cymtietine. 
 
 He is weary of his life, that hath a difference 
 with any of them, and will walk abroad alter 
 daylight. Simdjs. 
 
 Nothing could have fallen out more unluckily 
 Ihan that there (hould be fuch diffircncei amor.g 
 them about that which tiiey pretend to be the 
 only means of ending difference. TiUcrJ'^n 
 
 5. Dillinftion. 
 
 Our conltitution docs not only make a difftr- 
 ence between the guilty and the innocent, but, 
 even among the guilty, between Inch as are 
 more or lels criminal. Addijon' i FrecholJa . 
 
 6. Point in queflion ; ground of contro- 
 
 verly. 
 
 Are you acquainted with the difference 
 That holds this prefent queftion in the court ? 
 
 Shakfpeitre, 
 
 ■J. A logical diftinftion. 
 
 Some arc never without a difference ; and com- 
 monly, by amufing meiiwilh a fubtilty, blanch 
 the matter. _ _ B.niin. 
 
 8. Evidences of diftinftion; differential 
 marks. 
 
 Henry had the title of fovereign, yet did not 
 put thofe things In execution which are the true 
 marks and dfferenra of fovevtignty. Davies. 
 
 9. Dillina kind. 
 
 This is notorioudy known in fome differenca 
 of break Or fern. Bioivn'i VulgLtr Errouti. 
 
 To Di'fference. -u. a. [from the noun.] 
 To caufe a difference ; to make one 
 thing not the fame as another. 
 
 Moll are apt to fcek all the differences of let- 
 ters in thofe atticulating motions ; whereas feve- 
 ral combinations of letters are framed by the very 
 fame motions of thofe organs which are commonly 
 obferved, and ate differenced by other concurrent 
 caufes. Holder. 
 
 Grafs differencelh a civil and well cultivated 
 region from a baircn and defuUtc wildcrncfs. 
 
 Koj. 
 
 D I F 
 
 We fee nothing that differ cmei the courage 
 of Mnefiheui from that of bergeflhus. Pc/e. 
 
 Di'fferent. adj. [from differ.] 
 \. Diftinft ; not the fame. 
 
 There are covered galleries that lead from the 
 palace to five different churches. AdUtjon, 
 
 2. Of contrary qualities. 
 
 The Britons change 
 Sweet native home for umccultom'd air, 
 And other climes, where diffrcnt food and foil 
 Portend diliempers. Pndips, 
 
 3. Unlike ; difTimilar. 
 
 Neither the fhape of faces, nor the age, nor 
 the colour, ought to be alike in all figures, any 
 more than the hair; becaufe men arc as different 
 from each other, as the regions in which they arc 
 born aie dfferei-.t. Drydens Dufrejncy. 
 
 Happinefs confifts in things which produce 
 pleafure, and in the abfence of thofe which 
 caufe any pain : now thefe, to different men, are 
 very different things. Licie' 
 
 Differe'nti.\l Method, is applied to 
 the doftrine of infinitefimals, or inli- 
 nitely fmall quantities, called the arlth- 
 metick of fluxions. It confills in de- 
 icending from whole quantities to their 
 infinitely fmall differences, and com- 
 paring together thefe infinitely fmall 
 differences, of what kind foever they 
 be : and from thence it takes the name 
 of the differential calculus, or analyfis of 
 infinitefimals. Harris. 
 
 Di'fferentlY. adv. [itomdfferatl.] In 
 a different manner. 
 
 He may confidcr how differently he is affcflcd 
 by the fame thought, which prcfents itfelf in a 
 great writer, fiom what he is when he finds it 
 delivered by an ordmary genius. Addifon. 
 
 Di'ffer.ingi,y. adv. [from differing.] 
 In a different manner. 
 ' Such protuberant and concave parts of a fur- 
 face may remit the light lo differmgly, as to vary 
 a colour. Beyle. 
 
 DIFFI'CIL. adj. Idiffcl/ls, Latin.] 
 
 1. Difficult; hard; not eafy ; not obvi- 
 ous. Little ufed. 
 
 That that ihoiild give motion to an unwcildy 
 bulk, which itfelf hath neither bulk nor motion, 
 is of as difficil apprehenfion as any myflery in na- 
 ture. GietnTil/e's Scepjis. 
 
 Latin was not more difficil. 
 Than to a blackbird "tis to whiltle. Hiidilrci. 
 
 2. Scrupulous; hard to be perfuaded. 
 
 The cardinal finding the pope difficil in grant- 
 ing the difpenfation, doth ufe it as a principal 
 argument, concerning the king's merit, that he 
 had touched none of thofe denicrs which had 
 teen levied by popes in England. Bacon. 
 
 Diffi'cilness. n.f. [irom dlffcl I.] Dif- 
 CLilty to be perfuaded ; incompliance ; 
 impraclicability. A word not in ufe, 
 but proper. 
 
 ll.cre be that in their nature do not affeA 
 the good of others : the lighter fort of malignity 
 turncth but to a crolTnefs, or frowardnefs, or 
 aptncfs to oppofc, or difficilmj., or the like; 
 but the deeper fort, to envy and mere mifchief. 
 
 Baeou. 
 
 DIFFICULT, adj. [dljlcl/ls, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Hard ; not eafy ; not facil. 
 
 It IS difficult in the eyes of this people. ZacLir. 
 
 2. Troublefome ; vexatious. 
 
 3. Hard to pleal'e ; peevilli ; morofe. 
 Di'FncL'LTLY. adv. [from difficult.] 
 
 Hardly ; with difficulty ; net ealily. 
 
 A man, who has always indulged himfelf in 
 the full enjoyment of his flation, will difficultly 
 be ptrfuaCed to think any methods unjuft that 
 offer to cor.tinuc it. Ecgm' SeniM:,.
 
 D I F 
 
 Di'fficulty. n. /. [fi-om d'lJficuU ; d'tf- 
 Jiciihi, French.] 
 
 1. Hardnefs; contrariety to eafincfs or 
 facility. 
 
 Tim religion wliich, by tl. is covenant, wc en- 
 gage ourfelvcs to obfervc, is a woik of labour 
 2\\d dtjficii!:y \ a fctvicc that requires our ^rc.nclt 
 care and aiiciitiun. Hs^fn. 
 
 2. Tliat wliich is hard to accomplilh ; 
 that which is not eafy. 
 
 They mirt^kc ii:jf:ailriei for inipofiiblHties : a 
 pernicious miliakc certainly ; .md ilic more per- 
 nicious, for that men arc feldom convinced of 
 it, tin their con\iitions do thcra no good. South. 
 
 3. Dillrcfj ; oppolkion. 
 
 Thus, by degrees, he rofe to Jove's imperial feat: 
 Thus dlfficultUi prove a loul Icgitimalely great. 
 
 4. Perplexity in affairs; iineafincfs of cir- 
 cumllances. 
 
 They lie under fome ilijfioiltie! by rcafon of 
 the emperor's difpleal'ure, who has forbidden 
 tlicir m.uiufadlurts. M:l:Jon on Italy. 
 
 5. ObjeClioii ; caviL 
 
 Men (hould coiihdcr, that raifing difficultia 
 concerning the myfterics in religion, cannot 
 make them more wife, learned, or virtuous. 
 
 S-wifi. 
 
 To DIFFIDE. <y. n. [diffido, Latin.] 
 To dilhuft ; to have no coufidence in. 
 
 With hope and fear 
 The woman did the new lolution hear : 
 The man dijjidc% in his own augury. 
 And doubts the god.'. Drydsn. 
 
 Di'ffidence. n.f. \jTom dijjidf.'] 
 
 1. Diftiiill; want of confidence in others. 
 
 No man almoft thought hirafclf fccurc, aid 
 men durit fcarce commune or talk one with ano- 
 ther ; but there was a general dijfidencc ^vtty 
 ■where. Bacon's Hf/iry Vll. 
 
 You h.ive brought Icandal 
 To Ifrael, dijfidcncr of God, and doubt 
 In feeble hearts, propenle enough before 
 To waver. J\'lr7ton*s Agonrpes, 
 
 2. Doubt ; want of coniiJence in our- 
 felves. 
 
 If the evidence of its being, or that this is 
 its true fcnfe, be only on probable proofs, our 
 alTent can reach no iiigher than an affuiance or 
 diffidenc! arifing from the more or lefs apparent 
 probability of the proofs. L'-yckc. 
 
 Be filent always when you doubt your fcnl'e ; 
 And fpeak, though t'ure, with {temmgd'jfidencr. 
 
 Whatfoever atheirts think on, or whatfoever 
 they look on, all do adminifter fome reafuns for 
 lufpicion and iijfidiruf, Iclf poihbly they rr.ay be in 
 the wrong; and then i: is a feaiful thing to fill 
 'nto the hands of the living God. BtntUy. 
 
 Di'ffidekt. adj. [from flT^flif.] 
 I. Diftniftful ; doubting others. 
 Be not diffident 
 • Ofwifdom; Ihe dcferts thee not, if thou 
 D.fmifs not her, when molt thou need'ft her 
 nigh. MUlon. 
 
 Pliny fpcaks of the Seres, the lame people 
 with the Chinefc, as being very ftiy and ilijffidtni 
 in their m.inner of dealing. Aih.itlinot. 
 
 1. Doubtful of an event, ufed of things ; 
 uncertain. 
 
 I was really fo diffdrnt of it, as to Itt it lie 
 by me thefe two years, jult as you now lee it. 
 
 3. Doubtful of liimfelf; not confiJent. 
 
 I am not fi) confident of my own fuftieiency, 
 as not wiihngly to admit the connfel of others ; 
 but yet I am not fo diffident of myfelf, as bru- 
 tilhly to fubrait to any man's diilatcs. 
 
 King Charles. 
 Diftrefs makes the humble heart diffi.ltnt. 
 
 Cdarffia. 
 
 To DIFFI'ND. -u. a. [dijindo, Latin.] 
 To ckavc in two ; to fpHt. DiJ. 
 
 D I F 
 
 DiFFi'ssiov. n./. Zdfjfilfw, Latin.] The 
 atS of cleaving or fpiitting, Z)/V7. 
 
 Diffla'tion. It. J. \jlijflare, Lat.] Tlie 
 aft of fcattcriiig with a blall of wind. 
 
 Did. 
 
 Di'ffluence. 1 n.f. \from d'lijluo, Lat. J 
 
 Di FFLUENCY. j The quality of fajlinij 
 away on all fides ; the effect of tiui- 
 dity ; the contrary to confiliency. 
 
 Ice is Wilier coiigtaled by the frigidity of tlie 
 air, wheithy it acquireth no new iorni, but ra- 
 ther a confilteiice or determination of its dffiiu- 
 fn<y\ and amirteth not its tlfencc, but condi- 
 tiinl of fluidity, Brown's I'u/gar Jifroun. 
 
 Diffluent, tidj. [difiluetis, Lat.] Flow- 
 ing every way; not conlillent ; not 
 fixed. 
 
 DIFFORM. ad;, [horn forma, Latin] 
 C'lintiary to uniform ; having parts of 
 different llrufture ; diffimilar ; unlike ; 
 invgular : as, a diffhrm flower, one 
 of which the leaves are unlike each 
 other. 
 
 Ttie unccfual refractions of diffiorm rays pro- 
 ceed not fiom any contingent irregulaiilies ; 
 fuch as are \cins, an uneven polifh, or fortuitous 
 pofition of the pores ofglafs. Newton. 
 
 Diffo'rmity. n.f. [from difform.'\ Di- 
 verfity of form ; irregularity ; diflimi- 
 litudc. 
 
 While they murmui' againil the prefcnt difpo- 
 fure of things, they dciire in them a dffioimitx 
 from the prunitive rule, and the idea of th.tt 
 mind that formed all tilings belf. Brown 
 
 Diffra'nchisement. n.f. \_fi-anch\fe, 
 French.] The aft of taking away the 
 privileges of a city. 
 
 To DIFFU'SE. -v. a. [dlfufus, Latin.] 
 
 1. To pour out upon a plane, fo that the 
 liquor may run every way ; to pour 
 without particular direftion. 
 
 When thefe waters began to ni*e at firii, long 
 before they could fwell to the height of the 
 mountains, they would diffinje themfelvcs every 
 way. Burnet's Theory. 
 
 2. To fpread ; to fcatter ; to difperfe. 
 
 Wifdom had ordain'd 
 Good out of evil to create: inftead 
 Of ipirits malign, a better race to bring 
 Into ttieir vacant room, and thence dijjtije 
 His good to worlds, and ages, infinite. MUton. 
 No feil wants its apoftles to propagate and 
 
 diffiife it. Decay of Piely. 
 
 A chief renown'd in war, 
 Whofe race fhall bear aloft the Latian name. 
 And througii the conqucr'd world diffiufc our 
 fame. Dryden 
 
 His eyes <^/^wi'</ a. venerable gtace. 
 And charity itfelf was in his face. Dryden. 
 Diffu'se. adj. [^dififus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Scattered; widely fpread. 
 
 2. Copious; not concile. 
 DiFFu'sED. fnrt'idptal adj. [from djff'ufe.'] 
 
 This word feems to have fignified, in 
 
 Shaifpeare's time, the fame as wild, 
 
 uncouth, irregular. 
 Let them from forth a fawpit rulh at once, 
 
 With fome diffiifed fong. Shaiffeare. 
 
 He grows like lavages, 
 
 To fwcaring and Item looks, dffas'd attire. 
 
 And evei-y thing that feems unnatural ShaHp. 
 DiFFu'sEDLY. adv. [from diffufeU.'\ 
 
 Widely ; difperfedly ;• in manner of that 
 
 which is fpread every way. 
 Diffu'sedness. n.J. [from d'iffufed.'\ 
 
 The ftate of being diffufed ; difper- 
 
 fion. 
 DiFFu'sELY. adv. [from d'iffufe.l 
 
 D I G 
 
 J. Widely; e.xtenlively. 
 
 2. Copioufly ; not coiicifcly, 
 
 DiFFu'sioN. n.f. \{\\im dijfife.'\ 
 
 1. Difperiion ; the Hate of being fcattcred 
 every way. 
 
 Whcicas all bodies aft cither by the commu- 
 nication of their natures, or by the impreflion* 
 and lignatutes oi their motions, the dijfnfnn of 
 fpeeies vifible fecmeth to pairtcipate more of the 
 former operation, and tt.e fpccics audible of tho 
 latter. Bacon' I Natural H'Jhry. 
 
 A (hcet of very well llecked marbled paper 
 did not cart diltindt colouis upon tiie wall, nor 
 throw ils light wi'h an e4ual d:£aj:cm\ but threw 
 its beams, unitained and bright, to this and that 
 part of the wall. Boyle on Colourt. 
 
 2. Copioufnefs ; exuberance of (lyle. 
 Diffusive, at/j. [from di^uff.] 
 
 1. Having the quality of fcattering any. 
 thin;; every way. 
 
 Dffiufive of thcmfelves, where'er they pafs 
 They make that warmth in others they cxpedl : 
 
 Their valour Works like bodies on a glals. 
 And does its image on their men projedt. Dryd. 
 
 2. Scattered; diipcrfcd; having the quality* 
 of fuffering dili'ullon. 
 
 All liquid bodies are diffufi-ve ; fSr their parts, 
 being m motinn, have no connexion,' but glide 
 and fall off any way. Burnet. 
 
 No man is of fo general and dffiufivea \u&, a5 
 to prolecute his amours all the world over. South, 
 
 The Itars, no longer o\erlaid with weight. 
 Exert tiieir heads from underneath the mafs, 
 And upward Ihoot, and kindle as they pafs, 
 AnA with diffifn'c light adorn their heav'nljr. 
 place. Dryden. 
 
 ChcrilK'd with hope, and fed with joy it grows ; 
 Its cheerful buds their «jpening bloom dilclofe. 
 And round the happy foil diffufiv^^oAoVtr flows. 
 
 I'u'.r. 
 
 3. Extended. 
 
 They arc not agreed among thcmfelves where* 
 infallibility is feated ; whether in the pope alci^e, 
 or a council alone, or in both together, or in the 
 diffiu/ms body of chriituins. TiJiUf.n. 
 
 Diffusively, adv. [from diffitfve-'\ 
 Widely; extenlively ; every way. 
 
 Diffu'siveness. n.f. [from diffufme.'] 
 
 1. Kxtenlion ; difpei lion ; the power of« 
 diffufing ; the ftate of being diffufed. 
 
 2 . Want of concifenefs ; large compafs of 
 expreflion. 
 
 The fault that I find with a modern legend>ris 
 its diffufvenep : you have fomeiimes the whole 
 fide of a medal over-run with it. Addij.an Med, 
 To DIG. -v. a. pret. dug, or digged ; part, 
 paff. dug, or digged, [bic, Saxon, a 
 ditch ; dyger, Danifli, to dig.] 
 
 1 . To pierce with a fpade. ^ 
 
 Then faid he unto me, Son of man, dig now 
 in the wall ; and when 1 had digged in the wall, 
 I beheld a door. £iuiiel.. 
 
 2. To form by digging. 
 
 Seek with heart and mouth to build up. the 
 walls of Jcrufalcm, which yoil have broker 
 down; and to fill up the mines that yon have 
 ''•'S.i"^i ''y "-I't and fubllcty, to overthrow the 
 fame. li'hltgiji. 
 
 He built towers in the defert, and digged many 
 wells; for he had much cattle. 2 Ch^oniclts.. 
 
 3. To cultivate the ground by turning it 
 with a fpade. 
 
 The walls of your garden, .without their fur- 
 niture, look as ill as thofc of your huufe ; lb 
 that you cannot dig up your garden too often. 
 
 TtmfUi 
 
 Be tirft to dig the ground, be firft to burn 
 The branches lopt. Dryden's Virgil, 
 
 4. To pierce with a fharp point. 
 
 A rav'nous vulture in his open'd fide " \ 
 
 Hci crooked beak and cruel talons ttied;
 
 D I G 
 
 JiUl for the growing liver Jigg''i his br«aft, 
 The growing liver ftill fupplied the feaft. Dry:!. 
 c. To gain by digging. 
 
 It is i2:gg--: out of even the higheft mounta'ns, 
 and all parts of the earth contingently ; as the 
 py-ites. . ,^ '''«-^— ''• 
 
 Nor was the ground alone requir d to bear 
 Her annual income to the eroolted (hare ; 
 But grcedv mortals, rummaging her ftorc, 
 V^zg'd from her entrails firft the precious ore. 
 
 ** DryiUn I Ovid. 
 
 To Dig. r. n. To work with a fpade ; 
 to work in making holes, or turning 
 
 the ground. 
 
 Th?y long for death, but it cometh not ; ana 
 A> for it more than for hid treafures. J'*- 
 
 The Italians have often dug into lands, dc- 
 fcribed in old authors as the places where flatues 
 or obcU&s flood, and feldom failed of fucccts 
 
 MM/on's Traviii. 
 
 To Dig up. r. a. To throw up that 
 which is covered with earth. 
 
 If I .i-gg'.iup thy forefathers graves, 
 And hung their rotten cjifins up in chains. 
 It would not flake mine iic. Shakffeart. 
 
 Di'g.amy. n.f. [Jr/afii^.] Second mar- 
 riage ; marriage to a fccond wife after 
 the death of the firft : as bigamy, having 
 two wives at once. 
 
 Dr. Charapny or.lv proves, that archbilhop 
 Cranmcrwas twice married ; which is not de- 
 nied : but brings nothing to prove that fuch 
 bigamy, or di^any rather, deprives a bilhop of 
 the lawful ufe' of his power of ordaining. 
 
 Bljhop Firr.;. 
 
 Di'gerent. fli^'. {digerens, Latin.] That 
 has the power of digefting, cr caudng 
 digeftion. -O"^- 
 
 Di'gest. n. f. idigijta, Latin.] The 
 pandea of the civil law, containing the 
 opinions of the ancient lawyers. 
 
 I had a purpofc to make a particular dgrji, o\ 
 rccompilement to the laws of triiue own nation. 
 ^ Buc'^'l- 
 
 Laws in the dJgeJi Ihcw that the Romans ap- 
 plied themfelves to trade. Jri>.vthnoi or. Coim. 
 To DIGEST. V. a. [digero, dig^um, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To diftribute into various clatTes or re- 
 pofitories ; to range or difpofe methodi- 
 cally- , r 
 
 2. To concoft in the ftomach, lo as that 
 
 the various particles of food may be ap- 
 plied to their proper ufe. 
 
 If little faults, proceeding on diftemper, 
 Shall net be wink'd at, how (hall we rtrctch oor 
 
 eye, 
 When capital crimes chew'd, fwallow'd, and 
 
 digrjied, 
 Appear ? Shakfpeare's Henry v. 
 
 E=ch then has organs to digrji his food ; 
 One to beget, and one receive, the brood. Trior. 
 
 3. To foften by heat, as in a boiler, or in 
 a dunghil : a chymical term. 
 
 4. To range methodically In the mind ; to 
 apply knowledge by meditation to ita 
 proper ufe. 
 
 Chofen friends, with fenfe refin'd, 
 Learning digtjUJ well. Thtmfin. 
 
 5. To reduce to any plan, fcheme, or 
 method. 
 
 Our play 
 Leaps o'er the vaunt and firftlings of thofe broils, 
 'Ginning i' th* middle : ftarting thence away 
 To what may be digefied in a play. Sk,jkffear!. 
 
 6. To receive without loathing or repug- 
 nance ; not to rejeft. 
 
 Firlt, let us go to dinner. 
 
 Nay, let me praife you while I have a ftomach. 
 
 >]o, pray thee, let it fervc for table-talk ; 
 
 D I G 
 
 Then, howfoc'tt thou fpeak'ii, "mongft other 
 
 things 
 
 I fhall digrjl it. 'S'ljifffarr's Mtr. cf Ven. 
 
 The plcalance of numbers is, that rudencfs and 
 
 barbarifm might the better tafle and dis^rji the 
 
 lelTons of civilit)'. F^ucham. 
 
 7. To receive and enjoy. 
 Cornwal and Albany, 
 
 With my two daughters dowers, <</^f/f the third. 
 
 Sh.tiijpeure. 
 
 8. [In chirurger)%] To difpofe a wound 
 to generate pus In order to a cure. 
 
 To Dige'st. 1'. n. To generate matter, 
 as a wound, and tend to a cure. 
 
 Dige'ster. n.y^ [from ^/g-f/?.] 
 
 I . He that digells or difpofes. 
 
 3. He that dlgefts or concofts his food. 
 People that are biiious and far, rather than 
 lean, are great caters and ill .%(//?'!. yhl-.ttk. 
 
 3. A ftrong vcffel or engine, contrived by 
 M.Papin, wherein to boil, with a ver)- 
 ftrong heat, any bony fubllanccs, fo as 
 to reduce them into a fluid Itate. 
 
 ^lincy. 
 
 4. That which caufes or ftrengthens the 
 concoftive power. 
 
 Rice is of excellent ufe for all illneiTes of the 
 ftomach, a great reftoier of health, and a great 
 Aigcficr. Tc-.pU. 
 
 Dige'stible. a<^'. [from <!?^^.] Capa- 
 ble of being digcfted or concofted. 
 
 Thofe medicines tiiat purge by ftool are, at the 
 firft, not digef.ible by the ftomach, and there- 
 fore move immediately downwards to the guts. 
 Bacin's Natural Hijiory^ 
 
 Dige'stion. n.f. [from dige/l.] 
 
 I. The act of digefting or concofting food 
 
 in the ftomach. 
 
 Now good dJgfJh'cn wait on appetite, 
 And health on both. Shjifptan'i Mach;th. 
 
 Digcjiion is a fermentation begun, becaufe 
 there are all the requifites of fuch a fermentaiion ; 
 heat, air, and motion : but it is not a complete 
 fermentation, becaufe that requires a greater time 
 than the continuance of the aliment in the fto- 
 mach : vegetable putrefaflion refembles very 
 much animal digejiion. Atbulhmt o« AUmaiti. 
 Quantity of food cannot be determined by 
 meafurcs and weights, or any general Lcfiian 
 rules ; but muft vary with the vigour or decays 
 of age or of health, and the ufe or difufe of air or 
 of exercife, with the changes of appetite; and 
 then, by what every man may find or fufpeft of 
 the prsfent ftrength or weaknefs of digeJUm. 
 
 Temple. 
 Every morfcl to a fatisficd hunger, is only a 
 new labour to a tired digcfiicn. South. 
 
 3. The preparation of matter by a chymi- 
 cal heat. 
 
 We conceive, indeed, that a perfeit good con- 
 coi!lion, or digejiiin, or maturation of fome 
 metals, will produce gold. B^am'! Nut. U'jl. 
 
 Did chymick chance the furnaces prepare, 
 Raifc all the labour-houfes of the air. 
 And lay crude vapours in digefiicn there ? 
 
 Btaclmore. 
 
 3. Redudlion to a plan ; the aft of me- 
 thodifing ; the maturation of a defign. 
 
 The digefiion of the couiilels in Sweden is made 
 in fenate, confiftiiig of forty counfcllors, who arc 
 generally the greai,-ft men. Timpli. 
 
 4. The aft of difpoling a wound to gene- 
 rate matter. 
 
 c. The difpofition of a wound or fore to 
 
 generate matter. 
 The firft ftage of healing, or the difchargc of 
 
 matttr, is by furgeoas called .iigejlion. Hiarji. 
 DiGt'sTivE. adj. [(rom digej.] 
 I. Having the power to caufe digeftion, 
 
 or to ftrengthcn the ftomach. 
 
 D I G 
 
 A chilifa<n*>.-y menftruum, or a d:gej!ivf pre* 
 paration, drawn from fpccies or individuals, 
 whofe fiomachs peculiarly dilfohc lapidcous bo- 
 dies. BrfiiuKS y^ulgiir Errourt, 
 
 2. .Capable by heat to foften and fubdue. 
 The earth and fun were in that very- ftate ; the 
 
 one aftivc, piercing, and dige^ii-e, by its heat ; 
 
 the other palTive, receptive, and ftored with 
 
 materials for fuch a produiition. i/a/e. 
 
 3. Mcthodifing ; adjufting. 
 
 To bulir.els, lipcn'd b.y d.-ge/i.'ve thought. 
 This future rule is into method brought. DryJ^ 
 Digestive, n.f. [from digf/l.] An ap- 
 plication which difpofes a wound to 
 generate matter. 
 I dreiTed it with digejlivcs. JViJetnan. 
 
 Djge'sture, n. f. Concoflion. Not 
 
 ufed. 
 Neither tie yourfclf always to cat meats ofeafj- 
 
 d:gfjluTe\ fuch as vei-i, fwcetbreads. Har-ey, 
 
 Digger, n. J. [from dig.'\ One that 
 
 opens the ground with a fpade. 
 When we vifued mints, we have been told 
 
 by diggers^ that even when the iky fecmed cleat, 
 
 there would fuddenly aril'c a fteam fo thick, that 
 
 it would put out their candles. Bo^'lt. 
 
 To DiGHT. V. a. [bihtan, to prepare, 
 
 to regulate, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To diefs ; to deck; to bedeck; t9 
 embcUilh.; to adorn. It fecms always 
 to lignify the paft : the particle paffive 
 is dight, as d':ghttd in Hudibras is per- 
 haps improper. 
 
 Let my due feet never fail 
 To walk, thel^udious cloifters pale; 
 And love the high embowcd loof. 
 With antick pillar, mafly proof; 
 And ftoried windows richly digkt^ 
 Carting a dim religious light. Milm, 
 
 Juft fo the proud infulting lafj 
 Arrayd and digited Hudibias. Hudiiras, 
 
 2. To put on. 
 On his head his dreadful hat he digit. 
 
 Which makcth him invifible to fight. Hubh.TaU, 
 Di'git. n.f. [digitus, Latin.] 
 
 1. The mcafure of length containing three 
 fourths of an inch. 
 
 If the inverted tube of mercury be but twenty- 
 five digits high, or fomewhat more, the quici^- 
 filver will not fall, but remain fufpended in the 
 tube, becaufe it cannot prefs the fubjacent mer- 
 cury with lo gieat a force as doth the incumbent 
 cylinder of the air, reaching thence to the top 
 of the atmofpheie. Boyle's Spring of the A:r. 
 
 2. The twelfth part of the diameter of 
 the fun or moon. 
 
 3. Any of the numbers erprefTed by fingle 
 figures ; any number to ten.; fo called 
 from counting upon the fingeri. 
 
 Nut only the numbers leven and nine, from 
 confiderations abflrufe, have been extolled by 
 muft, but all or moft of other digits have been 
 as myft ically applauded. Bmar.'s Vulg. Errours. 
 Di'gitated. adj. [from digiiut, Latin.] 
 Branched out into divifionslike fingers^ 
 as a digitated leaf is a leaf compofed of 
 many fmall leaves. 
 
 For animals multifidous, or fuch as arc dig:~ 
 tilted, or have (evcral divifioos in their feet, there 
 arc but two that are uniparous; that is, men 
 and elcph..nts. BroitJn's Vulgar Erroun. 
 
 Diglawa'tiok. n.f. [digladiatio, Ln.] 
 A combat with fwords ; any quarrel or 
 conteft. 
 
 Arilroile fecms purpofely to intend the che- 
 rifhipg of conlioverfial <i/j^/a.i'iir/#/.-j, by his own 
 affeifion of an intricaie onlcuriiy. GUirvilli. 
 
 Di'gnipied. adj. [from dignify.] In- 
 vtlled with fome dignity : it ij wfcd 
 chiefly of th* clergy.
 
 D I G 
 
 AbbutI are ftilcd dignifitJ clerks, as having 
 f fonic dignity in the ciiuidi. ^yhtfe's yttrcii^ri'i 
 DiGKi Fio AVION, n. f. [from (I'S'i'/y-] 
 Exaltation. 
 
 I gi-.int tlidt Where a nolile and ancient dc- 
 fceiit and mciit meet in any m.in, it is a duubk 
 dign fir-'itian i.t that pel lull. tf'ijlton'i Angler. 
 
 To DlGNlFV. -v. a. [from dignus and 
 
 facto, Latin.] 
 f. To advaticc ; to prefer ; to exalt. 
 
 Ufed chiefly of the clergy. 
 2. To honour ; to adorn ; to give luftre 
 
 to; to improve by fome adventitious 
 
 excellence, or honourable dillinftion. 
 
 Such a day, 
 So fought, fo follow'd, and fo fairly won, 
 Came not till now to dignijy the times 
 Since Caefar's foituiics ! i^kokfpeare^t Henry iv. 
 
 Not that we tliink us wuithy I'uch a gueft, 
 But that your worth will <lig':'Jy our Icilt. 
 
 No tuibots dignify niy boards; 
 " But gudgeons, fluunders, wiuit my Thames af- 
 fords. Pope. 
 Di'gnitarv. n.f. [from dipnis, Latin.] 
 A clergyman advanced to lome dignity, 
 to fome rank, above that of a parochial 
 pried. 
 
 If there be any dignitarUSf whofc preferments 
 arc perhaps not liable to the accufation of fuper- 
 fluity, they may be pcrlons of fupenur mciit. 
 
 Siuift. 
 
 Di'CNiTY. n.f. [dignilat, Latin.] 
 
 1. Rank of elevation. 
 
 Angels are not any where fpoken fo highly of 
 as our Lord and Saviour Jcl'us Chrift, and arc not 
 hi dignity equ.il to him. Hoiker. 
 
 2. Grandeur of mien ; elevation of afped. 
 
 Some men have a native dignity, which will 
 procure them more regard by a louk, than others 
 can obtain by the molt imperious commands. 
 
 Clarijfa. 
 
 3. Advancement; prefenneiit; high place. 
 
 Fafter than fpnng-time Qiow'rs comes thought 
 on thoughi, 
 And not a thought but thinks on dignity, Shakfp. 
 
 ^ For I hole of old, 
 
 And the'fe late digniiirs heap'd up to them. S/inl:/ 
 
 4. [Amongecclefiallicks.] By a r%n//v we 
 undcrlland that promotion or prefer- 
 ment to which any jurifdiClion is an- 
 nexed. yVyA^-V Pareigon. 
 
 J. Maxims ; general principles : nvenil 
 
 The fcienccs concluding from dignities^ and 
 principles known by themfelves, receive not f.i- 
 tisfadion fiom proUibIc rcal'ons, mticli Icfs from 
 bare aflcvcinrions. B/oivfi. 
 
 6. [In allrolo;ry.] The planet k in Jrj- 
 ti.iy when it is in any flgn. 
 
 Digno'tion. n,f. [from d'tgnofco^ Lat] 
 Di(h*n6lion ; dillinguifhing mark. 
 
 That teii-per^mcntal dignotioinj and conjec- 
 ture of prevalent humourb, may he collected 
 from fpots in our nail>, we are not avcrlc Xo 
 
 concede. Broivn'i f'h/i/ur Erroun. 
 
 To DIGRE'SS. -u. n. yisrfftts'^, Latin.] 
 
 1. To turn afide out of the road. 
 
 2. To depart from the main defign of a 
 difcoiirle, or chief tenour of an argu- 
 ment. 
 
 Jn the purfult of an argument there is hardly 
 loom to di^rrfs into a particul.ir definition, as of- 
 ten as a man varies the rigiiification of any term 
 
 3. To wander ; to expatiate. 
 
 It fcemcth (to digrrf! no farther) that the 
 Taitariaiis, fprcading fo far, cannot be the If- 
 raclites. Brcri-uaitd. 
 
 4. To go out of the right way, or com- 
 
 D I L 
 
 mon track ; to traufgrcfsj to dcvidte. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 I am come to keep my word, 
 
 Though in fome p.iit am forced to di^rrfi^ 
 
 Which at moic kiluri; [ will fo exculc 
 
 A- you Ihall well be f.itis.'kd. Shakf^rare. 
 
 Ihy nolWe ni.;pc is l-ut .1 fornri of wax, 
 l^'^^fijhng fiom the viiLur uf a man. Sf'tokfp 
 Digre'ssion. 11. f. \di^rpJfiQ, Latin.] 
 
 1. A paflage dcviaiing from the main te- 
 nour or dcfign of a tlifcourfe. 
 
 The good mm tlioiit^hr i<y much of his late 
 conceivt'd commonwcaliii, that all other m:»trcrs 
 were but digyfjjwfii to nim. Htdfiey. 
 
 He, Ihc knew, would intermix 
 Grateful dlgiijjioni^ and lolvc high dif^utc 
 With conjugal carclfts. Milton. 
 
 Heie lome digrejffitn I muft make, t* accufc 
 Thcc, my forgetful and ungrateful mule. 
 
 Dc'ikatn. 
 
 To content and fill the eye of the undcrftand- 
 jng, the beft authors fprinkle their workt> with 
 yXv-A^w^ digrrffioiif with which they recreate the 
 minds of tiicii readers. Dryden. 
 
 2, Deviation. 
 
 TUc digrrffion oi the fun is not equal; but, 
 near the etjuitio^ial intcifeflions, it is light and 
 gicrtter; near the follUces more oblique and 
 Icflcr. Brouin'i T^ulgar Hrrouri. 
 
 DijudiCa'tion. « /. [dijudicatio, Lat."] 
 
 Judicial diilindlion. 
 Dike, n.f, [bic, Saxon; dyk, Erfe.] 
 
 1. A channel to receive water. 
 
 The i/ykfs arc fill'd, and with a roaring found 
 The rifing riveis float the nether ground. Dryd 
 
 The king of dykes / tlian whom ho fluicc of 
 mud 
 Wlrh deeper fable hlors the filver Rood. Pope. 
 
 2. A mound to hinder inundations. 
 
 God, that hrcaki up the flood-gates of fo great 
 a deluge, and all the art and indufti7 of man is 
 not fufiicient to raifc up dykts and rampaits 
 againrt it. Co-wiey. 
 
 To DILA'CERATE. v. a. [dilaaro, 
 Latin.] To tear; to rend; to force 
 in two. 
 
 The infant, at the accompliflied period, (Irug- 
 
 glin^ to come forth, diUuenUei and bre.iks ihofc 
 
 parts which reilr.iined hir.i "before. Sroiun, 
 
 Dilacf.ra't70N, n.f. [from dilaccratio, 
 
 Latin.] The aft of rending in two. 
 
 The grcatert fenl'atiuii of pain is by the ob- 
 ftrutilion of the fmall vcflcls, ;ind di/acertition of 
 the nervous fibres. Arl'uthnot 
 
 To Dil.a'niate. <y. a. {^dilanio, Lat.] 
 To tear; to rend in pieces. 
 
 Rather than they would dilnniate the entrails of 
 their own mother, and cxpole her thereby to be 
 ravilhed, they met half way in a gnlhint kind. 
 
 HotueJ*s Eng/and's Tears. 
 
 To DILA'PIDATE. v. n. [di/apido, La- 
 tin.] To go to ruin ; to fall by decay. 
 
 Dilapida'tion. n.f. [di/a^iidatio, hat.] 
 1 he incumbent's iulTciing- the chancel, 
 or any other edifices of his eccltfiaftical 
 living, to go to ruin or decay, by ncg- 
 leding to repair the fame : 2nd it like- 
 wife extends to his committing, or fuf- 
 fering to be committed, any wilful 
 wafte in or upon the glebe-woods, or 
 any other inheritance of the church. 
 
 Ayliffe's Parergoii. 
 
 'Tis the duty of all church-wardens to prevent 
 
 the dilapidtttiojn of the chancel and nianfion- 
 
 houfe belonging to the leftor or vicar. .■lyltft, 
 
 Dilatabi'lity. n.f. {from dilatable.'] 
 The quality of admitting extenlion. 
 
 We take notice of the wonderful dilatjbility 
 n extcnfivenefs of the gullets of ferpcnts : I have 
 t.ikeii two adult mic;; out of the fteia«ch uf »n 
 
 D I L 
 
 adder, whofe neck was not bigger than my little 
 liiigtr. ^,y^ 
 
 By this continual contraflihility and diUfii- 
 lily, by different degrees of heat, the air is kept 
 in a conrtant motion. Arhulhmt. 
 
 Dila'table. adj. [[lom di/atc] Capa- 
 ble of extenfion. 
 
 The windpipe divides itfcif into a gieat num- 
 ber of branches, called bronchia : thcfe end in 
 fmall air hl.ulders, A/a/nW,? and contradtibic, ca- 
 pable to be inflated by the admifiion of m, and 
 to fublidc at the expuWion of it. Arbulimot. 
 
 D I L A T A 't 1 N . n. / [ from di/alalio, Lat . ] 
 
 1. The ad of extending into greater 
 fpace : oppofed to contiadion. 
 
 Thf motions of the tongue, by contiaflion 
 and dilniuiien, are fo eafy and fo fubtle, that you 
 can haidly conceive or diftinguilh the* aright. 
 
 H'AJer. 
 
 2. The ftate of being extended ; the Hate 
 in which the parti ate at moie diflance 
 from each other. 
 
 Joy caufeth a cheeifulncfi and vigour in th« 
 eyes ; Tinging, leaping, dancing, and fomelimcs 
 tears: all theic aic the eftedts of the W//../<i/;»>r, 
 and coming forth of the (pints into the outwaid 
 i""s. Bacon's Natural HijUry. 
 
 The image of the fun Ihould be drawn out 
 into an oblong fnim, either by a dilataiitn of 
 every ray, or by any other calual inequality 
 of the refiadlions. Ncwfn. 
 
 To DILATE, -v. a. [ddato, Latin.] 
 I. To extend; tofpreadout; to enlarge t 
 oppofed to contraS. 
 
 But ye thereby much greater glory gate, 
 Than had ycloited with a pnnce's peer; 
 
 For now your iiglit doth more a(e\f dilate, 
 And in my darknefs greater doth appear. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 Satan alarm'd, 
 Collcfling all his might, dilated S\ooi, 
 , Like Tencriff, or Atl.is, unremov'd. MiltM, 
 Opener of mine eyes, 
 Dim erft ; dilated fpirits, ampler heart. 
 And growing up to godhead : wnich for thee 
 Chiefly I fought j without thee can defpife. 
 
 Miltori, 
 Through all the air his founding ftrings dilate 
 Sorrow, like that which touch'd our hearts of 
 
 „ ^ '""^" "'"'!"■■ 
 
 Ditfus d, It rifcs in a higher fphere ; 
 
 Dilutes its drops, and loftens into air. Prior. 
 
 1 mark the various fury of the winds; 
 Thefc neither Icafons guide, nor order binds : 
 They now <///u/f and now contraift their force; 
 Various their fpccd, but endlefs is their courfe. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 The ftcond refraflion would fpiead the rays 
 one way as much as the firll doth another, and fo 
 dilate the image in bieadih as much as the firft 
 doth in length. AViwc,. 
 
 2. To relate at large j to tell difFiifely 
 and copiouily. 
 
 But ho would not endure that wofiil theam. 
 For to dilate at large ; but urged fore, 
 Witli piercing words, and pUilul implore. 
 Him hafty to arifc. f^iry Queen. 
 
 I obferving. 
 Took once a pliant hour, and found good means 
 To draw from her a prayer of earnett heart 
 That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, 
 Whereof by pjiccls (he had fomcthing he.ird, 
 But not dillinitively. Shatfpcare'i Otkilh. 
 
 To Dila'te. V, n. 
 
 I . To widen ; to grow wide. 
 
 His heart dilates and glories in hij ft'rength. 
 _ j^ddijon, 
 
 3. To fpeak largely and copioufly. 
 
 It may be behovcful for princes, in matters of 
 grace, to tranfafl the fame publickly, and by 
 thimftlves ; or their minillers to dilate upon it, 
 and improve their (ullrC; by any addition or 
 ejoc^ilfnce of fpctth, CJarenJ^,^
 
 D I L 
 
 DrLATOR. n. /. [iiom dilalt.] That 
 which widens or extends. 
 
 The buccinatores, or blowers up of tli; checks, 
 ind the Jiijion of the nol.-, arc too llrong iii 
 cholcnck people. .-Irbuthmt. 
 
 DiLATORlNESs. »!. /. [ffom dilatory.] 
 The quality of being dilatory ; flow- 
 nefs ; fluggiHinefs. 
 DILATORY, adj. y'llatoirt, Fr. dila- 
 torius, Lat.] Tardy; flow; given to 
 procraltination ; addided to delay ; 
 lliiggilh ; loitering. 
 
 An infevior council, after former tedious fuits 
 iH a i-.igher court, would be but dilatory, and fo 
 to little purpofe. Ifay-.uarJ. 
 
 What wiuund did ever he:)l but by degrees ? 
 Thou know It we work by «it, and not by 
 
 _witchcraft.> 
 And wit depends on Jihfory time. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Thcl'e cardinals uific with me ;■ I abhor 
 Tiiis dii.itiry flqth, and tricks of Rome. Shaiff. 
 
 /)/.'(i/o'y fortune pbys the jilt 
 With the brave, noiilc, honeM, s-'"ant man, 
 To throw herfelf away on fools and knaves. 
 
 Otivay. 
 A diiatary temper commits innumerable cruel- 
 tic* without delign. Ad.lifrn's SpcSatcr. 
 Dm-e'ction. n./. [^J/f<.?/o, Latin.] The 
 aft oF loving; kindnefs. 
 
 So free is Chrilt's dUeclion, that the grand 
 condition of our felicity is our belief. Bcylc. 
 
 Dii-e'mma. n./. [Ji->if4f*i.] 
 
 1 . An argument equally conclufive by con- 
 trary fuppofitions. A young rhetori- 
 cian applied to an old fophift to be 
 taught the art of pleading, and bar- 
 gained for a certain reward to be paid, 
 when he ftould gain a caufe. The 
 mailer fued for his reward, and the 
 fcholar endeavoured to elude his claim 
 hy ?i dilemma : If I gain my caufe, I 
 fhall withhold your pay, becaufe the 
 judo-e's award will be againft you ; if I 
 lofe it, I may withhold it, becaufe I 
 fhall not yet have gained a caufe. On 
 the contrar)', fays the mafter, if you 
 gain your caufe, you muft pay me, be- 
 canfe you are to pay me when you gain 
 a caufe ; if you lofe it, you mult pay 
 me, becaufe the judge will award it. 
 
 A dihmmj, tliat Morton ufed to raife benevo- 
 lence, fome cjllcd his fork, and fome his crotch. 
 Biiton'i Hiivy VII. 
 
 "Hope, whofe weak being ruin'd is 
 Alikc'if it fuccccd, and if it mifs; 
 Whom good oi- ill does equally confound, 
 And both the horns of fate's dilemma wound. 
 
 Cixulfw 
 
 2. A difficult or doubtful choice j a ve>:- 
 atious alternative. . ^' »■ 
 
 -A flrong dilrmm.i in ^defp'rate cafe ! . 
 To aft with inf.imy,; or quit the place. Swl/r . 
 
 A di;-e dilfmaa, ouhcr way I'm fped ; 
 If toes they write, if fiicnds they read, me dead. 
 
 Vope 
 
 Di'ligknct. n. f. [diltgenlid, Latin.] 
 
 Irduflry ; afTufuity ; conftancy in bufi- 
 
 nefsi continuance of endeavour ; unin- 
 
 . tfrmitted application ; the contrary to 
 
 idlcnefs. 
 
 Do thy diligence to come fhorrly unto me. 
 
 . 2 Timothy. 
 " Brethren*, ' give */'V/^fwff to make your c.iUing 
 and eleftion fure. 2 Pttcr. 
 
 DI'LTGENr. adj. [dlligens, Latin.] 
 I., Conftant in application ; perfevering in 
 "endeavour; afliduous; not idle; not 
 negligent ; not lazy. 
 
 D I M 
 
 Seed thou a man diligtr.t in his btifmefs, V.e 
 iTiall fland before kings. Pr'^verhs. 
 
 2. Conftantly applied; profecuted with 
 aftlvity and perfeverance ; afliduous. 
 
 And tlie judges Ihall make d^Iigat inquifi- 
 tion. Dcuiiionc^my. 
 
 Di'ligently. adv. [from diligent.] 
 With affiduity ; with heed and perfeve- 
 rance ; not carelefly ; not idly ; not 
 negligently. 
 
 If you ir.quire not attentively and diligsritlvf 
 you ihall never be able to difccrn a number of 
 mechanical motions. Sttco^. 
 
 The ancients iiave diligently examined in wiiat 
 confufs the beauty of good poilures. Drydcn. 
 Dill. n. f. [bile, Sa.-con.] An herb, 
 which hath a (lender, fibrofe, annual 
 root ; the leaves are like thofe of fen- 
 nel ; the feeds are oval, plain, ftreaked, 
 and bordered. 
 
 Vi.'l i.s raifed of feed, which is ripe in Auguft. 
 
 Mortim.! . 
 
 DILUCID. ndj. [dilucidiir, Latin.] 
 
 1. Clear; not opaque. 
 
 2. Clear; plain; not obfcure. 
 
 To DiLu'ciDATE. i: a. [from diluciJai-c, 
 Latin.] To make clearer plain; to 
 explain ; to free from obfcurity. 
 
 I lliall not extenuate, but explain .and diluci- 
 dait'f according to the cultom of the ancients. 
 
 J^rcivrt's Vulgar Err^jurs. 
 
 Dili' cm AT I ON. n.f. [from diluddatio, 
 Latin.] The aft of making clear; ex- 
 planation ; cxpofition. 
 
 DILUENT. a<!/. [dUuens, L?iUn.] Hav- 
 ing the power to thin and attenuate 
 other matter. 
 
 Di'luent. «. f. [from the adjcftive.] 
 That which thins other matter. 
 
 There is no real dilnctit butwatci : every fluid 
 is diluent, .as it contains water in it. Arhuthr.ot, 
 
 To DILU'TE. -v. a. Idihto, Latin.] 
 
 1. To make thin; to attenuate by the 
 adm!.icture of other parts. 
 
 Di inking a large dufe of diluted tea, as (lie 
 was ordered by a phyfician, ihe got to bed. 
 
 The .Tliment ought to be thin to dilute, de- 
 mulcent to temper, or acid to fubdue. Arbuth. 
 
 2. To make weak. 
 
 The chamber was dark, left thefc colours 
 (hould he diluted and weakened by tiic mixture 
 of any adventitious light. A'tiu .•;•;. 
 
 Dilu'te. adj. Thin; attenuated. 
 
 If the red and blue colours were more dilut^- 
 andweak, tlie diftance of the images would be 
 lefs than an inch ; and if they were mere in- 
 tenfe and fuil, ihflt diflance would be greater. 
 
 Dilu'ter. ' n. /. [from dilule.] That 
 which makes any thing elfe thin. 
 
 Water is the only diliiiir, nnd the bcft dilTol- 
 vent of moft of the ingredients of our .aliment. 
 
 j-lr hut knot on yillmfntt. 
 
 Dilu'tion. n.f [diliiiio, Latin.] The 
 aft of making any thing thinxor weak. 
 
 Oppofite :o diluiiiii is coagulation or tl.ickcn- 
 ing, which i< pcifiTmcd by diffipating tiie mo.1 
 liquid parts by heat, or by iiifmuating fome fufc- 
 ftancet, which'make Ihe parts of the fiuid co- 
 here mure flrong'.y. Atiuthmt on Aliments. 
 DiLu'viAN. adj. [hem ddurium, Latin.] 
 Relating to the deluge. 
 
 Suppose that this diluT i,ii lake fhould life to 
 
 the mourtiin tops in one place, and not difiufc 
 
 itfclf equally into all countries about. llumit. 
 
 DIM. adj. [bimme, Saxon ; ^'^ Wtlfti ; 
 
 doiv, Erfe.] 
 
 D I M 
 
 1. Not having a quick light ; not feeing 
 clearly. 
 
 For her true form how can my fpark difcern, 
 Which, dim by nature, art d.d never clear ? 
 
 Davii-. 
 
 2. Dull of apprchenfion. 
 
 The underibinding li */;•«, and cannot by it* 
 natuial light difcovcr Iplritual tiutlii. Robert. 
 
 3. Not clearly fcen ; obfcure; imper- 
 ftclly difcovered, , 
 
 We might be ahle to aim ar fome dim and 
 fceming conception, how matter might begin tc 
 e.itin bv the power of that eternal firfl Being, 
 
 Loch. 
 Something, as dim to our internal view, 
 Is thus perhaps the caufe of ali we do. Pope. 
 
 \, Obflrudling the a6t of vlfion ; not lu- 
 minous; fomewhat dark. 
 
 Her (ac^ right wondrous fnirdid feem to be, 
 Th.1t her broad beauty's beam gicat brightnefs 
 
 threw 
 Through the dim fhade, that all men might it fee. 
 
 S pen fit. 
 To Dim. "y. a, [from the adje^ftive.] 
 
 1. To cloud ; to dhiken ; to hinder fron* 
 a full perception of h'ght, and free ex* 
 eicife of vifion. 
 
 As where the Almighty's lightning brand docs 
 
 light. 
 
 It dimi the dazed even, and daunts the fenfes 
 
 quite. Sptrjfer*s Fairy Quec/tt 
 
 It hath been obfcr\'ed by the ancicjits, that much 
 
 life of Vtnus doth dim the fight ; and yet eunuch^, 
 
 which are unabic to generate, are neverLheiefs 
 
 alfu dim lighrcd. Bacon, 
 
 Every one dcclai es again II blindncfs, and yet wh(# 
 
 almoin is not fund of that wnich dinia his fight? 
 
 Locke. 
 
 For ihec I dim thefe eyes, and fluff this head, 
 
 With all fuch reading as was never read. Fope, 
 
 2. To make lefs bright; to obfcure. 
 
 A Ihip that through the ucenn wide, 
 Dy conduifl of fome ftar, do:ii make her way. 
 
 When as a ftorm hath dimm'd her trulty guide, 
 Out of her courfe doth wander far aftray. Spertjir, 
 
 AH of us have caufe 
 
 To wail the dimv.ing of our fhining ftar. Shakfp. 
 
 Tl.Lis while he fpakc, each pafllon ^/wmV his 
 
 face, 
 
 TlTJce chang'd. MUtcn, 
 
 The principal figure in a pl^urc is like a king 
 
 among his courtiers, who dims ail his attendants. 
 
 Dryden^ 
 
 DIME'NSION. n.f. [dimenfo, Latin.] 
 Space contained in any thing; bulk; 
 extent ; capacity. It is feldom ufed 
 but in the plural. The three dimen- 
 fions are length, breadth, and depth. 
 
 He tried 
 
 The tomb, and found the flraight dimenfioni 
 
 wide. Dryden. 
 
 My gentleman was meafuring my walls, and 
 
 taking the ..imenjiotn of the room. S-wi/'t^ 
 
 DiMENSioNLESS. adj. [(rom Jimcn/lon.} 
 Without any definite bulk. 
 In rhtv pafs'd 
 Dimenji}rlej's through hcav'nly doors. Milton. 
 Dime'vsivf.. adj. [dinnnfus, Lat.] That 
 inarks the boundaries or outlines. 
 
 All hodies have their mc^fure, and their fpace; 
 But who can di.iw the foul's dimenji-vt linesi? 
 
 JJ.-.iiiei, 
 
 DiMicATioN. n.f. [dimiciilio, Lat.] A 
 battle; the aft of fighting; conteft. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 DiMiDi a'tion. n.f. [(-//m;W;'<j/;(7, Latin.] 
 The atl of haUing; divifion into two 
 equal parts. DiS, 
 
 To DIMI'NISH. V. a. [dimlnuo, Latin.] 
 I. To make lefs by abfciffion or JcUruc- 
 9
 
 D I M 
 
 tion of any part : the opjiofitc to in- 
 creafc. 
 
 That wc c.ill goud wliicli is apt to caufc or in- 
 crc:<fc plc.iliirc, ax dimiwjh pnin in us. I^ockc. 
 t. Tt) impair; tolcfTen; to degrade. 
 Inipiuully Ihcy thoup^lit 
 Titcc to tlhuinij'l;^ and from tiict: withdraw 
 The miinbor of thy \voi(hippcrs. MiJton. 
 
 3. To take any thing fiom that to which 
 it belongs : the contrary to aild. 
 
 Nothing was .//;«/m'//;f(/ fioin tlic fafety of ihc 
 king by tlic imprifonmcnt of the diikf. UaywarLl. 
 Ye IhiiU not add inito the word which \ com- 
 mand ynd, ncitherlhall you iimhujh aughtfrom it. 
 
 DcuteroylOinv. 
 
 To Dimi'msh. II. n. To grow lefs ; to 
 be impaired. 
 
 Wliat judgment I had, incrcafcs rather than 
 diminij/in ; and thoughts, fuch as they arc, come 
 crowding in fo fall upon mc, that my only dif- 
 ficulty is to chufe or to rejcil. Dr^Hcn. 
 
 Crete's ample fields dnitinij/i to our eye; 
 Before the Boreal Llafts tire Mflels Hy. Pope. 
 
 Dimi'nishing Ly. adv. [from d'/mi«//?j.] 
 In a manner tending to vihfy, or leflen. 
 I never heard him cenfure, or io much as 
 rpeak (iiminijhiiiglv of airy oirc that was abfcnt. 
 
 Locke, 
 DiMiNu'TiON. n.f. [^dimhut'w, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of making lefs: oppofed to 
 augmentation. 
 
 The one is not capable of any dh}t!mition or 
 augtncnlution at ail by men ; the other apt to 
 adnrit botlr. Hooker. 
 
 2. The (late of growing lefs : oppofed to 
 increafe. 
 
 The gravitating power of the fun is trranf- 
 mitted through the vaft bodies of the planets 
 without any iVviinutionf fo as to a£t upon all 
 their parts, to their very centres, with the fame 
 force, airri according to the fame laws, as if the 
 part upon which it a^ts were not furroirirded with 
 lire body of the planet. Neivton. 
 
 Finite and infinite feem to he looked upon as 
 the modes of quanrity, and to be attributed pri- 
 marily to thofe things which are capable of iir- 
 creafc or diminulloTj. Locke, 
 
 3. Difcredit; lofs of dignity; degradation. 
 
 Gladly to thee 
 Hcroick laurel'd Eugene yields the prime j 
 Ivor thinks it diminution to be rairk'd 
 Iir nrilitary honour next. Vhilipi. 
 
 4. Deprivation of dignity ; injury of re- 
 putation. 
 
 Make me wife by thy truth, for my own foul's 
 falvation, and I Ihall not regard the workl's 
 opinion or dimiii'-ition o( me. ^"'g f.^r^r/cj. 
 
 They might laifethe rcputatiori of airothci', 
 though I hey are a diminution to his. ^•tid:Jr,n. 
 
 5. [In arcliitefture.] The contraction 
 of the diameter of a column, as it 
 afcends. 
 
 Dimi'nutive. adj. [Jimitiutiiiiis, Latin.] 
 Small ; little ; narrow ; contradtd. 
 
 The poor wren. 
 The mol> dtm'inutivt of birds, will fight, 
 Her young ones in her iieli, againll the owl. 
 
 Shakfpeare^ Macbeth. 
 
 Tt is the intereft of mankind, in order to tiie 
 
 advance of knowledge, to be fcnfible tlicy have 
 
 y^t attained it but in poor and diminutive nreafure. 
 
 Giii<njitle*% Scepji^. 
 
 The light of man's underft.inding is but a 
 
 Ihort, diminutive, conttaflcd liglit, and looks 
 
 hoi beyond the pr«fcnt. S:uih. 
 
 If the hrdies Ihould once take a liking to fnch 
 
 a Jimir.iitive race of lovers, wc Ihould, in a little 
 
 time, fee mankind epitomiicd, and the whole 
 
 fpecies in miniature. Addihn. 
 
 They know how weak and aukward many of 
 
 Ihofe little diminuti'.'c difcotirfes are, iVuitt. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 DIM 
 
 Dimi'nutivk. ti.f. [from tlieadjeif\Ive.] 
 
 1 . A word fornnd to cx[ 'cfi littlenefs : as 
 lapilliis, in Latin, A litthjlone; maifoti- 
 cllt, in French, a lillle hottfe ; mantkcn, 
 in Englifli, a I'tttfe man. 
 
 He attei wards proving a dainty and effeminate 
 youth, w.rs conimoirlv called, by tire diminutive 
 of his name, I'l.terkin or I'rrkin. Bacon. 
 
 Sim, Willie but Sim, ni good repute did live; 
 Was then a knave, bui in diminutive, Cottoi. 
 
 2. A fmall thing. Not in ufe. 
 
 I'ollow Jiis chariot ; monrter-tlkc, be IVrcwn 
 Tor poor'll diminutives, for doits ! S'laifpeare. 
 
 DtMl'NUTivr.LY. ai/v. [from diittittulive.'} 
 
 In a diminutive manner. 
 D I M I 'm u T I V E N F. s s . H ./. [from tlimttiul'fve. ] 
 
 Smallnefs; littlenefs; pcttyncfs ; want 
 
 of bulk ; wa.1t of dignity. 
 Di'mish. aJj. [from tiim.'\ Somewhat 
 
 dim ; fomewhat obfctire. 
 'Tis true, but let it not be known, 
 
 My eyes are fun\ewhat dnnij.u grown ; 
 
 For natirre, always in the righr, 
 
 To your decays adapts nry light. Swiji. 
 
 Di'missory. adj. [dimi^ormi, I-atin.] 
 That by which a man is difmifltd to 
 another jitrifdidtion. 
 
 A bilhop of another diocffs ought neither to 
 ordain or adnrit a clerk, without the confent of 
 bis own proper bilhop, and without the letters 
 dimiffory. Jlyliffc's Varergon, 
 
 Di'mittv. tt.f. A fine kind of fuftian, 
 or cloth of cotton. 
 I diretfted a trowze of frnc dimitty. IVifemin. 
 D r M L Y . adv. [ from dim. ] 
 
 1 . Not vvith a quick light ; not with a 
 clear perception. 
 
 Unfpe.ik.ible ! who fitt'll above thefc heav'ns. 
 To us invifible, or dimlv (^Qti 
 In tliefe thy loweft works. Milton. 
 
 2. Not brightly; not luminoudy. 
 
 In the beginning of our pumping the air, the 
 match appeared well lighted, thorrgh it had al- 
 moft friled the receiver with fumes ; but by de- 
 grees it burnt more and more dim/v. Bov'e. 
 
 I faw th' angelick guards from earth afcend, 
 Giicv'd they muft now no longer man attend; 
 The bcums: about their temples dirn/y (hone; 
 One would have thought the crime had been their 
 own, Dryden. 
 
 Di'mness. n.f. [from dhn.l 
 
 1 . Dulncfs of fight. 
 
 2. Want of apprehenfion ; ftupidity. 
 
 Anfwciable to this dimnej^ of their perceptioir, 
 
 was the whole fyrtcm aird body of their religion. 
 
 Decay of Piety. 
 
 3. Obfciii-ity ; not brightnefs. 
 DI'MPLE. n.f. [«'«;/, a hole ; diiitle,z 
 
 little hole ; by a carelefs pronunciation 
 dinij^ic. Siintier.] A fmall cavity or 
 deprt'lion in tiic cheek, chin, or other 
 part. 
 
 The d'mf'/e of the upper lip is the conrmon 
 meafiire of them all. Greiu. 
 
 In her forehead's fair half-round, 
 Love fits in open triuni'ph ctown'd; 
 He in the dimple of l.cr chin. 
 In private rtate, by friends is ifan. Trier. 
 
 To Di'mple. v. ti. [from the noun.] To 
 fink in fmall cavities, or little inequa- 
 lities. 
 
 The wild^waves mallcr'd him, and fnck'd 
 him in, 
 And fmiling eddies dimpled on (he main. 'Oryden. 
 
 Elcnr.d fmiles his eniprrncfs betray. 
 As fliallow rtrcams rtrii ditnplin^ all the way. Pc/ic . 
 
 DiMPi.KD. «./r. [from i/Zm/i/f.] Set with 
 dimples. 
 
 D I N 
 
 On each fido hef 
 Stooil pretty dimpled boys like fmiling Cupids. 
 
 Sliol.f plate. 
 
 Di'MPtY. ai!j. [from dimple.'^ Full of 
 dimples ; finking in little inequalities. 
 
 As the fmooth Uirfacc of the dimply flood 
 The filvcr-llippcr'd virgin lightly trod. IJatfor. 
 DIN. n,f. [byn, a noife ; bynan, to make 
 a noife, Saxtm ; dyna, to thunder, I'f- 
 landick.] A loud noife; a violent and 
 continued found. 
 
 And all the way he roared as he ti-cnt, 
 That all the forcli with aHoniflitncnt 
 Thereof did tremble ; and the bcafts therein 
 Fled faft away from that fo dreadful ./«. 
 
 huhberd-s Tile. 
 
 O, 'twas a din to fright a monflcr's car ; 
 To make an c.rrthqiiakc : fure, if was the roar 
 Of .1 whole herd of lions. Sliakfpeare* i Tempejl. 
 
 While the cock witii lively din 
 Scatters the rear of darknefs thin; 
 And to the ftack, or the barn door, 
 Stoutly Ifruts his d.ime before. Mi.'lon. 
 
 Nov/ night over heav'n 
 Inducing darknifs, gr.atcful truce impos'd, 
 And filcnce, on the odious i//*« of war. Milton. 
 
 How, while the troubled elements around, 
 Earth, water, air, the ftunning J/>i refoond. 
 Thro' rtreams of i'moke and adv ctfc fire he rides. 
 While every fliot is levell'd at his fiiles. Smith. 
 
 Some independent ideas, of no alliance to 
 one another, are, by education, cuftom, and the 
 conftant rf/n of their parly, fo coupled in their 
 minds, that they always appear there tugither. 
 
 Loeii. 
 
 To Din. v, a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To ftun with noife; to harafs with 
 clamour. 
 
 Rather live 
 To bait thee for his bread, and din your ears 
 With hungry cries. Otiv.iy'i Venice Vrcprved. 
 Z. To imprefs with violent and continued 
 noife. 
 
 What (hall we do, if his majcfly puts out a 
 proclamation commanding us fo take Wood's 
 Iralfpcnce ? This hath been often dinned in ray 
 ears. S^a-'ft. 
 
 To DINE. V. n. [diner, Fr.] To eat 
 the chief meal about the middle of the 
 day. 
 
 Perhaps fome merchant hath invited him. 
 And from the rnait he 's lomewherc gone to 
 
 dinner: 
 Goud filler, let us dine, and never fret. Shaif. 
 
 Myfcif, he, and my filier, 
 To-d.iy did dine together, Shakjpeart. 
 
 He would dine v^'ith him the next day. Claren. 
 Thus, of your heroes and brave boys. 
 With whonr old Homer makes fuch nolle, 
 The greatell adlions I can find. 
 Are, that they did their work, and din'd. Prior. 
 To Dine. v. a. To give a dinner to; to 
 feed. 
 
 Boil this tcrtoring root in gen'rous wine, 
 And let befide the door the Ikkly ftock to dine. 
 Dryden'i Pir^il. 
 
 Dine'ticai.. ailj. [ ^i.uVtx'^. ] Whirling 
 round ; vertiginous. 
 
 Some of late have conc'udcrl, from fpot.s in 
 tlir fun, which appear and dil.ippejr again, thar, 
 befrdcs the revolution it niakcth wi'h its oibs, 1: 
 hath alfo a dinelicat motion, and roils upoir its 
 own poles. * lirown^s l^ul^ar Hrrour^. 
 
 A Iphcrical figure is moil commodious for 
 dineii al motion, or rcvolnt\n upon it own axis. 
 
 Ray. 
 
 To DING. IK a. pret. dung, [drtn^t-n, 
 
 Dutch.] 
 t . To dalh with violence. 
 
 2. To imprefs with force. 
 
 ToDiNc;. V. n. Toblufter; to botiiicc; 
 to huff. A low word. 
 
 3 X
 
 D IN 
 
 He huff's antl <i"«jJ, becaufe we will not fpend 
 «hc little wc have Isft, to get him the ti:lc of lord 
 Stmt. Arbuthr.it. 
 
 DiVG-DONG, n.f. A word by which 
 
 the found of bcUs is imitated. 
 
 Lft us all ring fancy's knell ; 
 Ding, J'.rg, bell. Shni/{,rr.rc. 
 
 Di'ngle. r..f. [from ben, or bin, a hol- 
 low, Saxon.] A hollow between hills; 
 
 a dale. 
 
 1 know each lane, and cveiy alley green, 
 Dinglt or bjfliy dell of tliis wild wood ; 
 
 And ever)- bolky btjjrn from fide to fide. 
 My daily walks and ancient neighbourhood. 
 
 Miltin, 
 
 Di'ningroom. n.f. [tiine and room.'] 
 The principal apartment of the houfe ; 
 the room where entertainmeiitsaremadc. 
 
 He went out from the d:t:r:g-:nm before be 
 fcad fallen into er.'our by the intemperance of his 
 meat, or the deluge of drink. Toy^^r. 
 
 Dinner, n. /. {dir.er, French.] The 
 chief meal ; the meal eaten about the 
 middle of the day. 
 
 Let me no; ft.iy a jot for d:nnir : 
 Go, get it ready. Shaifpom's King Lear. 
 
 Before Anw and fjppcr, as often as it is con- 
 ircnicnt, or can be had, let t;,e public prayers of 
 the church, or fume parts of them, be fnid pub- 
 licly in the family. Tlyv;'-. 
 
 The jolly crew, unmindful of the pafl, 
 Tlic quarry Ihare, their plcnteojs dinner hafte. 
 D'ydirt* i JEr.cil. 
 
 Di'sNER-TiME. n.f. [Jinnsr and time.] 
 The time of dining. 
 
 At dinijfr-timr, 
 I pray you, have in mind where we rauft meet. 
 
 Shaifpeare. 
 Then from the mint vpalks forth the man of 
 rhyme, 
 Happy 10 catch me juft at dinner-time. Fopi. 
 
 DINT. n.f. [bynr, Sason.] 
 J . A blow ;. a flroke. 
 
 Much dajntcd with that dint her fenfe was 
 daz'd ; 
 yer, kindling raje, berfelC (he gather'd round. 
 
 i>.-../cr. 
 
 Neither vainly hope 
 To be im-ulnerable in thefe bright a-ras. 
 Though temper'd heav'niy ; for thai morr.M <///.•.•, 
 Save he who rcigiis abova, none can refill. Aj/.'/i.'. 
 
 2. The mark made by a blow ; the cavity 
 remaining after a violent prcffure. 
 
 He embrac'd her naked body o'er; 
 And, draining hard the rtatue, was afraid 
 His hands had made a ciinr, and hjre the m.iid. 
 
 X''j.:-n. 
 
 3. Violence ; force ; power. 
 
 Noa' you weep; and, I iierccivc, you feel 
 The din! of pity. Sint/'pe^rf's Juliu: Citf.ir. 
 
 We are to wrefi tire whole Spanilh monarchy 
 
 j)Ut of the hands of the enemy ; and, in order to 
 
 it, to wor'* our way into tne heart of his country 
 
 by dint of arms. Adiifon. 
 
 T'oe dewlapt b.ill now chafes along the plain, 
 While burning love ferments in ev'ry vein ; 
 His weli-armd front againll his rival aims, 
 And by the dint of war his miflrefs claims. G.iu. 
 
 To Dit:t. V. a. [from the noun.] To 
 mark with a cavity by a blow, or violent 
 imprefTion. 
 
 With greedy force each other both aff.iil. 
 And lliike fo fiercely, that they do imprcfs 
 Beep-. in.'ta' furrows in the battcr'd mail : 
 The iron n alls to ward their blows were weak 
 and fiall. Fnlry Q.,cen. 
 
 Leave, leave, fait bride, your folitary bone, 
 Nj more ihall you return to it.ilone; 
 I: n .rfcih latincfs -, and your body's print, 
 Like to a grave, the yielding down doth dj-n. 
 
 J)6nnr. 
 
 D I P 
 
 Deep-dinted ^xr'ln'li\(:i on her checks (be cr.iws; 
 Sunk are her eyes, and toothlefs are her jaws. 
 
 Drjdrr.'i j^ncid. 
 
 Dinumera'tion. n.f. [(liiiumcratlo,hzt.] 
 
 The aft of numbering out fingly. 
 DiOCE's AN. n.yl [from r//iiirf/}.] Abilhop, 
 as he (lands related to his own clergy or 
 flock. 
 
 As a disccfiin you are like to outda yourfelf 
 in all other capacities, and exemplify every word 
 of this difcourle. South. 
 
 I have heard it has been advifedby a dioctfan 
 to his inferior cierg)', that they Oioiild read fome 
 of the moft celebrated fermons printedby others. 
 
 Tft/er. 
 
 DI'OCESS. n.f. [rfo<r2/^.r ; a Greek word, 
 compounded of Ji^t and '»>:~ic.] The cir- 
 cuit of every bifhop's jarifdiftion; for 
 this 'realm has two divifions, one into 
 {hires or counties, in refpcft of tem- 
 poral policy ; another into diocejes, in 
 refpe£t of jurifdidion ecclefiallical. 
 
 CoivcU. 
 
 None ong'it to be admitted by any bifiiop, but 
 fuch as have dwelt and remained in his diucefs a 
 convenient time. tfhitgift. 
 
 He Ibould regard the bilhop of Rome as the 
 ifianders of Jertey and Gucrnl'cy do him of Con- 
 ftance in Normandy, that is, notliing at all ; 
 fince by that Frcncir bifliop's refufal to fwcar 
 unto our king, thofe Iflcs were annexed to the 
 diacefi of Wiiichelter. Raltigh'i EJfayi 
 
 St. Paul looks upon Titus as advanced to the 
 dignity of a prince, ruler of the church, and in- 
 Irnfted with a large diccrp, containing m:iny 
 particular citie<:, under the immediate govern- 
 ment of their refpeiftivc elders, and thofe deriv- 
 ing authority fiom his ordination. South. 
 
 DIOTTRICAL. ? n.f. [i.^TrV^i.] Af 
 DIO'PTRICK. i fording a medium 
 for the fight ; affilling the fight in the 
 view of dillant objedls. 
 
 Being excellently well furnirtied vriKh dioptrita/ 
 glalTcs, he had not been able to fee the fun 
 fpoited. £oyic. 
 
 View the afperities of the moon througli a diop- 
 trici glafs, and venture at the proportion of her 
 hills by their Ihadows. More. 
 
 Dio'pTRiCKS. n.f. A part of opticks, 
 treating of the different refraftions of 
 the light pafling through different me- 
 diums ; as the air, water, glafles, &c. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 DiORTHo'sIS. n.f. [aio^SiS-;-:, of OiOr?i'«, 
 
 to make ftraight.] A chirurgical 
 
 operation, by which crooked or dillorted 
 
 members are reilored to their primitive 
 
 and regular fhape. Harris. 
 
 To DIP. V. a. pret. dipped; part, dipped, 
 
 or dipt, [bippan, Sax.; rfoo/.-n, Dut.] 
 
 I. To iinmergc ; to put into any liquor. 
 
 The perfon to be baptized may be dipped in 
 
 water; and fuch an immerfion or dipping ought 
 
 to be made thrice, according to the canon. 
 
 -^ylrjfe^i Parergs':. 
 Old Corineus compafs'd thrice the crew. 
 And dipf'dnn olive-branch in holy dew. 
 Which thrice he fprinkled round, and thrice 
 
 aloud 
 Invok'd the dead, .and then difmifs'd the crowd. 
 .Drvden'i -£nnd. 
 He turn'd a tyrant in his latter days, 
 And from the bright meridian where he flood, 
 DefccndiiLg, dipp'd\us hands in lover's bloiid. 
 
 Diydfi. 
 
 The kindred aits (hall in t'lxc'w praife confpirr. 
 
 One </y>t:-.t pencil, and one llring the lyre. I'opt. 
 
 Now, on fancy's eafy wing convcy'd. 
 The king defccndcd to th' Elyfian (h.ide ; 
 There in a dulky v.ile, wi.erc Lethe rells. 
 Old B.-.vius fiti to dip fociic fouls. Ptft'iDuKc. 
 
 D 1 P 
 
 So filhes, rifiiig from the main, 
 Can lo:ir with moiften'd wings on high; 
 
 The moiliure dried, they fink -^air, 
 And d:p their wings a^ain to fly. Swift.- 
 
 2. To moiften ; to wet. 
 
 And though not mortal, yet a cold (hudd'ring 
 dew 
 Dips me all o'er, as when the wrath of Jove 
 Speaks thunder. Aiilton, 
 
 3. To be engaged in any affair. 
 
 When men are once dipt, what with the en- - 
 cour.igemeiits of feme, cuftom, facility, and 
 (hame of departing from what tjiey have given 
 thcmfelves up to, they go on till they arc ftifted. 
 
 L'Fjtrcng!. 
 
 In Richard's Time, I doubt, he was a little 
 dipt in the rebcliior. of the commons. Dryd'ii. 
 
 4. To engage as a pledge : generally ufed 
 for the firll mortgage. 
 
 Be caielul Mill of the m.iin chance, my foD-; 
 Put out the principal in Irufly hands. 
 Live on the ufe, and never dip thy lands. 
 
 Drydni'i Pcrfius, 
 
 To Dip. v. n. 
 
 1. To fink; to immerge. 
 
 \X'c have fnakes in our cups, and in our dt(hes ^ 
 and whoever d!pi too deep will tjnd death in the 
 pot. VEfiramge.. 
 
 2. To enter ; to pierce. 
 
 The vulture dipping in Prometheus' fide. 
 His bloody beak with his lorn liver dyed. 
 
 Grarrvilf^^ 
 
 3. To enter flighlly into any thing. 
 
 \^'hen I think all the repetitions are i^ruclc . 
 out in a copy, I fometimes find mote upon dip^ 
 ping in the lirll volume. Fope. 
 
 4. To take that which comes firft ; In 
 choofe by chance. 
 
 With what ill ciuughts of Jove art thou pof- 
 fefs^d f 
 V/ouldfl thou prefer him to fome man? Sup- 
 
 pofe 
 I dipp'd among the worft, and Stains chofe ? 
 
 Vrj.lcnl Ttifsfi. 
 
 Di'pcHicK. r..f. [nom dip and chic%.'\ 
 The name of a bird. 
 
 Dtpchick is fo named of his diving and liulc- 
 
 ncfs. Catrw. 
 
 Dipk'talous. adj. [J,;, and ^huKa^ 
 
 Having two flower leaves. 
 Diphthong, n.f. [^ifSo,^©-.] A coali- 
 tion of two Towels to form one found ; ■ 
 as, lain,, leave, Cufar. 
 
 We fee how many difputcs the fimple and 3n»- - 
 bigjuus nature of vowels created among gram-, 
 marians, and how it has begot the miliake con- 
 cerning diphthongi : all that arc properly fo art 
 fyllaliles, and not diphthengs, as is intended to be 
 fignified by that word. Jh/drr, 
 
 Make a dipht'tttng of the fecond eta and iotn, 
 infiead of iheir being two fylUbles, and the oli- 
 jcftion is gone. Pipe, 
 
 Di'PLOE. n. f. The inner plate or la- 
 mina of the ikallj 
 
 Diplo'ma. n.f. [oiTrXi'/zf.] A letter or 
 wiiling conferring fome privilege; fo 
 called, becaufc they ufed formerly to 
 be written on waxed tables, and folded 
 together. 
 
 Di'pi'ER. ti. f [from dip.] One that 
 dips in the water. 
 
 DlPffNG Needle, n. f. A device which 
 ftiows a particular property of the mag- 
 netick needle, fo that, betides its pola- 
 rity or verticity, which is its diieo^ion 
 of altitude, or height above the hori- 
 zon, when duly poifed about an hori- 
 zontal axis, it will always point to a 
 determined degrc cof altittide, or eleva-
 
 D I R 
 
 tioii above tlic horizon, in this or tliA! 
 plate Kfi)c(!livily. Phillips- 
 
 Di'ps.iS. It./. [Latin, from JiJ/v'iitothirll.] 
 A fcrpcnt, vvlujfo bite produces the fenl.i- 
 tioii of iiiK;iiencliable lliirll. 
 
 Scorj-i in, m\A alp, and ami'liilbceni diic, 
 CcraAv": librn'i', hydrus, and illu^t drear, 
 And liijijai. J^lUii'i 
 
 Di'pTOTE. n.f. [^ttIuIct.] a noun con- 
 
 Yifting of two cafes only. C/ari. 
 
 Diptych, n. f. [dipiycba, Lat. tv o 
 
 leaves folded together.] A rcgifttr of 
 
 bilhops and martyrs. 
 
 The comnicmor.tilon of fsin's wss made out 
 of the </'/'0'.-':i of the church, as appc:ii;. hy nnil- 
 titiidcs of phicci ill St. AulHii. Sii!l:'ii^fl:ci , 
 
 DIRE. fl(//. Idirui, Lat.] Dreadful; 
 difmal ; mournful; honible; terrible; 
 evil in a great degree. 
 
 Women fia''t> 
 To doft their dire diftrcfts. Stiaifj,t,ire. 
 
 More by intemperance die 
 In melts, and driiilis, which on the taitli (hall 
 
 brill?; 
 Difeafcs t!ir( ; of which .1 monlltous crtw 
 Before thee (hall .ippear. Milan. 
 
 Hydras, and gorgons, and cliimxr.is dite. 
 
 Ali/lon. 
 Or what the crofs (//V<-looking planet fniitcs. 
 Or huriful worm with canker'd vciiuin bites. 
 
 Miiii't. 
 
 Dire was the toITing, deep llic groans, delpair 
 
 Tended the lick. Miiicn. 
 
 Difcord ! dirt fiftcr of the Ilaughtci'd pow'r, 
 Small at her birth, but rifing cv'ry hour ; 
 While fcarcc the (kics her horrid head can bound, 
 She Italkii un earth, and Ihalfcs the woi Id around. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 DIRE'CT. adj. [direlliis, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Straight ; not crooked. 
 
 2. Not oblique. 
 
 The (hips would move in one and the fame 
 furface ; and conlcqucntly miift needs encoun- 
 ter when they either advance towards one an- 
 other in Jiretl lines, or meet iu the interfc^ion 
 of crofs lines. Benttey- 
 
 3. [In allronomy.] Appearintj to an 
 eye on earth to move progreifively 
 through the zodiack ; not retrograde. 
 
 Twogcomantick figures were difplay'd 
 Abofve his head, a warrior and a maid, 
 One when ditc^j and one when retrograde. 
 
 Drulrn's Tiil'Ut. 
 
 4. Not collateral : as, the grandfon fuc- 
 cecds his grandfire in a dircll line. 
 
 5. Apparently tending to fome end, as in 
 a ftraight line. 
 
 Such was as then the ftnte of the king, as it 
 was no time by dir^B mean*, to feck her. And 
 fnch was the (^arc of his captivated will, as he 
 would delay no time of fcckmg her. Sidtirv 
 
 He th.tt docs this, will be able to call ort all 
 that is fupcrlluous; he will lee what is pertinent, 
 what coherent ; what is dirc& to what llidcs by, 
 tiie qucftiun. Luki. 
 
 6. Open ; not ambiguous. 
 
 There be, tiiat arc in nature f.iitiifiil and 
 fmcerc, and plain and dircd, not crafty and in- 
 volved. Biiro't, 
 
 7. Plain ; cxprefs. 
 
 He no where, that I know, fays it in dina 
 word*. Loch-, 
 
 To Diiir.'cT. 7'. a. \_dingo, dlreilum, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To aim or rlrivc In a ftraight line. 
 
 Two iMgles f;om a mountain', heijht. 
 By Jove's command, direli their rapid Hight. 
 
 Pefc. 
 
 2. To point agalnll, as a. mark. 
 
 D I R 
 
 Tl.c fpear flew iiifling thro' the middtefpjce, 
 .\n<\ pieic'd bi^ ihro.it, ./"rfl^^ at lii> face. D'yd. 
 
 3. To regulate ; to adjtilh 
 
 It is not in man that walkcth to direS hi< 
 il'ps. ytrrmiith. 
 
 Wifdom is profitable to direli, Etclm. 
 
 All that is in a man's power, is to mind what 
 the ideas arc th;it take lh< ir turns in his undcr- 
 (landing ; or elle to dir:il and fort and call in 
 fuch as be dcfircb. Lotkr. 
 
 4. To prcfcribe certain meafiive ; to mark 
 out a certain coiirfe. 
 
 He dircOril: it under the whole heavers, and 
 hi- lightning unto the ends of the eaith. J'tb. 
 
 5. To order ; to command : to dirc8 is a 
 fofter term than to command. 
 
 DiUF.'CTKR. n.f. [dirtaor, Latin.] 
 
 1. One that direfls ; one that prefcribes. 
 
 2. Am iiilhumeiit that ferves to guide any 
 inanunl operation. 
 
 Dirk'ction. n.f. [^diredio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Aim at a certain point. 
 
 TIkI-; men's opinions are nor the product of 
 judgment, or the coijfequcnce of teafon ; but the 
 ctlf.'ts of chance .ind hazard, of a mind floating 
 at all advcntutcs, without choice, and without 
 drrclion. \ Lorkc. 
 
 Tlie dirrdion of good works to a good end, 
 is the, only principle that diltinguiftics charity. ■ 
 
 Smnhidi^e. 
 
 2. Tendency of motion imprenid by a 
 certain impulfe. 
 
 Ko panicle of matter, nor any combination of 
 particles, that is, no body, can either move 
 \ii itfclf, or of itfclf alter the dircclion of its mo- 
 lion. Cheync. 
 
 3. Order; command; prefcription. 
 
 Fiom the couiifd that St. ftromc gi\eth Laeta, 
 of taking liecd how Ihc read the apocrypha ; as 
 alfo by the help of other learned men's judg- 
 ments, delivered in like cafe, wc may take </.- 
 region. llockei . 
 
 Ev'n now 
 I put myfelf to thy diretHon. Shakfpfnre. 
 
 The nobles of the people digged it by the di- 
 rcHion of the law-giver. Nutj:bfri. 
 
 Men's palTions and God's dirr&ion fcldom 
 agree. ^'"Z ^d:iirlci. 
 
 General i/;'; c <.7;V.'i for fcholai^ic difputcrs is, 
 never to difpute upon mere trifles. /J'.itts. 
 
 4. Regularity ; adjuftment. 
 
 All nature is but art unknown to thcc ; 
 All chance, diirilion wiiich thou canlt not fee. 
 
 i'oc.-. 
 Dirk'ctivf. adj. [from dir(f!.'\ 
 
 1. Having the power of dirctElion. 
 
 A law therefore, generally taken, is a direc- 
 //rr rule unto goodnefs of operation. IIo'Arr. 
 
 .\ power of command there is without all 
 r]uel>iun, tiiough there be fome doubt in what 
 faculty this command duth principally icllde, 
 whether in tlic will or the undeiltanding. The 
 true refolution is, that the direlii'ije command for 
 counlV! is in tlie undcrftanding ; and tin: ap- 
 plicative command, or emjiire, for putting in 
 execution of what is dircifled, is in the will. 
 
 Brittnhitll n^oinj} Ihhbii. 
 
 On the direnive powers of the former, and 
 the regularity of the latter, whereby it is capa- 
 ble of direilion, depends the generation of all 
 bodies. Crciu. 
 
 2. Informing; fhowing the way. 
 
 Nor vilitcd by one diniJii's ray. 
 From cottage flrcaming, or from airy hall. 
 
 Thorn [971. 
 
 Dikk'ctly. adv. [from (-//Vfi?.] 
 I. In a llraight line ; redlilineally. 
 
 The more a body is nearer to the eyes, and 
 the more dii(^7'y it is cppofed to them, the more 
 i: is enlightened ; bccaufe the light languilhes and 
 leiTcns, the farther it removes from its proper 
 fourcc. Drydert'i Dufrrfn&y. 
 
 There was no other pl.icc afTigncd to .iny of 
 
 D I R 
 
 this matter, than that wbcrcunto its ewn jra- 
 vity bore n, which was only direfliy dowrt- 
 wards, whereby it ohiiuird th it pi. ice in the 
 ghhe, which was juH underneath. H\odwiir,f. 
 
 If the rcfraflcd ray bcieturned JintVy back 
 to the point ot incidence, it (bill be retracted by 
 the incident ray. Nrtvlon't Ofiicki. 
 
 2. Immediately ; app.trently ; without 
 ciicuiTilocution ; without uny long train 
 of confequence. 
 
 Infidels, being clean without the church, deny 
 diri'fjiy, and utterly lejcfl, the very prinripUt of 
 ihridianity, which licreticks embrace crroncoufly 
 by inifconliruiflion. Hoffrt. 
 
 No man hath hitherto been fo impious, as 
 plainly and diird.'y to condemn prayer. U'tlcr. 
 
 By alTcrtirg the fciipture to be the canon of 
 
 , our fttlh, I have unavoidably created to myfeit' 
 
 enemies in the jiapifts dncD'y, bicaufe they 
 
 hiive kept the fciiplurc from us what they could. 
 
 Dtydrn'i Vr.faccH P.tH^ia Laici . 
 
 His work dir-tiry tends to laifc fentimerts of 
 lionour and virtue in his readers /ld.4-J';t!. 
 
 No reafon can be aihgne I, why it is bcft fjr 
 the world that God Almighty hath abfolute 
 power, which doth not dirrOly prove that 110 
 murt.al man (hould have the like. S-M:fi, 
 
 Dire'ctnf.ss. n.f. [from </;Vci'.] Straight- 
 nefs ; tendency to any point ; the 
 nearcll way. 
 
 They argued from cclcflial caufcs only, the 
 conftant sicii-.ity of the fun, and the dirc(}nrfs 
 of his rays; neser fufpcifling that the body of 
 the earth li.id fo great an elhcieiicy in the changes 
 of the air. Bcnilcy. 
 
 Dir.f.'ctor. n.f. [direffor, Latin.] 
 
 1. One that has authority over others ; a 
 fuperintendtnt ; one that has the ge- 
 neral management of a defign or work. 
 
 Himlelf Hood di-efl'^r over thcin, with nod- 
 ding or flampingifliewing he did liKe or miflike 
 thofc things he did not uiidei iiand. Sidity. 
 
 In all affairs thou fole dirciior. Stufi. 
 
 2. A rule ; an ordinance. 
 
 Common forms were not defign'd 
 DirtClors to a noble mind. Sivift. 
 
 3. An inllruftor; one who fhows the 
 proper methods of proceeding. 
 
 They are glad to ufc counfcllors and direHon 
 in all their dealings of weight, as contrails, tclia- 
 nients. _ llooifr. 
 
 4. One who is confulted in cafes of con- 
 fcience. 
 
 I aih her direaor and her guide in fpirita.il 
 affairs. Ihydr-i. 
 
 5. One appointed to tranfaft the affairs 
 of a trading company. 
 
 What made .//«i7o> j cheat in fouth-fca year. 
 
 Pcf!. 
 
 6. An iiiflrument In furge:y, by whicli 
 the hand is guided in its operation. 
 
 The manner of opening with a knife, is by 
 flidi.ig it on a dir,-{lor, the groove of which pre- 
 vents its being mifguided. Sharf^'t 6'.v,^jv .,- 
 DiRiiCTORy. n.f. [horn dinaor.] The 
 book which the failious prtacher? 
 publilbeJ in the rebellion for the dl- 
 retlion of their fed in a£ls of wor- 
 fliip. 
 
 As to the ordinance concerning thediicBv^, 
 wc cinnjt confent to the taking away of the 
 book of common prayer. 
 
 Oxfc'J R-}fir, e^ainj} ,kc Cn. 
 Di'rf.fui.. adj. [This word is frequent 
 among the poet>-, but has been ccn- 
 fured as not analogical : all other words 
 compounded with fdl conlifting of a 
 fubllantivc and full : as, dreadliil, 01 
 full of dreail ; joyful, or fuU cfioy.l 
 Dire; dieadful; difmal, ' . 
 
 3 xa
 
 D I R 
 
 Point of (pear it never piercen would, 
 Ke dint of Mrejul fword divide the fubftance 
 could. >""••'> Q."""- 
 
 But yet at laft, whereas the ihifut fiend 
 She faw not ftir, oft' (Iiaking vain affright. 
 
 She nigher drew, and faw that joyous end ; 
 Then God Ihe pr;iy'd, and think'd her faithful 
 iinight. f'-'V Q"""- 
 
 Direful hap betide that hated wretch 
 That hiakes us wretched by the death of thee. 
 
 Skakfptare. 
 
 The voice of God himfelffpeaks in the heart 
 
 of men, whether they undcrftand it or no ; and 
 
 by fcctet intimations gives the finncr a fore- 
 
 tafte of that dinjiil cup, which he is like ti> 
 
 . drink more deeply of hereafter. South. 
 
 I curs'd the airtful author of ray woes : 
 
 'Twas told again, and thence my ruin rofe. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Achilles' wrath, to Greeks ti\e dirrful fpring 
 Of woes unnumbcr'd, heavenly goddefs ! ling. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Di'reness. n.f. [from dlrc.'l Difmal- 
 nefs ; horrour ; hideoufnels. 
 
 Diremfi, familiar to my fl.iught'rous thoughts, 
 
 C.mnot once Itavt me. Shakjpeare'i AU< t'rrh. 
 
 Dire'ption. n.f. [^direptlo, Latin.] The 
 
 adl of plundering. 
 Dirge. [This is not a contraftion of 
 the Latin dirige, in the popifli hymn 
 Dirige greffus meos, as feme pretend; 
 but from the Teutonic dyrke, laudare, 
 to praife and extol. Whence it is pof- 
 iible their dyrie, and our dirge, was a 
 laudatory fong to commemorate and 
 applaud the dead. _ Verjlegan.^ Bacon 
 apparently derives it from dirige.'\ A 
 jnournful ditty ; a fong of lamentation. 
 
 Th' imperial jointrefs of this warlike ftate 
 Have we, as 'tweic, with a defeated joy, 
 With ro:rth in funeral, and with dirge in mar- 
 riage, 
 In equal fcale weighing delight and dole, 
 Taken to wife. Shakffeare's Hamlet. 
 
 Meanwhile the body of Richard, after many 
 i:id-gnities and reproaches, the dirigcs and obfc- 
 (juies of the common people towaids tyrants, was 
 ubfcurely buried. " Bacors. 
 
 You from above (hall hear each day 
 One dirge difpatch'd unto your clay ; 
 Thefe your own anthems Ifiall become. 
 
 Your lafting epicedium. Sandys. 
 
 All due meafures of her mourning kept. 
 Did office at the dirge, and by infedtion wept. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Di'higent. adj. [dirtg.'ns, Latin.] 
 
 The diiigi-nt line in geometry is that along 
 which the Ime defcribcnt is carried, in the gene- 
 ration of any figure. Harm. 
 DIRK. n.f. [an Erfe word.] A kind 
 of dagger ufed in the Highlands of 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 In vain thy hungry mountaineers 
 Come .forth in all their warlike gcers. 
 The iKicld, the pifto!, dirk, and dagger, 
 In winch they daily wont to fw.iggcr. TickrI. 
 
 To Dirk e. •y. a. To fpoil; to ruin. Ob- 
 
 foletc. 
 
 Thy wafte bigncfs but cumbers the ground. 
 And AV/C.J the beauties of my bloffoms roun<l. 
 
 Sptrijtr. 
 
 DIRT. n.f. {ti'-y'' Dutch; dirt, Iflan- 
 
 dick.] 
 J. Mud; filth; mire; any thing that 
 fticks to the clothes or body. 
 They, gilding dirt m noble verfe, , 
 ■Roftick philofophy tcbeaife. Dinh.iii. 
 
 Numbers engage their lives and labours lo 
 hciip togcthci a iiUlc dirt that (hall bury them in 
 thcnd , . '''"'^ 
 
 Tne fou lifts as high as ever, •.i.ougn the gie.i: 
 
 D I S 
 
 heaps of i//r/ it brings along wit'j it are apt t:< 
 clioak up the fhaliows. Addifon. 
 
 Mark by what wictched fteps their glory 
 grows ; 
 From dirt and fca-weed as proud Venice rofe : 
 In each how guilt and greacneti equ.il ran. 
 And all that rais'd the hero funk the man. 
 
 Pipe. 
 Is yellow dirt the paflion of thy life } 
 Look but on Gripus, or on Gripus' wife. Pope. 
 2. Meannefs; fordidnefs. 
 To Dirt. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 foul ; to bemire ; to make filthy ; to 
 bedaub ; to foil ; to pollute ; to nafty. 
 
 Ill company is like a dog, who dirti ri-.ofe 
 moft whom lie loves bell. Sivift. 
 
 Dirt-pie. n.f. [dirt and pi£.\ Forms 
 moulded by children of clay, in imita- 
 tion of paftry. 
 
 Thou fctteft thy heart upon that which has 
 newly left off making of dirt-piei, and is but 
 preparing itlelf for a green-ficknefs. Suck/mg. 
 
 Di'rtily. adv. [from dirty.'] 
 
 1. Naftlly; foully; filthily. 
 
 2. Meanly; fordidly ; fliamefully. 
 
 Such gold as that wherewitlial 
 Chimiques from each mineral 
 Are dirtily and dcfpcrately guird. Donne. 
 
 Dirtiness, n.f. [from dirty."] 
 
 1 . Naftinefs ; filthinefs ; foulncfs. 
 
 2. Meannefs; bafenefs ; fordidnefs. 
 Di'rty. adj. [from dirt.] 
 
 1 . Foul ; naliy ; filthy. 
 
 Thy Dol and Helen of thy noble thoughts 
 Is in bale durance, and contagious prifon, 
 Hiul'd thither by mechanic, t;V.-/>' hand. Shakfp. 
 
 2. Sullied ; cloudy ; not elegant. 
 
 Pound an almond, and tiie clear white colour 
 will be altered into a diit\ one, and the fweet 
 t.ule into an oily one. L'jcke. 
 
 3. Mean ; bafe ; defpicable. 
 
 Such employments are tlie dlCcafes of labour, 
 and the rull of time, which it contraits not by 
 lying flill, but by dirty employment. Taylor. 
 
 Marriages would be made up upon more na- 
 tuial motives than meer dirty interelis, and in- 
 crcafe of riches without meafure or end. Temple. 
 
 They come at length to grow fots and epi- 
 cures, mean in their difcourfes, and dirty in 
 their praftices. South. 
 
 To Di'rty. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To foul ; to foil. 
 
 The lords Strutts lived gcneroully, and nevei 
 ufed to dirty their fingers with pen, ink, and 
 counters. .■Irhiithiiot . 
 
 2. To difgrace ; to fcandalize. 
 DIRUTTION. n.f [dinipiio, Lat.] 
 
 1 . The aft of burfting, or breaking. 
 
 2. The ftate of burfting, or breaking. 
 Dis. An infeparable particle ufed in com- 
 
 pofition, implying commonly a priva- 
 tive or negative fignification of the word 
 to which it is joined : as, to arm, to 
 difarm ; to join, to disjoin. It is bor- 
 rowed from des, ufed by the French 
 and Spaniards in this fenfe : as, def/iouer., 
 to untie; dejlerrar, to banifh : from the 
 Latin de ; as, Jruo, to build ; dejlruo, 
 to deilroy. 
 Disabi'litv. n.f \lxoxx\. difahk.] 
 I. Want of power to do any thing ; weak- 
 nefs ; impotence. 
 
 Car confideration of creatures, and attention 
 
 unto fcripturcs, are not in themfelvcs things oi 
 
 like difability to bu cd or beget faiih. Hooker. 
 
 Many withdrew themfelvcs out of pure faint- 
 
 ncfs, and difability 10 attend the condufion. 
 
 ' . ■ Raleigh. 
 
 D I S 
 
 He that knows moft of himfelf, knows leeft 
 of his knowledge, ,iVd the cxcrcilcd undetlland- 
 ing i^ confcious of its difabi'ity. Glanville. 
 
 The ability of mankind does not lie in the im- 
 port ncy or dif.ibili/ici of brutes. Lteh, 
 
 2. Want of proper qualifications for any 
 purpofe ; legal impediment. 
 
 A fuit is commenced in a temporal court 
 for an inheritance ; and tlie defendant pleads, 
 in difability, that the plaintiff is a baftard. 
 
 Ayliffe^i Parergen. 
 This difadvantage, -which the diifenters at pie- 
 fcnt lie under, of a dfability to receive church 
 preferments, will be ealily remedied by the re- 
 peal of the tert . Sivifi. 
 
 To Dis.\'ble. v. a. ^dis and able.] 
 
 1 . To deprive of force ; to weaken ; to 
 difqualify for any aft. 
 
 The invafion and rebellion did not only dif- 
 able this king to be a conqueror, but deprived 
 him both of his kingdom and life. Daviet. 
 
 Nor fo is overcome 
 S.itan, whofe tall from heaven, a deadlier bruife 
 Difablcd not to give thee thy death's wound. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 A chriftian's life is a perpetual exercifc, a 
 wreftling and warfare, for which fenfual pleafurc 
 difibtci him, by yielding to that enemy, with 
 whom he muft flrive. Taylor's Holy Living. 
 
 2. To hinder from aftion : ufed of things. 
 
 I have known a great fleet difiiltd for two 
 months, ■ and thereby lofc great occalions by an 
 indifpofition of the admiral. Temple, 
 
 3. To impair ; to dimlnifli. 
 
 I have difabled m\nQ eftate. 
 By Ihewing fomcthing a more fwelling port 
 Than my faint means would grant continuance. 
 
 Shakfpeate, 
 
 4. To deprive of ufefulnefs or efficacy. 
 
 Farewel, Monftcur Traveller ; look you lifji, 
 and wear flrange funs ; difabieM the benefits of 
 your own country. Shaifpeare, 
 
 Your days I will alarm, I'll haunt your nights. 
 And worfc than age difable your delights. Dryd. 
 
 5. To exclude, as wanting proper qualifi- 
 cations. 
 
 I will not difable any for proving a fcholar, 
 nor yet ciffemble that 1 have fecn many happily 
 forced upon the courfe to which by nature they 
 feemed much indifpofed. ffottoii. 
 
 To Disabu'se. v. a. [dis and aiufe.] To 
 
 fet free from a miilake ; to difentangle 
 from a fallacy ; to fet right ; to unde- 
 ceive. 
 
 The impoflure and fallacy of our fcnfes im- 
 pcfe not only on common heads, but even more 
 refined mercuries, who ha\e the advantages of an 
 improved reafun to difibi/fe you. Glariv. Scepjis. 
 
 TThofe teeth fair Lyce mull not (how. 
 If (he would bite : her lovers, though 
 Like birds tirey (loop at fceming grapes. 
 Arc i^Z/iiii/s'i/ when firll (he g.apes. tValler, 
 
 If by fimplicity you meant a general defefl in 
 
 thofe that profefs angling, I hope to difabufe you. 
 
 iValton's .Angler, 
 
 Chaos of thought and palTion, all confus'd; 
 Still by himfelf abus'd or difavus'd. Pope, 
 
 Disaccommoda'tion. n.f. [^dis and <2<°- 
 commodation.] The ftate of being unfit 
 or unprepared. 
 
 Dcvallations have happened in fome place? 
 mo;e than in others, according to the accommo- 
 dation or di [accommodation of them to fuch cala 
 mitics. Hale's Oiigtn of Mankind. 
 
 To Disaccu'stom. v. a. \dis and accuf 
 torn.] To deftroy the force of habit by 
 difufe or contrary praflice. 
 
 To DisACKNo'wLEDCE. II. a. \dis and 
 acknowkdge.] Not to acknowledge.
 
 D I S 
 
 Tlic mniincf of denying Cliiift's deity I. pre 
 prohibited, was, hy woids and oral exprcition!. 
 
 itjcbally to dcily ;inU drJ.ici/tow/eJ^f it. i'oi^rA. 
 
 Disacqua'intaNCE. n. /. [dis unii ac- 
 quaintance.} Difiifc of lamiiiarily. 
 
 Confcicncc, by a long ncglci^ of, and ^///.if- 
 quuinitiTic! with itlclf, coiitratti .in inveterate luil 
 or foil. So:itli. 
 
 Dis.vdva'ntage. n. f. [i/is and advan- 
 tage] 
 
 1. Lofs ; injury to iiitercll : as, he fold 
 to difaJvantage. 
 
 2. Diminution ot any thing defirable, as 
 credit, fame, honour. 
 
 Chaucer in many things refcmblcd Ovid, and 
 thai with no •iifi'Jvotitagt on the lide ot the mo- 
 dern author. DiyJrn. 
 
 The moft fliining merit goes down to polUrit) 
 with <iifadthiiiiine, when it is not placed by wri- 
 ters in its proper light. .i^JdiJa.. 
 
 Thole p*it5 already publirtted give rcafun to 
 think, that the Iliad will appear with no Jijati- 
 ■vatii.i^e to that immortal poem. AdSjon. 
 
 Thc.r leflimony will not be of much weight 
 to its difaivantiigt, fince they are liable to the 
 common objeftion of condemning what they did 
 not uiiderftand. Swijt. 
 
 3. A ftate not prepared for defence. 
 
 No fort can be lb ftrong, 
 Ne fleftily breali can ar.Tied be fo found. 
 
 But will at la(t be won with batt'iy long, 
 Or unawares at d.fadvantage found. Fairy (^urni. 
 
 To Disadva'ntage. ^'. a. [from the 
 noun.] To injure in iiitercft of any 
 kind. 
 
 All other violences are fo far from advancing 
 chrillianity, that they extremely weaken and dij- 
 advantage it. Decay of Fifty. 
 
 Disadva'ntageable. adj. [from dtj- 
 advantagc] Contrary to profit ; pro- 
 ducing lofs. Not ufed. 
 
 In clearing of a man's cftate, he may as well 
 hurt himlclf in being too fudden, as in letting it 
 run on too long ; for hafty felling is commonly 
 as difachaittageablc as interelt. Bacon. 
 
 Disadvanta'geous. adj. [from clifad- 
 tiantage.^ Contrary to intereft ; con- 
 trary to convenience ; unfavourable. 
 
 A multitude of eyes will narrowly infpc<^ 
 every part of an eminent man, conlider him 
 nicely in all views, and not be a little pleafed 
 when they have taken him in the worft and molf 
 ^ifiidvant (igcoui lights. .-iddijon. 
 
 Disadvanta'geously. adv. [from dif- 
 aJvanlagcous.} In a manner contrary 
 to intereft or profit ; in a manner not fa- 
 vourable. 
 
 An approving nod or fmile ferves to drive 
 you on, and make you difplay yourfelves nioic 
 difadvanta^eoujly. Gov, of the Tongue. 
 
 Disadvanta'geousness. n. f. [from 
 difadvantageous .1 Contrariety to profit ; 
 inconvenience ; mifcliief j lofs. 
 
 Disadve'nturous. adj. [dis and adven- 
 turous.] Unhappy; unprofperoua. 
 
 Now he hath left you here. 
 To be the record of his rueful lofs, 
 And of my doleful difad-vcnturoui death, p. Qu. 
 
 To Disaffe'ct. 1!. a. [dis and affeH.] 
 To fill with dlfcontent ; to difcontent ; 
 to make lefs faithful or zealous. 
 
 They had attempted to difajtf} and difcontent 
 his majefty's late army. Claieiuhn. 
 
 Disaffe'cted. fart. adj. {ivomdifajfcd.] 
 Not dIfpofeJ to zeal or affection. 
 Ufually applied to thofe who are ene- 
 mies to the government. 
 
 D I S 
 
 By denying civil worlhip to the emperor's 
 ftatucs, whicii the culfoin then was to give, they 
 were piOLCcded agjiuft as difn^tBcd to the em- 
 peror, Stil'itgflcft ■ 
 
 Disaffe'ctedly, adv. [^vom dijajeded.] 
 
 After a difaffcfled manner. 
 DisAFFE'cTEDNESs.n./ [from dij'uffeded.] 
 
 The quality of being difaffet'ted, 
 Dipaffe'ction. n.f. [Jiom dif.ijfe5.'\ 
 
 1. Dilllkc ; ill-will. 
 
 In miiking laws, princes muft have regard to 
 the public ditpofitiuni, ti> tlic ;ifte6tiuns and </>/- 
 ay"(r(^.£);.'i of the pcuple ; and mull n^t intiuducc 
 a law with public fcandai and difplcafurc. 
 
 Taylor's Rule of Holy Living. 
 
 2. Want of zeal for tlie government ; 
 want of ardour for the reigning prince. 
 
 In this .igc, cvciy thing diflikcd by thofe who 
 think wirh the majority, ib called liijiifff&ion, 
 
 Hwijt. 
 
 3. Difordcr ; bad conftitution ; in a phy- 
 fical fenfe. 
 
 The difcafe took its original merely from the 
 
 dij.tffe&ion ut the part, .ind not from the peccancy 
 
 . of the humours. IVifcman. 
 
 Disaffi'rmance. n, f, \dis •q.yi^ ajfinn,'\ 
 Confutation ; negation. 
 
 That kind of reafjnmg which leduccth the op- 
 pofilc conclulion to fomtthing that is apparently 
 abfurd, is a demonllraiiun in difijfirmanci: of any 
 thing that is alarmed. Hale. 
 
 To Disaffo'rest. *v. a» [^u and /or£/?.] 
 To throw open to common purpofes ; 
 to reduce from the privileges of a forcft 
 to the {late of common ground. 
 
 The commiirioneis of the ireafury moved the 
 king to dijafforcji fomc forerts of his, explaining 
 themfelves of fuch foreits as lay out of the way, 
 not near any of the king*s houfes. Bacon. 
 
 How happy 's he, which hath due place af- 
 (ign'd 
 To his hearts ; and difitfforefied his mind ! Donne. 
 
 Jb Disagree', v. n. [t^ls s^nd agree.} 
 
 1. To differ ; not to be the fame. 
 
 Tne mind clearly and infallibly perceives all 
 diflinil ideas to dijagTee; that is, the one not to 
 be the other. Locke. 
 
 2. To differ i not to be of the fame opi- 
 nion. 
 
 Why both the bands in wo\fh\p difjgrecj 
 And fome .idorc the flow'r, and lome ihc tree. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 3. To be in a flate of oppofition : fol- 
 lowed by from or li/i/A, before the op- 
 pofite. 
 
 It cont.iincth manv improprieties, difagrteing 
 almoft in all things/'cm the true and propci de- 
 Iciiption. BibiL/i. 
 
 Stnngc it is, that they rejcdt the plainelt fcnfc 
 oflcripture, btc.fufc it fecms to dijagrte ivith 
 what tiiey call realon. Aitvbury. 
 
 Disagree' ABLE. adj. [from dtfagree. j 
 
 1. Contrary ; unfuttable. 
 
 Some demon, an enemy to the Greeks, had 
 foiced her to a cox\6LXx€^dljiigretahU to her iin 
 eerily. Broome. 
 
 2. Unpleiafing ; offenflve. 
 
 To rnak.e the fcnfe of cftccni or difgrace fink 
 the deeper, and be of the more weignt, either 
 agreeable av dtf.igreeablc things (hould conihintiy 
 r.ccompany ihcfe ditfcicnt ftates. Locke 
 
 Disagree'ableness. n. f, [from difa- 
 
 greeable. ] 
 
 1. Unfiiitablenefs ; contrariety. 
 
 2. Unplealantnefs; offeiifivenefs. 
 
 A father will hug and embrace his beloved 
 fon, for all ihc diit and foulnels of \ms clo.iths ; 
 the dcaroefs of the pcifon cafily apologizing for 
 the dij.igr(cai^cncji of the habit. S^uth. 
 
 D I S 
 
 DrsAr.REE'ME.VT. n.f. [f rom di/agree."} 
 
 1. Difference ; dinimilitutJc ; diverfity j 
 not identity ; not likenefs. 
 
 Thefe carry fuch plain and evident ro»e« and 
 chaiaiters, either of difngrmrcnt or affinity with 
 one anoiher, that the fcveral kinds of them Mt. 
 eadly diftiiiguiltud. Pf'aiiduiard. 
 
 2. Difference of opinion; contrariety of 
 fentiments. 
 
 They fcemcd one to crofs another, as touching 
 their fcveral cpinii.-ns about the n(tciTity,of facia- 
 nieiits, whereas in truth ilicii dtfa-^rctmcnt is i.i^t 
 great. IhnUr. 
 
 To DisALUo'w. V. a. [dis and aHow.] 
 
 t . To deny authority to any. 
 When, laid Die, 
 Were thofe firft councils dilailciu'd hy me^ 
 Or where did I at fure tradition rtrikc. 
 Provided flill it were aportolic? D'ydm. 
 
 2. To confider as unlawful; not toper-- 
 mit. 
 
 Their ufual kind of difputing Ihcweth, that 
 they do not dtjaiiovi only thctc Roniilh ceremo- 
 nies which are unprofitable, but count all un- 
 profitable which are Rumifh. Hokcr. 
 
 3. To cenfure by fome poftcrior aft. 
 
 It wa.< known that the nioll eminent of thofe 
 who prcfeircd his own principles, publickly ^^17- 
 airjvtd his proceedings. Swift. 
 
 4. To cenftire ; not to juftify. 
 
 There is a fecret, inward foreboding fear, that 
 fome evil or other will follow the doing of that 
 which a man's own confcitiite difiUciui him in. 
 
 Sculh, 
 To DiSALLo'w. V. n. To refufe permif- 
 fion ; not to grant ; not to make or 
 fuppofe lawful. 
 
 God doth in converts, belnj married, allovr 
 
 continuance with inhdels, and yet drfallo-w that 
 
 the faithful, when they are free, fhould enter into 
 
 bonds of wedlock with fuch. Hpoker. 
 
 DlSALLo'wABLE, adj. [from di/a/Io'w.] 
 
 Not allowable ; not to be fuffertd. 
 DisALLo'wANCE. n.f. J^from difal/ow.] 
 Prohibition. 
 
 God accepts of a thing fuitable for him to re- 
 ceive, and for us to give, where he docs not de- 
 clare his refufal and difallcwanre of it. South. 
 
 To Disa'nchor. v. a. [from iTis and ■ 
 anchor.] To drive a fliip from its anchor. 
 
 To DiSANliMATE. V. a. [dis and ani- 
 matc] 
 
 1. To deprive of life. 
 
 2 . To difcouragc ; to dejetfl ■; to deprefs. • 
 
 The prefcnee of a king engenders love amongll 
 his fubjedts and his loyal friends, »i it difanimatcs 
 his enemies. Shakfpcarc. 
 
 He was confounded and Jifmimafedn his prc- 
 fence, and added. How can the fcrvant of my 
 lord talk with my lord .' BcyU. 
 
 Dis^anima'ticn. n.f. [from difanimate.] , 
 Privation of life. 
 
 They cannot in leafon retain that apprehenfion 
 after death, as being affeelions whicli depend on 
 life, and depart upon difanimaiion. Broixn, 
 
 To Disannu'l. v. a. [dis and onnuL 
 This vvcrd is formed, contrarily to ana- 
 logy, by thofe who, not knowirig the 
 mcdiiing of the word antiul, intended to 
 form a negative fenfe by the netdlefs 
 ufe of the negative particle. It oticrht . 
 therefore to be rtjefted, as ungramma- 
 tlc:il and barb;irons.] To annul; -to 
 deprive ol authority ; to vacate ; to 
 make null ; to make void ; to nullify. 
 
 The Jews ordinances fur us to relume, were to ■ 
 check out Lord liimfelfj which hath difanrmlUd 
 thc.-n. Hooka,
 
 D IS 
 
 Ti!»i asve him pawet of A/'!««»?V'^ cf laws, 
 
 *"d dhpoliii^ of men's fortunes and cttatcs, a 
 '''c !iKc puiiKs of abiolu'.e power, facms !:' t:ie 
 f'-ivts ba! Ih and odious. -S''"' 
 
 To b; iaboth -worlds full, 
 ;han God was, who was hungi? here : 
 thou his laws cf fafting difarr^! ? 
 
 Is more ti 
 ■\Vo:il(lft 
 
 ■vv 
 
 1: tbou my iudgtner/.^ ino-.rf.> T Defame 
 
 My equal rule.to cleai tl.j !ci. •: blame . ^■"■■'■j 
 Disanku'lment. n.f. [imvc: di/anrtuL] 
 
 The aft of making void. 
 To Disappe'ak. v. n. [difparo'ilrcYxJj 
 To be lotl to vie.v ; to vani(h out ot 
 fight ; to ily ; to go away. 
 " Sl'.e J!r.:{.pi.^r\I, and let; me dnrk ! I wak'd 
 ;To find her, or for ever to deplore. MiU,n. 
 
 When the night an<l wint-.-r -.i^Cipfrar, 
 
 The purple morning, rifir.g with the year, 
 
 Sa'ulej Ihe ipring. Drydtn. 
 
 The pictures drawn in our muids are laid m 
 
 . fadiig colour?, and, if not fom^iimci rcfrelhed, 
 
 v.mifli and Ml'apptar. . . ^''"'■ 
 
 Ciilicks I faw that otl;crs names derate, 
 And tix their own with labour in their place ; 
 Their own, like others, foon their place refign d. 
 Or r!i,-^vpear-d, and left the fii ft behind. Pofr. 
 To DiSAPPo'iNT. r. a. [dis and appoint.} 
 ,1. To tiefeat of CKpeaatioD ; to balk; to 
 hinder from fomething expeAed. 
 
 The fiip^rijr Bc:ng can defeat all his dejigns, 
 and diUff.ini all his hopes. Jdktfon. 
 
 WhiUt the champion, with vedoubled might, 
 Strikes horn: the jav'lin, his retiring foe 
 Slirinks from the wound, and d.-Jjfl>::'!tt the 
 blow. ^Ar/«. 
 
 There 's nothing like furprifing the rogues : 
 how will they be .iipipf-iiied, when they hear 
 tiiat thou hall prevented their revenge 1 Aibuth. 
 We are not only tortured by the reproaches 
 .which are offered us, but are aif.ipfJii-d by the 
 filence of men when it is unexpefted, and hum- 
 bled eveu by their praiics. AdJiJ^n. 
 
 2. It has o/ before the tiling loft by difap- 
 
 pointment. 
 
 The Janizaries, Sfaffaintei by the baflas c/ 
 the fpoil, received of the bounty of Solyman a 
 great largefs. Kr'.uu 
 
 Disappoi'ntmest. n. f. [from d'lfap- 
 fcinl.] Defeat of hopes ; mifcarriage 
 of expeclations. 
 
 It is impoflible for us to know what are cala- 
 mities, and what are bUfiings. How many ac- 
 cidents have paiTcd for misfortunes, which have 
 turned to the welfare and profperiv of the pcr- 
 ifons in whofe lot they have fallen I How many I 
 .UfappoJnt'icnli have, in their confequcnces, faved 
 a man from ruin ! Spe£}alir. 
 
 If we hope for things, of which we have not 
 thoroughly confidered the value, our J-fippiir.t- 
 mnt will be greater than ourpleafuie in the frui- 
 tion of them. AJdif^::, 
 3Di3APPROBa'tio>.'. n. f. [dis ^nA appro- 
 bation.'] Cenfure ; condeaiuatioa ; ex- 
 preffion of diflike. 
 
 He was ublijcd tr puhiilh his letters, to (hew 
 his dif-ppriijih't of the publilhing of others. 
 
 Popr. 
 
 To Disapprove, v. a. {defapprouver, 
 
 French.] 
 i. To diilike ; to cenfure. 
 
 I reafon'd much, alas! but more I lov'd ; 
 Sent and rccail'd, ordain'd and drjappmi'd. 
 
 Frier. 
 
 Without good breeding truth is difapprcrv'd ; 
 That only makes fuperior fenfc boiov'd. Pep.'. 
 
 a.. To rejecl asdifliked ; not to confirm by 
 concurrence. 
 
 A projeift for a treaty of barrier with the States 
 Wis tranfmitcd hitiier from Holland, and was 
 ^j.inmcd of by ourtourU. Sv!j!. 
 
 D I S' 
 
 Di'sAUD. n. f. [bip, 6ir'6' Saxon, a 
 fool, Skinner; diffur, French, yuH.-w.] 
 A prattler ; a boafting talker. This 
 word is infertcd both by Skinner and 
 Junius ; but I do not remember it. 
 ^0 Disa'rm. 11. a. [difarmer, French.] 
 I . To fpoil or diseft of aims ; to deprive 
 of arms. 
 
 An order was made by both houfes, for Mj- 
 arming all the papifts in Eni;Iand. Clarendon. 
 
 I am ihll the fame. 
 By diucrcnt ways Itill moving to one fame ; 
 And by difjj-ming you I now do moi c 
 To fave the town, than arming you before. 
 
 Dryd"- 
 It has of before the arms taken away. 
 
 They would be immediately Mfirmed cf their 
 
 great magazine of artillery. Luki. 
 
 To Disarra'v. ■». a. [dir and array.] 
 
 Toundrefsany one ; to divell of clothes. 
 
 So, as (he bad, the witch they difairjy'.l. 
 
 Fairy i^uesi. 
 Now night is come, now foon her dijamy, 
 And in l-.er bed her lay. Spcnjtr. 
 
 Disarra'y. n. / [from the verb.] 
 \. Difoider ; confufion ; lofs of the re- 
 gular order of battle. 
 
 He returned towards the river, to prevent fuch 
 danger as the dij^rrayj occafioned by the nar- 
 rownefs of the bridge, might call upon them. 
 
 JLtyjuarA. 
 
 Dif^rray and (hameful rout enfue, 
 And force is added to the faintiag crew. Drydrn. 
 
 2. Undrcfs. 
 
 Disassidu'ity. n. f. Abfence of care or 
 attention. 
 
 The Cecilians kept him back ; as very well 
 knowing that, upon every little abfence or dij- 
 affiduity, he (hould be fubjeft to lake cold at his 
 back. iVittin. 
 
 DISA'STER. n.f. {difaflre, Fr.] 
 
 1 . The blaU or llroke of an unfavourable 
 planet. 
 
 Stars (hone with trains of fire, dews of blood 
 fall ; 
 Difjjhri veilM (he fun ; and the moid (lar, 
 Upon wliole influence Neptune's empire (lands. 
 Was fick almoft to doomfday with eclipfe. 
 
 Sftakft>ejre. 
 
 2. Misfortune ; grief ; miftiap ; mifery ; 
 calamity. 
 
 This day black omens threat the brighteft fair 
 That e'er deferv'd a watchful fpirit's care; 
 Some dire dijaf.tr, or by force or flight ; 
 But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. 
 
 Popr. 
 
 To Disa'ster. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To blaft; by the ftroke of an unfarour- 
 able ftar. 
 
 .-^h, ciialle bed of mine, faid (he, which never 
 heretofore coiildft accufe me of x)ne de£lcd 
 thought, "now canft thou now receive that dij~ 
 cfitr:d changeling. Sidney. 
 
 2. To alflia ; to mifchief. 
 
 Thefe are the holes where eyes (hould be, 
 which pitifully difujier the cheeks. Shakjpeaie. 
 
 In his own fields, the fwain 
 Dijaf.cr'd (lands. Thtmf'.n. 
 
 Disa'strous. adj. [^hom difa/ler.] 
 
 1 . Unlucky ; not fortunate. 
 
 That feemeth a moll difaftroui d.-,y to the Scuts, 
 not only in regard of this overthrow, bur for 
 that upon the fame tiay they were defeated by 
 the Englilh at Floodenficld. Hyu-ad 
 
 2. Gloomy; threatening misfortune. 
 
 The moon, 
 In dim eclipfe, di/ii/!rsiii twilight flicds 
 On half th« nauaiis. Mil''"- 
 
 D I S 
 
 ;. Unhappy; calamitous; miferabk, 
 ftruck with affliction. 
 
 Then Juno, pitving her difytr^u* fate. 
 Sends Ins down, her pangs tu mitigate. 
 
 Deniam. 
 
 Immcdiilely after his leturn from tl.is very 
 
 expedition, luch difnJitTji calamiti'.s befcl hi» 
 
 family, ih.at he l)umt two of his children 
 
 himfelf. Si:ilri. 
 
 Fly ihe purfuit of my dijafrout love ; 
 From mv unhappy neighbourhood remove. 
 
 Dry.ir-.. 
 Dtsa'stroitsly. adv. [from difajirous.] 
 In a difmal manner. 
 
 DiSA sTROUs:.'Ess. n.f. \^(rom difuJI rous ."l 
 Unluckintfs ; unfortunatenefs. Did. 
 To DiSAVOvcH. 1). a. [^dis and avouch.] 
 To retract piofeffion ; to difown. 
 
 Thereupon they flatly difirvourk 
 To yield ijim moii obedience or fuppoit. 
 
 Patir!. 
 
 To DiSAvo'v.'. V. a. \_dis and a-i'OTtr.] To 
 
 difown; to deny knowledge of; to deny 
 
 concurrence in anything, or with any 
 
 pcrfon. 
 
 The heirs andpoftcrity of them which yielded 
 the fame, are cither ignorant thereof, or do wil- 
 fully deny, or (Icdfaltly dif<xit^-.u it. Spcnfer. 
 'The Er.glifh did believe his name was therein 
 abufed ; which he manifedcd to be true, by dij- 
 avciuif.'g it openly ar'rejwards. HjyzfaiJ. 
 
 To deal in peifon is good, when a man's face 
 breedeth regard, and generally when a man wiH 
 leferve to himfelf liberty either to dfa-jvui or to 
 expound. Baccn, 
 
 A man that afls below his rank, doth but 
 difjv6-jj fortune, and feemeth to be confcious «f 
 lis own want in worth, and deth but teach others 
 to envy him. MaciJt. 
 
 He only does hi? conqueft difavoiCf 
 And thinks too little what they found roo much. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 We are reminded by the ceremony of takfng 
 
 an oatir, that it is a part of that obedience which 
 
 we learn from the gofpel, exprelsly to difavevi 
 
 all cvafions and mental rcfervations whatfoevcr. 
 
 Add'f'jK i Frcehiider. 
 
 DiSAVo'wAL. II. f. [from difavow.] 
 Denial. 
 
 An eamcft dtjj-jz'vsal of fear often proceecs 
 from fear. Clarijfa. 
 
 DisAVo'wMENT. n. f. [from di/avow.^ 
 Denial. 
 As touching the Tridentine hiftory, his 
 
 holinefs will not prefs you to any difaT.irat~ 
 imnl thereof. /^5//!«. 
 
 To DiSAU THORiZE. V. a. \dls and cu- 
 thorize.] To deprive of credit or au- 
 thority. 
 
 The oblrulion of fuch particular indances as 
 ihcfe, arc infuificient to difAuthorifc a no'.e 
 grounded upon the final intention of nature. 
 
 H'oiltT. 
 To Disba'kd. v. a. [difsridiand.] 
 
 1 . To difmifs from military fervice ; to 
 break up an army ; to difmifs foldiers 
 from their colours. 
 
 They dijlartdci thcmfclves, and returned every 
 man to his own dwelling. Krt'j.'^ctt Hrjhry. 
 
 Pyth:igoras bids us in oiirdation (land. 
 Till Gud, our general, (hall us dijharid. 
 
 Df uhlan, 
 
 I am content to lead a private life; 
 Dilhar.d my army to fecuie the Hate. DryJen. 
 
 Bid him dijhand his legions. Aidifan'i dts, 
 
 2. To fpread abroad ; to fcatter. 
 Some imagine that a quintity of water, fuifi- 
 
 cient to m.ike fuch a del'.;ge, was created upon 
 that occalion ; and, when the buiincfs was done, 
 all di/bundcd agjin, and asnihiUced. liadvimd.
 
 D r s 
 
 To Di5Ba'ni>. v. n. 
 
 1. To retire froin military fcrvn'cc ; to fc- 
 
 paralc ; to brt:ik up. 
 
 Our navy was 1^)011 the point of dtJhatAing, 
 and innny of out men cicne .ilhorc. B^ican. 
 
 Tlie rang'<i 'pow'rs 
 Dijhani, and v/aiid'iing, each his fevcral way 
 Purfues.-. Mi.'toii. 
 
 The common foldicrs, and inferior ofiiecrs, 
 ftould bi) fully paid upon their d:JhunH:i>g. 
 
 Clareiiih'i. 
 Were it not for fome fraail remainders of piety 
 »nd viiiuc, whicii aie yet left fcatt.-rcd aniun^ 
 mankind, 'human (oi;iety would in a flioit fpacc 
 dijharii and run into confulion, and the earth 
 would grow wild and become a fo.cli. 'Viltotjon. 
 Z. To be diirolvtd. 
 
 Wlnl.- rocks iVmd, 
 And rivers flit, thou canrt not Ihrink cr quail ; 
 Yea, when both rocks and all things jliall Mf- 
 
 Then (halt thou be my rock and tower. 
 
 }ltrinl. 
 
 To Dieba'rk. v. a. [i/eiarquer, Frtncli.] 
 To land from a tTiip ; to put on fhore. 
 Together fail'd they, fraught with all tl.c 
 things 
 To' fcrvice done by land that might belo"5, 
 Aod, when occafiun icfj'd.^njlarkej them. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 The (hip we moor on thefe obfciire abode^ ; 
 Difiark the Iheep, an oiftring to the gods. 
 
 yo[t's O.Ujfcy. 
 Disjieli'ef. n. f. [ffom ifi/ie/i'vi:] Re- 
 fufal of credit; denial of belief. 
 
 Our belief or diileliefpi a thing docs not alter 
 the natuic of the thing. T:'htjr>n. 
 
 7i Disbeli'fve. v. a. [.& and foZiVtff.j 
 Not to credit ; not to hold true. 
 
 The thinking- it impuuil.le his fins ihould I « 
 forgiven, though he Ihouid b.: truly penitent, is 
 a fin, but ratlicr of nilidelity than defpair; it 
 being the dijhtlicvin^ of an eternal truth of 
 God's, Hctmmond'j PmOica/ Cattchifjn. 
 
 Such who profefs'to dijbel.cve a future flatc, 
 are not always equally fatislied.with their own 
 rcafonings. . Atterhury. 
 
 From a fondnefs' to fome vices, which the 
 doilrine of futurity reiidertil iineafy, they 
 brought themfelves to tlonbt of religion ; or, out 
 of a vain a;fe(ftation of feeing farther than otner 
 men, pretended to ^//^t-.'/fft- it. Rogen. 
 
 Djsbeli'eveu. It. f. [from dlfoeli;v; ."] 
 One who refufes belief; one who denies 
 auy pofition to be true. 
 
 An humble foul is frighted into fentimcnfs, 
 bccaufe a man of great name ptonouiccs herely 
 upon ihc contrai-y fcntimeprs, and caiii the ;/■/';■- 
 hclicvci out of the church. H'utti. 
 
 To Dtsbe'nch. -v. a. [^dis a.na bmch.lTo 
 driye from a feat. 
 
 Sir, I hope 
 My words dijlcnch'd yo\x not ? 
 
 No, fir ; yet oft. 
 
 When blows have made me ftay, I fled from 
 
 words. SAtii/j»;iri. 
 
 To DisBRa'nch. v. a. [dh and iranc/j.] 
 To feparate, or break .off, as a branch 
 from a tree. 
 
 She that herfelf will iliver and difhratich 
 From her maternal fap, perforce mull wither. 
 And come to deadly u(e. Shckff ufsi King Ltr.y. 
 Such as are newly pi mted need not he <;//- 
 hf/incitid till the f.-.p bc^in< to (fir, that To tiic 
 wound may be healed without the fear. 
 
 jEv^/y1'i KaUndai. 
 
 To Disbu'd. t). a. [With gardeners.] To 
 
 take away the branches or. fpn'gs newly 
 
 put forth, that are ill placed. Di8. 
 
 To Djsdu'rden. v. a. \^d'i and burden.] 
 
 I. Tc eaCi; of a burden ; to iinload. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Tlic liver, with ten Iranclics or flrcsms, .///- 
 hufdcta liiiTiuir within tlic Pcrfuin fca. 
 
 D:Jhur^ir7i*d hca\ 'n rcjoicM. ^lUdn. 
 
 2. To difcncumber, difcharge, or clear. 
 
 Tiiey lemovcd cither by cafuaity andtcmpclt, 
 or Iiy iiitjiilian and dcfign ; cither out of lucicof 
 guld, or for ihc Ji/buidaning of tlic couatrics 
 luichaigcd with muicitudLS xji inhabitants. 
 
 Ilu/e'i Origin of MankinA. 
 
 Wc fliall dijhurdin the piece of thofc hard 
 (hadowiiiijs, which are always ungraceful. 
 
 3. To throw off a burden. 
 
 Belter yet do 1 live, that though by my thoughts 
 1 be plunged 
 Into my life's bondage, I yet isi^y H'Jl inl »: a 
 pulTion. S'Jf.ry. 
 
 Lucia, tiJhutJtn ail thy card's on me, 
 And let mc flmrc thy moll rctir'd dif^rcfi-. 
 
 7c; Disdu'rden. -u, n. To cafe the 
 
 inind. 
 To OISBU'RSE. v,a, [Mourfer, Fr.] 
 'i\) fpcTitl or lay out money. 
 
 M jncy is- not dijliirjed ax. once, but drawn into 
 a lonj length, by fending over now twenty tnou- 
 fuiid; and next half year ten thoufand pounds. 
 
 Spenjir. 
 Mor would we drtgn him burial for his men, 
 Till he JjJSur»,'Jtcn thoufand dollars- Shakff}. 
 
 A* Akx.nnder received gie.Tt fums, hewaa no 
 kfs t^encreus. and liberal m dij2ujrjing oi' tiiem 
 
 yiibuthnai on f.'o/«.(. 
 
 Disbu'rsement; n. f, [debQurftrnetit^ 
 French.] 
 
 1, A£l of difbiirfing or laying out. 
 
 The queen'i trcafure, in fu gieat occaiions of 
 
 d flwjimi^.tiy is not ilways fo ready, nor fo 
 
 plentiful, as it-can Iparc fo great a fum togcihei- 
 
 S^e'tjer^s IriUmU. 
 
 2. Sum fpentw 
 
 Disbu'rser. n. f* [from dl/Burfe,'] One 
 
 that dlfburfes. 
 DISCA'LCEATED. adj. [difcalceatusy 
 
 I^atin,] Stripped of fhoes. 
 Discalcea'tion. «. /. [from difcalce- 
 
 ated.] The ad of pulling off the 
 
 fhoes. 
 
 The cuf^om of difca!ccationj or putting off 
 
 their flioci, at meals, is conceived to have been 
 
 done, a» by that njtaus keeping their beds clean. 
 
 BfGiv^'s Vulvar Enoun. 
 
 7h Disc.\'NnY. a', n, [dis ^nd randy.'] To 
 diflblve i to melt, JJumner, 
 
 The hearts 
 That fuanicl'd me at heels, to whonr I gave 
 Their wiflits, do difcandy^ raelt theii fwcrts 
 Oil bloffoiniiig Cxfar. Shakjfcan:^ 
 
 TbDiscA'RD. 13. a, [d7jand f.7r^,] 
 
 1. To throw out of the hand fuch cards 
 a? are nf^flef?, 
 
 2. To difmifs or ejeft from fervice or em- 
 ployment. 
 
 Thcfe men being certainly jewels to a wife- 
 man, confidering what wonders they were able 
 to perform, yet were iifcarded by that unworthy 
 princcj as not worthy the holding. Sidney. 
 
 Thi-ircaptainf, if ihey lifl, i/;/tfl^// whom thry 
 pleaU, and fend away fuch as will perhaps will- 
 ingly be rid of that dangerous and hard fervice. 
 Spe^fii'' i Siote uj hdor.d. 
 
 Shotild.wc o'.vn that we have a very imperfc(5\ 
 idea of fubftance, would it not be hard to charge 
 us with dif'.arding fubiiance out of the -world ? 
 
 Jiiflicr d'!Jcari\ P'^rry, fricndfhip, kindred, 
 and isalwayi therefore reprefcnted as bluid. 
 
 Addijon^i Guardian. 
 
 They bbme the favourites, and think it 
 nothing cx;raordinary that the (^urfcii ihould beat 
 
 D I S 
 
 an end of her patience, and rcfolvc to dijiard 
 ihtm. Swift. 
 
 I do not eonccivc why a funk difcc.rdtd parly, 
 who neither e.vpeft- nor defire more than a quiet 
 life, Oi'juld he charged with endeavouring to in- 
 troduce popery. Swift. 
 
 Disc a'r n att. a.-ij. [dis, and cara, (le(h ; . 
 fcarnalo, It.il.] Stripped of flefh, 
 
 'Tis het!cr to own a judgment, though but 
 with a cmiit fiippe.'Icx of coherent notions ; thaa ' 
 a memory like a fcpulehre, fumilhcd with a load ■ 
 of broken and dif'-.trn.ttt boiies. Gtwivillt, 
 
 To Disca'se. v. a. [dis and ca/e.} , To • 
 
 ftrip ; to iindrefs. 
 Fetch me the hat andrapi«r in my ccll.j 
 
 I wil d-J.-ii/- nil*, and myftif preTcnt. S'lalff. - 
 To DISCE'RN. -v. a. {dlfcerno, Lailii.] \ 
 
 1. To defory ; to fee ; to difcovcr. 
 
 And tchcild among the fmiple ones, I Ifcemcd 
 anions; the youths a young man void of under- 
 Handing. Prcvcrir, 
 
 2. To jti Jge ; to have knowledge of by 
 comparifon. 
 
 What doth better become wifdona titan to difccm 
 what is worthy the loving } Sidney. 
 
 T>ocs any here know me." This is not Lear : 
 Docs Lear walk thus, fpeak thus .' Where ate 
 
 his eyes.^ 
 Either his motion weakens, or his difcnnii.-rt 
 Are Icthargled. Shakfjiiarc, 
 
 You fhould be rul'd and led 
 By fome difcretion, that difrcrnf your (fate 
 Better than you yourfelf. Sh.ikfj'can'i King Lcari 
 
 3. To diftinguifli. 
 
 To difcern fuch buds as are fit to produce 
 blolToms, from fuch as will difplay themfelvei 
 but in leaves, is nodifficult matti-r, Boyle. 
 
 ^. To make the difference between. 
 They follow virtue for reward to-day ; 
 To-raorrow vice, if (he give better pay ; 
 We are fo gojd, or bad, jolt at a price ; 
 For nothing elfe difcenn the virtue or vice. 
 
 Ben 'Jonf'in.^ 
 
 To Disce'rn. 1?. n. 
 
 1. To make diftihflion. 
 
 Great part of tlie country was abandoned to 
 the tpoils of t!ie foldie.s, who not troubling them- 
 felves to difcern between a fubjeft and a rebel, 
 whilft their liberty lajfed, nude indifferently 
 profit of both. liuywatj. 
 
 The cai^om of arguing on any (Ide, even 
 againit our pcrfjafions, dims the underlf anding, 
 and makes it by degrees lofe the faculty of rf//"- 
 e;v-//rn^ between truth and fidfehood. Locke. 
 
 2. To have judicial cognizance. ■ Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 It difcincth of forces, frai;ds, crimes variotis 
 
 of flcllinn.ite, and the inchohtions towards 
 
 , crimes capital, not aiflually perpetrated. Bacon, 
 
 DisCr'rnEr. n. f. [from difcern.^ 
 
 1. Difcoverer; he that defcries. 
 
 'Twas faid they faw but one; and no 
 difcerii'-r 
 D'lrft wag his tongue-in cnfurc. Siuhfprare. 
 
 2. Judge; one that has the power of dif- 
 tingiiKhing. 
 
 He was a great obfervcr and diferner of n-.en'; 
 natures antl tiuniours, and was very dexterous in 
 complianrc, where he found it ufeful. Clurendo'i. 
 
 How unequal difconers of truth they are, and 
 e.ifily ejtpofed unto crrour, will appear by their 
 unqualified intcUet^uals. Bro-.un'i Vui. Srr, 
 
 Disce'r"nible. adj. [from difcern.'] Dif- 
 coverable; perceptible; di(liiigui(hable ; 
 
 apparent. 
 
 It is indeed a fin of fo grofs, fo formidable £ 
 bulk, that there needs no help of optieks to 
 render it difrerniiU, and then-fore I need not 
 farther expatiate on it, Go^-'irnmi'U of the Titgue^
 
 D I S 
 
 Ml this is cafily diJofitlhU by the oti\nxcy 
 
 difcjiiifsi of t\ie 'jiidcrftanding. S^iillt. 
 
 Disce'rsibleness. u. f. [from dijsurni- 
 
 ik.] Vifibkuefs. 
 DistE'RNiBLY. aJv. [[xom di/ceniiUc.'] 
 
 Perceptitily ; apparently. 
 Coafider what dodtiincs are infufed (t'fccrnlhly 
 
 among c^riftians, moft apt to obltrua or inter- 
 rupt ihc chtiftian !ife. IhymacJ. 
 Disce'rning. part. adj. [irom difcern.'} 
 
 Judicious; knowing. 
 This hath been mainlamed not only by warm 
 ■ inthufiafts, but by cooler and more Aifcor.ing 
 
 beads. AlU'bury. 
 
 DlscERKiNGLr. oJv. [from di/certiing.] 
 
 Jiidicioufly ; jationally; acutely. 
 Thefe t«-o eiriurs Ovid l.as moft difcemingly 
 
 avoided. Gr.nh. 
 
 Disce'rn'MENt. n. /. [from difctrn.'\ 
 
 Judgment ; power of diftinguifhing. 
 A reader ihnt wants dif^cTnm.tit, loves and 
 
 admires tiie cliar.i.£lers and aitijns of men in a 
 
 wrong place. FnihoHcr 
 
 ToDlSCE'RP. ^•. a. [dl/cerpo, Lat.] 
 
 To tear in pieces ; to break ; to deftroy 
 
 by reparation of its parts. Du^. 
 
 Disce'rftidle. adj. [from di/cirp.'] 
 
 Frangible; feparable; liable to be de- 
 
 ftroyed by the difunion of its parts. 
 What is moft dcnle, and Icalt porous, will be 
 
 tnoft coherent and leaft difarpiible. GUrrjii!-:. 
 Matter is moveable, this i.amoveable ; matter 
 
 d-fnrftiliU, this indilccrptible. Mcs. 
 
 Discerptibi'lity. n. f. [firom dif- 
 
 =» cerptille-l Liablenefs to be deftroyed 
 
 by difunion of parts. 
 Disce'rption. n. f. [from difcerp.'\ 
 
 The aft of pulling to pieces, or deftroy- 
 
 ing by dli'uniting the parts. 
 TsDISCH.VRGE. V. a. [dk&ar^er, 
 
 Erench.] 
 i . To difburden ; to exonerate ; to free 
 
 from any load or inconvenience. 
 How rich in humble poverty* is he, 
 
 Who leads a quiet country life ; 
 
 Difchii'-^'d of bulinefs, void of (trife ! D'yden. 
 
 2. To unload ; to difembark, 
 
 I will convey them by lea in floats, unto the 
 place that tnou (halt appoint me, and will caufc 
 them to be Jifchartred. Ki'igi. 
 
 3. To throw off any thing collecled or 
 accumulated ; to give vent to any thing ; 
 to let fly. It is ufed of any thing vio- 
 lent or fudden. 
 
 Mounting bis eyes, 
 He did iiyh^fgi a horrible oath. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Jnfe^ed minds 
 To their death pillows will difchjrge their fccrets^ 
 Shakf f ears' i Macbeth. 
 Nor were tbofc bluft'ring brethren left at 
 large. 
 On feas and (hores their fury to difhargi. 
 
 JJryden'i Ol-id. 
 
 Soon may kind hcav'n a fure relief provide ; 
 Soon may your lite .difcharge the vengeance 
 
 due. 
 And all your wrongs the proud opprcflbrs rue. 
 
 life's Odyjfey. 
 Dijckitrge thy (hafts; this ready bofomrcnd. 
 
 l'9jH*S S:atiuS. 
 
 4. To let off a gun. 
 
 A conceit ruirneih abroad, that there Ihould be 
 a white puwdcr, which will dijcharge a piece 
 «'ithout noife, Ba:on. 
 
 The g:<!l.ys alfo did oftentimes, out of their 
 prows, di/cAurge their great pieces againft the 
 city. KroiUi' Hi'/hiy. 
 
 \Vc dij'ciiirgrd a piftol, and had the found 
 fetunicd upon us tifty-fut times, though the air 
 was foggy. Add.j'jn in Iia/y. 
 
 D I S 
 
 ^. To clear a debt by payment. 
 
 Death of one perfon can be paid but once, 
 .\nd that (he has difckargcd. Sk.ikfpeare. 
 
 Now to the horrors of that uncouth place 
 He patTage begs with unregarded pray'r. 
 And wanti two farthings to Jifchirgc his fare. 
 
 Dryden's Juvenal. 
 When foreign trade imports more than our 
 commodities will pay for, we coniraft debts be- 
 yond fea; and thofe are paid with money, when 
 they will not take our goods to dijcharge them. 
 
 Lorke. 
 
 6. To fend away a creditor by payment. 
 
 It he h id 
 The prefent money to d:Jc!:aige the Jew, 
 He would not take it. Siai/peare. 
 
 7. To clear a debtor. 
 
 A grateful mind 
 By owing owes not, but (till pays ; at once 
 Indebted and <:V/-Jj'g'ii. Mr/ton. 
 
 8. To fet free from obligation. 
 
 If one man's fault codld dif.-harge another 
 man of his duty, there would be no place left for 
 the common olSccs of fociety. L'Efrange. 
 
 When they have taken a degree, and are con- 
 fcqucntlv grown a burden to their friends, who 
 now think themfclves fully difchargid, they get 
 into orders as foon as they can. Sivift. 
 
 9. To clear from an accufation or crime ; 
 to abfolve : with of. 
 
 They wanted not reafons to he difchjrged tf 
 all blame, who are confcfled to have no great 
 fault, even by their very word and teflimony, 
 in whofeeyesno fault of ours hath ever hitherto 
 been efteemed to be foi'iU. Hooker.' 
 
 They are imprudent enough to difchargc them- 
 fclves >f this blunder, by laying the contradiction 
 at Virgil's door. Dryden. 
 
 10. To perform ; to execute. 
 
 Had I a hundred tongues, a wit fo Targe 
 As could their hundred offices difjhr.rge. 
 
 DrydcKi^Fabici. 
 
 1 1 . To put away ; to obliterate ; to de- 
 ftroy; 
 
 It is done by little and little, and with many 
 efTays; but all this difchargeth not the wonder. 
 
 Bacor'l Natural Hifwy. 
 
 Trial would alfo be made in herbs poifonous 
 and purgative, whofe ill quality perhaps may be 
 difrha'ged, or attempered, by fettiog ftronger 
 poifons or purgatives by them. B.tczr.- 
 
 12. To divert of any office or employ- 
 ment ; to difmifs from fer^ice : as, he 
 dlfcharged his I'teward ; the foldier was 
 difckargcd. 
 
 13. To difmifs ; to releafe; to fend away 
 from any bufinefs or appointment. 
 
 Dijcharge yourpow'rs unto their fevcral coun- 
 ties. Shakjpeare. 
 
 When Csefar would have djcharged the fenate, 
 in regard of a dream of Calpiiurnia, this man 
 told him, he hoped he would not difmil's tlie 
 fenate till his wife had dreamed a better dream. 
 
 Bac<.n. 
 
 14. To emit. 
 
 The matter being fuppurated, I opened an in- 
 flamed tubercle in the great angle of the left eye, 
 and dijcharged a well-concoclcd matter. 
 
 J'J ij'-man's Surgery. 
 
 To Discha'rge. -v.n. To difmifs itfcLf ; 
 to break up. 
 
 The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not 
 djcharge. Baion'i Nutur.ii H:j:ciy. 
 
 Discha'rge. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Vent ; explofion ; emiffion. 
 
 As the heat of all fpring* is owing to fubter- 
 raneous fire, fo wherever there are aivy extraor- 
 dinary difckargei of this fire, there alfo are the 
 neighbouring fpiings hotter than ordinary. 
 
 IVocdivard. 
 
 2. Matter vented. 
 
 The hxmorrhage being flopped, the next oc- 
 cuiTciice is a :hia ferous dj.-iwge, Siarj,. 
 
 D I S 
 
 3. Difruption ; evanefcence. 
 
 Marie the djcharge of the little cloud upon 
 glals or gems, or blades of fwords, and you Ihall 
 lee it ever break up fitft in the Ikirts, and laft in 
 the middle. Bacon' s Naiuial HiJIary. 
 
 4. Difminion from an oifice : as, the go- 
 veniour folicitcd his dijcharge. 
 
 5. Releafe from an obligation or penalty. 
 
 He warn,^ 
 XJsj haply too fccure of our djcharge 
 From penalty, becaul'c from death teleas'd 
 Some days. Mitttm. 
 
 6. Abfolution from a crime. 
 
 The text exprclTes the found eftate of the con- 
 fcience, not barely by its not accufing, but by 
 its not condemning us ; which word imports 
 properly an acquittance or dijcharge of a man 
 upon fomc precedent accufation, and a full trial 
 and cognizance of his cuute. Ssuth. 
 
 7. Raniom ; price of ranfom. 
 
 O, all my hopes defeated 
 To free him hence I But death, who fets all 
 
 free, 
 Hath paid his ranfom now and full dijchirge , 
 
 iVWrsT. 
 
 8. Performance ; execution. 
 
 The obligations of holpitality and proteflion 
 arc facred; nothing can abfolve us from the'dtf- 
 charge of thofe duties. L*Ejfrange. 
 
 9. An acquittance from a debt. 
 
 10. Exemption; privilege. 
 
 There is no dij.'iarge in that war, neither 
 (haU wickedncfs deliver thofe that are given to 
 it. Eclefiajiei. 
 
 Discha'rger. n.f. [from dtfcbarge.'] 
 
 1. He that difcharges in any manner. 
 
 2. He that fires a gun. 
 
 To abate the bombilation r*f gunpowder, a 
 wav is promifed by Porta, by borax and butter, 
 which he fays will make it fo go olf, as fcarccly 
 to be heard by the difrharger. Brfjcn. 
 
 Disci'xcT. adj. [difc'wP.us, Latin.] Un- 
 glrded ; loofely drefled . Die}. 
 
 To DisciND. 1'. a. [dij'cindo, Latin. J 
 To divide ; to cut in pieces. 
 
 We found feveral concretions fo foftyithat 
 we could ealily dijcind them betwixt our finger,*. 
 
 DISCr'PLE. n.f [difcipvh.'!, Latin.] ' A 
 fcholar ; one that profefles to receive 
 inftruAions from another. 
 
 He rebuked dijcipiei who woirld call for fir; 
 fronr heaven upon w'twlc cities, for the ncgleft of 
 a few. ^'r^g Charity. 
 
 The commemorating the death of Chrifl', is 
 the profclhng ourfelves the difcifley of the cruci- 
 fied Saviour ; and that engagcth us Co takt up 
 his crofs and follow him. Hummer j. 
 
 A 'young difciple (hould behave hirafclf fo 
 well, as to gain the affeflion and the ear of his 
 inrtructor. If'atts, 
 
 To Disci'pLE. V. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To train ; to bring up. 
 
 He did look far 
 Into the fervice of the time, and was 
 DJcipicd of the bravcif . Shakjpeare. 
 
 2. I'o punifh ; to difcipllne. This word 
 is not in ufe. 
 
 She, bitter penance ! with an iron whip 
 Was wont him to difciple every day. Spenfcr. 
 Dlsci'pLESHip. n.f, [from dijcipte.^ 
 The ftate or fimflion of a difciple, or 
 follower of a mafter. 
 
 Tbit ro which julrification is promifed, is the 
 giving up of the whole I'oul intirely unto Chrilt, 
 undertaking .^.yi:r^/r/ii./> upon Chrill's tcims. 
 
 Hammond's Fraclieal Catech/m. 
 
 Discipli'n.\ble. adj. [dijciplinaii'is, 
 Latin. J Capable of inftniftion ; capa- 
 ble of improvement by difcipline and 
 learning.
 
 D I S 
 
 DiSCIPLl'.VABI.ENESS. K, f. [frOTll iVlfc'l- 
 
 plmablc.'] Capacity of iiiftniciion ; 
 qualification for improvement by cdii- 
 cati^ii and difcipliiic. 
 
 Wo find in :uiinia!b, cfpcclally fonic of t!n.m, 
 ns foxes, duj;s, npes, horlcs, and clcpli.mrs, not 
 only perception, pl^unlafy, and memory, coni- 
 moii to moft if not all animals, but fonictliing 
 of fag.icity, providence, and difcifliiitib'tnifi. 
 
 Ihiic. 
 D I s r I p I, I N A 'r I A N . adj. [ from difupline. ] 
 I'crtainlng to difcipline. 
 
 What cagcrncfs in <if'Jcii>!riitriati uncertainties, 
 when ttic love of God and our neighbour, 
 evangelical uni^ncliionables, arc-ncgle^cd ! 
 
 GlnnvilWz Sctpfts. 
 DiSCIPLINa'riaN. n. f. [dl/cifiliiia, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. One who rules or teaches with great 
 ftriciiicfs; one who allows no dc-viatlon 
 from Rated nilcs. 
 
 2. A follower of the prefbyterian feft, fo 
 tailed from their perpetual clamour 
 about difcipline. 
 
 They dr.iw thcjfc that diffent into didikc with 
 the Itatc, as puritans, or lUfciplinitrliifi^. 
 
 Sardcrf. V.tx. Ftr/. 
 
 Di'sCiPLiNARY. adj. [difcipliria, Latin.] 
 
 1. Pertaining to difcipline. 
 
 2. Relating to government. 
 
 Thofe canons in behalf of niarriagc were only 
 d'Jctjilin>nyj grounded on prudential motives. 
 
 BijJtcp Vt}ti£ 
 
 3. Relating to a regular courfe of edu- 
 cation. 
 
 Thefe are the ftudies, wherein our noble and 
 gt:ntlc youth ought to bellow their time in a ./;/"- 
 L/jjlinary way. 3/.'/:i';. 
 
 Dl'SCIPLINE. n.f. [Jlfdpn,ui,LiUn.] 
 
 1. Education; inflruftion ; the aii of 
 cultivating the mind; the aft of form- 
 ing the manners. 
 
 He li.id charge my dij^iplinc to fi.imc. 
 
 And tutors nouriture to oveifcc. Sper.ff' . 
 
 * The cold of the northern parts is that whicii, 
 
 wltiiout aid of difciplir.ij doth malce the bodies 
 
 hardcll, and the courage warmcll. Jjulom. 
 
 They who want that fenfe of difiipliney hear- 
 ing, are alfo by confevjuencc deprived of fpeech. 
 
 HoUcr. 
 
 It is by the afliftance of the eye and tlie eai 
 efpccially, which are called the fenfcs oUlijciflin:, 
 that our minds are furjiilhcd with various parts 
 of knowledge. lVAlt\. 
 
 2. Rule of government ; order; nuthod 
 of government. 
 
 They hold, that from the very apotlles time 
 till this ptefent age, wherein yourfelies imagnic 
 ye have found out a right jiattcrn of found di(ci- 
 flinc, there never was any ti.aie fafe to lie fol- 
 lowed. Uo'jkcr. 
 
 As we are to^ believe for ever the articles of 
 evangelical doi^rinc, fo the precepts of HJf:ip!:nf 
 we arc, in like fort, bound forever toubfcrvc. 
 
 linker. 
 While we do admire 
 This virtue aijd this moral dij-iplinrf 
 Lc: *s be no (loicks. ^'Liifj)c\trc 
 
 3. Military regulation. 
 
 Tills opens all your viiftarics in Sootlatjd, 
 Your dijapline in war, wit'riom in pe.icc. S/i.itf. 
 
 Let crooked llecl invade 
 The lawlcfs troops which difLipiit^- dil'clain). 
 And their fupeifluous growth with rigour lame. 
 
 Dryd: ,:. 
 
 4.. A (late of fubjeftion. 
 
 Tlie moft pcrfcdt, who have their paiTuin.s in 
 the belt difiplinc,, arc yn obliged to be coallant- 
 ly on theii gu.ud. . K(,:jn. 
 
 5. Any thing taught ; art; fcience. 
 
 Art m IV be laid to overcome andidvaiicc 11.1- 
 
 VoL. L 
 
 D I 
 
 Inre In tlirfe mcch.mic.d di/rlplinti, rvl'.ich, hi 
 thib refpeei, are much 10 be peferrcd. IV;/''/:!. 
 
 6. runifliinent; chaflifement ; corredlion. 
 
 A lively cobler kicked and fpurred while his 
 
 wife was cirryitii; him, and had fcarcc palVed a 
 
 day wilhoul giving her the dijciplin.- of tlie llrap. 
 
 Mdifon'i SpcCliHoi . 
 
 7. Extern il mortification. 
 
 The love of CJud makes a man chafle without 
 the l.iboiious nitsof tailing and exterior (///i://)//«^ ; 
 he reaches at gloty without any other arms but 
 thole of love. Tcyhy^ . 
 
 To Di'sciPLiNK. 'V. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To educate ; to inflruft ; to bring up. 
 
 We are wife enough to begin when liiey arc 
 vtM'v young, and J.jtipline by times, thofe other 
 cre.itures we W'vdd niaKc ufeful and goorl for 
 foniewliat. * Luki. 
 
 Tlicy were witlf'carc prepared and difcipl^ned 
 for con/irmalion, wilieh they could not airive 
 at till they were found, upon examination, to 
 have n-.ade a fudicient progrefs in the knowledge 
 of clirillianity. ^ddipu on the Vhriji. Rcligi'jii. 
 
 2. To regulate ; to keep in order. 
 
 They look to u<, as we Ihould judge of an 
 army of well dijci^limd foldiers at a diltaiicc, 
 
 3. To punifli ; to correft ; to chaftife. 
 
 4. To advance by inftruftion. 
 
 The law appear'd imperfedl, and but giv'n 
 Witli purpofe to ref gn them in full time 
 Up to a b'jtter covenant, difcipl'm^d 
 From ihadowy types to truth, from flelh to fpi- 
 rir. Milton. 
 
 To Disc L.\'iM. it. a. [dis and claim.] 
 To difown ; to deny any knowledge of; 
 to retraft any union with j to abrogate; 
 to renounce. 
 
 You cowardly rafcal ! nature drfclaims all (hare 
 in thee ; a taylor made thee. Sftakfpenre, 
 
 He calls the gods to witnefs their offence ; 
 Di(i!alms the war, alTcrts bis innocence. Dryd. 
 
 Wt ft id our Lord, on all occalions, dijclabn- 
 ifig all pretenfioMs to a tempoial kingdom. 
 
 Rogers. 
 
 Vciy few, among thofe whp profefs them- 
 felves chriilians, dijdiijm all concern for their 
 fouls, difown tile authority, or renounce the 
 expeiflations, ofthcgufpel. Rcgers. 
 
 Disclai'mer. n.f. [from di/claim.^ 
 
 1. One that difclaims, difowns, or re- 
 nounces. 
 
 z. [In law.] A plea containing an exprcfs 
 
 denial or refufal. Co-wi-Il. 
 
 To Disct.o'sE. V. a. [difcIuJo, Latin; 
 
 dis and clofe.'] 
 I. To tmcover ; to produce from a fiate 
 of latitancy to open view. 
 
 In this deep quiet, from what fource un- 
 known, 
 Thofe feeds of tire their fatal birth difclofe; 
 And firll icv/ fcatt'ring fparks about were 
 llown, 
 Big with the flames tliat to our ruin rofe. 
 
 Vtydin. 
 Then earth and ocean various forms difdtjs. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 The flielis being broken, flruck off', and 
 
 gone, the ilone included in them is thereby dif- 
 
 i!i.f.d and let at liberty. IJ'oodwaid. 
 
 2. To hatch ; to open. 
 
 It is icported by the ancients, that the oflrich 
 layeth her eggs under land, where the heat ot 
 tlie fun dijdojtih them. JSaion. 
 
 3. To reveal ; to tell ; to imp.irt what is 
 fccret. 
 
 There may be a reconciliation, exce; t for up- 
 braiding, or piide, or dijdojitig of fecrets, or a 
 lieache.ous wound ; fur trom thefe things cveiy 
 ir end will dpnit, iV.-.'i.). 
 
 D IS 
 
 If I diflifr niy pafiiun. 
 Our friendfliip 'i at an ciidj if 1 conceal it, 
 The world will c.ill me f.ilfc. /tidijw'i Caf. 
 
 Discto'sER. v.f. [(mm di/ch/c] One 
 
 that reveals or difcovtrs. 
 DiscLo'suRK. ft./, [from d'/c/o/e.] 
 
 1. DIfcovcry ; produdtion into view. 
 
 Tlic producing of cold is a tiling very w.irthy 
 the inquiruion, both for li.e life, ami difJojure 
 of caulcs. Bapii. 
 
 2. Aft of revealing any thing fccret. 
 
 After fo happy a mariiagc batwcen the king 
 and her daugliter, flie w:iij upon a fuddcn muta- 
 bility and dtjd'.Jute of the king's mind, fevcicly 
 handled. iiacon. 
 
 DiscLii'siON'. «. f. [difdufus, Latin. J 
 Emiflion. 
 
 Judge what a ridiculous thing it were, that 
 tlic continued Ihadow of the earth fliould be 
 broken by fuddcn miraculous eruptions and dif~ 
 clufmisof Wghi, to prevent the arc of the lant- 
 horn-raakei'. AUrr. 
 
 Discolor a'tion. n.f. [from r/j/io/our.] 
 
 1. The aft of changing the colour j tlir 
 aft of ftainiiig. 
 
 2. Change of colour ; (lain; die. 
 
 In a dcprav.itiun of tlic humours from a found 
 Hate to what the phylicians call by a general 
 name of a cacochymy, fpots and d-jcoloratiors of 
 the fliin are (i£;ns of weak fibres. J^rhuthmA. 
 
 To DISCOLOUR. 1;. a, {dtcoloro, 
 Lat.] To change fi-oin tlic natural 
 hue ; to llaln. 
 
 Many a widow's Iiu/Imik^ groveling lies, 
 Coldly rmbracing the difcotour'd c:^xk\\. Sknkfp. 
 
 Diink water, cither pure, or but dijcohured 
 Willi m.-ik. T<m£}c\ 
 
 Suipicions, and fnnt.iftical fLirmife, 
 And jcalouly, with jaundice in l.er eyes, 
 Difcolcurin^ all (he vicw'd. Dryden, 
 
 He wlio looks upon liic foul through its out- 
 ward actions, fees it thiough a deceitful medium, 
 which is ape to difcohur and pervert the object. 
 
 Spccfaror. 
 
 Have a care left fome beloved notion, or forae 
 dailing fcience, fo prevail over your mind as to 
 difcolour all your ideas. M'^atts, 
 
 To DISCO'MFIT. -y.^. [defconfre^Vr. 
 fconfiggcre, Ital. ns if from difcotifigeret 
 Lat.] To defeat ; to conquer; to van- 
 quilh ; to overpower; to fubdue ; to 
 beat ; to ovtrtliiow, 
 
 Fij;ht againft tiiat monfirous rebel, Cade, 
 Wliuin, liiice, I heard to be dijcomftcd. 
 
 Shakfpeare^ 
 
 Jofluia difc$mf.tcd Anvilck and his people 
 
 with the edge of the fword. Exod-JS^ 
 
 He, fugitive, declin'fl fupcrior i^reitgth; 
 D-.jC'Atif.tei^ purfucd, in the fad chace 
 Ten rlouhind ignojniiiiou<i Jail. Ph'Ups. 
 
 Whils my gallant countiymen are employed 
 in purfuing rebels half dif.omjittd through the 
 confcioufnefs of their guilr, I (hnll impiove thofe 
 \idturies 10 the good of my fellow fubje-fts. 
 
 ^ddifcn. 
 
 Disco'mfit. n.f. [frori the veib.j De- 
 feat ; rout ; overthrow. 
 
 Fly you muft : incuiablc t/Z/low^/ 
 Reigns ill the hearts of ail our prcfcnt party. 
 
 D.igon muft Hoop, and fhali ere icflig receive 
 Such a difci^mfty a^ flisU quite dcfpcil him 
 Of all thefe bo^Ucd trophies. Mihon*s .-igomjf^s, 
 Disco'mfiture. n. f. [from d}fconifit.'\ 
 Defeat ; lofs of buttle ; rout ; ruin ; 
 overtlucw. 
 
 Sad tidings bring I to you out of France, 
 Of lofs, of ihiughtcf, ?.wi\ dijamjitufe. S^aifp. 
 
 Behold evciy man's fword was aganilt his 
 fcUoW) and there was a very gicaC difcomfiturc. 
 
 1 Sdtfnait^
 
 D I S 
 
 What a defeat and dijimfitiiri is it to 3 man, 
 
 wi.cn he comes CO ufc this wealth, to find it all 
 
 falfc metal ! G'^vnrtment ',j ihi T'-jtrguc. 
 
 He fcnt l-iis angels to fight fur his people ; and 
 
 ri)C <lif!imfituri and flaughtcr of gnat hofts is 
 
 atttilu'ed to thtii .ilTidance. .•Sltnbury. 
 
 Disco'MFOiiT. tt.f. [il:s and comf'.rt S\ 
 
 Uiieafinefs; forrow; melancholy ; glotjm. 
 
 This himfclf did foiefce, and thcicforc armed 
 
 his church, to the end they might fuHain it 
 
 ■v\x.\\ov.x. diftomjirt. Ihokii. 
 
 Difcomf'iri guides my tongue, 
 And bids me fpcak of nothing but defpair.. 
 
 In folitudc there is not onlj' MJccmpn, but 
 UTakneis alfo. S''Uth 
 
 Te Discomfort, ij. a. [from the noun.] 
 To grieve ; to fadcen ; to dejecl, 
 
 Her champion went awa)- dijcofnjzitcd as much 
 as ditcomfited. S:.l':.j\ 
 
 His funeral fliall not be in our camp, 
 Lelt it tiif cmfort us, Shaifpc.irr. 
 
 Disco'mfoktaBle. aJ'. [from difcom- 
 fort.] _ 
 
 1 , That IS melancholy and refufcs comfort. 
 
 TiiJainfortA'h cunfin kiiow'lt thou nut 
 Tijat wIicH the fe.iVLhing eye of Heuv'n ii h:d 
 Behind the globej it liijhts the lower world ? 
 
 2, That caufes fadnefs. 
 
 What ! did tiiat help poor Dom^, whofc eyes 
 could carry unro him no other nc\As but t/yicw- 
 y,rt^ibU P Subiey. 
 
 To DiscoMME'xn. V. n. \_^is and com- 
 vjcnd.~\ To blame ; to cenfure ; to 
 mention with dirapprobation, 
 
 Abfolutely wc cnmiot difcotmncnd^ we cannot 
 abfoluTcly approve, cither wiUingncfs to live or 
 forwardnefs to die. Uckcr. 
 
 Now you will ill be wits ; and he, I pray, 
 And yoiij that dij<.&mmeni{ it, mend the play. 
 
 Neither do I Hifccmmfml tKc loftv ftyle in tra- 
 gedy, which is natur.iUy ponipuus and niag- 
 
 llificcilt. DiyJifi. 
 
 Discomme'vpable. adu [from difcom- 
 mend.~\ Blamable ; ceufurable ; deferv- 
 iug blame. 
 
 Putillanimity is, according to Ariftotle's mo- 
 rality, a vice very dljcttn-mndahle, ^ytijJ£*s I'ur. 
 
 Dl^COMMEN DABLEN'ESS. tl. /, [from 
 
 dtfrovimendablc. ] Llamabknefs ; liablc- 
 nefs to cenfure. D'ui. 
 
 DrSCOMMENDATtOy. fl-f- [flOm dif- 
 
 eommend.] Blame; reproacli ; cenfure. 
 
 Tul'iy ailigns ihi;ee motives, whereby, wilhout 
 
 any dij'iorKm€fid.rr:(,/iy a man might be drawn to 
 
 become an accufor of others, .'iy'ijfe'i V^irergo,,. 
 
 Di?COV.me'nder. «.y*. \Jvo\x\ dycommerid,'\ 
 
 One that difcommends; a difpraifcr. 
 To DrscoMMo'nE, v. a, \^d\s and com- 
 mode, Fr.] To put to inconvenience; 
 to molelt ; to incommode. 
 D r s c o M Mo' D I o u s . ad]. [ from difcommode, ] 
 Inconvenient ; troublefomc ; unpleaHng. 
 So many thousand folciier*;, unfit for any la- 
 bour, or other trace, muli eitlicr feck, fcrvice and 
 cmploymepit abroad, wiiich may be dangerou- : 
 or eh'e employ themfelves here at home, wiiich 
 may be d/fctrnmodiont. Spenftr on IrcLmd. 
 
 Djscommo'dity. n. f. [^rom di/commode.^ 
 Inconvenience ; dlfadvantage ; hurt ; 
 mifchicf. 
 
 We fpeak n^)\v of ufury, how the d-fccmmodi- 
 tiit of it may he beft avoided, and the com- 
 modities retained ; or how, in ihc balance of 
 tommodiiics and difcom mc^di tin, the qualities of 
 ufury are to be rcconctUd. Baan. 
 
 It i^ better that .t (htp fhould be piefcrvcd 
 witH fume difammQd.tj to the Caii<^i; thaa that, 
 
 D I S 
 
 the fallors being in health, the fliip fliould perifH. 
 
 HaiL^ard. 
 
 r^ DISCOMPOSE. V. a. [dkompofer, 
 French.] 
 
 1. To diforder; to unfettle. 
 
 The debate upon the felf-denying ordinance 
 had niifcd many jcaioufics, and dijcomp'ijt'd the 
 coutidcnct that had formerly been between many 
 of them. Cltirendon. 
 
 2. ToTufRe; to diforder. 
 
 Now iJcity from her maimer's bed had flown, 
 And foftly liole to difr^vi^^'ifi her own. Suvift. 
 
 3. To diilurb the temper • to agitate by 
 perturbation. 
 
 No move, dear mother: ill in death it fhows, 
 Yc'in peace of mind by r.ige to difcotn^ofe, Dryd. 
 
 4. To ofl'trnd ; to fret ; to vex. 
 
 AK-n, who polfcfs ail the advantages of life, 
 arc in a Itatc where there arc many accidents to 
 diiuider and diJ,.Qm^^f€ ^ but few to plcaie thcra. 
 
 5. To difplace ; to difcard. Not in ule, 
 
 Ti.uiigh he was a dark prince, and infinitely 
 fuf;jieiou>, he never put down or d:j\:ompofcd a 
 coiinlcllor or near fcrvant. Biic^n. 
 
 DiscoMpo'suRE. n.f, l^rom dl/comJ)ofe.'\ 
 Dilorder ; perturbation. 
 
 He tlncw himlelf upon liis bed, lamenting 
 Willi much paffiun, and with abundance of tears ; 
 and continued in this raelancholick dijiompafure 
 ot mind many days. C.'tiretuhri. 
 
 7")? Disconce'kt. v. a. [dis -and. concert.'] 
 
 1. To unfettle the mind ; to difcompofe. 
 
 You need not provoke their fpirits by out- 
 rages : a carclefs geilure, a word, or a look, is 
 enough to d:fc':.fic€rt them. Cc'/itr. 
 
 2. To break a fcheme j to defeat a ma- 
 chination. 
 
 Disconfo'rmity. tl. f. l^dis and confor- 
 mity.] Want of agreement j incon- 
 fiitcncT. 
 
 Lyes arife from crrour and miftake, or malice 
 and fcrgcry ; they conlift in the riifagreement and 
 dij-rfijittni/y bctwi.\t the fpcech and the concep- 
 tion of the mind, or the conception of the mind 
 and the things themfelves, of the fpecch and tlic 
 tiling?. Ucikcwill on Proiidence. 
 
 DiscoNCuu'iTY. n.f. [(//J and rc/;^;-H//)'.] 
 Difagreemtnt ; inconfiilency. 
 
 There is want xA capacity in the thing, to 
 fnilain fukh a duration, from the iiitrinlicaV ^.7- 
 cc'igritity of the one to the other. H.df. 
 
 Disco'nsolate. adj. [dis ^nd con /hlc] 
 \' Old of comfort ; hopelefs ; forrowful ; 
 melancholy. 
 
 See CafTius all difanfofutej 
 W'Mh Pindarus his bondman, on ihis hill. Shidf. 
 
 If patiently tViy biddmg they obey, 
 Difmifb tliem not difuifdute. ^liltoi. 
 
 The ladies and the knights, no fhiltcr nigh, 
 Were dropping wet, difcv»)'jiatf and wan, 
 And tiirough their ihin array receiv'd the rain. 
 
 Drydat. 
 
 The moon reflc*fVs the funf^eams to us, a»Ki fo, 
 by illuminating the air, takes away in fome 
 mtafurc the difconJ'jUtc darkncls ut our winter 
 nights. A'-jy. 
 
 Dlsco'xsoL ATELV. adv. [from tTtfconfo- 
 iafc] In a difconfolate manner; com- 
 fortleGly. 
 
 Disoo'nsolateness. tl. /. [from df- 
 confaloic] The llate ot being difcon- 
 folate. 
 
 DisConte'nt. tl. f. [dis and coelenf.] 
 Want of content ; uneafincfs at the 
 prcfent ilate. 
 
 I fee your brows full q^ d-ftntenf, 
 Your hearts of furrow?, *nd your eyes of tears. 
 
 Shalf^tiif c. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Noyhal their pleafurcs caus'd her .HfcirttKf;- 
 
 Slie ligh'd, not that they Ituy'd, but that (hs 
 
 went. . Poff. 
 
 Discome'nt. /3r^', [dis zni content.] Un- 
 
 eafy at the prefenc llate ; diffatisfitd. 
 
 They were of their own nature circutnlpe£t 
 and ilow, (lifcountenanced ^nd iiifcf.nreni \ and 
 thole tiie carl fin^led as fittcit for his purpofe. 
 
 liaj'.Li'.rd. 
 
 To Disconte'nt. 1). tl. [from tlve noun.] 
 To diffatisfy ; to make uncafy at ih" 
 prcfent ftate. 
 
 1 know a ^///cj/t-^r^t/ gentleman, 
 Whofc humble means match not his haughty 
 fpirif. Shakf^cari. 
 
 The dijc onttJtted now are only they 
 Whofc Climes before did your juft caufc betray. 
 
 Diydiit. 
 
 Disconte'n'teii. participial atlj. [from 
 difcoitlctit.] Uneafy ; cheerlefs; ma- 
 levolent. 
 
 - Let us know 
 
 What will tic up your difc^nrenf^d (word. ShukC 
 
 Thefe aye, bcyoiid comparifon, the^two greatcll 
 evils in this woild; a dilcalcd body, and a dif- 
 CQiitt-nred mind. Ti/htjiiK 
 
 Tive godde("s, with a difcifrtented :tirf 
 Seems to icjtdt him, tho' Ihe grants bis pray'r. 
 
 Po]e. 
 Discoxte'n'tedness. n.f. [from a'i/fon- 
 tenteJ.] Uneafincfs; want of eafc ; 
 diffatisfaciion. 
 
 A beautiful buft of Alexander the Urc.it cafls 
 up his face to heaven witli a noble air of grief, 
 or difc'jntejitfdtnf.f in his looks. ^ddifcn, 
 
 Disconte'ntmf.nt. n.f. [from difcon- 
 te/it.] The llate of being difcontentej; 
 uncafinefs. 
 
 Tiiefe arc tiie vices that fill them with general 
 difaruffjtmefitf as though the bolom of that fa- 
 mous church, wherein they live, were more noM 
 fomc than any dungeon. Ho'^kfi. 
 
 The politick and-arti£ci.il nourifliing and.cii^ 
 tertaining of iiopcs, and earthing men from hopes 
 to hopes, is one of the bell antidotes againlt'the 
 poifon of difcinte'ttmcnti. BattifT, 
 
 Disccsti'nuance. n.f. [from difcon- 
 tinue. ] 
 
 1. AVant of cohefion of parts; want of 
 union of one part with another ; dil- 
 ruptloii. 
 
 The fiillicides of water, if there be enough to 
 follow, will diaw tlicmfehcs inuj a fmall tliicad,- 
 becaufc they will not rlifcoiitiiuie ; but if there 
 l»c no remedy, then they calt ihemfelvcs into ■ 
 round drops, wiiich is the figure that favetli the 
 body moll trum dijconrifu/ance. B.icttn. 
 
 2. Ceffation ; intermiHion. 
 
 Let usconfidcr whether our approaches to him 
 arc fweet and refrelhing, and if we are uneafy 
 under any long d'j7t/r:t:/m.jncc of our convertation 
 with him. ^Utr/rury. 
 
 3. [In the common law.] An interrup- 
 tion or breaking oif ; 3S difcaalinuancc oi 
 pofllflion, or difcatiliiiunnce of procefs. 
 The effe'ft ofi/i/i'&n/inHiW". of polTcfiionis, 
 that a man may not enter upon his owi\ 
 land or tenement alienatcdj whaifoever 
 his right be unto it, or by his' own au- 
 thority ; but mull feek to recover pof- 
 fcffion bv law. The effedl of difcon- 
 tiniiarue of plea is, that the inftance may 
 not be taken up again, but by a new 
 writ to begin the fult aftefh. Ccwell. 
 
 Discontinua'tion. n.f. [from rtV/fo.t- 
 tinue.] Difruption of continuity ; breach 
 of union of parts ; difruption ; reparation. 
 Vpon any dijantiirjiition of parts, made either 
 by bubbles, or by ihaking the glafs, the whoie 
 njtiCiity falls. I^'cv.-ttn.
 
 D I S 
 
 ToDisCONTiVuE. v.n. [di/conl'inuer, Fr.J 
 
 I. To lofe the coliefion of parts; tofuffcr 
 
 reparation or difruption of fiiblUiice. 
 
 AH bodies, (iutf\ilc AuA tciililc, ;ts mtt.ils, 
 tliat «'ill be dr.iwn incowiici; wuul and tow, 
 tli.it will be diawii into yarn, or thread ; iiavc in 
 tixm the ajjpctitc of nut Jifrniiinuing llron^, 
 » liich makcth them follow the force that pullcth 
 them out, and yet I'o as not to dif oniinu! or for- 
 J.^ke their own ijody. Httcon. 
 
 t. To lofi; ail. ellablilhcd or prefcriptivc 
 cuHom or right. 
 
 Tiiyttlf flialt Aifcontimit from thine heritage 
 that I gave thee, and I will caul'e thee to fcrse 
 tliine enemies. ytrcmi>ih. 
 
 To Disconti'nue. 01. a. 
 
 1. To leave off; to ceafe any praAice or 
 habit. 
 
 Twenty puny lyes I'll tell, 
 That men flnll Iwiar I'je dijciminuid fchool 
 Above a twctvcinontii. Shakjpearf. 
 
 Kxamine tiiy culioms of diet, fieep, cxctcifc, 
 .ippaiel, and ihc like; and try, in any thou 
 Jhalt judge hurtful, to dijcattinu: it by little 
 :ind little; but fo, as if thou lind any inconveni- 
 ence by the ch.uigc, thou come back to it again. 
 
 2. To break off; to interrupt. 
 
 Tiiere is that propcity, in all letters, of apt- 
 neis to be conjoined in lyllablcs and woidi, 
 through the vohible motions of the organs from 
 one flop or figure to aiio;l.er, that they modil'y 
 and difcriminate the voice, without appearing lo 
 d:fnntinut it. Hildei 'i EUnunti of Sfiit h. 
 
 DiscoNTINu'lTY. n.f. [tlij and conti- 
 nuity.] Difunity of part.": ; want of 
 cohefion. 
 
 That <//yVo«r;>ir/r>' of parts is the principal c.iufc 
 of the opacity of bodies, will appear by confider- 
 ing that opaque fnbrtances become tianfpaient 
 by filling their pores witii any fubliance of cqii.tl, 
 or almoltcqual, denfity with their parts. NcxvUti. 
 
 Discon've'niekce. n.f. [Jis and ron- 
 1-enience.] Incongruity; difagreement ; 
 O])pofition of nature. 
 
 Fear arifeth many times out of natural antipa- 
 thies of nature ; but, in liieic difcjuvrnitncei of 
 nature, deliberation hath no place at all. 
 
 Bjamh.tU'i ^-injivfr to liobbes. 
 
 DTSCORD. n.f. [difcordia, Latin.] 
 I. Difagreement ; oppofition ; mutual an- 
 ger ; reciprocal oppugnancy. 
 
 Sec what a Icourgc is laid upon your hate, 
 Tiiat heav'n finds means to kiU your joys witli 
 
 love ! 
 And I, for winking at your difcjnh too, 
 Hive loll a brace of kinfmcn. .S'uilfj^c^rt. 
 
 He is a falfe witnefs that fpeakctli lies, and 
 that fowcth d-fcsrd ^moii^ bicthren. Vtoverhi. 
 
 J. Difference or contrariety of qualities, 
 particularly of foui.ds. 
 
 Take but degree away, untune that firing, 
 And hark what <///is>-,.' follows ; each thing meets 
 In mere oppugnancy. S/'iaifpfttrf. 
 
 D:J'co*dj like that of mufic's various parts, 
 jV/'.'^rd that nriakes the harmony of hearts ; 
 Difcryri^ that only this difpurc (hall hrihg. 
 Who bell (hall love the duke anri Icrve the king. 
 
 Drydt»< 
 
 All n.iturc is hut art unknown to thee ; 
 All chance, direiftion which thou canftnot fee; 
 All dijccfd, harmony nut underltoud ; 
 All partial evil, univcrfal good. Pi-^r, 
 
 3. [In mufic] Sounds not of themfelves 
 p'eafing, but neccffary to be mixed with 
 others. 
 
 It is found alone that doth immediarelv and 
 mcorporeally affeft moft ; this is m.jll manifell 
 ;n mufic, and concords and dijcouis in mulic : 
 for all founds, whctherthey be (haip'ii flat, if tnev 
 ic fwcct, have a-ruundiiel» and equality ; and iV 
 
 D I S 
 
 tliey le harlh, aie unequal : fora ly^/rsii/itfelf is 
 but a harlhnel's of divers founds meeting. Bncon. 
 
 It is the lark that fings fo out of tune, 
 Straining h.Tilh Jifcurdi and uiipleafing (harps. 
 
 S/irtkJptarr, 
 
 How d.iih mnfic am.'iie us, when of dijViidt 
 
 (lie maketh the fweetell harmony ! I'e.icii.im. 
 
 To Drsco'iiD. T. n. [dlfcorJo, Latin ] To 
 
 dilagiee ; not to fuit with. 
 
 Sounds do dilturb and alter the one the other ; 
 fometimcs the one drowning the other, and 
 making it not heard; fomctimes the one jarring 
 and dij\wding with llie other, and making a 
 confulion. B„ion. 
 
 DiscoROANCK. 7 n.f [from difcord.] 
 Disco'rdancy. 5 Difagreement; op- 
 
 politioii ; inconlillency. 
 Disco'kda^t. adj. [Jifcordiins, Latin.] 
 
 1. Incunliltcnt ; at variance with itfclf. 
 
 .Myirha was joy'd the «elcornc news to hear. 
 But, clogg'd with guilr, the joy was unfincere ; 
 So saiious, (o iUfciiii.irii is tlie mind. 
 That in our will a ditfcrcnt wi.l we find. Dij.Un. 
 
 2. Oppoiite ; contrarious. 
 
 Tlie difcidiiii attiaflion of fome wandeiing 
 comets Would certainly dil'order the revolutions o^f 
 tlie pl.inets, if they approached too near them. 
 
 C/ieyne. 
 
 3. Incongruous; not conformable. 
 
 Hither confcience is to be referred; if bv a 
 companion of things done with the rule there' be 
 a conlonancy, then follows the fentcnce of ap- 
 probation ; if difnrdun! from it, the fentence of 
 condemnation. Hjh'i Ongin cj M.inUnJ. 
 
 Disco'rd,^nti.v. adv. [dom diji-ordant.'] 
 
 1. Inconfillently ; iu difagreement with 
 itfclf. 
 
 2. In difagreement with another. 
 
 Twoliringsof a mulical infliument being fl ruck 
 together, making two noifes that arrive at the 
 ear at the fame time as to fenfe, yield a found dif- 
 feiing from either of them, and as it were com- 
 pounded of both ; inlomuch, th.at if ihey be jijccr- 
 danlli tuned, though each of ihcm (huck apait 
 would yicld'a pleafing found, yet being llruck toge- 
 ther they make a harlh and troublefome noifc. 
 
 B'.jle. 
 
 3. Pecvifhly; in a contradidious manner. 
 To Disco'vER. 11. a. [decouvrlr, French; 
 
 dis and cover.] 
 
 1 . To fliow ; to ilifclofe ; to bring to light ; 
 to make vifible. 
 
 2. To expofe to view. 
 
 Tiie cover of the coach was made witii fuch 
 joints, that as they might, to aioid the weather, 
 pull it up dole, fo they might put each end 
 down, and remain as difcmcnd and opcu-figlued 
 as OJI iiorfebjck. Std'iry 
 
 Go (haw alide the curtains and difcmcr 
 The feveral calkets to this noble prince. Sludff,. 
 
 Vii^difc'^veriih deep things ou^ o( darknefi, a.irl 
 bringcth out to light the ih'adow of death. Job. 
 
 3. To (liow ; not to iheltcr ; to expofe. 
 
 And now will I dijnvcr her Icwrincfs. llojra. 
 Law can d'f,o-er (in, but not remove. A-H/i'.n. 
 
 4. To make known ; not to difguife ; to 
 reveal. 
 
 We will pafs over untothufe men, and we will 
 dijrwir olirlelvcs tnito them. - Ifainh. 
 
 Eve, who unfecn 
 Yet all had heard, with audible lament 
 Dil'Tcct 'd from tiie place of her retire. M!::-ir. 
 
 5. To ken ; to efpy. 
 
 When we iiad M ::v,red Cyprus, we left it on 
 the left hand. .^!3i. 
 
 6. To find out ; to obtain information. 
 
 He Ih.iU never, by any alteration in me, d:f- 
 coT:t my knowledge of his millakc. Pope's Ltii. 
 
 7. To dctedl ; to find though concealed. 
 
 I'p he ftarts, 
 /).^;-«t:Vand furpris'd. hii'.nn. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Man with ftrenjth and fix-e will armM 
 Complete, to have <///>wcrVand rcpul.'d 
 \Vhatever wiles of fJe or fceming fr.end. MdtDv. 
 
 8. To find things or places not known 
 before. 
 
 Some to difemicr iflands far away. Sholfp, 
 Another part in fqmdrons bend ihcii niarc'n 
 On bold adventure, to dij<:irver wide 
 That tlifnial world. Mi't-m. 
 
 So of tilings. The Germans di/co- 
 I'frcrt' printing and gunpowder. 
 
 9. To exhibit to the view. 
 
 Some high climbing hill. 
 Which to his eye dijtorvcn unaware 
 The goodly prolpcit of fome foreign land, 
 Kirll Icen, or fome lenuwn'd metropolis 
 With glili'ring fpircs and battlements adorn'd. 
 
 ..... , Alii'.'oi. 
 
 ^ot hgnt, but rather darknefs vifible, 
 Scrv'd only to difcwtr fights of wiw. Mil/on. 
 
 Disco'vKRABi..?. iidj. [hom Ji/cover.] 
 
 1. That may be found out. 
 
 That mineral matter, which is fo intermixed 
 with the common and teireflrial matter, as not 
 to be dljcr-.triib.'c by human intlulliy ; or, if dif- 
 rnxr.Mr, fliftufed and fcattercd amongil the 
 cralTcr niaUer, can never be fcpaiatcd. 
 
 H^xdw.jid'l Nart.ral lliflry 
 
 Revelation may affsrt tyeo things to be joined, 
 whofe connexion or agreement is not difcmrr- 
 ai/li by rcalon. H'.iin 
 
 2. Apparent ; cxpofcd to view. 
 
 Tiiey woic deceived by Satan, and that not in 
 an mviliblc lituation, but in : n open and difco. 
 ivr^i... apparition, that i.s. In the foini of a fer- 
 Pcilt. Broivr.-, r„/gar Er,o„„. 
 
 It IS concluded by afiiononiers, that the ;it- 
 mofphcre of the moon hath no clouds nor rains, 
 but a perpetual and uniform lercniiy ; bccaufe 
 nothing dtjmicrnblt in the lunar furface is ever 
 covered and ablconded by the intcrpofition of 
 any clouds or mills. BtntUy. 
 
 Disco'vEUER. n.f. [from dlfcover.] 
 I. One that finds any thing not known 
 before ; a finder out. 
 
 If more be found out, they will not lecnm- 
 prnfc \\\id:]ccr.-acr-i pain.s, but will be fittcrt,, be 
 
 I'laccs receive appellations, according to tl e 
 language of the d,jcT.:e,cr, from obfervatiors 
 made upon tha people. Btvjikc 
 
 The Cipe of Good Hope was doublerl in 
 thofe early times ; and the Partugucfe were not 
 the (>r(t <//,-/r«r«ioftl.ar naiigaiion. ./I'butkr.ii. 
 
 An old maiden gcntlewum'aiv is lie grcatcll 
 </i/«t».'/- of judgments ; fhe can tell you what 
 fin It was tl:at let fuch. a man's houfc on fire. 
 
 Mdijov'i SftBator. 
 
 2. A fcout; one who is put to dcfc-y 
 the pofture or number of an enemv • 
 fpeculator. ' ' 
 
 Here (land, my lerdi, and fend d:r^-„.„ 
 foftii, ■' 
 
 To know the numbers of our ci-cmies. ihaifp. 
 Disco'vEUY. «./: [iroxn difco-Dcr.] 
 
 1. The aa of finding anv th'ing hidden 
 
 Of all who unce have us'rt tie open fer 
 Tnan the bold Englifli none n.CMc fame h ivc 
 won ; 
 
 Beyond the year, and out of heaven's hieh 
 way, 5 
 
 Tney made difcn-tri,, w'lerc they fee no fim. 
 
 2. The aa of rcN-ealiug or dili;lofin.r'''a",rv 
 lecrtt. ° ■' 
 
 What, mi, ft I hold a candle to my (I.nme ' 
 They 111 themfelves, good footh, arc loo, too 
 
 light. 
 Why 'tis an office of difar.-ciy, love. 
 And I Iholild be ohicur'd. " Si.,irpfart 
 
 Things that appeared aii.iahle bv the light of 
 t lis World, appear of a dirferent idious hue in 
 the clcai dijc'.rc-ics of ri^e at it. ^...^^ 
 
 3 Y 2
 
 D I S 
 
 It would be ncceffary to fay Comething of liie 
 ftate to which the war hath reduced us ; fuch a 
 dijcmcry ought to be made as Ute as polTible. 
 
 To Disco'uNSEL. 'J. a. \dh and counfeL] 
 To diffuade ; to give contrary advice. 
 
 Obfolete. 
 
 But him that palmer from that vanity, 
 With temperate advice difcounjcllcd. Sprnfir. 
 Dr'scouNT. n.f. [dis and count.\ 1 he 
 fum refunded in a bargain. 
 
 His whole intention was, to buy a certain 
 
 quantity of copper money horn Wood, at a 
 
 large difcount, and fell them as well as he could. 
 
 •* Svjijt. 
 
 TiDrscou'xT. ^■. a. [from the noun.] 
 To count back ; to pay back again. 
 My father's, mother's, brother's death I 
 pardon : r i i- 
 
 My prayers and penance (hall Jifount for thcle, 
 And beg of heaven to charge the bill on mC; 
 
 The farmers, fpitefully combin'd, 
 Force him to take his tithes in kind; 
 And Parvifol difcounti arrears 
 By bills for taxes and repairs. S-^ift. 
 
 To Discou'NTEN.iNCE. 13. o. \_dh and 
 countenance. '\ 
 
 1. To difcoiirage by cold treatment. 
 
 Unwilling they weie \a dijcoanter.ance any itian 
 who was willing to ferve them. Clarendon. 
 
 The truly upright judge will always counte- 
 nance right, and dijcountenancs wrong. Attcrh. 
 
 2 . To abafh ; to put to (hame. 
 
 Wifdom, in difcourfe with her, 
 Lofes dilcounununcd, and like folly (hews. 
 
 ' hiiltdn. 
 
 He came, and with hi.-n Eve, more loth, tho' 
 firA 
 To offend j' dijcomtcnanc'd both and dilcompos d. 
 
 Miilcn. 
 How would one look from his raajellic brow, 
 Seated as on the top cf virtue's hill, 
 J)![a-jnt'nnnce her dcfpis'd ! Milton. 
 
 Discou'ntena-n-ce. n.f. {dis and eoun- 
 Unancc.} Cold treatment; unfavour- 
 able afpecl ; unfriendly regard. 
 
 He thought a little diJ.mnUKatce upon thote 
 
 .enons would fupprcls that fpirit. Ckr.n.kn 
 
 All accidental misfortvmes, how inevitable 
 
 focvet, were llill attended with very apparent 
 
 iilcou„uncnce. ^ . ^ darmd.r,. 
 
 In expeclation of the hour of judgment, he 
 
 patiently bears all the difficulties of duly, and the 
 
 diU<a»ttr.a7zcc he meets with r.om a wicked and 
 
 proph.TOC world. -R'g'"; 
 
 Discou'nten-aNcer. n. /. [from dij- 
 
 count:nance.'\ One that difcourages by 
 
 cold treatment ; one that deprefles by 
 
 tinfricndly regard. 
 
 Rumours of Icandal, and mutmurs.again(t the 
 kin" and his government, taxed him tor a great 
 tase'r of his people, and difcm.ncnmcr of his 
 nubility. ^'^"•■ 
 
 To DISCOU'RAGE. t-. a. \dkourager, 
 French ; dh and cour,ige.'\ 
 
 1 . To deprefs ; to deprive of confidence ; 
 to deject ; to daitardife. 
 
 T .n -ht neither encourage the rebels infolencc, 
 nor <t/?0J"-J?« the p^telianis loyalty a'>d F'ti- 
 
 The apoftlc with great ieal Jijcmragcs too un- 
 rcaionable a prefuniption. AogtM. 
 
 2. To deter; to flight from any attempt: 
 ' with/i-«n before the thing. 
 
 Wherefore .<V/"':'^'"'g' ye the heart of the ciul- 
 dtenofKrael/'"" g'j'mg over into the land ? 
 
 4 It is irregularly iifed by Temfk with 
 /e before the following word. 
 Vuu .-nay -ecp youi beauty and your hcallh, 
 
 D I S 
 
 unlefs you defttoy ihem yourfelf, or dijccUragi 
 them to itay with you, by ufing them ul. 
 
 Discou'rager. n.f. [from di/courage.] 
 One that impreffes diffidence and ter- 
 rour. 
 
 Moll men in years, as they are generally 
 difcouragers of youth, are like old trees, which, 
 being paft bearing thcrafelves, will fuffer no 
 young plants to flourilh beneath theni. I'ope. 
 Discou'ragement. n.f. [from dij'cou- 
 rage.] 
 
 1. The aft of deterring, or deprefling 
 hope. 
 
 2. Determent; that which deters from 
 any thing : with^oni. 
 
 Amongft other impediments of any inventions, 
 it is none of the meaneft dijcouragements, that 
 they are fo generally derided by common opi- 
 nion. miUm. 
 
 The books read at fchools and colleges are 
 full of incitements to virtue, and dijciurage- 
 tKentifrom vice. Siutjt. 
 
 3. The caufe of depreflion, or fear: with 
 to, lefs properly. 
 
 To things we would have ihcm learn, the 
 great and only d:Jc:urjgemertt is, that they are 
 called to them. Lt-ckc. 
 
 DISCOU'RSE. n.f. [difcours, French; 
 
 difcurfus, Latin.] 
 t . The aa of the underftanding, by which 
 it paffes from premifes to confequences. 
 
 By reafon of that original weiknefs in the i 1- 
 ftruments, without which the undcrliandig 
 part is not able in this world by dijcaurjc to 
 work, the very conceit of painfulnefs is a bridle 
 to ftay us. lJo<,kcr. 
 
 Suie he that made us with fuch large dlj- 
 couTJey 
 Looking before and after, gave us not 
 That capability and godlike itafoa 
 To ruft in us unus'd. Shuifptare. 
 
 The aa of ihc mind which connects propoli- 
 tions, and deduccth conclufions from them, the 
 fchools call <///:o"r/> ; and we (hall not mifcall 
 it, if we name it reafon. Gir.nvilli. 
 
 2 . Converfation ; mutual Intercourfe of 
 language; talk. 
 
 He waxeth wifer than himfelf, more by an 
 hour's difcauije than by a day's meditation. 
 
 Baccn. 
 In thy difcourft, if thou dcfire to pleafe. 
 All fuch is courteous, ufeful, iieiv, or wV:ty ; 
 
 Ufefulnefs comes by labour, wit by e.ilc, 
 Courtefy grows in court, news in the city. 
 
 Herbert. 
 
 The vanqulfii'd party with the viftors ium'd, 
 
 Nor wanted fweet dij.mrje, the banquet of il;e 
 
 mind. Dryien 
 
 3. EfFufion of language ; fpeecb. 
 
 Topical and fupcrncial arguments, of which 
 there is (lore to he fovind on both fides, filling 
 the head with variety of thoughts, and the 
 mouth with copious difnurfi, ferve only to 
 araiife I'ne underlianding and entertain cjmpany. 
 
 Locki. 
 
 4. A treatife ; a dilTerlation either writ- 
 ten or uttered. 
 
 The dif:;:irj! here is about ideas, which, he 
 fays, are real things, .and fccn in God. Lcclc. 
 
 Plutarch, in his difnurfi upon garrulity, core- 
 
 mends the lidelity or the companions of Ulyffes 
 
 Pope's Odyffa, 
 
 To Discou'rse. V. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To converfe ; to talk ; to relate. 
 
 How wcrt thou handled, being prifoner ? 
 Difcourfr, 1 pr'yth'c, on this turret's top. 
 
 Sfiakfpcttre. 
 
 Of various things dij.'.urfag as he pafs'd, 
 Ancl.ifcs iiither bends. Dryden. 
 
 2. To treat upon in a fokran or fet man- 
 ner. 
 
 D I S 
 
 The gcneial maxims we are dijcouifing of KO 
 
 not known to chiloren, idcots, and a ^icat part 
 
 of mankind. Lucke. 
 
 3 . To reafon ; to pafs from premifes to 
 
 confequences. 
 
 And yer tnc pow'rsof \\fix dijcourftng thoughts. 
 From the collection is a diverle-thing. DavUs. 
 Brutes do want that quick dijcourfing power. 
 
 DavUs. 
 
 ■Jo Discou'rse. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To treat of ; to talk over ; to difcufs. 
 
 Go with us into the aboey here, 
 And let us there at large dijcmirfe all our for- 
 tunes. Shakfpeau.. 
 
 Discou'rser. n. yi [ixom difcourfe.'\ 
 
 1 . A fpeaker ; a haranguer. 
 
 Tiie tract of eveiy thing 
 Would by a good difconrfer lole forae life. 
 Which action 's felr was tongue to. SJiaifp. 
 
 2. A writer on any fubjeCb ; a differtator. 
 
 Philologers and critical dijcoitrfirz, who look 
 beyond the obvious exteriors of things, will not 
 be angry at our narrower explorations. Br'ivjn, 
 
 But it feems to me, that fuch difcourjen do 
 reafon upon Ihoit views, and a very moderate 
 compafs of thought. Swift, 
 
 Discou'RsiTE.fli/?. [from difcourfe."] 
 I . Faffing by intermediate Heps from pre- 
 mifes to confequences. 
 
 The foul 
 Reafon receives, and reafon is her being, 
 Difcourfivc, or intuitive; difcoui-fe 
 Is oftert yours, the latter is moll ours.. -A.I'.'.'m. 
 
 3. Containing dialogue ; interlocutory. 
 
 The epic is every where interlaced with dia- 
 logue, or difcourfne fceues. Drydcn. 
 Discou'rteous. adj. [t/is Rnd courteous.^ 
 Uncivil ; uncomplaifant ; defedlive in 
 good maimers. 
 
 He rcfoived to unhorfc the firft difcourteoui 
 
 knight he Ihould meet. Momux'i JJor: Quix. 
 
 Discou'rtesy. n.f. [dU and eourtejy.} 
 
 Incivility ; rudenefs ; act of difrefpecJ, 
 
 As if chearfuhiel's bad been tediouliiefs, and 
 good entertainment had been turned to dljcour- 
 tety, he would ever get himfelf alone. Sidney. 
 
 Be calm in arguing ; for Hercenefs makes 
 Error a fault, and truth dijcourtejy. Herbert. 
 
 He made me vifits, maundering as if 1 had 
 done him a dijcourtejy. Wijeman. 
 
 Discou'rteoi'sly. ad-T}. [from d'tfcour- 
 teous.'] Uncivilly ; rudely. 
 
 Di'scous. adj. [from difctis, Lat.] Broad; 
 fiat ; wide. Ufcd by botanifts to de- 
 note the middle, plain, and iJat part of 
 fome flowers, fuch as the flos foils, iifc. 
 
 ^uincy . 
 
 DISCRE'DIT. n. f. [decredlter, Fr.] 
 Ignominy ; reproach ; lower degree of 
 infamy ; difgrace ; imputation of a 
 
 fault. 
 
 H.id I been she flndcr-out of this fccret, it 
 would not ha\e lelifhtd among my other (ij- 
 ocMts. S,Ukipfa,e. 
 
 Idlers will ever Kve like rogues, and not fall to 
 work, but be laiy, and then certify o\criheiv 
 country to the difae.iit of a plantation. Bitcon. 
 
 That they may quit their morals without any 
 dijcrcdit to their intelkfloals, they fly to ieve- 
 ral ilalc, tiite, pitiful objeclions and cavils. 
 
 Sojti. 
 
 'Tls the duty ofevery chriftian to be concerned 
 for the reputaiion or dijcredit his life may bring 
 en his piofelfton. ' Rogen. 
 
 Alas ! the fniall difcredit of a bribe 
 Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the fcribe. 
 
 yope, 
 
 ToDiscre'dit. V. a. Ideerediler, Fr.] 
 I. To deprive of credibility; to male no: 
 trufted. 8
 
 D I S 
 
 He liad rr.imcd tu himfclf maviy deceiving pro- 
 milCi of life, wliicii 1 liavc dijcniiittj to him, 
 and now is lie rcfulvcd ro die. S^'i-iifpcjit. 
 
 2. To (Jifgracc ; to bring repioacli upon ; 
 to Ihame ; to make Icfs reputable or 
 banourable. 
 
 Yoii lind left unfceii a wondcifiil piece of 
 woik, wliicli nottolKtvcbi:enblcft wilh:ii, would 
 li.ive Jifcreitiiiii you. Shttkf^ curi. 
 
 He is commended that makes a faving voy.ige, 
 and Icaft dijcnjits his ti.ivcls, who returns the 
 fame rain he went. PVotton. 
 
 He, like 3 privilcg'd fpy, whom nothing can 
 DiJ-rcJitf libels now 'g.iinft each gicat man. 
 
 Doruie. 
 
 Reflc£l how glorious it would b: to appear in 
 countenance of <///<T«i^''"' duly, and by example 
 of piety revive the declining fpirit of rebgioji. 
 
 Roji' I, 
 
 Without care our beft aiflions will lofe much 
 of their inducnce, and our virtues will be often 
 diicrediud w'ith the appearance of c\il. Kq^c^^. 
 
 9. Todiltnift ; not to credit ; not to hold 
 
 certain. 
 
 DISCRE'ET. adj. [difcre/, French.] 
 
 1. I'iudent; circumfpeft ; cautious; 
 fober ;, not rafh ; not precipitant ; not 
 carckfs ; not hardly adventurous. 
 
 Hor.eft, dijcrcet, quiet, and godly learned 
 men, will not be wit! - jrawn by you. IVhitglfl. 
 
 Lcfs fearful than Jij'crctt, 
 You love the fundamental part nf ftate, 
 More than you doubt the charge of 't. Shak. 
 
 To elder yeais to be difcrtc: and grave, 
 Then to old age in.ijturity (he gave. Drnkam. 
 
 It is the dijcrcct man, not the witty, nor 
 the learned, nor the brave, who guides the con- 
 vcrlation, ar.d gives meafures to fociety. 
 
 .-iddijori'i S^c&ator. 
 
 2. Modcft ; not forward. Not well au- 
 thorized. 
 
 Dear youth, by fortune favoured, but by love, 
 Alas ! not favour'd lefs, be flill as now 
 Dijcreet. Tho'tjan . 
 
 Discree'tly. adni. \_^xo\xi d\fcreet.'\ Pru- 
 dently ; cautioully ; circutnfpeftly. 
 
 Poets lofc half the praife they fliould have got, 
 Couid it be k!)ownwhat they dljcrettly blot. 
 
 IVatltr. 
 
 The labour of obedience, loyalty, and fubjcc- 
 
 tion, is no more but for a man honeftly and dif- 
 
 (rceily to fit ftill. South. 
 
 Profit fpiings from hulks difcrcitly us'd. 
 
 PJiilifi. 
 The dullcft brain, if gently flirr'd, 
 Perhaps may waken to a humming bird; 
 The mort rcclufe, difcrectly opcn'd, find 
 Congcni.dobjcft in the cockle kind. Po^e. 
 
 Discree'tmess. n.f. [from difcmt.'^^ The 
 
 quality or bi iig diCcrtet ;. difcrelion. 
 DISCREPANCE, n. f. [difcrepanUa, 
 Latin.] Difference; contrariety ; dil - 
 agreement. 
 
 Divcriily of education, and difcre^ttncy ^^ xho^c 
 
 princijilci wlicr-cwith men arc at firlt imbued, 
 
 and wherein all our after rcafonings are founded. 
 
 Lord Digiy to K. Dighy. 
 
 Dl'sCREP.INT. adj. \_dij'cref>r.m, Latin.] 
 Different ; difagreeing ; contrary. 
 
 2i Discre'te. "U. a. [di/oe/us, Lat.] To 
 feparale ; to difcontinue. 
 
 As for its disphaneity, it enjoyeth that mod 
 cmlnentlv ; as having its earthly and falinous 
 parts fo cxaftty refulved, that its body is left 
 imporous, and not difcrtled by atomical termi- 
 nations. Brown. 
 
 Discre'te. adj. [(/i/f/T/w, Lat.] 
 1. Diflinft ; disjoined; nut continuous. 
 iSz/cnVi- quantity, or different individuals, ,ne 
 ar.calurtd by number, without any breaking con- 
 
 D I S 
 
 tinuity ; that is, in things that have continiiify, 
 as continued ijuantiiy and motion. lladc. 
 
 2. DisLuniflive : as, / rejign my llfi, lut not 
 my honour, is a difcrcle propofition. 
 
 3. Difcrcte Propoil'wn is when the ratio 
 between two pairs of numbers or quan- 
 tities is the fame ; but there is not the 
 fame proportion between all the four : 
 thus, 6 : 8 : : 3 : 4. Harris. 
 
 Discre'tion. n.f. [from </r/fr^//o, Lat.] 
 
 1. Prudence; knowledge to govern or 
 diretl one's felf ; (kill ; wife manage- 
 ment. 
 
 Nothing then was further thohght upon for 
 the manner of governing ; but all permitted unto 
 their wifdom and difaction which were to rule. 
 
 Ihokcr. 
 
 A knife may be taken away from a child, 
 without depriving them of the benefits thereof 
 which have years aod djfcrttion to ufe it. 
 
 Ho'jktr. 
 
 It is not good that children (hould know any 
 wickednefs : old folks have dijcntlcn, and know 
 the world. ShLtkfytarc. 
 
 All this was order'd by the good difcrelion 
 Of the right reverend cardinal of York. Sliatfp. 
 
 Theplcafure of commanding our paffions is to 
 be preferred before any fenfual pleafure ; bccaufe 
 it is the pleafure of wifdom and difcrelion. 
 
 . Tilhlfon. 
 
 But care in poetry muft ftiU be had. 
 It alks dijcrttion ev'n in running mad. Vope. 
 
 There is no talent fo ufefui towards rifing in 
 the world, or which puts men more out of the 
 reach of fortune, than difcrelion, a fpccics of 
 lower prudence. Sipifl. 
 
 2. Libeity of a<51ing at pleafure; uncon- 
 trolled and unconditional power : as, 
 he furrendersat difcntton ; that is, with- 
 out llipulation. 
 
 Discre'tion.\ry. adj. [from dl/iielion.] 
 Left at large ; unlimited ; unreftrained. 
 A deacon may have a difpenfation for entering 
 into orders before he is twenty-three years of age ; 
 and it is difcretionary in the Lilbop to admit him 
 to that order at what time bethinks fit. 
 
 y/y.'ife^s Pnrfrgon.. 
 The major being a pcrfon of conOimmate ex- 
 perience, was niveftcd with a difc/etion.iry power. 
 
 Trxtler. 
 
 DiscRETiVE. adj. [di/cretus, Latin.] 
 
 1 . [In logick. ] Difcrctive propolitions are 
 fuch wherein various, and fecmingly op- 
 pofite, judgments are made, whole va- 
 riety or dirtindlion is noted by the par- 
 ticles but, though, yet, &c. as, travellers 
 may change their climate, but not their tem- 
 per ; "Job ixjas patient, though his grief 
 luus great. Watts. 
 
 2. [In grammar.] Difcretive dlfliiiflions 
 are luch as imply oppofition : as, not a 
 man, but a kcnfl. 
 
 Djscri'mIn ABLE. adj. [from djfcrhv.i- 
 naie.] Diffingtiifliable by outward 
 marks or tokens. Diet. 
 
 TJDISCRI'MINATE. v. a. [dlfcrimitio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 I. To mark with notes of difference ; to 
 diftlnguirn by certain tokens from an- 
 other. 
 
 Oyfteis and cockles and mufcles, which move 
 
 not, have no difcriminnit fex. Bacon*i Nat. llijt 
 
 There are three forts of it, differing in fincr.cfs 
 
 from each other,, :ii\d difcriiniiiii/e. I by ihc natives 
 
 by three peculiar name.-. B>yjc. 
 
 The right hand is difoiminnled from the left 
 by a natural, ncccfTary, and uever to be con- 
 founded diitiniSion, Sciieth. 
 
 T) I S 
 
 Although the features of his countenance be 
 no reafon of obedience, yet thty may ferveto 
 Jifcimiiuite him from ai>y olhtr perfon, wnom 
 Ihc is not to obey. Stiltinvjleit. 
 
 There may be ways of diferiminaiing i|,c 
 voice ; as by acutencis aird gravity, the fcvcral' 
 degrees of lifing and falling from one tone or 
 note to anortier. Holder, 
 
 2. To fclcdt or feparate from others. 
 
 You owe little Icfi for vihat you are not, tliart 
 for wluit you arc, to that Ji[cii>virj.ttinfr mcicy, 
 to which alone you owe 3 our exemption frcni 
 mifcries. Boyle, 
 
 DlSCRl'MtNATENESS. «. /. [from (/j/m- 
 
 minale.'\ Dillin(5lntls ; marked dif- 
 ference. Dili. 
 Discrimina'tion. ;.'. f. [from difcri- 
 
 minatio, Latin.] 
 I . The Hate of being diftinguiftied from 
 other perfons or things. 
 
 There is a reverence to be (hewed them on 
 the account of their difcrimir.alion from other 
 places, and fcparation for I'acied ufes. Stillingj!. 
 z. The act of diftinguifhing one from an- 
 other ; diftinftion ; difference put. 
 
 A fatire (hould cxpofe nothing but what is 
 corrigible ; and make a due d.fri,Kination be- 
 tween tliofe that aie, and thofe who are nor, the 
 proper objefls of it. ^tldifon'i Sl'efl.itor. 
 
 By tiiat prudent difciitr.i'iaiic/n made betwccn- 
 the offenders of ditferent degrees, he obliges thofi- 
 whom he has diftinguilhcd as olije<fls of mercy. 
 ylddifon^i Freeholder. 
 
 3. The marks of diffinfl Ion. 
 
 Take heed of abetting any factions, orappl.y- 
 ing any publick difeitminaiiom in nutters of re- 
 ligion. Kiilf^ Ch.irUi. 
 
 I..eltcrs arife from the Ri(> oritynal difr/tnina.' 
 tions uf vote;, by w.iy of atiiculation, whereby 
 the car is able to judge and obferve the diffcr- 
 eirecs of vocal founds. Ho'.d-.r . 
 
 Discri'minative. atlj. [from difcrimi- 
 nate. ] 
 
 1 . That makes tiie mark of dlflin^llon ; 
 charafleriftical. 
 
 The only (landing tcft, and difcriininathi 
 charaflcrirtick, of any metal or mineral, muft 
 be fought for in the conftitucnt matter of it. 
 
 // '.Otiie-ard, 
 
 2. That obferves diftinftion, 
 
 D:fe>imin,iuvc Piovidence knew before the 
 
 nature and courfe of all things. Mori. 
 
 DisCRi MiNous. adj. [from difcrimen, 
 
 Latin.] Dangerous; hazaidoui. Not 
 
 ufual. 
 
 Any kind of fpitting of blood imports a-.very 
 difcrimi-ioui flate, unlefs it happens upon the 
 gsping of a vein opened by a pitthory. Harvey, 
 
 Discu'BiTdTiY. adj. [difcu!/ltori:is, Lat.] 
 Fitted to the poiture of leaning. 
 
 Aft.r bathing iley retired to bed, and re- 
 fn(hcd themfclves witii a rcpaft ; and fo that 
 cultoni, by dcgi-ccs, changed their cubiculary 
 beds into difeuhitory. BrOTVti's Vijgar Errours, 
 
 Discu'mbency. n.f. [difcumbens, Lat.]. 
 The aft of leaning at meat, after the 
 ancient manner. 
 
 The Greeks and Romans ufed the cuftom of 
 difeumhency at meals, which was upon their lefc 
 fide ; for fo their right hand was free and ready 
 for all fcrvice. Brcju/i's I'^Mg.ir Errourt. 
 
 Tj Discu'mcer. V. a. [elis and cumber.^ 
 To difengage from any troublefomc 
 weight ; to difengage from impediment. 
 
 tlis limbs di feumhet' d o^ the clinging velf. 
 He binds tl;e (acred einflute round his breait. 
 
 Pcf.-'s Odyjfcy. 
 To Discu're. "u. a. [(/i?reiutir;>, French. ] 
 To difcover ; to reveal. A Word per*- 
 haps peculiar to Spenfcr,
 
 D I S 
 
 I will, if plc:\fe you it Aijcuff, atfay 
 To e3k you of that ill. iairy Quf->i. 
 
 DiSCU'RdlVE. aJJ. \_<fifcu,fif, Fr. from 
 difcurro, Latin.] 
 
 1. Moving here and there.; roving; ile- 
 fuhor)'. 
 
 Some nolfcs help flccp-. a? tlic blowing of the 
 wind, and tiie trickling of UMjci : they move a 
 gentle attention ; and whatfoevcr moveth atten- 
 tion, «-irliout too niucli labour, ftilleth the lU- 
 Jui-al and Mjai'fi-j; motion of the fpiuts. i>'««n. 
 
 2. Proceeding by regular gradation from 
 premifes to confeqnences ; argumenta- 
 tive. This is fometimes, perhaps not 
 improperly, written d'ljcourfive. 
 
 There is a fantlily of foul and body, of mure 
 efficacy for the rcceiiing of divine truths, than 
 the grcalcll pretences to Mfcwfiut dcmoiUiraticn. 
 
 There hath been much difpirtc touching the 
 knowledge of brutes, whether they have a kind 
 of ././tv/i-.r faculty, which fomc call rcafon. 
 
 li.i/e' ( Oi ipi of Miokiiid. 
 
 Discu'rsively. adv. [from e/i/air/ive.} 
 By due gradation of argument. 
 
 Wc have a principle within, whcrvby we think, 
 
 «n(l we know we think; whcicby we do Mfcur- 
 
 jh:e/yf and by way of ratiocination, deduce one 
 
 thing froTTi another. H.iU. 
 
 Disc o'rsorv. «(//'. [(///cw//o/-, Lat.] Ar- 
 
 gnmcntal ; rational. 
 DrSCUS. n.f. [Latin.] A quoit; a 
 heavy piece of iron thrown in the an- 
 cient fports. 
 
 From Elatrcus' ftrong arm the chjnn flics, 
 And lings with unmatch'd force along the Ikies. 
 
 To DISCUSS, -o. a. yifailio, d'ifcujfum, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. To examine ; to ventilate ; to clear by 
 difquifition. 
 
 We are to .///V«/i only thofe general exceptions 
 
 wliich have been taken. iiioier. 
 
 His ufage ix-as to commit the MfcuJ/rug of 
 
 caufes privately to certain perfons learned in the 
 
 laws. ^y^ijfe^s Parergon. 
 
 This knotty point (hould you and I dijciiji. 
 Or tell a tale r I'ofe. 
 
 2 To difperfe : commonly applied to a 
 humour orfwelling. 
 
 Many arts were ufed to dlfcufs the beginnings 
 of new affcftion. lyollon. 
 
 J. To breals- to pieces. 
 
 Cunfider the threefold cffcift of Jupiter's tii- 
 fuHr, to burn, difcujs, and cerebrate. SroiLn. 
 
 Discu'ssER. n.f. [from d'ifaifs.'\ He 
 
 that difeuffes ; an examinei. 
 Discu'ssiON. n. f. [from (/(/'ft/,'}.] 
 
 1. Difquifition ; examination; ventilation 
 of a qtieftion. 
 
 Truth cannot be found without fome labour 
 and intention of the mind, and the tlioughls 
 dwelling a confiderable time upon the furvcy 
 and difcu£}'jji of each pailicular. South. 
 
 Various difri/Jpr^ni tear our heated brain ; 
 Opinions often turn; rtill doubts rcmaiiij 
 And who indulges thought, increales pain. 
 
 I'rhr. 
 
 2. [In furger)-.] DifcuJJlon or refolutlon 
 is nothing elfe but breathing out the 
 humours by infenllble tranfpiration. 
 
 // 'ijtwan . 
 D I scu SSI VE. /•«/;'. [from (yj/t-z^Tr.] Having 
 
 the power to dlfcufs or difperfe any 
 
 noxious matter. 
 Discu'tiest. n.f. [il'fut'iens, Latin.] 
 
 A medicine that has power to repel or 
 
 drive back the matter of tumours in the 
 
 D I S 
 
 blood. It fometimes means tlie fame 
 as carn^.inative. ^^'^icy, 
 
 Tiie ru-eliiiigs arifing from tiiefe require to be 
 treated, in their beginning, «-ith moder.itc re- 
 pellents and dijattiinti, ffifrm^i.t. 
 
 7'oDISDrVIN. ^>. a. [Jcdaigner, Fr.] 
 To Icorn ; to confider as unworthy of 
 one's chai*a(5it;r, 
 
 Tiicrc is nothing fo great, w'..ich I will fear 
 
 to doforyoii.; nor nothing fu lin.tll, wiiich I 
 
 wMl (irj\i<iirt to do for you. Sidney. 
 
 They do difdain as much beyond oiti thuiights, 
 
 Which makes me fwcat willi wr^th. ShAfpcatc. 
 
 What fafe and nicely I mi-ht well delay 
 By rule of knighthood, I dijdain and fpuin. 
 
 Shiikffcarc, 
 Tell him, Cato 
 D:fdi2!'!S a life which he has power to ofFcr. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 Disda'in. n. f, \J\kgJio, Ital.] Con- 
 tempt ; fcorii J contemptuous anger ; 
 indignation. 
 
 Children being haughty, through difdain and 
 
 want of nurture, do llaiti the nobility of their 
 
 kiiulicd. EccJus. 
 
 Buragainft you, ye Greeks, yc coward train, 
 
 Gods ! how mv foul is mov'd with jull drfdrdn f 
 
 Pope's OdjJJ-y. 
 
 DiSDv'iN'FUf.. aJj. [difilain and yj///.] 
 
 Contemptuous ; hauglitlly Tcornful ; 
 
 indignant. 
 
 There will come a time ulien tFrcc words, ut- 
 tered with charity and mccknefi., Ihall receive a 
 far more blcfled reward, than three thoufand 
 vukimtrs, written with d:fdttinfui (harpnefs of 
 wit, ilookt-r. 
 
 The queen is obllinate, 
 Stubborn to julHcc, apt t' accufc it, 
 Dijdainjul to he tried bv 't. S':.:hjpea)e. 
 
 Seek through this grove ; 
 A fweet Athenian lady is in iove 
 With a difdainful yonXh '. anoint his eyes; 
 But do it wiien the next thing heefpies 
 Shall be the l.uly. Shakfpeatc. 
 
 But thofc I can accufe, T can forgive : 
 Bv my dijdainjtd lilence let them live. Dryden. 
 The dtjdaitijul *{o\x\ came ruftiing through the 
 Wound. V' ydcfi. 
 
 Disda'infully. a^fv. [from difJainJui,] 
 Contemptuoudy ; with haughty fcorn ; 
 with indignation. 
 
 Either greet him not, 
 Or elfe dijd>iinjttl!yf which ihall fhake him more. 
 
 Sh.ikjpeare. 
 
 It is not to infult and domineer, to look dif- 
 
 dninfidly, and revile impcrioufly, that procures 
 
 clteem from any one. South. 
 
 D I SD A 'i N FU L N E s s . « . /, [ from difda'tu- 
 juLI Contempt ; contemptuoufncfs ; 
 haughty fcorn. 
 
 C.in I forget, w-htn tiicy in prifon placing her, 
 AVith fwcllin^ heart, in ipite and due dijduin- 
 
 She lay for dead, till 1 help'd with unlacing her. 
 
 S-dutw 
 A \yroud dif did Mfid'i^/i of other men. j^Jchum. 
 
 DISEA'SE. «. /. yis and^^^y^.] Dlf- 
 temper j malady; licknefi j morbid 
 iiate, 
 
 Wliat 's the difeuf-: he means ? 
 • — 'Tis call'd the c\il. Shakfpeare. 
 
 And Afa, in tbe thirty and ninth year of hi? 
 reign, was difeafed in his feet, and his d/jiti/c 
 MMS exceeding great; and in his dijeofc he fought 
 iu>t to tlie Lord, hut to the phyhcians. C/i"^m. 
 
 It is idle to propofe remedies before we are 
 :ifiurcd nf the difcitj'c^ or to be in pain till we arc 
 (.wnvinccd of the danger. ^luifr. 
 
 Intemperance 
 In mc.-its and drinks, which in the earth fliull 
 
 biing 
 Difiofti dire. Milton. 
 
 DI S 
 
 Then wafteful forth 
 ^Valks Vne dire pow'r of pellilcnt difrafe. 
 
 Thumjut^i Summfr, 
 
 To Disea'se. 1). fl. [from the noun. 2 
 
 1. To afflidl with difeafe ; to torment 
 with pain or fickuefs ; to make morbid ; 
 to infect. 
 
 We are all difeafrd, 
 And with our forfeiting and wanton hours 
 Have brought ourfclves into a burning fever. 
 
 Shakjpeart. 
 
 Flatt'rcrs yet wear filk, drink wine, lie foft. 
 Hug ihc'x'i.difiaf'd perfumes, and have forgot 
 That ever Tinion was. Sh.ikfp€are. 
 
 Let her alone, lady : as (he is now, ihc will 
 but difeafe our better mirth. Shakfpcare. 
 
 He was dijeaftd in his feet. I Kings. 
 
 A lazar-houle it fecm'd, wherein were laid 
 Numbers of all diffai*d, all maladies 
 Ofghalily fpafm, or racking torture. Mi/fta. 
 
 2. To put to pain ; to pain ; to make 
 uiieafy. 
 
 Though great light be infufferable tooureyes, 
 yet the higheft degree of darknefs does not at 
 all difaft tiiein. Lockf. 
 
 DisE.i'sEDNESS. n. f. [fiom dlfeafed.'] 
 Sickiiefs ; morbidnefs ; the ilate of 
 being dlfeafed. 
 
 This is a reltoration to fome former flate ; not 
 that Ilate of indigency and dipafednefi, Burm:^ 
 
 Dise'dged.«<^'. [rfiVand edge.l Blunted j 
 obtunded ; dulled. 
 
 I grieve myfelf 
 To ttiink, when thou (lialt be dif-dg'd hy her 
 \Vhom now thou tir'lf on, how thy memory 
 M'ill then be pangM by me. Sfiakfi'tttre. 
 
 To Disemba'rk. v. c. [dis and embark,'^ 
 To carry to land. 
 
 I mull unto the road, to difftr.lurk 
 Some necelT.iries. Shaktpeare. 
 
 2o Disemb.\'rk. v. n. To land; to go 
 on land. 
 
 There dijimhurkingon the giecn fea-fide. 
 We land our cattle, and the fpoil divide, Fo^e. 
 
 To Disembi'tter. v. a. \^dis and em' 
 /riltc-r.} To fwoetcn ; to free from 
 bitteincfs; to clear fiom acrimony: 
 an unufual word. 
 
 Encourage fuch iimocent amufcmcnts as may 
 diffmhitur th.e minds of men, and make them 
 mutually rejoice in the fame agreeable fatisfac- 
 tions. ..'Iddifon* i Fiee/io/der. 
 
 Disembo'died. adj. [^dis and emiodied.^ 
 Divefted of the body. 
 
 To Dise.mbo'gue. v. a, \_difemboucher, 
 old French. Siinner.J To pour out at 
 the mouth of a river ; to vent. 
 
 Risers 
 In ample occ^uidifLm/'cgu'dy or lort. Dryden. 
 
 Rolling down, the Iteep Timavus raves, 
 And through nine channels i///cm/'c/^«« hiswa\Vs. 
 
 Addif(.tt, 
 
 To Di.'sembo'gve. a', n. To gain a vent ; 
 to flow. 
 
 Bv eminences placed up and down vVn globe, 
 the rivers make innumcrahle turnings and wind- 
 ings, and at lalt dijcml(.gue in fevcral mouths 
 into the fea. Chrynt. 
 
 Disembo'welled. pari'iaf'ial adj. \^dls 
 and emioivel.] Taken liom out the 
 bowels. 
 
 So her dif mhciufll'd web 
 Arachne in a h.dl or kitchen fpreads. 
 Obvious tovagl.rnt Hies. Vhi^ips, 
 
 To DlsEMBRo'iL. i<. a. [deioud/er, Fr.] 
 To difcntangle ; to free from perplexity ; 
 to reduce fiom confufion.
 
 D I S 
 
 Then fartli from air, and feas from earth wcie 
 diiv"n, 
 And groirci- air funk from ethcrial licav'n ; 
 Tlius difimUtiiriif tlicy take their prupci place. 
 
 Tlic fjllcni of liis politicks is Jifiml'rirc.l, and 
 clearer! of all tliofc iiicoliercnccs and indepen- 
 dent matters that are wo\'cn into this motlty 
 piece. .i.i.i [(,„, 
 
 2o Disema'ble. V. a. [<iis and eiuil/L-.] 
 To dcinlve of power ; to dilable j to 
 link into weakiicfs ; to wtaktii. 
 
 Now .-rge ha:> overtaken nic j and want, a 
 more inlufforablc evil, through the change of 
 the times, has wholly difmahlij me. Dryjai. 
 
 To DisENCH a'nt.i). a. [dis and aichaiit.~\ 
 To free from the force of an enchant- 
 ment ; to deliver from the power of 
 charms or fpells. 
 Alas I let your own brain JiJ^nch.uit yon- 
 
 Suinfy. 
 
 Mufc, floop thy difinchanlcJ wing to trutli. 
 
 DiTtham. 
 Hafleto thy work ; a noble !>rokc or two 
 tnds all tlic cliarms, and Jijc'iih,tn[i the grove. 
 
 D<yd. n. 
 
 To Disencu'mber. V, a. [Jis and <•«- 
 
 cumber. ] 
 Ii To difcharge from encimibranccs ; to 
 free from clogs and impediments ; to 
 difburden ; to exonerate. 
 
 It will need the acflual intention, the particu- 
 lar rtrcfs and application of the wliole foul, to 
 itifiniumltcT And iei itfice, to fcour otf its rull, 
 and remove thole hindrances which would other- 
 wife clog and check the freedom of its opera- 
 tions. Sprutt. 
 
 The di/en<:umher\i foul 
 Flew off, and left behind the clouds and ftarry 
 pole. JJ?jJc>i. 
 
 Dreams look, like the amuftmcnts of the foul, 
 when Ihc is dift/iaimlftr'J oi her m^ichine ; her 
 (ports and recrcrtions, wiicn Ihe has laid her 
 charge afltcp. S^^^.i/or. 
 
 2. To free from obftriiAion of any kind. 
 
 Dim night h.id iir/ficuml'tr'J hcav'ir. yiiU'^n. 
 
 The church of St. Jullina, defigircd by -Pal- 
 l.idio, is the mod hairdfomc, lunimous, d]j,n. 
 cumbered building in the inlide, that I have c\cr 
 fecn. .-UJij-m 'j-i lirJv. 
 
 Disenc-u'mbkance. n. J. [from the 
 verb. ] Freedom from encumbrance 
 and obl'rutfkion. 
 
 There are many who make a figure below 
 what their fortune or merit entitles them to, out 
 of mere choice, and an elegant defiic of cafe and 
 
 d;J-:nc:nnbrjrue. Specfdf^r 
 
 To Disenga'ge. v. a. [r/;/ and engage.] 
 
 1. To feparate from any thing with ivln'cii 
 it is ill union. 
 
 Some others, being very light, would float 
 up and down a goad while, before they couid 
 wholly dijcttgase therafelves and dcfcend. 
 
 Bririic-t' i Tlre.or\ 
 
 2. To difentangle ; to clear from impedi- 
 ments or difficnlties. 
 
 From civil broils he did us difn^age; 
 Found nobler objcifts for our martial rage. 
 
 In the next paragraph, I found my author 
 pretty well</(/Vn^.igf./from quotations, .-'llttrliuiy. 
 
 3. To withdraw, applied to the affection ; 
 to wean ; to abilract the inind. 
 
 It is reciuifitc that we Ifiould acquaint our- 
 fcUcs with God, that we (huiild frequently Jife'i- 
 gagc our hearts from earthly purfuits. Atterbuty. 
 
 The confidcialion that Ihould difeng.igs oui 
 fondncfb from worldly things, is, that thev arc 
 vmccitain in their foundation j fading, tranlient. 
 and cotiuptible ii> their nature. Rigcrs. 
 
 4. To free from any powerful detention. 
 
 D I S 
 
 When our mind's eyes are dtfrtigiti^'d and free, 
 They cieaier, faither, and dillinftly fee. 
 
 Dmh.im. 
 5. To releafe from an obligation. 
 To DistNC.v'oE. V. n. 'i'o let one's felf 
 free from ; to withdraw one's affec- 
 tions from. 
 
 Trovidence gives us notice, by fcnfiblc dcclcn- 
 fions, that we may difeng,ige from the wurlil l>y 
 dcgre-es." Cofhr on 'I'),r,rig/tl. 
 
 Dl SEKC /I.' c EO. pariulpial adj. [frcni r///"- 
 
 1. D!.-joincd ; difentanglcd. 
 
 2. Vacant ; at kifnre ; not fixed down 
 to any particular objeiS of attention. 
 
 3. Releafed fioin obligation. 
 
 D I s E N G A ■ c E I) s E 5 s . n .J'. [ f ro m d'tfcngage^ ] 
 Tlie quality of being difengaged ; va- 
 cuity of attention ; freedom from any 
 prelTing buliiicfs ; disjunclion. 
 
 DibENGAGEMENT. n. f. [from difaigage.'] 
 
 1. Releafe from any engagement, or ob- 
 ligation. 
 
 2. Freedom of attention ; vacancy. 
 
 7"o Disenta'ngle. v. a. [dis and in- 
 
 1. To unfold or loofe the parts of any 
 thing interwoven with one another. 
 
 Though in concretions particles lo entangle 
 one another, that they cannot in a (hort time 
 clear the-mfclvcs, yet they do inceffantly ftrivf 
 to ./.yr'/r-j'.^/f ihemfelvcs, and get away. J^'aU. 
 
 2. To fet free froin impediments ; to dif 
 embroil ; to clear from perplexity or 
 dif^iciilty. 
 
 Till tliey cnuld find fome cvpedient to expli- 
 cate and dij'i'if^'iq.'f themrdvcs out of this hiby- 
 riiith, they made no advance towards fupplying 
 their armies. Clurtnd'jn. 
 
 The welfare of their fouls requires a better judg- 
 ment than their own, either to guide them in 
 their dutyj ozKo di ft nt.ingte them from a temp- 
 tation. SwrJi. 
 
 3. To difengage ; to feparate. 
 
 Neither can God Iiimlelf be otherwifc undcr- 
 lluod by us than as a mind free and diJentaTiglid 
 trom all corpore.il mixtures. Stilli/igjicer. 
 
 FoDiSENTERRE. V. fl. \_dis, and enlcrrcr, 
 French.] To unbury ; to take out of 
 tlie grave. 
 
 Though the blindnefs of fome fanatick'! have 
 favaged on the bodies of the dead, and ha\e been 
 i^ injurious unto worms as to difcntt'rre the bo- 
 dies of the dcceat'ed, yet had they therein no 
 defign upon the ford. Bioiru. 
 
 To DisENTHR a'i.. v.a. [dis awd eril/.'/j/.] 
 To fet free ; to rcflore to liberty ; to 
 refcue from flavery. 
 
 Hut God my Unrl 111. ill ./.■7'«//5ra/; 
 For I upon his name u ill call. S,t/id\:t 
 
 If religion were faifc, bad men would fet ihe 
 utmyd force of their leafon on woik to ditcovcr 
 th.it falfity, and thereby difcnt!:ral themfelves. 
 
 So:,ll, 
 
 To Disenthro'ne. 11. a. [dis and in- 
 thrnne.] To depofe from fovcrcignty ; 
 to dethrone. 
 
 Either to dif^ni/nciii' the king of hcav'ii 
 We war, if war be belt ; or lo regain 
 Our own light loil. -l/.,'/c«. 
 
 To Disestra'nce. v. a. [dis and ai- 
 trance-.^ To awaken from a trance, or 
 deep deep. 
 
 Ralphoj by tliis time dr'ft/lfr.tnc'd, 
 L^pon his bum himfelf advanc'd. Ifudihmu 
 
 "T"'; DiSESPo'i'SE. "v. a. [dis and f/^o;//t-.] 
 To feparate after faith plighted. 
 
 Such was the rage 
 Of Tuinus, forLiviuia d:f'fim'd, MiUan. 
 
 DIS 
 
 Dtseste'em. n./ [r/;V and £/?«;«. ] Slight 
 regard ; a difregard more moderate 
 tlian contempt. 
 
 When any one, by mifcarriag-, falU Into .//'. 
 fjlam, he will fall under ncgledt and contempt. 
 
 To Diseste'em. v. a. [fiom the noun.] 
 To regard fiightiy ; to confider with 
 a flight degree of contempt. 
 
 Should Mars lee 't. 
 That horrid hurricr of men, or Ihc that bctterj 
 
 him, 
 Minerva, never fo inccns'd, tiiey could not </»/'- 
 <y'r. m. Ch.i^'inaH, 
 
 But ii ihis facred gift you dij/jlrrni. 
 Then cruel plagues Uiall fail on I'riam's ft.\te. 
 
 Di nb.jm, 
 
 I would not be thought to dijtjticm or diliiiade 
 
 the lludy ofn.iture. L<.cke. 
 
 Disestima'tion. n. f. [dis, ai\d ^im/i/io, 
 
 Lat.] Difrepedt ; "difetleem. Did. 
 
 Disfavour, n.f. [dij and/u^'o:tr.] 
 
 1. Dircoimtenance ; unpropitious regard ; 
 unf:i,oinable afpect ; unfavourable cir- 
 ciiinllance, 
 
 2. A ilate of ungractoufnefs or unaccep- 
 tablencfs ; a Hate in which one is not 
 favoured. 
 
 While free from facriU'ge. he was at peace, as 
 it were, « ith God and man; but .ilur ius l.r- 
 ciilcge he was in ./.j/.rfj.vr with both. Sffhiinn, 
 
 3. Want of beauty. Z)/V7. 
 Tu Disk a'v OUR. ti. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 To difcountenance ; to withhold or 
 withdraw kindncfs. 
 
 Mig' t nut tluiie of higher rank, and nearer ac- 
 ccfs to ner majeily, receive her own commands, 
 and be countenanced or disfavoured according as 
 they obey .' Su'/ff. 
 
 Disfa'vourer. n.f. [from disfavour.] 
 Difcounterancer ; not a favourer. 
 
 It was verily thought, that had it not been 
 for fourgreat dnfinourenof that voyage, the en- 
 terprise had fuccecdcd. /'..w.k. 
 
 Disfigura'tion. n.f. [from disfigure.] 
 
 1. The acl of disfiguring. 
 
 2. The Hate of beinsr disfio-ured. 
 
 3. Deformity. 
 
 /o Disfi'gui; E. V. a. [dis and figure.] 
 To chang.e any thing to a woife form ; 
 to deform ; to mangle. 
 
 Vou are but as a form in wax 
 By him imprinted, and within bis power 
 To le.ive the I'.gurc, or Ji.figuir it. S'uiffpfaif. 
 
 In tills the antique ancl well-noted face 
 Of plain old form is much ditfigmcd. S!hd-fp. 
 
 Abjeift is their punifhmenr, 
 T>:figuiiiig not God's likenefs, but their own. 
 Or, if his likenefs, by themfelves defac'd. Mi!t. 
 
 Uriel, on the .MTyrian mount, 
 S.iw him difgui'd more than could befal 
 Spirit of happy fort. Milan. 
 
 A noic tiatter, or a mouih wider, could have 
 confifted, as well as the red of his figure,, with 
 fuch a foul .ind fuch parts as made him, <//./g«r^</- 
 as he was, capable to be a dignitaiy in the church. 
 • Locke. 
 
 Nor would his flaughtcr'd army now have 
 lain 
 Oii.'\frick's fands, i//yf5»»V/with their wounds, 
 To gorge Ihe wolves and vultures of Xnmidia. 
 
 Addifon'i Car*. 
 His long abfence, and travels which had dif- 
 figured him, nradc him altogether unknown. 
 
 JjiVjine on Fj'ic Pctt'y. 
 Disfi'gurement. ti. f. [from disfigure.] 
 Defacement of beauty ; change of a 
 better form to a worfe. 
 
 The drfigiii,mcr:t that travel or ficknefs has 
 beftowed upon him, is not tliowght great by the 
 lady of the ifl;, Suciling,
 
 D I S 
 
 And tlicy, fopeifeft is their inifery, 
 Not one; perceive their foul diijiguycitio.l, 
 
 Mihon '■ 
 
 TflDisFo'pEST. 11. a. [(/;j and /;'■(/?•] 
 To reduce land from the privileges of 
 a forcll to the ftate of comniou land. 
 
 To Disfranchise. i). a. \_tih zndfran- 
 chife.:] , To deprive of privileges or im- 
 munities. 
 
 Disfra'Jjchisement. «. /• L'^'"''"* '^'f' 
 frani-h-fe.'] The aCt of dqnivihg of 
 privileges. jJia. 
 
 tToDisFu'RNisH. V, a. [</;^and/v.>-/;//7;.] 
 To deprive ; to unfiirnilh ; to 'Ilrip. 
 
 My riclws arc thefe fior.r li:il/ilimcnts, 
 Of which if you (houkl hfre rliifurrij/i mC| 
 You take the fum and fubliance tliat I have. 
 
 He durft not d:sjurnlfi tliat country cither of 
 
 lo great a commander, orof the wonted garrifar.s. 
 
 Kmlici' Vlfloiy. 
 
 To Disga'rnish. "v. a. \_dis d,nA gari::jh.'\ 
 
 1. To ilrip of ornaments. Did. 
 
 2. To take guns from a fortrefs. 
 
 To Disglo'rify. 1). a. [dis and »/oW/5'.] 
 To deprive of glory ; to treat with in- 
 tllgnity. 
 So Dacon Hiall be magnified, and Gr;d, 
 . Beiidcs » i-.om is no god, conipar'd %vith idols, 
 Dil'g/o'iJicJ, Llafphcm'd, and iiad in fcorn. 
 
 To Disgo'rge. 1). a. [de^orger, Fr. from 
 gorge, the throat.] 
 
 1. To dlfcharge by the mouth; to fpew 
 out ; to vomit. 
 
 bo, 10, thou comman dog, didft thou difgorg: 
 Thv glutton bofom of the royal Richard ? 
 And now thou wouldft eat tliydead vomit up. 
 
 Shtik[pi.-are. 
 Krom the diftant Ihore they loudly laughl, 
 To i'.c his heaving breall di/gorgc tlic briny 
 draught. Diydcn. 
 
 2. To pour out with violence. 
 
 All th' cmboircd fores and headed evils, 
 That thou with licence of free foot ball caught, 
 Wouldft thou difgerg-: into the general world r 
 
 The deep-drawing barks do there difgorge 
 Their waibke fraughtage. H/takfpcare. 
 
 They move along the banks 
 Of four infernal rivets, x\i3l dij'go' ge 
 liito the burning lake their baleful ftreams. 
 
 M:lla>i. 
 
 Countries much annoyed with earthquakes, 
 
 -luve volcanoes ; and thefe arc conlfantly all in 
 
 (lames, whenever any earthquake happens ; they 
 
 d:fe<ireii!g that fire which was the caufe of the 
 
 difafter. Derlum. 
 
 DlSGR a'ce. n. /. ^d'lJgracCjYx.l 
 
 1. State of being out of favour. 
 
 2. State of jgnominy ; diflionour ; ftate of 
 
 fhame. 
 
 Like a dull aflor, now 
 I have foigot my part, and I am out 
 Even to a full dijgrace. Siatfj-ca-r. 
 
 Poctiy, howfoever cenfured, is not fallen 
 from the bigheft ftage of honour to'the lo-.vcll 
 flair of difgrace. Pcachim. 
 
 3. Aft of unkindnefs. Obfolete. 
 
 To fuch bondage he was for fo many courfcs 
 tied by her, whofe difgnices to liim were graced 
 by hct excellence. Sidney. 
 
 4. Caufe of fhame. 
 
 And is it not a fold difgr,:-', 
 To lofe the boltfprit of thy face ? H.iynard. 
 
 And he whofc affluence difdaiu'd a place, 
 Etib'd by a ntlc, makes it ^difgmce. Brcion. 
 TcDisgra'ce. v.a. [from the noun.] 
 I , To bring a reproach upon ; to diflio- 
 nour, as an agent. 
 
 DIS 
 
 We m.ij' not fo in any one fpeclal kind admiie 
 
 f er, that we dijgrace her in any other ; but let 
 
 4 all iier ways be according unto tl.cir place and 
 
 degree adored. Ho'iker., 
 
 Men"s paffions will carry them far in mifre- 
 prefenting an opinion which they have a mnid 
 to difgrace. Bui net. 
 
 2. To bring to fiiame, as a caufe : as, lis 
 ignorance difgraced him. 
 
 3. To put out of favour: as, the minifler 
 •was difgiaced. 
 
 DiSGR a'ceful. aJj, [dif grace 7mA full. '\ 
 Shameful; ignominious; reproachful; 
 procuring (hame. 
 
 Mafleis niuft correft their fcrv.ants with gen- 
 tlencfs, prudence, and mercy ; not with upbraid- 
 ing and difgiacrfiil language, but with fuch only 
 as may cxprcfs and' repro\c the fault, and amend 
 the perfon. T<:y.'o,'s Rule of Lildng Ihly. 
 
 To retire behind their chariots, was as little 
 dlfgr,icefiil then, as it is now to alight from one's 
 horfe in a battle. I'ope. 
 
 Disgra'cefully. adv. [from diJgrac/fuL] 
 In difgrace ; with indignity j ignomi- 
 nioudy. 
 
 The fcnate have caO you forth 
 Difvr^icefuHy, to be the common talc 
 Of the whole city. Bm Jon^ofi. 
 
 DliGRA'CEFULNESS. 11. J. [ftom dij'gracc- 
 
 ful.'\ Ignominy. 
 Disgra'cer. n, f. \J\om difgrace."] One 
 
 that expofes to fhame ; one that caufes 
 
 ignominy. 
 I have given good advice to thofe infamous 
 
 difgyacers of the fex and calling. Swift. 
 
 Disgka'cious. adj. ^dis and gracious.] 
 
 Unpleaiing. 
 I do fufpcft I have done fome offence, 
 
 That feems dfarn.io?!! in the city's eye. Sh.ikfp. 
 To Disot'i'sE. v. a. \_degtiifer, Fr. dis and 
 
 gttife.] 
 
 1. To conceal by an unufual drefs. 
 
 How might we dif^tiife him ? 
 
 Alas ! 1 know not ; there is no woman'j 
 
 gown big enough for him. Shakfpeate. 
 
 I):jguii\i he c.tme ; but thofe his children 
 dear 
 Their parent foon difcern'd through his difguife. 
 
 Miitzn. 
 
 2. To hide by a counterfeit appearance ; 
 to cloak by a falfe fliow : as, he dif- 
 gaifed his anger. 
 
 3. To disfigure ; to change the form. 
 
 They faw the faces, wnich too well they 
 knew. 
 Though then difguh'd iii death, and fracar'd all 
 
 o'er 
 With filth obfcenc, and dropping putrid gore. 
 
 V'ydi't- 
 
 More duteous at her call, 
 
 Than at Circean call the herd dijguh'd. Militi. 
 
 Ulvlfes wakes, not knowing the place wliere 
 
 he was ; Ijccaufc Minerva made all things appear 
 
 in a difgitijed view. V»}'e. 
 
 4. To deform by liquor : a low term. 
 
 1 have juH left the right worfliipful, and his 
 
 myrmidons, about a tneaker of five gallons ; the 
 
 whole magillracv was pretty welh//'^////l\V before 
 
 ] gave tiicm tlic llip. SjK'el.i.-cr. 
 
 DisGui'sE. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A diefs contrived to conceal the per- 
 fon that wears it. 
 
 They generally adl in a difguife th«mfclves, 
 and therefore milfake all outward Ihow and 
 app^'avanco for hypocrify in others. ^^ddij'jft. 
 
 Since I ill Arcite cannot ."irciie find, 
 The world may fearch in vain with all their eyes, 
 Bat never penetrate through this ^7^'''7''- T)eyd. 
 
 2, A falfc appearance ; counterfeit fhow. 
 
 D 1 S ^ 
 
 Hence guilty joys, diftalles, furmife?, 
 Falle oalhs, fallc tears, deceits, difgiiifes. Fepc. 
 
 3. Difoider by drink. 
 
 You fee we *ve burnt our cheeks ; and mine 
 own tongue 
 Splits what it fpeaks: the wild difguife hath 
 
 almolf 
 Antlckt us. Sfiaifpcate. 
 
 Discui'sEMENT. ti. f. [from difguife.'] 
 Drefs of concealment. 
 
 Under that dlfgulpmmi I fliould find oppor- 
 tunity to reveal niylelf tothe owner of ray heart. 
 
 Sidney. 
 The marquis thought be:^ to difmafk his 
 beard, and told him, that he v as going coveitly to 
 lake a fccrct view of the forv.'ardnels of his ma- 
 jeliy's fleet : this did fomcivhat handfomely 
 heai the difguifemci't . IVollwt. 
 
 DisGui'sEii. n.f. [from difguife."] 
 
 1. One that puts on a difguiic. 
 
 I hope he is grown more dilcng.i^ed from liis in- 
 tentnels on his own affairs, wluch is quite trie re- 
 vcife to you, unlefs you- are a very dcxteious drf- 
 
 guijer. Sli'ijt. 
 
 2. One that conceals another by a dif- 
 guile ; one that disfigures. 
 
 Death 's a great dif^uijer. Sftnkfpejte. 
 
 DISGU'ST. n.f [degou!, French.] 
 
 1. Averfion of t lie palate from any thing. 
 
 2. Ill humour ; malevolence; offence con- 
 ceived. 
 
 The manner of doing is of more confequcncc 
 than the thing done, and upon that depends the 
 fatisfaflion or difguji wherewith it is received. 
 
 Loeke. 
 
 Thence dark difgufi ai^ hatred, winding wiles, 
 Coward deceit, and ruffian violence. 'Ihtrnjin. 
 
 To DisGu'sT. 13. a. \degoulcr, French; 
 deguflo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To raife averiion in the llomach ; to 
 diftafte. 
 
 2. To ftrike with diflike ; to offend. It 
 is varioufly conftructcd with at or with. 
 
 If a man were dfgufed at marriage, lie would 
 never recommend it to his friend. Attetbury. 
 
 Thofe uncniarged fouls arc difgufted nuith the 
 wonders which tlie microfcope has difcuvered. 
 
 ir.uts. 
 
 3. To produce aveifion : wlth/z-om. 
 
 What difgufi mcficm having to do with an- 
 fwvr jobbers, is, that they have no confcience. 
 
 Sicift, 
 
 adj. Idifgtfl md. full.] 
 Naufeous ; that caufes averfion. 
 
 I have finillied the mod difgnflfut ta(k that 
 ever I undertook. Siuiji. 
 
 DISH. n.f. [bij-c, Saxon; djfc, Erfe ; 
 difciis, I^atin.] 
 
 1. A broad wide velfel, in which food is 
 fcrved up at the table. 
 
 Of thefe he murders one ; he boils the flefh, 
 And lays the mangled morfcls in a liijh. Dryd. 
 
 I faw among the ruins an old heathen altar, 
 with this particularity in it, that it is hollowed 
 like a di/h at one end ; but it was not this end on 
 wiiich the f.icrificc was 1 ud. Add.fi^n. 
 
 2. A deep hollow veffel for liquid food. 
 
 Who Would rob a heirtiit of his weeds. 
 His few books, or his beads, or maple <./};/ ; 
 Or do h.is gicy hairs any violence ' Mi/tar. 
 
 A ladle for' our filver d:.'/i 
 Is what I want, is what I wilh, Piior. 
 
 3. The meat ferved in a diih ; any parti- 
 cular kind of food. 
 
 I have here a di/i of doves, that I would 
 bcflow upon your wvrlhip. S/iiiiff>eaie. 
 
 "Let's l%,ilf him boldly, but not wrathfully j 
 Let 's caive him as .1 dij/i fit for the gods, 
 Nut hew him as a carcafs fit for hounds. 
 
 Siuiiffenre'i fuliul Cjj..--. 
 
 LllSGC STFUL
 
 D I S 
 
 Thecontr4<fl you pretend with tiiat bifc wrcicis 
 One brcrt of nlms jud follcr'd with cold dy.h i, 
 Withfcrjps o' th' cuuit; it is no contra<^t. nunc. 
 
 'Tis not the meat, but 'lis the appetite, 
 Mjkcs e:»tinj a dcl'jhr ; 
 And if I like one J.y/i 
 More than a anotiiti, that a plicai'ant is. Sach/f^i^. 
 
 The <-:»ah would have bcon deprived ijf j nu'll 
 excellent and whukfome t'.irc, and \eiy many 
 delicious dijkci that we have the ufc and bencht 
 of. JFco.iii.arii. 
 
 Many people would, with rcaCoii, piefcr the 
 griping of an hungry Lcily, to ihofc (/'.y/}fj wliich 
 arc a fcail to others. Lode. 
 
 4. A kind of" meafure among the tinners. 
 
 They mcafnic blotk-tm hy the JfjA, which 
 containcth a gallon. Carfnt. 
 
 To Dish. v. a, [from the noun.] To 
 ferve in a diih ; to fend up to tabic. 
 
 Fnr confpiracy, 
 I knbw not how it taftes, though it he difCd 
 For me Co try. Shakfp^att'i /fintet's Talf. 
 
 UlSH-CLOUT. n.f, [^'i/b ^n6. cloui .~\ The 
 cloth witii which the maids rub their 
 difhes. 
 
 A iiijh-clout of Jaq[icnetta'$ \\c wears next his 
 
 heart for a favour. Shukfp, Actv*i L^h-Mt Lojl. 
 
 Send tfwin up to their maftcrs with a dij/i^ 
 
 chut pinned at their tails. Siuifi. 
 
 Dish-washer, n.f. [tlj/h and ^vti/ber ; 
 
 mergus.2 The name of a bird. 
 DISHADI'LLE. aJj. Idefiah'ilU, Fr.] 
 Undi^fL:d ; loofcly or negUgently drcf- 
 fed. 
 Queens arc not to be toe negligently drelVcri 
 
 or dijhabilU. DryJcu'i Dujrtjrlfj\. 
 
 DisHABi'i-LE. n.f. Uiidrtfs ; loofe drcfs. 
 A woman who would piefcrvc A lover'* rc- 
 fpciS to her perfoii, will be careful of her ap- 
 lis.ir.ince before hirh when in diJhabitU, (iUiri^i. 
 7o Disha'bit. v. a. [This word I have 
 found only in Shak/peare.'] To throw otit 
 of place J to drive from iheir habita- 
 tion. 
 
 But for our approach thofe Hceping ftonc.*;! 
 Bv the coinpullion of liici: ordinance, 
 By this time fiom their ti.\ed beds of lin>': 
 Had been dijhabiicj, and wide havuek nude. 
 
 Krnr Lear. 
 
 DiSiiA'RMONV. n.f, \_dis and liarmony,^ 
 
 Contrariety to harmony. 
 2i Dishea'uten. t). a. [e/h and hearten.] 
 To difcourage ; to dejeft ; to terrify ; 
 to deprefs. 
 
 To Mjhe>trten with fearful fcntonces, as though 
 
 faK.ition could hardly be hoped for, is not fo 
 
 confonjnt with chriftian charity. Honker. 
 
 Be noX.<iij/ie.iTtened then, nor cloud thofc looks 
 
 That wont to be more chcarful and fcrene. 
 
 Milton 
 
 Yet neither thus etijhtaricn'd nor dilmay'd, 
 
 The time prepar'd 1 waited. Mttton. 
 
 It is a confideiation that might dijheartert thole 
 
 who arc engaged againlt the common adverfa- ■ 
 
 rlcs, that they promife iLcmfelvcs as much from 
 
 Ihe folly of enepiics, as from the power of thcii 
 
 fticnds. &UUi:gf.cct. 
 
 Men cannot fay, that the greatnefs of an evil 
 
 and danger ib an encouragement to nicn to run 
 
 upon it ; and that the gieiitnefs of any good and 
 
 iiappiiicfs ought in real'on to dijhearten men fiom 
 
 riie purfuitof it. 'Ti!lofJ',n. 
 
 A tiue chriftain fervour is more than the alii 
 
 anccs of our potent friends or even the fears of 
 
 cur d;//jeiirte/:ed enemies. --^tiethit'-,'. 
 
 I>1she'r ISON. n. f. [^'.f and Jjirifon.} 
 
 The aft of debarring from inheritance. 
 
 To Dishe'rit. v. a. [Jis and iijjeril.] 
 
 To cut off from hereditary fuccefiion ; 
 
 to debar from an inheritance. 
 
 He tries to rellorc to their rightful heritage 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 D t S 
 
 fucli good old Eiiglirti words as have been lonj 
 tinif out of iitc, ainiolt dijhcri(fd. Spff.f'^. 
 
 NL.r how the Dryads and ttic woodland Ti.iin 
 Dij7i,ritcdy v\n howling o'er the pUin. Drydn 
 7&Di«;he*vi-:l. i*. a^ [dechetjsler , French.] 
 Tt» fprcad the hair difordcrly ; to ihiow 
 the hair of a woman neghgeiUly about 
 her head. It is not ofteu ufcd but 
 in the paffue pailiciple. 
 
 A gentle lady all alone, 
 With garments itnt and \\.\\\ dijatviiled^ 
 Wriuijiiij; hei liands, and makm^ piteous moan. 
 
 Spenftr. 
 After followed great numbers of women wtcp- 
 ing, with dijh:rjiiUd hair, fcratching their fate;,, 
 and tearing thcmlcl^o, after the manner of the 
 country. Kmlks. 
 
 , A troop of Trojans niiJt'd with thcfc appear. 
 
 And mourniu^ matrons with dijAei-eird hair. 
 
 Dtydsn'i jHfii.iJ. 
 The fl.Tmes, involv"*d in I'makc, 
 or incctifc, from the facrcd altar broke, 
 Cau^jht her dijhcvdf'd hair and rich atrirc. 
 
 D'yderei ^ruU. 
 Ycu this morn beheld his ardent cyci. 
 Saw liisaimlock'd in 1 ir <////;rv</A/hair. SmicA. 
 
 Di'sHiNG. atij, [from (ii/l.^ Concave: 
 a cant teini among- artificeis. 
 
 For tlie form of tlu' wnecl-', fwmc make thtm 
 
 more dijliirigy as they call it, than others ; that 
 
 is, more concave, by fcttmg off th.e flukes and 
 
 fellies more outwards. ^^ Murrimn. 
 
 DlsHO^NEST. ndj, [J'ls ;3lX\A Lonefl.l 
 
 1. Void of probity ; void ot faith ; faith- 
 Icfs; wicked; fraudulent.. 
 
 Julhce tiien was neither blind to difcern, nor 
 lame lo exccu^€. It was not lubjedt to be im- 
 pofed upon by a deluded fancy, nor yet to be 
 bribed by a gloring appetite, for an utile or ju- 
 cundum to turn the balance to a falfc or drjhmej} 
 fenrcnce. South. 
 
 Hi lays it down as 2 principle, that; right and 
 wrong, honelt and dij/'ionejjy are defined unly by 
 laws, and not by nature. /.;< /t. 
 
 2. Unchade ; Itwd. ' 
 
 To-morrow will \fc be married. — I do defire 
 it with all my lieai t ; and I hope it is no dijhoni-jt 
 defire, to dcfne to be a woman of the world. 
 
 Sh^ypetiif's .As you like it. 
 
 3. Difgraced; dilhonoured, 
 
 Prh'.^firjj with lopp'd arms the yputh appears, 
 Spoil'd of his nul'e, and Ihorttn'd of his cars. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 4. Difgracefiil ; ignominious. Thcfe two 
 fenfes are fcaicely Engllfh, being bor- 
 rowed from the Latin idiom. 
 
 She f.iw licr Ions with purple death expire, 
 Her ficred domes involv'd in roUing tijc; 
 A dreadful fcries of intcllinc wars, 
 Inglorious triumphs, and d:jhoneJ} fears. Vopc. 
 
 Dishonestly, adv, [from difloonejl .'\ 
 
 1. Without faith; without probity j faith- 
 Icrty ; wickedly. 
 
 I protcrt he had die ch.iin of me, 
 Th.o' moft d!jtiori£j:ly he doth deny it. Sludfpeare. 
 
 2. Lewdly ; wantonly ; unchallcly. 
 
 A wile daugl'.tet Ihould biing an iniiuritance 
 to her hufivhid J but fhc that liveth dijhwtjity . 
 is her father's hcavmcfs. EcJfJiijJiuus. 
 
 Disho'nesty. n.f. [from dip.^onrJl.'\ 
 
 1. Want of probity ; faithlefnefj ; viola- 
 tion oi trutt. 
 
 Their fortune depends upon tbt-tr credit, and 
 a ftain of op*;n public dijh'jnejiy rauil be to their 
 (iifudvantayc. Sriijt, 
 
 2. Lhichaliity ; incontinence; Icwdncfs. 
 
 Mis. Fuid, the honc'l woman, the modcfl 
 wife, the virtu'aii creature, that hath the jealous 
 fuul to her huOjand ! I fufpect without caufc, 
 niifticfs, ^\j 1 - — Hea\en be my witncfs you do, 
 it yuu fufpeiit me in any dijhr.nejiy. Shakj'pcare, 
 
 Disho'nol'r, iuf. [mi and hQnt2ur.'\ 
 
 t) I 5 
 
 I. Reproach; difgracc; ignominy. 
 
 Let not my jealoufici be ycur difiimun. 
 But mine own fatcties. Si.iifpentc*i Mnctrt%. 
 
 He wa» plcafed to own Lar.aius oven in the 
 d'Jhomun of the grave, and vouchlafed limi, in 
 th:.t (Icfpicabli; condition, (he gloriuut title of 
 his friend. KeyU'i iite.^fhick ly.ie. 
 
 Take him for your huftiand and your lord ; 
 *Tis no diji:inour to confer your grace 
 On one defccnded fro.n a i.iyal race. DryJ^rt. 
 
 2. Reproach uttered ; cenfure ; report of 
 
 inf;;my. 
 So good, that no tongue could c\ er 
 
 Prunouiice dry/io' our of her ; by my life 
 -labile ni'vcr knew harm doing. ^'i>t/-fpeart\ 
 
 /o Disho'nour. v. a. [Jis and honour.] 
 
 1. To difgracc ; to bring (hame upon ; Vi 
 blalt with infamy. 
 
 It is no vicious blot, murther, or foiilncff. 
 No unch.-iUe .lition, or dijiono..- ' d lirp, 
 That haih depiiv'd me of youi giacc .nid favour 
 
 Skakjfiure, 
 
 Tliis no lyjorc dijhonouri you at all, 
 Than to rake ;:i a town with gentle words, 
 Which clfe would put you to yourfoHunc. Shalf. 
 
 A wom.in ;h:.t lionoureth her huft>and, flull 
 be judged w;fe of all : but Ihc tliat dijlr.niuttih 
 him ill her pride, fliall be counted unguoly of all. 
 
 EccUJiaJiicut. 
 
 We are not fo much to drain ourfelvcs to make 
 thofe viitues appear in us which really we have 
 not, as to avoid thofe imueifeitions whicn may 
 d!jhonour us. Drydtn'i Dfj'rejnoy. 
 
 2. To violate chaftity. 
 
 3. To treat with indignity. 
 
 One glinipfe of g^ory tu my ilTuc give, 
 Giac'd for the little' t mc he has to live : 
 Dijh.naur'd by the king of men he Hands ; 
 His rightful prize is ravilh'd fiom his hands. 
 
 1 Di ydfn'i i/i id. 
 
 Disho'nourable. adj. [fiomJi/hoiiour.] 
 
 1. Shameful; reproachful; ignominious. 
 
 He did ciiji,',try.ircih'.e find 
 Thofc ai tides which did our Hate decreafc. 
 
 /)..■.,..•■■. 
 
 2. Being in a ftate of negkdl or diftl- 
 tecm. 
 
 He that is honoured in poverty, how much 
 more in riches.' and lie x.\iM.\i d;j}ionourMt \ei 
 riches, how much more in poverry ? Ettlui. 
 
 Disho'nourer. n.f. [from Ji/ionour.] 
 
 1 . One that treats another ivith indignity. 
 
 Preaching how meritorious with the gods 
 It would be, to enhiaie an irreligious 
 I}:jhofKurLr of D.Tgon. Milton. 
 
 2. A violator of chaftity. 
 
 To DtsHo'R^. -v. a. [d:s and /)srn.] To 
 flrip of horns. 
 
 VVc "11 dr/iirn the fpirit. 
 And mock him home to Windlor. Sh^krpcare; 
 D I s H u ' M u R . ;; . / ' {<!is and humour. ] 
 Ptevilhnefs ; ill humour j uneafy fiatc 
 of mind. 
 
 Speaking impatiently to fen-ants, or aiiy 
 thing that betrays inattention m dijhmnour, aie 
 alio criminal. irfiBator. 
 
 DlslMPRo'vEMENT. n.f. [(/7jand/m- 
 fro-vemeut.'\ Reduction from a better 
 to a worfe (late ; the contrary to n-.e- 
 lloration ; the contrary to improve- 
 ment. 
 
 The final iffue of the matter wqpjd be, an ut- 
 ter neglect and difiatfrtruontnb of the earth. . 
 
 Norrh. 
 I Cannot fee how this kingdom is at any 
 height of improvement, while four pi-rts in five 
 of the plantations, for thiiiy yeais paft, have 
 been real difimfrovmtnl;. Suiift. 
 
 To Disin-c.i'rcer ATE. V. a. [i/is and 
 Iniarca-nte.] To fet at liberty ; to free 
 from prifon. 
 
 3 2
 
 D I S 
 
 The arfenical bodies being now coagulated, 
 and kindled into Aiming atoms, require dry 
 and warm nir, to open the earth for to difmcarcc- 
 rate the fame venene bodies. H^irv-y. 
 
 Disixclina'tion. n. f. [from difin- 
 cline.] Want of affeflion ; fliglit ; dlf- 
 like ; ill-will not heightened to avedion. 
 Difappointmcnt gave him a lU/incUnoihn to 
 the fair fex, for whom he docs not exprefs all 
 the refpeifl poflible. ^,l-uilir.oi an! Pofe. 
 
 To Disincli'ne. v. a. [dh and incline.'] 
 To produce dldike to ; to make difaf- 
 fefteJ; to alienate affcftion from. 
 
 They were careful to keep up the fears and 
 apprehenfiuns in the people of dangers and 
 de'figns, and to difindine them from any reve- 
 rence or affection to the queen, whom tlicy be- 
 gun every day more implacably to hate, and 
 confcqucnlly to diiubiigc. Clarendon. 
 
 DlsiKGENu'lTY- ti. f. [from diftngenu- 
 ous.l Meannefs of artifice; unfair- 
 
 nefs. 
 
 They contraft a h.ibit of ill-nature and diji'i- 
 ginuity nccclTary to their atf.iiis, and the temper 
 of thofe upon whom they are to work. 
 
 Clarendon, 
 
 Disinge'nuous. adj. [</" and ingenu- 
 ous.] Unfair; meanly artful ; vilioiiily 
 . fubtle ; fly ; cunning ; illiberal ; tin- 
 becoming a gentleman ; crafty. 
 
 'Tis dfjingrnueus to accufc our age 
 . Of idlenefs, who all o-ii pow'rs engage 
 In the fame fturiies, the fame courfc to hold, 
 Nor think our rcafon for new arts too old. 
 
 It was a iH/ingfKuous way of proceeding, to 
 cppofc a judgment of charity concerning their 
 churcb, to a judgment ef leafon concerning the 
 nature of aftions. StiUiizfeet. 
 
 There cannot be any thing fo difingemtcui and 
 roifbecoming any rational creature, as not to 
 yield to plain reafon, and the conviftion of clear 
 arguments. Lzch, 
 
 DisiNGE'NrovsLY. adv. [from d'lf-iige- 
 
 nuous-l In a difingenuous manner. 
 Disinge'nuousness. n.f. [Jrom d'lfinge- 
 nuous.] Mean fubtilty ; unfairnels ; 
 low craft. 
 
 I might prefs them with the unreafonablenef>, 
 
 the difmgcKumJnejf, of embracing a profeffion to 
 
 ■which their own hearts have an inward rcluft- 
 
 ance. Goverrnne'it rf tht Tongue, 
 
 Disinhe'rison. n.f. [dis ?Lni inherit.] 
 
 1. The aft of cutting off from any here- 
 ditary fucceffion ; the aft of dilinhe- 
 
 riting. 
 
 If he flood upon his own title of the houfe of 
 Lancafter, inherent in his pcrfon, he knew it 
 was a title condemned by parliament, and gene- 
 rally prejudged, in the common opinion of the 
 realm, that it tended direitly to the difinherifcn 
 of the line of York. 'Oil . Bacon's Henry vil. 
 
 The chief miniftcr of the revenue was obliged 
 to prevent, and even oppofe, fuch dlfmhtrijon. 
 
 CLi rendu:. 
 
 2. The (late of being cut off from an he- 
 reditary right. 
 
 In rcfpcit of the effefls and evil confcquences, 
 the adultery of the woman is worfe, as bringing 
 baflardy into a family, and dijinherifom or great 
 injuries to the lawful children. Taykr. 
 
 To D I s I N H e'r I T. ni. a. [dis and inherit. ] 
 To cut oft from an hereditary right ; 
 to deprive of an inheritance. 
 
 \, it thcujuft with us to dijhikcrit 
 The unborn nephews for the father's fault ? 
 
 UnmufBe, ye faint flats ; and tl.ou, fait 
 moon. 
 Stoop thy pale vifage through an amber cloud. 
 And difmhirii chaos that reigns here 
 la double night of datkncis, andof Cander, MUt. 
 
 7 
 
 D I S 
 
 Pofterity Sands curs'd! fair patrimony, 
 Jhat I murt leave ye, fons ! O were 1 uble 
 To warte it all myfelf, and leave ye none ; 
 So dift'ihi-nted, how would ye blefs 
 Mc, now your curfe ! ^!:.'fo-: 
 
 Of how fair a portion Adam tiijinhcrjlcd his 
 whole pofterity by one lingle prevarication ! 
 
 Soi^th. 
 
 To Disinte'r. -v. a. [from dis and inter.] 
 To unbury ; to take as out of the grave. 
 The phllofophcr, the famt, or the hero, tiie 
 wife, the good, or the great man, very often lie 
 hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper 
 education might hive dijinterred. Addijan. 
 
 DlsiNTERESSED. adj. [d\s and inte- 
 rejfi, French. It is written d[fir.terejled 
 by thofe who derive it immediately 
 from interejl, and I think more pro- 
 perly.] Void of regard to private ad- 
 vantage ; not bialTed by particular 
 views ; Impartial. 
 
 Not that tradition's parts are ufelefs here, 
 When general, old, difiatereji' d, and clear. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Disi'nteressm ent. n.f. [dis, zndinte- 
 rejfement, French.] DilVegard to pri- 
 vate advantage ; difintereft ; dirmterelt- 
 ednefs. This word, like charges in the 
 fame fentence, is merely Gallick. 
 
 He has managed fome uf the charges of the 
 kingdom with known ability, and laid them 
 down with entire difmierrjfmmt. Prhr'iPcjtf.-'ipt. 
 
 Disi'nter.est. n.f. [dis and interejl.] 
 
 1. What is contrary to one's wiiTi or 
 profperity ; that which any one is con- 
 cerned to prevent. 
 
 They judge it the gieat difmlereji to Rome. 
 
 Gl ami lit. 
 
 2. Indifference to profit ; fuperiority to 
 regards of private advantage. 
 
 Dlil'NTERESTED. rjnj. [from d'jinterej}.] 
 
 1. Superiour to regard of private advan- 
 tage ; not influenced by private profit. 
 
 As diftnterijiid as you appear to the world, <ro 
 man is more \a the po\vcr of that prevailing fa- 
 vourite palTion than yourfelf. Siuifi. 
 
 2. Without any concern in an alfair ; 
 without fear or hope. 
 
 Disi'nterestedlv. adv. [from difmle- 
 refled.] In a difinterefted manner. 
 
 Disi'nterestedness. n.f. [from d'lfin- 
 terejled.] Contempt of private interefl; 
 negkft of pcrfonal profit. 
 
 Thcfe cxprclTions of lelfilhnefs and difinterejl- 
 ednefs have been u(cd in a very loofc and inde- 
 terminate manner.. . Brown. 
 
 To Disi'ntricate. II. a, [dis and intri' 
 cate.] To difentangle. Bi3. 
 
 To DisINVi'te. ij. a. [dis and invite.] 
 To retract an invitation. Did. 
 
 To Disjoi'n. V a. [dejoindre, Fr. dis 
 and^'oin.] To feparate ; to part from 
 each other ; to difunite ; to funder. 
 
 Never ftiall my harp thy praife 
 Forget, nor from thy father's praife disjain. 
 
 Miltim. 
 Left different degree 
 Diyo.'n us, and I then too late renounce 
 Deity for thee, when fate will not permit. 
 
 Happier for nac, that all our hours aflign'd 
 Together we had liv'd; cv'n not in death dis- 
 j'And. Dtydctt. 
 
 Never let us lay down our arms againft 
 Fiance, till we have utterly diijfimd her from 
 the Spanifti monarchy. ^ddijon. 
 
 To Disjoi'nt. -v. a. [dis andjoiiit.] 
 I. To put out of joint. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Be all their ligaments .at once unbound. 
 And their diijoiniid bones to powder ground. 
 
 Sandys, 
 
 Yet what could fwords or poifon, racks or 
 flame. 
 But mangle and diij-jint the brittle frame ? 
 More fatal Heniy's words; they murder Emma's 
 fame. Prior, 
 
 2. To break at junftures ; to feparate at 
 the part where there is a cement. 
 
 Mould'riog arches, and disjointed columns. 
 
 Ircnt. 
 
 3. To break in pieces; to dilaniate. 
 
 Rotation mult difpcrfe in air 
 All things which on the rapid nrb appear ; 
 And if no power that motion Ihould controul. 
 It mufl diijoint and diffipate tnc whole. Blacim, 
 Should a barbarous Indian, who had never 
 fcen a palace or a (Hip, view the feparate and 
 disjointed parts, he would be able to foim but a 
 very lame and dark idea of either of thofe ex- 
 cellent and ufeful inventions. fJatls, 
 
 4. To carve a fowl. 
 
 5. To make incoherent ; to break the re- 
 lation between the parts. 
 
 The conrtancy of your wit was not wont t* 
 bring forth fuch di.'i!,inled fpeeckes. St.inry. 
 
 But now her grief has wrought her into iitxsLy ; 
 The images her troubled fancy forms 
 Are incoherent, wild; her vords disjointed. Smith, 
 To Disjoint, -d. n. To fall in pieces. 
 Let both worlds di:joini, and all things fnffer. 
 Ere we will eat our meal in fear. Shakjfeare. 
 
 Disjoi'nt. participle, [from the verb. }■ 
 Separated ; divided. We now write 
 disjointed. 
 
 Young Fontinbras, 
 Holding a weak fuppofal of our worth. 
 Thinks by our late dear brother's death 
 Our ft.ne to he disjoint and out of frame. Skakf, 
 Disjudica'tion. n.f. [dijudicatio,V,z\..] 
 Judgment ; determination : perhapi 
 only inillakep for dijudication. 
 The difpofition of the organ is of g>cat im- 
 1 portance in the disjudications we make of colours, 
 
 Bcv/e on Coliius. 
 
 Disju'nct. ad't. [disjunffas, Lat.] Dif- 
 joined ; feparate. 
 
 Disju'nction. n.f. [from disjundio, 
 Latin.] Difunion ; feparation ; parting. 
 
 You may 
 Enjoy your mifirefs now, from wiiom yoa fee 
 There 's no disjunliion to be made, but by 
 Your ruin. S'lahjpeare' s tpintcr's XaU. 
 
 There 'is a great analogy between the body 
 natural and politic, in wl.ich the ccclefialUcal or 
 fpiritual part jufliy fupplies the part of the foul ; 
 and the violent feparation of this from the other, 
 does as certainly infer death and diflblulion, as 
 the disjunBion of the body and the foul in the 
 natu.al. South, 
 
 Disju'nctive. ad'u [rAV/ynfl/iiw, Lat.J 
 r. Incapable of union. 
 
 Such piinciplcs, whofe atoms arc of that </y- 
 }:nrP.iTi- nature, as not to be united in a fufficicnt 
 number to make a vifiblc mr>fs. Grev.^, 
 
 2. That marks feparation or oppofition: 
 as, / love him, or /lar him. 
 
 Theie aie fuch words as dijunfliz'e conjunc- 
 tions. IVatls. 
 
 3. In logick. 
 
 A dfiun^i-ue propofition is when the parts are 
 oppofcd to one another by disjunAive particles: 
 as, // it littler diiy or tdght ; The 'zvatiter is either 
 Jhinv or r.tiny ; Quantity i\ either length, hrcadth, or 
 depth. The truth of ^/j/wJtS/T^ depends on the 
 neccfl".ny and immediate appotirian of the parts^ 
 therefore only the latt of tnefc examples is true : 
 but the two firft are not if ridtly true ; bccaufe 
 twilight is a medium between day and night f 
 and dry cloudy weather is a medium betwcca 
 Ibining and r.tining. 
 A iiis^'ur.{ii^e fyllogifm is when the Biajorpro*
 
 D I S 
 
 pofition is <//T/««fi'/ff .* as, the e-yrth ^nnvti t» a 
 
 _ ti'df, Of an fliif'f'i ; but it docs not move in a 
 
 circle, tlicfcloie it moves in ;in cllipfi*. Jfutfi. 
 
 Disju'nctively. ai/v. [[voin i^isJu/Ulive.] 
 Dillindly ; fepaiately. 
 
 What lie olifcrves ot' llic numlieis disjunSlit'tlY 
 and apart, iculon fugijclU to be applicable tuil.e 
 whole body united. JM.ty of Vi.ty. 
 
 DISK. n.f. [di/cus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tlie face oi the fnn, or any planet, as 
 it appears to the eye. 
 
 The MJk uT Phcebus, when be climbs on high, 
 Appears at lirlt but as a bloodlhol eye. DryJen. 
 
 It is to be confideied, that the L;iys, which 
 are equally u-frangibic, do fall upon a circltr 
 anl'vvcring to tlie fun's .///?. Newton. 
 
 Mercury's .///t- 
 Cm fcarcc be caught by pliilofophic eye, 
 Loft ill the mar effulgence. 'jVtomfon. 
 
 2. A broad piece of iron thrown in the 
 ancient fports ; a quoit. 
 
 The cryiial of the eye, which in a filb is a 
 ^ ball| in any Und animal is Kdijkor bowl ; btiiig 
 hereby fitted for the dealer fight of the ohjc6l. 
 
 Gfciv. 
 In areas varied with mofaic art, 
 Some whirl the diAj and lome the jav'lin dart. 
 
 Vopc. 
 
 DisKr'NDVEss. «./. \^<!h znd hhtiinefs.l 
 
 1. Want of kindnefs ; want of affection; 
 want of benevolence. 
 
 2. Ill turn; injury; ad of malignity ; de- 
 triment. 
 
 This dilcourfc is fo far from doing \\wy Hi/kind' 
 Ttcji to the caul'e, that it docs it a real fcrvicc. 
 
 Wood-Wind. 
 
 Dislt'ke. n,f, [from the verb,] 
 
 1. Diliiiclination ; abfence of affeflion ; 
 the contrary to fondnefs. 
 
 He then tlicm rook, and If mpernig goodly well 
 Their contrary dijlika with loved means, 
 
 Did place them all in order, and compel 
 To keep rhemfclves within their fundry reigns, 
 Together link'd with adamantine chain:.. Spt'fer. 
 
 \ouc di/l.'ieSf to whom I would be plcafing. 
 Do cloud my joys with danger and with fonow. 
 
 Shaljpcare 
 
 God's jrace, that principle of his new Liiih, 
 gives him continual dijlike to fin, Hammond. 
 
 Our likings or dijhkes are founded rather upoii 
 immour and fau'-y, than upon reafon. L'Eftr. 
 
 Sorrow would have been as filent as thought, 
 as fevere as philofophy. It wculd have rciied in 
 inward fenfes, iikc'w dijlike %, Sout/'i. 
 
 The jealous man is not angry if you dijlike 
 another ; but if you find thofc faults which arc 
 in his own tliarailer, you difcovcr nut only vour 
 dijt-ike oF another, hut of himfelf. Addijan. 
 
 2. Difcord ; difltniion ; dlfagreement. 
 This fenfe is not now in ufe. 
 
 This fald Aletes, and a murmur rofc 
 That ihcw'd dijlike among the chriftian peers. 
 
 Fairjfix, 
 
 Tt? Disli'ke. 1'. rt. [iZ/'j and //7r.] To 
 
 difapprovc ; to regard without atfcclion; 
 
 to regaid with ill-will or difgull. 
 
 What motl he Ihould dijlike Icems plcafant to 
 
 him ; 
 
 What like, offcnfive. Shukjpcare*s King Lear. 
 
 Ye dijlikfj and fo undo 
 
 The players, and difgi^cc the poet too. Denhnn. 
 
 Whofbevcr dijUkti. the dJgrciTion?, or grows 
 
 weary of them, may thioiy them away. Temple. 
 
 Disli'keful ae/j. [^i/Iil-ezndfui/.] Dif- 
 
 affedled ; malign. Not in ufe, 
 
 I think, it beti, by an union of manners, and 
 tonfoimity of minds, to bring rliem to be one 
 people, and to put away the dij} i ktful concc'w of 
 the unc and the other. Sptnj'fr'i Irchtmi. 
 
 To Disli'ken*. 1'. a, [iiis and /ihn,] 
 To make unlike. UnufuaU 
 
 D I s 
 
 Mulfle your facCf 
 Difm.mtlc you; ami, as yuu cm, diJJilrn 
 Tiic truth of your own fcomiti(j. Shai:fpfaie, 
 
 Disli'keness. n. f. \_tlis anJ Wrnt/i-.] 
 DiiriiiiiliiiKlc ; not igfcmblaiice J im- 
 
 likcMcls. 
 
 Tiiat which is not dcHgned to rcpreft-nt any 
 thing hut itf. If, can never be capable of a nron^ 
 rcpicfentation, nor mrllcad us from the true ap- 
 pii-ticnrion of any thing by its flrflikffitfi tu it; 
 and fuch, excepting thofc of fuhlianccs, are all 
 our own coiTlplex ideas. J.oukc, 
 
 Disli'ker. n. f. [irom dlflike.'] A dif- 
 approvor ; one that is not pleafed. 
 
 Thtic is a point, which wimcvcr can touch, 
 will never fail of plcafing a majority, fo great 
 that the dijlikcrs will be forced to fall in with the 
 hcid. S:^-ift. 
 
 To Disli'mb. v. a. \dis and Umh.'\ To 
 dilaiiiate; to tear limb from limb. Did. 
 
 2o Disli'mn. v. a. \il\s and Jimn.] To 
 unpaiiit ; to ftiikc out of a pidlure. 
 
 That which is now a horle, even with a thought 
 The rack, ttijlimm, and makes it indiltinA 
 As water is in water. Shnkfpenre. 
 
 To Di'sLoc.\TK. i». a. [_ilis and locus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . To put out of the proper place. 
 
 After rome time the Itiata on all fides of the 
 globe were dift'icated, and trieir fituniion varied, 
 being elevated in fome places, and deprelfed in 
 others. IVoidwmd. 
 
 2, To put out of joint ; to disjoint. 
 
 Were 't my htnefs 
 To let thefc hands obey my boiling blood, 
 They 're apt enough to diPcc^Ue and tear 
 Thy flcfli and bones. Shokfpearc\ King Lear. 
 
 Dislocation. «./. \_irom diflociUe.'\ 
 
 1 . The aft of ftifting the places of things. 
 
 2. The flate of being difplaced. 
 
 The polture of rocks, often leaning orproftrate, 
 flicws liiat they had fome dijlocitlion from their 
 natural lite. Bunirt. 
 
 3. A luxation; a violent prefTure of a bone 
 out of the focket, or corrcfpondent 
 part ; a joint put out. 
 
 It might go awry either within or without the 
 upper, as often as it is forcibly pulled to it, and 
 fo caufe a dijlociu'cn^ or a llrain. Gteiu. 
 
 To Dislo'dge. v. a. \_dls and loiIge.'\ 
 
 1. To reinove from a place. 
 
 The ihell-tifli which are relident in the depths 
 live and die there, and arc never ii//7oi/iff(/ or re- 
 moved i>y Ilorms, nor calf upcn the fhores ; which 
 the lirtorales ui'ually are. proodwttrd. 
 
 2. To remove from a habitation. 
 
 Thefe fenfes loft, behold a new defeat. 
 The foul diflodgirrg from another feat. Dryden. 
 
 3. To drive an enemy from a ftation. 
 
 My fword can perfeil what it has begun, 
 And from your walls .i-Jlodge that haughty Ion. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 4. To remove an army to other quarters. 
 
 The ladies have prcv.iil'd. 
 The Volfcians arc dijlodg'd, and Maicus gone, 
 
 Sh.ii:fl'(are. 
 
 To Dislo'dge. v. n. To go away to 
 
 another place. 
 
 Soon as m.tlnight brought on the dufky hour, 
 Fricndliell to lleep, and filence, he refolv'd 
 With all his legions to dijhdgt. Miltcn- 
 
 Disloy'al. aiJj. [</(y7«y'rt/, French ; disznA 
 
 1. Not true to allegiance ; faithltfs ; falfe 
 to a fovcreign ; difobedlent. 
 
 Foul driiruft, and breach 
 Diji')\nl\ on the part of marly revolt 
 And difobedicnce. Milton. 
 
 2. Diflionefl. ; perfidious. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Siich things, in a falfc dijloya/ kmvc, 
 Alt tricks of cuftom ; but, in a man that 's juft. 
 They 'ic cold delations working from the heart, 
 That pafl'ion cannot lule. S/:(tifpeare'i Otkclh, 
 
 3. Not true to the marriage-bed. 
 
 Tf.e lady is dijljytil. 
 
 Dijhyal! The word is loo good to paint out 
 
 her wickednefs. Sli,itfpc.i> t . 
 
 DiJJoyiil town ! 
 Speak, didit not thou 
 Forfakc thy faith, and break thy nuptial vow ' 
 
 Dryd,n. 
 
 4. Falfe in love ; not conftant. The bit 
 three fenfes are now obfolete. 
 
 Dislo'yallv. a<^/t). [ from ^//77c)a/. ] Not 
 faithfully; treacheroufly ; difobedicntly. 
 Dislo'yaltv. n.f. [horn di/Ioyal.] 
 
 1. Want of fidelity to the fovereign. 
 
 Let tlie truth of that religion I pfolcls be re- 
 ; prcfented to judgment, not .in the difguifcs u( 
 levity, fcliifm, herefy, novelty, ini djloyalty. 
 
 Kin^ Clittrlct^ 
 
 2. Want of fidelity in love. Obfolete. 
 
 There Ihall appear fuch feemirg trutlis of He- 
 ro's dijiryaliy, that jealouly (hall be called affui- 
 aiice. Shaijpeaf!. 
 
 DISMAL, adj. [difs malus, Latin, an 
 evil day.] Sorrowful; dire; horrid j 
 melancholy; uncomfortable ; unhappy j 
 dark. 
 The thane of Cawder 'gan a dijmal conflifl. 
 
 Shakfptare. 
 He he.irs 
 On all fides from innumerable tongues 
 A t/-/"ia/ univerfal hifs. MiUon. 
 
 Kor yet in horrid fhade or difmal den, 
 Nor noccnt yet; but on the gialfy herb 
 Fearlcfi, unfcar'd he flept. Milter., 
 
 The d'fmal lituation wailc and wild 
 
 A dungeon horrible ! MiUor. 
 
 Such a variety of d.fmal accidents muft have 
 
 broken the fpirits of any man. Chrcridon. 
 
 On the one hand fet the mofl glittering temp- 
 
 t.Ttions to difcord, and on the other view the 
 
 dijmal cfl'cfts of it. Dtciy of Piety. 
 
 Dreadful gleams, 
 
 Dijmal fcrcanis. F'.fe, 
 
 Di'sMALLY. ad-v. [from fl';/j»«/.] Horri- 
 bly ; forrovvfully ; uncomfortably. 
 
 Di'sMALNEss. n.f. [horn difmal.] Hor- 
 rour ; fonow. 
 
 To Disma'ntle. -v. a. [dis and manlle.'J 
 
 1. To deprive of a drefs ; to ftiip; to 
 denude. 
 
 He that makes his prince defpifed .nnd under- 
 valued, and beats him out of his fubjcfls hearts, 
 may cafily ftrip him of his other garrifons, hav- 
 ing already dilpotTelfcd him of his ftrongtfl, by 
 dijmanth't^ him of his honour, and feixing his 
 reputation. H'^uth. 
 
 2. To loofe ; to throw off a drcfsj to 
 throw open. 
 
 This is moft ftrange ! 
 That the, who cv'n but now was your bcft ohjtrt, 
 Dearelt and bell, fhould in this trice of time 
 Commit a thing fo monflrous, to dismantle 
 So many folds of favour. Shidji.fnri. 
 
 3. To ftrip a town of its outworks. 
 
 It is not fuflicienl to poffefs our own fort with- 
 out the dijmuntling and demolithing of our ene- 
 mies. Hakcviil, 
 
 4. To break down ajiy thing external. 
 
 His eyebjlls, routed out, are thrown to ground; , 
 His nofc diJmitntUdin Iris mouth is found ; 
 His jaws, cheeks, front, one undillinguifti'd 
 wound. Diydn, 
 
 ToDisma'.sk. v. a. [nV'j- and rrn/7.] To 
 divefl of a malli ; to uncwer iVcm cor.- 
 ccnliuent. 
 
 3 Z 2
 
 D I S 
 
 Tairlsdif; ma&'d are rofcs in the buil, 
 Or angels «ii'd in clouds; are rofcs biywn, 
 Djn:jlfJ, their djma(k fweet commixture 
 ' (hewn. S:UJfiare. 
 
 The marqu!5 though; bcfl lodijmajk his beard; 
 and told him tiiat he was going covertly. 
 
 •~<>l!)ISMA'Y. v. a. [.Z>7^;'flr,Spanifh.] 
 To terrify ; to difcourage ; to atfiiglit ; 
 to deprefs ; to dejccl. 
 Tlieir miglity rtrokcs their habcrjcons cUfmtg/'d. 
 
 Spitfir. 
 
 Enemies would rot be fo troulilcfome to the 
 
 weitem coafis, nor that country itfelf would be 
 
 fa often tt:fn!ciyeH with alarms as ihcy have of late 
 
 years been. RJiigni V.jjays. 
 
 He will not fail thee;, fearn'ot, neither be iHf- 
 
 Kutliing can- make him rcmifs in 'the praetice 
 of his duiv ; no profpeft of intercft can allure 
 hire, r.o fear of danger dij'mjy liim. jiitirbury. 
 Dis.M.i'y. n.f. [dffir.ayo, Spaiiifh.] Fall 
 of courage ; terrcur felt ; defertion of 
 mind j fear iinpreiTed. 
 All fate mute, 
 Pondering the danger with deep thoughts ; and 
 
 each 
 In other's couJitenance read his own iijmai. 
 
 Mihoji. 
 Tliis then, not minded in difmay, yet now 
 AliTures me that the bitternefs of death 
 Is paft. M.Uon. 
 
 Dism.*.'yedxess. h/. [fronii/i/ffifly-] De- 
 jeftion of courage; difpiritediiefs. 
 
 The valiantell feels inward d:fmaycdneji, and 
 yet thrfearfuUeft is afliamed fully to Oicw it. 
 
 Sixncy. 
 
 DTSME. .-./. [Frercli.] A tenth ; the 
 tenth part ; tithe. 
 Since the firft fword was drawn about this 
 qiteflion, 
 Jiv'ry titne fcul 'mongll many thoufand difmcs 
 Hath been as dear as Helen. Sh.Ufprarr. 
 
 The pope began to cxercife his new rapines by 
 a compliance with king Edward, in granting him 
 two years d.y«rfrom the clergy". -rly/iffc 
 
 TV Dismf.'mber. v. a. [_Jis and tKsmier.] 
 To divide member from member ; to 
 illacerate ; to cut in pieces. 
 
 I a.Ti with both, each army hath a hand ; 
 And in their r.ige, I having holil of both, 
 They wiiirl afonder, and dij'tcmher me. SJ:.'k. 
 O, that we then could come by Cacfat's fpirit, 
 ■J^nAnni Jijmemter Caefar I but, alas ! 
 Cafarmuft bleed for it. Sh^kjpearr. 
 
 A flate can never arrive to its period in a more 
 deplorable crifis, than when fome prince lies ho- 
 vering, like a vulture, to devour or lUfrumher its 
 (lying carcafs. Siviji. 
 
 Fowls'obfcene d^fntfrnlur* dh\s remains, 
 And dogs had torn him on the naked |ilains. 
 
 , . -. Pupc-s OdyjTn 
 
 Thofe who contemplate only the fragments or 
 pieces of 'fcience dilperfed in fhort uncomeiaed 
 d fcourfes, can never furvcy an entiie I ody of 
 truth, but mult always view it as- dt formed and 
 di/mimic'ed. iJ'.ilti. 
 
 To DLSMl'SS. f. a. [dimifus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tofeidaway. " -^^ 
 
 \Vc commit thee iKitt-er, 
 Until his army hed'j'Kij's'd from h>Qi. Siaifp. 
 Ht djjmijpd t'nc affcuMf. ■■■■.' -• ^'a^. 
 
 2. To give leave of departrt^e. 
 
 If our young liilns be no more, 
 Difmift out navy from your friendly (here. 
 -' .■* Dryd,-,. 
 
 2. To difc^ird ; to dived of an office. 
 DisMiV-lOV. n.f. [from rt'/OTJ^o, Lat.] 
 1 . Difpatch ; aft of fending away. 
 
 So pois'd, fo gently flic defccnds from high, 
 II fecms a fofi </j/m#M flora the (kj. Ji>yde«. 
 
 'J> I s 
 
 t. An honourable difcharge from any of- 
 fice or place. 
 
 Koconly thou degrad'ii them, or remil'lt 
 To life obfcure, which were a f.iir dijmijffion; 
 But tl.row'fi them lower than thou didft exalt 
 them high. Miltin'! .-I'gonijhs. 
 
 3. Deprivation ; obligation to leave any 
 pod or place. 
 
 You mali not flay here Icnjer ; your iifmiljlon 
 Is come iroin C^far. Sr.akjpetlrt. 
 
 To DisMO-RTG.\GE. 1'. a. [rf'(J and mort- 
 gage.} To redeem from mortgage. 
 
 . he </i/«io>/gagf</ the crown riemelhes, and left 
 
 behind a mafs of gold. KolixI's fical Fi^r-Ji ^ 
 
 ToDisMo'uNT. 1'. a. [ciemonter, French.] 
 
 1 . Ti) throw off a horfe. 
 
 Fron; thii'flying Itccd uiireih'd, as once . 
 Bellerophon, though liom a lower clime, 
 jD/«',<,'r.v.i,ontli' Al:ianhcld I fall. Mi/nm. 
 
 2. To tlirov.- from any elevation or place 
 of honour. 
 
 3. To throw a cannon from its carriage. 
 
 The Turks atiillcry, planrcd againft that tower, 
 was by the chriltian cannoneers dif-ninnlfd with 
 Ihot from the tower, and many of the gunners 
 flain. A>3/.'.-i. 
 
 To DtsMo'ui-'T. V. n. 
 
 1. To alight from a horfe. 
 
 When r.ecamc wit!,in fig;it of lh.it prodigious 
 
 army at Agincourt, he ordered all i-is c.ivaliy to 
 
 difimunt, and implore upon their k:'.ees a falefiing. 
 
 ^ l- ' ylU.(,„\ ?,Cikolder. 
 
 2. To dcfcend from any elevation. 
 
 T^o DisK.iTUBALiZE. f. <2. [^dh and /?^- 
 turnUze.'\ To alienate ; to make alien ; 
 to deprive of the privileges ofbitth. 
 
 Disna'tured. adj. [dis and nature.'^ 
 Unnatural ; -wanting natural tendernefs; 
 devoid of natural afi'edtion. Unufual. 
 
 If Ihcmuli teem, 
 Create hei ci ild of fpleen, that it may live, 
 And be a thwart Mfnalur'd torment to her. 
 
 Shitkjpe'iie' i King Lear. 
 
 Dr50BE'Di!NC£. n.f. [Jis and oledknce.'\ 
 
 1. Violation of lawful command or pro- 
 hibition ; breach of duty due to lu- 
 periofrs. 
 
 Ti.' offc-ice is hnly that die hath committed ; 
 And this deceit lofes the name of craft. 
 Of difobcdkna, or unduteous title. Shakjp. 
 
 Of' man's fiiU difiiidkncf, and the fmit 
 Of that forbidden tree, fing heav'nly niufe. 
 
 ■Milto". 
 
 Murder, adultery, or diphiditnce, to parents, 
 have a general notion antecedently to laws. 
 
 Sti:l:iilffet. 
 
 This is not difibedience, but rebellion j 'ti= dif- 
 claiming the fov'ticignty of Chrift, and renounc- 
 ing all allegiance to jjis authority. Risers. 
 
 2. Incompliance. 
 
 If planetary orbs the fi.n obey, 
 Why (houldthe mocn^ifown hisiovereign fway .' 
 Why in a whirling eddy of her own 
 Around the globe terrelTri.il fhould Ihe run ? 
 TWiidifiMicMc of the moon will prove 
 The fun's bright 4)tb does not the planets move. 
 ^ 1 ' ■■ • ■ Bi'i:^tnore. 
 
 Disobe'dieNT. adj. \_di! and chedietit.'\ 
 Not obfervant of lawful authority ; 
 guiity of the breach of lawful com- 
 mands, or prohibition. 
 
 The man of God was difohe-iUnl unto the 
 word of the Lord. i A7>;^!. 
 
 To Disobe'v. r. a. [dis and ol'ey.] To 
 break commands,, or tranfgrefs pro- 
 hibitions. 
 
 She abfoliitely bade him, and he durft not 
 know how to dijilicy. Siduij. 
 
 D I S 
 
 He 's loth to dif'-hcy tl;e goc's eo.Timaml, 
 Ivor willing to foriake this plealam land. 
 
 Denliam. 
 Disoblig.^'tion. n.f. \_dh and cbliga' 
 iioji. ] Offence ; caufs of diigult. 
 
 If he receded from what he had promilcd, it 
 would be fuch a diflbligatUn to the prince that 
 he would never foi-get it. CUnndm. 
 
 There can be no malice, ar:d confequcntly no 
 crime or diyddignthr., JUKfnangt, 
 
 To piSOBLrCE. -V. a. [dhznd obl-ge.'l 
 To offend ; to difguft ; to give offence 
 to. A term by which offence is tenderly 
 exprtffed. 
 
 A ihley had been removed from that ch.vge, and 
 was thereby fo much dij'ibtigtd, that he quitted 
 tl;e king's parry. Clarendon. 
 
 Thole, though in higheft phice, who Aighc 
 and difohlige their friends, (hall infilUbly 
 come to know the value of them, by having 
 none when they Ihall molt need them. Snuth. 
 It is in the power of more partieulifr' perfons 
 in this kingdom, than in any other, to dillrcfs 
 the government, when they are dtphfigfd. 
 
 Ad>iijcn''i Freeholder. 
 My plan ha« given offence to fome gentlemen,, 
 whom it would not be very fafe to dlfohlige. 
 
 jiddifon^s Guardian. 
 
 We love and cftcem our clergy, and are apt to 
 
 l,iy fome weight upon their opuiiun, and would 
 
 not willingly i?//''^^-'/^f them. Swift. 
 
 If a woman fufrers her lover to fee flie is loth 
 
 to difMige him, let her beware of an encroacher. 
 
 Clarija. 
 
 DisoBLi'dNC. parliciplal adj. [from dif- 
 oblige.'} Difguliing ; unpleafing ; of-' 
 fenVive. 
 
 Peremptorincfs can befit no form of undcr- 
 ftanding : it renders wife men difoth'ging and 
 troublelome, ar.d fools ridiculous and contempt- 
 ible. Oovctftment af the Tongue. 
 
 DisoBLi'GiNGLy. adv. [from difuhlig' 
 iitg.'\ In a difgufting or offciifivc man-- 
 ner ; without attention to pleafe. 
 
 Disobli'gingness. n. j. \ltovct dlfollig' 
 "'i'-] Offenlivenefs ; readinefs to dit- 
 gulL 
 
 Di so KB ED. adj. [^r/t'j and or^. 3 Thrown 
 out of the proper orbit. 
 
 Fly like chidden Meicury from Jove, 
 Or hke a ftar di'c-u'd. S'uifp^ere. 
 
 Diso'rder. n.f. [^V and order; defor- 
 dre, French.] 
 
 I. Want of regular difpofition ; irregula- 
 rity; confuiion ; immsthodicaluiflribu- 
 tion. 
 
 W'hen I read an author, of genius without 
 method, I fancy myfcif in a wood that abounds 
 with m.iny ruble objects, riling among one ano- 
 ther in the greacefl confuiion ami dijorder. 
 
 SpeHaiir.. 
 
 2» Tumult ; diftiirbance ; buflle. 
 A greater favour this diSor.Ur brought 
 Unto her fervaiits, than their awful thought 
 Durft entertain, wncn thus compell'd they 
 
 pre ft 
 The vielding m.-rble of her fnowy brealT. 
 
 H'alUr, 
 
 3. Negledl of rule ; irregularity. 
 
 From vulgar bounds wirb brave disorder part, 
 -And fnatch a giacc beyond the reach of art. 
 
 Top,. 
 
 4. Breach of laws ; violation of (landing 
 inftitution. 
 
 There reigned in all men blood, raanflaughter, 
 difquieting of good men, forgcifulnefs of good 
 turns, and dijorder in marriages. iJ ifdom, 
 
 5. Breach of that regularity in the animal 
 economy which caufes health ; f;ck- 
 nefs ; diilemper. It is ufed commonly 
 for a flight difcafe.
 
 D r s 
 
 Plcafure aiKl pain nrc "nly (lifTi-rciit conilllu- 
 
 tioiis of tin; mimi, fomctmics occ.il'ioiicd Ijy .jy- 
 
 trJcr in tlx l)j<ly, ui fomctimcs l>y tlioiigh;s jn 
 
 tlic mind. Im'-.-. 
 
 6. Difcompofure of mind; lii.b'.iUiicc of 
 
 pafTions. 
 To Diso'kder. v. a. [dis and orJcr.l 
 I: To throw into confiirion ; to confound ;. 
 to put out of method ; to dilUirb ; to 
 ruffle ; to confufe. 
 
 Eie, 
 Kot fo rcpuls'djwith tears tharccas'd not flowing, 
 And treifes nil dijurder'd, at his I'cct 
 Fell liuniblc. hUllon. 
 
 Von dijirJir'J heap of ruin lies, 
 
 Stones rent iVonv ftoncs, where clouds of dnf) 
 
 x\\U. ])ryJr„. 
 
 The incnrfion* of the Goths, and Whcr L.\r- 
 
 baniu'i nations, .i/forJcicJ ihc affairs of the Roman 
 
 empire. ,iVZ.;,/4.?',.-. 
 
 2. To make fick ; to dilluib the body ; 
 as, my dinner dif'jrders mt. 
 
 3. To difcoiiipofe ; to dilb.ub the mind. 
 4.. To turn ot't of holy orders ; to dt])i)lc ; 
 
 to ftrip of ecclelJailical vclhiientt. 
 
 Let h.io be llrpt, and dij.,rdcrc.i \ I wonll 
 fiin fee him walk in q'icrpo, that the wo'ld may 
 behold the infulc ot a fiiar. Vry.t/t:. 
 
 Diso'rdf.red. adj. ffrom d'lfnydtr.^ 
 Difordtrly; ivrcgidar ; vitiow ; loofc ; 
 unreftralncd in behaviour ; debauchjd. 
 Here- do you keep a- huntircd knigfrs and 
 fquiic;, 
 Itlfcn lo Mforder'df fo debaucli'd and hold. 
 That tlris our court, infeitcd with tiicir m.inncr^, 
 Shews like a riotous inn. S^'uiifp. Kitg Lear 
 
 Diso'kderedn rS3. «._/". [fvom (!i/ordcred. ] 
 Irregulaiity ; want of order ; confiifion. 
 By that diforJerrdnrfs of the fLiIdi-'rs, a grc.it 
 advantage was otiered unto the enemy. Kn-'Jla. 
 
 Diso'rderly, adj. [ from rt7T?r</;r. ] 
 
 1. Confufed ; immethodical ; without 
 proper diftribution. 
 
 Thofe iibfolctc laws of Henry i. were hut i?//"- 
 erdifly, confufed, a 'd i:ener.-il things ; r.ither 
 cafes and (hells of adniiniftration than inflitii- 
 tions. }hi!c. 
 
 2. Irregular ; tamiihuons. 
 
 Thev thought it the exncmcft of evils to pur 
 
 ' tl.cr.ifclves at the mercy of thul'c hungrv ant! 
 
 dij->'dfriy people. B.icoi. 
 
 His thoughts, which are the pi»5lures and 
 T'efulrs of p:i(l"ions, -are generally fuch a5 naturally 
 arifc from thofe difordcrly motiuns of our fpii its. 
 
 Vrydcn. 
 
 A difiritr!f multitude contending vAx\\ the 
 brdy of the Icgiflarure, is like a nlarr in a tit 
 under the ctndufl of one in the fulnefs of his 
 health and ftrength. AJiljin. 
 
 3. Lawlefs ; contrary to law ; inordinate ; 
 contrary to the rules of life; vitious. 
 
 He reproved rr-.eni for their dij'-rderly alTem- 
 blies agai'nft the peaceable people of the i-ealms. 
 
 HayiLutrd. 
 T 1 5 n'p. D E R L Y . adiK [ from difnrdtr. ] 
 J, Without rule ; without method ; irre- 
 gularly; cjnfufexy. 
 
 N.iked fivages fighting difordcih with ftones, 
 " by appointment oi tl-.eir commanders, may truly 
 and abfuiUtely be fuid to war. Rale: -h. 
 
 2. 'Without law ; inordinately. 
 
 We behaved not ourfelves dij:r:^e-!y among 
 you. 2 Thcffakniarti. 
 
 Diso'rdtn" VTE. adj. \^dh and ordinate,"] 
 Not living by the rules of virtue ; inor- 
 dinate. 
 
 Thefe not difordinate, yet caufelefs fuffer 
 The punilhrncnt of diffolute days. M:/io-i. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Drso'RDiKATELY. ndv. [from difordt- 
 natc.'\ Inordinately ; vltioufly. 
 
 Diso'riekta TED. adj. [<^/'j- and o/-i«;/.] 
 Turned from the ealt ; turned from the 
 rljrht direction ; thrown out of the 
 proper place. Harris. 
 
 To Diso'wN. "v. a. [(V/V and ciu'w.] 
 
 1 . To deny ; not to allow. 
 
 Then the)-, who h. other's bctrerclaim difowi. 
 Expel their parcuts, and ufurp the throne. 
 
 D ryd:n ' i ^ncid. 
 
 2. To abnegate ; to renounce. 
 
 When an author has publickly diJowncJ a 
 fpurious piece, thty nave dilpuicd his name with 
 
 him, Sluift. 
 
 To DISPA'ND. "!.. a. [d;/pando, Latin.] 
 To difplay ; to fpread abroad. Die!. 
 
 DlS^.^'^•SlO^. n.f. [honidi/ptirtjiis, 1a\1.] 
 The aft of dilplaying ; the aft of 
 fpreading ; diflufion ; dilatation. 
 
 To DISP.-i'RAGE. -v. a. [from difpar, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . To marry any one to another of infe- 
 riour condition. 
 
 2. To match unequally ; to Injure by 
 union with fomtthing inferiour in excel- 
 lence. 
 
 3. To injure by a comparifon with fome- 
 thing of 'lefs value. 
 
 4. To treat with contempt ; to mock ; to 
 flout ; to reproach. 
 
 Ahnz, hii fotrilh conqueror, he drew 
 God'^ altar to dljp::ra^e and r'ifpljce, 
 Fur one of Syiian mode. MiltonU Paradife Lop. , 
 
 Thou durft rrot thus difi}.irugF glorious arms, 
 W:;ich greatert heroes ha\-e in battle worn, 
 Their ornament and fa'^cty. Milion's ylgcnijiis. 
 
 Tiiey will defy 
 That which they love mult tenderly ; 
 (^..arrcl witli niinc'd pics, and difpamge 
 I'heir beft and dcarcfl friend, plum-porridge. 
 
 l^l.dibras. 
 
 J. To bring reproach upon ; to be the 
 caiife of difgrace. 
 
 How {hall frail pen, with icsT difparaged, 
 C-jiic ive fuch fovcreigii glory and great boun- 
 
 lihfd.' _ Sp-nfer, 
 
 His religion fat eafily, natur.illy, and grace- 
 fully upon him, without any of thofe foibidd.ng 
 appear.mces which fumetimes difpar age the 
 at^tions of men finccrcly pious. j^:t;r!'ur^, 
 
 Dispa'ragement. u. f. [from difpa- 
 rage.~\ 
 
 1. Injurious union or comparifon with 
 fomething of inferiour excellence. 
 
 They take it for a dijpr.rjg^mcnt to fort them- 
 felvcs with any other than the enemies of tiie 
 public peace. L*Ej'trang.:. 
 
 2. [In law.] Matching an heir In mar- 
 riage under his or her degree, or againft 
 decency. Co-well. 
 
 Yon wrnngfully do require Mopfa to fo great 
 a dijpayagimtnt as to wed her father's fcrv.inr. 
 
 ."■■ ■', f 
 
 Sire was much aff^iflionate to her own kindred, 
 which did llir great envy in the lords of the 
 king's fide, who counted iier blood a difp^rar^f. 
 me':t to h^ mingled with the king's. B1.10H. 
 
 3. Reproach; difgrace; indignity. 
 Gentle k'light. 
 That d t'l aj^ainft the dead his hand uprcar, 
 His honour iiains with i-anc:.ur and defpight. 
 And great iufparaze'nt.nt makes to his former 
 might. Spe^ftr. 
 
 In a commonwealth, much difpara^.m^iu is 
 occafioned, when able fpiiits, attracted by a 
 familiarity, arc inflamed with fa^ion. Il'^tl':'!. 
 'Tis ]iki d/fparu^iir,s;it to phUufo|)hy, that it c n 
 not deify us. G/iinvJ//t\ 
 
 15 r s 
 
 Reafon is a weak, diminutive Vght, compared 
 lo revelation ; but it ought lo be no drfpardgt- 
 mtni to a Har that it is not a fun. S-miIi. 
 
 Kelyupon your beauty: 'twere 3 difparagi- 
 mfut o( that lo talk of conditions, when you 
 arc certain of making your own terms. 
 
 Southirn's Innocent Adult, ry_ 
 
 4. It lias to before ilie perfoii or thing 
 dilparaged. 
 
 Then to our age, when not to plcafnre bent, 
 Tills fecms an honour, not dijparagimem. 
 
 Dfnk-mt, 
 
 The play was never intended for the ftage ; 
 
 nor, without dljpara^tmini t3 the author, could 
 
 li.ive fucceed^d. Drydcit. 
 
 Dispa'rager. n. f. [from dlfparagr.'] 
 One that difgraces ; one that treats with 
 inJignity ; cue that contrivca an un- 
 equal match. 
 
 Di's?ARATES. II. f. [dl/parala, Lalin.] 
 
 Things fo unlike that they cannot be 
 
 compared with each other. 
 
 Dispa'rity. n.f. [from i-V//.?;-, Latin.] 
 
 ; . Inequality ; difference in degree either 
 
 of rank or excellence. 
 
 Between Elihu and the reft of Job's familiars, 
 the gieateft difpr.tity was but in years. }tt,i,ker. 
 
 Among uMcquals,- what focicty 
 Carl fuit, what harmony or true delight .* 
 Which mull be iiutoal, in proportion due 
 Giv'n and rcceiv'd bur in di{pariiy\ 
 The one inteiife, the other itil! rjmifs, , 
 
 C.inr.ot well fuit with cither, but Toon prove 
 Tedious alike. hUltan's Vuiadij! LoH 
 
 There was as great a difptirity between ti\i 
 praiitical dilates of the undei (landing, then 
 and now, as thee is between empire and advice, 
 cotinfel and command. S'juth. 
 
 Men ought nor to alTociate and join ihcmfelves 
 together in the fanl; office, under a difptirity of 
 condition, AyliJ'e'i Farergon, 
 
 Some mtmbcrs muft prefide, and others obey; 
 and a ./.^.jr//)- in the outward condition is neccf- 
 fary to keep levcral oidets in mutual dependence 
 on each other. Kcggrs. 
 
 2. Diffimilitude ; unlikenefs. 
 TeDisPA'uK. V. a. l_dis und p^ri."^ 
 
 1 . To throw open a park. 
 
 You have i^d upon my ligniories, 
 Difpjrk'dmy paiks, and feli'd my forelf woorls. 
 
 Shu^fp^ittc. 
 
 2. To fct at large ; to releafe frou:> enclo- 
 fure. 
 
 They were fuppos'd 
 By narrow wits to be incios'd ; 
 Till his free mufc threw down the pale, 
 And did at once difpnrk them all, IVaHo. 
 
 To Dispa'rt. v. a. [dis and/ar/; depar- 
 t'lr, French; difbertior, Latin.] To di- 
 vide in two; to feparate ; to break ; to 
 buril ; to rive. 
 
 Tiic gale nor wood, nor of enduring brafs, . 
 But of more worthy fublVance framed was ; 
 Doubly difparnd, it did lock ami ck ic. 
 That when it locKed none might through it pafs. 
 
 Spfiftr. 
 
 On either fide 
 P/fparted chno^ overbuilt exclaim'd 
 And with rebouniiing fuigc the bars afTail'd, 
 That fcorn'd his indignation; Mi'/lcir 
 
 The vert to fevcral places, 
 Diffatled and between fpun out the air. 
 
 Difparled Britain mourn'd their doubtful 
 fw.ay, 
 Antl dveadtd both, wlien neither would obey. . 
 
 i'ritr ,
 
 D I S 
 
 Toe pilgrim oft 
 At dead of niglit, 'mid liis orifon, he^rs, 
 Agliitt, the voice of time d.-ffartrig tow'rs. 
 
 Dier. 
 Dispa'ssion. It. /. [Jis and pajion.] 
 Freedom from mental perturbation; 
 exemption from palTion. 
 
 Wh.it is called by the Stoicks apathy, or i'/- 
 f^Jior, is calied by the Scepticits indiftiirbancc, 
 by the Mjlenifts quictilm, by commjii racn 
 peace of conl'cicncc. Tar.jiU. 
 
 Dispa'ssionate. aJi. [Brom dis and pn/- 
 JionaU.] Cool; calm'; iniparcial ; mo- 
 derate ; temperate : it v.as fomstimes 
 written difpajjionated. 
 
 You have, as all difjiiffnnatti'. men may judge, 
 firiWled the poet's definition of madiiefs. 
 
 D'. K.ibu. 
 
 Wife and aifpagionate men thought he had 
 
 been proceeded with very juflly. dutcn.icm. 
 
 ToDispe'l. v. a. [dJ/pcHo, Latin.] To 
 
 drive by fcattering ; "to diffipate. 
 
 If the night 
 Hive gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, 
 Dilperfe it, as now light i;,^;/j the dark. 
 
 MJ't<»,. 
 
 When the fpirit brings light into our minds, 
 
 it rtV/;.f/'j darkr.cfs : we fee it, a^ we do that of 
 
 tne (un at nojn, and need not the twilight of 
 
 teafon tu (hew it. L^dc 
 
 Dispe'nce. «./. [lUfpence, French.] Ex- 
 pence ; cod ; charge ; profiifion. 
 It was a vault ybuilc for great J'Jpenre, 
 With many ranges rear'd along the wall. 
 
 And one great chimney, whafe long funnel 
 thence 
 The fmoke forth threw. F.ii'-y Q/f^r 
 
 roDlSPE'ND. -u. a. [di/pendo, L.aXm.] 
 To fpend ; toconfume; to expend. 
 
 Of their commodities they were now fcarce 
 able to Jiffcnd the third part. Sfcnfcr. 
 
 Dispe'nsary. n. f. [from difpen/e.] The' 
 place where medicines are difpenfed. 
 To thee the lov'd dt/pirn'ry I relign. Garth 
 
 Dispe_ns\'tion. n. f. [ixon\ di/penfatio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Diftributlon ; the acl of dealino- out 
 any thing. 
 
 This perpetual circulation is conftantly pro- 
 moted by a difpinjathn of water promifcuoufly 
 and indiiFerently to all parts of tnc earth. 
 
 IVoodward'i Natural lUJiory. 
 
 2. The dealing of God with his crea- 
 tures; method of providence; diflri- 
 bution of good and evil. 
 
 God delights in the minliUies of his own 
 choice, and the methods of grace, in the (Eco- 
 nomy of heaven, and the Jifpenfatiom of eternal 
 nappineft. Tayhr', tVonh C<.-nmurica„i. 
 
 Neitnsr arc God's methods or intentions diiTe- 
 reut m his difprnj^ithns to each private man. 
 -. , , R'Jsen. 
 
 Do thou, my foul, the deflin'd period wait, 
 W.ien God fti.,11 folve the dirk decree? of fate- 
 ijjs now unequal difpnifniiom clear. 
 And make all wife and -beautiful appear. 
 
 Tkiel. 
 2- An exemption from fome law; a per- 
 miffion to io fomething forbidden ; an 
 allowance to omit fomething com- 
 manded, 
 
 A difpcnjutkn was obtained to enable Dr. 
 
 Barrow to marry. - JVard 
 
 Dispensa'tor. n. f. [Latin.] One 
 
 employed in dealing out any thing ; a 
 
 dillributer. \ 
 
 As her majcfly hath made them difpenftiHn of 
 ter favuut towards her people, fo it behovcth 
 
 D I S 
 
 them to (hew themfelves equal diflrlbulers of the 
 fame. n 
 
 Dispe'msatory. n. f. [ivom dSfpenf/.] 
 A bock in which the compofitlcn of me- 
 dicines is defcrihed and dirc^ed ; in the 
 Greek, a Pharmacopeia. 
 
 The defcription of the ointment is found in 
 the chymical d-fpenfjiory. Buc-mU Nut. Hi/t. 
 A whole difpinfatr.ry was little enough to meet 
 with and fuffice to all their wants. IU:nm;n.l. 
 Our materia medica is large enough ; and, to 
 laok into our .i^fpmj.uwia, one would think no 
 diicnfe incuinble. ll.iitr 
 
 D I S 
 
 7-oDISPE'iVSE. v.a. [./,-^..v^r, Fr!] 
 !• To deal out ; to diftribiite. 
 Thofe now, that were difpc.:i\l 
 The biiiden of ni.my ages, on me light 
 At once, by my foreknowledge. hfilion. 
 
 Thofe to Rhom Chrift has comnilted the dif- 
 penfin^ of his golpel. Der.,y r,f p,v,... 
 
 ■ At length the mufes ftand reftor'd again, 
 While you difpcnje the laws, and guide the ftate. 
 ^ , Drydm. 
 
 To them but earth-born life thcv did diCtenfi ; 
 Tiui, for mutual aid, celcrtial fcnfe. '' Tate. 
 
 2 To make up a medicine. 
 3. Zo Dispense -with. To excufe ; to 
 grant difpenfatidn for ; to allow : before 
 things. 
 
 To fave a brother's life, 
 Nature difpcfn .-.i.-a/: the deed. Siak/frare. 
 
 How few kingdoms arc there, wherein, by ,/•/- 
 ptnfiiS jw//i oaths, abfolving fubjefts from alle- 
 giance, and curfing, or threatening to curie, as 
 long as their curfes were regarded, the popes 
 have not wrought innumerable mifchiefs. 
 
 Rahigh^ 
 Rules of words may Le difpmjed -uiith. 
 
 IVlittS. 
 
 4. To Dispense -with: before perfoii.';. 
 To fct free from an obligation. This 
 conftruclion feems ungrammatical. 
 
 I could not dij-fcnfc '^itn myfelf from making 
 a voyage to Caprea. yjddifoi o„ It^!y. 
 
 5. To Dispense iiM. To obtain a dif- 
 penfation from ; to come to agreement 
 with. This anifture is irregular, unltfs 
 It be here fuppofed to mean, as it may, 
 to difcouut ; to pay an equivalent. 
 
 Halt thou notfworn allegiance unto me.' 
 Canil thou Mfpenje luith iieav'n for fuch an oath ■ 
 
 S/ttiifpeare. 
 
 Dispe'nse. ti. /. [from the verb.] Dif- 
 penfaiion ; exemption. Not in ufe. 
 
 Then reliques, beads, 
 Indulgences, di/pcri/es^ pardonr, bulls. 
 The fport of winds. ,V///o;r 
 
 Dispe'nser. «./. [fi-om difpe,ife.~\ One 
 that difpenfes ; one that cieals out any 
 thing ; a diftributer. 
 The miniliers of that houfehold are the dif- 
 ftnfen of that faith. y-,^/, 
 
 Thofe who iland before earthly princes, who 
 are the difpcnfin of their favours, and conveyors 
 of their will to others, challenge high honours. 
 
 r_^ -^ttcrhury. 
 
 Dispeople, -u. a. [dh ziid people.] 
 To depopulate ; to empty of people. 
 
 The Inlh, banillied into the mount.-iins, wheie 
 they lived only ujion white meat,,, feeing their 
 lands fo difpeophd and weakened, came down 
 into the plains. Spa.fir. 
 
 Conflagrations, and great droughts, do nut 
 merely difpcopir, but dellroy. Ba,.oa. 
 
 His heart exalts him in the harm 
 Already done, to h;ive difpt^iphd heav'n. Miitcn. 
 
 Kings, furious and fe\ere. 
 Who cbim'd the (kies, difp^ipUd mr aad floods. 
 The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods. 
 
 Fcpe. 
 
 DrsPE'oPLER. n. f. [from dlfpeople.] A 
 depopulator ; a waiter. 
 
 -Vor drain I ponds the golden carp to take - 
 ^or trowle for pikes, dtfpeopUr, of the Like. 
 
 ro Dispe'rge. v. a. [d;jperso, LatinTj 
 
 r. DI.bPE'll^E. -v. a. lJ;fpe,rus,L,.r.] 
 
 1. I o fcatter ; to drive to diffident parts. 
 And I fcattered them among the heatlien, and 
 
 '"'■ «-^™ ••'//■■' 7-'^ through the coUHtr.es. Miei. 
 
 2. I o diflipate. 
 Soldiers, dr/pcrf, yourfelves. Shaifprcn. 
 
 If the night 
 Have gather'd aught of evil or conceal'd, 
 i).^V'/> it, as now light difpels the dark. M:1im 
 
 3. To deal about ; to dillribute. 
 
 Being a king that loved wealth, he coidd not 
 endure to have trade fick, nor any obftrudtion to 
 continue m the gate vein which difperfah that 
 blood. D 
 
 DisPERsEDLY. adv. [from dirper/edA 
 In a difperfed manner ; feparately 
 
 „ 7' n"''^'/"%*'''.°'' '"""'' f"". P^radventure, 
 aie .ihle, d:fpirj,.:.y ncre and there, to find n.w 
 a word, and then a fentcncc, which may be 
 more probably fufpeaed, than cafily cleared, of 
 errcur. ' Hi 
 
 Thofe minerals are either found in ^Ami' dif". 
 perfidy intermixed with the corpufcles of earth 
 or fand, or elfe araaffed into balls or nodules. 
 
 DispERSEDNESs. n. f. [from di/i,erred.-\ 
 1 he ftate of being difperfed ; difper- 
 
 Dispe'rsesess. n. f. [from d;fperfe.] 
 
 1 humefs ; fcatterednefs. 
 
 The torrid parts of Africk are by Pifo «= 
 
 fembled to a libbard's (kin, the diftance of whofc 
 
 fpots reprefent the .%,,/„,/, of habitations or 
 
 towns in Afnck. B,erewoo.i. 
 
 Dispe'rser. n. f. [from dlfpirfe.] A 
 
 fcatterer ; a fpreader. 
 
 Tiiofe w!io are plc^ifed with defamatory libels, 
 
 fo far as to apjirove the authors and difperCin of 
 
 them, are as guilty as if they had conipofed them. 
 
 r* ' Spectator. 
 
 Dispersion. „./. [fr„m rf>r^., Lat.] 
 
 1. 1 he aft of fcattering or fpreading. 
 
 2. The fiate of being fcattered. 
 
 Noah began from thence his difpt,fi:,„. 
 
 After fo many dijp,-r/r.m, and fo many diti- 
 lions, two or three of us may yet be gathered to- 
 S""^"- Pc^e. 
 
 To.Dispi'rit. v. a. [dis and ^Irit.'] 
 I. To difcourage ; to dejed ; to deprefs ; 
 to damp ; to terrify ; to intimidate ; to 
 fright ; to ftrike with fear. 
 
 Certain it is, that the poor man appeared fo 
 d,fp:r„td, that he fpoke but few words after he 
 came upon the fcaffold. aare,:dcn 
 
 The providence of God rtrikes not in with 
 them, but dalhes, and even ..';//:>,/,, all their en- 
 deavours, and makes their defigns heartlefs and 
 inencftual. r , 
 
 -Steady to my principles, and not d;fp:rittJ 
 wi:h my alfliflions, I have overcome all dif- 
 ficulties, ri • 
 
 Uryaerl_ 
 
 Amidft all the honours that arc paid him, he 
 feels nothing in himfclf but a poor, weak, difpi. 
 r.ta mortal, yielding to the l.,w. of corruption 
 
 2. To exhauil the fpirits ; to opprefsThe 
 
 conllitution of the body. 
 He has d,fpi,u.d himfclf by a debauch, and 
 
 drank away lis good humour. a//;Vr 
 
 DisPiRiTEDXEss. n.f. [from difpirh.] 
 
 V\ ant of vigour ; \vant of vivacity. 
 
 liia.
 
 D I S 
 
 To DtsPLA'cE. -u. a. [Jis anii /•hce.] 
 J, To put out of place ; to phice in an- 
 other (kiiatioii : as, the cheffmcn arc 
 difl'laccd. 
 
 2. To put out of any ftate, condition, 
 office, trull, or dijjnity. 
 
 To difpluff any who are in, upon difplca- 
 fuie, is hy all means lu be avoiils-'d, unlcla tlicic 
 be a manifcft caufe for it. lia^in. 
 
 Abdal, who commands 
 The city, is the piince's friend, and therefore 
 Muft be diffUc'd, and thou Ihalt flraight fuccccd 
 him. JJirtltam. 
 
 A religion, crtablirtied by God himfelf, ihould 
 not be liif^lactd by any thnig, under a demun- 
 ftration of that divine power that firll ijiiro- 
 <luccd it. Soutit. 
 
 One then may be difpl^c'd, and one may reign ; 
 And want of merit render Lirth liglit \ain. 
 
 Drydfn. 
 
 3. To diforder. 
 
 You iiavc difi>lac*d the rniith, brolte the good 
 meeting 
 With moft admir'd diforder. Sktikfpearc. 
 
 Displa'cency. n. f. [difpllcenlia, Lat.] 
 
 I. InciviUty; difobhgation. 
 
 3. Difguil ; any thing unpleafing. 
 
 The diJ^Uci-ic:ei that lie receives, by the con- 
 {equcnces of his cxcefs, far outweigh all tliat is 
 grateful ill it. Decay 0/ I'iety. 
 
 To DisPi.ANT. 1'. a. [d'ts din& plant.] 
 
 1. To remove a plant. 
 
 2. To drive a people from the place in 
 which they have fixed their reiidence. 
 
 All thofc countries, wliich, lying ne.ir unto 
 any mountains, or Irilh dcfirts, had been planted 
 with Englilh, were Ihortly dij'phinted ind lort. 
 
 Sprnfrr. 
 
 I may juftly account new plantations Ui he 
 the children uf former kingdoms : I like a pLiii- 
 tation in a ]nirt foil ; th.it is, where people are 
 not diff hinted. Bacon. 
 
 Displanta'tio.^i. n. /. [from dis and 
 
 pi ant alio. ] 
 I . The removal of a plant. 
 
 3. The ejeftion of a people. 
 
 The Edenitcs were garriloned to refill the AiTy- 
 lians, whofe dijvlantation Scnacherib vaunted of. 
 
 Te DISPL.VY. -u. a. Idej'ployer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To fpvead wide. 
 
 The northern wind his wings did broad i-//>'./y 
 At his command, and reared him up light. 
 
 Kj/r>' Qucit. 
 
 There he l.im found all caiclcfsly difpL/d, 
 In fec;et (liadow from the funny ray, 
 On a fwcet bed of lilies fofily laid. Fniry Qitccn. 
 
 2. To exhibit to the fight or mind. 
 
 You fpcak not like yourfelf, who ever yet 
 Have rtood to charity, and difplay'd th' cffefts 
 Of dlfpofition gentle. Shuhfpeart. 
 
 Thou hcav'n's alternate beauty canft dif^ilay, 
 The blulh of morning, and the milky way. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 The works of nature, and the words of reve- 
 lation, d'fptay rruth to mankind in characters fo 
 vifible, tiiat thule, who are not quite blind, may 
 read. Lockt. 
 
 The dorm the dark Lycran %m\(:sd:fp!,iyd. 
 And firft to light e.\pos'd the ficied (hade. I'opc. 
 
 Say how this inftrumenr of love began; 
 And in immurral rtrains dijpluy the fan. (S.y. 
 I. To carve ; to cut up. 
 
 He carves, dif/Lys, and cuts up to a wonder. 
 
 Spcctutor. 
 A. To talk without reftraint. 
 
 The very fellow which of late 
 Difplav'd fo fuicily againft your highnefs. S^^ai. 
 
 5. To fet oftentatiouny to view. 
 
 -DIS 
 
 They are all coucl.cd in a pit, with obfcurcd 
 lights; winch, m the vciy iniiant of our meet- 
 ing, ihcy will ai once dijpl^y to the uight, Shuk 
 
 Displa'y. n, f. [from the verb.] An 
 exhibition ol any thing to view. 
 
 Our ennobled umlcrftanclmgs take the wings 
 of tiic motniiig to vilit tiic woild aho\c us, and 
 have ;i gloriuus '^'Jp^^y of the hightrt form of 
 created excellencies, Glanville. 
 
 Wc cm with the gicateft coldncfs btliold the 
 ftupcndous diJpUyi. of omnipotence, and be in 
 tiduf^uits at the puny cUay* of immau Ikili. 
 
 SpUiiitor. 
 D ISP L E A 's A N c E , n, f, [ ffom d'lJyUafe, j 
 Anger; diicontcnt. Obrokte. 
 
 CurdcU laid, Ihc Ijv'd him as Lchov'd; 
 Whole linipie aniwcr, wanting colouis tair 
 T» pauit u lorini hini to dijpit'ijunce mov'd. 
 
 Fii/ry (^ucen. 
 
 Displea'sant. adj^ [ from difplcafe, ] 
 Unpleafing; offcniive ; unpleafant. 
 
 Wh.,t to one is a moft grateful odour, to an- 
 other is noxiuus and dijpUajunt ; and it were a 
 mtfcry to I'onie to lie Itrctchcd on a bed \ii lolcs. 
 (JlanviiW i Srfyjis. 
 
 To Disple'ase. 1'. a, [<//j and pUafe.^ 
 To offend ; to make angry. 
 
 God was dij^tietijed with thib thing. I Ckron. 
 
 To Disple'ase. v. n. To difguil -, to 
 railc averiion. 
 
 Koul fights do rather dijpkafej in that ihcy ex- 
 cite the memory of foul things, than in the 
 immediate objcdts; and therefore, in pidtuics, 
 tholu foul figlub do not much otfend. Bucji, 
 
 Your cxtiernc fondnef* was perhaps as dij- 
 plt^^ijing to God before, as now your cxticme af- 
 fliction. TtmpU. 
 
 Sweet and ftinking commonly ferve our luni 
 for thefe ideas, which, in etfeift^, is little moic 
 than to call them pleating ox diJ[>Uaftng\ though 
 the fmeli of a rufe and violet, both fwcet, are 
 certainly very dillin£t ideas. Lode. 
 
 Disple'asingness. «. y. [from difpleaf- 
 ing.'\ Offenfivciiefb ; quality of of- 
 fending. 
 
 It is a mlftake to think, that men cannot 
 change the difpUiifingntJ'^ or inriift'crcncy, that is 
 in anions, into pkafure and dclire, if they will 
 do but wliat is in their power. Lccke. 
 
 Disple'asure. n. /. \Jxovci difplcafe.'l 
 
 1. Uneafiuefs ; pain received. 
 
 When good is propofed, iti abfcnce carries dif- 
 pkafiiii or paii\ with it. Locke. 
 
 2. Offence ; pain given. 
 
 Now ih.dl I he mure blamclcfs than the Phi- 
 liltineb, t:iuirj^L I do them a difph-ifute. Jadg.s. 
 
 3. Angtr ; indignation. 
 
 True repentance may be wrought in the hearts 
 
 of fuch as fear God, and yet incur his difplea- 
 
 fure, the defcrved cffedl whereof is eternal dc.itli. 
 
 ' I locker. 
 
 Kc flT'Juld leware tint he did not provtike 
 Solvm.m's he;ny dijpfi''if*/re againl^ him. AV/s.'Ai. 
 
 Unc.oubtedly he will relent, and rum 
 From iiis d:fpleafure. Millcti. 
 
 Though the rcciprocalnefs of the injury ought 
 to allay the di-fp/itijurc at i:, yet men fu much 
 more contider what they fuflcr than what they do. 
 
 Vec.ry of Vlity. 
 0\\ me alone thy jutV difpleajurc h'.y ; 
 BaC take thy judgments from this mourning 
 j.inrl Drydin 
 
 You've fhewn how much you my content def:£n; 
 Yet, ah ! would heav'n's diJpUafure pafs like 
 mine ! D'ydtu. 
 
 Nothing is in itfelf fo pcrntctous to communi- 
 ties of learned men, as tiK diJpUitfuTc of thiir 
 prince. Addijhu. 
 
 4. State of difgrace ; ftate of being dif- 
 countenaiiccd ; disfavour. 
 
 D I s 
 
 He went into Poland, hcing in Jijplcafart wiifc 
 the pope for overmuch f.iniili.irity. ^taclmm. 
 
 ToT^U7i.z' .K%\2i.\..-v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To liifplcafe ; not to ;;aiii favour; ntt 
 to win afi'tdlion. A word not elegant, 
 nor now in ule. 
 
 When the way of ple.ifuiing or difpUafuring 
 lieth by ihc fivDoiitc, it is impoffible any oth«r 
 flioulil be ovei gn.it. Baan. 
 
 To DISPLO'DE. t,. a. {dlfphdo, Lat.] 
 To difptrfe with a loud npife j to vent 
 
 with violence. 
 
 StojJ r.ink'd of feiaphim another rot^, 
 In pullurc to diiplodc their fcccnd tire 
 Of thunder. ' Milion. 
 
 DisPLo'sioN. n. f. ffrora d}ff>lofus, Lat.] 
 Tile aft of ciifplodin;^; a fudden b'jril 
 or difperlion with noile and violence. 
 Dispo'uT. n. y. [dis and /port.] Play ; 
 fport ; palliiTie j diveriion ; amuferaent j 
 merriment. 
 
 She lirt not hear, but her difpom purfued ; 
 
 And ever bade him (Uy, till'time the tide re- 
 
 nsw'd- Sper.ftr. 
 
 His d'-JpoTts were ingenuous ,ind manlike, 
 
 whereby he always learned fomen-hat. Hayward. 
 
 She bufied, heard the found 
 Of ruftling leaves ; but minded not, as us'd 
 To fuch difpart before her through the field. 
 
 To Dispo'rt. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 To divert. 
 He often, but attended with weak guard, 
 
 Comes hunting this way to difport himfelf. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 To Dispo'rt. v. n. To play ; to toy ; to 
 wanton. 
 
 Frcfli g.iles and gentle aiis 
 Whifper'd it to the woods, and from their winja 
 Flung rofc, flung odours, from the fpicy flirub 
 Difpoi i,„g ! Milton, 
 
 Loofe to the winds their airy garments flew • 
 The glitt'ring tc.\turcs of the filmy dew 
 Dipt in the riciiell tin«5tureof die ikies, 
 Where light dijporti in ever mingling dyes. Pope, 
 
 DisPo'sAL. n. /. [from difpofe.] 
 
 1. The afl of difpofing or regulating any 
 thing ; regulation ; difpenfation ; dillri- 
 bution. 
 
 T.ix not divine dif^oja! ; wii'cft men 
 H.i'.c err'd, and by bad women been deludetj. 
 
 Alilton. 
 
 2. The po.ver of dillribution ; the right 
 of beftowing. 
 
 Are not tlic bleffings both of this world and 
 the next in his d'fpofa/ ^ ^tterlury,. 
 
 3. Government ; inanagement ; conduft. 
 
 We (hall get more true and clear knowledge 
 hy one rule, than by taking up princii>les, and 
 tlicreby putting our minds into the cifpoj.ils of 
 others. ' Locks. 
 
 4. EftablilliiTicnt in anewflatej difmif- 
 fion into new hands. 
 
 I am called off from public diflcrtations bv a 
 donieitick affair of gieat impoitance, wliich is 
 no lefs than the difp'.fal of my fifter Jenny for 
 life- " ' TatUr. 
 
 To DISPO'SE. -y. a. [difpofer, Fr.' 
 difpono, Lat.] 
 
 I. To employ to various purpofcs ; to 
 diffiife. 
 
 Tims, wiiilft ihe did her varioui pow'ri/.y1>c;> 
 The woild was free from tyrant', wars, and won. 
 
 \ FrTir.
 
 13 1 S 
 
 2. To give; to place; to bedow. 
 
 Yet ice, wcieu i-.ol.k beiietits ih:d: prove 
 Ko: wdl, li/pord, the niu..i jmvn once corrupt. 
 They turn ro vicious forms, ten times moie ugly 
 Tlwn ever they vi-ere fair^ ^luifprare. 
 
 Of what vou gathered, as moft your own, you 
 
 have dih-fid much in works of pubhc piety. 
 
 '' ■' S["'ii. 
 
 3. To turn to any particular end or con- 
 
 fequence. 
 
 EncJure and conquer ; Jove will foon difpoji 
 To futu'c good our pall a.id prefciit woes. 
 
 Titydcn. 
 
 4. To adapt ; to form for any purpofe. 
 
 Thifc when the knights beheld, they 'g:in 
 
 Themfelvcs to court, and each a damfel chofe. 
 
 Sp€rjer. 
 ■ But if thee lift unto the court to throng, 
 And there to haunt cfter the hoped prey, 
 ■ Then murt thou thee dijfyjc anotlier way. 
 
 Hubbefd'i iale. 
 
 J. To frame the mind ; to give a propcn- 
 fion ; to incline : with to. 
 
 Sufpicions d,Sf'4c kingi to tyr.inny, hu(b;indi 
 
 to iealoufy, and wife men to irrefolution and ine- 
 
 1 ...» iv Bttc^'i 
 
 The nicmorv of what tJ-ev had fuffcted, hy 
 
 hein? without 'it, eafily rf^//t</ them to do this. 
 
 Clur£/tMn. 
 
 He knew the feat of Paradife ; 
 And, .IS he w.is difp-^^'d, could prove it 
 Below the moon, or elfe above it. mdrirm. 
 
 Jhis di/po/is men to believe what it teaches, 
 to follow what it advifes. Tfmple. 
 
 A man miglit do this now if he were mali- 
 eiouilv difpojed, and had a mind to bring ma:ters 
 to extremity. Ppi'"" 
 
 Although the frequency of pr.iver and farting 
 may be of no cffic-uy to dffpoftCoA to be more 
 ■gr.icious, yet it is of .L>.reat ufe to difpofe us to be 
 more obiccts of his grace. Srm/ridgr. 
 
 If mere moralifts -find themftlves di(p:fid 10 
 pride, luft, intemperance, or avarice, they do 
 not think tiieir morality concerned tocheck them. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 6. To make fit : with for. 
 
 This may difpoft me, perhaps, fw the recep- 
 tion or truth ; but helps me not to it. Locke. 
 
 1. To ret^iilate ; to adjuft. 
 
 Wak'f by the cries, th'Athenian chief arofe 
 The knightly forms of combat to difpt^je. Drydcn^ 
 
 Z. To Di&posE of. To apply to any pur- 
 pofe ; to transfer to any other perfon or 
 
 ufe. 
 
 All men are natnrally in a ftatc of perfeft 
 
 freedom to order their aaions, and difpifc cf 
 
 ' their poffeffions and perlon.s, as they think fit, 
 
 • withi.i the bounds of the law of nature Uc<:c 
 
 Difi'-fi of the meat with the butler, or any 
 
 other crony. Sivifi. 
 
 a] To Dispose cf To put into the hands 
 
 of another. 
 
 As ihc is mine, 1 may difp'f:: of her ; 
 Which (hall be citi-.er to this gentleman. 
 Or to her death. SkAfpearc. 
 
 I have dif;ofd of her to a man of buhncfs, 
 who will Ict'her fee, that to be well dreind, in 
 pood humour, and che:irful in her f.imily, sre 
 the arts and fticnccs of female life. Tutln. 
 
 10. To Dispose of. To give away by 
 
 aiilliorltv. 
 A iuraljudgc..'/y;-si'.-''/beauty'; prize. H.dlcr. 
 
 11. To Dispose of To direft. 
 The lot is caft into the lap ; but the whole dif- 
 
 fcfrig th:ri<.f is of the- Lord. Pi^Terli. 
 
 12. To Dispose of. To conduft ; to 
 
 behave. , 
 
 They muft receive inftru^ions how Xodifp'.fef 
 ./tiiciifelves when they come, which mult be in 
 thc.naiuic of laws unto them.' Bacon. 
 
 D 1 S 
 
 ij. To Dispose of. To place in any 
 condition. 
 
 For the remaining doubt. 
 What to rcfolvc, and how dijp-.fe '.f me. 
 Be warn'd to calt that ufclcfs care afide. Dryden. 
 
 14. To Dispose of. To put away by 
 any means. 
 
 They itquire more water than can be foun<l, 
 and more than can be d.fpofdf, if it was found 
 
 HuTficf. 
 
 To Dispose, t. n. To bargain ; to make 
 terms. Obfoltte. 
 
 When (he faw you did f ifpeA 
 She had difpoi'd with Cxlar, and that your lage 
 Would not be puig'd, (he fcnt word ihe w.r. 
 dead. Siiai/prun. 
 
 Dispo'sE. n. f [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Power ; management ; difpofal : with 
 a/ or to. 
 
 All that is mine I leave r.t thy difpofe ; 
 My goods, mv lands, my reputation. Shatfp. 
 
 it (h3ll be my talk 
 To render ihce the Parthian at difpofe. Mlhon. 
 
 Of all yourgoodncfs leaves to our difpofe. 
 Our liberty 's the only gift we chufe. Dryden 
 
 2. Diftribulion ; acl of government ; dif 
 penfntlon. 
 
 All is belt, though oft we doubt 
 What th' unfearthable difpofe 
 
 Of highelV wifdom brings about, 
 And ever bell found in the clofe. M-ltoii 
 
 3. Difpofitton ; call of behaviour. Ob- 
 folete. 
 
 He hath a perfon, and a fmooth difpofe. 
 To be fufpcifted^ fram'd to make women falfc, 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 4. Difpofition ; caft of mind; inclination. 
 
 Obfolete. 
 
 He carries on the ftream of his difpofe 
 Without obfervancc or refpeft of any. 
 In will peculiar. Sialfpearc. 
 
 Dispo'.sER. ti. f. [from tUffiofe.'] 
 J. Diilrlbnter ; giver; beltower. 
 
 The magirtrate is both the beggar,, and the di{- 
 pofer of what is got by begging. Grounl. 
 
 2. Governour; regulator; direflor. 
 I think myfelf obliged, whatever my private 
 
 apprehenfions may be of the fuccefs, to do my 
 duty, and leave events to their difpofer. Bosit . 
 
 All tlie reafon of mankind cannot fuggeft any 
 folid ground of fatisfaflio;', but in making that 
 God our friend, who is the abfolute difpofer of 
 all things. South. 
 
 Would I had been difpofr of tiiy ftars. 
 Thou (houidll have had tliy wilh, and died in 
 
 wars. _ Bry.ltll. 
 
 3. One who takes from, and gives to, 
 whom he plcafes. 
 
 But Irancilh'd high, in an ill omcn'd hour, 
 To thee, proud Gaul, behold i.iy jnfteft fe.u-. 
 The mailer fword, difpofr of thy pow'r. i'rioj. 
 Disposition, n.f. [kom aifpoftio, Lat.] 
 
 1. Order; method ; dlUribution. 
 Touching niufical haimony, whether by in- 
 
 ftrument or voice, it being of high and low, in 
 due proportionable difpofitio'i, fuch notwith- 
 ftanding is the force theieof, and fo ver>- pltafing 
 rlfecSs it hath, in that very pait of man which 
 is moft divine, that fome hive been thereby in- 
 duced to think, that the foul itfelf by nature is, 
 or hath m it, harmony. Fmkfr 
 
 Under this head of invention is placed ir.e d:f- 
 fofit.on of the work, to put all things in a beau- 
 tiful order an<l narinony, that ihe whole may be 
 of a piece. Vrydm ^ V^^J'-Jrcy 
 
 X ;ini whether the connexion of the extremes 
 be not more clearly fcen, in this fimplc and na- 
 tiir.il iifpiftio.:, than in the perplexed repetitions 
 and junihlc of live or fix lyllogilms ? Lode. 
 
 2. Natural IJtutfs ; quality. 
 
 D I S . 
 
 Refrangibility of the rays of light is their iif- 
 pojitiori to be refraifted, or turned out of their way, 
 in p.4(ring out of one traulparent body or medium 
 into another. Neivto/i. 
 
 3. Tendency to any ail or {late. 
 
 This argueth a great difpojttion, to putrcfa«ftioil 
 in the foil and air. Bacon. 
 
 Difpofiti'o/j is when the power and ability of 
 doing any thing is forwaid, and ready upon 
 e-.ery occ.dion to break into aiftion. Locke. 
 
 Bleeding is to be ufcd or omitted according 
 to tt c lymptonis which aflct5l the brain : it re- 
 lieves in air/ infiammafory difp- firion of the coat 
 of the nerve. ^dibuthnot on D:et. 
 
 4. Teiriper of mind. 
 
 I hav^ fuifered more i*or their fakes, more 
 than the viHanous intonf^ancy of man's difpoji- 
 tjon is able to bear. Shakfpearc. 
 
 'Lefler Had been 
 The thwartings of your difpofitton, if 
 You had not Ihew'd them how you were dil"- 
 
 pos'd. 
 Ere they lack'd power to crofs you. Shaiffedre 
 
 5. Affeftion of kindnefs or ill wQl, 
 
 I take myfelf Co be as well informed as mollr 
 men in the dif'^-ojidom of i^'\ people towards th* 
 other. Swift, 
 
 6. Predominant inclination. 
 
 As they pinch one another by the difpofilion, 
 he cries out, no moie. Siiu.ifpear^ 
 
 Th.e love wc bear to our friends is generally, 
 caufed by our finding the fame difpojition in 
 them whith. we feel in ourfclves. I':.^'e: 
 
 7. Aflbrtment ; adjuftment of external 
 circumllances : not ufed. 
 
 I crave fit difpofttion for my wife, 
 Due reference of place and e.\hibition, 
 As levels with her breeding. Sludf. Othclla. 
 
 Dispo'siTivE. atij. [from difpofe.~\ Th'^it 
 implies difpofal of any properly ; decre- 
 tive. 
 
 The words of all judicial adls are written nar- 
 ratively, unlefs it be in fentences wherein difpc-^ 
 fiti~je and enacting terms are marie ufe of. ' 
 
 /^yti^e^i Parcrgon. 
 
 Dispo'siTivKiY. ac/v. [from difnofttive.^ 
 
 I. In a difpofitive manner. 
 
 7. Rcfpecllng Individuals; diftributively. 
 Th.it axiom in pliilofophy, that tr.e gcneratiuit 
 of one thing is the corruption oi another, al- 
 though it be fubrtantialiy true, concerning the 
 form and matter, is alfo difpofitiijcly verified in 
 the e.ficient or producer. Bravjn's Vidg. Err. 
 
 Dispo'siTOR. n.f. [from difpofe.'] The 
 lord of that iign in \yhich the planet 
 is, and by which therefore it is over- 
 ruled. 
 To Disposse'es. v. a. [/Us and p^ffefs.'\ 
 I. To put out of pofTcITion ; to deprive; 
 to dinci/c. , 
 
 The blow from faddic forced him to fly ; 
 Elfe might it needs down to his manly breaft 
 Have clef; his head in twain, and lile thence dif- 
 pojfef. Fairy (^ueen. 
 
 Thou (halt hold the opinion of Pythagoras, ere 
 I will allow of thy wits ; and fear to kill a 
 woodcock, left thou d fpofiif the foul of chy 
 grandame. Siiatfpcare's Tive/fcA Night. 
 
 Let us fit upon the ground, and tell 
 How fome have been clcp'»s'd, fome (lain in war, 
 Some haunted by the gholts they difp'ffcf\'d. 
 
 S/'uiffpc.ire's RtcJiard is. 
 
 I will chufe 
 Mine hcii from forth the beggars ct tl'.c world, 
 
 And difpojjtj: her ail. Shakf^carc'i J'imen,
 
 D I S 
 
 III th»c I lioiK ; tliy f^iccouis I iiivokf, j 
 
 To will ti.e oruvi-n whence 1 ;im clifp'^J/rft'ti ; 
 
 For like rcr.own »iw;iiEL-th un the Ihukc, 
 Til talt llic haus'ht^ down, or r;iifc th' opprcf»'<l. 
 
 The children went to Gilcatl, nnd took it, 
 •and difj-ojJi-jJiJ iht Amorite which was in it. 
 
 Numbiri. 
 This inAcccfliWc high ftrength, the f<!at 
 Of Deity Unrcmt', us dij^^iffcfs' d, 
 He trurtcd to li.ivo Iciz'd. Milivi. 
 
 Rctllcl's Amata lay 
 Flr'd with difdaiii for Turnus difpojfij}, 
 And the new nuptials of the Trojan gucft. 
 
 Dryd€>t\ ACncid. 
 
 2. It is geneiTilIy ufid with c/'bcfoix- the 
 thing taken away. 
 
 Ch.irlcs revived, with a puiff.uit army, to 
 pafs over, ar.d to difpjjip the pirate of Tunis. 
 
 Kno/ici' Uijiory 
 Ko pow'r fii.Tll difp^jftfs 
 Mjr thoughts oj tnat expcAed happincfs. 
 
 O faireft of nil creatures, l.ift and belt 
 Ot what heav'n m.nric, how art thou dij)ioJf^fi'd 
 0/" all thy n.itive glories! Drydcn. 
 
 ■ Nothing can create more trouble to a man 
 than to endeavour to dijpojfifi him '/ this con- 
 ceit. 'i'UktJan. 
 
 3. Forr.ievly with /rem. 
 
 They niTog.^.te dominion undcferv'd 
 Over their l-rclhrcn, and quite difpoJJ ft 
 Concord and law of nature /r?m tue earib. 
 
 lr<»ili be found a work of no fmall diili.utr;' 
 to difp'jjlftji and throw out a \icQ Jron tnat heart, 
 where long polVeiriun begins to plead picfcription. 
 
 is.v//';. 
 DiSPo'suRE. n.f. [from diffnfe.] 
 
 1. Difpolal ; government; power; ma- 
 nagement. 
 
 In his dijpofiirf is the orb of earth, 
 'The throne of kings, and all of liuman birth. 
 
 Simdys. 
 They quietly furrendcred both it and them-i 
 felvcs ioh'is di'fpofure. Sandys' your/uy. 
 
 Whilil ihey murmur againft the pixi'cnt d.Jp'i- 
 yj/K of things, they do tacitly dcfire in them a 
 diflbrmity from the primitive rule, and the idea 
 of that mind that formed all things beft. , 
 
 Brown's Vuigur Etrouri, 
 
 2. State ; pofture. 
 
 They remained in a kind of warlike dfticf.ire, 
 oi- perhaps little b:tter. 1! onon. 
 
 DisPK a'ise. n.y; [t^iszndpralfe.J Blame j 
 cenfure; dilhonoiir. 
 
 If I can do it 
 By aught that I can fpcak in his iHJptaiff, 
 She fhall not long continue love to liim. Sli^ifp. 
 
 To me reproach 
 Rather belongs, diltruity^and all d'.jfr.vj-. 
 
 yii'Kn, 
 X.it'r.ing is here for tears, notiiing to w.iil 
 Or knock tiic brcalts; no wcakncfs ; no con- 
 tempt, 
 X)ifpr<iife, or blame. Milieu's /3^br.!J]es. 
 
 I need not raile 
 Trophies to thcc fiom otlier men's dijprxfr. 
 
 bruhitm. 
 Looks flight not men ; the general has fcen 
 Mooi »■ 
 With as bad f.iccs j no difpraij't to Bertran"s. 
 
 Jhydtn. 
 If any writer (ball do this paper lb much ho- 
 nour as to inferibe thp title of it to othcic, tlie 
 whole praife or difpraife of fuch a pcrfoimancc 
 will belong to fonic oilier author. ^Iddijon. 
 
 My faults will nut be bid, and it i> no difprc'tft 
 to me that they will not ; the clearnefs of one's 
 mind is never better proved than in difcover-ng 
 it^ own faults. Vcp:. 
 
 To DisPR.^'iSE. t). a. [from the noun.] 
 To blame ; to cenhire ; to condemn. 
 In prailing Antonjr, 1 "ve diT^ttais'd Csfir. 
 
 a/i^kjpeitie. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 D I S 
 
 No abufc, Ned, in the world j honcft Ned, 
 none : I difpr.iifid luni before the wicked, that 
 the wicked might not fall in love with him ; in 
 which doing, I have done the part of a careful 
 triend. Sh.iifpeutc's Henry iv. 
 
 The criticks, wh.ile they like ray wares, may 
 dijptttiji my writing. Sprdiutor, 
 
 Dispra'iser. n.f. [from difprai/i.'\ A 
 cenfurer ; one who blame*. D'til. 
 
 DlSTR.v'isiBLE. adj. [from difpratje.'] 
 Unworthy of conimciulation. DiQ. 
 
 DlsPRAl'si NGl.y. adv. [from difpraifc] 
 With blame; with cenfure. 
 Michael C.iffio ! 
 That caiTie a wooing with yon; many a time. 
 When I have fpoke of yott difprai/ingiyt 
 H.itii ta'en your part. Shakfpcarc' s Oihclh, 
 
 To DiJPP. f.'ad. 1). a. \d'n and_^'s<"»a./.] To 
 fpread different ways. In this word, 
 and a few others, d'ls has the fame force 
 as in Latin compofition, and means dif- 
 ferent ways ; in different direftions. 
 This word is poetical. 
 
 As morning fun her beams djjprcadtn clear. 
 And in her face fair truth and ineicy doth ap- 
 pear. Spcnjer. 
 Over him, ait, ftriving to compare 
 With natuie, did an aibour green difpread^ 
 Fr.imed of wanton ivy, flowing fair, 
 Through wliich the fragrant eglantine did fpread 
 His pricking arms, entrail'd with rules red. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 Above, below, around, with MX. d:fpiead, 
 Tiie furc inclofurc folds the genial bed. I'ripc. 
 Disi'Ro'riT. n.f. [d'u ^nA profit. "[ Lofs; 
 damage ; detriment. DiS. 
 
 DlspRo'or. n.f. \_dh and^ruo/".] Con- 
 futation ; convittion of errour or falfe- 
 hood. 
 
 His remark contains the grounds of his doc- 
 trine, and offers at fomewhat towards the dij- 
 pro'-f of mine. AtteThury. 
 
 I need nor offer any thing farther in fuppoi t 
 of one, cr in ///y]pro^y of the other. Rogc-r;. 
 
 I'o DiSPRo'pERxy. "v. a. \_dis and pro- 
 perty. '\ To difpoffefs of any property. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Dispropo'rtion'. n.f. \^dis znd profor- 
 t'ion.'\ Unfuitablencfs in form or quan- 
 tity of one thing, or one part of the 
 fame thing, to another ; want of fym- 
 mctry ; difparity. 
 
 Nor ro afft.d\ many propr-fed matches 
 Of her Qv;:\ tlimc, compie>.ian, and degree, 
 Whereto we fee m all thiiigs nature tends: 
 !-'.)h ' one ni ly fmcU, in fuch, a will moll rank, 
 y^W. d:,p-'-op^itton\ thouglits unnnturaK ShakJ. 
 
 Reafoning, I oft admire 
 How r:'fu:e, wife a:ui frugal, could commit 
 Such -.7^''5/'C'//0'/i ; with fuperfiuoui hand 
 So many nobler bodies to create, 
 Greater, fo nnny fold, to this one ufe. halfin. 
 
 Perhaps, from greatncfs, liate and pride, 
 Tl.L's l"i;rprtfed, Ihe may fall: 
 
 Steep docs difpifipoithn\'n^\tf 
 And, -death rcfcmbling, eqiials ill. K'tll^r. 
 
 For their i;reng:h, 
 "Tlie difprept^thn is 10 jreat, we cannot buv 
 Exptil a ratal confequence. D^nhum's S'p'iy. 
 
 \Vhat did the liquid to th' alTemhly call. 
 To give their aid :o form the pond'rous bail .^ 
 Fill! tell us, why did .any conic' ne.\t, wiiy 
 In fuch a d-fiJiop'>rthn to the dry } Biachit^re. 
 
 Tliat we arc dcligned for a more exalted hap- 
 pineU than can be derived from the things of 
 this life, wc may infer from their vaii diJprO' 
 psrtiDit to the dcfires and ciipaqitics of our fowl 
 
 To Dispr opo'rtion. 1". a. [from the 
 noun.] To mifuiatch ; to join tliingi 
 
 D I S 
 
 unfuitable in quantity or form; to join 
 unfitly. 
 
 There fits deformity tr> mock my body. 
 To Ihnpe my legs of an unequal fizc, 
 I'o dijproportion me in every part. Shakjpeart. 
 
 Djltancc and m«n*s fears have fo enlarged the 
 truth, and fo d^Jp'Op'jitioned every thing, that 
 we have made ihe little troop of difcontciits 
 a gallant army, and already meafurcd by the 
 evening Hiavlow, Suci/ir^. 
 
 Mufick cravcth your acquaintance : many arc 
 of inch dijpiop'ortioncd faints, that they avoid 
 her company. Vcacfijni. 
 
 We 1)11 earth, witli undifcording voice, 
 M.iy rightly aniwcr that melodious noifc ; 
 A^ once we did, til! dijprop'jrti'in'd i:n 
 Jiri'd againft nature's chime. Milun. 
 
 DispRoi'ORTioNABLE. adj. [from dif- 
 proportian.'] Unfultable in form or 
 qiuiitity ; not duly regulated in regard 
 to (bmething elfe. 
 
 Doubts and fca'.s are the (harpeft paflions : 
 through tlicle falfc opticks all that you fee is like 
 the evening Uijdows, dijpr'jpoiilanahle to the 
 truth, .and llrangcly longer than the true fub- 
 llaiicc. Siiclclirr. 
 
 Had the obliquity been greater, the earth had 
 not been able to endure the difprafoi tiii^Me dif- 
 ferences of feafoii. B<cf-j,n. 
 
 We are apt to fet too great a value on tenipei- 
 ral bkliings, and have too low and dtfproportt^n' 
 able clleein of fpiiitual. Smalridgt. 
 
 Tiiere is no wine of fo ftrong a body as ti> 
 
 bear luch a difprop^rtionaijU ^yiinuiy of water a« 
 
 fi.ity parts. Brofr.n, 
 
 DiSPROPORTION'ABLENESS. n.f. [from 
 
 dftroporthnalk.^ Unfuitablencfs to 
 fomething elfe. 
 Dispropo'rtion.ably. adv. lixova dlfprn- 
 port'wn.l Unfultably ; not fymmetri- 
 cally. 
 
 We have no reafon to think .Tiuch to facrifice 
 to God our dcaiclt intereft s in this world, if wc 
 conlider how difproportiitnahly great the reward 
 of our fuffcrings Ihall be in another. Tillotjoti. 
 Dispropo'rtional. ad'u [ from dif proper- 
 tion.] Difproportionable ; uufymme- 
 trical ; unfiiitable in quantity or fonu 
 to fomething elfe. 
 
 DispROPo'RTroNALLY. adv. [from dif- 
 
 proporlktial .] Unfuitably with refpedt 
 
 to quantity or value. 
 Dispropo'rtionate. adj. [from dif- 
 
 /roporiion.] Unfymmetric'al ; unfuit- 
 
 able to fomething elfe in bulk, form, 
 
 or value. 
 None of our members are crocked or diftort- 
 
 ed, or difproportijnat: to the r^it, either in c.\- 
 
 ccfs or dcfcit. _ Jit.y. 
 
 It is plain that men have agreed to a difpri- 
 
 fortiHiutc and unequal poffelUon of the eaith. 
 
 il^orke. 
 Diepropo'kti ONATEi.Y. adv. fsrom-diT- 
 
 profortionale.] Unfuitably; unfymme- 
 
 trically. 
 
 DlSPROPo'ltTIOXATE^JESS. tl. f. [f:'0-n 
 
 d'fprap-^rUonaU.'l Unfuitablenefs ia bulk,- 
 form, or value. 
 To DisPRo'vE. -v. a. \dls and ?rovc.'\ 
 I. To confute an -aC'ertion; to cOnvifl of 
 errour or fidfdiood. 
 
 This expjfiiion ti.ey plainly difprime, and 
 (liew by rcanifcft leaf ).i, ili.at of Daiid the wcrd« 
 of David could not pnffdily.be meant. linaur. 
 
 Tills Weftmoreianri maintains. 
 And Warwick Ihall dijpuvt it. ihatjfi.irt. 
 
 The traitor's odious name 
 I Crfl return, and tlien diffmc thy claim. 
 
 Prydiv's J-'iiiltj,
 
 D I S 
 
 It is eaTier to sBirm than to SJji'n'e. HclJir. 
 
 That lal.'e I'uppofU'on I advanced in cider to 
 
 dihm't it, and by that means to prove the truth 
 
 oi my doitrine. ^nrriurj,. 
 
 We fee the fame aCTertions- produced again, 
 
 without notice of what hath been laid to di/prcw 
 
 t--.em. ■Sw'/'. 
 
 3. To convia of a praftice of errour. 
 
 They behold thofe tilings difpro^'iri, dif.innul- 
 k'd, and rejeacd, which ulc had made in a 
 m.mner natural. lh',ker. 
 
 It God did not forbid all IndifFerent ceremo- 
 nicsj then our conformity witii the church of 
 Rome in fome fuch is not hitlierto as yet dif- 
 ;..w'rf,. although papifts were unto us as hea- 
 thens were unto Iffacl. Hnuker. 
 3. ^To difapprove ; to difallovv. 
 
 Some things a.e good, yet in fo mean a degree 
 of guodnefs, that men are only not dijfrovid, nor 
 tlifallowed of Godlortnera. ' Hooker. 
 
 DiSi'Ro'vER. n.f. [{xdm dl/prove.'] 
 
 1 . One that difproves or coni'utes. 
 
 2. One thnt blames ; a centurer : if the 
 fallowing paflage be not ill printed for 
 ^ifapprover. 
 
 Tlie' fingle example that our annals have yielded 
 of :wo extremes, within fo fhjrr time, by moft 
 of tlic fame corr.mcndcrs and iHJpravers, would 
 require no fligiit memorial. Wt^iton. 
 
 Dispunishable, adj. [rt'.'J and puntflia- 
 tle.] Without penal reftraint. 
 
 No leafes of any part of the laid lands (hall 
 ever be made, other tlian leafes for years not e.N- 
 ceeding thirty-one, in poiTeffion, and not in re- 
 verfion or remainder, and not diffunijhable oi 
 yniftc. Siuijt'i LoJ} It'll'/. 
 
 roDisPu'RSE. -J. a: [dis ?ind piir/l:] To 
 pay ; to diftuvfe. It is not certain 
 that the following paffage (hould not be 
 written tfifiiirfe. 
 
 Many a pound of my oipn proper Itore, 
 BecauTe I would not tax the needy commons, 
 Have 1 Jifpurjedlo the garrifons, 
 And never alk'd for rcftitution. Shahfpeare. 
 
 Dispu'table. adj. [^xocn. difpute.'] 
 
 1. Liable to cor.telt ; controvertible ; that 
 for which fomething may be alleged on 
 oppofite lides. 
 
 If they are not in themfelvcs dijpiitablc, why 
 arc they i'o much difputed .' South. 
 
 2. Lawful to be conteited. 
 
 Until any point is determined to be a law, it 
 
 remains difpulable by every fubjeft. Sivift. 
 
 Dl'sPUTANT. n.f. [from difpute ; difpu- 
 
 teflJ, Latin.] A controvertift ; an ar- 
 
 giier ; a reafoner. 
 
 Notwithltandins thcfe karncd difpuiants, it 
 was to the unfcholaftic-c ftatefman tliat the world 
 owed their peace, defence, and liberties. Locke. 
 Our difyut.mts put mc in miad of the ituttle 
 filh, that, when he is unable to extricate himfcif, 
 blackens all the water aboiit him till he becomes 
 invifible. SpcHaior. 
 
 bi'sPt'TANT. 3.f. Di.rputing; engaged 
 in controverfy. Not in ufe. 
 Thou there waft found 
 Among tbe gravcft tabbies, dijputant 
 On po-i.ts andqucftions fitting Mofcs' chair. 
 
 Mihin. 
 
 Disputa'tion. n. f. [from difputatto, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The ikill of controverfy ; argumenta- 
 tion. 
 
 Confidcr what the learning of tUfputmioi is, 
 and how ihcy arc employed for the advantage of 
 ihimfclvcs or others, whofc bufmels is only the 
 vain oftcntation of founds. Lode. 
 
 2. Controverfy ; argumental conteft. 
 
 Well do I find, b^ the wife knitting together 
 of yourinfwcr, that any difputaikn I can ufe is 
 as .TiLicli toj vvcak as 1 ur.wi.ttny, Sidn/y. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Til! fome admirable or uniifual accident hap- 
 pens, as it bath in fome, to worlc the beginning 
 of » better alteration in the mind, Jilputativ: 
 about the knowledge of God commonly pic- 
 vailcth little. ^ thain. 
 
 Disputa'tious. adj. [from difpute.] In- 
 clined to difpute ; cavilling. 
 
 A nian muft be of a very dijputatioui temper, 
 
 that enters into flate contioverfies with any of 
 
 the fair lex. ^ddifon. 
 
 Dispu'tative. adj. [from «/(//i//f.] Dil- 
 
 pofed to debate ; argumentative. 
 
 Perhaps this praiftice might not fo eafily be 
 perverted, as to raife a cavilling, dlffjlative, j\nA 
 fueptical temper in the minds of youth. Ifutts. 
 
 To DISPU'TE. -v. n. [difpiito, Latin.] 
 To contend by argument ; to alter- 
 cate ; to debate ; to argue ; to con- 
 trovert. 
 
 If attempts of the pen have often proved unfit, 
 
 thofc of th.e fword are more fo, and lighting is a 
 
 worlc e.ipedient than difpiiting. Deer.y of Piety. 
 
 The atheill can pretend no obligation of con- 
 
 fciencc, why he (hould difpute agalnft religion. 
 
 Tillolfon. 
 Did not Paul and Barnabas <///^://f with vehe- 
 mence about a very little point of conveniency : 
 
 Atteihuiy. 
 
 To Dispu'te. t'. a. 
 
 1. To contend for, whether by words or 
 aftion. 
 
 Things were difputed before they came to be 
 determined : men afterwaids were not to difpute 
 any longer, but to obey. Hooker. 
 
 So difpute the pri/.e. 
 As if you fought before Cydaria's eyes. Dryden. 
 
 One fays the kingdom is his own ; a Saxon 
 drinks the quart, and (wears he'll difpute that 
 with him. Tatler. 
 
 2. To queftion ; to reafon about. 
 
 Now I am fent, and am not to difpute 
 My prince's orders, but to execute. Dryden. 
 
 3. To difcufs ; to think on. Not in ufe. 
 
 Vifpute it like a man. 
 
 1 (hall do fo ; 
 
 But I murt alfo feel it as a man. Shakfpeiire. 
 
 Dispute, n.f. [froin the verb.] Con- 
 tell ; controverfy ; argumental conten- 
 tion. 
 
 The queftion being about a faft, it is begging 
 it, to bring as a proof an hypothefis which is ihe 
 very thing in dfpute. Locke. 
 
 The earth is now placed fo conveniently, that 
 plants thrive and (lourifh in it, and animals live: 
 this is matter of faift, and beyond all difpute. 
 
 Benthy. 
 
 Dl spu'teless. adj. \jxom dfpute.'\ Xiw- 
 difputed ; uncontrovertible. D'lcl. 
 
 Dispu'ter. «./ \lxo-a\ difpute.'] A con- 
 trovertift ; one given to argument and 
 oppofition. 
 
 Both were vehement diffutcn ^pim^ the hea- 
 then idolatiy. StillingJIeet. 
 
 Thofe cbnc'.ufions have generally obtaineiJ, and 
 have been acknowledged even by .;'//^'a/fr5 them- 
 felvcs, till with labour they had fti:ied their con- 
 viaions. Rogcn. 
 
 DisQU ALiil ca'tion. ti.f. [from df- 
 quaVify. ] That which difqualities ; that 
 which makes unfit. 
 
 It is recorded as a fufficicnt dif<iuahfication of 
 a wife, that, (peaking of her hufband, (he (aid, 
 God forgive him. SpeButor. 
 
 7o DlscitA'LIFY. v.a. [dis znd gua/fy.] 
 I. To malce unfit; to difable by fome 
 natural or legal impediment. 
 
 Such perlons as (hall confer benefices on un- 
 worthy and difrjualified perfons, after a notice 
 or coiredtion given, (hall for that turn be de- 
 prived of the power of prefcnting unto fuch 
 leDtficcs. .'lylip'i Par^roon. 
 
 D I S 
 
 2. It has commonly /£?r before the objec- 
 tiv? noun. 
 
 I know no employmcnt/or which piety dif' 
 qualijiei. Sivift, 
 
 My common iUnefs utterly diffjualijics rae for 
 ali convcrfation ; I mc;m my dcafnefs. Siuift, 
 
 3. To deprive of a right or claim by fome 
 pofitive reftridtlon ; to dilable ; to 
 except from any grant. Swift has 
 
 from. 
 
 The church of England is the only body of 
 chriftians which dij(juo!iJici rhofc, who are cm- 
 ployed tn preach its dotftrinejyVo?;* fharing in the 
 civil power, farther tl.au as fenaiors. Siuift. 
 
 To Disciu a'ntity 'V.a. \_d'is and quan~ 
 /;*/)'.] To leflen ; to diminifii. Not ufcd. 
 
 Be entreated 
 Oi fifty Xo difquamiiy your train ; 
 And ihe remainders, that fh:iK Jiill depend, 
 To he iuch men as may befcir your age. Shak, 
 
 Disciyi'ET. n.f. [^/j and yu/>/.] Uneaii- 
 nefs ; reflleffnefs ; want of tranquillity ; 
 vexation ; difturbance ; anxiety. 
 
 He tliut, upon a true principle, lives without 
 any d.J^ukt of thought, may befaidto be happy. 
 
 V Hji range . 
 
 If we give way to our pafTions, we do but gra- 
 tify ouifelvcs for the prefent, in order to our fu- 
 ture dijqulct. Tiilotjai. 
 I had rather live in Ireland than under the fre- 
 quent difquieti of hearing you are out of order. 
 
 Siuift, 
 Disqui'et. adj. Unquiet; uneafy; reil- 
 lefs. 
 
 I piay you, hun)and, be not fo difquiet ; 
 The meat was well if you were fo content. 
 
 Shakfpcan, 
 
 To Disqui'et. i<. a. [from the noun,] 
 To dillurb ; to make uneafy ; to harafs ; 
 to ve;: ; to fret ; to deprive of tran- 
 quillity. 
 
 The proud Roman Inm diftjuieted. F. Q'.-eert. 
 
 Why art thou fo vexed, O my foul.^ and v?hy 
 a: I thou fo difquicHd within me ? Pfalmi, 
 
 By anger and impatience the mind is difejuietedj 
 and is not able eafiiy to compofe itfelf to prayer. 
 
 Duppa. 
 
 Thou, happy creature, art fecure 
 From all the torments we endure j 
 Defpair, ambition, jealoufy. 
 Left fi lends, nor love, difpiieti thee. Rofcom. 
 
 Disqui'eter. n.f. [from difquid.] A 
 
 difturber ; a harafler. 
 Disqui'etly. adv. [from difqiilet.] With- 
 out reft ; anxioufly ; nneafily ; without 
 calmnefs. 
 
 Treachery, and all ruinous difordcrs, follow 
 
 us difiuietty to our graves. Shakfpearc. 
 
 He rerted difquiet/y that night; but in the 
 
 morning 1 found. him calm. IVifeman. 
 
 Disqui'etness. n. f. [from difquict.] 
 Uneafinefs ; reftleffnefs ; auiiiety ; dif- 
 turbance. 
 
 All othcrwifc, faid he, I riches rede. 
 And deem them root of ali difquietnefs. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 Arius wontr) himfelf both followers and great 
 
 defenders ; whereupon much difquietnefs cnfued. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 Disqui'etude. n.f. [fxom difquiet.] Un- 
 eafinefs ; anxiety ; dillurbance ; want 
 of tranquillity. 
 
 Little happincfs attends a great charadier, and 
 to a niultitiidc of difquietudes the defire of it fub- 
 jedts an ambitious mind. .Addifon^ i Speflator. 
 
 *Tis the bcff prcfervativc from all thofe tempo- 
 ral fears and difquietu.tes, which corrupt the en- 
 joyment, and embitter the lives, of men. Rogers. 
 
 Disquisi'tiqn. n.f. [Jfqiii/Ilio, Latin.} 
 Examination ; difputative inquiry. 
 9
 
 D I S 
 
 Cod hath Kfervcd many things to hisown rt- 
 
 foUiuon, whofc detcrminarions we cmiiut hope 
 
 . from Htfli : but with icvtrcncc muft lufpciid umo 
 
 that great dsy, whole julhce (h ill cither condemn 
 
 our curiofu;.', or refolvc our c///y^{/^^'0'". Btown, 
 
 'Tis indeed the proper place tor this dijquifttkn 
 .concerning the antediluvian earth. //'co,/iw,;/-,/. 
 
 The royal focicty had a good cifcil, as it 
 turned many of the greatcft geiiiiifc;^ of that age 
 to the ti:ji:iifttiotii oi naCutjl knowicdgc. 
 
 ^ddijfjit^t Spi^otot. 
 
 The nature of animal diet may be riilcovcred 
 by taflc, and othor fenfinle qualities, and fome 
 general rules, without particular MftjuiJiiio}i upon 
 evciy kind. .•Iilifi.mt. 
 
 To DifR.iNK. V. a. [(its and rani.] To 
 
 de;:rade iVom his rank. Did. 
 
 Disregard. n.y' [ii7jand/?jjr</.] Slight 
 
 notice ; negkft j contempc. 
 To Disreg.\'ru. v. a. [from the no'.in.] 
 To flight ; to neglect ; to contemn. 
 
 Since we arc ro da good to the j:oor, to Ihaii- 
 gers, to enemies, thofc whom nature is too apt 
 to make us defpifc, difti-gardf or hate, then un- 
 doubtedly wc are to do good to all. Sptaff. 
 Th'jfc t'afts which God hat!-. .V//Vf^*ir«yr^hitiicrto, 
 he may regaid for the time to come. Sma/f:Jge. 
 
 Studious of good, man dijrcgarjed tame, 
 And ufciul knov. Icd^e was his eldell ;;im. 
 
 Disreg.^'rdfl'i.. adj. [difregardva&fulL'\ 
 Negligent ; contemptuous. 
 
 Disreg.\'rdfu LLY. adv. [from difregard- 
 ful.] Negligently; contemptuoully. 
 
 Disre'lish. n.f. \_dis diwA relifh.] 
 
 I. Bad talle ; naufeoufucfs. 
 Oft they affay'd, 
 Hunger and thii ft conftraining ; drugg'd as oft 
 Widi hatctuilclt d'/y>(-/^, wrilh'd their jaws 
 With foot and cinders lill'd. Milton. 
 
 3. Diflike of the palate ; fqueamiflinefs. 
 Bread or tobacco may be negiecled, where 
 the):, arc Ihewn not to be ufcful to health, be- 
 caufc of an inditfertncy or difrilij/i to them. 
 
 Lccke. 
 
 To Disre'lish. v. a. [from the noim.] 
 
 1. To make naufcous ; to infed with an 
 unpleafant tafte. 
 
 Fruits of tafte to pleafe 
 
 Tiue appetite, and nox. difrciijh thirft 
 
 Of ncCtarous draughts between, from njilky 
 
 Uieam. ^.itlfin. 
 
 The fame anxiety and folicitudc that embittered 
 
 the puifuit, dijrclijh'.i the fruition itielf. Jiogers. 
 
 2. To want a talte of ; to difiike. 
 
 Ti.c world is become too bufy for me : every- 
 body is fo concerned for the publick, that all 
 private enjoyments are loft, or di^relijhed. Pope. 
 Disreputa'tion. n.f. [disandreputation.] 
 
 1. Dilj,r2Ce; difnonour. 
 
 I will tell you wh.it was the courfc in the hap- 
 py <l.tys of cjucen Elizabeth, whom it is no dif- 
 rtprjt.iih/t to follow. £'iio/i. 
 
 2. Lofs of reputation ; ignominy. 
 
 The king tearing kit that the b.id fuecefs might 
 difcourage his people, and bring dijirpututio" tu 
 hitnlVlf, lurbad any report to be midc. Uay".t:.tr.i. 
 
 GluttiMiy isr.otbf (ogreat ri'//Vr;.,v/.i/;!>«amongll 
 men as drunkennefs. Jtiylor' s Holy Lii:J:g. 
 
 Dis,". epu'te. n.f. ^d'ls and repute.'] Ill 
 tharatScr ; dilTionour ; want of repu- 
 tation. 
 
 Hvw ftudioufly did they caft a (lur upon t'lc 
 king's perfon, and bring his governing principles 
 under a dlfrcpun. Sc:il>i. 
 
 Di.RESPe'ct. n.f. [dts aad refpeS.] In- 
 civility ; want of reverence ; irreverence; 
 sn aifl approaching to rudencfs. 
 
 Any dif'f(p:fi to acts of ftatc, or to the per- 
 fonsoi ftalefiiic n, was in no time more penal. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Aiiftotle writ a methodical difcourfe ttmcer.T- 
 mg thefearts, thufing a certain benefit before the 
 hazard that might atcrue from the van) diJrcjpttTs 
 of ignorant perloiis. iVHiiis. 
 
 What is more ufual to warrlours than impa- 
 tience of bearing tiie Icall aft'roni or difrefptil .' 
 
 Pope. 
 DiSR espe'ctfvi.. adj. \_d'frefpea mifu'.L] 
 
 Irreverent ; uncivil. 
 DisKfTst'E'cTFULLY. adv. [fiom difrc- 
 fpe^ful.] Irreverently; uncivilly. 
 
 Wc cannot believe our pollerity will think fo 
 d'tfrrfptBfully of their great grandmothers, as that 
 they ni.ide themfclvcs munltious to appear ami- 
 ^I'le. Addfon'i Specl^itor. 
 
 To Disro'be. V. a. [dli and roie.] To 
 uiidrtfs ; to uncover; to drip. 
 
 Thus wl-.en they had the yitch dijroisj quite, 
 And all her filthy feature open (hown. 
 They let her go at will, and wander ways un- 
 known. Spciifer. 
 Kill the villain ftraight, 
 Dip(,l>tV,\m of the matchlefs monument. 
 Thy father's triumph o'er the favages. ShakJ. 
 Thcfc two great peers were dijrobcd of their 
 glory, the one by judgment, the other by violence. 
 
 Wotsnti. 
 
 Who will be prevailed with to difrohe himfelf 
 
 at once of all l.i» old opinions, and pretences to 
 
 knowledge ;!nd Icirnnig, and turn himlelf out 
 
 ftark naked in iiuell alrefti of new notions .' 
 
 Locke. 
 DiSRu'pTioN. n./. [difrupllo, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The aift of breaking afunder. 
 
 This (ecutes them from dJfrnplian which they 
 would be in danger of, liuon a ludden ftretch or 
 contorrion. Ray. 
 
 2. Breach; rent; dilaceration. 
 
 TKe agent which etfciied this difniftion, and 
 diflucation of the ftrata, was feated within the 
 earth. Ifoodivard. 
 
 If raging winds invade the atmofphere. 
 Their force its curious texture cannot tear. 
 Nor make dipupt.on in the threads of air. 
 
 BUcki}io<e. 
 
 Dissatisfa'ction. n.f. [dlsznAfatf- 
 
 faaion.'] The flate of being diUatif- 
 
 fied ; difcontent ; want of fomething to 
 
 complete the wi(h. 
 
 lie that changes his condition, out of impati- 
 ence and diJpuiifaSii'jn, when he has tried a new 
 one, wiihes for his old again. UEfirange. 
 
 Tile ambitious man has little happinefs, but is 
 fubjeft to much uneafinefs and diff.u:sfa3io/i. 
 
 Ad.hJon'i Spe^iUor. 
 
 In vain we try to remedy the defeils of our 
 
 acquilitiun, by varying the object : the fame 
 
 diJfaihfaHhn pui fues US through the circle of 
 
 created goods. / Hoscn. 
 
 Dissatisfa'ctorimes."!. n.f. \j.xovcCd;f- 
 
 fathfaclury.] Inability to give content. 
 
 Dissatisfa'ctoky. adj. [from dijlitisfy.] 
 
 Unable to give content. 
 To Di=sa'tisfy. v. a. [dis d.nifatlsfy.'] 
 
 1. To difcontent ; to difpleafe. 
 
 The advantages of life will not hold out t<i 
 the Icngthof dcfirc; and, fince they are not big 
 enougn to fatisfy, they fnould not be big enough 
 10 difhtiifj. ' Collier. 
 
 2. To fail to p'cafe ; to offend by the 
 want of fomething requifitc 
 
 I Hill retain iome of my notions, after yom 
 lordlhip's having appeared cijpttiifed with them. 
 
 Loci.. 
 
 7"<3 DISSECT. IK a. {difeo, Latin.] 
 I. To cut in pieces. It isufed chiefly of 
 
 anatomical inquiries, made by fcpaiation 
 
 of the parts of animal bodies. 
 No malk, no trick, no favour, no referve ; 
 
 DJfect jot'.r mind, examine every nei-ve. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Following life in creatures we diffia, 
 U'e Icife it in the moment we detect. Fapr. 
 
 2. To divide and examine minutely. 
 
 This pai.igiapii, tha: his no: one ingjnujiu 
 word throughout, I have d'geded iox .i l;,mp!e. 
 
 Atterbuty. 
 
 Disse'ction. n.f. [dlfflalo, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aiSl of fcparating the parts of 
 animal bodies ; anatomy. ' 
 
 She cut her up ; but, upon the diffectliyi, 
 found her juft like other hens. L' E/! range. 
 
 I Ihall enter upan the dijpnion of a coquet'*' 
 heart, and communicate that cmious piece of 
 anatomy. ^ Mdijon. 
 
 2. Nice, examination. 
 
 Such flrirt enquiries into nature, fo true and 
 fo pcrfcci a dijjiaion of human kind, is the 
 work of extraordinary diligence. Granville. 
 
 DissE'ism. n.f. [from dijeifir, French.] 
 An unlawful difpofrcffing a man of his 
 land, tenement, or other rmmoveAble 
 or incorporeal right. Ccav//. 
 
 To DISSEIZE. i:a. [efiflfer, French.] 
 To difpolfefs ; to deprive. It is com- 
 monly ufed of a legal atfl. 
 
 He fo diJ/iizedo( hi> griping grofs. 
 The knight his thrillanr Ipear ag.iin aftay'd 
 ■ In his brafs- plated body to enibofs. Fairy Q. 
 U a prince ftiould give a man, befides bis an- 
 cient patrimony wbicii his family had been diffci^cd 
 of, an ailditiunal eftatc, never before in the pof- 
 feffion of his anceflor.-,, he could njt be (aid to rc- 
 ertablilli lineal fucceffion. Loch. 
 
 Disse'izor. n.f. [from difdze.]. Hor 
 
 that difpofiefles anotlier. ,; " 
 
 To DISSEMBLE, -v. a. [difmudo, Lat. 
 femhlance, dijemblance, and probably 
 dtffembler, in old French.] 
 
 1. To hide under falfe appearance; to 
 conceal ; to pretend that not to be 
 which really is. 
 
 She anfweied, that her foul was God's ; and 
 touching her faith, as (hecouid not cliangc, (b the 
 would not diffemlile it. Haytwrd. 
 
 2. To pretend that to be which is not, 
 " This is not the true fignification. 
 
 Your fun Lucentio 
 Djth love my daughter, and Ihc loveth Kim, 
 Or both dijfimble deeply their afteflions. Skaif. 
 
 In v-iin on the di[f(tnbled mother's tongue 
 Had cun.iing art and lly perfuafion hung ; 
 And real care in vain, a;id native love, 
 In the true patent's panting brcaft had Itiove. 
 
 Pr.lr. 
 
 To Disse'mble. 11. n. 
 
 1. To play the iiypocrite ; to ufe fallc 
 piofeCions; to wheedle. 
 
 Ye dijfeiihled ill your he.irts when ye fent^rt:; 
 unto the JLord your God, faying,.- Pray for tis. 
 
 yeretnitii. 
 
 I would di^emlle with my nature, where 
 My fortunes, and my friends, .at ftake, requir'd , 
 I Ihoiild do fo in lion-oiir. Shrxkfpeart'sCori)!.' 
 
 Thy frniSion too will vatnifti oe'rour arts. 
 And I'anilify rfi/^mW.->iif. . • , Re-jje. 
 
 2. Shakfpcare ufcs it for fraudulent ; un- 
 performing. 
 
 I that am currayd of thi<; f ■- - :.:, 
 
 Cheated of feature l.y dijj. . 
 
 Dcfurm'd, unfiiiilh'd. - -...irrt. 
 
 DisseViklek. «./ -[flora diji-mlle.j A 
 hypocrite ; a man who conceals hia true 
 difoofition. 
 
 Thou doll wrong me, tliou dlffemJdfr, ihou. 
 
 Shj<'^:s--e. 
 
 The French king, in the bu.'tnefs of peace,' 
 was tlic gre.irer dijpir.iler of the two. Heeai:. 
 
 Such an one, wbofe virtue horbiddeth him to 
 he b.ife and a dijjembiery Ihill e-.cimore hari utt- 
 dcr the wheel. RuUifi.
 
 D IS 
 
 The qiKcrt, with rage infiamM, 
 Thus greets him : Thou d-JfcmiUr, wouldft thou 
 
 Outof myarmsbyflealth? ^ZIT:, 
 
 Men will truft no farther than they judge a 
 
 perron fovfinccrity fit to be tvufied: a d.fcove,.d 
 
 ^JeMr can achieve nothing great and conf.der- 
 
 i)nsE'MBL,^^GLY. nJv. [froir.y#mi/..] 
 With diffimulation ; 'i)TOC"^'""y:,. , 
 
 T ley might all h.vc been either ^#>»./m^/v 
 fjS of faliely reported of ti>eequuy^f^ the 
 
 barbarous king. . 
 
 To DBSE'MINATE. -v. a {dtjfemno, 
 Latin.] To fcatter as feed ; to lo-.v ; 
 
 to fpread every way. . . 
 
 Ill ufes are made of it many^times m fl-.mns 
 Sp Litions, rebellions, '" '^^""""^ J^V 
 refie., and infnf.rg of prejudices. Hammond. 
 
 There is a nearly uniform and conftaut hre or 
 heL.#«/«-.ithroughouttheLodyo^th^e^earth. 
 
 The Tevrs are indeed diffcndnatcd througli all 
 
 the trading parts of the world. -"'•i^'- 
 
 By firmuefs of mind, and freedom of fpeech, 
 
 the ^ofpel was Sff.m.naui at firft, --^^trhJt: 
 
 be maintained. • 
 
 PissEMiN a'tio?:. n.f. [,#>«;Wo, Lat J 
 
 The aft of fcattering like feed ; tlie act 
 
 of fowing or fpreading. 
 
 Though" ow at\he greateft d.flance from th 
 fceginning of erronr, yet we are almoft loft m .ts 
 YjeminLn, whofe ways are bound.efs, aiKi^con- 
 fe'fs no circumfcnptiou. ' _ 
 
 Dissemina'tor. n./. [4f««««'»'-. L^t.] 
 He that fcatters ; a fcatterer ; a iower ; 
 a foreader. , ._ ,, „ 
 
 Men, vehemently thirfting after ^ """'^■"''^^ 
 ,.0,'d, hope to acqune ,t by b=.ng the rf#«M-.- 
 ,.,, of novel doarines. Oec.^y cf Puty. 
 
 DISSE'NSION. n.f. [4f^«>, Latm.] 
 DifagreetT^ent ; ftrife ; d.fcord ; con- 
 tention; difference; quarrel; breach of 
 
 Pinion. , . , _ 
 
 Friends now faft fwom, 
 Whofe hours, whofe bed, whofe meal, whofe ex- 
 Are ftiU tog«her; who twine, as 'twere, in love 
 Unfeparable, (hall within this hour. 
 On icmufio,! of a doit, breakout 
 To bittf reft enmity. S/:aiff.^rc'. CcncU.us 
 
 Now join your hands, and w.th your hands 
 vour hearts, , , 
 
 Th.t ni .mnjic^' binder government. ^"■'^Jp- 
 - Heap Ad the <^#'!/«" then "'^"S^bout 
 
 leligion. 
 
 Grown 
 in wealth and multitude, faflious they grow; 
 But 6.ft am.ug the priefts dJf^'ifio,, fP'-'S^^.^,^^ 
 
 D I S 
 
 Debates,- Jiff^fi'"', uproars are thy JoV 
 P,„vok-dwithoutoffenee,aadpraa.sdtod^eftroy. 
 
 Disse'ssWUS. a^j. lfromffc,i/ion.)p--i[- 
 
 pofed to difcord; quarrellome ; factious ; 
 
 contentious. , 
 
 Either in religion they have a -/#">'" ^^f' 
 
 or in the eommonwealth a fafl.ous head. ^j<Aam. 
 
 Who are they that compUin unto the kmg 
 That I an. rteru ? Tl.ey love h.s grace but lightly, 
 That nil his ears with fuch J.P'.J.ous ~-;^ 
 
 You di/fenfiouirop-KS, 
 
 That rubbing the poc. itch of y-r opinion ^^^^ 
 
 Malic voMtfelvcsfi.abs. Jt 
 
 To DISSE'NT. -v. n. [cijfMlo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To difa^ree in opinion ; to think in a 
 
 contrary manner. . , . . . 
 
 Let me not be any cceaf.on to defraud the pub- 
 ,,,l:;fwhati.Uft,bya„ymororc^r^rve^ 
 
 What cnieltyof heathens has not beenniatthed 
 by the inhumanity of diffcnting chrift.ans? 
 ' Decay oj ritiy- 
 
 There are roanv opinions in which 'multitudes 
 of men diffsnt from us, who are as good »^°J.^= 
 as ourfclvcs. ^ 
 
 2. To differ ; to be of a contfary nature. 
 We fee a general agreement in the fecrct opi- 
 nion of men. that every man ought to embrace 
 the religion which is true, and to Ibun, as hurt- 
 ful, wnatever «•#'.■/■•?;. from it, but that moft 
 which doth fartheft ^^-rt. """l"' 
 
 J, To diiTc- fronv the ellablilhed church. 
 How will </#ff^/"? brethren relith .- . 
 
 What will maiignanls fsy - Hu.:::,r.>'.. 
 
 Dissk'nt. «. /". [from the verb.] _ 
 I. Difagreement : difference of opimon ; 
 declan-Ltion of difference of opinion. 
 
 In yropofuions, wnere though the proots m 
 view are of mod moment, yet there are giounds 
 to fufpecl tiiat there iv proof as confidciab.e to 
 be produced on the contrary fide ; tnerc lufpenfe 
 or Hi^int are voluntary aaions. ^ ^=«'- 
 
 What could be the reafon of this general dtjjcnt 
 from the notion of the refurreaion, feeing that 
 almoft all of them did believe the immortality ut 
 the foul .>■ Br^tUy>Se,^_c,:u 
 
 2. Contrariety of nature ; oppoQte quality. 
 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 The d,pnt! of the menftrua! or ftrong waters 
 may hinder the incorporation, as well as the d,f- 
 /V«; of the metals. Therefore where the men- 
 flrua are the fame, and yet the incorporation 
 followeth not, the differt is in the metals. Bocck. 
 
 DissEST.'s.'sEOUS. adj. [from d'lff'ent.'] Dil- 
 agreeable; inconfillent ; conuary. 
 
 Disse'nter. «./. l^ora difent.^ 
 
 1. One that difagrees, or declares his 
 difagreement, from an opinion. 
 
 Th"y will admit of matter or lafl, and agree 
 wirh difTinurs in that ; but differ only m afiign- 
 mj" of rcalons. 
 
 2. One who, for whatever realons, re- 
 fufes the communion of the Enghlh 
 church. 
 
 Disserta'tion. n.f. [dlfirlatio, Latin.] 
 A dilcourfc ; a difquifition ; a treatife. 
 
 Plutarch, in his dijfaMion upon ihe Poets, 
 quotes an inftance of Homer's judgment in 
 clof.ng a ludicrous fcene with decency and in- 
 ftruflion. i'«--/ '" '*' ?''-'^>'- 
 
 Jo Disse'rve. f. <3. [rf«and/frr<'.J lo 
 do injury to; to mifchief ; to damage; 
 
 to hurt ; to harm. , „ , ■ 
 
 Having never done the king the lead fervice, 
 he took the firft opportunity to difftn.-. \.:m, 
 and engaged againft him from the beginmng of 
 the rebeliion. ^ ^ CUre.Jm. 
 
 Defircs of things of this world, by their ten- 
 dency, promote mdi£:rve our inierefls in another. 
 
 D I S 
 
 To DiSse'ver. a', a, [dis ani/ever. 1« 
 this word the particle dis makes no 
 
 Disse'rtice. n.f. [dis and/-r-j;«.] In- 
 iui7; mifchief; ill turn. 
 
 \Ve (hall i-ather perform good offices unto 
 truth, than any dijer-vfcc unto relaters who have 
 well defervcd. ,, . , . , 
 
 Great f.ckncffes make a fenfible alteration, but 
 fmaller indifpof.tions do a proportionable a,f- 
 ferv:ce. 
 
 Disse'kviceable. adj. [horn dif'rvict.] 
 Injurious ; mifchievous ; hurtful. 
 
 DI'SE'RVICEABl.E^'ESs. «./• [from difer- 
 viceaik.-] Injury; harm ; hurt ; mil- 
 chief ; damage. 
 
 AUaflion being for fome end, and not Oie 
 end itfelf, its aptncfs to be commanded or .or- 
 bidden muft be founded upon its fetviceablenefs 
 or./#rt.>«We*/iioromeend. J;:^"'^'^'- 
 
 To Disse'ttle. v. a. [(/;J and/fW/f-J lo 
 unfettle ; to unfis. 
 
 change in the fignitication, and -here- 
 fore the word, though fupported by 
 great authorities, ought to be ejected 
 from our language.] To part in two ; 
 to break ; to divide ; to funder ; to fc- 
 parate ; to difunite. 
 
 Shortly had the liorm fo rfj^wfrf the com- 
 pany, Which the day before had tarried together, 
 that moll of them never met again, but wer« 
 fwallowcd up. Sidney. 
 
 The dijfcviring of fleets hath been the over- 
 throw of many aflions. Ralcgli. 
 
 All downright raiiii d-fftitr the violence ot 
 outrageous winds, and level the mounlainouj 
 
 billows. , ^ ^ ^"'"l.''- 
 
 DiJIh-er your united (trengths. 
 And part your mingled colouis once again. 
 
 ' Shakjpearei- 
 
 The meeting points the facred hair dijjcver 
 From the fair head, for ever and for ever. 
 
 Poft. 
 
 Di'sslDENCE. n.f. [dijideo, Latin.] 
 
 Difcord; difagreement. Dta. 
 
 Dissi'lience. n.f. [diffiiio, Latin.] The 
 
 act of ftarting afunder. 
 Dissi'lient. fl</y. [d'0l\em,'L^i.'] Slatt- 
 ing afunder ; burlting in two. 
 Dissili'tion. n.f [difdio, Lat.] The 
 acl of burtting in two ; the act of ftart- 
 ing different ways. 
 
 The air having much room to receive motion, 
 the diifiition of that air was great. B<=yle. 
 
 DTssi'milar. adj. [dis and/mi/a;-. ] Un- 
 like ; heteroeeneous. 
 
 Simple oil is 'reduced into dijJimHar^iTli, and 
 yields a fweet oil, very differing from taller oil. 
 ' Boyle. 
 
 The light, whofe rays are all alike refrangible, 
 I call rimp!e,homogeneal, and fimilar; and that, 
 whofe ravs are fome more refrangible than others, . 
 I call coinpound, heteiogeneal, and d,J}imdar. 
 
 ' Neiuton. 
 
 If the fluid be fuppofed to conf.ft of heteroge- 
 neous paiticles, we cannot conceive how thofe 
 dijimihr parts call have a like fituatwn.^^^^ 
 
 Dissimiia'rity. n.f [from djimilar.'] . 
 Unlikeneis ; diflimilitude. 
 
 If the principle of reunion has not its energy 
 in this life, whenever the allraflious of lenle- 
 ceafe, the acquired principles of dijfhm'anty m\i& 
 repel thcfe beings from their centre : fo that the 
 principle of reunion, being fet free by r.eath, 
 murt drive thcfe beings towards God their centre ; 
 and the principle of .iijfm:i.m,y, forcing him to 
 repel them with infinite violence from bim, mult 
 make them infinitely miferabie. Qheyne. 
 
 Dissi M i'l I tude. n.f [difflmilitudo, Lat.] 
 Unlikenefs ; want of refemblance. 
 
 Thereupon grew marvellous diJfim-.Utudei, and 
 bv reafon thereof jcaloufies, heartburnings, jars, 
 andd.leords. . ■ ,-r 
 
 We doubt whether the Lord, in difterent cir- 
 
 cumrti'iccs, did frame his people unto any utter 
 
 di/fimihiude, either with Egyptians or any otner 
 
 .;„„ Hooi.r. 
 
 nation. . _. . . . 
 
 The di^Ki/ftude between the Divinity and 
 
 images, (hews that images are not a luitalle 
 
 means whereby to worlhip God. Sidhngfieet. 
 
 Ai human fociciy is founded in the fimilitude 
 
 of fome things, lo it is promoted by fome ccr- - 
 
 ti\n.dijfimilif«des. ■ f^'''"- 
 
 Women arc curious obfcrvers of the likencls 
 
 of children to parents, that they may, upon iind- 
 
 ine dilimiUtude', have the pleafurc of hinting un- 
 
 chaftiiy. P'^f'' OMo; A^""- 
 
 Dissimula'tioK. n.f [difimukuioy'LzX..'] 
 Thcaftofdinembling; hypocrily ; fal- 
 lacious appearance j falfe preteniiocs.
 
 D I S 
 
 D!JJimtit<it!o'i Is but a f.-i'mt kiiul of polity ; for 
 it nlkctli n Itioni; wir, and a (iiong hcnrt, ta 
 know wlicn 10 tell truth, a^icl to do it. Bacon. 
 
 lie addfd nut; and Salan, howiug low 
 His grey di£'mu!iitiini, difappcar'd 
 Iiiio iliiii au dilfus'd. M:t:on. 
 
 DUfimul.i:: .1 may be taken for a bare eoiiceal- 
 mcnt iif one's mind ; in wl.ioh finfe wl commonly 
 Cay, tiial it i.s prudence to diilcmbls injuries. 
 
 Sentf:. 
 Dl'ssi pABLK. ailj. [from tT^ipatc.l Eafily 
 fcattereJ ; li:ibii- to difpcilion. 
 
 Tlie beat of tbol\; plants is \t:\y Jijfipnbli; whicli 
 under the carll. is conl.iincd and held in ; but when 
 it coircth to tlic air, it cx'aalctli. Jl^tc'i. 
 
 Tlic paits of plants ;irc vciy tender, as confilt- 
 irg of coipufclcs which arc extremely fmall and 
 lit'ht, and tlicicforc the more ealily dijjifahlc. 
 
 lym.UuilfA' i Nalurcil Hijlory. 
 
 To DI'SSIPATE. -u. a. [difipntus, Lat.] 
 
 1. To fcatttr cvsfry way ; to difpcrfe. 
 
 The heat at length grows fo. great, that it 
 again li/JJIpuia and bears oft thofe coipufclcs 
 which it brousbt. IVoo.iwr.,.!. 
 
 It is covered with ikin and hair, to quench 
 ani diJipnUt^t force of any liiokc, and retard 
 the edge of any weapon. Kay. 
 
 The circling.mountains eddy in, 
 From the bare v.ild, the dj]:p:Ued ftorm. 
 
 I'hwn^an. 
 
 2. To fcatter the attention. 
 
 This flavcry to his pallions produced a life 
 irregular and dijpfatcd. Savage's Lift. 
 
 3. To fpend a fortune. . 
 
 The whcriy that contains 
 Of d'Jppated wealtii the poor remains. "Lwtdon. 
 
 Dissipa'tion. n.f. [^/^a//o, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of difperfion. 
 
 The effefls cf lieat arc moft advanced when 
 it worketb upon a body without lofs or dijjipn- 
 tifjTi <^i tlie matter. Bacon. 
 
 Abraham was contemporary with Paleg, in 
 wlujlc time the famous dtjjipatlon of manknid, 
 and diftindtiuri of Ungua_v;es, happened. Hale. 
 
 2. The ftatc of being difpeifed. 
 
 Now 
 Foul dijjipatkn foUow'd, and foic'd rout. 
 
 Miltm. 
 
 Where the earth contains nitre within it, if 
 tbat heat which is conrinually rteaming out of 
 the earth he prcferved, its d'Jfipntion prevented, 
 and tiie cold kept off by fome building, this 
 alone is ordinarily fufficient to laile up the nitre. 
 
 JJ'codward. 
 
 3. Scatteied attention. 
 
 I have begin) two or three letters to you I y 
 fnarches, and been prevented from finilhnig 
 them by a thoufandavocutiuns and dijjiparicn^, 
 
 Suiift. 
 
 To Disso'ciATE. 1'. a. \^d]JfQc]o, Latin.] 
 To fcparate ; to diftinite ; to part. 
 
 In the dsJpA'iat tjig adtion, even of the gentlert 
 nre, upon a concrete, there perhaps vanilh tome 
 aifrive ;:id fugitive particks, whofe pretence was 
 rmiuifite to contain the concrete under fuch a de- 
 terminate form. Ecylc. 
 Disso'lvaki.e. adj. [from d'iffolve.'\ Ca- 
 pable of diffolution ; liable to be melted. 
 Sucl'i rhings .Ts arc not dijf''h^ih!e by inc nujif- 
 tuie of the lungue, aift not upon the laOc. 
 
 Nciutori. 
 
 Di'ssoi.uBLE. adj. l^ili/fclulilii, Latin.] 
 Capable of feparation ; having one part 
 fcparablc from another by heat or moill- 
 ure. 
 
 Nodules, repofcd in cli.T^ amongft th:: earth, 
 
 hcing haul and nut fo dijJJutle, are left behind. 
 
 PJ^cod-Mnd's Natund HiJ:oi\. 
 
 Dl3soLUBi'iiTy. n.f. [from difoluUe.] 
 Liablenefs to fnffer a difunion of parts 
 by heat or aaoifture ; capacity of bcinj; 
 *ir<ived. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Bodies feem to have an intrinfick principle of 
 
 alteration, or coiTuplion, from the diffoluhiHty of 
 their parts, and the coalition of feveial paiticles 
 endued with contiary and dclhuflive qualities 
 each to other. llti/e's Origin of Mankind. 
 
 To DISSO'LVE. 1.. a. [dijfoho, Latin.] 
 
 1. To delhoy the form of any thing by 
 difuniting the parts with heat or moill- 
 urc; to niclt ; to litjnefy. 
 
 J have heard of anchovies diffolved in faucc. 
 
 Dtyden. 
 
 The whole tcrrcftrial globe was taken all to 
 
 pieces, anrl di^ohhd, at tiic deluge. IVoodiv. 
 
 2. To break; to diftinltc in any manner. 
 
 Seeing then that all thefe things Ihall be dif- 
 fohedy what manner of perfons ought yc to be ? 
 
 2 P./,r. 
 
 3. To loofe ; to break the ties of any 
 thing. 
 
 Down fell the duke, his joints dijjilv'd afun- 
 dcr. 
 Blind with the light, and fttickcn dead with 
 wonder. FairJ.i.w 
 
 Witncls thefe ancient empircri of the earth. 
 In height of all ihcir flowing wealth dijfolv'd. 
 
 Millon. 
 Tl'iC commons live, by no divifions rent; 
 But the great monarch's death diffolvei the go- 
 vernment. Drydcn, 
 
 4. To fcparate perfons united : as, to dif- 
 folve a league. 
 
 She and I, long fince contrailcd, 
 Arc now-fo fure that nothing can difjohe us. 
 
 Shaifpcare, 
 
 5. To break up affemblles. 
 
 By the king's authority aione, and by his 
 writs, parliaments aie aflemlded ; and by him 
 alone they arc prorogued and di£'oh'ed\ but each 
 houfe may adjourn itfclf. Bacon to filters. 
 
 6. To folve ; to clear. 
 
 And I have hcaid of thee, that thou canft 
 make inteipretations, and diffolve doubts. 
 
 Daniel. 
 
 7. To break an enchantment. 
 
 Higlily it concerns his glory now 
 To frulirateand dijfol-ve the magick fpells. 
 
 Milton. 
 S. To be relaxed by pleafure. 
 
 Angels dijJolv\i in iiallelujahs lie. Dryden. 
 
 To Disso'i.VE. V. n. 
 
 1. To be melted ; to be liquefied, 
 
 AU putrefaction, if it {/.*^cyi.'f not in rarefai£\ion, 
 will in the end iffuc into plants or living crotuies 
 bred of putrcfadtion. Bacon. 
 
 As wax difjohc\y as ice begins to luti 
 And trickle into drops before the fun, 
 So niclis liie youth, and languilhcs away. 
 
 Add, Jem' i Ovid. 
 
 2. To fjnk away; to fall to nothing. 
 
 If there he more, moie woeful, hold it in; 
 For I am a'moft ready to diJfoh.'C, 
 Hearing of this. Shakfpcarc^s ^ing Lear. 
 
 3. To melt away in pleafnres. 
 Disso'lvent. adj. [from d'^/t!^.] Hav- 
 ing the power of diffolving or melting. 
 
 lit n'.nn and viviparous quadrupeds, the luod, 
 moirtencd with the fpittlc, is firlt chewed, then 
 fwalljwcd into tire ftomach, where, being 
 mingled with diffolvent juices, it is concodled, 
 maceiated, and reduced into a chyle. Ray. 
 
 Disso'lvent. n.f. [from the adjefiivc.] 
 That which has the power of difuniting 
 the parts of any thing. . 
 
 Spill le is a great difjolventy and there is a 
 great quantity of it in tlic ftomach, being fwal- 
 lowcd conllantly. yhbutimot. 
 
 Disso'lver. n. f. [from (ftT^/t'.".] That 
 which has the power of didblving. 
 
 Fire, and the more fubtle dijf'Avcr, putref.Tc- 
 tion, by di\iding the patticlei 0/ fnbftancct, 
 turn them bUck.. Arlulhi.ot. 
 
 D I S 
 
 Hot nincrsl waters arc the bcft dijfohnt of 
 pWcgni. Aibuthnot. 
 
 Disso'lvible. adj. [from difolve. It is 
 commonly written diffolvahle, but lefj 
 properly.] Liable to perilh by diftb- 
 lutioii. 
 
 Man, that is even upon the intiinfick conflitu* 
 tioii of his nature dilJotvilde, muft, by being ir» 
 an eternal duration, continue immortal. Hate. 
 
 DI'SSOLUTE. adj. [digUutus, Latin.] 
 Loofe; wanton; unredralned; difiolved 
 in picafures ; luxurious ; debauched. 
 
 A giant huge and tdl, 
 VVho him difarmcd, difj'Aute difm.iy'd. 
 Unawares furpris'd. Fairy Queerli 
 
 Such Hand in narrow lanes, 
 And beat our walth, and rob our partengcrs; 
 While he, young, wanton, and etferuinatc boyj 
 Takes on the point of honour, to fujiport 
 So dijfolute a ciew. S/iakfpcare'i Kichard\t, 
 
 A man of little gravity, or abftincnce in pica 
 Cures; yea, I'ometimes ahnofti/|y^/«/tf. liaywan^ 
 
 They, cool'd in zc.d, 
 Thcnccfotth (hall piadice how to live fecure, 
 Worldly, or diffolute, on what tlicir lords 
 Shall leave them tocnjoy. Mihorr. 
 
 The true fpirit of religion banilhes indeed a;i 
 levity of behaviour, all vicious and djffoluie mirth ; 
 but, in exchange, tills the mind with a perpe- 
 tual fercnity. Add?fori'i Sfcdator. 
 The beauty of religion the molt dijfolute are 
 forced to acknowledge. Rogers. 
 Di'ssOLUTELV. adv. [from diJolule.'\ 
 Loofely J in debauchery ; without re- 
 ftraint. 
 
 Whereas men h.avc lived dijji/uttlj/ 3nd un- 
 rightcoufly, thou hall tormented them with their 
 own abominations. IVifdotn. 
 
 Di'ssoLuTENEss. n. f. [from dlffhlule.\ 
 Loofenefs ; laxity of manners ; de- 
 bauchery. 
 
 If we look into the common management, wa 
 fhall have reafon to wonder, in the great di/fo- 
 lutencfi of manners which the world complains 
 of, that there are any foolfteps at all left of vir- 
 tue. Locke. 
 Dissolu'tiok. t!.f. [d'lffhlut'io, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The a£t of liquefying by heat or moill- 
 ure. 
 
 2. The ftate of being liquefied. 
 
 3. The ftate of melting away; liquefaftion.'- 
 
 I am as fubjcft to heat as butter; a man of 
 continual diffolution and thaw." Skaicfpeaie. 
 
 4. DellruClion of any thing by the fepara- 
 tion of its parts. 
 
 The elements were at pcrfe>5l union in his 
 body; and theircontrary qualities ferved not for 
 ttic difjinition of the compound, but the variety 
 of tlic compofure. South. 
 
 5., The fubilance formed by diffolving any 
 body. 
 
 Weigh iron and aqua-forris fe\-eraily ; then 
 diffolvethe iron in the aqua-foriis, and weigh the 
 diffolutiin. B.i.-on. 
 
 6. Death ; the refohition of the body into 
 its conftituent dements. 
 
 The life of'ir.an is alw,iys cither increofing ; 
 towards ripencfs and perfecflion, or declining and 
 decieafing towards rottcnncfs and <//^/»/.i/>r. 
 
 Raleigh. 
 We expcfted 
 Immediate diffolution^ which wethoughc 
 Was meant by deaih that day. Milton,-' 
 
 7. Deftnit^^ion. 
 
 He d.-tr, in-.ntd to make a prefent dj/i/iition ol'i 
 the worlfl. Hooier. 
 
 He thence (hall come, 
 When this world's diffolution Ihall be ripe. Mi!!. 
 
 Would tt.ey have mankind lay .ilidcall care -■ 
 of provilions ty agriculture or ccinraeice, bccaufc-- 
 po(ribly the difl;lut:on o£ the world may happen ■ 
 the next moment? jivitic,.
 
 D I S 
 
 8. Breach or ruin of any thing compared 
 or united. 
 
 Is a man confident of vc:\\th and power ■ 
 Why let him read of tnofe ftrange unexpeflcd 
 lUJpJutioii of the great monarchies and govern- 
 ments of the world. S-j'Jth. 
 
 9. The aft of breaking up an aflembly.^ 
 
 10. Loofenefs of manners; laxity; remiff-, 
 nefs ; diffipalion. 
 
 A longing after fenfual pleafuresis a d-fotutwn 
 of tiic fpitit of a man, and makes it loole, loit, 
 and wandering, unapt for noble or fpnitiial em- 
 ployments. BfTcylor. 
 
 Fame makes the mind loofe and gayilh, Icat- 
 ters the fpirits, and leaves a kind of diffoUmm 
 upon all the faculties. S'juth. 
 
 An univcrHd iliJp-Juthn of manners began to 
 prev;;il, and a profclfed difvegard to all fixed 
 principles. Attcrbmy. 
 
 DI'SSONANCE. n./. [d'^onans, Latin. 
 diffonanct:, Fr. ] A mixture of harfli, tm- 
 pleafing, iinharmonioiis founds ; unluit- 
 abitnefs of one found to another. 
 
 Still govern thou my long. 
 But drive far otf the barbarous dijonanct 
 Of Bacchus and his revellers. Milton. 
 
 The Liitin tongue is a dead language, and none 
 can decide with confidence on the harmony or 
 dijfonnme .a', the numbers of thofe timcs.^ Gaitlt. 
 Di'ssoxANT. adj. [difonans, Latin.] 
 J. Harrti ; unharmoniuus. 
 
 Dire were the flr.iin, and diffonmit, to fing 
 The cruel r.iptures of the favage kind. Tlioiiifon. 
 
 2. Incongruous ; difagrecing : with from. 
 
 What can be more d:jf',nant fnm rcafon and 
 •nature, than that a man, natur.illy inclined to cle- 
 jhency, -ftiould (hew himfcif unkind and in- 
 human ? Uiikeivill on PimidcMc/. 
 
 3. With to : lefs properly. 
 
 When ccnfcience reports any thing diffonaHt to 
 truth, it obliges no more than tire f.iirehood re- 
 ported by it. Swth. 
 
 To DISSUA'DE. i>. a. Id'tjuadeo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To dehort; to divert by reafon or im- 
 portunity from any thing. 
 
 We fuhnrit to Casfar, promifing 
 To pay our wonted tribute, from the which 
 Wc were difff-adid by our wicked queen. Shnkf. 
 
 2. To reprefent any thing as unfit or dan- 
 gerous. 
 
 .- This would be worfc ; 
 War tJ.crefore, open or conccal'd, alike 
 My voice drjfundei. Mihoii'i Parndife Lojl. 
 
 Not diffident of thee, do I dijfuads 
 Thy abfcnce from my fight. Milton. 
 
 I'd fain deny this wifli, which thou hall made; 
 Or, what I can't deny, would fain dijjimdc 
 
 Addijon'i Cv:-i 
 
 Dissua'ber. n. f. [from d'lffuadc.'l He 
 that diffuades. 
 
 Dissua'sion. n./. \d'iJfuafto,'L^\\i\.'\ Ur- 
 gency of reafon or importunity againil 
 any^hing■; dehortation. 
 
 Endeavour to prcfcrve yourfclf from relapfe by 
 fuch diffuafiom fiotn love, as its votaries c.dl in- 
 veftives againft it. ' Boyle. 
 
 Dissua'sive. adj. \J\Qm d'iffuade.'\ De- 
 hortatory; tending to divert or deter 
 from any purpofe. 
 
 IDissua'sIve. n. f Dehortation; argu- 
 ment or importunity employed to turn 
 the mind off from any purpofe or piir- 
 ■fuit. 
 
 The meannefs, or the fin, will fcr.rcc be dijjiia- 
 Jj-jci to thofc who have reconciled ihcmfvlvci to 
 butil. Govitntmnt 'J the To'i^itc. 
 
 yb Dissu'nDER. 'J- a. [dts and Jundcr. 
 This is a b;irbarous word. See Dis- 
 sever.] To funder ; tQ feparate. 
 
 D I S 
 
 But when her draught the fea and eaith iif- 
 fundeT'df 
 The troubled bottoms turn'd up, and flic thun- 
 dcr'd. Ch.ifman. 
 
 Dissy'i.lable. n. f. [J.o■i7JA^aS©'.] A 
 word of two fyllables. 
 
 No nian is tied, in modern poetiy, to obfcrve 
 any farther rule in the feet of his vcrfe, but that 
 they be diJjyllaHes; wlicthcr fpondee, trochee, or 
 iambique, it matters not. Dryden. 
 
 Di'staff. n.f. [bi("T3ep, Saxon.] 
 I . Tlie ftaff from which the fla.-i is drawn 
 in fpinning. 
 
 In fum, proud Boreas never ruled fleet. 
 Who Neptune's web on danger's dij}:iff' {p'\ns, 
 With greater pow'rthan (he did make them wend 
 Each way, as (he that age's pr.iil'e did bend. 
 
 S,d:-=y. 
 Weave thou to end this web which I begin ; 
 I will the' dijiajf hold, come thou and fpin. ■ 
 
 Fairf'tx. 
 Ran Coll our dog, and Talbot, with the band ; 
 And M;ilkin, with her d.jlaff in her hand. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 z. It is ufed as an emblem of the female 
 fex. So the French fay. The crown of 
 France never falls to the di/ltiff'. 
 
 In my civil government fomc lay the crofier, 
 fome fay the difnff, was too bufy. . Hoiud. 
 
 Sec my royal maftcr murder'd. 
 His crown ufurp'd, a -/{//ij^ in the throne. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Distaff-thistle, n.f. A fpecies of 
 
 tiilllle. 
 Ts Di sta'in. 'V. a. [dis and J?ain.] 
 
 1 . To llain ; to tinge with an adventitious 
 colour. 
 
 Nor ceas'd his arrows, till the (hady plain 
 Sev'n mighty bodies wilh their blood d/jlain. 
 
 Dryden^s I'^irgil. 
 
 Place on their heads that crown dijhiin'd wjtn 
 
 gore, 
 
 Wiiicii thofc dire hands from my (lain father 
 
 tore. Poyjf. 
 
 2. To blot ; to fully with infamy. 
 
 He undcrifood, 
 That lady, whom I hat! to me alfign'd. 
 
 Had both dijlain'd her lionourablc blood. 
 And eke the faith whicii (lie to me did bind. 
 
 Ftdry Q^ueen. 
 The Worthinefs of praife dijinins his worth. 
 If he that 's prais'd himfelf bring the praife 
 
 forth. Shiifpcarc. 
 
 Some theologicians defile places eredi&d for 
 religion, by det'ending opprclfions, dijiaining 
 their profeltions by publilhing odious untrutl-.s 
 upon report of others. S:r fohn Hnyward. 
 
 DI'STANCE. n.f [dl/latiCf,Yy.dtftanlla, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . Diflance is fpace confidered barely in 
 length between any two beings,' without 
 confidering any thing elfe between 
 them. Locke. 
 
 It is veiy cheap, notwithftanding the great 
 difiunce between the vineyards ar.d the towns 
 that fell the wine. Addijon vn Ij^ly. 
 
 As he lived but a few miles dijlancc from her 
 father's houfe, he had fiequcr.t opportunities of 
 feeing her. A.ldijon. 
 
 2. Remotei'.cfs in place. 
 
 Caefar n ftiU dilpus'd to give us Ic ■ s 
 And waits at difance till he iieats' frorn Cato 
 
 " ■ ' ' Ad.lifon. 
 
 Thcfc dwell at fuch convenient dl^anccj 
 That each m.iy give his liicnd r.llilfance. Prior. 
 
 3 . The fpace kept between two antagonifts 
 in fencing. 
 
 ■ We come to fee fight; to f^t thy pafs, thy 
 .finci;, thy rcverfc, thy difjnce. ShukJ^iuu. 
 
 4. Contrariety ; oppofition. 
 
 Banquo was ytiur enemy, 
 So is he mine, and in fuch bloody <///?an«, 
 
 D I S 
 
 Th.at ever)' minute of his being thrufts 
 Agamll my near'li" of life. 'S/iaifp. Maciitfi. 
 J. A fpace marked on the couife where 
 horfes run. 
 
 This was the horfe that ran the whole field out 
 of diJluKccj and wo.i the race. L.' Ejiriinge, 
 
 6. Space of time. 
 
 You mull d) it by dijlance of time. 2. Ffd. 
 
 I help my preface by a prefcript, to tell ti-.at 
 there is ten years dijtance between one and the 
 other. Prior. 
 
 7. Remotenefs in time either pad or future. 
 
 We have as much aiTurance of thele things, as 
 things future and at a dijtancc are capable of. 
 
 Tillotfon. 
 
 To judge right of bleflings prayed for, and 
 yet at a dijtancc, wc niuft be able to know things 
 futuic. Smalridgc, 
 
 8. Ideal disjunfi ion; mental feparation. 
 
 The qualities that affect our fci>fes are, in the 
 things Ihcnifelies, fo united and blended, that 
 thcie is no fepaiation, no dijiance between them. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 9. RefpeiSl ; dlftant behaviour. 
 
 I hope your modeity 
 Will know what dijiance to the crown is due. 
 
 DryJcn. 
 
 'Tis by rcfpcifl and dijiance that authority is 
 upheld, Attcrhury. 
 
 If a man makes me keep my dijianctj the 
 comfort is, he keeps his at the fame time. . 
 
 Siv!ft. 
 
 10. Retra61ion of kindnefs ; referve; alie- 
 nation. 
 
 On the part of henv'n 
 Now alienated, a'^/«Kce and diJtalfe, 
 Anger, and juft rebuke, and judgment giv'n. 
 
 Milton. 
 To Di'sTANCE. 11. a. [from the noun,] 
 1. To place remotely; to throw off from 
 the view. 
 
 That which gives a relievo to a bowl, is the 
 quick light, or white, which appears to be on 
 the i\(XQ ncnrelf to us; and the black by confe- 
 quence dij}ancei theobjetjf. Dryden^s Dufrefnoy. 
 
 z. To leave behind at a race the length of 
 a dillance ; to conquer in a race with 
 great luperiority. 
 
 E.ich daring lover, with advent'rous pace, 
 Purfufd his wilhes in the dang'rous race ; 
 Like the fwift hind the bounding damfcl flies, 
 Strains to the goal j the dijlanc'd lover dies. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Di'sTANT. adj. [^i/?fl7;j-, Latin.] 
 
 1. Remote in place ; not near. 
 
 This heav'n whicli we behold 
 Dijiant fo high. Milton. 
 
 I felt, 
 Though dijlnnt from the worlds between. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 The wond'rous roc'ic like Parian marble (hone. 
 
 And feem'd to dijla-it fight of fulid (tone. Pofi. 
 
 Narruwncfs of mind Ihould be cured by read' 
 
 ing hilfories of paft ages, and of nations and 
 
 countries dijiant from our own. f^atts. 
 
 The fenfcs will difcover things near us with 
 
 fuSicicnt exacHi'cfs and things dijlani alfo, fo_ 
 
 far as they relate to our necelTary ufe. IValts. 
 
 2. Remote in time either pad; or future. 
 
 3. Remote to a ccitain degree: as, ten 
 years, ten miles, di/nii.l. 
 
 .y. Referved; Illy. 
 
 J. Remote in nnture ; not allied. 
 
 What hcfides this unhappy icrvdity to cuOom 
 can reconcile men, that own chiidianity, to a 
 praflice- lb widejj dijiant from it ? 
 
 Goiiernmcnt of the "Tongue. 
 6. Not obvious ; not pl.tin. 
 
 It was one of the fiilf dlftiniSinns of a «cli- 
 bred man to exprefs every thing obfcene in mo- 
 deft terms and :////iw/ phrafes; while the clown 
 clothed thofe ideas in plain homely tetms tliat 
 ate the inoft obvious and natural, . AdJifcn.
 
 D I S 
 
 Dista'stb. n.f. [ Ju and /(3/7<r. ] 
 
 1. Averfion of the palate; dificlifh; dif- 
 
 gull. 
 
 He gives the reafon of the iiijl,ijic of fatitty, and 
 of tlic pkafun; in novelty in nK;:its and drinks. 
 Hticani I^iiturai hijiory. 
 
 2. Diflike ; uneafinefs. 
 
 Profpciity is not without many fcaii and ilif- 
 ti't'lff, and advcrlity is not without coin to. ts aiul 
 lio;us. J'^mn's JiJ/<i}i. 
 
 3. Ano-er; alienation of afFoiilioii. 
 
 Julius Cxfar was by acchimition termed king, 
 to try how the people would take it : the people 
 fhewed grc.it murmur and .i.-Jl.ijli at it. B.i^.on. 
 The king having tailed of the envy of the pco- 
 l)lc, tor liis imprifonmeiit of Edward Plant.igcuct, 
 was douhtfui to heap up any more dif.if.is of 
 that kind by the iinpiilonment of De la Polo' 
 ^IfQ, li.icCfn^s Ih'try \ n. 
 
 On the part of heaven, 
 Now alienated, diftancc and dijl.ifle. 
 Anger, and jull rebuke. Mi/icn's PnraJife htjl. 
 
 With fti rn ilijiujicitovi'd, 
 To their own (hftriu''ls diive the fuitor crowd. 
 I'cpcU O.hf.y. 
 To DisT.v'sTK. v.a. [from the noun.] 
 I. To till the month with naufeoufnefs, 01 
 difvelilh. 
 
 DangVous conceit!; arc in their nature poifons, 
 Which at the firrt are Icarce t'ound Xodijtitjie, 
 But, with a liiilc ac1 upon the blood. 
 Burn like the mines ol fulphur. Sh'kJfCMe. 
 
 3. To diilike; to loathe. 
 
 I'd have it come to queftion ; 
 
 \i \\t dijlafis it, let iiim to my futcr. Shakfftarc. 
 
 I am unwilling to believe th.u he doth it with 
 
 a defign to play tricks, and fly-blow my words to 
 
 make (i^Vevs dijli'jli them. Stillir.gjleel. 
 
 3, TooflFend; to difguft. 
 
 He thought it no policy to difiafie the Englifh 
 or Irifti hy a courfe of reformation, but fought to 
 plcafe them. ' Diivi€\. 
 
 4. To vex ; to exafperate ; to four. 
 
 The wliiilling of the winds is better mufick to 
 contented minds, than the opera to the fpkenful, 
 ambitious, difeafed, dijiajted, and diftrafted fouls. 
 
 Dl sta'stefu L. adj. [di/lafe cind fii/l. ] 
 
 1. Naufcous to the palate ; difgulUng. 
 
 What to one palate is fwect and delicious, to 
 another is odious and dijiajteful. Cliimil/e. 
 
 2. Offenfive ; unpltafing. 
 
 The vifitation, though fomewhat d!J]afufulio 
 the Irilh lords, was fweet and welcome to the 
 common people. Dav'ui. 
 
 None but a fool dijiaflrful truth will tell ; 
 So it be new and picale, 'tis full as well. Diydcn. 
 
 Difltijiiful humours, and whatever clfc may 
 Tender the converfation of men grievous and un- 
 cafy to one another, arc forbidden in the New 
 Teltanicnt. 'lllhifin. 
 
 3. Malignant ; malevolent. 
 
 After dij}ctjlcjul looks. 
 With certain half-caps, and cold moving nods. 
 They froze me into filcnce. Slialfi'eme'i Timoii. 
 The ground might be the dijinjlrfiil averfenefs 
 of the ChiilVian from the Jew. Brown. 
 
 Diste'mper. n.f. [f/rV'and toff/n-.] 
 
 1. A difproportionate mixture of parts; 
 want of a due temper of ingredients. 
 
 2. A difeafe ; a malady ; the peccant pre- 
 dominance of fome humour; properly a 
 llight illnefs; indifpofition. 
 
 They heighten J/y/t-'/.yf^? to dileafcs. Stjchling. 
 
 It argues ficknefsand d:j}emp€i in the mind, as 
 well as in the body, when a man is continually 
 turning and tolling. Soul/t. 
 
 3. AVant of due temperature. 
 
 It was a rcafonable conjc<51ure, that thofe 
 countries which were fitualed direiSly under the 
 tropick, were of a dijiemfer uninhabitable. 
 
 Ralcigh'i lUf.ory. 
 
 D I S 
 
 4. Bad conftitiition of the mind ; predo- 
 minance of any pafTion or appetite. 
 
 If littiir faults, proceeding on dijtfmper^ 
 Shall not be win k'd at, how (hall we ftrcichour eye 
 At capital crimes? Sl^tt^fp'ore^i Ife/irv v. 
 
 5. AVant of due balsnce between contra- 
 ries. 
 
 The true tcm[)er of empire is a thing rare, and 
 hard to keep ; for both temper and dijhtriptr zow- 
 I'llt of contraries. Jinc-^it. 
 
 6. Ill humour of mind; depravity of in- 
 clination. 
 
 I was rot forgetful of thofe fparks, which fome 
 men's dijiempen formerly fludied to kindle in 
 p;nliami:nt. A7«g Char'ts. 
 
 7. Tumultuous diforder. 
 
 Stdl as you rife, the ftate, exalted too, 
 Finds no dificmpir while 'tis chang'd by vou. 
 
 'ir„iu,. 
 
 8. Diforder; uneafinefs. 
 
 There is a licknefs, 
 Wiiich puts fome of us in dijionper • but: 
 I cannot name the difeafe, and it is caught 
 Of you that yet are well. Slmkffcan. 
 
 To Distk'mi'ER. V. a. \_dis zxA Umpc-r,] 
 
 1. To difeafe. 
 
 Young foil, it argues a diJiempsr'dh?:K\f 
 So toon to bid good-morrow to thy bed. 
 
 S/iaifpeuie'i Romeo and 'Julnt, 
 
 2. To diforder. 
 
 In madnefs. 
 Being full of fupper and dijitmp* ring draughts, 
 Upon malicious bravery, doft thou come 
 To li.irt my guilt ? Shakfpcare' i Othdh. 
 
 He dijiitnpered himfelf one night with long 
 and hard ftudy. BoyL's llljhry of Fluids. 
 
 3. To dillarb ; to fill with perturbation; 
 to ruffle. 
 
 Tl.ou fce'Il me much d:jiemper\l in my mind ; 
 
 Puli'd hack, and then pulh'd forward to be 
 
 kind. Dry.lc/i. 
 
 4. To deprive of temper or moderation. 
 
 Dijhvifcr'd zcnU fcdition, canker'd hate, 
 No more Ihall vex the church and tear the ftat ?. 
 
 They will have admirers among poffcrity, and 
 be equallv celebrated by tliofc whofe mind's will 
 not be dij'tmjiered by intereft, paffion, or partia- 
 lity. [Addifon's Freeholder. 
 
 5. To make difafFefted, or malignant. 
 
 Once more to-day well met, dijiempet 'J lords ; 
 The king by me rcquefls your prefence ftraight. 
 
 Shaijpeare. 
 
 Diste'mper ATE. aoy. \_dis and tein^enile.^ 
 Immoderate. 
 
 Aquinas objeifleth the difiemperate heat, which 
 he I'uppofeth to be in all places directly under 
 the tun. RaUiglt's Hijhry. 
 
 Diste'mperature. n.f. [from d'tflempe- 
 rate. ] 
 
 1. Intemperatenefs; excefsofheat orcold, 
 or other qualities.. 
 
 Through this djiemperature we fee 
 The fcafons alter ; hoary-headed froils 
 Fall in the freth lap of the crimfon rofe. Shaifp. 
 
 They were confumed by the difcommoditiesof 
 tliC country, and the dijhtnperatttrc of the air. 
 
 ^bbo!. 
 
 2. Violent tumultuoufncfs ; outrageouf- 
 nefs. 
 
 3. Perturbation of the mind. 
 
 Thy earlinefs doth me alTurc 
 Thou art uprous'd by fome d'ptKipenttun. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 4. Confufion ; commixture of contrari- 
 eties; lofs of regularity. 
 
 At your birth 
 Our grandame earth, with this dyiempemturej 
 In pairion (hook. S/iakfpeure's Henry iv. 
 
 "Tell how the world Tell into this difeafe. 
 And how fo great; tlijiemperatmc did grow. 
 
 DmIcI. 
 
 D I-S 
 
 7-0^ piSTE'ND. f. a. [47r«^,j, Latt'n.] 
 To ftrctch out in brcadlli. 
 
 Avoid enoinious heights of fcvcn rtorics, as 
 well as irrcguhir forms; and the contrary fault 
 of ')ow dij!endeJ fwMi, is as uiifecmly. H'ution. 
 
 Thus all day long the full di/lended cluuds 
 Indulge their genial ftores. . Tkomfin. 
 
 Distk'nt. fan. paj]'. [ill/lenlus, Latin.] 
 Sprcr.d. Not ufed. 
 
 Some others were new driven an^ dijitnt 
 Into great i-ngots and to wedges fqu.irc. 
 Some in round plates withouteii monitncnr. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 Diste'nt. n.f. [iiomdj/lend.] The fpace 
 through which any thing is fpread; 
 breadth. Not much in ufe, 
 
 Thofe arches arc the gracefullcft, which, 
 keeping prccilely the fame height, thall yet be 
 diHendcd one fourteenth part longer; which ad- 
 dition of dijlent will confer much to their 
 beauty, and detraiftliut little fiom their (trength. 
 
 tVolto'fi 
 
 Diste'ntion. n.f. ldifenlio,LzUn.'] 
 
 1. The aft of Ilretching; Hate of things 
 ftretched. 
 
 Wnid and dijienliem of the bowels are (igns of 
 a bad digeliion in the intellines ; for in dead 
 auimaK, when there is no digeftion at all, the 
 dijlsniion is in the greateft extremity. .'!thu:!i. 
 
 2. Breadth; fpace occupied by the thing- 
 diftended. 
 
 3. The acl of feparating one part from 
 another; divarication. 
 
 Our legs do labour more in elevation than in 
 dijicntion. IVolton't Arckitediirc. 
 
 To Disthrg'nize. iu a. [dis and 
 throne.] To dethrone ; to depofe from 
 fovereignty. Not ufed. 
 
 By his death he it recovered; 
 But Pcridure and Vigent him dij'l/ironized. 
 
 Fairy Queeh, 
 Di'sTiCH. n. f [di/Hc/jon, Latin.] A 
 couj)let; a couple of lines; an epigram ■ 
 confiding only of two verfcs. 
 
 The French compare anagrams, by them- 
 felves, to gems ; but when they are catt into 
 k di/ljc/i, or epigram, to gems cnchated in ena— - 
 mellcd gold. Camden's Remain. 
 
 The bard, whofe rfy7/ir/; all commoid,. 
 In power, a fervant; out of power, a fiiend. 
 
 roDISTI'L. v.n. [«V/7;//c/, Latin.] ' °''* 
 
 1. To drop ; to fall by drops. 
 
 In vain kind fcafons IwcU'd the teeming grain ; 
 
 Soft Ihow'rs dijiili'df and funs grew warm, in 
 
 vain. • Pcfc. 
 
 Cryllal drops from min'ral roofs dijiil. fopc. 
 
 2. To flow gently and filently. 
 
 TheEuphrates,(/{/.-.''.'/f//< out of the mountains of 
 Armenia, and falleth into thegulph of Peifia. 
 
 K.-ileigh'i Hijiory. 
 
 3. To ufe a ftill; to praftife the art of 
 diftillation. 
 
 Have I not been 
 Thy pupil lonf; ? Haft thou not' learn 'd me how 
 To make perfumes, dipt, preferve. Shakfa, 
 To Disti'l. 'u.a. 
 
 I. To let fall in drops; to drop any thintr 
 down. 
 
 They pour down rain, accoi'ding to the vapour 
 thereof, which the clouds do drop -.rnddifiil upon 
 man abundantly. jloln. ■ 
 
 The dew, which on the tender grafs 
 Tlic evening had diJiiU'd, 
 
 To puic rofe-water turned was, 
 The (hades with fweets th.at fill'd. Drayttn. 
 
 From his fair head 
 Perfumes difit their fweets. Prior, 
 
 The roof is vaulted, and dijlils frcfh 'water ' 
 from ever/ part of it, 'which fell upon us as fali 
 as the lirft droppings of a (hcwcr. yhUiiho,
 
 D I S 
 
 2. To fo«e by fire througli tke veff^ls of 
 dldillation; to exalt, leparals;, or purify 
 by fire : as, tiijlUkd fpiri'.s. 
 
 There hangs a vap'rous drop, profojsd ; 
 I'll cntch Ucrcit ciimcsto giau!itt; 
 AiidthJt, difUl'd by magick f.ights, 
 Shall raiie up artificial fpiights. Shatjtitarii. 
 
 3. To draw by diftillalion ; to extracl by 
 the force of fire. . 
 
 The liquid dlplUd from benzoin is fnhjeft to 
 frequent viciffitudes of fluidity and firrancfs. 
 ^ Boyk. 
 
 4. Todiffolvs or melt. 
 
 SH-ords bv the lightning's fubtlc force dtfid'.'J, 
 And the cold Iheath with running metal fiil'd. 
 
 DISTILLA'TIO^-, n.f. \_d\fMlat]o, Lat.] 
 
 1. The ad of dropping, or falHng in drops. 
 
 2. The ad of pouring out in drops. 
 
 3. That which falls in drops. 
 
 4. The aft of diftilling by fire. 
 
 Water by frequent MpHittimi changes into 
 fixed earth. Ncxvim. 
 
 T'.ie fcrum of the blood, by a ftrong iifMlatum, 
 aSords a fpirir, or volatile alkaline fait, and two 
 kinds of oil, and an earth. Jrbutk. on All. 
 
 5. The fubftance drawn by the fiill. 
 
 I fufftrcd the pangs of an egregious death, to 
 be ftopt in, like a ftrong cUJIillation with cloaths. 
 
 Siiaf.J^care. 
 
 Disti'llatory. atij. [from SJil.] Be- 
 longing to dillillation ; ufed in diftilla- 
 
 tion. 
 
 Bcfides thofe grolTer elements of bodies, fait, 
 fulphur, and mercury, ingredients of a more 
 fubtile n^are, extremely little, and not vilible, 
 
 may efcape at the junitures of the a:/!: 
 
 Bcyh. 
 
 vefTeis. 
 
 Disti'ller. n.f. [from IijTiI.~\ 
 1. One who ^raciifcs the art or trade of 
 
 diftilling. 
 
 I feat for Ipirit of fait to a very eminent dijUI- 
 la of it. Boyle. 
 
 z. One who makes and fells pernicious and 
 
 Inflammatory fpii^ts. 
 DisTiLMENT. n.f. [from difl'il.l That 
 
 which is drawn by dillillation ; that 
 
 which drops. Obfolete. 
 Upon my I'ecure hour thy uncle ftole, 
 
 And in the porches of mine ear did pour 
 
 The lepcrous MfiV.Kcnt. Sh.ikfj>eai c' i Hamlet. 
 
 DISTl'NCT. atlL [dinir.aits, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Different ; not the lame in number or 
 in kind. 
 
 Bcllarmin faith, it is idolatry to ghe the fame 
 worlhip to an image \rhich is due to God; Vaf- 
 quez faith, it is idolatry to give difiina worlhip : 
 therefore, if a man would avoid idolatry, he muft 
 give none at all. Sii'.Ungfitt:. 
 
 Fatherhood and property arc dif.infi titles, and 
 began prefently, upon Adam's death, to lie in dij- 
 tir.a perfons. Luic. 
 
 2. Different"; feparatc ; being apart, not 
 conjunct. 
 
 The intention was that the two arraics, which 
 warchcd out together, Ihould afterwards be dif- 
 1/-.^^, Clareitdott. 
 
 Men have immortal fpirits, capable of a plta- 
 fure and happinefs diJiinS from that of our bo- 
 dies. Tiihijjn. 
 
 3. Clear; unconfufed. 
 
 Hcav'n is high, 
 High and remote, to fee from thence diJIinB 
 Each thing on earth. Milton. 
 
 4. Spotted ; variegated. 
 
 Tcmpeiiuous fell 
 His arrows from the fourfold-vilag'd four, 
 jy.ftir.a with eyes ; and from tl.c living wheels 
 Dijiina alike with multitude of eyes. 
 
 D IS 
 
 5. Marked out; fpecifted. 
 Dominion hold 
 
 Overall living things that move on th' earth, 
 
 V.'hcrcver thus created for no place 
 
 Isyeti/irf:«i7 by name. _ MUton. 
 
 Disti'nction. n.f. [</j/?/ni3/o, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of difctruing one as preferable 
 to the other. 
 
 In the wind and tcmpcft of fortune's fro%rn, 
 Di/in^ionj \nih a broad and powerful fan, 
 Puffing at all, winnows the light away. 
 
 Shiikfp!arc. 
 
 2. Note of difTcrence. 
 
 3. Honourable note of fuperiorlty. 
 
 4. That by which one differs from another. 
 
 Tins fjcalty of perception puts tiie diji/ifrhn 
 betwixt the animal kingdom and the inferior 
 paits of matter. Lo:te. 
 
 5. Difference regarded ; preference or 
 negled in compatifou with fomcthing 
 
 elfe. 
 
 Maids, women, wives, without ;///?yni??/<;i fall ; 
 
 Xiic iweeping deluge, love, conies on and covers 
 
 all. Vryden. 
 
 6. Separation of complex notions. 
 
 This fierce abridgment 
 Hath to it circumrtantial branches, which 
 VrJlmBfon fhould be rich in. Skuifj). Cymbcline. 
 
 7. Divilion into different parts. 
 
 The dijiinfjion of tragedy in:o a£ts was not 
 known ; or, if it were, ir is yet to darkly deli- 
 vered to us, that we cannot make it out. 
 
 Dryden on Drwitatici Fefy, 
 
 8. Notation of difference between things 
 feemingly the fame ; dilcrimination. 
 
 The mixture of thofe lh:ngs by 'pi-eh, which 
 by n.'.ture are divided, isthemoti'Ci of all error: 
 to take awav therefore that error, which confu- 
 fion brccdcth, dijlinclion is rcquilite. H'Mcr. 
 
 Lawfulnefs cannot be handled without limita- 
 tions and diJJinCfiom . Bacoiii Holy IJ'ar. 
 
 This will puzzle all your logick 3nAd;finaioi:, 
 to anfwer it. Dcr.ham'i &fh. 
 
 From this dJ/Hn&hnof real and apparent good, 
 fonie diliinguilh happinefs into two forts, real 
 and imaginary. A'irrh. 
 
 9. Difcernment ; judgment. 
 Disti'ncti VE. adj. [from dt/lirtS.] 
 r. That marks diftinftion or difference. 
 For from the natal hour, dijiinaivr names. 
 One common right, the great and lowly claims. 
 Pope's Odyffey. 
 
 2. Having the power to diftinguifh and 
 difcern ; jtidicious. 
 
 Credulous and vulgar auditors readily believe 
 it, and the moie judicious and d-.jlineii'ji heads 
 do not rcjea it. B'z-^vn. 
 
 Disti'nctively. adv. [from di/ilnSht.] 
 Pat ticulavly ; not confnfedly. 
 
 I did ail my pilgrimage dilate, 
 Whereof by parcels (he h.ad fomcthing heard, 
 But not dijhnaiwh. SJiui/peare's OihcHo. 
 
 Disti'nctly. ad-v. [fvom dijlind.'] 
 I. Not confnfedly ; wiiliout the confufion 
 of one part with another. 
 
 To make an echo that will report three, c 
 four, or five words di/iiif}/y, it is rrquifirc that 
 the body pcrcuffing be a good d:llance off. 
 
 B.teons Ntifi/ru.' Ui/torv. 
 
 On its fides it was bounded pretty -I'y;.- ■i.7,>, 
 
 but on its ends very cunfufvdly and indiltircftly. 
 
 Milio. 
 
 Newton's O^titks. 
 
 2. Plainly; clearly. 
 
 The objcft 1 could firft SijUnSly vierr, 
 Was tall ftrcight trees, which on the waters fiew. 
 
 Dry l<" 
 
 After the light of the fun was a liHlc worn ofi 
 
 my eyes, I could fee all the parts of it Ji/:iifHy 
 
 by a glimmering reflexion that played upon 
 
 them from the fuiiaceuf the water, 
 
 D I S 
 
 Disti'nctness. n.f. [from /fijlinff.^ 
 
 1. Nice obfervation of the difference be- 
 tween different things.' 
 
 The membranes and humours of the eye are 
 perfedlly pellucid, and void of cjlour, for the 
 clcarncfs, and for tl.c dij!:riSirefif of vifion. 
 
 Rayon the Creatiot, 
 
 2. Such difcrimination of things as makes 
 them eafy to be obfervcd. 
 
 To DISTl'NGUISH. v. a. id}flwgu», 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To note the diverfity of things. 
 Rightly to d'/?:ngi/iyJ: is, by conceit of the 
 
 mind, to fever things different in nature, and t» 
 dit'cern wherein tbcy ditfcr. llycirr, 
 
 2 . To feparate from others by forae mark 
 of honour or preference. 
 
 They dijthi^tiijli my poems from thofe of other 
 men, and have made me their peculiar care, 
 
 Viyden. 
 Let us revolve that roll with fliicTeft eye. 
 Where, fafe from time, dijiinguifn'd ziXwiXi^'^c . 
 
 Pntr. 
 
 3. To divide by proper notes of diverfity. 
 Mofes dijiingLrjliei ti:e caufes of ti;e flood into 
 
 thofe that belong to the heavens, and thofe that 
 belong to the earth, the rains, and the ahyfs, 
 
 Bui nit's Th:r,rf. 
 
 . To know one from another by any 
 mark or note of difference. 
 
 So long 
 As he could make me, with his eye or car, 
 Difiinmijh him from others, he ciid keep 
 The deck. Shid(^!j<:'s Cynhe'ir.-. 
 
 We have not yet been feeii in T.::y houfc, 
 Nor can we be dijiinguijh' d, by our faces. 
 For man or ra.ilHr. S^kffiftitf. 
 
 By our rcafon we arc enabled to d'-jiiKgniJh good 
 from evil, as well as truth from faliehood. IVatti. 
 J. To difcenr critically ; to judge. 
 
 Sweet prince, th' untainted viitue cf yoiu' 
 years 
 Hath not yet tliv'd into the world's deceit ; 
 Kjr more can you difilng^r.Jl: of a man, 
 Tlian of his outward ftiew ! Sk.ii^ft.ire. 
 
 5. To conftitute difference ; to fpecllicate; 
 to make different from another. 
 • St. Paul's Epirtles contain nothing but points 
 of chriftian infiruiftion, amongll which he fcl- 
 dom fails to enlarge on the great and dijiingtiifiira 
 doftiines of our holy religion. Locke. 
 
 7. To make known or eminent. 
 To Disti'ngiush. f. n. To malw dif- 
 tindion ; to find or (how the difference. 
 He would warily djiingmjh between the profit 
 of the merchant and the gain of the kingdom. 
 
 Child's Vijeourfi.on Trade, 
 
 The readers mufl learn by all means to d:j- 
 
 tinguijh between proverbs, and thofe polite 
 
 fpecchet. w^hich beautify ci-'nverr..titm. Si^iU 
 
 DlSTl'KGUISHABLE.^r//. [from(/i/;/\^i///i'.] 
 
 I. Capable of being dillinguilhed ; cap;:ble 
 
 of bein;^ known, or made known, by 
 
 notes of diverfity. 
 
 Impenitent, they left a race behind 
 LiliC to themfclves, d:j}:'iguij/,.th!e fcarce 
 From gentiles, but by circumcifion vain. MHicrr, 
 The : i'":ing of the fotil. as it relates to percep- 
 tion and decifion, to choice and purfuit, or aver- 
 fion, is d:jtii:guijhal)le to us. hltiU. 
 
 i (hall diflributc duty into its principal and 
 eminent pairs, diji:nguijf,ahle as they relate to 
 God, our neighbour, and ourfelvcs. 
 
 Vovernrntnt of the Tirip'e, 
 Being difPolved in aqueous juices, it is by the 
 eye diftinguijkalile I'rom the folvent body. B'^yfe. 
 A fimplc idea, beirg in itfcif uncompotinrted, 
 cont.iins nothing but one uniform appearance, or 
 conception in the mind, and is not dijlitiguiJ/iabU 
 into different ideas. Lo:he, 
 
 jiddiJQ'I. 
 
 2 . Worthy of note ; worthy of regard.
 
 D I S 
 
 1 would endeavour that my betters flioukl fctk 
 nie liy tiic mciit of lomething diJi.tt^uiJhabU^ in- 
 (lc;t(l of my Iccking tiicm. Siv'jt, 
 
 Disti'ngu isHED. farUciptal ad] . [from 
 d'iJlinguiJJi.'\ Eminent; tranfceiidciit ; 
 extraoidinaiy. 
 
 Foi fins conimirtcd, with many aggravations 
 of guilt, the furnace of wrath will be levcn nmi % 
 Ijottti, and burn with a Hijiinguijhtdiwxy. K:>g<Ti. 
 
 Nc\frun maudid hcav'niy fuvout Ujine, 
 WitKiaysfo ftrong, dif.inguijh'dyTiwfittXwxwe.Vtiff. 
 DisTrNGUlSHEK. n.J. [ iVom dijlinguijh.\ 
 
 1. A juuicio'is obferver ; odc that ac- 
 curately difconis one tiling from another. 
 
 If witters b^- jiilt to the memory of Cliavlc> ii. 
 they cannot deny him to have Li-cii an cxa^ 
 kuowcr ai mankirul, and a pcrtcit dijiirtguijlet 
 of tlu-ir talents. Drydtn. 
 
 2. Ho that i'eparatcs one thing from an- 
 other by proper marks of diverlity. 
 
 Let us admire- the wil'dum of God in this dij'^ 
 ti'iguijher of times, and yilibte deity, the fun. 
 
 Disti'nguishinclv. adv. [Smm di/!m- 
 guljhlng.l Withdiftinclion ; witii fome 
 mark ot eminent preference. 
 
 S.<mc c.ill me a Toiy, becaufe the heads of 
 that paity have hctw diJii'iguiJJt'-ngfy favouiahlc to 
 me. J\/:'. 
 
 DisTr'NGUisHMENT. «. f. [from dyi'm- 
 gui/h.] DillinCtion ; obfervalion ot dif- 
 ference. 
 
 To make correflions upon the feaichcrs re- 
 ports, I eonhdcicd whether any credit ;ilall were 
 to be given to their dijlinguijhnjt-ufi, 
 
 GrauKt'i Bills of \lorrnIitv. 
 
 To DISTO'RT. -u. a. [dljhrius, Lat.J 
 
 1. To writhe ; to tvvlfl ; to dtform by 
 irregular motions, 
 
 I fee her tairc each naufoous drauglit, 
 And fo ubltgingiy am ciughr, 
 I blefs tlie hnnd horn wlieiice tlicy came, 
 Nor &,\ie dijiort my face for fhnme. S^ivift. 
 
 Now mortal pangs Hijiort his lovely form. Smith 
 
 2. To put out of the true diredlion or 
 poilure. 
 
 With fear and pain 
 X>iJir,U€A^ all my nether ftiape tluibgrew 
 Transform'd. Milton. 
 
 Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do 
 darken ai.d dijlort the undcrltuiidings of men. 
 
 Tilhtpjn. 
 
 3. To wreft from the true meaning. 
 
 Something muft be di^orted befide the inrcni 
 of the divine indircr. Vttxchdm en Vmiiy 
 
 DiSTo'RTroN. n.f. [^ifloriloy Lat.] Ir- 
 regular motion by wliich the face is 
 writhedj or the parts dlfordcrec!. 
 By lus dijhrtio/n he rcvtaU his p.Lins ; 
 He by his tears and !<y his fighs complains. Prior. 
 In England we fte people lulled aflcep with 
 folid and elaborate difcourfcs of piely, who 
 would be warmed and tranlporttd out of ihem- 
 fclves by the bellowings and i///?©'//*)'/! of cnthu- 
 rufm. ^ddijon* .1 Spe^afor. 
 
 To DISTRA'CT. v. a. part. pad", dif- 
 ircifled; anQ'\ent\y diflmug/ji ; and fome- 
 tiiiies dyirad. [di/IraSus, Latin.] 
 
 1. To pnll different ways at once. 
 
 The needle endeavours to conform unto the 
 meridian; but, being dijhal^cd, driveth that 
 way where the greater and powerfuHer part of 
 the eaith is plaeed. B>oiun*s Vulgar Erro:tis. 
 
 2. To feparate ; to divide. 
 
 By fca, by fea. 
 — Moft worthy fu, you therein throw away 
 The abfolulc lokiierflrip yoa have by laud ; 
 X);7?''<it7 your army, which doth mofl cunftft 
 Of war-cnark'd footmen. Shatfpe^rc. 
 
 3. To turn from a fingle direfliou toward 
 various points. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 n I s 
 
 If lie cannot wholly avoid the eye of the ob- 
 foivy , lie hupes to dijlrail it by a multiplicity of 
 the ubjciit. S'ju:h. 
 
 .|. To fill the mind with contrary con- 
 fidcratlons ; to perplex ; to coiitound ; 
 to harafs. 
 WhikI fuH'cr thy terrors I am difiraaed. Pfa!. 
 Cumo, cuutin, canlt: tliuii ipiake, and change 
 thy colour, 
 Murder thy brtath in middle of a word, 
 And then again beginj and iKip a^;ain, 
 As if thuu wert djUau\^ht and mad witli tenor ? 
 SJhikJpcare^s Richard iii. 
 It would burft furili ; but 1 recover breath, 
 And I'enfc dijlrail to know well wliat I utter. 
 
 Milton's Agon'Jiei. 
 He polTcfiTcs a quiet and chccriul mind, nut .if- 
 fiidtcd with violent paflions, or dijha^ed with 
 imniudcratc^ carts. Ray. 
 
 f f our I'cnfe uf hearing were a thoufand times 
 qu'cker than it is, how would a perpetual noife 
 diji'u^f us ! We fhould, in the quicttlt retire- 
 ment, be let's able to fleep or meditate than in the 
 middle uf a fca-6slit. Locke. 
 
 5. I'o make mad ; properly, by an un- 
 fettlcd and vagrant fancy ; but, popu- 
 larly, to make mad in whatever mode. 
 
 Wherefore throng you hither.^ — 
 — To fetch my \)Oot diffratltd hufband lience : 
 Let us come in, that wc may bind him tait^, 
 And bear him home for his rcco%'ery. Shakfp, 
 
 Better I were dijirad. 
 So Ihould my thoughts be fever'd from my griefs, 
 And woes, ijy wrung imagination, lofc 
 The knowledge of thcmklvcs. Shakfp. 
 
 She was unable in ftrcngrh of niinfftD beartiic 
 giief of his dileai'e, and fell dijha^ed of her 
 wits. Bacoyi. 
 
 You fhall find a dipaeicdm^n fancy himfeLf 
 a king, and with a right inference require fuit- 
 able attendance, rcfpe(^, and obedience. Locke. 
 
 D I ST R A 'cT F. D L Y. aJv, [ from d'tflraLl, ] 
 
 Madly ; frantickly. 
 JVlct'.ioiight her eyes had crofs'd her tongiie ; 
 
 For the did fpcak in Harts dijira^edly. Shakfp. 
 DisTR A^cTEDNESs. ti. f. [from i/l/Irdd.] 
 
 The Hate of" being diftradted ; madnefs. 
 
 DliTRA'CTION. Tl.f. [^//'/>-i2^/0, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tendency to diflerent parts; feparation. 
 
 While he was yet in Rome, 
 His power went out in fuch dijira^fionsf^s 
 BegirTd all fpics. Sh>dfp. Ant. and Chop. 
 
 2. Confiifion; Hate in which the attention 
 is called different ways. 
 
 Ktvcr wai known a night of fuch dijlra^ton^ 
 Koiie foconfus'd <ind dn;adtul ; jollling crowds, 
 That run and knew noi whither. Drydcn. 
 
 What may wc not hope from him in a time of 
 quiet and tranquillity, fmce, during the late *///"- 
 /' j£?/o«j, he has done lo much fur the advantnge 
 of our trade ? Add'.jcni Freshohlcr. 
 
 3. Perttnbaiion of mind ; violence of fome 
 painftd padioti. 
 
 The ii.itcibk- pa'Jioiis follow tlie temper of the 
 he. lit; the concuptCcible ii.y/rac7;trtj, the crafis of 
 tlie liver. Btviun. 
 
 The d:/1ra^!(^n of the children, who faw both 
 tlieir piuents expiring together, would have 
 melted the hardefl heart. Tuf/ft . 
 
 4. Madnefs; franticknefs ; lofs of the 
 wits ; vagrancy of the mind. 
 
 Madam, this is a mecr diJhaBicn ; 
 You turn the good we oiler into envy. Shuhfp. 
 
 So to mad Pcnlheus double Thcbci appeals, 
 And furici howl in his di!kmper''d ears : 
 Orelics to, with like d'flmeiion tort. 
 Is made to fly his moclicr's angry e.hort, W^ilhr. 
 
 Conimif<rate all tliofe who labour under a 
 fettled d'ji'ai^sor:^ and who are (hut out from all 
 the pleafuies and ad\ant,;ge'; uf hum.Tn com- 
 nievce. Atttrhury 
 
 5. Difturbance; difeord j difference of 
 fentimcuts. 
 
 D I s 
 
 The two armies lay quiet near each other* 
 without imfiroving the confufion and dijlmaion 
 wuicii the kiiiii's fortes were too much inclintd 
 '0- tluirndTu 
 
 DisTR a'ctive. adj. [from di/lracl.] 
 Catifing perplexity. 
 
 Oft grown unmindful tJ. rough </^ra47ivf carej, 
 I've ttreicli'd my aims, and louch'd him una- 
 wares. D'vd:!'. 
 
 r» DISIRA'IN. v.a. [from dyirmgo, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To fcize ; to lay hold on as an indem- 
 nilication for a debt. 
 
 Hcie '5 Beauford, that regards not Goci noc 
 king, 
 Hath here dljhala'd the Tower to his ufe. Shnlfj,. 
 
 2. To rend ; to tear. Not- in ufe. Sp.i'f. 
 7o Disira'im. 11. n. To make fcizurc. 
 
 The carl anlwered, I will not lend moiiCy to 
 my fuperior, mioii wlium I cannot dljhain fur 
 the debt. Cmdm'i Jicnunns. 
 
 Bloufl, his relit to have rcgain'd, 
 Upon the Kriiiih dudcm dlj'.raiti'd. Mim>et. 
 
 Distra'inrk.. n./. [iiom <///?ram.J He 
 
 that feizes. 
 Distra'int. n. / [from Ji^'/rain.] 
 Seizure. Di(i. 
 
 Distra'ught. /a»7. adj. [^rom di/irafl.] 
 Dillraded. 
 
 He had been a good military man in his days, 
 but was then dijtrnue^ht of his wits. Camden, 
 
 DISTRE'SS. n.f. [dejlrejc, French.] 
 I. The a£t of making a legal feizure. 
 
 He v.'ould firrt demand his debt ; and, if he 
 were not paid, he Would lli-aight go and take a 
 dijl>!j% of goods and cattle, where he could find 
 tliein, to the \'alue. S^cnjcr. 
 
 Quoth (he, fomc fay the foul's-fecure 
 
 Againll d-JIrcp and forftituie. Hudihrns. 
 
 7,. A compulCon in real adlions, by which 
 
 a man is aflured to appear in court, or 
 
 to pay a debt or duty vvhicli he rcfufed. 
 
 Cowc/l. 
 
 3. The thing feized by law. 
 
 4. Calamity ; niifei-y ; misfortune. 
 
 Tiiere can I fit alone, unfcen of any, 
 And to the nightingale's complaining notes 
 Tunc my dl/irijli-s, and record my woes. S^ai. 
 
 Tlicie Ihall be llgns in the I'un, and in the 
 Rioon, and in the ftars; and upon earth di/hefs of 
 nations, with perplexity, the fea and the waves 
 
 roaring. 
 
 Luke 
 
 People in alfii^ion or dtjlfefi cannot be hated 
 by generous minds. Clariffa, 
 
 To Distre'ss. %'. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To profccule by law to a fcizure. 
 
 2. To harafs; to make miferable; to cru!h 
 with calamity. 
 
 Difrifs not the Moabites, neither contend 
 
 with them in b.ittle. Dcuter<,ncirrv. 
 
 I am d'jirejjed for thee, my brother Jonathan. 
 
 2 S^m. 
 Distre'ssful. adj. [di/lrefs and full.] 
 
 1. Miferable; full of trouble; full of 
 mifery. 
 
 I often did beguile her of her teary. 
 When I did fpcak. of fome dijircfsful ftroke 
 Thai my youth fuffer'd. Slmifpean. 
 
 The ewes Hill folded, with diftcnded thighs, 
 Uniniik'd, lay blceting in ./.y/./yi/;,/ cries. Pope. 
 
 D/Jlr,fsf:,l and defolatiiig events, which have 
 attended the millakes of politicians, fliould be 
 prefeiit in their mind;. H^.itn. 
 
 2. Attended with poverty. 
 
 He, wiih a body fill'd, nnd vacant mind, 
 Gets him to rclt, cramm'd with d-jlitjfitl hread. 
 
 Sliiikj^etite. 
 
 roDISTRI'BUTE. t'.a. [dl/in/'i,,?, Lt^i.] 
 To divide amoncf more than tuo; to 
 deal out j to difpenfate. 
 4 ^
 
 D I S 
 
 The king feiit over a great ftore of genneiiic" 
 and warlike people, aiuongft whom he diJIriiuleJ 
 the land. . S/'fr/cr. 
 
 The fpoil got on the Antiatcs 
 
 Was not lUprlhutfU. Shaifftare's CuhUnus. 
 
 She did diftrihute h.cr gonads to all thc^ii that 
 
 were nearefl; of kindred. Ji.uin. 
 
 Distri'buter. «. / [from riyirlbutc.] 
 
 One who dtals out any thing ; a dil- 
 
 penfer. 
 
 Tiieie were judges and A/r/fe/fri of juflice 
 
 appointed for the Icveral parts of his dominions. 
 
 Addijcn on It.dy. 
 
 Of that peculiar matter oi:t of which the bo- 
 dies of vegetables and of animals are formed, 
 water is the cnmtnon vehicle and dijhihuter to 
 the paiti of thofe hodics. l!-'oodu^ar,!. 
 
 Distribu'tion. n.f. {d'tjlnbutlo, Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of diiliibutiiig or dealing out 
 to others ; difpenfation. 
 
 Of great riches thuie is no real ufe, except it 
 be in the diftribution. Bacon' i EJJays. 
 
 Providence has made an equal dijirihution of 
 natural gifts, whereof each creatme fcverally has 
 a Ihare. L'FJlnwge. 
 
 Every man in a great ftation would imitate the 
 (juecn in the dijiributian of offices in his difpofal. 
 
 S wift. 
 
 2. Aft of giving in charity. 
 
 Let us govern our charitahle dlfirihuliom by this 
 p.ittcrn of nature, and maintain a mutual circu- 
 lation of benefits and returns. ^tterbury. 
 5. [In logick.] As an integral whole is 
 diilinguifhed into its feveral parts by divi- 
 fion ; fo the word difirihition is tnoft 
 properly ufed, when we diftinguifh a 
 univerfal whole into its feveral kinds of 
 fpccies. Wutls. 
 DisTKiBUTivE. adj. [horn di/lnbuU.] 
 
 1. That is employed in afligning to others 
 their portions: as, Ii/lr'thunve juftice, 
 that which allots to each his fentence or 
 
 claim. 
 
 If iiU^ire «ili take all, and nothing give, 
 Jultice methinks i« not Jijinhi'tivi. Drydtn. 
 
 Ohfervc the dijiiihutive juftice of the authors, 
 which is cunftantly applied to the punilhment of 
 virtue, and the reward of vice, dircfliy cppofite 
 to the rules of their bcft criticks. ^ Sv-ft. 
 
 2. That afllgns the various fpecies of a 
 general term. 
 
 Distri'butively. adv. [from di/lriiu- 
 live. ] 
 
 1. By dillribution. 
 
 2. Singly; particularly. 
 
 Although we cannot be free from all fin col- 
 
 Icaivcly, in fuch fort that no part thereof Ihall 
 
 be found inherent in us ; yet, diftriluilivfly at tlic 
 
 lealf, all great .and grievous actual offences, as 
 
 they offer thcmfelves one by one, both may and 
 
 ought to be by all means avoided. Hookir. 
 
 3. In a manner that expveiTes fmgly all 
 
 the particulars included in a general 
 
 term ; not coUeftively. 
 
 An univcrl.1l term is fomctimes taken collec- 
 tively for all its particular ideas united together ; 
 and fometimes ilijirihuuvely, meaning each of 
 them fiugie and alone. yFaiit' Logick 
 
 District, n.f. [di/lriaiis, L^un.'] 
 I. The circuit or territory within which 
 a man may be compelled to appearance. 
 
 Coivell. 
 
 Z. Circuit of authority ; province. 
 
 His goveinors, who formid thcmfelves upon 
 the example of their grand mon.irquc, piaflilcd 
 all the arts of dcfpotick government in their le- 
 (yeiWs-cdi/inau Md.Jm. 
 
 With ftcrn difiaftc avow'd, 
 To their own difuiU drive the fuitor crowd. 
 
 Po/f'i Odyjfiy. 
 
 D I S 
 
 3. Region ; country ; territory. 
 
 Thofe dijlria\ which between the tiopicks lie 
 The fcorching beams, direftly darted, fry. 
 
 Bltickmoi e. 
 
 DisTRi'cTioN. n. f. [Jt/I/iSus, Latin.] 
 Sudden difplay. Little ufed. 
 
 A Imile plays with a furprifing agreeablencfs in 
 the eye, breaks ottt with the brightefV di/ltiil:ori, 
 and fits like a glory upon tiie countenance. 
 
 Co//Ur on the JlffeB. 
 
 To DisTRu'sT. ^1. a. [dis and trujl.l To 
 regard with diffidence ; to difHdc In ; 
 not to truft. ' 
 
 He Iheweth himfclf unto fuch as do not dij- 
 trujihim. in/.hm. 
 
 DisTRu'sT. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Difciedit ; lofs of credit ; lols of con- 
 fidence. 
 
 To me reproach 
 Rather belongs, diiln./l, and all difpraife. 
 
 Millon. 
 
 2. Sufpiclon ; want of faith ; want of 
 confidence in anotlier. 
 
 You doubt not me ; nor have I fpcnt my blood, 
 To have my faith no better underllood : 
 Your foul 's above tiic bafeiicfs of dijlruji; 
 Nothing but love could make you lo unjurt. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 DiSTRu'sTFUL. adj. [d'lftnij} 3.ni^ fult.'\ 
 
 1 . Apt to diftruft ; fufpiciuus. 
 
 Generals often harbour dijirujlj'ul thoughts in 
 their Liealts. Soyk' i Scraphick Lave. 
 
 2. Not confident ; diffident. 
 
 The great corruptors of difcourfe hive not been 
 to d:jlri<jlfiil o! ihemfclvcs. Gov.uf the Tongue. 
 
 3. Diffident of himfelf; modell; timorous. 
 
 Dijh:.j!ful leiUe with modcli caution fpe.iks j 
 But ratihng nonlenfe in full vuUies bieaks. 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 DisTRu'sTFULLY. odv. [(vom di/lrujfful.] 
 
 In a diftruftful manner. 
 DisTRu'sTFULNESs. n. f. [from d'ljlrujl- 
 ful.'] The ftate of being dillruftful ; 
 
 want of confidence. 
 To DISTURB, f . a. [d'lflttrbo, low Lat.l 
 
 1. To perplex ; to difquiet ; to deprive 
 of tranquillity. 
 
 He tiiat has his own troubles, and the happi- 
 nefs of his neighbours, todijhjh him, haswoik 
 enough. Ct'U.tr o'l Envy. 
 
 His youth with wants and hardfhips muft en- 
 gage ; 
 Plots and rebellions muft dijlurb his age. Prior. 
 
 2. To confound j to put into irregular 
 motions. 
 
 3. To interrupt ; to hinder : as, care 
 d'lfiurhs fliidy. 
 
 4. To turn off from any direfilon : with 
 from. This is not ufual. 
 
 It uft-times may fucceed, fo as perhaps 
 Shall giicvc him, if I fall not; and dijlurb 
 His inmoft counfcls jrom their deftin"d aim. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Distu'rb. n.f. [from tlie verb.] Con- 
 fufion ; tumultuary emotion. 
 
 Inrtant without difufb they tookal.irm, 
 And onward move emb.ittcl'd. Milion. 
 
 Distu'rbance. n.f. [from dijlurl.'\ 
 
 1 . Perplexity ; interruption of a fettled 
 
 ftate. 
 
 The denomination, of money concerns trade, 
 and the alteration of that ncccffarily brings dijiur- 
 b,ince to it. Lode. 
 
 2. Confiifion ; diforder of thoughts. 
 
 They can furvcy a vaiiety of complicated ideas 
 without fatigue or dijiiirhanre. IValts. 
 
 13. Tumult} violation of peace. 
 9 
 
 D I S 
 
 This mifchief had not then bcfall'n, 
 And more that (hall befal : innumerable 
 ViJiurLances on earth through female fnares. 
 
 Milton, 
 
 Distu'eber. n.f. [from dlfturb.'\ 
 
 1 . A violater of peace ; he that caufc» 
 tumults and publick diforders. 
 
 He ffands in tlie fight both of God and men 
 molt juftly blameabic, as a necdlefs dijlurbcr of 
 the peace of God's chmch, and an author of 
 diflenlion. Hookei . 
 
 Men that make an infult upon fociety, ought 
 to be humbled, as dijturbevi of the public tran- 
 quillity. Addijon. 
 
 Ye great dif.urhsriy who in endlefs noife. 
 In blood and horror, fcek unnatural joys ; 
 For what is all this buff le, hut to (hun 
 Thofe thoughts with which you dare not be alone. 
 
 Granville. 
 
 2. He that injures tranquillity; he that 
 caufes perturbation of mind. 
 
 Two dtcp enemies, 
 Foes to my relt, and my fweet lleep's dijlurbers. 
 
 Shakfpeate, 
 
 To Distu'rn. v. a. [^/ij and /ur«.] To 
 turn off; to turn afide. Not in ufe. 
 
 He glad was to dijlurn that furious If ream 
 Of war on us, that elfe had fwallow'd them. 
 
 Daniel. 
 
 DisvA LU a'tioN. n.f. [dis znd valuation.^ 
 Difgrace; diminution of reputation. 
 
 What can be more to the difvaluatio/i of the 
 power of the Spaniard, than that eleven thou- 
 fand Englilh (hould have marched into the heart 
 of his countries ? Bacon. 
 
 To Disva'lue. -d. a. [dis and -va/ue.] 
 To undervalue; to fet a low price upon. 
 
 Her reputation was dif-jalued 
 In levity. Shakfpeart's Mraf. for Meaf. 
 
 The very fame pride which prompts a man to 
 vaunt and overvalue what he is, does as 
 forcibly incline him to contemn and </;/t>a/j/« what 
 he has. Government oj the Tongue. 
 
 To Disve'lop. 1). a. [developer, French.] 
 To uncover. Did. 
 
 Disu'nion. n.f [dis !mA union.'] 
 
 1. Separation; disjundlion. 
 
 Reft is mott oppofite to motion, the immediate 
 caufe of difunien. Glamille'i Sceffs. 
 
 Difunion of the corporeal principles, and the 
 vital, caufeth death. Grew' iCofmo'ogin Sacra. 
 
 Let not peace be made before the difunion of 
 France and Spain. Addifon's State of the War. 
 
 The rtrength of it will join itfclf to France, and 
 
 grow the clofcr to it by its difunion from the reli. 
 
 Addifon on the IVar, 
 
 2. Breach of concord. 
 
 To Disl'Ni'te. v. a. [r//j and B«;Ve.] 
 
 1. To feparate ; to divide. 
 
 The bcaft they then divide, and rlifuniie 
 The ribs and hmbs. Pofe'i Odyjfey. 
 
 2. To part friends or allies. 
 
 To Disuni'te. v. n. [dis and iinile.'] To 
 fall afundcr ; to become feparate. 
 
 While every particular member of the publick 
 provides fulcly for itfelf, the feveral joints of the 
 body politick do feparate and d /unite, and fo 
 become unable to fupport the whole. South. 
 
 Disu'nity. n.f. [dis and unity.] A ftate 
 of actual feparation. 
 
 Difunity is the natural property of matter, 
 which is nothing elfe but an infinite congeries of 
 phyfical monads. Moie. 
 
 Disu's.i^GE. n.f. [dis and ufnge.] The 
 gradual ceffation of ufe or cutlom. 
 
 They cut ofl prcfently fuch things as might be 
 extinguifhed without danger, leaving the reft to 
 be abolifhed by difufage through traft of time. 
 
 Hoiikir.
 
 D I T 
 
 Disu'sE. n.f. \_dh and tifc.'\ 
 
 I. Ceflation of life j deiuetuilc ; want of 
 
 pjadticc. 
 
 The Jifi'fe of rhc tongue is the only cffcflu;il 
 renicdy ag.iinit tliclc. AdAiJui'i GuanVci:. 
 
 2. Ccfl'ation of culiom. 
 
 That oblig.uiun upon the lands did not fiic- 
 IciilK, or come into dijufe, but by lilty conkcii- 
 tivc years. ^lYbiahnot. 
 
 ^0 Disuse, -u. a. [aYj and r//f.] 
 I. To ctafe to make ufc of. 
 
 'Tii law, though cuftoiii now diverts tlic 
 cuurfc : 
 As nature's inftitutc is yet in force, 
 Uiicai)ce;l'd, iliough ili/ui'd. Dryden's F.ii/fi. 
 Pnam in arms ciijui'd iiivefts his limbs dccay'd. 
 
 Dry,li„. 
 2. To difaccuftom : with from or to; 
 more propeily from. 
 
 Dif'ife mtfnm the qucafy pain 
 Of being Iiclov'd and loving. Donne. 
 
 He fhail his troops for fighting fields prepare, 
 DtJuiA to toils and triumphs of tlie war. DiyJtn. 
 
 To Disvo'ucH. 11. a. [_iiis and voucli-l 
 
 To dcllroy the credit of; to contradict. 
 
 Every letter he hath writ hath dijvmth'd ano- 
 
 tiicr. Sfinhpeare. 
 
 Disvvi'ttf.d. adj. [d'ls and w;/.] De- 
 prived of the wits ; mad ; dilliad\ed. 
 Not in life. 
 
 She ran away alone ; 
 Which when they heard, there was not one 
 But hafted after to be gone, • 
 As (he had been difwittci. Drayton' i Nymphid. 
 
 DiT. 11. f. Idicht, Dutch.] A ditty; a 
 poem ; a tuue. Obfolece. 
 
 No biid but did her (hrill notes fweeily fing ; 
 No (ong but did contain a lovely dit. t. (^:iceri. 
 
 Dita'tion. n.f. [ditatus, Latin.] The 
 Z&. of enriching. 
 
 Thofe eaftern worlhippers intended rather ho- 
 mage than ^/Vtj//6« ■ the blelTed virgin comes in 
 the form of poverty. Hall's Contemplatlm:^. 
 
 DITCH, n.f [bic, Saxon; <«'/Vi, Erfe.] 
 
 1. A trench cut in the ground, ufually 
 between fields. 
 
 Sonic afkcd for manors, others for acres that 
 lay convenient for them ; that he would pull down 
 his fences, and level his ditches. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Sudden the ditches (well, the meadows fwim. 
 
 Thomfon. 
 
 2. Any long narrow receptacle of water: 
 ui'ed fometimes of a fmall river in 
 contempt. 
 
 In the great plagues there were fcen, in divers 
 ditchti and low grounds about London, many 
 toads that h.ad tails three inches long. Bucan. 
 
 3. The moat with which a fortrefs is fur- 
 rounded. 
 
 The ditchesf fuch as they were, were altoge- 
 ther dry, andeafy to be pafled over. Kmlles. 
 
 4. Ditch is ufed, in compofition, of any 
 thing worthlefs, or thrown away into 
 ditches. 
 
 Poor Tom, when the foul fiend rages, eats 
 eowdung for fallcts, fwallows the old rat, and the 
 ditch dog. Shjkfpearc. 
 
 To Ditch, v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 make a ditch. 
 
 I have cnipioyed my time, bclidcs ditchings 
 in finiOiing my travels. Swift . 
 
 Ditch-delivered, adj. \_dttch and 
 deliver.'] Brought forth in a ditch. 
 
 Finger of birth-ilrangled babe, 
 'Ditch-dclivcr'd by a drab. Shakjpcdrc's Macbeth. 
 Di'tcher. n.f [irova. ditch.] One who 
 digs ditches. 
 
 You merit new employments daily, 
 Our thatcher, ditcherj garii'ner, baily. S-wi/t. 
 
 D I V 
 
 Dithvra'mdick. n. / [dithyramlus, 
 Laxiii.] 
 
 1. A fong in honour of Eacchus ; in 
 vvliich ;uKi>.iu]y, and now among the 
 Italians, the Uilliaciion of cbricly ii 
 imitated. 
 
 2. Any poem written with wiJdntTs and 
 cnthulialm. 
 
 Dithyra'iMbick. adj. Wild; entliu- 
 
 fiallick. 
 I'indardocs new words and figures roll 
 
 Down ills impetuous (/;V/;v;<jwii.'(.-6 tide. Cowley. 
 Ditta'nder. n.f. The fame with/i?/>/>f/-- 
 
 •wort. 
 
 Dittany, n.f. [^di^amniis,] Aphnt. 
 
 Dittany hath been renowned, fur many .igi^, 
 upon the account of its fovercign qualities in me- 
 dieincs. It is generally brought over dry from 
 the Levant. MiUcr. 
 
 Virgil reports of tilttany, tint the wild gojts 
 eat it when they are fliut with d.irts. Moic. 
 
 DlTTlEi). adj. [from ditty.] Sung; 
 adapted to tnufick. 
 
 He, with his loft pipe, and fmooth dittied fong, 
 
 Well knows to ftill the wild winds when they 
 
 roar. Milton. 
 
 DITTY, n.f [diclt, Dntch.] A poem 
 to be fung ; a fong. 
 
 Although we lay altogether afide the confule- 
 ration of ditty or matter, the vcy harmony of 
 founds beii'g framed in due fort, and carried from 
 the ear to the fpiritual faculties of our fouls, is, 
 by a native pniirrnce and ethcacy, greatly avail- 
 able to biing to a perfeft temper whatfoever is 
 there troubled. Hooker. 
 
 Being young, I framed to the harp 
 Many an Enjjlilh ditty lovely well, 
 And gave the tongue a helpful ornament. Shalf. 
 
 Strike the melodious harp, Ihrill timbrels ling, 
 And to the warbling lure fofl r//7^/rj ling. Sandyi. 
 
 His annual wttund in Lebanon, allur'd 
 The Syrian damfels to lament his fate. 
 In ani'rous (//iY/Vi, all a fummcr's day. Milton. 
 
 Mean while the ruuil ditiici were not mute, 
 Temper'd to th' oaten flute; 
 Rough latyti, danc'd. Milton. 
 
 They will be figliing and finging under thy in- 
 
 exoiable windows lamentable ditties, and call 
 
 thee cruel. Dry Jen. 
 
 Diva'n. n.f [au Arabick or Turkidi 
 
 word. ] 
 
 1. The council of the oriental princes. 
 
 2. Any council afleinbled : ufed commonly 
 in a fenfe of diflike. 
 
 Forth rufli'ri in hafte the great confulting peers, 
 Rais'd from tl'.c d^rk dii'an, and with like joy 
 Congiatulant approach'd him. Mi/ton. 
 
 Swift to the queen the herald Medon ran. 
 Who heard the confult of the dire divan. Pope. 
 
 To DIVA'RICATE. i>. «. [divaricatus, 
 Latin. ] To be parted into two ; to 
 become bifid. 
 
 The partitions are drained acrofs: one of them 
 
 divaricates into two, and another into feveral 
 
 fmall ones. J-Foodivard. 
 
 To Diva'f.icate. 1). a. To divide into 
 
 two. 
 
 A (lender pipe is produced forward towards the 
 throat, wlicrcintoit is at laft infertcd, and is there 
 divaricated, after the fame manner as the fpcrnia- 
 tick vefTels. Grciv. 
 
 Di V AR 1 ca'tion. n.f [divaricatio, hat.] 
 
 1. Partition into two. 
 
 Dogs, running before their mailers, will (fop 
 at a divarication of the way, till they fee which 
 hand their mafters will take. }iay. 
 
 2. Divifion of opinions, 
 
 . To take away all doubt, or any probable di'^a- 
 ricatitin, the cutfe is plainly fpecificd. Hictii. 
 
 D I V 
 
 To DIVE. V. n. [bippan, Saxon ] 
 I. To fink voluntarily under water. 
 
 I am not yet infurmcd, whether wiien a Hi- 
 vcrdiv.th, having his eyes open, and fwimmcth 
 upon his back, he fees things in the air gicatcr or 
 '"*• Bacon's Natural llijlory. 
 
 Around our pole the fpiry dragon glides, 
 And, like a winding (trcani, the bears divides, 
 The Icfs and greater ; wiio, by fate's decree, 
 Abhor to <//w beneath the foulheiii fea. Dry Jen. 
 
 That the air in the hloori-vc(n.ls of live bo- 
 dies has a communication with the outward air, 
 I think, fecms plain from the cxpeiiments of hu- 
 man creatures being able to bear air of much 
 greater denhry in diving, and of irueh lefs up.m 
 the tops of mountains, provided the ch.ngcs be 
 made gradually. Arb/.l.::ai. 
 
 2. To go under water in fearch of any 
 thing. 
 
 Crocodiles defend tholV pearls which lie in the 
 lakes : the poor Indians are eaten up bv them, 
 when they dive for the pearl. Raleigh. 
 
 The knnve defervcs it, when he tempts llie 
 main. 
 Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. 
 
 3. To go deep into any queilion, doarin'c, 
 or Icicnce. 
 
 The wits that dlv'd moft deep, and foai'd mod 
 
 high. 
 
 Seeking man's pow'r:, have found his weaknefs 
 
 fuel'- Davici. 
 
 He performs all this out of his own fund, 
 
 without diving into the arts and (cicnces fur a 
 
 "■"PPly- Dryden. 
 
 Whenfocver we would proceed beyond thole 
 
 fimple ideas, and dive farmer into the naiore of 
 
 things, we fall prefently into darknefs and ob- 
 
 '■'^"■■ity. Loch. 
 
 You fwim a-top, and on the furface drive ; 
 But to the depths of nature never dive. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 Youfliould havei/Zi'i/ into my inmoft thoughts. 
 
 • Fhilips, 
 
 4. To immerge into any buiinefs or 
 condition. 
 
 Sweet prince, th' untainted vhtue of your years 
 Hath not yet div'd into the world's deceit. 
 Nor can dilfinguilh. Shakheare's Richard \\i. 
 
 5. To depart from obfervation ; to fink. 
 
 i)nv, thoughts, down to my fuui. Slaifpeare. 
 To Dive. v. a. To explore by diving. 
 
 Then Brutus, Rome's tint martyr, I rauft " 
 name ; 
 The Curtii bravely dlv'd the gulph of fame. 
 
 DenhajTi, 
 
 ToDive'll. v. a. [rt'/i'f//o, Latin.] To 
 pull ; to feparate ; to fever. 
 
 They begin to feparate ; and may be eafily </.■•- 
 veiled ov parted afunder. Brown's Vulg. £ri . 
 
 Di'ver. n.f. [from i/ra^. j 
 
 1 . One that finks voluntarily under water. 
 
 Pcrfcverance gains the. /.j'fr's pi i/e. p,,.f 
 
 2. One that goes under water in fearch of 
 treafure. 
 
 It is evident, from the relation of divers and 
 filhers for pearls, that there aie many kinds uf 
 ffteU-(i(h which lie perpetually concealed in the 
 deep, Ikreened from our light. inodwarj. 
 
 3. He that enters deep into knowledge or 
 ftudy. 
 
 He would have him, as I conceive it, to be no 
 fupcrticial and Boating artificer; but a diver into 
 caufes, and into the myftcrics of proportion. 
 
 ff'ot ton's ArchlteSure. 
 
 To DIVE'RGE. ^^ „. [divcrgo, Latin.] 
 To tend various ways from one point. 
 
 Homogeneal rays, which flow from feveral 
 points of any objcfl and fall perpendicularly on 
 any rcflcfling furface, Ihall afterwards divergt 
 from fo many points. .NW/o/i, 
 
 4 B 2
 
 D I V 
 
 DiTERGEVT. aJj- [from Jlvergtns, Lat.] 
 Tending to various parts from one point. 
 
 Divers. fl</f. [diver/us, LaU} Several; 
 fundry ; more than one. Out of ufe. 
 
 We have Jrtrrs examples h\ rlie church of luch 
 as, by fear, hciiigcompcUcd to facrifice to ftraiige 
 gods, repented, and kept ftiil the efticc of 
 preaching the gofpel. ir/nt^ift 
 
 The teeth hiccd when the child is a year and 
 a half old : then they calt tiicm, and new ones 
 come a'jout feven years ; but Jiven have back- 
 waid lestU come at twenty, Ibme at thiity and 
 fofty. Bacon's Niiiui.d Uijhry. 
 
 Dr-rn letters were fliot into the city with ar- 
 rows, wiicrcin Solyman's councils were re%ea!ed. 
 
 Knc//£i. 
 
 D:v:rs friends thought it ftrangc, that a white 
 dr>- body Ihould acquiic a rich colour upon the 
 aff.ifion of fpring-water. Boy.'e on Colnrs. 
 
 Di'vERSE. aJJ. [diver/us, Latin.] 
 
 1. Different from another. 
 
 Four great beafts came up from the fca, ./:- 
 vtrfc- one from another. _ Darnel. 
 
 2. DiiTerent from itfelf; various; multi- 
 form ; diffufed. 
 
 Eloquence is a great and diverfe thing, nor did 
 
 flic yet ever favour any man fo much as to be 
 
 _ wholly Ins. Ben Jonjon. 
 
 3. In different directions. It is little 
 ufed but ill the laft fenl'e. 
 
 The gourd 
 And thirfty cucumber, when they perceive 
 Th' approaching olive, witn refentment fly 
 Her fatty fibres, and with tendrils creep 
 Dlve'p, detclVing contaa. Plii/ips. 
 
 To leize his p.ipers. Curl, was next thy care ; 
 His papers light fly divetje, toft in air. I'aj-e. 
 Diversifica'tion. « /. [homdi-verJtfy.~\ 
 
 1. The aft of changing forms or qualities. 
 
 If j'ou confider how varioudy Icveial things 
 may be compoL/.ded, you will not wonder that 
 fuch fruitful principles, or manners of divirfi- 
 _/5iii//oi, (hould generate ditTcring colours. SoyU. 
 
 2. Variation ; variegation. 
 
 3. Variety of forms ; multiformity. 
 
 4. Change ; alteration. 
 
 This, which is here called a change of will, is 
 not a change of his will, but a change in the ob- 
 jeift, which feems to make a divcfificahn of 
 th« will, but indeed is the fame will diver- 
 flfied. HaU'i Otigincf Aliinkind. 
 
 To Dive'rsity. -v. a. \_iItverJifier,Yr.'\ 
 
 1. To make different from another; to 
 diRinguifh ; to difcriminate. 
 
 There m.ay be many fpecies of fpirit', as 
 much feparatcd and Si;erJ]fied one from another 
 as the fpecies of fenfiblc things are diftinguifhed 
 one from another. Locke. 
 
 Malt fouls are dlvcrfijicd with fo many charac- 
 ters, that the wu.-ld lias not variety of materials 
 fufficient to furnilh out their different hiclinations. 
 ./^ddifon's Spectator. 
 
 It was carter for Homer to find proper fenti- 
 mcnts for Givcir.n generals, than for Milton 
 to diverpiy his infernal council with proper 
 charaders. .■Id.lljoi' i Sfecfa.'or. 
 
 2. To make differentfrom itfelf ; to vary; 
 to variegate. 
 
 The country being diverjijied between hills and 
 dales, woods and plains, one place more clear, 
 another more daikfome, it is a picjfant piifture. 
 
 S;dfley. 
 
 There is, in the producing of fome fpecies, 3 
 
 Tompofition of matter, which may be much di- 
 
 •verfificd. Bacon, 
 
 Dive'rsion. n. f. \irojn divert.'^ 
 
 I. The aft of turning any thing off from 
 
 its courfe. 
 
 Cutting o(T the tops, and pulling oflT the buds, 
 vork retention of the fap for a time, and</ry<r- 
 £m of it tu ins fjprouti that were not forward. 
 
 J^aeon's Na^uraZ-Ji.j'ory. 
 
 D I V 
 
 I have ranked this diver/in of fhriflian prac- 
 tice among the eSefis of our contentions. 
 
 Decay of Piety. 
 
 2. The caufe by which any thing is turned 
 from its proper coiirfc or tendency. 
 
 Fortunes, hoiioui, friends. 
 Are mere divetJioKs troni love's proper objefl, 
 Wt:ich only is itfelf. Denham'i Sopliy. 
 
 3. Sport; fumething that unbends the 
 mind by turning it off from care._ Di- 
 iserfion feems to be fomething lighter 
 than anuijcmciit, and kfs forcible than 
 pkafure. 
 
 You for thofc ends wl-.ole days in council fit. 
 And the di-uerfiom of your youth forget. H.ilUr. 
 
 In the book of games and diverfnin, the rea- 
 der's mind rnay be fuppofed to be relaxed. 
 
 Add-fon'i Spe&atoi: 
 
 Such productions of wit and humour as ex- 
 pofc vice and folly, turuilh ufcful diverfiom to 
 readers. Addifan'i Freeholder. 
 
 4. [In war.] The ad or purpofe of 
 drawing the enemy off from fome deiign, 
 by threatening or attacking a diftant 
 part. 
 
 Dive'rsity. «. /. [^divetfue, Fr. from 
 
 diverfitas, Latin.] 
 I. Difference; diffimilitude ; unlikenefs. 
 Then is there in this diverjity no contrariety. 
 
 Ihoker. 
 
 They cannot be divided, but they will prove 
 
 oppofite ; and, not leltingin a bare diver/ity, rife 
 
 uito a contiaiiety. 
 
 So:.th. 
 
 The mod common diverfiiy of human conlli- 
 tutions ariles from the folid parts, as to their dif- 
 ferent degrees of Itrengrh and tenlion. Arbuthnot. 
 
 2. Variety. 
 
 The divc'fity of ceremonies in this kind 
 oujht not to caufe diirenfion in churches. 
 
 * Ihoker. 
 
 Society cannot fubfifi without a diveijity of 
 Rations ; and if God Ihould grant every one 
 a middle ftation, he would defeat the very 
 fcheme of happinefs propofed in it. Rcgen.. 
 
 3. Diftinfl being; not identity. 
 
 Confidering any thing, as exifting at any deter- 
 mined time and place, we compare it with itfelf 
 exitting aw another time, and thereon form the 
 ideas of identity and d'rcerfity. Locke. 
 
 4. Variegation. 
 
 A waving glow his bloomy beds difplay, 
 Blulhing in bright di-jerjities of day. Pope. 
 
 Di'vERSLY. adv. [ from (^/Vr/f . ] 
 
 1. In different ways; differently; varioufly. 
 
 The lack we all 'have, as well of ghoftly as 
 of earthly favours, is in each kind eafily known ; 
 but the gifts of God arc fo diverjly bellowed, 
 that it feldom appcareth wnat all leccive : what 
 all lland in need of feldom lieth hid. Hooker, 
 
 Both of them do diverjly work, as they have 
 their medium di-.rerjly difpofcd. Bacon, 
 
 Whether the king did pcunit it to fave his 
 puifc, or to communicate the envy of a bufinels 
 difplcafing to his people, was dive'Jly inter- 
 preted. Bacm. 
 
 Leicefter bewrayed adcfire to plant him in th« 
 queen's favour, which was divnjly interpreted by 
 luch as thought that great aitizan of courts to do 
 nothing by chance, nor much by affcflion. 
 
 IVillton. 
 
 The univcrfal matter, which Mofes compre- 
 hendcth under the names of heaven and earth, is 
 by diveis ,V/uf._/7v underflood. Raleigh. 
 
 William's arm 
 Could nought avail, however fam'd in war ; 
 Nor armies leagu'd, that diverjly affay'rf 
 To curb his power. Philips. 
 
 2. In different dire£lions ; to different 
 
 points. 
 
 On life's vail ocean difdjly we fail ; 
 Reafon the card, but paliioii is the g ile. Pipe. 
 
 D I V 
 
 To DIVE'RT. v. a. Idk'crlo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To turn off from any direftion or 
 courfe. 
 
 I ratV.er will fubjeiS me to the malice 
 Of a diferled blond and bloody brother. S'lak. 
 
 Knots, by the conflux of the meeting fap, 
 Inftfl the loirnd pine, and divert his grain, 
 Tortive and errant, from his courfe of growth. 
 
 Sfiakjpeafc. 
 
 He finds no leafon to have his rent abated, bc- 
 caufc a greater part of it is ti/'-T'^r/cii from his land- 
 lord. Lo:i,e. 
 
 They diverted raillciy from improper obje^^, 
 and gave a new turn to ricicule. ..-i.idifon. 
 
 Nothing more is requifite for producing all 
 the variety of colours, and degrees of retrangi- 
 bilit)-, than that the rays of light be bodies of 
 different fizes ; the Icaif of which may make violet, 
 the weakcil and daxkefi of the colours, and be 
 morccafily r/;Tiir/ft/ by refraining furfaces from the 
 right courfe ; and ti.e relt, as they are bigger and 
 bigger, make the fironger and more lucid colours, 
 blue, green, yellow, and red, and Lc more and 
 more difliculily diverted. Ne^rtom, 
 
 2. To draw forces to a different part. 
 
 The kings of England would have I'.ad an ab- 
 folutc conqueft of Ireland, if their whole power 
 had been employed ; but ftill there arofe fundry 
 occafions, which divided, and di'ueited tt.cir 
 power fome other way. Davits pn Irdand. 
 
 3. To withdraw the mind. 
 
 Alas, how finiple, to thefe cates compai'tl. 
 Was that crude apple that diverted Eve ! Miiitn. 
 
 They avoid pleafure, left they (hould have 
 their afl"cftions tainted by any i^enluahty, and 
 diverted from the love of him who is to be the 
 only comfort. Addijon on Italy, 
 
 Maro's mufe, not wholly bent 
 On what is gainful, fometimes Ihe diverts 
 
 From folid counfel. 
 
 Piilif 
 
 4. To pleafe; to exhilarate. See Diver- 
 sion. 
 
 An ingenious gentleman did divert or inftruft 
 the kingdom by his p.ipers. Siuijt, 
 
 5. To fiibvert; to deftroy; in Shakfpeare, 
 unlefs it belong to the firft fenfe. 
 
 Friglits, changes, horrour;, 
 Divert and crack, lend and deracinate 
 The unity and married calmof ftatcs. Shahjp. 
 
 Dive'rter. n.f. [from the verb. ] Any 
 thing that diverts or alleviates. 
 
 Angling was, after tedious ftudy, a reft to his 
 mind, a cheerer of his fpirits, and a diverter of 
 fadnefs. H'utton. 
 
 To DIVERTI'SE. V, a, Idiverll/er, Fr. 
 diverlo, Latin.] To pleafe ; to exhi- 
 larate ; to divert. Little ufed. 
 
 Let orators inftrucft, let them div, rtijr, and kt 
 tl'.em move us ; this is what is properly meant 
 by the word /j//. Drydcn. 
 
 Dive'rtisement. n.f. [^dh-erttffiment , 
 Fr.] Diverlion ; delight ; pkafure. 
 Not much in ufe. 
 
 How font! foever men are »f bad divrrltJiKcnt, . 
 it will prove miitii which ends in heavinefs. 
 
 Gmernment cf the Tongue, 
 
 Dive'rtive. ort'/'. [Uom divert.'] Recre- 
 ative; amufive ; exlularating. A word 
 not fully authorized. 
 
 I would not exclude the common accidents of 
 life, nor even things of a plcafaiit m-.A divcilive 
 nature, fo they aic innocent, from convetCri ion. 
 
 Rcgen. 
 
 To DIVE'ST. T. a, [devefir, French. 
 The EngUfh word is therefore more 
 properly written dcvsjl. See Devest.] 
 To llrip ; to make naked ; to denude. 
 
 Then of his arms Androgens he di-.'cjis ; 
 His fivord, his (hield, he takes, and plumed 
 crcfts, Dtnhum,
 
 D I V 
 
 t,ct US (^/r//Jllicg,iy pbiintom of temporal rap- 
 pincfs of all that f.ilfc luftrc and ornament in 
 whicli the pride, ihc pafTiuns, and the folly of 
 men have <lifn"cd it up. K'jycrs. 
 
 Divk'sturk. n. /. [from divejl.^ The 
 adi of putting off. 
 
 The iiivejiure of inortality difpenfes tncin fioni 
 
 chulc lut'uriuus and jvocatlng duties whicl^ arc 
 
 licre rt-'iuifitc tu be performed. B'.\'e. 
 
 Divi'iiABLE. adj, [from di'viile,'\ Scrpa- 
 
 rate ; diflcrcut ; parted. Not u fed. 
 
 HvJW could communities mainiain 
 Peaceful commerce fiom dhndabU Ihore;; > 
 
 Shakff'f'tre. 
 
 Divi'dant. adj, [from d'lvuh.'] Diffe- 
 rent ; feparatc. Not in life. 
 
 Twi'',n*d brothers of one womb, 
 Whofe procreation, relidcnc?, and birth 
 Scarce is divulaHtj touch with Icveral fortunes. 
 
 roDIVI'DE. V. a. [di-Mo, Latin.] 
 
 1 . T(? part one whole into different piecci. 
 
 Dii'iJc tlie livii'.g cliiid iu two, and give \\.\\i 
 to the one, and laif to the otlur. i Ktr.gi. 
 
 Let oldTimutheus yield the prize, 
 
 Or both dii;iJe the crown ; 
 He rais'd a mortnl to the ikies, 
 
 She dicw nn angel dowta. Drydtn. 
 
 They were Jivt.ieJ into littJe independent fo- 
 
 cielies, fpeakiii^; diii'crent languages. Loch. 
 
 2. To feparate ; to keep apart, by (land- 
 ing as a partition between. 
 
 Let there he a tiimanicnt in the midft of the 
 waters, and let it i/.'tv.rV the waters from the 
 waters. Gemfn. 
 
 You muft go 
 Where fca?, and winds, and defarts will divi.i; 
 you. DrydcH. 
 
 J, To difunitehy difcord. 
 
 There (hall five in one houfc be diiiJtd. 
 
 Luh. 
 4. To deal out ; to give in (hares. 
 
 Then in the midil a tearing groan did break 
 The name of Antony ; it wns divided 
 Between her heart and lips. Shukfi>euTe. 
 
 Divide the prey into two parts ; between them 
 that rook the war upon them, who went out to 
 battle ; and between ail the congregation. 
 
 Nitynberz. 
 
 Cham and Japhet were heads and princes over 
 
 their families, and had a right to divide the earth 
 
 by families. Licie. 
 
 To Divi'de. 1'. >i. 
 
 1. To part ; to fiinder. 
 
 2. To break friendrtiip. 
 
 Love cools, friendfliip falls off, 
 Brothers divide. Shakjpeare'i King Lear. 
 
 Di'viDEND. n. f. [ from (/mot. ] 
 
 1. A (hare ; the part allotted in dlvifion. 
 
 Each perfon ftiali idnpt to himtclf his pecu- 
 liar (hare, like other di-,id^rds. Decay oj Pieiy. 
 
 Ifon fuch petty meritsyou confer 
 So vatV a prize, let each his portion (hare : 
 Make a yM^ dii>idend • and, if not all, 
 The greatei- part to Diomeeie will fall. Dr\den 
 
 2. [In atithnictick.] Tlie number given 
 to be parted or divided. Cochir, 
 
 Divi'der. n. f. [from </mVf.] 
 
 1. That which parts any thing into pieces. 
 
 According as the hof!y moved, tlie ditiidcr did 
 more and mote enter into the divided body ; fo it 
 joined itfelf to fume new parts uf the medium or 
 divided body, and did in like manner forfake 
 others. JJ'gh 
 
 2. A diftributor ; he who deals out to 
 each his fliare. 
 
 Who made me a judge or dh^iJer over you. 
 
 L-.l)e. 
 
 3. A difuniter ; the perfon or caufe that 
 breaks concord. 
 
 Money, the great divUer of the worW, hath. 
 
 D I V 
 
 by a ,ilrar;e revolution, been the gtcat uniicr of 
 a divided people. Sui/t, 
 
 4. A particular kind of compatTcs. 
 
 Divi'nuAl.. (idj. \ilividuu', Latin.] Di- 
 vided ; (harcd or jiarticipatcd in common 
 with others. 
 
 She ftiincs, 
 Rcvolv'd on heav'n's great axle, and her reign 
 With tlioufmd lelTer lights J/t/i/kj/ holds, 
 With thoufand thonfaiid (lars ! Milron. 
 
 Divina'tion. »./. [d'lv'maUo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Di-i'tnation is a prediction or torctel'ing 
 of fntiirt things, which are of a fecrct 
 and hidden nature, and cannot he 
 known by any human means. Jyl'ije. 
 
 Certain tokens they noted in birds, or in the 
 entraih of bcalis, or by other the like fiivolous 
 divtHiitioni, Ifoher. 
 
 Surely there is no cnchsntmcnt ags'inft Jacjb, 
 neither is tnerc any di-vination againlt IlVacl. 
 
 Ntintlieri. 
 
 His countenance did imprint .in awe, 
 And naturally all fouls to his did bow ; 
 
 As wands of di.-inatiwi downward draw. 
 And point to beds where fov'rcign gold doth 
 g.ow. Dij.ien. 
 
 The exccMercy of the foul is feen hy its power 
 of divining in dieams ; tliat feveral fucSj divin.t- 
 ti'j/ii have been made, none can queliion who 
 believes the holy writings. Addrfon. 
 
 2. Coiijeftiiral prefage or prediftion. 
 
 Tell thou th-.- eatl his divinatior: l\cSj 
 And I will take it as a fwect difgrace. Snafifp. 
 
 DIVI'NE. «(//. [eJivinus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Partaking of the nature of God. 
 
 Her line 
 Was hero-make, half human, half dininr. 
 
 V'yden. 
 
 2. Proceeding from God ; not natural ; 
 not human. 
 
 The benefit of nature's light is not thought 
 excluded as unneccffiiy, bccaufe the neceflity of 
 a di'uine light is magnified. H'^oksr. 
 
 Inftruftcd, you'd explore 
 Divine contrivance, and a God adore. Bhckm. 
 
 3. Excellent in a fupreme degree. In 
 this fenfe it may admit of comparifon. 
 
 The d:'jl'!,jt and the richcit mind. 
 Both hy art's purchafe and by nature's dower. 
 That ever was from heav'n to earth conlin'd. 
 
 Da-jiei, 
 
 4. Prefageful ; divining ; prefcient. 
 
 Yet oft his heart, divine of fomething ill, 
 Milg.ive him ; he the fjult'ring -mealure felt. 
 
 Mthon. 
 
 Divi'nf. n.f, 
 
 1. A iiiiniftcr of the goljpel; a pried. ; a 
 clergyman. 
 
 Cl.uidio muft die to-morrow : let him be fur- 
 nilhcd with dizi/usj and have all charitable pre- 
 paration. S'iakjpcare. 
 
 Give Martius leave to proceed in hTs dif- 
 cjuile ; for hefpoke like a divine in armour. 
 
 I^acan^ ^ ihi\ H'ar. 
 
 A divine has nothing 60. fay to the wifcll con- 
 gregation, which he may not exprefs in a man- 
 ner to be undcrftood by the mcaaeit amoug 
 thera. Sivijl. 
 
 2. A man fitilled in divinity ; a iheolo- 
 ginn. 
 
 Th' etern.il caufe in their immortal linej 
 Was taufilit, and poets were the firll divines. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 To Divi'ne. '■J. a. [Jivino, Latin.] To 
 foretel ; to foreknow ; to prcfage. 
 
 Why doll thou fay king Richard is depos'd i 
 Dar'ft thou, thou iitilc better thing than caith, 
 Vr.-'ine his downfal ? Shakfpea^e. 
 
 To Divine, v. n. 
 
 I . To utter progneftication. 
 
 D I V 
 
 Then \% Cxfar and he knit together.— —If t 
 were to divine of this unity, 1 would not pio- 
 plicfy (0. Shaljfenre, 
 
 The proplieU thereof divine for money. Air. 
 
 2. To feci prtfages. 
 
 If fccret power! 
 Suggeft but truth to my nivminf^ r'loughti, 
 This pretty h«I will piovc our country's bliff. 
 
 Sk.ikjfctire , 
 
 3, To conjedlure ; to guefs. 
 
 Thebeft of cummentalors can but guefs at hii 
 meaning ; none can be certain he has divined 
 rightly. Dryden, 
 
 He took it with a bow, and foon divin'.i 
 The feeming toy w.u not for nought delign'd. 
 
 D-jJcd. 
 
 In change of torment would be erfc; 
 Could J'ou di:-'ine what lovers bear, 
 
 Even you, Prometheus, would confcfs 
 There is no vulture likedcipiir. Gunv'I.'e. 
 
 Diri'NEi.Y. a-fv. [from divine.'] 
 
 1 . By the agency or influence of God. 
 
 Kaith, as we ufc the word, called commonly 
 divine faith, hastofk* witu no propofitions baC 
 thole which ore fu^ipolcfl to be lUvimly inlpied. 
 
 L^cite. 
 
 This topick was very fitly and divine/y made 
 
 ufc of by our apoflle, in nis conference v/iiU 
 
 philofoplxrs,.tud the iuquificive people of Athene. 
 
 Senllry, 
 
 2. Excellently; in the fupreme degree. 
 
 The Grecians moll div:n'!y have given to the 
 aflive perfedtion of men, a name exprcfiing both 
 beauty and goodnefs. llcoke^- 
 
 She fair, divinely fair ! fit love for gods. 
 
 Milton, 
 
 Ennltcd Socrates ! divinely brave ! 
 Injur'd he fell, and dying he forgave ; 
 Too noble for revenge. Creech, 
 
 3. In a manner noting a deity. 
 
 His golden horns appear'd, 
 Thar on the forehead Ihonc divinely bright, 
 And o'er the banks ditias'd a yellow light. 
 
 AUdif'.n. 
 
 Divi'neness. n. f. [from divine] 
 
 1. Divinity ; participation of the divine 
 nature. 
 
 Is it then impoffible to d.rringuiOi the divine- 
 nrfs of this book from tliat which is humane } 
 
 Gicun, 
 
 2. Ezcelletice in the fupreme degree. 
 
 By [upiter, an angel 1 or, if not, 
 An eaiihiy paragon : \izho\i divincnrfj 
 No elder than a boy. Zhaifpeare. 
 
 Dlvt'NiR. n.f. [from Tb/'r/w.-.] 
 
 1. One that pvo'efies divination, or the 
 art of reveah'ng ocfult things by fuper- 
 natural means. 
 
 This drudge of the devil, this diviner^ laid 
 claim to me, called me Dronio, and fworc I was 
 affui td to .her ; told me what piivy marks I had 
 about me. Shaiifprare. 
 
 E:<pclled his oracles, and common temples of 
 delufion, the devil runs into corners, e.icicifing 
 meaner" trumperies, and acling his deet its in 
 witches, magicians, divinrrif and fuch inferior fc- 
 dncers. Sron-n's I'ui^rjtr Erteturi.. 
 
 2. Conjefturer; gaefTcr. 
 
 If he himtclf be cont'cious of nothing he then 
 thought on, iie mull be a notable diri'ier of 
 thoughts, that caii alVure him that he was think- 
 ing- Leiit. 
 Divi'>-ERESS. n.y; [ixom diviner.] A pro- 
 phetefs ; a woman profefling divina- 
 tion. 
 
 The mad divim'efs had plenty wiir, 
 A time fhould conie, but many ages yet. 
 In which finilter dcllinies ordain 
 A dame fhould drown with all her feathcr'd tr.iia.' 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Divi'NtTY. n.f. [divinitt, Fr. dsvinitust 
 Lat. 3
 
 D I V 
 
 1 . Participation of the nature and excel- 
 lence of God ; deity ; godhead. 
 
 As with new wine ir.toxic^ t;d both, 
 They fwim iu mirth, and fancy thit they feel 
 Piiin.'iy within them breeding wings, 
 V'hevewith to fcom the earth. Milton. 
 
 When he attributes tUvir.'ly to other things 
 than God, it is only a .fc/mVy byway of parti- 
 cipation. Stmingfiett. 
 
 2. God; the Deity; the Supreme Being ; 
 the Caule of caufes. 
 
 'Tis the DiviTiUy that fllrs within us, 
 'Tis Heav'n itfclf'that poni:;. out an hereafter, 
 And intimates eternity to man. AMJiit. 
 
 2- Falfe god. 
 
 Vain idols, deities that ne'er before 
 In Ifrael's lands had hx'd their dire abodes, 
 Beaftly/'v/i/V.-fi, and droves of gods. P'hr. 
 4,. Celeftial being. 
 
 God doubtlefs can govern this machine he 
 could create, by more direct and eafy methods 
 than employing thefe fubfervient divinities. 
 
 Cheynt, 
 
 5. The fcience of divine things ; theology. 
 
 Hear him but reafon \n divinity. 
 And, all admiring, with an inward wilh 
 You would defire the king were made a prelate. 
 
 ShakJ^eare, 
 Truft not my age, 
 My reverence, calling, nor divinity. 
 If this fwcet lady lie not guiltlefs here 
 Under fome biting errour. Shaiffsan. 
 
 Among hard words I number thofe which arc 
 peculiar to divinity, as it is a fcience. S'wijt. 
 
 6. Something fupernatural. 
 
 They fay there is divinity in odd numbers, 
 
 cither in iiativitv, chance, or death. Si.ik/ji. 
 
 DIVISIBLE.' adj. [Jivi/iiUis, Latin.] 
 
 Capable of being divided into parts j 
 
 difcerptible ; fcparable. 
 
 When we frame in our minds any notion of 
 matter, we conceive nothing elfe but extenfion 
 and bulk, which is impenetrable, or divijible 
 and pafiive. Bentky. 
 
 DivisiBi'LiTY.n./ [dliflfibUttifYr.'] The 
 quality of admitting divifion or repara- 
 tion of parts. 
 
 The mcft palpable abfurdities will prefs the 
 
 afferters of infinite (^/■y//7i:7//>'. ' Gianvillt-. 
 
 This will eafily appear to anyone, who will 
 
 let his thoughts ioofe in the v.ill expanfion oi 
 
 fpace, or divifihi'.Hy of matter. Loch. 
 
 Divi'siBLEXESs. n. f. [from divlpble.'] 
 
 Divilibility. 
 
 Naturaiiftsdifagree about the origin of motion, 
 and the indefinite divi/ibhncjs of matter. Boyle. 
 Divi'siON. n.f. [divijio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of dividing any thing into 
 parts. 
 
 2. The ilate of being divided. 
 
 Thou madeft the fpirit of the firmament, and 
 commanded it to part alunder, and to make a 
 dirijicn betwi^:t the waters. 2 EJdtai. 
 
 3. That by which any thing is kept apart ; 
 partition. 
 
 A. 'The part which is feparated firom the 
 reft by dividing. 
 
 If we look into communities and divijiom of 
 men, we obferve that the difcreet man, not the 
 witty, guides the convcrfation. Addijon, 
 
 5. Difunicn ; difcord ; difference. 
 
 Theic was a diitifim among the people, be- 
 caufe of him. 7''"' 
 
 As to our divlfions with the Romanifts, were 
 our differences the produS of heat, they would, 
 like fmall clefts in the ground, want but a cool 
 feafon to cement them. Decay of Viety. 
 
 6. One of the parts into which adifcourfe 
 is diftributed. 
 
 In the divifions I have made, I have endea- 
 vpured, the bcft I couM, to govern myfeif by 
 \Vx divctfity of matter. L'.cie. 
 
 D I V 
 
 Eiprefs the heads of your divifiem in as few 
 
 and clear words as you can, otherwife I never 
 
 can be able to retain ti-.em. ;. Siuijt. 
 
 J. Space between the notes of mufick, or 
 
 parts of a rcufical compofure ; jiiii time. 
 
 Thy tongue 
 
 Makes Wellh as fweet as ditties highly penn d, 
 Sung by a fair queen in a fumracr's bower. 
 Will) ravilhing divifion, to her lute. S/wf)/- 
 
 Our tongue will run di^iijiom in a tune, not 
 miffing a note, even when our thoughts are totally 
 engaged elfewhere. GlanrjuU. 
 
 8. Diltinaion. 
 
 I will put a divifion between my people and 
 thy people. ±.xo.i.ii. 
 
 9. [In arithmetick.] The feparation or 
 parting of any number or quantity 
 given, into any parts afligned. Cocker. 
 
 10. Suhdivifion; dilUnction of the general 
 
 intd Ipecies. 
 
 Abound 
 In the divifion of each feveral crime, 
 Aaiiig it many ways. Si^i/pe^re's Maci.'tf:. 
 
 Divi'soR. «./. [^roj/or, Latin.] The num- 
 ber given, by which the dividend is di- 
 vided ; the number which (liows how- 
 many paitsthe dividend is to be divided 
 into. 
 
 DIVO'RCE. «./. [eiivom.Tr. from Ji- 
 'Eorlium, Latin.] 
 
 1 , The legal feparation of hufband and 
 
 wife. 
 
 Div.rc IS a lawful feparation of hufband and 
 wife, made before a competent judge, on due 
 cognizance had of the caule, and fufficient proof 
 made thereof. Ayliffe's Parirgon. 
 
 To rertore the king. 
 He counfels a di^.-'orcc, a lofs of her. 
 That like a jewel has hung twenty years 
 About his neck, yet never loft her luftre. 
 
 Shakffearc'i Henry VIII. 
 
 Ho had in his eye the divorce which had paffed 
 betwixt the emperor and Scribonia. Dryd^n. 
 
 2, Separation ; difunion. 
 
 Such motions may occafion a farther alienation 
 of mind, ini divorce of affeitioiis, in her, from 
 mv religion. King Chnila. 
 
 TheU things, to be a baftard, and to be born 
 out of lawful wedlock, are convertible the one 
 with the other; and 'tis hard to make divorce 
 between thofe things that are fo near in nature to 
 each other, as being convertible terms. Aylifr. 
 
 3. The fentence by which a marriage ii 
 dilTolved. 
 
 4. The caufe of any penal feparation. 
 
 Go with me, like good angels, to my end ; 
 And, as the long divorce of IVeel falls on me. 
 Make of your prayers one fweet facrifice, 
 And lift my foul to hcav'n. Shukfpeare. 
 
 To Divo'rce. -y. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fcrparate a hufband or wife from the 
 other. 
 
 2. To force afunder; to fcparate by vio- 
 lence. 
 
 Were it confonant unto reafon to diisorce thefe 
 two fcntcnces, the former of which doth fliew 
 how the latter is leftraineri, and, not marking tiie 
 former, to conclude by the latter of them .' 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 The cont'uient and the ifland were continued 
 together, within men's remembrance, by a 
 drawbridge ; but are now divorced by the down- 
 f.al.en cliff's. Catciu'i Survey of Comivall. 
 
 So feem'd her youthful foul not eas'ly forc'd. 
 Or from fo fair, fo fwcet a feat Jivorc'd. Waller. 
 
 3. To feparate from another. 
 
 If thou wert not gl.id, 
 I would </.''i,or« me from thy mother's tomb, 
 Sepu'.ch'ring on aoultrefs. Sk^/feive. 
 
 If fo be it were pofSble, that all other oin.i- 
 mcnts of mind might be had iii their full pet- 
 
 D I V 
 
 fcAion, neverthelcfs the mind that ihould por- 
 fefs them, dii'crccd fiom piftVj could be but c^ 
 fpeflacic of coramifeiarion. Hooker, 
 
 \.* To take away ; to put away. 
 
 I ('are not make rayrdf" fo guilty, 
 To giv_c up Willingly that noble title 
 Your maftcr wed me to : nothing but death 
 Shall tt'cr divorce my dignities. Sf:.Ujp£aii, 
 
 Aeri.il p^rturc the lungs with gentle force 
 Conitant embrace by turns, by turns di-jorce. 
 
 Blackmore, 
 
 Divo'rcemet^t. n.f, [from divorce,] 
 Divorce ; feparation of marriage. 
 
 Write her a bill o( divorctnunty and give it in 
 her hand, and fend hei out of his houfe. Veuf, 
 
 Divo'rcer. n.f, [from divo^-ce,'] The 
 perfon or caufe which produces divorce 
 or feparation. 
 
 Death is the violent eftranger of acquaintance, 
 the eternal di-vorcer of marriage. Drumwrnd. 
 
 Diure'tick. adj. [ \ir^>;'Tix©-. ] Having 
 the power to provoke urine. 
 
 Diursticks are decoctions, eraulfions, and bits 
 of emollient vegetables, that relax the urinary ■ 
 pafla^^cs ; fuch as relax ought to be tried before 
 fuch as force and ftimulate. Thofe emollients 
 ought to be taken in open air, to hinder them 
 frona perfpiring, and on empty flonftchs. 
 
 Graceful as John, fhc moderates the reins, ■ 
 And whiitles fweet \\tx diuretick ftrains. Yaung, 
 
 DIURNAL, adj, [d'wniusy Latin.] 
 
 1. Relating to the day. 
 We obferve in a day, which is a fiiort year, 
 
 the greateft heat about two in the afternoon, 
 when the fun is p:ift the meridian, which is the 
 diurnal folftlce, and the fame is evident from the 
 ttiermometer, Brotvn's Vulgar Errourr, 
 
 Think, ere this dinmal ftar 
 Leave cold the night, how we his gathcr'd beams 
 Reflc(5led, may wi:h matter fere foment. Miltorr. 
 
 2. Conftituting the day. 
 
 Why doeslie order the diurnal hoxxxs 
 To leave earth's other part, and rife in ours ? 
 
 Prior. 
 
 3. Performed in a day ; daily ; quoti* 
 dian. 
 
 The prime orb, 
 Incredible how fwift, had thither rowl'd 
 Diurnal. ~ MiIton\ 
 
 The diurnal and annual revolution of the fun 
 have been, from the beginning of nature, con- 
 ilant, regular, and univerfally obfcrvable by all 
 mankind. Lcc.kf. 
 
 Dtu'rnal. n,y, [_diurnalj Fr.] A jour- 
 nal ; a day-book. 
 D I u'r N A L LY. adv. [ from diurnal,] 
 Daily ; every day. 
 
 As we make the enquiries, we (hall diurnally 
 c^'mniunicsre them to the* publick- Tathr. 
 
 Diutu'rnitv. n.f, [diuturnitasy Lat.} 
 Length of duration. 
 
 Such a coming, as it might be faid that that 
 generation Ihould not pafs till it was fulfilled, 
 they needed not fuppofe of fuch diuturnity. 
 
 Brzii-"r's fufgtir Errours. 
 
 To DIVUT.GE. V, a, \_dividgOy Lat.] 
 I, To publilh ; to make publick; to re- 
 veal to the world. 
 
 Men arc better contented to have their com- 
 mendations fuppreiTcd, than the contrar}' much 
 divuhed. Hooker , 
 
 1 will pluck the veil of mociefty from the fo 
 fccming miftrefs Page, and divulge Page himfeU 
 for a fecure and wilful AOeon. S/utkfpearf» 
 
 Thefe anfwers, in the filent night received. 
 The king himfelf divulg'd^ the land believ'd. 
 
 Dryde», 
 
 You are deprived of the right over your own 
 fcniiments, of the privilege of every human ci'ea- 
 ture, to .Vnv^/^tf or conceal them, ' Pc/>tf. 
 
 The cabinets of the fwk, and the clofcts of the
 
 D O 
 
 rfe.irt, liavc been ranl'ickcd to publifli private let- 
 ters, and lU-vulge to all mankind the muft t'ccrct 
 fintimcnts of fncndlhip., I'oft. 
 
 2. To proclaim ; to declare by a publick 
 ad. 
 
 This is true glory and renowm, when God, 
 Looking on th' c.iith, with approbation marks 
 The juli man, and iih'iilgt^ him-through hcav'n^ 
 To all hi* angels, who with true applaut'e 
 Uccuiint iiis prailVs. ^fiff.n. 
 
 Divu'lger. n. f. [from dhHilge."] A 
 publifher; one that expofes to publick 
 view. 
 
 I think not any thing in my letters could tend 
 fj much to my reproach, as the odious divulging 
 of ihcm did to the infamy of the divul^m. 
 
 King CktirJci. 
 
 Divu'lsiox. n. f. [JIvuI/io, Lat.] The 
 aft of plucking away. 
 
 Aviftutle, in his Ethicks, takes up the conceit 
 of the beaver, and tiie druulffin of iiis tcliicics. 
 
 B'OZUit^s I'ltlgUf Kttours. 
 
 2oDi'zF.N. V. a. [This word feems cor- 
 rupted from dight. ] To drefs ; to deck ; 
 to rig out. A low word. 
 
 Your Udylhip lifts up the falh to be feon ; 
 For lure 1 iiad dl-zen\i you out like a queen. 
 
 Sxvift. 
 Di'zzARD. n. f. [from (//zzy.] A block- 
 head ; a fool. Did. 
 Di'zziNEss. »■ f. [from ///:iK)'.] Giddi- 
 nefs ; whirl in the head. 
 
 Fixed rerioufncfs heats the brain in fome to 
 diflraction, and cautetii an aching and tliz.zjnefs 
 in founder heads. GUin>:lU, 
 
 YiVTLY. adj. [bij-i, birig. Saxon.] 
 
 1. Giddy ; vertiginous ; having in the 
 head the fenfation of turning round. 
 
 All on a fudden miferable pain 
 Surpris'd thee, dim thine eyes, and .//riy fwam 
 In darkncfs. Milton, 
 
 2. Caufing giddinefs. 
 
 How fearful 
 And diz-zv 'tis to calV one's eyes fo low f Shak. 
 
 3. Giddy ; thoughtlefs. 
 
 What followers, what retinue canft thou gain ? 
 Or at thy heels the dizzy multitude, *•• 
 Longer than thou canfl feed them on thy coft ? 
 
 Mi/ton. 
 To Di'zzY. 1}. a. [from the adjeftive.] 
 To whirl round ; to make giddy. 
 
 Not the dreadful Ipout, 
 Which fhipmen do the hurricane call, 
 Shall d:zz\ with mere clamour Neptune's ear 
 In his defccnt, than (ball my prompter! fword 
 Falling on Diomede. Shnkfptare. 
 
 To divide him invetitorially, would dizry the 
 arithmetick of memory. Siniffearc, 
 
 To DO. V. a. Thou dcfi, he Jo/'} or does ; 
 preter. r^«J ; part. pafl". dcine. [oon, Sax. 
 doen, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To praftife or aft any thing good or 
 bad. 
 
 Tirou ball dote evil above all that were before 
 
 thee. I A' '.v.. 
 
 Flee evil, and A good. Pfiilir.i. 
 
 2 . To perform ; to achieve. 
 
 Tiicy i.elp, wlio hurt lb fmall; 
 And he hath nothing Jt'.f, that dull not all. 
 
 Dani,!. 
 
 Lejrn to live well, that thou mayft die fo too ; 
 
 To live and die is all we have to do. Dttsfiatn. 
 
 What is the rcafon a man's arm won't fmilc 
 
 and frown, and i/o-all the intellcrftual poftures of 
 
 tie countenance ? Coilitr, 
 
 3. To execute ; to difcharge. 
 
 May one, that is a herald and a prince, 
 J)s a fail .-nclTagc to his kingly cars .' Sliukjp. 
 
 D O 
 
 Piiidarus is come 
 To do you falutaliun from his miller. Si.iijp. 
 The jury prayed of the fenatc a guard, tliat 
 they migi t m tlieir confcienecs. B.iion, 
 
 4. To ciiufe. This ftrufture is obfokte. 
 A fatal plague whicli many .lid to dye. Sfmjtr. 
 Nought can quench mine inly Baming lide, 
 
 Noi' fe.i of liquol cold, nor lake of mire. 
 Nothing but death can do rae Co rcfpirc. Fahy Q. 
 
 5. To tranfaft. 
 
 The thing was not done in a corner. .//tf?;. 
 
 6. To prnduce any effefl to another. 
 
 If he did not care whctlicr he had ll.eir love ('i 
 
 no, he waved inditfcrently 'twixt doing them 
 
 neither good nor harm. Shakfpr.irc. 
 
 Thou haft, Seballian, done good feature liiamc. 
 
 Shakjjyaite. 
 If there be any good thing to be done, 
 That may to thee do cafe, and gidce to me, 
 .Speak to mc. * Shakjfeare. 
 
 'Tis true, I did fo; nor was it in vain : 
 She did me right, and latialied my vengeance, 
 
 Koxvt. 
 You do her too much honour : Ihe hath nei-. 
 iher fciifc nor calie, if (he dates to refufe you. 
 
 Suiift. 
 
 7. To have recourfe to ; to praftife as the 
 laft effort : commonly in the form of a 
 paffionate interrogation. 
 
 What will ye do in the end thereof? ycrim. 
 
 8. To perform for the benefit or hurt of 
 another. 
 
 I know what God will do for me. Samuel. 
 
 A«£ts of mercy done to the poor, (hall be ac- 
 cepted and rewarded as done to our Saviour him- 
 felf. Alttrbuty. 
 
 9. To exert ; to put forth. 
 
 Do thy diligence to come Ihortly unto me. 
 
 Z Timothy. 
 
 10. To manage by way of intercourfe or 
 dealing ; to have bufinefs ; to deal. 
 
 I have been deterred by an indifpofition from 
 having much to do with fleams of Co dangerous a 
 nature. Boyle. 
 
 What had I to do with kings and courts.' 
 My humble lot had cad me far benealii them. 
 
 11. To gain'; to effeft by influence. 
 
 It is much that a jell with a fad brow will d-> 
 with a fellow that never had the ache in his 
 ftioulders. Shakfpenre. 
 
 His queen, notwithftanding flic had prcfrnted 
 him with divers children, and with a crown alfo, 
 though he would not acknowledge it, could do 
 nothing with him. B.icon, 
 
 12. To make any thing what It is not. 
 Off with the crown, and with the crown bis 
 
 head ; 
 And whilft we breathe, take hira to do him 
 dc.ld. Sha^jpeuTc. 
 
 13. To finifh ; to end. 
 
 As for this mercy, 
 Which he intends fur Lear and for Cordelia, 
 The b.ittle t/o"(*, and they within our power, 
 Sli.Til nc\er fee his pardon. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Go to the reading of fome part of the New 
 Tellainent, not carclefsly, cr in hade, as if you 
 h.ad a mind to h.ive dohe \ but attentively, as tt- 
 be able ro give fume account of what you have 
 r:ad. Duppa. 
 
 Gigantick hinds, as foon as work was .lone. 
 To their huge pots of bo.ling puKe would run. 
 
 Dty.iin. 
 l^. To conclude ; to fettle. 
 
 Trey did their work and din'd. Prior. 
 
 When all is done, there is no man cin ffivc his 
 own inic:i.ll belter tlian by ferving God. Til.'oifon. 
 15. To put. 
 
 Why, Warwick, who fliould .k tie duke to 
 death ? Shakjpearc. 
 
 The lord Aubrey \txt 
 Was done to death. Shaifpters. 
 
 I 
 
 D O 
 
 16. The phrafc, W'o/ /* do "a'-th, figni- 
 fies how to beftow ; what ufe to make 
 of; what courfe to take; liow to cm- 
 ploy ; which way to get nd of. 
 
 Men are many times brought to that extremity, 
 that if it were not for God, they would not know 
 ivliat to do Willi therafclvcs, or liow to enjoy 
 thcmfclvcs for one hour. TilhiUn. 
 
 To Yio. V. n. 
 
 I . To aft or behave in any manner well or 
 ill. ' 
 
 Unto this day they 1/0 after the fo'mer man- 
 ners ; tiicy fe.u not the Lord, neither ilo they 
 after the law and commandment which the Lord 
 commanded the children of Jacob. i Kings. 
 
 As every prince (hould govern as he would de- 
 fire to be governed, fo every fuhjcci ought to 
 obey as he would rtcfire to be obeyed, according 
 to the maxim of doing as wc would be done by. 
 
 Templt. 
 
 3. To make an end; to conclude: only 
 in the compound preterit. 
 
 You may ramble a whole day, and eveiy mo- 
 ment difcover fumething new ; but when you 
 have done, you will have but a eonfufed notioii 
 of the place. Speii.i!,.r. 
 
 3- To ceafe to be concerned with; to 
 ceafe to care about ; to dell ft from no- 
 tice or praftice : only in the compound 
 preterit. 
 
 No men would make ule of dilumted partrc* 
 to deftroy one body, unlcfs they were fare to 
 mailer them when they had done with them. 
 
 StilUngfeet. 
 
 I have done luitk Chaucer, when I have an- 
 fwered fome objeiJlions. Dryden. 
 
 _We have not yet dote irlih alTenting to propo- 
 rtions at lirft hearing, and underftanding their 
 terms. i^^^kc. 
 
 Having dene ivith fuch amufements, we give 
 up wliat we cannot difown. Pope. 
 
 4. To fare ; to be with regard to ficknef* 
 or health. 
 
 Good woman, how dojl thou .' 
 
 The better that it pleafes your good worlhiV 
 
 toalk. Shakjpemc. 
 
 5. To fucceed ; to fulfil a purpofe. 
 
 Come, 'tis no matter; we Ihall./:; without him. 
 
 Addlfrn. 
 
 You would do well to prefer a bill againil alt 
 king< and parliaments fincc the conqucft ; and, 
 if tliat won't <^<j, challenge the crown. Colllei. 
 
 6. To deal with. 
 
 No man, who hath to do with the king, v-ill 
 think himfcif fafe, unlcfs you be his good angel, 
 and guide him. Btuon 
 
 7. To Do is ufed for any verb, to fave the 
 repetition of the word : as, IJhallcome, 
 but if I do not, go ww.iy ; that is, if / 
 come not. 
 
 Thus painters Cupids paint, thus poets do 
 A naked god, blind, young, with arrows two. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 If any thing in the world dcfcrve our feriouj 
 (ludy and tonliderarion, thole principles of reli- 
 g'"" '/''■ Titlotjon. 
 
 Take all things which relax the veins; for 
 wV.ac doci fo, prevents too vigorous a motioQ 
 through the arteries. Arhuihnot. 
 
 8. Do is a word of vehement command, 
 or earn ell requcft : as, hcl^ me, do ; 
 make hafle, do. 
 
 If ihou haft loft thy land, do not alfo lofe thy 
 conftancy ; and if thou mull die a little fooncr, 
 yet do not die impatiently. Taylor. 
 
 Lnofc me. — I will free thee. 
 
 — Do, and I'll be thy flave. ~ Diyien. 
 
 9. TqDoU put before verbs fcraetimcs
 
 B O C 
 
 expletively : as, I do love., or / love ; 
 
 J did love, or / loved. 
 
 TheTuiKs</o acknowledge Go4 the Father, 
 Creator of heaven and earth, being the firll Per- 
 fon in the Trinity, though they deny the rcll. 
 
 Ba^or.'i Holy IVar. 
 This juft reproach their virtue ."« excite. 
 
 T>ryiUn. 
 Expletives their feeble aid r/o join. I'ofe. 
 
 10. Sometimes emphatically : as-, /do hate 
 htm, but ivill not ivrong him. 
 
 Perdition cjich my foul 
 But I do love thee J and when I love thee not, 
 Chaos is tome again. Shakffeaie. 
 
 11, Sometimes by way of opprjfition ; as, 
 / did love him, but /corn him now. 
 
 To DoAT. V. n. See Tu Dote. 
 
 DOCIJJLE. adj. [dociUs, Lat.] Trada- 
 ble ; docile ; eafy to be taught. 
 
 The aliiine fesll of fow-thiltles and brambles 
 is coinmonlv fct before chcm, a? all the toocJ ar.d 
 entertainment of ti.eir tendcrcll and moft di,dlk 
 age. Milton. 
 
 Do'ciBKENESs. n. f. [from doeible.] 
 Teachablenefs ; docility ; readinefs to 
 
 learn. 
 
 I might enUrge in commcnd.ilion of thenobie 
 hound, as alfo of the dacibUmJ; o! i^-.^gi, in ge- 
 neral ir.illori'i Aigier. 
 
 DOCILE, adj. [dociUs, Latin.] 
 
 1. Teachable ; ealilj- inllruAed ; trada- 
 ble. 
 
 Dojs foon grow .-.ccnftomed to whatever they 
 are taught, and, being dorlL- and tradable, are 
 verv ufcful. £■'■'•'' Voya^r., 
 
 2. With to before the thing taught. 
 
 Soon JocHi t'l the fccrct afls of ill, 
 With frailes I could betray, with temper Itill. 
 
 frlor. 
 
 Doci'lity. «./. [docili/e, Fr. from do- 
 cilities, Latin.] /iptnefs to be taught ; 
 readinefs to learn. 
 
 All the perfciSion thoy allowed his underfland- 
 ing was aptnefs and docility, and all that they at- 
 tributed to his will was a poffibiiity to be vir- 
 tuous. South. 
 
 What is more admirable than the fitnefs of 
 every creature for ufe ? the docility of an ele- 
 phant, and the infitiency of a camel for travelling 
 indefarts? G-eiu. 
 
 .DocK.n.f. [bocca, Saxon.] A plant; a 
 weed. 
 
 The fpecies are fcventeen, ten of which grow 
 wild, fcvcial of them being uftd in medetine ; 
 »nd the fort called tlic oriental burdock, is faid 
 to be the true rhub.irb. Miller. 
 
 Nothing teems 
 But hateful doth, rojgn thiillcs, kcckfies, burs, 
 ■ Lofing both beauty and utility. Sh.rifjie.irc. 
 
 My love for gentle Dcrmot fader grows 
 Than yon tall doci that rifes tu thy nofe : 
 Cut down the dock, 'twill fproul again ; but 
 
 know, 
 Love rooted out, again will never grow. Sivijt. 
 
 DOyK. «. /. 
 
 1 . The Hump of the tail, which remains 
 after docking. 
 
 2. The folid part of the tail. 
 
 The tail of a great rhinoccios is not well dc- 
 (erihcd by B.<ntiLis. The dock is about half an 
 inch ihiik, and two inches broad, hke an apo- 
 thecary's fpatula. Grea:'^ Miifaum. 
 Dock. n.f. [as fume imagine,^ of i'-^fw.] 
 A place where water is kt in or out at 
 pleafure, where (liips are built or laid 
 
 up. 
 
 The boatfw.iin and mariner may bring reli- 
 gion to what </cci Ihey pleafe. Homcl. 
 
 There arc docks for their gallies .ind men of 
 ■war, as well as work-houfcs fjr all land and ni- 
 >al pcfjaratioiK. Addljon. 
 
 DOC 
 
 To Dock. v. a. [from doch, a tail.] 
 
 1. To cut off a tail. 
 
 2. To cut any thing fliort. 
 
 One or two flood coullant centry, who docked 
 all favours handed down ; and fprcad a huge in- 
 vifible net between the prince and fubjeit, 
 through which nothing of value could pafs. Surft. 
 
 3. To cut off a reckoning ; to cut off an 
 entail. 
 
 .4.. To lay the (hip in a dock. 
 Do'cKKT. n. f. A diteiflioii tied upon 
 goods ; a fummary of a larger writing. 
 
 Did. 
 DO'CTOR. K. /. [doSor, Lat.] 
 
 1. One that has taken the lilgliell degree 
 in the Kiciiltics of divinity, law, or phy- 
 fick. Jn fomc univerfities they have 
 doiftors of mufick. In its original im- 
 po.t, it means a man fo well verfed in 
 his faculty, as to be qualified to teach it. 
 
 No woman had it, but a civil doflcr. 
 Who did refufc three thoufand ducatB of me, 
 Andt:-gg'd the ring. Sli.ikfpriire. 
 
 Then rtood there up one in the council, a 
 Pharifce, named Gamaliel, a di&er of laws. ^i7i. 
 
 2. A man (Itilled in any profeffion. 
 
 Then fuWtic dcf^^n fcripturcs made their pride, 
 Cafuills, hke cocks, ftruck out each other's eyes. 
 
 Dcnhiim. 
 
 Each profclyte would vote his dodor belt. 
 With aljlolutc cxclufion to ihe reft. Drydtn. 
 
 3. A phyfician ; one who undertakes the 
 cure of difeafes. 
 
 By med'cinc life may be prolong'd, yet death 
 Will feiic tlic dcOor too. Shakf^eine. 
 
 How does yom- patient, do^or F—. 
 — Not (u lick, my lord. 
 As (he is troubled with thick coming fancies. 
 
 Shukjpe^re. 
 
 Children will not take thofe medicines fiom 
 the doSIor'i hand, which they will from a nnife 
 or mother. Gov. of To/i^ue. 
 
 To 'pothecaries let the learn'd prcfciibc. 
 That men may die without a double bri!>c ; 
 Let them, hut under tiicir fuperiors, kill, 
 When .lo^ots firft have fign'd the bloody bill. 
 
 Drv./fK. 
 
 He tiiat can cuic by recreation, and make plea- 
 fure the vehicle of health, is a .I'oJPor at it in good 
 carneft. Collitr. 
 
 In truth, nine parts in ten of thofe who reco- 
 vered, owed their lives to the itrength of nature 
 and a good conOitution, while fuch a one hap- 
 pened to be the dotlor. Sivijt. 
 
 4. Any able or learned man. 
 
 The fimpleft perfon, that can but apprehend 
 and fpeak fcnfc, is as much judge of it as the 
 grcateft do^or in the fcliool. ^'g^y of Bodies. 
 
 To Do'cTOR. 1). a. [from the noun.] To 
 phyfick ; to cure : to treat with medi- 
 cines. A low word. 
 
 Do'cTORAL. adj. [_doi!oral!s, Lat.] Re- 
 lating to the degree of a dotlor. 
 
 Do'cTORALLY. ddv. [from ^oflw.?/.] In 
 manner of a doftor. 
 
 The phyficians rcfurtcd to him to touch his 
 pulfc, and confider of \di difeafe dofforaily at 
 their departure. HakcwiU. 
 
 Do'cTORSHIP. «. f. [fiom </oi3o;-. ] The 
 rank of a doflor. 
 
 From a fclvolar he became a fellow, and then 
 the prefidenr of the college, after he had recci\cd 
 all the graces and degrees, the prodorlliip and 
 the dottorfuip. CUrindon. 
 
 Doctri'nal. a.lj. [dsSrln.i, Latin.] 
 1. Containing doClrine, or fomtthing for- 
 mally taught. 
 
 The verfc naturally affords us the doili inn/ pro- 
 pofition, M'l i'.ii (hall be otu fuhj-ril. South. 
 
 D O D 
 
 2. Pertaining to the aft or means of teach* 
 ing. 
 
 To this end the word of God no otherwife 
 ferveth, than only in the nature of a daSlrinal'm- 
 ftrument. Hooker, 
 
 What fpecial property or quality is that, which, 
 being no whcie tuund but in lernuns, maketU 
 them effectual to fave luuls, and ieaveth all 
 other doBirinai means behries dcrtitute of vital 
 efficacy .> Hooker. 
 
 Doctki'nal. n.f. Something that ii 
 
 part of doftrine. 
 
 Not fuch as afUnt to every word in fcripturo, 
 
 can be faid in doSrin.ds to deny Chrift. South, 
 
 Doctki'nai.ly. ndv. [from dodnne.'\ 
 
 In the form of doflrine ; pofitivcly, as 
 
 iicceflary to be held. 
 
 Scripttire accommodates itfelf to commoa 
 opinijns, and employs tf.e ufual forms of fpecch, 
 without r'elivcring any thing dottrinalj^ concern- 
 ing the f" pointi. .^'{V* 
 Doctrine, n.f. [(/oi7;7W, Latin.] 
 
 1. The principles or pofitions of any fefl 
 or mailer ; that which is taught. 
 
 To make new articles of faith and doc' 
 trine, no man thinketh it lawful : new lawi of 
 government, wliat church or commonwealth is 
 there which maketh not, either at one tim» or 
 other. Hooker. 
 
 Ye arc the fons of clergy, who bring all ih-iir 
 do&ririi fairlv to the tight, and invite men with 
 freedom to e^amir.e them. .^Itterbury. 
 
 That gieat piinciple in natural philofophy is 
 the doilrine of grav itation, or mutual tendency of 
 all bodies tow.ird each other. kJ'.itts.- 
 
 2. The aft of teaching. 
 
 He faid unto them in his doBrine. Murk, 
 
 Do'cuMENT. n.J. Iflocumeritum, Latin.], 
 
 1. Precept; inftruftion; direftion. 
 
 It is a moft neccflTary inflniiftion and document 
 for them, that as her ni.ijefty made iliem difpcn- 
 fators of her favour, fo it bthoveth them to ihe\r. 
 themfelves equal d:lrribator&. Baton. 
 
 Learners Ihould not be too much crowded with 
 a heap or multitude of docinne7.ts or ideas at on* 
 time. IJ'atts, 
 
 2. Precept, in an ill fenfe ; a precept »nfo- 
 lently authoritative, magiilerially dog- 
 matical, folemnly trifling. 
 
 Gentle infinu.itions pierce, as oil is the mod 
 penetrating of all liquors; but in roagiiicrial do- 
 cum;rits men think themfelves attacked, and ftand 
 upon their guard. Government of the Tongut, 
 
 It is not unneccflary to digeli the documents iS 
 cracking authois into feveral clafTes. H.mey. 
 DODDER, n.f. [toulenn, to flioot up, 
 Dutch. Siintici .^ 
 
 Do.Ller is a fingular plant: when 'rt firft (hsots 
 /rom the feed it has little roots, whii,h pieiee the 
 earth near the roots of other plants ; but the ca.. 
 pill.-raents of which it is formed foon after cling- 
 ing about thefe plants, the roots wither away. 
 From this time it propagates itfelf along the ft.ilks 
 of the plant, entangling itfelf about them. It las 
 no leaves, but runfilis of capilUment'^ or flalks, 
 browuilh witli a cart of red, which run to great 
 lengths. They have tubercles, which fix them 
 fail down to tlic plant, and by nrcans of which 
 they abforb the juices deflined for its Dourilh^ 
 ment. Hi/i, 
 
 Do'ddered. aiij. [from dodder.'] Over« 
 grown with dodder ; covered with li>- 
 percrefcent plants. 
 
 Near the hearth a laurel grew, 
 Doddcr'd with age, whole boughs encompafs 
 
 round 
 
 The houfehold gods, and fliade the holy ground. 
 
 J^ryden^s j^tieii^. 
 
 The peafants were enjoin'd 
 
 Sere-wood, and firs, and dodder' d owV-i to find., 
 
 Drydtn' s Fttldes. 
 
 Dode'cagon. n.f. [LJsxa andyutla,] 
 A figure of twelve fides.
 
 DOE 
 
 Ihe twelfth part. 
 
 'Tia ,iodeciHcmori(in tiius dcfcrib'd; 
 Tliiice rcii ricgices, which every lign contnijis, 
 Let rwi'lve exhauft, that not one p;tit rcnuins ; 
 It ruliou's Ih'c-i^lu, th.it every twelfth conliiics 
 Two whole ,111(1 one h.ilf portion of the fi^ns. 
 
 Cr(uh. 
 
 Tn DoDG li. V. n. [proliably corrupted 
 from ilo;^ ; to (hift, anil play fly tricks, 
 like a dog.] The woid in all its feiifes 
 is low and vulgar. 
 
 1. To ufe craft; to deal with tergivcrfa- 
 tloii ; ,to play mean tricks ; to ufe low 
 fliifts.i 
 
 If 111 good offi-rcs and due retributions we may 
 not be. pinching and niggardly, it argues un 
 earthly and jgnoblc mind, where we have appa- 
 rently wronged, to higgle and dodge in the 
 amends. Huid'; Cotitetfij'!it:io>i. 
 
 The conlitleration fliould make men grow 
 weary of dodging and (hewing tricks with Gud. 
 
 Sculh. 
 
 2. To fhift place as another approaches. 
 
 For he bad, any time this ten years full, 
 Dcdg'J wlili him betwint Cambridge and the 
 Bull. Mr/ton. 
 
 3. To play fall and loofe ; to raife expec- 
 tations and difappoint them. 
 
 You know my p.iihoii Tor M:i!*tii3, and what 
 a dr.ncc Ihe has led mo i (he </</..']gt\/ with me 
 above thiity years. " ^Jddifon. 
 
 Tlie chalTering with dilTenters, and dtdaing 
 about this or t' other ceremony, is but like open- 
 ing a ftw wickets, and leaving them a-jav, by 
 which no more than one can get in at a time.- 
 
 Swift. 
 Do'dkin. n./. [r/;/)'//v/;, Dutch.] A doit- 
 kin, or little doit; a contemptuous name 
 for a low coin. 
 I would not buy them for a dodkin, 
 
 Liiy^ Gi unnndr cntijlrusd. 
 
 Do'nMAN. n. f. The name of a fi(h. 
 
 Fr(h that call their Ihell arc the lobftcr, the 
 crab, the craw-(i(h, tiic hodmandod or dodmafi^ 
 and the tortoife. Biiron. 
 
 Doe. ti. /. [ba, Saxon; daa, Danifii ; 
 ^/ama, Latin.] A Khe deer; the female 
 of a buck. 
 
 Then but forbear vour food a little while, 
 While, likeai/or, I go to find my fawn, 
 And give it food. ShakJpiar^U -t'\ you /ike it. 
 Bucks have horuE, docs none. Bacon's Nat. Hifj. 
 The fearful doe 
 And flying ftag amidll the greyhounds go. 
 
 Dfydcn's I'irgil. 
 
 DoEi «./. [from 7(? (/o.] A feat; what 
 one has to do ; what one can perform. 
 
 No fooner he does peep into 
 The world, bur he has done his doe. Hudibtau 
 
 Do'er. n.f. [from To do.} 
 
 1. One that does any thing good or bad. 
 
 So foul a thing, O! thou iiijuftice art. 
 That tort'rell both the doei- and diftrcll. 
 
 ■DnniJ. 
 
 It may be indeed a publick crime, or a nati- 
 onal mifchief ; yet it is but a private at't, and ihe 
 doir of it may chance to pay liis head for his pic- 
 fumption. So:<th 
 
 2. After ; agent. 
 
 Sith thus far we open the thjngs tW 'nave- 
 been done, let not tl:c principal Jotw thcmfcUes 
 be forgotten. Hooker. 
 
 3. Performer. 
 
 One judgcth the prize tothe heft doer, of which, 
 they are no lefs glad than great princes are of 
 triumplis. Sidney. 
 
 4. An a<5tive, or bufy, or valiant perfon. 
 
 Feai not niy lord, we will net Hand to prate ; 
 Talkers are no good doers ; be alTur'd, 
 We go to ufe our hands, and net our tong-uer. 
 
 Sitaht-ettn. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 DOG 
 
 TKcy are great fpcnkcrs but fraall Joi-rs • greater 
 in (hew than in deed. Kno/Zes' llijhiy 
 
 5. One that habitually performs or prac- 
 tifcs. 
 Dc doers of the word, and not hearers only. 
 
 Common I'ljjrr. 
 
 In this we Ihew ourfclvcs weak, and unapt to 
 
 be doers of his will, in that we take upon us to 
 
 f e controllers of his wifdom. lho/:tr. 
 
 Ddks. The third perfon from Jo, for 
 
 e^oli. 
 
 Though lending to foreigners, upon ufe, doth 
 not at all alter rhe balance of trade between thofe 
 countries, yet it dors alter the exchange between 
 tiiofe countries. Loe.ie 
 
 To Dorr. v.a. [from do njf.'\ The word 
 is ill all its fenlcs obfolete, and fcartely 
 ufcd except by rufticks ; yet it is a pure 
 and commodious word. 
 
 1. To put off drcls. 
 
 You have deceiv'dour truft. 
 And made us d'.jf our cafy robes of peace. 
 To ciuih our old limbs in ungentle ifecl. 
 
 S/siilfpeare's Henry iv. 
 Do^ thofe links. Milton's ^gonijles. 
 
 Nature, in awe to him, 
 Had doff'd her gaudy trim, 
 
 With ner great mailer fo to fympathize. Milton, 
 That judge is hot, and dojfs his gown. 
 
 X)ryden's Juven.i!, 
 Alcidcs doffs the lion's tawny hide. Riwe. 
 
 2. To llrip ; to devefl of any thing. 
 
 Why .ait thou troubled, Herod.' What vain 
 fear 
 Thy blood-revolving bread doth move? 
 
 Heav'n's king, who rfo^i himfelf our flclh to 
 wear, 
 Comes not to rule in wrath, but fcrve in love. 
 
 Cra^iaio. 
 
 3 . To put away ; to get rid of. 
 
 Your eye in Sc<jtland 
 Would create foldiers, and make women fight, 
 To .ei^ their dire ddbeffes. M«,<-//.. Macbeth^ 
 
 4. To fhift off; to delay; to refer to an- 
 other time ; to put off. 
 
 Every day thou doff'J} me with fome device, 
 lago ; and rather keep'ft from me all conveiii- 
 ency, than fupplieft me with the leaft advantage 
 of hope. Shakffeare' s Othello. 
 
 Away, I will not have to do with you. — 
 — Canlt ihou fo doff me .' Shaif^eare. 
 
 DOG. n.f. [t^ogghe, Dutch; caiiis, hat.] 
 
 1. A domeftic animal remarkably various 
 in his fpecies; compvifing the maftiff, the 
 fpaniel, the bull-dog, the greyhound, 
 the hound, the terrier, tlie cur, with 
 many others. The larger fort are ufed 
 as a guard; the icfs for iports. 
 
 Such fmiling logucs as thcfc fjoth eveiy paf- 
 fion : 
 Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks 
 ^^'i'h ev'ry gale and v.iry of their malfers, 
 As knowing u-iugiit, like dogi, but following. 
 
 Sfs,:kfyeiire' s Kina Lear. 
 
 Why Ihould we not think a watch and piftol 
 as diftinct fpecies one from anotlicr, as a horfe 
 and a dcg ' Locke. 
 
 The clamour roars of men, and boys and dogs. 
 
 Tholtifon. 
 
 2. A conftellation called Sirins, or Canicu- 
 la, riling and letting with the fun during 
 the canicuilar days, or dogdays. 
 
 Among the fouthciii conitrllations, two there 
 are who bear t'iC name of the dog ; the one in 
 fiAtten degrees laiitude, containing- on the left 
 thigh a ftarof the firrt magnitude, nfually called 
 Proc) on, or Aniicanus. Brown's Vulg.ir Er^oui s. 
 
 It parts the twins and crab, the dog divides 
 And Argo's keel that broke the frotliy tides. 
 
 Creech. 
 
 3. A reproachful name for a man. 
 
 1 never heard a paffion fo confus'd. 
 
 DOG 
 
 Sn ftrangc, outrageous, and fo variable, 
 As the dog Jew did utter in the ftreets. ShlI^ff. 
 Beware of digs, beware of evil workers. 
 
 Vliilip'piitnt. 
 
 4. To give or fend to ihe Doos; to throw 
 away. Togo to the Dogs; to be ruined, 
 deflroyed, or devoured. 
 
 Had whole Colepepei's wealth been hops and 
 hogs. 
 Could he bimfcif have fcnt it to the dogs ' 
 
 5. It is ufed as the term for the male of 
 feveral fpecies: as, the dog fox, the d'-g 
 otter. 
 
 If ever I thank any man, I'll thank youj but 
 that they call compliments is like the encounter 
 of two dog apes. Shakfj-eare. 
 
 The fame ill tafte of fenfe will ferve to join 
 Dog foxes in the yoke, and (heer the fwiiic. - 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 6. Dog Is a particle added to any thing, to 
 mark meannefs.or degeneracy, or worth- 
 IcfTnefs: as, dog rofe. 
 
 To Dog. v. a. [from the noun.] To hunt, 
 
 as a dog, iufidioutly and indefatigably. 
 
 I have dogg'd him like his murthcrcr. Hi.ikfp, 
 
 I, his defpiteful Juno, fent him forlh 
 
 From courtly friends, with camping foes to live, 
 
 Where death, and danger dog the heels of worth. 
 
 ShukfpeaFt, 
 Sorrow dogging fin, 
 Affliflions fortcd. Herbert. 
 
 I fear the dread events that dog them both, 
 
 LcR Tome ill-greeting touch attemptthe perfon 
 
 Of our renowned filter. Milton, 
 
 Thefe fpiritual joys are dogged by .no fad 
 
 ffquels. Glarrjille. 
 
 I have been purfued, dogged, and way-laid 
 
 through feveral nations, and even now fcarce 
 
 think myfclf fecure. Fope. 
 
 Hate dogs their rife, and infult mocks their 
 
 fall. t'unity of Hnrnan l/'ly/i'es. 
 
 DoG-FisHER. u. f. [dog and Jijher.] A 
 kind of iifh. 
 
 The dog-fijher is good againft tire falling fick- 
 "^■(■s- n'olto,'.. 
 
 Dog-teeth, h. /. [dog and /.'."//^.] The 
 teeth in the human head next to the 
 grinders ; the eye-teeth. 
 
 The belt inliruments for dividing of herbs 
 are incifor-iccth ; for cracking of hard fubftanccj, 
 as bones and nuti, grinders, or mill teeth; for 
 dividing of flclh, lliarp-pointed or dcgt.cth. 
 
 Arhuthntt on ylliments. 
 DoG-TRlCK. n.f. [dog^'CiAirid.'l Ah ill 
 turn ; furly or brutal treatment. 
 
 Learn better manners, or I liiall fei-ve ycti a 
 dog-trick ; I'll make you know your rider. 
 
 Dryden s Don S^hajiian. 
 
 Do'gb.\ne. «./. [(■('o^and^anc] A plant. 
 
 Milhr. 
 DofiDERRY-TREE. A kind of cheriy. 
 Do'gbolt. n.f. \_dog and Z'^//.] Of this 
 word I know not the meaning, nnlefs it 
 be, that when meal or flower is lifted or 
 bolted to a certain degree, the coarfer 
 part is called dogholt, or flower for do^s. 
 
 His only folacc was, that now 
 Ilis do^Jiolt tiniunc was fo low, 
 Thateiihei it miifl quickly end. 
 Or turn about again, and mend. Uudihras. 
 
 DoGBRiAU. n.f. [dog i.\-idlriar.\ The 
 briar that bears the hip ; the cynofbatort. 
 Do'g cheap, adj. \dog and cheap.'] Cheap 
 as dog's meat; cheap as the offal bought 
 for dogs. 
 Good llore of harlots, fay you, and doecheap ? 
 
 Dnclen, 
 
 Do'oDAYs. n. f. £dog and days.] The 
 days in which the dogflarrlfes and fet^ 
 4C
 
 DOG' 
 
 with the fun, vulgarly reputed unwhole- 
 fome. 
 
 Nor was it more in his power to be without 
 
 ptomotion and titles, than for a healthy man to 
 
 fit in the fun, in the brighteft<fc^./j.v'i, and remain 
 
 ■without warmth. ChreMon. 
 
 Do'gdraw. H./ [Jo^anAdra'W.'] A ma- 
 
 nlfeft deprehenfion of an offender agaiiift 
 
 venifon in the foieft, when he is found 
 
 drawing after a deer by the fcent of a 
 
 hound which he leads in his hand. 
 
 Doge. n. /. [^oj^, Italian.] The title of 
 the chief magiftrate of Venice and Ge- 
 noa. 
 
 Doria lias a ftatue at the entrance of the dogr's 
 pahce, with the title of deliverer of tlic com- 
 monwealth. Adj:f'.n. 
 
 Do'gfish. n.f. [from </o^ and jg/S.] An- 
 other name for a (hark. 
 It is part of the jaw of a (liaxk, or dugfiji. 
 
 iVoodlL-nrd. 
 
 Do'gflv. n.f. [flfc^and/y.] Avoracious 
 
 biting Hy. 
 
 Thump-buckler Mars began, 
 And at Minerva with a lance of brafs he head- 
 long ran ; 
 Thcfe vile words ulhering his blows, Thou Jog- 
 
 JJy, what's the caul'e 
 Thou makeft gods fight thus ? CnifmM'i Ilmd. 
 
 Do'gged. adj. [from^6_j.] Sullen; four; 
 inorafe; ill-humoured; gloomy. 
 
 Your uncle muft not know but you arc dead : 
 I'll (ill thcfe tiiggcJ fpies with falfe reports. 
 
 73iiggtd\o\\i, that rfnchcs at the moon, 
 ^^'hofe ovcr-wcenir;; arm I have pluck'd back, 
 By falfe accufe doth level at my life. Shakff. 
 
 Few miles on huifcback had they jogged. 
 But fottune unto them turn'd dogged. HudibrM. 
 
 Do'ggedly. adv. [from do^gcd.~\ Sullen- 
 ly; gloomily; fourly; morofely. 
 Do'ggedness. ti. f. [from dogged.] 
 Gloom of mind ;. fullennefs; morofenefs. 
 Do'gger. n. /; [from dog, for its mean- 
 nefe. Siinnir.] A fmall fhip with one 
 maft. 
 Doggerel. aJr. [from dog."} Loofed 
 from the meafures or rules of regular 
 poetry ; vile ; defpicable ; mean : uled 
 of verfes. 
 
 Then ha3en Og and Docg to rehcarfc. 
 Two fools that crutch their feeble fenfs on verfc; 
 Who by my mufe to all fucceeding times 
 Shall live, in fpitc of their own i/o;;gVf/ rhymes. 
 
 Dryden 
 
 Your wit burlefque may one ftcp higher climb, 
 
 And in his fphere may judge all dugg'rd rhymt. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 It is 3 difputc among the criticks, whether 
 
 iiurlerque poetry lutis beft in heroick verfe, like 
 
 that of the Difpcnfary i or in dfi^prri^ like that 
 
 of Hadibras. j^dMfun^iSpe^at^r^ 
 
 Do'ggerel. n. J. Mean, defpicable, 
 worthlefs verfes. 
 
 The hand and head were never loft of thofc 
 "Who dealt in dcgg'nly or who pin'd in prof^ 
 
 The vileil dogzrti Grubftreet fends 
 Will pafs for yours with foes and friends. 
 
 Sxuf:. 
 
 Doggish, adj. [from dog.'] Churliflr ; 
 brutal. 
 
 Do'ghearted. adj. [Jag and hear!.] 
 Cruel; pitilefs; malicious. 
 His unkindnefs, 
 Tlrat flript her from his bencdiilion, turn'd her 
 To foreign cafualties, gave her dear riphts 
 To his iughcertid daughters, Siji//<ari. 
 
 »3 
 
 DOG 
 
 Do'ghole. n. /. [Jogandhoh.] A vile 
 hole; a mean habitation. 
 
 France is a doghoU, and it no more merits the 
 tre.id of a man's foot : to the wars. Skakjpeare. 
 
 But couldyou be content to bid adieu- 
 To the dear playhoufe, and the players too, 
 Sweet country feats are purchas'd ev'ry -where, 
 With lands and gardens, at iefs price than here 
 You hire a darkforae drghUe by the year. 
 
 Diydcn's Jul'-.-: 
 
 Rcvcrfe your ornaments, and hang them all 
 On fomc patch'd doeholi ek'dwith ends of wall. 
 
 Po^f. 
 
 Do'gkennel. n.f. [^dog andi«;nf/.] A 
 little hut or houfe for dogs. 
 
 A certain nobleman, beginning with a dog' 
 kennel, never lived to finilh the palace he had con- 
 trived. ^ Drydcn. 
 I am difired to recommend a do^kiincl to any 
 that Ihall want a pack. Taller. 
 Do'glouse. n. f. [dog and louft.] An 
 infedl that harbours on dogs. 
 
 DO'GMA. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 1. Eftabliftied principle ; dodrinil no- 
 tion. 
 
 Our poet was a ftoick philofopher, and all his 
 moral fentences are drawn from the dogmas of th.it 
 fea. • ■ D'ydtn, 
 
 2. [In canon law.] Do^ma is that deter- 
 mination which confirts in, and has a 
 relation to, fome cafuiftical point of 
 doiftrine, or fome doctrinal part of the 
 chriftian faith. Aylljfe's Parergon. 
 
 Dogma'tical. \adj. [from dogma.] Au- 
 Dogm.^'tick. j. thorative ; magiilerial; 
 pofitive ; in the manner of a philofo- 
 pher laying down the firft principles of 
 a fed. 
 
 The dim and bounded intellea ef man fcldom 
 profpcroufly adventures to be dogmatical about 
 things that approach to inBnite, whether in vaft- 
 nefs or littlcncfs. Beyle. 
 
 I laid by my natuial diffidence and fcepticifm 
 for a while, to take up that di-gm.iucal way which 
 is fo much his charaiftcr. Dyjidci. 
 
 Learning gives us a difcovcry ofour ignorance, 
 and keeps us from being peremptory and dogm<i- 
 tical in our determinations. Collier on Pride. 
 
 Criticks write in a pofitive ilogmatick way, 
 without either language, genius, or imagination. 
 
 Spe^.iicr. 
 
 One of thefe authors is indeed fo grave, fen- 
 tentioiis, dogmatical a rogue, th.it there is no en- 
 during him. S-tviJt. 
 
 Dogma'tical LY. adv. [from dogmati- 
 cal.'} Magiftetially ; pofitively. 
 
 I Ihall not pjcfume to iiiterpofe d-rgmarieal.'y in 
 a controverfy, which I look never to fee decided. 
 
 Dogma'tic ALNESS, ti. f. [from dogmali- 
 cal.} The quality of being dogmatical; 
 magifterialnefs ; mock authority. 
 
 Do'gmatist. n.y^ [dngmat'ijh, Fr.] A ma- 
 giflerial teacher ; a pofitive aflerter ; a 
 bold advancer of principles. 
 
 I could defcrihe the vanity of bold opinion, 
 whicli x.\\td'jgnmtijh themfelves demonrtiatc in all 
 the controverfies they are eng.iged in. Glani.illc. 
 A dsgmntift in religion is not a great way oft 
 from a bigot, and is in high danger of growing 
 up to be a bloody perfecutor. ffatts. 
 
 To Do'gmatize. -y. rt. [from dogma.] 
 To affert poCtively ; to advance with- 
 out diftruft ; to teach magifterially. 
 
 Thcfe, with tlie piide of dogmatizing fchools, 
 Impos'd on nature arbitrary rules; 
 Forc'd her their vain inventions to obey. 
 And jiiove as Icaraed ftcn/y trac'U the w.iy. 
 
 fiiiicimcre. 
 
 D O I 
 
 DocMATi'xER. «. /. [from dogmatize.] 
 An aflerter ; a maglfterial teacher ; a 
 bold advancer of opinions. 
 
 Such opinions, being not entered into the con« 
 fellions of our church, arc not properly chaigeable 
 either on papifts or pioteftants, but on particular 
 dogmaliztrs of both parties. Hammond. 
 
 Do'grose. n. j: [dog and rofe.] The 
 flower of the hip. 
 
 Of the rough or hairy excrefcer.ce, thofe on the 
 brhar, or dogroje, arc a good inliaicc. Derham. 
 Do'gsleep. n.f.\_dog?^'a.AJleep.] Pre- 
 tended fleep. 
 
 Juvenal indeed mentions a diowfy hufbanfl, 
 who railed an eftate by fnoring; but then he is 
 reprefeuted to have flcpt what ihc common peo- 
 ple call dog/leep. Addiffi. 
 Do'gsmeat. n.f. [dog and meat.] Re- 
 fufc ; vile ftuif ; offal like the fielh fold 
 to feed dogs. 
 
 His reverence bought of mc the flower of iU 
 the market; tncfe are but dogjmzat to 'em. 
 
 Dryiln. 
 
 Do'gstar. n.f. [dog and^ar; canicu.'a, 
 Lat.] The liar which gives the name 
 to the dogdays. 
 
 All Ihun the raging dogjiar's fultiy heat, 
 And from the half-unpeopled town retreat. 
 
 AddJ^fn, 
 Do'gstqoth. n.f. [from dog z.ndtooih.] 
 A plant. Miller. 
 
 Do'gtrot. n.f. [dog liViA trot .] A gen- 
 tle trot like that of a dog. 
 
 This laid, they both advanc'd, and rode 
 A dogtrot through the bawling crowd. Hudiliras^ 
 
 Dogwk'ary. adj. [dog and 'weary.] 
 Tired as a dog ; cxceffively weary. 
 
 Oh,niaftcr, mafter, I have watch'd fo long, 
 That I'm dog-.i-eury. Shakffcare. 
 
 Do'gwood. n.f. A fpecies of cornelian 
 cherry. 
 
 Doi'lv. n.f. A fpecies of woollen ftufF, 
 fo called, I fuppofe, from the name of 
 the firil maker. 
 
 We Ihould b-: as weary of one fet of acquaint- 
 ance, though never fo good, as we are of one fuit, 
 though never fo fine: a fool, and a doi/y ftud", 
 would now and then find days of grace, and be 
 worn for variety. Cirtgreve's tVay of the tforld. 
 
 Do'ings. n.f. [horn To do. This word 
 has hardly any fingular.] 
 
 1 . Things done ; events ; tranfaifti'ons. 
 
 1 have but kill'd a fly. — 
 — But how if that fly lad a father and mothtr? 
 How would he hang his Gender gilded wings. 
 And buz lamented doingi in the air! Shakfp. 
 
 2. Feats ; aflions : good or bad. 
 
 The next degree was to mark all 2Selmane's 
 d:irgs, fpeeches, and faftiions, and to take theai 
 unto herfelf, as a pattern of worthy proceeding. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 If I'm traduc'd by tongues which neither know 
 My faculties nor perfon, yet will be 
 The chronicles of my dojng, let me fay 
 'Tis but the fate of place, and the rough brake 
 That virtue rauft go through. Shakffearr. 
 
 At length a reverend fire among them cam£. 
 And of their doingi great dillike declat'd, 
 AnA teftificd againft thcii ways. MItai. 
 
 3. Behaviour ; conduft. 
 
 Never the earth on his round (houtders bare 
 A maid train'd up from high 01 low degree, 
 
 Thnt in her doings better could compare 
 Mirth with refpcft, few words with cuttcfy. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 4. Condufi ; 4''p^"'"^''°"' 
 
 Dangerous it were for the feeble brains of man 
 to Wade far jiilo the ikings of the Muft High. 
 
 I
 
 D O L 
 
 5. Stir; buftle; tumult. ] 
 
 Shall then; be then, in the mean whilf, no 
 
 6. Feflivity ; merriment : as, jolly do- 
 ingt. 
 
 7. This word is now only uCtd in a ludi- 
 crous fcnfe, or iu low mean language. 
 
 After fucli miraculous Jcir^s, we are not yet 
 in a condition ot bringing France to oar terms. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 DoiT. fl.yl [(/«_)'/, Dutch ; Joy^^t, Erk.] 
 A fmall piece of money. 
 
 When tlicy will not give a .ioit to iclieve a lame 
 
 bejgar, they will lay out ten to fee 3 dead Indian. 
 
 Sr:ahfpfare't Tem^rji. 
 
 In Anna's wars a foldicr, poor and old, 
 Had dearly earn'd a little purfc of gold ; 
 Tir'd with a tedious rajich, one lucklefs night 
 He (lept, poor dog ! and loft it to a doit. Pope. 
 
 DOLE. n.f. [from d^al; bslaii, Sax.] 
 
 1 . The adl of dillribution or dealing. 
 
 It was your prefurmife, 
 . That in the diU of blows your fon might drop. 
 
 Siakj'^edrt. 
 
 Theperfonal fruition in any man cannot reach 
 
 to feel great riches ; there is a cuftody of them, 
 
 at a power of dak and donative of tlicm, or a 
 
 fame of them, but no folid ule to the owner. 
 
 At her general ji!!. 
 Each receives his ancient foul. Cleavtiand. 
 
 2. Any thing dealt out or diftributed. 
 
 Now, my mailers, happy man be his dtifj 
 fay I; every man to his bufinets. Shahf^eart, 
 
 Let us, that are unhurt and whole, 
 Fall on, and happy man be *s d'Jt\ lludibras. 
 
 3. Provifions or money diftributed in cha- 
 rity. 
 
 They had fuch firm dependence on the day. 
 That need grew pampcr'd, and forgot to pray; 
 So fure the d%!c, fo leady at their call. 
 They flood prepar'd to fee the manna fall. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Clients of old were feafted \ now a poor 
 Divided dair is de.ilt acth' outw.nrd door. 
 Which by the hungiy rout is foon difpatch'd. 
 
 Dryden' s ywuenal. 
 
 4. Blows dealt out. 
 
 What if his eye-fight, for to Ifracl's God 
 Nothing is hard, by miracle rcftor'd, 
 He now be dealing ^o/f among his foes. 
 And over heaps of flaughter'd walic his way .' 
 
 Miltan. 
 
 y [fro>n dolor. "[ Grief; forrow ; mifery. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 Yonder they lie; the poor old man, their fa- 
 ther, maicing fuch pitiful d'Ae over them, that all 
 beholders take his part with weeping. Skakjf. 
 
 Our fometime filler, now our queen. 
 Have we, as 'twere, with a defeated joy, 
 With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage. 
 In equal fcale weighing delight and r/o/f. 
 Taken to wife. Shakfpearc' i Haw/ft 
 
 They might hope to change 
 Torment with eafe, and iooncft recompenfe. 
 Dole with delight. Millon'i Farudife Loji. 
 
 To DoL. V. a. [from the noun.] To 
 deal; to diftribute. D'i3. 
 
 Dole. n.f. Void fpace left in tillage. 
 
 Dia, 
 
 Do'letul. aJJ. [JoA' and /a//.] 
 I. Sorrowful; difmal ; c.xprefling grief ; 
 querulous. 
 
 She c.arnefily entreated to know the caufe 
 thereof, that either flie might comfort or accom- 
 pany her A './;/.' humour. Sidney. 
 
 For none but you, or who of you it learns. 
 Can rightfully aread fo do/efu! lay. Sfcnfir. 
 
 With fcrewed face, and doleful whine, they 
 only ply with fenfclefs hatanjucs of confciencc 
 igainft carnal ordiniaccs, Siuifi, 
 
 DOL 
 
 Juft then the hero caft a dafrf// cry, 
 And in thofc ardent Hjmcs began to fry: 
 The blind contagion lag'd within his veins. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. Melanclioly ; afflidled ; feeling grief,; 
 forrowful. 
 
 How oft my doleful fire cried to me, tarry, 
 fon. 
 When firft he fpied my love! Sidney. 
 
 3. Difmal ; imprefiing forrow ; dolori- 
 fick. 
 
 It watereth the heart to the end it may 
 fruftify ; maketh the virtuous, in trouble, full 
 of magnanimity and courage ; fervcth as a moft 
 approved remedy againll all dtilrful and heavy 
 accidents, whicii befal men in this piefent life. 
 
 Hooktr. 
 
 No light, but rather darknefs vifible, 
 Serv'd only todifcover fights of woe. 
 Regions of forrow, d'-lefu! (hades, where peace 
 And reft can never dwell ! Milton. 
 
 Happy the mortal man, who now at lafi 
 Has tinough this doleful vale of mis'ry pall ; 
 Who to his dcftinM IVage has carried on 
 The tedious load, and laid his burden down. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Do'lefully. adv. [fxotn doleful.'^ In a 
 duleful manner ; forrowfully ; difmally ; 
 querulonfly. 
 
 Do'lefolness. n.f. [dom do/efui.] 
 
 1 . Sorrow ; melancholy. 
 
 2. Queruloufnefs. 
 
 3. Difmalnefs. 
 
 Do'lesome. adj. [from dok.l Melan- 
 choly ; gloomy ; difmal ; forrowful ; 
 doleful, , 
 
 Hell-wara bending o'er the beach defcry 
 The. dolc/ome paflTage to th" infernal Iky. Pope. 
 
 Do'lesomely. ad-v. [from dokfome.] In 
 a dolcfome manner. 
 
 Do'lesomeness. [iiomdo/f/ome.^ Gloom; 
 melancholy ; difmalnefs. 
 
 Doll. n.f. 
 
 1 . A contraftion of Dorothy. 
 
 Do// Tearlheet. Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. A little girl's puppet or baby. 
 Do'llar. [dii/er, Dutch.] A Dutch and 
 
 German coin of different value, from 
 about two lliillings and iixpence to four 
 and Cxpence. 
 
 He difburs'd 
 Ten thoufand dollars for our gen'ral ufe. Shalfp. 
 
 Dolori'fick. adj. [dolorlficus, Latin.] 
 That caufes grief or pain. 
 
 The pain returned, dilfipating that vapour 
 which oblliui5led the nerves, and giving tlic 
 dolorifick motion ixeie: paiTage again. R.i\\ 
 
 This, by the foftncfs and rarity of the fluid, 
 is infenfible, zni not dolor ifick. Ajhuth. en Air. 
 
 Do'lorous. adj. [from dulor, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Sorowful ; doleful ; difraal ; gloomy ; 
 imprcffing forrow. 
 
 We are taught, by his example, that the pre- 
 fence of d'Joruui and dreadful objefts, even in 
 minds moft perfeff, may, as clouds, overcaft all 
 fcafonable joy. Hooker. 
 
 You take me in too dolorout a fenfe : 
 I fpake t' you for your comfort. Shakfpedre. 
 
 Thiough many a dark and dreary vale 
 They pafs'd and many a region dolorous , 
 O'er many a frozen, many a fiery alp. 
 Rocks, ca\es, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and 
 (liades of death. Ali.'ton. 
 
 Talk not oi ruling in this dol*rcus gloom, 
 Nor think vain words, he cried, can eafe my 
 doom. Pope. 
 
 2. Painful. 
 
 Their difpatch is quick, and lefs i/cVoaj than 
 the paw of the bear, or teeth of the lion. 
 
 Morc's ^ntidue againjl ^thelfrn. 
 
 DOM 
 
 Do'lour. n.f. [dolor, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Grief ; forrow. 
 
 I've words too lew to take my leave of you. 
 When the to«!gue's office IhouM be prodigal. 
 To breathe th' abundant dolour of the hearr. 
 
 Shdkfj cdrCt 
 
 2. Lamentation ; complaint. 
 
 Never troubling him cither with a&ing quef- 
 tions, or finding fault with his melancholy ; but 
 rather fitting to his do.'oyr dolorous difcourfcs of 
 their own and other folks misfortunes. Sidney. 
 
 3. Pain; pang. 
 
 A mind fixed and bent upon fomcwhat that 
 is good, doth avcn the dolours of death. 
 
 .Btieon. 
 Do'lphin. n.f. [delphln, Latin; though 
 the dolphin is fuppofcd to be not the 
 fame filh. J The name of a liih. 
 
 His delights 
 Were dolphin like ; they flicw'd his back above 
 The clement they liv'd in. Shakfpecrf, 
 
 Draw boys riding upon goats, eagles, and 
 dolphiis. Peaeijm. 
 
 DOLT. n.f. [do/, Teutonick.] A heavy 
 ftupid fellow ; a blockhead ; a thick- 
 flcuU ; a loggerhead. 
 
 Let dolts in hafte fomc altar fairtrcft 
 To thofc high pow'rs, which idly fit above. 
 
 Sidney; 
 
 Thou haft not half that power to do me hairo. 
 As I have to be hurt : oh gull, oh dolt, 
 As ignorant as dirt ! Sn..ijpe,uc's Othe.'.'f. 
 
 Like men eondemn'd to thunder-bolts, 
 Who, ere the blow, become mere doits ; 
 They neither have the hearts to fuy, 
 Nor wit enough to run away. Uud^ii us. 
 
 Wood's adult'rate copper, 
 Which, as he fcatter'd, we, like dolls,, 
 Miftook at firft for thunder-bolts. S-u'ift. 
 
 Do'ltish. adj. [from dolt.] Stupid; 
 mean ; dull ; blockifh. 
 
 Dametas, the tnoft anant Jo'/y5 clown tliat 
 ever was without tl-.e privilege of a bauble. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Do'mabie. adj. [domaitlis, Laiin.] Tame- 
 able. Di:7. 
 
 Doma'ik. n.f. [domains, French, frocs 
 dominiiiw, Latin.] 
 
 1. Dominion ; empire. 
 
 Rome's great emperor, whofe wide domain 
 Had ample territory, wealth and pow'r. 
 
 ■ Afiltsn. 
 Ocean trembles for his green d^mnln. 
 
 Tkomfort, 
 
 2. Pofrefiion ; eftate. 
 
 A Latian field, with fruitful plains, 
 And a large portion of the king's domains. 
 
 Dryden' s jEneld. 
 
 3. The land about a manfion-houfe occu- 
 pied by the lord. 
 
 Dome. n.f. [dome, French, frooi domut, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. A building ; a houfe ; a fabrick. 
 
 Beft be he call'd among good men. 
 Who to his God this column rais'd : 
 
 Though lightning ftrikc the dome again. 
 The man who built it (hall be prais'd. Priir. 
 
 Stranger ! whoe'er tiiou art, fecurely reft 
 Aflianc'd in my faith, a friendly gueft ; 
 Approach the dome, the focial banquet fliare. 
 
 2'cpe's Odyjfej, . 
 
 2. A hemifpherical arch ; a cupola. . ' '- 
 
 DOME'STICAL. Ja.-//. [domejkus. La- 
 DGME'STICK. J 'tin.] 
 I. Belonging to the houfe; not relating 
 to things publick. 
 
 The ncccff.ties of man had at the fiift no other 
 
 helps and fupplies rhan domejlicil-, fuch as that 
 
 which the prophet implieth, laying, Can a mother 
 
 forget her child ? Hoiker. 
 
 * 4 C 2
 
 JP O M 
 
 The praSica! knowledge of the domeflick duties 
 is the principal glory of a woman. Clarijfa. 
 
 2. Private ; done at home ; not open. 
 
 In this their Jimf^iVa/ celebration of the paff- 
 ovcr, they divided fupper into two coiirfcs. Hooker. 
 
 Beholding thus, O hjppy as a queen ! 
 We cry : but (hift the gaudy, flact'ring fcene, 
 View her at home in her (i'jm-fiick light, 
 For thither (he muft come, at leaft at night. 
 
 GrmnviUe. 
 
 3'. Inhabiting the houfe ; not wild. 
 
 The faii'nful piudent hufband is an honefl, 
 trafl::ble, and doii'J!:fi animal. Addipn. 
 
 4. Not foreign ; inteftine. 
 
 Domrf.iciUvWi, ii.x that we think we can maf- 
 ter them at ail times, are often permitted to run 
 on forward, till it be too late to recall them. 
 , .,, _ HcoUry Dfdiration. 
 
 Equality of two dTmeflick pow'rs 
 Breeds fcrupuloiis faftion. Shakffeare, 
 
 Combine together 'gainft the enemy j 
 for thefe domejfici and particular broils 
 Are not the queftion here. Shakfp. King Lear. 
 
 Such thev were who inigbt prefume t'have done 
 Much for the king and honour of the rtatej 
 
 Having the chicfert afiions undergone. 
 Both foieign and .ioKfJIkal, of late. Daniel. 
 
 Next to the f:n of thofe who began that rebel- 
 lion, theirs murt needs be, who hindered the 
 fpeedy fupprelGng of it, by domcjiuk diffentions. 
 
 King Cha'hs^ 
 
 To Dome'sticate. 1). a. [from ilomef. 
 
 ticL] To make domeftick ; to with. 
 
 draw from the pubUck. Clariffa, 
 
 Dome'stick. n. J. One kept in the 
 
 fame houfe. 
 
 A fervant dwells remote from all knowledge 
 cf his lord's purpofes : he lives as a kind of fo- 
 reigner under the lame roof; a domtfiick, and yet 
 a liranger too. South. 
 
 To Do'mify. v. a. \_dom'ifico, Latin.] To 
 tame. Dt£l. 
 
 Dominant, adj. \^dominant, Frencli ; 
 dom'tnaiis, Lat.] Predominant; pre- 
 fiding ; afcendant. 
 
 To DO AJINATE. v. a. [domirialut, La- 
 tin.] To predominate ; to prevail over 
 
 the reft. 
 
 I thus conclude ray theme, 
 The dominating humour makes the dream. 
 
 J}ry.!(n. 
 
 Domina'tion. n./. [Jommatlo, Latin.] 
 .1. Power; dominion. 
 
 Thou and thine ufurp 
 The domination, royalties, and rights 
 Of this opprefffd boy. Saakff. King "John. 
 
 2. Tyranny: infolent authority. 
 
 Maximinus traded with the Goths' in tlie pro- 
 duct of his own eliate in Tbracia, the place of 
 his nativity; whither he retired, to withdraw 
 from the unjull domination of Opilius Macrinus. 
 A'buthrHit on Coins. 
 
 a. One highly exalted in power : ufed of 
 angelick beings. 
 He heav'n of heav'ns, and all the powers 
 therein, 
 By thee cre;ited; and by thee threw down 
 Th' afpiring dominations. M:/t9n*s Paradi/t hoji. 
 
 Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, 
 Thrones,<i)m/nd//o«3, princedoms, virtues, powr'si 
 
 Milton 
 
 Do'minativf. adj. [from dominate.'^ Im- 
 perious ; infolent. Did. 
 
 DOMINA'TOR. n. f. [Latin.] The 
 prcfiding or predominant power or in- 
 fluence. 
 
 f upiter and Mars are dominaton for this north- 
 wcil part of the world, which makcth the peo- 
 ple impatient of fervituds, love-s of liberty mar- 
 tial, and courageous. Caimkn'i Ktmaim 
 
 DON 
 
 To Domjse'er. 11. V, [dom'iMr, Latin.] 
 To rule with Infolence ; to fwell ; to 
 blurter ; to aft without control!. 
 
 Go to the feaft, revel, and domineer,, 
 
 Caroufe full meafure. Skuifpeart. 
 
 The voice of confciencc now is low and weak. 
 
 chaftifmg the paffions, as old Eli did his lultful 
 
 domineering fons. So:ith, 
 
 Both would their little ends fecure ; 
 He fighs for freedom, (he for pow'r : 
 His willies tend abroad to roam. 
 And hers to domineer at home. Trier. 
 
 Domi'nical. adj. [dominie alls, Latin.] 
 That notes the Lord's day, or Sunday. 
 The cycle of the moon ferves to Ihew the 
 epafts, and that of the fun the dtminical letter, 
 tfiroughout all their variations. Hc.'der on T:me. 
 Domi'nion. u.f. [dominium, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Sovereign authority ; unlimited power. 
 
 They on the earth 
 Dominion exercifc, and in the air, 
 Chiefly on man. Milton. 
 
 He gave us only over beaft, fiili, fowl, 
 Dominion abfolute ; that right we hold 
 By his donation : but man over man 
 He made not lord. Mihon. 
 
 Bleft ufe of pow'r, O virtuous pride in kings! 
 And like his bounty whence dominion fpring;. 
 
 Tickel. 
 
 2. Power; right of pofreffion or ufe, 
 without being accountable. 
 
 He could not have private dominion over that, 
 which was under the private dominion of another. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 3. Territor)'; region; diftrift : confider- 
 ed as fubjeft. 
 
 The donations of biihopricks the kings of 
 England did ever retain in all their dominions, 
 when the pope's ufurped authority was at the 
 higheft. Dawes on Ireland. 
 
 4. Predominance ; afcendant. 
 
 Objcdts placed forcmoft ought to be more 
 finifhed Chan thofe call behind, and Co have do- 
 minion over things confufed and tranlient. 
 
 Dryden's Dufrefnoy. 
 
 5. An order of angels. 
 By him were all things cre-ited, vifible and in- 
 
 vifible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or 
 principalities or powers. Cohjfians. 
 
 Don. n.f. [dominus, Latin.] The Spa- 
 nifh title for a gentleman : as, Z)oii 
 Quixote. It is with us ufed ludi- 
 cronfly. 
 
 To the great dens of wit, 
 Phcebus gives them full privilege alone 
 To damn all others, and cry up their own. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 To Don. "P. a. \Tn do ot\.'\ To put on ; 
 to inveft with : the contrary to do_ff. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 The purple morning left hercrimfon bed. 
 And don'd her robes of pure vermillion hue. 
 
 Fairfax 
 
 Her helm the virgin don'd. Fairfax. 
 
 What! fhould I don this robe, and trouble 
 
 you. Shiikfpeare. 
 
 Do'narv. n.f. [donariiim, Latin.] A 
 
 thing given to facred ufes. 
 Dona'tion. n./. [donatio, Latin.] 
 I . The aft of giving any thing ; the aft 
 of befiowing. 
 
 He gave us only over beaft, fifti, fowl. 
 Dominion abfolute ; tiiat right we hold 
 By his donation. Milton's Paradifc Lcfi. 
 
 Khtx donation there is an,;iibfolute^change and 
 alienation made of the property of the thing given : 
 which being fo alienated, a man has no more to 
 do with it than with a thing bought with an- 
 other's money. South. 
 
 2. The grant by which any thing is given 
 or conferred, 
 
 D. O O 
 
 Howfoever the letter of tliat donation may be 
 uniegaided by men, yet the feme thereof is fo 
 imprinted in their hearts, as it ever)- one laid 
 cbim for himfelf unto that which was conferred, 
 upon all. Raleig!:'s Ejfays. 
 
 The kingdoms of the world to thee were giv'n, 
 Permitted rather, and by thee ufurp'd; 
 Other donation none thou caiUf produce. Milton. 
 
 ;Do;native. «. /. \_donatif, French; from 
 donattis, Latin.] 
 
 1. A gift; alargefs; a prefent; a dole 
 of money diftnbuted. 
 
 The Roman emperor's culiom was, at certain 
 
 folemn times, to bellow on his foldiers a dana- 
 liTe; which donati'^-e they received wearing gar- 
 lands upon their heads. Hooker, 
 They we:e entertained with publick dews and 
 donatives, to make them more eahiy tfigeft their 
 Joft liberty. Drydtn. 
 
 2. [In law.] A benefice merely given 
 and collated by the patron to a man, 
 without either prefentation to the ordi- 
 nary, or inllituticn by the ordinary, or 
 induftion by his orders. CoweiL 
 
 Never did iteeple carry double truer; 
 His is the. donative, and mine the cure. 
 
 0/eavela^^ 
 
 Done. The part. paff. of To Jo. 
 
 Another like fair tree eke grew ihcreBy, 
 Wheicof whofo did eat, eftfoons did know 
 Both good and evil : O mournful memory ! 
 That tree, through one man's fault, hath done ux 
 ail to dye. Spenfr's Fairy Queen, 
 
 Done, a kind of interjeBicn. The word 
 by which a wager is concluded : when 
 a wager is offered, he that accepts it 
 fays done. 
 Done: the wager.' Siakfpeare's TemftJ!. 
 
 One thing, fweet-heart, I will alk j 
 Take me for a new-falhion'd malk. 
 — Done: but my bargain ihall be this, 
 I'll throw my mafk off when I kifs. Cleaveland, 
 Twas done and done, and the fox, by confent, 
 was to be the judge. L' Ejirange^ 
 
 Do'njon. n. f. [now corrupted to dun- 
 geon, from domnionum, low Latin, ac- 
 cording to Menace.] The higheft and 
 ftrongeft tower of the caftle, in which 
 prifoners were kept ; as In Chaucer. It 
 is now ufed of fubterraneous prifons. 
 
 The grete toure, that was fo thicke and (Iron;, 
 Which of the calile was the zh\ti dtn^eoii^ 
 Wherein the knighies were in prifon. 
 Was evin joynant to the garden-wall, 
 Ther as this Emely had her playeing. Chaucer. 
 
 Do'nor. n.f. [from dono, Latin.] A 
 giver ; a beftower ; one who gives any 
 thing. 
 
 Litters thick befiege t'ne donor's gate. 
 And begging lords and teeming ladies wait 
 The promis'd dole. Drydai's ymienal. 
 
 It is a mighty check to beneficent tempers to 
 conlidcr htow often good defigns are fruftrated and 
 perverted to purpofes, which, could the dunors 
 themfelves have forefeen, they would have been 
 very loth to promote. Atterbury, 
 
 Do'nship. n.f. [from r/on.] Quality or 
 rank of a gentleman or knight. 
 
 I'm none of thofe, 
 Your bofom-friends, as you fuppofe; 
 But Ralph himfelf, your trufty fquire, 
 Wh' has drajg'd your donjhip out o' th' mire. 
 
 Hudibroi. 
 
 Doo'dle. n. f. [a cant word, perhaps 
 corrupted from do little : faineant. ] A 
 triflcr ; an idler. 
 
 To DOOM. V. a. [beman, Saxou.j 
 I. To judge.
 
 D O O 
 
 Him through malice f.ill'n, 
 Father of mercy iiiid grace ! ihou didft not dnm 
 Su ftrifll)', but much mure to pity incline. 
 
 2. To condemn to any punifliment; to 
 fentence. 
 
 He may be (foum'i/ to chains, to fhamc, to death, 
 While jiioud Hippolitus (hall mount his throne. 
 
 Smili, 
 
 Jfuftlyth' impartial fates confpirc, 
 Voirr.mir that foil to be the lire 
 Of lucli another fon. GranviUc. 
 
 3. To pronounce condemnation upon any. 
 
 Minos, the iijidl inquifiror, appc;us, 
 And lives ana crimes, with tiis aiTellors, hears; 
 Kound in his urn the blended balls !ie rowis, 
 Ab(a|vcs the juft, ind tlaoms the guilty fouls. 
 
 4. Tff command judicially or authoiita- 
 tively. 
 
 Have I a tongue to aoim my brother's death. 
 And fliall that tongue give pardon to a (lave. 
 
 S/iaifpcare. 
 
 5. To delline ; to command by uncon- 
 trollable authority. 
 
 F.ite and the gods, by their fupreme conim.Tnd, 
 Hav4 •hom'd our (hips to feek the Litian I.Tud. 
 
 I have no will but what your eyes ordain ; 
 De(lin'd to love, as they arc ddam'ii to reigp. 
 
 Gratwillc- 
 
 Doom. n.f. [bom, Sax. (/a^m, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Judicial fentence ; judgment. 
 
 He's Hed, my lord, and all his pow'rs do yield ; 
 And humbly thus, with halters on their necks, 
 Expctft your highnefs* doom ©f life or death. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 To Satan, lirft in (in, his doam applied, 
 Though in rayftcrious terms, judg'd as then bcft 
 
 Mi lion. 
 
 And now, without redemption, all mankind 
 Mull have been loll, adjudg'd to death and hell 
 By doom fevcre. Mi/ton. 
 
 In the great day, wherein the fccrets of all 
 hearts (hall be laid open, no one (hall be made to 
 anfwer for what he knows nothing of; but (hall 
 receive his docrrtj his confciencc acculing or c,\- 
 cufing him. Lode. 
 
 2. The great and final judgment. 
 
 Search VVindl'or Caftle, elves, within and out : 
 Strew good luck, ouphes, on every facred room, 
 That it may (land till the perpetual doom. Shakjf. 
 
 3. Condemnation ; judicial fentence. 
 
 Revoke thy dot^m, 
 Ot whilft I can vent clamour from my throat, 
 I'll tell thee thou doll evil. Shutfp. King Luir. 
 
 4. Determination declared. 
 
 If friend or foe, let him be gently us'd. 
 
 Revoke that doom of mer^y, for 'tis Clifford. 
 
 Shakjpt-arc. 
 
 5. The flate to which one is dellined. 
 
 By day the web and loom. 
 And homely houfeliold taik, (ha)l be her doom. 
 Drydin'i liliad, 
 
 6. Ruin ; deflruflion. 
 
 From the fame foes, at laft, both felt their doom ; 
 And the fame age faw learning /all, and Rome. 
 
 Pofe. 
 
 Doo'msday. n.f. \_doom zn^ day .^ 
 1. The day of final and univerfal judg 
 ment ; the laft, the great day. 
 Men, wives, and children dare, C17 out, 
 and run, 
 As it were doomjday. Shakfp. yuliu% Cufir. 
 They may fcrve for any theme, and never be 
 out of date until docmfduy. Brown. 
 
 Our fouls, not yet prepar'd for upper light, 
 TiM doomfditv wander in the (haries of night : 
 This only holiday uf all the year. 
 We privilcg'd in funftiine may appear. Dr\dcti. 
 J, The day of fentence or condemnation. 
 Ail-fouU day is my body's doumfjaj, Shakfp. 
 
 D O O 
 
 DooMSDAv-booK. n. f. [doomfiiay and 
 book.'\ A book made by order of Wil- 
 liam the Conqueror, in which the 
 eftates of the kingdom were regiilcred. 
 The Danes alfo brought in a reckoning of 
 money by ores, ptf oraSf which is menti'ined in 
 doo»i/d.jy'/>ook. Camden, 
 
 DOOR. n.f. [bori, bune, Saxon ; dorrist 
 Erfe.] 
 
 1. The gate of a houfe; that wliicii 
 opens to yield entrance. Door is ufcd 
 of houfes, and gates of cities or pub- 
 lick building:; ; except in the licence of 
 poetry. 
 
 All the caftle quaked from the ground. 
 And eveiy door of free will open flew, t'niiy Q. 
 
 In the lidc, a door 
 Contriv'd ; and of provifions laid in large. 
 For man and bead. Millon's Paradifc LoJI. 
 
 To the fame end men fev'ral paths may tread, 
 As many doors into one temple lead. Denluim. 
 
 For without rules there can be no art, any 
 more than there can be a houfc without a door to 
 conduiJl you in. Drydcn. 
 
 2. In familiar language, a houfe : often 
 in the plural, donrs. 
 
 Lay one piece of flclh or (ilh in the open nir, 
 and another of the fame kind and bignefs within 
 docn, B^'cori'.^ Natural Hijlary. 
 
 Let him doubt whether his cloaths be warm, 
 and fo go naked ; whether his houfe be firm, 
 and live without doors. Decay of Pitty. 
 
 Marti ri's oriice is now the fecond door in the 
 Ilrcet, where he will fee Parnel. Arbuthiot. 
 
 Lambs, though they arc bred within doors^ 
 and never faw the ailions of their own fpecies, 
 pufh at thole who approach them with their fore- 
 heads. Addifon's Spcllalor. 
 
 The fultan entered again the peafant's houfe, 
 and turned the owner out of doors. Addifon. 
 
 3. Entrance ; portal. 
 
 The tender blades of grafs appear; 
 And buds, that yet the blalt of Euius fear, 
 Stand at the door of life, and doubt to clothe the 
 year. Drydcn. 
 
 4. Paffage ; avenue ; means of approach. 
 
 The indifpcnfable necelfity of fincere obedi- 
 ence (huts the door againil all temptations to carnal 
 fecurity. Hammond. 
 
 5. Out of Door, or Doors. No more 
 to be found ; quite gone ; fairly fent 
 away. 
 
 Should he, who was thy lord, command thee 
 now, 
 With a harlh voice and fupcrcilious brow. 
 To fervile duties, thoii would'll fear no more ; 
 The gallows and the whip are out of door. 
 
 Dryden's Pirfius. 
 His imaginary title of fatherhood is out if 
 doors, and Cain is no prince over his brother. 
 
 Lc.ke. 
 
 6. jIt the Door of any one. Imputable j 
 chargeable upon him. 
 
 In any of which parts if I have failed, the 
 fault lies wholly at my door. Dryden. 
 
 7. Next Dqok to. Approaching to ; near 
 to; bordering upon. 
 
 A feditious word leads to a broil, and a riot 
 unpunilhed is but ncx{ door to a tumult. 
 
 L'Ejhangc. 
 
 Do'oRCASE. n.J. [door and cafe.'\ The 
 frame in which the door is enclofed. 
 
 The making of frames for doorcafcs^ is the 
 framing of two pieces of wood atliwart two 
 other jfeis."**^ Moxin. 
 
 Do'oK KEEPER. B. f. [door zud ie.'pCf.] 
 Porter ; one that keeps the entrance o' 
 a houfe. 
 
 He that hath given the following aSdances 
 W thee, dcfucstu be cvena .^^sr-te/.'/ in God's 
 
 DOR 
 
 houfe, and to bo a feivant to the mcare.1 of 
 God's fervants. Taylor's Vrrjact. 
 
 Do'qukt. . n,/. A paper containing a 
 warrant. 
 
 Before the inllitution of this olfice, no doqutt 
 for licence to alien, nor warrant for p.iidon of 
 alienation made, could be purchafed without an 
 O'l'h. Ba.on's Offiic of Alienation. 
 
 Do'rmant. adj. [dormant, French.] 
 
 1. Sleeping. 
 
 He a dragon! if he be, 'tis a very peaceful 
 one : 1 can infure nis anger is doima'.i ; or, (hould 
 he feem to loufe, 'tis well lalhing him, and he 
 will liccp like a top. Congrere's Old Bachelor. 
 
 With this radius he is faid to llrikcaiid kill his 
 prey, for which he lies, as it were, doimant, till 
 it fwimi within his re.icii. Grew's Alifeum. 
 
 2. In a fleeping poRure. 
 
 If a lion were the coat of Judah, yet were, it 
 not a lion rampant, but rather touciiant and dor- 
 mant. Brown. 
 
 3. Private ; not publick. 
 
 There were other dormant mufters of foldiers 
 throughout all parts of the realm, that were put 
 ill rcadinefs, but not drawn together. Bacon. 
 
 4. Concealed ; not divulged. 
 
 It would be prudent to rcl'erve tl.cfe privileges 
 dormant, never to be produced but upon great 
 occafions. Swift. 
 
 5. Leaning; not perpendicular. 
 
 Old dormant windows inull confefs 
 Her beams : their glimmering fpedtacles. 
 Struck with the fplondor of her face, 
 Do th' office of a burning glafs. Cleaveiancf. 
 
 -Do'rmitory. n.f. [dormitorium, Lat.] 
 
 1. A place to deep in: ufed commonly 
 for a room with many beds. 
 
 Rooms that have thorough lights are left for 
 entertainment, and thofe that have windows or» 
 one fide for dormitories. Mortimer. 
 
 Naked mourns the dormitory wall. 
 And Jones and Boyle's united labours fall. 
 
 Pope's Dunciad. 
 
 2. A burial place. 
 
 The places where dead bodies arc buried, are 
 in Latin called ciTOT/Vfr/j, and in Englilh f/w-m,'/!). 
 "'i. Aylijje's Paretgom 
 
 Do'umouse. n.f. [dormio, to deep, and 
 moufe.'] A fiiiall animal which pafies a 
 large part of the winter in fleep. 
 
 Come, we all deep, and are mere aurn-.Le flics, 
 A little lefs than dead : more dulnefs hangs 
 On us than on the moon. Ben Jonjon s Cataiine. 
 After they have lain a little while, they grow 
 js drowfy 3S dormice, iiulcfsthey are rouled. 
 
 Collier on Tlioughl. 
 
 DoRN. n. f. [from .dorn, Gennan, a; 
 thorn.] A fifh; perhaps the fame as 
 the thornback. 
 
 The coali is llored both with (hell-fidi, as 
 fcaliops and (hcath-ti(h ; and flat, as turbets, doins^ 
 and holy but. . Carew, 
 
 Do'rnick. n.f. [of Deornich in Flan- 
 ders, where fiift made.] A fpecies of 
 linen cloth ufe4 111 Scotland for the 
 table. 
 
 To DORR. -v. a. [lor, flupid, Teuto- 
 nick.] To deafen or ftupify vvith 
 r.oife. This woid I find only in SLin- 
 ner. 
 
 Dorr. n.f. [fo named probably from the 
 noife which he makes.] A kind of_ 
 flying infect, remarkable for flying with 
 a loud noife. 
 
 Sonif iafedts fly with four wings, as all 1 i.e.- 
 vagimpennous, oc (heath-winged, as beetki and 
 dorrs. Bro-wu's Vulgar Errouie. 
 
 The dorr 01 hedge- chafer's chief m.irks are 
 thcfe: his head is fmall, like that of liic tcinnion
 
 DOS 
 
 *ec!!ct tills, andliis eyes, black.; his (honldev- 
 piccc, and the middle of his LcUy, alfo black; 
 but juft under the wiuj-fheU fpotred with white. 
 His wing-lhells, legs, and the end of his tnil, 
 which is long and flat-pointed, of a light chelt- 
 nut : his bteaft, efpecially, coveredwitli a downy 
 hair. Grcu'-s Mufu:um. 
 
 Do'rsei,. In./, [from dorftim, the back.] 
 Do'iisER. 3 A pannier; a ball:et or 
 bag, one of which hangs on either lide 
 abeaft ofburJen, for' the reception of 
 things of fmaU bulk. It is corruptly 
 fpoken, and perhaps written, dojfcl. 
 Porsi'ferous. ladj. [Joifum, ^nd firo, 
 DoKSi'pAROvs. 3 or pario, Latin.] Hav- 
 ing the property of bearing, or bring- 
 ing forth, on the back. It is ufed of 
 plants that have the feed on the back 
 of their leaves, as fern ; and may be 
 properly ufed of the American frog, 
 which brings forth young from her 
 back. 
 Do'rture. «./. [contiacled from f/or;n/- 
 tiiie ; Jormitura, Latin; tior.'oir, Fr.] 
 A dormitory ; a place to fleep in. 
 
 He led us to a gallery like a dorturc, where he 
 (hewed us along the one fide feventecn cells, very 
 neat. ^'^""■ 
 
 Dose. k./. [^oo-i?.] 
 
 1, So much of any medicine as is taken 
 at one time. ^lir.cy. 
 
 The too vig'rous Jofi too fiercely wrought, 
 And added fury to t!« ftrength it brought. 
 
 Dry Jen's J^rgil. 
 
 In a vehement pain of the head he prefcribed 
 the juice of the thapfia iu warm water, without 
 mentioning the do/c. .-Irbulhtiot. 
 
 2. Any thing naufequs. 
 
 If you can tell an Igftoramus in power and 
 place that he has a wit and uiiderftanding above 
 all the world, I dare undertake that, as fulfomc 
 a dafe as you give him, he Ihall readily take it 
 down. S'""''- 
 
 %. As much of any thing as falls to a 
 man's lot. Ludicroudy. 
 
 No fooner does he peep into 
 The world, but he' has done his doc ; 
 Married his punclualrf-J/i; of wives. 
 Is cuckolded, and breaks, or thrives. HuJikras. 
 
 x. Quantity. 
 
 We pity or laugh at thofe fatuous extravagants, 
 while yet ourfelves have a confiderable d'.fe of 
 what makes them I'o. Granville. 
 
 t. It is often ufed of the utmoft quantity 
 of ilrong liquor that a man can fwal- 
 low. He has his dofe ; that is, he can 
 carry off no more. 
 
 To Dose. -u. a. 
 
 To proportion a medicine properly to 
 
 the patient or difeafe 
 
 Plants Icldom ufed in medicine, being efteemed 
 poifonous, ifcorrcfted, and exaflly .^Vi.^, may 
 prove powerful nivdicincs. Dtrhum. 
 
 2. To give phyfick, or any thing naufe- 
 ous, to any man : in a ludicrous fenfe. 
 Do'ssiL. n. /• [corrupted from dorfel, 
 fomething laid upon the part.] A 
 pledget ; a nodule or lump of lint to 
 be laid on a fore. 
 
 Her complaints put mc upon dicfiuig with fuch 
 medicaments as bafillcon, with piaecipitate, upon 
 ^dojf.l. It if, nan. 
 
 Dost. The fccond perfon of ^u. 
 
 Why then doji treat me with tel-.ukes, infiead 
 • kind c«»doling cares, and friendly foirow ? 
 ^Idjifin'i Cats. 
 
 DOT 
 
 DOT. It./. [This 13 derived hy Siinntr 3 
 from dolfcr, German, the white of an 
 egg ; and interpreted by him a grume 
 of pus. It has now no fuch fignifica- 
 tion, and feeras rather corrupted from 
 jot, a point.] A fmall point or fpot 
 made to mark any place in a writing. 
 
 To Dot. v. a. To mark with fpecks. 
 To Dot. v. n. [from the noun. ] To 
 make dots or fpots. 
 
 Do't.\ge. «./. [from </'3/ir.] 
 
 1. Lofs of uuderllanding ; imbecihty of 
 mind ; delirioufnefs. 
 
 The foul in all hath one intelligence ; 
 Though too much moifture in an infant's brain. 
 
 And too n;uch drinefs in an old man's fenfe. 
 Cannot the prints of outward things retain : 
 
 Then doth the foul want work, and idle fit ; 
 And this we childilhnefs and dotage call. 
 
 I hold, that pcrfeft joy makes all our parts 
 As joyful as our hearts : 
 Our fenfcs tell us, if we pleafe not them, 
 Our love is but a dotage, or a dream. Suckling. 
 
 2. Exceflive fondnefs. 
 
 If on your head my fury does not turn, 
 Thank that fond. ^swgc which fo much you fcorn. 
 
 DryJtn. 
 
 Do'tal. adj. [dotalis, Latin.] Relating 
 to the portion of a woman ; conftitui- 
 ing her portion ; comprifed in her por- 
 tion. 
 
 Shall I, of one poor doial town poffcft, 
 My people thin, my wretched countiy wade, 
 An exil'd prince, and on a fliaking throne, 
 Or rilk my patron's fubjefls, or my own ? 
 
 Garti'i Ovid. 
 
 Do'tard. n. /. [from dote."] A man 
 whofe age has impaired his intellefts ; a 
 man in his fecond childhood, called in 
 fome provinces a t'w'tchild. 
 
 Dotard, faid he, let be thy deep advife, 
 Seems that through many years thy wits thee 
 fail. 
 And that weak old hath left thee nothing wife, 
 Elfc never (hould thy judgment be fo frail. 
 
 Fiiiry ^uein. 
 The fickly dotard wants a wiff, 
 To draw off his lalt dregs of life. Prior. 
 
 Dota'tion. n.f. [dotatlo, Latin.] The 
 aft of giving a dowry or portion. Did. 
 
 To DOTE. v. It. [doten, Dutch ; rado- 
 tei; French.] 
 
 1. To have the intelleft impaired by age 
 or paflion ; to be delirious. 
 
 U.ilels the fear of death make me dote, 
 I fee my fon. Sliak/p. Comedy of Kri'jurs. 
 
 A fword is upon the liars, and they fhall dote : 
 a fword is upon her mighty men, and they (hall 
 be difmayed. J^'- 
 
 Time has made you dote, and vainly tell 
 Of arms imagin'd in your lonely cell : 
 Go, be the temple and the gods your care ; 
 Permit to men the thought of peace and war. 
 
 Dryden^s .'Kneid. 
 
 When an old woman begins to dcte, and grow 
 chargeable to a parilh, flic is turned into a witch, 
 and fills the country with e.xtravagant fancies. 
 
 Mdifon'i SfeiiatiT. 
 
 2. To be ifl love to extremity. 
 
 He was llricken with great^ifliafctowards 
 
 Of! 
 
 D O U 
 
 To Dote upon. To regard vriih cs- 
 ceffive fondnefs ; to love to excefs. 
 
 All their prayers and love 
 Were fet on Hereford, whom they doted on, 
 And blefs'd, and grac'd. Skakff. Henry iv. 
 
 Forgive me, that I do not dieam on thee, 
 Becaufe thou fceft me dote upon my love. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 All the beauties of the court befides 
 Are mad in love, and dote upon your perfon. 
 
 Denham, 
 Mark thofe who dole on arbitraiy power, 
 And you Ihall find 'em either hoi^brain'd youth, 
 Or needy bankrupts. Dryden, 
 
 Would you fo dote upon your firft dcfire. 
 As not to entertain a nobler fire .' Dryden. 
 
 We dote upon this prefent world, and the en- 
 joyments of it; and 'tis not without pain and 
 fear, and reluiftancy, that we arc torn from them, 
 as if our hopes lay all within the compafs of this 
 life. Bmnet. 
 
 O death all eloquent ! you only prove 
 What duft we dote on, when 'tis man we love. 
 
 Tofe. 
 Do'ted. adj. [from the verb.] Stapid. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 His fenfelefs fpcech and doted ignorance 
 The prince had marked well. Sfenfer. 
 
 Do'ter. n.f. [from dote.^ 
 I. One whofe underftanding is impaired 
 by years ; a dotard. 
 
 What (hould a bald fellow do with a comb, a 
 dumb dotsr with a pipe, or a blind man with a 
 lookiuji-glafs? Burton, 
 
 I A man fondly, weakly, and exceffively 
 in love. 
 
 If in black my lady's brow be deckt, 
 It mourns that painting and ufurping air 
 
 Should ravi(h dotcrs with a falle afpefl; 
 And therefore is (he born to make black fair. 
 
 Shakfpearf, 
 
 Our doten upon red and white are incclTantly 
 perplexed by the incertainty both of the continu- 
 ance of their millrcfs's kindnefs, and of the lallinj 
 of her beauty. Boyit. 
 
 Do'tisglv. adv. [from tioting.2 Fondly; 
 by exceflive fondnefs. 
 
 That he, to wedlock dotrig/y betray'<?. 
 Should hope in this lewd town to find a maid ^ 
 Dryden'i yuvenal, 
 
 Do'ttard. n. f. This word feems to, 
 fignify a tree kept low by cutting. 
 
 For great trees, we fee almolt all overgrown 
 trees in church-yards, or near ancient biiildmgs, 
 and the like, are pollards and dottards, and not 
 trees .at their full heighr. Bacon. 
 
 Do'tterel. n.f. [from dote.l The 
 name of a bird that mimicks geftures. 
 
 We fee how ready apes and monkeys arc to 
 imitate all motions of man; and in catching of 
 dotterels, we fee how the fooliih bird playcth the 
 ape in gcliures. Bacon, 
 
 DO'UBLE. adj. [doul>le,Fr.duj,!ex,La.t. 
 duple, Erfe.] 
 
 1 . Two of a fort ; one correfponding to 
 the other ; in pairs. 
 
 All things are doulile one againd another, and 
 he hath made nothing imperfet^. Ecclus. 
 
 2. Twice as much ; containing the fame 
 quantity repeated. It Is fometlmes 
 ufed with to, and fometlmes without. 
 
 G rcat honours are great burthens ; but on whom 
 They are caft with envy, he doth bear rwo loads : 
 His cares muff ftill be double to his joys 
 In any dignit)'. Ben fonfon's CataUne. 
 
 This funi of forty thoufand pounds is almolt 
 double to what is lulhcicnt. Siuift, 
 
 g 
 
 'rcely. 
 I have long loved her, and bedowed much on 
 he, followed her with a doting oblcrvance. 
 
 Shakffeare. 
 
 nr.c, which fince is grown to fuch i dothg love. Having one added to another ; havinc 
 
 that 1 wa^ faui to set this place fomttimes to J P • .u r j ^ 
 
 '" . . V , *" " <;,■,„,,, more than one in the fame order or pa^ 
 
 fi.-tire in freely. o.ui.j. r 
 
 rallcl. 
 
 It is a curiofity alfo to make flowers double, 
 which ij eft'ccled by often rcmoTj's tliem into
 
 D O U 
 
 jiew earth; as, on the contrary part, thMe flow- 
 ers, by neglcfting, and not removing, provo Tin- 
 gle. Extra's N,ilurai lllji'itj'. 
 
 I met 3 reverend, fat, old gouty Aiar, 
 With a pauncii fwoln fo high, his licuhle chin 
 Miglit reft upon 't. DryJeii't S['a>:'J'i Frinr. 
 
 4. Twofold ; of two kinds. 
 
 Thus curfcd ftecl, and more accurfet] gold, 
 G.ive mifchief birtli,and mjdethat niifchief hujd; 
 And ikubU death did wretched man invade, 
 By (Icel alTaultcd, and by gold betray'd. Dr^J. 
 
 Xo l^ar appears to lend his friendly light ; 
 Djrkncfs and tcmpcll make a d^ubU night. 
 
 D'yMn. 
 
 5. Two in number. 
 
 And if one power did not both fee and hear. 
 Our figlits and founds would always Joubli be. 
 
 6. Having twice the effect ov influence ; 
 having the power of two. Not tifed. 
 
 The magnifico is much belov'd, 
 And hath in his elTefl a voice potential, 
 As doithlf as the duke's. Shakfi^ear^^s Oihfllo. 
 
 7. Deceitful ; afting two parts, one 
 openly, the other in fecret. 
 
 r th' prefcnce 
 He would fay untrutlis, and be ever rtouhle 
 Both in his words and meaning. Shakfpeare 
 Fifty tiioufand could keep tank, that were not 
 oSiiouhU heart. I C^irann/^i, 
 
 DouBLE-pi.EA. n. /. [duplex fladtwn, 
 JLatin.] 
 
 Is that in wliich the defendant alleges for him- 
 felf two feveral matters, in bar of tlic ailiun, 
 whereof cither is fufficient to cfFeft iiis \\i^\\<t in 
 debariing the plaintifT, Cowtll. 
 
 Dor B L E QUARREL. 
 
 Is a complaint made by any clerk or other to 
 the archbilhop of the province, againlf an jnfc 
 riour oidinary, for delaying jufticc in fome c.^ufe 
 fcclcfi.iftical. The ciTeft is, th.u the archbifhup 
 «iircfts his letters, under the authentical fcal, to all 
 clerks of his province, commanding them to ad- 
 monilh tlic faid ordmaiy within nine fiays to do 
 the juAice required, or otherwife to cite iiim to 
 appear before him or liis oiHcial ; andialUy to in 
 timatc to the faid ordinary, that if he neither per- 
 forms the tiling enjoined, nor appears at the d.iy 
 afligned, he himfelf will proceed to pcriorm the 
 jufticc required. And this fccms to be termed a 
 dbuhU quarifly bccaule it is moft commonly made 
 againft both rhcjudge, and him at whof. petition 
 jurtice is delayed. Coxudl. 
 
 Double, adv. Twice over. 
 
 I am not fo old in proportion to them as I for- 
 merly was, which I can prove by arit'ametick; 
 for then 1 was double their age, which now I am 
 not. Siuifi. 
 
 Double is inuch ufed in coinpofition, 
 generally for doubly, two ways : as, 
 double-edged, having an edge on each 
 fide : or for twice the number or quan- 
 tity ; as, double-died, twice died. 
 
 DoWBLE-DlTlNG. adj. \_doiible and blle.'\ 
 Biting or cutting on cither fide. 
 But moll their looks on tlic black monarch 
 bend. 
 His riling mufcles and his bi-awn commendj 
 His diuhU-hitifig ax, and beamy fpear. 
 Each aflting a gigantick force to rear. Dryden. 
 
 DouBLE-BVTTONED. adj. [double and 
 bulloned.'\ Having two rows of but- 
 tons. 
 
 Others you'll fee, when all the town's aOoai, 
 Wrapt in th' embraces of a kerfey coat, 
 Or dcuble-buiKin'd frieze. Gov'j Triwa. 
 
 Double-dealer, n.f. [doubleanA dealer.] 
 A deceitful, fubtle, infidious fellow ; 
 one who atls two parts at tiie fame 
 tityie; one who fays one thing and 
 thinks another. 
 
 D O U 
 
 DiuhU-dealtn may pafs mufter for » while] 
 but all parties walh their hands of them in the 
 conclufioii. L'EjIrangt- 
 
 Double-dealing, n. f. [double and 
 dealing.] Artifice; dillimulation ; low 
 or wicked cunning ; the adlion of 
 one thing with the profcffion of an- 
 other. 
 
 Thou (halt not be the woife forme; there's 
 go'd — 
 
 — Bur that it would be dQiibh-dtaling, fir, I would 
 you could make it another. Shakfftmt. 
 
 Our poets have joined together fuch qualities 
 as are by nature moft compatible; valour with 
 anger, meeknefs with piety, and prurience with 
 diihmulation : this laft union was nccelTrtry for 
 the goodnefs of UlylTes; for, without that, his 
 dillimulation might have degenerated into wick- 
 cdnci's and doubtc'deiiling. Bt .omc. 
 
 To Double- DIE. 11. a. [double and die.] 
 To die twice over. 
 
 Yes, I'll to the royal bed, 
 Vyiiere fiill the myftcrics of our love were at^cd, 
 And dotibie-dic it with imperial crimfon. 
 
 Dryd:'r! and /.fe". 
 
 DouBLE-FOUNTED. adj. [double and 
 fount. J Having two fources. 
 
 Here the double-foiinted ftream 
 Jordan, true limit eaftward. Milion. 
 
 Double-handed. adj. [double and 
 hand.] Having two hands. 
 
 All things being doubU-hundcd, and having the 
 appearances both of truth and falfchood, where 
 our affections have engaged us, we attend only 
 to the former. Glatwilu^i i'f.'/y.-j. 
 
 Double-headed, adl. [double and head.] 
 Having the flowers growing one to an- 
 otiier 
 
 The double rich fc.irlct nonfuch is a I-irgc dsu- 
 ■ ble-headid Hower, of tiic riciiell fcarlct colour. 
 
 M',rtimer. 
 
 7o Double-lock. v. a. [double and hctJ] 
 To fhoot the lock twire ; to fallen with 
 double fcctirity. 
 
 He iminedi:Utly dauhle-kcked his door, and f.it 
 down carefully to reading and comparing both his 
 orders. Tatkr. 
 
 Double-minded, adj. [(vom double and 
 mind.] Unfettled; undetermined. 
 
 A di>ub!e-mind:d man is unlfablc in all his 
 ways. 'Jamii. 
 
 DouBLE-s H I N IN G. adj. [double ZTidJljiiie.] 
 Shining with double hiftre. 
 
 He was 
 Among the reft that there did take delight 
 To fee the (^on% oi dc/ublf~//i:r:!/ig day. Sidney. 
 
 Double-tongued, adj. [double and 
 tongue.] Deceitful ; giving contrary 
 accounts of the fame thing. 
 
 The deacons mtift be grave, not .-i^iuhli-tongued, 
 
 not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy 
 
 lucre. 1 Timothy. 
 
 For much (lie fear'd tlic Tyrians daible-tongu'd, 
 
 And knew the town to Juno's care belong'd. 
 
 2)rydt;:'s f'irgi/ 
 
 To Do'uBLE. "u. a. [fi-om the adjedlive.j 
 1. To enlarge any quantity by addition 
 of the fame quantity. 
 
 Rumo.ir doth duibU voice and echo 
 The numbers of the fcar'd. Shakfp. Hsnr)/ iv. 
 
 Pay him fix thoufand, and deface the bond ; 
 Dci.'/>/£.fix thoufand, and then treble thar. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 Our foe's too proud the weaker to afl'ail, 
 
 Or doublei his diihonour if he fail. Dtydfn. 
 
 This power of repeating or doubling any idea 
 
 we have of any diliance, and adding it to the 
 
 tormcr, as often as wc will, without being ever 
 
 D O U 
 
 able to eomc to any (top or ftint, is that which 
 gives us the idea of immenfity. Luki. 
 
 This was only the value of the filver : there 
 was befidcs a tenth part of that number of 
 talents of goid, which, if gold was reckoned in 
 a decuple piopoition, will jull d',2iblt the fum. 
 
 .'Irbuthnat on Ccifti^ 
 
 2. To contain twice the quantity. 
 
 Thus rcinforc'd ag.iinlt the advcrfe fleer, 
 Still doubling ouis, biave Rupert leads the way. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 3. To repeat ; to add. 
 
 He faw proud Arcilc .and fierce Palemon 
 In mortal battle doubling blow on blow; 
 Like lightning flam'd their falchions to and fro. 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 4. To add one to another in the fame or- 
 der or parallel. 
 
 Thou Ihak doublt the curtain in the tabernacle. 
 
 £xodu!. 
 
 J. To fold. 
 
 He bouglit her firmons, pfa!m5, and graces, 
 
 And diubUd Auw i\ the ufcful places. Frier. 
 
 6. To pafs round a headland. '' 
 
 Sailing along the cuaft, he doubled the pro- 
 montory of Carth.ige, yei famous for the ruins of 
 that proud city. Knollet. 
 
 Now we have the Cape of Good Hope in fight, 
 the trade-wir.d is our own, if we cim but diuile 
 it. Viydtn. 
 
 To Do'uBLE. i\ n. 
 
 1 . To increafe to twice the quantity. 
 
 'Tis obferved in particuhrr nations, that withia 
 the fpace of three bundled years, notwithftnnding 
 all cafualties, the number of men double. 
 
 Burnei'i ThiOry^ 
 
 2. To enlarge the (lake to twice the fum 
 in play. 
 
 Throw /Egypt's by, and offer in the ilead, 
 OtTer — the crown on Berenice's head : 
 I am refolv'd to double till I win. Diyden. 
 
 3. To turn back, or wind in running. 
 
 Under the line the fun crofieth the line, and 
 makcth two fummers and two winters; but ii* 
 the tkirts of the toirid z.one it doubttth and goctii 
 back .igain, and fo maketh one long fummer. 
 
 Bacon' 1 N.irural Hiilorj, 
 Wlio knows which way (he points > 
 Uoulling and turning like ;. hunted hate ! 
 Find out the nicanhig of her mind who can. 
 
 Drydcn: 
 So keen thy hunters, and thy fcent fo ftrong. 
 Thy tuins and doublings cannot CsTe thee long. 
 
 S-v^ft, 
 
 4. To play tricks ; to nfe (leights^ 
 Do'uBLE. n.f. 
 
 1. Twice the quantity or number. 
 
 If the thief be found, let liim pay double. 
 
 Exedui. 
 
 In all the four great years of mortality above 
 mentioned, I do not find that any week the 
 plague increafed to the double of the precedent 
 week above five times. Grauni'3 Mortali/ji. 
 
 2. Strong beer ; beer of twice the com- 
 mon ftrength. 
 
 Here 's a pot of good double, nQ\%hhom : drhik,. 
 and fear not your man. Sl;ai/f cure's Henry \i, 
 
 3. A turn ufed to efcape purfuit. 
 
 Man is frail, 
 Conyulfions rack his nerves, and cares hisbreait-; 
 
 His flying life is chas'd by rav'ning pains, 
 Through all his doubles, in the winding »eins. 
 
 Blaekmore.' 
 
 4. A trick ; a (hift ; an artifice. 
 
 Thefe men are too well acqtiaintcd with the 
 chafe, to be Hung oil' by any falle fleps or doubles, 
 
 Adjijon.- 
 Do'uBLENESs. n.f. [IxQ-TCi douhk.] The. 
 Hate of being double. 
 li youOiiiife well to cany tlvis as you hwy,.
 
 D O U 
 
 th- drAl.nef, of the beneRt defends Ac deceit 
 
 from reproof. 
 Do'uBLER. n.f. [from double.] 
 
 Joubles any thing. 
 Do'uBLET. n.f. [hom doubk.] 
 1. The inner garment of a man 
 
 Shaifpca 
 
 He that 
 
 the 
 
 wailtcoat: fo called from being double 
 
 for warmth, or becaufe it makes the 
 
 drefs double. , , 
 
 Wh.it a pretty thing, minis, when he goes .n 
 his </=»*/.. and hofe, and leaves oft h,.w,.___^^^ 
 
 KM'imhUt was of fturdy buff, 
 And though not fword yet cudgel P™°f;^j^^__ 
 
 It is common enough to fee a countryman in 
 the d'.ubkt and breeches of his great grandfather 
 Mciifrm on lii!y. 
 
 They do but mimick ancient wits at heft, 
 As apes our graadfaes, in their doublet, dred.^^^^ 
 
 3. Two ; a pair. 
 
 Thofe donUei. on the frdcs of his ta.l feem to 
 add fttcngth to the mufdcs which move tne la,l 
 hns. -'-. 
 
 DOUBLO'N. v..f. [French.] A Spa- 
 rifh coin containing the vahie ot two 
 pi Holes. 
 Do'uBLY. adv. [from ./.«M-.] In twice 
 the quantity ; to twice the degree. 
 Young Hollis, on a mule by Ma.s l-e^joi. 
 Born, Clelar like, to write and aft great dced>, 
 
 Impatient to rever.ge his fatal fliot. 
 His right h^ni doubly to h.s '^f' f"««^';_^^^,, 
 
 Haply at night he does with horror (hun 
 A widow'd d.mghter, or a dying fon : 
 Hi. neighbour's offspring he to-morrow fees, 
 And .hdi'.y feels his want in their mcreafc. J -/" . 
 7o DOUBT, v. n. [doubter, French! 
 
 duhito, Latin.] 
 I To qiieftion ; to be in uncertainty. 
 
 Evenin matters divine, concerning fomc things 
 we may lawfuUv d'.uht and fufpcnd our judg- 
 ment, inclining neither to one fide or otncr ; as 
 namely, touching the time of the f.ill bmh^ of 
 man and angels. . ' ' 
 
 Let no man, while he lives here in the world, 
 dcubt whether theie is any hell or no, and there- 
 upon live fo, as if abfolutcly tirerewere nmre^^^ 
 
 1 doubt notto make it appear to be a monfttous 
 folly to deride holy things. '''""'l"- 
 
 Can we conclude upon Luther's inft-ibiiity, be- 
 caufe in a r.ngle notion, no way fundamental, 
 an enemy writes that he h.id Come dmhtwg. ? 
 
 ' Attirbury. 
 
 2. To queflion any event. 
 
 Doubting things go ill, often hurts more 
 Thm to be" fure they do. SbaifpeareS Cymbdme. 
 
 Admitting motion, this I urge to (hew 
 Invalid, that which thee to doubt it mov d. 
 
 3. Sometimes with of in both the forego- 
 
 ine fcnfes. . 
 
 Solvman faid he had hitherto made war agamft 
 divers nations, and always had the viftory, 
 ^uhcrtt,f he douhud not uuw alfo. A.«o//«. 
 
 Have I not manag'd my contrivance well. 
 To try your love, and make you douvt '/ ™'^^^^^- 
 
 4. To fear ; to be apprehenfive of ill. 
 
 I doubi there 's deep refentmcnt in hi> mind. 
 For the late flight his honour fuffct'd thetc. 
 
 If there were no fault in the title, I d-^bt there 
 ,-e too manv m ihe body of the work. £ahr. 
 
 Tlis is enough for a projed,, without any 
 name- 1 deubt more than will be reduced into 
 
 D o y 
 
 The king did all his courage bend _ 
 Againft thofe four which row before him were, 
 Doubt„iP not who beliind him dpth attend. 
 
 ^ Dar::d. 
 
 6. To hefitate ; to be in fufpenfe ; to wa- 
 ver undetermined. • 
 
 What fear wether, whv (fe«i< we to ircciifc 
 Hi5utmoft ire? ^■'•■■''^''• 
 
 At lirft the tender blades of grafs appear, 
 And byds, that yet the blaft of Euriis fear. 
 Stand at the door of life, and doubt to clothe 
 the year. D-yd^"- 
 
 To Doubt, v. a. 
 
 1. To hold queRionable; to think un- 
 certaiii. 
 
 2. To think endangered. 
 He from the terror of this arm fo late 
 
 Dcbtcd his empire. M.ltonU Par<idifc Lojl. 
 
 ?. To fear; to fufpeft. 
 
 He did ordain the intcrdias and prohibitions 
 which v/e have to make entrance of ttrangers, 
 which at that time was frequent, doubting novel- 
 ties and commixture of manners. B.icon. 
 
 If they turn not back perverfe ; 
 But that W.«i/. ., '"■••""■ 
 
 You that will be lefs fearful than difcrect, 
 That love the fundamcnt.<l part of ftate, 
 More than you doubt the change of it, prefer 
 A noble life before a long. Shakjp. Coridjmu. 
 
 iiraftice 
 
 praitice. c r ■ • 
 
 -.To fufpea ; to have fufpicion. 
 
 4. To diftruft; to hold fufpetted 
 
 To teach vain wits a fcitnce little known, 
 T' admire fuueiior fenfc, and Joubi their o.wn. 
 
 Doubt. H./ [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Uncertainty of mind ; fufpenfe; unde- 
 termined ftate of opinion. 
 
 Could anv difliculty have been propofed, the 
 icfolutionw'ould have been as early as the pro- 
 pofal; it could not have had time to fettle into 
 /,-,/./ South: 
 
 ' Thofe who have examined it, are thereby got 
 pall doubt in all the doflrines they proftfs. 
 
 2. Queftion ; point unfcttled. 
 HTppocrates commends the flelh of the wild fow 
 
 above the tame ; and no doubt but the animal is 
 
 more or lets healthy, according to the air it lives m. 
 
 Aihu'.hnat on Aliments, 
 
 'Tispaft n doubt. 
 
 All Bedlam oiJ'arnaffus is let out. ^ Fopt. 
 
 3. Scruple; perplexity; irrefolution. 
 Gur doubti are traitors, 
 
 And make us lofe, by fearing to atteiiipt 
 
 Ti>e good we oft might win. i/;a..//««. 
 
 4. Uncertainty of condition. 
 And thv life Ihall hang in doubt before thee ; 
 
 and thou Ihalt fear day and night, and Ihalt have 
 no affutance of thy life. J^'"'- 
 
 I'm bound in 
 To faucy doubts and fears. _ Shalfpcare. 
 
 e Sufpiclon ; apprehenfion of ill. 
 
 I defile to be prefent with you now, and to 
 charge my voice ; fori ftand in doubt of you. 
 
 6. Difficulty objefled. 
 
 To every doubt your anfwer is the famf , 
 It fo fell out, and fo by chance it cam: 
 
 Do'uBTER. n. f. [from dmJjt.'\ One who 
 entertains fcruples ; one who hangs m 
 uncertainty. 
 
 Do'uBTFUL. rt-y/. [^o»fo and /«//.] 
 
 1. Dubious ; not fettled in opinion. 
 Methinks I (hould know you, and know this 
 
 man ; .,,»-. r , 
 
 Yet I am doubtful. Sh^kfpeariU King Lear. 
 
 Thus they their doubtf"' confultations ^nded. 
 
 2. Ambiguous ; not clear in its meaning : 
 S-Mitt. as, a doubtful expreffion. 
 
 5. That about which there is doubt ; tlial 
 ■5 8* 
 
 D O U 
 
 Is not yet determined or decided ; ob. 
 fcure ; queftionable ; uncertain. 
 
 In handling the right of a w.ar, I am notwil. 
 ling 10 intermix matter doubtful with that which "^ 
 is our of doubt ; for as in capital caufes, wherein 
 but one man's life is in queftion, the evidence 
 ought to be clear ; fo much more in a judgment 
 upon a war, which is capital to thoufands. 
 
 Sa.-O'i. 
 
 In dcuhiful cafes, reafon ftill determines for 
 the fafer fide ; cfpecially if the cafe be not-ftnly 
 thublful, but alio highly concerning, and the 
 venture be a foul, and an eternity. Soul/i. 
 
 Tlicmetcs firft, 'tis doubtful whether hir'd. 
 Or fo the Trojan deftiny requir'd, 
 Mov'd that the ramparts migiit be broken down. 
 
 ^rytU/it 
 
 4. Hazardous ; of uncertain event. 
 
 We have fufiain'd one day in doubfful fight, 
 What heav'n's high Lord had powerfuUeft. 
 
 Alilion. 
 New counfcls to debate . 
 What doubtful may enfue. _ Mlltc-. 
 
 5. Not fecure ; not without fufpicion. 
 
 Our manner is always to call a doubtful and 
 a mure lufpicious eye towards that, over whivli 
 we know we have leaft power. Hooker. 
 
 6. Not confident ; not without fear. 
 
 With doubtful feet, and wavering refiilution, 
 I cjme, lliU dreading thy dilplealuve, SimfSn. 
 
 Mittoti, 
 This was at fiift refolvcd 
 If we were wife, againll fo great a foe 
 Contending, and fo doubtful what might fall. 
 
 AUhcn, 
 
 7. Partaking diiferent qualities. 
 
 ^ Looks 
 Dowiicaft and damp, yet fuch wherein appear'd 
 Someglimpfe of joy, which on his couni'nance 
 
 Like doubtfulM^. •'^^'''"'• 
 
 Do'uBT FULLY, adv. [ixom doublful.'\ 
 
 1. Dubioufly ; inefolutely. 
 
 2. Anibiguoufly; with uncertainty of 
 
 meaning. 
 
 Knowing how doubtfully all allegories may be 
 conltiued, and this book of mine being a conti- 
 nual allegory, I have thought good to difcovcr 
 the general intention. Spenfer. 
 
 Nor did the goddefs doubtfully declare 
 Her altcr'd mind, and alienated care. Drydtn. 
 Do'ubtfulness. n. f. [from doubtful.'] 
 
 1. Dubioufnefs; fufpenfe; inftability of 
 
 opinion. 
 
 Though doubtfulncf or uncertainty feems to 
 be a medium between certain truth and certain 
 falfehood in our minds, yet there is no fuch 
 medium in things iherafelvcs. «<i//s. 
 
 2. Ambiguity ; uncertainty of meaning. 
 In arguing, the opponent ufes as comprehen- 
 
 fivc and equivocal terms as he can, to involve 
 hisadicrfary in the doub.f.hcfi of his expref- 
 fions : and therefore the anfwercr, on his fide, 
 makes it his play to diftinguifli as much .as he 
 can Locke. 
 
 Man of his philofophy is in broken fentences, 
 delivered wit;, much doubtfulnefs. Baktr , 
 
 3. Hazard ; uncertainty of event or con- 
 dition. * 
 
 Do'ubtinglv. Wt>. [^roTCi doubt.'] In a 
 doubting manner ; dubioufly ; without 
 
 confidence. 
 
 Whatloever a man imaglncth doubting.y, or 
 
 with fear, mulf needs do hurt, if imagination 
 
 have anv power at all j for a man reprclentctU 
 
 that oftener that he feareth, than tlic contrary. - 
 
 BiKC'i'i Njturul Uijioiy, 
 
 Do'vbtless. adj. [from doubt.] Free 
 from fear ; void of apprehenfion of dan- 
 ger.
 
 D O T7 
 
 I'rftfy chilli, (!;■'■() Junht/cfi .ind fcciih', 
 Tint HuluTt, loi llic wc:lltli of all the wiiiiil, 
 WlU nnt oIlciKJ thcc. Slhiijl'e.iic. 
 
 I .\m tLniit/ffty I cv\ purge 
 Myfclfof nitiiiy I am cli:ug'd wiflnl. Sh<ilfi>. 
 Do'UBTI.ESs. «,/ir. WitliDiit doubt ; xvltli- 
 out qiieftion ; iimiiiellionably. 
 DvubtLJi he WiiuUi have niaclca noble knight. 
 
 All their riefiics, doferts, or expeiiitiuns the 
 Conqueror h:iil no other mc;nis lo fiitlsfy, bnt hy 
 the elhttes oHuch .IS had appeared open enemies 
 to I'.iin, and dfiul'tlcfi many innocent peiCons 
 furtered ill this kind. ll.ilt. 
 
 DauhtUfi many men .ue fin.iily loll, who ycr 
 have no men's lins toanlVcr foi but their own. 
 
 Mount.iins have been doiihtljs much higher 
 than they arc at prefcnt ; the rains have walhcd 
 away the foil, ih.it has left the veins of Hones 
 fliooting uLit of tiicm. Jl^oo-kuitrJ. 
 
 Dou/^t/efij oh gncU I great laud and piaitc 
 were mine, 
 If, after focial rites and gifts beftow'd, 
 I rtaiii'd my hofpitable hearth with blood. 
 
 Douck't. n.f. [(/oi/fi-/, French.] A cuf- 
 tard. Tliis word I find only in Siin- 
 rier, and in Alnfiuorlh, 
 
 Do'ucKER. n.f. [co!ym!ws ; from To 
 itouci, corrupted from To iluci.] A bird 
 that dips in the water. 
 
 The colymbi, or ./&.vc-^crj, or lonns, are admi- 
 rably conformed fur diving, covered with thick 
 plumage, and their feathers To flippery that 
 water cainiot nioirtcn them. Rtij\ 
 
 DOVE. n. f. [J>a!umiiis ; davo,o\d Tcu- 
 tonick ; laui, daub, German.] 
 
 1 . A wild pigeon. 
 
 S(j Ihews a Inowy dove trooping with crows, 
 A-' yonder lady o'er her fellows lliows..S'//<Wy^rur;. 
 
 Say, will the falcon, llonping from above, 
 Smit with her varying plumage, fparc the dove ? 
 
 Not half fo fwift the trembling doves can riy, 
 When the iicice eagle cleaves the liquid Iky j 
 Not half fofwiftly the fierce c.igle moves, 
 When through the (kies he drives the trembling 
 doTcs. Fojit, 
 
 2. A pigeon. 
 
 I have here a dilh of ./ot'cs, that I will beftow 
 upon your wotlllip. Sfi:iifpe,trr. 
 
 Do'vECOT. n.f. {dove ZY\A cot.] A Imall 
 building in which pigeons are bred and 
 kept. 
 
 Like an eagle in a dovecat^ I 
 Flutter'd your Volfcians in Corioli ; 
 Alone I did it. Sh.iiffcnrc. 
 
 Do'vEHOUSE. n.f IJove and houf.] A 
 houfe for pigeons. 
 
 The hawk lets up for pioleiSor, and makes 
 havoek in the dove/toufe . L' Ji/lrnriire. 
 
 But iUll the dmiehaufe obflinateiy Itood. 
 
 Dryd,,,. 
 
 Bo'vETAiL. n. /. [i/oxif andtoV.] A form 
 of joining two bodies together, where 
 that v.-hicli is inferted has the form of a 
 wedge reverfed, and therefore cannot 
 fall out. 
 DouoH. n. /. [bah, Sax. (iiegh,'£)\\\.'\ 
 1. Thepalleofbread, orpies, yet unbaked. 
 When the gods moulded up the- parte of man 
 Some of their r/'-vg/i was left upon their hands, 
 For want of fouls, and fo they made Egyptians. 
 
 D.ydfn. 
 You that from pliant pafte would fabucks 
 raife, 
 E.ipeaingilience to gain immortal praife, 
 Your knuckles try, and let your finews know 
 Tlieir power tj knead, and give the iorm to 
 '^""i''- King. 
 
 Vol. I. ^ 
 
 now 
 
 3, My cnie is Dot; an. My affair had 
 mil'oarricd ; my mulertaklng has never 
 come to niatinity. 
 
 A/v cdfie is dbi'itiif but I'll in among the rell ; 
 Out of hope of .ill, hut my fliare of the fcaft. 
 
 .Sfia^fpeiire. 
 
 Dour.iiB a'krp, at/J. [(/of/r'/i and haked.] 
 Uniiiillhed ; not liardtiicd to perfection ; 
 foft. 
 
 For when, through taftelefs flat humility. 
 In do-i^Uutk'd men lomc harmleiTncfs wc fee, 
 'Tis hut his phlegm that 's virtuous, and not he. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 Do'i'GHTY. adj. [boh'cig, Saxon ; dcu^ht, 
 virtue, Dut.] 
 
 1. Ijrave ; noble; illuftrious ; eminent: 
 ufed of men and things. 
 
 Such relllefs p.iiTion did all night torment 
 The flait'ning courage of that faiiy knight, 
 
 Dcvifiiig how that dougfi:\ tournament 
 With grcatefl honour tie achicveu might. 
 
 F.:iiy Qi.eert. 
 
 2. It is now fcldora ufed but ironically, or 
 in burlefque. 
 
 If tlris doughty hirtorian hath any honour or 
 confcicnce left, he ought to beg pardon. Slilliigjl. 
 
 She fmil'dto fee the </o.v?';/'v hero flain ; 
 But, at bet fmilc, the beau reviv'd again. Pope. 
 
 Do'l'Ghv. adj. [from dough.'} U:ifound j 
 foft ; unhardened. 
 
 Your Ion wai milled with a fnipt taiTata fellow 
 there, whofe viU.inous faffron would have made 
 all the unbaked and doughy youth of a nation in 
 his colour. Sh.ikfpcarc. 
 
 To DOUSE, ti. a. [a^uj-i? ; but probably it 
 is a cant word formed from the found.] 
 To put over ,head fuddenly in the 
 ^^ater. 
 
 Tu Douse, v. n. To fall fuddenly into 
 the water. 
 
 It is.no jefting, trivial matter. 
 To fwing i' til' air, or doufe in water. Hudiiras. 
 
 Do'wAGER. n.f. [deuairicn; French-] 
 
 1. A widow with a jointure. 
 
 She lingers my defires, 
 Like to a Itepdame or a doiuiiger^ 
 Long wmteiing on a young man's revenue, 
 
 ahakfpeare. 
 Widows have a greater intcreft in property 
 than either maids or wives ; fo that it is as un- 
 natural for a diiuager as a freeholder fo be an 
 enemy to our conllituiion. "*' ^ddijon. 
 
 2. The title given to ladies who furvive 
 their hulbaiids. 
 
 Catharine no more 
 Shall be call'dtjucen ; hut pnncefs do-.v.i^er. 
 And widow to princt Arthur. Siuiipe.ur. 
 
 Do'wDY. n. f. An awkward, ill-dreffed, 
 inelegant woman. 
 
 Laura, to his l.idy, was but a kitchen wench ; 
 Dido, a doivly ; Cleopatra, a giply ; Helen and 
 Hero, Hidings and harlots. Shukjfeare. 
 
 The bedlam train of lovers nfe 
 T' enhance the value, and the faults e.\cute ; 
 And therefore 'tis no wonder if we lee 
 They doat on dowdies atid deformity. Dyden. 
 'Do'wDY. adj. Awkward. 
 
 No houfewifery the do-wdy creature knew; 
 To fum up all, her tongue confcfs'd the ftirew. 
 
 DO'WER. 7 .,,.„., 
 DO'WERY. J "•■/• ['/^"''"■^.F'--] 
 I. That which the wife brings to her huf- 
 band in marriage. 
 
 His wife brought in donu'r Cilicia's crown, 
 And in hcrfclf a greater doiv'r alone. Dryden. 
 
 His only daughter in a llranger's pow'r; 
 For very wiut, he could not pay a dnu'r, Foft. 
 
 now 
 
 _ Rii'li, though (lepriv'O uf all licr littlt ^Otu 
 J'ur who Lwn leije fair virtue's better dotu'r f 
 
 ^Uimvtt^l, 
 
 2. 'J'liat which the widow jxilTefles. 
 
 His patrimonial teiiiiuiics of Flanders weic m 
 doti'tr to his mother-in-law. jui:on'i Henry \ii 
 
 3. The gifts of a hufband for a wife. 
 
 Alk me never fo much ■flurry and gift, audi 
 will gi\e according as you fliall fay un'o me i 
 but give me the damfil to v ife. Utrejii 
 
 4. Endowment ; gift. 
 
 What fprcading virtue, what 1 fparkling fire. 
 How great, how plentiful, how lich 3 .ion-'r, 
 Di It thou vi'ithin this dying H'.lh inlpirc ! 
 
 Do'wEKED. ai/j. [from ilowcr.] I'orlion- 
 td ; fiipplied with a portion. 
 
 Will you, with thofe infirmities Ihc owes, 
 UnftKiidcd, new adapted to our hate, 
 Jjower'd with oui curie, and llraiiger'd with oai 
 
 oath. 
 Take her, or leave her .> S/t,i{fpenre's fh'rrg Leaf. 
 DovvERLEss. adj. \Jxaxa dtiiver.\ Want- 
 ing a fortune j miportiontd. 
 Thy .foiu';/<ji daugliier, king, thrown to my 
 did nee, 
 Is queen of us, and ours, and oiu fair France. 
 
 ShakjpeaTF, 
 
 Do'wLAS. n.f A coarfe kind of linen. 
 
 DoiuLii, lilihy dow.'j; ; I iiavc given them 
 away to bakers wivo, and they have made boul- 
 ters of them. SKatjfeare. 
 Down. n.f. [duun, Danidi.] 
 
 1 . bott feathers. 
 
 Virtue is thcrougheft way ; 
 But proves at night a bed of do'.un. PFotion. 
 
 Leave, leave, fair bride ! your folitary bed. 
 No more (hall you return to it alone ; 
 It nurfcth fadncfs : and your body's prinr. 
 Like to a grave, the yielding do^vn doth dint. 
 
 Donrf. 
 
 Wc tumble on our down, and court the hlel- 
 
 fmg 
 
 Of a ftioit minute's llumber. Dtr.ft.trr, 
 
 A tender weakly [conrtitution is very niuili 
 
 owing to the ufe of donvn beds. Loctc. 
 
 2. Any thing that foothes or mollifies. 
 
 Thou bofom foftnefs ! do-iu-n of all mv cares ! 
 I could recline my thoughts upon this bread 
 To a forgctfulnels of all niy griefs, 
 And yet be happy. ' Scuiierit. 
 
 3. Soft wool, or tender hair. 
 
 I love my hufband flill ; 
 Eut love him as 'nc was when youthful grace, 
 And the firll dotvii, began to Ihade his face. 
 
 DryJen^ 
 
 On thy cl.in the fpringing beard began 
 To fpread a doubtlul do-wr, andpromilc man. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 4. The foft fibres of plants which wine 
 the feed. ^ 
 
 .^ny light thing that movcth, wi.cn w-e finri 
 no wind, Iheweth a wind at hand ; as n hen fea- 
 thers, or (/o-ttvi of thiltles, Hy to and fro in the 
 
 •lit. liucoHs N.ltur.^l Hij-.oty. 
 
 Like fcatrer'd doivn, by howling Euius blow« 
 By rapid whirlwinds from his manfion thrown. 
 
 Handys. 
 
 DO\VN. n.f [bun, Saxon ; dune, Erfe, 
 a hill.] A large open plain; properly 
 a flat on the top of a hill. 
 
 On the downs wc fee, near Wilton fair, 
 A hallcn'd hare Irom greedy gixy hound go. 
 
 Sidney, 
 Lord of much riches which the ufe renowns - 
 Seven thoufand bioad-tail'd (hecp jraz'd on his 
 downs. Sandys. 
 
 Not all the fleecy wealth 
 That doth enrich thofe downs is worth a thought 
 To this my euand, and the care it brought. 
 
 t't/i/tm. 
 
 + D
 
 DOW 
 
 Hills afford p\eaf..nt profpca? ; as ihey rouft 
 
 need* acknowledge who h^vc been on the dcwri^ 
 
 efSulTex. ^ /.">' 
 
 How Will-a-wifp misleads night-faring 
 
 clowns , , , J 
 
 O'er hills, and finkin£ bogs, and pathlefs d=-ivm. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 To compafs this, bis building is a town. 
 His pimd an ocean, his paiterre a da-M't. 1 eft. 
 "Down. prep, [afcuna, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Along a defcent ; from a higher place 
 
 to a lower. , 
 
 Let go thy hold when a great wheel runs airjjr. 
 hUl, left it break thy neck with follownig it : 
 but the great one that goes upward, let him draw 
 ,jjef_ Shakjfran-i KingLrar. 
 
 A man falling d^'^ a precipice, though in 
 motion, is not at liberty, becaufe he cannot flop 
 that motion if he would. _ L'.cie. 
 
 2. Toward the mouth of a river. 
 
 Mahomet put his chief fubllance into cer- 
 tain boats, to be conveyed down the river, as 
 purpofingtofly. ^'"""■ 
 
 Down. fidv. Not up, 
 
 1. On the ground; from the height at 
 which any thing was to a lower fitua- 
 
 tion. . , „ , 
 
 Whom they hat, none on their feet mignt ftantl, 
 
 Though fiandVng eife as rocks ; but down they 
 
 fell 
 
 By thoufands. Muton's Paradifi Loji. 
 
 Doiun finks the giant with a thund'rmg found. 
 
 His ponu'rous limbs oppiefs the trembling 
 
 ground. Drydcv.. 
 
 2. Tending toward the groimd. 
 
 3. From former to latter times : as, this 
 has bee:i the prafticc down from the 
 conqueft. 
 
 4. Out of fight ; below the horizon. 
 
 How goes the night, boy ? 
 
 The moon is i/ow" ; I have not heard the 
 
 clock. 
 And (he goes do-un at twelve. Sn^iype^re. 
 
 5. To a total fubjeaion : ufed of men and 
 
 things. 
 
 What remains of tlic fuhjeft, after the decoc- 
 tion, is continued to he boiled do'.vx, with the 
 addition of frefh w.ncr, to a fapid fat. ^rh.rh. 
 
 6. Into difgrace ; into declining reputa- 
 tion. 
 
 He (hai'd our dividend o' th' cro\vn, 
 \ft had fo painfully preach'd doxun ; 
 Andforc'dus, tnough againft tlie gram, 
 X' have calls to preach it up again. HuMbrdi. 
 
 I; has been fiiil preachtd up, but afted Joivn ; 
 and dealt with as the eagle in the f.iblc did with 
 the ovfter, carrying it up on high, that, by 
 letting it fall, he might d..(h it in pieces. Sduih. 
 
 Theic is not a mere melancholy objeft in rhe 
 learned world, thanaman who has written him- 
 kMdoivn. ^^ , ^<i<f.y<^». 
 
 7. [anfwering to «/>.] Here and there. 
 
 Lf t them wander up and dvwn for meat, and 
 grudge if they be not (atisf.ed. PJalnt!. 
 
 Down, inter j. 
 
 J . An exhortation to deftruaion or demo- 
 lition. 
 
 Go, fome pull down the Savoy ; others to the 
 
 jnnsof courts : </ow/j with them all. Sliakfpinrt:. 
 
 If Iheicbe ten, (Urink not, but daiun with 
 
 them. ... I c 
 
 But now they cry, dti^n with the palace, hre 
 
 ""' n J 
 
 Pall out th' ufurping queen. Vyiitr. 
 
 2 A conteinptnous threat. 
 
 Dowi, i/"'"" to li«"> ^'^ ^^y ^ '^^"' '''"^'' 
 
 '■"•"tier. ^ ,_ ^. n f"''fP''-'- 
 
 Down. [T'o^o.] Tobedigefted; tcbe 
 
 received. . . . 
 
 If he be hungry more than wanton, bread 
 
 a-oi.cwiU dt,'.Lu; and if hs be nut hungry, 'lis 
 
 net fit he fhould cat. i«^if'- 
 
 7 
 
 DOW 
 
 1 know not how ahfuid this may foem to the 
 mailers of d.mnnltiation ; and probably it will 
 hardly do'-Mtt with any body, at liift hearing. 
 
 I 0- '•{. 
 
 To Down. -y. a. [from the particle.] 
 To knock ; to fubdue ; to fuppicfs ; 
 to conquer. 
 
 The hidden beauties fcem'd in w.-iit to lie. 
 To ifc:*>;:proud hearts that v/ould not willing die. 
 
 Do' \\'tic.\ ST. a Jj. [doii'n znAcaJl.] Bent 
 down ; direded to the ground. 
 
 Wanton hmguilhing borrowed cf her eyes the 
 d'j-.iic.t/l lo-'k of modelly. Sidmj. 
 
 My wi!ynurfehy long expciience fuunn, 
 And fiill dilcovcr'd to n.y foul its wound ; 
 'Tis love, laid Ihe ; and then my dovmcaft eyes. 
 And guilty dumbncfs, witiiefs'd my fuiptii: 
 
 Thy diwncsli looks, and thy ditordci'd 
 thoughts. 
 Tell me my fate : I alk not the fuccefs^ 
 My caul'e has found. ^dJffon's C.irs. 
 
 Do'wNFAL. «./. [from Jotvn andfiii!.] 
 
 1. Ruin ; calamity ; fall from rank or 
 
 ftate. 
 
 Why doft thou fay king Richard is depos'd ? 
 Dat'ft thou, thou little better thing than earth. 
 Divine Ui dotu'fa! ? Sk.-.ifpeuTc. 
 
 We have feen loine, by the ways by which they 
 had dcligned to rife uncontioUal ly, to have di- 
 reflly procured their utter </ou."/a/. Saiik. 
 
 2. A fudden fall, or body of things falling. 
 
 Each Jaiur.Jal of a flood the mountains pour 
 From Iheir rich bowels, rolls a filver ftrcam. 
 
 X)'yii>r. 
 
 3. Deftniflion of fabrickj. 
 
 Not more aghr.ft the matrons of renown. 
 When tyrant Nero burn'd th' imperial uwn, 
 Shvick'd for the do^unfalm a doieiul cry. 
 For which their guihlefs lords wcie doom'd to 
 die. Drydin. 
 
 Do'wN F.i LLEN. panicipiala'ij. [t/cwn and 
 fill.] Ruined; fallen. 
 
 The find is now divorced by the da-.vnf.ilhn 
 ftcep cliifs on the farther fide. Care^v. 
 
 Do'vvNGVRED. ar//. [r/oTi'M and o-_vn'.] Let 
 down in circiJar wrinkles. 
 
 Lord Hamlet, with his ilcckings Inofe, 
 Ungaitcr'd, and datungyred to his ancles. S/ititf 
 
 Do'wNHlLL. n./. [ilo-uin and hill.] De- 
 clivity ; defcent. 
 
 Heavy the third, and flirr, he finks apace ; 
 
 And though 'tis do-j^xhill M, but creeps along 
 
 the race-. Drydei:. 
 
 Do'wNHiLL. acJj. Dfclivous ; defcending. 
 
 Andthefiifl fleps a (ibtwAx/.'giecnfward yields. 
 
 Do'vvKLOOKED. adj. \d(nun and look.'] 
 Having a dejcded countenance ; gloomy; 
 fuUen ; melancholy. 
 
 [caloufy, liiffus'd with jaundice in her eyes, 
 DiVcoulouringall (he view'd, in lawney drefs'd ; 
 Dovjnhak'd, and with a cuckoo on her fift. 
 
 Diydcr. 
 
 Downly'ivg. adj. [down and lie ] About 
 
 to be in travail of chlldbiith. 
 Downri'ght. adv. [doivn a^A right.] 
 I . Straight or right down ; down perpen- 
 dicularly. 
 
 A g'.int 's (lain in fight, 
 Or mow'd M'crthw..rt, or cleft do-.i-wighl. Hudii. 
 
 z. In plain terms ; without ceremony. 
 Elves, aw.iy I 
 We (hall chide doivn.izht if i longer (lay. Shuk. 
 3. Completely; without Copping (hort. 
 This paper put Mrs. Bull in fuch apaSion, that 
 (he fell downrigJit into a i;!. .■irtuihn-.t. 
 
 Downri'ght. adj. 
 I. Plain; open; apparent; undlfguifcd. 
 
 DOW 
 
 An admonition from a dead author, or acrvcat 
 froniau inipaitial pen, will prevail more than a 
 doiuioight artvite,'wliich may be iniiiaken as 
 Tpoken magiifcriaHy. Bacon, 
 
 It is iiinunright madnefs to (Irike where w« 
 have no powci to hurt. L' Ejhange, 
 
 The nu-rchar.t's wife, who abounds in plenty^ 
 is not to have dawnrigh: money ; but the mercc- 
 naiy part of her mind is engaged with a prcl'cnC 
 o( plate. SpcRalor, 
 
 2. Diredly tending to the point; plain; 
 artkfs. 
 
 1 wou'd rather have a plain do-vnrjght wifdom, 
 than a foolilh and affeilcd eloquence. Ben y^nfiit. 
 
 3. Unceremonious ; honellly iurly. 
 
 When it came to the count 10 fpeak, old FaiS 
 fo (lared him in the face, after his pfiin doiimright 
 way, that the count was liruck dumb. Addi(in, 
 .-J.. Plain ; without palliation. 
 
 The idolaty was dire-ft and do-jJirigir in th* 
 people, whole credulity is illimitable Bjo-wh. 
 Religion fecms not in danger from d<nunright 
 atheil'm, fincc rational pien muft rejedl that for 
 want of pi oof. Rsgett. 
 
 Do'wNslTTiNG. n. f. [down and Jit.] 
 Reft ; repofe ; the aft of fitting down, 
 or going to rell. 
 
 Thou knoweil my tirxi>njitt.'rg and mine v?" 
 riling ; thou uiidcrllandeii my riioughls afar oiF. 
 
 r; , }• arfi).rbunepeanb,Sax.j 
 
 DoW'NW.\RD3. ) •- r I ' -1 
 
 1. To%vard the centre. 
 
 As you lift up the glalTcs, the drop will af- 
 ccnd fl.iwcrand flower, an(< a: length reft, being 
 cairicd doxvniut^rd by its weight as much as up- 
 wards by the atitadion. Ne-wtiM, 
 
 2. From a higher fituation to a lower. 
 
 Look dc-'jj7!-.uard on that globe, whofc hither 
 fide. 
 With light from hence, (hincs. Miltt*. 
 
 Hills are ornamental to the earth, affording 
 pkitant pro''pc<£ls to them that lock do^vnivordj 
 from them upon the luhjacent countries. Riy. 
 What would this man } Now upward will he 
 foar. 
 And, little lefs than angel, would be more : 
 Now, looking do^a-tuardi, juft as griev'd ap- 
 pears 
 To want the ftrength of bulls, the fur of bears. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 3. In a ccurfe of fiicceffive or lineal de- 
 fcent. 
 
 A ring the count does wear, 
 That do'MtT-.vard hath fuccceried in his houfe. 
 From fun to fon, fome four or five defcents. 
 
 Shaifpcarf, 
 
 D o 'w N W A R D . adj. 
 
 1. IVloving on a declivity ; tending to- 
 ward the centre ; tending to the ground. 
 
 With tkiur^.uard force, 
 That drove ihc fand ah.ng, he tjuk his way, 
 And roU'd his yellow billows to the fca. Jirydtn, 
 
 2. Declivous ; bending. 
 
 When Aurora leaves our northern fphcrc. 
 She lights the duvmiuard heaven, and lifes there. 
 
 Dtydejt. 
 
 3. Deprtfredj dejefied. 
 
 A: tlic lowelt of my ^i>u./c:ta> J thoughts, I 
 pulled up my heait to remembfr, that nothing is 
 achieved before it be tiioroughly attempted, and 
 tint lying flill doth never go forwaid. Sidn-.y. 
 Do'wNY. adj. {frora down.] 
 1. Covered with down or nap. 
 By iiis gates tjf breath 
 There lies a diiuny feather, which ftirs not: 
 Did he fufpire, that light and weightlefs down 
 Perforce muft move. Sh.-.ifpeare, 
 
 There be plants that have prickles, yet havt 
 downy or velvet rind upon their leaves, as ftock- 
 gil'yflo'.vcis and coltsfoot ; which down or nap 
 cuiifillclh cf i fabtiie Ipiiit, in a foft fubftance. 
 Saecn's Na.'urel H:Jiirj,
 
 D O Z 
 
 tn iiev li.iiitl Ihe held 
 A liougb of f.iMTlt friHi, tliai ilnwny fmii'd, 
 New gatlici'd, and ambrol'ul IiikU (liH'ds'tl. 
 
 Miliiv. 
 
 2, Made of down or foft feathers. 
 
 A firfc briTzc ffum wcftwiird waits tlicir 1 lils 
 to fill, 
 And lefts ill lliofc high beds his daiuny wings. 
 
 DrytUn 
 Belinda dill her dewny pillow preft, 
 Her guardian fylj>li prolo.ig'd the balmy reft. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 3, Soft ; tender ; footliing. 
 
 Binquo! Donallnin ! M.ilculm! aw.ike ! 
 Shake oft" this .fcuwy fte-.'p, dc.itii's cotmtcrteit, 
 And look en dijth iifelf. Shdffe^ve. 
 
 The night's cjmpanioi) kindly chc.nti g llieni 
 Of all thc;r csn*, t.uii'd tlic rebellious eye 
 Of foriow with :i luft and dt^tvny h.md, 
 Stcalnig all hix:.ilU in a Ictn'.an band. Crajliaw. 
 Do'wRE. \ n. f. [doiiain, Fr. It ought 
 Do'wRY. j to be written doiuer.^ 
 
 1. A portion given with a wite. See 
 Dower. 
 
 I could niarrv this wench fjr this dowre. Si i. 
 And 2lk no other dowiy but fuch another jcIK 
 
 Shakjf>cii re 
 
 The king mufl die, that I may make yon 
 
 great. 
 
 And give a crown in doiury with my love. Diyd. 
 
 Tcthys A'\ her w.ivcs in .io-.ury give^. D'yicn. 
 
 2. A reward paid for a wife. 
 
 Tliine own h.tnd 
 An hundred of the faithlcl's foe ftiall ft.iy, 
 And for a ifo:t7t:a hur^drcd fortlVini pay. Coivlty . 
 
 3. A gift ; a fortune given. 
 Poio'logy. n. f. [lo|a and ^(i'>©-•] A 
 
 form of giving glory to God. 
 
 David breaks forth into ihefe triumphant 
 praifcs and doxc/ogiei, BlclTed be the Lord God 
 of Ifrarl, who I'.ss kept me this day from llicd- 
 ding blood, and from avenging myfclf with my 
 own hand. Souit:. 
 
 Little did Athnnafius imagine, that ever it 
 would h.:vc been received in th: chriftian ciiurch, 
 to conclude then- books with a doxohgy to God 
 and the bleU'cd virgin. Slili/'iffiict. 
 
 Do'xY. n. /. A wliore; a loofe wench. 
 When daft'odils begin to pure. 
 With heigh ! the a'«.v)' over the dale. Slukfi. 
 To DOZE. 1). n. [opaef-, Saxon; daes, 
 
 Dutch.] 
 I. To (lumber ; to fleep lightly. 
 
 There was no fleeping under his roof: if he 
 
 happened to d'.^i a little, the jolly eoblor waked 
 
 him. L'Ejlrnnfft. 
 
 z. To live in a (late of drowfmefs ; to be 
 
 hdf afleep. 
 
 It has h:ippcncd to young men of the grcntcft 
 wit, to wafle tiieir fpiiits witii aixiety and pain, 
 io far, as to dcxe upon their work with too much 
 cagerncfs oi doing well. Dryds/i. 
 
 How to the b.inks, where bards departed rfsii-, 
 Thuy led him foil. I'ojie. 
 
 Chicfiefs .innics dix'd oM tiie campaign. 
 
 And navic.-; yawn'd for orders on the main. i^'j/'.-'. 
 
 To DOZE. 11. a. To ftupify ; to dull. 
 
 He was now much decayed in his p.irt?, and 
 
 with immoderate drinking doz^J in his undcr- 
 
 ftanding. Cl.tiiii.lon. 
 
 Two f:;tyrs, or '.he gmund 
 Sttetch'd at his e.ifc, their fite Silenus found 
 V(i:^\i -w'wXx his fumes, and heavy with his load. 
 
 DryJ-n 
 
 Do'z.KV. n. f. [douKarne, French.] The 
 number of twelve. It is feldcm nfcd but 
 on light occafions. 
 
 We cannot lodge and bo.ird a dczct or fourteen 
 
 gentlewomen, "but we keep a bawriyhoufe 
 
 . iUaiglrt. Shxifpt.ue. 
 
 That the Indian figs bear fuch huge leaves, or 
 
 delicate fruit, I could never find ; yet I have 
 
 (ravelled a dii.cn miles together under them. 
 
 Ka.'i'ir h . 
 
 D R A 
 
 By putting twelve units together, we have the 
 com^dcx kIc.i of a do-z,e>t. Locke. 
 
 TliC mimbcr of diftentcis was fomcthing under 
 a i/ji</< with thcin. Sutijl. 
 
 Do'ziNKSs. n.f. [from dozy.] Skepinefs; 
 drowfmefs. Little uied. 
 
 A m;in, by a violent fit of the gout in his 
 
 limbs, finds a doz.inef\ in his head, or a want of 
 
 appetite. L<.ckc. 
 
 Dozy. adj. [from doze.] Sleepy ; drowfy ; 
 
 fliiggifli. 
 
 Tue yawning youth, fcarce half awake, cfTays 
 His la/.y limbs and do^y head to raile. j)ry.icn. 
 
 Dr.vb. n. f. [pjiabbe, Sa.xon, lees.] 
 A whore ; a Uruiripet. 
 
 That I, the fon of a de.Tr father murder'd, 
 
 Mull, like a whore, unpack my heart with woids. 
 
 And fill a curling like a very dmh ! Shiikjp. 
 
 Ifyourwoilhip will take order for thc^roAjand 
 
 the knaves, you need not fear the bawds. .SAjt. 
 
 Babe, 
 Difch-deliver'd by a drub. Shiikfp:arc. 
 
 Curs'd be the wretch lb venal, and fo vain. 
 Paltry and proud as .ir^tbi in Drur/-lane. Pope. 
 Drachm, n. f. \_drachma, Latin.] 
 
 1. An old Roman coin. 
 
 See here thefe movers, that do pri^e their 
 honours 
 At a crack'd drachm. Shakfpeart. 
 
 2. The ciohth part of an oMnce. 
 DRJCUNCULUS. «. / [Latin.] A 
 
 worm bred in the hot countries, whicli 
 grows to many yards length between the 
 fkin and flcfli. 
 Dr.^d. adj. [for drrad, or the part, paf- 
 five of To dread.] Terrible j formi- 
 dable ; dreaded. 
 
 Th' utmoft fand-beach they (hortly fetch, 
 Whilft the dead dinger doi:s behind remain. 
 
 Fairy Q^uetn. 
 
 DRAFF, n. /. \t>]\oy, dirty, Saxon ; 
 draf, Dutch, the fediment of ale.] 
 
 1. Rtfufe ; lees ; dregs : properly fomc- 
 thing fluid. 
 
 You would think I had a hundred and filty 
 latter'd prodigals, lately come from Iwinckeep- 
 ing, from eating ^/vi^/" and huilts. Shakjpeare. 
 
 'Tweic fimple fury, ftill tliyfelf to wafte 
 On fuch as have no taftc ; 
 
 To offer them a fiirfeit of pure bread 
 Whofe nppi:tite is dead ! 
 
 No, give them grains their fill ; 
 
 Hufks, diaf, 10 drink and fwill. Ben Jtrfon. 
 1 call'd and drew them thither, 
 My hell-hounds to lick up the drujf and filth, 
 Which man's ptillurmg tin with taint had Ihed 
 On what was pure. Milici. 
 
 Here rather let me drudge, and earn my bread, 
 Till vermin, or ihc drti^ ai fervilc food, 
 Cim'uine me. Mi'ton. 
 
 2. Rtfufe ; fweepings. Perhaps Improper. 
 
 Younger brothers but the .;Vfi/?^of natuic, Diyd. 
 Dr.v'ffv. adj. \_irQm drnff'.] Worlhlefs ; 
 
 dreggy. 
 Dr.vft. a.-/', [corrupt for (//•fliV^Zi/.] Ein- 
 ployed to draw. 
 
 UljTils and old Neftor yoke you like du:f! 
 oxen, and nrakc yi.u plough up the wair. Sh.tlf. 
 To DRAG. V. a. [t>jia^an, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To pull along the ground by main 
 force ; to draw heavily along. 
 
 Stich his afpeft, when, foil'd with bloody dull, 
 
 Drag^'d by the cjrds which thiough his feet 
 
 were thruft." X}e)ih,im. 
 
 While I have any ability to hold a commerce 
 with you, I will never be filent; am? this chanc- 
 ing to be J day that 1 can hold a pen, 1 will drag 
 it as long as I am ab'e. Sit-ifr. 
 
 2. To draw sny thing biudenfome, any 
 thing from which one cannot difeiigage 
 one's fclf. 
 
 D R A 
 
 'Tls long fmce I, for my celeftial wife, 
 Loatli'd by the gods, have dragg'd a ling'tinf 
 life. Dryden. 
 
 Cm I, who lov'd fo well. 
 To part with all my blifs to favc my lover, 
 On ! can 1 drag a wretched life without him ' 
 
 Smilk. 
 
 3. To draw eontemptuoufly along, as a. 
 thing nnworthy to be carried. 
 
 He triumphs in St. .'tuftin's opinion ; and it 
 not only content to drag mc at his chnriot-whcels, 
 but he makes a (hew of mc. StilliK^ficei. 
 
 4. To pull about with violence and igno- 
 miny. 
 
 They fliali furprifc 
 The fcrpent, prince of air, and Jr.-!g in clialnJ 
 Through all his realm, and there confounded 
 leave. Milion. 
 
 The conrtablc w.is no fooner efpied but he was 
 reproached with difdainful words, beaten and 
 diagge .-in fo barbarous a manner, that he hardly 
 cfcapcd with his life. Clarcndfi. 
 
 5. To ptiU roughly and forcibly. 
 
 To fall, that 's jullice ; 
 But then, to drag him after ! For to die. 
 And yet in death to concjuci, is my wifti. 
 
 nrydee. 
 In my fatal caufe your fword was drawn ; 
 The vicightof my misfortunes dragg'dyou down. 
 
 To Drag. v. n. To hang fo low as tu 
 trail or grate upon the ground. 
 From hence arc heard the groans of ghofts, the 
 pains 
 Of founding lafties, and of draggi.ig cbs'ws. 
 
 Dryden. 
 A door is faid to diag, when, by its ill hang- 
 ing on its hinges, the bottom edge of the door 
 rides in its fwecp upon the floor. Moxon. 
 
 Drag. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 t. A net diawn along the bottom of the 
 water. 
 
 C.ifting nets were fprcad in fliallow brooks, 
 Drags in the deep, and baits were hung on nooks. 
 
 Dryde«. 
 
 The creatures are but inflruments in God's 
 hand: the returning our acknowledgments to 
 them is juft the fame abfurdiiy with tiieirs who 
 burnt incenfe to the drag, and faciificed to the 
 iiel. _ Kogen. 
 
 2. An infiriiment with hooks to catch 
 hold of things under water. 
 
 You may in the morning find it near to fome 
 fixed place, and then take it up with a dr.tg 
 hook or othcrwifc. IValtort^ 
 
 3. A kind of car drawn by the hand. 
 
 The ^rijff is made fomewhat like a low car: 
 it is nfcd for the carriage of timber, and tWen is 
 diawn by the handle by two or more ir.en. 
 
 Moxon'i Mechanical Exercifes. 
 
 roDRA'GGi.E. 1'. a. [from drag.] To 
 
 make dirty by dragging on the ground. 
 
 You'll fee a </nj»(7,'fi,' damfcl, hero and there, 
 
 Fiom Billingfgate her fiftiy traffick bear. 
 
 Gray^s Trivia. 
 
 He wore the fame ^ov.n five years without 
 
 draggling or tearing. Sjj.ifi. 
 
 To Dra'ggle. %'. n. To grow dirty by 
 
 being drawn along the ground. 
 
 His d'agg.'ing tail hung in the dirt. 
 Which on bis rider he w.iuld ft, it. Iludilra^. 
 Dra'gnet. n.f. [drag and r.et.] A net 
 ■which is drawn along the bottom of the 
 water. 
 
 Dragnets were made to fifh within the deep. 
 And cartingnetj did rivers bottoms fweep. 
 
 May-! FLgil. 
 
 Some fiHiermen, that Ind been out with a 
 dragnet, and caught nothing, had a draught to- 
 wards the eveni'ng, which put them in hope of 
 a fiuigcon at laft. L'Epang,: 
 
 One of our late great poets is f;mk in his re- 
 putation, becaufe he could never forgive any 
 402
 
 D R A 
 
 coineil which eamcin his way, but fwcpf, like a 
 diaiinft, great and fmall. Drydcn. 
 
 Wliatfuever old Time, witli his huge dr, tenet, 
 has conveyed down to us along the dream of ages, 
 whether it be fliells or flie!l-h(h, jewels or peb- 
 bles, Hicks or ftraws, feaweeds or mud, thefe are 
 the ancients, thefe arc the fatners. tVnlti. 
 
 DRA'GON. n. f. yraco, Latin ; dra- 
 gon, French.] 
 1, A kind of winged ferpcnt, perhaps 
 imaginary, much celebrated in the ro- 
 mances of the middle ages. 
 
 I go alone, 
 Like to a lonely Hrcgoi, that his fen 
 Makes fcar'd and talk'd of more than feen. 
 
 Sftaljp:an. 
 Swift, fwift, you dragons of the night ! that 
 dawning 
 May bear the raven's eye. S'mifp. CymbeHr.c. 
 
 And you, ye dragoia! of the fcaly race, 
 Whom glittering gold and (hining armours grace; 
 In other nations harmlefs arc you found 
 Their guardian genii and protcftors own'd. 
 
 On fpiry volumes there a dragcn rides; 
 Here, from our ftriit embrace, a ftream he glides. 
 
 i: A fierce violent man or woman. 
 3. A conftellation near the north pole. 
 Dra'gon. u.f. {^driuunculus, Latin.] A 
 
 plant. 
 Dra'gonet. n. f. [from dragon.'] A 
 
 little dragon. 
 Or in his womb might lurk fome hidden nell 
 
 Of many (/ragoTCrs, his fruitful feed. F.iijy t^ueen. 
 
 Dra'gonfly. n.f. [dragon and Jly : li- 
 balla-l A fierce flinging fly. 
 
 The body of the cantharidcs is bright colour- 
 ed; and it may be,that the dchcate coloured Jta- 
 ganjiici may have likewifc fome corrofive quality. 
 Baton's Natural liifory. 
 
 Dra'gonish. adj. [from dragoti.l Hav- 
 ing the form of a dragon ; dragonlike. 
 An aibitrary word. 
 
 Sometimes we fee a cloud that's dragonijh; 
 A vapour fonictimes like a bear or lion. 
 
 St'.ahfpeare 
 
 Dra'gonlikf.. adj. [dragon and Hit.] 
 Furious ; fiery. 
 
 He fights JragonlUr, and docs acliieve 
 As foon as draw his fword. Shahffeare, 
 
 Dr a'gonsblood. n. f. [dragon znd 
 blood.] So called from a falfc opinion 
 of the dragon's combat with the ele- 
 phant. 
 
 Dratcn/hhod is a refin, fo named as to fccm to 
 have been im.igincd an anim il protiuftion. UiH. 
 
 TzV.it dragnnflhod, beat it in a mortar, and put 
 it in a cloth with aqua ■vilx, and ftrain them to- 
 gether. l\acham. 
 
 Dr a'gonshe AD. n.f. A plant. 
 
 Dr.i'gontrf.e. n.f. A fpecies of palm. 
 
 DR.AGO'ON. n.f. [froin dragen, Ger- 
 man, to carry.] A kind of foldier that 
 ferves indifferently either on foot or 
 horfcback. 
 
 Two regiments of dntg^sn: fuffcrcd much in 
 the late aftion. Taller. 
 
 To Drago'on. 1'. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 To perfecute by abandoning a place to 
 
 the rage of foldiers. 
 
 • In pohricks I hear you're ftanch, 
 
 Dirc-aiy bent againft the French ; 
 
 Dcnv to have your free-born foe 
 
 O'agf.'in'J into a wooden Ihoc. Pri.r. 
 
 ToDR.AIN. -0. a. [trainer, French.] 
 I. To draw off gradually. 
 
 Salt water, druried tlirough twenty vclTcIs of 
 
 earth, hath lecome frefh, Saans Natural lUjI. 
 
 D R A 
 
 The fountains Jrnin the water from the ground j 
 adjacent, and leave but fuflicient raoifture to 
 breed mofs. Bace,n. 
 
 In times of dearth it drained much coin of the 
 kingdom, to furnilh us with corn from foreign 
 parts. Bac'jn to VilUen. 
 
 Wiiilft a foreign war devoured our iVrength, 
 and drained our treafures, luxury and cxpences 
 increafcd at home. jliterhiiry. 
 
 The laft emperor drained the wealth of thofc 
 countries into his own coffers, without increafirg 
 his troops againft France. Swift. 
 
 2. To empty, by drawing gradually away 
 what it contains. 
 
 Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, 
 Fill'd the capacious deep, and forni'd the main. 
 
 Rcfcotnrr.on . 
 The royal babes a tawny wolf (hall drain. 
 
 Drydcn, 
 Wliile cruel Nero only drains - 
 The mortal Spaniard's ebbing veins, 
 Ev fludv worn, and (lack with age. 
 How dull, how thoughtlcfs is liis rage ! F'iijr. 
 Had the world laiicd from all eternity, thefe 
 comets muft have been draincdol all their fluids. 
 
 Clieyne. 
 
 3. To make quite dry. 
 
 When wine is to be bottled, walh your bottles, 
 but do not drain them. S-:r:j:. 
 
 Drain, n.f. [from the verb.] The 
 channel through which liquids are gra- 
 dually drawn ; a watercourfe ; a fink. 
 
 If your</r.i/'ji be deep, that you fear cattle fal- 
 ling into them, cover them. Mortimer. 
 
 Why fliould I tell of ponds and drains. 
 What carps we met with for our pains .* Swift. 
 
 Drake, n.f. [of uncertain etymology.] 
 
 1. The male of the duck. 
 
 The duck lliould hide her eggs from the dr.J.e, 
 who will fuck tiiem if he finds them, ^krtimir. 
 
 2. [from draco, dragon, Latin.] A 
 fmall piece of artillery. 
 
 Two or ti:rce (hots, made at them by a couple 
 oi drakes, made them Ilagger. Ciaren.ion. 
 
 DRAM. n.f. [from drachm ; drachma, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. In weight the eighth part of an ounce. 
 
 The trial bring made betwixt lead and Ic.id, 
 we'g'ciing feverally fcven drams in the air, the 
 bal.Micc in the water weigheth only four drami 
 and forty-one grains, and abateth of the weight 
 in the air two drann and ninetec-n grains : the 
 balance kept the fame depth in the water. 
 
 Baccn. 
 
 2. A fmall quantity, in a kind of prover- 
 bial fenle. 
 
 One loving hour 
 For manv years of forrow can difpcnfe ; 
 A diam of frt-ect is worth a pound of four. 
 
 Fairy Queen 
 
 No dram of judgment with thy force is join'd : 
 
 Thv body is of piofit, and my mind. Dry h>r. 
 
 3. Such a quantity of dillilled fpirits as is 
 uuially drank at once. 
 
 1 could do this, and th.at with no ra(h potion. 
 But wi:h 1 lirg'ri-g dr.mi, t'nat (hoidd pot work 
 Malicioullylii^e poifon. Si.iifp. Winter's Tale. 
 
 Every dram of brandy, cveiy pot of ale that 
 you drink, raifeth your character. Swift. 
 
 4. Spirit ; diftlUed liquor. 
 
 A fecund fee, by meeker manners known. 
 And modcit as the maid that ftps alone ; 
 From the llrong fate of .irami if thou get free. 
 Another Durly, Ward! Ihall fing in thee. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 ToDra*!. I'.n. [from the noun.] In 
 low language, to drink drams ; to 
 drink dillilled fpirits. 
 
 DRA'MA. n.f [?.=.//.-.:.] A poem ac- 
 commodated to adlionj a poem in 
 1 
 
 D R A 
 
 which the attion is not related, but re- 
 prefented ; and in which therefore fuch 
 rules are to be cbfervtd as make the 
 rcprefentation probable. 
 
 Many rules of imitating nature Arillotie drew 
 from Homer, which he tittcd to the drajna ; fur- 
 nilhlng hin;felf alio with obfervations from the 
 thcilre, when it Hourilhed under iEfchylus, Eu- 
 ripides, and Sophocles. Drydert. 
 Drama'tical. 7 adj. [from drama.] 
 Dra.matick. 5 Reprciented by ac- 
 tion ; not narrative. 
 
 I hope to make it appear, that, in the great 
 tirarnat!ck poem of nature, is a neccfiity of in- 
 troducing a God. Benth/,-. 
 D R .V M .4 't I c A L L Y . odii. [ from dramal'tcL. ] 
 Reprefentatively ; by rcprefentation. 
 
 Ignorance and errors are feverally reprehended, 
 partly dramatically, partly fimply. Dryden. 
 
 Dra'matist. n.f. [from drama.] The 
 author of dramatick compofitions. 
 
 The whole theatre refounds with the praifes 
 of tlie great dramatiji, and the wonderful art 
 and order of the compofition. Burnet, 
 
 Dran'K. The preterit of dr'ini. 
 
 2(/ DRAPE. V. n. [£/;■«/>, French ; dra- 
 fits, low Latin.] 
 
 1. To make cloth. 
 
 It was rare to fet prices by ftatule ; and this 
 acfl did not prefcribe prices, but rtinted them not 
 to exceed a rate, that tire clothier might drape ac- 
 cordingly as be might afford. Barcn, 
 
 2. To jeer, or fatirize. [drapper, Fr.] 
 It is ufed in this fenfe by the innovator 
 Tenipk, whom nobody has imitated. 
 
 Draper, n.f. [ivom drafte.] One who 
 fells cloth. 
 
 If a piece of cloth in a draper's (hop be vari- 
 oully folded, it will appear of differing colours. 
 Boyle on Cctours. 
 Th.c draper and mercer may meafure her. 
 
 Hoiuelt 
 
 Dra'pery. n.f [drapper'te, French.] 
 
 1 . Cloth work ; the trade of making 
 cloth; woollen manufaSure- 
 
 He made features for the maintenance of dra~ 
 
 pery, and the keeping of wools within the realiti. 
 
 Bacon' s Henry vil. 
 
 The reverend clergy (bouldfet us an example, 
 
 by contenting therafelvcs with wearing gowns, 
 
 and other habiliments, of Irilh di apery. Swift, 
 
 2. Cloth ; llulTs of wool. 
 
 Tlic Bulls and Frogs had fcrved the lord Strutt 
 with drapery ware for many years. j-hlruthnot, 
 
 3. The drtfs of a picture or flatue. 
 
 Poets are allowed the fame libeity in their de- 
 
 fcriptions and compariloui, as painters in their 
 
 draperies and ornaments. iV.'ir. 
 
 Dra'pet. n.f, [from drape,] Cloth; 
 
 coverlet. Not in ufe. 
 
 Thence (he them hiought into a fliitely hall. 
 Wherein were many tables fair difprcd. 
 
 And re:.ciy dight with drapets feaftival, 
 Againft the viands Qiuuld be miniflrcd. F. Queen. 
 Dra'stick. W/. [•?;ar.x©-.] Powerful; 
 vigorous ; efficacious. 
 
 It is ufed of a meriicir.e that woiks with 
 
 fpced; as jalap, Icamniony, and the ftronger 
 
 purges. _ _ Quiney. 
 
 Drave. The preterit of drive. Drove is 
 
 more ufed. 
 
 He dra-.'t them beyond Amon's flood, 
 .4nd their fad hounds mark'd deep in their own. 
 blood. C'om'.j.. 
 
 The foe rulh'd furious as he pants for btrath, 
 \ni through his navel drave the pointed death. 
 
 l\pe. 
 Draugh. n.f [corruptly written for 
 dnif.] Refufvi fwIU. See Draff.
 
 D R A 
 
 Wc ()ii not zii, tli.it oftui jell .iiicl laiigli ; 
 *Ti> oUi, battiuc, iitll Iwiiic citall the i//rt«^/;. 
 
 Dkaught. n.f. [from Jniiv.] 
 
 1. The act of drinking. 
 
 Tlicy flung up one of tlitii- liogfhend^, ;md I 
 dr^ink it oft" at ;i ilyaunj't ; which 1 might well rio, 
 for It did not hold li:ill' a jjiiit. Gulliver's TruT. 
 
 2. A quantity of liquor drank at once. 
 
 He had once continued ahout nine days with- 
 out drink ; and hv might have continued longer, 
 if, by diltcmpciing l.iml'cif one night with haid 
 ftudy, he had not had fome inclination to take a 
 fmall Urau^lif. Bryh. 
 
 Fill iiigh the golilets with the fpaikling fl jod, 
 And with (Itc^JrjugAts invoke our common god. 
 
 Long draughti of llccp his monlfrous linilJs cii- 
 Have ; 
 He reels, and falling fills the fpacious cave. 
 Dry.Un'i j^ne/il. 
 
 I have cured feme very dcfpcrate coughs by a 
 draught every morning of fpiing water, with a 
 handful of fagc boiled in it. 'Vemph. 
 
 Every draughty to him that has quenched his 
 thirlf, is but a further quenching of nature ; a 
 ptovifion for rheum and difeafcs. S:iuth. 
 
 3. L.iquor drank for pleafure. 
 
 Were it a draught for Juno when fhe banquets, 
 I would not talic thy ticalbnous otfer. Miltt^ti. 
 
 Numbci'd ills, that lie unfccn 
 In the pernicious draught : the word oblcene. 
 Or harlh, which, once elanc'd, mult ever liy 
 Irrevocable ; the too prompt reply. Prior. 
 
 Delicious wines th' attending herald brought ; 
 The gold gave lullrc to the purple draught. 
 
 Pope's Odvjpy. 
 
 4. The aft of drawing or pulling carriages. 
 
 A general euflom of ufing oxen tor all loits of 
 draughtf would be perhaps the greateft improve- 
 ment. I'emple. 
 
 The moft occafion that farmers have, is for 
 draught horfes. Mortimer's Hujband'y. 
 
 5. The quality of being drawn. 
 
 The flertfordlhire wheel-plough is the bcli 
 and Itrongelt lor moll uUs, and of the ealielf 
 draught. Mortimer. 
 
 6. Reprefentation by pifture. 
 
 Hcrpt-ncil drew whate'cr hei ibid defign'd. 
 And oft the happy ri;,i,v^A/ lurpaU'dtiic image in 
 her mind. DiyJcn. 
 
 7. Delineation ; llcetch ; outline. 
 
 A good inclination is bur the tirll rude draught 
 of virlue ; but tlie finilhing llrokcs aie from the 
 will. South. 
 
 I have, in a (hort drauahty given a view of our 
 original ideas, from wl.ci.ce ah the rcrt are de- 
 rived. Locke. 
 S. A piclure drawn. 
 
 Whereas in other creatures we have Lut the 
 trace of his footlicps, in man we have the 
 draught of his hand ; in him were united .dl the 
 fcattcied perfcflions of ihc crcituie. So:.th. 
 
 9. The acl of fweeping with a net. 
 
 Upon the draught of a pond, not one fifh was 
 left, but two pikes grown to an cxceiTive bignefs. 
 
 iUk. 
 
 10. The quatitity of fiihes taken by once 
 drawing the net. 
 
 He laid down his pipe, :'.!jd cart his net, whicii 
 brought him a veiy great dra:rghtt L' KJlrarrgr. 
 
 1 1. The aft of lliooting with the bow. 
 
 GcftVcy of EouUion, at one draught of his 
 bow, fliooting againll David's tower in Jcrufa- 
 falcm, broached three fectlefs birds c.illcd all- - 
 rH'iis. Crundcft' s Retnairr^. 
 
 12. Diverfion in war; the zGi of difttiib- 
 jng the main defign j perhaps fudden 
 attack. 
 
 I conceive tlie .manner of your handling of tlic 
 fcrvice, by drawing fudden d<a,ghts upon the 
 «ncmy, wl.eu he lookcth nat for you. S^rnJ,r, 
 
 D R A 
 
 13. Forces drawn off from the main army ; 
 a detachiTieiit. 
 
 Such a dr.uig':t of forces would kfTen the num- 
 ber of thofc that migi^t otherwifc be employed. 
 
 Mdif'.n, 
 
 14. A fink ; a drain. 
 
 Whatfoever enterctli in at the mouth gocth in- 
 to tnc belly, and is call out into the draught. 
 
 Matthew. 
 
 15. The depth wliich a vclFcl draw?, or 
 links into the v\attr. 
 
 With roomy decks, her guns of migiity 
 (Ircngth, 
 Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length. 
 
 Urydert. 
 
 With a fmall velTcl one may keep within a 
 mile of the (horc, go amongll rocks, and pafs 
 over Ihoals, where a iclTci of any draught would 
 Ifri.kc. Elirs's I'yage. 
 
 16. [In the plural, draughts.l A kind of 
 play refembling chefs. 
 
 Dra'ughthousk. n. f. [draughl and 
 houJe.\ A houfe in wliicli filth is de- 
 pofited. 
 
 And ihey brake down the image of Baal, and 
 brake down the houfe of Baal, and marie it a 
 
 diaughthouje. 1 Kir-gs. 
 
 To DRAW. 1-1. a. pret.(/rfw; part. palf. 
 
 drawn, [bjraj^an, Saxon.] 
 t . To pull along ; not to carry. 
 
 Then Ihall all IlVael bring ropes to ihat city, 
 and we vi\\\dr.r=iu it into the liver. z Sarnuei. 
 
 2. To pull forcibly ; to pluck. 
 
 He could not draiv the dagger out of iiis belly. 
 
 yu.'Igrs. 
 The arrow is now draivn to the head. Atterh. 
 
 3. To bring by violence ; to drag. 
 
 Do not rich m^ii oj'prcls you, and draiu yon 
 before the judgment-feats .' yamts. 
 
 4. To raife out of a deep place. 
 
 They dreiu up [crcmiah with cords, and took. 
 
 him up out of the dungeon. 'ycrcrmah. 
 
 Vra'.u the water for llic fiege. Nath. 
 
 5. To fuck. 
 
 He Jiath drawn thee diy. Eee.'us. 
 
 There was no war, no dearth, no ftop of 
 
 trade or commerce ; it was only the crown which 
 
 had fucked too Iiard, and now being full, upun 
 
 the head of a young king, was likr to <lraw lefs. 
 
 Bacon's Henry vii. 
 
 Sucking and i^r.ntvw^the breaft difchargeth the 
 milk as fafl as it can be generated. Ulfeiiian. 
 
 6. To attraft ; to call toward Itfelf. 
 
 Wo fee that fait, laid to a cut finger, healuth 
 it; fo as it feemeth fait drnweth blood, as well 
 as blood Jri.iireth fair. Bacori. 
 
 M.ijeffy in an cclipfc, like tlie fun, draws eyes 
 t'lat would not i..uc looked towards it if it had 
 fhincdoiit. SucU^ng. 
 
 He aft'fjlcd a habit difTerent from that of the 
 times, fuch as nten had only beheic*. in pictures, 
 which dreiv the eyes of molt, and the reverence 
 of many, towinds him. CUiendon. 
 
 7. To draw as they magnet does. 
 
 S'.:e had all magnetic force alone. 
 To dra'ju and fallen fundrcd parts in one. Donne. 
 
 Draw out with credulous deHre, antl lead 
 At will ihe maniielt, refolutelt brealt. 
 As the m.ignetic hardelt irnndrazvs. Miitori. 
 
 All eyes you dr.i'u-f and with the cyts thc 
 hciit ; 
 Of your own pomp vourfelf the greateft part. 
 
 Ji.ydcm 
 
 8. To inhale. 
 
 Tlus I caird,and Ilvay'd I know not whither, 
 Fiom where I firft drciv air, and firll beheld 
 This happy light. Milton's Paradi/e Lojl. 
 
 While near the Lucrinc lake, confum'd to 
 death, 
 I dra-v ihe fnltry air, and gafp for breath, 
 You !a!1e the cooling bretK. j-'ddijci on /."-/. 
 
 D R A 
 
 Why dreiu Maifeillcs' good bifliop purer 
 breaih. 
 When nature licken'd, and each gale was death f 
 
 Pojre. 
 
 9. To take from any thing containing or 
 holding. 
 
 They drew out the Oaves of the aik. 2 Chnn, 
 
 10. To take off the ipit or broacher. 
 
 The lell 
 They cut in legs and fillets for the feaft. 
 Which i/rww" and ferv'd, their hunger they ap- 
 pcafe. Drjden. 
 
 1 1. To take from a caflc. 
 
 The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees 
 Are left this vault to biag of. Shakjfearf, 
 
 12. To pull a fword from the (heath. 
 
 We will our youth lead on to Inghcr tielils. 
 And draw no fwords but what are I'andtiticd. 
 
 Sharcfpeare, 
 
 I vi\\\draw my fword; my hand (hall deltroy 
 tl>fni. Jixoduii 
 
 He proceedeth fo far in his infolence, as to 
 draw out his Iword with an intent to kill him. 
 
 nryJrn. 
 
 In all your wars good fortune blew before you,-; 
 Till in my fat.'tl cnul'e your Iword was drazurf ; 
 Tnc weight of my misfortunes dragg'd you down. 
 
 DryJtn^ 
 
 13. To let out any liquid. 
 
 Some blood tlraiun on me would beget opinion 
 Of my more tierce endeavour. Shakjpeare. 
 
 I opened the tumour by the point of a lancet, 
 without dr.iivi/tg one drop of blood. If'ijtman. 
 
 14. To take bread out of the oven. 
 
 The joiner puts boards into ovens after the 
 batch is drawn. Mortimer's Uujhandry, 
 
 1 5. To unclofe or Aide back curtains. 
 G^, draw afide the curtains, and difcover 
 
 The fcv'ial caltets to this noble prince. Sha^^. 
 
 Alarm'd, and with prefaging heait he came. 
 And drew the curtains, and expos'd the dame, 
 
 Dryd-n. 
 Shouts, cries, and groans firft pierce my'tars, 
 and then , 
 
 A fiafh oi lightning draivs the guilty fcene, 
 And Ihows new arms, and wounds, and dying ■ 
 men. Dry.len. 
 
 16. To clofe or fpread curtain.s. 
 Piiiloclea intrcated Pamela to open her grief; 
 
 v;\io iirawingx.\\c curtain, that the candle might 
 not complain of her bluthing, was ready to 
 fpeak. Sidnty.. 
 
 1 7 . To extraft. 
 
 Herbs iVrntua weak juice, and have a foft ftalk. 
 
 Baeor:. 
 
 Spirits, by diftillations, may be drawn out of 
 vegetable juices, which fhall flame and fume of 
 themfclves. Cheyre. 
 
 18. To procure, as an agent caiife. 
 When he finds the harrilhip of flavery out- 
 weigh the value of life, 'tis in his power, by re- 
 filling his matter, to </;<j-!oon hinifclf death. 
 
 Lorif. 
 
 19. To pioduce, or bring, as an efTicient 
 caufe. 
 
 When the fountain of mankind 
 Did draiu corruptiop, and God's curfe, by (in. 
 
 This was a charge that all his heirs did bind. 
 And all his offspring grew corrupt therein. 
 
 Sir John DaTics. 
 
 Relijion will requite all the honour we can .-ia 
 ii, by the blefliugs it will draw down upon us. 
 
 •/■///cy/c. 
 
 Ourvolunt.ivy a£tions are the precedent caufos 
 of good and evil, which they .//<i;o after thcni, 
 and bring upon us. Lorhi. 
 
 What would a man value land ready cultivated, 
 and well flocked, where he had no hopes ofcoiii- 
 mercc with other parts of the world, to dra-^rj 
 money to him by the fale of the prodiiil ? Larke. 
 
 Thofe elucidations have given rife or increafe 
 to his doubts, and drawn oblcurlty upon places 
 cf fcriptjrc, Uukt.
 
 D R A 
 
 His /word ne'er fell but on the guilty '.cad ; 
 Opprelttion, tyranny, and pow'r umrpM, 
 Dta-^v ail tnc vengeance ot his arm upon 'cm. 
 
 .4dd-Jin. 
 
 20. To convey fecretly or gradually. 
 
 The licrs in wait .iiaxu tlicniielvci iiiong. 
 
 In procefs of time, and as r'nei'r people ni- 
 creaied, they d"-iu theoifelvcs more weUorly to- 
 wards tl.e Red Sea. Ka:;u \ 
 31. To protract ; to lengihen ; to ipii;. 
 How mucli her grace is alter'd on the fiuldcn ! 
 How loi.g her fai-e is dimur, ! howpaie flic looks, 
 And of an earthly coid. Shtiffrarc. 
 Hear hirafelf repine 
 •At Fate's uucquallaws; and at the clue 
 Which nierciiefs in length ir.e midmuft fifter 
 drew. Drydcns Jiri-tnal. 
 If we Ihall meet again with more dcligiit, 
 Then iraw my life in length; let me fu(taln, 
 In hopes of his embrace, the woiftof paia. 
 
 Drydcn'i jEjl€id. 
 In forae fimi'.es, men draiv their compariibns 
 into minute particulars of no importance. 
 
 Fcitcn on the U.ijich. 
 
 •Zl. To Utter lingeritigly. 
 
 The bond, amid the tiaming fuel thrown, 
 Qrdren;, or fccm'd lodiaiv, a dving groan. 
 
 'Di_ydc,ri FM.-i. 
 
 £3. To leprefent by pifture, or ia fancy. 
 I do arm myfelf 
 To welcome the condition of the time; 
 Which cdnnot looic more hideouQy 011 me, 
 Tlion I have d^awn it in my fantafy. Sriuijjaari- 
 
 With his other hand thus o'er his brow. 
 He falls to fuch perulal of my face. 
 As he would draw it. Shaiff care's Uimlff. 
 
 Dra\v the whole world expcdting who tliould 
 reign, 
 After this combat, o'er the conqucr'd main. 
 
 Uultcr. 
 From the foft affaults of love 
 Poets and painters ncvxr arc fecurc : 
 
 Can I, untouch'd, the fair one's paflions move. 
 Or thou diaiv beauty, and not feel its pow'r ? 
 
 Priw . 
 24. To form a reprefentative image. 
 
 The emperor one day took, up a pencil which 
 fell from the hand of Titian, who was then 
 «/r,zTi.v«^. his picture; and, upon the compiimeni 
 which Titian made him on tliat occafion, he find, 
 Titian defervcs to be fcved by Csefar. DryJcn- 
 2C. To derive ; to have from fome original 
 caufe or donor. 
 
 Shall free born men, in humble awe. 
 Submit to fervile ni.irae ; 
 
 Wiio from confent and cufiora draw 
 
 The fame right to be lul'd by law, . 
 
 Which kings pretend to rcign .- Sryd.n. 
 
 Several wits entered into commerce with tiie 
 
 Egyptians, and from them dreiu the rudiments of 
 
 fciences. Tcmfh. 
 
 26. To deduce, as from poftulates. 
 From the events and revolutions of thefe go- 
 vernments, are dr.ivjn the ufual inltrncfiuns o^ 
 princes and Uatefmen. ^ Temple 
 
 27. To imply; to produce as a confe- 
 qiiential iiifereiK:e. 
 
 What ihovs the fcjrre of the inference but a 
 view of all the intcrine\i ate ideas that dra.^ :n 
 the concuifiijti, or prupoHlion mfcircdr La^ki. 
 
 28. To illuie ; to entice. 
 
 I'll raife fuch aftif.ci.il I'piig'nts, 
 A« by tlic iirciigti'. cf rhcir itiufion 
 Shill draw him on to his confufion. ShnkJ^carc 
 
 We have draiu/i them from the city. yof 
 
 Jhttiu inc not away wirh the wicked. Pfahn . 
 
 Having r'he art, by empty promises and threat^■. 
 <o dritiL* others to his purpol'c. Unyivur.l 
 
 The Spaniards, thai were in ihc town, had fo 
 gcofl memories of theii lufics, in ineir former 
 falies, as the confidence of an army, which crm-; 
 for ihrir delivuaDce, could not dnitu them forth 
 agairi, Jia:e::'s .Vur 'zvU/t Spij/n. 
 
 D R A 
 
 29. To lead, as a motive. 
 
 Your way is fhorter ; 
 My puipofes do dra%u me much about. Shakjp 
 ./Eneas wond'ring flood, then aflc'd the cauie 
 Wl.icir to the If ream the crowding pconlc dtttvjs. 
 
 Vrydcu. 
 
 30. To perfuade to follow. 
 
 I dreiv this g.iilarit head of war. 
 And caird~tiietc fiery fpirits fiom the woild 
 To ouilojK. conquelt. S/':cti/jeitrr. 
 
 The poet 
 D.Q feign that Orpncus d'ciu trees, ftones, and 
 
 lioods ; 
 Since njuglit 10 ftockifti, hard, and full of r.ige. 
 But niulick, for the time, doth change his na- 
 ture. Shjkjpearc, 
 
 31. To induce; to perfuade. 
 TheEnglidi lords did ally themfelves with the 
 
 Irilh, and dniv t'nem in to dwell among tiiem, 
 and gave their children to be follered by tl;?m. 
 
 David, 
 
 Their beauty or unbccomingnefs are of more 
 
 force lo draw or deter tlien- imitation than dii- 
 
 courfes. Lockr. 
 
 32. To win ; to gain : a metaphor from 
 gaming. 
 
 Thii teems a fair del'erving, and mult draiij 
 me 
 That which my father iofes. Shnkfptarf. 
 
 33. To receive ; to take up : as, 10 dra'u.' 
 money from the funds. 
 
 Fur thy three thoufand ducats here is fix. 
 
 — If every ducat in i\x thoufand ducats 
 Were in hx parts, and every part a ducat, 
 I would dot draiu them, 1 would have my bond. 
 
 Shakjptare. 
 
 34. To extort ; to force. 
 
 So f.id an objeif, and fo well exprcfs'd, 
 Dre-Tv fighs and groans fiom the griev'd hero's 
 bieaft. Drydct:. 
 
 Can you e'er forget 
 The fond embraces, and repeated Heflings, 
 Which you drtw from him in your laft farewel r 
 
 Addij'.n. 
 
 35. To wreft ; to diftort. 
 
 I wilh that both you and others would ceafc 
 from d'tiiuir.g the fciipturcs to your fantafies and 
 afccfions. Vmrgiju 
 
 36. To compofe ; to form in writing ; 
 ufed of formulary or juridical writings. 
 
 In the mean time I will draiu a bill of pro- 
 perties, fuch as our play wants. Shakjfea't. 
 
 Ciei k, dretiu a deed of gift. Stiakjpcayc. 
 
 The report is not unartridly draiurtf in tlie fpi- 
 rit of a pleader who can tiiid the molt plaufibie 
 
 topicks. S'iCiff. 
 
 Shall Ward draw contracts with, a llatefman's 
 
 ikill .> ' Fvfc. 
 
 37. To withdraw from judicial notice. 
 Go, walh thy frice, and diaw thy action : 
 
 come, thou saxtH not be i.i this humour wilii me. 
 
 ShaiJ^€arc. 
 
 38. To evifcrrate ; to embowel. 
 
 In private (/'aiu your poultry, clean your tripe. 
 And from your eels their flimy fubltance wipe. 
 
 39. To Dr aw in. To apply to any pur- 
 pofe by difiortion or violence. 
 
 A difputc, where every little Sraw is laid 
 hold on, and every thing that can but be draivn 
 in any way, to give colour to the argumrn:, is 
 advanced with orientation. L^.':f. 
 
 40. To D?...5\v;n. To contraft ; to pull 
 back. 
 
 Ko*, fporting mufe, draw in the flowing 
 reins; 
 Leave the ckar fireams awhile for funny plains. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 41. To Dr.^w In. To inveigle; to 
 entice. 
 
 D R A 
 
 Have they invented tones to win 
 The women, and make them dravj in 
 The men, as Indians with a female 
 Tame elep'iiant inveigle the male? hudi'jrat. 
 
 It was riie proltitute faith of faithlcfs mtl'crc- 
 ants that drt'uf them /», and deceived t.icm. 
 
 Soiiili. 
 
 42. Tu Drav.' cJ". To extract by dif- 
 tilltaion. 
 
 Aati!o;«, who have thus i/raw^ ^ the fpirits 
 of thi-ir thoughts, Ihould lie llill tor fome time, 
 till tl.eir minds hav.; gatheicd fielh lircngth, 
 and by reading, rcftedtion, and comerfation, laid 
 in a new ftock of elegancies, fentiments, an^ 
 images of nature. ylddijtn' i Fritkoid/r. 
 
 43. ToJinw; off". To drain out by a vent. 
 Stop your\et!el, and have a litilc \ent-hole 
 
 flopped with a fpill, which never allow to be 
 pulled out till you draw off a great quaniity. 
 
 Mortinicr* i }hijbaiidry. 
 
 44. To Draw o£'. To withdraw; to 
 abftraa. 
 
 It d:aiui men's minds 0^ from the bittcrnefs 
 of p.irly. yiddijon. 
 
 45. 7^ Dr.*w on. To occafion ; to invite. 
 Under colour of war, which either his negli- 
 gence drew 0':, or his praflices procured, i.e le- 
 vied a I'ubfidy. H.iyvjard, 
 
 46. To Draw on. To caufe; to bring 
 by degrees. 
 
 The examination of the fubtile matter woulfl 
 d*a\v on the confideration of tlic nice controvcr- 
 fies that ptipkl philofophers. Boyle on FlaiJs, 
 
 47. To Draw over. To raife in a ftill. 
 I took rectified oil of vitriol, and by degrees 
 
 mixed with it edential oil of wormwood, drawn 
 o^ar with water in a limbeck. Boylc en Colotm. 
 
 48. To Draw over. To perfuade to re- 
 volt ; to induce to change a party. 
 
 Some might be brought into his interefts by 
 money, otiicrs draivn on^er by fear. Addij^n. 
 
 One of differing fentiments would have dratvn 
 Luther o^et to his party. Atterbury, 
 
 49. To Draw out. To protraA ; to 
 lengthen. 
 
 He muft not only die the death, 
 But th.y unkindncfs fliall his death draiu out 
 To ling'ring futferance. Shakjpcare. 
 
 50. To Draw 9?/.'. To beat out, as is 
 done to hot iron. 
 
 Baiter a piece of iron out, or, as workmcit 
 call it, dia'w it outy till it corses to its breadth. 
 
 Nhxon. 
 
 Virgil has d'-anun out the rules of till.ige and 
 
 planting into two books, which Hefiod has dif- 
 
 patched in half a one. Addif'-^n. 
 
 51. To Draw o(rf. Toe.xtraifl; to pump 
 out by infinuation. 
 
 Philoclen found her, and, to draw out more, 
 fald (he, I have often wondered how fuch excel- 
 lencies could be, Srt/nry. 
 
 52. To Draw out. To induce by motive. 
 
 Whereas it is concluded, that the reta'ninj 
 divcrfe things in the church of Fnglnnd, whicn 
 other reformed churches have calt out, muS 
 needs argue that we do not wel', uiiicfs v.'c can 
 fhew that they have done ill : What needed this 
 wrert to drtiiu out from us an accufatio.i of fo- 
 reign churches r Ih'^ker, 
 
 53. To Draw out. To call to aclion j 
 to detach for fervicc ; to range. 
 
 Draw ry,t a file, pick man by man, 
 Such who dare die, and dear will fell their death. 
 
 Di yuin. 
 Next of his men and (hips he makes review. 
 Draws cut the bcft and abieft of tl-.e crew. 
 
 Dtyden's jErtfiJ., 
 
 J4. 7oDraw»u/. To range in battle. 
 
 Let him dehrc his fupcrior ofHccr, thrtl, the 
 next time he \% drawn out, the challenger may be 
 p (led near him. Cot'utr.
 
 D R A 
 
 ^5* To Draw up. To form in order of 
 battle. 
 
 So Muley-Zcdan fyund us 
 .Dtavjn up in battle, to icceive the charge. D'jd. 
 
 56, To Draw up. To form In writing ; 
 to compofe in a formulary manner. 
 
 To m.ikc a ikctch, or a more pnicill model 
 of a p?<5luic, is, in the language of pocU, to drav 
 up liic fccm-ry of ii piny, Divii''. 
 
 A pnper m.iy be Uraivnupj zxi6 figncd by two 
 or tlircc hundred priiKipalgcntlcnien. Sit-iJ'f, 
 
 To Draw. -y. //. 
 
 I. To ptrforni the ofiice of a bead of 
 draught. 
 
 An heifer which hath not been wrought with, 
 
 and which hnth not draw> in the yoke. Diut. 
 
 Think every beaidcd fcUaw, that's hutyok'ci, 
 
 May rtVcTf with you, H/iakfpearc's Othclla, 
 
 8, To ?iS. as a weight. 
 
 They Ihould keep a watch upon the particular 
 Mas in iheii' minds, that it may not ihaju too 
 much. AHdiJon'i Spetlator. 
 
 3. To contrail ; to fhrink. 
 
 I have not yet found certainly, that the water 
 itfclf, by mixture of aflics, crduft, will (hnnk 
 iiV draiv into Ids room. Bacon. 
 
 4. To advance ; to move ; to make pro- 
 grcflion any way. 
 
 You were, Jupiter, a fwan, for the love of 
 LcHm : Oh, omnipotent love ! huw near the god 
 (^rrii/ to tl-e cumpkxion of a goofc. Sk.tkfpdjtc 
 
 Drtiiv yt- near hither all the chief of the 
 people. I Scrnuel. 
 
 He ended ; and th' archangel foon dicw n;gh, 
 Kct in his fiiape ccleftial, but as man 
 Clad to meet man. Milton* i Far. LoJJ. 
 
 They returned to the camp where the king 
 was, and the Scots drciv a little back to a more 
 convenient pull fur their refidcnce. Chnefidon. 
 
 Ambitious meteors ! how willing they arc to 
 fet thcmfelvcs upon the wing, taking every oc- 
 cafion of draining upward to the fun. 'Drydi/!. 
 
 Now nearer to the Stygian lake they draivy 
 Whom fiom the (hure the (urly boatmen faw, 
 Obfeiv'd their palTagc ihroui;h the (hady wood, 
 And maik'd their near approaches to the Hood. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 And now I faint with grief; my fate draws 
 nigh, 
 - In all the pride of blooming youth I die. 
 
 y^ddffon's Ovi.l. 
 
 5. To draw together; to be colledled ; 
 to come together. 
 
 They niutk'r there, and round the centre 
 fwarm. 
 And t/i'au' together iaaglobote form. B!ni.kn:n>»:. 
 
 6. To draw a fword. 
 
 For his fake 
 Did I expofe myfelf, pure ; for his love 
 Drew to dcf«nd him, when he was befer. 
 
 Shakjprute. 
 
 7. To praftife the art of dehneation. 
 
 S<» wiuth infight into pel Ipediivc, and fkill in 
 dratving, as will cn.ible him to repreknt tuloia- 
 bly on paper, any thing he fees, fhould be g.jt. 
 
 S. To take a card out of the pack ; to 
 take a lot. 
 He h*ts draion a bbck, and fmiles. DfyJcri. 
 
 9. To make a fore run by attraction, 
 
 JO. To DaAW ojf To retire ; to retreat. 
 
 When the engagement proves unlucky, the 
 
 way is to draio off by degrees, and not to come 
 
 to an open rupture. Coll::r, 
 
 J I. To Draw on. To advance; to ap- 
 proach. 
 The fatal d.iy Jniiwion, when I muft fall. 
 
 ' DryAffK 
 
 12. T^ Dr AW vp^ To form troops into 
 regular order^ 
 
 D R A 
 
 The lor.I Bernard, with ibe king's froops, 
 feeing tiitic \v.i> '10 cncny liU cii i'\.\X liilc, in .k 
 up in a l.ugo field OjJiJdii'.c 10 ihe bridge. 
 
 Clarin.hii. 
 
 13. To Draw retains, through all iis 
 varieties of ulc, foine fhade of its orij^i- 
 nal mcaninj^, to pull. It CKpttlFcs nu 
 aftior gradual or coiuinuous, and lei 
 hircly. 1 hus wi: forge a fword by hi vvr, 
 but wc drwjj it by a conliniud ii.i>. 
 We pour liquor quick, but we draiu \\ 
 in a coiitinuL-d llreain. V^'e force com 
 pliancc by threats, but we ara'-ji it by 
 gradual prevalence. Wr lurite a letter 
 with whatever liade, but wc dra-M a 
 bill with (low fcrupulofity. 
 
 Draw. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . The a£l of drawing. 
 
 2. The lot or chance drawn. 
 Dra'wback. n. f. {dratv and lack.] 
 
 Money paid back for ready payment, 
 or any other reafon. 
 
 Ill poundage and drawbuch I lofc half my rent; 
 Whatever they give me, I mult be content. 
 
 Swift 
 Dra'u'bridge. n.f. [dra'w znAbyidg:.] 
 A bridge made to be lifted up, to binder 
 or admit communication at pleafure. 
 
 Half the buildings were raifed on the con- 
 tinent, and the other half on an ifland, conti- 
 nued together by a J'tt'ajbriilge. C'.irnu. 
 Dra'wer. n.f. [from i/rflTO.] 
 
 1. One employed in procuring water from 
 the well. 
 
 From the hewer of thy wood unto the draiuer 
 of thy water. Deuterimmy. 
 
 2. One whefe bufinefa is to draw liquors 
 from the cad-:. 
 
 Stand in fomc bye room, while I qu:ftion my 
 puny il'uTurr to what end he gave me the fiignr. 
 Sh^ii:J'pcare''s Iktuy iv. 
 Let the drazvcrs be ready with wine and frcih 
 glafl'cs ; 
 Let the waiters h.ive eyes, though their tongues 
 mult he tied. Ben 'Jo'Jin. 
 
 A man of fire is a general enemy to all wait- 
 ers, and makes the iii a-u-ers abroad anri his footmen 
 at home, know he is not to be provoked. Tatlfr. 
 
 3. That wliicli has the power of attraftion. 
 
 Love is a flame, and therefore we fay be.iuty 
 is attraiflive, becaufe phyficians obfervc that fiic 
 is a great tim-wtr. Sxvrft. 
 
 4. A box in a cafe, out of which it is 
 drawn at pleafure. 
 
 There may he other and different intelligent 
 beings, of whofe facu'ties he has as little know- 
 ledge, or apprehcnfion, as a worm, fhut up in 
 one Jr.i'xuer of a cabinet, hath of the fenfcs t^r 
 underflanding of a man. Lo:f:t. 
 
 VVc will luiipofe the China difhcs taiien 
 off, and a draxuer of medals fupplying their 
 room. Ad.!!f'jii o'l M;J,t!s. 
 
 5. [In the plural.] The lower part of a 
 man's drefs. 
 
 The M.iltefe harden the bodies of thcit chil- 
 dren, by making rhem go fiark naked, with- 
 out rtiirt orJr.iri;.?;!, till they aie ten years old. 
 
 Lode. 
 
 Dra'wing.;;./ [from (/raxu.] Delinea- 
 tion ; reprefentation. 
 They random Jrnwirigs from your fheets (hall 
 take. 
 And of one beauty many blunders make. Pop?. 
 Dra'wingroo.m. n.f. [horn droTv nnd 
 room.'] 
 
 I. The room in v.hich eoinj-any afTem- 
 bles at court,- 
 
 D R E 
 
 What you heard of the words fpoken of feu 
 in tiie druuiii:g-,oim was not true: tiic flyings of 
 prirces aresenciaily as ili rcl.itcd as the fayingj 
 
 2. I lie company affembled there. 
 Drawn, ^ar/. [irom drarv.'] 
 
 All ai my was drjii,), tug, ;hcr uf near ri.t thoti- 
 fand horfc. Chrindom 
 
 S . I.jtry was the pile, a Parthian bow, 
 With vigour druK'n mult put the (liaft b'clow. 
 
 yjrydn'.i Val.lis, 
 
 !. Eqinl; where each party takes hij 
 own ilake. 
 
 Il we make a drewi game of it, or procure 
 but moderate adva.itagts, every Jiritilh h art 
 mufttr-n-blc. Mdijcr. 
 
 ::. With a fword drawn. 
 
 Vv'iiat, ait tl.ou i/-jTu/( amorg thofe heaitlcf3 
 '•'■"'' - Shjkfftare, 
 
 3. Optn ; put alide, or tmclofed. 
 
 A curtain dnirvn prcfentcd to our view 
 A town hcfieg'd. Drj-den's Tyrannic Lrvc. 
 
 4. Evifctrated. 
 
 There is no moie faith in thee than in n ftoned 
 
 prune; no more truth in thee than in a dnt-um fox. 
 
 _ Shakffcare, 
 
 5. Induced as from fomc motive. 
 
 The Irifn will belter be drau-'n ro the Englifll, 
 than the Englilh to tl.c Irilh government. 
 
 Spe'iftr on Inland. 
 
 As this friendfhip was .'/rj-«.w together by fear 
 on both li.ies, fo it was not like to be more dura- 
 ble than was the fear. hay-ward. 
 Du a'wwell. n.f. l^draijj ^x\$L mell] A 
 detp wtU ; a well out of which water is 
 drawn by a long cord. 
 
 The firll conceit, tending to a watch, was a 
 dra-iu-ujell : the p::ople of old were wont only to 
 let down a pitcher with a l-.andcord, for as much 
 water as they could eafily pull up. Grew. 
 
 To Drawl, v. n. [from draiv.'] To 
 uttcrany thing in a flow, driveling way.. 
 
 Then mount the clciks, and in on: lazy toiia 
 Tinough the long heavy page dra-u.'l on. Pope, 
 
 DRAY. 7 n.f [b.nag, Saxon.] 
 
 DllA'YC A RT. ]■ The car on which beer 
 is carried. 
 
 Let him be brouglit into the field of cleflion 
 upon his diaycari, and I will meet him there in 
 a t ri umph.ant chariot. j^.Liifon. 
 
 When drays bound high, then never crofs be- 
 hind, 
 Where bubbling yeft is blown by gufts of wintf, 
 
 Guy. 
 
 Dra'yhorse. n.f. [r/nj)' and /jor/f.] A- 
 horfc which draws a dray. 
 
 This truth is illuflrated by a dilcourfe on the 
 nature of the elephant and the dmyhorje. Tatler. 
 
 Dra'ymam. n.f. [drciy -dnA man.] One 
 that attends a dray or cart. 
 
 A brace of .'imymin hid God fpeed him well, 
 Anrl had the tribute of his fupplc knee. Shnkf. 
 
 H:ue not coblers, draynen, and mechanicks 
 governed as well as pleached ? Nay,, have not 
 they by preat:!iing come to govern .' ' South. 
 
 Dra'yplough. n.f. [dray ?ir\di plough. 'J 
 A plough of a paitietilar kind. 
 
 The diayphugh Is the belt plotigh in winter for- 
 miry clays. Mortimer's Hi.Jlan.-iry. 
 
 Dra'zel. n.f. [perhaps corrupted frotu. 
 droffcl, the fcum or drofa of htiman na- 
 tuve ; or from drof.J}, French, a.- 
 whore.] Alow, mean, worthlcfs wretch. 
 
 As the devil ufes wiichcs, 
 To be their cully foi a I'paie, 
 That, when tiie tiii,e 's cxpir'd, the drn-zrh 
 For ever may become his valT.ils. Hudibrcs, 
 
 DREAD, n.f [bnnb, Sa:con.T 
 
 I . Fear ; terrour ; affright ; horrour either 
 felt or impreffed.
 
 D R E 
 
 Think" ft tlioii that duty fliall lisve </r«i to 
 fpcak, 
 When pow'r to flatt'ry bows > To plimncfs ho- 
 nour ct iC 
 Is bound, when mijeffy to folly Wis. i*^*/f • 
 
 Let not thyu'r^.i..' oi.ike me afraid. J"' 
 
 Was ever ary wicked man free from the nn.gs 
 of a guiltv conlcience, from the fegrct <^«orf o' 
 divine diWcafure, and of the vengeance of ano- 
 »i ij 1 Tlltolhn. 
 
 tlier wcrld > ■ ,_ t j i 
 
 If our fears can he awakened with the drt.u 
 ot ev il, he has armed his Uwi with tlie tei rour of 
 eternal ir.ifcry. ^%"^- 
 
 i . H;;bitual fear ; awe. 
 
 The fear of you, and the dread of you^ (hall 
 be u;!on evcrj- beaft of the eaith. Gcmfs. 
 
 .3. The pcrfon or thing feared ; the caufc 
 
 ■of iVar. 
 Let him he your JrcjJ. Ijj:.ih. 
 
 To thee of all our good the facred fpimg ; 
 To thee, ourdcaicft Jrcad; to thcc, our loftcr 
 king. P''"- 
 
 Dread. aJj. [bji'b, Saxon.] 
 J. Terrible'; frighthil. 
 
 That e'er this tongue of mine, 
 Tiiat laid the fcntcncc of Arcad banilhment 
 () 1 yond' proud man, (hould take it off again 
 With words of fouth ! Shaijp.ire. 
 
 It cannot be, but thou haft murther'd him : 
 Sj Oiould a murtherer look, iadrcid, fo gnm. 
 
 Sbakjpcarg. 
 To be expos'd againft the warring winds ; 
 ■To Itand agaiiUt tlie deep dread bolted thunder. 
 
 Shatfpsare. 
 
 Terrour feiz'd the rebel hoir. 
 When, coming towards tliem, fo dr^ml they faw 
 Tlic bottom of the mountains upward turn'd. 
 
 2. Awful ; venerable in the highefl degree. 
 
 Thou, attended glorioully from heay'ii, 
 Shalt in the iky appear, and from thee fend 
 The lummoning archangels to proclaim 
 Thy drcud tiibunal. MUtm'i Paradifc L:Ji. 
 
 From this defcent 
 •Cclellial virtues rifing, will appear 
 More glorious and more drtad than from no fall. 
 
 Millcn. 
 
 3. This Teems to be the meaning of that 
 controverted phrafe, f/iYa(/mar>/?y. Some 
 of the old acis of parliament are faid in 
 
 -the preface to be mduend'ijjimi regis, our 
 dread fovereign's. 
 Ju Dread. T. a. [from the noun.] To 
 fear in an exceffive degree. 
 
 You may defpife that which terri6cs others, 
 and which yet all, even thofe who moft ^-<:<.^ it, 
 mua in a little time encounter. Hah. 
 
 To D RE Ail. -a. n. To be in fear.y 
 
 Dread no^, neither be afraid of them. Dent 
 Dre'.\der. «./. [fiom ^/ftf./.] One that 
 .lives in fear. 
 
 I have fufpended much of my pity towards the 
 great dreadcii of popery. Sioijt. 
 
 DRE'ADrUL. adj. [dread and frd/.] 
 
 1 . Terrible ; frightful ; formidable. 
 
 The ligid interdiiSion which refounds 
 Yet dreadful in mine car. Milirm. 
 
 The Hill night. 
 Accompanied with damps and dreadful gloom. 
 
 Alilton 
 
 Thy love, ftill arm'd with fate, 
 I, dreadful as thy hate. Grairjille 
 
 2. Awful; venerable. 
 How dreadful is this place ! Gencfu. 
 
 Dre'adfully. adv. [from dreadful] 
 
 Terribly; ftightfnlly. 
 
 Not Ihaip revenge, nor hell itfclf, can find 
 A fiercer torment than a guiity mind, 
 Which day and night doth dreadfully aceufe, 
 ■Caadcrans the wretch, and Hill the charge renews. 
 
 Jjrydcn. 
 
 D R E 
 
 Dre'adfolness. n. f. [Uom dreadjul.^ 
 Terriblenefs ; frightfulnefs. 
 
 It may jullly fcrvc 101 matter of extreme ter- 
 rour to tnc wicked, whether they icgard the 
 dreadfilncfi of the day in which they Ihall be 
 tried, or rhe quality of tie judge by whom they 
 arc to be tried. Uaiewillon Fravidtnce^ 
 
 Drk'adlesness. n.f. [from dread/tfs.] 
 Fearlefnefs; intrepidity ; imdauntediiers. 
 Zclmane, to whom danger then was a caufe of 
 Jreadlffief; all the compohlion of her ehmcnts 
 being nothing but fiery, with fwiftncfs of ntfue 
 cri.ffcd him. Sid.-ify. 
 
 Dre'adi.ess. adj. [from dread.'] Fcar- 
 lefs ; unaffrighted ; intrepid ; unrtiaken ; 
 undaunted ; free from terrour. 
 
 Prcidle/s, f.iid he, that (hall I foon declare ; 
 It Wi-. complain'd, tl..-it thou hadft done great tort 
 Unto an aged woman. Faiy Queen. 
 
 All night the dread;/, angel, unpntfued, 
 Through hcav'ns wide champaign held his way. 
 
 Afilton. 
 
 DREAM, n.f. [^/roffm, Dutch. This word 
 is derived by Meric Cafaubon, with 
 more ingenuity than truth, from J-aaz 
 thB-h, the comedy of life ; dreams being, 
 as plays are, a reprefentation of fome- 
 thing which does not really happen. 
 This conceit Junius has enlarged by 
 quotisg an epigram : 
 
 Sxr.jyj «ra; |3i©- *ai maiynot n ftaSt 
 
 Aithol.] 
 
 1. A phantafm of deep ; the thoughts of 
 a fleeping man. 
 
 We eat our meat in fear, and (lecp 
 In the alfliaion of thole tt-rrihle dreams 
 That (hake us nightly. Shakjpeare's Maeleth. 
 
 In ■/' t.iwi they fe.Trful precipices tread ; 
 Or, (hipwrcck'd, labour to fome diltant (horc. 
 
 D,yde,t. 
 
 Glorious drea^n: (land ready to rcftorc 
 The plcafing (hapes of all you faw before. DyJ. 
 
 2. An idle fancy ; a wild conceit j aground- 
 Icfs fufpicion. 
 
 Let him keep 
 A hundred knights ; yes, that on ev"ry dream. 
 Each bui, each fancy, each complaint, dillike, 
 He may enguard his dotage. Shafpearc. 
 
 To Dream, v. n. preter. dreamed, or 
 dreamt, [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To have the reprefentation of fome- 
 thing in fleep. 
 
 Dreaming is tiic having of ideas, whilft the 
 outward fenfes arc flopped, not fuggcftcd by any 
 external objeifts, cr known occafion, nor under 
 the rule or condufl of the underftanding. Lcckc. 
 
 I dreamed that I was conveyed into a wide and 
 boundlcfs plain. Tatler. 
 
 2. It has ©/"before the noun. 
 I have \ongdream'd of fiich a kind of man, 
 
 But, being awake, I do defpife my dream. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 I have nightly fince 
 Dreamt 0/ encounters 'twixt ihyfcif and me : 
 Wc have been down together In my fleep, 
 Unbuckling helms, fifting each other's throat. 
 And wak'd half dead with nothing. S/iaiffeare. 
 
 3. To think ; to imagine. 
 Thcfe boys know little they are fons to th' king, 
 
 Nor Cymbeline dr,.^mi that they are alive. S/iai. 
 
 He never dreamed of the deluge, nor thought 
 that firft orb more than a tranfient crull. Burnet. 
 
 He little dream'd how nigh he was to care. 
 Till trcach'reus fortune caught him in the fn.ire. 
 
 D'ydt". 
 
 . To think idly. 
 
 They dream on in a conftant courfc of i-eading 
 butnot digcl'ting. 
 
 l<,.li^ 
 
 D R E 
 
 I began to dnam of nothing lefs than the iin» 
 mort.iliiy of my work. Smiik, 
 
 J. To be fluggifii ; to idle. 
 
 Why does Anthony dream out his hours, 
 And tempts no', fortune for a noble day : Dryden, 
 
 To Dream, v. a. To fee In a dream. 
 
 The M.iccdon, by Jove's decree, 
 Was taugiit to dream an hei b for Ptolemy. Dryd, 
 
 At length in fleep their bodies they compofe, 
 AnAdreame the future fight, andcaily rofc. 
 
 Drydel. 
 
 Dre'amer. n.f. [from dream.] 
 
 1. One who has dreams; one who has 
 fancies in his fleep. 
 
 The vifion laid, and vanifli'd from his light j 
 The drea>rer waken'd in a mortal fright. Dryd. 
 
 If our dreamer pleafes to try whether the glow- 
 ing heat of a glal's furnace be barely a wandering 
 imagination in a riiowfy man's fancy, by putting 
 his head into it, he may peihaps he wakened into 
 a certainty. L'ieke, 
 
 2. An idle fanciful man ; a vifionary. 
 
 Sometime he angers me 
 With telling of the nioldwarp and the ant, 
 Oi dreamer Merlin, and his prophecies. Shakfp. 
 
 3. A mope ; a man loll in wild imagina- 
 tion ; a reveur. 
 
 The man of fcnfe his meat devours, 
 
 But onlv fmcUs the peel and flow'rs ; 
 
 And he mulf be an idle dreamer. 
 
 Who leaves the pie and g.naws the ftreamer. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 4. A fluggard ; an idler. 
 Dre'amless. adj. [from dream.] Free 
 
 from dreams. 
 
 The favages of Mount Atlas, in Baibji-v, were 
 reported to be both namclcfs and dreamkfs. 
 
 Camderi^i Remains, 
 
 Drear, n.f. Dread; terrour. 
 
 The ill-fac'd owl, death's dreadful melTenger; 
 The hoarl'e night raven, trump of doleful drear. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 Drear, adj. [bpeopi^, Saxon, dreary.] 
 Mournful ; difmal ; forrowful. 
 
 In urns and altars round, 
 A drear and dying found 
 Affrights the flamens at their fervice quaint. 
 
 Mlllon. 
 
 Dre'arihead. n.f. [from dreary.] Hor- 
 rour ; difmalnefs : a word now no 
 longer in ufe. 
 
 That fliortly from the (hape of womanhed,- 
 Sucli as (he was when Pallas flie attempted. 
 
 She grew to hideous (hape of drearl/iead, 
 Pined with grief of folly late repented. Spenfer, 
 
 Dre'ariment. n.f. [from dreary.] This 
 
 vi-ord is now obfolete. 
 1 Sorrow ; difmalnefs ; melancholy. 
 
 I teach the woods and waters to lament 
 Your doleful drearimerjt. Sperfer's Epithalamium. 
 2. HoiTOur; dread; terrour. 
 
 Almight)' Jove, in wrathful mood, 
 To wreak the guile of mortal fins is bent : 
 
 HurU forth his thundering dart with deadly feud, 
 Inroird in lUimcs and fmculdring i:''riir/«fwr. 
 
 Fairy Q«««, 
 
 DREARY, ad', [fej-.^oj-iij, Saxon.] 
 • This word is fcarcely ufed but in poe« 
 tical ditlion. 
 
 1. Sorrowful; diftrefsful. 
 The melTcngcr of death, the ghaftly ow], 
 
 With dreary ihrieks did alfo yelU 
 
 And hungry wuh'es continually did howl 
 
 At her abhorred face, fo horrid and fo foul. 
 
 Fairy Qteeen. 
 
 2. Gloomy; difmal; horrid. 
 Obfciirc ti;ey went through dreary (hades, that 
 
 le<l 
 Along the v.ift dominions of the dead. Vrydtn. 
 
 •I
 
 D R E 
 
 Tuwn;, foicfti, licids, and men piomw'cuout 
 /?rown'd, 
 With ore great death deform the Jienry ground. 
 
 DREDGE, n.f. {Todretch, I'n Chauar, 
 13 to delsy ; perhaps a net fo often Hop- 
 ped may be called from this. ] A kind 
 of net. 
 
 l"ov ovScrs they have a pctidiar ./i edg^r ; a tliick , 
 flrong net, f.'ltencd to tlircc liiillj of iron, and 
 d;a«'u at the boat's (tern, gathering n-hatfucvcr it 
 meeteth lying in the bnttum. drew. 
 
 1o Drkdge. "O. a. [from the noun.] 
 To gather with a dredge. 
 
 T! c oyjlci'i dtidged in tlie Lync fnid a wcl- 
 coir.c acecptancc. (,'<.», -jr. 
 
 Dnii'DGEit. n.f: [from dfcdge.'\ One 
 who fidies with a dredge. 
 
 Drk'cciness. n.f. [from dreggy.'^ Fnl- 
 nefs of dregs or Icej ; foulnefs ; niiid- 
 dinefs ; feculence. 
 
 D«.i;GGii.H. adj. -[from diegs.^ Foul 
 ivith lees ; feculent. 
 
 To give a Ovong taftc to this dtess^iJJt lii|uor, 
 tbey fling in an incrsdihle deal of broom or hops, 
 vlieicby fnrall beer is rendered eqn^l in mifeiiief 
 to lirong. Ihrvfy 9>i Coiifurnptiorti. 
 
 Drkgciv. adj. [from dregs.^ Contain- 
 ing dregs ; confiding of dregs ; mud- 
 dy ; feculent. 
 
 Tbel"^- lumi'rousveins, fuch isthe curious frame, 
 Reecivc tire pure infinuating ftream ; 
 flur no corrnpt or ditggy parts admit, 
 To form the blood or feed tlie limbs unfit. 
 
 Ripe grapes being modcr.Ttcly preHbd, their 
 
 juice may, without much dr^^g^^' matter, be 
 
 f<[ucezcd out. Jhy/f-. 
 
 DREGS, n.f. [bjief'^'in, Saxon; dng- 
 
 g'lnn, Iflandick..] 
 
 1. The fedlmcBt of liquors ; the lees; 
 the grounds ; the feculence. 
 
 Fain would we niaicc him luithor of the wine, 
 If for the dre^i we could fonie otlier blame. Dayh, 
 
 They often tread deftrutftion's horrid patli, 
 And drink the drcgi of the revenger's wrath. 
 
 Sttndyi. 
 
 We from the dregs of life think to receive 
 What the llrft fprightly running could not give. 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 Such run on poets in a raging vein, 
 Ev'n to the drcgi and Iqueoiuigs of the brain. 
 
 2. .\uy thing by which purity is cor- 
 rupted. 
 
 The king by this journey purged a little the 
 drr^s and leaven of the northern people, ih.it were 
 before in no good atfei^ioni towards him. Biiczn. 
 
 3. Drofs ; fweepings ; refiife. 
 
 Hcav'n's favourite thou, for better fates de- 
 
 fign'd 
 
 Thanwe,thci/rfji andrulibilh of mankind. T>'yii. 
 
 What diffidence we muH be under whclhir G.id 
 
 will regard our facrifice. when we liave no'hing to 
 
 oft'crhim but the .'rriji and lelufcol life, the days 
 
 of loathing and faticty, and t'ne je.-.is in wImlI, wc 
 
 haie 110 plcafnre. A'jcir;. 
 
 Ta DuF.iN. ^'. n. [See Dr.^iv.] To 
 
 empty. The fame with drum : fpelt 
 
 diflerently perhnp.', by cliance. 
 
 She is the fluiee ot her Udy's fecicts: 'tis but 
 fctting her mill a-gohig, ami I can d>tin her of 
 th«m all. C<,n^,i'.:c. 
 
 'Tis didn'd and emptied of its poifon row ; 
 A cordi.il draught. Scuthrn. 
 
 To DRENCH. V. a. [bpencan, Saxon.] 
 i. To wa(h ; to foak ; to deep. 
 
 Our gaimcnts being as they were Jienc/irdin 
 the fea, hold notwi:hi(anding their frelhncl's and 
 gloffcs. Shaifpnirc. 
 
 To-day deep thoughts learn with me iodiench 
 ^n mirth, thai after no repenting draws. iV/;/.'»i. 
 Vou I. ■ 
 
 D R E 
 
 Nov dam (he ditches, and the floodf refti'ain; 
 Their moiliuichas ahcady (/u-'/c/i'i/ the plain. 
 
 Urydrrl. 
 
 2. To faturate with drink or nioillurc : 
 in an ill fenfe. 
 
 In fwinilli flcep 
 Their (/rf/iriirj natures lie, a^ in 4 death. Slmifp. 
 
 Too oft, alas! has muUiai iiatrcUJw/ji'rf 
 Our fwoids in native blood. F/'iitivt. 
 
 3. To phyfick by violence. 
 
 If any of your caitic arc int'cflcd, fpcedily let 
 both fick and well blood, and dnuck them. 
 
 J\hrtimfr'i Hujkandry. 
 
 Drench. H.y; [from the verb. ] 
 
 1. A draught ; a fwill ; by way of ab- 
 horrence or contempt. 
 
 Let fuch bethink tlicm, if the (Irepy drtnch 
 Of that forgelfiil lake benumb not llill. 
 That in our proper motion we afccnd. MiUrin. 
 
 2. Phyfick for a brute. 
 
 A dtcnck is a potion or drink prepared fur a 
 fick horfc, and compofed of fevcial drugs in .1 
 liquid form. Farrier's Duli'.n.ny. 
 
 Harry, fa) s (lie, how many haft thou kill'd 
 to-day ? Give my roan horfe a dnnch, fayi he; 
 and ai;fwer>, fourteen, an hour after. ■'>i.iifpe,ir-. 
 
 A dr.-ncli of wine has with fut< cfs b.-ei'i us'd. 
 And through a horn the gcn'rous juice infus'il. 
 
 Pryden 
 
 3. Phyfick that muft be given by vio- 
 lence. 
 
 Tl-.cir connfcls are more like zdtench that mufl 
 be poured down, th.m a draught which mult be 
 Icifurely drank if I liked it. King Chailfi. 
 
 4. A channel of water. 
 Dre'ncher, n.f. [from drench.'] 
 
 1. One that dips or ileeps any thing. 
 
 2. One that gives phyfick by force. Z)/i7. 
 Drknt. participle. Probably corrupted 
 
 from drenched, to make a proverbial 
 rhyme to hreut, or burnt. 
 What Hames, quoth he, when I the prefent 
 fee 
 In danger rather to be droit than brent.' 
 
 • Fu:}\ (lufeti. 
 
 To DRESS. 11. a. [drc/fcr, French.] 
 
 1. To clothe ; to invelf with clothes. 
 
 The firlt rcquclt 
 He m.ide, was, like his brothers to be dref,*d-^ 
 And, as his birth requird, above the icrt. 
 
 D'yi „. 
 
 2. To clothe pompoufly or elegantly. It 
 is ufcd with !/p> and out to enforce it. 
 
 Look upon plcafure.s not upon that fide that is 
 nc^ct the fun, or where they loo'^ bcauteoully ; 
 that is, as they come to%vards you to be cnjoved; 
 for then they paint and ('mile, and drft them ■ 
 (t-lvcs !'/> in tinfcl, and glafs gems, and counter- 
 feit imagery. Tiyht . 
 
 Few admir'd the native red and white, 
 Till poets drij,'d them up to charm the figiit. 
 
 D,yd,,: 
 
 Lollia Paulina wore, in jewels, when J.rijfed 
 cr/tj the value of three hundrctl twenty-two tluni- 
 fand nine hundred and fixtecn pounds thiitecu 
 fiiillini^s and four-pence. ."I'huthi'^t . 
 
 3. To a.iorn; to deck ; to embellifh ; to 
 furniih. 
 
 Whcicwas a fine room in the middle of the 
 houfe, handfomcly i/rf/Tcf/ /./■, for the cnmmif- 
 fioncrs to fit in. Cl.tir>:,i(,j:. 
 
 Skill is ufed in dujjitif^ :.p povi-er with ;dl the 
 fplendour abloliifenefscan add to it. Lceke. 
 
 The mind lol'es its natural reli(h of real trurh, 
 and is reconciled inrcnlibly to any tiling that can 
 be dtejl^d ttp into any faint appearance vi it. 
 
 Lech. 
 
 4. To cover a wound with medicaments. 
 
 In time of my ficknefs another chirurijcon 
 drejjtd her. l/'icmun. 
 
 5 . To curry ; to rub : a terra of the 
 ftable. 
 
 D R E 
 
 Our infirmities arc fo mii.y, thalvre arc forced 
 to dirfi and tend horl'c.? and sires, that tliey may- 
 help our necdi. 7'j>.V. 
 
 Three bundled horfcs, in high ft.-blcs fed, 
 Stood leady, (hiniiig all, and fmoothly ditf-'d. 
 
 Or:d..'s-yt:,:ad. 
 
 6. To break or teacli a horfe : a term of 
 horfemanfhip. 
 
 A rtccd 
 Well mouth'd, well manag'd, which himfclf did 
 
 drft ; 
 His aid in war, his ornament in peace. Vrydcn. 
 
 7. To rectify; to adjult. 
 
 Adam ! well may We labour dill mdrrfs 
 Tuis garden; Ihll to tend plant, l.cib, anj 
 fiow'r. hhlioit. 
 
 Well mull the ground be digg'd, anfl better 
 drifWi, 
 New (oil to make, and meloratc the icrt. Drydcn, 
 S. To prepare for any piirjiofe. 
 
 Ill Oi kr.ey they drefi ihcir leather with root? o£ 
 torinencil iniie.ad of baik. Mortiinn'i i'.vjoar.dit. 
 
 9. To trim ; to fit any thing for ready 
 .ufe. 
 
 When he drfjfcih the lamps lie Hiall burn iiV- 
 
 cenl'e. E.todur. 
 
 When you rfVt/i your yomig hops, cut away 
 
 roots or I'p'ijS. A/orr/w^r't llujhar.dry. 
 
 10. To prepare viifluals for the table. 
 
 Thui the \«sluptuous youth, bred up to i/rgl 
 Fur his fit grandfire fomc delicious mcfs. 
 In feeding hi^li his tutor will Curpals, 
 An heir apparent of the guuimane race, Drjdcn, 
 Drfss. ti. f [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Clothes; garment; h<<bit. 
 
 Drciki laughed at in our forcfatliets waj-clrobej 
 or pidtures, when, by the circulation of time 
 and vanity they are brought about, wc think 
 becoming. G'-iVcrnn:ent -A the Tongue. 
 
 A robe obfcene was o'er his Ihoulders thrown, 
 A d'efi by fates and furies worn alone. 
 
 I'cpe'f St.iliui. 
 
 2. Splendid clothes ; habit of ceremony. 
 
 Full ./i r/i creates dignity, augments confciouf- 
 ncfs, and keeps at dillaiicc an ciicroacher. 
 
 Uarift, 
 
 3. Tiie fl<ill of adjufting drefs. 
 
 Ti.e men of pleal'ure, dre/i, and gallantry. 
 
 Dre'sser. n.f. [from drefs.'] 
 
 1. One employed in putting on the 
 clothes and adorning the perfon of ano- 
 ther. 
 
 She hurries all her hand-maids to the taflc ; 
 Her head alone will twenty .liejfers aik. DryMx. 
 
 2. One employed in regulating, trim- 
 ming, or adjulting any thing. 
 
 Said he unto the drejfer of his vineyard, Behold, 
 thcle three years 1 come fccking fruit on tiiis hg- 
 trec, and fiad none. Luke. 
 
 3. The btnch in a kitchen on which 
 meat is drell or prepared for the table. 
 
 'Tis burnt, and fo is all the meat: 
 What dogs aie thcfe! Where is the ralcal cook .> 
 How durft you, villains! bring it from th« 
 
 d.effe,. 
 And fervc it thus to me that love it not? 
 
 Sf:tiijpeare. 
 A maple dreffcr in her ball (he had. 
 On whicn full many a llcntlcr meai (Tie made. 
 
 DrydefT, 
 
 When you take down didies, lip a dov.ou unon 
 the dreff-:r. Siw/t's D.-reaisni la iheL-Ki. 
 
 Dre'ssing. n./ \fxQmdrefs.\ The ap- 
 plication made to a fore. 
 
 The fecond day .iftcr v-q took oft the drrjfin/^:, 
 arid found an clchar made by the cathei eti< k. 
 
 If'ifem.tn n: Tumviri. 
 
 Dre'ssi>croom. n.f. [(/;v/r and room.] 
 The room In which cluthi5 are put on. 
 Latin booiis might be found eveiy day in his 
 drcjjir.g-mm, if it were carefully fcatchcd 
 
 S.'Mift. 
 4E
 
 D R I- 
 
 Prest. part, \ixomdrefs.'] 
 
 I;-. Hoiv'ry wieati.s tl'.c royal virgin rf'V/ 
 H.s- bendi-g hoiiis, and fcindly clapt hi5 ^'^'f 
 
 .-Drib. i.. a. [contraaed from yW^- 
 W-.] To crop; to cut off; to defal- 
 cate. A cant word. , , ,, , .. 
 ;.!erd.ants ^ains come (hart of half tlre ma,t, 
 - For he who drives ihcir bargains Jnl^' a F|j-^f^^.^^ 
 
 To DRIBBLE, v. n. [Th.'s word feems 
 to have come from drof, by fHCcell.ve 
 alterations, fuch as are ufual in hvu.g 
 languages: ^«/. -^Vi/-, dnppk,dnbble, 
 thence^/Wr./ and drhelLr. Dnp may 
 indeed be the original word, from the 
 Daiii'h tlrypp.'\ 
 
 1 . To fall in drops. . 
 
 SemilLMiar procelTes on the f.Mt.>ce owe their 
 form to the dribbling of water that paffed over it. 
 
 A dribbling, difficulty, and a momentry fiip- 
 preffion of urine, may be raufed by tne ftor.e s 
 flatting up the orifice of the bladder. Arbuthnot. 
 
 2. To fall weakly and Howly. ■ 
 
 Believe not that the dribbling dart of love 
 . Can pierce a complete bofom. _ ShakJ^nire. 
 
 o To flaver as a child or ideot. 
 To D'ri'bble, -v. a. To throw down in 
 
 Let the cook follow with a ladle full of fo.ip, 
 and dribble it all the way up ftairs. ■?;"y|- 
 
 Driblet./!./ [from ^nW^.] A ImaU 
 fum ; odd money in a fnm. 
 
 Twelve long years of exile borne, 
 Twice twelve we numhcr'd lu.ce his bleft return ; 
 So ilriaiy weit thou juft to pay, 
 Even to the drihblrt of a day. Vryclen. 
 
 Dri'er. «./. [from dry.] That which 
 has the quality of abforbing moillure ; 
 a deficcative. 
 
 Tiicre is a tale, that boiling of daify roots in 
 milk, which it is certain arc great driin, will 
 -mAe dogs little. ^"""■ 
 
 DRIFT. «. /: [from drive.'] 
 
 1. Force impellent ; impulfe ; overbearing 
 
 influence. 
 
 A man being under the drift of any pafTion, 
 will ftill follow the impulfe of it till fomctiung 
 interpofe, and, by a ftrongcr impulfe, turn l.iin 
 p.nother way. South. 
 
 2. Violence ; courfe. 
 
 The mighty trunk, h.nlf tent with rugged nft. 
 Doth roll adowci the rocks, and fall with fearful 
 drift. ^'"''y Q.'""'- 
 
 a. Any thing driven at random. 
 
 Some \az, peihaps, upon the watcis fwam, 
 An ufc lets '(>//>, which rudely cut within, 
 
 And holkiw'd, firft a floating trough became, 
 And crofs fomc liv'let pafiage did begin. 
 
 T>t yddn. 
 
 4. Any thing driven or born along in a 
 body. 
 
 The ready raters ii.miV, 
 Swift as on wings of wind upborne they fiy, 
 And drifts of lifing dull involve the Iky. 
 
 ■' Popc'i Qdjffty. 
 
 >, A ftorm ; a (hower. 
 
 Our thunder from tiic I'outh 
 Shall rain their «;/r of bulkrs on this town. 
 
 Snakjfean. 
 
 6. A heap cr ftratum of any matter 
 thrown together by the wind : as, a 
 ftiowdrif!, a deep body of fnow. 
 
 <; Tendency or aim of aflion. 
 
 '■ Tlie particuhir .bift of every afl, proceeding 
 eternally from God, we are not able to difcern 1 
 and therefore cannot always give the proper and 
 ce'itaia vealon of his wot kb. ii,.'Mr. 
 
 D R I 
 
 • Their drift 'comes known and they difcovci'd 
 are ; 
 For fome, of many, will be faife of courfe. 
 
 Daniit. 
 
 8. Scope of a difcourfe. 
 
 The main drift of his book being to prove, 
 
 that what is true is impoffible to be fall'e, he op- 
 
 pofes nobody. Tilbtfon. 
 
 The drift of the pamphlet is to ftir up our 
 
 compafhon towards the rebels. ^-S.i.ifm. 
 
 This, by the ftile, the manner, and the drift, 
 
 'Twas thought could be tlie work of none but 
 
 Swift. Su-ift. 
 
 To Drift, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 [. To drive ; to urge along. 
 
 Snow, no larger th.m fo many grains of fand, 
 d'if ted viitii tiic wind in clouds from every plain. 
 
 2. To throw together on heaps. Not 
 authoriz'jd. 
 
 He wanders on 
 From hill to dale, Hill more and more aftray, 
 Impatient flouncing through tuc driftrd heaps. 
 
 To DRILL, -v. a. \_drillen, Dutch; 
 ^iplian. Sax. from ^ujijh, through.] 
 
 1. To pierce any thing with a drill. 
 The drill-plate is only a piece of flat iron, fixed 
 
 upon a Hat board, which iron hath an hole 
 punched a little way into it, to fet the blunt end 
 of the^ fiiank of the drill in, when you drill a 
 l,ole. Mdxun's Mechciniciit £.xercifes. 
 
 2 . To perforate ; to bore ; to pierce. 
 My body through and through he drili'd, 
 
 And Whacum by my fi,dc lay kiU'd. Budibias. 
 Tell> what could drill and p:;rforate the poles, 
 Asd to til' attraiftive rays adapt their holes } 
 
 BUckmore. 
 
 3. To make a hole. 
 When a hole is drilled m a piece of metal, they 
 
 hold the driUbow in the right hand; but, when 
 they turn fmall work, they hold the drill-bow in 
 their left hand. Muxcn. 
 
 4. To delay ; to put off : in low phrafe ; 
 corrupted, I believe, from drawled. 
 
 She has bubbled him out of his 'youth : flic 
 drilled him on to five-and-lifty, and fliewiU 
 drop liim in his old age. Ad..:j-:7i. 
 
 5. To draw from Hep to Hep. A low 
 
 phrafe. 
 
 When by fuch infinuations they have once, got 
 within him, and are able to drill him on from 
 one lewdnefs to another, by the fame arts they 
 corrupt and fqueeze him. . S-Mth. 
 
 6. To drain ; to draw flowly. This 
 'fenfe \ve-;;s better authority. 
 
 Drili'd through the landy ftr.itum every way, 
 The watersw-ith the fandy Ihatum rife. Thomfw. 
 
 7. To form to arms; to teach the mili- 
 tary exercife. An old cant word. 
 
 The foe appeai'd drawn up and drili'd, 
 Ready to charge them in the field. Hudiirns. 
 
 Drill, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. An inftrumeiit with which holes are 
 bored. It is a point prefftd hard 
 againll the thing bored, and turned 
 round with a bovi- and llring. 
 
 The way of tempering Itctl to make gravers, 
 drills, and mechanical Inftruments, we have 
 taught artificers. Bcjle. 
 
 Drills are ufed for the making fuch holes as 
 punches will not fcrvc for; as a piece of work 
 that hath already its (li.ipe, and mull have an 
 hole made in it. jVoxcn. 
 
 2. An ape ; a baboon. 
 -Shall the difference of hair he a mark of a olf- 
 
 f.rent internal fpecifick conftitution between a 
 changeling and a drill, when they agree in Ihape 
 and want of reifon ? Lienc. 
 
 3. A fmall dribbling brook. This I h.ave 
 found no where elfc, and lufpeft it 
 fliould be riU. 
 
 D R I 
 
 Springs through the pleafant meadows pOur 
 
 their d'il.'s. 
 Which fnake-hke glide between the bordering 
 hills. Sandys. 
 
 To DRINK. i\ n. preter. drani, or 
 driini ; part. paff. drunk, cr drunken. 
 [bpincan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To fwallow liquors ; to quench thirft. 
 
 Here, between the aimies, 
 Let 's drii:.i together friendly, and embrace. 
 
 Siiii^fpearf. 
 
 She faid, drink, and I will give thy camels 
 drink alfo; lo I drank, and (he made the camels 
 drink alfo. Gtnefv. 
 
 He dra-ik of the wine. Genffis. 
 
 When dclighr is the only end, and lefts in 
 itfclf, and dwells there long, then eating and 
 drinking is not a lerving of God, but an inordi- 
 nate adiion. Tr.ykr's Rule of Living Hcly. 
 
 2. To feaft ; to be entertained with li- 
 quors. 
 
 We came to fight you. For my part I am 
 
 forty it is turned to a drinking. Sbakjfeare. 
 
 J. To drink to excefs ; to be a habitual 
 
 drunkard. A colloquial phrafe. 
 4. To Dru:k to. To falute in drinking; 
 
 to invite to drink by drinking firll. 
 I take your.princcly word for thole redrelTes. 
 
 I gave it you, and will maintain my word ; 
 
 And thereupon I drink unto your grace. Sholff. 
 
 J. To Drink /o. To with well to in the 
 aft of taking the cup. 
 
 Give me fome wine; fill full: 
 I drink .'i th' general joy of the whole table, ^ 
 And to our dear friend Banquo, whom we mifs. 
 
 Shidf^cii e. 
 
 I'll drink to mafter Bardolph, and to all the 
 
 cavalerocs about London. Shakfpierc. 
 
 To Drink, v. a. 
 
 I. I'o fwallow 
 
 ^„ . applied to liquids. 
 
 He I'.ad eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, 
 three days and three nights. I S^in^tL 
 
 We have drunken our water for- money. 
 
 Satnutl. 
 
 ; . To fuck up ; to abforb. 
 
 Set rows of rofcmary with flow'ring fl^em. 
 And let the purple violets drink the liream. 
 
 Diyden. 
 Erufh not thy fwcepirg fliirt too near tiic 
 wall ; 
 Thyheedlefs flecve w'M drink the colour'doil. 
 
 Gay, 
 
 5 . To take in by any inlet ; to hear ; to fee. 
 Mv ears have yet not drunk a hundred words 
 Of tiiat tongue's utteiing, yet I knaw the fouiKl. 
 
 SkakfjXGir. 
 Thither write, my queen ; 
 And with mine eyes I'll drink the words you 
 
 fend, 
 Though ink be made of gall. Shakfp. Cymhelhc. 
 
 Phemius! let aiftsof gods, and heroes old. 
 What ancicdt bards in hall and bow'f iiave tolil, 
 Attempcr'd to the lyre, your voice employ; 
 Such the pleasd ear will dr.n'x. with filtnt joy 
 
 \c;e. 
 I drir.k delicious poifon from thy eye. I't,^, . 
 
 4. To acl upon by drinking. 
 
 Come, we have a hot venilon pafly to dinner ; 
 come, genilemen, I hope \vc (hall drink down all 
 unklntlnefs. . Shak(p,-«re. 
 
 ' He will drown his health and his ftrength in 
 his belly; and, after ail his drunken UofKitiy 
 at length i^iyM down himfelf too. South. 
 
 5. To make drunk. 
 
 Beuhadad war ar;j!.h«g himfelf .^/u«i in the 
 pavilions. .' ^''"?^ 
 
 6. It is ufed with the iiitenfive particles of, 
 up, and in. Of, to note a fingle ad of 
 drinking. 
 
 One man gives, another a cup of poifon, a thing 
 as terrible as death; but at the fame time he tells 
 him that it is a cordial, and fo he drinks it cf, 
 and dies. ^''•■''*'
 
 D R I 
 
 7. Upt to note tliat tlie whole is drunl. 
 Alexander, nftt-r lie li.id dr.mk «j> 1 cup of 
 
 f0111Ui.11 pints, W.1S goii)^ CO take ai'.oihi;r. 
 
 ylrbntknot ort Coln\. 
 
 8. In, to enforce the fcnfe: ufually of in- 
 animate tilings. 
 
 Thi; body being reduced nearer iinto the earth, 
 and emptied, bccometh more porous, and greedily 
 diinkelk inviiXer. Bro'.vii's I'ulgar Emirs. 
 
 'Drikk. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Liquor to be f\vallov;ed: oppofed to 
 meat. 
 
 VV'licn God made clioicc to rear 
 His mighty champion, Itrong above compare, 
 Wliole drink was only from the liquid bronk ! 
 
 Mi.'i(,/i. 
 
 2. Liquor of any particular kind. 
 
 \Vc will give you rare and (Ircpv drink!. 
 
 Sil.ikffi.iie'i Hiiiltr's TaU. 
 
 The juices of fruits are eitiicr wnteiy or oily : 
 
 I reckon among the watery all the fruits out of 
 
 which drink is exprcffed, as the grape, the apple, 
 
 and the pear. />'*(:&';. 
 
 O m.idnefs, to think ufe of iliongcft wines, 
 And lirongert drinks, our ciiief fuppoit of health. 
 
 Miifon. 
 Thefe, when th' allotted oib of time 's com- 
 plete, 
 - Arc more commended than tht Ubour'd drink. 
 
 fhilifs. 
 
 Amongft dtir.ki, auftcre wines are apt to occa- 
 
 fion foul eruptions. Arhuihnat on Aliments. 
 
 Drink-mosey, n.f. [Jiini and money.] 
 Money given to buy liquor. 
 
 Peg's lervants weig always aflting for drink- 
 Monry. , Jlrbiithnot . 
 
 DRi'NKABLE.ay/. {ixom tlrhik.] Potable; 
 
 fuch as may be drank. 
 Dri'nker. n.f. [from r/WnZ.] One that 
 
 drinks to excefs; a drunkard. 
 
 It were good for thofe that have moid brains, 
 and arc great drinkers, to take fume of lignum, 
 aloes, rofemary, and frankinccnfe, about the 
 full of the moon. Bacon. 
 
 The drinker and debauched perfon is the objcifl 
 of fcorn and contempt. South. 
 
 The urmc of l-.ard drinkers affords a liquor 
 extremely fetid, but no inflammable fpirit : what 
 is inBaramable Hays in the blood, and affeils 
 the brain. Great drinkers commonly die apo- 
 pleftick. jirhtithntit on .-ilimints. 
 
 To DRIP. -o. n. [drippen, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To fall in drops. 
 
 2. To have drops falling from it. 
 
 The foil, with f.iti'ning moidure hll'd, 
 Is cloath'd with grafs, and fruitful to be till'd; 
 Such as in fruitful \alos wcview U\m\ high, 
 Which dripping rocks, not rowling dreams 
 fupply. Drjfden. 
 
 The fined fparks, and cleaned beaux, 
 D'ip from thelhouldcis to the toes. Pri'.r. 
 
 To Drip. "v. a. 
 
 1. To let fall in drops. 
 
 Her rioodof tears 
 Seem like the lofty barn of fonie rich fwaiii. 
 Which from the thatch drip^ fad a fhow'i of r.iin. 
 
 2. To drop fat in roafting. 
 
 Let what w.is put into his belly, and what he 
 irips, be his fauce. IKi.'ton's .'/ng/er. 
 
 Hls.offer'd entrails diall his crime reproach, 
 And Jiv;> their fatnefs from the hazle broacli. 
 
 ))ryden'i I'irqil. 
 
 I>ni?. n.f. [from the verb.] That which 
 falls in drops. 
 
 Water may be procured for necedary occafions 
 from the heavens, by prcfervin^ the dria; of the 
 
 Dri'i-pin-s- « / [from <-';•//,] The flit 
 v.hichhourt wives gather from road meat. 
 
 D R I 
 
 Shews 3II her fecictt of houfekccpmj: 
 For candles how (he trucks her dri/ifing. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 DRi'priNGPAN. n.f. [ilr!p3ndpan.] The 
 pan in which the fat of roall meat is 
 caught. 
 
 When the cook turns her back, throw fmoak- 
 iiig coals into the drippmgpan. Sivift. 
 
 Dri'pple. ar^'. [from^r;^.] This word 
 
 is ufcd fomewhcrc by Fairfax for weak, 
 
 or rare ; ih-'ipplcjhot. 
 To DRIVE. V. a. pret. drove, anciently 
 
 drave ; part. paff. driven, or drove. 
 
 [dreiban, Gothitk; bjiipan, Saxon; 
 
 dryven, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To produce motion in any thing by vi- 
 olence : as, theliantmcrrfiv'rcj the nail. 
 
 2. To force along by impetuous prcdure. 
 
 lie builds a bridge, who never drove a pile. 
 
 Pope. 
 On helmets helmets throng, 
 Shield prefs'd on Ihicld, and man dime man 
 along. P pe 
 
 3. To expel by force from any pl?ce : 
 vi\t\\from. 
 
 Driven from his native land to foreign grounds, 
 lie with a gen'rous rage refenis his wounds. 
 
 Dryden's Virgil. 
 His ignominious flight theviftors boad, 
 Beaux banilh be.iux, and fwordnots fwordnots 
 dritie. P^'pe. 
 
 4. To fend by force to any place : with to. 
 
 Time driz'es the Hocks from field to fold, 
 When rivers rage and rocks grow cold. Shakfp. 
 
 Fate has driven *em all 
 Into the net. Dryden's Von Sehojiian. 
 
 5. To chafe ; to hunt. 
 
 To drive the deer with hound and horn 
 Earl Percy took his way. Chevy Ch.fe. 
 
 6. To force or urge in any direfllon. 
 
 He flood and meafurcd the earth; he beheld, 
 and drove afundcr the nations. Htib. 
 
 7. To impel to greater fpeed. 
 
 8. To guide and regulate a carnage. 
 
 He took oil their chariot-wheels, that they 
 drci: them heavily. Exo.iui. 
 
 9. To convey animals ; to make animals 
 march along under guidance. 
 
 There %nd a herd of heifers wand'ring o'er 
 The neighb'ring hiil, and drive 'cm to the (hore. 
 
 AdJifo;. 
 
 10. To clear any place by forcing away 
 what is in it. 
 
 W',- come not with defign of wadcfiil prey, 
 To drive the country, force the fwains away. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 1 1. To force; to compel. 
 
 For tlic metre f.ike, fome words in him fome- 
 time be driven awiy, which require draighter 
 placing in plain profe. * Aflum. 
 
 12. To hurry on inconfiderately. 
 
 Mod miferable if I'uch unlkilfulncR make them 
 drive on their time by the periods of dn and 
 death. Tivhr. 
 
 He, driven to difnioiint, thiearcned, if I did 
 not tl e like, to do as much for my hoife as foi'7 
 tunc bad done for his. Sidney. 
 
 Tiie Romans did not rhiu'ii that tyranny was 
 thorougi.ly extinguidicd, till they had' driven oi.e 
 of their confuls to depart the city, againd whom 
 th6y found not in the woild what to olijeiS, favJ 
 ing only that hi;, name was Tarquin. Hooker. 
 
 He was driven by the neceiniies of times, more 
 than led by his own dil'pofition, to rigour. 
 
 King Charles. 
 
 13. Todiilrefs; to flraighten. 
 
 This kind of fpeech is in the manner of dc- 
 fperate men far dnven. Sperrfr's St.itr of hei.ind. 
 
 14. To urge by violence, not kindiicfs. 
 
 D R I 
 
 He tausht the gofpel rather than the law, 
 And forc'd liimfclf to eirive, but lov'd to drair. 
 
 Drydert. 
 
 15. To impel by influence of paflion. 
 
 I drove my fuitor from his mad humovr of 
 love to a living l.uriKiur oi madnei's. Shnkfpeare, 
 
 Difcontents drave men into llidings. 
 
 Kin2. CharUs. 
 
 I.ord Cottington, being rr.ader of temper, and 
 of the mod jrofound didimulatiou, knew too well 
 ■ row to lead him into a niidakc, aud then drive 
 him into cholcr. Clarindon. 
 
 It is better to marry than to burn, fays St. 
 Paul; where we may fee wliat drives men into a 
 conjugal life: a litile burning pudies us more 
 powerfully than greater pleafurcs in profpcft. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 16. To urge ; to prefs to a conclulion. 
 The cxperixent of wood that fliineth in the 
 
 dark, we have diligently driven and puifued; the 
 rati cr for that, of all things that give light here 
 below, it is the mod durable, and hath lead ap- 
 parent motion. Bacon's N.fural llijhry. 
 
 We have thus the propei notions of t'ue four 
 elements, and both them and their qualities 
 driven up and rclohed into their mod fimple 
 principles. Oifih o" i'o iVfi. 
 
 To drive the argument farther, ict us inquire 
 
 into the obvious defigns of tiiis divine architefl. 
 
 Chyne's Philof^phicol Principtes. 
 
 The defign of thefe orators was to drive lonie 
 particular point, cither the condemnation or ac- 
 quittal. S-Mift. 
 
 17. To carryon ; to keep in motion. 
 
 As a farmer cannot hud)an(l his ground fo well, 
 if he fit at a great rent ; fo the merchant cannot 
 drive his trade fo well, if he fit at great ufury. 
 
 Baeon. 
 The bees have common cities of their own, 
 And common fort; beneath one law they live, 
 A::d with one common dock their tralEck drii'e. 
 
 Dry den. 
 Your Pafimond a lawlefs bargain crwe. 
 The paxnt couid not fell the daughter's love. 
 
 V-yden. 
 
 The trade of life cannot be driven without 
 
 P-rt"t's. _ Ccliier. 
 
 18. To purify by motion: fo we fay to 
 drive feathers. 
 
 His thrice driven bed cf down. Shjkfpeare. 
 
 Tlie one 's in the plot, let him be neiei'fo in- 
 nocent; and tlie other is as white as the driven 
 fnow, let him be never fo criminal. L'Efuange, 
 
 19. To Drive out. To expel. 
 Tumults and their exciters drave myfelf and 
 
 many of both houfes out of their places. 
 
 K.ir:g Charles. 
 
 As foon as they heard the name of RofcctSs, 
 
 they forthwith drave out their governour, and 
 
 rccelied the Turks into the town. KnoUcs' Hi/!. 
 
 To Drive, v. n. 
 
 1 . To go as impelled by any external ao-ent. 
 
 The needle endeavours to conform unto the 
 meridi.-i.i ; but, being diflra(fled,../i7w/i tiiat way 
 where the greater and powerfullerpart of the earth 
 is placed. Bro-.vn's I'li/i^ar Errcuts. 
 
 Love, fixt to rjne, dill lafe at anchor rides. 
 And riaics the fury of the winds and tides ; 
 But lofing once that hold, to the wide ocean born. 
 It d:iuei away at will, to every wave a fcorn. 
 
 Vrydea. 
 
 Kor wi:h the rifing dorm would vainly drive; 
 But left the helm, and ht the veBcl drive. Dryd. 
 
 2, To r»(h with violence. 
 
 Fierce Boreas drove 3%zm& his flying fails. 
 And rent the flicets.' Dryden's jEneid. 
 
 Near as he draws,' thick hailingerj of fmokc " 
 With gloomy pillars cover all thcpl.ice; 
 
 Whofc little intervals of night are broke 
 By fpaiks tiiat drive againd his facred lacc. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Then with fo fwift an ebb the flood drove 
 backward, 
 It dipt from underneath the fealy herd. Dr\den, 
 
 The bees drive out upon each othci's backs 
 
 T' imbjfs their hives in cluftcrs. Dryde-. 
 
 4 E 2
 
 D R I 
 
 Wl.ilc thus he ftoo<!. 
 Peiuhfius' dm Jiovi VII, and nail'd hlni to the 
 woad. D>y-i:ti. 
 
 As a lliip, which winds and -waves afTai', 
 ■Now with rhe ci-.r.ent dtivn, now with the jnic ; 
 She feels a double farce, by turns obeys 
 Th" imperious tcmpcll and th' impetuous fciis. 
 
 The WQlvfs fcampered away, however, as liaid 
 as they could •H:.-:. V Ejlr^ns^e. 
 
 Thick as autumnal leaves, or drrjmg land, 
 The moving fquadions blacken all the ftrind. 
 
 J'5/'f'j Iliad. 
 
 3, To pafs in a carriage. 
 
 There is a litter ready; lay him in 't, 
 And ihrjc tow'rd Dover. Skahffcare. 
 
 Thy ilaming chariot-wheels that (hook. 
 Hep-v'n's cvcrlafting franic, while o'er the iiccks 
 Thou irra^ of warring anj,elsdifatray'd. Milion. 
 
 4. To tend to ; to confider as iht fcope 
 and ultimate dcfign. 
 
 Autlicrsd''-i.f at tnefc, as thchightft elegancies, 
 ■which .-.re but the frigidities of w it. B'oiun. 
 
 Wecinnct widely niiftakc bis diicourfc, when 
 we have found out ti,c point he drii-es at. Locii. 
 
 The5' look nofurtlicr before them than the next 
 line; whence it will inevitably follow, that they 
 can rlrive to no certain point, but ramble froui 
 one f'jbjea to anuthei. -^M {"■■ 
 
 Wc have dtine our worK, and are come within 
 •view of the end tliat wc have been r:<!-a"g .it. 
 
 ^d^l^hr, en the li ar. 
 
 c. To aim; to ftrike at with fury. 
 Four rogues in buckram let d^lvf- at me. 
 
 S!!aifp;u>e'i Hcfy IV. 
 At Auxur's (hield he dm'i.'.mA at the blow 
 Both ftiield and arm to ground together go. 
 
 DrydctCi ^JLfidd, 
 
 6. To (/m'f in all its fenfes, whether aftive 
 or neuter, may be obferved to retaiii.a 
 i'eufc compounded of violence and pro- 
 grcffioTi. 
 
 7o DRI'VEL. -o. II. [fiom Jrij), dripj>le, 
 dribhk, drivel.] 
 
 J. Toflavcr; tolet the fpltlle fall in drops, 
 like a child, an ideot, or a dotard. 
 
 I met with this Chrcmcs, a d>ivrli'ig eld fel- 
 low, Isan, Ihaking both of head and hands, 
 already half earth, and yet then moll greedy of 
 «.th. ■^■■''•'0'- 
 
 No man could fpit from him, hut would be 
 forced to ir;'tWlike fome paralytick, or a fouL 
 
 Grew. 
 
 a. To be weak or foolifh; to dote. 
 
 This drilling love is like a great natural, that 
 ruas ioUmg up and down to hide his bijble. 
 
 S'l.ikfpCii} c' i Rtmca and 'Julia. 
 
 I hate to fee a brave bold fellow fottcd. 
 Made four and fcnfclefs, turn'd to whey, by 
 
 love ; 
 A drimlmg hero, fit for a romance. Drjdcn. 
 Dri'tel. «./ [fvoiTi the verb.] 
 
 1. Slaver; moiilure fhed from the mouth. 
 
 Bcfides th' eternal driv:l, tliat Uipplics 
 The drjopifg beard, from noli rils, mouth, and 
 eyes. Dryaci. 
 
 2. A fool; an ideot; a driveller. This 
 fcnfe is now otit of ufe. 
 
 What fool am I, to mingle that drivel'i fpeeches 
 
 among my noble thoughts ! _ Sidney. 
 
 Millions of years this old dri-,!-:! Cupid lives, 
 
 IVhilc fliU more wretch, mote wicked, he dui.i 
 
 prove. S:dny. 
 
 Dui'vELLER.n./ [from(/Wrf/.] Afoul; 
 
 an ideot ; a flaverer. 
 
 I have l-.crd tiieai ranted (/r/rr/Zcn commended 
 for their Ihrcndncfs, even by men of toleraijlc 
 Judgment. . ■^'^'^^'y'- 
 
 Djuv en. The participle of drive. 
 
 Tiiey were drl-cin forth from amonj; men. 
 
 J'l: 
 
 D R O 
 
 Dri'vf.R. n.f. [from drive.'] 
 
 1. The perfon or inllriiment that gives any 
 motion by violence. 
 
 2. One who drives beaftf. 
 
 He from rhe many -peopled city flics ; 
 Contemns their labours, and the ii/yirs. erics. 
 
 Sandys. 
 
 The d'iver runs up to him immediately, and 
 beats him alnroil to death. L'KJlriv^e. 
 
 The multitude or common rout, like a drove 
 of Ihccp, or an herd of oxen, may be managed 
 by any noife or cry which their driver Ihall ac- 
 cuftum tljcm to. Soutk. 
 
 3. One who drives a carriage. 
 
 Not tire fierce dri'ofr with more fury lends 
 The founding lalh, and, ere the ftrokc defcends, 
 Low to the wheels his pliant body bends. 
 
 Drydtn's VirgH. 
 
 To DRI'ZZLE. V. a. [dri/ekn, German, 
 to filed dew.] To fliecl in fmall (low 
 drops, as winter rains. 
 
 When the tun lets, the air doth drizzle dew. 
 
 Sk:i^l'pciire. 
 Though now this face of mine be hid 
 In fap-confuming winter' idrixix/ed Inow, 
 And all the conduits of my blood fruic up. 
 Yet hath my night of life fomc memory. 
 
 Shii.l'Jj>i\tre. 
 
 To Dui'zzLE. V. n. To fall in (hort flow 
 drops. 
 
 And dri'7:z.'ii!g diops ti'at often do redound, 
 The tiimelt Hint doth in continuance wear. 
 
 SprMfey. 
 Her heart did melt in great compaiCon, 
 And drizzling tears did Ihed fui pure ali'eiiion. 
 
 F.nry (^/.e-iv;. 
 This day will pour down. 
 If I conjeilurc aught, no d'izzl:«g (how'r. 
 But rattling ftorm of arrows barb'd with fire. 
 
 1^1 Hit':. 
 The neighbouring mountains, by reafon of 
 their height, are nrorc expofed to the dews and 
 drizzli'ig rains than any of tlie adjacent parts. 
 
 ..'ldd:Jcn mi Italy. 
 
 Dri'zzly. asij. [|from Jrlzzk.] Shedding 
 fniall rain. 
 
 This duiing winter's drizzly reign be done. 
 Till the new ram receives th' exalted fun. 
 
 Drydin's Virgil. 
 
 DROIL. n. /. [by Junius underftood a 
 contraftionof n'WW.] A drone; a flug- 
 gard. 
 To Droil. 1). n. To work iliigg!(hly and 
 flowly ; to plod. 
 
 Let fnch vile vaffals, born to bafe vocation. 
 Drudge in the world, and for tiicir lining droU, 
 Wiiich have no wit to live without entoyle. 
 
 Spaf-r. 
 Defuetude does contra<^ and narrow our facul- 
 ties, fo that we can apprehend only tl.ofc things 
 in which wc arc convcil'ant : tlie droiling jieafant 
 fcarce thinksthcre is any world beyond the neigh- 
 bouiing markets. Guvcrmrunt of the Tongite. 
 
 DROLL, n.f. [a'ro/fc, French.] 
 
 I. One whofe btifmefs is to raife mirth by 
 
 petty tricks; a jefler; a buffoon; ,a 
 
 jackpudding. 
 
 As he was running home in all hafte, a droll 
 takes him up by the way. L'Ejlrar.ge. 
 
 Wiiy, how new, Andrew ? cries his brotiicr 
 droll; 
 To-day's conceit, mctl.inks, is fomeching dull. 
 
 Prhr. 
 Bcmocritus, (hir droll 1 rcvifit earth, 
 And with our follies glut thy heightcn'd mirth. 
 
 Pilar. 
 
 . A farce; fomething exhibited to raife 
 mirth. 
 
 Some as juliiy fame extols, 
 For lofty iiiiCs in SiuithHeld .V'c/.'j. Sviifi. 
 
 II 
 
 D R O 
 
 To Droll. ^. n, \_(lrJk, French,] To jcft ; 
 to play the buiibOn. 
 
 Such dugaft dcfigns as infpire your incjuirics, 
 uffd 10 be decided \>y At^lUng fant.irtick.s, th«t 
 hiivc only wit enough to make others ;ind them- 
 Icl. cs ndicLiluas. G.'.iVTille. 
 
 Men tl-.at will uot be rcafoned into tr.iii IciifcSi 
 may yet be laughud or tijc/Za/iiito thciii. 
 
 Let virtuofcs infult and dcfptfe on, yet tl.iy 
 never fti;iU be able to droU away nature. Sonf*;. 
 Dro'llery. «./. [from^ro//.] Idle jokes; 
 biitToonery. 
 
 They hang between l.eav'n and hcil, borrowr 
 the chiifliuns faith, and the athctfts thoHery upon 
 it. (jo-jrirfment rj the Tongue, 
 
 Dko'medary. n,f. \_dromedarc^ Italiari.] 
 A fort of camel, fo called from its fvvift- 
 nefs, btcanfe it is laid to travtl a hiiiidicd 
 miles a-dav. 
 
 Dr-imfdiiiiei are fmallcr than common cnmcb, 
 fl..nderer, and more nimble; and are of two 
 kinds : one larger, with two fniall bunches^ 
 covered with hair, uri its I>ack ; the other ielfer, 
 with one hairy eminence, and moie fictjuenUy 
 called cimcl ; both are capable q{ great fatigue. 
 Their hiiir is foft and fl^urn : they have no fangs 
 and iurcteeth, nor horn upon their feet, whicb 
 are only covered wtih a Hcfhy (kin ; Awt they arc 
 about feven feet and a h.tlf higii, from tlie 
 ground to the cop of their heads. See Camel, 
 
 Cabfut. 
 
 Straw for the horfes and dyomedariti brought 
 
 thcv u?Uo the place. i Kir:gi, 
 
 Mules, after thcfe camels anddremrJaricSf 
 And wiȣgons fraught with utenlils of war. 
 
 M:!tGn. 
 DRONE. r..f. [bnoeii, Saxon.] 
 J. The bee which makes no honey, and is 
 therefore driven out by the relL 
 
 The lad-eyed jufticc, with his furly hum, 
 Delivering o*crto executors pale 
 The lazy yawning dror.e. iihakfpcnri'i Henry v. 
 
 Luxuiious kings arc to their people loft ; 
 They live, like dron^ij upon thepublick cotf. 
 
 Dryden^s .■^urc'igx.clc. 
 
 Ail, with united force, combine lo drive 
 The lazy drona from the laboiious liive. 
 
 D'jden't VirgiK 
 
 2, A fluggard ; an idler. 
 He deeps by day 
 
 More than the wild cat : d'otui hive not with me> 
 There/ore 1 part with him. Shakjpcitrt, 
 
 Sit idle on tke houlhold hearth, 
 
 A burd'nous diorUj tovlfitants a gJ^e. Miftf>n, 
 
 It is my misfortune Co be married to a dmne^ 
 
 who lives upon what I get, without bringing any 
 
 thing into the coram»n ft.ick. .-idd/fcn^ 
 
 3, The hum, or inftniment of humming. 
 Here while his canting dron-c-^ipe fcann'd 
 
 Thcmyitic figures of her hand, 
 He tipples palmcitiy, and dines 
 On ail her fortunc-teUing lines. Clcavclandt 
 
 To Drone. i>. n. [from the noun. J 
 
 1, To live in idlenefs ; to divam. 
 What have I lo!t by my forefathers fault ! 
 
 Why was not I the twentieth by dcfccnt 
 From u long rclilve race oi dtwhrg kings? 
 
 D>ydtn^ 
 
 2, To give a heavy dull tone. 
 Mclfoil and honcyfucklcs pound. 
 
 With thcfe alluring favours itrew rhe ground^ 
 And mix with tinkling brafs the cyrabai's droning 
 
 found. DrydLn. 
 
 D^o'nish. adj* [from (Irone.'\ Idle ; 
 {liig^^ifh ; dreaming ; lazy ; indolent ; 
 
 unat^tive. 
 The dionij-i monks, the icorn and fhamc of 
 manhood, 
 Roufc and pfcpnre once more to take poffclTton, 
 To ncftlc in ihcir ancient !;ivcs again. j?&iiv. 
 
 To Droop. i>. n. [_iirocf, forrow, Dutcli.] 
 I. To languifli with foirow.
 
 D R O 
 
 Conceiving the flilUonourof his niOthcr, 
 He Ur.iii^liC clctlin'ci, drzr>p\{j ruok il deeply ; 
 Fiilk-iiM i'lict h\'d tlic Ihamcim't in hlmtclf. ^V/.f.!. 
 
 1 tltwpy with Ih uggling fpcnt ; 
 My thouglUi are Q(\ my furrows ticnc. Safuhs. 
 
 2. To faint ; to grow weak; to be Uil- 
 piriteci. 
 
 X find my zenith cloth depend upon 
 A moll aLiTpicious ftar; whole inriucncc 
 if now I ciiint nof, but omit, my foi tunes 
 Will ever after f/r65;>. Shukjpenie^ I'tnipeJ}. 
 
 Good tilings of d.iy begin to drcop aod drowic, 
 
 While night's black agents to tncir prey do 
 
 roiilc. S'lti^fpctur. 
 
 Wiicn by impulfc from henv'n Tyrtaeui lung, 
 In (iiwpirg ioidicii a nc^v courage Iprung. 
 
 R'jfcomnton . 
 
 C^a flow*is but iircop in aln'ence of the fun 
 Which wak.'d their fwcets? and mine, alai ! is 
 gone. DryJcN. 
 
 Time ("ccms not now beneath his years to li>op, 
 Kor do his wjn^s with ikkly feathers droof. 
 
 Dry Hen. 
 When fjifliniis r:ige to ciucl exile drove 
 The queen of beauty and the com t ot love, 
 The mules drjo^'d with their lorfakcn arts. 
 
 Dty.icn. 
 V\\ animate the foldicrs 4r9oping courage 
 "With love of freedom and contempt o\ life. 
 
 ^Aaijon's Calo 
 
 I faw him ten days before he died, .'.mI ob- 
 
 fcrved he bc^an \-zvy much to droop and langu^di. 
 
 3. To fmk ; to IcAn dowtiwatd ; com- 
 nioniy by weaknefs or grief. 
 
 I never from thy fide henceforth muft llray, 
 Whcre'ci our day's work, hes ; thjugh now cn- 
 
 join'd 
 Laborious, till day dio^p. Mi.'ton^ P.ir. L'Ji 
 
 His head, though gay, 
 
 Carnation, purple, azure, or fpecfc*d with gold, 
 
 Hung dtQCphi^y unfuH^in'd. Milton's Far L^.ji 
 
 0.1 her hcivM bofom hung her droofing ncadj 
 
 Which with a hghlhe r^is*d, and this (he faid. 
 
 r 
 
 '/'- 
 
 DROP. fj,/. [b|ioppa, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A globule o^ moilhne ; as much liquor 
 as fiills at once when there is not a con- 
 tinual ftream. 
 
 Meet we the mcfl'cinc of our country's wenl, 
 And with hmi pour we, in our country's purge, 
 K.ich diop of u-*. Sh.jkjpeare's Macl'cih. 
 
 Whereas Aiiilotie tcl!s us, that if a drop of 
 vine be put into ten thoufaiid mcalures of water, 
 ihc wine, bt-iiig overpowered by fo vaft a quan- 
 tity of w.iter, will be turned into it ; he lpe..ks 
 vciy improlably. BojU. 
 
 Admhing in the gloomy Hiade 
 Thofo little d-Qpi of light. IVoUtr. 
 
 Had I but knov/n mat Sancho was liisfatlier, 
 1 would have pour'd.i deluge of my blood 
 To favC one drop uf hu. X)rydeti*s Spati. Ffi^r. 
 
 2. Diamond hanging in the ear, 
 Th^d'jps to thee, Briilante, we confign ; 
 
 And, Momeniilla, let the watch be thine. Fcpe. 
 
 Drop Serenk. n,f. [gu/fa/ercna, Lat.] 
 A diTeafe of the eye, proceeding from 
 an infpifTation of the humour. 
 
 So thick a .tfopftnne hath quench*d their orbs, 
 Or dim fulTuliun vcil'd ! Mi.K'on's Par, Ly'i 
 
 To Drop. v. a. [bjioppan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To pour in drops or iingle globules. 
 
 Hk heavens fiiall drop down dew. i^^.v/. 
 
 2. To let fall. 
 
 Others o'er chimney tops and turrets row, 
 And d'cp their anchors on the meads below. 
 
 Vrjdifi^ 
 One only hag rcmain'd : 
 ProppM on her truliy ftaff", net ha:f upright, 
 And Jrcpp'd 2n aukward court"fy to the knight. 
 
 Viyden. 
 St. John hirafelf will fcarce forbear 
 To bite hisjcn and</re/ a tear. Sirff. 
 
 D R O 
 
 3. To let go ; to (iiimifs from the iiand, 
 or the pollinioii. 
 
 'i'liuugli I could 
 With barcfac'd power fwccp liim from my figl.t, 
 And bid my will ;iwjiicli it ; yet I mult nor, 
 I'oi ccrLiiii friends vhar arc hutli his and miiif, 
 Wliofe loves I may nut <hop. Shntfjuan. 
 
 Tiiofo who liavc alTumc-d vifiblc Ilitipts for ;i 
 fc;ifon, can hardly he reckoned among this or- 
 der of compounded bcin^'*; hccaale they tltfjp 
 their bodies, and divelt themfclvcs of Ihofe vi- 
 fihle flijpcs. IVatti' Logick. 
 
 4. To utter flightly or cafually. 
 
 D>o^ not thy word jg-iinil the houfc of Tf-tnc, 
 
 5. To infert indirectly, or by way of di- 
 greluoii. 
 
 St. PjuI's cpiftles contjin nothing but points 
 of chiirti.m inttiii<5lion, amongrt which i.e Icl- 
 doin fails ij i/Vo/» in the great :ind diftin^uilliing 
 doilrincs of our holy icligiun. Lo^if. 
 
 6. To intermit ; to ceafe. 
 
 Where the ail is unmanly or immoral, we 
 ought to drcp our hopef, or rather never entertain 
 (hem. , CoJlrtr on Dtfpuir. 
 
 After having given this judgment in its favour, 
 they faddcnly i/rcpr Ihe purl'uit. Sharf'i Surgery. 
 
 7. To quit a mader. 
 
 [ have beat the hoof till I have worn outthcfc 
 Ihoes ill vour fcrvice, and nut (*ac penny leit ir.e 
 to buy more; fo that you muit even fc,\cufe me 
 if I drop you here. L'Ejlraiige. 
 
 8. To let go a dependant, or companion, 
 without further aflbciation. 
 
 She drilled him on to hve-and-fifty, and will 
 dicp him in his old age, if (he can 6nd her ac- 
 cuiint ill another. Jlt^idipn. 
 
 They have no fooner fetched thcnifclves up to 
 the f.ilhion of the polite world, but the town has 
 dropped \\.^m, Jlddij'jn 
 
 Mention either of the kings of Spain or Po- 
 land, and he talks notably ; but if you go out of 
 the Gazette, you drop him. .-hldtjon. 
 
 9. To fuffcr to vanifli, or come to nothing. 
 
 Thus was the fame of our S.iviour perpetuated 
 by fuch records as would prefervc tne tradition- 
 ary account of him to after-ages; and reitity it, 
 if, by pallipg thrjugh feveral generations, it 
 might t^oy> any pait that was material, Addtjon. 
 
 Opinions, like falhions, always defcend from 
 ihofcof quality to the middle fort, and thence to 
 the vulgar, where they are dropped iad vanifli. 
 
 Sw;fi. 
 
 10. To bedrop ; to fpeckle ; to variegate 
 with fpots. Variis Jicllctns corpora guitrs. 
 
 Or fpoitiiig, with quick glance, 
 Sl'.ew to the fun their wav'd coats, dropp'd with 
 
 gold. Milt'jrl. 
 
 To Drop. i). n. 
 
 1. To fall in drops, or fingle globules. 
 
 Tne quality of mercy is not ihain'd j 
 It droppeth as the gcnlle tain from hcav'n 
 Ppon the place beneath. Shakfpeiire . 
 
 2. To let drops fall ; to difcharge itfclf 
 in drops. 
 
 The heavens t/rc/^fi/ at the pi efcnce of GoH. 
 
 While cnmber'd with my dropping cloaths Hay, 
 The cruel nation, covetous of prey, 
 Stain'd with my blood th' unhofpitable coaft. 
 
 Drydcfi!. JEnetd. 
 Beneath a rock he figh'd alone. 
 And cold Lycxus wept flora every dropping Rone. 
 
 Dtyden. 
 
 3 . To fall ; to come from a higher place. 
 
 I'hilofophcrs coniciturc that: you dropped Irom 
 the moon, eroneof the liars. Cullinr's Trav, 
 
 In every revolution, approaching nearer and 
 nearer to the fun, this comet mult at laft drop 
 into th.c fun's body. C'l.yitc. 
 
 4. To fall fpontai>«oufly. 
 
 D R O 
 
 So mayft thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou 
 d'op 
 Into thy mother's lap; or he with cafe 
 Caihci'd, not hai/lily piuek'n. M/llon, 
 
 5. To fall in death ; to die ftiddenly. 
 
 It vi.iS your prcfurmile, 
 Thai in the dole of blows you/ fon might 4rop. 
 
 HKiikfpcart, 
 
 6. To die. 
 
 Noihiiig, fays Seneca, fo foon reconciles Ds to 
 the thoughts of our own dcain, as thcprotptA 
 of one fiieiid after anolhcr <fr'-Y-^//;^ round us. 
 
 Di^uy j'j P'^pe. 
 
 7. To fmk into fijence ; to vanilh ; to 
 come to nothing : a familiar phrdfc. 
 
 V'irgii's friends tiiought fit to let d'op this inci- 
 dent or Helen. jrdd'Jwi'l TrafeU. 
 
 I heard of ti reats occalioned by my verfcs : I 
 fcnt to acquaint, them whcic I w*s to be found, 
 and fo it dropp'd. Posf, 
 
 8. To come unexpefledly. 
 
 Either you come not here, or, as you graci 
 Some old aequaintaiice, drop into the place, 
 Caiclefs and qualmilh, witn a yawning f.ite. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 He could never make any figure in company^ 
 but by gi\ing diluirbanceat his entry : and thcre- 
 fcrc takes care to drop in wlieii lie ciiinks you arc 
 juft fe.iled. SpeUator. 
 
 9. To fall fliort of a mark. 
 
 Ol."en it dropi or overlhcota by the difpropor— 
 tions of dif^ance or application. cJiit:r, 
 
 DitoppiNG. 71. f. l^irom drop. 1 
 
 1. Ihat which falls in drops. 
 Thrifty wench fcr.ipes kitcheii-ftu/T, 
 
 And b irrelling the droppings and the fiiuff 
 
 Of waiiing candles. Dor;nr. 
 
 2. That which drops when the continuous 
 ftreain cer.fts. 
 
 Strain out the Uift dull drtpp.'ri^t of your fenfe. 
 And ihymc with all the rage of impotence. Fopt, 
 
 Dro'plet. ti.f. A little (3!op. 
 
 Thou abhorr'dl^ in us our human griefs, 
 Scorn'd our biine's tiow, and ihofc our dropUtt 
 
 which 
 From niggard nature fall. Shulifpeare, 
 
 Duo'psTONE. n.y. [^JroJi^iniJIone.'] Spar 
 formed into thefhape of drops. If^ooJw. 
 
 Dro'pwort. II. f. [drop and iuort.1 A 
 plant uf various fpectes. 
 
 Dlio'PsiCAL. adj. [from dropfy.'\ Dlf- 
 eafed with a dropfy; hydropical ^ tend- 
 ing to a dropfy. 
 
 'Ihc diet of nephritick and dropjici/ perCoT^s 
 ought to be fiK-h as is oppofitc to, and fubdueth, 
 the .ilkalefcent nature of the f.ilts in tiic frrum of 
 the blootl. Ariut/:fi':t on Alitr.erts. 
 
 Dro'psied. adj. [from dropfy.^ Difcaftel 
 with a droply. 
 
 Where great addition fwcll^, and virtue none. 
 It is a diopfied honour : goofi alone 
 Is good. Shakfpeare^i All's tuc// tkat endi 'Well, 
 
 DROPSY, n./. [hydrops, 'LTAm; whence 
 anciently hydrop.ify, thence dropifi, 
 dropff.^ A collection of water in the 
 body, from too kx a tone of the folids, 
 whereby digeftion is weakened, and all 
 the parts (luffed, ^lir.cy. 
 
 An anafarca, a fpecies of dicpfy, is an extra- 
 vafatioii of water lodged in the ceils of the mcrc- 
 bian.i adipofa. S^:<i^r.. 
 
 DROSeS. ,;./ [bpoj-, Saxon. J 
 I. The reciemtnt or dcfpumation of 
 metals. 
 Some fcumm'd the droft that from the metal 
 came, 
 Some ftirr'd the molten ore with ladles great. 
 And evciy one did Iwink, and every one did 
 fwcat.- Suffer.
 
 D R O 
 
 Should the minturc of a liiile drop confirsin 
 tt'.e church to deprive heifelf of fo much gold, 
 rather than learn how, by art and judgmcn:, to 
 inake fcpaiation of the one from the other ? 
 
 Htaker. 
 
 2. Ruft ; incniftation upon metal. 
 
 An emperor, hid under a cruft uf d'Dp, after 
 cleanfing, has appeared with all his titles fielh 
 and beautiful. ^ddi/o". 
 
 3. Refufe; leavings; fweepings; any 
 thing remaining alter the removal of 
 the fetter part ; dregs ; feculence ; cor- 
 ruption. 
 
 Fair proud, now tell me wl.y Ciould fair be 
 prouc, 
 Sita ail world's glory is but Jnfs oncjcan ; 
 
 Aud in the (hade of death itfelf fhall fhroud, 
 However now thereof ye little ween ? Spcnjir. 
 
 That n-.oit divine light only (hineth on tliolc 
 
 minds wf.ich are purged from all worldly 'I'C'fi 
 _i .-_ p.-/,;.;- 
 
 and human uncleanneis. 
 
 K^!r. 
 
 All ti-ealures and all gain efleem as drofs, 
 And dignities and pow'rs, all but the higheft. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Such precepts eiceedingly difpofe us to piety 
 
 ard leligiori, by purifying our fouls from the 
 
 (■'■fs and filth of fenlual delights. Tilhtjoi. 
 
 Dfto'ssiNEss. n.f. [from drojfy.l Foul- 
 
 nefs ; feciilence ; ruft. 
 
 The fLjrnace of atBidion refines us from earth- 
 ly drojjimfi, and foftens us for the impreffion of 
 God's flamp. -Sy''- 
 
 Dro'ssy. adj. [fromr/ro/}.] 
 1. Full of fcorious or recrementitious 
 parts ; full of drofc. 
 So doth the fire the dioJIy gold refine. Dmjin. 
 For, by the fire, ihty emit not only mariy 
 tlrojjy and fcorious parts, but whatfoevcr they had 
 received either from earth or Ijadllone. Biaitn. 
 ■2. Worthkfs; foul; feculent. 
 
 Your intcntio.-. hold, 
 As fire thcfe drcj^' rhymes to purify, 
 Or as elisir to change ibem into gold. Donne. ■ 
 Dro'tchel. ?;. / [conupted perhaps 
 from dr^ukel. To iirelch, in Chau- 
 cer, is to idle, to dcUy. Droch, in 
 Frilick, is^f/a>'.] An idle wench ; a 
 fluggard. In Scottifli it is flill ufed. 
 
 Drove, n.f. [from dri've.'\ 
 
 1. A bodj^ or number of cattle : generally 
 ufed of oxen or black-cattle. 
 
 Tii^ey brought to their Itations many Arma of 
 cattle; and within a few days were brought out 
 of the country two thoufand muttons. Hyjiard. 
 
 A Spaniard is unacquainted with our northern 
 
 2. A number of fheep driven. To an 
 hird of oxen we regularly oppofe, not 
 a drc-jt, \i\A2i flock, of (htep. 
 
 A drw; of Ihccp, dr an herd of oxen, may be 
 managed by any noifc or cry which the drivers 
 (hall accjftom them to. .Seji.' ':. 
 
 3. Any collection of animals. 
 
 The founds and feas, with all their finny dr<nic. 
 Now to the moon in waveiing moiiic; move. 
 
 Mlton. 
 
 4. A crowd ; a tumult, 
 
 3u: ii to fame alone ihou doft pretend, 
 The mil'er will his emiity palace loud, 
 Set wide with doors, adum'd with plated brafs, 
 Where drtve!, as at a city-gate, may pafs. 
 
 Dry^ii'i*! Juvenal. 
 
 DRo'vES./iiJr/. from dri%-e. Not now ufed. 
 This is fought indeed ; 
 Had we fo done at firft, we had drr^jen them 
 
 home 
 With clouts ab jut their heads. Sn-if/peare. 
 
 Dro'ver. n.J. [from drovc.^ One that 
 fats oxen for fale, awl drives them to 
 market. *5 . 
 
 D R O 
 
 The prince hath gdtyoiir hero. 
 
 1 with him joy of her. 
 
 Why, that's fpokcn like an honeft c- trf r ; fe 
 
 they fell bullocks. ' Siuiff^-a't. 
 
 The ^rwrr who his fellow <i«-.'; ir.eeti 
 In nan-ow palTages of winding firects. D'\d;n. 
 
 DROUGHT, n.f. [brujofes. Saxon.] 
 
 1. Diy weather ; want of rain. 
 
 O ^arth ! I will befriend thee more with min 
 Than youthful April (hall with all his Ihowcrs : 
 In fumracr's drought I'll drop upon thee ftiil. 
 
 Shakffeare. 
 
 Great draughts in fummcr, lading till tic end 
 of Augu.f, lorae gentle ihowers upon them, and 
 then (.:imc div weather, portend a peliilcnt I'un;- 
 mer the year following. Bacon. 
 
 To I'outh the Perfian bay, 
 And inacceilHble th' Aiabian drought. MiJtoa. 
 
 As torrents in the dro'jith of fummcr fail, 
 Soperilh'd man from death Jhall never rife. 
 
 Sitndv^. 
 
 They were fo learned in natuial philofopliy, 
 that they foretold earthquakes and ftorms, great 
 droights, and great plagues. Tensj,!,: 
 
 In a drought, the thirrty creatures cry, ^ 
 And gape upon the gather'd clouds for :a:ii. 
 
 D^y.'.t!:. 
 
 Upon a (hower, after a dro:'ght, earthworr.ii 
 and land-fnails innumerable come out of th.ii 
 lurking-places. Ki.y. 
 
 2. I'hirft ; want of drink. 
 
 His carcafe, pinn'd with hunger and witli 
 drought. Ji.'.'.'.':'.'. 
 
 One, whole drought 
 ' Yet fcarce allay'd, Hill eyes the current ftrcam, 
 Whofe liquid murmur heatd new thirjt excites. 
 
 :,Ultc-<. 
 
 Drou'ghtiness. n.f. [from droughty.'] 
 
 1 he (late of wanting rain. 
 Dro'ughtv. adj. [from di ought. ^ 
 
 1. Wanting rain ; fultr)-. 
 
 Th.at a camel, fo patient of long thirft, (hould 
 be bred in fuch dioughiy and parcred countries, 
 where it is of fuch eminent ule for travelling over 
 thole dry and landy defaits where no water is to 
 be had, mull be acknowledged an afl of provi- 
 dence and dcfign . Ray on Creation. 
 
 2. Thirlly ; dr)' with thirft. 
 
 If the former years 
 Bshibit no fuppiies, ala^ ! tnou mud 
 With taftelefs water wa(h thy droughty throat. 
 
 Phirips. 
 
 To Drown, t. a. [from drunden, below, 
 German, Skinner ; from bf-uucnian. Sax. 
 Lye.] 
 
 1. To fuffocate m water. 
 
 They would loon droiw. thofe that refufed to 
 fwim down the popular llream. A.-fo' Ch^rtci. 
 
 VVJien of God's image only eight he found 
 Snatch'd from ti.e wal'r)- grave, and fav'd from 
 
 ' ■ nations dro^jjn'd. JV.cr. 
 
 2. To overwlielm in w:;ler. 
 
 Or fo much as it needs 
 
 To dew the fovcreign flow'r, and dro^un the 
 
 weeds. Shr.kjpcarc. 
 
 Galleys might be dro^vmd in the harbou^with 
 
 the great ordii.mcc, before they could be rigged. 
 
 KnolUi IK-ih'-:. 
 
 3. To overflow; to bury In an irmnda 
 tion ; to deluge. 
 
 Betwixt the prince and parliament wc (land. 
 The b.iirieis of Sic ftate on either hand : 
 May neither overflow, for then they rfr»wn the 
 land. Dryds--.. 
 
 4. To iramerge ; to lofe in any thing. 
 
 Moftmen being in fcnfual pfealures drouiu'd, 
 It (ecms their fouls but in their fenfes are. 
 
 Dau:ei. 
 
 5. To lofe in fomething that overpowers 
 or covers. 
 
 Who cometh next will not follow that courfc, 
 however good, Which his predeceffors held, for 
 
 D R O 
 
 OL^ubt to have his doings drowned in another 
 man's praife. Sptnjcr en Irihid. 
 
 Thar the brightncfs of the fun doth drmun our 
 diCcerning of tue leffer lights, is a popular er- 
 rour. ll'ottK. 
 
 My private voice is drc^.un'd amid the fenate. 
 
 Ajdij-.t. 
 
 Some aged man who lives this aft to fee. 
 And who in former times reraember'd me, 
 M.'.y fay, the fon, in fortitude and fame, 
 Outgoes the mark, and drpu.'ns his fatiier's name. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 To Drown, t. n. To be fuffocated in 
 tlie waters. ^ 
 
 There be, that keep them out of fire, and yet 
 was never burned ^ that beware of water, and 
 yet was never nigh drowning. Afcham. 
 
 Methought what pain it was to dro~Mn ! 
 What dreadful noife of waters in my ears ! 
 
 Shakf^eare. 
 
 To DROWSE, -o. a. [drco/en, Dutch.] 
 To make hca\'y with deep. 
 There gentle lleep 
 Firft (bund me, and with fjft oppreflion feiz'd 
 My drciipd tenets uncontroH'd. Alilten. 
 
 To Dkowse. "c. n. 
 
 1 . To flumber ; to grow heavy with fleep. 
 
 All rheii (hape 
 Sp3pgled with eyes, more numerous than thofe 
 Of --^rgus ; a:.d mo: e wak; ful than to dro-wfe, 
 Civdrm'd with Arcadian pipe. Miltcn. 
 
 2. To look heavy, not cheerful. 
 
 Ti.cy rather dnwi'd, and hung their eyelids 
 down. 
 Slept in his face, and render'd fuch afpeS 
 As cloudy men ufe to their adverfaries. Shaiff, 
 Dro'wsihed. n.f. Slcepinefs ; inclina- 
 tion to fleep. Obfolete.' 
 
 The royal virgin ^ooV. oS drtrwfihed ; 
 And rifing fortn out of her bafer boure, 
 Lc jk'd for her knight. F-tiry Queen. 
 
 Dro'vvsily. eitli}. [from fl'row/5'.] 
 
 1. Sleepily; iieavily ; with an inclination 
 to fleep. 
 
 The ::ir fwarms :hick with wand'ring deiticsj 
 Whic^i .vo-'.u/ily like humming beellfs rife. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 2. SluggiWy; idly; flothfully ; lazily. 
 
 We fatisfy our undcrftandirg with the firft 
 things, and, thereby fatiated, flothfully and <ir-«7i- 
 fily fit down. Raleigh. 
 
 Dro'wsiness. n.f. [from drotufy.] 
 
 1. Sleepinefs ; heavinefs with fleep; dif- 
 pofition to fleep. 
 
 What a ttrangc ditfwpncji pofTcfTes them ! 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 In deep of night, when dt--Kfi<:rfi 
 Hath lock'd up mortal fenfe, then liilcn I 
 To theceleftial fyren's hsrmjny. Milton. 
 
 What fuccour can I hope th- mufe will fend, 
 ^J■hc^e ifr».yfrf/ihathwtoiig"dthc mule's friend? 
 
 CrajTia'jj. 
 
 I^- jalTcs his whole life in a dozed condition, 
 between fleepir^ and wakinr, with a kind of 
 droiLj'intji and confufion 11J.0.-1 nis Itnfcs. Siut'r. 
 
 He that from his childhood iias made rifing 
 betimes familhir to him, will notw.iliethc bdi 
 part of his life \\\ dreKffiinJi and lying a-bed. 
 
 Ltcke. 
 
 A fenfation of drmofinefi, oppreiuon, and la(- 
 fiiuiie, arc figns of a plentiful meal in young 
 people. Arbuthnot. 
 
 2. Idienefs ; indolence ; inaflivity. 
 
 I: falleth out well to Ihake eft" your aro-jjf.mji; 
 
 fur it Teemed to be live iiuinpet of a Wir. h-cv.. 
 
 Dro'wsy. adj. [from droTofe.'\ 
 
 I. Sleepy; heavy with fit ep ; lethargick. 
 
 Dro-jipy am 1, and yet can rarely deep. Siuxey. 
 
 Men .{rt-ify, and d=fiious to (ktp, or before 
 
 the fit of an ague, do ufc to yawn and ftrerch. 
 
 3:icor.'i !^jtiirti! Hijifjiy. 
 The flowers, call'd cut of their beds. 
 Start and raife up thej drtrwjy heads, tieavctand.
 
 D R U 
 
 Drun'kon nt l.nft, and ilmwjji they depart 
 E.icli to his houl'c. D'yHen. 
 
 2. Heavy ; lulling ; caufing flecp. 
 
 Sir Giiyoii, mindful of his vows yplight, 
 Uprofc from droiufy couch. Faity Qticiri. 
 
 While thus (hc'ruftcd, on her arm rcclin'd, 
 The lio.iry willows waving with the wind, 
 And fc-jthcr'd quires tliat warbled in the (hade, 
 And pulling ftreams that through the meadow 
 
 ftiay'd, 
 In d'owfy murmurs luU'd the gentle maid. 
 
 MJifin. 
 
 3. Stupid ; dull. 
 
 Tliofc inadvertencies, 3 body would thinic, 
 even our author, with all his dr'nujy reaTonin^, 
 could never have been capable of. ylfittbutv. 
 To DRUB. V. a. [druber, to kill, Dan".] 
 To thrafli ; to beat ; to bat.j^ ; to 
 thump; to thwack; to cudgel. A 
 word of contempt. 
 
 He that is valiant, and dares tight, 
 Though diubb'd, can loi'e no honour by 't. 
 
 liudibrai. 
 
 The little thief had been foundly drubbed with 
 
 a good honeft cudycl. L' Ejiioiigt. 
 
 Though the bread he notniine, yet, if it had 
 
 been lei's than wtiglii, I fliould have been dntbbsd. 
 
 L.rkr. 
 Dituti. n.f. [frotn the verb ] A thump; 
 a knock ; a blow. 
 
 The blows and dritii f have recciv'd 
 Have bruis'd my body, and bcrcav'd 
 My limbs of (iiength. Hudlbra!. 
 
 By fettiiig an unfortunjic mark on theirfoUow- 
 ers, they have expofedthem to innumerable dru's 
 and contuftons. yddJIfon. 
 
 To DRUDGE. V. n. [bpcccan, to vex, 
 Saxon ; diwghm, to cany, Dtach.] To 
 labour ia mean ofllces; to toil without 
 honour or dignity ; to work hard ; to 
 flave. 
 
 And 10 craclc'd fiddle, and luiarfc talxiur. 
 In meriinicnt, did dtudgt and labour, llujibrn^. 
 The poor fleep little : we mull learn to watch 
 Our labours late, and eaily every morning, 
 MidA winter frofts ; then clad and fed with 
 
 fparing. 
 Rife to our toils, and drudge away the d?:/. 
 
 Otiuaw 
 
 Advantages obtained by indulhy, diredltd by 
 
 philofophy, can never be ejcpefled from drudging 
 
 ignorance. GUnviiie. 
 
 Soon he came to court, 
 Proffering for hire his fcrvicc at the gate, 
 To drudge, draw water, and to run or wait. 
 
 Dtyden. 
 
 I made no fuch bargain with you, to live 3\- 
 
 V^ys drudging. Drydeii'i Dediaitio'iy yEneid. 
 
 What IS an age, in dull renown drudir'd o'er ! 
 
 One little (ingle hour of love is more. Grutn'i//e. 
 
 Drudge, n,/. [froin the verb.] One 
 
 employed in mean labour ; a flave ; one 
 
 doomed to fervile occupation. 
 
 To conclude, this </;Kr/^i: of the devil, this di- 
 viner, laid claim to n;e. S/itt^f^eure. 
 
 He firs above and laughs the while 
 At thee,ordain'd Wis drudge, to execute 
 Whate'cr his wrath (lull bill. Miltcn. 
 
 Art thou our Have, 
 Our captive, at the publick mill oui drudge. 
 And dar'll thou at our fending and command, 
 Dn'putc thy coming } Milton'! .Agojiijia. 
 
 He is content to be their drud^^e. 
 And on their errands gladly trudge. Hudiims. 
 The hard mailer makts men ferve him for 
 nought, who rewards his drudges and ll.ive^ with 
 nothing but (liame, and foirow, and niiftry. 
 
 'Ollctfm. 
 
 DRu'nr.ER. n.f. [from druJi^c.^ 
 
 1 . A mean labourer-. 
 
 2. The drudgingbox ; the box out of 
 which flower is thrown on roaft meat. 
 
 Dla. 
 
 D R U 
 
 Dru'ogery. n.f. [Uom tlrud^e."] Mean 
 labour ; ignoble toil ; ' dilhonoimable 
 work ; fervile occupation. 
 
 My old dami' will be undone for one to do her 
 hu(l)ind[y aiitl her drudgny. Sliakjpeu^c. 
 
 Were there not inliuments for drudgery as well 
 as oflices of dnidgery ? Were there not people to 
 receive orders, as well as otiicrs to give and au- 
 thorize them .' L'Kjlruiigc. 
 
 You do not know the heavy griov.inccs, 
 Tlic tuil^, the laboui^, wcaiy drudgeries 
 Which they iniiiofc. ,Si,th rn'i Onwuko. 
 
 T^ th e X\\:\\. drudgery of pow'r i givcj 
 C.irjs ijc thy lot : reign tlioj, and let me live. 
 
 Drydei:. 
 
 Par.idilc was a place of blils, as well as im- 
 moitality, without drudgery, and without I'omow. 
 
 jMie. 
 
 Even Drudgery liimfelf, 1 
 As at the car he fweats, or dully hews 
 'I'll.' pal.ico fto-.ie, looks gay. Tlm-r.pj/i. 
 
 It is now handled by every dirty wcncii, and 
 condemned to do her drudgery. SiuiJ't. 
 
 Dr v'dgingbox. n.f. [einidgln^ TinA box.} 
 The box out of which flower is fprinkled 
 upon roall meat. 
 
 But if it lies too long, the crackling's pall'd, 
 Not by the drudgitigb'i.x to be recall'd. 
 
 Ki/ig'i Cookery. 
 
 Dru'ugingly. adv. [from drudging. '\ 
 Laborioufly ; toilfomely. 
 
 He docs n')w all tiic rncancd:' and triflingeft 
 things himl'clf i//7/./r;«g/)', without making ule of 
 any inferiouror fnbordinate miniller. Kuy. 
 
 DRUG. n.f. [drogue, French.] 
 r. An ingredient ufed in phyfick ; a me- 
 dicinal fimple. 
 
 A fleet defcried 
 Hangs in the clouds, by C'luinoiJtial winds 
 Clofe (ailing from Bcngala, or the ifles 
 0( Tcrnate and Tiriorc, whence merchants bring 
 Their fpicy elrug^. All'to/i's Parttdif: Loji. 
 
 Judicious phy lick's noble ait to gain. 
 He drug: and plants cxplor'd, alas I in vain. 
 
 5"!://;. 
 
 Bright Helen mix'd a mirth-infpiring bowl, 
 
 Tempcr'd with dnigs of fov'reign ufe, t' aflfuagc 
 
 The boiling bofnm of tumultuous rage. Vcpe. 
 
 In the names ot drugs and plants, the milfake 
 
 in a word may endanger life. Baker on Learning. 
 
 2. It is iifed fometimes for poifon. 
 
 Mortal drugy I have; but Mantua's law 
 Is death to any he that utters them. S/uii/peare. 
 
 And yet no doubts the poor man's draught 
 -con troll ; 
 He dreads no poifon in his homely bow! ; 
 Then fear the deadly drug, when gems divine 
 Enchafe the cup, and fpaikle in the wine. D/yd. 
 
 3. Any thing without worth or value ; 
 any thing of which no purchafcr can 
 be found. 
 
 Each " ible vice 
 
 Shall bear a price, 
 And virtue (liatl a drug become : 
 
 An empty name, 
 
 W.is all her fame, 
 Hut now llle- (hall be dumb. Drydtn. 
 
 A. A drudge. This fcems the meaniri^- 
 here. 
 
 He from his firft fwath proceeded 
 Thro* fs-ect degrees that this brief world, afford.':, 
 To fuch as may the pafTlve .hugi of it 
 Fieely command. S'w.kfpe.irr. 
 
 To Dr.ug. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To feafoii with ingredient?, commonly 
 medicinal. 
 
 The fupfcitcd grooms 
 Pi> mock their charge withlnorcs. — I've .kugg'd 
 
 their poiTers, 
 That death and nature do contend about them. 
 
 Si.ifffe.a,:. 
 
 2, To tinfturc with fonxthing ofFeniive. 
 
 D R U 
 
 Oft they alTay'd, 
 Hunger and thlirt con(ir..iMiig ; drugg'Jis oft 
 With hjltl'uli-il difielifh, writh'd thirir jaws 
 With foot and cinders fili'd. Afi/ion. 
 
 Dru'guet. ;;./. A flight kind of woollen 
 ftufl". 
 
 In drugpets died, of thirteen pence a-yard, 
 See Philip's foil amidrt his Perfian guard. Siuifi. 
 Dru'cgist. n. f [from drug."] One 
 who fells phyfical drugs. 
 Common nitre we bought at the drugaiji't. 
 
 Dru'gster. «./. [from drug.] One who 
 fells phyfical fimplcs. 
 
 Common oil of turpentine 1 bought at the 
 drugjier'i. liayit, 
 
 Tl'Cy fct the tltrgy below their apothecaries, 
 the phylician of the foul below the f.'r«^j?Jri of 
 the body. JItterbury. 
 
 DRUID, n.f. [derh, oaks, zx^i. hud, iii- 
 cnntation.] A pried and philofoplier 
 of the ancient Britons. 
 
 DRUM. n.f. [tromme, Danilh ; drummc, 
 Eife.] 
 
 1. An inllrument of mihtary mufick, con- 
 fifting of vellum ftrained over a broad 
 hoop on each fide, and beaten with 
 flicks. 
 
 Let '5 march without the noifc of threatening 
 
 drums. Sh,:kfj,eare. 
 
 In drums, the clofenefs round about, that pre- 
 
 ferveth the found from difperfing, uiakcth the 
 
 noifc come forth at the'drum-hole far more loud 
 
 and ftrong than if you (hould lirike upon the 
 
 like (kin extended in the open air. Bacon. 
 
 Tears trickling down their breafls bedew the 
 
 ground. 
 
 And .hums Md trumpets mix their mournful 
 
 found. Dryden. 
 
 Now no more the drum 
 
 Provokes to arms, or trimipet's clangour Uirill' 
 
 Afiiights the wi\cs, and chiPs the virgin's blood. 
 
 ■ yhiliys. 
 
 2. The tympanum of the ear, or the 
 membrane which perceives the vibratioa 
 of the air. 
 
 To Drum, ik rt. 
 
 1 . To beat a drum ; to beat a tune on a 
 drum. 
 
 2. To beat with a pulfatory motion. 
 
 No«', heart. 
 Set ope thy (luiccs, I'enit the vigorous blood 
 Through every atllivc limb for my relief; 
 Then take thy reft within the quiet cell. 
 For thou (halt drum no more. Dr\-dert. • 
 
 TcDru'mble. v. a. To drone; to be 
 
 fluggifli. Hanmn: 
 
 Take up thefc cloaths here quickly : where 's 
 
 the cowUlaff .* Look, how you drumb/e .' carry 
 
 them to the landrcfs in Datcl-.et Mead. Shakff, 
 
 Dru'mfis.ii. n.f. The natne of a fifli. 
 The undcr-jaw of the drumfjk from Virginia. 
 
 i'Vood'-.var d. 
 Drvmma'jor. n.f. [drum and major.'}. 
 The chief drummer of a regiment. 
 Such company may chance to Ipoil the fwear- 
 inj ; 
 And the drununajor's oath.s, of bulk unruly, 
 May dwindle to a feeble — tleu'..'elunJ.. 
 
 Dat)'MMAKF.R. n.f [<//-«m and lifl/t,.] 
 He who deals in drums. 
 The u'un-.nuiktr ults it, aiid the cabinetmaker. 
 
 Mi,:in:ir. 
 Dru'mmi-R. n.f. [frora dru?n.] He 
 whofe office it is to beat the drum. 
 Drttrtimtr, fluke up, and let us maicfi a\«ay. 
 
 Sh.:lJ^tiirc. 
 Here rows o( ^lumn-.ers (land in martial hie. 
 And with tUcir vellum-thundet (hake the pilv
 
 DRY 
 
 Diwj'mstick. n.J. \drmn z.Xi^Jlicl.\ The 
 
 ftlck with which a drum is beuteu. 
 Dru>-k. adj. [from /-/;■;«/.] 
 
 1. Intoxicated with iVroug liqnor ; in- 
 ebriated. 
 
 This was the morn when iffui^E on the guard, 
 D'-awn up ill rank, and file, tiiey Ituod picj/Ui 'd 
 Of I'ecmiiig arms to m.ikc a ihurt affair ; 
 Then halU-n to be drunk, the buHiiei» of the day. 
 
 Drydcr.. 
 
 Wc gcncrallv conclude lh.it man drur.k, «ho 
 takes pains to he tiiouijlit fobcr. iptiiator, 
 
 2. Drenched or faturated with moilture. 
 
 1 will make mine airows drayik witii bijod. 
 
 Dru'nkard. n.f. [from drunk.'\ One 
 given to cxceffive ufe of ftrong liquors ; 
 one addicAcd to habitual ebriety. 
 
 Some bloud dia«M o;) mc would beget opinion 
 Of my more fierce endeavour. I've leen 
 
 dnitkardi 
 Do more liianthis in fport. ShAJi'rarc. 
 
 My bowels c.innot hide her woes, 
 
 J5ut, like a dntidurd, I mull vomit them. Shatf. 
 
 God will not take the dnwkard'i excufe, that 
 
 he has fo long accudomcd hiinftlf to intemperate 
 
 drinking, that now lie cannot leave it oiV. Ht-'Uli. 
 
 Drunken. aJj. [from JrinL] 
 I. Intoxicated with liqtior ; inebriated. 
 O monftrons bealt ' how like a fwinc he lies! 
 Sirs, I will praftil'c on this drunktn man. Sf:,ii.f, 
 Drunk-': men imagine every tiling tuincth 
 round : they iniagiiic that things come upon 
 tiiem ; they fee not well things atar off; tliofe 
 things that they fee near hand, they fee out of 
 their place, and (ometiracs tiicy fee things double. 
 
 Given to habitual ebriety. 
 
 Saturated with moilUire- 
 Then let the cartli be druriicn with our hlood. 
 
 ^. Done in a ftate of inebriation. 
 
 When your carters, or your waiting vafTils, 
 Have done a drunken flaughter, and dcfac'd 
 The precious image of our dear Redeemer, 
 You ftraight are on your knees for pardon, 
 pardon. Shaijf.eare. 
 
 Wc Ihould for honour take 
 The drunken ciuarrels of a rake. S<vifr. 
 
 Dru'nkevlt. adv. [{rom ilruniftt.] In 
 a drunken manner. 
 
 J!y blood already, like the pelican, 
 Hail thou lapt out, and drunker/)- .^arous'd. 
 
 S'liik/pfare, 
 
 Dru'n'KENNess. n.f. [from Jruuleri.'\ 
 
 1, Intoxication with I'trong liquor. 
 
 Every g'-iing otJ' from our natural and common 
 temper, and our ufual fevcrit^' of behaviour, is a 
 degree of dmnkennej'^. Tayizi 's Ih.y Living. 
 
 ^. Habitual ebriety. 
 
 The Lacedemonians tiained up their children 
 to hate druitkeKHifi, by bringing a drunken man 
 into their company. ff'aiti* q/i the Mind. 
 
 «. Intoxication or inebriation of any kind ; 
 diforder of the faculties. 
 
 PafTion is the drunkrnmp of the mind, and 
 therefore in its prefent working-, nut controllable 
 by leaiou. Sperjer. 
 
 DRY. adj. [bptj, Saxon.] 
 ■f . Arid ; not wet ; not moift. 
 
 If tiie pipe be a little wet on the infii.V, it will 
 Aakc J differing found from the fame pipe dry. 
 
 Baevn. 
 When God faid. 
 Be gather'd now, ye waters under heav'n, 
 Into one place, and let dry land appear ' Mil/in. 
 
 Of turbid elements the fjiort ; 
 From dear to cloudy toft, from hot to cold. 
 And dry t.i muill. Tiomfen. 
 
 2, No: winy. 
 
 3. 
 
 3- 
 
 DRY 
 
 A dty March and a thy M;)y portenAa wholc- 
 fome fummcr, it tlieic be a ihowciing April 
 bt Trteen. Haccn. 
 
 The wealher, wc agreed, was too tf'y Tor the 
 
 fenfon. AddiJoK. 
 
 3. Not fwcculeiit ; not juicy. 
 
 I win rirain hiir. dry as hny ; 
 Slc£p lh:;l! neither nijhj nor day 
 Hang- upon hi^ pcnthoulc lid: 
 He flisii live a m^n torbid, Shakfpearc, 
 
 4. Being without tears. 
 
 Dry mourning will dccnys more deadly biing, 
 A^ a noiTh wind burn&a too forward fprirg: 
 Gne forrow vent, and let tiiclluiccs go. L'y.icn. 
 
 5. ThiUty; a-thivft. 
 
 So dry he wns fur fw.iy. Sr.ai'^care. 
 
 Void of a bulky charger near their lips, 
 With w'r.ich, in often interrupted Heep, 
 Their fryir.!;; bloud compels to inigatc 
 Tiicir d^y furi'd tongues. Pfii/ifi. 
 
 6. Jtjune ; barren ; plain; unembellifhed; 
 without pathos ; without llowers. 
 
 As we fliould t.nkc cnte that oiir llile in writ- 
 ing be neither //;-_>' nor emp-y, we Ihould look 
 again it be not winding or w;mton with far- 
 fetched dcfcriptions : cither is a vice. Bsn*J^7'.jon. 
 
 It I'cmaincrh to treat concerning oi*namcnts 
 within or without the fahrick; a piece not fo ii'rv 
 as tiie meer contcmplstion of proport'ons : and 
 therefore I hops therein fomewhat torcficlh both 
 the lender and myfclf. iV'.ttQh*s ArchiteBure. 
 
 That the iire burns by heat, is an empty ^'m- 
 return to the qucllion, and leavci us ftill ignorant. 
 
 GLufviUe. 
 
 It is a dry fable, with little or nothing in it. 
 
 U Fjiriifigc. 
 
 Antiiority and friendfhip work upon fome, dry 
 and fobcr realon works upon others. U Ejir. 
 
 To clear up this thcor)', I was willing to Iny 
 afide dry fubtiltics with which the fchouls arc 
 
 filled. Burnetii T/uoiy. 
 
 Tiiefc cpirtles will become ic($ dry^ and more 
 fufccptlhle uf ornament. }^cj>f. 
 
 7. Hard ; fevcre, [flrien anciently to ai- 
 ilure ; (/ire, Scottifh.] 
 
 Of two noblemen, the one was given to feoff, 
 but kept ever loynl cheer in his houfc ; the otlier 
 would a(k of thole that had been at his table, 
 was there never a flout or dry blow given ? 
 
 Bite on. 
 
 I rather hop'd I (hould no more 
 Hear from you o' th' galhnling fcorc ; 
 Tor !:ard dry balbngs us*d to prove 
 The rcadicit remedies ftf love ; 
 Next a dry diet. Hudihras. 
 
 To Dry. «p. a. 
 
 1. To free from moiflure ; to arefy ; to 
 exficcate. 
 
 Tlie meat was well, if you were fo contented. 
 — 1 tell thccj Kate, 'twas burnt and ./r/ViVaway. 
 
 Heat driefA bodies that do eafily expire, as 
 parchment, leaves, roots, and clay ; and fo doth 
 
 time arefy. Bacon. 
 
 Kerbs and flowers, if they be dn'gd in the 
 
 fiiadc, or dyied m the hot fun a fnull time, 
 
 keep belt. Bncori, 
 
 The lunning flreams arc deep : 
 Sec, they have caught the father of ihe-flock, 
 "Who dries his Hcece upon the neighbouring rock. 
 
 Dry den, 
 
 2. To exhale moiilure. 
 
 'Twas grief no more, or grief and rage were 
 one 
 Within her foul : at infl 'twas r;igc alone; 
 Which, burning upwards in fuccclTion, dries 
 The tears that flood confidering in her eyes. 
 
 D>y.hn. 
 
 3. To Wipe away moiflure. 
 
 Tncn with her vcfl the wound flic wipes and 
 drjfs. l)er,h^m. 
 
 Sec, at your bleft retuininj^, 
 
 Rage difappears; 
 The widnw'd ille in mourning 
 
 Dries up her tear*. Dryden. 
 
 DRY 
 
 4. To fcorch with third. 
 
 Ti;cir honourable nun arc famifhcd, and thcJr 
 multitude dti<d up with thirft. Jj\/i.irr. 
 
 5. To drain ; to exhaufl. 
 
 R:;lh Elpenor, in an evil hour, 
 Drisd M\ imnieafur.iblc bowl, and thought 
 " T' c.xiiaic his lurfcit by irnguous llccp, 
 Imprudent: him death's iron llccp oppreft. 
 
 P/i//ij't. 
 
 6. To Dry f//>. To deprive totally of 
 moiflure ;- to take all moiilurc away. 
 
 The water of the fea, wltich formerly covered 
 it, was in time exhaled and drUd up by the fun. 
 
 lj''i0.ijvi:rd. 
 
 To Dry. v, w. To grow dry ; to lofe 
 moilture; to be drained of its moillure. 
 
 Dry'er, n.f. [from ^>y.] That which 
 has the quality of abforhing moiflure. 
 
 The ill eficits of drinkm^ are relieved by this 
 plant, which is a great dryer and opener, efpe- 
 cinlly by pcrfpiration. I'nrph^ 
 
 Dry'eyed. adj. [</ry and fyc] Without 
 tears ; without weeping. 
 
 Sight fo deform wh:;t hcnit of rock could long 
 D^y:ycdhz\.o\A: Adam could not, but wept. 
 
 Dry'ly. adn), [from diy,'\ 
 
 1. Without moiflure. 
 
 2. Coldly ; frigidly ; without afFetftion. 
 
 The archduke, confcious to hinifilf how dry^y 
 the king had bucn u(cd by liij council, did llri^c 
 to recover the king's ;irtcolioji. Bacon. 
 
 Wimldlt thou to honour iind preferments climb. 
 Re bold in mifchicf, daic fume mighty crime, 
 Winch dungtnns, deatli, or banilhmcnt defcrves j 
 For virtue is but d'y/y prais'd, and Ifarvcs. 
 
 Drydin'i YtiTcna/. 
 
 3. Jejunely; barrenly; without ornament 
 or embL^liniment. 
 
 Some dry/y pldin, without invention's aid, 
 Wiitc dull receipts how puems may be made. 
 
 Dry'ness. n.f. [from dry.] 
 
 1. Want of moillure ; iiccily. 
 
 The Africans ;nc coricei\c(l to be peculiarly 
 fcuiched and tonitied l»y the fun, hy drynefi oi 
 the foil, from want and defedt oi water. 
 
 Broirri's Vulgar Krf.i/rs, 
 
 Such wa5 the difcord which did firft dlfpcrfc 
 Form, order, beauty, througli tr-e univcrie ; 
 Wliile dryii'Js moiflure, coldr.efs heat refifls, 
 All that wc have, and that wc are, fuhfitts. 
 
 DenA.im, 
 
 The marrow fuppllcs an oil for the inun^ion 
 of tlie bones and lig:imcnts in the articulations, 
 and particularly of the ligaments, prefcrvnig theia 
 fioni drinrfi and rigidity, and keeping them 
 fupplc and flexible. Riy on tht Ctaricn. 
 
 is the fea ever likely to be e^;lporatl•d by the 
 fun, or to be emptied with buckets.' Why then 
 mull wc Taney this impolTihle j'/y-vyi, and then, 
 upon that fliftitious account, calumniate nature ^ 
 
 B.HiUy, 
 
 2. Want of fucculence. 
 
 If he fill'd 
 His vacancy with his vnluptuoufncfs. 
 Full furfcits, and the drynrfs of his bones. 
 Call on him for *t. Shutfpeart. 
 
 The difleiencc of mufcubr flcfli depends upon 
 the hardiiefs, tcndcrnefsj moilture, or dry neft »f 
 the fibres. Arbiiihnctr. 
 
 3. Want of embelUfhment ; want of pa- 
 thos ; jcjuntnefs ; barrennefs. 
 
 Their new flowers and fwectnefs do as much 
 conupt a« others drymji and fqualor, if they 
 chufc nut carefully. Bin "Yfi'ifon. 
 
 Be faithful wlicrc the a.uthor excels, and para- 
 phrr.fe where penury of fancy or drymjs of cx- 
 piclfion :ifl(. it. Garth, 
 
 4. Want of fenfibility in devotion ; want 
 of ardour ; aridity. 
 
 \
 
 DUB 
 
 If m»y ht, that by this drjnt/i of fpirit, Got! 
 Intends to miiko us tiiC more fcrvciu and rt-lisncci 
 iti our dircdt and lok'nin devotions, by tiic per- 
 ceiving of our wiMknels. lnylar. 
 Dry'nurse. n.f. [(/ry and Hu^y^.] 
 
 1, A woman hIio brings up and feeds a 
 child without the breall. 
 
 2, One who takes care of another: with 
 fome contempt of the perlon taken 
 care of. 
 
 Mrs. (Quickly is liis nurfc, or his Jrynwfe, or 
 his cook, or his laundry, his walher, and his 
 wringer. Sliatfpearc. 
 
 To Dry'nurse. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To feed vvitliout the breall. 
 
 As RomuUis .i wolf did rear, 
 So he was Jrjvmn'U by a bear. IluJiir^s. 
 
 Drv'shod. a^'. [iiry and Jiod.] With- 
 out wet feet ; without treading above 
 the fliocs in the water. 
 
 He had cmbai kcd us in fuch difadvantage, as 
 wc could not return dryjlioii. Sulniy. 
 
 Utypf^^ to P'l's, (he parts the floods in tway ; 
 And eke huge mountains from tlieir native feat 
 She would command thcmlelvcs to bear away. 
 
 Fairy (^juirn. 
 
 Has honour's fountain tlien fuck'd back the 
 lircam ? 
 He has ; and hooting boys may dryjhud pafs, 
 And gather pebbles from tiic naked ford. 
 
 Dry.U,t. 
 
 Du'al. adj. l^dualis, Latin.] E.^preffing 
 the number two. 
 
 Mudein langu.ig:'s liavc only one variation, 
 and lo the Latin ; but the Gieek .and Hebrew 
 have one to fignify two, and another to fignify 
 more than two: under one variation tlie noun is 
 faid to be of the dual number, and under the 
 other, of the plural. CLti.Wi Latin Grammar. 
 
 To DUB. 1'. a. [bubban zo pibejie, Sax. 
 adduhla tUl riddara, Iflandick, to dub 
 a knight. Addulha, in its primary 
 fenfe, 'lignilies to Jlr'ile, knights being 
 made by a blow with the fword.] 
 
 1. To make a man a knight. 
 
 Knlt;ht, knight, good mother! Bafilifco like. 
 Wliat I I am dubb'd; I have it on my (houlder. 
 
 S'iu^.f^rare. 
 
 The robes which the kings then allowed to 
 
 each knight, when he was duhhed, of green, oi- 
 
 - burnet, as they fpake in that age, appeartth 
 
 upon record. Camden's R-wa.-tis. 
 
 7 iiv king ftood up under his cloth of (late, 
 tuok the Iword from the lord protestor, and dui^- 
 btd the lord mayor of London knight. 
 
 Hayivard on Edtuard V 1 . 
 
 2. To confer any kind of dignity, or 
 new charafter. 
 
 Tne jealous o'crworn widow and herfelf. 
 Since that our brother f/«W\/ them gentlewomen, 
 Are mighty gofiips in this monarchy. Shti.hfji. 
 
 He 
 Gave thee no inflancc why thou iheuldft do 
 
 trealVjn, 
 Unlcfs to diib thee with the name of ti-aitor. 
 
 Shtikfpeare. 
 Women commence by Cupid's dart. 
 
 As a king hunting dubi a h.art. 
 
 C!e, 
 
 ir/and. 
 
 .■\'pla:n gentleman, of an ancient family, is of 
 belter quality than a new knight, though the 
 ceafon of his di^hhing \v.ts meritorious. Collier, 
 
 O pott! tluiu hadli been difcreeter. 
 Hanging the monarch's hat Co high. 
 
 If thou hadrt ilubh'd thy t\ar a meteor, 
 Thar did but bta7.c, and rove, and die. Prior. 
 
 Thtl'e di-moniacks let, me duh 
 Wii;: the name of legion club. Stuifi. 
 
 A man of wealth is dubb'd a man of worth j 
 Venus Ihall gi\c him form, and Anftis birth. 
 
 Pope. 
 Dlb. ;;./. [from the verb.] A blow ; a 
 knock. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 DUG 
 
 Aj (kilful coopers hoop their tubi 
 With Lydian and with Phrygian duhbi, ffu.llb. 
 
 DuBio'siTY. n. /. [from dul>ious.] A 
 
 thing doubtful. Not ufed. 
 
 Men often fwallow falfities for truths, dibio- 
 
 filiit for certainties, feafibiiiiies for pollibilities, 
 
 and things impoflible for poffiblc. Biovjn. 
 
 DUBIOUS, ad}. [duUus, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Doubting ; not fettled in an opinion. 
 
 2. Uncertain; that of which the tiuth is 
 not fully known. 
 
 No quick reply to dulious queftions make. 
 
 Dunham. 
 We alfo call it a diiblvn or doubtful propor- 
 tion, when there arc no arguments on cither fide. 
 iViitn' Logici. 
 
 3. Not plain ; not clear. 
 
 Satan with lefs toil, and now with eafe. 
 Wafts on the calmer wave, by dubitus light. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 4. Having the event uncertain. 
 
 His uimoll pow'r witn adrcrfe pow 'r op- 
 pos'd. 
 In dulious battle, on the plains of heav'n. 
 
 M:.'ton. 
 
 Du'biouslv. adv. ([from duMous.] Un- 
 certainly ; without any determination. 
 
 Authors write often dubioujly, even in matters 
 wlicrein is cxpeitcd a ftridl definitive truth. 
 
 Bro^uri's f^ulgar Erronrs. 
 
 -Mman.ack makers wander in generals, and 
 
 talk dubioujly, and leave to the reader the buli- 
 
 nefs of interpreting. Sic.^t. 
 
 Dubiousness, n. / [from dubious.] 
 Uncertainty ; doubtfulnefs. 
 
 .She fpcaks with du.'>io,f'irj's, not with the cer- 
 taniry o( a goddefs. Bii^mc. 
 
 DUBITABLE. adj. [dulito, Latin.] 
 D 'nful; unceitain ; what may be 
 doubted. 
 
 DvBiTA'Tio;t. n. f. [duiitalio, Latin.] 
 The acl of doubting ; doubt. 
 
 Many of the ancients denied the antipodes ; 
 hut the experience of our enlarged navigaiiun 
 can now affert them beyond all diibiiaiion 
 
 Brotun s f^ulgar Errours. 
 Dttbitalion may be called a negative percep- 
 tion , tliat is, when I perceive that what I fee is 
 not what I would fee. Grew. 
 
 Du'cAi. adj. [from duke.] Pertaining 
 to a duke : as, a ducal coronet. 
 
 Du'cAT. 11. /. [from du.il.] A coin 
 ftruck by dukes : in filver, valued at 
 about four (hillings and fix pence ; in 
 gold, at nine Ifiillingj and li.K pence. 
 
 I cannot inrtantly raife up the grofs 
 Of full three thoufand ducats. Sbalfpcare. 
 
 There was one that died in debt ; it was re- 
 ported, where his creditors were, that he was 
 dead: one faid, he hath carried five hundred 
 Jwcd/i of mine into the other w.irld. Ba.on. 
 
 DUCK. n. /. [anas; ducken, to dip. 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. A waterfowl, both wild and tame. 
 
 The ditcki, that heard the proclamation cried, 
 And fear'd a profecution might betide, 
 Full twenty mile from town their voyage take, 
 Obfcure in rufhcs of the liquid lake. Drwier:. 
 
 Grubs, if you lind your land fubjcfl to, turn 
 d:t' hi into it. Mortimer's U-ifhai.dry. 
 
 2. A word of endearment, or fondnefs. 
 
 Will you buy any tape or lace for your cap, 
 My dainty </ur^, my dear-a .^ Slia.fpcare. 
 
 3. A declination of the head ; fo called 
 from the frequent action of a uuck in 
 the water. 
 
 B.ick, Ihepherds, back; enough your play 
 Till nc2i funfhinc holyday : ^ 
 
 DUG 
 
 H'" h without d'-k or nod, 
 Other liippiiigs to be trod, 
 Of light' r toes, and fuch court gulfe 
 As Mcrcuiy did firll d«vife. KVI'n. 
 
 4. A (lone thrown obliquely on tlis wa- 
 ter, fo a> to ilrike it and rebound. 
 
 Neither crofs and pile, nor durkt ai;d drakes, 
 arc quite fo ancient as handy-Handy. 
 
 Arbutknot and Popt. 
 
 To Due K. V. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To dive imder water as a duck. 
 
 Tlie vailet faw, when to the flood he came, 
 HLiw.wnhout ilop or rtay he fiercely leapt; 
 And deep himfelf be duckrd in the fame, 
 That in the lake his lofty crcrt was (lectt. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 Let the labouring bark climb hills of fcas 
 Olympus high, and duel agai:i as low 
 As hell 's from heaven. Shakfpcare' s Othell: 
 
 Thou ait wickedly devour > 
 In Tiber ducking thrice, by break of day. 
 
 Vrydert, 
 
 2. To drop down the head, as a duck. 
 
 As fome raw youth in country bred. 
 When at a fkirmifh nrft he hears 
 The bullets whiltling round his ears. 
 Will durk his head jlide, wi!l Itart, 
 And feel a tiembling at his heart. S^vift. 
 
 3. To bow low; to cringe. In Scotlilk 
 duyk, or juyk, to make obeifance, ij 
 ihll ufed. 
 
 I cannot flatter and look fair. 
 Smile in men's faces, fmooth, deceive, and cog, 
 D 'ck with French nods, and apilh courtely. 
 
 ufiakfpiart. 
 
 The learned pate 
 Ducks to the golden fool. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Duck. v. a. To put under water. 
 
 Du'cKER. n.f. [irom duck.] 
 
 1. A diver. 
 
 2. .\ cringer. Dm. 
 Du'cKiNGSTOOL. n.f. [duci zwd Jloo/.] 
 
 A chair in which fcolds are tied, and 
 put under water. 
 
 She in the dackirgjlool Ihould take her feat, 
 Dreft like herfelf in a great chair of ftate. Vorjef. 
 
 Reclaim the obiiinately opprobiious and vi- 
 rulent women, and make the duckingjlool more 
 ufeful. Addifon's Freeholder . 
 
 Duckle'gged. adj. \duch and /rj,J 
 Short legged. 
 
 Duckl-og'd, Ihort waifted, fuch a dwarf (he i-. 
 That flie mull nfc on tjproei for a kifs. Diyde-:. 
 D'j'ckling. K.y; [from ^:/t,^-.] A young 
 duck ; the brood ot the duck. 
 
 Duckliitg^y thougr. hatched and led by a hen, 
 if (he brings them lo the brink of .1 river or po'id, 
 prefently leave her, and in titey go. Ray. 
 
 Ev'ry morn 
 Amid the ducklings let her fcatter corn. Gay, 
 Du'ckmeat. «.y. [ditc.!: and meat ; lens 
 pahifti-is.] .\ common plant growing 
 in iiaiiding waters ; duckweed. 
 
 To DucKo'y. V. a. [miftaken for decoy: 
 the dectiy bi;ing commonly prailifed 
 upon duths, produced the errour.] To 
 entice to a Inare. 
 
 This hih lia^h a fiender membranous firing 
 which he prcMeif\s :ind draws in at ptcafure, as 
 ferpcnt doth his tongue : with this he du:kov* 
 little fitltes, and preys upon them. Grnt' 
 
 DuCKCo'y. n.f. Any means of enticing' 
 and cnfiiaring. 
 
 Seducers have found it the moft compendious 
 way to their deiigns, fo lead captive Jilly wu- 
 mcn, and make tlicni the ducieoys to their 1 hole 
 family. Duay cj Piety. 
 
 Du'cKSFooT. n.f. Black fnakeroot, or 
 May-apple. 
 
 4F
 
 DUE 
 
 Pu'cKWEED. «./. [duck and weeJ,^ The 
 fame with ductmeai. 
 
 That we call duckweed hath a leaf no bigger 
 than a thyme leaf, but of a frElher green ; and 
 puttcth forth a little firing into the water, far 
 from the bottjm. Bae^n. 
 
 Duct. n. f. [du&us, Latin.] 
 
 I. Guidance ; direftion. 
 
 This doarine, by fattening all our aftions by 
 a fatal decree at the foot of God's chair, leaves 
 nothing to us but only to obey our fate, to fol- 
 low tlie ai,a of the iiars, or nccefiity of thofe 
 irony chains which we arc born under. Hnmmnr.d. 
 
 2, A paffage through which any thing is 
 conduded : a term chiefly ufed by ana- 
 
 tomifts. 
 
 A dua from each of thofe cells ran into the 
 root of the tongue, where both joined together, 
 and paiTEd forwaid iu one common duB to the 
 tip of it. Addif'.n's SfcBatir. 
 
 It was obferved that the chyle, in tl.e tkora- 
 cick duQ, nuined the original tafte of the ali- 
 IQent. ^rbuthr.ot on .-liimtri:^. 
 
 DU'CTILE. adj. [duailis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Flexible; pliable. 
 
 Thick woods and gloomy night 
 Conceal the happy plant from human light : 
 One bough it bears ; but, wond'rous to behold ! 
 The duUili rind and leaves of radiant gold. 
 
 Drydln'i jF.ncid. 
 
 3,. Eafy to be drawn out into length, or 
 expanded. 
 
 AH bodies JuHik and tenfile, as metals, that 
 will be drawn into wires ; wool and tow, that 
 •will be drawn into yarn or thread ; have the ap- 
 petite of not difcontinuing ftrong. B.tan. 
 
 Gold, as it is the pureft, (o it is the fofteft 
 and moft duaile, of all metals. Drydci. 
 
 3. Traftable; obfequious ; complying; 
 yielding. 
 
 He generous thoughts inftils 
 Of true nobility ; forms their dnBile minds 
 To human viitues. Philips. 
 
 Their defigning leaders cannot delire a more 
 duaHe and ealy people to work upon. Mdlf'.n. 
 Dir'cTiLENESs. n. /. [from diiSile.] 
 Flexibility ; ductility. 
 
 I, when I value gold, may think upon 
 The diiQilemJi, the application ; 
 The wholefjmenefs, the ingenuity, 
 From ruft, from foil, from fire ever free. Dor.n:. 
 Ducti'lity. n.f. [froxv. duBile.] 
 i . Quality of fuffering extenfion ; flexi- 
 bility. 
 
 Yellow colour and duBihiy are properties of 
 gold : they belong to all gold, but not only to 
 £old i for faffron is alfo yellow, and lead is duc- 
 tile. »'"">' Lo£-'ci. 
 •2. Obfequioufnefs ; compliance. 
 JDuDGEOS. n.f. [dokk, German.] 
 i . A fmall dagger. 
 
 It was a fcrvicealle dudgeon. 
 Either for fighting or for drudging. _ HudrWai^ 
 
 2. Malice; fullennefsj malignity; ill- 
 will. 
 
 Civil dorigeoi firft grew Iiigh 
 And men fell out they knew not why. flulh. 
 The cuckoo took thisTa little in dudgeon. 
 
 L' tJir.Ttgc. 
 DUE. adj. The part. pair, of o«/^, Idv, 
 
 French.] 
 
 J. Owed; that any one has a right to 
 
 demand in confequence of a compad, 
 
 or for any othec reafon. 
 
 Theic is due from the judge to the advocate 
 
 ito.n.c comir.civdation and gracing, where caufcs' 
 
 Ate woU handled and fair pleaded. There is 
 
 likcwife due to the public a civil rcprehenfion of 
 
 advocates, where there appeareth cunning, 
 
 grofs ncglcfi, or flight information. Bacon. \ 
 
 Mirth and cheerfulnefs are but the due reward ^ 
 
 sf ::!'icccncy of life JV-''«'J DiUiu Dialogues. ■ 
 
 DUE 
 
 A prefent blefiing upon our fafts is seither 
 originally due from God's juttice, nor becomes 
 due to us from his veracity, Smalridge. 
 
 There is a refpeft d:ie To mankind, which 
 Ihould incline ever the wifeft of men to follow 
 innocent cuitoms. tVatti. 
 
 2. Proper; fit; appropriate. 
 
 Opportunity may be taken to excite, in per- 
 fons attending 00 thofe fokmnitics, a due fenfe 
 ofthe vanity of earthly fatisfaftions. Atterbuiy. 
 
 3. Exacl ; without deviation. 
 
 You might fee him come towards me beating 
 the ground in fo due time, as no dancer can ob- 
 ferve better meafure. Sidney. 
 
 And Eve within, due at her hour, prepar'd 
 For dinner favoury fruits. Mihcn. 
 
 4. Confequent to : occafioned or effefted 
 by. Proper, but not ufual. 
 
 The motion of the oily drops may be in part 
 due to fome partial fulution made by the vinous 
 fuirit, which may tumble them to and fro. 
 
 BnU. 
 
 Due. adv. [from the adjeftive.] Ex- 
 actly ; direftly ; duly. The courfe is 
 dud eaft, or due weft. 
 
 Like the Pontick fea, 
 Whofe icy. curient, and compullive courfe. 
 Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on 
 To the Propontick and the Hellefpont. Siutifp. 
 
 Due. n.f. [from the adjeftive.] 
 
 1 . That which belongs to one ; that which 
 may be juftly claimed. 
 
 My due from thee is this imperial crown. 
 Which, as immediate from ihy place and blood. 
 Derives itfclf to me. Shakjpcare. 
 
 The fon of Duncan, 
 From whom this tyianc holds the due of birth, 
 Lives in the EngliDi court. S/ufffeare. 
 
 Thou better know'ft 
 Etfefls ofcourtefr, <^r<fs of gratiude : 
 Thy half o' th' kingdom thou haft not forgot. 
 Wherein I thee endow'd. Sttakfpeare. 
 
 TiiC due of honour in no poirt omit. 
 
 Sfiaifpenre's Cymheline. 
 
 I take this garland, not as given by you. 
 But as my merit and my beauty's due. Dryden. 
 
 No popular alTcmbly ever knew, or propofcd, 
 or declared, what fliare of power was their due. 
 
 2. Right ; juft title. 
 
 The key of this infernal pit by due. 
 And by command of iieaven's all-powciful king, 
 I keep. Miiton'i Faradife Loj!. 
 
 3. Whatever cuftom or law requires to 
 be done. 
 
 Befriend 
 U?, thy vow'd priefts, till outmolt end 
 Of ail thy duei be done, and none left out. 
 
 Mill on. 
 They pay the dead his annual dues. Ihydert. 
 
 4. Cuftom ; tribute ; exactions ; legal or 
 cuftomary perquifites. 
 
 I:; refpedt to the exorbitant dues that are paid 
 at moft other ports, this dcferrcdly retains the 
 name of free. jiddifcn. 
 
 To Dux. 1'. a. [from the noun.] To 
 pay as due ; perhaps for endo'w. It is 
 perhaps only in this fingle paflage. 
 
 This is t'ne latefl glory of their praife, 
 That I thy enemy due thee withal. iHukfp<ure_ 
 
 DU EL. n.f. [dueHum, Latin.] A com- 
 bat between two ; a Tingle fight. 
 
 In manv armies, if the matter Ihould be tried 
 by d.-icl between two champions, the victory 
 Ihould go on the one fide ; and yet, if it be 
 tried by the grofs, goon the other fide. Bacon. 
 
 Orcam not of your fight 
 As of a due', or the local wounds 
 Of head or heel. Milton's Faradife Lofi. 
 
 'Twas I that wrong'd you; you my life have 
 fought : 
 Ko dutl ever waj mor« jullly fought. jyaUtr. 
 
 D U K 
 
 To Du'el. v. II. [from the noun.] Ta 
 fight a fingle combat. 
 
 He mult at length, poor man! die dully at 
 home, when here he might fo faftiionably and 
 genteelly have been dudlidox fluxed into another 
 world. South. 
 
 The challenging and fighting with a man is 
 called duelling. Locke. 
 
 To Du'el. c. a. To attack or fight with 
 fingly. 
 
 Who fingle 
 DuelPd their armies rank'd in proud array, 
 Himfelf an army, now unequal match 
 To fave himfelf againft a coward arm'd. 
 At one fpear's length. Milton' s Agonifles. 
 
 Du'eller. n.f. [from duel.'[ A fingle 
 combatant. 
 
 They perhaps begin as fingle duellers, but 
 then they foon get their troops about them. 
 
 Decay of Fietj. 
 Du'ellist. n.f [from duel.'\ 
 
 1. A fingle combatant. 
 
 If the king ends the differences, the'cafe will 
 fall out no worfe than when two duellijls enter 
 the field, where the worlted party hath his fword 
 again, without further hurt. Suckling. 
 
 Henceforth let poets, ere allow'd to write, 
 Be fearch'd like duellijls before thy fight. Dryden, 
 
 2. One who profefles to ftudy the rules of 
 honour. 
 
 His bought arms Mung not lik'd ; for his firft 
 day 
 Of bearing them in field, he threw 'em away; 
 And hath no honour loil, qmx duellijis fay, 
 
 Ben yonfon, 
 
 DUELW. n.f, [Italian.] The duel; 
 the rule of duelling. 
 
 The gentleman will, for his honour's fake, 
 have one bout with you : he cannot by the dxidh 
 avoid it. Sriiikfpe.jre. 
 
 DUE'NNA. n.f [Spanifti.] An old 
 woman kept to guard a younger. 
 
 I felt the ardour of my paluon increafe as the 
 fcafon advanced, till in the month of July I 
 could no longer contain ; I bribed her ihtenna, was 
 admitted to the bath, law her undrelled, and the 
 wonder difplayed. Arhuthnot on Pope. 
 
 Dog. n.f. [df^ia, to give fuck, Iflan- 
 dlck.] 
 
 1. A pap ; a nipple; a teat; fpoken of 
 bealli, or in malice or contempt of hu- 
 man beings. 
 
 Of her there 'ored 
 A thoufand young ones, which Ihe daily fed. 
 Sucking upon her poifonous dixgt ; each one 
 Of fundry Ifaapc, yet nil iil-fiivourcd. F. Qunen. 
 They are firrt fed and nouriOied with the milk 
 of a ftrange dug. Raleigh's Hifiory. 
 
 Then Ihines the goat, whofe brutifh dugi fup- 
 plied 
 The infant Jove, and nutft his growing pride. 
 
 Creech. 
 
 2. It feems to have been ufed formerly of 
 the breaft, without reproach. 
 
 It w.'.s a faithlefs Iquire that was tiie fource 
 Of all my forrow, and of thefe f.id tears j 
 With whom, from tender di^g of common nourfe. 
 At once I was up brought. Fairy Queen. 
 
 As miki and gentle as the cradle-babe. 
 Dying with mothci's dug between its lips. Shai. 
 Dug. The pret. and part. pafl". oi dig. 
 
 They had often found medals, and pipes of 
 lead, as they dug among the rubbiih, Addijon. 
 
 DUKE, n.f [due, French ; du.v, Lat.] 
 One ofthe higheft oider of nobility in 
 England. 
 
 The duie of Cornwall, and Regan his dutchefs, 
 will be here with him this night. Shakfpean. 
 
 Aurmarle, Surrey, and Exeter muft lofe 
 The names of dukes, their titles, dignities. 
 And whitfoever piofits thereby rife. 
 
 J)aniel'i Civil Iftr,
 
 D U L 
 
 Du'kbdom. n. f. [from (/i//f.] 
 I. The feigiiiory oi" pofTefTions of a duke. 
 Her brother found a wife, 
 Where he himfclf was loll ; Profpcro his duke- 
 dom 
 111 a poor ifle. Shatffiare'i Tcmpifl. 
 
 The caidinil never refigiicd his purple for the 
 prolpcit of giving an heuto the dukedom of Tiil- 
 cany. Addifon. 
 
 2. Tlie title or quality of a duke. 
 Do'lbrained. ai(i. [dull and brain.'] 
 
 Stupid; doltifti; foolifli. 
 
 This arm of mine hath chalUs'd 
 
 The petty rebel, dulbrain'd Buckingham. Shakfp. 
 
 Du'l-CKT. adj. [dukis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Sweet to the tafte ; lufcious, 
 
 Fium I'wcct kernels prefsM, 
 She tempers dulcrf creams ; nor thefe to hold 
 Wants (he tit vcflels pure. M:.'lori. 
 
 2. Sweet to the ear ; harmonious ; melo- 
 dious. 
 
 I far upon apromontoiy. 
 And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's h.ick, 
 Uttering fuch dulcet i^nA harmonious breath, 
 That the rude fea grew civil at her long, Shakfp. 
 
 A fabrick huge 
 Rofe like ail exhalation, with the found 
 Of duJctt Ij niphjnics, and voices fwect. M/.'ton. 
 Dulcifica'tion. n. /. [from dulcify.] 
 The act of fweetening ; the adl of iree- 
 ing from acidity, faltnefs, or acri- 
 mony. 
 
 In colcothar, the cxafleft calcination, followed 
 by an cxquifitc dutcijlcationj docs not reduce the 
 remaining body into elementary earth : for after 
 the fait of vitriol, if the calcination have been too 
 faint, is drawn out of the colcothar, the reliduc is 
 not earth, but a mixt body, rich in medical vir- 
 tues. Boyle. 
 
 To DU'LCIFY. v.a. [dukificr, French.] 
 To fweeten ; to fet free from acidity, 
 faltnefs, or acrimony of any kind. 
 
 A decoflion of wild gourd, or colocynthis, 
 though fomewhat qualified, will not from every 
 hand be dulcijied into aliment, by an addition of 
 flour or meal. Bioivn. 
 
 I drelTcd him with a pledgit, dipt in a dulei- 
 Jifd tincture of vitriol. Jf'ijen:an's Surgery. 
 
 Spirit of wine dulelfies fpirit of fait ; nitre oi' 
 vitriol have other bad effcds. ./irluthti'ji . 
 
 Du'lcimer. n.f. [^dolcimello, skinner.] A 
 muiical inflrument played by ftriking 
 the brafs wires with little (licks. 
 
 Ye hear the I'ound of the cornet, tiute, harp, 
 fackbut, pfalrcry, duleimEr^ and all kinds of niu- 
 fick. Dnmc!. 
 
 To DU'LCORATE. -v. a. [from dulcis, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To fweeten. 
 
 The ancients, for the t{ukorati>i^ of fruit, do 
 commend fwine'sdung above all other dung. 
 
 Biicr^rt. 
 
 2. To make lefs acrimonious. 
 
 Tuibith mineral, as it is fold in the lliops, is a 
 rough medicine; but, being fomewhat fi«A&rrf/£i/j 
 £rit procureth vomiting, and then falivation. 
 
 If ijematt' i Surgery, 
 
 DuLCOR a'tion. n. /■ [from dukoratc] 
 The aft of fweetening. 
 
 Malt gathereth a fweetnefs to the tafte, which 
 appcaretli ill the wort: the dulcoraticn o^ ihiw^^ 
 is worthy to be tried to the full ; for that dulf^- 
 ration importcth a degree to nourilhment : and 
 the making of things inalimental to become ali- 
 mental, may be an experiment of great profit. 
 
 Bticon. 
 
 Du'lhead. «. /. [dull and head.] A 
 blockhead ; a wretch foolifh and flu- 
 pid ; a dolt. 
 This people be fools 3.nAdulhiads to all good- 
 
 ♦ 
 
 D U L 
 
 nefj; but fubllc, cunning, and bold in atiy mif- 
 
 'hief. Ajcham. 
 
 Du'iiA. n.f. [Ji)\„a.] An inferiour kind 
 of adoration. 
 
 Paleotus faiih, that the fame worlTiip which 
 is given to tiic prototype may be given to the 
 image; liut with the dirttrent degrees of latria 
 and d:il.-,i. StilUnsfeet. 
 
 DDLL. adj. [du'l, Welfh; bole, Saxon; 
 dol, mad, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Stupid; doltifli ; blockilh ; imappre- 
 henlive ; indocile ; flow of tmdcriland- 
 ing. 
 
 Such IS their evil hap to play upon </«// fpirited 
 men. Jfisker. 
 
 He that hath learned no wit by nature, nor art, 
 may complain of grofs-brceding, or comes of a 
 very du.'i kindred. Shakjfeare. 
 
 Sometimes this perception, in feme kind of 
 bodies, is far more fubtile than the fcnfe j fo that 
 the fenfc is but a dull thing in comparifon of it. 
 
 Bacon's Niltural IliJIory. 
 
 Every man, even the dullejl, is thinking rau'ie 
 than the moft eloquent can teach him how to 
 utk-r. Dryden. 
 
 2. Blunt ; obtufe. 
 
 Meeting with Time, Sl.ick thing, faid f, 
 Thy fcythc is dull; whci it, for llrame. Herl'cn. 
 
 3. Unready ; awkward. 
 
 Gynecia a great while ftood dill, with a kind 
 of (/a//' amazement, looking ftcdfaltly upon her 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 O help thou my weak wit, and fliarpen my dull 
 
 tongue. fa/Vy (^uecn. 
 
 Memory is fo neceflary to all conditions of 
 
 life, that we are not to fear it Ihould grow dull 
 
 for want of exercife, if eseicife would make ir 
 
 ftronger. ^^^te. 
 
 4. Hebetated ; not quick. 
 
 This people's heart ii waxed grofs, and their 
 ears are .lull of hearing. Mattkeiu. 
 
 The princes of Germany had but a dull fear of 
 the greatncfs of Spain, upon a general apprchcn- 
 fion ; now that fear is (harpcned and pointed. 
 
 BuiOn. 
 
 5. Sad ; melancholy. 
 
 6. Sluggifh ; heavy ; flow of motion. 
 
 Thenceforth the waters waxed dull and (low, 
 And all that drunk thereof did faint and feeble 
 E™w. ^ Sfsxjer. 
 
 7. Grofs ; cloggy ; vile. 
 
 She excels eicli mortal thing 
 Upon the ././,.' earth dwelling. Shthfi^eare. 
 
 8. Not exhilarating ; not delightful : as, 
 to make dictionaries is dull -work. 
 
 9. Not bright : as, the mirror is dull, the 
 Jtre is dull. 
 
 I'll not he made a foft and r/a/Z-eyed fool. 
 To (hake the head, relent, and ligh, and yield 
 To chriiiian interccffors. Sh.djpeare. 
 
 10. Drowfy ; fleepy. 
 
 To Dull. a-, a. [from the adjecftive.] 
 
 1. Toftiipify; to infatuate. 
 
 So was (he dulled with all, that we could come 
 fo near as to hear her fpecciies, and yet (he not 
 perceive the hearers of iicr lamentation. Sidney. 
 
 Thofe drugs (he has 
 ^Vill ftupify and dull the fenfe awhile. Shukfp. 
 
 2. To blunt ; to obtund. 
 
 Borrowing dulh the edge of induflry. Shakfp. 
 
 This entrance of the battle did whet the 
 courage of the Spaniards, though it </w&,/ their 
 f words. Bacon. 
 
 3. To fadden ; to make melancholy. 
 
 4. To hebetate ; to weaken. 
 
 Now forc'd to overflow with brackilh tests, 
 The troublous noife did dull their dainty cars. 
 
 Sptnfer. 
 
 Xothing hath more dulled the wits, or taken 
 away the will of children from learning, than 
 care in making of Latin. .-Ij.h.im 
 
 D UM 
 
 J. To damp ; to clog. » 
 
 l'i.iycis were (hort, as if dartt thrown out 
 with a (uddcn quickncfs; led that vigilant and 
 creift attention of mind, wliich in prayer is ve»y 
 ncceffary, (hould be wafted or dulled through 
 continuance. JlcJer. 
 
 , In bodies, union ft.-cnglheneth and cheri(hcth 
 any natural aflion; and, on the other fid», 
 weakeiK th and dulhl/i any violent imprelTion t 
 and even fo is it of minds. Bacon. 
 
 6. To make heavy, or flovy of motion. 
 
 Ufuiy d'lll) and damps all induftries, wherein 
 money would be ftiiring, if it wcic not for the 
 (lug. Sacon. 
 
 7. To fully brightnefs. 
 
 The breath du/ls the nnrrcur. Bacon. 
 
 Du'llard. n.f. [from //;///.] A block- 
 head ; a dolt ; 3 ftupid fellow ; a 
 dunce. 
 
 What I mak'ft thou me a diil/ard in this aft ? 
 Wilt thou not fpeaK. to me r Sliaifpeari. 
 
 Thou mult make a ii'/<.'/,j»,/ of the world. 
 If they not thought the piofits of my death 
 Were very pregnant and potential fpurs 
 To make thee leek it. Siai/peare. 
 
 Du'lly. adv. [from dull.] 
 
 1. Stupidly ; doltillily. 
 
 It IS not lulTicicnt tu imitate nature in every 
 circumflance </W/>, literally, and meanly; but 
 it becomes a painter to take what is moft 
 be^u'lluh Dryden' s Dufrejnoy. 
 
 2. Slowly; fluggifhly. 
 
 The air if it be moift, doth in a degree quench 
 the flame, and howfoever makcth it burn mors 
 i'lly Bac-n. 
 
 3. Not vigoroufly; not gayly ; not brightly; 
 not keenly. 
 
 Not that I think thofe pantomimes, 
 Who vary aflion with the times, 
 Ale lefs ingenious in their art 
 Than thofe who dully aft one psrt. Huji'jras, 
 
 Du'lniss. n.f. [from dull.] 
 
 1. Stiipidity ; weaknefs of intellefi ; in- 
 docility ; flownefs of apprehenfion. 
 
 Nor is the dulnej! of the Icholar to cxtinguilh, 
 hut rather to inflame, the charity of the teacher. 
 
 South, 
 
 Sl.adwel alone my perfefl image bears. 
 Mature in dulnefs from hi> tender years. Drydtn. 
 
 2. Want of quick perception. 
 
 Nature, by a continual ufe of any thinj, 
 growcth to a faticty and dulaef, either of appetite 
 01 woi>;ing. i.^j,_ 
 
 3. Drowlinefs; inclination to fleep. 
 
 Here ceafe more qucllions ; 
 Thou art inclin'd to lleep. 'Tis a good dulnefi, 
 And gi^e it way. Shukfpeurs\ TonprJI. 
 
 4. Sluggiflinefs of motion. 
 
 5. Dimnefs; want of lultre. 
 
 6. Bluntnefs ; want of edge. 
 Du'ly. adv. [from due.] 
 
 I. Properly; fitly; in the due manner. 
 
 E\ci fince they firmly have retained, 
 And duly well obferved his beheaft. Spcnfer. 
 
 My prayers 
 Are not words </«/> hallow'd, nor my wjflies 
 More worth than vanities ; yet prayers and wilhes 
 Are all I tan return. Sli.ikfpeare's Hcmy yn t. 
 
 In the body, when the principal parts, as the 
 heart and liver, do their offices, and all the in- 
 feriourlmallcrven'els ait orderly and rfa/y, there 
 atifes n fwcct enjoyment upon the whole, which 
 
 we call health. 
 
 South. 
 
 If attention he ^;,/vcng.iged to thofe reHeaions, 
 they cannot fail of influcnte. Ro<ye>i. 
 
 2. Regularly; exaflly. 
 
 Seldom at church, 'twas fuch .n bufy life; 
 But duly fent his I'amily and wife. A 
 
 DUMB. atlj. [Q1-,, he was /iknt ; 
 diinils, Gothick ; bumbe, Saxon ; dum, 
 Danifli j dom, Dutch, dull.] 
 4 F 2 
 
 ■?'■
 
 D U M 
 
 ^, Mute; incapable of fpeech. 
 
 It hith pleafed himTelf fometimc to iinloofe 
 the very tongues even of dum^ creatures, and to 
 teach them to plead in their own defence, \c^ 
 the cruelty of man Hiould perfift to afflit^ them. 
 
 Hooker. 
 They fpake not a word ; 
 But like tlumh ilatues, or unbreathing ftones, 
 Star'deach on other. Shaifpeare's Rich. ill. 
 
 Some politive terms fignify a negative idea; 
 blind implies a privation of fight, dumb a denial 
 of fpcech. PVnlts' Loguk. 
 
 2. Deprived of fpeech. 
 
 They fung no more, or only fung his fame ; 
 Struck, duml/, they all admir'd the godlike man. 
 
 Vrj-de'!. 
 
 3. Mute ; not ufing words. 
 
 He ii a proper man's picture ; but, alas ! who 
 Can converfe with a durnh (how ? Shakjpeare. 
 
 His gentle dumb exprefiion turn'd at length 
 The eye of Eve to rnai k his play. Milton. 
 
 Her hum!>ie geftuies made the refidue plain, 
 Dumb eloquence perfuading more than fpeech. 
 
 Rcfcotnmon. 
 
 For he who covets gain in fuch excefs 
 Does by dumb figns himfelf as much exprefs, 
 As if in words at length he (how'd his mind. 
 
 Dryden'i Juvcm^L 
 
 Nothing is more common than for lovers to 
 complain, relent, languilh, defp.iir, and die in 
 dumb fhuw. Add':fon. 
 
 4. Silent; refuling to fpeak. 
 
 The good old feer withftood 
 Th' intended treafon, and was dumb to blood ; 
 Till tir'd with cndlefs clamours, and purfuit 
 Of Ithacus, he ftood no longer route. Dryden. 
 
 Du'mbly. ad'o. [from dumhJ\ Mutely ; 
 
 filently ; without words. 
 Du'mbness. n.f. [from i/wwi5.] 
 
 1. Incapacity to fpeak. 
 
 2. Oinifiion of fpeech ; mutenefs. 
 
 There was fpeech in their dumbnefs, language 
 in their very gct^urc : they looked as they had 
 .kcard of a woild ranfomed, or one deftroycd. 
 
 Shakfpeare' s lVinter''s Tale. 
 To til' dumbnefs of the gefturc 
 One might interpret. Shakjpeare . 
 
 3. Refufal to fpeak ; filence. 
 
 *Tis love, faid \hc ; and then mydowncaft eyes, 
 And guilty i/;^w;^«f;.', witncfs'd my furprize. 
 
 Dryditl. 
 
 To Du'mfound. i\ (7. [ixovci dumb ."l To 
 confufe ; to flrikc dumb. A low 
 phrafc. 
 
 They had like to have dumfoi/ffded the juftice ; 
 b-Ji his clerk came in to his aiTiftance. Spe^ator. 
 
 J)UiVIP. «./. [from noniy ftupid, Duuh.] 
 
 1. Sorrow; melancholy; fadncfs. 
 
 Sing no moie riitiic., fmg no mo 
 
 Of duT/:pi fo dull and heavy ; 
 The fnmds of men were ever fo, 
 
 Since fumnier firrt was leafy. Shakjpeare. 
 Vifit by night your lidy's chamber wnuluw 
 With fomc fwcct concert ; to their inftiumenis 
 Tunc a deploring dump : the nigiit's dead filence 
 Will well become fuch fweet complaining griev- 
 ance- Shakjpeare, 
 Funerals with ftately pomp 
 March flowly on in folt-mn dutr.p. Hu.ilhta^. 
 
 The fquiie who fought on bloody fiump«:, 
 By future bards bewiiil'd in doleful dmr.pi. Gay, 
 
 2. Abfcnce of mind ; reverie. Locie 
 ufes dumps ftngulaily. 
 
 Tiiis IhiiTie thmps cauf*.- to well-bred people, 
 when it carries them away from the conip.^nv. 
 
 LLcke. 
 
 Du'mpfsh. adj. [from dump.l Sad ; 
 melancholy ; forrowful. 
 
 New year, forth looking out of Janus* gate, 
 Dc'ih -fcem to promife hope of new delight ; 
 
 And hid. ling th' old adivu, i.is palR-d date 
 B*d8 «U old thotightj to die in tLitnj'ijh \^\^\\. 
 
 Sftujtr. 
 
 DUN 
 
 The lift which I live at this age is not a deid, 
 
 dumfijh^ and four life; but cheafful, lively, and 
 
 pleafant. Herbert. 
 
 Do'mpling. n.f. [from i/am^, heavincfs.] 
 
 A fort of pudding. 
 
 Pudding and dumpling burn to pot. Dryden. 
 
 Dun. adj. [bun, Saxon.] 
 i. A colour partaking of brown «nd 
 black. 
 
 We are not to expeft a ftrong and full white, 
 fuch as is that of paper ; but fome dulky obfcure 
 one, fuch as might arife from a mixtuie of light 
 and darknefs, or from white and black, that is, 
 a grey, or dun, or rulTct brown. Ncwinn. 
 
 2. Dark ; gloomy. 
 
 Come, thick night ! 
 And pall thee in the dunncji fmoke of hell. ShaiJ. 
 
 He then furvey'd 
 Hell and the gulph between, and Satan there 
 Coafting the wall uf heaven on this fide, 
 In the dun air fublime. Mtlttm' l Par. Loft. 
 
 To DUN. -v. a. [bunan, Saxon, to cla- 
 mour.] To claiin a debt with vehe- 
 mence and importunity. 
 
 Borrow of thy back, and borrow of thy belly : 
 
 they'U never a(k thee again. I (hall be dunning 
 
 thee evei-y day. Bac^.n. 
 
 -When thou dunn^f. their parents, fcldom they. 
 
 Without a fuit before the tribune, pay. Dryden. 
 
 I remember what Ihe won : 
 And hath fhe lent fo foon to dun ? Sivift. 
 
 Dun. ;;. /. [from the verb.] A cla- 
 morous, importunate, troublcfome cre- 
 ditor. 
 
 Thus, while my joylefs minutes tedious flow. 
 With looks demure, and filent pace, a dun. 
 Horrible moniler ! hated by gods aud men. 
 To my aerial citadel afcends. PJti'/ift. 
 
 It grieves my heart to be pulled by the fleeve 
 by fome rafcally dun — Sir, remember my bill. 
 
 j4rbi,th7:ot's "John Bull. 
 
 Dunce, n.f. [A word of uncertain ety- 
 mology ; perhaps from dum, Dutch, 
 ftupid.] A dullard ; a dolt; a thlck- 
 flcuU ; a ftupid, indocile animal. 
 
 Dun-i at the beft, in flieets but fcarccallow'd 
 To tickle, on thy llriw, the llupid crowd. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 Was Etiiphanius fo great .1 dunce to imagine a 
 thing, indifferent in itfelf, (hould be dire£lly op- 
 pofite to the law of God ? StiitingJ!,rt. 
 
 I never knew this town without dunca of 
 figure, who had credit enough to give rile to 
 fume new word. Stuift. 
 
 DUNG. n. f. [binsT, Saxpn.] The 
 excrement of animals ufcd to fatten 
 ground. 
 
 For dung, all eicrcments are the refufe and 
 p;:trcfai9ions of i:oiirilhmcnt. Bann. 
 
 I judge tire likclieft way to be, the perforation 
 of the body of the tree in feveral places, one 
 Kbove the other: and the filling. of the holes with 
 d:ing, mingled with the medicine; and the wa- 
 tering of thole lumps of dung wit:i fquirts of an 
 infufion of the medicine in dunged water, once 
 in Ihrec or four days. Bacon'i Nut. Hi/!. 
 
 Fjr when from lierbs the pure pait mufi be won 
 From grofs bv 'Hilling, this is better done 
 By dcfpii'd dung than by the fire or fun. Donne. 
 
 He foon would learn to think like me, 
 And blefs his ra\ ilh'd eyes to fee 
 Such order from confulioji fpiung. 
 Such gaudy tulips lais'd from dung. S-.vi/i. 
 
 To Dung. 1;. a. [from the noun.j To 
 manure with dung. 
 
 It was received of old, th.it Jurging o! grounds 
 
 when ihe weft wind blowcth, and in the dccrcafc 
 
 01 the moon, doth greatly help. Bucoi. 
 
 There, as his dream furctold, a cart he found, 
 
 That carried compolt forth 10 dung the ground. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 DUO 
 
 Du'ngeox. n.f. [from donjon, the tower 
 in wiiich prifoncrs were kept, whence 
 all prifons eminently ftrong were in 
 time called dungeons.^ A clofc prifon : 
 generally fpoke of a prifon dark or fub- 
 terraneous. 
 
 Then up he took the (lumber'd fcnfelcfs corfe, 
 And, ere he could orrt of hirfwoon awake. 
 Him to his cartle brought with halty force, 
 Aud in a dungeon deep him threw without 
 rcmorfe. Sfm/lr. 
 
 We know not that the king of heav'n hath 
 doom'd 
 This place our dungeon ; not our fafe retreat 
 Beyond his potent arm. Milton. 
 
 Now from the north 
 Of Norumbecpie, and the Samoed (hore, 
 Burfting their brazen dungeon, arm'd with ice. 
 And fnow, and hail, come fiormy guft and Aa\r. 
 
 Milton. 
 By imagination, a man in a eiungeon is ca- 
 pable of entertaining himfelf with fcenes anti 
 landfcapes, more beautiful than any that can be 
 found in tire whole compafs of nature. Addifon, 
 
 Du'ngfork. n. /. [dung and /o;-.i.] A 
 fork to tofs out dung from ftables. 
 Dungforki and paddles are common every where. 
 
 Mtrtimer, 
 
 Du'nghil. n.f. [(/ano- and ^///.] 
 1. A heap or accumulation of dung. 
 
 I, his brother, gam nothing under him but 
 growth; for the which his animals on his dung~ 
 litis are as much bound to him as I. Shntjp, 
 
 I'wo cocks fought a duel for the maftrry of .1 
 dunghil. U Eflrange. 
 
 Never enter into a league of friendlhtp with 
 an ingrateful peifon ; that is, plant not thy 
 fi'iendlhip upon Sidur.g/jil : it is too noble a plane 
 for fo bafe a foil. Soul/:, 
 
 The dunghil having raifcd a huge roulhroom of 
 (hort duration, is now fpread to enrich other 
 men's land. Sivijt. 
 
 2. Any mean or vile abode. 
 
 Pcihaps a t'.'.uufanri other worlds, that lie 
 Remote from us, and latent in the Qcy, 
 Are lighlen'd by his beams, and kindly nurfl, 
 Of which our earthly dunghil is the wotil. Dryd. 
 
 3. Any fituation of meannefs. 
 
 The poor he raifeth from the dulr, 
 Ev'n from the .iungh.i Uhs the jull. Sandys. 
 
 4. A term of reproach for a man meanly 
 born. 
 
 Out, dung/til.' dar'It thou brave a nobleman? 
 
 SnuiJ'penre. 
 
 Dunghil. ad/. Sprung from the dung- 
 hil ; mean ; low ; bale ; vile ; worlh- 
 Icfs. 
 
 His dunghil thoughts, which do thcmfelves 
 enure 
 To dirty drofs, no higher dare afpire. Spenpr. 
 
 Dv'ngy. adj* [from dung,"} Full of dung; 
 mean j vile ; bafe ; low ; odious ; worth- 
 lefs. 
 
 We need no grave to bury honcfty ; 
 There's nor a grain of it, the )«ce to Iweeten 
 Of the whole du)!gy earth Shakfpcat^. 
 
 Du'ngyard. tuf. [dung andjffln/.j The 
 place of the dunghil. 
 
 Any manner of vegetables cilt into the dung- 
 yard. Mortimer* 
 
 Du'nner. n.f, [from dtm,'^ One cm- 
 ployed in loliciting petty debts. 
 
 Tliey are evtr talking of new filks, and ferve 
 the owners in getting them cuftomcrs, as their 
 common durwers do in making them pay. Speff. 
 
 D u o u e'cu p L E . adj, \_duo and decuplus^ 
 Latin.] Conliliing of twelves. 
 
 Grife[,rius, a karntd Polnnder, endeavours to 
 cfir^nltlh f1;c ducdeiiiple proportion jmurg the 
 Jews, by cumparii.g fume i^.iffsges oi u rioiu.e 
 togcilicr. _^ jdrbkthiCft*
 
 D U R 
 
 DUPE. n. /. [dupe, French ; from duppe, 
 a foolirti bi'rtl, ealily caugtit.] A credu- 
 lous man ; a man ealily tricked. A 
 modern word hardly ellabliflicd. 
 
 An tifuiijiiig pojjul.ice is its own tlapCf a nicic 
 undciwoikcr, and a purchal'cr in tiult for fomc 
 finglc tyrant. Siu;Jr. 
 
 Firft IKivc to words, then vaflal to a name, 
 Then ifij'i to party ; child and nun the fame. 
 
 To Dupe. v. a. [from the noun.j To 
 trick ; to cheat. 
 
 The throne a bigot keep, a genius quit ; 
 Faithlels through piety, and duf'J ihrougli wit. 
 
 f'fe. 
 
 Du'pLE, aiij. [t/uplus, Latin.] Double; 
 
 one repeated. 
 To DUPLICATE, v. a. [duplko, Lat.] 
 
 1. To double ; to enlarge by the repeti- 
 tion of the firll number or quantity. 
 
 And tome alterations in tlie brain iiuj>Ii<.ttc 
 that which is but a fingle objed^ to our undit- 
 tempcred fcntinicnls. Glanville. 
 
 2. To fold together. 
 Du'pLicATE. adj. [from the verb.] 
 
 T>uyUciite pr.)purtion is the proportion of 
 Iquarcs. Thus, in a rank of geometrical pro- 
 portions, the firft term to the third is faid to be 
 in a duplicate ratio of the firft to the fccond, or as 
 its fquare is to the fquaieofthe fecond : fo in i, 
 4, 8, 1 6, the ratio of 2 to 8 is a duplicate of that 
 of 2 to 4, or as the fquare of 2 to the fquare of 4. 
 Phiinps. Harris. Balhy . 
 
 It has been found, that the attradlion is alnaoft 
 reciprocally in a </«/>/; a/^ pioportron of the dif- 
 tance of the middle of the drop from the con- 
 courfe of the glaftes, viz. reciprocally in a fim- 
 ple proportion, by reafon of the fpreading of the 
 drop, and its touching each glafs in a larger fur- 
 face ; and again reciprocally in a fimple propor- 
 tion, by rcalon of the attraiffions growing ftruiigcr 
 witiiin the fame quantity of attracling fuiface. 
 
 Ne'iuton'i Opiicks, 
 
 Dii'pLlcATE. n.f. Another correfpondent 
 to the lirft ; a fecond thing of the fame 
 kind, as a tranfcript of a paper. 
 
 Nothing is more needful for perfeiffing the 
 natural hiftory of bodies, than the fubjefting 
 them to the fire ; to which end I have referved 
 duplhatei of the moft confidcrable, If^oodiu^ztd. 
 
 Dvplica'tion. n. jC. [from duflicate.] 
 I, The art of doubling. 
 
 What great pains hath been taken concerning 
 
 the quadrature of a circle, and the duplication uf 
 
 a cube, and fome other ntathcmaticai problems. 
 
 Haie'i Origin t)J Mankind. 
 
 7. The afl of folding together. 
 
 3. A fold ; a doubling. 
 
 The peritonxum is a Ibon^f membrane, every 
 where double; in the dap/icttion of which all 
 the vifceia of the abdomen are hid. IViftman. 
 
 Du'PLiCATtiRE. n.f. [from duplicate.^ 
 A fold ; any thing doubled. 
 
 The lympheduiits, either dilacerated or ob- 
 fliui^cd, exonerate thcnrfchcs into the foldings, 
 or between the dupliiatiins of the membranes. 
 Ra\' on the C.teation. 
 
 DuPLl'ciTY. n.f. [i/u/i/Zf/j-, Lat.] 
 
 1. Doublenefs ; the number of two. 
 
 This dupii^ity was ill contrived to place one 
 head at both extremes, and had been more 
 tolerable to have fet three or four at once. 
 
 B'Otvn'i Vulgar Ericjun. 
 
 Do not affefl di/plicit/'i nor tripliciiies, nor 
 any certain numbei of parts, in your riivifion of 
 things. Jf'atts. 
 
 2. Deceit ; doublenefs of heart or of 
 tongue. 
 
 Dukabi'lity. n.f. [flumbilli, Latin.] 
 The power of Lifting j conlinuance ; 
 endurance. 
 
 D U R 
 
 Stones, though in dignity of nature inferior 
 unto plants, yet exceed them in firnincfs of 
 llrength, ur duraliilily of being. Ihokcr, 
 
 Our linres upon the earth have neither cer- 
 tainty nor durability. Raleigh. 
 
 DURABLE, adj. yurahdis, Latin.] 
 
 1. LalUng ; having the quality of long 
 continuance. 
 
 The bones of his body we may compare to 
 the hard rocks and ftoncs, and tbeicfore ftrong 
 and durable. Raleigh 
 
 With pins of adamant, 
 A.nd chains, they made all faft ; too fall they 
 
 made, 
 And dutahti I Milton. 
 
 The glories of her m.ijcfty's reign ought to be 
 
 recorded in words more duuihle than brafs, and 
 
 fuch as our poftcrity may read a thuufand years 
 
 hence. Sivifi. 
 
 • ^ •' 
 
 2. Having fucceflive exiflence. 
 
 Time, though in eternity, applied 
 To motion, meafures all thuigs durable 
 By prelent, part, and future. Milton. 
 
 Du'uABLENESs. «. f. [from durable.^ 
 Power of lafting ; continuance. 
 
 The different confiftcncc and durallrnrfs of the 
 ftr.ata whereof they confift, are more or lefs. 
 
 H^ood^uard. 
 
 A bad poet, if he eann.ot become immortal by 
 the goodnefs of his vcife, may I'y thcdurablene/^ 
 of the metal that fupports it. Addifoa. 
 
 Du'raely. adv. [from ditrahh.'\ In a 
 lafting manner. 
 
 There indeed he found his fame flourifiiing, 
 his monuments engraved in marble, and yet 
 more durably in men's memories. Sidney. 
 
 Du'rance. n. f. [from dureffe, law Fr.J 
 
 1. Imprifonment ; the cuftody or power 
 of a jailer ; a prifon. 
 
 Thy Dol, and Helen of thy noble thoughts, 
 Is in bale durance and contagious prrHni j 
 HauTd Ihither by mechanick dirty hands. 5hak. 
 
 A poor, innocent, forlorn ftranger, languiftiing 
 in durance, upoir the falfe accufations of a lyin^. 
 infolent, whorilh woma.n. South. 
 
 There 's neither iron bar nor gate. 
 Portcullis, chain, nor bolt, nor grate ; 
 And yet men durance there abide, 
 In dungeons fcarce three inches wide. Huaiiras. 
 
 Notwithftanding the warning and example be- 
 fore me, I commit myfclf to lafting durance. 
 
 Congrel'e's Old Bachelor. 
 
 2. Endurance ; continuance ; duration. 
 A doubtful word. 
 
 Sick nature at that inftant trembled round, 
 
 And mother earth figh'd as flic felt the wound : 
 
 Oi ho'.v ftnirt durance was this new made ftatc ! 
 
 How far more mighty than heav'ns love, hell's 
 
 hate I biyden. 
 
 Dura'tiom. n.f. [Ara/zo, Latin ] 
 
 1. A fort of diftance or length, the idea 
 whereof we get, not from the perma- 
 nent parts of fpa^-e, but from the fleet- 
 ing and perpetually periihing parts of 
 fucccnion. Locke. 
 
 2. Power of continuance. 
 
 Duration is a circumltance fo efPential to hnp- 
 pi'iefs, that if we concei\ed it pofliblc for the 
 joys of heaven itfelf to pafs from us in aii iiillant, 
 wc fi^ould find ourlelvcs not much concerned fcr 
 the atcainmcnt of them. Roger,. 
 
 3. Length of continuance. 
 
 Ar'ilode, by grearntfs of ai^ion, docs not 
 only nrean it Oiould be great in its nature, but 
 alfo in its duration; that it Ihould have a due 
 length in it. Addijon 
 
 To DURE. -v. n. [duro, Latin.] To 
 lad ; to continue ; to endui'e. 
 
 The delights and pleafurcs 01" the world are 
 moft f leafing while tlity dure. Ralrigh. 
 
 D U S 
 
 Du'REFitL. adj. [from dun ^r\i full.} 
 Lafting; of long continuance ; durable. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 The ilurcful oak, whofe fap is not yet dried. 
 Is long ere it conceive the kindling fire ; 
 
 But when it once doth burn, it doth divide 
 
 Great heat, and makes Ins dames to hcav'n af- 
 
 pirc. Spcnjir. 
 
 Du'reless. adj. [from dure.'[ Without 
 
 continuance; fading; tranfitory ; ftiort. 
 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 Vet were that aptitude natural, more inclinable 
 tu follow and embrace the'falfc and durelefi plea- 
 fuics of this rt.ige-play world, than to become 
 the (hadow of God. Ral-igk. 
 
 DURESSE, n.f [French; hardlhip, 
 fcvcrity.] 
 
 1. Imjirifonment ; conftraint ; confine- 
 ment. 
 
 2. In law. 
 
 A plea ufed, by way of exception, by him 
 who, being call into piifon at a man's luit, or 
 otherwifc by threats, beating, &c. hardly ukd, 
 feals any bond to him during his reftiaint. This 
 the law holds as invalid, and fuppofcs to be con- 
 fliained. Co-u/ell. 
 
 Du'ring, frep. [This word is rather a 
 participle from duri- : as, during life, du- 
 rante vita, life continuing ; during my 
 pleafure, my pleaftire continuing the- 
 fame.] For the time of the continuai)cc 
 of; while any thing lafts. 
 
 If f/wr/w^ his childhood he be conftantly and 
 ligoroufly kept from drinking cold liquor whilft 
 lie is hot, forbearance grows inio a habit. Locke. 
 
 Du'rity. n. f. [durete, French ; durus, 
 Lat.] Hardnefs ; iirmnefs. 
 
 Anciein.> did bum fragmeins of maible, whicW 
 
 in time became marble again, at leaft of indiffo- 
 
 Uible durity, as appearctii in the Itandmg theatres. 
 
 IFotton^ . Archite^ure^ 
 
 Iiradiancyor fparkling, found in many gems, 
 is not difcovci-abic in this ; for it coractli (horc 
 of their compadtnefs and durity. BrotAin. 
 
 Durst. The preterit oi dare. 
 
 The chriftians du>Jl have no images of the 
 Deity, becaufe they would nrher die than defile 
 themlcK cs with fuch an impiety. Siillt'igfiee:. 
 
 DUSK. adj. [di,_)Jler, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Tending to darknefs. See Dusky. 
 
 2. Tending to blacknefs ; dark-coloured. 
 
 The hills, to thcUfuppIy, 
 Vapour and exhalation, dujk and muift, 
 Sent up amain. Milt^n. 
 
 Dusk. n.f. [from the adjeiftive.]] 
 
 1. Tendency to darknefs ; incipient cb- 
 fcuriiy. 
 
 I Will wait on you in the du_/i of the evening, 
 with my fiiow upon niy back. Spe^ator, 
 
 2. Darknefs of colour; tendency to black- 
 nefs. 
 
 Some fpvinkled freckles on his face were fee.n. 
 Whole (/a/!{ fet off the whitenefs of the fkiii. 
 
 Vtydtn. 
 
 To Dusk. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 make duftiilh. DiB. 
 
 To Dusk. w. n. To grow dark ; to begin 
 
 to lofe light or brightnefs ; to have 
 
 luftre diminiflled. DiP.. 
 
 Du's.KiLY. adv. [from dufHy.'l With a 
 
 tendency to darknefs or blacjcntfs. 
 Du'sKisH. adj. [from dufx.'\ 
 I. Inclining to darknefs; tending to ob- 
 fcurity. 
 
 From his infernal furnace forth he threw. 
 Huge flames, that dimmed all the heaven's light, 
 EnruU'd m <iujiij/t fmoke, and brimftone blue. 
 
 Spctfer. 
 
 z. Tending to blacknefs ; dark-celouitd.
 
 D U S 
 
 D U T 
 
 Sijlit is not eantentcd with fucldcn dcp«ttmcnrs 
 from one cxircme to anothci- ; llieicforc r.itlicr a 
 HujUjh tin<\iirc thnn an nbfolutc bl.ick. IVoiion. 
 
 Du'sKisnLV. adv. [from dujh'ijlul Clou- 
 dily ; darkly. 
 
 Tiic f.i\v(lu(t burned fair, till part of the candle 
 
 confuincd: tlic duft E.itlicring abuut the fn.iH, 
 
 made the fnaft to bum .fe/y-i/)'. Bmw. 
 
 Du'sKY. ad}, [from dujh ; duyPr, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Tcmiiug to darkiicfs; obfcuic ; not 
 
 luminous. 
 
 Here lies the A/itv torch of Mortimer, 
 Choak'd with amiiition of the nuancr fort. S'l.f*. 
 
 There fierce winds o'er rf»/«c valleys blow, 
 Whofc every puff bears empty (hades aw.iy. 
 
 ' Drydir. 
 
 Tlirough the plains, of one continual day, 
 91x (hining months purfuc their even w^iy ; 
 And fix fociccding urge their diifiy flight, 
 Ohfciir'd with vapours .ind o'erwhclm'd in night. 
 
 l'iil,r. 
 
 a. Tending to blacknefs ; dark-colowrcd ; 
 not clear ; not bright. 
 
 Tlicy did plot 
 Tiic means that dujky Dis my daughter got. 
 
 Shakjptan. 
 It is not green, but of a duJky brown colour. 
 
 When Jove in dyfiy clouds involves the Ikies, 
 
 And the i^^dnt crcfcent (hooW by fits before their 
 
 eyes. DryMn. 
 
 The furfacc is of a Jafly yellow colour. // mhv. 
 
 By mixing fuch powdcr.<i, we .ire not to cxpcfl 
 
 3 ftroiig and full white, (uch as is th.it of paper ; 
 
 liut fomc dii/ly ubfcurc one, fuch as might arifc 
 
 from a mixture of light and darkncfs, or from 
 
 - white and black; that is, .1 grey, or dun, or 
 
 ruffct blown. Nrwl'.n'i Oj>r,ch. 
 
 3. Gloomy; fad; intcllcflually clouded. 
 
 While he continues in life, this liujiy kcnc of 
 
 horrour, this mcl.vnclioly piofpiifl of lin.il p-er- 
 
 «htion, will frequently occur to his fanc)'. Btnllry 
 
 Unibriel, a dulky, mcbncholy fprite. 
 As ever fullied the fair face of light, 
 Down to the central earth, his proper fcene, 
 Repairs to fearch the gloomy cave of fplecn. 
 
 DUST. n.f. [mifC, Saxon ; diiujl, Erfc] 
 
 1 . Earth or other matter reduced to fmall 
 
 particles. 
 
 '^ The d«Jt 
 
 Should have afcended to tnc roof of hcav'n, 
 Rais'd by your populous troops. Sliakfp. 
 
 Puft hclpcih the fruitfulncfs of trees, infomuch 
 as they CidV diijl upon them: that powdeiing, 
 when a fhowcr cometh, maketh a foiling to the 
 tree, being earth and water finely laid on. lUcon. 
 
 2. The grave ; the (late of diiTolution. 
 
 The fecptre, learning, phyfick, mulV 
 All follow this, and coiTte to duJI. S/i.dfp. 
 
 Thou 
 Out of the ground waft t.rken, know thy birth ; 
 For <.'.'// thou ai t, and IliaU to ./«;' return. Mi/ion. 
 
 3. A mean and dejefteJ ftate. 
 
 God laifcth up the poor out of the diiJI, to fet 
 them among princes. i Saniuc/, 
 
 To Dust. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To free from diilh 
 
 2. To fpriiiklc with lUift. 
 Du'sTMAN. ti. f. [r/«/? and mnn.] One 
 
 whofe employment is to carry away the 
 
 •lull. 
 
 The .liiftrnnn's cart offends thy clothes and eyes, 
 >Vhcn through the llrect a cloud of alhes Hies 
 
 C7.JV. 
 Df'sxy. adj. [from dii/1.] 
 1. Filled with dud ; clouded with dtift. 
 All our yeflcrdays have lighted fooU 
 The way to du/ly death. Sli^i/pt.if.: 
 
 Amis and the duflv fields I Icfs admire, 
 And loften (lianf.cly m fomc new dclire. Drydin. 
 
 i. covered or fcattercd with duU. 
 
 Even Drudgci^ himfclf, 
 As St the car he fwcats, or dujly heW) 
 The palace ftonc, looks gay. TAwi/ix. 
 
 Dutchess, n.f. [ducheffc, French.] 
 
 1 . The lady of a duke. 
 The duke of Cornwal, and Regan his duir/i,f<, 
 
 will he here. S/i.iiffeiirc 
 
 The duke was to command the army, and the 
 
 dfilch-fi, by the favour (he poffeflcd, to be near 
 
 her majefty. Siuijl. 
 
 The gen'rous god who wit and gold refines. 
 And ripens fpirits .rs he ripens mines, 
 Kept diofb for dtiichrjfts, the wovld Ihall know it, 
 To vou gave fenfc, good humour, and a (luet. 
 
 I'ojir. 
 
 2. A lady who has the fovercignty of a 
 dukedom. 
 
 DuTCHY. n. f. [Juche, French.] A 
 territory which gives title to a duke, 
 or has a duke for its foveieign. 
 
 Dift'ercnt H.itcs border on it ; the kingdom of 
 
 Fr.incc, the rf«.'% of Savoy, and the canton of 
 
 Berne. ^ddi/o,,. 
 
 France might have fwallowed up his whole 
 
 duniy. ■''■•"'J'- 
 
 DuTCHY-couRT. n. /. A court wherein 
 all matters appertaining to the dutchy 
 of Lancafter arc decided by the decree 
 of the chancellor of that court. Coivell. 
 
 Du'teous. adj. [fromi/u/y.] 
 
 1. Obedient; obfcquious; rcfpcftful to 
 thofe who have natural or regal autho- 
 rity. 
 
 Great Aurcngr.ebc did diitenut care cxprefs. 
 And durlt not pulli too far his great fuccefs. 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 A female foftnefs, with a manly mind ; 
 A duleoui daughter, and a filler kind; 
 In ficknefs patient, and in dcitli rcfign'd. Dryd. 
 
 Who taught the bee with wmds and rains to 
 ftrive. 
 To bring her burden to the certain hive j 
 And through the liquid fields again to pafs 
 DiilcMi, and hark'ning to the founding brafs ? 
 
 2. Obfequious ; obedient to good or bad 
 purpofes : with ta. 
 
 I know thee well; a ferviceablc villain ! 
 As daltout to the vices of thy miftrefs, 
 As badnefs would defirc. Shatffeair. 
 
 Every heart, more dutroin at her call, 
 Than at Circcan call the herd difgui^'d Milton. 
 
 3. Enjoined by duty ; enforced by the re- 
 lation of one to another. This fcnfe is 
 not now ufcd. 
 
 With mine own tongue deny my f.icied right, 
 With mine own breath rcleafc all duifoui ties. 
 
 Sliiiifpeare. 
 
 Du'tiful. adj. [duly ani full. 1 
 
 1 . Obedient ; fubmiiiive to natural or le- 
 gal fuperiours ; reverent. 
 
 She died in an extreme old age, without pain, 
 under the care of the moft Juiiful fon that I have 
 ever known or heard of. •'•'"■'/' " P'!"- 
 
 2. Expreffive of refpcA ; giving token 
 of reverence; refpetlful ; reverential. 
 
 There would Ihe kifs the ground, and thank 
 
 the trees, hlcfs the air, and do ■/;</'/«/ reverence to 
 
 every thing Ihe thought did accompany her .at 
 
 their (irft meeting. Sid'iry. 
 
 Du'tifully. adv. {{torn dulifiiL] 
 
 1. Obediently; fubmiirivtly. 
 
 2. Reverently ; refpcafiiHy. 
 His daughter Philoclca he found .at thnt time 
 
 <fcr//«/A' watching by her mother, and M'';' "'"■ 
 rioufly watching her. Sdary. 
 
 He with joyful, nimble wing, 
 Flew duiifiiNy back again. 
 And made anhumhle chaplct for the k^i^r.. Siu:Jt. 
 
 Du'tifulness. «./ [from duiijul.] 
 
 D W A 
 
 1. Obedience; fubmiffion to jull autho- 
 rity. 
 
 llety, or duiifulntft to parents, was a moff 
 popular virtue among the Romans. Dryden. 
 
 2. Reverence ; refpeft. 
 ft is a rtiange kinil of civility, and an evil du- 
 
 tiiuhifjs in friends and relatives, to fuller him to 
 
 perith without reproof or medicine, rather than 
 
 ' '" ' *" Ttjyhr, 
 
 t^ r » 
 
 to fecm unmannerly to a great finner. 
 
 Du'ty. ti.f, [from </;«,] 
 
 1 . That to which a man is by any natural 
 or legal obligation bound. 
 
 When ye Ihall have done all thofe things which 
 arc commanded you, foy. We arc iinprofiiablc 
 fervants : wc have done that which was our duty 
 to do. Lute. 
 
 The pain children feel from any neceflity of 
 nature, it is the duly of parents to lelieve, Locke. 
 
 2. A£ls or foibearances required by reli- 
 gion or morality. In this fenfe it has 
 a plural. 
 
 Good my lord, 
 You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me: I 
 IV:turn thofe dutie\ back, as arc right fit ; 
 Obey you, love you, and moll honour you. 
 
 S/ittkfficJrf, 
 All our duty is fet down in our pi.ayers, bc- 
 caufe in all our duty we beg the Divine .affiftance ; 
 and remember that you arc bound to do all thofe 
 duties, for the doing of which you have prayed 
 for the Divine affiftance. Tayhr. 
 
 3. Obedience or fubmilfion due to pa- 
 rents, govcrnours, or fuperiours j loy- 
 alty ; piety to parents. 
 
 Think'll thou that duty ftrall have dread t« 
 fpcak, 
 When pow'r to flatt'iy bows .=■ To plainncfs 
 
 lionour 
 Is bound, when majcrty to folly falls. Sh.ik. 
 
 God's party will appear fmall, and the king's 
 not greater : it being not probable, that thofe 
 Ihould have fcnfe of duty to him that had none, 
 to God. Oicay 0/ Piety. 
 
 4. Aft of reverence or refpeft. 
 
 They both ' atone, 
 Did duty to the'r lady as became. F.iiry Queen, 
 
 5. The bufinefs of a foldicr on guard. 
 The regiment did duty there puniftually. 
 
 Cttiie'idan. 
 Otho, as often as Galba fupped with him, 
 ufcd to give evciy foldicr uiion duty an aureus. 
 
 j^rliutAner. 
 
 6. The bufinefs of war; fervice. 
 
 The night came and fevered them, all parties 
 being tired with the duty of the day. Clnremlort. 
 
 See how the madmeii bleed ! Behold the gains 
 With which their mafter, love, rewards their pains • 
 For fcven long years, on duly ev'ry day, 
 Lo ! their obedience, and their rao»arch's pay ! 
 
 Di ydeu. 
 
 7. Tax; impoft ; cuAom ; toll. 
 
 All the viints mike their way through feveial 
 dulid and taxes, before they reach the port. 
 
 .-Jddifen. 
 Such (hekels as they now fhew, were the old 
 one. in which duty was to be paid by their law. 
 
 yfriutktfiQf, 
 
 DWARF, n.f. [bpeop3, Saxon; d-werg, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. A man below the common lize o-t 
 
 men. 
 
 Get you gone, you dwarf • 
 You minimus, of hind'ring knot-grafs made. 
 
 Sfttdfffare. 
 Such d-iuii.J: were fome kind of apes. B'iwn. 
 They, hut now who feem'd 
 In Mgnefs to furpafj eartn's giant tons, 
 Now Ids than fm.dleft divcrj>, in narrow roo>» 
 Throng numhcrlcfs. Mili'-n. 
 
 2. Any animal or phut below its natural 
 bulk.
 
 D W E 
 
 tn a delicate pl.mtation of tree s, all well grown, 
 (air, and fmooth, one dwarf was knotry anri 
 crooked, and the reft had it in dciiliun. L'Ejh. 
 Saw off the (luck in a fmoolh pl.cc ; and for 
 dwarf trco, graft them within four (ingcu of the 
 ground. Moilinur. 
 
 3- An attendant on a lady or knight in 
 romances- 
 
 The champion ftout, 
 Eftfiooncs difmounlcd hnm his courfcr brave, 
 And to tl;c dwarf awhile his ncc'ilcfs fpcar he 
 gave. Spftfrr. 
 
 4. It is uftd often by botanids in compo- 
 fition : as, diuarf-cXdtr^ divarf-\\on':y- 
 fucklc. 
 To DwAiTF. V. a. [from the noun.] To 
 hinder from growing to the natural 
 bulk ; to lelfen ; to make little. 
 
 It is reported th;it a good iUong canvas, fpread 
 over a tree grafted luw, foon after it putteth 
 forth, will dwarf it, and make i' fpread. liann. 
 The whole fcx is in. a manner dwarfed, and 
 ihrunk into a race of beauties, th,at fcems nimolt 
 another fpecics. Addihn. 
 
 Dwa'kfish. adj. [from diuarf.'\ Below 
 the natural bulk ; low ; fmall ; little ; 
 petty ) defpicable. 
 
 Their dwaifijh pages were, 
 As clierul/ms, all gilt. Shakfptare. 
 
 And arc you gr^wn fo high \n his cftecm, 
 Bccaufc I am fo dwarfjh and fo low .' Shakff. 
 
 This unhc:trd faucincf^, andboyiih troops, 
 The king d jlh fmilc at; and is well prcpar'd 
 To whip tliis duiatfjh war, thefe pigmy arms, 
 From out the circle of his territories. Shak. 
 
 A thicket clnfc bcfidc the grove there ftood. 
 With briars and brambles choak'd, and dvuirfijh 
 
 wood. )}ry,l;n. 
 
 Wc (hould have loft oaks and cedars, and tlic 
 other tall and lofty fons of the forcft, and have 
 found nothing but dwarf.Jh Ihtubs, .and cr«tp- 
 ing mofs, and defpicable mulhrooms. Bcmley 
 
 DvvA'RFiaHLY. adv. [from d'juarfifh ."[ 
 Like a dwarf. 
 
 Dw.i'RFiSHNES3. n. f. [from d'warfi/h.'\ 
 Minutenefs of ftaturc ; littlencfs. 
 
 *Tis no wonder that fcience hath not outgrown 
 the dwarfj/mefi of its priftinc ftaturc, and that 
 the intelleiflual world is fuch a microcofm. 
 
 GUvi',iiUc. 
 
 To DwAULE. r. a. [bpelian, Saxon, to 
 wander; dwaekn, Dutch.] To be de- 
 lirious : a provincial word mentioned 
 by jfunius. 
 
 To DWELL. V. It. preterit dwell, or 
 dwelled, [^dualla, old Teutonick, is 
 ftay, delay ; dueria, Iflandick, to liny, 
 to (land ftill.] 
 
 i. To inhabit ; to live in a place ; to re- 
 fide ; to have a habitation. 
 
 If thy brother that divcllctlt by thee be waxen 
 poor, and be fold unto thee, thou (halt not com- 
 pel him to feivc as a hond-fcrvant. LcTilicus. 
 
 He (hall dw^ll alone, without the camp (Iiall 
 Ijis habitation be. Lnuiinn. 
 
 John Haywood .and fir Thomas More, in the 
 n.irilh wherein I was born, divelt and had po(rcf- 
 lions, ^ Peaclmm. 
 
 U'hy are you vex'd, lady ? Why do you frown .- 
 Here dwell no frowns, nor anger j from thcfc gates 
 Sorrow flics far. Ali/l'.a. 
 
 2. To live in any form of habitation. 
 
 Abraham fojourncd in the Land of Promifc as 
 in a ftraijgc country, dwelling in tabernacles. Heb. 
 
 2- To be in any (late or condition. 
 
 'Ti.s fafcr to be that which we dcftroy, 
 iriua by dcltruitioa diuiU in doulifuJ j'^y, Sh.ik. 
 
 D W I 
 
 4. To be fufpended with attention ; to 
 hang upon with care or fondnefs. 
 
 He in gicat palTion all this while did dwell ; 
 More bufying his quick eyes her face to view, 
 Tiian itii dull ears to hear what (he did tell. Sfenf. 
 
 Th' atteruive queen 
 Dwell on his accents. Smith. 
 
 Such was that face, on which I diuell with joy. 
 Ere Greece afTcmblcd ftemm'dthc tides to Troy. 
 
 ;><!/.'■ 
 
 5. To continue long fpeaking. 
 
 He prcach'd the joys of heav'n, and pains of 
 hell. 
 And warn'd the (inner with becoming leal : 
 But on crcrnal mercy lov'd to dwell. Drydcn. 
 
 We l.avc dwell pretty long on the confidera- 
 tion» of fpace and duration. Loric. 
 
 Thofc who defend our negotiators, dwell upon 
 their zeal and p.'Uicncc. Swfi. 
 
 To Dwell. V. a. To inhabit. Not ufed. 
 
 I faw and heard ; for wc fometimcs 
 
 Who dwell iWiiw'M, conftrain'd by want, come 
 
 forth 
 To town or village nigh. Milt.n. 
 
 Dwe'i.ler. n. f. [from dtvel/.} An in- 
 habitant ; one that lives in any place. 
 
 The houfes being kept up, did of necefTiiy en- 
 force a dweller ; and the proportion of land for 
 occupation being kept up, did of ncceflity'cnforcc 
 that dweller not to be beggar or cottager, but a 
 man of fomc fijl;ftance. Baepn. 
 
 Their cries foon waken all the d-wrllen near; 
 Now murmuring noifcs rife in every (treet. Dryd, 
 
 Dwe'lling. n. f. [from divell.] 
 
 1. Habitation ; place of refidence ; abode. 
 
 1lis.^lne'liag is low in a valley green. 
 Under the foot of Rauran moH"y horc. Fairy Qu. 
 
 Ha/,or (hall be a dwelliai;^ for dragons, and a 
 dtfolalion for ever. Jeremiah. 
 
 II he have feveial dwellings, let him fort them 
 fo, that what he wantcth in the one he may (ind 
 ill the other. Bacon. 
 
 God will deign 
 To vil'it oft the elwellingi of ju(t men. 
 Delighted. Mdlon. 
 
 All dwellingf elfc 
 Flood overwhclm'd, and them with all their pomp 
 Deep under water loU'd ; fea covered fea, 
 Sea without (horc! Alilton. 
 
 The living few and frequent funerals then 
 I'roclaini'd thy wrath on this forfaken place ; 
 
 And now thofc few, who are return'd again, 
 Thy fearchingjudgments to their dwellings trace. 
 
 Dry'den. 
 The force of fire afcended firft on high. 
 And took its dwelling in the vaulted (ky. Dryd. 
 
 2. State of life; mode of living. 
 
 My dw.lling (hall be, with the bealts of the 
 
 field. Daniel. 
 
 Dwe'llinchouse. «./. [from ^wf// and 
 
 hou/e.'] The houfe at which one lives. 
 
 A pcrfon jiujht always to be cited at the [.lace 
 of his dwcliinglwiijc^ which he has in rcfpcdt of 
 Lis halrltatic>n and ufual'rcfidcncc : and not at 
 the hotifc which he iias in rcfpcft of his cHate, 
 or the place of his birth. j^ylif:. 
 
 Dwe'llingplace n.f. {^diuell Ani pi ace.] 
 The place of relidence. 
 
 I\-oi'!c dooften change their dwelUngplacet, 
 and fomc muft die, whilft other fomc do grow 
 up into llrength. Sjirnfer. 
 
 To Dwi'.VDLE. V. II. {bpinan, Saxon.] 
 I, To fluink ; to lofe bulk; to grow 
 little. 
 Toy dwiiidltJ legs fecni crawling to the grave. 
 
 D:yden. 
 
 Proper names, when familiarized in Engliili, 
 
 daindle to nr:onofy llablcs ; whereas in other lan- 
 
 gii.iges they receive a foftcr turn, by the addi- 
 
 liuu of a new fyilaLJe. ^LUifcn. 
 
 D Y S 
 
 Our droopinj days are dwindled <1ow« ta 
 nought. 
 Their period finilh'd ere 'tis well begun. Thcmf. 
 
 2. To degenerate ; to fink. 
 
 'Til now dwiniUed down to light frothy (luff. 
 
 M,rri,. 
 
 If there have been fuch a gradual diminuiiun 
 of the generative faciHty of the eaith, thii it h. th 
 dwindled trom nobler animals to puny mice and 
 infedts, why was there not the like decay in the 
 produflion of vegctablej ? Benlley, 
 
 He found the expected council was dwindling 
 into a constnticic, a packed alTembly of Italiaa 
 bifhops, not a free convention of fathers, yittertr. 
 
 Religious focietics, though begun with excel- 
 lent intentions, arc faid to have dwindled into 
 factious clubs. Swift. 
 
 3. To wear away; to lofe health; to 
 grow feeble. 
 
 Weary fcv'nnights nine times nine, 
 Shall he dwindle, peak, and pine. Shatf. 
 
 Wc fee, that fome fmall part of the foot beinj 
 injured by a wrench or a blow, the whole leg or 
 thigh thereby lofcs its llrength and nourilhmcnt, 
 and dzuimtln away. L^cJke* 
 
 Phyficirns, with their milky cheer. 
 The iovc-ficK maid and dwindling beau repair. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 4. To fall away ; to be diminilhcd; tu 
 moulder off. 
 
 Under Grccnvil, there were only five hundred 
 foot and three hundred hoilc left; the reft were 
 dwindled away. Clarindm, 
 
 Dye. See Die. 
 
 Dying. The participle ot die. 
 
 1. Expir^Ing ; giving up the ghoft. 
 
 2. Tinging; giving a new colour. 
 Dy'nasty. «./ [j'ttariia.] Government; 
 
 fovereignty. 
 
 Some account him fabulous, bccaufe he car- 
 ries up the Egyptian dynafljes bc(otc the flood, yea, 
 and long before the creation. Hale. 
 
 Greece was divided into fcvcial dynajliu, 
 which ouj- author has enumerated under their rc- 
 fpc^tive princes. P<.tK. 
 
 Dy'scrasy. v./. [l.a-x^y.c-'su.] An un- 
 equal mixture of elements in the blood 
 or nervous juice ; a diflcmperature, 
 when fome humour or quahly abounds 
 ill the body. Did. 
 
 In thi.s pituitoiis dyfra/y of blood, wc muft 
 vomit off the pituila, and purge upon inter- 
 mrfiioiis. Fkyer en the llamturs^ 
 
 Dyse'ntery. n. /. [dyfenterie, French, 
 from ^isTijTi^ia.] A loofenefs, whereia 
 very 111 humours flow off by ilool, an<J 
 are alfo fometimes attended vs-ith blood. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Trom an untifual incondancy of the weather 
 and perpetual changes of the wind from caft to 
 welt, proceed epidemical dyfenteries. Aihuth. 
 
 DrsfK'piY. n. /. [k<riri4-i:c.] AdlfS- 
 
 culty of digellion, or bad fermentatioa 
 in the flomach or guts. Did. 
 
 Dyspuony, b. / [h,r(pi.Viu.1 A diffi. 
 culty in fpeaking, occaJioned by nn iJl 
 difpofitlon of the organs. Di3. 
 
 Dysj-no'ea. n. / [,Vt«o,»,] a difHculty 
 of breathing ; Ibaitnefs of breath. 
 
 Dyeury. n. /. [^c<r«.;«.J A difHcuhyla 
 jnaking urine. 
 
 It doth end 111 a dyfcntery, pjjns of the h». 
 morrhoids, inflammations of any of tli« lawc* 
 parts, diabetes, a continual pilling, ur a l«jt 
 dj/urji, diiliculty 0/ ni»Joii£ water. Unn.^,
 
 E. 
 
 E A D 
 
 I? Has two founds; long, z%fcene, and 
 |^> fhort, as men. E is the moft t«- 
 qu«nt vowel in the Englith language ; 
 for it not only is ufed like the rell in the 
 beginning or'end of words, but has the 
 , pecuHar quality of lengihening the fore- 
 going vowel, as, can, cane ; »uni, mane; 
 gap, gSpe ; gla^, g!SJe ; ^r.V, 6r?dei 
 j/nn, chine ; wr/, •U'W ; lh1n, thine; nod, 
 node ; tun, tun: ; plM'i, plume. Yet it 
 iometimes occurs final, where yet the 
 foregoing vowel is not lengthened ; as, 
 gone, inr^'^vUdge, edge, give. Anciently 
 almoft every word ended with e, as for 
 can, canne ; for year, ycare ; for great, 
 Srcr.li ; for need, neede ; iorfock, flocke. 
 It is probabli that this « final had at firll 
 a foft found, like the female e of the 
 French ; and that afterward it was in 
 poetry either mute or vocal, as the verfe 
 required, till at laft it became univerfally 
 iilcnt. 
 Ea has the fonnd of e long : the e is com- 
 monly lengthened rather by the im- 
 mediate addition of a than by the ap- 
 pofition of e to the end of the word ; as 
 tiien, mean ; fil, Jcal ; met, meat ; net, 
 neat. 
 Each. pron. [elc, Saxon; ehh, Dutch; 
 ilh, Scottifti.] 
 
 , I . Either of two. 
 
 Tl.ough your oriis of difTreiit greatntfs be, 
 Yet both are for ea-h other's ufc difpos'd ; 
 His to iuclofe, and you;'s to be inclos'd. Dryi. 
 2 . Every one of any mimber. This fenfe 
 is rare, except in poetry. 
 
 Th" invention ail adinir'd, and each how? he 
 To be th' inventcr mifs'd. Md!<i«. 
 
 Let each 
 His adatT>anti>>e coat gird well, and each 
 Fit well his helm. hhlltn. 
 
 ■ By hunger, that «<■* other creature tames, 
 Thou art not to he harm'd, therefore no: mov'dj 
 Thy tcmpcranee invincible belides. Mi!t(,n. 
 
 Wife PUro fairf, the woi '.d with men was ftor'd, 
 That fuccourfrtc/i to other might affoid. Dcnham. 
 
 To Each the correfpondent word is other, 
 whether it be ufed of two, or of a 
 greater number. 
 •Tis faid they cat i<ich oihr. ShAfpe^ri. 
 
 Let each efteem oihir better than themfclves. 
 
 Vhll. 
 Lovelieft of wo:ncn ! heaven is in thy foul ; 
 B;auty and virtue fliinc for ever round thee, 
 Bright'ning ccch Either! Thou art all divine. 
 
 ylMUfori's Cato. 
 
 Ead. [ad, 'd.] in the compound, and 
 eadig in the fimple names, denotes hap- 
 pinefs, or bk-Tcdnefs. Thus Ead-ward 
 is a happy prefciver ; Eadulph, happy 
 
 E A G 
 
 affiilance; Eadgar, happy power; Eai- 
 •wm, happy conqueror; \;\iv^Macar'ius, 
 Eupolemus, Faujla, Fortunaltis, Felicia- 
 nus, &c. do in fome nieafure refemble. 
 Bad may alfo in fome cafes be derived 
 from the Saxon ealh, which fignifies 
 eafy, gentle, mild. Gibf. Camden. 
 
 EA'GER. adj. [eajop, Saxon; aigre, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . Struck with defire ; ardently wifhing ; 
 keenly delirous ; vehement in defire ; 
 hotly longing. 
 
 Of action eager, and intent of thought, 
 Tiic chiefs your honourable danger fought. Dryd. 
 
 En^n to read the reft, Ach.ites came. D'yicn. 
 
 With joy th' jml.itious youth his mother heard, 
 And, cagtr, for the journey, foon prepar'dj 
 He lon^s the world beneath him to I'urvey, 
 To guide the chariot, and to give the day. Dryd. 
 
 Love intlam'd, and t^igcr on his blifs, 
 Sniother'd her words. Adjifii's OitiJ. 
 
 2. It is ufed fometimes with of, feme- 
 times with for, fometimes with on or 
 after before the thing fought. 
 
 3. Hot of difpofition ; vehement ; ardent; 
 impetuous. 
 
 Apt .IS well to quicken the fpirits as to allay 
 th.1t which is too cjgt-r. Hooker. 
 
 Nor do the eagfr clamours of difputants yield 
 more relief to eclipfed truth, than did the found- 
 ing brafs of old to the labouring moon. GiarrjiBc. 
 
 Imperfeft zeal is hot and eager, without 
 knowledge. Sptatt. 
 
 Eager his tone, and ardent were his eyes. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 A man, charged with a crime of which he 
 thinks himfelf innocent, is apt to be too ,.>itr 
 irt his own defence. Dry.iin. 
 
 4. Quick ; bufy ; eaCly put in aclion. 
 
 His Kumidian genius 
 Is well difpos'd to mifchief, where he prompt 
 And eagei ot it; but he mull be fpurr'd. ylddif. 
 
 5. Sharp; four; acid. 
 
 With a fuddcn vigour it doth poflfct 
 And curd, like eager droppings i.^ro milk, 
 ■ The thin and wholcfome Wood. SkaiJ^-earr. 
 
 6. Keen ; fevere ; biling. 
 
 The air bites ftircwdly ; it is veiy cold. 
 — It is a nipping and an eagir air. Shahfpeare. 
 
 The flelli" (hiinketh, but the bone refifteth, 
 whereby the cold becomcth more eager. Bacon. 
 
 7. Brittle ; inflexible ; not duftile. A 
 cant word of artificers. 
 
 Gold will be fometimes fo eager, as arlifts cnll 
 
 it, that it will as little endure the hammer as 
 
 glals itfelf. Locke. 
 
 Ea'gerly. adv. [from eager. 1 
 
 I. With great ardour of defire ; with im- 
 
 petuofity of inclination. 
 
 To the holy war how f.ift and eagerly did men 
 go, when tlie priell pei fuaded them th.it whofo- 
 crer died in that expedition was a martyr I Ssuth. 
 
 How eageiJy he fiew, when Europe's fate 
 Did for the feed of future adtions wait. Strfr.ey. 
 
 E A G 
 
 2. Ardently; hotly. 
 
 Brutus gave the word too early. 
 Who having fome advantage on Oiflaviuij 
 Took it too eagerly ; his foldicrs fell to fpoil, 
 Wliilft we by Anthony were inclos'd. Shukffiare, ' 
 
 3 . Keenly ; iharply. 
 
 Abundance of tain froz.e fo eagerly as it .'ell, 
 that it fecmcd the depth of Miatei had of afudden 
 been come in. KnolUi' Hijioiy of the Turks. 
 
 Ea'gerness. n.f. [irom eager.'] 
 
 1 . Keennefs of defire ; ardour of inclina- 
 tion. 
 
 She knew her diftancc, and did angle forme, 
 Madding my eagernej's with iier rcftraint. Shakf. 
 
 Have you notieen, when whirled from the. filt. 
 Some faulcon ftoop'd at what her eye defign'd. 
 And, with her eagernefs, the quarry mifs'd. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 The eagernefs and fironpbent of the mind after 
 knowledge if not waiily regulated, is often an 
 hindrance to it. Locke. 
 
 Detraction and obloquy are received with 33 
 much eagerficfs as wit and humour. .dddijon; 
 
 Juba lives to catch 
 That dear embrace, and to return it too. 
 With mutual warmth and eagernefs of love. 
 
 .Addifon^s Catt. 
 
 His continued jipplication to publick affairs 
 diverts him fiom thofe pleafures, which are pur- 
 fued with eagernefs by prnices who have not tho 
 publick fo much at heart. Addifon. 
 
 The things of this world, with whatever Mgtr- 
 n:ji they engage our purfuit, leave us Hill empty 
 aiid unfatisfied with theif fruition. Rogers. 
 
 2. Impetuofity; vehemence; violence. 
 
 It finds them in the eagernefs and height of 
 their devotion ; they are fprcchlefs for the time 
 that it continues, and proftrate and dead when 
 it departs. Drydea. 
 
 I 'il kill thee with fuch eagernefs of halle. 
 As fiends, let loofc, would lay all nature wafle. 
 
 D<ydin. 
 
 EA'GLE. n. f. \aigh, French ; ajimla^ 
 Latin; caller, Erfe.] 
 
 1 . A bird of prey. 
 
 The eagle, as it is reported, renews its age 
 when it grows old. It is aifo faid not to drink 
 at all, like other birds with (harp claws. It is 
 given out, that when an eagle fees its young lo 
 well g'ovi'n as to venture upon flying, it hovers 
 over their nell, and excites them to imitate it, 
 and take their flight ; and when it fees them 
 wtarv, or fearful, it takes them upon its back. 
 r.a^fes arc faid to lie ciiremely Oiarp-fightcd, 
 and, when they take flight, fprirg pcrpendi- 
 culaily upward, with their eyes fleadily fixed 
 upon the I'un. Calntef, 
 
 Draw foi tii the monfiers of th' abyfs profound, 
 Or fetcii th' aerial etgle to the ground. Pope. 
 
 2 . The iVandard of the ancient Romans. 
 
 A.:ti ftiU foUow'd where Rome's eaglrs flew. 
 
 P:j.e. 
 
 Ea'gle-eyed. adj. {(com eagle znd eyed. ^ 
 Sharp-fighted as an eagle. 
 
 As he was quick and perfpicacious, fo was 
 he inwardly eagle-eyed, and verlcd in the humours 
 of hii fubjcdls. lUue!.
 
 EAR 
 
 EvVy one i« t,rglr-ii'J to fee 
 Aiiiitlifr'.N faiiln niul jiii Hclormity. DiyJtn. 
 
 Ea'ci.espef.d. n. y; [ifrt5'/r and ^/^^Cf./.J 
 Swiftiiefs like that of an eagle. 
 
 Abrupt, wr.li r,ig/,f/ift\l (he cm the Ikv, 
 InlUiit iiivifiblc to mortal eye. Pofc, 
 
 Ea'glestone. n. /. A ilone faid to be 
 found at the entrance of tlie holes in 
 which the eagks make their nelts, and 
 ainrnicd to have a particular virtue in 
 defending the eagle's neft from thinider. 
 
 Ctilmct. 
 The eagl'jloKe co'.itiiins, in a c:ivity wlibiii it, 
 a fni;\il loofc Jionc, which rattles when it is 
 thukcii; and cvciy lolhl, with a nucleus in it, 
 has obtained the name. The analogy between a 
 ftouc, thus containing anothct within it, or, as 
 llic funcifnl wiiters cxprcfs it, pregnant with 
 another, and a wrjni.m bitj witii child, led people 
 to imagine that it niuft have great virtues and 
 eflcfts in accelerating or retarding delivery ; fo 
 that, if tied to the arm of a woman with child, 
 it prevents abortion ; and if to the leg, it pro- 
 iiiotcs delivery. On fuch idle and imaginary 
 virtues was raifcd all the credit which tiiis fa- 
 mous folhl puflelTcd for many ages. ///'.'/. 
 If you Hoj) the holes of a hawit's bell it will 
 make no rmg, but a ihrt noife or rattle; and fo 
 <loth the a:tiies, or caghfnney which hath a little 
 ilonc within it. Jiaro':. 
 £.v'glet. n. f. [from ea^h.'l A young 
 eagle. 
 
 This treafon of his fons did the king cxprcfs 
 in an cnrblcm, wherein was an eagle with three 
 i.ig/(/i tyring on her bieaft, and the fourth pick- 
 ing at one of her eyes. Z>,ivi\i. 
 Ea'gre. rt.f. [ir^er, in Runick, is the 
 ocean; c^pu, in Illandick, Is to agtlale, 
 to incite.^ A tide fwelliug above another 
 tide, obfervable in the river Severn. 
 
 For as an engre rides in triuinpth o'er the tide, 
 The tyrant pairrons, hope and iear, 
 Did in c.\rrcmcs app.'ar. 
 And ti.iilrd upon the fuul wl'li equal force. 
 
 Dry,!,;,. 
 
 E.-\'lderman. ». f. [ealbejniian, Saxon.] 
 The name of a Saxon magiilrate j alder- 
 man. 
 
 Eame. n.f. [.lam, Saxon; «;«, Dutch.] 
 Uncle : a word liil'i ufed in the wilder 
 parts of .Staffordlliii-e. 
 
 Daughter, fays Ibe, iiy, fly; hcholil thy dame 
 Forelliows the treafon of thy wi'ttched tame! 
 
 F.„;f.,x. 
 E.^R. n./ [enpe, Saxon ; oor, Diitth.] 
 I. The whole organ of audition or heating. 
 What tire is in my .-.r.-j .■" Can this be tiue? 
 ^t.^.nd I condcmn'dl Sh,ilJi,i;iic. 
 
 His f.if J are open unto their cry. I'/u/ms. 
 
 Valfalva riifcoveied fomc pafT.iges Into the re- 
 gion of the ?vrdiuni; of mighty ufc, ani'tnu 
 others, to make difchargcs of bruiies. D-r/iam. 
 :.. That part of tke ear that ilanda pro- 
 minent. 
 
 Von ha\c heard of the news abroad : I mean, 
 
 tb'e whifpei'd ones; for tiicy are jet but cw 
 
 kifling arguments. Sh.iijp.urc 
 
 His Bjaricr fli.ill bote iiis i-.rr through with an 
 
 a«l. _ _ E.:od:,i. 
 
 3. Power of judging of harmony; the 
 fenfe of hearing. 
 
 She has a delicate .'jr, and her voice is nuifick. 
 
 4. The bead ; or the petfon : in familiar 
 language. 
 
 Their warlike force was fore weakened, the 
 cUy heaten down about their tars, and moH of 
 them woimdcd. Knollts. 
 
 Better pafs ever an affr.int from one fcoundrel, 
 than draw- tiiq whole herd about a man's ciirs. 
 
 VOL. I. 
 
 EAR 
 
 Be not .il.irnird, as if .ill religion w-is falling 
 
 about our f.r' t. BuiiHt*i Tftr-jry. 
 
 5. The liighell part of a man ; the top. 
 
 A cavalier was up to the can in love witfi a 
 very fine iady. V F.Jiruripf, 
 
 (>. ■] he privilege of bcinjj readily and 
 kindly heard ; favour. 
 
 Aririip|ius svas carneft fuitor to Dionyfius for 
 forirc grant, wiio woiild jivc no Ciir to his fui: ; 
 Ai-iftippiis fell at his fcetj and tlien Dioiiyliirs 
 granted it. Bacon't .^pof*fif/:rt/nn. 
 
 They being told there was fnrall liopc of tale, 
 Were willing at the firft to give an ear 
 To any thing that fotnrdcd iil)erty. JSeri JiMfw. 
 
 If on a pillory, or neir a throne, 
 He g:iin his prince's ttir^ or lofc his own. Po/^f. 
 
 7. Difpolition to like or diflike what is 
 heard J judgment ; opinion; talte. 
 
 He laid his fenfe clufer, and in fewer words, 
 according to the (iyle and cnr of thofe times. 
 
 8. Any prominences from a larger body, 
 raifed tor the fake of holding it. 
 
 There are fome veflels, whicii, if you offer 
 to lilt I>y the belly or bottom, you cannot liii 
 them: but are foon removed, if you take them 
 by the enri. Tavltr's Holy Living. 
 
 A qiidicd night-cap with one enr, Cofigrcvc. 
 
 A pot without an tar, ^luift, 
 
 9. The fpike of corn j that part which 
 contains the feeds. 
 
 He delivered to each of them a jewel, made in 
 the figure of an car of wheat, which they ever 
 after wear. Uncon. 
 
 The leaves on trees not more, 
 Nor bearded e.rrj in fields, nor fands upon the 
 Ihore. Dr\\lcn. 
 
 From fcveral grains he had cigiity (lalks, with 
 very large can full of large corn. hhiiintc 
 
 10. To he by tk' Ears 
 
 ^rofalllogether 
 
 Togo logiiher 
 [In Utitch oorlogeti.] A lamiliar phrafe. 
 
 Poor naked men belaboured one anotircr with 
 Ihagged ilicks, or dully/t// tagnhir by tltc,curi at 
 filty-curfs. . ^iorc. 
 
 Fools g9 together by th: earSf to have kna\es 
 run away with the llake.s. L'EJirnn^e. 
 
 .K\\ Afia now was hy the carij 
 And gods beat up for volunteers. r>r:^. 
 
 1 1. Tofet by the Ea I; s. To make ftii.e ; 
 to make t6 quarrel : In low language. 
 
 \ mean rafc^il fen othcn together by the cars 
 without fighting bimfclf. L' Ej/rar:i>f. 
 
 She uled to carry rales from one to another, 
 'tiil flie had y?/ the neighbourhood togetiier b\ 
 ttie cati, Mrbnthnot. 
 
 It is ufual to /if thefe poor animals by the ca' i. 
 
 ylildij'jti. 
 
 liA'itLEss. acij. [from car.] Without 
 any ears. 
 
 Earl fi. on high flood unabafh'd Defoe, 
 And Tuictiin tlagrant from the I'courge below. 
 
 Pcj'e. 
 Ea'rring. n.f. [car and nV'j-.] Jewels 
 fct in a ring and worn at the cars ; 01- 
 i.ament of a woman's eat. 
 
 With gold and filver they iiicreafe his ifore. 
 And gave the precious eaningt wbicli they wore. 
 
 A lady bi flowed curings upon a favourite 
 lamprey. ArbuthiKt. 
 
 Ea'kshot. n.f. Reach of the ear; 
 
 fptice wi'Jiin which words maybe heard. 
 
 Gomez, flaud you out of earjhot. — I have 
 
 fometliing to lay to your wife in private. liryJcn. 
 
 Ea't.wax. n.f, \ear and •zcrt.v.] The 
 cerumen or exudation which fmcavs the 
 infide of the ear. 
 
 The c.ir being to fland open, becaufe there 
 was tome dargcr that infects might cicej) in 
 
 Ears. T To light; 
 
 vij//!ii:EARS. > to fcuffle; 
 • by the E A R s. J to quarrel. 
 
 K A'^R 
 
 t'lereat; theref,.r(; bath nature loricatcdorpbiiler. 
 cd over Ihf fides ti( the bole with ear^iuax, to 
 entangle inlcds. Kay on the Creaiiin. 
 
 Ea'kwio. n,/ [eaji'eand pijga, a^fuA, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. A Hicath-winged infe£l ; Imagined to 
 creep into the ear. 
 
 Himfclf he on an rarivig fet; 
 Vet fcarcc he on his back could gcr> 
 So oft and high he did cuiTet. T)r/iyian, 
 
 Earwig: and Inails fcldom infeift limber. 
 
 Moiii^ntr'i Uujlatuiry, 
 
 Dnil never flies to cut licr lace, 
 Or throw cold svatcr in her face, 
 Eccaufe (he heaid a fuddcn dium. 
 Or found an earwig m a plum. ^■"•fi, 
 
 2. Byway of reproach, a whifperer ; a 
 prying informer, 
 
 Ea'rwitness. n.f [c/7/- and w/.'.-.r/}.] 
 One who atteils, or can attcft, ar.y thing 
 as heard by himfclf. 
 
 All prefent were mtiii: e.^rnitnejfri, even of 
 each particular branch of a common iiidiftment. 
 
 _, Hooker. 
 
 The hiftoncs of mankind, written by eye or 
 enruiiDleJfis, arc built upon this principle. tJ^atli. 
 
 To' Ear. v. a. [aro, Latin.] To plo\" •' 
 to till, Obfolete. 
 
 He that ^■aM niy land fpares- my team, and 
 gives mc leave to rn.oy the crop. SLdfycnre. 
 
 Menccrates and Mcnas, famous pirates. 
 Make thi fca fervc them, which they ear and 
 
 wound 
 
 With keels of evciy kind. Shakfprnrr. 
 
 Aroughvallcy, which is neitherrarfrfnor fown. 
 
 ^ E>cntero':0}nv. 
 
 Five years, in the which there (hall be neither 
 
 '"'"£ ".or harveft. Gcmji,. 
 
 1 he held of loie, with plough of virtue .-,;»'./. 
 
 _ „ Faitf.rr. 
 
 ToEar. 1., n. [from ear.] To flioot 
 
 into ears, 
 Ea'red. aeij. [fromw)-. ] 
 
 1. Having ear.s, or organs of htarino-. 
 
 2. Having ears, or ripe corn. 
 
 The covert of the tlvricc ear' J field 
 Saw (lately Ceres to her palTion yield. 7*^'. 
 
 E.'\RL. n.f. [copl, Saxon ; cory!, Erfe.] 
 A title of iiofaility, anciently the hiflull 
 of this nation, now the third. 
 Thanes and kiiifmcn, 
 Henceforth be carls, the firll that ever Scotland 
 For fuch an honour iiam'd. Sha.ifue,:,.. 
 
 Earl-marshal, n.f. [eailtininar/huL] 
 He that has chief care of ir.illtar'-- fo 
 lemiilties. 
 
 The marcliing troaps through .'Vthens taketh.ei* 
 
 way ; 
 
 The great eurl.,n.uj!tt:l oriixs tlieir array. Dnd^n. 
 
 E.\'rldom. n.f [fromra/-/.] The feicnii- 
 
 ory of an earl ; the title and dignity of 
 
 an earl. 
 
 The duke of Clarence having married the heir 
 of the earl of L'llicr, and by her having all the 
 car/.hm of Ulflcr, carefully wcntab;.ut rcdreffm? 
 
 '^"'''.■, , ,. %'•/.'■ «;/.r/,,ri. 
 
 W hen I am king, claim thou of me 
 Th.e ear/dom of Hereford. Shakffeart. 
 
 Ea'rmness. n.f. [from ^-a;-/,.,] Ou.xk. 
 nefs of any aftlon with refpeCt to lome- 
 thing elfc: as, curlhtef in the mominrr, 
 the aft of riling foon with refpeit to 
 the fiin ; <•«;-&;?/} of growth, the ad of 
 grov/ing_ up foon in ccmparifon with 
 other thing,-, of the fame kind. 
 
 The nest morning we, having (-ir.en with the 
 
 fun's i-.;,'7/«.'/;, were beyond the piofpt-a of the 
 
 highcli turrets. ' SiHnew 
 
 The goodnefs of the crop is great gain, if the 
 
 joodncfs aiifwerthe carVweft of cominj up. Btcn 
 
 4G
 
 EAR 
 
 EA'RLY. adj. [xji. Sax. before.] Soon 
 with refped to fomething elfe : as, in 
 the morning, with refpett to the fun ; 
 in time, with refpeA to creation; in 
 the feafon, in comparifon with other 
 produfts. 
 
 I LIB a tainted wctlicr of the flock, 
 Mcctell for death : the weakcft kind of fiuit 
 Drops cirjii/l to the ground, an'd lo Itt me. 
 
 '^ ■' Shaijpe.ire. 
 
 It is a cuiiofity toliave [cveral fruits upon one 
 tree; and the mure when fomc of tnem come 
 (ariy and fotne come late. Bann'i fttt. lUfi. 
 
 God nude all the world, that he might be 
 worlhippcd IH foine p:irts of the world; and 
 therefore, in the firll and moll: rnrly times of the 
 cliurch, what tare did he manifcll to have fuch 
 places erected to his honour ? South. 
 
 The nymphs, forfakinj every cave and I'pring, 
 Tlxir w/y huitand milk-white turtles hnng. 
 
 Sickncfs is fjr/^ old age : it teaches us diffi- 
 dence in our e.irtidy Hate, and infpires us with 
 thoughts of a futuic. Vcfc. 
 
 Oh foui of honour ! 
 Oh eatly herue ' _ Smith. 
 
 'Ek'?(.i.'i. adv: [from the adjedive.] Soon; 
 
 betime. 
 
 Early before themorr, with crimfon ray. 
 The windows of bright heav'n opened had. 
 
 Sjittijcr. 
 
 None in more languages can fliow 
 
 Thofc arts, which you lb early know. JVal.'er. 
 
 The princcfs m.ikes her ifluc like herfclf, by 
 
 infilling larly iiiro their minds religian, virtue, 
 
 and honour. AJtIifon. 
 
 To Earn. v. a. [eapnian, Saxon.] 
 
 1, To gain as the reward or wages of 
 labour, or any performance. 
 
 Thofethat have joined with their honour great 
 
 ~ perils, arc lefs fubjcil to envy; for men think 
 
 that they ifar« their honours hardly. Bucort. 
 
 W.nning cheap the high repute, 
 Which he through hazard huge muft eiim. 
 
 Mill an. 
 I to the evil turn 
 My obvious bread ; arming to overcome 
 By lufiering, and earn reil from labour won. 
 
 Men may difcern 
 From what confummate virtue I have cbofe 
 Tnis perfecft man, by merit call'd my Son, 
 Tomrn fjlvation for the fons of men. Milt'm. 
 
 Si. ce they all beg, it were better for the ftate 
 
 to keep them, even although they e.irntd nothing. 
 
 G, ami's Bi'ls s/ Mort.-.!:ty. 
 
 This is the great expence of the poor, that 
 takes up almoJl all \\\in earning!. Locke. 
 
 The poems gained the plagiary wealth, while 
 the autlKjr hardly tamed his bread by repeating 
 tiifni. Po/f on Homtr. 
 
 After toiling twenty Hays, 
 To ea,i a flock of pence and pr.iife. 
 Thy labour's grown the critick's prey. Swift. 
 
 2. To obtain, as a conftquence of aftion. 
 
 I can't fr.y whore ; 
 It dors abhor mcj now I fpcak the word : 
 To do the ait, that migh: th* addition earn. 
 Not the world's rujfs of vanity could make me. 
 
 Shatfpeare. 
 
 E.VRNEST. adj. [eormej-T, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Ardent in any affeftion; warm; zeal- 
 ous ; importfinate. 
 
 He which pr^ycth in due fort, is thereby made 
 the more attentive to hear; and he which hear- 
 ctli, the more earirji to pray for the time which 
 wc beltow, as well in the one as the oilier. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 2. Intent; fixed; eager. 
 
 On that profpeit ftranpe 
 Their earntjl eyes they fix'd ; :m..Tininj, 
 For one forbidden tree, a multit-de 
 Now rls'oj to work them fuilTicr woe or Ik rae. 
 
 M'llin. 
 
 EAR 
 
 They are never more earnefi to difturb u?| 
 tfaan when they fee us moft earnefi in this duty. 
 
 3. Serious ; important. Some fay In ear^ 
 nejly not In jejl. 
 
 They whom earnefi Uts do often hinder from 
 being partakers of the whole, \rive yet this the 
 length of c'.iviiic fervicc, opportunity for accefs 
 unto feme reafonable part tlicrcuf Hcoke> . 
 
 Ea'rnest. n. f. [from the aJjedllve.] 
 
 1. Serioufnefs; a feiious event, notajcfl ; 
 reality, not a feigned appearance. 
 
 , Take heed that this jell do not one day turn to 
 
 earnefi, Sidney. 
 
 I rold yoii Khiius was t!ic haplefswight, 
 Who carnffi found what tiicy accounted pby. 
 
 Therewith ft\e laughM, and did her earneji end 
 in jcft. r<./Vy (^ucen. 
 
 That higli Al!-fcer, whic'.i I d.jlllcd witn. 
 Hath turn*d my feigned pr.iver on ray heid, 
 And giv'n in earnefi^ wh.U 1 bcgg'd in jclt. 
 
 Shnkfpeare. 
 
 Nor can I think tharGod, Creator wife! 
 Thougli thieat'ning, will \x\earnefi fo dtftroy 
 Us, his prime creatures. Miltcn. 
 
 But the in.iin btihners and earnefi of the world 
 is money, domiiiion and power. L' iijirange. 
 
 Wc (hall die in earnefi.^ and it will not become 
 us to ii\e in jcit. Government of t'tr Ti^ngue. 
 
 Sempronius, you have ac>cd hke yourfclf; 
 One woul'.i have tliought you had been half in 
 earnefi. ' AJMfbn. 
 
 2. [ernitz /enge, Danlfli ; aires , French.] 
 Pledge; handfcl ; firft-fruits; token of 
 fomething of the fame kind in futurity. 
 
 The apoltlcs term it the handfel or earnefi of 
 that which is to come. Hcoker. 
 
 Which Icadei Ihatl the doubtful vift'ry blefs, 
 And give an er.mefi of the war's fucccfs. Waller. 
 
 It may be looked upon as a pledge and earnefi 
 of quiet and tranquillity. Sma^ri.lge. 
 
 The mercies received, great as they are, were 
 eaf/ttfii and pledges of greater. Atttrbury. 
 
 3» The money which is given In token 
 that a bargain Is ratified. 
 
 Vouhave confpir'd againli oirr pcrfon, 
 Join'd with an enemy proclaim'd, and from his 
 
 confers 
 Recciv'd the golden ear.-ujl of our death. 
 
 Shakfp'iare. 
 
 Pay back tlie fii/rry? penny received from Satunj 
 
 and fling away his fio. Decay cf Piety. 
 
 Ea'rnestly. adv. [from earneJlJ\ 
 
 1 . Warmly ; afFeclionately ; zealoufly ; 
 importunately ; Intcnfely. 
 
 When earnefih they feek 
 Such proofj conclude they then begun to fail. 
 
 Mi'.tm. 
 
 Shame is a banifhment of him from the good 
 
 opinion of the world, which every man moft 
 
 sarnifily defiics. Sutth. 
 
 Earneftfy invoke the goodnci's andpowerof an 
 
 all-merciful and almighty God. Smahj.lge 
 
 2. Eagerly ; defiroufly. 
 
 Why fo eai nefily ittW you to put up that letter ? 
 
 Shakffeaie 
 My foul, more tf(ir«f/?/y releas'd, 
 Will outrtrip hcr's; as bullets flown before, 
 A latter bullet may o'ertake, the powder being 
 mure. Donne. 
 
 Ea'rnestness. n,/. [from eanie/i.^ 
 I. Eagernefs ; warmth ; vehemence ; im- 
 pel uofity. 
 
 Often with a folemn earnefinepy 
 More than, indeed, bcl'»ng'd to fuch a trifle. 
 He begg'd of nic to fleal it. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Audacity and confidence doth in bufinefs fo 
 great ctfeits, as a m:in TttV( doubt, that, b. hrics 
 the very daiing and eurmfirr&pi and peiliitMig 
 and importunity, there fhould be fomc fcciet 
 binding, and Auoping of other mens fpints to 
 fuch pcrfpm* ^Mm'i Nmural Bifiuy. 
 
 EAR 
 
 Marcus Is ovcrwarm ; his fond complaints 
 
 Have lb much etirr}eji'iej's and paflion in them, 
 I hear him with a fecret kind of horror. 
 And tremble at his vehemence of trmper. 
 
 A^-.iSf'in'i Cato. 
 
 2, Solemnity; zeal; ferioufnefs. 
 
 There never was a charge maintained with 
 fuch a (hew of gravity and earmf.ntfi, whidi 
 had a flighter foundation to fupport it. 
 
 Aitcrhirj: 
 
 3. Solicitude; care; interfneCs 
 
 With ovcrftraining, and ecr jiife(_ of finilhing 
 
 their pieces, they often did ti.cin mure harm than 
 
 good. Drydett. 
 
 E.\nsH. n. f. [from ear, to plow.] A 
 
 plowed field. Not now in ufe. 
 
 Fires oft .Tre good on barren earJJtn made. 
 With crackling tlames to burn the rtubblc tl.ide. 
 
 May'i Virgit, 
 
 EARTH. »./. [eopt, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The element diflind from air, fire, or 
 water ; foil ; terrene matter. 
 
 Tlie fmillng god is feen; while water, earth. 
 And air atrcft h.is bounty. Th'.rf.f^n. 
 
 2. The terraqueous globe ; the world. 
 
 Nought fo vile that on the eorth doth live. 
 But to tke enrlh fome fpecial good dotligive. 
 
 Shakffeare, 
 
 This folid globe we live upon is called the 
 earth -J which word, taken in a mure limited 
 fenfc, figni.^es fuch parts of this globe as arc 
 cap;rblc, being cxpofed to the air, lo give rooting 
 and nourilhmer.t to plants, fo that they may 
 ft ind ifiul grow in it. /,6f*r. 
 
 3. Different modification of terrene matter. 
 In this fenfe it has a plural. 
 
 The five genera of eatths are, x. Boles. 2. 
 Clays. 3. Maris. 4. Ochres, e,. Tripelas. 
 
 Hrir^ Mat. Mriica. 
 
 Earths are opak^ infipid, and, when dried, 
 friable, or coniifting of p^rts eafy to feparatc, 
 and folublein warcr; not difpofcd 10 burn, dame, 
 or take fire. IfloJ'.uarJ. 
 
 4. This world oppofed to other fcenes of 
 exiftence. 
 
 What are thefr, 
 So wither'd, and fo wild in their attir^. 
 That look not liketh* inhabitants »' th' earei, 
 And yet are on't .- Shatfpt'ire's King Liar, 
 
 Tiiey can judge as fitly of iiis worth, 
 As I can of thofc'mvftcries which heav'n 
 Win not have earth to know. Shakffcart, 
 
 5. The inliabitant? of the earth. 
 
 The whole earth was of one language. 
 
 Gatefii^ 
 
 6. Country ; diftinifl region. 
 
 In tert fct battles have we driven back 
 Thefc heathen Ssxons, and regain'd our earth. 
 As earth recovers fronr the ebbing tide. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 7. The a£l of turning up the ground in 
 tillage, [from far, to plow.] 
 
 Such land as ye break up for barley to few, 
 Tro earths, at the Icafl, ere ye fow it, Leftow. 
 
 To Earth, ti. a. [from the noun.] » 
 
 1. To hide in earth. 
 
 The fox is earthed; but I (halt fend mv two 
 tarriers in after him. Dry.Un'i Sfary.Jh Fiyar, 
 
 2. To cover with earth. 
 
 Earth up with frelh mould the roots of thofc 
 auricula's which the froft may have uncovered. 
 Eveyn's Calendar. 
 
 To Earth, •a.n. To retire underground. 
 
 Hci'.ce foxes earth'd, and wolves abhorr'd the 
 day, 
 And hungry churls enfnai'd the nightly prey. 
 
 Ti:kel. 
 
 Ea'rthboard. n. f. [earth a-tid ioard.] 
 The board of the plough that (hakes off 
 the earth.
 
 EAR 
 
 The plow reckoned the iuoll proper fjr ili.T 
 
 bl.*ck clays, is one that is long, I.irgc, and bru.ul, 
 
 Mitli a deep head and a (i\uonc curthl>o.nJ, io as 
 
 to tiiin up a gio.ir furiovv. Mortim-i. 
 
 F.A'RTHbORX. adj> [^CiVth and born.'l 
 
 I . Born of the earth ; tcvi-igcuous. 
 
 The wounds I make but fow new enemies ; 
 Which fiom thtir Mood, like f^ji^A^rw brethren 
 vifc. Dryiin. 
 
 The God for rvcr great, for ever king. 
 Who ilcw the ^arthb'irn ncc and mc.ifiircs ri^ht 
 To hca\ 'n's great habitants ! Fncr. 
 
 «. Meanly born. 
 
 EarthOont Ljcon Ihal! afccnd the throne. 
 % .Smi/'t. 
 
 Ea'rthbouvd. ae/j, [earih and LournL] 
 Faflened by the prcfTure of the earth. 
 
 Wiio can imprcfs the foicfi, bid the tree 
 Unfix his earthhoumi XQOt ? Shtil^-fpCitrc 
 
 Ea'rthen. adi. [from eerth.~\ Made of 
 earth ; made of clay. 
 
 About his iliclves 
 Green earthen pots, bladders, and muflv feeds 
 Were thinlv fcattcrcd. Sh,tlff>rare, 
 
 As a rullick was digr.in'^thc ground by Padua, 
 He found an urn, or earthen pot, in which there 
 -was another urn, and in this IcfTcr a lamp rlc:ir!y 
 burning. ij'ilkiui. 
 
 The muft hri'tle water-carriage was wfcd among 
 the Egyptians, wlio, as Srrabo faith, would fail 
 fometimcs in the boats made of earthen ware. 
 
 ArhutfDiot or: Cc/m. 
 
 Ea'rthfla?:. «./. [earlh And^iix-.] A 
 kind of fibrous foflil. 
 
 Of Englifh talc, the coarfcr fort is called 
 plaifter, or parget; the finer, sarthflaxy or fala- 
 mander'i hair. Jl'oodiuaid 
 
 Ea'rthiness. n. f. The quality of con- 
 taining earth ; groHnefs. 
 Ea'rthling. n. f, [from earth,'\ An 
 inhabitant of the earth ; a mortal ; a 
 poor frail creature. 
 
 To e^tthlingiy the foofftool of God, thatftage 
 which he railed for a tmall time, fccmcth mag- 
 jiificent. Drummoitd. 
 
 Ea'rthly. adj. [^vom earth.l 
 
 1. Not heavenly ; vile; mean; fordid. 
 
 But I remember now 
 I'm in this earthly world, where to do harm 
 Is often iaud.iblc; to do good, fometiinc 
 Accounted dangerous folly. S/t'iifp Maeheth. 
 When faith and love, which parted from thee 
 never, 
 Had rif-ett'd thy juft foul to dwell with God, 
 Meekly thou didrt relign this earthly load 
 Of death call'd life. MUlon. 
 
 2. Belonging only to our prcfent ftate ; 
 
 not fpiritual. - 
 
 Our common nccelTitics, and the lack which 
 ■we all have as well of ghoftly as of MrM/y favours, 
 i« in each kind cafily known. tko.kct . 
 
 You have fcarce time 
 To flcal from fpirit'ial leifure a brief fpan, 
 To keep your earthly audit. Sluikfpcan. 
 
 It inuft be our foicmn bufinefs and endeavour, 
 at fit feafons, to turn the ftream of our thouglit^ 
 from (attlit'^ towards divine objcdis. Atterbuix 
 
 3. Corporeal; not mental. 
 
 Great grace that old man to him given had. 
 For God he often i.v*.'^ from heaven hight, 
 All were liis earthly cycn both blunt and bad. 
 
 Spcnftt . 
 
 Sudden hcview'd, in fplte of all her art. 
 An earthly lover lurking at her heart. Popi- 
 
 4. Any thing in the world; a female hy- 
 perbole 
 
 On ' if to dance all night, and drcfs all day, 
 CharmM the fmall-pox, or chas'd old-age away, 
 Who would not fcoru what hoiifewife's cares 
 
 produce? 
 Oi' who would learn one earthly thing of ufe ? 
 
 rope. 
 
 K A R 
 
 FA'RTnxUT. 0. /. [earth and «fj/.} A 
 pignut ; a root in Ihape and ii/.e like a 
 
 nut. 
 
 Where there arc ea-th'if/ti\n fovcr.d pairhes, 
 tliougli ihc I'outi lie deep in the ground, and the 
 llalki be dead, the fwinc will by their Iccn: rofit 
 only where they grow. AV/v. 
 
 EA'RTHtii'AKE. u. f. [earth and quake.] 
 Tremour or convulfion of the earth. 
 
 Tl^ls fiibttrrancnn heat or fiic being in any part 
 of the earth Itujit, by I'umc accidenrnl glut or 
 obrtruciion in the p-ilTagts thiongh which it ufecl 
 to afecrid, and being pictcrnurui.iHy airembkd in 
 greater quantiry into one pLict:, caufcs a gri"at 
 rarefaiftion and intumefccnccof the water of the 
 abyf*;, putting it into very gre.it commotions , and 
 making ilie like effort upon the earth, expanded 
 upon tiie face of the abyfs, occafions that agita- 
 tion ar;d conculTion which we call an entthqiuike. 
 IVmdward' ^ Natural llrftijty. 
 Tliefc tumults were like zr\ earth^uiikfy Shak- 
 ing the very foundations of all, than which no- 
 thing ill the world hath more of honour. 
 
 King^ Charles. 
 Was it his youth, his valour, or fuccefs, 
 Thefe might ptihaps be found in other men ; 
 'Twas thai rcfpefl, that awful homage paid me ; 
 Th-T fearful love which trembled in his eyes. 
 And with a lilcnt earth'juake (houk his foul. 
 
 Dryderr 
 
 The country, by icafon of its vaft cavema and 
 fubtcrrancous fires, has been mifevably torn by 
 earth'juakesj fo tliat the whole fa-.e of it is quite 
 changed. ^'IdJif^^n o>j Italw 
 
 E A 'r T H s H A K I N G . eidj. [earth mid Jhale. ] 
 Having power to fhake the earth, or to 
 raife earthquakes. 
 
 By the eartkjhaking Neptune's mace, 
 And Tethys grave majeftick pace. Milton. 
 
 Now fcarce withdrawn the fierce carthjhiking 
 pow'r, 
 Jfive's daughter Pallas watch'd the fav'ring hour ; 
 Back to their caves flie bade tlie winds to fly, 
 And hulh'd the bluUVing brethren of the (ky. 
 
 Fope. 
 Ea'rthworm. «. /. [earth and 'worm.'\ 
 
 1. A worm bred under ground. 
 Worms arc found in fnow commonly, like 
 
 ett/fhtvormif and therefore it is not unlike that 
 it may likewife put forth plants. Sacon 
 
 Upon a IhowLT, after a draught, earth-TL-ormt 
 and landlnails innumerable come out of tlicii 
 lurking pi. ices. K*iy. 
 
 2. A mean fordid wretch. 
 
 Thy vain contempt, dull eaitkwsrmj ceafe; 
 I wun't for refuge fly. Norrii. 
 
 Ea'rthy, adi, [^xomearlh.l 
 
 1. ConfilHno- of earth. 
 Long may'it thou live in Richard's feat to fit, 
 
 And (oon lie Ricliard in an earthy pit ! 
 
 Skiikfpeare. 
 
 Lamps are inflamed by the ndmiffion of new 
 air, when the fcpulehics arc opened, as wc fee 
 in (^X earth-; vapours of divers forts. ffilitm^ 
 
 All water, efpccially that of rain, is ftored 
 with matccr, light la compaiifon of the common 
 earthy matter. fflcJ-jua*.{ 
 
 2. Compofed or partaking of earth ; ter^ 
 rcne. 
 
 To furvcy his dead and earthv image. 
 What were it but to make my furrow greater. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 Him lord pronounc'd, ht, O indignity ! 
 Subjeftcd tu his fcivicc angel-wing-:, 
 And flaming miniiicrs fo watch and tend 
 Their earth charge. Milfju'i Paradj'e Lcji. 
 
 3. Inhabiting the earth ; terreftrial. 
 Thofc earthy fpirits black and envious are; 
 
 I'll call up othcrgods of formmore fair. Dryclcn. 
 
 4. Relating to earth. 
 Mine is the Diipwreck, in a watry fign ; 
 
 And in an earthy^ the durk dungeon thine. 
 
 Dry Jen. 
 
 K a S 
 
 5. Not mental ; gmfs ; not refined. 
 
 Tcacl: mr, dear trtjturc, ho* to thinli and 
 fpi'ak; 
 Lay opLii t<j my tarihy grofs (Jonccir, 
 .Sriiijt'r.cr'd in errors, feeble, flullow, we.ifc, 
 The folded meaning at your words diceir. 
 
 Nor ii my flame 
 So curihy, as to need tlic dull material force 
 Of eyes, or lips, or thick i. Dtr.ham'i Stfiy, 
 
 KASE. n. /. \aife, French.] 
 
 1. Quiet; reft; uiidillurbed tranquillity ; 
 noi lolicitiide. 
 
 VVc (houltl not find licf half fo brave and 
 l>olH 
 To lead it to the wars anH to the feas ; 
 
 To make it futfcr watcliings, hunger, cold, 
 Wlicn it might feed »nth plenty, red with cafe. 
 
 Davict. 
 The prieft on (kins of off'rinj takes his eaje. 
 And iii^rhily vifions in his flumbcr fees. 
 
 D'ydrn'i ji^nrai. 
 
 2. Fietdoni from pain ; a neutral flatc 
 between pain and plcalmc. 
 
 T liat wiiitti we call cti/c:is only an indolency, or 
 a freedom from pain. L' Iijfran^e, 
 
 Is it a fmall crime to wound liimfelf by anguiOi 
 of heart, to dep-ive himfcif of all the pleaiurcs, 
 or ea/fs, or enj.iyments of life? Temf/e. 
 
 3. Reft after labour ; iiitermiffion of 
 labour. 
 
 Give yourfcKcsea/> from the fatigue of waiting. 
 
 Swift, 
 
 4. Facility ; not difficulty. 
 
 The willing mcral will obey thy hand, 
 Following with ;«/>, if favour*dbv thy fate. 
 Thou art forcdoom'd to view the Stygian ftate ; 
 If not, no labour can the tree conftram, 
 Andltrengthof ilubbornaims and liecl arc vain. 
 
 DryJ/n. 
 
 5. Unconftraint; freedom from harfhnefs, 
 formality, forced behaviour, or con- 
 ceits. 
 
 True eafe in writing comes from art, not 
 cliance; 
 As thofc move eaficft who have learn'd to dance. 
 
 Po/,1. 
 
 6. At Eask. In a ftate of undifturbed 
 leifure ; without pain ; without anx- 
 iety. 
 
 Lucan, content with piaife, may lie at eafe^ 
 In coltly grotts and maible paljces. Dry.Un, 
 
 Men of parts and penetration were not idly to 
 difpute at their cafe, hut were to aft according to 
 the rcfult of their debates. Lock'. 
 
 No body is under an obligation to know every 
 thing : knowledge and fciencc in general is the 
 buHncli only ol tnofe who are ut t.ife and Icil'tire, 
 
 ?o Ease. v.n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To free from pain. 
 
 Help and f.fc children the left you can : but 
 by no means bemoan them. L(/.kt. 
 
 2. To alTiiage ; to mitigate ; to alleviate. 
 
 Thy father made our yoke gtievon^, now 
 
 therefore mf thou fomcwhat the gncvoiu- leivi- 
 
 ti"!'. 1 Chron. 
 
 Complain, queen Margaict, and- t'.U thy 
 
 grief; 
 
 It (hall be .Vi'-, if France can yield relief. 
 
 ShahfftaTt. 
 As if with fportj my fuffcrings I could cafr. 
 
 Drydfn. 
 
 Though he fpraks of fuch medicines .ts procure 
 tleep, and i-yV pain, he doth not determine their 
 dofes. A'-lhthmt. 
 
 Will he for facrlfice our forrows ecft ^ 
 And can out teats reverie his firm decrees ? 
 
 J'7.-;r. 
 
 3. To relieve from labour, or any thing 
 that offends : with of before the thin*. 
 
 4 c 2
 
 E A S 
 
 !f ere niglit tnc gath'iiiig clouds we fear, 
 A fnng will help the bcntivig Iturni to bear ; 
 And tnat thou may'rt not oe too late r.bio.id 
 .Sing, and I'll cafi thy (boulders of thy road. 
 . JJrvM"- 
 
 I will tafe rae of mine adverfaries. Jf-ii^'i. 
 
 No body feels pain thit he wilbcs not to be 
 «fl/f.-/ o/, with a dcfirc equal to that pain, and in- 
 fepaiablc from it. _ . " 
 
 Ea'slful. a.-^". [ra/^ and/«//.] Q.'»et ; 
 peaceable; fit for reft. 
 
 I fpy a black, fufpicious, thrcat'n.iig cloud. 
 That will encounter with our gloiious lun, 
 Ere he attain hSs (.ifrfrl wclterB betj, SA^k/f. 
 
 E.i'sEMENT. n. f. [homeafe.] 
 
 1. Affiftance; fupport; lehef from ex- 
 
 pences. 
 
 He has the advantage of .t free lodging, and 
 fome other en/t-mfrtls. S-:j'iJI. 
 
 2. [In kw.] A fervice that one neigh- 
 bour has of another by charter or prc- 
 fcriptlon, without profit ; as a way 
 through his grountl, a fink, or fuch like. 
 
 E.v'siLY. adv. [from f.7/)'-] 
 
 1. Without difficulty. 
 
 Sounds move fwiftly, and at great diftar.cc ; 
 but they require a meciium well dilpofcd,^ and 
 Ihcir tranfniiffion Is cjfiy Hopped. Maar,. 
 
 She aik'd the reafon of his woe; 
 She alk'd, but with an air and micii 
 Thar made it eaf:>y forcfeen 
 
 She fear'd too much to know. Pri<,t. 
 
 2. Without pain ; without dilluibance; in 
 
 tranquil!it\'. 
 Is it not to' bid defiance to all mankind to ton- 
 • demn iheir univerfal opinions and dehgns, if, in- 
 ftead of paSing your life as well and eajl.y, you 
 relolve to pafs it as ill and as miferablc as you 
 can? ii'j'-t' 
 
 3. Readily ; without reluftance. 
 
 I can t/i/;.> refigu to others the praife of your 
 illuftrious family. Dry,Ln-i Vfd. /o State 0/ Ir.m. 
 
 Not foon provok'd, Ihe e.if:ly forgives ; 
 And much Ihe fuffers, as llie much believes. 
 
 I'rior. 
 
 E.i'siNEiis. n.f [fromw^.] 
 1. Freedom frora difficulty. 
 
 Believe me, friends, loud tumults are not laid 
 With half the cajimji that they arerais'd. 
 
 Ben yottfon. 
 
 Lafineh and difficulty are relative terms, and 
 
 tciate to fome power ; and a thing may be diiii- 
 
 cult to a weak, man, which yet may be eafy to the 
 
 fame perfon,.when affiftcd with a greater (trength. 
 
 •^ TilSorfon. 
 
 The feeming cnfincp of Pindaiick verfe has 
 
 made it iprcad; but it has not been confidered. 
 
 Vryden 
 You left a tonqucft more than half atchiev'd. 
 And for whole eujimft 1 almoft griev'd. D'yJsn. 
 This plea, under a colo* of fncnrtfhip to reli- 
 gion, invites men to it by tne eajh::fi of the terms 
 it offers, . '^^"' 
 
 ;. I'lexibility, compliance; veadinefs; not 
 oppofition ; not reludance. 
 
 His yielding unto them in one thing might hap- 
 pily put tliem ill hope, that time would breed the 
 like ofmefi of cond'eltcnding futther unto them. 
 ■' Hooker. 
 
 Since the cuftom of fa/w/s to alter and change 
 laws is fo evil, no doubt but to bear a tolerable 
 fore is better tjian to venture on a- dangerous re- 
 medy. , ««*"■ 
 
 Give to- him, and he thall btitr laugh at your 
 ta/i'iefi; fave his life,, but, wlien you have done, 
 •look to your own. .• _, SoNt/i. 
 
 The fafeft way to fecurc honefty, is to lay the 
 foundations of it early in lihernlity.andan eaj„.;p 
 to part- with to others whatever liiey have or like 
 thcmfelves. l.iti.e. 
 
 3. Freedom from con(l«uit ; not effort ; 
 QOtfoitnalilj. 
 
 •E A S 
 
 Abftrufeandmyftickthoughtsyoumuft estprefs 
 With painful care, but fccmiMg f.!//''!-/! i 
 For truth (hines brighteft through the plained 
 drel's. RoJc!i>r.m'.ri. 
 
 4. Reft; tranquillity; eafej freedom from 
 pain. 
 
 I think the reafon I have affigncd hath a great 
 interell in that reft and eajhiep we enjoy when 
 ailecp. R''y- 
 
 E.4ST. n.f. [eo|-r, Saxon ; ^.w, Erfc.] 
 
 1. The quarter where the fun rifes : oppo- 
 fite to the lutj}. 
 
 They counting forwards towards the enjl, did 
 allow I So degrees to the Portugals eaftward. 
 
 ylbbnt. 
 
 2 . The regions In the eaftern parts of the 
 world. 
 
 I would not be the villain that thou th.inkeft 
 For the whole fpacc that 's in th.e tyrant's gral'p. 
 And the rich eaji to boot. S': ih'pijri'i Maelieli. 
 
 The gorgeous eojl, with vlcheft hand, 
 Pouis on her kings baibaiick, pearl and gold. 
 
 A;!!! ton. 
 
 Ea'ster. n. f. [eaj-trpe, Saxon; oojier, 
 Dutch.] The day on v.hicli the chrif- 
 tian church commemorates our Saviour's 
 refurretlion. 
 
 Didrt thrnr not fall <»ut with a taylor for weir- 
 ing his new doublet before E.iJ:.-' ? Shakfpesrt. 
 
 Vigor's uiibrother-like heat towards tlw eaft- 
 ern churches, in the controverfy about Eajitr, 
 fomented that difference into a fchifm. 
 
 Decay of Viety. 
 
 E.i'sTERLING. n.f. [fi-omffl;^.] 
 
 I . A native of fome country eaftward to 
 
 another. 
 
 He oft in b.attle vanquifh.d 
 Thofe fpoilful, rich, and fwatmiug EnferUngs. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 Z. A fpecles of waterfowl. 
 Ea'sterlv. adj. [from fr;/?.] 
 
 1. Coming from the parts toward the eaft. 
 When t'he fo/.-r'.^' winds or b1ec7.cs arc kcpl 
 
 off by fome high mountains fiom the vallic., 
 ■wl.ertby the air, w.tni.ing tiyoiionj doth become 
 exceeding unhealthful. ' .. . . R^ldgh. 
 
 2. Lying toward the eaft. . ' 
 TI.efe give us a view of the moft eajlerly, fouth- 
 
 erly, and weilcily parts of England. Graunt. 
 
 -i. Looking toward the eaft. 
 
 Water he chufes clear, lijht, without tafte or 
 fiiiell, drawn from fpiings with an cajhrly expo, 
 fttion. ^-Irbuthiol. 
 
 Ea'stern. iJ^'. [ii-oni M/7.] '''_'■■/ 
 
 1. Dwelling or found in the eaft ; oriental. 
 Like e.ifiern kings a lazy Hate they keep. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Eafiern tyrants from the light of heaveii 
 Seclude their bofom Haves. Tr.vy.Jor.. 
 
 2. Lying or being toward the eaft. 
 The tifurn end of the ille rifes up in prccipicci. 
 
 AMiJon 
 
 3. Going toward the eaft. 
 A ftiip at fea has no ceisain method in either 
 
 her f«/'»n or. weftcrn voyages, or even m licr Icfs 
 diftant failing from the coafts, to know her 
 longirurir, or how much (he is gone eaftward or 
 weftward, as can eafilybe known in any clear 
 day or night how much Ihe is gone nofthwafd or 
 f^ttithward. Addfn. 
 
 4. Looking tov/ard the call. 
 ' Th' angel caught 
 
 Our ling'ilng parents,, and to th' eafiern gate 
 Led them diredf. ' Milton. 
 
 Ea'stward. adv. [i-njl and toward.] 
 , Tovuard thejialL > 
 
 TI1C moon, which petfovTOS^its motion fwjfter 
 I than thf (un».je.e;s eajliwrd out of hit rays, and 
 I appears iyhia.thefuij/sfot. ^ , Bro-^n. 
 
 Wriat ihali Vc do, of where dirc<ft oar flight 
 
 3 
 
 EAT 
 
 Eaf.warJ, as far as I could eaft my fight, 
 From op'ning heav'ns, I law dcfccnuing light. 
 
 Diydcn, 
 
 Ea'sy. adj. [from eafe.'] 
 
 1. Not dilRcuIt. 
 The fervice of God, in the folemn nffembly 
 
 of faints, is a work, though i<:fy, yet withal very 
 weighty, and of great rcfpeiS. Thoier. 
 
 How much is it in every one's power to make 
 refolutions to himfdf, luch as he may keep, is 
 eafy for cveiy one to try. Locke, 
 
 2. Not caufing diilictdty. 
 " The whole ifland was probably cut into fevcral 
 eafy afcents, and planted with variety of palaces. 
 
 Addifoii on Italy.., 
 
 3. Quiet; at reft ; not haraffed ; unmo- 
 Idled ; fecure ; not anxious. 
 
 Thofe that .arc eafy in their conditions, or their 
 minds, refute often to enter upon publick charges 
 or employment. Temple. 
 
 Keep your thoughts eafy and free, the only 
 temper wherein the mind is capable of receiving 
 new informations. Loekc. 
 
 A roarrhage of love is pleafanr, a mairiagc of 
 intcreft eajy, and a luarriage where both meet 
 happy. Addiftn'i Spe£iator, 
 
 When men are eafj/ in their circumftanccs, , 
 tiicy arc naturally enemies to innovations. 
 
 Mdip-j's F,e:/ioIder. 
 
 A man Ihould direfl all his I'.udies and endea- 
 vours at making himfelf eafy now, and happy 
 hereafter. - Mdifon'i Sp.aul<,r. 
 
 We plainly feel whether at this inftant we are 
 f.j/V or uncai'y, happy or miferable. Small i.lge. 
 
 4. Free from pain. 
 Bold adventure to difcovcrwidc 
 
 That difmal world, if any clime perhaps 
 
 Might yield them eafier habitation. M.'ltoi:.. 
 
 PIcafure has been the bus'nefs of my life, 
 And eveiy ciiange of fortune eafy to me, 
 Bccaufe 1 ftiil was eafy to myfelf. Drydeir, 
 
 5. Complying; umcfiftlng; credulous.. 
 Baited with rcafons not unplaulible. 
 
 Win me into the eafy hearted man. 
 
 And hug him into fr.ares. Millon. 
 
 With fuch deceits he gain'd tlieir eafy hearts,, 
 Too prone to credit hii perfidious aits. DiydeXi 
 
 The kii-.deft father I have ever found him, 
 Eah and srood, and bounteous to iny wilhes. 
 
 J-' " W././'/c.''i C/e. 
 
 6. Ready ; not unwilling. 
 Pity and he arc one; 
 
 So merciful a king did never live. 
 
 Loth to revenge, and tv.fj to forgive. Orydrn. 
 
 7. Free from want of more. 
 They ihould be alk wed each of them fuch a 
 
 rent as would make them eafy. Swift. 
 
 8. Not conftralned ; not formal. 
 Thofe move eafieft th.at have learn'd to dancr. 
 
 Pipe. 
 Praife xhc eafy vigour of a line. 
 Where Deniiam's ftrc'ngth, and Waller's fweet- 
 nefs join. Pof'- 
 
 To EAT. "o. a. preterit ale, or eat; 
 part, eat, or eaten, [eran, Saxon; Itaii, 
 Gothick ; ach, Erfe.] 
 [, To devour with the mouth. 
 
 Loculis Avail eat the rcfiduc of that which is 
 
 efcared f:om the hail, and (hail f.tf every tree 
 
 wmeh grosveth. iiAW.vi,. 
 
 Other ftates cannot be atcufed for not (laying 
 
 for the tirli blow, or for not accepting Polymphc- 
 
 mus'scourtefy, to be the laft that (hail be eaten Mf, 
 
 Bje:>'.'i ll'ar iiith Spain. 
 
 ' Even wormwood,, M/ with bccad, willnot bite^ 
 
 : bccaufe it is mixed with a great quantity of fpittle_ 
 
 ' ^ Aihuttimt on AUmnits ^ 
 
 'li. To cdnfnme ; to corrode. ' 
 I Thou l.'cft of gold artworft of gold; 
 ) Others Itfs fine in cnirat is more precious,. 
 ' ^Prcfervjng lif^e m mcxl'cine potable : 
 I But thou, moft tiiie, moft l>i^^o,M,r;d, ^raoft re- 
 t Down'd, . ' ' J- 1 1"' ' ' •■ 1 ' ' 
 
 Hali cm thy oeircr up. Shaifptarc' i Henry it. 
 
 ■■'I
 
 EAT 
 
 They entail s fccrct ciufe upon ihcir crt.Kci, 
 vhicli does citiier infcnril'lv \v.»tle and cjnlunic 
 ilf ur rtf/ UviC tlic heart and comfort of it. 
 
 r.>itir7g caies, 
 
 Lydi.iii airs. M./to>i. 
 
 There arifcs .i nccclTity of keeping the furf.icc 
 
 (ven,citlier by prelUirc or e:iiiig medicines, tluit 
 
 the eminence of the flelh may not rclifl the librcs 
 
 of the Ikin in their tendency to cover tiic wound 
 
 i/tiirp's Sr/rp-:i v. 
 
 3. To fvvallow back ; to rctrait. This is 
 only ufcd of a man's word. 
 
 Tlicy cannot hold, but burlt out tliofc vvoids, 
 wV.ich .iftcrwards they are forced to ^./r. 
 
 Ihtke^ui'l on l*ioiJJi»ce. 
 Credit were not to be loll 
 E' a brave knight errnnt of the poK, 
 That eotSf perfidiouily, iiis word, 
 And fwcais his cais through a two inch board. 
 
 Hu.iilrr.i 
 
 To Eat. v. n. 
 
 1 . To go to meals ? to take meals ; to 
 feed. 
 
 He did cm continn.illy at the king's taMe. 
 
 2 Siimuc/. 
 
 And when tie fcribes and ph:'r;fecs faw l.im 
 eat with pubiic.ins and fmner*, tiicy faid unto 
 bis difci;>les, How is it that he «.i/f/i with pub 
 licans and finncrs? Muitnm'. 
 
 2. To take food. 
 
 He ih.it wiit not mt till he has a dcmonrtritinn 
 
 that j: will nomith him, he th.Tt will not Itii 'ciil 
 
 he mt:tllMy knows tlie buHncfi i.:- gjc.s abuu: 
 
 , will fucc^cd, will have little c!l"e to do but fit rtiU 
 
 and perifli. jLor^r. 
 
 3. To be maintained in food. 
 
 The rijjl.ttjus catetk to the fniisfying of his 
 foul, butt..c bciiy of the wicked Ihall want. 
 
 I'rt/vcrlfs, 
 
 Thou arc paft- the tyrant's ftrokc ; 
 Care no mo'c to cloalh and ent Shakff}. Cymh. 
 
 But, thai.iis to my nKiulge.-it ft.irs, I eat, 
 Since I ha\e found the feciei to be great. Fn'or. 
 
 4. To make way bv corrofion. 
 
 Tl'.e plague of tin h.ts even altered his nature, 
 
 and catfri ir.lo his very efTentijls. South. 
 
 A prince's court eats too.much info the income 
 
 of a poor ftatc. yi:!{i<fon'^ [f.jy, 
 
 Ea't.\ble. a.'fj. [from ea/.] Tli;it may 
 
 be eaten. 
 
 Ea'table. n f. Any thing tliat mr.y be 
 eaten. 
 If you all fopts of perfons would engage, 
 'S'lit well your eatal-Ui to ev'ry age. Kina 
 
 Ea'ter. n.f. [fiomf^/.] 
 
 1. O.ie that eats anv thing. _ 
 
 The C.Tribcc? and the Cannibals, almuft a!!, 
 are ^.i/tfrj of man's flelh. Alh'^t. 
 
 A knave, a rafcal, an eatet of broken meats. 
 
 Shakjptttre. 
 
 If the tarte of this fruit maketh thecayt/i like 
 gods, w!\\' remainetl thou a beaii .* Brztun. 
 
 .\% if the lotus grew only here, the virtue of 
 whole fruit is to caufe in the eaten aa oblivion of 
 all otlier foils. Ihw!. 
 
 2. A corrolive. 
 
 EATH. at'j. [ea^^ Saxon.] Eafy ; not 
 diflicult. An old word. 
 Where cafe abounds, it "s eatk to do amifs. 
 
 Ftiiry Qu<en. 
 
 What works not beauty, mnu's relenting 
 mind 
 ■ Is ea:i to move with plaints and fiiews of woe. 
 
 Fairfax 
 
 T!ie way was llrait and c.j.*A . Fa/ifax- 
 
 Eath. ativ. [from the adjective.] Ea- 
 fily. An old word. 
 
 Who hath the world not try'd, 
 Jrrom the right way fuilfarci may wander wide. 
 UuhberJ's Tali 
 
 EBB 
 
 Ea'ti^tciiowse. n.f. [<:el znd oo-j/c] A 
 licnife ulicre provifionj are fold ready 
 drcffed. 
 
 An hungry traveller Itept into an ealingiimije 
 for his dinner. V F.jjrattge , 
 
 EAVES, n.f. [epere, Saxon.] '1 he 
 edges of the roof which overhang the 
 houfe. 
 
 Every night he comes 
 With nnifick of ail loiti, and fongs compos'd 
 To her .jnworthinefj : it notliing ileads us 
 To chide him from our eux« ; for he perfifts, 
 As if his life lay on't. Slinkffrari- 
 
 His te.irs run down his beard, like winter 
 * drops 
 From ea-,'ci of reeds. S>:,iltfp,-are'! Temp'J!. 
 
 If in tlu* beginning of winter the drops of the 
 cjT.ri of houfes come more flowly down th.in 
 they ufe, it portcndeth a haid and frofly winter. 
 
 BacQ,,. 
 Ulhci'd with a (hower ftill. 
 When the gull hiith l,U)wn nis fill, 
 E*'.ding on the lurtling leaves, 
 With minute drop'^ fri)m off the e.viirs. Milton. 
 The icicles hang down from the emirt of 
 houfes. M rj'.!:i;,,J 
 
 To Ea'vesdrof. v. a. [etives and drop.] 
 To catch what comes from the eaves ; 
 ill cor.:n:on phrafc, to lillen under win- 
 dows. 
 Ev'vESDROPPER. n.f. [frtticf and drop.] 
 A lillener under windows; an infidious 
 lillener. 
 
 Undirr our tents I'll play the e^-efdroffer. 
 To hear if any mean to Ihrink from me. 
 
 ShakjfcaTe. 
 
 EBB. n.f. [ebba, epplob, Saxon ; die, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. The reflux of the tide toward the fea : 
 oppufed \o Jloiu. 
 
 The clear fun on his wide wat'ry glafs 
 Gaz'd hot, and 01 the frelh wa\e largely drew, 
 As after third; which made their flowing Ihrink 
 I'lom Handing l.ikc to tripping fii, that Hole 
 With foft foot tow'itis the deep. Milton. 
 
 Hither tiie feas at flatc-d times refort. 
 And Ihovc the loaden veCTils into port : 
 Then with 3 gentle eilt retire again. 
 And render back their cargo to the main. 
 
 AddijCTt on Jt.dy. 
 
 2. Decline; decay; warte. 
 
 You h:r.e finilhcd all the war, and brought :^li 
 things to that low cbu which you fpeak of. 
 
 Spcnftr on Irelftnti. 
 
 This tide of man's life, after it once turneth 
 and dcclincth, e\er runneth with a pcrpetiial eli 
 and failing itream, but never tJoweth again. 
 
 Ral,-i^l:-s Ht/ioy. 
 
 Thus a-1 the treafure of our flowing years. 
 
 Our eil' of life for ever takes away. Hofcommo.-i. 
 
 The grcatcrt age for poetry was th.it of Auguf- 
 
 tus Ca;Uir, yet painting was then at its lowei'r 
 
 ci6, and perhaps fculptiire was alfo declining. 
 
 DiyJen. 
 Near ray ap.irtment let him pris'ner be, 
 That 1 his hourly el-is of life may fee. ' Dryden. 
 
 What is it he afpiies to : 
 Is it not this .> To (hed the flow remains. 
 His lart poor eib of blood in your dcfc;.<:e. 
 
 Addijon^-^ Cato. 
 
 To Ebb. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 I. To flow back toward the fea : oppofed 
 
 to ftD-U!. 
 
 Though my tide of btoDd 
 Hath proudlv flow'd in vanity till now. 
 Now it doth turn and ebb back to the fea. 
 
 Skakj'fcare. 
 From thence the tide of fortune left their Ihore, 
 And fidi'd much fafter tlian nj/tnu'd before. 
 
 Diy.ien*: j£iei.i. 
 
 z. To decline ; to-dccay ; to wafle. 
 
 Well, I am ftandiiig water : 
 I'il teach you how to £ow. 
 
 E C C 
 
 n.. f« ; to ebi 
 
 Hereditary fl^th inftrufls me. S«a»//>. TiiHfrfi. 
 
 But oh, he etos ! the fmiiing waves decay ! 
 For tv«r lovely (licm, foi ever (tjy ! Ualifax.- 
 F/ben. ^n.f. [ebenus, Latin.] A hard, 
 E'uo:^f. ^ heavy, black, valuable wood, 
 E'bony.^ which admits a fine glofs. 
 
 If the wood be veiy hard, as ebony, or lignum 
 vii», thty are to turn : they ulc not the fame 
 tools tiiey do for foft woods. Akxin. 
 
 Oft by the windj exti.ift the fijnal lies. 
 Ere night has half roll'd round her eion throne. 
 
 Gay, 
 
 EDRi'ETy. n.f. [elrieluf, l-aUn.] Druii- 
 
 kcnncfs; intoxication by llroiig liquors. 
 
 Bitter almonds, as an antidote a^ainll ebricty, 
 
 hjth eiimm.jniv failed. Btown's Vut. Err. 
 
 EBRn^LADE. n. f [French.] A 
 check of the bridle which a horfeman 
 gives a horfe, by a jerk of one rein, whea 
 he refufes to turn. 
 
 EuKio'siTV. n.f. [eiriojlai, Latin.] 
 Habitual drunkcnnels. 
 
 That icligion which excufeth Noah in forprifal, 
 will neither ^.cquit ehriofiiy nor ebricty in their 
 intended pcr\-crfijn. Bio-ain. 
 
 Ebui.li'tion. n. f.[ebullio, Latin.] 
 
 J . 1 he act of boiling up with heat. 
 
 2. Any intefline motion. 
 
 Thcdifliilution of gold and filver difagree; fo 
 that in their mi.xture there is great ebuHiticn, 
 darknefs, and, in the end, a piecipitation of a 
 bl.ick povsder. Baatt. 
 
 Iron, in aqua fortis will fall into ebulliHon 
 with noife and emication ; as alfo a craflc and 
 fumid exhalation, caufed from tl-.e combat of 
 ti.e fulphur of iron with the acid and nitrous 
 fpirits of aqua fortis. Brmun's Vul. Err. 
 
 3. That nruggling or efFcrvefcence which 
 anks from the mingling together any 
 alkalizate and acid liquor; any inteliine 
 violent motion of the parts of a fluid, 
 occafioned by the ftruggling of particles 
 ot different properties. ^liticy. 
 
 When aqua fortis, or fpirit of vitriol, poured 
 upon fiiiugs of iron, dilTolves the filings witli a 
 g:<3t heat and ebullition, is not the heat and ■ 
 ekilliti'.n effcfled by a violent motion of the 
 parts ; and docs not their motion argue, that tte 
 acid na;ts of the liquor nifhtowirds tiie parts of 
 ti:c metal with vFoJcncc, and run forcibly into 
 its pores, 'till tl-.ejr get bctxccn its outmott par- 
 tides and the main mafs of the metal.' Netvton. 
 
 A vioknt cold, as well as heat, may "oe pro- 
 duced iy Ibis cl-idlitioK ; for if fal ammoniack, 
 or any pnre volatile alk.ili, dilTolved in water, 
 be mixed with an acid, an ebM'timi, with a 
 greater degree of cold, wilt enfue. .elrkulm^. 
 
 ECCE'NT^ICAL. ) adi. Uccentrkusy 
 ECCE'NTRICK. \ Latin.] 
 
 1. Deviating from the centre. 
 
 2. Not having the fame ccnti'e with another 
 circle: fuch cucl.s were ftippofed by the 
 Ptolemaick phiiofophy.. 
 
 Alfronomers, tofolvethe pliaenomcna, framed 
 to tlieir conceit cccsiitriUs and epicycles, and 1 
 wonderful engine of orbs. Bacon. 
 
 Thither his courfe he bends 
 Through the calm linnament : tut up or down, 
 By ctntrickorer«;:f,;V^, haidtotell. Milton. 
 
 Tiicy build, unbuild, contrive. 
 To fave appearances : they gird the fphere 
 With ccn'rick ir.d rcccntnti-, fcribhl'd o'er, 
 Cycle arid epicyi Ic, oib in orb. Milton. 
 
 Wh*nce is it that planets move all one and the 
 fame way in orbs concentrick, while comets 
 move all manner of ways in rrbs rery tccentriekT 
 Wt'.utsn's Opacity 
 
 3. Not terminating in the fame point; 
 not direflcd by the fan;? principle.
 
 E C H 
 
 Whatfoever afFairs pafs fucVi a man's hands, ' 
 he ciuoketh them ro his own ends ; which muft 
 reeds be often ecccntrick to the ends of his mafter. 
 Bdcon'i Effayi. 
 
 4. Irregular ; anomalous ; deviating from 
 ftated and conftaiit methods. 
 
 This motion, hkc uti.ers of tnc times, feems 
 
 tccintrick and irregular. King C/uh/l-s. 
 
 A charaflcr of an scc-nlriri virtue, is the more 
 
 exatt image of human life, beuaufe it is not 
 
 wiiolly exempted from its frailties. DryJti. 
 
 Then from whatever we ran to fenfe produce, 
 
 . Common and plain, or wond'rous and abllrufe, 
 
 Fiom nature's coniUni or ft''V«.'?/'ci laws, 
 
 The thoughtful foul this gen'ral inference draws, 
 
 That an effect muft pit-fuppofc a c.iufe. Pricr. 
 
 EccENTRi'ciTY. n./. [{mm (ccettirici.] 
 
 1. Deviation from a centre. 
 
 2. The ftate of having a diJerent centre 
 from another circle. 
 
 In regard of eccentricity, and the epicycle 
 wherein it moveth, the motion of the moon is 
 unequal. £ro:un. 
 
 Ey reafon of the fun's eccenlticity to the earth, 
 and obliquity to the equator, he appears to us to 
 move uncquaMy. no.dtr. 
 
 3. Excurfion from the proper orb. 
 
 The duke at his return from his eccentricity, for 
 
 fo I account favourites abroad, met no good 
 
 - news. _ Ifltto,,. 
 
 4. Eccentricity of the earth is the diftance 
 between the focus and the centre of the 
 earth's elliptick orbit. Harris. 
 
 Ecchy'mosis. «. /. \_iKX"!^<'"^^'.-\ Livid 
 fpots or blotches in the llcin, made by 
 extravafated blood. ^lincy. 
 
 Ecchymafu may be defined an cxtr.ivafation of 
 the blood in or under the Ikin, theikin remaining 
 whole. _ trifemnn. 
 
 Lax;itions arc accompanied with tumour and 
 ecchy<r.',fli. IVijcnon. 
 
 ECCLESIA'STICAL. \adj. {ecchfqfli- 
 ECCLESIA'STICK. J a/j, Latin.] 
 Relating to the church ; not civil. 
 
 Is difciplinc an ecchfiafiicnl ma'tcr or civil > If 
 an ccclejhtjhcat, it mull belong to the duty of the 
 minirters. Hooker. 
 
 Clergymen, otherwife little fond of obfcure 
 terms, yet in their fcrmons are liberal of thofe 
 which they find in ealeji.rjlic.il wi iters. Svijt. 
 
 A church of Englandman has a true veneration 
 for the fcheme eftablilhcd among us of eccleji.if- 
 tick guvcrnment. ci-.vijt. 
 
 ErcLEsiA'sTiCK. n.f. [from the adjec- 
 tive.] A perfon dedicated to the rainif- 
 tries of religion. 
 
 The ambition of the ecclejia/lich deftroyed the 
 purity uf the church. BmKtt's TA-.y. 
 
 Eccopro'ticks. 71. f. [ix and xo^f®*.] 
 Such medicines as gently purge the bel- 
 ly, foas to bring away no more than the 
 natural excrements lodged in the intef- 
 
 jinej. 
 
 The body ough: t , be maintained in its daily 
 excretions by fuch means as are ecoprotici. 
 
 Ihtrvcy on the PirJ^r/e. 
 
 Echina'te. laa'i. [from fc/jinus, Lst.] 
 Echina'ted. 1 Brillled like a hedge- 
 bog ; fet with prickles. 
 
 An eckin-i/ed p;u'.is'm (hape approaches the 
 «*;««/«/ ciyftalline balls. IVozdwardtn Fojpli. 
 
 ECHINUS, ti.f. [Latin.] 
 
 I. A hedge -hog. 
 ■,3. A (hellfifh fet with priciles. 
 
 3.' [Wlthbatanlfts.] The prickly head, 
 cover of the feed, or top of any plant. 
 
 4. [Ill architefture.] A member or orna- 
 ment, taking Its name from the roughnefs 
 of the carving, rcfcmbling the pnckly 
 
 E C L 
 
 rind of a cheftuut, and not unlike the 
 
 thorny coat of a hedge-hog. 
 
 This ornameni is ufed by modem architefts in 
 coinicts of tiic lonick, Corinthian, and Coni- 
 pofitc orders ; and gener.illy fet next to the aba- 
 cus, being carved with anchors, darts, andoials 
 orijgs. Harm. 
 
 E'CHO. n./ [;v>'; echo, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Echo was fuppofed to have been once a 
 nymph, who pined into a found for love 
 of Narcltfus 
 
 The plcafant myrtle may teach th' unfortunate 
 Echo 
 In thcfe woods to rcfound the renowned name 
 of a goddels. S:Ancy. 
 
 2. The return or repercuflion of any found. 
 
 The found, filling great fpaces in arched 
 lines, cannot be guided ; therefore there hath 
 not been any means to make artifici.il echon. 
 
 Bi^con'i Ni'tural llijhry. 
 
 3. The found returned. 
 
 Babbling echo mocks the hounds. 
 Replying (hrilly to the well-tun'd horns, 
 As if a double hunt were heard at once. 
 
 Shdkfpc.iw. 
 Wilt thou hunt ? 
 Thy hounds lliall make the welkin anfwer them. 
 And fetch lluill eciici from their hollow earth. 
 
 Shtiifi'Crire. 
 O Woods, O fountains, hillocks, dales and 
 bo»-'rs ! 
 With other echo late I taught your (hades 
 , To anfwer, and refound far other fong ! M:lti'\ 
 To you I mourn, nor to the deaf I fing; 
 The u-oodi Ihall anfwer, and the echo ring. 
 
 Pope. 
 'Tis not enough no haininefs gives offence ; 
 The found muft fecm an echo to the fenle. I'ofc. 
 
 To E'cHO. V. n. 
 
 1. To refound J to give the repercuflion of 
 a voice. 
 
 At the parting 
 All the church echo'd. Shakjp. Timing oj Shrev. 
 Through rocks and caves the name of Delia 
 founds ; 
 Delia each cave and echoing rock lebounds. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 2. To be founded back. 
 
 Hark, how the found difturbs imperious 
 Rome! 
 Shakes her proud hills, and rolls from dome to 
 
 dome ! ** 
 Her miti'd princes heat the echoing noife. 
 And, Albion, dread thy wrath and awful voice. 
 
 Bl'ickmore. 
 
 To E'cHO. t'. a. To fend back a voice; 
 to return what has been uttered. 
 Our feparatifts do but echo the fame note. 
 
 Dccyof Piety. 
 With peals of ihouts the Tyrians praifc the 
 fong ; 
 Thofe peals arc echo'd by the Trojan throng. 
 
 D'ydcn^s j^ncid. 
 One great death deforms the dreary ground; 
 The echo'd woes fiom diltanl rocks refound. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 ECLJIRCI'SSEMEXT. «./. [French.] 
 Explanation ; the acl of clearing up an 
 aifair by verbal cxpollulation. 
 
 The ecliiirciffiKtnt ended in tlicdifco, evy of the 
 informer. C.h.rendon. 
 
 ECLAT, n.f. [French.] Splendour; 
 (how ; luftre. 
 
 Noihi::g more contributes to the varierj-, fur- 
 p1-i/e, and rdnt of Ilonur's battles, thaii that 
 ariitrcial m.anncr of gaginj his heroes by each 
 other. P'pi'i TJP'y " Homer, 
 
 EciECTiCK. aJJ. [lx7.ix,iK'^.\ Selefiing; 
 choofing at will. 
 
 C'c^ro'was of the eclectieh feft, and chnfe out 
 of tach lucb p,.li;ions as came rtarefi truth. 
 
 "" }}^t't:\ or. the lAin-i. 
 
 E C L 
 
 Ecle'gma. n.y". [=v and ^F.^ 1 .] A form 
 of medicine made by the incorporation 
 of oils with fyrups, and which is to be 
 taken upon a litjuorice lllck. ^lincy. 
 
 ECLITSE. /;./. [,;<?.=,-.J,.c.] 
 
 1. An obfcuration of the luminaries of 
 heaven: the fun is eclipfed by the inter- 
 vention of the moon.; the moon by the 
 interpoiition of the earth. The word 
 originally fignifies departure from the 
 place, to which Miilon alludes. 
 
 Sips of yew, 
 Sliver'd in the moon's ec'.ijyfe. Shakfprare. 
 
 Planers, pLir.et-ftruck, ie.il ecUpfe 
 Then fuffer'd. Milton'i Paradife Lojl. 
 
 So though the fun viifforious be. 
 And from ad.irk cclipfc fet free. 
 The influence, which we fondly fear, 
 Alfii<5ts our thoughts the following year. JValler, 
 
 An eclipfe of the moon is when the atmofphcre 
 of the caith, befwcun the fun and the moon, 
 hinders the light of the fun fioni falling upon and 
 being rcfleftcd by the moon : if the light of the 
 fun is kept off from the whole body of the moon, 
 it is a tt>tal eciipfc ; if from a part only, it is a par- 
 tial one. Lo.ke. 
 
 2. Darknefs ; obfcuration. 
 
 Ail the portcrity of our firft parents fuffered 
 a perpetual ec'rpfe of fpiritual life. Raleigh. 
 
 Experience we ha\e of the vanity of human 
 glory, in our fcatterings and eclipfc\. A7/7g Ch. 
 
 To Eci.i'psE. "y. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To darken a luminary. 
 
 Let the eciipfcd moon her throne rcHgn. 
 
 Sun.^yl. 
 
 Now if the earth were flat, the dark'ncd moon 
 Would fecm to all eclipi'd as well as one. Creech. 
 
 2. To extinguifh; to put out. 
 
 Then here 1 lake my leave of thee, fair fon. 
 Born toetZ/^/f thy life this afternoon. Shakjp, 
 
 3. To cloud; to obfcure. 
 
 They had feen tokens of more than common 
 greamefs, howfoevcr now eclipfed with fortune. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Praife him to his father: — 
 — Let the prince's glory 
 Seem to eclipfe, and caft a cloud on Iiis. 
 
 Denham'i Sophy. 
 Let other mufes write his profp'roiis fate. 
 Of conquer'd nations tell, and kings reltor'd ; 
 
 But mine fhall fing of his irc/Z/'j'f/effatc, 
 Which, like Uie fun's, more wonders does afford. 
 
 Drydtr.. 
 He defccnded from his Father, and ec/ipfed ihc 
 glory of his divine majefty with a veil of fielh. 
 Cu/amy's Sermons, 
 
 4. To difgrace. 
 
 She told the king, that her hufband was 
 eclipfed in Ireland by the no-countenance his 
 majel^y had (hewed towards him. Clurendon* 
 
 Another now hath tu Inmfelf engrofs'd 
 Al! pow'r, and us ec/ips'd. Milton's Par. L'Ji. 
 
 EcLi'pTiCK. n. f, [sKAsiwTiirot.] A great 
 circle of the fphere, fuppofed to be drawn 
 through the middle of the zodiack, and 
 making an angle with the equinoiitial, in 
 the points of Aries and Libra, of 23*. 
 30'. which Is the fun's greatcft declina- 
 tion. This Is by fome called via folii, 
 or the way of the fun, becaufe the fun, 
 in his annual motion, never deviates from 
 this line. This line is drawn on the 
 globe: but in the new aftronomy the 
 ecliplicl is that part among the fixed liars, 
 which the earth appears to delcribe to 
 an eye placed in the fun, as in its annual 
 motion it runs round the fun from well 
 to eaft. If you fuppofe this circle to be 
 divided into twelve equal parts, they will 
 be the twelve hgns. Harris.
 
 ECO 
 
 AM fV.Trs that h.ivc their clilKmcc from the 
 edi^dck northw;irds not more ih.wi twcnty-rhicc 
 degree,^ and a half, may, in pnigrcffioii of tir7*c, 
 have dcciin.ition fouthwavd, and move Ijcyoiid 
 the equator, Btoxvn's yulgar Errouj i. 
 
 The terraqueous globe Imd the funic fite and 
 pofition, in icfpctll of the fun, that it now liAth ; 
 its axU; was not paralkl to that of the ediptickj 
 but inclined in lil^c manner as it is at prtfcnr. 
 
 ffosdtuartV s Natut:tt llijhry. 
 
 You mufl conceive nn imagliKiry plane, which, 
 pafling through tlie centre oi thu fun and tiic 
 eait'.i, extends itfelf on all Jidcs ;ii f.ii as tlic lir- 
 Snnntiii : this plane i^ tailed the r///-//*-^, and in 
 rtis ihc centre of the caitli is perpetually carricH, 
 witliout any deviation. iiiTit':\. 
 
 EcLi'pTiCK. adj. Defcribod by the eclip- 
 tick line. 
 
 The earth's rotation makes the niglit and day ; 
 Tlic fun revolving tluougli ih' ccfiptkk way, 
 Effcfls the various feafons of the yr.iw 
 
 E'CLOGUE. n, f [e ov*?.] A paitoia! 
 poc'in, fo called becaufe Virgil called his 
 paflorals eclogues, 
 
 VVh.it exclnimiiig praifes Badlius gave thii 
 eclogue any m.in m.iy guefs, tiiat knows love j^ 
 better t!ian fpc<ftacles to make every thing fecm 
 great. Suin-y. 
 
 It is not fuflicirnt tliat -he fcntcnces be brief, 
 the wli'jk tCtog:if ihould Ul- lo too. Pope 
 
 EcONo'MICK. \ J- rc 1 
 
 T- f ^^h \i\o\r\ economy.] 
 
 Economical. S '^ ^ "^ 
 
 1. Pertaining to the regulation of a lioule- 
 hoid. 
 
 Her quickening power in eveiy living P^'f* 
 Du;h Si .i nuife, (ir as a mother fcrvc ; 
 
 A. id doth rmploy !ici dO'iom^ck au, 
 And bufy care, her lioul'ehoid to prefcrve. 
 
 In economical affairs, having propofcd the 
 government of a faniily> we confu.Ci the proper 
 me.Mis tocff.A ir, IVud. 
 
 2. Frugal. 
 
 Some are fo y\n\x\\y cconomicdj as even lo de- 
 firc >hat the feat be well watered, and W( 11 
 fw.iled IVottQH^s Architccl. 
 
 ECONOMY, n. f. [a-<ov.iy..:. This 
 word is often wriuen, from its derivation, 
 aconomy ; but ff being no d:pht'nong in 
 Englilh, it is placed here with the au- 
 thorities for different orthograpliy.] 
 
 1. The management of a family ; the go- 
 vernment of a houfehold. 
 
 By St. Paul's eio'trjmy the heir differs nothing 
 from a fcrvant, while he is in his minority ; fo a 
 fervaut Ihould dit^ei" nothing from a child i;i the 
 fubftantial part. Tti\I'^'. 
 
 2. Diilribution of expence. 
 
 Particular Cum. arc not laid o^-.t to the g-eateft 
 advantage in his econovsy; but are fometimcs 
 fntfered to run waflc, while he is only caieful of 
 the main. J)'\d^'i 
 
 3. Frugality; difcretion of expence ; lau- 
 dable parfimony, 
 
 I have no other notion of sconcmyy than tliat it 
 is ihe parent of lihrrty and c.'.fc, SuiJ'i. 
 
 4. Difpolition of things ; regulation. 
 
 All the divine and inhnllely wife ways of 
 economy that God could ufe towards a rational 
 creature, oblige mankind to thatcourfe of living 
 which is moll agreeable to our iMture. Iluthm,fi,L 
 
 5. The difpolition or arrangement of any 
 work. 
 
 In the Greek poets, as in Plnutus, we fee ihi 
 economy and difpolition of poCms better obfei vcd 
 thai) in Terence. Btn yofifon. 
 
 If this economy mufl be obfcrvcd in the minutell 
 parts of an epick poem, what foul, though fer.t 
 into the world with prcat advantages of nature, 
 cultivated witli the libtral arts and fcicnces, can 
 be fufficient to inform the body of fo great a 
 work ? D^jUni DeMcalhn io tl 4:lniiJ. 
 
 ECS 
 
 6. Syflcm of matter; diftn'bution of every 
 tiling aclive or pafTive to its proper place. 
 
 Thffc tiic litaincrs aid, 
 Tli;^t hy a conllant reparation maile, 
 I'ltey may a due econo^nv njaintain, 
 Exclude tirc noxious parts, the good retain. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 Ecphra'cticks. n. f. [?« and j^aTli-.] 
 Such nhedicines as render tough humours 
 more thin, fo as to promote their dif- 
 charjre. i^iincy. 
 
 J'rocuic the blood a five coiirfc, vent. lotion, 
 and tiantpiiation, by iuitable purg.-s and cij>!irac- 
 lii-k medicines. llurvry 
 
 E'CSTACY. n.f. [?.-„7,-.] 
 
 1. Any palTion by which the thoughts are 
 abforbed, and in which the mind is for 
 a time loih 
 
 Follow them fwif. ly, 
 And hinder them from what this rcjluy 
 M.iy r.ow provoke them to. ShakJ/). TempiJ}. 
 
 'T may be 
 No longer joy there, hut an fcjl^cy. Suckling. 
 Wheihcr what we call ecjlacy be not dreaming 
 with our eyes open, I leave to be examined. 
 
 I.Qckc. 
 
 2. Exceflivcjoy; rapture. 
 
 O, lo\c, be moderate ! a'l.iy thy fr^.jcy .' 
 
 S^iikfpefire. 
 
 The religious plcafurc nf a u-cll-difjioied mind 
 moies gently, and therefore c.Jiiftantly : it doc? 
 nut ati'cit by rapture and e.Jl.iry ; but is . \-e the 
 pleafure ot" health, ftill and fobcr. Sc^t/i. 
 
 Each dfligl'.ted, and deligliting gives 
 Tiie pleating if^'/jc)' which eacii receives. Prior. 
 
 A pleafure which no languajc can exprefs ; 
 An fji'icy, that mothers only feel, 
 Pl.iys round my heart. Fhilips' Difircfi Mother. 
 
 3. Enthufiafm; excefiive elevation and ab- 
 forption of the mind. 
 
 He lov'd ntc well, and oft would beg me 
 
 flllg; 
 
 Which when I did, boon the tender grafs 
 Would fit, and harlcen even to ecji.icy. Milton. 
 
 4. ExcefTive grief or anxiety. This is not 
 now ufed. 
 
 Sigtis and groans, and Ilrricks that rend the 
 air. 
 Arc made, not mark'd ; where violent forrow 
 
 I'ccms 
 A nioder;. t^jl.icy. Sh.tkfptare''s Macleth. 
 
 Better be with the dead, 
 Than on the torture of the mind to lie 
 In reliefs fcjiacy. Sfia^fpcire's Macbeth. 
 
 5. IVIadiiefs ; didraftion. This fenfe is 
 not now in ufe. 
 
 Now fee that noble and moft fovereign reafon. 
 Like fwccl bells jangled out of tune, and iiarfh. 
 That unmarch'd form, and feature of blown 
 
 youth, 
 Blafted with !•£/?«<■;'. Shakfpente's fi.im'e:. 
 
 E'c'iTASiKD. a/^j. [from rf,^a<:_)'.] Ravlfli- 
 tc- ; filled with enthufiafm. 
 
 Thefe are as common to tiic inanimate things 
 as to the moft ecji.ijied foul upon earth. Norris. 
 
 Ecsta'tic/vl. ) J- r- . 1 
 hcSTA TICK. J -^ '- ^ •" 
 
 . Raviflied; rapturous; elevated beyond 
 the ulual bounds of nature. 
 
 There doth my foul in holy vifion fir. 
 In penfivc trance, and anguiih, and ec/.'arici fit. 
 
 Miitii'i. 
 When one of :bem, after an ccjlatica] mM^nsrf 
 fell down before an angel, he was (evcrcly re- 
 buked, and hidden lo worlhip God. Stil.'ingjfrit. 
 In trance ei.Jl.tTick mav thy pangs be drown*d ; 
 Eri,:^ht clouds dcfcend, and angels Watch thee 
 rt;und. Pope. 
 
 . Raifed to the highcft degree of joy. 
 
 Til gain I'cfcennius one employs his fchemes ; 
 One gr*fps i Clvi.'ps in erjl^uick dicams. i'c/-- 
 
 E D G 
 
 3. Tending to external objeifls. This ftnfe 
 js, I think, only to be found once, though 
 agreeable enough to the derivation. 
 
 I find in me a great deal of ecjlaiical love, 
 which continually carries me out to good without 
 
 myfclf. ' Norrii. 
 
 E'CTYPE. n.f. liKTvirib .] A copy. 
 
 The complex ideas of (uhltances are ellypes, 
 copies, but not pcrftrit ones ; not adequate. 
 
 I.ccke. 
 E'cuRiE. it.f. [French; equus, Latin. J 
 A place covered for the lodging or houf. 
 _ ing of horfes. 
 
 Eda'cious. ailj. [eelas-, Latin.] Eating; 
 voracious; devouring; predatory j ra- 
 venous ; rapacious ; grtedy. 
 EoA'cirY. /;./. [rt/d«Va/, Latin.] Vo- 
 racity; ravtnoulncfs; grecdinefs; rapa- 
 city. 
 
 The Wolf is a bcatt of great edacity and digef- 
 tion ; it may be the parts of hi.-n comfort the 
 .''"wl' Baem. 
 
 2o E'DDER. V. a. [probably from f^<;. J 
 To bind or interweave a fence. iS^ot 
 in ufe. 
 
 To add firength to the hedge, eddcr it ; which 
 is, bind the tup of the liakcs with fon-e fmall 
 long poles on c.icl; (idc. M.itimer'i llujh.^n i-y. 
 E'doer. n.f. [from the verb ] Such 
 fencewood as is commonly put upon the 
 top of fences. Not in ufe. 
 
 In lopping and felling, favc edder and ftalcc, ' 
 Thine hccgcs, as ne-cdeih, to mend or to make. 
 
 TuJJir. 
 E'DDY. n.f. [ih, bach-ward, again, and 
 ea, lualer, Sa.xon.] 
 
 1. The water that by feme repercuflion, or 
 oppofite wind, runs contrary to the main 
 ilream. 
 
 My praifes are as a bulrurti upon a dream : if 
 
 they ftnk not, 'tis becaufe they arc burn up by 
 
 the llrcngth of the cur rent, which fupports their 
 
 - lighmefs ; but they are carried round again, and' 
 
 re-turn on the ed.ly where they firft began. 
 
 Dryderi, 
 
 2. Whirlpool; circular motion. 
 The wild waves malier'd him, and fucK'd 
 
 him in, 
 And fmiliiig eddia dimpled on the main. 
 
 Dryderf^ 
 So, where our wide Numidian waftes extend, 
 Saeiden th' impetuous hurricanes dcfcend. 
 Wheel through t;ie air, rn circling e.id:,, p:ay, 
 Tear up the lands, and fwetp wb. le plarns away. 
 
 Add:Jl,n'<, Citu. 
 
 Eddy. ae/J. Whirling; moving circularly. 
 
 And chart with ed.iy winds is whrrl'd around, 
 And dancing leaves are lifted from the grotrnd. 
 Dryden's I'irgil. 
 
 Edemato'se. adj. [',;'5>if*a.] Swelling; 
 full of humours : commonly written 
 ocdetiiatous. 
 
 A ferofiiy obftiufling th'; glands may be 
 watery, t.iemiinfe, and fehirroiis, accordn-'g to 
 the vifcofity of the hum&ur-. y^rlut'.nit. 
 
 Epe'ntated. a<(r'. \jdi:ntatus,\^-3.\.'] De- 
 prived of teeth. D\B, 
 EDGE. n.f. [ecje, Saxon.] 
 I. The thin or cutting part of a blade. 
 
 Seize upon Fife ; give to the ed^e o' in fword 
 His wife, his babes. Shikfj-carc's M.uliet!i. 
 
 He that will a »ood edge win, 
 Mud fotge riiiek, and^grind thin. Proveii. 
 
 The ed-7! y^l war, like an ill-flieathed knife, 
 Nj more (hallcrrt his maOer. Shaifpecre, 
 
 'Tij llander, 
 Whofe edge is (liarper than the fword; Shakjp^ 
 I. A narrow p.^.rt riling from a broader. 
 Some liarrow their ground over, and then plow 
 it upon an edge. Mortimcr'i Ui,/iandiy.
 
 
 
 
 E 
 
 D G 
 
 
 B: 
 
 Ilk-; 
 
 !T!S 
 
 •g'ri 
 
 ; jEstfenii 
 
 ty 
 
 Tl 
 
 >- 
 
 
 
 ifr"vcry nc. 
 a I'll lie by 
 
 
 "-.'.• have, fnr m:iny ycafs, walked u;ij:i^ii-i^' 
 • V • fa pr«:i[«ccj"M>ite iioliiing b* rh'c (Imfler ■ 
 tiiKatl uf human lif^ kas held us from finking 
 n:rocndlersn;!;'cr.'.' ' ,- r-. . -K'^"- 
 
 Yes, tlic l.iil pen fov feedom let me draw, 
 W'iieu ttudi icar.ij licmbliiig un ci;e <.<gi of Ji»- 
 
 .."SliarpneCs of miaJ; pioper dlfaoluion 
 for r.c".:--. 
 
 - 'oerution: hitenfeacfs of 
 
 • ,' C-;.^; i-im a mi'uer ?;^-, 
 
 And drive his purpofe info thefc delights. 
 
 Cj: \vhirn-!onw firnttVie »»riitchMftcjsHt. 
 
 n-liifriT ' ' ' '■ ■ '''^ ' ". '' . 
 AVhcnwiiit had let an f./»f upon the^r - ' ' 
 
 Tiien v.vriol's' cares tlicir working t' 
 
 p^Jy'd^ - ■ ■•'■'■■ ■' 
 
 A'd t:i=t wiiic'i each invented, all e:-,jny'd. 
 
 Silence and r.i'itudc fctanf.vjf- upsritlw£«nit)'!, 
 • and c;iufe a graitsr applicilioD. Jjiyu:'!. 
 
 ?. ELcenn'efs; aaimony of temper. 
 
 Ab.~.te lhej./|;; i.t tr.'.tors, swcu lis .Lo|^ ! 
 Th.it xvoilld reduce tiwfe bloody dnys aj, lin. 
 
 ■■■■I ;■ ;' ^' " SAit^pcarf*- A.^L''" »'■■/ III. 
 
 6. To yJ/ ^frf/^ on Edgk; To ca/.f;; a 
 
 tingling uneafinefs in the teet' 
 
 A harlhgratiris'tune JJ/'/^fM ?i^s..' o'- 
 . j>t>f<'" 
 
 To'Edge. -u. a. ffroin tlie noun.]: , 
 I. To fliarpen; to enable to cut. 
 There fat (he rolling her alluring eyes, 
 To eilge her champiop's (word, and urge my ruin 
 
 . jiry.l,?. 
 
 Z. To furnilh with an edge. 
 
 I fel'.'d aicr.g a roan of bearded face, 
 His limbs all covcr'd with a"(hining cifc ; 
 So wond'rous hard, and fo fecure of wound, 
 It made my fword, thQU|h edg'a with flint, re- 
 bound. _ Dryden. 
 
 3. To border with any thing ; to fringe. 
 
 Their long defcending train. 
 
 With rubies cdg'J, and faphiies, fwept the 
 
 plain. Drydsn. 
 
 I rid over hanging hills, whofe tops vrere-iJ^c.l 
 
 ■»-ltb groves, and whoCc feet were watered with 
 
 ■ttiiding rivers. Poju. 
 
 4. To txafperate ; to embitter.- 
 
 By luch rcafonings the fimple \^•er^ blnided, 
 and the malicious (.(^s-'i. • HayxuntJ. 
 
 He was indigent and low in money, which 
 ocrliaps might h..ve a little edged his dufpciation. 
 
 X. To put forward beyond a line. 
 
 Jilting by degrees their chairs forwards, they 
 •weit in a little time got up clufe to one another. 
 
 To Edge. v. n. [perhaps from eh, back- 
 ward, Sa:;oii.] To move forward agaif.il 
 
 E D I 
 
 T'ne.e ntuS be no playing with thi'ngJ facred, I 
 ■■,. jtfting wjth <.VTf?oj/r. VEjhange. 
 
 Nurlcs froor llieir children Keep edgelMlt. 
 
 ^ - Do'pt. 
 
 I (l-all exercife upon ftcc!, and its fcvcral 
 foils; a.id what fort is fiitctl !or ^edg'too!\, 
 wlich for fprings. _ * Mox""- 
 
 E'dgewise. a^v. [ctl^e and 'w:j'e.] With 
 the edge put into any particular di- 
 rection. 
 
 Should the flat fide be objefled to the flrcam, 
 it would be foon turned eJgnuiJe by the force 
 
 of it. ^"y- 
 
 C'dgisg. n.f. [from cd»e.'] 
 I. What is added to any thing by way of 
 
 ornament. 
 The garland which I wove for you to wear. 
 
 And border'd with a rofy edging round. Dtydcn: 
 A woman br.inchcs out into a long d.nVrtaiion 
 
 upon the edging of a petticoat. Addijm^iii^eet. 
 '2. A narrow lace. 
 Edjbi.e. ad}, [from edo, Latin.] Fit 
 
 to be eaten ; til for food. 
 I . Some belli is not cdtble, as horfes and dogs. 
 
 Wheat and barley, and the like, are made 
 either tf.'^VA/e or potable by man's ait and induf- 
 [cy^ Mo'i agahijl Athzijm. 
 
 ■- Some of the fungus kind, gathered for ed:i/e 
 i mulhrooms, ha.c produced a dilficulty of brcath- 
 ', .i08- ■.' ?• Arhuihit,'. 
 
 The tdllU creation decks the board. i'r.-cr. 
 Edict. •»./. [fdViS.vni, Latin.] A pro- 
 clamation of command or prohibition; 
 a law promulgated. 
 
 Wleh ;;n ablolute monarch commanded his 
 fubjciis 'that which fcemeth good in his own 
 difcietion, hath hot his edid the force of a law r 
 
 Hxker. 
 The great King of kings 
 Hath in the table of his law commanded 
 Tnat th.^u (halt do no niurdtr ; will you then 
 Spurn at ills edig, and fulhl a man 's. ihaifp. 
 Severe decrees may keep our tjngucs'in awe. 
 But to our thoughts what a/.-S can give law? 
 
 Drydm. 
 
 The minifteis arc always preaching, and ihc 
 
 gfivcrnoiirs putting out idiHs, aga'.nlt gamii-g 
 
 and fine deaths Adi:fr.n 
 
 EDlFICA'TIO^'. n.f. [^<///£r<ifto, Latin] 
 
 clof 
 
 wind, 
 
 any power ; going dole tipon 
 
 as if upon its ikiits or border, and fo 
 
 failing flow. 
 
 I mull idf^i uncn a point of wind, 
 And make Slow way. ^Diydin'i Clermtnrs 
 
 E'fiGKD. fRili-ipiitl adj. [from edge.'] 
 Sharp; not blunt. 
 
 We hnd thai Uibtileor £^..'^f./quaniitic! do uie- 
 vail ovi.r blunt ones. I^'gh "" ^'-'" '. 
 
 E'dgeiess. ifdj. [From ee/^t.J Blunt; 
 obtufe ; unable to cut. 
 
 To-moriow in the b.ittlc thiiiK on me. 
 And fall thy cdgdrjs fword ; ricfpair .ind die. 
 
 SAiiif^tFuii'i Kii '!j} dm. 
 
 They are idgritft weapons it Swrli to cnconnicr. 
 
 Dccy of J'ietv, 
 
 E'Dor^TOOl,. n.f- [-'%'^ •l"<i '<'"^-] "^ 
 tool made fliarp to •ut. 
 
 The acl of bulldiug up iitan in tlie faltl 
 improvement in holintfs. 
 
 Our blcffed Saviour told us, that we muft ac 
 
 count for cveiy idle woid, not me.>ning th:,; 
 
 every word not dchgncd fur !.Ufu-^U(,n, oriels 
 
 prudent, (hail be fcckonvci for a fin. T.tyhr. 
 
 2. Improvement; inllruclion. 
 
 Out of tr.efe magazines I (hall fupply tic 
 town with what may tend to their edijic..ti<,n. 
 
 '- jl.fdiJon*s Guardiiin. 
 
 E'difice. n. /. [adipdum, Latin.] A 
 fabrick ; a building ; a iliuclure. 
 
 My love was like a fiir hoiilc built on an- 
 other man';, giound; fo that I have lolt m51.it- 
 fice by miftaiiing the phacc where I cr^^^<d it. 
 Skalffearc'i Merry IJ'i'.t! of. li'ixdj.r 
 God built 
 So fpacious, and his line flretch'^ out fo far, 
 Thiit man ni.iy know he dwells not in iiis ywn : 
 An edifice t\yo large for him to (ill. ^lilti./:. 
 
 The e.difce, where all were met to iVc him. 
 Upon their heads and on his own he pull'd. 
 
 ^ MiUcn. 
 
 A.S Tufcan pillars owe their original to ti.is 
 country, the architects always give-thciri a place 
 in edifeet raifcd in Tufcany. .-Jdlfin ->>; Ir.ih. 
 ■ He muft be an idiot that cannot difccrn more 
 flrokcs rif wiirkmanfliip in the flruSurc of an 
 ani.ii;il than in the mo;i elegant f,-iij!.-e. JiemUy. 
 Emfi'er. n.f. [from edify. '\ 0:ie that 
 
 improves or inib-ufls r.nolher. 
 ■ro ED1FY-. -J. rt. [«4f.-o, Latin.] 
 I. To bu^k*. 
 
 E D U 
 
 There was a holy chapel edify' J, 
 Wheicin the h.crmit wont to lay 
 Hi> lioly things each morn and eventide. 
 
 S^-.ufer, 
 Men have ed'ly'd 
 A lofty temple, and ptrfuni'd an altar t>3 thy 
 name. - Chnfma.-.. 
 
 '., To initruft ; to improve. 
 
 He who fpeaketh no more than eJifiah, ii 
 undcfervedly reprehended for much fpeakir.g. 
 
 Men are edlfad, when cither their nnderttand- 
 ing is taught fomcwhat whereof, in fuch actions, 
 it behovctn all men to conlidcr, or when their 
 hearts are moved with any aft'ediion fuitaHe 
 thereunto. linker. 
 
 Life is no life, without the biefling of a 
 friendly and an edifyir:g converfation. 
 
 L-Kf.Ta':gt. 
 He gave, he taught ; and edify d the more, 
 Bcc.iuie he Ciew'd, by proof, 'twas cify to be 
 poor. Dry.Ui. 
 
 3. To teach ; to perfuade. This is now 
 either obfolete or ludicrous. 
 
 You (hail hardly edify me, that thofc nations 
 might not, by the law of nature, have been 
 fubducd by any nation that had only policy and 
 moral virtue. B.i-on !. Ih'y tVar. 
 
 E'dile. n.f. \edu\s, Latin.] The title 
 of a magiftrate in eld Rome, whofc 
 office fecms in fome particidars to have 
 rcfcmbled that of our jtillices of peacc» 
 The ediU, hoi let him be appichended. 
 
 Shakf^tarCt 
 
 EDITION, n.f. [edi'lo, Latin.] 
 
 1. Ft!bl!;:ation of any thing, particularly 
 of a book. 
 
 This Eng!i(h edition is not fo properly a tranf- 
 kition, as a new coinpofition upon the fame 
 ground. Burner. 
 
 2. Republication : generally with foase 
 revilal or correfting. 
 
 Thtlc arc of the'^cond edition. Siaifpeare. 
 
 The buliiiels of our redemption is to rub over 
 the defaced copy of the creation, to reprint 
 God's image upon the foul, and to fet forth na* 
 luie in a fccond and a fairer edition. Siuth. 
 
 I cannot go I'o far as he wlio publifhed the kft 
 edition ci \:\m. Drv./en'! F,ii/,i, I'refiee. 
 
 The Code, compoftd haltily, was forced to 
 undergo an tmciidation, and to come forth in a 
 feond edition. ^ ' Baker. 
 
 Editor.' n'.'f. [fJ///i?r, Latin.] Publifher ; 
 he tl-.at revifca or prepares any work for 
 pubiIc::tioii. .1 ' 
 
 When a i^itfcrrntre.ttling gives us a different 
 fenfc, ofa-nevi' chgance i'l a.fautfor,' the eninr 
 does vciy welj in trik'n-.g hotltc of it.^' ■.-UJifon. 
 
 This 11 onfrhfe got Into all the eSitioni by a 
 miftakc .,f the liage .-.//rirr. Fopc. 
 
 To EDUCATE. ^•. a. [</;.r5, Latin.] To 
 bi cid i to bring' up ; to i:-!lri:fi; you:h. 
 TI cir \ pung fiiic<.!tiu.i .ill their carts employ ; 
 They l.rcv d, Ihcy trond, iiflh-ufi, and ediiean, 
 
 - Ami make provilion forCJiie future flat.-. 
 
 1 Diyde^-t PiTgil. 
 
 \ Education is worfc^ in proportjon to the gran- 
 deur of, thcparciits : if tno whole world ss'ere 
 under one monaiclj, the heir of- th.it monarch 
 v.ouUt he thc'woill e.Lc.itcd iiiort.:! Jnca ihc 
 crcatiL/il i ^luift t,n ^'td^rn Miiueittton. 
 
 Edvca TioK. n:f. [from «/«ra.V.] For- 
 mation of manners in youth ; the man- 
 ner of breeding youth ; nurture. 
 
 Kdi..i;i:n :)\\i.\ inllruclion are the mc.ins, the 
 one by u':, the other by precept, to make our 
 nauir.il f t liiy of rcaion both the belter and the 
 fo in<r to judge rightly between truth 211U eiror, 
 goid and evil. Ihifyr. 
 
 All narions have agreed in the ncccflity of a 
 Ilrie> edtj^.itu/"^ wiiieh confiHed in tiic ubfcrv- 
 aiice of nior.il duties. " Sn^ift. 
 
 Latin.] To 
 
 To EDUCE. V. a. Ifduco,
 
 E F F 
 
 bring out ; to cxtigd ; to produce from 
 
 a ftate of occultation. 
 Tlmt tlic world was educc.i out of llic power 
 
 of I'pacc, give that as a rcalori of its original ; in 
 
 tltis langijaijc, to grow rich, were to cJuci 
 
 money out ur" tlie j-ower of tiic poclcct. Cltitiv, 
 This matter mult liave lain eternally confined 
 
 to its beds of earth, were there not this njent to 
 
 tiiurc it thence. H'nothi'arJ. 
 
 Th' eternal ait i-ivccj good from ill, 
 
 Grafts on tliis palhon our belt principle. J'o/r. 
 Edu'ction. n.f. [ham educe. '\ The aCI 
 
 of bvinginj; any thing into view. 
 To EDULCORATE, v. a. [from dulcls, 
 
 Latin.] To fweeten. A chymical term. 
 Edulcor a'tion. n.f. [from ei/ii/corate.] 
 
 The adl of fweeteniiig. 
 To Eek. v. a. [eacan, <;can, ican, Saxon ; 
 
 eai, Scottifli ; eci, Erfe.] 
 
 1. l"o make bigger by the addition of 
 another piece. 
 
 2. To fupply any deficiency. See Eke. 
 
 Hence endlel's pcn?ncc for our fault I pay ; 
 
 But that redoubled crime, with vengeance new. 
 
 Thou biddcrt nie to cic. fuiiy Qjxccn. 
 
 Eel. n.f. [oel, Saxon; aal, German.] 
 
 A ferpentinc flimy fi(h, that lurks in mud. 
 
 Is the adder better than the ecly 
 Becaufe his painted (kin contents the eye ? 
 
 The Cockney put the ah i' th' party alive. 
 
 Shakf^carc. 
 
 E'en. adv. Contrafted from even. See 
 Even. 
 
 Says the fatyr, if you have a trick of blow- 
 ing hot and cold out of the fame mouth, I have 
 e'en done with you. L'Ej\rangc. 
 
 Eff. n.f. Commonly written Eft. A 
 
 fiTiall hzard. 
 E'ff^ble. adj. [effhl'dis, Latin.] Ex- 
 
 prefiive ; utterable ; that may be fpoken. 
 
 Dla. 
 
 To Effa'ce. v. a. \ejfacer, French.] 
 
 1. To deftroy any thing painted, or 
 carved. 
 
 2. To make no more legible or vifible ; 
 to blot out ; to ftrike out. 
 
 Chaiadeis on duft, the firlt breath of wind 
 effucci. Locke. 
 
 It was ordered, that his name fhould be 
 effaced out of all publick regiftcrs. j^ddijon. 
 
 Time, I faid, may happily eff^trc 
 That cruel image of the king's difgrace, Fiioi. 
 
 Otway fail'd to polilh or refine. 
 And fluent Shakfpcare fcarce e_ffac\i a line. 
 
 3. To (leHroy; to wear away. 
 
 Nor our admjflion fhall youi realm difgnicc, 
 Nor length of time our gtalitude efface. l)>ydcn. 
 Efff.'ct. tuf. [effeHus, Latin.] 
 
 1. That which is produced by an operat- 
 ing caufe. 
 
 You may fee by her example, in hcrfelf wife, 
 and of othcr.s beloved, tliat neither fv.>l]y is the 
 caufc of vehement love, nur icproiich the <ificf. 
 
 Si J fie V. 
 
 ^ffc& is the fubftance produced, w (implc 
 idea introduced into any Cubje*^, by the exert- 
 ing of power. Lorh. 
 
 Wc fee the pernicious rfff,'^^ of luxury in the 
 ancient Rom:ins, who immcchatcly found them - 
 iel\cs poor as fuoii as this vice got footing 
 among ihcm. ylddifon (m /.'.i/>. 
 
 2. Confcqiience ; event. 
 
 No man, in 'Of^, doth accompany with 
 others, but he Icarncth, cic he is awirf". fomc 
 geflurc, or voice, or fa (hi on. Bacon's N>it. Jiijl. 
 
 To fay of a celebrated piece that thcie arc 
 
 ■ faults in it, i^, in t/Vc'?, to fjy ihat ihc aullioi of 
 
 it is a man. AdJlkn. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 EFF 
 
 3. Purpofe; meaning; general intent. 
 
 They fpakc !o her to that ^Jfc^. i Ch/om. 
 
 4. Confequence intended ; fucccfs ; ad- 
 vantage. 
 
 Clirill is become of no e^iF} iintn you. Git!. 
 
 lie ihould depart only with a title, the ir/^.i'7 
 whereof he Ihould not l>c pulTclTed of, befoie he 
 defervcd it. Chtrcndon, 
 
 The inftitution has hitherto proved without 
 tffefl, and has neither cxtinguilhcd crimes, nor 
 Uireucd the numbers of criminals, Tem^U. 
 
 5. Coin])lction ; perfection. 
 
 Not fo worthily to be brought to heroical ef- 
 feel by fortune ur neceffity, like UlylVcs and 
 ^■Eneas, as by one's own choice and working. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Scmblant art (liall carve the fair effeU, 
 And full atchievcmcnt of thy great defigns. 
 
 I'rm: 
 
 6. Reality ; not mere appearance. 
 
 In Ihew, a marvellous indifferently compofcd 
 fenale ecclefiaiVical was to govern, but in fffe£1 
 one only man (hould, as the fpirit and foul of 
 the leliduc, do all in all. Hooker. 
 
 State and wealth, the bufmcfs and the crowd, 
 Seems at this diftancebul a darker cloud ; 
 And is to him, who tightly things efteems, 
 Nn other in effe^ tlian what it feems. Denham. 
 
 7. [In the plural.] Goods; moveables. 
 
 '. What form of prayer 
 Can fervc my turn ? Forgive me my foul mur- 
 
 ther! 
 That cannot be, fincc I am ftill pofTeft 
 Of thofc eJ'eSfi for which I did the murthcr, 
 My crown, mine own ambition, and my queen. 
 
 Shitkfpeare. 
 The emperor knew that they could not con- 
 vey away many of their cffeB\. AiUifon. 
 To Effe'ct. v. a. [ejicio, Latin.] 
 J . To bring to pafs ; to attempt with 
 fuccefo ; to achieve ; to accomplifh as 
 an agent. 
 
 Being conful, I doubt not t' f^fif? 
 All that you wilh. Benjonjnn. 
 
 2. To produce as a caufe. 
 
 The change made of that fyrup into a purple 
 colour, was effe^ed\>y the vinegar. Boyle. 
 
 EFt-t'cTiBLE. adj. [from eJfeH.'] Per- 
 formable ; prafticable ; feafible. 
 
 That a pr)t full of ilhes will fliil contain as 
 much water as it would without them, is not 
 effeBibfe upon the ftri<£teft experiment. Broivn, 
 Effe'ctive. adj. [from^(?.] 
 
 1 . Having the power to produce effetSs ; 
 efTicacious ; effeflual : with of. 
 
 They are not effeBive of any thing, nor leave 
 no wor.k behind them. Bacon. 
 
 If any myl^ei7, rite, or facrament be r^ft^/x-f 
 of any fpiritual blellings, then this mucii more, 
 as ha^'iiig the prerogative and principality above 
 every thing clfe. Taylor. 
 
 There is nothing in words and Ifiles but fuita- 
 blenefs, that makes them accept.^ble and ejfec- 
 /he, Cj lariville. 
 
 2. Operative ; aftive ; having the quality 
 
 of producing effefts. 
 
 Nor do they fpeak properly who fay that 
 time conrumttii all things; for time is not r£ee- 
 tiz-Cj nor are bodies deftroyed by it. Bioitm. 
 
 3. Producing effects ; efficient. 
 
 Whufocvcr is an eJfcfliTe rc.il caufe of doing 
 his ncighb.ntr wrong is ciiininal, by what in- 
 Urument focver he does it. Taylor. 
 
 4. Having tlie pmver of operation ; iife- 
 fiil : as, eJfcLiive men in an army. 
 
 Eff li CTix'ELY. adv. [fi-oin ejj'edlve.'] 
 Powerfully ; with real operation. 
 
 This ifiiJi'^-ely icfiiU the devil, and fufTers us 
 to receive no huit from him. Tayiot . 
 
 Effe'ctlkss. adj. [from ejfed.^ With- 
 out effect; impotent} ufdefs ; un- 
 meaning. 
 
 E F ^ 
 
 I'll chop off my handi ; 
 In bootJcfs pr.iycr have they htcn held up, 
 Antl they have fcrv'd mc to tffeltleji ufe. 
 
 .'ihakffetre. 
 Effe'ctor. n.f. [rjfeftor, Latin.] 
 
 1 . He that produces any effcift ; pcrformw. 
 
 2. Maker; CTeator. 
 
 We commemorate the cieation, ami pay wor- 
 fliip to that iiiAnltc Being who was the rffrChr 
 of it. Oetka.r. 
 
 Effe'ctual. adj. [fj^<7w/, French. ] 
 
 1. Produftive of effects; powerful to a 
 degree adequate to the occafion ; ope- 
 rative ; elRcacious. 
 
 The reading of fcripture is effiHual, as well 
 to lay even the firft foundation, as to add de- 
 grees of faither pcrfcaion, in the fear of God. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 The communication of thy faith may become 
 rffediial, by the acknowledging of every good 
 thing. I'irlrmin. 
 
 2. Veracious; erprefiivc of fads. A fcnfe 
 not in ufe. 
 
 Reprove my allegation, if you can ; 
 Oi elle conclude ray words tjcilual. Shaiffearf. 
 
 Effe'ctually. adv. [from effldual.] In 
 a manner produftive of the confequence 
 intended ; tfficacioufly. 
 
 Sometimes the fight of the altar, and decent 
 preparations for devotion, may corapofe and re- 
 cover the wandering mind more tfeaually than 
 a fermon. Siuth. 
 
 A fubjeft of that vaft latitude, that the ftiength 
 
 of one man will fcarcely be fuflicicnt tffe3!d<i:!f 
 
 to carry it on. yyoidu>.i> it. 
 
 To Effe'ctuate. v. a. \^ej£8uer, Fr.] 
 
 To bring to pafs ; to fulfil. 
 
 He found means to acquaint himfelf with a 
 nobleman, to whom difcovcring what he was, 
 he found iiim a fit inftrumcnt to efftlluate his 
 dcfire. Sidney. 
 
 Effe'minacy. n. f. [from ejfcmhate.l 
 
 1. Admiffion of the qualities of a woman; 
 foftnefs ; unmanly delicacy ; mean fub- 
 milTion. 
 
 But foitl rffefninarv held me yok'd 
 Her bond fl.ive : O indignity, O blot 
 To honour and religion ! MihorCi j^gor.ijiet. 
 
 2. Lafcivioufnefs ; loofe pleafure. 
 
 So long as i(llenci''s is quite ftiut oirt from our 
 lives, all the hn% of wuiitonnefs, foftnefs, and 
 effemlft.icy are prevented. T.iyhr, 
 
 EFFE'MINATE. aelj. [#m,W„y,Lat.] 
 
 1 . Having the qualities of a woman ; wo- 
 manilh ; foft to an unmanly degree ; 
 voluptuous; tender; luxurious: of 
 perfoas. 
 
 The king, by his voluptuous life arrd mea« 
 marri.age, became rffemmaU, and lefsfcnfible of 
 honour. Baccn. 
 
 2. Refenibllng the pradlice of a woman ; 
 \vomai>illi : of things. 
 
 After the llaughttr of fo many peers, 
 Shall wc at lali conclude effeminate peace ^ S.hak. 
 
 From man's cffiminate llacknefs it begins. 
 Who fliould better holil his place. MSllta, 
 
 The mote ejffcmhmte and foft his life-. 
 The more his, fame to Itruggle to the field. 
 
 D: vdcT. 
 
 3. Womanlike; foft without reproach. A 
 fenfe not in ufe. 
 
 As well we know your tendcrn^fs of heart. 
 And gentle, kind, rjjeir.liiate rcmorle. Skaijf. 
 
 To E-i^ff;'.\iinai-k. V. a. [_eJemir.o, Lat.J 
 To m^ke womanifli j to weaken ; la 
 emafcidate ; to unman. 
 
 When one ii lure it will not corrupt or effertt!- 
 7M/f childrens minds, and m.ike them fond of 
 triHes, I think all things Ihould be contrived 
 to t'ucir falij/adioii. Iji-t- 
 
 4H
 
 E F F 
 
 To Efti.'minate. t. n. To grow wo- 
 niaiiidi ; to foften ; to melt into 
 woknefs. 
 
 In a llutliful peace both courage will effeminate 
 
 and msiiners corrupt. Pope. 
 
 Effemina'tion. n.f. \^tam cjiminate.'\ 
 
 The ilate of one grown womaiiifh ; the 
 
 flate of one emafciikted oi- unmanned. 
 
 Vices tlie li;ire figured ; not only feneration, 
 
 or ufury, from ilb fecundity, and -fuperfetaiion, 
 
 but degenerate /fcrnin.itJoa. Bac.n. 
 
 To EFFERVESCE, -v. n. [efiryefio, 
 
 Latin.] To generate heat by iiitef 
 
 tine motion. 
 
 The compound fpiiit of ,nitrc, put to oil of 
 
 clo> cs, will effervesce even to a fiame^ Mca.l. 
 
 Effe." vk'scence. n.f. {{mm effervsb, 
 
 Latin.] The aft of growing hot; 
 
 prodiJ^tion of h?at by intettine motion. 
 
 In the cliymicil fcni'e, effemfcencc figTiifics 
 
 an. inreftine rnotion, produced by mixing- two 
 
 boriioii together that lay. at reil before; attended 
 
 fometimes.with a biffing noife, frothing, and 
 
 ebullition. Arhulhnot on Allnieuti 
 
 T.ike cha'.k, ignite it in a crucible, and then 
 
 p'jn-d.ir it : pVit it into ftrong fpi. !t of nitre, 'till 
 
 irbecames fwectilh, and ra.ikcs no effervefrence 
 
 upon tl>e, injection of the chalK. Greiv. 
 
 llyt Jpring^ do not owe tlKir beat to any tul- 
 
 luxation or effervff>j£j2ie of the minerals in 
 
 ihem, but tj fubterranean heat or fiie. 
 
 U''<,oAivaTd'i Natural Hiffory. 
 Effe'te. adj. [ejaius, Latin.] 
 I. Uarren ; difabted from generation. 
 
 It is probable th«t fem.ilei have in thera the 
 feeds of all the young they w-Il afterwards bring 
 forth, which, all fpcnt and exhauftcri, the ani- 
 mal becomes barren and effeta - . Ray. 
 In niort countries the cartb 'woirldf-'be fo 
 patched and effete by the diought, ih.n: it would 
 ^iturd hut one harvtii. Bentley. 
 2. Worn out with age. 
 
 . All tii.it can be alw.vcd him row, is to re- 
 Yrclfl his decrepit, effet-: fenfuality, with the bif- 
 'to:y of his f.Traer life. South. 
 
 EFFICA'CIOUS. adj. [ejjicax, Latin.] 
 Productive of tfTcfta ; powerful to pro- 
 duce the confequence intended. 
 A glowing drop with hoUow'd ftecl 
 He t?kcs, ahd> by pne eficucicm breath, 
 Dilates to cube or Iquare. Pnitipi. 
 
 "Etfica'ciously. ti.fv. [from efficacious.'] 
 Effcflually; in fuch a manner as to 
 produce the confequence defired. 
 
 Ifxe find that any other body ilrikes efficn- 
 c:c)V/)y eriough upon i', we cannot doubt but it 
 wi.l m,we that wayin which the ftriking body 
 itnpeh It. Di^fy 01 BoMes. 
 
 E'FFic.*cy. n./. [from efficax, Latin.] 
 Power to produce cffedts ; production 
 of the confequence intended. 
 ' TVhnrfoeVcr is I'pokcn concerning the efficary 
 or nec-fiiry of God's Word, they tic and lelbain 
 only into' leinions. ■-.• ■ ' Hosier. 
 
 Whctlitr if tbcy hiid taftcd the tree of life be- 
 fore tt.al of good anti evil, they had fuffcred the 
 ■curie of rr-.ortahty ; or whether the e^tcary of the 
 ^ne had not ovcrpowcied the penalty of the 
 uihcr, we leave it unro God. B'orjn. 
 
 FJJjCftcy is a power ot fpeech wliich reprefents 
 jzi thing, hy prcfenting to our minds the lively 
 idea< or forms. PeacA.im. 
 
 The apollle tells us of the fuccefs and ejjicacy 
 of the gjfpei upon the minds of men ; and, for 
 thi» tcalon, he calls it the power or God unto 
 falvation. TiHoifon. 
 
 Tr.c arguments drawn from the goodnel's of 
 G<>d, hive a prevailing efficacy to induce men to 
 repent. JCogfi. 
 
 Eff I'CIENCE. 7 "•/• [fl'Om cjfirio, La- 
 
 ErFi'ciiiNCY. 5 tin.] The ad of pro- 
 ducing effcfts; agency. 
 
 The manner nf this divine rfficlcaty being far 
 above us, we are no nijjre able to conceive by 
 our reafon, than creatures unieafonAble by their 
 fenfe are able to apprehend after what raannei we 
 difpofe and order tiie courle of our affans. 
 
 Hooker, 
 
 That they are carried by the manwduflion of a 
 rule, is evident ; but what that regulating effici- 
 ency Ihoutd be, is not eafily determined. 
 
 Giam i!!e. 
 
 Sinning againft confclence has no fpecial pro- 
 ri'uitive efficiency of this particular fort of fin- 
 ning, moie than of any other. Sortrh. 
 
 A pious will is the means to enlighten the un- 
 derftanding in the truth of chrilHanity upon the 
 account of a natural efficiency : a will fo dif- 
 poferi, will engage the mind in a fevere fcaich. 
 
 So'.th. 
 
 Gravity does not proceed from the efficiency oi 
 
 any contingent and unit able agents ; being entirely 
 
 owing to the direct concourfe of t!ic power ,of the 
 
 Author of nature. M ooJ'.k!<n.l. 
 
 ErFi'ciENT. n. f. [efficia, Latin.] 
 
 1. The caufe which makes eftefts to be 
 what they are. 
 
 G06, which rn.ivetH nicer natural agents as 
 an efficient only, doth otherwiie move intel- 
 Uiilual cieaturcs, and efpecially his holy angels. 
 
 ilooil.r. 
 
 2. He that tnakes j the efFeftor. 
 
 Obferi'.itions of the order of nature carry the 
 
 mind up to the admiration of the great eff.cier.t 
 
 of the world. H.i'.e. 
 
 Effj'cient. adj. Caufing effefts ; that 
 
 makes the effedl to be what it is. 
 
 Your :Tnfwering in the final caufc, makes me 
 believe you are at a lofs for the efficient. 
 
 Collier on Tiiought. 
 To EFFI'GIATE. -v. a. {effigh, Latin.] 
 
 To form in femblance ; to image. 
 
 Effigia'tion. n. f. [from efff^'tate.'} 
 
 The aft of imaging, or forming the 
 
 refemblance of things or perfons. Di3. 
 
 Effi'gies. 7 K. /. [ejlnics, Latin; effigy 
 
 E'ffigv. j is from being In ejfi^'.] 
 
 Refemblance; image in painting or 
 
 fculpture; icpreftntation ; idea. 
 
 We behold the fpeeics oi eloquence in our 
 minds, the effigies ov aifual image of which we 
 feck ill the organs of oui hearing. DiyJen, 
 
 Obferve thole numerous wrongs in effigy. 
 The gods have fav'd from the devouring fea. 
 
 Ga^lh. 
 Efflore'scence. In./. \efflorefco,'L.z- 
 Effloke'scency. \ tin.] 
 
 1. Produftion of flowers. 
 
 Where there is lefs heat, there the fpirit of 
 the plant is digcfted, and fevered from the 
 groficr jnicc in f.'i^'jrcyrr^irt'. . Bacon. 
 
 2. Excrefcencies in the form of flowers. 
 
 Two white fparry incruftaiion^, with effiore- 
 fceuriei in form of fhrubs, formed by the trick- 
 ling of water. yVcohujni. 
 
 3. [In phyfick.] Tiie breaking out of 
 fonie humours in the fl-cin, in difttm- 
 pers called exanthematous ; as in the 
 meades, and the like. ^tmcy. 
 
 A wart beginncih in the cutis, and fecmeth to 
 be an cfftorejccuci of the ferum of the blood. 
 
 IT ifemnn* s Surgery. 
 
 Effi.ore'scent. ar!j. \efflorcfco, Latin.] 
 Shooting out in form of flowers. 
 Yellow cfflorcfcent fparry incrufiations on ftjne. 
 
 IVoodlV.ir^l 
 
 Efflu'ence. n.f. [ejjluo, Latin.] That 
 whieh ilfiics from fome other principle. 
 Bcigl.t effluence of bright cflcnce increate. 
 
 Milton 
 
 Thefe fcintillatiohs are not the afccnfion of tiie 
 
 air upon the colliiion of Two hard bodies, but 
 
 rather the intiaiiniable effiuenca difchargcd from 
 
 the baches coUidsd. ' iVe-.e/i. 
 
 E F F 
 
 From ti e bright efftnerre of his deed 
 They borrow th.T! reUcftcd light, 
 
 Wnh which iLc laliing lamp they feed, 
 Wi.ofe beams difpel the dainps of envious nights 
 
 prior. 
 
 Efflu'via. ■) n.f. [from ejttic, Lat.] 
 Efflu'vium.j Thofe fmall particles 
 which are continually flying off from 
 bodies ; the fubtilty of which appears 
 from their being able, a long time to- 
 gether, to produce very feiTfible effefts, 
 without any fenfible diminution of the 
 body from whence they arife. ^incy. 
 If the earth were an cleiftrick body, and the 
 ait but the efRn'oium thereof, we might believe, 
 that from attraflion, aad by eifluxion, bodies 
 tended to the earth. ' Brmun,-. 
 
 Neither the earth's diurnal revoltjtion upon' 
 its axi.-, nor any magnetick effiu-^id of the 
 earth, nor the air, or atmcfphere, which envi, 
 rons the earth, can produce gravity. IVooiwui^t . 
 
 J( thtic cffui.j, which do up. vard tend,, 
 Becaulc lefs nca\y than the air, afcciKl ; 
 Why do they ever from tlieir height retrc.-.t. 
 And why leturn to fe«k their central feat .> 
 
 Staeimore^ 
 E'fflvx. n.f. [e^ii.xas, Latln.^ 
 I. The aft of flowing out, ' ;' "'•'■'' - 
 Tnrough the copious ej^ux of m.itler throtifttt 
 the orifice of a deep ulcer, he was reduceti to "a 
 fleeleton. Hariiey. 
 
 I. Effufion ; flow. 
 
 The fi; If effux of mens pietv, after receivipg' 
 of the firith, was the fe.lir.g and confecrating"' 
 their p.jirelfions. Hanmomi. 
 
 3. That which flows from fomething elfej, 
 emanation. 
 
 Prime chcarer, light ** 
 Of ;iil material beings, firll and bed t 
 ILffl'tx divine ! Tftot'fht*s Syntntf. 
 
 4. The aft of flowing is more propeilr 
 ef^ucnce, and that which flows more 
 properly ejjlux. 
 
 To Efflux, v.n \_efj!ito, Latin.] To run. 
 out ; to flow away. This i« not of- 
 ten in ui'e. 
 
 Five thoiifaacf and fomc odd centuries of 
 years arc effiux-eJ (ince the creation. Bvyte^ 
 
 Effluxion, n. f. \_effux\im, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of flowing out. 
 
 By effluxion and attratTtion bodies tend to- 
 wards the earth, Bro-va 
 
 2. That which flows out ; effluvium; ema- 
 nation. 
 
 Theie are fonie light effi'txio'n from fpirit to 
 fpirit, when men are one with another; as froiti 
 body to body. Bacon. 
 
 To Effo'rce. t. a. [ejfjrcer, French.] 
 
 1. To force ; to break through by vio- 
 lence. 
 
 In all that room was nothing to be feen. 
 But huge great iron chcfts and cclfers flrong. 
 
 All kur'd with double bunds, that ne'er could 
 ween 
 Them Co efforce by violence or wrong Fairy Q- 
 
 2. To force; to ravifli ; to violate by- 
 force. 
 
 Then 'gan her beauty (bine as brightelf (ky, 
 And buint his beallly heart t' effoice herchaliity. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 3. To drain ; to exert with effort or ve- 
 hemence. This word is not now ufed. 
 
 The palmer lent his ear into the noife. 
 To whect who called lo impoitunely ; 
 Again he heard a more efforced voice. 
 That bade him come in halle. Spenfcr 
 
 To Effo'rm. 1). a. [effornio, Latin.] To 
 make in any certain manner ; to Ihape ; 
 to fafliion. 
 Merciful and graciou?, thou gavcfl us being,
 
 -. E P. F 
 
 r.ii((iig CK Trtim noclungi and ttJJ^fming lis afrn- 
 lliy own imuge. Tnyi^r 
 
 Efforma TiON. "w.y*. [from ^orm.] Tlic 
 ad of hilliioning* or giving !orm to* 
 
 Nacuic'bcgins'ro tet upon her work oi fjf^'frM- 
 
 Hofti Mctc 
 
 They prctpnd to fdlvc phifnomcna, and to 
 
 give an account ot the |)njclin;tion and tjfQim.i- 
 
 tion of the univt'iTc. Ray. 
 
 E'ffort. n.f, \_<'Jhi*t^ French.] Strug- 
 gle ; firain ; vcliciticiit ac\ion ; labori- 
 ous endeavour. 
 
 If, ntrer hiivini; y;iincd vi(5Vtirtr-v, we lud ni.idc 
 the I'amc ^Jj'^rti v.^ if uc had lort Ihcm, Fi.ituc 
 could not h.ive withl^uod us. /^dHihn 
 
 Though the iamc lun, With all di.TjHvc rnvs, 
 . Blufti in the role, and in the riiymond bhuc, 
 We pri/.e ;hc (Irongcr cff-^t t of his pow'r, 
 And always let the gtai above the Ilou'V. 
 
 Effo'ssiom. n.f. \_cjpjdw, Latin.] The 
 aft of digging up from the ground ; 
 dcterration. 
 
 He fet apart nnnuil fums for rbe, recovery of 
 manufcripts, the (/^o^;5« of :coiii.s ar.tl tl>c pro- 
 curing of muinniies. ' ^irbutk^t.t, 
 'Effur a'iable. ailj. \j^royahli, French.] 
 Dreadful; frighttul ; lemble. A word 
 not ufcd. 
 
 Pclfiiciitial fymptoms declaie nothing n pro- 
 portibn.ilc efficieirt oi llicir f^ralahU mtuic but 
 arfcnical funiL-s. Han\\ 
 
 Effro'ntery. n.f.\jffi-rjnlcr'ic, French.] 
 Impudence ; fhamelefsnefs ; contempt 
 of reproach. 
 
 Tlicy could Inrdly contain tlicmfclves within 
 
 6nc unworthy afl, who had cfr'j'itcry cnot'i;h to 
 
 commit or countenance it. King Cltuil^s-. 
 
 Others with ignorance and infufliciency have 
 
 felf-admiration and tffiontfy Ko fet up. them- 
 
 ftlves. M'.iiti. 
 
 A bold man's effrontery^ in company with 
 
 women, muft be owing to iiis low opinion of 
 
 tlicm, and his high one of himfclf. Ciiirijjli. 
 
 To Effu'loe. v. n. \efful^!o, Latin.] 
 
 To fend forth hiftre or effulgence. I 
 
 know not that this word is ufed. 
 
 The copnt chaims the liglit. 
 Like thefc effulgmg yellow ftreams of light. 
 
 S Ullage: 
 "Effu'lcence. n. f. \_ejfulgea, Latin.] 
 Luftre ; brightuefs ; clarity ; fplen- 
 dour. 
 
 On thee 
 Imprefs'd, th' effulgence of liis glory abides. 
 
 . . Milla::. 
 
 Thy liilltc, bleft tffulgence, can difpel 
 Tiie clouds of error, and the gloom of hell. 
 
 Bliichncrc. 
 Effu'lgojt. aili. \_eff'u!grns, Latin.] 
 Shining ; bright ; luminous. 
 
 How foon th' fful^rnt emanations fly 
 Through the bloc gulph of intcrpofing l\y ! 
 
 Blackiilore. 
 The downward fun 
 T..ooks out effulgent J from amid' the fiafh 
 Of broiten clouds. Ttr^mfjn^i Sprirrg. 
 
 *£ffumabi'litv. *!. f. [fumus, Latin.] 
 The quality of flying away, or vapour- 
 ing in fumes. An ufeful word, but 
 not adopted. 
 
 They feem to define mercury by volatility, 
 «r, if 1 may coin fuch a word, effumobility . 
 
 Soyle. 
 To EFFU'SE. 1.. a. [effufus, Lat.] to 
 pour out ; to fpill ; to ihed. 
 
 He fell, and, deadly pale, 
 Groan'd out his foul, with gnlhing blood ef- 
 fuCd. Milton. 
 
 At laft emerging from his noftrils wide, 
 Andigiiihiiig mouth, tffui'd the briny tide. 
 
 Pop/'s OAyffey. 
 
 EFT 
 
 Eppu'se. n.f. [from the verb.] Wade; 
 cffnlion. Not iiffd. 
 
 'I lic air hath got int'p my deadly wounds, 
 And much iffi'Ji of blood doth make me faint. 
 
 Sftiikf^eare. 
 
 Effu'skjn, n.f. [_eJfufio, Latin.] 
 I. The act of puuiing out. 
 
 My I tar: hath mcli.-d at a lady's tears, 
 B'.Ing aa oithnary ir.und.itiun ; 
 JJiiI this rjifiin ol Inch manly drops, 
 This fhoM 'r, blown up by imipcH of the foul, 
 Siarlk's mine ej cs, and ni.ikes me more am.i»'cl 
 
 ^hakfpeiii c. 
 
 Our tleirtil L'lrd commanded the rcinefent.i- 
 tion of his dc.iih, and faciiHcc on tlie crofs, 
 (fcuuld be made by breaking l.re.ad and effuji'j:: 
 of w nc. Ttiyi'or'i lyortlly Comniunicmt . 
 
 If iKe tiuod-gatcs of heaven were any thing 
 diliiiu^ fioni the forty days rain, their cffupon, 
 'tis likely, was at this fame time when the 
 abyfs was broken open. Burnet*: Theory 
 
 2. Wade; the aft of fpiUing or Ihcd- 
 diiig. 
 
 Vv hen there-was but as yet one only family 
 in the world, no means of inifruftion, human 
 or diiine, could. picvent<;p{/;o"ii'f blood. Hosier. 
 
 Stop effiifiyn t>t oiii: chiltian blauci. 
 And 'ijabljlh quictncfs. SJitikffeare Hmry vi. 
 
 Yet Ihall Ihe be reftor'd, fince publick good 
 For private inl're.^ ought not be withi^ood. 
 To five th' rffu/ic'ioi'my people's bluod. Drydtn, 
 
 3. The adi of pouring out words. 
 
 Endlefs and feni'elcfs /ffrjjio-is of indigefted 
 prayers, oftentimes dtlgrace, in molV unfutFer- 
 able manner, the worthicll p;u t ofchriftian duty 
 towards Cod. Hookei . 
 
 4. Bounteous donation. 
 
 Such gicat force the gofpel of Chriit had then 
 upon mens foul>, melting thera into that libeial 
 effwji(,n oi z\\ that they had. HammonJ. 
 
 5. The thing poured out. 
 
 Pjige me with the blood of my Redeemer, 
 and l.thall be clean; wafh me with that preci- 
 oai' effujian, ind I Ihall be whiter than fnow. 
 
 King Charles. 
 
 Etru'sirE. aJj. [from effifc'^ Poiwing 
 out ; difperfing. 
 The noith-ealt fpends its rage; th* ifffjwe 
 foath 
 Warms tne wide air. Th'-mfons Spring 
 
 Eft. ti. f. [epeta, Saxon.] A ne'.vt ; 
 an evet ; a fmnll kind of lizard that 
 lives generally in the witer. 
 
 Peacocks are beneficial to the places where 
 they are kept, by clearing 6f them from fnake^, 
 ;idder^, and ejts^ upon whieh they will live. 
 
 Moitimei*! Hujhnndry. 
 
 The crocodile of Egypt is the lizard of It:ilv, 
 
 and the ej't in our countiy. l^iih^jii:>. 
 
 'EYT.adv. [ipt:, Saxon.] Soon; quickly; 
 fpeedily ; fliortly. Obfolete. 
 £ft through the thick they heard one rudely 
 rulh. 
 With noife whereof he from his lot'ty deed 
 
 Down fell to ground, and crept into a bufh. 
 To hide his coward head from dying dread. 
 
 Fairy Q^iiCen, 
 
 Quite eonfumed with flame, 
 The idol is of that eternal maid ; 
 
 For fo at lealt I have prefcrv'd the fame. 
 With handi profane, from being ejt betray'd. 
 
 E'ftsoons. aJv. [ep'c and -j-ooji.] Soon 
 afterward ; in a Ihort time ; again. 
 An obfulcte word ; formed, as it 
 feems, by the conjunflion of two words 
 of the fame meaning. 
 
 He in their ftead rftfeom, placed Englifhmen, 
 who pufTcired all their lands. Spenjer. 
 
 fffff.o>:s xhc nymphs, wh'ch now had'floweis 
 their till, 
 Run all in hafte to fee that filvcr brood. 
 
 Spty'er. 
 
 E CO 
 
 The Germans deadly hated the Ttirki,'«»tiepe. 
 of it was to be Ihuugl,: ti-at new war- Ihould 
 e/l/cons crUuc. K;i'!c>- Hlfory. 
 
 Ijifmi:, O fweethcart kind, my love iqiiy, 
 Anrt all the ycai (hall then be holiday. G,iy. 
 
 E. G. [(.xcnif^/i gralia.] . For tUc fai^e of 
 an iailancc or example. 
 
 E'cER. ti.f. [See Eagre ] An impe- 
 tuous or irregular flood or tide. 
 
 From the pecunar rtlfpofition of the (-arfh at 
 the bottom, whcrtiii quick excitaribiis a.i't riiaTte, 
 m:>7 ajife thole c^fM and flows in I'lmiectlUanci 
 and rivers; as is obfetvabl; Jbout 'I'rtnt jihrt 
 Humher in EiTgland. Brcivn's tf^ul^nt; Jirtctert. 
 
 To EoEfT. V. a. [exero, Latin.] To 
 til row out food at the na'.itral vents. 
 
 Divers creatures flccp all the Vinlcr ; ' .li' the 
 bear, the hedge-hog, the bar, and ckc bee : 
 thefc all wax fat when they flccp, and egf/l not. 
 Bacoi's N^.'ttrat fi^'oi^. 
 
 Ege'stion. n.f [rsftis, Lat.] The 
 atl of throwing out the digclled food 
 at the natural vents. 
 
 Tr.e aninral fot.1 or fpitils maufge .•■; «-ill 
 their Ipontancous actions, as the natu .1I cc 1;.- 
 voluntary cxenioiis of digeliion, eerfiion, and 
 circulation. Hulei Origin t,j Maniirj. 
 
 Egg. n.f. [«:j5, Saxon ; ough, Erfe!] 
 
 1. That which is laid by feathered .and 
 fome other animals, from which tiicir 
 young is produced. 
 
 An egg was found hasnng lain manv ycirs »t 
 the bottom of a moat, whe;e the earth hid 
 fomewhat overgrown it; and this egg uasconi* 
 to tlic hardncfi of a Itunc, and tl.e colours of the 
 white and yolk petfedt. ' Bacon. 
 
 il^^s aie perhaps the hlghcfl, moft ncuiiHling, 
 and etaltcd of animal food, and mgit indig'fti^ 
 ble. .ehbutkiot. 
 
 2. The fpawn or fpeira of other crea- 
 tures. 
 
 Therefore think him as the ferpent's egg, 
 Which hatch'd, would, as his kind, g'ow n^f- 
 chic^ous. SkiikfpcaVt. 
 
 Ev'ty mfcfl of each different kind, 
 In its own e.'g, cl e.ir'd by the folar rays, 
 Oigans involv'd and latent life di/plays. 
 
 BhSrtre: 
 
 3. Any thing faihloned in the fhape of 
 an egg. 
 
 There wai taken a great glafj-bybhlc vith a 
 longneck, Inch as cheiniiis are wont, to c.^lL. 8 
 philofophical egg. Btyie, 
 
 To Egg. v. a, \cggia, to'incite, Iflan- 
 dick ; ej^yan. Sax.] To incite ; to 
 inlligate; to provoke to ai^tion : • for 
 this, edge is, 1 think, fonietimcs ier- 
 norantly ufcd. 
 
 Study becomes pleaf.int to him who is pur- 
 fuing his genius, and whofe ardour of inclina- 
 tion eggs him forward, and carncth him tljroa^h 
 every, obrtacle. Dcrkr.m's Phyftca-Theotogy. 
 
 E'glantine. n.f. {cfglatUier, French.] 
 A fpecies of rofe ; fweetbriar. 
 
 O'cr-canopicd with lufcious woodbine, • 
 AVitii tweet m.»ik rofes, and with eglantine. 
 
 SJtui-Jpeari. 
 The leaf of fg/<i'!//«, not to (lander, 
 Out-fweeten'dnot thy hre.aih. S/iuifpraie, 
 
 Sycamores with eglantine were fpiead, 
 A hedge about the fides, a covcritig u\er head. 
 
 J^rjiJen. 
 
 E'liOTiSM. /;./ [from ego, Lat.] The 
 fault committed in writing by the fre^i 
 quent repetition of the word ego or /; 
 too frequent mention of a man's fclf in 
 writing or convcrfation. 
 The moft violent tgotifm, w'nich"! luvt hi'ct 
 4 H 2
 
 E J A 
 
 - irilli, ill the courfe of my reading, is that of 
 Caidiual Wolfey'sj ego <S rex mtui, I and my 
 
 king. Sfcaa/cr. 
 
 E'gotist. n./ [from ego.] One that 
 is altt-avs repeating the word ego, I; a 
 talker of himfclf. 
 
 A tribe of f^MiJh, for wTiom I have always 
 h?A a mortal avcrfion, arc tlie authors of me- 
 moirs, who are never mentioned in any works 
 but their own. Spcaaf.r. 
 
 To E'gotize. v. h. [froin„is-oj To 
 
 talk much of one's felf.;y;.il, jj-}. 
 EGREGIOUS, adj. [egregSttii Latin.] 
 
 1. Eininent; lemarkable ; extraordinary. 
 
 He might be able to adorn this prefent age, 
 and fumilh hiflory with the records OS egugicui 
 exploits both of art and valour. Mo'^ie. 
 
 One to empire born ; 
 XgrrgiDUs fnaci-i \»hofc manly childhood 
 
 Ibew'd i . , ._::,-.--. 
 His mingled parents, and portendedjoy. 
 Unfpcakabk. PXihp!. 
 
 An egregious and pregnant inftance how fat 
 virtue furpaflcs ingenuity. IVood-MaiJ. 
 
 2. Eminently bad; remarkably vitious. 
 This is the ufiial fenfe. 
 
 V.'c nny be bold to conclude, that tbefe laft 
 times, for infolence, pride, and fgrtgmis con- 
 (enVpt of^U good ordw, are the worft. Hooker. 
 . - V ■ Ah me, nireft crcdolous /bol I 
 Egregious muithet^f'! -:^b^_iearc's fymbeline. 
 And hence tV' >|:>f^f'«iifS: wiizard (hall Jore-' 
 doom 
 The fate of Louis and the fall of Rome. Fife. 
 
 Egrh'giously. ad-v. [from egregious.] 
 Eminently; (hatnefuUy.' ■' "- -- 
 
 Make the Moor thank me, loVc^tbe, and re- 
 ■ ■ ward mej • ■ 
 For fhaking him igresirloHfiy an afs 
 And prailifing upon his, peace and qvkt, 
 Even to marinefs. Sk.tlJ^<arc'i.&!hd:o. 
 
 He difcove.-ed that, Vefides the extravagance 
 cf every article, he had been eirtgio-if.y cheated. 
 " • ■ - ArbuihrA's Jihr, £u/;, 
 
 E'gRESS. n. /. [egrejus, Latin.] The 
 power or ad of going <>ut of any place ; 
 departure. 
 
 Gates of horning adamant, 
 Barr'd over us, piohibit all cg'cfs. IkliiioT. 
 
 This water would have been locked up with- 
 in the earth, and its egrefs utterly debarred, 
 1 ad the ftsala of ftone and marble remained 
 rontinuous. IJ'codvar d' s NuSural Mljlory, 
 
 Egre'ssiok. n.f. [egrejio, Lat.] The 
 zA of going out. 
 
 The vaft iiiintbcr of t?oops 'is ix^rtiRd m^he 
 fwarras; their tumultuous W.i'nner of ifTuing 
 out of their Ihips, and the perpetual .•£• rr^w;, 
 Vihich Cccincd w;thout end, are imaged la the 
 bees pouiing out. -r. ■; ij'ofe. 
 
 E'gret. n.f. A fowl of the heron Rind, 
 with red legs. Bailey. 
 
 E'griot. n. /. \_eiigret. Ere nch ; per- 
 haps from fi/^rc, four.] A fpecies of 
 
 cherry. 
 
 The cocur-chcrry, which inelineth mote to 
 white, is tweeter taan the icd ; but the egriot is 
 more four. B^an. 
 
 To EJA'CULATE. v. a. [f/j^a/o'-.Lat.] 
 To throw ; to (hoot j to dart out. 
 
 Being rooted fo link w.ny in the (kin, nothing 
 iieir fo deeply as the quills of fowls, they ai< the 
 more eafily ejuculateU. Grtiv. 
 
 The michty magnet from the center darts 
 Thisftrong, thougli fubtiie force, through ail the 
 
 parts; 
 Its at^ivc lays, ejaculated thence, 
 Xnadiaie all the wide ci'curofcience. Slactm'rc. 
 E/aCULa'tion. n.f. \lxom (jaculette.^ 
 1 . The act of darling ov throwing out. 
 I 
 
 E I G 
 
 There feemethto be acknowledged, in the aft 
 
 of envy, an ejacuLition or irradiation of the eye. 
 
 Baccri's EJf.iys. 
 
 There is to be obferved, in tho(c dKTolutions 
 
 which will not eafily incorporate, what the ef- 
 
 fefts are; as the ebullition, the precipitation to 
 
 the bottom, the eiaculution towards the top, the 
 
 fufpcnfion in the midll, and the like. Biicf^n. 
 
 2. A fliort prayer darted out occaCon- 
 
 iJly, without folemn retirement. 
 
 In your dre(ung let there he ejacuintictns fitted 
 
 to the feveral adions of drc(ring ; as at walhing 
 
 your hands,, pray God to cleanfe your foul from 
 
 fin. ' '• T.iyhr's Guide 10 De~.''.l:<.n. 
 
 Ej a'culatory. e!eJj. [irnvd ejaculate.'] 
 
 1. Suddenly darted out ; uttered in fliort 
 fentences. 
 
 The continuance of this pofture might incline 
 to eafe and drowlinefs ; they ufed it rather 
 upon'l'ome (hort ejncu/aliry prayers, than in 
 their larger devotions. I)uppu's Dev'jtion, 
 
 2, Sudden ; hally. 
 
 We arc not to value ourfelves upon the merit 
 
 of rj.teuluiory repentances, that take us by fits 
 
 and rtarrs. ■ . ' .: L'Ef.range. 
 
 To EJE'CT. i>. a. [ejicio, ejeflum, Lat.] 
 
 1. To throw out ; to cad forth ; to void 
 
 Infernal lightning fallies from his throat ! 
 Hjeilcd fparks upon the billows float ! Sandys. 
 
 ,:Thc.heart, aj Tajd, from its contiaifted cave. 
 On the left fide ejeSs theiounding wave. 
 - , „ . . B^iii^fnoie. 
 
 '.'. ^£::irs may fpoit the eyes, but not walh aw.ny 
 ' the'atfiiftion ; lighs may cxhaurt the man, but 
 not t/V.?? the j)U. then. Scutii. 
 
 2. To throw out or expel from an office 
 or poflcffion. 
 
 It was the force of conquefl ; force with force 
 li well ejeltedy when the conquci'd can. 
 
 ■■■■'-' Millon. 
 
 The French king was again eje£}ed .when our 
 
 king fubmitted to the church. Dry.ie'i. 
 
 3. To expel ; to drive away; to difmifs 
 with hatred. -^ ; ::. ; 
 
 We arc peremptoi^ to difpatch 
 This vipcious traitor; to ejc£l him hence 
 Were but oof danger; and to keep him here. 
 Our certain deaih ; therefore it is decreed 
 He dies to-night. Shakfpeare^s CotipIoJtui. 
 
 4. To cad away ; to rcjeft. ' '^' 
 
 To have eiefted whatfcci-cr the church doth 
 make account of, be it even fo haririlefs in itfelf, 
 and of never fo ancient continuance, without jny 
 other crime to charge it with, than only that it 
 hath been the h-ap thereof to be ufed by the church 
 of Rome, and not to be commanded in the 
 word of God, could not bare been defended. 
 
 H'.oker. 
 , Will any man fay, tliat if the words whoring 
 and drlnkhig were by pBrl'iaioent ejecled oul 
 of the Engliih tongue, we (hould all awake next 
 morning chaftc and temperate. Si'-ijt. 
 
 Eje'ction. n.f. [eyellio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of caftwig out ; cxpulfion. 
 
 Tiiefe (lories arc founded on the ejeaion of the 
 fallen ar.gt Is from heaven. Brmmt. 
 
 2. [In phyfick.] The difcharge of any 
 thing by vomit, llool, or any other 
 emunftory. ^incy. 
 
 Eje'ctment. n. f. [from ejefi.] A legal 
 writ by which any inhabitant of a houfe, 
 ov tenant of au eftate, is commanded to 
 depart. 
 
 EiGH. iuterj. An expreflion of fudden 
 delight. 
 
 EIGHT, adj. [eapra, Saxon ; ahta. Go- 
 thick ; acht, Scottifh.] Twice four. 
 A word of number. 
 
 This ifiand contains tight fcorc and eight miles 
 in circuit. ' Sandy's "Jourr.ey. 
 
 Eighth, adj. [from eight.] >s'ext in or- 
 der to the fcvcuth ; the ordinal of eight. 
 
 E I T 
 
 Another yet r — A feveiitli \ I"ll fee no more ; 
 And yet the f/g«/^ appears 1 Shakjpeate. 
 
 In the eighth month (hould be the rcign of 
 Saturn. Bucon* 
 
 I (lay reluflant feven continued years. 
 And water her ambrofial couch with tears ; 
 The eightti (he voluntardy moves to part, 
 Or urg'd by Jove, or her own changeful heart. 
 
 Pope. 
 Ei'ghteen. C(//. [eight and ten.] Twice 
 nine. 
 
 He can't take two from twenty, for his heart. 
 And ]a\e eighteen. Shakfpeare's iymbcline. 
 
 If men naturally lived but twenty years, wc 
 (hould be fatisfied if they died about eighteen ^ 
 and yet eighteen years now are as long as eighteen 
 years would be then. "Taylor 
 
 Ei'ghteenth. ar^'. [irom eighteen.] The 
 next in order to the feventeenth ; twice 
 ninth. 
 In the t/^J/fmr/j year of Jeroboam died Abijam. 
 
 I Ktngi. 
 
 Ei'ghtfold. rt(^'. l^eight zr\A fold.] Eicrhc 
 
 times the number or quantity. 
 Ei'ghthly. adv. [from eighth.] In the 
 
 eighth place. 
 Kighthiy, living creatures have voluntary 
 
 motion, which plants have not. Bacon's Nat. Hijf, 
 
 Ei'ghtieth. ailj. [from eighty.] The 
 next in order to the feventy-ninth; 
 eighth tenth. 
 
 Some balances are fo exaft as to be fen(ibly 
 turned with the eightieth part of a grain. 
 
 tFi/iiiJs' Math. Magic, 
 
 Ei'ghtsCore. ailv. [eight and T^or^. } 
 Eight times twenty j a hundred and 
 
 lixty. J/:rj'ini ;v 
 W hat -R keep a week away? feven days and 
 nights ? 
 Eight/core eight nours ? and lovers abfent hours. 
 More tedious than The dial eighlfnre times .* 
 Oh weary reckoning ! Shakjpeurt's Othello, 
 
 Ei'ghtt. adj. [tight and ten.] Eight 
 times ten ; fourfcore. 
 
 Eighty odd years of forrow have I feen. 
 And each hour's joy wrcck'd with a week of teen, 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 Among all other climaflericks three are moft 
 remarkable; that is, fcvcn limes feven, or forty- 
 nine ; nine times niiic, or eighty-one ; and fe*en 
 times nine, or the year lixty-three, which is 
 conceived to carry with it the moll confiderable 
 fatality. Brown's f^uJgar Errours, 
 
 Eigne, adj. [a:fne,Tir.] Inlaw, it de- 
 notes the cldeil or firil born. Here it 
 fignifies unalienable, as being entailed. 
 
 It iiappeneth not Icldcm, that, to avoid the 
 yearly oath, for aveinicnt of the coirtinuance of 
 foroe ellatc for life, wliicir is eigne, and not fuo- 
 ieA to forfeiture for the alienation th.it cometK 
 after it, the party will offer to fuc for a pardon 
 unconipelled before the time ; in all which, fome- 
 mitigation of the utterirujll value may well and 
 wortJiily be offered. Bjcon, 
 
 Ei'sEL. n.f. [eof-il, Saxon.] Vinegar, 
 veriuice; any acid. An old word. 
 
 Call in thy mind 
 How thou rcfemblelV Clirift, as with fowr* 
 
 poifon. 
 If thou paine thy taflc ; remember therewithal!,. 
 How Chrift for thee taflcd ei/cl and gall. 
 
 Sir T. Alccre 
 
 Ei'mr.R. pron. [ij^eji, Saxon ; auther,. 
 
 Scottifh.] 
 I. Whichfoever of the two ; whether, one 
 
 or the other. 
 
 Lepidus flatters both. 
 
 Of both is flattet'd ; but he neither loves, 
 
 Not either cares for hira, S'njijptart,-
 
 EKE 
 
 So like in arms thtfc champions were, 
 As they had been a very pair ; 
 So tii.ir a man would alraoft twcar, 
 That (■///;« had hcen culicr. IJray/i,ii'i Nymp. 
 
 Goring made a faft fricnrithip with Digby, 
 either of them believing he could deceive the 
 other. Clarendon. 
 
 I do not a(k whether bodies do fo cxilt, that 
 
 the motion of one l)ody cannot really be without 
 
 the motion of another : to determine this eiihct. 
 
 way, is to beg the queftion for or againft a 
 
 ■ vacuum. Locke. 
 
 2. Each ; both. 
 
 In the procefs of natural beings, tlicre fecm 
 fume to be creatures placed, as it were, on tlie 
 confines of fcveral provinces, and participating 
 foinething of either. H.i/f, 
 
 Sev'n times the fun has either tropick vievv'd, 
 The winter banilh'd, and the fpring renew'd. 
 
 Dryden^s Virgil. 
 
 3. It is vifed fometlmes of more than two; 
 any one of a certain number. 
 
 4. Any of an indeterminate nurabei;, as in 
 the following patTage : 
 
 Henry VIII. Francis i. and Charles v. were 
 fo provident, as fcarce a palm of ground could 
 be gotten by eitlter of the tliree, hut that the 
 other two would tet the balance of Europe upright 
 again. B<iro/r. 
 
 Ei'ther. at^v. [from the noun.] A dif- 
 tributive adverb, anfwered by or : either 
 the one or the other. 
 
 We never heard of any (hip that had been 
 fecn to arrive upon any fliore of Europe ; ne nor 
 of cither the Ealf or Weft Indies. Bacon. 
 
 What perils fliall we find, 
 If etthir place, ot time, cr other courfe,. 
 Caufe us to alter th" order now alTign'd ? Dtinlel. 
 
 Either your brethren have miferably deceived 
 US, or power confers virtue. Sivijt to Puj^e. 
 
 Ejula'tion. n. /..[eju/alio, hjn."] Out- 
 cry ; lamentation ; moan ; wailing. 
 
 Inftcad of hymns and [raifes, he bleaks out 
 into ejulattons and efFeminate wailings. 
 
 Gozfrnment of the Ttngue. 
 With difmal gioaiis 
 Awiejiilation, in the pangs of death, 
 Some call for aid. PhiUfs. 
 
 Eke. atlv. [eac, Saxon; ooi, Dutch.] 
 Alfo ; likewife. 
 
 If any Iliength we have, it is to ill ; 
 But all the good is God's both power and clic will. 
 
 Faity Queen. 
 Now if 'tis chiefly in the heart 
 Th:it courage docs itfelf exert. 
 Twill he prodigious liard to prove, 
 That this is eie the throne of love. Priir. 
 
 To Eke. -v. a. [eacan, Saxon.] 
 J. To increafc. 
 
 I dcnipt there much to have tied my flore, 
 But fuch cki'ig hath made my heart fore. 
 
 lipenfer. 
 The little ftrength that I have, I would it were 
 with you. 
 — And mine to eke out her's. Shakf^eare. 
 
 2. To fnpply ; to fill up deficiencies. 
 
 Still he kind, 
 And eke out our performance with your mind. 
 
 Skakjpenre. 
 Your ornaments hun^ all. 
 On fomc patch'd doghole ek'dv/\K\i ends of wall. 
 
 3. To protraft ; to lengthen. 
 
 I fpcak too long ; but 'tis to piece the time, ^ 
 To rkc it, and to dr.vw it nut in length. 
 To ftay you from clcflion. S/juk/jieare. 
 
 4. To fpin ont by ufelefs 'additions. In 
 this fenfc it feems borrowed from the ufe 
 of our old poets, who put eie into thtjr 
 lines, wbeu they wanted a fyllable. 
 
 E L A 
 
 Eufdcn ths out BLickmorc's cndlefs Imc. 
 
 To ELA'BORATE. 1;. a. [elaborOy Lat.] 
 
 1. To produce with labour. 
 
 They ill full joy tl.ibordU a fijh. Yotn^. 
 
 2, To heighten and Improve by fuccclTive 
 endeavours or operations. 
 
 The lap is divciTificd, and iVill more elaboratfid 
 and exalted, as it circulates through the vcfTcIs of 
 the phint, xirhuthmt. 
 
 El.\'bor ate. n^j. \_elahoralu5, Latin.] 
 Finilhed with great dih'gence ; perform- 
 ed with great labour. 
 
 Formalities of cxdaurdinary zeal and piety 
 are never more Ihidicd and elaborate than when 
 pulicicians moll agitate defperute dcfigns. 
 
 King Chafles, 
 At leaft, on her beftow'd 
 Too much of ornament oi outw.ird (hew 
 Eliiboiiite ; of inward, Icfs exadl". Mihon: 
 
 Man ii thy theme, his virtue or his- rage 
 Drawn to the life in each elaborate page, 
 
 IValUr. 
 
 Confidcr the difference between elaborate dif- 
 
 courfes upon important occafioiis, delivered to 
 
 parliaments, and a plain fcrmon intended for the 
 
 common people.. Siviji. 
 
 Ela'borately. adv. [from elaborate.'] 
 LaboriouHy ; diligently ; with great 
 
 fhidv or labour. 
 
 Politick, conceptions, {q elaborately formed and 
 wi-ought, and grown at length ripe for delivery, 
 do yet prove abortive. South. 
 
 Some coloured powders, which painters ufe, 
 may have their colours a little changed, by Ixing 
 very elaboKxteiy and finely ground. NeiQton. 
 
 1 will venture once to incur the cenfure ut 
 fom;; pcrfons, for being elaborately trifliog. 
 
 Bcniley. 
 
 It is there elaborately flicwn, that patents are 
 good. Siv/ft. 
 
 Elabor ACTION, a. y^ [from elaborale*] 
 Improvement by fuccefTive operations. 
 
 To what purpofe is there fuch :in apparatus of 
 vefTcls for the ehihoration oi the Ipcrm and eggs ; 
 fuch a tedious procefs of genciatiuu and nutrition. 
 
 To Ela'nce, v. a* [elancer, French.]) To 
 throw out; to dart ; to call as a dart. 
 
 While thy unerring h.md tl.tnc\i 
 Anothei, and another dart, the people 
 Joyfuliy rcpe;tted lo ! Prior. 
 
 Harlh words, xXx^X. oiicc elinc^ d, mufl ever fly 
 Irrevocable. ■ Pr;or. 
 
 ZoEla'pse. *u. ff.. [^/(^;^/// J, Latin.] To 
 
 glide away ; to run out without notice. 
 
 Theic is a dociblc feafon, a learning time in 
 
 yoMth, which fuB'cred tof/ti/i/t', and no foundation 
 
 laid, feldum returns. ClariJJ'a^ 
 
 ELA'STICAL. ladj, [from^^«'^..] Hav- 
 ELA'STICK. J ing the power of re- 
 turning to tiie form from which it is dif- 
 tortcd ur withheld; fpringyj Iiaviugthe 
 power of a fpring. 
 
 By what elajtick engines did fhc rear 
 The ftarry roof, and roll the. ori>s in ah'. 
 
 Biacky}iorc. 
 
 If the body is compa(ft,.and bends or yields 
 inward to prclUon, without any Hiding of jis 
 parts, it is hard and il.tjluk, rfctiuning to its 
 figure with a foice rifing fiom the mutual attrac- 
 tion of its part5. Neivton's Opt/iks,' 
 
 The moll common diverfities of humarv con- 
 llitutions anfc from the folidsj as to their dift'e- 
 rent degrees of flrength. and tenfion ; in lome 
 being too lax and weak, in others too eiijiuk and 
 ftrong. Arbuthnot on J^limi>:rs. 
 
 A fermentation Tm\i\ be excited in fume 
 aflignable place, wb'ch may expand itfcif by its 
 eLijHcal power, and break, through, where it 
 meets with the weakcfi refiliaiice, Bintley, 
 
 E L B 
 
 Elasti'city. «./ [hamelqfiici.] Force 
 in bodies, by which they endeavour to 
 rcllore themfelves to the pollure from 
 whence they were difplaced by any ex- 
 ternal force. ^incy. 
 
 A lute-ftring ■will bear an hundred weight 
 witliout rupture ; but at the fame time cannot 
 ejcrt its el.ijliciiy : t.-.ke ,iway fifty, and immedi- 
 ately itraifeth the weight. Aihuiinef. 
 
 Me emptincfs and dulncfs could iiiCpire, 
 And were my elajiiciiy 3ni fire. Pope. 
 
 Elate, adj. [iAj/;//, Lat.] Flufhed with 
 fiiccefs; elevated with profperity J loftv; 
 haughty. ' ... .'. 
 
 Oil, tlioughtlefs moH»ls I ever blind to fate ! 
 Too loon dcjedted, and too foon tlate ! 
 I, of mind eUtt, and fcotning feai, 
 Thus with new taunts infult the ijionfter't ear. 
 
 Vopc'^ Od\ff(v. 
 
 ToFAate. v. a. [from the adjeaive. i 
 
 1. Toeleyate withfuccefs; to puff up with 
 
 profperity. -. -'. ' 
 
 2. To exult; to heighten.,, ^A^'iiinuCual 
 fe"fe. .;j ■'. -.y. 
 
 Or truth, divinely breaking ojrhis nsiiidj} 
 Jilatei his being, and unfolds hjs poTOen 
 
 Thorn fon, 
 
 ELATERIUM. n. f. [Latin.] An in- 
 rpiffated juice, light, ofa friable texture 
 and an acid and pungent tafie. It Ispio- 
 cured from tlie fruit ofa wild cucumber. 
 It is a very violent and rough purge. 
 
 . -,- . •3:no.SI"lc lb"l 31 J bill 3:;,c.} ■ ' ■ Hill. 
 
 Ei..*'tion. n.f. [from elate.'\ Hauglui- 
 nefs proceeding from fuccefs; pride of 
 profperity. ...,'. 
 
 God began to pinilh this ^n^athn oi m'mA,. 
 by witlidriwing hl= f.ivoors. ^ttciburj. 
 
 E'LBOW. n. /. [elboja, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The next. joint or curvature of the arm 
 below thf Ihoulder. 
 
 In fome fair evening, on your elhovi laic', 
 You dream of triumphs in the ruial lh:ide. 
 
 2. Any flexure or angle. 
 
 Fruit tieji, or vines, fet upon a wall between- 
 elbotui or buttrcffcs of ftonc, Hpcn raoie than: 
 upon a plain w.Ul. ■ ,,._ . Baton. 
 
 3. 7a ^1? a^./Ae EL«o*...iTc be.neai- ; to 
 beat hand. ."• "■■ ■' "■ . 
 
 Strait ^ai-lie'c'ome; 
 Wear thy good rapier bca;e, :ua: pur it home-: 
 Quick, quick.; feai nothijig, I'll if nt thy !i/,ow. 
 Sl-nkfpfaryi Oth'-ilo. 
 ELB.owC!lA'iR\. n.f.. [ellc'w znd chair,] 
 A chair with arms to lupport the elbows. 
 Swans and .-/^'OfiT^fj/M, in the opera of Diocle- 
 fian, have danced, upon the Engiilh ifagg „ith 
 good fuccefs. Gr.y. 
 
 E'lbowroom. n./,. [elLoac and roomJ] 
 Room to llretch out the elbows on cacti- 
 iide; perfefl freedom from confmement. . 
 
 Now my fi;ul h^ith eltoxurooin ; ' 
 
 It would not oi.« at windows nor at doors. 
 
 Skaklfenre. 
 
 The natives- .ire not. fo many, but that tiierc- 
 
 may be e/ioicroom eiioi.gh for thcnij and for tiic 
 
 advcntives alfo. Bi,e-,r,. 
 
 A politici.in mull put himfelf into a (fjic of 
 
 liberty to provide.t/iosuroow fcrconfcicnce t»4i.»% % 
 
 its full play in. i-,^,^_ 
 
 To E'lbow. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To pu(h with the elbow. 
 
 One elbrwiWim, one joltles :n the (hole. 
 
 Dry Jen' i 'Jxveral.- 
 
 2. To pufli; todrive toa diilancej to- en- 
 croach upon. 
 
 It thrufts and itretches out, , 
 And <//'n<.'i all the Kingdoms round ar.out.
 
 ?E L 15 
 
 Id. 
 
 Mittoi 
 
 tf fornmt takes not -off ^thtsfioly^lt(iltle5, 
 Hc'Jl make mad work and tlttiv put his neigh- 
 bours. Dryd^n. 
 tTo E'lbow. "v. n. To jut out in angles. 
 ELD. n.f. [ealb, Sa^iou ; dJ, Scottilh.] 
 
 1. Old age; decrepitude. ,■ „,. 
 
 Her heart with joy. unwonted inly^wcH d 
 As fetUag wond'rous comfort in her weaker eid. 
 " S^eaftr. 
 
 Thy blazed youth 
 Srcbnies alTnsgcd, and doth beg the alms 
 Ofpalfiede.y. . S^-V/-""-'- 
 
 He thougiit it touch'dhis deity full near. 
 If likeable he fume rair one wedded not, 
 Thticbv lo wipe aw.iy th' ininmousblot 
 Of long uncoupled bed ««d childicfs i 
 
 2. Old people; perfons worn out withy ears. 
 
 Ti-.ey count him of the grcen-hair'd .'/i. 
 
 Ch.'pman. 
 
 Elder, n.f. [ellaj-o, Saxon jySniJwuf.J 
 
 A tree. 
 
 The branches are full of pith, 'having •bu^ lit- 
 tle wood : the flowers are monopetaloos, dividea 
 into fcvcral fegments, and exp.ind in form 6t a 
 rofe : thelc are, for the molt part, collcacd into. 
 a;, umbel, and arc fuccecdcd by loft fuKulcntf 
 benies, ha\iiig three feeds in each. Mi.r. 
 
 Look for thy reward 
 AmongB the nettles at tte elder tree, 
 Whith overlliades themouth of that fame {)it. 
 
 E'lder. adj. The comparative of rfr/, now 
 
 corrupted"' to oW. [tfalb.ealbof., Saxon.]; 
 
 Surpaffing another in years; furyiver;j 
 
 'having the privileges of primogeniture : 
 
 oppofed to younger. 
 
 They bring the coraparifoB of younger daugh- 
 ters conforming thcmlelves in attire to their WYirr; 
 fitters. , ^"^^ 
 
 Let ftill the woman take 
 ; Ao £*'f than heifelf ; fo wears fhc to him, 
 Sofways Die level in her hulband's heart. Skakf. 
 
 How I tirmly am rcfolv'd, yeu know ; 
 •Piat is, not to beftow my youngelt daughter 
 Before I have a huffiand for the tUcr. 
 
 Sh.tkfpfare. 
 Among the Lacedemonians, tlie chief magif-; 
 ■ffates as Ihey wcic, fo were they cal'ied, tl.Ur^ 
 men. R.,U;gh'.Wpry. 
 
 The eltier of his children conies to acquire a, 
 degree of authority among the younger, by th^ 
 fain* means the father did among them. TimjJe. 
 
 fame'shigh temple (lands; 
 
 -Stupendous pile ; not rear'd by morril hands ! 
 
 Whate'er prtjud Rome, or artful iireece beheld. 
 
 Or eUer Babylon, its frame excell'd. Psy^f. 
 
 E'lderlv. aJj. [from ^/*r.] Kb longer' 
 
 ' young; bordering upon bid' age. 
 
 I hjve a race of ofdcily d.lerly people of both 
 
 fexes at command, who can liawl when I am 
 
 ieii, ar.d tread loftly when I am giddy. 5;i^./r. 
 
 E'ldep.s. n.f. [from fA/c^r.] 
 
 J . Perfons whofe age gives them a claim to 
 
 credit and reverence. 
 
 Rebuke not an rlJrt, but intreathim as ifither, 
 and the younger men as brethren. I T::r.. 
 
 Our el.Un fay, 
 The banen," touched in this holy chafe. 
 Shake off their fleiilcurfe. Skahjfiart 
 
 The bluOiing youth ihcir virtuous awedifclole. 
 And fiom ihcir (cats the revercBd cidtrs rofe. 
 
 Samlji. 
 
 2. Anceftors. 
 
 Says the goofe, if it will be no letter, e'en 
 carry your head as your eldcn have done before 
 you. . l^'fji""-l'- 
 
 I loofe my patience, snd I own it too, 
 \Vf :re works are ccnTur'H, not as had, but ndw ; 
 Willie, if our (l-itf^ break all reifon's law*, 
 Thofe fools demand not pardon. But appl.ufe. 
 
 ■'■■¥0f!. 
 
 % . Thofe vrho arc older than others. 
 
 EL E 
 
 -Maity nations arc vety fupcrititious and dili- 
 
 tgent obut veTc of old cufioms, which they received 
 
 by continual (ladition from their parents, by re- 
 
 'Cofdihg of their bards and chron'cic?, in their 
 
 fongs, and by daily ufe and enfample of their 
 
 e'rjt,,. Spl'iftr'i Sliitf if IrelamL 
 
 At the hoard, and in private, it very well be- 
 
 cometh children's imiocency to piay, and their 
 
 eldfrttoUy Anicn. H-.i-^f. 
 
 4. [Among the Jcwi.] Rulers of the peo- 
 ple. 
 
 5. [IntheNoyTeftament.] Ecclefiafticks. 
 
 6. [Artiong-preft)yter:ans.] Laymen intro- 
 duced into the kiik-polity in feffions, 
 prefoyteries, fynods, and aflemblies. 
 
 Flea-bitten fynod, an afftmUy brcw'd 
 Of cleiks and c/i«ri aii.i: like the rude 
 Ch.iosof prclbytry, where l»ymen ride 
 With th.e iJitie'wo'olpack clergy by their fide. 
 
 Cleieveland. 
 
 E'tTTERSHip. n.f. {from eltfer.'\ 
 
 1. Seniority; primogeniture. 
 The Wihd, while it h.td fcarciry of pecrple, 
 
 uidr-rwcjit no other dpniinion than uaternity and 
 
 fhatalimeaid'Alihrtffatiore, 'tis true; 
 ' BOt Tohte'r^pca is to mv h'rtl fight {•ue j 
 My claim to her by el.injitq- 1 firove. "Dry.iin. 
 Tfor wf<i the efdirfi/p • •;' ' 
 
 Of Artaxerxes worth pur leait of f«ars, -. ' - I 
 If Memoon's intcreft did not prop his ciiite. [ 
 
 2. Prefbvteiy; ecclcGaftical fenatej ikiik- 
 fefTion' ■■•' ' 
 
 That controTcrfy fpvang up bcrwccn Bez.a and 
 Eraftiis, about the ni:itter 01 excommunications ; 
 whether there ought to be in all cliurches an 
 ddefjhif, having power to c»communicate, and a 
 part ui \.\<iXt)i(rjhip to hf ,of neceflity certain 
 chofen out from amonglt tiie Inty. U'^'Mr. 
 
 E'ldest. I'di. The Ciiperkitive oield, now 
 changed to eld. [eab, ealooji, eal&j^e, 
 Saxon.] 1 
 
 1 . Tlie oldeft ;• that has the right of pri- 
 mogeniture. 
 
 We will efiablilfe our efiate upsn 
 OuK el.i:,'} ."it.ilcolm, wl.oVn' we iiame hereafter 
 The prince of Cumberiand. Shckfp. Michnh. 
 The liJothcr's and her rf;*^ dAig'nter's grace, 
 It feems, had hrtb'd him to piolong their fpace. 
 
 Dtynsn.- 
 
 2. That has lived mod years. 
 £.'.Vf/? p.u-ents fignifies eitier the oldeft men 
 
 and women that have had children, or thole who 
 have longeft had iiTue. _ Lictr. 
 
 Elec^mp-^'ke. n.f [hekii'mm, Latin.] A 
 plant, named alfo itarwon. Botaniik 
 enumerate thirty fpecies. M'dkr. 
 
 The Germans have a method of candying eU- 
 camf,tne root like ginger, to which they prefer it, 
 and call it German fpice. RiH. 
 
 To ELECT. 11. a. [ekaus, Latin.]' 
 I . To choofe for any office or ufe ; to take 
 in preference to others 
 
 Henrv his fon ischofen king though young 
 
 And 
 
 Lewis of France, eUaed firlt bcguiPd. 
 
 This prince, in gratitude to the people, bw 
 whofe content he was chofen, t/eatd a hundred 
 fen.itors out of the comnion;rs. Smfr. 
 
 2. [In theology.] To felec^ as an objeiA 
 of eternal mercy. 
 
 Ele'ct. adj. [from the veib.] 
 
 1. Chofen; taken by preference from 
 among others. 
 
 You have here, lady, 
 And of your choice, thcferevcrcnd fathers, 
 Yea, thef/^Sof the land, who are affcmbl'tt 
 To plead vour caufe. SJiirk/piari'i Henry v 1 1 li 
 
 2. Chofen to an office, not yet in poffeflion. 
 
 The bi(hop r.VS takes the oatl.s of lui'renncv, 
 camioical litidWncc, aild agaimt fimouy ; and 
 
 E L E 
 
 then the <kan of the arches reads and fubfcritee 
 
 the f'.'ntences. ^yt:£e' i Parergo^. 
 
 5. [In theology.] Chofen as an objecl 
 of eternal mercy. 
 
 A vicious liver, htlieving rhnt Chrift died for 
 none but the c'fdT, thaHhrve irtempts made u^n 
 him to reform aud amend his life. HamminJ. 
 
 Some I have chofen of peculiar grace, 
 E:e(i above the reti : fo is my will. Mitlsn. 
 
 Ele'ctiox. n.f. [e!cSk, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft uf chooling; the aft of fekft- 
 ing one or more from a greater number 
 for any ufe or oftce ; choice. 
 
 If The dcSi:'^': ot tnc mirUter fhould be com- 
 mitred to every feveral parilh, do you think that 
 they woi;ld chufe the niceteft.' IVhiigiJt, 
 
 Him, not thy election. 
 But natural necefiitv, beg-jt. Milton. 
 
 As cnarity is, notling can more increafe the 
 luilre and beauty tti:in a prudent eUciion of ob- 
 je^«, and a fit application of it lo them. Spraii. 
 
 2. The power of choice. 
 
 For what is msa witi'out a moving mind, 
 Which hatii a judging wit, and chufiiig will ! 
 
 Not if Gotl's pow'r fhould her e.'eQior: bind, 
 
 Her motions then woult( ce^ie^^nd J^lld all fiill. 
 
 ■ , --'- ) — -.- ' ^ ' _^ , Duviti. 
 
 3. Voluntary preference. 
 
 IS upcp. the finuer 
 and.live; betelis us, ttsache harfet before us life 
 and death, and rL:fciied it to oui -own election 
 which we will chnt'e. R'^gers. 
 
 4.. DifccrnmeDt;difi.inction;difcrimiijation. 
 The difcoveriiig of thefc colours cannot be dor.c 
 but out of a veiy uni^-erfil knowledge of things ; 
 which fo ciearerli mens judgment and cUBhn^ as 
 it is tlie leli apt to Hide into error. . . Bacon. 
 
 lo favour, to iile men with much difference 
 and {\cSlan is gooc^; tot i: maketh thofe^ireferred 
 m^.e thankful, and the cell mote officious. 
 
 BacoH, 
 
 c. [In theology.] The predetermination 
 of God by which any were fekfttd for 
 eternal life. 
 
 Tlie conceit about abfjiute eleBhi to eternal 
 life, fomeenthufial'sentertaining, have been made 
 remifs in the praiftice of virtue. . Uierkuty. 
 
 6. The ceremony of a puWick choice. 
 
 I was forry to hear with what partiality, and 
 pop1ilarHeat;£/<a/»«swerecarrie!din many places. 
 
 King CkarUs. 
 
 Since Ih'e life d!iFj1ut?6n of the club, many 
 
 perfons puP up for tlie -fiilt ilt&ion. Mdijan. 
 
 Elective, adj. [from ^/i?^.] 
 
 1. Regulated or bellowed by eleftion or 
 choice. 
 
 I wiji fay pofitively arid refolutely, that if is mj- 
 poffible an fleQixe monarchy Ihould be fo ftie 
 and abf.irute as an hereditary. Bonn. 
 
 The laft change of their government, from 
 'eleBive to'heredit;ity, has marie it fecm hitheito 
 of lets force, and uiiSttcr for aition abro;id. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 2. Exerting the ]yower of choice. 
 
 To talk of compelling a lijan to be good, is a 
 contradifiion; for where tl.ere is Forcej there can 
 be.no choice: whereas all moralgoodnefseonfill- 
 cth in the eUaive »ft of the urde-ftanriing will. 
 ^ Grenv* s (^fi.'-.CiOgm Stlcra, 
 
 Ei-E'b'fiv.E.i.ie.. --«('!'. [irom e/ea.] By 
 choice ; with preference of one tdan- 
 
 other. 
 
 How or why that Ihould have fuch .in influence 
 upon the fpirits, as todrive them into thofe niirf- 
 cles eUaivcly, I am not fublle enough to difcern. 
 
 . , Ray on the Cteation. 
 
 They work, not eledhjely, or upon propofi.ig 
 to themfelves an end of theii operations. Crttv, 
 
 Elector, n.f. [from ?/f5.] 
 
 1 . He that has a vote in the choice of any 
 
 officer. • ■• 
 
 t
 
 From the new world her filver and her g j!d 
 Cnmc, like a tcmjiell, tu confound the oM ; 
 Feeding with thcfc the brib'd t!ef}ori' hop.-';, 
 Aionc (he gave us enipcrurs and popes. kViilltr 
 
 2. A prince who has a voice in the choice 
 of the German emperour, 
 
 Ei-e'ctoral. aJj. [from ekiJoi:] Having 
 
 tlie dignity of an eledlor. 
 Elf.'ctorate. «. J. [from ek3or,'\ Tlic 
 territoiy of an elector. 
 
 He I..TS a gicat and p^jwcrful king for his fon- 
 in-lTvv;'and car. iiiim^ir' comnianil, when he 
 plc.ifcs, liie whole lhc«g.t!-i of aa ^yt-^^rii/:' in the 
 empiie. jrlddij.n^ VreehoLUr. 
 
 ILle'ctre. n. / [drSruin, Latin.] 
 I. Amber; whloh, having the quality when 
 warmed by friction of attracting bodies, 
 gave to one fpecies of attraction the name 
 of ^uclricity, and to the bodies that fo at- 
 tiail the epithet chdiick. 
 
 3. A mixed mcta!. 
 
 Change filvcrphtc or vcflel into fhej cortrpound 
 fluff, bcin» a bind of filvcr ehH'-c, and turn the 
 rcl^ into coin- Biu:ori 
 
 ELECTRICAL, la,^-. [from ekHrum. 
 KLECTRICK. j SeeELECTKE.] 
 J. Attractive without magnet ifm; attract- 
 ive by a pecnhar property, fuppofed once 
 to belong chiefty to amber. 
 
 By !h-&fii:k bodies do I conceive not fuch only 
 js take up light b jdic^, in which nuna\3tr the 
 aflcicnts otily placed jett .ind amber; hut fucli as, 
 ion»enicntly placed, attiail all bodies palpable. 
 
 An eUnrl-i body tan by friflion emit an ex- 
 halation fo fubtile,- and yet fo po:ent, as by ir; 
 fmi(r!3n to caufe no fenfibjc diniintirion of t!iL^ 
 weight of the eleiiri^k body, and to be expaiukd 
 through a fphere, whofc ttiameter is above two 
 Itcl, and yet. to be able to carry up lc;id, copper, 
 m leaf-gohl, at the diftance of above a footifroni 
 the elr3)'uk body. AVwro'i 
 
 *, Produced by an elctftrick body. 
 
 If that attraction were not rather elt-ftricaltb^n 
 iTiagnttical, it was wonderous what He mont dc - 
 livcreth concerning a glafs, wherein the magillcry 
 of loacllone was prepair^4> wUph retained an 
 attraiSive quality. . . ,'.'.;•,.• ■. B"iv.m. 
 
 - ' if a piece of white p.ifer, nv a white cloth, 
 or the crd of. one's tingec, beheld at about a 
 
 ■ quarter of an inch from the gl.rfs, ihc eUClrUk 
 vapour, excited by fii^f^lon, will, by daihing 
 a:j.unfl the white paper, <;K)th, or finger, be put 
 I:. to fuch an agitation as to emit light. 
 
 Electp. I'ciTY. n.f. [from elefl, id. See 
 fii.ECTRE. ] A property in fome bo- 
 
 ■ dies, whereby, when rubbed fo as to grow 
 warm, they draw little bits of paper, or 
 fticb like fubllances, to them. ^incy. 
 
 Such was the account given a few years ago ol 
 elt^iic:>'\ ; but the induftry of the prefcnt a^, 
 firft excited by the e .xperimcnts of Gray, has 
 difcovercd in eu^ric':iy a multitude of p'hilofo- 
 pl'.ical wonders. Bpdies eiciStificd by a fphcrc 
 of glafs, turned nimbly round, not only emit 
 flame, nut may be fitted with fuch a quantity of 
 tiic eleflrical vapour, as, if difchargcd at once 
 upon a human body, would endanger life The 
 force of this vapour has hitherto appeared inftan- 
 tancoui,' pcrfons at both ends of a long chain 
 fieming to be liiuck at once. The philufopl.crs 
 are now endeavouring to inteicept the itrokes of 
 l.glitning. 
 
 Ele'ctvarv. n. f. [eleaarium, Cmlhis 
 Av.rel. which is now written ekSuary.'] 
 A form of medicine made of conferves 
 and powders, in the confidence of honey. 
 Eleilaarici made up with honey or fyrup, whc.i 
 the eonfillciicc is too thin, fernjcnt ; and when 
 
 E I. E 
 
 too thick, candy. By liotii which the ingrerii. 
 cuts will be altered or impaired Qui'icy. 
 
 \Vc meet with divers eMIudr.'n, which have 
 no ingredient except fugar, conamon to any two 
 of tlicm. Boyli. 
 
 Elbemo'sYNARV. tli/i. [•'>.. D-xoe .'»..] 
 
 1. Living upon alms; depending upon 
 charity. Not ufcd. 
 
 It ii little better th.in an abfurdity, that the 
 caulc ihoutd be an cUiimfinary tor its fubliftcncc 
 Xt its eftecis, as a- natuie polteiiour to and de- 
 pendent on itfelf. Glamiilh'i Scrf^fit. 
 
 2. Given in charity. This is the prcfent 
 uf.-. 
 
 Elegancy. | "• /• [^%n/«a, Lafm.] 
 
 1. Ucauty vailier foothing than llriking ; 
 beauty withotit grandeur ; the beauty of 
 propriety not of greatnefs. 
 
 Si. AugufUnc, out of a kind of^ ehgancy in 
 writing, makes fomc difference. Rultigh. 
 
 Thci'c qucflions have moi.- propriety, and 
 clcg,sn)y, indcrftood of the old world. Bumci. 
 
 2. Any thing that pleafes by its nicety. 
 In this fenfe it has a plural. 
 
 My compofitions in g.ndening .Tre altogether 
 Pii;dariclv, and run into the beautiful wild- 
 nefs of natuie, without the nicer elcganrhs of 
 art. 'Sf'S4tor. 
 
 ELEGANT, adj. [f.'c^a«u-, Latin.'] ■' 
 
 1. Pleafing by minuter beauties. 
 
 Trifle»,rhcmfelvesarc f/^^j*)/ in iiim. Tope. 
 There may'lt thou find fomc ckgant re;rest. 
 
 , ,, ^, , , ^ r- . iLorjiion. 
 
 2. Nice ; not coarfe ; not grofs. 
 
 Polite with candour, clr^aiit with eafc. Fcpe. 
 E'l.EGANTLY. Wf. [fiom f/»^an/.] 
 
 1. In fiich a raanner as to pleafe. ' \y|;;' 
 
 N;Mv lead witn them thoCc organic arts which 
 cn.ible men to difcoinfc and write pcrfpicuouQy, 
 clif.nL'iy, and according to the fitwfl Ityle of lofty, 
 mc.ui, or losvly. . J^diJtt^n. 
 
 '- , 1)1 a pioem f/<;ga;?r/v. wrjt,^ ' " 
 
 I will hot quarrel with a flight iniftakc. 
 
 RaffO'iificfi. 
 
 2. Neatly; nicely; with minute beauty; 
 v\ ith pleafing propriety. 
 
 They defcribe her m part finely and ^hgn^it/y, 
 
 and in pa*t guvely and fentcntiouny. Bttcof.. 
 
 Whocvct would write chgairJy, muft have 
 
 regard to the dilTerent turn anr] junfture of evtiy 
 
 period : there mult be proper diiiances and paufes. 
 
 Pcpi'^ Odfjffy, A'oHs. 
 
 Eiegi'ack. ar/j. [c/iTjiacwj-, Latin. j 
 
 1. Ufed in elegies. 
 
 2. Pcitaining to elegies. 
 3- Mournftil; forrowful. 
 
 Let t/.gJitc lay the woe relate. 
 Soft as the-bieatbof diftant flutes. Guv. 
 
 E'legy. n.f. [elegus, Latin.] 
 
 1. A mournftil foiig. 
 
 He hangs odes upon hawthorns, and elegiiH 
 upon brambles, all forfooth deifying ihc name uf 
 Rufalind. Shakfpt^rc. 
 
 2. A funeral fong. 
 
 So on Meander's banks, when death is nigh. 
 The mournful Iwan fingsherown eligy. Dry.ie.'i. 
 
 3. A (hort poem without points or affected 
 elegancies. 
 
 E'LEMENT. n.f. [elementiim, Latin.] 
 I. 1 he firll or conlliiuent principle of any 
 thing. 
 
 If nature fliould intermit her courfe, thofc 
 principal and mother ekm^nti of the world, 
 wlicrcof all things in this lower world are made, 
 fliould loofe the qualities whicli now they have. 
 
 Ih'Acr. 
 A man may rationally retain doubts concern- 
 ing the number of thofe ingredients of bodies, 
 wliSch fomc call t!cn:en!s, and others yrinciplcs. 
 
 1: LlJ 
 
 Simple Tiibftanrcs are either fpirin, which ha»» 
 no manner of compofitun, or il.e hr!t pnncipjei 
 of todies, ufuajly c,illcd e/emait, of wiiich other 
 bodies are compountictt fFatit. 
 
 2. The fmr elements, uftially fo called, are 
 earth, fire, air, water, of which our world 
 is compoled. When it is ufed alone, 
 element commonly means the air. 
 
 The king is Lut a man : the violet fmcjls to 
 him as it iluih to rac ; and the lUmtnl (hews to 
 hini as it duih to me. Shakjpeare. 
 
 My dearcrt fifter fare thee well ; 
 The rle;i:e::n be kind to thee, and make 
 Thy rpii|[» all of comfort. Skatfptart. 
 
 The king, 
 Contending with tl.c fietful elemfntt, 
 Bids the wind blow the earth into rhi fea, 
 Or Iwcll tlie curled waters. Shakfp. K-ng Lear. 
 
 The heavens and the earth will pafs away, and 
 the eUmeniK melt with fervent heat. I^etir. 
 
 Here be four af you, able to make a good 
 world; for you arc as differing as the four ftV- 
 m?/7/i. ■ ■■■ Bann. 
 
 He fiom his flaming (hip his children fcnt. 
 
 To periih in a milder dement. iVallir. 
 
 3. 1 he proper habitation or fphere of any^ 
 thing: as water of fi(h. 
 
 We are fimple men ; we do not know (he 
 works by charms, by fpells, and fuch dauhry^as 
 is beyond our elemtnt. Shahfpcart. 
 
 Our torments may, in length of time, 
 Become our detnejiti. Milton. 
 
 ■ Xh,sy Aew that they arf out of their etemin.', 
 and that lo§ick is none of their talent. 
 
 Bakir on Learning. 
 
 4. An ingredient ; a confiituent part. 
 
 Who let the body and the limbs 
 Of this great fport together, asyouguefs.> 
 
 One fure that promifes no il ment 
 
 in fuch a bufinefs. iit.-.tfp. Hetry viii. 
 
 5. The letters of any language. 
 
 6. The loweil or tint rudinjerits .of litera- 
 ture or fcience. 
 
 With religion it fareth as with other fcienc;:' j 
 the firft deliveiy of the t/.OTtn/i thereof niuft, for 
 like confiticration, be fiamed according to the 
 weak and flendei c.ipacity of young bcgrnners. 
 
 Jh?ier. 
 
 Every paiifn fliould keep a petty fchoolmaljer, 
 which flijuld bring up clnldren in tlie firii W?» 
 miv/! of letters. Sfcit/er. 
 
 We, when we were children, were in bondage 
 under the f/srwrn.*i of the world. Gut. 
 
 There is nothing more pernicious to a youth, 
 in the dements 01 painting;, than an ignor;!nc 
 matter. Dry.Un. 
 
 To E'lement. i\ a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To compound of elements. 
 
 Whether any one i'ucli body be met with, in 
 tiiofp fai^ to be elftlicntc^^uiit%,\. now que ft ion. 
 
 .. . ^ ., J ,., \.y .,1 ,, s ; Boyle. 
 
 2. To conft^tutc ; to make as a fird prin- 
 ciple. 
 
 DtlHTublunary, lover's love, 
 Wbofe foul is fenfe, cannot admit 
 
 Of abfeucc, 'caufe it doth remove 
 The thing which eUmcnttd it. Donne. 
 
 Eleme'ntal. cd'i. [from element. "l 
 
 1. Produced by fome of the four elements.- 
 
 If d.itky fpots are vary'd on his brow, 
 And fticik'd with red, a troubl'd colour fliow ; 
 That fullen nilxlui^ fliall at once declare 
 Winds, rain, and llorms, and ^/f;«£:nr(j/ war. 
 
 Dry ten i i'irgil. 
 
 Soft yielding minds to water glide away, 
 And fip with nyniiihs, their r/fwe'.7a/ tea. Fope. 
 
 2. Arifing from firft principles. 
 
 Leeches are bv fome aceountsd poifon, no* 
 properly, -tK.u is by temperamenr;il contr.iricTy, 
 occult f:»rni, or fo much os el-.inental icpugnancy ; 
 but inwarfily taken, they faflen upon the- veins, 
 and occafiun an et{ufian uf bioud. Bnwn.
 
 E L E 
 
 -E L E M E s T a'r I T y . n,f. [ from elementary . ] 
 The fimplicity of nature, or abfence of 
 compofition ; being imcompounded. 
 
 A very Urgc-clafs of creatures in the earth, far 
 above t!ie condition oi eUmentarity. B'rtun. 
 
 Eleme'ntary. adj. [from eleme7it.'\ 
 
 1 . Uncompounded ; having only one prin- 
 ciple or conftituent part. 
 
 All riin water contains in it a copious fedimcnt 
 of tcrrcftrial matter, and is not a fimplc cktmr.t. 
 ary water. ^"-V 
 
 The (It-mfit.try fairs of animals are notthc fame 
 as they appear by diftillation. Wiiutirar. 
 
 2. Initial; rtide. 
 Ele'mi. n.f. 
 
 This drug is improperly called gum ehmi, 
 iicing a refill. Tlie genuine iUmi is brought from 
 jKtliiopia in dattirti malTes, or in cylinders, of a 
 yellowidi colour. It is very rare in Europe, and 
 fuppol'ed to be pioduced by 3 tree of the olive 
 kind. The Ipurious or American e/eir.i, almol) 
 the only kind known, is of a whitilli colour, 
 ■» itli a greater or lefs greenifh or yellowilh tinge. 
 It proceeds from a tall tree, which the Brafihans 
 wound, and colicft the refin. Hi'!'! M^t■ M'J. 
 Ele'nch. n.f. {chnchus.'LaX.l An argu- 
 ment ; a fophifm. 
 
 The firft delufion Satan put upon Eve, and his 
 ■whole tent.ition might be the fame clench conti- 
 nued, as when he faid. Ye (hall not die; that 
 was, in his equivocation, you (hall not incur pie- 
 feilt death. Brti^.un's Vulgar F.rrnun. 
 
 Difcover the fallacies of our common adver- 
 fary, that old fophifter, who puts the mod abu- 
 \\\e r':r.ch,onui. Decay oj Viny. 
 
 Ele'ots. n.f. Some name the apples in 
 req'jell in the cider countries fo j not 
 known by that name in feveral parts of 
 England. Mortimer's Hujbandry. 
 
 Ej.eph.^nt. r..f [ekphas, Latin.] 
 
 1. The largeftof all qtiadrupeds, of whofe 
 fagacity, faithfulnefs, prudence, and even 
 underftanding, many furprifing relations 
 are given. This animal feeds on hay, 
 herbs, and all forts of pulfe ; and is faid 
 to be extremely long lifed. He is fup- 
 plied w-ith a trunk, or long hollow carti- 
 lage, which hangs between his teeth, and 
 ferves him for hands. His teeth are the 
 
 Ca/tml. 
 He loves te hear. 
 That unicorns m.iy be bctray'd with Irees, 
 And bears with gU(rcs, dcyhann with holes. 
 
 ShiikSfcarc. 
 
 The eJrfhant hath joints, but not feu- courtcfy ; 
 
 His legs are forncceffity, not flexure. SkuiJ^cjrc. 
 
 2. Ivory; the teeth of elephants. 
 
 High o'er the gate, in clcfl-.ant and gold. 
 The crowd (hall Cefar's Indian war behold. 
 
 Drydcn's Virgil. 
 
 Elephantiasis, b. / [elephantlafis, 
 Latin.] A fpecies of leprofy, fo called 
 from covering the Ikin with incruft- 
 ations like thofe on the hide of an ele- 
 phant. 
 
 Eleph a'ntine. adj. [jhphantinus , Lat.] 
 Pertaining to the elephant. 
 
 Te ELEVATE, -v. a. [cle-oo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To raife up aloft. 
 
 This fubteri-ancan heal or Src, which elciain 
 the water out of theabyfs. If'x,.lzi.'arii. 
 
 2. To exalt ; to dignify. 
 
 3. To raife with great conceptions. 
 
 Others apart fat on a hill retir'd. 
 In thiughts more cleTnti, and reafon'dhigh 
 Of providence. fottkEowJedgc, will, and fate. 
 *^ MUl:n. 
 
 ivor)-. 
 
 ELF 
 
 In all that great extent, wherein the mini 
 wanders, in thcl'e remote fpeculations it may fecm 
 to he eltvated with, it (lirs not beyond fenfc or 
 rcHet^ion. Litckc. 
 
 Now rifing fortune f.'f7j(3/« his mind, 
 He(hines unclouded, and adorns mankind. 
 
 Savage. 
 
 4. To elate with vitious pride. 
 
 To mii'cliief I'wift, hope r.VT.-jrjrs, and joy 
 Brightens his cre(t. Milton. 
 
 5. To leffen by detraflion. This fenfe, 
 though legitimately deduced from the 
 Latin, is not now in ufe. 
 
 When the judgments of learned men ar? 
 ailcdgcd againft you, what do they but either ele- 
 vaie their credit, or oppofe unto them the judg- 
 ments of others as le^itned ? //ii^*'^. 
 E'lev.^te. part. adj. ([from elevated.^ 
 Exalted; raifed aloft. 
 
 On eich lidc an imperial city (lood, 
 WitEi tow'rs and temples proudly elevate 
 On feven fraall hills. MUtun. 
 
 Elevation, n.f.- [elevatio, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The acl of raifing aloft. 
 
 The difruplion of the Itrata, the elevation of 
 forac, and deprcflion of others, did not fall out 
 by chance, but were dirciflcd by a riifcerning 
 principle. iVoodvjard. 
 
 2. Exaltation; dignity. 
 
 Angels, in their I'cvcral degrees of ele^'Mtir./: 
 above us, may be aidowcd with^more comprc- 
 hen(ive faculties. Locte, 
 
 3. Exaltation of the mind by noble con- 
 ceptions. 
 
 We ate therefore to lo\e him with all pofTible 
 applicarion &nd elevaiioi of Ipiiir, with all the 
 heart, foul, and mind, Ncrrii. 
 
 4. Exaltation of (lyle. 
 
 His (lilc was an elegant perfpicuit}', rich of 
 phralc, but feldom any bold metaphors ; and fo 
 far from tumid, that it rather wanted a little elc- 
 -r'a^ioK. IVotti'i. 
 
 J. Attention to objefts above us. 
 
 All which ditfcrcnt elevations of fpirit unto 
 God, are contained in the name of prayer. Hosier, 
 
 6. The height of any heavenly body with 
 refpeft to the horizon. 
 
 Some latitudes have no canicular days, as thofc 
 which have more than fevenrt'-three degrees of 
 northern elevation^ as Nova Zemhla. Brotun. 
 Eleva'tor. n.f. [from elevate.^ A raifer 
 or lifter up, applied to fome chlrurglcal 
 inftruments put to fuch ufes. ^incy. 
 ELEA'EN. adj. [aenbl>;pen, Saxon.] Ten 
 and one ; one more than ten. 
 
 Had 1 a dozen funs, and none lefs dear than 
 Marciu*, I had rather eiercn die nobly ("or their 
 country, than ont voluptuoufly furfeit out of 
 aiSion. Shaifpeare. 
 
 Eleventh, adj. [from eleven.^ The 
 next in order to the tenth. 
 
 In the ilc-:enth chapter he returns to fpeak of 
 
 the building of B.ibcl. Rr.leiofi'i llijiir^. 
 
 ELF. n. f plural dves. {elf, VVelfli. 
 
 Ba^dc-r'^ GlolT. ] 
 I. A wandering fpirit, fuppofed to be feen 
 in wild unfrequented places ; a fairy. 
 Through this houfc give glimmering li^ht, 
 By the dead and drowfy (ire; 
 E\ ery r//, and fairy fpritc. 
 Hop as light as bird from briar. Shakffeart 
 
 Fairy clvt', 
 Whofe midnight revels by fome foreft fide, 
 Or fountain, fome belated peafant fees. 
 Or dream* he fees. Milton. 
 
 The king of eij'i and little fairy queen 
 Gambol'd on heatht, and danc'd on cv'ry green. 
 
 Dry.Un. 
 
 If e'ei one vifion touch'd thy infant thought, 
 Of all the nutfc and all the prxli have taught ; 
 Of aiiy elvet by moor-light ihadow fcen. 
 The filver token, and tliccitckdgJceD. Ps^'f. 
 
 E L I 
 
 2. A devil. 
 
 That we m.iy angels feem, wc paint them ?/»«; 
 And are but fatircs 10 fct up ourlclv c^. Dryden. 
 
 However it was civil, an angel or etj\ 
 Fjr he ne'er could have fill'd it fo well of himfelf. 
 
 Suifi. 
 To Elf. -v. a. [from the noun.] To en- 
 tangle hair in fo intricate a manner, that 
 it is not to be unravelled. This the 
 vulgar have fuppofed to be the work of 
 fairies in the night ; and all hairfo matted 
 togethe.r, hath had the name of elf -loch. 
 
 Hanmcr. 
 My face I'll giime with filth, 
 BLinket my loins, elf all my hair m knots. 
 
 Skakfpenfe. 
 
 E'lfin. adj. [from elf.} Relating to 
 fairies ; elfifh ; belonging to elves. 
 
 Now when that idle dream was to him brought^ 
 Unto that elfin knight he bade him fly, 
 Where he flept foundly. Spenfer. 
 
 E'lflock. n.f [elf zxii lock. "] Knots 
 of hair twilled by elves. 
 This is that very Mab, 
 That plats the manes of horfes in the night, 
 And cakes the e!f-locki in foul (luttilh hairs, 
 Whicli oDce untangl'd, much misfortune bodes. 
 
 Shakjpcine. 
 
 To ELI'CITE. -0. a. [elicio, Latin.] To 
 ftrike out ; to fetch out by labour or art. 
 Although the fame truths may be elicited, and 
 explicated by the contemplation of animals, yec 
 they arc more cleaily evidenced in the contempla- 
 tion of man. Hale'i Origin of Mankind, 
 He elicit i thofc afls out of the meer lapfed ftate 
 of human nature. Cheyne. 
 Eli'cit. adj. [eliciliis, Latin.] Brought 
 into aft ; brought from poflibility to real 
 exiftence. 
 
 It is the virtue of humility and obedience, and 
 
 not itic formal elicit ad of mcckncfs; meeknel's 
 
 being ordinal i)y annexed to thcfe virtues. Jfan;m. 
 
 The fchools dil'pute whether, in morals, the 
 
 external adtion fujieradds any thing of good or 
 
 evil to the internal elicit aifl of the will. South. 
 
 Elicita'tion. n.f. [from eltcio, Latin.] 
 
 That elic'tatiin whicii tiic fchools intend, is a 
 
 deducing of the power of the wiU niio afl : that 
 
 diawing which they mention, is merely from the 
 
 appetibility of the objc^. Bramhall. 
 
 To Elide, v. a. [elido, Latin.] To 
 
 break in pieces ; to crufh. 
 
 We are to cut off that whereunto they, fion» 
 whom thcfe objeflions proceed, fly for defence, 
 when the force and llrcngth of the aigumcnt is 
 elided. Hockir, 
 
 Eligibi'lity. n.f. [irom eligible .1 Wor- 
 thinefs to be chofcn. 
 
 The bufinefs of the will is not to judge con- 
 cerning the nature of things, but to chuole them 
 in confcqucncc of the repoit made by tiie undcr- 
 Aanding, as to their iliglhility or goodnels. 
 
 yijdes' Sermo.tr. 
 
 EXIGIBLE, adj. [elisihilis, Latin.] Fit 
 to be chofen ; worthy of choice ; pre- 
 ferable. 
 
 A Briti(h miniftry ojght to be fatislicd, if, al- 
 lowing to evciy particii .it man that his private 
 fcltcmc is wifcll, they cjn pcrfuade hiio, that next 
 to his own plan, tliat ui 'lie government is the 
 moil eligille. Md:f',n' i TrechtlJer. 
 
 Did they really think, that soi"2 on with the 
 w;n was more elii^ihte for their country than the 
 Icaft ab:itemc.it of ihofe coi-.ditions ? Swi/j. 
 
 That the mod plain, Iho.t, and lawful way to 
 any good end, is more eiig ble thati one dire^ly 
 contrary in fome or all of chefe qualities. Sivift. 
 
 Cnlainly, in a deep diiirils, is more eligille 
 
 than fufpenfe. Cl.uiff.t. 
 
 E'ligibluness. n. f [from eligible..'^ 
 
 Worlhincfs tobc chofen ; prcferabkutfs.
 
 K L L 
 
 Elimin'a'tiom. n, f. \eluir.nr>^ Lriliii.J 
 Till, aft of banilhinjr ; tlic adl of turn- 
 ing out of doors ; rejection. 2)/<7. 
 
 Ei.i'sioN, n.f. [f//6, lati'n.] 
 
 1. The act of culUiig off; as, Cnri'l the 
 ■altem-t, there is an clilion of a fylhible. 
 
 You will ul>lcivc tlic aMjievi.aioiis ,u\dehfio'i , 
 hy which conlut>nnts of nijfV obduiarc Tounni nu- 
 j.iiiicd t.)SPthi.-f, without any rouo^iini; vuwel tj 
 intervene. S,vi/l 
 
 2. Divifion ; fepavatioii of parts. 
 
 The c.mlc given ui' Utjnff, tlt,tt tt would be au 
 ehlhn ot the aiv, whci cby, it they nican iiiiy th:ng> 
 they mean a cutting ur (livitiingj or cite an atte- 
 nuating ul thcatr, i^ but^iteiinut ignoLincc. 
 
 JSacofi. 
 
 Elixa'tion. ti. f. [elixus, Latin.] The 
 adt of boiling or Ucwing any thing. 
 
 Even to ourli l\es, and more pcrtect animnLs, 
 water performs no lublhintial nir.rition ; lfr\ing 
 for rcfrigci anon, dilution, of foiid aliments, and 
 its e/ixatiort in the ilom.icli. J^rowi. 
 
 Eli'xir. n.f. [Arabick.] 
 
 1. A medicine made by llrong infnfion, 
 where the ingredients are altnoll dif- 
 folved in the menllruum, and give it a 
 thicker confulence than a tii'Cturt. 
 
 ■ ■" • ^uiticy. 
 
 For when no healing, arf prevail'd, 
 When covdi^tis and f/ixin lail'd, 
 On your pale ciieck he dropp'd the fljow'r, 
 Reviv'dyou like a dying tluvv'r. iJ^^IU'. 
 
 2. The liquor, or whatever it be, with 
 which chymilh hope to tianfmule metals 
 
 to gold. ;'■;"•' ■•./■•■ 
 
 No cUymift yet the f/ZJ/T-'got, 
 But ghiriftis his pregnant pot, 
 If by the way to him befal 
 Some odorifcious thing, or medicinal. Dorms, 
 
 3. The extract or qirinteffence of anything. 
 
 In tlic foul, when the fupicmc facult es move 
 regularly, the inlcrior paffions and alfeftions fol- 
 lowing, tncre arifes a , fercnity iutiniccly Heyoiul 
 the highell qtiintLlTence and e/ixir vi worldly de- 
 light. S'iJJil:. 
 
 4. Any cordial ; or invigorating fnbflance. 
 
 What wonder then, if tidris ;ind icgioMs tit^re 
 Breatfic forth e%//- pure 1 Aih'rc'A''P,iyyjl'tff.^ 
 
 JElk. n.f. [sic, baxon.] A large a:)d 
 ftately animal of the ftag kind. The 
 nock is (hort and (lender ; the eats nine 
 inches in length, and fotir in breadth. 
 The colour of it.s coat in winter is gro) - 
 ilh, in fummei-' it is paler. The horns 
 of the male are (hort and thick Hear 
 the head, where it by degrees expands 
 into a great breadth, with fevtral pro- 
 minences in its edges. I/i//. 
 
 And, fcarcc his head 
 Rais'd o'er the he.ipy wreath, tne brajif.hjng ili 
 Lies (lumb'ring filent in the white abyVs.' ' 
 
 Ell. n.f. [eln, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . A meafure containing forty- five incites, 
 or a yard and a qnarter. 
 
 They arc fald to make yearly forty^. (houfaad 
 pieces of linen cloth, i^ckoiung two huijrircri I'/.'i 
 to the piece. MJiJon. 
 
 2, It is taken proverbially for a long 
 meafure. 
 
 Acquit thee bravely, play the man ; 
 Look not on ple.ifurcs as fhcy come, huf go r 
 
 Defer not the lali Y'ttuc j life's poor fp.m 
 Makes not an <■.'/ by trifling in thy wpc, liiibert. 
 
 ELLl'PSIS.'n./. [;\x,r7r<r:r.] 
 
 I. A figure of rhetorick, by which fome- 
 thing is left out r.eceflTai-y to be fupplied 
 Vol. I. 
 
 K L O 
 
 by the hearer: as, the ihwg Ihvt, for 
 the lhiti\; which 1 Inve. 
 
 The wuuls arc d.'iiwi d by way of cllijf::., 
 Rr,m. iv. iS.' ■ ■ Ifumm.'it. 
 
 -• [J.n.gcometiy. ] An oval figure, being 
 generated from the fedipn of a cone, by 
 a plane culling l)cth lides of tlie cone, 
 but not patnllel to the bale, which pro- 
 duces a circle, anl meeting with the 
 bafe whOn, produced. Harris. 
 
 On tiie rvlinder jnrlincd, dcfcribe an c/iif/ii 
 paiallj to tiie l.oiitoii. /ry./iins' Dinia!,,!. 
 
 The planets ceiuld nor poiubly .acquire fucii re- 
 volutions in ciisulaj oiivs,'*' \n .t/U/jes very little 
 ccccntrick. ,,.' . ,, JJe-it.'ey. 
 
 EhLi'tT}CAi..')afiJ. [from f/fyjs.] Hav- 
 Ei.li'ftick. J ing the-form of an elHp- 
 (is; oval. •".:''•; 
 
 Since the planets move in cfUj'licimliUs in one 
 of whole foci the fun is, and by a radius from the 
 fun dcfcribe equal areas in equal times, which no 
 other law of a circulating fluid, but the harmo- 
 iiical oia'irlation, can account for.; we muil find 
 our a l.iw for the paraccptrical motion, that may 
 make the 01 bits !-/.<!y>/i^i. CJ,,y„c, 
 
 In animali, that gather food from the ground, 
 the pupil is oval or il'iptical ; the greatcll diame- 
 tci goipgiranfverfely iiom fide to fide. 
 
 ;lt,i- cJ* t-v Ckcyni'i Phil, Pri/t. 
 
 Elm. n./. Tulmus, Lat. elm, Sdxqn.T, 
 
 •r. -»'fo« Sri onini ■«) ),o iiwisMfixfl . 
 I. A tree. ^ - . -_, 
 
 The fpecics arc, the common rough-leavedi'/m; 
 the witch i^a?,cl, or droad-lcavcd c.'m, by fome 
 c.illcd thcBritilli c/«; the fmooih-leaved or witch 
 rift. Neither of them were originally natives 01 
 thiscountiy; but they have propagated them- 
 fclves by lecds and fuckers in fuch plenty as hard- 
 ly to be rooted out; efpecially in hedgerows, 
 where there is harbour for their roots. They arc 
 veiy proper to place in hedgerows, upon the bor- 
 deis of the fields, where they will thrive bettci 
 tli.ui when planted in a wood or clofe plantation, 
 and their (hade will not be very injurious to what- 
 ever gfows under them ; for they may be trained 
 up in form of an hedge, keeping them cut everv 
 year,, to tlic height of feiity ci fifty tcct : but they 
 Ihpiildiiol be plJUtcd tou near fruit trees; becaule 
 the routs of the tlm will ipreroiu with the rpots 
 ; ■"' ':'''";f."'f".»>'V?^^^.i?fJ>'5 flienjjUf ^g,uplj[mierit. 
 . r" " * Alil.f'r. 
 
 '■ ■ •Thymril'r^al';"-"'' ■■T - 
 
 Whirfe, lofty i/ms ai;d vcnerahle oaks, 
 
 lin'ite the rtiok, who highamid? the boughs. 
 
 In caily fpriMi;, his airy citjt huilds. Th'jmfon. 
 
 2. It was uled to fupport vinesj it© -which 
 tlie poets allude.' ' ■ ' ,.\:<:\t.T. 
 
 Thou art an r/w, mV htifband ; I a' vine, '■" 
 Whofc -^fcakncH married tu thv ftronger llatc. 
 Makes luc with thyltrehgth tocommienicite. 
 
 '1j 7 ' (>' &hiikj'ffitrr. 
 
 Elocv'tion-. n . f. '[efonitio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The power of fluent fpeech. 
 
 A travelled doiftur of phyfick, of bold, .and of 
 able elticulhn. IV'^tt^?:, 
 
 2. Power of fpeaking ; fpeech. 
 
 Whore t.ifte, too long forborne, at ftrft iITav 
 Gave t:kaU:oji to the mute, and taught 
 The tongue not made' for 'l^eiic^ to fpcfik thy 
 pr.iife, ' ' ' ' "A/.'7/;\ 
 
 3. The power of expreffipn' or diilion ; 
 eloquence ; beauty of words. 
 
 The third ruippincls nf Kii poet's iniaginatiori 
 in f/ci:«//ow, or tlic art of cloathing or adorning 
 that thought fo feunid, and varied, in apt, figni- 
 ficant, and founding words. Dtv'i-'^. 
 
 As I have cndeavourv'd to adorn it with noble 
 thoughts, I'o much more toc.\prefs thofe thoughts 
 with e/cL^i/ion. Dryden. 
 
 E'l.oGY. :i. f. \_cl'jge, French.] Praife ; 
 pantgyrick. 
 
 E L O 
 
 Buckingham lay unrtermili;. ins of nnkdiininns, 
 which at Inc pniicc'i arrival did vanifh inio (uaifrt 
 and«/o/;i«, Ifoliox. 
 
 It 1 durrt <:•: .•11 I know of thf eltgiet received 
 Concerning hir.i, 1 Ihiulet ortcnd the mo'tfefTy of 
 ouraiMhor. fn'r. 
 
 Some excellvnl pe^tfins, above my •ppruliatian 
 orf/cj)> have cunfidi;i;al ibis fubjci;i. 
 
 ITilM-r't F.lem.-nts tf Spetrh. 
 'I'o E'lOiGNE. ti. a. [eloigner, French ] 
 To put at a didance ; to remove one 
 tar from another. Nov/ difufed. 
 
 riorii worldly carehimfdf he did thin, 
 And greatly fhuniicd manly fxcrcifc. Y. Qv^n 
 
 I 11 tell thee now, dear love' what thou flialt do 
 To anger deftiiiy, as Ihc riotli ns; 
 How I (liallllay ihough Ihe rii^gr? me thus. 
 And how pofteiity lliall know it too. Dt,™-, 
 
 To ELO'NGATE. 1,. «. [from kngus, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To lengthen; to draw out ; to pro- 
 traft ; to llrelcU. 
 
 2. 'J'o put further off. . 
 
 The tiift 11 ar of Aries in the ti.-ne of Mston the 
 Athenian, wa< pl.iccd in the seiy interl'ciflion 
 which is now dai.g.itcd and moved calf ward twen- 
 ty-eight degrees. Bro-.vn. 
 
 To Elo'ngate. V. n. To go off to a 
 
 I diflnnce from any thing. 
 \ About C.ipe Fiio in Bialilia, the fotith point of 
 ' thecompafs varieth iwcUe degrees imto the weft ; 
 but -htgiitirg from the coall of Brafilia, towards 
 thelhorcof Africa, it varicth caftward. B'iwn. 
 Elonga'tion. n.f. [frota elongate. "[ 
 ! . The a<5l of ftretching or lengthening 
 itfelf. 
 
 To this motion v^ clongarioit of the fibics, is 
 owing the union or conglutination of the p-irts of 
 the body, whcu they, ats feparatcd by a wound. 
 "■ i ,t.v' •■ ■^rrulUnot on .4!im!it). 
 
 2. The ftate of being flretched. 
 
 3. [In medicine.] An imperfeft luxation, 
 when the ligament of any joint is fo ex- 
 tended or relaxed as to Itngthen the 
 limb, but yet not let the boH^'gt^'t^itite 
 out of its place. ,' ri^""!-*'"^' '^virify. 
 
 Fk::giitien! arc Ihc eScS of ah liumaiir fcaiting 
 upon a ligament, rhereby m.aking.it l-'aiile.to, he 
 'Irctched, and to be thrull qiutp,,ou: upon every 
 litlk force. ihi'aiiarri'Surgrri-. 
 
 4. Diilance ; fpace at which one thing is 
 diltant from another. ■■,■.'• 
 
 The (iiftani pninrs in ttie celcttiai expanfe ap- 
 pear to the eye in in lm. ill a deg;ee of thfrf^afittn 
 . Irom another, as be.as no piop.nrion to. wH-at'is 
 real. . GUmMtc'i.^ccffn. 
 
 5. Departure; removal. 
 
 N'irthen had ir been placed in a middle ptiinr, 
 but that of dcfcent or e/-v5*;.*/j^. ii'rsTi-/:. 
 
 To ELO'J'F. V. a. [lootert, to run, Diit.] 
 To nm away ; to break loofe ; to ef- 
 cnpe from law or rc'tlraint. 
 
 It is necelTaiy to treat women as mCT.b?rs of 
 the body politick, lincc great numbers of them- 
 have c/o/fi from their allegiance. WJ.-f.'/in. 
 
 Wiiat from the d.im,e can Paris hope ? 
 She ma V as well from him 'r'u/f. pr-ir. 
 
 The fool whole ss-ife ehpaicme thrice a quarter, 
 For mitrimoni.al folacc dies a raartsr. Pc^r. 
 
 Elopement, n.f. [_i'ron\ e/cfi.-.l De- 
 parture from jnft reftraint ; rejection of 
 , lawful power : commonly ufed of a wife. 
 
 An fhf^mer.; is the voluntary depaiturc of a 
 wife from her hufb.and to live with an adnlte.ei, 
 and with whom fiie lives in breach of the matri- 
 monial vow. .'l\hf''s Patft^r..r, 
 
 The negligent htifl>and, trufluig to il e cHicacyx 
 of his principle, was undone by his wife's ihir- 
 ment I'loni him. .ihhuthrmt. 
 
 4I
 
 ELS 
 
 E'tops. /!./• [=^-'-] A filh : reckoned 
 however by Milton among tlie Icrpents. 
 
 Scoipioiiand afp, and amphilbena dire, 
 CeijlUs horn'd, hydrus, and (kfi drear, 
 And dipfas. MiltQo'i fir. UJ!. 
 
 E'i.oc>yENCE. n.f. \e'.oq:ciitia, Latin.] 
 
 1. The power of fpeuKing with fluency 
 and elegance ; oratory. 
 
 Aftion is ihqucnce, and the eyes of the igno- 
 rant 
 Mure learned tli;in the ears. S'^nkfp. Corio!amti. 
 , Athens or free Rome, where chjiieiice 
 Flourilh'd, liiice mute. Millcn. 
 
 His infant loftnefs pleads a milder doom. 
 And fpcaks with all the clojucnce of tears. 
 
 Hcigi:. 
 
 2. Elegant language uttered with fluency. 
 
 Sav Ihc te mute, nndwiU nut fpcak a word ; 
 Tlicu I'll comnienti her volubility, 
 And lay (he uttered piciciiig ekiucr.a. Snakff. 
 
 Fit words attended on his weighty fenfc, 
 And nuld pcrfuafion tluw'd in ikjuencc. Pop:. 
 
 E'LOdUENT. aitj. [ekquens, Latin.] Hav- 
 ino- the power of oratory ; having the 
 power of fluent and elegant fpeech. 
 
 The Lord of hofts doth t.ilieaw.iy the capt:iiii 
 of fifty, and the honourable man, and the cojn- 
 fcllor, and the cunning aitihcer, and the tioji^mt 
 orator. '(/■'•■''*• 
 
 Oh death ! all rhq-jeni, you only prove 
 What duft we dore on, when 'tis man we love. 
 
 V'.pi. 
 
 "^Else. pronoun, [ellef, Saxon.] Other; 
 one bcl'ide : it is applied both to perfons 
 
 and things. 
 
 To Hand rtainedwith travel, and fweatingwith 
 dcfnc to fee him; think.ing of nothing r.'fc, 
 putting all aifairs eiji in oblivion, as if there were 
 nothing e!fc to be done but to fee him. Shatfp. 
 
 Should" he or any fife fcarch, he will find evi- 
 dence of the Divine Wifdom. Hale. 
 
 Hcfays, 'tw.is then with him, as now with yon; 
 He did it when he had nothing tlje to do. 
 
 ]i)£riharn. 
 
 Else. ailv. 
 I. Othcrwile. 
 
 Dare not, on thy life, 
 Touch ought of mine behde, by h)t my due, 
 But rtand aloof, and thhik piofanc to view : 
 This faulchiim, life, not hitherto withrtood, 
 Thcfe hollUe fields (hall fatten with thy blood. 
 
 T)r\den. 
 What ways are there whereby we (hoiild be af- 
 fured, but cither by an internal imprelfion of the 
 notion of a God upon our minds, or elje by fuch 
 e-\:crnalandvihblc effeas as our reafon tells u» 
 mull be attr;buted to fjme caufc ? THhrJo/i. 
 
 i. Befide ; except that mentioned. 
 
 Pleafurcs which no where elfe were to be found, 
 And all Elyfium in a Ipot of ground. Pryden. 
 
 3. It has fometimes or before it fuperflu- 
 
 oufly. 
 
 Be morealfteroious, 
 0' rife good night your vovv. Shakfpcarc. 
 
 E'lsewhere. adv. {e!fe ■ctml 'where. '\ 
 I . In any other place. 
 
 There arc here divers trees, which are not tabc 
 fiumd i.f:-uhetc. ^i'Ur's Drfcrip. ^f the JVtiiJ. 
 As he p:oved that Pifon was not Ganges, or 
 Gehon, N»lus ; fo where to find them elfc-aihen 
 Ue knew not. RJ::gh'% llijltiry. 
 
 Fjr, if we chance to fix our thoughts dfciuhere. 
 Though our eyes open be, we cannot fee. Duvies. 
 
 Henceforth oracles are ceas'd. 
 And thou no more with pomp and facrlfice 
 Sh.iU be enqulr'd at Dclphos, or elfciuhere. M,!icn. 
 Although feafoncri bodios may and do live near 
 as ijng in London as tlftiuhtrc, yet new-comers 
 i.\A cinldren do not. Gr.mnt. 
 
 ^. In other places ; in fome other place. 
 They which 'ljc'.uheri complain, that injury is 
 oSiredtothc meanell miniltcr, when the magif- 
 
 E L U 
 
 trate appointeth him what to wear, think t!,e 
 giavell prelates no competent judges where it is 
 tit for thejiiiniiier to fland. lU'-ktr. 
 
 Let us no more contend, nor blame 
 Each other, blani'd enough ilfiukcrc. M:,'lot. 
 
 Bcftow, bafe m.m, thy idle threats ilfewken; 
 My mothers daughter knows not how to fe.ar. 
 
 Drydc:. 
 
 If it contradifl what he fays elfewhtii, it is no 
 new or Ifrangething. Tilloiftn. 
 
 To Elucidate, -v. a. Sjlucido, Latin.] 
 To explain ; to clear; to ni^ke plain. 
 
 To ducidait a little the matter, kt us confi- 
 der it. BoyI;. 
 
 Elvcida'tion. n^f. [ftom elucidate.'] 
 Explanation ; cxpolitioii. 
 
 We fhall, in order to the eluc-.Ulion of this 
 matter, fubjoin the following experiment. Biyle 
 
 Elucid.-v'tor. «./. [hova elucidate.'^ Ex- 
 plainer ; expofitor ; commentator. 
 
 Obfcurity is brought ovci them by the couifc 
 of ignorance and age, and yet more by their pe- 
 dantic. il fJi.ciMiiors. jrlihot. 
 
 To ELUDE, -u. a. \_cludo, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To efcape by ftratagem ; to avoid any 
 mifchief or danger by artifice. 
 
 Several pernicious vices, notorious among us, 
 efcape or dude the punifhment of any law yet in- 
 vented. SiDifl. 
 
 He who looks no higher forthe motives of his 
 conduft than the refentments of human juftice, 
 whenever he can prefunie himfelf cunning enough 
 to e!ude, rich enough to bribe, or llrong enough 
 to refilf it, will be under no relliaint. Ro^os. 
 
 2. To mock by an unexpefted efcape. 
 Mc gentle Delia beckons from the plain. 
 
 Then, hid in (bides, etudes her eager Iwain ; 
 But feigns a l.iugh to fee me fearck around, 
 And by that laugh the w.lling fair is found. Pipe. 
 
 Elu'dible. ad;, [from elude.] Pofllble 
 to be defeated. 
 
 There is not any comn^on place more infirted on 
 than the happincfs of trials by juries ; ytt if this 
 bleffed part of our law be eludibl-j by power and 
 artifice, we Ihall have little reafon to boaft, 
 
 S-Mft. 
 
 Elves. 
 
 See Elf. 
 
 The plural of elf. 
 
 Fairy eh;ei 
 Whofe midnight revels by fome foreft fide. 
 Or fountain, fome belated peafant fees. 
 Or dreams he fees. Milton. 
 
 Ye fylphs and fylphids to your chief give ear ; 
 F.rys, fairies, gcniiy-r/ufi and demons hear. Pope. 
 
 E'lvelock. n. f. [from elves and loci.] 
 Knots in the hair fuperflitioufly fup- 
 pofed to be tangled by the fairies. 
 
 From the like might proceed the fears of poll- 
 ing dviloch, or complicaied hairs of the head. 
 
 Brotun^s yulg.ir hrrours. 
 
 E'lvish. adj. [from elves, the plural of 
 elf: it had been written more properly 
 elfjh.] Relating to elves, or wandering 
 fpirits. 
 
 Thou thijh markt, abortive, rioting hog ! 
 The flave of nature, and the fon of hell ! Shmk. 
 
 No mufe hatii been fo bold. 
 Or of the latter or the old, 
 Thofe el-vifh fecrcts to unfold, 
 Which lie from others reading. J)r.;ytQn. 
 
 Elu'.\ib.4ted. a(//. [f/ami;V, Lat. ] Weak- 
 ened in the loins. Dl^. 
 
 Elu'sioN. n.f. [elufio,L.zt.] An efcape 
 from inquiry or examination ; a fraud ; 
 an artifice. 
 
 An appendix, relating to the tranfmutaiion of 
 metals, deteiSs the impoftures and dujions of thofe 
 who have pretended to it. IVoodvj'Ud, 
 
 Elu'sive. adj. [from elude.] Pradifing 
 eluCon ; ufing arts to efcape. 
 
 E M A 
 
 Elif.vi of the bridal day, (he gives 
 Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Elu'sory. adj. [from elude."] Tending 
 to elude ; tending to deceive ; fraudu- 
 lent ; deceitful ; fallacious. 
 
 It may be feared they arc but Parthian flights, 
 ambulcade retreats and ili'fory tergiverfation. 
 
 Br'jlijK^i Vulgar Errours. 
 
 7s Elu'te. V. a. [f/ao, Latin.] To wafh 
 ofi^. 
 
 The more oily any fpirit Uy the moie pernici- 
 ous ; bccaufe it is harder lo be eiutedhy the blood. 
 Arhuthnot Cft j-Uiments. 
 
 To Elu'triate, 1). a, [elutrioy Latin.] 
 To decant ; or flrain out. 
 
 The prclfure of the air upon the lungs is much 
 let's than it has been computed by fome ; but dill 
 it is fomcihing, and the alteiaiion ot one tenth 
 of its force upon the lungs niuit produce iomc 
 riifteier.ce in elutriating the blood as it paflcs 
 tbrougii the lungs. Arbuthuot sc Air. 
 
 Ely's LAN. adj. \elyftuSi Latin.] Per- 
 taining to clyfium ; plcafant ; dcHcioufly 
 foft and footliing ; exceedingly de- 
 lightful. 
 
 The river of life, through midft of heaven. 
 Rolls o'er elyfian floweis her amber ihcjm. 
 
 Mi It OH, 
 
 ELYSIUM, n.f. [Latin.] The place 
 afhgned by the heathens to happy fouls.; 
 any place exquifitely pleafant. 
 
 To have ihcc with thy lips to ftop my mouth, 
 So Ihould'll thou either turn my flying I'oul^ 
 Or I Ihuuld bieathe it fu into thy body. 
 And then it liv'd in I'weet Ehjium. S/iiikf^c^ru 
 
 'Em, a contraftioD of /A^m. 
 
 For he could coin aiid counterfeit 
 New words wiih btile or no wit; 
 And when with halty noife he Tpoltc "enty 
 The ignorant for current took Vw, HudiBras.. 
 
 To EMA'CL'^TE. V. a. [emaclo, Lat-.] 
 To wade ; to deprive of flrfh. 
 
 Men after long emaciating diets wax plumps 
 f:.t, .md alniofl new. B^ta^rt, 
 
 All dying of the confurapticn, die emadattiL 
 and lean. Graunt. 
 
 To Ema'ciate. v. n. To lofe fiefh ; to 
 pine ; to grow lean. 
 
 He emaciated and pined away in the too anx- 
 ious enquiry of the lea's rcciprocaiionj although, 
 not drjwned therein. Brown. 
 
 Emacia'tion. «.yi [^wiZf/j/wx, Latin.} 
 
 1. The a61 of making lean. 
 
 2. The ftate of one grown lean. 
 
 Searchers cannot tell whether this {muciathn or 
 
 leani'cfs were from a phthifis, or frora a hctftick. 
 
 fever. Gtaunf. 
 
 Emacula'tion. n.f, [emaculo^ Latin.] 
 
 The adl of freeing any thing from fpots 
 
 or foulnefs. Di3. 
 
 E'maxant. ailj. [emanatiSy Lat.] IfTuing 
 
 from fomething elfe. 
 
 The tirft adt of the divine nature, relating to, 
 the world, and his adrr/tnllliatiun thereof, is an 
 emani7:t adt : the moft wife counfd and purpole 
 of almighty God tciminate in thofe two great 
 tranfient or emarjunt a6ts or works, the woikof 
 creation and providence. Hu/r. 
 
 To E'manate. v. n. [ernanOf Latin.] To 
 
 ifiue or flow from fomething elfe. 
 Emana'tion. n.f, [emanano, Latin.] 
 I. The aift of ifTuing or proceeding from 
 any other fubflance. 
 
 Ariitotle faid, that it ftreamcd by connatural 
 rcfiili Ax\(.\ ctr.,ir:ati'.ri from God, the infinite and 
 ciernal Mind, as the light ilTues from the fun.
 
 E MB 
 
 2. That which iflues from another fuh- 
 ftaiice; an eiBux j eflluvivim. 
 
 The cxpcri-ncc uf lliofc pnilitahlc and cxccllciil 
 emitnotions from God, may be, and commonly aic, 
 tlic firft motive of our love. Tiiyloi . 
 
 Another way uf attiaittion is delivered hy a tc- 
 niious f/nii'uitioriy or continued ctHuvuim, wliich, 
 after fome diltance, rcliadlcth unto iiitlf ; as in 
 fyi'iips, oils, ;iMd vifcohtics, wiiich (pun, at UngUi, 
 retire into their former dimenfions. Broiun. 
 
 Such were the features of her hcav'niy face ; 
 Hci limb-s were fotiu'd with fuch harmonious 
 
 grace ; 
 So fciultlels was the fvaroe^ as if the whole 
 Had been an eman^tiot oi the foul. DtyJcn. 
 
 The letters, every judge will fee, were by no 
 means cttorts of the genius, but emMiatiofn of the 
 heart. Po^e. 
 
 Each rmanation oi his fires 
 That beams on earth, each viitue he infpires; 
 Kach art he prompts, each clx.um he can cieatt ; 
 Whaie'cr ho i;ivesj artr giv'n for you to hate, l^ope. 
 
 Ema'native. adj, [{\-om. emano, Latin.] 
 
 liruing from another. Diet. 
 
 7h EMA'NCIPATE. v, a. [emauajyo, 
 
 Latin.] To fct free from lervitude ; 
 
 to rctlore to Hberty, 
 
 Having icccivcd the probable inducements uf 
 truth, we become tmandpated from tclhmonial 
 engagements, Btoiuii. 
 
 By the twelve tables, only thofc were called 
 unto the intcilatc fucceflSon of their paients that 
 were in the parents powci, excluded all emanc:- 
 pateri children. Ayli^t'i Ptirergon. 
 
 They cma/ic/fated thcmfelves from dependence. 
 
 Emancipa'tion. n.f, [^vova emancipats.l 
 The a6l of fetting free ; dehverance 
 from flaver)-. 
 
 Obrtinacy in opinions holds the dogmatifl: in the 
 chains of errori without hope of emavcipdti'in.- 
 
 Jb Ema'rginatk. iKa. [w£7/-^o, Latin.] 
 
 To take away the margin or edge of 
 
 any thing. Dicf. 
 
 7*0 Ema'sculate. 1'. d. [emafculo, Lat.] 
 
 I. To caflrate ; to deprive of viriUty. 
 
 When it is found how many cws, fuppofe 
 twenty, one ram will fcrve, wc may geld nine- 
 teen, or thereabouts ; for if you emiijculate but 
 ten, you fliall, by promifcuous copulation, hintkr 
 the incrcafe. Gr.wr.t. 
 
 Z. To effeminate ; to weaken ; to vitiate 
 by unmanly foftnefs. 
 
 From wars and from art'airsof liatc abrtaln ; 
 
 Vf omen. emafcu/afe a monatch's reign. DryJtn. 
 
 Dangerous principles impofe upon our un<lci- 
 
 i\andings, emnjculate oui Ipirits, and fpoil our 
 
 temper. Coliicr. 
 
 Lm ascula'tion, n.f. [from emafculate.^ 
 
 1. Cadratlon. 
 
 2. Effeminacy; womanifh qualities ; un- 
 manly foftnefs. 
 
 To Emba'i.e. V, a. [fmlfallery French.] 
 
 1. To make up into a bundle. 
 
 2. To hind up ; to cnclofe. 
 
 Below her ham h(.T weed did fomewhat train. 
 And her Itrnight legs moft brsvclv wert (nibr.l'd 
 III gclden bufkins of cortiy cordA'ain. F. Q^i/em. 
 
 J/^Emba'lm. V, a, [emlfdumeff French; 
 imbalfamer, Spanifh.] To impregnate 
 a body with aromaticks, tliat it may 
 refill putrefa£\ion. 
 
 r.mh>i'tn me, 
 Then lay me forth; altiiough unqnccn"d,yft like 
 A queen, and daughter to a king, inter me. 
 
 Shjkjjtciite, 
 I would (Iicw future fimc? 
 "What you were, and tti.ch them t' urge towards 
 furh : 
 
 E M B 
 
 Vcrfe imlnlmi virtue, and tombs or tlironcs of 
 iliynics, 
 I'lcfurvc frail tranfitory fimc as much 
 As fpicc doth bodici. trom corrupt air's touch. 
 
 Dontie. 
 
 Mufc ! at that name thy facrcd forrows died ; 
 
 Tiiutc tens tteriiul tliat emhahn tlic dead. V'^pr. 
 
 Emba'lmer. n.f. [from embalm.'\ One 
 
 that praiilifcs the art of embalming and 
 
 prefcrving bodies. 
 
 The Rom.ins were not fo good cmh.jlmcr\ as the 
 Egyptians, fo the body was utterly confumcd. 
 
 Bacon's Natural Hijhiy. 
 To Emua'r. v. a. [from bar.l 
 I. To fliut ; to enclofe. 
 
 Tlicnifelves for fear into his jaws to fall, 
 He forc'd to caftic lltiuig to take their flight; 
 Where fall cmbjr'd'm mighty brazen wall, 
 He has them now fuur years bcfieg'd to make 
 them thrall. Sfciifet . 
 
 In form of airy members fair emhat'd 
 His fpirits pure were fubjeifl to our fight. F.//i/. 
 z. To Hop; to hinder by prohibition ; to 
 block np. 
 
 Tranllating the mart unto Calais, he fmh,ired 
 all furtlier trade for the tuture. Jyacon. 
 
 If this commerce 'twixt heav'n and cartli were 
 not 
 Fmhiir'd, and all this traffick quite forgot. 
 She, forwhofe lofs we have lamented tlius, 
 Would work more fully and pow'rfully on us. 
 
 Dcnne. 
 Embarca'tion. n.f. [from embarL\ 
 
 1. The acl of putting on fhipboard. 
 
 The French gentlemen were very folicitous for 
 the cmbarcation of the army, and for the depar- 
 ture of the fleet. CUtf/iJon. 
 
 2. The aft of going on fhipboard. 
 Emba'rgo. n. f. \_embargar, Spanifh.] 
 
 A prohibition to pafs ; in commerce, a 
 flop put to trade. 
 
 He knew that the fubjefls of Flanders drew fo 
 great commodity from the trade of England, as 
 by rmbargo they would foon wax weary of Per- 
 kin. Jyticon's Henry V ti. 
 
 After an emhurgs of our trading Ihips in the 
 river <if Bourdeaux, and other points of lovereign 
 affront, there did fucceed the a(£lion of Rheez. 
 
 I'J'otton. 
 I was not much concerned, in my own parti- 
 cular, for the embargo which was laid upon it. 
 
 ., Dtyden. 
 
 To Emba'rk. v. a. [emiarquer, French.] 
 
 1. To put on fhipboard. 
 
 Of mankind, fo numerous late, 
 All left, ill one fmall bottom fwam emb.irk'J. 
 
 MlJfon. 
 
 The king had provided a good fleet, and h.id 
 
 caufed a body of three ihoufand foot ro be cm- 
 
 ^<ir^t>(/ on fhofe (hips. C/arertdon. 
 
 Straight to the (hips jEncas took his w.ay, 
 F.mh.trk'J his men, and Ikim'd along the fea. 
 
 Drvden-i jEnci.1. 
 
 2. To engage another in any affair. 
 'To E.mba'rk. •!>. n. 
 
 1. To go on fhipboard. 
 
 I ihniildwith fpeed etfth^irky 
 And with their embaii'y return to Greece. 
 
 W. /'/!,/.; I. 
 
 2. To eng<i^e in any afr;iir. 
 
 To EMB.^'RRAS. -v. a. [imharaf,,-, Fr.] 
 To perplex ; todiilrefs; to entangle. 
 
 1 faw iny friend a little enipairajje.iy and tuined 
 away. SpeH.iro'. 
 
 Emba'kr assment. n.f. [{romtmiarrafs.] 
 Perplexity ; entanglement. 
 
 Let your method be plain, tliat your hearers 
 may run through it without tmhinritjpnentj and 
 take a clear view of the whole. If'arrs. 
 
 To EwBA'tE. V. a. [from iafe.} 
 
 E M B 
 
 1. To vitiate ; to depauperate ; tolowerj 
 to deprave ; to inipair. 
 
 Cirains arc annual, lo tl-.jt the virtue of ilic 
 feed >» not worn out ; whereas in a tree it is «m4a- 
 JiJ by the ground. U.icnt. 
 
 I have no fcrvice or ignolile end in my picleiu 
 labour, which may, on either fide, rciham or 
 (rnhdji the freedom of my poor judgmcn'. 
 
 I will rather cliufc to wear a crown of thoins, 
 than to exchange that of gold for one of lead, 
 v,-i\o!<icml/aJ(d flexiblenefs (hall be forced lo herd. 
 
 King Cknrhs. 
 
 A pleafurc high, rational, and angelical ; x 
 plealurc cmtttjid with no appendant (ling ; but 
 fucii a one as being honey in the mouth, never 
 tuine to gall or gravel iii the belly. SiLih. 
 
 2. To degrade ; to villify. 
 
 Joy of my hie, full oft tor loving ytju 
 I blefs my lor, that was fo lucky plac'd ; 
 
 But then the more your own inithaj) I rue. 
 That arc fo much by fo mean love cmiat'd, 
 
 Spin/er. 
 
 Emba'ssador. n.f. [See Ambassa- 
 fjouR.J One fenton a ptiblick mcfTjge. 
 
 Migltty Jo\e's embujfadar appcar'd 
 With the lame melTagc. Denham. 
 
 Myfelf, my king'scmAa^c/ir, will go. Drydtn. 
 
 Emba'ssadress. n.f, Awomanfentoa 
 a p'lblick meffage. 
 
 With fear the modcll matron lifts her eyes. 
 And to the bright embajjadrefi replies. Gaiih. 
 E'mbassage.7 "• /• [It may be ob- 
 E'mbassy. I ferved, that though our 
 authors write almoft indifcriniinately 
 embaffador or ambaffi.-lor, embaffage or 
 ambajfuge ; yet there is fcarcely an ex- 
 ample oi ambaffy, all concurring to write 
 embaffy.l 
 
 1. A publick mtlTage ; a meffage concern- 
 ing bufinefs between princes or ilates. 
 
 Fielh cmb.^jfy and fuits, 
 Nor from the rtate nor priv.itc friends, hereafter^ 
 Will I lend car to. S'-.akffcare' i Carhlanut. 
 
 When he was at Newcartle he fcnt a folemii 
 tmh.tjfagc unto James king of Scotland, to tieat 
 and conclude a peace wifli him. Ii.icsn^ 
 
 The peace polluted thus, a cbofcn band 
 He firit coninidhons to the Lati.in land. 
 In threat'ning ■■mh.tffy. Dryden i jEnriJ. 
 
 2. Any folemn incifage. 
 
 He fends tix angels on cmbajics with his dc- 
 Clf-^s- . Tayhr. 
 
 3. An errand, in an ironical fenfe. 
 
 A bird was made fly with Inch art 10 carry a 
 written cmt;ijf.ige among the ladies, triat one 
 might fay, li a live bird, how taught .' If dear', 
 how made ? SidnrJ. 
 
 Nimble mifchance, that art fo light of foor, 
 Doth not thy rn.hajjage belong to me ; 
 And am I lall thafknow it? Suatffcnrt, 
 
 7« Embattle, -u. a. [i:om battk.^ To 
 range in order or array of battle. 
 The En^liih arc embattled; 
 To boric ! you g.illant princes, ftrait to horfc ' 
 
 SItakfpeure. 
 
 I could drive her from the ward of her reputa- 
 tion, her marriage-vow, and a thoufand other 
 her dclcnccs, w hich now are too liioiiglv em- 
 i^irrWagainll mc. Skaltfpe.2,e. 
 
 On their eml.ut:l\i ranks the waves return. 
 And overwhelm the war ! Milttn. 
 
 F.mbatiI'd nMioni (liive in vain 
 The ciero's gl >ry to leilrain : 
 Streams arm'd with rocks, and mountains ltd 
 
 with fire, 
 In vain againft his force confplre. Ptn.. 
 
 To Emba'ttle. "J. n. To be ranged in 
 battle array. 
 
 T!ic nighf 
 Is (hiny, and tliey fay we (liall cnr.-.i,-:- 
 By the fceond hour of ihe mo. 11. Shui'fitre. 
 412
 
 Eve 
 And, llumb 
 
 E M B 
 
 yb EmbaV. v. a. [from ia(jnfr, to bathe, 
 French.] 
 
 1. To bathe; to wet; towath. Notufed. 
 
 In Lcr lap a litile babe did play 
 His cruel i^vxt ; 
 
 For in her lircamir.g blood he did embay 
 Hi, Utile hands, a.id tender joints ernbre«r^ 
 
 FMry (^uni 
 
 .ery fei-.Cc the humour fwcct cnbityJ, 
 , llumb'ii.-.g loft my heart did ileal away. 
 Fairy (^uten. 
 
 2. [From l.iy.] To enclofe in a bay ; to 
 
 lind lock. 
 
 I r that theTurkilh fleet 
 Ee Dot inftieltefd .md imb,y-.i, they're drown'd 
 
 Sh.ikjpt^rg 
 
 To EMBELLISH, v. a. [emhilir, Fr.] 
 To adorn ; to beautify ; to grace with 
 ornaments; to decorate. 
 
 How much more beauteous had the fountain 
 been, 
 Zw3i.7v/i'./ with her 6rft created green; 
 Where ciyftal ftreami through living turf had run, 
 Contented with an urn of native ftone. DryJei. 
 
 T.-.e names of the figure that embeWJicJ the 
 dilcourfes of thole that underltood the ait of 
 fpiiik.ing arc not the ait and (kill of fpcaking well 
 
 That which was once the mod beautiful fpot ol 
 Italy, covered with palace5,tmi.;7y'^f'/by emperors, 
 2nd celebrated by poeis, has now nothing to fliew 
 j^ddihn on Italy, 
 
 E RI B 
 
 Sunday in Lent, the feaft of Pcntecoft, Septem- 
 ber 14, December 13. Common f'^^yf 
 Stated times appointed for fafting are L'-nt, 
 and the four I'calunj of tlie year called cmhcrwreki 
 Ayli^o'i tarc'^^n 
 
 To EMBE'ZZLE. 11. a. [This word feems 
 corrupted by an ignorant pronunciation 
 from imieclle.'] 
 
 1. To appropriate by breach of trul^ ; to 
 turn what is intrufted in his hands to hii 
 own ufe. 
 
 He had ^rn'ji-zzlei! ihe king's treafuie, and ex- 
 torted money by way of loan from all men. 
 
 Uiiv war J. 
 
 2. To wafte; to fwallow up in riot. 
 
 When thou l-.a!i emhe^zl'd all thy ftoie, 
 Where 's all :l.y father left r Dryjen 
 
 but ruins. --<"'•'/' 
 
 Embe'llishmemt. «./. \_{Tom emMi/l.] 
 Ornament ; adventitious beauty ; de- 
 coration ; adfcititious grace ; any thing 
 that confers the power of pleafing. 
 
 Ciilwv.itc the wild licentious fav.ige 
 With wifdom,dil'cipline, and liberal arts. 
 The imhi/iirr.tn:s of life. yIMfon's Cato 
 
 Apparitions, vifions, and intcicourles of all 
 kind's between the dead and the living, are the 
 freqaenl and familiar inheUijn.mnli of the legend; 
 ot tlie Romilh churcli. Aturhury 
 
 E'mbfring. n./. The ember days. A 
 word ufed by old authois, now obfoktf. 
 
 For c.iafv!. good fo many ways, 
 Kiep cm>jrLT>gi well,- and laliing days; 
 What law commands we oujht to obey, 
 Foi Friday, Saturn, and Wednefday. Ti-JJ'ir. 
 
 E'mbek s. n.f. without r. fmgular [semyp's» 
 Saxon, aftes; einmyrhi, lOandtck, hot 
 ailiesor cindtts.] Hot cinders; allies 
 not yet extinguithed. 
 
 T'k- hot imiery, and put them about a bottle 
 filled with new beer, alntoft to the very neck : 
 l.-t the bottle be well liopped, lefl it fly out ; and 
 - continue it, renewing the cmioi cveiy day lor the 
 ■fpace of tendays. £aco': s N.U. H:JI. 
 
 If the air will not permit, 
 Some ftill removed place will (it, 
 While giowing m'"'! throu'^h tlie room 
 Teach light to counterfeit a gloom. Mi/tcn. 
 
 While thus heav'n'sl.ighcit ciainfels,by tne low 
 Fooiftcps ol their cSiiU, he t-.acM too well. 
 
 He toa his troubled eyes, -.miers that glow 
 Now with new lage, and wax too hot for hejL 
 
 Cr^J/tiJiu. 
 He fald, and rofe, a.s holy zeal infpires ; 
 He rakes hot emkn, and renews the fires. 
 
 Vrydert'j Vtrgtl. 
 
 E'MBERWESK. «./. [The original of this 
 word has been much controverted: fome 
 deiive it from einlns or aihts llrewed by 
 penitents on their heads; but Nelfon 
 decides in favour ui Maicfchal, who de- 
 rives it hom ymbrcn ox etnhren, ^ coiij/e 
 or draimvolulion.] A week in which 
 
 an ember day falls. , , , , 
 
 The tmbcr days at the font feafons arc the 
 W.-.lneiday, Friday, and Saturday after the hnl 
 
 Embe'zzlement. n.f. [from cm tez~Je.} 
 
 1. The aft of appropriating to himfcU 
 that which is received in trull for an- 
 other. 
 
 2. The tiling appropriated. 
 To Embla'ze. v. a. [blafonnei; French.] 
 
 1. To adorn with glitteringembeUiniments. 
 
 Th' uufought diamonds 
 Would fo eri:i!a:zc the forehead of the deep, 
 And fo beftud with ftars, th.it they below 
 Would grow inur'd to light. M!/tvi. 
 
 No weeping orphan faw his father's (lores 
 Our Ihrines irradiate, or enhlaze the floors. Pfife. 
 
 2. To blazon ; to paint with enligns 
 armorial. 
 
 Noi fliall this blood be wiped from thy point. 
 But thou ihal: wejr it as a herald's co.it, 
 T' tutelage the honour which thy mailer got. 
 
 Sk^kjprari. 
 
 He from the glittering ftaff unfuil'd 
 Th' impciial enlign, flrcaming to the wind. 
 With gems and golden luftre rich cmhl.iz'.!, 
 Scraphick arms and trophies. Mi/icn\ Par. Loft. 
 
 To Et^BL.i'zoN. "v.a. [blafonner, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To adorn with figures of heraldry ; to 
 grace with enfigns armorial. 
 
 2. To deck in glaring colours ; to fct out 
 ponipoufly to [how. 
 
 We find Auguftus, for fome petty conqueft, 
 (mhhizcned by the poets to the higheft pitch. 
 
 llijk^ivill O't ricnndcnce. 
 
 Embla'zonry. n. f. [from emblazon.'] 
 Piftures upon (hleh'.s. 
 
 Him round 
 A glo'oe of fiery leraphim inclos'd 
 With blight cmBiaza:ry and horrent arms. Mi/ron 
 
 E'MBLEM. «./. [■iy£>.-',iA.= .] 
 
 1. Inlay; enamel; any thing inferted 
 into the body of another. 
 
 2. .^n occult reprtfentation ; an alhifive 
 piflure ; a typical defignatioii. 
 
 She had all the royal makings of a queen. 
 The iod,and biid 01 peace, and all fuch emi/em!, 
 Laid nobly on her. Sh.ikfptarc's llen-y viii. 
 
 If you draw your beall in an cnhlim, Ihcw a 
 landfcapeof the country natural to ihe beaft. 
 
 P'iacham on Driiiving. 
 Gentle Thames 
 Thy mighty mailer's e.rddim, in wV.ofe face 
 Sate mecknefs, iieightentl with mnjcliick grace. 
 
 Dcniiam. 
 
 He is indeed a proper emblem of knowledge 
 
 and aiftion, being all head and paws. yWi/on. 
 
 To E'mblem. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 
 To rcptefent in an occult or allufive 
 
 manner. Not ufed. 
 
 The primitive fight of elements doth fitly 
 
 f,«/./i'm that of iipiniuns. ClMwil:e^ Sr,p/ii. 
 
 Emblema'tical. I r f f,cm £»/i/<rm. ] 
 
 EmBLEMA TICK.. J •' 
 
 1, Comprlling an emblem j allufive; oc- 
 cultly reprefcntative. 
 
 E M B 
 
 In the well frara'd models, 
 With eiK6/cti:uiici{k.\\\ and myftick order, 
 Tnuu Ihcw'drt where tow'rs ou battlement: 
 
 Ihould rife. 
 Where gates ftiuuld open, or where walls fliould 
 compafs. Prior. 
 
 The poets contribute to the explication of re- 
 verfes purely ctnbtematicetl^ or when the perfons 
 are allegorical. Addijon. 
 
 2. Dealing in emblems; ufing emblems. 
 Ev tongue and pudding to our friends ctplaii) 
 What does your ^m^/c/j.m'ciworlhip mean. Prior. 
 Embllema'tically. ad-j. [ from fm^Z»- 
 matical.~\ In the manner of emblems; 
 allufively ; with occult reprefeiitation. 
 
 Others have fpoken embUmaticaily and hicro- 
 gliphically, as to the Egyi'tians ; and the phce- 
 nix was the iiicrogliphick ol the fun. Broiurr. 
 He took a grc.it Hone, and put it up under the 
 oak, erublemutically joining the two great ele- 
 ments of mafonry. Sivijt. 
 Emblemafist. n.f. [from emblcm.l A 
 writer or inventer of emblems. 
 
 Tliefe fables are ftill maintained by fyniholical 
 writers, etnhlemafijiij and heralds. Broxcn. 
 
 E'mbOLISM. n.f. [iu.^o>.^,JiJ.o:.'\ 
 
 1. Intercalation; infertion of daysor years 
 to produce regularity and equation of 
 time. 
 
 The ci\il confiitutions of the year were after 
 different manner in fevcral nations ; fome ufipg 
 the fun's year, but in divers falhions; and lomc 
 following the moon, finding out e-mboHJm^ or 
 cqu.ilions, even to the addition of whole month?, 
 to make all as even as they could. Holder, 
 
 2. The time inferted; intercalatory time._ 
 E'm BOLUS, n. f. [if*S6^Iir.] Any thing 
 
 inferted and aciing in another, as the 
 fucker in a pump. 
 
 Our members make a fort of an hydraulitk 
 engine, in which a chemical liquor, rcfembling, 
 blood, is driven through elaftick channels by an 
 embolus, like the heart. Aibuthnot. 
 
 To EMBO'SS. 1'. a. [from bnj}, a protu- 
 berance, French.] 
 I. To form with protuberances; to cover 
 with fomething riling into lumps or 
 bunches. 
 
 Tiinon hath made his everlafting manfion 
 ITpon the beached verge of the fait flood ? 
 Which once a-day, with his emboffe.l fiotb,. 
 The turbulent fiiigc fliall cover. Stuklfiarc. 
 
 Thou ait a bile, 
 A plague fore, or fwiio^-r^ carbuncle. 
 In my con upied blood. Shethfpeare. 
 
 Botches and bl.ilns muf^all his flefii rw^c/'i, 
 And all his people. Mihon'i Par. Left. 
 
 Ail croud in iienps, as at a night-alarm 
 
 The bees drive out upon each otiier's backs, 
 
 T' <-i«icy> their hives, in ciuftcrs. Vryden. 
 
 . To engrave with relief, or rifirgwork. 
 
 Tiien o"er the lofty gate his art emlo/i'd 
 
 Androgco's death, and ofTtings to his ghoft. 
 
 Dryd,n'j Virgil. 
 
 . [from cmlo'if.ir, French, to enclofe in a 
 bo.x.] To enclofe; to include; to cover. 
 
 The knight his tbrillant fpear again alfay'd 
 In his hiafi-plated body to ('w^^/i. itpenfcr. 
 
 And in the way, as (he did weep and wail, 
 A knight her met, in mighty arms cmbofi'd. 
 
 Fiiiry Queen. 
 [.. [eribofcare, Italian.] To enclofe in a 
 thicket. 
 
 Like that felf-begotfcn bird 
 In th' Arabian woods emboji. l.Vtlton' i-Agonlftei, 
 f. To hunt hard. 
 
 When a deer is hard run, and foams at the 
 mouth, he in faid to he embr.Ji : a dog alfo, when 
 he is flr.-iincd wiih hard riiniiing, cfpeci.iUy ujion 
 hard ground, will have his knees fwcllcd, and 
 then he is (aid to be cmbofy from hoffe, Froiich, a 
 tumour, iLuimir
 
 E M B 
 
 oil, he is moie mad 
 
 Than Tclamon for liis Ihicld; the bonrof TiitlViily 
 
 Wai never iocmu^/l. SJicitfficue. 
 
 Wc hjvc almoft tntbcji him ; you (K.iil fee his 
 
 fall to-night ShaKj^ciif. 
 
 Emuo'ssment. n.f. [irom embofs.] 
 I. Any thing llanding out from the roll ; 
 jut i enninettce. 
 
 I wiih iilfo in the very middle, a fair mount, 
 with three afccnts and alleys, enough for four to 
 walk a-lMcaft ; whic'i I wtiuUI h:iM' to he pcr- 
 fcvl circles, wicnoutany bulwarks or fuhf-jfnunti. 
 
 J. Relief; riCng work. 
 
 They are at a lof< about the word penricntis ; 
 fome fancy \1 expretll-s only the great cmtioJJ'm.nt 
 of the figure, others believe it liung otf the hel- 
 met in alto relievo. ^dA^jmon Iru,\. 
 
 'To Embo'ttle. v. a. [ioiitei/ie, French.] 
 To include- in bottles ; to bottle. 
 
 Stirom, firmcrt fruit 
 jLmhrtJrti long as Pnamc.in Troy 
 Withltood the Greeks, endures. Pf:i/!ff. 
 
 To Embo'wel. i>. a. [from lotveL] 'I'd 
 evifcerate ; to deprive of the entrails ; 
 to extenterate. 
 
 The fchools, 
 p.mbr,vtiU\i of thoirdoiSrinc, have left off 
 The danger lo itlclf Sh.ikfpcare. 
 
 EmhimHtJ vi'M I fee tlice by and by ; 
 'Till then, in blood, by noble Percy lye. 
 
 Shakfpeaie^i Henry iv. 
 The roar 
 T.mhoive1Vd with oiitra^euus nolfc t'nc air, 
 And all her entiails tore. Milton's Par. Lo/?. 
 
 Folfils and minctaU that th' emb:.'u:eH\i earrlr 
 Dnplays. I'/ii.i/'i. 
 
 To EiVIBRA'CE. V. a. [eml>r<iftr, Fv.l 
 
 1 . To hold fondly in the arms ; to fqueci^c 
 in kindncfs. 
 
 Kmbiace again, my fons ' be foes no more ; 
 Nor rtain your countiy with her childicn's gore. 
 
 DryAa,. 
 
 2. To fcize ardently or eagerly ; to lay 
 hold on ; to welcome ; to accept wil- 
 lingly any thing offered. 
 
 I take it, your own buiincfs calls on you. 
 And you embtiue th' occalion to depart. 
 
 Snaifpt\ut;, 
 At firlt, her mother earth Qie holdeth dear. 
 And doth embrace the world, and worldly tiungs. 
 
 X)avies. 
 
 They \»1io are reprefcnted by the wife virgins, 
 
 fw^rfa-rfi/ the profefliou of the cliritlian icligion, 
 
 as the foolidi virgins alfo liad dye. Tiilotf'yn 
 
 3. To comprehend ; to take in : as, ««- 
 tural philojophy embraces many feicnces- 
 
 4. To cotnprife ; to enclofe ; to contain ; 
 to encompafs ; to encircle. 
 
 Low at his feet a fpacious plain is pl.ic'd, 
 Between the- mountain and the llream emb't.c\L 
 
 Dc'tha'r.. 
 
 5. To admit ; to receive. 
 
 Kenton, Heas'n give tlice joy ! 
 What cannot be efcliewd, mull be embraced. 
 
 Sihakf^'Care 
 
 If a man can he allured of any thhig, without 
 having examined, what is there that he may not 
 ewjir.jtt- for truth .^ Lo'.i.c. 
 
 6. To find ; to take. 
 
 Fleancc, his fon, 
 Whofc abfence is no Kfs material to nre 
 Than is his fitlier's, mult cnhiacc the fate 
 Of that dark hour. Shjkfpeaie's Macbeth. 
 
 7. To fqiiecz.e in a hoftile manner. 
 
 To Embr a'ce. ■!;. n. Tojoin in an embrace. 
 
 Let me rw'^race with old Vinccntio; 
 And wander we Co fee thy honcft fon. 
 Who will of thy arrival be full joyous. 
 
 Shiikfpe.ir(. 
 Em BR a'ce. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. Clafp; fondprefTure in the armsj hug. 
 
 E M B 
 
 Th.inif^, t!ic molt lov'd of all the cccan'b 
 
 By his old fire, to his ewhraecs runs. Denham. 
 2. A hoililc rqucL'/e ; cnifh. 
 Kmura'cemknt. n.f. [hom embrace. '\ 
 
 1 . Clafp III tlic arms ; liii^ ; cnibracc. 
 
 Tliui* (Icatli becomes a rival to u-^ aI!^ 
 And iutpci with foul etrt/fracttne'iti her to gcr, 
 In wliolc decay virtue's fjir Ihiinc mull fall. 
 
 Thctechciilhing one another with dear, though 
 chaUc imltdCtrmeitSf with fwcct, though cold 
 kiflcs, it migl.t I'ccm th..t love wui come to play 
 him there Rithuut darts. Sr\hrfy, 
 
 2. HoUile hug ; grapple. 
 
 Thele l>c;ilis, hghting witli nny man, Hand 
 upon their hinder (cct; and in this ditl, being 
 ready to give inc a Ihrewd cthlfruciment. 
 
 Si.i'rry. 
 
 3. Comprelicnfion. 
 
 Nor can her wide cmbracemen:s filled he. 
 
 4. State of being contained ; enclofiire. 
 
 The parts in man's body eahly reparable, as 
 Ipivitfij blood, and flclh, die in the embracemcm^ 
 of the parts haidly rcparalde, as bones, nerves', 
 and membranes. JJaccn's Nr.turai Hiji'.-v. 
 
 5. Conjiigal endearment. 
 
 I would frcrlicrrijuicc in thnt.ibfence, wherein 
 
 he won honour, than in the (mb'accments of his 
 
 bed, wlierc he would (hew moft love. Shalfp. 
 
 Embra'ckr. n, J. [from embrace.^ The 
 
 perfon embracing. 
 
 Yet arc they the gicatcrt cmhraceri of plejfurc 
 of atiy other upon earth ; and they eftecri o( 
 pcarU as pebbles, To they may fatisfy ihclr gull, 
 in point of pleafure or revciigc. ll-Jiini. 
 
 Emhka'sure. ti.J. \emhrajurey French.] 
 An aperture in the walJ, through which 
 the cannon is pointed ; battlement. 
 To Embka^'e. IK a. [from hrave.^ To 
 decorate ; to embdJilh ; to deck ; to 
 grace ; to adorn. Not now in life. 
 
 So, both agree their bodies to engrave ; 
 The great carlh'.s womb they open to the fky, 
 And, with fad cyprefs, fctmly ic embrave. 
 
 To E'MBROCATE. v. a. [..^.ty...] 
 To rub any part difc;ifcd with medicinal 
 liquors. 
 
 I returned her a glafs with oil of rofes and 
 vincg.ir, to cwirof'ti/f tur aim. IJ iff man. 
 
 E,\ibroc.\'tio'N. n.f. \f.xoxCi embrocate.^ 
 
 1. Tlie aft of tubbing any part difeafed 
 with medicinal liquors or fpirit,'. 
 
 2. Tlie lolion witli which any difeafed part 
 is wafhed or embrocated. 
 
 Wc endeavoured to eale Ijy difcuticnt \\'^i\ 
 cmuhieiit dtajilafins, and etnbroc-ition^ of various 
 forts. fJ'iJcMun's Surgery. 
 
 ■70 EiVIBROTDER. v. a. [hroder, Fr'] 
 To border with ornament ; to decorate 
 with figured work; to diverfify with 
 needlewoik; lo adorn a ground with 
 raiftd figures of needlework. 
 
 Such .in .iccumulatijn of favours is like a kind 
 of efnirolMritgt or lifting of one favour upon 
 another. It^tf^n. 
 
 J^n.btoiJcr^J to Vf\:}i flower; it had flood, 
 That it became a gai-den of a wood. If'alhr. 
 Let no viriiin be allowed to rrct-ive her lover, 
 but in a fiiit of her o^vn embroiderii^. SpeiJ. 
 
 J'.inbrouler' ii purple clothes the golden beds; 
 This lUve the floor, and that the tabic fprea-ls. 
 
 Pofe. 
 
 Embro'idf.rer. n.f. [^emlrouLr.'] One 
 that adorns clothes with needlework. 
 
 Blue lUk and puri'le, the work of the embioi' 
 deter. Eccies. 
 
 Embro'idkry. n.f. [from emhoUer,] 
 
 E M E 
 
 1. Figures raifed upon a ground; vari- 
 egated needlework. 
 
 Write, 
 In em'rald tuffs, flow'ts purfled, blue and white, 
 Like laphire, pearl, in rich (mhnjidcty. 
 Buckled below fair knighthood's bending knee. 
 
 ihakjp'tare'- 
 
 Laces and cmhroidrries are mote colHy than 
 
 cither warmer conicjy. Baetn. 
 
 Nexttbclea youtliful train llieirvows exprelsM, 
 
 With feathers crown'd, with gay embroHeiy 
 
 drefi'd. Psot. 
 
 2. Variegation; diverfity of colours. 
 
 If the [ijfural embrouUry ui the meadows were 
 
 hclpt and inipiovcd by .11:, 3 man might make a 
 
 pretty landfkip of his own polTtfTions. Spiflatir. 
 
 To EMBRo'fi.. V. a. [brmi'iller, French.] 
 
 1. To dilturb; to confufe ; to dillrafk ; 
 to throw into commotion ; to involve in 
 troubles by difftnlion and difcord. 
 
 I had no patTion, defign, or preparation 10 
 cmhioil my kingdom in a cuil war. King Qh. 
 
 Rumour ne.\t, and chance, 
 And tumult .aiul contulioii, all embmil'd. 
 And dilcotd witli a thoufaiid various mouths. 
 
 MiltM. 
 When (he found her venom fprcad fo far, 
 The royal houfe embioH'dm civil war, 
 Rais'd on her dufky wings (he cleaves the flcie? 
 
 Dry (ten. 
 
 2. To perplex; to entangle. 
 
 The ehrilfian antiquities at Rome, though of a 
 frcOier date, are fo tmbioiUd with fable and 
 legend, that one receives but little fatisfadtion. 
 Adaifin on [ta/y. 
 
 3. In the following paflage the word leema 
 improperly ufcd for iroil or turn. 
 
 That knowledge, for wiiich we boldly attempt 
 to rifle God's cabinet, (hould, like the coal 
 from the altar, fervc only to fm.'"5.7 and cpn- 
 funie the facrilegious invaders. Decay of Pietv. 
 
 To Embro'thel. v. a. [brothel, iroiJel.] 
 To enclofe in a brothel. 
 
 Men, which chufc 
 Law praflice for mere gain, boldly repute, 
 Wurfe than embi''tlui\i ftrumpets proltitute. 
 
 D'^nne. 
 E'mbrvo. J r !■ ■ 1° -I 
 
 I. The offspring yet unfinifhed in the 
 
 woinb. 
 
 I The bringing forth of living creatures may be 
 
 accelciatcd, if the e>nbryi lipcneihand j.erfcitcth 
 
 fuoiier. Il,:cin. 
 
 An exclufion before conformation, before the 
 
 birth can bear the name of the p.areiit, or be fo 
 
 much as properly called an emoiyon. Biown. 
 
 The earth was form'd, but in the nomb as vet 
 
 Of waters, fw/"_>'0« immature iiuo!\'d 
 
 Appcar'd not. M./ton'i l-«radifc Loji. 
 
 In that dark womb are the figns and luoiments 
 
 of an etnbry-i world. Burnet's Theory, 
 
 Wb'.ii the crude emhya cnrcful naniic breeds, 
 See how (he work^, and how her woik proceeds. 
 
 Blacktntie. 
 While the pmmis'd fruit 
 I.ics yet a little (■»..Vio, unperceiv'd 
 Witiiin its ciimfon itaXtLi. Tbomfon's Spring, 
 
 2. The flate of any thing yet not fit for 
 produilion, or yet unfuiiOied. 
 
 The Company little (nfi>ec1ed what a noble 
 work 1 had then in einbryy. ' Sivift, 
 
 Eme. n.f. [ianiv;, Sa.xon.] Uncle. Ob- 
 folete. 
 
 Whi'ff they were young, Callibelan their cm.-, 
 \V;rs by the people chofcn in their dead ; 
 
 Who on '.iini took tiie royal diadem. 
 And goodly well it long time ^ovenicd. Sfmfcr^ 
 F-ME'ND.viiLE. atlj. [emeniij, Latin. 3 Ca- 
 pable of emendation ; corrigible. 
 Emenda'tion. n.f. [emcndo, hzVn.']
 
 E INI E 
 
 I. Correc\ion; alteration of any tliii.g 
 from worfe to better. 
 
 Tlie eifcnce and the relation of any thing m 
 being, is litttd, beyond any cnendjiio--, for iti 
 aflion and ufc ; and (hews it to proceed from a 
 mind of the ligheft underitar.ding. G'cv. 
 
 t. An alteration made in the test by ver- 
 bal criticifm. 
 Emenda'tor. n. f. [fOTfn.-/*, Lat. J A 
 correclor; an improver; an alterer for 
 the better. 
 E'MtRALD. n./. [tm^rau^^, French ;>3- 
 ra<'Jus, Lat.] A green precious Itcne. 
 
 f.'sc em,-r„/J is evidently the fame witn the 
 ancient fmaraedus j and, in itj moll iieifeft 
 ilate, IS perhaps the moll beautiful of all the 
 gems. The rough emcraid is iil'ually of a vciy 
 bright and naturally polilhcd furface, and is ever 
 of a pure and beautiful green, without the admix- 
 ture of any other colour. The oriental emcraid 
 is of the haidnels of the faphirc and ruby, and 
 is I'tcond only to the diamond in lulircand bright- 
 nefs. "'■'■' "" ^"■ff'-''- 
 
 Do you not fee the grafs how in colour they 
 excel the cmuM > Sidnit. 
 
 The eir.crM is a bright grafs green : it is 
 found in fiffurcs of rocks, along with copper 
 
 0,.es, tf'rjod'Murd or. FtjJJili. 
 
 Nor deeper verdure dies the robe of Ipniig, 
 When firft (he gives it to the fouthern gale. 
 Than the green cmiralJ Ihows. Thomjon. 
 
 To EME'RGE. v. n. [emergo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To rife out of any thing in which it is 
 covered. 
 
 Thev imt'geil, to the upper part of the fpirit 
 of wine, as much of them as lay immerfcd in 
 the fpirit. . -^^''/i. 
 
 The mountains emerged, and became dry 
 land again, when the waters retired. Buinct. 
 
 Th;tis, not unmindful of her fon, 
 'Emerging from the deep, to beg her boon, 
 Purfu'd their track. Diydini Homer. 
 
 2. To iflue ; to proceed. 
 
 If the prifm was turned about its axis that 
 way, which made the tays emerge more ob- 
 liquely out of the fecund tcrVafting furface of the 
 prifm, the image loon became an inch or two 
 longer, or moie. NetuioT. 
 
 3. To rife; to mount from a ftate of 
 depreflion or obfcurity ; to rife into 
 
 . view. 
 
 Darknefs, we fee, emerg^e! into light ; 
 And (hilling funs defcerd to fable night. 
 
 Dryd.'n's ptlbUi. 
 
 When, from dewy (hade tmetji:? bright, 
 Aurora flreaks the iky with client light, 
 L;t each deplore his dead- ^ofe'i Odyjfey. 
 
 Then from ancient gloom emerg'd 
 A rifing world. Thomfont Summer. 
 
 Emergence. 1 ^ r rfromw;cr«.] 
 Emergency. 3 
 
 I. The att of rifing out of any fluid by 
 which it is covered. 
 
 We have read of a tyrant, who tried to pre- 
 vent the emergen.e of murdered bodies. Brown. 
 
 3. The aiii of rifing or llarting into 
 view. 
 
 Tiic emergency of colours, upon coalition of the 
 
 particles of fuch bodies, as were neither of them 
 
 of the colour of that mixture whereof they arc 
 
 ingredients, is very well woith our attentive oh- 
 
 feivaiion. Hnlf on Cdoitri. 
 
 The whi'tc colour of all rcfrafled light, at its 
 
 ■vri7 fiirt emergence, where it appears as white 
 
 ' as before its incidence, is compounded of vari- 
 
 'ous colours. . Ncwioi'i Oftieku 
 
 3. Any fudden occafion ; unexpeded ca- 
 
 fualty. 
 
 Moft of our rarities have been found out by 
 rafiial emergency, and have been the works of 
 ume and ehance rather than of philofophy. 
 
 GlaiwilU's SeriJii. 
 
 i: M I 
 
 PrefTing necefiity ; 
 
 4.. Ir'relling neceuuy ; exigence. Not 
 
 proper. 
 
 lii any cafe of emtrgeney, lie would employ 
 the whole wealth of his empire, which he had 
 thus ainaffed together in ivis fubterraneons ex- 
 chequer. AlJ-fo':'s FreehlJer. 
 Emk'rglnt. af]], [from c/««'^f. ] 
 
 1 . Riling out of tiiat which overwhelms 
 or oblcures it. 
 
 Love niidc my emcigni! fortune once more 
 look 
 Above the main, which now Ihall hit the ftais. 
 
 Ben ^onjon. 
 Immediately the mountains huge appear 
 Emeraent, .and their broad bare backs unheave 
 Into the clouds. Mihon. 
 
 2. Rifing into view, or notice, or honour. 
 The man that is once hated, both his good 
 
 and his evil deeds opprefs him ; he is not eafily 
 ctnrrf.r.t. Sen JoHJin. 
 
 3. Proceeding or IfTuing from any thing. 
 
 The Holes held a fatality, and a fixed unalter- 
 able courfc of events; but then they held alfo, 
 that they fell out by a neceiTity emergent from 
 and inherent in the things themfelves, which God 
 himfelf could not alter. South. 
 
 4. Sudden ; unexpetledly cafual. 
 All the lords declared, that, upon any emer- 
 
 gent occalion, ihey would mount their fcrvants 
 
 upon their horfes. CLirendou. 
 
 E'merods. > n. f. [coiTupted by igno- 
 
 E.MEROiDS. J rant pronunciation from 
 
 hemDrrhoids, aif^o^'J ..i=. . ] Painful fwel- 
 
 lings of the hemorrhoidal veins ; piles. 
 
 He dcftroycd them, and fmote them with 
 
 em-jrcdi. I Samuel. 
 
 Emf/rsion. n.f. [from emergi!.~\ 'The 
 time when a ftar, having been ob- 
 fcurcd by its too near approach to the 
 fun, appears again. 
 
 The time was in the heliacal emerfion, when 
 it becomes at grcatcft dillance from the fun. 
 
 Brown. 
 
 E'mery. n.f. [fmyris, Lat. efmerU, Fr.] 
 
 Emery is an iron ore, conlidciably rich. It is 
 found in the ifland of Guernfey, in Tufcany, and 
 many parts of Germany. It has a near relation to 
 the magnet. Tl.e lapidaries cut the ordinai7 
 gems on their vi-hcels by fprinkling the wetted 
 powder over them ; but it will not cut diamonds. 
 It is ufeful in cleaning and polilhing Heel. }li/!. 
 EME'TTCAL. 7 adj. [li^Uo:.] Having 
 EMETICK. J the quality of provok- 
 ing Momits. 
 
 Various are the temperaments and operations 
 
 of herbs ; fonie purgative, fomc emetu-k, and 
 
 fome fuduiifick. Hi'/e. 
 
 Eme'tic.^lly. adv. [from fmif/;V«/.] In 
 
 fuch a manner as to provoke to vomit. 
 
 It has been complained of, that preparations of 
 filvft have pri'duced violent vomits; whe.cas 
 we have not obfcrved duly refined filvcr to work 
 eiiet.-eul/y, even in women and girls. itey'e. 
 
 Emic.^'tiox. n. f. \emiralio, Latin ] 
 Sparkling ; flying off in fraall particles, 
 as fprightly liquors. 
 
 Iron, in aqua fortis, will fall into ebullition 
 with noife ar.d emic.ttionf as alfo a crafs and fu- 
 mid exhalation. Bro'i^-:. 
 
 Emi'ction. n.yi [from ^m/(?«m, Latin.] 
 Urine ; what is voided by the urinary 
 paflages. 
 
 Gravel and ftone grind away the flefh, and cf- 
 fufc the blood apparent in a fangoinc en:it^iori. 
 
 Hiirvey on Corijurnptrjni. 
 
 To E'MIGRATE. -v. a. [r-migro. Latin.] 
 To remove from one place to another. 
 
 Emigra'tion. n. /. [from emigrate.^ 
 Change of habitation ; removal from 
 one place to another. 
 
 E M I 
 
 We find the originaU of many kingdoms 
 
 cither by victories, or by fw/girtf/o'.-j, or intef- 
 tine commotion^. Bale. 
 
 E'miNENCK. 7 r r • • r • -. 
 
 E'MiNENCv. \ "-f- ["'"'•""•"'. Latin.] 
 
 1. Loftinefs ; height. 
 
 2. Summit ; highell part. 
 
 Mountains abound with ditVcrent vegetables, 
 every vertex or eminency affording new kinds. 
 
 Ray on the Creation. 
 
 3. A part rifing above the reft. 
 They mull be fmooth, almoll imperceptible 
 
 to the touch, and without either eminence or ca- 
 vities. DryJen'! Dufrefnoy. 
 
 4. A place where one is expofed to gene- 
 ral notice. 
 
 A fatyr or libel on one of the common (lamp, 
 never meets with that leeeptioA as wh.it is aimed 
 at a perfon whofe mciit places him upon an emi.. 
 neneej and gives him a more confpicuous figure. 
 
 Addifot. 
 
 Exaltation ; confpicuoufnefs ; ftate of 
 being _ expofed to view; reputation; 
 celebrity ; fame ; preferment ; great- 
 nefs. 
 
 You've too a woman's heart, which ever yet 
 
 Afl'efled eminence, wealth, fovereignty. Shakjp. 
 
 Alterations are attributed to the powcrfulleft 
 
 under princes, where the eminency of one ob- 
 
 icurcth the reft. Ifotir^a, 
 
 He deferv'd no fuch return 
 From me, whom he created what I was, 
 In that bright eminence ; and with his good 
 Upbraided none. Milton'i Pura.Ufe Loft. 
 
 Where men cannot arrive to any emrneney of 
 eftate, yet religion makes a compcnfation, by- 
 
 teaching content. 
 
 uotjet. 
 
 Milton. 
 her con- 
 
 Thefe two were men of emineneyj of learning 
 as well as piety. StiUingftet. 
 
 6. Supreme degree. 
 
 Whatever pure thou in the body enioy'ft. 
 And pure thou wert created, wc enjoy 
 In eminence. M::ton'i }'aradife LoM. 
 
 7. Notice; diftindlion. 
 
 Let your remembrance ftill apply to Banquo j 
 Prefcnt him eminence both with eye and tongue. 
 
 Shakjiteare. 
 
 8. A title given to cardinals. 
 
 E MINENT. adj. [eminent, Latin.] 
 
 1. High ; lofty. 
 
 Thou haft built unto thee an eminent place. 
 
 EieJbe/. 
 Satan, in gefture proudly eminent. 
 Stood like a tow'r. 
 
 2. Dignified ; exalted. 
 
 Rome for your fake (hall pu(h 
 qucrts on. 
 
 And bring new titles heme from nations won, 
 To dignifv (o eminent a fon. Dry.ien's yirvenat. 
 
 3. Confpicuous; remarkable. 
 
 She is emirient for a fincerc piety in the prac- 
 tice of religion. Addijon. 
 
 Eminent he mov'd 
 In Grecian arms, the wonder of his foes. Gk-jer. 
 E'.MINEKTLY. adv. [from eminent.] 
 
 1. Confpicuoufly ; in a manner that at- 
 trafls cbfervalion. 
 
 Thy love, which elfe 
 £0 eminently never r-id been knoun. ^tiiton. 
 
 Lady, tirat in the prime of earlielt youth. 
 Wifely has (hun'd the hroad way and rhe green, 
 And w?th thoTc few art eminent.'v feen. 
 That labour up the hili of heavenly truth, 
 
 Aiittot. 
 
 Sin-h as t'uin had folemnly flexed, 
 W a\\ gilts ai.ii gr.ices eminently adorned, 
 To fome g cat worlt. Mlllon'i AgoniJIes. 
 
 2. In a high degree. 
 
 All men arc equal in their judgment of whaf 
 is eir.infntiv beft. Drvdrn. 
 
 That limplicity, without which no human 
 perf.iiinarce can arrive lo perfeftion, is no 
 where aioie enur.tntly ufeful than in Ibis. Sv-i/'t.
 
 E M O 
 
 E'missarv. n.f. [eml^arius, Latin.] 
 1, One fcnt out on private mcffagts ; a 
 fpy ; a fecrct agent. 
 
 Clifford, an emi[fa>y and fpy of the king's, 
 ficd over info Flanders with his privity. Bacon. 
 
 You lliall neither cat nor flccp, 
 N<i, nui furtli your window pctp, 
 With your emiffary eye, 
 
 To fetch in the forms go by. Ben yortfou 
 
 The jcfuits lend over emijf.itieiy with inftruc- 
 
 tinns lo ^Lrfonate themfelves members of the 
 
 fcvcral ititi amongft us. Siuift. 
 
 2. One tliai emits or fends out. A tccli- 
 nical lenfe. 
 
 Wherever there arc emijfar-eif there .ire ab- 
 
 forbent vclTcls in the ikin j and, by the nb- 
 
 foibcnt vefTcls, mercury will p.»fs into the blood. 
 
 Arhuthnai on Mlinmits, 
 
 Emi'ssion. «.y. [emjJftOy Latin.] Tlie 
 ^€i of tcndi'iif^ out ; vent. 
 
 Tickling ciLilcth laughter; the caufe may be 
 the fm{/;^'?« of the f^iiils, and fo of the bfcatii 
 by a flight from titiliatijn. Eacn 
 
 Populofity naturally icquircth tranfmiguuion 
 and anijji'.n oi colonics. BrDwn'i y^ulgur hrt 
 
 Caver them with glaffcs ; but upon all waim 
 and benign tmiJJ'iQn% of the fun, and I'weit Ih iw- 
 ers, give ihcm air. ETiIyi 
 
 Aftcilion, in the rtatc of innocence, was hap- 
 pily pitched upon its right object ; it flamed' up 
 in dire*it fervours of devotion to God, and in 
 collateral cmijjions of charity to its neighbour. 
 
 South. 
 To EMIT. f. a. [emlno, Latin.] 
 I, To fend forth ; to It. t go ; to give 
 ■vent to. 
 
 Thel'c baths continually emit a manifefl-and 
 very fejil'iblc heat; nay, fonie of them, at fume 
 times, fend fjith an aftual .-md vifible flame. 
 
 /JooJluarei's Natuiul UijlOry 
 
 The foil, being fruitful and lich, emia iieams 
 confiding of volatile and adlive parts. Aibuthn. 
 2". To let fly ; to dart. 
 
 Pay (acred rcv'rence to Apollo's fong, 
 Lelt, wrathfcil, the far-fliooting god emit. 
 His fatal arrows. Prior. 
 
 4. To iiliie oat juridically. 
 
 That a citation be valid, it ought to be de- 
 creed and tmilte.i by the judges authority, and 
 at the inftancc of the party, y^y'rj'f. 
 
 Emme'nagogues. «. /, ['i(^^-fii:c and 
 uyu.'} Medicines that promote the 
 courfes, either by giving a greater force 
 to the blood in its circulation, or by 
 making it thinner, ^tiiicy. 
 
 F.7ti>iufi.i^ogues .ire Inch as produce a pletiiora, 
 or fulncfs of the veflels, confcqueutly fuch as 
 ftrenglhen the organs of digeliion, Co as to make- 
 good blood, j^rbuthnot en D/:f. 
 
 E'mmet. n.f. [asmertC) Saxon.] An ant; 
 a pi fin ire. 
 
 When cedars to the ground fail down by the 
 
 weight of an tmr/ic/j 
 
 Or when a rich ruby's jull pi ice be the worth of 
 
 a wahiut. SiJnfy. 
 
 To Emme'w. V, a. [from meiu,^ To mew 
 
 or coop up. 
 
 This outward fainted deputy, 
 Whofe fctii'd vifageand dclib'i.itc word, 
 Nips youth i' th' head, and follies doth fww^a-, 
 As faulcun doth, the fowl, is yet a devil. 
 
 Sh.ikjpc^ire. 
 
 To Emmo've. 1), a, [^wrnjuTjf?//-, French.] 
 To excite ; to roufe ; to put into emo- 
 tion. Not uftd. 
 
 One day, when him high courage did nnmcvey 
 He pricked forth. Fairy Qu,t-rr. 
 
 Emo'llient. i7f//. [fmo///V/;/, Lat.] Soft- 
 ening ; fuppling. 
 Barley is i7n'Jlitnf^ molfteningj and cxpii^o- 
 
 JfitMig. Afbuthflbt. 
 
 E M P 
 
 Diureticks arc dcco^ions, cmulfions, and oiN 
 of (mollicnt vegetables, fo far .is they relax tin 
 urinaiy pifl'agts : fuch as rchix ouglit to be tiled 
 before fuch as lUinulafe. Athuthmt. 
 
 Emo'lli ents. n.f. Such things as iheath 
 and foftcn the afpcrltics of the humours, 
 and relax and fupple the folids at the 
 fame time, ^'^^y- 
 
 Fmollitnts ought to be taken in open air, to 
 
 iiinder them fium perfpiring, and on empty fto- 
 
 maciis. j^rhuthi'jt- 
 
 Emolli'tion. n. J\ [emolliiioi Latin.] 
 
 Tlie afl of fofttnin^. 
 
 LafTitnde is renadied by bathing, or anonit- 
 ing with o\\ Jf.d warm water; the caufc is, fur 
 that all bfTunde is a kind of contnfion and com- 
 prelHon of the parts, and bathing and anointing 
 give a relaxation or tmollition. £aco-\ 
 
 Powerful mcnrtruums are made for its ^mr)/- 
 /itio'if whereby it may receive the tiniftmc of 
 minerals. Btozon. 
 
 Emo'lume.vt. n.f. [^emoliimsniufrij Lat.] 
 Profit ; advantage, 
 
 Let them confult how politick they were, for 
 a temporal ctficlumer.r to throw away eternity. 
 
 Nothing gives greater fatisfai!f>ion than the 
 fenfcof having difpatchcda great deal of bufmcfs 
 
 to publi( k imoltnritht , Tntkr. 
 
 Emo'ngst. prep, [fo written by 5*/^v//f/-.] 
 Among. 
 
 The mciry birds of evry fort, 
 Chaimtcd aloud then chcarful harmony; 
 And made emongjf themfelves a fweel confort, 
 That qiHck'ned the dull fp'rit with mufical com- 
 fort. Furry Qiifcn. 
 Emo'tion. n.f [emotion, French.] Dif- 
 tuihancc of mind ; vehemence of pafiion, 
 pleafing or painful. 
 
 I will appeal to any man, who has read this 
 poet, whether he finds not the natural t'moti<,n of 
 the fame piflion in himfelf, which the poet dc- 
 fcribcs in his feigned pcrfnns ? DryJer>. 
 
 Thofc rocks and oaks that fuch emotion felt, 
 Were r'uial maids whom Orpheus taught to melt. 
 
 G'\invi/!e. 
 
 To Empa'le. t. a, [empaler, French.] 
 
 1. To fence with a pale. 
 
 How happy *s he, which hath due place afHgn'd 
 T' his hearts, and difaforefted his mind ? 
 Fmpetl\i h']n\(c]( to krep them out, not in; 
 Can fow, and dares truft corn, where they have 
 been. DQjine. 
 
 2. To fortify. 
 
 All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to 
 fave themfelves from fiirprize. KMcigh. 
 
 The Englifli tivpaUd themfelves with their 
 pikes, and therewith bare off" their enemies. 
 
 Huyiuard. 
 
 3. To cnclofe ; to fhnt in. 
 
 Round .ihouT her work (he did empnUy 
 With a fair border wrought of fundry flow'rs 
 
 Spcnjer. 
 
 Keep yourfcfves in breath, 
 And when I have the bloody Hcdor found, 
 Er/ipii/f him with your weapons round about. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 They have empal'd within a zodiack 
 
 The frrc-burn fun, and keep twelve figns awake 
 
 To watch his fteps ; tiie Goat and Crab controul 
 
 And fright him back. Donne. 
 
 Thank my charms, 
 I rfbw empale her m my aims. ClcavehmJ, 
 
 Impenetrable, empai'd -wwh circling fire, 
 Yet uncunfum'd. Ali/tcrt's Vtif . Lcjf. 
 
 4. To put to death by fpitting on a Hake 
 fixed upright. 
 
 Who can beai this, refolve to ht empaPd ? 
 His Ikin flead of^', and roaAed yet alive? 
 ^ Southcrne. 
 
 Let them each be broken on the rack ; 
 Tiicn, with what life remain-;, fw^ij/'./ and left 
 To writhe at Icifoie round the Llggdy ftakc. 
 
 Mdijon. 
 
 E M P 
 
 N.iy, I don't believe ilicy will be contented 
 with li.-iiigingi tiicy t.ilk of impaling, or break- 
 ing oil till wheel. ^hhulhnit. 
 EMIMNNEL. n.f. [from /,«;,«;, Fr.j 
 The writing or entering the iiamts of a 
 jury into a parclinicnt fchedule, or roll 
 of paper, by the llicrifl', which he has 
 fmninuncd to appear for the performance 
 of fuch publick. fervice as juries are em- 
 ployed in. CoioelL 
 Who c.in export upright verdifls fromluth 
 packed, corrupt juries? Why m.iy we not bo 
 allowed to ni.ike exceptions ;igainft tliis fo in- 
 competent en:piin>]fl ? Dic<:y 'J rUty. 
 
 To Empa'nnel. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To fiunmon to fcrve on a jury. A law 
 term. 
 
 I Ihall not need to rmjumnel a jury of moralifts 
 or divines, every maii'i own bicaft lufticiently 
 inftrufting him. (i;tKr,mct:t of the Tonj^ur. 
 
 Empa'rlance. n.f. [from parler, Fr.] 
 In coinmon law, a dcfire or petition in 
 court of a day to paufe what is bed to 
 do ; and it is fometitnes ufed for the con- 
 ference of a jury in thecaufe committed 
 to them. CnivcU. 
 
 £.mp'as.m. n.y; [f/xwaWd.] Apowderto 
 
 correct the bad fcent of the body. 
 To Em pa'ssion. ij. <j. [from/ij^^n.] To 
 move with paflion ; to affect ftrongly ; 
 to throw off from equanimity. 
 
 Unto my eyes rtiangc Ihuws prefented were, 
 Piifluring that which I in 'mind cmbrac'd, 
 TIku yet thofe fights cmpnjfmn me full near. 
 
 Sftnftr. 
 So, ftanding, moving, or to height upgrown, 
 Tlic tempter, ail emp(tjjkn\i thus began. 
 
 MiUan, 
 To Empe'ople. nj. a. \ixam people. 1 To 
 form into a people or community. 
 He wonder'd much, and 'gan enquire 
 What (lately building dm ft fo high extend 
 Her lofty tower;, unto the flairy fpherc. 
 And what unknown nations there cmftuflcd were ? 
 
 Spetifer. 
 
 E'mperess. n.f. [from emperour, now 
 written emprejs.'\ 
 
 i, A woman inverted with imperial power. 
 Long, long, m.iy you on earth our emptrefs 
 reign, 
 Eie you in heaven a glorious angel ftand. 
 
 Duvies. 
 2. The queen of an emperour. 
 
 Lavinia will I make my empcrefi 
 Rome's royal miUrofs-, miftrefs of my heart. 
 
 Shakfpenre. 
 
 E'MPEROUR. n.f [empereur, French; 
 
 imperator, Lat.] A monarch of title and 
 
 dignity fuperiour to a king: as, the 
 
 tmpemir of Germany. 
 
 Charlei the nnpcrsur, 
 
 Under pretence to fee the queen his aunt, 
 
 Makes vifitation. S/:alfft\:re', Henry viii. 
 
 E'mpery. n.f. [empire, French; imperi- 
 
 !/m, Lat.] Empire; fovereignty ; do- 
 
 ma.Ion.' Out of ufe. 
 A lady 
 
 So fair, and fjften'd to an emfcy, 
 
 Would make the grtjt'rt king double. Shulfp, 
 Take on you the charge 
 
 And kingly government of this your land; 
 
 Not as proteftor, f!cwarri, fuhlHtute, 
 
 But as fucccihvcly ir. m blood to blood, 
 
 Yoni tight of biith, your cmpcry, yuur own. 
 
 Shakjpf.irf, 
 
 E'AIPHASIS.,;./ [i'fc^,<r.r.] A remark- 
 able ftrefs laid upon a word or fentcnce; 
 particular force imprcfTed by ftyle or 
 pronunciation.
 
 E M P 
 
 Oh, tliat brave Csf.iil, 
 
 _Be ciiqati'B Willi Tiich another exiphafis. Sh-.kjp. 
 
 iUpliajhnax. (o much rcjards the rmt: as a 
 
 certain g.andcur, whereby lome letter, ly.bble, 
 
 ■ viford, or fe.U»nccis tendered more remarkalile 
 
 than the reft, by a 'more vigVjQUS projiui,cui.9n, 
 
 and a longer ftay up-J'! 'J-. ,, .j , , ; ° - '; 
 
 ' ■ Theie queftions have force and cmp!.ajis,^l they 
 
 ^.-underftood of the antediliiVfan earth, b-^'oc:. 
 
 liMPHA'TICK. J 
 
 1. ForciUe; ftrorig; ftnking. 
 
 •'■\<'hclth€ ende.ivours to diiTuade from carni- 
 ' k'ttius.appetites, Kow .-wp/i-i^c,:/ is h,s '^■'^^''"S 
 
 k'ttius.appet.t^s, Kow .wp/i.^c,:/ is h,s '^■"^''"S | ^^' V" 
 
 '"'fi,:^™perand;«<,^..^^^-thot.<.^^^^^ I^i^-^ic^r f^'^'" [f--^^^'^ 
 
 EM P 
 
 The nam- of Hippocrates was. more e(Ts£f.:al 
 to pcrfu-idc' 'fu* rnci ajGalcn;, Ihdn to move a 
 
 f,\\y C-.pl.m' -■■■■■■' ■■ " Mchr. 
 
 Thar every pbnt might receive a name, ac- 
 cording iinro the difcafes it cuieth, was the wilh 
 of l>ar.iceilB3 ; a wiav mwie litely to multiply im 
 
 .o/,;.ii tiiai>i)crlj»Jift's. ...;.■ ;.. iV,w«. 
 
 Such an averfion an* contempt for ali mamicr 
 of innovators, as pl.yficians are apt to have for 
 ra^P-■V.••c^,, or Inxycrs for pcrtifogscrs. , Swijr. 
 
 Tt'i" iilitVate writer, fwipVivrl-like applies 
 Ta e.ich dilVjfe unfafe chance remedies ; 
 The teain'd in (choo!, Whence fciencc firft began. 
 Studies wiih care th' anatomy of man. 
 
 'Em I 
 Ej 
 
 ->. Strlkitig the figUt. , . , , 
 
 ' ' It is,co.^mp.'>ly granted, that .«/,A,./,«.' colours 
 
 are light itfeUVm.fdil'cd.by rsiraawns.^ i^g"- 
 
 Fvpha'ticai^ly. adv. [from emj>iiaiii:al.i 
 
 I 'Strondy : forcibly; in 3 ftriking mai.nt:.. 
 
 How ,wpiif/W(yjrQd divinely dues every word 
 
 .prpsWim t^e truth that I ha.vE been fpeak.ng ol ! 
 
 2. According to appearance. ' . . ', 
 
 What (5 delivered of tV.c incurvity of dolpliius, 
 mod be t^iken mjjr.Mlcal.'y.n^i. really, but ipap- 
 t-peirrncb-, when they leap ab^ve wate;, and lud- 
 ' dcifly Ihnot down again. _ ' 4' ' ' -•'**"' 
 
 EmPHYSE'mA. n.f. .[ijt?-J<r»f*«-J , ..■ W.I- 
 E>r.phyfim.2 IS a light puffy bumouc,, c^fily 
 I Vieldin-'to the preHu.e ofthc finger, ar.fing agam 
 Inthemitantyoutakeituff. ' W^"-- 
 
 Emphysmiatous. adu [from ffcpto-r^^^-J 
 Bloated; puffed up ; fu-oUen. 
 .. The figns of a gangrene .ire tbefc : the mflam- 
 m.-rtion loles its redncfs, and becomes duikUh and 
 livid • tire tenfeiiefs of the ikin goes off, and leels 
 to the touch flabby or ,-r:phvj:":<,tc-^i; and vehca- 
 tions, filled with ichor of dit^cient colours, Jpread 
 all over it. ^ . T n' 
 
 To Empie'rCE. -I', a. [from parcel^ lo 
 pierce into ; to enter into by violent 
 
 appulfe. 
 
 The weapon bright, 
 Tikiiic advantage of his open jaw, 
 
 Ran through jiis mouth w.tii fo importune 
 
 That deTp^X'/'-""'""' a.i'rk(»W,e hbrow maw. 
 
 M:lto 
 
 Empi'ght. preterU ^m fart, fi-ofn' 7>v 
 f:sht, or pitch. [Se^ Pitch. J Set; 
 fixed; fattened. ' 
 
 But he was wary, and ere it "r-fift ^ 
 
 In the meant mark, advanc'd hi. Ih.cld atyeen. 
 
 EMflKE. n. /. \j':'piix, ri-encli; hn^e- 
 rhm, Lai in. J . . 
 
 1. Imperial pov«er; fupr^rae dominion; 
 fovrrci";" command. ^ 
 
 Aif t ye fair o.ies, who'irf judgment fi., 
 Yotir anc i'cut n>H>Hi Over love sjnri wit. Kc-,Le. 
 
 2. The region over which dominion is ex- 
 
 ^""X nation extended over vaft tracts of land, and 
 .lurtrbersof people.aniws in time at the ai.cient 
 name' of Ri.gdom.ov modern of enlyre. r.-y/- 
 
 Rextus ?>mpe.us 
 Hath' given .ti'ic ibrc to Cs/ar, ?nd commands 
 ?he r.yr. of {he lev . iZ..*>ar.. 
 
 cj. Command over any thing. 
 
 iiMPl'KICK. n.f. [M^..-.x^. 'Ill's 
 word Teems to have been pronounced 
 impWick by Milton, and impinckhy Dry- 
 Jen Milton's pronunciation is to be 
 mefen-ed.] A trier ; an experimenter; 
 
 ' fuch perfons as have no true education 
 
 in, or knowledge of, phyfica pradice, 
 
 but venture upon hearlay and obfcrva- 
 
 , &u:ncy. 
 
 tion only. ^^ -^ 
 
 Veifed in experiments 
 
 By fire 
 Of footy coal, the empirul: .tlchymift 
 Can turn, or h.lds it piffible to turn, 
 Metals of drolTieft are to peltea gold 
 
 , Known only by experience ; pvactiletl 
 
 oijy by rote, without rational giounds. 
 
 The mod foveieign prelcription in Galen is but 
 
 iKf!r:ci to this prcfervatlvc. Sliaijf.'.tre. 
 
 In ext ernes, bold counfels are the belt ; 
 Uke.cKpirirt remedies, they lalt are try'd. 
 And by th' event contlemn'd or juftify d. 
 
 Empi'rically. adv. [from eml)iricaL] 
 
 1. Experimentally ; according to experi- 
 cnce. 
 
 We Oiall evtfiricallf and fcnfibly deduft the 
 caufes of blacknefs fiom originals by which we 
 generallvoblervc things denigrated. B<oii>k. 
 
 2. Without rational ground; charlatani- 
 cally ; in the manner of quacks. 
 
 Empiricism, n.f. \irom empirick.] De- 
 pendence on experience without know- 
 ledge or art ; quackery. 
 
 EMPLA'STER. n.f. [EVx«s-e=i- This 
 word is now always pronounced, and ge- 
 nerally written plapr.'\ An application 
 to a fore of an oleaginous or vifcous fub- 
 llance.fpreaduponcloth. See Plaster. 
 
 Ali emfUjten, applied to the Ircafis, ought to 
 have a hole for the nipples. tVifcman- > 5»rg« >•. 
 
 To Empla'stlr. v. a. [from the noun. J 
 To cover with a plader. 
 
 They muft be cut out to the quick, and the 
 fores emplajiered with tar. Mortnncr^ 
 
 Empla'stick. adi. [i>-7a'.-i--&-] ^ "" 
 cpus ; glutinous"; fit to be applied as a 
 ptaller. ,•','. . . , 
 
 Rcfin, bv its f»!/>.'a/« t^ufl'ty, mixed with 
 
 oil of rofes,' perfefls tho-concofiioil. IHJmjv. 
 
 Kmpl.iftUk applications are no« fufticient to 
 
 defend a wound from t'.^cair. .-ifbuth-iot. 
 
 ZwEmple'ad. -u. fl. [immplecd.] To 
 
 endlcl ; to prefer a ..harge agamR ; to 
 
 accufe. 
 
 To terrifv and torture them, their tyrannous 
 mafters did often ewpUad, arreft, cal> them into 
 prifon, and Uiereby confume them to worfo th.in 
 notV.ing. "">' . 
 
 Antinuitv thought thunder the immediate 
 voice of Jup-ter, and tw/'/fi-W 'bem of impiery 
 tl-.at referred it to natural cafualtics G.anv. 
 
 Since none the living villains dare r»l/./Mrf, 
 Arraign them in the perfons of tiie dead 
 
 ro EMPLO'Y. v. a. [«H//5/Vr. French.] 
 
 I Tobufy; to keep at work; to exer- 
 
 cife. It is ufed both as agent, as, 
 
 the Vm% emploved the minifier ; or canfe, 
 
 zs.t/'epH'Jick credit employed themwijhr. 
 
 For thrice, at leaft, in compafs of the year, 
 Thy vineyard muft ."//y the_fturdy fteer 
 To turn the glebe. V'jJcn st ng,l. 
 
 E M P 
 
 In the .following quotations it \i. u^d 
 \s\t)\in,about,to, mdi'pon, beforg^thc 
 object. To feems lefs proper, V^,"., 
 
 Thck principal learning was applied to tiie 
 courfc of tl'.c ftars, and the reft was em^-'oycJ (« 
 difplaving the brave e>.plolts of their priiiiei. 
 
 Temp!'. 
 
 Our reafoii is often p«z7,led, becaufc of the 
 imDcrfeftiun of the ideas it is emplnyei about. 
 
 ^ Lake. 
 
 The proper bufincfs of the underftanding is 
 not that which men aiways imphy it to Larkt. 
 
 Labour m the beginning gave a right of pro- 
 perty, wiieieever any one was plcafed to cr.ploy 
 it upon what was common. Lockr. 
 
 • Onthc h.ippy ch.inge the boy 
 EKploy'd his wonder and hi. joy. Prim . 
 
 This is a day in wiiich tiie thoughts of out 
 countrymen ought to be cmployci of. lerious lub- 
 jc^ts. ^-Jdtiijan'i Ffcthotder 
 
 ;. To ufe as an inftrument. 
 
 The cleanly chcefe-pteis Ihe could never turn ; 
 Her awkwJid lift did ne'er employ the churn. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 \., To ufe as means. 
 
 Tlic money was cm^xyfi tt the making of 
 
 gallies. . 1 ^^'"■■ 
 
 Peace is not freed from labour, but from 
 
 noife ; 
 
 And war more force, but not more pains c-ploys. 
 
 D'yJcr.. 
 
 J. To ufe as materials. 
 
 The labour of thoie who felled and framed the 
 timber employed aicut the ploughjt.niuft be charged 
 on labour. Licir, 
 
 6. To commiffion ; to intruft witlx the 
 nianagement of any affairs. 
 
 Jonathan and Jahaiiah wcrefm/'/^j'ei/aiuur thit 
 
 matter. ^'^'^''■ 
 
 Jefus Chrift is furnilhed with fupcrior powers 
 to tiie angels, becaufe he is emphyed in fupeiior 
 works, and appointed to be the foveieign Lord 
 of all the vifible and invilible worlds. IVatn. 
 
 7. To fill up with bufinefs. 
 If you're idle you're dertroy'dj 
 
 All his force on you he tries. 
 
 Be but watchful and extpky'd. 
 Soon the baffled tempter Hies. Mottcui: 
 
 To ftudy nature will thy time employ ;_ 
 Knowledge and innocence arc perfcfl joy. 
 
 J)ryjen.^ 
 
 8. To pafs or fpend in bufinefs. 
 
 Why, whilll we ftnigg'e in this vale beneath. 
 With want and forrow, with rii'-afe and death. 
 Do they moie blelVd perpetual life employ 
 In fongs of plcafure, and in fcenes of joy.? 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Emplo'y. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Bufinefs; objecl of induftry. 
 Prefent to gralp, and future ft ill to find, 
 
 The whole •mp/oy of body and of mind. Psfe, 
 
 2. Publick ofiice. 
 
 Left aniniofities fhould obftrufl the courfc of 
 juftice, if one of tiieir own number hart the dif- 
 tribution of it, they have always a foreigner for 
 
 this emld-y. Addtfin on Italy. 
 
 The' honours and the burdens of great polls 
 and r.>:/V',i ! were joined to-ethcr. .-Ittcrcu^y. 
 ;mplo'yable. adj. [ixom empky.l Ca- 
 pable to be ufed ; proper for ufe. 
 
 The obieaions m..de ag.iinft the doarine of 
 the chyni'irts, fccm emphxM: againft this liypo- 
 thefis. •»«.>''■ 
 
 Lmplo'yfr. n.f. [from employ.] 
 . One that ufes er canfes to be ufed. 
 
 Thai man drives a great tr.idc, and is owner or 
 emf.'oyfr of much ihipping, and continues and 
 increal'es in trade and (hipping. ChiJd on Trade, 
 :. One that fets others to work. 
 iMPLo'vMENT. n./ [hom employ.'] 
 . Bufinefs ; objecl of induftry ; objeifl of 
 labo.u'-.
 
 E M P 
 
 i. Biirincfs; the ftatc of being cmployod. 
 
 3. Office i poft of bufinefs. 
 
 It ;iry It^iion, any tm^hymcnl upon cirtli be 
 hs'i^jriiMe, theirs was. Atlttbmy. 
 
 Leaders 011 c.icli lide, inAcad of intending the 
 publick weal, have their iicarti wliolly fct to get 
 or f^> keep em^hyir.enti. Hix'sjt . 
 
 4. Biifintli intruded. 
 
 Call nor your Itucks for mc; I fervc the king, 
 Oil whofc tm^tyr.fitt I was fcnt to you. Shakj'f. 
 
 To Empo'ison. %'. a. [empolfoimcr, Fr.] 
 
 1 . To dcftroy by poifoii ; to dcftioy by 
 venomous food or drugs; to poifon. 
 
 Leaving wi nic.ins u!i:utcmiited of dcIlroyJng 
 his f.jn, that wicked fcrvaiic of his ujidcrtook to 
 cmlioijon him. Sidney. 
 
 Muflirooms caufe the incubus, or marc in ti.e 
 ftomach, therefore the furfcit of them may fuf- 
 foc.itc ant! empsij'nn. Baco/i 
 
 2. To taint witli poifon ; to envenom. 
 This is the more ufual fcnfe. 
 
 Empo'isoner. «. /. [empoifi/tttieur, Fr.] 
 One who deilroys another by poifon. 
 
 He is vehemently fufpecled to ha\e been the 
 etnpcijoner of his Wife, thereby to make vac.Tnt 
 his bed. Macon's He'i*y vii. 
 
 Empoi'sokment. It. f. [empoij'onnement, 
 French.] The pradice of dcftroying 
 by poifon. 
 It wctc dangerous for fecrct em^oijinmcnts. 
 
 JjiJcon. 
 
 Emp'oretick. aJj. [sjj.TT<i^wy.if.] That 
 
 io ufed at markets, or in merchaudife, 
 Empo'riu.m. n./. [j^Tri.-.r.-.] A place of 
 merchandife ; a mart ; a town of trade ; 
 a commercial city. 
 
 And while tliis fam'd emporium we prepare. 
 The Britilh ocean Ihall fuch triumphs boal^, 
 
 That thofe who now difdain our trade to (hai e, 
 Shall rob like pir.ites on our wealthy coalf . 
 
 Dryden, 
 I take the profperous cftate of this great em- 
 porium to be owing to thole inHances of charity. 
 
 Atterbury, 
 
 To EMPO'VERISH. -u. a. [pauvre, Fr.] 
 i . To make poor ; to depauperate ; to 
 reduce to indigence. 
 
 Since they might talk better as tliey lay toge- 
 ther, they /iw/'oif/z^r.^ their cloaths to enrich their 
 bed, which, for tliat night, might well fcorn the 
 (brine of Venus. Sidney, 
 
 Yout's founds aloud, and tells ut you excel 
 No lefs in courage than in finging well ; 
 While, unconcern'd, you let your countiy know, 
 They have em/werjyJt'U themfelves, not you. 
 
 iruller. 
 For fenfe of honour, if it em^rjerijheth a man, 
 it is, in his clleem, neither honour nor fenfe. 
 
 South. 
 Frelh rofes bring, 
 To ftrow my bed, 'till the emfuvtrijh' d fpring 
 Confefs her want. Prior. 
 
 2. To lefTen fertility : as tillage empo- 
 
 •veri/hes land. 
 Empo'verisher. n.f. [from eiitpovcrj/i.] 
 
 1. One that makes others poor. 
 
 2. That which impairs iertility. 
 
 They delhoy the weeds and fit the land for 
 aftercrops, being an improver, and not an erri- 
 
 frAreriJllir of land. Mortimer. 
 
 Empo'verishment. n.f. [from empo- 
 iveri/h.] Depauperation j caufe of 
 poverty ; drain of wealth. 
 
 Being paid as it is, now fomc, and then fome, 
 it is no great burden unto her, nor any great eni- 
 porerij^meitt to her coflFers. Spenfer. 
 
 All appeals t'oi jullice, or appellations fur fa- 
 vour or preferment to another souutiy, arc fo 
 manv grievous im^ivcrijlinunn. Swift. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 K M P 
 
 To Empower, v. a. [from ;>ow^r.] 
 
 1. To authorize J to commilTion ; to gire 
 power or authority- to any purpofe. 
 
 Vou arc fmpoii-ered, when you picafe, to give 
 the hiial decilion of wit. Dryd. 'Jtn<. Dedtrut. 
 
 The goveinnicnt ihall be emprjii/ered tu giant 
 commilfions to illproteftants whatluever. Swiji. 
 
 2. To give natural force; to enable. 
 
 Does not the t'ame power that enahlci them to 
 heal, etiiprjxver them to dcflroy ? £aker. 
 
 E'mpuess. n.f. [contraificd (romcmpcrrfs, 
 which is retained by Jonfon in the fol- 
 lowing lines.] 
 
 1. The queen of an emperour. 
 
 Let your nimble feet 
 Tread fubtilc tirrle>, that may always meet 
 In point to him ; and figures, to exprcfs 
 The gijcc of him, and his great emperefi. 
 
 Ben fcvfon 
 
 2. A female invcded with imperial dignity; 
 a feinalt foveieign. 
 
 Em/ieJ\ of this fair woild, rcfplcndent five ! 
 
 Miii'-t. 
 
 Yet, London, emprefi of the northern clime. 
 By an high fate tiiou greatly didlf expire. Dtyder'.. 
 
 Wifdom, thou f.ay'ft, from heav'n receiv'd her 
 I'irih ; 
 Hci beams tianfmitted to the fubje>ft earth : 
 Yec this great etnprcp of the human foul, 
 Does only with imagin'd power controul. 
 If rciUefs pafiion, by rebellious fwav, 
 Compels the weak ul'urper to obey. Fr-oi. 
 
 Empri'se. n.f. [^emfri/e, French.] At- 
 tempt of danger; undertaking of hazard; 
 enterprife. 
 
 Noble minds, of yore, allied were 
 In brave purfuit of chivalrous emprije. F. Qutert. 
 
 A double conquef^ muft you make. 
 If you atchieve renown by this emprife. fairfax. 
 
 Fierce faces threat'ning wars; 
 Giants of mighty bone, and bold em/»r//>. Miif^n. 
 Thus, till the fun had travell'd half the ikies, 
 AiEhulh'd we lie, and wait the bold emprife. 
 
 Pope's Odyjfey 
 
 E'mptier. n.f. [from f »!//)'.] One that 
 empties ; one that makes any place void 
 by taking away what it contained. 
 
 T'l'iZin'ptiers have emptied them out, and mar- 
 ried their vine-branches. Niilium. 
 
 Emptiness, n.f. [from «m^/ji.] 
 
 1. Abfence of plentitude ; inanity. 
 
 WliCte cities Itood, 
 Wellfcnc'd, and numerous, delolation reigns 
 And empiinef ; difmay'd, unfed, unhous'd, 
 The witloA- and the orphan llroll. Philips. 
 
 2. The llate of being empty. 
 
 His coffers found 
 With hollow poverty and emptintfs. Sh.ikfptare. 
 
 3. A void fpace ; vacuity ; vacuum. 
 
 Nor could another in your room have been. 
 Except an emptinefs had come between. Dryden. 
 
 The ordinary air in which we live and refpiie, 
 is of fo thin a compofttion, that fixteen thoufand 
 one bundled and forty-nine parts of its dimen- 
 fions arc mere emptinefs and nothing ; and the re- 
 mainmg one only, material and rcul fublfance. 
 
 BentUy. 
 
 4. Want of fubftance or folidity. 
 
 *Tis this which caufes the graces and the loves 
 
 to take up their habitations in the hardcft marble 
 
 and to fubfift in i\,c emptinefs of light and fhadow. 
 
 Diydert's Dufrefr.oy^ Pref. 
 
 5. Unfatisfaflorinefs ; inability to fill up 
 
 the defires. 
 
 O frail eftateof human thing?, 
 Now to our eoli your emptinefs we know. Oryden. 
 Form the judgment about tlie worth or empti- 
 n.'/i of things here, according as they are or aie 
 not of ufe, in relation to wlia; is to come after. 
 
 Atterhufy. 
 
 6. Vacuity o-f head ; want of knowledge 
 
 E M P 
 
 Eternal fniilcs Mt emptiieft \yttn-f. 
 As (hallow ftfcams run dimpling all the \r«r. 
 
 Pope. 
 E'mptiok. n.f {tmptio, Latin.] The 
 aft of purchafing ; a purchafe. 
 
 There is a difpute among the liw) crs, whether 
 Glaucus his cxcli.anging I. is golden armour wiih 
 the br.iien one of the Tydide-, was -m/i^rM or 
 commutation. Arb:it\r\ot an Cvm,. 
 
 EMPTY. aiO. [a;mti5, .Sason.] 
 
 1. Void ; having nothing in it ; not full, 
 
 I lUi nevci know to full a voice rffuf from fo 
 empty a heart ; but the faying is true, the f>.tpfy 
 vcflel makes tiic grcateft found. S/sn.'fptj-^. 
 
 The pit wastm;>rj, there was no water m it. 
 
 Jf you have two ve(rcls to fill, and you empty 
 one to fill the other, you gain nothing by thai ; 
 there ftill remains t;|je vclTcl ^-mpty. Bumct, 
 
 2. Evacuated j no longer full. 
 
 Hiiiifelf he frees by fecrct means unfeeri, 
 His (hackles rm;.(y left, himfelf efcaped clean. 
 
 Sfetifer, 
 j. Devoid; unfnrnifhed. 
 
 Art thou thus boldened, man, by thy diflrrfs, 
 That in civility thou feem"(V fo emp'y > SHntfp 
 
 Ml. Boyle has (hewed, tliatair maybe rarifi-d 
 above ten thoufand times in ve(rels of glals ; and 
 the heavens arc much emptier o! air than any va- 
 cuum we can make below. AVursi. 
 
 4. Unfatlsfaflory ; unable to fill the miad 
 or defires. 
 Plcas'd in the filcnt (hade with enfty praife. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 J. Without any th'ng to carry ; un- 
 burdened ; uniVeighled. 
 They beat him, and lent him away empty. 
 
 Mitthevj. 
 
 When ye go, ye flial! no; ge empty. £.\-J:.s. 
 
 He alledges that fan rs canicd platters I'ull of 
 
 fruit in their hands ; but if they had been empty 
 
 handed, had they been c\er th.e largtr fatvrs .' 
 
 Dry.len's yuvrnal, Dedieatiiit, 
 Yet all the little that I got I fpent j 
 And ilill leturu'd as empty as I went. Dryrle* 
 
 6. Hungry. 
 
 My falcon now is (harp and pa(ring fw^/v, 
 And till (he (loop, fhe muft not be full-gorg'd. 
 For then fljc never looks upon her lure. Sr.aif. 
 
 7. Vacant of head; ignorant; nnfiillful ; 
 unfurnirtied with materials for thought. 
 
 How comes it that fo many worthy ar.d wife 
 men depend upon fo many unworthy and eir.pty 
 headed fools ! Kn/eigi. 
 
 His anfwer is a handfome way of eipofing an 
 empty, trifling, pretending pedant; the wit lively, 
 the latyrcourtly and fevere. Felton. 
 
 8. Unfruitful; barren. 
 
 Seven tmpty ears blaftcd with the eaft wind. 
 
 Genrfis. 
 Ifrael is an e»i/>/y vine. H^fea. 
 
 9. Wanting fubftance ; wanting folidity • 
 
 vain. 
 
 The god of deep there hides his heavy head, 
 And empty dreams on every leaf arc fprcarf. 
 
 Dry den's jEneiJ, 
 
 ToE'mptv. v. a. [from the'adjeftive.] 
 To evacuate ; to exhauft ; to deprive 
 of that which was contained in it. 
 
 Boundlefs intemperance, <■ 
 
 In nature is a tyranny : it hath been 
 Th" untimely emptying of tiie happy throne. 
 And fall of many kings. Slmtfpeaie's Maeieth. 
 The emptiershjvcfmyirjViy them out, ai:ri mar- 
 ried their vine branches. Na/iun. 
 Sheep arc often blind by fulnefs of blood : cut 
 their tails, and empty them of their blood. 
 
 Mortimtr's liujhandry. 
 
 The Euxine fea is conveniently fituated for 
 
 tiade, by the communica^jon it has both wit'j 
 
 Afi.i and Europe, and the great navigable rivtrs 
 
 that tmpty tutmiclvcs into it. Arhuthnat 
 
 4K
 
 E M P 
 
 To Emt-d'rpi-b- f. a. {itom purph.'} To 
 make of a purpk colour ; to difco our 
 
 with purple. . . , , „«• ,;,» 
 
 N.w in loofe garlands, ttick thrown off, tne 
 
 Pav.me''n"f'iLt l,ke a f=a of J^fP,^'.n^°"=;^;,,,,„ 
 SmpurfUd with celeftiii rofes Im.i d. M"'<"^- 
 
 The deeg, . , , 
 
 Emfur^rd r.n, with gofhing gore d''*'""^^-.^^ 
 
 r.EMPu'zzLE. ".-.«. [frornpasa/..] To 
 TieiDleK ; to put to a uanil. 
 ^1 Wh/«/>«W../the enquiries of others to sp- 
 pvehint-d,nforc=dthernunto«r.ngecon^ep. 
 
 lions to make out. _ 
 
 E^,PVE■MA.«./[Wrf...]Acollect:onof 
 
 purulent matter in any part whatfoever ; 
 generally uiVd to f.gnify that in the 
 cavity of the breaft only,and which fome- 
 tiwes happens upon the opening ol ab- 
 fceffes, or ulcerations of the lungs, or 
 membranes inclofing the breaft. ^nncy. 
 An .«?)'«"•'. °' ^ coUeftiQU of purulent mat- 
 ter in the breall, if not Cuddenly cured, doth un- 
 ■ doubredly imocl the patient into a phtluf.cnl eon- 
 
 " Thc""is likewife a cbnfumption from an tlyi- 
 «,., after an intlatnmation of the lungs; wluch 
 „w be known from a weight "P^^" t'>^ ^'^'^ 
 phragm, oppreffion of the lungs, a riiffir.Uy oC 
 bieathing. and inability to Ue on on. fide, w.uc v 
 is that which is found. ^rh,.,h,.'Ai 
 
 Empv'real. aJj. [t^..^^.-\ '^^l^f 
 of the element of fire ; refined be- 
 yond aerial ; pertaining to the highelt 
 and pureft region of heaven. licUl 
 accents it on the penult. 
 
 Now went forth the morn, 
 Such as in Vigheft heav'n, array'd in gold , 
 
 Emfvr'.il Mi.'onU I'araMf, Uf..^ 
 
 ■ iJo,f'>nrw5thPUtototH'.K/>"-.Wf|here ; 
 
 To the Wft good, firft perfe-a; and *'* f^jj-;^^; 
 
 But impri.-:! forms, howe'er in fight 
 Gath'dandd.fmember'deafily unite. l<cM. 
 
 Empyre'an. «./. [.Vt,?..-] Thehighefl 
 heaven where the pure element of ure is 
 
 fuppofed to fubfift. 
 
 Almighty Father from above, 
 
 F'om the pure cnfynan, where he fits ^ 
 High thron-a abov. all height, b.nt down Ins eye. 
 
 "Under his burning wheel 
 The ftedfaft cmfyrcan (hook throughou". 
 All but the throne Htelf of Ged. hnli,^- 
 
 The enq-ytM rung ,.r t „ 
 
 With hallelujahs. . M.lt.n , ? ^^ ai.fc UJi . 
 
 E'mpyreum. \ n.f. [.>.w«W:..] The 
 
 Empvreuma.] btirning ot any matter 
 
 in boiling or diliilhtio.i, winch gives 
 
 a particular ofFerfive fmell. ^^incy. 
 
 l! ,s fu far from admiiling an ,v,^>. .■<-/-:, that .t 
 
 barns clear aw.-iy without leaving any cinders or 
 
 jduft about It. ■..,,,,; ; 
 
 Tne hopes of an elix.r infenfibly evaporate, 
 „d vaniih to air, or leave in the rccipr^nt .n foul 
 
 Empyrei^-maticai.. adj. [from ntify- 
 r^uma.\ Having the fraell or tafte oi 
 burnt fubllauces. . 
 
 Zmprium.,ica\ oUs, diQiUed by ft.ong fH^s >n 
 retorts, m.y be brought to emuUe ellenttaU.U 
 dr.i*nin hmbicks. , ^ o " '' 
 
 Empvro's.s. n.f. [Sf«7r.e=V.] Conflagra- 
 tion ; general fire. 
 
 ' The former "Pi--" <>^" ^"'' '""^ ""f ' "'! 
 „ut ..^>>-/.' univeifai, was fuch as held .h.a .t 
 r, a iot/l confummation unto tU.ugs m thus 
 Cer world, efpceially that vf confi.jr,„on 
 
 t M U 
 
 To ETMETLATE. -a. a. \jtmulor, Latin.] I 
 
 1. To rival; to propolc as one to be 
 equalled or excelled. 
 
 2. To imitate w ith hope of equality, or 
 fuperiour excellence. 
 
 I would have • •" ■ ■ • 
 
 Him emulsitc you : 'tis no (hame to fbtloWi 
 The better pretedent. Btn~yonfi>n'iCiitiUm. 
 
 Thole fair ideas \o my aid I'll call, . 
 
 And imulati niy great original. Jiryicn. 
 
 What though no weeping loves thy afes grace, 
 
 Kor polilli'd marble emulate thy face. Vofi. 
 
 3. To be equal to ; to rife to equality with. 
 
 I lee how thy eye would m^l.^ti the diamond. 
 
 ... Skaijfiari. 
 
 We fee no ne-.v-built palaces afpire, 
 
 No kitchens muUte the vefr.il f.te. P«-'. 
 
 4.. To imitate ; to copy ; to refemble. 
 
 It is likewil'c attended with a deliiium, fury, 
 and an involuntary laughter, the couvulfion emu- \ 
 Uting this motion. .-irbuthnot. 
 
 EMt;LA'TloN. n.f. [imti/at'w, Latin.] 
 I . Rivaliy j defire of fuptriority. 
 
 Mine emuitttlGn 
 Hath not that honour in't it had ; for where 
 I thought to crufli him in an equal force, 
 True fwordto fword,ril pitch at him fume way. 
 Or wrath or craft may get him. Shakjfiure. 
 
 There was neither envy nor emulation amonglt 
 them. I M,:ccab.ei. 
 
 Ariftotle allows that.fomc cmiiatio'i may be 
 good, and may be found in feme good men ; yet 
 envy he utterly condemns, as wicked in itklf, 
 and only 10 be found in wicked minds. Sprutt. 
 The apolfle exhorts the Corinthians to an htiy 
 and general imu.'atjca of the charity of the Ma- 
 cedonians, in contiibuting freely to the relief of 
 the pour fiiints at Jcruialem. So:i:/i. 
 
 A' noble eir.iilatr.n heats your brealf. 
 And your own fame now robs you of your reft : 
 Good aflions fti'l rauft be m.tiiitain'd with good. 
 As bodies' iieur;!li'dwith':reltmbiing food. 
 
 '. 5 :■ -'- . , r:A J ;iv 1 Vry.icn. 
 
 2. Envy; deTire of deprefling another; 
 conteft ; contention ; difcord. 
 
 What niadnefs rules iu brainfick men, 
 When for fo fligst and frivolous a caufe. 
 Such factious emahi-ans (hall arife ! S'ljkfpcare. 
 E'mulative. adj. [from irmK/aC.'.] In- 
 clined to emulation ;~ rivalling ; difpofed 
 to competition. 
 Emula'tor. n.f. If rom emulate.'] A 
 rival ; a competitor. 
 
 In Cuperiours it quencheth jealoufy, and layeth 
 their competitors and ernulaturi allcep. Bac-.n. 
 To Emu'le. -y. a. [emulor, Latin.] To 
 emulate. . Not in ufe. 
 
 He fitting me befide, in that fame fhade, 
 ProvoU'd me to play fome plcalant lit ; 
 Vet tv/iw/z^e my pipe, he took in hand 
 Mv pipe, before that em;iU-ilu! many, 
 Arid plaid thereon ; for well that itill he could. 
 
 To Emu'lge. 1'. a. [etnulgeo, Latin.] To 
 
 milk out. 
 Emu'lgent. aJr. [emu/gens, Latin.] 
 
 E N A 
 
 Through the' v*iW»<f»/ branches itlie blood is 
 brought Ci) the kidneys, and is there freed of its 
 ferum. "" "' " Clirjtie. 
 
 E'mulous. aitj. \_irmiiius, Latin.] 
 
 1. Milking or draining out. 
 
 2. £mu/jra/ veffcls [in anatomy] are the 
 two large arteries and veins which anfe, 
 the former from the defcending trunk 
 of the aorta, or great artery ; the latter 
 from the vena cava. They are both In- 
 ferted Into the kidneys ; the emulgent 
 arteiles carrying blood with the ferum 
 to them, and the emiilgent veins bring- 
 ing it back again, after the fenim has 
 been feparated' therefrom by the kidneys. 
 
 Hanii. 
 h ('oth fuinifli the left emu!gt;l with one vein. 
 
 hi if". 
 
 1. Rivaliiiig ; engaged in competition. 
 Wiiat tlie Gaul or Moor could not elTecl, 
 
 N ir (-m.v/e.vi Cartli.ige, with their length of ipi'e, 
 
 £hjll be tlic work of one. Ben yo'i'cn. 
 
 Slie i9 in perpetual diffidence, or atftual enmity 
 
 ■with tier, but always ei^tuUus and fufpedtful of her, 
 
 Hcivei'^ i':,Ciit Ffjreji^ 
 
 2. Defirous of fuperiority ; defirous to rife 
 above another ; delirous of any excel- 
 lence polfeffed by another : with of be- 
 fore the obj.;(fl of emulation. 
 
 By ifrength 
 They meafure ail,, s/" other excellence 
 Kot tmul'jus, nor caie wi^o them excels. Miltort. 
 
 By fair rewards our nohle youth we raife 
 To tfnu!cui merit, and to thirll of praife. Prior. 
 Good Howard, emuloui of the GreciaH art. 
 
 P'w. 
 3. Faftlous ; contentious, 
 
 Wliole glorious deeds, but in the fields ef late, 
 Made emuiwi miflions 'mongll the gods them- 
 
 felves. 
 And drave great Mars tn faflion. Shahffeare^ 
 
 E'mulously. adv. [fromfOTu/s?//.] With 
 defire of excelling or outdoing another. 
 
 So tempt they him, and emuloujiy vie 
 To bribe a voice, that empires would not buy. 
 
 Gran-viliz^ 
 
 Emu'lsion. n. f. [emuZ/io, Latin.] A 
 form of medicine, by bruifmg oily feeds 
 and kernels, and drawing out their fub- 
 ftances with fome liquor, that thereby 
 becomes milky. ^incy. 
 
 The alimeiit is diiTolved by an operation re- 
 fembling that of making an cmulhon ; in which 
 operation the oily parts of nuts and feeds, being 
 gently ground in a marble mortar, and gradu:illy 
 mixed with force watery liquor, or dilfo'.ved 
 into a fwect, thick, turbid, milky liquor, le- 
 fembiir.g the ehyle in an animal body. .^Jrhuthnot. 
 
 E M u 'n C T o R 1 e s . n.f [emutifforium, Lat. ] 
 Thofe parts of the body where any 
 thing excrementltious is feparated and 
 culkfted, to be in readlnefs for eject- 
 ment. ^«"<y- 
 
 S'jocrflunus matter dcflows from the body 
 under their proper etuwiSa^ies. Bmivn, 
 
 There are receptacles in the body of man, and 
 emunSloriis to drain them of fuperfluous chokr. 
 
 AUre agclrp Atheifm. 
 
 Difcourfing of the lungs, I'lhew that they 
 are the grand emurt&oiy of the body ; that the 
 main end of rclpiratiou is continually to difchar je 
 and expel an exciemcntiiicus. fluid out of the 
 mafs of blood. U'o'.:ki,\i,J'i Nat. Hipry. 
 
 The le^imcn in quinfies, which proceed from 
 an obrtruftion of the ghinds, mult be to ufe fuch 
 warm liquors as relax, thofe glands, fuch as, by 
 Ifimulating, open the cmunUtiriei to fecern the 
 humour. Arbuthr.ot. 
 
 Ev. An infeparable particle borrowed by 
 us from the French, and by the French 
 formed from the Latin in. Many words 
 are uncei'talnly written with en or in. 
 In many words en is changed into em 
 for more eafy pronunciation. 
 
 To En a'ble. -v. a. [from able.'] To make 
 able; to empower; to fupply with 
 ftrength or ability. 
 
 If thou would' ft vouch fafe to overfpread 
 Me with the (hadow of thy gentle wing, 
 1 fhould enaUrd be thy aiSs to fing. Spmftr. 
 
 His great frienrilhip with God might cnaltc 
 him, anii his compalfion might incline him. 
 
 jitteibu'y.
 
 E N A 
 
 He points out to him the way of liff, fticnjili . 
 ciii Ills wcakncfs, rcllorcs his lupfcs, and rnahiis 
 liim to walk and pcritvcrc in it. Hem, 
 
 To Ena'ct, v. a. [from ai?.] 
 
 1. To a(5t ; to perform; to effect. Not 
 now in ufc. 
 
 In true balancing of jiiflice, it is flat wrong 
 to puiiiOi the thought oi- purpufc of any hcfoi'c 
 it be tnaijcti. Spcfifer. 
 
 Valiant Talbot, above human thoiigl.t, 
 EiiaCltd wonders with his fwoid and lance. 
 
 ShiikJ^rare. 
 
 2. To eftablidi by law ; to decree. 
 
 It is (luilui in tnc laws of Venice, 
 If it be proved .igainil an alien 
 He fecks the life of any citi/.en, 
 The party, 'gainft t!ie wiiicii he doth contrive, 
 Sliali fcize on half his goods. Hftak/prutc-. 
 
 The fcnatc were authors of all counfels ni the 
 il-ate ; and what was by them confultcd and 
 agreed, was propoferi to the pe lolc, by whum 
 it was cuailcd oi commanded. Tem^U-. 
 
 3. To reprefent by adlion, 
 
 I did cniilJ Htiftor. Shakfprare. 
 
 Ena'ct. n.f. [from the verb.] Furpofe; 
 
 determination. 
 Ena'ctor. n.f. [from fxai?.] 
 
 1. One that forms decrees, or eflbhflies 
 laws. 
 
 Tlic great author of our nature, and rna{?cr of 
 this law of good and evil, is highly dilhonoured. 
 
 j^ttrrhuty. 
 
 2. One that praclifcs or performs any 
 thing. Not ufed. 
 
 The violence of cither grief or jov. 
 Their own ina^cn with thcnifelves deflroy. 
 
 Sh<2kJi>care. 
 
 Ena'lLAGE. n.f. [l.zUayr.] A figure 
 in grammar, whereby fome change is 
 made in the common modes of fpeech, 
 as when one mood or tcnfe of a verb is 
 put for another. 
 To Ena'misush. v. a. [from ambiiP:.'\ 
 To hide in ambufh ; to hide with hoftile 
 intention. 
 They went within a vale, clofe to a flood, 
 whofe ftrcam 
 Us'd to give all their cattle drink, they there 
 enamhujh'd them. Chjpman^s IJiiid. 
 
 To Ena'mel. v. a. [from amel. See 
 Amel.] 
 
 1. To inlay; to variegate with colours, 
 properly with colours fixed by fire. 
 
 Miift I, alas! 
 Frame and cnawc, piatc, and drirk in gl.ifs r 
 
 Dittnc. 
 Sec Pan with flocks, with fruits Pomona 
 crown'd ; 
 Here bluihing Flora p.-.ints ih* en.imc}l\i ground. 
 
 Pope. 
 I bequeath to the Esrl of Oircry the enamelt'J 
 fitver plates, to diftinguifh bottles of wine by. 
 
 S-:v:fi\ L,<ft lI'iH. 
 
 2. To lay upon another body fo as to 
 vary it. 
 
 Higher than fhjt wall, .1 circling row 
 Of gooriliijll tieci, londcn with the faireft fruit, 
 BlulVoms, and fruits at ont c of golden hue, 
 Appcar'.d with gay rnanuh J colours mix'd. 
 
 Miilan 
 
 J#Ena'mf.l. v. n. To praclife the ufe 
 of enamel. 
 
 Though it wert^foolidi to colour or (•'mwc/ upon 
 the glades of tclcfvopcs, yet to gild the tubes of 
 them may xender them more acceptable to the 
 ufers, without IcfTcning the clcarnefs of the objefl, 
 
 B'.ytc. 
 Eua'mel. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. Any thing enamelled, or variegatfd 
 with colouis fi.Ked bv fire. 
 
 E N C 
 
 Down from her eyes welled tlie pejrles round, 
 Upon the biigiit cfmmti of her face ; 
 
 Such honey drops on fpringiiig Rowers aie 
 found, 
 \\'hen Phccbus holds the crirafon morn in chafe. 
 
 There arc various forts of coloured glalTcs, 
 paflts, tnawr.'if and factitious gems. H't>o.hu,int. 
 2. The fubliance inlaid in other things. 
 Ena'mellfr. n.f. [(torn enamel.] One 
 
 that pradtifes the art of enamelling. 
 ToEna'mour. v. a. [amour, French.] 
 To inflame with love ; to make fond : 
 with «/" before the thing orpcrfon loved. 
 
 Atflldtion is cn.ir>:c:.r' d nj tliy parti. 
 And thoii art wedded to calamity. S'^jlfpu-ire. 
 
 My Oijeion ! what vifions have I fcen ! 
 I thought I was enamtuT^A of an afs. $hakjpcnre. 
 
 You are very near my brotiicr in his love ; he 
 is ctuimoured uu Hero. ^hukfptarf. 
 
 Or Ibould fhc, confident, 
 As fitting quctn adoi'd on beauty's throne, 
 Pcfcend with all her winning charms begirt, 
 T" f'liiminrj as the zone of Venus once 
 liruuglit ti.at cSq& on Jove, lo fables tell. MUnn. 
 
 He, on liis fide, 
 Leaning half-rais'd, with looks of cordirti love 
 Hung over her fr/amour'd. ' Mitit/n i Par. Liji . 
 
 Your uncle cardinal 
 Is not fo far e':.:mbiti*d of a cloyftcr, 
 But he wdl thank you lor the ctown. J^rydrn. 
 
 'Tis hard fo difcern whctlier is in the grcatcll 
 crrour, he who is ri.imci^r'./&/'all he dOcs, or he 
 whom nothijig of his own c«n plealc. ' Drydit. 
 
 En.vkra'tion. n.f. [enano, Latin.] Eic- 
 
 planation ; expofition. Dicl. 
 
 En ARTHKo'sis. n. f. [.'> and a^Sjci.] 
 
 The infertion of one bone into another 
 
 to form a joint. 
 
 Enarihirji^ is where a good round head enters 
 into a cavity. Whether it be a cotyla, or profound 
 cavity, as that of os coxx, receiving the head of 
 tlie OS femoris ; or glenc, which is more fhaliow, 
 as in the fcapula, where it receives the humerus. 
 lyifcman^i Stjy^irY. 
 
 Enata'tion. n.f. [^enalo, Latin.] The 
 aft of fwimming out ; efcape by 
 fvvimming. Did. 
 
 Ena'unter. aJv. An obfolete word ex- 
 plained by Spenfr himfelf to mean Icjl 
 that. 
 
 Anger would not let him fpeak to the tree, 
 T.nauTiicr his rage might cooled be. 
 But to the root bent iui liutdy ftruke. Sptnfer. 
 
 To Enca'ge. 1'. a. [from cage.] To 
 ftiut up in a cage ; to coop up ; to 
 confine. 
 
 He fuffci'd his kinfman NTarch, 
 Who is, if every owncj- were right plac'd, 
 Indeed, bis kini', to he rnntgd m Wales, 
 There without ranlcm to lie forfeited. Shiikjpeare. 
 
 Like Bajjzct eirui^'d^ the Ihepherd's fcod". 
 Or iike li.ick.fuiew'd bampfon, his hair off. 
 
 Do'!-:'. 
 
 To Enc.i'i^p. -v. a. [from cam/).] To 
 pitch tents ; to fit down for a time in a 
 usarch j to fettle a temporary habitation. 
 He enc.impcd at the mount of God. EAodu^. 
 The French knew how to ra.ike war with the 
 Englifh, by not putting things to the ho/aidof a 
 battle, but wearing them by long fiegcs of towns, 
 and IVrong fortified :-/irjtnpi/igs. Bacjn. 
 
 To Enca'mp. f. a. To form an army 
 into a regular camp ; to order to en- 
 camp. 
 The people were encamped againil Gibbethon. 
 
 Khigi. 
 
 Enca'mpment. n.f. [^hom encamfi.] 
 
 1. The aft of encamping, or pitching teats. 
 
 2. A camp; tents pitthtd in order. 
 
 E N C 
 
 T'loir enemies fervcd to improve tl>eni in their 
 ra.di/i^w.-fl/ 1, weapons, or fomctliirig die. Gitut, 
 
 When a g-.-n'ral bids the mariial train 
 Spread their cncumpmen: o'er the fpacious.j«Uiin, 
 Thick rifing tents a canvas city build. Guy 
 
 71 EncaVe. T.a. [from fau.-.] To hide 
 as in a cave. 
 
 Do but <ncnt yourftlf. 
 And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable (corns, 
 That dwell in ev'iy region of his face ; 
 For I will make him tell the tale anew. Sh.ikff. 
 
 ENCEINTE, n. f [French.] Enclo- 
 fure ; ground cnclol'ed with a fortifica- 
 tion. A military term not yet hatura- 
 li/.ed. 
 
 7o Encha'ff.. v. a. [efchauJfer,Yrtn(:h,] 
 To enrage ;" to irritate ; to provoke. 
 Ti.e wind-lhak'd furge, with higk and raon- 
 flrous m.iir., 
 Seems to caft water on the burning bear, 
 I never did like malcliation view- 
 On the tnchilfcd flood. Sh,ikffrarci Oth'Ht. 
 
 To Encha'im. v. a. [f/icAaini.'/-, French.] 
 
 1. To fatten with a chain; to hold in 
 chains ; to bind ; to hold in bondage. 
 
 VVhat fliould I do ! v.»hile here I was emh.iln'd. 
 No glimpl'e of godlike liberty rcmain'd. Dryiin. 
 
 2. To link together; to concatenate. 
 
 The one contradli; and er.rhitim his words, 
 fpeaking pveffingly and (hort ; the Bther delights 
 in long-breathed accents. lUutL 
 
 /"oENCHA'NT. -v. a. [enrhantcr,¥r.] 
 
 1 . To give efficacy to any thing by fongs 
 of forcery. 
 
 And now abov the cauldron finj, . 
 Like elves and fairies in a ring, 
 Knihjniing all that you put in. Shakfprtirt. 
 
 Thcfe powerful drops thrice on the thrclhuld 
 ])our. 
 And bathe with this irwc^ii'j/irt/ juice her door; 
 Tnat door whcrs no .Tdmittance now is found. 
 But where my foul is ever hov'ring round. 
 
 2. To fubdue by charms or fpells. 
 
 Arcadia was the charmed circle, where all his 
 fpirils fur ever (hould be tnclumted. Sidney. 
 
 John thinks them all enchanted : he enquires 
 if Nick had not given them fome intoxicating po- 
 tion. .4ibuthnat. 
 
 3. To delight in a high degree. 
 
 One whom the mufick of his own vain tongue 
 Doth ravifli like enchanihig harmony. Sliakfp, 
 
 Too dear I priz'd a fair enc'mnti/ig face ; 
 
 Beauty unehalie, is beauty in difgracc. Popr. 
 
 Encha'ntfr. n.f. \_enchanleur,YTsnc\\.1 
 
 A magician; a foreerer; one who has 
 
 fplrits or demons at his command ; one 
 
 who has the power of charms and fpells. 
 
 Such phafms, fuch appaiitions, are excellencies 
 
 which men applaud in thcmfelves, conjured up 
 
 by the m.isick of a (Irong imagination, and only 
 
 fecn within that ciicle in which the e:, 'mnfer 
 
 Hands. Die.iy of JP/fly. 
 
 Gladio, by valour and fir.atagem, put to dcatd 
 
 tyrants, enchannri, monliers^ and kniglits. 
 
 ■ ■ ' ' Spiilalor. 
 
 Ardan, that black rmkaniet , whofe dire arta . 
 Enflav'dour tnighls, andijfok'e ouriirgin hearts, 
 
 Granville. 
 
 Excha'stingty. adv. [from encbaut.'\ 
 With the force of enchantment. It it 
 improperly ufed in a paffive fenfe In the 
 following pafiage. 
 
 He 's gentle ; never fchool'd, and yet learned ; 
 full of noble device ; of all forts e>-rh.tnting'f 
 belov'd. Siiaiffijrf, 
 
 Encha'ntmf.nt. n.f. [fiicianlement, Fr. ] 
 I . Magical charms ; fpells ; iucantatiot) | 
 forceiy. 
 
 4K i
 
 The Turfcs t)\ou jht tl«t te«npcft was brougl t 
 ,«pojj Ihcm by the chiTiAS'indcmiiiAtme'tt! of 
 The Ptrrian magicians. ■'-■" Kifilia. 
 
 2. Trreliftibk influence j overpoweririg de- 
 light. 
 
 ■.t^.Wjfmth of fancy will carry the loudcft and 
 Wofl univerfjl atiolaufe, which holds tlic hc.irt 
 of a reader under the Ajongrft enckahimint. Pcpi-. 
 
 En'cha'ntrkss. n.y; [enchantereffe, Fr.] 
 
 I." A forcerefs : a >voman verfed in magical 
 
 arts, . ,^ _,. -, . : . , , . . 
 
 ,5,ff II banrfiiig ha^'rVw?^"?^^''* '^"''' '''^ '0"S"<;- 
 , .^'-"'' '" . .. Shakfpea't:. 
 
 "^ j have it by certain tradirion, that it was given 
 
 to the firrt who wore it by an rtchuntnfs. Tatln. 
 
 2. A woman whofe beauty or excellencies 
 
 give irrefiflible influence. 
 
 From tliis inck.^ntref: all thcfe ills are come ; 
 
 You are not faff 'till you pronounce her doom. 
 
 Dry.kn. 
 
 Oft with th' enchaittth of his foul he talks, 
 Sometimes in crowds diftrefs'd. Th>mJ<,n, 
 
 To Encha'se. v. a. [_enchaj[er, French ] 
 
 1. To infix ; to cnclofe in any other body 
 fo as to be held iaft, but not concealed. 
 
 Like polifti'd iv'ry, beauteous to behold; 
 Or Parian marble, when rnchai'd in gold. Dryd. 
 
 Words, which, in their natural fituation, Ihinc- 
 like jewels cnchafiA in gold, look, when tranf- 
 pofed into notes, as if fet in lead. Felion. 
 
 2. To adorn by being fixed upon it. 
 
 What fee'ft thou there ? King Henry's diadem, 
 Enchoi'd with all the honoufs of the world ! 
 
 Shjkfprare. 
 
 They houles burn, and houfehold gods deface, 
 
 To drink in bowls which glitt'ring gems cnchjfe. 
 
 JOryiUn. 
 
 3. To adorn by raifed or emboiTed work. 
 
 When was old Shcrewood's head more quaintly 
 curl'd, 
 Or look'd the earth more green upon the world, 
 Or nature's cradle moic enchai'J and purl'd .> 
 
 Ben 'Joijon 
 Enche'ason. n. f. \encheafon, old law 
 French.] Caufe ; occafion. 
 
 Shtnner. Cowill. Balky. 
 Certes, faid he, well mote I fhould to tell 
 The fond enchcafan that me hither led. f. Quan. 
 
 yo Enci'rcle. -u. a. [from circ/e.] To 
 furround ; to environ ; to enclofe in a 
 ring or circle ; to enring. 
 
 That Uranger gueft the Paphian realm obeys, 
 A realm defended with entirding fcas. Pofe. 
 
 Beneath a fculptur'd arch he fits enthron'd ; 
 The peers encircling, form an awful round. Vope^ 
 
 Enci'rclet. n. f. [from circk.] A 
 
 circle ; a ring. 
 In wnofe enaidrls if ye gaze, . 
 
 Your eyes may tread a lovei's maze. Si.l':y. 
 Enci.i'ticks. n.f. [tyxxlnxa.] Particles 
 
 which throw back the accent upon the 
 
 foregoing fyllable. 
 To F,NCLo'sE. V. a. [enclos, French.] 
 I. To part from things or grounds cora- 
 
 mon by a fence. 
 
 The proteflor caufed a proclamation to be fet 
 forth againft cnclofures, commanding that they 
 -who had enchfed lands, accuftomed to lie open, 
 ihould lay them open ;igain. Hayjuaid. 
 
 As much land as a man tills, and can ufc the 
 product of, fo much he by his labour enckfa 
 from the comroon. - L'.cke. 
 
 For enchfmg of land, the ufual way is with a 
 
 bank Cet with quick, Mortimer's Hujhandiy. 
 
 a. To environ; to encircle ; to fiUTOund ; 
 
 to encompafs ; to (hut in between other 
 
 tilings ; to include. 
 
 The fouith row a beryl, and an onyx, and a 
 iafpcr : they Ihall be (ct in gold m tl-.cir encloj,:,g!. 
 * ^ ' £..-c<,du>. 
 
 E N C 
 
 The peer now fpreads the glitt'ring fon'cx wide, 
 T' enclofe the lock ; now joins it, todivide. Ptye. 
 3. To hold by an exclufivc claim. 
 Enclo'ser. n.f. [from encla/e.] 
 
 1. One that enclofes or feparates common 
 fields into feveral diilinft properties. 
 
 If God had laid all common, certainly 
 Man would have been th* cv.t.'ciW' ;_but lincc now 
 God haih irnpal'd us, on the coMiary, 
 Man breaks the wt^cc Hnt-rf. 
 
 2. Any thing in which sillflt+jerisenclofed. 
 Enclo'sure. n.f. [horn cnc.'o/e.] 
 
 1. The acl of enclp£ng pr .environing any 
 thing. .- ^ ;^' _ .,' ^ , _ 
 
 The membraiies are'fof'tlie'comprehcnrion or 
 tichftrt of all thcfe together. Wi'.kin,. 
 
 2. The reparation of common grounds 
 into dillincl polfcflions. 
 
 Enclrjurei began to be frequent, whereby 
 arable l.ind was turned into pallurc. Bucon. 
 
 Touching enci'-,jurts, a comp.my of lands in- 
 clofed are thereby improved in worth two or 
 three parts at the leaft. Hayiviird. 
 
 3. The appropriation of things common. 
 
 Let no man appropriate wh.it God lutth made 
 common ; that is againft juftice and charity, and 
 by miiaculous accidents God hath declared his 
 difpieafure againll fuch enclofure. Taykr. 
 
 4. State of being fhut up in any place ; 
 cncompafTed, or environed. 
 
 This cxpreffes particularly the inckfun of the 
 waters witnin the earth. Burnet's Tktcry. 
 
 For the young, during its enebjur; in the womb, 
 there are formed membranes invcloping it, called 
 fccundines. Ray. 
 
 5. The fpace enclofed ; the fpace com- 
 prehended within certain limits. 
 
 And all, that el/c this world's tndof.n bafc 
 Hath great or glorious in mortal eye. 
 Adorns the perfon of her majcfty. F. Q-ieen. 
 
 They are to live all in a body, and generally 
 within the fame encfo/ure; to marry among them- 
 felves, and to eat no meats that are not prepared 
 their own way. ..'Iddife.n' s Spe&ator. 
 
 6. Several; ground enclofed; ground fe- 
 parated from the common. 
 
 *Tis nut the common, but the enclofure^ muft 
 make him rich. Smith. 
 
 EnCO'mIAST. n. f. [e'yjJaifilaiDlf.] A 
 
 panegyrift ; a proclaimer of praife ; a 
 praifer. 
 
 The Jcfuits are the great encamiaps of the Chl- 
 nefe. Locke. 
 
 Encomia'stical. 7 ("ij- \iyy-ufji.iir->t.^.^ 
 Encomla'stick. J Panegyrical; lauda- 
 tory ; containing praife ; bellowing 
 praife. 
 ENCOMIUM, n.f. [SyxJf.,0,.] Pane- 
 gyrick ; praife ; elogy. 
 
 How eagerly do fome men prop.agate every lit- 
 tle e/uiininm their parafites make of them ! 
 
 Government of the Tongue. 
 A vile encomium doubly ridicules; 
 There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. 
 
 Pipe. 
 
 To ENCc'rurASS. v. a. [^itom cotnpafs,^ 
 
 1. To enclofe ; to encircle. 
 
 Look bow ray ring encompulfeth thy finger; 
 Ev'n fo thy brcali cnclofcth my pooi heart. 
 
 S'nakfp:are. 
 
 Two ftiong ligameots imomf.fs the whole head 
 
 of the femur. H ij,nan's Surgery. 
 
 Poetick fields t nc^mp.-ifs nae around. 
 And Hill I fcem to tread on clafiick ground. 
 
 ./liUiJon. 
 
 2. To (hut in ; to riirround ; to environ. 
 
 He, having fcarce fix thoufand in his troop. 
 By three and twenty ihouland of the FrciicH 
 Was round snci,mj,.ijjtd, and let upon. ihakff. 
 
 E N C 
 
 3. To go round any place ; as, Drake 
 encompafTed the ivorld. 
 
 E N c o ' M p A s s ^f E N T . «.y". [ fro m encompafs. } 
 Circumlocution ; remote tendency of 
 talk.- 
 
 Finding 
 By this tncmif.tff'mciu and drift of queftion, 
 That they do know my fon, come you moie near. 
 
 S/takfpearc . 
 ENCO'RE. adv. [French.] Again; once 
 wore. A word ulcd at publick (hows 
 when a finger, or fidler, or buffoon, is 
 deliied by the audience to do the fame 
 thing again. 
 
 To the fame notes thyfons Qiall hum or fnorc, 
 And all thy yawning daoghters cry e'ncori, 
 
 Dunciad* 
 
 ENCOUNTER, n.f [encontre, Ynnch.} 
 
 1 . Duel J (ingle fight ; conflitl. 
 
 Ttiou hali: beat me out 
 Twelve feveral times, and I have nightly fince 
 Dreamt of encounters 'twi:it thyfelf and me. 
 
 Shakfpcart. 
 Let 's leave this keen encjunler of our wits. 
 And fall fomething into a flower method. Shatff, 
 Pallas th' encounter feeks ; but eie he throws. 
 To Tufcan Tiber thus addrcfs'd his vows : 
 
 facrtd ftream, dirc£t my flying dart. 
 And give to pafs the proud Halcfus' heart. 
 
 Diydtn's j£neid. 
 
 2. Battle ; fight in which enemies rufh 
 againlt each other. 
 
 Two black clouds 
 With hcav'n's artillery fraught, come rattling on 
 Over the Cafpian ; then tland front to front, 
 Hov'ring a fpace, 'till winds the lignal hlow 
 To join their dark encounter in mid air. Miltort. 
 
 3. Eager and warm converfation, either 
 of love or anger. 
 
 The peakin^j coinuto comes to me in the inftant 
 qf our encounter, after we had fpoke the prologue 
 ot our comedy. Shakfpeare. 
 
 4. Accidental congrefs ; fudden meeting. 
 
 Propitious Pallas, to fecure her care, 
 Around him fpread a veil of thicken'd air. 
 To ihun th' encounter of the vulgar crowd. 
 
 Pope's Odyjfey. 
 
 ;. Accofting; tranfient or uuexpedled 
 addrefs. 
 
 But in what habit will you go along '> 
 — Not like a woman; for 1 would prevent the 
 loofe encounters oi lafcivious men. Shukjpe.trc. 
 
 Three parts of Brutus 
 Is ours already ; and the man entire. 
 Upon the next encounter, yields him ours. SJiahj'p, 
 
 6. Cafual incident ; occafion. This fenfe 
 is fcarcely Englilh. 
 
 An equality is not fufficient for the unity of 
 character ; 'tis further necelTary, that the fanre 
 fpirit appear in all fort of encounters. Pope. 
 
 To Enco'unter. "v.a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To meet face to face ; to front. 
 
 If I muft die, 
 
 1 will encounter darknefs as a bride. 
 
 And hug it in mine arms. Shtifpenre. 
 
 The f.ifliion of the world is to avoid cort, and 
 you encounter it. Shukjpeare. 
 
 Thou ftiongcrmay'ft endure the flood of light; 
 And, while in (hades I chear my fainting fight, 
 JLn.our.ter the dcfccnding excellence. Dryden. 
 
 2. To meet in a hoftile manner ; to rufh 
 againft in conHicl. 
 
 Putting themfclves in order of battle, they frt- 
 «:/«/£; i-t/ their enemies. KnoUcs' Hijiory cj Turks. 
 
 3. To meet with reciprocal kindnefs. 
 
 See, they encounter thee with their hearts 
 thanks ; 
 Both fides are even. Shll^fpe.^re' s Macbeth-. 
 
 4. To attack j to meet in the front.
 
 E N C 
 
 Which *ay focvcr wc turn, we are ennunleri.l 
 with clear evidences aad t'curiklc d«monnraiipQs 
 of a Deity. Tilhijin. 
 
 5. To d'ppofe ] to oppugn. 
 
 Jurors are not bannd to believe two witncffcs, 
 if tlu* jir.ibability of the iiiX docs rcafonably tn- 
 coufttc) tlicm. liaU. 
 
 6. To meet by accident. 
 
 I am mdft fortuii.ite tlius to' entonnlcr you : 
 You have ended my bufincfs, and I will merrily 
 Accompany yuu home. Sk'akjftart' s (Arittottus. 
 
 7*0 Enco'unter.. "u. n, ,. 
 
 1. To rufli together in a hoftile manner; 
 to coiiflitt. 
 
 Encounter fo, 
 As djth the fuiy uf two dcfperate men, 
 Which, in the vcr}' luecting, fall and die. 
 
 S/t/tifpeau. 
 Five times, Marcius, 
 Have T fought witli thee ; I'o often liaft thou heat 
 
 me : 
 And wouUlft do fo, 1 think, {hQ\i\d wc fncounUr 
 As often as we ear. S/iaifpfart'i Coridaniii. 
 
 2. To engage ; to fight : it has ivUh be- 
 fore the thing. 
 
 Our wars 
 Will turn into a peaceful comick fport, 
 When ladies cra\ c to be fncourtter'd'tuiik. Sfiakf^. 
 Both the wings of his fleet h,ad begun to en- 
 cou/tUr 'ZLi'.'fi the cliriflians. A'wcZ/fi. 
 
 Thofe who have the moil dread of death, muft 
 be content to encoutiter wit/: it, whether ihey will 
 -or no. /fail. 
 
 3. To meet face to face. 
 
 4. To come together by chance. 
 Enco'untereu. n. f. [horn encounUr.^ 
 1. Opponent; antagonift; enemy. 
 
 The lion will not kick with his feet, but he 
 •will ftiikefuch a rtroke with his tail, that he will 
 break the back of his encouTiterfr with it. I^krc. 
 
 The doi>rines of the reformation have kept the 
 field againrt all tficou^itercn. Attdrhury. 
 
 3. One that loves to accoft others. An 
 
 old term. 
 Oh, thefe cncvintcrns ! fo guilt of tongue. 
 
 They give a coafting welcome ere it cumcs; 
 
 And wide unclafp the tables of their thoughts 
 
 To every ticklilh leader. Shakf^eare. 
 
 To Enco'uraGE. v. a. [encourager, Fr.] 
 
 1. To animate ; to incite to any thing. 
 
 They encourage theraleives in an evil matter. 
 
 2. To give courage to; to fupport the 
 fpirits; toinfpirit; to embolden. 
 
 Kinds of mulick^n-c/.^.j^.- men, a^dmake them 
 warlike, or make them lott and etttminatc. 
 
 Baon. 
 
 1 would neither {icaimge the rebeN, nor dif- 
 courage the prottftants loy.iily. King^ Cruujci. 
 
 3. To raife confidence; to make confident. 
 
 I doubt not but tliere arc ways to be found, to 
 aftil our reafon in this mort ufcful part; and this 
 the judicious Hooker erjcr.ur.iges mc to fay. Lccic. 
 
 Enco'uragement. n.J". [(rom encouraj'e.'] 
 t. Incitement to any adion or practice; 
 
 incentive. 
 2. Increafe of confidence. 
 
 Such flrength of iicart 
 Thy conduft and ex.^mple gives; nor fmall 
 Encouragemtritf Goilolphin, wife and juft. 'Philips. 
 J. Favour ; countenance ; fuppo.'-t. 
 
 For when h« die?, farewcl all honour, bounty, 
 All generous cncouragematt of arts. Otvjuy 
 
 ■ Tlie reproach of inimoitality will lie heavietl 
 againft an ellaUilhed religion, becaufc thofc who 
 have no religion will proiefs themfclves of that 
 which has the cnmurugrmcnt of the law. Rogers. 
 
 Enco'u RACER, n.f. [from enrouragf.'] 
 One that fiipplies incitements to any 
 thing ; a favourer. 
 
 Live then, thou great encouragrr of arts, 
 l,ivo ever ii> our thankful hearts. pry.!,'! 
 
 K N C 
 
 Ai the pope is a mafter of polite learolng, end 
 .1 great ineutoigtr of aitb; fo at Rome thefe aits 
 immcdiatelu thrive, under ;he encjuragement of 
 
 the prince. Aif.l'p':. 
 
 To KNCRO'.ACH. I'.'rt. [a<:irocier, from 
 croc, a hook, French.] 
 
 1. To make invafions upon the right of 
 another; to put a hook into another 
 man's poflefllons to draw them away. 
 
 Thbfc Irilh captains of counties have tit- 
 
 (rifcictl u^n t\\c ijuacij's freeholders an^ ten.uits. 
 
 * Sptnfcr on hchttul. 
 
 2. To advance gradually and by flealtli 
 upon that to whicli one has no right : 
 witli on before the fnbjedt. , . ' 
 
 This hour is mine; if for the next I care, I 
 glow too wide, 
 And do encroach upon death's fide. Hirlcrt. 
 
 TiGphone, let loofc fixsm under grqund, 
 Before her drives difeafcs and airriglit i 
 And every moment rifes to the fight,,,.;, i.; i- 
 Afpiring to the (kies, t/iti-McAmg f«,ihe Jigjit. 
 
 ,.. ffryjt/i. 
 To Encro'ach, 1: n. .-,!.■ 
 
 1. To creep on gradually without right. 
 
 The fuperltition that rifctii voluntaiily, and 
 by degrees miiigleth itfelf with the lites, even 
 of every divine fervicc, done to the only true 
 God, rauit be couljdercd of as a creeping and 
 encroaching evil.,.," .j ,.'\ _ . , .Hooker. 
 
 Th' encro,iching\\l vow early^JIieCild oppofe ; 
 Flatter'd, 'tis Vorft?,' "aft'd %y itWUleenie grow s 
 ■ _ .'. \:r.'.u:-. r-j ,;T;v:, . ./;,_,,/„,, 
 
 2. To pafs bounds, ',, ,' j, ,,', . .r ' 
 
 They fabled how therefpent,';WJio^!they.,call'd 
 Ophion, with Eiirynomc, the wide" 
 frracfif/j/ffg Eve perhaps, had firll the rule 
 Of high Olympus. Milton" t'V.cirddije Loji. 
 
 Next, fenc'd with hedges andjjfccp. ditches 
 round, 1- :i.-: lir ':.j: . 
 
 Exclude th' e«frMe&«g cattle frpm thy ground. 
 . • ^ '. Dryden. 
 
 Encro'achEr. t!./. [from eticroack.'\ 
 
 1. One who feizes the poffeffion of another 
 by gradual and filent means. 
 
 Tiie bold encioa.:heti on the deep, 
 Gain by degrees huge tra^s of land, 
 
 'Till Neptune, with one gen'ral fweep. 
 Turns all again to barren l^rand. Sivift. 
 
 2. One who makes flow and giTtdual ad- 
 vances beyond his rights. ' 
 
 Fyll drefs creates dignity, augments ct>nfciouf- 
 nefs, and keeps ac diliaiicc an tn.n^uchcr. 
 
 -- '^-- ^^.•)v^t^\ ^■■- .: U-aiifTa. 
 
 Encro'achment. n.f. [from Mfroaf^.] 
 
 1. An unlawful gathering in upon another 
 man. For example: if twomcn'sgrounds 
 lie together, tlic onepreiTes too far upon 
 the other; or if a tenant owe two (hil- 
 lings rent-fcrvice to the lord,' and the 
 lord takes three : fo the Spenctrs en- 
 croached to themlelves royal power and 
 authority. Cotvell. 
 
 But rliis ulurper his entrenchment proud 
 Stays not on man : to God his tow'r intends 
 Siege, and defiance. ATiltunh V.tratlije Loji. 
 
 If it be a man's known principle to depart 
 from his tight, ill men will roake.-uiijuft e/!.:rtucA- 
 raen/i upon him. . Attertury. 
 
 2. Advance into the territories or rights of 
 another. 
 
 As a man had a right to all he could employ 
 his labour upon, fo he had no temptation to 
 labour for more than he could make tile of; this 
 left no room for conrroverfy about the title, nor 
 for evcro.ickmif.t on the right of otf.er*. e.ockt. 
 
 The ancient Ruinans made many incioachmcnis 
 on the lea, and laid the foundations of tkeir pij- 
 hicrs within the veiy binders of it. AJ.Iifon, 
 
 The people, ijnce the death of Solor>^ had 
 already niade great tr.;;oaiJ.me*in. Sun/t. 
 
 END 
 
 To EnCu'mber. T). a. \^enconiirer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To clog; to lo<id ; to impede. " 
 
 Wchave, by this many yean ixpciiencf, to^cji 
 that exceeding gtpat go..(l, n^t en.umbe-eJ with 
 any nv^tjble ineonvenicnc*. ' Hlrier, 
 
 Enrumttr' J with hii vel?, without defence. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 2. To entangle; to embarrafs; tcobftriift. 
 
 The verbal copier is ii/rv/xirri,/ with fo mairy 
 diffirultiesitTjiiccj that he .can never drfenungie, 
 
 himfclA. ,,: l.ir;.v n/,- :.. .v , ■ .. ■ y.^dC^'"-. 
 
 The god awak d, 
 And thrice in vain he (hook his wing, ' 
 
 Enemr.hci'd'm the filken firing. • Vritr, 
 
 3. To load with debts: as, h'lsejlqle ii,ea' 
 cumbered with mortgages. ',„ . - ,. , 
 
 Encu'mbrance. II. f. [ixom «ncumher.\, 
 
 1. Clog; load; impediment. 
 
 Philol'ophcts agreed in dcfpifing riches, aC 
 
 belt, conideriiig thtni as uiiiieceQ'ary cniuiniriai- 
 
 ; CCS of life. Temple. 
 
 ■ Dead limbs at(^ aa encumiffiiifi tj) the body, 
 
 I jhftead of being of uf^ to.jt^ ,.^ ,.. .,...A4dy'v!. 
 
 2. E.xcrefcence ; ufelefs additipn....,^,^. ."? 
 
 Stnp from the bjaiiching ,\lf 1 their vHiy load/ 
 
 The huge enci4miraBce tfl'hpii'i&ai' WobA.'- ' 
 
 ■ ' y' -'■■ ■ . "•' ''i"i -'d ol-j5fe,j^,, 
 
 3. Burden iipon an eftat«." ' '■ ^ " - 
 
 In rcfpcdt of [lie c c:imhriir;ces of a l?ving, COtl- 
 fidcr whether it be fuflicient foi his family,' and 
 to maintain hofpitahty. ■ ' Ay^^e. 
 
 iENCY'cLjLAL. adj. [Eyxt;*^ixo;.] Cir- 
 cular; lent round through a large region. 
 This council was not received in patriarchal 
 fees, which is evident from Piiotlus's encycttcai 
 epifllc to tht patriarch .of Alexandria.. 
 .•.J,:.;.. ,,.,■,:. ^ , _ Sliilingjlcet. 
 
 EnO«CLOPE'dIA.1 n. /. [iyxvx-Kovxi^i.ct.l 
 
 Encyclope'dy. J The circle of fci- 
 ences; the round of learning. 
 
 In this en:yclopxdia and round of knowledge, 
 like the great wheels of heaven, we malt obfcrve 
 two circle*, thnc white we arc daily carried abOur, 
 and wiiirlcd on by the fwing and rapt of the one, 
 we may mainuin a natural and-proper courfe in 
 the fobcr wheel uf the other. .B/nm, 
 
 Every fciciice borrows from all the reft, and 
 we cannot attain any fingic one without the ency.. 
 chipiedy. , ' GUrrville. 
 
 This an may juRIy claim a' place in the en-y- 
 ckptediit^ efpecialiy fuch as Icrvcs fcu'a ipqdel of 
 education for .in able jwiiticiaw, Arhuihnc<t , 
 
 Ency STED. aJj, ,^gsi.;.^;_,£nclofed in a 
 veficle or bag. ,..,,.. 
 
 Encyjitd tumours borrow their names from a 
 cyft or bag in which they are coiiLihied. 
 
 Sharp^i Surgery, 
 
 END. n.f. [enb, Saxon.] ... /. \ _. 
 
 1 . The extremity of the length of any thiiig 
 materially extended. Of bodies that 
 have equal dimenfionswe do not ufe Ai</.' 
 the extremity of breadth \% fitJe- ■ i 
 
 Jonathan put forth the end uf the rod that was 
 in his hand, and dipt it ru a honeycomb. 
 
 i Samuel. 
 
 2. Extremity orlafl^ part in general. 
 
 The extremity and bounds of all bodies we 
 have no difficulty to arrive at; but, when the 
 mind is there, it tinds nothing to .hinder its pro- 
 gvefs into this endlef. expanfion: of that it can 
 neithej' find, nor conceive any eW. . _Locke. 
 
 3. The laft particle of any afCgnable du- 
 ration. 
 
 Behold the day jroweth to an end. yndges. 
 At the end of two months Ite leturnedi 
 
 , , , 7"^"- 
 
 If the world'} age and death be argu'd well 
 
 By'rthe Itui's fall) whfch iioj»' low'rds earth dotb 
 ■'■■'■' tjend,! j,;,ii o; i elaq.-i,v , . 1 
 Then we might fearj^ftatwt'w^ S'o.ct. flie fell 
 ^.t;. ,S(»Jly<V,,as5ji^mj^y,Il»oi)p,benc^r1icr end. 
 
 '•"■■'■' '■ .- ■:'., ')..'■: . ',', .. '-, ■■ Dcunt. 
 
 4. .The conchifi'oriorctfrationofanyaftron..
 
 END 
 
 Jjcob-had roade an end of commsnflitiff his 
 foils. , . Gatfii 
 
 Yet vatoly moft their ageinftudy fpend i 
 So end ai wtiting books, aiid to no end. 
 
 Deih.im. 
 
 Tnz caufes and dcfigr.s of an aftion are tlic 
 
 .brgintving: the effcfls of thefe caafes, and the 
 
 difficulties met with in the execution of ihcfcde- 
 
 fi'^ns, arc the middle; and the unravclhnj and 
 
 'elo'.ution of thefe difficulties, are the cr.d. 
 
 Brcomi cf Epic Factry. 
 
 5 . WTien end is not ufed materially, It is 
 oppofed to bi-ginrjiig. 
 
 Better is :iie tni than the begwning thereof. 
 
 Ecclei. 
 
 6. The conclufion or laft part of any thing : 
 as, the end of a chapter ; the end of a 
 diicourfe. 
 
 n. Ultimate ilate ; final doom. 
 ' Mark the pcrfcfl man, and behold the up- 
 right, for the crJ of that man is peace. 
 ** Pfalnt:. 
 
 8. The point beyond which no progreflion 
 
 can be made. 
 
 They reel to and fro, and ft.iggcr hke a 
 drunken man, and are at their wits crd. Pfalm^. 
 5. Final determination ; conclufion of de- 
 bate or deliberation. 
 My guilt be on my head, and there's an end I 
 
 Skatffeaic. 
 
 10. Death; fate; deceafe. 
 
 1 determine to write the life and the end, the 
 nature and the fortjQes of George Vilhers. 
 
 If'elim. 
 The foui receives intelligence, 
 By her near genius, of the body's er..1, 
 And fo irapatts a fadnef* to the fenfe. Dan.-rl. 
 'Tis the great bufinefs of life to fit ourfelvcs 
 for por end, and no man can live well that hath 
 not death in his eye. L'fjhaag:^ 
 
 Remember Milo's end, 
 VVcdg'd in that timber which he rtrovc fo rend. 
 
 Rofr-cmmsn. 
 My God, my father, and my fiiend, 
 Do not lorlaKf me in my end. Rofcannion. 
 
 VJnblam'd through life, lamented in thy end. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Ceffation; period. 
 
 What isthcfigii of the eniof the world? 
 
 Great houfcs (hall have an end. .Ami. 
 
 Limit ; termination. 
 
 Tiicre is no end of the rto-c. N.ihum. 
 
 Abolition ; total lofs. 
 There would he in end of all civil govemiucnt, 
 if the aiTignment of civil power wcie by fuch 
 inflitjlioii. Lt,cke. 
 
 Caufe of death ; deftroyer. 
 
 Take "heed you dally not before your king, 
 Lefthethat is the fuprcme King of kings, 
 Confound your hiiiden faKchood, and award 
 Either of you to be the other's end. S'Hiijpe^r.: 
 
 15. Confequence ; eonclufive event; con- 
 clufion. 
 
 p, that, a man migl-.t know 
 Th'e f)«/of this day's bufinefs ere it conne \ 
 Euf ii fiiiKcetli that the day will end. SL-.t/pen'-e. 
 ^hcend of thefe things is riciith. R-.mans. 
 
 16. Fragment; broken piece. 
 
 Thus I clothe mynaked villainy 
 Wit'.i old odd .1./', (lorn fortn of holy writ. 
 And fcem a faint. Skah/peare't Richard tu. 
 
 17. Purpofe; intention. 
 There was a puipofe to reduce the monarchy 
 
 to a republick, which was far from «' "'^ and 
 purpofe of that nation. Chrcndcn. 
 
 ^ 1 have lov'd ! 
 
 \\Ti3t can thv ends, malicious beauty, be ? 
 Caa he whokill'd tliy brother, Uve for thee > 
 
 D'yJen. 
 
 Hcav'n, as its infirument, my courage fends ; 
 
 Heiv'n ne'er lent thofe who hght for private 
 
 ,rd,. ^V'-"- 
 
 II. 
 
 12'. 
 
 »3- 
 
 14- 
 
 END 
 
 Olhdis are apt to attribute them to fomeftlfe 
 end or intention. yIelHifti's Sfefl. 
 
 18. Thing intended ; final defign ; the 
 termination of intelleftual profpeCl. 
 
 U^'ifdom may have framed one and tiie fame 
 thing to fervc commodioufly for divers fnii, and 
 of thofc ends any one may he fufficient caufe lor 
 continuance, though the reft have ccaled. 
 
 Holier. 
 
 All thofe things which arc done by him, have 
 fome end fcr which they are done ; and the end for 
 which they are done, is a rcafon of his will to do 
 them. ' Hc'Air. 
 
 Her only end is never-ending hill's ; 
 Which is, the eternal face of God to fee, 
 Who laft of ends and firfl of caufes is ; 
 And to do this, flic muft eternal be. Davies. 
 
 The end of the commandment is charity. 
 
 I Timsiiy. 
 
 Two things I fhall propound to you, as en.-ls; 
 fincc the wife men of this world have made them 
 theirs. Suci'ing. 
 
 Such conditions did fully comply with all thofc 
 ends, for which the parliament had firft taken up 
 arms. Clarendon. 
 
 Hear and murk 
 To what end I have brought thee hither. JlWrcji. 
 
 Life, with my Indamora, I would chufe ; 
 But, lofing her, the end of living lofe. DryJen. 
 
 For when luccefsa lover's toil attends, 
 Few a(k if fraud or force attain'd liis ends. Ptfe. 
 
 The end of our faft is to pleafe God, and make 
 him propitious. Stna!':dgr. 
 
 19. Jn End. [Probably corrupted froiii 
 on end.'\ Upright ; ered : a», his hair 
 Hands an end. 
 
 20. .^n End has a fignification in low lan- 
 guage not eafily explained ; as, mojl an 
 end, commonly: perhaps it is properly on 
 end, at the conclufion ; or corrupted from 
 fome old word not eafily recorersble. 
 
 Stay'ft though to vex me here ? 
 lave, that, ftill an end, turns me to fltamc ! 
 
 Sknkjpeart. 
 
 To Es'D. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To terminate ; to conclude ; to finifli. 
 They have ended all my harvcft. R'ttk. 
 He would in one battle end quarrel with them, 
 
 either win or lofe the empire. Knullei. 
 
 That cxpenfive war under which we have fa 
 
 long groaned, is not yet endtd. Smalridgc. 
 
 2. To dellroy ; to put to death. 
 The lord of Stafford dear to-day hath bought 
 
 Thy likenefs ; for inflead of thee, king Harry, 
 This Iword hath en.ied him. Skakjfeure. 
 
 7"o H N D . -y. n. 
 
 I. To come to an end ; to be finilhed. 
 Then cafe your weary Trojans will attend. 
 And the long labours of your voyage end. 
 
 X)rjdfiCs j£neid. 
 
 •.. To die. [TArliJa'u.J 
 
 Yet h.appy where my death, mine ending bleft, 
 If this 1 could obtain, that breaft to brcall, 
 Thy botoin might receive my yielded fpright. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 }. To terminate; to conclude. 
 
 Our laaghing, if it be loud and high, com- 
 monly endi in a deep figh ; and all the inftanccs 
 01 pleafure have a lling io the tail. Tayhr. 
 
 ^.. To ceafe ; to fail. 
 
 His fovcreignty, built upon eiti-.er of thcle 
 titles, could not have dcfccnded to iiis heir, but 
 maft have emkd with him. Li.t^e. 
 
 5. To conclude action or difcourfe. 
 Tl'.e angel ended, and in Adam's ear 
 So charming left his voice. MJion 
 
 To Enda'm.*ge. V. a. [fiojn dania^e.\ 
 To mifchief; to prejudice; to harm. 
 
 Nor ought he car'd whom he end.imaged 
 By toitous wrong, or whom bereav'd of right. 
 
 Spen/er's Fairy Queen. 
 
 It Cometh fomctime to pafs, that a thing un- 
 
 ncccflary in Itfelf doth notwithlUuding appear 
 
 6 
 
 END 
 
 convenient tn be ftill held, even without ufe, left 
 by reafon of that ooherence which it hath with 
 fomewhat moft ncceffarj', the removal of the one 
 ibould endamage ih^ other. Hciker , 
 
 Where your good word cannot advantage him. 
 Your (lander never can endamage him. S'utij'p. 
 
 Gather our foldicrs, fcatter'd and difpeift, 
 And lay new platforms to endamage them. 
 
 Skaifpeare's Henry VI. 
 The trial hath endamng'd thee no way ; 
 Rather more honour left, and more efteem. 
 
 Millem. 
 
 When an erroneous opinion is publilhcd, the 
 
 publick is endamaged, and therefore it becomes 
 
 punilhabic by the maglftrate. Souek. 
 
 A great alteration doth fcldom any wife 
 
 endamage oi- difordcr the globe. fFoodivard. 
 
 Enda'magemext. n./. livom endamage.] 
 Damage ; lofs. 
 
 Thefe flags of France that are advanced 'nere, 
 Have hither march'd to the tndamagement. 
 
 Skakfpcare. 
 
 To Enda'nger.. v. a. [irora. danger.^ 
 
 1. To put into hazard; to bring into peril. 
 
 Every one defires his own prcfervation and hap- 
 Jjinefi, and therefore hath a ratural dread of eveiy 
 thing that can deftroy his being, or endanger his 
 happinefs. Tiiictjan. 
 
 He rais'd the reft. 
 To force the foes from the Lavinian Ihorc, 
 And liiW i endanger' d ^acQ reftore. Drjden. 
 My kingdom claims your birth; my late 
 defence. 
 Of our e'.danger'd fleet, may claim your confi- 
 dence. Dryden, 
 Volatile faTts never exift in an animal body; 
 the heat required to make them volatile, endan- 
 gers the animal. Arbuthnot, 
 The intereft endangered is our title to heaven. 
 
 Rogci s. 
 
 2. To incur the danger of; to hazard. 
 
 Hethattumeth the humours back, and maketh 
 the wound bleed inw.ards, endar.gereta malign 
 ulcers. Sa.on^ 
 
 To Ende'ar. V. a. [from dear."] To make 
 dear ; to make beloved. 
 
 All thofc inftanccs of charity which ufualljr 
 endear each other, fweernefs of converfation, 
 frequent admonition, all lignifications of love, 
 muft be expreiTed towards children. Ttylor. 
 
 And in the mixture of all thefe appears ; 
 
 Variety, which all the reft endears. Derskam, 
 
 The only thing that can endear religion to your 
 
 praflice, will be to raife your airc£lions above 
 
 this world. Wake. 
 
 Ende'armext. n.f. \^ramendear.'^ 
 
 1. The caufe of love; means by which any 
 thing is endeared. 
 
 Her firft endearmtnis, twining round the foul. 
 
 Thomjon, 
 
 2. The ftate of being endeared; the flate 
 of being loved. 
 
 Is not the feparatc property of a thing the 
 great c.'\ulc of its endearment amongft all man- 
 kind ? Siuti. 
 
 When a man (hall have done all that he can to 
 make one his friend, and emptied his puife to 
 • reate endeannent between tbcm, he miiy, in 
 the end, be forced to write vanity and fruftration. 
 
 Sntk. 
 
 ENDE'.-WOUR. n.f. [(/raoH-, French ; 
 endti'oir.'] Labour direcxetJ to lome cer- 
 tain end; effort to obtain or avoid. 
 
 Mv liLiriied purpolcs went 
 Beyond all man's endea^s^'wf. Skakfpeare, 
 
 Hcav'n doth divide 
 The ftate of man in divers functions. 
 Setting endea-jtLr in continual motion. Shalfp. 
 Here their appointment we may bcft di1covcr> 
 And look on their endearucur. Skakjpeare. 
 
 I take imitation of an author to be an en.iea- 
 1-iur of a later poet to write like one who has 
 written before him oa the fame fubjedf. 
 
 Dryikn.
 
 END 
 
 The bold ami fuffieisnt puri'ue tlicir g.imc witli 
 miMC p-iffioHi enJcavDir^^ .-yid, applicauuii, and 
 tlicicforc oflcii fuccccd. Tim^tlc. 
 
 She could iiot/ii.iki: the leaft tiidcawir ti>w.ir(l> 
 the producing of any thioE that hath vital niid 
 orgauical parts. H.iy 
 
 Such ml all'uiance as will quicken men's endc.i. 
 vxin for the obtaining of a IciTcrgood, oujlit to 
 animntc men nioic powerfully iu the purfuit of 
 that which is iiihiiitcly greater. Tilloffnn . 
 
 This is. tlic hnigc on which turn; the liberty of 
 iiitellciUial beings, in their conftant ciidcuviun 
 after, and Acady prolccution of, true fjlicity. 
 
 Uct: 
 
 Zo En dea'vour. "v. n. [from the noi:ii.] 
 
 To labour to a certain purpofc; to work 
 
 for a certain end. It has commonly 
 
 after before the thing. 
 
 I could wilh that moic of our country cleigy 
 Vould endeavour after a handl'ome elocution. 
 
 yldJifort^i SpiSlator. 
 
 Of oW thofc met rewards who could excel ; 
 Aiid thofc were prais'd, who but erideitvonT'J 
 well. Pop,. 
 
 To Endea'vour. v. a. To attempt; to 
 
 cfTay. 
 
 To pray'i'i repentance, and obedience due, 
 Though but endcaiour'd \v\^h (inccrc intent, 
 Mine cai' fl^all not be How, mine ear nut flint. 
 
 iV/.'/.'c«. 
 
 ENDKA'votiK r.R, w. /] [from endeavour.^ 
 One wlio labours to a certain end. 
 
 Reappears an humble enJcuvowttj andfpcaks 
 
 honelHy to no purpole. Kvi^r. 
 
 Endl'cacon. n. f. [ y?£jta7',k.] A plain 
 
 figure of eleven fides and angles. 
 En de'm I a l. •\ adj. [iv^Vw.'^.. ] Peculiar 
 Fn'de'mical. J- to a country : ufed o. 
 ENJ>E'MrcK. J any diieafe pruceeding 
 from fome caufe peculiar to tfie country 
 where it reigns ; fuch as the fcurvy to 
 the northern climes, ^incy. 
 
 Wc may bring a confnmption under the no- 
 tion of a pandemic k, or twi^'mickf or rather a 
 vernacular flifeafc, to England. Hamgv. 
 
 ScLcnander, tVom the frequency of the plants 
 fpringing up in any rogion,. could gather what 
 tfn.//w;Wdifcafcs the innabitants were fubje^l to. 
 Riiy on the Crcati'm. 
 An €ndemial dlfeafc is what is common »o the 
 people of the country. Arhitthtfit on Air, 
 
 What dcmonrirates the plague to he endtm'ud 
 to Egypt, is its invaGon and going off at certain 
 feifons. Atbutkr-.it. 
 
 I'd Ende'nize. V, a. [from detiizaul To 
 make free ; to enfranchife. 
 
 The Enghlh tongue hath been beautified and 
 enriched out of other tongues, by enfranchifing 
 :inil r>tri(-fi!zin^ ]lr«nge words. (.'timu'e'i. 
 
 To F.NJJl'CT. 1 V. n. [etidher, French ; 
 
 JoENDI'TE.f ri'/cTHw, Latin.] 
 
 1. To charge any man by a written accu- 
 fation before a court of juftice : as, he 
 mias endited for filony. It is often 
 written indiB. 
 
 2. To draw »ip ; to compofe ; to write. 
 
 How fh.lll Filbert unto mc imliUj 
 When neither I can read nor he can write-. 
 
 Guy. 
 Heat how Icarn'd Greece her utcfiil rules in- 
 diteij 
 When toreprefs, and when indulge our flifhr^ ' 
 
 "Pcpc. 
 
 To Endi'te. t). n. To compofe. 
 Your battles they hereafter Ihali indite, 
 And draw ihc image of our Mars in fight. 
 
 IVoller 
 
 Endi'ctment. In.f. [from endite.] A 
 
 Endi'tement. J bill or declaration made 
 
 in form of law, for the benefit of the 
 
 commonwealth ; or an accufation for 
 
 END 
 
 fome offence exhibited unto jurours, 
 and by their verdict found to be true, 
 before an officer can have power to 
 punilh the fame offence. Cutudl. 
 
 'Tis necefla/y th:»t the fpccics of the crijnc be 
 
 defcribcd in the libel or article^, wliich our 
 
 lingliHi lawyers call an />;t/iV7«<M/ or information. 
 
 ' yjylijfe'i Pcirergdn. 
 
 Wc never draw any inJlBment at all againft 
 them, but think commendably even of them. 
 
 Ihoker. 
 
 The hand-writing againft him may be can- 
 celled iii the court of heaven, and yet the indicl- 
 n:t:nt run on in the conrr of confcience. South. 
 
 Attend the court, and thou Ihali briefly find 
 Jn that one place the manners of mankind; 
 Hear the inditlmentsy then return again, 
 Callthyfelf wretch, and, if thou dar'lV, complain. 
 
 VryJen. 
 
 E'ndive. n. f. \_nidivs, French j inty- 
 
 him, Latin.] A plant. 
 Endive, or fuccory, is of feveral forts ; as the 
 
 white, the green, and the curled. Ahrtimer. 
 E'ndless. adj. [from end.] 
 
 1. Having no end; being without con- 
 clufion or termination. 
 
 Nothing was more enjlefs than the common 
 method of comparing eminent writers by an op- 
 pofition of particular paffages in them. Fi,j>e. 
 
 2. Lifiin'te in longitudinal extent. 
 
 As it is pkafant to the eye to have an endl^ft 
 prufpeitt, fo it is fome plcaiure to a finite un- 
 derftanding to view unlimited excellencies. 
 
 Tiiktjm. 
 
 3. Infinite in duration ; perpetual. 
 
 None of the heathens, how curious foever in 
 fearching out all kinds of outward ceremonies, 
 could ever once endeavour to refemblc herein 
 the chuich's care for the endicjs good of her 
 children. Hmker. 
 
 But after labours long, and fad delay, 
 Brings them' to joyous relt, and cndlrji blifs. 
 
 S^enft-r. 
 
 All onr glory extinfl, and happy ftatc, 
 Here fwnllow'd up in eitd!ij% mifcry ! Milton. 
 
 4. Inceffant ; contintia). 
 
 All the priefts and friars in my realm, 
 Shall in proccffion fmg her endUJi praifc. Shakfp. 
 
 Each pleafing Blount 'fnall endlrfi fmiles be- 
 flow. 
 And loft Belinda's Lli;fia for ever glow. ^ooe. 
 
 E'ndlessly. adv. [from ffli/.'t/}.] 
 
 1. Inceflanlly ; perpetually. 
 
 Though God*s promife has made a fure entail 
 of grace to all thofe who humbly feek, yet it no 
 where engages that it Ihall importunately and 
 endlij^iy renew its aiTa^jlts on thofe who' have 
 often repulfed it. Decay of P.itty. 
 
 2. Without termination of length. 
 Endlessness, n.f. [from end/e/.s.] 
 
 1. Extenfion without limit. 
 
 2. Perpetuity ; endlefs duration. 
 
 3,. The quality of being round without 
 an end. 
 
 The tropirk circles have, 
 Yea, and thofe fmall ones, which the poles en- 
 grave, 
 All the fame roundnefs, evennrls, and all 
 The rndl'fsnrfs of the cquinoiftial. Ps^fie. 
 
 Endlong, adv. [er.d und long.] In a 
 itraio-ht line. 
 
 o 
 
 Then fpurring at full fpced, ran endlong on, 
 Where Theftus fat on his imperial throne. 
 
 Dtyden. 
 E'ndmost. adj. [end and moJl.'\ Re- 
 motcft ; furtheft j at the further end. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 To ENDO'RSE. v. a. [endorfer, Fr. 
 
 dnjvm, Latin.] 
 I. To regiflcr on the back of a \vritiDg ; 
 
 to fuperfcribe. 
 
 END 
 
 A Freneh frcntlcrnan fpeaking with iw Englidi-i 
 of the l.iw fali<iue, the tnjjlilh faid that was 
 meant of the women thernfelves, Hot of ni:i1es 
 claiming by women. The Freneh gentleman 
 faid. Where do you find that glofs > The Kng- 
 lilh anlwered. Look on the backlidc of the re- 
 cord of the Inw falique, and there you (haH 
 find it endorfti. Jiaenn't ^Ipojihihegmt. 
 
 t'pon credential letters was tndorfcd this fu- 
 pcrlcription, to the king who hath the fun foi' 
 his heimct. Uotvet. 
 
 All the Ictteri I can find of yours I have faf- 
 tencd in a folio cover, and the tcft in bundles 
 'id'^'J'd. Swft to Pope. 
 
 2. To cover on the back. Not tikd. 
 
 Chariots, or elephants cWo/jV with tow'r.? 
 of archers. Miltor:'s Paradfe Kev.i:ncd. 
 
 Endo'rsement. n.f. [(fom aidorfc.] 
 
 1. Snperfcription j writing on the back. 
 
 2. RalificaLioii. 
 
 Th' cndo'ftmcnt of fupreme delight. 
 Writ by a fnend, and with his blood. H-.rhr't. 
 
 To ENDOW. V. a. {tndotare, Latin; 
 endouuin r. Fie nch . ] 
 
 1. To enrich with a portion. 
 
 He Ihali furely cndi-w her to be his wife. 
 
 Ex odtti0 
 
 2. To fupply with any external goods. 
 
 An alms-houl'e I intend \.a endoiu very hand- 
 
 fomely for a dozen fuperannuated hulbandmen. 
 
 Adiif.ri'i SpiOetor, 
 
 3. To enrich with any excellence. 
 
 I at ftrlt with two fan gifts 
 Created him e'ldozv'd-, with happmcfs 
 And immortality ; that fondly loft. 
 This other (erv'd but to eternize woe. MUior.. 
 Among thofe who arc the mod richly en- 
 doiJcd by nature, and accomplilhed by their 
 own induflry, how few .are there wiiofe virtues 
 ate not obfcured > j4JJiJon. 
 
 — God did never command us to belic«, ni)c 
 his minilters to preach, any doftiine contrary. 
 to the rcafon he hath plufed to endoui us with. 
 
 Suiijt. 
 
 4. To be the fortune of any one. 
 
 1 do not think 
 So fair an outward, and luch ftufFwitiiin, 
 Endows a man but him. Shaktffeare, 
 
 Endo'wment. n.f. [from JBi/szu.] 
 
 1. Wealth bellowed to any peifon oc 
 ufe. 
 
 2. The bellowing or afluring a dower ; 
 . the fetting forth or fevering a fufficient 
 
 portion for a viear towards his perpe- 
 tual maintenance, when the benefice is 
 appropriated. CotvelL 
 
 3. Appropriation of revenue. '1 
 
 Aiihapel will I Luild, with large M*ri>mM/; 
 
 Drydlr,. 
 
 4. Gifts of nature. In this feufe it i< 
 commonly plural. 
 
 By a defire of fame, great endoit:nenti arc not 
 fufftred to lie idle and uftlefs to the publick. 
 
 J!d.::j:n. 
 If providence fhews itfelf even in the ble- 
 milhes of thefe creatures, how much more due« < 
 it difcover itfelf in their fevxral enda-i^meiiis, . 
 according to the conditio* in which they are; 
 P"'*'" ■ MSftn. 
 
 To Endu'e. 1). a. \find-uo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To fupply with mental excellencies; 
 to inveli with intcUeiftual powers. 
 JLndue them with thy holy Spirit. 
 
 i.ommon Prayer. 
 Wifdomwa<^ Adam's indnrftor in Paradise; 
 wifdom endued the fathers, who hved heforc the 
 law, with Ihc knowledge of holy things. 
 
 < I ifcci^rrL 
 
 Thefe banllh'd men that X bave kept (withalT 
 Are men emlu'd with woithy qualities. • .^Stfkf,-. 
 
 With what cafe, ' ' ,," 
 
 Endu'd with royal vijtues as ;'.ou .-irt,
 
 END 
 
 Might'ft thou cx^l tl:i$ mortf^cT fiom Ui; 
 rlircne r Miitcn. 
 
 Whatiocver other knowledge ani-in may be :r- 
 d»wci witlial, he i* but an ignotanr ptfifoi: 
 wliu dotU not k:iow G«d, the auiUor of l.i, be- 
 ing- Ti'hffon. 
 
 tvcry chriliiaii is f.dued with a power, 
 vheieby he is enabled to rcCft a:id conquer 
 temptations, Tnio'Jon. 
 
 2, In the following pafHige it feems in- 
 correctly printed for ev.do'w. 
 
 L?ah faid, God hath tnduci me with a good 
 dowry. Gcmfti. 
 
 Endu'ran'ce. «./ [from fWi/u/v] 
 
 1. Continuance; laftiugnefs. 
 
 Some of them aie oi vciy great antiquity and 
 continuance, others more late and of Icfs en- 
 durance, S^irU'cr's IrchriJ. 
 
 2. Patience; fufFerance. 
 
 Great things of fm.iM 
 One can create ; and in what place foe'cr 
 Thrive under evil, and woik eaie out of pain. 
 Through Ijbqur and endurance. Mtftor. 
 
 Tiieir fotrirnde \V3s moft* admirable in their 
 prefencc and endurance of all evil?, of pain, and 
 of death. TcmpU: 
 
 3. State of fufFering. 
 
 I would fain know whether chat man *akc£ a 
 rational cuurfc to preferve hirafeU', who rcfiifcs 
 the €7itbir(2n:€ of thefc higher tioiihles, to fecure 
 himfcif from a condition in&uitciy more mil'e- 
 rable } ^outh. 
 
 4. Delay ; procraftination. Obfolcte. 
 
 I Qiouid have ta'cn fome pains to bring toge- 
 ther 
 Yourfclf and your accufei";, and have heard vou 
 Without endurance fui titer. Sk.mjp'-are. 
 
 To ENDU'RE. v. a, [endurert French ; 
 liurare, Latin. 1 
 
 1. To bear ; to fuftain ; to fupport un- 
 broken. 
 
 The hardnefa of bodies is caufed cltiefly by 
 the jejunenefs of the fpiiits, and their imparity 
 with the tangible parts, which noake them not 
 only hard, but fragile, and lefs c^;dur:f.g of 
 prcilure. Bacon. 
 
 Both were of fliining fteel, and wrought f» 
 pure, 
 As might the ftrokcs of two fucb arras endure, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To bear with patience. 
 
 So dear I lo\c him, that with him all deaths 
 I couid -endure; without him» lixrc no life. 
 
 ^f7fon. 
 
 The gout haunts ufually the cafy and the 
 rich, the nice and the IsiV, who grow to endure 
 much, becaufe they can endure little. Temp.'c. 
 
 By thine own tongue thou art condemn'd, 
 and rouft 
 Eudure our law. Shot f pear e^i Cymbefine. 
 
 Taking into tkc city afl fuch things as they 
 thought needful for the enduring of the fiege, 
 thry defroyed all the reft. K/io//es' Hijkry. 
 
 3. To undergo ; to fuftain. 
 
 I wilh to die, yet dare not death endure. 
 
 Drydfn's Aurengxebe. 
 
 4. To continue in. Not ufed. 
 
 TI>e deer mduretn the womb but eight months, 
 and is complete at &x years. Uro^jja. 
 
 To Endu're. v. n. 
 
 1. To lail ; to remain ; to continue. 
 
 Labour not for the meat which perifficth, but 
 for that meat which endureth unto everlafring 
 lire. John. 
 
 Poth the crown endure to every generation ? 
 
 Prtrjtrh. 
 
 By being able to repeat meafures of rime, or 
 T<ieas of f^aicd length of duranon in. our minds, 
 we can imagine rijration, where nothir>^ does 
 ic.illy er.durt or exirt. Licke. 
 
 A charm that (hall to age endure 
 The mind benevolent and pure. Anbn, 
 
 3t, To brook ; to bear; to admitt 
 
 E N E 
 
 Fjt- iisvr can I emlure to fee the evil t!..it O13II 
 
 comt ur*:o iry people ? Ov how can I en.iure to 
 
 fte th<r (L-flruflioo ot my kindred } hfthcr 
 
 Our great Engiilh loiiis couid not cndun th;ii 
 
 »ay kii.gs lhju:d rn^ii ir. Ireland bur thcm- 
 
 fclvcs; nay, tliey' couid liardly e^di^re ttiat the 
 
 crow.i of England Ibuuld lave any power over 
 
 them. Dirt'i i. 
 
 Endu'rer-. n.f. [irom endure.'] 
 
 I . One that can bear or eadure ; fuf- 
 
 tainer ; fuflerer. 
 
 Ti.cy are very valiant and hardy ; for the 
 
 mol> pan great endureti of cold,.kbour, hunger, 
 
 and all hardinels. Sftnjcr. 
 
 z, Gjntinuer ; hfler. 
 
 Endwise, diiv. [end and tvife,'] Ereftly; 
 
 uprightly ; on end. 
 
 A rude and unpolifhed Antcrica, peopled 
 wi:h (lothiiil and naked Indians, li\ing in piti- 
 ful huts and cabbins, made uf poles fei tn.dijuijc. 
 Ra^ on tke Creati'jn. 
 
 To E'n£cate. V. a. [eiisca, Lat.] To 
 kill ; to deftroy. 
 Some p';i^ues partake of fuch a pernicious de- 
 tgree of nial.gnity, that, in the manner of a moll 
 prefencaneou^ poifon, they enecjte in two or three 
 hours, fuddeaiy corrupting or eitinguifiiing the 
 v;tal fpir-its. Harvey in the Prague. 
 
 E'memy. n.f, [ennemi, French; inimicus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . A publick foe. 
 
 All thele llaiutcs fpeak of Englifli rebels and 
 Irifti enrniei, as if the Irilh had never been in 
 condition of fubjeifts, but always out of the 
 proteflion of the law. Davia on Ircl.mJ. 
 
 The enemy thinks uf railing threefcore thoufand 
 men tor itie nent fumnier. Addijon m ihi War. 
 
 2. A private opponent ; an antagonift. 
 
 I fay unto you, love your enemies. Mafr. 
 
 3. Any one who regards another with 
 malevolence ; not a friend. 
 
 Kent in dif^uife, 
 Followed his eiwriy king, and did him fcrvice 
 Improper for a flave. Snjifpeare's King Lear. 
 
 4. One that diflikes. 
 
 He that dcfignedly ufcs ambiguities, ought 
 to be looked on us aa emm^' to truth and know- 
 ledge. Ltcii. 
 
 B>jld is the critick, who dares prove 
 Thcfe heroes were no friends to love ; 
 And bolder he wiio dares aver. 
 That they were enemies to war. Prior 
 
 5. [In theology.] The fiend ; the devil. 
 
 Defend us from the danger of the er:err.\. 
 
 dmm'.-i Ftaytr. 
 EnERGe'tiCK. adj. [\-,^yr.-:t<eH.] 
 
 1. Forcible; aftive ; vigorous; powerful 
 in efFcft ; efficacious. 
 
 Thefe miafms entering t1;c body, are not fo 
 energeiLk as to vcneiiatc the ei;tife mifs of blood 
 iu -in inftant. H^r~ny. 
 
 2. Operative; aflive; working; not at 
 reft. 
 
 If then we will conceive of God truly, and, 
 
 as iJi as we can, adequately, we muft look upon 
 
 hi.T. not only as an eternal Being, but alfo as a 
 
 Being etcrn.nlly energetick. Gre-.L\ 
 
 E'NERGY. n.f. [H..(^.=.a.] 
 
 1. Power not exerted in aftion. 
 
 They are not effe<ffive of any thing, nor leave 
 no wo;ic behind th^m, but are energies merely ; 
 for their working upon mirrours, and places of 
 echo, doth not alter any thing in thofe bodies. 
 
 2. Force; vigour; efficacy; influence. 
 
 Whether with particles of htjv'nly fire 
 The God of naiurc did his foul iiifpirc ; 
 Or earth, but new divided from the iky, 
 And pliant Itill, retain'd th' ethereal energy. 
 
 Dry.Un, 
 
 God thinketh with operation infinitely per- 
 fefl, with an omnipotent as weU as an eternal 
 ef.ergj. Gre\u. 
 
 E N F 
 
 Beg the bleffed Jefus to give an energy to your 
 imperfeiil pi avers, by his niufi powerful inter- 
 ccffion. Sma.'riige, 
 
 What but Cod ! 
 Infpiving God ' who, boundlefs fpirit all, 
 And uuren.ittmg ene i^^v, pervades, 
 Adjuils, fuflaint, and agnates the whole. 
 
 T^omfon. 
 
 3. Faculty; operation. 
 
 Matter, though di\idcd into the fubtilcit 
 parti, moved fwiftly, is fenfelcfs and ftupid, 
 and makes no approach to \i'al energv. Ray. 
 
 How can concuflion of atoms beget felf-coa- 
 fcioul'iiefs, and powers and er.ergies that we feel 
 in our minds ? Serrt/ry. 
 
 4. Strength of expreffion ; force of figni- 
 fication ; fpirit ; life. 
 
 Who did ever, in French authors, fee 
 The comprehenfive Englifii erergy ? Rofcommon. 
 
 Swift and leady, and faniiUr communication 
 is made by fpccch ; and, when animated by 
 elocution, it acquires a greater life and energy^ 
 ravifliing and captivating tiie hearers. Holder. 
 
 Many words defcrvc to be thrown out of our 
 language, and not a few antiquated, to be rc- 
 Hoicd, on account of their <,neygy ai;d fouiKl. 
 
 Sivij'r, 
 To Ene'rvate. 1'. a. \_!ner'V'), Latin.] 
 To weaken ; to deprive of force ; to 
 emafcu'ale. 
 
 Great empires, while they {land, do enervate 
 and deltruy the forces of the natives which 
 they have fubdued, relling upon their own pro- 
 tecting forces. Bjchh. 
 
 Sheepllh foftnefs often enervates thofe who 
 are bred like fondlings at home. Loske. 
 
 On each enervate firing they taught the 
 note. 
 To pant, or tremble through an eunuch's throat. 
 
 Vofe. 
 
 Footmen exercife themfelves, whilll their 
 
 enervated lords are foftly lolling in their chariots, 
 
 Arbuihnoi and Fope. 
 
 Enerv.^'tion. n.f. [from enemale.] 
 
 1. The acl of weakening ; emafculation. 
 
 2. The ftate of being weakened ; effemi- 
 nacy. 
 
 7e Ene'rve. 'v. c. [etieri<o, Latin.] To 
 weaken ; to break the force of; to 
 crulh. 
 
 \Vc (hall be able to folve and enert-e their 
 force. Digly. 
 
 Such object hath the pow'r to foft'n and 
 tame 
 Se\ereft temper, fmooth the rugged'fl brow, 
 Er.erve^ and witli voluptuous hope diiTolvc. 
 
 MUton, 
 To Enfa'mish. t. a. [from/am//2.] To 
 ftarve ; to famifti ; to kill with hun- 
 ger. Bia. 
 To Enfee'bie. v. a. \f\omfiel'le.'\ To 
 weaken ; ttj enervate ; to deprive of 
 ftrength. 
 
 I've belied a lady. 
 The princcfj of this country j and the air on 't 
 Revcngingly ei:J<zhles me. Shakjp. Cymhelive. 
 My people are with ficknefs much enfeebled. 
 
 Skakfpeare, 
 Much hath hell debas'd, and pain 
 FrfeelCd a>e, to what I was in iteav'n ! Miinn. 
 Some employ their time in aifairs below tne 
 dignity of their petfoiis ; and being called by 
 God, or the rcpublick, to bear great burdens, 
 do er.fcehle their undcrllandings by fordid and 
 brutilh bufmefs. Taylor's Rule of Li-.ing Hnfy. 
 
 Sure, nature form'd me of her fofteft mold, 
 EnftehUd dll my foul with tender paflions. 
 And funk me even below my own weak fejt. 
 
 AddijoK's Calf. 
 
 To ENFE'OFF. v. a. [feofamentum, low 
 Latin.] To invert with any dignities 
 or poffeflions. A lasv term.
 
 E N F 
 
 If We^ldeTtTih wfnj tlie ftcond, rfftrving 
 
 lioMagV,'.fl*l "tMt Kum<\gc. iJSid, and thtn the 
 
 fc'tofTrt' I'un dic5.wit!..our iffuc, it wil)' d^fceii.1 
 
 to tae eldcfi as hc/t-) *iml»tlife'fcffnory is cxtina 
 
 • • I'll)*' ; ' ,.■ .• :- ' //j.V. 
 
 Enfe'offment. n.f. [ivovn enfeoff'.] 
 
 1 . The art of enfeoffing. 
 
 2. The inlirument or deed by which one 
 is invelU-d with pofTcffions. 
 
 To Enfe'ttf.u. -v. a. [from/<f/«r.] To 
 bind in fetters ; to enchain. Not in 
 
 ufe.. 
 
 His foul is fo enftttcr'd to l.ei love, 
 Tli:it flic may make, unmake, do what (he lift. 
 
 Shakfpeat c ■ 
 
 ENFILADE, n. f. [Fr.] A ftraisht 
 pafTage ; any thing through which a 
 right line may be drawn. Military 
 term. 
 To Enfila'de. "o. a. [from tlie noun.] 
 To pierce in a right line. 
 
 Tlie avenues, being cut through thi- wood in 
 
 right lines, were cijiluj;.! by the Spaniih cannon. 
 
 E\fiJ:titin 11 Ctirth igena. 
 
 7»Enfi're. v. a. {homfre.] To fire ; 
 to fet on tire ; to kindle. Obfolete. 
 So hard thofe heavenly beauties he tnjir'J, 
 As things divine, leall paffions do imprefs. 
 
 Spcnfer. 
 
 To Enfo'rCE, v. a. [enforcir, French.] 
 I. To give ftrength to ; to ftrengthen ; to 
 
 invigorate. 
 Z. To make or gain by force. 
 
 The idle ftiok=, enforcrrg furious waf. 
 Mining the mark of his mifaimed fighi, 
 Did fall to ground. Fairy Quiin. 
 
 Sometimes with lunatic bans, fomctimct wiili 
 pray'rs 
 Enfutcc their charity. Shakfprare'i King Lur. 
 
 3. To put in adl by violence. 
 
 Skcr away as fwilt as ftones 
 "Enfircei from the old Affyrian llings. Shakfp. 
 
 4. To inftigate ; to provoke ; to urge 
 on ; to animate. 
 
 Fear gave her wings, and rage enfirc'J my 
 flight 
 Through woods and plains. Ftiry Q^uctn 
 
 If you knew to whom you Ihew this honour, 
 I know )'ou would be prouder of the work. 
 Than cuftomary bounty can cfirce you. 
 
 Shakfpe.irc. 
 
 5. To urge with enfergy. 
 
 All revoke 
 Your ignorant election ; snforcc his pride, 
 And his old hate to you. Skuifpenre. 
 
 He prevailed with him, by enforcitig the ill 
 confcquencc of his refufal to take the oificc, 
 ■which would be interpreted to his diflike of the 
 court. C/jre-m/cw. 
 
 To avoid all appearance of difaffcftinn, I have 
 taken care t® enforce loyalty by an invincible 
 argument. S-wft. 
 
 6. To compel ; to conflrain. 
 
 For competence of life I will allow you, 
 Th.it lack of means f?;_/o/r£ you nut to evil. S/:-i.^/} 
 
 A iutt difdiiin conceived by that queen, tha^ 
 fo wicked a rebel fliould prevail againll her, did 
 move and almolt enforce her to fend over tiia* 
 mij^lity army. Da-.-in on L (LtvJ, 
 
 7. To pvefs with a charge. Litlle ul'cJ. 
 
 In this point charge him home, that he ,if- 
 fefts 
 Tyrannick pow'r: If he evade us tiicrc, 
 Enforce him with his envy to the peojilc, 
 And that the fpuils got on the Antiaccs 
 Was ne'er diliributed. S':jkrp. doriJina;. 
 
 To Enfo'rce. IK V. To prove; to 
 cviflcc ; to fliow beyond conttadidion. 
 
 Which laws in fuch cafe ue niuti o.ev, un- 
 Icfs there be realoii (hewed, wliich may ii'.ccC- 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 E N F 
 
 "' Artly' «(/»'■(•.' tlisf the law «f r'rafonj of t>^ God. 
 doth' enjoin the central y. ' - Uciitr. 
 
 En po'rc E, H.y; [froin,/<>;y«..] fowcr ; 
 llreiigth. Not u!Vd. -■ ' • 
 
 He now defies thct thrice fo fMiglc fight. 
 As a petty cntcrprife of froall enforce. Milton. 
 
 Enfo'rcedi.y. a<iv. [from enforce.] By 
 violence ; not voluntarily j not fponta- 
 neoufly ; not by cliolce. 
 
 If tl'ou (lid'rt put this foiv'r cold habit on, 
 To calligate thy pride, 'twere well, but thuu 
 Doll ii cnftrcctiiy : thouMft couiticr be, 
 Weit thou not I'eggar. Shakfpeare^s Timon. 
 
 Enfo'rcement. ti.f. [Jxom enforce.] 
 
 1 . An acl of violence j compiilfion ; 
 force offered. 
 
 Coufcfs 'twas hers, and by what rough ei:- 
 j'orctmetit 
 You got it from her. Shakfpeare. 
 
 He that contendctU againlt thcfe enforcemcnti, 
 ntay cafily m.iller or iclill ihcm. Raleigh. 
 
 2. Saiiflion; that which gives force to a 
 law. 
 
 The rewards ami punifliments of another life, 
 which the Almighty has eiiablilhed as the enj'::ce- 
 Mew.'j of his law, are of weight enough to d< f t- 
 minc the choice. Locke. 
 
 3. Motive of conviftion ; urgent evidence. 
 
 The perlonal dcfcent cf Cjod himfelf, and his 
 afTumption of our flclh to his divinity, was an 
 enforcement beyond all the methods of wifdom 
 that were ever made ufc of in the world. 
 
 Hammond. 
 
 4. Preffing exigence. 
 
 Mole than I have faid, 
 The leifure and enforcement of the time 
 Forbids to dwell on. Shakfpeare' i Richard iii. 
 
 Enfo'rcer. n.f. [froin f/^5r«.] Com" 
 peller ; one who effedls by violence. 
 
 When a man tumbles a cylinder or roller 
 down an hill, 'tis certain that the man is the-vio- 
 leiu erforcer of the (iriV motion of it. liammond, 
 
 Enfo'uldred. adj. \Jro\n fouJre, Fr.] 
 Mixed with lightning. Obfolete. 
 Hcait cannot think what courage and what 
 cries, 
 With foul cnfoullred fmoak and fialhing (ire, 
 The htU-breu bead threw forth unto the Ikies. 
 
 Tair^i Queen. 
 
 To Evfr.v'kchise. v. a. [from _/"/an- 
 
 ''''■[' -^ 
 
 1. To admit to the privileges of a free- 
 man. 
 
 The Englifh colonics, and fomc fepts of the 
 IiJhiy, enftanchifti by (pecial cliai'fers, were 
 admitted to the bf nelit of the laws. T>az-:ii, 
 
 Romulus was ll^t natural parent of-al^.^'thol> 
 people tliat were the tirll inViabitants nf Rome, 
 Of of thofe that were afrer'iiicorporatcd and en- 
 /niH-Zj'i-./ir^j t'.iat name, city, or government. 
 
 - -■ . ""''• 
 
 2. To fet free froqj flavery, 
 
 Men,: fori^earing wine, „come from drinking 
 healths 10 a diaught ac a mcalj and, ialily, t6 
 dilcontinue altogoAe; : but if a. 1^11. have tht 
 fortitude and refoliition to enfrtnchije hinrfelf at 
 once, tiiat is rh'e bcit. 'Bi:ori's f.jja\i. 
 
 It* they «-'>n a Ilaitle, prifoners liccamc llavc^, 
 and coiuiiuu-d fo iri their generations', uhlefs r-i 
 fra'uhi*'ed iiy r'neir maftcr^. Ten.ple. 
 
 3. To free or relesle from cuilody. 
 
 . His miftrcfs 
 Did hold ''.is eyes lockt in her cry(^al look.s. 
 — Belike, that now (he ii.ath e nfr a>u hi i' d \\\cm, 
 V^on fomr '..rhcr pawn for fealty. Shakfpeare. 
 .\.. To denizen ; to endenizen. 
 
 Tucfcwotds have been ajranchifcd ama^iz^ us. 
 
 if'attx. 
 
 Enfr 4'vrv?i?EM tNF. n.f. [from enfran- 
 
 clAfc] 
 
 E N G 
 
 1, ynvcftittfreof the r^'vilejcs ofv'dr- 
 h'r.cn. . . ;■ 
 
 f'tc .i :^ , . any fycieCK. or 
 
 body politic;.; iVi ciaii;i.lc, l.v Uut« by ti,.,r- 
 tcr made deinzcn of Ene.Lnd, is faid to be cn- 
 fraiicil'cd j and. Co is he :hat is nude a citizen ot 
 London, or other city, or buigefs of any town 
 corporate, bccauft he is made partaker of lliofc 
 liberties that appertain to the corporation. 
 
 Cowe)l. 
 
 His coming hither hath no farther fcope, 
 Trian for his lineal royalties, and to beg 
 Enjranchfernetit immediate on bis knees. 
 
 Shakjprare'i Rickard II. ■ 
 
 2. Rcleafe from prifon or from flavery. 
 
 Never did captive with a freer heart 
 Caft ofl' his chains of bondage, and embrace 
 His golden uncontroul'd eifranchfeinent. Shak. 
 
 Enfro'zen. part'uip. [from frozen.'] ' 
 Congealed with cold. Not ufed. 
 
 Yet to augment the anguilh of rr.y fmait. 
 Thou hart trfroxen her dlldai;;ful brcatt, 
 That no one drop of pity there doth reft. 
 
 Spenfei on Love. 
 
 To ENGA'GE. 11. a. [engager, French.] 
 
 1 . To make liable for a debt to a cre- 
 ditor. 
 
 I have engag'd myfelf to a dear friend, 
 
 Engag'J my friend to his mere enemy 
 
 To Iced ray mc.ins. Shaki'peare. 
 
 2. To impawn ; to (lake. 
 
 They moft perfidioufly condemn 
 Thofe that engaged xhc'ir lives for them. Hudi^. 
 
 3. To enlift ; to bring into a party. 
 
 All wicked men are of a patty againft reli- 
 gion : fome lult or inteicft cngageth them againft 
 it. Tilhifon. 
 
 4. To embark iti an affair. 
 
 So far had we engaged ourfelvcs, unfortunate 
 fouls, that wc lilied not to complain, tincc our 
 complaints could not but carry the grcateft ac- 
 culation to oui ll-lves. Sidney. 
 
 Before I engage niyfeif in giving any anlwer fo 
 thi.s objedjlon of inconfumptible lights, I would 
 fee the edlift certainly averred. Digtv. 
 
 5. To unite; to attach; to make ad- 
 herent. 
 
 Good-nature engages every body to him. 
 
 ^tW /./,... 
 
 6. To induce; to win by pleafing means; 
 to gain. _ , , . ■ ,>.. . , 
 
 To every diity ne could minds engage. 
 Provoke their courage, and command their rage. 
 
 Ifa.'ier. 
 
 His hcauty thefc, and thofe his blooming age. 
 The reil his houl'c ai^d bis owu fame c/:gagi. 
 
 D*yden' s .ilneid. 
 
 So (hall I court thy dcareft truth, 
 Wl.eu beauty ceafes to engage i 
 
 So thinking on thy charming youth,. ,, 
 I'll love it o'er again in age. ^" ^r/or.' 
 
 7. To bind by any appointment orconi- 
 trad. 
 
 Wc have been firm to our allies, without de- 
 clining any expcupe to whicn we had engaged 
 ourf'-lves, and we have .even exceeded our en- 
 g,g-m:nt. -, ^ ,;i ;i V-, ; - .. ^'••' ■■!''"> 
 
 8. io fcize by the attention : as, he was 
 
 deeply engaged in couverfation. 
 ij. To employ ; to hold in bufinefs. 
 
 Fori (hall (lug of battles, blood, arid rage. 
 Which princes and their people did engage. Dryd, 
 
 10. To encounter ; to fight. 
 
 The rebel knave, who d.ires his prince en^ 
 
 Proves the jul^ viftim of his royal rage. .Fops 
 To Enga'ge. v. n. 
 I . To conflict ; to fight. 
 
 U]ion advcrtil'emcut of the Scots army, tl:e 
 carl 01 H'dland was fent with a body to meet 
 ar-u f^.iare witii it. Clareidtrt. 
 
 4L
 
 E N G 
 
 2. To embark in any bufinefs ; to Inllft 
 in any party. 
 
 'Tis not indeed my talent to ("gage 
 In lofty tri6es, or to fwill my prige 
 With wind and uoife. DryJeii's Ycrfiui. 
 
 Enga'gement. «./. \isQm engage ; en- 
 gagement, French. ] 
 
 1. The act of engaging, impawning, or 
 making liable to a debt. 
 
 2. Obligation by contraft. 
 
 "Wc have, in cxpence, exceeded our cngugt- 
 m(.;:u Attfrbury. 
 
 3. Adherence to a party or caufe ; parti- 
 ality. 
 
 This practice may be obvious to any who 
 impaitially, :ind without engngemir:!, is at the 
 psins to examine. _ Swift. 
 
 4. Employment of the attention. 
 
 Play, eithci- by our too conftant or too long 
 tnangmunt in it, becomes like an employment 
 ci^profeffion. Rog:ii. 
 
 5. Fight ; conflicl ; battle. A word very 
 
 poetical. 
 
 Our army, led by valiant Torrifniond, 
 Is now in hot engagement vi\\\\ the Moois. 
 
 DrydcTi, 
 
 Encourng'd by defpair, or obftinate 
 To fall like men in arms, feme dare renew 
 Feeble rng^igtment, meeting glorious fate 
 On the firm land. Pkiufi. 
 
 6. Obligation ; motive. 
 
 This is the greateil engagement not to forfeit an 
 opportunity. Hamm'jmt. 
 
 Xo Enga'ol. -v. a. [from gaol.] To im- 
 prifon ; to confine. 
 
 Wilhin my mouth you have enga'J'J ray 
 tongue, 
 Doubly puitcullis'd with my teeth and lips. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 To Enga'rrisotj. i\ a. \^lvom garrifon.] 
 
 To proteft by a garrifon. 
 Neptune with a guard doth enganifcn hot 
 
 flropgly. Uo-ujcl. 
 
 To Ence'nder. v. a. [cngendrcr, Fr.] 
 
 1. To beget between different fe.ses. 
 
 This baftard love is engendered betwixt luft 
 and idlencfi. Suhij. 
 
 2. To produce : to form. 
 
 Oh nature! thou, who of the felf-famc 
 mettle. 
 Whereof thy proud child, arrogant man, is pufft, 
 iin^iWf; 7;' the black toad and adder blue. 
 
 Shakfpeare^i Timon. 
 Again, if fouls do other fouls beget, 
 "Tis by themfelvcs, or by the body's pow'r : 
 If by themfelves, what doth their working 
 let, 
 But they might fouls engender ev'ry hour ? 
 
 Vavhi. 
 
 3. To excite; to caufe; to produce. 
 
 Say, can you faft ? Your ftomachs are too 
 young. 
 And abllinei'.ce engenders maladies. Shdkfpeare. 
 
 The prefence of a king cngeiiden love 
 Amongll his. fubjefts and his loyal fiicnds. 
 
 'j -„ Snukfpetire. 
 
 That engenders thunder in his breaft. 
 And "makes him loar thefe accufations forth. 
 
 S/tiiiJpeitre. 
 
 It unloads the mind, engenders thoughts, and 
 
 animates viriuc. Mdijin. 
 
 4. To bring forth. 
 
 Vice ciigenden Ihanie, and folly broods o'er 
 gvlcf. P''"'- 
 
 To Enge'nper. -v. n. To be caufed ; 
 to be produced. 
 
 Thick clouds are fpread, ar.d ftorms engrndrr 
 there. Dryden. 
 
 - E'NGINE. n.f. [fnj;"», French ; ingegno, 
 Italian.] 
 
 1: N G 
 
 1. Any mechanical complication, in which 
 various movements and parts concur to 
 one effeft. 
 
 2. A military machine. 
 
 This isour f'/g//.':-, towers t:. .at overthrows ; 
 Our fpear that hurts, our fword that ^' uuud-. 
 our fitcs, F^:rju.\, 
 
 3. Any inftrument. 
 
 The fword, the arrow, the gun, with many 
 
 terrible engina of death, will be well employed. 
 
 RaUigh'i EjJ.lyi. 
 
 He takes the fciffars, and extends 
 The little engini on his fi.igers ends. F'^pe. 
 
 4. Any inftrument to throw water upon 
 burning houfes. 
 
 Some cut the pipes, and fome the engines 
 phy; 
 And fome, more bold, mount ladders to the fire. 
 
 Dryd^n. 
 
 5. Any means ufed to bring to pafs, or 
 to effeCl. Ulually in an iU fenie. 
 
 Prayer muft be di\ine and heavenly, wliich 
 the devil, with all his engines (o violently op- 
 pofeth. Duppa's Rules for Devotion. 
 
 6. An agent for another. In contempt. 
 
 They had tii' efpecial engines been, to rear 
 His fortunes up into the Hate they were. 
 
 Dan -el. 
 
 Engine'er. n. f. \engemeur, French.] 
 
 One who manages engines; one who 
 
 directs the artillery of an army. 
 
 For 'lis the fport to iiave the engineer 
 
 Hoift with his own petard. Shatjpeure's Ihvnl:!. 
 
 Him thus enrag'd, 
 Defcrying from afar, fome engineer, 
 Dext'rous to guiri^ th' unerring charge, de- 
 
 fign'd. 
 By one nice Qior, to terminate the war. Pii/ips. 
 An author, who points his fatire at a great 
 man, is like the e'igineer who iignalized himfelt 
 by tills ungenerous pr:u5lice. Addijon. 
 
 Enginery, n.f. [iiom engine.'] 
 t . The acl of managing artillery. 
 
 They may dcfcend in mathematicks to fortifi- 
 fication, architcifture, enginery, or navigation. 
 
 AL'lton en Education. 
 
 2. Engines of war ; artillery. 
 We faw the foe 
 Approaching, grofs and huge, in hollow cube 
 Training his dev'lilh enginery. M;iten. 
 
 To Engi'rd. -u. a. [from gi>-d.'\ To 
 encircle ; to furround ; to enviion ; to 
 er.compafs. 
 
 My heart is drown'd with grief. 
 My bodv round engirt with milery ; 
 For what 's more mifeiable than difcontent r 
 
 Sliiikfpeare. 
 
 That gold muft round engirt thefe brows of 
 
 miiK. ShatfpCiire 
 
 E'NGLISH. eidi. [enjlej-, Saxon.] Be 
 
 longing to England ; thence Englifli is 
 
 the language of England. 
 
 He bath neither Latin, French, nor Italian ; and 
 you may come into the court, and ("wear that I 
 iiave a poor pennyworth in the EnglijJt. Shakf. 
 Of EngliJIi tale', the coarfer fort is called plaif- 
 ter, or parget; the finer, fpoad. trmd',¥urd. 
 
 To E'nglish. i\ a. [from the noun.] 
 To Iranllate into Englifh. 
 
 The hollow inftrument tercbra, we may rag- 
 
 lijh piercci. Beicon. 
 
 We find not a word in the text c.tn properly 
 
 be rendered anifc, which is what the Latins 
 
 call anethum, and properly cig/.y/W dill. 
 
 Broken' s Vulgur Krrouts. 
 
 To Englu't. 1'. a. [engloutir, French.] 
 I. To fwallow up. It is now little ufed 
 in any fenfe. 
 Neither my place, nor ought I heard of bu- 
 finef-. 
 Hath rais'd me from Biy bed; nor dotn the ge- 
 neral 
 
 E N G 
 
 Take hold on nie : for my particular giicf 
 Knglnts and fw.illows other lorrows. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Certainly, thuu art fo near the gulf, 
 Thou needs muft be engiutted. Hhakfpeare, 
 
 How many prodigal bits iiave llaves and pea- 
 tants 
 This ni^lu engiutted! Shakfpeare's Timon. 
 
 2. Tolili. 
 
 Whole grieved minds, which choler did en- 
 
 Agdintt themfelves turning their wrathful fpight. 
 
 Spenfer, 
 
 3. To glut ; to pamper. 
 
 Being once engiutted witii vanity, he will 
 ftraightway loath all learning. Ajeham, 
 
 To Engo're. <!i. a. [from gore.\ To 
 pierce ; to prick. Not ufed. 
 
 As favage lull, whom two fierce maftifF^bair, 
 When rancou^doth with r.Tge him once eneore. 
 
 Forgets with waiy ward them to awnir. 
 But with his dreadful liorns them drives afore. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 To Engo'rge. V, a. [froin gorge, Fr. a 
 throat.] To fwallow; to devour j to 
 gorge. 
 
 Then tr.uight with rancour and engorged ire. 
 He caft at once hira to avenge for ah. Spenfer, 
 
 That is the gulf of greedinefs, they fay. 
 That deep engorgcth all this woi Id is prey. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 To Engo'rge. t;. «. To devour; to feed 
 with eagernefs and voracity ; to riot. 
 
 Greedily flie tv;^a'g'./ without reftraint. 
 And knew rot eating death ! Milton. 
 
 To Engra'il. 1'. a. yjrom grele, French, 
 hail.] To variegate ; to fpot as with 
 hail. A word now uled only in heral- 
 dry, for to indent in curve lines. 
 
 jilacidcs 'hen Ihews 
 A long lance and a caldron, new engraiTd with 
 twenty hues. Chapmun^s Wads. 
 
 Pulwheel bearcth a faultier engiail'd. Careiu, 
 
 To Engra'in. -y. a. [from grahi.] To 
 
 die deep ; to die in grain. 
 See thou how frelh my flowers being fpread, 
 
 Dyed in lilie white and crinifun red, 
 
 With leaves engruind in lufty green. Spenfer. 
 To En'GRa'pple. 1'. a, [from gratple.] 
 
 To clofe with ; to contend with hold 
 
 on each other. 
 There (hall young Hotlpur, with a fuiy led, 
 
 Fy.grappl: with thy foil, as fierce as he. DanitI, 
 
 To En-GRa'sp. v. a. [from^ro^.] To 
 feize ; to hold fall in the hand ; to 
 gripe. 
 
 Now 'gan Pyrocles wa.x as wood as he. 
 And him aflVonted with impatient might; 
 I And both together fieice engr^ifped he. 
 
 Whiles Guyon ftanding by, tneir uncouth ftrife 
 does fee. Spenfer. 
 
 To Engra've. V. a. prefer, engraueei ; 
 part. pair, engraved or engraven, [en- 
 graver, French.] 
 
 1. To piclure by incifions in any matter. 
 
 Hei ivory forehead, full of bounty brave, 
 Like a broad table, did itfclf difpie.id. 
 
 For love his lofty triumphs to engrave, 
 And write the battles of his great godhead. 
 
 Fairy Queen, 
 
 O'er all, the heav'n's refulgent im,age Ihines; 
 
 On cither gate were fix engraven figns. Addifon. 
 
 Names frelh engrav'd appear'd of wits le- 
 
 nown*d ; 
 
 1 look'd again, nor could their Irace be found. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 2. To mark wood or ftone. 
 
 Engra7:e the two ftones with the names. 
 
 Entdu;, 
 
 3. To iaiprefs. deeply; to imprint. 
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 It will fence fccm pafTililc, th.it G jci flii,:ii(l 
 
 fn^rave principles, in men's minds, in words uf 
 
 uncertain fignilicafion. L'^c/ct- 
 
 Our Saviuur miikcs this return, fit to be «- 
 
 gravrn in tlic hearts of all promoters of cliarity. 
 
 ^Illcrbuiy. 
 Sounds wliicli addrcfs the car, are lofl and 
 die 
 In one (liort hour ; but that which llrikes the 
 
 eye 
 Lives long npon the mind: the faithful light 
 E'igrava the knowledge with a beam of light. 
 
 4. [(rem gravs.'} To bury ; to inhume ; 
 to inter. 
 
 Tljc fon had charge of them, now being dead, 
 In feemly foil tiicir corfes to engrave. 
 And deck with dainty flowers their bridal bed. 
 
 Spcjer. 
 
 Engraver, n. f. [from engrave.'] A 
 cutter in ftone or other matter. 
 
 Images arc not made in the brain itfclf, as tl'.c 
 pencil of a painter ov ftigritvrr makes the images 
 in the table, but are imprinted in a wonderful 
 method in the foul. //.i/c. 
 
 To Engrie'v'E. 1). a. [from^/vVt'f.] To 
 pain ; to vex ; to afflict ; to difconfolaie. 
 
 The gnawing anguilh, and Ibarp jealoufy. 
 Which his fad fpeech infixed in my bread, 
 
 Rankled fo foie, and feftcr'd inwardly, 
 That my engrimed mind could find no i-cft. 
 
 Fairy ^i/^gn. 
 
 Aches, and Iruns, and cords, do engrieve either 
 
 towards rain, or towards froll. Bmoi. 
 
 To Engko'ss. v. a. [groffir, French.] 
 
 1. To thicken ; to mate thick. 
 
 But more happy he than wife. 
 Of that fea's nature did him not avife ; 
 The waves thereof fo (low and flug'ifli were, 
 Engrcji'd with mud, which did them foul agrlefe, 
 That every weighty thing they did upbear. 
 
 Fairy i^uten. 
 
 2. To increafe in bulk. 
 
 Tiiough pillars, by channeling, be fcemingly 
 engrajjfd \.o our figlit, yet they are truly weak- 
 ened in thcmfelves. ^Votton. 
 
 3. To fatten ; to plump up. 
 
 Not llecping, to eigicfi iiis idle body ; 
 But prayir-.j, to enrich his watchful foul. Si,i^f. 
 
 4. To feize in the grofs ; to feize the 
 whole of any thing. 
 
 If thou engiofffj} all the griefs as thine, 
 Thou robb'll mc of a moiety. Sliuttpearf. 
 
 Thofe two great things that fo engr^fi the de- 
 files and dcfigns of both the nobler and ignohlcr 
 fort oi mankind, aie to be found in religion ; 
 namely, wifdom and plealure. ^orttli. 
 
 A dog, a parrot, or an ape 
 Or fome worle bru:c in human Oiape, 
 F.iigrofs the fancies of the fair. Simft. 
 
 5. To purchafe the whole of any com- 
 modity for the fake of fellinff at a hiuh 
 price. 
 
 6. To copy in a large hand. 
 
 Her« is th' indiclment of the goud lord 
 
 Halting^ 
 
 Which in a fct hand fiirly is cngrsfi'd. Shalfp. 
 
 A clerk, ftjrcduom'd his father's foul to crois, 
 
 Who pens a ftanza when he Ihould engiofi, Popr. 
 
 Engko'sser. n. /. [from engro/s.'] He 
 
 that purchafes large quantities of any 
 
 commodity, in order to fell it at a higli 
 
 price. 
 
 A new fort of tngroffirs, or foreftallers, hav- 
 rng the feeding and fupplying this numerous body 
 of workmen in the woollen inanufaftu'cs, out ol 
 their wai-choufcs, fet the price upon the pooi 
 lunilliolder. L'jchc. 
 
 EnGIio'ssment. n. f. [from engrofs.] 
 Appropriation of things in the grofs ; 
 exorbitant acquifition. 
 
 • E N I 
 
 Our thlgiij .ire pac'kc with wax, our mouths 
 with honey : 
 We bring it to the hive ; and, like the bees, 
 Arc murdered far our jiains ! This bitter taflc 
 Yield his engri.ifm,-»i\ to the dying father. Shakf. 
 Thi-fe held Ihcir immoderate engrrjfmenls of 
 power and favour by no other tcnuic than pre- 
 himption. Siuift. 
 
 'To E.sou.i'Ri). i\ fi. [horn guard.] To 
 protect J to defend ; to furround as 
 guards. Not ulcd. 
 
 ..V hundred knights 1 yes, that on cv'ry dream. 
 He may .jngiLirU hij dot.igc with their pow'rs. 
 And hold our lives at mercy. Shiikfpenre. 
 
 To Enha'Nce. v. a. ijiaujfcr, enhaujf:r, 
 Frencii.j 
 
 1. To lift up; to raife on high. A fenfc 
 now obfolcte. 
 
 Both of them high at once their hands cii- 
 
 And both at once their huge blows down did 
 f wa J'. 6penfi r . 
 
 2. To raife J to advance ; to heighten in 
 price. 
 
 Tno defirc of money is every where tiic fame ; 
 its vent varies veiy little, but as its grcarer I'cai- 
 city enkancei its price, and incrcafes the Icramllc. 
 
 3 To raife in eileem. 
 
 What is It but the experience of want that !i- 
 h^uiCi the value of plenty ? L' Ejlrargc. 
 
 The remembrance of the difficulties we now 
 undergo, will contribute to enhance our plc.il'ure. 
 
 4. To aggravate ; to increafe from bad to 
 worfe. 
 
 To believe or pretend that whatever our hearts 
 incite is the will of God within us, is the princi- 
 ple of villainy that hath atfted in the children of 
 difobcdience, enhanced and improved with cir- 
 cumllances of greater impudence than the moft 
 abominable heathens were guilty of. HammwiJ. 
 
 The relation which thofe children bore to the 
 pricrthood, contributed to enhance their guilt, and 
 increafe ilicir punilhnient. ^tteriuty. 
 
 Enh a'ncement. n.J. [from mZ'(7»ff. ] 
 
 1. Increafe; augmentation of value. 
 
 Their yearly rents arc not improved, the l.md- 
 lords making no lefs gain by fines than by enhance- 
 ment of rents. Bacon. 
 
 2. Aggravation; increafe of ill. 
 
 Jocular llanders have, from the flightnefs of the 
 temptation, an enhancement of guilt. 
 
 Gctvcrrimcnt of the Tongue. 
 
 ENl'GMA. n.f. [cenigma, L,at. amyi/.-^.] 
 A riddle ; an obfcure queftion ; a pofi- 
 tion expitffed in remote andarabiguoui 
 terms. 
 
 The dark enigma will allow 
 A meaning ; which, if well I underftand, 
 From facriKgawill free the god's command. 
 
 Drydfn. 
 
 A ruftom was amongft the ancients of propofing 
 
 an eni-nna at fet^ivals, and adjudging a reward tu 
 
 him tiiat folvcd It. Pojc. 
 
 Enigmatical, a/lj. [irom. enigma.] 
 
 1. Obfcure; anibiguoufly or daikly ex- 
 prefled. 
 
 Your anfwcr, fir, is enigntutical. Sh.ikfpcare. 
 
 Fn-gmatical deliveries comprehend ufeful veri- 
 ties: but being millakcn by liberal expnfitors at 
 lirrt, they have been milundcrltood by moll fince. 
 
 Uroiun's Vulgar Errcut i. 
 
 Whilft they aft'ecl enigmatical obfcuriti', they 
 puizle the readers of their divulged procclfcs. 
 
 Boyle. 
 ,'Vrncr.sus gives inftances of the enigmatical 
 propohrions in ufc at .\;hcns, and of tnc forfeit- 
 ures acd rewards upon thefolution ornon-folution. 
 B'Oinie'i Note^ on the (JA\jjiy. 
 
 2. Cloudy; cbfcurcly conceived or appre- 
 hended. 
 
 E N K 
 
 Fallli iicrc is the afTcnt to thofe things which 
 come to us by hearing, and are fo believed by ad- 
 herence, or dark enigmatical knowledge, but here- 
 after are feen or known deraonftratively. 
 
 Hamm'^nd, 
 
 E N I G M a't I c A r. I. Y . adv. [from enigma. ] 
 
 In a fciife different from that which the 
 
 words in thcirfamiliaracccptation imply. 
 
 Homer fpeaks e^ugmaiiealij, and intends that 
 
 ihefe monfleis are merely the creation of poetry. 
 
 Broome, 
 Eni'gmatist. n.f. [_(rom enigma.] One 
 who deals in obfcure and ambiguous 
 matters ; a maker of riddles. 
 
 That I may deal more ingenuoudy with my 
 
 reader than the abovementiuned cnigmatiji has 
 
 done, I Ihall prcfcnt him with a key to my riddle, 
 
 Addifon't IViiig E.yamner, 
 
 To ENJO IN. V. a. [enjoimlre, French.] 
 To dited ; to order ; to prefcribe. It 
 is more authoritative than Jirecl, and lefs 
 imperious than command. 
 
 To fatisfy the good old man, 
 I would bend under any heavyweight 
 That he'll enjoin mc to. Shaijpeare, 
 
 Monks and philofophers, and fuch as do con- 
 tinually enjoin thcmfelves. Bacon's Nat. liiji. 
 
 It endeavours to fecure every man's intered, bv 
 enjoining that truth and fidelity be inviolably pre- 
 fen-ed. Tilktfin. 
 
 Enjo'inhr. n.f. [(xom enjoin.] One who 
 gives injunctions. D'lcl. 
 
 Enjo'inment. n.f. [irom enjoin.] Di- 
 rection ; command. 
 Critical trial ihould be made by publick en~ 
 joinment, wliereby determination might be fettled 
 beyond debate. Brozvn's fulgar Erronrs. 
 
 To ENJO'Y. v. a. Ijouir, enjouir, French.] 
 
 1. To feel or perceive with pleafure ; to 
 have a pleafing fenfe of; to be delighted 
 with. 
 
 I could enjoy the pangs of death. 
 And fmiie in agony. ^ddfon's Cat*. 
 
 2. To obtain polfedlon or fruition of. 
 
 Edward the faint, in whom it pleafcd God, 
 righteous and jufl, to let Englanii fee what a 
 bleffing fin and iniquity would nut fuffcr it to 
 
 enjoy. 
 
 Hooker, 
 
 He, who, to enjoy 
 Plato's elyfium, leap'd into the fea, 
 Clconiblotus. million's Paradife Lofi. 
 
 3. Topleafe; to gladden; to exhilarate ; 
 to glad ; to delight. This fenfe is ufual 
 with the reciprocal pronoun, and is de- 
 rived from enjouir. 
 
 Creatures are made to enjoy thcmfelves, as well 
 as to ferve us. More. 
 
 When a man fliall, with a fober, fedate, diabo- 
 lical rancour, htok upon and cn'ioy himfelf in ihfe 
 fight of bis neighboui's fin and (hame,can he plead 
 the inIHgation of any appetite in nature? South. 
 Tu Enjo'y. -u. n. To live In happinefs. 
 
 Then I Ihall be no more! 
 And Adam, wedded to another Eve, 
 Shall live with \\f; enjoying, I citindt. Milton. 
 Enjo'yer. «./. [from cn/'y.] One thai 
 has fruition or polTeffion. DiB. 
 
 Enjo'yment. n.f. [from enioy.] Plea- 
 fure ; happinefs ; fruition. 
 
 His hopes an(Ie.\pedationi are bigger than his 
 enjoymenli. Titlatfoii. 
 
 To Enki'sdi.e. v. a. [from Itindle.] 
 I. To fet on fire; toinilame; to put in a 
 flame. 
 
 Edmund, enkindle afl }hc fparks of nature 
 To quit this horiidafl. S'l.itfpearc's A7«^ Lc.-.-. 
 i. To roufe palTions; to fet the foul inlu 
 a flaine. 
 
 ^ L 2
 
 E N L 
 
 Your hand 
 Gave fign for mc to le.ivcyoii : fo I did. 
 Fearing to Ibc'.gthen tliat impatience, 
 Which feem'd too much cnhnJUJ. Stakjpt'i-- 
 X. To incite to any afl or hope. 
 ^ Do you not hope you. children Ih.ll be k.ng^, 
 When thofe who gave the th.ne of Cavvder to me, 
 rPromiiM no Icfs to them ? 
 
 Thar, trnfted home. 
 
 Might yet enkMU you unto the crown. Snatjf. 
 J, Exla'rge. -v. a. [^nfe-^/V, French.] 
 
 1. To make greater in quantity or ap- 
 
 ^ Tl^e waU, in luftre and effea like gl ifs. 
 Which o'er each object cafting var.ou. dyes, 
 £„UT^ci fomc, and others multiplies. _ roff. 
 
 2. To^iacreafe any thing in magnitude ; 
 
 'Vhlrc there is fomethlng both lafting and fcarce, 
 and fo valuable to be hoarded up, there men will 
 not be apt to '.nUrg, their poffeff.ons ot Und.^^^^ 
 
 3. To increafe by reprefentation; tomag- 
 
 ' nifv ; to exaggerate. 
 
 A To dilate ; to expand. 
 
 ^' O ve Corinthians, our mouth is open unto yo«, 
 our heart is er.latgrd. 
 
 I To fet free from hmitation. 
 
 ^ ■ Though fhe appear honeft to me, yet at other 
 places (he enlarge!, her muth fo far, that t^re is 
 lhre«-d conftruftion made of her. Sr.akff.are. 
 
 6 To extend to more purpofes or ules. 
 
 It hath qrown from no other root tnan only a 
 
 defire to enlarge the neceffary ufe of the word of 
 
 God, which defrre hath begotten an "'•°"[' "'" 
 
 lurjng it farther than foundnels of truth wiU bear. 
 
 7, To amplify; to aggrandize. 
 
 This is that fcicnce which would Xru\y Jr'Uje 
 
 mens minds, were it ftudied. . r Vi 
 
 Could the mind, as in number, come to fo fm.Ul 
 
 a oart of extcnfion or duration as excluded divih- 
 
 bility, that would be the indivif.ble unit, or idea; 
 
 , bv repetition of which it would make its more 
 
 ciurged ideas of extcnfion and duration. Locse. 
 
 % To releafe from confinement. 
 
 E^'.arge the man committed y=ft'^[^»y> 
 Tha. raiT-d ag/.nft our perfon. Shakjp. Henry v. 
 
 o To diffiife in eloquence. 
 
 ■' They enU.,ieJ themfelves upon this fubjeft 
 with all the "invidious inr.nu.iiions they could 
 . ^ i.larenaon, 
 
 devife. 
 
 To Esla'rge. •r. n. _ 
 
 1. To expatiate ; to fpeak u. many words. 
 
 They appointed the chancellor of the ex- 
 cheque^o':'w.-,. upon any of thofe particula^^^^^ 
 
 This is a theme fo unpleafant, I delight not to 
 e„hrge on it; rather wifc the memory of il wei-e 
 . ^^ Vuay of ruty. 
 
 eitm;t. ^ ■' 
 
 2. To be further extended. 
 
 The caliphs obtained a miglrty empire, which 
 was in a fafr way to have e,:larged, until t^hey fell 
 out amo.ng themfelves. ' ' S 
 
 F N- 1. i'R G E M EN T. «. /. {'^rott^ enlarge. J 
 ,. Ii.creafe; augmentation; further ex- 
 
 tenfion. , , n . i,« 
 
 The king afterwards enlarged the cor ft ant obe- 
 dience of the city with ../--£.««' ^°^'^:: 
 ties and of revenues. '^ 
 
 The ocean, which fo long our hopes confin d, 
 Could give no limits to his vafter mind : ^ 
 
 Our bounds enl.rganct was his '^ttll toil, 
 Nor hath he left us prisoners to our ifte. ty^lUr. 
 There never were any iilands, or other confider- 
 able parcels of land, amalTed or heaped up; nor 
 fnv rIrg.«..S or addition of earth, made to 
 rconti^ntbythctnudthatiscan^d^n 
 
 ■'''Thrc"--i:\.me generally puifued the 
 J,r,e.er., of their power by move fet rjuar,- Is o 
 c.e entire a&mUy »g3.nl^ "=thtr. S...Jit 
 
 E N L 
 
 The Greek tongue rectived many enlarge'tifnts 
 between the time of Homer and that of Plutarch. 
 
 Swjt. 
 
 2. Releafe from confinement or fervitude. 
 
 Lieutenant, 
 At our eiilargemen! what are thy due fees? 
 
 Shaifpeare' i Henry vi. 
 
 If thou holdeft thy peace at the time, then 
 
 OiMl their enlargement and dcliveiarice ailfe to the 
 
 Jews from another place. _ Ejlher. 
 
 3. IVlagnifying repref^tation. 
 
 And all who told it, added fomething new ; 
 And all who heard ir, made enlargements too. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 4. Expatiating fpeech ; copious difcourfe. 
 
 He concluded with an enlargement upon the 
 vices and corruptions which were got into the 
 armv. , CI'"""'"-- 
 
 Enxa'rger. n. /. [from enlarge. i Am- 
 plifier ; one that increafes or dilates any 
 
 tiling- • ■ u f 
 
 We fhall not contentioudy rejoin, but confer 
 what is in us unto his name and honour, ready 
 to be fwalluwed in any worthy eniarger. 
 
 Br'nun'i Vulgar Errtun. 
 
 To Enli'ght. f. a. [from light.] To 
 illuminate ; to fupply with light ; to 
 
 enlighten. 
 
 Wit from the firfl has Ihone on ages paft, 
 Enlmhti the prcl'ent, and fhall warm the laft. 
 
 To Enli'g hten. v. a. [from //^/j/.] 
 
 1. To illuminate; to fupply with light. 
 
 God will er:l;ghten my darknefs. Pfa.'ms. 
 
 As the fun'fhineth to the whole world, fo 
 there is no faith but this one publilhed, the 
 brightnefs whereof muft enlighten all that come 
 to the knowledge of the truth. -Hmkir. 
 
 2. To quicken in the faculty of vlfion. 
 His eves were enlightened. ■S""'- 
 Love'nevcr fails to mafter what he finds ; 
 
 The fool enllgktem, and the wife he blinds. 
 
 D'yilen. 
 
 3. To inftrua ; to furnidi with increafe of 
 knowledge. 
 
 This doftrine is fo agreeable to reafon, that we 
 meet » ith it in the writings of tfce enl.gr.te,:ed 
 heathens. Speelator. 
 
 'Tis he who entlghnns our underftanding, cor- 
 rcfts our wills, and enables us to fubdue our af- 
 feflions to the la'.r of God. Rogen. 
 
 4. To cheer ; to exhilarate ; to gladden. 
 
 5. To illuminate with divine knowledge. 
 Thofe who were once enlightened. Heire-zus. 
 
 En-li'ghtener. n. /. [ham eiijighlen.'] 
 
 1. Illuminator; one that gives light. 
 O, fent from hcav'n, 
 
 Enllgh'ner of mv darknefs ! gracious things 
 Thou haft reveal'd. Milton's Paradlje Loft. 
 
 2. Inftruftor. , -, ™ , • 
 ToEsili'nk. v. a. [from/fn*.] To chain 
 
 to ; to conneft. 
 ErJlnkt towafte and defolation. Shakf. Henry v. 
 
 To Enli'ven. v. a. [from /(/f, /'■•uf.] 
 
 1. To make quick; to make alive; to 
 animate. 
 
 2. To make vigorous or aflive. 
 
 Thcfe great orbs thus radically bright, 
 Primitive founts and origins of ligiit, 
 Enliven worlds denied to human fight. Prtor. 
 
 In a glafs-houfe the workmen often fling in a 
 fmall quantity of frelh coals, which feems to 
 diltuib the fire.butvery much enlhm it. Siul/t. 
 
 3. To make fprightly or vivacious. 
 
 4. To make gay or cheerful in appear- 
 ance 
 
 Enli'vener. n. /. [from enHven.] That 
 which animates ; that _which puts in 
 motion ; that which invigoiales. 
 
 E N N 
 
 But fire th' enVmener of the genf ral frame, 
 Is one, its operation ftill the fame : 
 Its j rinciplc is in itfelf ; while ours 
 Works, as confederates war, with mingled powers. 
 
 Dry.ien. 
 
 To Enlu'mine. v. «. [fn /t/m.'«f r, Fr.] 
 To illumine ; to illuminate ; to en- 
 lighten. Not in life. 
 
 For iiaving yet, in his dedutfled fpright. 
 Some fparks remaining of that hcav'nlv fire, 
 
 He is enlumln'd with that goodly light, 
 Unto like goodlv femblanee to afpire. Spenfir, 
 E'n.mity. n.f. [ixom enemy ; as if enemity, 
 inam'ity.] 
 
 1. Unfriendly difpofition ; malevolence^ 
 averfion. 
 
 Their being forced to their books, in an age at 
 enmity with all lertraint, has been the reafon why 
 many have hated books. Loeke, 
 
 2. Contrariety of interefti or inclinations ; 
 mutual malignity. 
 
 They Ihall within this hour. 
 On a diffcntion of a doit break out 
 In bittereft enmity. S'':akfpeare' s Coriolatl/ts. 
 
 Between thee and the woman I will put 
 Enmllv; and between thine and her feed: 
 Her feed (hall bruile thy head, thou bruife his heel. 
 
 Milton, 
 How far thofe controverfies, and appearing 
 enmities of thofe glorious creatures, may be car- 
 ried, is not my bufmefs to Ihcw or deterniiix:. 
 
 Diyden's Juvenal, Dedication. 
 
 3. State of oppofition. 
 Know yc not that the fricndfhip of the world 
 
 is c-imiVy with God? James. 
 
 You muft firmly be convinced, that every 6a 
 
 you commit fets you zXenmlty with heaven, and 
 
 will, if not forfakcn, rcnderyouincapableof.it. 
 
 yyakc's Preparation for Dentk.. 
 
 4. Malice ; mifchievous attempts. 
 I I abjure all roofs, and chufe 
 
 To wage againli the enmity o' tn' air. Shaifpeare. 
 
 He who performs his duty in a ftation of grcr.» 
 
 power, muft needs incui the utter enmity of many, 
 
 and the high difpleafure of more. Attetbury. 
 
 To Enma'rble. m. a. [from marbk.] To 
 
 turn to marble ; to harden. Obfolete.. 
 
 Tl-.eir dying to delay. 
 Thou do'ft tiw.jrWr the proud hear; nf her. 
 Whole love before their life they do prefer. 
 
 Sper.Jt,. 
 
 To Enme'sh. f. a. [from mejti.] To net; 
 to entangle ; to enti-ap. 
 
 So will I turn her virtue into pitch ; 
 And out of her own goodnefs make the net 
 That (hall enmejh them all. Skaifptare's Othello, 
 
 ToEnpie'rce. v. a. [from /.w^.] To 
 
 transfix. 
 
 I am too fore emplen'd with his (haft 
 To foar with his light feathers. Shak/peare. 
 
 Enne'agon. n.f. [.VE^ and -/wi-Ia.] A 
 
 figure of nine angles. 
 Ennea'tical. adj. [v.s.ix.'i EnnealkJ 
 
 days, are every ninth day of a ficknefs ; 
 
 and ennealical years, every ninth year of 
 
 one's life. 
 To Enno'ele. v. a. [ir»HoW/>, Ereiich.] 
 
 1. To ralfe from commonalty to nobility. 
 Many fair promotions 
 
 Are given daily to ennoble thofe, 
 That fcarce fome two days fiacewere worth a 
 noble. Shakjpeare. 
 
 2. To dignify ; to aggrandize ; to exalt; 
 
 to raife. 
 
 God railed up the fpirit of this great perform, 
 and ennobled his courage and condufl with the 
 entire overthrow of this mighty huft. S'ndh. 
 
 What can enrthle fots, or (laves, or cowards ? 
 Alas ' 1101 all the blood of ail the Howards. 
 
 ' iV/e.
 
 E N O 
 
 3. To elevate; to magnify. 
 
 i^one (o lovely, fweei and faii*> 
 Or do more mi'ii/c love. fVtiJfir, 
 
 4. To make famous or illiiftiious. 
 
 Tlic Sjanianii could not -s iiuaders land i.i 
 Ireland, but only r/r'.oj/f./ foine of the emits 
 thereof with iTiipwrecks. Bac^n. 
 
 Enno'blbment. n. f. [horn ennoble.] 
 
 1. The aft of raifing to the rank of nobi- 
 lity. 
 
 He .idded, during parliament, to his former 
 creations, the ennoh.ement or advancement in no- 
 bility of a fcvl other.', Jiaion. 
 
 2. Exaltation; elevation; dignity. 
 
 Thceternal wifdom enrichedus wirh all rnnahU- 
 mtnit, luitablc to the mcafurcs ot an unrtraitned 
 goodncfs. GUmtiiU, 
 
 Enoda'tion. n. f. [f/jo(/a//o, Latin.] 
 
 1. The ail of untying a knot. 
 
 2. Sokition of a difliculty. D\3. 
 Eno'rmity. n. f. [from f/isz-mow.] 
 
 1. Deviation from rule ; irregularity. 
 
 2. Deviation from right ; depravity ; cor- 
 ruption. 
 
 We (h.dl fpcak of the particular abufes and 
 cni/rmitUs ot the government. Sptnfir. 
 
 That this law will be always fufficicnt to bridle 
 or retrain cnnmityf no man caii warrant 
 
 There are many little enormi'tiei in the world, 
 tvhich our preachers would he veiy glad to fee 
 removed; but at the fame time dare not meddle 
 with them, for fear of betraying the dignity of 
 the pulpit. ^JJifarr's Giiardian. 
 
 3. Atrocious crime ; flagitious villany ; 
 crimes exceeding the common meafure. 
 In this fenfe it has a plural. 
 
 It is not a bare fpeculation that kings may run 
 into tnoimiiiei; the praiftice may be proved by 
 example. Siuift. 
 
 ENO'KMOUS. adj. [enormls, Latin.] 
 
 1. Irregular; out of rule ; not regulated 
 by any flated meafure. 
 
 Wall\>wing, unwieldy, enormoui in their gait. 
 
 Milton. 
 Nature here 
 Wanton'd, as in her prime ; and pbid at will 
 Her virgin fancies, pouring forth mote fweets, 
 Wild above rule, or art, enormaus bill's ! Milt^in. 
 
 2. Excurfive ; beyond the limits of a re- 
 gular figure. 
 
 The tmrtmtii part of the light in the ciicumfc- 
 
 reiice of every lucid point, ought to be lefs dif- 
 
 crrniblc in Ihortcr telefcopes than in longer, be- 
 
 caufe the (horter tranfniil lefs light to the eye. 
 
 AVtu/crt'j Opti<ki. 
 
 3. Difordered ; confufed. 
 
 I (hall find time 
 From this enzrm<,ui flate, and feek to give 
 Loifcs their remedies. Shakfpe.ire'i King Lear. 
 
 4. Wicked beyond the common meafure. 
 
 5. Exceeding in bulk the common mea- 
 fures : always ufed with foine degree of 
 diflike, or horror, or wonder. 
 
 .^ giant Ihepherd here his liock maint.iins. 
 Far from the iell,and folitaiy reigns, 
 A form eiioymoui' far unlike the race 
 Of human bnth, in ftature, or in face. Pope. 
 Eno'rmously. aiiv. [from enormous.^ 
 Beyond meafure. 
 
 One who could ever efpoufe a notion fo frc- 
 mzuPy abluid and fenfcicis, as that the world was 
 Iranicd by chance. IfoadiuarJ. 
 
 Eno'rmousness. h. f. [from eiiormnus.l 
 Immeafurable excefs. 
 
 When thcfc ^vho hav-e no opportunity fo ex- 
 amine our laith, lee the enoimoufttfji of our works, 
 l>ut whatlhould hinder thcmfrum ir.cafuiing the 
 n>al!cr by the^riifciplcs ? Di"iy »/ I'iiiy. 
 
 E N O 
 
 Eno'ucir. adj. [^enoh, Saxon ; ganah, 
 Gothick ; genoe^^, Dutch. It is not cafy 
 to determine whether this word be an 
 adjtftive or adverb ; perhaps when it is 
 joined with a fubftantive, it is an adjec- 
 tive, of which cn'jw is the plural. In 
 other lituations it fccms an adverb; 
 except tiiat after the verb To have, or 
 To be, either expreffed or underdood, 
 it may be accounted a fubftantive It 
 is pronounced as if it were writt-,-n«;/y. ] 
 In a fufficient meafure ; fo as may 
 fatisfy ; fo as may fuffice. 
 Why would' li thou go, with one content they 
 
 When thou haft gold ^«o//gA, and Emily? Vivi. 
 
 When there wai not room cnougii for their herds, 
 
 they by confcni feparatcd, and enlarged theii 
 
 piifturc. • Lickc. 
 
 Eno'ugh. n. f. 
 
 1. Sornething fufficient in greatnefs or 
 excellence. 
 
 'Tls enough for me to have endeavoured the 
 union of my country, whilll I continued in pub- 
 lic employments. I\mp!e. 
 
 Tiie indolcncyandenjoymentwehave, fufficnig 
 for our prcl'ent happinefs, wc rielire not to ven- 
 ture the change, being content, and that is omugh. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Enough for me that to the lill'ning fwains, 
 Firll in thofe fields I fung the filvan flrains. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 I will not quarrel with the prefent age : it Iras 
 done enough for me, in making and keeping you 
 two my fricnds. Pope. 
 
 2. Something equal to a man's powers or 
 faculties. 
 
 Some great defcifls and main ciTours in his na- 
 ture, curtoms, and proceedings, he had enough to 
 do to favc and help, with a thoufand little induf- 
 tries and watches. Bacon. 
 
 Eno'ugh. adv. 
 
 1 . In a fufficient degree ; in a degree that 
 gives fatisfatlion. 
 
 2. It notes a flight augmentation of the 
 pofitive degree : as, I am ready enough 
 to quarrel ; that is, I am rather quar- 
 relfome than peaceable. 
 
 I am apt enough to think, that this fame hina- 
 rium of a Ihonger and a weaker, like unto maf- 
 cu!ine and feminine, doth hold in all living bodies. 
 
 Bacoi. 
 
 It is fometimes pleafant enough toconfidcr the 
 different notions which different perfons have of 
 the fame thing. yiddtjon. 
 
 They ate now inprifon at Florence; and, as it 
 is I'aid, treated hardly enough, j^ddifon on lta!\. 
 
 3. Sometimes it notes diminution: as, the 
 fong is well enough ; that is, not quite 
 well, though not much amifs. 
 
 4. An exclamation noting fulnefs or fatiety. 
 
 Macbeth, beware MscdufF! 
 Beware the thane of Fife ! Difraifs me. — Enough. 
 
 Shakfpe.iTe. 
 Henceforth, I'll be.ar 
 Affliflion 'till it do cry out itfelf, 
 Enough, enough, and die. ShaiTpenre. 
 
 Eno'w. The plural oienough. In a fuf- 
 ficient number. 
 
 The earth hath lince born enoiu bleeding wit- 
 neffcs, tliat it was no want of true cuur.ige. 
 
 Sidney^ 
 The walls of the church there are cno^v con- 
 tented to build ; the marbles are pohfiied, the 
 roofs Ihine with gold, the alrar h.;lh precious 
 frones to adorn it, and of ChriiVs minifrers no 
 choice at all. llooktr. 
 
 Man had fclfilh foes eno^v hefdcs, 
 That, day and night, for bis deilrudion wait. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 E N R 
 
 My conqueiing brother will have flavet«ew. 
 To pay his cruel vows for viflory. Drydtn. 
 
 There arc at Rome eno-ut modern works of 
 architefluic to employ any reafonable man. 
 
 Mdifyn on Medah, 
 
 EN PASSANT, adv. [French ] By the 
 
 way. 
 To Enra'ge. "v. a. [enragcr, French.] 
 To irritate ; to provoke ; to make fu- 
 rious ; to exafperate. 
 
 The juftice of their quarrel (houldnot fo much 
 encourage as enrage them, being to revenge the 
 dilhonour done to their king, and to chaliife 
 deceitful enemies. Hmivnrd. 
 
 Enrag'd 3t this, upon the bawd I flew; 
 And that which moll enrag'd me was, 'tvrzs 
 'rue. tralji. 
 
 To Enra'nge. v. a. [from range.] To- 
 place regularly; to put in order. 
 
 In their jaw 
 Three ranks of iron teeth enranged were. 
 
 hairy Queen, 
 As fair Diana, in frclh fummer's day, 
 Beholds her nymphs enr.mg'd in (hady wood. 
 
 fairy Queen. 
 
 To Enra'nk. -v. a. [from rani.] T» 
 place in orderly ra'nks. 
 No Icifiire had he to en'a^jk Ms men. Shaijp. 
 To Enra'pt. v. a. [from rapt: the par- 
 ticiple preterit feems to be enrapl.] 
 I. To throw into an ecflacy; to tranfport 
 with enthufiafm. 
 
 I myfelf 
 Am, like a prophet, fuddenly r^rr,!^/ 
 To tell thee, that this day is ominous. Siaffp, 
 Z. In the following quotation it feems er- 
 roneoufly written for eniurapt, involv'd;- 
 wrapt up. 
 
 Nor hath he been fo enrapt in thofe ftudies as 
 
 to negletl the polite arts of painting and poetiy. 
 
 Jlrtu'hnot and Pope. 
 
 To Enra'pTure. ti. a. [from rapture.] 
 To tranfport with pleafure ; to delight 
 highly. 
 To Enra'vish. v. a. [fromravi/h.] To 
 throw into ecftacy ; to tranfport with 
 delight. 
 
 What wonder, 
 Frail men; whofe eyes feek heavenly things to 
 
 fee, 
 At fight thereof fo much tnravlji'd be .' 
 
 Spenfer. 
 Enra'vis.h.\ii;nt. n.f. [from tnravjjh.] 
 Ecftacy of delight. 
 
 Tlicy contraft a kind of fplcndor from the 
 feeraingly obfcuring vail, which adds to the 
 enr.-.xijhmenti of her tranfported admirers. 
 
 Glanvilie*i Scepfii^ 
 
 To Enrhe'um. v. a. [enrhumer, French] 
 To have rheum throujh cold. 
 
 o 
 The phyfician is to enquire wht'i« the paHy 
 hath taken cold or enrheumtd. llciiey 
 
 To Enrich, -u. a. [enrider, French.] 
 [. To make wealthy ; to make opulent. 
 The king will enrich him with great riches, 
 and will give him his daughter. 1 Samuel. 
 
 Henry i; able to enrich his qufen. 
 And not to feek a queen .to maKc him rich. 
 
 Shakjp/nre. 
 Great and glorious Rome queen of the cartn, 
 So far rtnown'd, and with the fpoils fnr«/i'J 
 Of nations. Milton's Pamdife Rtgair,'J. 
 
 Ti.ofe ate fo unhappy as to rob otners, without 
 • enri.-hing themfelvcs. Denham. 
 
 i. To fertilize; to make fruitful. 
 
 See tne fweer brooks in filver mazes creep, 
 Enrieh the meadows, and fupply the deep. 
 
 BlaekiKore. 
 
 3. To (lore; to fupply with augmentation 
 of any thing defirabk.
 
 E N R 
 
 There is not any one amonp; tlicm that couUI 
 ever e'l'ich his own undcrrtanding with any cer- 
 tain truth, or ever edify others therein. Ralrigh. 
 Ekri'chment. n.f. [imm enrich. "l 
 
 1. Augmentation of vveakh. 
 
 2. Ainplification ; improvement by addi- 
 tion. 
 
 I have procured a tranflalion of that booli 
 into the general language, not without great and 
 ample additions, and cmichmnt thereof. 
 
 ' Biicin'illoiy IVitr. 
 
 It is a vaft hindrance to the er.'idmeitt of our 
 tinderrtandings, if we fpend too much of our 
 time and pains among infinites and unfearch- 
 
 abies. ^ "'/'"' J^'-i!:}- 
 
 To EnridGe. 1'. ti. [from ridge. \ lo 
 form with longitudinal protuberances or 
 ridges. 
 
 He had a thoufand nofes, 
 Horns walk'd and wav'd like the cnriJgcd fea : 
 Ii was fome fiend. Shakffcare K'irg Lear. 
 
 2b Enri'ng. v. a. [from )-/n^.] To bind 
 round ; to encircle. 
 
 Ivy fo 
 Earing! the barky fingers of the dm. Sli.iifp. 
 Jb Enri'pen. -u. a. [(romripe.] To ri- 
 pen; to mature; to bring to perfeftion. 
 
 The fumraer, how it ennpend tlie year ; 
 And autumn, what our golden harvclts were. 
 
 D^nne. 
 
 To Enro'be. v. a. [from robe.'] To 
 drefs; to clothe ; to habit ; to inveft. 
 
 Her mother hath intended, 
 That quaint in green, the Ihall be loofc enrol'd 
 With ribbands pendant, flaring 'bout her head. 
 
 Sl:.ikfpears. 
 
 2o Enrol, v. a. [enroUer, French.] 
 1. To infert in a roll, lift, or regifter. 
 
 There be cmoH.-J amongft the king's forces 
 
 about thirty thoufand men of the Jews, i Mac. 
 
 We find ourfelves ennlh\i in this heavenly 
 
 family as fcrvants, and as fons. Sprait. 
 
 The champions, all of high degree, 
 Who knighthood lov'd, and deeds of chivalry, 
 Throng'd to the lifts, and envy'd to behold 
 The names of others, not their own enroll'ii. 
 
 Dryilen. 
 Mcntes, an evcr-honour'd name of old. 
 High in UlylTcs' focial lift enrol.'ii. Pope. 
 
 Heroes and heroines of old, 
 By honour only were ciroll'd 
 Among their brethren of the Ikies; 
 To which, though late, fhall Stella rife. Sivlft. 
 3. To record; to leave in writing. 
 He fworc cunfcnt to your fuccelTion ; 
 His oath emailed in the parliament. Shakfp. 
 
 Laws, which none fhall find 
 Left them enroll' J; or what tiic fpiiit within 
 Shall on the heart engrave. Milton's Par. LoJI. 
 
 g. To involve ; to in wrap. 
 
 From his infernal furnace forth he threw 
 Huge flame, that dimmed all the heav'n's light, 
 Enroll'dtD dulkilh Imoak and brinillone blue. 
 
 Fahy Queen. 
 
 Enro'ller. t:./. [from <?nro/.] He that 
 enrols ; he that rcgiRers. 
 
 Enro'lmekt. n.f. [from e/iro/.^ _ Re- 
 gifter; writing in which any thing is 
 recorded; record. 
 The king himfclf caufcd 
 
 ENS 
 
 be enrolled, and 
 t^ft'.hcd bv'a notary publick; and delivered the 
 tl-r-iments, with 1. is own hands, to the hilhop of 
 Sali(b..ry. -""'^ ■'" "" '"'"'"'■ 
 
 To Enro'ot. 1). a. [from root.] To fi.x 
 bv the root; td implant deep. 
 
 He cannot fo prccitely v. eed this land, 
 As'his mifdoubts prefcnt occafion : 
 Hi3 foes are fo MrtoCi-i/wiih his friends, 
 That, plucking to unfix an enemy. 
 He doth unfaften fo and (hake a fiiend. 
 
 Siiakfptare. 
 
 To Enro'und. -v. a. \Jxom round.] '1 
 environ ; to furrouiid ; to encircle ; 
 
 Inclofc. 
 
 Upon his royal face there is no note 
 How dread art army hath enrounJed hiin. 
 
 Sl:aijp:.nc . llrnr] 
 
 EA'S. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 1. Any being or cxillence. 
 
 2. [In chymillry.] Some things that are 
 pretended to contain all the qualities or 
 virtues of the ingredients they are drawn 
 from in a little room. 
 
 ENSA'MPLE. n.f. [ef-mpio, Italian.] 
 Example; pattern; fubjeft of imitation. 
 This orthography is now jiillly difufed. 
 Such life fhould be the honour of your light ; 
 Such death, the fad enfamflc of your night. 
 
 Spe'ifcr's Sonneti. 
 
 Ye have us for an enfample. f'nil. 
 
 Such as would be willing to make ufe of our 
 enfumple to do the fame thing, where there i^ not 
 the fame ne»e(nty, may not be able to vouch our 
 praiftice for their excufc. Sand/rfon 
 
 To Ens.i'mple. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To exemphfy; to (how by example; 
 to give as a copy. 
 
 I have followed all the ancient poets hiftorical; 
 firft, Homer, who, in the perfonof Agamemnon, 
 enfampUd a good governor and a virtuous man. 
 
 Spenftr. 
 
 To Eksa'nguine. v. a. [/an^;j, Latin; 
 enfangiinter, French.] To fmear with 
 gore ; to fuffufe with blood. 
 
 With cruel tournament the fquadrons join. 
 Where cattle paltur'd late ; now fcattet'd lies. 
 With carcalTes and arms, the enfanguin'd field 
 Deferted. Milfw.'t Parad;je Loft. 
 
 To Ensche'dule. v. a. [ii-omfihciiule.] 
 To infert in a fchedule or writing. 
 
 You mull buy tluat peace 
 With full accord to all oui jull demands, 
 Enfchedui'd here. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Ensco'nce. "J. a. [ixomfconce.] To 
 cover as with a fort ; to fecure. Hanmer. 
 I myfelf fomctinies, hiding mine honour in 
 my nccefiiry, and fain to fhutHe, to hedge, and 
 to lurch ; and yet your rogue will enhance your 
 rags, yout cat-a-mountain looks under the Ihclter 
 of your honour. Shakjpeare. 
 
 She Ihall not fee me, I will enfconecmi behind 
 the anas. Shakfp. Meny IVi-ves of IVindfor. 
 
 We make trifles of terrours, enfconcing our- 
 felves in fceming knowledge. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A fore of error to enfconce 
 Abfurditv and ignorance. Hud.-btm. 
 
 Tills he eourageoufly invaded, 
 And having enter'd, barricario'd, 
 Erfconc'd \\\m(c\( as formidable 
 As could be underneath a table. Ihihhau 
 
 7"o Ense'am. -v. a. [from/v'CT.] To fow 
 up ; to enclofe by a feam or juncture ot 
 needlework. 
 
 A name engraved in the reveftiary of the 
 temple, one ft-ole away, and enfcamcd it in his 
 thign. ' V.ander. 
 
 ToEnse-^'r. v.a. [from/car.] To cau- 
 terize ; to ilanch or tlop with fire. 
 
 Enfear thv fertile and conccptious womb; 
 Let it no more bring out t' in^ratcful n.an. 
 
 Shai.fpea<e. 
 
 7"c Enshi'eld. v. a. \^xomfin:ld.\ To 
 Ihield ; to cover ; to prtjteft. 
 
 Thcfc black mafks 
 Proclaim an tr.jhield beauty, ten times louder 
 Than beauty could difplay. Shaffpearc 
 
 To Enshri'ne. v. a. [fromfhrine.] To 
 enclofe in a chell or cabinet ; to preftrve 
 and fecure as a thing facrcd. 
 7 
 
 ENS 
 
 Hcfeems 
 A phornix, gaz,'d by ail, as that folc bird, 
 When to enjhine iiis reliques in the fun's 
 Bright temple, to Egyptian Thebes he flies. 
 
 M-.litn. 
 The fots combine 
 With pious c.Tie a monkey to enJJnine. Tate 
 
 Fait fortune next, witii looks fcrenc and kind, 
 Receives 'em, in her ancient fane enjhrin'd. 
 
 Mdif.,:. 
 
 E'nsiform. adj. [enjifonms , Latin.] 
 Having the ihape of a fword, as the 
 xiphoeides or enfiform cartilage. 
 
 E'NHIGN. v..f. \_e:ijVtgne,Yre.nc\\.] 
 
 1. The (lag or ftandard of a regiment. 
 Hangup your enfigns, let your drums be Hill. 
 
 ShakfpeArc. 
 
 The Turks (till preffing on, got up to the lop 
 of the walls with eight er/igns, from whence 
 they had repulfed the defendants. Krc/lei. 
 
 Men taking occafion from the qualities, 
 wherein they ohlerve often feveral individuals to 
 agree, range them into forts, in order to their 
 ■ naming under whicli individuals, according to 
 their conformity to this or that abllraft idea, come 
 to be ranked as under enfigns. Loeke. 
 
 2. Any fignal to affemble. 
 He wili lift up an enjign to the nations from 
 
 far. Ifaiah. 
 
 3. Badge; mark of diftinflion, rank, or 
 office. 
 
 Princes that fly, their fccptres left behind, 
 Contempt or pity, wheie they travel, find ; 
 The enjigns of our pow'r about we bear, 
 And cv'ry land pays tiibute to the fair. 
 
 IFa/le,. 
 
 The marks or enfigns of virtues contribute, by 
 their noblenefs, to the oinament of the figures ; 
 as the decorations belonging to the liberal arts, to 
 war, or facrifices. _ Dryden. 
 
 4. The officer of foot who carries the flag, 
 [formerly written anaent,] 
 
 E'nsignbearer. n.f. [aifign zn^ bear.] 
 He that carries the flag ; the enfign. 
 
 If it be true that the giants ever made war 
 
 againli heaven, he had been a fit enfignhearer for 
 
 that company, Sidney. 
 
 roENSLA'vE. V. a. {{■comjla'oe.] 
 
 I , To reduce to fervitude ; to deprive of 
 
 liberty. 
 
 The conquei'd alfo, and enjlav'd by war. 
 Shall, with their freedom loft, their virtue lofc. 
 
 Milion. 
 I to do this ! I, whom you once thought 
 brave. 
 To fell my country, and my king erfave. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Long dv.uights of flcep his monftrous limbs 
 enjl.ift ; 
 He reels, and falling fills the fpacious cave. 
 
 Dry.ien's j^neid. 
 
 He is certainly the mod fubje^ed, the moll 
 
 enjl.ned, wla) is fo in his undefltanding. Locke. 
 
 While the balance of power is equally held, 
 
 the ambition of private men gives nciilier danger 
 
 nor fear, nor can poffibly enjiave their country. 
 
 Sit ft. 
 
 . To make over to another as his flavc or 
 bondman. 
 
 No mm can make another man to be his (lave, 
 unlets lie bath firft enfaicd himfclf to life and 
 death, to pleafure orp.iin, lo hope or fear : com- 
 mand thofe paffions, and you are freer than the 
 Paithian king. Tavhr's Rule of Living Htly. 
 
 The more yirtuoully any man lives, and the 
 lefs he is cnfl.wed to any luft, the more ready he 
 is to entertain the, principles of icligion. 
 
 Tillotfon. 
 
 A man, not having the power of his own life, 
 cannot by cimipaft, or his own confent, enftaic 
 himfelf to any one, nor put himfclf under ihc ah- 
 folute arbifary power of another, to take away 
 life wlieii he I'leafcs. Lake.
 
 E N T 
 
 EnsLa'vement. «. /. [from enjlave.] 
 Tlic (late of fervltude ; flavcry ; alijcct 
 
 fubjeftion. 
 
 Tiie children of Ifrael, according lu tlicir me- 
 lliod of finning, afrei" mercies, and Uicreupon 
 ictrinin^ lu a freOi trijlnvemtnt to tlic'r enemies, 
 lijii now parted fevcn years in ciucl ful>jcdlK>n. 
 
 S->ul-:. 
 Enslv'ver. n.f. [ from cn/7a'yc. ] He that 
 reduces others to a liate of fervitude. 
 
 What indign.ition in her mind, 
 Againft fyAiT''"'! ot mankinu ! S^v/fr. 
 
 To Ensue, v. a. \_enfiiivrj, Frentli.] To 
 follow ; to purfue. 
 Flee evil, and do good ; feeic peace and ffue it. 
 Com> Player. 
 But now thcfe Epicures begin to fmilc. 
 And f.iy, my doitiine is more fafe titan true; 
 
 And that I fondly do mylelf bcjuiic, 
 While thcfe receiv'd opinions 1 enf^t. Duvia. 
 
 7o Ensue, v. n. 
 
 1. To follow as a confeqiienre to premifcs. 
 
 Let this 1)6 granted, and it Ihall hereupon 
 plainly enfue, that tiie light of fcripture once 
 Alining in ihc world, all other light of nature is 
 therewith in fuch fort drowned, tiiat now we need 
 it not. Hooker. 
 
 2. To fucceed in a train of events, or courfe 
 of time. 
 
 The man was noble ; 
 But with his laii attempt he wip'd it out, 
 Dcllruy'd his country, and his name remains 
 To the ti:f:<:r:g age abhurr'd. Shjiffcan. 
 
 Birti.'ps are placed by collation of the king, 
 without any precedent election or conBrmation 
 (•ifiiiig. IJ.iywaui. 
 
 Of worfe deeds worfc fufFerings muft err/uf. 
 
 MUio'i. 
 
 With mortal heat each other lliall purfue ; 
 What wars, what wounds, what flaughter Ihall 
 cnjiu. ! D'ydtv. 
 
 Impute not tlien thofe ills which may enfuc 
 To nie, but ihofe who with incelTant hate 
 Purfue my life. Raivc^i Ambithui Stepmcthcr. 
 
 Tlian grave ClarilTa graceful wav'd her fan ; 
 Silence enfu'J, and thus the nymph began. 
 
 Essu'r.\nce. n.f. [from «{/u?-i'.] 
 
 1. Exemption from hazard, obtained by 
 the payment of a certain fum. 
 
 2. The fura paid for fecurity. 
 Ensu'rancer. n.f. [i\om enfurance.'\ 
 
 He who undertakes to exempt from 
 
 hazard. t 
 
 The vain enfuranccn of life. 
 And they who mort perform'd, and promis'd 
 
 Icfs, 
 Ev'n Shoit and Il^bbes, forfook th' unequal 
 
 ftrifc. D^y.l.n. 
 
 To Ensu're. v. a. [from fure, ajfurer, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . To afcertain ; to make certain ; to fecure. 
 
 It is eafy to entail debts on fucceedirg ages, but 
 how to enj'i^Tc peace for any term of years is dif- 
 ficult enough. S^vlft. 
 
 2. To exempt any thing from hazard by 
 paying a certain fum, on condition of 
 being relmburfed for mifcarriage. 
 
 3. To promife reimburfcment of any mif- 
 carriage for a certain reward ilipulattd. 
 
 A mendicant contrafted with a counlty fellow 
 for a quantity of corn, to infitn his flicep for that 
 year. IS Ejirungc. 
 
 Ensu'rer. n.f. \Jtom enfure.l One who 
 makes contrafts of enfurance ; one who 
 for a ceitiiin fum exempts any thing from 
 hazard. 
 
 Enta'bhture. 7 "•./"• [from/^Wf.] Tlie 
 
 Knta'blament. 5 architrave, frieze, and 
 
 cornice of a pillar ; being in cffcft the 
 
 1': N T 
 
 extremity of the flooring, which \i 
 either fiippurted by pillars, or by a wall, 
 it there be no columns. Harris. 
 
 Enta'il. n.f. [feitJum tallialiim, from 
 the French cnUiille, cut, from tnilUrj to 
 cut.] 
 
 1. The eflate entailed or fettled, with re- 
 gard to the iiile of its defcent. 
 
 2. The rule ofdcfcent fettled for any cftate. 
 
 3. Engraver's work ; inlay. Obfokte. 
 
 Well it appeared to ha\e been of old 
 A work of rieii cv;rj//, and cuiious mold, 
 Woven with anticks and wild imagery, fli/y Q. 
 To Entail, v. a. \_luillcr, to cut ; en- 
 lai/ler, French.] 
 
 1. To fettle the defcent of any eliate, fo 
 that it cannot be by any fiibfequent pof- 
 fcfTor bequeathed at pleafure. 
 
 I here entail 
 The crown to th.ee and to thine heirs for ever. 
 
 S'lakfpeare. 
 Had Richard unconftrain'd refign'd the throne, 
 A king can give no more than is hij own : 
 The title Hood intail'd, had Richard had a fon. 
 
 . JiryMn. 
 
 2. To fix unalienably upon any perfon or 
 thing. 
 
 None ever had a privilege of infallibility en- 
 taiUrl to all he faid. Oighy on Bodia. 
 
 The intemperate and iinjulf tranfniit their bo- 
 dily infirmities and difeafes to their children, and 
 entail a leciet curfe upon their eltaies, Tilhrjon. 
 
 3. To cut. Obfolete. In the followinor 
 
 n- ' • 
 
 panage it is neuter. 
 
 The moit.Tl lice!, rilfpiteoully entai/\l, 
 Deep in tlicir flelh, quite llirough the iron walls, 
 Th.it a large purple liream adown iheirgiambcaux 
 
 falN. Fairy Qj/cr-.:. 
 
 To E.nta'me. v. a. [from tame.] To 
 tame ; to fubjugate ; to fubdue. 
 
 'Ti^ not your inky brows, your black filk hair, 
 Your bugle eyeballs, and your cheek of cream, 
 That can ctttams my fpiiits to your worfhip. 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 
 ToEnta'ngle. v. a. [Of uncertain ety- 
 mology.] 
 
 1. To inwrap or infnare with fomethlng 
 not eafily extricable, as a net ; or fome- 
 thing adlielive, as briars. 
 
 2. To lofe in multiplied involutions ; as in 
 a labyrinth. 
 
 3. To twill, or confufe in fnch a manner 
 as that a fcparation cannot ealily be 
 made ; to make an entatigLd knot. 
 
 4. To involve in difficulties; to embanafs ; 
 to perplex. 
 
 Now all labour, 
 Marts wii;it it does, yea very force entangles 
 Itlclf with ftrength. Sliakfpears. 
 
 He knew not how to wreftle with defperate 
 contingencies, and fo abhorred to ht entangled \n 
 fuch. Clarendon. 
 
 5. To puzzle ; to bewilder. 
 
 The duke, being queliioned, neither held 
 filence as he might, nor coniiantly denied it, but 
 cntangled\\\m{t\i in his doubtful tale. Hay ward. 
 
 I fuppofe a great part of the ditScultics that 
 perplex mens thoughts, and c/7rrt«^/^ their undcr- 
 llandings, would be ealily refolved. Loeke. 
 
 6. To infnare by captious queftioni or 
 artful talk. 
 
 The Pharifees took counfel how they might en- 
 tati^le him in his talk. Maitheiv. 
 
 7. To diftraCl with variety of cares. 
 
 No man that warrcth entangleth himfclf with 
 the affairs of this life. 2 Titnuhy. 
 
 8. To multiply the intricacies or difficul- 
 ties of a work. 
 
 Enta'ng^.emen-c. n.f. [from enlai^gk.] 
 
 E N T 
 
 g intricate or 
 
 1. Involution of any thin 
 adhefive. 
 
 2. I'erplcxity ; puzzle. 
 
 Ti.c moft improved fpirits are frequently 
 caught in ihc eiitan^lemcnn of a tenacious ima- 
 E'^'^'i""- GUnvitle't Srep/is. 
 
 There will be no greater entanglemenii, touch- 
 ing the notion of God and his providence. 
 
 More't Divine Dialogues. 
 It is to fence againft the <-n/o«^/fm<»/i of equi- 
 vocal words, and the aits of fophiftry, that dif- 
 tindtions have been multiplied. Locke, 
 
 Enta'ngler. n f. [from entangle.] One 
 
 that entangles. 
 To ENTER, v. a. [enlrer, French.] 
 
 1 . To go or come into any place. 
 
 I with the multitude of my redeem'd, 
 Shall <«/cr heav'n, long abfent. Mi.'lon. 
 
 A king of repute and learning entered ihc litis 
 againft hiin. Aite,hu-y. 
 
 2. To initiate in a bufinefs, method, or 
 fociety. 
 
 Tie eldert being thus enter'd, and then made 
 the falhion, it would be impofCble to hinde 
 
 them. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 land. 
 
 3. 1 o introduce or admit into any counfel. 
 
 They of Rome arc enter'd in ourcounftls. 
 And know how we proceed. Shakjfeare, 
 
 4. To let down in writing. 
 
 Mr. I'hang, have you en/fiVthe aflion .' 
 
 — It is enter'd. Shakfpcare'i Henry ,v. 
 
 Agues and fevers are entered promifcuoufiy,. 
 
 yet in the few bills they have been diftinguifhed. 
 
 Grauni'i Bilh of Alortulity, 
 
 To E'ntER. 1'. n. 
 
 I. To come in ; to go in. 
 
 Be not llothful to go and to enter to poffefs the 
 >d- Judges. 
 
 Other creature here, 
 Benfi, bird, infefl, or worm, durft enter none. 
 
 Milton. . 
 
 To penetrate mentally ; to make in- 
 telleftual entrance. 
 
 He is partieulaily picafcd with Livy for his 
 manner of telling a liory, and with Salluft for 
 his entering into eternal principles of action. 
 
 Addifor.'i Sfc&ator. 
 
 They were not capable of entering into the 
 
 niimeious concurring fprings of ai5lion. kJ'atts, 
 
 3. To engage in. 
 
 The French king hath often entered on feveral 
 
 expenfive projeifts, onpurpofe to diffipate wealth. 
 
 Addijon on tin kf-'ar. 
 
 Gentlemen did not care to enter into bufinefs 
 'till after their morning draught. Tatler. 
 
 4. To be initiated in. 
 
 O pity and ftianie, that thofe who to live well 
 F.mei'd fo fair, fhould turn afide I Milton. 
 
 Ai foon as they once er:teied into a taftc of plea- 
 fure, politcncfs, and magnificence, they fell into 
 a thoufand violences, confpiracies, and divifions. 
 Aildi/on on Italy. 
 
 Enterde'al. n.f. \intr! zaA dial.] Re- 
 ciprocal tranfactions. Obfolete. 
 
 For he is practis'd well in policy, 
 -■\iid thereto doth hii courting molt apply ; 
 To learn the enlcrdeal of princes ftrangc. 
 To m Ilk th' intent of counlels, and the change 
 Of Hates. H,Mer.i\ Tale. 
 
 Entering. 7j./. [Uom enter.] Entrance; 
 palTage into a place. 
 
 It is laid wafle, fo that theie is no houfe, 00 
 entering in. Ifaiah. 
 
 T'o Enteula'ce. v. a. [entrelajfer, Fr.J 
 To intermix ; to interweave. 
 
 This lady walked outright, 'nil (hejhighl fee 
 her enter into a fine clofe arbor r rt was 
 of trees, whole branches fo lovingly enterlaced 
 one another, that it could refilt the ItiongeH vi- 
 olence of the fight. Sydney. 
 
 Entero'cele. n. /. [aitenerle, Latin.] 
 A rupture from the bowels prelEni--.,.
 
 E N T 
 
 E N T 
 
 fo 
 
 tTiroMgVi or dilating the peritonarum 
 as to fall down into the groin. The 
 remedy in fueh cafes, is^chicfly by triiffcs 
 r.nd bolilers. ^'"0'- 
 
 If the inttft'me only is fallen, it bccoiin;s an =•••- 
 Urocele ; if The omentum or epiploon, cpiploccle ; 
 and if both, cnterocpiplocclc S/iarfi Surg^ 
 
 Entero'logy. n. f. [iW;jo> and ?,iyo:] 
 The anatomical account of die bowels 
 and internal parts. 
 Entero'mphalos. h. /• ["'T=po; and 
 ?.«<p^v.r.] An umbilical or navel ruptn-e. 
 Enterpa'rlasce. «./. [enlrc^ndpaikr, 
 French.] Parley; mutual talk; con- 
 ference. , ,., , J 
 During the enlerfarlancc the Scots difcharged 
 a'ainil the Englifli, not without breach of the 
 l^wsofthceeld. H.|vW 
 Enterple'ader. n.f. [eritre 7i.nd pkaa. i 
 The difcuffiug of a point incidentally 
 falling out, before the principal caufe 
 can take end. For example : two fe- 
 veral perfons, being found heirs to land 
 by two feveral officers in one county, 
 the king is brought in doubt whether 
 livery ought to be made; and therefore, 
 before livery be made to cither, they 
 muft enterplead ; that is, try between 
 themfelves who is the right heir. Cowell. 
 E'NTERPRISE. n. /. [enlrepnfe, Fr.] 
 A n undertaking of hazard ; an arduous 
 
 attempt. 
 
 Now is the time to execute mine enterprijn to 
 the deftru.aion of the enemies. Judith. 
 
 Whet on Warwick to this enterfrife. Shatfp. 
 
 The day appvoach'd, when fortune fhould decide 
 
 Th' iinpottantf«/<Ty)r;/f, and give the biide. DryJ. 
 
 To E'tiTERPRisK. 'J. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To undertake ; to attempt ; to elfay. 
 
 Nor Ihail I to the work thou enterprijejl 
 Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid. Miliin. 
 
 Princes were only chiefs of thofe adcmblics, 
 by whofe confultations and authority the great 
 ailions were refoh ed and erterprije.!. Temple. 
 
 An cpick poem, or the heroick aftion of iomc 
 great commander, cntcrprifeii for the common 
 good and honour of tlic thrillian caufe, and ex- 
 ecuted happily, may be as well written now, 
 as it was of old by the heathens. Dryden. 
 
 Halle then, and lofe no time : 
 The bufinefs mult be emcrpih'J this night ; 
 We mull furprifc the court in its dcligl'.t. Dryien. 
 
 2. To receive ; to entertain. Obfolete. 
 
 fn goodly garments, that her well became, 
 Fair marching' forth in honouraMe wife. 
 Him at the thrcthold met, and well did enterpn/e. 
 
 Sbenjtr. 
 
 E'NTERPRrsER. fl. / [from enterprife.'] 
 A man of enterprife ; one who under- 
 takes great things; one who engages 
 hitnfelf in important and dangerous 
 
 defigns. 
 
 They commonly proved great inttrprljen with 
 happy fucccfs. H^y^arA or. Eii-^urdvl. 
 
 To ENTERTAIN, v. a. [entntcnlr, Fr.] 
 1, To converfe with ; to talk with. 
 
 His head was (o well ftoLcd a n:a '.azine, that 
 nol'hing could be piopulcd which he was not rea- 
 riilv furnillicd to enteitjin any one in. Lick,. 
 J . To treat at the table. 
 
 You Ihall lind an apartment fitted up for you, 
 and (hall be every day enttrtiii'ied with hcef or 
 n>utton of my own feeding. Mdijon. 
 
 1. To receive hofpitably. 
 
 Be not forgetful to enteitain ftranger! ; for 
 thereby fomc have eniiriained angels unawares. 
 
 ticbreiui. 
 Heav'n, fcl ope thy cverlafring gates, 
 Totn/fi/u" my vows of thanks and praifc. 
 
 iikiikffiare. 
 
 [, To keep in one's fervice. 
 
 Hjw many men would you require to the fur- 
 niOiing of this which you t.tkc iii hand ; And 
 howlong fpacc would you have them entertained? 
 Spe7tjer*i Irtland, 
 Vou, fir," I entirtahi for one of my hundred ; 
 only I do not like the fafhiou of your garments. 
 Shnkfpt<*i t' i ^iig Lear. 
 V\\ weep and ligh, 
 And, leaving fo his Icrvicc, follow you, 
 So pleafe you enterts-n me. ShAfpeare. 
 
 J. To referve in the mind. 
 
 This purpofe God can tnterinin towards us. 
 
 Dee,n if Piety. 
 
 5. To pleafe ; to amufe ; to divert. 
 
 Tjavid f;i/?r,-(ii'!f./himfelf with the meditations 
 
 of G»d's law, not his hidden decrees or- coun- 
 
 le!s. Decay of Piety. 
 
 They were capable of enterlaiiing themfelves 
 
 on a thoufand fubjecls, without running into the 
 
 common topicks. ^ddifin. 
 
 The hiftory of the Royal Society (hews how 
 
 well philofophy becometh a narration : the pro- 
 
 grcfs of knowledge is as entertaining as that of 
 
 arms. Felim on the CUJfich. 
 
 In gardens, art can only reduce the beauties of 
 
 nature to a hgure which the common eye may 
 
 better take in, and is therefore more entertained 
 
 w ith. Pope's Pre/, to the I/iads. 
 
 J. To admit with fatisfaftion. 
 
 Reafon can never permit the mind to entertain 
 probability in oppofition to knowledge and cer- 
 tainty. Lode. 
 
 Enterta'iner. n.f. [from enlertain.] 
 
 1. He that keeps others in his fervice. 
 He was, in his nature and conftitutionof mind, 
 
 not very appiehcnfive of forecafting of future 
 events afar otf, but an entertainer ot fortune by 
 the day. Bacon' i Henry vii. 
 
 2. He that treats others at his table. 
 
 He (hews born to the guefts and to the enter- 
 tainer tlieir great iniflake. Smalridgc. 
 
 It is little the fign of a wife or good man to 
 fuffer temperance to be tranfgtcffed, in order to 
 purchafe the repute of a generous entertainer, 
 
 Atterbury. 
 
 3. He that pleafes, diverts, or amufes. 
 Entertainment, n.f. [from fn/^r/^j.-n.] 
 
 1 . Convcrfation. 
 
 2. Treatment at the table ; convivial pro- 
 
 vifio.T. 
 
 Arrived there, the little houfe they fill, 
 Ne look for entertainment where none was ; 
 
 Reft is their fcaft, and all things at their will ; 
 The noblcft mind the beft contentment has. 
 
 Fii'y (^ueen. 
 
 With Britilh bounty in his (hip he feafts 
 Th' Hefpiiian princes, his amazed guelts. 
 To find that wat'ry wilderneis exceed 
 Tne e'!ict!.iinmc,!t of their great Madrid. IJ'a.'/er. 
 
 3. Hofpitable reception. 
 
 4. Reception ; admiffion. 
 It is notcafy to imagine how- it fhould at fiill 
 
 gain interttiiiinent, but much more diificult to 
 conceiie how it Ihould be univerfally propagated. 
 
 Tillotfon. 
 
 5. The ftate of being in pay as foldiers or 
 fei-vants. 
 
 Have you an army ready, fay you ? 
 — A moft royal one. The centurions and 
 their charges diftinftly billeted, already in the 
 entertainment, and to be on foot at ^n hour's 
 warning. Shakf^eare' i Corii/an'JS. 
 
 6. Payment of foldiers or fervants. Now 
 obfolete. 
 
 The entertainment of the general, upon his firft 
 arrival, was but fix (hillings and eight-pence. 
 
 JJai'tes on Irtland. 
 
 The captains did covenant with the king to 
 fcrve him with certain numbers of men, for cer- 
 tain wages and e'ltettainment. Vavies. 
 
 7. Amufcmcnt; diverfion. 
 Bciaufc he that knoweth leall is fittcfl to a(k 
 
 queftloni, it is m..irc reafon, for the icitrtainincnt 
 
 E N T 
 
 of the time, that he a(k me queftions than that I 
 aik you. Bacon'i Ne^u Atinntii. 
 
 Paftions ought to be our fervants, and not our 
 mailers ; to give us fome agitation for entertain^ 
 mcntj but never to throw reafon out of its fear. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 8. Dramatick performance; the Ic /er 
 comedy. 
 
 A gicat number of dramatick entertainmentz 
 
 are not comedies, but (ive-act farces. Gay. 
 
 Enterti'ssued. adj. [^entre -ani ttfue.'^ 
 
 Interwoven or Intermixed with variouj 
 
 colours or fubftances. 
 
 The fword, the mace, the crown imperial. 
 The fw/cz-r.^^.^T robe of gold and pcail. Shakfp. 
 
 To Enthro'ne. ^'. a. [irom thi one.'\ 
 
 1 . To place on a regal feat. 
 Mercy is above this fcepter'd (way; 
 
 It is enthroned in the hearts of kings; 
 
 It is an attribute to God himfclf. Skakfpeare, 
 
 On a tribunal filver'd, 
 Cleopatra and hiniicif, in chairs 1 f gold, 
 Were publickly enthron'd. Skakfpeare. 
 
 Beneath a Iculptui'darch uc fits enthron'd. 
 The peers, encircling, form an awful round. 
 
 Pope's Odyffey. 
 
 2. To invell with fovereign authority. 
 This pope was no fooncr elected and enthroned, 
 
 but tiiat he began to exercifc his new tapincs. 
 
 Ayli^e's Parergon 
 
 EntHUSIa'sM. n.f. [j.Sajixo-fioc] 
 
 1. A vain belief of private revelation; a 
 vain confidence of divine favour or com- 
 munication. 
 
 Entnufiafin is founded neither on reafon nor di- 
 vine revelation, but rifes from the conceits of a 
 warmed or overweening brain. Locke. 
 
 2. Heat of imagination; violence of 
 paflion ; confidence of opinion, 
 
 3. Elevation of fancy ; exaltation of Ideas, 
 Im.iging is, in itfclf, the very height and life 
 
 of poetry, which, by a kind of enthufiafm, or ex- 
 traordinary emotion of foul, makes it fecm t« 
 us that we behold thofe things which the poet 
 paints. Dryden. 
 
 Enthu'si AST. n.f. [eiSs:7isiri;.:.] 
 
 1. One who vainly imagines a private re- 
 velation ; one who has a vain confidence 
 of his intercourfe with God. 
 
 Let an entknfiyl be principled that he or his 
 teacher is infpirtd, and aited by an immediate 
 communication of the Divine Spirit, and you in 
 vain I'.ing the evidence of clear reafons agalnft 
 his dovlnne. Locke. 
 
 2. One of a hot Imagination, or violent 
 pafTions. 
 
 Ciiapman fccms To nave been of an arrogant 
 turn, and an f'/rSj-y/.y? in poetry. Pope. 
 
 3. One of elevated fancy, or exalted Ideas. 
 
 At bft di\ine Cecilia came. 
 Invent; efs of the vocal frame ; 
 The fweet enthufiafi, from her facred (fore, 
 Eiilaig'd the former narrow bounds, 
 And added length to folcnin tounds. 
 With nature's raother-wit, and arts unknown 
 before. Dryden^ 
 
 En'thvsia'stical. 7 ,. r„. < -, 
 
 Enthv SI A stick. > 
 
 1. Perfiiaded of fome communication with 
 the Deity. 
 
 He pretended notto any feraphick 'n/fe^ii/?/- 
 eai raptures, or inimitable unaccountable tranf- 
 ports of devotion. Calamy, 
 
 2. Vehemently hot In any caufe. 
 
 3. Elevated in fancy ; exalted in ideas. 
 
 An enihufujUci or proph.etick iWle, by reafon 
 of the engcrnefs of the fancy, djih not always 
 follow the even thread of difcourfc. Burnet. 
 
 At lalf, fublim'd 
 To rapture 3n& enthnfiafiiek heat, 
 We feel the prefciit Deity. ' Thtv-pn.
 
 E N T 
 
 Enthymeme. n./ [h$v;j.r.ij.x.] An ar- 
 gument confiftinp; only of an antecedent 
 and confequential pi opofition ; a fyllo- 
 gifm where the major propofition is 
 fupprelTcd, and only the minor and con- 
 fequence produced in v/oids. 
 
 Pl.i) ing much upon the fimpli- or lullratii'c ar- 
 gunientatio:!, ra induce cIk-ii ciiymcmn unto the 
 people, they t.ikv; up popular conceits. Brown. 
 What is iTicnihymim-, quoth Cornelius? Why 
 an euf'Synitmf, replied Ovainbe, is when Che ma- 
 jor is indeed married to the minor, but the mar- 
 riage kept feciet. Arbuthntt anJ Voj-e. 
 
 To ENTI'CE. v.a. [of Mncertain etymo- 
 logy.] To allure ; to attraft; to draw- 
 by blandilhments or hopes to fomething 
 linfal or dellnittive. 
 
 The readicll way to cr.tanglc the mind with 
 
 falfc do6lrinc, is firtt to f«/;c(- the will to wanton 
 
 living. ^!jt/i,m's Silioilmaff< . 
 
 If a man eniice a maid that is not bctrothtd, 
 
 he (hall furely endow her to be his wife. Ex-v.i. 
 
 So fang the ryien>, with enchanting found, 
 Etin\-irfg all to liden, and be druwn*d. Gianvj//c, 
 En'1-i'cement. n.f. [from ffl/fVc] 
 I, The aft or praftice of alluring to ill. 
 Suppofe we that the facied word of God can at 
 their iiands receive due honour, by whofe f<i//cf- 
 ment the holy ordniances of the church endure 
 every wheie open contempt. Hmkcr. 
 
 And here to every thitliy wanderer. 
 By (ly ent:rmrr:t gives his baneful cup, 
 With many murniu;s mi.xt. Milion. 
 
 t. The means by which one is allured to 
 ill ; blandiflimeat ; allurement. 
 
 In all thefe inftances we muft feparate intrcaty 
 and cnn'ccmcntij from deceit or violence. T'lylor. 
 Enti'cer. n. f. [from entice.'] One 
 that allures to ill. 
 
 Enti'cingly. flrt'v. [from f «/;'«.] Charm- 
 ingly ; in a winning manner. 
 
 She ftrikes a lute well, and fings moft en- 
 ticingly. Addijm. 
 
 Entierty. n.f. \_entkrte, French,] The 
 whole ; not barely a part. 
 
 Sometime the attuiney thrulletli into the writ 
 the iittermoft qu.mtity ; or, ellc fctteth down an 
 enlUrty, where but a moiety was to be palTed. 
 
 Hfi.en'i OJf. of AUciiutitjn. 
 ENTI'RE. adj. [cnlier, French ; integer, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Whole ; undivided. 
 
 It is not fafe to divide, but to extol the entire, 
 ftiirin general. Bacon. 
 
 2. Unbroken ; complete in Its parts. 
 
 All antique model of the famous L:iocooii is 
 en/in in thofe parts where the llatue is maimed. 
 ylttlifon on It.iiy. 
 Water and earth, compofcd wf old worn par- 
 ticles, and fragments of particle?, would not be of 
 the fame n.itiirc and ccxcuie now with water and 
 earlhcompofed of r/i/;/^particlcs in the beginning. 
 Nei^loi'i Oplicis. 
 
 3. Full; complete; compiifing all reqiii- 
 fites in itfelf. 
 
 The church of Rome hath rightly confidered 
 thai publick prayer is a duty tniire in itfelf, a 
 duty ictjuiiite to be performed much oftener than 
 fermons can be made. Hooker. 
 
 An afkion is eniire when it is complete in all 
 its parts j or, as Ariftutle dcfcribes it, when it 
 eonfilts of a beginning, a middle, and an end. 
 
 Sfc(tl/'.r. 
 
 4. Sincere ; hearty. 
 
 l,ovc 's not love, 
 ■When u is mingled with regard) that ftand 
 Aloof from th' in/ire point. Shakfpeare. 
 
 He run a coui fe more entire with the king of 
 Arragon, but more laboured and officious with 
 the king of Caftilc. Bacon. 
 
 5. Firm; fure ; folid ; filed. 
 
 Voi. I 
 
 E N T 
 
 Enliie .>nd fure the monarch's rule muft prove. 
 Who founds her grcatnefs on her fubjefls love. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 6. Unnjingled ; unallayed. 
 
 Wrath Ihail he no more 
 Thenceforth, but in thy prefcnce j •/ f/i/ir^. 
 
 Mi/lon. 
 
 7. Honeft ; firmly adherent ; faithful. 
 
 No nian had ever a heart more rn^iie t^^ the 
 king, the cliurch, or his country ; but he never 
 fludicd the eaficlf ways to thofc ends. Cljren.hn. 
 
 They had many pci Ions of whole fw'pe atf'cc- 
 tions tliey were well aflTurcd. Cl.nendon 
 
 8. In fullllrength; with vigout unabated ; 
 with power unbroken. 
 
 Then back to fight again, new breaihcri and 
 
 entire. SpCfftr. 
 
 Enti'relv. adv. [from entire.] 
 
 1. In the whole; without divifion. 
 
 Euphrates, running, finketh partly into the 
 lakes of Chaldca, and falls not entirely into the 
 Pcifian lea. Raleigh. 
 
 2. Completely ; fully. 
 
 Here hiiilh'H he, and all that he had made 
 View'd, and beheld! all was cntir.ly good. 
 
 Mihon. 
 
 Chyle may be faid to be a vegetable juice in the 
 Itomach and intellines; as it p.ureth into the 
 ladeaU it grows ftill more animal, and when it 
 has circulated often with the blood, it is entirely 
 fo. ArbuihiM 
 
 General confent entirely altered the whole 
 fr.ime of liieir government. Siuijt. 
 
 3. With firm adherence ; faithfully. 
 
 Which when his penfivc lady faw from far. 
 Great woe and forrow did her foul alTay, 
 
 As weening tiiat the fad end of the war, 
 And 'gan to higheft God entirely pray. F. Q'tecn. 
 
 Enti'reness. n.f. [from entire.] 
 
 1. Totality; completenefs ; fulnefs. 
 
 In an arch, each fiiigle ftone, which, if fevered 
 from the reft, would be perhaps defencelefs, is 
 fufficiently fecured by the folidity and entitenefi 
 of the whole fabrick, of which it is 3 part. Boyle. 
 
 2. Honelly ; Integrity. 
 
 To Enti'tle. v. a. \_entitukr, French.] 
 
 1. To grace or dignify with a title or 
 honourable appellation. 
 
 2. To give a title or difcrlminatlve ap- 
 pellation : as, to entitle a book. 
 
 Befides the Scripture, the books which they 
 call ecclcfiaftical were thought not unworthy to 
 be brought into publick audience, and with that 
 name tliey entitled the books which we term 
 Apociyphal. Hooker. 
 
 Next favourable thou, 
 Who highly thus to entitle me vouchfaf'ft 
 Far other name dcferving ! Milton. 
 
 3. To fuperfcribe, or prefix as a tiiie. 
 
 How ready zeal for party is to entitle chriftia- 
 nity to their defigns, and to charge atheifni on 
 thofe who will nut fubmit. Locke. 
 
 We have been entiiledj and have had our 
 names prefixed at length to whole volumes of 
 mean pioduifl ions. SiviJ't. 
 
 4. To give a claim to any thing. 
 
 But we, defcended from your facred line, 
 Entitled to your hcav'n, and rites divine. 
 Ate banifti'd earth. Dry.ien': Virgil. 
 
 God difcovers the martyr and confelTor with- 
 out the trial of flames and tortures, and will 
 hereafter entitle many to the rewards of aif^ions 
 which they had never the opportunity of per- 
 forming. Ad.lfon. 
 
 He ^;i//>A'./hlmfelf to tiie continuance of the 
 divine piotciftion and goudnefs, by humiliation 
 and prayer. Atterbury. 
 
 Hardly even is the penitent finiier favcd; thus 
 difficult is that duty, by which alone he can be 
 reconciled to his Creator, and entitled to the mer- 
 cies of the gofpel. Rogers. 
 
 J. To grant anything at claimed by a title. 
 
 E N T 
 
 This is to entitle God's care how and to what 
 we pleafe. i^^>,. 
 
 E'ntity. n.f. [entilai, low Latin.] 
 
 1. Something wiiich really is ; a real being. 
 
 Dear hope, earth's dowry and hcav'n's debt. 
 The entity oi things that arc not yet : 
 Subt'lcft, but furcft being. Cr,^f,ivi. 
 
 Fortune is no real entity, nor phyftcal cflcnce, 
 but a mere relative fignification. Bfriley. 
 
 Here entity and quiddity. 
 The fouls of dcfunfl bodies fly. UuHjrai. 
 
 2. A particular fpecies of being. 
 
 All eruptions ot air, though Iraail and (light, 
 give an cnt::y of found, vv-hich we call crackling, 
 puffing, and fpitting ; as in bay fait and hay 
 leaves, cad into ihc fire. Bacon. 
 
 Goti's deciccs of falvation and damnation, 
 both Romilh and Rcfoimed, affix to men's par- 
 ticuar entitvj ablolutely confidered, without any 
 lefpeft to demeanours. Hammond, 
 
 To ENTo'fL. ij. a. [from /o«7.] To in- 
 fnare ; to entangle ; to bring into toils 
 or nets. 
 
 He cut off their land forces from their fiiips, 
 
 and rntcilcd both their navy and their cimp with 
 
 a gieaier power than theirs, both Ijy lea and land. 
 
 Bccin'i Neiv .-Itiar.tit. 
 
 To Ento'mr. v. a. [ixom tomk.] To put 
 into a tomb ; to bury. 
 
 ProccfTions were titft begun for the interring of 
 holy martyrs, ai d the vifiting of thofc places 
 where th.ey weic entombed. Hooker. 
 
 The cry went once fur thee, and yet it may 
 again, 
 If thou wouldfl not f^/o;t?thyfelf alive. 
 And cafe thy reputation ^n a tent. Shaifpcire. 
 
 They within the be ill's vaft womb. 
 The choice .and fljw'r of all their troops enltmi. 
 
 Deitham. 
 
 E'ntrails. n. f. without a fingular. 
 
 [entrailles, French; EiTjfc.] 
 I . The intellines ; the inward parts ; the 
 guts. 
 What, hath thy fiery heart fo parch'd thine en~ 
 trails. 
 That not a tear can fall ? Sh.ikfpea>e. 
 
 The entrails are all without bones ; fave iliat a 
 bone is fometimes found in the heart of a Hag. 
 
 Bacon. 
 I tear that harden'd heart from out hcrlrealf. 
 Which with her entutih m.tkes my hungry 
 hounds a feaft. V'jilex, 
 
 1. The internal parts. 
 
 A precious ring that lightens n.'l Ihc hole. 
 And Ihcws the ragged eniri:iU of ihis pit. 
 
 Sh.ikfpetzre. 
 
 He had brought to light but little of that trea- 
 
 furc, that lay fo lung bid in the dai k entrails of 
 
 Ameiica. Locke. 
 
 The earth hath loft 
 Moft of her ribs, 'a^ entrails -^ being now. 
 Wounded no lefs for marble than for gold. 
 
 Ben yonfon. 
 
 To Enira'il. v. a. [intrakiare, Ital.] 
 
 To mingle ; to interweave ; to divtrfify. 
 
 Over him, art ftriving to compare 
 With nature, did an arbor green difpred. 
 Framed of wanton ivy, flow'ring fair, 
 Thiough which the fragrant eglantine did fpreaJ, 
 His pricking iims enttaifd with rofes red. 
 
 Fairy Qmen. 
 A little wicker bafket. 
 Made of fine twigs, entiailedatttoxiily, 
 In which they galher'd flowers. Sfe-iCir. 
 
 E NTRANCE. n.f. \entrans, French.] 
 
 1. The power of entering Into a place. 
 
 Whence arc you, fir .' Has the porter his cyej 
 in his head, that he gives entrance to fuch compa- 
 nions ? Pray, get you out. 'Sh.tkfpear(. 
 
 Whete diligence opens the door of tnc undcr- 
 ftandiog, and impartially keeps it, truth is fure 
 to find both an entrance and a welcome too. 
 
 Suah 
 
 2. The aft of entering. 
 
 4M 
 
 i
 
 ^ 
 
 E N T 
 
 The rcafon that T gather, he is mad, 
 Is a mad tale he tjld to (lay at dinner, 
 Of his own door being (hut againft his entrance. 
 
 Sia^Jpcare. 
 Better far, I guefs, 
 That we do make our entrance feveral ways. 
 
 Shakfptan. 
 All the woikl 's a ftage, 
 And all the men and women mciely players ; 
 / They have their exits and their (■"/'•^•'.'ffi. Shakf. 
 
 3. The paflage by which a place is entered ; 
 
 avenue. 
 
 He charged them to keep the paiTagcs of the 
 hilly country ; for by tlicm there was an entrance 
 intojudca.' JuJirli 
 
 Palladio did conclude, that the principal en- 
 trance was never to be regulated by any certain 
 «iiinenrion», but by tne dignity of the iiuftcr. 
 
 l-Votton^s ArchiteSure, 
 Many are the ways that lead 
 To his grim cave, all difnial ' yet to fcnfe 
 More-tenible at th' entreince than within. 
 
 Millon, 
 Let this, and every other anxious thought. 
 At ih' entrance of uiy threlhold be forgot. 
 
 Drydrn^s yuvcnal, 
 
 4. Initiation ; commencement. 
 
 This is that which, at fiift f;;/rjni:f, baulks and 
 cools them : they want their liberty. Lmke. 
 
 5. Intelledtualingrefs; knowledge. 
 
 He that travellcth a country before he hath 
 
 fome entrance into the language, goeth to fchool, 
 
 and not to travel. Bact,n. 
 
 €. The act of taking poffcflion of an office 
 
 or dignity. 
 
 From the firft entrance of this king to his reign, 
 never was king either more loving or better be- 
 loved . Hrjyjvard's Etliuard v I. 
 
 7. The beginning of any thing. 
 
 St. Auguftine in the entrance of one of his 
 fermons, makes a kind of apology. Hakeiuill. 
 
 The earl of Holland we have had occafion to 
 mention before in the firll entrance upon this 
 difcourfe. UarenAm. 
 
 To Entra'nCE.-u. n. [from /ran^f; tranje, 
 French, from tran/eo, Latin, to pafs 
 over ; to pafs for a time from one region 
 to another.] 
 1. To put into a trance; to withdraw the 
 foul wholly to other regions, while the 
 body appears to lie in dead fleep. 
 i. To put into an ecftacy ; to make in- 
 fcnfible of prefent objeds. 
 
 With delight I was entranced, and carried fo 
 fsr from myfelf, as that I am forry that you 
 ended fo foon. Spenfcr. 
 
 Adam, now enforc'd to clofe his eyes. 
 Sunk down, and all his fpirits ht<:imc entranc'd. 
 
 Milton, 
 And I fo ravith'd with her heav'nly note, 
 J ftood entrane'd and had no room for thought ; 
 But ail o'erpow'r'd with ccllafy of blifs. 
 Was in a pleafing dreaiTl of par.idifc. Dryden. 
 
 To Entra'p. v. a. [from //-«/>.] 
 
 1 . To infnare ; to catch in a trap or fnare. 
 
 Take heed, mine eyes, how ye do (tare 
 Henceforth too rafhiy on that guileful net ; 
 
 In which, if ever typs entrapped are, 
 Out of her bands ye by no means (hall get. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 • The fraud of England, not the force of France, 
 Hath now entrapt the noble-minded Talbot. 
 
 SliakJpcHre. 
 
 2. To involve unexpefledly in difficulties 
 ordilirelFes; to entangle. 
 
 MiAfortuiie waits advant.igc to entrap 
 The man moll wary, in her whelming lap. 
 
 Fairy Queen, 
 He fought to entiaf mc by intelligence. 
 
 S'lakfpeare. 
 
 3. To take advantage of. 
 
 An injurious ^uttuo lies ia wait to entrap^ thee 
 Ml thy wuidi, iVc/n. 
 
 E N T 
 
 To Entre'at. v. a. [traetei; Frencli.] 
 
 1. To petition; tofolicit; to importune. 
 
 Ifaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. 
 
 2. To prevail upon by folicitation. 
 
 I have a wife, whom I protclt I love ; 
 I would (he were in heaven, fo (he could 
 Entreat lome pow'r to change this currilh Jew. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 The Lord was entreated of him, and Rebecca 
 his wife conceived. Gcnefn. 
 
 It were a fruitlefs attempt to appeafe a power, 
 wliom no prayers could entreat, no repentance 
 reconcile. Rogrn. 
 
 3. To treat or ufe well or ill. 
 
 Whereas thy fcrvant worketh trijy, entreat 
 him not evit. Ecc/n. 
 
 Muft you, fir John, protciS ray lady here ? 
 Ftitreat her not the woil'c in that I pray 
 Y'ui ufe her well. Shakfpeare* i Henry vi. 
 
 Well I entreated her, who well defcrv'd; 
 I call'd iier often ; for ihe always fcrv'd : 
 Ule made her perfon eal'y to my light. 
 And cafe infeufibly produc'd delight. Fiior. 
 
 4. To entertain ; to amufe. Not ufed. 
 
 My lord, I mull entreat the time aione. 
 — God (hield I fhould difturb devotion. Shakjp. 
 
 5. To entertain ; to receive. Not in ufe. 
 
 The garden of Profcrpino this hight. 
 And in the midft thereof a filvcr fear. 
 
 With a thick arbour goodly overdight. 
 In which Ihe often us'd, from open heat, 
 HcrfeU to (hroud, and pleafures to entreat. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 To Entre'at. -v. n. 
 
 1 . To offer a treaty or compaft. Not ufed. 
 
 Alexander was the (iril that entreated peace 
 with them. Maccahees, 
 
 2. To treat ; to difcourfe. Not ufed. 
 
 The mod admirable myfteiy of nature is the 
 turning of iron, touched with the loadftonc, to- 
 ward the north-pole, of which I (hall have far- 
 ther occa (ion to entreat, Hakeiuill. 
 
 3. To make a petition. 
 
 They charged rac, on pain of perpetual dif- 
 pleafure, neither to fpeak of him, entreat for him, 
 or any way fuftain him. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The Janiiaries entreated for them, as valiant 
 men. Knollci. 
 
 Entre'atance. n. f. [from entreat.'} 
 
 Petition ; entreaty ; folicitation. Not 
 
 ufed. 
 
 Thefe two entreatance made they might be 
 
 heard. 
 
 Nor was their juft petition long deny'd. Fairfax. 
 
 Entre'aty. n.f. [from entreat.'] Peti- 
 tion; prayer; folicitation ; fupplication ; 
 
 requelt. 
 
 If my weak orator 
 Can from his mother win the duke of York, 
 Anon expeit him here ; but if (he be 
 Obdurate to entreaties, God forbid 
 We (hould infringe the holy privilege 
 Of fanfluary. Shakfpeare's Richard lit. 
 
 ENTREBIE'TS. n.f. [French.] Small 
 plates fct between the main difhes. 
 
 Chards of beet are plants of while beet tranf- 
 planted, producing great tops, which, in the 
 niidll, have a large white main (hoot, which is 
 the true chaid ufed in pottages and entrenets. 
 
 J^Jortimer. 
 
 E'ntry. n.f. [from enter; entree, Fr.] 
 I . The pafTage by which any one enters 
 a houfe. 
 
 Some there are that know the rcforts and falls 
 of bufinefs, that cannot fink into the main of it; 
 like a houfe that hath convenient flairs and en- 
 tries, hut never a fair room. Bacttn. 
 
 A llrait long entry to the temple led. 
 Blind with high walls, and horror over head. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Is all this hurry made 
 Oa this account, bccaulc thou art afraid 
 
 E N V 
 
 A dirtjt hall or entry (hould offend 
 The curious eyes of thy invited friend ? 
 
 Dryden' i fuvtml. 
 
 We proceeded through the entry, and were nc- 
 
 ceffatily kept in order by the fituation. Tatter, 
 
 2. The adl of entrance ; ingrefs. 
 
 Bathing and anointing give a relaxation or 
 cmollition; and the mixture of oil and water is 
 better than either of them alone, becaufe water 
 entcrcth better into the pores, and oil after entr^ 
 foftcneth better. Bacon's Nat. Hifl. 
 
 The lake of Conllance is formed by the entry 
 of the Rhine. Addifin. 
 
 By the entry of the chyle and air into the bloody 
 by the la<ftcals, the animal may again revive. 
 
 Arhrethnot en Aliments. 
 
 3. The adl of taking poffeUion of any 
 ellate. 
 
 4. The aft of regiflering or fetting down 
 in writing. 
 
 A notary mjde an errtry of this a(5l. Bacon, 
 
 5. The acl of entering piiblickly into any 
 city. 
 
 The day being come, he made his entry t he 
 was a man of middle llature and age, and 
 comely . Bacon, 
 
 To Enu'bilate. 1), a. [e and nuil/e, 
 Latin.] To clear fiom clouds. DiS. 
 
 To Enu'cleate. V, a. \enucleo, Latin.] 
 To folve ; to clear; to difentangle. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 To Enve'lop. -v. a. \_enveloper, French.] 
 
 1. To inwrap ; to cover; to inveft with 
 fome integument. 
 
 2. To cover; to hide; to furround. 
 
 The bcft and wholciom*i1 fpirits of the night 
 envelop you, good provoll. Shakfpeare, 
 
 A cloud of fmoke errjthps either hoft, 
 And all at once the combatants arc loft : 
 Darkling they join adverfe, and (hock unfeen^ 
 Courfcrs with courfers jufting, men with men. 
 
 Dryden . 
 
 It is but to approach nearer, and that mill that 
 
 enveloped \\\ftm will remove. Lecke, 
 
 NoiSuinal (hades 
 This world envelop, and th' inclement air 
 Perfu.^des men to repel benumming frods. 
 
 Philift. 
 
 3. To line; to cover on the infide. 
 
 His iron coat, all overgrown with rull. 
 Was underneath enveloped with gold, 
 Darkncd wirh filthy dull. Fairy Queen. 
 
 ENVELOPE, n.f. [French.] A wrap-- 
 per; an outward caie ; an integument ; 
 a cover. 
 
 Send thefe to paper-fparing Pope; 
 And, when he fits to write. 
 
 No letter with an envelope 
 Could give him more delight. Swft. 
 
 To En ve'nom. v. a. . [from •uenom.'l 
 
 1. To taint with poifon ; to poifon ; to 
 impregnate with venom. It is never 
 ufed of the perfon to whom poifon is 
 given, but of the draught, meat, or 
 inftrument by which it is conveyed. 
 
 The treacherous inllrument is in thy hand, 
 TJnbatcd and enven'jm'd. Shakf^eare^ 
 
 Alcidcs, from Oechalia croHu'd 
 With conquell, felt th' envenom'd lohe, and tore, 
 Through pain, up by the roots ThelTahan pines. 
 
 Alilton, 
 Nor with envenom' d lon^vit to blall the fame 
 Of harmlefs men. i'hitips, 
 
 2. To make odious. 
 
 Oh, what a wurld is this, when what is comely 
 Envenoms him that bears it I Shakfptan^ 
 
 3. To enrage ; to exafperate. 
 
 With her full foice (he threw the pois'nous 
 riait, 
 And &x'd it deep within Amata'i btnl j
 
 E N V 
 
 That tliuf envon(tm''d fhe might kindle ragfi 
 And facrilicc to Itni'c her houfc and liulb.ind^ 
 age. DiyJfti. 
 
 t'KViABLE. adj* [from ett'vy.'] Defcrv- 
 ing envy ; fucli as may excite envy. 
 
 They, m an enviable mediocrity of fortune, 
 tfo happily poflcfs thcmfclves. Cweiu. 
 
 E'nvier. n. f, [from envy,'\ One that 
 envies another ; a maligner ; one that 
 defines the downfal of anotlicr. 
 
 Men had need beware how they be too pcrfc^ 
 in comphments ; for that fwr/Vrj will give them 
 that attribute, to the diladvaiUage of their vir- 
 tues. Sttcort's Kjfayi, 
 
 They wccn'd 
 To win the mount of God, and on his throne 
 To fct the tn-vier of his ftatc, tne proud 
 Aipiier; but their cnoughts prov'd fond and vain. 
 
 Mi it on 
 
 AH preferment* in church and ftate were given 
 
 by him, all his kindred and friends promoted, 
 
 and all Uis enemies and envicn dil'councenanced. 
 
 Cltirtndon. 
 
 E'nvious. adj, [from envy.'] 
 
 1. Infc£led with envy ; pained by tlie ex- 
 cellence or happinefs of another. 
 
 A man of the molt tnvious dilpofjtion that 
 ever infetfted the air with his breath, whole eyes 
 could not look riyht upon any h.ippy man, nor 
 cars bear the burden of any man'kpiaife. SiJniy. 
 
 Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, 
 To filcnce c'/r-i'/owi tongues. ^hakfpcare. 
 
 2. Sometimes with agalnjl. 
 
 Be not thou enviota ugahiji evil men. Ticv. 
 
 3. Sometimes with at. 
 
 Neither be thou envious at the wicked. P>ov. 
 
 4. Commonly with of. 
 
 Sure you mi (take the precept, or the tree ; 
 Heav'n cannot envious of his bkifings be. 
 
 Ihydcn. 
 
 E'nvious LY. iz^/y. \Jr ova envious.] With 
 envy ; witli malignity ; with ill-will, 
 excited by another's good. 
 
 Damned Ipirits, being fallen from heaven, en- 
 deavour tm-ioujly to obltrudt the ways that may 
 lead us thither. Vuppa. 
 
 How aivi'jujly the ladies look, 
 When they furprife me at my book ! 
 And furc as they 're alive at night, 
 As foon as gone, will Ihcw their fpight. Swift. 
 
 2b Envi'ron, V* a. [envit-otiner, Yrench.] 
 
 1. To furround ; to encompafs ; to encircle. 
 
 ^ I iiandasone upon a rock, 
 
 Mnviron'H with a wilderncts of fea. Sluikfpeare. 
 TfTtf country near unto the city of Sultania is 
 on every fide environed with huge mountains. 
 
 Knoilei' Uijfory. 
 The manifold ftreams of goodly navigable ri- 
 vers, as fo many chains, environed i\\^ lame fite 
 and temple. Bacon. 
 
 Within the environing rocks flood the city. 
 
 Sandys 
 
 Thought following thought, and ftep by ftep 
 led on, 
 He enlcr'd now the bordering defart wild, 
 And with dark (hades and rocks cnviteu'd round, 
 His holy meditation thus purfu'd. A/zV/c;. 
 
 God hath fca;tt:rcd feveral degrees of pleafure 
 and pain in all the things that envi'&n and affect 
 lis, and blended them together in almoft all our 
 thoughts. LocLe. 
 
 2. To involve ; to envelop. 
 
 May never glorious fun rciletfi his beams 
 Upon the country where you make abode I 
 But darknel's and the gloomy ihade of death 
 Environ you, 'till mifctiicf and defpair 
 Drive you to break your necks. Skakfpeate. 
 
 Since (he mull go, and I muft mourn, come 
 night, _ 
 Environ me with darknefs whilfl I write. Donne. 
 
 3. To furround in a hoflile manner; to 
 bcfkge ; to hem in. 
 
 E N V 
 
 Mcthought a legion of foul ficndi 
 £'/f/i»n'</ mc, ^iiul liowlcd in mine cart. SAd/p. 
 
 In thy (Linger, 
 If c»cr (Linger d(i environ thee, 
 Coinincnd thy grievance to my holy prayer. 
 
 ahithfpearc. 
 I did but prompt the :igc to quit their clogs, 
 By tlie known riiks of ancient liberty, 
 VVhen llraight a barbarous noifc envhom rat, 
 
 Millon. 
 4. To cnclofc ; to invert. 
 
 The foldicr, that man of iron. 
 Whom ribs of horrour all environ, Clc/ive/anti. 
 
 Envi'roNS. h./. [environs, Fr.] The 
 neighbourhooij, or neighbouring places 
 round about the country. 
 To ENU'MERATE. -v. a. [emmero, Lat,] 
 To reckon up lingly ; to count over 
 diiUndly ; to number. 
 
 You mult not only acknowledge to God that 
 you are a fiiincr, but nuill paiticuUily au- 
 ifieiate the kinds of (in whercot you know youi- 
 felf guilty. lVuLt\ l*rfj-tir,iti'^n for Deutlt. 
 
 Bcfidcb enumiritlirig tlic grols dcfedt of duly to 
 the queen, I ihew liow alt things weic man.igcd 
 wrong. S^l•rJt 
 
 Enumkr.a'tion. n.f. [enumeratio, Lat.] 
 The act of numbering or counting over ; 
 number told out. 
 
 Wholoever reads St. Paul's cntmeration of du- 
 ties, murt conclude, that well nigh the bulinelsof 
 chriftianity is laid on charily. Spraii . 
 
 The chcmifts make fpirit, fait, fulphur, water, 
 and eartl; their five elements, though they are not 
 all agreed in this tnumeralion of elements. 
 
 }Vnit!' Logici. 
 
 To ENU'NCIATE. v. a, [emwcio, Lat.] 
 To declare ; to proclaim ; to relate ; to 
 exprefs. 
 
 Enunci a'tion. ti,/. [enuncialio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Declaration ; publick. attellation ; open 
 proclamation. 
 
 Preaching is to ftrangers and infants in Chrift, 
 to produce faith ; but this facramental enunciation 
 is the declaration and confelTion of it by men in 
 Chrift, declaring it to be done and owned, and 
 accepted, and prevailing. Tuyloi . 
 
 2. Intelligence ; information. 
 
 It remembers and retains fuch things as were 
 
 never at all in the fenfe ; as the conceptions, 
 
 enunciationif and adfions of the intelle<f^ and will. 
 
 HaU^i Origin of NlankinJ. 
 
 3. Exprtflion. 
 
 Enu'nciative. adj. [from enunciate.'] 
 Declarative ; expreffive. 
 
 This prefumption only proceeds in refpeft of 
 the difpofitlvc words, and not in regard of the 
 enuTiciiUivt terms thereof. ^yli^e. 
 
 ENu'NCIATIVELY.flf/tf. [fromMM««fl//w.] 
 
 Declaratively. 
 E'nvoy. n.f. \jnvoye, French.] 
 
 1 . A publick minifter fent from one power 
 to another. 
 
 Now the Lycian lots confpire 
 
 With Phoebus ; now Jove's envoy through the air 
 
 Brings dilnidl tidings. Dcnttuft. 
 
 Perfeus lent !nx",y^ to Carthage, to kindle their 
 
 hatred againrt theRom.ins. ,^Uhuthnol on Conn. 
 
 2. A publick meflenger, in dignity below 
 an ambaflador. 
 
 3. A meflenger. 
 
 The watchful fentineh at cv'ry gate, 
 At ev'iy paffage to the fcnfes wait; 
 Still travel to and fro the nervous way. 
 And their imprcfiions to the brain convey; 
 Where their report the vital enva^i make. 
 And with new orders arc commanded back. 
 
 Biackmore. 
 
 To E'NVY. -u, a. [ffl-e/Vr, French j in- 
 I'iJere, I«itin.] 
 
 E N W 
 
 1. To liatc another for excellence, hap- 
 pinefs, or fuccefs. 
 
 Emy thou not the opprcffor, and chufc nor.o 
 of his ways. ' Pimebt. 
 
 A woman docs not envy a man for fighting 
 courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty. 
 
 Ct'lier of £nvf. 
 
 2. To griew at any qualities of cxcellectc 
 ia another. 
 
 I have fcen the fight, 
 When I have envied ihy behaviour. Sft.ikjpe.tre. 
 You cannot f«r7 your neighbour's wifdom, if 
 he gives you good counfcl ; nor his riches, if 
 he (upplies yon in your wants ; nor his greatncls 
 if he employ^ it to your protcftion. Sivift 
 
 3. To grudge ; to impart unwillingly ; tt» 
 xvithold malicloufly. 
 
 Johnfon, who, by Itudying Horace, had been 
 aciiuainted with the rules, feemcd to eniy others 
 that knowleilge. Drydfn. 
 
 To E'nw. -v. u. To feel envy ; to feel 
 pain at the fight of excellence or felicity ;> 
 with at. 
 
 In Iceking tales and information? 
 Againii this mm, whofc honcllythe devil 
 And his difciples only emy at, 
 Vc blew the hre that burns ye. Shakjpettrf, 
 
 He that loves God is not difpleafed at acci- 
 dents which God chufes, nor envm at thofe gift* 
 he bellows. Taylor. 
 
 Who would emy at the profperity of tlie wic- 
 ked, and the fuccefs of perfccutnrs ? I'liyiOT . 
 
 Envy. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Pain felt and malignity conceived at 
 the fight of excellence or happinefs. 
 
 Emy is a repining at the profperity orgool of 
 another, or anger and difpleafure at any go -d of 
 another winch wc want, or any advantage ano- 
 ther hath above us. R<iy on the Cre.i'tion. 
 
 Emy-y to which th' ignoble mind's a ilave. 
 Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. Pope. 
 
 2. It is ufed fometiines with of. 
 
 All the contpiratots, fave only hr, 
 Did that they aid in emy of great Cxfar. Siiaifp. 
 
 3. Sometimes with ta. 
 
 Many fuft'ercd death merely in ttMy ta thcif 
 viituous and fupciiour genius. S-ivtft^ 
 
 4. Rivalry ; competition. 
 
 You may fee the parliament of women, the 
 little enviei of Ihem lo one another. Dryden. 
 
 5. Malice ; malignity. 
 
 Madam, this is a mecr diftra<5lion ; 
 You turn the good we offer into envy, Siahfp, 
 
 6. Publick odium ; ill repute j invidiouf- 
 nefs. 
 
 Edward Plantagenet fliould be (hewed unto the 
 people ; to difchargc the king of the emy of that 
 opinion and bruit, how he had been put to deatU 
 privily. Bacon. 
 
 ToEnwhe'el. V, a. [hom 'wheet.'\ To 
 encompafs ; to encircle. A word pro- 
 bably peculiar to Shahfpeare. 
 
 Hail to thee, lady ! and the gi.ace of hcav'a 
 Before, behind thee, and on ev'r.y hand 
 Enwkeel thee round. OtheU*^ 
 
 To Enwo'mb. •». a. [from ivomh.^ 
 
 1. To inake pregnant. 
 
 Me then he left eniu^mhed of this child, 
 This lucklefs child, whom thus ye fee with blooJ, 
 
 Spenftr. 
 I'm your mother; 
 And put you in the catalogue of thofe 
 That were en^tirmhed mine. Shakfpeare^ 
 
 2. To bury ; to hide as in a womb. 
 
 Or as the Africk niger ftream emuomit 
 Itfcif into the earth, and after comes, 
 Having firft made anatural bridge topafs. 
 For many leagues, far greater than it was; 
 May 't not be faid, that her grave Ihall reftore 
 Her greater, purer, finer than before? Dwnt, 
 4 U 2 
 
 y
 
 E P H 
 
 E P I 
 
 Eo'lipile. n.J. \^\Qva JEolus and/i/a.] 
 A hollow ball of metal with a long 
 pipe: which ball, tiikd with water, 
 and expofed to the fire, fends out, as 
 the water heats, at intervals, bhills oi 
 cold wind tl^rou^rh the pipe. 
 
 Confuleniig the ll.uiturc of ihat gloue, the 
 exterior crufl, and the waters lyin^ round u:ide. 
 it, bijtl. cxpofcd to tlK fun, we may ntiy com- 
 pare it to an t^Ufih, or an hollow Ip^.erc with 
 water in it, which rlie heat of the f.re r^rifies, 
 and turns into vapours and wind. Burnet. 
 
 Epact. n.f. [^^.xT..] A number, 
 whereby we note the excefs of the com- 
 
 - mon folar year above the lunar, and 
 thereby may find out tr.e age of the 
 moon every year. Fcr the folar year 
 confiiling of 365 days, the lunar but of 
 354, the lunations every year get eleven 
 days before the folar year'; and thereby, 
 in 19 years, the moon completes 20 
 minutes 1 2 . lunations, or gets up one 
 whole iolar year ; and having fnulhed 
 that circuit, begins again with the fun, 
 and fo from 19 to 19 years. For the 
 firft year afterwards the moon will go 
 before the fun but 1 1 days ; the fecond 
 year 2 2 days; the third 33 days; but 
 30 being an Intire lunation, caft that 
 away, and the remainder 3 (hall be tliat 
 year's epaft ; and fo on, adding yearly 
 I I days. To find the epaCt, having 
 the prime or golden number given, you 
 have this rule : 
 
 Divide by three ; for each one left add ten ; 
 Thirty rejcft : the prime makes cfxSt then. 
 
 U.irrh. 
 As the cycle of the moon ferves to Ihew tlic 
 efiatis, and that of the fun the dominical letter, 
 throughout all their variations; fo this Dionyfi.in 
 period fetves to (hew thcfe two cycles both toge- 
 ther, and how tiiey proceed or vary all along, 
 'till at l.rft they accomplifh theii period, and both 
 together lake their beginning again, alter every 
 cjldyear. HoUcr in T:mi. 
 
 Epa'ulment. n.f. [French, from epaule, 
 a (houlder.] In fortification, a fide- 
 work made either of earth thrown up, 
 of bags of earth, gabions, oroffafcines 
 and earth. It fometimes denotes a 
 femiballion and a fquare oriUion, or 
 ir.afs of earth faced and lined with a 
 wall, defigned to cover the cannon of a 
 cazemate. Hams. 
 
 Epe'nthesis.w./. [£7ri.9i<ri<.] [In gram- 
 mar.] The addition of a vowel or cou- 
 fonant in the middle of a woid. Harris. 
 E'PHA. n. f. [Hebrew.] A meafure 
 among the Jews, containing fifteen lolid 
 
 inches. 
 
 The efha and tlie bath fhall be of one mcafurc; 
 tl-at the bath may contain the tenth part of an 
 homer, and the .7>«<i the tentii part of an honier. 
 
 Ephf.'mera. n.f. [ipv-^f-] 
 I. A fever that ttrmlnates in one day. 
 a. An infeft that fives only one day. 
 Ephe'meral. 7 adj. [;i;if*(e'' •] ^''■^'^" 
 Ephe'merick. J r.al; beginning and 
 
 ending in a day. 
 
 This was no more than a mere bubble or blaft, 
 and like an ifkemcral fit of appl.iu.fc. IVoiton. 
 
 EPHE'MERIS. n.f {l^r.^^t^^-A 
 I. A journal J an account of daily tranf- 
 aflioiu. * * 
 
 2. An account of the daily motions and 
 
 fituutions of the planets. 
 When caaing up his eyes againft the light. 
 
 Both month, and day, and hour, he mealur'd 
 right j 
 
 And told more truly than the epheimrn ; 
 
 For art may err, but nature cannot mil's. Dryden. 
 Ephe'merist. n. f [fiom ephemeris.'] 
 
 One who confultstiie planets; one who 
 
 ftudies or praftifes allrology. 
 The night before, he was diicourfing of and 
 
 flighting tlie art of fuolilh altrologcis, and geue- 
 
 thiacal ephemcr:j}i, that pry into the liorulcope 01 
 
 nativities. _ i^f''^''- 
 
 Ephemeron-worm. n.f [from ipny.^'.' 
 
 and woi-m. ] A fort of worm that lives 
 
 but a day. 
 Sw.in)merd.iniobrerveiofthe«;>Ao»«T<j«-TO3r»M, 
 
 that their food is clay, and that they make their 
 tells of the fame. Z>cf/:„m. 
 
 Epmod. «./. [.")1DX] A fort of orna- 
 ment worn by tlie Hebrew priefts. 
 
 Tlie cy./W worn by the higli pnclt was richly 
 compofcd of gold, blue, purple, crimfon, and 
 twilled cotton : and upon the part which came 
 over his two Ihoulders were two large precious 
 Itones, upon which were engraven the names ot 
 tne twelve tribes of Idael, upon each ilone fix 
 names. Where the fp/ioJ cioffed the high priefi's 
 breall, was a fquare ornament, called the breaft- 
 plate ; in which twelve precious (tones were fet, 
 Willi the names of the twelve tribes of Ifracl en- 
 graved on them, one on each Itone. The cpl}o.is 
 worn by the other pricfis were of plain linen. 
 
 Cr.lrnet. 
 
 He made the efhod o^ gold, blue, and purple, 
 
 and fcailct, and fine twined linen. Exodui. 
 
 Airay'd in ephoJi ; nor fo lew 
 As are thole pearls of morning dew, 
 Which hang on herbs and flowers. Sandys. 
 
 E'pic. adj. [epL'us, Latin ; etc,-.] Nar- 
 rative ;compriung narrations, notafled, 
 but rehearfed. It is ufually fuppofed 
 to be heroick, or to contain one great 
 aCiion achieved by a hero. 
 
 Holmes, whofe name (hall live in epic fong, 
 While mafic numbers, or while verfe has feet. 
 
 Dyden. 
 
 The f/'iV poem is more for the m.inners, and 
 
 the tragedy lor the palTions. Dry.kn 
 
 From morality they formed that kind of poem 
 
 and fable which we call tpic. Broome, 
 
 Epice'dium. n.f. [iTTiKiiJ'io.:.] An elegy; 
 
 a poem upon a funeral. 
 
 Vou fiom above (hall hear each day 
 One diige difpatch'd unto your clay ; 
 Thefc, your own anthems, (hall become 
 Your hilling <■/>/«./'■««• Saiidys' Pa.aphiaje. 
 
 E'PICURE. n.f {epkureus, Latin.] A 
 follower of Epicurus; a man given 
 wholly to luxury. 
 
 Then fly falfc thanes, 
 And mingle with the Englilh epic^rei. Si.ti/p. 
 The cp:r:ire buckles to ftudy, when Ihame, or 
 the defire to lecommend himfclf to his millrcfs, 
 (hall make him uneafy in the want of any fort 
 of knowledge. . ^'"^^■ 
 
 Epicu'rean. aiij. Luxurious; contri- 
 buting to luxury. 
 
 Tic up the libertine in a field of fearts. 
 Keep his brain fuming ; epkurcnn cooks. 
 Sharpen with cloylefs fauce his appetite. ShakJ. 
 What a damn'd epicurean ratcal is this 
 
 Shahfpeare . 
 
 E'picuRisM. n.f {itom epicure.'] Lux- 
 ur>- ; fenfual enjoyment ; grofs pleafure. 
 Here you do keep a hundred knights and 
 fquires ; 
 Men fo diforder'd, fo debauch'd, and bold. 
 That this ourcourt, infeded with their manners, 
 Shews like a riotous inn ; cp'uurijm and lult 
 Make it a tavern or a brothel. Shat:ffti»e. 
 
 E P I 
 
 There is not half fo much epieurifm in any of 
 their moft iHidied Uixunes, as a bleeding fame 
 at their mercy. Gr.irwncr.t of th: Tongut. 
 
 Some good men have ventured to call munifi- 
 cence, the grcateft fenfuality, a piece of ipku- 
 nfm, Caiamy's Sermons. 
 
 To Epicuri'ze. -v. a. [horn E/iJurus.] 
 To devour like an epicure. A word 
 not ufed. ■ 
 
 Willie 1 could fee thee full of cagci pain 
 Mv giec:!y eyes epicuriz.* d on thine. Fiatman. 
 
 Epicycle, n.f \_Wt and kvk-®^.'] A 
 little circle whofj centre is in the cir- 
 cumference of a greater; or a fmall 
 orb, which, being in the deferent of a 
 planet, is carried along with its motion ; 
 and yet, with its own peculiar motion, 
 carries the body of the plan;t fafiened 
 to it round about its proper centre. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 In regard of the epicyeie, or IclTer orb, wh.ere- 
 
 iii it nioveth, the motion 01 the moon is various 
 
 and unequal. Brom'n. 
 
 Gird the fphere 
 With centric and eccentiic, fctibbled o'er; 
 Cycle and epirycle, orb in orb. Mitnn, 
 
 Ep!Cy'cloid. n.f. [iwixt/^XsEisv;;. J A 
 curve generated by the revolution of 
 the periphery of a circle along the con- 
 vex or concave part of another circle. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 EPiDE'MrcAt..? ,- n,;and„\V®-] 
 Epidemicu. S 
 
 1 . That falls at once upon great numbers 
 of people, as a plague. 
 
 It was conceived not to be an epidemic difeafe, 
 but to proceed fiom a malignity in the conftitu- 
 tion of the air, gathered by the predifpofitions 
 of feafons. Bacin's Henry vir. 
 
 As the proportion of epidemical difcafes (hews 
 the aptnels of the air to fudden and vehement im- 
 pic(rions, the chronical dileales (hew the ordinary 
 temper of the place. Graiint. 
 
 2. Generally prevailing; affefting great 
 numbers. 
 
 The more epidemical and prevailing this evil '\Sy 
 the more honourable are thofe who Ihine as ex- 
 ceptions. Snth. 
 He ought to have been bjlied in lofinghis mo- 
 ney, or in other amufemcnts equally laudable 
 and epidemick among peifons of honour. Sivift. 
 3. General ; univerfal. Not ufed, nor 
 
 proper. 
 
 Thty're citizens o' th' world, they'^al! in all ; 
 
 Scotland 's a nation epidemical. ' Cleaielaad. 
 
 Epide'rmis. n.f [£TiJf'{fii:.] Thefcarf- 
 
 (kin of a man's body. 
 E'PIGRAM. n.f. {epigramma, Latia.] 
 A (liort poem terminating in a point. 
 
 A college of witcrackers cannot flout me ou! 
 of my humour : doft thou think I care for a f»- 
 tire or an epigram ^ Siaifpeare. 
 
 What can be more witty than the epigram of 
 Moore upon the name of Nicolaus, an ignorant 
 phvfician, that' had been the death of thoufands > 
 ' ' Feacham of Poilry. 
 
 J writ 
 An epigram that boafts more truth than wit. 
 
 Gay, 
 
 EpigramMa'tiCAL. 1 adj. [epigrammati- 
 Epigramma'tick. J r«.r,_Laiin.] 
 
 1. Dealing in epigrams; writing epigrams. 
 
 Our good t-p,^ramn:^tic.i! poet, old Godfrey of 
 Winchefter, ih'inkclh no ominous foicfpeaking 
 to lie in nam. s. Cawden. 
 
 2. Suitable to epigrams ; belonging to 
 
 epigrams. 
 
 He is every where above conceits of epigram- 
 maliik wit, and grofs hyperboles : he miintiinJ
 
 E P I 
 
 majcfly in the midft of plainnefs ; he fliines, but 
 glaicsiiut; and is flatcly, without ambition. 
 
 He has none of thofe little points and pueri- 
 lities that are fo often to l>c m;t with in Ovid ; 
 ii'jnc of the epigru'7imatick turns ot I.u'can ; none 
 of thofe fwtliuig fentinicnt!. which are fo fre- 
 quent in Statius and CI.iudi:tn ; none of ihuk- 
 inixt cmhcUilhrntnts of Talfo. ^./.(//««. 
 
 Epigra'mmatist. n f. [horn epigram.] 
 One wlio writes or tlcali is: tpigrams. 
 
 A jell upon a poor wit, at firll miglii have had 
 an rfigruinmai/J! for Us falh':r, and been after- 
 wards gravely undiriiood by fonie painful col- 
 leitur. ''<'/>'•■• 
 
 Such a curtomer tlie tpig-a-imjtlfi Martial 
 meets withal, one who, after he had walked 
 through the fairelt fliect twiee or tiiriee, cheapen- 
 inj jewels, plate, rich hangings, canac away with a 
 woodderr dilh. I'eadiam. 
 
 Epi'graphe. n. f. [JTTiy^ap'N] An iii- 
 fcriptiou on a ilatue. Dlit. 
 
 EPILEPSY.' n. f. [;-7;Ar,4..,.] Acoti- 
 vulfion, or coiiviillive motion of the 
 whole body, ov foine of its parts, with 
 a lofs of fenfe. A convtiUive motion 
 happens when the blood, or nervoub 
 fluid, runs into any part with fo great 
 violence that the mind cannot rellrain 
 them, i^i'mcy. 
 
 My lord is fell into an epiUffy : 
 This is the fccond lit. Shakjfean'i Cihdh. 
 
 Melancholy diftcmpers are deduced from Ipi- 
 rits drawn from that cachochymia; U\ci phrcnitis 
 from cholerick fpirits, and the ipilepfy from 
 fumes. Vloycr on the Hin»o.tn. 
 
 Epi le'ptick. a<J/. [ivom eliihpfy.'\ Con- 
 vulfed ; difeafed with an epilcpfy. 
 
 A plague upon your cpilfptkk vifage ! 
 Smile you my fpeeches, as I were a fool ? 
 
 Sfiakfpc.trc, 
 EpHipticis ought to breathe a pu.c air unaf- 
 fected with any Ucams, even fuch as are very 
 flagrant. yhbuchnot on Diet. 
 
 E'PILOGUE. n.f. [f///i7or/j', Latin.] The 
 poem or fpecch at the end of a play. 
 
 If it be true that good wine needs no bufh, 
 'tis true that a good play needs no rpilogue ; yet 
 fo good wine they do ufc good bufiics, and goofi 
 plays prove the better by the help of good epi- 
 
 icgn 
 
 Shakjptaft. 
 
 Arc you mad, you dog ? 
 l^m to rife and fpeak. the epilogue. Drydeti. 
 
 Eptny'chs. n.f. [ia-inixiic] A fore at 
 the corner of the eye. 
 
 The ephiyUii is of the bignefs of a lupin, of a 
 dulky red, and fometirncs of a livid and pale co- 
 lour, with great inflammation and pain. 
 
 IVijeman^i Surgery. 
 
 Epi'phany. n.f. [iiri'pa.i'ti,'] A church 
 fei'tival, celebrated on the twelfth day 
 after Chrillmas, in coiunremoration of 
 cur Saviour's being manifeiled to the 
 ■world, by the appearance of a miracu- 
 lous blazing liar, which conduced the 
 magi to the place where he was. DiiJ. 
 
 Epiphone'.m A. II. /. [67i?>i/»/na.3 An 
 exclamation ; a conclufive fentence not 
 clofely connefted with the words fore- 
 going. 
 
 I know a gcntlc:iiaii, wlio made it a rule in 
 reading to Ikip over all fentences where he fpicd 
 a note of admiiation at the end. If thofe 
 preachers who abound in epifhonemai would but 
 look about them, they would find one p;nc of their 
 congregation wtt of countenance, and the olhci 
 aflccp, except perhaps an old female beggar or 
 two ill the ifles ; who, if they be ftucerc, may 
 probably groan at the found. Sivift. 
 
 E P I 
 
 Epi'phora. u.f. ['TriSoja.] All inflamma- 
 tiim of any part, but more efpecially a 
 
 1 detiuxion of humours on the eyes. 
 
 I Hants. 
 
 Epiphvllospe'rmous. aJJ. [from itrl, 
 (pvl?.'.r, and o-i;t';a».] Is applied to 
 plants that bear tlieir feed on the back 
 pa' t of their leaves. I/arris. 
 
 Ei'i'pHYsis. n.y. [•-i'Sks-k.] Accretion; 
 the part added by accretion; one bone 
 growing to another by liniple contiguity, 
 without any proper articulation, ^liiicy. 
 Tlie cpipltyjli of the OS femoris is a diiiintif 
 hone from it in a child, whereas in a man they 
 O.o eiitirtlyiinite. iVij^iman. 
 
 Epi'ploce. n. f. [IriirXoxv;.] A tigure 
 of rhetorick, by which one aggravation, 
 or ilriking circumllance, is added in due 
 gradation to another : as, he nid only 
 J'iKtred his enein'tcs, but continued them in 
 employment ; not otjly continued, but ad- 
 •vonceti them. 
 
 Epi'scopacy. n.f. [epifcopatus, Latin.] 
 T he government of bifliops, the go- 
 vernment of the church eliablilhed by 
 the apoftles. 
 
 Tlie bifliops durlt not conteft with the afiem- 
 h:y n\ j'lrifduflioii; fo that there was little more 
 than the name of epifopjcy preferved. Cl.iraidon. 
 Prelacy iifelf cannot be proved by prcfcription, 
 fince epiJcopa-:y is not prefcribed by any time 
 wh.atfoever. ylyliffe. 
 
 Epi'scoPAL. aiij. [from f^j/co^Hx, Latin.] 
 
 1. Belonging to a bilhop. 
 
 The plot of difcipline fought to ereA a popular 
 authority of elders, and to take away epijcopal 
 ju.ifdi6iijn. Hooker. 
 
 2. Veiled in a bilhop. 
 
 Tne apoilic commands Titus not only Co be a 
 pattern of good works himfelf, but to ufe his 
 fpifeopeil authority in exhorting every rank and 
 Older- of men. Rog^n. 
 
 Epi'scopATt. n.f. [epifcopatus, Latin.] 
 A bilhoprick ; the office and dignity of 
 a bifaop. 
 E'PISODE. n.f. [iTtlcrvtr.] An incidental 
 narrative, or digreffion in a poem, fe- 
 parable from the main fiibjeCl, yet 
 riling naturally from it. 
 
 The j)oem hath no other epijo.ies than fuch as 
 naturally arife f on) the fubjefl. ^^itilifon. 
 
 Ep iso'dical. 7 at^'. [ivQVP. epifode.'\ Con- 
 Episo'dick. J tained in an epifode ; 
 pertaining to an epifode. 
 
 ^///c.fed/ ornaments, fuch as defcriptions and 
 narrations, were delivci'ed to us from the obfer- 
 vations of Aiiftotlc. Diyden. 
 
 I difcuver the difference between tlie eftifodick 
 and principal adioii, as well as the nature of 
 epifodes. Notes on the Odyjfey. 
 
 Epispa'stick. n.f. [iViando-Traw.] 
 
 1. Drawing. 
 
 2. Blillering. This is now the more fre- 
 quent, though lefs proper fenfe. 
 
 This matter Ought to be folicited to the lower 
 part^, by fomentations, bathing, epijpajhcksy and 
 blillering. Arbulhnot. 
 
 EPrSTLE. «. /. [imroTyr.] A letter. 
 This word is feldom ufed but in poetry, 
 or on occafions of dignity and folemnity. 
 
 When loofe epijiles violate chafte eyes, 
 .She half confcnts, who filently denies. Vyden. 
 
 Epi'sTOLARY. adj. [from epijlle.] 
 
 1. Relating to letters; fuitable to letters. 
 
 2. Tranfafled by letters. 
 
 I Ihall c;irry on an epijlohiry correfpondcnce 
 between the two heads, - ,A.'./'/ei. 
 
 E P O 
 
 Eei'bT Lzt.. n.f [Womepijlli.] Afcribblcr 
 
 of letters. 
 E'piTAPii. n. f. [J7ri?rt'p.if.] An iiifcrip- 
 tion upon a tomb. 
 Live liill, and wiite mine epit.ifh. Sluihfpeari. 
 Some thy Inv'd dull in P.nian ftoiics cnihrine, 
 Oilicrs immortal epitaph dcfign : 
 Willi wit and ftrcngth, that only yields to riiiiie. 
 
 &<'.:th. 
 EpITH ALa'mIUM. n.f. \\-::.%-i.\xu.'h--'\ A 
 
 nuptial fong; a compliment upon 
 maixiage. 
 
 I piefumc to invite you to thcfe facied nuptials : 
 the epithalamium fung by a crowned mufe. 
 
 Sandy i. 
 
 The forly-fifih pfalm is an epilh.tlaniium to 
 
 Chrill and tiic church, or to the lamb and his 
 
 fpfufe. BurMei. 
 
 Epithem. n.f. [^mSv-fiff.] A liquid 
 medicament externally applied. 
 
 Epithems, or cordial applications, are juftly ap- 
 plied unlo the left breaft. Bra:un. 
 C(M dials and 'pii'tnni ire alfo nccefTiiy u> I'tfill 
 the puiiefadion ar<u ftrungthcn the vit.ils. 
 
 f^^ifenuiri'i Sifrgefy, 
 
 Epithet, n.f. [iTriSsTon.] 
 
 1 . An adjective denoting any quality good 
 or bad : as, the verdant grove, the 
 craggy mountain's lofty head. 
 
 I afliim with phlegm, leaving the epilhm of 
 falfe, fcandalous, and villainous, to the au- 
 thor. S-uifi. 
 
 2. It is ufed by fome writers improperly 
 for title, name. 
 
 The epithet o( (hades belonged more properly 
 to the elarknefs than the tcfrelhment. 
 
 Decay of Piety. 
 
 3. It is ufed improperly ior phrafe, e.^- 
 prejion. 
 
 For which of my good parts did you firft fuller 
 
 love for me ? 
 
 Suffer love! a good epithet: I do fuffer iovc 
 indeed; fur I love thee againft my will. 
 
 Shakjpcare. 
 EPI'TOME. n. f [^Tircf-,;.] Abridg- 
 ment ; abbreviature ; con'.pendious ab- 
 Itradl; ; eotnpendium. 
 
 This is a poor cpit'^nte of yours, 
 Wliich by th' interpretation of full time, 
 M.iy flicw like al! yourfelf. Shaifp. Coriclanui. 
 Epitomes ate helpful to the memory, and of 
 good private ufe ; but let forth for publiek monu- 
 ments, acciife the iiidullrious writers of deliver- 
 ing much impeitinency. lyorton. 
 It would be well, if there were a ihort and 
 plain epitome made, containing the moft material 
 heads. Locke. 
 Su<h abftra(!ls and f/;/ofvej may be reviewed 
 in their proper places. iTattu 
 To E piTOMisE. V. a. [ivom epitome. '\ 
 
 1, To abllradl ; to contrad. into a narrow 
 fpace. 
 
 Who did the whole woild's foul contrafl, and 
 diove 
 Into the glaffes of your eyes; 
 So made fuch miirours and fuch fpies, 
 That they did all to you e^itomije. Donr.s. 
 
 If the ladies take a liking to fuch a diminuti\e 
 race, we (hould fee mankind epitomised, and the- 
 whole fpecies in miniature. Add^fon. 
 
 2. Lefs properly, to diminilh by amputa- 
 tion ; to curtail. 
 
 We have epitc>K.'z.ed many particular words, to. 
 
 the detriment of our tongue. Addipn's Spe^arcr.. 
 
 Epi'tomiser. "^ n.f [horn epitomife.] An 
 
 Epi'tomIst. 3 abridger; an ablfracler ; 
 
 a writer of epitomes. 
 E'pocH. ) n.f. [tTTox'i.] The time at 
 Epo'cha. J which a new computation is 
 begun ; the time from wliich daus ar« 
 numbered. ''
 
 ECLU 
 
 ECLU 
 
 EQ^O 
 
 Mof«s dift'inftly computtsby ctrtaln Iniervalsi 
 memorable aeras and ifechas, or teims of time. 
 
 Broivn. 
 
 Tlicfe arc the praflices of the world, fince the 
 year fiity ; the grand epoch of falOiood, as well 
 as debauchery. South. 
 
 Some lazy ages, loft in deep and cafe. 
 No a^ion Icive to bufy chronicles ; 
 Siirh whofe fupinc felicity but makes 
 In ftory chafms, in c/ufi.iJ nilftakes. D'y^et. 
 
 Their fevcral epochs or beginnings, :is from 
 the creation of the world from tlie flood, from 
 the firft olympiad, from the building of Rome, 
 or from any remarkable p.-.fTage or accident, 
 give us a plcal'ant profpefl into the hillories of 
 antiquity and of former ages. Holdtr on Time. 
 
 Time is always reckoned from fome known 
 parts of this fenliblc world, and from lomc cer- 
 tain epochs marked out to us by the motions 
 obfervable in it. Locke. 
 
 Time, by ncceffity corapell'd, fhall go 
 Through fccncs of war, and epochai of woe. 
 
 l>,ior. 
 
 Epo'de. n.f. \ii!ul@'.'\ The ftanza fol- 
 lowing the ftrophe and antiftrophe. 
 
 Epope'e. n. /. [iiromi.l An epic or he- 
 roick poem. 
 
 Tragedy borrows from the epopee, and that 
 which borrows is of Icfs dignity, becaufe it has 
 not of its own. Dryticn': Firgil 
 
 Epula'tion. n. f. [e/>ulatio, Latin.] 
 Banquet ; feaft. 
 
 Contented with bread and water, when he 
 
 would dine with Jove, and pretended to epn/ation, 
 
 he defned no other addition than a piece of chcele. 
 
 B'Oicn* i l^u/gttr En ours. 
 
 EpULo'tICK. n. /. l'niovXu7lK®-.'] A 
 
 cicatrizing medicament. 
 
 The ulcer, incarncd with common faicoticks, 
 and the ulcerations about it, were cured liy oint- 
 ment of tuty, and fuch like epuloiiiks. 
 
 M^ifcman of Injia^nmation. 
 
 EctUABi'LiTY. n.f. \lxoxa equable. "l Equa- 
 lity to itfelf ; evennefs ; uniformity. 
 
 For the celeftial bodies, the equ^ihility and 
 conftancy of their motions argue tlicm ordained 
 by VVifdom. R-'y. 
 
 The equahiliiy of the temperature of the air 
 
 rendered the Aliaticks lazy. ^rhuthnot on Air. 
 
 E'QJ-TABLE. adj. [^dtquabilis, Latin.] 
 
 Eqtial to itfelf; even; uniform in re- 
 
 fpeft to form, motion, or temperature. 
 
 He would have the vaft body of a planet to be 
 js elegant and round as a faflitious globe rtpre- 
 fents it; to be eve;-y where fmooth and cjujbUj 
 and as pl.iin as the clyfian fields. Bcntley. 
 
 Nothing abates acrimony of the blood more 
 than an equable motion of it, neither too fwift 
 nor too flow; for too quick a motion produceth 
 an alkaline, and too flow an acid acrimony. 
 
 Arbu'.hnot . 
 
 E'quably. adj. [from equable.'] Uni- 
 formly; in the fame tenour; evenly; 
 
 equally to itfelf. 
 
 If bodies move eijitabiy in concentrick circles, 
 and the fquares of their periodical times be as 
 the cubes of their riiflances from the common 
 eentry, their centripetal forces will be reciprocally 
 as the fquares of the diftances. Chtyne. 
 
 E'quAL. adj. \_tequalh, Latin.] 
 I. Like another in bulk, excellence, or 
 any other quality that admits compari- 
 foB ; neither greater nor kfs ; neither 
 worfe nor better. 
 
 If thou be among great men, make not thyfclf 
 »j!(o/ with them. EccLs. 
 
 Eijua! lot 
 
 May join us ; ecjual joy, as eijun! love. Milion. 
 
 Although there were no man to take notice of 
 
 it, every triangle would contain three angles 
 
 <}a/i/ to two right angles. link. 
 
 J. Adequate to any purpofe. 
 
 The Soots trufted not their own numheri, as 
 equal to fight with the Englifli. ClarenJin. 
 
 3. Even ; uniform. 
 
 He laughs at all the vulgar cares and fears, 
 At their vain triumphs, and their vainei tears; 
 An equcil temper in his mind he found. 
 When fortune flattcr'd him, and when (he frown'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Think not of me ; perhaps ray equal mind 
 May learn to bear the fate the gods allot me. 
 
 Smith. 
 
 4. In juft proportion. 
 
 It is not permitted me to make my commen- 
 dation eq-ut \.o your merit. Dryden' s Fab. Dedica. 
 
 5. Lnpartial ; neutral. 
 
 Each to his proper fortune ftand or fall ; 
 V.qu.d and unconcern'd I look on all: 
 Rutilians, Trojans, are the fame to me. 
 And both fliall draw the lots their fates detrec. 
 
 Dryden* s jEneid. 
 
 6. Indifferent. 
 
 They who arc not difpofed to receive them, 
 m.iy let them alone, or reject them; it is equal 
 to me. Cheyric's Phil. I'rin. 
 
 7. E)quitable ; advantageous alike to both 
 parties. 
 
 He lubmitted himfelf, and fwarc to all equal 
 conditions. Mac. 
 
 8. Being upon the fame terms. 
 
 They made the married, orphans, widows, 
 yea and the aged alfo, eqmil in fpoils with them- 
 fclves. Muc. 
 
 E'qual. n.f. [from the adjective.] 
 [. One not inferiour or fupetiour to ano- 
 ther. 
 
 He is enamoured on Hero: I pray you, diffuade 
 him from her ; fhe is no equal for his birth. 
 
 Shakfpeare's Much Ado. 
 He would make them all equals to the citizens 
 of Rome. z Mac. 
 
 Thofe who were once his equals, envy and 
 defame him, becaufe they now fee him their 
 fuperior; and thofc who were once his fuperiois, 
 becaufe they look upon him as their equal. 
 
 Addifin. 
 To nry dear equal in my native land, 
 My plighted vow I gave : I his received; 
 Each iwore with truth with pleafureeach believ'd : 
 The mutual contrait was to heav'n convcy'd. 
 
 Pri<ir. 
 
 2. One of the fame age. 
 
 I profited in the Jews religion above many of 
 my equals in mine own nation. Gal. 
 
 To E'quai,. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To make one thing or perfon equal to 
 another. 
 
 2. To rife to the fame (late with another 
 perfon. 
 
 I know no body fo like to equal him, even at 
 the age he wrote raoft of them, as yourfelf. 
 
 Trumbull to Pope. 
 
 3. To be equal to. 
 
 One whole all not equals Edward's moiety. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 4. To recompenfe fully ; to anfwer in full 
 proportion. 
 
 She fought Sicheus through the fhady grove. 
 Who anfwer'd all her cares, and equal'd all hei 
 love. Dryden. 
 
 Nor you, great queen, thefe offices repent, 
 Which he will equal, and perh.-ips augment. 
 
 Dryden' s V^irgil. 
 
 To E'citi A L I s E. V. a. [from equal. ] 
 
 (. To make even. 
 
 To equalije accounts we will allow three hun- 
 dred years, and fo long a time as we can manifcft 
 ' from the Scripture. ^">' 
 
 2. To be equal to : a fenfe not ufed. 
 
 That would make the moved body, remaining 
 what it is, in regard of its bignefs, to tqualife and 
 fit a thing bigger than il is. J^igb- 
 
 V« lofty bee^lies, teJl this mutcMcfs d.ime, 
 That if together ye fed all one Hame, 
 It could not equalije the hundredth pari 
 Of what her eyes have kindled in ray heart. 
 
 H'allir. 
 Equa'lity. n.f. [hom equal] 
 
 1. Likenefs with regard to any quantities 
 compared. 
 
 Equality of two domcftick powers, 
 Breeds fcrupulous fadlion. Siaifpeaie. 
 
 2. The fame degree of dignity. 
 
 One (hall rife, 
 Of proud ambition ; who, not Content 
 With fair equality, fraternal rtate. 
 Will arrogate dominion undeferv'd. 
 Over his brethren. Milton's Paradi/e LtJI. 
 
 According to thia equality wherein God hith, 
 placed all mankind, with relation to himfclf, in ai( 
 the relations between m.Tn and man there is a mu- 
 tual dependance. S-iu:ft. 
 
 3. Evennefs; uniformity jconftant tenour j 
 equability. 
 
 Meafure out the lives of men, and periodically 
 define the alterations of their tempers, conceive a 
 regularity in mutations, with an equality in conlii- 
 tutions, and forget that variety which phyficians 
 therein difcovcr. Brown' s l^ulgar Erroun, 
 
 E'tvuALLY. adv. [from equal.] 
 
 1 . In the fame degree with another per- 
 fon or thing ; alike. 
 
 To reconcile mens vices to their fears is the 
 aim of all the various fchemes and projcifVs of fin, 
 and is equally intended by atheifm and immora- 
 lity. Rogers, 
 
 The covetous arc ^ywd/Zy impatient of their con- 
 dition, equally tempted with the w.iges of un- 
 righteoufnefs, as if they were indeed poor. 
 
 Rogers. 
 
 2. Evenly ; equably ; uniformly. 
 
 If the motion of the fun were as unequal as of 
 a (hip, fometimes (low, and at others fwift;, or, 
 if being conftantly equally (w\(z, it yet was not 
 circular, and produced not the fame appearances, 
 it would not help us to meafure time moie than 
 the motion of a comet does. Locke. 
 
 3. Impartially. 
 
 We (hall ufc them. 
 As we (hall find their merits and our Hrfctf 
 May equally determine. Shakfpeare's King Lear. 
 E'tiUALNESS. n.f. [from fjua/.j Equa- 
 lity. 
 
 Let me lament 
 Thatour ftars unreconcileable (hould have divided 
 Our equalnefs to this. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Eqiia'ngular. adj. [from tjiius and 
 angulus, Latin.] Confiding of equal 
 angles. 
 
 Equani'mity. n.f. [aquanimitas, 'Lat.] 
 Evennefs of mind, ntither elated nor 
 deprefled. 
 
 Equa'nimous. adj. [tequanimls, L.^lw.'] 
 Even ; not dejefted ; not elated. 
 
 Equa'tion. n.f. [tequare, hatin.] The 
 inveftigation of a mean proportion col- 
 lefted from the extremities of excefs and 
 defeft, to be applied to the whole. 
 
 We aie to find out theexircmitieson both fides, 
 and from and between them the middle daily mo- 
 tions of the fun along the ecliptick ; and to frame 
 tables of equation of natural days, to be applied to 
 the mean motion by addition or fubftra(rtion, as 
 the cife fliall require. Holder on Time. 
 
 By an argument taken from the equations of the 
 times of the cclipCesuf Jupiter'sfatcllites, it fecms 
 that light is propagated in time, (pending in its 
 paflage from the fun to us about (even minutes 
 of time. Newton's Optieis. 
 
 Equa'tion. [In algebra.] An exprelTion 
 of the fame quantity in two diffimilar 
 terms, but of equal value ; as, 3j-.— 36.</. 
 
 Dia.
 
 E CLU 
 
 E(y)A'TioH. [In artronomy.] The d if- 
 ference between the time marked out 
 bv the fun's apparent motion, and the 
 time that is meafurcd by its real or mid- 
 dle motion ; accptding to which clocks 
 and watches ought to be adjuded. Dici. 
 
 EQUA'TOR. n. f. [equator, Latin.] 
 'I'he equator on the larth or eijuinoc- 
 tial in the heavens, is a great circle, 
 whofe poles are the poles of the world. 
 It divides the globe into two equal 
 parts, the northern and fouthern hemi- 
 fpheres. It pafFea through the eall and 
 weft points of the hoviron ; and at the 
 meridian is raifcd as much above the ho- 
 rizon as is the complement of the lati- 
 tude of the place. Whenever the fun 
 comes to this circle, it makes equal days 
 and nights all round the globe, bccaufe 
 he then rifes due ead and fets due well, 
 which he doth at no other time of the 
 year. Harris. 
 
 By rerifon of the convexity of the earth, the 
 eye of man, under the equ^it^r^ cannot ditcovtr 
 both the poles : neither would rlie eye, under the 
 poles, difcover the tun in the c<juatr,r. Btoiun. 
 
 Ou the other fide the f^tiat^r, there is much land 
 flill remaining undifcoveied. Kijy an the Crfct/on. 
 
 Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with 
 mines. 
 That on the high e/jnjtci rid^ rife. 
 Whence many a builUng Ilrcam auriferous plays. 
 
 Equ.\to'rial. aJj. [from equator.] Per- 
 taining to the equator ; taken at the 
 equator. 
 
 The planets have fpheroidical figures, and ob- 
 liquities of their r^uutorial to their ecliptick 
 planes. Cheynf. 
 
 ■^QL'ERRy. n. f. \ccurie, Dutch.] Matter 
 of the horfe. 
 
 Eque'strun'. ad'i. [fyt/^y?/-/.;, Latin.] 
 I . Being on horfeback. 
 
 An e^uejiriun lady appeared upon the plains. 
 
 , Sp-:^aior, 
 
 1. Skilled in horfemanfhip. 
 3. Belonging to the fecoiid rank in Rome. 
 E(iUtcRu'R.\L. J aJj. [aquus and crus, 
 EciyiCRu'RE. J Latin.] 
 
 1. Having legs of an equal length. 
 
 2. Having the legs of an equal length, 
 and longer than the bafe ; ilofceles. 
 
 An (ijuicTure triangle goes upon a certain pro- 
 portion of length and breadth Di^l^y on tJu Soul. 
 
 We Uicceflively draw lines from angle to angle 
 until fevcn c^uicrutal triangles be defcribed. 
 
 Broiu'i's rul^iir Errouii. 
 
 EiVpiDl'sTANT. adj. \_equus and dijlans, 
 Latin.] Being at the iame diftance. 
 
 The fixt Hars arc not all placed in the fame con- 
 cave fuperficies, and equidijtani from us, as they 
 feem to be. Ray. 
 
 EiyJiDl'sTANTLV. adv. [irom equidijlarit.'] 
 At the fame dillance. 
 
 The liver, featcd on the right fide, by the fub- 
 clavian divifion ef^u'uiijliintly cummunicafcs unto 
 either arm. Brown. 
 
 Ecii-t I fo'rm itv. n. f. [aquiis and forma, 
 Latin.] Uniform equality. 
 
 No diverfity or dift'erence, but a fimplicity of 
 parts and equijonmty of motion. Brcnun. 
 
 Ecjuila'teral. adj. [equus and latus, 
 Latin.] Having all Cdes c(jual. 
 
 E Q^U 
 
 E Q^U 
 
 Circles or fquares, or triangles tijullaltral, which 
 are all figures of equal lines, can differ hue in 
 greater or Iclfer. fljmn. 
 
 Trifling futility appears in their twelve fi.^ns of 
 the zodiack and their afpc<fts : why no more af- 
 jicits than diametrically oppofite, and fuch as 
 make cytf/Ar/fTrt/ figures ? Bfnt'iv. 
 
 To EtyjiLl'DRATE. V. a. [from equth- 
 6num.] To balance equally ; to keep 
 even with equal weight on each fide. 
 
 If the point of the knife, drawn over the load- 
 
 ftone, have in this alTritftion been drawn from thi- 
 
 equator of the loadftonc towards the pole, it will 
 
 attradl one of the extremes of an riji^ilihialtdm.%- 
 
 nerick needle. Boy.'e's Exptrlm-nn. 
 
 The bodies of filhes arc equilihratfd with the 
 
 ■ water in which they fwim. .^hhuthnot on Air. 
 
 Eciuilibra'tion. n. / [from eqmll- 
 
 brute.] Equipoife ; the att of keeping 
 
 the balance even. 
 
 Tiie accclfion ai bodies upon, or feceflion 
 thereof from tiie eaitii's lurface, perturb not the 
 cqtt:!:bt .ition 0/ either hemifphere. Brotun. 
 
 In To great a variety of motions, as running, 
 leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of cquitihT.iti^jn 
 are o'lferved. Vcham. 
 
 EQUtLi'BKlu.M. n.f. [Latin,] 
 
 1. Equipoife ; equality of weight. 
 
 2. Equality of evidence, motives, or 
 powers of any kind. 
 
 Tilings are not left to an equiUbrium, to hover 
 under an indifference whether they Ihali come to 
 pafs, or not come to pafs, Scuih. 
 
 It is in cquilibrio 
 If deities defcend or no ; 
 Then let th' affirmative prevail, 
 As requifite to form my tale. Prior, 
 
 Healtli confifis in the eijuilihrium between thofe 
 two powers, when the fluids move fo equally that 
 thfy don't prefs upon the folids with a greater 
 force than they can bear. yirhuthnot . 
 
 Equine'cessarv. adj. [aquus and necejfa- 
 rius, Lat.] Needful in the fame degree. 
 
 For both to give blows and to carry. 
 In fights, are siuinecfjfa'y. Hudih'ui. 
 
 Equjno'ctI AL. n.f. [<£quus and nox, 
 Latin.] The line that encompaffes the 
 world at an equal dlllance from either 
 pole, to which circle when the fun 
 comes, he makes equal days and niglits 
 all over the globe ; the fame with 
 equator. 
 
 EtiUiNo'cTiAL. adj. [horn equinox.'] 
 
 1. Pertaining to the equinox. 
 
 Thrice th' ejuino^!*i/ line 
 He circled; four times crofs'd the car of night 
 From pole to pole, traverfingeach colurc. Mi/ton. 
 
 Some fay the fun 
 Was bid turn reins from th' equino^ial t03i, 
 Like diOant breadth. Miiton's Pmadije Loji 
 
 2. Happening about the time of the equi- 
 noxes. 
 
 3. Being near the equinoftial line ; having 
 the properties of things near the equa- 
 tor. 
 
 In vain they covet (hades and Tiiracia's gales. 
 Pining with apiinoBiat heat. Philipt. 
 
 E(iyiNo'cTiALLy.aa''u. [from equinoctial.] 
 
 In the direflion of the equinoctial. 
 
 They may be refrigerated inclanately, or fome- 
 what iijuinoeii,i!iy • that is, towards the oallern 
 and weftern points. Briivn. 
 
 E'QUINOX. n. f [^quus and nox, Lat.] 
 I. Equinoxes are the precife times in 
 which the fun enters into the firft point 
 of Aries and Libra ; for then, moving 
 exaftly under the equinoflial, he makes 
 our days and nights equal. This he 
 doth twice a year, about the 2itt of 
 *6 
 
 March and 23d of September, nliich 
 therefore are called the vernal arid au- 
 tumnal equinoxes. Harris. 
 It arifeth noc hcliaca'.ly about the autumnal 
 
 rqui'iox. Brz ;»it' 
 
 The time when this kid was taken out of tiic 
 worn^, was about the vernal rijuinox. Ray. 
 
 ' Twasnow the month> in which the world began. 
 If M.irch beheld the firit created man ; 
 And fince the vernal etjttinox, the (un 
 In .■\ries twelve degrees or more had run. Dryt, 
 
 2. Equality; even meafure. Improper. 
 
 Do hut fee his vice ; 
 'Tis to his virtues a juft r'j:tino.\-, 
 The one a> lung as th' other. S'tahfpcare. 
 
 3. Equinodlial wind : a poetical ufe. 
 
 The palTage yet was good ; the wind, 'tis true, 
 W.is fomcwnat higli, but that was nothing new. 
 No more than utual cj^dno.xci blew. Dry.ien, 
 
 Equinu'merant. adj. [irquus and nume- 
 rus, Latin.] Having the fame number ; 
 conlifting of the fame number. 
 
 This talent of gold, thougli not Cfjjjinitmeranrf 
 nor yet equiponderant, as to any oth:r ; yet was 
 equivalent to fome correfpondcnt talent in brafs. 
 Arhuthnot on C'Ans. 
 To EQUI'P. V. a. [^yat/i/iiT, French.] 
 
 1 . To turnifh for a horfeman or cavalier. 
 
 2. To furnilh ; to accoutre ; to drefs out. 
 
 The country are led alfray in following the 
 
 town ; and itjuippe.l in a ridiculous habit, when 
 
 they fancy themfclves in the height of the mode. 
 
 Addifon's Spretator, 
 
 E'quipace. n.f. [fju;/i«ff, French.] 
 
 1 . Furniture for a horfeman. 
 
 2. Carriage of flate ; vehicle. 
 
 Winged fpirits, and chariots wiiig'd. 
 From th' armory of God; where ifand of old. 
 Myriads, between two brazen mountains lodg'd 
 Againll a folemn day, harnefs'd at hand, 
 Celellial cq::jpagt ! Milton's Paradifi Lo/i, 
 
 3. Attendance ; retinue. 
 
 Soon as thy dreadful trump begins to found. 
 The god of war, with his fierce t-quipagr. 
 Thou doft awake, deep never he fo found. 
 
 Fiiiiy Queert, . 
 
 I will not lend thee a penny. 
 
 I will retort the fun) in tquip^ige. Sh.tifpeore, 
 
 Think \vhat .in equipage thou haft in air. 
 And view with fcorn two pages and a cf.air. Pops. 
 
 4. Accoutrements ; furniture. 
 
 E'tiinPAGED. adj. [from equipage.] Ac- 
 coutred ; attended ; having tine habits ; 
 having fplendid retinue. 
 
 She forth ilTued with a goodly train 
 Of fquires and laJies, :<];ip.igtd wcW, 
 And entertained then-, right fairly, as befell. 
 
 Spenfcr's Fairy Quern. 
 
 EctyiPENDEXCY. n.f. [eequui zr\i pendeo, 
 Latin.] The aCi of hanging in equi- 
 poife ; not determined either way. 
 
 The wi;] of man, in the ftaie of innocence, 
 had an entire freedom, a perfect eqitipetiderxy 
 and indifference to either part of thecontradiiftii.n, 
 to Hand or not to ftand. Sculh. 
 
 Etjui'PMENT. n.f. [hom equip.] 
 
 1. The acl of equipping or accoutring. 
 
 2. Accoutrement ; equipage. 
 E'quipoiee. n. / [aquus, Latin, and 
 
 J>oids, French.] Equality of weight; 
 equilibration ; equality of force. 
 
 In the temperate zone of our life there are few 
 bodies at fuch an equifujt of humours; but 
 thit the prcvalency of fome one indifpofeih rh« 
 fpirits. Glanx'i'le's Scef/is. 
 
 EcipiPo'LLENCE. n.f. [aquus zni pollen- 
 tiu, Latin.] Equality of force or power. 
 Equipo'Llent. adj. [aquipol!:ns,L2,UT\.] 
 Having equal power or force ; iquiva- 
 lent.
 
 EQ^U 
 
 EC^U 
 
 VotaiT vefoliition is made ^ju'pi'lenl <0 cuf- 
 ton., cv .,. in m.Mter of blood. iV-«« > i-f^js 
 
 E(iyiPo'vDERANCK. 1 «./. [^?«'"and 
 Equ 1 P o'n D E K A N c Y . ]■ /lOn-^Wj, i-atui . J 
 Equality of weight ; equipoife. 
 
 ^,-n,«.c, Lad..] Being of tl.e lame 
 ''SMungs™.y(c,vetorcnan-.Kc^;bofc 
 ,,Jip,"LJ .0 t;.. water. K...V "' "- --"««• 
 - A co.un,,. of .ir, of ->' E'>''" ,trl7'bc: 
 [IL t*c„i>-nlnc and tlurty ...cbcs he.s^,t.^^ 
 
 r» EoUIPO'NPER.VTt. -0. ». C'^?'"" ^'•'l 
 , j,o>Xo, Latin.] To %ve,gh equal to 
 
 aiiot'.ier thing- . j i. • r 
 
 The l.ew.nefs of am- weight do.h mcvenfc 
 propor,ion.bly to its diilancc from the ccntr. : 
 ^us one pound A at D, wUl ,.iu,j.'.n,U,ai. un o 
 wo pounds at B, if the dillancc AD ,s doubc 
 unto A ii. 
 EoyiPo'NDiotJs. a^li. [^7««. and W-". 
 Latin.] Equilibrated ; equal on either 
 
 part. Not in ufe. 
 Tire fcepticks .Vfcfled an indifferent r^ipov- 
 - Ji„u neutrality, as the ""'T !""« '" .^^^'J 
 atavaxia. 
 E'oyiTABLE. adj. ieqaitable, French.] 
 
 1, Tuft: due to iuftice. 
 ■"it feems but .,W/,.4.'r to give the aitifts leave 
 
 to name them as they pleafe. b^y<'- 
 
 2. Loving juaice; candid ; impartial : 
 as, an equitable judge. 
 
 E'QuiTABLV.af/t.. [fromf5rr«VaWf.]Juftly; 
 
 impartially. 
 E'ci'iTY. n.f. [fj'M/Vf, French ; xqttUas, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Juftice; right; honefty. 
 
 Foul fiibornation is pvedomuiant, 
 And .7.v/rv exil'd your highnefs' land. Slmkfp. 
 Ch.iftianity fecures both the private urterefts 
 of men audVue publick peace, -'f-^Vf,. ;^' 
 juftiec and equity. ' J 
 
 2. Impartiality. - , . 
 
 Liking their own fomewhat better than other 
 
 .nens, even bceaufe they are the.r own, they 
 
 muV.n ,y«;y allow us to be l.lce unto them m 
 
 Ibis affeflion. ,. , -r i. 
 
 , r In law.] The rules of decifion ob- 
 
 lerved by the court of Chancery, as 
 
 dillintl from the literal maxims ot 
 
 law. 
 
 EqI-ivalencv. 1 Latin.] Lquality of 
 
 power or worth. , j , i,- , 
 
 ' Mull the fcrvantof God be alTured that which 
 be niRhtly prays for (hall be granted r ^es, either 
 J;:'e^lylby\.ayof.,«-..W. cither that.. 
 
 fomethuig belter. 
 
 That there is any eq.dv'hnce or )iarity of 
 
 worth betwixt the good we do to our biot.ier 
 
 Tnd the good we hop« for from Cod al good 
 
 Proteftauts do deny. ^,n./ruige. 
 
 Civilcaufesare equivalent unto criminal e.iufes, 
 
 hut this er'iv..lc>,n' o^\y refpea. the careful and 
 
 ddlgcnt admiffion of proofs. ^H'P ' I'-r'rgo.. 
 
 To Equivalence, -v. a. [from the 
 
 Tioun.] Toequiponderate ; tobe equalto^ 
 
 Whetbei the tranfgreffion of Eve fedu.ing Hid 
 
 aot exceed Adamredu:ed, or whether 'be lef.lj- 
 
 "ility of his reaion did not cf.'^.'/rnc' the facility 
 
 ol h-.rreduaion, we ih.ll refer to fehoolmc. 
 
 Equi'valent. adj. i^qms and vakns, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . Equal in value. 
 Things 
 
 Well nigh tquiva'.cnt, and nc'ig'nb'ring value, 
 By lot aie paitcd; but the value, high beav'u, 
 
 thy (liare. 
 In equal balance laid with earth and hell, 
 Vline', up the advcrfe fcale, and ihu.is ptoportion. 
 ° ' Prior. 
 
 2. Equal in any excellence. 
 No fail to thine 
 
 Eri!v,-i!iil, orfecond! which compell'd 
 
 Me thu5, though importune perhaps, to come 
 
 And gaze, and worhip thee. Millon. 
 
 3. Equal in force or power. 
 
 The dread of Ifrail's foes, who, with a 
 ftiength 
 Em,iralr«t to angels, walk'd their fticcts. 
 None otTcring fight. M,7«-.'r Agomjh^ 
 
 J. Of the fame cogency or weight. 
 
 the confideraiion of public utility is, by very 
 good advice, judged at the leall the cqui-v.iUnito 
 the cafier kind of nrcdfity. _ "«<"■ 
 
 r. Of the fame import or meaning. 
 
 The ufe of the word miniftcr is brought down 
 to the literal fignification of it, a fervant; for 
 now to fervc and to minifter, fervile and minilte- 
 rial, arc terms equivalent. Smth. 
 
 Equi'vai.ent. n.f. A thing of the 
 fame weight, dignity, or value. 
 
 The (lave without a raulom fliall be fent; 
 
 It lefts for you to make th' cqui-uMent . Drydeii. 
 
 Fancy a regular obedience to one law wdl be a 
 
 full cquhmhnt for their breich of another. Ri<gin. 
 
 EqUi'voCal. adj. [^^a/wfax, Latin.] 
 
 1. Of doubtful "ilgnification ; meaning 
 
 "different things; Handing for different 
 
 notions. 
 
 Thefe fcnlences to fugar, or to gall. 
 Being ftrong on both fides, are equ.voca! 
 
 ^ Shakfpwt'i Othclo. 
 
 Words of different fignifications, taken in ge- 
 neral, are of an cquiwcal fenic ; but being con- 
 fidered with all their particular circumftances, 
 they have their fenfe iclirained. SiilUng fleet. 
 The greater number of thofe who held this 
 were mifguidcd by equivoeeih(^tmi. Svift. 
 
 2. Uncertain ; doubtful ; happening dif- 
 ferent ways. 
 
 Equivoeal generation is the produftion of 
 plants without feed, or of infcits or animals 
 without parents, in the natural way of coition 
 between male and female; which is now believed 
 never to happen, but that all bodies arc univocally 
 produced. , "■;""• 
 
 There is no fuch thing .as equ:vr,eal or Ipon- 
 taneous generation ; but all animals are gcneiated 
 by animal parents of the fame fpccies with 
 themfclves. . ''".>'■ 
 
 Thofe half-learn'd witlings, num'rous in our 
 ifle 
 As half-form'd infcfls on the banks of Nile ; 
 Unfinilli'd things, one knows not what to call. 
 Their generation "» fo cquimcat. Pope. 
 
 Eoi'i'vocAL. n.f. Ambiguity; word of 
 doubtful meaning. 
 
 Shall two or three wretched equimcah have 
 the force to corrupt us ? Dennis. 
 
 Equi'vocally. adv. {irom equlvnceil.] 
 
 1 . Ambiguoufty ; in a doubtltil or double 
 
 fcnfe. 
 
 Woids abftrafted from their proper fcnfe and 
 fignification, lofc the nature of words, .nnd are 
 only equivocally fo called. _ South. 
 
 2. By uncertain or irregular birth; by 
 equivocal generation ; by generation out 
 of the Hated order. 
 
 No infea or animal did ever proceed equivo- 
 cally from putrefaftion, unlefs in iiinaciilous 
 cafes; as in Egypt by the divine judgments. 
 
 F.Q^ji'voCAT.NESS. n.f. [hom equivocal.] 
 Ambiguity ; double meaning. 
 
 ,E R E 
 
 Diflmguifti the cquivocalnefi, or bfutuds of tb« 
 
 word, and then point out that determinate part 
 
 which is the ground of my dcmonftration. Nonii. 
 
 To Edi'i'vocATE. -u. n. [tcqiiivocatio, 
 
 Latin.] To ufe words of double 
 
 meaning ; to ufe ambiguous expreflions ; 
 
 to mean one thing and cxpreis another. 
 
 Not only jcluits can equivocate. Diycicn. 
 
 My foul difdain'd a piomife ; — 
 — But yet your falfe equivocating tongue, 
 ' Your looks, your eyes, your ev'ry motion pro- 
 mis'd; 
 But you are ripe in frauds, and leai «'d in falflioods. 
 
 Smiih. 
 
 Equivoca'tion. n.f. [eeqii'fV0CBtio,'L2A.'\ 
 Ambiguity of fpeech ; double mean- 
 ing. 
 
 Reproof is eafily mifapplicd, and, tbrougfc 
 equivication, wrcftcd. Hooker. 
 
 1 pull in refolution and begin 
 To doubt the equivocation of the fiend 
 That lies like iruth. Shakffeare'i Macbeth. 
 
 Equivoca'tor. n.f. \f\om eqiiivocate.~[ 
 One who ufes ambiguous language ; one 
 who ufes mental refervation. 
 
 Here 's an equivocaior, that could fwcar in both 
 the Icales againft either fcile ; yet could not equi- 
 vocate to heaven. Sha.fpeaie. 
 
 Er, a fyllable in the middle of names or 
 places, comes by contraflion from the 
 Saxon pajia, dv.-ellers. Gilfon's Camd. 
 
 E'ra. n. f. [tfz-rt, Latin.] 1 he account 
 of time from any particular date or 
 
 epoch. 
 
 From thcbleffings they bcftow 
 Our times are dated, and our rrjs move : 
 
 They govern, and enlighten all below, 
 As thou do' ft all above. Prior. 
 
 Euadia'tion. n. /. [f and radius, 
 Latin.] Emiffion of radiance. 
 
 God gives me a heart humbly to converfe with 
 him, from whom alone are all the eradiations of 
 true majefty. •^■''X? «■"'''"■ 
 
 To ERA'DIC.^TE. v. a [eradko, Latin.] 
 
 1. To pull up by the root. 
 He futicte h the poifon of Nubia to be gather- 
 ed and aconite to be erndicatcJ, yet this not to 
 be moved. -P™'""'- 
 
 2. To completely deftroy ; to end; to 
 cut off. 
 
 If a gouty perfon can bring bimfelf entirely to 
 a milk diet, he may fo change the whole juices of 
 his body as 'to eradicate the diftemper. 
 
 yjrbutknot on Diet. 
 
 If vice cannot wholly be eradicated, it ought at 
 
 lead to be confined to particular objefls. Siuift. 
 
 Eradica'tion, n.f {ixom eradicate.] 
 
 1 . The aft of tearing up by the root ; de- 
 ftruc^ion ; excifion. 
 
 2. The flate of being torn up by the 
 
 roots. 
 
 They affirm the roots of mandrakes give a 
 
 (hriek upon eradication, which is falfe below coti- 
 
 ^ futation. ^"'■^"^ 
 
 Era'dicative. adj. [from eradicate.] 
 
 That cures radically ; that drives quite 
 
 To ERA'SE. 1'. a. Z'-afer, French.] 
 1 To dcllroy ; to exfcind. 
 
 The heads of birds, for tlic moft part, arc given 
 ,rafed; tliat is, plucked off. Ptacham, 
 
 2. To expunge; to rub out. 
 E R A 's E M K r: T . n. /. [ f'om erafe. J 
 
 1. Delhuaion; deyailation. 
 
 2. Expunflion ; abolition. 
 
 Ere. ath. [xp, Saxon ; ^j/-, Gothick ; 
 ecr Dutch. This word JS fometimes
 
 ERE 
 
 ERE 
 
 K R O 
 
 vltiouny wiitten c'ir, as if fionj fv:r. 
 It ishkewif^ written or before evrr, 0)1 
 and xj\ in Saxon being indlfcrimiiiattly 
 written. Z)'.-.] Before; fooner than. 
 
 Krf he u'i>uld have hang'd a m.in for the g'-t- 
 
 ting A hund:cd balhiids, he would liavc paid tor 
 
 the iiuifiiig a il'.oulaiid. Shakfpf^;rc 
 
 The lions hrake all their bones in picco or mr 
 
 they came to tlie bottom of the den. Daititl. 
 
 Jiirt trial, I're I merit 
 My cx.ili.ition without change or end. Mihon. 
 
 The nijuntain trees in diltaiit prorpcfl plcafc, 
 F.re vet the pine dcfcendcd to rhe fcas ; 
 Ere fails were fpread new oceans to explore. 
 
 DiyJcn's Oviil. 
 
 The birds fliallccafe to tunc their ev'ning fong, 
 
 The winds to breatlic, the waving iVoods 10 move, 
 
 And Itreams to murmur, ere I ceafc to love. I'ufn. 
 
 Ere. prej). Before. 
 
 Our fruitful Nile 
 Flow'd ne the wonted feafon. Dry .',-«. 
 
 EtiE't-ONG. adv. [from en and /ontf.] 
 Before a long time had elapied. Nee 
 longum lempus. 
 
 Tiie anger already began tO paiit revenge in 
 many colours, ereiong he had not only gotten j>ity 
 but pardon. ~ ■ ^ Sicinty. 
 
 The wild iiorfe having enmity witli the ftag, 
 came to a mm to dcfire aid, wiio, moutitcd upon 
 his back, and following the Hag, ocl-j'g llt-w him. 
 
 . • Sprnfif on Itcliitl I. 
 
 Nothing is iafVing that is feigned : it will have 
 another face tlian it had ereloug. Ben yofijon. 
 
 They fwim in joy, 
 Eielori^ to fwim at large, aiui laugh, for which 
 The world erelong a world of tears mulV weep. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 I faw twa fiock-dovcs billing, and erelin^ 
 
 Will take the ncft. Dryden'i Virgil. 
 
 It plcafcs me to tiiink, that I who know fo 
 
 finall a portian of the works of riic Creator, .ind 
 
 with flow and painful fteps creep up and down 
 
 on the furface of this globe, flinll erelong (hoot away 
 
 . with the fwittncfs of imagination, and trace tiic 
 
 '* fprings of nature's operations. SfeSiaior. 
 
 Ekf.no'vv. adv. [from ere and noijo."\ 
 
 Before this time. 
 
 Ah. ge-itlc foldicr«, ftn-ne (hort time allow ; 
 Mv f^ti.er has repented him e^en^,:v. Dr\l'n 
 
 Had the world eternally been, fcience had been 
 brought to perfeflion long ereno'.u. Cluyne. 
 
 Erewhi'le. 7 adv. [from ere and 
 Erkwh l't,Es. ) ivh'tk.^ Some time 
 ago ; before a little while. 
 
 I am as fair now as I was ercxvhiU : 
 
 Sincc^night you lov'd mc, yet fince nighr you 
 
 lefi nie. Sluikfpenre. 
 
 We fit down_t(k#ni meals, fufpe<?t not the in- 
 
 Irulion of armed uniwitcd gucds, who ereiu/iiln, 
 
 we know were wmt to luiprifc us. 
 
 Decay,',/ Piety. 
 
 To ERE'CT. 11.(7. [f/-f3«x, Latin.] 
 
 1. To raife in a ftraight line ; to place 
 perpendicularly to the horizon. 
 
 2. To Erect a p'rpendlciilar. To croL 
 one line by another at right angles. 
 
 3. To raife ; to build. 
 
 Hap;>icr walls cxpetSt, t^ 
 Which, wand'nng long, at lait thou (halt er,n. 
 Jjryden's I'lrgll. 
 There are many monuments ere^le.lto benefac- 
 tors to the republick. yiiUlfori on Itiily- 
 
 4. To elUblilh anew ; to fettle. 
 
 Gieat tittfcrcnce there is between their pro- 
 ceedings, who (rvfi.7 a new commonwealth which 
 is t(j have neither regiment nor religion the fame 
 that was, and theirs who only reform a decayed 
 ftate. Hooker. 
 
 Hf fuflfers feventy-two diftinift nations to be 
 erefied out of tlie firrt monarchy under diftinft 
 governours. Roltii'li. 
 
 Vol. r. 
 
 5. To elevate ; to j-xalt. 
 
 I, who am a party, am not to enel rayfcif 
 into a jildge. Dry.Un's Fnlt/eij I'rejace. 
 
 I am far from pretending inlallibility : that 
 \Vould be to ercci niyfelf itiio an apoltle. 
 
 Lorlc on St. I'aul'i EpijUer 
 
 All tiic little fcramblers afici fame fall upon 
 him, and have iccouife to their own invention, 
 rather than lufFcr him to ereil hinUclf into an 
 author with impunity. yl.lMfon. 
 
 6. To raife confct^tiences from premifes. 
 
 From fallacious foundations andmifipprchcnd- 
 cd meJuiins, men tre-1 co iciufionsnj w.ty inferri- 
 ble from the premifes. Brown's fi^lgiir Krroutt. 
 
 Men being too hafty to eretr to tlieinfelves 
 general notions and illgroundcd theories, find 
 themfclvcs deceived in iheir flock of knowledge. 
 
 Loeie. 
 
 Malcbranchc errHs this propofition, of feeing 
 all things in God, upon their ruin. Lo-.k,, 
 
 7. To animate J not to deprefs ; to en- 
 courage. 
 
 Why fliould not hope * 
 As much erell our thoughts, as fear dejefl them '' 
 
 Denhum. 
 To Ere'ct. "u.n. To rife upright. 
 
 The tiefoil againll rain fwelletli in the ftalk, 
 and fo llandeth more upright; for by v/et, llalks 
 \\o er^^y and leaves bow down. Bacon. 
 
 Ere'ct. adj. [fr.-'r?.';/, Latin.] 
 
 1. Upright; n. It leaning J not prone. 
 
 Bir(l>, far I'ro.n pioncncls, are almofl ereB\ 
 advancing the head and breaft in progreflion, 
 only prone in volitation. Broiu^. 
 
 Bafil tells us, that the ferpcnt went erc5I like 
 man. Broiun. 
 
 2. DiretSled upward. 
 
 Vain were vows, 
 And plaints and fuppliant hands, toHeav'n rrcB. 
 
 Phillpi. 
 
 3. Bold ; confident ; unfhahen. 
 
 Let no vain fear thy gcnVous aidour tame; 
 But ftand ereHi ^ and found as loud as fame. 
 
 Glanville. 
 
 4. Vigorous ; not depreffed. 
 
 That vigilant and ere^ attention of mind, 
 which in prayer is very iiecefTary, is walUd or 
 dalkd. Hooker. 
 
 Ere'ction. n. f. [from fret?.] 
 
 1. The aft of raifing, or ftate of being 
 raifed upward. 
 
 We are to cunfidcr only the ere£lion of the hills 
 above the ordinary land. Brereiuood. 
 
 2. The acl of building or raifing edifices. 
 
 The fiilV thing which nioveth them thus tj caft 
 up their poifon, arc certain fulemnitics ufual at 
 the firfl erector: of churches. Hooker. 
 
 Pillars we'e fet up above one thoufand four 
 hundred and twenty.-fix years before the flood, 
 counting Seih to be an hundred years old at the 
 ereCllon of them. Raleigh^ Hljlory. 
 
 3. Edablifliment ; fettlement. 
 
 It muft needs have a peculiar influence upon 
 the ereclhn, continuance, and dilToIution of every 
 focicty. South. 
 
 4. Elevation ; exaltation of fentlinents. 
 
 Her pecrlcl's height my mind to high eredlion 
 draws up. Sld'iey. 
 
 5. Aft of roufing; excitement to atten- 
 tion. 
 
 Starting is an apprehenfion of the thing feared, 
 and in that is a flirinking, and likewifc an in- 
 quilition what the matter rtiould be; and in that 
 it is a motion of ereBlo':: fo that when a man 
 Would liften fudtlcniy he ftartcd; for the liatting 
 is an ereiiion of the fpirits to attend. B.uon. 
 
 Ert-'ctness. n. f. [from wci?.] Up- 
 ri^jhtnefs of pofture or form. 
 
 We V^eicfinef: Ilriiftly as Galen defined it: 
 tliey, only fayrth he, have an erc<{l figure, 
 whofe fpine and thiglibojie are earned on right 
 lines. Brcwn'i f'ulgar Erroun. 
 
 E'REMITE. n. f. [eremlla, I,atin ; 
 i^rif/.'S>-. ] One who lives in a wildernef: ; 
 one wiio lives in folitudc ; a hermit ; a 
 folitary : we now fay hermil. 
 
 A'ltoiiius, the rtemite, fiiideth a fifth commo- 
 dity not inferior to any of thefe four. Raliigli. 
 
 Embryocs and idiots, fcnirtes and friars. 
 White, black, and grey, witn a. I their trumpery. 
 
 Alt/ton. 
 E R E M I 'r I c A I. . adj. [ from eremite. ] Rcl:- 
 gioufly folitary ; leading the life of a 
 hermit. 
 
 They have multitudes of religious order*, 
 
 eremitical and ccnobicical Silling Jiiei. 
 
 Erf.pta'tion. n. f. [erepto, Latin.] A 
 
 creeping forth. Bailey, 
 
 ERii'pTioN. n. /. [ere^tio, Latin.] A 
 fnatching or taking away by force. 
 
 E'uGoT. ti. f. A fort of ((ub, like a 
 piece of foft liorn, about the blgncf> of 
 a chc/lnut, which Is placed behind and 
 below the paliern joint, and is com- 
 monly liid under the tuft of the fetlock. 
 Farrier's Did. 
 
 Eri'sticaL. a.^. [j';!,-.] Controverfial ; 
 relating to diipute ; containing coutro- 
 verfies. 
 
 Erge. n. f. [eap^, Saxon.] Idle; lazy; 
 flothfii't An old word; whence we now 
 fay irkfome. 
 
 For men therein would hem delitc ; 
 And of that dcde be not erke^ 
 But oft fithes haunt that werkc. CJtsuc/r. 
 
 E'rme LIN. n.f. [dimiiiulive of ermina \ 
 arinelin, French.] An ermine. Sec 
 Ermine. 
 
 Silver (kins. 
 Pairing the hate fpot ermclins. Sl.-lrrey. 
 
 ER'iVIINE. t!. /. [/jcrm;Hf, French, from 
 arme/iius, Latin.] An aniinal found in 
 cold countries, which very nearly re- 
 fembles a weafel in fliape ; having a 
 white pile, and the tip of the tall black, 
 and futnilhing a valuable fur. The fell- 
 monger and furriers put upon it little 
 bits of Lombardy lambdcin, which is 
 noted for its fhiiiing black colour, the 
 better to fet off the whltcnefs of the 
 ermine. Trevoiix. 
 
 Ermine is the fur of a little bead, about the 
 bignefs of a wcafcl, called Mils Armenius ; for 
 they are found in Aimenia. Pcicham, 
 
 A lady's honour muft be touch'd; 
 Which, nice as ermina, will not bear a foil. 
 
 DryJ,n» 
 
 E'rmineo. adj. \_[\-om ermine.'^ Clothed, 
 with ermine. 
 
 Arcadia's countefs, here in rrw/rt'./ pride. 
 Is tiieir I'.iftora by a fountain fide. Bipe. 
 
 E'RNii. 7 Do immediately flow fron\ the 
 E'ron. \ Saxon ejip, eajin, a cottage, or 
 
 place of retirement. Gihfon's Camden. 
 To ERO'DE. ■». a. \erodo, Latin.] To 
 
 canker, to eat away ; to corrode. 
 
 It hatli been anciently received, that the fe.a- 
 harc hath antipathy with the lungs, if it cometh 
 near the body, and erodeth them. Bacon. 
 
 The blood, being too (liarp or thin, croja tiie 
 velTel. ii'lfevtaH, 
 
 Erooa'tion. n. f, \erogat\o, Latin.] 
 The aft of giving or bellowing ; dif« 
 tribution. 
 Eno'sioN, «. / \erBfio, Latia.'] 
 4N
 
 ERR 
 
 1 . The a£l of eating away. 
 
 2. The ftate of being eaten away ; canker ; 
 corcofion. 
 
 As fc.vf.Ut is a fharp folid body, in a con- 
 ftant diet of Tail meat, it breaks the vcffels, pro- 
 •luccth ertjhm of the folid parts, and all the 
 fymptoms of the fca-fcurvy. Arhuihmi, 
 
 To ERR. V. n. yerro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To wander; to ramble. 
 
 A ftorm of lirokcs, well meant, with fury 
 flics. 
 And crr'i about their temples, ears, and eyes. 
 
 Vrydcil'i Virgil. 
 
 The rains arifc, and fires their warmth dif- 
 peiife ; 
 And fii'd and trrijjg ftars difpofe their influence. 
 
 Dry.Uri' i Virgil. 
 
 2. To mifs the right way ; to ftray. 
 
 We have erred and ftrayed lilie lofl (hi-Cp. 
 
 Ojmmor: Prayer. 
 I will not lag behind, nor err 
 The way, thou leading. Milton. 
 
 3. To deviate from any purpofc. 
 
 But errt not nature from this gracious end, 
 From burnirg funs when livid deaths defcend. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 4. To commit errours ; to miftake. 
 
 It is a judgment m.iim'd and moll impcrfeft, 
 That will confefs perfcflion fo could err, 
 Againft all rules of nature. S'l.ikjpenre. 
 
 00 they not err that devife evil • Prnierhs. 
 
 Pollibly the man may err in his judgment of 
 circumftances, and therefore let him fear ; but 
 becaufe it is not certain he is miftaken, let him 
 not defpair. Taylor's Rule of Livi'ig Holy. 
 
 Nor has it only been the heat of fm^e- per- 
 fons that has been thus mifchicvous, but fome- 
 times men of right judgments have too much 
 tontributed to the breach. Decay of Piety. 
 
 The mufes' friend, unto himfelf fevere, 
 With filent pily looks on all that err. IValler. 
 
 He who from the reflected image of the fun in 
 
 water would conclude of light and heat, could 
 
 not "•'• more grofly. Chrync. 
 
 E'rrable. atlj. [from frr.] Liable to 
 
 eir ; liable to millake. 
 E'rrableness. n. f. [from errable.^ 
 Liablenefs to errour ; liablenefs to mif- 
 take. 
 
 We may infer from the errahlciief% of our na- 
 ture, the reafuiiaUenefs of companion to the fe- 
 riuted. DcciyofPhty^ 
 
 E'rrand. n.f. [ipsnb, Saxon; areiid, 
 Danifh.] A me'Tage ; fcmething to be 
 told or done by a meffengor ; a man- 
 date ; a commlfTion. It is generally 
 ufed DOW only in familiar language. 
 
 . Servants being commanded to go, flull Iluid 
 
 fiill, 'till they have their rrra/ii^ warranted unto 
 
 ■- thcni. Hooker. 
 
 But haft thou done thy errand to Baptift:: ? 
 
 1 told him that your father was in Venice. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 A rtiiean t have I not forbid her my houfe.' 
 
 She coines of erramU, docs Ihc ? Shakjpeare. 
 
 Wheh be came, behold the captains of the hoft 
 
 were fitting, and he faid, I have an errand to 
 
 thee, O captain. Kings. 
 
 From them I go 
 This uncouth irrii,id folc. Milton. 
 
 His eyes. 
 That run through all the heav'ns, or down to 
 
 ih' earth. 
 Bear his fwift errands, over moid and dry, 
 O'et fca and land. Millon's Paradife Loji. 
 
 Well thou do'ft to hide from common fight 
 Thy clofc intrigues, too b.id to bear the light ; 
 Nor doubt I, but the filver footed dame, 
 Tiipping tiO'n f^'j ""l ^''''^^ *" errand came. 
 
 Drjdin'i Homer. 
 
 ERR 
 
 ErRa'nt. ae/j. [errans, L,?it. frr/itiljTr.] 
 
 1. Wandering; roving; rambling. Par- 
 ticularly applied to an ordL-r of knights 
 much celebrated in romances, who 
 roved about the world in fearch of ad- 
 ventures. 
 
 It was thought that there are juft fcven planets, 
 or errant ftars, in the lower orbs of heaven ; but 
 it is now demonltrable unto fenfe, that there are 
 many more. Bro^.un's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 Chief of domeftick knights and errant. 
 Either for chartel or for warrant. Hudilnn^ 
 
 2. Vile ; abandoned ; completely bad. 
 See Arrant. 
 
 Good impertinence : 
 Thy company, if I flept not very well 
 A-nights, would make me an errant fool with 
 queftions. Benjonjon^s Catiline. 
 
 3. Deviating from a certain courfe. 
 
 Knots, by the conflux of meeting fap, 
 lnfe(£t the found pine, and divert his grain. 
 Furtive and errant, from his courfe of growth. \ 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 E'rrantry. n.f. [^rom errant ."[ 
 
 1. An errant ftate ; the condition of a 
 wanderer. 
 
 After a (hort fpace of errantry upon the Teas, 
 he got fafc back to Dunkirk. Addijon. 
 
 2. The employment of a knight errant. 
 ERRA'TA. n.f. [Latin.] The faults 
 
 of the printer inferted in the beginning 
 or end of the book. 
 
 If he meet with faults, befides thofe that the 
 errata take notice of, he will confider the weak- 
 nefs of the author's eyes. Boyle. 
 
 Erra'tick. adj. [erraliciis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Wandering; uncertain; keeping no 
 certain order ; holding no eftablifhed 
 courfe. 
 
 The earth, and each erratick world, 
 Around the fun their proper centre whirl'd, 
 Compofe but one extended vail machine. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 Through the vaft waves the dreadful wonders 
 move. 
 Hence nam'd erratick. Pope's 0.lyJJcy. 
 
 2. Irregul.ir ; changeable. 
 
 They are incommoded with a (limy mattery 
 cough, ftink of breath, and an erratick fever. 
 
 Harvey on Cvtfumptio'is. 
 
 ErRa'tically. adv. [from errat'ical or 
 erratick.^ Without rule ; without any 
 edablilhed method or order. 
 
 Tliey come not forth in generations erratially, 
 or dirlcre.nt from each' others but in fpctirtcal 
 and regular fhapes. Broinn. 
 
 Errhi'ne. nr//. [^^i'c-.] Snuffed up the 
 nofe ; occafioning fneezing. 
 
 We fee fage, or bctony bruifed, fneezing 
 powdei, and other powders or liquors, which 
 the pitylicians call errhincs, put into the nofe to 
 draw phlegm from the head. Baron. 
 
 Erro'neous. adj. [from frro, I-atin.] 
 
 1. Wandering ; unfettltd. 
 
 They roam 
 Krro'ifoui and difconfolite, themfelves 
 Accufing, and their chiefs improvident 
 Of military chance. Philips. 
 
 This circle, by being placed here, ftoppL-d 
 much of the erroneous light, which othcrwile 
 would have diiluibcd the vifion. Ncxuion. 
 
 Unbhim'd abundance crown'd the royal boai d. 
 What time this done revet'd her prudent lord ; 
 Who now, fo heav'n decrees, is doum'd to 
 
 mourn, 
 Bitter coullraint ! errowfOKJ and foi lorn. Pope. 
 
 2. Irregular; wandering from the riglit 
 road. 
 
 If the veflels, inflcad of breaking, yield, it 
 fubjcils the pcrCon to all ifyi inconvcnitnccs of 
 
 E R S 
 
 crrcne(>ui circulation; that is, when the blood 
 flrays into the veflels dellined to carry ferum 6x 
 lymph. yirbuthnot oti Aliment i, 
 
 3. Millaklng ; iTiifled by errour. 
 
 Thou ait far from dctfroying the innocent 
 with the guilty, and the errow6us with the ma- 
 licious. King Charles. 
 
 There is the erroneous as well a» the rigluly iii- 
 foimed confcicnce. South. 
 
 4, Miltakeu ; not conformable to truth ; 
 
 phyfically falfe. 
 
 Their whole counfel is condemned, as having- 
 either piocecded from the blindncfs of thofe 
 times, or fioni negligence, or from defire of ho- 
 nour and glory, or fium an errron^oui opinioa 
 that fach tilings mi^ht be for a wliile. Hooker, 
 
 A wonderful erroneous obfervation that walk- 
 cth about, is commonly received, contrary to all 
 the true account of time and experience. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 The phoenomcna uf light ^have been hithcrt* 
 explained by fuppofing that they arife frow new 
 modifications uf the rays, which is an enoieoitf 
 fuppufilioii. Newton" i Opticki. 
 
 Erro'neously. adv* [from erroneous,'] 
 By miftake ; not rightly. 
 
 The minds of men arc erronfoujly perfuadcd, 
 that it is the will of God to have thofc things 
 done which they fancy. Hooktr, 
 
 I could not difcoverthc lenity of this fentencc; 
 but conceived it, perhaps, enoneoujly^ rather t& 
 be rigorous than gentle. GitUiver, 
 
 Erro'neousness. tt.yi [from erroneous.l 
 Phyfical falfehood ; inconformity to 
 truth. 
 
 The phasnomena may he explained by his hy- 
 pothcfis, whereof he demonftrates the truth, to- 
 gether with the en-c/icouftitrfi of ours. Boyle, 
 
 E'RROUR. n.f [error, Latin.] 
 
 1. Miftake; involiuitary deviation from 
 truth. 
 
 Errour is a miftake of our judgement giving 
 aflent to that which is«ot true. Locke, 
 
 Oh, hateful errour, melancholy's child ! W 
 
 Why do'ft thou ftiew to the apt thoughts of 
 
 men. 
 The things that are not .' Shakfpcare, 
 
 2. A blunder; an aft or alfertion in 
 which a miftake is coinmitted. 
 
 In religion. 
 What damned errour, but fome fobcr brow 
 Will blcfs it > Sliakfpcare's Merchant of Venict. 
 
 He look'd like nature's errour, as the mind 
 And body were not of a piece dcfign'd, ^»* 
 
 But made for two, and by miftake in one were 
 join'd, Djyden, 
 
 3. Roving excnrfion ; irrepjnlar courfe. 
 
 What brought you li/»l!g to the Stygian flats } 
 Diiv'n by the winds ars^ erroitis of the fea. 
 Or did you Heav'n's fuperiour doom obey. 
 
 Vrydtn's A^neid. 
 
 4. [In theology.] Sin. 
 
 Blood he nffetcd foi' himfelf, and for the er- 
 rours of the people. Hebrews. 
 
 J. [In law, iTiore efpecially in our com- 
 mon law.] An errour in pleading, or 
 in the procefs ; and the writ, which is 
 brought for remedy of this overfight, 
 is called a writ of errour, which lies to 
 redrefs falfe judgment given in any 
 court of record. Convelh 
 
 Ers, or, BiHer Vetch, n.f. [y'leia valde 
 amara.] A plant. 
 
 Erst. ailv. [eijl, German; as;i]-ta, 
 Saxon.} 
 
 I. Firft. 
 
 Sir knight, if knight thou be, 
 Abandon this foreftalled place at erfl. 
 For fear of fiuthcr harm, I counfcl thee. 
 
 S^tnJ^r,
 
 E R U 
 
 t. At firft ; in the beginning. 
 Fame that lit-r higli woith to raifcj 
 Secm'd trjl fo lavilh and profu(c, 
 Wc may julily now acciil'e ^ 
 
 Of dctrjiilion from her praifc. ^r Millon. 
 X. Once ; whtn time was. 
 
 As fign.il now in low dejc^cd ftatc 
 As trji til hifjittl, hchold him. Mihon. 
 
 He taught Ub eijl ihc hcifv;r's tail to \ iciv. 
 
 4. Formerly ; long ago. 
 
 The furnre tfw or more, )tiowc*cr tliey be, 
 Were deliiiiM crjl, nor can-Af fate's decree 
 Be now cut ctlV. I'n'oi . 
 
 5. Before ; till then ; till now. 
 
 0;)ciicr mine fyes, 
 
 Dim ftj'}', dilated fpiriCs, ampler heart. Alil/o-i 
 The Rl.odians, who oji rhought tiu-mfclves at 
 
 great quier, w<rc i-o v overtaken with .1 fiulden 
 
 nilfchiL-f. Ktrjlhi 
 
 Rk (Jise'scence. \n-f- [enibefcenlia, Lat.] 
 ER^'BE'scr.^fCY. J The adt of'grouing 
 
 red ; rednefs. 
 Erube'scf.nt. or/', \_frulc-fcens, Latin.] 
 
 Reddifli ; fumcwhat red ; inclining to 
 
 rednefs. 
 roERUCT. v.a. [cniao, Latin.] To 
 
 btlcli ; to break wirtd from the lio- 
 
 mach. 
 Eructa'tion. n.f. [from f/KiV.] 
 
 1. The adl of belching. 
 
 2. Belch ; the matter vented fiom the 
 floinach. 
 
 The fi^ns of the fun^ions of the ftomach be- 
 ing depraved, aie eru^.tionij cither with tiic 
 taltc of the ahmcnt, acid, inudorus, or fetid. 
 
 ATh:tihnot. 
 
 3. Any fudden biirfl; of wind or matter. 
 
 Therms*, arc hot fprings, or fiery fmSIntiotn; 
 fuch as butll forth of the earth during eartli- 
 quakes. , iV»o,hi-ard. 
 
 Erudi'tion. n. f. \erudhio, Latin.] 
 Learning ; knowledge obtained by (tudy 
 and inlfruftion. 
 
 Fam'd by thy tutor, and thy parts of nature ; 
 Thrice fam'd beyond all eTu.iiilvn. Shcikfp. 
 
 The earl was of good eruditiotij having been 
 placed at ftudy in Cambi'idge very young. 
 
 To your experience in ftate affairs you have 
 alfo joined no vulgar truditicTi^ which all your 
 raodeUy is not able to conceal; for to underlland 
 critically the delicacies of Horace, is a height 
 to which few of our noblemen have .irrived. 
 
 ■ - , ^ JDrydcn, 
 
 Some gentlemen, abounding in their uni\cr- 
 fity etuiii:;trif till their fermons with philofophi- 
 cal tcims. "^ SiL^ift. 
 
 Eru'ginous. aJj. ' [•tru^inoj'us, Latin.] 
 Partaking of the fiibftance or nature of 
 copper. 
 
 Copperas is a rough and .icrimoncous kind of 
 fait, drawn out of ferreoiis and eruginouf, e.irths, 
 partaking chicHy of iron and copper; the blue 
 of copper, the green of iron. Bio'wre. 
 
 Aguts depend upon a corrupt incinerated me 
 Uncholy, or upon an adutt ilibial or ent^htous 
 fulphur. ll,uv,y. 
 
 Eru'ption. II. f. \_eniptio, 1-attm] 
 
 1. The aft of breaking or burfting forth 
 from any confiiietnent. 
 
 Finding thcmfclves pent in by the exterior 
 carib, they prcfied with violence agalnii: that 
 a(^.n, to make it yield and give way to then 
 dil.itation and i-ru^thn. Burnetii Theory. 
 
 2. Burft ; emiflion ; fomething forcing it- 
 felf ont fudderjly. 
 
 {n part of Media there arc eruptions of flames 
 out of plains. Bacon's Natural IJtJjor]!. 
 
 Upon a fignal given the efiiption began ; rtie 
 and frr^oke, mixed with fcveral imnfual prodigies 
 and figures, made thtir appearance, AdMjo':. 
 
 ESC 
 
 . Sudden excurfion of a hoflile kind. 
 
 Thither, ifbuttopiy, Hiall be perhaps 
 Out (irft crufiion, thither or elfewherc ; 
 I'or this infernal pit fliall never hold 
 Cclcrtial fpirits 111 bondage. Millon. 
 
 Such command wc had, 
 To fee that none thence ilTu'd forth a fpy, 
 Or enemy, while God was in his work ; 
 Left he, inccns'd at fuch tnij>iion bold, 
 DellruJtion with creation might have niix'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 4. Violent exclamation. 
 
 To his fecrctary, whom he bid in a pallet 
 near him for natui.il ventd.itiun of bis thoughts, 
 he Would, in the ahli:nce of all otiicr ears and 
 eyes, break out into bitter ;;nd paffionatc erup- 
 '""!• iVoltons Life of Buckingham. 
 
 It d'd n.)t run out in voice or indecent ^rup- 
 ti'.ns, but filled the foul, as God the iiniverfc, 
 filently and without iloifc. Si.ulh. 
 
 5. EiHorefecnce ; ptilliiles. 
 
 Ddcaleil nature oftentimes breaks forth 
 III ^x.xnz^ eruptions. Si'i.dfpune' s Henry iv. 
 
 An irup.'i'.n of* humours, in any part, is not 
 cured nicicly by outward applications, but by 
 alter.irive medicines. Go-'emnicnt of the Tongue. 
 
 Unripe fruits aie apt to occafion foul eruptions 
 _ on the Ikni. .Irbullmot. 
 
 Eru'itivk. adj. \_eruptm, Lat.] Budl- 
 iiig forth. 
 
 ' I'ls lilitning fear, and dumb amazement all, 
 Wlieii to the llarilcd eye the luddcn glance 
 Ajipeais far fouth eruptive through the cloud. 
 
 Thomfoi. 
 
 Ery'ngo. n.f. [c;pijr/o„.j A plant ; 
 
 feaholly. 
 Erysi'pel\s. h./ [6;lcr;7!•=^ac.] A dif- 
 order that is generated by a hot ferum 
 in the blood, and atfcfts the ftipcrficies 
 ot the ikin with a fhining pale red, and 
 citron colour, without puliation or cir- 
 cumfcribed tumour, fpeading from one 
 place to another. Wijhnan. 
 
 ESCALADE, n.f. [French.] The aft 
 of fcaling the walls of a fortification. 
 
 In Geneva one meets with the ladders, petard, 
 and other utenfils, which wetc made ufc of in 
 in their famous efcaladc. Addifon. 
 
 Esca'lop. n.f. 
 
 I . A IhcUfifli, whofe (hell is regularly in- 
 dented. 
 
 The fliells of thofe cockles, efcalops, and peri- 
 winkles, which have greater gravity, were en- 
 clofed iii none. If'oodm'rd. 
 
 3. An inequality of margin ; indenture. 
 The figure of the leaves is divided into jags 
 and ejcahps, curioufly indented round the edges. 
 
 Ri-y. 
 ESCAPA'DE. n.f [French.] Irregu- 
 lar motion of a horfe. 
 
 He with a graceful pride, 
 While his rider every haiul furvcy'd. 
 Sprung loofe, and flew \\\xo^\\efcapade\ 
 Not moving forward, yet with every bound 
 Fieiring, and fecniing llill to quit his ground. 
 
 Viryden. 
 To ESCATE. -v. a. {echapcr, French.] 
 
 1. To obtain exemption from ; to obtain 
 fectnity from ; to fly ; to avoid. 
 
 Since we cannot ej\iipe the purfuit of pafilons, 
 and perplexity of thoughts, there is no way left 
 but to endeavour all wc can cither to fubduc or 
 divert them. T.-mple. 
 
 Had David died fooner, how much trouble 
 had he efatpcd, which by living lie endured in 
 tin- rebellion of his fon ? H'likc. 
 
 2. To pafs unobfervcd by one. 
 
 Men arc blinded witii ignor.ince and errour : 
 many things ni.iy rfctpe them, in many they 
 may be deceived. ILater. 
 
 'Tis ftill the fame, .ilthough their airy fliapc 
 All but a quick poctick light tfitipe. Derham. 
 
 ESC 
 
 The readet finds out thofe lieautici of pro- 
 priety in tiiought and writing, which rfcnped hirtv 
 in the tumult and hurry of leprcfcnting. />>„•. 
 ToEsca'pe. 1). h. To fly; to get out 
 of danger ; to avoid punifliment or 
 harm. 
 Bcnhadad, the king of S) ria, efcaped on horfe. 
 
 Chroniclet 
 
 They efpupedM fafe to land. .^at. 
 
 y.frape for thy life; look not hehind thee,* 
 
 neither flay thou in all the plain: </c.//)r to the 
 
 mountain, left thou be eonfumed. C.nef.i. 
 
 Whofo pleafcth God (liall efeape from hcrj 
 
 but the finiicr Ihall be taken by her. Ecrl. 
 
 He mightputona hat,a mulHer,an(U kerchief| 
 
 and to ,f:upe. Shnff. Mc'ry IVtues of IVirJfor. 
 
 To convince us th.it there was no way 10 efeape 
 
 by climbrng up to the mountains, he aflures ds 
 
 tnat the highcii were all covered. /flodiunrd. 
 
 Lr.ws arc not CKccuted, men of virtue arc dif- 
 
 graced, and murtlciers efcupe. f^nits' Logict, 
 
 Esca'pf.. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Flight; the aa of getting out of 
 danger. 
 
 I would halten my efeape from the windy 
 ftomi and tempelt. pr^,„] 
 
 He enjoyed neither his efafe nor his honour 
 long; for he was hewn in pieces. Hay-ward. 
 
 Men of virtue have had extraordinary efeape, 
 out of fuch dangers as have cnclofcd them, and 
 which have I'ecnied inevitable. Addifon. 
 
 2. Excurlion ; fally. 
 
 We made an efeape, not 10 much to feek our 
 own, 
 As to be im'fruments of your fafety. Denham. 
 
 3. [In law.] Violent or privy evafion 
 out of fome lawful reftraint. For ex- 
 ample, if the flieriff, upon a capias di- 
 lected unto him, takes a perfon, and 
 endeavours to carry him to gaol, and 
 he in the way, cither by violence or by 
 fllglit, breaks from him, this is called 
 an efeape. Cowell. 
 
 4. Excufe ; fubterftige ; evafion. 
 
 St. Paul himfelf did not defpife to remember 
 whatfoever he found agreeable to the word of 
 God among the heathen, that he might take 
 from them all efeape by way of ignorance. 
 
 c IT n- , Ralcigi, 
 
 5. bally ; flight ; irregularity. 
 
 Thoufand 'fapes of wit. 
 Make thee the father of their idle dreams. 
 And rack thee in their fancies. Shakfp-art. 
 Loofe 7,„/,n of love. A/,7,5„, 
 
 6. Overfight ; iniftake. 
 
 In traiilVribinj there would he lefs care taken, 
 as the language was lefs underftood, and fo the 
 efeapes lefs fulijcfl to obfcrvation. Brerexcood 
 
 ESCARGATOIRE. n.f [French.] A 
 
 nurfery of fnails. 
 
 At the Capuchins I faw efeargntoires, which I 
 took the more notice of, bccaufe I do not le- 
 member to have met with any thing of rhe fam« 
 kind in other countries. It is a fquare place 
 boarded in, and filled with a vaft 
 
 quantity ot 
 l.iige fn.iils, that are efteemed excellent food, 
 when they aie well dreiTed. Addipn 
 
 ESCHALO'T. «./. [French.] Pronounced 
 
 fhallat. 
 
 r.fclialots T.re now from France become an 
 Englifti plant, managed after tfie fame mannet. 
 asgarlick; only they are tqf'be fet earlier, and 
 taken up as foon ,is the leaVcs begin to wither 
 led the winter kills them. Mortimer's UufhandrJ, 
 
 E'SCHAR. n. f. lyy(^Ji,ec.'\ Ahardcruft 
 or fear made by hot applications. 
 
 When ilfues are made, or bones expofed, the 
 efehar flioiild be cut out immediately. Sharp 
 
 Escha'rotick. adj. [from efehar.'] Cauf- 
 tick ; having the power to fear or bura 
 the flcfli. 
 
 4 » z
 
 ESC 
 
 EschA'rotick. n.f. A cauftick applica- 
 tion. 
 
 An elchar was made by the catViarctick, 
 wViich we thruft off, and continued the ufe of 
 efchdrnticks. H'iftman'i Surgery. 
 
 £'/c/iaro/;V;fj applied of alh-alhes, ot bhfttring 
 plafter. J-%" ■ 
 
 ESCHE'AT. n. /. [from the Frencli 
 efcheoirJ] Any lands, or other profits, 
 that fall to a lord within his manor by 
 forfeiture, or the death of his tenant, 
 dying without heir general or efpecial. 
 Efcheat is alfo ufed fometimes for the 
 place in which the king, or other 
 lord, has efchtats of his tenants. Third- 
 ly, efcheat is ufed for a wiit, which lies 
 \vhere the tenant, having eftate of fee- 
 fimple in any lands or tenements holden 
 of a fuperiour lord, dies feifed without 
 heir general or efpecial. Convcll. 
 
 If the king's ordin.iry courts of juftice do not 
 protefl the people, if he h;ive no certain revenue 
 or (fchmti, I cannot fay that fuch a country is 
 conqucTed. Dm>iei on Inland. 
 
 To Esche'at. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 To fall to the lord of the manor by for- 
 feiture, or for want of heirs. 
 
 In the laft general wars there, I knew many 
 good freeholders executed by martial law, whofc 
 lands were tiicrcby laved to their heirs, which 
 fiiould have othcrwife ejcknttei to her majclly. 
 
 Sperijet on Ireland. 
 He would forbear to alienate any of the for- 
 feited ejchealed lands in Ireland, which lliould 
 accrue to tiic crov/n by rcafun of this rebellion. 
 
 Chircndo'}. 
 
 EsCHEa'tor. n.f. [from efcheat.'] An 
 officer that obferves the efeheats of the 
 king in the county whereof he is 
 efcheator, and ccrtilies them into the 
 exchequer. Coivell. 
 
 At a Birtholomew fair at London, an rf- 
 chtaf'r of the city arrefted a clothier, and fcized 
 his goods. Camdtn i R^mnin^. 
 
 To Esche'w. V. a. \_efcheoir, old Fr.] 
 To fly ; to avoid ; to lliun ; to decline. 
 A word almofl oblolete. 
 
 She was like a young fawn, who, coming in 
 the wind of the hunters, dotli nut know whe- 
 ther it be a thing or no to be ifchenued. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 So let us, which this change of weather view, 
 Change eke our minds, and hjrmcr lives amend; 
 
 Ti^e old yen-'s tins forepall let us efchriu^ 
 And fly the faults with wliich we did offend. 
 
 Spcnjif. 
 
 He who obeys, dcftruflion (hall efcheiv; 
 A wife man knows both when and what to do. 
 
 Sandys. 
 Of virtue and vice, men are univcrfally to 
 pra^tife the one, .'uid ejckeiu the other. 
 .' ..^ttcrhiiry. 
 
 EsCo'rt. n. f [efcorl, French.] Con- 
 voy ; guard from place to place. 
 
 2h Esco'rt. v. a. [efcorter, French.] To 
 convoi; to guard from place to place. 
 
 ESCO'T. n. f [Fiench.] A tax paid 
 in boroughs and corporations tov^ard the 
 fupport of tKe community, which is 
 callcdyi-o/ and lot. 
 
 To E COT. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 pay a man's reckoning ; to fupport. 
 
 What, are they children? Who mountains 
 thcin! How are they f/fc/fj.'' Shnkfjiraie. 
 
 EsCOUT. n.f. {efcouter, French.] Lif- 
 teners or fples ; perfons fent for intelli- 
 gence. T>lawfcout. 
 
 They were well entrenched, having good 
 t/c(ii.i abroad, aud furc watch within. Haywaid. 
 
 ESP 
 
 ESCRI'TOIR. n.f. [French.] A box 
 with all the implements neceffary for 
 writing. PronouncedyirW/or^. 
 
 Escu'age, n. f. [from efcu, French, a 
 ftiield.] 
 
 Efmrtfre, that is, fervice of the (hield, is 
 cither unccrt.iin or certain, Efatage uncertam is 
 likewifc twofuhl : firft, where the tenant by his 
 tenure is houiid to follow his lord, going in per- 
 fon to tlie king's wars fo many days. The days 
 of fuch fervice feem to iiave been rated by tlie 
 quantity of the land lb holden ; as, if it extend to a 
 whole kniglit's fee, then the tenant was bound 
 thus to follow his lord forty days. A knight's 
 fee was fo much land as, in thofe days, was 
 accounted a futlrcicnt living for a knight; and 
 that was fix hundred and eighty acres as foinc 
 think, or eight hundred as others, or 15/. per 
 annum. Sir Thomas Smith faith, that anpn 
 eijuejiih is 40/. revenue in free lands. If the lanrl 
 e.-ilend but to half a knight's fee, then the tenant 
 is bound to follow his lord but twenty days. 
 The other kind of this efciiage uncertain is called 
 Caftlcward, where the tenant is bound to defend 
 a cartle. Efciiage certain is where the tenant is 
 fet ,it a certain fum of money to be paid in lieu 
 of fuch uncertain fcrviccs. Ojjuell. 
 
 E'scuLENT. ae/j. [efailentus, Latin.] 
 Good for food ; eatable. 
 
 I knew a man that would fafl five days; but 
 tiie fame man uled to have continually a great 
 whifp of herbs that he fmelled on, and Ionic 
 cfiulcni herbs of Itrong Iccnt, as garlick. Jlacon. 
 E'scuLENT. n.f Something fit for food. 
 Tills cutting otT the leaves in plants, whcic the 
 root is the ejciilent, as radilh and paifnips, it will 
 make the root the greater, .ind fo it will do to the 
 heads of onions ; and where the tiuit is the rfci- 
 Itnt, by flrengthcning the root, it will make the 
 fruit alfo the greater. Bacon's N,it. Hijioty. 
 
 Escu'tcheox. n.f. [A French word, 
 from the Latin fcv.tum, leather ; and 
 hence cometh our Englifh word buck- 
 ler, lejie in the old Saxon fignlfying 
 leather and buck or bock a buck or 
 flag; of whofe (l<ins, quilted clofe to- 
 gether with horn or hard wood,, the 
 ancient Britons made their fhields. 
 Peacham.] The (hicld of the family ; 
 the piAure of the cnfigns armorial. 
 
 There be now, for martial encouragement, 
 fome degrees and orders of Ghivali7, and fonie 
 rememhi.ince perhaps upon \.\\c ijcutchcon. B.tcon. 
 
 We will pafS over the efci,ti:heoni of the tribes 
 of IlVael, as they are ufually defcubed in the 
 maps of Canaan. Eroiun, 
 
 Espa'lier. n. f. Treesplanted and cut 
 fo as to join. 
 
 Plant your faireft tulips in'places of flielter, 
 and under (•/;i«/;t'ri. Ei/elyii'i Kalcndar. 
 
 Behold Villario's ten years toil complete, 
 His arbours darken, his efpniicn meet. Pope. 
 
 Espa'rcet. n. f. {med'ica, or trifolium, 
 Latin.] A kind of fainfoin. Mortlmsr. 
 
 ESPE'CL^L. adj. Ifpedalu, Latin.] 
 Principal ; chief. 
 
 They had th' (y^m.i/ cngmes been, to rear 
 His foitunes up. Daniel's Civil IVar. 
 
 Espe'ciallt. adv. \ixom efpec'ial.'\ Prin- 
 cipally ; chiefly ; particularly ; in an 
 uncommon degree above atiy other. 
 
 I fomewhnt mir\el, that they t/pmj/.^ (hoiild 
 think it abfurd to oppofe church governmeiv, a 
 plain matter of aflion, unto mattei of faith, who 
 know that thcmfelves divide the gofpel into doc- 
 trine and difeiplinc. - Ho'A^r. 
 
 Would you proceed efpcci.iHy agatntt Cains 
 Marcins ? Simkfp.'.irc. 
 
 This dclipht children take in doing of mifchief, 
 but more ijpidotlj the pleafurc they take to put 
 
 ESP 
 
 any thing to pain that is capable of it, T cannot • 
 pcrfuadc niylelf to be any other than a foreign and 
 iiirroduced dirpofition. Locke. 
 
 Providence hath planrcd In a!l men a n;Uijrat 
 defiie and CLuioGty of knowing things to come ;^ 
 and fuch things efpeciallyz'i couctin our particular 
 happinefsj or the general f.ite of mankind. 
 
 Burnet* 
 
 ESPERA'NCE, n, f, [French.] Hope. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 To be worft, 
 The loweft, nio'l dejcdted tlnngs of fortune. 
 Stands Itill in ■/./ .vi-. ,-, lives ntit in fear. Shakfp. 
 
 Yet tliere is ,i credt.n'.:L: in my hcnit, 
 An ejpcmnce fo oblhnately ftrong, 
 That doth invert ih' attell of eyes and ears. 
 
 Shak^pearf^ 
 
 ESPI'AL. n.f [French, from cfpier.\ 
 A fpy ; a fcout ; one fent to bring 
 intelligence. Not ufed. . 
 
 Thole four garrifons, ilTuing forth at fuch con- 
 venient times as they lliall have intelligence, or 
 efpial upon the enemy, will drive him from ontf 
 fide to another. Stenjer on Ireland. 
 
 As he march'd along, >, 
 By your ejpiaii were d'i,feo^cr.c.d 
 Two mightier troops,'' Shaiffeare.. 
 
 'Spinti l^avc in form 'd me, 
 Tiie Engtifh in the ftiburbs clofe entrench'd, 
 Went through a fecrct grate. Sliakfpeare. 
 
 She had fome' fccrct ejpiah to look abioad for 
 graceful youths, to make Plantagenets. Bacon 
 
 ESPLANA'DE. n. f. [French.] It^- 
 fortification, the fame with the glacis 
 of the counterfcarp originally ; but now 
 it is taken for the empty Ipace between 
 the glacis of a citadel and the firft houfes 
 of the town. ; Harris. 
 
 Espo'us.iL. ad], Ufed in the aft of efpouf. 
 ing or betrothing. 
 
 The anibalfador put his leg, rtiipr naked to the 
 knee, between the efpoufal Iheets ; that the cere- ^ 
 mony might amount to a confummation. Bacon. 
 
 Espn'usALs. «. f. vvilliout a iingular. 
 [ fponfalia, Latin; efpovs, French. J 
 The aft of contrafting or affiancing a- 
 man and woman to each other ; the aft 
 or ceremony of betrothing'. 
 
 To ESPO'USF,. 1). a. [efpoufer, French.]' 
 
 1. To contraft or betroth to another i 
 
 with to. r- -^ 
 
 Deliver me my wife Michal, which I rjiioufed 
 to me. _z Samuel. 
 
 2. Or tvith. -.— 
 
 He had received him fia fuppliant, pioteftcd' 
 him as a perfoii fled for i^^jgc, and ejpoufed him. 
 •ivitk his kinfwoman. Bacon, 
 
 3. To marry ; to wed. 
 
 Lavinia will I make my emperefs. 
 And in the facred Pantheon her rfpoufe. Skakff, 
 With Howers, garlands, and fwcct fmelling 
 herbs, 
 Efpoufcd Eve dick'd firft her nuptial bed. 
 
 Milt'.n's Paradife LtiJI. 
 They foon ejpous'd; for they with eafe were 
 join'd, 
 Whs were before contraiftcd in the mind. Dryd. 
 
 If her fire appiovcs. 
 Let him efi'Oiije her to tlic peer Die loves. Pofe, 
 
 4. To adopt ; to take to htmfclf. 
 
 j"In gratitude unto the duke of Bn-tagne, for his 
 
 former favours, he efpoufcd th.it quarrel, and de- 
 
 (Xlarcd himfclf in aid of the duke. Bacun. 
 
 ^. To maintain ; to defend. 
 
 Their gods did not only intereft themfelves in 
 the event of wars, but alfo efpoufid the feveral 
 parties in a vihble corporeal defcent. Dryden. 
 The city, army, court, efi-o.Je my caufe. 
 
 Prydcn'i S^a/djk Trjar,
 
 ESS 
 
 Men 'Jfi'f' '1"^ wcll-ciiddwcd opinluns in 
 /alhiun, jphI tlitn feck nrs;«hiiciils cjilicr [o nuke 
 jood dicir beauty, or variiifli over tlicir deformity. 
 
 Lt-eir 
 
 The rightcoufncfs of the bcIV caufe may be ovci - 
 balanced by the iniquities of tiiol'e that (jji'^:ijc it 
 
 The catifc of religion and goodiicfs, wliich i. the 
 caufe of God, is ours by delccnr, aud we arc dou- 
 bly huimd to ^fl'OfiJt' it, Alterhury. 
 
 To Espy', "u. «. [f/Ji/Vr, Frcncli.] 
 
 1. To fee things at adilLaiicr. 
 
 Few there ,irc of fo weak.caii.icily but puhliek 
 evils tliey cafily ^//"v; fewei fo [).iiiciit a^ not tu 
 ci>mpiain, wiien t'nc grievous iiiconvciiiciKies 
 thereof work fenfible fm:irl. llooif . 
 
 2. To dilcover a thing intended to be 
 
 hid. 
 
 He wl^o l)cfore he was efpird was afraid, after 
 being perceived was aflianied, now being li^rdiy 
 rubbed upon, left both fear and Ihamc, and wa> 
 moved to anger. Sidney 
 
 3. To fee unexpeftedly. 
 
 As one of liicai opened liis fack, iic cjpifd bis 
 money Ucufn. 
 
 4. 'J'o difcovcr as a fpy. 
 
 Mofcs fi-nt mc to ///y out the land, .inrl 1 
 brouglit him word again. 'Jy/i.:.' 
 
 To Espy', v. n, T© watch; to look. 
 about. 
 
 Stand by theW-ay andc^^h a(k him that fieelh 
 what is done ? . yrrcmiuk. 
 
 Esqui'rk. n. f. ,\_tfcuer, French.] See 
 Squire. 
 
 1. The armour-bearer or attendant on a 
 knight. 
 
 2. A title of dignity, next in degree be- 
 low a knight. 
 
 Thofc to wlioMi this title is now of right due, 
 aie all the yuiui'^^cr fons of nobieracn, and tlreii 
 htiry male for ever ; tiic four ejquiifi of the king's 
 L '"Wody ; the cldeft fons of all baronets ; fo alio ol 
 '% all knights of the B.ith, and knijhts batchelors, 
 '^ and their heirs m.ilc in the right line ; thofe that 
 Icrvc the king in any woriliijjful calling, as the 
 ferjeant chirurgeon, fcrjeant of the cwry, m.ifter 
 cook, &c fuch as arc created ifquirci by tlie king 
 \\ilh a collar of S S, of fib. cr, as the heralds arrd 
 fcrjeantsat arms. The chief of fome ancient fi- 
 milies are likewife efquircs by prcfcription ; thofe 
 that hear any Ciipcnor offiee in the common- 
 wealth, as high IhcrifF of any county, wl.o re- 
 tains the title of cjquire during his life, in lelpefl 
 1^ • of the great Iruft he has had of the /i!'^ r6w//*;/.ii, 
 "' >Ie wtio is a jullice of the peace has it doling 
 the tiiTie he is in commilTion, and no longer. Ut- 
 ter iiarrillers, in the acts of pailiamciu tVr poll- 
 money, were ranked among (yy«/rii. Bhtirit. 
 
 Wh^t, are^r Englilh dead .> 
 — Sir Richard K.etl*y, Davy Gam rfqaire. 
 
 Shakfpfare^s Henry v. 
 
 ro ESSAY, v. a. [:fc,yer, French.] 
 
 1. To attempt ; to try ; to endeavour. 
 
 While I this unexampled talk i/?.'iv, 
 Pafs awful gulfs, and beat my painful way, 
 Celeflial dove, diiine aliillance bring. Sluckmore. 
 
 No conqiiell Ihc, but o'erhcrfclf dclir'd; 
 No arts rj/j\\l, but not to l)c admir'd, Pcpe. 
 
 2. To make experiment of. 
 
 3. To try the value and purityAf metals. 
 
 The llandaid in our mint being now fettled, 
 the rules and methods of cj/^iying fuitcd to it 
 fhould remain unvariable. Locke 
 
 Essay, n. /. [from the verb. The ac- 
 cent is ufed on either fyllable.] 
 J. Attempt; endeavour. 
 
 Fruitlefs our hopes, though pious awx cjfays\ 
 Yours to preferve a friend, and mnic to prtiifc. 
 
 Smith. 
 
 2. A loofe fally of the mind ; an irregular 
 indigefttd piece ; not a regular and 
 orderly compofition. 
 
 ESS 
 
 My tff^yi, of all my other works, lave been 
 moll cunent. Baton. 
 
 Vet modeflly he does his work furvcy. 
 And calls ins Hnilh'd poem an fjjt^y. 
 
 Pcem to Roffommon. 
 
 \. A trial ; an experiment. 
 
 This treatife prides itfelf in no higher a title 
 than that of an ejjuyf or impcrfc^ attempt at a 
 fubjeifl. Ghin-.'ilU. 
 
 He wrote this but as an <ffay, or taftc of my 
 virtue. Sli.ilifpcarc 
 
 Repetitions wear us into a liking of what p(n- 
 libly, in the fir!l rffiy, difpleafed us. Licic. 
 
 4-' Firft talie of any thing; firll experi- 
 ment. 
 
 Tranflating the firft of Homer's Iliads, I in- 
 tended as an rjfay to the whole work. Dry.ien. 
 
 ESSENCE, n./. lejfentm, Latin.] 
 
 I. EfTence is but the very nature of any 
 
 being, whether it be adually exilling 
 
 or no : a rofc in winter has an ejjence ; 
 
 in fuinnier it has exiftence alfo. li'iitts. 
 
 One thinks the foul is air; anotiier, firej 
 Another, blood ditlus'd about the heart; 
 Another faith, the elements confpire. 
 And to her (j^V«fr each doth give a part. TiaiHei. 
 I could wuh the nature of a fpirit were more 
 unknown to mc than it is, that I might believe 
 its cxiftence, without meddling at all with its 
 'Jifcc. Mare's Divine Dij/ogues. 
 
 He wrote the nature of things upon their 
 names : he could view effcnees in themfclves, and 
 read forms without the comment of their lefpec- 
 tive propcilics. Sonlli. 
 
 2. Formal exiftence; that which makes 
 any thing to be what it is. 
 
 The vifible church of Jcfus is one in outward 
 profelTion of thofe things, which fupernaturally 
 appertain to the very rflcme of chriflianity, and 
 are nccelfarily required in every particular cbril- 
 tian man. Hooker. 
 
 3. Exiftence ; the quality of being. 
 
 In fuch cogitations have I ftood, with fuch a 
 darKnefs and heavinefs of mind, that I might 
 have been perfuadcd to have refigncd my very 
 #"«. Sidney. 
 
 4. Being ; exlflent perfon. 
 
 As lar as gods, andheav'nly fjpnees 
 Can peiilh. Mi/ ton's Varadifc LoJ] 
 
 5. Species of exlflent being. 
 
 Here be four of you, as ditfcring as the four 
 elements ; and yet you are friends ; as for EupoHs, 
 bccaufc he is temper-ate, and without pallion, he 
 may be the f\h\\e [fence. Bjton. 
 
 6. Coiillituent fubllance. 
 
 Forfpirits when they pleafe. 
 Can cither fes aflumc, or both ; \o foft 
 And uncompounded is tlieir t[J<?ice pure ; 
 Not ly'd or manacled with joint or limb. 
 
 Millon. 
 
 7. The caufe of exillence. This fenfe is 
 not proper. 
 
 She is my ejj'cnee ; and I leave to be, 
 If I be nor by her fair influence 
 Follcr'd, illurnin'd, clicrilh'd, kept alive. 
 
 Shjkfiie,ire. 
 
 8. [In medicine.] The chief properties 
 or virtues of any fimple, or compofition 
 collciSed in a narrow compafs. 
 
 g. Perfimie ; odour; fcent. 
 
 Our humble province is to 'tend the fair; 
 To fave the powder from too rude a gale, 
 Nor let th' imprifon'd ejfences exhale. Tr.^e. 
 
 To E'ssENCE. "O, a. [from cjfence,'\ To 
 perfume ; to fcent. 
 
 The huflrand rails, from morning to night, at 
 ejjcnrcd fops and tawdry courtiers. .elddifon. 
 
 ESSE'NTIAL. a.ij. [efntialis, Latin.] 
 I . Neceffary to the conftitution or exift- 
 
 ence of any thing. 
 
 EST 
 
 The difcipline of our church, although ir be 
 not an tjfeniial part of our religion, (hould not 
 be ralhly altered, as tire very fubftance of our 
 religion will be intcreltcd in it. Bacon. 
 
 From that original of doing good, that is ejjen- 
 tial to the infinite being of our Creator, we have 
 an excellent copy rranfcribed, S^ratt. 
 
 This power cannot be innate and effertial to 
 matter ; and if it be not rffenii.il, it is confcquently 
 moft manifelt it could never fupervcne to ir, un- 
 Itfs imi'ielfed and infufed into it by an immate- 
 rial and divine power. Hentley. 
 
 A great miniller puts you a cafe, and aflcs your 
 opinion; but conceals an r^fl/za/ circumllancc, 
 upon which the whole weight of the matter turns. 
 
 Siuijl, 
 
 And if each fyftem in gradation roll. 
 Alike ejfc-tial to th' amazing whole. 
 Trie kali confufion but in one, not all 
 Thar fyllrm only, but the whole muft fall. Pope, 
 
 2. Important in the highcll degree ; prin- 
 cipal. 
 
 Judgment's more effeutialXQ a general 
 Than courage. Denham's Sopiy^ 
 
 3. Pure ; highly redilied ; fubtilely ela- 
 borated ; extrafted fo as to contain all 
 the virtues of its elemental parts con- 
 tracted into a narrow compafs. 
 
 The juice of the feed is an ejfential in\ or balm, 
 defigned by nature to preferve the feed from cor- 
 niption. Aybuthnot. 
 
 Esse'nti AL. n. f. 
 
 1. Exifience; being. 
 His ntmoll ire to the height enrag'd. 
 
 Will cither quite confume us, or reduce 
 
 To nothing this eJJenliJ. Mdlna's Pamdife L<:Jt, 
 
 2. Nature ; firll or conllitucnt principles. 
 
 The pi igue of fin has even altered his naturc,- 
 and eaten into his very ejfenti.i!s. ■ Scith, 
 
 3. The chief point ; that which is in any 
 refpeft of great importance. 
 
 Esse'nti ALLY. adv. [effentialiter , Lat.] 
 By the conflitution of nature ; really ; 
 according to the true ftate of things. 
 
 He that loves himfelf, 
 H nh not effiinti.illyj but by ciicumftance. 
 The name of valoui;. Shakfpenre'i Henry vr. 
 
 Body and fpirit are ejfentially divided, though 
 not locally didant. Glumnlle, 
 
 All fin ejfentially is, and muft be mortal. 
 
 South. 
 Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly 
 and ejfentially raifes one man above another. 
 
 Jlddi Jon's Guardian. 
 
 Esso'iNE. «./. [of the French ejfonie, oc 
 exomiie. ] 
 
 1. He that has his prefence forborn or 
 excufed upon auyjuil caufe : as ficknefs. 
 
 2. Allegement of an excufe for him that 
 is fummoned, or fougiit for, to appear 
 and anfwer to an aftion real, or to 
 perform fuit to a court-baron, upon jull 
 caufe of abfence. Co'wc'lh 
 
 3. Excufe; exemption. 
 From every work he challenged rffiiH, 
 
 For contemplation fake ; yet otherwite 
 
 His life he led in lawlefs riotilc. fairy Qr/cfit^ 
 
 To ESTA'BLISH. v. «.. [eitti/ir, Fr.] 
 
 1. To fettle firmly; to fix unalterably. 
 He may cjtablijh tiiee to-djy'for a people unto 
 
 himfelf. ^ Deutctonom,: 
 
 I will ejiablijh my covenant with him for an 
 
 everlafting covenant. . Gensfis, 
 
 The Normans never obtained this kingdom by 
 
 fuch a right of conqrreli, as did or might alter 
 
 the rjlaliijitcd laws of tlie kingdom. Hale. 
 
 2. To fettle in any privilege or pofleffion j 
 to confirm. 
 
 Soon after the rebellion broke out, tbc preftjy- 
 terian 1'c.fl was tjialtlijhcd in all its forms bv an 
 ordinaiii:e ot the lordi and coouauns. S-wiJu
 
 EST 
 
 3. To make firm ; to ratify. 
 
 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflift 
 the foul, her hulband may ejjablijh it, or her l.uf- 
 band may-make it void. Niimben. 
 
 4. To fix or fettle in an opinion. 
 
 So were the churches rllabl:Jicd m the faitli, 
 
 5. To form or inodcl. 
 
 He appointed in what manner his family (hould 
 
 be rJlMiJhed. Clarend'-.r.. 
 
 6. To found; to build firmly ; to fix im- 
 moveably. A fcnfc not in uie. 
 
 For he hath founded it upon the leas, and r/- 
 tahlijhed it upoii the floods. _ Vpnrr.i- 
 
 7. To make a fcttlement of any inherit- 
 ance. A fenfe not in ufe. 
 
 \Vc will cJIMiJii our cftatc upon 
 Our eldcll Malcohn, whom wc name hereafter 
 The prince of Caniheilaiul. Shnkfprarc'i Mitch. 
 Esta'blisher. n. / [from cjaili/ii-] 
 He who eilabliChes. 
 
 I reverence the holy fathers as divine cf..il':j'ii' ^ 
 of faith. i- I^'gh- 
 
 EsTA'BHSHiMENT. n: f. [from ejlablijh ; 
 etabllffement, French.] 
 
 1. Settlement; fixed Hate. 
 
 All happy p(.icc, and goodly government, 
 Is fettled there in lure ej':M:Jhr,cni. F. Qtticti. 
 
 2. Confirmation offomeihiiig already done; 
 
 ratification. 
 
 He h.td not the i& penned by way of rccoi;- 
 nition of right ; as, on the other fide, he avoided 
 to have il by new law ; but chofe rather a kind of 
 middle way, hy way of cjialili/hmcnt. B.inn. 
 
 3. Settled regulation ; form ; model of a 
 government or family. 
 
 Now come into that general reformation, and 
 bring in that efiabiifnment by which all men 
 (hould be contained in duty. _ Sfenfcr. 
 
 4. Foundation ; fundamental principle ; 
 
 fettled law. 
 
 The facred order to which you belong, and 
 even the ejiublijhmcnt on which ir fubfifts, have 
 often been ftruck at ; but in vain. Attabuty. 
 
 5. Allowance ; incoine ; falary. 
 
 His excellency, who had the fole difpofal of the 
 emperor's revenue, might gradually Icflcn your 
 tjUbllfimcnt. Swip. 
 
 6. Settled or final reft. 
 
 Whilft we fct up our hopes and eJiMiJhment 
 here, we do not ferioully confider that God has 
 provided another and better place for us. )yiike. 
 
 Esta'te. n.J. [ejlat, French.] 
 
 1. The general intereft; ; the bufincfs of 
 the government ; the publick. In this 
 fenfe it is now commonly wxMenJlute. 
 
 Many times the things adduced to judgment 
 may be mewn Je" luum, when the reafon and con- 
 fequence thereof may reach to point of ejint; : I 
 call matters of fJI'ite not only the parts of foverei^n- 
 ty,but whatfocver inttoduceih any great alteration, 
 ■yr dangerous precedent, or concerneth manifcftly 
 any great portion of people. Bacon's Ejfiyi. 
 
 2. Condition of life, with regard to prof- 
 perity or adverfity. 
 
 Tkaiiks to giddy chance, 
 She caft as hodlong fiom our hi;h f/l.ife. T)>yd. 
 
 3. Condition; ciicKinftances In general. 
 
 Truth and certainty aic not ,it allKcurcd by in- 
 nate principles; but men are in llie fame uncer- 
 tain, floating rj}ate Vth as without them Locke. 
 A. Fortune ; poflefiion : generally meant 
 of poffernons in land, or realities. 
 
 She accufcd us to the king, as though wc went 
 about to overthrow him in his own eft^tf. Sidney. 
 
 Go, mifcr! go; for lucre fell iliy foul ; 
 Truck wares for wares, and tiudgc fium pole to 
 
 pole. 
 That m-n may fay, when thou art dead and gone, 
 See what a vaft eliale he left ins fon ! Dryden- 
 
 5. Rank; quality. 
 
 EST 
 
 Who hath not heard of the greatnefs of your 
 eJliUe? Who feeth not that your ejiate is mtich 
 excelled with that fwcet uniting of all beauties. 
 
 Sidne\. 
 6. A perfon of high rank. Difufed. 
 
 Siic is a dutchefs, a great ejiate. Ltitimei'. 
 
 Herod, on his birth-day, made a fuppcr to his 
 
 lords, high captains, and chief ty^*.VtJ of Galilee. 
 
 Afor.f. 
 
 To E.?ta'tf. 1'. a. [from the noun.] To 
 fettle as a fortune. 
 
 Why iiath \\\y queen 
 Summon'd me hither r 
 — .\ contr.iit of tiue love to celebrate. 
 And fomc donation freely to rjuite 
 On the Idefl lovers. Sihihf^eare^ i Tcr.peji. 
 
 ToEiVE'¥M. V. a. [eftimi,-, French; 
 itjlimo, Latin, j 
 
 1. To fet a value whether high or low 
 upon any thing. 
 
 The WO! til of all men by their end ejieem, 
 And then due piaifc, or due repioach them yield. 
 
 A knowledge in the works of n.itiire Incy 
 honour, and tjtecm highly profound wifdom ; 
 howbeit this wifdum favvth not. Uo'jker. 
 
 I preferred her before fceptres and thrones, and 
 ejUerr.ed ricties nothing ni coniparifon of her. 
 
 ii'iflom. 
 
 2. To compare; to eftlmate by propor- 
 tion. 
 
 Bcfide.s, thofe fingle thrnis (he doth ejle.n, 
 And in licr balance doth their values tiy. DuTir'. 
 
 3. To prize; to rate high; to regard 
 with reverence. 
 
 Wlio would not be loved more, tliough he were 
 efiremed lefs? Dty.ien. 
 
 4. To hold in opinion ; to think ; to ima- 
 gine. 
 
 One man ejiremeth one day above another; 
 another ejieemeth every day alike. Ramans 
 
 To Este'em. 1). n. To confider as to 
 value : with 0/". 
 
 Many would little ejlcem of their own lives, yet 
 
 for remorfe of their wives and children, would be 
 
 withheld from that heinous crime. Spenfir. 
 
 Este'em. ti.f. [from the verb.] High 
 
 value ; reverential regard. 
 
 Who can fee. 
 Without ejleem for virtuous poverty, 
 Severe Fabritius, or can ccafc t' admire 
 The ploughman conful in his coarfe attire ? 
 
 £)tyden's jEneid. 
 
 Both thofe poets lived in much ejleim witii good 
 and holy men in orders. Dryden'i Fables, Preface. 
 
 I am not uneafy that many, whom I never had 
 
 any efiecm for, are likely to enjoy this world 
 
 after me. ^°/"'' 
 
 Este'emer. n. f. [from ejleem.} One 
 
 that highly vahies ; one that fcts a high 
 
 , rate upon any thing. 
 
 This might iniiruft the proudeft efieemer of hie 
 own parts, how ufeful it is to talk and confult 
 with others. Locke. 
 
 E'STIMABLE. adj. [French.] 
 
 lify ifctothc 
 tlion Ihairbc 
 
 c Lord fome 
 
 according ta 
 
 Leviticus, 
 
 1. Valuable; worth a large price. 
 
 A pound of man's flclh, taken from a man. 
 Is I ot fo ejiimahle or profi'able 
 As flclh, of muttons, beefs, or goats. S'lakfp. 
 
 2. Worthy of efteem ; worthy of foine 
 degree of honour and refpctl. 
 
 A lady faid of her two companions, that one 
 w.Ts more amiable, the other mote eJUniahle. 
 
 You loft one who gave hopes of being, in time, 
 
 every thing that was eftimabic and good Temple. 
 
 E'sTtMABLENESS. ti. f. [{rom ejl'imable.'\ 
 
 The quality of deferving regard. 
 To E'STIMATE. -v. a. {erjllmo, Latin.] 
 I. To rate ; to adjuR the value of; to 
 judge of any thing by its proportion to 
 "fomething elfe. 
 
 EST 
 
 When a man Ihall fanflify his houfe to the 
 
 Lord, then the priell fliall ejV.maie it whether it be 
 
 good or bad : as tlic prieft Ihall eflimate it, fo ihall 
 
 it ftand. Leriticm. 
 
 It is by the weight of filver, and not the name 
 
 of the piece, that men eflimate commodities and 
 
 exchange them. Locke. 
 
 2. To calculate ; to compute. 
 
 Estimate, n. f, [froin the verb.] 
 
 1 . Computation ; calculation. 
 
 Upon a mod-rate eflimalexnd calculation of the 
 quantity of w.atcr iiuw ailually cont.iined in the 
 abyfs, I found that this alone was full enough to 
 cover the w^iole globe to the height alh^ned by 
 Mofcs. llMdiuarJ. 
 
 2. \'alue. 
 
 I'd love 
 My countiy's good, with a rcfpcft more tendci. 
 More holy and profound tlian mine own life, 
 My dear wife's efimate, her womb's increafe, 
 The tceafure of my loins. . Shakjpearr. 
 
 3. Valuation'; afTignment of proportional 
 value ; comparative "judgment. 
 
 The only way to come to a true efimat:- upon 
 the odds betwixt a publick and a-pnv.ite life, is 
 to try both. L' Ejltungft 
 
 Outward atflions can iicvcr give a juil eflimate 
 of us, fince tiicrc are n^any perfe(^lions of a mail 
 wiiich arc not capable/of appearing in a<ftions. 
 
 T j-ld.iijon'i Spectator, 
 
 Estima'tion. ag^ \i\-Qin cflimale.'} 
 
 1. The aft of "Sdjulling proportional 
 value. 
 
 If a man fbould fanfti 
 pait of a field, iheeftimation 
 tiic feed. 
 
 2. Calculation ; computation. 
 
 3. Opinion; judgment. 
 
 In our own efiimati^.n we account, fuch particu- 
 lars more worliiy than thofe that are already tried 
 and known. Bacon. 
 
 \. Elleem ; regard ; honour. 
 
 Crimes there were l.iid to his charge many, the 
 
 leaft whereof being jufl, had bereaved him of 
 
 eflimation and credit with men. Hooker., 
 
 Of your brace of unprj/.able eflimationsj the one 
 
 is but frail, and the other cafual. Shukfpearct 
 
 I know tlie gentleman 
 To be of worth and worthy eflhnation. 
 And not without dcfert fo well reputed. Skakfp. 
 I (hall have eflimatton among tiie multitude, 
 and honour with the elders. Wifdom. 
 
 A plain reafon of the publick honours due to the 
 magiltrate is, that he may be in due eflimation and 
 reverence. . ,'Jiterbury^\ 
 
 E'sTiMATivE. adj, [from j/?/nM/^. ] Hav- 
 ing the power of comparing and adjuft- 
 ing the prtference. . _ 
 
 We tind in animals ix\ efiimative or judicial 
 faculty, tin appctition or avcKation, and loco-mo- 
 tive f.iculty anfwerlng t'nc will. Hale. 
 The trior is not in the eye, but in the eflimativt 
 faculty, which milVakingly concludes that colour 
 to belong to the wall, whicii indeed belongs to th« 
 objcfl. Boyli. 
 Estima'tor. n. f. [from ejlimalc.'\ A 
 
 fettlcr of rates ; a computlrt. 
 E'sTlvAi.. adj. [<f/?;Wj', Latin.] 
 
 1. Pertaining to the fummer. 
 
 2. Continuing for the fummer. 
 Estiva'tion. n. f. [^cs/iivatio, Latin.] 
 
 The act of paffing the fummer. 
 A grotto is a place of (hade, or ejlit-ation. 
 
 Bacon's Kffayt, 
 
 EsTo'pEL. n, f, [law term.] Such an 
 
 aft as bars any leg.il frocefs. 
 EsTo'vERS. n,f, [law term.] Necefla- 
 
 ries allowed by law. 
 EsTRADE. n. f. [ French ,• Jlratum, 
 
 Latin.] An even or level fpace. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 ft^ 
 
 rff"l
 
 EST 
 
 JbESTRA'NGE. -v. a. [e/lra,igc>;Tr.'\ 
 
 1. To keep at a dilluiice ; to withdraw. 
 
 Had wc not only ctu off thcit corriiptniiis, hiit 
 »lfo 'Jlriingtrl uwMics from them in things indif- 
 ferent, who fccth not llowgreaily prejudicial this 
 miglit have been to To good a caiife ? lloo'ui . 
 
 They know it is our cuftom of fimple rcadini;, 
 not for eonverfion of inAdels tjiratif^td from the 
 houfcofGod, hill for inftrudlioii of men h.iptizcd, 
 bred, and brought up in the bofom of the church. 
 
 Hook£y. 
 
 See, (he Vi^^t, ; 
 Thinks nie unkind, or falfe, and knows not why 
 I thus ejhiifige my pcrl'on fionj her bed DryJcn. 
 
 2. To alienate ; to divert from its original 
 ufe or pofTenor. 
 
 Tiicy iiavc ^-jlt.tngrj ih'n place, and have burnt 
 incenfe in it to other gods. Jeremiah, 
 
 3. To alienate from affedlion ; to turn 
 from kindnel's to malevolence or in differ- 
 ence. 
 
 How comes it now, my hnfband, oh, how 
 comes it, 
 That thou art thus tf.ran^ed from thyfelf ? 
 Thyfclf 1 call, it, being Orange to me. Slulfp. 
 
 Adam, ejlra)i.^'d m look; and alter'd ftyle. 
 Speech intermitted, thds to Evercnew'd. Mili'm. 
 
 1 came to grieve a father's \\f^\x. ejiran^d\ 
 But little thought to findV miftrefs chaiig'd. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 I do not know, to this Kd^r, what it is that has 
 5^rflngf(/ him from me. ' '-" l^cpe. 
 
 4. To withdraw of withhold. 
 
 We mull ejlr^g^f our belief from every thing 
 which is not cli.irly and diltiiiiitly evidenced. 
 
 /■ GlaiwUU'i Sce^fi^. 
 
 EsTRANCrMENT. «._/". [from ^/r««!^c'. ] 
 
 Alienation; dillance ; removal; volun- 
 tary abft»ftion. 
 
 DcfirMjJby a long ejirangcmcnt from better 
 thingsrfome at length peifcttly to loath, and fly 
 1 them. Sryuih. 
 
 APA'DE. n. f. [French.] The 
 defence of a horfe that will not obey, 
 who to get rid of his rider, rifes mightily 
 .before ; and while his forehand is i-et in 
 the air, yerks furioufly vnth his hind 
 legs. Farrier's Did. 
 
 Estre'ate. n. f. \jxtraBum, Latin.] 
 The true copy of an original writing •. 
 for example, of amerciaments or penal- 
 ties, fct down in the rolls of a court, to 
 be levied by the bailiff, or other officer, 
 oi every man for his offence. A law 
 term. Coivell. 
 
 Estre'pement. II. f. [of the French 
 word £/7rf^/Vr.] Spoil made by the te- 
 nant for term of life upon any lands or 
 woods, to the prejudice of him in the 
 reverfion. Coivell. 
 
 E'sTRiCH. H. f. fcommonly written of- 
 trich ; Jlruth\acamelusJ\ The largeff of 
 birds. 
 
 To be furious. 
 Is to be frighted nut of fear ; and, in that mood, 
 The dove will peck ihz •Jhi.lge. ^.V//ij,i//',',m-. 
 
 The peacock, not at thy commafra, affumcs 
 His glorious train ; nor ejfrich her rare plumes. 
 
 Sa'idys. 
 
 E'sTUANCE. n. f. Heat J warmth. A 
 word rarely found. 
 
 Avcrrocs leftruined his liilarity, and made no 
 more thereof than Seneca commendeth and was 
 allowable in Cato; that is, a fobcr incalefcencc, 
 and regulated ejiimnce from wine. Brown. 
 
 E'sTiJARY. n. y: [<f/?«rtWam, Lat.] An 
 arm_ of the fea ; the mouth of a lake 
 or river in which the tide reciprocates ; a 
 iiith. ^ 
 
 E T E 
 
 ToE'sTUATE. V. a. [/f/?uo, Latin.] To 
 fwcll and fall reciprocally; to boil ; to 
 bt iu a Ihite of violent commotion. Diet. 
 
 Estua'tion. n. J. [from irjhio, Latin] 
 The (late of boiling ; reciprocation ot 
 rife and fall ; agitation ; commotion. 
 
 llivcrs and lakes rliat w.mt fermenting parts at 
 the bottom, arc iint excited into ejutation\\ there- 
 fore fouic leas How higher than others. Brywn. 
 The motion of the will is accompanied with a 
 fcnfible commotion of the fpiiits, and an ejimthn 
 of the blood. tWo'iii. 
 
 EsTURE. n. /. [<c/?«j, Latin.] Violence; 
 commotion. 
 
 The feas retain 
 Not only their outrageous ejfure there. 
 But fu]>einatuial mifchief tliey expire. Chapman. 
 
 Esu'rient. adj. [f/wn'tv/j, Latin.] Hun- 
 gry ; voracious. Diel. 
 
 EsUKiNE. aiij. [f^r/'o, Latin.] Corrod- 
 ing; eating. 
 
 Over much piercing is the air of Hampftcad, in 
 which fort of air there is always I'omething efurinc 
 and acid. tVifeman. 
 
 Etc. a contraftion of the two Latin 
 words et calcra, which fignifies, and Jo on ; 
 and the rejl ; and others of the like kind. 
 
 7*0 Etch. -u. a. [c/een, German.] 
 
 1. A way ufed in making of prints, by 
 drawing with a proper needle upon n 
 copper-plate, covered overwith a grountl 
 of wax, Ijc. and well blacked with the 
 fmoke of a link, in order to take off the 
 figure of the drawing or print ; which 
 having its baeklide tinftured with white 
 lead, will, by running over the (Irucken 
 out lines with a ftift, imprefs the exaft 
 figure on theblackor red ground ; which 
 figure is afterwards with needles drawn 
 deeper quite through the ground, and all 
 t!ie fliadows and'hatchings put in ; and 
 then a wax border being made all ro.>nd 
 the plate, there is poured on a fufficient 
 quantity of well tempered aqua forlisy 
 which infinuating into the ftrokes m.adc 
 by the needles, ufually cats, in about half 
 an hour, into the figure of the print or 
 diawingon the copper-plate. Harris. 
 
 2. Tofl<etch; to draw ; to delineate [un- 
 lefs this word be miffaken by I,oeke for 
 eke. ] 
 
 There arc many empty terms to be found in 
 fomc icarncd wri'ers, to which they had recourle 
 to etch out their fyltems. Locke. 
 
 3. [This word 'is evidently miftakcn by 
 Ruy kox edge,^ To move forward to- 
 ward one fide. 
 
 When we lie long awake in the night, we are 
 notable to reft one quarter of an hour without 
 lb;fting of fides, or at leaft Hiking this way and 
 that way, more or lefs. R.iy. 
 
 ErcH. n.f. A country word of which 
 I know not the meaning. 
 
 When 'they fow their eteh crofs, they fprinkle 
 
 a pound or two of clover on an acre. Afoifimer. 
 
 Where you find dunging- of land makes it 
 
 rank, lay dung upon the t-/tA, and fow it with 
 
 li.'ricy. Aler/imer'i Hu/liandry. 
 
 ETE RNAL. adj. [.tlemus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Without beginning or end. 
 
 The eternal God is tiiy refuge. JDiuter. 
 
 2. Without beginning. 
 
 It is a qucltion c^uite <Iirterent from our having 
 an idea of eternity, to know whetirer there were 
 any real being, whole duration has been eternal} 
 
 Loeke, 
 
 3. Without end J cndlefs; immortal. 
 
 ETE 
 
 Thou know'ft that Banquo and his Flcaiice 
 lives. 
 — But in them nature's copy 'snot titrnal. 
 
 Shakfpt4re, 
 4. l'erpetii.il ; conftant ; unintcrmitling. 
 Burnt ofi''ring'i motn and c\ 'niug (hall be thine, 
 Arid fires eltrnal m thy temple fhinc. Drydtn. 
 J. Unchangeable. 
 
 Hobbes believed the eternal truths which he 
 0],iioftd. Dryden. 
 
 Ete'rnal. n. f. [,f/fr«f/, French.] One 
 of the appellations of the Godhead. 
 
 That law whereby the Eternal himfcli^ dolK 
 work. Hocker. 
 
 The Eterna/, to prevent fuch horrid fray ; 
 Hung out of he v'li his golden fcales. Milton. 
 Eternalist. n. f. [eelurnus, Latin.] 
 One that holds the pall exillence of the 
 world infinite. 
 
 I would nik the etrrnalijl what maik is there 
 that ihey could cxpefl to riefire of the no. city of 
 a world, tliat is not found in this ? Or what mailc 
 is there of elcinity tliat is found in this ? Burnei. 
 
 ToEte'rnalize. -v. a. [from f/frna/.] 
 To make eternal. Diet. 
 
 Ete'rna i.LV. adv. [iiam eternal.'] 
 
 1. Without beginning or end. 
 
 2. LTnchangcably ; invariably. 
 
 That which is morally good, or evil, at any 
 lime, or in any cafe, niulr be alfo <'rfr«n//v and 
 unchangeably fo, with relation to that time and 
 10 that cafe Svith. 
 
 3. Perpetually ; without intermiffion. 
 
 Bear me, fome god, to Baja's gentle feats, 
 Or cover me in Umbiia's green retreats, 
 Wliere wcdern gales etem.illy refide, 
 And all the foafons lavifh all' their pride, ./iddif. 
 
 Ete'rne. adj. [«"/fr.';w, Latin.] Eternal ; 
 perpetual ; endlefs. 
 
 The Cyclops hammers fall 
 On Mars his armour, forg'd for proof f/fr«f. 
 
 Shakf^eare. 
 Ete'rnitv. n. f. [,«/(7v///aj-, Latin.] 
 I. Duration without beginning or end. 
 In this ground his precious root 
 Still lives, which, when weak time (hall be 
 
 pom 'd out 
 \r\Xo ettimty, and circular joys 
 Dancing an endlefs rjund, again fli.all life. 
 
 Crajhatff. 
 Thy immortal rhyme 
 Makes up this one Ihort point of time. 
 To fill up half the orb of round eternity. Cmutey. 
 By repearing the idea of .my length of duration 
 which we have in our minds, with all the endleft 
 addition of number, wc corac by the idea of 
 ''"■'•■{>'• Loch. 
 
 1. Duration without end. 
 
 Beyond is all abyfs, 
 Eternity, w 1 life end no eye can reach ! Milton, 
 
 Eternity, thoupleafing, dreadful thought I ^' 
 Through- what variety, of untried being, ^ 
 
 Through wl at new fccnes and changes mtift we 
 P-ifi ! .r^ddtfirt. 
 
 To Et-e'rni^le. 1). a. [<f/c/-no, Latin.] 
 
 1. To make endlefs ; to perpetrate. 
 
 1 wjth two fair gifts 
 Cieated him endow'd; with happinefs, 
 And immortality : that fondly loft. 
 This other. fcrv'd bui to eternixe ^oc. Milton. 
 
 2. To make for ever fafcous ; to immor- 
 talir.e. 
 
 Mankind by all means feeking to eternize 
 himfelf, fo much the more as he is near his end, 
 doth it by fpecches and writings. Sidney, 
 
 And well befeems all knights of noble name. 
 That covet in th' immortal hook of fame 
 To he eterm.z,d, that fame to haunt. Fairy Q. 
 
 I might relate of thoufands, and their names 
 Eternize here on earth; but thofeeledl 
 Angels, contented with their fame in hcav'n, 
 Seek not the prail'e of men. fiUlttn^ 
 
 ( 

 
 E T H 
 
 The four great monarchies havctjccii celeWatcd 
 l,v the writings of mdiiy famous men, who have 
 cteni:xU their f,rmc, and thereby their own. 
 
 Tcm' U. 
 
 Beth of them ate fet on fire by the great aftions 
 
 of heroes, and both endeavoui to ttcnn-s.e tliem. 
 
 Dry -fen's Dufrefn^y. 
 
 3 Creech feems to have accented the firll 
 
 fyllable. 
 
 Hence came its name, in that the graceful Jove 
 
 Hatii elern.z-d the glury of his love. Crmk. 
 
 E'THER. n. /• [wW, Latin; _«,9„e.] 
 
 1. An element more fine and fiibtile than 
 
 air ; air retined or ftibh'med. 
 
 If anv one (hoit'.d fuppofe tliat ether, like our 
 air, may contain particles wl-ich endeavour to 
 recede from one another; for I do not know what 
 this f/irr is ; and that its particles arc exceed 
 ingly fmaller than thofe of air, or even than thofe 
 of liglit, the exceeding fniallncfs of its particles 
 may contribute to the grcatnefs of the force by 
 which thofe particles may recede from one another. 
 
 The part? of other bodies are held together by 
 
 I. 
 
 2. 
 
 the eternal preffiire of the elhcr, and can have no 
 
 other conceivable caufe of their cohefion and 
 
 union. .. /-'"^■'•■ 
 
 2. The matter of the higheft regions above. 
 
 There fields of light and liquid ether flow, 
 Purg'dfrom the pond'rous dregs of earth below. 
 
 Drjilen. 
 
 Ethe'reAl. acfj. [from ether.^ 
 Formed of ether. 
 
 Man feels me, when I prefs th' ethereal plains. 
 
 JJryJen. 
 
 Celeftial ; heavenly. 
 
 Go, heav'nly guctf, et/iereni mefTenger, 
 Sent from whofelav'reign goodncfs I adore. Ah/t. 
 
 Thrones and impeiial pow'rs, offspring of 
 Heav'n, 
 Ethereal virtues. Mi/ton-s ParaM/e Lojl. 
 
 Such as thefc, being in good part freed from 
 the entanglements of fenfc and body, are em- 
 iilayed, like tlie fpirits above, in contemplating 
 the Divini Wifdom in the wo-ks of nature; a 
 kind of anticipation of the ethereal happinels and 
 employment. Glan-^,/k. 
 
 Vali chain of being, which from God began, 
 V.iturcs ethereal, human; angel, man. Fo/u-. 
 
 Ethereous. aeij. [horn elher.] Formed 
 of ether ; heavenly. 
 
 Behold the bright fiiiface 
 O(\hhe!he:eous mould, whereon we (land. Mi.'t. 
 
 E'THICAL. adj. [r,5,x@-.] Moral; 
 treatinfr on tnorality. 
 
 X'thic^'lly. adv. [horn ethical.} _ Ac- 
 cording to the doctrines of morahty. 
 
 My fubjeit leads me not to difcourfc ethically, 
 but chriltianly of the faults of the tongue. 
 
 ' Gouernmcnl of the Tnngue. 
 
 E'thick. at!j. [r,i>,K©:] Moral; deliver- 
 ing precepts of morality. Whence 
 > Pope entitled part of his works Elhici 
 * EpilHes. 
 
 E'THitKS. n. f. without the fingiilar. 
 [viS.zvi.] The doctrine of morality ; a 
 fyllem of morality. 
 
 For of all moral virtues, (he was all 
 That eihiri' fpcak of virtues cardinal. Dorwe. 
 I will never let politicks againll ethiris ; for 
 true etliicksKxe b^t as a handmaid to divuiity anci 
 religion. \ , J^""" 
 
 Perl'ius profeffcs the ftoick philofophy ; the 
 moH generous amorgft all the fefls wno hive giv- 
 en rules of etiueh. ^[^'J"', 
 If the atheifts would live up to the ethickt of 
 Epicurus himlelf, they would make few or no 
 ptolelytcs from the chriHian religion. SetUley. 
 E'THNiCK. (ulj. [;:-,.« I. ]_ Heathen; 
 pa-^an ; not Jewifh ; not chrillian. 
 
 Such coniumcly as \.\\ceihni.:k world durft not 
 otter him, is the peculiar infolence of degeneralcel 
 «hriftiaiis. C<,ver»me,tt of the Tongue. 
 
 EVA 
 
 I (liall begin with the .agreement of profane, I 
 whether Jewifli or ethnick, with the facied 
 writings. Gretv. 
 
 E'thnicks. n. /. Heathens; not Jews; 
 not chriftians. 
 
 This firfl Jupiter of the cthnicks was then the 
 
 fame Cain, the fon of Adam. Rah-i^h. 
 
 Etholo'gica L. adj. [n'S©- and },iy<!^.'\ 
 
 Treating of morality. 
 Etio'logy. n.f. [-iiTisAoyia.] An ac- 
 count of the caufes of any thing, gene- 
 rally of a diftemper. 
 
 1 have not particulars enough to enable me to 
 
 enter into the etiohgy of this diftemper. Arlnith. 
 
 Etymolo'gical. adj. \ixom etymology .'] 
 
 Relating to etymology ; relating to the 
 
 derivation of words. 
 
 Excufe this conceit, chisfi-jmo/og/M/obfervation. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Etymo'logist. n.f. [from elymohgy.'] 
 One who fearches out the original of 
 words ; one who fhovvs the derivation 
 of words from their original. 
 
 ETYMO'LOGY. n. f. [elymolo-ia, 
 Latin ; hvi/.o: and ^j7©■.] 
 
 1. The dcfcent or derivation of a word 
 from its original ; the deduftion of for- 
 mations from the radical word ; the 
 analyfis of compound words into primi 
 
 tives. 
 
 Confumption is generally taken for any uni- 
 verfal diminution and coUiquation of the body, 
 which acceptation its ctftmhgy implies. Harvey. 
 
 When words arc reftrained, by common ufuage, 
 to a particular fenfe, to run up \o etymology, and 
 conftruc them by diaionary, is wrctchccily ridi- 
 colcus. Collier's Ficiv of the Stage. 
 
 Pelvis is ufed by comick writers for a looking- 
 glafs, by which means the etymology of the word 
 is vifible, and pelvidera will fignify a lady who 
 looks in her gl.ifs. jid.ilfon's Sjteaator. 
 
 If the meaning of a word could be learned by 
 its derivation or ctymoh^y, yet the original deri- 
 vation of words is of entimes very dark. IJ alts. 
 
 2. The part of grammar wliich delivers 
 the inflexions of nouns and verbs. 
 
 E'tvmon. n.f. [?Tt;ft(.j.] Origin; pri- 
 • mitive word. 
 
 Blue hath its itymoii from the High Dutch blaw; 
 from whence they call himmcl. blue, that which 
 we call Iky-colour or heaven's blue. Fe,uli,im 
 
 ToEva'cate. v.a. [twto, Latin.] To 
 empty out ; to throw out. 
 
 Dry air opens the furfacc of the earth to difm- 
 carcerate venene bodies, or to evacate them. 
 
 Harvey in the I'la^ue. 
 
 To EVA'CUATE. ■!'. «. [cvacuo, Lat.] 
 I. To make empty ; to clear. 
 
 There is no good way of prevention but by 
 evacuating clean, and emptying the chinch. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 We tried how far the air would manifeft its 
 
 gravity in fo thin a medium, as we could make 
 
 in our receiver, by rvamattug it. hovh- 
 
 2. To throw out as noxious, or offenfive. I 
 
 3. To void by any of the excretory paf- 
 
 fage.s. 
 
 Bocrhaave gives an inftancc of a patient, who 
 by a long ufe of whey and water, and garden 
 fruits, fx)ar./rtr,-,ya great quantity of black matter, 
 and recovered his fenfes. yhlutr^ot. 
 
 4. To make void ; to evacate ; to nulh.y ; 
 to annul. 
 
 Tiie defea, though it would not .vacuole a 
 marriage, after cohabitation and aaeial conlum- 
 mation; yet it was enough to make vf id a con- 
 „,,^ Baco'i'i Henry VI 1. 
 
 If the prophecies recorded of the Melhah are 
 
 EVA 
 
 to know wlien a prophecy is fulfilled, and when 
 notj in any tking or perfon whatfoever, which 
 would utterly evacuate the ufe of them South. 
 5. To quit; to withdraw from out of a 
 place. 
 
 As this neutrality was never obferved by the 
 cmpcrour, fo he never cffci5lualiy evacuate.! 
 Catalonia. Swift. 
 
 Eva'cuant. n. f. [evacuans, Latin.] 
 Medicine that procures evacuation by 
 any pafiage. 
 
 EvACU a'tion. n. f. [from evactitjie.] 
 
 1. Such cmiffions a.s leave a vacancy ; dif- 
 charge. 
 
 Confider t!ie vaft evacuations of men that 
 England hath had by alfilfances lent to foreign 
 kiiigdo-ns. Hale's Origin of Mankind. 
 
 2. Abolition ; nullification. 
 
 Popciy ha;h not been able to re-eftabli(h itlVlf 
 in any pl.icc, after pro\ilion made againft ir, liy 
 utt'.r e-iu.cuatio't of all Roniilh ceremunies. Hooker. 
 
 3. The pra&ice of emptying the body by 
 phyfick. 
 
 Tne ufual pra£ficc of phyfick imong us, turns 
 in a manner wholly upyfl. evacuation, cither by- 
 bleeding, vomit, or luirie purgation. Temple. 
 
 4. Difcharges of ^e body by any vent 
 n.itural or ailificjal. 
 
 To EVA'DE. iC^- [cvach, Latin.] 
 
 1. To elude ; to efcapfr by artifice or llra- 
 tagem. iSk^ 
 
 In this point charge him hon^ that he alTcflt 
 Tyrannick power : if he evaJi u^thcre, 
 Inforce him with his envy to t re pcijylc. Shakfp, 
 
 If thou covet deatn, as utmoft eijd 
 Of mifery, fo thinking to c-vaJe ^ 
 The penalty pronounc'd, doubt nit but God 
 Hath wifclicr arm'd his vengeful ill)f.than fo 
 To be foreftall'd. Milton's Farueiife l.oft. 
 
 He might evade the accomplilhment of thefe 
 alfiiflions he now gradually cndureth. Bn-an, 
 
 2. To avoid; to decline by fubterfuge. 
 
 Our qiicftion thou c.iad'jl ; how did'H thou dare 
 To break hell bounds? ^ Dryden. 
 
 3. To efcape or eltide by fophlilry. 
 
 My argument evidently overthrows all that he 
 brings to ei'ade the telfimonics of the fathers. 
 
 Stilling Heel. 
 
 ±. To efcape as imperceptible or uncon- 
 querable, as too great or too fubtle to 
 be fclzed or fubdued. 
 
 We have feen how a contingent even ball 
 man's knowledge and evades his power. JitfUh. 
 
 To Eva'de. v. n. ^--' 
 
 1. To efcape; to flip a\y ay. fit is not 
 now ufed with /rcim.f 
 
 His wifdom, by ohc^'~evading from perils, 
 was turned rather into a dexterity to deliver him- 
 felt from dangers, than iilto a providence to 
 pievent. l^acon's Hemy vll. 
 
 Unarmed th^ might 
 Have eafily, as fpirits, evaded fwift 
 By quick contraijjun, or remove Milton. 
 
 2. To praclife fophiftry or evafions. 
 The minillers of God are no: to eitade or take 
 
 refuire in any of thefe two forenientioned ways. 
 " ^ ' South. 
 
 Evaga'tion. II. f. [ftiji^ij;-, Latin.] The 
 aft of wandering ; excniiion ; ramble; 
 
 deviation. 
 
 1^ chains of lofty mountains, which 
 
 not fu, filled in Jcfusof Nazau-th, it 
 14 
 
 impotublc 
 
 Jghcfe lonr; chains of lofty mountains, which 
 
 *t> through whole continents cart and weft, fcrve 
 
 So flop the e'..rig<iiion of the vapours to the north 
 
 "and fouTh in hot countries. Ray. 
 
 Evanf.'scent. adj. [cvaiiefcens, Latin.] 
 
 Vanimlnjc; imperceptible; lefTenlng 
 
 beyond the perception of the fenfes. 
 
 The caiia! grows Hill fmaller and flenricrcr, fo 
 as tha the evanrfcent folid and Huid will fcarcc 
 fliifer. yHutlmot.
 
 EVA 
 
 The difference between right anH wionj, on 
 fonic petty cafes, is almoft eviwfcmt, 
 
 "»'■'/•'•" 
 The downy orchard, and the melting pul^i 
 • Of mellow fruii, the nainelefs natibni t'ccd 
 Of evantfcrnl infcdls. 'Pii'nfon'i Sfri'ia-, 
 
 Evange'lical. aJJ. [^evan^cHqut, V\. 
 
 evan^elicus, Latin.] 
 
 I. Agreeable to gofpcl ; confoiiant to tlit- 
 
 chrillian law revealed in the Imly gotpel. 
 
 Thii diitiiiiftion between mural goothicfs and 
 
 ei'angilicil pctftcliun, ought to- have been ob- 
 
 fcrv'cd. yhhuthifit. 
 
 God will indeed judge the world in rigiitcuuf- 
 
 ncfs ; but 'tis by an cvjngcHcnl, nor a legal 
 
 riglitcoufnefs, and by liic intervcntinn of the inan 
 
 Chrili Jcfus, who is tiic Saviour as well as the 
 
 Judijc of the woiUi. Altcibury 
 
 t. Contained in the gofpel. 
 
 Thofc rJMfigelical hymus they allow not to 
 
 fland in our liturgy. Hccier. 
 
 Eva'ngelisM. n. f. [from evaiigely.] 
 
 The promulgation of the blefled gofpei. 
 
 Thus was this land favcd from intidelity, 
 
 through the apoftolical and miraculous eViifigtlifm. 
 
 Bucon^s New --ItLintn. 
 
 Eva'nGELIST. n.f. [ii/jcyyiA®-.] 
 
 I, A writer of the Jiiftory of our Lord 
 Jefus. 
 
 Each of thefc early writers afcribe to the four 
 eviingelijlt by name their rel^e^ivc hillorics. 
 
 MJifon. 
 
 t, A promulgator of the chriflian laws. 
 
 Thofe to whom he firrt entrufted the promid- 
 
 gating of the gofpcl, had inftrucflions; and it 
 
 were fit our new e-vangelijii Ihould (how their 
 
 authority. Decay of Piety. 
 
 To Eva'ngf.lize, v. a. {evangelixo, 
 Latin; stjccyyiK.^t^.^ To inftrudl in the 
 gofpel, or law of Jefus. 
 
 The fpirit 
 ■Pbur'd firrt on his apolUes, whom he fends 
 T' tira'ige/ize the nations : then on all 
 Baptiz'd, fliall them svith wond'rous gifts endue. 
 
 Miiten. 
 
 EVA'NGELY. «. /. [hxyyiT^toy, that 
 is, good tidings.] Good tidings ; the 
 meffage of pardon and falvation ; the 
 holy gofpel ; the gofpel of Jefus, 
 
 Good Lucius 
 That firft receivM chriltianity, 
 The facrcd pledge of Chilli's evunaely. 
 
 Tti'ny Queen. 
 
 jv'NrD. ai}j. [evati'iJiis, L,?iUa.] Faint; 
 WMk;., evanefcent. 
 
 Wiierc there is heat and lli'ength enough in tho 
 plant to make tlieTfti\es odorate, thcie the fmcli 
 of the flower is ratficr cr.v/i.l and weaker than 
 that of the leaves. B.i.:'.n. 
 
 The dccoiftionf of fimpies, which hear the 
 vifible colours of bodies dcc<->iftcd, are dead and 
 rvuniJ, without thc-commi.vtion of allirm, argol. 
 and the like. jire,ii'/i. 
 
 I put as great differyjce between our, new 
 lights and ancient truths, as'^etween the fun arid 
 an tfanii meteor. Gljiiviltr 
 
 Tci Eva'nish. f. a. [evane/ro, Latin.] 
 To vanilh ; to efcape froriijpotice or 
 perception. 
 
 Eva'porable. ae(/. [from evaporate."] 
 Eafilv diflipaled in fumes or vapours. 
 
 Such cordial powders as arc arom.itick, the.ir 
 virtue ties in parts that are of themfelves \o'latilr, 
 and c.rlily eT.jpaia'ue Git^t.- 
 
 7cEVA'PORATE. v.ti. [«.«/9ro,Lat.] 
 To fly away in vapours or fumes ; to 
 wafte infenfibly as a volatile fpirit. 
 
 Pocfy is of fo fubtrlc a fpirit, that in the pouring 
 out of one language into another it will all evnpo- 
 ratt. >.-• ,f' , Dir.ham. 
 
 Vol. L 
 
 EVy' 
 
 E U C 
 
 Our wor;k5 unhappily evaporated into words; 
 we Ihould liave talked lefs, and done mote. 
 
 Decay 0/ Piely. 
 
 Being weiry with attending the flow confump- 
 tion of the liquor, we fet it in a digcfting furnace 
 to ei'apprare more nimbly. Boyle. 
 
 This vapour f.illirrg upon joints which have not 
 hc.it cnoirgh rodifpel it, cannot be cured othcrwifc 
 than by burning, by wiiich it evapirafei. Temple. 
 
 The enemy t.ikvs a furer way to confurac m, 
 by letting our courage ri'.;/>!rj/-;agarnll ftones and 
 lubbilh. Stvifl. 
 
 To Eva'porate. 1'. a. 
 
 1. To drive away in fumes ; to difperfe 
 in vapours. 
 
 If we compute that prodigious mafs of water 
 daily thrown into the fea from all the rivers, wc 
 (litjuld then know how much is perpetually eva- 
 porate.!, and c.ift again trjion the continents to fup- 
 ply thofe innunierahlc flrc.ims. Bcnth^ 
 
 Convents .rbi'oad are fo many rctrents for the 
 fpcculative, the mclanci'.oly, the proud, the filent, 
 the politick, and the moi-ole, to fpend tlrcmfclvc!, 
 and tftiporate the noxious p.irticles. Sivift. 
 
 Wc pei-ceiveclcai'ly that fire will warm 01 burn 
 us, and will en'aporate water. fVatii^ LcgicL 
 
 2. To give vent to ; to let out in ebullition 
 or fallies. 
 
 My lord of Effex evaporated his thoughts in a 
 fonnet to be fung before the queen. ff'otton. 
 
 Evapor a'tion. ti. y. [{rom eva/iorale.] 
 
 1. The aft of flying away in fumes or 
 vapours ; vent ; difchaige. 
 
 They are but the fruits of adufted choler, and 
 the eirapofations of a vindi^ive fpirit. Howel. 
 
 Kvaporation^z\z at fonie times greater, accord- 
 ing to the greater heat of the fun; fo wherever they 
 alight again in rain, 'tis (uperior in quantity to the 
 rain of colder feafons. Woodiuaii. 
 
 2. The aft of attenuating matter, fo as to 
 make it fume away. 
 
 Thofe waters, by raicfarflion and evaporation^ 
 afcended. Rahigh. 
 
 3. [In pharmacy.] An operation by which 
 liquids are fpent or driven away in (learns, 
 fo as to leave fome part ftronger, or of 
 a higher conliflence than before. 
 
 Eva'sion. n.f. [eva/um, Latin.] Es- 
 cufe ; fubterfuge ; fophiftry ; artifice ; 
 artful means of eluding or efcaping. 
 
 We are too well acquainted with thofe anfwers; 
 But his evajionf wing'd thus fwift with fcorn. 
 Cannot oiitfly our appreheiifions. Saakfpcare. 
 
 Him, after all difputcs, 
 Forc'd I abfo'.vc : all my eva/rorfs vain. 
 And rcafonlngs, though through mazes, lead me 
 
 Hill 
 But to my own conviiflion. Milton. 
 
 [n vain thou tlriv'il tocovcr Oiamc witii Ihaine; 
 Thcu by evafions tfiy crinie uncovcr'it more. 
 
 , Mntoti. 
 Ev.\'siVE. ailj. [from evade.'] 
 
 1. Praftifing evafion ; eluilve. 
 
 Thus he, though conlciousof tb' etherial gueft, 
 AnfviTr'd «>a/;-u,' of tlie fly requeft., '1 Pope. 
 
 2. Containing an evafion ; fophiftical ; 
 difhoneftly artful. 
 
 Eva'sively. a'ih'. [from evafive.] By 
 evafion ; elnlivcly ; fophillically. 
 
 EU'CHARIST. n.f. '[i„vje^,r.ce.-[ Tie 
 act of giving thanks ; the faciamental 
 aft in which the death of our Rcd>.'emer 
 ib commemorated with a thankful re- 
 membrance ; the facrament of the Lord's 
 flipper. 
 
 Himfelf did better like of common bread to be 
 ufcd in the eiichariJI. Iho»r. 
 
 Some receive tlic facramcntas a means to pro- 
 cure great jjraces and blelTinjs, others as an eu- 
 
 E V E 
 
 clirljl and an office of tliankfgiving for what thef 
 have received. 'lazier. 
 
 Et;cnARl'sTrcAi,. at/j. [ixam enchari/l.] 
 
 1. Containing afts of thankfgiving. 
 
 The l,r;tcr part was eucharijlieul, which bcg.m 
 at the breaKing and blelfing of the bread 
 
 iiio-wn'i Vulgar BrrK/rj. 
 
 It would not be amifs to put it into the euc/ia- 
 rijliea' part of our duly ticvotions : we prrife 
 thcc, God, for our liinbs and feofcs. ^«v. 
 
 2. Relating to the facranient of the fup- 
 per of the Lord. 
 
 Euciio'LOGY.n. / [i'o;t'>'^"/» ■•] A formiN 
 lary of prayers. 
 
 Eu'cRASY. n.f. [lox^irta.] An agreeable 
 wtU proportioned mixture of qualities, 
 whereby a body is faid to be in a good 
 (late of health. ^incy. 
 
 Eve. ) 11. f. [sepen, Saxon ; avsnd, >ji 
 
 E'v EN.) avoml, Dutch. ] 
 
 1. The clofe of the day ; the latter part 
 of the day ; the interval between bright 
 light and darknefs. 
 
 They, like fo many Alexanders, 
 Hiivc ill ihefe parts fionr. inorn 'till exei fought. 
 And rtie.ath'd their fwords for lack of argutftcnt. 
 
 Skakjpeare, 
 When the fun's orb both even and mora is 
 bright, 
 Then let no fear of florms thy mind affiighr. 
 
 A [ay's Virgit. 
 
 Such fights as youthful poets dream 
 On lummer n-fs by iiaunted ftrcam. Milton. 
 
 O, nightingale, that on yon bloomy flray 
 Waiblcft at eve, when all the woods are ftill. 
 
 Millei. 
 
 Th' unerring fun by certain figns declares, 
 What the late c.i'n, or early morn prepares. 
 
 DrydeTt*i Virgit. 
 
 Winter, oft at eve, refumcs the breeze, 
 Ciiilis the pale morn. Ti:ctnfof:'s Spring, 
 
 2. The vigil or fad to be obferved before 
 a holyday. In thisfenfe only eve is ufcd, 
 not even. 
 
 Let the immediate preceding day be kept as 
 the eve to this great fcalt. Duppa, 
 
 E'vEN. adj. [epen, Saxon ; even, Dutch ; 
 itquus, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Level ; not rugged ; not unequal j 
 fmooth as oppofed to rough. 
 
 To fee a bcgg.ir's br-at in riches flow, 
 Adds not a wrinkle to my eiien bi-ow. Dtyden, 
 
 The prcfent face of Rome is much mor* even 
 and level than it was formerly, --iadifonon hay. 
 
 The fuperficics of fuch plates are not cven,':hui f 
 have many cavities and fwellrngs, which, now / 
 fliallow fo ever, do a little vary the thickness of ^ 
 the plarc. _ Ne'.titon'i Optichs. 
 
 2. Uniform ; equal to itfelf. 
 
 Lay the rough paths of pecs ill) nature n'n. 
 And open in cacii heart, a little huav'n. Prior, 
 
 3. Level with ; parallel to. ^' 
 
 That tlie ivet may be even to the inidft of rfhe 
 
 ^it.ir. Exodui. 
 
 \\\A lh,dl lay thee even with the gioilGd.. Lule. 
 
 4. Not having inclination any way; nor 
 leaning to any fide. 
 
 He was 
 A noble (crvant to them; bur he could not 
 Carry his honours even. Sjfdfj'peare's Coriilanus, 
 
 5. Not having any pai^ higher or lower 
 than the other. .' 
 
 When .Alexander demanded of one what was 
 the tittclV feat of his empire, he laid a dry hide 
 bc/'oie him, and defiicd him to fetliis foot on one 
 fide thereof; which Irciiig done, ail the other parts 
 of the hide did rife up; but when he did fet his 
 foot in the middle, all the other parts lay flat and 
 ft-vn.i Davies. 
 
 6. Equal on both fides ; fair ; not favour- 
 ing either. 
 
 IV...,,, ^o 
 
 j 
 
 I
 
 EVE 
 
 Upheld by me, yet once more he (hall (land 
 On fwi ground sg.iinrt his morlal foe. Mi.'lon- 
 
 7. Without any thing owed, either good 
 or ill ; out of debt. 
 
 We reckon with your fevcral loves. 
 And mnke us even with you ; ,, > 1 
 
 Henceforth be carls. Sha'-fyfire's M.<c^,fth. 
 
 I will be<-7..-« with thee, doubt it not. Sli,il:fp 
 I do confers 
 Ths Mind lad's pow'r, while he inhahits_thcie; 
 But I'll he rr'.-J with him ncvcrthelefs. Siickliiig 
 
 In taking revenge, a nun is but evci with his 
 enemy; but in paffing it over, he is fupenoK _ 
 ' B.icon'i Ejjt.yu 
 
 Even reckoning makes hiding friends : and ihe 
 W.1V ro make reckonings cuin is to make them 
 
 r.' South 
 
 often. , 1 
 
 The publick is always men with an author wbo 
 has not a juft deference for them : the contempt 
 is reciprocal. ^ . ^J-'-^'fe"- 
 
 The true reafon of this flrange doarine was to 
 be cjen with the magillrate, who was againft 
 them ; and they refolvcd at any late to be aganift 
 
 him. A:tc,l„:ry. 
 
 8. Calm ; not ftibjea to elevation or de- 
 prefTion ; not uncertain. 
 
 Dclires compci'd, aft'eiftions ever ev'n, 
 Tears that delight, and fighs that waft to heav'n. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 9. Capable to be divided into equal parts j 
 
 not odd. 
 
 Lei him tell me whether the number of the 
 flars he even or odd. 'f.n'hr's Kule of Living Uo'y. 
 
 What verity there is in that numeral conceit in 
 the lateral diviTion of man by men and odd, af- 
 cribing the odd unto the right fide, and eTcn unto 
 the left. Bniun'i Vulgar Ermun. 
 
 To E'vEN. V. a. ^fvom the noun.j 
 
 1. To make even. 
 
 2. To make out of debt ; to put in a ftate 
 in which either good or ill is fully repaid. 
 
 Nothing can, or fhall content my foul, 
 Till I am c-iiencd with him wife for wife. Shakf. 
 
 3. To level ; to make level. 
 
 Tliis temple Xerxes eww./ with the foil, which 
 
 Alexander is faid to have repaired. Ruleigk. 
 
 Beat, roll, and mow carpet-walks and cammo- 
 
 Hiile ; for now the ground is fupple, and it will 
 
 men all inequ-rlities. Evelyn 
 
 To E'vEN. V. n. To be equal to. Now dlf- 
 
 ufed. 
 
 A like flr.ingc obfervation triketh place here as 
 at Stonehenge, that a redoubled numbering never 
 rt/f/iez-A with the firft. Ca-w 
 
 E'vEN. a.'Iv. [often contra61ed to cv'n.] 
 J. A wci.i of ftrong aflfeition ; verily. 
 Even fo did thofe Gauls poffefs the coafts. 
 
 Spenfer*s Ireland. 
 Thou waft a foldier 
 Even to Cato's wiih ; i>ut fierce and terrible _ 
 Only in llrokcs. Shakfpeare's Macheth. 
 
 "• D.ing'rous rocks. 
 
 Which, toaching but my gentle veird's fide, 
 Wjuld Ic.uier all ihc fpic^s on the Iheani, 
 And, in a word, yea even now worth this, 
 And now worth nolhing. Shaifpiarc. 
 
 It is not much that the good man ventures ; 
 iftiT this life, if there be no Go.', he is as wnl as 
 the b..d; but 11 there Lc a God, is i -finitely belter, 
 rven as tr.uch as unipcakable and etemal happi- 
 nets is better than exueiiie and eiidlefs milery. 
 
 ' Ti lie I [on. 
 
 He might rofwas well have employed his time, 
 as fome princej htivc done, in catching mules. 
 
 ^^tterhury 
 
 3. Notwithftanding; though it was fo that- 
 
 All I ran f;iy for thole j. 'iT ge, is, that t knew 
 Ihey were bad enough to \ leafe even when I wrot • 
 them. -Oy'"' 
 
 ■t. Likewife ; not only fo, but alio. 
 
 Tiip motions of all the lights of heaven might 
 afford meafures of time, if wc ouki number 
 them; but moft of thofc motions aie not evident, 
 
 EVE 
 
 and the great lights arc fufficienl, and fxrve alfo fo 
 
 mcafurc evtn the motions of thofc others. Holder. 
 
 Here all their rage, and ev'n their murmurs 
 
 ceafc. 
 
 And facred filence reigns, and univerfal peace. 
 
 Poj,e. 
 
 4. So much as. 
 Books give the fame turn to our thoughts 
 
 t'.iat company does to our cjnvcifation, without 
 loading our memories, or making us .xtvj fcnhhle 
 of the change. S:v./t. 
 
 5. A word of exaggeration in which a 
 fccret comparifon is implied : as, eivn 
 the great, that is, ths great like the mean. 
 
 Norde.ith itielf can wholly walh your flaip.s. 
 But long contiafted hlth e-^n in the foul rem.iins. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 I have made feveral difcoveries which appear 
 new, even to thofe who are vcrfed in crnicdl 
 learning. .^Idiifon's SpeBator. 
 
 6. A term of concelfion. 
 Since you refined the notion, and coricifled tlie 
 
 malignity, I fti.Ul e'en let it pafs. Collier. 
 
 Evenha'nded. adj. [even and heiiuJ.] 
 Impartial; equitable. 
 
 Evenhanded juflicc 
 Returns th' ingredients of our poifon'd chalice 
 To our own lips. Shakjpearc'i M.icbeih. 
 
 Evening, n. f. [spen, Saxon ; avend, 
 Dutch.] The clofe of the day ; the 
 beginning of night. 
 
 I (hall fall 
 Like a bright exhalaiion in the evening, 
 And no man fee me more. Sl:akfpenre. 
 
 The devil is now more laborious than ever, the 
 long day of mankind drawing towards an evening, 
 and the world's tragedy and time near at an end. 
 Raleiglt'i IfrJlofV. 
 M< an time the fun dcfccnded from the Ikies, 
 And tlie bright evening itar began to rife. 
 
 Dryden's ^nc'.d. 
 
 It was the facred rule among the Pythagoreans, 
 
 that th.ey (hould every evening thrice run over 
 
 the actions and affairs of the d.ay. IValti. 
 
 E'vENLY. ad-u. [from fTcn.] 
 
 1. Equally ; uniformly ; in an equipoife. 
 In an infinite chaos nothing could be formed; 
 
 no particles could convene by mutual attraiflion ; 
 for every one there mull have infinite matter 
 around it, and therefore muft reft for ever, being 
 evenly balanced between infinite attra,itions. 
 
 Bcntley 
 
 2. Levclly ; without afperities. 
 
 A pahfh clearnefs, evenly and Imoothly fprcad ; 
 nor ovcrtliin and wafhy, but of a pretty folid 
 confiftmce. IVotton. 
 
 3. Without inclination to either fide ; in 
 a polluie parallel to the horizon ; hori- 
 
 zo itallv. 
 
 The Uj'per face of the fea is known to be level 
 by nature, and ei-vJi/y < iftant fr^m the centre, an<< 
 waxes deeper and deeper the farther one failetli 
 from the (hoie. Brerewnod. 
 
 4. Impartially ; without favour or enmity. 
 You ferve a great and gracious maftd , and 
 
 there is a molh hopeful yceng prince: it behjves 
 you to carry yourfelf wifely anti evenly between 
 them both, Ba.on'i .■Idviec to Filliers. 
 
 E'vENNtss. n. f. [bom eveii.y 
 
 1. State of being even. 
 
 2. Uniformity ; regularity. 
 The cti.cr moll leadily yieldeth to the revolu- 
 tions of the cclcllial bodies, and the making 
 them with tialevennefs and celerity is rcquifite in 
 them all. Greiv's Cofmologia Saera. 
 
 3. Equality of furface ; levelnefs. 
 
 4. Fi etdom from inclination toeilher fide ; 
 horizontal pofition. 
 
 A crooked liick is not iltaitncd, unlcfs it be 
 bent as far on the clear contiary fide, th.it fo it 
 may fettle itfclf at the length in a middle (late 
 of evenneji between both. Booker. 
 
 5. Impartiality ; equal refpefl. 
 
 EVE 
 
 6. Calmnefs; freedcrr. from perturbation ; 
 
 equanimity. 
 
 Though he appeared to rclifh thefe blclTings as 
 
 much as any man, yet he bore the iofs of them^ 
 
 when it happened, with great eorapofure and 
 
 evenneji of mind. .-ttlerl/uty. 
 
 E'vENsoNG. «. f, [even znAfong.'\ 
 
 1 . Theform of worlhip ufed in the evening. 
 Thee, 'chantrefs of the woods among, 
 
 I woo to hear thy eveijong. Milton, 
 
 If a man weic but of a day's life, it is welt 
 
 if he lart 'till ev^ufang, and then f.iys his compline 
 
 A\^ hour before the time. Taylor, 
 
 2. The evening ; the clofe of the day. 
 He tun'd his notes both evetifong and morn. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Eventide, n. f. [even 3.nd tide, "l The 
 time of evening. 
 
 A (warm of gnats at eventide, 
 Out of rhe fens of All.ul do ai'ife, 
 Their mui muring fniali truir.pets founding .wide. 
 
 Fairy Queen, 
 Ifaac went out to meditate at the e^'eniide. 
 
 Gen:/,!. 
 
 EVE'NT. n. f. [evet:tin, Latin.] 
 
 1. An incident ; any,., thing that liappens 
 good 01 bad. 
 
 There is one cvetS to the righteous and to tlie- 
 wicked. Eeeles, 
 
 Oh heavy tigies, begetting fuch ei^ent^! 
 
 ^v-- Ska'jy.-are's hlemy VI* 
 
 2. The confequence of an aftlon; the 
 conclufion ; the upfliot. 
 
 Two fpcars from Mele.iger^shand were fcnr, 
 With equal force hut various in th' event; 
 Tl'.e trrft was hx'd in earth, the lecoiid flood 
 On the hoar's briflled back, an<^ "deeply drank 
 his blood. J' Dryden. 
 
 To EVENTERATE. V. a. [<*ifn/^rff, Lat.] 
 To rip up ; to open by ripping the belly. 
 In .1 bear, which the hunters ev^iteraiedy or. 
 opened, \ beheld the young ones, with atTMieii- 
 parts ciiftinift. B^own. 
 
 Eventful, exdj. [eiient and fuU.'\ FulJ.^ 
 of incidents ; full of changes of fortune. 
 
 Laft fcene of all, 
 That ends this ftiange event f.il hiftory, 
 Is fccond childifhnefs. Hhakjp. .-^^ y:.u like it.. 
 
 To Eve'ntilate. v- n. [fTY«/i/o, Latin.] 
 
 1. To winnow ; to fift out. 
 
 2. To examine ; to difcufs, Diil^ 
 Eve'ntual. adj. [from evetit."^ Hap- 
 pening in confequence of any thimj ^ii ^* 
 conftquential. ^■ 
 
 Eve'ntually. adv. [from c^ntval.'^ In. 
 the event ; in thecal! refult ; in the. 
 confequence. w, 
 
 Herniione has but intentionally, not evinluaily,. 
 difobliged you ; and hath m.ade your flame a.. 
 better leturn, by reftoring you your own heart. 
 
 ^. Boyle' < Sera^hick Eo^'Ci 
 
 E'ver. adv. [xpjiei Saxon.] 
 1. At any time. 
 
 Men know by this time, if ever they will know,, 
 whether it be good or evil which liath been fo 
 long retained. Hooker. 
 
 If t>TUU haft that, which I have greater icafon 
 to belreve now than ever, I mean valour, this 
 might (hew it. Shakfpetire, 
 
 You f< rve a mafter who is as free fteim the 
 envy of friends, as ever any king was.. Bacon, 
 
 So few tranflations deferve praife, that I fcarce 
 j &ver faw any which defcrved pardon. Denham, 
 
 The molt Icnfual man that ever was in the 
 world never felt fo delicious a pleaCure as a clear 
 conlVicnce. Tilhtfon. 
 
 Ey repeating any idea- of any length of time, 
 as of a minute, a year, or an age, as often as 
 we will in our own thoughts, and adding them to. 
 one another, without ever coming to the end of 
 I'uch addition, wc come by the idea of eternity.
 
 EVE 
 
 2. At all times; always; without end. 
 
 God h:itli iiid ivti, and mer Ihall liavc, fame 
 
 church vifibk" upon the earth. Ikoi-.r 
 
 I fee things may feivc lone, but not (cue 
 
 „.fr, Sh,.'.J),c«it. 
 
 Riches cndlcfs is as poor as winter, 
 To him that cvtr fears he (hail be pool. 
 
 S^iikfp are'i Olhrlto 
 
 Blinded greatncfs, exier in turmoil, 
 Still Icekiiig happy hfc, makes liie a toil. Danitl. 
 
 There under ebon Ihadcs, and low-brow'd 
 rocics, \ 
 
 In dark Ci.nnu'rian rjcfart M'.-r dwell. Millon. 
 
 The inclin.itions of the people mull n'rr li.ivc 
 a great influence. Tcmih. 
 
 He (hall trer love, and always be 
 The fuhjeft of ray fcorn and cruelty. Drydin. 
 
 Mankind is evn the fame, and nothing lull 
 out of nature, though evci7 thing is aluicd. 
 
 Ihydctd i'Mii, Vrif. 
 
 E~jcr fincc that lime Lifaiidct has teen at the 
 i-.ouie. Tui!. . . 
 
 Immortal A'ida ! on whofc honour'd brow 
 The poet's bays and criiick's ivy grow, 
 Cremona now ih.ill <T.-r boalt thy name, 
 A5 i.ext in plhcc to Manlua, ncxtinfamc. rtpe. 
 
 3. Far ever. Eternally ; to perpetuity. 
 
 Mvn are like a cotnpany of puor inlrcls, 
 wticiiof fome are bees, Vklightid. with Howcis 
 «nd their fweetnelsj utcers beetles, delighted 
 with other kinds of vian^^ which, having en- 
 joyed for a feafon, thCy ctSIc to be, and exill 
 no niorcyor' ever. Locke 
 
 We'll to the tcj(ple: thereyou'll find yourfon; 
 And there b^.tffmvn'd, or give him up^'or rtr'. 
 
 4. It is fometimes reduplicated. 
 
 Vor tver^zrAjor frc-r, farewell Cailius. S':ttt'. 
 
 Iknowaljid, who v.ilucs no Icale, tliOUk^h 
 
 for a thouf«id years, nur any ellate that is not 
 
 ftr mer-atfierrr. Tcrrji/e. 
 
 X]^p^Ktting points the fatal lock diflcvir 
 JPfbm the fail head yijr €vcr i\\6 for ever. Pope, 
 
 V 5. At one time, as ever and anon : that is, 
 •4 at one time and another ; now and then. 
 So long as Guyon with iier communed, 
 Unto the ground flic c:iit her modelr eye ; 
 And ever and anon, with rofy red, 
 The balhful blood her fnowy cheeks did dye. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 The fat ones would be ever and anon making 
 
 fport with the lean, and'caUing them llarveliiiijs. 
 
 L'EjIraiige. 
 He lay ftretch'd along, 
 -^ -— ^ .And et*r and anon a filent tear 
 
 b.i..e down ajid trickled from his hoary beard. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 6. In any degree. 
 
 Let no man icifcthat harmful creature cjfr 
 the lefs, becauCe he Ices the apoftle fafe from 
 that poifon. , Hail. 
 
 For a mine undii'covcred, neither the owner of 
 the ground or any body elfc are jrcr tiie richer. 
 
 Colliir in Pride. 
 
 It fuffices to the ilnity of any idea, that it be 
 confidcied as one reprerent.iti<jn or picture, though 
 made up of fw I'o many particuhirs. Lrjcic. 
 There muft be fomcwheie fuch a r.ink as man : 
 And all the queftion, wrangle eV fo long, 
 Is only this, if God has plac'd li!k wrong ? 
 
 "^/'--■'' 'T/A!>i- 
 T. A word of enforcentent, or aggravation. 
 jiis foon as t\t\- he had lime it; that is, 
 immediately after he had done it. In 
 this fenfe it is fcarcely ufed but in fami- 
 liar language. 
 That ever this fellow (hoiild have fewer words 
 • than a parrot, and yet the fon of a woman. 
 S'iiiij'fcait'*i Ihnry vi. 
 They brake all their bones in pieces, or ever 
 Jl'.ey c.mic at the bottom of the den. Vj':iei. 
 That purfe in your hand, has a twin-brolhcr, 
 '.i.it like him »s ^ver he can look. Dryden. 
 
 E V E 
 
 As foon .15 e'er the bird is dead, 
 Opening again, he l.iys his claim 
 To half tlie proht, half the fame. Piior, 
 
 The title (if duke had been funk in the family 
 rrvr fincc the attainder of the great duke ol 
 Suffolk. Addijw t,a Ilii'y. 
 
 8. EvEfv a. [as every, that is, evijp ich 
 or ever each is each one, all.] Any. 
 This woid Is liiU retained in the Scottiih 
 dialccl. 
 
 I am old, I am old. 
 — I love thee better than I love e'er a fcurvy 
 young b»yof them all. S/ud/jieare. 
 
 9. It is otleii coiitiafled Into e'er. 
 
 10. It is much uftd in coinpolkion in the 
 feiile of always : as, ev.;rgreen, green 
 throijgliout the year ; evtrelurin^^, endur- 
 ing without end. It is added almoft 
 arbitrarily to neutral participli-i and ad- 
 jectives, and will be fuiliciently explained 
 by the following inllances : 
 
 E V E 1, c u'b B L I N « . ae(/. [ever and lubiling.'] 
 Boiling up with perpetual murmurs. 
 
 Panting murmurs, llill'd out of her bicai>, 
 Th.al n^ei ifubl'li rti^ fp'ing. Crnjhaix'. 
 
 Ever I) u'u KING. adj. \evcr ■&vA burning .^ 
 Unextinguiflied. 
 
 His tail was llrctchcd out in wond'rous kngili, 
 That to the hovtfe of heavenly gods it raughi; 
 
 And withcx'.ortcd power and Lorrow'drtrcngtii, 
 The everburning lamps from thence it biought. 
 
 Hfenjcr. 
 Torture without end 
 Still urges, and a liciy deluge, fed 
 \\'ilh ei'obuttiin^ fulphur unconlum'd. Milton. 
 Everdu'ring. adj. \_ever and during.] 
 Eternal ; enduring without end. 
 
 Our fouls, piercing through tlie impurity of 
 fielh, behold the higlicll h;:avcn3, and thence 
 bring knowledge to contemplate the evei during 
 glory and termlefs joy. Raleigh. 
 
 Heav'n open'd wide 
 Her cvcrduring gates, liarmonious found! 
 On golden hinges moving. Milton. 
 
 Eve RGR e'en. «^'. [ei-enni green.] Ver- 
 dant throughout the year. 
 
 Tl-.eie will I build him 
 A monument, and plant it rourd with fhade 
 Of laurel, rucrgreertj and branching palm. 
 
 Mtlton. 
 
 The juice, when in greater plenty than can be 
 
 exhaled by the fun, renders the plant evergreen. 
 
 .^Iruulktio! on .-i.'itnenti. 
 
 E'vERGREEN. «. / A plant that retains 
 its verdure through all the feafons. 
 
 Some of the hardiell evsigreen^ may be tranf- 
 planted, efpecially if the weather be moift and 
 temperate. Evelyn. 
 
 I find you are againft filling .in Engliih garden 
 with cvirgreem. A±i!fon'i Speflat'.r. 
 
 Everho'noured. adj. [ever znd honour- 
 ed.] Always held in iionom-or eitecni. 
 
 Mmtes, M\ e'verlionoiir'd u3mc, of old 
 High in UlylTes' focial liil enr "li'd. Pope. 
 
 EvEKL.i'sTlNG. adj. [ever cinA lajling .] 
 
 1. Lalling or enduiiiig without end; per- 
 petual; immortal; eternal. 
 
 Whether we Ihnll meet again, I know not; 
 Therefore our everlajiing farewell take : 
 For ever, and for ever, farewell Calfius. ShuhJ. 
 
 The ev€tl.ij:i!!g life, b.,th of body ;nd fou', 
 in th.it future llate, whether in blifs or woe, hath 
 been aadcd. Hammond. 
 
 And what a trifle is a mom.-nt's breath. 
 Laid in a fcale with evetlnfiing de.iih ! Detham. 
 
 2. It is ufed of pall as well as future eter- 
 nity, though not fo properly. 
 
 Everla'stimo. 71. J'. Eternity; eternal 
 duration whether paftor future. 
 From ivniajiin.^ to e-Jc lajli-ig tb-.'j art God. 
 
 Pfahr.i. 
 
 E V E 
 
 We are in God through the knowlcdje »hlt)( 
 
 is had of us, and the lovt which is born toward* 
 
 us, from cverlajiiug. Hooter. 
 
 EvERi..\'sTiNGLr. adv. [(mm ever/q/l- 
 
 ing.] Eternally ; without cik). 
 
 I'll hate him evertjJUngfyf 
 That bids me be ofcomfoitany more. Sfinlfp. 
 
 Many haie made themfelves evcrlajlingly ridi- 
 culous. Sivift. 
 Ever i.a'stingnesjI. n. f. [hom ever- 
 l"Jling.'\ Eternity ; perpetuity ; an in- 
 delinitc duration. 
 
 No'hing could make nie fooner to confefs. 
 That thii world had an n^etlajlingnejif 
 Than to confidcr that a year is run 
 Since both this lower world's and the fun's fun 
 Did let. Donne. 
 
 EvERi.i'viNG. adj. [etier and living.] 
 Living without end ; immortal ; eternalj 
 inceflant. 
 
 Is not from hence the way, that le.<deth right 
 To that moll glorious houfe, thatglift'reth bright 
 Witii burning liars and ever/ivjng tires ? F. C^ueen. 
 
 In that he is man, he received life from the 
 Father, as from the fountain of that everliving 
 Dii y. Honker. 
 
 Gjd's juftice in the one, and his goodnefsin the 
 other, is cuercil'ec for evermoie, as the evei/iving 
 fubjtfts of nis lewajd and punilhment. Rateigk. 
 
 The inftinft of brutes and infers can be the 
 effei9 of nothing clle than the wifdom and (kill of 
 a powerful eTeriii'ing agent. Nevjton. 
 
 EvERMo'uE. adv. [ever 3.^(3. more .] Al- 
 ways ; eternally. M>3re feems an exple- 
 tive accidentally added, unlefs it figni- 
 fied originally from this time : as, ever- 
 more, always, henceforward ; but this 
 fenfe has not been ftriclly preferved. 
 
 It govcrn'd was, and guided evermore. 
 Through wifdum of a matron grave and hoare. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 Sparks by nature ei*ermore afpire. 
 Which raaiies them now to fuch a highncfs flee. 
 
 Daz'ies, 
 
 Religion prefers thofepleafuies which flow fronv 
 
 the prcfence of God for evermore, infinitely before 
 
 the trjiifitory pleafurcs of this world. Tiihtfc*. 
 
 EvERo'pEN. adj. [ever zni open.'] Never 
 clofed ; not at any time (hut. 
 
 God is the great eye of the world, always 
 watching ovei our ailions, and has an ever, 
 offn ear to all our words. Taylor. 
 
 Everple'asing. adj. [ever and fleq/ing.] 
 Delighting at all times ; never ceafing 
 to give plcafure. 
 
 The evcrpltafmg Pamela was content to urge > 
 little fartlier for me. Si.lney. 
 
 Foi faking Siberia's everpleajing (hore, 
 The winds to Marathon the virgin bore. Pope. 
 To Ev e'rse. V. a. [everfus, Latin.] To 
 overthrow j to fubvert ; to dellroy. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 The foundation yef this principle is totally 
 eve! fed by the ingenious commentator-opon im- 
 material beings. * , Glanrille. 
 To Eve'kt. v. a. [everlo, Ltain.] To 
 deftroy ; to overthrow. 
 
 A procefs is valid, if the jurifdiaion of tire 
 judge is not yet e-verled and overtJirown. .^iyliffe. 
 
 Ev erwa'tc HFU L. adj.^[ever and rji^atch- 
 fuL] Always vigilanti 
 
 Plac'd at the helm he I'.-*, and mark'd the (ties, 
 
 Nor clos'd in fiecp his rutrwateltfut eyes. Pope. 
 
 E'vEUY. adj. [la old language everich, 
 
 that is ever each; jepep ealc, Saxon.] 
 I . Each one of all. Every has therefore 
 no plural fignification. 
 
 He propofeth unto God their neceff.ties, and 
 they thcit own rcquefts for relief in every of them. 
 
 }hol,r. 
 402
 
 E V I 
 
 All the coiijicgjtion arc holy, evuv one of 
 them. N::mbcru 
 
 The king m ule this ordinnncc, that ciny twelve 
 years there Ihould be let forth two Ihips. Bncon. 
 
 The virtue .mi force of ruery o( thefc three is 
 (hrcvitUy allayed. Hiim»:fn.i'i Vund'mtntali. 
 
 Atirtotlc has long finec ohfervcd, iiow uiirca- 
 fonable it is to-expedl the l,\n)e kind oi proof for 
 tvcry thin!;, wiiich w; have for lomc tilings. 
 
 ^ " VIktf-.n. 
 
 . - Ewryont, that has an idea of a foot, finds that 
 he ean'rcpeat that idea, and, joining it to the 
 former, make the idea of two feet. Lwkc. 
 
 From pole to pole tUr thunder roars .aloud, 
 Aiid broken lightnings flalh from cv'ry clond. 
 
 2. EvERY-WHERE, In all places ; in tacli 
 
 place. 
 
 The fiihftanc? of the body of Chrill «-as uot 
 tvcry-ii'hirc fccn, nor did it cvay^'-.uhrre fufter 
 death; every-iahere it could not be entombed; 
 it is nolcvcry-itihere now, being exalted into hea- 
 ven. ^'■'^'''"■ 
 
 If I fend my fon abroad, how is it poffihle to 
 keep him from vice, which is irocry--whcri fo in 
 fafliion ? ^''*'- 
 
 'Tis no- where to be found, ox every -lulme. 
 
 Popt. 
 
 E'vERYOUNG. ai^j. [ei'er and yottiig.] 
 Not ftibjca to old age, or decaying ; 
 undecaying. 
 
 Joys cueryauvg, unmix'd with pain or fear, 
 Fill the wide circle of th' eternal year. Pope. 
 
 E'VESDROPPER. n. f. \_ei'es z\u\ droliper.] 
 Some mean fellow that llculks abont a 
 houfe in the night to lillcn. 
 
 What makes you liftening there.' Get farther 
 cITj I preach not to thee, thou wicked mtptof- 
 Pff^ Dry.ieri's Spanijh Ftyer. 
 
 Do but think how becoming your funiition it is 
 to be difgnifed like a ll.ive, and an cvefdr-^pfer, 
 ■under the women's windows. DryJcn. 
 
 7"o Eve'stigate. -v. a. [evefl'igo,'L^\.\n.~\ 
 To fearchont. Dia. 
 
 EuGH. K. / [This word is fo written by 
 moil writers; bnt fince the original i(i, 
 Saxon, or W^lfl) yewii, more favours the 
 eafier orthography of yew, I have refer- 
 red it thither.] A tree. 
 
 At the firft llrctth of both his hands he drew, 
 
 And almnfl joined the hcins of the tough cugh. 
 
 Dryd n'i jUneUi. 
 
 W To EVrCT. V. a. \_evhco, Latin ] 
 
 1. To difpofTefb of by a judicial conrfe. 
 
 The law of England would fpcedily ovS them 
 
 cut of then poir.:ffion, and therefore they held it 
 
 the beft policy to call oft' the yoke of Englilh law. 
 
 Ditvi^s on Ireland. 
 
 3. To take away by a fentence of law. 
 
 His lands were cvi€ el Uom him. 
 
 K't'ig 7".;';ifi' De^hiration. 
 
 3. To prOTC ; to evince. Little ufcd. 
 
 This nervous Huid has never been difcovered in 
 live animals by the fenfes, however aflilled ; nor 
 its neciSlCty e^'icicd by any cogent experiment. 
 
 \ Cheyne'i I'hil. Priii. 
 
 T.vi'cTloN. n.f. [from iri'jV?.] 
 J . Difpoflinion or deprivation by a defini- 
 tive fentence of a court of judicature. 
 
 If any of the parties be l.nd allecp under pre- 
 tence of arbilremeiit, and tlic other party doth 
 cautioufly get the ftart M commnn law, yet the 
 ' prctorian court will let back all things, and no 
 rofpeft had to eTiiliw or difpoffef&on. Ba^O'i. 
 
 2. Froof; evidence; certain teftimony. 
 
 A plurality of voices carries the qutftion, in all 
 cur debates, 'but rather as an expedient for peace 
 than an fr/fi;on of the right. L' Kjtr.inge. 
 
 E'VIDENCE. n. /. [French.] 
 
 1. The ftate of being evident ; clearnefs ; 
 'indubitable; certainty; notoiiety, 
 
 2. Ttftimony ; proof. 
 
 E V 1 
 
 I liad delivered the evidence of the purchafe 
 unto Baruch. Jeremiah. 
 
 Unrcafonable it is to expeiS the fame kind of 
 proof and ^!.7i<ifn« for every thing which we have 
 for feme things. TiV.oiJon. 
 
 Cato major, who had borne all the great offices, 
 has left us an eiid'.nc, under his own hand, how 
 much he was verfcd in country ai?airs. Locke. 
 Tiiey bear evidence to a hiilovy in defence of 
 chrirtianity, the truth of which hiftory was their 
 motive to tmbrace clnilli.niity. jfdd:fon. 
 
 :;. Witnefs ; one that gives evidence. In 
 this fenfe it is fomeiimes plural : as, the 
 evidence were pworn : but fomctimes re- 
 gularly augmented, as evidences. 
 
 To ijfCTit he f.iw three i iches thriugh a door, 
 As Aliaiick svidencA Iwore. D'yde/i's Juvenal. 
 Tnere arc books extant, which they rnnft needs 
 allow of as proper eri.ieiice; even the mighty vo- 
 lumes of vif'ble nature, and the cverlalHng table^ 
 of right reafon. BMIey. 
 
 To EVIDENCE. •». a. [from tlie noun.] 
 
 1. To prove ; to evince. 
 
 The hurfes mud be e-.id'-need by good teftimo- 
 nies to have been bred in Ireland. Temple. 
 
 If they be principles evident of thtmfelves.lhcy 
 need nothing to evi.lence them. Tillotfor,. 
 
 Thefe things the chriftian religion require, as 
 mi^ht be eviden'.ei from texts. Tdlatjon. 
 
 2. To (how; to make difcovery of. 
 
 Thou on earth bad'll profper'd, which thy looks 
 Now alfo evidence. Milton':, Paiadi/e L'-ft. 
 
 Although the fame truths be elicited and ex- 
 plicated by the contemplation of animals, yet they 
 are more \:.\':.u\^ evidenced in the contemplation of 
 man. H.j/f's Origin of Mankind 
 
 E'vcDENT. adj. [French.] Plain; appa- 
 rent ; notorious. 
 It is cvide-:/, in the general frame of nature, thai 
 things moft manifert unto fenfe have proved ob- 
 fcurc unto the underllanding. Gio-.un. 
 
 They are incapable of making conqucfts upon 
 their neighbours, which is evident toall that know 
 their conlfitutions. ^ Temple. 
 
 Children minded not what was fald, when it 
 was evident to them that no attention was fuf- 
 ficient. Lceie^ 
 
 E'viDENTLY. adv. [from fWcv;/.] Appa 
 rently; certainly; undeniably. 
 
 Laying their eggs, ihcy evidently prove 
 
 The genial pow'r and full effcfts of love. P<ior. 
 
 The printing private letters isthe worft fort of 
 
 betraying converfation, as it evidently has the moft 
 
 extenfive ill confequonces. rcpc. 
 
 EVIL. adj. [ypel, Saxon ; fwW, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Having bad qualities of any kind ; not 
 
 good. 
 He hath brought up an TO/V name upon a virgin. 
 Deuteronomy. 
 An evil difcafe cleaveth faft unto him ; and 
 now that he lieth, he Ihall rife up no mote. 
 
 Pfalms. 
 The good fig 's very good, and the evil very 
 evil, that cannot be eaten they are fo evil. 
 
 Jeremiah 
 That hotir he cured many of eT.il fpirits. Luke. 
 
 2. Wicked; bad; corrupt. 
 
 Is thine eye evil, becaufe I am good? AUit. 
 
 The imagination of man's heart is nil from 
 
 his youth. . Gemfs. 
 
 3. Unhappy; miferable ; calamitous. 
 
 And the officers did fee that they were in evil 
 
 cafe. Exodus. 
 
 All the days of the atfli<ftcd are evil. PiovtrU. 
 
 4. Mifchievous ; deftruaive ; ravenous. 
 
 It is my fon's coat; an evil bealf hath de- 
 voured him. Ge,iefn. 
 
 E'vii.. n. / [generally contrafled to ill.] 
 
 1. Wickednefs ; a crime. 
 
 Not in the legions 
 Of horrid hell can come a devil more damn'd 
 In eviii to top Macbeth! iliaifpeaic's .\lacbitk. 
 
 2. Injury ; mifchief. 
 
 E V I 
 
 Whoro rewardcth evil for goodj tvil (ball n»t 
 depart from his houfc. Proverht, 
 
 Let thine enemies, and they that fcek evil to 
 my lord, be as Nabal. Samuel, 
 
 3. Malignity ; corruption. 
 
 The heart of the fons of men is full of ein'I. 
 
 Eccles. 
 
 4. Misfortune ; calamity. 
 
 Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and 
 (hall we uot receive fi>il ? Job, 
 
 A prudent man fo. leeth the nvV, and hidetlr 
 himlclf. Proverbl. 
 
 If we will ftan.-l boggling at imaginaiy evih, let 
 us never blame a horfc fur Itarting at a Ih.idow. 
 
 L'Ff.rungf, 
 
 Evil is what is apt to produce or increale any 
 pain, or dimiiulh any pleafurc in us; or elfe to 
 procure us any evilf or deprive us of any good. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 5. Malady ; difeafe : as the king's evil, 
 
 Wh.ifs the difeafe iie n.ems? 
 — "Tis call'd the tvil. ii'iakjp'are' s Macheth^ 
 
 E'vr I., adv. [commonly tontradled to j//.] 
 
 1. Not well in whatever refpeft. 
 
 Ah, froward CI trer.ce, evil it bcfeems thee, 
 To flitter Henry, and foriaket', brother! Shakfp. 
 
 2. Not well i not virtuoufly J not inno- 
 cently, f 
 
 If 1 have fpokcn epil, bear witnefs of the evili 
 but if well, why fniiteft thou me? Joltn. 
 
 3. Not well ; notTfappily ; not fortunately. 
 
 It went-f7.v7 with his honfe. Deuteronomy. 
 
 4. Injurioufly ; not kindly. 
 
 The Egyptians evU entreated us, and aiflifled 
 us. Deuteronomy. 
 
 5. It is often ufed in compofition to give 
 a bad meaning to a word ; but in this, 
 
 ' as in all other cafes, it is in .the modern 
 dialett generally contracted W ill, 
 Evilaffe'cted. adj. [evil AnA aje^ed.'^ 
 Not kind ; not difpofed to ki.idii.-fs. 
 
 The unbelieving Jews liirred up the Genriles, 
 and made their minds evilnjfelitd ag.iinft tiie 
 brethren. ylels. 
 
 Evii.do'er. n.f. [evil a.n& doer .'] Male- 
 faftor ; one that commits crimes. 
 
 Whereas they fpeak evil againit you as evil- 
 doers, they mav by youi g.wd works glorify God. 
 
 Peter. 
 
 Evilfa'voured. adj. [evil zn^ favour.'^ 
 Ill countenanced ; having no goodafpeft. 
 
 Machiavel well notcth, though in in evi/f„voiir, 
 inftance, there is no trulling to the force of nature, 
 except it be corroboiat'.d by cuftom. .. Sacon, 
 
 Evilfa'vouredness. n. J. [from evil- 
 favoured.] DeformityT" 
 
 Thou (halt not facnlite unto the Lord any bul- 
 lock, or Ihecp, wherein is blemilh, or any evil- 
 jiivomedneji. Deuteronomy. 
 
 E'viLLY. adv. [from evil.] Not well. 
 This aiS, fo evilly born, (hall cool the hearts 
 Of all his people, and treeze up their r.eal. Shak, 
 
 Evilmi'ndkd. adj. [evil VLnAmiiid.] Ma- 
 licious; mifchievous; malignant ; wicked ; 
 
 infidious. 
 
 But m^j\_fhe feai'd, that travelling folate, 
 Some t r /Vm.Wci/ bcafts might lie in wait, 
 And, wititout witnefs, wreak their hidden hate. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 E'viLNESS. n. f. [from evil.] Contra- 
 riety to goodnefs ; badnefs of whatever 
 kind. 
 
 The mor.il goodnefs and congruity, or e-vilne/s, 
 unfitncfs, and unfeafonablenefs of moral or natu- 
 ral ...it'ons, falls not within the veige of a brutal 
 faculty. Hale's Origin cf Mankind, 
 
 Evilspe'aking. n.f. [evil zxiAfpeaking.] 
 Slander ; defamation j calumny j cen- 
 forioufnefs.
 
 E U N 
 
 Wherefore Iiying afide all nullcc and .ill gullc, 
 and h-'pocrificj and ciivici, and all eviljpeakhii^\. 
 
 Fciir. 
 
 Eviiwi'sHiNC. n'lj. [evil and if/Jh.] 
 Widiing evil to ; having no good will. 
 They heard of this fuddcii guiiig out, in .1 
 ■country full ul' cinhrijlihig minds to ards him. 
 
 SiJ'uy. 
 Evr lwo'h ki:r. n. f. [rr;/ and ■worl:.'\ 
 One wlio Joc!. wickedncls. 
 IJcw.MC of dugs, hcrt-.rre of evilworhen. Phil. 
 
 ToEVINC'E. V. a. [?w«f!», Latin.] To 
 prove ; lo (liow ; to maiiltcll ; to make 
 evident. 
 
 Djubt not but that fin 
 Will reign among them as ©f thcc begot; 
 And thcrcfurc w:is law given them, to rThicf 
 Thcii n.itur.il pravity. MUlon'i P,ir,n!ifi- l.ajl 
 That religion, tc.iching a t'uture liaic of folds, 
 is a probability; and rli.it its contrary cannor, 
 with ci^ual piohabiliiy, be proved, wc have 
 cui-'ceci. Siittlt. 
 
 The greater abfurditics arc, the more ftroiigly 
 they ninci- the f.ilfiiy of that fuppofition from 
 whence they &o\v. yhttrhury 
 
 Evi'nc I HI. E. ailj. [from t'w'nff.] Capable 
 of proof; demonftrable. 
 
 Implanted inftin^s in brutes are in themfclvcs 
 highly reaforiablc and ufcfiil to their ends, and 
 n incihh by true riafon C{i WeJ"uch. ILtlc. 
 
 Evi'ncibly. adv. [^CSm evincible. '\ In 
 fuch a manner as to force conviclion. 
 
 To Evirate, v. a. [eviralus, Latin.] 
 To deprive of manhood ; to emafcnlate. 
 
 To Evi'sCERATE. V. a. [ivijiero, Lat.] 
 To embowel ; to draw ; to deprive of 
 the entrails; to fearch within the entrails. 
 
 E'viTABLE. adj. [evitniilis, Lat.] Avoid- 
 able ; that may be efcaped or Ihiinncd. 
 
 Of divere things evil, all being not e'vifablcj 
 
 ive lake one; which one, faving only in cafe of 
 
 V fo great urgency, were not otherwife to be taken 
 
 To E'VITATE. r. a. [ctoVo, Latin.] To 
 avoid ; to fliun; to efcape. 
 
 Therein llie doth mt.ite and Ihuii 
 A thoufand irreligious curfed hours, 
 Which forced marriage would have broughr upon 
 her. ^'iu'fpcait:_ 
 
 Evita'tion. 11./. [(rom evilate.] The 
 aft of avoiding, 
 i. .^-^ In all h »dits there is an appetite of union and 
 ^T?J/7.j//o«, of folution of continuity. B.icon. 
 
 Evi'i'BvRK AL. adj. [avilurnus, Latin.] 
 Eternal in a limited fenfe ; of duration 
 not infinitely but indefinitely long. 
 Evite'rnity. >:. f. [/evitcrmlai , low 
 Latin.] Duration; not infinitely, but 
 indefinitely loncf. 
 Eu'logv. n. J. [iu and viy^.] Praife ; 
 encomium; panegyrick. 
 
 Many brave youii); minds h.ive oftentimes, 
 through hearing the pr.tifes and f.unous euh^ic^ of 
 Worthy men, been Itiircd up to, affeit the like 
 Comnu'iidations. Spfnjcr on lri:lund. 
 
 If fomc men's appetites find moi^Wnelody in 
 difcord, than in the haimony of the an^icquires; 
 yet even thefe feldom mils to be atfedted with 
 (ulo^u-^ given themfelves. Decay cf Pitty_ 
 
 E'UNUCH. n. f. [iv^^x'^.'] One that 
 is caftiated or emafculated. 
 
 He haih gelded tlic common wealth, and made 
 it an eunuch. S'laLf^enre*^ Henry v i 
 
 It hath been obferved by the ancients, th;u 
 much of Venus doth dim the fight; and yet 
 eunuch^y which arc unable to generate, aie never- 
 thelefs alfo dimfighted. B.ncn'i Nu/. Ilijl. 
 
 So charm'd you were, you ccas'd awhile to 
 doat 
 On nonfenfe gargl'd in an eunuch' i throat. Fcnion. 
 
 E U P 
 
 To Eu'nuch.\te. v. a. To make an 
 eunuch. 
 
 It were an impolTiblc afl Xocunuchate or caftratc 
 themfelves. Bioiun'^ Vulgiu Errourx. 
 
 Evoca'tion. n. /. [evocation Latin.] 
 The aft of calling out. 
 
 Winilil truth riilpeiife, wc could be content 
 with Plato, that knowledge were but remeni- 
 bianee, tiiat iutcllcdtiial acquifition were but 
 rcminirceiitial eT'^cati'in. Bro^un. 
 
 Inltead of a delcenc into licll, it feems rather 
 a coiijuiing up, or an evocation of the dead 
 from iicll. M/fi 10 OJyg'ey. 
 
 Evoi.a'tion. «. f. [evolo, Latin.] The 
 aft of flying away. 
 
 To EV^O'LVE. •!.. a. [evolvo, Latin.] To 
 unfold; to difentangle. 
 
 Tlic animal foul fooncr expands and evoh'ci 
 itlclf to its full orb and extent than the human 
 foul. //•"'f- 
 
 Tliis little aflivc principle, as the body in- 
 crcafcth and dilatcth, evolvclh, diffufcth, and 
 expandeth, if not his fubftantial exirtcnce, yet 
 his energy. Hale'i Origin of Mankin.i. 
 
 To Evo LVE. V. a. To open itfelf; to 
 
 difclofe itfelf. 
 
 Ambtohal odours 
 Docs round the air cx^oli'ing fccnts diflFufe ; 
 Tlic holy ground is wet with hcav'nly dews. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 EvoLtj'TioN. n. f. [^W«/«j, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft o%unrolling or unfolding. 
 
 The fpontaneous coagulation of the little faline 
 bodies was preceded by .alinoll innumerable evo- 
 lutions, which were to various, that the little 
 bodies came to obvert to each other thofe parts 
 by which they might be beft fallened together. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 2. The feries of things unrolled or unfolded. 
 
 The whole evolution of ages, from evcrhifiing 
 to evcrla(ling,is focolleaedly and prefeiitihcaliy 
 rcprcfenled to God at once, as if all things 
 which ever were, are, or Ihall be, were at tins 
 very inltant really prefent. Moore. 
 
 3. [In geometry.] The equable evolution 
 of the periphery of a circle, or any other 
 curve, is fuch a gradual approach of the 
 circuinference to reditude, as that all 
 its jiarts do meet together, and equally 
 evolve or unbend ; fo that the fame line 
 becomes fuccelTively a lefs arch of a re- 
 ciprocally greater circle, 'till at lall they 
 turn into a llraight line. Heirris. 
 
 4. [In tafticks.] The inotion made by a 
 body of men in changing their polture, 
 or form of drawing up. And thefe evo- 
 lulirjiis are doubling of ranks or files, 
 countermarches, and wheelings. Harris. 
 
 5. Ii\ (ilu'tion of I'oiucrs. [In algebra.] 
 Extrafting of roots fiom any given 
 power, being the reverfe of involution. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 Evomi'tion. n. f. [ftiomo, Latin.] The 
 aft of vomiting out. Did. 
 
 Ei.''pATORV. «./. [eupatoriiim.] .\ plant. 
 
 EuPH0'NiCAL.a(//. lUomeuphoiiy.] Soimd- 
 ing agreeably. JJii:7. 
 
 EU'l'ilONY. «. /. [IvOuinc..] Anagree- 
 able found ; the contrary to harfhnefs. 
 
 Evvho'kbium. n. /. 
 
 { . A plant. 
 
 It h..ih flowers and fruit like the fpurgo, and 
 \-. .illu full of an hot fharp milky juice. The 
 plants arc augulir, and lliapcd fomcwhat like 
 the c-eieus or turch-thiltle. It is commonly brt-t 
 with fpincf, and for tlie moft part hath no leaves. 
 
 Aliiler. 
 
 E X A 
 
 i. A gum refill, brought to US always in 
 drops 01 grains, of a bright yellow be- 
 tween a ilraw and a gold colour, and a 
 fmooth glofFy furface. It has no great 
 fmell, but its tafle is violently acrid and 
 naufeous. It is ufcd medicinally in fina- 
 pifins. Hill. 
 
 Eu'phrasv. n, /. [eiiphrafhi, Lat.] The 
 heib cyebright ; a plant fuppofed to 
 clear the fight. 
 
 Then piirg'd witti euphrajy, and rue. 
 The vifu.il neive; tor he had much to fee ; 
 And from the well of life thiec diops inflill'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 EuRo'cLYDQN. 11. f. [i'.j x\uJw».] A wind 
 which blows between iheeaft and north, 
 and is very dangerous in the Mediterra- 
 nean. It is of the nature of a whirlwind, 
 which falls fuddenly on lliips, makes 
 them tack about, and fumctimes caufcs 
 them to founder, as Tliny obfcrves. 
 
 Calmet, 
 There arofc againft it a tempeliuous wind cal- 
 led euiO'lydoi. A^i. 
 
 EURUS.n.f. [Latin.] The eaft wind. 
 
 Eurui, as all other winds, mult be drawn with 
 blown checks, wings upon his Ihouldcrs, and his 
 body the colour of the tawny moon. Penchum, 
 
 E'urythmy. n. f. [fi^jtSu©-.] Harmony; 
 
 regular and fymraetrical meafure. 
 EUTHANASIA. 7 ». f. [i,.3«,a9-i«.] 
 Euthana'sy. j An eafy death. 
 
 A rtcoveiy, in my cafe, and at my age, is im- 
 poflible: the kindelt wilh of my friends is ruthu- 
 nufiii. ylrbuthnot. 
 
 Evu'lsion. n. J. [^"uu^o, Latin.] The 
 aft of plucking out. 
 
 From a Uriit enquny we cannot maintain the 
 
 evulfion, or biting off any parts. Broiun. 
 
 Evui-ga'tion. n.f. [i"UK/fo, Latin.] The 
 
 aft of divulging ; publication. Diil. 
 
 Ewe. II. f. [eopi, Saxon.] The fhe Iheep ; 
 
 the female to the ram. 
 
 Rams hav; more wrcaihed horns than eiues. 
 
 Bacon, 
 Hafte the facrificc; 
 Sev'n bullocks yet unyok'd for Phoebus chufe; 
 And for Diana feveri unfpotted eiues. DryJen. 
 
 E'WER. n.f. [from eaii, perliaps anciently 
 eii, water] :\ vcll'el in which water is 
 brought for wafliing the hands. 
 1 dre.iniC of a lilver baum and e.vcr to-nighr, 
 
 Shul:Jpearc, 
 Let one attend him with a lilvcr balon 
 Full of rufewatcr, and hclircw'd witli flowers; 
 Anothci bear the e-,v i ; ,i third a oiapci ; 
 And lay, wil't pleafe yo.ir loidlhip cool your 
 hands. Siaifpearct 
 
 The golden civee a maid obf- qniuus brings; 
 Rtplenilh'd from the cool tr.nflueint fprings; 
 Wifh copious water the biiglit vale fuppiivS 
 A filver fiver, of cpjcious fiie : 
 They walh. P'fe'! Odyjfey, 
 
 E'wry. n.f. [from fU'cr.] .4 n office in 
 tlie king's houfehold, where they take 
 care of the linen for the king's table, lay 
 the cloth, an.i lerve up water in filver 
 ewers, after dinner. ; Diil. 
 
 Ex-. A Latin prrpoHtion bften prefixeu to 
 compoundi.J words : fometinies mean- 
 ing o/(/, as exhaii/l, to draw out; (onie- 
 times only enforcing the meaning, aiid 
 fome'.iiii' produciu:; little alteratioi;. 
 To EX \^ERB vTE. V. a. [e.\-a,:er.'-o, 
 L-.iiin.J 'I'o imbitter ; to ex;il;v rate ; lO- 
 hi-ighten any niiiligti.int qu.liiy. 
 Exaokrba'tiok. n.f. [iiom e.sactriaie.]
 
 E X A 
 
 1. Iiicreafe of malignity j augmented 
 force or feverity. 
 
 2. Height of a difeafe ; paroxyfm. 
 
 The patient may ihivc, by little and little, to 
 
 overcon:ie the fynnptom in e.xjierhatitn i and to, 
 
 by time, turn futieiing into nature. Hanii. 
 
 Watchfulnefs and delirium, and rxacerbatinn, 
 
 every other day. Aib:tthmt on Di;t 
 
 Ex.4cerv.i'tion. n. f. [ac^-w/J-, Latin.] 
 
 The ad of heaping up. Dici. 
 
 EXA'CT. adj. [<;.v«.'7w, Latin.] 
 
 1. Nice; not failing; not deviating from rule. 
 
 All this, cx.tCt to rule, were brought abuut. 
 Were but m a combat in the lifts left out. Vipc. 
 
 2. Methodical; not negligently performed. 
 
 What if you and I enquire how money matters 
 fland between u'^.= — With all my heart, I love 
 tA-.jfl de.lling ; and let Hocus audit. Aibul'imot. 
 
 3. Careful; not negligent: of perfons. 
 
 Many gentlemen tu^ n out of the feats of their 
 anceftors, to make way for I'uch new mailers as 
 have been more cxaB in their accomiti than thcm- 
 felves. Sj'i-ifi'lor. 
 
 4. Honeft ; ftrid ; pimftual. 
 
 In my doiiigs I was rx^tl. Eccln. 
 
 To Exa'ct. v. a. \ex:go, exj3us, Latin.J 
 
 1. To require authoritatively. 
 
 Thou now fxa^Vjt the penalty, 
 Which is a pound of this poor raeitnant's flcdi. 
 
 Of a foreigner thou mnyeft cxaft it again ; but 
 that which is thine with thy brother, thine hand 
 • (hall releafe. Deutirin-my. 
 
 Zxaa of I'ervants to be faithful and diligent. 
 
 Taylor. 
 From us his foes pronounc'd glory he exaBi. 
 
 Milf.n. 
 The hand of /ate is over us, and Heaven 
 T.xaBi feverits from all our thoughts. AJdif'.n. 
 
 2. To demand of right. 
 
 Years of fcrvice paft. 
 
 From grateful fouls sxafl reward at la(V. Vryrifn. 
 
 Where they dclign a recorapence for benefits 
 
 received, they arc Id's folicitous to make it when 
 
 it is fxjflcd. SmtihLif;!. 
 
 3. To fummon ; to enjoin ; to enforce. 
 
 Let us defcend now therefore from this top 
 Of fpcculation ; for the hour prccife 
 £.v:2i3i our palling hence. Mihon'i Puradij'c LoJI. 
 
 Duty, 
 And juftice to my father's foul, cxaB 
 This cruel piety. D h/mw'j S f\y. 
 
 7b Ex.'v'cT. 1'. H. To praftife extortion. 
 
 The encrr.y Ihall not fv.i<7 upon him. I'fa.'mi. 
 Ex.v'cTEK. r. /. [from f.Y</<?.] 
 
 1. Extortioner ; one who claims more than 
 his due, or claims his due with oiarag€ 
 and feverity. 
 
 The poller and exttfter of fees juftifies the 
 common refeml.lance of the courts of juftice to 
 the bulh, whercunto while the fheep flics for de- 
 fence in weather, he is fure to lofe part of the 
 fleece. Bacon's Eff.yi. 
 
 ' I will alfo make thy ofRcers peace, and thine 
 txaBen righteoufnefs. Ifi-uli. 
 
 2. He that demands by authority. 
 
 Light and lewd perfons, efpecially that the 
 
 €x-nBer )if the oath did neither ufe exhoitation, 
 
 nor cxarifrining of them for taking thereof, were 
 
 cafily fuborncd to make an affidavit for money. 
 
 Bacon's Ojfice r^ Alienation. 
 
 3. One who is fevere in his injunftions or 
 hi,*! demands. 
 
 No men are prone to be gr«ater tyrants, and 
 more rigorous (xaticri upon others, than fuch 
 whefe pride was formerly leafi difpofed to the 
 obedience of lawful conftitutions. King Chai-Ls. 
 
 The grateful perfon being ftill the motV fevere 
 «-<j9<t of himfelf, not only confctTes, but pro- 
 claims his debts. - South. 
 
 There is no way to deal with this man of rca- 
 fon, this rigid erafltt of ftiii't dcmonftration for 
 iNjiiji which arc not capable of it. Tilktfon. 
 
 Ejc^Vtiov. fi./. [from f^flt^.l ' 
 
 1. The a£l of making an authoritative 
 demand, or levying by force. 
 
 If he ftioutd hriak his day, wliat -ihoiild T gain 
 By the e\.i^:(in of thr forfeirure ? Shiikf^*eat€. 
 
 2. Extortion ; unjufl demand. 
 
 They vent reproaclics 
 Maft birtcily on you, fur putter-on 
 Of thefc exa&iof}^. Shakf^care'i Uentyww. 
 
 Remove violence and fpoil, and execute judg- 
 ment and juftice ; take away your exaiiiofn from 
 my people. E^eh'e/. 
 
 As the firft carl did firft raife the ^rcatnefs of 
 th;it houfc, by Inlh cw.ffinm and oppr-flions : fo 
 Gir;ild the laft e.irl did at laft vuin i: by the like 
 c\:oitions. Davies' State cf Ireland. 
 
 3. A tribute feverely levied. 
 
 They have not mndc bridges over the river for 
 the convenience of their fubjcf^.s as well as 
 Ibangcrs, who pay an unreafouablc exaBion at 
 e-vciy fcny upon the leaft ufmg of the waters. 
 
 AiLiifoK on Italy. 
 
 E X A 'c T L Y - aJv . [ from exa^. ] Accu rately ; 
 
 nicely ; thoroughly. 
 
 Both of 'cm knew mankind c.vrtf?^• well ; for 
 
 botliof 'cm bc^anthat ftudy in tlu^mfelvcs. Dt\d. 
 
 The religion ihev profefs is fuch, that the 
 
 more rxa^'y it i> fitted by pure unbiailed rcafon, 
 
 the more rcafonablc fiill it will be found. 
 
 ^4ttcrhur\-. 
 
 Exa'ctness. n,f, [from exac!.'\ 
 
 1. Accuracy ; nicety; Uriel conformity 
 to rule or fymmetry. 
 
 Thccxpeiiments wci€ all made with the utmoft 
 cxa^ne^i and circunifpcitiou. IVtjOihvard. 
 
 In wit, as nature, what ^rfctfVs our hearts 
 Is not til' exa^ncfi of peculiar parts; 
 'Tis not a lip, or eye, wc beauty call 
 But the joint force and full rcfult of all. Vope. 
 
 The balance rauft be held by a third hand, 
 who is to deal powerwith the utmoft: cxaf^ncf^ 
 into the feveral fcalcs. Siuift. 
 
 2. Regularity of condufl | ftriclnefs of 
 manners ; care not to deviate, 
 
 I preferred not the outward peace of my king- 
 doms with men, bcfurc that inward cxaSfucfs of 
 confcience before God. A'. Charlei. 
 
 They think that their ex<i&n£J^ in one duty 
 will itone for tiieir negie«fl of another. Rcgcn, 
 
 To EXA'GGERATE. v, a. \_^-'^^ggsfo, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To heap upon ; to accumulate. 
 
 In the great level near Thorny, fcvcral caks 
 and firs ftand in firm earth below the moor, and 
 have lain three hundreds of years, ftill covered by 
 the frelh and fnlt waters and moorifh cath f.v<i^- 
 getiitcd u\}on them. JLile. 
 
 2. -To heighten by reprefentation ; to en- 
 large by hyperbolical cxpreflions. 
 
 He had exii^s;f'atfJj as pathetically as he.could, 
 the fcnfc tlic people generally had, even dcfpair of 
 ever feeing .in end of the calamities. ClnreTu-l'jn. 
 A friend exng^eratch a man's virtues, an ene- 
 my inflames his crimes. AdJifofi. 
 E>: A G G E R .^ 't I o N . ti, J\ [ from exaggerate, ] 
 
 1 . The a6l of heaping together ; a heap ; 
 an accumulation. 
 
 Some towns that were anciently havens and 
 
 ports, are now, by exngf-erath/: of fand between 
 
 thefe towns and the fca, converted into firm land. 
 
 Hii/f's Origin cf Mafikinci. 
 
 2. Hyperbolical amplification. 
 
 K'^a-jc/fatiotss o( the i>roditiious condcfcenfions 
 in the prince to pafs good law5, would have an 
 odd Vound at Weftminllcr. Sivife. 
 
 To Exa'gitate. V, a. [exagJto, Latin.] 
 I. To fhake ; to put in motion. 
 
 The warm air of the bed twyigitatcs the blood. 
 
 2* To reproach; to purfue with invcdlives. 
 This fenfc is now difutcd, being purely 
 Latin. 
 
 E X A 
 
 This their dcfeft and imperfeftion I h»d fattier 
 lament iu fuch cafe than cxagHatc. Hooter. 
 
 ExAC IT a'tion. v./. [from e.wigitale.'] 
 The adt of (haking or agitating. Dii'J. 
 
 To EXA'LT. V. a. [exaller, Fr. aJtus, 
 Latin ; exaltu, low Latin.] 
 
 1. To raife on liigh. 
 
 ■ And thou, Capeinaum, which art txallcd ur.t» 
 heaven, Ihalt be brought down to hell. Matt. 
 
 2. To elevate to power, wealth, or dignity. 
 
 t.xalt iiim that is low, and abafe him liiat is 
 high. ■" E^ckiel. 
 
 As yet exallefl thou thyfelf againft my people, 
 that thou wilt not let them go ? Kxo.im. 
 
 How long fiiaU mine enemy be cxaited over 
 mc > P/alms. 
 
 3. To elevate to joy or confidence. 
 
 Th^ covenanters, who underdood th.cir own 
 want of ftrcngth, were \ cry reafonably exalted 
 wilh this fuccefs. C.'aicndon. 
 
 How much foevcr the king's friends were de- 
 jefted upon the parting t;.ufe two afls, i> is cer- 
 tain, they who thought they got whacfcever he 
 hill were mightily exalted, and thought tlierr,- 
 felves now fupeiior to any oppofltion. Dryden. 
 
 4. To praife ; to extol ; to magnify. 
 
 O magnify the Lord with me, and l.t us exalt 
 his name togetlicr. | Pfalna. 
 
 5. To raife up iti'oppofition : a fciiptural 
 phrafe. •-- 
 
 Againft whom haft thou exalted thy \ oicc, 
 and lift up thine eyes on high ? 2 Kings, 
 
 6. To intend ; to enforce 
 
 Now Mars, (he faid, let fame exalt her voice; 
 Nor let thy conquelis only be hc> choice. Prior. 
 
 7. To heighten ; to improve j^ to refine by 
 fire, as in thymiftry. v- 
 
 The wild animals have moiT^ exercifc, have 
 their juices more elaborated and /^nJtcd ; bur f jr 
 the fame reafon the fibres are hardT. .^^Ariuth, 
 
 With cnymick art exalts the min'ral pot^^w, 
 And draws the aromalick fouls of tlow'rs. Pop:, 
 
 They meditate whether the viitues of the onc^- 
 will e\alt or diminilh the force of the other, oir 
 coriedl any of its noccnt qualities. H'atti, 
 
 8. To elevate in diClioli or fentlment. 
 
 But hear, oh hear, in what exalted ftiains, 
 Sicilian mufes, through thcfe happy plains, 
 Proclaim Saluinian times, our own Apollo reigns. 
 
 Rofommtn. 
 Ex.\lt.\'tion. n. f. [from cxah.\ 
 
 1 . The acl of raifing on high. 
 
 2. Elevation to power, dignity, or 
 cellence. ^^■ 
 
 She put off the garments of widjiAyfinod, for 
 the exaltation of thofe th.:t wlio oppiefled 
 
 Judith. 
 
 The former was an humiliation of Deity, the 
 latter ;ui humiliation of maniiood ; for which 
 caufe there followed an exaltation of that which 
 was huml-'lcri : for with power he created the 
 world, but lefrorcd it by obedience. Hooker, 
 
 3. Elevated ftate ; liale of grcatnefs or 
 dignity. 
 
 I wonder'd at my flight and ch.Tngc 
 To this high £.valtatio/t. Milton's Far. Loff, 
 
 III God all perfeiJlions, in their highcft degree 
 and cxMation, niect togetlicr. 'iillotfon, 
 
 Y'-u^tre ys much ellcemed, and as much be- 
 loved, pel haps more dreaded, than ever you were 
 in vour higheft exallation. Sivift. 
 
 4. [In pharmacy.] Raifnig a medicine 
 ±0 a higher degree of virtue, or an in- 
 
 ■crcafe of the moll remarkable property 
 'of any body. i^iincy, 
 
 J. Dignity of a planet in which its powers 
 are increafed. 
 
 Aftrologcrs tell us that the fun receives his 
 exaltation in the figii Aries. Dryden, 
 
 Exa'men. n.f. [Latin.] Examinationj^ 
 difquifition ; inquiry.
 
 E X A 
 
 Tliis confidercd together with a flrift iceouiit, 
 
 and critical e.vjtren of leafoii, will alfo dilir.'«!t 
 
 the willy dctcfiuniations of .iHrulugy, Brnvn. 
 
 £xa'minate. ti.f. [examinatus, Latin.] 
 
 Tlic pcifcm examined. 
 
 In .111 cAiniiiiation wlicic a freed fL-rvant, wiio 
 ba\ ing lunicr A-itli Claudius, very faucily had 
 ainiolt all the words, alked in fcorn one of the 
 exatiiitmUif who was likcwifc a freed fcrvant ol 
 Seriboniairus ; I pray, hr, if Sciibonianus liail 
 been cnipt ror, what would you have done' He 
 anlwiKili L would have Itoud behind his chair 
 and 1 eld my peac-c. • ^^ liuion. 
 
 Examination, n.f. [examina/w, Lat. ] 
 
 Tlie aijt ut fxamlning by qiieilions, or 
 experiment ; a. curate dilquifiiion. 
 
 1 ha\c hrougt I hini forth, lliat, alter r\ami. 
 nation had, I nngnc hjve fomewhalto' write. 
 
 Different men leaving ont or liuiting in fevtral 
 fimpL" ideas, acco.duig to their various exumiiui' 
 th'j, dill, or oLileivation of the fubjcft, have 
 dirt'erent cffu.ccs Locke. 
 
 ExAMiNAToK. ti. /. [Latin.] An ex- 
 aminer ; an iiiquiicr. 
 
 An inference, not of power to pcrfuadc a fcri- 
 ous cxiiminatt/r. B'Otut'i Vulgar hr)tjuri. 
 
 To EXA iVIINE. V. a. [examiiio, Latin.] 
 1. To try a peri'on acculed or fiilpecled 
 by intcrrogatoiies. 
 
 Let them examine thcmfehes whether they 
 
 repent tutni truly. Church Catcchijm. 
 
 If we this day ^ examined oi the good deed 
 
 done to ihe impotent man. -V.^i. 
 
 We ought, heloie it be too late, to ixamittf our 
 
 foul J and provide for futurity. PVake. 
 
 3. To interrogate a witncfs. 
 
 Command his accufers to come unto thee, by 
 ertimi'i:f!g of. whom ihyfelf mayeil take know- 
 ledge of M thefe things. ^ffy 
 
 3. To try the truth or falfchood of any 
 propolition. 
 
 4, To try by experiment, or obfervation ; 
 4 to narrowly lift ; to fcan. 
 
 To write what may fecurely ftand the tell 
 Of being well read over ihricc at lealf, 
 Compare each phrafe, cvu'tiim e\\y line, 
 "Weigh cv'ry word, and ev'ry tiiought refine. Pope. 
 
 J. To make inquiry into ; to fearch into; 
 to fcrutinize. 
 
 When I began to ex.imine the extent and cer- 
 tainty of our knowledge, I found it tiad a neai 
 connexion with words. Locke. 
 
 Exa'mini;r. n.f. [(rom examine.] 
 
 1. One who interrogates a criminal 01 
 evidence. 
 
 A crafty clerk, commifiioncr, or exnmincrjw'iU 
 
 make a witnefs fpeakwhat he tiuly never mcani. 
 
 Mulcts Lctiv of E'iglanii. 
 
 2. One who fearches or tries anything; 
 one who fcnitinizes. 
 
 So much diligence is not altogether nccclTary, 
 but it will promote the fuccefs of the experimfnts, 
 and by a very fcrupulous f.v.iw/V/t-r of things de- 
 ftrvcs to he applied, ^ Neiuto?i^$ Opticks. 
 
 Exa'mplary. rtrt)'. {Ji-om example.'] Serv- 
 ing for example or pattern-i,j)ropofed 
 to imitation. -Jf 
 
 We arc not of opinion that nature, in work- 
 ing, hath before her certain e.vampinry draughts or 
 paiteins, wliuh fubfifting in Elie bufom of the 
 Higlicif, and being theme difcovered, Ihe fixcth 
 her eye upon them. flook,>. 
 
 EXA'iVIPLE. «. /. [exmfle, French ; 
 
 exemplum, Latin,] 
 i. Copy or pattern ; that which is pro- 
 
 pofed to be refembled or imitated, 
 
 I'he fXtifrrpi:: and pattern of thofe his creatures 
 he beheld in all eternity. Ka/eigh's Uiji'^ry. 
 
 Z- Precedent ; former inftance of the like. 
 
 E X A 
 
 So liol .1 fptcd, with fuch advice difpos'd, 
 Such temp'rate order in fo fierce a couifr. 
 Doth wanniviw^iV, Shui/fearc'i A.'''g foiii. 
 
 3. Precedent of good. 
 
 Let us fhew an e\.t»q'U to our Ir.cthrcn. yiulith. 
 Taught tills Ly his cwimp/r^ whom 1 now 
 Acknowledge my Redeemer ever bhll ! Millon. 
 
 4. A perfon lit to be propofed as a pattern. 
 
 Be thou an cr.ifiip/c of the believcis. t Tim. 
 
 5. One punidied for the admonition of 
 others. 
 
 Sodom and Gomorrah, giving themfelves over 
 to fornication, arc let forth for dntxumpU, fuffer- 
 iiig the vengcai ce of eternal fire. y"''''. 
 
 6. Influence which dilpofes to imitation. 
 
 When virtue is p.elent, men tike extimp/c ai 
 it ; and when it is gone, they dclire it. li.f.lom. 
 
 Example is .1 motive of a very prevailing force 
 on the actions of men. Rogn' 
 
 7. Inllance ; illullration of a general po- 
 fnion by fome particular fpei-ilication. 
 
 Can we, io\' example y give the praifc ot valour 
 to a man, who, feeing his gods prophaned, Ihouid 
 want the courage to defend them ? DryJcti. 
 
 8. Iiiliance in which a rule is illuftrated 
 by an application. 
 
 My reafon is fufficiently convinced both of tlie 
 truth and ufefulncfs of his precepts : it is to pre- 
 tend that I have, .it lealf in lome plates, made 
 e.sampUi to his rules. Dry.ien. 
 
 To E.icA'Mi'tE. 11. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To exemplify ; to give an inftance of. 
 
 The proof whereof I law fufficiently examp'.-J 
 in thcle late wars of Muiiltcr. ipcnfr. 
 
 2. To fet an example. 
 
 Do, villainy do, finccyou profefs to do 
 Like Workmen: I'll example you with thievery. 
 
 Shakfpeare . 
 
 Exa'nguious. adj. [exangjiis, Latin.] 
 Having no blood ; formed with animal 
 juices, not fanguincous. 
 
 Hereby they confound the generation of per- 
 fctfl animals with impcrfcift, languineous witli 
 cxat'guious. Broxun. 
 
 The infetffs, if we take in the exaugiiiousy butii 
 teriellrial and at^uaiick, may for number vie even 
 with plants. -Ray. 
 
 Exa'nimate. adj. \exanimatus, Latin.] 
 
 1, Llfelels ; dead, 
 
 2, Spiritlefs ; depreffcd. 
 
 The grey morn 
 Lifts her pale luftre on the paler wretch, 
 Kxanimate by love, Thom(on\ Spuiig. 
 
 Exani.m a'tion, n.f. \Jxo\x\ exanimate.] 
 Deprivation of life. />'r7. 
 
 Exanimous. adj. [exanimis, Lat.] Life- 
 Itfs ; dead ; killed, 
 
 EXAMHE'MAT/l. n.f. [•^ccMi^e.lc.'] 
 Efflorefcencies; eruptions; bieaking 
 out ; pultulcs. 
 
 Exanthf.'m ATOUS, adj. [from exanthe- 
 mata.] Pullulous ; etHorefcent ; eruptive. 
 
 To EXA'NTLATE. v. n. [exautlo, Lat,] 
 
 1 , To draw out. 
 
 2, To exhauft ; to wade away. 
 
 By time thofe feeds are wearied or e.xant/ate<lj 
 or unable to aft their parts any longer. Bo\le. 
 
 Exantla'tion. n.f. [from f.van/.W,] 
 The adl of drawing out ; exhauflion, 
 
 ExARATiON, n.f. l^exaro, Latin,] The 
 manual aft of writing ; the manner of 
 manual writing. Did. 
 
 Exakticl'I.a'tion. n.f. \_ex and arti- 
 iiiliu, Latin.] The diflocation of a 
 joint. Dia. 
 
 To EJ^A'SPERATE. v. a. {cxofpero, 
 Latin.] 
 
 *S 
 
 E X C 
 
 1. To provoke; to enrage ; to irritate ; 
 to anger ; to make furious. 
 
 To take the widow, 
 
 Exnfprriitei, makes mad her filter Goneril. Shak. 
 
 Tlic people of Italy, who run into politicks, 
 
 having fomr thing to exujpeiate them againtt the 
 
 king of France. yUUiJon, 
 
 2. To heigliten a difference; to aggra- 
 vate ; to embitter. 
 
 Matters grew more e\ii filiate bctvefn thr 
 kings of England and France, for the auxiliaiy 
 forces of French and Englilh were much blooded 
 one againit another. Bacon. 
 
 Whtn ambition is unable to attain its end, it is 
 not only wearied, but exafpcmteJ 3.\ tlic vanity of 
 its l.iLours Far^.il. 
 
 3. To exacerbate ; to heighten malignity. 
 
 The plaHcr alone would pen the huraoui .ilrea- 
 dy contained in the part, and fo exajprrat; it. 
 
 Bacoii'i Natural IfijUry. 
 
 E X a s p E R A 't i; K . n. f [ from exa// erale. ] 
 He that cxafperates, or provokes; a 
 provoker, 
 
 Exaspeua'tion, n.f. [from f.\-(7/^;r(7/i', ] 
 
 1, Aggravation; malignant reprefentation. 
 
 My going to demand juliite upon the five 
 members, my enemies loaded witli all the oblo- 
 quies and exafperatio'ii tiiey could. Ki'ig Charles . 
 
 2. Provocation; irritation; incitement to 
 rage. 
 
 Their ill ufage and exafprrationi of him, and 
 his zeal lor maintaining his argument, difpofed 
 him to take lileity. .Atlerbury, 
 
 To EXAU'CTORATE. m. a. lexauaoro, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To difmifs from fervlce. 
 
 2. To deprive of a benefice. 
 
 Arch hereticks, in the primitive days of chrif- 
 tianity, weic by the church treated with no other 
 punirfimcnt than excommunicstion, and by ix- 
 ouSotating and depriving them of their degrees 
 theicin. ylytij[e'i Parcreon. 
 
 E.xauctora'tion, n.f. [from exaitilo' 
 rale. ] 
 
 1. Difniifnon from fervice. 
 
 2, Deprivation ; degradation, 
 
 Depofirion, degradation, "or exau^iratiorij is- 
 nothing clfe but the removing of a perfon fioni 
 fome dignity or order in the church, and depriv- 
 ing him of hisccclefiaftical preferments, .^ylijfe. 
 
 Excanhe'scbnce, 3 n.f. \_excandeJ'co,. 
 
 Excande'scencv, J Latin.] 
 
 1. Heat; the Hate of growing hot. 
 
 2. Anger; the llate of growing angry, 
 Exc ANT a'tion, n.f. [i-.\i.-jrt/3,J^alin.] 
 
 Difenchantment by a counteicharm. 
 To Exca'knate, IK a. [c.v and carua, 
 Latin,] To clear from flefli. 
 
 The fplcen is molf curioufiy cxcnmatedy and 
 the sefTcls filled with wax, whereby its fibres ami 
 vrlVcIs are very well fcen. Cn-M.' 
 
 Excarnifica'tion.- n. f. [excarni/ki, 
 Lat.] The act of taking away the Hefli. 
 roE'XCAVATE. v.a. [e.-cea.vo, Liit.] 
 To hollow ; to cut Into hollcws. 
 
 The cups, gilt with a golden Loider about the 
 brim, were of that wondeiful fmallnefs, that 
 Faber put a thoufand of them, into Mi-ett',*ia/e.i- 
 pepper-corn. Ray o/i th^^t..t;un. 
 
 Though nitrous tcmpcfts, and clandi ((ihe"t!eath, 
 Fi 11" d the deep eaves, andnum*rous vaulp,.t<.*ncath. 
 Which form'd with ait, and wrought with cnd- 
 
 Icfs toil, 
 R.in through the faitlilefs excuvate.i foil,. 
 See the unweary'd Biiton delves his u'i-y,. 
 And to the caverns lets in war and day. 
 
 BAickmsre. 
 
 Flat thecs, fome like hats, fome like buttons, 
 
 c,V(iT(i^e./in the nriddic, Derham*i Phy. 'fhet^ 
 
 Excava'tion, n.f. [ixom. excavate. 1
 
 E X C 
 
 1 . The aft of cutting into hollows. 
 
 2. The hollow formed; the cavity. 
 
 Willie uur eye mcafiiics the eminent and the 
 hollowed parts of pillars, the total objeit appear- 
 eth the bigger; and fo, as much as thole Mc.rc'a- 
 tiorii do f.jbftradt, is fuppllcd hy a fallacy of the 
 figlit IVodoii'i .-Irc/iileaure. 
 
 To EXCE'ED. 1'. a. [excido, Latin.] 
 
 1. To go beyond ; to outgo. 
 
 Nor didaiiy of the crulU much t\u-i:.l half an 
 inch in tlncknefs. H'oodwaid on ViJpU. 
 
 2. To excel ; to fiirpafs. 
 
 Solomon excicdfJ ail the kings of the earth. 
 
 I Kings. 
 
 To Exce'ed. v. n. 
 
 1. To go too far ; to pafs the bounds of 
 fitnefs. 
 
 In vour prayers, and places of religion, ufc 
 reverent poltuics and great attention, remembering 
 that we fpeak to God, in our reverence to wnom 
 ■we c.innot pulfibly cS-ceed. Taylor. 
 
 2. To go beyond any limits. 
 
 Forty rtripcs he may give him, and not r««,/. 
 Dcutti-onomy. 
 
 3. To bear the greater proportion. 
 
 Jiirticc mult punilh the rebellious deed ; 
 Yet punilh fo, as pity Ihall exceed. Dry,!en. 
 
 ExCe'eding. participial adj. [from exceed.] 
 Great in quantity, extent, or duration. 
 
 He faith, that cities were built an exceeding 
 fpace of time before the great flood. Raleigh. 
 Exceeding, adv. [This word is not 
 analogical, but has been long admitted 
 and ellablilhed.] In a veiy great de- 
 gree ; eminently. 
 
 The county is fuppofcd to be exceeding rich. 
 
 ^Ibhot. 
 
 The Genoefe were evceeding powerful by fea, 
 and contended often with the Venetians for fupc- 
 riority. Ralrigh. 
 
 Talk no more fo exceeding proudly ; let not 
 arrogance come out of your mouth. i Siim. 
 
 The action of the Iliad and that of the JEncid 
 were in themfelves exceeding Ihort ; but are beau- 
 tifully extended and diverfified by the invention 
 of epifodes, and the machinerj- of the gods. 
 
 Mdifon. 
 
 The ferura of the blood affords, by diffillation, 
 an exceeding limpid water, neither acid nor alka- 
 line. Arbuthn'd. 
 
 Exce'edingly. adv. [from esceeding.'\ 
 To a great degree; greatly; very much. 
 
 They cried out more exriedingly, Crucitv him. 
 
 Mark. 
 
 Ifaac trembled exceedingly, Gcncfn. 
 
 The earl of Surrey, lieutenant of Ireland, was 
 m'-tcfl feared of the king's enemies, and e.vcced- 
 inglv beloved of tiie king's fubjefts. Dafies. 
 
 Precious ftones look exreedi'rjly well, when 
 they are fetin thole pl.ices which we would make 
 to come out of the pifturc. Drydcn. 
 
 Is not this medium e\reedingly more rare and 
 fubtilc than the air, and cvceeding/i' mere claltick 
 and afti'.c ? Ncxuton't O^tick^. 
 
 To EXCE'L. 11. a. [exccHo, Latin.] To 
 outgo in good qualities ; to furpafs. 
 
 Venus her myrtle, Phtrbu'; has his bays ; 
 Tea both exce/i, which you vouchfafc to praife. 
 
 f ^ral/er. 
 
 Hov heroes rife, how patriots fet. 
 Thy father's tiloom and death may tell j 
 
 Excci/ing oXhci:if thefc were great; 
 Thou greater ftill, mull tliefe excel. Prior. 
 
 To Exce'l. v. n. To have good quali- 
 ties in a great degree ; to be eminent ; 
 to be great. 
 
 Then to Silvia fet us fing;, 
 That Silvia ii exeelimg. Sh.ikfpeare. 
 
 Reubeoj unliable ac water, thou (halt not 
 excel. Gi-nejii. 
 
 It is not only in order of nature for him. to go- 
 vern, that U thie marc jntelligent ; but there is no 
 left rei^uired, csucage tu proreA| and, above all, 
 
 '3 
 
 E X C 
 
 honcfly and probity to abilain frominjury : fo 
 fitnefs to govern is a perplexed bufmefs. Some 
 men, fome nations, excel in the one ability, fui^ie 
 in the other. Bacon's H'-iy ll'ar. 
 
 Company are to be avoided that are gourl for 
 nothing ; thofe to be fought and frequented that 
 excel in fome quality or other. T(.tnplc. 
 
 He match'd their beauties where they moft 
 e\ eel ; 
 Of love fung belter, and of arms as well. Dryd. 
 
 Let ihofe teach others, who themfelves excel \ 
 Andcenfure fieely, who have written well. V'^pe. 
 
 E'xcELLENCE.l n.f. \jxcelknce, French; 
 E'xCELLENCy. y exccllcnlia, Latin.] 
 
 1. The ftatc of abounding in any good 
 quality. 
 
 2. Dignity ; high rank in exillence. 
 
 Is it not wonderful, that b.ife delircs fhould fo 
 extinguifli in men the fcni'c of their own excd- 
 Utuyy as to make them willing that their fouls 
 (hould be like the fouls of bcaft, mortal and cor- 
 ruptihle with their bodies ; Hooker. 
 
 I know not wliy a fiend may not deceive 
 a creature of more exccllary than himfclf, but 
 yet a creature. Dtyda's yuvcnaly Dedication. 
 
 3. The ftate of excelling in any thing. 
 
 I have, amongft men of parts and bofmcrs, 
 fcldom heard any one commended for having an 
 excellency in raufick. Jyjcke. 
 
 4. That in which one excels. 
 
 The criticifms have been made rather to dif- 
 cover beauties and excellencies than their faults 
 and imperfe<liions. Addijfjn. 
 
 J. Purity ; goodnefs. 
 
 She luvcs him with that excellence^ 
 That angels love good men with. Shakfpeare. 
 
 6. A title of honour. It is now ufually 
 applied to generals of an army, ambaf- 
 fadors, and governours. 
 
 They humbly ftiew unto your excellence^ 
 To h.^ve a goodly peace concluded of. Shakfp. 
 E'xcELLENT. adj. \excelleiu, Latin.] 
 
 1. Of great virtue ; of great worth; of 
 great dignity. 
 
 Arts and fciences are excellent ^ in order to cer- 
 tain ends. T'lyhr. 
 
 2. Eminent in any good quality. 
 
 He is excellent in power and in judgment. *Job. 
 Excellently, adv. [from £.^W/f^^] 
 
 1. Well in a high degree. 
 
 He determines that m.in was erciS, becaufe he 
 
 was marie with hands, as \\z excellently declaicth 
 
 Broivn's Vntgitr Ettouts. 
 
 That W.1S excellently obferved, fays I, when I 
 read a pafTage in an author, where his opinion 
 agrees «-ith mine. Swijt^ 
 
 2. To an eminent degree. 
 
 Comedy is both e.xcclUniiv inftruflive and ex- 
 tremely picafant ; fatiie lalhes vice into reforma- 
 tion ; and humour reprefents folly, fo as to ren- 
 der it ridiculous, linden. 
 
 To EXCE FT, V. a. [e.xdpio, Latin.] 
 1 . To leave out, and fpecify as left out of 
 a general precept, or pofition. 
 
 But when he faith, All things are put under 
 him, it is manifcft, that he is fAW/irci/ which did 
 put all things under him. Coiinlluani. 
 
 Adam, behold 
 Th" cffeiTts, which thy original crime hath 
 
 wrought 
 In fome to fpring £iom thee, who never tnuch'd 
 Th' excepted nee. Milton's Faradifc LoJ!. 
 
 To Exce'pt. n). n. To objeft ; to make 
 objefcliens. 
 
 A fucceffion which our author could not except 
 againft. * l-ocke. 
 
 'E.-i.Ci.'w. prepoftt. [from the verb. This 
 word, long taken as a prepulition or 
 conjunftion, is originally the participle 
 paffive of the verb; which, like moft 
 others, had for its participle two t€rmi- 
 
 E X C 
 
 nations, except or excepted. All except 
 one, is all, one excepted. Except may 
 likev\ife be, according to the Teutonick 
 idiom, the imperative mood : all, except 
 otie ; that is, all but one, which you miift 
 except.] 
 
 1. Exclulively of ; without inclufion of. 
 
 Richard exc-pt, thofe whom we light agLiuilt, 
 Had rather have us win than him the) follow. 
 
 dhakj^eare. 
 God and his fon except, 
 Nought valued He norfcar'il. Milton. 
 
 2. Uulefs ; if it be not fo that. 
 
 It is iiecetlaiy to know our (Iu:y, becaufe 'tis 
 necellary for us to do it; and it is impolliblc to 
 do it, except we know it. Xillotjon^ 
 
 Excz'?Tn!ic,.prepo/itioti. [from except. See 
 Except.] Without inclulion ot ; with 
 exception of. An improper word. 
 
 May 1 not live without coniroul and .iwe, 
 Excepting Itill the letter of the law.' Drydcn. 
 
 People come into the world in Turkey the 
 fame way they do here, and yet, excepting the 
 royal family, they get but little by it. Cutlicr. 
 
 Exce'ption. n.f. fjvom e.xcept ; exceplio, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Exclufion from the things compre- 
 hended in a precept, or pofitiun; cx- 
 cluliou of any perfon from a general law. 
 
 When God renewed this chartti ol man's fo- 
 vcreignty over the creatures to Noah and his fa- 
 mily, we find no exception at all ; but tiiat Cham 
 flood as fully invelted with tills right as any of his 
 brethicn. ■.' South, 
 
 Let the money be raifed on land, with an ex- 
 ception to fome of the more barren parts, that 
 
 might be tax-free. 
 
 i 
 
 jiddij'on. 
 
 2. It fliould havc_/;-om before the rule of 
 law to which the exception reft;rs ; but 
 it is fometimes inaccurately ufed with to. 
 
 Pleads, in exception to all gen'ral rules, 
 Your talle of follies, wuh our fcorn of fools, i'o^t 
 
 3. Thing excepted, or fpecified in ex- 
 ception. 
 
 Every aft of parliament was not previous to 
 what it cnafted; unlels thofe two, by which the 
 earl of Sirafl'ord and fir John Fenwick loft their 
 heads may pal's for exceptions. Sivift, 
 
 Who firlt taught fouls enflav'd, and realms uu 
 done, 
 Th' enormous faith of many marie for one ; 
 That proud exception to all nature's laws, . ., 
 
 T' imert the world and counterwork its caufK 
 
 I'ofe, 
 
 4. ObjetSlion ; cavil ; with againjl or to. 
 
 Your allertion bath drawn us to m.ikc IcarcH 
 whether thefe be jull exceptions againji the cuf- 
 toms of our church, when ye plead that 
 they are the fame which the church of Rome 
 hath, or that they arc not the fame which lome 
 other reformed churches have deviled. Hooker. 
 
 He may have exceptions pcrcmpcory againjixhc 
 jurors, of which he then (hall Ihew caufe. Spenfer, 
 
 Revelations will foon be riilccriied to be ex- 
 tremely conriucihle to reforming men's lives, fuch 
 as will anfvyerall o.bjeitions and extepitiuns of He(h 
 and blood againji it. Hammond, 
 
 •I ^l anfwer what exceptions they can have 
 againlJ^Our account, and confute all the rcafons 
 and explications they can give of their own. 
 
 Bentiey, 
 
 5. Pcevifti dillike; offence taken; fome- 
 
 f, times with to. 
 ■ I fear'd to (hew my father Julia's letter, 
 Lelt he (hould take exceptions to my love. Shak, 
 
 6. Sometimes with at. 
 
 He firft took cxccj:t.on at'thh badge. 
 Pronouncing, that the palenefs of this flow'r 
 Bewray'd the faintnefs of my maftei's heart. 
 
 S/iak/^eart, 
 
 7. Sometimes with agalnji^
 
 E X C 
 
 Kodengo, tKou hilt taken ugaiiyl mc an cxcfp- 
 
 thn ; but I pruCcIt. I have dealt molV dirctftly in 
 
 thy .itiiitr. S/ia(f^curc. 
 
 8. In this fenfe it is commonly ufed with 
 
 the verb td^i^. 
 
 He g.uc fir J.imcs Tlrrcl gteat thanks ; but took 
 excepcu'i to Che pl.icc of their burial, bcnig too bjit 
 for iliom thiit were king's c(:iil(licn. Btuofi. 
 
 E X c K ' i* r I o N A B L E . at^j, I from exccpi'wn . ] 
 Liable to objcdion. 
 
 The only piece oi plcafantry in Milton is where 
 the evil ipi.iib rally itie angels upan the hicccls uf 
 their arlilU ly : this p.iiragv I look upon tj be the 
 moll cxceptionuhU in •'he wiiole pi>eni. Add:fon. 
 
 ExcErrious. iZ£^. \j\ ova except, ^ Pecvilh; 
 Irowaid; full ot objection*; tiuarrclfome. 
 
 Thty aie To fupciciiious, (harp, troubltfomc, 
 fieicc, Awd. escr^'t\oui^ th.tt :hcy au- not only Ihort 
 of the true chaia^cr of fi Icndlhip, but become ihc 
 very furcs of fuciety. Sjuth. 
 
 Exce'ptive. adj. [fijm e>:cept,'\ Inclu- 
 dlnj( an exception. 
 
 Exnptive piopolitions will make complex fyl- 
 logifm^> as none but phyficians came to the con- 
 fultation: the nuvfe h no phytician, thcrcfoie the 
 nurfecamc not to the conluliaiion. IKittt. 
 
 ExCeVtlf.ss. aJj. [from f.cay/.] Omit- 
 ting or nt-gleding all exccpiionj geneial; 
 univerfa!. Not in ufe. 
 
 Forgi.c my gc.i'ral anrt exirptfefs i-aflmefs, 
 Peipciual I'obci godsl 1 do pioclaini 
 One lioiieil man. S/iukfpgiire's Tnncn. 
 
 Exceptor, w.y. [Uom except .^ Ohjcclor; 
 
 one that makes exceptions. 
 The ex'trpr^r makes a rt;fit;^iun upon the im- 
 
 propritty of [r.oie expreflion*. £urnci. 
 
 To Exce'rn. r. a. [^e\cernoy T.atin.] To 
 
 firain out ; to fcparate or emit by 
 
 llrainers ; to fend out by excretion. 
 
 Thar which is dead, or corrupted or exccr'i£./y 
 liath antipathy with the fume thing when it is 
 alive and found, and with thofe p.uts which do 
 excer/t. B*JCon's N'ifurul liijhty. 
 
 Exercife fir ft fcndeth iiourilhmenC into the 
 parts ; and fccondiy, hclptih ro exccrn by fwear, 
 and to niakf th tiic parts airiniilate. i>u ci. 
 
 An unguent or pjpprcp..red, witii an open ■- tf- 
 fel to fxcfrn it into. Rny on tiu Lu\iilon. 
 
 Exce'rption. n.f, \txcerptiot Latin.] 
 
 1. The act of gleaning ; fclecling, 
 
 2, The thing gleaned or felc6^ed. 
 
 Times have conlunicd iiis woiks, f.i\ iny fjme 
 few excerpti^m. KiLigh. 
 
 EXCE'SS. n.j\ [excpjfus, Latin.] 
 \, More than enough; faulty fuperfluity. 
 Amongft thi heaps of thefe excrj/is and fn- 
 perfluities, there is cipicd the want of a principal 
 pait of duty. Ihoicr. 
 
 Guo J::efs anfwcrs to the theological virtue cha- 
 rity, and admits no ev'-eft b-ai eirur : the deliie of 
 power in twef^ caufcd the an-^cls to f.ill ; (he de- 
 Are of knowledge iimx eff^ caufcd man to f^ll ; 
 but in charity there is no twrift^ neither can an- 
 gel or man conic in daiigci by it. Biiio^i. 
 Mtmbcrs are cruoked or dUlorted, or difpro- 
 poitionaie to the icit, either i'l'^w^-a/". or dcfcd>. 
 R.iy orf'Ti^ Creation. 
 
 2. Exuberance; (late of exceeding ; com- 
 parative exuberance. 
 
 Let the fuperfluous and kift dieted man, 
 That braves your oidin^ncc, feel your power 
 
 quickly ; 
 So diftiibution (hall undo rx efs, 
 And each man have enough. Sh.ikfpcaic. 
 
 The fcveral rays in that white light iTtain their 
 colorihck qualities, by which thofe of nny fort, 
 whenever they become more copious than the reft, 
 do by their exceft and predominance caufe thtir 
 piopcr colour to appear. Nczuton^i Opeici,. 
 
 3. Intemperance; imreafonabk indulgence 
 in meat and dank, 
 
 VoL.L 
 
 E X C 
 
 It was cverfs of wine that ftt him on, 
 And on iiis muic advice wc pardun inm. Sha^f 
 
 Tlierc will be need of u-nipcrance mi die ; for 
 the body, once heavy with txcefi and lurfcits, 
 hangs plummets on li.e nobler parts. DuffU. 
 
 4. V iulc-ncc- ot paflloii. 
 
 5. Tranrgrcilioii of dm- limits. 
 
 A popular fsvay, by fiircnig kings to give 
 More tlian was fit foi ohjcit^ to retcne, 
 Ran to the lame extremes ; and one t\tcfi 
 Made both, by liriving to be greater, lefj. 
 
 Deitlttim. 
 
 Hofpitality fometimcs dcgcneiatcs in^o pnj- 
 fnlcnefs : even paiTimony itfcif, which fits but 111 
 upon a publick liguic, is yet the more pnrdon- 
 at>ie rxcrfi of the two. Attctbtny. 
 
 Exce'ssivi;. adj. \exceJJif,Y\i:\\i^\; from 
 excej's.'\ 
 
 1. Beyond the common proportion of 
 quantity or bulk. 
 
 If the panicum be laid below and about the 
 bottom of a roor, it will caul'e the root to giow 
 to an (xcej/n?e bignefs. B.iiSn. 
 
 2. Vehement beyond meafiire in kindncfs 
 or diflike. 
 
 Be not.'viT^t/c toward any. - F.ccln. 
 
 The people's property it is, hy e.xc^Jfme favour 
 to bring great men to mifcty, and then to be ex- 
 Cfjji-v; in pi:y. Uu\wurd. 
 
 ExcE's'iivLLy. fl/u. [from cv/-(^-tii'.] Ex- 
 ceedingly; eminently; in a great degree. 
 
 A man mult be t.\c:JJ,r:iiv Dupid, as well a> 
 ur.chaiitabic, who bclie\e5 there is no virtue but 
 on h:s own lirie. ^-idilifon. 
 
 To EXCHA'NGE. -u. a. {exchanger,. 
 
 French ; excamliarc, low L.atin.J 
 I. To give or quit one thing for the fake 
 of gaining another. 
 
 They Ihall noi fell of it, neither ixchnnge nor 
 alienate the firft fruits. £-^etii/ 
 
 Mxciaiigr his Ihcep for (hells, or wool for a 
 fparkling pebble, or a diamond. L'.cke 
 
 T.ikc delight in the good th;ngj of this word, 
 
 fo as to remember that we are to pait with them, 
 
 nnd to txchurige them for mote excellent a.id 
 
 durable enjoyments. Artahury 
 
 I. To give and take reciprocally. 
 
 E\rf'iaitgi foigivcncfs with mc noMc Hamict ; 
 Mine .ind my fatlier's blood be not upon thee, 
 >.'or thine on lire. ihakfpmre. 
 
 Words ha\i!ig naturally no fignification, the 
 idea muft be Icnned by thofe who would rx'ha'igf 
 thougi.t.'^, and hold intelligible difcourfe with 
 ot he ri. ,. Luke. 
 
 Here then exdi.t^tgc we mutually forgivenefs. 
 So may the guiit of all my hnrken vows, 
 Mv pcrieicsto thee be all forgotten. R'iiue. 
 
 3. It lias luilh before the perfon with 
 whom tlie exchange is made, and y&r 
 before the thing taken in exchange. 
 
 Tnc king called in the old money, and ereif^cd 
 exchanges where the weight of old money was 
 cxchaif^ed J'ji- new. Cam.kn. 
 
 Bciirg acquainted with the laws and fafhions of 
 liis own country, he has fometi.ing to txch.trigi 
 villi thole abroad Locke. 
 
 E.\ch,v'nge. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. I'he adl of giving and receiving reci- 
 procally. 
 
 And thus they parted, with exchange of harms ; 
 
 Much blood the monlicrs loft, and they their 
 
 aims. U'alkr. 
 
 They lend their corn, they make exchange ; 
 
 they are always ready to ferve one another. 
 
 AdJifcn. 
 
 2. TrafRck by permutation. 
 
 The woild IS maintained by intercourfe ; and 
 the whole courfe of nature is a great exchange, in 
 which one good turn is, and ought to be, the 
 Aated price of another. South. 
 
 3. The form craft of transferring, pro- 
 perly by bills or notes. 
 
 E X C 
 
 I have bills for money by e.vhangt 
 From FiurciK'C, and muft here deliver them. 
 
 4. The balance of the money of diftcrent 
 nations. 
 
 He was Ikilled in the exchange beyond feas, and 
 in all the cireuiuftances and practices thctcof. 
 
 lluyi^a'd on Ed'WtirJ vt. 
 
 5. The thing given in return for (ome- 
 tliing received. 
 
 J I none appear to prove upon thy pcrfun 
 Tliy heinous, maiiilelt, and many trcainns. 
 There i» my pleilge : I'll prove it on thy he.irf. 
 — There 's my tvchange ; what in the world he is 
 That n.imcs me traitor, viihnn-Uke he lies. 
 
 Shakjiieare* i King Lear. 
 
 Spend all I have, only give me lo much time 
 in exchtirge of it. Shakj^care, 
 
 It made not the filvcr coined go for more than 
 its \'aluc in all things to be bouglit ; but juft fo 
 much as the denomination was railed, juft fo 
 much Icfs of commodity had the buyer in ^.v- 
 chiinge for it. Locke. 
 
 If blood you feck, I will my own refign : 
 O fpare her life, and in exchange take mine. 
 
 DryJen't Ind. Emf. 
 
 6. The thing recened in return for fome- " 
 thing given. 
 
 Tnc rcfpcffl .and love which was paid you by all 
 who had tlie happinel* to know you, wa.s a wife 
 exchange for the i.onoiirs of the<Ourt. Dryden. 
 
 7. The place where tiie merchants meet 
 to negociatc their affairs ; r'— -' of fale. 
 
 He tuat ufc.N the f.imc words fometimo in one, 
 and Ibmetimes in another lignitication, ouglit ti* 
 pafs, in tnc fciioois, for as fair a man, as he docs 
 in the market and exchange, who fells feveral 
 things under rh.e fame name. Locke, 
 
 No thing, noplace is ftrange. 
 While his fair bofoni is the world's exchange. 
 
 JJenhjm. 
 
 Exch.\'nger. n.y. [from e.tciange.^ One 
 who pratflifcs exchange. 
 
 Whilll liullion may be had for a fraall'price 
 moic than tlie weight of our current cafti, 
 thefe txchangt-!4 gener.illy chufe rather to buy 
 bullion than run the rillt of melting down our 
 coin, which is criminal by the law. L'jcke. 
 
 Exche'at. n.y. See Escheat. 
 
 He by my ruins thinks to make them great : 
 To make one great by oihers lofs, is bad exrheat, 
 
 Sperfer. 
 
 Exche'ator. n.f. See Escheator. 
 Thcf; earls and dukes appcinte<! their fpecial 
 oflScers; as flierifl', admiral, receiver, iiavener, 
 cullomer, butler, fcarclier, comjitiolkr, gagcr, 
 txchcattr, fcodaiy, audi'.or, and clerk of the mar- 
 ket. Careiv. 
 
 Exche'(1Uer. n. f. [efchequeir, Norman 
 French ; J'chnccurium, low Latin, from 
 fchat'::,, a trcaiure, German.] I'he court 
 to which ate brought all the revenues 
 belonging to the crown. It conliftj of 
 two parts; whereof one dealeth fpecially 
 in the hearing and deciding of :dlcauft3 
 appertaining to the king's coffers : the 
 otlier is called the receipt of the exchequer, 
 which is pioperly etnployed in the re- 
 ceiving and paying of money. It is alfo 
 a court of record, wherein all caufes 
 touching the revenues of the crown are 
 handled. Harris. 
 
 I will be clieater to them both, and they Ihall 
 be exchcqucTi to me. Sk.i.i:'jieare, 
 
 Your treafures 
 Are quite exhaullcd, tie excheipKr 's empty. 
 
 Vnihuir.'i Scj^Jjly, 
 
 Clipped money will pafs whilll the king's 
 
 bankers and at leait the exj^rni/er takes it. Lcek^. 
 
 EXCrSE. n.f. [«fi-j/V, Dutch ; excifum, 
 
 Latin.] A hateful ta.-i levied upaa 
 
 4P
 
 EX C 
 
 Tevied upon commodities, and acljuiged 
 not by the comuion judges of property 
 but wretches hucd by thofe to whom 
 cxcife is paid. 
 
 Tlic people Ihoiild pay a ratable tax far tlicir 
 ilicep, and an (xclfc for ever/ thing wlneli they 
 flioulel cat. UuyiL-ara. 
 
 Ambitious now to cake ^vrife 
 Of a more fiagrjiit paradifc. CUavchwd. 
 
 Exciftf 
 With hundicdrows of teeth, the (hark exceeds, 
 And on all tiades like cjff.iwar (he feeds. 
 
 Marvel. 
 Hire large houfcs, and opprcfs the poor. 
 
 By farni'd ='.v 
 
 Dtydsn^i 'frfveHn!. 
 
 ToExcrsE. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 levy excife upon a perfon or thin^^. 
 
 In fouth-fca d.iys, not liap|.ier when furmis'd 
 The lord of thoiifands, than if now exrii'd. Fife. 
 Exci'sEM.lN. n.f. [f.va/e and wan.] An 
 .^ ofSctr who infpeits commodities, and 
 
 rates their excilc. 
 Exci'sioN. n.f. [excijio, Latin.] Extir- 
 pation ; deftrndtion ; ruin ; the aft of 
 cutting off; the Rate of being cut off. 
 
 Pride is one of the fatalelt inlirunients of e\- 
 c:fion. Decay t,f Ficly. 
 
 Such conquerors are the inftruments ( f ven- 
 geance on thofe n.itions that have tilled up the 
 meafuie of iniquities, and are grown ripe for 
 txcifmi. ' ^ Attcriury. 
 
 Excita'tion. n.f. [from f.vaVo, to excite, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of exciting or putting into 
 motion. 
 
 All putrefactions come from ihc ambient bo- 
 dy, either by ingrefs of the ambient body into 
 the body putrefied, or by !\cit,itio'i and foiicita- 
 tion of the body putrehed, by the body ambient. 
 
 Buc'jn. 
 
 3, The aft of roufing or awakening. 
 
 The original of fcnfililc and fpiritual ideas may 
 be owing to fenfation and reflcdlion, the recol- 
 leftion and ffclh cscitatlon of tliem to other oc- 
 calions. /Ai?«!' Loguk. 
 
 To EXCI'TE. -u. a. \exdto, Latin.] 
 
 1. To roufc ; to animate ; to ftir up ; to 
 encourage. 
 
 The Lacedemonians were more excilsd to de- 
 fire of honour with the excellent verl'es of the 
 poet TirtJeus, than with all the exlioi rations of 
 their captains. Spcnjcr' i helaml 
 
 That kind of poefy which cxcitis to virtue the 
 greatclt men, is of gieatell ufe to human kind. 
 
 Diyi"'- 
 
 2. To put in motion ; to awaken ; to raife. 
 Exci'tement. n.f. [fromraaVe.] The 
 
 motive by which one is llirred up, ani- 
 mated, or put in aflion. 
 How ftand I then, 
 That have a father kill'd, a mother ftain'd, 
 Ex-ciumenti of my reafun and my blond, 
 And let all flcep ■ Sh.ikf^eare'i Jcmftf.. 
 
 Exci'ter. n.f. [fromcxnVf.] 
 7. One that llirs up others, or puts them 
 in motion. 
 
 They never punifhed thc^delinqucncy of the 
 tumults and their «u/cri. .^"'^. '"''""'■'• 
 
 2. The caufe by which anything is raifed 
 or put 'in motion. 
 Hope is the grand cxi-.'.er of induftiy. 
 
 Decay oj Piety. 
 
 7o EXCLATM. f. «. [exdmno, Lat.] 
 I. To cry out with vehemence ; to make 
 an outcry ; to cry out queruloufly and 
 
 cutrageoufly. 
 
 Thi.* ring, 
 Which, when you part from, lofe, or give aw.ay. 
 Let it prefagc the ruin of your love, 
 i;nd be my 'vautasi: to c.vr/u/w on you. S/mlf. 
 
 E X C 
 
 Thofe who rxriaim againft foreign tyranny, do, 
 to this intclbne ufurpcr, make an entire dcriiiion 
 of tljcmlclvcs. Decay of Ficfy. 
 
 Tl'.c moft infupportable of tyrants exclaim 
 againll th.e excrcife of arbitral y power. L'EJlra. 
 Z. To declare v\ith loud vociferation. 
 Is Cade the fon of Henry the fifth. 
 That thus you do exclaim you'll go with him .' 
 
 Shakffearc. 
 
 Excla'im. n.f. [from the verb.] Clamour; 
 outcry. Now difufed. 
 
 Aias, the part I had in Glo'fter's blood 
 Doth more folicit me than •^a\xx cxclaimsy 
 To Hir againll the butchers of his life. Sliaijf. 
 Excla'imkk. n.f. [from £.\r /«;';».] One 
 that makes vehement outcries ; one that 
 fpeaks with great heat and palTion. 
 
 I mul^ lell this cxclaimcrj that his manner of 
 piocceding is very Itrange and un.accountable. 
 
 yjlterlmyy. 
 ExCLA m.a'tion. n.f. \_exc!amat'w, Lat.] 
 I. Vehement outcry ; clamour; outrage- 
 ous vociferation. 
 
 The ears of the people are continually beaten 
 with exclamations againft abufes in the church. 
 
 IJooker, DeJication. 
 Either be patient, or intreat me fair. 
 Or with the clamorous report of war. 
 Thus will I df'iwn yom exclamatioin. Shakf^i. 
 
 t. An etiiphatical Utterance ; a pathetical 
 
 fentence. 
 O Mulidorus ! Mufidorus ! but what ferve 
 
 exclamation!, where there are no ears to receive 
 
 the found ? _ SiJncy- 
 
 3. A note by which a pathetical fentence 
 
 is marked thus ! 
 Excl.v'matory. adj. \Jrom exclaim. '\ 
 
 1. Praililing exclamationi 
 
 2. Containing exclamation. 
 To EXCLUDE. V. a. [exdudo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To fhut out ; to hinder from entrance 
 or admiflion. 
 
 Fenc'd with hedges and deep ditches round, 
 Exclude the incioathing cattle from thy ground. 
 Dryderi's Virgil. 
 
 Sure I am, unlcfs I win in arms. 
 To ftand excludeii Uom Emilia's chairas. Drydeti. 
 
 Bodies do each fingly polTefs its proper por- 
 tion, according to the extent of its fohd parts, 
 and thereby exclude all other bodies from that 
 fpacc. Locke. 
 
 Though thcfe three forts of fubrtanccs do noi 
 exclude one another out of the fame place, yet 
 we cannot conceive but that they mult necella- 
 rily each of them exclude any of the fame kind 
 out of the fame place. LocU. 
 
 If the chuich b-' fo unhappily contrived as to 
 exclude from its communion fuch perfons like- 
 lic(^ to have great abilities, it Ihould be altered. 
 
 Swiji. 
 
 2. To debar; to hinder from participa- 
 tion ; to prohibit. 
 
 Jurtice, that (its and frowns where publick 
 taws 
 Exclude foft mercy from a private caufe. 
 In your tribunal moft beifclf docs picafe ; 
 There only fmilcs, bemiufc Ihe lives at ca(e. Dryd. 
 
 This is Dutch pattnerlhip, 10 (hare in all our 
 beneficial bargains, and cxdude us wholly from 
 theirs. _ Siiifi. 
 
 3. To except in any polition. 
 
 4. Not to comprehend ki any grant or 
 privilege. 
 
 Tiicy fcparate from all apparent hope of life 
 and falvation, thoufands whom the goodnels of 
 Almighty God doth not exclude. Hiokci 
 
 5. To difmifs from the womb or egg. 
 
 Others ground this difvuption upon their con- 
 tinued or protraflcd timeeif delivery, wherewitli 
 excluding but one a-riay, the latter brood impa- 
 tient, by a forcible proruption, antidate.s their 
 period of cxclufion. Brown' i Fu/gar Enours. 
 
 E X C 
 
 ExcLu'sioN, ti.f. [{rom cxcfiiif':.] 
 
 1. The aft of fhutting out or denying ad- 
 miffion. 
 
 In bodies that need detention of fpitits, the 
 f.x-c7.///V''; of the air doth good ; but in bodies that 
 need emilTion of fpirits, it doth hurt. Bacvi. 
 
 2. Rejeftion ; not reception ia any man- 
 ner. 
 
 If he is for an entire rxclufion of fear, which is 
 fuppofed to have fume intluence in every law, he 
 oppofcs hirnfcif to every government. ./Iddifin. 
 
 3. The aft of debarring from any urivi- 
 lege or participation. 
 
 4. Exception. 
 There was a queftion arteed at the table, whe- 
 ther the French king would agree to have the 
 difpofing of the marriage of Bictagne, with an 
 exception and exclufion that he (hould not many 
 her himfelf? Bacon's Henry vii. 
 
 5. The difmifTion of the young from the 
 egg or womb. 
 
 How were it polTible the womb fliould rontain 
 the child, nay fomctimes twins, *till they come 
 to their due perfcftion and maturity for e.\clu. 
 fion ? .S^y on the Creation. 
 
 6. Ejeftion ; emiffion ; thing emitted. 
 
 The fait and lixiviated (erolily, with fome 
 portion of choler, is divided between the guts 
 and bladder, yet it remains undivided in birds, 
 and hath but a fingte defcent by the guts with 
 the exelufwui of the belly. Brovn. 
 
 ExcLu'sivE. adj. [from exclude.^ 
 I. Having the power of excliiifjipg or de- 
 nying admiflion. * 
 
 They ob(facle find none 
 Of membrane, joint, or limb, e.xclufive bars : 
 Eafier than ail with air, if (pints emhriite. 
 Total they mix. Milton's Faradife LoJI. 
 
 z. Debarring from participation. 
 
 In Icriptute there is no fuch thing as an heir 
 that was, by right of nature, to inherit all, "n.- 
 elujive of his brethren. Lo.kt. 
 
 3 Not taking into an account or ninu- 
 ber : oppofed to huhifii-e. 
 
 I know not whether he reckons the drofs, tx- 
 clufivc or inckuive, with his three hundred and 
 fixty tons of copper. Swrjt. 
 
 4. Excepting. 
 
 Exci.Li'sivELY. adv. {^rom exchfsve.] 
 I. Without admiflion of another to par- 
 ticipation : fumctlmes with ta, pro- 
 perly with of. 
 
 It is not eafy to difcern, among the many dif- 
 fering fuhftances obtained fiom the fame portiotv 
 of matter, which ought to be eltcemed, e.\cjur 
 /;t;(7> /o all the reft, its inexiftent elementary in- 
 gredients ; much lefs what primogenial and fim- 
 plc bodies, convened together, compofe it. Boyle 
 Ulyflcs adthcffcs himfelf to the queen chiefly 
 or primarily, but not exclufn-tly of the king. 
 
 Broome on th* Odyjtey. 
 
 z. Without comprtheufion in an account 
 or number ; not indufivcly. 
 
 The fiift part liUls from the date of the citation 
 to the joiniiig-'of iffue, exclufivcly : the fecond 
 continues ty a conclufioii in the caufe, inclufivtly. 
 
 jr' A^ylijje's Faritgon. 
 
 To ExcWt. i». a. [excol^ns, Lat.] To 
 boil up ; to make by boiling. 
 
 Salt .Old fugar, cxcocled by heat, are diffolvcd 
 by cold and moifture. Bacon's Natural Hijiory. 
 
 /"^XCo'gitate. •y. a. [excp^ito, Lat.] 
 JTo invent ; to ftiike out by thinking. 
 ■' If the wit of man had been to contrive this 
 organ, wliat could he have puifibly excegitaieU 
 more accurate .' Mori. 
 
 The tradition of the origination of mankind 
 fcems to be univeifal; but the paiticuhu me- 
 thods of that origination excogitated by the hea- 
 then, were particular. Hair's Ong. oj Mauk. 
 Wc (hall find them K> be little cite tWan cxct.
 
 E X C 
 
 litdtid and invented models, not mucli .iiifing 
 from the tiuc image of the things themfilvcs 
 
 Excommu'nicaule. adj. Liable or dc- 
 fcrviiig to lie excommunicated. 
 
 Perliaps estfiutmunkabU \ yea, and cart for 
 notorious improbity. IhoktK 
 
 To Excommu'nic ATE. ti. a. [^rxcommii- 
 nico, low Latin.] To ejcft fiom tlu- 
 communion of the vifihlc church by an 
 ecclcfiaftical ccnfure ; to intcrdift from 
 the partlcipaliuii of holy myfterics. 
 
 Thou rtl.ilr iiand c.irfl .tild r-^-ccmtvuniratc \ 
 And hicli'ed (hall he he, that doih revolt 
 From his allegiance 10 an iiereticlc, Sknifp 
 
 What if they fliall (■>vo'«»;:/«:f<;/f me, hatli the 
 doftriuc of ineckncfi any falve for me ihen. 
 
 HammO'j.l'i PrtiO. Ciltcch, 
 
 ~Tlic office is performed by llic parifh-pricrt at 
 interment, but not unto perfons fxronmu>:icatC{t. 
 
 Ekcommunica'tion. n f. [from excon- 
 tniitiicslr.^ An ecclelialHcal interdifl ; 
 excliifion from the fellowfiiip of the 
 church. 
 
 As for excommunicatiorj^ it neitlier fliiitrcth 
 out from tl:c niyftical, nor clean from the vi 
 fible church ; but only from fcllowlliip with the 
 vifih'.c in lioly duties. ftofc. 
 
 To EXCO'^UATE. v. a. To flay; to 
 llrip off the flcin. 
 
 An iiyperl.MColis arifcs upon llie exrariateJ 
 eyelid, and turntth it outnaid. ffljcfnitu 
 
 A loofenefs provc» often a fatal fymj>tom ni 
 fevers; for it weakens, excon'jfgsj and inflames 
 the bowels. /^'Itutfmot. 
 
 Excoria'tion. n.f. \_hom cxc,iriatt\'\ 
 
 1. Lot's of flvin; privation of Il<in ; the 
 adl of flaying. 
 
 The pituite feccrncd in the nofe, mouth, and 
 inleftines, is hot an excrementitious, but a lau- 
 dable humour, neecffary for defending thcfc 
 parts from excori\tfions.~ ^^rUuthnot 
 
 2. Plunder; fpoil ; the aft of dripping 
 of pofleffions. 
 
 It hath marvcUouny enhanced the revenues of 
 
 the crown, tliough with a pitiful excoriation of 
 
 the poorer fort. BoiueK 
 
 Excortica'tion. n.f. [from ex and 
 
 cortex, Latin.] Pulling the bark off 
 
 any thing. ^hicf. 
 
 To E'xCREATF.. 17. a. \_excreo, Latin.] 
 
 To cjeft at the mouth by hawking, or 
 
 forcing matter from the throat. 
 
 E'XCREMENT. n.f. \_excrementum, Lat.] 
 
 That which is thrown out as ufekfs, 
 
 noxious, or corrupted from the natural 
 
 pafFages of the body. 
 
 ■ We fee tiiat thofc cxcranenttj that are of the 
 iirft digeftion, fmcll tlie worll ; as the excrtmsnti 
 ftom the belly. Bacon. 
 
 It fares witii politick bodies as with the pliyfi- 
 cal; each would convert all into their own pro- 
 per fubrtance, and caft forth as excremint what 
 will not fo be changed. RaleiaV i Effuys. 
 
 Their fordid avarice rakes 
 In exrremenfiy and hires the very Jakes. jDrydcrj. 
 
 Farce, in itfelf, is of a nafty fccnt; 
 
 But the gain fmtlls not of the txcrcment. Dryi. 
 
 You may find, by dilTeiffion, not only their 
 
 ftomachs full of meat, but their inteftmes full 
 
 of exaemcift. Birltley. 
 
 The txcrtmnits of hotfes are nothing but hay, 
 
 and, as fuch, combuftible. Arhut'tvrjt. 
 
 Excr[;me'ntal. adj. [from excrcinmt.^^ 
 
 That Is voided as excrement. 
 
 God hath given virtues to fprings, fountains, 
 caith, plunts, and fr.e excrsfreiittil ^^n^ of the 
 bafeft livin;; creatures. RaUigh. 
 
 Excrementitious. adj. [from excre- 
 ment.^ Containing excrements j con- 
 
 E X C 
 
 fifting of matter excreted from the 
 body ; offenfive or ufelcfs to the body. 
 
 lite excrimentiticus moiliuie palfjth nl hiidi 
 through a fairer and more delicate Ihainer than 
 m btalts. Bac^yn. 
 
 Toil of the mind deiltoys health, by attiachng 
 the fpiiits fiom theii talk of coticod^ion to tlu 
 biain ; whither they carry along with litem 
 clouds of vapours and escrcmefttitioui iiumours. 
 
 ilan'tx 
 
 The lungs are the grand cmuni^ory of the 
 body ; and the main end of rcfpiration is conti- 
 nually to difchaige and expel an c.xcrfmeniitioia 
 fluid out of the mafs of blood. kVoothuHru 
 
 An animal fiuid no w:\yi excrementitious, mild, 
 elaborated-, and nutritious. Arhuthtiot 
 
 Excre'scence. ?^./ \excrefco, Latin.] 
 E.mcre'scency. j Somewhat growing; 
 out of another without ufe, and con- 
 trary to the common order of produc 
 tlon ; preternatural produdion. 
 
 All beyond this is monllious, 'tis out of na- 
 ture, 'tis an excrejcence, and not a living part ol 
 poetry. Drydtn. 
 
 VVe have little more than the excrefc'encics ot 
 the Spanilh monarchy. AdSjonon the H'ar. 
 
 They are the (xcrefccncia of our fouls; which, 
 like our hair and beards, look horrid or becom- 
 ing as we cut or let them grow. Tail/r. 
 
 Tumours and cxcrrfremin of plants, out of 
 which generally iffucs a Hy or a worm, arc al firl* 
 nude by Iucj infcds which wound the teiidei 
 buds. Bent/ty, 
 
 Excre'scent. adj. [excrefcens, Latin.] 
 That grows out of another with pre- 
 ternatural Itipcrlkiity. 
 
 Expunge the whole, oi lop th' excrefcent yzttf^ 
 Of all, our vices ha-.x created aits : 
 Then fee how littl^ the remaining fum. 
 Which fetv'd the pall, and mull the times to 
 come. J'tf'r. 
 
 Excre'tion. n.f. [excretio, Latin.] 
 I. Separation of animal fubilance ; ejoS- 
 ing fomevvhat quite out of the body, as 
 ofnofmther ufe, which is called ex- 
 crement, '^uincy. 
 The lymptoms of the excrrt:on of the Ijile vi- 
 tiated, are a yellowilh (kin, white hard facce.s, 
 lot's of appetite, and lixivia! urine. Atinttknol. 
 l. The thing excerned. 
 
 The r.iofs from apple-trees is little better than 
 
 an exereti-jn. Br.ccn. 
 
 Excre'tive. adj. [excre/us, Latin.] 
 
 Having the power of feparatiisg and 
 
 ejefting excrements. 
 
 A diminution of the body happens by the r.v- 
 creti'ue faculty, cXccrning and evacuating more 
 than nccelTary. Hjri>ev on Carf!,?npf:orn. 
 
 E'iCRETORY. aelj. [dom excretion.] Hav- 
 ing the quality of fcparating and ejctfl- 
 ing fiipcrfluous parts. 
 
 E'xcRETORY. n.J'. The inftrument of 
 excretion. 
 
 Fxc'tio'i-:! of the body are nothing but (len- 
 der rllps of the arteries, deriving an appropriated 
 juice from the blood. t7u-yf;c 
 
 ExcRo'ciABLE. ad/, [from excnieuile.] 
 Liable to torment. Djii. 
 
 To EXCRUCIATE, v. a. [cxcnilio, 
 Latin.] To torture; to torment. 
 
 And here my heart long time /xcnuiate, 
 AmongH the leaves I relied all that night. 
 
 Cft.ipmiin*i Odvjfey. 
 
 Leave them as long as they keep their h.ud- 
 ncfs and impenitent hearts, to thofe gnawing 
 and fxctnciut^fig fears, thofc whips of the Divine 
 Nemefis, that frequently fcourgc even atheids 
 themfelves. Brnti:\. 
 
 Excuba'tion. n.f. \_exculatio, .Latin.] 
 The 3tl of watching ail niglit. JDlii. 
 
 E X C 
 
 To E^cu'lpate. v. a. [ex and eu!pe, 
 Latin.] l"o clear from the imputa- 
 tion of a fault. 
 
 A good child will not feck to exculpate her- 
 fclf al the expcncc of the moil revered charaflers. 
 
 C/ariffa, 
 
 To Excu'r. v. n. To pafs beyond limits. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 His diieal'c was an aftlima, oft rxrurring to 
 an orthoj>iioeia ; the caule, a tr.inllition of tar- 
 larous humours from his joints lo his lungs. 
 
 HjrTiy on Conjutnptions. 
 
 Excu'rsion. n.f. [cxcuifion, French; 
 excurro, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The aft of deviating from the fiated 
 or fettled path ; a ramble. 
 
 Tiie mule whofc e.uly voice you taught to 
 
 ling, 
 Prefcrib'd iier heights, and prun'd her tcnd<v 
 
 wing ; 
 Her guide now loA, no more attempts to rife. 
 But in low nunibeis (hort excuftons cries. Pope. 
 
 2. An expedition into fome diilant part. 
 
 The mind extends its thoughts often beyond 
 the utmoft cxpanfiun of matter, and makes rv- 
 c/tiji'/m into that incomprehenlible. Locke. 
 
 3. Progreflion beyond fixed limits. 
 
 The caufes of thofc great cxcurfions of the 
 feafons into the extremes of cold and heat, are 
 very oijfcure. Arbuthnot on ylir. 
 
 4. DlgrclTion ; ramble from a fubjcft. 
 
 E.\peit not that [ Ihouhl beg pardon for this 
 excutj-on, 'till I thinK it a digielTion, to infill on 
 the blelfednefs of drill in heaven. Boyle. 
 
 I am too weary to allow myfelf any wc«^oir 
 f.rini the main dcfign. yittcrlury. 
 
 Excursive, ad;, [from excurro, Latin.] 
 Rambling ; wandering ; deviating. 
 
 But wh.y lo ir^r exi:iirfruf, when at liand 
 Fair-handed Spring unbofoms every grace. 
 
 Tkomfon, 
 Excu 'sable, adj. [from excufe.^ Par- 
 donable ; that for which fome excafe 
 or apology may be admitted. 
 
 Thuugii ne were already llept into the wiriter 
 of his age, he found himl'clf warm in thofe de- 
 fites, which were in his Ion far more excufailt. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Learned m;n are excufahlc in particulars, 
 
 whereupon our falvation depcndclh not. Raieigh, 
 
 Not only that ; 
 That were exciifille, tliat and thoufands more 
 Of femblable inrport. Shakfucare, 
 
 For his intermeddling with arms he is the more 
 excufahle, becaufc many others of his coat are 
 commanders. Hciv:!. 
 
 Before the gofpel, impenitcncy was mucli 
 mure excujablc, becaufe men weic ignorant. 
 
 Tillotfon. 
 
 Excusableness. n.f. [from excnfabk.'\ 
 Pardoiiablenefs ; capability to be ex- 
 cufcd. 
 
 It may fatisfy others of tlie f.^cuJithUncJ'\ of my 
 diffatiifaiJlion, to peiufc ti:c enfuiog rcl.iiion. 
 
 Btyle. 
 Excusa'tion. n.f. [from excufe.'\ Ex- 
 cufe ; plea ; apology. 
 
 Pret"aces, fxcujation:, and other fpceches of 
 
 reference to the perfon, thuugh they fcem !o 
 
 proceed of modelly, they are bravery. Biicon. 
 
 Goodnefs to be aamired, that it refuted not 
 
 his argument in the punilhn.ent of his excu(.siion. 
 
 Broxfn. 
 Excu'sATORV. adj. [(rom exciif}.'] Plead- 
 ing excufe ; apologctical ; making apo- 
 logy. 
 To EXCU'SE. 11. a. lexcufo, Latin.] 
 I. To extenuate by apology. 
 
 Bad men rxcuje their faults, good aet will 
 lea\e them ; 
 He afts the ihiid crime that defends the fiift. 
 
 fffn Jinjir. 
 4 P 2
 
 EXE 
 
 2. To difengage from an obligation ; to 
 remit attendance. 
 
 I hjve boughl a jiiece of ground, and I mlift 
 needs go and fee it : I prjv thcc have me f v- 
 ("fcd. ' Luke. 
 
 L.iud attended t!irougliout that whole journey, 
 wliicli he was not oblij;cd to do, and no douhi 
 would ha\c hetn ex^njtjiwjm it. Ch'r^fi.hn 
 
 3. To remit ; not to exadt : as, to ex- 
 ciife a fnrfc'iturc. 
 
 \. To weaken or mollify obligation to 
 any thing ; to obtain remiffion. 
 
 Kor coujd the real danger of leaving their 
 dwellings to go up to the ccniplc, cxcufe their 
 ^ourtiey. South. 
 
 5. To pardon by allowing an apology. 
 
 O rhou, whoe'er thou ait, excufe tiic force 
 Thcfc men have us'd ; and O befriend our 
 courfe ! Adiiijon. 
 
 Excufc fomc courtly drains ; 
 No winter pa^e than Addilon's remains. Vni'e. 
 
 6. To throw olF imputation by a feigiied 
 apology. 
 
 Think, you that we cxcuj\' uurfelvcs unto you } 
 2 Ct)hitJ:!iin\. 
 
 7. Tojaftify; to vindicate. This fenfe 
 is rare. 
 
 Accuiing or clfe fxrufin\r one another. K-jwr. 
 
 Excu'sE. n.f. [from the verb. The lall 
 
 fyllable of the verb is founded as if 
 
 written f.\v«^<?, that of the noun with 
 
 the natural fottud.J 
 
 1. Plea offered in extenuation; apology. 
 
 I was fct upon by fomc of your fervants, 
 whom bccaufe I have in my jull defence evil 
 entreated, I came to make my cxcuje to you. 
 
 Sidiuy. 
 
 Begone, I will not hear thy vain exrup- 
 But, as thou lov'll thy life, make fpecd from 
 hence. Siuifpe.nc 
 
 As good fuccefs admits no examination, fo 
 the eontrary allows of no excujc^ how reafonablc 
 orjuftfoc\er. Kulcigh. 
 
 W^' find out fome excufe or other for referring 
 good refolutions, 'till our intended retreat is cut 
 off by death. Addijon. 
 
 2. The act of excuftng or apologizing. 
 
 Heaven put it in thv mind to take it hence, 
 That thou miglit'if wm the more thy father's 
 
 love, 
 Pleading fo wifely in txcuf' of it. Shalfjican. 
 
 3. Caufe for which one is cxcufed. 
 
 Let no vain hope your cafy mind fcducc ; 
 For ricli ill poets are without r\<::ife. K'.J\'jurnon 
 
 Nothnig but love this p.ir:eijCc could produce; 
 And I allow your r.ige that kind cxruje. 
 
 j)ty Irrl's AiOCrJg'Z.cbi- 
 
 Excu'sELEss. ailj. [U-om exc!ifi.'\ That 
 for which no cxculc or apology can be 
 given. 
 
 The voluntiry cnflaving myfclf is excnftitfi. 
 
 n.ciy of Vuly, 
 Excu'sF. K. n.f. [from excii/l'.'] 
 I. One who pleads for a^noilier. 
 
 In vain would his c.\^ujcj!. endcavoL:r to palli- 
 ate his enormities, by imputing them to mad- 
 nefs. Swift. 
 
 3. One who forgives another. 
 r« EXCU'SS. -v. a. [fxcujits, Lat.] To 
 fei/.e and detain by law. 
 
 The peifon of a man ought not, by the ci\'tt 
 law, to be taken for a debt, unlcfs his goods 
 and cltate has been fiirt txeujj:d. ylvl'Jj't 
 
 E-tcu'ssioN. n.J. [excii^o, Lat.] Seizure 
 by law. 
 
 If upon an txcuJpQn theiearc not goods to fa- 
 tisfy the judgment, his body may be attached. 
 Ayf:Je\ I'arcij^bn. 
 
 EXECRABLE, atlj. [cxecrabilis, Latin.] 
 Hateful ; deteftable j accurfed ; abo- 
 minable. 
 
 E X E 
 
 r^r us to change that whlcli ho hath ciliUiflicd, 
 they hold it execrable pride and prcfuinption. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 Of the vifible church of Jefus Chnft thole 
 may be, in relpufl of rhcir outw:ird prot'cliioii ; 
 , who, in rcgavd of their inwaid dilpufition, arc 
 moft wurthily both hnteful in the figiit of God 
 liimfclf, and in the eyes of the founder parts of 
 tiic vifihlc church molt execrable. llQcker. 
 
 Give fcntcnce on this extcrabk •^xtX.zhy 
 That hath been breeder j^f thefc dire c\xrils. 
 
 When execrable Tvoy in afhcs lay, 
 Through fires, and fwords, and Teas, th.cr forc'd 
 their way, Dj\:{c-i. 
 
 E'xECR ABLY. aJv* [froni sxccraSL.] 
 Curledly ; abominably. 
 
 'Tis furtian all, ^x'ls evecnib/y bad; 
 But if they will be fools, mull you \jc mad ? D'-vi. 
 
 To E'XECRATE. i^. a. [^.vrrror, Lat.] 
 To ciirfe ; to imprecate ill upon ; to 
 abominate. 
 
 ExtiinTtion of fome tyranny, by the indigna- 
 tion of a people, makes way fur fomc form con- 
 trnry to that which they l^ttly rxerr.iecU and de- 
 tellcd, Tunplc. 
 
 Execra'tion. ff. /. .[from execrate.^, 
 Ciirfe ; Impvccation of evil, 
 
 Milrhance and forrow go along with you, 
 And threefold \cngeancc tend upon yourftcps ! 
 — Ccalc, gentle queen, thefc cwrriatiynK. ■ S/inlf. 
 
 For thii we may thank Adam ! but his tl-.anks 
 Shall be the cxtrraiion. Mih-jn. 
 
 The Indians, at naming the devil, did fpit on 
 tlie ground in token of execratUn. Stillingjiect. 
 
 To EXE'CT. r. a, [execo, Latin.] To 
 cut out ; to cut away. 
 
 Were it not for the etfuficB of blood which 
 would follow an txcdtion, the liver might not on- 
 ly be exc^edj but its ofiicc fupplicd by the fplecn 
 and other parts. ILwui-y on Co^tfitm^thns. 
 
 Exe'ction. «.y. [from exec!.] The a£l 
 of cutting out. See EXECT. 
 
 To E'XECUTE. if. a, [exequory Latin.] 
 
 I. To perform ; to praclife, 
 
 Ag.iinll: all the guds jof Eyypt I will execute 
 judgment. E\oiiui. 
 
 He caifs into the balance the promife of a re- 
 ward to fuch as fhould exdutCf and of punilli- 
 nient to luch as fhould ncglet^t their comniilTion. 
 
 S'JUt)!. 
 
 z. To put in aft ^ to do what is planntd 
 or determined. 
 
 Men may not dcvife laws, but are bound fot 
 ever to ufc and cxecitte thofe which God harh de- 
 livered. Ho'jio. 
 
 The government here is fo rcgulaily difpofed, 
 that it almull exfciUa itfclf. S.f/ff. 
 
 Abfalom pronounced fentcncc of death againli 
 his biuther, and h;td it cverw/d/ too. Locir. 
 
 3. To put to death according to form of 
 juflice ; to punifh capitally. 
 
 FitzolboMi was exicuieii iimhr lum,or difcard- 
 ed into foreign fci\ice for a pretty Ihadow of 
 exilement. . Spr^iJ<i. 
 
 Sir Willi.m Brcmingham was execmrd for 
 trenfon. Du-via. 
 
 O Tyburn, coud'ft thou reafon .and difpute, 
 Coud'/t thuu hut judge as wtllas exemtCj 
 How often wou'dl^ thou change the felon's doom. 
 And tiufs fume Itern chief juliice in his room ' 
 
 4. To put to death ; to kill. 
 
 The treacrorou.s Faftolfe wounds my peace, 
 Whom with my bare fifts I would cxeiute, 
 If I now fiad him. iihukjptdie's Ihnrvvt. 
 
 To E'xECOTE. v. n, • To perform the 
 
 proper oflice. 
 Til? cannon againft St. Stephen's gate eveeuted 
 
 ft) well, th.it the porrcullis and gate were broken, 
 . and entry opened into the city. Sir y, JhiywarJ. 
 
 E'xECUTHR, n,/, l^ixom execute, 1 
 
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 1 . He that performs or executes any thing. 
 
 My Iweet milhefs 
 
 Weeps wlicn (he fees me woik, and fays fuch 
 
 baleiicfs , ' ' 
 
 H.'.d ne'er lilic rxecurrr. Shakfpearc's Tonfffl, 
 
 Sophocles and Euripides, in their moft btauti- 
 
 ful pieces, are inipartial executes of poetick 
 
 2. He that is intruded to perform the 
 will of a teftator. ~ In this fenfc the 
 accent is on the fecond fyllable. 
 
 Let 's chufe txtcuteri and talk of w ills ; 
 And yet not fo ; fur what can we bequc-sth ! 
 
 Sku^fpinrc. 
 
 3. Ati executioner; one who puts others 
 to death. Difufed. 
 
 The fad cy'd jullice with his furly hum, 
 D^ii\cis o'er to cxstuten pale 
 Tlie laiy yawning drone. S'-.tkJfrme. 
 
 EsE'cuTEK.'iim-. n. f. [from cxecuter.'\ 
 The oflice of liim that is appointed to 
 perform the will of the defunct. 
 
 For ti filing for teftaments and cxtcutiij/.ipt it is 
 Worle, by how much men fulimit thenilelves t» 
 mean pcrfons, tlian in fervice. Bactn. 
 
 ExKCtiTloN. n.f. \J\-om execute.'] 
 
 1. Performance; practice. 
 
 When things are come to iViZ executian^ there is 
 no fccrecy comparable to celerity. HiJcan, 
 
 I wifh no better 
 Than have liim hold that purpofc, and to put it 
 In execution. Shukjpeure^i C'^ri-Unul. 
 
 I like thy counfel: and how well I like it. 
 The execution of it fliatl make known. Shtjkfp, 
 
 Tlieexiellency of the fubjeiS toiitributcd much 
 to the happinefs of the execution. Dryden. 
 
 2. The lall ai;t of tiie law in civil caufes, 
 by which po(rcffion is given of body or " 
 goods. 
 
 Sir Ric'nard was committed to the Fleet in exe- 
 cution for the whole fix thoufand pounds. Cdnrerut. 
 
 3. Capital pimifliment ; death inflicted by 
 forms of law. 
 
 Good reft. 
 — As wretches h.ive o'er right, 
 That wait for execution in the morn. Shitkfpearc. 
 
 1 have fcen, 
 \\'hen, ahcf execution, judgment hath 
 Repented o'er iiis doom. Sh.ikjpeare. 
 
 Laws fupport thofe crimes they checkt before. 
 And executions now afl'right no more. Creech^ 
 
 4. Dellniction ; flaughter. 
 
 Biave Macbeth, wi:h his btandilh'd ftecl, 
 M'hirli fmok'd witli bloody execution^ 
 C.irv'dout his paflTage. Sha^fpeare. 
 
 Tlic cxceufio'i had been too cruel, and far ex- 
 ceeding the hounds of ordinary hoftility. Httyw, 
 
 5. It is ufed with the verb do. 
 
 When tiie tongue is the weapsn, a man may 
 ftrike wliere he cannot reach, and a worti ftiall d'« 
 t-xeeuticti both fuitlicr and deeper than the migh- 
 titft t.'low. South. 
 
 Sliips of fuch height and flrength, that his vef- 
 fels could .lo no execution upon them. Afhuth. 
 
 Exf.cu'tione*. n.f. [from execut'ion.'^ 
 r. He that puts in aft, or executes : in 
 this fenfe exccuter is now more uftd. 
 
 It i: A comfort to xW exeeulicner^ of this office, 
 
 when iliey conlldcr that they cannot be guilty of 
 
 opprclTion. Baton. 
 
 The lieart of every man was in the hand of 
 
 God, and he could have made thtm txecutioiten 
 
 of liis wrath upon one anotlier. IJ-'ovdivflrii. 
 
 In this Clfe every man hath a right to punifh 
 
 the ofleiuler, antl be the executioner of the law of 
 
 natuic. Locke. 
 
 2. He that inflifts capital ptinilliment ; 
 
 he that puts to dea'.l; accorditig to the 
 
 fentence' of the law. 
 
 He, bom of the greateft blood, fubmitted him^ 
 felf to be fcrvant to the ixe.utiiner that fhould put 
 to death Mufidorus. Sidney.
 
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 Tlic (ieliigc wns not fcnt only ai ,iii 'xtci:;f<r 
 to mankind, but its prime cnaf.il wjs tj rcf.irr.i 
 the e.ntli. H'ovJ-.^'u'.i. 
 
 3. He that kills ; he that murders. 
 
 Is nut tlic c.mrcr of the tinickls dcJilj.s* 
 As blamcf'ul .^.^ \\m: fxi^uti(,'ter i' ■^/itiiff't-a':. 
 
 I would nut bitliv t'M'a.ticier : 
 I fly tlicc, for [ would not injure thcc; 
 Tiiou teli'It nic there U niuider 111 nunc eyes. 
 
 Sftuif/itii'r. 
 
 4. The indnimcnt by whieh any thing is» 
 periormoJ. 
 
 All .ilong 
 The Willis, ol'ominjolc ornaments ! 
 Are tools ol wr.iih, unvil» of torntents hung, 
 ''cl! rx:'cnt:uniH of foul intents. Cf.i/tiuiu. 
 
 f. XF.'CL'Tl VK. uJi. [from <'.\£'c'K/^. ] 
 
 I . Having the tjiiality of executing or per- 
 forming. 
 Tlicv ^rc the nimbleft, .igi), ftrongejl inlhu- 
 . nicntj, filteft to be c\<:cu:Jv!:- of the comm.nidi ul 
 .'the fouls. H.ilr. 
 
 t. Aftivc; not deliberative; not legiflative; 
 having the pov.'tr'to put in aCTt the laws. 
 Tlic Roni:in cnn)t:iors wtrc pollcHcd of the 
 whole kgill.itive as ^cll as cxa:itivr power. 
 
 .•iUdifon's Frtf/to/iif/ 
 
 lloblies confdiuuls Ihc t-Arc-,7//.r with tiic ici^if- 
 
 I.itivc power, thougii .ill well inltituted tlates liavc 
 
 ever placed them in ditttreut liands. Swi/i. 
 
 Exe'cute.i.\. 71. f. [from execute."] A 
 woman intrulled to perform the will of 
 the teftator. 
 
 He did, after the death of the earl, hoy of his 
 ''A-fiv./^/v rhc remnant of tiicteini. li.uof.\ 
 
 Exegesis, n./. [£*r'-//,3-i5.] An explana- 
 tion. 
 
 ExECe'tICAL. ad/. [s|>;j.))Tixc,-.] E,\- 
 
 planatory ; expolitory. 
 
 I have here and there interfperfed funic criti- 
 cal and fou'.c txegtriajl notes lit for learners to 
 know, and not unfit for fume teachers to read. 
 
 H^alkcr. 
 E.x'e'mplar. n.f. [^excmpIar, Latin.] A 
 pattern ; an e.-cample to be imitated. 
 
 The idea and ex^-tuf'i.ir of the woild was tirft 
 ill God. Raleigh. 
 
 They bej^an at a known budy, a bailcycorn, 
 the weight whereof is thcrerorc called a grain ; 
 which arlfclh, being multiplied to fcruplcs, 
 dvacl-.iiis, ounces^ and pounds, and then thole 
 wciijhts, as they happen to take theif^i re fixed 
 bv aulhorin , and txfjr.pi.tn of thcni pi_itcly kept. 
 
 ihlJcr. 
 If he intends to murder his ptincc, r.s Crom- 
 well did, he mult perfuarie him that he lefolvcs 
 nothing hut hi> fafcty j as the fame grand txint- 
 p/.ir l-.vpocrify did licforc. io/..'/;, 
 
 Beit poet ! fit eMtnji'.tr for the fiibc 
 Of Hho!bus. r'nuipi 
 
 r.xi;'MrLARii,Y. adv. [from exemphrry.] 
 
 1. [n luch a manner as delerves imitation 
 
 Slic is i:\cmJiUi I'j loyal in a hi-^h cxaifl obedience. 
 
 th we!. 
 
 1. In fuch a manner as may warn others. 
 Some he piinilheth r.-w./i.'iir//v in this world, 
 th.u we raigiit from thence have a tafte or s'nnpic 
 of ills future julticc. Uttl:eiuill. 
 
 If he h.irt ihut the commons houl'e, whillf 
 their champions were ry^in^Ufih punilhed, iLvn 
 jtuifdi-ftion would probahlv in a tliurt time li.tve 
 been bruuiiht within due liniit.s. Clare'u'.r.n. 
 
 Fxe'mpl ARINEPS. n.f. [ffom f.\-fm/i/^;j.] 
 
 Stateof llandingns a pattern to be co])itil. 
 
 Ill Scrlpiure we hud feveral ti:les given ti' 
 
 Ciiril>, which import his c\tmplu*inff\ a.-: of ;i 
 
 prince and a captain, a mailer and a guide 
 
 TiUolj-.n. 
 
 Exf.'mplary. adj. [from excmtilar.] 
 1. Such as may dcferve to he propofcd to 
 imitation, whether perfons or things. 
 
 £ X £ 
 
 The atchbiniops and biffiops liavc li.c govcrn- 
 nictUof the cliuich: Lc not you t!ic mean to pre- 
 fer any to thofe plncc.', but only foi tlicir Icarn- 
 " ing, gravity, and woith : tlitir lives and doc- 
 
 tlillC ought to be eWi-rtip/iiry. BiXCOr, 
 
 It all tluTo were eximp.'aty in the condu«5l uf 
 tlicir lives, religion would rcccivo a niii;luj;^cn- 
 cmira^cment. Sivift. 
 
 2. yiich as may give warning to others. 
 
 Hiid tl-u* tunmir? been rcprclTcd \y ryfr:- 
 
 p/ii'j: jn(ticc, I iod obtained nil tli.Tt I dt-rigned. 
 
 "^ ^'f'g Chut If i 
 
 3. Such as may attradl notice and imita- 
 tion. 
 
 A^A .iking tlicrct'orc, ;r. u bo long had drcnm'd, 
 Mucin:' my wumcii and tiicii ijods art\:im'd, 
 VrorTi this abvis of <\-\tvijihry \'\zc 
 llL-ftiU'd, as timemi^h; aid niv thought, to rife. 
 
 Vr:or. 
 
 Whca any duty is fallen unrfcra gciwral difi.lc 
 ;i]irl n'gleiSt, in I'uch a cafe the mult vifibic and 
 f\tt}!ji,ury pc.formance is rcquifcd. Rotten. 
 
 ExuMPi.i fica'tion. n. /[ [from exem- 
 plify'] A copy ; a tranfcript. 
 
 An ambaif.idor ot Scotl.md demanded an t :- 
 im^!ificatici'i vi the aititlcs of peace. IlayrL'.iT.'i. 
 
 A love of vice as futli, a dc.i^hling in fin for 
 it.s own lake, is in imitation, or lailicr an c.\- 
 ir*ipi:jii,tno'!, of the malice of rhe devil. South. 
 
 To Hxe'mplify. v. a. [from exemplar,] 
 
 1. To ilUiIlratc by example. 
 
 This ini^iit l/C tMnsplified even by heaps of 
 rites Jiid tullonis, now lupcriliiioiis in the grcat- 
 ell pait ot the chridian \torld. Uobket . 
 
 Olu anchor has c.xi*np!ificU his precepts in the 
 very precepts tiicmtcl\Ci. SpeSf.if.r, 
 
 A l.itiiv may be fxiinpHfidl by pictures, cha- 
 r.nftcrs, and examples. Fopc. 
 
 2. To traufcribe ; to copy : in the juridi- 
 cal fenfe, to take an attefted copy. 
 
 To EXE'MPT. <v. a, [exemf^fus, Latin.] 
 To privilege ; to grant immunity from. 
 
 Things done well, 
 And with a care, exempt themfelvcs from fear : 
 Things dons without example, in tb-r'* ilVuc 
 Arc to be fear'd. Shukfptarc. 
 
 The religious were not exnn^.cdj but fought 
 among the otlicr fuldicrs. KnnlUs. 
 
 Tiie t mpcrors i-Ar,*Y^(.''^them from alt taxes, tu 
 wliich they fiibjectcd mjichant.s without ex- 
 ception, ^'hbiithftut <,n Coins. 
 
 Exf/mpt. aclj, [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Free by privilege. 
 
 Be it my wrong you arc from mc evtvtjyf ; 
 But wrong nut that wrong with a mere contempt. 
 
 An abijor cannot, without the c»nleiu of his 
 tonvcur, fubjcdt a monallcry to any, fiom whofe 
 jurifdifftion fuch mona(icrv was e\t'inpt:\{. .-Ivlitfi-. 
 
 2. Not fubje^l ; not liable to. 
 
 Do not once hopCj that tliou canll tempt 
 A fjiirit I'o rofoJvcd to tread 
 
 Upon thy throat, and Vwcexempf 
 Frun\ all the nets that thou (.-anlt fprcad. 
 
 No man, not even the moli powcrfid amunj; 
 the fi-.ns of men, is tAtmpi from the chances of 
 human life. ^itttfiury 
 
 The god roniirains the Greek, to roam 
 A iiop^lefs c.\ile from his native home, 
 I'lom dc.irh alone excmpr. l^cfif's CJ\//i; 
 
 j. Clear; not inchidt-d. ' 
 
 Hi", dir.ulf.d imprecation hear; 
 'Tu iald on ,il), not any one e.xempf. J.e^i OeJ 
 4. Cut off front. J^Ifuftd. 
 
 Was nyt thy father foi trealon 'headed * 
 And by his tual'n li.md'lt not thou attainted, 
 Corrupted, and <..vcmpf from ancient gentry ' 
 
 Ci/i^xkjpni' (*. 
 
 Exr-'MPTioN'. n.f. [from exempt,] Im- 
 munity ; privilt'ge from evil ; freedom 
 Tiom impulls or burdenfomc cniplov- 
 ir.eTiU. 
 
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 The like txtmfihn liach tlic writ to enquire of 
 a man's death, which alfo mull Lc granted heel) . 
 
 ISnctn, 
 
 The llomnn laws gave particular t\-imf>t -^1:1 to 
 
 fuch as built Ihips or iraded in corn. Arbnthrfit. 
 
 ):.-!.\.yi7T\'T\o\:%. adj. [from exemjlus, 
 
 Latin.}' Separable; tliat may be taken 
 
 from auuther. 
 
 Ii the motion were Ic>ofc or cxtmf^ti'troui frnn 
 matter, I could be convince** that it had ijitcn- 
 ftoM of iti owji. M^}t^ 
 
 70 Exe'nteh ATE. v./i. [r.v/-n/«-p, Lat.] 
 To embowel ; to deprive of the entrails. 
 A toad contains not tliofc urinary parts which 
 arc found in other animals to avoid that ferous 
 excretion, which may appear unto ?ny that c.\tn- 
 tcratci or difii eh them. JJioiun. 
 
 ExEN TEaA'TioN. ti.f. [fxniletaiio, Lat.3 
 The act of taking out the bowels; eni- 
 bowelling. 
 
 Bclonius not only artirrns that chamelions feed 
 
 on Hies, caterpillars, beetles, and other inleifis ; but 
 
 upon tvfitterdt'ion he found thel'c animals in their 
 
 bellies. Jjtcivrt. 
 
 Exf.'qui Ai^. adj. [from exegui^, Latin.] 
 
 Funeral ; relating to funerals. Di,i. 
 
 E'xhQt'iES. n. /. without a fingiilar. 
 
 [c.wy.vfjp, Latin.] Funeral rites ; the 
 
 ceremony of burial ; the procefTion of 
 
 burial For this «nrd cbfcquies is often 
 
 ufed, but not fo properly. 
 
 Let 's not forget 
 The noble duke of Bedford I.ite dcceasM, 
 But fee his (.\ry///fi fulfill'd in Roan. Shaifp^arc, 
 The tragical end of the two In others, whole e.v- 
 eijuiii the next fucceffor had leifure to perform. 
 
 Dry Jin. 
 
 E.xf.'rcent. adj. [^exi-rcrns, Lat.] Prac- 
 
 tiling ; following any calling or vocation. 
 
 The judge may oblige eveiy (".v^rtv/j/ advocate 
 tu give his patioiiage and alTUiancc unto a litigant 
 in dilircfs for want of an advocate. y^y.'ife, 
 
 E'XERCISE. n.f. [cxerciliim, Latin.] 
 
 1. Labour of the body ; labotu' confidered 
 as conducive to the cure or prevention 
 of difeafes. 
 
 Men ought to beware that they ufc not trercife 
 and a fpare diet both ; but if much cxercifr,' a, 
 plentiful diet; if fparing diet, little ixe'rife. 
 
 Bucs^'s Nctti/ra/ tiijlary. 
 The wife for cure on exrrcif. depend : 
 God never made his work for man to mend. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 He is exail in prefcrihijig the ixcrrija of his 
 
 patients, oidering fonie of them to walk eighty 
 
 Iladia in a day, which is about nine Englilh miles. 
 
 .Uluthsot on Coin:, 
 
 The putcfi cvircije of health, 
 
 Tlie kind refreflitr of the Summer heats. 
 
 Thomfon, 
 
 2. iSointthiiig done for amufetrent. 
 
 A. a-waicliful King, he would not neglefc his 
 fafcty, thinkiiig revuthclcfs to perform all things 
 L.tiicr as an r.vf.-y/V than as a labour. Bacot:. 
 
 3. Habitual aiSion by wliicii the body is 
 furintd to gracefuliiefa, air, and gentle- 
 ncfs. 
 
 Hcw.is lirong of body, and fo much the ftrong- 
 tr as he, by a weli-diicii lined ^wttctj'e, taught it 
 botu to du .ind to fuller. SiJnty. 
 
 The l-'rei.ch apply themfelvcs more univcrfally 
 to their rA<Tcij»-> than any nation,; one feld.,ni fees 
 a youn.; gcnileman that docs not fence, dance, 
 and lide. , .^Mfci. 
 
 4. Preparatory practice iu order to Iliill : 
 as, the e.xnrife of loijitri!. 
 
 5. Ufe ; aflual application of any thing-. 
 
 1 fic I'crptr • ot fp:ritu.i! regimen over us in this 
 piefer.t world, is at the length to be vicldcd up 
 into the hands of the Father which g.ivc it; that 
 is, the uii and ix!-:ijr tfic:eof fliailceafe, theie
 
 EXE 
 
 being no longer on earth any militant cVmrch to 
 guvcrn. Hiaker. 
 
 6. Pradice ; outward jierformance. 
 
 Lewis vcfufert even thofe of tnc churcli of 
 England, who followed their malter to St. Sir- 
 main's, the publick. ixcrcifc of their religion. 
 
 ^ldd;fQn on Italy, 
 
 7. Employment frequently repented. 
 
 The learning of tije liciiation mid boundaries of 
 kingdoms, htingonly an i*er.-:leo\ the eyes and 
 memory, a child with pleafurc will leairn them. 
 
 Children, by the <:«r<';/> of their fenfes aboiu 
 objeas that affcftthem'in the womb, receive 
 fonie few ideas before they are born. Loch. 
 
 Evetctff is very alhning and entertaining to the 
 underftanding, while its reafoning jiowcrs arc em- 
 ployed without labour. tl.itls. 
 
 8. Tafl^ ; that which one is appointed to 
 perform. 
 
 Patience is mole oft the e\:trc:f! 
 Of fainrs, the trial of tlieir fortitude 
 Making them each his own deliverer, 
 And viftor over all 
 That tyranny or fortune can infliit. MHion. 
 
 9. Act of divine worfhip, whether pubhck 
 or private. 
 
 Good fir John, 
 I'm in your debt for your lift exerrif- ; 
 Come the next fabbaeh, and I will content you. 
 
 Sh.ikejpearc. 
 
 To E'xERClsE. iJ. a. [excrceo, Latin.] 
 '^■1. To employ ; to engage in employment. 
 Tins faculty of the miiid, when it is lyeu-iftU 
 immediately about things, is called judgment 
 
 Lt,ch. 
 
 2. To train to ufe by any aft. 
 
 The Roman tongue was the ftudy oftheiryouth: 
 it was their own language they were iiiHrudfcd 
 and cxihifcJ.-m. Locke. 
 
 3. To make flcilfiil or dexterous by prac- 
 tice ; to habituate. 
 
 Strong meat beiungeih to them who, by rc.ifon 
 of nfe, have their fenfes ctercijedw difccrn both 
 good and evil. llihr. 
 
 Reafjn, by its own penetration, where it is 
 ftrong and exctcifetl, ufoally lees quicker and 
 clearer without fyllogifm. Loch. 
 
 And now the goddefs, e.vfm;'</in ill, 
 Who watch'd an hour to work her impious will,' 
 Afcends the roof. » Dryiltti's jEneid. 
 
 4. To hufy ; to keep bufy. 
 
 He will cxeicife hiinfelf with plcafure, and 
 without wcarinels, in that godlike employment 
 of doing good. y.'lUrbuiy. 
 
 J. To tadc ; to keep employed as a penal 
 injunftioft. 
 
 Sore travel h.ith God given to the f.-ns of man, 
 to be cxtrctjed therewith. Eccla. 
 
 Where pain of unextinguidiable fire 
 Muft exercif- us, without hope of end. Mitten. 
 
 6. To pradife ; to perform. 
 
 A man's body i.s confined to a place; where 
 fricndfhip i.s all offices are .granted to him and 
 his deputy : for iic may exercije tiicm by his 
 friend. B^icu,'^ Kffayu 
 
 Age'schiff arts, and arms, are to grow wile; 
 Virtue to know, and known, to exercije. Diiiham. 
 
 7. To exert ; to put in ufe. 
 
 The princes of the gentiles exirtijc dominion 
 over ihcm, and they tiiat are great exacife autho- 
 rity upon them. AUithew. 
 
 Their confciences oblige them to fubmit to 
 that dominion whi<;h their govemoiirs had a right 
 to excrcifc over them. Loike. 
 
 8. To praftife or ufe in order to habitual 
 
 ' Ik.U. 
 
 To you fueh fcahb'd harOi froit is given, as raw 
 Young foldiers at their excreijingi gmw. Dryden. 
 
 Mean while I'll draw up my Numidiaii troop 
 "Within the fquarc to exercije their arms. Audi}. 
 To E'XERCISE. 1). n. To ufe excrcifc; to 
 U^ourtor health or for amufemcnt. 
 
 E X li 
 
 The Lacedemonians were remarkable for the 
 fpurt, and Alexander the great fiequently cxer- 
 cijed at it. BiGOme. 
 
 E'xERCiSER. II. f. [from e.ventfc:] He 
 that dirctfls or ufes exercife. Dit"!. 
 
 Exercita'tion. n./. [cxcrciratio, hat.] 
 
 1. Exercife. 
 
 It were fome extenuation of the curfe, if in Ju- 
 dore •v'tJtu^ tui were confinablc unto corporeal e\- 
 erciliition^. B)Own 
 
 2. Praftife ; ufe. 
 
 By fiequent cxereitttti:,f!s we foim them within 
 
 us. FtitCfl. 
 
 To EXE'RT. V. a. [fxero, Latin.] 
 
 1. To ufe with an effort ; to ufe vtith 
 ardour and vehemence. 
 
 When the fei vice of Britain requires your cou- 
 rage and condudl, you may e.\xit them both. 
 
 V:y!c„. 
 Whate'er I am, each facult)^, 
 The utmolf power of my exerted t'uul, 
 Piefeives a being only for your fervice. Roice. 
 
 2. To put forth ; to perform. 
 
 When rhe will has e.x-rtcd An aifl of command 
 upon any faculty of the foul, or member of the 
 body, it has done all that the whole man, as a 
 moi.il agent, ran do for the aiftual exercife 01 ein- 
 ployment of fuch a faculty or member. South. 
 
 3. To enforce; to pufli to an effort. With 
 the reciprocal pronoun. 
 
 Strong virtue, like Itrong nature, flrugglcs flill ; 
 Exerts itfelf, and that throws off the ill. Vryden. 
 
 4. To bring out. 
 
 The fevcral parts lay hidden in the piece, 
 Til' occalion but evened Ih.it or this. Diyden. 
 
 5. To emit; to pufh out ; to put forth. 
 
 The orchard loves to wave 
 With Winter winds, before the gems exert 
 Their feeble lieari.s. Philifs. 
 
 The (tars, no longer overlaid with weight 
 Exei-t their heads from undeineatli the inafs, 
 And upward (hoot and kindle as they pafs. 
 And with difi'ulive light adorn the heavenly place. 
 
 Drydtri 
 
 Exe'rtion. n.f. [from fxf//.] The atft 
 
 of exerting ; effort. 
 Exe'sion. n. f. [^exefm, Latin.] The 
 aft of eating through. 
 
 Theophralius deiiieth the txefion or forcing of 
 vipers through the belly of the dam. Broixm. 
 
 Exestua'tion. n.f. [e«,eJ}uo, Lat.] The 
 ilate of boiling ; tumultuous heat; ef- 
 fervefcence ; ebullition. 
 
 Saltpetre is in operation a cold body; piiyfi- 
 cians .ind cliymiOs give it in fevers, to allay the 
 inward exejiiiiiti<,rii of the blood and humours. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 To Exfo'i.iate. v. n. [f.v and folium, 
 
 Latin.] To Ihcil off; to feparate, as a 
 
 corrujjt bone from the found part. A 
 
 term of chirurgery. 
 
 Our wmk went on fuccefsfully, the bone cv- 
 
 f'Jiatin^ from the edges. H ifcfiutu^ Surgery. 
 
 Exfolia'tion. n. f. [from exfoliate.] 
 
 The procefs by which the corrupted 
 
 part of thebone feparates fromthe found. 
 
 If the bone be drefle-d, the tlelh will foon arife 
 
 in that cut of the bone, and make exfoliation of 
 
 what is nccclVary, and incarn it. IVijeman. 
 
 Exfo'li ative. ad'^. [from exfoliate.] 
 
 That ha.s power of procuring exfoliation. 
 
 Drefs the bone with the milder exjohati'uci, 
 till the burnt bone is caft off. Ififeman's Surg. 
 
 Exha'lable. all;, [from exhale.] That 
 may be evaporated or exhaled. 
 Tiie fire m.iy refolve fome of the more fpiri- 
 * tlious and exliidahle parts, whereof dillillatioii has 
 iliewn me that alatafter is not dcUitutc, into va- 
 pours. £oyle. 
 
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 H 
 
 ExhaLa'tion. n.f. [exhalatio, Latin.] 
 
 1. rhe aft of exhaling or fending out in 
 vapours ; emiffion. 
 
 2. ^1 he ftate of evaporating or flying out 
 in vapours ; evaporation. 
 
 3. That which rife:-, in vapours, and fomc- 
 tiines takes the form of meteors. 
 
 No nat'rat exluilitiort in thi Iky, 
 No 'fc.ipe of nature, no difteitiper'd day, 
 But they would pluck away lt^ n.it'ral cnufe. 
 And call them meteors, prodigies, and ligns. 
 
 Shtilfpeare, 
 
 Moving in fc high a fjJiere, and with fo vi- 
 gorous aluflre, he muft needs, as tlie fun, raife 
 many envious exl:alutioris ; wilich, condcnfed, hy 
 a popular odium, are capable to c^ll a cloud 
 upon the brightcft merit and integrity. 
 
 King Claries. 
 A fabtick huge 
 Rofe like an exhiihifiort with ti.c found 
 Of dulcet I'ymphonies and voices fwcet. h'illtm. 
 
 It is no wonder if t!ic e.irth be otien Ihak'-ii, 
 there being qumtirics of exhulathm within thole 
 mines, or cavernous p.'ffages, that are capable of 
 rarefadlion and inflammation. Burnet. 
 
 The growing tow'rs like exlu^lntioni rifi-. 
 And the huge columns heave into the (kies. Pojie. 
 
 To EXHALE, -v. a. {exbulo, Latin.] 
 
 1. lo fend 01 dra»v out in vapours or 
 fumes. 
 
 Yon light is not daylight, I know it well ; 
 It is fome meteor tliat the fun exhalejj 
 To he to thee this night a torch-bearer. S/ti/lfp, 
 I flattered myfcif wirh the hopes that the va- 
 pour had been e>/i.tfed. Tentplt. 
 
 Fear f1ee7.cs minds; but love, like heat, 
 Exhalti the foul lublime to feek her native feat. 
 
 Drydtn, 
 
 2, To draw out. • 
 
 See, dead Henry's wounds 
 Open their congcal'd mouths, and bleed afrtlh ! 
 Blufil, hluili, thou lump of foul deformity ? 
 For 'tis thy prefence tli.tt exhales this blood 
 From cold and empty veins, wnere no blood 
 dwells I Sh.ikjl'eare. 
 
 Exiia'lement. n./. \Jrova exhale.] Mat- 
 ter exhaled ; vapour. 
 
 Nor will poliflied amber, although it fend forth 
 a grofs and corporal e.vhalement, he found a long f 
 time defective upon the e.\a<itelf fcalcs. Brown, 
 
 To EXHA'UST. v. a. 
 
 1. To drain ; to diminin^ ; to dt-prive by 
 draining. 
 
 Single men be many times more charitablt?, be- 
 caulc their meana art lefs e^huufled. Bacon. 
 
 Sperniatick. matter .if a vitioub forfabouiids iu 
 the biood, exhaufii it of" its heft fpints, and de- 
 rives the flower uf it to the fcminal vcfiels. 
 
 Pf tfeman's Surgery. 
 
 2, To draw out totally ; to draw until 
 nothing is left. 
 
 Though the knowledge they have left us be worth 
 our ilufiy . yet they cshmtjied wot nil iti treafurcs ; 
 ihey left a great deal for the induihy uiid fagiicify 
 of :ifter-nges. Locke. 
 
 The lunOing grove 
 Seems fair awhik, chciifh'ri with foftcr earth ; 
 But when rhe alien compoft is e\htiujt, 
 lis native poverty again prev;iils. Philips. 
 
 Exha'ustion. n.f. [from c.-ibau^,] The 
 a6l of drawing or draining. 
 
 Kkh a'xj ST LESS, aclj. [fromfx^tTfi/?.] Not 
 to be emptied ; not to be all druwn off; 
 inexhanllible. 
 
 Of heat and light, wtiat fvcrdurin^ ftores 
 Brought fiom the fun's c.v/i.iujt/rji golden IhorcSj 
 Through ^,ul|jhi immcnfc of intervening air, 
 Enrich tUt eaiih,and every lofs repair. Bhjclm. 
 
 To EXHI'BIT. 1). a, [exhibio, Latin.] 
 I. To offer 10 view or uie ; to offer or 
 propolc in n formal or publitk manner.
 
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 If any claim rcdrcfs of injurtice, t^cy (houUI 
 
 t.ykibn their petitions in the (tit-ct. Shakfpetite. 
 
 He fuflercd lus uttorncy-gcncral to exhidir a 
 
 chirgc of high trcjfyn ag:iinlt the call. CiarenJon. 
 
 Z, To (how ; to difplay. 
 
 One of an unforriinatc conftitution U pcvpetu- 
 aliy fxh'hiting a niitcrable cxamijie of the wc.ik- 
 ncfs of mind and body. Vopr. 
 
 Exhi'bitkr. n. /. [from f.Vi6/3/V.] He 
 that offers any tiling, as a petition or 
 cliavg'c, in a puhlick manner. 
 
 He (ccms iiidiiVcicnr, 
 Or rather fwaying more upon our part, 
 Than chcrilKing \\\' cylubinn againll us. ShaJ:J. 
 
 Exhibi'tion. u.f. \_i):on\ exhibit »^ 
 
 1. 1 lie a6l of e;-;hibiting ; difplay ; fctting 
 forth. 
 
 What arc all mechanick worksj but the fen- 
 
 fible exhibitifin of mathematick demunOrationr: ? 
 
 GreiL-'s Cofnic.'og:\i .V.;. >ii. 
 
 2. Allowance ; falary ; penfion : it is much 
 u[cd for pcnfions allowed to fchoiars at 
 the univerlky. 
 
 I crave fit difpofition for my wife, 
 Due preference of place and e.xhibiliort^ 
 As levels with her breeding. Shakfpeare. 
 
 What maintenance he from his friends receives, 
 Like cxhlhifir.n thou (halt have from me. S/:a.k/p. 
 
 All was affigncd ro the armv andgarriloiis thcUf 
 and Ihe received only a penfion or Lwlubition out 
 of his coffers. Bucon. 
 
 He is now neglctfted, and driven to live in ex- 
 ile upon a fmail t\\i:ih!tkn. Swift. 
 
 3. Payment; retompence. 
 
 I would n Jt do fuch a thing for gowns, petti- 
 coats, nor caps, nor any petty exhibition. Shakftf. 
 
 Exhi'eitive. tf^*. [from f.Vi6/^//.] Repre- 
 fentative ; dilplaying. 
 
 Truths mud have an eternal exiftencc in fomc 
 underftanding; or rather, they are the fame 
 with rliat undcrlUnding itfelf, confidcred as va- 
 rioully r\/;/7^///7r or rcprefentativc, according to 
 various modes of inimitability or participarlon. 
 
 Nonis. 
 
 To EXHT'LARATE. v, a. leshilaro, 
 Latin.] To make cheerful ; to cheer ; 
 to fill with mirih ; to enliven ^ to glad; 
 to gladden. 
 
 The ciiming into a fair garden, the coming 
 info n fair room nchly furnifhed, a beautiful 
 pcrfon, and the like, do delight and ex/:i/,ir,jfc 
 thf fpiiits much. Bacon i Ntitura/ Hi/i. 
 
 The foice of that fallacious fruit, 
 That witli e.xiii/iitt3tin;^ vapours bland 
 About their fpirils, had pUy'd, and ininoft pow'rs 
 Made err, w.»s now cxhal'd. Milton'i Par. Loj}. 
 
 het them thank 
 Bjion nature, that thus annually fuppMes 
 Tlieu' vaults, and with lier former liquid gifts 
 Hx/ii/umtci their languid minds within 
 The golden mean conhn'd. V':iltp\ 
 
 ExH I L ARA'rr ON. n, f, [^voxn exJjilaraU,^ 
 
 1. The d.€t of giving g^yt^ty. 
 
 2. Tlie (late of bting enlivened. 
 
 F.yJu'iiraiion hath lome affinity with iny. 
 though it he a much lighter motion. B-i..c/i. 
 
 To EXHO'RT. 'v. a. [exhorJor, Latin.] 
 To incite by words to any good atlion. 
 We befccch you, and exhort you by the Lord 
 JcfuJ, that as yc have received of us, liow you 
 ought to watk, fo ye would aiiourid. Thf If. 
 
 My duty is to txhori you to cunfider liic dig- 
 nity of thai holy myffeiy. O^/n-tiQ/t J*nfy:>. 
 Dchgning or ixhctting glorious war. MUtor.. 
 Exhorta'tion. ti,f. [^rom exhoi t .'\ 
 1. The aft of exhorting; incitement to 
 good. ' 
 
 If we will not encourage puhlick bcncUccncc, 
 *tiU we are fecurc that no Itoim fhall overruni 
 what wc help to buildj there is 110 room for ca- 
 hmtaiinKi to ch.ffity. ^iTUrbuij. 
 
 E 5C t 
 
 2. The form of words by which eive is 
 
 exhorted. 
 1'1)cik[ my r.v/;j;7j//ow iificr dinner. S/iui/p. 
 
 Ex.no'RTAioRY.a(/J.lhome.\horl.] Tend" 
 ing to exhort. 
 
 Exho'rtkk. n. /. [frocn exiot-t.] One 
 who exhorts or encourages by words. 
 
 To EXrCCATE. -v. a. [exficce, Lat.] To 
 
 dry ; to dry up. Z)/i'/. 
 
 F.xicC/i'TioN. n.f. [h<jm exiccnle-l Are- 
 
 faftion ; atl of drying up ; ttate of 
 
 being dried up. 
 
 Wli.tt is more cafily refuted llian that old vul- 
 gar alTeition of an imivfifal drotiglit and c\!:r.i- 
 tic-! of the earth? As il tlie fun could evaporate 
 the lca(^ drop of its nioiflure, \o that it ihould 
 never dcfccnd again, but be attracted and ele- 
 vated t|uitc out of the atmofpbcre. Bcniley, 
 
 Exi'ccAT rvE. a(jj^'. \J\-oxnex'iccate.~\ Dry- 
 ing ill quality ; having the power of 
 drying. 
 
 Exigence. 7 n.f. [This word is proba- 
 E'xiGiiNCV. J bly only a corruption of 
 exigents, vitiated by an unfcilful pronun- 
 ciation.] 
 
 1. Demand; want; need. 
 
 As men, we arc at our own choice, both for 
 time and place and tut m, according to the exigence 
 of our own occdfions in private. Ihoker, 
 
 You have heard what the prefent condition and 
 exl^c-ficies of thefe fevcral chaiitics are. ."itterh. 
 
 While our fortunes exceed not the meafurc of 
 real convenience, and are adapted to the exigm- 
 csfs of our ftation, wc perceive the hand of Pro- 
 \idence in our gradual and fuccelTivc fupplies. 
 
 Rogtn. 
 
 2. Prefling neceffity ; diftrefs ; fuddcn oc- 
 cafion. 
 
 This difllmulation in W3r may be called ftrata- 
 geni and condinlt j in other exigencies addrefs and 
 dexterity. L'r'joffie. 
 
 Now in fuch exigencies not to need. 
 Upon my word you muft he rich indeed ! 
 A noble fuperfluity it craves, 
 Not for yourfelt", but for your fools and knaves. 
 
 Exigent, n.f. \_exi^cris, Latin.] 
 
 1 . PrefTing bnlinefs ; occafion that requires 
 immediate help. 
 
 In fuch an exigent I fee not how they could 
 have i\Aid to deliberate about any other regiment 
 than that which already was dcvifed to their 
 Viands. Hooker^ Preface, 
 
 The council met, your guards to find you fen;, 
 And know your picafure in this exigent. IVallir. 
 
 2. [A law term.] A writ fued when the 
 defendant is not to be found, being part 
 of the proccfs leading to an outlawry. 
 Shahfpsare ufes it for any extremity. 
 
 Hanmcr, 
 
 3. End. 
 
 Thefe eyes, like lamps whofe walling oil is 
 fpcnt, 
 Wax dim, as drawing to their f.v/gt«f, Shaifp. 
 
 ExiGu'iTY. n.f. [Ar/g;«Vtf.r, Lat.] Small- 
 nefs ; diininutivenefs ; flendernefs. 
 
 The exi^ui.y and fhape of the extant particles is 
 now fuppuicd. , Btyle e.n CqIcuh, 
 
 Ex i'guo IS. <;;//. [i-.v.yw/.t,I..atin,] Small; 
 diminutive ; little. Not ufed. 
 
 Their fiibtile parts and iwiguean dofc are con- 
 fumed and evaporated in let's than rwo t.otus time. 
 
 lUr-.ey. 
 
 EXILE, n.f. [cdlium, Latin.] It fcems 
 anciently to have had the accent indif- 
 ferently on either fyllaljfe ; now it is 
 uniformly on the liili.] 
 
 fe X I 
 
 r. Banifhmeiit ; (late of being banilhed 
 from one's country. 
 
 Our Hate of bodies would bewray whai life 
 
 Wc 'vc led fmce thy evile. Shntffeare. 
 
 Welcome is exile, welcome were my death. 
 
 Shnkfjteate. 
 Let them pronounce the ftccp Tarpeian deaths 
 ^^agabond w/Zc, flay mg, pent to linger, 
 Kut with a grain of day, 1 would not hay 
 Their mcicy at the pi ice of one fair word. 
 
 • Shakfpeare, 
 
 2. The perfon baniflied. 
 
 O inuA the wretched «A'.7rJ ever mourn, 
 Nor after length of rowling ycar.» return ? Dryd. 
 
 UlyH'es, folcof all the viftor train, 
 An exile from his dear paternal coaft, 
 Deplor'd his abfcnt iiuecn, and empire loft. P^pe. 
 Exi'le, adj. [exilis, Latin.] Small ; 
 flender ; not full ; not powerful. Not 
 in life, except in philnfophical writing.s. 
 It were go(jd tcjciujturc what means may be to 
 draw forth the exile heat which is in the air; fur 
 lliat may be a fccrct of great power to produce 
 cold weather. Bacon. 
 
 In a virginal, when the lid is down, it maketh 
 a more exi/e found tlian when the lid is open. 
 Ba-bn's Naturni HtJioTy, 
 
 To E'xiLE. 1}. a. [from the noun. This 
 had formerly the accent on the lali: 
 fyllable, now generally on the firft, 
 though Dryden has ufed both.] To 
 banifh ; to drive from a country ; to 
 tranfport. 
 
 Call home our exiled friends abroad. 
 That fl.-d the fnares of watchful tyranny. Shakf. 
 
 Foul fiibordinatioii is predominant, 
 And equity e.\i/'J your liighnefs' land. Shaifp. 
 
 For that offence. 
 Immediately we io exile him hence. Shahfpeare. 
 
 They, fettered with the bonds of a long nighty 
 lay there exiled from the eternal Providence. 
 
 IVifJtM. 
 
 His brutal manners from his breaft exll'd. 
 His mien he faihiun'd, aiid his tongue he fil'd. 
 
 Drydeit. 
 
 Arms and the man I (ing, who fort'd by fate. 
 And haughty Juiiu's unrelenting ii^te, 
 
 Expcrd and exiTd. Dryderr. 
 
 Exilement, n.f. [from e.rlle.'\ Bani/h- 
 mcnt. 
 
 FitzuiTjorn was difcarded into foreign fcrvice 
 fur a pretty ihadow of e\ilewent. lyetton. 
 
 ExiLi'TtoN. n.f. [f.?r;7/Vio, Latin.} The 
 aft of fpringing or rufhingout fuddenly. 
 Fronr fattpetie proccedcth the force and report 
 of gunpowder : for fulphur and fmall-coal mixt, 
 will not take fire with noife ur exilitm; and 
 powder which is imde of impure and grealjr 
 petrc, hath but a weak cmilTion, and gives but a 
 faint report. Bm-.un, 
 
 Exi'lity. n.f [cx'tlis, Latin.] Slender- 
 nefs; fmallnefs ; diminution. 
 
 Ccrt.iin flics called ephemera, live but a day ; 
 the caufc is the exiHiy of the fpirit, or perhaps the 
 abrciiec of the fun. B<ieoji. 
 
 For exiHty of the voice, or other founds, it is 
 cert.iin that the vo-ce doth pafs through folid and 
 hard bodies, if they be not too thick ; and 
 tliiongh water, which is liHewifea very dole bo- 
 dy, and fuch an one as lettctii not in air. Bcieon. 
 
 A body, by being luhtiiized, can lofc nothing 
 of its corporeity ; neither can it iicrehy gain any 
 thing but exility; for all degrees of fubtility arc 
 en'cntially the fame thing. Giciv. 
 
 Exi'mious. arij. l^eximhis, Lat.] Faniou.<i; 
 eminent; confpicuous ; excellent. Diet. 
 Exinani'tion. n.f. \_i.xlnamt'w, Latin.] 
 Privation ; lofs, 
 
 H« is not more impotent in his glory than he 
 was in l.'.s fxin.miri'jn. Decay of Pie:\. 
 
 ro EXIST. i).u. [cv//?o, Latin.] Tt* 
 be ; to have a being.
 
 E X O 
 
 It is as cafy to conceive ihat an AhnigUty 
 Power migiit pioduce a thing out of noiiiing, and 
 make tliat to cxiji ilt n-ji.o, wiutli dul not exy! be- 
 fore ; as to conceive tlie world to have iiad no 
 beginning, but to have f.v//?rj' from eternity. 
 
 Soi.t li- 
 lt fcems reafonal/Ic to enquiie, how futh a 
 muliitude comes to mjkc but one it'.ca, lince that 
 combin.ition does not aiw.iys txiji tugeti.cr m n.i- 
 turc. Lode. 
 
 One year is pn(V» a diSerent fccnc ! 
 No faitlicr raeniion of thi; dt^n ; 
 Who now, aUs, no more i» milt 
 • Tiian if lie never did tAvy.'. Swiji. 
 
 Exi'sTENCE. I n.f. [exyjdiil'ui, low Lat.] 
 Exi'sTFNCY. \ State of being; aftual 
 poflelfioi) of being. 
 
 Nor is only tlie cxij'ency of tliis animal confi- 
 dtrable, but many thine;* dclivcicd theceof. 
 
 Sr:iufi's /''w.Vrfr Kriwrs. 
 
 It is impoiTible any being can be eternal wiili 
 
 fucceffivc eternal pliyfical changes, or variety of 
 
 rtatcs or manner of exijttucy, naturally and ne- 
 
 cefTavilv concomitant unto it. Hulc. 
 
 Tlie foul, f'.Qur'd in her cxijlince, fmilcs 
 At the diawn dagger, and defies its point. 
 
 Mdif'.-^'s Ccto. 
 When a being is confidcred as poffil le, it is faid 
 to have an dfcnte or nutuie : fuch were all tilings 
 before the creation. When it is coiilidered as ac- 
 tual, then it is faid tohave rxijhnce Mo. }Valts. 
 
 Exi'sTENT. aiij. [from cxij.^ Having 
 being ; in pofTcfli jii of being or of ex- 
 iflciice. 
 
 VVhatfocver fign tbe fun pofTLtrcd, whofc rccefs 
 Of vicinity defin^th the q--..itei5 of the year, thofc 
 leafons were .tchially txifirni. hxiivn. 
 
 The eyes and minds are fattened on objefls 
 which have no real being, as if thty were tiuly 
 txificTil. Dry.ifi. 
 
 ExibTiM.v'TiON. u.f. lexi/Iimalio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Opinion. 
 
 2- Ellcem. 
 
 E'xiT. n.f. [exit, Latin.] 
 
 1. The term let in the margin of pLiy? 
 to mark, the time at which the phiyer 
 goes off the llage. 
 
 2. Recefs ; dtpavture ; acfl of quitting the 
 ftage ; ati of quitting the theatre of hfe. 
 
 All the MorUi "s a ll.ige. 
 And all the men and women niecrly players : 
 They have tiieir exits and thoii entrance^. 
 And one man in his time plavs manv parts. 
 
 y;.,:/,.,:„r. 
 A regard for fame becomes a man moic to- 
 wards the cxi: than at his entrance into lile. 
 
 S-.v:ft. 
 
 Many of your old comrades live a flioit life, 
 
 .ind make a figure at thcii (■x.-;. S-iu/j!. 
 
 3. PalTage out of any place. 
 
 In futh a pervious fulillance as the brain, they 
 might find an eafy cither entrance Bi fviVjalmcl) 
 every where. Clam':!!'. 
 
 4. Way by which there is a paflTage ont. 
 
 The fire ni.ikes its way, foiciiig the water foitli 
 ibiough its ordiiury f.v.'/s, wells, and the outlirrs 
 of rivers. ty'iMhuard. 
 
 Exi'tiai.. 7 adj. [exitiii/is. Latin.] Dc- 
 Exi'tious. i llrii6live ; fatal; mortal; 
 delcteiious. Not in ufe. 
 
 Moli cxHial fevers, although not concomitatcd 
 with tlic tokens, exantii.mata, anthratcs, 01 car- 
 buncles, are to be cenfufcd pellilcntlal. llm-uiy. 
 
 E'xoDUS.1 «. /. [L*'.S.1>.] Departnre ; 
 
 E'xoDV. 3 journey from a place : the 
 fecond book of Mofcs is fo called, be- 
 raiife it dcfcribes the journey of the 
 Ilratlites from Egypt. 
 
 In all probability their ye.irs continued to be 
 ehiee liundred and fijity- five days, ever finci- 
 the time of the Jcwifli ixi"fy at Kalt. H<-lt. 
 
 E X O 
 
 Exole'te. adj. [exohtus, Latin.] Obio- 
 lete ; out of ufe. D'tii. 
 
 To E^o'lve. v. a. [e.xolvo, Latin.] To,, 
 loofe ; to pay. Did. 
 
 Exolu'tion. n. f. [exohilio, Latin.] 
 Eaxation of the nerves. 
 
 Confideiing tlse fxe/ulio/i and languor enluing 
 that action in lome, we cannot but tiiink it nuicti 
 abridgeth our days. Br^-wn's Vulgar Errouts. 
 
 Exo'mi'halos. n.f. [,| and o,oupa^©..] 
 A navel rupture. 
 
 To EXCi'NERATE. v. a. [exonsro, Lat.] 
 To luiload ; to difburden ; to free from 
 any heavy charge. 
 
 The glaiiffs being a congeries of \effcls curled, 
 circumgyiated, and complicated, gi\c the blood 
 tiiiu- to fcpar.irc thioiigli the capillary velTcIs into 
 the fecr.tory ones, wnich afterwards all f.v5«('(j/"c- 
 thcmfelves into one common du>^us. Htiv. 
 
 Exonera'tiON. n. f. [from exoiwrali'.] 
 The adl of diiburdeiiing, or dilcharging. 
 The body is adapted unto eating, drinking, nu- 
 trition, antt other ways of repletion and cvoav- 
 rali'jn, (ji'ciu. 
 
 Exo'ptable. atlj. [exoptaMlit, Latin.] 
 Dellreable ; to be fought with eagernefb 
 or deihe. 
 
 E'xoradle. adj. \_exorahilis, Latin.] To 
 be moved by entreaty. 
 
 Exo'ltBl TAKCE. 7 ,. re }■. . "l 
 
 T- , > n. /. rroni exorbitant. 
 
 Exorbitancy. ) 
 
 1. The ?.&. of going out of the tracks pre- 
 fcribed. 
 
 2. Enormity ; grofs deviation from rule 
 or right. 
 
 1 fee fomc of this fault cleave to thofc, who 
 have eminently corrected all other cvo'/y/runr.vi of 
 the tongiie. Government fjf the Tcigiie. 
 
 The reverence of my pretence may be n curb 
 to )'\i\.it exorhrt.jrC!es. I^ryden'^ SptJniJh Viiar. 
 
 The people were grofly impofcd on, to com- 
 mit fiich ixir6iti>neics as could not end but in the 
 diffokitionof the government. 
 
 Sivift on the Diff »Jloni in Athens and Rcfnr. 
 
 3. Boundlcfs depravity. 
 
 They riot (till. 
 Unbounded in exorbitance of ill. GtirtL. 
 
 Exorbitant, adj. [f.y and or^iVo, Lat.] 
 
 1. Going out of the prefcribed track. 
 
 2. Deviating from the courfe appointed 
 or rule eftablilhed. 
 
 What fignifies the fiiftion of the tortoife liding 
 upon the wings of the wind, but to prcfcrihe 
 bounds and mcafurcs to our c.xotlaluKt paffions ; 
 
 1..^ Kjirangc. 
 
 Thefc phenomena arc not peculiar to caith- 
 t^uakes in our times, but have been oblerved in 
 all ages, and particularly thofe ^vcri/'/.i/:/ commo- 
 tions of the waters of the globe. IVoodwaul 
 
 3. Anomalous ; not comprehended in a 
 fettled rule or method. 
 
 The Jews who had laws ^o particularly deter- 
 mining in ail aflairs what to do, were notwith- 
 Itandiiigcontinu.iily inured withcaufcs/.vc/'/Vj///, 
 and fuch as tbeir laws had not provided for. 
 
 lUoier. 
 
 4. Enormous ; beyond due proportion ; 
 txctdive. 
 
 Their fubjeifls would live in great plenty, were 
 not the inapoiitions fo very e.\-orbitiint\ for the 
 courts are too fplendid for the territories. .'Iddif. 
 
 So endlcfs and exoroittint arc the defires of 
 men, that they will grafp at all, and can form no 
 fcheme of perfect happinefs with lefs. ^i"'jt. 
 
 7o Exo'riutate. 11. n. \jx and ortito, 
 I.,atln.] To deviate ; to go out of the 
 track or road prefcribed. 
 
 The planets fotiu times would have approached 
 the fun *s near as the orb cf Mcrctiry, and fome- 
 
 E X O 
 
 times have e.xorl'i fated beyond the diftancc of 
 Saturn. identify. 
 
 r»E'XORciSE. v.e,. [;.^^«;^.-.] 
 
 1. To adjure by fome holy name. 
 
 2. To drive away fpirits by certain forms 
 of adjuration. 
 
 3. To purify from the influence of malig- 
 nant Ipirits by religious ceremonies. 
 
 And fry'is, that thiongli the wealthy regions 
 run, 
 Refort to faimers rich, and blefs th.-ir 1 ills, 
 .\nd c.votcije tlic btds, and crofi the w.ills. 
 
 Drydea. 
 
 E'xoRCISEK. n. f. [from e.xorct/'e.'] One 
 
 who praftifcs to drive away evil Ipi/its. 
 
 E'xoRCrsM. n.f. m',f:e.j-fj.o^.} The fornx 
 
 of adjuration, or religious ceremony by 
 
 which evil and malignant Ipirits are 
 
 driven away. 
 
 Will his loidlhip behold and hear our hvoieifm? 
 
 Sliakjjitare. 
 
 Symptoms fupernatural, mufl be only ctiiablc 
 
 by fupernatural means; namely, by devout 
 
 prayers or exarcij'ms, Harvey, 
 
 E'xORCIST. n.f. [ElofKirrlr.] 
 
 1. One who by adjurations, prayers, or 
 religious atts, drives away intilignant 
 fpirits. 
 
 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exarci/ls, 
 took upon them to call over them which had evil 
 fpirits. Wc7i, 
 
 2. An enchanter; a conjuror. Improperly. 
 
 Soul of Rome ! 
 Tiiou, like an exoniji, had tonjur'd up 
 My mortified fpirit. Shakffenre. 
 
 Is there no exnrtiji 
 Beguiles the truer oltice of mine eyes ' 
 Is 't real that I fee? S/iaifpeare. 
 
 BXO'RDIUM. n.f [Latin.] A formal ■ 
 preface ; the proemial part of a compo- 
 iitioii. 
 
 Net will I thee detain 
 With poets ndtions, nor opprefs thine ear 
 With ciicumllancc, and lung (■.'o/'(////wj here. 
 
 M>iy*s Virgil, 
 I have been diltarted at this way of writing, by 
 reafon of long prefaces .nitl cvtr-.i'/z/wj ylddifon. 
 Exouna'tion. n.f. [exonintio, Latin.] 
 Ornament ; decoration ; tinbellifliment. 
 It feemetli that all tbofe curious e.xof nations 
 ihoiild rather cc.ile. Hooker. 
 
 Hypcrbolic.il exornations and elegancies many 
 much afi'od. ll.ile, 
 
 Exo'ssated. odj. [cxnjjluus, Latin.] De- 
 prived of bones. Dkh 
 Exosto'sis. n.J'. \_lx and Irsot.'] Any 
 protuberance of a bone that is not na- 
 tural, as oiten happens in veneieal cafes. 
 
 Exo'ssEOUs. adj. [ex and offti, Latiti.] 
 Wanting boucs ; bonelefs ; tornitd with- 
 out bones. 
 
 Thus we daily obfervc in the heads of lifhcs, 
 as alfo in fnjils and foft exojfeous animals, nature 
 near the head hath placed a flat white flone, or 
 tcftaceous concretion. Mroivn, 
 
 Exo'tick. adj. [f|a)Ti«o .] Foreign; not 
 produced in our own country ; not do- 
 meilick. 
 
 .Some learned men treat of the nature of let- 
 ters as of fonic remote evotick thing, whereof wc 
 had no knowledge but by fabulous relations. 
 
 Holder's Jiieinenti of Sf>eeck. 
 
 Continue fiefh hot-beds to enteitain fuch cxotiek 
 
 plants as airivc not to their perfciftion without 
 
 them. lil:elyti*s Kalendar, 
 
 Exo'tick. n.f. A foreign plant. 
 
 Claudian was feated on the other fummit, 
 which w.ns baireii, and produced, on fome fj'Ots,
 
 EXP 
 
 pUnts tliat are unknowu co Italy, and fudi as tlic 
 gnrdcncii call e\n:,h. Aj.iifan'i Guii'.l, 
 
 To HXPA'ND. V. a. [expando, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To fprcad ; to lay open as a net or (hect. 
 
 2. To dilate ; to ipvead out everyway; 
 to difFufe. 
 
 She ulc'ri moft the target lo fence away the 
 blow, and le.ives all otlier wesfpons Co the Alcho- 
 ran to propagate and cvpta:.: ia'elf. lioivel. 
 
 Bcllcrjpboii's liorfc Jiamcd of iron, and placed 
 between two loadftones, with wings txfandtd, 
 hung pendulous in the air. J>ioiuft. 
 
 An animal growing, (vJ^anJi its fibres in the 
 air as a fluid. Jlrbuiknat an jiir. 
 
 Along the rtrcam of time thr name 
 Exf-inicJ riies .tnd gathers all its fame. Po^t. 
 
 E.\pa'nse. n. /. [fxpan/um, Lztin.] A 
 body vriJely extended without inetjuali- 
 ties. 
 
 A murmuring foun4 
 X)^ waters ifluc from a cave, and fprcad 
 Into a liquid plain ; then itood unmov'd, 
 Pure as th' ex^anf; of he:i\ 'n. Afi'ton. 
 
 Bright as ih' etheical glows the green expiwff. 
 
 Savage. 
 
 On the fmooth txpanfc of ayiUl lakes, 
 The finking ftone .<c fidl a circle makes ; 
 The trembling furface, by the motion rtirr'd, 
 Spreads in a lecoiid circle, then a third ; 
 Wide, and more wide, the floating rings advance, 
 Fill all the wat'ry plain, and to the margin dance. 
 
 Expansibi'lity. n.f. [from sxpanfibk.] 
 Capacity of er.tenfion ; pofTibility to 
 be expanded or fpread into a wider fur- 
 face. 
 
 With the rotundiiy common to the atoms of all 
 fluidi, there is fomc diifcrcncc in bulk, hy which 
 the atoms inpne fluid arc dillinguifhed from thofe 
 of another J elfe all ftuids would be alike in 
 weight, rypaijii-i.-ly, and all other qualities. 
 
 Expa'ssibi.e. adj. [(mm cxpan/us, Lzt.^ 
 Capable to be extended ; capable to 
 fpread into a wider furface. 
 
 Bodies arc not rxfanfib'.c in proportion to their 
 weight, or lo the quantity of matter to be ex- 
 panded. Gre-M. 
 
 Expa'nsiok. n.f. \lxova. expand.'\ 
 \. The ftate of being expanded into a 
 wider furface or greater fpacc. 
 
 'Tis demonftrated that the condcnfation and 
 exp.infion of any portion of the air is alwavs pro- 
 portional to the weight and picirarc incumbent 
 upon it. B:>:lhy. 
 
 2. The adl of fpreading out. 
 
 Tlieeafy ixpanfior of the wing of a bird, and 
 the lightnefs, ftrcngth, and (liapc of the feathers, 
 aic all fitted for her better Hi^l.t. C eiv. 
 
 3. Extent ; fpace to which any thing is 
 extended. 
 
 The capacious mind of man cannot be confined 
 by the limits of the world : it c,\tcnds its thoughts 
 even beyond the utmoil cxp>infi',n of martt-i, .ind 
 makes incurfions into that incomprchenliblo i'l. 
 ane. L>c<:,-. 
 
 4. Pure fpace, as dilliniil froni txteiilion 
 in folid matter. 
 
 Diftance or fpacc, in its fimple abftra^ concep- 
 tion, I call cxpiin/knj to dillinguidi it from cx- 
 tcnfion, which cxprcircs this diUance only as it is 
 in the folid parts of m.rttcr. Lo:ke. 
 
 It woiild for ever take an ufelefs flight, ' 
 Loft in txpaiifiotij void and infinite. hlarkmorc. 
 
 Expa'nsive. adj, [from expand.'] Having 
 the power to fpread into a wider fui face, 
 or greater I pace. ' 
 
 The el.iltick or e\,;inf,-jc faculty of the air, 
 
 whereby it dilates itlclf when comprciTcd, h.ith 
 
 fcetn made uLc of iu thecuram^in wcithcr gluiTcs. 
 
 Rjy C.I I lie Cituihn. 
 
 Vol. L 
 
 EXP 
 
 Th' tiefanfive atmofphcrc is crainp'd with cold. 
 
 Thimjtin. 
 
 To Expa'tiate. v. n. [expatlor, Latin.] 
 
 1. To raiij;c at large; to rove without 
 any prefcribed limits. 
 
 Religion contratitN the circle of our pleafures, 
 but leaves it wide enough for her votaries to e.v- 
 fati.tle in. ^iU-J'on'i Sptf}>tl',r. 
 
 He looks in heav'n with more than mortal eyes, 
 Bids his free foul expatiate in the (kics; 
 Amidft her kindred liars familiar roam. 
 Survey the region, and confefs her home. Ptpe. 
 
 Fxpatiate free o'er all this fcene of man; 
 A migl-.ty maze ! but not v/ithout a plan. Pope. 
 
 With wonder feiz'd, ^e view the pleating 
 grouiuf, 
 And walk delighted, and e^potiatr round. Tope. 
 
 2. To enlarge upon in language. 
 
 They had a ciittom of ofterins tlic tongues to 
 Mcrvury, bccaufe they believed him the giver of 
 eloquence : Dacier expatiaiei upon this cuttom. 
 
 Biwme, 
 
 3. To let loofe; to allow to range. This 
 fenfe, which is active, is very improper. 
 
 Make choice of a fubjeit, which, being of it- 
 felf capable of all that colours and the elegance of 
 dclign can poflihly give, lliall afterwards afford 
 an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate 
 i tie If. Diydcn. 
 
 To EXPECT. V. a. [expcao, Latin.] 
 
 1. To have a previous apprehenfion of 
 either good or evil. 
 
 Wcexpia.J 
 Immediate diffolution. Alifim. 
 
 Needs mult the fcrpent now his capital bruife 
 ExpeU with mortal pain. Milton. 
 
 Good with bad 
 Exp(& to hear, fupernal grace contending 
 With finfulnefs of man. Ali/tttn. 
 
 Eve, now expeel great tidings. Aliltcn. 
 
 2 . To wait foi- ; to attend the coming. 
 
 The guards. 
 By me encanip'd on yonder hill, expe3 
 Their motion. ^litton. 
 
 While, evpe£}i/ig there the queen, he rais'd 
 His wond'ring eyes, and round the temple gai'd. 
 
 To Expe'ct. v. n. To wait ; to flay. 
 
 Elihu had expeatd till job had fpoken. JcL 
 
 Espe'ctable. adi. [from ^.r/ct?.] To 
 be expedlcd ; to be hoped or feared. 
 
 Occult and fpiritual operations are not cxpec- 
 t.:l-.- trom ice; ror being but water congealed, it 
 can never make good fuch qualities. Bro'Wfi. 
 
 Expe'cTANCE. 7 ,- rr -, T 
 
 r- . f "■ /■ \trom extei}.\ 
 
 Expectancy. J ■' '- ' -' 
 
 1. The ad or ftate of cxpefling,- expec- 
 tation. 
 
 Every mament is expe^aticv 
 Of more ariivance. S/iakfpeme's Otie.'U. 
 
 Satyrs leave your petulance, 
 Or eiic rail upon tlie moon. 
 Your e.xpj^ufii-t U too foon ; 
 For before the fccind cock 
 Crow, the gates will not unlock. Sen ycnft-i. 
 
 This blelfed expcciance mutt be now my tiieme. 
 
 Ihy!,. 
 
 But fy, my wandVing mufe, how thou do li 
 il.iy! 
 Expflfanre caHs thee now another way, Aliitm. 
 
 2. Sonicthi'.ig expected. 
 
 There is r ip,:^ar:i-e here from both t^.ic fides, 
 ^\'l:.lt liu'thcr yuil will do. .Sh.il:/'pt:trf. 
 
 3. Hope; that of which the expediation 
 is accompanied with plcafure. 
 
 Oh, what a nublc mind is here o'erthrown ! 
 T!.c rxpefla::,)- and role of the fair ftate. Sk.iijp. 
 
 EXPECTJjXT. afj. [French.] Xfixt- 
 ing in expeiSlation. 
 
 H^r raajclh- has otlered ccnccfiions in Older to 
 rcr.jve ^uplcs laii'cJ in the mind of the e\ptc- 
 taui liciiT Svi/t. 
 
 EXP 
 
 Expe'ct A NT. n. /. [fro:r\ rx/'ea.'] One 
 who v.-ait3 in expectation of any tliinj ; 
 one held in dependence by hip hopes. 
 
 Tiiey, vain e^peflanti of the bilthl hour. 
 
 My rtores in liotousexpence devout^ Pipe. 
 
 Thistrcatlfe was agreeable to thel^hole nation, 
 
 except thofc who bad cniploymen'i, or wcie 
 
 expillants. Suifi It Pope. 
 
 ExprcTA'Tio>f. tt.f. [c.r/f<l?j/;», Lat.] 
 
 1. The adl of expcdling. 
 
 The trees 
 Should have borne men, and expeHallm fainted 
 Longing for what it had not. Siakfp.ve. 
 
 The reft. 
 That arc within tiie note of etrpeftatun, 
 Already aie i'th' court. iihakfp.atc's Mad. 
 
 'Tis expe(lati<in makes a blcfiiiig dear. 
 
 2. The ftate of expeding either with hope 
 or fear. 
 
 Live in a conftant and ferious eipeflation of 
 that day, when we muft appear before the Judge 
 of heaven and earth. Roger s' Sermoni, 
 
 3. Profpeft of any thing goo! to come. 
 
 My foul, wait thou only upon God ; for mf 
 expecljiion IS from him. Pjalmi. 
 
 4. The objeft of happy expeflation j the 
 Mefllah expedled. 
 
 Nowclcar J UIldefftan^, 
 What oft my fteadieft thoughts have fearch'd ;■ 
 
 vain, 
 Why our great expeHalim (hould be cali'd 
 The iced of woman. M:lton's ParaJife LnJ!. 
 
 5. A Itate in which fomcthing excellent is 
 expefied from us. 
 
 Hjw fit it will be for you, born fo .jreat x 
 prince, and of fo rare not only evpeflaiion but 
 proof, to divert your thoughts from the way of 
 goodnefs. Siiiner. 
 
 You firft came home 
 From travel with fuch hopes as made you look'd 
 
 on. 
 By all men's eyes, a youth of expeBtrrion • 
 Pleas'd with your growing vhtuei rcceiv''d yon. 
 
 Ot-aay. 
 
 Expe'cter. n. /. [fmm f.i/f<7.] 
 I. One who has hopes-of fomething. 
 
 Thcle.ire not great eitfeelen under your admi- 
 niiir.nion, according t«i the period of governors 
 here. f S<w^t. 
 
 z. One who waits w another. 
 
 Signify this loving-j^eiview 
 To the e.^peffers of ofr Trojan part. S'laifprare, 
 
 To EXPE^CTORATE. v. a. ^ex and 
 peffus, Lat.] To ejeft from the bread. 
 
 E.icrementitious humours are expefioratedhy a 
 cough after a cold or an afthma. Harvey. 
 
 Mjrbihck matter is either atterrjated fo as to 
 
 be returned into the channels, or txpcflor.ited hy 
 
 c°i'£l'i"g. ^rbuth,:;t, 
 
 Expeotora'tjon. n.f. [iromexpeaorate.J 
 
 1. The afl of difchar^-ing from the breaft. 
 
 2. That difcharge which is made by cough- 
 ing, as bringing up phlegm, or nny 
 thing that obflruds the vedcls of the 
 lungs, and ftraitens the breath. 
 
 Witn water, vincgrr, and honey-, in pletiriCes 
 and iiiihimmatcnns of the lungs, he ini»c:h fpices, 
 for promoting e.xp^el'.ratioit. Aibuthml. 
 
 E X p E 'C T o R A T I V E . adj. [ from exptaorati. ] 
 Having the quality of promoting ex- 
 prftoration. 
 
 Syrups and other expeBoraUvei, in coughs, 
 mull neccflar ily occafion a gre.iter con'*, 
 
 llai-ey en IJi-^hJunpti^Tt. 
 
 Expe'diexce. ■) ^ rr j- 1 
 
 ExPE'biKT,-CY.| "■J- [t'om «>W;.-«/.] 
 I . Fitnefs J propriety ; fuitablenefs to an 
 
 end. 
 Solemn dtriic.ations of things fct apart foi Di. 
 
 vine Woilhip, could never 1ia\e Wen univcrfally 
 
 40^ 
 
 s
 
 EXP 
 
 EXP 
 
 praftifcd, had not light reafon diftated thf high 
 rxpcSency and great ufe cf fuch prafticcs. .?<;.■'/''. 
 2. It is ufed in Shakfpeare for expedition ; 
 adventure ; or attempt. 
 
 Let mc hear 
 Whatyefternight our council did decree. 
 In forwa.ding this dear ix-pcdhm^. Snaifptare. 
 
 3. It is alfo ufed by Shakfpeare for expe- 
 dition ; hafte ; difpatch. 
 
 I fliall bicjk. 
 The caufe of or.r exprAicu to the qu«". 
 And get he, leave to part. Shakfpc^r,. 
 
 Ei-rht tall (hips, three thoufand men of war-, 
 Are making hither with M An^<:xp^f''" 
 Shak[peare'!. Ruh. II. 
 
 EXPE'DIENT. adj. {expedit, Latin.] 
 
 1. Proper; fit; convenient; fuitable. 
 
 All things are not expedient: in things indif- 
 ferent there is a choice; they are not always 
 equally expcMer,t. "f^"- 
 
 When men live as if there were no God, it be- 
 comes expediott for them tiiat there riiould be 
 none : and then they endeavour to perfuadc them- 
 felves fo. ,. . T.lhip.. 
 
 2. In Shakfpeare, quick ; expeditious. 
 
 The adverfe winds 
 Whofe leifurc I have lUid, have given him time 
 To land his legions all as foon as I : 
 His marches are expedient to this to<vn. Shakjp. 
 Expedient, n. f. [from the adjeaive. J 
 
 1. That which helps forward, as means to 
 
 an end. 
 
 God does not projea for our forrow, but our 
 innocence ; and would never have invited us to 
 the one, but as iaexpedie/it to the other. 
 
 Decny of Piety. 
 
 2. A fliift ; means to an end which are 
 contrived in an exigence, or difficulty. 
 
 Th' expiMent pleas'd, where neither loft his 
 right ; 
 Mars had the day, and Venus had the night. 
 
 D'ydtn . 
 
 tic flies to a new expedient to folve the matter, 
 
 and fupoofes an earth of a make and frame like 
 
 that of b=s Cartes. iro.d-.u.,d. 
 
 Expe'diently. adv. [from expedient.} 
 
 1. Fitly; fuitably; conveniently. 
 
 2. Haftilv ; quickly. Not ufed. 
 
 Let my officers of fuch a nature 
 Make an extent upon his houfe and lands : 
 Do this exp!d,er,t!v,md turn him going. 4/m*//'. 
 ToE'XPEDITE. v.a. [expedto.hzun.i 
 I To facilitate ; to free from impediment. 
 By fin and death a broad way now is pav'd. 
 To expedite your glorious march. MUion. 
 
 2. To haften; to quicken. 
 
 An inquifition would flill be a further improve- 
 ment, and would expedite the convcifion of the 
 
 3. To difpatch ; to iffue from a publick 
 
 office. ,. , e c 
 
 Though fuch charters he expedited of couife, 
 and as of right, yet they are varied by dif- 
 
 Bacttn. 
 tretion. ^ . - 
 
 H'xPEDITE. ad]. [w/Mz/MJ, -L-atin.J 
 • 1 Quick ; hafiy ; foon performed. 
 
 Wnolefome advice, and expedue execution in 
 freeing the ftate of thofe monfters. Sandyi. 
 
 3. Enfy; difencumbered ; clear from im- 
 pediments. 
 
 Nituie can teach the church but in part ; nei- 
 ther fo fully as IS requifite for man's ialvation, 
 nor fo eafily as to make the way plain and expe- 
 ,\:te enough, that many come to the knowledge 
 of ir, and fo be favcd, and theiefore the Scripture 
 has been given. ^'°»^"- 
 
 ,. Nimble; aaive; agile. 
 
 The more any man's foul is clcanftd from fen- 
 f„al luiVs, ihe moic nimble i^^S. expedite it will he 
 ^ Us operations. ^ ^'M"", 
 
 It feems to be ufed by Bacon for light 
 armed In the Roman fignification. 
 
 He fent the lord chamberlain with cypeditt 
 forces to fpeed to Exeter, to the relcuc of the 
 fown, Bacon^t Henry \ll. 
 
 E'xPEDiTELY. adv. [from expedite. } With 
 quicknefs; readily; hallily. 
 
 Nature left his ears naked, that he may turn 
 them more expcditely for the reception of founds 
 from every quarter. Grew. 
 
 Expedi'tion. n.f. [from expedite.'] 
 
 1. Halfe ; fpeed; activity. 
 Prayers, whercunto devout minds have added 
 
 a piercing kind of brevity, thereby the better to 
 exprcfs thai quick and fpce'dy expedition wherewith 
 ardent affeftions, the very wings of prayer, are 
 delighted to picfent our fuits in heaven. Hooker, 
 
 Ev'n with the fpccdicll expeditioti 
 I will difpatch him to the emperor's court. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. A march or voyage with martial in- 
 tentions. 
 
 Young Oftavius, and Mark Antony, 
 Come down upon us with a mighty power. 
 Bending their tA-;.f./iV/o« tow'rd Philippi. Siiat/p. 
 Expedi'tious. adj. [(rom expedite.] 
 
 1 . Speedy ; quick ; foon done : as, an ex- 
 peditious march. 
 
 2. Nimble; quick; fwift; afling with 
 celerity : as, an expeditious runner. 
 
 Expedi'tiously. adv. l_{rom expeditious.] 
 
 Speedily ; nimbly ; with celerity. 
 To EXPE'L. V. a. [e-xpello, Latin.] 
 
 1. To drive out ; to force away. 
 The Lord your God Ihall expel them from be- 
 fore you, and drive them from out of your 
 fight. 7''/- 
 
 I may know the let why gentle peace 
 Should not r.v;>c/ thefc inconveniences. _ Shakfp. 
 
 Suppofc a mighty rock to fall there, it would 
 expel the waters out of their places with fuch 
 violence as to fling them among the clouds. 
 
 Burnet' i Theory of the Earth. 
 
 2. To eieft ; to throw out. 
 
 Whatfoever cannot be digefted by the flomach, 
 is either put up by vomit, or put down to the 
 guts, and other parts of the body are moved to 
 e.xptl by con fent. Bmon'i Nut. HiJI. 
 
 The viigin huntrefs was not flow 
 T' expel the fhaft from her contraifcd bow. Dryd. 
 
 3. Tqbanilh ; to drive from the place of 
 refidence. 
 
 Arms and the man I ftng, who forc'd by fate. 
 And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate, 
 Expel'd and exil'd left the Trojan Chore. Dryd 
 
 4. To rejeft ; to refufe. 
 And would you not poor fellowfiiip "■/(/, 
 
 Myfelf would ofter you t' avrconipany. 
 
 In this adventurous ch.iuccfiil jeopardy. Hub, T,i. 
 
 5. To keep off; to exclude ; to keep out. 
 Since (he did ncglea her lonking-glafs. 
 
 And threw her fun expelling ma(k away. 
 The air hath ftarv'd the rofes in hei cheek?. 
 And pitch'd the lily tinflure of her face. Shaif 
 Oh that that eaith which kept tire world in 
 awe 
 Would patch a wall, ixpcl the winter's flaw ! 
 
 Shaljpe.ire 
 
 Expf.'ller. n./. [from f.v/if/. ] One that 
 
 expels or drives away. 
 To Expe'nd. v. a. [expendo, Latin.] To 
 lay out ; to fpend. 
 
 If my dcatn might make this ifland happy, 
 I would expend it with all wiUingncfs. .^huijfp. 
 
 The king of England w.iftcd the French king's 
 country, and thcicby caulcd him to ..vftW luch 
 funis of money as exceeded the debt. Ilayivard 
 
 The publick burthens, though il-,ey may be a 
 good reafon for our not expending fo much 111 
 charity, yet will not jultify us in giving nothing. 
 
 EXPE'NSE. n.f. [expeiiftim, 1.3.1.] Coil; 
 charges ; money expended, •i 
 
 EXP 
 
 Hence comes that wild and vafl expenje, 
 That iiath enforc'd Rome's vitrue thence, 
 Wliith ftmplc poverty fitft made. Ben Jonjon. 
 
 A fcalt prepar'd with riotous expenfc. 
 Much coil, more care, and moft magnificence. 
 
 Jjiyden. 
 
 Such provifion made, that a country Ihould 
 not want fo many fprings as were convenient, 
 and affoid a fupply every where fuitable to the 
 the necciTities and exftnjei of each climate. 
 
 IVoodivtird. 
 
 I can fee no reafon by which we are obliged 
 to make thofe prodigious txpenjei. Swift. 
 
 Expe'nseful. adj. [expctife and full ] 
 Coftly; chargeable ; expenfive. 
 
 No p.irt of liruifture is either more expenfeful 
 than windows, or more ruinous. tVntton, 
 
 Expe'nseless. fli^'. [iwm expciife.] With- 
 out coft. 
 
 A pliyfician may fave any army by this frugal 
 and expenfefef means only. Milton. 
 
 What health promotes, and gives unenvy'd 
 peace. 
 Is all cxpcrifclefi, and procur'd whh eafe. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 
 E X P E 'n s I V E . adj. [from expenfe. ] 
 
 1. Given to expenfe ; extravagant; luxu- 
 rious. 
 
 Frugil and indurtrious men are friendly to the 
 eftablilhed government, as the idle and exfenfve 
 are dangerous. Temple, 
 
 2. Coftly; requiring expenfe: as, expenfive 
 drefs, an expenlive journey. 
 
 3. Liberal ; generous ; dillributive. 
 This requires an aiftivc, expenfwe, indefatigable 
 
 goodnefs, fuch as our apolUe calls a worn, and 
 labour of love. Spratt. 
 
 Expe'nsively. adv. [fron} expeii/ive.^ 
 With great expence ; at great charge. 
 
 I never knew him live (o great and expenfively 
 as he hath done fmcc his return from exile. 
 
 Swft. 
 
 Expe'nsiveness. n.f. [hom expenfive.J 
 
 1. Addiction to expenfe ; extravagance. 
 
 2. Coftlinefs. 
 Their highways, for their extent, folidity, or 
 
 expenfmenefi, arc fome of the greatcd monu- 
 ments of the grandeur of the Roman empire, jirb. 
 
 EXPE'RIENCE. «. /. [experientia, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Praftice ; frequent trial. 
 
 Hereof expnirnce hath informed reafon, and 
 time h.ith made thofe things apparent which were 
 hidden. R<iUigh, 
 
 But apt the mind or fancy is to rove 
 Uncheck'd, and of hci roving is no end, 
 'Till warn'd, or by expeiince taught, (he learn, 
 That nut to know at huge of things remote 
 From ufe, obfcure and (ubtle, but to know 
 That which before us lies in daily life. 
 Is the prime wifdom; what is more, is fume 
 Or cinptinefs, or fond impertinence. 
 And venders us in things that moft concern 
 Onpraftii'd, unprtpar'd, and flill to feefc. 
 
 Miltim. 
 
 2. Knowledge gained by trial and praflice. 
 
 Boys immature in knowledge, 
 Pawn their e.yperience to their prefeiit plcafure. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 But if yuii'll profper, mark what I advife. 
 Whom age and long e.vperienee render wife. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 ToJExpe'rience. v. a, [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To try; to prnftife. 
 
 2. To know by ptattice. 
 
 He tiiiuugh the aimed files 
 Darts his < v/. . i.nc' 1 eye. Mt/toti. 
 
 Expe'rienced. participial adj. [ f'om ex- 
 perietice.] 
 
 I . Made fltilful by experience.
 
 EXP 
 
 \Vc muft peifcdl, as much as wit can, our 
 
 irftss of the diflmd fpccics; or Icnin ihcni from 
 
 (Mcii as arc ufctl to that loit of tliirgs, and art 
 
 (vfitrienceti fli ti:(-*m. L^cki. 
 
 2. Wife by long- pfaftice. 
 
 To him expfrirrtc\{ Neiior thus rcjoin'd, 
 O fiiend ! what forrows do'fl thou hrhig tu mind ' 
 
 Ptpc 
 
 Expe'riencer. n. /. One who makes 
 trials ; a piad^ifer of experiments. 
 
 A curious txpifit'ici) didafiirni, that the hkc- 
 ncfs of any object, if ftrongly enlightened, will 
 appear to another, in the eye of him that looks 
 ftrongly and Iteadily upon it, 'till hr be dazzled 
 by it; even after he Ihall have turned iiis eyes 
 from it. i^ig'O' •" Bo.ius. 
 
 EXPERIMENT, n. f. [exj>erimi,il,w, , 
 Lat.] Trial of any thing ; foinelhing 
 done in order to difcover an uncertain or 
 unknown efl'eil. 
 
 That which (hcwctli them to be wiie, is the 
 gathering of principles out of their own particular 
 experimenti • and the fiamiiig of our particular 
 txpcrimtntSf accorrling to the rule of their prin- 
 ciples, Ihall make us fuch as they are. llioicr. 
 It is good alio not to try fxprtim^nfi in dates, 
 except the necefiity be urgent, or the utility 
 evident. JJuto'j. 
 
 Adam' hv fad fxpaiinent I know. 
 How little weight with thee my words can find. 
 
 Milton, 
 'Till his fall man's mind was ignorant of 
 nothing hut of fnii or, at lealf, it rcHed in the 
 notion without the fmart of the rx-ffrimini. 
 
 Sottr/i's Sfrmorii 
 When we arc fearching cut the nature or pro- 
 perties of any being by various methods of trial, 
 this fort of obfervation is called cxpfiimmt. 
 
 H^atts tri the Mind. 
 
 To ExPE'RyMENT. -u.a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To try ; to fearch out by trial. 
 
 Francifco Redi cxperiminttd that no putrified 
 ^ aelh will of itfdf, if all infers be carefully kept 
 • from it, produce any. R.iy tn the Criathii. 
 
 2. To know by experience. 
 
 When the luccclhon of ideas ccafes, our per- 
 ception of duration ccafes with it, which every 
 one txp€rimci:ti whilft he llecps foundly. Locitc, 
 Experime'nt.\l. adj. \ivom experiment. "^ 
 
 1. Pertaining to experiment. 
 
 2. Built upon experiment ; formed by ob- 
 fervation. 
 
 Truft not my reading, nor my obfervations, 
 Which with experiti:snt.il teal do warrant. 
 The tenor of my book. Shatfpcuc. 
 
 The experimentttl tcliimony of Gillius is molf 
 confidcrable of any, who beheld the courfc 
 thereof. £yotc>i*s J^ulgar Erroun 
 
 3. Known by experiment or trial. 
 
 We have no other evidence of univerfal impe- 
 netrability, befides a large experience, without an 
 txperimepitn! exception. N<vton. 
 
 Thefe are fo far from being fubfcrvicnt to athc- 
 itts in their audacious attempts, that they lathei 
 affoi'd an expirimcntnl confirmation of the uni\-cr- 
 fal deluge. Bentlrfs Sermons. 
 
 Experime'ntally. adv. [from exferi- 
 menla!.] By experience; by trial; by 
 experiment; by obfervation. 
 
 The mifcarriage being fomctimes univerfal, has 
 made us impart wiiat we have expaimentni!\ 
 learned by our own ohfervations. Ezrh'.. 
 
 While the man is uiidei the fcourge of affliction, 
 he is wilting to abjure thofe fms which he now 
 fxpctimeniully finds attended with luch bitter con- 
 fequcnccs. Ko^en' Sennom. 
 
 , Exfe'ri.menter. n.f. [from experiment .] 
 One who makes experiment. 
 
 Galilcus and Morlcnnus, two exaft experimen- 
 teri, do think they find this verity by their expe- 
 riences; but fuiely this is impoffible to be riniie. 
 Uigl>y in BaJits. 
 
 li X P 
 
 EKPF.RT. adj. [expertus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Skilful ; adJrcfsful ; intelligent. 
 
 Now we will take fomc ordir in the town. 
 Placing thercm fomc expert oHiccrs. S/inJt/pe.ire. 
 
 Ap.ain fair Alma (its confefl, 
 Oh I'Uinmers experter brcal); 
 When flie tiie liliiig ligh conllrains. 
 And I y concealing fpeaks her pains. P./j.. 
 
 2. Re.idy ; dexterous. 
 
 The mcancH kulptor in th' ^Emilian fquarc, 
 Can imitate in brals the nail, and hair; 
 Eypeil in trifles, and a cunning fool, 
 Abie t' exjiicls the parts, but not difpofe the 
 whole. Drvlen, 
 
 They have not the good luck to be perfcifHy 
 knowing in the forms of fyllogifm, or expert in 
 mode and figure. Lucte. 
 
 3. Skilful by pradice or experience. This 
 fenfc Is rare. 
 
 f Xpert men can execute, and judge of particu- 
 lars, one by one ; but the general counfcls, and 
 the plots and mailhalling of affairs, come bcft 
 r.um thofe that are learned. Btinn. 
 
 .f . It is ufed by Pope with of before the 
 objedl of ikill, generally with in. 
 
 Thy offspring bloom, 
 F.xpeit o/arms, and prurient in debate, 
 The gilts of Heaven to guard thy hoary dare. 
 
 Pope's Qdygcy. 
 
 Expe'rtly. adv. [from expert.'] In a 
 (liilful, ready, and dexterous manner. 
 
 Expe'rtness. n. f. [ixaxa. expert.^ Skill; 
 Readlnefs ; dexterity. 
 
 What his reputation, what his valour, Ironefty, 
 
 and cxpertn.j'i in war. Shakfpetire. 
 
 This army, fur the experinefs and valour of the 
 
 foldiers, was thought fufficient to have met the 
 
 greateft army of the Turks. Kmlles' Hijhry. 
 
 E'xpi.vBLE. adj. [h<jm expiate.] Capable 
 
 to be expiated, or atoned. 
 ToE'XPIATE. V. a. [rfKyj/o, Latin.] 
 
 1. To annul the guilt of a crime by fnb- 
 fequent ads of piety ; to atone for. 
 
 Strong and able petty felons, in true penitence, 
 imploie permifTion to cxpiau- their crimes by their 
 affiduous labours in fo innocent and fo hopeful a 
 work. B,!ron's Pkyf. Rem.un'. 
 
 The odium which fome men's rigour or lemifs- 
 nefs had contiaiSed upon my government, I le- 
 folved to expiate by regulations. King Gharln. 
 
 For the cure of this dileafc an humble, fcrious, 
 hearty repentance is the only phyfick; not to 
 expi.ite the guilt of it, hut to qualify us to partake 
 of the benefit of Chrilt's atoncmcnr. Rsy. 
 
 2. To avert the threats of prodigies. 
 
 3. To make reparation for. 
 
 The treafurer obliged- himfelf to expiate the 
 injury, topiocuie fome declaration to that pur- 
 pofc, under his majefty's fign manual. CUrindon. 
 The more they have hitherto embezzled tlieir 
 parts, the more they endeavour to expiate that 
 unthriftiuefb by a more careful managcry for the 
 future. Government eij the Ton«ue. 
 
 Exph'tion. n.f. \J\Qm expiate.] 
 
 1. The adl of expiating or atoning for 
 any crime. 
 
 2. The trieans by which we atone for 
 crimes ; atonement. 
 
 Law can difcover fin, but not remove, 
 Save by tliofc Ihadowy ixpiatiom weak, 
 The blood of bulls and goats. M /ton. 
 
 The former part of this poem is but a due ex- 
 piaiiot! for my not fersing my king and country 
 I" "■ Dryden. 
 
 Let a man's innocence be what it will, let his 
 virtues nlc to thehlghclV pitch of pericaion, tliere 
 viil be Hill in iiiin fo many fecict fins, lo many 
 hum in frailties, fo many offences of ij/naiaiice, 
 palTion, and picjudiee, fo many ungual ded word- 
 and ihoughii, tiiat witliout the advant.ige of fuch 
 an expiair,n and atonement, as chriltianily has 
 icvealcd to us, it is impoffiblc he Ihould be iHvud, 
 Mdip.n\ Spectator 
 
 EXP 
 
 3. Pradices by which the threats of oin!. 
 nous prodigies were averted. 
 
 Upon the birth of fuch monfters, the Grecians 
 and Romans did ufe divers firts o( expiations, im\ 
 to go about their principal cities with many fo- 
 lemn ceremonies and facrifices. HaywarJ. 
 
 E'xpiATORY. adj. [from expiate.] Ha v. 
 ing the power of expiation or atonement. 
 His voluntary death for others prevailed witK 
 God, and had the force of an expiatory facrifice. 
 
 Hotter. 
 
 Exptla'tion. n.f. [e.xpilatio, Litin.] 
 Robbery ; the adt of committing wuftc 
 upon land to the lofs of the heir. 
 
 Expira'tion. n.f. [from«»;>,-.] 
 
 1. That act of refpiration which thrufts 
 the air out of the lungj, and contrafts 
 the cavity of the brcail. ^lincy. 
 
 In all expiration the motion is outwards, and 
 therefore rather driveth away the voice than 
 draweth it. Baeor,-s Natural Wfiory. 
 
 Of an inflammation of the diaphragm, the 
 fymptoms are a violent fever, and a moll exqui- 
 inepam inercafes upon infpiration ; by which it 
 is difiinguimed from a pleurify, in which the 
 greateif p.iin is in expiration, ylrhiithnot tn Diet. 
 
 2. The laft emiHion of breath ; death. 
 
 We have heard him breathe the groan of Pi-. 
 P"""'"!. _ Rambler. 
 
 3. Evaporation; aft of fuming out. 
 
 4. Vapour; matter expired. 
 
 Words of this fort refemble the wind in fury 
 and impetuoufnefs, in tianfientncfs and fuddcii 
 expiration. _ Dicay of Piety. 
 
 Clofc air is warmer than open air, as the caufe 
 of cold is an expiration from the earth, which in 
 open places is ftiongei. Bacon's Natural Hijlory 
 
 5- The ceffation of any thing to which life 
 is figuratively afcribed. 
 
 To fatisfy curl'elves of its expiratiin we dark- 
 ened the room, and in vain endeavoured to dif- 
 cover any fpark of fire. Boyle. 
 
 6. Theconchifion of any limited time. 
 
 If 'till the expiratroi of your month, 
 you will return and fojourn with rny fifter, 
 Difraiiring half your train, come then to me. 
 
 Shakj'peare'i Kin^ Lear. 
 This he did in a fortnight alter the expiration 
 of the treaty of Oxbridge. Claren.dtn. 
 
 To EXPIRE. V. a. [expiro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To breathe out. 
 
 To lave his body from the fcorching fire. 
 Which he from hcllilh entrails did expire. 
 
 _ Fairy (^ueen. 
 
 Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual 
 
 motion of infpiring and expiring air. Harvey. 
 
 Thischaft'd the boarj his noftrili flames irx-yj/V;, 
 
 And his red eyeballs roll with living fire. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To exhale; to fend out in cthalationj. 
 
 The duid which is thus fccrcted, and e.ypned 
 forth aloi.g with the air, goes off in infenfible 
 PS'^cels. iroidivard. 
 
 3. To clofe'; to conclude ; to bring to an 
 end. Obfolete. 
 
 When aj time flying with wings fwifr. 
 Expired had the term that thefe two javels 
 Should render up a leck'ning of their travels. 
 llubherd's Tale, 
 To Expi're. 1'. n. 
 
 1. To make an emiflTion of the breath. 
 
 It tiie infpiiing and expring organ of any 
 animal be flopr, it fuddenly dies. kf'cliiii. 
 
 2. To die ; to breatlie the lad. 
 
 For when the fair in ail their pride exfi^re. 
 To their firft eiemcits the fouls retire. Pope. 
 
 3. To perilh ; to fail ; to be deilroyed. 
 
 All ll.y praifc is vain. 
 Save what this verfe, which never (hall expire. 
 Shall to thee purchafe. ^pn-r-,. 
 
 40.2
 
 EXP 
 
 The dead man's knrll, 
 ^5 there fcarce alk'd, fur whom ; and good mens 
 
 ■ lives 
 Expire before the flowers in their eaps, 
 Dving or ere they fieken. Shukf^eart. 
 
 4. To fly out with a Waft. 
 
 The diftancejiicig'd for (hot nf every fize, 
 The liniloclis touch, the ponderous ball cvp.VfJ ; 
 
 The vigorous fcamaii every porthole plies. 
 And adds his heart to every gun he fives. Dryd. 
 
 5. To concIuJe; to terminate; to come 
 
 to an end. 
 
 A month before 
 This bond expirer, I do expcft return 
 Of thrice three times the value of this bond. 
 
 Shakfpfare. 
 
 To F.XPLA'IN. v.n. {explarw, Lat.] To 
 expound ; to iUuilrate ; to clear by notes 
 or commentaries. 
 
 Such IS the original defign, huwevcr we may 
 typlain it away. ^y/iffc's Pnrergon. 
 
 '^'.lu will h.-ivc variety of commentators to 
 expicin tlie difficult pail'ages to you. Gay. 
 
 Some explained the ine.ining quite away. Ttpc. 
 
 Etplai'n.'VBi.e. flr/7. \Jxo-m exf)lam.'\ Ca- 
 pable of being explained or interpreted. 
 * It is fymbolically cxpLiinable, and implieth 
 purification and cleannefs. Bta-wn. 
 
 Eipla'iner. n. f. [from ^.v/>/(;/n.] Expo- 
 
 fjtor ; interpreter ; commentator. 
 Explana'tion. «. /. [from exf/ain.] 
 
 1. The aft of explaining or interpreting. 
 
 2. The fei'.fe given by an e.xphiiner or in- 
 terpreter. 
 
 Before this explnnalion be condemned, and the 
 
 bill found upon it, fome la-A'yers fliould fully 
 
 inform the jury. Sti.''ft. 
 
 Expla'natory. iiclj. [from exj>!aiti.] 
 
 Containing explanation. 
 
 Hsd the printer given nic notice, I would have 
 printed the names, and writ explanatory notes. 
 
 S'.uif!. 
 
 E'xPLETiVE. n. /. \_esplf'iv:im, Latin.] 
 Something iifed only to take up rooom ; 
 fomething of which the ufe is only to 
 prevent a vacancy. 
 
 Theti: arfi not only ufcful explctivci to matter, 
 btjt great ornaments of ftyle. S-ikjiJt. 
 
 Ofl the car the open vowels tire. 
 While expletives their feeble aid do join. Pope. 
 Fxp.'et.-itei, whether words or fyllablcs, are 
 made ufe of purely to fuppiy a vacancy : tio, be- 
 fore verbs pUir'.l, is ahlblutely fuch; and future 
 retincrg may explode <:';<^ and iiocs. Pope. 
 
 E'xPLiCAHLE. atfi. [from e.xpHcate.l Ex- 
 plainable ; poffiblc to be explained. 
 
 Many difiicuh'es, fcarce explicable with any 
 
 certainly, occur in the fahiick of hurnan nature. 
 
 hiile's Origin of Miinki'ul. 
 
 Great variety there is in compound bodies, 
 
 and little many of them fccm to be explicalile. 
 
 Boyle. 
 To EXPLICATE, v. a. [explico. Lat.l 
 J. To unfold ; to expand. 
 
 They rxplicnte the leaves, and ripen food 
 For the filk labourers of the mulberry wood. 
 
 Blttckvtore. 
 2. To cxpfain ; to clear ; to interpret. 
 
 Tliey do not uiidcrftand tiiat parr of ehriftian 
 philofophy which expUcate^ the fcerct nature of 
 this divine facramervt. Taylor. 
 
 Aiir.ough tlie tiuths maybe elicited aiid expli- 
 cated by tine contemplation of animals, yet they 
 are more clearly evidenced in the contemplation 
 Ot Tn.*n. }{.i/r'i Origin of Mariiifui. 
 
 The l:ift verfe of his lafl fatyr is not yet fuflrci- 
 ently explicated. Dryden. 
 
 Explication, n. f. [hom explicate.~\ 
 J. The ad of opening, unfolding, or «x- 
 psadit^g. i 
 
 EXP 
 
 I. The a^ of explaining ; interpretation j 
 explanation. 
 
 The church preacheth, firft pnblifhing by way 
 of tcffimony, the truth which from them (he 
 hath received, written in the facied volumes 
 of fciipture; fecondly, by way of explication^ 
 difcovering the myfteries which lie hid therein. 
 
 Hooker 
 
 Many things are needful for e.rplicatiorij and 
 
 ifiany for applic.itiou unto particular occafion^. 
 
 Hooker. 
 Allowances are made in the explication of oui 
 Saviour's parables, which hold only as to the 
 main t'cope. Jlttcrbury 
 
 3. The fenfc given by an cxplainei ; in- 
 terpretation. 
 
 'Tis the fubftance of this theory I mainly de- 
 pend upon; many fingle expficatioTjs and parti- 
 cularities maybe reftifiedupon farther thoughts. 
 Burnet's Theory of tlie Tfth. 
 
 E'xpLTCATivE. adj. [ from explicate. ] Hav- 
 ing a tendency to explain. 
 
 If the terin which is added to the fubjeft of a 
 complex propofition be either edential or any way 
 ncceifai'y to it, then it is callctl explicative ; for 
 it only explains the fubje^ ; as every mortal man 
 is a fon nf Adam. If\ilt\' Lo;iick. 
 
 Explica'tor. n.f. [irom exfiUcate.'] Ex- 
 pounder; interpreter; explainer. 
 EXPLI'CIT. adj. [expllcilus, Lat.] Un- 
 folded ; plain ; clear ; not obfcure ; not 
 merely implied. 
 
 We mnil lay afide that lazy and f.ilbcious 
 method of ccnfuring by the lump, apd brijig 
 things clofe to explicit proof and evidcrKe- Burnet. 
 Thefe fpeculations, when molf -refined, ferve 
 only to fhew how impofTiblc it is for us to ha\ e a 
 clear and explicit notion of that which is infinite. 
 Souths Scr/nons. 
 
 ExPLi'ciTLY. tiJv. [from explicit.'] Plain- 
 ly ; diredlly ; not merely by inference 
 or Implication. 
 
 This querulous humour carries an implicit re- 
 pugnance to God's dilpofals ; but where it is in- 
 dulged, it ulually is its own expufitor, and ex- 
 plicitly avows it. Go'verninent of the Tovgue. 
 
 To EXPLO'DE. -o. a. [explodo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To drive out difgracefully with fome 
 nolle of contempt ; to treat with open 
 contempt ; to treat not only with negleft, 
 but open difdaln or fcorn. 
 
 Him oUl and young 
 Explo.led, and had feiz'd with violent hands, 
 Had not a cbud dcfcending I'natch'd him thence, 
 Unfcenamid' the throng. I\tlt!ton. 
 
 Thus was th' applaufc they meant, 
 Turn'd to exploding hifs, triumph to (hamc, 
 Caii on themi^elvcs from their own mouths. Milt. 
 
 Old age explodes all but morality. Rofcom. 
 
 There is pietended, that a magnetical globe or 
 terrella, being placed upon its poles, would iiave 
 a conlfant rotation ; but this is commonly r.v- 
 plo.Ud^ as being againff all experience. IVilkins. 
 
 Shall that man pafs for a proficient in Chrift's 
 fchool, who would have been exploded in the 
 fchool of Zeno ? South. 
 
 Provided that no word, which a fociety Ihall 
 give a fanftion to, be antiquated and exploded^ 
 they may receive whatever new ones they (hall 
 find occafion for. S'wift. 
 
 2. To drive out with noife and violence. 
 
 But late the kindled powder did explode 
 The maiTy ball, and the brafs tube unload. 
 
 Bla';kmore. 
 
 Explo'der. n.y. [irom explode. "l Ahiffer; 
 
 one wlio drives out any j»crfon or thing 
 
 with open contempt. 
 EXPLO'IT. n.f. [explelum,lM\n,res 
 
 expleta.~\ A defign accomplifhcd; an 
 
 achievement ; a fucceliful uttempt. 
 
 EXP 
 
 Know*il thou not wiy whom corrupting gold 
 Would tempt into a clofe exphit of death ? 
 
 Shakjpeare' s Richard III, 
 Flight cannot flain the lionour you have won j 
 But mine it will that no exphit nave flone. 
 
 Sliakfpearc^i Henry VI, 
 How (hall I relate 
 To human fcnfe th' invifitle exploits 
 Of warring fpirits ? Afilton'i Paradife Laf!. 
 
 He breaks fierce Hannibal's infulting heats; 
 Of which expkit thus our friend Ennius treats. 
 
 Denharn, 
 Will you thus difhonour 
 Your paft e.vpy^itSj and fully all your wars! 
 
 Addifon's Can. 
 
 To Explo'it. t). ^. [from the noun.] To 
 perform ; to achieve. Not uied. 
 
 He exploited great matters in his own pcrfon in 
 Gallia, and by his fon in Spam. Camden^ 
 
 To EXPLO'RATE. v. a. {exphro, Lat.] 
 To fearch out ; to try by fearching ; to 
 explore. 
 
 Snails exclude their horns, and therewith ex» 
 plorate their way. Brotun. 
 
 Explora'tion. «. f. [from explorate.^ 
 Search ; examination. 
 
 Vor cy.A&. exploration fcales fhould be fufpended 
 where the air is quiet, that, clear of impediments, 
 they may the more freely convert upon their na- 
 tural veriicity. Brown's l^idg. Err. 
 
 Ufe may be made of the like way of ixfti.ta~ 
 tion in that enquiry which puzzles fo many 
 modern natuialilts. Boyle. 
 
 Explora'tor. n. f. [^from exphrate.'\ 
 One who fcarches ; a fearcher; an exa- 
 miner. 
 Explo'r ATORY. adj. [from explorate.'\ 
 
 Searching ; exainining. 
 To EXPLO'RE. a-, a. [e.xplifv, Latin.] 
 To ti-y ; to fearch into ; to examine by 
 trial. 
 
 Abdicl that fight endur'd not, where he (food 
 Among the mightiell, bent on highef^ deeds, 
 And thus his own undaunted heart explores. j\.^:.V„ 
 
 Divers opinions I have been inclined to quefiion 
 not only as a naturaliff, but as a chymili, whe- 
 tiier they be agreeable to true grounds of philo- 
 fophy, or the exploring experiments of the tire. 
 
 Boyle.. 
 
 But Capys, and the refi of founder mind, 
 The fatal prcfent to the flames defign'd, 
 Or to the wat'iy deep ; at Icaft to bore 
 The hollow fides, and hidden frauds explore. 
 
 Dryden's j^neid. 
 
 The mighty Stagyrite firft left the fhore, 
 Spread all his fails, and riurll the deeps explore^ 
 He ileei'd 1'ccurelv, and diftovcr'd far, 
 Led by the light of the Mcconian ftar. Pope. 
 
 Explo'rement. «. f. [from explore.] 
 Search ; trial. 
 
 The fiuflrated fearch of Porta, upon the e.r- 
 
 plorentcnt oi many, could fcarec find one. Brotun. 
 
 ExPLo'sioN. n.f. [from e.xplode.] The 
 
 aft of driving out any thing with noife 
 
 and violence. 
 
 Thofe paits which abound with ftrata of ftonp, 
 or marble, making the rtrongeft oppofuion, an: 
 the mod furioufly (hattered ; an event obfeivablc 
 not only in this, but all other rxplofions whatever. 
 pfoo.livard'i Natural Htjhry, 
 In gunpowder the charcoal and fulpluir cafily 
 take lire, and fet fire to the nitre; and the fpirit 
 of the nitre being thereby raiificdinto vapour, 
 rufhes out with e.Y/>/cyf^;;, after the manner that the 
 vapour of water rufhes out of an, xolipilc : the 
 fulphur alfo being volatile, is converted into va- 
 pour, and augments the cxplojt-in. Newton, 
 
 With explofion va(f, 
 The thunder raifes his tremendous voice. 
 
 Thorn fon ^ 
 
 ExpLo'sivE. «(//. {ixa-m tx^lode.] Drit- 
 ing out with noife an^vioknct:.
 
 EXP 
 
 Tlicfe miner.ils court itinc in tht earth a kind of' 
 natural gunpowdiT, wliich takes firtj and ! y il c 
 alfirtancc of it! cxfinfivc power, rcndcri the (huck 
 gre.T.er. H'oc!x:.;ii,i. 
 
 EXPONENT. «./ [homfx/>ono,lM.] 
 
 Exponent of the ratio, or propoition between 
 any two numlicrs or iiiiantities, is the txfonent 
 arifingwhcii the anrecc('.cnt is divided hy the con- 
 fequciit : thui fix i> the rvfo/iinl of the ratio which 
 thirty hath to live. Alio a rank o.' iiumhcrs in 
 arithmetical progrciTion, beginning from o, and 
 placed over a rank of numlicrs in geomttrical 
 progreffioii, an- called indicesoi cxpomnis : and in 
 this is founded the reafon and dcmonftration'of 
 logarithms; for addition and fuhtracftion of thefe 
 txfonents anfwcrs to multiplication and divifion 
 in tiie gcimctrital numbers. liarrij, 
 
 Expone'ntial. ailj. [from fAyJown/.] 
 
 Eyfoicxtui/ cuivci are fiich as paitake both of 
 the nature of algebraick and tranfcendcntal ones. 
 They partake of the fcrmer, bccaiife they confift 
 of n finite number of terms, tl;ough thofe terms 
 themfelvet are indeterminate ; and tiicy arc in 
 feme mcafure ttanfcendcnt.TJ, becaufc they cannot 
 be algebraically conl\rufted. Harrh 
 
 To EXPO ilT. V. a. [exforlo, Latin.] 
 To carry out of a country, generally in 
 the way of trafTick. 
 
 Glorious followers tiint bufmefs for want of 
 feciccy, iind export honoiu from a man,.and make 
 him a return in envy. B^iron. 
 
 Edward in. by his encouragement of trade, 
 turned the fcile fo much in favour of Englifli mcr- 
 chandife, that, by a b.ilance of tr.^dc taken in his 
 time, the exporti.i commodities amounted to two 
 hundred ninety-four thoufantl pounds, and the 
 imported but to thirty-eight thoufand. AdMfai. 
 
 Great (hips brought from the Indies precious 
 wood, and sxptiricJ pearls and robes. Arluthnnt . 
 
 Export, n.f. [frotn the verb.] Commo- 
 dity carried out in traffick. 
 ExfoaTA'TioN. n.f. \J\-ora export. '\ The 
 acl or praftice of carrying out commo- 
 dities into other countries. 
 
 Tiie caufe of a kingdom's thriving is fruiifol- 
 nefs of foil to produce necelTaries, not only fnffi- 
 cnt for the inliabitants, but for txpoiiatkn into 
 other countries. Swift 
 
 Expo'rter. n.f. [from e-v/crt."] He that 
 carries out commodities, in oppofnion 
 to the importer, who brings them in. 
 
 Money will be melted down, or carried away 
 in colli by the exj jr/fr^ wncti-.er the pieces oi each 
 fpccics be by the law bigger oir lefs. Loch 
 
 To EXPOSE. 11. ti. [exfiino, expofitum, 
 Latin ; expofer, French.] 
 
 1. To lay open ; to make liable. 
 
 Take phyfick, Poinp; 
 £xpift thyfelf to feel what wretches fee]. 
 That thou may'li Ihake tiie Uiperflux to them. 
 And Ihew Heaven jult. Sk.i.ifpiuic'i King Ltar. 
 
 Who here 
 W.li envy wfom ti.e highell place (xpofa 
 Fortmoll to ftand againll the Tliundeter's aim } 
 
 Aiiitoii. 
 To pafs the riper period of hrs .ige, 
 Aiding his part upon i\ crjwdcd ftage. 
 To lairing toils exp'is'J, and cndlefs carcs^ 
 To open dangers, and to fecrct fnares. Prio-^ 
 
 2. To put in tlie power of any thing. 
 
 But tiill he heUl his pjrpofc to depart; 
 For as he luv'd her equal to his life. 
 He would not to the feas expofc his wife. Vryd. 
 
 3. To lay open ; to make bare ; to put in 
 a ftate of being a<!rled upon. 
 
 Then joyous birds frequent the lonely grove, 
 And beaiVs, by nature iirong, renew their Kne; 
 fhcn fields the blades of bury'd corn difclofe, 
 And while tiie balmy wcftern fpirit blows. 
 Earth to the bieatli iicr bofom dares e^pr.ft. 
 
 J)ryden'^i Virgil. 
 
 EXP 
 
 4. To lay Open to ccnfure or ridicule; to 
 fliow in fucli u flatc as brings contempt. 
 
 Like Horace, yuu only exp'jfc the follies of men, 
 witliout arraigning tiitir vices. VryJrn. 
 
 Tully h.is julUy exj^ofeU a precept, tliat a man 
 fhouM live wilfi his friend, in fuch ;i m:inner ihat 
 if he hccamc his enemy, it fliijuld nor be in hi* 
 power to hurt him. ^,Uifon*i Spefltitor. 
 
 A fool might once himfelf alone txp^fcj 
 Now one in vcrfe makes many more in profc. 
 
 Your fame and your proptT'y fuffcr alike, you 
 are "Tit once rxpofeJ :inti plundered. P'.r-c. 
 
 5. To lay open to examination. 
 
 Thofe who feck truth only, freely rxpofe their 
 principles to the leit, and are pleafcd to have them 
 c«*mincd. L'^ckc. 
 
 6. To put in danpjer. 
 
 The expoftng himfelf notorioufly did change the 
 foitr.nc of the day, when his troops be^un to give 
 ground, CiurciJoti. 
 
 7. To cafl out to chance. 
 
 A father, unnaruraliy care lefs of his child, gives 
 him to :uiother m.m ; and he ;'.gani ^xpofa him : 
 a rhird man finding him, breeds up and provides 
 i^J\^ him as his own. Locke- 
 
 Hclplcfs and naked on a woman's knees, 
 To he fxpis'U or rear'd ns flie may picafe, 
 Feet her ncglcift,and pine for her difcafc Prior. 
 
 8. To cenfure ; to treat with difpraife. A 
 colloquial abufe of the word, 
 
 A little wit is equally capable of expo/in^ a 
 beauty, and of aggravating a fault. l^JMfon. 
 
 Exposi'tion. n,/. \_hovi\expofe.'\ 
 
 1, The lituattoa in which any thing is 
 placed vvith refpetl to the fun or air. 
 
 Water he chufes clcai, ligiit, without i.iltc or 
 fmcll; drawn from fprings with anealteiiv txpo- 
 fiii^'i. Arluikfibt . 
 
 The divcrfity of c.v/'e/7.'.'5 7 of the fevcral kitchens 
 in this city, whereby feme receive the rays of the 
 fun fooncr, and others Liter, will occafion great 
 irregubriry as to the time of dining- jitluthnci. 
 
 2. Explanation; interpretation, [from f.v- 
 poumii esponoy Latin. J 
 
 My lord of V'-»rk, it better fhew'd with you, 
 When that your Hock, aifcmbled by the bell, 
 El ciiced you, to hear with reverence 
 Yuiir ixpofttion on tl'.c holy text. Shttkfpcate. 
 
 You are a worthy judge; 
 You know tHe btw : your exp'Jition 
 Hath been molt found. Shakfpmre. 
 
 I have fomctimes very boldly made fuch fxpo- 
 fiih'n of my authors, as no commentator will for- 
 give me. DnJen. 
 
 Expositor, n, /. [exp^/hor, Latin.] Ex- 
 plainer; expounder; interpreter. 
 
 A mnth-moving jeft, 
 Which his fair tongje, conceit's exp'jfstor^ 
 Dvlivtrs ill fuch apt and gracious woixis. 
 That aged ears play truant at his tdcs. Shakfp. 
 
 In tiie picture of Abrah.im's facrificing his fon, 
 Ifaac is dcfci ibed as ;i little boy, which is not con- 
 fentaneous unto the authority of ixjofitors. 
 
 }irotL-*i*s Vi'Igiir lirroan. 
 
 The fmner's conference is tin- bell e.x-po/iior o( 
 the mind of God, under any judgment or atihc- 
 tiun. South' s Sermons. 
 
 Schuliafts, thofe copious exp'i/itors of places, 
 pour out a vain ovci How of learning on palTrtge;. 
 plain and cafy. Lc.k:. 
 
 To EXl'O'STUL.'^TE. -v. n. [e.xpoJlu!o, 
 Latin.] To canvas with another; to 
 altercate; to debate without open rupture. 
 
 Moic bitterly could I txpoJi.ilr.tt-j 
 Save that for reverence of loinc alive 
 I '^Ive a {paring lim't to luy tongue. Shafpeare. 
 
 Tiie emperor's nmbaifador did txpojhtlate with 
 the king, that he had broken his league with the 
 emperor. Hw.'ivr.ril. 
 
 It is madnefs for fiiendlcfi and unarmed inno- 
 cence to txfQjhtiiU With invincible power. 
 
 L'EJlrarige. 
 
 E 3t P 
 
 Durft I exfeftulate with piovidence, I ti rn 
 rnigi.t n(k. Ccittt. 
 
 The bilhop will rxfjiulnii, and the tenant will 
 have regard to the realuuablenefs of the demand. 
 
 SlLifl. 
 
 ExposTui. a'tiok. n.f. [from exprjlulate.'\ 
 
 1. Debate; altercation; difcuffion of an 
 affair in private without rupture. 
 
 Fxpif'jluli^-r. end well between lovers, but ill 
 betwen friends. SptcJat^r. 
 
 2. Charge ; accufation. 
 
 This makes her bleeding patients to accufc 
 High Heav*ii, and thcfe exf>Jtu!ati',ni ufe; 
 Could natme tiicn no privare woman grace. 
 Whom wc migh.t dare to love with fuch a face ? 
 
 IViill>-r. 
 
 Expejiuhlion is a private aceufation of one 
 
 friend touchnig another, fuppr)l'ed not to hare 
 
 dealt fingly or confidcntely in Ilie cotirfe of good 
 
 fricndftiip. Aylife's Pur/rgM. 
 
 E-xposttla'tor. n. f. [from expoflulate.'\ 
 
 One that debates with another without 
 
 open rupture. 
 
 E.xi"o'sruLATiiR.Y. adj. [from expnflulate.'] 
 
 Containing expoftulation. 
 
 This fable i> a kind of an cxfi^j}ulary debate be- 
 tween bounty and ingratitude. L'Ejtrange. 
 
 Expo'suRE. n.f. [from exbofe.'] 
 
 1. The aft iS e.xpofing or fctting out to 
 obfervation. 
 
 2. The ftate of being open to obfervatior?. 
 
 When we iiave our naked frailties hid, 
 That fuffer in exp'.fun, let us mtet. Shaifpfare. 
 
 3. The Hate of being expofed, or being 
 liable to anything. 
 
 Determine on fome courfc. 
 More than a wiid txpftre to each chance ^ 
 That ftarts i' th',way before thee. Shakfpcartt 
 
 4. The (lace of being in danger. 
 
 Ajax fets Tbcrntes 
 To match us in comparifons with dirt; 
 To weaken and dtfcredit our f.v^ay/i.'f, 
 How hard foever rounded in with danger. Sn,ik, 
 
 5. Expofition; the fituation in which the 
 fun or air is received. 
 
 Ttic cold now advancing, fet fuch plants as wilf 
 not endure the houfc, in pots, two or three inches 
 lower than the furface of fome bed, under a- 
 fotithern Exp->[\r;. Evelyn, 
 
 To EXPO'UND. -v. a. [^-.x/ono, Latin.] 
 
 1. To explain; to clear ; to interpret; 
 to (how the meaning of. 
 
 We cannot better interpret the meaning of thofe 
 Words than pope Leo himfeif expymJci them, 
 whofc ifeech, concerning our Lord's afeenfion, 
 may fcrve inftcad of a marginal glofs. Haaktr. 
 
 'rhis by C-dphomia's dream is fignified. 
 — And this w:iy you have well cxpoun.ied it. 
 
 Skatjpeare. 
 
 He fv^c.vn,f<v/imto them In all thi: fciiptuies the 
 things concerning himfelf. Luke. 
 
 Thofe right holy fatheis, as in matters of faith 
 they (lid not make truth, but rcligioully expounded 
 it; fo in matters of ecclcfiaftital government,, 
 they dirl not ciciite provinces, but oidered the 
 countries whicli they then had. R,i!,ifi'i, 
 
 2. To examine; to lay open : a latinifm. 
 
 'H^ ixpoun.ic.ibou. his pockets. 
 And found a wcitih with rings and lockets. 
 
 llu'lihra^. 
 
 Expo'uNDER. n.f. [fiomex/iounci.] Ex- 
 plainer ; interpreter. 
 
 This tliey did pir'.ly as faithful witneltcs ; ma- 
 king a mere rtb.rioii of what G'x! himfelf had riv. 
 vealtd unto them; and paitly as careful e.y,-c..':J' 
 ers, teachers, and perfuaders tl.ereo.^ ili^ker; 
 
 The bell he w.ts 
 And faithfnlleft expr>:n.ier of :lie laws. J)r;Jri. 
 
 To EXPRE SS. f. J. le^primo, ex^-rc^^,s.^ 
 Latin.] '
 
 EXP 
 
 EXP 
 
 EXP 
 
 1. To copy ; torefemble; to reprefent. 
 
 Sokidsand wh?lps fheir (iiss and d;ims fvprcp, 
 And f.j the great I ineafjr'd by the lefs. Dryden. 
 
 Adorn a dream, ex^rejjing bum;in form, 
 The Qiape of him who fuffer'd in the llorm. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To reprefent by any of the imitative 
 arts; as poetry, fculpture, painting. 
 
 Each fkilfulartill (hail exfrcft thy foirn 
 In animated gold. Smith's yine.ir,! and llippolitn!. 
 
 3. To reprefent in words; to exhibit by 
 language ; to utter ; to declare. 
 
 Lcis than half wc find cxprrjl, 
 Envy bid conceal the reft. Milton. 
 
 Though they have learn!d thofe founds, yet 
 there are no determined ideas laid up in their 
 minds, which arc to be ixfrejfed to others by 
 Ihem. Locke. 
 
 In moral ideas we have no fcnfible marks that 
 refemble them, whereby we can fet litem down ; 
 we have nothing but words to expreji tlicm by. 
 
 hcckc. 
 
 True wit is nature to advantage drert. 
 What oft was thought, but ne'er io well expr.-Ji. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Others for language all their care exprefs^ 
 And value books, as women men, for drcfs. Pop;. 
 
 To (hed tears, among the ancients, when they 
 (hould eyprefs their gratitude to the gods with joy, 
 was eftecmcd a prophanation. Broome, 
 
 4. To fhow or make known in any manner. 
 
 No longer (hall thy bodice aptly lace, 
 Tliat air and Ihape of harmony exprip. 
 Fine by degrees, and delicately lets. Prior. 
 
 5. To Utter ; to declare : with the reci- 
 procal pronoun. 
 
 Mr. Philips did cxprcfs himfcif with much in- 
 dignation againft me one evening. Pope. 
 
 6. To denote ; to defiguate. 
 
 Mofes and Aaron took tUclc men cxpreJJeJ hy 
 their names. Ninnben. 
 
 7. To fqueezc out ; to force out by com- 
 preffion. 
 
 Among the watry juices of fruit are all the fruits 
 out of which drink is expreffed; as the grape, and 
 the apple. / Bn^on. 
 
 8. To extort by violence, oreliclteby art : 
 a latinifm. 
 
 Halters and racks cannot cxprefs from thee 
 More than thy deeds : 'tis only judgment waits 
 thee. Sen Jonjon. 
 
 Art did exprefi 
 A quintctTence even from nothingnefs 
 Front dull privatives and lean emptincfs. Donne. 
 
 ExPRii'ss. adj. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Copied; rclembling ; exadlly alike. 
 
 Of his prefence many a fign 
 Still following thee, ftili compafTtng thee round 
 With goodnefs and paternal love ; his face 
 Exprrfs, and of his fteps the track divine. Mil/on. 
 
 2. Plain; apparent; declared in dlredl 
 terms. 
 
 There hath been forac doubt whether containinj 
 in fcripturc do import cv/tnyi fctting down in pLiin 
 terms; or elfe comprehending in fiich fort, that 
 by rcafon we may fiom thence conclude all things 
 •which are neceffary. Hooker. 
 
 There is not any po(itive law of men, whether 
 general or particul.n , received by formal exprcfi 
 confcnt,as in councils; or by fccrct approbation; 
 but the fame may be taken aw.ay, if occafion 
 ferves. Hooker. 
 
 All the gazers on the (kies, 
 Read not in fail hcav'n's (lory 
 £xpre(lir truth, or truer glory, 
 
 Th.an they might in her bright eyes. 
 
 Ben Jorjon. 
 
 t. Clear; not dubious. This feems to be 
 
 no proper ufe. 
 
 1 love to feel myfclf of an exprefi and fctiled 
 judgment and affeftion, in things of the greattiV 
 /nomcnt. Mojc'i Divine Diahgua. 
 
 As to the teftimonies of tire fathers, let tliem be 
 never to exprep againlV all forts of prayers und 
 invocations, they hold only of fuch a fort of 
 prayer. Stillingfeet. 
 
 Where reafon or fcripture is exprcfi for any opi- 
 nion, or aiftion, we may receive it as of divine 
 authority. Locke. 
 
 4. On purpofe ; for a particular end. 
 
 Tlicy who arc not induced to believe and live 
 as they ought, by tltofe difcoveries whicii God 
 hath made in fcripturc, would (land out agninft 
 any evidence whati'oever; cvcit that of a mclTen- 
 ger fcnt e.vpieji from the other world. Atterbiiry. 
 
 Expre'ss. ti. f. [from the adjeftive.] 
 
 1 . A meiTenger fent on purpofe. 
 
 The king fent an exprefi immediately to the 
 marquis, with all the particular informations. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 As \( e.Ypre//fi from all parts had come. 
 
 With fre/h alarms threat'ning the fate of Rome. 
 
 Dryden'i yui'efial. 
 
 Upon the firfl: moment I was difcovcred, the 
 
 emperor had early notice of it by an exprefi. 
 
 Gulliiier's Travels. 
 
 2. A meflagefent. 
 
 I am content my heart fhould be difcovered to 
 the world, without any of thofe popular captations 
 which fume men ufe in their fpcechcs and c.v- 
 preJJ'ei. ^'"^ Ckiirlci. 
 
 3. A declaration in plain terms. Not ufual. 
 
 They do not only contradiil the general defign 
 and particular fr/)>,y/^j of the gcfpcl, but nefpals 
 againll all logick and common Icnfe. Norris. 
 
 Expre'ssibi, E. aJj. [U-om exprefi. "l 
 
 1 . That may be uttered or declared. 
 
 They had not only a memory and tradition of 
 it in general, but even of fevcral particular acci- 
 dents of it likewife, which they handed down- 
 wards to the fuccceding ages, witlt notes of the 
 greateft terror exprejTil'h-. Woodiuard. 
 
 2. That may be drawn by fqueezing or 
 expreffion. 
 
 Expression, n. f. ^from exprefsJ} 
 
 1. The aft or power of reprefenting any 
 thing. 
 
 There is nothing comparable to the variety of 
 \M\ru^\vz e.vprejfioni by fpeech, wherewith a man 
 aljiic is endowed, as witit an indrument fuitabl'j 
 to the excellency of his foul, for the communi- 
 cation of his thoughts. Holder on Speech. 
 
 2. The form or mode of language in which 
 any thoughts are uttered. 
 
 But ill expreffion fometimes give allay 
 To noble thoughts, whofe flame (hall ne'er decay. 
 
 Buckitigham. 
 
 The poet, to reconcile Helen to his reader, 
 brings her in as a penitent, condemning her own 
 infidelity in very Itrong cxprcjjiom. Broome. 
 
 3. A phrafe ; a mode of fpeech. 
 
 4. The aifl of fqueezing or forcing out 
 any thing by a prefs. 
 
 Thofe juices that are fo flefhy, as they cannot 
 make drink by txprejjion^ yet may make drink 
 by mi.xture of water. B^icon. 
 
 The juicei of the leaves are obtained by f.v- 
 frejfion : from this juice proceeds the tafte. 
 
 ..'Jrl/uihnol on .'llimenls. 
 
 Expre'ssive. fl(//. [from e.xprefs.'] Hav- 
 ing the power of utterance or reprefen- 
 tation. With of before the thing ex- 
 prclTed. 
 
 Each verfe fo fwells cxprefffue of her woes, 
 And ev'ry tear in lines fo mouinfii! flows. 
 We, fpite of lame, her fate revcrs'd believe, 
 O'erlook her ciimes, and think (he oui^ht to 
 live ! ^rirkel. 
 
 And four fair queens, witofe hands fuliain a 
 flow'r, 
 Til* e\prej/ivc emblem of their foftcr pow'r. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 A vifibJe and cxempl.ivy obedience to God's 
 laws is the molt ex^tejpve acknowkdgaKiU of 
 
 the majcfty and fovereignty of God, and difpofcs 
 oLbeis to gloiify bim by tbe fame oblcrvanccs. 
 
 Rogers. 
 
 Expre'ssively. ach\ [from exptrjive,'} 
 
 In a clear and reprcientative way, 
 Exprf/ssiveness. n. f, [from txpref- 
 Jive,] The povvei of expreflion, or re- 
 prefentation by words. 
 
 The murrain has all the exprc£ivemh that 
 woi ds ciin give ; it was here that Viigil itiaincd 
 hard lo outdo Lucretius. Addifan, 
 
 Expre'ssly. adv, \lxom expvejs r^ Indi- 
 rect terms ; plainly ; not by implica- 
 tion ; not generally ; 
 
 It doth not follow, that of neceflity we (hall 
 fin, unk'fs we cxprejdy extend this in every par- 
 ticular. Hooker. 
 Articles of beljef, and things which all men 
 mult do, to the end they may be faved, are 
 cither exfnefily fct down in fcripturc, or elfe 
 plainly thereby to be gathered. Hooker, 
 
 Who dare crofs *em, 
 Bearing the king's will from his mouth exprefily? 
 
 Shakjpcare. 
 The beginning of the worfhip of images in 
 thcfc wefteni parts, was by the folly and luper- 
 ftition of the people, cxprej\ly againft the will of 
 their own biihop. Stillingjieet. 
 
 This account I exprcfdy give of them, when I 
 enter on the argument. ^^ttnbury. 
 
 All the duties that the beft political laws en- 
 join, as conducive to tiie quiet and order of fe- 
 cial life, are expre.J%ly commanded by our reli- 
 gion. Hogers, 
 Expre'ssure. «.yi [from exprejs. Now 
 difufed.] 
 
 1. Expreflion; utterance. 
 
 There is a myftery in the foul of ftate, 
 Which hath an operation more divine, 
 Than breath or pen can give exyrcffure to. Shakf. 
 
 2. The form ; the likenefs reprefented. 
 
 I will drop fome obfcure epittlcs of lovj^ 
 wherein, by the colour of his beard, the manner 
 of his gait, the exprejjure of his eye, forehead, 
 and complexion, he Ihall find himfcif peifon.i*ed. 
 
 Shakjpearet 
 
 3. The mark ; the imprefllon. 
 
 And nightly, meadow tairies, look you fing, 
 Like to the gaiter-compafs in a ring : 
 Th' exprcjf?oc thai it bears, green let it be, 
 More fertile frclh than all the field to fee. 
 
 Sluiijpcare. 
 
 To E'XPROBRATE. t^-. a, [exprohro, 
 Lat.] To charge upon with reproach ; 
 to impute only with blame ; to upbraid. 
 
 To exprubratt their iUipidity, he induces the 
 providence of fturks : now, if the bird had been 
 unknown, the illullraiion liad been obfcure, and 
 tiic cxproUration not lo proper. Brawn. 
 
 Exprobra'tion. ri.yi [from exprobrate.l 
 Scornful charge ; reproachful accufa- 
 tion ; ad of upbraiding;. 
 
 'I he goodnefs we glory in, is to find out 
 famewhat whereby we may judge others to be 
 ungodly : each other's fault we obfeivc as m.it- 
 ter of cxproBrittioriy not of grief. Hooker^ 
 
 The Panhian.s, \v\\\\ ^xprohmtion of Cruflius's 
 thiilt after money, poured gold into liis mouth 
 after he was dead. Ahhot. 
 
 It will be a denial with fcorn, with a taunting 
 e\ ptohration ; and to he milciablc witiiout com- 
 mifcration, is ihc height i.^^ mifery. South. 
 
 No need fuch boafts, or exprobrat;ons falfc 
 Of cowardice : the military mound 
 The Britifh files tranfccnd in e\ il hour 
 For their proud foes. PhUips. 
 
 Jo ExpRo'pn I ATE. tr. a. \^ex and/ro- 
 prius, Latin.] To make no longer 
 our own ; to hold no longer as a pro- 
 perty. Not in ufe. 
 
 When you have rcfigncd, or rather configned, 
 youi cx^roptritited will to God, and thereby en-
 
 EXP 
 
 trailed liim to will for you, all his difpcnfution^ 
 towards you arc, in ctfcdt, the aiits of your own 
 will. J^oyh^s Scraphiik L'ah. 
 
 To EXPU'GN. V. a. [expugno, Latin.] 
 
 To conquer ; to take by adault. 
 
 ExpuGN a'tion. n. f. [from expiign.'\ 
 
 Conqucft ; the aft of taking by afTault. 
 
 Tlic ixfugnatim of Vienna lie could never ac- 
 
 Complifh Sariiiyi. 
 
 2bEXPU'LSE. -v. a. lexpulfus, Latin.] 
 To driv^; out ; to expel ; to force away. 
 
 For ever fliould tlicy lie rxpuU'J from France, 
 And not have title of an earldom there. S/utkJ. 
 
 Siippofe a nation wlicrc trie cuftom were, that 
 after full age the Ions Hi Jiid txpulfe their fathers 
 and mothers out of poirelfijiis, .ind put them to 
 their peiifions. Bjcon'i IPJy IVar. 
 
 Inwurily received, it may be very dmictick, 
 and cxpu/fc the llone in the kidneys. Broiun. 
 
 Diiftys rel.ites, that Pelus was expulfcd from 
 his kingdom by Acallus. Bioime. 
 
 Eifu'LbioN. II. f. [from expul/e.'[ 
 
 1. The acl of expelling or driving out. 
 
 A wooer, 
 More hateful tlian the foul expulfion is, 
 Of thy dear huRi.iiid. Shakjf. CymhtVme. 
 
 Sole viilor from th' expulfion of his foes, 
 MciTuih his triuinpha! ctiaiiot turn'd. MUton 
 
 Others think it poflible fo to contrive feveral 
 
 pieces of ftecl and a load-done, that, by their 
 
 continual attr.t<ftion and exptiljhn of one another, 
 
 they may caufc a perpetual revolution of a wheel. 
 
 iVilkir.%' Djuliilui. 
 
 This magnificent temple was not linilhcd 'till 
 after the expulJUn of Tarquin. StiliiK'^Jlcet. 
 
 Coffee coloured urine proceeds from .1 mixture 
 of a fm.dl quantity of blood with the urine ; but 
 often prognoHicatesarefolution of the obftrufting 
 matter, and the cxpitljion of gravel or a ftone. 
 
 > yitiuthnct on Ditt. 
 
 2, The ftzte of being driven out. 
 
 To wiiat end had the angel been fer.i to keep 
 
 tlic entrance into Farad ifc after Adam's expui- 
 
 ftttjiy if the Liniverfe had been Paradil'e. Rni'eii^h. 
 
 Expu'lsive. adj. [from fiy^a^.] Having 
 
 the power of expulfion. 
 
 If the member be dependent, by ruifing of it 
 up, and placing it equal with, or higher than the 
 reft of the body, the inHux may Lc reflraiiied, 
 and the part ftrengthcned by txfutfive bandages. 
 
 Eipu'nction. n./. {ixora expunge. \ Abo- 
 lition ; the aft of expunging, blotting, 
 or effacing. 
 
 To EXPUNGE. 1). a. [expung,i, Lat.] 
 
 1. To blot out ; to rub out. 
 
 The diifcrence of the denarius and drachm 
 having been done in the manufcript, it was necd- 
 lefs to expunge it. .,4rluih>iot. 
 
 Neither do they remember llie many altera- 
 tions, additions, and expttnghigi made by gieat 
 authors in thofe trcatifes which they prepare for 
 the public k. Swijc. 
 
 2. To efface ; to annihilate. 
 
 Wilt thou not to a broken heart difpenfe 
 The balm of mercy, and Expunge th' offence ? 
 
 Santivi. 
 Dcdui^ what is but vanity, or drefs, 
 Or learni'ig's luxury, or idlenefs, 
 Or tricks to (hew the Ih'tteh of human brain 
 Mere culious pieafure, or ingenious pain; 
 Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrcfcent parts 
 Of all, our vices have created arts : 
 Then fee now little the remaining fum, 
 Which ferve the palV, and muft the times to corns ! 
 
 Pop! 
 Expurga'tion. n.f. [expurgatlo, Lat.] 
 1. The aft of piirtring or eleanling. 
 
 All the intcHinei, but efpeci.uly the great 
 bnes, kidnies and ureters, (etyc (m expurgn.'ion. 
 yVifeman's Surge fv 
 
 i. Putification from bad mixture, as of 
 crrour or falfthood. 
 
 E X S 
 
 Wife men knbw, that arts and learning want 
 expurgation ; and if the coiirfe of triiih be per- 
 mitted to itfclf, it caiinotcfc.ipe many erroiirs. 
 B^Q'lvns Prcfiirc to Vulgar Errouii 
 
 Expu'itGATOR. n.f. One who correfts 
 by expiiiij;ing. 
 Tliey in.iy well be allowed an exp-i'gator. 
 
 Lord Dighy. 
 
 E X P i; 'r 3 A T o R Y , adj. [ expurgatortus, La- 
 tin.] Knipl jycd in purging aw3y what 
 is noxious : as, the expurgatory index of 
 the Romanifts direfts the abolition or 
 expuiiftion of padagcs admitted by any 
 authors contrary to popery. 
 
 There wants expurgatory animadverfions, 
 whereby we might iirike out great numbers ot 
 hidden qualities j and having once a conceded 
 lift, we might with more fafety attempt their 
 rcafons. Broiuni Fulgar Erroitrs. 
 
 E'XQITISITE. adj. [exqujfitus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Far-iought ; excellent; coniumraate ; 
 complete. 
 
 Hi> abfolute exaftnefs they imitate by tending 
 unto that winch is moft exqiiifiie in every parti- 
 cular. Hooker. 
 
 Why fhould the ftate be troubled with this 
 necdlefs charge of keeping and maintaining fo 
 great a navy in fuch exquifite perfciSion and rea- 
 dinefs. Raleigh' i Effays. 
 
 Adam and Eve, before the fall, were a diffe- 
 rent ipccies ; and none but a poet of the nioft 
 unbounded invention, and the moft exquijite 
 judgment, could have fitted their converfation 
 and behaviour to their ftate of innocence. Ad.iif. 
 
 The pleafures of fcnfe arc probably rclifhed by 
 hearts iir^ more exquifite degree than they arc by 
 men; for they tafte them fincerc and pure, with- 
 out being diflraifted in the purfuit, or difquieted 
 in the ufc of them. yitterhmy^ Sermons. 
 
 2. Confummately bad. 
 
 With exquifiic malice they have mixed the gall 
 aiul vinegar ot falfiry and contempt. K, Charles. 
 
 3. Very lenfihly felt. 
 
 The Icales of the icail'-lkin hinder ubjeifls from 
 n)akii)g too paint iil M\i exquifite impreifion on the 
 nerves. Cheyne. 
 
 ExQui'siTELV. adv. [from exguij'i!e.'\ Per- 
 feftly ; completely : in either a good or 
 ill fcnfe. 
 
 We fee more exquifitcly with one eye (hut 
 tiian with both open ; for that the fpints vifual 
 unite thcnirdves, and become ftronger. B.icon. 
 A collciflion of tare manufcripts, exquifitely 
 wiitten in Arabick, and fought in the moll re- 
 mote parts by Epenius, tne moft excellent lin- 
 guili. PVo'ttn. 
 
 The foldier then, in Grecian arts unlkili'd. 
 Returning lich with plunder from the field. 
 If cups of filvci or of gold be brought, 
 With jewels fct, and txquifitely wrought. 
 To glorious trappings ftrait the plate he turn'd. 
 And with the glitt'ring fpoil his horfe adorn'd. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 The poetry of operas is generally as exqui/ite'y 
 
 ill as the mufic is good. Mlifon an Italy. 
 
 E'xc^JisiTENEss. n.f. [irom exquifite.] 
 
 Nicety ; perfeftion. 
 
 We fuppolc the fuperficies of the two glaffes 
 fliould be fo exaftly flat and fmooth, that no air 
 at all can come between them ; and experience 
 has informed us, that it is extremely difficult to 
 procure from our ordinary tiadcfmen either ghilTes 
 or niaibles fo much as approaching l\ich an ex- 
 qiajil/nefs. Boyle. 
 
 E'xsCRlPT. n.f. [exfcriptum, Latin.] A 
 
 copy ; a writing copied from another. 
 Exsi'cCANT. adj. [from exjiccate.'] Dry- 
 ing ; having the power to dry up. 
 
 Some arc moderately meift, and require to be 
 treated with medicines of the like nature, Inch 
 as flcftiy parts; others dry in themfelvcs, yet 
 require i.xJieciiHts, as bones. hy'ijenmn. 
 
 EXT 
 
 To EXSICCATE, v. a. Uxficco, Lat.] 
 To dry. 
 
 If ill a diftrilution of ftecl a feparation of partf 
 he made by precipitation, or exhalation, the «- 
 fieeaied powder afccnds not unto the loadftoiie. 
 
 Bmun'\ Vulgar Errourt. 
 Great heats and droughts exjiccate and wafte 
 the moillurc and vegetative nature of the earth. 
 Mortimri ' s Hufiundry. 
 
 ExsiccA'TroN. n./ [hom exfucale.] The 
 aft of drying. 
 
 Th.it winch is concreted by exfiecation, (it cx- 
 prcflion of humidity, will be lefolved by humcc- 
 tation 1 as earth, dirt, and clay. Kiotun. 
 
 Exsi'ccATivE. adj. \j'Co\-^exftccate.'\ Hav- 
 nig the power of drying. 
 
 ExspuiTioN. n.f. \_expuo, Latin.] A 
 difcharge of faliva by fpitting. ^Incy. 
 
 Exst/'crioN. n.f [exugo, Latin.] The 
 act of fucking out, or draining out, 
 without immediate contaft of the power 
 of fucking with the thing fucked. 
 
 If you open the valve, and force up the fucker, 
 afcet this firft ex/i.Slton, you will drive out al- 
 rnolV a whole cylinder full of air. Boyle. 
 
 Eisuda'tion. n.f. [from ^.vki/o, Latin.] 
 A fweating out j an extillation ; an 
 emiffion. 
 
 They feemed to be made by an exfudation, 
 or extillation of fome {.etrilying juices out of the 
 rocky earth. " Durham. 
 
 Exsuffla'tion. n. /. [ex and fuf. 
 Jlo, Latin.] A blall working under- 
 neath. 
 
 Of volatility, the moft degree is when it will 
 fly away without returning : the next is when it 
 will fly up, but with cafe return ; the next is 
 when it will fly upwards over the helm, by a 
 kind of cxfujjlution, without vapouring. Bacon. 
 
 To Exsu'ffolate. v. a. [a word pecu- 
 liar to Shakfpeare,] To whifperj to 
 buzz in the ear : from the Italian verb 
 fijular. 
 
 Exchange me for a goat, 
 When X (hall turn the bufinefs of my foul 
 To fucli exfufolate and blown furinifes. Othello. 
 
 To Exsu'sciTATE. 11. a. [exfufcito, Lat.] 
 To loufe up ; to (lir up. Hiit. 
 
 E'xtancy. n.f. [from fx/an/.] 
 
 1. The (late of riling above the reft. 
 
 2. Parts lifing up above the reft ; in op- 
 pofition to thofe depreffed. 
 
 The order of the little e.xtancies, and confe- 
 quently that of the little depreftioin, will be al- 
 tered likewifc. Boyle on Colours 
 EXTANT, eidj. [extans, Latin.] 
 I. Standing out to view ; ftanding above 
 the reft. 
 
 Tnat p.irt of the teeth which is ext.int 3bo\e 
 the gums IS naked, and not invefted with that 
 ftnfible membrane called perioftcum, wliciewith 
 the other bones arc coveied. Jiay. 
 
 If a body have part of it extant^ and pait of it 
 immeiled in fluid, ihen fo much of the iluid as 
 
 , eqi 
 
 bulk to the imnicrfed part (h.ll be 
 equal m gravity to the whole. Bentley, 
 
 2. Pubhck ; not fupprelfed. 
 
 Tne hi ft of the continued weekly bills of 
 mortality, extant at the parilh clerks hall, be- 
 gins the twenty-ninth of Decembir looj. 
 
 Graunt*s Bills of Mortality. 
 
 Exta'tioal. 7 «^. [i'x.-iTiJto.-. See Ec- 
 
 ExTa'tiCK. ^ STACY.] 
 
 1. Tending to fomcthiiTg external. 
 
 I find in me a great deal oi e.vtat.-.-al love, 
 which continually cairics me to good witliout 
 myfilf. Bovlc. 
 
 2. Rapturous ; in a ftate in which the 
 foul I'ccms to leave the body.
 
 EXT 
 
 EXT 
 
 EXT 
 
 In trance txtatkk may thy pangs be drown'd ; 
 
 "Blight cL.uds dcfccnd, and angels watch thee 
 
 round. Vop'. 
 
 P.xte'mpor AL. atJj. \_extimf>ora!is, Lat.] 
 
 1. Uttered wilhout premeditation; quick; 
 
 ready ; fudden. 
 
 Ak-idimu'i the fophiftcr hath arguments to 
 prove, that voluntary and cxlemjmtal lar cxcel- 
 4ctli picmcd'tated fpeech. Ihoktr. 
 
 A man of plcafant and popular conveifation, 
 of good rv.'rm,-o,- .1/ judgment and difcourfc, for 
 rhc falisfyingof publkk n-.inlftcrs. _ IVotlm. 
 
 2. Speaking without premeditation. 
 
 Many fuolith il n.gs f.ill fiom wife men, if 
 they fpeak in haite, or be rxnmpcral. 
 
 Bin y'ijjfon. 
 
 IxTE'MroRALLY. aJ'j. [from ex-tempo- 
 ra!.] Quickly; without premeditation. 
 
 The quick, comedians 
 HxtempumUy will ftagc us, and prcfcnt 
 Our Alexandrian revels Slmijfcare. 
 
 .IxTEMPOR a'neous. aJj. [extemporaneus, 
 Latin.] Unpremeditated; fudden. 
 
 .Ette'mpor.^ry.aA'. \_exlemporareus,L.zt.'\ 
 Uttered or performed without premedi- 
 tation ; fudden ; quick. 
 
 This cuftom was begun by our anccftors nut of 
 an ambition of Ihewiug their extemporary ability 
 of fpcakirig upon any fubjeft. Mori. 
 
 That men (hould confer at very diftant re- 
 moves by an cA.'tKPo;:!!^ intercom fe, is another 
 reputed impoiribility. GUnvHU. 
 
 They write in Jo diminutive a manner, with 
 fuch frequent interlineations, that they are hardly 
 able to go on without perpetual helitations, or 
 exteftj>or,i'y expletives. Stuifr. 
 
 EXTEMPORE, adv. [extempore, Lat.] 
 
 1. Without premeditation; fuddenly ; 
 rcadil)'; without any previous care or 
 preparation. 
 
 You may do it extanporc ; for it is but roar- 
 ing. Sknkjp'^iit. 
 
 Nothing great ought to be ventured upon 
 •without preparation; but, above all, how lot- 
 ti(h is it to engage extempore, where the concern 
 is eternity.' S-^uth'i Sermom. 
 
 Haft thou no mark at which to bend thy bow? 
 Or, like a boy, puifu'ft the carrion-crow 
 \Vith pellets and with ftones from tree to tree, 
 A fruitlels toil, and liv'lt f v/rm/icr ■' Drydcn. 
 
 2. It is fometimcs ufed as an adjective, 
 but very improperly. 
 
 I have known a woman branch out into a long 
 f.vrrm/orf diffvitatiun upon a petticoat. yliMjon. 
 
 .Exte'mpok-iness. «. / [from extem- 
 f^re.^ The faculty of fpeaking or aft- 
 ing without premeditation ; the Hate of 
 being unpremeditated. 
 
 To Exte'mporize. 1'. n. [from exiem- 
 pore.] To fpeak extempore, or with- 
 out premeditation. 
 
 The extemporising faculty is never more out 
 of its element than in the pulpit; thougii even 
 here, it is much moie cxcufablc in a fermun than 
 in a pravcr. Soui/i's Scrmom. 
 
 To EXTE'ND. v. n. [f.v/rar/c-, Latin.] 
 
 1. To ilreteh out in any direftion. 
 
 Sec the figure of his lifelcfs fiicnd. 
 And his old fire, his helplefs hand extend. 
 
 JJ^yden^i Virgil. 
 
 Should'ring God's altar a vile image ftands, 
 BeHcs his features, and evterrh his hands. I'ope. 
 
 2. To aiTiplify : oppofcd to contraa. 
 
 It is lufter.,hlc in any to ufe what liberty they 
 lift in their own manner of writing ; buttUe con- 
 tradling and e\tetuhng the lines and fonfe of 
 others would appear a thanklefs office. ITotton. 
 %. To fpread abroad ; to difFufe ; to ex- 
 pand. 
 He much magnifies the capacity of his undcr- 
 iUodiii£, who.;)crCuades liimlclf that he can ex- 
 
 tend his thought* farther than God exifls, or 
 
 imagine any cxpanfion where he is not. Locke. 
 
 4. To widen to a large comprchcnfion. 
 
 Few extend their thoughts towards univerfd 
 knowledge, Loeke. 
 
 5. To ilretch into afilgnable dimenfioas ; 
 to make local ; to magnify fo as to lill 
 fome afilgnable fpace. 
 
 The mind, fay they, while you fuAaia 
 To hold her liation in the brain ? 
 You granr, at leail (he is extended. 
 Ergo the whole difputc is ended. Prior. 
 
 6. To enlarge ; to continue. 
 
 To Helen's bed ihe goda alune aflign 
 Hcrmionc t' (Xter:d i\iG regal line. Vopc^i ^'iyjf. 
 
 7. To increafc in force or duration. 
 
 If much you note him, 
 You fliall offend him, and extend his paflion : 
 Feed and regard him not. Shakfpeare^s Mitcb. 
 
 The eyes of Tobit carrying in tliemfelves fome 
 a<Sion of tiieir own, weie additionally promoted 
 by that power which can exten.l tiicir natures into 
 produetion of cffcdls, beyond created efficiencies. 
 Jyro'ivn'i Vulgar Errours. 
 
 8. To enlarge the comprehenfion of any 
 pofition. 
 
 Seeing it is not fct down how far the bounds 
 of his fpecch concerning riiil^militude reach, who 
 can alTure 11s that it extendeth farther than lo 
 thofc things only wherein the nations were ido- 
 latrous ? Hooker. 
 
 9. To impart; to communicate. 
 
 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him 
 
 Pjaitm. 
 
 10. To feize by courfe of law. 
 The law, that fettK.5 all you do. 
 
 And marries where you did but woo ; 
 And if it judge upon your fide. 
 Will foon extend her for your bride j 
 And put her pcrfon, goods or lands. 
 Or which you like belf, int' your hands. Hudib. 
 ToExte'nd. 1;. u. To reach to any 
 didance. 
 My goodncfs extendeth not to thee. Vftilmi. 
 The Lignefs of luch a church ought to be no 
 greater than that unto which the voice of a 
 pic.icher of a middling lungs can calily extend. 
 
 Grtiunt. 
 Exte'nder. «. f. [from extenti.'] The 
 perfon or inftrument by which any 
 thing is extended. 
 
 The extenfion inade, the extenders are to be 
 loofcncd gently. IViJeman. 
 
 Exte'ndible. ui!j. [from extend.'\ 
 
 1. Capable of extenfion; capable to be 
 made wider or longer. 
 
 Tubes, recently made of fluids, are eafily 
 lengthened ; fuch as liave ofien futfered force, 
 grow rigid, and hardly extendi! le. Arhiithiot. 
 
 2. That may be fcized by law. 
 Exte'ndlessness. n.f. [from extettJ.I 
 
 Unlimited e.'^tenfion. Li this fenfe it 
 is once found ; but, I tliink, with little 
 propriety. 
 
 Certain vio/.^nn/.r f^mifidles mi\^ keep the world 
 from an infinitude rnd extendlelfnefs of excurfions 
 every moment into ncv/ligures and animals. 
 
 Ij.ile^i Origin of Mankind. 
 
 Extensibt'li-TV. n.f. [from extei\fihle.~\ 
 The quality of being extenfible. 
 
 In what manner they are mixed, fo as to give 
 a fibre extcnfihility, who can fay } Greiv 
 
 E^te'nsiele. eii(/. [exteiipo, Latin.] 
 I. Capable of being ftrctched into length 
 or breadth. 
 
 The malleons being fixed to an cxtenfhle 
 membrane, follows the traflion of the mufcle, 
 and is drawn inward. Holder, 
 
 J. Capable of being extended to a larger 
 comprehenliori. 
 
 Th.at love is blind, is extenfible beyond the ob- 
 jecl of poetry, Glanvilte. 
 
 Exte'nsibleness. n. f. [from extenjt- 
 tie.] Capacity of being extended. 
 
 Exte'nsion. ti.f. [from «/f«/?o, Lat.] 
 
 1. The act of extending. 
 
 2. The ftate of being extended. 
 
 The hiccouj^li Cometh of fnlnefs of meat, efpc- 
 cially in children, which caufcth an extenfim of 
 the rtomaeh. BacoH. 
 
 All reft fjtisfied at the poftuies of moderation, 
 and none endure the extrcnuiy of Hexure or r.v- 
 tenfton. Brtfjjn. 
 
 T lis foundation of the eaith upon the waters, 
 or ex'.;nfion of it above the waters, doth agiee to 
 Ihe ante iluvian earth. Burmt. 
 
 By tl.K, idea of folidity is the extenfion of body 
 diilmguilhed from the exttn/ion of fpace ; the tf.v- 
 tenfton of body being nothing but the coiiefion or 
 continuity of I'-iid, feparal>le, moveable parts ; 
 and the extenfu.n of fpace, the continuity of un- 
 folid, infcj. arable, and immoveable parts, Locke. 
 Exte'n;~ional. adj. [from extetifian.'] 
 Long drawn o it ; having great exient. 
 
 You vi :nto thefc t.tenfonal phantafms, 
 wh'' h I look upon as contem;'tuoufly, as upoa 
 the quick wrigglingii up and down of pifmircs. 
 
 Moie'i Divine Oialoguet. 
 Exte'nsive. aeij. [extenjivus, Latin.] 
 
 1 , Wide ; large. 
 
 I would not be underftood to recommend fo 
 all a purfiiit of thr.tc fcienecs, to tiiofe extenjtve 
 lengius to which the moderns have advanced 
 tliem Watt!, on ihe Mind, 
 
 2. That may be extended. Not ufed. 
 
 Silver bearers ciuife the fincft coin, as that 
 which is raolf ex'tc-Jivt under the hammer, 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 Exte'nsitely. adv. [fropi exteiifive,'\ 
 Widely ; largely. 
 
 '1 is inipolfible for any to pafs a right judge- 
 ment concerning them, without enteiing into 
 moft of thefc circumftances, and furveying them 
 extcnfiiieiy, and comparing and balancing them 
 all aright. IVatt^ on the Mini. 
 
 Exte'nsiveness. n.y. [from extettjroe .\ 
 
 1. Largenefs ; diifulivenefs ; widenefs. 
 
 As we have realbn to admire the excellency 
 of this contrivance, fo have we to applaud the 
 e.xtcnfivenefs of the benefit. G>^ii. of Tongue. 
 
 Kn extenfiventfi of undeiftandlng and a large 
 mcmoiy are of fervicc. Watts* Logick, 
 
 2. Poffibility to be extended. 
 
 We take notice of the wonderful dllatability 
 or extenftvenefs of the thro.its and gullets of fcr- 
 pents : I myfelf have taken two entire adulc 
 mice outof the liomach of an adder, whofc necit 
 was not bigger than my little finger. Ray. 
 
 Exte'nsor. n.f. [Latin.] The mufclc 
 by which any limb i.'i extended. 
 
 Extenfon are mufcles {>:i called, which ferve to 
 extend any part, Quiney. 
 
 Civil people had the flexors of the head very 
 ftrong; but in the inlolent there was a great 
 overbalance of ftrength in the extenfon of the 
 neck, Arbuthnot and Vope^ Sfcrl. Scnbi 
 
 Exte'nt. participle from extend. Ex- 
 tended. Not ufed. 
 
 Both his hands molt filthy feculent. 
 Above the water were on high exren:^ 
 And fain'd to wafli themfelvcs incelVantly. 
 
 Spenftr. 
 
 Exte'nt. n.f. [exietilus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Space or degree to which any thing is 
 extended. 
 
 If I mean to reign 
 David's true heir, and his full iceptrc fway 
 To jiift t-v/,v;r over all lliael's fons. Mi.'toi. 
 
 2. Bulk; fize ; compafs. 
 
 The ferpcnt, fubllcft beaft of all tlie field. 
 Of huge e.\tent foractinies, Xaitiin.
 
 EXT 
 
 Aiiani, of Darius' J. ICC, 
 Tint rul'il ih' r\itni uf Alia. C!.;:/!'. 
 
 3. Coininunicalioii; (iidrihution. 
 
 An cmpcrour of Rome, 
 Troubled, confrorittd thus, and for cii' fytfit^ 
 Of equal jurticc us'd with fuch coiUtmi)!. Sh.ikf. 
 
 4. Execution J fcizuie. 
 
 J,ct my officers 
 Make an txtertt upon his Iioule and laud, 
 And tiun i.ini going. Shitijp, Ai ytu Ijkc it, 
 
 'To EXTENUATE, v. a. [extenuo, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To IcfR'ti ; to make fmall or flciulcr in 
 bulk.. 
 
 Mis body bcliind his head becomes broad, 
 
 from whence it is again cxttnutitiA -aW the way to 
 the uil. Gtctv'i h'.iificum. 
 
 2. To Icilen ; to diminifh in any quality. 
 
 To pel lid 
 In doing \rr0n5, ext<:'t!tfttci not wrong, 
 But m.ticcs it mud) more heavy. Shnlf^^farc. 
 
 But fortune there rxrcnuatis the crime ; 
 Wliat 's vice in me, is only mivth in him. D'vd. 
 
 3. To leflcn ; to degrade ; to diminifh in 
 honour. 
 
 Riijhteous are thy decrees on all thy worlis ; 
 Who can fvf^w/,tt^ ihcc? Mi/t^^rt's Parad, Lnji, 
 
 4. To IcfRn in repvefentation ; to palliate: 
 oppoliie to aggravate. 
 
 When you lliall ihcfe unlucky deeds relate, 
 Speak of nic, as 1 am : nothing exliiunttij 
 Uor let down aught ni malice. Sli'ikf^tearr. 
 
 Upon his examination he denied little of that 
 vherewith lie was charged, nor endeavoured 
 much to excufe or cxtcmuttc his fault ; fo tiiat, 
 not very wifely tiiinking to make his offence Ids 
 by confefubu, he made it enough for condemna- 
 tion. . Bacofl. 
 
 Yet hearWie, Sampfon, not that I endeavour 
 To ied'en orfylciiuiste my offence. Mi/tan. 
 
 5. To make lean. 
 
 6. To make rare : oppofed to ^en/e. 
 
 The race of all tilings here is to cxtcntuile and 
 
 turn things to be more pncumatical and rare, and 
 
 not to retrograde from pneumatical to that wliich 
 
 is denfe. Bacon. 
 
 Extenua'tion. n.f. [from ^Ajcnwfl/f. ] 
 
 1. The aft of reprcfentiiig things lefs ill 
 than they are ; contraiy to aggrava- 
 tion ; palliation. 
 
 2. Mitigation ; alleviation of piinifhment. 
 
 VVhen fin is to be judged, the kindcll enquiiy 
 is wliat deeds of cfiarity we can alledge in ri.v-- 
 tiHiuion of our puniflrincut. Atici-hiirw 
 
 3. A !ofi of plumpnefs, or a general de- 
 cay of the mufcular flelh of the whole 
 body. ^ihicy, 
 
 A thiid fort of marafmus is an extetvKtti'j'i of 
 the body, caufcd through an imnioder.ite Iwat 
 and drynefs of the palts. lian^cy. 
 
 EXTE'RIOR. aJj, [exlcrlor, LaUn^] 
 Outward; external; not intriiifick. 
 
 And what is ft.lth, love, vii-tue unefl'^iy'd 
 Alone, widiout extrrior help fullain'd. MUtou. 
 Seraphick and common lovers behold exterior 
 4)eautic<;, as childicii and aftronomcrs cunlidcr 
 Galileo's ophck gUfi'cs. Boylt. 
 
 Father, bt.icker, and roerriL-r, are words vvhicii, 
 'together with the thing tiit-y denominutc, imply . 
 alfo lomcthing clfc fep.uatc and exterior ro the 
 cxlftencc of that thing. Locke. 
 
 'iSxTt/K'TORLY. afii). [^^\'ou\ exterior. 1 Out- 
 wardly; e^:ternally ; not intrinilctftlly. 
 
 You have flandci'd niuuit in aiy form ; 
 Wliich, howfoever v\.\6c €?,tc! io'lvj 
 Is yet the cover of ■■ fairer mind, 
 TI).m to be butcher of an innocent child, 
 
 Shakjpearc 
 
 "To EXTE'RMINATE, -v. a. [extemmw, 
 Latin.] To root out ; to tear up ; to 
 .drive away ; to abolilh ; to delhoy. 
 Vol. 1. 
 
 EXT 
 
 Unlucky vices, on which the eyW)iiin.-ffi''g 
 lot hapiKned 10 fall. Drcnv "/ I'ifiy. 
 
 Alex.uuier left Grecian colonics in the Indies; 
 but they were e\ifimin,:!rj by Sandrocuthus. 
 
 jlrbtithnot on Coins. 
 
 This difcovcry alunc is fufficicnt, if the vices of 
 
 men did not captivate their rcafou, to explode 
 
 and exIcrminHir rank alhcifm out of the world. 
 
 Bt-tttlcy^i Sirmom. 
 
 E X T E R M I N A 't I o N . n. f. [from cxteinii- 
 
 tiali.] Deilruttion ; cxclfion. 
 
 The'qucrtiou is, how far an holy war is to be 
 pm fucd, whether to difpljnting and extrrminalien 
 of people ? Bnctii!. 
 
 E.\rLRMiN.i'TOR.«./ [iwlermirialor, Lat.] 
 The perfon or inllrumcnt by which any 
 thing is dellroyed. 
 7o Exte'rmine. 11.(7. [e.xtcrmiiw, Lat.] 
 To exterminate ; to dellroy. Not ufed. 
 
 If you do forrow at my grief in love, 
 Bv giving love, your forrow and my grief 
 Were both extrr»:in\i. Asjau Liite it, 
 
 Extk'rn. adj. [cx/ernu.t, Latin.] 
 
 1. External; outward; vifible. 
 
 When my outward ailion doth demonilratc 
 The native art and figure of my heart 
 In compliment r.v/r'//, 'tis not long after 
 But I will wear my heart upon mv ileevc 
 For daws fo peck at. Siiiikjpeiirc's Othello. 
 
 2. Without itfelf ; not inherent; not in- 
 trinfjck ; not depending on itfelf. 
 
 When two bodies aie preifcd one againfl an- 
 other, -the rare body not being fo able to refill 
 divifion as the denfe, and bein^ not permitted 
 to retire back, by reiifon of the extern violence 
 impelling it, the parts of the rare body mulf be 
 fevered. Vigfy. 
 
 EXTE'RNAL. aJj. [extenws, Latin.] 
 
 1. Outward; not proceeding from itfelf ; 
 operating or afting from without : op- 
 pofite to internal. 
 
 We come to be afiured that there is fuch a 
 being, either by on internal impreiTion of the no- 
 tion of a God upon our minds, or elfe by fuch 
 f.v/<) /.■/(/ and vilible effefts as our rcafon tells us 
 mull be attributed to fome caufe, and which we 
 cannot attribute to any other but fuch as we 
 conceive God to be. Tiliotfon. 
 
 Shells being expofed loofe upon the furface of 
 the cartii to the injuries of weather, to be trod 
 upon by horfes and other cattle, and to many 
 other external accidents, arc, in tratfl of time, 
 broken to pieces. U^oodivarJ, 
 
 2. Having the outward appearance ; hav- 
 ing to the view or outward perception 
 any particular nature. 
 
 Adam w.ns tiien no lefs glorious in his extern 
 Kills : he had a beaut'iful body us well as an im- 
 mortiil foul. Soiit/i, 
 
 He lliat commits only the externiil atfl of ido- 
 latry is as uuilty as he tiiat commits the rxicmnl 
 a£l of thcl't. Stilling fleet. 
 
 Exte'rnally. ativ. [from external,'^ 
 Outwardly. 
 
 The exterior miniftry, txtstJially and alone, 
 hath in it nothing excellent, as being dcilitutc of 
 the fandlity tliat God requires, and it.is common 
 to wicked men and good. 'i\i\kt 
 
 To Exti'l,""!). ;;. [f.\- diwi Jiillo, Latin.] 
 To drop or dillll from. 
 
 Extilla'tion, n.f. [from f.\- zriA Jlillo, 
 Latin.] The atl of falling in drops. 
 
 They feemcd made hy an e::fudati(jn or /a/,7- 
 
 latitj): of putrlfying juices out of the rockv caiih. 
 
 Dcham'ii'hf. fUolo^y 
 
 To EXTI'MUL.ATE. -v. a. '[extlmulo, 
 Lat.] To piick ; to incite by ftimu- 
 lation. 
 
 Chok-r is one excretion whereby nature ex- 
 clucieth another, which, defccndm^ into ilie 
 
 EXT 
 
 bowels, txtimuiuci and excites them unr« ex. 
 Piilfion. Btcwn'i Fulmar Eitou-i. 
 
 ExTiMULA'TroK. n. f. [from exlimnfj- 
 lio,^ Lat.] Pungency; power of en- 
 citing motion or fenfation. 
 
 The native fpirits admit great divcrfity ; as, 
 hot, cold, aiflivc, dull, &c. whence proceed 
 moll of the virtues of bodies ; but the air inter- 
 mixed is wilhout virtues, and maketh things in- 
 fipicl, and without any extimnhuion. Bticm., 
 
 Exti'nct. atlj. {extindus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Extinguifticd ; quenched; put out. 
 
 Tliey are txtinit, quenched as tow. Ifiiah, 
 Their purple vengeance b.ith'd in gore retiies, 
 Her weapons blunted, and txtinti iicr fires. 
 
 Pop', 
 
 2. At a flop; without progrcfiive fuccef- 
 
 fioM. 
 
 My days are extinf!, Jji. 
 
 The royal family is all e.vtinff, 
 And fbe who reigns bellows her rrnwn on me, 
 
 VyJtn. 
 
 The nobility arc never likely to be extinS, 
 becaufe the gieatcll part of their titles defcend to 
 heirs general. Sv.'ift, 
 
 3. Aboliflxed ; out of force. 
 
 A cerfure infliitcd n jure continues, thongii 
 fuch law l)e cxtiun, or the lawgiver removed 
 from his office. .Aylifft. 
 
 Exti'nction. n.f. [ext'wflh, Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of quencliing or extinguirtiing. 
 
 Red-hot needles or wires, extinguiHied in 
 qu:ekfilver, do yet acquire a verticity according 
 to the la^vs of pofition and extinction, Bioiiin. 
 
 2. The llate of being quenched. 
 
 The parts are confumed through extinction of 
 their native heat, and diflipalion of their radical 
 moiHurc. liatvij, 
 
 3. Deflruiflion ; excifion. 
 
 The extinHi'jn of nations, and the dcfobtion 
 of kingdoms, v/ere but the cffcfls of this ttc- 
 ftrudive evil. Rogcn' Sernnnt, 
 
 4. Suppredion. 
 
 Tr.ey lie in dead oblivion, lofing half 
 The Hceting moments of too (hort .1 life, 
 Tot.il cMinOion of th' enlighien'd foul. T/iom'on, 
 To EXTI'NGUISH. -v. a. [trxtm^,,, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To put out ; to quench. 
 
 The foft god of pkafurc that warm'd our dc- 
 fires, 
 Has broken his bow, and extinguijli'.i his fires. 
 
 Drydtn, 
 Then rofc the feed of chaos and of night. 
 To blot out Older, and cxtinguifi lignt. ■Pope, 
 
 2. To fiipprefs ; to dellroy. 
 
 Th.ey extin^uijh the love of the people to the 
 young king, by remembering fome imperfec- 
 tions of his father. Hnywurii. 
 
 My fame of chaftity, by which the fkics 
 I reacht before, by thee extingui/i'i'tldics. Jienham. 
 
 3 . To cloud ; to obfcure. 
 
 Bethink thee on her virtues that furmount, • 
 Her nat'ral graces that extingnif, art. S/i.if./pc.irf, 
 
 Exti'mguishablE. aefj. [from e.-:tin- 
 g"'fi.] That may be quenched, fup- 
 pieifed, or deftroyed. 
 
 ExtiS-guisbeo.. n.f. [from exlingnr/l'.] 
 A hollow cone put upon a candle to 
 quench it. 
 
 If it fliould ever oiFer to flame out again, ( 
 would life the conieum as an txtingmjker to 
 fniothcr it. More': Divine Diitkguch 
 
 Gf it .1 broad cxtinff(!Jl:er he m.akcs, 
 And hoods the rl.imcs. Drydcn. 
 
 'Ti: better to cover the vital flame with an 
 cxtii:fi,ijhrr of honour, than let it confume till 
 it bums blue, and Hes agonizing w-itl.in the 
 focket. CoUici on il:-r.!hicof Ufc. 
 
 Exti'nguishment. «. /. {from ext'm- 
 4R
 
 EXT 
 
 T. l^xtiiiftion ; fupprelTion ; afl of quench- 
 ing ; dtPiriiftion. 
 
 When dc.-illi's form appears, Ihc fcnreth not 
 All utter quenching, or cxtingtiijiimeni ; 
 Sl-.e would he glad to meet with fuch a lot, 
 Tiiat fo Ihc might all future ill prevent. 
 
 He moved him to a war upon Flanders, for 
 
 the better extbiguijhment of the civil wars of 
 
 . France. B"''"- 
 
 The immediate caufc of death is the rcfoKv- 
 
 tion or cx!ingw/m:>:t of the fpirits. £uco«. 
 
 Z. Abolition ; nullification. 
 
 Divine l.iws of chrilban church polity may not 
 DC altered hy cxtingii/linnl. Hooker. 
 
 3. Teiniination of a family or fucceflion. 
 His heart cafily conceived treafon againft the 
 crown, wherein he perilhed himfelf, and made 
 a final eMhigiiijhment of his houfc and honour. 
 
 D.i'vie^ on helaifd. 
 
 ToExti'rp. i\a. [M//r/io, Latin.] To 
 eradicate ; to root out. Not ufed. 
 
 Wnrch to extirf he laid him privily 
 Dorn IP. a clarkfome lowly place far in. Yniry Q. 
 
 Xor (hall tliat nation boall it fo with us^ 
 But Le exthfei from our provinces. Slmk/p. 
 
 To EXTI'RPATE. v. n. [estlrpo, Lat.] 
 To root out ; to eradicate ; to e.xfcinJ ; 
 to deRroy. 
 
 The rebels were grown fo ftrong, that they 
 midc account fpccdily to extirjKite the Britilh 
 r~ition in that kingdom. Biy.lcn 
 
 We in vain endeavour to drive the woii from 
 eur own to another's dojr; the breed ought to 
 be rxtirpdial out of the ifland. Lock,-. 
 
 It is not the bufmefs of virtue to extirpntc the 
 afieaions, but to icgulate tliem. AdMJon 
 
 Extirpa'tion. »./. [from exl!rpn!e.] 
 The aft of rooting out ; eradication ; 
 t-xcifion ; deftnidtion. 
 
 It is faid that popery, for want of utter rv/iV- 
 fat:o'!, hath in fomc places taten root and 
 fioucilhed again. Hwkcr. 
 
 Religion icquires the extirpatiot: of all thofe 
 paiTions and vices which render men unfociable 
 and troublefome to one another. TiUoifon. 
 
 Extirpa'tor. n. f. [from exttrpate.'\ 
 
 One who roots oi.t ; a deftroyer. 
 ExTlspi'cious. niij. [exiifpidiim, Lat J 
 Atigiirial ; relating to the inJpcflion of 
 entrails in order to prognollication. 
 
 Thus hath he deluded many nations unto his 
 augu'ial and exfrfpuy^oi inventions, from cafual 
 and uncontrived contingencies, divining event-, 
 fucceeding .Broivn's rufpur Enours 
 
 To EXTO'L. t). a. [exto/Io, Latin.] To 
 praife ; to magnify ; to laud 5 to cele- 
 brate. 
 £xio/ him that rideth upon the heavens. 
 
 Whcnaiieh man fpesketh, ever)' man liold- 
 rth his tongue ; and look, what he faith they 
 cifc' It to in; clouds, EcdifiuJlUui. 
 
 Heave. > and earth Diall high rxtnl 
 Thy praiiCi with th' innumerable found 
 Of hynms, and facred long,s, wherewith thy 
 
 th.ouP 
 Encomfati'd Ihall refound thee ever blefs'd. 
 
 Mihon. 
 
 Let Araby txtil her happy coaft, 
 Her cinnamon ar.d fwect amomtim boafV. Dryd. 
 
 P.xto'llER. n-f. [from c.v/o/.] Apraifer; 
 a magnifier j one that praifes to the 
 ficics. 
 
 £xTo'(<sivE. adj. [from extort.'] Hav- 
 ing the quality of drawing by violen' 
 means. 
 
 Ext o'r,sivi!ly. ado. [from eKtorJ^-j < 
 la an cxiorlive maancr j by violence. 
 
 EXT 
 
 To EXTO'RT. -y. a. {extorqueo, exlor- 
 tiis, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To draw by force ; to force away ; to 
 wreft ; to wring from one. 
 
 'Till the injurious Romans did extort 
 This tribute from us, we were free. Shakfpeart 
 
 That glory never Ihall his wrath or might 
 Ext-jrt from me, to bow and fue for grace 
 With fuppliant knee, and deify his pow'r. 
 
 Mjllori'i Faradijl Loji. 
 
 I remember well the impious oath, 
 Hardly extorted from my trembling youth. 
 
 Rotue. 
 
 My carneft deltrcs, not any doubts of your 
 goodnefs, but my real concern for your wel- 
 fare, exiort this from me. }Vake. 
 
 2. To gain by violence or oppreffion. 
 
 His tail was ftretch'd out in wond'rous length. 
 That to the houfe of heavenly gods it taught, 
 
 And with e.v/or/i-./powcrandborrow'd ftrcngth. 
 The ever-burning lamps from thence it brought. 
 
 Spcnj'er. 
 Are my chefls fill'd up with e x-/er/f./ gold .^ 
 
 S'ukfpuire'i Henry VI. 
 
 To Exto'rt. %'. n. To praftife oppref- 
 fion and violence. Difufed. 
 
 To whom they never gave any penny of en- 
 tertainment, but let tiiem feed upon the coun- 
 tries, and extort upon all men where they come. 
 S enfcr on helnjul. 
 Before they did extort and oppiefs the people 
 only by colour of a lewd culloni, they did after- 
 wards ufc the f.ime extortions by warrant. 
 
 Difiiei on Irehnid. 
 
 Exto'rter. n. f. [from extort.l One 
 who praftifes oppreflion or extortion. 
 
 Edric the extorter was deprived by king Ca- 
 nute of the government of Mercia. Cjmderi. 
 Exto'rtion. n.f. [from c.v/or/.] 
 
 1. The aft or praftice of gaining by vio- 
 lence and rapacity. 
 
 That goodnefs 
 Of gleaning all the land's wealth into one, 
 Into your own hands, cardinal, by extortion. 
 
 Skiikfpf.irt's Henry VIII. 
 
 Oppreflion and extortion did maintain the 
 greatncfs, and oppreflion and extortion i]\d ex- 
 trnguilh the greatncfs of that houfe. D.mufs. 
 
 2. Force by which any thing is unjudly 
 taken av. ay. 
 
 Bccaufe the lords had power to, impofe this 
 charge, the freeholders were glad to give a 
 gre.rt part of their lands to hold the rcfi fvec from 
 that extortion. Datiics onlreUnd. 
 
 A fucceeding king's juft recovery of rights 
 from luijuil ufiirpations and c.v.'o;//c^5, Ihall never 
 he prejudiced by any acl of mine. K:ng CAailn. 
 
 Exto'rtion er. n. Jl [from e.\tor/ion.] 
 One who praftifes extortion ; one who 
 grows rich by violence and rapacity. 
 
 Thtiu will be al*.ivs murdeiers, adulterers, 
 extortioners, church-robbers, traitors, and other 
 rabblument. Camden. 
 
 The covetous extortioner is inA'olved in the lame 
 fentcncc. Deiay of Piety. 
 
 To EXTRA'CT. v. a. [extraho, extrac- 
 
 turn, Latin.] 
 I. To draw out of fomething. 
 
 Tnc dr.Twing one metal or mineral o'Jt of an- 
 ther, we call extrtiCtir:^. Ba'.on, 
 
 Out of the alhes of all plants they extmCt a 
 fait which they ule in medicines. Bacon. 
 
 The meCTllick or mineral matter is fo difl'ufcd 
 amongiV the cratfer matter, that it would never be 
 poflihle to feparare ar.d extiaB it. IVoodiuard. 
 
 z. To draw by chymical operation. 
 They 
 Whom funny Borneo bears, arc ftor'd with 
 
 ftreanrs 
 Egregious, rum and rice's fpirit extroff. Philips. 
 
 3. To take from fomething of which the 
 thinj; taken was a pait, 
 
 EXT 
 
 I now fee 
 Bone of my bone, flclhof my flerti, myfelf 
 Before me : .woman is her name, of man 
 ExtraBeH. Milton, 
 
 4. To draw out of any containing body or 
 cavity. 
 
 Thefe waters were extraBed, and laid upon the 
 furface of the ground. Butntt. 
 
 5. To feleft an abftraft from a larger trea- 
 tife. 
 
 To fee how thij cafe is reprefentcd, I have ex- 
 traBed out of that pamphlet a U-^ notorious 
 falflioods. Swijti 
 
 Extract, n.f. [from the verb. ] 
 I . The fubftance extrafted ; the chief 
 parts drawn from any thing. 
 
 In tin(ftures, if the fupcrfiuous fpirit of wine 
 be dilfi.lled otf, it leaves at the bottom that 
 thicker fubftance, which chemilHcall \S\zextratl 
 sf the vegetables. Boyle. 
 
 To dip our tongues in gall, to have nolhnig 
 in our mouth but the extraB and exhalation of 
 our inwaid bitternefs, is no great fenfuality. 
 
 Go-vernment of the Tongtte. 
 
 i. The chief heads drawn from a book; 
 an abftracl ;. an epitome. 
 I will prefent a few extraHs out of authors. 
 
 Camden^s Remains. 
 Some books may be read liy exIraBs made of 
 them by others, but only in the lefs important 
 arguments, and the meaner books; elfe diftilled 
 books arc like common diftilled waters, fialhy 
 things. Bacon's Ejfiiys. 
 
 Spend fomc hpi'.rs evciy day in reading, and' 
 making extracts, if your memory be weak. 
 
 Smft. 
 3. Extraction ; defcent. Not ufed. 
 
 The apoftlc gives it a value fuitablc to its ev- 
 /r.i<9, branding it with- the moft iatnominious im- 
 putation of foolilhnefs. C Stut/i, 
 Extra'ction. n.f. [cv/rac'TO, Latin. ] 
 
 1. The aft of drawing one part out of a^ 
 compound ; the aft of drawing out the 
 principal fubftance by chyraicaloperation. 
 
 Although the charge of e\t'^:Bi-jn Ihuuld ex- 
 ceed the worth, at Ic.ill it will difco\cr nature 
 and poflibility. Bacon, 
 
 The diliillations of waters, e.vtraB/ons o( oils, 
 and fuch like experiments, are unknown to the 
 ancients. Hakciuill. 
 
 It would not defray the ciiarge and labour of 
 the extraBionj and muft needs be all irretiicvably 
 loft. I'Vc^.d-.uard-s Nat. Hip. 
 
 2. Derivation from an original ; lineage;, 
 defcent. 
 
 One whofe extraBion 's from an ancient line. 
 Gives hope again that well-born men m.iy (hine; 
 The nieaneft in your nature mild and good, 
 The noble reft fecured hi your blood. IValler, 
 
 A family of an aticicnt extr.ulion, tranfportcd 
 witll tlie Conqueror out of Normandy. Claren. 
 
 Extra'ctor. n.f. [Latin.] The perfon 
 or inftrument by which any thing is ex- 
 trafted. 
 ExTR adi'ction ARV. «r//. [f.v/ra and 
 eiiUto, Latin.] Not conliiling in words 
 but reahtits. 
 
 Of exttadiBinnnry and real fallacies, Ariftotle 
 and logicians make fix; but we oblerve men are 
 commonly deceived by foui thereof. Broivn, 
 
 Extr A ju D I'ci A L. a^/r. [^extra an<i Judicium, 
 Latin.] Out of the regular couife of 
 legal procedure. 
 
 A declaratory or extrajudicial abfolution is con- 
 ferred in y^rc ^tew/^/;r/rt//. AJ.'Jfe's J'areri^on. 
 ExTR AjUDi'ciALLy. adv, [ixomexlritjuili- 
 cial.] In a manner different from the 
 ordinary courfe of legal procedure. 
 
 The confirmation of an eiciitioji, though done 
 by a previous citation of all perfons concerned, 
 may be faid to be done extrajiultiitillyj when op- 
 pofitieo cnfiics thcrcu^joa, ■'^'^'Jf*t
 
 EXT 
 
 ExTR AMi'ssiON. n. f. [^.v/)vzand initio, 
 Latin.] Tiie aft of einitting outward : 
 oppofite to intromiffion, 
 
 Anllotk, Aliiaicn, ;iiid othcvs, hold tli.it figlit 
 is by rccejjtioii, and nor hy cxtrautij]i'in\ by rc- 
 cciviiij; :hc nyb of the objcfl unto the cy<--, and 
 noc by knding jny out. Bioivn. 
 
 Extra munda'ne. a/fj. [fxlra and nmn- 
 Jus, I^atiii.] Beyond tlit verge of the 
 material world. 
 
 'Tis a piiilofophy that g'lvcs the txatflcrt topo- 
 prnpliy of the txtram^ndane ipaccs. Glimilk 
 
 Ektra'nkous. ml). [M'/rawfW, Latin] 
 Not belonging to any tiling ; foreign ; 
 of different fubftance ; not intriniick. 
 
 Kelatiuii U not contained in the real exii^cncc 
 
 •f things, but fon>cthing«ri<i«««i and fupeiin- 
 
 duced. Locke. 
 
 When the mind refers .iny of its ideas to any 
 
 thing (\/r<i»<aui ta thcni, tlicy arc then called 
 
 true or falfe. Lith. 
 
 Gold, when equally pure, and freed from iv- 
 
 tramoui matter, is abfolutcly alike in colour, 
 
 ^ronfiitence, fjjeci tic gravity, and all other rcfpc(!ls. 
 
 IfyOii'viird 9n F^/i. 
 
 E-iiTB ao'rdinarily. aJv. [from extra- 
 ordinary. ] 
 
 I . In a mannei- out of the common method 
 and order. 
 
 In the atiairs wliicli were not determinable one 
 way or other by the fcripture, himfclf gave an 
 txtrtiorAhutrily direction and counfcl, as oft as 
 they fought it at his hands. Haoksr. 
 
 In government it is good to ufc men of one 
 rank equally ; for to counten.uKC fomc exrrai-- 
 ^irmtHy, is tO make them infolent, and the rcli 
 difcontent. ' B.non. 
 
 2. Uncommonly; particularly; eminently; 
 
 remarkably. 
 
 He quotes me right ; and I hope all iiis quota- 
 tions, wherein he is fo extrncirMnnri/y copious and 
 elaborate, are fo. Hoxvi.'. 
 
 The temple of Solomon w.ts a type, and there- 
 fore was fo extrajrM' ar:/y magniticent; otherwife 
 perhaps a cheaper Ihtw^ure might have been as 
 ferviceable. in/iiii' Mati. Maguk. 
 
 E.XTR ao'rdiN ariness. n. f. [from ex- 
 traordintiry.] Unccmmonnels; eminence; 
 remarkablentfs. 
 
 I cliufe fomc few either for the <xtraoi\i:niiyi- 
 rtrjs of their guilt, or the frequency of their 
 priclice. Qov, of ihi Tcnguc. 
 
 T.XTRAO'RDINARY. adj. [cxtraonli- 
 narlus, Latin. This word and its deri- 
 vatives are generally pronounced extror- 
 dlnary, whereby the a is liquified into 
 the 0.] 
 
 3. Different from common order and me- 
 thod ; not ordinary. 
 
 Evils mull be judged inevitable, if there be no 
 apparent ordinary way to avoid them; becaufe 
 wiiere council and acuice bear rule of God's c\- 
 ■Jr^ioritinary power, without ixtraordinury warrant, 
 we cannot prcfume. IP.oicf, 
 
 Spain had no wars lave thofe which were grown 
 Into an ordinaiy : now they 'lavc coupled there- 
 with the txiraatilinaiy of the Voltaline and the 
 Palatinate. , -i'tirov. 
 
 See v^jiat rv/rd5r7mrtrv armies have been tranf- 
 niitted thither, and what ordinary forces main- 
 tained thers. DtTuict. 
 
 2. Different from the common courfe of 
 law. 
 
 If thev proceeded in a martial or any oth:r 
 eyl'ijcniiniirv way, without any form of taw, his- 
 niajefty Ihould declare his jullite and a (Tea ion 
 to an old faitlifui ftrvant. Clarcn.io-i 
 
 3. Eminent; remarkable ; more than tom- 
 moD. 
 
 EXT 
 
 The iioiifc was built of fair and ftrong flour, 
 n(,t ail'cifting fo much any exira'iniinury kind tA 
 fineiiels, as an honour.ible reprefcnting of a hrm 
 Il.Ttclincls. Shinty. 
 
 Tlie Indians woilhlppcd pivcrj, fountains, 
 rocks, or gr.at (lone-, and all tilings which 
 fccmed to h.ivc fomething ixiraordiimiy in them. 
 
 SiilliiigJIeLi 
 
 Extrao'rdinarv. adv. [This woitl feenis 
 
 o;)ly a colloquial barbarifm, ufcd for the 
 
 eafe of pronunciation.] E.^:traordinarily. 
 
 I ran over their cabinet of medals, but don't 
 
 remember to have met with any things in it that 
 
 arc exti.iordi'ir.ry rare. A.ulif'jn. 
 
 ExTR aparo'chial. adj. \j.xlra and 
 
 parochla, Latin ] Kot comprehended 
 
 within any pariih. 
 
 Extrapuovi'ncial. adj. [c.v/nj and/iro 
 vincia, Latin. ] Not within the fame pro- 
 vince ; not within the jurifdiction of the 
 fame archbifliop. 
 
 An exirti^rin-inciul cJiaticn is not valid, ulrr^ 
 duels diatiis, abo\e two days journey; nor is a 
 citation valid that contains many conditions ma- 
 nifeflly inconvenient. Jlyliffe'i I'aicr^in. 
 
 ExTR ark'gular. fl,^. [cxtraand regul<i, 
 Latin.] Not comprehended witlun a 
 rule. 
 
 His pro; idcncc is exlrarfguuirj and produces 
 ftrange things beyond common rules j and he 
 led Ilrael through a fca, and made a rock pour 
 forth water. Taykr's Rule 'jf Living H'Ay. 
 
 E.xtra'vagance. ) H. /. [extravagans, 
 Extra'vagancy. J Latin.] 
 
 1. Excuriion or fally beyond prefcribed 
 limits. 
 
 I h.ive troublad yoti too far with this extrava- 
 g.-ncc: I (hall make no delay to recall myfclf into 
 the road again. HiwimM.I. 
 
 2. Irregularity ; wildnefs. 
 
 3. Outrage; violence; outrageous vehe- 
 mence. 
 
 How many, by the wild fury and extravaganry 
 of-thcir own paffions, haic put their bodies into a 
 combullion, and by Itirring up their rage againll 
 Others, have armed that licrce humour againil 
 themklves. Tilktfjn. 
 
 4. Unnatural tuinour^ bomball. 
 .Some vcifcs of my own, Maximin and A.1- 
 
 manzor, cry vengeance upon me for their cxfa- 
 vag.incc. Vry.ien. 
 
 5. Wafte ; vain and fuperfluous expence. 
 She w.i-s fo e,\penfivc, tnat the income of tl.iee 
 
 dukes was not enough to fupply hi:rextr,iv,ig.iiicc. 
 
 Arlmthnot. 
 
 EXTRA'VAGANT. adj. laarMvagans, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Wandering out of his bounds. This is 
 the pn'raogeneal fenfe, but not now in 
 ufe. 
 
 At Ms warning 
 The eytrtn^agant and erring fpirit hies 
 To his confine. Sh,ikfj>-:a>e^i Jf.vnh-t. 
 
 2. Roving beyond juft limits or prefcribed 
 methods. 
 
 I dare not .i.lc for what ynu would not giant : 
 But wifhcs, madam, are cxtraTngunt '., 
 They are not liounded with ihii»gs poflible; 
 I may wiih more th;.u I prefume to tell. Dryd. 
 
 3. Not Comprehended in any thirg. 
 Twenty conllitutions of pope John xxii. arc 
 
 cjled the t Hiuviigunii • for that they being writ- 
 ttn in no order or ifiethod, vugnntu extra e^'fut 
 eolhflif^ium cantnum. AyUjfe' i Viiierg'^f. 
 
 4. Irregular; wild. 
 For a dance they fccm'd 
 
 Somewhat e\tr,ivagaiir, and wild. Milti>ii. 
 
 There appears fomething n. bly wild and tx- 
 
 tiai:igant in great naiutal gcniufcs,intinitcly mmc 
 
 beautiful fli.ui turn and polilhing. j-U'J:J',n. 
 
 EXT 
 
 New Ideas employed my fancy all nighf, jnrf 
 conipolcd a wild f irrji.ajMf dream. .{Jii,tn. 
 5. Wailtful ; prodigal; vainly expentu-e. 
 An evirmagor.i man, who has nulhing elfc to 
 recommend him but a falfc gcnerolity, is often 
 more beloved than a perfon of a ni'ach more Hnilhcd 
 charaflcr, w!io is dcfcdive in tiiis particular. 
 
 AUifin. 
 Extra'vagant. «./. One who is con- 
 fined in no general rule or dillnition. 
 We pit) or laugh at thofe fatuous cxi;jr.:.i^jnii. 
 
 Glanviile. 
 There are certain extravagant! amonp people 
 of all liics and picfeluons. LT.jirange. 
 
 ExTR a'v agantlt. adv. [from extra- 
 vagant. '\ 
 
 1; In an extravagant manner ; wild!'.-. 
 Her palfion was extur.i.iganily new; 
 But mine is much the madder of tlie two. Dryd. 
 
 2. In an nnreafonable degree. 
 
 Someare-fouud to praifc our author, and others 
 as raflily and extravagantly toiitradiil his admi- 
 rers, p,^,. 
 
 3. Expendvcly ; luxurioufly; waflefully ; 
 profufely. 
 
 Extra'vagantness. n. f. [{rom :.xtra- 
 vaganl.} Excefs ; excuriion beyond 
 
 lim.its. 
 
 To, Extra'vagate.i'. )!. [exlra:iXiAva^or, 
 Latin.] To wander out of limits. I)i3, 
 
 Ex'tra'vasa.ted. adj. [extra and •va/a, 
 Latin.] Forced outof the properly con- 
 taining veffels. 
 
 The vifcous matter, which lies like leather 
 upon the fvr>arYi/i?c./ blood of pleurctick peaple 
 may be diflblved by a due degree of heat. Ailniii? 
 
 Extravasa'tion. n. f. [from f.v/rcw?- 
 fatcd.'l The aft of forcing, or llatfi of 
 being forced, out of the proper co<iiain« 
 ing veffels. 
 
 Aliment, too vifcous, obflruifting the gland? 
 and by its acrimony corroding the fmall veli'cis cf 
 the lungs, after a rupture and extravafjtion if 
 blood, ealily produces an ulcer. .-srbut-hn'jt 
 
 Extra\>^3'nate. adj. {extra and nietut^ 
 Lat. ] Let out of the vtins. 
 
 That there is a magnetick way of curing 
 wounds, by anointing the weapon ; 'and that the 
 wound is affeiScd in like manner as Is the exrra- 
 '..■enaie blood by the fympathctick medicine, as 
 to matter of h6i, is with ciicumlhiiRcs of good 
 evidence alTerted. GianilWi Scrffis. 
 
 Extrave'rsion. n. /. [extra and verfio, 
 Latin.] The aft of throwing out ; ilie 
 flate of being thrown ouu 
 
 Nor rices there intervene heat to afford ihem 
 any colour to pretend that there is made an fv- 
 tiare'/iM of the fulphur, or of any of the two 
 other fuppofed principles. B'ai,-, 
 
 Extra'ught. part. [This isanobfolete 
 participle from extraa ; a's iiyiraught 
 ixom. diJlruH.'] Extracted. 
 Sham'll thou nut, knowing v/l>ence tlwu art 
 extraugh^ 
 To let thy tongue detetfl tit)- bafeborn heart? 
 
 Sltatjffare'i Ifenrj vr 
 
 EXTREME, adj. [cxiremiis, Lat. This 
 word is fomctimcs corrupted by the fu- 
 perlative termination, of which it is by 
 no means capaUe, as it has in itftlf tlie 
 fi-'peilative figniiicalion,] ' 
 
 1. Greattd ; of the liighefl degree. <• 
 
 Tic Lur-d Ihall Imite thee v/fth a fever, ah IS, 
 fl.nmmatiun, aT»d an extreme burning. O Lt 
 
 Tt-.ey thougi t it the eMieme/l u( evils to pjt 
 thcmftlvcs at thcBicirv of thofe liungiy and <.'i(- 
 oidoly pci.plc. ■ i'urt-;. 
 
 2. UtnioiL 
 
 4 R 2
 
 EXT 
 
 The hairy fool 
 Stood on th' cxtremeji veige of t'tie fwift brilok, 
 Augmenting it with tears. Shakjpeais. 
 
 Mileno's cape and B.iuli laft he view'd, 
 That oTi the fca's extnmrjl borders ilood. j^JJif. 
 
 3. Laft; thatbcyondwhichtliere is nothing. 
 
 Farcwel, ungr.itcful -ind unkind! I go, 
 Condcmn'd by thee^to thofe fad (hades below : 
 I go tir e.xtrrnicft remedy ta prove. 
 To drink oblivion, nnd to drench my love. DryJ. 
 
 4. Prefling in the iitmoft degree. 
 
 C.ifes of neceluty being fomctJme but urgent, 
 fomctime extreme, the confidet^uion cf publick 
 utibty is urged cquivulcnt to the tafici kind ot 
 neccffrty. Hioker. 
 
 5. Rigoioii»; ftrift. 
 
 rf thou be exiremf to mark what is amifs, O 
 Lord, who (hall abide it >- l'fa!mi. 
 
 Extre'me. n. /. [fiotn the adjeflive.] 
 
 1. Utmort point; highetl degree of any 
 thing. 
 
 Thither by harpy footed furies hal'd, 
 At certain revokitions,. all the dnmii'd 
 Are brought; and feci hy turns the bitter ehangc 
 Of fierce f.vrrfrafj, ixtrima by change more fierce ; 
 From beds of raging fire to ftarv e in ice 
 Their foft ethereal warmth, and there to pine 
 Immovc-.ble, infix'd, and frozen round 
 Periods of time ; thence hurried back to fire. 
 
 Miit'.n. 
 
 ,^void {xlrini{\, and (hnn the faults of fuch 
 Who ftiU are plcas'd too little, or too much. 
 
 They csnnot bear that humnn nnfjre, which 
 they know to be impcrfeft, (hould be raifed in 
 an extremCy without oppofltion. Pope. 
 
 2. Points at thegreateft diftancefrom e»ch 
 other; extremity. 
 
 The true proteKant religion is fituatcd in tlic 
 
 golden mean ; the enemies unto her are the f.v- 
 
 tTcmsi on either hand. Bac^^ti. 
 
 The fyllogiltical form only fhews, that if the 
 
 intermediate idea agrees with thofe it is on both 
 
 iidcs immediately applied to, then thofe two rc- 
 
 jnote ones, or, as they are called, extremes, Au 
 
 certainly agree. Lccke. 
 
 Extre'mely. adv. [From «/m«f.] 
 
 \. In the utmofl: degree. 
 
 She might hear, not far fiom her, an extremely 
 •ioleful voice; but fo fupprefied with a kind of 
 wiiifpering note, thai he could not conceive the 
 words diiinaiy. _ , , S.V-itv 
 
 2. Very much ; greatly : in familiiiv lan- 
 guage. 
 
 VVIiocver fees 3 fcoundrel in a gown reeling 
 home at midnight, is apt to be ex.'remciy com- 
 forted in his own vices. Staijt. 
 Extre'mity. n. f. [extremhas.'L^X.xn.'] 
 I . The utmtut point ; the highell degree. 
 He that wrllt.ik« aw.-.y extreme heat hy fctting 
 the body in exttiir.ity of cold, fnill undoubtedly 
 If move the difeafe; but together wkh it the 
 difeafed too. thoktr 
 Soutd any one be cruel and urvcharitabl- to thai 
 exim-.ity, yet this would not prove that p.'opii- 
 etv gave any autlioti'y. LceK€. 
 1. The utnioft parts ; the parts mod re- 
 mote from the middle. 
 
 In its proper colour it is inclining to white, 
 excepting the txtiomHei or tops ol tlie wing 
 feathers, wliich arc black. I'lo-xn. 
 
 The ixlrcmitni of the jomts muft be fcldom 
 hidden, and the extremities or nid of the feet 
 never. Dryde,,'^ D:.fref„oy. 
 
 The extremity of pain often creates a coiclncfs 
 in the extremititi ; but fuch a fcnfaiion is very 
 tonfillent with an mflamm.uory diftemptr. 
 ^'Jthuthr.ct on Diet 
 ■ ». The points in the utmoll degree of 
 oppofltion, or at the utmoft dilknce 
 from each other. 
 
 He 's a m.'.n of that ftrange compofUion 
 M-de up of all the woift tAln'ii't/et 
 Of youth and age. Poi/ium'i S'.f'.y. 
 
 EXT 
 
 4. R emoted parts; parts at die greatell 
 dillance. 
 
 They fcnt fleets out of tne Red Sea to the 
 extremtiiei of .^tliiopia, and imported quantities 
 of prc( ions goods. ^rbulh/iot. 
 
 5. Violence of pafRon. 
 
 With equal mcafurc fhe did moderate 
 The Ih'ong f.vr;rw//;'ri of their outrage. Spertfer. 
 
 Iff Ihew no colour for my extremityj let me 
 he your tabkfport. Shakfp:iire. 
 
 6. The utmafl violence, rigour, or dillrefs. 
 
 Why (hould not the fame laws take good effedl 
 on that people, being prepared by the IVord, and 
 brought under by extremity? S^eiijer. 
 
 Their hearts (he guedeth. 
 And yields her to extremity of time. Fciiry Q«, 
 
 He promifcd, if they (hould be befieged, to 
 relieve tliem before they Ihouid be rcdu«-cd to 
 extremity. C/urefidorr. 
 
 It fhoidd be never fo expofed to the extremity 
 of war as fo fall into' thofe barbai"ous hands. 
 
 Chirendon. 
 
 I wifli peace, and any terms piefet, 
 Before the la(\ extrernit/es of war. Dryeien. 
 
 7. The mod aggravated ftate. 
 
 The world is runnmg mad after farce, the 
 extremity of bad jioetry ; or rather the judgment 
 that is fallen upon diamatic writing. Dryden. 
 
 To E'XTRICATE. v. a. [f.v/r;Vo, Lat.] 
 To difembarrafs ; to fet free any one in 
 a flate of perplexity ; to difentangle. 
 
 We run into great ditficulties about free created 
 agents, which reafon cannot well extricate itfelf 
 out of. Lucte. 
 
 Thefe are reliefs to nature, as they give her an 
 opportunity of extricating herl'elf from her op- 
 pieflions, and recovering the leveral tones and 
 Iprings of her veffcls. Addijm. 
 
 Extrica'tiov. h. J. [from extricate.^ 
 The atl of difentangling ; difentangle- 
 ment. 
 
 Crude f..lt has a lalle not properly acid, but 
 fuclr as predominates in brine; and it does not 
 appca.-, that this acid fpirit did as fuch pie-exilf 
 in the fait whence it was obtained, fo that we 
 n^iy fuppofe it to have been made lather hy tranf- 
 nuitation than extrication. . Boyle. 
 
 EXTRI'NSICAL.^;i(;'. {ex'rmficus, Lat.] 
 E.Nternal ; outward ; not intimately be- 
 longing ; not iiitiiiifick. It is commonly 
 written fo, but analogy requires e.xlrin- 
 fccal. 
 
 A body cannot move, unlefs it be moved by 
 
 tome «r;;>;/ft.J.' agent: abl'uid it is to think-lliat 
 
 ■ a body, by a quality in it, can work upon itfelf. 
 
 Digby an Bodies 
 Neither is the atom by any ex!,ir,Jica/ impulfc 
 diverted flora its natural couife. Ji.iy. 
 
 Outward objedls, that arc extiinjie.i/ to the 
 mind ; and its own operations, proceeding from 
 powers intrinfical, and proper to itfelf, which, 
 when reflcrfled 0:1 by ilfelf, become alio objcSs of 
 its contemplation, are the original of all know- 
 ledge. Leeie. 
 Extri'nsjcally. iidv. [from e.\-triii/ica/.} 
 From without. 
 
 If to fuppofe the foul a diftinfl fubftance from 
 the bod), and exiiin/hally advenicnt, be an error, 
 almoft all the world hath been miftaken. Glam: 
 
 Extri'nsick. ailj. [/xirhifecus, Latin.] 
 Outward ; external. 
 
 When they cannot Iha^ke the main fort, they 
 try if they can poU'cfs thcmfclvcs of the outworks, 
 raifc fume prejudice againft hii mo(t ext<i<ijiek 
 adherents. Gm- of 'I" Tongm. 
 
 F-xtrinfick modes are fuch as arifc from fome- 
 thing th.at is not in the fubjecft or fubrtance itfelf; 
 but it is a manner of being which fomc fub- 
 (iances nttain, by reafon of fomething external or 
 foreign to the fuhjea ; as, this globe lies within 
 two yatdsot" liie wall ^ this man is beloved or 
 hated. WMti' Loguk. 
 
 E X U 
 
 To EXTRU'CT. v. a. [extruo, exlruBtim, 
 Latin.] To build ; to raifc; to furui 
 into a llrufture. 
 
 ExTRu'cTOR. n. f. [from e.xlru^.'] A 
 builder ; a fabricator ; a contnver. 
 
 To Extru'de. 11. a. [extruJo, Latin.] 
 To thruft off; to drive off; to pufh out 
 with violence. 
 
 If in any part of the continent they found 
 the (hells, they concluded that the fea had bcea 
 extended and driven oft" by the mud. iViodivaril. 
 
 ExTRu'siON. n. f. [i'.r^r«/i/j', Latin.] The 
 aft of thrufting or driving out. 
 
 They fuppofe the channel of the fea formed, 
 and mountains and caverns, by a violent dcpref- 
 fion of fome parts of the earth, and an exlruftott 
 and elevation of others. Burnet. 
 
 Extu'ber ANCE. >i./. [f.v and/a^^r, Lat.] 
 Knobs, or parts protuberant ; parts 
 that rife from the rell of the body. 
 
 The gouge takes off the irregularities or extu.^ 
 beranccs that lie fartheft from the axis of the 
 wolk. Ahxon't Mechanical K.xercifei. 
 
 Exu'berance. ti. f. [exuhefatio,Y.M\x\.'\ 
 Overgrowth; fuperfluous fhoots; ufelefs 
 abundance ; luxuriance. 
 
 Men eftcem the overflowing of gall the exube* 
 ranee of 7.eal, and all the proniifcs of the faithful 
 combatant they confidently appropriate. 
 
 Decay of Piety. 
 
 Though he expatiates on the fame thoughts in 
 diffeicnt words, yet in his (iniilics that exuberance 
 is avoided. Garth. 
 
 EXU'BERANT. aiij. [cw^fr^zw, Latin.] 
 
 1. Growing with fuperfluous flioots ; over- 
 abundant ; fuperfltioufly plenteous ; lux- 
 uriant. I 
 
 Another Flora there of bolder hues, 
 Plays o'er the fields, and Ihuwers with fuijden harMi 
 JL.xuberant fpring. Tliomjoii'i Hp'ir.^. 
 
 His limilics have been thought too exuberant^ 
 and full of circumftances. Po/.f . 
 
 2. Abounding in the utmoft degree. 
 
 Such immenle power, fuch unfcarchable wif- 
 dom, and fuch exuberant goodnefs, as may jullly 
 ravilh us to an amazement, rather than a bare 
 admiration. Boyle"! Serap/iici Lore. 
 
 A part of that exuberant devotion, with which 
 the whole afiembly railed and animated one an- 
 other, catches a reader ^t the greatclt ditlance of 
 time. .dddifon^s Freeholder. 
 
 Exu'ber ANTLY. adv.-. [from exuberant.^ 
 Abundantly ; to a fupetduous degree. 
 
 Aconfidcrable quantity of the vegetable mat- 
 ter lay at the furface of the antediluvian earth, 
 and rendered it e.\nberant/y fruitful. IVoodivurd, 
 To Exu'berate. v. n [f.r;/^«-o, Latin.] 
 To abound in the highefl degree. 
 
 All the lovelinefs imparted to the creature is 
 lent it, to give ys -enlarged conceptions of that 
 vaft conduence and immenfity that exuberate: ia 
 God. . Boyli'i Serapliiek Loiii. 
 
 Exv'ccovs. adj. {exfuceus ,'Ld.X.\u'l With- 
 out juice ; dry. 
 
 This is to be elVefled not only in the plant yet 
 growing, but in that which is brought exuecous „ 
 and dry unto us. Brt^iun-. a 
 
 Exuda'tion. 71. f. [from caWo, Latin.] '* 
 
 1. The afl of einittiiig in fvvcat ; the att 
 of emitting moiliure through the pores. 
 
 The tumour fomctimcs arifes hy 3 geneial ex- 
 udation out of the cutis. H'ijeman's Surgery. 
 
 2. The matter iffuing out by fvveat from 
 any body. 
 
 The gum of trees, fliining and clear, is but a 
 firainiiigof the juice of the tree through rhe wood 
 and bark ; and CorniOi diamonds, and rock ru- 
 bies, which are yet more rcfplendent than gums, 
 aic ihe fine (.\iid<Wio/ii of flonc. Jitui.-.,
 
 7 II. a. To force out, or 
 J throw out, as by fweat. 
 a. [exulcero, 
 
 E X U 
 
 If it hath more dew .it noon tlian in the morn- 
 ing, then it fecinclli to be an txu.lnlion of thr hcrli 
 jticlt. ^''"« 
 
 Cuclcowfpittlc, or woodfcrc, that fpunio i> 
 
 frottiy dtw, ov cxiiiLition, or both, is found vf[y-- 
 
 ci.illy ^bout the joints of lavender cmd rofcmary. 
 
 Brown'l Vulgar Erraurs 
 
 To Exu'date. 7 v.n. [fAV/./a, Lat.] To 
 Zo Exu'de. 3 fwcat out J to iffiie out 
 by iwcat. 
 
 Some perforations in the part itfclf, througli 
 whicii the humour included doth c:;udate, mjy 
 be obferved in fuch ;\s arc frefli. Bro-.un. 
 
 The juices of the flowers aic, firft, the expref- 
 fcd juice; fecondly, a volatile oil, wherein the 
 fmcll of the plant prcfides ; thirdly, hoTicy, exud- 
 ing from all flowers, the bitter not excepted. 
 
 Arhutlm'it. 
 
 To Exu'date. 
 To Exude. 
 To. EXU'LCERATE. 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To make fore with' an ulcer; to affefl 
 with a running or eating fore. 
 
 Cantliarides, applied to any part of the body, 
 touch the bUddei and rxulccruie it, if they Il.iy on 
 long. Hiuci, 
 
 Th,it the faliva harh a virtue of macerating bo- 
 dies, appears by the effects in taking away warts, 
 ibmetimes exu/ivratiftg the jaws, and rotting the 
 teeth. • kity cft the Crr.iti^.n. 
 
 The ftagnating fernm turning acrimonious, cv- 
 tilceratei and putri,tres tiic bowels. .'Irb.tlfi'rjt. 
 
 2. To afflift ; to corrode; to enrage. 
 
 Thoughts, my tormentors, arniM with deadly 
 liings, 
 Mangle my apprchenfive tendercft parts, 
 Exafperate, exuUerate^ and raife 
 Dire inflammation, which no coofing herb 
 Oi medicinal liquor can alTuagc. Milton. 
 
 E X u L c E R A T 1 o N . n.f. [from exukerate. ] 
 I. The beginning erofion, which wears 
 away the fubftance and forms an ulcer. 
 
 '2, Exacerbation ; corrofion. 
 
 This ^A-w/.'ird^/o^;of mind made him apt to taite 
 all occafions of contradi*£lion. H^ckei . 
 
 Exu'lcer ATORY. adj. [{vom exiiherale.'\ 
 Having a tendency to caufe ulcers. 
 
 To EXU'LT. IK n. [exu/lo, Latin.] To 
 rejoice above meafure ; to triumph ; to 
 be in high exaltation of gladnefs. 
 
 The whole world did fcenr to e.vu/t that it had 
 eccafion of pouring out gifts to fo blelfed a pur- 
 pofe. Hater. 
 
 \Vlio might be your mother. 
 That yi^u infult, exult, and rail, at once 
 Over the wretched ? Shr.kfpetire's As vou like it 
 
 Exu'ltance. 11. /. [from Ml/ft.] Tranf- 
 port ; joy ; triumph ; gladuefs ; exul- 
 tation. 
 
 We have great caufe oftxu/tanee and joy, God's 
 fcrvicc being the moft pcrfciS freedom. 
 
 Co-^fCrnincKt of the Totigue^ 
 
 Exulta'tion. n. f. [cxuhat'w, Latin.] 
 Joy ; triumph ; rapttinius delight. 
 
 Good effefls may grow in each of the people 
 towards other, in them all towards tiicir paftor, 
 and in tlicir pallor towards every of them ; be- 
 tween whom there daily and interchangeably pafs, 
 in the hearing of God liimlVlf, and in the prcfencc 
 of his holy angels, fo many heavenly acclamations, 
 exultations, provocations, petitions. Hooker. 
 
 Devotion infpires men with feiitimcnts of reli- 
 gious gratitude, .and fwells t'.icir hearts with in- 
 wai d traiifpoi ts of joy and r.\ultati-jn. AJJipn. 
 
 JoEXUNDATE. -p. «, [ixwido I.t^u] 
 
 To overflow. Did. 
 
 Exonda'tion. n. / [from exmdute.] 
 Overflow ; abundance. 
 
 EYE 
 
 Tt is more wotihy the Deity to attribute the cre- 
 ation of tlie world to the exun.htion and over 
 flowing of his tianfceiul-nl and infinite goodnel\. 
 K,iy on the Creation. 
 Exo'pERABLE, fl<//'. [exupcreiit/is, Latin.] 
 
 Conquerable ; fupcrable ; vincible. 
 Exu'pERANCK. n. /. [exupcraiilia, Lat.] 
 Overbalance ; greater proportion. 
 
 Rome hath Icfs variation than London ; for on 
 
 the wefl fide of Rome are feated France, Spain, 
 
 and Germany, which tai<.c off the exuberance, and 
 
 balance the vigour of the caftcrn parts. Brown 
 
 To Exu'sciTATE. v.a. [e.vfiifcito, IjHt.] 
 
 To llir up ; to roufe. 
 Exu'sTioN. n. /. [e.dijio, Latin.] The 
 aft of burning up ; confumption by fire. 
 EXU'VLE. n.f. [Latin.] Cafl flvins ; 
 cad (hells ; whatever is thrown off, or 
 ihed by animals. 
 
 They appear to be only the flcins or exuvia:, 
 
 rather than entire bodies of filhes. IVoodward. 
 
 Ey, Ea, Ee, may either come from 15, an 
 
 ifland, by melting the Saxon 5 into y, 
 
 which is ufually done ; or from the Saxon 
 
 ea, which fignilies a water, river, Iffc. 
 
 or, lullly, from i*aj, a field, by the 
 
 fame kind of melting. Glhfon. 
 
 Ey'as. n. /. {nials, French.] A young 
 
 huwk jull taken from the nell, not able 
 
 to prey for itfelf. Hanmer. 
 
 An iliery of children, little eyafes, that cry out. 
 
 Shakjpe.ne. 
 
 Ey'as MVSKET. n.f. A young unfledged 
 
 male hawk of the mufltet kind. Hanmer. 
 
 Here comes little Robin. — How now, my eyaf- 
 
 mtijkit; what news with you.> Shakfi'care. 
 
 EYE. n.f. obfolete plural fync, now f>-j-. 
 [au^a, Gothick ; oa^, Saxon ; oog, 
 Dutch; «, Scott i (11, plur. ecne.'\ _ 
 
 1. Tiie organ of vifiou ; the medium of 
 the fenfe of fight. 
 
 Good fir John, as yoa have one eye upon my 
 follies, turn another into the regiftcr of your own, 
 thati may pafbwitha reproof oif the calier. Shak. 
 
 Vouchfafe, bright moon, and thcfe thy flats to 
 fhme, 
 Thofe clouds remov'd, upon our watry eyne. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 Nor doth the eye itfelf, 
 That molt pure fpirit of fenfe, beh:)ld itfclf. 
 Not going from itielf ; but eyes oppofed, 
 S.ilute e:ich other with each other's form, Shak. 
 
 He kept him as the apple mf his eye. Deut. 
 
 As long looking againii the fun or fire hurteth 
 the !■)'( by riil.itation; f,- curious printiiij infiiiall 
 volumes, and lealing of fmall ittters, do hurt 
 the <\e liv cuntra.rtion. Bacon. 
 
 His awful piefence did the crowd furpriie, 
 Nor riuift the lalh fpeetatoi meet his eya; 
 F.;e< ti,ai coiifr(«'ri him I orn for kingly Iway, 
 So fierce, they flalh'cl intolerable d;.y. Dryden. 
 
 But furc the eve of time beholds no name 
 So blert as thine" in all the rolls of fame. ■ Fope. 
 
 2. Sight ; ocular knowledge. 
 
 Who hath bewitched you, that you fliould not 
 obey the trath, before wliofe eyes jefus Chrift 
 hath been evidently fet fjith? Gal. 
 
 3. Look ; countenance. 
 
 I'll fay yon grey is nut the morning's eye, 
 ■Tis hut the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow, iikak. 
 
 4. Front ; face. 
 
 To iui>ify this worthy nobleman. 
 Her Ihall you hear difpfoved to your eyes. Shnk. 
 y. A pofture of direft oppofition, where 
 one thing is in the fame line with an- 
 other. 
 
 Now pafs'd, on either fide they nimbly tack. 
 Both It-.ivc to inreiccptand guide the wind; 
 
 And in its rye mote c'.ofcly they come back. 
 To linilh all the deaths they left beliiud, V'ydcn. 
 
 EYE 
 
 fi. Afpeft ; regard. 
 
 Having an eye to a number of rites and orders 
 in the church of England, as marrying with the 
 ring; fundty church-olfices, dignities, and cal- 
 lings, for which they found no comni.uidmcnt in 
 the holy fctipturc, they thought by the oive only 
 ftroke of an axiom to have cut them otf. Hooker. 
 
 As ill Icripture a numb-r of laws, pattictilir 
 and pofitive, being in force, may not by any law 
 of man be violated; we aie, m making laws, to 
 have thereunto an efpecial rye. Hooker, 
 
 The man that is tender among yon, and very 
 delicate, his ry" Ihall not be evil towaid. his bro- 
 ther. • J^""- 
 
 He that hath a bountiful eye Ihall be blelfed. 
 
 Frcrjeriii. 
 
 None (hould be put into either of ihufe com- 
 " milfions, with a» eye of favour to tneir pcifons, to 
 give them countenance or reputation in the pla- 
 ces where they live. Bar'^n to l^illic:s. 
 
 Thefe are intrinfick difficulties ariling from the 
 text iifelf, as the uncertainty fometimcs who are 
 the perfuns he fpcaks to, or the cpinions or prac- 
 tices which he has in his eve. Locke, 
 
 Winds and hurricanes at land, tf mpefts and, 
 florms at fea, have always been looked upon with 
 as evil an fv<'as earthquakes, II oodiuard. 
 
 Several pel formanccs have been julily applauded 
 for their wit, which have been written with an fyi; 
 to this predominant humour of the town. A.ldif. 
 
 We were the moft obedient creatures in the 
 world, conftant to our duty, and K.ept a Itcady eyt 
 on the end for which we were lent hither. Spea. 
 
 In this difpofal of my filtci, 1 have had an eys 
 to her being a wit, and provided that the biide- 
 groom be a man of I'ound judgment. Taller. 
 
 Bookfellers mention with rcfpca the authors 
 they have printed, and coiife^iucntiy have an f)e 
 to their own .advantage. AUifon^ 
 
 7. Notice ; obfervatlon; vigilance ; watch. 
 
 Not fatished with our oath, he appointed a 
 band of horfemen to have an eye that we ihould 
 not go beyond appointed limits. Sidney. 
 
 Lawmakers muft have an eye to the place 
 wiiere, and to the men amonglt whom. Hooker. 
 
 His m.ijeliy hath caft his eyes upon you, as 
 finding you to be fuch as you iho.ild be, or hoping 
 to m.ilcc you to be fuch as lie would hjive yoii 
 to be. Baeon. 
 
 If the Englilh had driven the Irirti into the 
 open countries, wheie they might have an eye and 
 obfervatlon upon them, the Irifli had been eafily 
 kept in order. D-ivics on Irelun.l. 
 
 Spcnfer has followed bo'h Virgil and Thco- 
 crirus in the charms which he employs for curings 
 Britomartis of her love j but he hid alio our poet's 
 
 Ceiris in his eye. 
 
 Drydf 
 
 1 i y±.nii~ 
 
 Mifdoubt my eonftancy; and do not try; 
 But flay and ever keep me in your eye. Dry.leii. ■ 
 
 After this jealoufy he kept a ilricl eye upon him. 
 
 I.' Ejhangc, 
 
 This method of teaching children by a repealed 
 practice, under the ey and direilion of the tutor, 
 'till they have got the habit of doing well, has 
 many advantages. Locke, 
 
 3. Opinion formed by obfervation. 
 
 She told ner huibanri, Ihe defigncd lo be beau- 
 tiful in no body's eye but his. Sidney. 
 It hath, in their eye, no great affinity with the 
 foim of the church of Rome. Hi-jker, 
 
 Like one of two contending in a prize, 
 That thinks he hath done well in people's eyes, 
 
 Shakjpeare, 
 
 I was as far fiom meditating a war, as I was, 
 in the eye of tne world, horn having any prepara- 
 tions for on.-. k^'"S C/iarles. 
 
 Though he in all the people's eyes feem'd great. 
 Yet greatc: he .ippear'd in his retreat. Den/mm. 
 
 g. Sight ; view ; the place in which any 
 thing tnay be feen. 
 
 There Ihall he piaiflife tilts and tournaments, 
 Hear fwect difcourfc, converlc with noblemen; 
 And be, in eyt of every csercife, 
 Wort'iy his youth and iio!)!encfs of bir;h. SAoi, 
 
 10. Any thing formed likeun eye.
 
 EYE 
 
 ■We fee colours like tlie fv« of a ^kkooW. fea- 
 tl,er, by pr.ff.ng our eyes ot> either '^''''^^^^J^'^f 
 wc look the other way. _ JVfw««. 
 
 II. Any fmall perforation. .„ n „ ei,^ 
 
 This Ajax i.af„ot fo mnch w.t as *.l Sop the 
 y. of Helen's needle. fficZ' 
 
 ^ Does not on,- Saviour h.mfelf fpeak of the n 
 tolerable diffieuUy uhich they cai.fe >■ J"="^ 
 palT.,ge to h_-avcn > Do not they mal^e he n 
 Tow tay mueh narrower, and con.rafl the gate 
 :h^hlLdstol.fetothe«rei.htnefsofaneedles 
 
 -.12"^' A fmall catch Into which a hook goes. 
 ■ Thofe part, if they cohere 10 one another but 
 
 . ^by reft on^y, n,ay be much more e^f, ly d.ffocu ed 
 Tind rut into motion by any externa body, than 
 t eVcould he, if they were by httle hooks and 
 y.;, or other knrd of faftenings, entangled m on^e 
 another. 
 
 1^. Bud of a plant. 
 ^ Prune and cut otT all your ^me-moots to the 
 very root, fa ve one or two of the ftoutell:, to be 
 left witu three or four y« of y'>^,\'^;°^- 
 
 I+. A fmall fliade of colour. 
 
 The giound indeed is tawny. 
 
 -With a,r ,7r of green in't. ^•"'■*"7; 
 
 Red with an yr of blue makes a purple. Bo^U. 
 
 ic. Power of perception. 
 
 The fV" of vour underllandnig beuig enl.ght- 
 
 '"Aqift doth blind the .->'! of the wife. Di'^t. 
 
 To EvE.t^.a. [from the noun.] To watch; 
 
 to keep in view ; to oblcrve ; to look 011 ; 
 
 toffazeon. ., , , , 
 
 When they are laid in garrifon, they may bet- 
 ter hide their defaults than when they are m eamp, 
 where they aie continually y^^./ and nuted of a J 
 
 TuU many a lady 
 rve eyi with bell regard _ Shakf^eare. 
 
 The kitchen malkin pms 
 Her richeft lockram 'bout her reeky neck 
 Clamb'ring the walls to O'e him. .^hakfj,e^rc. 
 
 Bid the cheek be ready with a blulh, 
 Modert as morning, when (he coldly eye- 
 The youthful Pheebns. Slu^kfftarc. 
 
 Bold deed thou hallprefum d, advent rou>bye, 
 And peril g.eat provok'd, who thus hath dar d, 
 Had it been only coveting Xoryi 
 That faered fruit. AW/o-A P<"-«<f'/^ Loft 
 
 Such a ftory as thebafililk is that of tne wolf, 
 concerning priority of vif.on, th.it a man becomes 
 ho"ri-e and dumb: if the wolf have the adva,,- 
 tage firft to e,c him. Br'-ru,,. 
 
 It was needful for the hare perpetually to ije 
 her purfuing enemy. ^ . , ^ , ^ . " '""' 
 
 Then gave it to his faithful fqunc. 
 With leffons how t' obferic and eye her. t!u^.:b. 
 
 £,r nature's walks, Ihoot folly as it flics, 
 And catch the manners living as they rife. J ope. 
 
 Have a box when eunuchs fing, 
 And foremoll in the circle eye a king. f^Pe. 
 
 2b EYE. f. n. To appear; to (now j to 
 bear an appearance. Not ufcd. 
 
 Forgive me, 
 Since my becomings kill me when they do not 
 iy. well to you. f/f/^"','" 
 
 Ev'EBALL. «./. lO'^ and W/.] The 
 apple of the eye ; the piiinl. 
 
 Be fubjeft to no fight but mine ; mvifible 
 To every 0'r/«//€lfe. Shakfi,ea,c. 
 
 I feel my hair grow ftiff, my eyeb.,.. rowl ; 
 This is the only form could (liake my foul. V'y. 
 
 Nut when a gilt buftefs lefleaed pride 
 Turns you f.om found philofophy afide, 
 Kot whr-n from plate to plate your eyehezll. xo\\, 
 And the brain dances to the rnEnthng bowl. Ufe. 
 EVKBRIGHT. n.f. [euphrqf,a,\.^im._, A 
 
 plant, called by Milton ef/jrafy. 
 Ev'BnKOW. n.f. [o'''andi«.f.J The 
 ha! I y arch over the eye. 
 The lover, 
 Si,,.n,lUcea<u:nr.e wi^^-f^-lMliul^.^^^^ 
 iladc tu his milliels ryelirojf. -^ jt 
 
 EYE 
 
 On tire feventh d ly he lliall (liave Ml his hair off 
 his he.td, his beard, and hi^ iydnw. Lci . 
 
 Above ftand the y tlrowj, to keep any tl,uig 
 from running down upon tiie eyes ; as drops of 
 fweat from the fuiehead, or duft. R^y- 
 
 The balls of his broad eyes roU'd in his head, 
 And glar'd betwixt a.yellow and a red; _ 
 He look'd a lion with a gloomy ftarc, 
 And o'er his eycam"! hung his matted hair. 
 
 D'yk". 
 
 Eyed. aJj. [froiti eye.] Having eyes: 
 ufed in compofilion. 
 
 Some reliiiues of the true antiquity, 
 Though disfigured, a wcll-.7tJmaa 
 May happily difcover. Sftifer. 
 
 I'll nut bo made a foft and duU-fycrffool, 
 To (hake t!>e head, relent, and figh, and yield 
 TochriftianintercclTors. HJuikfi'rure. 
 
 Ey'kdrop. n.f. [_eye and drop.] Tear. 
 That tyranny which never qu.^ft but blood, 
 ■Would, by beholding him, have walh'd his kiule 
 With gentle eyedrops. Sr.akipc^re. 
 
 Eyeglance. n./. [eye &ni stance.} 
 Qtiick Eotice of the eye. 
 
 His countenance was bold, and battled not 
 For Guyon's looks ; but fcornful cy ;i;.'..«'-' nt him 
 
 (hot. r^'-'y Q."""- 
 
 Ey'eglass. «. ./: [o'candy^/}.] ^ptc- 
 tacles ; glafs to affill the light. 
 
 Ha' you not feen Canvillo ? 
 But that's paft doubt you have ; or your ey:gl''p 
 Is thicker than a cuckold's horn. Shjkfpeare. 
 By comparing itwitha good perfpeftive o I four 
 foot in length, made with a concave cy%l"P, 1 
 could read at a greater dillance with my own in- 
 ftrumcnt than with the glafs. Neivton. 
 
 Ey'elash. n.f. [eyanAlafi.] The hne 
 
 of hair that edges the eyelid. 
 Ey'eless. adj. [fromo'f-3 Wanting eyes; 
 fightlefs ; deprived of fight. 
 
 A proclaim'd prize! moft happy . 
 That eyclcf! head of thine was firft tr.im d ficlh 
 To raife my fortunes. Sk^Jpeare. 
 
 Promife was, that I 
 Should Ifrael from Philiflian yoke deliver: 
 Alk for this great deliverer now, and find him 
 EyeUfi in Gaza, at the mill with Haves. Mill'."- 
 
 Penthcus durft deride 
 The cheated people, and the eyelefs guide. ^-LlJij. 
 
 Meonldes, 
 Poor eyehjs pilgrim. i''"-^'P'- 
 
 Cyclop, if any pitying thy difgrace, 
 Alk who disfigur'd thus that cyehjs face. rope. 
 Ey'ele.t. «./. [irillet, French, a little 
 eye.] A hole through which light may 
 enter ; any fmall perforation for a lace 
 to go through. 
 
 Slitting the back and fingers of a glove, 1 
 made eyeJel holes to draw it clofe. JF-fonw. 
 
 Ey'elsd. «. /. [O"^ ""'I ''"^-^ The mem- 
 brane that fliuts over the eye. 
 
 Mark when (lie fmilcs with amiable cheer, 
 And tell me whereto can ye liken it! 
 When on each ei'elid fwcetly do appear 
 An hundred graces as in (hade tu fit. Spe'^er 
 On my fv.*'i is the Ihadow.of death. fob. 
 
 Fetch me that flower; the herb I Ihcw'd thee 
 once; 
 The juice of it, on flee.ping eyelidsUtd, . 
 
 Will make or roan or woman madly doat 
 Upon the next live creature that it fees. S/ia^J. 
 The Turks have a black powder, made of a 
 mineral called alcohol, which with a hne long 
 pencil ihey lr,y unJer their eyel.M, which do.h 
 colour black, whcreuy the white ^f the eye is 
 fet off more white. iliieon. 
 
 At length, the crackling noife and dreadful blaze 
 Caird up fome waking lover to the fight; 
 And long it was eic he the left could railc, ^ 
 Whofe heavy eyei.M yet were full of night. 
 
 Eyese'ilv.vnt. n. f. .{eye and >W.] 
 A fervani that works only wlule watched. 
 
 EYE 
 
 Eyese'rvice. «. /. [eye and fervlct-l 
 
 Service performed only under Iiifpeftion. 
 
 Seivants obey in all things your maifeis; not 
 
 with evffervice as men-pleafcrs, but in finglenefs 
 
 of heart. ^. '^°'- 
 
 Ey'eshot.' n.f [ye and^yjo/.] Sight; 
 glance ; view. 
 
 1 nuift not think o'f (baring the booty before I 
 
 am free from danger, and out of eyeji-jt from the 
 
 other windows. Dryirn. 
 
 I have prcfervcd many a young man from her 
 
 eycjiiot by this me.ans. SpeSIator, 
 
 Ey'esight. n.f. [eye andTig/;/.] Sight 
 
 of the eye. 
 
 The L.ird h.ith recompenfed me according t» 
 my cleannefs in his eyefight. t Sum. 
 
 Methinks I fee thee, now thou art below, 
 As one dead in the bottom of a tomb ; 
 Either my cyejight fails, or thou look'ilpale. 
 
 Shcikjpdire. 
 Though fight be loft. 
 Life yet bath many folaecs, enjoy'd 
 Where other fenfes want not their delights, 
 At home in leifure and domelHck cafe. 
 Exempt from many a care and chance, to which 
 Eyefight expufes daily men aluoad. Mihon. 
 
 Jnfepiius fees this drtvn fiom his own eyefight, 
 being himfelf a chief cajitain at the fiegc of Js- 
 oata, where thefe events happened. 
 '^ mm,n Math. Magick. 
 
 He blinds the wife, gives eyefight to the blind. 
 And molds and (lamps anew the lovei's mind. 
 
 Dry lien. 
 
 Ey'esore. n.f. [eye d.ni /ore.'\ Some- 
 thing offenlive to the fight. 
 
 Haih the church of Chrift, from the firft be- 
 ginning, by a [ecret univcrfal iiiliinift of God's 
 good (pirit, always tied itfelf to end neither fer- 
 mon, nor almoft any fpecch of moment, which 
 hath concerned matters of God, without foma 
 fnecia! words of honour and gloiy to the Trinity, 
 which we all adore ; and is the like conclnfion of 
 pfjiins become now, at length, an eyefre, or .1 
 "ailing to the ears that hear it.' Ihoket. 
 
 Fy, doff this habit ; (hame to your cftate. 
 And cycjore tu our folemn feftival. Shtkjpeurf, 
 
 As fson as the two lords came thither they co- 
 vered, to the trouble of the other ; but having 
 prefenlly to fpeak., they were quickly freed from 
 
 that eycjore: ^'"rf/f ' 
 
 Murdecai was an eyeforc to Haman.^ 1, tjtr. 
 He 's the bcfl piece of man's 9e(h in the mar- 
 ket ; not an cv./ore in his whole body. Dryilen. 
 Eyes'po'tted. adj. [eye and//^/.] Marked 
 with fpots like eycs. 
 
 Nor Juno's bird, in her eyefpottalxriia., 
 So many goodly colours doth contain. Sfcufer. 
 Eye'string. n.f. [eye :in6.Jlnng.'\ The 
 firing of the eye; the tendon by which 
 the eye is moved. 
 I wouUI have broke mine ey.fiyi'igi ; crackt 
 tlierj, but 
 To look upon him. Shakfpeare's C.ymhlUne. 
 
 To know whether the (heep are found or not, 
 fee that their gums be red and the eyefiiingi ruddy. 
 
 MtrtiiKti. 
 
 Ey'etooth. n.f. [eye -mi. tooth. '^ Tlic 
 ■tooth In the upper jaw next on each fide 
 to the grinders ; the fang. 
 
 The next tooth on each (idc ftrongcr and 
 deeper rooted, and more pointed, called canini, 
 in En^illi eyeteith, to tear the more tough fort 
 of aliments. ■ Ruy on the Ceatkn. 
 
 Ev'ewink. n.f. [eye and wink.] A 
 wink, as a hint or token. 
 
 They would have won any woman's hear; ; 
 
 and, 1 warrant you, they could never g* an cyc- 
 
 ^vi;k of her. Shakifenre 
 
 Eyewi'tness. n.f. [eye and ivittiefs.] 
 
 An ocular evidence ; one vvlio gives 
 
 teftlmony to ffifts feen with his own eyes. 
 
 We rn.ide known unto you the power and 
 
 coming of our Lord Jcfus ChiiH, and were eyc- 
 
 •witiKjJei of his majelfy. i i ''"■•
 
 E Y R 
 
 To meet him all his faint?, who filcnt ftood 
 T.yiwitnrgc!. of his alraiglity adts. 
 With jiibilei advanc'd. M. lion's Pa'. Lojl. 
 
 The curious, hy ln\ ing together circumftances, 
 attefl-itions, and chaiaiiers of thofc wl.o nre cim- 
 ter 111 in ihcm, citlici receive or iiicfl whi: at 
 jirli hut eyciuitneffis could abfolutciy believe or 
 difbelicvc. Addison on the Ckrijiian Rtlrgion. 
 
 Eyrb- n.f. [eyre, French ; iur, Latin.] 
 The court of juiliccs itinerants; and jufticcs in 
 
 E y R 
 
 eyre are thofe only, which BraBon in many places 
 calls jttfiiciarioi itincrantf}. The eyre aifo of the 
 forcH is nothing but the juftice-fcat, dtherwifc 
 c.illed ; which is, or fhould, by ancient cuftom, 
 be held every three years by the jufticcs of the fo- 
 rcft, journeying up and down to that purpofc. 
 
 Coivell. 
 
 Ey'ry. n.f. [from ^-j? an egg.] Theplace 
 wliere birds of prey build their nefts and 
 hatch. 
 
 E Y R 
 
 But I was bom fo high. 
 Our lyrle buildcth in the cedars tup, 
 And dallies with the wind, and fcurns the fun. 
 
 Shukjfeat c' i Richard Iir. 
 
 The eagle, and the ftork, 
 On cliffs and cedar-tops their tyria build. Milton, 
 
 Some haggard hawk, who had her e^ry nigh, 
 Wcllpoanc'd to fallen, and well wing'd to flv. 
 
 O'ylen. 
 
 FAB 
 
 FA confonant generally reckoned by 
 ) authors, and admitted by Scu/iger, 
 among the femi-vowels, and according to 
 that opinion dillingulfhed in tht; enume- 
 ration of the alphabet by a name be- 
 ginning with a vowel, which yet has lo 
 far the nature of a mute, that it iseafily 
 pronounced before a liquid in the fame 
 fyllable. It has in Englifh an invariable 
 found, formed by compreffion of the 
 whole lips and a forcible breath. Its 
 kindred letter is V, which, in the 
 lilandick alphabet, is only diilinguifhed 
 from it by a point in the body of the 
 letter. 
 
 Faba'ceus. aJJ. [faiaceus, Lat.] Hav- 
 ing the nature of a bean. Did. 
 
 FA'BLE. n.f. [ fui/e, 'Prench ; fji:i/a, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. A feigned ftoiy intended to enforce 
 fome moral precept. 
 
 Jotham'sy«^/c of the trees is the oldcft extant, 
 and as beautiful as any made (ince, ..^ddijtjr.. 
 
 2. A fiftion in general. 
 
 Triptolemus, lo fong the nine, 
 Strcw'd plenty from liiscait divine; 
 Hut, fpite of all thofc /•iWc-mik.ers, 
 He never fuw'd on Almaign acres. D'ydri. 
 
 P.iliadius coming to die t'oniewherc in the mirth 
 part of Eiiiain, may f^om to give fomc kind of 
 countenance to thofc /rti/fi that nuke him to nave 
 lived many years among the Scots. LUyJ. 
 
 3. A vitioiis or foolllh fittion. 
 
 But rcfufe profane and eld wives/ji/fi. 
 
 I Timothy. 
 
 4. The feries or contexture of events 
 which conllitute a poem epick or 
 dramatick. 
 
 The moial it the firH bufinefs of the poet: 
 this beiiii; formed, he contrives fuch a defign or 
 fatle as may be mod fuitabie to the moral. 
 
 ' Diydln's D:if':-Jnf,y. 
 
 The 6rrt thing to he confidcrcd in an ep.ck 
 poem is they.iA/r, which is pcrfcfl or imperfedl, 
 according as the ;u£lion, which it relates, K more 
 orlcfsfo. -'IJdifin's Sf:tei:i!cr. 
 
 5. A lie ; a vitiotis falfcliood. 1 bia fenfc 
 is merely familiar. 
 
 FA B 
 
 It would look like a fable to report that thii 
 gentleman gives away a great fortune by fecret 
 methods. Addifan. 
 
 To Fa'ble. •o.n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. Tofeign; to write not truth but fiiflion. 
 
 That Saturn's fons rcceiv'd the three-fold reign 
 O.'' heav'n, of ocean, and deep heil beneath, 
 Old poets mcnXxQn fabling. Prior, 
 
 Vain now the tales which /uiZ/a^ poets tell, 
 That irav'ring conqueft (fill defiles to rove ! 
 
 In Marlbro's camp the goddefs knows to dwell. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 2. To tell falfehoods ; to lie : a familiar ufe. 
 
 He faltiti not : I hear the enemy. Sh.itfp. 
 
 To Fa'ble. v. a. To feign ; to tellfalfely. 
 We mean to win, 
 Or turn this heaven itfelf into the hell 
 T\\oafM-fl. Milton's Par. Lojl. 
 
 Ladies of th' Hefperidcs, they feem'd 
 F.Tirer than fcign'd of old, ot fabl'd fincc 
 Of fairy damfcls met in forcf} wide. 
 By knigiits. Milton's Parndift Loft. 
 
 Fa'bi.ed. aJji [(romfable.'\ Celebrated 
 in fables. 
 H.iil, /<././<■(/ grotto' hail, Elyfianfoil! 
 ^Tnou f.iTcll fpot of fair Britan'nin's illc ' Ticiel. 
 f.».'BLER. n.f. [from /ji/c] A dealer 
 
 in fiction ; a writer of feigned llorics. 
 To FA'BRICATE. -v.a. [fubncor,'Li.l.-\ 
 
 1. To build ; to conftrucl. 
 
 2. To forge ; to devife falfely. This fenfe 
 is retained among the Scottiili lawyers ; 
 fir when they fufpedl a paper to be 
 forged, they fay it \% fabricated. 
 
 FAniiicA'Tio;*. n.f. [hoKn fabricate.'] 
 The aft of building ; codlruClion. 
 
 Thhf<ih7ic.ilio.i of the human body is the im- 
 mediate work of a vital principle, that foimeth 
 the firft rudiments of the human nature. 
 
 Halt's Or gin of Mankind. 
 
 Fa 'brick, ti.f. [fabrica, Latin.] 
 
 1. A building ; an edifice. 
 
 There nnilt be an exquifite care to place the 
 columns, fet in fcveral Hones, moll precifcly one 
 over another, that fo the folid may anfwer to the 
 lolid, and the vacuities to the vacuities, as well 
 for bejuty as fticngth of the J.^'inri. H'ott'^n. 
 
 2. Any fyllem or compagcs of matter; 
 any body formed by the conjunftion of 
 diiliraiiar parts. 
 
 F A C 
 
 Still will ye think it flrarge, 
 That all the parts of this great/jo;/ci change ; 
 Quit their old ftation and primeval frame. Prior. 
 To Fa'brick. -v. a. [from the n 'in.] 
 To build ; to form ; to conllruct. 
 
 Shew what laws of life 
 The cheefe inhabitants oblcrvc, and how 
 Patrick their manfions, Piilipr, 
 
 Fa'bvlist. n.f. [fabu/i^e, French.] A 
 writer of fables. 
 
 Quilting Aiiop and the faluUfls, he copies 
 Boccace. Coxal. 
 
 Our bard ' s, -a. fahulift , and deals in fiflion, 
 
 G.irrick. 
 
 Fa^ulo'sity. n.f. {falitlrfitjs, Latin.] 
 i: ulnefs of feigned llories ; fabulous in- 
 vention. 
 
 In their fabutoftty they report, that they had 
 
 obferv.rtiuns for twenty thoufand ycirs. Mbot. 
 
 Fa'bulous. adj. [fubulofus, Latin. J i 
 
 Feigned ; full of fables, or invented tales. 
 
 A perfon tcnihcd with the imagination of 
 
 fpeflres, is more rcafonabic than one who thinks 
 
 the appearance of fpijits /.ji«.'c;/i and grouiidlcfs. 
 
 Addifon's Spcclanr. 
 
 Ta'svlovslv. adv. [Uom fabulous .] In 
 fiftion; in a fabulous manner. 
 
 There aicmany tliings/.iA-,/c/<y^ deli\cred, and 
 are not to be accepted as truths. Bro-.m. 
 
 FACE. n.f. [face, Fiencli, hovafaciesy 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The vifage. 
 
 ^ The clulrticn of Ifrjcl fjw the face of Mofes, 
 that the Ikin of Mofes's/utv (hone. Exod. 
 
 A mail fhall keficis, which, if you examine 
 them pait by pait, you fhall never find good; but ' 
 take thcni together, are not uncomely. Jfacta, - 
 
 From beauty Hill to brauty ranging, 
 In every face I found a dart. Adaipn's Spe^i 
 
 2. Countenance ; call of the features ; 
 look ; air of the face. 
 
 Kitk'dout, we fct llic bcft/jr.-on't wc could. 
 Diyden's i'.rgil, 
 
 Sciz'd and ty'd down to judge, how wretched I ! 
 Who can't be lilcni, r,nd wno will not lye: 
 To laugh, weie want of goodncfs and of graces 
 And to begia\c, exceeds .ill jKjwet ol/uc^. Po^e. 
 
 3. The lu.'-facc of any thing. 
 
 A milt wa'.tied the whole _/</« of the ground. 
 
 '^enefti.
 
 F A C 
 
 4. The front or forepart of any tiling. 
 
 The bieadtU of the/ucf of the houfc, towards 
 tlic Eart, was an hundred o^ibits, lizcku-!. 
 
 5. Vifible Hate of affairs. 
 
 He look'd, and law tv.c f^cc of things quite 
 ciiang'd, 
 Tlic bi.izcn throat of war had ceas'd to roar; 
 All now wjs tuni'd to jollity .ind game, 
 To liiMiry rrnd riot, feall and dance. MiUon. 
 
 This would produce a new f.icc of things in 
 Europe. j^diiiym. 
 
 6. Appearance; refemblancc ; look. 
 
 Keep ftiU your former/nrf, and mix again 
 With thcic loll Ipirits; run all their ma-ics with 
 
 'em ; 
 Tor fucii arc treafons. Ben Jonfon. 
 
 At th.e fivlt Ihock, with blood and powdci' 
 (lain'd, 
 Kor heav'n, nor fea, their former/ii« rctain'd ; 
 Vaty and art produce etfeils fo ftrange. 
 They trouble nature, and her vilage change. 
 
 /;-j//fr. 
 His dialogue has fo much Khc facs of probabi- 
 lity, that I'ome have miftaken it for a real con- 
 ference. . Baker, 
 
 7. Prefence ; fight ; ftate of confrontation. 
 
 Ye (liifU gl\e her unto Eleazar, and one (hall 
 flay Ikt before his /iiCL'. Numbers. 
 
 Jov2 cannot feai' ; then tell me to my fact-, 
 That I uf all the gods am Icali in grace. Diyden. 
 
 S. Confidence ; boldnefs ; freedom from 
 baflifuIiiL'fs or confufion. 
 
 They're thinking, by his face, 
 To fallen in our thoughts that they have courage ; 
 JBut 'tis not fo. Shaklpcarc's fn/ius Cifar. 
 
 How many things are there which a man cannot 
 wi'li any fate or conielinefs, fay or do himfeU" } 
 A man can fc.arcc allege his own merits with niu- 
 dcrty, much lefs extol them ; a man cannot fomc- 
 times brook, to t'upplicate or beg. Bacon. 
 
 You'll find the thing will not be done 
 With ignorance and fuc^' alone. Huiiihras. 
 
 You, l.iys the judge to the wolf, have the face 
 to cliallengc thfit which you never loll" ; and you, 
 ■{ays he to the '{c\., have the confidence to deny 
 that which you havefiolen. L'EjIrange. 
 
 This is the man that has the face to charge 
 others with falfe citations. Tillotfiu. 
 
 g. Dillorlion of the face. 
 Shame itl'clf! 
 , Why do you make Inch y^ri-i .-' Shakfpeare. 
 
 Face /oFace. [An adverbial expreffion.] 
 I. When both parties are prcfent. 
 
 It is nut the manner ol the Romans to deliver 
 any man to die, before that he which is accuftd 
 have his accurcrsy.;rc tc face. .Af^s, 
 
 a. Nakedly ; without the interpofition of 
 other bodies. 
 
 Now wc fee through a glafs darkly; but then 
 face to face. I C^r. 
 
 To F.ACE. i>. n. [from the noun.] 
 I. To carry a falfe appearance ; to play 
 the hypocrite. 
 
 Thau needs rr.uft learn to laugh, to lye. 
 To face to forge, to feoff, to company. Huh. Tale. 
 -2. To turn the face ; to come in front. 
 
 Fac. about, man; a foldier, and afiaid of the 
 enemy 1 Dry.lcn. 
 
 Then tlk-ice the mounted Iquadrons ride around 
 
 The fire, and Areitc's name they thrice rclound 
 
 Hail and farewell they fhouted thrice amain, 
 
 Thrice/jang to tiie left, and thence they turn'd 
 
 •igiin. Dryden. 
 
 To Face. -v. a. 
 
 1 . To meet in front ; to oppofe with con- 
 fidence and firmnefs. 
 
 ril/.irf 
 .Ihistenjpcft, and defcrvethe name of king. 
 
 I>r-,din. 
 We-get intelligence nf the force of the enemy, 
 2nd cart about for a fufficient number of troops 
 Xojaic Che enemy in tiie Jicid of battle, 
 
 A.idiji-i! Qu the War. 
 
 F ^. C 
 
 They are as loth to fee the fires kindled !n 
 Smithficld as his loidlhip ; and, at leaft, as rea- 
 dy to face them under a popiHi pciiccutinn. 
 
 Siuft. 
 
 2. To oppofe with impudence : commonly 
 with down. 
 
 AVe trcpan'd the ftate, nndfac*d it dtiwft 
 With plots and proje(£ts of our own. Hudibras. 
 
 Bccaufc he walk'd ag.iind his will, 
 Htfac'd men d^wn that he Hood llill. Prior. 
 
 3. To ftand oppofite to. 
 
 On one fide is the head of the emperor Trajan ; 
 the revcrfe has on it the Circus Maximus, and a 
 view of the fide of the Palatine mountain that 
 facci il. .'Jddfiri on I.'a/y. 
 
 Tlie temple is defcribed fquare, and the four 
 fronts with ortcn gates, facing the different quar- 
 ters or the world. Pope. 
 
 4. To cover with an additional fuperficies ; 
 to inveft with a covering. 
 
 Tiie fortification of Soleurre is faced with 
 marble. Addifin. 
 
 Where your old b.ink is hollow, fare it with 
 the firft Ipit of earth that you dig out of the 
 di:ch. MorCimer^ JJuJhandry. 
 
 Fa 'c EL ESS. adj. [from face.'\ Being 
 vpithout a face. Bailey. 
 
 Facep ai'nter. n. f. \_f ace z.-aA painter. '\ 
 A drawer of portraits ; a painter who 
 draws from the life. 
 
 Facepa'inting. n. f. \^face and paint- 
 iiig.~\ The art of drawing portraits. 
 
 Gcorgione, the cotcmporary of Titian, excelled 
 in portraits or faccpainting. Dryden. 
 
 Fa'cet. n.f. [facetie, French.] A fmall 
 furface ; a fuperficies cut into feveral 
 angles. 
 
 Honour that is gained and broken upon ano- 
 ther, hath the quickcft refleftion, like diamonds 
 cut wilh/'Jr(7i. Bacon. 
 
 FACETIOUS. ae/J. [facelieux, French ; 
 facdics, Latin.] Gay ; cheerful ; lively ; 
 merry ; witty. It is ufed both of pcr- 
 fons and fentiments. 
 
 Socrates, infoianed of fome derogating fpeechcs 
 
 ufed of him behind his back, made this /'.i<-c/ra/i 
 
 reply, Let him beat me too when I am abfent. 
 
 Government of ihe 'Tons^itc. 
 
 Fa?e'tiously. adv. [from facelioiis.'] 
 
 Gayly ; cheerfully ; wittily ; merrily. 
 
 Face'tiousness. n.f. \_hom facetious.'] 
 
 Cheerful wit ; mirth ; gayety. 
 Fa'cile. adj. [facile, Fr. facilis, Lat.] 
 
 1. Eafy ; not difficult ; performable or 
 attainable with little labour. 
 
 Then alio thofc poets, which are now counled 
 ir.oft haid, will be both facile and pkafant. 
 
 Millor. on Kducition. 
 
 To confine the imagination is as facile a per- 
 formance as the Goteh.?m's dcfign of hedging in 
 the cuckoo. Gliinndlle. 
 
 By dividing it into parts fo dillin£), the order 
 in which they (hall find each difpofed, will render 
 the vjarV. facile atid deliglrtful. Fi'clyn'i Kal. 
 
 This may at firft feem perplexed with many 
 diificultics, yet manv things may be I'uggcltcH to 
 make it niore/<ic//f and commodious. IT'llkim. 
 
 2. Eafily furmountable; eafily conquerable. 
 
 The/rtf/Zf gates of hell too lligluly barr'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 jk Eafy of nccefs or converfe ; not haugh- 
 ty ; not fupercilious ; not auftere. 
 
 I meant Ihe Ihould be courteous, facile, fwcet. 
 Hating that folemn vice of greatnefs, pride, 
 
 I mcatvt cacii foftert virtue there Ihould racer, 
 Fit in that fofter bol'om to rcfide. Ben fonfcn. 
 
 Raphael now, to .A.dam'5 doubt propos'd, 
 Benevolent and/i;c;Vf, thus rcply'd. Milton. 
 
 4. l^liant ; flexible; eafily perfuaded to 
 good or bad ^ duciile to a fault. 
 
 FAC 
 
 Too facile then, thou didft not much gainfay ; 
 Nay, didft permit, approve, and fair difmifs. 
 
 Millon, 
 
 Since Adam, and his/jc/c confort Eve 
 Loll Paradife, decciv'd foy me. Millan, 
 
 Some men are ot th3t facile temper, that thcf 
 are wrought upon by evciy objcfl they converfe 
 with, whom any aft'eflionatc difcourfc, or ferious 
 fcrmon, or any notable accident, fliall put into 
 a fit of religion, which yet ufually lafls no longer 
 than till lomewhat tKe comes in their way. 
 
 Cafamy. 
 
 To Faci'litate. v. a. [facililer, Fr.] 
 To make eafy ; to free from difficulty ; 
 to clear from impediments. 
 
 Clioice of the likclieft and heft prepared metal 
 for the vcrfion wWfaciliTaie the -work. Baem, 
 
 They renewed their affault two or three days 
 together, and planted canon to facilitate their 
 paliage, which did little hurt; but they ftill loft 
 many men in the attempt. Clarendon. 
 
 Though perfpcflive cannot he called a certain 
 rule of piflurc, yet it is a gicat fuccour and relief 
 to art, AnAfacilitaiei the ra«ans of cxecu'iun. 
 
 Dtyden^i Dufrefr.oy^ 
 
 What produceth a due quantity of animal 
 fpirits, neccffarily/aa7//fl/f 5 the animal and natu- 
 ral motions. Arluihnot on Diet, 
 
 A war on the fide of Italy would eaufe a great 
 divcrfion of the French forces, zni facilitate the 
 progrcfs of our arms in Spain. Swift, 
 
 Faci'lity. n.f. \_faciHte, French ; /<?rt'- 
 iitas, Latin.] 
 
 1. Eafinefs to be performed; frecdora 
 from difficulty. 
 
 Yet rcal'on faith, reafon (hould have ability 
 To hold thefc worldly things in fuch proportion, 
 As let them come or go with evcnfacility. Sidney. 
 
 Piety could not be diveitcd from this to a nioic 
 commodious bufinefs by any motives of ptofit or • 
 facility, Raleigk. 
 
 A war upon the Turks is more worthy than 
 upon any other gentiles, both in point of religion 
 and in point of honour; though yi^r/V/V)' and hope 
 of fucccfs might invite fome other choice. Bacon, 
 
 2. Rcadinefs in performing ; dexterity. 
 They who have ftudied ha\e not only learned 
 
 many excellent things, but alio have acquired a 
 great facility of profiting thenifclves by reading 
 good authors. Dryden^s Diifrefncy. 
 
 Thefacilitv which we get of doing things, by a 
 cullom of doing, makes them often pats in us 
 without our notice. Lccke. 
 
 3. Vitious duftility; eafinefs to be per- 
 fuaded to good or bad; ready com- 
 pliance. 
 
 Facility is worfc than bribery ; for bribes come 
 now and then : but if importunity or iillc rcfpe^s 
 Ic.id a man, he Ihall never be without them. 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 'Tis a great error to rake ficility for good-na- 
 ture ; tenderncfs without difcretion,*is no belter 
 than a more pardonable folly. UF-JIrange, 
 
 4. Eafinefs of accefs ; complaifance ; con- 
 defcenfior. ; affability. 
 
 He opens and yields himfelf to the man of bu- 
 finefs with dilficulty and reluftancy; but offers 
 himfelf to th.c vifits of a friend vt\r.h facility, and 
 all the meeting rcadinefs of appetite and dtfirc. 
 
 South, 
 
 Facine'rioos. adj. [[corrupted hy Shak- 
 fpeare homfncinorous ; facinu:, facinoris, 
 Latin.] Wicked; facinorous. 
 
 *Tis itrange, 'tis very fttange, that is the brief 
 and the tedious of it ; and he 's of a moHfacine* 
 lious Ipirit that v^'ill not acknowledge it. Shalfp, 
 
 Fa'cing. n.f. [Worn To face.^ An or- 
 namental covering ; that which is put 
 on the outfide of any thing by way of 
 
 decoration. 
 
 Thcfe offices and dignities were but the facings 
 and fringes of his greatnefs. Hittcit,
 
 F A C 
 
 FACINOROUS. aJj. [fuihwra, I.nt.j 
 Wicked ; atrocious ; dctcftablj- bad. 
 
 Faci'norousness. n. /. [ivtym farino- 
 rous.'\ WickcdiK-fs in a high dtgrcc. 
 
 Fact. ti.f. [faclmn, I^atin.] 
 
 1. A thing done; an tffcft produced; 
 fometliing not baicly fuppofcd or i'nl'- 
 pcdted, hat really done. 
 
 In matter o! f.icl they fay there is fomc crcdi; 
 to be given to the tcftimoiiy of man; but nut m 
 matter ol opinion and jiittgnicnt : \vc fee the con- 
 ti.ary both acknowledged and univcrfally piaflifed 
 all Iliroughout the world. - IhoUi. 
 
 As men arc not to miliake the caofcs of thcfi- 
 operations, fc much Ids arc they to mifiakc the 
 /.i(7 or qH'cH, ar:d ralhly to take that for dojic 
 wliicli is not done. Buon. 
 
 Thofe'eft>(?)s wiiich are wrought by tlic pcr- 
 cuflion of the fcnfc, and by tilings in fufi, are 
 produced liivcwife in fomc degree liv the imagina- 
 tion : thcitforc if a man fee .mother e^it f >ur oi 
 acid things, which fct the tectli on edge, that ol)- 
 jc£t tainteth the imagination. Bacon. 
 
 Matter of /n(3 breaks out and I1la7.es with too 
 great an evidence to be denied. Soiit/i's Scniwis. 
 
 2. Reality; not fuppolition ; not fpecu- 
 latiou. 
 
 If this were true Infufl, I do no" fee any co- 
 lour fur fuch a conclufioA. .tiddifii:. 
 
 Manifold fuis, though in fpeculation tliey may 
 be fcparubk tVom war, in reality and faB never 
 f.iil to attend It. SmalriJge. 
 
 3. Adlion ; deed. 
 
 Unhappy man! to break the pious laws 
 Of nature, pleading in his children's caufe : 
 Howc'cr tlic doubt/ ul/'<ji9 is underftood, 
 'Tis love of honour and his country's good ; 
 The conful, not the father, Iheds the blood. 
 
 Dtjd;n. 
 FA'CTJON. n.f. [faaloii, Yxxnc\i;facrw, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1, A party in a ftate. 
 
 The queen is \'alucd thirty rhoufand ftrong ; 
 If Ibe hath time to brc.ithe, be well alTur'd 
 Hcr/./L?/c'; will be full as IhuMg as uurs S'lakjp. 
 
 He has been known to commit outrages. 
 And cherini/jff^^ij. S/ialfpeiin's Timon. 
 
 By one of Simun's_/<i<7/5« murders were com- 
 mitted. M,ic. 
 
 By the weight of reafon I fliould countcrpoifc 
 the overbalancing of any /u^;o/;i. K. C/utrlci. 
 
 2. Tumult; difcord ; difi'enfion. 
 
 They remained at Ncwbcry in great fuHhn 
 among thcmrelvcs. Ctnundijn. 
 
 Fa'ction.'^rv. n. f. [facHonaire, Fr.] 
 One of a fa£lion ; a party man. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 Pr'ythec, fellow, remember my name is Me- 
 nenius; A^;a)'s faiJionaiy of the party of your 
 gencial. S/uiifpearc's Cerio/urMS. 
 
 Fa'ctious. a^J. [ftidieiix, French.] 
 
 1. Given to fatftion ; loud and violent in 
 a party ; publickly difTcntious ; addicted 
 to form parties and raife publick dif- 
 turbances. 
 
 He is a traitor : let him to the Tower, 
 And crop away tiiaty.ji5//>3ai pate of his. 
 
 S'iui^fpture's [ferny vr. 
 Be faiiitui for redrefs of all thefe griefs. 
 
 2. Proceeding from pulah'ck diflenfions ; 
 tending to publick difcord. ' 
 
 Crcy-headed men and grave, with warriors 
 mi.\'d, 
 AflTemblc ; and harangues are heard ; but foon 
 Xn/nHfius oppofition. Ali/ton'i Pjt . Ix/}. 
 
 Fatlioui tumults overbore the freedom and ho- 
 nour of the two houfcs. ^'"g Charlc%. 
 
 Why thckfadioui quarrels, controverfies, and 
 kattles amongft themfelves, when they were all 
 united in the fame dcfign f Dryden 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 F A C 
 
 FA'cTiot^'i.y. adv. [irom fadioui.] In 
 a manner criminally diflcntious of tii- 
 mnltuous. 
 
 I iiiicndid not only to oblige my friends, but 
 mine enemies alio ; exceeding even the dcfircs of 
 thofc that were JuBiiuJIy difcontentcd. 
 
 King Charlfi. 
 
 Fa'otioitsness. n.f. [from /anions.] 
 Jnclinatioii to publick difrcniion; violent 
 clamorotifnefs for a party. 
 Factitious. aJJ. [faaitius. Latin.] 
 Made by ait, in oppofition to what is 
 made by nature. 
 
 In the making and diftHling of foap, by one 
 dc;;rcc of fire the talt, the water, and the oil or 
 grcafe, whereof thatyfl,7/V;3.vj concicte is mjde 
 up, being boiled up together, or cafily brought to 
 iiicorpoiate. Boy/c: 
 
 Hiudncfs wherein fomc Hones e.xcced all other 
 bodies, and .among them the adamant, all other 
 Hones being ex.lUcd to that degree that art in v,».in 
 endeavours to counterfeit it ; theyj(3/.'/(7//t Aoiies 
 of chymilis, in imitation, being cafily detciIKd 
 by an oidniaiy lapidilt. K<iy on the Crrnuoii. 
 
 FA'CTOR. «. / [fiu%'ur, Fr. fuchr, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. An agent for another ; one who tranf- 
 aiils bufinefs for another. Commonly 
 a fubilitute ia mercantile affairs. , 
 
 Take on you the charge 
 And kingly government of this your land j 
 Not as protedtor, fteward, fubftitute. 
 Or lowly/nflsr for another's gain. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Piercy is but my Jailor, good my lord, 
 T' engrofs up glorious deeds on my behalf. 
 
 Shakjp€are*s I-{f;iry iv. 
 Yeu all three, 
 The fenators alone of this great world, 
 Chief /af/sr! for the gods. _ S'uitfpeare. 
 
 We agreed that I (hould fend up an Englilh 
 f.iclor, that whatfoevcr the idand cauld yield 
 (hould be delivered at a rcafonable rate. Ruleigh. 
 The Scots had good intelligence, having fonie 
 faHars doubtlcfs at this mart, albeit they did not 
 openly trade. Hnyiifard. 
 
 Vile arts and reftlefs endeavours are ufed by 
 feme (ly and venomousyjuTirs for the old repub- 
 lican caufe. South. 
 All the leafon that I could ever hear alleged, 
 by the chief /a<7orj for a general intromiffiun of 
 all forts, fcits, and periuafions, into our com- 
 munion, is, that tliofe who fcpaiate from us are 
 flitf and obftinate, and will not fubmit to the rules 
 and orders of our church, and that, therefore, 
 they ought to be taken away. South. 
 
 Foic'd into exile from his rightful throne, 
 He made .ill countries wiierc he came his own ; 
 And viswin.^ nioriarchs fecret arts of fway, 
 A royai/'ic'r^r for their kingdoms lay. Diydet. 
 2. [In arithmetick.] The mukiplicator 
 and m.iltiplicand. Bun is. 
 
 Fa'ctory. n.f. [froni/ij.Vdj-.] 
 
 1. A hmifi; or diitrift inhabited by traders 
 in a dillant country. 
 
 2. The traders embodied in one place. 
 Facto'tum. n.f. [factotum, Latin. It 
 
 is ufed likewife in burlefque French.] 
 A fervant employed ali.ke in all kinds 
 of bufinefs: as Scrub in the Stratagem. 
 
 FA'CTURE. n.f [French.] Th^e aa 
 or manner of making any thing. 
 
 Fa'culty. n.f. [facu/te, French ; ficul- 
 tas, Latin.] 
 
 I. The power of doing any thing ; ability; 
 whether corporeal or intelledlual. 
 
 There is no kind oi faculty or power in man, 
 or any creature, which can rightly perform the 
 funflions allotted to it without perpetual aid and 
 cwiKunence of that fupreme caufe uf all things. 
 
 Bcokcr. 
 
 FAD 
 
 Or.itorj may jricvc ; fjr id ti.eir fiilf 1, 
 Rather than heads, their/ac„.'ri. abides JUnh,m. 
 
 Reafon in man fupplics the'dck'<;i of othcry,/. 
 cultUs wherein we arc inferior 10 bc-afts, and 
 whar we cannot compafs by force wc bring 
 about by lliatagem. L'Kf.r.mg!^ 
 
 2. Powers of the mind, imagination, rea- 
 fon, memory. 
 
 I undcrDand in the prime end 
 Of n.i'iiie, her the inferior; in the mind 
 And 'mw.nifAcullia, which moft excel. Milton. 
 
 In the ordinary way of fpeaking, the imdcr- 
 Handing and wiUarc two faeulliet uf the mind. 
 
 -_ . I.oche. 
 
 Neither did our Saviour think it ncccirm' tn 
 explain to us the nature of God, becaufc it would 
 be impolfible, witliout bellowing on us othcr/i- 
 cuhUi than we polFcfs at prcfciit. liquid. 
 
 3. Mechanical power. 
 
 The fifth mechanical faculty is the wedge ufed 
 in cleaving wood. mikiH%. 
 
 4. In phylick. 
 
 Aposvcr orabili-y to perform any aflion, na- 
 tural, vital, and animal: by the hill they un- 
 dcrll.Tud thai by which tiie body is nouriflicd, or 
 another like it generated : the vital/iWy is that 
 by which life is piefcived, and the ordinary func- 
 tions of the body performed ; and the .animal 
 ftculty is what condufts the operations of the 
 '"''«i- quincy. 
 
 5. A knack; habitual excellence ; dex- 
 terity. 
 
 He bad none of thofc /i<:r..'/;Vt wliich the other 
 had, of reconciling men to him. CUremkn. 
 
 Our author found out monarchical abfolute 
 power in that text, he had an exceeding guoifa. 
 cully to find it hiinfclf where he could not Ihew 
 it others. Locke. 
 
 He had an excellent faculty in preaching if he 
 were not loo refined. 5iiv/V. 
 
 6. Quality pcrfonal ; difpofition or habit 
 of good or ill. 
 
 I'm liaduc'd by tongues which ncltlier know 
 My_/(ii:«//;Vi norperfon, yet will be 
 The chronicles of my doing. ShaHpr.ire. 
 
 7. Natural virtue ; efBcacy. 
 
 In requital ope his leathern fcrip. 
 And Ihew me limplcs of a thoufand namct. 
 Telling tlicii flraiigc and vigoiousyiiariV/Vi. 
 
 -i.'/.V; T. 
 
 8. Power; authority. 
 
 Tliis Duncan 
 Hath born his/acj./r/ii fo meek, hath been 
 So clear in his great offic?, that his virtues 
 Will plead like angels. Shatji,r«re. 
 
 9. Privili^ge ; right to do any thing. 
 
 La t hatli fct down to what perfons, in w!,at 
 caulcs, w-th what circumftanccs, jlinoft evciy 
 f.iculty or favour Ihall he granted. lUoitei. 
 
 10. Faculty, in an univerfity, denotes the 
 mailers and profeflbrs of tiie fevera! 
 fcicnces : as, a meeting of the facttlly 
 or faculties. 
 
 Facu'nd. aiij. [f^cutiJjs, Latin.] Elo- 
 quent. 
 
 To FADntE. V. n. [corrupted from Ta 
 fiiUh, or toy with the linger.";.] To 
 trifle; to toy ; to play. Alow word. 
 
 To Fade. i\. n. [fjJe, French, infipid, 
 languid.] 
 
 I . To tend from greater to lefs vigour ; 
 to grow weak ; to languifli. 
 
 I, To tend from a brighter to a weaker 
 colour. 
 
 The grcennefs <}! a leaf ought to pafs for ap- 
 parent, becaufe foon fading into a yellow it 
 fcaice lallsat all, in compatifon of the grcennefs 
 of an emerald. Boyle on Colour!. 
 
 The fpots in this fionenrcof the fame colour 
 throughout, even to the very edges ; there being- 
 
 4 S
 
 FAG 
 
 an immediate tranfition from white to black, and i 
 the colouis not. fading or declining gtadually. | 
 
 It couwuril. 
 
 ■,. To wither, as a vegetable. 
 
 ^ Ye ihall be as an oak whofe leaf facie'^, and 
 
 as a garden that hath no water. _ 'I'"" '■ 
 
 4. To die away gradually ; to vanifh ; to 
 
 be worn out. .■ ^ ^ u 1 
 
 Where either through the temper of the body, 
 
 or fome other default, the memory is very weak, 
 
 ideas in the mind quickly ^it-. . , f ' 
 
 The ftars Ihall/^'if away, the fun himfelt 
 
 Grow dim with age, and nature fink in years. 
 
 Add:fon i Lato. 
 
 r To be naturally not durable ; to be 
 tranfient ; to lofe vigour or beauty eahly. 
 
 The glorious beauty on the head ot the t-'t ^;' " 
 ley (hall lie a fading Hovvcr. if"'"';- 
 
 The pirtures drawn in our minds arc laid in 
 fiuii«s. ">''^""> ='"•'' 'f "°' fometimes refrelhcd, 
 vanifh and difappcar. . . ■ „, 
 
 Narcifl'us' change to the vain virgin Ihows, 
 Who tiufts to beauty, tiulls the jacbng lofe 
 
 Gay i tables. 
 
 To Fade. v. a. To wear away ; to re- 
 duce to languor ; to deprive of freihneis 
 or viffour ; to wither. , , , . , , 
 
 Thifis a man, old, wrinkled,/<iM «-"l":'«« ! 
 
 And not a maiden, as thou fay'lt he is. Shakip. 
 
 His palms, though under weights they did not 
 
 fland, . 1 J- J 
 
 Still thriv'd ; no winter could his laurels>rf«. 
 
 ■ Dryden. 
 
 Rcftlcfs anxiety, forlorn defpair. 
 And all lY.tf.idcd family of care. Garth. 
 
 To Fadge. v. n. [sepesan, Saxon j 
 fugen, German.] 
 
 1 . To fait ; to fit ; to have one part con- 
 fiftent with another. 
 
 How will this/u./gf.' my raafter loves her 
 dearly, 
 And I, poor monftcr, fond as much on him ; 
 And (he, miftaken, fecms to doat on me 
 
 ' ShaKfflarc. 
 
 2. To agree ; not to quarrel ; to live in 
 
 amity. 
 
 When they thriv''l'li<^y never/fl'/g '', 
 But only by the cars eng.ig'd ; 
 That dogs that Inarl about a bone, ^ 
 
 And play together wlicn they've none. H'"-'/'. 
 
 3. To fucceed ; to hit. . 
 
 The fox had a fetch ; and when he law it Would 
 
 ^wtfadgc, away goes he prefently. V Ef.ra„gc. 
 
 A This is a mean word not now uled, 
 
 unlefs perhaps in ludicrous and low com- 
 
 pofitions. 
 
 FJE'CES. n. f. [Latin.] Excrements ; 
 
 fettlings after dilliiladon and mfiifion. 
 
 To FAG. v.a. [fatlgo, Latin.] To grow 
 weary ; to faint with weaiinefs. 
 
 Creighton with-held iris force 'till the Italian 
 
 kecun to Ug, and then brought him to the ground. 
 
 ° ■' Maittnxie'i Lives. 
 
 Fa'gend. «./. [from fag zndeud.] 
 
 1. The end of a web of cloth, generally 
 ' made of coarfer materials. 
 
 2. The refufe, or meaner part of any 
 thing. 
 
 F A I 
 
 In the v/oM'sfugend 
 
 A nation lies. „ , , . j c . 
 
 When th-y nc the worft of their way, and hxt 
 
 in the fmi'ridoi bulincfs, they are apt to look not 
 
 kindly upon thofe who go before them. Collin . 
 
 FA'GOT. H./. OMWellh and Ar- 
 
 mcrkk; fagot, French ] 
 J. A bundle of ftlcks bound together for 
 " the fire. • ^ 
 
 About tVie-pile of /ago", flicks, and hay, 
 The bellows raifed the newly-kindled flame. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 Spare for no fagots, let there be enow; 
 Place pitchy barrels on the fatal (take. Siutffearc. 
 
 Mitics or ftigotshavQ been the rewards of dif- 
 ferent pcrfuns, according as they pronounced 
 thefe confecrated fyllables or not. ff^atts. 
 
 2. A bundle of [licks for any purpofe. 
 The Black Prince filled a ditch with fagots as 
 
 fuccefsfully as the generals of our armies do it 
 with fafcines. Mdlfin. 
 
 3. A foldier numbered in the muiler-roll, 
 but not really exifting. 
 
 To Fa'got. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 tie up ; to bundle together. 
 
 He was too warm on picking work to dwell, 
 T&m fagoted his notions as they fell. 
 And if they rhym'd and rattled, all was well. 
 
 Drydsn. 
 
 To FAIL. V. 11. [fa'dler, French ; faeln, 
 Wellh. Pezron.'i 
 
 1. To be deficient ; to ceafe from former 
 plenty ; to fall (liort ; not to be equal 
 to demand or ufe. 
 
 The waters fail from the fea, and the flood 
 decayeth and dricth up. J°°- 
 
 Wherefore fliould not ftrength and might 
 There /<i;7 where virtue /«;/», or wcakelV prove 
 W litre boldeft, though to fight unconquerable? 
 
 MUton. 
 
 Where the credit and monty fail, barter alone 
 muft do. J-'"'^'- 
 
 2. To be extinft; to ceafe; to be no 
 longer produced. 
 
 Help, Lord, for the godly man ceafcth ; for the 
 faithful fail from among the children of men. 
 
 Pfulms. 
 
 Whether fuch virtue fpent of old now faird 
 More angels to create. Mttton. 
 
 3. To ceafe ; to periih; to be loft. 
 By fate the fticngth of gods 
 
 And this empyreal fubftance cannot/«//. Molten. 
 
 For Titan, by the mighty lofs difmay'd. 
 Among th' heavens th' iminoital fail difphay'd. 
 Left the remembrance of his giief ftiould/.ii7. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 4. To die ; to lofe life. 
 
 Had the king in his laft ficknefs/./;7'i. 
 Their heads Ihou'd have gore otT. Shatfpeare. 
 
 Both he that helpcth fliall fall, and he that is 
 holpen ihall fall down, and they all fhall /..// 
 together. -V"'"''' 
 
 5. To fink ; to be born down ; to come 
 
 to an end. 
 
 Neither will I be always wroth; for the fpirit 
 ihould fait before me. Ifamh. 
 
 His woiks, which in our fall. 
 For us created, needs with us mu& fail. 
 Dependent made. _ Mil""'- 
 
 6. To decay ; to decline ; to languifh. 
 Let none henceforth feek necdiel's caufe t'ap- 
 
 prove 
 The faith they owe ; when earnefily they feek. 
 Such proof, conclude, they then begin to /a/.'. 
 
 M:ll<ir,. 
 
 I perceive 
 Thy mortal fight lo fail: objefls divine 
 Muft needs impair and weary human fenfe. 
 
 Milicn. 
 
 7. T«mifs; not to produce its effeft. 
 
 Confider of deformity not as a lign, which is 
 deccivablc, but as a caufe whiclr fcldom/a;7c?'i 
 of the effea. . •^''"■"• 
 
 All thefe puiflant legions, whofe exile 
 Hath emptied hcav'n, ihall fail to rc-afcend. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 This jeft was firft of th' other houfe's making, 
 And, five tim.stry'd, has never/a/7'.7 of taking. 
 
 Diydcr:. 
 
 A pcrlu.ifion that we (Tiall overcome any dit- 
 ficullics that we meet with in the fcicnces, fel- 
 iam fails to cany us tl.iough them. Licki 
 
 F A I 
 
 He does not remember whether every grain 
 came up or not; but he thinks that very fewr 
 failed. Mortimer. 
 
 8. To mifs; not to fucceed in a defign ; 
 to mifcarry. 
 
 I am enjoin'd, by oath, if I/ir7 
 Of the right ca&ct, never in my life 
 To woo a maid in way of marriage. Sliakfp. 
 
 At leaft our envious foe n.ith fail'd, who 
 thought 
 All like hinifelf rebellious. M'ltm. 
 
 In difficulties of ftate, the true rcafon oi ftd- 
 ine proceeds from failings in the admini(lr.rtion. 
 
 L'F.Jirange. 
 
 Men who have been bufied in the purfuit of 
 
 the philofopher's ftone, hme failed in their defign. 
 
 Jlddtftn, 
 
 9. To be deficient in duty. 
 
 Or nature /.i.7'i/ in me, and left fome part 
 Not proof enough luch objcft to iullain Milton. 
 Endeavour ro fulfill God's commands, to re- 
 pent as often as you fail of it, and to hope for 
 pardon of him. Jfate. 
 
 To Fail. v. a. 
 
 1. To defert ; not to continue to affift or 
 fupply ; to difappoint. 
 
 The Ihip was now left alone, as proud lords 
 
 be when fortune /<i/7 them. Sidney. 
 
 So halt thou oft with guile thine honour blent} 
 
 But little may fuch guile thee now avail, 
 
 If wonted force and fortune do not much me fait. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 There fliall be figns in the fun, the moon, and 
 
 the flats, mens heans failing them for fear. Lute. 
 
 Nor could the mufe defend 
 Her fon, fo fail not thou who thee implores. 
 
 Aliltov. 
 
 I laugh, when thofe who at the fpear are bold 
 
 And vent'rous, if that/<ii7 them, (hrink and fear. 
 
 Mi/ton. 
 
 Her heart /a/A-</her, and (he would fain have 
 
 compounded for her life. L'E/trangr. 
 
 He piefumes upon l.is parts that they will not 
 
 /<ii7 him at time of need, and fo thinks it I'uper- 
 
 fluous labour to make any piovifion beforehand. 
 
 Z ode. 
 
 2. Not to affift; to negleft; to omit'to 
 help. 
 
 Since nature/ji/j us in no needful thing. 
 Why want 1 means my inw.itd felf to fee? 
 
 Vavies. 
 
 3. To omit ; not to perform. 
 
 The inventive God who nevcr/.j;7s his part, 
 Infoires the wit when once he warms the heart. 
 ^ Dryden. 
 
 4. To be wanting to. 
 There lliall nox fail thee a man on the throne. 
 
 I Kings. 
 
 Fail. «./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Mifcaniage; mifs; unfuccefsfulnefs. 
 
 2. Omiffion; non-performance. 
 Mark and perform it, fecft thou .' for the/ail 
 
 Of any point in't ftiall not only be 
 Death to thyfelf, but to thy lewd tongu'd wife. 
 
 ^/:akfpeare. 
 
 He will withour/u;7 drive out from before you 
 
 the C.maanites. Jo/iua. 
 
 3. Deficience ; want. 
 
 4. Death ; extinilion. 
 How grounded he his title to the crown 
 
 Upoiiour/ai7.* Shakfpeare, 
 
 Fa' I LING. n.f. [from /^;/.] Deficiency; 
 imperfection; fault not atrocious} 
 
 lapfe. 
 
 Befides what/<i/7/«gi may be in a matter, even 
 in the expreflions there muft often be great ob- 
 fcutiiies. Oiglry. 
 
 To failings mild, but zealous for defert; 
 The cleared head and the fincereft heart. Pope. 
 
 Even good men have many temptations to fub- 
 due, many conflifts with thofe enemies which 
 wai againll the foul, and many/«:V/«£i and lapfes 
 to lament and recover. Relets, 
 
 I
 
 F A I 
 
 Tm'lvrt.. n. /. [from/u/A] 
 
 1. Ddicii-iKe ; ceflation. 
 
 Tlierc mult have been an uiiiverfal /i//.viv niKi 
 want of fprings and rivers all the I'ummcr fcifon. 
 
 2. OmilTion ; non-performance; flip. 
 
 He that bchig I'uhjcft to an apoplexy, iiftd 
 Hill to catry his remedy about luni ; but uptin a 
 time Ihifting his cloches, and not taking that wifii 
 him, chanced upon tljat very day to be turprilcd 
 with a lit : he owed his deatii to a mere accident, 
 to a little inadvertency 2,nA failure of nieniory. 
 
 South. 
 
 3. A lapfe; a flight fault. 
 FAIN. adj. [ptajen, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Glad; merry; cheerful; fond. It is 
 Hill retained in Scotland in this fenfe. 
 
 And in her hand Ihe held a mirrour bright, 
 Wherein her face (\:it often \\c\vQAftt:ti. Fairy Q. 
 
 My lips will be J.iin when I fing unto thee, 
 and fo will my foul whom thou haft delivered. 
 
 r/.dms. 
 
 2. Forced; obliged; compelled. [This 
 fignification feeras to have ariien from 
 the midake of the original fignification 
 in fome ambiguous exprefiions : as, / 
 •was fain to drj this, would equally fiut 
 with the red of the fentence, whether 
 it was luidtiilood to mean / itias cnm- 
 pcUed, or / ivas glad to do it for fear of 
 luorfe. 1 hus the primary meaning feeras 
 to have been early loll.] 
 
 Eveiy weight to ihroud it did conrtrain. 
 And this fair couple eke to Ihroud themfelves 
 
 Vcrtftiin. Sfcnfer. 
 
 Whofocver will hear, he (hall find God; who- 
 foever will ftudy to know, Ihall be alfo/<i/>i to 
 believe. Hooker. 
 
 I "Wis fain to forfwear it; they would elfe have 
 niarried nie to the rotten medlar. Shttkfprare, 
 
 When Hilclebrand had accurfed Henry iv. 
 there were none fo hardy as to defend their lord; 
 wherefore he was fain to humble himfelf before 
 Hildcbrand. Raliigk. 
 
 The learned Caftalio W3sfaiii to make trenchers 
 at Balles to keep himfelf from ft.Trving. Lvcke. 
 
 Fain. adv. [from the adjeftive.] Gladly ; 
 very defiroufly ; according to earned 
 wifhes. . 
 
 Now I would give a thoufand furlongs of fca 
 . for an acre of barren ground: I v/o\i\ii fain die 
 a dry death. Sliakffcare. 
 
 Why would'ft thou urge me to confefs a flame 
 I long have lliflcd, and would fain conceal. 
 ^d.iijoni i-<ito 
 F<iin would I Raphael's godlike art rehearfe. 
 And (how th' immortal labours in my verfe. 
 
 * ^JJifitn . 
 
 The plebeians \vou\(^ fain have a law enabled to 
 
 lay all men's rights and privileges upon the fame 
 
 level. Swift. 
 
 2o F.^IN. 1'. n. [from the neun.] To 
 
 with ; to defire fondly. 
 
 Fairer than taireit, in his/.'/w/'-'f eye, 
 Whole fole afpecft he c»unts felicity. S/tenfer. 
 
 To FAINT. -U.K. [/anfr, French.] 
 
 1 . To decay ; to wear or wafte away 
 quickly. 
 
 Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, 
 faint belore the eye, and decay into confufion. 
 
 Fope. 
 The Ihow'ry arch 
 Delights and puzzles the beholders eyes. 
 That views the wat'ry btede with thoufand fhews 
 Of paintuie vaiy'd; yet unikill'd to tell 
 Or where one colour rifes, or wnere oae fainii. 
 
 2. To lofe the animal funftions ; to fink 
 motionlefs and fenfelefs. 
 
 Their young children were out of he.irt, and 
 their women and young men famled for thirft 
 and fell down. JuMth. I 
 
 F A I 
 
 VV^c are leady to/.j/«/ with faftiiic:. i Mar. 
 
 Upon licniing the honour, intended her, Ihc 
 
 f.tintc.iAWAyf and fell down as dead. CuArdinn. 
 
 3. To grow feeble j to decline in force or 
 courage. 
 
 They will ftand in their ordtr, and never faint 
 in their watches. HiJii, 
 
 The imagination cannot be always idikc, con- 
 ftant and Itrong, and if the fucccfs follow not 
 fpecdily it wdlf-tinr and loofc Ihength. h''t'.o'\ 
 
 O pity and (hame, that they who lo live well, 
 Entcr'd fo fair, Ihuuld turn afidc to tread 
 Paths indiretft, or in the midwayyu/V/r. Miltofi. 
 
 How while the faintifig Dutch remotely fire, 
 And the fam'd Eugene's iron troops retiic. 
 
 Smith- 
 
 4. To link into dcjedlion. 
 
 Le(t they faint 
 At tlie fad fentence rlgoroufiy urg'd, 
 All terror hide. Mi/toK. 
 
 To Faint, v. a. To dejecl ; to deprei's ; 
 to enfeeble. A word little in ufe. 
 
 it. faints nie 
 To think what follows. Shahjpcujc. 
 
 Faint, atij, [fane, French.] 
 
 1. L.anguid ; weak; feeble. 
 
 In intemperate climates, ti.tr fpiiiis, exlialed by 
 heat or compreit by cold, arc rendered _/«?';/ and 
 lluggilh. Temple. 
 
 Words pronounced ac lewgrh, founded faint 
 and languid. Swift. 
 
 2. Not bright ; not vivid ; not flriklng. 
 
 The blue compared with thefe is a fnitt and 
 dark colour, and the indigo and violet are much 
 darker zw^fainici . Nswton. 
 
 The length of the image I meafurcd from the 
 fainteft and ulmoft red at one end, to xhtfiintejl 
 and utmoll blue at the other end, excepting only 
 a little penumbra. Newton % Opticks. 
 
 From lier naked limbs of glowing white. 
 In folds loofe floating fell the fainter lawn. 
 
 Thomfon. 
 
 3. Not loud ; not piercing. 
 
 The pump after this being employed from 
 time to time, the found ^xe-w fainter ^nd fainter . 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 4. Feeble of body. 
 
 Two neighbouring fhepherds/<i/.-r/ with tliirll, 
 Itood at the common boundary of their grounds. 
 
 Rufnbler, 
 
 5. Cowardly; timorous; not vigorous; 
 not ardent, 
 
 Fuint hcait never won fair lady. Camden. 
 
 Our flint Egyptians pray for Antony ; 
 But in their fervilc he.nrts they own Oiftavius. 
 
 £)tj,den. 
 
 6. Deje6led ; depreffed. 
 
 Confider him that endureth fuch contraditflion 
 ag.iinrt himfelf, left ye be wearied and/a.v// in 
 your minds. Hei). 
 
 7. Not vigorous; not adlive. 
 
 Tlic defe.5ts which hinrlered theconquel^, were 
 the faint profecution of the war, and the Loofenefs 
 of the civil government. ' D-wies on Ireland 
 
 Fainthea'rtfd. aJj, [faint ^wd. heart.'] 
 Cowardly ; timorous ; dejeded ; eafily 
 depreffed. 
 
 Fear not, neither hefidntheari^\{. Ifui.ih. 
 
 They flroiild rclolve the next day, as victorious 
 conquerors, to take the city, or clfe there, as 
 yl;;;;r';cJ'/(\/ cowards, to end their days. Kmlla. 
 
 Now the \7itc faint hca'ttd rout 
 O'crthrown and fcatter'd round about, 
 Chac'd by the horrour of their fear, 
 Fiom bloody fray oi knight .^nd bear, 
 Took heart again and fac'd about, 
 As if they meant to ftand it < -it Hudihras. 
 
 Villain, ftand off! bafe, rioveling, woithlefs 
 wretches, Mongrels In fAitign: ^oov fainthearted 
 traitorji. Addifird CMto. 
 
 F A I 
 
 FAlNTiiEA'RTF.nLY. ctlv. [ f r om faint- 
 hearlid.l Timoroufly ; in a couaidly 
 manner. 
 
 Fainthea'ktedness. n. f [from faint- 
 hearted.] Cowardice; timoroufncfs ; 
 want of courage. 
 
 Fa'intinc. ". f. [from yam/.] Deli- 
 qnium ; temporary lofs of animal mo. 
 tion. 
 
 Th<:(c faintingt her phyficians fufpcfl to JJro- 
 cccd fiom contufions. IJ^ifiman'i Survery^ 
 
 Fa'intishn'ess. n.f. [ixom faint.] Weak- 
 nefs in a flight degree ; incipient debi- 
 lity. 
 
 A certain degree of heat lengthens and relaxu 
 the fibres; whence proceeds the fcnfation of 
 faintijhnefi and debility in a hot day. Arhutk. 
 
 Fa'intling. adi. [from /«/«/.] Timo- 
 rous ; feebleminded. A burlefque or 
 low word. 
 There "s no having patience, thou art fuch a 
 faii:tling filly creature. .■Irbuthnlt. 
 
 Fa'inti.y. adv. \_hom faint.] 
 
 1 . Feebly ; languidly. 
 
 .Love 's like a torch, whieh> if fecur'd from 
 bhifts, 
 VI'xW faintly burn; but then it longer larts: 
 Expo.s'd to liorms of jealoufy and doubt, 
 The blaze grows greater, but 'tis (ooner out. 
 
 2. Not in bright colours. 
 
 Nature affords at leaft a glimm'ring light; 
 The lines, tho' touch'd but faintly, are drawn 
 right. Po^c. 
 
 3. Without force of reprefentatioB. 
 
 I have told you what I have feen and heard 
 hw^faintly^ nothing like the image and horrour 
 of it. Shakfpcure\ King Lrar. 
 
 An obfcure and confufcd idea reprefents the 
 ohjeft {o faintly, that it doth not appear plain to 
 the nilnd. yKatts. 
 
 4. Without ftrength of body. 
 
 With his loll'd tongue he faintly licks his prey. 
 His warm breath blows her Hix up as fte lies. 
 
 Diyden, 
 
 5. Not vigoroudy; not aftively. 
 
 Though (HII the famifli'd Enghlh, like pale 
 ghofts, 
 Faintly befiege us one hour in a month. S/inif, 
 
 6. Timoroufly ; with dejeflion ; without 
 fplrit. 
 
 Loth was the ape, though praifed, to adventure ; 
 Yet faintly 'gan into his w'ork to enter. HuO. Ta, 
 
 He fai/rtly now declines tl;e fatal I^rifej 
 So much his love was dearer than his life. Dtnh, 
 
 Fa'intness. n.f. [from/«/n/.] 
 
 1. Languor; feeblenefs ; want of ftrength. 
 
 If the piince of the lights of he.ivca, which now 
 as a giant doth run his unwearied comfes, (hould 
 through a languiihing/.M.'/it/i begin to (land. 
 
 Hooker, 
 
 This proceeded not from any violence of pain, 
 but from a general languithirg ;ind faint/tefs of 
 fpirits, which made him think nothing wortii the 
 trouble of one ciu-eful thougtit. Tern^lc, 
 
 2. Inaftivity ; want of vigour. 
 
 This evil proceeds rather of the unfoundnefs of 
 the coimfels, or of fainrnefs in following and cf- 
 iiriSing the fame, ihaii of any fuch fatal courfc 
 appointed of god. Spenfer, 
 
 3. Timoroufnefs ; dejeftion. 
 
 The p:der.efs of this flow'r 
 Ecwray'd tut faiiitncfi of my maftcr's heart. 
 
 Shakfpcare' i Henry vr. 
 
 Fa'inty. adj. [from faint.] Weak; 
 feeble ; languid j debilitated ; enfee- 
 bled. 
 
 4 s 2
 
 F A I 
 
 When winter frofts lonftruin tlie field with cold, 
 The f.uiifi rout can take no ftcady hold. Dryd. 
 
 Tlie ladies gralp'd, and Icarccly could lelpuc ; 
 The breath thcv drew, no longer air, but hre : 
 The/.:/nCV knights were fcorch'd, and knew not 
 
 To run Tor Ihcltcr; for no fliade was near. D>yd. 
 FAIR. ailj. [FEjeii, Sax. /«!''-, Dan. J 
 
 1. Beautiful; elegant of feature; hand- 
 fome. Fmr feems hi the common accep- 
 tation to be reftraiued, when applied to 
 women, to the beauty ot the face. 
 
 He only A.-V, ^i-'d wL.it \>i]^'ir haih m.ide, 
 All other /«/' like flowers untimely fr.dc. Sfcnjer. 
 Thou art a fair woman to look upon. ^ Ofn. 
 
 2. Not black; not brown ; white in the 
 
 comple-sion. 
 
 1 never yet faw man, 
 But (he would fpell him backward; if/.»V fac'd, 
 She'd I'wcar the gentleman Ihould be her hltcc j 
 If black, why, nature, drawing of an antick, 
 .Madcafoulbiot._ , Shaiffimi. 
 
 Let us look upon men infeveral climates : the 
 Ethio.ians are black, flat-iiofcd, and crifp-haired : 
 the Moors tawn> ; the Northeir..peoFl= large, and 
 fair complexioned. """■ 
 
 5 Plealing to the eye ; excellent ov beau- 
 tiful in general to the eye or mind. 
 
 Tiiat whidi made her fairneis miitli lhey<./,c/ 
 was that it was but an ambaflador of a mo&f^n 
 
 . , SiJ'iiy- 
 
 mind. r . ,. , k 
 
 Carry him gently to my fa:,, J: chamber. 
 And hang it round with all my wanton piflures. 
 '^ Snakfpeare. 
 
 Thus was he >;> in his -greatnefs, and iri the 
 length of his branciies. •''-*"■■ 
 
 For as by depredations wafps proclaim 
 The/..;- <.y; fruit, fo thefc thc_/fl/.f/ fame, lauig.. 
 
 A. Clear ; pure. . . 
 
 A rtandard of a damaik-iote, witli the root on, 
 was let in a chamber wiierc no tire was, upright 
 in an e.irthen pan,, full. of >/r- water, halt afoot 
 under the water. ^«""- 
 
 Even fair water, falfing upon white paper or 
 linen, will immediately alter. the colour of them 
 a.,d make it fadder than that of the unwetted 
 Bo\ic on tclcuri. 
 parts. -' 
 
 e Not cloudy ; not foul; tiot tempelluous. 
 ^' F<./> is foul, ^'i-l foul is /"■•>!. 
 
 Hover through the fog and filthy air. ^ Sbakfp 
 
 f„ir weather Cometh out of ihe earth. Jo/>. 
 
 About three of the clock in the afternoon, the 
 
 weather was very/a;> and very warm. CUrcdon. 
 
 6. Favourable; profperous : as, a fair 
 
 tulrrd. , 
 
 In vain you tell your pirting lover. 
 You win./.^<V winds may waft him over. Fru.,. 
 
 7. Likely to fuccetd. 
 
 Your felf, renowned prince, flood as>ir 
 As any comer I have look'd on yet. 
 For my affeftion. Sir.ificar.'s M.rch. <f ""«• 
 
 The caliphs obtained a raishty empire, which 
 was in a/.':V way to have cnkirged until they tcH 
 
 ""o pity and fnamc! thnt they who to live well, 
 
 Enter'd ro/.">, niould turn .fide to tread 
 
 I'ali,. indi.ea, or in th.e midway faiut. M:uck. 
 
 8. iEqiial; juft. ^ , 
 
 Tiie king did fo much dcfire a peace, that no 
 man need advile him to it. or could divert inn, 
 f,om it, if /■<"> »'»' honouiable conditions of peace 
 weieortcredtohim. U...c,nhn. 
 
 fi. Not efFccled by any iiifidioiis or uiilaw- 
 ' ful methods ; not foul. 
 
 After aU thefe conqnefts he palTed the refl of 
 
 Vis age in his own native country, and died a/..;, 
 
 • and. fatur,-,l death. ''";!"'■ 
 
 10 Not pradiling any fravidu lent or tr^h- 
 
 dioui arts : as, a fair rival, a fair ,hj. 
 
 ^virtuous and vicious ev'ty man mud be, 
 rew in ih' Cittoue, but all m the debtee ; 
 
 F A I 
 
 The rogue and fool by fits is/j.--- and w'fc, . 
 And ev'n the bel>, by fits, what they defpife. 
 
 }'ope. 
 
 [ I. Open ; direcf. 
 
 For iiill, mcthought, (he fung not far aw.iy ; 
 At lall I found l.f r on a laurel-l'ptay : 
 Clole by my fide (he fat, and/i;'" in fight, 
 Full in a line, ag;inill her opportte. Dryden. 
 
 12. Gentle; mild; not compulfory. 
 All the lords came in, and, being hyfair means 
 
 wrought tlieieunlo, acknowledged king Henry. 
 Spcnfer m Ireland. 
 For to red i^ce her by main force, 
 Is now in vain; by /<»> means, worfe. Hudilras. 
 
 13. Mild ; not levere. 
 Ni>t only do'll degrade them, or remit 
 
 To life obfcur'd,whiL.i were a/oiV difmiflion ; 
 But throw'* them lower than thou did'tt exalt 
 them high. Milioni Agonijcs. 
 
 14. Pleafing ; civil. 
 Good fir, why do von (iait, and fecm to fear 
 
 Things that do found fu fair ? Shakfj,Mre. 
 
 When/oiV woids and good counfel will nor 
 prevail upon us, wc muft be frighted into our. 
 duty. . VEfra^^eS 
 
 15. Equitable; not injurious. 
 
 His doom \i]a:r, 
 That dult I am, and (hall to du(V leturn. 
 
 Milton 
 
 16. Commodious; eafy. 
 Hereby, upon the edge of yonder coppice, 
 
 A ftand Where you may make the /u/Vr/? (hoot 
 
 Shakfpcart. 
 I looked for the jugular veins, opened the 
 faircfl, and took away a dozen ounces of blood. 
 ■'■''■ 1! ifinsan 
 
 17. Liberal; not narrow. 
 He through his virtue was as free from greedi- 
 
 nefs, as through his/«/> livelihood, far from needi- 
 nefs '^'"■"'' 
 
 Fair. ad-u. -[from the adjetSive.] 
 
 1. Gently; decently; without violence. 
 
 He who fair and loftly goes llcadily forward, 
 in a courfe that points right, will fooncr he at his 
 journey's, end, than he that runs after every one, 
 though he gallop. l-o^-tc. 
 
 2. Civilly ; complalfat>tly. 
 
 Well, you niu'l r.ow (peak fir John F.'lftafi 
 
 f„i,. Siaifpeare. 
 
 One of the company fpoke him/<i<V, and would 
 
 have IVopt his mouth with a cruft. L'E/lra>ige. 
 
 In this plain fable youth' effeft may fee 
 Of negligence, and I'ond credulity ; 
 And learn befides of tlatt'icrs to beware. 
 Then mofl: pernicious when they fpcak loofan. 
 
 Dryden. 
 His promife Palamon accepts; but pray'd 
 To keep it better than the fiill he made : 
 Ttius /<'/'■ they parted, 'till tiic morrow's dawn ; 
 For each had laid his plighted faith to pa»-n. 
 
 Dtyden. 
 Kalib afecnd, my fair fpoke fcrvant rife. 
 And foothc my heart with pleafing prophecies. 
 
 Drydfn. 
 This promifed/.'/r at firft. AJdififi. 
 
 ■i. Happily ; fuccefsfully. 
 
 O, princely Buckingham, I'll klfs thy hand. 
 In fign of league and amity with thee : 
 Now/<i.;,- befall thee and thy noble hi.ufc ! 
 Thy garments arc not fpoited with our blood. 
 
 Sl.alLf peart' i Richard ill 
 
 4. On good terms. 
 
 There are other nice,- though inferior cafes, in 
 which .- man mult gii.nrd, if he intends to keep 
 fair viriih tlie world, and turn the penny. Collar. 
 
 Fair. ti.f. 
 
 1. A beauty; elliptlcally a fair woman. 
 
 Of (lecp forfaken, to iclicve hi.s care, 
 He fought the convcrfation of the fair. Diydin. 
 
 Gentlemen who do not dcfigii to marry, yet 
 pay their devoirs to one particular/'iV. Spca. 
 
 2. Honelly ; jull dealing. 
 
 I am not much for that prefcnt ; wc 11 fettle 
 it beiwecn ourfflvcs; fair and fqunre, Kie, 
 keeps friends togeUier. Jd'utlimt. 
 
 F A I 
 
 Fair. «./. [fo'ire, French ; /fW^r, or/o- 
 nim, Latin.] An annual or ftated 
 meeting of buyers and fellers ; a time of 
 tiaiSck more frequented than a market. 
 The privilege ot holding fairs in Eng- 
 land is granted by the king. 
 
 With lilvcr, iron, tin, and lead, they traded 
 in thy/.uVi. ExikiiU 
 
 His corn, his cattle, were his only care, 
 And his fupreme delight a country /u/r. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 The ancient Nundinse, o^ fairs of Rome, were 
 kept eveiy ninth day: afterwards the fame pri- 
 vileges were granted to the country market^, 
 which were at firft under tiic power of the con- 
 fy|5^ Arbuthnot on Coim, 
 
 F.\'iRiNG. n./. [from/fl/r.] A prefent 
 given at a fair. 
 
 Swectheait, we (h:ill be rich ere we depart,, 
 1( fairings come thus plentifully in. Shakfpcarf. 
 
 Like chHdien that efteem every triric, and 
 prefer sfairiig before their fathers. £cn 'Jonfon. 
 
 Now he goes on, and fings of fairs and (hows j. 
 .'■' 'For Ilia new fairs before his eyes arofe : 
 
 How pedlars flails with glitt'ring toys are laid, 
 The vmuuifiiiringi of the country maid. Gaji. 
 
 Fa'irly. adv. [from /«;>.] 
 
 1. Beautifully: as, a cily h\x\y fittiate. 
 
 2. Commodioufly; conveniently; fuitably 
 to any ptirpofe or dcfign. 
 
 ■Waiting 'lill willing winds their fails fup- 
 ply'd, ^» 
 
 Within a trading town they loi^g abide. 
 Full /<■■"/■>• (ituate on a haven's fide. Dtydcn. 
 
 3. Honellly ; juftly; without fhift; with- 
 out fraud ; not foully. 
 
 There is due from the judge to the advocate, 
 fomc commendation and gracing 'wheie caules 
 are /-.nv/v pleaded. -f ■'«''• 
 
 to liie firfl advantages we may /"W^.tef 
 claim ; 1 wilh we had as good a title to the lat- 
 ter. AtUriary. 
 
 It is'a church of England-man's opinion,, tli.it 
 the freedom of a nation confifts in an abfokre 
 unlimited legiflative power, wherein the who.e 
 body of the people a\e fair.y reprefcnied in |.,t 
 executive duly limited. ,Sw/,/. 
 
 4. Ingcnioufly ; plainly ; openly. 
 The ftagc how looicly I'.oes Allrea tread. 
 
 Who fairly puts all characters to bed ! Pope. 
 
 5. Candidly ; without finiilrous interpre- 
 tations. 
 
 A^ I intcrprcl/iiiV/v your dc-fign. 
 So look not with feveier eyes on mine. Drydev, 
 
 6. Without violence to right realon. 
 Where I have enlarged them, I defire the 
 
 falie criticks would not always think tiiat thofe 
 thoughts aie wholly mine; but that either they 
 are fecrctly in the poet, or may hejair.y de- 
 duced from him. - Drydin. 
 This nutritious iuice being a fubtile litiuor, 
 fcarce obtainable by a human body, the feruBi 
 of the blood is>/"> fubftilutcri in its place. 
 
 Aibuthnut on Aliments. 
 
 7. Without blots. 
 Here is th' mdiflment of the good lord Hal?- 
 
 Wtiich in a'fet hand/a/Wy is engrofs'd. Shatfp. 
 
 8. Completely ; without any deficience. 
 All this thcy/ii;r/v overcame, by rtafon of the 
 
 continual frek'rce of their king. Spinftr 
 
 Let them fay, 'tis grolly done ; fo it hefi'riy 
 
 done, no matter. Skakfpcarf. 
 
 Our love IS not fo great, Hortcnfio, but ws 
 
 may blow our nails together, and faft \\.tai,ly 
 
 out. S/:aifl>tare' s Taming of the ihre-,L: 
 
 F.\'lRNEss. >!./. [from/a;V.] 
 
 I. Beautv ; elesratice of form. 
 
 That which m^arie hex faimep much the fairer, 
 was, that it was but a fair enif-iffador of a moll 
 fair mind, full of wit, and a wit which delighted 
 more to jud^c iildi' than to (how itfclf. S'.iniy.
 
 F A I 
 
 2. Honefty ; candour ; ingenuity. 
 
 There may be fomcivhat of wifdom, but lit- 
 tle of goodnvfs 01 fa: "left in tl.is cuiuludh 
 
 Fa'irspoken. aili. [from fair and //•eaL] 
 Bland and civil in language and ad- 
 drefs. 
 
 Arius, a pricft in the churcli of Alcxandii.i, 
 a fubtlcwitrcd and a marvellous f<2hfpof:<-rt man, 
 but diCcontcrtcd thai wc uuuld be placed before 
 him in honour, wliofc fuperior lac tliuuglii him- 
 fcU in dcfcrt, becaul'e through envy and Itomach 
 prone unto contiadiiliun. Hooia . 
 
 FA'IRY. n.f. [pepliB, Saxon ;/«, Fr. 
 Ah £.■ , icna, fit & ps. Maccdonum 
 dialerto ; unde i;i ,., i.f-. , & Roma- 
 nis infiTJ, qui ScotoSaxoiiibusdicuntur 
 Jeries, noftratiq; vulgo corruptiusy;KV;<:\f, 
 xaTiy5,.'.i ot.fAf/»:.> five dii manes. B,jx- 
 to's Girjhry.] 
 
 I. A kind <jf fabled being fuppofed to ap- 
 pear in a dlmiiuitive human form, and 
 to dance in the meadows, and reward 
 clcanllnefs in hoiifes ; an elf; a fay. 
 
 Nan Page, my d.iughter, and my little fon, 
 And three or four more of their grpwth, we'll 
 
 (ire Is . 
 
 Like urchins, ouphies^Jand yi/i/.'j, green and 
 while. Shakfpcatc, 
 
 Then let them all'encircle him about, 
 And/a/y like too pinch the unclean knight; 
 And aflc him, why, that hoar, of/.iirj' revel, 
 111 their I'o facicd paths he d.ircs to tread 
 In fli-ipe prnphanc. Sh.ikfpeo'c. 
 
 Bv the idea any one has uffjin'es, or centaurs 
 he c.nuiot know that things, anfwering tlioU 
 ideas, exili. iw/v. 
 
 Fays, /.'••■ ••■■fi, genii, elves, and demons hear. 
 
 Z. Enchantrcfs. Warburlon. 
 
 To tins great y'd/Vy I'll commend thy a<5ts, 
 Make her thanks blefs thee. Shaifpcan. 
 
 F.^'iRV. adj. 
 
 1. Given by fairies. 
 
 Be I'ecrct and difcretc; thefe/zi/rj' favours 
 Ave loft when not conccal'd. DijJen. 
 
 Such borrowed wealth, like fttiiy money, 
 though it were gold in the hand from which he 
 received it, will be but leaves and duft wiien it 
 comes to ufc. Lor.K-. 
 
 2. Belonging to fairies. 
 
 This is the/a.-y land : oh, r'pight of fpights. 
 We talk with gobblings, owls, and elvilh 
 fprigl-.ts. Slwkffeaii. 
 
 Fa'irvstone. n.f. [fairy andj?ow,] A 
 
 ftonc found in gravel-pits. 
 FAITH, n.f. [/oi, French; fi.^'e, Ita- 
 lian ; Ji'/.-s, Latin.] 
 I. Belief of the revealed truths of religion. 
 The name off.itr/i being properly and flriiijy 
 taken, it miift- needs have reference unto fome 
 uttered word, as the objcil of belief. Ilor,hr. 
 FaHh, if It have not works, is dead, yames. 
 Vilion in the next life is the perfecting of 
 that/«ji'i in this life, or th.it /.i/V/; here is turned 
 into vilion there, as hope into enjoying. 
 
 Htimntottd^i i'ra^l. Cutttli, 
 
 Then f<i!i!i flvill fail, and holy hope (hall die; 
 
 One loll in certainty, and one in joy. Pri'^r. 
 
 I. The fyftem of revealed truths held by 
 the chriftian churcli ; the crtdenJa. 
 
 Felix hc.trd Pan! concerning X\\z failh. AFii, 
 This is tlie ealholick _^r.i..'/'. Ciimnon Prayer . 
 
 3. 'I'tufl in God. 
 
 ^aith is an entire dependence upon the truth, 
 the power, the jurtice, and the mercy of God ; 
 which dependence will certainly incline us to 
 obey l.im in all thuigs, Sn.tjt. 
 
 <(.. Tenet hcld>. 
 
 F A I 
 
 VVhich to believe of her, 
 Mud be afaiih, that reafon, without miracl?. 
 Should never plant in me. Sli<ikffiiarr. 
 
 5. Tnift in the honclly or veracity of an- 
 other. 
 C. Fidelity ; undiaken adherence. 
 
 Her failing, wljile her f.iit/i to me remains, 
 I Ihonid conceal. .l.V//o«'i PjraJtfc Loji. 
 
 7. Honour; fecial confidence. 
 For you alone • 
 I broke my fii/l/i with injur'd Palamon. 
 
 Dtydrn^i Knight*i Tale, 
 
 S. Sincerity ; honefty ; veracity. 
 
 Sir, in good y.i//i', in mecr verity. Shaifpeare. 
 They arc a very froward generation, children 
 in whom is no faiili. D-t'tcrimmy. 
 
 9. Promife given. 
 
 I have been forfworn. 
 In breaking/.»V^ with Julia whom I lov'd. 
 
 Skakfp!.irf. 
 
 F.v'iTHBREACH. ti.f. [faith nwA breach. '[ 
 
 Breach of fidelity ; difloyalty ; perfidy. 
 
 Now minutely revolts upbraid hhfait>ihreach; 
 
 Thofe he comm.inds, move only in command, 
 
 Nothing in love. Sftaifpfaje'i Machtlfl. 
 
 Ya'ithed. adj. [hom faith.] Honeft ; 
 fincere. A word not in ufe. 
 
 Thou brtftard! would the repofal 
 Of any trull, virtue, or woith in thee, 
 Make thy v/utdifaiii'J r" Shatfpeare. 
 
 Fa'ithfui.. adj. [faith and full.] 
 
 1. Firm in adherence to the truth of reli- 
 gion. 
 
 To the faints which are at Ephcfus, and the 
 fr!hf„l in Chrift Jcfus. Zphrfai. 
 
 l?r fhoafaltliful unto death, and I will give 
 tlue-a crown of life. ' Rc'.\ 
 
 2. Of true fidelity ; loyal ; true to the al- 
 legiance or duty prefeffcd. 
 
 1 have this d;y icceiv'da tr.iitor's judgment. 
 And by that, name mult die; yet, heav'n bear 
 
 winrefs, 
 And, if I l\avc 2 confcience, let it fink me, 
 Ev'n as the axe falls, if I bznox. faithful. 
 
 Si:akfpcarc's Hsnry \t1l. 
 So I'pake thaferaph Abdiel,_/a/////a? found; 
 Among fhe laitlilcfs, faithful only he. Aiiltun. 
 
 3. Hontil ; upright ; without fraud. 
 
 My fervant Moles is f.iitkful in all mine 
 houl'e. Numbers. 
 
 4. Obfervant of compaft or promife ; 
 true to his contraft ; fincere; veracious. 
 
 Weil I know him ; 
 Of cafy temper, natui'ally good, 
 A\\Aftu:hful to his word. Dry.hi:. 
 
 FA'iTHFutLy. adv. [frotn /«;//•/«/.] 
 
 1 . With firm belief In religion. 
 
 2. With lull confidence in God. 
 
 •;. With drift, adiieieiice to duty and al- 
 legiance. 
 
 His n.iblc grace would have fome jtity 
 
 Upon my wretched women, that lb long 
 
 •Have foUow'd botn my forii.mcsfa:il:fu/^y. 
 
 Skaifpeare's llimy v lit. 
 
 4. Without failure of performance ; ho- 
 neftly ; exactly. 
 
 If on my wounded bread thou drop a tear, 
 Tijink for whofc fake my bre.aft that wound did 
 
 bc;tr ; 
 Awifaiilfully my lafi dcfires fulfil. 
 As I ptrlurm my cruel father's will. Dryden. 
 
 5. Sincerely ; with ftrong promifes. 
 
 For his own part he did faithfully promife to 
 he lliU in the king's power. Bncin'^ lUnry vii. 
 
 6. Honeftly ; without fraud, trick, or 
 
 ambiguity. 
 
 They fuppofe the nature of things to be truly 
 nnd faithjully fignificd by their names, and 
 l!icrcnpor\. believe as^they hear, and praiflife as 
 they believe. Sutt/ui Sermeris. 
 
 F A L 
 
 7. In Shalfpearf, according to Warhur- 
 ton, fervently ; peihaps rather confi- 
 dently ; ftcailily. 
 
 f f his occafioiis were not virtuous, 
 I (hoiild not urge it half (o faithfully. Timin. 
 
 Fa'ithfulnf.ss. n.f. [f torn faithful.] 
 
 1 . Honelly ; veracity. 
 
 For there is no fait hfulnef in your mouth; 
 your inward part is very wickcdncfs. Pfalni. 
 
 The band that knits together and fupports all 
 coropad^s, is truth and /.i//^v.'/7(-/V. Stutk. 
 
 2. Adherence to duty ; loyalty. 
 
 The fame 7.eal and faithfulr.cf continues in 
 
 your blood, which animated one of your noble 
 
 anccftors to facrifice his life in the quarrel of hit 
 
 fovcreign. T>i\'i!n. 
 
 Fa'itmi.kss'ess. n. f. [horn faithUfs .^ 
 
 1. Treachery; perfidy. 
 
 2. Unbelitf as to revealed religion. 
 I'A'iTHt.Ess. udj. [ixam faith.] 
 
 1. Without belief in the revealed trulhi 
 of religion ; unconverted. 
 
 Wliatfoever our hearts be to God and 10 hij 
 truth, believe we, or be wc as yttfaithUfs, for 
 I'ur conveifioii or continuation, the force ui 
 natural leafon is great. Hviker. 
 
 Never dare misfortune crofs her foot, 
 Unlels (he doth it under this cxcufe. 
 That (lie is iiTue to a /u .-/«'.•/, Jew. Sliahfpeart. 
 
 2. Perfidious; difloyal ; not true to duty,, 
 ptofeflion, promife, or allegiance. 
 
 Both 
 Fell by our ferv.ants, by thofc men wc lovM 
 
 molt; 
 A molt unnatural -in&faithhfs fervice. Shahfp, 
 
 Abdiel, faithful found ; 
 Among the fait altfs. Miltoi'i Paradife L',f}. 
 
 Fa'iTour. n.f. [failard, French.] A 
 fcoundrel; a rafcal; a mean fellow ; a 
 poltroon. An old word now obfolcte. 
 
 To Philemon, (Me fniiaur, Philemon, 
 1 call to p,iy, tiiat I fo dearly bought, f. Queen, 
 
 Into new woes unwecting I was caft. 
 By this iMcfaitour. Fairy (^ueen. 
 
 Fake. n.f. [Among Teamen.] A coil 
 of rope. Harris^ 
 
 Falca'de. n.f. [horn falx, falcis, Lat.] 
 A boric is faid to m.Tkc falcades when he 
 throws himfelf upon his haunches two or three 
 times, as in very quick curvets; therefore ay^/- ^ 
 c.x.ie is thivt niSion of the haunches and of the f 
 Kgs, which bend very low, when you make a ■ 
 i^op and h.ilf a rlop. Farriei'i Dia. 
 
 Fa'lcated. fli^'. [falcatus, Lat.j Hook- 
 ed ; bent like a reaping hook or fitlie. 
 
 The enlightened part of the moon .ijipe.ars irt- 
 the form of a fickle, or reaping hook, which is 
 while Ihe is moving from the conjunction to the 
 oppofition, or from the new moon to tiie full ; 
 but from full to a new again, the enlightened pa;x 
 appears gibbous, and the ddvkfalcatcl. Bartii. 
 
 Falca'tion. n.f. [faUit, hat.] Grook- 
 ednefs ; form like that of a reaper's 
 hook. 
 
 The locurts have antenn.Te, or long horns "be- 
 fore, with a \on^fak,itim or forcipated tail be- 
 iiind. Br'.-Mn. 
 
 Fa'i.chion. n.f. [enps falcatus; in 
 French, fauchon.'\ A iliort crooked 
 fword ; a cimeter. 
 I've Icen the day, with my good biting/j.'. 
 chiciP, 
 I would have made them itip : I am old now. 
 
 Shalfpeatc. 
 0\A fakhiom are new temper'd in the fiies ; 
 The founding trumpet every Ibul infpires. 
 
 Dryden's jEneld, 
 What fighs and tears 
 Hath Eugene cauled ! how many widows curfe 
 • His ckaviii£y.i.'..j«« .' Phili^t,
 
 F A L 
 
 FA'LCON. n.f. [faulcon, French; fal 
 conne, Italian ; fako, Latin. Credo, 
 a rojlro falcalo dye a^uiico, from the fal- 
 cated or crooked bill.] 
 
 1. A hawk trained for fport. 
 
 As Venus' bird, the white, iwift, lovely dove, 
 O ! hnppy dove that art compai 'd to her, 
 
 Doth on her wings her utmoft fwiftiiefs prove, 
 Finding the gripe o( fa'ron fierce nut far. tsiJney. 
 
 Air Hops not the high foaniig of my noble 
 Jalcon. HWioji. 
 
 Apidian farms, for the rich foil admir'd, 
 And thy large fields where /a/cow may be tir'd. 
 
 Say, will tht fi'lcin, Hooping from above, 
 Smit with her varying plum.igc, fparc the dove? 
 
 Fop!, 
 
 2. A fort of cannon, whofe diameter at 
 the bore is five inches and a quarter, 
 weight feven hundred and fifty pounds, 
 length feven foot, load two pounds and 
 a quarter, (hot two inches and a half 
 diameter, and two pounds and a half 
 weight. Harris. 
 
 Fa'lconer. ft./, \_faukonnier, French.] 
 One who breeds and trains hawks ; one 
 who follows the fport of fowling with 
 hawks. 
 
 Hilt! Romeo, Wft! O for a/i/c'»/t-r's voice. 
 
 To lure this tarfcl gentle back again. S/iaifp. 
 
 The univerfal remedy was fwallowing of pcb- 
 
 ble-ftones, in imitation offulconers curing hawks. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 I have learned, of a falcDntr never to feed up a 
 
 hawk when I would have him fly. Dryden. 
 
 Kf<'l<r'one> Henry is, when Emma hawks ; 
 With her of tarfels, and of lures he talks. Prior. 
 
 Fa'lconet. n.f. Ifalconelte, French.] A 
 fort of ordnance, whofe diameter at the 
 bore is four inches and a quarter, 
 weight four hundred pounds, length fix 
 foot, load one pound and a quarter, 
 fliot fomething more than two inches 
 diameter, and one pound and a quarter 
 weight. Harris. 
 
 Mahomet fent janizaries and nimble footmen, 
 with certain /<j/(D««j and other fmall pieces, to 
 take tiie ftreighls. Knollei. 
 
 Fa'ldace. n.f. \_faLhgium, barbarous 
 Latin.] A privilege wliich anciently 
 feveral lords referved to themfelves of 
 fetting up folds for Iheep, in any fields 
 within their manors, the better to ma- 
 nure them ; and this not only with their 
 own, but their tenants (heep. Thisy«/- 
 dage in fome places they call a foldcourfe 
 or freehold. Harris. 
 
 Fa'ldfee. n.f. [falJ dndfee.] A com- 
 pofition paid anciently by tenants for 
 the privilege of faldage- Diff. 
 
 Fa'lding. n.f. A kind of coarfe cloth. 
 
 Did. 
 
 F.^'ldstooi.. n. f. [f'lfl ot fold and 
 Jlool.'l A kind of llool placed at the 
 fouth fide of the altar, at which the 
 kings of England kneel at their coro- 
 nation. 
 
 To FALL. i-.n. pret. IfM; compound 
 pret. / have fallen or fah. [peallan, 
 Saxon ; /«//f«, German.] 
 
 I. To. drop from a higher place. 
 
 Thou (halt make a battlement for ihy roof, 
 that thou bring nut blood upon Chine houfe, If any 
 ai3iifall Itom thence. JJeur 
 
 F A L 
 
 I niall/^// 
 Like a bnght exhalation in tlic evening, 
 And no nnan fee me more. Shakf^carr. 
 
 2. To drop from an eie6l to a prone pof- 
 ture. 
 
 Saul/c/Zall :ilongon the enith. i S^tm. 
 
 That is a liep, 
 On which I muft fa!! dowwy or eifc o'erlcap ; 
 Fur ill my way it lies. S/i'tkfpent e* s Macbeth. 
 
 3 . To drop ; to be held or adhere no 
 longer. 
 
 His chains /c// off fiom his hands. ^Bi. 
 
 4. To raove down any defcent. 
 
 All liquid bodies are djt^ulive ; for their pacts 
 being in motion, have no connexion one with 
 another, but gUde and //j// off any way, as gra- 
 vity and the air preffctn them. Burrut. 
 
 5. To drop ripe from the tree. 
 
 As the ie;if fai'fth zf from the vine, and as a 
 fiiUhig tig from tine fig-ttec. Ijaiah. 
 
 6. To pafs at the outlet : as a river. 
 
 Caefar therefore gave orders to build his gallies 
 on the Loir^ and the rivers that /.a// into it. 
 
 Ai'buthnot «/.■ Coim^ 
 
 7. To be determined to fome particular 
 dirciElion. 
 
 Birds and fowls that reft one foot to cafe the 
 other, naturally lay their heads under thcli- 
 wings, that the centre of gravity may yii// upon 
 the toot they ftand on. Chcyne. 
 
 8. To apoftatize ; to depart from faith or 
 goodnefs. 
 
 Labour to enter into that reft, left any man 
 fill! after the fame example of unbelief. Hebr. 
 
 They brought fcandal 
 To Ifrael, diffidence of G^id, and doubt 
 In feeble fiearts, propcnfe enough before 
 To waver or/u// off, and join with idols. 
 
 Milton. 
 Wiicther fome fpirit on holypurpofe bent, 
 Or fome/rf//'« angel from below broke loofe, 
 Who comes with envious eyes, and citrft intent, 
 To view this world and its created I*i>rd. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 9. To die by violence. 
 
 God and good angels fight on Richmond's fide, 
 And Richard /<i// in height of all his pride. 
 
 Shakffeare*i Ruhard ill. 
 
 If one ftiould be a prey, how much the better 
 To /«// before the lion than the wolf! Shakjp. 
 
 What other oath, 
 Than honefty to honefty engag'd } 
 That this fhall be, or we will fail for it. 
 
 Shakfpearc y. Cttjar . 
 
 A thoufand ihall f,d! at thy fide, and ten 
 thoufand at thy right hand ; but it Ihall not come 
 nigh thee. Ffjlms. 
 
 Ye ftiall chafe your enemies, and they ftiall 
 fali before you by the fword. Leviticus^ 
 
 They not obeying, 
 Incurr*d, what could they Icfs .' the penalty ; 
 And manifold in fin, deferv'd tofail. Milton. 
 
 A\mon failxy old Tyrrheus' eldcft care, 
 Pierc'd with an arrow from the diftant war. 
 
 DryJtfi'i j£ncid. 
 
 10. To come to a fudden end. 
 
 The gieatncfs of thefe Iiilh lords fuddenly fe'l 
 and vanifhed, when their oppreltions and extor- 
 tions were taken away. Davies. 
 
 He firft the fate of Caifar did foretell, 
 And pity'd Rome when Rome in CaefaryV/Zj 
 In iron clouds conceal'd thcpublick light, 
 And impious mortals fear'd eternal night. 
 
 Drydcn^i Virgil. 
 
 11. To be degraded from a high itation ; 
 to fink into meannefs or difgrace ; to be 
 plunged into fudden mifery. 
 
 What can be their bufincfs 
 With a poor weak womAn Jail'ti from favour ! 
 
 S/iaifpeatt\ 
 
 12. To decline from power or empire ; to 
 be overthrown. 
 
 F A L 
 
 What men could do, 
 Is Hone already: heaven and earth will witnefs, 
 It Rome muft/**//, that we arc innocent. Adiiif, 
 
 13. To enter into any (late worfe than the 
 former, 
 
 He/t-//at difference with Ludovico Sfortia, who 
 carried the keys which brought him in, and (hut 
 him out. i)'(ji-5?;'i Henry vir. 
 
 Some painters taking preceprs in too literal a 
 fenfe, have fallen thereby into great inconve- 
 niences. Dryjen, 
 
 14. To come into any ftate of weaknefs, 
 terrour, or mifery. 
 
 Tircfc, iiy obtruding the beginning of a change 
 for the entire work of new life, viiWJall under the 
 former guilt. U.tnimond. 
 
 One wouid wonder how fo many learned men 
 could/</.'/ into fo great an abfurdity, as to believe 
 this river could preferve itfclf unmixed with the 
 lake. Adiijon on Itnly. 
 
 The bed men/.ii7 under the fevercft prcffurcs. 
 
 iVake. 
 
 15. To decreafe ; to be diminifhed, as in 
 weight. 
 
 From the pound weight, as Pliny t«Us us, tlic 
 
 as _/(// to two ounces m the fivft Punick war; 
 when Hannibal invaded Italy, to oneounce; then, 
 by the I'apirian law. to half an ounce. Arhuthmt. 
 
 1 6. To ebb ; to grow fhallow : as, the river 
 falls. 
 
 17. To decreafe in value; to bear lefs 
 price. 
 
 When the price of corn ftdleth, men generally 
 break no more ground than wili tspply their own 
 turn. Carcw, 
 
 But now her price isfa//'n. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Rents will/u//, and incomes every day ielTen, 
 'till indurtry and frugality, joined to a well or- 
 dered trade, fliall reltof e to the kingdom the riches 
 it had formerly. Lccie, 
 
 18. To fink ; not to amount to the full. 
 The greatnefs of an eltate in bulk and territo- 
 ry, doth/<i// under meafuie; and the greatnefs of 
 finances and revenue dolhfiiU undercomputation, 
 
 £aeon^ 
 
 19. To be rejefted ; to become null. 
 
 This book mull ftand or fa// with thee ; not 
 by any opinion I have of it, but thy own. Laeie. 
 
 20. To decline from violence to calmnefs; 
 from intenfenefs to remiffion. 
 
 He was flirr"d. 
 And fomething fpoke in choler, ill and hafty; 
 But hefe// to himfelf again, and fwecfly 
 In all the reft fliew'da moll noble patience. Shalk. 
 
 At length her fuiy/t//, her foaming ceas'd; 
 And ebbing in her foul, the god decreasM. Dryd. 
 
 21. To enter into any new ftate of the 
 body or mind. 
 
 In fwcet mufick is fuch art, 
 Killing care and grief of heart, 
 f(i// aileep, or hearing die. Shahfpeetre, 
 
 Solyman, ch:ifcd with the lofs of bis gallies and 
 beft foldiers, and with the double injury done 
 unto him by the Venetians, yis// into fuch a rage 
 that he curled Barb.arufla. Knol/ei. 
 
 When about twenty, upon the falfenefs of a 
 lover, Iheyt.'/ diftrafted. Temf/e. 
 
 A fpark like thee of the man-killing trade, 
 Fi-Z/lick, and thus to his phyfician faid: 
 Methinks I am not right m cv'ry part, 
 I feel a kind of trembling at my heart; 
 My pulfe unequal, and my breath is ftrong ; 
 Belides a filthy furr upon my tongue. Dryden, 
 
 And you have known non*' in health who have 
 pitied you ? and beheld, they are gone before you, 
 even fince yow fe// into this dillemper. IVakc. 
 
 He died calmly, and Willi all the cafinefs of » 
 man/.j///«^ afleep. Attcrhiny, 
 
 Fortius himfelf ofty<//.'j in tears before nie. 
 As if he mourn'd his rival's ill fuccefs. Addifon. 
 
 For as his own bright image he furvey'd, 
 Hefe// in love willi the fantollick Ihad*. j^ddif.
 
 F A L 
 
 1 fiH in love with tlic chnrnftci of Pomponius 
 Aincu5; I longed lo iriiii.ttf him. Bljunt to Vo^'c. 
 
 22. To link into an air of difcontent or 
 dejeiSion of tlie look. 
 
 Ifthciu pel IilkIi; th_vfi:!f (h.lt tlicy fli.ill nut h'- 
 
 taken, let not thy countcnance/ii//. yii.liih. 
 
 \i you l;avc any other rcqacU Co maltc, hide it 
 
 not; I'ur yc ihnll fii.d wc will not make your 
 
 counlonancc to/.i// by tlie anuvei' ) c llviil receive. 
 
 /^utcw'i Sfiu Atl.tntii, 
 
 I have o! ftrv'd of Inte thy looks .wc fuilen, 
 
 O'crcali with jjloomy cares and difcontent. 
 
 AAdlJ'iii*i Catn. 
 
 23. To link below fomttluiig in compa- 
 rifon. 
 
 Fame of thy be.iiity and tliy youth, 
 Among the refr me hither brought, 
 
 Finding thi> faniey<;/lhort ot truth, 
 Made me llay longer than I thought, IValkr. 
 
 24. Toha])pt:n; to btfal. 
 
 For fuch things as do fall fcarcc once in many 
 ages, it did fuffice to take fuch order as was le- 
 quifite when ihcy fell. Hooker. 
 
 Oft ity^//ionr, that while one thinks too much 
 of his doing, he leaves to do the eftecl of this 
 thinking Sidnty, 
 
 A long advertent and deliberate connexing of 
 coiifequents, wliich/ij//s not in the common road 
 of ordinary men. i/j/c. 
 
 Since this fortuneyj//j to you, 
 Be content and leek no new. ShAff^titr. 
 
 If the wotft/ij.'.' that ever /f//, I hopc,'l Ihall 
 make (hifr to go without him. Skatf^can. 
 
 O, how feeble is man's power, 
 That if good fortunc/j//. 
 Cannot add another hour. 
 Nor a lort hour recall ! Donm. 
 
 Since both cannot poffcfs what, both purfue, 
 I'm griev'd my friend, the chance fhould/j/.' on 
 you. Drydcn. 
 
 I had more leifure, and difpofition, than have 
 Rnce fa/lei to my fharc. Swift, 
 
 25. To come by chance ; to light on. 
 
 I have two boys 
 Seek Percy and thy fcif about the field; 
 But feeing (huufnll'J} on me fo luckily, 
 I will affay thee. Shu^fpcare's //e'wry iv. 
 
 The Romans fell upon this model by chance, 
 but the Spartans by thought and dehgn. Siv:ft. 
 
 26. To come to a flated method. 
 
 The odd hours at the end of the folar year, arc 
 not indeed fully fix, but are deficient 10' 44"; 
 which deficiency, in 1 54 years, coliciScd, amounts 
 to a whole day; and hence may be fecn the rea- 
 fon why the vermi equinox, which at the time 
 of the Niccne council/*// upon the :ift of March, 
 falls now about ten days fooner. Holder on Time. 
 
 It does nox. fall within mv fubjcit to lay down 
 the rules of odes. Felton on the Vliiffi,h. 
 
 27. To come unexpefledly. 
 
 I 3iVCi fallen upon the mention of mercuries. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 It happened this evening that we fell into a 
 
 very pleafing walk, at a diftance from his houfe. 
 
 -'Iddifarl'i Spedator, 
 
 28. To begin anything with ardour and 
 vehemence. 
 
 The king underftanding of their adventure, 
 
 fuddenly fa/Is to take pride in making much of 
 
 them. Sidney. 
 
 Each ofus/t//inpraife of our country miftrefles 
 
 Sfudfpeare 
 And the next multitude felt a luffing Nmnie, j. 
 It is better to founti a perfon afar oB', than to 
 fall upon tlie point at firit; except you mean to 
 furpriic him by fome Ihort quellion. Baron. 
 
 When a horfe In hungry, and comes to a good 
 pafture, he fulli to his foud immediately. Hale. 
 They fdl to blows, infomuch that the Argo- 
 nauts flew the moft part of the Dcliones. 
 
 U EJliange. 
 
 29. To handle or treat diredly. 
 
 We muft i.rmeiii.uely /u.7 into our fubjeft, and 
 treat every pan of it in a lively m.anncr. Aldif 
 
 F A L 
 
 30. To come vindiftlvcly : as a punifh- 
 ment. 
 
 Therc/i// wrath for it againft Ifrael. Chron. 
 3 I . To come by any mifcliancc to any new 
 
 po(rc(rt)r. 
 
 The Ifout bilhop could not well brook that his 
 province lhould/,<// into their hands. KmfUi. 
 
 32. To drop or pafs by carclefnefs or im- 
 prudence. 
 
 UiylTes let no paitial favours /<(.'/, 
 The people's parent, he protected all. Pipe. 
 
 Some cxpieffions fell from him, not very fa • 
 vourablo to the people of Ireland. Swift. 
 
 33. To come forcibly and irrififtibly. 
 Vfir fell on them all. .-^c?,. 
 A kind rcfrcfhing llecp iifalLn upon him : 
 
 I faw him Ihcrcht at cafe, his fancy lolt 
 
 In pleafing dreams. .tdlf-jn. 
 
 34. To become the property of any one 
 by lot, cliaiice, inheritance, or otherwife. 
 
 All the lands, which will /a// to her m.ijcffy 
 thereabouts, are large enough to cont.iin tlum 
 
 Sp.'fer. 
 
 If you do chance to hear of that blind tiaitor. 
 Preferment/.;//; on him that cuts him off. Slitifp. 
 
 Then 'tis moft like 
 The fovercignty will/j//upon Macbeth. Sliakf. 
 
 After the Hood, arts to Chaldea /<•//; 
 The father of the faithful there did dwell, 
 Who both their parent and inrtruftor was. Denh. 
 
 You Ihall fee a great eltatc_/j// to you, which 
 you would have luft the relilh of, had you known 
 yourfclf born to it. jiddifrm. 
 
 If to her (hare fome female crrours/n//, 
 Look on iier face, and you'll forget them all. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 In their fpiritual and temporal courts the 
 labour/j//j to their viears-general, proflors, ap- 
 paritors, and fencfchals. Sivift. 
 
 35. To languilh ; to grow faint. 
 
 Their hopes or fears for the common caufe rofe 
 or/f// with your lordfhip's interefl. Addifon. 
 
 36. To be born; to be yeaned. 
 
 Lambs muft have care taken of them at their 
 firft/<!///;;^, elfc, while they are weak, the crows 
 and magpies will be apt to pick out their eyes. 
 
 Mortimer^ s Hufhandry. 
 
 37. To Fall away. To grow lean. 
 
 Wateiy vegetables arc proper, and filh rather 
 than flefh: in a Lent diet people commonly /<i// 
 ""■■'.v. Arbuthnot •« /J/,-/. 
 
 38. ToY ALU away. To revolt; to change 
 allegiance. 
 
 The fugitives /r// away to the king of Babylon 
 
 2 /v7//^ - , 
 
 39. 7"o Fall away. To apoftatize ; to 
 fink into wickedoefs. 
 
 Thefe fora while believe, and in time of temp- 
 tation /i// (iit.\iy. Luk:. 
 
 Say not thou, it is through the Lord that \fell 
 awny; for thou oughleft not to do the things 
 that he hatcth. Eceles. 
 
 40. To Tall away. To perifli ; to be lolL 
 Still propagate ; for rtiil they/.;// away ; 
 
 'Tis pi adencc to prevent entire decay. ' Drrdcrt. 
 How can it enter into the thoughts of nian, 
 that the foul, which is capable of fuch immenfe 
 perfcftions, and of receiving new improvement 
 to all eternity, fh:>\\ fall away into nothing, jlmoll 
 as fooi) as it is created ? A.Uifon. 
 
 41. ToFALLaway. To decline gradually; 
 to fade ; to languifh. 
 
 In a curious bivdc of needlework one colour 
 falls away by fuch jull degrees, and anothir rifes 
 fo infenfil.ly, that we fee the variety, without be- 
 ing able to diilinguiOi the total vanilhing of the 
 one from rhc firIt appearance of the other. .-Iddif. 
 
 42. To Fall 6aci. To fail of a proniifc 
 or purpofc. 
 
 We have often falle/i iaei from our refolu- 
 
 'ions- r.ii/rr. 
 
 43. To Fall i/ad. To recede j to give 
 way. 
 
 F A L 
 
 44. To Tall down. [Jown is fometimcs 
 addal to /;//, lliough it adds little tu 
 tlie iignification.J 'I'o proRrale himfclf 
 in adoration. 
 
 All kings lhall/a//ifo-ion before him; all nations 
 
 (hall fcrve him. P/i/m,. 
 
 Shall I fall down to the flock of a tree ? Ifiiali. 
 
 45. To Fall clown. To fink; not to 
 <land. 
 
 As Ihe was fpea king, (he fell down forfaintncfs. 
 
 lijllu-r. 
 
 Down fell the beauteous youth ; the yawning 
 wound 
 Gulh'd out a purple ftream, and ftain'd the 
 ground. Vrjden. 
 
 46. To Fall down. To bend as a fup- 
 pliant. 
 
 They fliall/<i//, /oil"; unto thee; they (hall make 
 fupplication unto thee. Ijaiak. 
 
 47. To Tall from. To revolt; to de- 
 part from adherence. 
 
 Clarence 
 
 Is veiy likely \o fall from him. Shalfpeare. 
 
 The empeior being much folicitcd by the Scots 
 
 not to be a help to ruin their kingdom, /t// by 
 
 degrees from the king of England. H.iyira'd. 
 
 48. To Tall ill. Toconciir; to coincide. 
 Objeftions/.r// .■;; here, and are the cicarelf ar.d 
 
 moft convincing arguments of the truth, ir'o-.dw. 
 
 His reafonings in this chapter fecm to fall In 
 with e.ich other; yet, upon a cloler invertigation, 
 we Ihall find them propofed with great variety 
 and diltiiidlion. Atteriury. 
 
 Any hnglc paper that/a//i In with the popul.ir 
 tafte, and picalcs more than oidlnaiy, brings one 
 in a great return of letters. Addifon. 
 
 When the war was begun, rhere foon fell in 
 other incidents at home, «-hich made the con- 
 tinuance of it neceftary. Su:}t. 
 
 49. lo Tall In. To comply ; to yield to. 
 Our fine young ladies readily fall in with the 
 
 direiftion of the graver fort. Sfeclator. 
 
 It is a double misfortune to a nation, which is 
 thus given to change, when they have a fovereign 
 that is prone to fall in with all the turns and 
 veerings of the people. Addifon. 
 
 You will find it difficult to perfuadc learned 
 men Xofall in with your piojcfls. Addifon. 
 
 That prince applied himfclf firlt to the church 
 of England; and, upon their rcfufal to fall in 
 with his meafures, made the like advances to the 
 ditTcntcrs. Swift. 
 
 50. To Fall off. To feparate; to be 
 broken. 
 
 Love cools, friendfhip/fl//.i og, brothers divide ; 
 in cities, mutinies; in countries, difcord. Shakf, 
 
 51. To Tall off. Toperifh; to die away. 
 Langunges need lecnirts to fupply the place of 
 
 thnfc words that are continua!iy/w///';go^;hrougli 
 difufe. PeltoK. 
 
 52. To T ALL off. To apoftatize ; to re- 
 volt ; to forfake. 
 
 Oh, Hamlet, what a falling off was there ! 
 
 Shakf peare. 
 Revolted Mortimer? 
 — He never A\A fall ijf, my fovereign liege, 
 But by the chance of war. Shakfpeare. 
 
 They, accuftonicd to afford at other times 
 either filcnce or (hort a(Tent to what he did pur- 
 pofc, did then /.i/Zo^ and foifake him. Hayji. 
 
 What caufo 
 Mov'd our grand parents, in that happy ftaie, 
 Favour'd of Hcav'ii fo liighly, Xoftlt iff 
 From their Creator, and tranfgrels his will ? 
 
 Milnn. 
 Thofe caj tive tribes/.-// r.ff 
 
 From God to worlhi 
 
 MHion. 
 
 Were I always grave, one half of my readers 
 wotild/a.- og from me. Addifon. 
 
 53. To T \LL on. To begin eagerly to do 
 any thing. 
 
 ^ome coarfc cold fallad is before tliee fct; 
 Bi;..d with the bran,, perhaps, and broken .iicar- 
 Fail on, and tiy thy appetite to eat. Drydcn.
 
 F A L 
 
 54. To Fall on. To make an alTauit ; to 
 begin the attack. 
 
 They fell on, I made good my place : at length 
 tliey came to the broomiUft' with rae ; I defied 
 'cm ftill. Sh^ifpcare'i Her.ry viii. 
 
 Fall on, fall on, and hear him not; 
 But fpare his perfon for his father's Take. Dryden. 
 Draw all ; and when I give tlie word, /«// 0". 
 
 Otdiitui. 
 
 He pretends, among the reft, to quarrel with 
 
 mp, to have/«&« foul on priellhood. 7>ry,Un. 
 
 ■55. To Y ki.L over. To revolt; to defeit 
 
 from one fide to tlie other. 
 
 And do'ft thou now fill over to my foes? 
 Thou wear a lion's hide ! doff' it, for (hame, 
 And hang a calve's Ikin on thofe recreant limbs. 
 Sh.akfpeure's King John. 
 
 56. 7'oFALLO.v^ To quarrel; to jar; 
 to grow contentious. 
 
 Little needed thofe proofs to one who would 
 have/ii.'/.« out with herfelf, rather than make any 
 conjectures to Zelmane's fpeechcs. Sidney. 
 
 How fill you out, fay that > 
 ■No contraries hold more antipathy 
 
 Than I and fuch a knave. 
 
 I:alfj>ea' 
 
 Meeting her of late behind the wood, 
 Seeking fweet favours for this hateful fool, 
 I did upbiaid her, mifalloiit with her. Shakfp. 
 The cedar, by the mlligation of the loyalills, 
 fell out with the homebians, who had clefted him 
 ^0 be their king. Eotucl, 
 
 ' A foul c.xafperated in ills, falli out 
 
 With every thing, its friend, itfelf Addifon. 
 
 It has been my misfortune to live among quar- 
 
 relfome neighbours; there is but one thing can 
 
 make \.\% fall out, and that is the inheritance ot' 
 
 lord Strut's eftate. Arluthnt'i John Bull. 
 
 57. To Fall out. To happen ; to befal. 
 
 Who think you is my Varus fallen out to be? 
 
 Sidney. 
 Now, for the mod: part, it fo fdkth out, 
 touching things which generally are received, 
 that although in thenifclves they be moft certain, 
 yet, becaufe men prefume them granted of all, 
 we are hardlicft able to bring proof of their 
 certainty. Uoohr. 
 
 \\io fell out, that certain players 
 We o'er-rode on tiieway; of thofe we told him. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 Yet fo it mv; fall out, becaufe tlieir end 
 
 Is hate, not help to me. Milton. 
 
 There/f.7o»r a bloody quarrel betwixt the frogs 
 
 and the mice. L'EjIiange. 
 
 if it iofall out that you are miferable for ever, 
 
 tlou h:'ft no reafon to be furpjifed, as if fonie 
 
 iinc.tpcdled thing had happened. Tillotfon. 
 
 58. To Fall to. To begin eagerly to 
 eat. 
 
 The men wee f.iihion'd in a h'.gcr mould. 
 The women fit for labour, big and bold ; 
 C'jjniick hinds, as foon as work was done. 
 To their huge pots of boiling pulfc would run; 
 fj.'.' 10, with eag'jt joy, on homely food. D'yd. 
 t.q. To Fall to. To apply himfelf to. 
 ■' They would needs fill to the praflice of thofe 
 virti:cs which ihcy befoie leaned. . Sidney. 
 
 I knew thee rot, ottl man ; fill to thy prayers : 
 How ill white haus brcome a fool and jffttr! 
 
 Skakfpearc^i Henry iv. 
 
 Having been brought up an idle liorfeboy, he 
 ■will never after /a// fo labour ; but is only made 
 nt tor the halter. Spenf.r 
 
 Thov fell to railing money under pretence of 
 the relief of Ireland. Clarendon. 
 
 My lady falii to play: fo bad h«r chance, 
 He mi:ft repa'r it. Pope, 
 
 to. ToYai.-l under. To be fubjecl to ; to 
 become the uibjeft of. 
 
 We know the cffefts of heat will be fueh as 
 will icMcc fall under the Conceit of man, if the 
 force of it be altogether kept in. ^ Baron. 
 
 Tnofc things which are wholly in the choice of 
 another, fail under our delibe. alion. Taylor. 
 
 The idea of the painter and the fculptor is un- 
 doubtedly that perfeft and ■excellent Mample of 
 
 F A L 
 
 the mind, by imitation of which imagined form, 
 all things are reprcfented which/.i// under human 
 fight. - ■ Dryden'i Dufrifnoy. 
 
 61. To Fall under. To be ranged with; 
 to be reckoned wtih. 
 
 No rules that relate to palVoral can affeft tiic 
 georgicks, vi\\\e\\ fall under that clal's of poetry 
 %vhich confilU in giving plain inftruflions to the 
 leader. A.l.lif-^n em trie Georgicki. 
 
 62. To Y .>^i.L Upon. To attack; to invade; 
 to afTault. 
 
 Auri.T/!///n^ ufion thcfe gallies, had with them 
 a cruel and deadly fight. Knolla. 
 
 An infeilion in a town dvAfalh upon children, 
 weak conftitutions, or thofe that are lubjedt to 
 other dil'eafes ; but, fprcading further, feizes upoji 
 the moft healthy. Temple. 
 
 Man fills upon every thing that comes in his 
 wav ; not a berry or niuftiroom can efcape him. 
 Addifon'i Spe^ator. 
 
 To get rid of fools and fcoundrels was one part 
 of my defign m failing upon thefe authors. Pope. 
 
 63. To Y ALL upon. To attempt. 
 
 I do not intend to fall upon nice philofophical 
 difquifitions about the nature of time. Holder. 
 
 64. To Y .w.!. upon. To rufh againft. 
 At the fame time that the ftorm bears upon the 
 
 whole fpecies, we are falling foul upon one an- 
 other. Addifon. 
 
 Fall i» one of thofe general words of 
 
 ^5 . - . 
 
 which it is very difficult to afcertaiu or 
 
 detail the ftul fignitication. It retains 
 in moll of its fenfes fome part of its 
 primitive meaning, and implies either 
 literally or figuratively delcent, vio- 
 lence, or fuddennefs. In many of its 
 fenfes it is oppsfedto rife ; but in others 
 has no counterpart or correlative. 
 
 To Fall. v. a. 
 
 1. To drop ; to let fall. 
 To-morrow in the battle think on me, 
 
 , Andy*^// thy cdgelefs fword, d.--fpair and die, 
 
 Sllak/J>eare'i Kie/iarJ III. 
 
 If that the earth could teem with woman's teais. 
 Each drop, (he falls, would prove a crocodile. 
 
 ShakfpeareU Othello. 
 Draw together ; 
 And when I rear my hand, do you the like. 
 To fall it on Gonzaio.. Shakfpeate's Tempefi. 
 
 I am willing to fall this argument : 'tis free 
 for every man to write or nor to write in vcrfe, as 
 iie thinks it is or is not his talent, or as he ima- 
 gines the audience w-ill iccei\c it. Dryden. 
 
 2. To fink ; todeprefs: the contrary to 
 
 raife. 
 
 It a man would endeavour to raifc or fall his 
 voice Hill by half notes, like the ftops of a lute, or 
 by whole notes alone without halts, as far as an 
 eight, he will not be able to frame his voice unto 
 it. Bacon's Natiitnl llijl'.,<y. 
 
 3. To diminifh ; to let fink : oppofed to 
 ra'ife. 
 
 Upon leiTcning inrercft to four per cent, you 
 y^iA' the price ofyoui native commodities, or Icffen 
 your trade, ur elfe prevent not the higli ufe. 
 
 Tocke. 
 
 4. To yean ; to bring forth. 
 They then conceiving, did in yeaning time 
 
 Fall parry-colour'd lambs, and thofe were 
 Jaeoi's. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Fall. n. f, [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The aft of dropping from on high. 
 High o'er their heads a niculd'ring rock is 
 
 plac'd, 
 Th.at promiCes ^fall, and fhakes at every hlaft. 
 Df yden's ALneid. 
 
 2. The a6l of tumbling from an ereft 
 pofture. 
 
 1 faw him run after a gilded butterfly; and 
 when he caugiit it, he ler it go again, and aft«r ii 
 again; and over and over he comes, and up again, 
 
 F A L 
 
 and caught it again; or whether his /«// enraged 
 him, or how it was, he did fo fet his teeth., and did 
 tear it. ^akfpeare. 
 
 . The violence fiiffered in dropping from 
 on high. 
 
 My Ion coming in to his marrhige-chamber, 
 happened to have eifall, and died. 2 Sfdrits. 
 
 Spirit of wine, mingled with common w.:ter, 
 if the firft/u//bc broken, by means of a fop, or 
 otherwifc, llaycth above ; and if once mingled, 
 it fevereth not again, as oil dotli. Bacon. 
 
 A fever or /u// may take away my reafon. 
 
 JLocke. 
 Some were hurt by the falls they got by leap- 
 ing upiin the ground. Gutlifer's Traivls. 
 (.. Death J overthrow; deftruflion incurred. 
 Wail his/<i/.'. 
 Whom I myfelf ftruck down. Shakfpeare. 
 Our fathers were given to the fword, and for 
 a fpoil, and had a great/j.'/ before our enemies. 
 
 Juditli. 
 I will begin to pray for myfelf and for them ; 
 for I fee the falls of us that dwell in the land. 
 
 a £fd,as. 
 
 5. Ruin; diflblution. 
 
 Paul's, the l.ite theme of fuch a mufe, whofc 
 flight 
 Has bravely reach'd and foar'd above thy height ; 
 Now (halt thou ftand, though fword, or time, 
 
 or fire. 
 Or zeal more fierce than they, thy fall confpirc. 
 
 Detthafni 
 
 6. Dovrnfal ; lofs of greatnefs ; declenfion 
 from eminence ; degradation ; ilate of 
 being depofed from a high llation ; 
 plunge from happiiiefs or greatnefs into 
 mifery or meannefs, or from virtue to 
 corruption. In a fenfe like this we 
 fay the fall of man, and the fall of 
 angels. 
 
 Her memory* ferved as an accuferof hcrChangCj 
 and her own handwriting was there to bear tcfti- 
 mony agaift her fall. Sidney. 
 
 Perhaps thou talk'll of me, and do'fl enquire 
 Of my'reftraint : why here I live alone; 
 And pictiefl this my miferablcyij/A , Vanlel, 
 
 He, carelefs now of int'reft, fame, or fate, 
 Pcrliaps forgets that Oxfoid e'er was great; 
 Or deeming mcaneit what we grcatelt call. 
 Beholds tiiee glorious only in thy fall. Popg. 
 
 r. Declenfion of greatnefs, power, or do- 
 minion. 
 
 Till the empire came to be fettled in Charles 
 theGreat, the/u.'/of t'ne Romans huge dominion 
 concurring with other univcrfal evils, cauled thofe 
 times to be d;iys of much aiilidlion and trouble 
 thr>jUghout the world. Hooker. 
 
 3. Diminution ; decreafe of value. 
 
 That the improvement of Ireland is the prin- 
 cipal caufe why our lands in purchafe rife not, 
 as naturally they Ihould, with ihcfalloi our in- 
 terclf, appears evidently from tiie etfeA the fa/i 
 of intereli hath had upon houfes in London. 
 
 C/ulJ. 
 J. Declination or diminution of found ; 
 cadence ; dole of mufick. 
 
 Thjt ftrain iigain; it had a dyingyj//: - 
 O, it came o'er my ear, like the Iweet South 
 That breathes upon a bank of violets. 
 Stealing and giving odours. Shakfpcars. 
 
 How fwcetly did they float upon the wings 
 Of filence, through the empty-vaulted night. 
 At e\ 'ryy.f//fmootliing the raven down 
 Of daiknefs 'till it fmil'd ! Milton. 
 
 10. Declivity; tleep defccnt. 
 
 Waters when beat upon the (bore, or ftiuitncd, 
 as the falls of bridges, or d.ilhed againft theiii- 
 felves by winds, give a roaring noife. Bacon. 
 
 1 1. Cataraft ; cafcade ; rufh of water 
 down a lleep place. 
 
 There will we fit upon the rocks, 
 And fee the Ihcphcrds feed their flocks 
 By Ihallow rivers, to vthuie falls 
 Melodious birds fiiig madrigals. Skakfpeart.
 
 F A L 
 
 A wJiiflllng wind, or a melodiom noife of 
 
 birrfs smoiig the fi)rc;i(1ing br.mchcs, or a plc^ifin;; 
 /'(/)/ ufw.iicr running violently, tlicfe things m.iHc 
 thcni to Iwjon fur rc:ir. kVifUm. 
 
 Duwn through the crannies of the living walls 
 The cryftiil fticanis dcfccnd in murni'ringy.i/A. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 The Twain, in barren deferts, with furpti^c 
 Sees lilies fpring, and fudden verdure rile ; 
 And (taits, aniidU the thirty y wilds, to hear 
 Hew Ja/h of water niurm'ring in his ear. Vope. 
 
 Now under hanging niount;iini, 
 Befide t\Kj.il.'s of fountains. 
 He makes his moan ; 
 And ealls her gholl, 
 For ever, ever, ever lofV ! Pcpt^i Sf. Cecii'/.t. 
 
 1 2. The outlet of a current into any other 
 water. 
 
 Before the fa/I oC the Po into the gnlph, it re- 
 ceives into its channel confulcrable rivers. -t-LLiif 
 
 13. Autumn; the fall of the leaf; the 
 time when the leaves drop from the trees. 
 
 What crouds of patients rlic town dotftor IcilU, 
 Or how la(t/u//he rais'd the weekly bills. DryJ, 
 l^. Any thing that comes down in great 
 quantities. 
 
 Upon a great fall of rain the current carried 
 
 awav a huge heap of apples. UKjlran^t, 
 
 15. The ad of felling or cutting down; 
 
 as, the fall of timber . 
 FALLACIOUS, adj. [faVax, Latin ; 
 fallacieuv, French.] 
 
 1. Producing millake j fophillical. It is 
 never ufed of men, but of writings, 
 propofitions, or things. 
 
 The Jews believed andafiented to things neither 
 evident nor cettani, nor yet fo much as probabk, 
 but actually falfe ^ndfttllacious; fnch as the ab- 
 furd doi^rines and ftorics of their rabbles. South. 
 
 2. Deceitful ; mocking expeftation, 
 
 ■ The force of thufiUacioru fruit. 
 That with exhilarating vapour bland 
 About their Ipifits had play 'd, and in inmofl pow'r^ 
 Made err, was now exhal'd. Milton, 
 
 Falfe philofophy infpircs 
 Ftu'lacious hope. Milton. 
 
 F.vlla'ciouslv. adv. [horn fallacious. '\ 
 Sophiftically ; with purpofe to deceive ; 
 with unfound reafoning. 
 
 We (hall fo f.ir encourage contradiifVion, as to 
 promife not to oppole any pen that Ihaliyu.Vut-/- 
 onjly refute us. Sroiun. 
 
 We have fecn \\ov faltachu/ty the author has 
 ftated the caufe, by fuppofing that nothing bur 
 unlimited mercy, or unlimited puniOiment, arc 
 the methods that can be made ufe of. AA.'.tj_ 
 Falla'ciousness. n. /. [from falla- 
 cious.^ Tendency to deceive; incon 
 clufivenefs. 
 Fa'llacy. n. f. [fallacia, hatin ; fal- 
 /ajf, French. ] Sophifm ; logical arti- 
 fice ; deceit ; deceitful argimient ; delu- 
 fory mode of ratiocination. 
 
 Moft princes make themfelves another thing 
 from ih? people by wf.iH.tcy of argument, think- 
 ing theml'elvcs muft kings when the fubjeit is 
 moft bafely fubjei^ed. Sidmv. 
 
 Until I know this furc uncertainty, 
 I'll entertaiii the fi\-owT^ A fallacy. Shakfp. 
 
 It were a mete fallacy, ai-.d miAaking to af- 
 cribe that to the foice of imagination upon ano- 
 ther body, which is but the force of imagination 
 upon the proper bcjriy. Bacrm. 
 
 All men, who can fee an inch before them, 
 may eafily dete<ft grots fallacies. D'yJcn. 
 
 Fallibi'i.ity. n. f. [{rotnfallilk.} Li- 
 ablencfs to be deceived ; uncertainty ; 
 poflibility of errour. 
 
 There is a great deal oi fallibility in the tcfti- 
 naony of men ; yet fome things we may be al- 
 moft as certain of, as that the fun (hines, or that 
 five twenties make an hundred. If'alti. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 f A L 
 
 FA'LLIBLE. atlj. [////<;, Latin.] Li- 
 able to errour; fuch as may be deceived. 
 
 Do not faKify your rcfolution with hopes that 
 
 iicfallitik: to-morrow you muft die. Skalifji. 
 
 He that creates to himfelf thoufands of little 
 
 hoiKs, unceicainin the promife, fallihU '\n the 
 
 event, and depending upon a thoul'and ciiciim- 
 
 ftanccs, often fail his expc(ftations. Tayh> . 
 
 Our intcUe-ftual or ratiooai powers need fome 
 
 aftiltancc, bccaufc they are fo frail :indfcllil}/e in 
 
 the prefent ftaie. ^atti. 
 
 Fa'lling. 7 ti. f. [From fall.] In- 
 
 Fa'li.ing/b, J denting oppofed to pio- 
 
 minence. 
 
 It Ihows the nofcand eyebrows, with the fcvc- 
 ral prominences and fallnigi itt of the features, 
 mucii more diftinftly than any other kind of fi- 
 gure. Addif'^n on l^Udah. 
 
 Fa'llingsickness. «.y. \fall tmA fick- 
 nejs.\ The epilepfy ; a difeafe in which 
 the patient is without any warning de- 
 prived ;it once of his fenfes, and falls 
 down. 
 
 Did Caefar fwoon.' — He fell down in the mar- 
 ket-place, and foamVl at mouth, and was fpeech- 
 lefs. — He h.ith \.\\z falling ftckmii. Shakjpeare. 
 Tiie doglilhcr is good againlt the falling-fick- 
 ncfi. IValtofi. 
 
 FA'LLOW. c^*. [palepe, Saxon,.] 
 
 1. Pale led, or pale yellow. 
 
 How docs \'o\xvji'//o<ij grcyliound, Cn } 
 I lieard (iVf he was out-run at Cotfalc. Shakf^. 
 
 The kii>g, who was exceflivdy nrtxcfled to 
 hunting, had a great dcfire to mnke a great park 
 for red as well zifalhw deer between Richmoiul 
 and Hampton-court. Clart-ndov. 
 
 2. Unfowed ; left to reft after the years of 
 tillage. [Suppofed to be fo called from 
 the colour of naked ground.] 
 
 The ridges o^ the f.iHow field I.iy travcrfed, fo 
 as the E'lgiifti n>uil crofs them in prefcnting the 
 clurge. Hijyiv.irJ 
 
 3. Plowed, but not fowed ; plowed as pre- 
 pared for a fecond aration. 
 
 Hcrprcdcceifors, in their couiTe of government, 
 did but fomctimc? caft up the ground ; and fo 
 leaving hfa.'h-Mj it became q^iickly overgrown 
 with weeds. Ihv^d'i Foval foreji 
 
 4. Unplowed ; uncuUIvated, 
 
 HeryU/ZoTL' Ices 
 The darnel, hemlock, and rank fumUor)', 
 Doth loot upon. Shakfpeare'i Htnry v. 
 
 5. Unoccupied ; neglefied. 
 
 Shall faints in civil bloodlhed wallow 
 Of faints, and let the caufe Wa falioxv ? Hudsbras. 
 Fa'llow. n.f. [from the adjective.] 
 
 1. Ground plowed in order to be plowed 
 again. 
 
 The plowing offaHoit.'s is a benefit to land. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 The bell ploughs to plow up fummer /'i.Vou^ 
 
 with. Morti>r.£j . 
 
 2. Ground lying at reft. 
 
 Within an ancient foreiVs amp!e verge. 
 There ftands a lonely but a healthful dwelling, 
 Built for convenience, and the ufe of life ; 
 Around \X failoivsj meads, and paftures fair, 
 A little garden, and a limpid biook, 
 By nature's own contrivance fcems difpos'd. 
 
 K^xve's jiJKt Shore. 
 
 To Fa'llow. v. «• To plow in order to 
 a fecond plowing. 
 
 Begin to plow up fallows: this iLxkfallonvhig 
 ought to be very Ib.iUow. Mortimer. 
 
 Fa'li.owness. n.f. [fr«m/tf//(?w.] Bar- 
 icnnefs ; an exemption Irom bearing 
 
 fruit. 
 Like one, who, in her third widowhood, doth 
 profcfi 
 Herfclf a nun, ty'd to retircdnefs, 
 S' aff'edls my mufc now a chafte fMh-wmfs. 
 
 Donne, 
 
 t' A L 
 
 FALSE, tti/i. [filfiis, Latin ; faux, faujfc, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . Not morally true ; cxprefling that which 
 is not thought. 
 
 Innocence lliall make 
 Talf' accufation blufli, and tyranny 
 Trcnil)le at patience. Shatfpeare. 
 
 Ti.ctc are falfe witnefTct among men. 
 
 I' Fjirartpc. 
 
 2. Not phyfically true ; conceiving that 
 which docs not exiil. 
 
 For how can that be falfe, which cv'ry tongue 
 Oi iv'ry mortal man affirms for true ? 
 
 VVl.ich truth hath in all ages been fo (irong, 
 As loadftone like,all heartiit cverdreB'. Dana. 
 
 A farce is that in poetiy which grotefque is iti 
 a picture : the perfons and aftion of a farce arc 
 all unnnrur.-il, and the manners /nyc; that is, ni- 
 confifting with the chaiaflers of mankind. 
 
 Drydfn^s Dufrcfnoy. 
 
 3. Succedaneous ; fuppofititiou';. 
 
 Take a velfel, a'ld make a falfe bottom of 
 courle canvafs : liil it with earth above the can- 
 vafs. Bacon's Natural Hifiary. 
 
 4. Deceiving expedation ; not folid j not 
 found. 
 
 He fell, as a huge rocky clifF, 
 Whofe/jy? found.uiun waves liavc w.jfh'd away. 
 With dreadful poifc is from the main land reft. 
 
 Fairy (^U€cn. 
 
 When that flood in its own depths was drown'd, 
 It left behind 'tx falfe and (lippVy ground. iJiyd. 
 
 The heart of man looks fair, but when we 
 come to lay any weight upon 't, the ground m falfe 
 under us. V Eflrange. 
 
 5. Not agreeable to rule, or propriety. 
 
 Now, fy upon my falfe French ; by mine ho- 
 nour, in true Englilli, I love thee, Kate. Shatfp. 
 
 6. Not honed ; not jull. 
 
 The tiue prince may, for recreation, prove a 
 falfe ihief ; for the poor abuCes of the times want 
 countenance. Skaifpeare. 
 
 Men are fpungcs, which, to pour out, receive; 
 Who knov falfe play, rather rhan lofe, deceiv e. 
 
 Dcnne. 
 
 7. Treacherous; perfidious; traitorous; 
 deceitful; hollow. 
 
 I grant him iiloody, 
 Luxurious, avaricious, falfe, deceitful. 
 Sudden, tnalicious, fmacking of ev'iy fin 
 That has a name. Shalfpeere. 
 
 Falfe of heart, light of car, bloody of hand. 
 
 S'takiyeure, 
 
 A man to whom he had committed the truft of 
 his pcrfon, in making him his chamberlain j this 
 man, no w.iys difgraced, no ways difcontcnt, no 
 ways put in fear, iavns falfe unto him. Bacon. 
 
 So hall thou cheated Thefeus witn a wile, 
 Againrt thy vow, returning to beguile 
 Under a borrow'd name; ^s falfe to me. 
 So fife thou art to him who fet thee free. 
 
 Dryden 
 
 The ladies will make a numerous party againft 
 him, for being /<i//e to love in forfaking Dido. 
 D'yJen's Fir^il, 
 
 8. Counterfeit; hypocritical; not real: 
 as, ^fulfc diamond. 
 
 Falfe te.irs true pity moves : the king commands 
 To loole his fetters. nryaen's"jE,:,fd. 
 
 9. In all thefe fenfes true is the word op- 
 pofed. 
 
 False, adv. Not truely ; not honeilly ; 
 not exaAly; falfcly. 
 
 What thou would'ft highly, " 
 That thouwould"!!- holily ; would'ft not play/;/^^ 
 And yet would'ft wrongly win. Staifp. 
 
 To False, v. a. [from the noun.] This 
 word is now out of ufe. 
 
 1 . To violate by failure of veracity. , '" 
 
 It's not enough that to this lady mild, " 
 Thou f: fed hath thy faith lyith perjury ? fairj ^. 
 
 2. To deceive. 
 
 aT
 
 F A L 
 
 F.in 'ccmly picafance each to otlier raak.cs, 
 With goodiv pupofes there as ihey fit; 
 
 And in Wnf.i/feJ fancy he her lakes 
 To be the f.iireft wight th:il lived yet. F. Que;". 
 3. To defeat ; to balk ; to evade. 
 
 But, Guyon, in the luat of a!l hii flrifc. 
 Was waiy wife, and clofely did await 
 
 Advantage, whi'.A his foe did rage mod rife; 
 
 Som^timcsathwart, fomctimes lie rtronk. liim ft: ait, 
 
 And f.:/feJ oft his blows l' illude him with fuch 
 
 bait. f'"''V Q"'-'"- 
 
 Falsihf.a'rti;d. aJj. [fa/fennd/jeart.] 
 
 Treacherous; perliJious ; deceitful; 
 
 lioUow. 
 
 The traitcroiis nr treacherous, who have miflcd 
 
 others, arc fevcicly" punillicd ; and the neutrals 
 
 and fa!f,lic.utc,l friends and followers, who have 
 
 flatted afidcliku a broken bow, he noted. Bunn. 
 
 Fa'i.sehood. n. f. [froin/a//f.] 
 
 1. Want of truth; want of veracity. 
 
 Aitificer of fraud; he was the firll 
 That praclis'd faljimd under faintly Ihow. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 All deception in the courfc of life is, indeed, 
 nothing clfc but a lie reduced to pr.aclice, and 
 ,',i,'/'./i;5/pafrin!; from words to things. SoutI:. 
 
 2. Want of honefty; treachery; deceit- 
 fuliiefa ; perfidy. 
 
 Nothing wants, but th.it thy (hape, 
 Like his, and colour ferpentine, may rtiow 
 Thy inward fraud, to wain all creatures Irom thcc 
 Henceforth; left that too heav'nly form, pretended 
 To hclli(li/j//2'.5i/, fnarc them. Milton. 
 
 3. A lie; a falfe alTertion. 
 
 In your aiifwers there lemains/j^/ooi. Joh. 
 
 4. Counterfeit ; impolhire. 
 
 For no f.tljhto.i can endure 
 Touch of ccleltial temper, but returns 
 Of force to its own likcnefs. Milton, 
 
 Fa'i.selv. adv. [from/</^f.] 
 
 I . Contrarily to truth ; not truly. 
 
 Simeon and Levi fpake not only/. i.^p/y but in- 
 fidioully, nay hypocritically, abulinp: profclytcs 
 and religion. Government of I lu Tongue. 
 
 Already were the Belgians on our coaft, 
 Whofc Hcct more mighty every day became 
 
 Bv late fuccefs, which they AtdJ'.ilfJy boaft, 
 And now by lirft appearing feem'd to claim. 
 
 Drvdcn'i Ann. Mir . 
 Tell him, T did in vain his brother move, 
 And yet he f-i'jeh faid he was in love; 
 yjfiiv; for had he truly lov'd, at leaft 
 He would have giv'n one day to my requeft. 
 
 D'ydtn^s Aurefp 
 
 Such as arc treated ill, and upbraided falfih, 
 find out an intimate friend that will hear their 
 complaints, and cnrie.avour to (00th their fecret 
 refentments. AMiifon't Sf/dator, 
 
 2. Erroneouny ; by mifiake. 
 
 He knows that to be inconvenient which we 
 /fl//f.'y think convenient for us. Sm.ilridg^L. 
 
 3. Perfidioudy ; treacheroufiy ; deceitfully. 
 F.-v'i-sENtss. n. /. [iram falj'i.] 
 i. Contrariety to truth. 
 
 2. Want of veracity ; violation of pro- 
 
 mife. 
 
 Suppofe the reverfe of virtue were fotcmnly 
 enafted, and the praiSice of fraud and rapine, 
 and perjuiy and falfencf\ to a man's word, and 
 all vice were efiablillicd by a law, would that 
 which we now cill vice gain the reput.itinn of 
 virtue, and that which we now call virtue grow 
 ««iiou5 to human nr.ture ? Till'iJ'.n, 
 
 3. Duplicity; deceit; double dealing. 
 
 Piety IS oppofed 10 hypociify and infincetity, 
 and ?i\\ jo:',cv[\ or foulnefs of intentions, efpcci- 
 ally to pctlonaled devotion. H.mtmonJ, 
 
 4. Treachery ; perfidy ; traitoroufnefs. 
 
 King Richard might create a [K-rfeft gucfs, 
 That great Nirthumbcrland, then falfe to him, 
 WouW uf tnat feed jrow to a Ercater/.i/Z^r -;,■/'. 
 
 Shai/fKirt'^ If'try IV. 
 
 F A L 
 
 The prince is in no danger of being betrayed by 
 
 the /.•/fittef', or cheated by the avarice of fuch a 
 
 fervant. Rogin. 
 
 Fa'lser. n. f. [from /a^.] A deceiver ; 
 
 a hypocrite. Obfolete. 
 
 Such end had the kid ; for he would weaned be 
 Of craft coloured wiih fimplicity; 
 .^Viid fiich end, pardie, does all them remain, 
 That of (uchjiil/er's fricndfhip been fain. 
 
 Spinfer's ?oji. 
 
 Falsifi'able. adj. [from /<;//%'.] Liable 
 to be counterfeitetl or corrupted. 
 
 Falsifica'tion. n. /. [faljlfication, 
 French ; from /"Ifify.^ 
 
 1. The aft of counterfeiting any thing fo 
 as to make it appear what it is not. 
 
 Concerning the word of God, whether it be 
 by mifconitruaion of the fenl'e, or by f.il lifir.it ion 
 of the woids, wittingly to endeavour that any 
 thing may fccm dlvinewhich is not, is very plainly 
 to aliufe, and even to falfil'y divine evidence, 
 which injui7, oflercd hut unto men, is molt wor- 
 thily counted heinous. IhoLfr . 
 
 To counterfeit the dead image of a king in his 
 coin is an high otl'ence; but to counterfeit the liv- 
 ing image of a king in his pcrfon, exccedeth all 
 f.i.'/ijiraiionf ; except it (hould be that of .t Maho- 
 met, that counterfeits divine honour. B,icon. 
 
 2. Confutation. 
 
 The poet invents this fiflion to prevent poiic- 
 rity from fcarching after this illc, and to preferic 
 his llory from dete.!tion of fti.'fifiralion. Broom. 
 
 Fa'lsifier. n. / [from /<;//;/>.] 
 
 1. One that counterfeits ; one that makes 
 any thing to fccm what it is not. 
 
 It happens in theories built on too obvious or 
 too few experiments, what happens to fiilfihtrs of 
 coin ; for counterfeit money will endure feme one 
 proof, others another, but none of them all proofs. 
 
 S'.yh. 
 
 2. Alier; one that contrives falfehoods. 
 
 Boafters arc naturally /iZ/r/i-M, and the people, 
 of all others that put tiieir (hams the worft to- 
 gether. L'EJlrcnge. 
 
 7"o Fa'lsifv. v. a. [faffijicr, French.] 
 I. To counterfeit ; to forge ; to produce 
 
 fomething for that which in reality it is 
 
 not. 
 
 We c.innot excufe that church, which through 
 corrupt tranflations of fctipture, deliveieth, inftead 
 of divine fpeeches, any thing repugn int unto that 
 which God Ipcjiketh; or, through /nZ/i/rf./ addi- 
 tions, prapofcih that to the people of God as 
 fcripturc, which is in trutli no fcripturc. Hooter. 
 
 The Iiilh bards ufe to forge inAfalfify every 
 
 thing as they lift, to plcafc ordifpleaie any man. 
 
 Spenfer on Irelan.i. 
 
 Ydfifying the balance by deceit. Amo.. 
 
 2. To confute ; to prove falfe. 
 Our Saviour's prophecy ftands good in the dc- 
 
 lirudlion of the temple, and the dilfolution of the 
 Jewiftl crconomy, when fcws and pigans united 
 all their endeavours, under Julian the apol^ate, 
 to l)afflc and/..7//y the prcdiaion. A.UiJm. 
 
 3. To violate ; to break by falfehood. 
 
 It Ih-all be thy work, thy ihameful work, which 
 is in thy power to lliun, to make him live to fee 
 thy faith /fiZ/.J/iVi, and his bed defiled. Sidney. 
 
 He iu(id<:n]y faijijiej his faith, and villainoufly 
 flew Sclymes the King, as he was bathing liim- 
 felf, miftrufling nothing lefs than the falfehood of 
 the pirate. Kno/fei' Hijh'y. 
 
 This fupciadds treachery to all the other pefti- 
 Icnt ing-cdicntsof the crime; 'tis thcfn/Jifyini; the 
 moft important truft. De:.iy of Piety. 
 
 4. To pierce ; to run through. 
 His crelt is raflr'd away, his ample fhield 
 
 Is f.iljify'd, and round with jav'lins fill'd. Dryil. 
 Of this word Mr. Dry.ten writes thus : My 
 friends (piarrclled at the word fn'/ifeJ, as .an in- 
 novation in our language. The hii is confclTeel ; 
 for I remember not to have read it in any Englidr 
 
 F A L 
 
 author ! though perhaps it maybe found in Spin' 
 fer's Fairy t^ueen. But fuppofe it be not there : 
 why am I forbidden to borrow from the Italian, a , 
 polilhcd l.inguage, the word which is wanting in 
 my native tongue? Horace has given us a rule 
 for coining words, yf gr^eo fonti cadant^ efpecially 
 when other words arc joined with them which 
 explain ihc fcnfe. I ufcd the WijrA fulfify, in this 
 place, to mean that the Ihield of Tuinus w.is not 
 of pioof agaiiirt the fpcars and javelins of the 
 Trojans, which had pierced it through and througli 
 in miny places. The words which accomp.any 
 this new one, makes my meaning plain : 
 Ma ft t' VJher<ro d\-lmbi era peifettOj 
 Che mat potcr falfarlo in nefjum canto. 
 
 Ariofto, cant. xKvi. 
 f^.y^r cannot otherwife be turned than by fol ft feeir 
 for his Ihield was ft/fed, is not Englilh. I might 
 indeed have contented mylelf with faying liis 
 fliicld was pierced, and bored, and (luck with 
 javelins. JJryden.- 
 
 Dryden, with all this effort, was not able to na- 
 tur.diic the \Kw fignification, which I have never 
 fccn copied, except once by fomc obfcure iiame- 
 lefs writer, and which indeed dcferves not to be 
 received. 
 
 To Fa'lsify. "v. n. To tell lies; to violate 
 
 truth. 
 This point have we gained, that it is abfolutely 
 
 and univerfally unlawful to lie MxAfalffy. South, 
 Fa'lsity. n.f. [/rt^/aj, Latin.] 
 
 1. Falfehood; coueraricty to trutli. 
 Neither are they able to break through thofe 
 
 eriours, wherein they are fo determinatcly fettled,, 
 that they pay unto f.i.'/ity the whole fum of what- 
 foever love is owing unto God's truth. Uooht . 
 
 Can you on him fuch f'ljitin obtrude .' 
 And .as a mortal the moil wife delude? Sandys, 
 
 Probability does not make any alteration, either 
 in the truth ot falf/ty of tnings; but only imports 
 a different degree of their clearnefs or appearance: 
 to the underftanding. Sout/i, 
 
 2. A lie ; an ertour; a falfe aflertion or 
 polition. 
 
 That D-inubius arifeth fiom the Pyrenean hills, 
 that the e.irth is iiighcr towards the north, are 
 opinions truly charged on Arillorle by the rellorcr 
 of Epicurus, and all ealily confutable/tz^/zfr. 
 
 (ilnmnlte's Scepjii. 
 ro FA'LTER. v. n. [/a/Mr, to be want- 
 ing, Spanifh ; vaullur, a ftammerer, 
 Klanditk, which is probably a word 
 from the fame radical.] 
 t. To hefitate in the utterance of words. 
 With faltering tongue, and trembling cv'ty 
 vein. 
 Tell on, quoth flic. Fairy Queen, 
 
 The pale affiftants on each other flai'd, 
 With gaping mouths for iffuing words prepar'dj 
 The Itill-horn founds upon the palate hung, 
 And dy'd imperfcft on thefi/t'ring tongue. 
 
 Dryc^en, 
 
 He changes, gods ! sndf alters at the qneftion r 
 
 His fears, his words, his look, declare him guilty. 
 
 SmitA, 
 
 2. To fail in any aft of the body. 
 This earth Oiall have a feeling ; and thefc ftones 
 
 Prove armed luldiers, ere her native king 
 ShM falter under tbul rebellious arms. Shaifp, 
 He found fiis legs falter. IVifem.-in'i Surgery, 
 
 3. To fail in any aft of the underftanding. 
 How far idiots arc concerned in the want or 
 
 weaknefs of any or all faculties, an exaft obfer- 
 vation of their fcvera^ ways of /jZ/tr/ig would 
 difcover. Lockt, 
 
 To Fa'lter. v. a. To fift ; to cleanfe. 
 This word feems to be merely ruftick 
 or provincial. 
 
 Barley for malt muft be bold, dry, fweet, and 
 clean faltered from foulnefs, Iteds, and oats. 
 
 Mortimer' i IJufhandry, 
 
 Fa'lteringly. adv. [ from/a//^ r. ] With 
 hefitation ; with difficulty ; with fee- 
 blenefs.
 
 F A M 
 
 To Fa'mble. v. n. [famlcr, Danifh.] 
 To helitate in the fpeech. This word I 
 find only in SLinner. 
 
 FAME. 71. f. [fama, Latin; ^i'^ia.] 
 
 1. Celebrity ; renown. 
 
 The hoiifi- to be buildcd for the Lord mull be 
 exceeding m^ignitic.il, of fame ;nid of glory 
 throughout all countries. CJironicUsr 
 
 The defue tji J\t>nt: will not fuffer cudowmeius 
 to lie ufclcfs. AASfnii' i Spcei.ilsr. 
 
 What is this/unic, for whicli wc thoughts em- 
 ploy, 
 The owner's wife wliich other men enjoy * Pope. 
 
 2. Report ; rumour. 
 
 Wc liave heard ihc/.:m.' of him, and all that he 
 
 did in Ui;ypt. ycy,iii.i. 
 
 I ih.il! (hew what are uuc f.imcs. Barcn. 
 
 Fa'med. ndj. [^ivom fame.] Renowned; 
 
 celebrated ; much talked of. 
 
 He iiJatnU for mildiiel's, peace and prayer. 
 
 Shakfpeari. 
 He purpofcs to fcek the Claifan god. 
 Avoiding Dclphos, his nioi-ey^imV abode. 
 Since Phlegian robbers made unfafe the road. 
 
 Dryin. 
 
 Ariftidesw.!s an Atlienian philofopher, fatn.'d 
 
 for his learning aiul wil'dom ; but converted to 
 
 chrirtianity. Adi:f',n. 
 
 F.^'meless. adj. [from fame.~\ Having 
 
 no fame ; without renown. Not in ufe. 
 
 Then let me,/j-n: V^'j, love the fields and woods, 
 
 The fruitful watcr'd vales and running floods. 
 
 Mayi Virgil. 
 
 FAMI'LIAR. adj. [/jm/V/anV,' Latin.] 
 
 1. Domeflick ; rel.ttiug to a family. 
 
 Tiicy range/u»fl.'.V..r to th;.' dome. Pope. 
 
 2 . Affable ; not formal ; eafy in conver- 
 fation. 
 
 Be thou yjfK.'V.'dr, but by no means vulgar. 
 
 Shjkfp/are. 
 
 Be not too/. imi/iar with Poins; for he mifufes 
 thy favours fo much, that he fwears thou art to 
 marry his filler Nell. SliAfpeare. 
 
 3. Unceremonious ; free, as among per- 
 fons long acquainted. 
 
 Kalandar Itreight thought he faw his niece 
 Parthenia, and was about m i\iz\\ famiHar furt to 
 have fpokcn unto her; but ftic, in gra^■e and ho- 
 nourable manner, gave him to underlland that he 
 was miiKikcn. Sidnew 
 
 4. Well known; brought into knowledge 
 by frequent praftice 01 cullom. 
 
 I fee not how the Icriptuic could be polfibly 
 made/./ff;:V/jr unto all, uidcf-. f.'.r more fhould bt 
 read in the people's hearing than by a fermon caji 
 be opened. llczker. 
 
 Let us chine fuch noble counfel. 
 That war, or pe.ace, o- botii at once, may he 
 As things ac(piaintedand/u,Hj7;W to us. Shaifp. 
 
 Our fwcet 
 Hecefs and only conluiation left 
 ranuliur to our eyes! Milton's VarnMfc Lcji. 
 
 One idea which is f.imiliur to the mind, con- 
 
 nefted with otivrs which are new and Kiangc, 
 
 will bring thofe new ideas into eafy rcmembiance. 
 
 )l'jll! ',•! rhi Min.l. 
 
 5. Well acquainted with; accullomcd ; 
 habituated by cuftotn. 
 
 Or chang'd at length, and to the place con- 
 form'd 
 In temper and in nature, will receive 
 riimiiidi the fierce he.it, and void of pain. i\f//r;v 
 
 The fenfcs at firlt let in particular ideas; and 
 the mind, by degrees, nuvingfumi/iar with fume 
 of them, they .ve lodgtd in the memory, and 
 names got to them. Lu-kc. 
 
 He was ama^^ed huw fo impotent and groveling 
 an infect as I, could entertain fuch inhuman 
 ideas, and in fo /.tmiiiar a manner, as te appear 
 wholly unmoved at all the feencs of blood and de- 
 folation. Gui/ixer's Travels. 
 
 patient permit the fadly-plcafing llrain, 
 tamiliarnovi with grief, yojrlcars retrain, Poje. 
 
 6. Common ; fret^utrr.;. 
 
 F A M 
 
 To a wrong hypothefis may be reduced the 
 errouis that may be occafioned by a true hypo- 
 thefis, hut not rightly undcrftood : there is no- 
 tliiilg miiic familttir than this. L^cke. 
 
 7. Eafy ; unconftrained. 
 
 He nnicins 
 His mufe, and fporti in laukfamili.ir ftrains. 
 
 AiiJifr:. 
 
 8. Too nearly acquainted. 
 
 A poor man found a pricft f.imi/i.ir with his 
 wife, and becaufe he fpakc it abroad, and could 
 not prove it, the prieit fued him for defamation. 
 
 Cafftt^-fi. 
 FaMi'm.^R. f!./. 
 
 1. An intimate; one long acquainted. 
 
 The king is a noble gentlem.ni, and my f,>nu!:iir 
 
 Shiikfpeiiu. 
 
 When he finds himfelf avoided and ncgleilcd 
 
 by his f.trr:iijit, this aflVifls him. Rogers. 
 
 2. A demon fuppofed to attend at call. 
 
 Love is 'A fumiitar ; there is no evil angel but 
 
 lo\e. Shakjpciit'. 
 
 F A M 1 1. 1 A R 1 T V . n. f. [ famUiarite, Fr. 
 from famliar. ] 
 
 1. Eafincfs of converfation ; omifTion of 
 ceremony ; affability. 
 
 2. Acquaintance; habitude. 
 
 We contract at lali fuch an intimacy Anifami- 
 li.tnfy with them, as makes it difficult and irk- 
 fome for us to c.ill oft' our minds. Atterhury. 
 
 3. Eafy intercourfe. 
 
 They fay any mortals may enjoy the moft intl- 
 mA^cjumillarities with tiiefc gentle fpirits. Pope. 
 7"o Familiari'ze. v. a. [famlliari/er, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . To make familiar ; to make eafy by 
 habitude; to make common. 
 
 2. To bring down from a flate of diltant 
 fuperiority, 
 
 "The genius fmiled upon me with a look of com- 
 palfinti and affability tYi2ii f.tviiliartz,ed him to my 
 imagination, and at once difpelled all fear and 
 apprehenfions. Addifon' s Speeliitcr . 
 
 F A M i'l I A R L Y . aelv. [ from familiar. ] 
 I. Unccremonioufly ; with freedom like 
 that of long acquaintance. 
 
 Becaufe that \ J.imill.itly fomctimes 
 Do ufe you for my- fool, and cliat with vou. 
 Yum* fawcinefs w*il jell iipun my love. Sh.ilfp 
 
 He talks as fum:!:uily of John of Gaunt as it 
 he had been fworn brotlier to him; and I'll be 
 fworn he never faw him but once in the liltyard, 
 and then he broke his head. S/tak/ptH'e 
 
 The goveinuur came to us, and, after filuta- 
 tioils, faidy()m;V/fir/i-, that he w.is come to \ ifit us, 
 and called for a chair and fat him down. Uacon. 
 
 z. Comnioiily ; frequently; with the un- 
 coiicernednefs or eafinefiof "long cullom. 
 I.effir mifisand fogs than thofe which tovered 
 Greece with fo long darkncfs, do/(jm;///ir.'v pi'?- 
 fent oui lenfcs with as great alterations in the 
 fun and nioon. Rzi/ei^/i's Uiji'^ry. 
 
 3. Eafily ; without folemnity ; without 
 
 formality. 
 
 Horace if ill charms with graceful negligence, 
 And without method talks us into fcnfe; 
 VVIII, like a friend, /.iw:V.M'/v convey 
 The truell notions in the cafielt way. Pr-pe. 
 
 FAMI'LLE. [en famille, French.] In a 
 
 family way ; domeftically. 
 D.luded mortals, wiiom the great 
 
 Cliufe for companions teu-a-tete ; 
 
 Who at their dinners, en Jttmidey 
 
 Get leave to fit whene'er you will. S:rifr. 
 
 Fa'mily. n. f. [fumUia,\^dX\a ; familli, 
 
 French.] 
 I. Thofe who live in tlic fame houfe ; 
 
 houfehold. 
 The night made little inipreffion on myfelf; 
 
 but I cannot anfwer for my wholey.iwr.^' J for my 
 
 wife prcv.ulcd on me !b take fonicvrtar. Huijt. 
 
 F A M 
 
 2 . Thofe that defcend from one common 
 progenitor ; a race ; a tribe ; a gene- 
 ration. 
 Of Gerflion was the/<i«i7)fof the Libnicct. 
 
 Numbers/ 
 
 3. A courfe of defcent ; a genealogy. 
 
 If thy ancient but ignoble blood 
 Has crept through (coundrels e\er fincc t'nc flood, 
 Go and coniplain thy family is young, 
 Nor own thy fathers have been fools fo long. 
 
 Poft. . 
 
 4. A clafs ; a tribe ; a fpecies. 
 
 There be two grcat/.j""//;;) of things, fulpliu- 
 reous and mercurial, inflammable and not inflam- 
 m.ible, mature and crude, oily and watty. Bae^t. 
 
 Fa'mine. n.f. [famine, French ; fames, 
 Latin] Scarcity of food; dearth; 
 dillrefs for want of vicluals. 
 
 Our callle's ftrength 
 Will laugh a fiegc to (corn : hcic let them he, 
 'T<\\ famine and the ague tat them up. ShatCp. 
 
 Vaminei have not been of late obfcrved, partly 
 becaufe of the induftry of mankind, pirtly by 
 thole fupplics that come by fcj, but piincipally 
 by the goodnefs of God. Hi}e. 
 
 This city never felt a fiege before. 
 But from the lake recciv'd its daily llure; 
 Which now (hut up,ai,d millions crowded here, 
 fatr.ine will t'ooii in nu;l:itudes appear, Dryden. 
 
 To FA'MISH. V. a. [from famet, Lat. 
 famis, old French.] 
 
 1. To kill with hunger; to ftarve ; to 
 dcftroy by want of food. 
 
 Wiiat, did he m.irty me 'of.tmi.li me? Sf:.ii'p, 
 The pains of/.i«;/,;'rf Tantalus he'll feel. 
 And Sifyphus, that la'oours up the hill 
 The rowling iocs, in \ain; and curft Ixion's 
 wheel Dry Jen. 
 
 2. To kill by deprivation or denial of any- 
 thing ncceifary 'to life. Mihon ufes it 
 with of. 
 
 Thin air 
 Above the clouds will pine his entrails grofs, 
 A\y<ifuini/i him of b.-eith if not 0/* bi ead. Mrieir. 
 To Fa'mish. v.n. To die of hunger; to 
 fuffer extreme liunger. 
 You are all rct'oh ed ratiicr to die than to fami-h. 
 
 Sfiakfpe/tie. 
 
 Fa'mishmf.nt. n.f. [from _/i2CT//7j.] The 
 pain of hunger ; want of food. 
 
 Apicius, thou drd'rt on thy gut belfow 
 Full ninety millions; yet, when this was fpent. 
 
 Ten millions (till remain'tl to thee; which thou, 
 Fearing to fnfter thirll ^n^t famijhment, 
 In poi'Jni'd potion diank'lt. Uuiezviii, 
 
 Fa.mo'sity. n.f. [_^iom fwtotii.] Re 
 now 11 ; celeb nlv, Diil. 
 
 Fa'mous, adj. [fimeux, French i ftmofus, 
 Latin.] y 
 
 I, Renowned; celebrated; much talked 
 of and prailcd, 
 
 Henry itie lit'th, too famcus to live long ; 
 liiigland ne'er loll a king of fo much worth. 
 
 Sh.iki'peate's Henry vr. 
 
 There 1 jfe up before Mofes two hundred and 
 fit'ty princes of the alTcmbly, fumout in the con- 
 gregation, men of renown. ■ Numhers, 
 
 She became /"wwofci among women; for they 
 had executed judgment upon h.er. Ezek. 
 
 Pyreius was only Jamo:ts for counterfeiting all 
 
 bafe things; as earthen pitchers, a fcullery, rogues 
 
 together by the ears, and fwine tiinibling in Ihe 
 
 mire; whereupon he was furnamcd Riipographus. 
 
 Peachum en DraiviKg, 
 
 I fhaU he n,am'd among the /.ims;</cy/ 
 Of women, fong at folemn feftivals. Mi'lcn. 
 
 Many, befides myfelf, have heard unr famous 
 
 Waller own, that he derived the harmony of his 
 
 numbers from the Godfrey of Bulloign, turned 
 
 into Englifh by Faiifa.\. D'yiei-., 
 
 412
 
 FAN 
 
 2. It lias fomerimes a middle fignification, 
 and imports fame whether for good 
 
 or ill. 
 
 Menecrates and Menas, fuimns pyrates, 
 Make tlie fca feive them. S/i-ii/pf<"r 
 
 Fa'mously. adv. [from fnmous.] With 
 great renown ; with great celebration. 
 
 Ttita this Imdwii fii'MaJly mndKd 
 With pulitick grave counlcl ; then the king 
 Had virtuous uncles to protefl his grace Shatfp. 
 They lo-ked on the particulars as things^.i- 
 mo:iJly ff oken of and believed, and worthy to be 
 vecordcd and read. Grew'i Cofm^kgia. 
 
 F.\'mous>'ess. n. f. [from/rtwouj.] Ce 
 
 lebrity ; great fainc. 
 FAN. «./. [vanmts,'L'i\Xx\.'\ 
 
 1. An initrument vifcd by ladies to move 
 the air and cool theiiifelves. 
 
 With fcarf.s, and/<;«i, and double change of 
 brav'ry, 
 With amber bracelets, beads, withall this knav'ry. 
 
 Shukjii.,T,. 
 
 Flavia, the lead and (lightcft toy 
 Can with refilHcfi art employ: 
 In other hands the/.i" woidd prove 
 An engine of fmall force in love ; 
 But ihc, with fiich an air and mien, 
 Not to be told or lafely feen, 
 Direfls its wanto.i motions lo, 
 That it wounds more than Cupid's bow j 
 Gives coolnefs to the matchlcis dame, 
 To every other bicall a flame. ^Iltrlury. 
 
 The modclt/un was lifted up no more, 
 .^nd virgins (mil'd at what they blulh'd before. 
 
 Vope. 
 
 1, Any thing fpread out like a woman's 
 fan into a triangle with a broad bafe. 
 
 As a peacock and crane were in company, the 
 
 peacock fpread his tail, and challenged the other 
 
 to fhcw him fuch a/<]« of feathers. L'EJlrangt. 
 
 ij. The inftrument by which the_ chaff is 
 
 blown away when corn is winnowed. 
 
 [tv;«, French.] 
 
 Flaile, lUawloik, and rake, with a/.i« that is 
 ftiong. Tujer. 
 
 AfTe fliall cat cle.in piovendcr, winnowed 
 with the (hovel and with tlie/iin. IJ.iuih 
 
 In the winti and temped of fortune's fiown, 
 Dirtinflion, with a broad and powerful ynn, 
 Puffing at all, winnows the light away. Shnkf. 
 
 For the cleanfing of corn is commonly ufed 
 cither a wicker-/rt«, or a/<in with fails. Mort. 
 
 4. Any thing by which the air is moved; 
 
 wings. 
 
 The ptis'ner, with a fpring from prifon broke ; 
 Then ftretch'd his feathcr'd fans with all his 
 
 might, 
 And to the neighb'ring maple wing'd liis flight. 
 
 D'jdilt. 
 
 5. An inflttmient to raife the file. 
 
 Natuie wcrketh in us all a love to our own 
 counfels : the contradidion of others is w far) to 
 inflame that love. IIkUi. 
 
 To Fan. -v. a. 
 
 J. To cool or recreate with a fan. 
 
 She was funned into (lumbers by her (laves. 
 
 Spcilittor. 
 
 2. To ventilate; to affeft by air pnt in 
 motion. 
 
 Let every feeble humour (hake your hearts; 
 Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes, 
 Ki'i you into dcfpair. S'i.>kjfeaie's Cc^iol. 
 
 The Norwcyan banners flout the Iky, 
 And jan ums people cold. Shatj'pcjie'i Marltth 
 
 The air 
 Floats as they fafs, fmn'd with unnumber'ii 
 
 jjkinies : 
 From hranch to branch thc.fmaller birds with forg 
 Solac'dthe woods, and fpiead their painted wings, 
 'Till ev'n, hiiiiotii Varadft, Lojl. 
 
 The fanning wind upon her bofom blows; 
 Xo meet ihe fanning wind th: bofom lofe ; 
 
 FAN 
 
 Tlic funni'ig wind and purling ftrcams continue 
 
 her repofe. Dryden's Cym. and Ifl'ig. 
 
 Calm as the -breath which fum our eaflern 
 
 groves. 
 
 And bright, as when thy eyes luif lignted up 
 
 our loves. Dryden. 
 
 And now his Ihorter breath, with fultry air. 
 
 Pants on licr neck, and fam her parting hair. 
 
 I'oft. 
 
 3. To feparate, as by winnowing. 
 
 1 have collcifted fomc few, therein /.i">i/Vg the 
 old, not omitting any. Bacon's Apophthegms. 
 
 Not lb the wicked ; hut as chaff, which/urn'ri', 
 The wind drives, fo the wicked (liall not (land 
 In judgment. _ Milion. 
 
 Fanaticism, n. f. [Jrom fanatkh.l En- 
 thufial'm ; religious frenzy. 
 
 A chuich who(e dofliincs are derived from 
 the clear f.-- intainsof the fciiptuies, whofc polity 
 and difcipline are foimed upon the nioft uncor- 
 rupted models of antiquity, which his Hood un- 
 (haken by the moft furious aflaults of popery en 
 the one hand, and/una//V//"« on the other; has tri- 
 umphed over all the arguments of its enemies, 
 and has nothing now to contend with but their 
 (landers and calumnies. Rogrts. 
 
 FANA'TICK. adj. [fanaikus, Latin ; 
 
 fatiatique, French.] Enthuliallick; ftruck 
 with a fuperftitious frenzy. 
 
 Ofiris, Ifis, Orus, and their train, 
 With monft'lous (hapes and forcerics abus'd 
 Fariatick Egypt, and her priefts, to Ceek 
 Their wand'ring gods difguis'd in brutifli forms. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Fana'tick. n.f. [from the adjeaive.] 
 An enthufiaft ; a man mad with wild 
 notions of religion. 
 
 The double armature of St. Peter is a more 
 deflruilive engine, than the tumultuary weapon 
 fnatcht up by ifan.:tici. Decay 0/ Tiety. 
 
 Fa'nciful. adj. [fancy and full.'} 
 
 1. Imaginative ; rather guided by imagi- 
 nation than rcafon : of perfons. 
 
 Some fanciful men have expedtcd nothing but 
 confufion and ruin from thofc very means, 
 whereby both that and this is moft ctfeifluaily 
 prevented. IVnodtv.ird's Nat. H.Jt. 
 
 2. Diftated by the imagination, not the 
 reafon ; full of wild images ; of things. 
 
 What treafurcs did he bury in lis fumptuous 
 buildings .' and how foolifh and fanciful were 
 they .' Hay ward. 
 
 It would Ihewas much fingulaiity to deny this, 
 as it does »fancijtd facility to aflirm it. Garth. 
 Fa'ncifuli.y. adv. Ihom funaful.} Ac- 
 cordino- to the wildnefsof imagination. 
 Fa'nciful!«ess. n.f. [from /;ntv/(//.] 
 Addiclion to the pleafures of imagina- 
 tion ; habit of following fancy rather 
 than reafon. 
 
 Albertus Magnus, with fomewhat too much 
 cuiiolity, was fomewhat tranl'poited with too 
 much fancifuinefs towards the influences of the 
 heavenly motions, and alb'ological calculations. 
 
 Hale. 
 FA'NCY. n.f. [conlradled homphantafy, 
 fhautqfw, haiiUi ipa»Tao-;«.] It fhould 
 be plhiiify. 
 I. Imagination.; the power by which the 
 mind forms to itftll images and i^epre- 
 fentations of things, perfons, or fceues 
 
 of being. 
 
 Shrikefpcare, /oTry's fwectcft child! 
 Warble his native wood-notes wild. Mil/in. 
 
 Ill the foul 
 Are many lelTcr faculties, that fervc 
 Rcifon as chief; among thefc/a-vv next 
 Ucr I'flicc holds; of all c;(tevnal tilings, 
 Which the live watchful fenfcs leprefent, 
 She forms imaginations, airy (hapts, 
 
 FAN 
 
 Which reafon joining, or disjoining, frame* 
 All wl.at wc affiini, or v hat deny, and call 
 Our knowledge, or opinion. MUton, 
 
 Though no evidence arfeifis the fiificy To 
 ftiongly as thatof fenfe, yet ihtre is othci' evi- 
 dence which gives as full faliiiaillon, :uid as 
 clcai ,1 convidtion to our reafon. Jittcthury. 
 
 Love i-i \>y fancy led about, 
 , From hope to itd.rf from joy to doubt ; 
 
 W'hL'in wc now a goddels call, 
 Divinely gtac'd in every feature, 
 Strait's a dctorni'd, a pcrjuv'd creature: 
 
 L'jvc and hale avGfa/iry all. Guinvilie, 
 
 2. An opinion bred rather by the imagi- 
 nation than the realbn. 
 
 Men's private fti>t:ics miilr give place to l!ic 
 higher judgment of that church which is in au- 
 thurity over them. Hooker, 
 
 A pcrfon of a full and ample fortune, who was 
 not diftu'.bcd by ■AwyfaKcifs in religion. Clarendon. 
 
 I have always had 2.fanry^ that learning might 
 be made a play and recreation to children. Locks, 
 
 3. Talle; idea; conception of things. 
 
 Tiie hitle chapel called the Salutation is vciy 
 neat, and built with a prelty/«"ry.- Addijon, 
 
 4. Image; conception; thought. 
 
 Huw nov/, my loid, why do you keep alone ; 
 Of Uix\\^Qi janc'iii your compariions making, 
 Ufing thofc thoughts which fljonld indeed Kave 
 
 died 
 Witli them they think on.' Shakff>eare, 
 
 5. Inch'natlun ; Hking ; fondnefs, 
 
 Yi\% fancy l:iy exficmcly to travelling. 
 
 X'Bf} range. 
 
 For you, fair Hcrmia, look you arm yuurfcU, 
 To fit your f(incii"i to your fatiici's will; 
 Or elfc the law of Athens yields you up 
 To death, or to a vow of (inglc life. Shakfpeare, 
 
 A refcmblnncc in humour or opinion, a fancy 
 for the fame bufinefs or diverfion^ is a ground of 
 affeiflion. Collier. 
 
 6. In Shalijpeare it fignifies love. 
 
 Tell me where \sfnx-y bred, 
 Or in the heart, or in the head? 
 How begot, how nouriOicd ? 
 It is engender'd in the eyes. 
 With gnz.ing icdy and/««9' dies 
 In the cradle where it lies. Skaifpcare, 
 
 7. Caprice; humour; whim. 
 
 True worth (hall gain me, that it may be faid 
 Defert, vwji f-incy^ once a woman led. Dryden. 
 
 The fult.in of Egypt kept a good correfpondcnce 
 with the Jacobites towards the head of the Nile, 
 for fear they fliould take ^i fancy to turn the courfe 
 of that river. jirhuthnoi . 
 
 One that was juft entring upon a long journey, 
 took up a/tJW'^^y of putting a tuck upon Meicuiy, 
 
 IJ Ejir ange, 
 
 8. Falfe notion. 
 
 The aln-ring of the fceni, colour, or tafte of 
 fruit, by infufuig, mi.<ing, or cutting into the bark 
 or root of the tree, herb, or Hower, any coloured, 
 aiomarical, or medicinal fiibftance,arc h\xx fancies r 
 the caufe is, for that thofe things have p:i(led their 
 peiiod, and nouriih not. Baon's Niitural Hijiory, 
 
 9. Something that pleafes or entertains 
 wlihovit real tjfeor value. 
 
 London-piidc is a ))rQi\y fancy for borders. 
 
 AUitimer, 
 
 ZoFa^ncy. V, 11, [from the noun.] To 
 imagine ; to beh'eve without being able, 
 to prove. 
 
 Ail arc nf t always bound to hate and punlfh the 
 true e-ncmies of religion, much kfs any whom they 
 niayyif?.'"v to be \o : all aie ;ilways obliged to love 
 its true friends, and to piay for its very enemies. 
 Struti's iieimom. 
 If nur fearcVi has reached no farther than fmi'lc 
 and metaphor, wc X7i\\'.tx fancy than know, and 
 an- not ycr penetrated into the infidc and rcaiiiv of 
 rhr thing; but content ourfclves with wti:it our 
 tm;igina*ions furnilh us with. Lake, 
 
 To Fa'ncv. V* a.
 
 FAN 
 
 1. To portray in the mind j to image to 
 liimfclf; to imagine. 
 
 But he whofc nol.le genius is allow'd, 
 Wlio with lircich'd pinions foars above tlic 
 
 crowd ; 
 Who mighty thought can clothe with manly drcfs, 
 He whom 1 /''«9', but can ne'er cxI>rtl^. 
 
 DryJirt^i Juvenal. 
 
 2. To like; to be pleafed with. 
 
 Ninus both adniinrig her judgment and valour, 
 together with her perl'on and exicrnal beauty, 
 ftmiiej hci' To llrongly, as, neglc^ing all prmc«ly 
 ictpe^lsj he Cook htr fruin her bufband. 
 •> Rahigh't Hijldry. 
 
 It is a little hard tliat the queen cannot dc- 
 mulini this town in whatever manner ihc pleafirrh 
 tofancy. Swift. 
 
 Fa'ncymonger. 7;.yi [from/ancy.'] One 
 who deals in tiicks of imagination. 
 
 There is a man haunts the fortlii:, that abufes 
 our young plants with carving Rolalind on their 
 balks; hangs od'^s upon h;iwclionis, and elegies 
 on brambles; all, lorloaih, tlcifynrg the name 
 of Rofalind. It I could meet ih^tfancym^nger, 
 I would give him fome good couiifcl; for he 
 fecms to have the quotidian of love upon I'.im. 
 
 SItiihfpenic. 
 Fa'kcysick. ai!j. \^fancy anAfick.^ One 
 whole imagination is imfound ; onewhofe 
 diliemper is in his own mind. 
 
 'Tis not necelTity, but opinion, that makes men 
 
 miferable; and wiicn wc ccme to be f'.i^:-v/u^, 
 
 < there *s n6 cure. L' Itjlr.tr^e. 
 
 Fand lox found. It is retained in Scot- 
 land. 
 
 This when as true by tryal he oulfnnd. 
 He bade to open wide his brazen gate. Spfrfet. 
 
 Fane. n. f. [fane, French ; fanum, Lat.] 
 A temple ; a place confecrated to reli- 
 gion. A poetical word. 
 
 Nor /<i«e nor Capitol, 
 The prayers of piieih, nor times of faqrifice, 
 'Embarments all of fu'V, Ihall lift up 
 Tlicir rotten privilegr ! SImtfpi-tiri'! Coriol. 
 
 Old Calihe, who kept the facicd/<.'« 
 Of Juno, now (he feem'd. Dryd-n' t JEneid. 
 
 Yet fome xo fiiiK\ rcpair'd, and humble lites 
 Pcrform'd to Thor and Woden, fabled yods, 
 Who with their vot'iics in one ruin fhar'd. 
 
 Vhilifi. 
 A facrcd/nn<- in Egypt's fruitful lands, 
 Hewn from the Thcban mountain's locky womb. 
 
 7V. ktl. 
 The fields are ravifh'd from the indultrious 
 fvvains. 
 From men their cities, and from gods their/ij/ifr. 
 
 Vopt. 
 
 FANFARON. n. f. [French, from the 
 Spaiiifh. Otigiiially in Arabick it figr.i- 
 fies one who promiles what he cannot 
 perform. AIenage.'\ 
 
 1. A bully ; a hedor. 
 
 Viigii makes j^neas a hold avowcr of his own 
 virtues, which, in the civility of our poets, is 
 the character of ■jLJanf.-.ron or hecftor. Drydci:. 
 
 2. Ablufteier; a boafter of moYe tlian 
 he can perform. 
 
 There ^icJit>;fti^o':i in the trials of wit too, as 
 well as in feats of arms; and none fo forward ro 
 cnjjge in argument or difcotiife as thofe that are 
 leaft able to go through'with it. L' f.f> .in^c. 
 
 ^A^:FARO^■A'DE. n. f. [(rom fan faron, 
 French.] A binder ; a tumour of fic- 
 titious dignity. 
 
 The bifhop copied this proceeding from the 
 farfaionitd: iii monficur Boufiieurs. S'-.iifr. 
 
 To FANG, i: a. [jranjan, Saxon ; -van- 
 gen, Dutch.] To feize ; to gripe; to 
 clutch. To vang is yet ufed in Dcvon- 
 fnire 
 tcftrilftioii /.::.£ mankind! Sleif. Ti.ni.n. 
 
 FAN 
 
 Fang. «./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The long tiifl<s of a boar or other ani- 
 mal by which the prey is feized and held; 
 any thing like them. 
 
 Here feci we but the penalty of Adam, 
 The feafon's difference; as the \cy fang, 
 And churlilh chiding of the winter's wind; 
 Which, wiien it bites and blows upon my body, 
 Ev'n 'till I Ihrink with cold, I fmilc and f.ay 
 This is no flattery. Sliakfpcare's Ai you liii it. 
 
 Some creatures have ovcrlong or outgrowing 
 teeth, which we q3\\ fangi or tuiks ; as boars, 
 pikes, I'alraons, and dogs, though Icfs. Be on. 
 
 Prepar'd to fly, 
 The fatal /ii«^ drove deep within his thigh. 
 And aut the nerves: the nerves no more fuilain 
 The bulk; the bulk unprop'd, falls iicadlung on 
 the plain. Vrydtn, 
 
 Then charge, provoke the lion to the rage 
 Oi fungi and claws, and, Itooping fi om youi horfe, 
 Rivet the panting favagc to the ground, yi/ddfcn. 
 
 2. Tiic nails ; the talons. 
 
 3. Any (luiot or other thing by which hold 
 is taken. 
 
 The protuberant ftn^s of the yuca are to be 
 treated like the tuberofcs. Evelyn's Kahndcz?. 
 Fa'nged. adj. IJrom fang. 1 Furniflied 
 with fangs or long teeth ; furniflied 
 with any inllruments of deftruclion, 
 which can be exercifcd in imitation of 
 fangs. 
 
 My two fchoolfellows, 
 Whom I will truft as I will adders yijwg'./. 
 They bear the mandate. Sliakfpear:'i ffjm'it. 
 Not Scythians, nor fierce Dacians, onward rulh 
 With half the fpeed, nor half lb fwifc retreat : 
 In chariots, fing'd with fcythes, they fcour the 
 
 field. 
 Drive through our wedg'd battalions with a whirl, 
 And ftrew a dieadful harveft on the plain. 
 
 I'hilipi' Briicn. 
 
 FA'NGLE. n. f. [from penjan. Sax. 
 to attempt. Skinner.'] Silly attempt ; 
 trifling fcheme. It is never ufed, or 
 rarely, but in contempt with the epithet 
 new : as, new fingles, netv fanglenefs. 
 
 Fa'ngled. adj. [from fangle.'\ This 
 word feems to fignify gawdy ; ridicu- 
 loufly fhovvy ; vainly decorated : ne-v 
 f/tnglrd, is therefore new-fa(hioned ; 
 drefled cut in new decorations. 
 
 Quick wits be in defire new jangled, and in 
 purpofe unconftant. .Afcluim. 
 
 \ book ! oh, rare one ! 
 Be not, a.s in this /dng/iL/ world, a garment 
 Nobler than that it covers. Sha'fpeai^'s Cymhclint. 
 
 Fa'ngless. adj. [from yijn^g-.] Toothlefs ; 
 without teeth. 
 
 The king hath waded all his rods 
 On late offenders, that iie now doth lack 
 The veiy inflrunienrs of ciiaftifement; 
 S'l that ills pow'r, like to nfnnglrf lion, 
 May offer, but not hold. Shatfpcurt'i Henry iv. 
 
 Fa'ngot. n.f. A cjuantity of waies : as 
 raw filk, &c. containing from one to 
 two hundred weight three quarters. 
 
 Dla. 
 
 Fa'nnel. n.f. [/«;««, French.] .'i fur! 
 of ornament like a fcarf, worn about 
 the left arm of a mafs-priclt when ht- 
 officiatcs. ITicl. 
 
 Fa'nner. k. /. [fromyiw.] One that 
 plays a fan. 
 
 I vvill lend unto Baby Ion /.:««« that (h.M im 
 her. Jf^eini.il:. 
 
 Fa'ntasied. adj. [ir om fantafy.~\ Filled 
 with fancies or imaginations. 
 
 As I traveli'd hitler through the land, 
 I found the people ltrai)gcly/n«r<i/ii-i;. Siuiifp. 
 
 FAN 
 
 FA'NT.iSM. n.f. [See Phantasm.] A 
 thing not real, but appearing to tlic 
 imagination. 
 
 FANT.\'bTlc \L. 7 odj. [fatitoflique, Fr. 
 
 Fant a'stick. j (mm fanlajy.'] 
 
 1. Irrational ; bred only in the imagina- 
 tion. 
 
 The delight that a man takes from another's 
 fin, can be uoihing clfe but a fantajti^a/, preter- 
 natural complacency, arifing from that which he 
 really has no feeling of. South, 
 
 2. Subfiftiiig only in the fancy; imagi- 
 nary. 
 
 Prefcnt feats 
 Arc let's than horrible imaginings: 
 My thought, whofc murthcryct is hxit fnntnpicitl. 
 Shakes fo my fingle flate of man, that function 
 Is fmothcr'd in furmifc; and nothing is, 
 But what is not. Shakfpenre' i Macbeth. 
 
 Men aie fo pofTctTed with Ihcir own fancies, 
 that they take them foi oracles; and are arrived 
 to fome extraordinary revelations of truth, when 
 indeed they do but dream dreams, and amufe 
 thcmfelves with x\\^ fantajtick ideas of a bufy ima- 
 gination. Di-cay cf Piety, 
 
 3. Unreal; apparent only; having the 
 nature of phantoms which only afTume 
 viiiblc forms occafionally. 
 
 Are ycfiritjfiral, or thai indeed 
 Which outwardly ye (hew? Slir.kfpcare, 
 
 .\. Uncertain ; unfteady ; irregular. 
 
 Nor happinefs can I, nor mifery feel, 
 From anv turn of her funtiij.i.k wheel. Prior. 
 
 5. Whimfical; fanciful; capricious; hu- 
 morous ; indulgent of one's own ima- 
 gination. 
 
 They put fuch words in the mouths of one of 
 thc^c fjnrijiic.i/ mind- infected people, that chil- 
 dren and milficians call lovers. Sidn.y. 
 
 I'll knit it up in filken flrings. 
 With twenty odd conceited true love knots : 
 To \>t fun! (flick, may become a youth 
 Cf greater time than I. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Duumvir is provided with an imperious, expen- 
 five, sndfunfafiek milfrefs; to whom he retires 
 from the convcrfation of a difcre.ctand aft'e^ionatc 
 wife. Taller. 
 
 We are apt to think your medaliifts a little 
 fantajUcal in the different prices they fet upon 
 their coins, without any regard to the metal of 
 which they arc compofcd. yxddfor:. . 
 
 Fant a'stica LLY. ndv. [^TOmfaniaJlkal.'\ 
 
 1. B}' the power of imagination. 
 
 2. Capricioudy ; humoroufly ; unftea- 
 dily. 
 
 England is foidly king'd. 
 Her fccptrc {a fantafiieaily I>crne, 
 By a vain, giddy, (hallow, humouious youth, 
 That fcai attends her not. Shakffeure. 
 
 3. Whimfically ; in compliance with ima- 
 gination. 
 
 One cannot fo much ^%fantafiictilly chufe, even 
 or odd, he thinks not why. G-eWi Ct/rvs/* 
 
 Fanta'sticalness. \ n. f. [from yijn. 
 Fanta'stickxess. J taflkal.] 
 
 1. tiiiinoroufnels ; mere compliance with 
 fancy. 
 
 2. Whimficalnefs ; unreafonablenefs. 
 
 I dare not afl"iime Co rayfelf to have put him 
 out of conceit with It, by liaving con\ inced him 
 ui the Jjnt,'Jiir4itnrJs i.( it. Tiri-jlfcn, I'rrt'. 
 
 3. Caprice; unlieadincfs 
 FANTASY, n.f. { fantai/Je, French; 
 
 fhanlafia, Latin ; piiTi^c^. .] 
 1. Fancy; imagination; the power of 
 iiiaiiining. See Fancy. 
 How now, Horatio! you Ireniblc and look 
 pale ! 
 Is not this fomcthing n-.orc thTmfir.t.ify? Slai.
 
 ¥ A .R 
 
 FAR 
 
 FAR 
 
 I ta3k of<lr£ams, 
 "WiTiich arc tlie cliildren of an idle brain, 
 Regut of nothing but vain f.vnufy ; 
 Wiiich is a^ x\\\\\ of fuhrtance as the air, 
 And niT3re unconllant than the wind. Shakfp. 
 
 He is fupt-rliitious grown of hite^ 
 Quite from tlicniain opinion he held once 
 Oi fantafy, of drcami, and ccix-mnnics. S'latfp. 
 
 Go you, snd wiierc you find a maid, 
 Tint ere (he deep liath tlirice ner prayers f.:id, 
 Rein up the organs of her/i/iM/v, 
 Sleep (he as found as carelefs infancy. Shjkf, 
 
 Thcfe fpirits of fenfe, inf.in/nfy's high court, 
 ■J-udgc of the forms of ohjedis, ill or well; 
 And fo they fend a good or ill report 
 j">ovvn to the heart, wiicre all aft'ections dwell. 
 
 By the power of /iiffy<:yv wc fee colours in a 
 dream, or a mad man -fees things before him 
 wl-.icli are not there. Ne<iv:on., 
 
 2. Idea ; image of the mind. 
 
 And with tile fng'iy fweet thereof allure, 
 Clialle ladies ears lof'ivtttfui inipurc. Hutb. Tti. 
 •^. Humour ; inclination. 
 
 I would wilh tliar both you and others would 
 ccafe from drawing the Icripturcs xoynm ^,iiriijics 
 and affeftions. Il'hii^iftc. 
 
 Fv'ntom. n.f. [See Pha-:xtdm.J Some- 
 thing not real, but appearing to the 
 imagination. 
 •Fap. adj. Fuddled ; drunk. It feems to 
 have been a cant word in the time of 
 Shakjpcare. 
 The gentleman had drunk himfelf out of his 
 -f.ve fcnfcs; M\ii bcing/u/', fir, was, as they fay, 
 caftiiered. S/iui'/prtirr, 
 
 FAR. atlv. [peep, Saxon ; fa/f, Erfc] 
 
 1. To great e.xtent in length. 
 
 Pay ficrcd lev'rcnceto .^polio's fong, 
 ij.cft wrathful tlic/,ir-lhooting god emit 
 His faDl arrows. Vir.f. 
 
 2. To a great extent every way. This is 
 lefs proper. 
 
 Vaft and great 
 Is what I love; tlieyijr extended ocean 
 To a little riv'let I prefer. Trior. 
 
 With coft ly catcs'Rome ftain'd her frugal board ; 
 Then wilh ill-gotten gold (he bouglit a lord: 
 Corruption,' difcord, luxury combin'd, 
 .Down funk ihe/ui-fam'd iiiiftrefs of mankind. 
 
 Arhutknot. 
 'From the f.ime lineage l^crn .^xtes came, 
 The /'<ir-fsm"d brolhcr of th' enchautrcfs dame, 
 
 ■5- To a great diftance progrefTivt-ly. 
 
 Be fa^liuus foi rcdiefs of all thcfc sricfi, 
 And I will fct this foot of mine as/^'r 
 As who goes faithcft. ShakJ. 'Julha Ca:jar. 
 
 Is it/i^r you ride ? 
 — hsjarj my lord, as will fill up tin.- time 
 ""Xwixt this :ind fupper. Slsakj^nu}' 'i Mitch. 
 
 Fur from that hated face the Trojans fly ; 
 All hut tl-.e fuol who fought his dcliiny. D-yJtn. 
 
 4. Remotely ; at a great dillance. 
 
 He mcint to travel into /ur countries, until his 
 
 friotKls aft'eflion either ccafed or .prevailed. 5/W«. 
 
 In a kipi^dom tightly oidercd, after a law is 
 
 .once puhliflicd, it prcfcrtly takes elTc(ft/p;r and 
 
 wide; all ftatcs framing thcmfdves thereunto, 
 
 IhoLr. 
 And after ihatl'ing flraycd here and there, 
 Throuijh every field and furcli /«.' ;uid near. 
 Hubhcrd's Tale. 
 
 Fill be it from mc to iuftify the cruelties ufcd 
 towards them, which had theii i x-waid foon after. 
 H. teen's Holy fVar, 
 "He fcnt light borfcmcn into Mcfopotamia with 
 a guide, bccaufc the country was unto iiim Leil 
 knuwn^ following not /*Jf after himfelf with all 
 his ;irmy. Ara/.Vi. 
 
 And yet the lights which in my tower do ihinc, 
 Mine eyes, which view ail ohjci^s nigh zndfur^ 
 iook. nwciiito this little W'^rld of miuc. DuvUs. 
 
 God hath hid dwelt/ar off all anxious cares, 
 Addiiot moleft us; unlefs wc ourfetvcs 
 Seek them with wand'ring thoughts, and notions 
 vain. Mnt-n. 
 
 I have been hunting up and down, far and 
 near, fmcc your unliappy indifpofition, to find 
 out a remedy. • L'Ej'rangv. 
 
 The nations/rir and near contend in choice, 
 And fend the How'r of w.ir by publick. voice. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 The painted lizard and the birds cf prty, 
 Foes of rlie fiugai kind, be //Jt a way. Drydo:. 
 
 But Uom the reading of my book and me, 
 Bcy^.r, ye foes of viituous puetry ! 
 Who tortune's fault upon tlie poor can throw, 
 Foinl at the taiter'd coat and ragged fhoc. 
 
 Drydtn's Fetjiiis, 
 
 Fur off you view them with a longing eye 
 Upon the topmoli branch. D^yicti. 
 
 Tlufe words arc ^o fisr from crtablifhin^ any 
 dominion, that we find quire the contr.nv. Locke. 
 
 "Till on the Po his blaftcd corps was hurl'd. 
 Far from his country in the wcfttrn world. 
 
 AddiJ'-.n'i Ovid. 
 
 5. To a diftance. 
 
 As far as the eaft is from the wfft, ^o f-.r 
 hath he removed our tranlgrcfiiuns from him. 
 
 Fft.'mi. 
 
 Neither did thcfc that were fent, and tiavciled 
 far ot\', undertake fo difficult enterprilcs without 
 a condu6^or. R ifci^k. 
 
 But all in vain ! which when lie faw, he ccas'd 
 Contending, and remov'd his tents y.'^ off. 
 
 AU.'ton. 
 
 I had always a curioHty to look back into the 
 fources of things, and view in my mind, (ofn 
 as 1 was able, tlie beginniiig and prugicfs of a 
 rifmg world. Buinct" i Theory. 
 
 A lion's hide around his loins he wore ; 
 The well poiz'd javelin to the fit Id he burc, 
 Inur'd to bluod; the far deftroying dait. 
 And the bed weapon, an undaunted heart. 
 
 .'Wifw\ Olid. 
 
 6. In a great part. 
 
 When they were by Jcbus the day was fti> 
 fpent. 7"^k''- 
 
 7. In a great proportion; by many de- 
 grees. It is coinmonly nfed with fome 
 word noting the comparative, but Dry- 
 dm has ufed it abfolutely. 
 
 Wiio can find a virtuous vcoman r for her price 
 X'^far above rubies. Prmhrhs. 
 
 Such a communication paffeth/ii?-bcttcr through 
 the water than air, Hacorr's Nut. Uiji'^iy. 
 
 Tnofe countries hsMe far greater rivcrt, and 
 fiir higher mountains to pour down waters, than 
 any part 01 the old world. Bjco^i. 
 
 The face of war, 
 In ancient times, doth dIffer/«/r 
 From what our fiery battles arc. WaVa- . 
 
 Of ncgiitivcs we have fur the leaft certainty, 
 and they aie ufually hardeff, and many times 
 impoHTible to be proved. Tlfhtfon. 
 
 Latin is a more fuccindi: language than the 
 Italian, .Spinilli, French, or even than ilie Eng- 
 lifh, which, by reafon of its monof) llablcs, is 
 jar the moll compendious of thtm. Dtydcn. 
 
 The field is (p^cious I dcfign to fow, 
 With uxcn/^ir unfit to driuv the piougii. Dtyd. 
 
 B^'lidcs, he *s lovely y^f above the leli, 
 With you immortal, and with beauty bleft. 
 
 Vopc. 
 
 Ah ! hope not yet to breathe thy native air; 
 Far other journey firrt demands thy care. Fope. 
 
 8. To a great height; magnificently. 
 This is perhaps only in Shahfpeare, 
 
 I do not think 
 So fair an outward, and fuch rtuff wilhin, 
 Endows a man l>ut him. 
 
 You fpcak \\\-^njar. 
 
 1 don't extend him, fir. Csm^elhie. 
 
 9. To a certahi point ; to a certain de- 
 gree. 
 
 The fubftancc of tlic fcrvicc of God, ^o far 
 forth as il liath m it iny thing n;orc than the law 
 
 of reafon doth teach, may not be invented of 
 men, as it is amongft the heathen; but muft be 
 received from God himfelf. Ihoier, 
 
 Anfwer them 
 How far forth you do like their articles. 
 
 Shakfpeare^s Htnry \v. 
 
 Not to refolve, is to rcfolve; and many times 
 it breeds as many neceiVult'b, and cngageth w^ far 
 in fome other fort, as to refolve. Bacon. 
 
 Of this I need not many words to declare how 
 far it is from being fo much as any part of re- 
 pentance. Uammond. 
 
 My difcourfe is fo/.:r from being cqui\alcnt to 
 the position he nicnlions, that it is a pcife<;> con- 
 tiadiclion to it, - TiL'ctf'.>n, 
 
 The curtom of thcfe tongues fomctimes fo far 
 influences theexprcffions, that in thcfc cpiffles one 
 may obfcrve the force ol the Hebrew coniuga- 
 tions. Locic on Sf. Pau/'i Ffijl/et, 
 
 10. Far off. At a great diflance. 
 
 For though I fled him angry, yet rccall'd 
 To lifcpioloitg'd, and promis'd race, I now 
 Gladly behold, though but his utmoft Ikirts 
 Of glory, and/j' 'f l.is fleps adore. Milton. 
 
 11. Far 0^ To a gicat dilbnce. 
 Cherubic watch, and of a fword theflamc 
 
 V\'idc-waving, all ;'pproach /*./■ off to fright, 
 And guaj d all pafl".:ge to the tree of life. Milton. 
 
 12. O^is joined withyi?/-, whenyl;;-, noting 
 diftance, is not followed by a prepo- 
 fition : as, I fd the boat far off, I fel the 
 boat far from me. 
 
 13. Far is iifed often in compofition ; as, 
 farjhootw^y fjrfeelng. 
 
 Far-fetch, n.f. [far and_/f/f,i.] A 
 deep ftratagem. A ludicrous word. 
 
 But fcfuits have deeper teaches, 
 In all their polilirk/'i'/tYr/jfi ; 
 And from their Cuptick pritrt, Kircherus, 
 Found out this mylHck way to jter us. tjudih. 
 
 Far-fetched. a<fj. [f^r and fetch, J 
 
 1. Brought from places remote. 
 
 Of thefc things others quickly will difpofe, 
 Wtiofe paina have carn'd x\\c fat fetch' d fpoil. 
 
 Mi it on. 
 By his command we boldly crofsMthe line. 
 And bravely fuught where fouthcrn fiarsarlfe; 
 Wc trac'd the f.nfetc/i'd gold mto the mine, 
 And that which brib'd our fathers made our prize. 
 
 Vrydai. 
 
 2. Stndioufly fought ; elaborately flrainedj 
 not eafily or naturally introduced. 
 
 York, with all his farfctck'U pulley. Shatf 
 
 Vox farfetched ihymi-s make puzzled angels 
 
 it rain, 
 
 And in low jjrofe dull Lucifer complain. Stnith, 
 
 Under this head we may rank thofe words 
 
 which fignify diffeient ideas, bv a fort of an un- 
 
 accountablc/./'_/i/v-Af./ analogy, or <Jift;int lefeni- 
 
 blance, that fancy has introduced bctivccn one 
 
 thing and anoli\er ; as when we fay, the meat is 
 
 green when it is half roaltcd. fP'ut/s. 
 
 Far-imercing. adj, [for and pierce,'] 
 
 Striking, or penetrating a great way. 
 
 Atlas, her fire, to whofcy".;;/7Vrf.v;^ eye 
 The wonders of the deep expanded lie j 
 Th' eternal columns which on eaith he rears. 
 End in the llarry vault .uid pr(»pthe fpheres. 
 
 Pc/>f'i Odyl'cy. 
 Far-shooti XG. ailj. [fir ^wtX fijoot.'] 
 Shooting to a great diftance. 
 
 Then loud he catl'd J^.wcas thrice by name ; 
 The loud repeated voice to glad /Encus came ; 
 Great Jove he faid, and the fo'Jhoting god, 
 Infpiie thy mind to make thy uhalienge good. 
 
 UrydcH's u^neid. 
 
 Far. aJJ. 
 
 I, Diftant; remote. 
 
 A man taking a /jr journey. Mark. 
 
 But we nuift beg our bitad in climes unknown, 
 Beneath the fcoixiung of the freezing zone ; 
 And fome to fur Oaxis (hall be fold, 
 To try ihc Lybian hear, oj- Scvthian cold. 
 
 f>'yden.
 
 FAR 
 
 2. It was formerly ufed not only as an 
 adverb but an adjective, with off. 
 
 Thcfe things fccmfmalland unriiliiiigullhable, 
 Like jar off muuntains Turned into cluuds Shakf. 
 
 U we may behold in any creature any one 
 fpark of tliat eternal fire, or any/»ir e^dawjiing 
 of God's glorious biightncfs, the fame in tlie 
 beauty, motion, and virtue of this light may be 
 perceived. Raltigh's HiJIory cf the IVorld 
 
 3. From tAR. In this fenfe it is ufed 
 clliptically for a/ar, or remote place. 
 
 The Lord Ihall hnng a nation againrt tr.cc/'o« 
 /uj, fiom the end of tlic earth. D^utan'i'.my. 
 
 4. Remoter of the two ; in liorfemandiip, 
 the right fiJe of the horfe, wliich the 
 rider turns from liim wlten he mounts. 
 
 No true Egyptian ever knew in hoifcs 
 Thc/irii fide from the near. JOiyJ'n. 
 
 5. It is often not eafy to diftinguilh 
 whether it be adjefiive or adverb : as, 
 
 The nations/rirand near ctnter'd in ciioice. 
 
 D^jiden. 
 Far. n. f. [contracied from farrc-.u.] 
 The offspring of a fow ; young p'g-. 
 
 Sows, ready to farrow at this time of tiio year, 
 
 Are for to be made of and counted full de^ii ; 
 
 For now is the lots of \.\\g far of the fow 
 
 More gre.at than tiic lofs of two calves of the 
 
 cow. Tujjir. 
 
 To FARCE. 1). a. [farcio, Latin ; farc'ir, 
 
 French.] 
 I. To Huff; to fill with mingled ingre- 
 dients. 
 
 Wieftling is .1 partimc which cither the Cor- 
 niflimcn derived from Corineus, their fult pre- 
 tended founder, or at leall it minilhed fomc Itulf 
 to the farcing of that fable. Careiv, 
 
 The hrrt principles of chriUian religion ftiould 
 not be farced with fchool points and private 
 tenets. h'j>. Sandcrfon. 
 
 2. To extend ; to fwell out. 
 
 *Tis not the balm, the fccptre and the ball. 
 The fvvoid, the mace, the crown inijioiial, 
 The cnteililTu'd robe of gold and pcai-l, 
 The farced title running 'fore the king. Shakfj'. 
 Farce. «. /. [from the verb; or from 
 farcer, French, to mock.] A dra- 
 matick rcprefentation written witliout 
 regularity, and Huffed with wild and 
 ludicrous conceits. 
 
 There is yet a lower fort of poetry and painting, 
 
 which is out of nature; for :^ farce is that in po- 
 
 etr)' wiiich grotcfquc is in a picture : the perions 
 
 and anions of a/^j/ct aie ab -unnaluial, and llie 
 
 iiMnncrs falfe : that is, inconlilK-nt with the cha- 
 
 raiflers of mankmd ; giotefque pamting is the jolt 
 
 refemblancc of tiiis. V-ydtn's Dufrefmy 
 
 Whatrtiould be great, you turn Xo farce. Frioi. 
 
 They objeft againft it as a fane, becaufc the 
 
 irregularity of the pl.jt (h&uld aiiUver to ihe cx- 
 
 tLivagancc of the ch.ir.aifters, which they uy tl.is 
 
 piece wants, and therctoie is no farce. Gay 
 
 Fa'rcical. ad't. [^homfarce.^ Bcloiitr- 
 
 ing to a farce ; appropriated to a farce. 
 
 They deny the cnar.i(fters to be farcical, be- 
 
 caufe they are a<ftu.4lly ni nature. G.y. 
 
 Farcy, n, f. \^farchhi, Italian ; y"i<ra«, 
 
 French.] Th-e leprofy of horfes. It is 
 
 probably curable by antimony. 
 
 Fardel, n. f. [fank//o, Italian; far- 
 
 Jtau, French.] A bundle; a little pack. 
 
 Let us to the king ; there is that in this fardel 
 
 will make him fcratch his beard. S^aifpeare. 
 
 Who would Jarde/i bear, 
 To gronn and fweat under a weary life ? S/iaif. 
 To FARE. V. n. [papjin, Saxon ; -uarcn, 
 
 Dutch.] 
 1 . To go ; to pafs ; to travel. 
 
 At lart, refolviMg forward Itill to fare, 
 Until the bluit'iing itorm is overblown. 
 
 Fairy Q:,:en, 
 
 FAR 
 
 His fpirits pure were fubjefl to our (ight, 
 Like to a man in ihew and rttapc hefared. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 So on hcfarn, and to the border comes 
 Of Eden. Milion'i Paradife Lofi. 
 
 .Sadly x\\<:y far'd along the fea-be.it flioie ; 
 Stiil htav'd their hearts. Pc^?. 
 
 2. To be in any (late good or bad. 
 
 So brds thee well to fare thy nether friend. 
 
 Fiiiiy (^ucen. 
 A rtubborn heart flnll/.iir evil at the lalf. 
 
 W'qW fare the hand, which to our humble fight 
 Prelcnls that beauty, Waller. 
 
 So in this throng bright SachatilTa/.irV, 
 Opprcl's'd by tiuile who llrove to be her gu.rrd : 
 As Ihipi, though never fo ohf quious, fall 
 Foul in a tempcit on their aHninal. lldller 
 
 So fares the (lag among th' enraged hounds : 
 Repels their force, and wounds returns for 
 «"""i<ls- Dcnh.jm. 
 
 But as a barijuc, that, in foul weather, 
 Tol^'d by two advcrfe winds together, 
 Is biuis'd and beaten to and fio. 
 And knows not which to turn him to ; 
 Sofar'd the knight between two foes, 
 And knew not which of them t' oppofe. Hudil. 
 
 If you do as I do, you niay/.of as I fare. 
 
 U Kflran^e . 
 
 Thiis/./rfi the queen, and thus her fury blows 
 Amidli the crowd. Dryden'i ^neid. 
 
 Eirglilh miniHers never fare fo well as in a 
 time of war with a fereign power, which diverts 
 the private feuds and animofities of the nation. 
 .riddifen- i Fr.'eUder. 
 
 Some are comforted that it will be a common 
 calamity, and they ihall /,»t no worfe than their 
 neighbours. Swfi. 
 
 3. To proceed in any train of confequences 
 good or bad. 
 
 Thu5 it faieili when too much defirc of con- 
 tiadidtion caufeth our fpceches i-ather to pafs by 
 number than to Ifay for weight. Hooter. 
 
 So fatci it when with truth falfehood con- 
 "•■"ds. Milicn. 
 
 4. To happen to any one well or ill : 
 with it preceding in an imperfonal form. 
 
 When the haird hnds rtfcif well warmed and 
 covered, let it rcfufe the trouble of feeding the 
 mouth, or guarding the head, 'till the body be 
 ftarved or krilcd, and then we (hall fee how it 
 vriUfare v( ith the hand. South. 
 
 5. To feed; to cat; to be entertained 
 with food. 
 
 Tiie rich man/nrt-rf fumptuoufly every day. 
 
 L:Ae. 
 
 Feaft your ears with the mufick awhile, if they 
 
 will/.j>f fo harlhly, as on the trumpet's found. 
 
 Skakfpeare' i Timon. 
 
 MMthink they havc/.,rf,/hardly, if, in times 
 
 ofexCTfmrtVjthey have dcicended fo low as to eat 
 
 dogs; but Galen delivercih, that, y^ung, fat, 
 
 and gelded, they were the food of many natrons. 
 
 ^roiv/i'i Vulgar Errours. 
 
 Fare. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Price of paffage in a vehicle by land or 
 by water. Ufed only of that wliich is 
 paid for the perfon, not the goods. 
 
 He round a Ihip going to Tailhrlli; fo he 
 paid thc/,j.ir thereof, and went down into it 
 to go with thein unto TarihiOi. Jonah. 
 
 He pafiagc begs with unregarded pray'r. 
 And wants two larthings to difci'arge \vt<i fare. 
 Drydens Juvenal. 
 
 2. Food prepared for the table ; provifions. 
 
 But conic, lo well reirtlh'd, now Ictus i)l.iy. 
 As meet is, alter loch deliciuus/jr<;. Mii'tcn. 
 
 But when the weileni winds with vital pow'r 
 Call forth the tender giafs and budding flow'r, 
 Thcr^, .It tee lali, produce in open air 
 Both flocks, and lend them to their fummei's 
 
 /""■• Drydtn. 
 
 This is what nature's want m.ay well fulfivc ; 
 He that wcu-J mure i» covttcas, not wifi; 
 
 FAR 
 
 But f.nce among mankind fo few ll.cie arc, 
 Who will conform to philofophick/arr, 
 This much I will indulge thee for thy cafe, 
 And mingle fomcthing of our times to pleafc. 
 
 Dryden't 'Juven.il, 
 
 Upon his rifing up he ordered the peafant to 
 
 fct before him whatever food he hid in his huufe: 
 
 the pcalant brought out a great deal of co:ufe 
 
 Jare, of which the emperor eat VC17 heartily. 
 
 .^iddlfort. 
 
 Farewe'li. ailv. [This word is origi- 
 nally the imperative of the \i:rh fare- 
 well, or fare you iuell;fis felix, iiii in 
 lonum rem ; or benefit libi ; but in time, 
 ule familiarized it to an adverb, and it 
 is ufed both by thofe who go and thofe 
 who are left.] 
 
 I. The parting compliment ; adieu. 
 
 But/.i»f;cv,V, king : full ihus thou wiltappcar, 
 Freedom lives hence, and banilhment is here. 
 
 Shakfptare'i King Liar, 
 Whether we ftiall meet again, I know not, 
 Tiieicfoie our eveila!ling/«j'fu«-// take; 
 For ever, and fur (:\QT,far.~Mel/, C.iffius. Sialff. 
 Be not amazed, call all your fcnles to you ; rie- 
 fcnd your rcputalioil, or bid/iirrwr/Zto youi good 
 life for ever. SAaiffcure. 
 
 An- iron Humbcr Ihuts my fwimming eyes ; ' 
 And now/iimff//, imolv'd in (hades of night. 
 For ever i am raviih'd from thy light. Dtyden. 
 Fa'rweli, fiys he ; the parting found fcarce fell 
 From his faint lips, but Ihe xefMcA fare-well. 
 
 Dry den, 
 O <iucen,/^/«f!//.' be (>ill polTell 
 Of dear remembrance, blelTing llill and blelt .' 
 
 I'oye-, 0.tyffey. 
 
 2. It is fometlmcs ufed only as an ex- 
 preflion of feparation without kindnefs. 
 
 YaieiuiU, the year, which thrcaten'dfo 
 The laireli light the world can (how. Waller, 
 
 Treading the path to iioliler ends, 
 A long /rt'-fu't'/.'to love I gave ; 
 
 Relolv'd my country and my friends 
 All that remained of me ihould have. Waller. 
 
 3. Its original verbal meaning is pre- 
 fcrved when it is uied plurally. 
 
 Farewell, mallei Silence: I will not ufe many 
 words with you; fare you luill, gentlemen, both. 
 
 Shaijpeaic's Henry IV. 
 
 Farf.we'll. n.f. 
 
 1, Leave ; aft of departure. 
 
 Sec how the morning opes her golden gates, 
 And takes \\c\ fare-well of the g|i;rious fun. 
 
 Shakffeare^ s Henry vr. 
 
 If chance the radiant fun wiih/iFcwr/.' fwect, 
 Extend his ev'iiiiig beam, the fields revive, 
 The birds their notes renew, and blceting heids 
 Attclt their j.iy, that hill and valley ling. 
 
 Millon, 
 
 As m this grove I took my lafl/jffiir//, 
 As on this veiy (pot of earth I fell. Dry.t-7. 
 
 Before I take my firccell of this fubje"ii, I 
 (hall ailvife the author for the future to (peak his 
 meaning more plainly. ..-i.Uifon, 
 
 2. It is foractimes ufed as an adjeflive ; 
 Icave-takinof. 
 
 Several ingenious writers who have taken their 
 leave of the jmblick in/.iffu,-<-// {;.-pers, will not 
 give over fo, but intena to appci j(;ain; though 
 perhaps under another foim, and with a dldertnt 
 ti'lf- Sp.aattr. 
 
 Farina'ceous. ajj. [hom farina, Lat.] 
 Mealy; taftiiig like meal or flower of 
 corn. 
 
 The propcrcft food of the vegetable kingdom 
 for mankind is taken from the f.irinaccous or 
 mealy feeds of fomc ctilmdorous plants ; as oats, 
 b.arlcy, vt-lieat, rice, lye, maize, panick, ant} 
 """='• yj)h:ith-.a en .■llimenls. 
 
 F.ARM. n.f. [ferine, French; peopm, 
 provilion, Sa.\o)i.j
 
 FAR 
 
 I. Ciound let to a tenant ! ground culti- 
 vated by auother man upon condition 
 of paying part of the profit to tlie 
 owner or landlord. 
 
 Tijuching their pdrticu)jrcomplaint for rduciiig 
 lands and /urwi to their anticnt, rents, it cuuld 
 not be done wichout a paiUamcnt. Hayiuard. 
 
 2 The (late of lands let out to the culture 
 of tenants. 
 
 The lords of land in Ireland do not ufc to fct 
 out their land in farm, for tcmi of years, to 
 their tenants ; but only froni year to year, and 
 fome during pieafurc. ' ' Spttifsr^ui Ireland. 
 It is gieat wiifulncfs in landlords to make any 
 longer /jrmi unto their tenants. Spenfcr. 
 
 To Farm. -j. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To let out to tenants at a certain rent. 
 
 We are enforcM to jarm our royal realm. 
 The revenue whereof Hiall furnilK us 
 For our affairs in hand. Shakjprarf^ i K'tchard ii. 
 
 2. To take at a certain rate. 
 
 They rcceivt d of the bankcnfcant twenty (hil- 
 lings for thiity, which the earl of Qww^iaW farmed 
 of the king. Camden' s Remabu. 
 
 3. To cultivate land. 
 
 Fa'rmer. n. f. \^fermier, French; or 
 {romfarm.^ 
 
 1. One who cultivates hired ground. 
 
 Thou haft fcen ^farmer's dog bark at a beg- 
 gar, and the cicaturc run from the cur : tliere 
 thou might'il behold the great image of autho- 
 rity : a dog's obeyed in office. Shakfpej' e. 
 
 2. One who cultivates ground, whether 
 liis own or another's. 
 
 Nothing is of greatei prejudice to the fiirmer 
 
 than the Hocking of his land with cattle larger 
 
 than it will bear. ihrrimer's Huflaiidry. 
 
 Fa'rmost. adj. [fuperlative of far.'] 
 
 Moft diftant ; reitioteft. 
 
 A fpacious cave, witliin \x.^ farm'ifl part, 
 "VVas hew'd andfalhion'd by laborious art. 
 Through the hill's hollow lides. Dryden. 
 
 Fa'rness. n.f, [from yizr.] Dillance ; 
 remotenefs. 
 
 Their uearnrfs on all quarters to the enemy, 
 and their farrttf from timely fuccour by their 
 fl lends, have forced the commanders to call forth 
 the utternioll number of able hands to fight. 
 
 Car£-w. 
 
 Farr a'ginoi' s. atij. [irom farrago, 'L.^l.] 
 Formed of different materials. 
 Being a confufioii of knaves and fools, and a 
 farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tem- 
 pers, fenes, and ages, it is but natural if their 
 determinations be mohftious, and many ways 
 inconfiftcnt with tiuth. Broivn. 
 
 FJRRAGO. n.f. [Latin.] A mafs 
 formed confufedly of leveial ingredients; 
 a medley. 
 
 FA'RRIER. n.f [frriir, French ; /tr- 
 rar'ius, Latin.] 
 
 1. A fiioer of horfes. 
 
 But the utmoft exaftnefs in thefe particulars 
 belong to farrUn, faddlers, fmiths, and other 
 tradelmen. _ _ Dighy. 
 
 2. One who profefles the medicine of 
 
 horfes. 
 
 It' vou are a piece of a farrUr, as every groom 
 ought to be, get fack,or (Irong-beer, to rub your 
 hones. Sxuifi. 
 
 7o Fa'rrter. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To praftife phyfick or chlrurgery on 
 horfes. 
 
 There arc many pretenders to the art of farri- 
 
 eriiig and cowlccching, yet many of them are 
 
 very ignorant. Mortimer. 
 
 Fa'rrow. n./. [peaph, Saxon.] A litter 
 
 of pigs. 
 
 Pour in fow's blood that hath litter'd 
 Her ninc/arrsw, Skuk/f care's Maelelh. 
 
 FAR 
 
 To FA'aaow. i>. a. To bring pigs. It 
 is ufed only of fvvine. 
 
 Sows ready ^.ofarjovj this time of the year. 
 
 Tuffcr. 
 The fwine, although multiparous,yct being bi- 
 fulcous, and only cloven-hoofed, is farrowed 
 with open eyes, as other bifulcous animals. 
 
 Broiun. 
 Ev'n her, who did her numerous offspring 
 bu.ift. 
 As fair and fruitful as the fow that carry'd. 
 The thirty pigs at one large litter ftrrotu'd. 
 
 Dryden's fuvenal. 
 
 FART, n.f fpept, Saxon.] Wind from 
 behind. 
 
 Love is they<3r^ 
 Of every heart j 
 
 It pains a man when 'tis kept clofc ; 
 And others doth otfend, when 'tis let loofe. 
 
 Suekling, 
 
 To Fart. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 break wind behind. 
 
 As when wc a gun difcharge, 
 Altiiough the bore be ne'er l"o large. 
 Before the Hame from muzzle buril, 
 Jul! at the breech it flalhcs firft ; 
 So from my loid his paffion broke, 
 Hi farted firit, and then he fpoke. S-wifi. 
 
 Fa'rther. adv. [This word is now ge- 
 nerally confidered as the comparative 
 degree oi far \ but by no analogy can 
 I far mdke farther or farthefl : it is there- 
 fore probable, that the ancient ortho- 
 graphy was nearer the true, and that 
 we ought to wx'itt further sndfurlhejl, 
 ' from forth, farther, fortbcjl, pojr^oji, 
 I pup^eji, Saxon ; the and a, by re- 
 I femblance of found, being firfl con- 
 founded in fpeech, and afterward in 
 books.] At a greater diftance ; to a 
 greater diftance ; more remotely ; be- 
 yond ; moreover. 
 
 To make a perfctt judgment of good piflures, 
 when compared with one another, befides rules, 
 there Ufarthtr required a long converfatioii wiih 
 the bcft pieces. Dryden's Dufrefnoy. 
 
 They contented therofelves with the opinions, 
 faihions, and things of their country, without 
 looking Tiity farther. Loeke. 
 
 Fa'rther. adi. [fuppofed from_/ar, more 
 probably ivom forth, and to be written 
 further, ] 
 
 1. More remote. 
 
 Let me add a/u'V/ifr truth, that without ties 
 of gratitude, I have a particular inclination to 
 honour yi'U. Dryden. 
 
 2. Longer; tending to greater diftance. 
 
 Before ou\ fanhtr way the fates allow, 
 Here mull we Hx on high tiie golden bough. 
 
 Dryden'i jHfuid. 
 
 Fa'rtherance. n. /. [more properly 
 furtherance from further.} Encourage- 
 ment ; promotion. 
 
 That was the foundation of the learning I have, 
 and of all ihefartheranct that I have obtained. 
 
 y^fcJiam's Schcolmafer. 
 
 Farthermo're. adv. [more properly 
 furthermore.'] Befides; moreover; like- 
 wife. 
 
 Farthermore, the leaves, body, and boughs of 
 this tree, by fo much exceed all other plants, as 
 the greattft men of power and worldly abiUiy 
 furpals the meanell. Raleigh's Hijioy. 
 
 To Fa'rther. v. a. [more proper To 
 further.] To promote; to facilitate; 
 to advance. 
 
 lie \iiiA farthered or hindered the taking of the 
 towiu Dryden. 
 
 FAS 
 
 Fa'r'thsst. adv. [more ^ro^trXjfurthefi. 
 See Fakth5r.] At the greatelldif- 
 tance ; to the gieatell dillance. 
 
 Far'thest. adj. Moil diflant ; remoteft. 
 
 Yet it muft be withal conhdered, that the 
 
 greatefl pait of the world arc they winch be /iir. 
 
 th.efi from perfcflion. ' tiooicr, 
 
 Fa'rthing. a. f. [peori=Slin-5, Saxon, 
 from peopep, four, that is, the fourth 
 part of a penny.] 
 
 1. Tiie fourth of a penny; the fmalleft 
 Englifh coin. 
 
 I A farthing is the leaft denomination or fraflioa 
 
 of money ufed in England. Coeier's ^^Jtit/imetick. 
 
 Elfe all thofe things we toil fo haid in. 
 Would not avail one lingle fartliing. Prior. 
 
 You .ire not obliged to tTk;e money not of gold 
 or filvcr ; nut tiie halfpence or farthings of Eng- 
 land. ■ &vjift, 
 
 2. Copper money. 
 
 The parilh find, 'tis true ; but our churchwar- 
 dens 
 Feed on the filver, and give us x\\e farthings. Gay, 
 
 3. It is ufed fometimes in a fenfe hyper- 
 bolical : as, it is not worth z farthing i 
 or proverbial. 
 
 His fon builds on, and never is- content. 
 Tin the lall/drr/;;>;e; is in ftruiflure fpcnt. 
 
 Dryden's yuvenn!. 
 
 4. A kind of divifion of land. Not in ufe. 
 
 Thirty acres make a farthirgAind ; nine/.fr- 
 thingi a Cornilh acre; and four Cornilh acres a 
 knigiit's fee. Care-.v. 
 
 Fa'kthingale. n.f. [This word has 
 much txercifed the etymology of Skin- 
 ner, who at laft feenis to determine that 
 it is derived from vertu garde : if he had 
 confidered what vert fignifies in Dutch, 
 he might have found out the true fenfe.] 
 A hoop ; circles of whalebone ufed to 
 fpread the petticoat to a wide circum- 
 ference. 
 
 With filken coats, and caps, and golden rings. 
 With rutfs, and cutis, and farthingales and 
 things, Shakffeare, 
 
 Tell me, 
 Whatcompafs will you wear your far/hinga/e? 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 Arthur wore in hall 
 Round table, like ^ftirtliirigal. Jfudittras. 
 
 Some will have it that it portends the downfal 
 of the French king ; and obferve, that xUc far- 
 thirigale appeared in England a little before the 
 ruin of the Spanilh monarchy. .riddifon. 
 
 She fqems a medley of all ages, 
 With a hugs fart/iltiga'e to fwell her fufli,in fluff, 
 A new commode, a topknot, and a ruff. Sivift. 
 
 Fa'rthingsworth. n.f. \^ farthing and 
 •worth. ] As much as is fold for a far- 
 thing. 
 
 They are thy cuftomers ; I hardly ever fell 
 them ^ farthingjivojth of any thing. Arbuthmt. 
 
 FASCES, n.f. [Latin.] Rods anciently 
 carried before the confuls as a mark of 
 their authority. 
 
 The duke beheld, like Scipio, with difdain, 
 Thar Carthage, which he ruin'd, rife once more ; 
 And fhook aloft the/a/ci of the main, 
 To fright thofe flaves with what they /elt before. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 FA'SCU. n.f [Latin.] A fillet; a 
 
 bandage. 
 Fa'sciated. adj. [homfafcia.] Bound 
 
 with fillets ; tied with a bandage. Di!t, 
 Fascia'tion. n.f. [from /(/;•/«.] Band- 
 
 age ; the aft or manner of binding dif- 
 
 eafed parts.
 
 FAS 
 
 Tlir-e cfpecial foits of/j/iM.'/iw, or rowling, 
 lave the woilhics of ourprofcHioii cummciidcd to 
 uoiKiity. IVifrmail. 
 
 To FASCINATE, v. a. [fafclno, Lat.] 
 To bewitch ; lo enchant ; to influence 
 in fome wicked and fecret manner. 
 
 Tlicic be nunc ot tlie afl'caions « liich have 
 
 been noted to /j/f/n-Ji or bewitch, but love anel 
 
 cnvv# \ Hiico'i. 
 
 Such Tifajsinttting fin this is, as allows men n» 
 
 libcriy of confulcration. Decay cf I'iely. 
 
 Fascina'tion. n.yi \Jrom fiifcinati: .'\ The 
 power or act of hewitcliing ; enchant- 
 ment ; iinleen inexplicable influence. 
 
 He had fueh a cr.ifiy and bcvvitcliing fafliion, 
 both tu move pity i»nd to induce bulitf", a% w;ts 
 like a kuid of fij'fnalhn and enchantment to 
 thofe that faw him or heard him. Bacon. 
 
 Trie Turks hang old rajs, or fuch like ugly 
 things, upon their faircft hoifcs.and other goodly 
 creatures, to fccurc them againlt fnfcinatiin, 
 
 ffaUir. 
 
 There is a ceitain bcwitchery or /^ifi.'niUiti in 
 
 words, which makes them operate with a force 
 
 beyond what vrecan natuially give an account of. 
 
 Stut/i. 
 
 FASCINE, n.f. [French.] A faggot. 
 Military cant. 
 
 The Black Prince pafled many a river without 
 the help of pontoons, and filled a ditch with fag- 
 gots as fuccefsfully as the gencralsof our times do 
 ■w\\\\fafclnii. .id.lifun'i Sprff'ilor 
 
 Fa'scinous. fl<//. [/.j/i-wttm, Lat. ] Caufed 
 or aiSling by witchcraft, or enchantment. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 I Ihall nut difcufs the poflibility of f*fcinsus 
 difeafos, farther than refer to experiment. 
 
 Harvey en Corjf»wpt:o»s. 
 
 FA'SHION. n.f. [fafon, Trench ; fd- 
 cies, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Form ; make ; ftate of any thing with 
 regard to its outward appeal ance. 
 
 They pretend them'.elves grieved at our fo- 
 Icmnities in ereiling ehuichcs, at their form and 
 fajhion, at the flatclincfs of tiiem and collli- 
 nefs, and at the opinion which we have of thcni. 
 
 liatjker, 
 
 Tat fajhim oi his countenance was altered. 
 
 Luke. 
 
 Stand thcfe poor people's friend. 
 —I will, 
 Or let me lofe thef.iflUn of a man. Shakf^eaie. 
 
 2. The make or cut of clothes. 
 
 I'll beat charges fora looking-glafs. 
 
 And entert.iin a ic >re or two of taj l.jrs, 
 
 To ftudy/yii-Mi toarioin my body. Sh.iifpenre. 
 
 You, fir, I entertain foT oie of my hundred ; 
 
 " O'llv, I do not like t!.e/ny.4/<iT of your garments. 
 
 i^ luikjpc^re^ i King Lear. 
 
 ■}. Manner; fort; way. 
 
 For that I love your daughter 
 In fuch a righteous/n/^'on as 1 do, 
 Pttforcc againft ah checks, rebukes, and man- 
 ners, 
 I muft advance. Merry If'JTei of If'in.ijor. 
 
 Pluck Cafca by the flicvc. 
 And he will, ;ifter iiiv (m\T f.i/iion, tell you 
 Wliat hath proceeded. S>ii ffc.tre'ijul. C^far 
 The commiflioners cither pnil-,d down or de- 
 faced all images in chuiciics ; and thnt in fuch 
 unftafonaMe aitd unfcafLnicdy.i.'i/off, as if it har^ 
 been done in noli lity ag.iinlt iheni. Haytuar.t 
 
 4. Cuftom operating upon drefs, or any 
 domeliick ornaments. 
 
 Here 's the note 
 How much your chain weighs to the utmofl carat, 
 The finencfs of the gold, the chargcful/./j/oi. 
 
 Sfiakf^eare 
 
 5. Cuftom ; general pra(f^ice. 
 
 Zclmane again, with great r.dm'ration, begun 
 to fpcakof him; aiking wheti.er it were the 
 fi^hi-in or no, in Arcadia, that fhepheids (hould 
 perform fuch valorous cnlerpiizes .' Sidney. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 FAS 
 
 Though the truth of this hath been univcrfally 
 acknowledged, yet bccaufe l\\cfaJiioi of the age 
 is to call cvtry thing intu queilion, it will be 
 requilitc to fatisfy men's rcafon about it. 
 
 Tithlfon. 
 
 Xo wonder that paftorals are fallen into difef- 
 tcem, together with that fajhhn of life upon 
 which they were grounded. Waijh. 
 
 It was nuteafily reconciled to the coinmon me- 
 thod ; but then ic was l\\t fajhion to do fuch 
 "lings. Arbulhnoi. 
 
 6. Manner imitated from another; way 
 eflablilhcd by precedent. 
 
 Sorrow fo royally in you appears. 
 That I will deeply put x\k f.ijhion on. 
 And wear it in my heart. Sliakfpeare. 
 
 7. General approbation ; mode. 
 
 A your.g gentleman accoinmudates himfelf to 
 the innocent diverfions \\\ faJJiion. Locke. 
 
 Kis paucgyricks were bellowed only on fuch 
 pcrfons as he had familiarly known, and only at 
 luch times as others ceafe to praifc, when out of 
 power, or out of fajhion, Pofe. 
 
 8. Rsnk ; condition above the -vulgar. It 
 is ufcd in a fenfe below that of quality. 
 
 It is ftrange that men oi f^Jiion, .-md gentle- 
 men, (hould fogiofly belie their own knowledge. 
 
 Rakigh. 
 
 9. Any thing worn. 
 
 Now, by tills maiden blonbm in my hand, 
 I fcornthee, andthy/.i//;o«,pcevilh boy. S!:aifp. 
 
 10. The farcy, a diftemper in horfes ; 
 the horfes leprofy. A barbarous word. 
 
 His horfe is polTeft with the glanders, infeflcd 
 with tlie/<i/S/<!)»s, andfuU of windgalls. Shakfp. 
 
 To Fa'shion. v. a. [fagonner, French, 
 from the noun.] 
 
 I . To form ; to mould ; to figure. 
 
 He loves me well, and I have giv'n him rea- 
 lons J 
 Send him but hither, and I'll fa/hl^n hira. 
 
 Sh.ikfpeare's Juli,,, Cafar. 
 
 Did not lie that made me in the womb, make 
 
 him .' And did not unt ftjiiion \.\i in the womb ? 
 
 Job. 
 The giaves of the rebellious gencrntio»s wcic 
 already yw//4/o«frf in the clouds, which foon after 
 Ihouid I'wallow up all living ci"e;iturcs. Rtlt-gh. 
 Tnc rib iie form'dj and fiijhhn^d with hii 
 hands ; 
 Under his forming hands a crcaCtirc grew, 
 Man like, but diticfcnt fcx. Xiilc?i'i P.ir. Lojf. 
 Jnabiiity will every unc fi-id in himfelf, who 
 ftiatl go ahouC {(jj^i/hhri in his undcrft.inriing any 
 fimple idea, not received by his fenfcs from ex- 
 ternal ohjcdis, or by reflcdtinn from the opeiations 
 of his mind about them. Lode. 
 
 How could this noble fabrick be defign'd, 
 Anc*/y/;;c';'./by a maker brute and blind ? 
 Co. lid ir of art fuch miracles nnent? 
 And raife a beauteous world of fuch extent ? 
 
 B/acJktnofe. 
 A diff;.rent toil annther forge employs, 
 Here the l^ud hammcry"f^^.'&-;j female tovs : 
 E ch (liiiket that adjrns the modern dame, 
 Fnii to ttcfc little artilts ow'd its frame. Gay. 
 
 2. To fit ; to adapt ; to accommodate. 
 
 Laws onjjhl to he ftt///iorre.i iiwxo the manners 
 and coiidiitons of the people to whom they are 
 naeant, and not to be impofcd upon lliem accord- 
 ing to the fimple rule of right. SffJ't'. 
 
 Ne do, I do'ibt, but that ye well can/.y/;;e^: 
 youif>.lves thereto, according to occafion. 
 
 Hubberd'i Taic. 
 Nature, ai ft grows again tow*rds cal^h, 
 \^ j'.ipiicri' d for the joifrney, dull and heavy. 
 
 Shakfpeare' s Timcn. 
 This cardinal, 
 Though from an humble Itock undoubtedlv, 
 Was jjjhtijnd to much honour from his cradle. 
 
 Shri^Jpt-are. 
 
 3. To counterfeit. Not ufed. 
 
 J" A s 
 
 Itbet;e. fin my blood to be difdaincd of all, 
 than laj.tjiion a cariiageto rob love from any. 
 
 Sh^kjpeare' s Much Jjdo ahout Nothing. 
 
 4. To make according to the rule pre- 
 fcribtd by cuftom. 
 
 The value of tlie l.ihour employed about one 
 parcel of filvcr norc than another, makes a dif- 
 leeneeiii their price; and \\\ai f(^ ttnti plate 
 fells for more il.an its weight. Locke. 
 
 Fa'siiioNABle. ailj. [from fa/Jjion.] 
 
 1. Approved by culiom ; eftablilhed bjr 
 cultum ; moiiilh. 
 
 The eminence of your condit'on will irvire 
 gentlemen to the rtudy of natuie, and m;.kc 
 pl-.ilofophy/j/i/omi/V. Glamiih'r. 
 
 Eximine how the fttjhionabh praflicc of tli-: 
 world can be reconciled to thisimpoitant doclrine 
 of our religion. Ri"i%. 
 
 'Tis prevailing example hath now made ir ///- 
 fiionahle. Bntly. 
 
 2. Made according to the mode. 
 
 Rich, j'ajhionabtc robes her prrfon deck ; 
 Pendants her cars, and pcails adorn her neck. 
 
 D'yden'i Ovid. 
 
 3. Obfervant of tlic mode. 
 
 Time is like a faJHonjij'c hoft, 
 That llightly (hake; his ;i;utir;s guefl by th' hand; 
 But with his arms outilrctch'd, as, he would fly, 
 Graftjs in the comer ; welcome ever fniilcs. 
 And faicwell goes out fig'-.ing. Si^aicjpea'-e. 
 
 4. Having rank above the vulgai, and 
 below nobility. 
 
 Fa'siiionableness. n.f. [hom fajlilon. 
 aiL:1 Modlih elegance; fuch appearance 
 as is according to the pitfent cuftom. 
 
 Why Ihouid they not continue to value t!;em- 
 felvcs for this outfidc/j/i/oMrttoB.yi of the tayloi or 
 tirewomairs making, when their parents la\e 
 fo early inftruftcd them to do fo ! Loc'-e. 
 
 Fa's HI ON ABLY. adv. [imm fnfhionahle.] 
 In a manner conformable to cullo.ni ; 
 t\'ith modi ill elegance. 
 
 He muft at length die dully of eld age at home, 
 when here he niight fo f^ifnionabiy ar.d grjntet ily 
 have been duiillcd or Huxcd into another world. 
 
 Sciuih. 
 
 Fa'shionist. n. f. [from fajhion.^ A 
 
 foUuwer of the mode j a fop ; a coxcomb. 
 
 Did. 
 To FAST. -v. n. [f,,J!an, Goth. }:xj-tan, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1 . To abllain from food. 
 
 Our love is not lb great, Hurtcnfio, 
 But we m.iy l.low our nails together, 
 And fjjl itfaiilyout. Sl:,iifpc>ite. 
 
 1 h.id rather/.i// from all four days tli-ui dnnk 
 fo much in one. Sh.tkjpeare'i .4nt. andClttp. 
 
 We have fome meats, and breads, and dru.ks, 
 which taken by men enable them to/..yr long 
 after. Baco-t's A'e-w Jlll.v:::t. 
 
 2. To mortify the body by religious ub- 
 iiinence. 
 
 When thou /.!/?(/?, anoint thy head and w:i(h 
 thy face, that tliou appeal not unto mm wf.-.ft. 
 
 Marrhtiif. 
 Laft night the very god (hcw'd me a vihon : 
 I/.j/, and prjy'cl for their intelligence. Shuifp. 
 Fast. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. Ablhnencc from food. 
 
 A thoufand men have Irike their /i/fj to-riar, 
 That nc'ei ftiall dine, uiilels thou yield the crown. 
 
 Sft.^ijptare. 
 
 Where will this end ? Four times ten days V\t 
 pad, 
 Wand'rinj; this woody maze, and human food 
 Nortafted, ror had appetite ; that/a// 
 To virtue 1 impute nor, or count part 
 Of wiiat I futFer here. M.'/ion. 
 
 Happy and innocent were the ages of fur fore- 
 fathers, wh) broke their fajis with herbs and 
 toots; and when they were permitted flclh, ejit 
 ic only dtcffed with hunger and fi.'e. T.iylor 
 
 4 U
 
 FAS 
 
 SSe 's gone uiikinrfly, and lefusM to caft 
 One glance to feed nit tor fo loi'.g a/"/'- VryJi-n. 
 2. Religious mortification by abftinence ; 
 relisrioiis humiliation. 
 
 Wc humble uurfelvcs before God this day, not 
 mcrclv by the outward foleraiiities of a/a/, but 
 I-y alfiifting our foiih as well as bodies for our 
 fins. ^tttrhury. 
 
 Norpray'rs nor fr>Jl!, its fiuliborn pulfe re- 
 ftrain; 
 Nor tears, for ages, taught to flow in vain. Po/>f. 
 Fast. adj. [f^aej-r, Saxon.] 
 I. Firm; immoveable. 
 
 He by his rtrcngth fetteth/.'/ mountains. P/ 
 Lad. the fire and bis three fom, 
 With Iheir four wives; and God made fnjl the 
 door. Milto>!. 
 
 Be fure to find, 
 What I have foretold thee, many a haid eff.iy 
 Of dangers and adverfitics, and pdins, 
 Ere thou of Ilracl's fccptre get/,V? hold. Miilon. 
 %. Strong; impregnable. 
 
 England, by report of the Chronicles, was in- 
 fclUd with robbers and outlaws; which, lurking 
 io woods and/.y; i>laccs, ufed often to break foith 
 to rob and fpcil. Sfnijcr. 
 
 3. Fixed ; adhering ; not feparabk. 
 
 Lodronius with the breaking in of ihe '.lorfc- 
 men, was driven into a marlli ; where, afrcr that 
 be, being almoft/.'/ in tliC deep mud, had done 
 the uttermoft, he yielded himiclf. KmlUt. 
 
 A man in a boat, who rugs at a rope that 's 
 pjl ta a (hip, looks as if he ufolvcd to draw the 
 ftliptohim. Temi'e. 
 
 4. Deep ; found. 
 
 I have fecn her rife from her bed, take paper, 
 fold it, feal it, and again return to her bed : yet 
 all this while in a molt/.iy? llcep. Shahjfeare. 
 
 5. Firm in adherence. 
 
 Quick wits be in defire new-fangled; in pur- 
 pofe, unconftant ; light to promilc any thing, 
 ready to forget every thing, both benefit and in- 
 jury ; and theieby neither/j/? to friend, nor fear- 
 ful to foe. ^-Jfcfiam's Sihuolmaf.cr. 
 
 £. [Uomfeft, Wellh, quick.] Speedy; 
 quick ; fwift. It may be doubted 
 whetherthis fenfebenot always adverbial. 
 
 Tnis work gocth /^.i/on, and profpcieth. E-!.rt. 
 
 Skill conies foflow, and life iofaji doth fly, 
 We learn fo little, and forget fo much. Da-uies. 
 
 The prince groweth uff"Jl to be a man, and is 
 of a fweet and excellent difpofitton : it would be 
 a (lain upon you if you (hould midead, or fuffer 
 him to be milled. Baton to I^illien. 
 
 7. ¥ AST and /oofe. Uncertain; variable; 
 inconftant ; deceitful. 
 
 A rope of fair pearl, which now hiding, now 
 hidden by the hair, did, as it were, play at/Vi/ 
 ,,1,1 loofe each with other, giving and receiving 
 richnrfs. Sidniy. 
 
 If Ihe perceived by his outward cheer, 
 Th.at any would his love by talk bewry, 
 
 Sometimes (he heard him, fomctimes ftopt her 
 ear, 
 And play'd/--^ ami hojt the live-long day. 
 
 Fnitfax. 
 The folly and wickedncfs of men, that think to 
 play fafi n'nj loij^ with God Almighty ? 
 
 L'EJlrange. 
 If they cohered, yet hy the next conflnft with 
 ether .itoms they might be fcparated again ; and 
 fo on ill an etern.3l vicilTitude o( J.ijl and loofe, 
 without ever confociating jnto the huge condenfc 
 bodies of planets. Brntlcy. 
 
 Fast. ad-v. 
 
 1 . Firmly ; immovcably. 
 
 Bind the boy, which you (hall (iiul with me, 
 foi? to the chair. Shiifpemt'i Ki'ig 'John. 
 
 This hive of theirs myfelf have often leen, 
 Haply when they have judg'd mt fajl alleep. 
 
 Shakjpfart. 
 
 2, Clofely ; nearly. In this fenfe it is 
 united with fome other word, as by 01 
 
 hift.de. 
 
 FAS 
 
 Barbarofla left fourteen galleys in the lake ; bu! 
 the tacklings, fails, oars, antj ordnance he had 
 laid up in the caHle/.i/? ly. Kmlln. 
 
 Siloa's brook that flow'd 
 F.^Jl by the oracle of God. Milton's Far. Lojl. 
 
 Let purling ftreams be in her fancy feen. 
 And flow'ry meads, and \'ales of cheerful green; 
 And in the midft of deathlcfs groves 
 
 Soft fighing wiihes lie. 
 
 And fmiling hopcsyiyi hy, 
 And juft beyond *era ever-laughing loves. 
 
 Dryilen'i Tyi. Love. 
 
 Faji hy the tlirone obfequious fame refides. 
 And wealth incclTant rolls her golden tides. Poff. 
 
 Well-known to me the pahicc you inquire ; 
 fat f aft hepdc it dwells my honour'd fwt. Fope. 
 
 Here o'er the martyr-king the marble weeps, 
 And/i/! bifhU him once fcar'd Edward deeps. 
 
 F'.fe. 
 
 3, Swiftly ; nimbly. 
 
 I would give a thoufand pound I could run as 
 fnft as thou can A. Shakfpeare's Hemy IV. 
 
 There flrcams a fpring of blood \of"ft. 
 From thofc deep wounds, as all embiu'd the face. 
 
 O.tnld. 
 
 The heavieft mufe the fwifteft courfc has gone. 
 As clocks rmtfafttfi when moft lead is on. Fopi. 
 
 You are to look upon me as one gdmgfajl out 
 of the world. Swift. 
 
 4. Frequently. 
 
 Being tried only with a promife, he gave full 
 
 credit to that promife, and Hill gave evidence of 
 
 his fidelity as /j/! as occafions were offered. 
 
 Hammond's FraB. Catech. 
 
 ToFa'sten. "u. a. [from /a/?.] 
 
 1. To make fall; to make firm; to fix 
 iramoveably. 
 
 A mantle coming under her right arm, and co- 
 vering raoft of that fide, had no fajhning on the 
 left fide. - Sidney. 
 
 Mofes reared up the tabernacle, and faftcned 
 his fockcts. Exodus. 
 
 By chance a (hip was faflcn'd to the (hore, 
 Which from old Clufium king Ofinius bore. 
 
 D) ydcn's ji^'ieid. 
 
 2. To hold together ; to cement ; to link. 
 
 She had all magne.tick foice alone. 
 To draw inifaften fundred parts in one. Donne. 
 
 In the fca-coatt of India there is no iron, 
 which flies not like a bird unto thofe mountains, 
 and therefore their (hips are /<i/?fw<^ with wood. 
 BrO'Vjn' s Vitlgar Eriours. 
 
 3. To affix ; to conjoin, 
 
 Tiie words Whig and Tory have been preffed 
 to the fervice of many fucccffions of parties, with 
 very difi"erent iic3.s fajlcntd to them. Sifift. 
 
 4. To llamp ; to imprefs ; to fix. 
 
 Thinking, by this face, 
 To fnflitt in our thoughts that they have courage ; 
 But 'tis not fo. S/iaifpeart's Julius Ceefar. 
 
 5. To unite infeparably. 
 
 Their oppiefTors have changed the fccnc, and 
 
 combated the opinions in their true (hape, upon 
 
 which they couM not (oiiiWfaflen their difguife. 
 
 Decay of Fiety. 
 
 6. To lay on with ftrength. 
 
 Could he /.i/?m a blow, or make a thruft, when 
 not fuffered to approach ? Drydcn's jEn. Dcdic. 
 
 To Fa'sten. 1). n. To fix himfelf. 
 
 This paucity of blood may be obfcrved in 
 other forts of liiards, in frogs, and other filhes ; 
 and therefore an horfe-leech will hardly faftcn 
 upon a fiflr. Bro-wn's Fulgar Errours. 
 
 Kefafteri'd on my neck ; and bellow'd out. 
 As he'd burft heaven. Siatfpeate'i King Le.ir. 
 
 The wrong judgment that mifleads us, and 
 makes the will often /.i/tn on the woife fide, lies 
 in mifreporting upon comparifons. Locke. 
 
 Fa'stener. n. /. [from fajlen.'\ One 
 
 that makes faft or firm. 
 Fa'ster. n./. [from/(j/?.] He who ab- 
 
 flains from food. Jinjwoith. 
 
 FAT 
 
 Fa'sthanded. adj. {fajl and hand."] 
 Avaiicious ; clofehanded ; olofefilltd ; 
 
 covetous. 
 
 The king hc\n^ faftliandedf and loth to part 
 with a fccond dowry, prevailed with the prince to 
 be contrafted with the Princefs Catharine. Bacon. 
 
 Fastidio'sity. n. /. [from ftijfidious.} 
 Difdainfulnefs ; contemptuoufnefs. 
 
 S-wift. 
 
 FASTI'DIOUS. adj. [fajidiofus, Lat. 
 
 fnjridiettx,faj}id'ieufe, French.] Difdain- 
 
 ful ; fqueamilh ; delicate to a vice ; in- 
 
 folently nice. 
 
 Reafons plainly delivered, and always after one 
 manner, elpetially with fine nndfajlidious minds^ 
 enter but heavily and dully. Buc»n, 
 
 Let then fttftidious vain 
 Comniiflion of the brain, 
 
 Run on and rage, fweat, cenfurt, and condemn, 
 They were not made for thee, Icfs thou for them. 
 
 Ben Jonfon. 
 A (quamtth faftidious nicenefs, in meats and 
 drinks, muft he cured by llarving. L'Eftrargi. 
 All hopes, railed upon the piumifesor fuppofcd 
 kindnc(res of tlic fuftldiou^ and falkicious ^rcar 
 ones of the woild, (hall fail. South. 
 
 Fasti'diously. adi}. [from fa/Iit!ioiis.^ 
 DifdainfuUy ; contemptuoufly ; fquea- 
 mifhly. 
 Their folc talent is pride and fcorn : they look 
 fafiid'iuujly, and fpeak difdain fully, concluding^ 
 if a man (hall fall (hurt of their garniture at their 
 knees and elbows, he is much inferior to them in 
 the furniture of his head. Gov.'of the Tongue. 
 Fasti'giated. adj. [fajllg'talus, Lat.] 
 Roofed ; narrowed up to the top. Did. 
 Fa'stingday. n. f. S^f'tfi and day.'l 
 Day of mortification by religious ab- 
 ftinence. 
 
 Do not call it a faftingday, unlets alfo it be a 
 day of exti'aordinary devotion and of alms. 
 
 Taylor's Guide to. Devotion.. 
 Fa'stness. ti.f. [from fajl.'j 
 
 1. State of being fall. 
 
 2. Firmnefs ; firm adherence. 
 
 Such as had given the king diftafte, did con- 
 tend by their forwardnefs to (hew it was but their 
 fafinefs to their former govemnient, and that 
 thofe aflcftions ended with the time. Bacon. 
 
 3. Strength ; fecurity. 
 
 AJl the places are cleared, and places o{ ftijl- 
 nefs laid open,, which arc the proper wails and. 
 caftles of the Irilh, as they were of the Briti(h 
 in the times of Agiicola. Davies on I/eland. 
 
 The foes had left thcfaftucfs of their pl.ice, 
 Prevail'd in fight, and had his men in chace. 
 
 Dry den's jEmid. 
 
 4. A ftrong place; a place not eafily forced. 
 
 If his adverfary be not well aware of him, he 
 entrenches htmfclf in a new fajincfsj and holdy 
 out the fiege with a new artillery. PVaits. 
 
 5. Clofenefs; concifenefs; not ditfufion. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 Biing his ftilc from all lofe grofTnefs to fuch 
 firm fiftnefs in Latin, as in Demofthencs. 
 
 M-ifcham' s S< lioolnuijler, 
 
 Fa'stI'O'JS. adj. \_ fajliiofus, 'LsXin ; faf' 
 taeUK, fajlueufe, French.] Proud; 
 haughty. jD/V?. 
 
 FAT. adj.. [pxT, Saxon.] 
 I. Full-fed; plump; flelhy : the contrary 
 to halt. 
 
 When gods have hot backs, what (hall poor 
 men do? Forme, I am here .1 Windfor flag, and 
 the fattefl, I think, i'th" foiclt. Sliakjpeare. 
 
 Let our wives 
 Appoint 3 meeting with this old fat fellow. 
 
 Shiikfjienie. 
 'Tis a line thing to be fat and fmooth. 
 
 LlEjiiangt,
 
 FAT 
 
 Spiivc diet and l.ibour will keep conrtitutions, 
 Vlictc this difpoTilion is the lUongell, tVoin being 
 fii:: yoii may fee in an army forty thouland fooi- 
 i'llditrs, without a/'i/ man; and I dare affirm, 
 that by plenty and rcll twenty of ihc forty Ihall 
 grow jat. Arbuthml. 
 
 z. Coarfe; grofs. [/a/, French.] 
 
 We're hurry'd down 
 Thi'; lubrique and adult'ratc age; 
 K.iy, added _/j/ pullutions of ourown, 
 T' rncreafe the fteaining ordures of the ftagc. 
 
 Dtydin. 
 
 3. Dull. 
 
 O fouls ! in whom no licav'niy lire is found, 
 Fat minds, and c\cr-grov'lii>g ow the ground. 
 
 Dry Jin' I Vcrflui, 
 
 4. Wealthy; rich. 
 
 .Sonn: .lie allured to hw, not on the contem- 
 pl.-vrion of equity, but on the promiling and 
 plcafing thoughts of litigious terms, j'^t conten- 
 tions, and flowing fees. Milton. 
 
 Thefe were terrible alarms to perfons grown_/jr 
 and wealthy by a long and fucccfsful impolture. 
 
 South. 
 
 A fal benefice is that which fo abounds with 
 
 an cflatc and revenues, that a man m.iy expend 
 
 a great deal in delicacies of eating and di inking. 
 
 Wy'/^f'r I*u*t>gi7t. 
 
 Fat. n. /. An oily and fiilphureoua part 
 of the blood ; depofucd in the cells of 
 the membfana adipofa, from the iniiu- 
 mcrable little veflcls which are fpread 
 amongft them. The fat is to be found 
 immediately under the ikin, in moll 
 parts of the body. There are two forts 
 of fat ; one yellow, foft, and lax, eafily 
 melted ; another firm, white, brittle, 
 and not fo eafdy melted, called ftiet or 
 tallow. Soine reckon the marrow of 
 the bones for a third fort of fat. 
 
 In this ointment the firangeft and hardclf in- 
 gredients to come hy, are the mofs upon the 
 flcuU of a dead man unbuiied, and thc/a/j of a 
 boar and a bear, killed in the aft of generation. 
 Biicon's Nattii al HiJf^'V. 
 This membrane fepar.ites an oily liquor called 
 fill : when the fibres are lax, and tiic aliment too 
 redundant, great part of it is converted into this 
 oily liquor. Aiiut!i>iot on .^/iment.t. 
 
 To Fat. <!'. a. [from the noun.] To 
 make fat ; to fatten ; to make plump 
 and flclhy with abundant food. 
 
 Oh how this \ill3ny 
 Doth fat me witii the very thoughts of it ! 
 
 ShakJ'pt-are'i lifiis Andicnicui. 
 
 Ere tins 
 
 I fliould have/j/Ze-./all the region kites 
 
 With this flave's oflal. S/tai/ffan-'s Hamlet. 
 
 They fat fuch enemies as they take in the wars, 
 
 that they may devour them. .■l)>Ut. 
 
 The Caril.iices were wont to geld their children, 
 
 on puriiolc to/;.' and eat them. /.W/i-f. 
 
 Cattle filled by good paltutc, after violent 
 
 motion, fometimci die fudtlenly. Aihuthni,! 
 
 7oF.\T. -o.n. To grow fat; to grow 
 full-tiemed. 
 
 Clarence, lie is well repaid; 
 
 He is frank'd up iuf,itti>:g for his pains. Shulj 
 
 The one labours in iiis duty with a good con- 
 
 fcicncc ; the other, like a bcali, bni fulling v^ 
 
 for the flaughter. VEjii.mgt. 
 
 An old ox/«/j as well, and is as good, as .-i 
 
 young- Akrtimcr. 
 
 Fat. n. /. [pser, Saxon; valte Dutch- 
 
 This is generally written vat.'} A vcfFcl 
 
 in which any thing is put to ferment or 
 
 be foaked. 
 
 The/,j/i ih.ill overflow with wine and oil. Jcel. 
 
 A white ftcnc ufcd for flagging floorsli for 
 
 ciiteins, and tajineis/.i/'j, H'eod-wurd an Fxlfu!. 
 
 FAT 
 
 FA'TAL. adj. [fata/Is, Lat. fatal, Fr.] 
 
 1. Deadly; mortal; dcllrudive ; catifuig 
 deflruftion. 
 
 Ofiitd maid! thy marriage is endow'd 
 With Phrygian, Latian, and Rutilian blood. 
 
 Dry-den's jfuneid. 
 
 A paify in the brain is moft dangei'ous ; when 
 
 it feircth the heart, or organs of breathing, 
 
 fatnl. Athuthnot on Did. 
 
 2. Proceeding by dcftiny ; inevitable; ne- 
 celTary. 
 
 Otiicrs delude their Ironhle by a graver way 
 of reafoning, that thclc things arc /w/j/and nc- 
 celfary, it beinc; in vain to be troubled at that 
 which we cannot help. Tii'otfon. 
 
 3. Appointed by deftiny. 
 
 It w.\s/,itii!ta the king to fight for his money ; 
 and though he avoided to fight with enemies 
 abroad, yet he was llill enforced to fight for it 
 with rebels at home. Ji.^cin's Henry vii. 
 
 It was 
 Stil!/.iM/to flout Hudibias, 
 In all his feats of arms, when leaft 
 He dreamt of it, to profper bclf. Ih/.lihras 
 
 Behold tiie dcitiu'd place of your abodes ; 
 For thus Anchifcs prophecy'd of old. 
 And thus our fatal place of rcit foretold. 
 
 Dryden^i yEncid, 
 O race divine; 
 For beautv fliU \if.ital to the line. Dryden, 
 
 Fatalist n.f. [frotn /a/£.] One who 
 maintains that all things happen by in- 
 evitable neceffity. 
 
 Will the oblVinatc /afa///?! find fufficieiit apo- 
 logy ? If'atn. 
 Fata'lity. ti.f. \_fatalltc, French ; from 
 
 I Predellination; predetermined order or 
 feries of things and events ; preordina- 
 tion of inevitable canfes acling invinci- 
 bly in perpetual fiicceflion. 
 
 Th.e Uoicks held ^ fai.dity, and a fixed unal- 
 terable courl'e of events ; but then they held alio, 
 that they fell out by a neceflity emergent from 
 and inherent in the things themfclves, which God 
 himfelf could not alter. South. 
 
 2. Decree of fate. 
 
 By a Ibangc/.r/a/rVy men fufFer their dilXenting 
 to be drawn into the llrcam of the prefent vogue. 
 
 King Chjrlti. 
 
 All the father's precautions could not fecurc 
 the Ion from the faiuliiy of dying by a lion. 
 
 U F.Jiritnge. 
 
 3. Tendency to danger ; tendency to fome 
 grtat or hazardous event. 
 
 Seven times fcven, or forty-nine, nine times 
 
 nine, or ci^I.ty-one, and fe\en times nine, or the 
 
 years fixty-tiuce, is concei\'cd to carry with it 
 
 the moll confulerable_/".jr.j/.'.'v. Bioivn. 
 
 Fa'tally. adi\ [from fatiil.~\ 
 
 I. Mortally; dedrudiively, even to death. 
 
 Tne Iheam is fo tianfpaieiit, pare and .-leal, 
 ^ That had the I'elr'-enamoured youth gau'd here. 
 So fat.illy dcctiv'd he had not been. 
 While he the bottom, not his face, had feen. 
 
 De':l!a,r.. 
 'Tis the procelTion of a funeral vow. 
 Which cruel laws to Irjdian wives allow, 
 \V lien f.it'illy theii virtue they approve; 
 Cheerful in Hames, and roaityrs of their \o\c. 
 
 Oryden' s Aureng^.-:!>t . 
 
 1. By the decree of fate ; by inevitable 
 and invincible determination. 
 
 To fay that the world was made cafunlly by 
 the concurrence of atoms, is to affirm th.it the 
 atoms compofed the world mechanically and 
 fit.j/lyi only they were not fenhhle of it, hi'iilry. 
 
 Fatalnkss. n.f. [from/a/^/.] Invin- 
 cible nectllity. 
 
 FATE. n.f. [/<7<r/w, J.atln.] 
 
 I. Deltiny; an eternal feiies of fucctflive 
 canfes. 
 
 FAT 
 
 Ncccdity or chance 
 Approach not me ; and what I will \tfatt. 
 
 Miliii), 
 There is a necefl'ity in fate 
 Why ftill the brave bold man "is fortunate. DiyJ. 
 
 You mull obey ntc foon 01 late ; 
 Why will you vainly firuggle willi your fate .' 
 
 Dryden. 
 M'hcn empire ill its childhood fiift appears, 
 A watchful/a/f o'crlees its rifing years. D'yden, 
 
 Random chance, or wilfuiy"'!/^, 
 Guides the fhaft from Cupid's bow. A. Pkilips. 
 
 2. Event predetermined. 
 
 Tell me what/a/fi attend the duke of Suffolk ? 
 By water (ha'l he die, and take hi« end? Shaifp. 
 
 3. Death; dell ruction. 
 
 Viewing a neijhbouiing hill, whofe top of late 
 A ch,>pel crown'd, 'till in the cummon/j?< 
 Th' adjoining abbey fell. Denham, 
 
 Looking, he feeds alone his famifli'd eyes ; 
 Feeds ling'ring death, but looking not he dies; 
 Yet Hill he cliofe the longed way Xufate, 
 Wafting at once his life and his eftate. Dryden. 
 
 Courage uncertain dangers may abate; 
 But who can hearth' approach of certain /ar?' 
 
 Dryden. 
 The whizzing arrow fings. 
 And bears thy/-./?, Aiitinous, on its wings. Poft. 
 
 4. Caufe of death. 
 
 With full force his deadly bow he bent. 
 And feathcr'd/n/a among the mules and fump- 
 ters fent. Dryden. 
 
 ¥ a'tet). at/j. [from fate. 2 
 I. Decreed by fate. 
 
 She tied her father's rage, and with a train, 
 Driv'n by the fouthern blafts, w.is fated here t» 
 reign. _ Dyden, 
 
 Z. Modelled in any manner by fate. 
 
 Heraukward love indeed was oi\<i\y fated; 
 She and her Polly were too near related. Prior. 
 
 3. Endued with any quality by fate. The 
 llriclure ufed by Dryden is unufual. 
 
 Bright Vulc.'rni..n arms. 
 Fated from force of Itcel by Stygian charms, 
 Sufpendcd (kone on high. Dry.ien's jEneid. 
 
 4. Invclled with the power of fatal deter- 
 mination. Peculiar to Shal/pairf. 
 
 The filed Iky 
 Gives us (ve^ fcope. Sh.ikfpe.ire, 
 
 FATHER, n.f. [px^ep. Saion. This 
 word is foinid likcwife in the Perfian lan- 
 guage.] 
 
 1. He by whom the fon or daughter is be- 
 gotten. 
 
 F.ither is a notion fuperinduccd to t'ne ftji-fi.rnce 
 or m:in, and refers only to an ai5f of that thing 
 called man, wher'-by he contributed to the gene- 
 ration of one of lii-s own kind. Locke, 
 
 Son of Eeiifalem, Xhy father Oith it; the man 
 by whom thou haft breath and life fpeakct'.; the 
 word. -Bacon, 
 
 He (liall forget 
 Fatl-.'r and mother, and to iiis wife adhere. 
 
 Mihon. 
 
 2. The full anceftor. 
 
 It was laid 
 It Ihould not ftand in tiiy pofterlrv; 
 But that niylelf Ihall be tlic root and father - 
 Of many kings. Sha'tf^eare' i Mactetn. 
 
 Abiaiiam is the father of us all. Romans 
 
 3. The appellation of an old man. 
 
 A poor blind man was accounted cunning in 
 
 ■■ prognolUca-'iig wc.itl;ei : Epfom, a lawyer, laid 
 
 'in (corn. Toll me, father^ when doth the fun 
 
 change ? T!ie old man .rnfwcred, When fuch a 
 
 wicked lawyer as you goeth to heaven. Cam.ien. 
 
 4. The title of any man reverend forage, 
 learning, and piety. 
 
 You fVi.iU find one well accompanied 
 Willi reverend /j(Af.'S and well learned biftiopj, 
 Shakfpeare^. Ri.h.j^d iii. 
 
 5 . One who has given original to any thing 
 good or bad. 
 
 4 V 2
 
 FAT 
 
 Tubal was x\\a faihr of all fuch as handle the 
 
 harp and organ. Grnifn. 
 
 Fu//:cr of veifc. Pof- 
 
 6. The ecelefiaftical writers of the firft 
 centuries. 
 
 Men may talk of (hefatiin, and magnify the 
 fathcii, and fcem to make the authority of the 
 fathiyi next to infallible j and yet cxpofe thena to 
 contempt. StUlingfeit. 
 
 7. One who afts with paternal care and 
 tendernefs. 
 
 I %vas d.fathir to the poor. Js*. 
 
 He hath made mc ^father to Pharaoh, and lord 
 
 of all his hcufc. Gi'njh. 
 
 8. The title of a poplflr confeffor, parti- 
 cularly of a jefuit. 
 
 Formal in apparel, 
 In g:;:t and countenance furely like 2 father. 
 
 Sh,ikj'p-:arc. 
 
 There was a faihir of a convent, very much 
 renowned for his piety and exemplary life; and 
 as perfons under any gieat affliction applied thcm- 
 felves to the moft eminent conftflbrs, our beauti- 
 ful votary took the oppovtunityof confefliiig her- 
 (elt to this celebrated /ar/;tr. AdMj'cn. 
 
 9. Tlie title of a fenator of old Rome. 
 
 From hence the race of All>an/.'rit'i come, 
 And the long gloiics of m.ijeftick Rome. Dry Jin. 
 
 10. The appellation of the firft perfon of 
 the adorable Trinity. 
 
 Tic eternal Son of God eftecmerf it his meat 
 and dr nk to do the will of his F:iil.er, and for his 
 obedience alone obtained the greatctl glory. 
 
 Tuylii 's RuU of Living Holy. 
 
 11. The compcllalion of God as creator. 
 
 We h.^ve one F.ifhfr^ even Gud. 'J''^"' 
 
 Almighty and moft merciful Father. 
 
 Common Prayer. 
 
 Fatokr-iN-l.wv. n. f. \ixom father. '\ 
 The father of one's hufband or wife. 
 
 I mull make my father-in-laiv a vifit with a 
 great train and equipage. Miijon'i Sfcllatar. 
 
 To F.^'ther. -v. a. 
 
 1. To take ; to adopt as a fon or daughter. 
 
 Ay, good youth, 
 And rather/nrAfj- thee than niafler thee. Si.ii/p. 
 
 2. To fupply with a father, of certain 
 qualities. 
 
 I am no ftrongcr than my fex, 
 Being (o father' J -mA fo hulbandcd. Skakfpcitre. 
 
 Hc'W light and poitafcle my pain feems now, 
 When that which makes me bend makes the 
 
 king bow I 
 He chllded as I father' J. Shakffiarc. 
 
 3. To adopt a compofitlon. 
 
 Men ot wit, 
 Ofxe:n fathered what he writ. S'.vift. 
 
 4. To afcribe to any one as his offspring, 
 or produftion : with on. 
 
 And left we fcem x.c father anything ufon them 
 more than is liieir own, let rhcm read. Heokir, 
 
 My name was made ufe of by fevcral perfc n», 
 ene of which was pleafed 10 father on me a new 
 fet of produ£llons. Stvift-. 
 
 Magical relations comprehend effeiSs derived 
 v\Afatheted upon liiddcn qualities, whcreot, from 
 received grouiids of ait, no rcafons'are derived. 
 
 Brvxijn'i Vulgar JLrrottTS.^ 
 
 F.a'therhooo. n./. [from /<;//'«r.] The 
 charafter of a father ; the authority of 
 
 a father. 
 
 Who can abide, that againft the'town doflors, 
 both of the middle and lat-fl age, fix whole books 
 ffcould hy their fathcrhMih of Trent he, under the 
 pain of a curfe, impcr ouily obtruded upon God 
 and his church ? Hall. 
 
 W-e might have had an entire notion of this/-i- 
 tkcrkoid, or fatherly autLcrity. Lo.ke. 
 
 FAT 
 
 Fa'therless. aiij. \_ixom fjiher.'\ Want- 
 ing a father ; deftrtute of a father. 
 
 Ye (hall not alBicl any widow, or faiherlrfi 
 child. Exodui. 
 
 Our fathertifs cWHrth was left unmoan'd; 
 Your widow dolours hkewifc be unwept. Shaf-fp. 
 
 The fatherlfi hath no friend. Sandys. 
 
 He caught his death the laft county fefiions, 
 where he would go to fee jiiftice done to a poor 
 widow woman and her fatkeile^'i children. 
 
 Addf-^ni Spe^ator. 
 
 Fa'therliness. n.f. [itam father. ~\ The 
 tendernefs of a father ; parental kind- 
 
 nefs. 
 Fa'therly. adi. \Jxotj\ fatherj] Paternal; 
 like a father ; tender ; protefting ; 
 careful. 
 
 Let me but mo^-e one que ft ion to your daughter, 
 And, by thai/ir':tj/y and kindly power 
 That vou lra\e m her, bid her anfwcr truly. Shak. 
 
 The part w: icii delcribes tiic tire, I owe to the 
 piety Sindfarhtrly affcdlion of our raonarcli t<i his 
 fuft'cringfu'jciis. Dryden. 
 
 Fatherly, adv. In the manner of a 
 father. 
 
 Thus Adam,/aM<w-/)' difple.as'd : 
 O execrable Ion! fo to aipire 
 Above his bietliren! i^'.i't'ji 
 
 FATHOM. «./. [pxbm, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A meafure of length containing fix 
 feet, or two yards ; the fpace to which 
 a man can extend both arms. 
 
 The extent of tn\i fathom, or riiitanre between 
 the extremity of the lingers of either hand upmi 
 expanfion, is equal unto tiie fpace between the 
 foic of the foot and crown. Bro-ivn. 
 
 The arms fpread crofs in a flrcight line, and 
 meafurcd from the end of the long' tingcr on one 
 hand, to that of the other, a mc.ifure equal to the 
 flatuie, is named aya/Aew. Hola.-r. 
 
 2. It is the ufiial mcafure applied to the 
 depth of the fea, when the hne for 
 founding is called \.he fathom line. 
 
 Dive into the bottom of the deep, 
 Whctc fathom-li/ie could never touch the ground 
 Shakfpcare's Henry IV. 
 
 3. Reach ; penetration ; depth of contriv- 
 ance ; compafs of thought. 
 
 Anotlicr of hisy^r^^OT they hnve none 
 To lead their bufincfs. Shaifpeare's Othello. 
 
 ZoFa'thom. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To encompafs with the arir.s exUndtd 
 or encircling. 
 
 2. To reach ; to mailer. 
 Leave, leave iofatlf.m fuch high points as thefc; 
 
 Nor he ami-iti.ius, ere the time, to plcafc. Dr\d. 
 To found ; to try With refpect to the 
 depth. 
 
 'Tis too firong for weak heads to try the heights 
 tin^ fathttn the depths of his fligiits. Felt^n. 
 
 Our depths who fathoms. Pope. 
 
 4. To penttrate into ; to find the bottom 
 or utmoft e.ttent : as, / canncl fathom 
 his dftgn. 
 
 Fathomless, adi, [from yi./icm.] 
 r. That of which no bottom can be found. 
 2. That of which the circumference can- 
 not be embraced. 
 
 Will yen with counters fiim 
 The \ali proportion of his infinite; 
 And buckle in a wafte mt^^ fathomhfj 
 With fpans and inches fo diminutive- 
 As fears and rcafons } Shakfpeare. 
 
 Fati'dical. adj. [fatidiais, Latin; fa- 
 tldique-, French.] Prophetick ; having 
 the power to foretel future events. 
 
 The oak, of all other trees only fatidical, told 
 them what a fearful unfuttur.ate bafinefs this 
 would prove, JJowcl. 
 
 3- 
 
 FAT 
 
 Fa'tiferous. adj. [^fatifer, Latin.] 
 Deadly ; mortal ; deftrudtive. Dilf. 
 
 Fa'tigable. adj. [yij/(Vo, Latin.] £a- 
 iily wearied ; fufceptible of wearincfs. 
 
 7"o Fa'tig.ite. v. a. [_/a//fo, Latin.] To 
 weary ; to fatigue ; to tire ; to exhauft 
 with labour ; to opprefs with laflitude. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 By and hy the din of war 'gan to pierce 
 His ready lenfc, when flraight his doubled fpirit 
 Requickcn'd wliat in fleftl vi^s fatigate, 
 And to the battle came he. Shakfpe.ire, 
 
 FATI'GUE. ti.f [fatigue, YKnch; fa. 
 tigo, Latin.] 
 
 1. Wearincfs; laffitude. 
 
 2. The caufc of wearinefs ; labour; toil. 
 
 The great Scipio fought honours in his youth, 
 and endured the fatigues with whicii he purchali d 
 them. Diydrrt. 
 
 To Fati'gue. v. a. [fatiguer, French ; 
 fttigo, Latin.] To tire ; to weary ; to 
 hardfs with toll ; to exhauft with labour. 
 
 Tiie man who ftiuggles in the fight, 
 
 Fatigues left arm as well as right. Prior. 
 
 Fatki'dneyed. adj. [ fat and iidney.l 
 
 Fat : by way of reproach or contempt. 
 
 Peace, ye fatkidney'd ralca] ; what a brawling 
 
 do'It thou keep! Shakfpeare* s Henry iv. 
 
 Fa'tling. ti.f. [from //2/. 3 A young 
 animal fed fat for the (laughter. 
 
 The ca'f and the young lion, and the fa'li'ij, 
 fhall lie down togetlier, and a little child (hall 
 lead them. Ifaiah, 
 
 Fatner. n.f. [from yi?/. j That which 
 gives fatnefs. 
 
 The wind was weft, on which that philofophcr 
 bellowed tiie encomium oi fatner of the earth. 
 
 Ail:'thnot, 
 Fatness, n.f. [from _/«/.] 
 
 1. The quality of being fat, plump, or 
 full-fed. 
 
 2. Fat ; greafe ; fulnels of flefh. 
 
 And by his fide roAe loathfome gluttony. 
 Deformed cie;iture, on a filthy fwinc; 
 
 His belly was iipblown with luxury. 
 And eke vwh fatnejs fwoilen were hiseyen. 
 
 Fairy Quee.f. 
 
 3. Unftuous or greafy matter. 
 
 Earth and water, mingled by t'tie hei|>-of the- 
 fun, gatiicr a nato\M, fufn fs. Ba^oa. 
 
 i. Oleaginoufuefs ; lliminefs ; unSuoiif- 
 nefs. 
 
 But the olive-tree faid unto them ; fhc^uid f 
 leave my fatnefs wtierewith by me they honour 
 God and man, and go to be promoted over liie 
 trees ? Judges. 
 
 By rcafon of the fatrtefs and heavinefs of the 
 ground, Egypt did not produce metaU, wood, 
 pitch, and fo.nie fruits. Arhuthnot . 
 
 5. Fertility; fruitfulnefs. ^^ 
 
 God gisc thee of ti.e dew of heaven, and the 
 fatnefs of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. 
 
 Gen fis. 
 
 6. That which caufes fertility. 
 
 When around 
 Tl c clouds drop fatn-fi, in the middle Iky, 
 The dew fufpended ftaid, and left unmoift 
 The execrable gUbe. Philips 
 
 Vapours and clouds ieed the plants «f the 
 earth with the balm of dews and the fatnefs of 
 (hswers. Senthy. 
 
 To Fa'tten. V. a. [from/fl/.] 
 
 1. To feed ; to make flelhy ; to plump 
 with fat. 
 
 Frequent blood-letting, in fmall quantities, 
 often increafeth the force of the organs of digcflion, 
 and fatteneth and incre.^feth the diftcniper. 
 
 Aibuthnot on Diet. 
 
 2 , To make fruitful.
 
 F A U 
 
 Townof rtiifFto/''/^if« land. Li'. LondiufnjU. 
 Di'.rc not, on tliy life. 
 Touch augtit of mine; 
 This falcliiun elk, not liithcito withftood, 
 Thcfe iiollilc fklds (bail fttun with ihy blood. 
 
 3. To feed grofsly ; to increaCc. 
 
 Obfccno OroiUcs 
 Conveys his wc;ilth coTybci's hungry ftiores, 
 AiM^fttttcm Italy with forciiin wholes. D'ydfrt. 
 
 ToFa'ttf.n. v,n. [from/a/.] To grow 
 fat ; to be pampered ; to grow flelhy. 
 
 All agree to Ipoil the publick good, 
 And \'\\\di\\'ifattLn with tlic brave man's labour, 
 
 Ot-way. 
 Apollo chetk.*d my pride, and bad mc feed 
 hly/titt'ni'ig flocks, noi" dare beyond the reed. 
 
 DryJtn. 
 
 Yet then this little fpot of earth well till'd, 
 A num'ious family with plenty hll'd, 
 The good oJd miin and tiuifty hoiilcwife fpent 
 Their diys m peace, and fut^r'A with contejit j 
 Enjoy'd the dn-gi of lite, and liv'd to fee 
 A long-delcendiiig healthful piug'tny. ' Dryden. 
 
 Tygers and wolves fliall in the ocean breed, 
 Tiic whulc and dolphinycj/Zf/: on the mead, 
 And evt'iy element exchange its kind, 
 When thriving honeliy in courts wc find. 
 
 Gi ttfiviUe. 
 
 Fa'tty. adj. [from y^/.] Unduous; 
 olcagiiioiia ; grcafy ; pariiiking of the 
 nature of fat. 
 
 The- l:ke cloud, if oily or f-tttvy will not djf- 
 chargc ; not becaufc ilfiickerii firtcr, but becaule 
 air prcycth upon water, and fl ime and fiic upon 
 oil. B.irofi^s Nuturai tUjto^y. 
 
 The gou-d 
 And tliirl^y cucumber, wlien they perceive 
 Tn' appioflching olive, with refcn'ment fly 
 Heiy^<//j fillies, and witli 'tendrils creep 
 Diverfc, detcfting contatlt. P/;///>\. 
 
 The common fymptoms of the muriatic k fcur\y 
 arc, a f.dine talic in the fpittle, :md a lixivial 
 urine, fomctimcs with -a Jatty fuljftance iikc a 
 tiiin (kin a-top. Atbuth.ot on ^-llimenti 
 
 Fatu'ity. n. f, [fatuUcj French ; fiom 
 faiitmts.'l FoolifhntL ; weaknefsof mind; 
 morbid; fteblencfs of inctllcil. 
 
 It h.id signed a very fhort fight of thingt, and 
 
 extreme fatuiy of mi id in mc, to bind my own 
 
 hands at their rcqucft. A'///^ (.haria. 
 
 Thcfe fymptoms were fo hii^h in fome as to 
 
 pr.iducc a fort oi Jn'uiry of madncfs. jrirhutkmt. 
 
 FATUOUS, adj, [>/«:^j, Latin.] 
 
 I. Scupld ; foolifh ; feeble of mind. 
 
 We pity or laugh at tiiofe/.i/«c«i extiavagants, 
 
 while yet nurfelvcs have a confiderable dofe of 
 
 \^'hat makes them fo. G!<mviUe. 
 
 z. Impotent ; without force ; illufory : 
 
 alhidin*! to an jgtiis fafuus. 
 
 And when that flame find'; ombuftible earth, 
 T\\t\\ccf'i(iious fires and meteors t.^ke their birth 
 
 Denhiitn. 
 
 Fa'twittep. adj. [fat and a'/V.] Heavy ; 
 dull ; Hupid. 
 
 Thou :\it lo futiv:':tfJ with drinking old fack, 
 aiul unbuttoning tlicc aftci fuppcr,»aiid fleeping 
 upon bcnclics in ttic afternoon, tiiat tiiou haft for- 
 gotten. Shukf^'Siire'i Henry iv. 
 
 Fa'ucet. n. / [yi;/^7, French ; fauces^ 
 Latin.] The pipe inferted into a velTel 
 to give vent to the liquor, and ftopped up 
 by a peg or fpiggot. It is fomctimcs 
 improperly written yo^/. 
 
 You were out a good wholefome forenoon in 
 hearing a caufe berwoen an orange-wife and a 
 /o^. r-fcller, and adjourned a controverfy of three 
 pence to a fecnnd audience. Shai-fpeare. 
 
 Ifyou are fent down ti> draw drink, and find it 
 will not run, blow ftrungly into X^itfjuc'tj and it 
 will immediately pour into your mouth. Sivifi. 
 
 F A U 
 
 Fa'uchion. n.f. [See Falchion.] A 
 crooked fword. 
 
 A tl.^i* ly tomb, whofc top a trumpet bore ; 
 A luI'.Ikr"s/«//cA/{3«, and a teaman's oar. DryJcn. 
 
 FJ'UFEL. n.f. [French.] The fruit 
 of a Ipecics of the palm-tree. 
 
 Favi'llous. ailj. [yai'/V/ii, Latin.] Con- 
 iiiling of .nflics. 
 
 As to foicu-lling of fti-'ingcv;, from the fungous 
 panicles about tliL- wicks of tljc cmtilc, it oJily 
 (igiiificth a moifl air about them, hinileiing the 
 avol.ition of liglit ajid lhcf..vi.'/'MS parliclos. 
 
 Fa'ulcon. 7 g y Falcon. 
 Fa'ulconrv. J ^^ J^ Falconry. 
 FAULT. «./. [faut, fciU, French; 
 
 faltar, to be deficieiit, Spaiiifh. The / is 
 
 fomctimesfoiitided; and fometimesmute. 
 
 In convcrfalion it is generally fup- 
 
 prefled. ] 
 
 1. Offence ; flight crime ; fumcwhat liable 
 to cenfure or objetlion. 
 
 Tiic prophet ciiufetlir;<[l)er to charge theni with 
 x\\c fault of making a hiw unto themfclvcs, than 
 the Clime of tranfgiciring a law which God had 
 made. Honker. 
 
 He finds no fault with thtir opinion about the 
 tiue God, but only that it was nut clear and diftinfl 
 cnougn. Sthlingjletl. 
 
 He that but conceives a crime in thought, 
 Conlr.ifts the danger of an aflujl fault : 
 Then what mult he cjpeft that ftill proceeds 
 To commit fin, and woik up thoughts to deeds ? 
 , Drydtn. 
 
 Ifyou like not my poem, \\\c fault may pofh- 
 bly be in my ft riling; hut more pt'jbably 'tis in 
 your moral', which cannot bear the truth of it. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 They wholly miftakc the nature of criticifm, 
 who liiHik its bufuiefs is principally to dad fault. 
 
 Dryden 
 
 To be dcfiious of a good name, and careful to 
 do every thii'g, that we innocently may to obtain 
 it, is fc> far fiom being ,t y.j/i//, even in private 
 perfons, that it is then gicat and indifpenfible 
 
 duty. j-lttcrbury. 
 
 Before his facrcd name flies z^^vy faulty 
 And each exalted ftanza teems with thought. 
 
 Vape. 
 Which of our thrum-cap'd anceftors found 
 
 fault, _ 
 
 For want of tugar-tongs, or f|>oons for fah ? 
 
 Bting void of all friendlhip .and enmity, they 
 never complain, nor iiwA fault with the times. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 2. DcfeiS ; want; abfcnce. 
 
 I could tell to thee, as K^ one it pleafes mc, i^^v 
 fault of a better, to call my friend, I could be fad, 
 and fad indeed too. Shakff arc. 
 
 3. Puzzle J difficiilw : as, the inquirer is 
 til a fault. 
 
 To Fault, v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 be wrong ; to fail. 
 
 Which moved him rather in eclogues than 
 othcrwife to write, minding to furnifli our tongue 
 in this kind wherein \x fauittth. Suffer. 
 
 To Fault, -v. a. To charge with a fault; 
 to accufe. 
 
 For that I will not fault thre, 
 But for hnmblcncfs cxhaul't thee. Old Song. 
 
 Fa'ulter. n.f. [from/W/.] An of- 
 fender ; one wlio commits a fault. 
 
 Then fhe, behold ihefuulttr here in fight; 
 This hand committed that fuppoted offence. 
 
 Fa/rfa.v. 
 Fa'ultfinder. n.f. [fault znifiidr} 
 
 A cenfuier ; an objeftor. 
 Fa'ultily. adv. [from faulty.']' Not 
 rightly; improperly; defectively; er- 
 roneouflv. 
 
 FA V 
 
 Fa'ultiness. n.f [horn faulty. "l 
 
 1. Badncfs; vitioufnels ; evil difpofition. 
 
 When her judgment was to be prj,ftifcd i'l 
 knowing fauli:n,fi by liis firll token, (lie was 
 like a young fawn, who c nning in the wind of 
 the hunters, doth not know whether it be a thing 
 or no to be efchcwed. Si.tney. 
 
 2. Delinquency; aifViial offences. 
 
 The inliabit.Tiits will not take it in evil parr, 
 that (he fiulttnr/i of their people herctoloie ij 
 laid open. lh.kcr^ 
 
 Fa'ultlkss. adj. [from faull.^ Ex- 
 enipt from fault ; perfed ; completely 
 excellent. 
 
 Wiierc for our fins hefiultlft fufFcred pain, 
 There where he died, and where he liv'd again. 
 
 Fuuja.r. 
 Who durft t\iy faultl ft figure thus deface I 
 
 Dryden'i .^ncid. 
 Whoever thinks sfaiJiltf; piece to fee, 
 Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er fliall be, 
 
 FA'in.rY. adj. I ftjufif French, froin /)»//.] 
 
 1. Guilty of a fault; blamable ; crimi- 
 nal ; not innocent. 
 
 The king doth fpcak as one which li faulty. 
 
 Z Samutim 
 Can thus 
 Th' image of God in man, created once 
 So goodly and erefl, thobgh/w./,'>v fiiicc ! 
 To fuch unlightly fuHcrings be dt'has'd. M7/>», 
 
 2. Wrong; erroneous. 
 
 The form of polity by them fet down for per- 
 petuity, is three vray, faulty ; faulty. \n ofnittiiij 
 lomc things which in Iciiptuie are of that nature, 
 as, namely, the diffarence that ought to he of 
 pallors, when they grow to any great multitude; 
 faulty in requiring doiturs, dc.icons, and widows, 
 as things of perpetual necciHty by the law of 
 God, wliicti in truth are nothing lefs ; faulty alfo 
 in urging fome things by fciipture n.utable, as 
 their lay elders. IhU-tr. 
 
 3. Defedive ; bad in any refped; not fit 
 for the ufe intended. 
 
 By accident of a /aultv helmet that Parker 
 had on, be was Urickcn into the mouth at the 
 fird courfc, fo that he died prefently. Bacon. 
 
 To FA'V OUR. -v. a. [/jTifo, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To fuppoi t ; to regard with kiiidnefs y 
 to be propitious to ; to countenance. 
 
 Of all the race of lilver-winged Hies 
 Was none more favourable, nor more fair, 
 Whilfl Hesven didy;ii'o.vr his felicities,. 
 Than Clarion, the eldclt fon and heir 
 
 Of Mufcarol. Sprnfir. 
 
 The fclf-fame gods that arra'd the queen of 
 Tio\', 
 May/,(To,(r- Tamora the queen of Goth. Shaifp. 
 
 Mcn/.j;>o.vr wonders. Baron' i Nat. llifi. 
 
 Fortune [ofa-cotncd him, lh.it the town at his 
 fill! coming furrendered unto him. Knotles. 
 
 The good AlntM am: I c.id'c ; a name. 
 While fortune /u7Y,ur'./, not unkuowj'. to fame. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 Oh happy youth ! and/;7W„'./ of the Ikies, 
 DldingisilVa care of guardian dcitie>. l\fe. 
 
 2. To afllftwith advantages or conveni- 
 ences.- 
 
 No one place about it is weaker th.an another, 
 tofi'j:u, an enemy in his approaches. Addiftm.. 
 
 3. 'I'o refemble in feature. 
 
 The porter owned that the gentlcman/atwr;^ 
 1"^™^'*'^'-- Speaator. 
 
 4. lo conduce to; to contribute. 
 
 Fa'vour. n.f [favor,lM[n;faveur, 
 
 French.] 
 I. Countenance; kindnefs; kind regard ; 
 propitious afped : with of before the 
 tuvnurer. 
 
 It plea/d your majefly to turn your looks 
 0( fat.tur from myl'elf, and all our houfe. 
 
 Sliakfpeart's ileniy ]v.
 
 F A V 
 
 rU cViiM Samusl was in favour, Hoth wuh 
 the Lord ,ind aifo with men. ' ■\■"""'■• 
 
 They got ,iot cue land by thcr own r« ord but 
 thv vigia hand and thuie atm, and the Ugl>t of 
 thy countenance, becaufe thou haft a/-=- ->'° 
 them. 
 
 His dreadful navy, and his lovely mmd, 
 Gave him the fear and/.-.^r of mankn-d. IT a. 
 This f..v>^r, had it been employed on a more 
 deS f-t^jeft, had been an effeft o. jubcc J 
 . l,,,^ as oUccd on me, is onl> 
 
 chant," %A.'. ^.r.'-g. i'-/- 
 
 2.' Support; defence; vlndicatiotj ; incli- 
 nation to favour: with o/beforethe th.ng 
 
 favoured. , u. . , 
 
 The pleafures which thefe fcr.ptures afcr.be to 
 religion, are of a k,nd very d.fferent fron. tho e 
 in fuvour of whicV. they are here alleged, hcg.:^^ 
 ' i, play, among llrangers, we are apt to hnd 
 oufho'perand wtlhes engaged on a ludden .n 
 Uxw of one ficic more than another. 
 ' They were mvit.d from all parts for the ufe of 
 kings, princes, and miniftcr.. And in Ihoit 
 x\Jf,lvL of learning was the humour an<|mode 
 
 ,r&ndnef3 granted ; benevolence {ho^yri. 
 ^ All /..mv,.rand puniiTrments palTed by h m, 
 
 :ill ofHces and places of importance *"'^^^;;.'; 
 
 buted to his favouiites. j- ' ' \\ 
 
 The race is not to the fwift, nor yct/<.^^..r to 
 
 rneti of (kill. 
 
 O, my royal mafter ! 
 The gods, mfa-uour to you, made hc^^^^;'//;.. 
 
 4. Lenity; mildnefs; mitigation of punilh- 
 
 ment. , , r 
 
 I could not diftover the lenity and /^Mr/r ct 
 
 this fentencc ; but conceived it rather to be^r^oj^- 
 
 ous than gentle. ■""'" 
 
 c Leave ; good will ; pardon. 
 
 ^ Worthy Macbeth, we flay upon your Icifure, 
 _Give me your /«™' i my dull brain was 
 
 With things forgot. . Sh.kfprarc. 
 
 Yet eie we enter into open act, 
 With hvour, 'twere no lofs .ft might be inqu.r d 
 What the condition of thele aims would be 
 
 ii£n jcjijon. 
 Come down, faid Raynard, let us treat of 
 
 A peace,"wi'h all my foul, faid Chanticleer; 
 Buf, with your fn.our, I Will treat it h.-re.^^^^^ 
 
 6. Objea of favour ; perfon or thing fa- 
 
 ^ TlUhe'te his wond'rous works, but chiefly man, 
 His chief delight and /.«."; him, for whcm 
 All thcfe his works fo wond'rous be "^^ain^d.^^^ 
 
 ,. Something given by a lady to be w-orn. 
 
 " And everv one his lovcfu.t w.li advance 
 Umo his feveral miftrefs, which they 11 know 
 Kv favour, fcvcral which they d.d bcHow. Sh.Kf. 
 Ix is receivcd-that it hclpeth to cntmi^ love 
 if one wear the hair of the party beloved ; and 
 J.^.ps a glove, or other like ^..«.may^^^ 
 
 well do It. -^ ■' 
 
 A blue ribband tied round the f«ord-a.m, I 
 conceive to he the .cmaini. of th,.i cuftom of 
 bearing a miftrefs's/.m... on f-» -"^.on^^f 
 old. 
 8 Anv thing worn openly as a token. 
 
 Here, Fluellen, wear thou this /-«'."r for me, 
 
 andflic'kitmrhycap. 5W/^ H-v v. 
 
 g. Feature; countenance. It is nowhttlc 
 
 r J 
 
 "Th.it is civ fuitahle in laying a foul complexion 
 „pcn a fiUny/.«"^ fitting forth both in^nut- 
 t.lhnefs. 
 
 Young though thou art, Ihinr eye 
 Hath «a'd upon fome >..-«- that .. 'oves^S^^/ 
 
 F A V 
 
 F A U 
 
 There 's no goodnefs in thy face: if Antony 
 B- free and healthful, why fo tart a/>JW»' 
 To trumpet fuch good tidings ? Skakfpran. 
 
 Yet well I remember 
 Tlf favours of thcl'c men : neve they not mine ? 
 D.d they not fomctime cry, all hail ! to irie ? 
 
 Hh.ikffciire' s Richartl 11. 
 A youth of (\w favour and (hape. Bacox. 
 
 By their virtuous behaviour they compenfate 
 the hardnefs of thcir/aKoi^r, and by the pulchri- 
 tude of their fouls make up what is wanting in 
 the beauty of their bodies. Sot.ih. 
 
 Fa'vourabi.e. _ adj. [favoralle, Fr- 
 favorabil'u, Latin.] 
 
 1. Kind; propitious; affeflionate. 
 Famous Plantngciiet! moli gracious prince, 
 
 'LenA favourable ear to our rcquert. Shakjfiare. 
 
 2. Palliative ; tender; averfefiom cenfure. 
 
 None can have the /.:tw/''ii/j thought, 
 That to obey a tyrant's will they fought. D'ydcn. 
 
 3. Conducive to; contributing to; pro- 
 pitious. 
 
 People are multiplied in a country by the tem- 
 per of the clim.ite, favowabU to generation, 
 health, and long l.fc. _ ■'""/"''•• 
 
 4. Accommodate ; convenient. 
 Mjny good oihcers were willing to f^ay there, 
 
 as a place ve.y>wi/r.ii.'f for the making levies ot 
 ■^ ChireuJo'i, 
 
 meii. 
 
 5. Beautiful ; well favoured ; well fea- 
 tured. Obfolete. 
 
 Of all tlie race of filver-winged flies 
 Which do polTels the empire of the air, 
 W.is none mart favourable, nor more fair, 
 TliJii Clarion the eldell fon and heir 
 OfMufcavol. 5^-»/-'. 
 
 Fa'vour.^bleness. «./. [from/OTCur- 
 
 abk.'] Kindnefs; benignity. 
 Fa'vOURABLY. adv. [iiom favourable.'] 
 Kindly ; with favour ; with tendcrncls ; 
 with kind regard. 
 
 Touching anions of common life, there is not 
 any defence more favourably heard than theirs 
 who allege fincerely for thcmfelvcs, that they 
 did as ncccffity conftrained tiicm. Ho.trr 
 
 Siie gocth about feeking fuch as are worthy ot 
 her, and ihcweth hcrfeU7^W2"-<'i/y unto them in 
 the ways. J 
 
 The violent will condemn the charafler of Ab- 
 
 falom, as either too favourably or too hardly 
 
 drawn. , . , . ' ,, 
 
 We are naturally inclined to think favourably 
 
 of thofe we love. -^'e^" 
 
 Fa'voured. farticipmladj. [from /avow/'.] 
 
 1. Regarded with kindnefs. 
 Oft with fome/<roo«''.?travellei ihcy ilrav, 
 
 And (hine before him all the defe.t way. Fofr. 
 
 2. [from favour, the noun.] Featured. 
 Always conjoined with wf// or ill. 
 
 Of her there bred 
 A thoufand young ones, which (he daily fed j 
 Sucking upon her poifonous dugs, each one 
 Of fuiidry lliape, yet all lit fa-,'oured. Fairy y. 
 The ill-favound and Ican-Htflied kine did eat 
 up the fcven iuclt-faviuridM\i f.it kiuc. Gcnejn. 
 
 Fa'vov REDLY, adv. [from farcwed.'] 
 Always joined with luellorill, in a fair 
 or foul way ; with good or bad appear- 
 ance. 
 
 Fa'vourer. n. /. [^xom favour.'] One 
 who favours; one who regards with 
 kindnefs or tendernefs ; a wellwiflier ; a 
 
 friend. . 
 
 If we (hould upbraid ihcm with irreligious, as 
 they do us with iuperltitious/<«.'ii"'rM, the anfwcr 
 which herein they would make us, let them ap^- 
 ply unto themfelves. ti'-o«<r. 
 
 Do 1 not know you for 3 favourer 
 Of this new fcft ? yc are not foi.nd. \'''' />'■ 
 
 I Being nuw ijaviurir to the Bntun. SAaiJp 
 
 I 4 
 
 labc 
 
 h 
 
 Conjure their friends they had, 
 more. 
 Solicit all icputed/aiw^rcj. Vaniefi Civil /far. 
 All the favourers of magick vrcre the moft 
 profcft andbitrer enemies to the chriliian religini. 
 
 ylJ.hfon. 
 
 Fa'vourite. n. f. [favorite, French; 
 favorlta, Italian.] 
 
 I. A perfon or thing beloved ; one re- 
 garded with favour ; any thing in which 
 pleafure is taken ; that which is re- 
 garded with particular approbation or 
 
 affefiion. 
 
 Every particular mailer in criticifm has his /1- 
 
 Viuril: paff.iges in an author. M.l:f lifrtftaro'. 
 
 So fathers fpeak-, perfuf.ifive fpcech and mild I 
 
 Their fage experience to thcfiv'ri.'e child. Po/-'"- 
 
 3. One chofen as a companion by a fnpe- 
 
 rioiir ; a mean wretch vvhofe whole bull- 
 
 nets is by any means to pleafe. 
 
 All favours ,-ind punilhmeiits paffed by hini, 
 all offices and places of importance were diftri- 
 hutcd to h\i favour lies. Sidney. 
 
 I was a Thefl'dian gentleman, who, by mil- 
 chancc, having killed a favourite of the prince 
 of that countrv, was purlued lo cruelly, that in 
 no place but by favour or coriuption ihey would 
 obi.iin my dcliruflion. S:,/ncf. 
 
 The great roan down, you mark, Uijai'nte 
 flics; 
 The pour advanc'd, makes friends of enemies. 
 Sliaifpeart's Hamlet, 
 Bid her fteal into the pbfhed bower. 
 Where honey-l'uckles, ripen'd by the fun, 
 Forbid the fun to enter; like tofivouritrs, 
 M.idc proud by princes that advance their piide 
 Againll that power tl-.at bred it. Stukfpear:. 
 
 Nothing is more vigiUnr, nothing more jealous 
 than ifavortrite, elpeci-lly towards the w.aii.ins 
 time, and fulpeit of fatiety. IVoHot:. 
 
 This man was very capable of being a great 
 fav.urHc to a great king. Ua'tndoir. 
 
 \iV.i\fuvr:tes gain, and what the n.-ition owes, 
 Fly the forgetful world. Vope. 
 
 Fa'vourless. adj. [Ixom favoiir.'] 
 
 1. Unfavoured; not regarded with kind- 
 nefs ; having no patronage ; without 
 countenance. 
 
 2. Unfavouring ; unpropitious. 
 Of that goddcfs I have foUiht tlie fight. 
 
 Yet no whcie can her lind; fuch happmels _ 
 Heaven doth me envy, and fortune _/.™r"/c,/<. 
 
 Fairy {^ueen. 
 
 Fa'usen. «./. A fort of large eel. 
 
 He left the waves to walh; 
 The w.ive fpiuug entrails, about which /i"y'>'.-5 
 
 and other tilh 
 Did n.wle. Chapmar, s Iliads. 
 
 Fa^'ssebkaye. n. f. A finall mount of 
 earth, four fathom wide, ereaed on 
 the level round the foot of the rampart, 
 to fire upon the enemy, when he is fo 
 far advanced that you cannot force him 
 back ; and alfo to receive the ruins which 
 the cannons make in the body of the 
 place. Harris. 
 
 Fa'utor. n.f. [I-atin ;/aH/fur, French.] 
 Favourer ; countenancer ; fupporter. 
 
 I am neither author or faulor of any feft : I 
 will have no man addift himfclf to me; but if 
 I have any thing right, defend it as truth's, not 
 
 Ben 'for! ton. 
 mine. , \ •' i- t 
 
 The new mountain in the Lucrine lake, which 
 is alleged, by the/a;(/oii of this opinion, as an 
 inftancc in behalf of it, was not raifed thus. 
 
 //'cCi/lf.Jf.I. 
 
 Fa'u tress, n.f. [fiutrix.'L^Un; fau- 
 trice, French.] A woman that favours, 
 or (hows countenance. 
 
 It made him pray, and prove 
 Mincrv.-i's Aid \\ii fautitfs ftill. Chajrma.i,
 
 F E A 
 
 He corns from baniOimetit to the f.iutrrj: of 
 
 lihcity, from tlie barh.irous to tlic polite. (jar:h. 
 
 Fawn. n. f. [faon, French, homfan, in 
 
 the old French, a child, probably from 
 
 infans, Latin.] A young dter. 
 
 Looking my love, I go fiom place to pince, 
 Like a youngyjTon that late ii.itli lo!t the lund ; 
 And leek each where, where lall I faw iier f.icc, 
 Whofe im.igc yet I c:irry frcdi in mind. Spfnfer. 
 The buck is called the tirll year a/j-j", the 
 fecond year a pricket. i''.iitjjirarf . 
 
 The colt hath about four year of growth ; and 
 fo the/<i WW, and fo the calf. Bacon. 
 
 Who for thy tabic feeds the wanton /atun. 
 For him as kindly fpicads the flow'ry lawn. 
 
 Fcpt. 
 
 To F.^WN. "0. n. [of uncertain original. 
 
 Perhaps a contraftion of the French 
 
 faiifan, a term of fondnefs for children.] 
 
 1. To court by frilking before one, as a 
 dog. 
 
 The dog ftralght fawied upon his maftcr for 
 old knowledge. Suimy, 
 
 Holding Corioli in the name of Rome, 
 Ii\en like a y"<iii'^'/-?^ greyhound. Sh.tkfpcare. 
 
 2. To court by any means. Ufed of 
 animals. 
 
 Inftead thereof he kifs'd her weary feet, 
 And lick'd her lily hands with//<:i'«/ng tongue, 
 A» he her wrong'd innocence did wcct. 
 
 Fjiry Quetn. 
 
 Is it not ftrange that a rational man iliou'd 
 worlhip an ox .* that he fliouldyii^i^i upon lis 
 <io3 f bow himfclf before a cat.' and adore Iccks 
 and gariick : isout/t. 
 
 3. To court fervilely. 
 
 My love, forbear to fawn upon their frowns; 
 What danger or what forrow can befall thee, 
 So long as Edward is thy conftant friend ? 5/ijf 
 
 And thou, fly hypocrite, who now would'll Le 
 P.itron of liberty, who more than thou 
 Onctfuzvti'Jj and cring'd, and fervilely ador'd 
 Heav'n's awful monarch ? Alil.'on'i Par. L-jj}. 
 
 Whom Ancus follows, with a futviihig air; 
 But vain within, and ptoudly popular. Dryden. 
 
 Dext'rous the craving yju"?;/:^ croud to quit, 
 And pleas'd to 'fcape from flattery to wit. l^ope. 
 
 4. To bring forth a fawn. 
 
 Fawn. ;;./. A fervile cringe ; low flat- 
 tery. 
 
 You will rather (hew our gentle lowts 
 How you can frown, than fpcntl a faivn upon 
 
 them 
 For the inheritance of their loves. Shahffeart. 
 
 Fa'wner. n.f. [from yijifH.] One that 
 fawns; one that pays fervile courtftiip. 
 
 By foftnefs of behaviour wc have arrived .it 
 the appelhilion o^ faii^fiers, Spe^ntar, 
 
 FaHyninglv. adv. [from yiiWH.] In a 
 
 cringing fervile way. 
 Fa'xf.d. ailj. [from }:xx, Saxon, hair.] 
 
 Hairy. "Obfolete. 
 They could call a comet z faxed ftar, which 
 
 is all one with ftella crinita, or cometa. Camden. 
 
 Fay. n.f. [fee, French.] 
 >. A faity ; an elf. 
 
 And the ycllow-fkirtcd/iJ)'S 
 Fly after the night fterds. 
 
 Leaving their inoon-lov'd maze. MiU^.n. 
 
 Ye lylphs and fylphids, to your chief give car; 
 Fays, failles, genii, elves, and demons hear ! 
 
 Vofi. 
 2. [from ft, French.] Faith. Wholly 
 cblolete. 
 
 Their ill 'haviour garres men mifTay, 
 Both of liicir doiftlinc and thrii fti\. Spfnfer . 
 
 pE'AEERRy. n.f. [groffitlitria.^ A goofe- 
 berry. Diff, 
 
 To P'eaGue. 11. a. [Goiuer tifes Tofeige, 
 for to cenfuie j fi^ep, German, to 
 
 F E A 
 
 fweep;^/c«, Dutch, to ftrike.] To 
 whip ; to chatiife ; to beat. 
 Ft'ALTV. n.f. [feaiiUte, French.] Duty 
 due to a fuperiour lord ; fidelity to a 
 mafter ; loyalty. 
 
 I am in parliament pledge for his truth, 
 And lafting/fj/y to the new-made king. Shalf. 
 
 Let my fovcrcign 
 Command my eklcft Ion, nay all ray fons, 
 As pledges of my f-.tJiy and love. Sha^jpearc. 
 
 Man dil'obcyiiig, 
 Difloyal, breaks \\\ifca//y, and fins 
 Agaiiift the higii fupremacy of Hcav'n. Mi/ton. 
 
 Each bird and bcaft behold 
 After their kinds: I biing them to receive 
 From thee their names, and pay thee fta/ry 
 With low fubjcflion. Mr/to/t't I'aiadifi Lnjt. 
 
 Vi'iitiher his tirll defign be to withdraw • 
 Omf.iity from God, or to difturb 
 Conjugal love. MiL'on'i Par.ulijt L;Jl. 
 
 FEAR. n.f. [peajian, Saxon, to fear; 
 
 "vacr, Dut. feahle, Erfe. ] 
 I. Dread; tenour ; painful apprehenfion 
 of danger. 
 
 Fear Is an uncafincfs of the mind, upon the 
 thought of future evil likely to befal us. Locke. 
 
 TrcmbiingyVirr lUU to and fro did fly, 
 And found no phacc where fafe (he Ihrowd him 
 
 might. 
 
 (luc. 
 
 Vol fear was upon them, becaufc of the people 
 of tliofe countries. i'^ra. 
 
 What then remains } Are wc depriv'd of will } 
 Muft we not wi(h, iox fear of wilhing ill r 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 FeaTy in general, is that paffion of our natuie 
 whereby we are excited to provide for our fccu- 
 riiy upon the approach of evil. Rogen. 
 
 2. Awe ; dcjeftion of mind at the pre- 
 fcnce of any peifon or thing ; terrour 
 impreffed : with of before that which 
 impreffeth. 
 
 And the ffar cf you, and the dread of you, 
 (Tiall be upon every lieafl. Ginejis. 
 
 3. Anxiety ; folicitude. 
 
 The principaiyVirr was for the holy temple. 
 
 Mac. 
 
 -).. That which caufes fear. 
 
 Antony, ll.iy not by his fide : 
 Thy demon, that 's the fpiiic that keeps thee, is 
 Koble, courageous, high, unmalchable. 
 Where Csfar is not; but near him, thy angel 
 Becomes a/cfir, as being over-powei'd. Saak. 
 
 5. The objedt of fear. 
 
 E.tcept the God of Abraham and the fear of 
 Ifaac had been with me. Ctnefn. 
 
 6. Something hung up to fcare deer by 
 its colour or noife. 
 
 He who flccrh from the noife of the _/*:-ur (hall 
 fall into the pit, and he that comelh up out of 
 the midrt of tht pit (hall be taken in the fiiarc 
 
 l;.::ah. 
 
 Fear. n.f. [peopa, Saxon.] A compa- 
 nion, Obfolete. 
 
 But fair ClaritTa to a lovely/^r 
 Was linked, and by him had many pledges dear. 
 
 Fairy Q^incn. 
 
 ToFfiAS. -u. a. [peafian, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To dread; to confidcr with apprehen- 
 fions of terrour ; to be afraid of. 
 
 Now, for my life, Horicnfio yV<jri his widow. 
 — Then never trulf me if t I c afiaid 
 — You are very fcnlible, yet you mifs my fcnfc: 
 I mean Horttnfio is afraid of you. Shaifpeare 
 
 To fear the foe, fince fear opprcflcth fticnglti, 
 
 Gives, in your weakncfs, ftrength unto your foe. 
 
 SItakJpiar e' 1 Rie/iarU ir 
 
 There (hall rife up a kingdom, and it (hall be 
 /"(,!'.'./ above all the kingdoms before it. 2 tjd. 
 
 When 1 view tlie beauties of thy f.xe, 
 I fear nut death, nor dangers, nut dilgracc. 
 
 D.y.ie;. 
 
 2. To fright i to terrify ; to make afraid. 
 
 F E A 
 
 The inhabitants, being /;<jr^</ with fhe .Spa- 
 niards landing and burning, (led from their 
 dwellings. Carcu. 
 
 We muH not make a fcarecrow of the law. 
 Setting it up til fear ihe birds of prey. Siaiff. 
 
 Some fitting on tiie hatches, would fccm there, 
 With hideous gazing, to fear away fear. Donne, 
 To Fear. v. n. 
 
 1. To live in terrour ; to be afraid. 
 
 ^V'ell you may/fur too far, 
 — Safer than trnil tjo far: 
 Let me (iill take away the arms I fear. 
 Nor fear flill to be harm'd. Shakfpeart. 
 
 If any fuch be here, \(iny fear 
 Lefs for his pcrion than an ill report; 
 If any think brave death outweighs bad life. 
 
 Shakfpeare^i Coriolanut, 
 
 2. To be anxious. 
 
 Then kt tl-.e greedy merchant_/V<ir 
 For his ill-gotten gain; 
 
 \nA pray to gods that will not hear. 
 While the debating winds and billows bear 
 His wealth into the main. Drydrn'i Horace. 
 
 See, pious king, with diff'rent ftrife, 
 Tiiy ftruggling Albion's bofom torn : 
 
 So much Ihe/Mrj for William's life. 
 That Mary's fate (he dare not mourn. Prior, 
 
 Fe'arful. adj. [fear and fit//.] 
 
 1. Timotous; timid; eahly made afraid. 
 
 He 's gentle, and t\ot fearful. Shakfpi*-f. 
 
 Them that are of z fatfai heart. Ifjiak. 
 
 2. Afraid. It has 0/" before the objeft of 
 fear. 
 
 The Irilh are more fearful to offend the law 
 than the Englilh. Davin on Ireland^ 
 
 I have made my heroine fearful of death, 
 which neither Calfandra nor Cleopatra would 
 have been. V'yden, 
 
 3. Awful; to be reverenced. 
 
 Who is like thee, glorious in \\o\\ntU, fearful 
 in prailcs ! £.iodut, 
 
 4. Terrible ; dreadful ; frightful ; im- 
 preffing fear. 
 
 Neither fall to friend, not fearful to foe. 
 
 .Afcham'i Schoohnafer. 
 
 Againft fuch monfters God maintained his 
 own, by/jury;// execution of extraordinary judg- 
 ment upon them. Hooker, 
 
 What God did command touching Canaan, 
 concerneth not us any otherwife than only as a 
 Jearfil pattern of his juft difpleafure. Hooker. 
 
 AH rorment, trouble, wonder, and amazo- 
 raent. 
 Inhabits here : fome heav'niy power guide us 
 Out of th\s fearful country. Hhatfpeare. 
 
 It is 3 fearful thing to fall into the hands of 
 the living God. Ueh. 
 
 L.iy down by thofe plcafures the f-atfi' and 
 dangerous thunders and lightnings, the horrible 
 and frequent earthquakes, and then there will 
 be found no comparifon. Raleigk, 
 
 This is the natuial fruit of (in, and the prefent 
 
 revenge which it takes upon finners, hefides 
 
 that fearful punilhmcnt which (hall be affliiled 
 
 on them in another life, liUotfon, 
 
 Fe'ar FULLY, ad-j. [hom fearful.] 
 
 1. Timoroufly ; in fear. 
 
 In fuch a night 
 Did TWi^e fearfully o'eitrip the dew. 
 And faw the lion's (hadow. Shakfpeare, 
 
 2. Terribly; dreadfully. 
 
 There is a cliff, whofe high and bending head' 
 Looks _/V.i'/w/.^' on the confined deep. Shakfp. 
 Fe'arfulness. n.f. [ixam ftarfd.] 
 
 1. Timoroufnefs ; habitual timidity. 
 
 2, State of being afraid ; awe ; dread. 
 
 It is ciedihlc that the acknowledgment of our 
 own unwuilfi.nefs, our proleffcd ftarfulneji to 
 a(k any thing, otherwife than only for his fake 
 to whom God can deny nothing, that this Ihould 
 be noted for a popifll errour } Hooker. 
 
 A third thing that makes a government juftly 
 derp.Ud, is fearfulnef. of, and mean compli- 
 ances with; bold popular oSendcrs. South,
 
 F E A 
 
 rt:'A.R.ivES!,Y. adv. [from/Mc/oj.] With- 
 out terrour ; intrepidly- 
 
 Tis matter of the greatcA aftonifhment to ob- 
 ferve the ftupid, yet common huldnefs of nun, 
 who {offartrjly ispofc themfehes to this mutt 
 formidable of p'onU. Decav of fiety 
 
 Te'arlesness. h. / [from fearLfs.] 
 Exernption from fear ; intrepidity ; cou- 
 rafje ; boldnefs. 
 
 He g:ive inftances of an invincible courage, 
 
 3nA /i,irlefnif! in danger. C/jrmJcn. 
 
 Fe'arless. a(^J. [from/cm-.] Free frorri 
 
 fear ; intrepid ; courageous ; bold : with 
 
 o/" before the fu'DJeft. 
 
 From ilie ground ihcfmrUf! doth arife, 
 And «al.<cth forth witiiout fufpeit of ciime. 
 
 Fniry Qfieen. 
 The flaming fer.iph, fnarlrfiy though alone 
 Encomoifi'd lound with foes, thtis anfwer'd 
 bold. Milton. 
 
 A nation, whofe diftinguithing charaifler it is 
 to be motif turUji of death and danger than any 
 other. T.MfU. 
 
 Feasibi'lity. n.f. \_ixomfeaJible.'] 
 I. PratticabiHty. 
 ■Z, A thing pratticable. 
 
 Mc:i often fw.tUow fnlfitics for truths, dubio- 
 fitics f jr certainties, p'>fiiiiilities for feufihilUies, 
 and things impoffible for poflibilities thcmfelves. 
 
 B'Olvn's F:ilgr.r Errourt. 
 
 FE'ASIBLE. aJJ. [fciifd'k, Fr.] Prac 
 ticible ; fuch as may be efFeded ; fuch 
 as may be done- 
 
 \Ve conclude many things impoffibilitics, 
 w'.ich yet aie cafy f:.'fih!ei. Glanvilli's Sceffn. 
 Things are feafhU in themfclves ; elfc the eter- 
 nal wifdom of God would never have advifed, 
 and much Icfs have commanded them South. 
 
 Te'asibly. Wv. [from /f^Wf.] Prafti- 
 cably. 
 
 FEAST, n.f [/^£-, French ;/e/?«m,Lat.] 
 
 1. All entertainment of the table; a 
 fumptuous treat of great numbers. 
 
 Here 's our chief guelf. If he had been foi- 
 gotten. 
 It had been as a gap in our great/j-a/f. Shaifj,. 
 
 On" Pharaoh's birthday he made a feajl unt,, 
 all his fervants. Gmcfu. 
 
 The lat^y of the leaf ordain'd .1 /<?'/, 
 And niatie the Jady of the flow'r her gueft ; 
 When lo I a bnw'r aicinded on the plain, ^ / 
 With fudricn feats ordam'cj, and large for either 
 tmin. . . Dryd,,,. 
 
 2. An anniverfary day of re)oicing cither 
 
 on a civil or religious occafion : op- 
 
 pofed to &f(ift- 
 This d;iy is ciilcd r\,t frafi of Crifpian Shihj 
 
 3. Something delicious to the palate. 
 
 Many people would, «-ith real'on, prefer thr 
 
 g'iping'of an hungry belly to thofc dilhcs which 
 
 are ^feafi to others. ' - l-"'^' 
 
 To Feast. i). n. [from the noun.] Tu 
 
 tat fumptuouOy ; to eat together on a 
 
 dav of joy. 
 
 Richard and Northumberland, great friends, 
 Did/c;/? together. ihAfjieare'i Hen<y iv. 
 
 The parifh finds, indeed ; but our church- 
 wardens 
 Fe/'fi on tl,e filvcr, and give us the faithings. 
 
 Cny. 
 
 To Feast, v- a. 
 
 1. To entertain fumptuoiiny ; to enter- 
 tain magnificently. 
 
 He was cntcriai"ed and fttijitd by the king 
 witli great drew of favour. HuyMar .. 
 
 2. To delight; to pamper; to gratify 
 liixurioufly. 
 
 All thefc arc our's, all nature's etc. Hence, 
 Whofe tal'te or fmell can blefs the />.;/?<■./ fciife. Diji. 
 Fe'aster. n.f. {Uvvafenjl.l 
 
 F E A 
 
 1. One tliat Fares delicioufl)'. 
 
 'T\\o{i. frtijltr i could fpcak of grtiit and many 
 excellencies in ni.^nivi. Tayht. 
 
 2. One that entertains magnificently. 
 Fe'astful. adj, [feaJid^nifuU.^ 
 
 1 . Feftive ; joyfnl. 
 
 The vii'gins aifo (Viall on fenjfful days 
 \'irit his tumb with Howets, only bewailing 
 His lot u 11 fortunate in nuptial choice, 
 Fiom whence captivity and lofs of eyes. Milton. 
 
 Therefore be fure 
 ThoU| when the biidcgioom with his j<''^jif^i 
 
 friend, 
 PalT;:? to blifs at the mid-hour of night, 
 Haft gain'd thy entrance, virgin wile and pure. 
 
 Mliton. 
 
 2. Luxurious; riotous. 
 
 Tt.e fuitor train 
 Who crowd his palace, and with lawlcfs pow'r 
 His htrds and flocks \x\ Jeajiful vites devour. 
 
 Po/jr'i Odyff^y. 
 
 Fe'astrite. ».y*. \^ft'qft and nVt-.] Cuf- 
 torn obfcrved in entertainments. 
 
 His hofpitablc gate, 
 Unbarr'd to all, invites a numerous train 
 Of daily guclts ; whufc board with plenty 
 
 crown' d, 
 Revives X.\\z /..ajirites oM. Philr^s. 
 
 Feat, n.f, [faii, French.] 
 
 1. Aft; deed; aftlon ; exploit. 
 
 Pryucles ii his name, renowned f.ir 
 For his buldycrf/'i, and hardy confidence; 
 Full oft approved in many a cruci war. F. Queen. 
 
 Tarquin's felf he met, 
 And ftruck him on his knee; in that day's 
 
 fe.ifsy 
 When he might 3^ the woman in the fcene, 
 He prov'd tn* belt man i* th' field. Shakfpenre. 
 
 Our foldicrs are men of ftroig heads tor ac- 
 tion, and perform fuch/crt/j as they ^'rc not al«tt 
 to exprcfs. .^diijctx'i Syt^utor 
 
 2. A trick ; an artful, fellive, or ludi- 
 crous perfunnancc. 
 
 The joints are more fupplc to a]\ feati of ac- 
 tivity and motion ui youth than afterwards. 
 
 Feat. tidj. [ fijif, hienfultj French ; homo 
 Jiiclus ai/ vnguau.^ 
 
 1. Ready; flcilful ; ingenious. 
 
 Never mafter had 
 A page fo kind, fo duteous, diligent; 
 So t<:nder over his occafiuns, true, 
 So/f.i/, fo nurfe-likc. Skokfpeare'i CyyttheVirte. 
 
 2. It is now only ufed in irony and con- 
 tempt. 
 
 That/f.:/ man at controvcrfy. StiHi/tgJiect 
 
 3. Nice ; neat- 
 
 Look how well my garment*; fit upon me, 
 Much_/"'J/tr tiian hcioie Shuifprart's Tetup'J? 
 
 Fe'ateous. adj. [from y^^'^-l Neat ; 
 
 dexterous, Obfoletc. 
 Fe'ateously. adv. [from fcaicous.l 
 
 Neatly; dexterowfly." Not in uff. 
 And with fine fingers cropt i\i\\ featuu/ly 
 
 The tender ft.ilks on high. Spenjer. 
 
 FE^ATHER. /;./ [|:^=<Sep, Saxon; fi- 
 
 der, German.] 
 I. Ihe plume ot birds. 
 
 Look, as I blow this /ffl///^r from ray face. 
 
 Skakfpt-are's Henry VI. 
 
 The brave eagle does with forrow fee 
 The fuieft w:rftci, and that lofty tree 
 Which hold'^ her ne(T, about to he o'trthrown, 
 Befiire xh^ fen then of her young afc grown : 
 She wiii not leave them, nor (he cijnnot llaVj 
 But bears them boldly on her wings aw;iv. 
 
 IVnUer 
 
 When a mnn in the dark preffirs either corner 
 of his eye wtrh his finger, and turns his eye 
 awiiv from lis finger, he will kx a ciicle »tf co- 
 lours like thofc in thc/tfrt/Af':3 of a peacock's tail. 
 Ntwton'i O^tich^ 
 
 F E A 
 
 I am bright as an angel, and light as ifeailar. 
 
 S-wift. 
 
 2. Kind ; nature ; fpecies : from the pro- 
 verbial exprcflion, birds of a feather ; that 
 is, ot a fpecies. 
 
 Clifford, and the haught Northuinberland, 
 And of iticw feather many more pioud birds, 
 Have wrought the eafy-melting king like wax. 
 
 Shalf^tcTC^s lia:ry vl. 
 
 I am not of thatyVarAf to ih,!ke off 
 My friend,- when lie nioft needs me. Shakfftari. 
 
 3. An oinatiient; an empty title. 
 
 4. [Upon a horfe. ] A fort of natural 
 frizzling of hair, which, in fome places, 
 rifes above the lying hair, and there 
 makes a figure refembling the tip of an 
 ear of corn. Farrier's Did. 
 
 To Fe'athkr. "u.a. [from the noun.} 
 I. To drefs in feathers. 
 3. To fit with feathers. 
 
 3. To tread as a cock. 
 
 Dame Partlct was the fovere'gn of his heart; 
 - Ardent in love, outiageoiis in his play. 
 
 He fathir'J her a hundred times :i-day. Dry.tfit. 
 
 4. To enrich ; to adorn ; to exalt. 
 
 They ftuck not to fay, that the king cated not 
 to plume his nobility and people, lo feather him- 
 felf. Baron'i Hefiry VII. 
 
 5. To Yeather one's Ne/}. [Alluding to 
 birds which coUcft feathers, among 
 other materials, for making thelrneft.] 
 To get riches together. 
 
 Fe'atherbed. n.f. [feather and leJ.'\ A 
 bed fluffed with fealhers ; a foft bed. 
 
 The hulband cock looits out, and ft rait is fped, 
 And meets his wife, which brings l.crfcathrthed. 
 
 Dunne. 
 
 Fe'atherbei VER. n.f. [feather and 
 drive.'\ One who cleanfes feathers by 
 whifl<ing them about. 
 
 A fcatherdrix-er had the refidue of his lun^s 
 filled with the fine dull or down of featiicrs. 
 
 Dcrhar^:^ i V'lyfico- Thc'J-yg\. 
 
 Fe'atherfd. arlj, [iiomfeather.'\ 
 
 1. Clothed with feathers. 
 
 1 faw youpg Hariy with his beaver on, 
 His cuilTcs on his thighs, gallintly arni'd, 
 Rife from the ground Ukt feuthir'U Mercury. 
 
 Sh.ikfjjetiii's UtJiry IV. 
 
 So when the new-born phoenix firft is feen, 
 H^ifeiither'i^ fubjeds all adore their que.n. 
 
 r>'y.l,:n. 
 
 Dirk'niiig the (ky ; they hover o'er and fliioud 
 Tiie wanton failois\vith a_/r.j.'^;r'.i' cloud. Fnc?. 
 
 Then fhips of uncouth form Ihall Item the tide 
 And _/f<jr^c'rV people croud my wealthy fide. 
 
 Vulrurc<;, harpies, ravens, cormorantF, and, 
 
 among many ox.h<&v ftather'J creatines, feveral 
 
 lirilc winged hoys, perch upon the middle arches, 
 
 ^hiiiif.n'i Speejufor, 
 
 2, Fitted widi feathers ; carrying feathers. 
 
 An engle had the ill hap to be iUuck with an 
 arrow, feathff'd from her own wing L' Fjir.mge, 
 
 Not the bow ihcy bend, nor boaft the Ikill 
 To give \\\^ feiitker'd arrow wmgs to kill. Pope. 
 
 Fe'atheredge. n.f. 
 
 Boards or planks th.it have one edge ihinrer 
 than another, are <iA\\%:6f£ath--redg€ fiiiff. M;xwi. 
 
 Fe'atheredged. adj. [feather d^w^ed^e,^ 
 Belonging to a featheredgt. 
 
 The cover muft be vnM^to^ Jeaihe-redgedhOriY^ij 
 m the nature of Icvcral doors with hinges fixed 
 thereon. Mcriimtr, 
 
 Fe'atherfew. n.f. A plant both Tingle 
 and double : it is increafed by feeds or 
 flips, and alfo by dividing the roots : if 
 fiowereth moH part of the fummcr, 
 
 Martimer^s Hujhandry, 
 
 I
 
 F E C 
 
 Fe'ather-grass. n.f. \_granien pulmofum.'\ 
 
 An herb. 
 Ft:'ATHHRLj;ss. adj. £fioiu Jcathcr.'\ 
 Being without fcalheis. 
 
 This fo high gro«'ii ivy was like t\iM fiatheylrfi 
 
 bird, which went about to beg plumes of other 
 
 birds to cover his uul^cdpcn). H^jive/. 
 
 Fe'atherly. aJJ. [icumfeaihir.J Kc- 
 
 fcnibiiiig fcatliers. 
 
 The accretion or pluvious agjclatioii of hall 
 about the mother and fundiipcnli'l atomj thereof, 
 _ fccms to be fomo fytiir/y p.irticic of (ao\y, al- 
 though fnoif itftlf be Cexangular. Btotvti. 
 ^e' A T H K R s E L L E R . , ti. /. {_ feather atid 
 feller.] One who. ftlls fcalhers for beds. 
 Ff.'. ',T»Ev.Y. at/j. [iron fealier.,} Clothed 
 ' with feathtfis. ■ • 
 
 Or whiliie from th?.lodge, ot viihige cticic 
 . Count the nigiit->v;itctu:s to hib^Jaif/'wj- dames. 
 
 Fe'atlv. aa'v. ■ [from /«?.'.] Ntatlyj 
 
 nimbly; dextcroufly. 
 I Toot il ftnt/y ncre and there 
 
 And, fweet fprttcs, the burtlitn bc.ir. Shalfp. 
 . The moon was up, and Ihot a glcamy light; 
 He lawa quire cf indies in a round, 
 That/crffy> footing fecm'd to flcim the ground. 
 . . Drydtn. 
 
 Fe'atness. n.f. [horn f eat. 1 Ncatnefa ; 
 v nicety; dexterity. 
 Fe'ature. n.f. [failure-; old French.] 
 t. The call or make of the face. 
 
 Report iticj'ciirure of 0<ii:ivti», her years. 5/wi. 
 S. Any lineament or fingle part of the 
 ' face. 
 
 Though ye hi; the faircft of God's crcttures, 
 Yet tiiinli that dcatli fli.ill fpoil your goodly /t(i- 
 tutcf. Spcrtfc^ . 
 
 We m.Yy compare the face of a greatman with 
 
 * the chara.ftcr, and try if we can fir.d out in his 
 looks and featureiy rile haughty, cruel, or uii- 
 nierciful temper that difcovers itfelf in the hif- 
 tury. ' ■ j^ddijori on Medals. 
 
 • Though various_/>.j^w/ri did tlic fillers grace, 
 
 ■ A lill-cr'j likeneft was in cv^ryface. ■ Addijon, 
 
 To Fe'ature. v. a. To refemblein coun- 
 tenance ; to favour. 
 
 He liv'd in.couit moll piais'd, moft lo\'d, 
 A f.impic to the young'll ; to' ill' more matuie, 
 \ gl.ifs that/fu/vr',/ them, i^hallfeare'i C\mh. 
 7l> Feaze.- t). a. [fiifei:., French.] 
 1. To untwift the end of a rope, and rc- 
 
 dnce it again to its firll Ihmiina. 
 5. To beat; to whip witlt rods. Ainpu.'. 
 To Febri'citatk. r. n. [febrlcitor, La- 
 tin.] To be in a fever. Dicl, 
 Fkbm'culose. adj. [feiricu/ofus.'Lztm.] 
 Troubled with a fever. Dlff. 
 Febrifuge, n.f. [fehis and fugo, L.a- 
 Un ; febrfugi, French.] Any medicine 
 ■ fervieeable in a fever. ^/iiicy. 
 Bitteis, like chokr, are the beft fanguilicrs, 
 and alfo the bt(i f:l>njii^t-i. Floyci en the Ibimours. 
 i'EBMFu'cE. adj. Having the power to 
 cnre fevers. 
 
 F<-if//"«gj drau^-hts had a moft furpiifing gond 
 etfcft. .Hrhutkm.t. 
 
 Fe'brii.e. adj. [/-inV/x, Latin ; febrile, 
 t'rench.] Conltilnling a fever ; taufed 
 by a fever. 
 
 The fjjirits, embroiled with the malignity in 
 the blood, and turgid and tumificd by nxJfbrHc 
 fermentation, or by phlebotomy relieved. H,vf,-\-. 
 Fe'bkuary. n. f [Fcbruarius, Latin.] 
 The name of the fecond month in the 
 year. 
 
 You have fticb a Fttrunry face 
 So fuUof fiolt, of ftorm, and cloudiii.cfs! Sliattf. 
 Ft'cES. n.f. [f<ices, Latin; /»■;:«, Fr.] 
 Vol. I. 
 
 FED 
 
 1. Dregs; Ices; fediments; fubfidence. 
 
 Hence the I'm face of the ground with mud 
 And (lime bci'mear'd, the/ftfs of the flood 
 Rcceiv'd the rays of hcav'n; and lucking in 
 The (teds of hciit, new creatures did begin. 
 
 D'jdeii. 
 
 2. Excrement. 
 
 Tlic I) mptoms of fuch a conAitutlon arc a four 
 
 fmcll i.i thcir/ciM. ■ ' .eirtuiArwt on .^limciiti. 
 
 F|,'CULKNCE. 1 /• r r ; ■ i • l 
 
 Ft'c-VLENCY. j "'•'• l/'"^"'"'''''. Latin. J 
 
 1. Muddinefs; quality of abounding with 
 lees or fcdiment. 
 
 2. I^ets ; feces; fedlmetit ; dregs. 
 
 Poiii uji in it fome very Ih-ung Ice, to facilitate 
 the: foparatioii of its/ftv./cw. /fi. Jlfj/U. 
 
 Whether the. wikling's fibresarc contriv'd 
 Tudiiw th' earth's pureft I'pirit, and lefilf 
 Uifccuhiice, whicli in more poious Ilocks 
 Of cyder plants finds prahige Ir.ec. Philrfi 
 
 Fe'cui.ent. adj. [freuL'iitus, l^^Un; fe- 
 culent, French.] Foul; dreggy; ex- 
 crementitious. 
 
 Rut '.■othhis hands, moft filll-.y /«.-./«/, 
 Ab-'ve tlic water were on high exl.nt, " ^■ 
 And f.iin'd to wall) themlclvcs inceffantfy, 
 Vet nothing dc.incr wci'c tor luch intent. 
 
 Fully Qf/.'en, 
 They are to the body as the light of 'a caiidlc to 
 the grofs and Jfculent fiiutf, which as it is ' not 
 pent up iu it, I'o neither doth it partake of its 
 impurity. Glwville's. .-ij.^l'jgy 
 
 FE'CUND. adj. [faciindus, Latin; fe- 
 cond, French.] Fruitful; prollfick. 
 
 The mo.'c I'lckly the ycai* aie, the \iU fecund 
 
 or fiuilt'ul of cliildrcn alio tlicy be. ilruunt. 
 
 f ECUNDA'TiofJ. u.f [facundo, Latin.] 
 
 The act of making fruitful or prolinck. 
 
 She lequclled thei'o plants as a medicine of/c- 
 
 cundatl'jn^ or to make hei fruhful. Bi:i:^n. 
 
 'To Fecu NDiFY. V. a. To make fruitful ; 
 
 to make prollfick. Did. 
 
 Fecu'S'dity. •»._/; \l\om fecund; fecon- 
 
 dite, French.] 
 I. Fruitfulnefs ; (juality of producing or 
 bringing forth in great abundance. 
 
 I ajiptal to the animal and vegetable produc- 
 tions I f the earth, the vail nunibeis whereof no- 
 tcrioully teltify the extreme lu.xuriance andyV- 
 cundlty of it. W'iodiuitrd. 
 
 1. Power of producing or bringing forth. 
 
 Sotnc ot the ancients mention foir.c tccds that 
 retain tiieir fectindify forty years ; and I have 
 found th.ii nielon-feedj, after thirty years, are 
 belt t'or raifiiig of melons. Ray. 
 
 Gotl could never create fo ample a world, but 
 
 he could lia\e made a bigger; ihcfeamdifvof iiis 
 
 creative power never growing barren, nor being 
 
 exhaiillcd. llentLy. 
 
 Feu. The pret. and part. paff. oi To feed. 
 
 For on the grally verdure as he lay, 
 And brcath'd the frelhiiefs of the early day, 
 Devouring dugs the helplcfs infant tore, 
 iVJou his irembliug liiiibs, and lapp'd the gore. 
 
 Fope. 
 
 Fe'dary. n. f. [feed-as, Latin, or from 
 
 feudum.~\ This word, peculiar to S/jai- 
 
 jpeare, may fignify either a confederate ; 
 
 a partner ; or a dependent. 
 
 Damn'd paper f 
 Black as the ink that's on thee, fenfclcfs bauble ! 
 Art thou ifediiiy for this acl, and lookcft 
 So virgin-like without p Siaf-fpeaie's C\'m!>. 
 
 Federal, adj. [ixom fadus, Latin.] 
 Relating to a league or contratS. 
 
 It is a_/f</:v-d/rite bctwint God and us, as eat- 
 ing and drinking, both among Jews and hea- 
 thens, was wont to be. haiKmond 
 The Romans compelled them, contrary to all 
 federal right and juliice, both to pari with Sar- 
 dini.i, their lawful territory, and alio to pay them 
 for the future a double Uibatc, O'c-m. 
 
 F E E 
 
 Fe'derarv. n.f. [from /<r</uj, Latin.] 
 A confederate ; an accomplice. 
 Siie 's a traitor, and Camrllo ij 
 hfederary with her. SImlffeart, 
 
 Federate, adj. [feederatus, Latin.] 
 Leagued; joined in confederacy. 
 
 FEE. n.f. [peoh, Saxon ;yk',DaniOi, cat- 
 tle ; yi-WuOT, low Latin ;_/«/, Scottifh.] 
 
 I. [Inlaw.] All lands and tenements that 
 are held by any acknowledgment of fu- 
 periority to a higher lord. 
 
 All lands and tenements, wherein a man liath 
 a perpetu.il vllate to him and his heirs, &c. aic 
 divided into altodmm 3nA feiidum: alludium is 
 . every man's own land, which he polTefres merely 
 ■ in his own light, without acknowledgement of 
 any Icrvicc, or payment of any rent to any other. 
 Feudum, or fee, is that which we hold hy the 
 benefit of another, and in iiime whereof we owe 
 ferviges, or pay rent, or both, to a fupeiior lord. 
 And all our land in England, the crown-land, 
 which is in the king's own hands, in right of his 
 crown, excepted, is in the nature of feodum ; for 
 though a man have land by dcfccnt from his an- 
 ceftors, or bought it f^- his money ; yer is the 
 land of fuch a nature, that it cannot conic to any, 
 either Uy dcfccnt or purchafe, but with the bur- 
 then that was laid up.in him who had novel /cc, 
 or fiill of all leceivcdit as a benefit from his lord, 
 to him and to all fuch to whom it migdit defeciid, 
 or Lc any way conveye<l trjm him. So that r.o 
 man in England has dtteClum d;mln:uni, that is, 
 the very property or demclne in any land, but 
 the prince in right of his crown : for though he 
 that has fee has jus ftrpet-.mn: JiJ" utile doi}iii:i:im, 
 yet he owes a duty for it, a:id iherel'ore it is not 
 fimply his own. Fee is divided into two foils; 
 /fe-<ibfolute, otherwife c.ilkd/cir-liniple, zwifer, 
 conditional, otherwife lermed/ce-tail: /rf-finiple 
 is that whereof we are feifed in thole geneial 
 words. To us and our heirs for ever : fee-tM ii 
 that whereof we arc feifed to us and our heirs, 
 with limiuiion; that is, the heirs of our body. 
 And/«-tail is either general or fpecial : gcneial 
 is where land is given to a man, and the heirs of 
 his body : y>iT-tail fpecial, is that where a man 
 and his wife arc feifed of land to them and the 
 heirs of their two bodies. C-^ivel.', 
 
 Now like a lawyer, when he lind would Icr, 
 Or fell /i?(-l!inples in his mailer's nunc. Huht/.Ta. 
 Here 's the lord of the foil come to I'cize me for 
 a Ilray, for entering his/tt-fimpk without leave. 
 
 Slinifptai e, 
 
 2. Property; peculiar. 
 
 What concern they .' 
 The general caufe? oris it ayft'-gricf, 
 Due to fome fingle bread .> . Shaifpeart. 
 
 3. Reward; gratification; recompenfe. 
 
 Thefe be the ways by wiiith, withuut rovard. 
 Livings in courts be gotten, ti-.ough fall hard; 
 For nothing there is done wit'iiuut a/.-c. lIuhh.Ta. 
 
 Not helping, death's my fee; 
 But if I help, what do you promiie me? Sh.itfp. 
 
 4. Payments occafionally claimed by pcr- 
 fons in office. 
 
 Now that G'i<\ and friends 
 Have tiiin'd my captive Hate to liberty. 
 At our enlargement wh.at are thy due/<it.? Sk.ik, 
 
 5. Reward .paid to phyficians or lawyers. 
 
 He docs not refute doing a good oifiLe tor a 
 man bccaufe he cannot pay xWfee of it. .-Iddijr.n, 
 
 6. Portion; pittance; fhate. Obfolete. 
 
 In pruning and trimming all manner of trees, 
 Referve to each cattle their propcity/«s. TuJ/ir 
 
 Fe'efarm. n.f. [fee ini[ farm.] Tenure 
 by which lands ait held of a fupcriour 
 lord. 
 
 John furrcndered his kingdoms to the pope, 
 
 and took t'ncm back again, to hold in /t ^. ■■).•; 
 
 which brought him into fuch hancd, as all his 
 
 lifetime alter iic was pjifeif with tear. JJu-j;ei 
 
 4X
 
 FEE 
 
 To Fee. v. a. from the noun. 
 
 1 . To reward ; to pay. 
 
 No man fen the (uii, no man piirchafcs the 
 light, nor errs if he walks by it. S'juth. 
 
 Watch the riileafc in lime ; for when witliin 
 The riropfy rages and extends the fltin, 
 In vain for hellebore the patient cries, 
 And/ff! the doitor; but too late is wile. Vr^/.i. 
 
 2. To bribe; to hire; to purchafe. 
 
 I have long loved her, and ingrolfed oppor- 
 tunities to meet her; /«</ every flight occafion, 
 that could but niggardly give me fight of her. 
 
 SLiiJf. Mn'y iVivti of lyinJ/cr. 
 «. To keep in hire. 
 
 There's not a thane of them but in his houfe 
 
 I have a forvant/rcA Sli^tfpiarc's Machelh. 
 
 FE'EBLE. adj. [/uj^/c, French.] Weak; 
 
 debilitated; fitkly; infirm; without 
 
 fticngth of body or mind. 
 
 The men canied all the /«tW/ upon afils to 
 Jciiciio. 2 ^''""'■ 
 
 Command th' .ifliftance of a faithful friend, 
 But /«/>/; are the fuccours I can fend. BryAen. 
 How I have lov'd, excufe my falt'ring tongue; 
 Mv fpirits fublc, and my pains are ftrong. 
 
 D'y.lrn. 
 We carry the image of God in us, a riiional 
 and immortal foul ; and though we be now raife- 
 rable and fecbU, yet we afpiie after eternal hap- 
 pinefs, and finally expeft a great exaltation of 
 all our natural powers. Bcntky. 
 
 Rhyme is a crutch that helps the weak along, 
 Supports the f-ib/Q, but retards the fliong. 
 
 Stftiln. 
 
 To Fk'eble. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 wetiken; to enfeeble; to deprive of 
 ftrength or power. Not in ufe. 
 Or .Ts a callle reared high and round, 
 By fLibtile engines and malicious (light 
 
 Is undermined from the loweft ground, 
 And her fouixLition forc'd znAfeebled quite. 
 
 Fairy (^uEcn. 
 Shall that viflorious hand be/iii/frf hm, 
 That in your chambers gave 'you chaftilcment' 
 
 Shukfp, King 'John. 
 
 Fe E B LE M i'n D ED. all}, [feeble and mind. ] 
 Weak of mind; defective in refolution 
 and conftancy. 
 
 W, rn them that are unruly, comfort thtfed/r- 
 
 winded, fupport the weak, be patient toward all 
 
 men. i T'''I- 
 
 Fe'ebleness. «•/. \_hom feehk.'] Weak- 
 
 ntfs; imbecility; infirmity; want of 
 
 ftrtngth. 
 
 A better head Rome's glorious body fits. 
 
 Than his that Ihakcs for age mAftbUnrf Sl:.,k. 
 
 . Some in their Inter years, through the /«/'/.- 
 
 w.'/i of their Irmbs, have been forced to ftudy 
 
 upon their knees. •S«''''' 
 
 Fe'ebly. fl^-u. [from /ff^/i? ] Weakly; 
 
 without ftrength. 
 
 Like mine, thy gentle numbcrs/cri/y creep, 
 Thy tragick mufc gives fnaiks, thy comick lleep. 
 
 Diyde,,, 
 
 Ts FEED. 1). a. [fodau, Gothkk ; peban, 
 jzoeban, Sa.Kon.] 
 
 1. To fupply with food. 
 
 Her heaii and IajwcIs through her Iwck he 
 drew. 
 And fed the hounds that help'd him to purfue. 
 •' Diyden. 
 
 Boerhaave fed a fparrow with bread four days, 
 in which time it eat more than its own weight. 
 
 ^rbuthnot. 
 
 2. To fupply; to fomifn. 
 
 A conll.nU imokc lifes from the warm fprings 
 tlat/'-i./ the many baths with which the illand is 
 flocked. yUdifon. 
 
 The brctdth of the bottom of the hopper muft 
 he half the length of a barleycorn, and near as 
 Icng as the rollers, that it mny not feed them tor, 
 l^^_ Sihrtiir.fr'i Bujlundty 
 
 FEE 
 
 3. To graze ; to confume by cattle. 
 
 Once in tliree yuAiifeed y^ur mowing lands, if 
 you catniot get manure conliantly to keep them 
 in heart. Moi timer. 
 
 The fj-oft will fpoil the grafs ; for which reafon 
 take zucto feed it clofe before winter. Mtrtimer. 
 
 4. To nourifh; to cherifh. 
 
 How oft from pomp and ftale did I remove. 
 To feed defpair, and clierilh hopclefs love. I'li'jr. 
 
 5. To keep in hope or expectation. 
 
 Barbaroffa learned the flrength of the emperor, 
 ciaftily/cci//"g him with the hope of libeity. 
 
 Knolhi. 
 
 6. To delight; to entertain; to keep from 
 fatiety. 
 
 The alteration of fcenes, fo it be without 
 nolle, fecdi and relieves the eye, before it be full 
 of the fame objcfl. Eacon. 
 
 7. To make fat. A provincial ufe. 
 To Feed. v. n. 
 
 1. To take food. Chiefly applied to 
 animals food. 
 
 To feed were bed at home ; 
 From thence the fawce to meet is ceremony ; 
 Meeting were bare without it. S/iuifp. Meicbeth. 
 
 2. To prey ; to live by eating. 
 
 I am not covetous of gold; 
 Nor care t, who Au^'n feed upon my coft. Shakf. 
 
 You cry againlf the noble fcnate, who, 
 Under the gods, keep you in awe, which elfe 
 Would /eT./ on one another. Shakfp. Ccriolanuz. 
 
 Galen fpeakcth of the curmg of the fchirrus of 
 the liver by ir.ilk of a cow, that /;c<iM upon 
 certain heri>s. Bacon. 
 
 Some b'uii feed upon the berries of this vege- 
 table. BiQivn. 
 
 He feeds on fruits, which of their own accord. 
 The willing grounds and laden trees afford. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The Brachmans were all of the fame race, 
 lived in fields and woods, ani fed only upon rice, 
 milk, or herbs. Tenfle. 
 
 AW feed on one vain patron, and enjoy 
 Th' extcnfive blcfhng of his luxury. Pope. 
 
 3. To pafture ; to place cattle to feed. 
 
 If a man Ihall caufe a field to be eaten, and 
 (hall put in iiis beaft, and [\\M feed in another 
 man's field . he Ihaii make reilitution. Jlxadui. 
 
 4. To grow fat or plump. A provincial ufe. 
 Feed. »./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Food ; that which is eaten. 
 
 A feaiful deer then looks moft about when 
 he comes to the bell feed, with a (hrugging kind 
 of tremor through all her principal parts. Sidney. 
 
 An old worked ox fats as well as a young one : 
 {hen feed ii much cheaper, bccaufe they eat no 
 oats. Mortimer^i Hujbandry. 
 
 2. Pafture. 
 
 Befides his cote, his flocks and bounds of feed 
 Are now on fale. Shiikfpeart*i Ai you like it. 
 
 3. Meal; aft of eating. 
 
 Plenty hung 
 Tempting fo nigh, to pluck .and eat my fill 
 I fparcd not: for fuch pleafure till that hour 
 At/«.7 or fountain never had I found. Hilton 
 
 Fe'eder. v.f. [(xomfeed.'\ 
 
 1. One that gives food. 
 
 The bcall. obeys his keeper, and looks up. 
 Not to his mailer's but h\ifeeden hand. Den/iua. 
 
 2. An exciter; an encourager. 
 
 When thou do'ft hear I am as I have been, 
 Approach me, and thou flialt be as thouwas't. 
 The tutor and the/tf.tr of my riots. S/uifp. 
 
 3. One that eats. 
 
 With eager feeding, food doth choak the 
 feeder. Shakfpcare. 
 
 But that our feafts 
 In every mcfs have folly, and K\\t: feeden 
 Jeft with it as a cnftom, I Ihoiild bludi 
 To fee you fo attired. ' Sli.ti/p. IVmter's Tale. 
 We meet in Arirtotlc with one kind of thrudi, 
 called the miirtl-thrudi, or/<f/>'- upon milVclto. 
 Jinwn's I'ulgar Hrrwrs 
 
 FEE 
 
 4, One that eats in a certain mode : as, 3 
 nice feeder, a grofs feeder. 
 
 But luch hne feeders arc no guefis for me; 
 Rirft agrees not with frugality : 
 Then, that unfallrionable man am I, 
 With me they'd liaiTc for want of ivory. Dryden, 
 
 To FEEL. V. n. pret. felt; part. pafT. 
 felt, [pelan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To have perception of things by the 
 touch. 
 
 The fenfe oifceUng can give us a notion of ex- 
 tenfion, (hape, and all other ideas that enter at 
 the eye, except colours. Addifon's SpeHattr. 
 
 2. To fearch by feeling. See Feeler. 
 
 They Ihould fcek the Lord, if happily thejr 
 mighi /t-f/ after him, and find him. ASt, 
 
 3. To have a quick fenfibility of good or 
 evil, right or wrong. 
 
 Man, who/Vt/j for all mankind. Po/f» 
 
 4. To appear to the touch. 
 
 Blind men fay bbck feels rough, and white 
 feeh fmooth. Dryden. 
 
 Of thcle tumours one feels flaccid and rumpledf 
 the other more even, fl.itulent, and fprlngy. 
 
 Sharps Surgery, 
 
 To Feel. v. a, 
 
 1. To perceive by the touch. 
 
 Sutler me that I may /«/ the pillars. Judges. 
 
 2. To try; to found. 
 
 He hath writ this xofeel my aifeftion to your 
 honour. Shakfpeare, 
 
 3. To have perception of. 
 
 The air is fo thin, that a bird has therein so- 
 feeling of her wings, or any vcfiftance of air to 
 mount hcrftlf by. Raleigh, 
 
 4. To have fenfe of external pain or plea- 
 fure. 
 
 Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 
 In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel. 
 
 Milton, 
 But why (hould ihofe be thought to 'fcapo 
 who feel 
 Thofe rods of icorpioni and thofe whips of ftcel ? 
 
 Creech^ 
 
 5. To be afFededby; to perceive men- 
 tally. 
 
 Would I had never trod this Englifti earth, 
 Or/i/V the flatteries th.it grow upon it! Shakfp. 
 
 The well-fung woes Ihall footh my pcnfive 
 ghoft; 
 He bell can paint them who can /a/ them mof^. 
 
 Not youthful kings in battle feiz'd alive, 
 E'er felt fuch grief, fuch terrour, and defpair. 
 
 Pop). 
 
 6. To know ; to be acquainted with. 
 
 His overthrow hcap'd happinefs upon him; 
 For then, and not till then, he/./V himftlf. 
 And fuund the bleffednets of being little. Shaki. 
 Feel. n.f. [from the verb.] The fenfe 
 of feeling ; the touch. 
 
 The difference of thefe tumours will be dif- 
 tinguiflied by the/ff/. Sharp's Suige>y, 
 
 Fe'eler. n.f. {h<3mfecl.\ 
 
 1. One that fecli. 
 
 This hand, whole touch, 
 Whofe cv'iy touch would force the yVf.Vr's foul- 
 To til' oath of loyalty. Shaifpeare's Cymbelint, 
 
 2. The horns or antennae of infefts. 
 
 Infeets clean their eyes with their forelegs ai 
 well as autennK; and as they are perpetually 
 feeling and fcarching before them with then feel, 
 in or antennae, I am .apt to think that befides 
 wipin; and cleaning the eyes, the ufcs here named 
 may be admitted. Deihwn's Vhy/ico-Theology^ 
 
 Fe'eling. parttcipid adj, [from feel-l 
 I. ExprefTive of great fenfibility. 
 
 O wretched ftate of man in felf-divifion! 
 O well thou f.iy'ft nfieling declaration 
 Thy tongue hath made of Cupid's deep incifion ? 
 
 SJdfuy^
 
 F E I 
 
 Thy w.iHlnj words do much my fy'v.itz mnvo, 
 They uttered are in fuch :i j^clin^ f.ilhion. SiJncv. 
 
 Wiitc 'till your Ink. be diy, and with your 
 tears 
 Moift it again; and fiame {omtfeeUng line, 
 Tiiat may difcuvcr fnch integrity. SJutkfi>r,ire. 
 
 t, Senfibly felt, 'i'liis fciifc is not fuffici- 
 eiitly analogical. 
 
 A moft pooi ni.ui midc tame to foi tune's blows, 
 Wito, by the art of known nadfec/jng furrows, 
 Am pregnant to good pity. Shakfpear^. 
 
 I had nftc/ing fenfe 
 Of all your royal favours; but this hft 
 Strikes througli my heart. S^utherne. 
 
 Fe'kling. n, f. [fromytr/.] 
 
 1. The fenfe of touch. 
 
 Why was the fight 
 To fuch K tender b.ill as tii* eye confin'd ; 
 So oh\ ious nnci to cafy to be quench'd, 
 And not, as/c/:';^, tinough all parts dift'us'd, 
 Tiiat (he might luuk ^l will through every pore? 
 
 Stilton. 
 
 2. Power of a£tion upon feafibility. 
 
 The apprclicnrion of the good 
 Gives but the gve-^Kcr frrliftg to the worfe. Shak. 
 
 3. Perception ; fonfibilit)'. 
 
 Their king, out of a piincely/fc/Z'/c, was fpa- 
 ring and compairionate towards his fubje^s. 
 
 Bucon'i Henry vii. 
 
 Great perfons had need to borrow other men's 
 opinions to think ihemfelves happy; for if they 
 judge by their qww f tilings they cannot find it. 
 
 Bttrou'i FjJitVi. 
 
 As we learn what belongs to the body by the 
 evidence of fenfe, fo we learn what belungs to the 
 foul by an inwatd confcioufnefs, which may be 
 called a fort of intcrnaiyVf//>j^. Jl'utts, 
 
 Fe'emngly. aJv. [from feeling. 1 
 i. With exprefliOH of great fenfibility. 
 
 The princes might judge that he meant him- 
 fclf, who fpake ^ofedingh. Sidney. 
 
 He would not have talked (0 feelingly of Co- 
 drus's bed, if there had been room for a bedfellow 
 in it. Vo^e. 
 
 2. So as to be fenfibly felt. 
 
 Here feci we but the penalty of Adam, 
 The fcafon'b difTtrence; as tbe icy phang, 
 And churhfh chidmg of the winter's wind, 
 Which when it bites and blows upon my body, 
 Ev'n 'till I (hrink with cold, I fmile and fay. 
 This is no flattery: thefe are counfellors, 
 ThAt fee/ing/y perfuade inc what I am. Shakfp. 
 
 Wt. feelingly knew, and had ti lal of the late 
 good, and of the new purchafcd evil. Raleigh. 
 
 FEET, n^ /• The plural of ybo/. 
 
 His brother's image to his mind appears, 
 InHames his heart with rage, and wings his feet 
 with fears. Pope. 
 
 Fe'etless. adj, [Uovn feet .~\ Being with- 
 out feet. 
 
 Geoffrey of Boulloin hvoched three fee.'Ufi 
 l^rrts, called allcrions, upon his arrow. CumMn. 
 
 r^? FEIGN. V, fl. [feindre^ French; 
 Jingo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To invent ; to Image by an aft of the 
 mind. 
 
 Abominable, inutcerable, and worfe 
 Than fables yet have feign.i, oi fear concelvM, 
 Gorgot?,s, and hjdtas, and cliimxras dire! 
 
 Mi'ton. 
 
 No I rh things are done as thou fayei>, but 
 Xhoxijeignecijf them out of thine own heart. AV*. 
 
 2. To make a fhow of. 
 
 Both his hands, moft filthy feculent, 
 Above the water were on high extent, 
 And feigned to wafh themfeives inclf.intly. 
 
 Spe'i/cr*i Fairy Queen. 
 
 3. To make a fhow of; to do upon fome 
 fali'e pretence. 
 
 Mr gentle D' lia beckons from the plain. 
 Then, hid in fhadtrs, eludes !ier eager fwain ; 
 But feigtii a laugh to fee me fcarch around, 
 And by thai laugh the williug fair is found, Po^e. 
 
 V E L 
 
 4. To clIfTcmblv.' ; to conceal. Obfolete. 
 
 K.icli tremhlini; l,';tf and whiltling wmd llicy 
 hi*nr. 
 A^ ghaltly bug their liair on end docs rear; 
 Yet both do lUiv?tiieir fcatfuliiefs to /iv/r/i. 
 
 To Feign, -v. n. To relate falfely ; to 
 iina(;re from tlic invention ; to tell fabu- 
 louily. 
 
 Tliercfore the poet 
 Did /t/i;i th.it Orpheus diew trees, ftones, and 
 
 rtoods : 
 Since nougitt [u rtuckifh, liard, .nnd full of rage, 
 But niuficlc for tiic time Cuth ciKingo in* nature. 
 
 Ff'ic.nedly. aJv. [[lom feijn.] In fic- 
 tion ; not truly. 
 
 Such is found to have been falfely and /V/^iCi^/v 
 in fome of tl-.e licathcns. Ba^on. 
 
 Fei'gner. n. /. [from y«Vn. J laventer ; 
 contriver of a fiftion. 
 
 And thcfc thice voices differ; all the things 
 done, tlic doing and the doer; the thing feigned, 
 the feigning .ind the _/(*;V;/^r ; (o the poem, the 
 poefy, and the poot £en yo'ifon. 
 
 Feint, participial nrlj. [from feign, for 
 feigned; oryf/n/, French. j Counterfeit; 
 feeming. 
 
 The mind by degrees lofes its natural rclilh of 
 real, folid trutii, and is reconciled infcnfibly to 
 any thing that can be but drcffed up into any 
 feu'.i appearance of it. Lucie. 
 
 Feint, n. f. [/c;W, French.] 
 
 1. A falfe appearance: an offer of fome- 
 thing not intended to be. 
 
 Courtly'; letter is hut a feint to get off. 
 
 Spe&ntor. 
 
 2. A mock affault ; an appearance of aim- 
 ing at one part, when another is intended 
 to be (Iriick. 
 
 But, in the bread encamp'd, prepares 
 For well-bred yV/w/i and future wars. Prior. 
 
 Fe'landers. n. f. Worms in hawks. 
 
 ylinfivorti}. 
 To FELI'CITATE. v. a. [felicitir, 
 French ; felicito, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To make happy. 
 
 I profcfs 
 Myfelf an enemy to all otlier joys ; 
 And find I am alone fduitale 
 In y^jur dear higlmcfs' love. Shakfpeare. 
 
 What a glorious entertainnaent and pleafurc 
 would fill and fiHatate his fpirit, if he could grafp 
 all in a fingle furvcy 1 tVatti. 
 
 2. To congratulate. 
 
 They might proceed unto forms of fpeeches, 
 
 feltcttati'ig the good, or depreciating the evil lo 
 
 follow. Brown. 
 
 Felicita'tiom. it.f. [French; fromyJ'- 
 
 liciiate.] Congratulation. DiS. 
 
 FELICITOUS, a^j. Ifelix, Latin.] 
 
 Happy. Dia. 
 
 Feli'citously. ach: [irom felicitous.] 
 
 Happily. Dia. 
 
 Felicity, n. f. [felicitai, Latin ; fe- 
 
 /;V/.v', French.] Happinefs ; profperity ; 
 
 blifsfulnefs ; blelTediiefs. 
 
 The joyous day, dear Lord, with joy begin, 
 And giant that we, for whom thou didert die, 
 B-ing with thy deal blood clean wafh'd from fin, 
 May live for e\er in/^/.V;/)'. Speijer. 
 
 Others in virtue piae'd_/>//ciVv; 
 But virtue join'd with riciics and long life, 
 111 corporal pleafuve he, and carelcf> cafe. Mitr. 
 The filidtiti of her wonderful reign may be 
 complete. j^tterjuiy. 
 
 How great, how glorious T^felicity^ how ade- 
 quate to the drfires of a reafoi^able nature, is rc- 
 vcaltd to our hopes in the gofpcl ? Rii^t-n. 
 
 Fe'line, arlf. [/f/maj, Latin.] Like a 
 cat ; pertaiiiing co a cat. 
 
 F E L 
 
 Even as in tlie beaver; from wl.ich lie diffi-u 
 p.nicipally in his lieih, which arc canine, and m 
 his tail, which \iflinc, era long taper. C/'t-o' 
 
 FELL. adj. [^-elle, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Cruel; barbarous; inhuman. 
 
 It fecnied fniy, cliicord, in idnefs /;.'/, 
 Flew from his lap when he unfolds the fame. 
 
 yairfjx, 
 ZofrllrJI foes, 
 Whofo paffiuns and whofc plots have broke their 
 
 lle-'p. 
 To take the one the otker, liy fome chance, 
 Seme trick not worth an egg, fliall gow dear 
 friends. ^hjiffeji!, 
 
 2. Savage ; ravenous; bloody. 
 
 That inltant was I tutn'd into a hart, 
 And my dcfires, like/r// and cruel bounds, 
 li'cr fiiice purfue me. ikiklp'ai'. 
 
 I know thee, love! wild as the raging main. 
 More /;// than tygers on the Lybian plain. 1'i.pe. 
 
 Scorning all the taming arts of man, 
 The keen hyena, fdljl of the/t//. Thamfon. 
 
 Fell. n. f. [pelle, Saxon.] The fliin ; 
 the hide. Not ufed. 
 
 Wipe tl.ine eye; 
 The gonjcrs (h;',ll devour them, flclh and/r//. 
 Ere they (hall make us weep. Shakfftart. 
 
 The time has been my fenl'es would have cooi'd 
 To hear a night-fhrick; and my fell ui air 
 Would at a difmal treatifc roufc and ftir. Shatf. 
 
 Te Fell. v. a. [/-//en, German.] 
 
 1. To knock down; to brin^ to the 
 groimd. 
 
 Villain, (land, or I'Wfcl! hee down. Shakf. 
 Up and down lie traverfes his ground ; 
 Kow wards 3 felling blow, now ftrikes again. 
 
 Danie!. 
 Taking the fmall end of his mulkct 'in his 
 hand, he ftruck him on the head with the liock, 
 and felleJ him. Raleigh. 
 
 His fall, for tlie prefcnt, ftruck an caithquake 
 into all minds; nor could the vulgar be induced 
 to believe he v/is felled. Hoil-:'.. 
 
 On their whole hoft I flew 
 Unarm'd, and with a trivial weapon /f//'./ 
 Their choiceft youth: they only liv'd who fled. 
 
 Milirjn. 
 
 2. It feems improperly joined with down 
 or along, > 
 
 Whom with fuch force he flruck he feU'J him 
 dnivnj 
 And cleft the circle of his golden crown. DryJ. 
 
 l/rll'd aling a man of bearded face, 
 His limbs allcover'd with a (Killing cafe. DrjJ^ 
 
 3. To hew down ; to cut down. 
 
 Then would he feem a farmer that would fell 
 Bargains of woods, which he did lately/^//. 
 
 lluil,e,d'i T,U. 
 Proud Arcite and fierce Palamon, 
 In mortal battle, doubling blow on blow; 
 Like lightning fiam'd their faulchions to and f-o, 
 And (hot a dreadful gleam ; fo ftrong they (Iruck, 
 There ("eem'd Icfs force requir'd to^i7/an oak. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 Fell. The preterit of To fidl. 
 
 None on their feet might (land. 
 Though (landing elle as rocks: but down ihev 
 
 fell 
 By tlioulands, angel on archangel roU'd. Miltm. 
 Fe'ller n. f. [from /(■//.] One that 
 hews down. 
 
 Since thou art laid down, no feller U come up 
 
 againft us. IfMah. 
 
 Felli'fluous. adj. [fel and_fiuo, Lat.] 
 
 Flowing with. gall. J)iS, 
 
 Fe'llmon'ger. n. f. [from fell.'\ A 
 
 dealer in hides. 
 Fe'llness. n. f. [from /<//.] Cruelty; 
 favagenefs ; fury ; rage. 
 
 When his brotlier faw the red blood trail 
 Adowh fo faft, and all his armour deep, 
 For vcry/r/Ai>/i loud he 'gan to weep. Fairy Q. 
 43c 2
 
 F E L 
 
 Fe'lloe. n.f. [/f/^f, Danifii.] The 
 ciicumfereiice of a wheel ; the outward 
 part. It is often written fally or 
 
 felly. 
 • Oot, out, thou fliumpet Fortune! all you gods, 
 
 In sencialfynod, take aw.iy her power; 
 Break all the fpokes and/£.'//« from hei- wheel, 
 And bowl the round nave down the hillofheav n. 
 
 Sh.ikfi'earc. 
 
 Axle-trees, naves, fdloa and fpokes ware all 
 
 molten. ^'K'- 
 
 FE'LLOW. K. /. [?'"!A. to f"^lo^''' 
 M'mjbcw; from pe, faith, and laj, 
 bound, Saxon, y««iaj ; fallow, Scot- 
 tiOi.J 
 
 I. A companion; one witli whom We 
 
 contort. 
 
 In youth I had twclve/f/.'ows like unto myfijlf, 
 Luc not one of them came to a good end. 
 
 ^fdmrn's Silwolmajle: . 
 To be yom pllo-ai, 
 You may deny me ; but I'll be your fcrvant, 
 Whcthcryou win or no. Shr.kfp. Tcmpcji. 
 
 Havr we not plighted each our holy oath, 
 
 That one Ihould be the common good of both; 
 
 One foul Ihould both infpire, and neither prove 
 
 His/f/A Ill's hindrance in purfuit of lave? Diyd. 
 
 N^. An alfociate ; one united in the fame 
 
 affair. 
 
 Eicii on K.ifflUw for affiftancc calls; 
 At length the fatal fabrick mounts the walls. 
 
 Drydoi's Virgil. 
 
 3. One of the fame kind. 
 
 Let partial fpirits ftill aloud complain, 
 Thirk tiiemfdves injur'd that they cannot reign; 
 And own no liberty, but where they may 
 Without controul upon their/f.'/owJ prey. IVaHcr. 
 
 A Ihephcrd had one favourite dog : he fed 
 him with his own hand, and took more care of 
 him tli.in of his fil.'iiui. L'EJlrmige. 
 
 4. Equal ; peer. 
 
 So you are to be hereafter ffllinus, and no 
 longer fervants. SiHmy. 
 
 Ciiiefrair of the reft 
 1 chofe him here: the earth Ihall him allow; 
 His fillcnus late, Ihall be his fubjeft.'; now. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 5. One thing fuited to another; one of a 
 
 pair. 
 
 When virtue is lodged in a body, that feems 
 
 to have been prepared for the reception of vice ; 
 
 the foul and the body do not fceni to htfeilows. 
 
 y^iiiifot:'s SpcBator. 
 
 C. One like or equal to another : as, this 
 
 knave hath not bis fello'zv. 
 •j. A familiar appellation iifed fometimes 
 with fondnefs ; fometimes with efteem ; 
 but generally with fome de^jree of con- 
 tempt. 
 This is Othello's ancient, as I take it. 
 
 The fame indeed ; a very valiant fr/loiu. 
 
 S/tak/p^are. 
 
 An offlcfi-wasin danger to have loft his place, 
 
 but his wife made his peace; whereupon a plea- 
 
 fant jdlcno faid, that he had been cruflicd, hut 
 
 «liat he favcd himfelf upon his horns. iS'.icov. 
 
 Pull fifteen thouland lufty fdk'Mi 
 With fire and fword the foit maintain; 
 -Each was a Hercules, you tell us. 
 Yet out they march'd llUe common men. Vrior 
 %. A xvord of contempt : the fooiilh 
 mortal ; the mean wretch ; the forry 
 
 rafcal. 
 
 Thofe great /f'lVi"! fcornfully rcccivini^ them, 
 as foohlh ljir<ls fallen into ihcii net, it plc^ifcd the 
 eternal jufticc to m.ikc them fuffer death by their 
 hanCs, Sidney. 
 
 C.iffio hath here been fet on in the dark 
 By Rodorigo, and/ /.'ow> that arc 'i'cap'd. Shah. 
 
 1 have great comfort from this/tV/ow : methinks 
 lie ham no diowning maik about him ; his com- 
 j\e»ion is perfefl gallows, Shukq-ca-e. 
 
 F E L 
 
 Opinion, that did help me to the crown, 
 Had iHll kept loyal to poffefnon ; 
 And left me in reputclefs banilhment, 
 h-fdlovj of no mark or likelihood. Shakffearc. 
 
 How oft the light of meafts, to do ill dcetl^. 
 Makes deeds ill done? for had'ft thou not been by, 
 A fdloiu by the hand of natuic mavk'd, 
 Quoted, and fign'd to do a deed of Ihanie, 
 Tliis murder i.. id not come into my mind. Sitak. 
 
 The Moors' abus'd by fome molt valhunous 
 kHave, 
 Sonic bafc notorious knave, fome icurvy f^ll^iu ! 
 
 Shukjjjcai c. 
 
 The /c//ow had taken more filli than he could 
 fpend while they verc fweet. L'Uj'rangc. 
 
 As 'next of kin, Achilles' arms I claim ; 
 TWisfeHoiL' Would ingraft a foreign name 
 Upon our liock, and the Sifyphian feed 
 By fraud and theft ailcits his father's breed. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 You will wonder how fuch an ordinary yV/Zoiu, 
 as this Mr. Wood, could have got his m.ajcfty's 
 broad fca!. Sz^jrjt. 
 
 You'll find, if once the monarch afts the monk, 
 Or, cobler-like, the parfon will be drunk. 
 Worth makes ti>e man, and want of it theyV//oTi'; 
 The reft is all but leather and prunella. I'cjie- 
 
 9. Sometimes it implies a mixture of pity 
 with contempt. 
 
 The pro\oU commanded his men to hang him 
 up on the nearcft tree: th;n the fd/szv cried out 
 that he was not the miller, but the milkr's mnn 
 
 }ii?vzua'd. 
 
 10. A member of a college that iliare,'; 
 its revenues, or of any incorpoiated fo- 
 ciety. 
 
 There fiiouhl be a miftion of three of the f<:/ioivs 
 or brethren of Solomon's houfc, to gi\e us know- 
 ledge of the attairs and ftate of thole countiies to 
 which they were dcligned. Ettcon. 
 
 To Fe'llow. i>. a. To fnlt with ; to pair 
 with ; to match. Felhiu is often ufed 
 in compofition to mark community ot 
 nature, ftatioii, or employment. 
 
 Imagination, 
 With what 's unreal, thou co-ailivc art, 
 And /f/Axu'y? nothing. Skakfpiare. 
 
 Fellow-co'mmoner. n.f. 
 
 1. One who has the fame right of com- 
 mon. 
 
 He cannot appropriate, he cannot incloff , with- 
 out the confent of all his /ir//cw-c&7/Jwo«tri, all 
 mankind. Locke. 
 
 2. A commoner at Cambridge of the 
 higher order, who dines with the fel- 
 lows. 
 
 FELLOW-CRE.^TURE, ti.f. One that has 
 the fame creator. 
 
 Rcafoii is the glory of human nature, and one 
 
 of the ciiicf eminencies whereby wjf are rall'cd 
 
 aboxe our fdlovj-crettttoei, rhe brvites, in this 
 
 lower world IVatfs' Logicky ifutn.luclio'i. 
 
 Fe'llow-heir. n.f. Coheir; partner of 
 
 the fame inheritance. 
 
 The gentiles Ihould hefdhv-hein. Efh. 
 
 Fellow-iie'lper. n'f. Coadjutor; one 
 
 who concurs in the fame bufinefs. 
 
 We ought to receive fuch, that we might be 
 
 fdloiu-kdperi to the truth. 3 Jahn. 
 
 Fellow-I-a'bourer. «. /. One who 
 labours in the fame deiign. 
 
 My fcli^jiu-i.ih'iuren have commiflioned me to 
 perform in their behalf this oflice of dedication. 
 
 I)rydcti^j y.tzfft'i/j Dedication. 
 
 Fellow-serv.ant. n.f. One that has 
 the fame mader. 
 
 Nor Icfs think we in heav'n of thee on earth. 
 Than of our/f//&To-yi'r'y(J«^ ; and inquire 
 Gladly into the ways of God with man. Millon. 
 
 Fanfd/ow-J'tr'tuwt.' may your gentle car 
 Prove more propitious to my fligiitcd care 
 Tlian the bright dames we ferve. {Vallr. 
 
 F E L 
 
 Their fathsrs and yours were fi-Hi'.o-fenarts 
 to the fame heavenly maftcr while they Ined; 
 nor is that relation diflbivcd by their death, but 
 ought ftiil to operate among their furviving chil- 
 dren. Atterhury. 
 
 Fellow-so'ldier^. n.f. One who fights 
 uiider the faine commander. An endear- 
 ing appiliation ufed by officers to their 
 men. 
 C-jxnt, fdlow-foldier, make thou proclamation. 
 
 ShakJ^sari: . 
 Epaphroditus, my brother and companion in 
 labour, :in(i fd/fyju-fddier. I kilippianu 
 
 Fellow-student, n.f. One whoftudies 
 in company with another, in the fame 
 clafs, under the fame malter. 
 I piy'thee, do not mock a\^,fdlsiu-Jliident. 
 
 Sii'ikjpcar:\ Harriet. 
 
 If you have no f-dlo-w-Jludijit at hand, tell it 
 
 over with your acquaintance. hVaiti* Lcgick 
 
 Fellow-subject, n. f. One who lives 
 under the fame governitient. 
 
 The bleeding condition of Kht'n fdlciu-fuI^efT-i 
 w.is a featncr m the balance with their private 
 ends. Swift. 
 
 Fellow-su'e ferer. n. f. One wljo 
 fltarcs in the fame evils ; one who par- 
 takes the fame fuifcrings with another. 
 
 How happy wis it for thofe pour creatures, that 
 your grace was made thtu fdioiu-fitjj et t r ? And 
 bow glorious for you, that you chofe to want rather 
 than not relieve? 3iydtn. 
 
 We in fome meafure Ihare the ncceffitiss of the 
 poor at the lame time that we relie\e them, and 
 m-tke ouitehcs not only their patrons butyV//o;f- 
 Jiijfcrcii. .-l.liifott'i Upea.itt/r. 
 
 Fellow-writer, n.f. One who writes 
 at the fame time, or on the fume lub- 
 
 jea. 
 
 ■ Since they cannot raife themfcUes to the repu- 
 t.ition o{ ihc'n fd/ow-ivrittrs, they muft fink it to 
 their own pitch, if they would keep ihcnifclves 
 upon a level with them. ' .^ddijc/i. 
 
 Fellow-fee'ling. n. /. \^feUotv and 
 feeling.'] 
 
 1. Sympathj-. , 
 
 It is a high degree of inhuntanity not to have 
 2 fcliozu feeling of the misfortune of my brother. 
 
 L' RJirange , 
 
 2 . Combination ; joint interell : commonly 
 in an ill fenfe. 
 
 S.\tn your milkworaan and your nurfcrymaid 
 have ^ fdhiv-Jeelifig. ylih.tthtttt. 
 
 Fe'l LOWLIKE. ? ndj. [^feUoiv and Hie.'] 
 
 Fe'llowly. ) Like a companion ; on 
 
 equal terms ; companionable. 
 
 All which good parts hcgraceth with a good 
 
 fd.'ciiiike, kind, and refpciitful carriage. Carcuj, 
 
 One feed for another to mnkc an exchange, 
 Wnh fdlow-ly neighbourhood fecmeth not ftrangev 
 
 TuJ/ir. 
 
 Fe'llowship. n.f. [[rom fellow.] 
 I. Coinpanionfliip ; confort ; fociety. 
 This boy cannot tell what he would have, 
 But kneels and holds up lands iux Jtlloivji'iip. 
 
 Shakjpeart. 
 From blifsful bow'rs 
 Of amarantine (h.idc, fountain, or fpring, 
 By til' waters of lite, where'er they fat 
 InfiHoivJ/iipi of joy, the fons of light 
 Hailed. Mdt<,n'i Paradfe Lcf!. 
 
 There is no m.tn but God puts excellent things 
 into his pofTciiinn, to be ut'ed for the common 
 good ; for men are made for fociety and mutual 
 fdlotvOiip. Calumy'i Sernicjn. 
 
 God having riefigned man for a fociaMe crea- 
 ture, made him not only with an inclination, and 
 under the ntccirity to h:\\s: frlhirfiip wit'i thofe 
 of his own kind, hut furnilhed him alfo with Ian. 
 guage, which was to be the great iiiftrument and 
 cemciitcr of fociety. Lukt,
 
 F E L 
 
 Z. AfTociallon ; confederacy; combination. 
 
 W'c would not die in rh.it man's canip:niy, 
 That fears )n'\ifcihwjhip to d;e with us. ii/i,i'.Jf'. 
 
 ThofB laws do hind inon abioluccly, e\cn a, 
 they arc mm, altlumgh thry have never any lot- 
 tied fdh;ujhip, never any fotenui agicenicnt 
 aniongd themfelves. Hoa^rt. 
 
 Molt of Che other chriHian princes were drawn 
 ii'fo ihz frlhv'Jiif of that war. KmlUi. 
 
 3. Equality. 
 
 4. I'artnerdiip ; joint intereft. 
 
 Ncaiev acquaintetl, now 1 fed by proof 
 Th-iX fettowj^iip in pain divides not fmait, 
 Nor lightens auglu each man's peculiar load. 
 
 Miiton^i Famdife RegufKai. 
 
 love ! thou flcrnly doft. thy power maintain, 
 And will not. hc.ir a rival in thy reign ; 
 Tyrants and thju AX j\ Ho wjhi p difdain. Diy^ift. 
 
 5. Company; (late of being together. 
 
 Tlic great contention of the fc.i anil Ikies 
 Parted our/f//o;iy/;/>. But hai k, a fail ! Sl:.:ik. 
 
 6. Frequency of inteicourfe ; focial plea- 
 furc. 
 
 In a great town friends are fcattcrcd, fo that 
 tlicre is not i\\^t felhwjhip which is in lefs nt-igh- 
 bontlioods. Jlticon's h'j/jyi. 
 
 7. Fitnets and foiidncfs for feftal entertain- 
 ments, with ^00?/ prefixed. 
 
 He had hy his cxcclfuc ^^.od felloiu/Jii ^>f which 
 was gtatcfuf to all the company, made himfcif 
 popular with all the ofHccrs of the army. 
 
 Clartytdin. 
 
 8. An eftaL'.ifhraent in the college, with 
 fliare in its revenue. 
 
 Corufodcs having, by extreme parfimony, faved 
 thirty pounds out of a beggarly /iv'.'j uy/;//>, went 
 to London. Siciji. 
 
 9. [In arithmetick.] Thatrule of plural 
 proportion whereby we balance accounts, 
 depending between divers perfons, hav- 
 ing put together a general Hock, iu 
 that every man may have his propor- 
 tion?! gain, or fuilain his proportional 
 part of lofs. Coder. 
 
 FtLLY. adv. [fromy^//.] Cruelly; inhu- 
 manly ; favanely ; barbaroiifiy. 
 
 Fair ye be fuie, but cruel and unicind ;_ 
 As is a tygcr, that with grccdinefs 
 
 Hunts after blood, when lie hy chance dorh find 
 A fLcble beali tMhfe!'y i>im oppttfs. Spinfrr. 
 
 Felo-de-se. n. f. [In law.] He that 
 commits felony by murdering liiinfeif. 
 
 FE'LON. n. f. [/f/6«, French :/f/o, low 
 I-atin ; pel, Saxon.] 
 
 t. One wlio has committed a capital 
 crime. 
 
 1 apprehend thee for n fckn here; ShukJ^rarc. 
 
 The wilv Fox 
 Ch.is'd even amid' the l'o!d,i ; and riade to hired, 
 Likc/r/o«j, wneic they did the murd'rous deed. 
 
 Vrydc^i. 
 
 2. A whitlow, , a tumotir formed between 
 the bone and its inverting membrane, 
 Tsry p.iinful. 
 
 The malign paronychia is that which is com- 
 monly called ayi/on. fVifrman's Surircry. 
 
 Fk'lon. adj. Cruel ; traitorous; inhuman. 
 Ay me I what thing on eirth, that all things 
 breeds, 
 Might he the caufe of fo impatient plight ! 
 
 What fury, or what fiend with f,/on rieed^, 
 Hath ftiircd up hi mifchicvous defpight! Spoifir. 
 
 Then bids prepare th' hofpitablc treat, 
 Vain (hews of love to veil \\\sf,hn hale. P.'/>?. 
 Felo'nious. adj. [ from /c/o« . ] Wicked; 
 traitorous ; viilanous ; malignant ; per- 
 fidious ; deftruftive. 
 
 This man conceived the duke's death; but 
 what was the motive of that fcUnioui conception 
 is H> the clouds. IVonon. 
 
 F E M 
 
 O thicviOi night ! 
 Why (hould'ii thou, but lor iome pkrioui end. 
 In thy dark lanthorn thus clofc up tlie liars 
 Thai nature hung in hcav'n, and fill'd the lamps 
 With eveilading oil, tugivc due light 
 To the midtd and lonely tt.iveller? Atilton. 
 
 In i\\\' filoni^'ii heart though venom lies, 
 It docs but touch thy Irifh pen, and dies. Vryd. 
 
 Felo'niousi. Y. adv. \{\om felonious. "^ In 
 
 a felonious way. 
 Fe'i.onous. adj. [from y^/on.] Wicked. 
 
 Not ufed. 
 
 I am like for defperatc dole to die, 
 TliroughyV.'o'/o.vr force of mine enemy. Spcvfrr. 
 Fe'lonv. n. f. [yi'/om/i", French ; felonia, 
 low Latin ; from felon.~\ A crime de- 
 nounced capital by the law ; an enor- 
 mous crime. 
 I will make \\ felony to drink fmall beer. 
 
 Shakfpeurc^i Hcmy VI. 
 
 Felt. The preterit of feel. 
 FELT. n.f. [pelt, Saxon. 1 
 
 1. Cloth made of wool united without 
 wc'avir.g. 
 
 It were a delicate flratagcra to flioe 
 A troop of horfc wilhyV/r. Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. A hide or Ikin. 
 
 To know whether Iheep are found or not, fee 
 that (he felt be loofe. Moitlmer's Hu/iunJry. 
 
 To Felt. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 unite without weaving. 
 
 The fame wool one man/V/zi into a hat, another 
 weaves it into cloth, another into kerfey. Hu/e. 
 To Fe'ltre. 1). a. [from felt.'} To clot 
 together like felt. 
 
 Hisfc/ned lucks, that on his bofom fell, 
 On tugged raount^lins biiers and thorns refemble. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 Fel'ucca. n.f. [feku. Trench; felhti, 
 
 Arabick.] A fmall open boat with ijix 
 
 oars. Bia. 
 
 FE'M.-\LE. n.f f /■)«.-//?, French ; /f- 
 
 7f;e7/i<, Latin.] A (he; one of the fex 
 
 which brings young ; not male. 
 
 God created man in his own image, tfia/e and 
 
 ffina/e createc' he them. Gfnefn. 
 
 If he o.fcr it of the herd, whether it he male or 
 
 fniialc, he fliall offer it without blemifh. LcTjit, 
 
 Men, moic divine, 
 Indu'd witS intcllcfftual feme and foul, 
 Are maders to liieiryV»iu/fj, and their lord^. 
 
 Shakfpcafe. 
 FE'NrALE. adj. 
 
 1. Not male. 
 
 F.m.i.': of lex it fcems. Miltett. 
 
 Swarming ne.xt appeared 
 Thz female bee, that feeds her hufband drone. 
 
 Mi!t!,>! 
 
 2. Net mafcullue ; belonging to a flie. 
 
 Other ftin.'!, perhaps, 
 Wi'h their attendant moons thou wilt defery, 
 Coniniunicaring male andfenu/c light; 
 VVhit.h two greatfe.xcs animate *he wmld. MIfton. 
 
 Add what wants 
 \nf/m<ilt lex, the more tv> draw his love. MUtan 
 
 He fcrnplcd tio' to cat 
 Againll his brttei knowledge, not deceiv'd. 
 But fondlv oveTomc v/\\>\ fnnaU charm. Miiti>i. 
 
 If by .iff.-fuife hand he had forefeen 
 He was to die, his wilh had rather been 
 The lance and double ax of the fair Warrior queen. 
 
 Dry.i,». 
 
 3. Female Rhymes. Double rhymes fo 
 ca'ied becaufe, in French, from which 
 the term is taken, they end in e weak or 
 feminine. Thefe rhymes are female : 
 
 Th' eiccfs of heat is but a fable; 
 We know the torrid lone is now found habitable. 
 
 Cff-.vley. 
 
 The fetnak rhymes are in life with the Italian in 
 
 every line, »i:li the 5;)aniard promilcuoully. 
 
 FEN' 
 
 and with the French alternately, as appears from 
 the Alanque, the Puccllc, or any of their later 
 poems. Diydei't Pr^f. 10 Arfi. Mi'nh. 
 
 FEMt. Covert, n.f [French.] A married 
 
 woman ; who is alfo faid to be under 
 
 _ covert baron. likunt. 
 
 Feme Sole. n. f [French.] A fingle wo- 
 man ; an unmarried woman. 
 
 Femina'lity. n.f [from /awma, Lat.J 
 Female nature. 
 
 If Ml the minority of natural vigour the parts 
 oi fcminality take place, upon the incrc^le or 
 growth thereof the mafculinc appears. Itr'/vju. 
 
 Fe'minine. adj. [yL"m/n//;Hj, Latin.] 
 
 1. Of the Icx that brings young; female. 
 
 Tlius \vc chartifc the god of wine 
 With water that \i feminine, 
 Until the cooler nyniph abate 
 His wrath, and fo cone..ir;. jutc. CleaveUnd, 
 
 2. Soft; tender; delicate. 
 
 Her heav'nly form- 
 Angclick, but more foft .mAfiminini. MiJion. 
 
 3. EfTcitiinate ; emafculated ; wanting 
 mar.liiKTs. 
 
 Niiiias was no m.in of war at all, but altogethefv 
 feminine, and fubjcC^cd to eafe and delicacy. 
 
 Raleigh' i Hijiory. 
 
 Fe'minine. n. f A fhc; one of thefcs. 
 that brings young ; a female. 
 
 O ! why did God create at laft 
 This novelty on earth, this fair defeat 
 Of naiuicr And not fill the world at once 
 With men, as angels, \\\t\\ovX feminine? MUtom 
 
 FE'MORAt. adj. [/fOTora/ij, Latin.] Be- 
 longing to the thigh. 
 
 Tlie largcli crooked needle (lioiild be ufed ia 
 taking up ii\c femora/ arteries in ampiit.ition. 
 
 S^lafjj's Surgery. 
 
 'F'E'N. n.f [penn, Saxon; -yewnf, Dutch.] 
 A marfh ; low flat and moift ground ; a . 
 moor ; a bog. 
 
 Mexico is a city tkit ftands in the midft of a 
 great inarlh oi'fen. .rt'^Z-sr. 
 
 I go alone, 
 Like to a lonely dragon, that his fen 
 Makes I'ear'd and.talk'd of more than feen. 
 
 S/uikt^eare's Coriolan/JS. 
 The furface is of hiack/fn earth. H^mdivard. 
 He to Poitina's w.it'ry marfhes went; 
 A long canal the muddy yin <:ivides. 
 And with a clear unfuUy'd current glides. Addif. 
 
 Fe'nberry. n.f. [fen and lerry.l A 
 kind of blackberry. Hkiniar, 
 
 Fence, n . /. [from defence. ] 
 
 1. Guard; fecurity ; outwork; defence. 
 
 That pro^-ed not fence enough to tht reputation 
 of their opprefforsi Jlecay of Piety. 
 
 There 's no fence againft Inundations, earth- 
 quakes, or hurricanes. L* Ejhanoe. 
 
 To put them out of their parents view, at a 
 great diftance, is to expoie them to the gieateft 
 dangers of their whole life, when they have tlie 
 \e-Ai\ fence and guard .againd them. Licie. 
 
 Let us hear this awful corps to C<cfar, 
 And lay it in his fight, that it may iVand 
 A fence betv.'ixt us and the viftot's wrath. 
 
 Addifon's CtiH. 
 
 2. Enclofure ; mound ; hedge ; fortified 
 boundary. 
 
 In vain did nature's wife commard 
 ' Divide the w.iters from the l.md. 
 If daring Iliips and men prophane. 
 Invade th' inviol.ible main; 
 Th' eternal/ v:f[ overleap, 
 And pafs at will the boundlcfs deep. Cry.'.en. 
 
 Shall I mention m.ike 
 Of the vaft mound ti.at hinds the Lucrinc lake? 
 Or the dildainful fea, that, (hut from thence. 
 Roars round the Itrtidfure, andinvad« tlie_/W;? 
 
 X>ry.kn, 
 Employ their wiles and unavailing care, 
 To p.ifs tliey>/ic.-j »nd lurprifc the fan. J'o/».
 
 FEN 
 
 3. The art of fencing ; defence. 
 
 I bruilcd my (kin th' other day, with playing 
 at fword and digger witli a mafter o{ Jtucf. 
 
 Shakffiart's Merry yVi-uCi of tVinHfor. 
 
 4. Skill in defence. 
 
 I'll prove it on his body, if he dare, 
 Defpight his nict/rn« and his ailive praflice. 
 
 iihtthhearc. 
 
 To Fence, -v. a. 
 
 1. To enclofe; to fecure by an enclofure 
 or hedge. 
 
 Til' inhabitants each pafture and each plain 
 Dellroycd hue, each field to wafte is laid; 
 In /(■'.■"•<i towers bellowed is their grain. 
 Before thou cani'll this kingdom to invade. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 He hath /«;'■(■.■) up my way that I cannot pal's, 
 and fet'darknefs in my paths. y-il> 
 
 Thou haft clothed me with (kin and flefh, and 
 hxi\ fcfi:t(i me with bo^es and finews. Job. 
 
 He went about to make a bridge to a flrong 
 xity, which was /twrr^/ about with walls. 2 Mac. 
 
 See that the churchyard he fenced in with a de- 
 cent rail or other incloture. ^yliffe'i Varergon. 
 
 2. To guard ; to fortify. 
 
 So much of adders wifdom I have learnt, 
 Tofence my ear againft thy forceries. Millon. 
 -With lave to friend, th' impatient lover went, 
 :Fenc' il bom the thorns, and trod the deep defcent. 
 
 VryJen. 
 
 To Fence. ■!•. n. 
 
 1 . To praclife the arts of manual defence; 
 to praftife the ufe of weapons. 
 
 He having got fume iron, (hould have it beaten 
 into fwords, and put into his fervants hands to 
 fence with, and bang one another. Locke, 
 
 2. To guard againft ; to adl on the de- 
 fenfive. 
 
 Vice is the more ftubborn as well as the more 
 •dangerous evil, and therefore in the fitft place to 
 be/tvirfii againA. Lrtcke. 
 
 3. To fight according to art, by obviating 
 blows as well as giving. 
 
 If a throftle fing, he falls flraight a capering: 
 He v!\\\ fcfice with his own (hadow. Sh.ikf^eare. 
 
 A beautesius heifer in the wood is bied ; 
 The ftoupin^' warriors aiming head to head, 
 Jingage their cladiiiig horns ; with dreadful found 
 The foreft r.iltles, and the rocks rebound; 
 Theyy>«c<f and pufh, -and, pufliing, loudly roar. 
 Their dewlaps and their fides are bath'd in gore. 
 
 nry.ien. 
 
 A man that cannot/i »:.■(• will keep out of bul- 
 ties and gameilers company. Locke. 
 
 Thefe, being polemical arts, could no more be 
 .learnj:d alone x.\\i\\ fencing or cudgelplaying. 
 
 j-ttbutkn<jt find Pope. 
 
 Fe'ncei-ess. ad;. [ from yinff . ] Without 
 enclofure ; open. 
 
 Each motion of the heart rifes to fury. 
 And love in their weak bofoms is a rage 
 As terrible as hate, and as deftrutflivc : 
 So the wind roars o'er the wide fcnce/cfs ocean, 
 And heaves the billows of the boiling deep, 
 Alike from north, from fouth. Roivc. 
 
 Fe'ncer. n. f. l^rom fence."] One who 
 teaches or praftifcs the ufe of weapons, 
 •or fcience of f .fence. 
 
 Calnincfs is great advantage ; he that lets 
 Another chafe, may warm him at his fire, 
 ^lark all his wand'iings, and enjoy his frets; 
 As cunning .fincn\ fuff'cr heat to fire. Hetierf. 
 A nimMe fencer will put in a thruft fo quick, 
 that the foil will be in your bofom when you 
 thought it a yard off. Di'i'/n. 
 
 Fe'ncible. at/j. [from/ence.] Capable of 
 defence. ylililifon. 
 
 Fe'ncingmASTER. n. /". [fir!ce?iX\Amafler.'\ 
 One who tt-ache.s the fcience of defence, 
 or the ufe of weapons. 
 
 F E O 
 
 FeVciKcschooi,. «./. [/««« a«d_/fZi4o/.] 
 A place in which the ufe of weapons is 
 taught. 
 
 If a man be to prepare h^s fon for duels, I 
 had rathei mine (hould be a good wreftier than 
 an ordinary fencer, which is tiie mo(^ a gentle- 
 man can attain to, lullefs he will be conl^antly in 
 the fcncing-fchoolf and every day exercifing. 
 
 Loikc. 
 
 Fek-cricket. n. f. [grUklalpa.] An 
 infed that digs itfelf holes in the 
 ground. 
 
 To Fend. v. a. [horn defend.] To keep 
 off; to (hut out. 
 
 Spread with (Iraw the bedding of thy fold. 
 With fern beneath to/f/./ the bitter cold. D'>f.i. 
 
 To Fend, v.n. To difpute ; to fhlft off 
 a charge. 
 
 The dexterous management of terms, and be- 
 ing able Kofend and prove with them, palTes for 
 a great part of learning ; but it is learning di(f intff 
 from knowledge. Locke. 
 
 Fen d f. r . n. f. [from fend.'] 
 
 1. An iron plate laid before the fire to 
 hinder coals that fall from rolling for- 
 ward to the floor. 
 
 2. Any thing laid or hung at the fide of a 
 (liip to keep off violence. 
 
 Fenera'tion. n. f. [yirnfrrt^/o, Latin.] 
 Uftiry ; the gain of interefi ; the prac- 
 tice of incrcafing money by lending. 
 
 The hare figEred not only pufillanimity and 
 timidity from its temper, but /?/;<■! ir/o/i and ufury 
 from its fecundity and fuperfetation. Bioivn. 
 
 Fe'nnel. n. f. [yJra/a/ /;/?«, Latin.] A 
 plant of flrong fcent. 
 
 A fav'ry odour blown, more pfeas'd my fenfe 
 Than fmell of fweetefty>n»f/, or the teats 
 Of ewe, or goat, dropping with milk at ev'n. 
 
 Milton, 
 
 FE'KNEtTLOwER. ti f. [n'tgella.] A plant. 
 Fe'nnelgiant. n. f. [/tTu/a.] A plant. 
 Fe'nny. adj. [fromytv;.] 
 
 1. Marfliy ; boggy; mooiifh. 
 
 Driving in of piles is ufcd for ftonc or brick 
 hoiifes, and that only where the ground proves 
 ftnnv oi moorilh. Mcvcri, 
 
 The hungry crocodile, and hilTing fnake. 
 Lurk in the troubl'd ftream ^nA fenny brake. 
 
 Frkr. 
 
 2, Inhabiting the marfh. 
 
 Killet of ^ finny fnake. 
 In the cauldron boil and bake. Shahfpeare, 
 
 Fe'nnystones. n. f. A plant. 
 Fe'nsucked. adj. \_fen and/z/ci.] Sucked 
 out of marflies. 
 
 Infei^ her beauty, 
 y^o\xfenfuck\l fogs, drawn by the powerful fun. 
 
 S'uikfpciire^ s Kin^ Lear, 
 
 Fe'nugreek. n.f. [f^num Cracum,LiZt.] 
 A plant. 
 
 FE'OD. n. f. [feodum, low Latin.] Fee ; 
 tenu-re. Did. 
 
 Fe'odal. adj. [feodal, French; from 
 feod.] Held from another. 
 
 Fe'odary. n. f. [from feodum, Latin.] 
 One who holds his tllate under the 
 tenure of fuit and fcrvice to a fuperiour 
 lord. Hanmer. 
 
 To FF.OFF. "j. a. {fef, fiffer, French ; 
 f-nffarey low Lat.] To put in poffcflion ; 
 to invert with right. 
 
 Feoffe'e. n. f [frcjfalus, Latin ; feffe, 
 French.] One put in polfcnion. 
 
 The late earl of Defmond, Ik fore his breaking 
 forth into ichelliun, cniucyed fccretly all his landb 
 Xu/rofrci iu trull, in hope to have eut oli' her ma- 
 jelly from the efchcat of his lands. Sfcnfcr, 
 
 F E R 
 
 Fe'offer. b. / [feoffatoi; low Latin. j 
 One who gives pofTcIrion of any thing] 
 See Feoffment. 
 Fe'offment. n.f [feoJ''amet:tut»,'L2A.] 
 The aft of granting poffeflion. 
 
 Any gift or grant of any honours, cal^los, 
 lands, or other immoveable things, to anothcj- in 
 fee-fimple, that is, to bin: and his heirs for ever, 
 by the delivery of feifin of the thing given: 
 when it is in writing, it is called a deed of fe'ff' 
 }nenf; and in every feoffment the giver is called 
 the feoffor, yiro^ij/or, and he that receiveth by 
 virtue thereof the fcoffcCffaffatus. The proper 
 difference between a fcoffer and a donor is, that 
 the feoffer gives in fee-fimple, the donor in fee- 
 tail. CoiL'flL 
 Fera'city. n. f. [ferac'ifas, Latin.] 
 Fruitfulnefs ; fertility. Dif!. 
 Fe'ral. adj. [/«ra//.;, Latin.] Funereal; 
 deadly. Di8. 
 Feria'tion. n.f. [/<-cw/;o, Latin.] The 
 aft of keeping holiday ; ceffation from 
 work. 
 
 As though there were :iny fen'ation in nature, 
 this feafon is commonly termed the phyficians 
 vacation. Broiun, 
 
 FE'RINE. adj. [/fW^w, Latin.] Wild; 
 favage. 
 
 The only difficulty is touching thofe ferine, 
 noxious, and untameable beads; as, lions, ty- 
 gers, wolves, bears. H^ile. 
 
 Feri'neness. n.f. [hom ferine.] Bar- 
 barity ; favagenefs ; wildnefs. 
 
 A ferine and neceflitous kind of life, a con- 
 verfatiim with thofe that were fallen into 3 bar- 
 barous habit of life, would alTimilate the next 
 generation to barbarifm TLXiAferinenefi. Hah. 
 
 Fe'rity. n.f. [_/>r;Vaj, Latin.] Barba- 
 rity ; cruelty ; wildnefs j favagenefs. 
 
 He reduced him from the molt abjcft and ftu- 
 f\A ferity to his fenfcs, and to fober reafon. 
 
 iyoo,ilL'ard's Natural hiiflory. 
 
 To FERME'NT. v. a. [/^rmra/o, Latin ; 
 fermenter, French.] To exalt or rarify 
 by intettine motion of parts. 
 Ye vig'rous fwains ! while youthytrrmfri/ your 
 blond, 
 And purer fpirits fwell the fprightly flood, 
 Now range the hills, the thickelt woods befel, 
 Wind the (liriil horn, or fpread the waving net. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 To Ferme'nt. "v. n. To have the parts 
 
 put Into inteftine motion. 
 Fe'riiient. n.f. [ferment, French ; yjr- 
 
 meatum, Latin.] 
 
 1. That which caufes inteftine motion. 
 
 The femen puts females into a fever upon im- 
 pregnation; and all anim.il humours which poifnn, 
 are putrcfying/fmrw/j. Flcyer. 
 
 2. Inteftine motion; tumult. 
 
 Subrlue and cool the ferment of defirc. JRogert. 
 
 Ferme'ntable. adj. [hoin ferment .] Ca- 
 pable of fermentation. 
 Ferme'ntal. adj. [ from yjrm^'n/. ] Hav- 
 ing the power to caufe fermentation. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 Cucumbers, being waterifh, fill the veins with 
 crude and windy ferocities, that contain little fait 
 or (pint, and debilitate the vital acidity andyVr- 
 ynental faculty of the ftomach. Broxun. 
 
 Fermenta'tion. n. /. [ferment at] 0, 
 Latin.] A How motion of the inteftine 
 particles of a mixt body, arillng uiually 
 from the operation of fome aftive acid 
 matter, whicli rarifies, exalts, and fub- 
 tilizes the foft and fiilphurcouspnrticlcs : 
 as when leaven or yeft rarifies, lightens, 
 and ferments bread or wort. And this 
 motion differs much from that ufually
 
 F E R 
 
 called ebullition or effcrvcfcencc, which 
 16 a violent boiling and Hi'ugj^h'ng be- 
 tween an acid and an alkali, wlicn mixed 
 together. Harris. 
 
 TJic juice of gr.ipcs, n[tcf fermfnfaaonj wili 
 yield A Jpiritui ardem. Bfv/t. 
 
 A mail by tunililing his thoughts, and forming 
 them into cxprcfTions, gives them u new kind ut 
 frrmcut.itron ; which works them into a finer bu- 
 dy, and makes tlicm much clearer ln.in ihcy 
 were before. Collier of Fnendjhip 
 
 The fap in fluent dance. 
 And Jively /c-rOT(-«/j//o//, niountirjg, fprcads 
 AM ctus iunumei'Ous coluui'd icetic ot things. 
 
 Thorn [im. 
 Ferme'ntatiye. adf» [from ferment.] 
 Caufing fermentation; having the power 
 to caufe fermentation, 
 
 Aromalical fpirixs delh oy by xhtiv fermentative 
 heat. Jirhtthnyt. 
 
 FERN. n.f. [peapn, Saxon.] A plant. 
 
 The leaves arc formed of a number of fmail 
 pinnules, dentated on tiic edges, and fctclofconc 
 by another on flendor nbs. On tl>e back of rhcic 
 pinnules arc produced the feeds, fmail and ex 
 tremely numerous. The country people cftcem 
 it a fovereign remedy decoded for the rickets in 
 childicn. //;//. 
 
 Black was the foreft, tliick with beech it Hood, 
 Horrid withytf^n and intricate with thorn ; 
 Few paths oi human feet or tracks of bc.ifts 
 were worn. Dryden 
 
 There are great varieties oi fern \\\ ditFcreiit 
 parts of the world; but they are feldom culti- 
 vated in gardens. MilUr. 
 Fe'rny. adj, [from fern.'\ Overgrown 
 with fern. 
 
 The herd fuff.c'd, did late repair 
 to ferny heaths, and to their foreft-Iare. Dryden. 
 
 Fero'cious, adj. ^^ferox, ludXini feroce, 
 French.] 
 
 1. Savage; fierce. 
 
 Smedlcy rofc in majcfty of mud; 
 Shaking the horrors of his ample brows. 
 And eachy*eAOc/oai feature grim with ooze. Pope. 
 
 2. Raveiious j rapacious. 
 
 The hare, that bccumeth a prey unto man, 
 unto hearts and fowls of the air, is fruitful even 
 unto fuperferjtion ; but the lion and ftrociom 
 animal hath young ones but feldom, and but one 
 at a time. Brmvn'i f^uJgar Errouts. 
 
 Fero'city. n.f. [frocitas, Latin ; y^-ro- 
 W/f, French ; itaiw ferocious. '\ Savage- 
 nefs J wildnefs; fiercenefs. 
 
 An uncommon f'oc:ty in my countenance, 
 with the remarkable flaincfs of my nofc, and ex- 
 tent of my moutii, ha\c procured me the name 
 of lion. ^ddffcn's Guardian. 
 
 Untaught, uncultivated, as they ^vere 
 Inhofpitable, fall of ferojity. P/u/ipi' Brif-n. 
 
 Fe'rreous. a^*. [ferreuSy'LdiX.in,'] Irony- 
 partaking of iron. 
 
 In the body of gUfs there is no ferreou^ or 
 magnetical nature, Broivn'i Vu!g. Erroun. 
 
 FE'RRET. n.f. [fureJ,Vfi\!h;furet, 
 French ; yirrrt, Dutch ; viverra, Lat.] 
 
 1. A kind of rat with red eyes and a long 
 fnout, ufcd to catch rabbits. They are 
 faid to have been brought hither from 
 Africa. 
 
 With what an eager carncftnefs file looked, hav- 
 ing threatniiig not only in her ferrtt eyes, but 
 while Ihe fpofee, her nofe feeraed to threaten her 
 thin. Sidney. 
 
 Cicero 
 Looks with ^Mc\\Jir,ei and fuch fiery eyes 
 As we h.ive feen him. Sinifpfure's Jul. Cjfur. 
 Coneysare takeneither by fcruts or purfc-ncis. 
 
 Ahiirnir. 
 
 2. A kind of narrow woollen tape. 
 
 7b Fe'rret. V, a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 F E R 
 
 drive out of lurking places, as the ferret 
 drives the coney. 
 
 Tiicarchhilhoj) \ii<i fcrriiir J \um outof :ill his 
 hold;;, iltylin 
 
 Fe'kreter. n.f. [from /(■)•/•£•/ .J One 
 
 tliat hunts aiiutlicr in his privacies. 
 Ferriage, n.f. [fromyir/^.] Thefare 
 
 paid at a ferry. 
 Fekru'ginous. adj. [ferrujineux, Fr. 
 firru^ineu!, Latin. J Partaking of the 
 particles and qualities of ir6n. 
 
 They are cold, hot, purgative, diurctick, fa- 
 rugimui, laliue, petiefynig, and bituminous. R^iy. 
 
 Fe'rbule. n.f. \i\on\fsrntm, iron, Lat.] 
 An iron ring put rovind any thing to 
 keep it from cracking. 
 
 The hngcis ends ai'c ftrcngthened with nails, 
 as we fortify the ends of om ftaves or forks w.lh 
 iron hoops or_/Vr7w/tfi. Rjy. 
 
 To FERRY. II. a. [pajian, to pafs, Sax. 
 
 fahr, German, a paifage. Skinner ima- 
 gines that this whole family of words 
 may be deduced from the Latin -veho. 
 I do not love Latin originals ; but if 
 fuch mull be fought, may not thefe 
 words be more naturally derived froin 
 
 jcrr't, to be carried ?] To carry over 
 in a boat. 
 
 Cymocles heard and faw^, 
 He loudly call'd to fuch as were aboard, 
 The little bark unto the (hore to draw, 
 And him Xa firry over that deep ford. F. ^urcn. 
 
 To Fe'rry. -v. n. To pafs over water in 
 a veflcl of carriage. 
 
 Thence hurried back to fire, 
 They _/ fry over this Letha-an found 
 Both to and fro, their forrow to augment. Milttn. 
 
 F 
 
 F 
 
 1. A vcflel of carriage ; a veflcl In which 
 goods or pafFengers are carried over 
 water. 
 
 By this time was the worthy Guyon brought 
 Unto the other fide of that wide Urand, 
 
 Where (he was rowing, and for p.ilfage fought : 
 Him needed not long call, flie fouii to hand 
 Hei/£i ry brought. Fairy Queen. 
 
 *Bring them with imaging fpeed 
 Unto the Trajftft, to the common _/Vrry 
 Which tiades to Venice. Hhnkjf. Mtr of Fcnicc. 
 
 AJcrrybout to carry over the king's houfehold. 
 
 2 Sttmuii. 
 
 I went down to the livcr Brent in the ordinary 
 f''ry. Mdifrn. 
 
 2. The pafTage over which theferry boat 
 pafles. 
 
 Ferryman, n.f. [ferry Vii\A man. 1 One 
 who keeps a terry ; one who for hire 
 tranfports goods and palfengers over the 
 water. 
 
 1 paft, methought, the melancholy flood. 
 With that grim jerrymuK which poets write of, 
 Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Sliatjp. 
 The common Jtriyman oi Egypt, that waftcti 
 over the dead bodies from Memphis, was made 
 by the Greeks the/«r)7«.i« of hell, and folemn 
 flories raifed after him. JBroiun. 
 
 The grifly/j'/_>'w.7w of hcUdeny'd 
 >Eneas entrance, 'till he knew his guide. iji^/i. 
 Ferth or Forth. Common tcimination.-^ 
 are the fame as in Englifh an aimy ; 
 coming from the Saxon word pypcJ. 
 
 Gibfon. 
 FE'RTILE. atlj. [fcrtlL; French ;/«•////>, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Fruitful; abundant; plenteous. 
 I had hope of France, 
 As firmly as I hojK lor/t; Sic England. Shakjf. 
 
 ^e'rry. ?«./• [from the verb, and 
 
 '"e'kr YBO.\T. J boat.] 
 
 F E R 
 
 I have had a large, a fair, and a pleafant field} 
 
 (o ftrii.'t, that It has given me two harvefti in 
 
 a fummcr. Diyilen, 
 
 I a(k whether in the uncultivated walle of 
 
 America, a thoufand acres yjcld as ni.iny con- 
 
 vcnrencics of life as ten acres of equally frrtde 
 
 land do in Dcvonfhirc ? Locke. 
 
 View the wide earth adorn'd with hills and 
 
 woods. 
 
 Rich in her herds, 3nA fertile by her floods. 
 
 BlackiMre, 
 2. With o/"befote the thing produced. 
 Tiic earth n fertile of all kind of gram. 
 
 Citmdn'i Remains. 
 
 This happy country is extremely /fi///f, as of 
 
 thofc above, fo likcwile of its produdtions under 
 
 glound. H';odluarJ, 
 
 Fe'rtileness. n.f. [(romftrti/e.J Fruit- 
 fulnefs J fecundity. 
 
 To Ferti'litate. v. a. [horn fertile.] 
 To fecundate ; to fertilize ; to make 
 fruitful or produftive. Not in ufe. 
 
 A cock will in one (Uy ferrilUitfe the whole 
 racemation or duller of eggs not excluded in 
 many weeks after. Bro'.vri. 
 
 Ferti'lity. /;./ [f-rtUitas, Latin.] Fe-- 
 cundity; abundance; fruitfulnefs ; plen— 
 teoufnefs. 
 
 I will go root away 
 The noifome weeds, that without profit fuck 
 The (M'sfiri:li/y from wholefome flowers. 
 
 Shakfpeare^s Richard lit 
 Parariife itfelfexceeded in beauty and/e; ////.;>' ; 
 and thefe places had but a refenibjance thereof. 
 
 Raleigh's Bijitry.. 
 
 The quickncfs of the imagination is feen in liic 
 invention, the fertility in the fancy, and the ac-- 
 curjcy in the expreflion. Dryden. 
 
 To inundations Egypt, through which the Nile 
 flows, and the Indies owe their extraordinary 
 fertility, and thofe niighty crops they produce 
 after thefe waters are withdrawn. lVoodtL\trd. 
 
 To Fertili'ze. -v. a. [fertilifer, French.] 
 To make fruitful ; to make plenteous ; 
 to make produflive ; to fecundate. 
 
 Rain-water carries along with it a fort of ter- 
 reftrial matter that ftriU.-.es the land, as being 
 proper for the formation of vegetables. 
 
 II c'.jdiui!rd's Niitwal Hijlory, 
 
 Fe'rtily. aeiv. [from fertile.] Fruit- 
 fully; plenteoiifly ; plcatifully ; abuiid-- 
 antly. 
 
 FE'RVENCY. n.f [fr-vens, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Heat of mind ; ardour ; eagernefs. 
 
 Your (liver 
 Did hang a f.fli on his hook, which he 
 With /Vrrwiy drew up. Shjiffesre, 
 
 2. Pious ardour ; flame of devotion ; zeal. 
 
 We have on all fides loll moft of our htAfer- 
 vcrtcy towards God. Haier, Dcdicu ion . 
 
 There muft be zeal and/^iTYuy in him which 
 pvopofeth for the rcH thofe luits and fupplications, 
 which they by their joyful acclamations mult 
 ratify. HooUr. 
 
 When you- pray, let it be with attention, with 
 finiticy and with perfeverancc. IVulie. 
 
 Fe'rvent. adj. Ifervens, Lzil'm; fervent, 
 French.] 
 
 1 . Hot ; boIliBg; 
 
 The fountains 
 Bubbling wave did ever frclhlv wade 
 He ever would through fervent furomer fade. 
 
 Spenfi-r. 
 From the phlegmatick humour, the proper al- 
 lay of fc'veni blood, will flow a futu.-e quutude 
 and fereiiitude. IVttion, 
 
 2. Hot in temper; vehemert. 
 
 They that aie more/tr'.f-:/ to difputc, be not 
 always the moll able to determine. Jlcoier. 
 
 3. Ardent in piety ; warm in zeal ; flam- 
 ing with devotion.
 
 FES 
 
 T'.ns rriM being fcmtnt in the fpirit, Uugli 
 • dilgcr.tly the things of the Lord. Acii. 
 
 bo fpake i^z fervent angel ; but his ze;il 
 Nur.e leconded, as out of feafon judg'd. 
 Or fingular and rath. Milton' i Par. Left. 
 
 Let all enquiries into the tnyrterious points of 
 theology be carried on va'ixn fervent petitions to 
 God, that he would tlifpofe tlieir njinds to dircft 
 all their (kill to the promotion of a good life. 
 
 SMt!i. 
 
 Fe'rvently. adv. [fvom fervent.] 
 
 1. Eagerly; vehemently. 
 
 They a'll that charge i\d ffrvctitly apply ; 
 With greedy malice and importune toil. 
 
 Fairy Q:/etn. 
 
 2. With pious ardour; with holy zeal. 
 
 ' Epaphras falatcth you, labouring/eraw'r/v for 
 ■you in prayers. C(,loJiani. 
 
 He cares not how or what Tie fuffcrs, lo he 
 fuffer well, and be the friend of Chrift ; nor 
 where nor when lie fuffers, fo he may do it fre- 
 quently, fervently, and acceptably. T.iyhr. 
 
 FERVID, ndj. [fervUiis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Hot; burning; boiling. 
 
 2. Vehement ; eager ; zealous. 
 Fervi'dity. n.f. [hom fervid.] 
 
 1. Heat. 
 
 2. Zeal ; paflion ; ardour. Die!. 
 
 Fe'rvidness. n.f. [from/iTf-wV.] Ardour 
 
 of mind ; zeal ; paflion. 
 
 As to the healing of M.ilchus's ear, in the ac- 
 
 -eount of the meek. Lamb of God, it was a kind 
 
 of iniury done to him by the fcrvidmfi of St. 
 
 Peter, who knew not yet what fpirit he was of. 
 
 BsntUy, 
 
 FERULA, n.f. \f-rnle, French ; from 
 ferula, giant fennel, Latin.] _ An in- 
 
 F E S 
 
 ftiument of corre(?iion with ivhich young 
 fcholars are beaten on the hand : fo 
 named becaufe anciently the ftalks of 
 fennel were ufed for this purpofe. 
 Thefe difl'eras much as the rod and/fi-K/<i. 
 
 Sh.liv* ^ Gtiimrtnr. 
 
 To FERt'LE. V. o. To challife with the 
 
 ferula. 
 Fe'rvour. n.f. [/viior, Latin ,-/r/-i'rar, 
 
 French.] 
 1. Heat ; warmth. 
 
 Were it an underi..hlc tiulh .that an cfFeflual 
 fervour proceeded from this ftar, yet would not 
 the fame determine tlic opinion. Bciuii. 
 
 Like briglit Aurora, wiio'.e icf^iigent ray 
 J^oretells tlic/erMvr of eiifning d:iy, 
 And warns the fheplicrd with his flocks vctrcat 
 To icafv Ciadcjws, from the thrctten'd heat. 
 
 ' ■ imur. 
 
 Thcfc filver drops, like morning dew, 
 "ForcJell x'wcfini'juT of tlic day ; 
 
 So from one cloud foft (ho-.v'rs wfi vicv.-, 
 And bliHini; lightnings burft awiy. Fofe. 
 
 a. Heat of mind ; zeal. 
 
 Odious it mull needs have been to abolilh '.hat 
 ■ which all had held tor tiic fpiice of mavy ages, 
 without vcafon.fo gt'at .IS might in the eyes of 
 imparlial men appeir fufhcient lo clear them ficm 
 all blame of ralh piocecdings, if in /<■<•«!>"' of 
 " zeal tbcy had removid fiicli things. Hcoker. 
 
 Haply •Hcfp:.ir hatli feir.'d her ; 
 Or, wing'd witii frr-t.-our of iicr love, (he's flown 
 Toherdefir'd Pnllhnmus. Sh.ikfptare'i Cyml. 
 ■%. Ardour of piety. 
 
 There will be alLoietto, in a few ngcs more, 
 • jewels of the grcatell \ah:e in Europe, if the de- 
 votion of its princes continues in its prcfcnt/rreo.vi. 
 Jid.i fin on Ittiiy. 
 
 I'e'.scve. n.f. [wf/I-, Dutch ; ftflu, Fr.] 
 A fma'l wire by wliich thofe who teach 
 to read point out the letters. 
 
 Teach him an alphabet upon his fingers, mak- 
 in" the points of his fingeisof his left hand lioth 
 online inf.dc to fignify fomc letter, when any of 
 
 them is pointed at by the fore-finger of the right 
 h|nd, or by any kind cf /f/c"?. Holdtr. 
 
 Teach them how manly paihons ought to move; 
 For luch as cannot think, can iiever love ; 
 And hnce they needs will judge the poet's art, 
 Puuit'em vi'iiafefcues to each Ihining part. 
 
 Dry Jen. 
 
 Fe'sels. n.f. A kind of bafe grain. 
 
 Difdain not fefch or poor vcch to fovr, 
 Or care to make Egyptian lentils thrive. 
 
 Moy'i Virgii. 
 
 Fesse. n.f. [In heraldry.] 
 
 ThcfeJ/i isfo called of the Latin word /a/nJ, a 
 
 band or girdle, poffefling the tiiird put of the cf- 
 
 cutcheon over the middle : if there be above one, 
 
 you muft call them bars ; if with the field there be 
 
 odd pieces, as feven or nine, then you muft name 
 
 the field, and fay fo many bars; if even, as fix, 
 
 eight, or ten, you mull fay bar-wife, or barry of 
 
 fix, eight, or ten ; as the icing of Hungary bears 
 
 argent and gules, barry of eight. Peac/iam, 
 
 To Fe'ster. v. n. [/#. in Bavarian, a 
 
 fwelling corrupted, Junius.] To rankle; 
 
 to corrupt ; to grow virulent. 
 
 I might, even in my lady's prefencc, difcover 
 the fore which had deeply/f/J^rcJ within me. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Inward corruption and infeitcd fin, 
 Not purg'd, not heal'd, behind remained ftill, 
 And f'fttring fore did raiikle yet within. F. Q^-een. 
 How (hould out fiftcred fores he cured.= Hooker. 
 I have fome wounds upon me, and they fnurt. 
 To hear themfeh cs rsmembcr'd. 
 — Well might they fjhr 'gaii-.ft ingratitude, 
 And tem themfclves with death. S/uiffeare. 
 
 Mind that thcir.fouls 
 May make a peaceful and a I'weet retire 
 From otV thefe fields, wlierc, wretches, their poor 
 
 bodies 
 Muft lie mAfepr. ShakfpeMc's Henry v. 
 
 Theie was imagination, that between a knight 
 whom the duke had taken into fome good degree 
 of favour, and Feiton, there h.id been ancient 
 quarrels not yet well healed, which might per- 
 haps hzfcftcring in his breall, and by a certain 
 iilHammation produce this etfeft. IVotton. 
 
 Palhon and unkindncfs may give a wound that 
 Ihall bleed and fmait ; but it is t-rcachery that 
 makes hpjier. South 
 
 FESTINATE. adj. [fellinatu!, Latin.] 
 Halty ; hurried. Not in ufe. 
 
 Advifc the duke, where you are going, to a 
 mo!i fefiirhite preparation : we are bound to the 
 like. Sh.iifjidne's KingLtar. 
 
 FE'sTiN.iTEtY. adv. [from fefunate.] 
 Haftlly ; fpeedily ; with fpeed. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 Take this key ; give enlargement to the fwain, 
 and bring Wiwfrftir.atrly hitiier. - Sluikf^ean. 
 
 Festina'tion. n.f. \_feJltnatio, Latin.] 
 Hade ; hurry. 
 
 FE'STIVAL. adj. [fefivus, Lat.] Per- 
 taining to feafts ; joyous. 
 
 He appeared at great tal-lcs, and/f^n'i/ cntcr- 
 liMiments, tliat he might manifeft his divine cha- 
 rity to men. Allerhmy. 
 
 Ff.'stival. n.f. Time of feafi; ; anniver- 
 fan' dav of civil or religious joy. 
 
 So tedious is this day. 
 As is the night before fomc /-//T/a/, 
 To an impatient child that hath new robes, 
 And may not wear them. Sh.ilfpenre. 
 
 Tr." invited fillers with their graces bleft 
 Their fftirn.'s. .W/r- 
 
 Thc morning trumpets y^/Vu/ proclaim'd 
 Through each high ftrcet. Mi/ton's ^'gonifta. 
 
 Follow, yc nymphs and (hephetds all. 
 Come celebrate this/y/reW, 
 And merrily fing and fpoit and play ; 
 'Tis Oriana's nuptial day. Gmnville. 
 
 Byfacrificeof the tongues they purged away 
 
 wlmcvetthcy had fpoken amils during the fejlir.d. 
 
 Jhoomt onthe O.iylfey. 
 
 F E T 
 
 Thif/ftii>ii/o( our Loid's refutrcflion we have 
 celebrated, and may now confider the chief con- 
 fequeiiccof his refuireAiona iudgment to come. 
 
 ,^ At tirl't.t \' i Sermons. 
 
 Fe'stive. adj. [/£/?!Wf, Latin.] Joyous j 
 gay ; befitting a feaft. 
 
 The glad clicie round them yield their fouls 
 To fcfii-e mirth and wit that knows no gall. 
 
 TJtomfon. 
 
 Festivity. «./.[ fefli-mtas, Latin ; from 
 
 ftfli-ue.] ' - _ _ 
 
 I. Ftllival ; time of rejoicing. 
 
 The daughter of Jephtlia came tft be wotfliip* 
 ped as a deity, and had ah annual fejlivity ob- 
 ferved unto her honour. Jifiitm. 
 
 There happening a great and folemn frftivify, 
 fiich as the (heep-lhearings ufed to be, Dav id con- 
 dckends to beg of a rich man fome imall repaft. 
 
 Soutk , 
 
 2. Gayety; joyfulnefs; temper or beha- 
 viour befitting a feaft. 
 
 To fome perfons there is no better inftruraent 
 to caul'e the remembrance, and to endear the af- 
 feftion to the article, tliau tlie recommending it 
 by fefti-vity arid joy of a holy -day. Taylur, 
 
 Festo'on. b. /. ifefton, French.] An 
 ornament of carved work in the form of 
 a wreath or garland of flowers, or leaves 
 twilled together, thickeft at the middle, 
 and fufpended by the two extremes, 
 wlitrice it hangs down perpendicularly. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 Fe'stucine.o^. {fefluea.'Ls.tm.'] Straw-* 
 colour between green and yellow. 
 
 Theicin may be difcovered a little infeil of a. 
 fejiucine or paie green, refembling a locuft or 
 grafhopper. Broiun. 
 
 Festu'cous. adj. \_fefluca, Lat.] Formed 
 
 of tlraw. 
 
 We fueak of flraws, or frftucom divifions, 
 lightly (lr.awn over with oil. Bro^vn. 
 
 To Fet. v. a. To fetch; to go and 
 bring. Not in ufe. 
 
 Get home with thy fewel, make ready tofel. 
 The fooncr the cafier carriage to get. Tiiffer. 
 
 But for he vms unable them tofet, 
 A little boy did on him ftill attend. F. Quern. 
 
 And they/f/ forth Uiijah out of Egypt to Jc- 
 
 hoiakim, who flew him with the fword. Jtr, 
 
 Fet. n.f. [I fuppofe [torn fail, French, 
 
 a part or portion.] A piece. Not in ufe. 
 
 The bottom clear 
 Now laid with many dfrt 
 Of feed-pearl, e'er Ihe bath'd her there 
 Was known as black as jet, DrnyUn. 
 
 To FETCH, -v. a. T^mtr. fetched; anci- 
 ently fet, unlefs it rather came from To 
 fet. [peccan, p>;-cran, Sa.Kon.] 
 
 1. To go and bring. 
 
 They have devis'd a mean 
 How he Iier cbamhei-windovv will afccnd, 
 And with a corded laddcr/f/^/j ixr down. Shut. 
 
 We will take men to fetch viftuals for the 
 people. 7"%». 
 
 Go to the flock, mA fetch me from thence two 
 kid goats. Genifit. 
 
 The feat of empire where the Irifh come, 
 And the unwilling Scotch, to fetch their doom. 
 
 IValler. 
 
 Draw forth the monfters of th" abyfs profound. 
 Or fetch th' aerial eagle to the ground. Pofe. 
 
 2. To derive ; to draw. 
 
 On you niiUcft Englifh, 
 Whofe blood isfetci'd from fathers of war-proof. 
 
 Skukfpeare, 
 
 , To ftrike at a didance. 
 
 The conditions of weapons, .and their improve- 
 ments, aie the /i/i/i,>ig afar off"; for that outruns 
 the danger, as it is (ecu in ordnance and muikets.
 
 F E T 
 
 4.. To bring to any (late by fome power- 
 ful operation. 
 
 ill Iniciis \vc fee their great and fuddcn eftVtfi 
 in fffc/i.ng men Ag^^Mf when ihcy fwoon. Bac., 
 
 At Rome anyol thoU arts immediately thrives, 
 under the cncouiagcment o( ihc prince, and may 
 he fefc/icJ u]) to its pcrfc»ltion in ten or a duicn 
 years, wbicli is the work of an age or two in 
 other countries. ^ItUifon ci Ir<i/y. 
 
 c. To draw within any confinement or 
 
 prohibition. 
 
 Gencr.il terms may fufficicntly convey to the 
 people wh^tbur intentions aic, and yet noi fetch 
 us within the compafs of the ordinance. 
 
 Sun.UrJon. 
 
 6. To produce by fome kind of force. 
 
 Thefe ways, if there were any fccrct excel- 
 lence among thtin, vfow\d jefch it out, and give 
 it fair opportunities to advance itfelf by. 
 
 Mi!to?i on EJucatiot:. 
 
 An human foul without education is like mar- 
 ble in the qumry, which (hews none of it^ be.iu- 
 ties 'tiU Che Ikili of the ^oWihcx fetches out the co- 
 lours. ^ddifor}''s. Spe^iatrtt. 
 
 7. To perform : it is applied to motion 
 or caufe. 
 
 V\\ fetch a turn about t!ie garden, pitying 
 The pangs of barr'd atfctflions ; though the king 
 Hath churg'd you ihould not fpeak together. 
 
 Shitkfpeat e* i C^mheline. 
 
 When evening grey doth rife, I fetch my 
 round 
 0\*er the mount. MUton. 
 
 To come to that place they mw^ fetch a com- 
 pafs three miles on the light hand through a fu- 
 reft. KnoUes* Hijlory. 
 
 8. To perform with fuddennefs or violence. 
 
 Note a wild and wanton herd, 
 Or race of youthful and unhandled colti, 
 Fetching mad bounds, bellowing and neighing 
 
 loud. Shakfpeure. 
 
 The fox fetched a hundred and a hundred leaps 
 at a delicious clurtcr of grapes. U Kjhanv-^e. 
 
 Talk to her of an unfortunate young lady tliat 
 loft her beauty by the fmail pox, Ihe fetches a 
 deep figh. Add'ifon. 
 
 9. To reach ; to arrive at ; to come to. 
 
 Mean time flew our fliips, and ftraight wc 
 fetcht 
 The fyrens ifle ; a fplcenlefs wind fo ftretcht 
 Uer wings to waft u9, and fo urg'd our keel. 
 
 Chupniun. 
 
 If earth, induftrions of herfclf, fetch day 
 Travelling eart ; and with her part avcrfe 
 Fiom the fun's beam, meet night ; her other part 
 Still luminous by his ray. Mslions Par, Lojh 
 
 The hare laid himfelf down, and took a nap; 
 for, fays be, I can f<.tch up the tortoifc w!ien I 
 pleafe. U J'fireingc. 
 
 10. To obtain as its price. 
 
 During fuch a Hate, filver in the coin will ne- 
 \cr fetch as much as tiic filvcr in bullion. L(>ckt-. 
 
 7h Fetch, oj. «, To move with a quick 
 return. 
 
 Like a fhlfled wind unto a fail, 
 It makes thccourfcof thoughts to fetch about. 
 
 ShukfjiCttre. 
 
 Fetch, n. f, [from the verb.] A llra- 
 tagem by which any thing is indlref^ly 
 performed, or by which one tiling feems 
 intended and another is done ; a trick ; 
 an artifice. 
 
 An envious neighbour is enfy to find, 
 Hi? cumbcrfomo/('/'r/jti are fcldom behind: 
 His fetch is to flatter, to get what he can ; 
 HI5 purpufc once gotten, a pin fur thee then. 
 
 Tujfer, 
 It is z fetch of wit ; 
 You laying thefc flight fuUics on my fon, 
 As 'twere a thing a little foil'd i' th' working. 
 
 Shakfpearc's Uamlet. 
 But Sidrophel, as full of tricks 
 As rota men of politicks. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 F E T 
 
 5trclght caff about to ovcr-icach 
 
 Th' unwjiy con'ju'nir with z fetch. JIudiS'at 
 
 Wuh tWisfetL/t he lauglis at the trick, he hath 
 pl-iid me. Stillingjicet, 
 
 Tlic fox had z fetch in't. L'Efimuge 
 
 From tlicfe infianccs 3.nd fetches 
 Tiiou niak'tl of horfes, clucks, and watches i 
 Quotli Mat, thou feem'lt to mean 
 Ihat Alma is a mere machine. Piicr. 
 
 Fe'tcher. w. yl [from to fetch.'] One 
 
 tliat fetches any thing. 
 FE'TID. adj, [/(r/;V/yx, Latin ;/c/iV/, Fr.] 
 Stinking ; rancid ; having a I'mcll (Irong 
 and offcnfive. 
 
 Moft puticfaiflions are of an odious fmcll ; for 
 
 they fmcll cither/iY/f/ 01 mouldy. Bacon. 
 
 In the moft fevcve orders of the church of 
 
 Rome, thofe who piaitifc abftincnce, feel after 
 
 it y>// if hot eruilatinns. ■ Arhuthnot. 
 
 Plague, ficrccft child of Nemefis divine, 
 Defends from Ethiopia's poifon'd woods, 
 From fliflcd Cairo's filth and/rr/./ fields. 
 
 Thomfon*s Summer. 
 
 F E 't I D N E 5 s . n, /. [ from fdiJ* ] The 
 quality of ftinklng. 
 
 Fe'tlock. n.f, [ftet zv\^ lock.l A tuft 
 of hair that grows behind the pailern 
 joint of many horfes : horfes of a low 
 fize have fcarce any fuch tuft. 
 
 Farrler^s Dl£i. 
 Their wounded ftceds 
 YvzX fetlock deep in gore, and with wild rage 
 Yerk out their armed heels at their dead mailers. 
 Shiikfprate'i Henry v. 
 White were thcfetfocki of h'u feet before, 
 And on his front a fnowy flar he bore. Dryden. 
 
 Fe'tor. n./. {//r/or, Latin.] A ftink ; 
 a fiench ; a Itrong and ofFenfive fmeil. 
 
 The fetor may difcover itfelf by fweat and hu- 
 mour. Btoiun. 
 
 When the fymptoms are attended with -^ fetor 
 of any kind, fuch a difeafe will be cured by 
 accfccnl fubftances, and none better than whey. 
 
 /irhithfiot on Diet. 
 
 FE'TTER. n.y. It is commonly ufed in 
 the plural yf-Z/iTj, \^£romJlet '^ j:eT'cepe, 
 Saxon.] Chains for the feet j chains 
 by which walking is hindered. 
 
 Doffliine untu fools is as fitters on the feet; 
 and like manacles on the nglit iiand. Ec/es. 
 
 Drawing after me the chains and /c7/r''Mvhere- 
 unto I have been tied, I have by other mens er- 
 lours failed. RuUigk, 
 
 PalTions too fierce to be n\ fetters bound, 
 And nature Hies him like enchanted ground. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 The wretch in doubleyVr/rrj bound. 
 Your potent mercy may releafe. Prior 
 
 Pleafure arofe in thofe very parts of his leg 
 that jufl before had been fo much pained by the 
 fetter. ^ddif.n. 
 
 I thought her pride 
 Had broke yourfctterSf and alTur'd your freedwm. 
 
 --?. F^i.'hp^. 
 
 To Fe'tter. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 bind ; to enchain ; to fhackle ; to tie. 
 It is properly ufed of the /eet, but is 
 applied to other reftraints. 
 
 Neither her great worthinelV, nor his own fuf- 
 fcring fur her, could/f//tr his ficklencfs. Sidney. 
 
 My conlcitncc! thouart/r^;'<fr'Y 
 More than my (hanks and wrilis. S/im^f^earc. 
 
 Fetter ftrong madnefs in a filkcn tiiread ; 
 Cliarm ach with air, and agony with words. 
 
 Sh<ikfpeare . 
 
 Dutha maftcr chide his fervant becaufe he doth 
 not come, yet knows that the fervant is chained 
 and feiteTcd, foas he cannot move ? Bramkall 
 
 A chain which man to fetter man has made; 
 By artifice impos'd, by fear obey'd. I'rior. 
 
 /oFe'ttle. v. n. [A cant word from 
 
 F E V 
 
 /'■f/.] To do trilling bufinefs J topi/ 
 tirc liands witliout labour. 
 
 Wl.cn your ni.Tftcr is mort bufy in gKHiiiny, 
 ciimc ill and pictcnd to /i///c alout tlic louin ; 
 inif! if he chides, fay you thought he rutig tl.e 
 bill. Stt'Jt') Direl>r,ni 10 the fw/m.i./. 
 
 Fe'tus. n.f. [fccliis, Latin.] Any ani- 
 mal in cnibi io ; any ibing yet in the 
 womb ; any thing unborn. 
 
 Tlixt paradox of Hippocrates fomp learned 
 
 pliyficians have of late revived, that tlieyVrwi re- 
 
 fpires in the womb. Bay^r. 
 
 Feud. n. /. [j:eahb, enmity, Saxon.] 
 
 Quarrel ; contention ; oppofition ; war. 
 
 '1 iiough men would find fugli mortaiyi-tfi^r 
 
 In iTi.Tring of their publick goods. Hu,l:brji. 
 
 In former ages it was a policy of France la 
 
 rnife and chcriih intcilincycMi/j and difcords in 
 
 Great Britain. Add:j!it. 
 
 Scythia mourns 
 Our guilty wars, and earth's retnotcft regions 
 Lie half unpeopled by the jcudi of Rome. 
 
 ylAdijorC i Cift. 
 
 FEU'DAL. aHj. [feudalis, low Latin. J 
 Pertaining to fees, feus, or tenures by 
 which lands are held of a fuperiour lord- 
 
 Feu'dal. n.f. A dependance ; fomethiiig 
 held by tenure ; a fee ; a feu. 
 
 Wales, that was not always t he /.-(/^/d/ territory 
 of England, having been governed by a pinice of 
 their own, had laws utterly ftrange to the laws ai 
 England. llah. 
 
 Feu'datory. n.f. [from/^a</a/.] One 
 who holds not in chief, but by fome 
 conditional tenure from a fuperiour. 
 
 The duke of Parma was tempted to be true \n 
 that enterprise, by no lefs promife than to be 
 made Ttjeud.itary^ or beneficiary king of England, 
 under the feignory in chief of the pope, and tha 
 protedlion of Spain. H.icon. 
 
 FEVER, n.f. [jf^^ir^, French ; febr'is, 
 Latin.] A difeafe in which the body 
 is violently heated, and the pulfe quick- 
 ened, or in which heat and cold prevail 
 by turns. It is fometimes contiutial, 
 fometimes intennittent. 
 
 Think'ft thou the dny fever will go out 
 Witli titles blown from adulation? 
 Will it give place to flexure and low bending? 
 
 Sluikjp':.irg'i Hemj v, 
 Duncan is in his grave ; 
 After life's fitful/fwr he llcep* well. Shakjg, 
 
 Should not a lingering /.•rvr be remov*d, 
 Eccaufc it long has rag'd within my blood ' 
 
 I),yi,n. 
 
 He had never dreamed in his life, *tiUhe had 
 
 \\\G fattr he was then newly recovered of. Lode. 
 
 To Ft'vER. -v. a. [from the noun. J To 
 put into a fever. 
 
 The whitchand of a ladyyVrrr thee ! 
 Shake to look on't. Shakji>eitrc*s Anr.artdCdeop. 
 Her blood all fever'df and with a furious 
 leap. 
 She fprung from bed diftrafted in her mind. DiyJ. 
 Ff.'vERET. n.f. [horn fever.] A flight 
 fever ; febricula. 
 
 A light fcTeittf or an old quartan ague, is not 
 a futhcient exculc for non-appearance. -^y-'ff^ 
 F e'v E R F Ew. n.f, \_febris andfugo, Lat.] 
 A plant. 
 
 Conimon_/V-iv^/V7u is the fort ufed in medicitse, 
 and is found wild in many parts of England. 
 
 _ Mii/cr, 
 Fe'verish. aJj. [hom fever. J 
 I. Difeafcd with a fever. 
 
 To other climates bealU and birds retire, 
 AndyV^v:>;^'; nature burns in her own fire. Crefr^. 
 When an animal that gives fuck turns/i'7yrj/3, 
 that is, its juices more alkaline, the milk turni 
 from its native genuine wbitenefs to yellow. 
 
 Arbuthr.ot en y^Umcr.ti,
 
 FEW 
 
 2. Tending to a fever. ^ 
 
 A fci:'> '■ S diforder diwbled me. vj ri-J. 
 
 3. Uncertain; inconftant ; now hot, no^v 
 
 cold. , .. ... 
 
 We tofs and turn about omfc^'er.fl, w, , 
 When All oureafe muft come by lying ItiM ; 
 For all the hippinefs mankind can gam, 
 1, not in pleafure, but in ,cft fronn pan,. Dryic. 
 
 A. Hot ; burning. 
 
 ^ Andnow fourdays the fun bad fcen our woes, 
 Four n.ghts the moon bchcid th" UKeffant ftre , 
 
 It (cem'das if the flarsmore fickly rofc, 
 And farther from ^h^fcvcifi no: th retire Tiryd^ 
 Fe'verishness. «./. [from Wi/».] A 
 
 (lio-ht diforder of the feyenfh kind. 
 Fe'verous. adj. [fevreux-fe, French; 
 
 fiom/i-wr.] 
 
 1. Tioubled with a fever or ague. 
 
 Thou mad-ft thine enemies Ihakc, as if the 
 world , 
 
 Wtxtfrvirmi, and did tremble. SnAjpcvc. 
 
 2. Having the nature of a fever. 
 
 All /r^-VoKS kinds, 
 Convulfions, epilepfies, fierce catarrhs. M./M". 
 9. Having a tendency to produce fevers. 
 
 ^ It hath been noted by the ancients, that 
 routnern winds, blowing much, without rain, do 
 caufca/ct,<™«difpofuionof the year; but with 
 rain not £,ir«/5 NaIuuji Hijh<y. 
 
 Fe'very. adj. {irom fe-oer.l Difeakd 
 
 with a fever. 
 
 O Rome, thy head _ 
 
 Is drown'din deep, and all thy hc&j f.-i, ry. 
 
 Ben Joiifon's Calilinr. 
 
 FEU ILL AGE. n.f. [French.] A bunch 
 or row of leaves. 
 
 Of Homer's head I inclofc the outline, that you 
 may determine whether you would have it lo 
 large, or reduced to make room for fmiUag' or 
 laurel round the oval. Jcv.s ,0 I'op^. 
 
 FEUILLEMORT. n.f. [French.] The 
 colour of a faded kaf, corrupted cora- 
 
 F I B 
 
 men, whoCe minds aie as &xy ff^cJ, apt bcfoie- 
 hand unto tumults, feditions and broils ? 
 
 Hioke'^, Dedication. 
 
 Others may give thofewel or the fire I 
 
 But tliey the breath, that makes the flame, in- 
 
 fpire. ^'"''f" 
 
 A known quantity -of /wf/, all kindled at 
 
 once, will caufe water to boil, which being 
 
 li-hted gradually will never be able to do it. 
 
 ° " -I Btni'.ry'i .Sermons. 
 
 To Fe'wei.. V. a. [from the noun.] To 
 feed with fev/el. 
 
 Never, alas ! the dreadful name, 
 That/r-xff/j the infernal flame. Cuiul-ry. 
 
 Fewness, n.f. [from/-w.] 
 I Paucity ; fmalhiefs of number. 
 
 Thefc, by leafun of their /jw^/s, I could not 
 dillinguilli from the numbers with whom they 
 arc embodied. .^ - 
 
 2. Paucity of words ; brevity ; concilenets. 
 Fcwufi and truth, 'tis thus. ShuKfpe.nc 
 
 To Fey. v. a. [-veghen, Dutch.] To cieanle 
 a ditch of mud. . , . , , 
 
 Such muddy deep ditches and pits m the field, 
 That all a dry fummer no water will yield, 
 By/«wVg and calling that mud upy.i 1 -•■>?'> 
 Commoditiei many ti.c hulbandm.;.. r--?'. ' :'ll"- 
 FIB. n.f. [A cant word among ch'.ldien. J 
 A lie ; a falfehood. 
 
 Deftioy his/i or fophiftry in vain, 
 The creature's at his dirty work ag.un. Pv/..' 
 
 I fo often lie. 
 Scarce Harvey's felf has told raorc/jj than I. 
 
 Fipe. 
 
 To Fib. v.n. [from the noun.] To he; 
 to tell lies ; to fpeak falfely. 
 
 If you have any mark, whereby one may know 
 When you/f/-, and when you (peak truth, you 
 had bell ceil it me. ^rhi,t„n,i. 
 
 monly to pkilemot. 
 Fe'vterer. n.f Adogkeeper: perhaps 
 
 the cleaner of the kennd. 
 FEW. adj. [peo, peopa, Sax. /hj, Dan. J 
 I. Not many; not in a great number. 
 . We are left but/rio of many._ J'"""!! 
 So much the th.rft of honour hres the blood ; 
 So many would be great, i^fcw be good ; 
 For who would virtue for hcrfelf regard, 
 ■ Or wed without the portion of reward .' V<yd. 
 On winter fcas we/wf ' fto. ms behold, 
 Than foul r.ifcafcs that infeft the fold. Dryii. 
 
 Men have feivc or more fimpic ideas from 
 without, according as the objeas they converfe 
 •with afford greater or lefs variety. l^-'CHe. 
 
 ■ The feiiier full youname, you wound the more ; 
 Bond is but one, but Harpax is a fcore. i ope 
 Party'is the madnefs of many, for the gam of 
 
 The imagination of a poet is a thing fo nice 
 
 and delicate, that il is no eafy matter to find out 
 
 ■mages capable of giving pleafure to one of the 
 
 : few, who, in any a£e,havc come up to thatcha- 
 
 raaer i'f'iVj to Pope. 
 
 2 Sometimes elliptically ; not many words. 
 
 Toanf.verboth allegations at once, the ve.7 
 fubftauce of that they contain is in feiu ^"^^^J^l' 
 
 So having faid, he thus to Eve in/V™ : _ 
 
 Say, woman, what is this which thou ^^<^°°J'^^J 
 
 Thus Tupiterin/^w unfolds the charge. DryJ. 
 
 The firra vefoUe 1 here in/™ difclofe. Pope. 
 Fe'wei.. n.f [fe", Fvench.] Combuft.- 
 ble matter ; materials for keeping hre : 
 as firewood, coal. 
 
 If a fpark of error have tinis far prevailed 
 fillini; even wheie the wood was green, and far- 
 Ihcft off from any inclination unto furious at- 
 tempts, muft not the petil tl.cieof be greater m 
 
 Fi'bber. n. f. [from/i5.] A teller of hbs. 
 FI'BRE. n.f. [fbic, French ;/(^'-n,Lat. J 
 I. A fmall thread or ftring ; the hrlt coii- 
 ftltucnt parts of bodies. 
 
 Now Aiding flreams the thirfly plants renew, 
 And iecd thcir/ires with reviving dew. P'r=- 
 h fibre, in phyfick, is an animal thread, 
 of which fome arc foft, flexible, and a 
 little claftick ; and ihefe are either hol- 
 low, like fmall pipes, or fpongeous and 
 full of little cells, as the nervous and 
 flediy/^fj; others are more folid, flexi- 
 ble, and with a ilrong elallicity orfpring, 
 as the membranous and cartilaginotis 
 fibres: and a third fort are hard and flexi- 
 ble, as ihtfih-es of the bones. Some fo 
 very fmall as not to be eali'.y perceived ; 
 and others fo big as to be plainly feen ; 
 and mod of them appear to be compofed 
 of fliU fmaller/^/v.r.- thtfe/,5/Yj hrll 
 conftitute the fubftance of the bones, 
 cartilages, ligaments, membranes, nerve.', 
 veins, arteries, and mufcles. ^nucy. 
 My heart finks in me while I hear him Ipcak, 
 Andeveiy flacken'd^ir* drops its hold. 
 Like nature letting down the Iprings of life : 
 The name of father awes me llill. ii-v*n. 
 
 Fi'bril. n.f. [flbriIk,YKnc\i.-\ A fmall 
 
 fibre or ftring. 
 
 The mufcles confift of a numberof fibres, and 
 each fibre of an incredible number of little /i'v/j 
 bound together, and divided inu. b"le ce Is. 
 
 Chtyiie'i Pliil. Princ. 
 
 Fi'brous. adj. [/i»w.v, French; from 
 fiire.] CotTipofed of fibres or ftamina. 
 
 The difference between bodies /irovi and 
 
 bodies vifcous is plain ; for all wool and tow, 
 
 and cotton and filk, have a grcedintfs of rnoiflure. 
 
 Bjcon's Nalwol Ihjtory. 
 
 I faw Petreus' arms employed around 
 
 A well-grown oak, to root it from ihe ground; 
 
 F I C 
 
 This way and that he v/reiich'd \\it filritui band*, 
 The trunk was like a fapling in his hands. Ji^yd. 
 The foroui and folid parts of plants pafs un- 
 altered through the intcftnics. Arhuthnot. 
 
 FIBULA, n.f. [Latin.] The outer and 
 lefler bone of the leg, much fmaller than 
 the tibia : it lies on the outfide of the leg ; 
 and its upper end, which is not fo high 
 as the knee, receives the lateral knob of 
 the upper end of the tibia into a fmall 
 fimis, "which it has in its inner fide. Its 
 lower end is received into the fmall finus 
 of the tibia, and then it extends into a 
 laroe procefs, which forms the outer 
 ankle. ^I'wcy. 
 
 FICKLE, adj. [pcol, Saxon.] 
 I. Changeable; incon'.lant ; irrefolute ; 
 wavering; unfteady ; mutable ; change- 
 ful ; without ftcady adherence. 
 Remember where we are. 
 In France amongfl j fickle waveiing n.ition. 
 
 Shiitfpaort'i Henry VI. 
 A (lav-, whofc e.'.^■ burrow'd pride 
 Dweiis n, i\K fickle gi'.ice of her be follows. 
 
 Shakfpe.tre'i King Lear. 
 Or likell i ovcring dreams. 
 The fickle penfioners ul Moiplr.us' train. Milton. 
 
 Tht-y know how/; .?:/;• common lovers are; 
 Their oaths and vuws arc c.uilioufly believ'd; 
 For few there are but have been oiice deceiv'd. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 We in vain tbc/c/(.'efex purfue. 
 Who change the conftant loverforthe new. Ptior. 
 2. Not fixed; fubjeft to vicifTltude. 
 He would be loth 
 Us to abolifti ; left the advcrfuy 
 Tiiumph, and fay, /t<</t their flate, whom God 
 Moft favours! Millo-r'i Pe,„iMj! Lojl. 
 
 Fi'cKLENESS. n.f. [ixomfickU.'] Incon- 
 ftancy ; uncertainty ; unfteadinefs. 
 
 Neither her great worthincfs, nor his own 
 fuHering for her, could fetter h\s ficklenefr, but, 
 before his marriage-day, he had taken to wife 
 that Bacchi of whimi (he comphipcd. Sidney. 
 
 Beware of fraud, beware of fikUnefs, 
 Jn choice and change of thy dear loved dame. 
 
 Fairy Ql/«M. 
 
 lama foldlcr and unapt to weep, 
 
 Or to exclaim on fortune's fichenef). Skaifpeare. 
 
 liiitability of tempci ought to be checked, 
 
 when it difpofcs men to wander from one fchcnic 
 
 of government to another, fince fuch a fiekleaefs 
 
 cannot but be attended with fatal confequences. 
 
 j^iiii foil's Freeholder, 
 
 Whether out oi fcklei'fi or defigu I can't tell, 
 
 I found that what Ihc iiked one day (he riifiikcd 
 
 anotner. .~.diiji>n. 
 
 Fi'cKLY. adi\ [from/r//i?.] Without 
 certainty or {lability. 
 Do not now. 
 Like a young waftcful heir, mortgage the hopes 
 Of godlike maicjiy on bankrupt terms, 
 To raife a prefcnt pow'r x\M'ifiek!y held 
 By the frail tenure t>f the people's will. Southern. 
 
 FI'CO. n.f. [Italian.] An aft of contempt 
 done with the fingers, expreffing afg 
 
 for you. 
 
 Having once recovered his fortrefs, lie then 
 
 gives the/co to his advcrfaries. Cattw. 
 
 Fi'cTiLE. adj. [/■<?;7/j-, Latin.] Moulded 
 
 into form ; manufnclured by the potter. 
 
 The caufe of fragility is an impotcncy to be 
 extended ; and therefore flonc is more fragil than 
 metal, and fo/AVf earth is more fragil than crude 
 CMth. Bacon'i NiUtiral Hifory. 
 
 Fi'cTioN. n.f [filio, Latin ; JSicn, Ft.] 
 I. The afl of feigning or inventing. 
 
 If the prefence of God in the image, by a mere 
 fiaion nf the mind, be afufhcimt ground to wor- 
 "ihip that image, is not God's real prefence in 
 every creature a fax better eround to worihip il > 
 
 Stiliin^lctt,
 
 F I D 
 
 Fiffii" i< of ihc cfloncc of poetry, as well as of 
 painting ; thcic is a rcfcnibiaiicc in one of hum.in 
 hiHlu-s, tilings, ana .litiors, which arc nut ical ; 
 anil ill the other of a true (lory I y xjielion. 
 
 Diy.ien^i Dufrefiioy. 
 
 2. The thing feigned or invented. 
 
 If through mine ears pierce any confolations, 
 By wife dncouiff, fwcct tunes, or poets fOions ; 
 
 It ought I ccafc thcfc hideous exclamations, 
 While that ray foul, die lives in afilii^ions. 
 
 So alfo was the /fl/on of thofe golden app cs 
 k<!pt l>y a dragon, tak.cn from the lerpcnt, wmk!! 
 ttmptcd E-'aii. Raleigh. 
 
 7,- A falfeliood ; a h'e. 
 FiCTiovs. aiij. [Ji^us, Latin.] Fidi- 
 tioMs ; imasjinary ; invented. A word 
 coined by Pnor. 
 
 With I'.incyM rules and arbitrary laws 
 Matter and motion man vctlrains, 
 And ftiidicd lines aiidyfi7i»K! circles drawj. 
 
 P.h,. 
 
 FICTITIOUS. aJj. [fa'ttius, Latin.] 
 
 1. Ccuiitevfcit ; falie ; not genuine. 
 
 Draw him llriclly fo, 
 That all who view the piece may know 
 He needs no trappings o( pBitieui fame. DryJcn, 
 
 2. Feigned; imaginary. 
 
 The huaiati pcifons arc as Jiffirieus as tKe airyi 
 onc^ ; and Belinda rcfcmbles you in nothing but 
 in bc.uity. Pop:. 
 
 3. Not real ; not true ; allegorical i made 
 by profopaia. 
 
 Milton, fenfible of this defefV in the fubjefl 
 of his poem, brought into it two charafters of a 
 ihariowy ^nAJic^itiom nature in the perfons of fin 
 and death, by wtiich means he has interwoven in 
 his fable a very beautiful allegory. Addijait. 
 
 Ficti'tiouslv. adv. [from f.ditious.'\ 
 Falfcly ; counterftitly. 
 
 Thefe pieces are ficliticjly fct down, and have 
 r.o copy in nature. Bnivn^i Vulp.ir Errours. 
 
 Fid. n. f. \_fila, Italian.] A pointed 
 iron with vvliich feainen untvvilt their 
 cords. Skinner. 
 
 FIDDLE, n. f. [pibele, Saxon; vedel, 
 Diitch ; f-dd, German ; Jidicula, Latin ; 
 JiulU Erfe.] k llringed inftrnment of 
 mufick; a violin. 
 
 In trials of mufical Ikiil tlic judges did not 
 crown the_^:/f//c-, but the performer. Siillhtgjint. 
 
 The adventure of the bear :^x\Afic!jU, 
 Is fung ; but breaks uiT in the middle. Uud^brai, 
 She tried the jiJJle all over, by drawing the 
 bow over every p»rt of the ftrings ; but could not, 
 for her heart, find whereabout the tune lay. 
 
 Addijfin*s Guardian, 
 
 To Fi'ddle. 11. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To play upon a fiddle. 
 
 Themiliocks being deliied at a fcaft totoucii a 
 lute, he faid he could not fiddUj but he could 
 make a fmall town a great city. Bacftn^i Fjjayi. 
 
 Others inipo;t yet nobler arts from Franco, 
 Teach kings \uJiddU, and make fcnales dance. 
 
 Pcpr. 
 
 2. To trifle ; to fhift the hands often, and 
 do nothing, like a fcilow that plays up- 
 on ajiddle. 
 
 A cunning fellow ohferved, that old Lewis had 
 fto'.e !way pait of tlie map, and faw him fiddling 
 and turning the map, trying to join the two 
 pieces together. Arbuthnoi. 
 
 Good cooks cannot abide what they jultly call 
 fdJJin^ work, where abundance of time is fpent, 
 and little done. Siujt. 
 
 I'l'ODLEFADDLE. rl. /. FA Cant WOrd.] 
 
 Trifles. 
 
 She faid that her grandfather had a horfe (hot 
 
 ~ at Edgehill, anrl their uncle was at the ficge of 
 
 Jiuda ; witli abUDilance ai fiJdtcjudHlt of the fame 
 
 nature, Sjedoiar. 
 
 F I E 
 
 Fi'DDLSFADDtE. odj. Trifling J giving 
 trouble, or making a buflle about no- 
 thing. 
 
 She was a trouhlcfome fiddlcfaidlt old wo- 
 man, and fo ceremonious tiiat there was no 
 bearing of her. A^luihnii. 
 
 Fi'ddler. n.f. \l\ova fiddle. ^ A mufi- 
 cian ; one that plays upon the fiddle. 
 
 Let no i:\\izy fiddlri prefunie to intrude, 
 Unlcfs he is tent for to vary our blifs. 11. "Joif'-jn. 
 Nero put the fiddl/n to death, for being more 
 Ikilful in the trade than he was. '/".y/sr. 
 
 Thefe will appear fuch chit! in ftory, 
 'Twill turn all pjliticks to jcfts. 
 
 To be repeated like John Dory, 
 Whcn/id.licn fing at fcalls. Drydtyi. 
 
 When mifs delights in her fpinnct, 
 Afddlcr may a fortune get. Siuifi. 
 
 Fi'ddi.estiCK. n.f. [fiddle 2ini Jlki.] 
 
 The bow and hair which a fidlcr draws 
 
 over the firings of a fiddle. 
 
 H.sgrifly beard was long and thick, 
 
 With which he Hrung hU Jidd/f/h'ci. Ilidil-r.it. 
 FiDnLESTRiNC. n.f. [fddleanAfring.] 
 
 The firing of a fiddle; that which 
 
 ra;ikes the noife. 
 A/r/.Z/.y/rvvir, moiflcned with water, wi'l fink 
 
 a note in a little time, and conlequently niuH be 
 
 relajed or lengthened one fi.itecnth. AihutJino.'. 
 
 FiBELiTY. n.f [fJditat, Latin; fde- 
 
 ide, French.] 
 
 1. Honefty ; veracity. 
 
 TliC ciuiich, by her publick reading of the 
 book of God, preached only as a witnefs; nov/ 
 the principal thing required in a witnefs n fidelity. 
 
 Booker. 
 
 2. Faithful adherence. 
 
 They miftakc credulity for fidelity. Clarke 
 7*0 FiDGE. \v.n. [A cant word.] To 
 To Fi'dget. J move nimbly and irre- 
 gularly. It implies in Scotland agita- 
 tion. 
 
 Tirn, thou'rt the Punch to ftir up trouble; 
 You wriggle, f.tge, and make a rout, 
 Put all your brother puppets out. Suiift. 
 
 FiDu'ciAL. adj. [fduc'ia, Latin.] Confi- 
 dent ; undoubting. 
 
 F.iith is cordial, and fuch as God will accept 
 of, when it affords _^./:^c/ii/ reliance on the pro- 
 mifes, and obediential fubmiffion to the com- 
 mands. Jlammcrtd's Pra6}. Citech. 
 
 Fjdu'ciary. n.f. Ifduciarius, Latin.] 
 
 1. One who holds any thing in trufl. 
 
 2. One who depends on faith without 
 works. 
 
 Tr.e fccondobilruflivc is that of X.\\tji.-iuritiry, 
 
 that faith is the only inftrument of his juftilica- 
 
 tion: and e.^icludes good works from cotiiribu- 
 
 ting any thing toward it. H.immonJ. 
 
 FlDu'ciARY. adj. 
 
 1. Confident; fleady ; undoubting; un- 
 touched with doubt. 
 
 That l.iitii, wiiich is required of us, is then 
 perfeit, when it produces in us ^fiduciary alfcnt 
 to wiiatcver tlic gofpel has revealed. tVake. 
 
 2. Not to be doubted. 
 
 Elaiana car rely no where upon mere love and 
 jidui-iiirv obedience, unlets at her own hutnc, 
 where (lie is exeniplarily loyal to herfelf in a high 
 exaift obedience. Hoive! 
 
 FIEF. n.f. [fef French.] A fee; a 
 manor ; a pofTcflion held by fome te- 
 nure of a fuperiour. 
 
 To the next realm (he rtretch'd her fway, 
 For painture near adjoining lay, 
 A plenteous province and alluring prey; 
 A chamber of dependencies was fram'd, 
 And the whole jief, in right of poetry, (he 
 cLlito'd. brydtn. 
 
 F I E 
 
 As they were honoured by great privileges, U 
 their lands were in the nature of/^j, fur which 
 the pofieflors were obliged to do perlonal fervice 
 ■*' **^^* Aih'it'tn'it on Ccins. 
 
 Field, n./. [yAo, Sax.on;fe/d, German; 
 veld, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Ground not inhabited ; not built on* 
 
 Live with me, and be my love. 
 And we will all the pleafurc prove. 
 That hills and vallies, d.de andyiVW, 
 And all the craggy mountains yield. RJeigh. 
 
 By the civil law tiie corpfc of perfons dcceafed 
 were buried out of the city in the/iM). Aylije. 
 
 2. Ground not euclofed. 
 
 Field lands arc not enempted from mildews, 
 nor yet fioia fmut, where it is more than in in- 
 clofcd lands. Moriimr. 
 
 3. Cultivated trad of ground. 
 
 Or great Ofiiis, who firft taught the fwain 
 In l'\M\\m field, to fow the golden grain. Pope. 
 
 4. The open countr)- : oppoftd to houfc 
 
 or quarters. 
 
 Since his ra.ijefly went into tht field, 
 I have leen l-.er iifc from her bed. Skatffeare. 
 
 5. The ground of battle. 
 
 When a man is in c\\c field, a moderate (kill 
 in fencing r.ither e.\pofes him to the fword of his 
 enemy, than fecures him from it. Lade. 
 
 6. A battle ; a campaign ; the aftion of 
 an army while it keeps the field. 
 
 You maintain (everal faiftions; 
 And whilft a felJ fliould bo difpatch'd and 
 
 fought. 
 You arc dilputing of your generals. Skakfpeare, 
 
 What though ihefcld be loft. 
 All is not loft. Milton'i Paradife Lofi. 
 
 7. A wide expanfe. 
 
 The god a clearer fpace for heav'n defign'd j 
 Where yiV/.A of light and liquid ether flow, 
 Purg'd from the pond'rous dregs of earth below. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 A(k of yonder argent ^^rWj above. 
 Why Jove's fatellites are Icfs than Jove, Pofe. 
 
 8. Space; compafs ; extent. 
 
 The ill-natured man gives himfelf a Urge field 
 to expatiate in: he expoles failings in human na- 
 ture. Addifin'i Spia.itar. 
 
 I (hould enter upon 3 field loo wide, and too 
 much beaten, if J (hould difplay all the advan- 
 tages of peace. Smalridgt, 
 
 Who can lh\sfiehto( miracles furvey, 
 And not with Galen all in rapture fay, 
 BelioldaGod, adore him and obey. £iaelrr.cre. 
 
 g. The ground or blank fpace on which 
 figures arc drawn. 
 
 Let the field or ground of the piifture be clean, 
 light, and well united with colour. Drydsn. 
 
 10. [In heraldry.] The furface of a 
 
 fhield. 
 Fi'elded. adj. [from _/!•/(/.] Being 13 
 field of battle. 
 Now, Mars, I pr'ythec, make us quick in 
 work ; 
 That we with fmoking fwords may march from 
 
 hence. 
 To help our fielded fiiends. SkakfpeaA. 
 
 FiELD-B.\siL. n.f. [fe/d and iti/!/.2 A 
 
 plant. 
 Fi'eldbed. «./ [_/fir/i/and /W.] Abed 
 
 contrived to be fet up cafily in the field. 
 Romeo, good night; I'll to m'y trucklcbed, 
 
 Th\sfie:.ll/ed is too cold for me to (leep. Sith'p. 
 
 Fi'eldfare. n.f [pelo and papan, to 
 wander in the fields ; tardus pilaris.^ A 
 bird. 
 
 Winter birds, as woodcocks and feldfaris, :f 
 
 they come early out of the northern countries, 
 
 with us (hew cold winters. l!.i.:an. 
 
 Fi'eldmarshal. n.f. [fr/d ^ndmnr/LJ.] 
 
 Commander of an army in the field, 
 
 4 vz
 
 FIE 
 
 Fi'eld MOUSE, n.f. [JeU and moufi ; ni- 
 (eJula.] A moufe that buiTows in banks, 
 and makes herhoufe with varioJS apart- 
 ments. 
 liit felJmcufe builds her garner """^"Kro^^f/ 
 
 FuMmict ar= apt to knaw their roots, and kill 
 them in hard winters. Aft.r.wc-r'i HufiaHd,y_ 
 
 Fi'eldofficer. n.f. [field znA officer ■'\ 
 An officer whofe command in the held 
 extends to a whole regiment : as the co- 
 lonel, lieutenant-colonel, and major. 
 
 Fi'eldpiece. «^'. [Jield2in&f'ece.'] Small 
 
 cannon ufed in battles, but not in fieges. 
 
 The bafla planting hiifiiUpiLcn upon the hills, 
 
 did tVoni thence grievouily annoy the defendants. 
 
 n. f. [pienb, pionb, Saxon, a 
 
 Fiend. 
 foe.] 
 
 1. An enemy; the great enemy of man- 
 kind ; the devil. 
 
 Tom is followed by the foul/w/i. ShakJ^. 
 
 2. Any infernal being. 
 
 \Vh.it now, had [ a body again, I could, 
 Coming from hell; what fiends would wifii 
 (hould be, 
 And Hannibal could not have wifli'd to fee. 
 
 Ben Jonf'jn Cati/ifie. 
 The hell-hounds, as ungorg'd with flelh and 
 blood, 
 Purfae their prey, and feek their wonted food ; 
 The/^1,; remounts his courfer. Diyden. 
 
 O woman 1 woman ! when to ill thy mind 
 Is bent, all hell contains no fouler /wi-f I'ofe. 
 FIERCE, adj. {fier, Fr. fero.-:, Lat.] 
 
 1. Savage; ravenous ; eafily enraged. 
 
 Thou huntcft me as a. fierce lion. _ "J^h. 
 
 2, Vehement in rage; eager of mifchief. 
 
 Deftiuftion enters in the treacherous wood, 
 And vengeful flaughter,/£r« for human blood. 
 
 Fofe. 
 
 Tyrants fierce, that unrelenting die. Fcfe. 
 
 With \Wil the god, whofe earthquakes rock 
 
 the ground, 
 
 Tierce to Phceacia croll the vaft profound. P^pt. 
 
 3, Violent ; outrageous ; vehement. 
 
 Cujfed be their anger, for it was fierce-, and 
 their wrath, for it was cruel. Geneju. 
 
 4. PafSonate ; angry ; furious. 
 
 TUk fierce abridgment 
 Hath to it circumftantial bianches, which 
 DilHncftion (hould be rich in. Shak/feair. 
 
 A man brings his mind tobepofitive znifieic: 
 for portions whofe evidence he has never ex- 
 amined. . Lock':. 
 
 J. Strong; forcible; violent; with cele- 
 rity. 
 
 TheOiips, though fo great, are driven ai fierce 
 ■wimls ; yet ate they turned about with a very 
 fm.iU helm. Jumes. 
 
 Fi'krcely. adv. {itomferce.^ Violeatly; 
 fnrioufly. 
 
 Battle join'd, and both ^ies fiercely fought. 
 
 SJiatffeare''i Henry vl. 
 
 The defendants, fiercely alVailed by their ene- 
 mies before, and beaten with the great ordnance 
 tehind, were grievoufly diftrcffed. Kmltes. 
 
 Tlie air, if very cold, initateth the flame, and 
 makeih it burn moK fiercely, as fire fcorchcth in 
 frofty weather. Bacon. 
 
 Fi'erceness. n.f. [iromferce.'i 
 
 1. Ferocity; favagenefs. 
 
 The defeftcf heat which givci fierccnef! to our 
 natures, may contribute to that roughncfs of our 
 language. Sivft. 
 
 2. Eagernefs for blood ; fury. 
 
 Suddenly there came out of a wood a mon- 
 ftrous lion, with a (he-beai not far from him, of 
 llltls kiifartenejs. ^"i"'y- 
 
 F I F 
 
 3. Quicknefs to attack ; keennefs in anger 
 and refentment. 
 
 The Greeks arc ftrong, and ikilful to their 
 ftrength. 
 Fierce to their (kill, and to their ficrccnefi va- 
 liant. Sk.ii/fcurc. 
 
 4. Violence ; outrageous paffion. 
 
 His pride and htiit:i\fiercenefi I abhor; 
 But fcorn your mean fufpicions of me more. 
 
 Vryden'i jiurcrg. 
 
 5. Vehemence ; hafty force. 
 
 Fierifa'cias. n.f. [inlaw.] A judi- 
 cial writ, that lies at all times within 
 the year and day, for him that has re- 
 covered in an action of debt or damages, 
 to tlie fherifF, to command him to levy 
 the debt, or the damages of his goods, 
 againft whom the recovery was had. 
 
 Coivell. 
 Fi'eriness. n.f. [from^'/j.] 
 
 1. Hot qualities ; heat; acrimony. 
 The allies, by their heat, their ficrinefs, and 
 
 their drynefs, belong to the element of eaith. 
 
 Boyle, 
 
 2. Heat of temper ; intclleflual ardour. 
 The I[.ilians, notwithllanding their natural 
 
 fieiinefi of temper, affeft always to appear fobci 
 and fedatc. yiddifm. 
 
 Fi'ery. adj. [fromjfrir.] 
 
 1 . Confining of fire. 
 Scarcely had Phabus in the gloomy Eaft 
 
 Yet haineffed hisyf^y footed team, 
 
 Ne rear'd ;.bove the earth his tiaming creft, 
 When the lall deadly fmoak aloft did Ifcam. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 I know thoud'ft rather 
 Follow thine enemy in ifiery gulph 
 Than flatter him in a bower. S/iaifpeare. 
 
 2. Hot like fire. 
 Hath thy /.'>>■ heart fo parcht thy entrails, 
 
 "That not a tear can fall for Rutland's death > 
 
 iS/i.ikfyeare's Henry vi. 
 
 3. Vehement; ardent; aftive. 
 
 That fiery expedition he my wing, 
 Jove's Mercury, and herald for a king. Sh.ilfp. 
 
 I drew this gallant head of war, 
 And cull'd thek fiery fpirits from the woild. 
 To outlook conquett, and to win renown 
 Ev'n ill ti;e jaws of danger and of death. Slm'-J. 
 
 4.. Paffionate ; outrageous ; eafily pro- 
 voked. 
 
 You know the /fry quality of the duke ; 
 How Hurcmeveable, and fixt is he 
 In his own courfe. S/iaiffeare'i King Lear. 
 
 5. Unreftrained ; fierce. 
 Then, as I faid, the duke, great Bulingbroke, 
 
 Mounted upon a hot and^<rv ilced, 
 Which his afpiring rider feem'd to know, 
 \Vith flow but ftatcly pace kept on his courfe. 
 
 Sh.^kfpcare' i Richard II. 
 Through Elis and the Grecian towns he flew; 
 Th' audacious wretch luurfieiy couriers drew. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 6. Heated by fire. 
 The fwotd which is mz6e firry doth not only 
 
 cut, by rcafon of the Iharpnefs which limply it 
 hatn, but alfo burn by means of that heat which 
 it hath from fire. Hooker. 
 
 See I from the brake the whirring phcafant 
 fprings. 
 And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : 
 Short is his joy; he feels thc/i-i)i wound. 
 Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. 
 
 Pope 
 
 Fife. n.f. [ffre, Fr.] A pipe blown 
 to the drum ; military wind mufick. 
 
 Farewell the plumed troops, and the big war 
 That make ambition virtue ! oh farewell ! 
 Farewell the neighing ftccd and the Ihiill trump, 
 The fi-iril-lliiring dium, the car-piercing //f. 
 
 Shiikjieart' s Olhillt. 
 
 F I G 
 
 Thus the gay viiSim, with fredi garlands- 
 crown'd 
 Plcas'd with the UcrcA fifc'i enlivening found. 
 Through gaiing crowds in folemn i^atc prccceds, 
 
 iV,/7//.i. 
 
 Fiftee'n. adj. [fvptyne, Saxon.] Five 
 and ten. 
 
 1 have dreamed and flcpt above fome fifceen 
 years and more. Shukjpeare. 
 
 Fiftee'nth. adj. [pipteo^a, Saxon.] 
 Tiie oidiual of fifteen ; the fifth after 
 the tenth ; containing ene part in tii'- 
 teen. 
 
 A fifteenth part of filvei incorporate with gold,^ 
 will not be recovered by any water of fcparation, 
 except you put a greater quantity of filver to 
 draw up rhe lefs. B.tcon^i Natwal Hijlory. 
 
 London fends but four burgclTcs to pailianient,.. 
 although it bear the fifteenth part of the charge 
 of the whole nation in all publick taxes and 
 levies. Graunt^s Billi of Mortality^ 
 
 FIFTH, adj. [pipra, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . The ordinal of five ; the next to the 
 fourth. 
 
 With fmiling afpcifl you ferenely move. 
 In youx fifth orb, and rule the realm of love. 
 
 Dryderj. 
 
 Juft as £ wilh'd the lots were caft on four, 
 Myfelf I'm fifth. Pope's Odyffcy. 
 
 2. All the ordinals are taken elliptically for 
 the part whic>li they exprefs ; ijlflliy a 
 
 Jifth part ; a third, a third part. 
 
 The publick (hall have loft iuui fifths of its 
 annual income for ever. Sivife. 
 
 Fi'fthly. adv. [{torn _fifti.1 In the 
 fifth place. 
 
 Fifthly, living creatures have a more exaift 
 figure than plants. Bacon's Natural Hifiory. 
 
 Fiftieth, adj. [pipteojo^a, Saxon.]. 
 The ordinal of fifty. 
 
 if this medium be r^rer within the fun's body 
 than at its furface, and i-arer tiicre than at the 
 hundred part of an inch from its body, and rarer 
 there than at xhc fiftieth part of an inch from its 
 body, and rarer tliere tlian at the orb of Saturn, 
 I fee no reafon why the increafeof deniity (hould 
 flop any where. Newton'^ Opticas, 
 
 Fi'fty. adj. [pip'clj, Saxon.] Fiv« 
 tens. 
 
 A wither'd hermit, five fcore winters worn. 
 Might Ihake oS fifty looking in her eye. SAakfp. 
 
 judas ordained captains over thoulands, hun- 
 dreds, ^//rt, and'.ens. I Mac. 
 
 In tilt Hebrew there is 1 p.irticle confifting 
 but of one letter, of which there arc reckoned up. 
 above fifty fevcral iignifications. Locke^ 
 
 FIG. n.f. [_;fcuj, Latin ; Jigo, Spaniftij 
 
 figuf, French.] 
 1 . A tree that bears figs. 
 
 The chaiaifters aret the flowers, which are 
 always inclofcd in the middle of t! e fruit, confiii 
 of the leaf, and are male and female in rhe fame 
 fruit : tnc male flowers arc lituated towards the 
 crown of the fruit ; and the female, growing 
 near the flalk, are fuicecded hy fraall hard feeds i 
 the intire fruit is, for the mail part, turbinated 
 and globular, or of an oval Ihape, is flelhy, and 
 of .1 iweel tafte. Miller. 
 
 FuU .^.1 its crown tifig'i greet branches rife, 
 And (hoot .. lealy foiell toth- Qtics. Ptpe, 
 
 Or lead n.c through the .naic. 
 Embowering cnditl ot the Indian^^. Tho^r.fon, 
 1. A lufcious fbft fruit; the fruit of the 
 fig-tree. 
 
 It rr.ikcth/gj Ixtter, if a figtree, when it be- 
 giniieth to put l..rth leaves, have his top cutoff 
 
 Bacon's Natural Hillary, 
 
 Fi^i are gi<::it fubduers of acrimouy. Ariutli, 
 To Fig. -v. it. [See Fico.] 
 I. To infult with ficoes or contemptueU* 
 motions of the fingers. 
 
 1
 
 F I G 
 
 When Pillol lies, do this, and fig me like 
 The bniyging .Spaniard. Sh'dfp<.urt' i iten. tv. 
 2. To put iometliiiig ufclels into one's 
 htaJ. Low cant. 
 
 Away to tiie low Ihe goes, nndfgs her in tlie 
 crown with anuthci- llory. L' Ejh jiij;,-. 
 
 Fi'gapple. n.f. A fruit. A fpecies of 
 apple. 
 
 A/^u/'/"'' ^^^^ 1" core or kernel, in theTe rc- 
 fembling a fi(j, and diftering from oibcr apples. 
 
 Mt/rt:'>!tr's Hujbatldry. 
 
 Fi'g-GNat. n.f. [culex^carius.] An in- 
 
 fefl of the fly kind. 
 To FIGHT. V. n. freiex.fuiigLt ; part. 
 
 ^nS. fought, [peohtan, Saxon, j 
 
 1. To contend in battle ; to war j to make 
 waj ; to battle; to contend in arms. 
 It is ufed both of armies and lingle com- 
 batants. 
 
 Knig Henry, be rhy title right or wrong, 
 Loid Clifford vows Xof^ht in thy defence. Shak. 
 
 Fierce tiery warriors yi^^A/ upon the cioods 
 In ranks and Iquadrons, and right form of war. 
 
 Sfutkfpeure. 
 The common queftion is, if we mult now fur- 
 render Spain, what have wc been fighting for all 
 this while ? the anfwcr is ready : we have been 
 Jigkting for the ruin of the publick iulcrelf, and 
 the advancement of a private. Sioiff. 
 
 For her confederate nations fougktf and kings 
 were (lain, 
 Troy was o'erthrown, and a whole empire fell. 
 
 2. To combat; to duel; to contend in 
 lingle fight. 
 
 Ojie (hall undeitake (ofgfit againli another. 
 
 2 EfJiai. 
 Th« poor wren, 
 The mod diminutive \Di birds, will^_^/;/, 
 The young ones in her nc(^, againlt the owl. 
 
 Siiakf^'taie^i Macbeth, 
 
 3. To a£t as a foldler in any cafe. 
 
 Richard, that robb'dthe lion of his heart, 
 Ami fought the holy wars in Faleilinc, 
 By this brave duke came early to his grave. 
 
 Shukhtiirc'i King fohn. 
 
 Greatly unfortunate, he Jighti the caufe 
 Of honour, virtue, liberty, .ind Rome. y^il-Hfot. 
 
 4. It has luith before the pcrlon oppofed ; 
 fometimes againjl. 
 
 ye fight ii/ith the Chaldeans, ycremiah. 
 
 The ftars in' their zowit^ fought agairjl Sifera. 
 
 JuJgn. 
 
 5. To contend. 
 
 The hot and cold, the dry and humid /gif. 
 
 To Fight, t). a. To war a^ainll j to 
 combat againfl. 
 
 Himfelf alone an equal march he boalls. 
 To fght the Plirygian and Ih' Aufonian hoits. 
 
 O'ydtn'i jEruid, 
 
 Fight, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Battle. 
 
 Gabriel, lead forth to battle ihcfe my fons 
 Xnvmciblc, lead forth my armed faints,. 
 By thoufands and by millions lang'd iot fght. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. Combat ; duel. 
 
 Heriius in fingle^^^^ t flew. 
 Whom with three lives Fcronia did enf^Mc; 
 And thrice I fent him to the Stv^i.in Ignore, 
 'Till the lalt ebbing foul rcturn'd no more. 
 
 V'yden'i JErieitl 
 
 3. Something to fcreen the combatants in 
 Jhips. 
 
 Who ever faw a noble fight. 
 That never view'd a brave fea-fight! 
 Hang itpyour bluody colours in the air, 
 Up with your fghis and your nettings prepare. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 Fi'ghtkh. n.f. \iiomfisk.l Warriour; 
 duellilL 
 
 F I G 
 
 I will return again into the houfe, and delirc 
 Ionic conduiit of the l.uiy : I am nofighfir 
 
 Sh,tfi„;,rc'i Twilfth Night. 
 
 O, 'tis the coldeft youth upon a charge, 
 The molt dclibcra[e_^^/jr^; .' Dryden. 
 
 F I 'g H T [ N G . participial adj. [ from fight. ] 
 
 1. Qualified for war; fit for battle. 
 
 An holt oi fighting men went out to war by 
 bands. 2 Chronicles. 
 
 2. Occupied by war ; being the fcene of 
 war. 
 
 \n fighting fields as far the fpear I throw 
 As dies the arrow from the well-drawn oow. 
 
 Figma'rigold. n. f. h plant. It ,is 
 fucciilent, and has the appearance of 
 houfeleek : the leaves grow oppolite by 
 pairs. Miller. 
 
 FiGMtNT. n.f. [_^^f«fn/aOT, Latin.] An 
 invention ; a fiction ; the idea feigned. 
 
 Upon the like grounds was raited the figment of 
 Briareub,who, dwelling in .1 city called Hecaton- 
 chiria, the fancies of thole times afligned him an 
 hundred hands. Brojun. 
 
 Thofe allertions are in truth the figments of 
 thofe idle brains that brought romances into 
 church hiilovy. Bijhop Lkid. 
 
 It carried rather an appearance of yigmt« and 
 invention, in thofe that handed down the memo- 
 ry of it, than of truth and reality. yVoodvu.^rd. 
 
 FiGPECKER. n.f. [fgan^peck -jjicedula, 
 
 Latin.] A bird. 
 Fi'golate. ^<^. [fromj^a/«j,Lat.] Made 
 
 of potters clay. 
 
 FI'GURABLE. adj. [iromfguro, Lat.] 
 Capable of being brought to certain 
 form, and retained in it. Thus lead is 
 Jigurabley but not water. 
 
 The ditfcrence.s ©f imprelfible and not impref- 
 fiblc, figurnhie and not figuuible, fciflible and not 
 fcifiibie, arc plebeian notions. Bitcon. 
 
 Figurabi'litt. n. f. [from Jiguralk.l 
 The quality of being c-apable of a cer- 
 tain and liable form. 
 
 Fi'gural. adj. [froin^ari?.] 
 
 1. Reprefented by delineation. 
 
 Incongiuities have been committed by geogra- 
 phers 111 the figmal rel'cmblances of feveral 
 region^. Broivn. 
 
 2. FiGURAL Numter. Such numbers as 
 do or may reprefent fome geometrical 
 figure, in reUation to which they are 
 always ccnfidered, and are either lintary, 
 fuperficial, or folid. Harris. 
 
 Fi'gurate. adj. [Jigiiratus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Of a certain and determinate form. 
 
 Plants are :iUfigura(^ and determinate, which 
 inanimate todies arc not ; for look how far the 
 fpirit is able to fpread '.wid continue itfelf, fo far 
 goeth the (hapc or figure, and then is determined. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 2. Refembling any thing of a determinate 
 form ; as, fgurate (lones retaining the 
 forms of (licUs in whichi they were formed 
 by the deluge. 
 
 3. Fi'gurate Counterpoint. [Inmufick.] 
 That wherein there is a mixture of dif- 
 cords along with the concords. Harris. 
 
 4. Fi'gurate Defiant. [In mufick.] 
 That wherein difcords are concerned, 
 as well, though not £0 .nuch, as ion- 
 cords ; and may well be lermed the or- 
 nament or rhetorical pan of mufick, in 
 regard that in this are ititroducedail the 
 varieties of points, figures, fyncopes, 
 di-vei£li«s of meufures^ auid whatever 
 
 F I G 
 
 elfe IS capable of adouning the compo- 
 
 fition. Harris. 
 
 Ficura'tio.m. n.f. l/guratus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Deterinination to a certain form. 
 
 Neither doth the wind, as far av it carritth 1 
 vaice, with motion tlvercof confound any of the 
 delicate »iid articulate _/fgKra^»'«ni of the air in 
 vaiicty of words. Bacon's Nat. Hi/i. 
 
 2. The acl of giving a certain form. 
 
 If motion be in a certain order, there fol- 
 loweth vivihcation .n\Afigiiration in living creatures 
 P'rfciS. Bacon's Natural Hijhry. 
 
 Fi'gurative. adj. [^fguratif-nie, French, 
 iromfigura, Latin.] 
 
 1. Reprcfeiiting fomething elfe; typical; 
 repiefentative. 
 
 This, they will fay, VTtsfiguratii^e, and fcrved 
 by God's appointment but loi a time, to Ihadow 
 out the true cverlaltrng glory of a nloic divine 
 fantftity ; whereinto Chrilt heiipg long fince en- 
 tered, it lecnicth that all thefe curious cxornationa 
 fhould rather ceal'e. Hooker, 
 
 2. Changed by rhetorical figures from the 
 primitive meaning; not literal. 
 
 How often liave we been railed at for under- 
 ftanding words in a figu,atii:r fenfe, which 
 cannot be literally underltood without overthrow- 
 ing the plainell evidence of lenfc and reafon. 
 
 Siillin^feet. 
 
 This is a/'garj/;'ufexpreflion, where the words 
 are ufed in a different fenfe from wliat they fig- 
 nify in their firft ordinary intention. Rogers. 
 
 3. Full' of figures ; full of rhetorical ex- 
 ornations ; full of changes from the 
 original fenfe. 
 
 Sublime fubjeiSs ought to be adorned with the 
 
 fublimclt and with the muA figurat:-ue expreirions. 
 
 Dryden- s Juv. Vref. 
 
 Fi'guratively. adv. [from figvralin)e.'\ 
 By a figure ; in a fenfe different from 
 that which words originally imply ; not 
 literally. 
 
 The cuftom of the apofile is figuratively to 
 !ia:iifcr to hirafelf, in the firll perfon, what be- 
 longs to others. Hammond. 
 
 The words are different, but the fenfe is fti;i 
 the lame; for therein i\s figuratively intended 
 Uziah and Ezecluas. Broivn.. 
 
 _ Satyr is a kind of poetry 141 which human 
 vices are reprehended, partly dramatically, 
 partly finiply ; but, for the nioft 'fin, figuratively 
 and occultly. Diyden's Juvenal, Dedieat. 
 
 FIGURE, n.f [fgura, Latin.] 
 
 1. The form of any thing as terminated 
 by the outline. 
 
 Floweis have all exquifite figures, and the 
 flower numbers ape i7;;</> five and lour; as in 
 primrofes, briar-iofes, fingle mulkrofes, fingle 
 pinks and gilliflowcrs, which have five leaves ; 
 lilies, flower-de-luces, borage, buglafs, which 
 have four leaves. Bacon. 
 
 Men find gr«cn clay that is foft as long as it 
 is in the water, fo that one may piint on it all 
 kind of figures, and give it what (hape one pleafcs. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 Figures ire properly modificarions of bodies ; 
 for pure fpace is not any where terminated, nor 
 can be : whether there he or be not body in it, it 
 is uniformly continued. X»c*r, 
 
 2. Shape ; form ; ftmblance. 
 
 _ He hath borne himfelf beyond the promifc of 
 his age, doing in th<: figure of a larab the feats of 
 a lion. Skakfpeare. 
 
 3. Perfon ; external form ; appearance 
 graceiiil or inelegant, mean or grand. 
 
 The blue German (hall the Tigris drink. 
 
 Ere I, forlakiiig gratitude and truth. 
 
 Forget Ihe figure of rhat godlike youth-.' Drvdeit. 
 
 I was charmed with the gracefulness of his 
 
 figurt aad delivsiy, as well as with his difcourfes. 
 
 Addtfan's Sj^e&atcr,
 
 F I O 
 
 A eoaifiguri, or gerftm, '.n man or woman, 
 gives credit a: firft fisUt to the cboice of c:the. . 
 
 4. Diftinguiflied appeavance ; eminence; 
 remarkable chavader. 
 
 Wi^iLe fortune favour'd, while b.sarms fupport 
 The caufe, and lulMthc coiuUcls of tnc court, 
 Imadc fomc/g.-v there; nor »'»' "'^ ";%,,, y 
 Obfcuve, nov 1 wuhou: n.y fhare of fame. D'^J. 
 
 The (peech, 1 bel.evc, was not lo much de- 
 figned b^ the knight to inform the cou^t, as to 
 g^ehim^/,.-.mmye,e^^and^^«P^;^ 
 
 "tir. wo^a^a be uneianL thaima.es 
 i figure cither as a maid, a w.fe, or a wjdo*- 
 *J ^ ^ddijot i Guardian. 
 
 Whether or no they have done well to fet you 
 up for making another kind of A-rf, t^e^w.l 
 
 ""Many princes made very ill/g««r "pon the 
 tl,rone, who before were the favou,-.es of .he 
 people. MMf.nsFreeho.^c. 
 
 c Magnificence ; fplendour. 
 
 ^ If i^ be his chief end in it to grow rich, that 
 he mavlive in/g:-« and indulgence, and be a..le 
 to retire from bnf.nefs to .dknefs and hurry,. hi> 
 trade,a5tohim,lofcsail.tsinnocency. L^i"^ 
 
 6. A ftatue ; an image ; fometh.ng formed 
 in refemblance of fomewliat elle. 
 
 Several llatues, which feemed at a d.ftance of 
 the whiteli m.uble, were nothing e!Ce but fo ma- 
 nv fig">e! in [now. . y 
 
 7. Reprefentations In painting; perlons 
 exhibited in colours 
 
 F I G 
 
 Here is a ftrange figure Invented againft t'le 
 plam and natural fenfe of the words; for by 
 pravinK to beftow, mull be underftood only pray- 
 Fngtopray. S„l.'n,gfi..'r 
 
 They have been t.iught rhetonck, bi.f r.cvcr 
 taught language; a.s- if the names of \.hc figures 
 th.it emhclltlhed the difcourfe of thole, who un- 
 derftood the art of fpeaking, were the veiy art 
 and (kiU of fpeaking well. ■^°''"- 
 
 S.UIUILCU H* »_u»w«.— 
 
 In the principal figures of a pifturetne painter 
 is to employ the fmews of his art; for in thern 
 conf.fts the principal beauty of his wo.k. Dryd 
 
 My favourite books and piauret fell ; 
 Kindly throw in a little /g'-«, 
 And fet the price upon the bigger. _ r-'or. 
 
 8 Arrangement; difpofition; modification. 
 The fiirure of a fyllogilm is the proper difpo- 
 fition o'f the middle terra with the parts ot the 
 queftion. "'"■' -^"S'"^ 
 
 0. A charafler denoting a number. 
 ^ Hearts, tongues, figures, fcribcs, ba.ds, poets 
 cannot 
 Think, fpeak, caft, write, fing, nunnbcr 
 His loie to Antony. SA.i/i>. yi,„.a„dCU,p 
 
 He that feeketh to be eminent amongft able 
 men, hath a great taflc ; but that is ever good tor 
 thepublick: but he that plots to be the only 
 figuu among cyphers, is the decay o. a '^^■■°^^^i^^ 
 
 As in accounts cypheis and/g«r« pafs for real 
 
 fums,foin human affairs wo.ds pafs for tnnigs 
 
 themfelves. South r 5,.«.«. 
 
 JO The horofcope ; the diagram of the 
 
 afpects of the aarological honfes. 
 
 We do not know what 's brought to pafs under 
 the profcffion of fortunetelling : Ihe works by 
 eharms, by fpells, by ihtfigun, and daub.y be- 
 yond our element. 5W/j.«r.. 
 
 He feta&i/.ftodlfcover 
 Jf you were Hcd to Rye or Dover. Jiud-hra,. 
 F/>i-rf-fling-rs and ftar -gazers pretend to fo.e- 
 tell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no fore- 
 fight in what concerns il emfclvcs. L hfirortge. 
 J I. rin theology.] Type; rcprcfentative. 
 Who was x.ht figure of him that is 10 come. 
 
 12. [In rhetorick.] Any mode of fpeak- 
 ing in which words are detorted from 
 their literal and primitive fenfe. In 
 flria acceptation, the change of a word 
 is a tropi, and any affetiion of a fentence 
 ifgure ; bnt they are confounded even 
 by the exafteft writers. 
 
 Silken terms precife. 
 Three pil'd hyperboles, fpruee affeflation, 
 
 Fhurti pedantical, ihefe fummcr Hies 
 Have blown me full of maggot oltcntanon 
 
 13. [In grammar.] Any deviation from 
 
 the rules of analogy or fyntax. 
 7i Fi'gure. v. a. [from/^i/ro, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To form Into any determinate (liape. 
 
 Trees and hcrb.s, in the growing forth of then- 
 boughs and branches, are no'.figwed, and keep 
 
 no Older. ,j- u 
 
 Accept this goblet, rough vinhfigur d go.fl. 
 
 Dry den' i Virgii 
 
 2. To (how by a corporeal lefemblance : a; 
 in pirture or ftatuary. 
 
 Arachne/gKr'a'how jove did abufe 
 Europa like a bull, andon his back 
 Her through the fea tiid bear ; fo Iwely feen. 
 That it true fea, and true bull yc would ween. 
 
 Spellfer. 
 
 Now marks the courfe of rolling orbs on high, 
 O'afigui'd wo; Id now travels with his eye. Pope. 
 
 3. To cover or adorn with figures, or 
 images. 
 
 I'll give my Jewels for a fet of leads, 
 My gorgeous' palace for a hermitage. 
 My gay apparel for an alnifman's gown, 
 My f.gur-d goblets for a dilh of wood. Shakfp. 
 
 4.. To diverfify ; to variegate with adven- 
 titious forms or matter. 
 
 But this effufion of fuch manly drops, 
 Startl; mine eyes, and make rae more amai'd 
 Than had I feen the vaulty top of heav'n ^ 
 
 Figur'd quite o'er with burning meteors. S/ia):f. 
 
 5. To reprefent by a typical or figurative 
 
 refemblance. 
 
 When facraments are faid to be vifible figns of 
 invifiWe grace, we thereby conceive how grace is 
 indeed the vcrv end for which thcfe heavenly myl- 
 teries were iKllituted ; and the mailer wiiereol 
 they confUl is fuch as figniheth, figurtlA, and re- 
 prefcnteth their end. Huoier. 
 
 Tiiere is a hiftory in all mens lives, 
 figuring the nature of the times deceafcd. ShckJ. 
 
 Marriage rings are not of this ftufV: 
 On ' why fhouid ought Id's precious or lets tougn 
 f,W. our loves .> ^ ^ -£><"'■«■ 
 
 An heroic poem fliould be more fitted to the 
 common aaicns and paffions of hum.in life, and 
 mure like a glafs of nature, figuiing a more pr.ic- 
 ticable virtue tons th.an was done by thcanciei.ts. 
 
 Drydf'i. 
 
 The emperor appears as a rifing fun, and holds 
 a globe in his hand toA'-"-'' °"t the eaitn that is 
 enlightened and acTuatcd by his beams. Ad..iJ. 
 
 6. To image in the mind. 
 None that feels fcnhbly the decays of age, and 
 
 his life wearing oft', can f.sure to himlelt thole 
 im.iginary cliarms in riches and prailc, that men 
 . are apt to do in tne waimth of ti.eir blood. 
 
 ^ Temple. 
 
 If love, alas! be pain, the pahi I hear 
 No thought can figure, and no tongue declare. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 7. To prefigure; to foreihow. 
 Three glorious funs, c.icli one a pcifeft fun ; 
 
 In ihii the heavenAj"" lon.c event. Skaifp 
 
 8. To form figuratively ; to ufe In a ftiilt 
 
 not literal. 
 
 r,gu,edind metaphorical cxpreCinns do well 
 to illuflrate more abHrufe and unfamiliar ideas, 
 which the mind is not yet thoroughly accuftomed 
 
 Locie 
 to. 
 
 q. To note by charafters. 
 
 Each thought was vifible that roll'd wilhin, 
 At thro' a cryftal gUfs tl.e/g«fV,!iours ara feen. 
 
 Fi'gure-Flinger. n.f. [fs">'' and/;«^.] 
 A pretender to aftrology and predidiou. 
 Quack-, f.gure-fiivgiti, pettifoggers, and re- 
 publican pljiters cannot well lise without it. 
 
 CoiUer of Carfid-.nce. 
 
 Fi'gwort. n.f. [fg znd wort i fcaria.] 
 A plant. Aliller: 
 
 Fila'ceous. aJj. [from //urn, Latin.] 
 Confining of threads ; compufed of 
 
 threads. 
 
 They make cables of the bark of lime trees : 
 
 it is the flalk that maketh ihe filaceous matter 
 
 commonly, and fomctimes the down that grow- 
 
 eth above. Bacon's Naturui llifiory. 
 
 FI'LACER. n.f. [fliJ-^arius, low Lat, 
 
 f!um ] An officer in the Common Pleas, 
 
 fo called becaiife he files thofe WTJts 
 
 whereon he makes proccfs. There are 
 
 fourteen of them in their feveral divifions 
 
 and counties : they make out all original 
 
 procefs, as well real as perfonal and 
 
 nilxt. Uanh. 
 
 Filament, n. f. [f lament, French ; 
 
 Jilamcnta, Latin.] A (lender thread; 
 
 a body (lender and long like a thread. 
 
 The ertiuviuni paffing out in a I'maller thread, 
 and more enlightened/'/'""""' " "'"'^th not the 
 bodies inteipol'ed. Broome. 
 
 The lungs of confumptives have been coa- 
 fumed, iioihing remaining but tlie ambient mem- 
 bnne, and a number of wiihered veins arjd/.'.i- 
 „,.„,;. H^rfey on Confimpliats. 
 
 The ever-rolling orh's impulfive ray 
 On the next thrctds and//amfn/j docs bear, 
 Which form tl-,e fpringy texiuie of the air; 
 And thofe ftill fliike the next, 'tiU to the fight 
 The quick vibiation propagates the light. 
 
 Bldckmore, 
 
 The dung of horfes is nothing but thefi/nmaiis 
 
 of tie ha) , and as Inch comhultible. Arbuth. 
 
 FiLBEttT. n.f. [This Is derived by Ju- 
 
 nius and Skinner from the long beards 
 
 or huflcs, as corrupted from full heard 
 
 or full of bearii. It probably had its 
 
 name, like many other fruits, from fome 
 
 one that introduced or cuhivated It; 
 
 and is therefore corrupted from Filhert 
 
 or Filibert, the name of him who brought 
 
 it hither.] A fine hazel nut with a 
 
 thin ilieil. 
 
 In Auguft comes fruit of all forts j as plumb.s, 
 pears, apricots, baiberries, /.'/«'/:, mulkmelons, 
 nionklh.'ods of all colours. Bueon's hjjayi. 
 
 Thou haft a brain, fuch as it is indeed! 
 On what I lie Ihould thy worm of fancy feed? 
 Yet ina///r-r/ I have often known 
 Maggots (urvive, when all the kcinel 's gone. 
 
 Dorjtt. 
 
 There is alfo another kind, called xhe filhert of 
 
 Conftantinople; tne leaves and fruit of which are 
 
 hi'-cr than either of the former.; the bcft ai« 
 
 tiiole of a thin ihell. Mortimer. 
 
 To FILCH. -0. a. [A word of uncer- 
 
 tain etymology-. The French word 
 
 filer, from which fome derive it, Is of 
 
 "very late produfticn, and therefore can- 
 
 not be its original.] To fteal ; to take 
 
 by theft ; to pilfer ; to pillage ; to rob ; 
 
 to take by robbery. It is ufually fpoken 
 
 of petty thefts. 
 
 He Ihsll find his wealth wonderfully enlarged 
 by keeping his cattle in inclofures, where they 
 (liali always have fafe being, that none are conti- 
 nually /.'t/u.i and flukn. Spenlcr. 
 
 Tlie ciiampion rohbeth by night, 
 And prowlethand/.W.M by rUie. Tuffer. 
 
 Who lleals my purle. Heals tralh ; 'tis fume- 
 thing, nothing ; 
 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has beco fUve to (hou- 
 fands ;
 
 F I L 
 
 But he tliat//ci« from me my good name, 
 
 Robs me of that which not eniiches him, 
 
 And makes me poor indeed. Shikfftart. 
 
 He could dilccrn cities like hives of bees, 
 wherein every bee did nought clfe but fling; fomc 
 like hornctSf I'omc like Jili:hing ft-nfps, others as 
 fjrones, B.,rton an McUtncholy. 
 
 What made thee venture to betray, 
 Aiid_/fA-4 the lady's hiart a*ay. "Riidilrai. 
 
 Tlie pifiiiirc was formerly a hulbandman, that 
 itHKW'j fUchedvxiy his iicighboui's goods. 
 
 L'EjIran^t. 
 
 Fain would they /f/ti that little food away, 
 Willie unrcllrain'd thole happy gluttons p ey. 
 
 DiyJ":- 
 So fpecds ihc wily fox, alarm'd by fear, 
 Who lately yi/f/i'«/' the tuikey's callow care. Gay 
 
 Fi'lcher. n.f. \_(rom filch. 1 A thief; 
 
 a petty robber. 
 FILE, n.f, l^fle, French ;_yW!/m, a thread, 
 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. A thread. Not ufcd. 
 
 But let mc tefurae the _/?/.• of my narration, 
 ■which this oljeft of bj^iks, b;fl agiccallc to my 
 courl'e of litV, hatli a little interrupted. Wotun 
 
 2. A line on which papers are lliung to 
 keep them in order. 
 
 Ail rccoriis, wherein there was any memoiy of 
 the king's attainder, Oiould be cancelled and 
 taken oft the j(rVs. Baan 
 
 The petitions being thus prepared, do you con- 
 tinually fct apart an hour in a a.ay to pcrufe tiiofe, 
 and then rank them into feveral^«, according to 
 the fubjeifl matters. Bacon. 
 
 Th' apotliec.iry-train is wholly blind ; 
 From/V« a random recipe they t«kc, 
 And many deaths of one prclcription make. 
 
 Diyuen . 
 
 3. A catilojjiie ; roll; feries. 
 
 Our pielcnt nuifters grow upon the Ji/e 
 To live and twenty thouland men of choice. 
 
 SAttiJfgare' i Henry iv. 
 The valu'd_^.> 
 Diftinguiflies the fwift, the flow, the fiibtle. 
 
 Siiii/jjcure'i Muihftk. 
 
 4. A line of foldlers ranged one behind 
 another. 
 
 Thofe goodly eyes, 
 That o'er the_^/^i ardniuHersof the war 
 Have glow'd like plated Mars, now bend, now 
 
 tuin 
 Vpon a tawny front. Shakfftari. 
 
 So laying, on he led his radiant^/fj, 
 D.i/zling the moon. jV/V/or/'j Paradifc Left 
 
 5. [peol, Saxon ; wZr, Dutch.] An iii- 
 ilriiment to nib down prominences. 
 
 The rough or coarfe-toothcd file, if it be Large, is 
 called a rubber, and is to take oit'iiie unevennefs of 
 ycur work wiiich the hammer made in the forging: 
 the baftard-ioothed^/f is to take out of your 
 work the deep cuts, ur fiic-Ifrokes, the rough 
 fiU made: the fine-toothed yi/f is to take out the 
 curs, or filc-ftrokes, trie baftardyf/i made : and 
 the \moo\\\jilr. is to take out thole cuts, or file- 
 firokes, that the i\\\Q file made. Moxon. 
 
 A file for the mattocks and for the coulters. 
 
 I Sumuel, 
 
 The fmiths and armourers on pal.^reys ride, 
 fiks ill t'lcir hands, and hammers at their lide. 
 
 Dry.lcn 
 
 Fi'i-ECrTTEP. n.f. [ fie zixA cutter. '\ A 
 maker of Gles. 
 
 Gad-Ueel is a tough fort of fteel ■.fikciittcrs ufc 
 it to make theii chiffcls, with which they cut their 
 files. Maxon. 
 
 Ta File. v. a. \fxoxa filum, a thread.] 
 
 1. To ftriiig upon a thread or wire. 
 Whence \o file a kill is to offer it in its 
 order to the notice of the judge. 
 
 From the day his tirft bill was filei he bcoan to 
 coUcft reports. Axbulhmi at.i Vapc. 
 
 2. [from peolan, Saxon.] To cut with a 
 
 F I L 
 
 They which would//* away moft from the 
 
 largenefs of that offer, do in more fparing terms 
 
 acknowledge li'tlc lefs. lltoKer. 
 
 Let men he careful how they attempt to cure a 
 
 bkmilh l.y jiUng or cutiing oif the head of luch 
 
 an overgrown tooth. Ray. 
 
 To fmooth ; to polidi. 
 
 His humour is lofty, his difcourfe pcrcmptorv, 
 
 his tongue//.;./, and his eye ambitious. Shakjp. 
 
 [from jrilan, S.ixon.] To foul; to 
 
 fully ; to pollute. This fenfc is retained 
 
 in Scotland. 
 
 For B.uKjuo's ilTue have \fil\i my mind. 
 For them the gracious Duncan have I murdei'd. 
 
 Shakji'sare, 
 His weeds divinely fafliioncd, 
 All fil'i r.nd mangl'd. Chafmon's Vliad. 
 
 To File. 'J. n. [from the noun.] To 
 march 111 a iilc, not abreaft, but one be- 
 hind another. 
 
 All rai: ;!own witi'.out order or ceremony, 'till 
 w.> drew ir. in good order, inA filed nff. Tutlei. 
 
 Did ail tlie grolTer atoms at the cell 
 Of ciianccyiVfoffto form the pondrous ball, 
 And undetermin'ri into order f.ill .> BUchmire. 
 Fi'lemot. n.f. [corrupted fiom feueille 
 merle, a dead leaf, French.] A brown 
 or ytllovv-brown colour. 
 The coI>jui> you ought to wifli for are blue or 
 filemot, turned up with. red. Stvifi. 
 
 Filer, n.f. [{romfle.] One who files; 
 one who ufes the file in cutting metals. 
 Fl'l.IAL. adj. [f/ial-le, French ;f/ius, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Pertaining to a fon ; befitting a fon. 
 
 My mifchievous proceeding may he the glory 
 of i.h filial piety, the only reward now left for fo 
 great a meiit. ■ Sidney. 
 
 From impofitionof ftticllaws, to free 
 Acceptance of large grace ; fromfervile fear 
 To filial; works of law, to works of faith. 
 
 Miltin. 
 
 He griev'd, he wept, the fight an image brought 
 Of iiis own filial love, a fadly pleafing thought. 
 
 Drydin. 
 
 2. Bearing the cliaia6ler or relation of a 
 fon. 
 
 And thus the filial godhead anfw'i ing fpoke. 
 
 Alilten. 
 
 Where the old myrtle her good influence fheds. 
 Sprigs of like leafereft ihc'n filial heads j 
 Aad wiien tlie parent rofe decays and dies. 
 With a refenibliiig face the daughter budsarife. 
 
 P'icr. 
 
 Fiiia'tion-. n.f. [fvom fllus, Latin.] 
 The relation of a fon to a father; cor- 
 rehitive to paternity. 
 
 The lelation of paternity and fliaticn, between 
 the hi it and fecoiid perfon, and the relation be- 
 tween the facred perfons of the Triniry, and the 
 denoiTilnation thereof, muft needs be eternal, be- 
 caufe the terms of relation between whom that 
 relation arifeth were eternal. Hale. 
 
 Fj'lings. n.f. [without a fingular ; from 
 fie,'] Fragments rubbed off by the 
 adlion of the file. 
 
 T\\:fili>igi of iron infufed in vinegar, will, with 
 a decodion of galls, make good ink, without any 
 coppeiofe. Broivn. 
 
 The chippings snd filings of thofe jewels are of 
 more value than the whole mafs of ordinary au- 
 thors. Filfoncn the Clcjfick.. 
 
 To FILL. 1;. a. [pyllan, Saxon.] 
 I. To ftore till no more can be admitted. 
 Fill the watcipots with water, and l\\ty filled 
 them up to the brim. f''!'". 
 
 1 am ^-hofill 
 Infinitude, nor vacuous I'pace. Afilton. 
 
 The celeftial quires, when orient light 
 Exhaling fiift from darknefsthey beheld; 
 Biith-day of he.av'n and earth; with joy and (hout 
 The hollow univerfal orb they filiJ. X:,'/wi. 
 
 F I L 
 
 2. To fiore abundantly. 
 
 Be fruitful, multiply, and in the feas 
 And lakei and running ftreamj the » atcrs///. 
 
 rri r • r MillDIt, 
 
 3. lofatisfy; to content. 
 
 He with his conforted Eve 
 The ftory heard attentive, and wiifilfii 
 With admiration and deep mufe to hear. Miltsn. 
 Nothing but the fupieme and abfolulc Inli- 
 nitc can ade<juately fill and fuperahundanfly la- 
 tisfy the inhnitc dcfiies of intelligent beings. 
 
 Cheyne'i thil. trine, 
 
 4. To glut ; to furfeit. 
 
 Thou art going to lord Timon's feaft. 
 — Ay, to fee mcaiyf// knaves, and wine heat foolj. 
 
 Shakfpearr. 
 
 5. To Fill out. To pour out liquor for 
 drink. 
 
 6. To Fill out. To extend by fome- 
 thing contained. 
 
 1 only rpeak of him 
 Whom pomp and grcatncfs fits fo loofe about. 
 Tint he wants majeily to/// them oni. Vryden. 
 
 7. To Fill up. [Up is often ufed with- 
 out much addition to the force of the 
 verb.] To make full. 
 
 Hope leads from goal to goal, 
 And opens Ifill, and opens on his foul ; 
 Till lengthen'd on to faith, and uiiconfin'd, 
 It pours the blifs that//A up all the mind. Pcpe. 
 
 8. 7o Fill up. To fupply. 
 When the fcvcral trades and profeflions are fup- 
 
 plied, you will find moftof thofe that are proper 
 for war ahfolutely iieccllary {ov filling up the I.1- 
 borious part of life, and carrying onjthe under- 
 work of the nation. Addifim In lie /far. 
 
 9. To Fill up. To occupy by bulk. 
 There would not be altogether fo much water 
 
 required for the land as for the fea, to raife thera 
 to an equal height ; bccaufc mountains and hills 
 would/// up pai t of that fpace upon the land, and 
 fo make lefs water requilitc. Burnet. 
 
 10. 2o Fill vp. To engage j to employ. 
 
 Is It far you ride? 
 — As far, my lord, as v/Mfill up the time 
 'Twixt this and fupper. Sliai/peart's Macbeth. 
 
 To Fill. i>. n. 
 
 1. To give to drink. 
 In toe cup which (he hath filled, ///to her 
 
 double. Ktvelaelcr.i. 
 
 Wcfill to th' general joy of the whole table. 
 And to our dear friend Banqiio, whom we mift. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 2. To grow full. 
 
 3. To glut; to fatiate. 
 Tilings that are fweet and fat are more filling, 
 
 and do fwim and hang more about the mouth of 
 the ftomach, and go not down fo fpeedily. Bacon. 
 
 4. 2oFillh/. To grow full. 
 
 Neither the Fahis Mcotis nor the Eiixine, nor 
 any other feas, fill up, or by degrees grow (hal- 
 lower. H-'sodiL-ard. 
 
 The firfl ifage of healing, or the difcharge of 
 matter, is by furgeons called digcftion ; the fe- 
 cond, or the filling up with flelb, incarnation; 
 and the laft, or flcinning over, cicatrization. 
 
 Siar/. 
 
 Fill. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. As much as may produce complete fa- 
 tisfaftion. 
 
 Her neck and breads were ever open bare. 
 That aye thereof her babes may fuck their/?. 
 
 Fairy Quee/r, 
 Bat thus infiam'd befpoke the captain. 
 Who fcorneth peaie fliaii have his/// of war. 
 
 Fairfiaje. 
 
 When ye were thitfly, did I not cleave the rock, 
 
 and waters flowed out to your///.' 2 Ejdrjs, 
 
 Mea.T while enjoy 
 Your//.', what hpppincfs this happy flate 
 Can camp iebcud, incapable of more, Milttn,
 
 F I L 
 
 Amid' tVie tree now got, wtiete plenty hun j 
 Tempting fo nigh, to plucic md eat my f II, 
 I fpai'd not. .^;^/ol.■'l I'atadifi Lfifi. 
 
 Which made mc gently 6rft remove your fear^, 
 Tiut fo von might have room to enteitain 
 Voui//Vof joy. Driki'm-iStfhf. 
 
 Your baibarity may liax-e its/// of deftiudt.on. 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 3. [more properly thill.'] The place be- 
 tween the fliafts of a carriage. 
 
 This mule being put in the/// of a cart, run 
 iw.iy with the cart and timber. Mortimer. 
 
 Filler. «./. [from ./^'O 
 
 I . Any thing that fills up room without 
 
 ufe. 
 
 'Tis I meer/.'.'f, to flup a vacancy in the hex- 
 ameter, and conncft the preface to the work of 
 Yjrgil. Drydfn's yEr.riti, D^Hcilhn. 
 
 A mixture of tender gentle thoughts and luit- 
 able expreffions, of forced and inextricable con- 
 celts, and of needlcfs if/.'iTi up to the rcit. I'oj^f. 
 
 3, One whofe employment is to fill vefTels 
 
 of carriage. 
 
 They have fix diggers to (oMt/."trs, fo as to 
 keep tne /r.V.-i ahv.-rys at work. Martimt, . 
 
 FI'LLET. n. f. [Jilet, French ; Jilum, 
 
 Latin. 1 
 I. A band tied round the head or other 
 
 part. 
 
 His baleful breath infi>iring, as he glides. 
 Now like a chain around her neck he rides ; 
 Now like ifiUct to her head jepairs, 
 And with his ciicling volumes folds her hairs. 
 
 She fcorn'd the prslfe of beauty, and the care ; 
 
 A belt her waift, ifilfr binds her hair. Pope. 
 
 a. The flefliy part of the thigh : applied 
 
 commonly to veal. 
 
 The youth approach'd the fire, and as it 
 
 burn'd, 
 
 On five (harp broachers rank'd, t>ie roaft they 
 
 turn'd : 
 Tliefe morfcls ftay'd their fiomachs ; then the reft 
 They cut in Itgs inAfilicts for the ftall. D'yden. 
 
 3. Meat rolled togetlier and lied round. 
 
 TUkt o( a fenny fnake, 
 In the cauldron boil and bake. Shakf^tare. 
 
 The mijtme thus, by chymick art 
 United ciofe in every part. 
 In fi/cti rull'd, or cut in pieces, 
 Appear'd like one continu'd fpccies. Swift. 
 
 4. [In architeaure.] A little member 
 which appears in the ornaments and 
 mouldings, and is ctherwife called lilttl. 
 
 Harris. 
 Pillars and their///f/i of filver. Exidui. 
 
 To Fi'llet. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To bind with a bandage or fillet. 
 
 2. To adorn with an allragal. 
 
 He made hooks for the pillars, and overbid 
 their cliapiters, inAJilletted them. £.\odus. 
 
 To Fi'llip. v. a. [A word, fays Shinncr, 
 formed from the found. This refem- 
 tlance I am not able to difcover, and 
 therefore am inclined to imagine it cor- 
 rupted from/// uf>, by fome combina- 
 tion of ideas which cannot be lecovercd.] 
 To ftrikc with the nail of the finger by 
 a fudden fpring or motion. 
 If I Act, filip mc with a three-man hcetle. 
 
 Skiikffrate'i Hc'iry iv. 
 Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach 
 Tillip the liars : then let the mutinous winds 
 Strike the proud cedars 'gainrt Ihe fiery fun. 
 
 ahiifpctire'i CorioUnus. 
 
 Wefce,thatifyou///i/'aluttftring, it iheweth 
 
 double or treble. iJuco/i'j Mi/, lliji. 
 
 Fi'llip. n.f. [from the verb.] A jerk 
 
 of the finger let go from the thumb. 
 Fi'llv. n./. ifih, Wel(h ; Jille, French.] 
 
 , F I L 
 
 1. A young horfe or mare. Not now ufed. 
 
 Geld ///;«, but tits, yet a nine days of age, 
 They die elle of gelding, and gelders do rage ; 
 ' Young fiHiii fo likely of bulk and of bone, 
 Keep fiich to be breeders, let gelding alone. 
 
 T"jr". 
 
 A wcU-wayed horfe will convev thee to thy 
 
 journey's end, wlicn an unbackcd/'/y may give 
 
 thee a fall. Suckhng. 
 
 2. A young mare : oppofed to a colt or 
 young horfe. 
 
 I jell to Obeton, and make him fmile, 
 Whcii I a fat and bean-fed horfe beguile, 
 Neighing in likcnefs of 3, filly foal. Shakfprare- 
 
 I am joined in wedlock, for my fins, to one 
 
 of thofc yr-VVij who are defcribcd in the old pof t. 
 
 Addif'in'i Spedcitor, 
 
 FILM. «./. [pylmejja, Saxon.] A thin 
 pellicle or fl<in. 
 
 JVhile the filver needle did work upon the fight 
 of his eye, to remove the/.Vi of the catarafl, he 
 never faw any thing more clear or perfett than 
 that white needle. Brterm, 
 
 Michael from Adana's eyes tlie//« remsv'd, 
 Wiiich that falfe truit that pvomis'd clearer figlit 
 Had bred. Mslton'% l'.2<adije Lojl. 
 
 A ftone is held up by the pimt of the bl.idder, 
 and fo kept from giating or offending it. Gr.m-jt. 
 
 There is not one infidel I'o ridiculous as to pre- 
 tend to folve the phinumena of fight, fancy, or 
 cogitation, by thofe fleeting fup'rficial films of 
 buriies. Bentley's Sermons. 
 
 He from thick //mi Hiall purge tlie vilual ray, 
 And on the fightlefs eyeballs pout the day. Fcpe. 
 
 To Film. 11. a. [from the noun.] To 
 cover with a pellicle or thin fl<in. 
 
 It will hutlkin wdfilm the ulcerous place, 
 Whilft rank corruption, mining all within, 
 Infcitsunfeen. S't.itfprare-s Hamlet. 
 
 Fi'lmy. adj. [from//m.] Compofed of 
 thin membranes or pellicles. 
 
 So the falfc fpidcr, when her nets are fpread, 
 Dccpambulh'd in her filent den does lie ; 
 And feels, far off, the trembling of her thread, 
 Whofc/Zmy curd (hould bind the lliuggling By. 
 
 Drjdi n. 
 
 The wafps with fruitlrfs toil 
 Flap//»iv pinions oft, to extricate 
 Their feet in liquid Ihacklcs bound, 'til! death 
 Bereave them of their worthlefs fouls ; fuch doom 
 Waits luxury, and lawlefs love of gain. I'/ulifs. 
 
 Loofc to the winds their airy garments flew. 
 Thin glitt'riiig textures of \\\c filmy dew] 
 Dipt in the richeft tinilure of the (kies. 
 When light difports in ever-mingling dyes. Pope. 
 To FI'LTER. 1). a. \_Jiltro, low .Latin; 
 per fi turn trahere.] 
 
 1 . To defecate by drawing off liquor by 
 depending threads. 
 
 2. To ftrain ; to percolate. 
 Dilute this liquor with fair water, filt'c it 
 
 tiirough a paper, and fo evaporate it. Gietu. 
 
 Fi'lter. n.f. [/■//»•««, Latin.] 
 
 1. A tvvift of thread, of which one end is 
 dipped in the liqumir to be defecated, 
 and the other hangs below the bottoin 
 of the vefFcl, fo that the llquour drips 
 from it. 
 
 2. A ftiainer ; a fearce. 
 That the water paffing through the veins of 
 
 the earth, Ihould be rendered fredi .and potable, 
 which it cannot be by any percolations wc can 
 make, but the faline particles will pal's through a 
 tenfold ///fi. " 1^'IV "" ''•' Oeat:on. 
 
 FILTH, n.f. [vilS. Saxon.] 
 
 I. Dirt; nallinefs; any thing that foils or 
 
 fouls. 
 
 Wifdom and goodnefs to the vile feem vile ; 
 
 Filths favour but themfelvcs. 
 
 Shakjpt 
 
 Neither may you irurt waters that talie Iweet ; 
 for they are commonly found in lifing grounds 
 
 8 
 
 F I N 
 
 of great cities, which rauft needs take in a great 
 deal of ^//A. Bacon's Nat. Hijioty. 
 
 How perfeft then is man ? from head to foot 
 Dehl'd with_/^////, and r©rten at the root. Sandyi. 
 
 Though perhaps among the rout 
 He wildly flings hhjilth about; 
 He rtiU has gratitude and fap'ence, 
 To Ipare tl.e folks that give lum ha'pence. Sti^ifc, 
 2. Corruption; groffnefs ; pollution. 
 
 Such do likewife exceedingly difpofe us to 
 piety and religion, by purifying our fouls from, 
 the drofs andji/t/i of fcnfual delights. TiUotJ'ji. 
 
 Fi'lthily. adi)» [{tQmfJthy,'\ Nailily; 
 foully ; grofoly. 
 
 It iluck fJshily in camel's ftomach that bulls, 
 bears, and tiie like, ihould be armed, and that 
 ^ creator* of his fize (hould be left defencelefs. 
 
 L' Ejhatige, 
 
 Fi'lthiness. ruf. [^rovc\ filthy ,'\ 
 
 1. Naftinefs ; foulnefs ; dirtinefs. 
 
 Men of virtue fuppretVed it, left their thinhig 
 (hould difcover the others filtkittcfs. Sidney, 
 
 2 . Corruption ; pollution. 
 They held this land, and with \\\t\x Jilthinefi 
 
 Pollured tiiis fame gentle foil long time, 
 That their own motiier loath'd their beaf^^linefs, 
 And 'gan abhor her brood's unkindly crime, 
 All were they born of her own native (lime. 
 
 Spenfcr's Enry Quffrt. 
 
 They never duly improved the utmolt of fuch 
 
 a power, but gave themlelves up to 3llthe_^//////rf/i 
 
 and licentioulnefs of life imaginable. South. 
 
 Fi'lthy. afij, [From filth.l 
 
 1. Nafty ; foul; dirty. 
 
 Fair is foul, and foul is fair; 
 Hover through tiie fog Awd filthy air. Skakf^eare, 
 
 2. Grofs; polluted. 
 As all l1:ories are not proper fubjefls for an 
 
 epick poem or a iragt-dy, fo neither arc they for 
 a noble pifture: the fubie^s both of the one 
 and of the other, ought to have nothing of im- 
 moral, low, ov filthy in them. VryJen's Dufrif. 
 
 To FI'LTRATE. -v. a. [from filter.'] 
 To ibain ; to percolate ; to filter. 
 
 The exira(ft obtained by the former operation, 
 burnt to afhcs, and thofe alhes boiled in water 
 3nr\ filtrated, yield a fiery fait. .Arbiithnot. 
 
 Fri.TR a'tion. n.f. [from fillrate.^ A 
 method by which liquors are procured 
 fine and clear. The filtration in ufe is 
 ftrainlng a liquor through paper, which, 
 by the fmallnefs of its pores, admits 
 only the finer parts through, and keeps 
 the refl behind. ^incy. 
 
 We took then common nitre, and having, by 
 the ufrial way of inlution, filtration, and coagu- 
 lation, reduced it into cryllals, we put four 
 ounces of this purified nitre into a ftrong new 
 crucible. Beyle, 
 
 Fi'mble Hemp. n.f. [corrupted horn fe- 
 male. 3 
 
 The light fummer hemp, that bears no feed, 
 which is called J^Mr'/f' hemp. Mo'timcr. 
 
 Good flax and good hemp, for to have of her 
 own. 
 In May a good houfewifc will fee it be fown; 
 And afterwards trim it, and fervc at a need. 
 The fimilc to fpin, and the carle for her feed. 
 
 FIN. n. /. [pin, Saxon; lun, Dutch.] 
 The wing of a HHi ; the limb by which 
 he balances his body, and nioves in the 
 water. 
 
 He that dej/ends 
 Upon your favours, fwinis with^ni of lead, 
 And hews down oaks with rulhes. Sk^i/^rarf, 
 Their fins conlift of a number of grii^ly bones, 
 long and (lender, like pins and weedlcs. ^\l«r<. 
 
 Thus at half-ebb a rolling fea 
 Return*:, ;md wins upon the (hore; 
 The watery herd, affrighted at the loar,
 
 F I N 
 
 Reft on thciijtts awhile, and flay, 
 
 Then backward take their wond'ring way. 
 
 Still at hii oar th* induftrious Libys pli js ; 
 But as he plies, each biify arm ihrinks in, 
 And by degrees is fafliioii'd to :ijtn. .'ludifort. 
 Fin-footed, adj, [Jin andybo/.] Palmi- 
 pedous ; h»Hving feet with membranes 
 between the toes. 
 
 It is defcribcd like lilTipedcs, or birds which 
 bave their tcct or claws divided; whereas it is 
 palmipcdous ov Jin-fo'-.tidy like fwans and gcefc, 
 according to the method of natiue in latiroftious 
 or tiat-billcd birds; which hein^ generally fwim- 
 mcrs, the organ is wifely contrived unro the ac- 
 tion, and they are framed with hiis or oars upon 
 their fccr. Btoxun. 
 
 Fi'nable. adj. [from//;f.] That ad- 
 mits a fine; that deferves a line. 
 
 This is the order for writs of covenant that be 
 finable. Bacom. 
 
 He fcnt letters to the council, wherein he ac- 
 knowledged himleif favoured in bringing his 
 caufe Jinubli. Hayiuard. 
 
 FI'NAL. adj. [^nalf French ; jinalis, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Ultimate ; laft. 
 
 And over them triumphant death his dart 
 Shook ; but delay*d to Ibike, rhough oft invok'd 
 With vows I as their chief good, 'dnd/inal hope. 
 ' Mil ton. 
 
 2. Conclufive ; deciiive. 
 
 There be many examples where fea-fights have 
 been Ji'iai to the wai'. Bacoi. 
 
 Henry fpent his reign in cftablifhing himfelf, 
 and had neither leifure nor opportunity to under- 
 take thc_^'/'j/ conqueft of Ireland. Duvies. 
 
 3. Mortal; deftrudive. 
 
 At lall refolv'd to work \\hjina! fmart, 
 He lifted up his hand, but back again did ftart. 
 Spenfer's Fairy Q^ueen. 
 
 4* Refpefllng the end or motive. 
 
 Some things in fuch fort are allowed, that they 
 be aUo required as neceflary unto falvation, by 
 way of dircifl, immediate, and proper necelTity 
 jinal\ fo that, without performance of them, 
 they cannot by ordinary courfe be favcd, nor by 
 any means be excluded from life, obferving them. 
 
 Hooktr. 
 By its gravity air raifes the water in pumps, 
 fiphons, and other engines; and performs all 
 thofc feats which former philofophers, through 
 ignorance of the efficient caufe, attributed to a 
 Jinaly namely, nature's abhorrence of a vacuity. 
 
 R.>y. 
 
 Your anfwcring in the^W caufe, makes me 
 
 believe you are at a lofs for the efficient. Collier. 
 
 Fi'nally. adv, [hom final. ~] 
 
 I. Ultimately; ladly ; in conclufion. 
 
 Sight bcr.'av'd 
 May chance to number thee with thofe 
 Whom patience^^/.\7//v mull crown. Stilton. 
 
 £. Completely; without recovery. 
 
 Notanyhoufe of nobte Englilh in Ireland was 
 
 utterly deltroyed, or finally rooted out by the 
 
 hand of jufticc, but the houfe of Defmand or\\\-. 
 
 Diiviei on Irrtund. 
 
 Douhtlefsly many men zrtfinal'y loll, whoyet 
 
 have no men's Jins to anfwcr tor but their own. 
 
 Scur/i 
 
 FfNJNCE. n.f. [French.] Revenue ; 
 income ; profit. Ic is feldom ufcd in 
 
 the fingular. 
 
 This fott oi finance hath been incieafed. Bacon. 
 
 The icfidue of thcfe ordinary ^«u/i«j be cafual 
 er uncertain; as be the cfcheatsand forfeitures. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 His pretence for making war upon hi^ neigh- 
 bours was rhcir pyracics, though he pracliled rhe 
 fame tiadc when he was ftrairencd in h\% finaricei 
 at the fiegc of Byz.:mtium. ^rbuihnot. 
 
 FINJNCIER.n.f. [French.] One who 
 collefts or farms the publick revenue ; 
 Vol, I. 
 
 F I N 
 
 one who underftand* the pubh'ck re- 
 
 VCIlllC. 
 
 FiNAKY. n.f. [from To fine. "] In the 
 iron works, the fccond forge at the iron 
 mills. D\8. 
 
 Finch, n.f [pmc, Saxon.] A fmall bird 
 of which \vc have three kinds, the gold- 
 finch, chaffinch, and buliinch. 
 
 To Fi>jd. -u. a. fpmban, Saxon : vinden, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To obtain by f.-arching or feeklng. 
 
 Aflc, and it (hall b« given to you; feck, and 
 ge (hall/W. Matthew. 
 
 Wlicrcas thou haft Tearched all my fluff, what 
 haft thou/oaW of all the houftiold Huff? Gen. 
 
 She difappear'd, and Icit medaik; I wak'd 
 Tofitiii her, or for ever to deplore 
 Her lofs. Miltan. 
 
 A bird that flies about, 
 And beats ilfclf agaiiift the cage, 
 FinJ-rg at laft no palTage out. 
 It fits and fings. Cnu-lty. 
 
 2. To obtain fomething loft. 
 
 When he hath/o«;ii his Iheep, he laycth it on 
 his Ihouldcrs rejoicing. Lake. 
 
 In my fchool d.iys, when I had loft one fljaft, 
 I ftiot his fellow of thefelf-fame flight 
 The felf.fame way, with more advifed watch, 
 Tajind the other forth ; by vent'ring both, 
 I ohfam.l both. Shatfpeare. 
 
 3. To obtain fomething defircd. 
 
 Thus I erabolden'd fpake, and freedom ufed 
 Permihive, and acceptance/o«K.^. Milton. 
 
 Our voluntary fervice he requires, 
 Not our ncccfiitated; fuch with him 
 Finds no acceptance, nor an Jin.i. Miltan. 
 
 4. To meet with ; to fall upon. 
 There watchful at the gate they find 
 
 Sufpicion with her eyes behind. Dadfty. 
 
 In woods and forcfts thou 3XX found. Cowley. 
 The bad rauft mifs, the good unfought (hall 
 find. ^ Pope. 
 
 5. To know by experience. 
 
 How oft will he 
 Of thy chang'd faith complain! 
 And his fortuncs^'7f^ to be 
 So airy and fo vain ' Cowley. 
 
 The torrid zone isnow/ownt^habitable. CoxvUy. 
 
 6. To come to ; to attain. 
 
 The fun that barren (hines, 
 Whofe virtue on itfclf works no effc<£V, 
 Biif in the fruitful earth ; there firft recelv'd 
 His beams, un.iftive elfe, their vigour find. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 7. To difcover by ftudy, or attention. 
 
 The fox that firft this caufe of grief did fi-id, 
 "Gau licit thus plain hit cafe with words uiikirid. 
 Huilier.l'i Tule. 
 Phyficians 
 With (harpen'd figl.t fome remedies may find. 
 
 bryJen. 
 Thy maid ' ah, find fome nobler theme, 
 Whereon tiiy doubts to place. Cotvley. 
 
 8. To difcover what is hidden. 
 
 A ciirfe on iiiin who found the oar. Coivley^ 
 
 9. To hit on by chance ; to perceive by 
 accident. 
 
 They build on fands, which if unraov'd they 
 find, 
 *Tis but bccaufe there was no wind. CoiiUy. 
 
 JO. To gain by any mental endeavour. 
 I by converfing cannot thefe ereift 
 From prone, nor in their ways complacence ^1./. 
 
 Milton. 
 If we for happinefs could leifure find, 
 Andwand'ring time into a method bind. 
 We (hould not then the great mens favour need. 
 
 Coiulcy. 
 We oft review, eich finding like a friend 
 Something to blame, and fomething to commend. 
 
 Vofe. 
 
 II. To remark; to obfeive ; to perceive. 
 
 F I N 
 
 Thus far to try thee, Adam, I wsj pleafed, 
 And find ihee knowing not of bcaft alone, 
 Which thou haft rightly nam'd, but of thyfclf. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Beauty of wit in all I /«,/. Cowley. 
 
 12. To deted ; to deprehend ; to catch. 
 When lirft/M«(/in a lie, talk to him of it as a 
 
 flrange monftrous matter, and fo (hamc him out 
 of it. Lode, 
 
 13. To reach ; to attain. 
 
 They arc glad wheu they cm find the grave. 
 
 JoS. 
 They a! fo know, 
 Andreafon not contemptibly; with thcfe 
 Find paftime, and bear rule. MiUon. 
 
 In folitude 
 What happinefs, who cm enjoy alone, 
 Or all enjoying, what contentmcnt/n</.? Mi/tin. 
 He did the u;moft bounds of knowledge yfr.V, 
 Yet found tlicm not fo large as was his mmd. 
 
 Coxoliy, 
 
 14. To meet. 
 
 A clear confcience and heroick mind, 
 In ills their bufinefs and their giory find. Cowley. 
 
 15. To fettle ; to fix any thing in one's 
 own opinion. 
 
 Some men 
 The marks of old and catholick wo\t\d find. 
 
 Cowley. 
 
 16. To determine by judicial verdlft. 
 They would enfore them lo find as they would 
 
 dircft; and if they did not, convent, imprifon, 
 and fine them. Bacon, 
 
 His peers, upon this evidence, 
 Kme found nim guilty of high treafon. Siaifp, 
 
 17. Tofupply; tofurnIfli:as,i!i^findsmi;/'it 
 money and in viduals. 
 
 A war with Spain is like to be lucrative, if 
 we go roundly on at firft ; the war in continuance 
 will/it/itfelf. Bacon. 
 
 Still govern thou my fong, 
 Urania, and fit audience find, though few. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 18. [Inlaw.] To approve : as, /a find a 
 M. 
 
 19. To Find iimfeff. To be; to fare with 
 regard to eafe or pain, health or fick- 
 nefs. 
 
 Pray, fir, how d'yefindyourfelf? fays the doc- 
 tor. L'Ffirange. 
 
 20. To "Find out. To unriddle ; to folve. 
 The finding out of parables is a wcarifoTBC 
 
 labour of the mind. Eccles. 
 
 21. To Find out. To difcover fomethinsr 
 idden. 
 
 Can'ft thou by rearching/»7./ov/ God? Can'll 
 thou find out the Almighty unto perfeiftion } Job. 
 
 There are agents in nature able to make the 
 particles of bodies ftick together by very ftron» 
 attraitionS, and it is the bufmefs of expciimental 
 philofophy Xofind them out. Newton. 
 
 What hinders then, hut that you find her cut. 
 And huriy her aw3y by manly furce > AdJifon. 
 2 2. ToYi^uout. To obtain the know- 
 ledge of. 
 
 Tiie principal part of painting is to find out, 
 and thoroughly to undciftand, what nature hjs 
 made moft beautiful. Dryden. 
 
 23. To Find out. To invent; to exco- 
 gitate. 
 
 A man of Tyre, Ikilful to work in fold, and to 
 find out every device which (hall be put to him. 
 
 z Ckfoniclei. 
 
 24. The particle out is added often with- 
 out any other life than that it adds fome 
 force or emphafis to the verb. 
 
 While (he proudly m.irch'd about. 
 Greater conquefts I'j find out, 
 SliC beat out Sufan by the by. Cjwiey. 
 
 It is agreeable to compare the face of a great 
 man with the charaftcr, and to try if we can find 
 out in his looks and features either the haughty, 
 cruel, or merciful temper. Add:fi-k.
 
 F I N 
 
 He was afiaid of being intuited w'lth Greek; 
 for which rcHfon lie <lcfired a friend w find him 
 mit n clergyman rather of plain fenfe tlian much 
 learning. .-J.Uifin s SpMatcr^ 
 
 2j. To Find, is a word of very licenti- 
 ous and capricious ufe, not ealily limited 
 or explained ; its firft idea is the confe- 
 qucnce of fmrch ; the fccond, equally 
 frequent, is mere accurfion. 
 Fi'nder. n./ [from /«(/.] 
 
 1. One that meets or falls upon any thing. 
 
 We will hniig the device to the bar, and crown 
 thee for ^finder of madmen. Shakfpearc. 
 
 2. One that picks up any thing loft. 
 
 Sonic lewd fqucaking ci7er, 
 Mavgall thc/'ii'-'s coiifcicncc, if they meet. 
 
 Donne. 
 O yes ! if any happy eye 
 This roving wjiiton !hiU defcry. 
 Let thc/i'iiicr fuvcly know 
 Mine is the wag ; 'tis I tliat owe 
 The winged wand'rer Crufia-ru. 
 
 Findfa'ult. n.f. If lid mi. fault.] A 
 cenftner ; a caviller. 
 
 We are the makers of manners, Kate; and the 
 lilreity that follows our places, Hops the mouth of 
 AWfindfauhs. Shntfpca-c. 
 
 Fi'ndy'. ailj. [>-ytihis. Saxon.] I'ltmip ; 
 weighty ; firm ; folid. Not ufed. Thus 
 the proverb, 
 
 A cold May and a windy, 
 Makes the barn fat zndf.idy ; 
 means that it (lores the barn with plump and firm 
 grain. Jur.ni^ 
 
 FINE. adj. [fmc, French ;/;';/, Dutch 
 and Erfe; perhaps from ftnilus, com- 
 pleted, Latin.] 
 
 1. Not coarfe. 
 
 Not any (kiird in loops of fingering /w, 
 With this fo curious net-work might compare. 
 
 Spe.fc,. 
 He was arrayed in pinple and/"c linen. Luir. 
 
 2. Refined; pure; free from drofs. 
 
 Two vcffch of/;/e copper, precious as gold. 
 
 3. Subtile; thin; tentious : as, ihc fine 
 fpirits evaporate. 
 
 When the eye ftandcth in thc/wfi medium, and 
 the object in the groffer, things (hew greater: but 
 contrariwife, when the eye is pkiccd in the 
 giofTcr medium and the obje£l in the frier. 
 
 Baccn 
 
 4. Refined ; fubtikly excogitated. 
 
 In fubftance he p.omifed himfelf money, ho- 
 nour, friends, and peace in the end; but thofc 
 things were too /f.ve to be fortunate, and fuccrtd 
 in all parts. ISu.on 
 
 Whether the fcheme his not been puifued f> 
 far as to draw it inio pjaftice, or whether it bf 
 xoofr.e to be capable of it, I will not determine. 
 
 Tenql.-. 
 
 5. Keen; thin; fmoothly fharp. 
 
 Great affairs are .commonly too rough and ftub- 
 
 born to be wrought upon by the ftur edges or 
 
 points of wit. dS<Kon 
 
 ^6. Clear ; pellucid ; tranfparent : as, the 
 
 wine is fft-'- 
 Let the wine v/ithout mixture or flum be all 
 fine, 
 Or call up the mafter. folinjin. 
 
 7. Nice; exquifite ; delicate. 
 
 Are they not fen.'tleis then, that think tire foul 
 Nought but a fine perlcclion of the fenfe : 
 
 Dti-jics 
 
 Tiie irons of planes are fet fine or rank: they 
 are fet fine when they Hand fo fliallow below the 
 iole of the plane, that in working thoy take off 
 a thin fliaving. Muxon's Mich. Extr. 
 
 8. Artful; dexterous. 
 
 The wifdnm of all thefe latter tim-s in prince^ 
 atTairs, is rather /« dcU\c,)es, and fiiiliin^s of 
 
 F I N 
 
 dangers and mifcliiefs, than fulid and grounded 
 couiles to keep them ;ilouf Bacon. 
 
 9. Fraudulent ; fly ; knaviihly fnbtle. 
 
 Through \\\sjinc hanJling, and his ciennly pl-iy* 
 He all thofe roy:d figns had ftol'ii away. 
 
 Uubberd's Tc/c, 
 
 10. Elegant J beautiful in thought or lan- 
 guage. 
 
 To call the trum^iet by the name of lue nv r.U 
 wasji'ic. Dtyden 
 
 i I. Applied to perfon, it means beautiful 
 with dignity. 
 
 12. -Accomplifiied ; elegant of nnanners. 
 Ke was c^t only ine Jincji gentleman of his 
 
 tinie, but one o( ihe^'/f// fcholars. Felton 
 
 13. Showy; fplendid. 
 
 It is w:lh a 'f.n-: gc-uiis as with, a ^«.' faHiion ; 
 all thofc are difplealed at it who are not able to 
 follow it. Popr 
 
 The fatii'ical part of mankind will needs be- 
 lieve, that it is nut impolfibU' to be \f:.\y fine and 
 very filthy. Swifi 
 
 14. [Ironically.] Something that will ferve 
 the purpufe ; fomeUiing worth con 
 temptuous notice. 
 
 That fame knave» Ford, hev hufband, hat' 
 the fi"cft ni-td dcvd of jealuufy in him, maMer 
 Bronk, tharevei governed frenzy. S/iahjpeitc 
 
 They tauyhr us, indeed, to -loatli, to dwell in 
 houlcs, 
 To fcaft, to flcep on down, to be prot'ufe : 
 A fine exchange foi hberty. i'hiiips^ Britoji 
 
 Fine. n.f. {JJin, Cimbr.] 
 
 1. A mul6l ; a pecuniary punifhment. 
 
 The killing of an Irifhman was pot puniftieH 
 by our law as m;infl.uighter, which is felony and 
 C3pit;il; but hy :\ fine or pccuniaiy punithrncnt, 
 called an crickc. V'Wici on Iic/.i/;J. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Ev'n this ill night your breathing fliall expire, 
 P.iying i\icfi/7c of rated crcacticiy. Shtik[pc<n-e. 
 
 3. Forfeit ; money paid for any exemption 
 or liberty. 
 
 The fpirit of wantonncfs is fure feared out of 
 him: if the devil have him not in fee-(imple, 
 with yinr- and recovcty, lie will never, in the way 
 of waftc, aitcinpt us again. Shakjpearc. 
 
 Befidcs_;f^tfi fet upon plays, games, balls and 
 fcaftinj, they have many cuftonis which ccntri- 
 bule t) tlieir fimplicity. Add'fQn. 
 
 How vain that fccond life in, other breath, 
 Th' eftate which wits inherit after death ! 
 Eafc, hcallh, and life {>jr this they muft rcfign, 
 Unfure the tenure, but how vaft ine fine! Pope. 
 
 4. [ from j^n/j, Latin ; Jlny nifinjYx-tnch.'] 
 The end ; conclufion It is feldom ufcd 
 but adverbially, in Jitie. To conclude ; 
 to fum up ail ; to tell all at once. 
 
 In finfj wh.irf(ic\cr he was, he was nolliing 
 but what it pleaferi Zelmane, the powers of hi^ 
 fpirit depending of ber. Sidney 
 
 His rcfoluriun, in fine^ is, that in the church 
 a number of things are ftridtly ohfeived, whereof 
 no law of fcriptuve makcth mention one way or 
 other. Hooker. 
 
 Still the^wff *s the crown; 
 Whaie'cr the courle, the end is the renown. 
 
 Shitkjpeare. 
 
 Your daughter, eie (he fccms as won, 
 Dciires this ring; appoints him m-\ encounter; 
 In finry delivers me to fill the time, 
 Hcrfclf moft chaftely abfent. Shakfpe'are. 
 
 The blclTirg.'; of fortune are xht loweft : the 
 next are the bodily advantages of ftiength and 
 health: but the fupeilative bteifings, in fine ^ are 
 thoie of the mind. L'Ejirnnge. 
 
 In fine J he wears no limbs about him found. 
 With fores snd fickneffcs belcagur'd ruund. 
 
 Dry, fen's 'YuiJf/ia/. 
 
 In fine, let there be a perfcdt relation bet-uxt 
 the parts and the whole, that tncy may be en- 
 tirely of a piece. Dryden. 
 
 To Fine. v. a. [from the adjective.] 
 
 F I N 
 
 1. To refine ; to purify. 
 
 Ine fining pot is for filvcr, and the furnace for 
 gold Pi over hi. 
 
 There is a vein for the (river, and a place foe 
 gold, where they fine it. ^oi. 
 
 2. To embcllifli; to decorate. Now not 
 in life. 
 
 Hugh Capet, alfo, who ufurp'd the crown. 
 To fine nib title with (omc (hews of truth, 
 Convey'd hinifclfas heir to Ih' lady Lingare. 
 
 Sha^fpiurc\ Henry V- 
 
 3. To make lefs coarfe. 
 
 It fines the gra'i's, but makes it Ihoit, though 
 thick. Moilimcr. 
 
 4. To make tranfparent. 
 
 It is good alfo f ji tuel,-not to omit the (liavirrgs 
 of it for the finivg of wine. Moitimei ^ 
 
 5. [from the ftibrtantive.J To punilh witli 
 pecuniary penalty. 
 
 To fi-tf mtB one third of their fortune , without 
 any crime committed, lecms very hud. Leifke. 
 To Fine v. n. To pay a fine. 
 
 What poet e\ci-fin'd for (h^riff'? or who 
 By ihyincs and vcrle did c\er loid mayor grow ^ 
 
 Old/iam. 
 
 To FiN'BDK. a'w V. a. [fim and draw,'] 
 
 1 o trw lip a rent with fo much nicety 
 
 tliat it is not perceived. 
 
 Finedra'wer n.f [{rom fncdratv-l 
 
 One whofe bufinefs is to few up rents. 
 FiNEFiNGERED. adj. [frte znd firmer. ^ 
 Nice ; artful ; exquifite. 
 
 The nio& fi'i finger' d woikjTian on the ground^ 
 Arachne by iiis means was vanqiiithed. Spenfcr^ 
 
 Fi'mely. adv. [from^w.] 
 
 1. Beautifully; elegaiitly ; more than 
 juaiy. 
 
 Plutarch fays vc\y fi.n'ly, that a man (hould not 
 allow hinifelf to hate even his enemies; becautc 
 if you indulge thi.s p.ilfion on fome occafions, it 
 will rife of itfelf in others. AiUlifon. 
 
 The walls are painted, and reprcfcnt the laboui s 
 
 of Hercirlcs : m.any of them look vr-ry finely, 
 
 though a great part of the work has becnrrackcd. 
 
 ,'ldiijonon leafy. 
 
 2. Keenly ; fharply ; with a thin edge or 
 point. 
 
 Get you black lead, (liarpened J?>ic/x: PeacSam. 
 
 3 . Not coarfely ; not meanly ; gayly. 
 
 He was aUme, favc that he had two perfons of 
 honour, on either hand one, /?^f/y attiied in white. ^ 
 B.irejn'i Ncio yltlanlh. ■ 
 
 |-. In fmall parts ; fubtikly ; not grofsly. " 
 Saltpetre was butgiofsly beaten; for it thould 
 not hzfinc/y powdered. Biyyie. 
 
 5. [Ironically.} Wretchedly; in fuch a 
 manner as to deferve contemptuous 
 notice. 
 
 Let laws be made to obey, and not to bs obey^ 
 ed,and yon will find that kingdom^^we/y governed 
 iir a Ihort time. South. 
 
 For him (he loves : 
 She nam'd not me; that may be Torrifmond, 
 Whom Ihe iias thrice in private feen this day : 
 Tlien 1 ;^m finely caught in my owiv fnare. Dryd. 
 
 Fi'nrness. n.f. [from _/«>.} 
 
 1, Elegance; beauty; deh'cacy. 
 
 Every thing was full of a choice fineneft, that, 
 if it wanted any thing in majcffy, it fupphed with 
 ii>creafe in pleafure; and if at the ftrlt it ftruck 
 nut adniir.ition, if ravilhcd with delight. Sidney. 
 
 As the French language has more ^^rwryi and 
 fmoGtbnefs at this time, (0 it had more compal's, 
 fpirit, and force in Montaigne's days. Trnipie. 
 
 The foftnefs of her fex, and t\\(e finenefi of her 
 genius, confpire to give her a very dilfinguilHag 
 charad\ir. Prior, 
 
 2 . Show ; fplendour ; gayety of appear- 
 ance.
 
 F I N 
 
 The /inrreft ot dorixhs dciliMVS the cafe : it often 
 htlj.s men tu p:iiii, but can ne\*cr lid tticm ut any : 
 I I.J uoiy may IdHi^uilh under the molt I'picndu! 
 •cu'.ci-. Decay of Pietj. 
 
 3. Subtilty ; avtfulnefs; ingenuity. 
 Tiiolc, witii the Jitt^mfs of tlieii' luuls, 
 
 By rcaloii i^uide his cxecutiuu. Hhukfpcnre, 
 
 4, Purity ; freedom from drofs or bafc 
 mixtures. 
 
 Our works arc, indeed, no»ight elfc 
 But rhe proira^ivc tryals of great Jove, 
 To fii^d pcifitHve conftancv in men; 
 The Ji riff ir/i uf wliicli fiiciai is not found 
 In fortune's lovu. Shakfpfare. 
 
 X am doubtful whether men have fufficicntly 
 refined mcial.s ; as whether iron, brafs, and tin be 
 retincd to the hcig;^ht : but when they come to fuch 
 a fvuneji as fervcth the ordinary ule, they try 
 no farther. Bacon's Naturai liijjoty. 
 
 The ancients were careful to coin their money 
 in due weigii: ansi ftncn€j\\ oniy in limes of ex- 
 igence they have diminiflied both the weight and 
 fi'Hnefs. Arbutknnt an Coins. 
 
 Fi'ner. «./. [from ^//£,] One who pu- 
 rifies metals. 
 
 Take nway rhe drofs from the filvcr, and there 
 fhallcome forth a vefTel fot the^?/fr. Pr<n'£rl/i. 
 
 Fi'nery. rr. /. [frorfi ^ne.] Show; 
 fplendour oT appearance j gayety of 
 colours. 
 
 Drcfs up your houfes and your images, 
 And put ow all the c'liy' sjinery. 
 To confecrate this day a felHval, Southern. 
 
 The capacities of a lady arc fometimes apt to 
 fall (hoit in cultivating cleanUncCs Awd finery to- 
 gether. S-u-'ift. 
 
 Don't chufe your place of ihidy by thc^^iT)- 
 of the prutpei^s, or the moft variuus fcencs ol 
 fcnfiblc things. I'Vatti. 
 
 They w.int to grow rich in their trades, and to 
 maintain their families in fomc fuch figure and 
 degree of fi'ifyj as a rcafonabic chnllian life has 
 no occafion for. Law. 
 
 FINE'SSE. n. f. [French.] Artifice; 
 ftratagem : an unnecefTary word which is 
 creeping into the language. 
 
 A ciicuniftance not much tu be flood upon, in 
 cate It were not upon ioiWQJineJfe. Hayiuard 
 
 FI'NGER. n. /. [(;in5eji, Saxon ; from 
 fan^en, to hold. ] 
 
 1. The flexible member of the hand hv 
 which men cat.h anJ hold. 
 
 'V\ic Jingen and thumb in each hand confill of 
 fifteen huncs, there bt:ing ihrce to eacb_;^';_^fr. 
 
 Qtiincy . 
 You fccm to underhand me, 
 By each at once her choppy yf«?fr laying 
 Upon her (klnny lip?. Sliakfpeare's Mticb. 
 
 Diogenes, who is never faid. 
 For aught that ever I could read, 
 To ^^'hitip, put^'J^f-r i' th* eye, and fob, 
 Eecaufe h' had ne'er anothci tub. ITudiiras. 
 
 The hand is divided into iomjirigfn bending 
 forwai-d, and one oppofife to them bending bacit- 
 ward , and of greater ilicirgth than any of ihcni 
 fingly, which we call the thumb, to join win. 
 them feverally or united ; whereby it is fitted to 
 lay hold of objeifs of a;-iy fi^e or quatniry. Ray. 
 
 A hand of a vail extenfioii, and a prodigious 
 number ol Jiggers playing upon ali the organ pipes 
 of the world, and making every one found .r 
 particul.ir rrote. Keil agninfi Burr.ct 
 
 Poor Peg ftwcd, fpun, and knit for a liveli- 
 hood, 'till her ^ji^fi ends were fore. Aibuth 
 
 2. A finall mcafiire of e.xtenfion; the 
 breadth of a finger. 
 
 Go now, go truft the wind's uncertain breath, 
 Rcmov'd luiir fi'grn from approaching deatti ; 
 Ol fcvcn at moil, whea thickeft is the board. 
 
 Drjden's 'Juvenal. 
 
 F I N 
 
 One of thefe bdws with a little ai-row did 
 
 pierce through apiece of ficel three fngrn thick. 
 
 IVdkinC Mash. Mog. 
 
 3. The hand; tlie inftrumcnt of work; 
 mamifaiSturc ; art. 
 
 I'ool, that forgets her ftuhborn look, 
 This fo:'tncfs from thy fifige>' took. ll'jUa , 
 
 Tu Fi'NGEii. V. a. [from the nouii.] 
 
 1. To touch lightly ; to toy with. 
 
 Go, get you gone, and let the papers lie; 
 You would be fingering them to anger mc. 
 
 Sliakfpeare. 
 
 One that is covetous is not fo highly pieafcd 
 
 with the mccr fight and fitigiring of money, as 
 
 . with the thoughts of his being confidcted as 
 
 a wealthy man. Grcw^s Cofnn!. Sac. 
 
 2. To touch unfcafonably or thievidily. 
 
 His ambition would needs be firrgeriftg the 
 
 fceptrc, and hoifiing him into his father's tr.ronc. 
 
 South' s Strmctti. 
 
 3. To toi.ich an inllrument of mufick. 
 
 She hath broke the lute ; 
 1 tlid but teli her fhc mirtook iicr frets, 
 Aitd bow'd her hand to teach ha' fingeirig. 
 
 Shalifprare, 
 
 4. To perform any work exquifitely with 
 the fingers 
 
 Not any (kill'd in loops o(fi'igerhig fine, 
 With this fo curious nel-wor k might compare. 
 
 Sperijct . 
 
 FiNGER-FERN. n. f. [finger ai\6. fern; 
 
 ofplenum, Latin.] A plant. 
 Finger-stone, n.f. [finger a.nd Jlene ; 
 
 telenites, Latin.] A foifil refembling an 
 
 arrow. 
 Fi'nglefang LE. n. f. [from /aHj^/f.j 
 
 A trifle : a burlefque word. 
 Wc agree in nothing but to wrangle 
 
 About the flighted fingUfitngle. Huhih'at. 
 
 Fi'nmcal. at/J. [from^«f.] Nice; fop- 
 pilh ; pretending to fuperfluous ele- 
 gance. 
 A whor-efoii, glaffglazing, fuperferviceable, 
 ftiucul rogue, Shakjpeaie's King Lear. 
 
 I cannot hear a finical fop romancing, how 
 the king took him afide at fuch a tinre ; what 
 the queen faid to him at another. U Efirangt. 
 
 Fi'nicallv. adv. \{\Qva finicaL~\ Fop- 
 
 pin.iy.- 
 
 Fi'n iCALNESs. n.f. [from yin/ca/.] Su- 
 
 pe'rfliioiis nicety ; foppery. 
 To Fi'NTSH. f. li. [fin'ir, French ; fin'io, 
 
 Latin ] 
 
 1. To bring to the end propofcd ; to com- 
 plete. 
 
 For which of yorr, intending to build a tower, 
 fntetli not down firft and coirnteth the celt, 
 whether he have I'ufficient Xofinijii it.' Luke. 
 
 As he had begun, fo he would alfo finijh in 
 yen the fame grace. zCorinthiam. 
 
 2. To make perfecl. 
 
 A poet ufes epifodcs ; but epifodes, taken 
 feparatel}',y^«y.5 ncthmg. Brccme on /he O.iyjfty. 
 
 3. To ptrfeft ; to pollfh to the excellency 
 intenrJed. 
 
 Ti'.ou^ii here you all perfection ihould not find. 
 Yet i. It all th'Erernal Will defigrr'd ; 
 It is ifmijlt'dwmk, and pcrfcfl iit his kind. 
 
 h^kmore. 
 
 I would make what hears your name 2s fini/^- 
 
 ecl as my laft work ought tu be ; that is, mure 
 
 finjhi.l than the reft. I'ofc. 
 
 .|. i o end ; to put an end to. 
 
 Finisher, n.f. [from frr/6.] 
 
 1. Performer ; accomplllher. 
 
 He that of greateft works rs fni/herf 
 Oft does them by the wcakcli minifter. Shahjp. 
 
 2. One [hat puts an end; ender. 
 I 
 
 F I N 
 
 This was the conriiiion of thofe times: ths 
 World .ir- linft Atbanafius, and Ath?n ifius agaji'l 
 it: haif an hundred of years (pent in doul.tful 
 trials w'.icli of the two, in tnc end, wou d pre- 
 vail ; the fide which had all, or clfc that part 
 which had no friend but God and death, the 
 one a defender of his innoctncy, tiic other a 
 finijhrr of all liis iiouhies. Hosier, 
 
 3. One that completes or perfecls. 
 
 The author nnAfiniJfier of our faith. Uehrewi. 
 
 propl'.et of gidd tidings \finijlier 
 
 Of utmolt hope I Miiion't Paradlje L'Jl. 
 
 FINITE, adj. Ofni/uj Latin.] Limited; 
 bounded ; terminated. 
 
 Servius conceives no more thereby than a 
 finite number for indefinite. liro-x'n. 
 
 Finite of any magnitudcholds not any pro- 
 portion to infinite. Lficke. 
 
 That fuppofed infinite duration, will by the 
 very fuppolition, be limited at two extremes, 
 though never fo remote afunder', and conle- 
 quently mud needs he finite. JSentley. 
 
 Fi'niteless. adj. [from 7?/(;Vi-.] With- 
 out bounds ; unlimited. 
 
 It is ridiculous unto reafon, and finileleji as 
 their defiles. Hroivn's Vulgar Errcun, 
 
 Fi'nitei.y. adv. [from finiie.'\ Wiihia 
 certain limits ; to a certain degree. 
 
 Tiicy arc creatures ftill, and that fets them at 
 an infinite diilance from God; whereas all 
 their excellencies can make them but finitely 
 diftant from us. Stillingfieet. 
 
 Fi'n I TEN ESS. n. / [ham fintte.'\ Limi- 
 tation ; confinement within certain 
 boundaries. 
 
 1 ought now to unbay the current of my 
 pailion, and love without other boundary than 
 what is fet by ihzfinitenefi of my natural powers. 
 
 Norrii . 
 
 Fi'nitude. n.f [from _;fn;Vf] Limita- 
 tion ; confinement within certain boun- 
 daries. This is hardly an authorized 
 word. 
 
 FiniiuJe, applied to natural or created things, 
 imports the proportions of the fcveral degrees of 
 affcitions, or properties of tiicfe things to on; 
 another; infinitude, the unboundediiels of thcfe 
 degrees of atfedtions, or pioperties. Cheyn-:, 
 
 Fi'nless. adj. [from_;f«.] V/anting fins. 
 
 He angers me 
 With telling of the moidwarpand the ant. 
 And of a dragon and sfinic/s hlh. Shakfpe.ire. 
 
 Fi'n LIKE. adj. [fin and /He.] Formed 
 in imitation of tins. 
 
 In (hipping fuch as this, t),e Irifli kern 
 And untaught Indian on the ftrcam did glide ; 
 
 Ere (harp- kecl'd boats to (lem the flood did learn 
 Or_/Vr;/;« oars did fpread from either fide.' Oiyd. 
 
 Fi'nned. adj. [fromT^'i.] Having broad 
 edges fpread out on either fide. 
 
 They plough up the turf with a broad/rwf</ 
 plough. Mortimer. 
 
 Fi'nny. adj. [from/tt.] Furniflied with 
 fins ; formed for the element of water. 
 High o'er the main in wat'ry pomp he rides, 
 His azure car and_/J«/iy courfers guides ; 
 Proteus his nam-. Dry.len; Virpit. 
 
 New herds of beafts he fends the plains" to 
 (hare ; 
 New colonies of birds to people air; 
 And to their O07.y beds tbe finny filh repair. 
 
 DryJen's Ovid. 
 
 While black with ftorms the ru(Med ocean rolls. 
 
 And from the filhcr's art defends htr finny (heV,;s. 
 
 Blt.-inire. 
 With haiiy fpringes we the birds betray ; 
 Slight lines ot nair lurprize tijc fimy prey. Popf, 
 
 Fi'n TOED. adj. [fin znd toe. 2 Palmipe- 
 dous ; having a membrane between ths 
 toe;. 
 
 4 z 2
 
 F I R 
 
 Such creatures as are whole footed, or fntoti, 
 vii. fome birds and quadrupeds, are naturally d.- 
 reaed to go into the water and Iwim theie. A<i^. 
 
 Fi'NocHio. n.f. A fpecies of fennel. 
 
 Fi'ppLE. n. /. [from/W«, Latin.J A 
 
 Y^orm'uft know, that in recorders, which go 
 Vlth a gentle breath, the concave of 'he P'pe, 
 lere.t'not for the /,f/. '^at flra.tneth the a.r 
 nmch more than tne fin^ple "ncave would 
 yield no found. -B"""'' ^""-"^ ^'fi'^'y- 
 
 fyr, Danilh.] The tree of which deal- 
 boards are made. 
 
 It is ever green: the leaves are lingle, and 
 
 for the moft part produced on every fide of the 
 
 branches : the male flowers, or catk.ns, are 
 
 placed at remute difiances from the fruit on the 
 
 fame tree. The feeds are propagated on ernes, 
 
 which are fquamofe. ■ v. \" Z' 
 
 He coveied the floor of the houfc with planks 
 
 fAV ' A;"gi. 
 
 the fpiiing (fr and ftately box. ^H" 
 
 riRE. «./. [fyn. Saxon \fewr, Oerman.J 
 
 i The igneous element. 
 
 The force oXJi't afcended firft on nigh. 
 And took its dwelling in the vaulted Iky ; 
 Then ait fucceeds, in lightnefs next to^rj. 
 
 iJrydin. 
 
 3. Any thing burning. 
 
 A littk/« is quickly trodden out, 
 
 Which, being fuffer'd, rivers cannot quench. 
 
 Shakjpearc'i Henry \l. 
 
 Where tvia raging/r« meet together, 
 They do confume tiie thing that feeds their fury. 
 -^ ' Shtikjfliire. 
 
 So contraries on .Etna's top coufpire ; 
 Kere hoary frofts.and by them breaks o»t/'f. 
 
 9 A conflagration of towns or countries. 
 
 There is another liberality to the citizens, who 
 had fuffcted damage by a g.eat/r.. Arbuthwt. 
 
 Though fafc thou think' It thy ircafure lies, 
 Conceal'd m cheHs from human eyes, 
 A fire may come, and it may be 
 Bury'd, my friend, as far from tnee. Gr^nvdU. 
 4. Flame ; light ; luftre. 
 
 Stars hide your/m.' 
 Let not night fee my bl=ck and deep defires 
 
 Shakjfcait i Macheth. 
 
 r. Torture by burning. 
 
 ^ Did Shadrach's zeal my glowing breaft mfpire, 
 To weary toitures, and rejoice in/', ? Prior. 
 6 The punifhment of the damned. 
 ■ Who among us (hall dwell with the devouring 
 t„ ? Who among us Ihall dwell with everlaft- 
 ing burnings? J 
 
 7. Any thing provoking ; any thmg that 
 ' inflames the paffions. 
 
 What/rt is in my ears r Can this be true _ 
 Stand I condenm'd for pride and fcorn fo much : 
 "' Shakfpearr. 
 
 8 Ardour of temper ; violence of paffion. 
 ' He had fi" m his temper, and a German 
 bluntnets; and, upon provocations, ">'Sht rtnim 
 a phrafe. " ■'' 
 
 «j Livelinefs of imagination ; vigour of 
 fancy; intelledtual aftivity ; force of 
 txprcflion ; fpirit of fentiment 
 
 Nor can the fnow that age does Ihed 
 Upon thy rev'rcnd head, 
 Ouench or allay the noble /« withm, 
 But all that youth can be thou art C<ywky. 
 
 Thcv have no notion of life and/r. in fancy 
 and in woids, and any thing that is jult lu 
 jramnrar and in meafure is good ""tory and 
 Ltrytothcm. Fcl,on.n,heClajr,ck.. 
 
 He brings, to make us from our ground retire, 
 The reafoner's weapons and the poet's/«^^^^^ 
 
 ExaA aacine, and Corneille's noble /r,. 
 Taught ui that France had foraething to admire 
 
 T I R 
 
 The bold Longinus all the nine infpiie, 
 And warm the critick with a poet's/r..-. rope 
 
 Oh mav fome fpark of your celeftial/rf. 
 The lall,"the mcaneft of your fons inlpire. Pope 
 
 10. The paffion of love. 
 
 Love various hearts does varioudy infpire, 
 It ftiis in gentle bofoms gentle /r<r, 
 Like that of incenfc on the altar laid ; 
 But raging flames tcmpeftuous fouls invadu ; 
 A fire which every windy paflion blows, 
 With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows. 
 
 l}ryjfri. 
 The Jirc of love in youthful blood, 
 Like what is kindled in brulh-wood, 
 but for a moment burns. Shddwcll. 
 
 The god of love retires ; 
 Dim are his torches, and extinft his/rtj. Pope. 
 
 New charms (hall ftill increafe delire. 
 And time's fwift wing (hall fan the /re. 
 
 Aloorc's TctbUi. 
 
 1 1 . Eruption or impofthuraation : as, St. 
 Anthony's 7?»^. 
 
 12. ToJetYiKV.on, or fit on Tire. To 
 kindle ; to inflame. 
 
 Hermofilla courageoufly fet upon the liorfe- 
 men, and/f//-<r alto :'poa the ftablcs where the 
 Turks horfes flood. Knol/ei. 
 
 He that/rf a Jire >i a plane-tree to fpite his 
 neighbour, and the plane-tree /.■/ /?'f or: his 
 neighbour's houfe, is bound to pay all the lofs, 
 bccaufe it did all arife from his own ill intention. 
 
 ■/".y/or. 
 
 13. To 7^/ a Fire. To inflame. 
 
 So inflam'd by my dcfire, 
 It may fet her heart a-frc. Carew. 
 
 To Fire. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fet on fire ; to kindle. 
 They fpoilcd many parts of the city, and /r,-./ 
 
 the houfes of thofa whom they cflcemed not to 
 be their friends ; but the rage of the fire was at 
 firif hindered, and then appeafed by tne fall ol 
 a fudden Ihower of rain. H.iyu'ard. 
 
 The brcathlcfs body, thus bewail'd, they lay, 
 And/. Mhe pile. Diydcn. 
 
 A fecond Paris, difTiingbut in name, 
 Shall fire his country with a I'ccond flame. 
 
 ^ DryJen's ^n. 
 
 2. To inflame the paffions ; to animate. 
 Yet, if dcfire of fame, and thirll of pow'r, 
 
 A beauteous piincefs with a crown in dow'r. 
 So fire your mnid, in arms afi'eit your right. 
 ^ Jjryden. 
 
 i. To drive by fire. 
 
 He that parts us, (hall bring a brand from 
 heav'n 
 And fire us hence. Shatfpeare'i King Lear. 
 
 To Fire. v. n. 
 
 1. To take fire ; to be kindled. 
 
 2. To be inflamed with paflion. 
 
 3. To difcharge any firearms. 
 The fainting Dutch remotely /'<■, 
 
 And the fam'd Eugene's iron troops retire. 
 
 Firearms, n./ [frc zni arms.] Arms 
 
 which owe their efficacy to fire ; guns. 
 
 Ammunition to fupply their n^^-x firearm. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 Before the ufe of firearms there was infinitely 
 
 more fcope for perfonal valour than in the modern 
 
 b^"'"- , , r, -. ^ ^'''"^ 
 
 Fi'r K D ..i L L. «./■ \fire and baU. J Gvena- 
 
 do ; ball filled with combuftibles, and 
 
 burfting where it is thrown. 
 
 Judge of thofe infolent boafls of confcience, 
 which, like fo many/'fi^tt, or mouth gren.a- 
 does, are thrown at cur church. kouth. 
 
 The fame great man hath fworn to make us 
 fwallowhiscoin in/'-i"/,'!. S-wiJt. 
 
 Firebra'nd. n.f. [fre and brand.} 
 I. A piece of wood kindled. 
 
 I have eafed my father-in-law of i firebrand, 
 to fet my owa houfe iu a tiarae. VEjtrange. 
 
 F I R 
 
 2. An incendiary ; one who inflames fac- 
 tions ; one who caufes mifchief. 
 
 Troy muft not be, nor goodly Ilion ftand ; 
 Oux firebrand brother, Paris, burns us all. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 He fent Surrey with a competent power againft 
 the rebels, who fought with the principal band 
 of them, and defeated them, and took alive 
 John Chamber, their firebrand. Bacon. 
 
 Fi'rebrush. n.f. {Jir-e znA hrufh-l The 
 brufh which hangs by the fire to fweep 
 the hearth. 
 
 When you are ordered to ftir up the fire, 
 clean away the aflies from betwixt the bars with 
 ^.hefirrbrujh. Swift. 
 
 Fi'recross. n. /. [fire and crofs.] A 
 token in Scotland for the nation to take 
 arms : the ends thereof burnt black, and 
 in fome patts fmeared with blood. It 
 is carried from one place to another. 
 Upon refufal to fend it forward, or to 
 rife, the lad perfon who has it flioots 
 the other dead. 
 
 He fent his heralds through all parts of the 
 realm, and commanded \.he firecrof to be car- 
 ried ; namely, two firebrands fet in fafliion of ». 
 crofs, and pitched upon the point of a fpear. 
 
 }iuy<tvaod. 
 
 Fi'redrake. n./ [fire ?Li\& drale.] A 
 fiery ferpcnt : I fuppofe the prefttr. 
 
 By the hilfmg of the liiakc, 
 The'rulUing of xhefiredrake, 
 I charge thee thou this place forfakc, 
 Nor of queen Mab be prattling. Drayton. 
 
 Fi'relock. n. /. [fi'-e and loci.] A 
 foldier's gun ; a gun dilchargtd by 
 ftriking fteel with flint. 
 Prime all your firelocks, faften well the ftake. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Fi'remaN. n.f. [fire and man.] 
 
 1. One who is employed to extinguifh 
 burning houfes. 
 
 The/',ma« fweats beneath his crooked arms; 
 A leathern cafque his vent'rous head defends, 
 Boldly he climbs were thickeft fmoke afcends 
 
 Gay. 
 
 2. A man of violent paffions 
 I had laft night the fate to drink a bottle with 
 
 two of ihek firemen. Tatler. 
 
 Fi'renew. aJj. [fire zv\d new.] Newa» 
 from the forge ; new from the melting 
 houfe 
 
 i 
 
 Armado is a moft ilUiflrious wight 
 A man of fircnew words, falhion's own knight, 
 ^ Shikfpeare. 
 
 Some excellent ]e&.%,firer.ew from the mint. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 Upon the wedding-day I put myfelf, accord- 
 ing to cuftom, in another hnlfirei:e-iv, with filvcr 
 buttons to it. AddiJOTt. 
 
 Fi'repan. n./. [/«and/>an.} 
 
 1. A pan for holding fire ; a velTel of 
 metal to carry fire. 
 
 ah firepans, and all the vefl^els thereof, thott 
 flralt make of brafs. Exodu,, 
 
 Pour of it upon a firepan well heated, as they 
 do rofe-watcr and vinegar. Baion. 
 
 2. [In a gun.] The receptacle for the 
 priming powder. 
 
 Fi'rer. n.f. [from/fm] An incendiary. 
 
 Others burned MouITcl, and the reft marched 
 
 as a guard for defence of lhcfe/r«j. Carew. 
 
 Fi'reship. n.f. [firesndfijlp.] A (hip 
 filled with combufl:ible matter to fire the 
 vefl"els of the enemy. 
 
 Our men bravely quitted thcmfclves of the 
 firefiiif, by cutting the f^ritfaa tackle, fffeman.
 
 FI R 
 
 Fi'reshovel. n. f. ^fire tnd Jhovel.] 
 The inllrument with which the hot 
 coals arc thrown up in kitchens. 
 
 Culinary iitcnnls and irons oftfn feel the force 
 of tire; as xongs,firf/imch, prongs, and irons. 
 
 B> a jun. 
 
 The neighbours are coming out with forks and 
 
 _/f>f/^»uf/j,andfpits,and other domi ft ic k wcajions. 
 
 Drydcn\ Spanijh Vry.ir. 
 
 Fi'reside. n. /. [fire and T/i/t-.] The 
 hearth ; the chinnntv. 
 
 My judgment is, that they ought all to be 
 defpifcd, and ought to fcrve but for winter talk 
 by ihefrefiJc. Bacm. 
 
 Love no more is made 
 By XkiJiitfiAr, but in the cooler Ihade. Careiu. 
 
 By h'lijirejuif hcft:irts the hare, 
 And turns her in his wicker chair. Prior. 
 
 What art thou alking of them, after .ill ? Only 
 to fir quietly at thy own JirrJlJe. .'■irhuihnot. 
 
 Fi'RiiSTicK. n. f. [fire and Jlkt-I A 
 lighted llick or brand. 
 
 Children when they play withyfrf/f;V^i, move 
 and whiile them round fo fail, that the jnoiion 
 will cozen their eyes, and reprcfcnt an intirc 
 circle of fire to them. ■O'S'lv »" Bodui. 
 
 Fi're.stone. n.f. [/■/•£ and^o/jf.] 
 
 The fitejlonef or pyrites, is a compound metal- 
 lick fulfil, compoftd of vitriul, fiilphur, and an 
 unnretallick earth, but in very different propor- 
 tions to the lc\eral inalfcs. The molt common 
 fort, which is ufed in medicine, is a greenifh 
 ihapelefs kind found in our claypits, out of 
 which the green vitriol or copperas is procured. 
 It has its name of pyrites, o^ fuefionc, from its 
 giving fire on being lliuck againft a liccl ntuch 
 more freely than a flnit will do; and all the 
 fparks brnii a longci- time, and grow larger as 
 they fall, the inflammable matter ftruck from 
 of}' the Ifone burning itfclf out before the fp.rrk 
 becomes extinguilhed. Hill's Math. Msd 
 
 Firtji^yirj if bloke fmall, and l.iidon cold lands, 
 
 muft be of advantage. Mortimer' i Hufcuuiiy. 
 
 Fi'rewood. ti.f. [fre and tvooJ-l Wood 
 
 to burn ; fewel. 
 FTrework. n.f. [^rf and 'wori.] Shows 
 of fire ; pyrotechnical performances. 
 
 The king would have me prcfcnt the princefj 
 with fomc delightful ollentation, or pageant, or 
 antick, or finwori. Sii.ii/penrr. 
 
 We rcprefent aifo ordnance, and new mixtures 
 of gunpowder, wildfires burning in water, and 
 unquencliablc ; and Mujire-Moiii of all variety. 
 Bacon's Nftu ^t/untii. 
 
 The ancients were imperfeft in the docSrine 
 of meteors, by their ignorance of gunpowder and 
 Jiniuorks. Broivn. 
 
 \n jirtxvorks ^wn him leave to vent his fpire ; 
 Thofe arc the only lerpcnts he can write. Diydtrt. 
 
 Our companion propofed a fuhjctt for a fire- 
 
 VfOrkj which he thougiit would be very amufmg. 
 
 ./Iddiftri's Guardiim. 
 
 Their_^r(*T*;ofij are made up in p,*per. Tut/er. 
 
 Fi'rimg. n.f. \_{\om fire.'] Fewel. 
 
 They burn the cik.es, Jiri/ig being there fcarce. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 To Fir K. V. a. [from /fr/i?, Latin.] To 
 whip ; to beat ; to correi!^ ; to challife. 
 
 Ecfides, it i? not only foppidl. 
 But vik idolatrous and popilh. 
 For one man out of hi^ own ikin 
 To Jiri and whip another's lin. Hudihras. 
 
 Fi'rkin. n.f. [from peoSep, Saxon, the 
 
 fourth partof a vcfTel.] 
 J. A veflel containing nine gallons. 
 
 Strutt's forvants get fuch a haunt about that 
 ftiop, that it will coft us many ^firkin of flrong 
 beer to bring them back again. jirbuthnot . 
 
 2. A fmall veffel. 
 
 You heard of that wonder of the lightning and 
 thunder. 
 Which made the lye fo much the Jouder; 
 
 F I R 
 
 Now lift to another, that miraclc'j brothefj 
 Wiiich was done with a_y?r^//i of puyder. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 FIRM, adj, [/rmwf, Latin.] 
 I. Strong; not cafily pierced or {liuken ; 
 hard, oppofed \.o/oft. 
 
 Tnc fiakCi of his ricih are joined togciher: 
 they arc^^fm in thcmlclvcs and they cannot be 
 moved. yob. 
 
 Love *s artillery th-n checks 
 The brcdftworks oi \\\c JirmcJ} fcx. CUiWehnd. 
 There is nothing to be left void in a fiym 
 building ; even the cavities ought to be filled witii 
 rubbrlh. Drydeu 
 
 That body, whofe parts are moft firm in 
 thenilelvcs, and are by their peculiar Ihapcs c.ip.i- 
 blc of the grejtcrt conta£\s, is the moil fum ; 
 and that which has parts very frndli, and capable 
 of the leaft contaft, will be moft loft. ^Voo.kvurd. 
 
 2. Condant ; tleady ; refolute; fixed ; un- 
 fhaken. 
 
 Wc hold^rw to the works of God, and to 
 the fenfe wliich is God's lamp. Bacon. 
 
 He li'. light obeys ; 
 And firm believes. Milton''s Varadife LoJ} 
 
 TliC great encouragement is rhe allTurance of a 
 futuie reward, the jirm pcrlu.ilion whereof is 
 enough to raife us above any thing in tliis world 
 
 Till'iifon. 
 
 The man that *s refolute and juft, 
 Firm to Ins principles and truft. 
 Nor hopes nor fears can blind. Vf^aljh. 
 
 3. Solid; not giving way; not fluid. 
 
 Gild caufed the wind to blow to dry up the 
 abundant flime and mud of the earth, and make 
 the land moie_^fM. Raleigh. 
 
 The muddy and Hmous matter brought down 
 by tlie Niius, fettled by degrees into z firtn land. 
 
 Broiutt'i Vulgar ErrOurj. 
 
 It on firm land 
 Thaws not, but r.ither lieap and ruin feems 
 Of ancient pile ; all elfc deep fnow and ice. 
 
 Alil/o'i. 
 Sinking waters, the firm land to drain, 
 Fiird tiic c.ipacious deep, and form'd the main. 
 
 R^f common. 
 
 To Firm, v, a. [Jirmo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To fettle; to confirm; to eflablifli ; 
 to fix. 
 
 Of the death of the emperor they advcrtifcd 
 Solyman, firming thofe letters with all rticir 
 hands and fcals. K'toUci. 
 
 *Tis ratify'd above by every god, 
 And Jove has firni'd it with an awful nod. Dryd. 
 
 The pow'rs, faid he, 
 To you, and yours, and mine, propitious be, 
 An^firm our purpofe with their augury. Drydcn. 
 
 thou, who frccft mc from my doubtful Hate, 
 Long iolt and wtlder'd in the maze of face ! 
 
 Be prcfent rtill : oh goddcfs, in our aid 
 Proceed, and firm thofe omens thou haft made ! 
 Pole's Sttxtius. 
 
 2, To fix without wandering. 
 
 He on his card and campafs^;mj his eye, 
 Themafters of liis long; experiment. Fairy Queen. 
 
 FIRMA'MENT. «. / [firmamentum, 
 Latin.] The flcy ; the heavens. 
 
 Even to the heavens their Ihoiiiing (hrill 
 Doth reach, and all ih^ fir mutufnt doth fill. 
 
 Sperifer. 
 
 1 am conflant as the northern ftar, 
 Of whofe true, fixt, and refting quality 
 
 There is no fellow in thcfi'Ttuiment. Sn.ikfpeare. 
 The Almighty, whofe hicroglyphical charac- 
 ters are the unnumbered liars, fun and moon, 
 written on thefe large volumes of the firtmnncnr. 
 Raleigh's Ulfimy of the Wodd. 
 
 Ty\c firmamint expanfe of liquid, pure, 
 Tranfparent, elemental air, did'us'd 
 In circuit to the uttermoft convex 
 Of this great round. Alilfon's Parndife Lofl. 
 
 The ftecds climb up the firft afcent with pain ; 
 And when the jniddlc/rwdWf^/ they gain, 
 
 FI R 
 
 If (Jownwaid from the heavens my htnA I bovr, 
 And fee the earth anil ocean liang below, 
 Ev'n I am feiz'd with horror. ylUifon'i Ovid. 
 Wh.it an immcnfurable fpacc is tlic firma- 
 ment, wherein a great number of ftars .ire feen 
 with our naked eye, and many more difcoveicd 
 with our glafl'es ! Dirham's ./iflm-Jheokgy. 
 
 Firma.me'ntal. ailj. [from firmament.] 
 Cekllial ; of the upper regions. 
 
 An hollow cryftal pyramid he takes, 
 \n firmnmenli.l v/ilQn dipt above. V'yderi, 
 
 Fi'rmly. adv. [Uom firm.] 
 
 1. Strongly; imptnetrably ; iramoveably. 
 
 Thou (halt come of force. 
 Though thou zn fiim.'ier faftcn'd tlian a rock. 
 
 Mill. AgoniJIes, 
 
 How very hard particles, which touch only in 
 
 a few points, can Itick together lo firmly, without 
 
 fomething which caufcs them to be attrafted to- 
 
 wards one another, is difficult conceive. Neiuton, 
 
 2. Steadily ; conftantly. 
 
 Himfelf tobc the man the fates require; 
 lyiVm/y judge, and what I judge defiie. DryJert. 
 
 The common people of Lucca are firmly per- 
 fuaded, that one Lucquefc can beat five Flo- 
 rentines. Ad.lif'jn on Italy ^ 
 
 Fi'rmness. n.f. [from/rOT.] 
 
 1. Hardncfs ; compaflnefs; folidity. 
 
 It would become by degrees of greater con- 
 fiftency inAfirmneft, fo as to referable an habit^'. 
 ble earth. Burnit, 
 
 2. Dijrablllty; (lability. 
 
 Both the eafinefi and firmnefs of union might 
 be conjcdtured, for that both people are of the 
 fame language. Hay-ward, 
 
 3. Certainty ; foiindnefs. 
 
 In pcifons already pofTelTed with notions of 
 religion, the undeilfanding cannot be brought 
 to cliange them, but by great examination of the 
 truth 3nA fii mncji of the one, and the flaws and 
 weakneff of the other. Souti's Sermons. 
 
 4. Steadinefs ; conftancy ; refolution. 
 
 That thou Ihould'ft rt\y firmnefs doubt 
 TuGodor thee, becaufc we have a foe 
 Mav tempt us, I expec^led not to hear. MUlon, 
 Nor can th' Egyptian patriarch blame my 
 mufe. 
 Which (or .Wis firmnefs does his heat excufe. 
 
 Rcfcommcn. 
 This armed Job w\th firmnefs and fortitude. 
 
 j^tterbuiy. 
 
 FIRST. a.}j. [pipj-r, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The ordinal of one ; that which is in 
 order before any other. 
 
 Thy air. 
 Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the frjf. 
 — A third is like the former. S':a.kfpcare. 
 
 In the lix hundredth ^ndfitfi year, in tire fini 
 month, <.he f'Jl day of the month, the waters 
 were dried up from off the earth. Genefis, 
 
 2. Earlieft in time : oppofed to laji. 
 
 Thcyi^y/ covenant had alio ordinances of divine 
 fetvice. He!»riLs. 
 
 Man's firfi difobcdience. M:llin, 
 
 Who fi'fi, who laft 
 Roiis'd from the (lumber. Miltor;, 
 
 Arms and the man I fing,.the firfi who bote 
 His courfe to Latium from the Trojan (bore. 
 
 Dry den's j^n, 
 
 I find, quoth Mat, reproof is vain ! 
 Who fi'fi offend, vi\\\ firfi complain. Prior. 
 
 3. Foremoft in place. 
 .4.. Higheft in dignity. 
 
 Tiirec prefidcnts, of whom Daniel vtz%fi.rff. 
 
 Daniel. 
 Tirf} with the dogs, and king among the Iquires. 
 
 Speflat or, 
 'Tis little Will, the fcourge of France, 
 No godhead, but &.e firfi of men, Prior, 
 
 S' Great ; excellent. 
 
 My Jjrjl for, 
 Where will you go? Take good Cominius 
 With thee, Shakjftare't Cimolttnu),
 
 I 
 
 F 1 R 
 
 First, adv. 
 
 1. Before any thing elfe ; eailicil:. 
 
 Hl', not unmindful of his uutal nil, 
 Firl} in dilVembling tire attcmuts to part ; 
 Then roaring be.ilts a;id running (ticams lie tries. 
 
 Thy pr.iift, and thine wns then the iniblick 
 voice, 
 T:rji recommended Guilcud to my choice. 
 
 Dr\den. 
 Heaven, Cure, has. keptthis fput of earth uncrutt. 
 To (hew how ;.U things were ctaxcifiijl. ?• ior. 
 2. Before any other confideration. 
 
 fi'fi, met,ils are more durable than plants ; 
 fccondly, they aie more folid and hard; thirdly, 
 they are wholly ful'tcrraneous ; whercis phmrs 
 are part above caith, and part under the eaith. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 3. It lias often at before it, and means at 
 the beginning. 
 
 At firp the filcnt venom (lid with eafe. 
 
 A"d feiz'd her cooler fenfes by decrees. Drydcn. 
 
 Exc. pting filh and infefts, there are very few 
 
 or no creatures that can provide for themlclves <j? 
 
 ' f.'Ji, without the afliflance of parents. hentley. 
 
 4. First or lajl. At one time or other. 
 
 But furc a general doom on man is part, 
 And all are fools and lovers/i/ ur laji. Dryden, 
 First-begot. 1 «./. [from_;$r/? and 
 
 FiRST-EiGOTTEN. j l'^g'>t-~\ '-l hs el- 
 dell of children. 
 
 'S'li frjl-bcgol, we know ; and fore have felt, 
 Wneii his fierce thunder diovc us to the deep. 
 
 Milian. 
 
 First-born. ti.f. \_JirJl s.-aA born.'] El- 
 
 de!l ; the firft by the order of nativity. 
 
 Lalf, with one midnight ftioke, all the _/?(/?- 
 
 barn 
 
 Of Egypt muft lie dead. Milti't'i Paradijs Loft. 
 
 Hail, holy light, oS'>pring of heav'n f-jl-born! 
 
 Milton. 
 
 The firji-borx lias not a fole or peculiar right, 
 by any law of God and natiiie; the younger 
 children having ao equal title wirti him. Lccke 
 
 First-fruits, n.f. [JiiJI and fruits.] 
 
 1. What the feafon earliell produces or 
 matures of any kind. 
 
 A fweaty reaper from his tillage brought 
 firjl-fruits, the green car, and the yellow fhe.if. 
 
 Miitcr,. 
 
 The Mooming hopes of my then very young 
 p.itron have been confirmed by molt noble fijl- 
 J'ruiti, and his life is going on towards a plenrriul 
 harveft of all .accumulated virtues. Frior 
 
 2. The firft profits of any thing. 
 
 Although the king loved to employ and ad- 
 vance bilhops, becaufc, having rich bilhopricks, 
 they carried their reward upon themfelves ; yet 
 he did ufe to raife them by Heps, that iic miglu 
 not lofe the profit of the ftji-fruits, which by 
 that courfe of gradation was multiplied. Bact^n. 
 
 3. Thecarli-rft effccl of any tiling. 
 
 See, father, wiiat jirji-jntiti on earth arc 
 fpriing, 
 From thy implanted grace in man ! M'tlloi. 
 
 Fi'rstling. aelj. [from _/r/?.] That is 
 firft produced or brouj;ht toilh. 
 
 All \\\c Jirjiltng m.iles ihal ceme of thy herd, 
 and of thy dock, th.u (halt landtify unto ihc 
 Lord thy Gud. Vent. 
 
 Fi'rstling. n.f. [ifOTnJrrfl.'^ 
 
 ■ 1, The firft produce or offspiing. 
 A fhep' crd next, 
 More meek, came w.th the Ji J}/i"gs of hiN flock, 
 Choiceft and belt. Mtt o'''i i'araJiJe Loft. 
 
 T^c ft izT Jirjilhigi of my woolly breed, 
 Shall on I is holy aliar often bleed. Diydin. 
 
 Thtfrji/iigs of the flock arc doom'd to die. 
 
 F I S 
 
 2. The thing firll thought or done. 
 
 Our play 
 Leaps o'er the vaunt iwi f.rjllings of thefe broils, 
 'Gi:uiiiig i' th' middle. S/intfjien'i-. 
 
 The Highty put pule worVs o'erlook, 
 U.ilcfs the deed go with it: from this moment. 
 The vcrv /''y""'^' cf "'>' heart Ihall be 
 Thc_^'y?//ngi of my iiand. Sk.il:ffiare' s Mocbith 
 
 Fi'sCAL. n.f. [irooi Jtfcus, a treafury> 
 Latin.] Exchequer; revenue. 
 
 War, as it is enterr.iined by diet, fo can it 
 
 not be long maintained by the oidin.Tiy_/?/ra/ and 
 
 receipt. Bucofi. 
 
 FISH. n.f. [plfc, Saxon ; I'ifch, Dutch.] 
 
 I. An ar.ima! that inhabits the water. Fl/Jj 
 
 is ufcd cuileAively for the race ofjijhes. 
 
 Tlie bealh, thsji/ies, and the winged lowls. 
 
 Are tl.cir males fubjefl.s Shakj'pcarc. 
 
 And now \\\e fijh ignoble fates cfcape. 
 Since Venus ow'd her fafety to their Ihjpc. 
 
 Creech. . 
 There nreyj/,vii, that have wings, that are not 
 ftrangers to the airy region; and there are lume 
 birds that are inhabitants of rhe water, whofe 
 blood is as cold is fi/ies ; and their fielh is fo lik 
 in talle, that Che fcrupulous are allowed them on 
 fi!h-days. Lode. 
 
 z. The flefh of fifh, oppofed to that of 
 
 terreftrial animals, by way of eminence 
 
 called ficTn. 
 
 I figl.t when I cannot chufc, and I eat r\afjh. 
 
 Shakf^care' i Ki'ig Lear. 
 
 We mortify ourfelves with the diet oi fijh, and 
 
 think we fare coarfely if we abllain from the 
 
 flclh of other animals. Brown. 
 
 To Fish. i). n. 
 
 1. To be employed in catching fifhes. 
 
 2. To endeavour at any thing by artifice. 
 
 While others^/, with craft for great opinion 
 I with great truth, catch mere fimplicity. i>h,ik 
 To FitH. V. a. To fearch water in quell 
 of fifli, or any thing elfe. 
 
 Some have fyhed rhe very jakes for papers lefr 
 there by men of wit. Sluift 
 
 Oft, as \\ii fijh^d her nether realms for wit, 
 The godriefs favour'd him, and favours yet 
 
 ?ope\ Dunciad. 
 
 Fi'sH-HooK. n. /. ^ffh and hook.] A 
 hook, to catch fillus. 
 
 A Iharp point, bended upward and backward, 
 like Tifj'i-hjCtk. Grew' i Mujja.m 
 
 Fi'sH-POND. n.f. \_JiJJ^ and pc/iJ.] A 
 fmall pool for fifln. 
 F)i/'j fo:di are no fmall improvement of watiy 
 
 boggy binds. Aio'l:mcr's Hufiiiniiy 
 
 I'-.fn-pon.h were made where former foreli- 
 grew. 
 And hills were levell'd co extend the view. 
 
 ?rio, 
 After the great value the Romans put upo'. 
 filhcs, it will not appear incredible that C. Hir- 
 lius (hojld fcil his fy!i-pondi fur quadragics 
 H S. 32,291/. 13 s. 4</. ^rliuthno- 
 
 Fi'sHER. n.f. [from j^J.] One who is 
 employed in catching filh. 
 
 In our fight the three were taken up. 
 By fifhermen of Corinth, .as we thougiit; 
 At Uitgth another leiz'd on us, 
 Anil would have reft the /5//rr! of their prey, 
 H.Ttl nut they been very flow of fail. Shakffeare 
 We know that town is but \v\i\\fjhiri fraught, 
 Where Thcfeus govern'd and where Plato taught. 
 
 Snndyi. 
 Left he ihould fufpe^ it, draw it from him, 
 A^ fijjicis do the bait, to make him tollow it. 
 
 Denhain. 
 A foldier now he with bis coat appears ; 
 t\ jijher now, his trembling ang'e bc.irs.. Vcpe 
 
 Fi'sHKRBOAT. n.f. [_jijler zm\ lioat.\ A 
 boat employed in catching fifh. 
 
 F I S 
 
 Fi'sHERMAN. «. /. [j^vj- and man.] 
 One whofe employment and livelihood 
 is to catch lifh. 
 
 How fearful 
 And dizzy 'tis to calt one's eyes fo low ! 
 "Wm fijliermcn that walk upon the beach 
 Appear like mice. Shakjpeare' s King Leaf. 
 
 At length two monfters of unequal fizc, 
 Hard by the ftiore, ifijherman et'pies. kVaUer. 
 
 Do fcalcs and fins bear price co this excefs ? 
 You might have bought XVt fjhermen for Icfs. 
 
 D'yden's 'Juvenal, 
 
 Fi'sHERTovvN. n.f. \fifhcr 2Siiito'wn.] 
 A town inhabited by fifhermen. 
 
 Others of them, in that time burned that 
 jyltertoiuri Moufehole. Csreiu's Sunicy of Corniu. 
 Lime in DorfctDiire, a little fjkertown. 
 
 Cluren-ton. 
 
 Fi'sHERY. n.f. [fromj^w.j The bufi- 
 nefs of catching filh. 
 
 We (hall have plenty of mackerel this fe.ifon ; 
 o\i^ fijlury will not be difturbed by privateers. 
 
 Addlfon'i Sjcfl^for 
 Fi'sHFUL. acl'. [from_^>.] ■ Abounding 
 witlililh; ft ored with fifh. 
 
 Thus mean in ftate, and calm in fprite, 
 My /ijifi'l pond is my delight. Carezit. 
 
 it IS walled and gu.irded with the ocean, moft 
 commodious for tralnck to all parts of the world, 
 and water'd with plcafant, i^Jhfu!, and navigable 
 rivets. Camden^ i Remains. 
 
 ToFi'sHiFY. V. a. [fromj^.^.] To turn 
 to fifh : a cant word. 
 
 Here comes Romeo. 
 — Without his roe, like a dried herriiig : 
 O flefh, ftelh, how avt thou ;5////yfc./. ShaMfpeare. 
 
 Fishing, n.f. \i\om JiJ]: .] Commodity 
 of taking fifli. 
 
 There alfo would be pl.Tnted a good town, 
 
 having both a good haven and a plentiful fijhing. 
 
 Spenjcr on Ireland 
 
 Fi'sHKETTLE. n.f. [Ji/lj ^nd. Lettle.] A 
 caldron made long for the filh to be 
 boiled without bending. 
 
 It is probable that the way of embalming 
 amonglt the Egyptians was by bo'lirg the body 
 in a long caldron like a jijh-kettle, in fome kind 
 of liquid lyaltam. Grtiv's ..\lutt£um 
 
 Fi'sHMEAt.. n.f. \_fi/lj a.aA meal .] Diet of 
 filTi ; abftemious diet. 
 
 Thin drink doth overcool their blood, and 
 making many fJhmeaU^ they fall into a kind of 
 male lireonfickncls. S/tcrp. 
 
 Fl SHMONGER. «. /. [fromy^^.] A 
 
 dealer in hlh ; a feller of "filh. 
 
 I fear to play the ftjhmongir ; and yet fo large 
 a commodity may not pafs in filence. Caiew. 
 The furgeon left the jijamonger to determine 
 the coiilroverfy between him aud the p:ke. 
 
 L'Ef range. 
 Fi'sHY. adj. [Uomfjh.] 
 
 1 . Coiiliiting (if fifh. 
 
 2. Inhabited by filh. 
 My abfent mates 
 
 Bait the bnrb'd ftt el, anrt from the_^y flood 
 Appcafc th' atfliitive fierce defire of food. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 3. Having the qualities or form of fifh. 
 Few eyes have efcaped the picture of mer- 
 maids, t'.iac IS, accoiding to Horace, a monfter 
 with a woman's head above, and fijhy extremity 
 below. Brtrwn'i Vulgar Errouri. 
 
 FISSILE. t7r!j. [jf^/V/V, Latin.] Having 
 the grain in a certain dircCiiun, fo as 
 to be cleft. 
 
 This cryttal is ,a pellucid _/^/'f ftone, clear 
 as water or cryftal of tiie rock, and without co-' 
 lour; enduring a red heat without lofing its 
 tranipartiicy, .uid in a very fliong heat cal- 
 cining without fufion. Neutcn'i Optieks,
 
 F I S 
 
 Fissi'lity. n.f. [from j^r/.'.j The qun- 
 
 liiy ot admitting tube clo\cn. 
 Fl'ssURE. n. f. [Jlji:ra, Latin; fJJ'ure, 
 French.] A ckft ; a nariow cliafni 
 where a breach has been made. 
 
 The lioric w.is Hillingiiilhi-il into ftrata or 
 layer* i thofc flr.it.i «cic divided by parallel 
 fijurci, that were iuclolcd in the ftuiic. /f'oo.iw. 
 
 I fee 
 The gaping//'J«o to reccivt: the rain. Tlwmfon 
 
 ToFi'ssuRE. V. a. [from the noun.] To 
 cleave ; to make a lifTure. 
 
 By a f.iU or blow tlie Ikull m.iy be filfweA o\ 
 fradlured. IVif:min. 
 
 FIST. ;;./ [plpr, Saxon.] The hand 
 clenched with the fingers donbleddovvn, 
 in order to give a bluiv, or keep hold 
 
 Star quick and piixic), iiid who did Pa* dclpilc, 
 tJp wivii licvyry;, acid luuk hini on tnr tacc ; 
 
 Another linv, qiu>ti> ihe, become mjre wiic; 
 Thus Fa* did kil"s her hand wiih liitlc grace 
 
 Sidney 
 
 And bii'ig down, the villain fore did beat 
 And bruilc with clownithyj/Zj his manly face. 
 
 Fuiry (^u n 
 
 Anger canfcih palencfs in fome ; \n other,* 
 trembling, fwciliiig, anrl bending tie /^/ Bacoi. 
 
 And (he fame hand into a fj: may elofe. 
 Which inltautly a palm expanded Ihuws 
 
 Denham 
 
 Tyrrhens, the fofter-father of the bcart. 
 Then clenc'd a hatchet in hi> horny _^;. hryje/t. 
 
 To Fist. v. a. 
 
 1. To ftnke with the fift, 
 
 I law him fpurning and fifiing her moft un 
 
 mcrcifLilly. Drydc?t 
 
 2. To gripe with the fift. 
 
 We I'.avc been d'twn togcthei- in my flt-ep, 
 Unbuckling helm*, _/^/;>^ each other's t; roar. 
 And wak'd half ciead with nothing ShAfpcarc. 
 
 ■pt'sTiNUT. n.f. A piftachio nut. 
 
 Fi'sTicuFFs. n.f [fi/l-iniciiff'.] Battle 
 with the fill ; blows with the fill. 
 
 Naked men belabouring one another wit' 
 fnaggcd flick', or dully falling together by the 
 cars at fijli'rujfi. Afr.r.n 
 
 She would feize upon John'* commons ; for 
 which they were lure to go xofjlkuffs JIthuth. 
 
 My invention and judgment ate perpetually 
 3t fijlicuffi, 'till they ha-.e quite difabled each 
 other. Sivift. 
 
 Fl'STULA. n.f. [Latin ■,fj!u!e, French.] 
 
 1. A finuous ulcer callous within; any 
 finuous ulcer. 
 
 That fjhihi which is recent is the cafieft of 
 cure: tiiofe of a long continuance are acconi- 
 p.;nied with ulcerations of the gland, and carie* 
 in the biMie. I rijcman* s Surgery. 
 
 2. Fistula Lachrymalis. A diforder of 
 the canals leading from the eye to the 
 nofe, which obilruifts the natural pro- 
 grefs of the tears, and makes them 
 trickle down the check ; but this is 
 only the firft and mlldcll ftagc of the 
 clfcafe; in the next there is matter 
 difcharged with the tears from the 
 punSa lachiymnlia, and fometimts from 
 an orifice broke through the fltin be- 
 tween the nofe and angle of the eve. 
 The lall and worll degree of it is when 
 the matter of the eye, by its long con- 
 tinuance, has not only corroded the 
 neighbouring foft parts, but alfo af- 
 fetSkd the fubjacent bone. Sharp's Surg. 
 
 Fi'sTULAR. adj. [from^/a/j.] Hollow 
 like a pipe. 
 
 F I T 
 
 Fi 'sTU L o u s , adj, [ [rom Ji/Iu/a j JjJluleuX't 
 Frt-ncli.] Having tliu iiuiurc of a 
 fidula ; callous or liiuious like a fidula. 
 
 Hjw tnefc fiiiuuns ulccri btc /me y^/.'^'i/^t, I 
 
 h.ive Ihcwn you. . IVif man i iiutgt>y. 
 
 FI 1 , n f. [from^ghf, Skinner, every tit 
 
 of a difeafc bcli)<;- a lli-ugglc of natuic ; 
 
 from W.V in Fleniilh, frequent, yu/iius.] 
 
 1. A pnroxyfry or exacerbation of any in 
 tennitteui diilempcr. 
 
 Sm.iU iVoncs and gidvcl Cv»lle^ and become 
 v.-iy I-ir^j-: in tlic kidneys, in which cafe a Jit of 
 tlic iiKinc III tiiat pari ii the cure. Ska' p'i Sweety. 
 
 2. yVny Ihort rcLurii after' inttrmillion ; 
 interval, 
 
 Sjniciimes 'ti.s gratcrul Co rhciich to try 
 A Ih'jrC vicilfitudc, Awi Jit of po^crty, Dry.irn. 
 
 M 1) that arc lwi>itual.y \vick.-:d may now and 
 then, by yf^j and Itaris, tccl certain motions of 
 rcpcntiiiicc. JJUjirange. 
 
 Hy fi'i my fwelUtig grief appears, 
 In nfing lig!:s and tiling tears. yJddifon on It.ily. 
 
 Tliu.<: w' r the i.ymg l.imp ch* unlVj.idy Hanic 
 Hang-, quivering on a point, leaps off by Jit:, 
 And ral b again- as loath to quit" its hold. AddiJ 
 
 Rtligtun ii not the bufipKls of fome^/j uiily 
 and in'.civaisof our life, lo be t.iken up at ccitain 
 dityi and hours, but a fyilem of precepti to be 
 rcgiiclcd in ali cm condiifil R'ip.ii. 
 
 W Jiti ot pUal'uie wc b;iUnced by an eijual 
 (It-gice ol pain oi languor ; 'tis likc fpend.ng this 
 yen, p:Hlut tiie next year's revenue. Swif'. 
 
 3. Hny violent afFedlion of mind or body. 
 
 Tnc life dtd Hit away out of licr neft, 
 And all his fenfes were with deadly^/ opprcft. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 An ambiriou.sman purs it in the powci of every 
 mahciuui tongue to thiow him into a Jit of mc- 
 lam:li I'.y Addijon. 
 
 4. Dilordir; diilempcrature. 
 
 For your hufband, 
 He 's noble, wile, judicious, and beft knows 
 Tleyi/i o' rh' feilon Sh.ikjycare's Machcth. 
 
 5. It is iifed without an epithet of difcri- 
 minalion, for ttie liyllerical diforders of 
 women, and the convullionsof children ; 
 and by the vulgar for the epittpfy. 
 
 Mis Buil was fo much enraged, that flie fell 
 downrigiil into :\Jit. Arhuthnct 
 
 6. It was anciently ufed for any rtcom- 
 
 mcncement after intermiflion. The part.s 
 of a foiig, or cantos of a poem were 
 callcd^.'j. 
 Fi r. adj. \yittsn, Flcinifli, 'yunius.'\ 
 
 1. Qu;iiiticd; proper: withy&;* before the 
 noim, and to before the verb, 
 
 - Men of valour, ^t td go out for war and battle. 
 
 I ChrQ/iiclcs. 
 
 He Icnd.s him vain GoIia\i'.s facrcd fv.-oid. 
 The ftttjt help jult loitunc conid afford. Coiviey. 
 
 Ti.is hny Jiijor- htr intent fhc chofe," 
 Oiic who dtliglus In wars and human woes. 
 Dryden*s A^neid. 
 
 It is a wrong ufe of my undcrftanding to make 
 it the rule and mcdfuic of another mai/s; a ufe 
 whici-, it is ne:thci_/rVyc'-, nor capable of. Lo'.kc. 
 
 2, Convenient ; meet; proper; right. 
 
 Since we have laid it were good not to ufe men 
 of unibitidusniitures, ei.cept It he upon ncccfiity, 
 it M Jii we rpeak in what cafes tlicy are fo. 
 
 Sec how thou could'ft judge of fit and meet. 
 
 All /{on. 
 It is J^t f^r a man to know his own abilities 
 and we.ikntfTes, and not think himrelf obliged 
 to iniit.icc nil thar lie ihinks^^r to piaife. BoyU. 
 \i our forefathers thou£hr_;i?/ to be grave and 
 ftrjous, I hope their poltciity may laugh with- 
 out offence. .^dufon. 
 To Fit. 'v.a, [T/V/tv/, Flemifh, Junius.] 
 I, To accommodate t.) any thing ; to fuit 
 one tiling to another. , 
 
 F I T 
 
 The carpenter marketh it ojt with a llm- : i-.e 
 filt.ih it with planes. IJ„i.,k. 
 
 Would fate permit 
 To my dcfires I might my fortune//, 
 Tr ly I woPiid laiie. Drnin-n. 
 
 2. To accommodate a perfon with any 
 thing: as, the tailoi_/f/'j his cuftomcr. 
 
 A trun"maker_/f//,-J the child with a pair of 
 bdddice, fliffened on the lame fide. Il'ij. mAii. 
 
 3. To be adapted to; to fuit any thing. 
 
 She (hall be our mclFenger to this panltiy 
 knigl.t: t:uH me i thought on her; flit'll// it. 
 
 Shakf^tart. 
 
 As much of the ftone as was contiguous to th« 
 marcafite, fitted the marcafiic fo dole a$ if it l...d 
 hecii formeily liquid. /f»i'.';. 
 
 4. To Fit out. To furnifti ; to equip ; 
 to fupply with neceflarics or decoration. 
 
 A play, which if you dare but twice _/f/ OKt, 
 You'll all be flandcr'd, and be thought devour. 
 
 Dtydtr.t 
 
 The Englidi fleet could not be paid and inaii- 
 ned, An(\ ftteJ out, unlefi we encouraged tr.ie'c 
 and navigation. A.Ufm'% Yrcehr.hUr. 
 
 5. ToViTup. To furnifli ; to make pro- 
 per for the ufe or reception of any. 
 
 He \\MfiiirJup his farm. I'r,pr 10 Siuifr. 
 
 To Fit. -v. n. To be proper ; to be be- 
 coming. 
 
 How evil fts it me to have fuch a fon ; ar.d 
 how much doth thy kindnels u^ibraid my wick- 
 erfncfs, isi.imy, 
 
 Kor_/f/i it to prolong the feaft, 
 Timelefs, indtcent, but retire to rell. Pipe. 
 
 Fitch, n.f. [A colloquial corruption of 
 ■velclij] A fniall kind of wild pea. 
 
 Now is the feafon 
 For fowing of f:tches, of beans, and of peafoii. 
 
 Tuffir. 
 Fi'tchat. \n.f. [fffau,tTtnch;fffi:, 
 Fi'tchevv. j' Dutch.] A (linking little 
 beaft, that robs the hen rooft and warren-. 
 Skinner calls him the finhtng ferret ; but 
 he is much larger, at leaft as fome pro- 
 vinces diltinguifh them, in which the 
 polecat is termed '^Jiuhat, and ihtflhii- 
 m;r ferret a lloat. 
 
 'Tis fuch 3nothcr^/r«TO.' marry, apcrfut^icj 
 one : 
 What do you mean by this haunting of me } 
 
 Skaifpcare. 
 The ftchat, the fulimart, and the l.kc crea- 
 tures, live upon the face and within the bowel? of 
 tiie eaith. kValton'i Angler. 
 
 Fi'tful. aelj. [ft avd fit//.] Varied by 
 paroxyfms ; difordercd by change of 
 maladies. 
 
 Duncan is in his grave; 
 After life's////// fever he flceps well. S!im/£,. 
 
 Fi'ti.y. arlv. [from ft.]' 
 
 1. Properly ; julHy ; reafonabIy» 
 
 Even iif mo ft fitly 
 As you malign our fena'ors. Shahfb.-'a'e. 
 
 Where a man cannot// V play his own ;<ari, if 
 he have not a fiicnd, he may quit tl.c ftjjc. 
 
 I cannot fitlUr compare marriage thsn to a 
 lottery; for, in both, l-.c that ventures m.'.y I'uc- 
 ceed, and may mifs; and if he diaw a price, h.e 
 h.ath a rich icturn of his venture: but in buth 
 lotteries there lie pretty 11 jre of blanks for c\cry 
 prize. BoyI,. 
 
 The whole of our duty may be exf refled moft 
 ///>/ by dcpaiting from evil. TilloiHin. 
 
 2. Commodioufly ; meetly. 
 
 To take a latitude, 
 Sun or fiars arc fitl:!^ view'd 
 At their brii,!iteft; but to conclude 
 Of longitudes, what other way have xre 
 But to mark when, and where the dai& edipfes 
 be. iJo'.e.
 
 T IX 
 
 An animll, in order to be moveaWc- muft be 
 flexible; and thtrcfore \i fitly made of fcjiarSte' 
 and fniall folid parts, rcpfcte with propei fluids. 
 
 Fi'tment. «./. [from/,?.] Something 
 adapted to a particular purpofe. Not 
 ufed. 
 
 Poor bcfcenaiiig : 'twas i fitment for 
 The puipofe I then followed. Shahfpcare. 
 
 Fi'tness. n.f. [from//.] 
 
 1, Propriety ; raeetncfs ; juftnefs ; rea- 
 foiiablencfs. 
 
 In things xhitfitmfi whereof is not of itfelf ap- 
 parent, nor cafy to he made fufficiently manifcll 
 unto all, yet the Judgment of antiquity, con- 
 curring witli that which is received, may induce 
 them to think it not unfit. Hooker. 
 
 The queen being abfent, 'tis a needful /Mt/i 
 That we adjourn this cnurt. Shakfp. Henry viii. 
 
 W'er't m-j fitfirfs 
 To let thefc hands obey my boiling blood, 
 They're apt enough to diflocate and tear 
 Thy flefh and bones. Shakfp King Lear. 
 
 2. Convenience ; commodity ; the ftate of 
 being fit. 
 
 Nor time nor place 
 Did then cohere, and yet you would make both : 
 They've made themfelves, and that their fitnej, 
 
 now 
 Does unmake you. Sh,ikfpearc's Macbeth. 
 
 Fi'tter. n.f. [from//.] 
 J. The perfon or thing that confers fitnefs 
 for any thing. 
 
 Sowing the fandv gravelly land in Dcvonlhire 
 and Cornwal with French furze feed, they reckon 
 * great improver of their land, and a fitter of it 
 for corn. Mm timer' i HuJhanJry 
 
 2. [from fetta, Italian ; fetzen, German.] 
 A fmall piece : as, to cut into Jitters. 
 
 Siiitrier. 
 FiTZ. n.f. [Norman, fromjils, a fon, Fr.] 
 A fon. Only iiicd in law and genea- 
 logy : as Flt%het bert , the fon of Her- 
 bert ; Filzthomas, the fon of Thomas ; 
 Filzroy, the fon of the king. It is com- 
 monly ufed of illegitimate children. 
 FIVE. atlj. [pip,Saxon.] Fourandone; 
 half of ten. 
 
 And five of them were wil'e, and five were 
 foolilh. Matthew. 
 
 No perfon, no incident, but muft be of ufe to 
 tarry on the main defign: all things elfc are like 
 fix fingers to tlic hand, when nature, which is fu- 
 perfluous in nothing, can do her work with /w. 
 
 Dry den 
 
 Five herds, five bleating flocks, his paftures 
 
 fill'd. Dty.kn 
 
 Our Britilh youth lofe their figure by that time 
 
 (hey ire five and twenty. Addijon. 
 
 Fi'vELEAVED Grafs, n.f. Cinquefoil; a 
 
 fpecies of clover. 
 Fives, n. f. 
 
 1. A kind of play with a bowl, 
 
 2. A difeafe of horfes. 
 
 His horfe fped with fpavins, rayed with the 
 yellows, paft cure of A\c fives, and ftark fpoiled 
 with the ftaggers. Shalfpeare. 
 
 To FIX. V. a. [fxer, Fr. /.vw, Lat.] 
 
 1. To make fad, tirm, or liable. 
 
 Hell he n'd th' unfutfcrabic noife, hell f.iw 
 Heav'n ruining from heav'n, and woiild have fled 
 Affrighted, but that fate \\3Afi.\'d too deep 
 Her dark foundations, and too fatt had bound. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. To fettle ; to cftahlifh invariably. 
 
 Bngliteft feraph' tell 
 In which of all thcfe orbs hath man 
 K'nfiixed feat, or fixed feat haih none, 
 But all thcle (hining orbs his choice to dwell I 
 
 Mi/toii. 
 
 FIX 
 
 One MvM fixed laws, and the other arbitrary 
 power. Temple. 
 
 When cuftom hath/.vf(/ his eating to ceitain 
 dated periods, his ftomach will expcfl vi£tu.ils at 
 the ufual hour. Lucie. 
 
 3. To diredl without variation. 
 
 Wliy are thine eyes/.vr to the fullen earth, 
 Gazing at that which fcems to dim thy fight! 
 
 Sliai'fpeare's Hcniy VI. 
 Thus while the Trojan prince employs his eyes, 
 Fix' J on the walls with wonder and furprize. 
 
 Vryde/i'i jEncid. 
 
 4. To deprive of volatility. 
 
 We pronounce concerning gold, that it is fix-cd. 
 
 L'.rkc. 
 
 5. To pierce ; to transfix. A fenfe purely 
 Latin. 
 
 WIrile from the raging fword he vainly flies, 
 A bow of ftccl Ihall/.v his trembling thighs. 
 
 Surtdyi. 
 
 6. To withhold from motion. 
 To Fix. 1). n. 
 
 I. To fettle the opinion ; to determine the 
 refolution. 
 
 If we would be happy, we muft j?.v upon fome 
 foundation that can never deceive us. L'EjIrange. 
 
 He made himfelf their prey, 
 T' impofe on therr belief, and Troy betray ; 
 Fix'd on his aim, and obftinately bent 
 To die undaunted, or to circumvent. Dryden. 
 
 Here hope began to dawn; I'cfolv'd to try, 
 She/.v'ion this her utmoll remedy. 
 Death was behind; but hard it was to die. D>yd. 
 
 In mod bodies not propagated by feed, it is the 
 colour we murt/.v on, and are moft led by. Locke. 
 Z. To reft ; to ceafe to wander. 
 
 Your kindncfs b.tnilhes your fear, 
 Rcfolv'd to/v for ever here. IVJkr. 
 
 3. To lofe volatility, fo as to be malleable. 
 
 In the midlt of molten lead, when it beginneih 
 to congeal, make a little dent, and put quick- 
 filvci-, wrapped in a piece of linen, in that hole, 
 and the quickfilver will/v and run no more, and 
 endure the hammer. B.icon's Natural Bijhry. 
 
 FIXATION, v.f. [French.] 
 
 1. Stability; firmnefs ; fteadinefs. 
 
 \our fixation in matters of religion will not be 
 more ncceffaiy for your foul's than your king- 
 dom's peace. King Charleu. 
 
 2. Refidence in a certain place. 
 
 To light, created in the tirll day, God gave 
 no proper place ox fixation. Raleigh. 
 
 3. Confinement; forbearance of excur- 
 
 fion. 
 
 They are fubjeft to errors from a narrownefs of 
 foul, i fixation and confinement of thought to a 
 few objefts. IVatti. 
 
 4. Want of volatility ; deftruftion of 
 
 volatility. 
 
 Upon the compound body three things are 
 chieHy to be obfervcd ; the colour, the fragility 
 or pliantncfs, and the volatility otfixaliem, com- 
 pared with the fimplc bodies. Bacon. 
 
 It is moie difficult to mikc gold of other metals 
 Icfs ponderous and lefs matenatc, than to make 
 filverof lead or quickfrlvcr, both which arc more 
 pundeious than frlver; fo that they need rather a 
 degree oi fixation than any conderifation. Macon. 
 
 5. Reduftion from fluidity to firmnefs. 
 
 Salt dilfolved upon a fixation returns to its af- 
 fcfled cubes. Gianv:llc. 
 
 Fi'xKDLY. aeiv. [from/xfrt'.] 
 
 1. Certainly ; firmly ; in a manner fettled 
 and ellablidied. 
 
 If we pretend that the diftinflion of fpecies, 
 or forts, is fi.\-edly cftabliflied by the real and fecret 
 cunllitjlioirs of things. Locke. 
 
 2. Sttadfaftly. 
 
 Oranipotency, omnifcicncy, and infinite good- 
 nefs enl.irge the fpirit while it fixi.^ looks on 
 them. * Jiurnef. 
 
 Fi'xEDSESS. n.f. [homjxed.] 
 
 FLA 
 
 1. Stability ; firmnefs. 
 
 2. Want or lofs of volatility. 
 
 Fi.vedncfsf or a power to remain in the fire un- 
 confumed, is an idea that always accompanies our 
 complex idea fignifted by the word gold. Locke. 
 
 3. Solidity; coherence of parts. 
 
 Fluid or folici comprehend all the middle de- 
 grees between extr-cmc fixedncfs and coherency, 
 and the moft rapid inteftinc motion of the parti- 
 cles of bodies. Bentlcy, 
 
 4. Steadiaefs ; fettled opinion or refolu- 
 tion. 
 
 A fixednefi in religion will not give my confci- 
 ence leave to content tu innovations. K. CharUi, 
 
 Fixi'ditt. n.f. [i\oxa Jixed.'\ Cohe- 
 rence of parts, oppofed to volatility. A 
 word of Boyle. 
 
 Bodies mingled by the fire are differing as to the 
 fix.dity aird volatility, and yet are to combined by 
 the fir ft operation of the fire, that itfelf does fcarce 
 afterwards fcparate thenr. Boyte. 
 
 Fixity, n. /. [Ji.xite, French.] Cohe- 
 rence of parts, oppofed to volatility. • 
 
 And aie not the fun and fixed ftars grear earths 
 vehemerrtly hot, whofe heat is confervcd by the 
 greatncl's of the bodies, and the mutual action arrd 
 leaflion between them, and the light which they 
 emit, and whofe parts are kept from fuming away, 
 not only by their fixity^ but alfo by the v.ift weight 
 and denfity of the atmofpheres incumbent upon 
 rlrem? Neivton'i Opticks, 
 
 Fi'xTURE. n.f. [from /It.] 
 
 1. Pofition. 
 
 The fixture of her eye hath motion in 't, 
 As we were mock'd with .art. Shakfpiarc. 
 
 2. Stable preffure. 
 
 The firm fixture of thy foot would give an ex- 
 cellent motion to thy gait. Shaifpenrc, 
 
 3. Firmnefs ; liable ftate. 
 
 Frights, changes, horrours. 
 Divert and crack, rend and deracinate 
 The unity and married calm of flates 
 Quite from tlieir_^A:/are. Shaifpeare, 
 
 Fi'z.GiG. n.f. A kind of dart or har- 
 poon with which feamen (Irike fifh. 
 Can'ft thou witli fi~gig' pierce him to the 
 quick. 
 Or in his IkuU thy barbed trident ftick .' Sandyi. 
 Fla'bbv. ae(j. [JlacciJus, Latin.] Soft ; 
 not firm ; cafily Ihaking or yielding to 
 the touch. 
 
 Palcnefs, a weak pulfe, palpitations of th« 
 heart, Jlal'iy and black flelh, are fyraptoms of 
 weak fibres. ydrbuthnot. 
 
 Pulls out the rags contriv'd to prop 
 Uerfi-iliiy dugs, and down they drop. Siuifit. 
 Fla'bile. atlj. {Jlabilis, Latin.] Blown 
 about by the wind ; fubjeft to be blown. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 FLA'CCID. atlj. [Jacchliis, Latin.] 
 Weak; limber; not itiff; lax; not 
 
 tenfe. 
 
 Ti.e bowing and inclining the head is found ia 
 the great flower of the fun : the caufe I take to 
 be is, that the part agair.ft which the fiiii hcaleth, 
 waxeth more faint md fiaccid in the ftalk, ancl 
 thereby lefs able to fupport the flower. Baf^n. 
 
 They whofe mufclcs are weak or fiaicid, are 
 unapt to pronounce the letter r. Hol.ltr. 
 
 The furgcon ought to vary the diet as he finds 
 the fibres are toojiaccid and prodr.cc fungufcs, or 
 as they harden and produce c.dlolitics. Arbutk. 
 
 Flacci'dity. ;;./. [froin/«f;7V.] Lax- 
 ity ; limbernefb ; want of tenfion ; want 
 of ItiiTiiefs. 
 
 There is ntiiher fluxion nor pain, h\i\ flaecidiry 
 joined wrth infenfibility. Il'ifiman'i Surgciy. 
 
 To FLAG. -v. n. [Jtigoeren, Dutch; 
 pleogan, Saxon, to lly.J 
 
 I. To hang loofe without fllffnefs or ten- 
 fion.
 
 F L A 
 
 Btds of cotton wool hung iip littwcon two tice!, 
 not far fum the ground ; in which, /"J^'/'y down 
 in the niiudle, men, wives and claldicu lie toge- 
 ther. yio:<ot_ 
 
 Tlie jades 
 That drag the trajitk melancholy night, 
 Who Willi their diuwly, flow, aii<lyfri(;gj>? wing! 
 Cli^ dr.id men's graves iih^ifp.ure s Henry vl, 
 Jc kce^}s thofc llcnder aciial hodlcs fepjiated 
 and liietchcJ out, which ot!ier«i'e, hy rcai., 11 uf 
 liicir flcxiLlcnefs and wci^jhr, wuiilciy^u^ orc.u]. 
 
 Like a fiery meteor funk, the fun, 
 The (jromife of a (toini ; the fliil';n-g guiles 
 Forfake by fits, and till ihe/.i^g/ng tails DryJtn. 
 
 2. To grow Ipiritltfs or dirjeclcil. 
 
 Myy^"^;j^'",J? foul riics under hor own pitcl:, 
 Like fowl in air too damp, and l.igs along 
 As if (lie wcic a body in a body : 
 My feiifcs too aic dull and ftupify'd, 
 Their ^dge lebatcd : fuic fome ill approaches. 
 
 Dryjfri'i Von iiibafiian. 
 
 3. To grow feeble; to lofc vigour. 
 
 Juice in language is foniewhat Icfs than blood : 
 for if the words be hut becoming and fignifying, 
 and the fcnfe gentle, there is juice: but where 
 that wantcth, the language is thin,7?a^g//<», poir, 
 ftarved, fcaice covering the bone, and ihews like 
 Hones in a fack : fome men, to avoid redundaney, 
 tun into that; and while ihey i'trive to liinaer ill 
 blood or juice, they lofe their gojd. i'i« "JonJ-jn 
 
 His ftomach will want VKfloals at the ufjal 
 hour, either fretting itfclf into a troublefjme 
 excels, o\ flagging into a downiight want of ap- 
 p.tite. Licit. 
 
 Fame, when it is once at a ftand, natuVally 
 f.agi and languiOies. ytJMfan's Sprdat.r. 
 
 If on ftiMin.er wings of love and piaife. 
 My love above the Jtany v:iult I raife, 
 Lur'd by fome vain conceit of pride or lul^, 
 \ JIiiSi I drop, and Huucr in tne dull. Ar itth 
 
 H<-- fees a fpint hatii been raifed agaii.Il h.im, 
 «nd he only watches 'till it begins '.ofag : he goes 
 about w.itchiiig when to devour us, Szujr, 
 
 The pleafjres of the town begin to /!tig and 
 gBow languid, gi^ing way daily to cruel ■inroad> 
 from the fpleen. Sinift. 
 
 To Y I. .KG. V. a. 
 
 1. To let fall into fceblenefs ; to fuffer to 
 droop. 
 
 TaKe heed, mv dear, youth dies apace; 
 As well as Cupid, time is blind: 
 
 Soon mull lli.ife glor:e.s tji thy face 
 The fife of vulg.-.r beauty find ; 
 T;ie ihoufand loves, that arm thy potent eve, 
 Muft dfopliitir quivers,^.!^ tiicir wings, and die. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 2. ^fiom fli:'^, a fpecies of done.] To lav 
 with broad Itone. 
 
 The fides and floor were all fl"ggfJ with ex- 
 cellent marble. SanJyi. 
 A white Itone ufed (orfl^igging floors. 
 
 Flag. «. / [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A water plant with a bbdcd leaf and 
 yellow flower, lo called horn its motion 
 in the wind. 
 
 She took an ark of bulrulhes, and laid it in 
 the Ji'igi l4^the livei's bri:ik. Exouas. 
 
 Ctii bu'rulhrs Inif by the river grow ? . 
 Can_/?ugj there Houiilh where no waters flow ? 
 
 ScnJys. 
 There be divers filhes that calV their fpawn on 
 fl.tgi or ftones. Wulit't'i ,^ngJet. 
 
 Cur_^rte roots, and tl,e roo's of other weeds. 
 
 Allr/imt'r's Hltjbiiruiry . 
 
 2. The colours or enfign of a (hip or land- 
 forces, byvvhich lignalj are made at lea, 
 or regiments are dillingiiillicd 111 the 
 field. 
 
 Thei'c /i.igs of France that are arlvonced here, 
 Feforc the eye aiui prufpeifl of your town, 
 ilave hither niaich'd to your ciidamngonicnr. 
 
 ShakfpesTs'i A7/.'» 'y<ihn. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 F L A 
 
 He h.ings out as m3ny Jl<igi as In defcryeth 
 vtlfcli; fsjuaiv, if (hips ; if gallics, pendants. 
 
 Sttni/y/ Trave/i. 
 
 Democracies arc lefs fjhjeft to fedition than 
 wheie tlicre are liirps uf nobles: for if mens eyes 
 arc upon the pcrions, it is for the bufinefs fake as 
 firteli, and not foi^uai of pedigree. Bit^on. 
 
 Let him be girt 
 With all the giifly legion that troop 
 Under the iawy fag of Acheron, 
 Haiplcs and hydras, or all tiie munllrous forms 
 'TwiAt .\irica anil Indc, I'll lind him out. 
 And foice hini lo rertore his purchafe back, 
 Oi dr.ig him by the curU to a foul death. Mi'ioK. 
 
 Tiic Frencii and Spaniards, when your pag^ 
 ... appear, 
 Foigct their hatred, and confeiit to fear, IValltr. 
 
 Tiic interpretation of that article about the^/7.7ij, 
 is a ground at pleafure for opciliilg a war. Temple. 
 
 1,1 Cither' s jijig the golden ferpcnt.s bear, 
 Eictling crerts alike, like volumes rear, 
 And mingle fr.cndly hilTings in the air. VryJcn 
 
 Tnen they, whofc mothers, frantick with their 
 fear, ^ 
 
 In woods and wilds the /fa^t of Bacchus bear, 
 And lead his dances with dilhcvell'd hair. DryJ. 
 
 3. A fpecies of ilone ufed for fmooth 
 pavements, [flache, old French.] 
 
 Part of two jhigi ftriatcd, but deejKr on one 
 
 fide than tlie other. /I'co.lwaiuo'i F;JiL. 
 
 Flagilone will not fplir, as (late does, being 
 
 fouiid fo'mcd intoyf.ij!, or thin plates, whicli arc 
 
 no other than fj many ftraia. H'jodiunrd. 
 
 Flag-broom, n.f. f from_y^tij- and irosn;. ] 
 A broom for fwcirping flags or pave- 
 ments, coin.moiily made of birchtwigs, 
 or of tiie leaves of the dwarf palm, im- 
 ported from Spain. 
 
 Fl-IG-officer.. n. f. [Jlag -ani ojficer.] 
 A commander of a fquadron. 
 Her grandfather was a jijg-off:<-er. ^.l.irf'.n. 
 
 Flag-ship. n. f. [Jag an.dyZ//'.] The 
 
 (h-'p in which the commander of a 
 
 fleet is. 
 Fl.\o-\vorm. n.f. [Jaj ;\nd •w:>rni.'] A 
 
 grub bred in watery places among flags 
 
 or fcdge. 
 He will in the three hot months bite at ^fiag- 
 
 iw^nitj or a green gentle. Walton's Angler. 
 
 Fla'gelet. n. f. \_jlagcolet, French.] A 
 
 fmall flute ; a fmall inllrument of wind 
 
 in J lick. 
 Play us a IcfTon on your fiigc'et. M''rt'. 
 
 Ft- ac.ella'tion. n. /. [from JlagcUo, 
 
 Latin.] The ufe of the fcourgc. 
 Ry B idewcjl all defcend, 
 
 As morning pray'r ^x\A fingctlation end. Garth. 
 
 Fla'gginess. n.f. [from_/?af_g-ji.] Lax- 
 ity ; limbernefi ; want of tenlion. 
 Fla'ggy. adi. [froniy?i;_f.] 
 
 1. Wealc ; la.'v ; limber; not flifF; not 
 ter.fe. 
 
 Wxsfiagoy wings when forth he did dnplav, 
 Were iiice two fails, in wliieii the lioUow wind 
 Is gather'd full, and worketh fpeedy way. 
 
 Yaiiy Qnei^n. 
 That balking in lb* fun thy bees may lye, 
 And reiiiiig there, their _/fiig^_>- pinions dry. 
 
 Drydin'i K'rgil. 
 
 2. Weak in tafte ; infipld. 
 
 Graft an applc-cion upon the flock ofacolc- 
 woif, and it will bear a great _^/i^g^ apple. 
 
 Bacon's Natural Hijlory, 
 
 FL.-^GI'TIOUS. adj. [from fagitius, 
 Latin.] 
 
 I. Wicked; villanous ; atrocious. 
 
 No villainy or fagifious a^ion was ever yet 
 conniitted, but, upon a due enquiry into the 
 caufcs of it, it will be found, lliat a lye was (irli 
 or \i& the piincipal engine to cli'ect it. South. 
 
 FLA 
 
 There's no working upon tjlagittmt and per* 
 vcric nature by kiiidiicfs and dilcipliiic 
 
 L'Ejlrnnge. 
 
 FirHf thohflagifiout times. 
 Pregnant with unknown ciimes, 
 Confpire to violaic the nuptial bed. R'rfcommo':. 
 
 Perjury is a crime of iu Jingiiioi.s a natuie, we 
 cannot be loo careful in avoiding cv.ry apprmcn 
 towards it. jjdAifan. 
 
 But if in noble minds fume dregs remain, 
 Not yet piiig'dolf, of fplecn and four diftUin, 
 Difcharge that rage on more provoking ciimcs. 
 Nor fear a dcarili in tV.eie Jfagiliiui times. Vo^:. 
 2. Guilty of crimes. 
 
 He dies, fad outCid of each church and ft.itr, 
 And, h.iider rtill,y/.ig///OT/i yet not great. I'op: 
 Fl »Gi'TioL'3Mtss. n.f. [from _/,ig//;otM. J 
 
 Wickedncfs ; villany. 
 Fla'gon- n.f. IfflacceJ, Wcldi ; jrlaxe, 
 Saxon \flajhs, Danlfli ;_/?jf on, Frer.ch ; 
 fiafco, Italian ;j?i//io, rfpanilh.] A vtfiel 
 of drink with a narrow mouth. 
 
 A mad rogue! he pour'd ay?.ig;<i of Rhenldi 
 on my iicad once. Shatffiai e' i H:im!<.t . 
 
 iVIoie had fcnt him by a fuitor in chancciy two 
 (lUxv flagor.i. Bacon's .'fpiphthegmi. 
 
 Did ;bey coin pifspuis, bowls, and jffa^cKii 
 Inl' officers of horfc and dr.igoons? lIuMltai. 
 
 His Uu'}.yJ!agoK, full of potent juice. 
 Was hanging by, worn thin with age and ufe. 
 
 Rofco'nmvf. 
 
 One fl.ig^n walks the round, that none Ihouid 
 think. 
 They either change, or .lir.t him in bis drink. 
 
 Drydcn' s JuVfr'uI. 
 
 Flag?. \Kcv. n.f. [j?a^ra«//j, Latin.] 
 Burning ; heat ; fire. 
 Lulf c.iuleth a fagran.y in the eyes, as the fight 
 
 and the touch aie the things dcfired, and therefore 
 the fpirits rcfort lo tlioib parts. Bacon. 
 
 Flagrant, adj. [Jlagicins, Latin.] 
 
 1. Ardent; burning; eager. It is always 
 ufed figuratively. 
 
 A thing which fillcth the mind with comfort 
 and heavenly ricliglit, ftii leth upj(?..^,,j,;,' defiics 
 and affeflions, correfpondcnt unto that which the 
 words contain. Hoitcr. 
 
 2. Glowing; flufhed. 
 
 Sec Sappi.o, ac her toilet's gr.'afy t.iflc. 
 Then ilfuing^/i'ii^r.i';/ to an evening inalk: 
 So morning inlecf s, that in mucK begun. 
 Shine, buz, and fly-blow in the felting fun. Papf, 
 
 3. Red; imprinted red. 
 
 Tlieir common loves, a lewd .ibandon'd pack, 
 The beadle's lafli ftill j?«gr.w/ on their back 
 
 4. Notorious; flaming into notice. 
 
 Wlien fraud is great, it furnilhes weapons to 
 defend itfelf; and at worrt, if the crimes be lb 
 fiigriwt that a man is laid afide out of pcife£l 
 (h.ime, he retires loaded with the fpoils of tiie 
 nation. Swift. 
 
 With equal poize let fteddy jullicc fwav, 
 Andjl.i^iant Climes witii certain vengeance pay ; 
 But, 'till the proofs are clear, the ftroke delav. 
 
 Smitfi. 
 
 Flagra'tion. n. f [Jjgro, Latin.] 
 
 Burning. Die?. 
 
 FLA'GrrAFF._ n,f. [.A^ and /v^] The 
 
 ilaff on which the flag is fixed. 
 
 The duke, lefs numerous, but in courag,- more. 
 On wings of all ihe winds to combat flics : 
 
 His murdering guns a loud d.. fiance loar. 
 And bloody ciolfcs on Wm Jl.igJl.iJ s nfe. DtyJcn 
 Flail, n.f. [flagel/um , Lst'm ; flrgel, 
 German.] The inllrument w'th which 
 grain Is beaten. out of the ear ; the tool 
 of the thralher. 
 
 Our foldiers, like the night-owl's laiy flight. 
 Or like a lazy ihrelher with 3 Jiail, 
 Fell gently down as if they It uek their friends. 
 S/iakfpcatc't Ucnry vi, 
 
 5 A
 
 FLA 
 
 When 'ill one nighr, eic glimpfc of morn, 
 His Ihadowv fiMt had tiirefh'd the corn, ^ 
 That tcn-diy labourers could not end. hhitt't. 
 
 In this pile Ihall reign a mighty prince, 
 Born for a fcourge of wit, and/i// of lenfc. ^^^^^ 
 
 The dextrous handling of the /^'7, or the 
 plough, and being good worknren wth thcfc 
 Lis, did not hinder Gideon's and Cmcrnnatus s 
 ikiU in arms and govenimcnt. -L-- f- 
 
 The threlher, Duck, could o'er the queen 
 
 prevail,; n i r f. 
 
 The proverb f.-.ys, no fence aga.nft a>,/. S »■,/.'. 
 
 FLAKE. «../. [>«-«^, Latin.J 
 1 Any tlunsT that appears loofely held to- 
 srether, h'ke a flock of wooh 
 *'Crimfon circles, like red/u.(« in the element, 
 When the weather is hottcft. i'-'"y- 
 
 And from his wide devouring oven Cent 
 A *'*-- of lire, that liufhing m his beard, 
 Hmi all amaz'd, and almolt made allear'd. 
 
 The earth is fometimes covered with fnow two 
 er three feet deep, made up only of llttk/u^.-. or 
 pieces of ice. . -""'"^ ' 
 
 Small drops of a mifling rain, defccnding 
 through a freezing air, do each of them (hoot nUo 
 one of thofe figured icicles; which, being iu*ed 
 bv the wind, in their fall are broken, and cluf- 
 le'red together into fmall parcels, which we call 
 fi^hi of (now. G>e^v ! C'.fmohg. 
 
 Upon throwing in a ftone the water boils lor a 
 conCiderable time, and at the fame time are fcen 
 little /?.i.t« of fcu'.frihng up. _ Add,J'j>:. 
 
 2. Aftiatum; layer; film; lamina. 
 
 Tiie/.i*« of his tough ticlh fo firmly bound, 
 As not to be divorced by a « ound. Samiy!. 
 
 The teeth cut away great/ui" of the metal, 
 till it received the perfeft form the teeth would 
 make. ^^^"""• 
 
 ToFleak. 1'. a. [from the noun.] To 
 form In flakes or bodies loofely con- 
 
 neftcd. 
 
 Fr m the bleak pole no winds inclement blow, 
 MoW the round ha.l, mpke the Heecy fnow. 
 
 Pafie'i Oiiyffty. 
 
 ToFl.\ke. 'v.n. To break into lamina ; 
 
 to part in loofe bodies. 
 i'LA'KY. ad}, [from fah.'\ 
 3. Loofely hanging together. 
 The filcnt huur rteals on, 
 P^nAfluky darknefs breaks witl-.in the eaft. S<:.>k. 
 
 Tiie trumpet roars, long/^y Humes expire. 
 With fparKs that feem to fet the world on fire. 
 
 '■ Fcpe. 
 
 Hence, when the fnows in winter ceafc to weep. 
 And unriilTolv'd thcir/«^v texture keep. 
 The banks with eafe their humble (ireams contain 
 ■\Vh;ch fwcilin fummer, and thofe banks d.fdam 
 
 FLA 
 
 FLAMBEAU, n.f. [French.] Alighted 
 torch. 
 The king feiied a flambedu with zeal to dell roy . 
 
 D>ytcn. 
 As the attendants carried each of them Tifinm- 
 heau in their hands, the fultan, aficr having or- 
 dered all the lights to be put out, gave the word 
 to enter the houl'e, find out the criminal, and put 
 him to death. .-ItUif'j'i's G:iurd:an. 
 
 FLAME, n.f. [famma,L3.Uxi;Jlamme, 
 French.] 
 
 1. Light emitted from fire. 
 
 Is not/.imf a vapour, fume, ur exhalation heated 
 red hot, that is fo hot, as to Ihine? For bodies 
 do not /..■»!« without emitting a copious fume, 
 and this fume burns in the/umf. Ncxuion. 
 
 What fowl!-, what lightning e'er 
 So quick an adive forte did beat ! C'iiuliy. 
 
 2. Fire. 
 
 Jove, Prometheus' theft allow ; 
 The p..mci he once ftole from thee, grant him 
 now. _ _ C>_W--v. 
 
 3. Ardour of temper or imagination; 
 
 2. Lying in layers or Rrata ; broken into 
 
 lamina?. 
 FLAM. n.f. [A cant word of no certain 
 
 etymology.] A falfehood ; a lie ; an 
 
 illufory pretext. 
 .\fl,im more tenfclcfs than the rog ry _ 
 
 Of old arufpiry and nug'ry. "^''Tu 
 
 •Till th^c men can prove the things, ordered by 
 
 our church, to be either intrinfically unlawful or 
 
 indecent, all pretences or f^leas 01 contcience to 
 
 the contrary arc nothing but cant and cheat.//m 
 
 and dclnfion. . , > , . 
 
 What aremoft of the hiftones of the world but 
 Iyes> Lyes immoitalized and configncd over as 
 a perpetual abufc and >« upon polferity. South. 
 To Flam. v. a. [from the noim.] To 
 deceive with a lie. Merely cant. 
 
 For foour ignorance was/.rnm'</, 
 To damn ourfclves t' avoid being <\AmnA. 
 
 liudibias. 
 
 God is not to be flammed oS with lyes, who 
 
 k.r.owi cxafllv what thou caii'a dO; and what not. 
 
 brightnefs of fancy ; vigour of thought 
 
 Of all our elder plays. 
 This and Philalkr have the loudeft fame ; 
 Great aic their faults, and glorious is thcir/jB.v; 
 In both onr Englifh genius is e.xpiefi. 
 Lofty and bold but negligently dreft. ir'al'.er. 
 A^ Ardour of inclination. 
 
 Smit with the love of kindred atts we came, 
 And met congenial, mingling/nme with/d-nf. 
 
 Poy>«. 
 
 5. PafTion of love. 
 
 My heart 's on_/?<Jmf, and docs like fire 
 To her afpire. Co-why. 
 
 Come arm'd mfiamti; for I would prove 
 All the extremities of love. Coiuicy-. 
 
 No warning of th' approaching /<"«; 
 Swiftly like fudden death it came : 
 I lov'd the moment I beheld. Gratwille. 
 
 To Flame, v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To (lilne as fire ; to burn with emifiion 
 
 of light. 
 
 Can you think to blow out the intended fire 
 your city is ready to /.im.- in, with fuch weak 
 breath as this? Shakfpeurc. 
 
 He fell/.im;«g through th' ethereal Iky 
 To bottomlefs perdition. Milton. 
 
 Hell all around I 
 
 As one gieat furnace ^j>«'./. Milton. 
 
 2. To (hine hke flame. 
 
 Behold it like an ample curtain fprcad. 
 Now fireak'd .and glowing with the morning red; 
 Anon at noon \n flaming yellow hrigiit. 
 And chufing (able for the peaceful night. Prior. 
 
 ^. To break out in violence of pafTion. 
 Flameco'loured. adj. [_y?^»jf and co- 
 lotir.l Of a bright yellow colour. 
 
 'Tis ftrgna, and it does indiS'erent well in 
 
 /^Mffo/Mici'llockings. Shatfpeare. 
 
 Auffuft ni.ill bear the form of a young man of 
 
 FLA 
 
 1\m fiammious light is not over all the body. 
 
 Jiraxur. 
 
 Flammi'feuous. adj. [JIammifer,'L3t..] 
 Bringing flame. Difl, 
 
 Flammi'vomous. adj. [fiammaandvomo, 
 Latin.] Vomiting out flame. DUi. 
 
 Flamy, adj. [{rom /ame.] 
 
 1 . Inflained ; burning ; blazing. 
 
 Mv thoughts imprll'on'd in my fecret woes, 
 With /Cj"!)' breatl-.s do ilfae oft in found. Si.if.r/. 
 
 2. Having the nature of flame. 
 
 The vital fpirils of living cieatures are a fnb- 
 fiance compounded of an airy and/,;mv matter ; 
 and though air and flame, l>cing free, will not well 
 mingle, yet bound in by a body they will. 2J,;«,i. 
 
 FLANK, n.f. [/a/!f, French, according 
 to liL/Kige, from Aaywi- ; more probably 
 from Ai/wJ-, Latin.] 
 
 1 . That part of the fide of a quadruped 
 near the hinder thigh. 
 
 The belly fhall be eminent by fliadowing the 
 /..7*. i'.v..7.-":. 
 
 2. [In men.] The lateral part of the lower 
 
 belly. 
 
 He faid, and pols'd in air, the j.av'lm fcnt: 
 TInough Paris' (hield the forceful weapon went, 
 His corllet pierces, and his garment rends. 
 And glancing downward near his/d/i.t descends. 
 
 Foi'. 
 
 3. The fide of any army or fleet. 
 Great ordnance and fmail (hot thundered and 
 
 fliowered upon our men from their rampier m 
 fiont, and from the gallies that lay at fca mf.f.k. 
 
 Bacon's It'.tr ivitll Sfilin. 
 
 Grav was appointed to fland on the left fide, 
 in fuch fort as he might take the funk of the 
 enemy. Huywar.l. 
 
 To right and left the front 
 Divided, and to either /^i;4 rctir'd. Milton. 
 
 4. [In fortification.] That part of the 
 ballion which reaches from the curtain 
 to the face, and defends the oppofitc 
 face, the flank and the curtain. 
 
 Harris. 
 
 To Flank, f- n. 
 
 I, To attack the fide of a battalion or 
 fleet. 
 
 lamrcoiturti, 
 
 .1 fierce and cholerick afpcil, in a /. 
 garmcnr. Peacl:,m,. 
 
 FLA MEN. n.f. [Latin.] A prieft ; one 
 that officiates in folemn offices. 
 
 Then firft ihefumcn tailed living food ; 
 Next his grim idol fmeat'd with hum.an blood. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Flammabi'lity, n.f. [^/^jmrna, Latin.] 
 The quahty of admitting to be fet on 
 tire, fo as to blaze. 
 
 In the fulphur of bodies torriSed, that is, the 
 oily, fat, and uniftuous parts, conftlt the princi- 
 ples of /u7nMi7i;iV/v. _ B'ozun. 
 
 Flamma'tion. n. f. [_/7rtmOTa/»o, Latin.] 
 The aft of fetting on flame. 
 
 White or cryftalline arfcnick, being artificial, 
 
 and fublimed with fait, will nut endure/amma'/o''. 
 
 Broiun'i Vulgar Erroun 
 
 Fla'mmeovs. adj. [fammcus, Latin.] 
 Confining of flame ; refembling flame. 
 
 2. To be pofted fo as to overlook or 
 command any pafs on the fide. 
 
 With fates avcife again it their king's command, 
 Arm'd on the right, and on the left they Hand, 
 hnd flank the palTage. Dry.ien's .Mnlid. 
 
 3. To fecure on the fide. 
 
 By the rich fcent we found onr pcrfum'd prey. 
 
 Which, H.-.-.k'd with rocks, did clofc m covert 
 
 lay. Drydm. 
 
 Fla'nker. n. f [from/^;ri.] A fortifi- 
 cation jutting out fo as to command 
 the fide of a body marching to the 
 
 an"ault. 
 
 The Turks, difcouraged with the lofs of their 
 
 fellows, and fore beaten by the Spaniards out^of 
 
 their /.I'.-ic", were enforced to retire. Kml!,!. 
 
 Like fiorms of hail, the lloncs fell down Uurn 
 
 high, 
 
 Caft from the bulwarks, flunkir', ports, and 
 
 towers. Faitfix. 
 
 To 'Fla'nker. v. a. [fduquefy'Freneh.] 
 To defend by lateral fortifications. 
 
 Fl.'v'nnel. ti.f. [gu'/im^n, Wc\(h; from 
 
 gw/rin, wool, Davks.] A foft nappy 
 
 fluff of wool. 
 I canuct anfwer the Wcllh fmnrl. .Sfe^'f. 
 
 FLAP. «. / [loepp*. SaxoB.] 
 I. Anv thing that hangs broad and loofe, 
 falle'ned only by one fide.
 
 FLA 
 
 There !s a peculiar ;)invirTan for tlic windpipe, 
 t)iat is, ;x caTU\3^ino*\^ //iifi uiton rliC opening of 
 rlic lariiix, which hath aa open cavuy for tlic .id- 
 n:iirion of tlic air. Brown. 
 
 Some fiu'^cons make a cruciil iiicifion, upon 
 the fuppofition that the wound will mu[c c.ifily 
 heal by turning down the f?ips. S^i'i'p. 
 
 2. The motion of any thing broad and 
 loofe. 
 
 3, A difcafe in horfcs. 
 
 When A hoil'c !i.t^ thcyZ-i/n, "you m:»y perceive 
 his lips fwellcd on buth fidci of his moulh ; and 
 that whicli is in the bliUcrs is like the white of 
 an egg: cut fomc flathtrs with a knife, and lub it 
 once with Lilt, anci it will cure, fjrricr's Dtil. 
 To Flat, v, a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To beat with a flap, as flie;; are beaten. 
 
 A hare, hard put to it by an eagle, took fiinc- 
 tuary in a ditch with a beetle : the caglc^rf/)/ ofl' 
 the former, and devoured the other. LEJi range. 
 
 Yet let mafi'.ip tliis bug with gilded wings, 
 This panited child of dirt, 'vl.at ilinks and Itings. 
 
 2 . To move with a flap or nolfe made by 
 the ilroke of any thing broad. 
 
 Witii fraitlcU toil 
 Flap filmy pinions oft, to extricate 
 Their feet in liquid lUacklcs bound. Philipi. 
 
 Three times, all in the dead of night, 
 A bell was heard to ring ; 
 
 And (hricking at her wjiidow thrice 
 The raven _/Ii'j/'/'*iniis wing. Tickcl. 
 
 To Flap, v, n, 
 
 1. To ply the wings with noife. 
 
 'Tis common for a duck to xxxw Ji^pping and 
 fluttering away, as if maimed, to cany people 
 from her young. L'Kjtr.wge. 
 
 The dire fiappirig on the fliield of Turnus, and 
 fluttering about his head, dilhcartcncd him in 
 the duel. D'\dcn^ s j£ncti{. 
 
 2. To fall with flaps or broad parts de- 
 pending. 
 
 When luffocating mirts obfcure the morn, 
 Let thy woift wig, long us'd to ll^orms, be worn; 
 This knows the powder'd footman, and with care 
 Beneath \{\s flappi'ig liat fccures his hair, Gijv. 
 Fi.a'pdragox. ji.f. [from a dragon fup- 
 pofed to breathe fire.] 
 
 1. A play in which they catch raillns out 
 of burning brandy, and extlnguifliing 
 them by clollng the mouth, eat them. 
 
 2. The thing eaten at flapdragon. 
 
 He pbys at quoits well, and eats conger and 
 fennel, and drinks candles ends iorjlapjrtigonsf 
 and rides the wild mare with the buys. Skakfp^ 
 
 To Fla'pdragon. %\a^ [from the noun,] 
 To fwallow ; to devour. Low cant. 
 
 But to make an end of the fliip, to fee how 
 \\\t{^2ifiapdragoned'\t. Sh.ikfp. jrintcr's T<ile_ 
 
 Fi.a'peared. adj. [flap d^ndi ear,'] Hav- 
 ing loofe and broad ears. 
 A whoicfon, beetle-headed JJupeared knzvt. 
 
 Shfdfpia'f 
 
 To Fi. \RE. 1;. a. [from^f'rtVrfw, to flutter, 
 Dutch, Skinner ; perhaps accidcntly 
 changed from glare.] 
 
 1 . To flutter with a fplendid fliow. 
 
 She fhall be loule cnroh'd, 
 With ribbands pendant y.''i;;;>/_g 'bout her head. 
 
 S/uiiJpcarc. 
 
 2. To glitter with tranfjcnt hifbe, 
 
 Doftrine and life, colours, and light, in one 
 When they combine and mingle, biing 
 A rtrung regard and awe; but fpcech alone 
 Dorh viiuilh like nji.ttiiig tiling;, 
 And in the ear, not confcicnce, ring. Ihtlcit, 
 
 3. To glitter offenfively. 
 
 When the fun begins to fling 
 Y\\% faring hcunx^, me, goddefs, brmg 
 To arched walks of twilight groves. Mi/ion. 
 
 4. To be in too much light. 
 
 F L A 
 
 I k'JIlllUt il.i/ 
 
 F'.iih:^ in fiiiidiiiic M the d.iy. P<n'. 
 
 FLASH. «./". [^^:|,^^V;y7Jfw.] 
 
 1. A fiiJilcn, qiiick, lianlitory blaze. 
 
 When liic crols blue lightning fcctn'ci to open 
 The brc.ill of hcav'n, ( tlid prcl'cnc niyfclf 
 L\ *n in tlic aim and \ciy J/iiy// o( it. iifiiiifprnrf. 
 
 Wc fee Ajl-tJ/t of a piece is fccn fooncr tlun tiic 
 noife is heard. Bncon' i Niit, lliji. 
 
 One with ^ Jl.if^i begins, and ends in fmoak; 
 The other out of fmoak brings ^loiious light. 
 
 And as -Egcon, when with heaven he drove, 
 Defy'd the forky lightning from afar, 
 At fifty mouths liis Haniing brcatli expires, 
 KwAf.aJt fov fii/i rctuiJis, and fires for (ires. 
 
 Di \Jtn's j^nfid. 
 
 2. Sudden bmfl of wit or merriment. 
 
 V\*!ierc be your gibes now? your gnniljuh ? 
 yuurfongs? your /^.//^sr of merriment, tliat were 
 wont to let the table in a roar.' Sl'akjiit.sic. 
 
 Wicked men prefer the light^,j/<« of a w.in- 
 ton mirth, which for a while fufpend rcflcflion, 
 and hide tlic fiiincr from himfelf, to fuch difcourfcs 
 as awaken confcicnce. Kogen. 
 
 3. A fliort tranficnt flate. 
 
 The I'crfians and Macedonians had it for a 
 
 4. A body of water driven by violence. 
 To Fl.\sh. v. n. 
 
 r. To glitter with a quick and tranfient 
 flaine. 
 
 Tliis f.ilt powdered, and put into a crucible, 
 was, by the injcdlion of v/q\\ kindled charcoal, 
 made iofajh divers times, almoft like melted 
 nitre. Bayle. 
 
 2. To biirft out into any kind of violence. 
 By day and night he wrongs me; ev'ry hour 
 Hc_^.i/ifi into one grofs crime or other, 
 That lets us all at odds. Shutfy. King Lear. 
 
 2. To break out into wit, merriment, or 
 bright thought. 
 
 They 7?,j//; out fometimes into an irregular 
 grcatncfs ot thought. Fi.'tor. o-t the CUjJick^, 
 
 To Flash, v. a. To (Irike up large bodies 
 of water from the furface. 
 
 With his raging arms he rudely _;?<jy^\/ 
 The waves about, and all his armour fwepr. 
 That all the bluod and filth away was walli'd. 
 
 Fairy Q^uceri. 
 
 If the fca-water he f.ijhrd with a ftick or oar, 
 
 the fame carteth a Ihining colour, and the drops 
 
 rcfemble fparkles oi fire. Citreiu. 
 
 Fla'ijher. «. /. [from ^<t/i.] A man 
 of more appearance of wit than reality. 
 
 Fla'shii.y. a/fv. [from fr'fjy.'\ With 
 empty Ihow ; without real power of wit, 
 or folidity of thought. 
 
 Fla'suy. aJj. \Jxom JlaJI}.'] 
 
 1. Empty; not folid ; fliowy without 
 fubftance. 
 
 FI.:J/i': wits cannot fathom the whole extent of 
 a larye difcourl'c. Di^hy on the S-m!, DsMca. 
 
 When they lifl-, their lean andyi'.V'V fuuijs 
 Grate on their Icrannel pipes of wretched iJraw. 
 
 Mi!i(,>i. 
 This me.™ conceit, this darling myftery, 
 Which thou think'fl nothing, friend! thou (halt 
 
 not buy ; 
 Nor will I chajige fur all thtfajliyv:\i. Jlijjffi. 
 
 2. [from^acaVuj, .S/'/nne/-.] Infipid; with- 
 out force or fpirit. 
 
 niftilled books are, like common difrilled 
 
 waters, /'.•/H' things. Jiaeon'i Effayt. 
 
 The i.dks that molt offend in fruits, herbs, and 
 
 roots, art bitter, barlli, four, waterilh otfit/iy. 
 
 Bacon^i Nntural llijiory, 
 
 FLa\SK. ti.f. [fafque, French.] 
 I . A bottle ; a vcifel. 
 
 FLA 
 
 Then for the Bourdcaux you m.iy freely afk ; 
 But the Champaignc is to each m.aii bh^i/i. 
 
 2. A powder-horn. 
 
 Powder in a Ikillcfs foldicr's/.//! 
 Is fet on fire. i7:j>/)>f/ir?. 
 
 Fla'.5KET. n. /. [(rom Jlaji.] A veffel in 
 which viands are ferved. 
 Another plac'd 
 The filvcr Aands with golden _/?^fri gjac"d. 
 
 Pope'i Odyffry. 
 
 FLAT. adj. {plat, French.] 
 
 1. Horizontally level without inclination. 
 
 Thou, all-lhaking thunder. 
 Strike fat the thick rotundity o' th' world. 
 
 Shjljjt,\trf' i Krlg Lrer, 
 
 Virtue could fee to do what virtue would 
 Bv her own r.adijnt light, though fun and moon 
 Were in i\\c fiai fea funk. MiU^. 
 
 The houfes are/.ir roofed to walk upon, fo 
 that every bomb that fell on them would take 
 tftefl. yl.Uiftm on llaiy. 
 
 2. Smooth; without protuberances. 
 
 In the dawning of the next day we might 
 plainly difccrn it was a land/'.i.' to our light, and 
 full of bofcagc. .^.jjsff. 
 
 3. Not elevated ; fallen ; not erecl. 
 
 Ceafe t' admire, and beauty's plumes 
 Fall^.ir, and (brink into a trivial toy. 
 At every furiden flighting quite abafht. Milton. 
 
 4. Level with the ground. 
 
 In them is plaiiiell tauglit, and eafiell learnt. 
 What makes a nation happy, and keeps it fo, 
 What ruins kingdoms, and l.iys cities _/?<j.'. 
 
 Mi.'lon'i PataJife Reg,,:r,!j. 
 
 That Chtift-church Hands above ground, and 
 that the church of WellminHer lies noty?j/ upon 
 it, is your lordlliip's commendation. South, 
 
 5. Lying proftrate ; lying along. 
 
 The wood-born people fall before her_/?j/. 
 And worOiip her as goddcfs of the wood. 
 
 Fa:ty Q;/fc;-. 
 That lamentable wound, 
 Which laid that wretched princey?ar on tlic ground. 
 
 VunieK 
 
 6. [In painting.] Wanting relief; want- 
 ing prominence of the ligures. 
 
 7. Taltelefs ; inlipid ; dead. 
 
 He, like a puling cuckold, would drink up 
 Tlie lets and dregs of ay?,if tamed piece. Sliakf. 
 
 Talte fo divine! that what of fwcct before 
 Hath louch'd my fenfc, _/?jr Iccms to this and 
 harfli. MUifn. 
 
 The miry fields 
 Rejoicing in rich mold, moft ample fruit 
 Of beauteous form produce; plcafing to fight. 
 But to the tongue inelegant and fidi. FhiUpt. 
 
 8. Dull ; unanimated ; frigid. 
 
 Short fpccches fly abroad like darts, and are 
 thought to be (liotoutof lectct intentions ; but as 
 for large difcourfes, they are/.ir things, and not 
 fo much noted. Bucm, 
 
 Some (hort excurfions of a broken vow 
 He made indeed, h\.\\f.u infipid (luff. Dryilcn, 
 
 9. Depreded ; fpiritlefs; dejefled. 
 
 I feel my genial fpirits droop. 
 My hopes MJi^t, nature within me fcems 
 In all her fun.!lions weary of herfelf. ^lilton, 
 
 10. Unplealhig ; taltelefs. 
 
 How weary, ilale, f.it and unprofitable 
 Seem to me all the ufcs of this world I Sliahfp. 
 
 To one firmly pcrfuadcd of the reality of 
 heavenly happinefs, and earnellly defiroris of ob- 
 taining it, all earthly fatisfadtions mull needs 
 luok little, and giowy/.i/ and unfavoury. .'Ittirb, 
 
 11. Preremptory ; abfolute ; downright. 
 His horfc with Jl,it tiring taught him, that 
 
 difcreet (lays make fpcedy journcvs. SiJncy. 
 
 It is ay?.i; wrong to punilh the thought or pur- 
 pofe of any before it be enacfted; fortiuc iuliice 
 punilheth nothing but the evil ail or wicked 
 word. Spenjcr't State of IreUtiit. 
 
 As it is in the nature of ail men to love liberty, 
 fo they become /.I/ libertines, and fall to all li- 
 ccntioufnefs. SprnUr, 
 
 5 A 2
 
 fnavp ill 
 
 FLA 
 
 You flart away, 
 And lend no ear unto my purpofes ; 
 Thofc prifoners you (hall keep : 
 
 I will, that 's/a/. ShAfptarc's Hrnry IV. 
 
 Thus repuls"<l, our final hope 
 \ifat defpair: we muft exafperatc 
 Th' Almishty Viftor to fpend all his rngc, 
 And that muft end us. Milion'i P„rad. Loji. 
 
 If thou fin in wine or wanionnef-i, 
 Boail not tliertuf, nor make thy lliamc thy gloiy ; 
 Fr.Vilty gets pardon hy fubmiflivencfs, 
 But he that boafts, (huts that out of his ftor\', 
 He makes /«/ war with God, and doth defy, 
 With hii mcer clod of earti>, the fpacious (ky. 
 
 Herbert. 
 You had broke and robb'd his houfe. 
 And flole his talifmanique loufc ; 
 And all his new-found old inventions, 
 With^j/ leloMioiis intentions. 
 I«. Not fhrill ; not acute ; not 
 
 • found. 
 
 If you ftop the holes of a hawk's bell, it will 
 make no ring, hut a/.ir noife or rattle. Bacon. 
 
 The upper end of the windpipe is endued with 
 fcveral cartilages and mufcles to contraa or dilate 
 ir, as we w luld have our voice /j/ or (harp. 
 
 Riiy on the Creation. 
 
 Flat. ti.f. 
 
 I. A Itvel ; an extentled plane. 
 
 The firings of a Uitc, viol, or virginals, give 
 a f.ir greater found, by reafon of the knot, board 
 and concave underneath, than if there were no- 
 thing but only the/<if of a board to let in the up- 
 per air h>to the lower. Bacon. 
 
 Becaufe the air rccciveth great tinfturc from 
 the earth, expofe fleth or fi(h, both upon a ftakc 
 <,f wood fome height above tlie earth, and upon 
 the/.ir of the earth. Bacon. 
 
 It comes near an artificial n>iraclc to make di- 
 vers diflinft eminences appear a/-jr by force of 
 fliadows, and yet the (hsdows themfclvcs not to 
 appear. IVotton'i Arui'r.cSitre. 
 
 He has cut the fide of the rock into a/,j/ for 
 a garden; and by laying on it the wafte earth, 
 that he has fi'und in fevcial of the neighbouring 
 carts, furnilhed out a kind of luxury for a hermit. 
 ^ ' A-iVijon on IlJy. 
 
 1. Even ground ; not mouDtainous.^ 
 
 Now pile voiir riurt upon the quick and dead, 
 'Till of this /if a mountain you have made, 
 T' o'ettop old Pilion, or the Ikyilh head 
 Of blue Olympus. Sh.xiff cars' i Ham.'ct 
 
 Tt.e way is ready and not long. 
 Beyond a row of myrtles, on xfat, 
 Fafi by a mountain. Mi/tcn's Par. UJi- 
 
 3. A fmooth low ground expofed to inun- 
 dations. 
 
 Tiie ocean, ov:rpeeri' g of his lift, 
 Eats not the )?.j/r with more impetuous ha()e 
 Than young Laertes, in a riflous head, 
 C'erbears your officers. ShakfjHure'i llamlct. 
 
 AH the mft-aions, that the fun fucks up 
 Tiom logs, fens, /.Jfi, on Prafptro fall. Shakf. 
 
 Half my pow'rs this night, 
 P.!(fing rhefe/rt«, arc taking by the tide ; 
 Tnefe Lincoln walhes have devoured tlicm. 
 
 Sh'ii/j tare's Ki"f John. 
 
 4. Shallow ; ftrand ; plxe in the fca 
 where the water is not deep enough for 
 
 {hip?. 
 
 I IhoulJ not fee the fandy hour-glafs run. 
 But I Ihouid think, of (hallows and of fats. 
 
 Shakfpearr 
 
 The difficulty is vci-y great to bring tk- m in or 
 out through fo many;;.i/j and fands, if wind and 
 weathf r be not very favourable. Raleigh' i EJf^yi. 
 
 Havin; newly left thefc giammitick jiati and 
 (hnll,rws,° where they f.uck unrcafonably, ti.ey 
 are now turrooilcd with their unballaflcd wits in 
 taihomlcfs and unquiet deeps of controvcrfv. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Fiill in the prince's palTage hills of fund, 
 A.iddang'ious/u/J, i" ficret anibulh lay, 
 V'h le the fallc tides (kim o'er the covcr'd land, 
 An.', leair.en with diflTemblcd depths betray. 
 
 Drydtn 
 
 FLA 
 
 Mu(t we now have occafion of raitc fati and 
 (hallows, to the utter ruin of navigation ? 
 
 Benllry. 
 
 5. The broad fide of a blade. 
 A darted mandate came 
 
 From that great will which moves this mighty 
 
 frame. 
 Bid me to thee, my royal charge, repair. 
 To guard thee from the da:mons of tie air; 
 My flaming fwo.d above 'em to difplay. 
 All keen and ground upon the edge of day, 
 The fat to fwcep the vifions from thy mind, 
 Tile edge to cut 'cm through that (tay behind. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 6. Depreflion of thought or language. 
 Milton's P.iradife Loft is admirable; but ain I 
 
 theiefore bound to maiiuain, that there are nny?a/j 
 amongft his elevations, when 'tis evident he creeps 
 along (ometimcs for above an hundred lines to- 
 gether? Dryden 
 
 7. A furface without relief, or promi- 
 nences. 
 
 Are there then fucli ravilhing ch.-'rms in a dull 
 unvaricd_;?.i(, ro make a fufficient coropcnfation 
 for the chief things of the ancient mountains, 
 and for the piecious thirgs of the lafling hills? 
 
 Benllty. 
 
 To Flat. v. a. [from he noun.] 
 
 1 . To level ; to (leprefs ; to inak ; broad 
 and fmooth. 
 
 The ancients fay, if y™ take iwo twigs of 
 fcveral fruit-trees, zndjlal them on the fides, and 
 bind them clofe, and fct them in the ground, 
 they will come up in one ftock. Bacon. 
 
 , With horiiid (Ijapes Ihe does her fons expofe, 
 Dirtends their fweiling lips, and/.i/i their nofe. 
 ^ Creech. 
 
 2. To make vapid. 
 An orange, lemon, and apple, wrapt in a 
 
 linen cloth, being buried for a fortnight four 
 feet deep within the earth, though in a moil't 
 place and rainy time, were become a little harder 
 than they^were; otherwife fre(h in their colour, 
 but their juice fomewhat/d.'.'ti/. Bacon. 
 
 To Flat. v. n. 
 
 1. To grow flat : oppofed to /well. 
 I burnt it the fecontl time, and obfer\-ed th..r 
 
 (kin flirink, and ri-.e (welling luf.it yet more 
 than at firft. Temfle. 
 
 2. To render unaniinated or evanid. 
 Njr are conftant forms of pr.iyer more likely 
 
 t.}fat and hinder the fpirit of prayer and devo- 
 tion, thai! unpremeditated and canfufed vaiicly 
 to diftraft and lol'c it. A'/>;^ Charles. 
 
 Fla'tlong. ati-j. [_/?.;/ and /»n^. ] With 
 the flat downward ; not edgewife. 
 
 What a blow was there given r 
 — .\n it had fj|len/.j."^';g-. Sia(/j>. Temfcf 
 
 Fi.a'tlt. ari-J. [fn)in7&/.] 
 
 1. Koiizontallv ; without inclination. 
 
 2. Without p-omiiience or elevation. 
 
 3. Without fpirit ; dully; frigidly. 
 
 4. Peremptorily ; downright. 
 He in thefc w.ars hxA fatly refilled his aid. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Thereupon they fatly difavouch 
 To yield him more obedience, or fupport. Dan 
 
 Uiijuft, thou (ay'ft, 
 F/atly unjuft, to bind with laws the free. Milt 
 Not ai\v interpreters allow it to be fpokcn of 
 fiich zs fitly deny the being of God; but of 
 rhem that believing his exifVencc, fcclude him 
 from direfling tlie wo'ld. BentLy. 
 
 Fla'tness. n- /■ [fromy7,(/.] 
 
 1. Eyennefs ; level extenfion. 
 
 2. Want of reliefer promir.ence. 
 
 It appears fo very plain and uniform, that one 
 would think the coiner looked on ihcfatncfs of 
 a figure, as one of the greaiell beauties in fcu'p- 
 tijrc. Addifon an Medals. 
 
 3. Deadnefs; infipidity; vapidnefs. 
 
 FLA 
 
 Deadnefs or fhtnefi in cyder is often occalioncd 
 by the toj free admifllon of air into the vefTcl. 
 
 Mortimer'i Hujhandry. 
 
 4. Deje£lion of fortune. 
 The tmpcror of RuiTi.i was my fatlier : 
 
 Oh, th;it :.e were alivcj and here beholding 
 
 His drfugViTer's iiial ! tliat he did but fee 
 
 T\\t fi.itnfj% oi my mifery ! Shaip^care, 
 
 5. Dcje£lionof mindj want of life; want 
 of fpirit. 
 
 How faft does oh^zuv'iKYy flatnefi, and imper- 
 tinency flow in upon our meditations ? *Tis a 
 difficult tafiv to lalk to the purpofc, and to put 
 life and pciTpicuitv into our difcourfes. Collier. 
 
 6. Dulntfs ; infipidity ; frigidity. 
 Some cf Homer's tranflators have fwellcd into 
 
 fufti.in, and others funk 'mXoJI^itTirfs. Pope. 
 
 7. The contrary to ihrillncfs or acutcncfs 
 of foun<L 
 
 Tjke two fa'jcers, and fl'ike the edge of the 
 one 3g.:inlt the bottom of the otner within a paie 
 of wattr, and you (halt finrt tne found growcth 
 more flat, even wliile part of the faucer is above 
 the water; hut that fiatmji of found is joined 
 v'iih a haifhncfs. Bacon 
 
 To Fla'tten. v. a, [y^ij/ir, French; from 
 flal.] 
 
 1. To make even or level, without promi- 
 nence or elevation. 
 
 2. To beat down to the errotind. 
 If they ftiould he in it, and beat it down, o.-, 
 
 fatten it, it will rife again. Mortimer, 
 
 3. To mr.ke vapid. 
 
 4. To dejtft ; to deprefs ; to difpirit. 
 To Fla'tten. v. n. 
 
 1. 1~o grow- even or level. 
 
 2. To grow dull and iniipid. 
 Heie joys th.Tt endure for ever, fiefh and in vi- 
 gour, are opjjofed to fatisfa(^tions that aie at- 
 tended with t.(tiety and furlcits, ^.ad fatten in the 
 very tafting. V Ef range . 
 
 Fla'tteb. tt. f. [fiom _;?«/.] The work- 
 man or inftrument by which bodies are 
 flattened. 
 To FLA'TTER. r. a. {fatter, French.] 
 I. To footh with praifes ; to pleafe with 
 blandifliments ; to gratify with ferviie 
 obfcquioufnels ; to gain by falfe compli- 
 ments. 
 
 When I tell him he h.atcs flatterers. 
 He fays he does; being then ma'A flattered. 
 
 :ikakj^eari' s Julius Ctr[Ar. 
 His nature is too noble for the world; 
 He would tto\ fatter Neptune for his trident. 
 Or Jove for 's power to thunder: his heart's his 
 
 mouth; 
 What his breaft forgrs that his tongue tnuft vent. 
 
 ahiikfpcarf . 
 He xl;z\fattcretli his neighbour, fpreadcth a nr t 
 for his feet. Pivterls. 
 
 He fattcreth himfelf in his own eyes, until his 
 iniquity be found hateful. PfJms. 
 
 After this way oifattcirg their willing benc- 
 faftorsout of pait, they contrived anoth.er of for- 
 cing their unwilling neighbours out of all their 
 poiTeffiuns. Decay of Piety. 
 
 Averfe alike \o flatter or offend. Pope. 
 
 I icorn 10 fatter you or any man. Newton. 
 
 I. To praife falfely. 
 
 f/ii.-rcr'./ crimes of a licentious age, 
 P.ovoke Qur ccnfure. Young 
 
 footh. This fenfe is 
 
 . To pleafe ; to 
 purely gallick. 
 
 A confoit of voices fupporting themfelves by 
 their diflrrenl parts makes a harnmny, pleafingly 
 
 fills the ears aid/.i/ZfJ them. 
 
 . To raife faTfe hopes. 
 
 He, always vacant, always amiable, 
 Hopes thee, of fatt'ring galet 
 Ui'.mindfut. 
 
 Diidc! 
 
 M.l:.
 
 FLA 
 
 Fla'tterer. rt. /, [from/7//<fr.] One 
 who flatters ; a fawner ; a wlicedlcr ; oi:c 
 who endeavours to gain favour by pLaf- 
 ing faUities. 
 
 When I tell him he hatcs^j/ZcffTj, 
 He fays he dues; being then niult flittered 
 
 S't'ikff-eare's yul-.ui Ca'f-'r. 
 Some praifcs proceed merely of Hattery ; and if 
 he be an ordinary _/r'.i.'/cjf'', he will have ceit-iin 
 common attributes, which mny IVivc every man : 
 if he be a cunmng^aftfrery which h a man's fclf. 
 But if he l^c ;in impudent y?.7r.V'-fr, look wherein a 
 man m* coiifcious to hinirclt tliat he is mod dc- 
 fe»flive, and is moll oar of countenance in hirafcif, 
 that will ilicyA(//^rff entitle him to perforce. 
 
 Bacon 
 If wc from wealth fo poverty defcend, 
 Want gives to know the Jiiitt'rtr fiom the friend. 
 
 After treating her like a godricfs, the hufband 
 u''cs her like a woman: what is flijl worfc, the 
 moll .ibjcdt JfatUnri degenerate into the p.rearert 
 tyr.Mits. ^eiJifou'i GitarUinn. 
 
 The publick n^nuld know this : yet whoever 
 goes about to infoim them, (hall be ccnfurcd f.H 
 ^Jl.ittrr^r. Sivijr. 
 
 F L A 'tt t r y . n,/, [ f ro m falter ; flattens ^ 
 
 French.] Falie praife ; artful obl'equi- 
 
 oufnefs ; adulation. 
 
 Mind^", by natnrtgie;ii, arc confcious of their 
 
 great luf-,. 
 
 And hold it mean to borrow aught UomJIattery. 
 
 Row- 
 Simple piidc forJJtttt'ry mik^i demands. Pope 
 Sec how they beg an i\\n\lof ^u/fery ' 
 They languil}i, O! I'upport tjicm with a lye. 
 
 Vourrg. 
 
 Fi.a'ttish. at/j. [from^u/.} Somewhat 
 
 flat ; approaching to fiatnefs. 
 Thcfc arc tiom three inches over to fix or fcven, 
 
 and (>i A fiattijh ihape. IVcQdtpa* d on T'^Jfili^ 
 
 J'la'tu LiiNCV. rt. y". \{x ova flatulent S\ 
 T. Windinefs ; fidnefs of wind; turge- 
 
 fcence by wind confined. 
 ^''egctable fublt;mces contain a great deal of 
 
 sir, which expands itfelf, producing all the <lif- 
 
 crdcrs %:S §atuUnry. j^thuthn'nt 
 
 2. Emptinefs ; vanity; kvity ; airincfi. 
 Wnether moft of them are not the genuine de- 
 rivations of the hypnthcfis tliey claim to, may be 
 determined by any that conliders the ttAU.r,\\Jia- 
 tuletu-y of th-it airy fchemc of notions. Granville. 
 FLA'TULENr. adj. {flatulmtus, flatus, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Turgid with air ; windy. 
 
 Pcafe are mild and denui'.ceut ; Init tioin;' full 
 of aeriril j)aiticlcsarc_/?6/(;/i".-> when fliflblved by 
 dig', (lijn. .-Iihiithiwt. 
 
 Ff'iiiiUrt tumours are fuch as cafily yield to tiie 
 prclfiirc of the finger; but readily return, by ihrir 
 chi&icity, to .T tumid ftare .Tj^iin. Qv/vcv 
 
 2. Empty ; vain ; big without fubdance 
 or reality ; puffy. 
 
 To talk of liuowlcdgf , from lIioTc fnv indif- 
 tinft r.-preriiit.itious which are made to ourgroffir 
 f.:cu!rics, is afntule/it vanity. ij!ttmulh\ 
 
 Huw many of rYick fntnlcnf wr'tcrs have funk 
 in their rcputatioii, afttr fc\en or eight editions of 
 tlicir works Dryd.n. 
 
 Fi.ATUo'siTY. n. f. \_fla!ui)fite, French ; 
 from fialiis, Latin.] Windinefs ; ful- 
 iicfs ot air. 
 
 T;ie caufc \\fi.itur,fiiy; for wind ftiired, movcr'i 
 to f jpelj and all pingeis have in them a riw fpi- 
 rit of wind, whicli is tie principal caufe of ten- 
 fio'l in the llomach and belly. Bacon 
 
 Fla'tuous. adj. [from flatus, Latin.] 
 Windy ; full of wind. 
 
 Rhubarb in the ftomach, in a fmall quantity, 
 
 t! lib digcft and overcome, being not _/?n/aoni nor 
 
 luailifonie; and fo fendeth it to the mefentery 
 
 »c.ns, and, bcirg opening, it h-lpeth'duwn urine. 
 
 iiaron*i Njtural Ifijiory. 
 
 FLA 
 
 Fl./TUS. n.f. [Latin.] Wind gathered 
 in any cavities of the body, canfcd by 
 indigellion and a grofs internal perfpi- 
 ra;ion; which is therefore difcufltd by 
 warm aromalicks. ^I'mcy. 
 
 Fla'twise. adj. \_fial and -wife: fo it 
 flioiild be vyrittcn, not flatiL>nys.'\ With 
 the flat downward ; not the edge. 
 
 Irs polture in the cartiv wasy/..'/rf//;-, and pa- 
 rallel to tiie fitc of the Uratum in wliicb it wa 
 rrpofited. IJ'ooJwjrJ on Foj/j/i 
 
 To Flaunt, v. n. 
 
 I. To make a fiitterin<f fiiow in apparel 
 
 With ivy cauf^py'tl, and interwove 
 \f\xhfjunling hvucyfucklc Alitt'jn. 
 
 Thife courtiers of appl.nifc deny tliemfclvcs 
 thing? convenient lof.iii'!/ it out, being frequently 
 ciiough lain to immolate ihcir own dcfircs to the 
 
 vanity. 
 
 £oy/. . 
 
 Here, aitirVl beyond oin- purfe, we go,. 
 Foi' ufclcf^ orn.iment ■Au(iJlMi:!t/"g fliow : 
 We take on truli, in purple robes to fhinc, 
 And poor, are yet anibiticnis to be fine. Dryden. 
 
 You fi't, you loitef about alehoulcs, ov Jitiurt 
 about the lireets in your new-gilt chariot, never 
 minding me nor your numeious family. Arbuth 
 
 2. To be huntj .with fomething loofe and 
 flying. Thi-. fetms not to be proper : 
 the words flaiml and flutter rnioht with 
 more propriety have changed their 
 places. 
 
 Fortune in men h:i^ fome fmall diff'rence made; 
 Oi'iQ Ji-iunti in r.igs, one Hutteisin LiocTde Pope. 
 
 Flaunt, n.f. Any thing loofe and ;>iry. 
 H.<\v wiulrl he looK to fee hi^ work fo noble, 
 Wibllv bound up, wliat would he fay ! or how 
 Should I in thele mv borrow'd_^(i«wrj behold 
 The llcrnnels of his prcfence ! Hfioii^jyetite. 
 
 FI,A'VOUK. »./. 
 
 1. Power of pleafing the tafle. 
 
 They have a ccitain _;7(/7^o;/r, at their fii.T ap- 
 pearance, fiom f( vcral accidoital ci.'CumH^ances, 
 which they may lofe, if not taken early. AJJfj'i 
 
 2. Sweetncfs to the fmell ; odour; fra- 
 grance. 
 
 Myrtle, orange, and the bUiOiing rofe, 
 With bending heaps, fo nigh their bloom difclofe, 
 E.ich fccms to fnr. 11 Xht jUvour which the other 
 blows. Dry.tln. 
 
 Fl a'v OROUS. adj. [from flwvour-.l 
 
 1. Delightful to the paUite. 
 
 Svvtct grapes dcgen'iate there, and fruits de- 
 clin'd 
 From their firfl fnv'iouf tafte, renounce their 
 kmd. Vrydcn. 
 
 2. Fra':;rant ; odorous. 
 
 FLAW. n.f. [5X.\, to break; ploh, 
 
 Saxon, a garment.] 
 I. A crack or breach in any thing. 
 
 Tiiis heart (hall break into a ihoufand^aTOs 
 Or ere I w^ep Sl'c^Jpenre'i King Lear. 
 
 Wool, new-ftiom, being l.iid cifoally upon a 
 veflfc-l i>f veijuice, after fome t.nic had drunk up a 
 great part of the verjuice, though the veifcl were 
 whole, without any f-iiv, and had not the hung- 
 hole open. Bacon's Natural iiijicry. 
 
 We found it exceeding diScult to keep out tlie 
 air from getting in at any inrperceptibie hole or 
 
 Aft'iu is in thy ill-bak'd vefTcl found : 
 'Tis hollow, and returns a jarring found. X>'yJ. 
 
 As if great Atlas, from his height. 
 Should fiik beneath his heavenly weight; 
 And wrth a mighty f.i'.t; the flaming wall, as 
 
 once it fli.dl. 
 Should g:i]>e immenfc, and rulliing down, n'cr- 
 whclm this nether ball. Dryd'ii. 
 
 Whether the nymph (hall break Diana's I'W, 
 Or fome frail china-jar receive a/.nu. Pap,' 
 
 He tha: would keep hi,s houfc in repair, muft 
 attend every little brt.ich oi/'uw, and fu^ip y it 
 
 FLA 
 
 immediately, clfc time alone will bring all to 
 
 ruin. S-wijI. 
 
 2. A fault ; defcdl; fomething that weak- 
 ens or invalidates. 
 
 Yet certain though it be, it halh^uwi; for that 
 the fciiveners and brokers do value uivfound men 
 lo fcrvc their own tuwi. Bacon's EJayi. 
 
 Traditions were a proof alone, 
 Could wc be certain fuch they were, fo known : 
 But fince t^mcjlaws in long del'cents may be. 
 They make not truth but probability. DryJrn. 
 
 And laid her dowry out in law, 
 To null her jointure with wfiaw. liuiihras. 
 
 Their judgment has found i fiaw in what t!:e 
 gencr.ihty of mankind admires. Addi^o". 
 
 Soiiiany jtfawi had this vow in its firll cjh- 
 ception Alttrbuiy. 
 
 J. A fudden gufl; a violent blall. [from 
 flu, Latin.] Obfolete. 
 
 Being iucen^'d, he's flint; 
 As humourous as winter, and as fudden 
 Aifivji conge, lied the fpiing of day. Shakjp. 
 Oh, that that caah, which kepi the world in 
 awe, 
 Should patch a wall, t' expel the winter's_^ati/. 
 Hhiikjpearc i Hamle:. 
 As a huge fi(h, laid 
 Near to the cold wecd-gatheiing fhore, is with a 
 
 north^.iif fraid. 
 Shoots back; lo, fuit againfl the ground, 
 W.is foil'd Eurialus. th.^pmnh's Iliad. 
 
 Burfliiig their brazen dungeon, arm'd with ice, 
 And fnow, and hail, and dormy guft, and_/t'rt-u^, 
 Boreas, and CscLis, and Aigelics loud. 
 And Thrafcias leiid the woods, and fcas upturn. 
 
 Ailmn. 
 I heatri the rack, 
 As earth and Iky would mingle ; but myfelf 
 Was diftant; and thcfc y?uius, though mortals 
 
 fear them. 
 As dangerous to the pillar'd frame of heav'n. 
 Or to the earth's dark bafis underneath, 
 Are to the main ineonfider.iblc. Mii:on. 
 
 4. A tumult; a tempr II uou.s uproar. 
 
 And this fell tempelt Ihall not ceafc to rage 
 Until the golden circuit on my head 
 Do cilm the fury of this madhrain'd_^nw. 
 
 Shatjpeare's Henry vl. 
 The fort 's revolted to the emperor, 
 T'.e gates are opcn'd, the j)ortcullis drawn, 
 And deluges of armies from the town 
 Ctmc pouring in; I heard the mighty _^Jw; 
 When fit ft it broke, the crowding enfigns f.iw 
 Wtiich choak'd the pafTige. Drydsn's Aurcng. 
 
 5. A fudden commotion of mind. 
 
 Oh tl,efc7.'uwi and iiarts, 
 Impoflors to true fear, would become 
 A woman's (tory at a Winter's fire. Shaifpeare. 
 
 To Flaw. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 I. To break; to crack ; to damage with 
 
 fiiTure. 
 
 Eut h'\'ij!aw'd heart, 
 AL-^ck, too weak the coiiflii> to fuppoit, 
 'Twi.xi two ex'icnies of paffon, joy and grief, 
 Burft fmilingly. Shakjpeare' i AV/.g' Le.zr. 
 
 The cup v;.\% j^aiued witji kich a multitude of 
 little cracks, th.it it looks like a white, not like 
 a ciyftaliine cup. Boyle. 
 
 The brazen cauldrons with tlie frofls ^r^faxu'd. 
 The garment ftill' with lire, at hearths is thaw'd. 
 
 Dry'.:-.. 
 
 z. To break ; to violate. Out of ufe. 
 Fiance hath ^aiv'd the league, and hath at- 
 tach'd 
 Our mtrciiant's goods. Shahjp. Henry wii^ 
 
 Fl.v'vvless. adj. [fromyZrjio.] Without 
 cracks ; withtnu defects. 
 
 .\ (l.ir of the firft magnitude, which the more 
 high, mo:e vaft, and moie^utf.'r/i, (hinc< only 
 bright enough to make'itfeif conlpieuovis. B-'v'e. 
 Flaw'n. n.f. [f-L-na, Saxon; flmi French ; 
 idiiyf. Dutcli.] A fort of cuftard ; a pie 
 baked in a di:l».
 
 F L E 
 
 nil oven full of /.iitvn, Ginny f^h not for 
 To-morrow 'thy father his w^kc-rlay will kcc^^ 
 
 7-oFi.a'wter. ■U.J. Tofcrape or pare 
 
 a n<in. ^ ^ f'h: 
 
 FuAu-v. a^j. [from/7.K..] F..!! of flaws. 
 FLAX, n.j: [Fleax,pl«,i'axon;i,to, 
 
 Dutch.] , , . , 1 r .T. 
 
 1. The fibrous plant of wluch the lioeil 
 
 thread is made. 
 
 2. The fibres of flax clcanfed and combed 
 for the fpinner. , 
 
 ril fetch fonie/.i-v, and whites of czp, 
 T' npply to 's bleeding face. i«.«//.--..r.. 
 
 Then on tbc rock n fcanty me.ifure pbce 
 Of vi.l/.vt,.,dturnM thew.ee. apa^^^^^ 
 
 And turnuig fling. _ , -^ 
 
 Fla'xcomb. «./. [/^x- and ..«..] The 
 
 inftrument with which the fibres or flax 
 
 are cleanfed from the brittle parts 
 Fla'xdresser. "./ Ifl"^ a'K' '^'-'f'-i ^^ 
 
 that prepares fl;ix for the fpinncr. 
 Fla'xen. adj. [fromyte.] 
 1. Made of flax. 
 
 The matron at licr nightly talk, 
 
 With penf.ve labour draws thc/«vf« thread 
 
 The be(V materials for making ligatures are the 
 tf.,v«tlrreiidthat Ihoemakers ulc. V---^ 
 
 2.^ Fair, long, and flowing, as if made of 
 
 flax. 
 
 l' bought a fine/.nr« long wig ^Mlfo,:. 
 
 Fla'xweed. «./. A plant. 
 
 r» FL.'\Y. ■y. a. [./'/ .//"''. IflMd.ck ; 
 
 Jiji, Danifh; Wfltn, Dutch.] 
 1. To flrip off the ll^in. 
 
 I mull have been eaicn with wild heafts, o, 
 
 b.ve fallen into the hands of the Spaniards, jiul 
 
 been ftnc'/ alive. "''j^';', 
 
 VVhllft the old levitical hierarcl-y contmueri, it 
 
 was part of the minifterial office to f<:y tl«Jy 
 
 Then give command the facrificc to bafte, 
 Let th.e ti^y'd viflims in the plains be call ;_ 
 And facVd vows, and myfiickfong, ^I'P'y '' 
 To -rifly Pluto and his gloomy bride. rof,. 
 
 2. To take off the flcin or futface of any 
 
 * Thfv fay their Ikin from off them, break 
 their bone.; and chop them in pieces. M,c 
 
 Neither (hoi.ld that odious cuftom be allowed 
 of cutting fcraws, which U /?«v,.g oft the green 
 furface of the ground, to co^er then "t^-^-^,^^ 
 
 Fla'ver. «./. [fromAv-1 "^ '^'^' 
 firips off the fldn of any thing. 
 
 Fl EA n. /. [flea, Saxon ; Wojt, Dutch ; 
 /leach, Scottilh.] A fmall red infcft _rc- 
 "markable for its a,^iUty in leaping, which 
 lucks the blood of larger animals. 
 
 While wormwood hath feed, get a nandful or 
 
 To fave Igainrt March to make/r«> to refrain : 
 Where chamber is fwccpcd, and woimwood is 
 
 ftrown, , , 
 
 Ko fica for his life dare abide to be known 
 
 A valiant /« that dales eat his break faft on 
 
 the lip of a lion. S/,atfr,..re > Ihnn.. 
 
 kL breed principally ot Uraw or mats, 
 
 where th.ere hatli been a little mo.fture. B.,ro,,. 
 
 ToYi-^K. u. «. [from the noun.] lo 
 
 clean from fleas. 
 Flb'abank. n. f. [M and baue.^ A 
 
 P'l't trh undivided leaves, which. f„r the moft 
 „a,^ areglutinou.s, andhaveaftrong cent: tl.e 
 Tup of the flower is for tne moft part taly,^_^a.ul 
 
 F L E 
 
 T-^ cylindrical loim : the flower is compofed of 
 
 many florets, which arc fuccecdcd by {cecsw:.. 
 a tliiwny fuhllance adhering to them. jii.'< ;' 
 
 Fi.E'AniTE. \ ,,r. fA-flandto^.] 
 
 FLE'AniTING. 3 ■' 
 
 1. Red marks caufed by fle?.s. 
 The attendance of a cancer is commonly a 
 
 brc.ikn-.g out all over the tody, like ^fifuhuni^. 
 
 2. A fmall hurt or pain like that caufed by 
 the fling of a flea. 
 
 A gout, a chohck, a cutting off an arm or 
 lei^ or fearing the adh, are buxjieaiitei lo the 
 pahls of the foul. fTnr-u-ry. 
 
 The fame cxpencc that breaks one man s back, 
 is not a j^cMting to another. VF.jirangf. 
 
 Fle'abitten. oiij. [y/ffl and i//ir.] 
 
 1. Stung by fleas. 
 
 2. Mean; wcrthiefs. 
 FlcaHticn fynod, an alTembly brew'd 
 
 Of clerks and' ciders ana, like the rude 
 Cliaoi "f Prcfbyt'rv, where laymen guide, 
 With the tame wo.^lpack clergy by their fide. 
 
 Clcavrliiiid. 
 
 Fle\k. ■!'.«. \J\-om floiCiis, Latin. See 
 Flake.] A fraal'l lock, thread, or 
 
 twiil. , . . 
 
 The bufincfres of men depend upon tncic 
 litile \a(\iflcaks or threads of hemp and Hax. 
 
 MorcU Jl^tuhtt .ig.'irf Athafm 
 
 Fleam, n. f. [corrupted from $?,!.33rowi, 
 the inftrument ufed in phlebotomy.] An 
 inftrument ufed to bleed cattle, which 
 is placed on the vein, and then driven by 
 a ijlow. 
 
 Fle'awort. «. /. [7?^^ and uw/.] A 
 plant. ^^'"''■ 
 
 K FLECK. IK a. [/ff,t, German, a fpot, 
 Skiiwer : perhaps it is derived from/iw/, 
 ox- f eke, an old word for a grate, hurdle, 
 or any thing made of parts laid tranf- 
 verfe, from the Ilkndick flah.'\ To 
 ipot ; to ftreake ; to ftripe ; to dapple ; 
 to variegate. 
 
 Let it not fee the dawning J?.ci the ikies, 
 Nor the grey morning from the ocean rife. 
 
 Fhci'd in her face, and with diforder'd hair 
 Her garments ruliied, and her bofom bare. 
 
 Diy.lfn's Jui:cnal. 
 
 Both ficck'J with white, the true Arcadian 
 
 lirain. -Do*" 
 
 ToFle'cker. v. a. [from/ffZ-.] To 
 fpot; tomatkwith ftrokes or touches 
 of different colours; to mark with 
 red whelkes. 
 
 The grey-ey'd morn fmiles on the frowning 
 
 night, [ 
 
 Chcck'ring the eaftern clouds with ftrciks ol 
 
 And dar'kncrs/«.fcr'.(, like a drunkard, reels 
 From forth d.iy's path, and Titan's burning 
 wheels. _ Shakfpccn,. 
 
 Flep. The preterit and participle ; not 
 properly of /ji, to ufe the wings, but of 
 flee, to run away. 
 
 Truth is Ac/ far away, and leafing is hard at 
 hand. ^ , -t/,/-^'- 
 
 In vain for life he to the altar /?fi/; 
 Ambition and revenge have certain fpecd. J -/!>• 
 Fledge, adj. Iflederen, to fly, Dutch.] 
 Full-feathered ; able to fly ; qualified to 
 
 leave the neft. 
 
 We did find 
 The fhells of f^.igt fouls left behind. Ucrhcl. 
 
 His locks behind, 
 lUuftrious on his (boulders, /f.'?.^ with wings, 
 Lav waving round. Miltmi l>.,rad,lc_ L'.fl. 
 
 To Fledge. i>. a. [from the adjcitivc.J 
 
 F L E 
 
 To furniil-i with wings ; to fupply with 
 feathers. 
 
 The birds were not as yet fleJgcJ enough to 
 fllift for thcmfelves. ' V' Ejhange's Fnhln. 
 
 The fpecdy growth of birds that are batched 
 in nefis, and fed by the old ones, till they be 
 flcdgf.d and come almoft to full bigiiefs in about 
 a fortnight, feems to me an argument of Prosi- 
 dence. ^"} ■ 
 
 Tiie fandals of qelcftial mould, 
 Fiedf'd with ambrofial plumes, and rich with 
 
 gold, 
 Surround her feet. P'.pe'' OdyJf,y. 
 
 To Flee. v. n. pret. fled. [This word is 
 now almoft univerfally written /?v. 
 though properly to fy, ]z]io^m^, fle-iu, 
 is io wove ivitlj luings, and Jlce, plean^, 
 to rur. azuay. They are now confounded. J 
 To run from danger ; to have recourle 
 lo fhelter. 
 Behold, this city is near lofce unto, dn.-fn. 
 MacduiFis/f.; to England. Shakjl^cart. 
 
 Were men fo dull they could not fee 
 That Lyce painted; (hould theyy?« 
 Like fimple biids into a net. 
 So groOy woven and ill let ? ir.ilkr. 
 
 None of us fall into thofc circumftances of 
 danger, want, or pain, that can have hopes of 
 relief but from God alone ; none in all the woild 
 lofce to, but him. Tilhtjin. 
 
 FLEECE, n. /. [plyf ]:le)-, Saxon ; 
 ".'Jeefe, Dutch.] As much wool as is fhorn 
 from one fheep. 
 
 Giving account of the annual incrcafe 
 Both of their lambs and of their woolly /?ff<:f. 
 
 Huiifrd'i r.i.'f. 
 So many days my ewes have been with young, 
 So many months eic 1 Ihall (heer xhe fence. 
 
 SfiL^kJjiearc's Henry vl. 
 I am fticphcrd to another man. 
 And do not Iheer tixjimes that I graze. 
 
 S/ui/:fpet2ie's ^-Ji yau likt it. 
 Sailors have ufed every night to hang/ff«s of 
 wool on the fides of their (hips, towards the 
 water; and they have ciuihcd fic(h water out of 
 them in the morning. Bacon'! Nat. Hift. 
 
 The ihccp will prove much to the advantage of 
 the woollen manufadlurc, by the fincnefs of the 
 feeces. Swift. 
 
 7i Fleece, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To clip the fleece off a flieep. 
 
 2. To ftrip; to pull; to plunder, as a 
 fheep is robbed of its wool. 
 
 Courts of juftice have a fmall penfion, fo that 
 the} arc tempted to take bribes, and tofeere the 
 peo'ple. ylddifon. 
 
 Flee'ced. adj. [from fleece.] Having 
 fleeces of wool. 
 
 As when two rams, ftirr'd with ambitious pi ide, 
 Fight for the rule of the rich/<er:(/ flock. 
 Their horned fronts fo fierce on either fide 
 Do meet, that with the terror of the (hock 
 Aftonied both (land lenfelefs as a block. Fairy Q. 
 Flee'cy. adj. [from fleece.} Woolly; 
 covered with wool. 
 
 Not all x\v:feecy wealth 
 That doth enrich thefe downs is worth a thought 
 To that my errand. Milton. 
 
 From callern point 
 Of Libra, to the/ffO' flat, that bears 
 Andromeda far off Atlantic feas. Milton. 
 
 Let her glad valleys fmile witn wavy corn; 
 Let/t-ny flocks her rifing hills adorn. frior. 
 
 The good (hcpl.crd tends \w fleecy care. 
 Seeks fieflicft palluie, and the purcft aii ; 
 Explores the loft, the wand'ting (beep dircfls. 
 
 Vtpc. 
 
 To FLEER. V. n. [pleapbian, to trifle. 
 
 Sax. fleardan, Scottifh. Skimicr thinks 
 
 it formed from leer.~\ 
 
 I. To mock ; to gibe ; to jeft with info- 
 
 lenceand contempt.
 
 F L E 
 
 You fpc.ilc to Ciifc.i, nnd to I'licIi a m.in 
 Tiut is nuj/aring tcll-ialt. Shutfjic.irf, 
 
 D.ircj the Have 
 Conie liitlicr, covci'd with an antick face, 
 lu /iitt .iiivl I'corn at our folcmnity ! S/:ttiJ'f'eiirc. 
 
 Do I, like the fem;ile tiibe, 
 T!,ink it well \o Jitcr and gibe : Siu;jt. 
 
 1. To leer; to grin with an air of civi- 
 lity. 
 
 How popular .uld co-jlteous; how they grin 
 aiidyi'.tr upon every man Ihcy n'.ect ! Bui ton. 
 Fleer, n. f. [from the verb ] 
 
 1 . Mockery cxpred'cd eitlier in words or 
 looks. 
 
 Encavc yourfclf, 
 And mark i\iq fecn, the gibes, and notable 
 
 iLorns, 
 That dwell in every region of his face. S/m^fp. 
 
 2, A deceitful grin of civility. 
 
 He (hall generally fpy I'uch falfe lines, and 
 fuch a fly trcaehcHUis y/f-'r upon the face of de- 
 ceivers, that he fliall be fure to have a call of 
 then' eye to warn him, before they give him a 
 taft of their nature to betray him. South. 
 
 FLE'tRF.K. n.f. \JxomJiea-.'] A mocker ; 
 
 a fawner. Dicl. 
 
 Fleet, Fleot, Flot. Are all derived 
 
 from tlie Saxon pUor, which fignifiesa 
 
 bay or gulf. Gih/on's Camtlai. 
 
 Flekt. n.f. [plora, Saxon.] Acompany 
 
 of (liips ; a navy. 
 
 Our pray 'rs arc heard ; our martcr'sj?:;-.' (hall go 
 
 As far as winds can bear, or waters tiow. J'rior. 
 
 Fleet, n.f. [pleor, Saxon, an eftuary, 
 or arm of the fea.] A creek ; an inlet 
 of water. A provincial word, from 
 which the Fleet prifon and Fleet-ftreet 
 are named. 
 
 They have a very good way in ElVex of diain- 
 ing lands that have land-floods or Jiicti running 
 through them, which make a kind of a fnialj 
 creek. Alot trinc'r's lli^Joandry. 
 
 Fleet, adj. [fliotur, Iflandick.] 
 
 1. Swift of pace ; quick; nimble; aciive. 
 
 Upon that Ihorc he fpied Atin (tand; 
 There by his rnafter left, when late he far'd 
 In Ph3edria'sy/-f/ huk. Fnirj Qjicen. 
 
 I take him t"oi the better dog : 
 
 Thou art a fool : if Echo weie as_/?ct/, 
 
 I woidd ertccni him worth a dozen fuch. H.'mkf. 
 
 He had in his llables one of l\\{: Jitttrjl horfcs 
 in England. CUiretidon. 
 
 His fear was greater than his halle; 
 For tear, though _/rV:vrr than the wind. 
 Believes 'tis always left bthind. Hu.iibrm, 
 
 So fierce they drove, their couriers were fo fleet. 
 That the turf trembled underneath their feet. 
 
 DrydeN. 
 
 He told us that the welkin would be clear 
 AVhen fwallows JiccI foar high and (port in aii-. 
 
 G.y. 
 
 2. [In the hufoandry of fome provinces.] 
 Light ; fuptrlicially fruitful. 
 
 Marl cope-ground is a cold, flilf, wet clai', 
 unlefs where it is \cty ferf for paifure. l^lcirtimcr. 
 
 3. Skimming the furface. Cant word. 
 
 Thule lands niuft be plowed _^f;Y. Mortimer. 
 
 To Fleet, v. n. [ploran, S;.xon.] 
 
 1. To fly fwiftly ; to vanilh. 
 
 How all the other pa(rions fleet to air. 
 As doubtful thoughts, and ra(h embrac'd dcfpair ! 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 A wolf, who, hang'd for human (laughter, 
 Ev'n fiom the gallows did his (ell foul Jirct. 
 
 Sii>ikj'ptiire. 
 
 2. To be in a tranfient flate ; the fame 
 with fit. 
 
 Our undcrltaoding, to make a complete notion, 
 muft add fomething cKe to \\\\>, fertjng^ and un- 
 remarkable fupetticics, tlut may bring it to our 
 actju.iini.ince. ^igh oji Jicdies 
 
 F I, R 
 
 O jiettin^ joys 
 
 Of Par.idife, dear bought with lading woe! 
 
 Milton. 
 ' While I lirten to thy voice, 
 Chloris ! I feel my life decay : 
 That powerful noil'c 
 Calls m-^ fleeting fjul away. fl'aUcr. 
 
 As empty cKiuds by riling winds are tort, 
 TY.m- feeling forms fcarcc fooner found than iort. 
 
 r,i,r. 
 To Fleet, v. a. 
 r. To ikim the water. 
 
 Who (welling fails in Cafpinn fea doth crofs, 
 And ill frail wood an Adrian gulph dothy?f/, 
 Doth not, I ween, fo many evils meet. /•'<.;»v (2 
 
 2. To live merrily, or pafs time away 
 lightly. 
 
 ^l.iny young gentlemen (lock to him every day. 
 and feet the time carelelly .as they did in the 
 golden age. Sh.tk'jimrt. 
 
 3. [In the country.] To flvim milk ; to 
 take off the cream : whence the word 
 
 fleeihig dilll. 
 
 Fle'etingdish. n.f. [from _/?.,v/ and 
 flV/S.] A flcimming bowl. 
 
 Fle'etly. aifv. [fromy/tW.] Swiftly; 
 nimbly ; with fwift pace. 
 
 Fle'f.tness. n.f. [from7?i'i'/.] Swiftnefs 
 of coiirfe ; nimblenefs ; celerity ; ve- 
 locity ; fpeed ; quicknefs. 
 
 FLESH. ;;. /; [plocc, picej-c, Saxon ; 
 vleefch, Dutch ; feul, Erfe.] 
 
 1. The body diftinguiflied from the foul. 
 
 As if t\m flrfi, wiiich walls about our life, 
 Were brafs impregnable. Slmtfp. Ruk. n. 
 
 A (lifeatc that 's in my f eft. 
 Which I niufr needs call mine. Skahfpean. 
 
 And thou, my foul, which turn'll wijn curi- 
 ous eye 
 To view the beams of thine own form divine, 
 Know, that thou can'Il know nothing perfectly, 
 While thou art clouded with x\\\i fejh of mine. 
 
 D.n ie<,. 
 
 2. The mufcIesdlftingullTied from the llcin, 
 bones, tendons. 
 
 A fpiiit bach noxf e/7i and bones. Ne-.u Tejla. 
 
 3. Animal food ditlinguiflied from vege- 
 table. 
 
 F:e,^ Qioutd be forborne as long as he is in coats, 
 or 3t leali till he is two or three years old. Ltckc. 
 
 Tieji, without being qualified with acids, is too 
 alkalefcent a diet. Arbuthti^t on Aliments. 
 
 Acidity in the infant may be cured by a ftjh 
 diet in the nurfe. Aibuthnot on Aliments. 
 
 4. The body of beafts or birds ufed in 
 food, diftinS from lillies. 
 
 There is another inditflment upon thee, for 
 fulferiiig /i;/j to be eaten in thy houfe, contrary 
 to the law. Sh>iifj'e.iye's llemy iv. 
 
 We mortify rurfelves with filh ; and think we 
 fare coarfely, if we abftain from xht fej/i of oxhet 
 animals. Bro^tvi. 
 
 5. Animal nature. 
 
 The end of all fl/jh is ccmc before me. Gen. 
 
 6. Carnality ; corporal appetites. 
 
 Name not religion ; Co. tiiuu iov'if they?./,?. 
 
 Shukfpenre. 
 
 Farting ferves to mortify thcy?e/?, and fubduc 
 the lutfs thereof. .^mnlt i.i^e' \ .Senno-i\. 
 
 7. A carnal ftate ; worldly difpofition : in 
 theology. 
 
 They that are in x\\c frjfi cannot pleafc God. 
 
 The fe/i lurtethagainft the fpirit, and the fpiiii 
 againft xhefrjli. Guluti.uis. 
 
 8. Near relation : a fcriptural ufe. 
 
 Let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our 
 
 f/i. Genejh. 
 
 When thou frcrt the naked, cover him ; and 
 
 hide not thylelf from tr.uie QV,'.>Jle/i. IJuiti'i. 
 
 F L E 
 
 9. The outward or literal fcnfe. The 
 
 orientals termed the immediate or literal 
 
 fignilication of any precept or type I'n 
 
 Jiifli, and the remote or typical meaning 
 
 the fpirit. This ib frequent in St. Puiil. 
 
 Ye judge after x\\cfejh. John. 
 
 To Flesh, v. a. 
 
 I. To initiate; from the fportfman's prac- 
 tice of feeding his hawks and dogs witii 
 the fird game tliat they take, or train- 
 ing tliem to purfuit by giving them the 
 JitJJj of animals. 
 
 Full bravely hart x\\o\xflrJht 
 Thy maiden (word. Shaiffcju'i Jlen-y iv. 
 
 Every puny Iwoidfman will think hiin a gooj 
 tame quarry to enter inAJI.j/i bimfelf upon. 
 
 Gy, errrren: t/f the Torwue. 
 
 2< To harden; to cftablifh in' any prac- 
 tice, as dogs by often feeding on any 
 
 thing. 
 
 Thcle princes finding them {ofeJ7:e.l\n cruel'v, 
 as not to be reclaimed, Iceretly undertook xi.r. 
 matter alone. Sidney. 
 
 The women ran all away, faving only one, 
 who was U\f.rjhid in m.dicc that neither duiing 
 nor after the tight (he gave any tiucc to her eni- 
 «'')'• Sidn-j. 
 
 3. To glut ; to fatiate. 
 
 Harry from cuib'd licence plucks 
 The muz/.le of lertraint ; and the vt ild dog 
 %\\.\\\f:Jh his tooth on every innocent. ShJ:Jp. 
 
 He hath perverted a young gentlewoman, and 
 this night \\<f.ejl:e^ his will in the fpoil of her ho- 
 """r. Shaklpcare. 
 
 The kindred of him that hath been_/?(//j'./ upon 
 tiS ; 
 And he is bred out of that bloody ttrain, 
 That liunted us in our familiar paths. Shalfp. 
 Fle'shbi!o.\ti!. ;?./ [y?g/Zi and^roa//'.] 
 Broath made by decotiling flefh. 
 
 Her leg being emaciated, I advil'ed bathing it 
 
 with ffjhiioiitk, wherein had been dccuCIxt 
 
 emollient herbs. Ilif uuw 
 
 Fle'shcolour. n.f. [f fti wd colour. 1 
 
 The colour of flefh. 
 
 A complication of ideas together makes up fl:c 
 fingle comple.x idea, which he calls man, wher-- 
 of white or y?f//;«/o.v) in England is one. • L'.cxr. 
 
 A loofe earth of a p.AcJleyicfjhur, that is, white 
 with a blulh of red, is tound in a mountain in 
 Cumberland. Jrscku.nJ. 
 
 Fle'shfly. ti.f. IJeJJj and/>'.] A fly 
 that feeds upon flclh, and depolites her 
 eggs in it. 
 
 I would no more endure 
 This wooden llaveiy, than I would ('uffcr 
 The /ej/fy blow my month. Sh.iii'pari. 
 
 It is a wonderful thing mj!e/?if>ies, that a tlv- 
 maggot in five days fpaee after it is hatched, .11- 
 rives at its full growth and perfeift magnitude. 
 
 Rtty en the Creittiin. 
 
 Fle'shhook. u.f. IfeJ], and/jo»/.] A 
 hook to draw flcfli from the caldron. 
 
 All that xhcfieji-hok erougi.iup the pricrt took. 
 
 I Stimuli. 
 
 Flks'hless. aelj. [from/f/7j.] Without 
 
 flefh. 
 Fle'shlin'ess. n.f [from fefily.} Car- 
 nal paflions or appetites. 
 
 Wntn Itron^ p.T(hons ur weixk/r^ilinr/i 
 Would firm the light way feek to oraw Mm 
 
 wide. 
 He woold, through temperance and ftedfaftnefs. 
 Teach him the weakto rtfcngthcn, and the rtroiig 
 fupprefs. Spenlrr. 
 
 Corrupt manners in living, breed falfe judg- 
 ment in doatinc : fin and fieflinef bring forth 
 fcdls and herefies. ' Afihara. 
 
 Fle'shly. ailj. [iromfefh.l 
 I. Corporeal.
 
 r L E 
 
 Vothirj refen-.bles death fo much as (l?cp ; 
 Wt.thjtn our minds themlclvcs from ilunibci' 
 
 keep, 
 When iium \.)\t\r^j?ily bondage tliey are free. 
 
 2 . Carnal ; lafcivious- 
 
 B.-lul, tlie caTijUiuilfpinr thir fell, 
 Tiie IcnfualrR ;' ai'tf, jftct Afmudai, , . 
 TI-.e/,yS/(V/? iiicul.us. ' ^ Paralllje 'Rfgain'd. 
 
 3. Animal ; ■net -vegetaBk.- ' ' 
 
 'Ti^ ilicn for ucught ih;'t mother earth piovides' 
 The (lores- of nir the (hom«, and all the hirfcs, 
 H men \\ix\\ flc/li ■; morfels mvift'be fed, 
 Ar-.dcliawwith biootiy tcctb-the btcathing'brejri. 
 y ,- l: ■ . -.i-^- Drydin. 
 
 4. Humati' ;■ not ce}eftiaH''ff<>t fpirilual. i 
 
 - E'.fe, never t-culd the f.orrc of /^/v arrn 
 
 Ke molten metivl in'his fiefh emhrue. ■ F.'Qiien. 
 
 Th' eternal Lord mfrjhly Ihrine '. 
 Enworabed was, tiom wicrci.cd Adim's line, 
 Topurgeaway tnc guilt ot finful crlrr.e. .F. Q«:f«. 
 Much ollentitioii, vjiti//*}.' arn:, 
 . tAml oS-frail arint, rotich inllriJh'ent of wir 
 ,,,Bctorc mine tyei tl)ou'rt fee. MiU'.n'i Vnr. Rrg.: 
 fj.,t'sii\iEAr. n./.'lJ.yi.md puvf.]. An'i-i^ 
 ('^4Bal fqtij}',; the .fleft^pf animjals prepared; 
 
 .,ibr fogd. : . ^ 1 J. • . ,; ,^ ■ :■ ' 
 
 The nioft ipbi^vcnient diet is'that o^fitjlimratu 
 
 f-^'.i (T'.'.-.tpnJ wn 1 .p .5t;.v.t.! 
 
 ^ 'Tn this pto3rgid(is i^cnty c/f'<altlf anS de'artn of 
 .;.llitniiaUici«ilures,^''b-"'-'" " monftroufly dear. 
 .■T\^>\ , '■.■--, I S-u;:fl. 
 
 FLi'iSHMEN-T, n.f.^\ho.m'Ji:p.] Enger- 
 •'-Xiiefs gained t)y a fuccefsful initiation. 
 yd i. He got praifes of the king. 
 
 Tor him attempting who ivas fcif-fuhdued; 
 And in the ffjinunl of his dread 'eitploit 
 Drew on me here again. 'Siakffieate. 
 
 Flf.'shmon'GEr. 11./. [(rom^cjl}.] One 
 who deals in flcfn ; a piirip. 
 
 Was the duke a ji Jhm'i'igtr ^ a fool, and a 
 
 coward, as you then reported him ? Shakfprnre. 
 
 Tle'ehpot. n.f. \_JleJh zail pot .1 A vefitl 
 
 ill which flelh is cooked; thence plenty 
 
 of rlefti. 
 
 If lie t.ikes away thcjirjhfats, he can alfo altei; 
 tl-.e appetite. Taylor' i R-ilf for Living 1 Inly.. 
 
 F L e's H (^y .* K E. n.f [Jlirfj and ' quake. ] 
 A tremour of the body : a word 
 formed by Jen/on in imitation of earth- 
 quake. , ,,._ 
 
 Tliev may," blood-firakcn then, 
 Ftcl fnch 2.frjh-jahi'e io polTfs their powers, 
 .\> they (h.il: cry like durs ; 
 In found of pcjce or wars, 
 
 No harp e'er hit rhe ftars. Ben youfcn' s Nt-zu Inn. 
 
 Fj-f'shy. ,«^'. :[from/^^] ^ 
 
 1. Plump ; fuil of flcih ; Tai { mufculoiis. 
 
 All Ethiopes arc fc^y and. plump, and ii.ive 
 
 gicatlips; all wl^itly.bstojtfg. jKQiistjre letaincd, 
 
 Si'.d not drawn out. ,■■ , Jiiicori,. 
 
 Wc fay it is ifufiy flilc when there is'muth 
 periphrafes and circuit of woiHs, and when wiib 
 more than enoL'gh it grows fat and corpulent. 
 
 Bin yorffon^s D'fcirt.:tiici 
 
 The folc of his foot is fiat and broao, bcini; 
 
 i-er-y jhjhyy and cov-rcd on'y with a thick flcinij 
 
 bu" very tit to travel in fandy places. R.iy. 
 
 2. Pulpous; plump : with regard to fruits. 
 
 ' Ti'.ofe fruits ti..a arc ia fit/liy, as they cannot 
 
 inaKc drink by expicljion, yet may make drink 
 
 by mixtme of water. B^rcn. 
 
 Fi-K^caEa..- n.yi [Sromjlfche, an arrow 
 
 French.] A manufaftuier of bows and 
 
 arrows'. "' 
 
 Ir is comrnended by our y?-7r/;rrr for huwt. 
 nexl.ur.io yew. _ t\to'fJm:r*t tiufiumity. 
 
 Flet. The participle paffive of To Jleet. 
 Skimmed ; deprived cf the cream. 
 They drink^rt milk, which they juft warin. 
 
 - Mortimer 
 
 -pLErt'. The preterit of^Ty, not of^«. 
 
 F T. i: 
 
 Tiie peop!e_/?tra/ upon the fpoil. i SukuiI. 
 
 O'ci the world of waters H.cr.-nes^sw, 
 
 'Till now the dili.ni* iiland lofe in view. F'jpe. 
 
 Flkw. 71./. The large chaps of a dtcp- 
 mpiilhed hound. Haiwirr. 
 
 Fle'wed. aJj. [Jroa\/!c'U}.'\ Chi'.pped ; 
 mouthed. 
 
 My hounds are h;-ed out of the Spartan kind, 
 SoJiiiu'J, fo funded, anti ihcJr heads jie hung 
 - WTtli ears that f.veip awjy tl,L' niurning dew. 
 
 '^ ■' '■" *' ' Sfittkfpstirt- 
 
 Fi.kxA'NiM0us, adj. [/ixc.r.lmus, L.itin.j 
 Having power to change the difpolitlon 
 
 >\ of the mind. ■»< ■"• Diet. 
 
 ■' Thal_/>VAijti»w/sai\d goldcn-iongued orator. 
 
 Flexi Bi'tfrr. n.y. "[^exiii/ile, French 
 
 {rom/IcjelB/e.Y'^ 
 I. The quality pi admitting to be bent 
 
 pliancy, ;. 1 ! ' . .- . . !,..,; 
 
 D J not the rays which differ in refrangibility , 
 diftcr alfo injfifxiliili/]) ? And' are' they riot, by 
 their different intkxions, feparated from one ano- 
 thci:, f(j as after Icpatation to make the colours. 
 
 '■;'■'' ' ' Newto'i'i Opticii. 
 
 Col-pnffles of ?fiS fame fet agree in every thing ; 
 hot thtsfe -that are of diverie kinds differ m fpe- 
 oifick gravity, in hardncfs, and in fexihilily, as 
 in bigoefs and figure. JJ'qcJtu.ird. 
 
 z. Ealiiiefs to be perfuaded; duclility of 
 mind ; compliance ; facility. 
 
 Rcfolve rather to err by too much Ji.fxtllUty 
 than too much peneiicncfs, by racekntis than by i 
 fclf-love. HammonJ 
 
 FLEX'IBLE. a4^. [flexibllls,'L?i.Un;Jiexi- 
 
 ble, French.] 
 I. Poffible to be bent ; not brittle; eafy 
 to be benl ; .pliant ; not ftiif. 
 
 When fplllting vfinds 
 Make^i.vji/; the knees ot knotted oaks. Shjkfp. 
 Take a Hock giliy-fl...wer, tie it upon a IticK, 
 put them both into a g!afs full of (ju;(.k Itvcr, Io 
 that the Hower be covered : after ibur o\- five i.avfc 
 you Will find the 'dower frelh, and the It. ilk 
 harder and lefs_/?r.v/.Vf than it was. j&'j «'/ 
 
 2.' Not rigid; not inexorable ; complying; 
 
 .obfequioifs. „_, ,,-,,..',. 
 
 Piiocyon was a man Hf great feverity, and no 
 \v:iy~f.^x:i/e to the will of the people. i'.jfsn. 
 3. F)uc\ile ; manageable. 
 
 Under whofe care foevcr a child is put to be 
 taught, dari.ig the tender andye.v.'/i/c ye.irs of his 
 life, it IhooUi be one who thinks Latin and lan- 
 gn.igc the Ic.iftpartof education. Ltici:. 
 
 A. Tiiat may be accommodated to various 
 forms, and purpofea. .,,^. , j" 
 
 ■this was a principle ^raorey?iri7o/e to thei.' pur- 
 pofe. f^ -' -^ "*' '' ■^''a='^" 
 
 F L e'-X I B L E NE s s '. " riyf. [from flcx'ilk. J 
 
 1. PolTibility to be bent ;' not brlttlcnefs ; 
 eafinth to lie bent; not lliffnefs; plin.nt- 
 
 nefs ; pliancy. 
 
 I will r;;thcr chvifc to wear a crown of thorns, 
 
 , than to cxcnangc that of gold for one of lead, 
 
 whole QiaUihd Jltxiblcmji Dull be forced to bend. 
 
 ^ .. 1 King Lhdrifi. 
 
 .Keep thofc (lender aerial bodies feparated and 
 
 Ifretchcd our, winch otherwife, by rcrion ot tl-.eir 
 
 ' f.,X!hltmf> and wnghr, would fljg or curl. iSo;i'c. 
 
 2. Facility ; obfcquioufntfs ; compliance. 
 
 3. Dudility; managcablenefs. 
 IhcJtexililtKiJ. ot the iormer part of a man's 
 
 age, not yet grown up to be headllrong, maKe> 
 it more governable. ' Lccke. 
 
 Fle'xile. <iJj. [/«;//>, Latin.] Pliant; 
 ealily bent ; oblequious to any power or 
 impuife. 
 
 Every /cxiU wave 
 Obeys the blalt, ti.' aerial tumult fweiis. Ths^nfai. 
 
 Flexion. «./. [Jkxio, Latin. J 
 I . i he aft of bending. 
 
 r L t 
 
 2. A duiible ; a bending; pa. t bent ; jonit. 
 
 Oia fuiujua p:pe tnac niiiy have fomc four 
 fexioriij trial wuuld be m.idc. BaanU Nut. llrj?. 
 
 3, A turn toward any part or quarter. 
 
 Pity caulcih fumetimes tcarf, and a f-^.x-on or 
 caft of the eye afide. Bac.ns Nat. Hrjf. 
 
 FLE'XOR. n./ [Latin.] The general 
 name of the mulcles wliich act in con- 
 tiacling the joints. 
 
 Kl.ilterer", who have the Jiexor mufelcs f) 
 ftrong th..t tney are always bowing and cringing, 
 might in fotne meafure be correfttd I-y being tied 
 down upoti a tree by ti.e back. Arbit^lvjzt. 
 
 Fle'xuous. adj. 'i/lexuo/us, Latin.] -, 
 
 1. Winding; full ot turns and mear.ders ; 
 tortuous. 
 
 In regard of the foul, the numerous and crooked 
 narrow cranies, and the leftiainedyV.A-KSKj rivulets 
 ol corporeal things, are ail contemptible. Dig^y . 
 
 2. Bending; not ftraight ; variable ; not 
 fteady. 
 
 The trembling of a candle difcovcr; a wihd, 
 that otherwife we did not feel j and the ^rxut:.! 
 burning of tlames doth flicw the air beginneth to 
 be unquiet. Bacon'; K^aural Hljiiry^ 
 
 Flexure, n./. {Jifxura, Latin] 
 
 1. The form or diretilion in which any 
 thing is bent. 
 
 Coniiary is the Jitxurt of the joints of our arnvs 
 and legs to that of quadrupeds : our knees bend 
 fjrwaid, whereas the fame joint of their hind 
 legs bends backward. Say. 
 
 2. The aft of bending. 
 The elephant hath joints, but none for courtcfy; 
 
 His legs arc for necelf.ty, not_^f.var^, Shtikfpc-jic. 
 
 3. The part bent; the joint. 
 His mighty ttrength lies in his able loins. 
 
 And where x[^e fexure cf his navel joins. S'tnci^t. 
 
 4. Obfequious or fervile cringe. Not ufed. 
 Think'ft thou the (iery fever will go out 
 
 With titles blown from adulation ? 
 Will give place Xof.rxurt and low bends ? S':a'f. 
 To Fli'cker. -0. a. [fi'i^hd-cn, Dutch; 
 pliccej-.ian, Saxon.] To flutter; to 
 play the wings ; to have a fl'attering 
 motion. 
 
 The wreath of ladiant fire, 
 Oil ficieiing Fnoebus' front. Sk'kffe^'t. 
 
 '1 was ebbing dar'iQiiels, part the nvid' ot ni^ht, 
 And rnofphcr, on tliccontrnes of the light, 
 Piomis'd ti^^e tun, ere day began to fpring i 
 The lunefullaik already llrelcii'd her wint^. 
 And jitciC^i^Qow her nell made liioit cllays to 
 fmg. prydtn. 
 
 At all her (irctch her little wings (he fpre^d. 
 And with liir ftather'd :'rms e-nhiac'd the dead ; 
 Tl-.cn fickfring to his pa lid lij:s, fhe ilrove 
 To piint 4 kits, the I.Ut elf.iy of love. DryJoi. 
 Fli'er. n./. [from^.] - 1 
 
 1. One tlrat runs away; a fugitivei; a 
 runaway. 
 
 Tile g^tcsateope, now prove good fcconds ; 
 'Tis for tie followers fortune widens then*,' 
 Not for I'rtejiieis. S/it:kfp--,in's Corio/ctnu;. 
 
 Now the Jiieri fi'cm and fcrfakers of their 
 places, carry tbeiparhanientary power along with 
 liiem. , -1 » ■ KingLh.iriis. 
 
 2. Thai part of a macliine which, by being 
 put into a more rapid motion than the 
 other parts, equalizes and regulatts the 
 motion of the iclt : as in a jack. 
 
 Thcy'l.r tho't h.id leaden feet, 
 Turn'd fo quick, you fci'rce could fec't. Sivijt. 
 Flight, n.f. [from ToJ{y.'\ 
 1. the aft of frying or running from 
 danger. 
 
 And now, too late, he wilhes for the 6ght, 
 That Itrchgiii he walled in i^w.hi^ jhglit iK-n'i. 
 He thinks hy Jligfil his miftrefs muft be won, 
 And claims the prw.e bccaufe he h^ft 1 ,d mn, 
 
 Dry^.o'i hid, Emp.
 
 F L I 
 
 As eager of ttie ch.icc, the msid 
 B.-yund trie forcfl's verd.int limits ftrj) 'd; 
 P.iii f.iw and lov'd, and, burning with Jelire, 
 Puilu'd herjl.g'-t ; hcr^/g/i/ incicai'd lii;i lirt. 
 
 2. The acl of ufing wings ; volation. 
 
 For he (o fwift and niinhlc ujs of Jfj^/tfj 
 Thar from his lower tr.iit he d ir'd to fly 
 
 Uplo the clouds, snd ihcncc with pinions light 
 To mount aloft unto the ciylhil (ky. Sjiinjer. 
 
 The fury fprang ;ibove the Stygian flood ; 
 And on her wicker wings, fublinic through night, 
 She to the Latian palace took hejfighl. Dryden. 
 
 Winds thatlerapcfts bicw, 
 When tlirov.gli Arabian groves they taiicthcir^/|i/, 
 Made wanton with rich odours, lofc their fpitc. 
 
 Dryd,n. 
 
 3. Removed from place to place by means 
 of wings. 
 
 Ere the bat hath flown 
 His cloyftcr'dy/g^'. Shakjftare'i Macbeth. 
 
 Tlic fowls (hall take their^tgii away together. 
 
 1 EfJrji. 
 Fowls, by winter foic'd, forfakc the floods, 
 And wing their hafty y?.-^i/ to happier lands. 
 
 Dtj'cfen's jE/teid 
 
 4. A flock of birds flying together. 
 
 F/igliis of angels wing thee to tliy reft. Skahf. 
 
 They take great pride in the feathers of birds, 
 and this thiy took Iroin their anccllors of the 
 mountains, who were invited into it by the infi- 
 nite ^/'/^Arj of birds that came up to the higli 
 grounds. Bann'j Netu yirlantis. 
 
 I can at will, duubtnor, 
 Command a tabl^in this w-iidernefs ; 
 And e. II ivf'ih Jl'ghti of angels niinilVranr, 
 Array'd m glory, jn my cup t' attrnd. Milton. 
 
 5. The birds produced in the faine feafon : 
 as, the har\ti\ jig/}t of pigeons. 
 
 6. A volley ; a Ihovver ; as much fhot as 
 is difcharged at once. 
 
 At the fiTl} Jf'git of arrows fent, 
 Full thicefcore Scors the ilew. Chevy Chnfe. 
 
 Above an hundred arrows difcharged on niv 
 left hand, pricked nu- like fo many needles; und 
 befules they Ciot another/'^/;/ into the air, as we 
 Co bombs. Sivift 
 
 7. The fpace pad by flying. 
 
 8. Heat of imaginatioi! ; fallyofthe foul. 
 Old Pindar's_y?/^.^/j by nim are reacht, 
 
 Wnen on that gale his wings arc ftretcht. Denh^m. 
 
 He (hewed all the ftrctch of fancy at once ; anil 
 if he has failed in fome of liis^/g/(/j, it was bc- 
 caufc he attempted every thir'g. Pope. 
 
 Strange graces iiill, and firangcr_y?/gA/s (he had ; 
 Was jnft not ugly, and was jult not ir.ad. Pope. 
 
 Truft me, dear ! gooa humour can prevail, 
 When airs naifighii, and fcreams and fcolding 
 fail. Pope. 
 
 9. Excurfion on the wing. 
 
 If there were any certain height where the 
 fighti of ambition end, one might im^igine that 
 the i'ltirefts of France were hut to conferve its 
 prtftni greatnefs. Temp!:. 
 
 It is no: or ly the utmoft pitch of impiety, bu: 
 the highefty/g.5/ of folly, to decide thcfe things. 
 
 Tillolfin. 
 
 10. The power of flying. 
 
 In my fchool-days, when I had loft one (haft, 
 1 (hot his fellow of the felf-(amcy?/^;i/ 
 The felf-fame way. Shukjpeare. 
 
 Fli'ghty. adj. \^XQiti\fl'ighi.'\ 
 
 1. Fleeting; fwift. 
 
 Timf, thou anticipat'ft my dread exploits: 
 TheJIjgfity purpofe never is o'eitook, 
 Unlcfs the deed go with it. Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. Wild; full of imagination. 
 Fli'msy. aJj. [Of this word I know not 
 
 any original, and fufpi.ft it to have crept 
 into our language from the cant of ma- 
 nufac'lurers.] 
 I. Weak ; feeble ; without ftrength of 
 texture. 
 Voi. I. 
 
 F L I 
 
 1, Mean; fplritlefs; w.ithout force. 
 
 Fioud of .1 sail extent ot f^rxjy lines. Ttpe. 
 
 TV Flinch, v. n, [corrupted from _/?/nf. 
 Skinner. ] 
 
 1. To flirink from any fufferlng or under- 
 taking; to withdraw from any pain or 
 danger. 
 
 Every martyr could keep enc eye fteadily fi.xed 
 upon immortality, and look death and danger out 
 of countenance with the other ; nor did they 
 yC/zicA from duty, for fear of martyidom. So^^iii. 
 
 A child, by a conltant courfe of kindnef*, may 
 be accuflomcd to bear very rough ufage without 
 fiituhmg or complaining. l^cke. 
 
 Oh ingratitude, that Jolin Bull, whom I have 
 honoured witli my fricndftlip, (houlrl ^j/.t^ at 
 laft, and pretend that he canilifbuife no more 
 money. ylrbiiihiict' i Jahn Ball. 
 
 2. In Shaifpenre it fignifies to fail. 
 
 If I bleak time, or Jliicli in pioperty 
 Of what I fpoke, unpitlcd let me die. Sktlfo 
 
 Fli'ncher. n.f. [from the verb.] He 
 
 who fliritiks or fails in any matter. 
 To FLING. 1}. a. preter. ^ung ; part. 
 ^ung or /long, [from^ff^, Lat. Skinner; 
 accortliiig to ethers iroxajiying j fo to 
 fling is to fet flying. '\ 
 I . To call from the hand ; to throw. 
 The matrons^ww^ their gloves. 
 Ladies and maids their fcarfs and handkerchiefs 
 Upon him. Sh.djpcaie'i Cariotanui. 
 
 'Tis fate thaty?/ngi the dice ; and as OiitJIings, 
 Of kings make pcafants, and of peafaius king>. 
 
 Drydeti. 
 
 1. To dart ; to caft with violence. 
 
 How much unlike that Hedtor who return'd 
 Clad in Aciillcs' fpoils ; when he, among 
 A thoufand (hips, like Jove, bis lightning^/mg. 
 
 Denham 
 
 3. To fcatter. 
 
 Fv'ry beam new tranlient colours j?.^w|'f, 
 Colours that change ^vhenc'cr they wave their 
 wings. Fope. 
 
 4. To drive by violence. 
 
 A htapof rocks, filling, wouldc.vpcl the waters 
 out of their places with fuch a violence as to 
 Jlijig them among the higiieft clouds. Burnet. 
 
 5. 1 o move forcibly.- 
 
 The knight feeing his habitation reduced to fo 
 fmall compafs, ordeied all the apartments to be 
 Jiung open. j^ddiJQn^s SpeSIiitor. 
 
 6. To call : in an ill fenfe. 
 
 I know thy gen'rous temper : 
 F/i'!g but the appearance of dilhonour on it. 
 It ftraight takes fire. -V.-ii//irj'j Cam, 
 
 7. To force into another condition, pro- 
 bably into a worfe. 
 
 Squ.ilid fortune, into bafenefs^on^, 
 Doth icorn the pride of wonted ornaments. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 8. To FtiNG a-Miiy. To ejefl ; to difmifs. 
 
 Croitiwell, 1 charge \\\tCffitnga-:i;,y ambition ; 
 By that fin fell the angels.- Si^akjpeare. 
 
 9. To Fling doivn. To demolifti; to ruin. 
 
 Thefe are fo far from raifuig mountains, that 
 they ovciturn ZlV.^ fling down fome of thofc which 
 were before ftanding. IFoo.iivarJ. 
 
 10. To Fling of. To baffle in the chace; 
 to defeat of a prey. 
 
 Thefc men are too well acquainted with the 
 
 chace to hcjlung off by any falfe fteps or doubles. 
 
 Addifon'i SpeHalor. 
 
 To Fling, -v. n. 
 
 I. To flounce; to wince; to fly into 
 violent and irregular motions. 
 
 The angry beaft 
 Began to kick, and^/«g, and wince. 
 As if h* had been belidehis fenfe. Ihtdihrn^. 
 
 Their confeiences are galled by it, and this 
 makes them wince iaifi'^g as if they had fome 
 mettle, TiUotJon. 
 
 r L I 
 
 2, To Fling out. To grow unruly or 
 outrageous : from the act of any angry 
 horfe that throws out his legs. 
 
 Duncan's horfes, 
 Turn'd wild in nature, broke their t^iW.flimg out. 
 Contending 'gainft obedience. ^hakjpaiie. 
 
 Fling, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A throw ; a call. 
 
 2. A gibe; a fneer ; a contemptuous re- 
 mark. 
 
 No little fcribblcr is of wit fo bare. 
 But has \mflmg at the poor wedded pair. AdSJ, 
 
 I, who love to have ^ fling 
 Both at lenaie-houfe and king. 
 Thought no method more commodious 
 Than to (hew their vices odious. Stviji, 
 
 Fli'ngee. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. He who throws. 
 
 2. He who jeers. 
 
 FLINT. «./. [plint, Sason.] 
 
 1. A fcmipellucid (lone, compofed of cry- 
 ftal dcbafed, of a blackifli gray, of one 
 fimilar and equal fubilance, free from 
 veins, and naturally invefted with a 
 whitifti cruft. It is fometimes fmooth 
 and equal, more frequently rough i its 
 fize is various. It is well known to 
 ftrike fire with fteel. It is ufeful ia 
 glaJTmaking. Hill on Fojfils. 
 
 Searching titc window for "xf.int^ I found 
 Tills p.ipcr. Sfiakfpeart* i JiaUus drfar. 
 
 X^ve melts the rigour wiiicii the rocks have 
 bred ; 
 AJfint will break upon a featherbed. CfeaTc/amL 
 There is the fame force and the fame refreftj- 
 ing virtue in fi.'e kindled by a fpark from nfli/itf 
 as if it were kindled by a beam from the iim. 
 
 South^s SermtHS, 
 Take this, and lay your flint edg'd weapon by. 
 
 V'yd'.n. 
 
 1*11 fetch quick fuel from the neighb'riiig wood. 
 
 And ftrike the fparkling_^//;/, and drefs the food, 
 
 Prier. 
 
 2. Any thing eminentlyor proverbially hard. 
 
 Your tears, a heart of flint 
 Might tender make. Spenjer, 
 
 Throw my heart 
 Againft the^<«? and hardncfs of my fault. 
 
 Sh.^kfpeareU Ai'.t',ry and Cleopatra, 
 
 Fli'nty. aaj. [fvniii y2rK/.] 
 
 1. Made of flint ; ftrong. 
 
 Tyrant cuftom 
 Hath made the flinty and I^eel couch of war 
 My thrice-driven bed of down. Shakfpeare. 
 
 .\ pointed ^/Vjirock, all bare and black. 
 Grew gibbous from behind the mountain's back. 
 
 Vrydin. 
 
 2. Full of (tones. 
 
 The gathering up of flints in ^/"/> ground, and 
 
 Laying Ihcm on heaps is no good hulbandry. 
 
 Baccn'i N.iturj/ H.flory. 
 
 3. Hard of heart; cruel; favagej in- 
 exorable. 
 
 Gratitude, 
 Tlirougli_^/i^ Tartar's bofcm, would peep forth, 
 And anfwer thanks. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Flipp. n.f. [A cant word.] A liquor 
 much ufed in (hips, made by mixing 
 beer with fpirits and fugar. 
 
 The tarpawlin and fwabber is lolling at Mada- 
 gafcar, with foma drunken funburnt whore, over 
 a can of ftp. Dennis, 
 
 Fl i'pp ant. adj. [A word of no great au- 
 thority, probably derived from flip flap. ] 
 
 I. Nitnble ; moveable. It is ufed only of 
 the aift of fpcech. 
 
 An excellent anatomift prcmifcd to dilTetft a 
 wr^maii's tongue, and examine whether there may 
 not be in it certain juices which render it lo 
 wondeifully voluble or fiippant, Addiji'i, 
 
 5B
 
 Dd'f't. 
 
 to be un- 
 
 F I. I 
 
 3. Pert; petulant; waggifli. 
 
 Awny viwijifffant tyAo^'-iti. Thomfon. 
 
 Flitfantly. adv. [from tke adjective.] 
 
 In a flowing prating way. 
 To FLIRT. V. a. [Slinner thinks it 
 
 formed from tlie found.] 
 
 1. To thiow any thing with a quick 
 
 elaflick motion. 
 
 Dick, the fcavenger 
 F/Hnftom hu cart the mud in Waljjolc's face. 
 
 2. To move with quicknefs. 
 
 Permit forae happier man 
 To kif^ your hand, or Jiirt your fan 
 
 2'o Flirt, v. n. 
 
 1. To jeer; to gibe at one. 
 
 2. To run about perpetually; 
 fteady and fluttering. 
 
 Flirt, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1, A quick elaftlck motion. 
 
 In unfurlu.g the tan are leveral little//. /s .ind 
 vibrations, as alio gradoal.and dchber.jte opcn- 
 
 Before vou T'(s th' iraaaiiiary fights 
 While tlKfpvcadfano'erlhades your clofingeyes, 
 ThHv jive onc/;>/, and all the viho.i flies. P'/'- 
 
 2. A fudden trick. 
 
 Hnve licence to play. 
 At the hedge a/;Vr, ^ ^ . ,^ r 
 
 I-or a Ihcet or a (hirt. ' S(n Jonf^n ! Gyi/ies. 
 
 a. A pelt young hufl"ey. _ , , 
 
 ^ Scurvy knave, I am none of hUfirt gills ; I 
 
 am none of his (kains mates. S/mifpeare. 
 
 Several yoimg/.Vfs about town had a defign to 
 
 caft us out of the fafliionablo world. W,«//". 
 Flirt a'tioN. n.f. [homfirt.] A quick 
 
 fprightly motion. A cant word among 
 
 women. . 
 
 A muilin flounce, made very full, would give a 
 
 very agreeable /iV/.i/i'on air. P'P^ 
 
 Jo Flit. <v. n. [from To feet; or from 
 
 Jiitler, Danifli, to remove.] 
 1. To fly away. 
 
 Likelt It iccmeth, in my finiple wit, 
 Unto the fair funlhine in fummer's day, 
 
 That wlien a dreadful llovm away is/</, 
 Through the broad world doth fprcad his goodly 
 
 ray. ^'""f"' 
 
 • • In Scotland 
 
 2. To remove : to migrate. 
 
 it is Hill ufed for removing from one 
 place to another at quarter-day, or the 
 
 ufual term. 
 
 His grudging ghoft did ftrive 
 With ti>c frail flclh ; at laft \<filtf.lU, 
 Whither the fouls do die of men tliat live am.fs 
 
 hdify i^utcn. 
 
 So hardlv he thcfiltrd life docs win. 
 
 Unto her native prifon to return. Ki.rv quefii 
 
 It became a received opinion, that the funis ol 
 
 men, departing this life, did /// out of one body 
 
 into lome otl er. . ■""*"• 
 
 a. To flutter; to rove on the wing. 
 
 He made a glancing iTiot, and mifs'd the dove ; 
 
 Yet mit~'d fo narrow that he cut the cord 
 
 Winch f.iften'rt, by the fout, thc/Hning bird. Dryd. 
 
 Fear the jurt gods, and think of Scylla's-fatc 1 
 
 ChangM toa biid, and fcnt to/;/ in air. Pafe 
 
 A. To be flux or unftable. 
 
 Himfelf uphigh be lifted from the ground, 
 And with ftrong fiiglit did forcibly divide 
 The yielding air, wiiich nicii toj lecLic f.und 
 Her /'/"ng paiti, and <hracnt 
 
 FLO 
 
 Flitch, n.f. [plicce, Sax. y?yi-^<r, Dan. 
 Jie/Jje, floche, French, Skinner.] The fide 
 of a hog faked and cured. 
 
 But heretofore 'twas thouglit a fumptuoiis feaft, 
 On birthdays, fcftivals, or days of flatc, 
 A fait dry/Z/c/i of bacon to picpare ; 
 If they had frcfh meat, 'twas delicious fare. 
 
 Dryiien's Juvenal. 
 
 While he from out the chimney took 
 K filch of b.icon off the hook. 
 Cut out large llices to be fry'd. Swift. 
 
 He fomctimes accompanies the prcfent with a 
 fitci of bacon. _ _ MMJor,. 
 
 Fli'ttermouse. n.f. [vejperljlh; fvom 
 
 pt unA moiife.'] The bat; the winged 
 
 moufe. 
 
 Fli'tting. n. /. [pli'c. Saxon, fcandal.] 
 
 An offence ; a fault ; a failure ; a defert. 
 
 Thou tellclf my fiiiiings, put my tears into thy 
 
 bottle. ' P/i.'.nr. 
 
 Flix. «./i [corrupted from j^a.v.] Doivn; 
 
 fur; foft hair. 
 
 With his luU'd tongue he faintly licks his prey ; 
 His warm breath bluws her/< v up as (he lies ; 
 She trembling creeps upon the ground aw.ay. 
 And looks back to him with bcfceching eyes. 
 
 Dryilex. 
 
 Fli'xwood. n.f. A plant. 
 To FLOAT. 1'. «. [Jiotter, French.] 
 I. To fwim on the furface of the water. 
 When the lea was calm, all boats alike 
 Shcw'd mafterlhip mfnatiig. Shaijp. Uridanui. 
 The ark no moic now floats, but feems on 
 giound. 
 Fall on tiie top of fome high mountain fix'd. 
 
 AJilf>n. 
 
 That men being drowned and funk, Aofsai the 
 
 ninth day, when their g-all breaketh, arc popular 
 
 affirmations. Broivn. 
 
 Three bluft'rirg nights, bom by the fouthern 
 
 blafl, 
 
 I floated; and difcover'd land at Uft. Drydtn. 
 
 His rofy wreath was diopt not long before, 
 
 Boin by the tide of wine, and floating on the 
 
 floor. Dyyden. 
 
 On frothy billows thoufands/ou/ the rtieam, 
 
 In cumbVuus mail. Piihft. 
 
 Carp are veiy apt to float .away with frcih 
 
 ^ater. Mortimer. 
 
 2. To move without labour in a fluid. 
 
 What divine inonftcis, O ye gods, were thefe 
 
 Tliat/5.ir in air, and fly upon the fcas 1 Dryd. 
 
 Swift they defceiid, with wing to wing con- 
 
 join'd. 
 
 Stretch their broad plumes, and /i.if upon the 
 
 wind. Pojic. 
 
 3. To pafs with a light h-regular courft : 
 perhaps millaktn ioxjieet ox fie!. 
 
 Fhnting vilioni make not dtcp impieiTions 
 
 enough to leave in the mind clear, dilVinft, lail- 
 
 iiig ideas. Locke. 
 
 To Float, ii. a. To cover with water. 
 
 Pioud Pa<Sclus /j;uri the fruitful lands. 
 
 And leaves aiich manure of golden fands. 
 
 Dt ^.UrCi yEneid 
 
 Venice looks, at a diftancc, like a great town 
 
 V.Ai Ji'u'ted by a deluge. ylddljon on huh. 
 
 Now fmoaits with (how'rS the mifly mountain- 
 
 groinid, 
 
 PiXi&fioJtti fields lie undilVinguifti'd round 
 
 found. 
 
 Yai ■ ■. Qjiten. 
 
 He liopt at once the paffage of liis wind, ^ 
 And the free (oul i(,fl:tii'ig air rclign'd. llry. 
 
 Flit. adj. [from /?«■/.] 
 quick.' Not in ufe. 
 
 jwift; nimble 
 
 I'oo.'s St.itilJS. 
 thoufand hands Ihall 
 
 And in his hand two darts exceed'ng/iV, 
 And deadly Ihai p, he hi Id ; x. hofc heads were dight. 
 In uoilun and in blood, of malice and def^.ght. 
 * Fatty Qlueert. 
 
 The vart parterres a 
 make : 
 Lo ! Cobham comes, and/ea.'i them with a lake 
 
 Pc^f. 
 
 Float, n.f. [from the vcib.] 
 I . The aiil of flowing ; the flux ; the 
 contrary to the ebb. A fenfe now out 
 
 of ufe. 
 
 Qui truft in the Almighty is, that with us con- 
 tentions arc now at their higheft /i.f/. liookfr. 
 
 There is fome difpofition of bodies to rotation, 
 particularly fiom eaft to well j of which kind we 
 
 FLO 
 
 conc-civc the main/»(j/ and refloat of the fca i»j 
 whicii is by confent of the univcrfe as part of 
 the diurnal motion. Bn.in'i Nat. H:fl. 
 
 2. Any body fo contrived or formed as to 
 fwim upon the water. 
 
 They took it for a (hip, and as it came nearer, 
 for a boat ; but it proved a flo::i of weeds and 
 rufhes. VEfrange. 
 
 A paffage for the weary people make ,- 
 With ofier/wri the Handing water Ihow, 
 Of maffy flcnes make bridges, if it flow. Drydrn. 
 
 3. The cork or quill by which the angler 
 difcovers the bite of a fifli. 
 
 You will find this to be 1 very choice bait, 
 fomctimes calling a little of it into the place 
 where your noj-' Inims. hfaltort. 
 
 4. A cant word for i. level. 
 Banks are mcalured by the/oa/ or floor, which 
 
 is eighteen foot fqiiare and one deep. Mortimer. 
 
 Flo'att. adj. Buoyant and fwimihing 
 on the fuiface. 
 
 The hindrance to flay well is the extreme 
 length of a ihip, elpecially if Ihe be flo.^ty, and 
 wan: (harpncfs of way forwards. Raleigh. 
 
 FLOCK, n.f. [plocc, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . A company ; ufually a company of 
 birds or beafts. 
 
 She that hath a heart of that fine frame, 
 To pay this debt of love but to a brother. 
 How will (he love when the rich golden Ihaft 
 Hath kill'd thc/ocryf of all affcaions elte 
 That live in her. Shatfpeare' i Twelfth Night. 
 
 2. A company of ftieep, diftinguilhedfrom 
 herds, which are of oxen. 
 
 The cattle in the fields, and meadows gteen, 
 Thofe rare and fulitary ; thefe mjioch 
 Pafturing at once, and in broad herds upfprung, 
 
 Milnrt. 
 
 France has a flieep by her, to (hew that the 
 
 riches of the country confillcd chiefly \nJiocis and 
 
 pafturage. Mdijon. 
 
 1. A body of men. 
 
 The heathen that had fled out of Judea came 
 to Nicanor hyfoeh. I Maccabees. 
 
 [irom Jloccus.] A lock of wool. 
 A houfc well-furnilh'd (ball be thine to keep ; 
 And, foi afr.rt bed, I can iheer my (hcep. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 To YhoCY.. V. n. [from the noun.] To 
 gather in crowds or large numbers. 
 
 Many young gentlcmcn/o.:* to him every day, 
 
 and flea the time caiekfly. Sh.iiffe.ire. 
 
 Upon the return of the ambaffadors, the poor 
 
 of all forts f'ocked together to the gieat mafter's 
 
 houfe. Kncilts' Hi/lcry. 
 
 Others ran focHr.g out of their houfes to the 
 
 general fupplicatiun, z Maeeuhtes. 
 
 Stilpo, when the people /'ric./ about him, and 
 
 that one faid. The people come wondering about 
 
 you, as if it were to fee fome if range beaft ; no, 
 
 faith he, it is to fee a man which Diogenes fought 
 
 ■with his lanthorn at noon day. Baean. 
 
 Seeing the fpirits fwelling the nerves caufc 
 
 the arm's motion, upon its refilfance thcy/uc^ 
 
 from other parts of the body to overcome it. 
 
 Vi^fy on Bodies. 
 The wits of the town came thither ; 
 'Twas ((range to fee how t)\cyf oci'd together; 
 Each lirongly confident of his own way. 
 Thought to gain the laurel that day. Suckling. 
 Friends A.n\y Jhek. I'ryden's ^iteiJ. 
 
 T he Troj.in youth iibout the captive/»ci. 
 To wonder or to pity, or to mock. Denham. 
 People do not flici to courts fo much for their 
 majcHus fcrvice, as for making theii fortunes. 
 
 L'Eflranee. 
 
 To Flog. v. a. [homflagrum, Lat.] To 
 
 lafh ; to whip ; to challife. 
 The fchuolm:i(ter's joy is <ojlog. Stvift. 
 
 Flon'G. part'.cip. paffi-uey from To fling, 
 
 ufed by Spenfer. 
 FLOOD, n.f. [plob, Saxon ; pt, Fr.] 
 I . A body of ■ivater ; the fea j a river. 
 
 4-
 
 FLO 
 
 What need tlie bridge much broader tlian t!ic 
 
 JiQld i Shakfpfric. 
 
 liii dominion (hall be alio from tlie one lea to 
 [he oiher, and from tlieyfosJ unto the world's omcI 
 
 I'/ahm. 
 
 Or ihcncp from Nigor^io./ unto Atlas mount, 
 The kingdcmji of Ahu.iiizur, Fez, and Sus. 
 
 All dwellings elfe 
 F/ooiovfrwhelm'd, ;md them with all their pomp 
 D':i[i tinder water loii'd ; fca covci'd lea, 
 Sea without flioic. Milton's PaiaMfc Liji 
 
 Avcadio'i flow'ry plains and plcnfing^^eo./j. 
 
 D/yden'i firgil. 
 i. A deluge ; an inundation. 
 
 You tee this confluence; thi:j great^co./of vi- 
 liters. Shtikfpenre. 
 
 By fuddcn foodi^ and fall of waters, 
 Buckinghim'sarmy is difpeis'd and Icattct'd, 
 Shakfpctjrc' i Rithitd 1 1 1 
 
 3. Flow; flux; not ebb; not reflux; 
 tlie fwelling of a river by rain or inland 
 flood. 
 
 \Vc Icck to kno^tr the moving of each fphcic, 
 And the (Irange caufe o' th' ebbs ini foo.ii oi 
 Nile. Vaviti. 
 
 4. The general deluge. 
 
 When went there iiy an .ige fince the great 
 HooJ, 
 But it was fam'd with more Chan with one man } 
 
 It is commonly opinioned that the earth was 
 thinly inhabited before tlK_/?W. Broxun 
 
 5. Catamenia. 
 
 Thufc that have the good foitune of mifcarry- 
 ing, or being delivered, efcapc by means of tlicir 
 fioodsf revelling tiie humours from tlieir luttgs. 
 
 HaiZ'ey on Confumpltom. 
 
 To Flood, v. a. [frotn the noun.] To 
 deluge ; to cover witli waters. 
 
 Where meadows arc^K/./ciV late in fpriiig, roll 
 them with a large barley- roller. Alr/ttimtr 
 
 Flo'odgatf.. n.f. [^coi/sndgate.] Gate 
 or (hiitter by which the watercourle is 
 clofed or opened at pleafure. 
 
 As if the opening of her mouth harl opened 
 fome gxc^\.jic^ig.ite of foirow, whereof her heart 
 could not abide the violent iffue, Ihe funk to the 
 g-ound. Siilney, 
 
 Yet there the fteel ftaid not ; hut inly bate 
 Deep in his^-y^, and opened wide a rc6 Jiood^iitc 
 
 His youth, and want of experience in maiitime 
 fervice, liad fomcwhat Irecii fhrewdly touched, 
 even before tlie lluiccs and f<,'jdgates of jiopubr 
 libeily wei-e yet fct open. iVut^n. 
 
 The rain dcfcended for forty days, the cataracts 
 ox Jli^dgiitci of heaven being opened. Burnet. 
 
 FtoOK. n.f. [jC/?;y, a plough, German] 
 
 1. The broad part of the anchor whicli 
 takes hold of the ground. 
 
 2. A flounder ; a flat river fifh. 
 
 FLOOR, n.f. [plop, plojne, Saxon.] 
 J. The pavement: a pavement is always 
 of ftone, the floor of wood or ilone ; 
 the part on which one treads. 
 
 His ftcpraother, making all her gcftnres coun- 
 terfeit atHii^ion, lay almoft groveling upon the 
 Jroor of her ch.imber. Sidney. 
 
 He rent th.it iron dnor 
 AVhere entered in, his foot could find no fioor^ 
 But all a deep defcent as dark as hell. F. C^uicn. 
 
 Look how \\iji Ji'^or of lieav'n 
 Is tlrick inlav'd with p;ucns of bright gold: 
 There 'snot the fmallcft orb which thoubehold'fl, 
 But in his motion like an angel Tings, 
 Still quiring to the young-ey'd chcrubins. Sh.ihf. 
 The ground lav lircwcd with pikes fo thi k as 
 ^ jicriT is ufually ftrewed with rulhcs. Uay^uar.i 
 He winnoweth bailey to-niglit in the thrtlhing 
 Jiy,r. Ruth. 
 
 «. A ftory ; a flight of rooms. 
 
 FLO 
 
 He that building frays at one 
 f/W, or the ftcond, hath created none, ytnftin. 
 
 7a Floor, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 cover the bottom with a floor. 
 Hewn ftone and timbci Kufiiar ttie huufes. 
 
 2 Chroniclti. 
 Floo'rinc. n./ [fromy?5cr.] Bottom; 
 pavement. 
 
 Thcfoaring is a kind of red plaillcr made of 
 brick, ground to powdcr, and afterwards woi ked 
 into moitar. .hlijln 
 
 To l-Lo?. v.a. [frorn^.//).] To clap the 
 wings with noife ; to play with any 
 noiiy motion of a broad body. 
 
 A l<lackbird was frighted almolt to death with 
 a hu^cj/offing kite that llic fiw over her head. 
 
 L' l.Jirange. 
 Flo'ral. adj. [floralts, Lat.] Relating 
 to Flora, or to flowers. 
 
 Let one great day 
 
 To celebrated I'ports inAJi'jral play 
 
 He let afide. Viior 
 
 Flo'ren n.f. [So named, fays Camden, 
 
 becaufe made by Florent'mes .\ A gold 
 
 coin of Edward in. in value fix fhillings. 
 
 Flo'rence. n.f. [from the city Florence.^ 
 
 .A kind of cloth. D'tH. 
 
 Flo'uet. ». f. [f curette, French.] A 
 
 fmall imperfed flower. 
 FLORID, atlj. IJlorh/us, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Productive of flowers ; covered with 
 flowers. 
 
 2. Bright in colour; flulhed with red. 
 
 Our beauty is in colour inferiour tn many 
 flowers ; and when it is moft_/?ar/^and gay, three 
 firs of an ague can change it into yeltownels and 
 leannefs. T^yhr'i R://t of living holy. 
 
 The tiu.illties of blood in a healthy ilate aie to 
 hvjloriii, when let out of the veffel, the red part 
 congealing ttronglyand foon. Jlilutiinot. 
 
 3. Embeililhcd ; fplendid ; brilliant with 
 decorations. 
 
 'Xwc ji'Aid, elevated, and figurative way is for 
 the palTions ; for love and hatred, feiir and anger, 
 are begutien in the foul, by ihewing their objet^ts 
 out of their true proportion. Drydtn. 
 
 How did, prav, the_^or/W youth offend, 
 Whofe fpcccti you took, and gave it to a friend? 
 
 i'o/)e. 
 
 Flori'dity. n.f. [Jzom fior'id.'^ Frefli- 
 nefs of colour. 
 
 There is mfi^ridity in the face from the good 
 digeftinn of tlic red part of the blood. Fiuyn . 
 Flo'rii^ness. n.f. [from figrld. ] 
 
 1. Frtflinefs of colour. 
 
 2. Embcllifhment ; ambitious elegance. 
 
 Though a philolopher need not dthghi readers 
 
 with h\^ forijnif, yet he may take a care that 
 
 he di'gulf them not by Uatnefs. Boyle. 
 
 Fi ORiFEROus. adj. \^Jiorifer, Latin.] 
 
 Prodiifiive of flowers. 
 FLO'RIN. n.f [French.] A colnfiift 
 made by the Florentines. That of 
 Germany is in value 2s. 4^'. that of 
 Spain <) J. .\.d. halfpenny; that of Pa- 
 lermo and Sicily 2 s. 6d. that of Hol- 
 land 2 s. 
 
 In the Imperial chamber the proiflors have 
 
 half a fotin taxed and allowed them for every 
 
 fubrtantial recefs. .-hlijc. 
 
 Flo'rist. n.f. [fctirlfle, French.] A 
 
 cultivator of flowers. 
 
 Some botanifls or fhrif: at the Icaft. D'tnciiid. 
 And while they break 
 On the charm'd eye, th' esulting_/?3r.y'? marks 
 With fceret pride the wonders of his hand. 
 
 1 iionifon. 
 
 Flo'rulf.nt. adj. l^oris, Latin.] Flow- 
 ery ; bloffoming. 
 
 FLO 
 
 Flc'sculous. adj. {fiofcuhs, Latin.] 
 Compofed of flowers ; having the uu- 
 ture or form of flowers. 
 
 The outward part is a thick and carnous co- 
 vering, and the fecond a diy i.n<i fofcilous coat. 
 B'OiLn'i f^ulgiir Erroura, 
 
 To Flote. V.a. [See To fleet.] To 
 fl<im. 
 Such chcefcs, good Cifley, yc fitted too nigh. 
 
 TuJIer. 
 
 Flo'tson. n. f. [from flote.'\ Goods 
 
 that fwim without an owner on the fea. 
 
 Flo'tten. part. [fromy?w/f.] Skimmed. 
 
 Shmner. 
 
 To FLOUNCE. '... K. {phnfai, Dutch, 
 to plunge.] 
 
 1. To move with violence in the water or 
 mire ; to ftruggle or dafli in the water. 
 
 With his broad fins and forky tail he laves 
 The rifing forge, and_/?».YWft in the waves. 
 
 -hidifon-s Ovid. 
 
 2. To move with weight and tumult. 
 
 Sin ficuncing Flanders ni.ires 
 Aic e'en as good as any two of theirs. Priii: 
 
 3. To move with pafGonate agitation. 
 
 When I'm duller than a poll. 
 Nor can the plaineft word pronounce, 
 You neither fume, nor fret, nor Jiource. Sza-ff. 
 To FiouNCE. -y. a. To deck with 
 flounces. 
 
 She wAifliuTKed and furbelowed from head ro 
 fool ; every ribbon was crinkled, and eveiy part 
 of her garments in coil. Mdijon. 
 
 They have got into the fafhion o! fiounang the 
 petticoat lo VI ry deep, that it looks like an en- 
 tire coat of luteftring. I'cpc. 
 Flounce, n.f. [from the verb.] Any- 
 thing itwed to the garment, and hang- 
 ing loofe, fo as to fwell and fliake. 
 
 Nay, oft in dreams invention we bellow, 
 To change ^fiounce, or add a furbelow. Pope. 
 
 A muflin fiaunce, made very full, would be 
 very agreeable. Pepe. 
 
 Flo'under. n.f. [flynder, Daniih ; 
 Jliile, Scottlfl).] The name of a fmall 
 flat fifli. 
 
 Like the flounder, out of the frj-ing-pan into 
 the fire. Camiin. 
 
 Fioutdcn will both thrive atid breed in any 
 pond. Mortimer. 
 
 To Flo'vnder. 11. n. [from /fu.vnrir.] To 
 ftruggle with violent and irregular mo- 
 tions : as a horfe in the mire. 
 Down goes at once the iiorlcinan and the 
 horle ; 
 Tiiat courier Humbles on the fallen fleed, 
 And Jiwtndri/ig throws the ritler o'er ins head. 
 
 D'y.Un. 
 The more inform'd, the Icfs he undcrftood, 
 And deeper funk by fiound'ring in the mud. 
 
 Drydtn, 
 He plung'd for fenfc, but found no Lottora 
 there ; 
 Then writ iiai fimntler' d on in mere defpair. , 
 
 I'ofe. 
 To FLO'URISH. V. n. IflureOyfiorefco, ■ 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To be in vigour; not to fade. • 
 
 The righteous ta,->.\\ fioutijh like the palm-tree. 
 
 Where'er you tread, the blulhing flow'is (hall 
 rile. 
 And all tliings^o«r.^ where you turn your eves, 
 
 Pogt. 
 
 2. To be in a profperous ftate. 
 
 If I could find example 
 Of thoufa'idf, that had flruck anointed kings, 
 .■\ndy/5i///|Vi'jf after, I'd not do't : r.;ii fincc 
 Nor brafs, nor ftone, nor parchment, beara not 
 
 one, 
 Let vill»ny itfcif forfwear 't. Shakjftare. 
 
 5 B2
 
 FLO 
 
 H'arry, f^at propbcfied thou (liould'H be king, 
 D'oiIi comfort thet in deep; li\e thou and_/c:'"-'>5. 
 
 He was the patron of my manhood, when I 
 
 fiuri/i^d in the opinion of the world, though 
 
 wnh fmall advantage to my fortune. D'y.ien. 
 
 Bad men as frequently profper and ji'iutijh, 
 
 and that by the means of tlicir wickednefs. 
 
 Nflhn, 
 
 3. To ufe florid language; to Tpeak with 
 ambitioiu copioufnefs and elegance. 
 
 Whiift Cicero aelsthe partof a rhetorician, he 
 
 dilates m.& fourifiei, 3^i give? example inftead 
 
 of rrile. ' ■ : '■ '- ■So*'''- 
 
 They dilate fomctimes, znAJIaun'fi long upon 
 
 Tittle ■ incidents, and they ikip over and but 
 
 • lithclv touch the drier pare ot their tiicme. 
 
 ^ ' iruin- Logick. 
 
 4. To defcribe various figures by inter- 
 fering lines; to play in wanton and 
 irregular motions. 
 
 Impetuous fpread '■ r.l>j tt!'-' 
 Tlic ilream, and linoak.mg, fo^rijh'd o'fr hi^ 
 head. i'^l'i 
 
 5. To boaft ; to brag. 
 
 6. [In mufick.] To play fome prelude 
 without any fettled rule. 
 
 To Flourish, -v. a. 
 
 1 . To adorn with vegetable beauty. 
 
 VV'ith Ihadowy verdure /oKry/j',/ high, 
 A fuddcn vouch the groves enjoy. Ffnton. 
 
 2. To adorn with figures of needlework. 
 
 3. To work with a needle into figures. 
 All that I (hall fay will be but like bottoms of 
 
 thread clofe wound up, which, with a good 
 needle, perhaps may be fiour[lktd into large 
 ^-jrl^i. Bacijn's IVarnuith Sp^ii'i. 
 
 4. To move any thing in quick circles or 
 vibrations by way of lliow or triumph. 
 
 And all the powers of hell in full applaufe 
 TlmrijVd their fnakes, and toCs'd their flaming 
 brands. Cr^Jhu-j.-. 
 
 Againtl the poft their wicker fhiclds they 
 crufh, 
 f/oBrjith? i^o^^f -^nd at the,plaftroii.pu(h. 
 
 ' ■' '' " '. ' ' Drydai. 
 
 5. To adorn with embellifhments of Ian 
 guage ; to grace with eloquence oltenta- 
 tioufly diffiifive. 
 
 The labours of Hercules, \\mM^ fl'>urijkcd with 
 much fabulous matter; yet notably fet forth, the 
 confeiitof all nations and .ages in the approbation 
 o: the extirpating and. debellating giants, mon- 
 ftcrs, and tyrants. Hacon. 
 
 As they are likely to o\tT-p'MiJk their own 
 cafe, fo their flattery is hardeft to be difcovered. 
 
 CoUiir. 
 
 6. To adorn ; to embelllfh ; to grace. 
 
 To bring you thus together, 'tis no fin, 
 Sith that the juftice of yourliilc to him 
 VoxVJIounJh the deceit. Shukfpccirc. 
 
 Flo'uRisH. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Bravery; beauty ; ambitious fplendour. 
 
 I caird thte then \Ma finurijh of my fortune ; 
 JcaiPd thee then poi.r Ihariow, painted queen. 
 The ptcfentation of txjt what I was.. Shakffeurt. 
 
 ThefmrilJ: of his tuber youth, 
 Whs the pride of naked truth. Crajian:. 
 
 2. An ollentatioiis cmbellilhmcnt ; am- 
 bitious copioufnefs; far-fetched ele- 
 gance. 
 
 This \s :x Jiaui iji : there follow cicellcnt p.ira- 
 u'. .. Buccn. 
 
 ** , . - 
 
 Wc can excufe the duty of our knowledge, it 
 we only hfSow thtjiou-lji of poetry thereon, or 
 thule commcndat.iry conceits which popularly 
 Ut forth the eminence of this creature. «>-,7ov. 
 
 The apprctwiiSon is fo deeply riveted into my 
 mind, that fuch j-heloiical /'••'r>,fc 1 cannot at all 
 l.joten or btulh it out. 'W'"- 
 
 Villanics have not the fame countenance, 
 when there arc great intcrefts, plaufil* colours, 
 
 FLO 
 
 Ti^f. jio:triJ!ui of wit and rhetorick interpoitd be- 
 tween the fight and the objtft. . . L' Ejlraiigr. 
 
 The fi) much repeated ornament inAfiotaiJh of 
 
 their former fpeecnes was commonly the truelt 
 
 word they fpoke, though leaft believed by them. 
 
 Sa.'ith^s Stimo'ts. 
 
 Studious to pleafe the genius of the times, 
 With periods, points, and tropes he (lurs his 
 
 Climes; 
 He lards vikhjitiuiij%es his long harangue; 
 'Tis fine, fay'll thou; what, to be prais'd and 
 
 hang? .- . . DryJin. 
 
 3. Figures formed by lines curloufiy or 
 wantonly drawn. 
 
 A child with delight looks upon emblems 
 finely drawn and painted, and takes fome piea- 
 furc in beholding the neat charaifters unijimrijlci 
 of a bible curioullyprintcd. Bylc. 
 
 They were intended only for ludicrous orna- 
 ments of nature, like the /loui i/ia about a great 
 letter that lignify nothing, but are made only to 
 delight the eye. Ahrc agaiiij! Aiiieifm 
 
 Flo'urisher. n.f. [Ivom Jiotirijh.'} One 
 
 that is in prime or in profperity. 
 
 They count him of the green-hair'd eld, they 
 
 may, or in hi^ flow'r; 
 
 For not our giz3.KilJ!our!jicr can equal him in 
 
 pow'r. Cha^wiii, 
 
 To FLOUT. V. a. [iiuyten, Dutch ; 
 
 flowj.'e, Frifick.] To mock; to infult ; 
 
 to treat with mockery and contempt. 
 
 You mufty?5v/ my infufHciency. Shakjpiarc. 
 
 Thu Norweyan banners _/(o«; thcflcy, 
 
 And fan our people cold. S/iakfpear^^s Macheth. 
 
 He mock'd us when he begg'd our voices; 
 Certainly he^o/i/r^ us downright. Shakfpsnre, 
 She railed at her, that (he Ihould be io im- 
 modcft to write to one Ihe knew wouldy?o;/f her. 
 
 Shakfps^rc, 
 Pfiillida/oaf* ritic. ffu/tm-i --ingUr, 
 
 To Flout. i». n. To praftlfe mockery ; 
 to behave with contempt ; to fneer. 
 
 Though nature hath given us wit to fl^^ut at 
 fortune, h.ath not fortune fent in this fool to cut 
 oft' this argument ? Shitkffiari. 
 
 With talents well cndu'd 
 To be fcurrilous and rude; 
 When you pertly raifc your fnout. 
 Fleer and gibe, and laugh ^nAJinut. Sivift, 
 
 Flout, n.f. [from the verb.] A mock; 
 an infult ; a word or aft of contempt. 
 
 He would alk of thofe that had been at the 
 other's table'. Tell triily^ w^Sfth'erc iie\cr a/&v/ 
 or diy blow given? :'>:'C .;) ^'Mc Sacsn, 
 
 She opened it, and read it our. 
 With many a fmile and leering^^o.v^. Hiidihfai. 
 
 Their doors are barr'd againft a bitter jfs.rf ; 
 Snarl, if you pleafe j but you ihallfnarl without. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 How maay fouts and jeers muft I expofe my- 
 fclfto by this icpcntance r How fliail I anfwcr 
 fuch an old acquaintance when he invites me to 
 an intemperate cup? Catumy^i Scnnom. 
 
 Flo'uteiv. n.f. \i\-Qmfiout,'\ One who 
 
 jeers. 
 To FLOW. v.n. [plopan, Sa.xon.] 
 
 1 . To run or fpread as water. 
 
 The god am I, whole yellow waicr- ^oivs 
 Aiound theic fields, and fattens as, it. goes. 
 
 Drydtn*i jK'uid 
 Vi(lds of li^ht and liquid erheryy^Tv, 
 Purg'd fiom the pond'rous dregs of earth below. 
 
 D'yJc. 
 
 Endlcfs tears ^^rt* down in flreams, Siuift, 
 
 2. To run : oppofed to (landing waters. 
 
 With oficr floats the Handing water lirow ; 
 Of mafly ifoncs make bridges, if wjioiv. J)ryde». 
 
 3. To rile ; not to ebb. 
 
 This river hath thricey/o »'i/, no ebb Intween. 
 
 S^ak/pdre. 
 
 FLO 
 
 4. To melt. 
 
 OU that thou wouldft rent the heavens, tlmt 
 the -mountains might^y/aif down at thy picJcuce. 
 
 I/aiah. 
 
 5. To proceed; to liTue. 
 
 I'll life that tongue 1 have : if vj\xf.(,zu fiom't, 
 I fhail du good. Shakfpearc'i iVinttt'i TaU. 
 
 The knowledge drawn from eipeiienc<? it 
 quire of anorhci" kind from that which^«i'j from 
 Ipecubtion or difcourfc. Sauth. 
 
 6. To glide fmoothly without afperitv : 
 as, zjioiving period. 
 
 This dilcouife of Cyprian, and the flawcis of 
 rhetorick in it. Ihcw hira to have been of^a great 
 wit andy?6TC7rt^ eloquence. lLike^ui//on Pr(/T>:\i, 
 
 7. To write Imoothly ; to fpeak volubly. 
 
 Virgil is I'wcct aiidjicv^irig in his hexanoctcis. 
 
 Diyai:n. 
 Did fwecter founds adorn \v\y Jltrivhig tongue 
 Than ever man pronouuc'd, 01 angels iung. 
 
 8. To abound ; to be crowded. 
 
 The dry Iireets_^0'U'\i' with men. Chapman, 
 
 9. To be copious; to be full. 
 
 Then fhall our names, 
 Be in x.ht\\\fio"ji'iT}g cups fiefhly remcmber'd. 
 
 SLtk{pcnte''s Henry v. 
 There every eye with flumb'rous chains ihc 
 bound, 
 And dalhM \.\\e_fioiv!/!g goblet to the ground. 
 
 Pope'i OJyffty. 
 
 10. To hang loofe and waving. 
 
 He was cloathed in ?i fioiuing mantle of green 
 
 filk, interwoven with flowers. Spc^aur, 
 
 7i? Flow, v, a. To overflow; to dekige. 
 
 Watering hops is fcarce pradlicablc, unlels 
 you have a llream at hand loj/oiv the ground 
 
 M',rti»:eT'i kinjhandry. 
 
 Flow. w. /I [| from the verb.] 
 
 1. The rife of water; not the ebb. 
 
 Some from the diurnal and annual motion of 
 the earth, endeavour to folve thcj^'&'u.i and mo- 
 tions of tiicfe fcas, illuUraiing the fame by water 
 in a bowl, that rifes or falls according to the mo- 
 tion of the vcird- Broivn* i Vulgar Erroi.rs, 
 
 The ebb of tides, and their myftcrious_^c^Tw, 
 We as :!rts elements flial! imdcrftand. I^ryJcn. 
 
 2. A fudden plenty or abundance. 
 
 The nuhle pjwcr of fufft-ring bravely is as far 
 above that of entcrpriHng greatly, as an unblc- 
 mifhed confcicncc and inflexible rcfolution are 
 above an accidental _foiu of fpirits, or a Uiddtn 
 tide of blood. I'opf. 
 
 3. A ftreaoi of dicllon; volubility of 
 tongue. 
 
 Teaching is not a^07u of words, nor the drain- 
 ing of an hour-ghfs ; but an effcflual procuiing 
 that a man know fomcthing which he knew nut 
 bffore, or to know it better. South. 
 
 FLO'WER. «. /, ificur, French; JIos, 
 Jiores, Latin.] 
 
 I. The part of a plant which contains the 
 feeds. 
 
 Such arc reckoned ^vtcit fioivcr^ wluch have 
 pclala, a liamcn, apex, and ftylus; and whatever 
 f'jtutr wants either of_*hefe is rtckuni-d imper- 
 fiil. Pcrfcift fo'-.ueri arc divided into fimplc 
 oiifs, which are not compolcd of other fmallcr, 
 and which ufually have but one finglc liiie; and 
 compounded, which confift of many tiofciili, a!I 
 making but ancHoiver. SimpkyKsiur/5 are mo- 
 nopetaloQs, which have the body ui t\i(: Jf^ucr 
 all of one entire leaf, though fomctimes cut or 
 divided a little way into m.in)- fceming pciala> 
 ot leaves; as in borage, bughi^: or polypetalou*, 
 which have diftincfl pctala, and iiiolc filling oHf 
 fmgly, and not altogctl^cr, as liic fccmiug pctala 
 of monopetalous ^viL-;"' J always do; but thole 
 arc further di^ic'ied into unifuim and dif?V;iin 
 J?oxve>i : the former have iticir right and U ft 
 hand parts, and the fciward and backward part* 
 all alike , but theditToim have no fuch regulamy, 
 as in ihcJfo-7vfrs of lage and dcadnetllc. A mo- 
 nopeialous diduimy^t^ivi' is likcwilc further di-
 
 FLO 
 
 vidci! into, firlV, fcmi-fiftuiar, whofc upper part 
 rctcmbios a pipe cut oft ohliviucly, iis it) tlic 
 arilnlrochia: id, labiate; and this citlirf will. 
 one lip only, as in the acanthum a^id fcordiuai, 
 or with two Itpj, as in tlic far greater pan of trie 
 V.ihidtc ^'j-wen : and h;rc the upper Dp li lonu - 
 times turned upwards, and fo turn'- the convex 
 part diwnuMrds, as in the chamxcifTus ; hut 
 moll coijinionly the upper lip is convex above, 
 .ind turns the iiollow piirC down to its rdlow be- 
 low, and rcprcfcnts a kind of hchnct, or monkl'- 
 houd ; and from thcncc.thcfcai-c ftoqucntly called 
 r gallcatc, cucullate, and g.ilcriculntcyi^owfjj ; and 
 (i intiis form arc ttie fivwcn of the l.imium, and 
 molt vcrticillatc pbnrs. Sometimes the lamiuni 
 is intirc, and fomctiraes jagged or divided. 3d, 
 Corniculnte ; that is, fuch hollow //ori'^ri as have 
 on their upper part a kind of fpur, or little horn, 
 ■ a^ the lin.uiJ, dclphinum, Uc. and the carnicu- 
 iuni, or calcar, is always impervious at the tip 
 ur puiiu. Compoundcdyi'oTi'fr.v arc brft, difcous, 
 or difcoidal; lliat is, whole Hulculi arc let lo 
 dole, tliick, nnd cvsn,.as to mak,c the furUice 
 of the _^&7C'(;r phiin isnd dat, which, hccaufc oi 
 its round form, will be like adifcus; which 
 difk is fcmetimcs radhiied, when there is a row 
 of petaU Handing round in the diflc, like tlic 
 points of aiiar, as in the matricaria, cliam.^me- 
 lum, &c. and i'omet.mcs nakcrl, having no 
 fuch ladiating leaver lound the limb of its dilk, 
 as in the tajiacetum : 2d, planifolious, which is 
 compofcd of ^lain flowers, fct together in cir-, 
 cular rows round the centre, and whofe face is 
 ufually indented, nutchcd, and Jagged, as r!ic 
 hicracia. ^fl, Fii^nlar, which is compounded 
 of long hollow littlc_/!';:w.-M, like pipes, 3II di- 
 vided into large jags at ihc ends. Imperfcift 
 foweriy bccaufe they want the petala, arc called 
 Itamincou*, apctalous, and capillaceous; and 
 thofe which hang pcnduh)us by fine threads, like 
 the juli, arc by Toui'neforc called amentaceous, 
 and we call them cars-tail. .The term campani- 
 furmis is ufcd for fucli s.^ arc in the rtiapc of a 
 Lcll, and infundibuliformis ioK fuch as are in the 
 form of a funnel. IshUet. 
 
 Good men's lives 
 Expire before x\\\tfioiucri in their caps, 
 Dying or ere they fickcn. Shukf^. Macbeth. 
 
 \Vichy?oiuV inwoven treffes torn 
 The nymphs \\\ twilight fliadeof tangUd thickets 
 mjurn. AJilto':, 
 
 Beautcons^ortrri why do we fpiead 
 Upon the monuments of the dead. Coxvl^y. 
 
 Though the fame fun with all-diffufivc rays 
 Blulh in the rofc, and in the diamond blaze. 
 We piaile tiic flrongcr effort of his power. 
 And always fct the gem above xhtjiowey. . 
 
 Pope. 
 
 If the bloflom oF the plant be of raoft impoit- 
 ancc, we call it Ajl&wgr -^ fuch are daifies, tulips, 
 and carnations. /'I'affs. 
 
 Z.» An ornament ; an embcUifhment. 
 ■^^' The nomination of perlons to ihofe places being 
 fo prime and infcparable a Jiowcr of his crown, 
 he would icl'crve to himfelf. . CliirenJv-i. 
 
 This dilcourfc of Cyprian, and the excellent 
 fiowcrs of rhetorick in it, (hew him to have been 
 a Iwcct and powerful orator. HukenuU 
 
 Truth needs no Jloiu'r^ oi fpeech. Po^c. 
 
 3. Tlic prime ; the flourinilng part. 
 
 Alas ! young man, your days can ne'er be long: 
 in Jioiv'r of age you perilh for a fong. Po^>c. 
 
 ^. The edible part of corn ; the meal. 
 
 Tlie bread I would have in Ji(,\vtr^ fo as it 
 
 might be baked Jhll to ferve their nccclVaiy want 
 
 Sp£"fa' on h-Jand. 
 
 I can make my audit up, that all 
 
 From me do back receive che_/;'sicV of all, 
 
 And leave me but the bran. Shitkfpettre. 
 
 Tiicy/oTc-cr-j of grains^ mixed with water, will 
 
 make a loit of glue. .-^rhuthnot on Aiim&nt\. 
 
 But by thy care twelve urns of wine be filTd, 
 
 Next thofe in woith, and firni tliyfe urns be 
 
 fcal'd; 
 Bt rwict ten meafures of ihe choiccft /'w/r 
 Prcparil, eic yet dctccnds the evening hour. 
 Popc\ Odyjjty. 
 
 FLO 
 
 5. The moft excellent or valuable part of 
 any thing; qiiiiittflVnce. 
 
 Tlu' cliuicc and Jh:uer of all things profitable: 
 the Plalnis do marc hiicfly contain, and mjrc 
 movingly expri-i'-, liy i'c:ilon of their pottic.il 
 fuinl. Hosier. 
 
 Thou haft flriin 
 The Hftiuer of Europe for his chivalry. Shal^fp. 
 
 The French monarcy is exhaufted of its biavcli 
 fuhjccU : the Jlinuer of the nation is confumcd in 
 lr< vv.irs. j4.UiJ'j7i, 
 
 6. That which Is moft diflln^Khcd for 
 any thing valuable. 
 
 He is no', the Jio^utr of courtcfy, but, I war- 
 rant hint, as gcmic a.s a Limb. S^^d-fpf.irf. 
 Flo'wkr tie Luce. n.f. A bulbous iris. 
 
 T^f/V/iT fpcciftes thirty-four fpecics of this plant; 
 and among tiicm the Peilian fi-w!:r lU im-e is 
 gre.itly erteemcd fttr tkc Iwcctnefs and beauty of 
 its variegated tluwets, which arc in perfcdlion in 
 February, or the beginning of March. 
 
 Crop'd are \\\i: ji'^iver do Uica in your arms ; 
 Of England's c^ftt one half is cut away. Shakf, 
 
 The iris \%\\\zJio'WCrd;iucc. Psach.ini 
 
 To Flo'wer. v. n, [^artV,: French ; or 
 , from the noun.] 
 
 1. To be in flower; to be in bloflom; to 
 blooni ; to put forth flowers. 
 
 So forth they marched in this goodly fort, 
 To take the folace of the open air, 
 And ill frclhyi'owirnMg field* themfelves to fport. 
 
 Fairy i^ucsn. 
 S.icred hill, whofe hcid full high, 
 Is, as it were, for endlefs memory 
 Of that dear Lord, who oft ihcreon was found. 
 For ever with TL^mo^ring garland crown'd. 
 
 Fairy Quie/J. 
 
 Then herbs of every leaf, that fuddenJ?o;wrV, 
 
 Op'ning their various colours. Milton. 
 
 Mark well the Jio'vi'rins^ almonds in the 
 
 wood, 
 
 if od'rous blooms the bearing branches load. 
 
 ''■■ ' ' " ' 7 rt' ■■.':! ■'■ ." i '. Xirydcn^i Gco>g, 
 
 To leaflefs.^hi'ubs the.^jjw'iMg palms fuccccd, 
 
 And od'rous myrtle to the noifomc weed. Fopc. 
 
 2. To be in the priine; to flouridi. 
 
 Whilomc in youth, whcny?owf>V my youth- 
 ful fp'iiie, 
 iilte fwallow Iwifr, I wandered here and there j 
 
 Vor heat of hicdlcfs lull mc did fo rting, 
 That [ of doubted danger had no fear. Sperif,r_ 
 
 This caufe detain'd me all my fiiu'ii'ig youth, 
 Within a loathfomc dungeon there to pine. S/:,ii 
 
 3. To froth; to ferment; to mantle, as 
 new bottled beer. 
 
 Thofe above water werethe bed, and that beer 
 did^oiu^r a little ; whereas that under water did 
 not, tliough it were frclh. H.^on. 
 
 An extreme clarification doth fpread the fpirits 
 fo fmuoth that tl.cy become dull, and the drink 
 dead,, which ought to have a little/o^KcrZ/jj. 
 
 Hacon'i Natural Hi/lory, 
 
 4. To come as cream from the furface. 
 
 If you can ak;cept of thefc few obfer\'ationsj 
 whxh nuvcjiowtred off, and ate, as it were, the 
 burnilbiiig of many ftudious and contempla- 
 tive years, 1 here give you them to difpofc of. 
 
 Milan. 
 
 To Flo'wer. i). a. [from the noun-] 
 To adoni with fittltious or imitatetl 
 flowers. 
 FLo'wt.R.\CE. n.f. [from^owsr,] Store 
 of flowers. Dul. 
 
 Flo'ueret. n.f. [//cHjr/, French.] A 
 flower; a fmall flower. 
 
 Sometimes her head Ihc fondly would nguife 
 With gaudy garlands, or frefh ^(.to'itrr dight. 
 About her neck, or rings of rulhes plight. 
 
 Fairy C^usert. 
 
 Th.1t fame dew, which fometime on the bud> 
 
 Was wont to fwcll, like round and orient pearls, 
 
 FLU 
 
 Stood now within the pretty /mo' r^/'-eyei. 
 Like teari that did their own dilgrace bewail. 
 
 Slta ifpearf, 
 . , So to.thc fylvai) lodge 
 They 'came, that like Pomona's arbour fmiVd, 
 Wiih/cw'r</J dcc'k'd, and fragiarit fmcHs. 
 
 Milion't Parariift Jjijt. 
 Then laughs the childilh year with_/7tia/'f«i 
 crowii'd. 
 And lavilhly pei fumes the fields around ; 
 Kut no fubftantial nourifhmcnt receives. 
 Infirm the ftalks, unlolid arc the Icavei. Diyi, 
 Flo'wercardev. n. f. [ficiver and 
 gardeii.'\ A garden in which flower* 
 are principally cultivated. 
 
 Obfeiving tliat this manure produced flowert 
 in the tield, I made my gardener try thofe (hclU 
 in myfawergixdtn, and I never faw JicttcrciDia- 
 tionsorHowtrs. Miirlimir'\ Hiijhaidry, 
 
 Flo'wer I NESS, n.f [ixoTciJhwery.'^ 
 '■ '^,'^^.ft^t<= of abounding in flowers. 
 2. Floridncfs of fpeech. 
 
 JFlo'weringbush. n.f. A plant. 
 Flo'wery. adj. [from flo-d/er.~[ Full of 
 floiyers ; adorned with flowers real or 
 fiftitious. 
 
 My mother Circe, with the fyrens'tliree». 
 Aniidfi the/orc-'y kittled Naiades." MUlon. 
 
 Day's hatbinger " ." ' .■ 
 Comes dancing from the e ft, and- leads with her 
 Uncjloiu'ry May, who fr.jm her green lap throws 
 The yellow cowflip and the pale prirarofe. 
 
 ,.. . -.^ Mitim. 
 
 O'ei uU lair limns ifow'ry vert he threw. 
 
 Poft. 
 To her the (hadow glove, the_;?oti;'ry field. 
 The fiicams and fountains no delight could yield. 
 I . Popf, 
 
 Flo'winglv. adv. [^rom floiu.'] With 
 volubility ; with abundance. 
 
 Flowk. k. /. [fiuke, Scottifli.] A flound- 
 er ; the name of a firti. 
 
 Amongft thefe the fowl; fole, and plaice, 
 follow the tide up into the ftcftl waters. Camu. 
 
 Flowkwort. n.f. The name of a plant. 
 
 Flown. The participle oi fy,. or flee, 
 
 they being confounded ; properly oijJy. 
 
 1. Gone away. 
 
 For thofe, 
 Appointed to fit there, had left their cha-ge, 
 J-h-Tfti to the upper world. Alill^rr. 
 
 Where, my deluded I'eiife ! was reafon^oiiJ/i ? 
 Where the high majclty of David's throne - 
 
 Pri;r. 
 
 2. Puffed ; inflated ; elate. 
 
 And when nignt 
 Darkens the Ihects, then wander forth trie fons 
 Of Belial,_/i'tm"i with infolence and wine. Milion, 
 
 Is. this a bridal or a friendly fcalt ? 
 Or from your deeds I rightly may divine, 
 Un lecmlyyft'.L-.i with infolence or wine. Popr. 
 Flu'ctu.ant. adj. [fluduans, Latin.] 
 Wavering ; uncertain. 
 
 To be longing for this thing to-da,y, and for 
 that thing to-morrow j to change likings fur 
 loathings, and to ftandwifliing and hankering .ic 
 a venture, how is. jt potTible for any man to be 
 at reft in this _^inaMn/i,. wandering humour and 
 opinion.'-," ','.>,,., t • .. ;, VFlhar-ae. 
 
 To FLUCTUATE,' v.' «. \fiuauo. La- 
 tin.] 
 
 1. To roll to and again, as' water in agita- 
 tion. 
 
 'X\\Qfit!^ua:it:g fields df liquid air, 
 With all the 'curious intteors'liov'iing there, 
 And the wittc rcgioiis df tlTC land, procl.iim 
 The Pow'.r Divine, that rliis'd the mighty fr.ime. 
 
 Blackrrf^re. 
 
 2. To float backward and forward, as with 
 
 the motion of water.
 
 FLU 
 
 3. To move with uncertain and hadjr mo- 
 tion. 
 
 The tempter 
 New parts puis on , and, as to palTion movM, 
 Fluduatei difturb'd. Mdtm'i Poradifc Lofi. 
 
 4. To be in an uncertain Hate ; to feel 
 fudden viciffitudes. 
 
 As the gic.itcrt part of my eftate has hitlieito 
 been of an unrtcatiy and volatile nature, either 
 toft upon feas, oy H:'Btiatwg m funds, it is now 
 fixed and fettled 'in fubllantial acres and tene- 
 ments. AdJifan. 
 
 5. To be irrefolute ; to be undetermined. 
 Fluctuation. ?/./. \flu8-uatio, Latin; 
 
 fiuUuation, French ; lxoxaH'.icluate.'\ 
 
 1. The alternate motion of the water. 
 
 yiu^uatiorn are but motions fubfervient, 
 whicli '.vinds, rtormf;, (liores, (helves, and every 
 interjaccncy irregulatcs. B'ou-ft. 
 
 They were caufcd by the impulfes andy^/.tr- 
 tuaiion of water in the bowels of the earth. 
 
 IVoad-ward's Natural Hijk'y. 
 
 2. Uncertainty ; indetermlnation. 
 
 It will not hinder it from mailing a profclytc 
 of a perfon, that luves_/i'«(f7wa/.'M of judgment 
 little enough to be willing to be eal'ed at it by 
 any thing but errour. B(^yU. 
 
 Flue. n. f. [A word of which I know- 
 not the etymology, unlefs it be derived 
 fromy?f"u» of_/?)'.] 
 
 1. A fmal! pipe or chimney to convey air, 
 heat, or fnioke. 
 
 2. Soft down or fur, fuch as may fly in 
 the wind. 
 
 Flue'llin. n.f. The herb Sptedwell. 
 Flu'kncy. n.f, \Jro'm Jlucnt .'\ 
 I . The quality of fiowincr ; fmoothnefs ; 
 freedom from harfhnefs or afpcrity. 
 
 Thitmy of numbeis, and molt exprelTn'e 
 figures for the poet, morals for the Icrious, and 
 pleafantiies for admirers of points of wit. 
 
 Garth'i Viijace to Ovid. 
 
 3. Readlnefs ; copioufnefs ; volubility. 
 
 Oui' publick liturgy mult be calhit-rcd, the 
 better to plcafc thofe men who gloried in theii 
 extemporary ve^n and_/?i/L«ry, King Charla. 
 
 We reafon witii ianh fucncy and fire. 
 The beaux we batflc, and the learned trie. Tiihi. 
 
 The common JIuincy of fpecch in many men, 
 and molt wo.iien, is owing to a fcarcily of mat- 
 ter, and a fcaicity of words j for whoever is 
 m.iftcr of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, 
 will be apt, in lpci:king, to hcluatc upon the 
 choice of botli. S-iiifi. 
 
 «. Affluence ; abundance. This fenfe is 
 pbfoktc. 
 
 Thofe who grow old in^u^ncy and cafe. 
 Behold him toll on feas. Sandys' Vtsraph. 9n 'Jul. 
 
 God riches and renown to men imparts. 
 Even all they wiffi ; and yet their narrow hearts 
 Cannot fo great ^fiu^r.cy receive, 
 But their fruition to a flranger leave. Sandys. 
 FLU ENT. Qilj. Iftuem, Latin.] 
 
 1. Liquid. 
 
 It is not mallc.iblc j but yet is XioXfuott^ but 
 ftiipified. BucQn. 
 
 2. i'lowlng ; in motion ; in flux. 
 
 Morion bcin^ a fiueut thing, and one part of 
 il> iiur;itron bfing independent upon another, it 
 tloth not follow that becaufe any thing moves 
 this moment, it muft do fo the next. K<iy. 
 
 3. R(;ady ; coploue ; voluble. 
 
 Thole have fjrtic n.itur.il difpofitions, which 
 ha\e btMter jmhco in youth than in .age, fuch a.s 
 is 'A jli^vt and loxuri-ous fpecch. Miuon. 
 
 I IhaH liiy h<.foic you all thnt 'j within mc, 
 
 And uith x\\oi\ fiuo7it uttei-;incc. 
 
 De.-^hiim, 
 
 Flu'lnt. n.f. Stream ; running water, 
 
 ContVdiog in their h;indi, that fcd'lous (hive 
 Tocut th* outr;igcousy?:/^')/ j in thij diftrer>, 
 "E'v'u io the Cght of death, rhiiij-s. 
 
 9 
 
 FLU 
 
 Flu'ektly. aJv. [from f.uent.^ With 
 
 ready How j volubly ; readily ; without 
 
 obllruftion or difficulty. 
 FLU'ID. adj. [fluidus, Latin ; flu'ide, 
 
 French.] Having parts eafily fepara- 
 
 ble ; not folid. 
 
 Or ferve they as a llow'ry verge to bind 
 Thi f.uiu fltirts of that fame wat'ry cloud, 
 Left It again difiolve, and Ihow'r the earth ? 
 
 MillOl! 
 
 If particles flip eafily, and aic of a fit fiK to 
 be .igitatcd by heat, and the heat is big enough to 
 keep them in agitation, the body \5 fluii\ and 
 if it be apt to ftick to things, it is humid. 
 
 Neiuton. 
 
 Flu'id. n.f. 
 
 1 . Any thing not folid. 
 
 2, [In phyfick.] Any animal juice : as 
 the blood. 
 
 Confidcr how luxury hath introduced new 
 dileafes, and witli them, not improbably, altered 
 the whole courfe of thcJjuiJs. 
 
 A'hu:htiot iiiri Papers i^tart. ScrihUrus. 
 
 Flui'dity. n.f \_Jiuidite, Fr. from_^;«W.] 
 The quality in bodies oppotite to (labi- 
 lity ; want of coherence between the 
 parts. 
 
 Heat promotesjfi/;V///)' very much by diminifli- 
 thc tenacity of bodies : it makes many bodies 
 fluid, which arc not fluid in cold, and incrcafcs 
 the J/iddiry of tenacious liquids ; as of oil, balfam, 
 and honey; and thereby dccreaics their refillance. 
 
 Ncii'io't. 
 
 A difeafe oppofitc to this fpilTitudc is too great 
 
 fluidity. Arbtithliol 
 
 Flu'idness. n. f. [from fiuiJ.] The 
 quality in bodies oppofite to (lability. 
 
 What if we fliuuld lay that_/ft./.i'r;iy-. and ftabi- 
 lity depends fo much upon tiie tixture of the 
 parts, that, by the change of that textuie the 
 fame parts may be made to conftirute eilhei 
 a fluid or a diy body, and that permanently too r 
 
 Bcy.'t. 
 
 Flu'mmerv. n.f. A kind of food made 
 by coagulation of wlieatflower or oat- 
 meal. 
 Mi Ik andyy.vwwi-ry are vei7 fit for children. Lccic. 
 Flung. The participle and preterit of 
 Jiin^. Thrown ; caft. 
 
 Several Ifatucs the Romans tliemfelvcs_/ff/ng 
 into the livcr, when they would revenge tiiem- 
 fclve?. .rl.idijon on Ituly. 
 
 FLUOR, n. f [Latin.] 
 
 1. A fluid liate. 
 
 The particles of fluids which do not cohere too 
 ftrongly, and are of fuch a fm.iUncls as render- 
 them luoit fufccptiHc of thole agitationi wiiicli 
 keep liquors in -.tfuor, arc moli calily fcparaied 
 and rarefied into vapours. Nciului's Ujit. 
 
 2. Catamenia. 
 Flu'rky. n.f. 
 
 1. A gull or dorm of wind ; a hafly blaft. 
 
 The boat was oveifet by a {u<iicr\ Jiu> ry tiom 
 the north. Hwifi. 
 
 2. Huriy ; a violent commotion. 
 
 To FLUSH. V. n. [/"#"> l^iitch, to 
 flow ; fiis, or fii.v, French.] 
 
 1. To flow v/il!i violence. 
 
 The pulfc of the heart he attributes to an 
 ebullition and fudden expanlion of the blood in 
 the ventricles, after the manner of the raiik, 
 which, being heated to fuch a degree, doth fiid- 
 deivly, and all at orrcc, J/nJ/i up and run over the 
 vcrtel. S")'- 
 
 U/u/i:s violeiitfy out of the cock for about a 
 quart, and then |}op,s. MfiUmci's ilujiundry. 
 
 2. To come in haile. 
 
 If the place but afford? 
 Any ftore of lucky birds, 
 As I nrakc 'm toy?«/4, 
 Kach owl out of liis h/t, Bi" J^nfa.'s Oivli. 
 
 FLU 
 
 3. To glow in the (Icln ; to produce a 
 colour in the face by a fudden afflux of 
 blood. It is properly ufcd of a fudden 
 or tranfieiit heat of countenance ; not 
 of a fettled complexion. 
 
 Ere yet the fait of mort uniighteoiis team 
 Had left ti\ejii/yi:ng in her gaulcd eyes. 
 She married. Shnkfpearc'i Unmlct. 
 
 Thus Eve with count'nance blithe her ftor* 
 to!ri. 
 But in her cheek At&sm^t fujUng glow'd. 
 
 Milfm. 
 
 What can be more fignificant than the fudden 
 
 f-ifiing and confufion of a blulh ? Coiiitr, 
 
 What means that lovely fruit ? What meant, 
 
 alas ! 
 
 That blood which^/^!i« guilty in your face > 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 At once, array'd 
 In all the colours ol the J/ii/iing year. 
 The garden glows. Tkomfon' i Spring, 
 
 4. To fhine fuddenly. Obfolete. 
 
 A flake of fire ihnt J/u/iing in his bcjrd. 
 Him all amaz'd. Spenjtr. 
 
 To Flush, v. a. 
 
 1. To colour; to redden: properly to 
 redden fuddenly. 
 
 The glowing dames of Zama's roval courts 
 Have {iees jl..jli'd with more exalred charms. 
 
 Addifen*s Cato. 
 Some court, or fecret corner feek, 
 yim f.uj,'i with Ihame the pafling virgin's check. 
 
 G.iy's Ttiii. 
 
 2. To elate; to elevate ; to give the ap- 
 pearance of fudden joy. 
 
 As profpcrous people, fiujhed with great vic- 
 toties and fucceffes, are rarely known to confine 
 their joys within the bounds of moderation and' 
 innocence. Atterltury'i Sermons. 
 
 Flush, adj. 
 
 1 . Fre(h ; full of vigour. 
 
 He took my father grody, fuUof bread. 
 With all his crimes broad blown, an(iy/.//;5as 
 
 May; 
 And how his audit Hands, who knows, fave 
 Heav*n. Shakjprarc. 
 
 I love to wear cloths that wteflujh, 
 Kot prefacing old rags with plufh. CUavthmd. 
 
 2. Affluent ; abounding. A cant word. 
 
 Lord Strut w.is not \eiy f.ujh in ready, either 
 to go to lav/ or clear old debts- ; neither could he 
 fiiidgoctl ball. Atbuthmt. 
 
 Flush, n.f. 
 
 1. Afflu.x ; fuddeu- impulfe ; violent flow. 
 1 his is commonly corrupted to fijli : 
 as, ^ fl'fl} of water. 
 
 Never had any man fuch a lofs, cries a widow- 
 er, in the Ji;ijh of his eiti'avagancies for a dead 
 wife. L'Ejh>i>:ge. 
 
 The pulfe of the arteries is not only caufcd by 
 the puU'at'on of the heart, driving the blood 
 through tiiem hi manner of a wave or fiitjh^ tut 
 by the coats of the arteries thcmfelves. Ray. 
 
 SueCwfs may give him a prefent_/'r//^ of joy ; 
 but when the ihoit tianfi>ort is over, the appre- 
 henlion of lofing futceeds to tlie care of acquir- 
 ing. Rogers' Sermons, 
 
 2 . Cards all of a fort. 
 
 To Fluster, v. a, [from. To fujh.l 
 To make hot and rofy with drinking } 
 to make ktlf drunk. 
 
 Three lads of Cyprus, noble fwelling fpiiits, 
 H.ive 1 ta-uig\\\flu/lrr''d with Hotting cups, 
 And tiiey watch too. S/inkJpcare's Of/iti/a, 
 
 FLUTE, n.f. lftifle,fMle,'Sxtnc\i;faytey 
 
 Dutch ] 
 I. A nnidcal pipe ; a pipe with flops for 
 
 the fingers. 
 
 Th' oars were filver, 
 
 Which to the tunc oifntn fccpt fltokc. Shaiff,
 
 FLU 
 
 Tlir fofteompI.iiiiin);^#'</.- 
 1,1 (lying iu)tc$ dilcuveis 
 Tlie WDcs of hoyclcU lovcis, 
 WliJlc (iir^e is wliil'pci'd by tin; w.iibliiig lute. 
 
 2. A channel or funow in a pillar, like 
 
 iHl- concave of a flute fj)lit. 
 T'o Flute, -u. <t. To cut columns into 
 
 hollows. 
 To FLU' rTER. V. «. [IjJowjian, Saxon ; 
 
 flotUr, Fr.] , , 
 
 1. To take iliort flights with great agita- 
 tion of the wings. 
 
 As an eagle (liiictli up licrncft,y?/^r/fcfr< ovci 
 her youn^', and fprcadctli abioad liei wiiips, fn 
 tlifi Lord altjnc did lead liiiii. D£rjfct^orio4ny. 
 
 Tliink you've .iti angi-l by the wings ! 
 One th.it gladly will i)c nit^li, 
 To wait upon each morning- figh ; 
 
 Tafrittfr in the halniy air 
 Of your wctl-pcrrumcd piay'r. Cr^Jiaiu. 
 
 They fed, ini\, /:ai'iiiig, by de;jrces withdrew. 
 
 2, To move about with great (how and 
 buttle without confequence. 
 
 Exccl's MiLiddlcs the bc(t wit, .md only makes 
 \ifiuttrr and froth high. Uuiv. 
 
 No rag, no fcrap of all the beau or wit, 
 Th,it once (ujiiilici 'd, and that once fo writ. 
 
 Pope's Dltrjci'id. 
 
 3, To be moved with quick vibrations 
 or undulations. 
 
 Yc fpiiits ! to your charge repair ; 
 The ^utt'rif'g fan be Zcphyrctta's care. Pope, 
 
 They the tall maft above the vcflV 1 rear, 
 Or teach ihc/utt'ring fail to float in air. Pope, 
 
 4. To be in agitation ; to move irregular- 
 ly ; to be in a ilate of uncertainty. 
 
 The relation being brought him what a l^lori- 
 ous vit^ory was got, and how long we fiutUfci 
 upon the wings of doubtful fncccfs, he was not 
 furprifcd. Htiiuel's focal forcft. 
 
 It is impoffible that men flionld certainly dif- 
 covcr the agreement or difccrnmcnt of i<le3s, 
 whilft their thoughts /?(.//fr about, or ftick only 
 in founds of doubifui fignification. Locke. 
 
 Eileem wc ihcfc, niy friends I event and cliancc, 
 Froduc'd by atoms ftom t\\c\: fitif'ring dance I 
 
 Pn'.r. 
 
 His thoughts are very fiutterin^ and w.indj|- 
 ing, and cannot be fixed attentively to a few 
 ideas fuccelfively. IViUts, 
 
 To Flu'ttkr. "u. a, 
 
 1. To drive in diforder, like a flock of 
 birds fuddcnly roiiftd. 
 
 Like an eagle in a dovccoat, I 
 F/i<tle)'il yom- Volfcians in Corioli. Slialfpeaic, 
 
 2. To hurry the mind. 
 
 3. To diforder the pofition of any thing. 
 Flu'tter. n, f. [from the verb. ] 
 
 1. Vibration; undulation; quick and ir- 
 regular motion. 
 
 An infinite vaiiety of motions are to be made 
 tife of in xhe flitter of a fan : there is the angiy 
 jiuttevy the modelV^wr/^T, and the timoious^*//- 
 ttr, MJtJon't ,ipefl,tlor. 
 
 2. Hurry ; tumult j diforder of mind. 
 
 3. Confulion ; irregular pofition. 
 Fluvia'tick. adj. \_Jtuvhttkus, Latin.] 
 
 Belonging to rivers. 
 FLUX. n. f. [fuxus, Latin; f„,x; 
 French.] 
 
 1. The aft of flowing ; paffage. 
 
 The finiple and primary motion of fire isj^uy, 
 in 2 diieiS line from the centre of the fuel to it^ 
 circumference. Dit^ny. 
 
 By the perpetual /./.v of the liquids, a great 
 part of tftem is thrown out of the bodv. ^rhuth. 
 
 2. The ftate of paffing away and giving 
 place to others. 
 
 FLY 
 
 Wluthtrthc l.Mt of the fun in snimals wliofe 
 pails aie fuLffirwc, and in a contininl^i/v, can 
 produce a deep afid perfeet glofs of blackncfs. 
 
 Rfiiun' I l^u'gjir }li r6Uri. 
 
 Wiiat the Hated rate of intcrclV (hould be, in 
 the eonftaiit change of affairs and_^i/v of money, 
 is lard to determine. LtcU. 
 
 Ill the conliiinent matter of one betly, turning 
 natnr.rlly 10 .nnotiier like body, the Itock or fund 
 can never he cxhaullcd, nor t.\\c Jiux and alleri- 
 tioii fcnflble. U''m:l;iar,l. 
 
 Languages, like our bodies, are in a perpetual 
 fiu.\-, ami fland in need of recruits to fupply 
 Ihofc words that .ire continually falling. pe/iori. 
 
 3. Any flow or ilTue of matter. 
 
 Qui ices flop /iVvei of blood. ,^rbuth>tct, 
 
 4. Dyfentery ; difcafe in which the btrvvtls 
 are excoriated and bleed ; bloody flux. 
 
 Kat caftcrn fpicc, (ecure 
 Fiom bnrning/'f/.vfr and hot calenture. linl!if.i\. 
 
 5. Excrement ;,, that which falls from 
 bodies. ,^,^ I ;;,,, ■, . 
 
 Civet is the very uncleanly ^.va- of a cat. 
 
 ShiikJ'peare. 
 
 6. Concourfc ; confluence. 
 
 Left and ahaudon'd of his velvet friends ; 
 'Tis right, quoth he ; thus milery doth part 
 The '/..-v of company. Shjkfp, AiynuUju it. 
 
 7. Tiie ftate of being melted. 
 
 b. That which mingled with the body 
 
 makes it melt. 
 Flux. a3j, \_fluxus, Latin.] ITncon- 
 
 ftant ; not (durable ; maintained by a 
 
 conflant fucceffion of parts. 
 To Flux, ti, a. 
 
 1 . To melt. 
 
 2. To falivate ; to evacuate by fpitting. 
 
 He might falhionably and genteelly have been 
 
 duelled ory///.vc./ into another world. Smth. 
 
 Fluxi'lity. n,f. [fhixiis, Latin.] Eali- 
 
 nefs of reparation of parts ; poflibility of 
 
 liqucfaftion. 
 
 Experiments feem to teach, that the fuppofed 
 averfation of nature to a vacuum is but accidental, 
 or in confequence, partly of the weight and 
 fluidity, or at \c,\i\ Jiuxilily ot the bodies heie 
 below. •• i:t.._, 1-. Buy!.; 
 
 Flu'xion-. n. f. [y?//.vM, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The aft of flowing. 
 
 2. The matter that flows. 
 
 Thcfuxioft incic.ifcd, and abfccffes were raifed. 
 
 IViJ'finan. 
 
 3. [In mathematics.] The arithmetick 
 or analyfis of infinitely I'mall variable 
 quantities ; or it is the method of finding 
 an infinite Imalloi infinitely fmall quan- 
 tity, which, being taken an iiiiinite 
 number of times, becomes equal to a 
 quantity given. Harris, 
 
 A penetration into the abftuife diliiculties and 
 depths of modern alijebra and ttuxiom^ arc ii'jt 
 worth the labour of thrjfc who defign the learned 
 profclhons as the bufiuefs of life. IVatti. 
 
 To FLY. "V. n. Yi^Qt, Jit'iv CSV Jleii ; part. 
 
 fled ox flown. [pUojan, Saxon. Yofly 
 
 is properly to ufe luitigs, and givci Jiew 
 
 snilfloivn. To fl^e is to efcape, or to go 
 
 iiivuy, pL'an, Saxon, and makes y?f;/. 
 
 Tiiey are now confounded.] 
 
 I . To move through the air with wingj. 
 
 Eic the bat hatii_^'c ?<'« 
 
 His rioiller'd flight. Sludfprare's Atmlrti. 
 
 Kowl that may ^y above the earth in the open 
 
 firmament of he.i\ 'n. G-.nejU, 
 
 Thcfc men's hartinefs the warier fort of you 
 
 do not commend : yc willi they had held tlicm- 
 
 felves longer in, and not ftoiun fo d-mgcroudy 
 
 abroad before the featlicis uf the caufe had been 
 
 grown, Hi,aker, 
 
 FLY 
 
 2. To pafs through the nir. , 
 
 Man is born unto trouble/ « the fparMAi up- 
 ward. "J-l: 
 
 3. To pafs away, witS the idea of fwift- 
 
 ncfs or cfcape. 
 
 Ev'n a romance, a tune, a rhime. 
 Help thee to pafs the tedious tune. 
 Which clfe Would on thy hand remain; 
 Though /Coiuw, it ne'er looks back again. Prinr. 
 
 4. Topafsfwiflly. 
 
 The fcouts withy?rf"^ fpecd 
 Return, and through the city fptcad the news.' 
 
 Dry Ux. 
 Earth rolls back beneath \i\tefiying Heed. Ptft, 
 
 5. To move with rapidity. 
 
 As (Inplirgs whip the top for fport, 
 Oil the I'mooth pavement of an empty court, 
 The wooden engine//- j and whirls about. Dryi. 
 
 6. To part with violence. 
 
 Glad to catch this (;ooJ ot-cafion, 
 Mofl thoroughly to be winnow'd, where my chaff 
 And corn (n.\\\J]y afunder. Shukjp. Her,ry viu. 
 
 He baffas heads, to favc his own, madc/vi 
 And now, tlie fultan to prcferve, muft die'. 
 
 7. To' break ; to fliiver ; to burft afunder 
 with a fudden explofion. 
 
 Behold, a frothy iuhflaiicc rife; 
 Be cautious, of your buttlc/rri. Siuift. 
 
 8. [plean, Saxon ; Jiichm, German.] To 
 run away ; to attempt efcape. In this 
 fcnie the verb is properly to /ki, whence 
 
 fl'd is formed ; but the following ex- 
 amples fliow that they are confoundi^d : 
 they are confounded oftener in the pre- 
 fent than in the preter teiife. 
 
 Which when the valiant elf perceiv'd, he leapt. 
 As hon fierce, upon the flying prey. Spen/er. 
 
 Ye Ihall flee, as yc/e.^ from before thecaith- 
 qu^ltC- Zrr/l. 
 
 Abiather efcaped and/^./ after David, i S^m. 
 
 What wonder if the kindly beams he fhed, 
 Reviv'd the drooping arts again; 
 If fcicnce rais'd her head, 
 And toft humanity, that from rebellion /!eJ. 
 
 Dry,i{rj. 
 
 He oft delir'd lo fy from Ifrael's thrnnc. 
 And live in (hades with her and iove alone. 
 
 Puor. 
 
 I'll fy from fhephcrds, flocks, and flow'iy 
 plains ; 
 From (h«phcrds, flocks, and pl.iinr I niav remove, 
 Eurfake mankind, and ail the world but love. 
 
 9. Tol'Lvat. To fprlng with violence 
 upon ; to fall on fuddenly. 
 
 A fervanr th.it lie bred, IhiiU'd with remorfe, 
 Oppoi'd againfl the aft, bending his fword 
 To his great inafter; wlio, theriat enrag'd, 
 Fleiv in him, and amuni;« iheni fell'dliim dead. 
 
 1 SLlifprure. 
 
 Though tlie dugs have ne.ycf feon the do;;- 
 killcr, yet they will come forth, and/r.u/ hiiu. 
 
 Hil.Or:'i Naluriil 'Hif.otw 
 
 No honour, no fortune, can keep a man front 
 being miferable, when an enraged confcicuce 
 diwWfly .1/ him, and lake him by the throat. 
 
 Seijt/i'i SertHOTit, 
 
 This is an age that /,W nt all learning, 'and 
 enquires efpecially into faults. S':i.:l:, 
 
 10. To ¥ i.\ m df face. To infult. 
 
 This would difcoiiragc any man from doing you 
 good, when you will either nrglcfl him, or /V 
 in /lis face; and lie nuift expcift only danger to 
 hinifelf. Swiff, Vrapi'er'i I.ettr.s, 
 
 11. 2o Fly in the face. To ad in defiance. 
 
 Fly in natiirc'syrtre; 
 — But how, if nature/y in my fact firft.> 
 — Then nature's the aggrefl'or. Dryd-n 
 
 12. To Fly 0^ To revolt. 
 
 Deny to fpcak tome? They're lick, they're 
 weary. 
 They have Iravell'd all the night ! mean fetches ■ 
 The images of revolt iiii flying eff. Shaiff.
 
 FLY 
 
 The tray tor Sypha* 
 tlew '1 at once with his Numidian liorfc 
 
 y!J.iifon'! Cizto. 
 
 13. To Fly out. To burft into paflion. 
 
 How eafy is a noble fpirit difceni'd. 
 From harlH and fulphuroiis matter that/<fJ out 
 In contumelies, makfs a noife, aud ftinks. 
 
 £{n yonfon's Catiline. 
 
 PalTion is apt to ruffle, and pride ^Mfy'J'' 
 into contumely and negUa. Collier cf Fncndjh. 
 
 14. To Fly out. To break out into 
 
 licence. ,j j • .j 
 
 You ul"c me like a courfer fpurr H and rein d . 
 If I fly fut, my fiercencfs you command. Hry. 
 
 Papms, when unoppofed, f.y out mto all the 
 pageantries of worflup ; but when they aie hard 
 prefled by arguments, lie clofc intrenched behind 
 the council of Trent. Tiryd^n. 
 
 J 5. To Fly out. To ttart violently from 
 any direflion. 
 
 All bodies, moved circularly, have a perpetual 
 endeavour to recede from the centre, and every 
 moment would /y ok/ in right lines, if they were 
 not reftra.ned. B<r,tky'. Sermmi- 
 
 16. To let Fly. To difcharge. 
 The noify culverin, o'crcharg'd, Ulsfy, 
 
 Andburfts, unaiming, in the rended iky. G««. 
 
 17. To be light and unencumbered: as, 
 a fjyhig camp. 
 
 To Fly. "0. a. 
 
 1. To ftiim ; to avoid ; to decline. 
 
 Love like a (hadow flies, when fubftance love 
 purtues ; 
 Purfuing that which flies, and fywg what pur- 
 fucs. Sl:akfe«ire. 
 
 O Jove, I think 
 Foundations/)' the wretched; fuch I mean. 
 Where tlicv ihould be relieved. SkaKfpear,. 
 
 If you/v phylitk in health altogether, it wnl 
 be too Itiange for your body when you Ihall need 
 jj B.icon's Ejjayi. 
 
 ' O whither (hall 1 run, or which viy fy 
 The fight of this lo horrid Ipcaaclc. M:!tl,"_ 
 
 2 To refufe afTociation with. 
 
 Sleep /'>! the wretch; or when with cares 
 opprcrt, 
 And his tofs'd limbs are wearyM into reft, 
 Then dreams invade. Dryden'x juve,w.. 
 
 Nature /<Vj him like enchanted ground. V'yd- 
 
 9. To quit by flight-. 
 
 Dsdalus, 10 fy ll>e Cretan ITiore, 
 His heavy limbs on jointed pinions bore, 
 The firft who fail'd in air. . Dryden s ji.n. 
 
 4. To attack by a bird of prey. 
 
 If a man can tjme this moniVer, and with her 
 gy other ravening fowl, and kill ihcm, u is fomc- 
 what worth. . . 
 
 c It is probable that pia was onginally 
 the preterit oi fly, when it lign.fied vo- 
 lation, and/f^ when it lignified efcape : 
 gr,nvn (hould be confined hkewife to 
 volation ; but thefe difunaions are now 
 confounded. I know not any book ex- 
 cept the fcriptures in '.vhich fly and flei 
 are carefully kept feparate. 
 Fly. n.f. [pleoge, Saxon.] , 
 
 I. A finall winged infea of many fpecies. 
 A« flii! to wanton boys, are we to th' gods ; 
 They kill us for their fport. Sh^^kjp. K. Leur. 
 My country neighbours begin to think of being 
 in general, before they come to think of tlie/v 
 in their (heep, or the tares in their corn Locke. 
 To prevent thc/j, lo.me purpofe to fow alhes 
 xpith the feed. Morlimcr'i Hafia»dry. 
 
 To hecdlersj9/« the window? proves 
 Aconftantde. th. Thomfon's Summer. 
 
 ■> That part of a machine which, being 
 '"put into a quick motion, vegnlates and 
 equalifes the motion of the reft. 
 
 11 we fuppofe a man tied in p'a" of the 
 weight, it were eafy, by a- lingte hair faftencd 
 
 F O A 
 
 unto the;?y or balance of the jack, to draw him 
 up from the ground. _ IVtlkim. 
 
 3. That part of a vane which points how 
 
 the wind blows. 
 To Fly'blow. v. a. [ fly and blo'w.\ 
 To taint with flies ; to fill with maggots. 
 I am unwilling to believe that he dcfigns to 
 play tricks, and to fyhkw my word^, to make 
 others diftafte them. Stilltr.gfed. 
 
 Like ifyblo'.vn cake of tallow ; 
 Or, OB parchment, ink turn'd yellow. Swift. 
 
 So morning infecfls, that in muck begun, 
 Shine, buz, ini flyblow in the fetting fun. Pope. 
 Fly'boat. n.f. [fly and hoat.'\ A kind 
 
 of veffel nimble and light for failing. 
 Flyc.-v'tcher. n.f. \_fly2.nA catch. 1 One 
 
 that hunts flies. 
 
 There was more need of Brutus in Domitian's 
 days, to mend, than of Horace, to laugh at a 
 fiycatchtr. 0,yden. 
 
 The fwallow was a flycH:her ss well as the 
 fpider. VEJi.arge. 
 
 Fly'er. n.f. [from/^.] , 
 
 I. One that flies or runs away. This is 
 written more frequently flier. 
 
 They hit one another with dails, as the others 
 do with their hands, which thev never throw 
 counter, but .it the back of tlic/.-tr. Sandyi. 
 
 He grieves fo mnny Britons (liould be loft ; 
 Taking more pains, when he beheld them yield, 
 To fave the/vi i than to win the held. Malltr. 
 . One that ufes wings. 
 . The fly of a jack. 
 [In architefture.] Stairs made of an 
 oblong fquare figure, whofe fore and 
 back fides are parallel lo each other, and 
 fo are their ends : the fecond of thefe 
 flyiri (lands parallel behind the firft, the 
 third behind the fecond, and fo are faid 
 
 to fly off from one another. Moxon. 
 
 To Fly'fish. -v.ri. [flyat)dfjh.] To 
 
 angle with a hook baited with a fly, 
 
 either natural or artificial. 
 
 I Ihall give you fomc direftions for fly-flJi"'S- 
 
 FOAL. n. f [pola, Saxon.] The ofi'- 
 fpring of a maie, or other beall of 
 
 burden. 
 
 Alio flew his flccd, 
 And with his winged heels did tread the wind, 
 As he had been a foal of Pegafus's kind. 
 
 Jdi'V Queer. 
 Twenty (he-afles and ten foa/i. Ger:r/:s. 
 
 To Foal. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 bring forth. Uftd of mares. 
 
 Give my hotfc to Timon : it foali me ftraight 
 Ten able horfcs. Shaiffeare'i Timon. 
 
 Such colts as are 
 Of generous race, fliaiglit, when they firfl are 
 
 foal-d. 
 Walk proudly. -"^^'^ Ge^rguki 
 
 ToFoAL. iJ.n. To be difburdened of 
 the fetus. Ufed of beads of burden. 
 
 About September take your marcs into the 
 l.oufe, where keep them 'till lUy foai. Morixn. 
 Fo'ALBiT. 7 „. r Plants. 
 
 Fo ALFOOT. J -' 
 
 FOAM. ti.f. [pam, Saxon.] The white 
 fubftance which agitation or fermenta- 
 tion gathers on the top of liquors ; 
 froth ; fpume. 
 The ''cam upon the water. Hof". 
 
 Whitening down their mofly tinaur'd ftream 
 Dctccnds the billowy /tw"". Thomfon'i Sfring. 
 To Foam. -j. n. [from the noun.] 
 I. To froth ; to gather foam. 
 
 What a beard of the general's cut will do a- 
 mong framing bottles and ale-warti'd wits, is 
 
 wondctful. S/>^Jt<'" ''I H""y *• 
 
 F O C 
 
 Cifar fell down in the market-place, and 
 foam'd at mouth, and was fpeechlefs. Shaifp. 
 
 To Pallas high the/<!.i»iJ»g bowl he crown'd. 
 And fprinkl'd large libations on the ground. 
 
 Vope'-i Odyffcy. 
 
 Upon i foaming horfe ' 
 
 There follow'd ftiait a man of royal port. Rowe. 
 
 2. To be in rage ; to be violently agitated. 
 
 Hefoameil:, and gnalheth with his teeth. .Mar. 
 
 Fo'amy. ad\ [from /oam.] Covered with 
 
 foam ; frothy. 
 
 More white than Neptune' s/oaoyi face. 
 When ftruggling rocks he would embrace. SiJt. 
 
 Behold how high the/oamy billows ride ! 
 Tlie winds and waves are on the jufter fide. 
 
 D'-vden. 
 
 FOB. n. f. Ifuppf, fupfuche, German.] 
 A fraall pocket. 
 Who pick'd a/sA at holding forth. Hndih. 
 When were the dice with more profufioa 
 thrown? 
 The well-fill'd fob, not empty 'd now alone. 
 
 tifydeni JuV'n.-il. 
 
 He put his hand into his fob, and piefentcd 
 
 me in hit n.ime with a tohacco-fiopper. Ad.i\f. 
 
 Two pockets he called hii/o*j; they were too 
 
 large flits fqEceied clofe by the preffure of his 
 
 beily. Swift. 
 
 Orphans around his bed the lawyer fees, 
 Ar.d takes the plaintiff's and defendant's fces^ 
 His fellow pick purfc, u arching fur a job. 
 Fancies his finger's in the cully's fob. Swift. 
 To Fob. t>. a. [/u/i^fn, German.] 
 
 1. To cheat ; to trick ; to defraud. 
 
 I think it is fcurvy, and bfgin to hnd myfelf 
 fM'dmxt. Sbaifpeare'i Othdlo. 
 
 Shall there 1 c a gallows ftandiug in England 
 when thou art king, and rcfolution (hm fol-ty d 
 as it is with the rulty curb of old father antick 
 the law. Shakffeare'i Henry I v. 
 
 He goes preding foiward, 'till he ViS fobbed 
 again with another ftory. L'Ejlrangi. 
 
 2. To Fob of. To (hlft off; to put afide 
 with an artifice ; to delude by a trick. 
 
 You muft not think 
 To/oi off your difgraces with a tale. Shakfpiare. 
 
 For they, poor knaves, were glad to cheat, 
 To get their wives and children meat; 
 But thefe will not hefobb'doff fo, 
 They muft have wealih and power too. Hudib. 
 
 By a Ravenna vintner once betray'd. 
 So much for wine and water mix'd I paid; 
 But when 1 thought the purchas'd liquor mine, 
 The ralcal/oii'"' mc iff with oniy wine, ylddif. 
 
 Being a great lover of country- fports, I abfo- 
 luttly determined not to be a miciifter of rtate, 
 nor to he fvib' doff with a garter. ylUdifm, 
 
 Focal, aelj. [from focus.] Belonging 
 to the focus. See Foe us. 
 
 Schelhammer demandeth whether the convex- 
 ity or concavity of the drum collcifts ray> into a 
 /o£-<j/ point, 01 fcalters them. Derhcri. 
 
 Fo'ciL. n.f [/cfiZf, French.] The greater 
 or lefs bone between the knee and 
 ankle, or elbow and wrift. 
 
 Tlic fraflure was of both the/ic/Vi of the left 
 \f.a Wiftman, 
 
 Focilla'tion. n. /. [Joc'tV.o^ Latiii.] 
 Comfort; fnpport. D'ltt. 
 
 FO'CUS. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 I . [In opticks. ] The focus of a glafs is 
 the point of convergence or concourfe, 
 where the rays meet and crofs the axis 
 after their refraftion by the glafs. 
 
 The point from which rays diverge, or to 
 
 which they converge, may be called their focui. 
 
 Netvton'i Ofticki. 
 
 t. Focus of a Parabola. A point in the 
 axis within the figure, and difiant from 
 the vertex by a fourth part of the para- 
 meter, or latui redum. Harris.
 
 FOG 
 
 J. Yocv% of an Ell'fjis. A point towanls 
 cull end of tho longer axis; from 
 whence two ri^lit liiics lieijjjr Jravvn tu 
 any point in tlie circimifcicnee, fliall be 
 loaciKcr eqiud to that Idw^ev a\i.^. 
 *■'-;■'": Hanu 
 
 4. Foe lis ^/" /if HyL'flnjla. A point in 
 tlie principal axij, within the Oj^pulkt' 
 hyperbolas ; from winch if auy tivo 
 ri;;ht lines are drawn, mettiiig in tithtr 
 of the oppofile h)perbolas, the diiTcr- 
 encc will be equal 10 the pri;.)cipal axis. 
 
 ' Dh^. 
 
 FO'DDER. n.y. [j-.o";^re) po^sji, Saxon.] 
 iJry food llorcd up for cattle agsinll 
 win'.er. ■ 
 
 Thcnfnrtle, ftan-inj for Want of ydi/ijVf, cor- 
 rupted rii'e nil-. Kno/Us' Ilf^ory cf ike Tirks. 
 Btiiig not ru he r.iiU(i without wintering, tliev 
 Vi'ill hcljj'to forfrc'hifri imo improvement of land 
 by i nccclfiiy of f^ i i:r. 'icinpii. 
 Of griifs and yii.'jr thou defraiicl'ft tlie dams, 
 And of llleir mjtliers dugs tlie (t-jrving latr-bs. 
 
 7b Fc'riBFR. 1': 17. [from the noun.] To 
 feed with diy food. 
 
 Natural tartn ii lakcii from juft under the turf 
 of the lieft palhire ground, in a .pUcc ^tiiat ,has 
 
 From Wiircrr keep, 
 WtU foidti'd '1 the llalU, tliy tender (hcep. 
 I ' Drydtn'i ri'^i/. 
 
 A farm uf fifty pound Irath commonly tlircc 
 tarns, with as many cowyards toy>/(/iilf'- cattle in. 
 i^Ut'timii'^i HuJo*tnJyv. 
 Straw will do u ell enough to fudJer with, 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 f o'noERER. n. f. [from foJckr\'\ He 
 
 who fodders cattle. 
 FOE. n. f. [pah, Sa.\otv;/«f, Scottifh.] 
 I. An enemy in war. , ,■ ' 
 
 Ere he had eftal>lilhed tiis throne, 
 He fought great battles with his favageyo^, 
 In wiiich lie them deieatcd ever more. Tai>y Q. 
 
 Never but one raoie wa_s cithcrhfce, j_|. 
 To meet fo great ^foe. " \''!\ '. ' ,^{i(foff. 
 
 2, A perfecutor ; an enemy in common 
 life. 
 
 God's benifon go with you, and uHrh rhofe 
 That would make good of Lad, and friends of 
 
 Fo-c'd by thy worth, thy foe in death become, 
 Tl'.y friend haslodgVi ihcc in a coftly tonih. 
 
 Dryden^s Fables 
 Thy defccls to know, 
 Make ufe of cv'ry friend, and sv'ryfoe. Fcpr 
 
 3. An opponent; an ill wither. 
 
 He that confiders and enquires into the reafon 
 
 of tilings, is counted a/vf to received doctrines. 
 
 IJ'ait! on the Mind 
 
 Fo'em.^n. n. /. [from fot and man.] 
 
 Enemy in war ; antagonill. Obfolete. 
 
 Here haunts tr.at rici'd,and does liis daily fpuil; 
 
 Therpfoic henceforili he at your keeping wlII, 
 
 And ever ready for your f^^eniaii fell. fi::ry Q. 
 
 AVlwt valiant/cfm.m, like to Autumn's corn, 
 Have we mow'd down in top of all their pride = 
 
 Shakfj-eari'i llrnry vl. 
 
 FO'ETUS. n.f. [Latin.] The child in 
 
 the womb after it is perfeftly formed : 
 
 b'lt before it is called tmbrio. ^lincy. 
 
 A/.rtui, in tlie mothet's womb, AiSqth liut 
 
 nu.ch from the ft.^te of a vt^^etable. /.:,-/ 
 
 FOG. n. / [/o^, Danilh, a ftorm.] A 
 thick mitt ; a moill dcnfe vapour near 
 the furface of the laud or water. 
 
 Infect her beauty, 
 ■^'ou fenfuck'd/-^'! drawn by tlie powr'ful fun, 
 To fall and blaft her pride. S'ulfo. Kin' Lc^' . 
 
 Vol. I. ' - 
 
 F O I 
 
 LfiUr niil}s ailri/^^i than tiinfc wlil^h cflvrrpd 
 Gu-iLc vvilh Uiloiig tLokiicli, prclcillgrc.il .ilifi- 
 •ttioiib in (nc fiiit Jiul inoun. RAif^k 
 
 Kly, liy, pi-ujMiatieyb^gi / far hcuce fiy aw.iy; 
 Taint not (tic pure lhi.'uin& of tlic Ipimgin^- day, 
 Wiifi your (tu!l inflm-nct : it is I'jr you 
 Tu fit aiici ftuuie upun iiigUt's heavy bw»w. 
 
 Fsgi a'C frcqiicrir'y o!,. ... runtctrini;, 
 even in our iiouclt niuir.ii . ii\,c.i:ii<v,i. 
 
 Fog. /;. f, [f'>;^<'^^him, low Latin. Gra- 
 tncn ill J i/iifLi tr^is losti'ur ^ro f«^^gH^i.>. 
 Lt^<s/orcJi. Scoiica.] Afiergrafto; grals 
 which avows ill autumn aJtcr the hay ia 
 mown. 
 Fo'ggily. Ci^j. [fiom/^oj'.] MKUIyj 
 
 darkly ; cloudily. 
 IVgginess, //. /. [froni yb^^fv'.] TIk- 
 ilatc of being dark or miily ; cloudincfs ; 
 nii[UiitT^. , , 
 Fo'ggy, at/;, l^voxn fog-l 
 r. Mil^y ; cloudy j dank ; full of moift 
 vapours. 
 
 A! is ! while wc are wrapt in ft^g^v mift 
 Of our fclt'-lov^, io pr\lTions do tieceive, . 
 Wc chink, tiity hurt, whtii muft thty do .THift. 
 
 , .. . - S:J::ey. 
 
 And Phirt'U'i flying fo, napft fhameful fight. 
 His blulhiiig r.iLc u'ifoggjf clouds jtnplya, 
 Aad hides for n,i.iinc. . " :. . Sjtf*J<:r. 
 
 Whence h.ive tAeytliis mettle ?_ 
 Is not their cWnvitc xfiggj' , raw and dull? 
 
 ' ' >ShukJp€(irt*i t{trtr\ w 
 Asclecre Phoebus, when ioxixt foggy cloud 
 Hts bnglitnciVe iVom the world a wl^le doth 
 
 fhrowd, 
 Doch by degrees bcghlnflf.'^td^ltcW'his tight. 
 ' * ' ' Urciuri 
 
 Let noA ail* be fubjcft to any /o^^v noiiome- 
 neit,, fronv fens or ma^ihck near adjoinlog. 
 
 About M?aiaetiTiis, the Veat her fair, and by no 
 
 mcahs/s^g^'f) reitt'c your i arc ll plants. Ev^lyr:. 
 
 2. Cloudy in underftanding ; dull. 
 
 Foil. IntirjcLl. [from "pah, Saxon, an 
 
 enemy.] An Interjedlion of abhorrence ; 
 
 , as \i one Ihould at fight of any thing 
 
 hated ciy out a foe ! 
 
 ]^ut to jfTc^ft' many propofed ranrches 
 Of her own thmc, compUxion and degree, 
 Whcic-ru we Cte in all things nature tends, 
 Fch ' One ftirfv fmel! in loch a will molt rank, 
 FojI (^i^p^upurtiEln^, tniiu^h;^ unnatural. S'ta^j'p, 
 
 FOFBLE, n.f, [French,] A weak fide ; 
 a blind fide ; a failing. 
 
 He knew I'vxc f-Jlia of iiumJn nature, Tricmi. 
 
 The wirty men lomctimcs have fenle enough 
 
 to knovv their own /&fAiVjand ihercforc they ei jf- 
 
 liiy (hun the attacks of iiigumcnt. ifutt^. 
 
 To FOIL. V. a, [_it/pJ^i^r, to wound, old 
 
 French.] 
 I. To put to the vvorft j to defeat ; though 
 without a complete victory. 
 
 Ani.izemenr lelzM 
 The rebel tlirones j but greater r;i£C to fee 
 Tho$/c;V\/ their mightitit. MiUon. 
 
 Leader of th )fc artiiies hiig! t. 
 Which but ih' omnipotent iiune could have foil* J. 
 
 Ytt rhefe fuHeft not : I to thee difclofe 
 What inw;ird tlicncc I feel, not therefore yW/\/ .• 
 Who meet with vaiious objcds, from the fenfe 
 V^rioully rcpiefeniing: yet IliU free, 
 Approve the bert, and follow what I approve. 
 
 Strange, that your fingers Ihould the pencil/n;,'. 
 Without the liclp of colours or of oil! /fii/ff. 
 
 He h.id litcafeikJ in the cure, and had left it 
 to nature. it'/femnn'i Sutge'v. 
 
 In their confliiHs with fin they have been lb 
 ohtnfoilcdf that they iiow clcfpair of ever getting 
 the ciny. G^^a^ny'i Scrm»rts. 
 
 F O I 
 
 V'iiHie, difdain, defpair, 1 oft liKve fry'd; 
 And, pii'J, have witli new arms my fuc dely'd. 
 
 ■ ■ -P'J'^".- 
 
 But I, the con fort of the thundcrer, , ■ 
 H ive wag'rf a long and unfucccfiful war; ' - 
 With various aits and aims in vaia iiavc toil'df 
 Ana by a raorral man at length ain/o/A/. D-tl. 
 
 2. [/owV/er, IVeiich.] To Liunt ; to dull. 
 
 When Ifglit-wing'd toys 
 Of fcather'd Cupid/»//, with wanton dulnefs, 
 My rpeculative and otiic'd inftiumeiits. Shuifn, 
 
 3. To defeat ; to p«7,zle. 
 
 Whilft I aiti following one charaiflor, I am 
 ciofs'd in my way hy another, and put up fueli 
 a vaiJuy of odd creatures in liotli fcxes, th.it 
 they Jo:/ il.c fcent of one anothtr, and puzzle the 
 ci.ace. Addtjoi-. 
 
 Foil. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A defeat ; a mifcarriage ; an advan- 
 tage gained wit'. out a complete conquell. 
 
 VVe of thy cunning had no dilfldence; 
 O.ie fuddcn/i.-V .Tiall never breed diftruft. Shaltf. 
 
 Whoi'oever ovcrtl-.rowcth his mate in fuch fort, 
 as that either his back, or the one (houlder, mvX 
 coiaiaiy lu-el do touch the ground, (hall he ac- 
 counted to give tiic fall: if lie he endangered, 
 and make a narrotv efcapc, it is call'd t foil. 
 ■ •» ;».;.M-.-.-;. ■■ Carevi. 
 
 So after inany a/s/f the tempter prouil. 
 Renewing frelh alfaults, admidd h^s pride, 
 Fell whence he lto<id 10 lee his vii!tov fall. MUt, 
 
 When age fiiali level nie to impotence, 
 And Iwcating pleafuic leave mc on the foil. 
 
 Southern, 
 
 Death never won a ftakc with greater toil, 
 Nur e'er was fate to near :xfoil. Dryden^ 
 
 2. \_feui!!e, French.] Leaf gildinp;. 
 
 A. fiately palace, built of Iquared brick. 
 Which cunningly was u ithout mortal laid, 
 Whole walis wcic high, but nothuig ftrong nor 
 
 liiiek, 
 And golden /o/V all overtltcm difpby'd. pMiy Q, 
 
 Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, 
 ^ or in the gliftering/c/7 
 
 Setoff to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies. 
 
 Mihtn. 
 
 5. SoinetJiing of another colour near which 
 jewels are fet to raife their lu.lre. 
 
 As tire a black filk c.tp on him begun 
 To fet (oT foit\ii his milk-white to fervc, Sidt.-ey., 
 
 Like brlgiit metal on a fullen ground. 
 My reformation glittering o'er my fault, 
 Shall (hew more goodly, and attradt more eyes. 
 Than that which hath no/i/V to fet it ofl". Sliatf, 
 
 The fullen palTjge of thy weary iieps 
 Etleemaya//, wherein tliouart to fee 
 The precious jewel of thv Lome. S.iafffpeare. 
 
 'Tis the property of all true diamonds to unite 
 the fill clofely to itfelf, aad thereby better aug- 
 ment its liiiire : the fill ii a mixture of maflicn 
 and liurnr ivory. Iheiu'i Mufaum. 
 
 llefrorhas a/i;'/ to fet him off: we oppofe the 
 incontinence ot Pat is to the temperance of Hec- 
 tor, iiio^.me 6>i the0.iyjj-:y, 
 
 4. [fiom /i/iv;//?,", French.] AbluntfworJ 
 ufedin fencing. 
 
 He that plays the king fha'.l he welcome; his 
 mijelly ihjlj nave tribute of me: the adventurous 
 knight Ihall ufe his foil and target. Sluikfpeme, 
 
 Fo'iLER. 71. f, [from foU.'\ One wha 
 
 has gained advantage over another. 
 To FO)N. "D. ?i. \_foiiidir, Fr. Skinner."^ 
 To pullt in fencing. 
 He hew'd, and lafh'd, zndfoln'df and thuM- 
 der'd blow«, 
 A cveiy way did fcek mtohis life ; 
 Ne plate, ne mall, could ward fo mighty th.rowj. 
 But vie'dcd palf.ige to his croc! knife. F*.i'v Q. 
 He cares not what nfiichief he doth, if hit 
 weapon he out : he willy'o.''! like any devil; he 
 will I'paic ncillitr man, woman, nor cl-.ild. 
 
 S!i.ikffcart'i Her.iy v 1 1 .
 
 F O L 
 
 Th«n botli, no moment loft, at once advance 
 Againlt each other, arm'd with fword and lance : 
 They lafti, they/s/n, they pafs, they ftrive to 
 
 bore 
 Their corflets, and the thinneft parts explore. 
 
 ' DryJfn. 
 
 FoiK. /I./, [from the verb.] Athruil; 
 
 a pu(h. . 
 
 Fo'lNiNCLY. adv. [from fotn.\ In a 
 
 pulhing manner. 
 f o'isoN. n. f. [poifon. Sax.] Plenty ; 
 
 abundance. Out of ufe. 
 
 Pay iuftly ihv tithes, whatfoever thou be, 
 . That God may in bleffing fend/o./w to thee. 
 
 Be wilful to kill, and unfkilful to ftore, 
 Andloolv for no>.yii, I tell thee before, lujjcr. 
 
 Nature (hould bring forth, 
 Of its own kind, Mfoifon, all abundance, 
 To feed my innocent people. Shakjfcarc s / emf^ 
 
 As thofe that feed grow full, as bloffommg 
 time . 
 
 That from the feednefs the bare fallow brings 
 To teeming fcyo;;; fo her plenteous womb ^ 
 Exprcffeth his tuU tilth and hulb-mdiy. i-*";'/'- 
 
 2i Foist, -a. fl. [/a#r, French.] lo 
 infert by forgery. 
 
 Left negligence or paitiality might admit or 
 foiji in abules and corruption, an aichdeacon was 
 appointed to take account of their doings. L^rtw. 
 
 Foigc law, mAfajl into fomc by place 
 Of fome old rotten roll. Dryien^ Don. Selaft. 
 
 Foi'sTiNESS. «./. [from /o//?)'.] iulti- 
 
 nefs ; mouldinefs. 
 
 Dicfs muftard, and lay it in cellar up 
 
 fweet, 
 
 l,eft/o.*«i/> make it for table unmeet. I :<Jj-:' ■ 
 
 Fo'isTV. a^'. [SeeFfSTY.] Mouldy; 
 
 fully. 
 FOLD. n. / [plx», pi's, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . The around in which Iheep are conhned. 
 
 His eyes he open'd, and beheld a field 
 Pait arable and tilth ; whereon were ftieaves 
 New reap'd; the other part, ftieepwalks and 
 
 In thv book record their groans. 
 Who were thy Iheep, and in their ancient/oW 
 
 2. The place where fheepare houfed. 
 
 Time drives the flocks from field to fcld, 
 When rivers rage and rocks grow cold; 
 And Philomel becometh dumb, „ , . > 
 
 And all complain of cares to come. Rnl-.-gh. 
 •». The flock of iheep. < 
 
 And this vnu fee I fcarcely drag along. 
 Who yeaning on tne rocks has left her young, 
 The hope ^nA promife of my failing /o/J. D'yd. 
 A. A limit; a boundary. 
 
 ^ Secure from meeting, they're diftm«ly roll d , 
 Nor leave their feuts, and pafs the dread-ul fclJ . 
 
 CrttJi. 
 
 rfrfrom plb, Saxon.] A double; a 
 complication ; an invohuion ; otie part 
 added to another; one part doubled 
 upon another. 
 
 She in this trice of time 
 Commits a thing fo monfirous to dlfmant'e 
 
 So many l-M< of favour ! ^;L^'^'Ta 
 
 The ancentEgyptian mummies were Qiiowricd 
 
 in a number of fold, of linen, hefmeared with 
 
 Bucr.; Nat ll,f:ory. 
 
 Not with indented wave, the ferpent then 
 Prone on the ground, as fince ; but on his rear 
 Circular bafe of rifing/o/<i, that tower d 
 /c«above/o«, afurgmgma«! M.lto^. 
 
 Let the draperies he nobly fpread upon the 
 body, and Ut the fo!H> be large : the parts fhould 
 be ,J:en travcrfedby the Howmg of the/^W'. 
 
 D'vdtn's Di'J"["Oy- 
 
 With fcai and wonder feii'd, the crowd be- 
 
 Thc glove''s o'f death, with feveo dittinguith-d/.W. 
 0£ tough buU bides. D'y''" ' ^"&-'- 
 
 F O L 
 
 The inward coat of a lion's flomach has 
 ftronger/c/A than a human, but in other things 
 not much ditferent. .Arhuih.'.t. 
 
 6. From the foregoing fignification is de- 
 rived the ufe of fold in compofiticn. 
 Fold fignifies the fame quantity added : 
 as ttuo fold, twice tlie quantity ; twenty 
 fold, twenty times repeated. 
 
 But other fell into good ground, and brought 
 forth fruit; fome an hundrid fold, lotne fixiv fotd, 
 fome l/„rtyfo/d. Mm,/uiu. 
 
 At laft appear 
 Hell bounds high reaching to the horrid roof. 
 And thrice three fo/d the gates: t/:rie folds were 
 
 brafs, 
 Thice iron, three of adamantine rock. Mi.'tr^n. 
 
 Tiieir martvr'd blood and alhes fow 
 O'er all th' Italian fields, where flill doth fway 
 The triple tyrant ; that from thefe may grow 
 i^humlrcdfo'd. Milton. 
 
 To Fold. t. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To Ihiit Iheep in the fold. 
 Tne fiar that bids the fhcpherrt/o/i. 
 
 Now the top of he..Vn doth hold. Mihon. 
 
 We fee that thf fMi^g of (hcep helps ground, 
 as well by their warmth as by their conipoft. 
 
 Bactn'i Natural ilifory. 
 She in pens bis fiocks-will/cW, 
 And then produce her dairy ftoie, 
 With wine to drive away the cold. 
 And unbought dainties of the poor. Drydm 
 
 2. Toenclofe; to include ; to fliut. 
 We will dcfcend mAfold him in cur arms. 
 
 Shakff care's Richard II. 
 
 Witnefs my ton, bow in the (hade of death, 
 Whofe bright outlining beams thy cloudy wr.nh 
 Hath in eternal darknefs W.Vf</up. Shaifyrare 
 
 The fires i' th' loweft hcll/o.'i in the people ! 
 Shakffearc's Corioia'MS. 
 
 3. [paloan, Saxon.] To double; to com- 
 plicate. 
 
 As a vefture (halt thon fold them up. Heh. 
 
 Yet a little Hcep, a little fluraber, a little /o/./- 
 
 ing of the hands to llecp. ^TV'"' 
 
 They ht foldm together as thorns. Nahum. 
 
 I have feen her ri(c from her bed, unl 'ck her 
 
 clofet, take foith paper, foU sx, write upon 't, 
 
 read it, feal it, and again return to bed. Shakfp, 
 
 Confcious of its own impotence, it folds its 
 
 arms in defpair, and fits curfing in a corner. 
 
 Collier oj iiTTl'v- 
 
 Both furl their fails, and ftrip them for tiie 
 
 tight ; „ , 
 
 Their/oWfi (heets difmifs the ufelefs air. Dryd. 
 
 To Fold. v. n. To clofe oyer another of 
 
 the fame kind ; to join with another of 
 
 the fame kind. 
 
 The two leaves ot the one door were /3/.//i^, and 
 the two leaves of the other door vete folding. 
 
 I Kings. 
 
 FOLrA'CEOUS. adj. [folinceus, from 
 folium, Latin.] Confifting of laminx or 
 
 leaves. 
 
 A piece of another, confifting of an outer cruft, 
 of J ruddy talky (par, and a blue talky^t//;<jir«i/j 
 ^ j|._ H^oodiuaid on Perils. 
 
 Foliage, n.f. [fo.'ium, Latin ; feuil/age, 
 French.] Leaves; tufts of leaves; the 
 apparel of leaves to a plant. 
 
 The great columns ate finely engraven with 
 
 fruits and foUage, that run twiltiiig about them 
 
 from the very top to the bottom. ^ddifon. 
 
 When fwelling buds their od' rous foliage (hcd. 
 
 And gently harden into fruit, the wife 
 
 Spire not the little offsprings, if they grow 
 
 Redundant. P^'"P'- 
 
 To Fo'lIATE. v. a. IfoUatus, folium, 
 
 Latin.] To beat into laminx or leaves. 
 
 Gold Mi/frf, or any taetdi fJiuted, clcavcth. 
 
 J fiecon. 
 
 F O L 
 
 If gold be foliated, and held between yeiir 
 
 eyes and the light, the light looks of a grecnifh 
 
 \,\^e.. Neuron's Opticks. 
 
 Folia'tion. n. f. [foUatio, folium, Lat.] 
 
 1. The act of beating into thin leaves. 
 
 2. Foliation is one of the parts of a flower, 
 being the coUedlion of thofe fugacious 
 coloured leaves called petala, which con- 
 flitute the compafs of the flower ; and 
 fometimes guard the fruit which fuc- 
 ceeds the foliation, as in apples and 
 pears, and fometimes ftand within it, as 
 in cherries and apricots ; for thefe, being 
 tender and pulpous, and coming forth 
 in the fpring, would be injured by the 
 weather, if they were not lodged up 
 within their flowers. ^Incy. 
 
 Fo'liature. n.f. [from /o//um, Latin.] 
 The ftate of being hammered into leaves. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 FOLIO, n.f. [m/o//o, Latin.] A large 
 book of which the pages are formed by 
 a ftieet of paper once doubled. 
 
 Plumbinus and Plumeo marie lets progrcfs in 
 knowledge, though they had read over more 
 l,,jios. IVatis on the Mir.J., 
 
 Fo'liomort. ad-. [foliummortuum,L^u} 
 A dark yellow; the colour of a leaf 
 faded : vulgarly called phiiomot. 
 
 A flinty pebble was of a dark-green colour, 
 and the extcriour corte.i of n foliomort colour. 
 
 ITo-'diuardon FoJJl's. 
 
 FOLK. n.f. [pole, Saxon ; Wi, Dutch : 
 it is properly a noun colleclive, and Has 
 no plural but by modern corruption.] 
 
 1. People, in familiar language. 
 Never troubling him, either with afking quef- 
 
 tioiis, or finding fault with his melancholy, but 
 rather fitting to h s dolor dolorous dilcourfcs of 
 theh own and other /orti misfortune. Sldnty. 
 Dorilaus having married his fitter, had his 
 marriage in (hurt time bleft, for fo are/s/* wont 
 to fay, how unhappy fo ever the children aiiet 
 grow, with a fon. Sidney. 
 
 When with grcateft art he fpoke, 
 You'd think he talk'd like othcr/o« ; 
 For all a rhetorician's rules 
 Teach nothing but to name his tools. Huditras.. 
 
 2. Nations; mankind. 
 Thou fhalt judge the folk righteoufly, and go- 
 vern the nations upon earth. _ Pfihns. 
 
 3. Any kind of people as difcriminated. 
 
 from others. 
 
 The liver thrice hath flow'd, no ebb between ; 
 And the old/o/if, time's doting chronicles. 
 Say it did fo a little time before. Skakffenre. 
 
 Anger is a kind of halcnefs; as it appears 
 well in the weaknefs of children, women, old 
 folks, andfick/Vd. _ Ba::on. 
 
 4. It is now ufed only in familiar 01 bur- 
 lefque language. 
 
 Old good man Dobfon of the green, 
 Remembers he tne tree has feen. 
 And goes with/o/fi to ftrew the fight. Sivift. 
 
 He walk'd and wore a thieadbaie cloak ; 
 He din'd and fupp'd at charge of other /o/i. 
 
 Sii^ift-, 
 
 Fo'lkmote. n.f. [from foil and moti.'] 
 
 Thofe hills weie appointed for two ipecial ufcs,. 
 and built by two fcveral nations : the one is that 
 which vou call f.lkmotes, built by the Saxons, 
 and fignifies in the Saion a meeting of folk 
 
 Sper.ftr on Ireland. 
 
 Fo'llicle. n.f. [foUiculus, Latin.] 
 I . A cavity in any body with ftrong coats. 
 Although there be no tmiiicnt and circular 
 fcUnlc, no roundbagor vcficle, which long con- 
 "taineth this humour; yet is there a maniteft re- 
 ceptacle of cholcr from the livct into the guts. 
 
 I
 
 F O L 
 
 2. FoUkh is a term in butany figiilfying 
 fi.-ed-venils, capfula leiiiinalis, or cafe, 
 vliich foinc fruits and feiJs have ovei 
 them ; as that of the alkengi, pedicu- 
 lari.', &c. ^ihii-j. 
 
 To TO'Ll.OW. V. a. [|-ol3ian, tiavon; 
 volgeii, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To go aftcv ; not before, or fide by 
 fide. 
 
 I had rather, forfooth, go before you like a 
 man, than/o.Vow him like a dwarf. Shakfyeare. 
 
 Him and all his train 
 FoUaw'd m bright proccfiion, to behold 
 Creation, and the wonders of his might. Iitiltm, 
 
 What could I do, 
 But/oZ/ow ftrait, invifibly thus led ? Mi/ion. 
 
 2. To purfue a? an enemy ; to chafe. 
 
 Where ranks fell thickell was indeed the place 
 To feck Sebafiian, through a track of death 
 lyV/(/H)'i! him by groans of dyii-g foes. VtyJ. 
 
 3. To accompany ; not to forfake. 
 
 Yet doubt not but in valley and in plain 
 God is as here, and will be found alike 
 Pic'.ent, and of his prefence many a lign 
 Still/(///ow.i^^ thcc, itill compai'ingthcc round 
 Witli goodncfs and paternal love, his face 
 Exprefs, and of his ftcpsthe track ilw'mc. Mi/lon. 
 
 Up he rode, 
 F'JIfnu'd with acclamation and the found 
 SympI onious of ten thouland harps that tun'd 
 Angelic harmonies. Milton. 
 
 4. To attend as a dependant. 
 
 And the three eldcft fons of JelTe went and 
 folhtutJ Saul to the battle. i Sumurl. 
 
 Let not the mufc tl-.en rtatter iawlefs fway, 
 Noryi/.'oiu fortune «here1he leads the way. Pcpr. 
 
 5. To go after, as a teacher. 
 
 Not yielding over to old .ige his countr)' de. 
 lights, he was at that time following a meilin. 
 
 Siiiney. 
 Some pious tears the pitying hero paid, 
 And/o/Zou/'i/ with his eyes the fleeting fiiade. 
 
 DrydcJi'i j^^nci.L 
 Wcfol/ow fate, which does too fall purine. 
 
 6. To fucceed in order of time. 
 
 Such/o.'/oiu him as (hall be rcgiltei'd. 
 Part good, p.iit bad, of bad the longer fcfoll. 
 
 .A.'.V.-c/;. 
 SignsfoJ/oiving figns, lead on the mighty year. 
 
 7. To be confequential in argument, as 
 efFefts to caufts. 
 
 I laugh, when thofe who at the fpearare bold 
 And vciit'rous, if that fail them, (hi ink and fear 
 What yet they know inuft/^:7o;f, to endure 
 Exile, or ignominy, or bonds, or pain Mille". 
 
 8. To imitate ; to copy as a pupil ; or to 
 be of an opinion or party. 
 
 Where Rome kecpeth tliat winch Is ancicntcr 
 and better, others, whom we mucti more affeifl, 
 leaving it for newer, and changing it for worfc, 
 ■we had rather /o/.'otk the perfeflions of them 
 whom we like not, th.m in defefls refemblc them 
 whom we love. Hooker. 
 
 Ill patterns are lure to be /o/Von-n/ more than 
 good rules. Lorit. 
 
 9. To obey ; to obferve, as a guide or 
 direftion. 
 
 II all who do not /"j'/^Tu oral tradition as their 
 only rule of faith are out of the church, then all 
 who/»//ouithc council of Trent aic no chnftians. 
 
 Tilltljm. 
 Moft men admire 
 Virtue, who/s/Zoiu not her lore. Par. RcgaMd. 
 
 Fair virtue (hould lj'i}I!oiv thee, 
 I (hould be naked and alone. 
 
 For thou art nor in company. 
 And fcarce art to be found in one. Evelyn. 
 
 10. To purfue as an object of defire. 
 Fnlloiu peace with all men. Beiiews. 
 Follow not that which is evil, jf«^". 
 
 F O L 
 
 11. To confirm by new endeavours ; to 
 keep up indefati^.ibly. 
 
 T iity bouiici iticmlcivcs to his laws and obedi- 
 ence; ;iiid in cafe it had been fo/Zo-iuid upoi\ rheni, 
 as it Oiuuld have been, they Ihould have been re- 
 duced to perpetual civility, Spenjer. 
 
 12. To attend to; to be bufied with. 
 
 He that Lindertakcth .indyij/Ztityr/: other men's 
 bufincfs for gain,lhaU fail into Cuits. EcJui. 
 To Fo'llow. "u. n, 
 
 1 . To come after another. 
 
 Tlic famine [\v:A\ foU'j lu ciofe after you. ytr. 
 Welcome alt that lead orftUoxu 
 To the oracle of ApuUo. Bin yo>:fof:. 
 
 2. To attend fervilciy. 
 
 Sucli fniiling rogues as thefc fonth every paflion, 
 Thai in the nature of their lords rebels : 
 As knowing nought, like dogs, buifo/Ioiuing. 
 
 Shakfpeare^ s Kirig Lear. 
 
 3. To be poflerlom- in time. 
 
 4. To be confcqutnlial, as efTefl to caufe. 
 
 If the negle^ or alul'c of liberty to examine 
 what would really and iiuly make for his happi- 
 ncfs miflead him, the mifcarriages that/o/Zoif 
 on it mull be imputed to his awn election. Locke. 
 
 To tempt thtm to do what is neither for their 
 own cor the good of thofe under their care, gteat 
 mifctiiefs cannot bxitfo/fow. Locke. 
 
 5. To he confequential, as inference to 
 premifes. 
 
 Though there ave or have been fometimes 
 dwa:f)i, and fometimes giants in the world ; yet it 
 d.jcs not/o/Zsiu that there muft be fuch in every 
 age, nor in every country. Temple. 
 
 Dangerous dutftrine muft ncceffarily fol'ow, 
 from making all political power to be nothing clfe 
 bur Adam's paternal power. Locke. 
 
 6. To continue endeavours ; to perfeverc. 
 
 Then Ihali we know, if ViC follow on to know 
 the Lord. Hoj'ai. 
 
 Fo'li.ower. n.f. [from_/o//^ri'. ] 
 I. One who comes after another ; not be- 
 fore him, or llde by !lde. 
 
 Little gailant, you were wont Kohz ^ folhtuo ; 
 but now you are a leader ; whether had you ra- 
 ther lead mine eyes, or eye your maker's heels r 
 Shukfpeare'i Merry IVli/es of PFhuifcr. 
 K"o flop, no ftay, hut clouds of fund arife> 
 Spurn*d and cafl backward on thcfo//o^uer"s eyes. 
 
 Dry lien. 
 
 2. One who obferves a guide or leader. 
 
 The undciftanding th.Tt llioiild be eyes to the 
 blind faculty of the will, is blind itfelf; and fo 
 bri igs all the inconveniencies that attend a blind 
 followerj under the conduct of a blind guide. 
 
 Sout/t^i Scrmom. 
 
 3. An attendant or dependant, 
 
 Jso J^lloiin ry but a iricnd. Pope. 
 
 4. An afTociatc ; a companion. 
 
 How accompanied, can'lt thou tell that? 
 • — With Poins, and other his continual/j/Zowcrj. 
 Sliukfpcart's iieniy iv. 
 
 5. One under the command of another. 
 
 I hitld it no ttifdom to leave unto the frilh 
 chiefs too much comm:uid over their kindred, but 
 rather wiihdraw their fclloivers from them as 
 mucli as nwy be, and gather them under the 
 command of law. Spcnfer's State of luimd. 
 
 And futc'd ^ncas, when his fhips were lolt, 
 To leave his fiiii,\ucri on a foreign coart. 
 
 Drycien's j^ficid^ 
 
 6. A fcholar ; an imitator ; a copier. 
 
 Be ytfollowits of me, even as I am of ChrifV. 
 
 I Corintkiiiui. 
 
 The true profefTion of chriftlanity inviolably 
 engages all lis folloxuers to do good to all men. 
 
 Sptat\ Sermons. 
 
 Every one's idea of identity will not be the 
 fame that Pythagoras and thoufands of h'n fcU 
 lowers have. Llckc. 
 
 The cl.uith of Smyrna profelTed they worthily 
 loved the martyrs, as tl.c difciplcs and /c/Zowcm 
 
 F O N 
 
 of our Lord; and hecanfe of tV.cir ercenlinj 
 treat affeflion to their king and their malter. 
 
 Ntlfeiv. 
 The ft odious head or gen'rous mind, 
 Follovjtr of God, or fncndof human kind. 
 Poet or patriot, rofe but to reflorc 
 The faith and moral nature gave before. Pape. 
 7. One of tlie fame fadiion or party. 
 Fo'Li,y. n.f. [/&//<•, French.} 
 
 1. Want of uiiderflanding ; weaknefs of 
 inteUeft. 
 
 This h folly childhood's guide, 
 This is childhood at her lide. Hawifunnh. 
 
 2. Criminal weaknefs ; depravity of mind. 
 
 Think'it tliou, that duty Ihould have dread to 
 
 Ipcak, 
 
 When pow'r to flattery bows? To plainncfs 
 
 honour 
 Is bound, when majefty to folly falls. Skukff. 
 
 3. Aa of negligence or paffion unbecom- 
 ing gravity or deep wifdotn. In this 
 fenfe it has a plural. 
 
 Love is blind, and lovers cannot fee 
 Thcpietty/s/iVfi that themrelvescomrr.it; 
 For if they could, Cupid himfcif w.)uld blu(h 
 To fee me thus transformed to a boy. Sliakfp. 
 
 Thy hum'rousvcin, thy pleafrng/o/Zv', 
 Lies all ncglcftcd, all foigot. Prior, 
 
 Leave luch to trifle with more grace and eafe, 
 ^\■|lom folly pleafes, or Vi\\okf'.!lici picafc. Popi. 
 To FOME'NT. V. a. Ifomentor, Lathi ; 
 fomenler, French.] 
 
 1 . To cherirti with heat. 
 
 Every kind that lives. 
 Fomented by his virtual power, and warmM. 
 
 Milton, 
 
 2. To bathe with warm lotions. 
 
 He f^nienred the head with opiates to procure 
 deep, and a folution ot opium in water to foment 
 lie fuicl-.cad. ^rbnthnot. 
 
 3. To encourage ; to fupport ; to cherilh. 
 
 They love their givings, ■A\)i foment their deeds 
 no lei's than parents t'o their children. Wotton. 
 
 Blame then thyfelf, as reafon's law requires. 
 Since nature gave, and t'nuu foment'J} ray fires. 
 
 Dryuen, 
 
 They arc troubled with thofe ill humours, 
 
 which they thcmfelves infufcd and fomented ia 
 
 them. Locke. 
 
 Fomentation', n.f. {fomentation, Fr. 
 
 irom foment.'}' 
 
 1 . A fomentation is partial bathing, called 
 alfo iUiping, which is applying hot 
 flannels to any part, dipped in medi- 
 cated decoftions, whereby the fleams 
 breathe into the parts, and difciifs ob- 
 ftrufted humours. ^liticy. 
 
 FoMini, itnn c.:lkt\i forth the humour by va- 
 -pouis ; but yet, in regaidof the way made by 
 the poultis, diaweth gently the humours out : for 
 it is a gentle /aw.- •:/,«/:<;, and hath withal a mix- 
 ture of lome Hupcfaaivc. Bucon' s Nut. H:Jl. 
 
 2 . The lotion prepared to foment the parts. 
 
 The medicines were prepared by thephyiiclans, 
 ai;d the lotions ov fomentaticm by the luirfes. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Coint. 
 
 Fome'nter. n. /. {{torn foment. \ One 
 that foments ; an encourager ; a fup- 
 porter. 
 
 Thcfe fatal diftempers, as they did much hurt 
 to the body politick at home, being like humours 
 liiiicd in the natural without evacuation, fo did 
 Ihey produce difadvantageous effcifts abroad ; and 
 belter had it been, that tlie railcrs and f'.ment<rt 
 of them had never fpriing up. Howe!. 
 
 FoN. n.f. [Scott. A word now obfolete. ] 
 A fool ; an idiot. 
 
 Sicker I hold hira for 9 greatcryc/?, 
 That loves the thing he cannot purelulc. Sftnfer. 
 
 FOND. adj. [fon, Scottirh. A word of 
 which I have found no fatisfadory ety- 
 5 C 2
 
 y» 
 
 F O N 
 
 Biology. To fonne is in Chaucer to doat, 
 to be foolidu ] 
 1. Foolif^; iilly; Indifcreet; imprudent; 
 injudicious. . 
 
 That the Grecians or gentiles ever did think it 
 a/wJor unlikely way lo feck men's converfion 
 liy fcrmons, we h.-\ve not heard. hiof-f 
 
 He was beaten out of all love of karn.ne by a 
 /Mjfchool-mafter. ^fclmm. 
 
 Tell thcfe fad women, 
 'Tis An-/ to wall inevitable lUokes, , „ . . 
 As 'tis to laugh at them. Sh^kfpi^ri s. Conoi. 
 
 Giant I may never prove fo/oW 
 To trult man on his o.ith or bond. Shakff!nre. 
 
 I am weaker than a woman's tear, 
 Tamer than deep, fontlfr than ignorance. Shakf. 
 
 Fo«.< thonghts may fall into fortie idle brain ; 
 But one belief of all, is ever wife. Duz:ci. 
 
 Thou fee'ft 
 HowfnLrly to detain thee I devife, 
 Inviting t'ne= to hear while I relate ; 
 FoTui! were it not in hope of thy reply. Mdlim. 
 
 So fold are mortal men, 
 Fall'u into wrath divine, _ 
 
 As their own ruin on themfelvest' invite. Milmn. 
 
 'Twas not revenge for griev'd Apollo's wrong 
 Thole afs's ears on Midas' temples \\unz; 
 But /o« J repentances: his happy wiih. iValUr. 
 
 But reafon with your/(-«</ religion fights ; 
 For many gods are many infinites. Dryde.i^ 
 
 This is fmd, bccaufe it is the w.iy to cheat thy- 
 
 3. Trifling ; \aked by folly. 
 
 Kot with /v../ liiekcls of th.e teftcd gold, 
 Or (tones, wi'.ofe rate arc cither rich or poor 
 As fancy values them. Sh.^kjp. Me'if t<:r M-"/. 
 
 3. Foolifiily tender; injudicioufly indul- 
 gent. 
 
 I'm a foolilh/oW wit'e. ^.W.701. 
 
 Like Venus I'll Qiine, 
 Be fonJ and be fine. ^dJ:fe". 
 
 4. Pleafed in too great a degree ; foolilhly 
 delighted : with of. 
 
 Fame is in itfelf a real good^ if we may be- 
 lieve Cicero, who was perhaps loo j^nd oj it. 
 
 JOrydm, 
 
 I, fini of my well-ehofen fear, 
 My pidtures, medals, bcoks complete. P"5r. 
 
 Some are (ofirJ to know a great deal at once, 
 and love to talk of things with freedom and bold- 
 iiefs before they thoroughly underftand them. 
 
 tV,itti' an the Mind. 
 
 To Pond. 7 v. a. [from the adjedive.] 
 JoFo'sDLE. J To treat with great in- 
 dulgence ; to carefs ; to cocker. 
 Howe'er unjuft your jealcufy appear. 
 It does my piiy, not my anger move : 
 I'll f^nd it as fnt frowaid child of love. Dryden. 
 
 When midrt the fervour of the feall, 
 The Tyrian hugs, and/o«^s thee on her bicafl. 
 And with fxcct kiflfes in her arms conlltains, 
 Thou mav'ft mfufe the venom in her veins. 
 
 Dryideti'i Mneid. 
 Tlicy ai- allowed to kifs the child at meeting 
 »na parting ; but a profefVor, who always liandi 
 by, will not lufTer them to ufc any/oW/j"g ex- 
 pieilions. ^ •^■^{'• 
 
 To Fond. v. n. To be fond of; to be 
 in love with ; to dote en. 
 
 How will this fadge ? My maftcr lc«s her 
 dcaily ; 
 And I, poor moniler,/M./as much on him ; 
 And (be, miftaken, fcems to dote ou me. 
 
 ' Snctkjp-nri 
 
 Fo'NDLEi. n.j: [from/on^;] One who 
 
 fjondles. 
 Fo'ndling. «./. iU-or{\ fomHe.] A per- 
 
 fon or thing much fondled or careded ; 
 
 fomethlng regarded with great afEeaton. 
 ranii'lity in a p.iicnt it commonly unlucky ; 
 
 for A« l/'«?r :-.re In danger to be made fools,, and 
 
 Ihc children that are kail cocKercd ma'c"; t^'« """ 
 
 F O N 
 
 2nd WlCcA lACD. 
 
 L'Ffu 
 
 The bent of our own minds may favour any 
 opinion or aftion, that may (hew it to be zfand- 
 l.r.g of our own. J-o.it. 
 
 Any body would have guefTcd mifs to have 
 been bred up under a cruel Itcpdame, and John 
 to be I'ne fondling of a tender mother. Arbuth. 
 
 Bred A fondling and an heiicis, 
 Drefs'd like any lady may'rels ; 
 Cocket'd by the fervants rjund, 
 Was too good to touch the ground. S-u-dfl. 
 
 Fo'ndly. aiiv. [from/on;/-] 
 1. Foolilhly; weakly; imprudently; in- 
 Juditi'iufly. 
 
 Mull Ihallowly did you thefe arms commence, 
 Fondly brought here, and foolilhly fent hence. 
 
 Shakffcare's Henry IV. 
 Sorrow and grief of heart 
 Makes him fpeak/s/?-//)', like a frantick man. 
 
 Shakfptare'i Richurd \\. 
 
 T\c\n\ii fondly advifeth, for the prolongation of 
 
 life, that a vein be opened in the arm of fome 
 
 wholcfome young m.ii!, and ihe blood to be 
 
 fucked. Bacon's Natural Hiji'^ry- 
 
 The military mound 
 The Britifli files tranfcend, in evil hour 
 For their proud foes, that/cn.-r/y brav'd their fate. 
 
 Some valuing thofe of their own fide or mind, 
 Still make thcmfelves the meafuie of mankind : 
 Fondly we think we merit honoiu then, 
 When we but praiie ourfclves in other men. 
 
 Pope. 
 Under thofe facred leaves, fccure 
 From common lightning of the Ikies, 
 Uc fondly thought he might endure 
 The fialhes of Aiddia's eyes. 5w/r. 
 
 2. With great or extreme tendernefs. 
 Ev'n before the fatal engine dos'd, 
 A wretched fvlph too fondly interpos'd : 
 Fate urg'd the (hecrs, and cut the fylph in twain. 
 
 Popr 
 Fondly or feverely kind. Savagf. 
 
 Fo'ndness. n.f. [from/o/ir/.] 
 
 1. Foolilhnefs; weaknefs ; wantoffenfe; 
 want of judgment. 
 
 Fondr-rji it were for any, bcirg free. 
 To covet fetters, though they goiucn be. Sfenfer. 
 
 2. Foolifh tendtrnels. 
 My heai t had ftill fome fuolidi fondief for thcej 
 
 Bat hence ! 'tis gone : I give it to the winds. 
 
 M.tipn'i Ciito. 
 
 Hopelcfs mother ! 
 Whoh fondncf could compare her mortal offspring 
 To thole which fair Latona bore to Jove. Prior 
 
 3. Tender paflion. 
 Your jealoufy perierts my meaning ftiU ! 
 
 Mv very hate is coniii-ued wt6fov,lnefs. 
 
 ' A Vkilii<i- Dif"Ji Molktr. 
 
 Corinna, with that youthful lit, 
 Is thirty, and a hit to fparc: 
 Her /<«.•/«'/! for a certain carl 
 ^ B-'gan wli<:" I \^»s but a girl. S-Mifi. 
 
 A. Unieafcinable liking. 
 
 They err that cither through indulgencv to 
 of-ers, orfonl'iefi to any fin in thcmfelves, fuh- 
 ftitute for repentance any thing that is tefs than .a 
 fincerc refohition of ircw oheJience, attended 
 with fiithful endeavour, and meet fru.t> of this 
 change. Bammond's Fundamtnla.s. 
 
 Fone. n./. Plural of /"of. Obfolete. 
 
 A b:irbarous tioup of clownilliyoif. Spenfer. 
 
 Font. n.f. [ font, Latin ; fonts, French.] 
 
 A ftone vetfel in which the water for 
 
 holy baplifm is contained in the church. 
 
 The prefenting of infants atUie holy/oi' is by 
 
 their godfathers. . "'■'^" 
 
 I have no name, no title ; 
 No, not that name was g'Acn me at the font. 
 
 fil-.aKpeare'i Richard U. 
 
 Fon'tanel. n. f. [fontanfiU, French.] 
 An iffue ; a difcharge opened in the body. 
 
 A perfon plcthoriek, fubjeft to hot defiuxion-, 
 was ad'vifcd to ^fintantl in her arm. irif'n-.an. 
 
 F O O 
 
 FONTjTNGE. n.f [from the name of 
 the firll; wearer.] A knot of ribands on 
 the top of the htadJrefs. Out of ufe. 
 
 Thofe old-fa(hioned/i>'/r<i'>,5<'r rofe an ell above 
 the head : they were ponited like fteeple^,and had 
 longloofc pieces of crape, which were funged, and 
 hung down their backs. Addifort. 
 
 FOOD. n. f [pxban, Saxon ; -oetden, 
 Dutch, to feed ; feed, Scottifh.] 
 
 1. Viduals; proviliun for the mouth. 
 On my knees I beg. 
 
 That you'll vouchfafe me raiment, bed, and/aaA 
 
 S'iAkfpcare, 
 
 Much/«o./is in the tillage o7 the poor. Prm. 
 
 Under my lowly roof thou haft vouchfaf'd 
 To enter, and thelc earthly fruits to talU j 
 Food not of angels, yet accepted fo. 
 As that more willingly thou could'ft not feem 
 At hcav'n's high feafts f have fed. Miltm. 
 
 They give ui food, which may with ncflar vie. 
 And wax that does the abfcnt fun fupply. HWler. 
 
 2. Any thing that nouriflies. 
 Give me fome nniiick : mufick, raooiy food 
 
 Of us that trade in love. Shakfpearc. 
 
 O dear fon Edgar, 
 TV.efoodof thy abufed father's wrath. 
 Might I but live to fee thee in my touch, 
 I'd fay, I had eyes again. Sk.ikfp King Lear. 
 
 Foo'dful. adj. [food and/u//.] Fruit- 
 ful ; full of food ; plenteous. 
 
 There Tityus was to fee, who took his birth 
 From heav'n, his nurfing from the /ooJ/k/ earth. 
 
 Dryden^ 
 
 Foo'dy. adj. [horn food.] Eatable; fit 
 
 for food. 
 
 To ve(rels,wine llie di-ew ; 
 And into well Icw'd facks pouv'A fci-iy rae.al. 
 
 Clitipman. 
 
 FOOL, n.f [^./, Welch ; fol, Iflandick; 
 
 f!, French.] 
 
 1. One to whom natine has denied. reafon ; 
 a natural ; an idiot. 
 
 Do'ft thou call me fool, boy ? 
 
 All thy other titles' thou haft given away that- 
 
 thou waft born with. . Siakffcart. 
 
 The fiol multitude, than chufe by (how, 
 Kot learning more than the fond eye doth teach,. 
 Which p.y not t.i me interior. Shakfprare. 
 
 It may be afked, whether the eldeft fon, being 
 2 fool, (hail inherit paternal power before the 
 younger, a wife man. Locke, 
 
 He thanks his fiars he was not born a/ce.'. 
 
 2. [In Scripture.] A wicked man. 
 Th"- foot hath faid in his heart there is no God. 
 
 ^ Pfa/nis. 
 
 3. A term of indignity and reproach. 
 
 To be thought knowing, you mart fitfl put the 
 /m/ upon all mankind. Dry.irni Juvenal, PrtJ. 
 
 4. One who counterfeits folly; a buffoon; 
 
 a jefter. 
 
 Where 's my knave, my fool ! G«j ycu and Cill 
 my/M/ hither. SUkfpeare\ King Le.ir. 
 
 I fcorn, although their drudge, to be their /«/ 
 or jcfter. Mr'tcn. 
 
 If this difguife fit not naturally on fo grave a 
 perfon, yet it may become l.im belter than that 
 fools coat. DcnJiam. 
 
 5. To play ike Fool. To play pranks 
 like a hired jefter ; to jeft ; to make 
 
 fport. 
 
 1 returning where I left his armour, found ano- 
 ther inftcad thereof, and armed myjcif therein to 
 plav tic fol. _ Sidney. 
 
 6. To flay the ¥ooh. To aft like one 
 void of common underllanding. 
 
 Well, \hui\vti flay the fcoh with the time, and 
 the fpirits of the wife fit in the clouds and mock. 
 04. Xnakfpean'iH-'iry iv. 
 
 Is it worth the name of freedom to 'ce at !i- 
 beriy to >>/<'>■ /«i/oo.', and draw (hiune acd iniferjr 
 uj^on a Ciac's iixi JJitkt.
 
 Poo 
 
 7. To m.iie a Foot of. To difappoint ; 
 to dtfeat. 
 
 'Twerc as gjod a deed as to drink when :i 
 m:in's a-hungrV) to ctiallcn^e mm lu ivx tidj, 
 and then to break promil'e witli him, and f\t/i.e .1 
 fovl of him. Shakfprare*i Twclflh Nii^ht. 
 
 2o Fool. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 trifle ; to toy ; to play ; to idle ; to fpoy. 
 
 I, in tiiis kind of merry f&olin^j am ni'tlinig to 
 
 yon ; fo you may continue and huigh at nothiiig 
 
 i^ill. Shitkfpriire^ s Tetnprji. 
 
 Fool not; for all may have, 
 If they dare try, a glorious life, a grave. 
 
 Herhfit. 
 
 If you have the luck to be court-fouls, Ihofc 
 
 that have eithej- wit or honcfly, you may fcol 
 
 withal, and fpire not. Vrnhnn. 
 
 It mult be an hidurtrious youth' that provides 
 
 agiini} age ; and he that/Wi away the one, mutt 
 
 either beg or ftarve in the other. L' iljlraxge. 
 
 He muft be happy that knows the true me;{- 
 
 fures of footing. L'Ef'ange. 
 
 I3 this a time fox fooling f Drydcn. 
 
 To Fool. v. a. 
 
 1. To treat withcontetnpt; to difappoint ; 
 totrullrate; to defeat. 
 
 And Ihail it in mjre fhame be further fpokcn. 
 That you aic/03/V, dik i ded, and fliook oft? 
 
 Sh^kfptaTc*i Henry IV. 
 Him over-weaning 
 To over-rcnch; but with Ihefeipent meeting, 
 foo/'i/and beguii'd. ., Milton' i l'a<<t(iifi Lofi. 
 
 If men loved to be deceived and fo-Aed ahout 
 their fpiriiual eltate, they cannot take a lurer 
 courfe than by taking their neigiibour'j word for 
 that, which can be known only iVom their own 
 lieart. Scuih. 
 
 When I confider life, 'tis all a cheat j 
 Fo'/cs/'i/ with hope, men favour the deceit. Dryd 
 
 I'm tir'd with waning for this chemick gold, 
 Wliich/co/j us young, and beggan us when old. 
 
 Diyicn. 
 
 I would advife this blinded fct of men not to 
 give credit to thofc, by whom they have been fo 
 often yb'i/f.yand inipofed upon, -^dtlift^n^i Freehold. 
 
 2. To infatuate ; to make foolifh. 
 
 If ir be you that fiir thefc daughters hearts 
 Agiinfl their father, _/c3/ mc not to much 
 To bear it tamely. S/:<:kfpeare's King Lear. 
 
 When 1 am read, thou fcign'lt a weak appiaufe, 
 As if thou Wert my fiiend, but lackcrt 3 taul'c : 
 Tliis but thy judgment/oc/i; the other way 
 Would both thy folly and thy fpitc betray. 
 
 Ben Jonfon. 
 It were an handfome plot. 
 But full of difficulties, and uncertain ; 
 And he *i {ofooVd with downiight honeUy, 
 He'll ne'er believe it. Denh.im\ Sepliy. 
 
 A long and eternal adieu to all unlawful plea- 
 furcs : J will no longer be fooled or impofcd 
 upon by them. Cahmy's Seiimns. 
 
 A boor of Holland, whofecares of growing ftill 
 richer and richer, peihaps foci him lb far as to 
 m..ke him enjoy lefs In his riches than others in 
 ]>()vcrty. Tonpte. 
 
 3. To cheat : as, toybd/on'c of !i!s money. 
 Foo'lborn. fl^^'. [yis/andiora.] Foolilh 
 
 from the binh. 
 Reply not to me with ^foolhorn jelt, Sh^kfp. 
 Foo'lery. n. f. [from_/io/.] 
 
 1. Habitual foliy. 
 
 FoJeiy, fir, docs walk about the orb like the 
 fun J it (hincs every wl-.ere ; I would be fovry, 
 fir, but the fool fliould be as ott with your 
 mafter as with mv miftrcfs. Shaifpearc. 
 
 2. An aft of folly ; trifling praftice. 
 
 It is mecry^.jV;v 10 multiply diflinft particu- 
 lars hi tieatiig of things, where the difference lies 
 only in words. IVatti 
 
 3. Objedt of folly. 
 
 Th.u Pyth.Tgoras, Plato, or Oirpheus believed in 
 any of tutfe/ocAiiVi, it cannot be I'uipeiled. 
 
 K'deig'l'i lirforv. 
 
 We are tranfported with/oo/jr/fj, which, if we 
 imdviltoed, \vc Ihould def^iiii:, L'Fjnan^e. 
 
 F O 
 
 Foolha'ppy. m^. 1/00/2^6 /jappy.] Lucky 
 without conttivance or judgment. 
 
 As when :i fhip, tiiar Hi-s t;ur undei fail; 
 An hi(!(ffn mtk tfcaped unaware^, 
 
 Ttut I;r/ in wait her wreck for to bewail; 
 Thp in.irincr, yet half amazed, {\mc5 
 At perils pait, anrl yet in doubt nc dnrfs 
 To joy at i-,\sJ'oa/-h.jjipy ovcrfiglu. ?<»/'>' Qure'i 
 
 Fo o L H a'k D 1 N* F s 3. M. y. [ (romfool/'ardy. ] 
 Mad rafhntfs ; courage without fcnfe. 
 
 There is a ditfcicncc betwixt daring and y^^/- 
 harHrncfi ; Liicaii and Statiui often ventured ijicm 
 too far, our Viig^l never. Dtyden. 
 
 A fnlfe glozinj paralitc would call liis/fco///.j-'- 
 <iincf:. valour, and thcii he may go Oii boldly bc- 
 cjutc blindly. South. 
 
 FooLi!.\'uDiSE. t7.f, [/b£>/an(l hardicffc^ 
 Frencli.] Foolhardincfs ; adventcrouf- 
 nefs without judgment. Obfolete. 
 More huge in Ihcngth ihan wife in works he 
 was, 
 And rcafun "w'xKh ftcfhardife over-ran j 
 Stern melancholy did his courage pafs. 
 And was, for terror more, all aim'd in ftiining 
 biafs. Faity Quern. 
 
 Foolha'rdy. aJf. \_fool and hardy.^ 
 Daring without judgment; madly ad- 
 venturous ; fooh'Oily bold. 
 
 One inolher, when as \\^\ fo^fhardy child 
 Did come too near, and with his talons pUy, 
 Half dead through fear, her little babe rcvil d. 
 
 Fairy Qiuen. 
 
 Some would be [o foolhardy as to prcfume to be 
 more of the ctbinet council of God Almighty 
 tliaii the angels. Hbiuj. 
 
 If any yet be {of'joUiardy, 
 T' cxpofc themfelvcs to vain jeopardy; 
 If they corr.e wounded off, and lame. 
 No honour 's got by fuch a maim. Hudt'hras. 
 
 Foo'lish. adj. [fromybo/.] 
 
 1, Void of und(.rtlanding ; weak of in- 
 tcllca. 
 
 Thou/ps///^ woman, feeft thou not our mourn- 
 ing ? 2 FjJrau 
 
 Pr.iy do not mock me ; 
 I am a vcvyfo-JiJ^t fund old man: 
 I fear 1 am not in my pcrfcd mind. Shiikfjien'c. 
 He, of all t',e men that ever my JtiolijA eyes 
 looked upon, was t!ie bcli deferving a hiir Jady, 
 Shakfjisare^s Merchant cf VtfJce. 
 
 2, Imprudent; indifereet. 
 
 Wc nie come off* 
 Like Romans: ncithcr/.a/.y// in our ftands, 
 Nor cowardly in retiie. Sf:-ii/per.r€. 
 
 3. Ridiculous; contemptible. 
 
 Ir is a j'r.u'^jh rhir.g to make a long prologue, 
 and ro be Ihoit in tlie Itory ilftlf. % MnccHb^ti 
 
 What could the head perform alone, 
 If all their friL^nrily aids were gone ? 
 Afo'jhjh figui-c he muft make; 
 Do nothing clfe but Hcep and akc. Trior 
 
 He allows hiniklf in ftol-jh hatreds and rc- 
 fcntmcnts againtl particular perfons, witrour con- 
 fideringth?! he is to love every body as himfelf. 
 
 4. [In Scripture.] Wicked ; finful. 
 Foo'lish Lv. ^(A'. [^rom fool'ifh.'] Weakly; 
 
 without undcrltanding. In Scripture, 
 wickedly. 
 
 Aic!,uugh wc bonft our wiiuer fun looks bright, 
 A\\(\ft9lij/iiy arc glad lu fee it in its height; 
 Yet fo much I'ooner ccmcs the long and gloomy 
 night. H'iu'ijt. 
 
 Foo'r.rsHXKSS. n. f. \hom foe li/h.'^ 
 
 1. FoFly ; want of und'^rRaudin'^;. 
 
 2. Foolilh pradtice ; a£lual deviation from 
 the right. 
 
 Foo'ij/.'ir/i being properly a man'"s deviaiion 
 fi jm riglil rcafon, 111 point of pryctict, niuO 
 ncfd.'i eoufift in liis pac'ning, upon fuch aji er.d .\s 
 i.s unluitabtf to I 1 ■> ct.r.riitiun, or pitciiing Uj-ori 
 mcau> uufuitabic lu liiu coiupaSin^ uf hU eiid^ 
 
 Sm,th. 
 
 F O O 
 
 Charm*d by their eyci, their marhrrs I acquire. 
 And /h.ipe my fc<,/:jhmfs ro their dchre. Pr/w, 
 
 FooLSTONEs. n.f. A plant. Miilfr, 
 
 Foo'ltuap. n. yi [fool a;;d trap.'\ A 
 
 fuare to catch fools in : as a flytr.np. 
 
 K.tts at the fi;It, were/79//'-.i^'i, where x\\c wife 
 I.ikc fpiders lay in ambufh for the Hies. DryJert. 
 
 FOOT, n.f, plural/^;'/, [for, Saxon; 
 i>octy Dutch ; fut\ Scottifh.] 
 
 1. The part noon which we (land. 
 
 The queen that bore the.", 
 Oft'ncr upon her knees than on Ker_/r('/', 
 Died cver-y day (he liv'd. Shakjpcarr'x Macheth, 
 His alTcilion to the church was fo nnrotiou^r 
 that he never defcited it, till both it and he were 
 over-run and trod undcryoaf. Clurcndon, 
 
 2. That by which any thing is fupported 
 in the nature of a foot : as, the foot of 
 
 a table, 
 
 3. The lower part ; the bafe. 
 
 Yond' towers, whofc wanton tops do burft the 
 clouds, 
 Muft kifs their own yiffr. Sh.ikfpeare. 
 
 Fretting^ by little and little, wafhes away and 
 eats nut both the tops and fides and feft of 
 mountains. HaktwHf^ 
 
 4. The end ; the lower part. 
 
 What difmal cries are thofe.' 
 — Nothing; a trifling fum of mlfciy. 
 New added to \\\tfoct of thy account : 
 Tiiy wife is feii'd by force, and born away. 
 
 DryJen's CUcmen, 
 
 5. The aft of walking. 
 
 Antiochus departed, wecn'ng in his pride to 
 make the land navigable, and the fea pafTable by 
 foot, 2 Mdccahefs, 
 
 6. On Foot, W^alking ; without carriage. 
 
 Ihacl journeyed about fix hundred thoufand on 
 f^ot. £xQdus, 
 
 7. A pofture of a6lion. 
 
 Tiic centurions and their charges bilietcfl 
 already in the entertainment, and to be on foot at 
 an hour's warning. Shakjpcarc, 
 
 8. Infantry; footmen in arms. In this 
 fcnfe it has no plural. 
 
 Lufus gathered thieci'corc thoufand choice 
 men ofyW/, .ind five thoufand liorfcmcn. i Muc, 
 
 Himfelf with all his^i^j/ entered the town, his 
 horfe being quartered about it. Clarendon, 
 
 Thrice hoife and/oc/ about the fires are led, 
 And thiicc with loud laments they wail the dead. 
 
 Drjdcn, 
 
 9. State; ch arable r ; condition. 
 
 See on whntycs/ we fland ; a fcanty fbore, 
 Tie fea behind, uiir enemies before. Dry.Un. 
 
 In fpecifying the word Ireland, it would feem 
 to tnfinuare that we are not upon the fame f^^: 
 wit-h our fcllow-fubjefts in England. Sivft. 
 
 What colour of excufe can be for the contcmpL 
 witb which we treat this part of our fpecies, thj 
 rcgmes, that we Ibould n(jX. put thim upon tli: 
 common foot of humanity, that wc (hould only 
 fet an iniignihcar.t hnc upon the man who mur- 
 ders them? ^ddipn,, 
 
 10. Scheme; plan; fettlement. 
 
 There is no weUwiQicr to his country without 
 a little hope, that in time the kingdom may b; 
 on a bcHcr/o5/. Sivift. 
 
 I a Ik, whether upon ihc foot of ourconfiituticn, 
 as it rtood in the reign of the late King James, 
 a king of England may be depofed r Siviff, 
 
 ll\ A ftate of incipient exiftence ; firfl 
 motion. Little ufcd but in the follow- 
 ing phrafe. 
 
 If fuch a tradition wereal any ntntfit on foot, 
 ic is nut eafv to imagine how it fliould at firft gain 
 entertainment; but much more difficult how tC 
 Ihoulri come to be univerfally propagated. 
 
 7i/fcffhn, 
 
 1 2. It fecms to have been once provcrbi- 
 dlly uild fuv Ui'; kveJj the fcj^uarc, par..
 
 F O O 
 
 Wore it not for this eafy borrowing upon In- 
 tercft, men's neceffitics would draw upon tliein a 
 nioft fuddcn undoing, in that ihcj' woidd be 
 forced to fell their means, be it lands or goods, 
 iar undcr/oo/. Bann'i EJfjvi. 
 
 13. A certain luimber of fyllables confti- 
 tiiting a dilliii(ft part of a verfe. 
 
 Feet, in our Englilh verfifying, without quan- 
 tity and joints, be fure figns that tlie verle is 
 either bor;) deformed, unnatural, or lame. 
 
 Afchatn^i Schtiolmnjicr, 
 
 Didl^ thou hear thefe vcrfes? 
 
 ■ — O yes, 1 heard them all, and more too; for 
 
 fome o' them had in them more feet than the 
 
 verfes would bear. Skahfpeari. 
 
 And Sidney's verfc h^lts ill on Roman /■;<■/. 
 
 Pofe. 
 
 14. Motion; aftion. 
 
 While other jelis aie fomcthing rank owfoot. 
 Her father hat'.i cummanded her to flip 
 Away Willi Slender to many. Sk.ikfpeiire. 
 
 In the government of the world the number 
 and variety of the ends on foot, with the fecret 
 nature of muft things to which they relate, muli 
 make a diftinft remark of their congruity, in 
 fome cafes very difficult, and in I'ome unattain- 
 able. (Jrcw. 
 
 I J. Step. 
 
 This man's fon would, every /oe/ and anon, be 
 taking fome of his companions into the orchard. 
 
 L'Ejhii>:ge. 
 
 16. A meafiire containing twelve inches: 
 
 fuppofed to be the length of a man's foot. 
 
 When it fignities mcalurc, it has often, but 
 vitiouny,/t.5( in the plural. 
 
 An orange, lemon, and apple, wrapt in a 
 linen cloth, being buried for a fortnight's fpace 
 four ftot deep within the earth, came forth no 
 ways mouldy or rotten. Bacon. 
 
 2o Foot. v.n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To dance ; to tread wantonly ; to trip. 
 
 Lonely the vale and full of horror' ftood. 
 Brown with the (hade of a religious wood ; 
 The moon was up, and (hot a glcamy light ; 
 He faw a quire of ladies in a round, 
 That hit\y footing feem'd to Ikim the ground. 
 
 V,y.!e". 
 
 2. To walk ; not ride ; not fly. 
 
 By this the dreadful bcaft drew nigh to land, 
 Half flying, and half /os/zVig in his halle. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 Take heed, have open eye; for thieves do foot 
 by night. Shakfficart. 
 
 The man fet the boy upon the afs, 7in6 footed if 
 himfelf. L'Efirange. 
 
 If you arc for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, 
 who can fcot it fartheft. Oryden';. Sfanifh Ft yar. 
 
 With them a man fometimes cannot be 3 pe- 
 nitent , unlcfs he alio turns vagabond, and/oo.'j 
 it to Jcrufalcm ; or wanders over this or that 
 part of the woild, to vilit the Ihrine of fuch or 
 fuch 3 pretended faint. South. 
 
 To Foot. -v. a. 
 
 1. To fpurn ; to kick. 
 
 You that did void your rheum upon my beard, 
 and/co/ me as you fpurn a llranger curover-your 
 thrclhold. Shakf^dne. 
 
 2. To fettle; to begin to fix. 
 
 What confed'racy h ive you with the traitors 
 Late/o5/:J in the kingdom ? Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. To tread. 
 
 Saint VJMioM footed thrice the wold ; 
 He met the night-marc, and hci- name told ; 
 Bid her alight, and her troth plight. 
 And aroynt thee, witch, aroynt thee right. Shakf. 
 
 There haply by the ruddy damfel feen. 
 Or (hepbcrd boy, they featly/co; the green. 
 
 Tickel 
 
 4. To hold with the foot. Not in ufe. 
 
 We are the earth, and they. 
 Like moles within us, heave and caft about; 
 
 And till they joot and clutch their prey, 
 They never cool, much Icl's give out. litibcit. 
 
 F O O 
 
 Foo'TBAtL. n.f. [foct zx\i ban.'\ 
 
 1. A ball coip.monly niade of a blown 
 bladdtr, cafed with leatlier, driven by 
 the foot. 
 
 Am I lb round with you as you with me, 
 That like njootball you do I'purn me tiuis ? 
 
 Sh.-t'fpcarc. 
 
 Such a winter-piece (hould be beautified with 
 all manner of v^-oiks and c-^crciies of winter; as 
 footialls, felling of wood, and Hiding upon the 
 ice. I'eacham. 
 
 As when a fort of lufly fliepherds try 
 Tiieir force z( fooih,i:'i, care of vicftory 
 Makes themfalute fo rudely, brealt to brcaft. 
 That their encounter lecms too rough for jeft. 
 
 Ifa-'/e,: 
 
 One rolls along ^ football to his foes. 
 One with a broken ti uncheon deals his blows. 
 
 D>y.itn. 
 
 2. The fport or pra£lice of kicking the 
 football. 
 
 He was fenfihlc the common football was a 
 very impcrfeifl imitation of that exercife. Aibuth. 
 
 Foo'tboy. n.f. [foot and boy.'\ A low 
 menial ; an attendant in livery. 
 
 Was it diiciction, lords, to let (his man. 
 This honell man, wait like a \ov(y footbry 
 At chamber-door .> Shakfpeaie'i Hei/ryvni. 
 
 Though I had nobody to aliift but Afcoilwy, yet 
 I made Ihift to try a pretty number of things. 
 
 Boyle on Co/ours. 
 
 Whenever he imagines advantages will reduund 
 to one of his footboys by opprelTion of me, he 
 never difputcs it. Swift. 
 
 Foo'tbridce. n.f. [foot and bridge.] 
 A bridge on which paflengers walk ; a 
 narrow bridge. 
 
 Palcmon's (hepherd, h^x\v^^\\\zf /'Abridge was 
 not ftrong enough, loaded it lolong, 'till he broke 
 that which would have bom a bigger burden. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Foo'tcloth. n.f. [foot and clolh.'] A 
 fumpter cloth. 
 Three times a-day my footcloatk horfe did 
 llumble. 
 And (Parted when he looked upon the Tower, 
 As loth to bear me to the llaug'nterhoufc. Shakf. 
 
 Foo'ted. adj. [from/00/.] Shaped in 
 the foot. 
 
 Snouted and tailed like a boar, and footed\\V.c 
 a goat. Giew. 
 
 Foo'tfight. n.f. [foot and y^A/.j A 
 fight made on foot, in oppofition to 
 that on horfcback. 
 
 So hcg^nuw J ootfght, in fuch fort, that we 
 were well entered to blood of both fides. Sidney. 
 
 Foo'thold. n.f. [foot and Mil.] Space 
 to hold the foot ; fpace on which one 
 may tread furely. 
 
 All fell to work at the roots of the tree, and 
 left it fo little/o«/;o/a', that the tirft blalt laid it 
 fiat on the ground. L'EjIranre. 
 
 He 's at the top : he has nothing above him to 
 afpiie to, nor zny foot hold \th him to come down 
 by. VKJirange. 
 
 Foo'ting. p. f. [from/o5/.j 
 I. Ground for the foot. 
 
 I'll re.id you matter deep and dangerous; 
 As full of peril and advent'rous fpirit 
 As to o'crwalk a current, roaring loud, 
 On the unfteadfali/«o//>;^ of a fpcar. Shakf peare. 
 
 As Noah's pigeon, which rcturn'd no more. 
 Did (hew (he/cor;/;^ found, for all the (loud. 
 
 T)a\nei 
 
 In afcents, every fiep gained is ti footing and 
 help to the next. Holder' i Elementi of Speech. 
 
 2. Support; root. 
 
 Set cloven flakes ; and wond'rous to behold. 
 Their Iharpen'd ends in earth their footing place, 
 And the dry poles produce a living race. Drydcii. 
 
 3. Bafis ; foundation. 
 
 F O O 
 
 All thofe fublimc tiioiights lake their rife and 
 footing here ; the mind l^irs not one jot beyond 
 thole ideas which I'enle or rcfleiftion havcoHcrcd. 
 
 Urke. 
 
 The reafoning faculties of the foul would not 
 
 know how to move, for want of a foundation and 
 
 fooling in molt men, who cannot trace truth to 
 
 its fountain ond uriginal. Locke. 
 
 4. Place ; poffeflion. 
 
 Wiicther the unfluous exhalations are 
 Fir'd by the fun, or feeming fo alone ; 
 
 Oreacli fome more rcmoie and (lippery flar, 
 Wl.ich lofes footing when to mort.ils (hewn. 
 
 Xliydcn. 
 
 5. Tread ; walk. 
 
 As he forward moved \\\^ footing old. 
 So backwaid liill was turned his wrinkled fade. 
 
 Spenjcr. 
 I would outnight you did nobody come : 
 But hark, I hear tlic/oo/'//;^of a man. Shakrp. 
 Break oft, break ott; I feci the ditfercn! found 
 Of lomc clvdHc footing near about this ground. 
 
 Mlttn, 
 
 6. Dance. 
 
 Make holyday: your ryeflraw hats put on, 
 And thefe frelh nymphs encounter every one 
 In country yio//«g. Shakffeau'l Tempefl. 
 
 7. Steps; road; track. 
 
 He grew ftroiig among the Irifli ; and in hii 
 footing his Ion continuing, hath increafed his fiid 
 name. Spenfct on Ireland. 
 
 Like running weeds, that have noceitain root; 
 or like footings up and down, impolTible to be 
 traced. Bacon i Henty vil. 
 
 8. Entrance; beginning; eftablifhment. 
 
 Ever fince uur nation had any footing in thif 
 land, the (^ate of England did defire to pcrfeifl 
 the eonquelf. D..viei. 
 
 The defeat 0'' colonel Bellafis gave them their 
 flitifo'-Aing in Yorkfhire. Clarendon. 
 
 No ufcful arts have yet found yoo^/>;^ here; 
 But all untaught .ind favage doe> appe.ir. Dryden. 
 
 9. State ; condition ; fettlement. 
 
 Gaul was on the Umcfoting with Egypt as to 
 taxes. ^Jjbutlmot. 
 
 Foo'tlicker. n.f. [foot and Hci.'] A 
 flave ; an humble fawner ; one who 
 licks the foot. 
 Do that good mifchiei which may make this 
 iflar.d 
 Thine own forever'; .and I, thy Caliban, 
 For ay ihy fjotlicker. Sh/tkfpeare'i Temptft. 
 
 Foo'tman. n.f. [foot and man.] 
 
 1. A foldier that marches and fights on . 
 
 foot. 
 
 The numbers levied bv her lieutenant did con- 
 fill oi footmen three millions, of horfemen one 
 million. Raleigh's Hijhty. 
 
 2. A low menial fervant in livery. 
 
 He was carried in a rich chariot, litterwife, 
 with two holies at either end, and two footmen 
 on each fide. Bacon. 
 
 hike f'.otmen running before coaches, 
 To rcl! the inn what luid approaches. Prior.. 
 
 3. One who prac'iifes to walk or run. 
 Foo'tmanship. h. /. [from footman.^ 
 
 The art or faculty of a runner. 
 
 Tlie Iiilh archers el'pying this, fuddenly broke 
 up, and committed tiic fafety of their lives to 
 their mnibic footntanjhip. HayivarJ. 
 
 Vet, fays the fox, I i-.ave baffled more of them 
 with my wiles and fliifts than ever you did with 
 yout footmanjiip. L'Ejlrange, 
 
 Foo'tpace. n. f. [foul zndpacs.] 
 
 1 . Part of a pair of Hairs, whereon, after 
 four or five Heps, you arrive to a broad 
 place, where you make two or three 
 paces before you afcend another ftep, 
 thereby to eafe the legs in afcending the 
 reft of the flairs. Moxon. 
 
 2. A pace no falter thnn a flow walk.
 
 FOP 
 
 Foo'tfad. «./. [foot and />ai!.] A iiigh- 
 wayinan that robs on foot, not on horfe- 
 back. 
 Foo'tpath. n. /. [foot and/a/Zi.] A 
 narrow way wlilcli will not admit horfes 
 or carriages. 
 
 Kih^w'ft thou the \v;»y to Dover ? 
 — Both flile and gate, horfcway Md fioipmh. 
 
 S/iaifpearr's K.itg Lear. 
 
 Foo'tpost. n.f. [foot undpo/l.] A poll 
 or mefl'enger tliat travels on foot. 
 
 For cirryni; fuch letters, every thoroughfare 
 
 weekly appointctli .1 fiotpojl, whole difpatch is 
 
 well near as fpecdy as the horfes. Caie-.u, 
 
 Foo'tstali,. n.f. [foot and JlaH.J A 
 
 woman's ilirrup. 
 
 Foo'tstep. n.f. [foot and flej).] 
 
 1 . Trace ; track ; impreflion left by the 
 foot. 
 
 Clear-fighted reafon, wifdom's judgment leads, 
 And fenfe, her vaflal, >n her J'cstJ/eps treads. 
 
 A man (hall neverwant crooked paths to walk 
 in, if he thinks that he is in the right way, 
 wherever he has the foa:Jltfi of others to follow. 
 
 2. Token ; mark ; notice given. 
 
 Lee us turn our tiioughts to the frame of our 
 fyftem, if there we may trace any vifible/n//- 
 fiifi of Divine wifdom and beneficence. 
 
 BcntUy' i Sermon u 
 
 3. Example. 
 
 Foo't.<!tool. n.f. [foot andfool.] Stool 
 on which he that fits places his feet. 
 
 Thus have we fwcpt lufpicion from our feat, 
 And made umfnoif-oo/ of lecurity. S.i.iijpe„re. 
 
 They whole facred office 'tis to bring 
 Kings to obey their God, and men their king. 
 By thefe mylierious links to fix and tye 
 Men to the/9o//?oi/ of the Deity. Dcnhnm. 
 
 Lei echoing anthems make his praifes known 
 On eartii, Xmjootji'jat, as in heaven his throne. 
 
 Rojcommon . 
 
 By the phiafe of worQiipping his fioijiml, no 
 more is meant than worriiipping God at his 
 ("^'Jliol. Still:ngjleet. 
 
 FOP. n.f. [A word probably made by 
 chance, and therefore witliout etymolo- 
 gy.] A fimpleton ; a coxcomb ; a man of 
 fmall underlfandiiig and much oftenta- 
 tion ; a pretender ; a man fend of (how, 
 drefs, and flutter ; an impertinent. 
 
 A whole tiiLe of /</).*, 
 Got 'tween .Tileep and wake. Shakjpearc. 
 
 When luc'ii a politive abandon'dyty*, 
 Amoiig his numerous abfuiditics, 
 StiMiibles uptm fume lohrable line, 
 1 Irct to fccti^cm in luch company. Rcf.omtnon. 
 The leopard's bcauiy, without tiie fox's wit, is 
 no belter than 3 fop in a gay coat. L' Fjhanec. 
 
 In a riul! jlream, which moving How, " 
 
 ^'<^u iiardiy lee the current flow ; 
 Wlicna fniall breeze ohlhutls the couife, 
 It whii Is about for want of force, 
 And in its narrow circle gathers 
 Nothing but chatf, and Itraws, and fe.itliers : 
 The current of a female mind 
 , Stops tiius, and turns with ev'ry wind ; 
 Thus whiiling round, together di.iws 
 Fools, fops, and rakes, for chaff and Uraws. 
 
 S-wft. 
 Fo'pDOODLE. n.f. [fop and doodle.l A 
 fool ; an iiifignilicant wretch. 
 
 Where ftuidy butchers broke your noddle, 
 And handled you like :\fopHoj.Ue. Uuiibrai. 
 
 Fo'pPERY. n.f [from/o/.] 
 1. Folly; impertinence. 
 
 Let not the found of ^\^\\a^' foppery enter 
 My fober houfe. Shakfpearc'i Merciit. of Fcnice. 
 I was three or four times in the thought they 
 wttc not fairies; and yet the guiltiuers of my 
 
 FOR 
 
 mind, the fuddcn fuiprife of my powers, dro»-« 
 thegroffnefs of l\\cjopptiy into a received belief, 
 in defpight of the teeth of alt rhyme and reafon, 
 that they were fairies. Shakfpeure. 
 
 This is the excellcnt/i);./ifr>i of the world, (hat 
 when we are fick in fortune, often the forfeits of 
 our own behaviour, wc make guilty of our dit- 
 aflers, the fuu, the mojn, and ftars, as if we 
 were villains on neccflity. Shakfpearc'i K. Lear. 
 
 2. AfFcdation of fliow or importance ; 
 (liowy folly. 
 
 3. Foolery ; vain or idle pradice ; idle 
 
 afl'eclatiun. 
 
 They thought the people were better let alone 
 in their foppma, than to be fuffercd to break 
 loofe from that fubjeftion which your fuperltition 
 kcjrt them in. StiUmgHcct. 
 
 But though wc fetch from Italy and France 
 Ourfoppcries of tune and modes of dance. 
 Out Iturdy Britons fcorn to borrow fenfc. 
 
 Granville. 
 
 I wilh I could fay quaint/o^/'irr/ti were wholly 
 abfcnt from graver fubjedls. Swijc. 
 
 Fo'ppisH. adj. [bomfop.'\ 
 
 1. Foolilh; idle ; vain. 
 
 Fools ne'er had lefs grace in a year; 
 For wile men arc grown fopp.fi. 
 
 And know not how their wits to wear, 
 Their manneis are fo apilh. Sliatfp,-ar(. 
 
 2. V'ain in (how; foolillily ofientatious ; 
 vain of drefs. 
 
 With him the prefcnt flill fome virtues have; 
 The vain are fprightly, and the ftupid grave ; 
 Tlie flothful negligent, thcfeppi/i neat; 
 Tlie Icw'd are airy, and the fly difcrect. Garili. 
 
 The Romans grew extremely cxpcnfrve and 
 foppijfi ; fo that the emperor Aurclian f-rbid men 
 that variety of colours on their Ihocs, allowing it 
 flill to women. Arlmthnot. 
 
 You would know who is rude and ill-natured, 
 who is vain and fopfijh, who lives too high, and 
 who is in debt. Law 
 
 Fo'ppisHLY. adv. [ixomfoppi/Ij.l Vainly; 
 ollcntatioufly. 
 
 Foppishness, n. f [from fopp'ifh.'] 
 
 Vanity ; fhowy or otlentatious vanity. 
 Fo'ppLiNG. n.f. [fiom/o/.] A petty 
 fop ; an under-rate coxcomb. 
 
 Thy works in Chloe's toilet gain a part, 
 And, with his taylor, ihare iUefoppJing's heart. 
 
 Tiesel. 
 FOR. prr-p. [pop, Saxon; -yoor, Dutch.] 
 I . Becaiife of. 
 
 Th.it which wt^ for our unworthinefs are afraid 
 to crave, our praye.- is, that God for the worthi- 
 ncis of r.is Son would notwithflanding vouchfafc 
 '» giant. Htoicr. 
 
 Edward and Richard, 
 With ficiy eyes I'parkling/or veiy wrath, 
 Are at our backs. Shaijpeare's Henry vi. 
 
 Speak, good Cominius ; 
 Leave nothing oM for length. Shakfpeare. 
 
 For as much as thcqueilion cannot be fcanned, 
 unlcfs the time of .Abraham's journey be coiifi- 
 deied of, I »ii; fearch into a tradition concerning 
 his travels. Ra/c'g/i's Hijiory. 
 
 An aUrologcr faith, if it were net for two 
 tilings that are conftant, no individual would laft 
 one monienr. Bacon. 
 
 F-jr as much as it is a fundamental law in the 
 Turkilh empire, that tiiey may, without any 
 other provocation, inake war upon chriftendoni 
 fur the piopacation of their laws; fo the chrif- 
 ti.ins may at all times, as they think good, be 
 upon the prevention. Jf.icon't If'ar ivit/i Spain. 
 
 Tlie go-.crnour fallying out, took great ftorc of 
 viftual and warlike provifiun, which the Turks 
 had/or ha«e le.^t behind them. KnoUti' h'fi. 
 
 Their otfcr he willingly accepted, knowing that 
 he was not al.le to keep that place three days 
 /o' lack of viftuals. Knollct. 
 
 Quit, quit, for fhame; this will not move, 
 This cannot take her ; 
 
 FOR 
 
 K of herfclf Ore will not love, 
 Nothing can make her. Suckling, 
 
 Citz nut for frowns or finiles. Denkam. 
 
 The hypocrite or carnal man hopes, and is the 
 wickeder/or hoping. Hamn^nH'i Frafl. Culich. 
 Let no man,/»r his own poverty, become more 
 opprefling in his bargains ; but quietly recom- 
 mend his cflate to God, and leave the fucctfs to 
 him. Taxlor. 
 
 Pcrfonj who have loft moft of their grindcrt, 
 having been compelled to ufe three or four or.ly 
 in chewing, wore them fo low, that the inward 
 nerve lay bare, and they would no longer/cr pain 
 make ufe of them. Raj trn the Creation. 
 
 1 but revenge my fate; difdain'd, betray'd. 
 And fuffring death for this ungrateful maid. 
 
 D'jdcn. 
 Sole on the barren fands, the fiiff' ring chief. 
 Roar d out/or anguilh and indulg'd his grief. 
 
 Dryiien. 
 For his long abfcnce church and Date did groan, 
 Madnefs the pulpit, fadlion feiz'd the throne. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Nor wilh a fiiperftitious fear 13 aw'd 
 
 For what befalls at home, or what abroad. TJryr/. 
 
 I, my own judge, condemn'd niyfelf before ; 
 
 for pity, aggravate my crime no more. DryJen. 
 
 Matrons of renown, 
 
 When tyrant Nero burnt th' imperial town, 
 
 Shrick'd/e/i- the downfal in a doleful cry, 
 
 For which their gUiltlcfs lords were doom'd to 
 
 die. Diyden. 
 
 Children, difcounte'nanced by their parents/or 
 
 any fault, find a refuge in the carefl'es of foolilh 
 
 flatterers. Ltcke. 
 
 A found mind in a found body is a (hort but 
 
 full delcription of a happy ftate in this world : 
 
 he that has thefe two has little more to wilh for, 
 
 and he that wants either of them will be but 
 
 little better/cr any thing elfe. Locke. 
 
 The middle of the gulph is remarkable for 
 
 tcmpcfts. _ Adrlifon, 
 
 My open'd thought to joyous profpefl raife, 
 And yor thy mercy let me ling thy prr.ifc. Piior. 
 
 W hicli heft or worft you could not think ; 
 Aod die you muft/or want of drink. Prior. 
 
 It is a moll infamotis fcandal upon the nation, 
 10 reproach them for treating foreigners with 
 contempt. Swift. 
 
 We can only give them that liberty now for 
 fomething, which they have fo m.'iny years 
 exeicifed for nothing, of railing and fcribhling 
 againft us. Svjifi. 
 
 Yoor fermons will be lefs valuable, /or want 
 of time. Swift. 
 
 2. With refpeiS to ; with regard to. 
 
 Rather our liatc 's dcfeflive /or requital. 
 Than wc to ftretch it out. Shakjp. Coriofar.u,^ 
 
 A paltry ring 
 That (he did give me, wliofe poefy w.is, 
 For all the world, like cutler's poetry 
 Upon a knife ; love me and leave me not. Sliakff. 
 
 For all the world, 
 As thou art at tliis hour, was Richard then. Shak. 
 
 It was young counlcl for the perfons, and 
 violent couiifcl/o/ the matters. Baon'i F.ffays, 
 
 Authority followeth old men, and favour and 
 popularity youth ; but for the moral part, per- 
 haps, youth will have the pre-eminence, as age 
 hath for the poliiick. Bacon'i Effnys, 
 
 Comets are rather gazed upon than wilel'/ 
 dbferved in their erteas; that is, what kind of 
 comet/or magnitude or colour, pioduceth what 
 kind of efFefts. Bacon'! F.7.,-:s. 
 
 Ftr me, if there be fuch a thing as I. I'i'allir. 
 
 He faith thefe honours cnnHlied in prefcrving 
 their memories, and prjiling their virtues ; but 
 for any matter of worthip towards them, h« 
 utterly denies it. Stillingjieet. 
 
 Our laws were/;r their matter foreign. H.itc%. 
 
 Now for the government, it is abfolute 
 monarchy; tiierc being no other laws in China 
 but the king's command. Templt. 
 
 For me, no other happinefs I own. 
 Than to have born no ul'ue to the throne. Dryd, 
 
 For me, my Itormy voyage at an. end, 
 I to the pott of dealh Itxurcly tend. Eryden's j£ii.
 
 FOR 
 
 After dcjth, wc fpriglits hav: juft fucli nltiifes 
 Wt ha;1, fir M the woild, when humaiicreanjits. 
 '■' Dry.Un. 
 
 Such little wafps, and yet fo full of f;)ite ; 
 For bulk, mere ml'cfls, yet in mifchicf ftroiig. 
 
 Ti'te'i yuvcnal. 
 
 Hobbcs has given us a correft expl;ui.itioii of 
 
 the fenfe in general; huxfor particulars and cir- 
 
 " cumftanccs, he continually lops them. Pv"- 
 
 Lo, fjme ar; vcllom, and the reft as good, 
 
 Fti all his lordlhip knows, but they are wood. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 3. In this fenfe it has often as before it. 
 ylsfor M-iram-ildus the general, they had no 
 jaft caufe to miflilie him, being an old captain 
 of great experience. h.noL:s. 
 
 A. In the charafler of. 
 
 If a raan can be fully affured of any thing /jr 
 a truth, without lia\ing examined, what is there 
 that he may not embrace /jr truth i Licks. 
 
 She thinks you favour'd: 
 But lei her go, far an ungrateful woman. 
 
 A. Phiiifi. 
 
 Sav, is it fitting in this very field, 
 This'field, where from my youth I've been a 
 carter, 
 
 I, in this field, (hould die /or a dcfeiter ? C'y- 
 
 c. With rcfemblance of. 
 
 I hear/5/- certain, and do fpeak the truth, 
 The gentle York is up. Shakj^cure's Ihirv iv. 
 
 Now, now for fure, deliverance is at h.uid. 
 The kingdom fhall to Ifrael be rcftoi'd. M:itim. 
 
 The ll.irtlmg ftced was feii'd with fudden 
 
 frighr. 
 And, bounding, o'er the pommel caft the knight: 
 
 Forw.ard he flew, and pitching on his head, 
 He Quivcr'd with his feet, and lay /or dead. 
 
 DiyJcn. 
 
 6. Confidered as ; in the place of. 
 
 Our prcfcnt l-n appears 
 
 " For happy, though but ill; /" ill, not worft, 
 
 If wc procure not to ourfelvcs more woe. Milton. 
 
 The counfcl-table and ftar-chan.ber held far 
 
 hsnourable that whicli plcafcd, and/or juft that 
 
 which profited. ClarcUon. 
 
 7. In adv.intage of; for the fake of. 
 
 An ant is a wife creature /or itfelf: but it is 
 
 a (hrewd thing in a orchard. B.tnn. 
 
 He refufed not to die for thofe that killed him, 
 
 and Ihed his blood/or Come of thofe that fpilt it. 
 
 Boyle. 
 Sliall I think the world was made/or one, 
 And men are born/sr kings, as bealls/or men, 
 Not for proteftion, but to be devour'd. Drydtn. 
 
 Read all the prefaces of Dryden, 
 For thofe our ciiticks much confide in; 
 Though mcer'.y writ at firit/ir fi iing, 
 To raii'c the volume's price a (hilling. Svfl. 
 
 f . Conducive to ; beneficial to. 
 
 It is for the general gtiod of human focicty, 
 and confequently of particular perfons, to be true 
 and iuft; audit is /or men's health to betcmjierate. 
 ' T,;lt,ifct. 
 
 It can never be /or the intercft of a believer 
 to do mc a mifchief, becaufe he is fure, upnn 
 the balance of accounts, to find himfclf a lufcr 
 tv it. .^dilifj}/i Spe^itror. 
 
 9. With intention of going to a certain 
 phice. 
 
 We failed from Veto for China and J.ipaii 
 
 Luton. 
 
 As (he was brought/or England, flic was call 
 away near Harwich haven. H.iy-.oavd. 
 
 \Ve failed dircflly /or Genoa, and had a fair 
 wind. Mdifin. 
 
 10. lo comparative refpeft. 
 For tuikswith Indian elephants he ftrovc. 
 
 And Jove's own thunder from his mouth he 
 <liove. Drydeii. 
 
 II. With appropriation to. 
 Shadow will ferve for fumnier : prick him ; 
 
 for we have a number of (hadowi 10 fill up the 
 fnuflci-buuk. Sk.iifplarc. 
 
 12. .'\fter O an exprefljon of difire. 
 
 FOR 
 
 Ofor a mufc o( fire, that would arcciid 
 The brightcit heaven of invention . ik^xf--"' 
 II. In account of; in folulion of. 
 
 Thus much /V the beginning and progrefs of 
 i'.,r,tt/'s Th,o,y '.J fit ta.th. 
 
 1+. Indiicing to as a motive, 
 
 the deluge. 
 
 Tncre is a natural, immutable, and cterna 
 reafon/or th.at which wc call vir'.ue, and againlt 
 th.it which wc call vice. lihotjon. 
 
 ic. In expectation of. 
 
 He muft be back again by one and twenty, 
 to marry and prop.igate : the (aihu caniio- Ifay 
 any long'-r for the portion, nor the mother /o, 
 a new fct of babies to pUy wi'ii-, ■''"'^'• 
 
 16. Notintr power or pofilbihly. 
 
 For a holy P"f^" t" ''^ lmmblc,/o-- one whom 
 
 all men efteem afaint, to fcai left himulf become 
 
 a devil, is as hard as/or a prince to fubmit him- 
 
 ■ --^tutois. Av-<"-- 
 
 felf to be guided by 
 
 17. NotinfT dependence. 
 ' The colouis of outward ohjefts, brought into 
 
 a darkucd room, depend/or their vifihili y upon 
 the dimnefs of the lightthey a-e beheld by. BoyU. 
 
 18. In prevention of; for fear ot. 
 Corn being had down, any way ye ahow. 
 
 Should wither as needeth/or burning in mo_w^^ ^ 
 
 And,/or the time (hall not fcem tedious, 
 I'll tell thee what befcl mc on a day, 
 In ti.is felf place. 5/...V/.r..r. . Hrm^ v.. 
 
 There murt be no alleys with hedges at the 
 hither end, for letting your profpea upon this 
 fair hedge from the green : nor at the farther end 
 for letting your profpefl from the hedge through 
 the arches unon the heath. hucon s EJ.,yu 
 
 She wrapped him clofe /or catchmg cold. 
 
 * * Lovelace. 
 
 10. In remedy of. , , , ■ 
 
 ^ Sometimes hot, fometimcs cold t^lmrgs are 
 good/or the toothach. l.,jr,eljon. 
 
 20. In exchange of. , . , « j 
 He made confiderable progrefs in the (Vudy 
 
 of the law, bcfoie he quitted that piofeffion,/or 
 this of poetiy. '^'^' '"' 
 
 21. In the place of; inlleadot. 
 To make him copious is to alter his charaacr ; 
 
 and totranllate him line /or .„ e ,. impoffible 
 
 Drydrn. 
 
 We take a falling meteor /or a ftar. U.uky. 
 
 2 2. In fupply of; to ferve in the place o\. 
 
 Moft of our ingenious young men take up 
 
 fome cried-up Englilh poa for their mode,, 
 
 adore him, and imitate him as ti.cy tl.i.ik, witu- 
 
 out knowing wherein he is defeaixe. Vryaen. 
 
 2? Through a certain duration. 
 
 Some plealc/o- oucc, iome will/or ever pleafe. 
 
 •^ -' Rofcom. 
 
 Thofe who llcep without dreaming, can never 
 
 be convinced that ttieir thoughts are /or fuui 
 
 hours bufy, without their knowing it. _i.oo*' 
 
 The adminilhation of this bank is /or lite, 
 
 and partly in the hands of the chief ciiiiens. 
 
 Mdifon'i RcM^rki on l!,dy. 
 Since, hir'd/or life, thy fervile mule muft fing 
 SuccclTive conquefts, and a gloiious king ; 
 And bring him laurels wii.ufoeVr tney colt. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 The vouth tranfportcd, alks without dcl.iy 
 To ruide the fun's bright chariot /or a d.iy. 
 
 " Garik s Ovid 
 
 24. In fearch of; in queft of. 
 
 Piulolophcrs ha%e .un fo f.ir back /or argu- 
 ments uf comfort againft pain, as to ^doubt 
 whether there were any fuch tiling; and yet, 
 for all that, when any great evil has been upon 
 thcni, they would cry out as loud as other men. 
 ' ' liLoljon. 
 
 2C. According to. . 
 
 Chymills have not been able, for aught is 
 vulgarly known, by fire alone to leparatc ti'.e 
 fulphur flora antimony. -"y '• 
 
 26. Notui-^ a (late of litnefs or readim-fs. 
 ' ilav, if you be an uiidcrtakti, 1 am /or y.'u. 
 ■" ■' ihaif(i<'re. 
 
 FOR 
 
 If he bclrave, he 's ready for the ftrokc. DryJ. 
 27. In hope of; for the fake 01: nolii'.g 
 the final caiik-. 
 
 How quickly nature ^ 
 
 Falls to revolt, when gold becomes her objcfl . 
 For this the foolilb, over-careful fathers, ^ _ 
 H.ive broke their llecps with thought, their biains 
 
 with care. 
 Their bones with induftry : /or tnis engrofi, d 
 The cankci'd heaps of ftrong atchieved gold ; 
 For this they have been thoughtful to inveft 
 Their fons with arts and m.utial cxercilcs. 
 
 Sliaifl>!are's Henry I v. 
 
 The kingdom of God was firll lent by ill coun- 
 
 fel ; upon which counfel there are fct, for our in- 
 
 ftruftion, two m.irks. Bucon. g 
 
 Whether fome hero's fate, . „ , ^ 
 
 In words worth dying/«r, he celebrate. Cow/ey. 
 
 For he writes not /or money, nor j'or praife, 
 Kor to be cali-d a wit, nor to wear bays. 
 
 Dert/t.jK, 
 
 Thcie wc (hall fee, a fight worthy dying/or, 
 
 that blelTed Saviour, who fo higr.ly defctvcs ot 111,. 
 
 Boyle, 
 
 He is not difpofed to be a fool, and to^te 
 
 milcrable for company. TiUolfon. 
 
 Even d ath 's become to me no dreadful name ; 
 
 In fighting fidds, where uur acquaintance grew, 
 
 I law him, and contemn'd him hi A/or you. Dryd. 
 
 For this, 'tis needful to pievent her art, 
 And fire with love the pioud Phamician s heart. 
 Dryden s I'lrgil. 
 Some pray for riches ; riches they obtain ; 
 But watcn'd by robbers,/or their wealth are Ihiin. 
 
 Let them who truly would appear my friends. 
 Employ their fwords like mine^or noble ends. 
 ^ ' Dryden'i Aurengzeli:. 
 
 28. Of tendency to; toward. 
 
 The kettle to the top was hoift ; 
 But with its upfide down, to (how 
 Its iiiclinaiion/or below. Swift. 
 
 29. In favour of; on the part of; on the 
 
 fide of. . . 
 
 Ye (uppofe the laws for which ye ftnve are 
 found in Scripture ; but thofe not againft whicn 
 we lime. Hoo.er, Prefaee. 
 
 It becomes me not to draw my pen in the dt- 
 fcnc-uf a bad caufe, when I have lo olten drawn 
 i,/., a good one. Dry-'"- 
 
 Tove was for Venus ; but he fear d his wife. 
 
 J ■' Drydin. 
 
 Hr •or the world was made, not us alone. 
 
 Coivlrr. 
 They muft be void of all zeal for God's 
 honour, who do not with fighs and tears inter- 
 cede with him. .im,j/r/„,fr. 
 Ariftotle is/o' poetical juftice. Ve-.n-i. 
 Tiiey are all/or lank and foul feeding, itlion, 
 ■20. Nutiiur accommodation or adaptation. 
 
 Fortune, if IhtfC be fuch a thing as ihc, 1 
 
 Spies that I bear fo wc:: her tyr.mny, > 
 
 Th.it Ihe thinks nothing eU'e (o ht/or me. J 
 
 Donne. 
 
 A few rules of iogick arc thougl t fulficicnt, in 
 this cale, for thofe who pretend to the higt.eft 
 „ - LorAe, 
 
 improvement. , „ j u . 
 
 It is /or wicked men to dread God; but a 
 virtuous man may have undifluibed tbouglvs, 
 even of the juftice of God. /,,/o,/o',. 
 
 His countiy has good havens, both /or the 
 Adl lalie and Medileiranean. ^Jddifon on La v. 
 
 Pcrfia is commodioully fituatcd/or tr?d= both 
 by fea and land. Ark.thnot on Conn. 
 
 Scholars are frugal of ihtir words, and not 
 willing to let any go for ornament, if they will 
 not ferve /w uie. '^''"'^'• 
 
 5 1. With intfntion of. 
 
 And by that juftice haft rcmov'd the caufe 
 Of thofe rudetcnipells, which, /or rapine fent 
 Too on, alas, invulv'd the innocent. 11 uller. 
 
 Heic huntfmcn with delight may read 
 How to chute dogs for fcent or l;iccd. irnller. 
 
 God hath n-.aoc fume things /or a» long a du- 
 ration as they au» capable of. Tillolfoni S.rmm.
 
 FOR 
 
 For this, from Trivia's tcrBpIc and licr wood, 
 Arc courfcs driv'n, wiio Uicd tiicir maltcrs blood. 
 
 DiyJcn. 
 Such examples ftiould be fct before thcni, as 
 pattcrns/w- tlicir daily imitation. Locke. 
 
 The nextqucftion ufujliy is, wliat is it/of .' 
 
 L<icke, 
 Achilles is fur revenging himfclf upon Aga- 
 memnon, by means of Hcilor. Braome. 
 
 32. Becoming ; belonging to. 
 
 It were not/vr your quiet, nor your good. 
 Nor /or my manhood, honefty, and wifdom. 
 To let you know my thoughts. Shaihe^rc. 
 
 Th' offers he doth make, 
 Were not/sr him to give, nor them to take. 
 
 D^tiicl. 
 
 It were more for his honour to raife his ficge, 
 than to fpcnd fo iii.uiy good men in the winning 
 of it by force. KfioL'.i. 
 
 Jcfls_/ir Dutchmen andl^nglilh boys. Cou/ty. 
 
 Is hf'jr you to ravifli feas and land, 
 Unanthoriz'd by my fupreme command ! V'vi. 
 
 His fire already ligiii him for the Ikies, 
 And marks the feat amidll the deities. DiyMn. 
 
 It is a reafonable account/or any man to give, 
 why he does not live as tiie greatclV p;irt of the 
 World do, that he has no mind to die as they do, 
 and perilli with them. TiUotjon. 
 
 33. Notwitlillanding. 
 
 This, /or any thing we know to the contrary, 
 might be the felf-fame loim which I'hilojudaeus 
 exprefleth. Hooker. 
 
 God's defertion (hall, for ought he knows, 
 the next minute fupcrvcne. Decay of Piety. 
 
 Probability fuppofes that a thing may or may 
 not be to, for any thing yet certainly determined 
 on either fide. South. 
 
 For any thing that legally appears to the con- 
 trary, it may be a conti ivance to fright us. Sivft. 
 
 If fuch valt maH'cs of matter had been filuatcd 
 nearer to the fun, or to each other, as ilicy might 
 as eafily have been, for any mechanical or 
 fortuitous agent, tlicy mud ncceflarily have 
 caufed a confiderablc difotdcr in the whole 
 fyftem. BcntUy. 
 
 34. To the ufe of; to be ufed in. 
 
 The oak/cr nothing ill. 
 The ofier good /or twigs, the poplar/or the mill. 
 
 Spenfr. 
 
 Your underftandings are not bright enough _/cjr 
 the exercife of the higheft afls of rcafon. 
 
 Tilhtfon. 
 
 35. In confequence of. 
 
 For love they force through thickets of the 
 wood. 
 They climb the Heepy hills and ftcm the flood. 
 
 Diydeji. 
 
 36. In recoinpence of j in return of. 
 
 Now,/ffr fo many glu-ious adtions done, 
 For peace at home, andyor the publick wealth, 
 I mean to crown a bowl for Csefar's health ; 
 Bcfides, in gratitude/or luch high matters, 
 Know I have vow'dtwo hundred gladiators. 
 
 Dr^cUn'i Vcifiut. 
 
 Firft the wily wiz.%rd muft be caught ; 
 Fer unconftram'd, he nothing tells/or naught. 
 
 Dry.len's l^irgil. 
 
 37. In proportion to. 
 
 He IS not very tall,yet/3r his years l-.c 'stnll S^uik, 
 As he could fee cleai, for thofc times, ti:rouoh 
 
 fupcrHition ; fo he would be blmded, now and 
 
 then, by iiuraan policy Bacon. 
 
 E»tilted Socrates I divinely brave ! 
 
 Injur'd he fell, and dynig he forgave ; 
 
 Too noble/or revenge. Drytle'i's yuTjenal. 
 
 38. Bjr ineans of; by interpofitioii uf. 
 Moral confideration can no way move the 
 
 fcnlible appetite, were it not for the will. 
 
 Hale's Origin of Munkind. 
 
 Of fomc calamity we can have no relief but 
 
 from God atone ; and what would men do in fucli 
 
 a caie, if it wcie not for God > Ti.'/otfon. 
 
 39. In regard of ; in prefcrvation of. / 
 carmot for t>:y life, is, I cannot if my life 
 might be faved by it. 
 
 Vot. I. 
 
 FOR 
 
 I bid tlie rafcal knock upon yourgitc j 
 But could nut get him /or my heart. Shukf^far-.. 
 
 I cannot/or my heart leave a room, belotc I 
 have thoroughly examined the papers paAed 
 upon the walls. AJdifon' > UptSator. 
 
 40. For a//; notwitlillanding. 
 
 Neither doubt you, becaufc I wear a woman's 
 app.1rcl, I will be the more wojnanilh ; fincc 1 
 affure you, /or all my apparel, there is nothing 
 I dcfire more than fully to prove myfelf a man 
 in this entcrprize. Sidney. 
 
 For all the carefulnefs of the chriftians the 
 Englilh bulwark was undermined by the enemy, 
 and upon the fourth of September part thereof 
 was blown up. Knoilei' Hi/lory. 
 
 But as Noah's pigeon, which return'd no 
 more, 
 Did (hew (he footing found/or all the flood. 
 
 Davici. 
 
 They rcfolute,/or all this, do proceed 
 Unto that judgment. D,inicl. 
 
 If we apprehend the greateft things in the world 
 of the emperor of China or Japan, we are well 
 enough contented, ^r all that, to let them 
 govern at home. Stillingfieei. 
 
 Though that very ingenious pcrfon has anti- 
 cipated part of what I (hould fay, yet you will, 
 for all that, ctpeft that I Ihould give you a fuller 
 account. Boyle on Cokun. 
 
 S!ie might have palTed over my bufincfl'^s ; 
 but my rabble is not to be mumbled up in lilence, 
 for all her pertnefs. Dry.len. 
 
 For all his exa6l plot, down was he call from 
 all his greatnefs, and forced to end his days in a 
 mean condition. South. 
 
 41. For to. In the language ufed two 
 centuries ago, for was commonly ufed 
 before to, the fign of the infinite inood, 
 to note the final caufe. As I come, 
 
 for to fee you, for I love to fee you : 
 in the fame fenfe with the French />««/•. 
 Thus it is ufed in the trannation of tlie 
 Bible. But this dillinftion was by the 
 beft writers fomelimes forgotten ; and, 
 _/ar, by wrong ule, appearing fuperflu- 
 ous, is now always omitted. 
 
 Who (hall let me now 
 On this vile body/or to wreak my wrong ? 
 
 I'dity (^ueen. 
 A large pofterity 
 Up to your happy palaces may mount, 
 Ol blelTcd faints /iir to incrcafe tne count. Spenfer. 
 Thcfe things may ferve for to repiefcnt how 
 juft caufe of tear this kingdom may have to- 
 wards Spain. B<tcon. 
 
 For. conj. 
 
 I. The word by which the reafon is in- 
 troduced of fomethiiig advanced before. 
 Heav'n doili with us as we with torches deal, 
 Not light them for themfclves i Jor if our virtues 
 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike 
 As if we had them not. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Old hun)andmen I at S.ibinum know. 
 Who for another year dig, phiugh, and fuw j 
 For never any man was yet fo old, 
 But hop'd his life one winter more would hold. 
 
 J^enhLtrn. 
 Tell me what kind of thing is wit: 
 i^or the fii fl matter loves variety Icfs. Coicliy, 
 Thus does he fuolilhly who, for fcnr of any 
 thing in this world, ventures to difpleafc God ; 
 for in fo doing he runs away from men, and 
 falls into ttic hands of the living God. Tilhtfn 
 
 2. Becaiife ; on this account that. It is 
 in this fcnfe properly followed by itat, 
 and without it is elliptical. This fenfc 
 is alnioll obfolcte. 
 
 I doubt not but great troops would be ready 
 to run ; yet for that the worit men are molt 
 ready to remove, I would wi(h them ciiofcn by 
 difcrttion of wile mui, Spenfa on Ireland. 
 
 FOR 
 
 Jealous fouls will not be anfwct'd fo : 
 They are not ever jealous for a caufe, 
 But jealous /;r they're jealous. Shukfpearr. 
 
 Heaven defend your good fouls, that you thiiili 
 I will your fciiousand great bufmefs fcant ; 
 For (he is witii me. Shakf peart' 1 Otkellt. 
 
 Nor fwcll'd his breaft with uncouth pride. 
 That heav'n un him above his charge had Ijid ; 
 But,yoi his great Creator would tiic fame, 
 His will incrcas'd j fo fire augmcntcth fiamc. 
 
 Fairfay. 
 
 Many cxcirfcences of trees grow chiefly wlicrc 
 the tree is dead or faded ; for that lire natural lap 
 of the tree corropteth into fome preternatural 
 fubflance. Bacon's Natural Ibfiory. 
 
 3. For as much. In regard to that ; In 
 confideration of. 
 
 For ai much as in publick prayer we arc net 
 only to conlidcr what is needful, in refpefl of 
 God ; but there is alfo in men that wnich wc 
 mull regard : we fomcwhat incline to length, 
 left over-quick difpatch (hould give occafioii to 
 deem, that the thing itfclf is but little accounted 
 of. Hooker. 
 
 For as much as the thirft is intolerable, the 
 patient may be indulged tiie free ufe of fpaw 
 water. Arbuthnot on Diet. 
 
 4. For why, Becaufe ; for this reafon 
 that. 
 
 Solyman had three hundred fieldpieces ; for 
 nuhy, Solyman purpofing to draw the emperor 
 into battle, had brought no pieces of batteiy 
 with him. KnoL'es, 
 
 2oFo'rage. 1'. II. [from yonV, abroad, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To wander far; to rove at a diftance. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 Forage, and run 
 To meet difpleafure farther from the doors, 
 And grapple with him, ere he come fo nigh. 
 
 Shakfpeare's King 'fchrr. 
 
 2. To wander in fearch of fpoil, generally 
 of provifions. 
 
 As in a llormy night, 
 Wolves, urged by tlieir raging appetite. 
 Forage for prey. Denh.tm. 
 
 Theic was a brood of young larks in the corn, 
 and the dam went abroad to'/or.i»f for them. . 
 
 l.'Fj:ian^^r. 
 
 Nor dare they ftray 
 When rain is promis'd or a Ifoimy day ; 
 But near the city walls their watering take, 
 J^ov forage far, but (hort excurfions make. D'y.i. 
 
 3. To ravage ; to feed on fpoil. 
 
 His moft mighty father on a hill 
 Stood fmiliiig, to behold his lion's whelp 
 Forage in blood of French nobility. Shakf^iea^e, 
 
 To Fo'r.ige. ^■. a. To plunder; to llrin ; 
 to fpoil. 
 
 Tlicy will both (^lengthen all the country round, 
 and alfo be as continual holds for hermajelty, if 
 the people (hould revolt ; for without fuch it ii 
 e.ify to forage and over-run the whtilc l.ind. 
 
 Spcnfer on Ire/and. 
 
 The viftorious Philirtines were worded by the 
 
 cnptivated ark, which/; jgd/ their countiy more 
 
 than a runqiiering atmy. Sou;':. 
 
 FO'IvAGE. n.f. [foura^e, German and 
 French ; iromforis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Search of provifions ; the aft of feeding 
 abroad. 
 
 Oneway a band fclecl t'lom/or.?^? drives 
 A herd of beeves, f.iir oxen, and lair kine, 
 Fiom a fit meadow ground; or lieecy dock, 
 Ewes and their bleating liimbs, over rbep|.-)ins 
 Their booty. Milton's Vaiadife LoJI, 
 
 2. Provifions fought abroad. 
 
 Some o'er tlie public m.igazines prefidc. 
 And fome are fcnt new forage to provide. Dr\d. 
 
 3. Provifions in general. 
 
 Provided/'/ni^r, our fpent arms renew'd. 
 
 D'ydea'i 'eUUt. 
 
 5D
 
 FOR 
 
 F o n A \i I K o u s . mJj. [ from foramfn .La- 
 tin.] Full of holes; perforated in many 
 
 places; porous. 
 
 Soft Lihra,„!r:,m bodies, in tl.e firrt creation 
 of tl,c found, will deaden It; hut in the p:HTa^ge 
 of the found they will admit it better than harder 
 bodies. Bccon'. Natural Ihjiry. 
 
 rcFORBE'AR. 1'. «• pret. //or^^r.. 
 andentlv /(.r^.»-f ; part. /crfor«. [pop- 
 bxjmu, Say.on. i=-«- has in compoUtion 
 the power of privation; as, forbenr: ox 
 depravation ; as, for/wear, and other 
 powers not eafil)- explained.] 
 
 1. To ceafe from any thing; to intermit. 
 
 Who c.in farbcar to admire and adore h,m 
 who weighed the mountains in fcalcs, .»"d the 
 hillj in a b.il.incc. ''"'->"''■ 
 
 2. To paiife; to delay. 
 
 I pray you, tarry : paufe a day or two, 
 Before you hazaid ; for in clxufmg wrong, 
 I lofe your company; thcreforc/<iri«<.;a wh.le. 
 
 3. To omit voluntarily; not to do; to 
 
 abftain. . , 
 
 He /iriar. to go fo.th. i i««.v:/. 
 
 At this he ft.irted, and/or/,»rr to fwcr ; 
 
 Notoutofconfcience ofthefin, but fear. Vryd. 
 The wolf, the lion, and the bear, 
 
 When they their prey in pieces tear, ^ 
 
 To quarrel witii themfelves/.rrwr. Der.nam. 
 
 4. To reflrain any violence of temper; to 
 be patient. , , , j 
 
 Bylong>/!«r;''gisapvincc perfuaded, and 
 a foft tongue, breaketh the bone. rnva bi. 
 
 To Forbe'ar. 1). «• 
 
 1. To decline ; to avoid vohintanly. 
 
 Forhear his prefence, until time hath qua- 
 lified the heat of his difpleafure. Sha.'ijpeaie. 
 
 So angry bulls the combat do forbear, 
 V/hen from the wood a lion does appear. « •'He' ■ 
 
 2. To abftain from ; to ftiun to do ; to 
 
 If i't paffed only by the houfe of peers, it 
 fh^uid be looked upon as invalid and void, and 
 execution Ihould be thereupon f"'"'^,°^^,J^;^ 
 
 ^'There is not any one aflion wtofoever which 
 a man ought to do, or Kofirhear, but the Scrip- 
 ture will give him a clear precept or prohibition 
 
 5. To fpare ; to treat with clemency. 
 
 ^ With all lowlinefs and meeknefs, with long 
 fuffering. forhearing one another in love. i/*. 
 
 «. To withhold. . , ^ , V • 
 
 "^ To,hear thee fium meddling with God, who is 
 with me, that he riefiroy thee not. 2 U,ro,ucUs_ 
 Forbe'arance. n.f. [from>-/;Mr.] 
 , . The care of avoiding or_ (hunmng any 
 . thing ;• negation of praflice. 
 True noUlenefs would 
 Learn V.mjorbeorunu frora to foul a ^v^^'^S^^^^.^_ 
 
 This may convince us how v.illly greater a 
 pleafure is confequent upon the/»ri.,.r«.rf of fin, 
 than can polTibly accompany tne commifSon^^of 
 
 ''' Lib-rtv is the power a man has to do, or for- 
 bear dome any particular aaion, according as 
 \"it:!ng^orfJhL.,.c has the aftual prefc.en« 
 in the mind. 
 
 2. Intermiftlon of fomethiiig. 
 
 ^. Command of ttmper. 
 
 3 Have a co.«ment>rA.., ...r, 'till the fpe d 
 of his rage goes flower. Shakjfcarc . K:„g U-'. 
 
 Ar. Lenity; delay of punifhmcnt ; mildnels. 
 
 ^ Noi 2> I take notice of this inftance of feventy 
 
 FOR 
 
 i„ our own counny to juftify Uich » P;:"«=j'';« 
 hut only to difplay the mildnefs ^ndJorUaram, 
 !:r!LofuL^hetc.gnof^his,p.^e.ma 
 
 jcily. * ■ ■• 
 
 He applies to "'"■ gratitude by obligations of 
 kindnefs and beneficence, of long fuffering and 
 r r . Rorers. 
 
 Forbe'arer. n.f. [from forbeay.\ An 
 intcrmitter ; interceptor of any thing. 
 The weft as a father all goodnefs doth bring, 
 Tlic caft ^Jr.ibtarer, no manner of thing. TuJIir. 
 To FORBID. -!'.«. pret. I forbade; part. 
 foyhidikn or forbid, [pojibeoban, Saxon; 
 "jcrbiedcn, Dutch.] 
 I To prohibit; to interdift any thmg. 
 A witch, a quean, an old coiening quean; 
 have I noxjo,bi.l her my houfe > Hhaijfearc . 
 
 It is 
 Tl.e piaflice atid the purpofe of the king, 
 Viomwhote obedience !/,./■/</ my foul. Sk^kjf. 
 
 Bv tafiing of that frilit/ort;rf, 
 Where they fought knowledge, they did error 
 
 The voice of reafon, in all the diftates of na- 
 tural mor.ality, ought carefully to be attended to, 
 by a ftrift obfcrvance of what it commands, but 
 efpcnally of what \xforbi.h. S'r^ii. 
 
 All hatred of perlons, ^y v.ry many chriHian 
 principles, we arc moft folcmnly and indifpcnta- 
 lly fcrb:d. ^, , ^/-' 
 
 The chafte and holy race 
 Arc Mfcriuiden this polluted place. _ Vryden. 
 2. To command to forbear any thing. 
 
 She with fo fweet a ngouv fcrbnd him, that he 
 
 durft not rebel. ^ ^ff"'y- 
 
 They have determined to coiifume all thole 
 
 things tliat God h^lh forbiJJcn them loeat by his 
 
 law.s. -^ 
 
 X To oppofe ; to hinder. 
 
 The moillure h^mg forhidde^i to come up m 
 
 the plant, ftayeth longer iu the root, and fo di- 
 
 lj,(,,h it. Bacon' i Natural Htf.'.ry. 
 
 The plafter alone would pen the humour, and 
 
 fo exafperate it, as well as for/./cinew humour. 5u,. 
 
 Thy throne is darknefs in th* abyfs of light, 
 A bla^e of glory that forbuh the fight ! 
 O teach me to believe tiice thus conceal d. 
 And fearch no farther than thyfelf reveard. 
 
 Vrydcn. 
 
 4. To accurfe ; to blaft. Now obfolete. 
 To W is in old language \.o pray; to 
 forbid therefore is to curfe. 
 
 Sleep Ihall neither night nor day 
 Hang upon his penthoufe lid; , ,, , , 
 
 He Ihall live a m.'^n forbid. Shakffeare\ Macbeth. 
 To Forbi'd. v. n. To utter a prohibition. 
 Nov/ the good ^nAs forbid, 
 That our renowned Rome * 
 
 Should now eat up her own ! ,?''"'/>;"" 
 
 FoRBl'DDANCE. n.f. [hom forbid.] pro- 
 hibition ; edia againft any thing. 
 
 How haft thou yielded to tranfgrefs 
 The ftria forbi.idancc ! how to violate 
 The facred fruit forlii'ldcn.' Milioii'i Parad. UJl. 
 FoiiEiDDENLY. odv. [from/w'W.] In 
 an unlawful manner. 
 
 With all confidence he fwears, as he had feen't. 
 That YOU have touch'd his queen forbiddcly. 
 
 ' Sbakfpeare. 
 
 Forbi'dder. n.f [horn forbid.] One 
 that prohibits ; one that enafts a pro- 
 hibition. 
 
 This was a bold accufation of God, making 
 the fountain of lood the contriver of evil, and the 
 forbidder of the ciime an abettor of the faa pro- 
 hibited. ^'•"''"- 
 
 Other care, perhaps. 
 May have diverted from continual watch 
 Our peUfo'l'iddcr ' Milton'!^ Paradife Left. 
 
 Forbi'dding. participial adj. [from /or- 
 bld.] Raifing abhorrence ; repelhng ap- 
 proach ; caufing averfion. 
 Tragedy was m.>& foibid.iing and '''"''■'^''^ ,^ 
 
 FORCE, n.f [fi''"' Trench; fortis. 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Strength; vigour; might; a^ive power. 
 
 FOR 
 
 He never could maintain his part bi:t in the 
 /c,« of his will. Shakffmre. 
 
 A fliip, which hath flruck fail, doth run 
 'By force aix\\M force which before it won. Domti. 
 
 2. Violence. 
 Thus got the houfe of Lancafter the crown. 
 
 Which now they hold hy force, and no: by light. 
 
 Sbiii/peai e. 
 The (hepherd Paris bore the Spartan bride 
 By force away, and then hy force enjoy'd ; 
 But I by li-ce confer.!. Dryder. 
 
 3. Virtue; efficacy. 
 Manifeft it is, that the very m.ijefty and ho- 
 
 linefs of the place where God is worlhif .ed.hath 
 in regard of us, great virtue, /orrr, and efficacy : 
 for that it ferveth as a fenfibie help to ftir up dc- 
 
 .■ „ Hooker, 
 
 votion. 
 
 No definitions, no fuppofitions cf any lett, aie 
 of /'orcr enough to dellroy conlUnt experience. 
 
 ■' Locke. 
 
 4. Validnefs ; power of law. 
 A teftamcnt is oi force after men are dead. 
 
 Hcbreius. 
 Not long \n force this charter ftood ; 
 Wanting that feal, it muft be fcal'd in blood. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 5. Armament; warlike preparation. Often 
 
 forces in the plural. 
 
 O thou ! whole captain I account myfclf, 
 Look on my /ore" with a gracious eye. Shakf. 
 
 The fecict of the power of Spain confifleth m 
 a veteran army, compounded of milcellany fofca 
 of all nations. ^f""- 
 
 A greaier/orcJ than that which here we hnd, 
 Ne'er prels'd tiie ocean, nor cmploy'd the wind. 
 
 PJ'aller. 
 
 Thofe viftorious/wcfJ of the rebels were not 
 able to fuftain your arms. ' Dryden. 
 
 6. Deftiny ; neceffity ; fatal compulfion. 
 To Force, "v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To compel; to conftrain. 
 Dangers are light, if they once fcem light ; and 
 
 more dangers have deceived men than forced 
 
 them. ^ ^ ^^""■ 
 
 I have been/twrrdto ufe the cant words of 
 
 Whi.- and Tory. Stvifr! Examiner. 
 
 The anions and operations Aii force them upon 
 
 dividing the f.ngle idea. Broome. 
 
 2. To overpower by ftrength. 
 O that fortune 
 
 Had brought me to the field where thou art 
 
 fain'd 
 To have wrought fuch wonders with an als s 
 
 jaw, 
 I (hould have /si.:' <i thee foon with other arms. 
 
 Milion. 
 With fates averfe, the rout in arms refort, 
 To force their monarch, and iiifult the court. 
 ^ Dry.lsn's yEneiJ. 
 
 3. To impel; toprcfs; to draw or pirfii 
 by main ftrength. 
 
 Thou (halt not deftroy the trees hy forcing zn 
 ax .igainft them. Deuteronomy. 
 
 Stooping, the fpear defcended on his chine, 
 TuU where the bone diftinguifh'd either lom : 
 It fluck fo faft, fo deeply buiy'd lay. 
 That fcatce the viaor forc'd the fteel away. 
 
 V'yde/i's jEneid. 
 
 4.. To enforce ; to urge. 
 
 Three blulf'ring nights, born by the fouthtni 
 blalt, 
 I floated, and difcovcr'd land at laft : 
 High on a mounting wave my head I bore, 
 Poicmg my flrergth, and gath'ring to the ihote 
 *= Diydcri'i yEtitLi. 
 
 Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never fere, 
 I come to pluck your bcriies harlh and crude, 
 And with /ore'./ fingers rude 
 Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 
 
 ' Milion. 
 
 r To drive by violence or power. 
 
 This way of flattering their willing bencfaaor? 
 out of pait, contrived another of >ra«g their 
 unwiUing iKighbours out of all tlxir poffeffions 
 Jjccny oj i i:ty.
 
 FOR 
 
 To free the ports, and ope the Punk-jUe land 
 Ti) Trojr.ii gucfts ; left, ignorant of fate, 
 Tiic queen mt^hi fores them from her town anri 
 ftatc. VijJc'i. 
 
 6. To gain by violence or power. 
 
 My heart is yoiir's ; but, oh! you left it hcrt* 
 A'l.indon'd to thofe tyrants hope and fear ; 
 If thcy/ofc'iV from inc one Icind loolv or word, 
 Could you not thai, nor that fmall part atfurd ? 
 
 D:y.//n. 
 
 7. To ftorm ; to take or enter by violence. 
 
 Troy wall'd fo high, 
 Atrides miglit as u ell have/jz-t-Vthc (ky. IValkr. 
 
 Hc.iv*n from all ages wifely did provide 
 Ti'is wealth, and for the bravert nation hide; 
 Who with four hundred foot, and forty horlc, 
 Dare boldly go a new-fouud world to force. 
 
 • Drytlen'i Ind. limp. 
 
 8. To ravifh ; to violate by force. 
 
 Force her. — I like it not. Dr)Jr>:. 
 
 9. To confiraln ; to diflort ; not to ob- 
 tain naturally or with eafc. 
 
 Our general tafte in England is for epigram, 
 turns of wit, and/arc'r/ conceits. y^Jii/f./i. 
 
 10. To man ; to Ihengthen by foldlcrs; to 
 garrifon. 
 
 Here let them lye, 
 'Till famine and the ague cat them up: 
 Were they not forc'd with thofe that ihouUI be 
 
 our's, 
 Wc might have nrct them dareful, beard to beard 
 
 Shukfpfiirc. 
 
 If you find that any great number of foldiers 
 
 he newly fcnt into Oroonoqiie, and tliat the 
 
 palTages be already ybz-tr^t/, then be well advifed 
 
 how you land. Rulcigh^s .^^ohgy. 
 
 11. Ti? Force o«/. Toextort. 
 
 The heat of the difpute hadyircjrj out from 
 Luther expreffions that fcemed to make his 
 doftiine run higher than really it did. Atterbuyy\ 
 
 To Force, v. n. To lay ftrcfs upon- 
 This word I have only found in the 
 following palTage. 
 
 That morning that he was to join battle with 
 Harold, his armorer put on his backpiece hefurc 
 and his breaftplatc behind; the which being 
 cfpied by fome that liood by, was taken among 
 them for an \\\ token, and therefore advifed him 
 not to fight that day; to whom the duke an- 
 fwcred, \ force not of fuch fooleries, but if I 
 have any (kill in fooihfaying, as in footh I have 
 none, it doth prognolUcate that I Ihall change 
 copy from a duke to a king. Camden' i R:ina->:\. 
 Fo'rcedly. adv. [frotnyorfi".] Viokntly; 
 conflralncdly ; unnaturally. 
 
 This foiMidation of the e^rth upon the waters 
 doth moft aptly agree to that llrut^ane of the 
 abyfs and antediluvian caith; but very impro- 
 perly ^ni forcedly to the prefentforra of the earth 
 and the waters. Burrjet's Theory, 
 
 Fo'nCEFUi.. adj. \^foi-ce Rnd/u!!.} Vio- 
 lent ; ftrong ; driven with great might; 
 impetuous. 
 
 Why, what need we 
 Commune with you of Ihis, but rather follow 
 OurytAciyi*/ infligation ? Shakf p. Winter^ s Tide. 
 
 Againft the (Iced he threw 
 }ii\'ifv'eefid fpeai, which., hilTing as it flew, 
 Pierc'd through the yieklir.g pl.mks. D:yde>:. 
 
 Weie it by chance, or/01 ..-t/v.'deftiny, 
 Which forms in caufcs firft whu.te'cr (hall he, 
 A^rited by a friend, one moonlefs night. 
 This Palemon from prifun rook his flight. Dyd. 
 
 He pois'd in air, the jav'lin fent, 
 Th.oiigh Paris' (hield x^t forceful weapon went. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Fo'rcefully. adv. [from forcfful.'\ 
 
 Violently; impetuoufly. 
 Fo'rceless. adj. [from/brf^'.] Having 
 
 little force; weak; fetble; impotent. 
 FO'RCEPS. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 Forceps properly fignifies a pair of tongs; but 
 
 is ufed for an infttument in chirurgery, to ex- 
 
 F O R 
 
 traA any thing out of wounds, and the like oc- 
 ca(ioiis. (^uincy. 
 
 Fo'rcer. n.f. [from /<»/•«.] 
 
 1. That which forces, dries, or conftrains. 
 
 2. The embolus of a pump working by 
 pulllon, In contradilllndion to a fucker, 
 which afts by attraftlon. 
 
 The ufu.il means for the afcent of water is 
 cither by fuckers o\ forcers. ly'ilihit' D^dMus. 
 Fo'RClnLE. adj. [from/orfc.J 
 
 1. Strong; mighty: oppofed to lyfa/-. 
 That punilhment, which lialh been foractimes 
 
 forcible 10 britUc fin, may grow afterwards too 
 weak and feeble. Hooker. 
 
 Who therefore can invent 
 With what more forcMe we may offend 
 Our yet unwoimcled enemies .^ Mll.'cn. 
 
 2. Violent; impetuous. 
 
 Jerfey, bclov'd by all ; for all mud feel 
 The influence of a form and mind, 
 Where comely grace and conftant virtue dwell, 
 Like mingl'd (ticams, mote forcii/c when join'd: 
 Jerfey (li.iil at thy altars (land, 
 bhall there receive the azure band. Prior. 
 
 3. Efficacious; a(fllve ; powerful. 
 
 Swctt fmclls arc mofi forcible in dry fubftan- 
 ccs, when broken ; and fo likewife in oranges, 
 the ripping of tiicir rind givcth out their fmell 
 moie. Bacon's Nu.'uial Hijidry. 
 
 4. Prevalent ; of great Influence. 
 
 How forcible ate right words ? yoi. 
 
 God hath alTured us, that there is no inclina- 
 tion or temptation (0 forcible which our humble 
 prayers and dchrcs m.ay not fruftrate and break 
 afunilcr. Raleigh's Hifloiy. 
 
 5. Done by force; fuffered by force. 
 
 He fwifter far. 
 Me overtook, his mother all difmay'd, 
 And in emhr:icc^ forcible and foui 
 Ingend'ring with me. Milton. 
 
 The abdication of king James, the advocate.', 
 on that fide look upon to have been forcible and 
 unjiift, ar.d confequcntly void. Sivift. 
 
 6. Valid; binding; obligatory. 
 
 Fo'rciblekess. !!. /. [from fcrcibh.] 
 
 Force; violence. 
 F'oRCiBLV. cdv. [Uorn ford bk.l 
 
 1. Strongly; powerfully. 
 
 The gofpcl oifers I'uch confidcrations as are (it 
 to work xcry forcibly upon two of the molf I'w.iy- 
 ing and governing p.iiTions in the mind, our hopes 
 and our fears. Tillotjon. 
 
 2. Impetuoufly ; with great flrength. 
 
 3. By violence ; by force. 
 
 He h-mfclf wiih greedy great dcfire 
 Into tiic cadle enter'd^"ci't/-''/v. Fairy Queen. 
 
 The taking and carrying away of women 
 fof.ibly, and againft their will, except female 
 wards and bondwomen, was made capital. Bacon. 
 
 This dofftrine brings us down to the level of 
 lu)rre and mule, whofc mouths ^te forcibly holdcn 
 with bit and bridle. Hammond. 
 
 Fo'RCiPATED.rtr^'. [{tomforceps.'] Formed 
 like a pair of pincers to open and en- 
 elofe. 
 
 Tie locufts have ante-inse, or long horns Ije- 
 fjre, with a long falcation or forcipated tail be- 
 ilind. Broiurt. 
 
 When they have fcized their prey, tliey will fo 
 tenacioufly hold it with their j'oreipated mouth, 
 that they will not part therewith, even when 
 taken out of the waters. Vcrham. 
 
 FORD. II. f. [popb, Saxon, from papan, 
 
 to pafs ] 
 I. A fliallow part of a river where it may 
 be pafTed without fwimming. 
 Her men the paths rode through made by her 
 fword ; 
 They pafs the ftream, when fiic had found the 
 
 fod. r.;.f-.. 
 
 FOR 
 
 2. It fometlmes fignifies the ftream, the 
 current, without any confiderution of 
 pafiagc or (hallowncfs. 
 
 Medufa with Gorgoni.ui terror guards 
 The ford, and of itfelf the water tiies 
 All talle of living wight. Milton's Fnradlfe X.ofl. 
 
 Kife, wretched widow! rife; nor undeplor'd 
 Permit my gholl to pafs the ik\%\mford: 
 But rife, prepar'd in black to mourn thypendid 
 loid. Dryd,N. 
 
 To Ford. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 p.ifs vvitliout fwimming. 
 
 Adam's (hin-bones mult have contained a 
 thoufand fathom, and much more, if lie had 
 forded the ocean. Raleii^U's Hifiory. 
 
 Fording his current where thou find'ft it low. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 Fo'rdable. c^'. [from/«r(/.] Paffable 
 without fwimming. 
 
 Pliny placcth the Sclienita: upon the Euphrates, 
 where the fanic beginneth to hcfordablt. Raleigh, 
 
 A countryman I'oiinded a river up and downi 
 to try where it was moO fordnb/e ; and where the 
 water ran too fmoo'.h, he found it d:epeft ; and, 
 on the cojitraty, (halloweft where it made molt 
 noifo. L'Ejirarige. 
 
 FORE. adj. [pope, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Anteriour; that which is before; not 
 behind. 
 
 Though there is an orb or fpherical area of ths 
 found, yet they move flrongell and go farthell 
 in the/ore lines from the tirfl local imprefiroa. 
 
 Baeoi. 
 
 2. That which comes firft in a progreflive 
 motion. 
 
 Relilfancc in fluids arifes from their greater 
 prclfmg on the fore than hind part of the bodies 
 moving in them. Chiync. 
 
 Fore. ad-u. 
 
 1. Anteriourly ; In the part which appears 
 firll to thofe that meet it. 
 
 Each of them will bear fix demiculverins and 
 four fikers, needing no oth.cr addition than a 
 (light fpar deck fore and aft, which is a flight 
 deck tliroughouc. Raleigh's Ejfays. 
 
 2. Fore is a woid much ufed in compo- 
 fition to mark priority of time, of which 
 foine examples (hall be given. A vitious 
 orthography 1ias confounded/or andybre 
 in compofition. 
 
 To Foreadvi'se. ^i. n. [/ore andaJviee.} 
 To counfcl eaily ; to counfel before the 
 time of action, or the event. 
 
 Thus to have (aid. 
 As you wereforeadvis'd, had touch'd his fpirir. 
 And tried his inclination. Shakjpeare's Coriolaims. 
 To FoREAPPo'iNT. V. tt. [fore and ap- 
 
 poinl.] To Older beforehand. 
 To For-ea'rm. -v. a. [fore and arm.] To 
 provide for attack or refiltance before 
 the time of need. 
 
 A man fhould fix :ind f rearm his mind with 
 thispcrluafion, that, during his pnlhcn, whatfo- 
 ever is ottered to his imagination tends only to 
 deceive. South. 
 
 Ht forearms his care 
 With rules to pu(h his fortune, or to bear. 
 
 D/ydcn's ^S/:eid. 
 
 To Forebo'de. v. n. [fore and Me.] 
 
 1 . To prognoftlcate ; to foretell. 
 
 An ancient augur, Ikill'd in future fate, 
 With \.\Kk foreboding words rcHrains their hate. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To foreknow ; to be prefclent of ; to 
 feel a fecret fenfe of fomething future. 
 
 Fare m.akcs you deal", while I in vain implore: 
 My hart foricdes I ne'er (hall fee you more. 
 
 Dryden. 
 My {o\i\ forboded I (hould find the bow'r 
 Of forae fell monfter, fierce with baib'rous ppw'r. 
 
 i-ofe. 
 
 5 D 3
 
 FOR 
 
 FoREBODEn. n.f. {^xorciforchode.l 
 
 1. A prognoflicator ; a foothfaycr. 
 
 Your r.ivcn lus a reputation in the world for a 
 bird of omen, and a kind of fmall piopliet : a 
 crow that had obfcrvcd the raven's manner and 
 way of delivering his prcdidlions, fets up for a 
 forchcder. L'Ejhdngt. 
 
 2. A foreknower. 
 
 Foreby'. prep, [fore and by.'\ Near; 
 hard by ; faft by. 
 
 Not iar away he hence doth won 
 For^byz fountain, where I late him left. F. Queen. 
 Ta Foreca'st. v. a. [fore and caf}.\ 
 
 1. To fclieme ; to plan before execution. 
 
 He (hall/cviii/? liis devices againfl the ftrong 
 holds. Daniel. 
 
 2. Toadjuft; to contrive antecedently. 
 
 The fe.i(l was ferv'd ; the time fo v/MfuiicaJl, 
 That jull when the deffer< and fruits were plac'd, 
 The fiend's al.irm began. l)ryden, 
 
 3. To forefee ; to provide againft. 
 
 It is wifdom to conlicler t'ne end of things be- 
 fore we embaiic, and ioforecafi confequences. 
 
 U Kfirange. 
 
 To Foreca'st. 11. n. To form fchemes ; 
 to contrive beforehand. 
 And whatfu heavens in the'r fccret doom 
 .Ordained have, iiow can fr.iil flelhy wi^ht 
 Forccaj!, but it muft needs to ifluc come ? Spenfcr. 
 When broad awake, (he finds in troublous flit, 
 Forecajiing how his foe he might annoy. F. Qjtecr,. 
 Fo'recagt. n.f. [from the verb.] Con- 
 trivance beforehand ; fcheme ; plan ; 
 antecedent policy. 
 
 -•Mas ! that Warwick had no mr>rt fo^eciifl, 
 But while he thought to fteal the fingic ten, 
 The kinj was llily tinger'd from the deck ! 
 
 Shtikjpe.it e'i Henry Vf- 
 Hc mikes this difference to arife from the 
 fcrteajl and predetermination af the gods. 
 
 .AJJifit: 01 MtduSu 
 The laft, fc.irce ripen'd into perfeft man, 
 Saw hclpicfs !iim from whom t'.icir life began ; 
 Mcm'ry xi\ifor-uaft juft returns engage ; 
 That pointed back to youth, tins on to age. Fop;. 
 
 Foreca'ster. n.f. [hamforecajl.} One 
 who contrives beforehand. 
 
 Fo'recastle. n.f. [frezndcq/I/e.1 In 
 a fliip, is that part where the forcmaft 
 ilaiids, and is divided from the relt of 
 the floor by a bulkhead : that part of 
 Xhc forecnjlle wliich is aloft, and not in 
 the hold, is called the prow. Harris. 
 The c j.Timodity of tiic new cook-room the 
 . merchants have found to be fo grear, as that, in 
 :tl! their fiiips, the Cook-rooms arc built in their 
 itirteajlici., contrary to that « hich had been an- 
 ireiitly uftd. Ritliigh'i FJT,iy\ 
 
 FoR-ECHo'sEN. fiart. [fore and Jiofcn ] 
 I're-elcdled, 
 
 FoKFciTLD. /lar/. [/«?•« and aVf.] Quo- 
 ted before, or above. 
 
 Greaves is of opinion, that the alteration men- 
 tioned in thaiy47f.;Vf</paifage is continued. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Coins. 
 
 7b FoRECLo'sE. v./!. [fore and clofe.] 
 
 1. To flmt up; to preclude ; to prevent. 
 
 The embargo with S-^iinf oreclojcJ \,hii trade. 
 
 C.iretc. 
 
 2. Zo Foreclose a Mortgage, is to cut 
 off the power of redemption. 
 
 Fo'redeck. ;/. /. [fores.r\dJeci.'\ The 
 aiiterioor part of the ihip. 
 
 ! to the /otcJeei went, and thence did look 
 Kor rjcky Scylla. Ckapman'i Od\ffc\\ 
 
 To Foredesi'on. t>.a. \_fore 3.xid tlefign.'] 
 To plan beforehand. 
 
 AH the licps of the growth and vegetation both 
 of animals and plants, have been forefcen and 
 fcridfgned by the wife Author of nature, Chejnr. 
 
 FOR 
 
 To For EDO*, v. a, [from_/o/- and do, not 
 
 fore.] 
 I. To ruin ; to deflroy. A word obfo- 
 lete. Oppofed to making happy. 
 
 Befccching him, if either falves or oils, 
 
 A foredoTjc wight from door of death might raife, 
 
 He would at her requell prolong her neplicw's 
 
 days. F^iry Queen. 
 
 That drew on men God's hatred and his wrath, 
 
 And many fouls rn dolours h^dforethtie. F. Quft-ri. 
 
 This doth bctokLcii, 
 The corfe they follow did with defperate hand 
 ForeJo its own iife. Shakfpeare's Hjm.'et. 
 
 This is the night 
 That either makes me, or foredoa me quite. 
 
 2 , To overdo ; to weary ; to harafs. 
 Whilft the heavy plowman fnoars, 
 All with weary tAikforedone, S/:akfpeare. 
 
 To FoREDo'oM. V. a. [fore and doom,] 
 To predeftinate j to determine before- 
 hand. 
 
 Through various hazards and events we move 
 To Latium, aiid the rcdlms foredoom* H by Jove. 
 Dryden's j£ne/d. 
 The willing metal will obey thy hand, 
 Following with cafe : if favour'd by thy fate, 
 Tliou z\lf'j^cdconi\i to view the flygian liate. 
 
 DrydeK. 
 
 Tiltfortdoom'dj and all things lend 
 By CQLirfe of time to their appointed end. Dryd^n. 
 
 Here Britain** ftatefmen oft the (aWfotedccn 
 Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home. Popf. 
 
 Fore-e'nd. n.f. [fore and end.] The 
 anteriour part. 
 
 I have liv'd at honed freedom ; paid 
 More pious debts to heaven than in all 
 The foie-end of my time. Skalfpe^re. 
 
 In the fore -end of it, which was towards him, 
 grew a fmall green branch of palm. Bacon. 
 
 Forefa'ther. n.f [fore and father.] 
 Anceftor ; one who in any degree of af- 
 cending genealogy precedes another. 
 
 The cuftom of the peuple of God, and the de- 
 crees of onr f'TcfitheHy ate to be kept, touching 
 thofc ti.iiigs whereof the Scripture hath neither 
 one way or other given us charge. H'ioker. 
 
 If it be a generous defire in fnen to know from 
 whence rheir own forefuf hers have come, it can- 
 not be difplcafipg To underfland the place of our 
 iiril anceftor. Rn/figh's Hijhyy. 
 
 Conceit is fliil dcrivM 
 From fGme/c-*^(3//j:fr grief : mine is not fo. Shalf. 
 
 Shall I not be diftraught,' 
 And madiy play with my forefuriers joints. 
 
 Shakfpcare, 
 Our %rz^\forffitJ:a-Sy 
 Had left him nought to conijuer but his countiy. 
 
 Jiddifon. 
 When a man fees the prodigious pnhis our 
 fo'-ffuhfn have been at in thefe barbarous build- 
 ings, one c;innot but fancy what miracles of ar- 
 chitecture they would have left us, had ihey 
 been inftrucled in tiie right way. .^dd'f'jn. 
 
 Bieft peci" ! his great forefathtrs evVy grace 
 RcHctfling, and reflcftcd in his race. Tcpc. 
 
 To Forefe'nd. ^y. a. [It is doubtful 
 whether ^vomfore or for aud defend. If 
 from fere, it implies antecedent pro- 
 vifioii ; ^"i forearm : if from/or, prohibi- 
 tory fecuiity ; ^s fcrhid. Of the two 
 following exaaiples one favoursyLr, and 
 the otheryor^.] 
 
 1. To prohibit ; to avert. 
 
 1 would not kill tliv unprepnicd fplrit ; 
 No, heAv'ns for find / I would rot kill ihy foul. 
 
 Sh(iLff^>£aie. 
 Perhaps a fever, which the ^06% fcrcfcKd, 
 May bring your youth to fome untimely end. 
 
 JDrydcn. 
 
 2. To provide for ; to fccurc. 
 
 FOR 
 
 Down wirh the nofe, 
 Down with it flat: take the bridge quite away 
 Of him, that, his particular iofotefer.d. 
 Smells from the gen'ral weal. Shakfptare. 
 
 Forefi'nger. n. f [fore and finger.'] 
 The finger next to the thumb ; the 
 index. 
 
 An agate ftone 
 
 On xhefortf/iger of an alderman. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Polymnia fliall be drawn, as it were, ading 
 
 her fpecch 'w\\.\\ h<::r forefinger. Peachant. 
 
 Some wear this on the middle-finger, as the 
 
 antient Gauls and Britons; and fome upon the 
 
 fore -finger. Bro-wrt. 
 
 Fo're_foot. n.y! piur, forefeet, [fore^nd 
 foot.] The anteriour foot of a qua- 
 druped : in contemjft, a hand. 
 Give me thy fill, thy forefoot to me give. 
 
 Shakjpeare, 
 
 He ran fiercely, and fmotc at Hcliodorus with 
 
 hisjcrefccf. 2 Marcaheci. 
 
 1 continue my line from thence to the heel ; 
 
 then miking the bicaft with the emincncy ihercof, 
 
 biing out his near /arc/00/, which I finilh. 
 
 Peacham, ' 
 
 To Forego'. %\ a, [fore zi\^ go,] 
 
 1. To quit; to give up; to relign. 
 
 Is it her nature, or is it her will. 
 To be fo cruel to an humble foe t 
 
 If nature, then (he may it mend with ft.il! ; 
 If will, then (he at will may ^^•\\\ forego. Sptnftr, 
 
 Having all before abfolutely in his power, it 
 remaincth fo ftill, he having already neither fore- 
 given nor foregone any thing thereby unto them, 
 but having received fomcthing from them. 
 
 Spenfer, 
 
 He is a great adventurer, faid he, 
 Thar hath his fword through hard tiuiy foregone ; 
 
 And now hath vowed 'till he avenged be 
 Of that defpite, never to wcaren none. F. Quetft, 
 
 Special rcafon oftentimes caul'erh the will to 
 prefer one good thing before another; to leave 
 one for another's fake, to forego meaner for the 
 attainment of higher degrees. Hooker. 
 
 Muft I then leave you ? Muft I needs forego 
 So good, fo noble, and fo true a maftcr: Shukf. 
 
 Let us not/o;T_go 
 That for a trifle which was bought with blood. 
 
 ShakJpCii'C, 
 
 How can I live without thee! how forego 
 Thy fweet converfe and love To dearly join'd. 
 To live again in thefe wild woods foilorn ! 
 
 Mi/on. 
 
 This argument might prevail with you to /o;rg^ 
 a liitie of your rcpol'c for the puLliek benefit. 
 
 Vrydtft's fuvena/y Ved.'c. 
 
 What they have enjoyed with great plcafurc at 
 one time, lias proved inlipid or naufeous at ano- 
 tiier J and therefore they Tee nothing in it, for 
 which they (hoald forego a prefcnt cjijoyraen*. 
 
 Lo>:ke. 
 
 2. To go before ; to be paft. [[vom fure 
 and go.] 
 
 By our remembrances of d^ys forego': f. 
 
 Such were our faults : O! then we thought them 
 
 not. Shakfpeare, 
 
 It is to be underflood of Cain, that many years 
 
 foregone and when his people were increalcd, he 
 
 built the city of Enoch. Raleigh, 
 
 Refledl upon the iwo foregoing objc(f^ions. 
 
 B:>y/e on Co/oun. 
 
 Thii foregoing remark gives the rcafon why 
 
 imitation pleafcs. Vryden's Duftejnoy, 
 
 I wr.s feated in my elbow-chair, where I had 
 
 indulged X.he fort-going fpeculations. Addifon, 
 
 111 ^^-c f ongoing part of this work I proniifecl 
 
 proofs. lycodivurj, 
 
 3. Tolofe. 
 
 This is rhevciy ecftacy of love, 
 Whofe violent jnoperiyyo-fg^ci^j illelf. 
 And leads tiie will to defperate undertakings. 
 
 Shai fpe^ies Huin'et, 
 
 Foreoo'er. rj. / [ixom forego.] An- 
 ceftor ; progenitor.
 
 FOR 
 
 FOR 
 
 FOR 
 
 Honoms bcft tlirivc, 
 Wlicn rather from our adls wc them dciive 
 Tiian ourfori-f^otrs. Shaijpcate. 
 
 f o'rf.grounu. n.f. [fore and groutul.'\ 
 'I'lie part of the field or expanfe of a 
 pifture which feems to lie before the 
 figures. 
 
 All ngrce that white can fubfift on the f'>rt- 
 ground o\ ti'c piif^uit ; the qucIUon therefore ii tc» 
 know, it it can cqua'Iy be pl.iced upon thai which 
 is baekw:>id, the light I'cing univcrfal, and the 
 figures I'uppofed to he in an open field. Dryden. 
 
 FoRRHAND. n.f. [/orf and Ar7n(/.] 
 
 1 . The part of a horfe which is before the 
 rider. 
 
 2. The chief part. Not in ufe. 
 
 The gieat Achilles whom opinion crowns 
 The hnevv and \\\c f^reft^rjd oi oui iiolK Shjlfp. 
 
 Fo'reiiani>. adj. Done foor.er than is 
 regular. 
 
 You'll fay Arc did embrace me as a hu{b:ind, 
 And fd extenuate \.\\c forehjnd fin. Slukjj>c^ii.- 
 
 Foreha'ndf.d. adj. [from_/brf and Afl/i^.] 
 
 1. Early; timely. 
 
 If by Ilius diing you have not fccuied your 
 time by an early And f^rc/uinded curCy yet be furc, 
 by a timely duigcncc, to redeem tiie tmic. 
 
 Taylor's Rule of living holy. 
 
 2. Formed in the foreparts. 
 
 He's a fubflantial tiuc-brcd bealV, bravet5'/orc- 
 handrd : m^xV. but the cieanncfs of his Ihapes too. 
 
 Drydtn 
 
 Fo'rehead. n.f. [yV^ and Afa</.] 
 
 1. That part of the face which reaches 
 from the eyes upward to the hair. 
 
 The brcaff of Hecuba, 
 When (he did fiickle Heftor, look'd not lovelier 
 Than HtfXur'sforelirttd when it fpit forth blood 
 At Grecian fwords conlLnding. Sh.ti-fpfair. 
 
 Some angel cojiy'd, while I flcpr, cacii grace, 
 And moulded ev'ry feature from my face ; 
 Such majcfty does from \-\i:r fonhrad v\[ej 
 Her checks fuch blulhcs caft, fuch r.iys her eyes. 
 
 - DrfdcK 
 
 2. Impudence ; confidence ; atTtirance ; 
 audacioufnefs ; audacity. The forehead 
 is the part on. which fliame viiibly 
 operates. 
 
 A- man of confidence preflcth forward upon 
 every appearance of advantage ; where his force 
 is too feeble, iic pievails by dint of impudence; 
 thefe men o^ forehetid wre magnificent in promifes, 
 and infailjblc ill their prefcriptions. CcUii'i-. 
 
 I would fain know to what branch of the le- 
 giflature they can have the forefiead to apply. 
 Sv.-:Jt'i Piejlytaian Pled. 
 
 Fore ho'ld INC. n. f. [fore and bold.l 
 Prediflions ; ominous accounts; fuper- 
 ilitious prognoflications. 
 
 How arc fuperfiitious men bagged out of their 
 wits with the fancy of omens, Jorefiil.lir^S) and 
 old wives tales ! L'EjIrntigc. 
 
 FO'REIGN. adj. [forain, French ; fora- 
 vo, Spanifh ; homforis, I^atin.] 
 
 1. Not of this country ; not domeftick. 
 
 Your fon, that with a fearful foul 
 Leads difcontcntcd fleps w/oreign foil, 
 This fair alliance quickly Oiall call home. Sli'iifp. 
 
 The learned corrcfpondence you hold Ui fc*.i^fi 
 parts. Aliltn'i. 
 
 The pcfuions are (o far from being new, that 
 they are commonly to be met with in both anci- 
 ent and modern, domeftick and foreign writers. 
 
 ^lierliurv. 
 
 The parties and riivifions amongll us may fe- 
 veral ways bring dellruiliun upon our country, 
 at the (rriic lime that our united force would 
 fectue us agiinil all the attempts of a fiei^n 
 enemy. ylddifan'i FnehiLUr. 
 
 2. Alien ; remote ; not allied ; not belong- 
 
 ing ; without relation. It is often ufed 
 with to; but more properly with//'o/n. 
 
 1 mufl dilfembic, 
 And fpcak a language _/*c/(/^« fo my heart. 
 
 yiddifin't Ca/o. 
 Fame is a good fo wholly/orr/g^ to our natures, 
 that wc h.ive no faculty in the foul adapted to 
 it, nor any organ in the body to rehfti it, placed 
 out of the polhbility of fruition. yiddifon. 
 
 This delign is not foreign fiom fomc peoples 
 thoughts. Siuift. 
 
 3. Excluded ; not admitted ; held at a 
 di fiance. 
 
 They will not (lick to fay you envied him ; 
 And fearing he would rile, be was fo viituous, 
 Kept him ,\ foreign man dill ; which fo griev'd 
 
 him. 
 That he ran mad and died. Shaifp. Hen. viit. 
 
 4. [In law.] A foreign plea, plachum 
 forlr.fcum ; as being a plea out of the 
 
 proper court of jultice. 
 
 5. Extraneous ; adventitious in general. 
 
 There are who, fondly Ihidious of increafe, 
 Richyort-Zgw mould in their ill-natur'd land 
 Induce. Pliilip<.. 
 
 Fo'rkigner. n. f. [from foreign.'\ A 
 man that comes from another country; 
 not a native ; a ftrangcr. 
 
 J(jy is fuch :h foreigner y 
 So mere a flrangtr to my thoughts, I know 
 Not how to cntcitain him. Denham's Sophy. 
 
 To this i.\\it foreigner yon give your throne, 
 Anil wrong'd a friend, a kinfnian, and a fon. 
 
 Dryden'i AUneid. 
 
 Water is the only native of England made ufc 
 of in punch ; but the lemons, the brandy, the 
 fugar, and the nutmegs are zWforcignen. Addift^n. 
 
 Nor could the majcfty of the Englifti crown 
 appear in a greater luftrc, eithci to forcigncn or 
 fubjects. Svifi. 
 
 Fo'r EIGNNESS. n.f. [fxom foreign .'\ Re- 
 motenefs ; want of relation to fome- 
 thiiig. 
 
 J.ct not the foreignnefs of the fubje£t hinder 
 
 you from endeavouring to fct me right. Lceke. 
 
 To Foreima'gine. 1'. a. [fore and ima- 
 
 g'tte.] To conceive or fancy before 
 
 proof. 
 
 We are within compafs of 2 fort imagined po{~ 
 fibility in that behalf". Camden's Rim.iim. 
 
 To Forfju'dge. 1). a. [fore and judge.l 
 To judge beforehand ; to be prepof- 
 fcfTcd ; to prejudge. 
 To FcREKNo'w. v. a. [fore and hioiv.'\ 
 To have prefcience of; to forefee. 
 
 Wefoicino-.v that the fun will rife and fct, that 
 all men born in the world fliall die again ; that 
 after winter the fpring Ihall come; after the 
 fpring, fumnier and harveft ; yet is notour fore- 
 knowledge thc-caule of any of tl-ofe. Raleigh. 
 
 He forekneiv John Ihoidd not fuffer a violent 
 death, but go into his grave in- peace. Broxun. 
 
 Calcbas the facred feer, who had in view 
 Things prefent and the paft, and things to come 
 fcrekneiu. Dryden's Iliad. 
 
 Who would the mifcries of m^wjorehtovj? 
 Not knowing, wc but fhate out part of woe. 
 
 Drydcr.. 
 
 FoREKNo'wABLE. adj. [ from _,/o;v/.-(e'a> . ] 
 Pofiible to be known before they happen. 
 It is certainly _/irr^«ou;(2t/tf what they wiil do 
 in fuch and fuch circumftances. hl^re. 
 
 FoREKNo'wLlDGE. n.f. [fore zvA Inoiu- 
 ledv(.'\ Prefcience ; knowledge of 
 that which has not yet happened. 
 
 Our being in Chrift by cXiiwA foreknowledge, 
 favcth us not without our aiftual and real adoption 
 into the fcllowlhip of his faints in this prefent 
 world. Hoikrr. 
 
 I told him you was afleep : he feems to have a 
 f I einoti'ledgc of that too, and therefore chul'cs to 
 fprak with you. Shaifpearc. 
 
 8. 
 
 If I foreknew, 
 Foreinoiuledge had no influence on their fault,' 
 Which had no Icfs prov'd certain unforeknown. 
 
 Mi/lot. 
 I hopclUcforeinoivledgeycu had of my efteem 
 foi you, is the reafon that you do not diflikc my 
 letters. Popr. 
 
 Fo'r EL and; n.f. \_fore and Iar.d.'\ A 
 promontory ; headland ; high land 
 jutting into the fea ; a cape. 
 
 As when a Oiip, by flcilful ftccrfman wrought,. 
 Nigh liver's mouth, or fo'relund, where the wind 
 Veers oft, as oft fo fleers, andlhifts her fails. 
 
 MHion. 
 ToTorei.a'y. v. a. [fore and ky.] 
 
 1. To lay wait for ; to entrap by ambu(h. 
 
 A fcrpent flioots his fling at unaware ; 
 An ainbulh'd thief /or.'/aji a traveller: 
 Tlic man lies muider'd, while the thief and fnake. 
 One gains the thickets, and one chrids the brake. 
 
 Dry.icn. 
 
 2. To contrive antecedently. 
 
 To Fo'relift. .tJ. a. [/are and If I.] To 
 raife aloft any antcrio'.ir part. 
 
 So dreadfully he towaids him did pats, 
 Forel fling up aloft liis fpc-ckled breafi ; 
 
 And often bounding on the bruited grafs. 
 As for great joy of his newcomen gueft. Spenfer. 
 
 Fo'relocic. n.f. [fore and lock.'\ The 
 hair that grows from the forepart of the 
 head. 
 
 Tell her the joyous time will not ht ftaid, 
 Uiilefs (he do him by xhe-foreloei take. Sper:fer,.. 
 
 Hyacinthine locks. 
 Round fiom his ^^r\o.d forelock manly hung, 
 CluU'riiig, but not beneath his Ihouldcrs broad. 
 
 Alilton, - 
 Zeal and duty are not'flow. 
 But on occafion's/^/r/ocX- watchful wait. Milton, . 
 Time is painted with a lock before, and bald 
 behind, fignil'ying thereby that we muft tjke time 
 by \\\i: fo' ttock ; fol, when it is once p.ift, there is 
 no recalling if. ^w.ft. 
 
 Fo'reman. n.f. [fere znd.man.'} The 
 firll: or cliief pa-fon. 
 
 He is a very Icnhble man, (hoots flying, and 
 has been fcveral UniCifcreman of the petty jury. - 
 jiddifon's Speflutor, . 
 
 Foreme'ntioned. aJf. [fore and men- 
 tioth'd.] Mentioned or recited before. - 
 It IS ohfervable that many participles are ■ 
 compounded with/I;-;", vvhofe verbs have-, 
 no fuch compofition. 
 
 Dacier, in the life of Aurelius, has not taken 
 notice of lhcfi,/ementioned figuie on the pillar. 
 
 .rlddifon on Itatf, . 
 
 Fo'r E most; adj. [fromysri-.] 
 
 1. Firft in place. 
 
 All three were let among \\\z foretnofi ranks of ' 
 fame, for great minds 10 attempt, and great force 
 to perform what they did attempt. Sidney. 
 
 Our women in X.V.tfore'*ii,Ji ranks appear ; 
 Match to the fight, and meet your miltrefs there. 
 
 Dryden, 
 The bold Sempronius, 
 That ftiH brokc/:r««£yj through the crowd of pa- 
 triots. 
 As with a huriicanc of zeal tranfported, 
 And viiturus even to madnefs ! Addijon'i Catt. 
 
 2. Firilin dignity. 
 
 Thefe lide/o/nfii,'? jn thefiejd, 
 As.they the foretncf rank of honour held". Dyden. .. 
 Forenamtd. udj. [fore^ndhaine.'l Na- - 
 minated before. 
 
 And fuch are fure ones. 
 As Curius and the fcfe nam td Lcntulus. 
 
 i?tn yorfon's Catfline.-. 
 
 Fo'siE^tooN. n.f. [_/ci?-c and noon.'\ The 
 time of day reckoned from the middle 
 point, bet ween the dawn and the meridian, , 
 to the meridian ; oppofed to afteraoar,^.
 
 FOR 
 
 The manner W.1S, that t\\c foienta tlicy fhould 
 run at tiit, t'ue afwnozK in a broad field in man- 
 ner of a b.ittie, 'till either the ftrangcis or il.e 
 countiy kn.ghts won the field. SiMuy. 
 
 Curio, at the funeral of his father, built a tfin- 
 porar)' theatre, confifiing of two parts turning on 
 hinges, according to the polition of the fun, for 
 the couvenicncy of /ii'-«"-^"'s and afternoon's di- 
 vcrfion. ,4fhuthnQt on Cohis. 
 
 Foreno'tice. « /. [/ori? and n9//'ff.] Iii- 
 fcrraation of an event before it happens. 
 
 So ftrange a revolution never happens in ])oe- 
 
 try, but cither, heaven or earth gives tomejfore- 
 
 w-'u-edf it. Ryr.:r'sTrcigeJi\:. 
 
 FoRENSiCK. ti./. [forcrfis, Latin.] Bc- 
 
 lono-ing to courts of jutJicature. 
 
 Pirfon is iforcnftck iciib, appr.jpiiating aflions 
 and their merit j and fo belongs only to inlthi- 
 gent agents, capable of a law, and happincfs and 
 mifcr)'. This perfonality extends itfeif beyond 
 prefcnt cxiftcnce to what is paft, only by con- 
 fcioufnefs. Locke. 
 
 The forum was a piiblick place in Rome, 
 whirc lawyers and orators made their fjieeches 
 before the proper judges in matters of property, 
 or in criminal cafes: thence all forts of difpu- 
 tations in courts of juliicc, where fevcral pcrlons 
 make their diftinft fpeechcs, may come under the 
 name a( jorenjici difputes. /J',itts on the Mhul. 
 
 7"o Foreorda'in. v. a. l/oredLndon/aiii.^ 
 To predeftinate ; to predetermine ; to 
 preordain. 
 
 The churcli can difcharge, in manner conveni- 
 ent, a work of fo great importance, h-^ foreordain- 
 ing fomc fliort coUcft wherein bricfiy to mention 
 thanks. Hooker. 
 
 Forepart, n. f. [/or^ and /ar/.] 
 
 1. The part firft in time. 
 
 Had ir been fo i ailed, it would deprive us of 
 the lun's light all {\\<: forepart of the day. 
 
 Rat'eig/i'i liijlory. 
 
 2. The part anteriour in place. 
 
 The ribs have no cavity in them, and towards 
 xht forepart or brealt are b:oad and thin, to bend 
 and give way without danger of frafture. Ray. 
 
 Forepa'st. adj. [fore and p3jl.'\ Pail 
 before a certain time. 
 
 Now ceafe, ye damlcU, your delights /<!r;/)u/? ; 
 Enyugh it is that all the day isyour's. Sfcr.frr. 
 
 My /orf/>/3/? proofs, howt'er the matter fail, 
 Sh.ill tax my fears of little vanity,' 
 Having vainly fcar'd too little. Shatfprare. 
 
 Such istne treaty which he negociates with us, 
 an offer and render of a reconciliation, an acl of 
 oblivion, of all forepafi fins, and of a new co- 
 venant. Hamrtzond on Fundamintoh. 
 
 Foreposse'ssed. aJj. [fore s.nA pojfcfs.^ 
 Preoccupied; prepoflelfed; pre-engaged. 
 The teft mony cither of the ancient fatheis or 
 of other claflieal divines, may be clearly and 
 abundantly anfwcrcd, tn the fatisfaiflion of any 
 rational man, not extremely forefoff.JleJ witli 
 prejudice. Sandc'fon 
 
 Fo'rerank. n.f [fore ?inA ranh.l Firll 
 rttr.k ; front. 
 
 Yet leave our coufin Catherine here with us ; 
 She is our capital demand, compris'd 
 Within the/wtca/i/t of our aniclcs. Shatfpeare. 
 
 Forereci'ted. adj. [fore and recite.'] 
 Mentioned or enumerated before. 
 
 Bid him recount 
 The forertcited practices, wiiercof 
 Wc cannot feel too little, hear too mucii. Siaifp. 
 
 To Foreuu'n. v. a. [fore and run."] 
 1. To come before as an tarncft of fome- 
 thinnr following ; to introduce as a 
 harbinger. 
 Agiinii ill chances men are ever merry; 
 ■ But heavincfs /or, r.vnj the good event. iifiaifp. 
 
 The fun 
 Wa« (et, and twilight from the eaft came on, 
 lifen/MWg night, . Mi/to.i's I'arudifc Lofi. 
 
 FOR 
 
 Shei-iJs me hope: oh liii-iv'ns, the pities me ! 
 And piry 1l\'dforeni>:s approaching love. 
 As lightning does the thunder. Dryd. Span. Friar. 
 
 2. To precede ; to have the llsrt of. 
 
 I heard it to he a ma:;ini at Dubliii to follow, 
 if not • . . - :..j: is or will be pr.ieliicd in 
 
 Lourii))!- Graunt. 
 
 Forerunner, n.f. [ from /o;-f run.] 
 
 1. A harbinger; a mtffenger fcnt before 
 to giv-e notice of the approach of thofe 
 that follow. 
 
 The fix ftrangcrs feek for you, madam, to take 
 their leave : and there is ^ forerunnei come from a 
 feventh, the prince of Morocco. Sha.kfpearc. 
 
 A cock was facrificed as ih( forerunner ot day 
 and the fun, thereby acknowledging the light of 
 life to be derived fionr the divine bounty, the 
 dJiigiiter of Providencsr. Sliliini^fieet. 
 
 My elder brothers, m^ forerutmcn came. 
 Rough draughts of natuic, ill dcfign'd, and larne : 
 Biown oif, hke blofloms, never made to bear; 
 'Till f tame finilh'd, her laft labour'd care. 
 
 Dryden^s ^ure/:gzel)r. 
 
 2. A prognoflick ; a fign forefliowing any 
 thing. 
 
 O Eve ! fome further change awaits us nigh, 
 V/hlch hcav'n,. by tliefe mute figns in natuic, 
 
 Hicws 
 Forerunners •;{ his purpofe. Milton's Par. LoJ). 
 
 Lot's of fight is the .-nifery of life, and ulually 
 the/irjrawTjci- of death. ic.// ;. 
 
 The keeping infenfible perfpiiation up in 
 due meafure is the caufc as well .as fign of health, 
 and the Icaft deviation from that due quantity, the 
 cen:iin forerunner of a difcafe. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Already Opera prepares the way, 
 The ime forerunner oi her gentle fway. Pcpt . 
 
 7o Foresa'y. v. a. [/orf andyoy.] To 
 predicl ; to prophefy ; to foretell. 
 
 Let ordinance 
 Come as the gods forefay it. Shakfpeare's Cymi. 
 
 To Forese'e. -v. a.- [fore zndfee.] 
 
 1. To fee beforehand; to fee what has 
 not yet happened ; to have prefcience ; 
 to foreknow. 
 
 The fiift of them could things to come fcefee; 
 The next, could of things prefcnt beli advil'c ; 
 The third, things part, could keep in memory. 
 
 Fairy Queen, 
 
 If there be any thing forefeen that is not ul'ual, 
 be armed for it by any heart)', though a Ihoit 
 pr.iyer, and an earnert refulution beforetiand, and 
 then watch when it comes. l.tyhr. 
 
 At h\s forefeen approach, already quake 
 The Cafpian kingdoms and Mcotian lake : 
 Their fecrs behold the temped fro:n afa.'. 
 And thieat'ning oracles denounce the war. Dryd. 
 
 2. To provide for: with to. Out of ufe. 
 
 A kii'g againft a ftorm mud ferefce to a conve- 
 nient ftock of treafurc. Bacon. 
 To Foresha'me. 1). a. [fore ?in& /hame.'\ 
 To fliame ; to bring reproach upon. 
 
 Oh bill, for'fuming 
 
 Thofe rich-kit heirs, that let tV.eir fathers lie 
 Without a monument. Sii^ifpeaie^s Cyr-.h. 
 
 To Fo'reshew. v. a. [See Foreshow.] 
 Fo'reship. n.f. [fore and f'jif-} The 
 
 anteriour pan of the (hip. 
 The (hipmen would have call anchors out of 
 
 Iheforejiip. yiclK 
 
 To Foresho'rten'. 1'. a. [fore ar.d 
 JLorten.l To fhorten figures for the fake 
 of fhowing thofe behind. 
 
 The grearefl parts of the body ought to appear 
 foremoft ; and he forbids Khefcrey'.fleKin^i, be- 
 cause they make the parts appear little. Dryden. 
 
 To Fo'reskow. "v. a. [fore f^TdJhctu.l 
 1. To difcover before it happens ; to pre- 
 
 dlft ; to prognoflicate. 
 Chrift had ra.led him to be a witnefs of his 
 
 death, and rcfuircilion from ilie dead, accotding 
 
 F O R 
 
 t» that which the prophets and Mots had fort- 
 JhoT.ved. Huoker . 
 
 Next, like -Aurora, Spenfer rofe, 
 Whofc purple blolh tlie &iy forrflioivs. ' Drnhaitt. 
 
 You cnofc to witiidraw yourfelf from publick. 
 bufinefs, when the face of heaven grew troubled, 
 and tiic frequent (hitting of the v/\aAforrJhoiuedi 
 fiinm. Dryden. 
 
 2. To reprefent before it comes. 
 
 Whatelfe is the lawbut the goipc] fore/iou;ed ^ 
 What other the golpcl than the law fulfilled ? 
 
 Hcoisr, 
 
 Foresight, n.f. [fore zndf^ht.^ 
 
 1. Prefcience; prognoftication ; forekow- 
 ledge. The accent anciently on the lilt 
 fyllable. 
 
 Let Eve, for I have drench'd her eyes, 
 Here llcep belovi' ; while thou xejforefight wak'ft j 
 As once thou flccp'ft, whilft fhc to life was 
 form'd. liUkia. 
 
 2. Provident care of futurity. 
 He had a (h^r^ forefightj and working wit, 
 
 Tiiat never idle was, ne once could reft a whir. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 In matters of arms he was both (kilful and in- 
 
 duftiious, and as well in forejtght as refoluiion, 
 
 prefcnt and great. Ihiyaiard 
 
 Dirticuiiies and temptations will more cafily be 
 
 born or avoided, if wiiii piudent/irf/TgAf wc arm 
 
 ourfclves againfl them. Rogcs. 
 
 FoRESi GHTFUL. a^'. [fo'refig.bt and full.'] 
 
 Prefcient ; provident. 
 
 Death gave Inm no fuch pangs as thzforeftght^ 
 
 fill care he had of his fihy fucceflfor. Sidney. 
 
 To Foresi'gnify. v. a. [fcredinAfignfy.] 
 To betoken beforehand ; to foreftiovv ; 
 to typify. 
 
 DilCKVcries of Chrirt already prefent, whofc fu- 
 ture corning the Pfalms did hut for eft gnfy. Hooker. 
 Yet as being pait times no.\ious, where ti-.ey 
 light 
 On man, heart, plant, wal>eful and turbulent 
 They ohforefgnify, and threaten ill. Milton. 
 Fo'reskin. n.f. [fore d.nd jiin.'] The 
 prepuce. 
 
 Their own hand 
 An hundred of the faithlefs foe fliall (lay, 
 And for a dow'r their hundredyorf^:'/i pay, 
 Be Michol thy reward. Cozi.\'ey*s Davi.ieii. 
 
 Fo'reskirt. n.f [for.; zndj^tit.] The 
 pendulous or loofe part of the coat be- 
 fore. 
 
 A thoufand pounds a year for pure refpeft I 
 No other obligation } 
 
 That promifes more thoufands : honour's train 
 Is longer than his foreflirt. Shakfpeare. 
 
 '/o F(!Resla'ck. "J. a. [fore M\d flack.] 
 To negleft by idlenefs. 
 
 It is a great pity that fo good an opportunity 
 was omitted, and fo happy an occafion fort- 
 flieked, that might h.ave been the eternal good of 
 the land. Speifer's State of Ireland. 
 
 To Foreslo'w. %'. a. [fore andy/ow.] 
 
 1 . To delay ; to hinder ; to impede ; to 
 obRrua. 
 
 Norticam,no wood, no mountain couldyorf/Jsry 
 Tl.cir he.fiy pace. Faiifax. 
 
 Now the illuftrious nymph rcturn'd again. 
 Brings every gr;'ce triumphant in her train : 
 The wond'iing Nereids, though they rais'd no 
 
 rtorm. 
 For. fl-jiu'd her pafTage to behold her I'ovm. Dryd. 
 
 2. To negleft ; to omit. 
 When the rebels were nn Blackhcath, the king 
 
 knowing well tiiat it (food him upon, by how 
 much the more he had hitherto protra<51ed the 
 time in not encountering th.em, by fo much the 
 fooner to difpatch with them, that it might ap- 
 pear to have been no coldnefs inycrr^oif/A'^^, but 
 wifdom in chufinghis time, rcfolvcd with fpeed 
 to alTail them. Bonn's Henry v it. 
 
 Our good foipofcs fcreflmved are become our 
 tormentors upon our deatU-bcd. pijlop Ha.!,
 
 FOR 
 
 Cliiemes, liow many fiilicrs do you know 
 That rule their boats and ufir tticir nets aiiglit, 
 
 Tliaf neither ft'iiid, not time, nor tide /o'y^^u- .? 
 Some fiicli li:ive been : but all ! by lcm[)efls fpito 
 Their boats aic loll ; while we may (•: and mo ui 
 That few were fuch, and now ihil'c few arc none. 
 
 1'. Fltlcher. 
 To Fores Lo'w. v. ii. To be tlihtory ; lo 
 loiter. 
 This may plant courage in their quailing 
 brcalts, 
 For yet is hope of life and vifloiy : 
 Forfjiow no longer make we lience amain. Shakfp. 
 To Forespe'ak. v. n. [/ore and y'/cai.] 
 
 1. To piedid ; to forefay ; to foixihovv ; 
 to foietell. 
 
 Old Godfrey of Winchefter, thinkctli no omi- 
 nous/vrt-fpcuh''!^ to lie in names. C.itiiJ-j'i's Rem, 
 
 2. To forbid, [horn for znAfpeak.'\ 
 
 Tliou \uf\ fo^cfi'okt: my being in tlicfc wars, 
 And fay'ft it is not fit. Shakfpearr. 
 
 Fouespk'nt. adj. [/or and_/^f«/.] 
 
 1. Wafted; tired; fpent. 
 
 After hini came fpurring hard 
 A gentleman, :i\mo(iforefpctt[ with fpccd. SJ^i^J. 
 
 2. Forepafled ; pad. [fore znAfpent. ] 
 
 Is not cnougti liiy evil lUc f^ir^fpf^it ^ F. Qiu-cti. 
 
 You fhal! find his vanities /erf//)/-';/, 
 ■Were, but the outfidc of the Roman Brutus 
 Covering diicretion with a coat of folly. Sluihjp. 
 
 3. Bcltowed before. 
 
 \Vc muft receive him 
 According to the honour of his fender ; 
 And towards himfelf, his gvodnch fnr e'fpenf on us, 
 We mull extend our notice. S/idhJpeti>c. 
 
 Forespu'rrer. n. f. [fore and ff!ir.'\ 
 One that rides before. 
 
 A day in April never cime fo fwcet. 
 To (liow how coflly fummer was at hand, 
 As i[\\s,forcfpurr(r comes before his loid. Sh.tkjp, 
 
 FO'REST. n.f. [foreJ,YKnQh;for^f},!, 
 Italian.] 
 
 1. A wild uncultivated traft of ground in- 
 terfperfed with wood. 
 
 By many tribulations we enter into the king- 
 dom of heaven, becaufe, in a forejl of many 
 wolves, fhccp c.tnnot chufe but feed in continual 
 danger of life. Hr^okcy. 
 
 Macbeth (hall never vanquifli'd be, until 
 Great Birnham-wood to Dunfinane-'s high hill 
 Shall come ngainft him. 
 
 Thar will never be : 
 
 Who can imprefs thc/(J'f/?, bid t!ie tree 
 
 Unfix his earth-bound root. ShakfpeaTc. 
 
 There be airs which the phyficians advil'e their 
 patients to remove unto, which cominonly are 
 plain champaigns, but graling, and not overgrown 
 With heath; or eifc limber-fhades, as 'mfr^rejU. 
 
 How the fiiQi fti'rji rais"d its (liady head. 
 
 2. [In law.] A certain territory of 
 woody grounds and fruitful p;\fl.uies, 
 privileged for wild beafts, and fowls 
 of forell, chafe, and warren, to red: and 
 abide in, in the (afe protetftion of the 
 king for his pleafme. 
 
 The manner of ni.Tking/orty?j is this : the king 
 fends out his cornniillion, direifled to ceitain pcr- 
 fons, for viewing, perambulating, and bounding 
 the pl.icc that he has a mind to aflbreft : which 
 Kturncd into (Jhancery, proclamation is made, 
 that none Ih.-.ll hunt any wild beafts within that 
 pt<ein^, without licence; after which he ap- 
 points ordinances, laws, and officers for the pre- 
 Icrsatioii of tiie vert and veiiifon ; and this be- 
 comes :tfcrij} by matter of record. The proper- 
 ties of 3. fr.ifji :,\i: tl.efc : a fortjl, as it is ftricftly 
 taken, cannot be in tl;e hands of any but the 
 king, who hath poiver to grant commilhon to a 
 juliice in cyreforthe/crf/?; the courts; thcoflice's 
 for ptefetving the vert r.nd venifon, as the jullices 
 
 FOR 
 
 of the/er^, the warden or keeper, tlic vcrderj, the 
 fuiclicr.s, agillors, rcgaidcrs, bailifls, and becdles. 
 The chief property of a f'jtfjt is the fwainmotc, 
 which is no Icl's incident to it thnn the court of 
 pyepnwdcrs to a fair. Csv'tll. 
 
 To '\'o\Kv.%-x s-'i.!., "v, a, [pojicj-rallan, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. To anticipate ; to take up beforehand. 
 
 If thou be mjller-gunncr, ((end not all 
 That thou can'ft iiicak at once ; but hulband i', 
 And give men tin us of Ipvch ; do wfjifnrejiuH 
 Hy lavifhncls thine own and others wit, 
 As if thou mad'ft thy wdl. l]crh«i. 
 
 What need a man/myW/ bisdatcof giief. 
 And run to meet what he would mod avoid. 
 
 Miltou. 
 
 2. To hinder by preoccupation or pre- 
 vention. 
 
 And though good luck prolonged hath tiiydate. 
 Yet death then would the like mifhap/^rr/.V//. 
 
 Filhy Qucc/i. 
 
 What 's In pinyer, but this twofold force ' 
 To btforejin/h.i eie we come to fall. 
 Or pardon'd being down. Shcihfpeare' s Uamlit. 
 
 But f )r my tears, 
 I \\-\& forcfiJl' d this dear and deep rebuke, 
 Ere you with giicf had Ipuke. Sh^kjpcarc. 
 
 If thou covet dcith, as utmofV end 
 Of mifcry, fo tiiinking to evade 
 The penalty pionounc'd, doubt not but God 
 Hath wifclier aim'd his vengeful iie, than fo 
 To hcf„rr/}.i//'d. M/to.i's Paradife l-t,Jl. 
 
 I will nulf'j'cjlull your judgment of the reft. 
 
 I'upc. 
 
 3. To feize or gain pofTtffion of before 
 another ; to buy before another in order 
 to raife the price. 
 
 He bold fpake, fir kuight, if knight thou be, 
 Abandon tiih fcijlallcd place at erft. 
 Fur fear of further harm, I counfcl thee. F. Queen. 
 
 4. To deprive by fomething prior : with 
 cf. Not in uie. 
 
 May 
 This nxghtfcre/lri/l him of the coming day. Sfint. 
 Foresta'ller. n.f. [from fore/la/1.] One 
 that anticipates the market ; one that 
 purchafes before otheru to raife the price. 
 Commodities, good or bad, the workm.m muft 
 take at his maftci's rate, or fit ftill and ftarve ; 
 whiift, by this means, this new fort of ingroffers 
 or /irfyW/fii having the feeding and fupplying 
 lids numerous body of workmen, fet the price 
 upon the poor landholder. Lcike. 
 
 Forestbo'rn. ailj. [fore/l and iont.] 
 Born in a wild. 
 
 This boy hfarrjlharn, 
 And hath been tutor'd in the rudiments 
 Of dcfper.ate ftudies. Shjkjpenre's ^'ij'.u lite it. 
 
 Fo'r ESTER, n.f. [/or£/7fV/-, French ; from 
 
 >'■£/?•] 
 i. An officer of the foreft. 
 
 Yortficr, my friend, where is the buflr, 
 Th.it we ftand and play the murthcrer in ? 
 — Here by, upon the edge of yonder coppice. 
 
 Shakfptare. 
 2 . An inhabitant of the wild country. 
 
 Fo'reswat. \ adj. [homforTmAfiuat, 
 Fo'resvv.\rt. J bom f'weat.'] Spent with 
 heat. 
 
 Mifo and Mopfa, like a couple of forefiuat 
 mclrcrs, were getting the pure hlver of their bo- 
 dies out of the ore of their garments. Si.iri/y. 
 
 To Foreta'ste. v. a. [fore anAtqfle.'] 
 
 1. To have antepall of ; to have prefci- 
 ence of. 
 
 2. To talle before another. 
 
 Perhaps the faft 
 Is not fo heinous now, /orf/d/?^*/ fruit, 
 Profan'd firll by the fcrpent, by him firft 
 Made common and unhallow'd; ere our tafte. 
 
 Mil tun. 
 
 FOR 
 
 Fo'retasti;. n.f. Anticipation of. 
 
 A pleafuie that a man may call as properly his 
 own as his foul and his conleience, neither liable 
 to accident, nor expofed to injuiy : it is thc/c^t- 
 iQjU of heaven, and the earned of eternity. Houi/i. 
 
 To Forete'll. It. a. pretcr. and part. 
 liaff. forelofJ. [ fore ai\d te/l.] 
 
 I. To predift ; to prophefy. 
 
 Whut art thou, whole heavy lookiforetf/f 
 Some dreadful Itoiy hanging on thy tongue? 
 
 ii/iaifpfare'i Henry vt, 
 I found 
 The new-created world, which fame in heaven 
 Long had /ortroW. Mi.'ion. 
 
 Mcrcia's king, 
 Warn'd in a dream, his muider AMforettll, 
 From point to point, .is after it befell. Diyien. 
 When great Ulyflcs fought the I'lirygian Ihores, 
 Deeds then undone my faithful Uin^ur fcrtiald ; 
 Heaven feal'dmy wuids, and you ihofe deeds bc- 
 liold. i\pe. 
 
 1. To foretoken ; to forcfhow. 
 
 7o Forete'll. 11. «. To utter prophecy. 
 
 All the prophets from Samuel, and tiiofe that 
 follow after, have likcwifc/ori'/ij/if of thcfe days. 
 
 yJlJi. 
 Forete'ller. n.f. [bom foreleil.} Pre- 
 diclcr ; forefliowcr. 
 
 Oiheis .lie propoled, not that the foretold eventt 
 (Iiould be known ; but that the accompli(hmeiis 
 th.lt expounds tlicm may evince, that l\ic foreteller 
 of them was able to forefee thee. Boyle on Colours. 
 
 7o Forethi'nk. v. a. [fore zni tlj'itik.'\ 
 
 1. 'I o anticipate in the mind j to hate 
 prefticnce of. 
 
 The foul of every man 
 Prophetically iotsf rethink thy fall. Shatfpejre. 
 
 I do pray to thee. 
 Thou virtuous Dauphin, alter not the doom 
 Fijrethoitght by heav'n. Slinkfpeoye^s ^i"g fohn. 
 Adam could not be ignorant of the punifti- 
 ments due to negleft and difobedience ; and felt, 
 by the pro.of thereof, in himfelf another terror 
 than he had/^ifr/r-zi/^/i/, or could imagine. Raleigh. 
 
 Friday, the fat.il day ' when next it came. 
 Her foul forethought the fiend would change his 
 game. D'ydtK. 
 
 2. To contrive antecedently. 
 
 Bletfed be that God which hath given you an 
 heart \oforethtnk this, and a will to honour him 
 with his own. Jiijlnp Hall. 
 
 7o Forethi'nk. ^'. n. To contrive be- 
 ftnchnnd. 
 
 Wiiat 's my frenzy will be call'd my crime : 
 What then is thine ? Thou cool deliberate villain ! 
 Thou wife, foretlufiki'ig, weighing politician ! 
 
 Smith. 
 Foretho'ught. n.f. [hom forethhik.'^ 
 
 1. Frefcience ; anticipation. 
 
 He thrtt is undone, is equally undone, v/h^rhcr 
 it be by fpitefulnels o( fo' et hugltt j or by the folly 
 of overfight, or evil counfel. L'-Ejlran^e. 
 
 2. Provident caie. 
 
 To Foreto'ken. v. a. [_/orc and /OiffB.] 
 To forefliow ; to prognoilicate as a 
 fign. 
 The king from Ireland baftcs ; but did no 
 good ; 
 WijlUl Itiangc piudigiuus figr.s f^i etaken blood. 
 
 Vaiiel. 
 
 Foreto'ken. it.f [from the verb.] Pts- 
 venient fign ; prognollick. 
 
 It may prove fome onimous foretoken of mil- 
 forrune. S:d^ey. 
 
 Tlicy mirtiked nothing more in king Edwiid 
 the Confedbr, than that he was Frenchified, and 
 accounted tiic Gtfire of foicign language then to 
 be ajorctote't of bringing in of foreign powers, 
 whicli indeed happened. Camden's Kenuiins. 
 
 Foretco'tii. n.y. [fore and teotb.] The
 
 F O R 
 
 tooth in the anteriour part of the mouth; 
 
 the inclfor, 
 
 Tb.c forctctth (hould be formed broad, and 
 
 with a tiiin ftiarp edge like chizzlcs. R^^y. 
 
 ■Fo'retop. n.f» [fore ?lw6. top. ~\ That part 
 
 of a woman's headdrefs that is forward, 
 
 or the top of a periwig. 
 
 So may your hats youTfotefoj>s never pitfs, 
 Untoucli'd your libbons, facied be your drefs. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 JoREvo'ucHED. part, [fore and vouch.] 
 Affirmed before ; formerly told. 
 
 Sure her offence 
 Muft be of fuch unnafural degree, 
 That rnonfters it; or your/o^c^'5.^f/;Vaffe<flion 
 Fall'n into taint. Shnkfp. King Lear. 
 
 Po'reward. «.y. [foreznd 'ward.] The 
 van ; the front. 
 
 They that maichcd in thefcreiuar^i were all 
 mighty men. I Maccabees. 
 
 To Forewa'rn. i\a. [fore?LnAivarn.'] 
 I. To admonifh beforehand. 
 
 I wWiforeiuarn you wliom you ihall fear : fear 
 him which, after he hath killed, hath power to 
 caft into hell. Luke. 
 
 3. To inform previoiifly of any future 
 event. 
 
 Divine interpreter, by favour fenC 
 Down from the empyrean, Ko forewarn 
 Us timely of what might clfe have been our lof^ 
 Unknown. i^Ii/fon's Parad:j'e Loj}. 
 
 3. To caution agalnfi: any thing before- 
 hand. 
 
 Well 1 will arm me, being \\\\xs foru-atn^d. 
 
 SAakJpeare's Henry vi. 
 Thy pride, 
 And wand'ring vanity, when Icaft was fafc, 
 -Rejcdtcd my fo' eiuarn-ngy and difdain'd 
 Not to be truftcd. Mi/ton's Parad/fc LojL 
 
 Tho' Phcrbus had forciuamtd !iim of Tinging 
 wars, yet the Icarch of nature was free. Drydcn. 
 
 Young Choiaebns, who by love was led, 
 To win renown and fair CaiTandia's bed, 
 Had lately brought his troops to Prjam's aid; 
 Vr.revjarn'' d in vain by the pr-^phctick maid. Dry. 
 
 2o Forewa'ste. •y. w. \_fore zx^d^ivajle.] 
 To dcfolate ; to deftioy. Out of ufe. 
 
 Vcfprifian, with g-eat fpoil and rage, 
 'Foreivtiftd 7i\\y until gemilTa gent 
 Pcrfuaded him to ceafc. Yahy (^ueen. 
 
 High time 'gan it wcx for Una fair, 
 To tliink of tbofe her captive parents dear, 
 And \.\\€\x fjrewajied kingdom tu repair. Tairy Q. 
 "5'o Fokewea'ry. "y. a. [y-iz/'and iveary.] 
 To difpirit with laboun 
 By your toil 
 And la'oeur long, through which ye hithercame, 
 Ye hoiYi freTvearied be; therefore a w'nilc 
 I read you reft, and to your bowers recoil. 
 
 Fitiry Queen. 
 
 To FoREWi'sH. V. a. [fore and'a'//&,] To 
 
 deHre btforehand. 
 The wifcr fort ceafcd not to what in rhem lay, 
 
 to procure that the good commonly fwewijlied 
 
 might in time come to cffcii. Kmllei. 
 
 Forewo'rn. .puit, [fore and ivorn^ from 
 
 tvearP^ Worn out ; waited by time or 
 
 . ijfe- 
 
 'Ncithcr the light was enough to read the words, 
 and tiic ink was ajicady JortiLomj and m many 
 ptaCcs blotted. Sidney 
 
 rO'RPFIT. ti.f. [for/alt, Fr. forfd, 
 
 Weini.] 
 1. Something loft by the commidlon of a 
 crime ; foniething paid for expiation of 
 a crime ; a fine ; a mulf(. 
 Tl;y tlandeis I forgi^-c, and thercwitJml 
 'Remit thy o\hcr jorfciis. Shakffettrc. 
 
 Th' execution leave to Mgh diTpofal, 
 A'ld let another hand, not thine, cxaift 
 Tiiy j:eoaiyc;_/c;7 frjim thyfclf. !>iil!cn. 
 
 F O R 
 
 Thy life, Melantius ! 1 am come to take, 
 Of which foul rrealbn does ^fotfeit make. IVal. 
 
 2. A perfon obnoxious to punilhment ; one 
 whofe life is forfeited by his offence. 
 Now obfolete. 
 
 Yofii- brother is 2 forfeit of the law, 
 And you but wafte your words. Shjkfpcare. 
 
 Claudio, whom here you have warrant to exe- 
 cute, is no ^rentvfcirfeit to the law than Angelo, 
 who hath fcutenced him. Shaifpeare. 
 
 ToFo'rfeit. v. a, [from the noun.] To 
 lofe by fome breach of condition ; to 
 lofe by fome offence. 
 
 If then a man, on light conditions, gain 
 A great eilate to him, and his, for ever; 
 If wilfully htfmfcit it again, 
 Who doth bemoan his heir, or blame the giver? 
 
 DllVU'S. 
 
 Men difpleafcd God, and confequently/o>/f/rfi/ 
 all right to happinel's. Boy/!. 
 
 A father cannot alien the power he has over his 
 child : he may perhaps to fome degrees /or/V;/ it, 
 but cannot transfer it. Lacke. 
 
 Fo'rfeit. participial a Jj. [from the verb.] 
 Liable to penal feiziire ; alienated by a 
 crime ; loll either as to the right or pof- 
 fcffion, by breach of conditions. 
 
 All the fouls that are, viexe forfeit once ; 
 And he that might the 'vantage bcft have took, 
 Found out the remedy. Sfiii'~fpenre. 
 
 Beg chat tliou may'l^ have leave to hang thyfelf; 
 And yet, thy wealth being forfeit to the Ifale, 
 Tiiou haft not left the value of a cord. Shakfp. 
 
 This now fencelefs world, 
 
 Ti'feit to death. Millon. 
 
 Straight all his hopes exhal'd in empty fmoke, 
 
 And his long toils wcxe fotfeit for a look. DryJ. 
 
 Mcthought with wond'rous cafe he fwallow'd 
 
 down 
 
 WSsforfit honour, to betray the town. Dryderi. 
 
 How the murd'rcr paied his forfeit breath ; 
 What lands fodillant from that [tene of death. 
 But trembling heaid tlie fame! Pf'pe's Odyf. 
 
 Fo'rfeitable. adj. [from forfeit.] Pof- 
 feffed on conditions, by the breach of 
 which any tiling may be loft. 
 
 Fo'rfeiture. n.f. [foifaiture, French ; 
 from forfeit.] 
 
 1. The ac^ of forfeiting ; the piinilhment 
 difchargcd by lofs of fomething pof- 
 felfed. 
 
 2. The thing forfeited ; a miilft ; a fine. 
 
 The court is as well a Chancery to fave and de- 
 ii3r forf I ituiesj as a court of common law to de- 
 tide rights ; and there would he work enough in 
 Germany and Italy, if imperiaiy'.ry>//wrfr (liould 
 go fur good titles. ,^.jro.j'i fFar ivit/i Spfiin. 
 
 Artcicn. privileges and acSs of grace ind.ilged 
 by foimer kings, muft not, without high reafon, 
 be revoked by their fucceflbrs; nor fyrfeitures be 
 exadted violently, nor penal laws urged rigoroufly. 
 T^iy/cr'i Rule of /i:'t/ig holy. 
 He fairly abdicates his throne, 
 He has ^forfeiture incurrM. Sivift. 
 
 Fqrga've. The preterit o^ forgive. 
 FORGE. «./. [>-^f, French.] 
 I. J^e place where iron is beaten into 
 form. In common language we ufe 
 forge for large work, and fmithy for 
 fmall ; but in books the diltinftion is 
 not kept. 
 
 Now behold. 
 In the quick forrc and woi k inf -houfe of thought, 
 How London doth pour out her ciiizens. 
 
 Sfialfptrne' s Henry v. 
 
 In other part flood one, who at the fr^e 
 
 Lahouiing, two malTy clods of iron and brafs 
 
 Had melted. Milton's Vma.hfe Lofi, 
 
 Th' o'e4 labout'd Cyclop from his lafk retires, 
 
 Til' yBoIianyir^e cxUaulted of its fires. Vo^e. 
 
 FOR 
 
 2. Any place Avhere any thing is made or 
 ihaped. 
 
 Fiom no other farge hath proceeded a flrange 
 conceit, that to feive God with any I'et form of 
 common prayer is fuperftitious. Hooker. 
 
 3. Manufadlure of metalline bodies; the 
 atfl of working. 
 
 In the greater bodies the forge was eafy, the 
 
 matter being dut£\ile and I'equacious and obedient 
 
 to the rtroke of the artificer, and apt to be drawn, 
 
 formed, and moulded. Bacsn^ 
 
 To Forge, v. a, [/or^^r, old French.] 
 
 1. To forna by the hammer ; to beat into 
 fhape. 
 
 The queen of martials. 
 And Mars himfelf conducted them; both which 
 
 being forg'd of gold, 
 Muft needs have golden furniture. Chapman, 
 
 Tygcr with tygcr, beai with bear you'll rind 
 In leagues ofFcnlivc and defenrive join'd ; 
 But lawlefs man the anvil dares profane, 
 And forge that ftcel by which a man is flain, 
 Which earth at firft for plough-lhares did afford, 
 Nor yet the fmith had learn'd to form a fword. 
 
 Tan's Jitvenal. 
 
 2. To make by Sny means. 
 
 He was a k-ind of nothing, titlelefs, 
 'Till he had fo'g'd himfelf - name i' th' fire 
 Of burning Rome. Shakfpcare' z Ccriolanus. 
 
 His heart *s his mouth : 
 What his brcaft/orgfj, that hii tongue muft vent. 
 
 Skakfpeare, 
 Thofe names that the fchools /or^^r./, and put 
 into the mouths of fcholars, could never get ad- 
 mittance into common ufe, or obtain the licence 
 of pubiick. approbation. Locke. 
 
 3. Tocounterfeft ; to falfify. 
 
 Were I king, 
 I fhould cut off the nobles for their lands ; 
 For my more having would be but as faucc 
 To make me hunger more, that I (hould forge 
 Qu.urels unjuft againft the good and loyal, 
 Delirqying them for wealth. Skakfpeare, 
 
 Fo'rger. n.f. [hovc\ forge,] 
 
 1. One who makes or forms. 
 
 2. One who counterfeits any thing ; a 
 falfifier. 
 
 As in Healing, if there were no receivers there 
 wuuld be no tiiicvcs : fo in iljnder, if there were 
 fewer fprcaders there would be fewer forgen of 
 libels. Government of the Tongue. 
 
 iso forger of lies willingly and whiuingly fur- 
 nifhcs out the means of his own detection. 
 
 /Tc-Jf on the Rifurrc^ion, 
 
 Fo'rgery. n.f. [fromybrg-f.] The crime 
 of fal fill cat ion. 
 
 Has your king married the lady Gray r 
 And now, to footh your forgery and his, 
 Sends me a paper to perfuade me patience. 
 
 Shakfptare*s Henry VI. 
 
 Nothing could have been eafier tiian for the 
 Jews, the enemies of Jefus Chrirt, to have dif- 
 proved thcfe fa.fts had they been falfe, to have 
 (hewn their fallciiood, and to have convi(5Ved fhcm 
 oi forgery. Stephe-a' Sermons. 
 
 A f^*g*ry^ in fctting afalfcname to a writing, 
 which may prejudice another's fortune, the law 
 punilhes with rhc Infs of cars ; but has InHidied wo 
 adequate penalty fordoing the fame thing in print, 
 though books foldundei a falfc name are fo many 
 forgeries, Sit-ft. 
 
 2. Smith's work ; fabrication; the act of 
 the forge. 
 
 He ran on embattled armies clad in iron, 
 And weaponlets himfelf, 
 M:idc arms ridiculous, ufclefs x\\c forgery 
 Of brazen Ihield and fpear, the hamraer'd 
 
 cuirafs, 
 Chalybean tcmpei'd fteel, and frock of mail 
 Ad;imante.in proof. AJi/ton's Agonijh%. 
 
 ^0 FORGET. If. a. preter. forgot \ 
 part, forgcttcn or forgot, [pojigytan, 
 Saxoa ; vergcten^'DyxiQli.]
 
 FOR 
 
 1, To lofc memory of; to let go from the 
 remembrance. 
 
 Tlut is not forgot 
 Which ne'er I did rcmcmb^ r to my knowlcd^^e, 
 J never in my life did look on liim. Shakjpeure. 
 
 When 1 am forgctten^ as I Ihall be, 
 A flccp in dull cold marble, where no mention 
 Ot me mull moic be hcaid. Shakjfxare. 
 
 Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not 
 unmindful of him in ihy riches. Ecclui. 
 
 No fooner was ourdclivcnncc complcatcd, bur 
 we forgot our danger and our duly. ^Jterhury. 
 
 Alive, ridiculous; and dead, y3^^o^ I'o^i. 
 
 2. Not to attend ; to negle(S. 
 
 Can a woman/o/.gr/ her lucking child? Yea, 
 thty may/o'^^/j yet 1 will not forget thje. 
 
 ijaiah. 
 
 If wc va\%\\X forget ourfelvcs, o\ forget God; 
 if wc might difregard our rcafon, and live by 
 Iiumour and fancy in any thing, ot at any time, 
 or ar any place, it would be as lawful to do the 
 fame in cvei) thing, at every time, «iid every 
 place. Latv. 
 
 The mafs of mean furgnttcn things. Amn. 
 F o R G e't F u L . adj. [ From forget, ] 
 
 1. Not retaining the memory of. 
 
 2. Caufing oblivion ; oblivious. 
 
 But when athoufand rolling years are pafV, 
 So long their punifhnients and penance lalt. 
 Whole droves of minds arc by the driving god 
 Compeli'dto drink the deep Lethean flood, 
 In Urgt forgetful diaughts to iteep the cares 
 Of their palt labours, andtheirirkfomc years. 
 
 Dry den's jEntiH. 
 
 3. Inattentive; negligent; negledlful ; 
 carelefs. 
 
 Be wot forgetful to entertain Grangers. 
 
 Hebreivi. 
 The queen is comforllcfs, and wc forgetful 
 In our long abfence. Skjkjpe^iye'i Henry viii. 
 
 Have you not love to bear with me, 
 When that ra(h humour, which my mother give 
 
 me, 
 Makes mc forgetful ? ShakfpEarc^s yu/ius Caftr. 
 
 I, in f.i(5t, a real intcreft have, 
 Whicii to my own advantage I Would fave; 
 And, with the ufual courtier's trick, intend 
 To ft rve myfclf, /orgf-z/tt/ of my friend. Prior. 
 Forge'tfulness. //. y. [from forgetful.^ 
 
 1. Oblivion ; ceflation to remember ; loli 
 of memory. 
 
 O gentle flccp ! 
 Nature's foft nurfc, how have I frighted thee, 
 That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, 
 And rteep my funics in foiserfubtejs ! Shakfp. 
 All birds and bearts lie hulh'd; Hccp ftcals 
 away 
 The wild dtfircs of men and tolls of day ; 
 And brings, defccnding through the filent air, 
 A iwcct forgeffu/nefi Qi hum;in care. Psjic. 
 
 2. Negligence ; negletl ; inattention. 
 
 The church of England is grievoufly chaiged 
 with forgeffuZ/iefi of her duty. Iloo^r. 
 
 Fo'rgetive. adj. [fromybr^^.] That may 
 forge or produce. A word, 1 believe, 
 peculiar to Sbakfpeare. 
 
 Good (hcrrie fack afcends me into the brain, 
 dri.s me there all the foolilh, dull vapours, makes 
 it appichcnfive, quick, foigtd'rey full of nimble 
 Ihapc-S which, delivered to the voice, becomes 
 excellent wit. Sluikfpeurc. 
 
 Force'tter. n.f. \Jvom forgii,'\ 
 
 \. One that forgets. 
 
 3. A carekfs pcrfon, 
 TcFORGrVE. ^', a. pret. forgave; 
 
 part. pair, forgiven, [jrojijijran. Sax] 
 1. To pardon a pcrfon j not to puniih. 
 Then heavenycrg'xjtf him too! Shakjpeaic. 
 
 1 do befeech your gr..cc for cliarity ; 
 If ever .'uiy malice in youi hcait 
 Were hid againlt mc, rrnw for ginje mc frankly. 
 —Sir Thomas Lt'vell, I as irceforgi-ve you. 
 As I would bcyijr^nY/i; I forgive iU. Shakjp. 
 Slowly provck'd, fhc ^A(\\y for gives » Fnor. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 FOR 
 
 2. To pardon a crime. 
 
 The people that dwell tlicrcin Ihall hefirglvin 
 their iniquity. Ifa:n/i. 
 
 If prayers 
 Codkl alter high decrees, I to that place 
 Would I'pced before thee, and l>c louder heard, 
 That on my head all might be viliied, 
 Thy frailty and intirmcr (cjL forgiveftj 
 To ine commuted, and by me cxpos'd. InIiUon. 
 
 3. To remit ; not to cxadl debt or penalty. 
 
 The lord of that fcrvant was moved with com- 
 paifion, loofed him, ^nt\ forgave him the debt. 
 
 M.itihew. 
 FoRGi'vENESs. H. f. [popjipcnni j^j-e, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1 . The aft of forgiving. 
 
 To the Lord our God belong mercies and/or- 
 givttirlft^. Ditniil. 
 
 2. Pardon of an offender. 
 
 Thou hart promilcd repentance and forgiveriefi 
 to them that have finned againll thee. 
 
 Prayer of Al.wujf. 
 
 Exchange /or^/i»<fw?/i with nie, noble Hamlet; 
 
 Mnieand my fathcr*s death come not upon thee, 
 
 Nor thine on me. S'uikJ^etnc, 
 
 Forgitrenefi to the injur'd does belong ; 
 But they ne'er pardon who commit the wrong. 
 
 Diy.itn. 
 
 3. Pardon of an offence. 
 
 God has certainly promifed_/or^;V£'«r/j of fin 
 to every one who repents. South. 
 
 4. Tendernefs ; willingncfs to pardon. 
 
 Here arc introduced more lieroick principles of 
 mcekncfs,/brp/Tr7;f/i, bounty and ni.ignanimity, 
 than all the learning of the heathens could invent. 
 
 Sfrair. 
 Mercy above did hourly plead 
 For hei refeniblance here below ; 
 And mWAforgivenfJs inteicede 
 To rtop the coming blow. Drvden, 
 
 5. Rcinifiion of a fine, penalty, or debt. 
 FoRGi'vER. n. f. [fromyirfizjf.] One 
 
 who pardons. 
 Forgo't. 7 [P3''t. P^'T. of forgit.~\ 
 
 Forgo'tten. \ Not remembered. 
 
 This fong (hall not he forgotten. Deut. 
 
 Gieat Strafford ! wortfiy of that name, though 
 all 
 Of thee could be /or^o/rfw, but thy fall. Dinh. 
 
 The foft ideas of the chearful note, 
 Lightly rcceiv'd, were eafily/cr^o/. Trior. 
 
 To Forha'il. v, a. [An old word. Pro- 
 bably ior forhaul, from for and haul.] 
 To harafs, tear, torment. 
 All this long tale 
 Nought cafcth the care that doth meforhail. 
 
 Spenjtr^s Fajhrah. 
 
 FORK. n. f. [ftirca, Latin; Jhrch, 
 
 Wellh ; fourche, French.] 
 £. An inftrument divided at the end into 
 two or more points or prongs, ufcd on 
 many occafions. 
 At midfummer down with the brambles and 
 brakes, 
 And after abroad with thy fori i .and thy rakes. 
 
 T..Jer. 
 The vicar firft, and after him the crew, 
 With/o;is and ftavesthe felon to purfue, 
 Ran Coll our dog. Diydcn's Nun's Prieji. 
 
 I dine vi\\.\\ forki that have but two prongs. 
 
 Siuift. 
 
 2. It is fometimes ufed for the point of 
 an arrow. 
 
 The bow is bent and drawn : make from the 
 Ihafr. 
 — Let it fall rather, though the/ori invade 
 The region of my heart, Shakfp. K. Lear, 
 
 3. A point. 
 
 Several are amazed at the wifdoni of the an- 
 (ients that reprefented a thunderbolt with three 
 forkiy fince nothing could ha\e belter explained 
 Its triple quality of picicing, burning, and melt- 
 ing. ^Iddifon tn Medals, 
 
 FOR 
 
 Tip Fork. v. n, [from the noun.] To 
 fhoot into blades, as corn does out of 
 the ground. 
 The com Lcginneth to fori, fih'timrr . 
 
 Fo'rked. adj. [[from fork.] Opening 
 into two or more parts. 
 
 Naked he was, for all the world, like iftrkii 
 radilh, with a licad fantartically carved upon it 
 with a knife. ShakffeeLte. 
 
 Sometimes we fee a cloud that's dragonifh, 
 A /c^fi^ mountain, or blue promontory. Shakff. 
 
 Come, Ihall wc go and kill us veiiilon.^ 
 And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools 
 Should in theit own confines, with yir^^*/ head*. 
 Have their round haunches goar'd. Shakfp. 
 
 He would have fpokc; 
 But hifs for hifs rctuin'd, v,Mi forked tongue 
 "Yo forked tongue. Milton's Paradife Lofi. 
 
 Ye dragons, whofe contagious breath 
 Peoples the dark retre:Us of death, 
 Ctiange your fierce hilTmg into joyful fong. 
 And praife your Maker with your /or/f,i tongue. 
 
 Rofeonttn-iri. 
 
 Fo'rkedly. oilv. [from forked.] In a 
 
 forked form. 
 Fo'rkedness. n. f. [itomfarlcd.] Tlie 
 quality of opening into two parts or 
 more. 
 Fo'r k h e a d. n.f. [ fork and head. ] Point 
 of an arrow. 
 
 It feizing, no way enter might; 
 But back rcfounding, left t\\c forihedd keen, 
 Eftfoons it fled away, and might no where be 
 feen. Fair',' Queen. 
 
 Fo'rky. adj. [from /or/.] Forked; fur- 
 cated ; opening into two parts. 
 
 Tiie fmiling infant in his hand ftiall take 
 The crefted baliliflc and fpecklcd fnake; 
 Pleas'd the green luftre of the fcalcs fiirvcy, 
 And with their forty tongue and pointlcfs l^ing 
 Ihall play. Pope's MrJ/iai. 
 
 Forlo're. [The preterit and participle of 
 the Saxon popleopan, in Dutch 'urr/or^«.] 
 Deferted ; forfook ; forfaken. Obfolete. 
 
 Such as Diana by the Tandy fhorc 
 Of I'wift Eurotas, or on Cynthus' green. 
 Where all the nymphs have hct for/ore. Fairy Q, 
 
 That wretched world he 'gan for to abhor. 
 And mortal life 'gan loath, as thing for/ore. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 Thus fell the trees, with noife the dcfarts roar; 
 
 The bcarts their caves, the birds thcirnefls/o;/o«, 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 FORLO'RN. adj. [poplojien, from pop. 
 
 leopan, Saxon; •D^r/orfn, Dutch.] 
 I. Deferted; deftitute ; forfaken; wretch- 
 ed ; helplefs ; folitary. 
 
 Make them fcek for that they wont to fcorn; 
 Of fortune and of hope at once forkrn. Huhb.Tale. 
 Tell me, good Hobinol, what gars thee greet ? 
 What ! hath fome wolf thy tender lambs ytom? 
 Or is thy bagpipe broke, that founds fo fwcet ? 
 Or art thou of thy lo\ed \.\ii forlorn? Spenfer, 
 In every place was heard the lamentation of 
 women and children; eveiy itiing fliewed the 
 heavincfs of the time, and feemed as altogether 
 loft ^Tidforlorrj. Knollei' lirfiory. 
 
 How can I live without thee ! how forego 
 Thy fwcet converfe, and love fo dearly jnin'd. 
 To live again in thcfe wild woods/sr/orM ' Mil. 
 
 Their way 
 Lies through the pctplcu'd paths of this dteav 
 
 wood ; 
 The nodding horrour of whofe fhady brows. 
 Threats the forlorn and w.Tiid'ring palfcnger. 
 
 M'litn. 
 My only ftrength and ftay ! forlorn of thee, 
 Whithet (hall I betake me, where fublifl ! Mi.'nit, 
 
 Like a declining llatcfmaii, \eit forlorn 
 To his friends pity and purfuers fc.<rn. IX-nham, 
 
 The good old man, forlorn of human aid, 
 For vcugeaiite to his hcav'nly patron pray'd. 
 
 Drydcn'i IliaJ, 
 5E
 
 FOR 
 
 Philomtl Iatnents/or/sr«. Teuton. 
 
 As {omc larl turtle his loft love deplores, 
 Tl.us, far from Delia, (o the winds I mourn ; 
 Alike unheard, unpity'd, znAforhrn. Vcpe. 
 
 2. Taken away. This fenfe fhows that it 
 is the participle of an aclive verb, now 
 loft. 
 
 When as night hath us of Vight for/arn, 
 I wi(h that day wo-jld (hortly reafcend Spen/rr. 
 
 What is become of great Aerates' fon ! 
 Or where hath he hung up iris mortal blade, 
 That hath fo many haugljty conquefts won ? 
 Is all his forcc/or/o"!, aud all his glory done ? 
 
 Fui'ry Qrtcen. 
 
 3. Small ; defpicable : in a ludicrous 
 fenfe. 
 
 He was Ka forlorn, that his dimenfions to any 
 thick figiit Wire invincible. Shakjpeare' i llin. iv. 
 FoRLo'iiN. n.'f. 
 
 1. A loft, folitary, forfaken man. 
 
 Henry 
 Is of a king become a banilh'd man, 
 And forc'd to live in Scotland :^ forlorn. Shsikfp. 
 
 2. FoRLORi: Hofe. The foldiers who are 
 fent firlh to the attack, and are there- 
 fore doomed to perilh. 
 
 Criticksjn plusne. 
 Who lolling on our foremoft benches fit, 
 And ftill charge firft, tl-.e Ixue forlorn of wit. 
 
 Drydeit. 
 
 Fori.o'rnkess. n. f. [from _/or.'orn.] 
 Deftitution ; mifery ; folitiide. 
 
 MendifpleafedGod, and confequently forfeited 
 all right to happinefs; even whilft they complca- 
 ted ihefii!i,rnr;ifsuf their condition by the lethar- 
 gy' of not being feniible of it. Eoy'e. 
 
 To Forli'e. V. II. [from fore anil //>.] 
 To lie before. 
 
 Knit with a golden baldric, which /or,',jK 
 Athwart iier fno*y breaft, and did divide 
 Her dainty paps, which, like young fruit in May, 
 Now little 'g^n to fwell; snd being ty'd. 
 Through her thia weed, their places only fig- 
 nify'd. Fairy Quein. 
 
 FORM. n. /. [forma, Latin ; fonne, 
 French.] 
 
 1. The external appearance of any thing; 
 reprefentation ; ftiape. 
 
 Nay, women are t"iail too, 
 
 Ay, as the glaCTes where Ihey liew them- 
 
 fclves, 
 Whidi arc as eafy broke as they make forms. 
 
 Sh:ikfp£are. 
 It ftood Sill; but I could not difcern tiie/nrm 
 thereof. _ J-'''- 
 
 Gold will endure a vehement fire, without aiiy 
 change, and after it has been divided by corroHve 
 liquors ii:to invifihle parts; ye; may prclently be 
 precipitated, fo 3.% to appear again in its/orm. 
 
 Cji£io'i Cofmol. Sue. 
 Matter, as wife logicians fay, 
 Cannot without a/orm fubfift; 
 And/or»:, r^y I as well as they, 
 Muft fail, if mailer brings no grill. Stcifi. 
 
 2. Being, as modified by a particular 
 fhape. 
 
 When noble benefits (hall prove 
 Not well difpos'd, the mind grown once corrupt. 
 They turn to vicious/s-mi, ten times more ujly 
 T.^an ever they were f.iir. Shaifp. Hen. vfii. 
 Here toils and thath, and death's half-biothcrj 
 flcfp,' 
 Forms IcirilJc to view, theirfenrr/ keep; 
 With anxious plcafiircs of a guilty mind, 
 Deep frauds before, and op;n force behind. 
 
 Dryden^s j^niij. 
 
 3. Particular model or modification. 
 
 He t'.i.it will look into many psrfs of Afia 
 and America, will find men ie.ifou there perhaps 
 ae acutely as himfcif, who yet nevl;r heard of a 
 fyllogifoi, nor can leclucc any one argument to 
 tbukfomi.' Lr-'t'- 
 
 FOR 
 
 It lengthens out every afl of worftiip, and 
 produces more larting and permanent iraprcfiions 
 in the mind, than thofe which accompany any 
 tranlient/^rw of words that are uttered in the 
 ordinary method of religious worihip. .-^J.iifon. 
 
 4. Beauty ; elegance of appearance. 
 
 He hath no form nor comelinefs. Ifaiah. 
 
 5. Regularity; method; order. 
 
 Wnat he Ipoke, though it lack'd/orm a little. 
 Was not like madiiei's. Skukfp Hary^let . 
 
 6. External appearance without the effen- 
 tial qualities ; empty fliow. 
 
 Tiicn thole whom form of laws 
 Condemn'd to die, when traitors judg'd their 
 
 caufc. Dryjfn. 
 
 They were young heirs fent only for forms from 
 
 fchools, where they were not fuffered to ftay 
 
 three months. Swift. 
 
 7. Ceremony ; external rites. 
 
 Though well we may not pafs upon his life, 
 Without the/oTOi of juftice; yet our pow'r 
 Shall do a court'fy co our wrath, which men 
 May blame, but not controul. Shakfp:are. 
 
 A long table, and a fquare table, or a feat 
 about the walls, (eem things af form, but are 
 things of fubftance; for at a long table, a few 
 at ihe upper end, in eti'ect, fway all the bufmefs ; 
 but in the other form, rheie is more ufc of the 
 counl'ellors opinions iliat fit lower. Bacon's Eff. 
 
 That the parliaments of IitUnd might want 
 no decent or honourable form ufed in England, 
 he caufed a particular aift to pafs, that tire lords 
 of Ireland Oiould appear in parliament robes. 
 
 Dwjits. 
 
 Their general ufed, in all difpatches made by 
 himfelf, to obferve all decency in theiiyb'ws. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 How am I to interpret, fir, tlrii vifit ? 
 Is it a coriipl.iiient oi form, or love: ^. Fkilips. 
 
 8. Stated mt;thod ; ellabliftied praiflice ; 
 ritual and ptefcribed mode. 
 
 He who affirmeth fpeecii to be neceffaiy 
 amongll all men, throughout the world, duth not 
 thereby import that all men niuft lu-ceflarily I'peak 
 one kind of language ; even fo the nectUity of 
 polity and regimen in all churches may be held, 
 wiiiiout holding any one certain foim to be 
 necefl'ary in them ail. Hooker. 
 
 Nor arc conllant forms of prayer more Jikefy 
 to flat and hinder the fpirit of prayer and devo- 
 tion, than unpreraeditaledand confuted variety to 
 diftraA and lofe it. King Ck^rln. 
 
 Nor feek to know 
 Their procefs, or the forms sf law below. 
 
 Drydfn^s jEneid. 
 
 9. A long feat. 
 
 If a chair he defined a feat for a finglc perfon, 
 with a back belonging to it, then a Itool is a feat 
 for a fingle perfon without a back ; and a form 
 is a teat for fcveril perfons, without a back. 
 
 IVaUi' Logick. 
 
 I was feen with her in the roanorboufe, fitting 
 with her upon the form, and taken ioll<^wing her 
 into the park. Shukjpcare. 
 
 10. A clafs ; a rank of {Indents. 
 
 It will be neceffary to fee and cxair.inc thofe 
 works which have given fo great a reputation to 
 tlie matters of the firft form. Drydcn, 
 
 11. The feat of bed of a hare. 
 
 Now for a clod like hare \\t form thy peer; 
 Now bolt and cudgel fquiirels le.ip do nio.e j 
 
 Now the ambitious lark, with mirrour clear. 
 They catch, while he, fool ! tu' iiimfclf makes 
 love. Sidnty. 
 
 Have you obferv'd a fitting hare, 
 Lilt'ning, and fearful of the Iform 
 Of horns and hounds, clap back her ear, 
 Afraid to keep or leave her/orm. Fnor. 
 
 12. Form is the eftentlal, fpecillcal, or 
 diiHnguifhing modification of the mattet 
 of which any thing is compofud, fo as 
 thereby to give it fuch a peculiar man- 
 ner of ciilicnce, HnrrU. 
 
 FOR 
 
 In definitions, whether they be framed larger 
 to augment, or ftriif cr to abridge the number of 
 facrameiits, we find grace cxprefly mentioned as 
 their true eifential form, and elements as the 
 matter whereunto that form did adjoin itfelf. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 13. A formal caufe ; that which gives 
 effence. 
 
 They inferred, if the world were a living 
 creature, it had a foul and fpirit, by which they 
 did not intend God, for they did admit of a deity 
 befides, but only the foul or elTential/crm of the 
 univcil'e. Bacon's Nat. Hi^, 
 
 7i Form. v. a. [/b/ wo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To make out ol materials. 
 
 God formed man of the duft of the ground. 
 
 Genefls, 
 The liquid ore he drain'd 
 Into fit molds prepar'd; from which hcform'd 
 Firft his own tools : then, what might elfc be 
 
 wrought 
 Fufil, orgrav'n in metal. Miiion, 
 
 Determin'd to advance into our room 
 A creature ybrm'f/ of eaith. Miltsn. 
 
 S\\eform'd the phantom of well-bodied air. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. To model to a particular (hape or ftate. 
 
 Creature in whom exceli'd 
 Whatever can to fight or thought btform'd, 
 Hoiy, divine, good, amiable, or fweet. Milton. 
 
 Let Eve, for 1 havedrench'd her eyes, 
 Kerc deep beiow, while thou to forefight wak'ft; 
 As once th<iu ileep'it, while ihe to life was 
 form'd. Milton, 
 
 3. To mo'dify ; to fcheme ; to plan. 
 
 Lucretius taught him not xoform\s\s hcroe, 
 to give him piety or valour tor his manners. 
 
 Dr^'dins j^ncid. Dedication. 
 
 4. To arrange; to combine in any parti- 
 cular manner : as, he _/(/;-m«rf' his troops. 
 
 5. To adjull ; to fettle. 
 
 Our differences with the Romanifts are thus^ 
 formid into an mteieft, and become the dcfign 
 not of fingle pcrlons, but of corporations and 
 fucceflions. Decay of piety. 
 
 6. To contrive ; to coin» 
 
 The defeat of the dcfign is the rout^jig of 
 opinionsybrnie./ for promoting it. Decay of Piety . 
 
 He dies too loon; 
 And fate, if polTiblc, murt be delay'd: 
 The tb.nught tiiat labours in my forming brain, 
 Yet crude and immature, demands more time. 
 
 Roiuc, 
 
 7. To model by education or inftitution. 
 
 Let him fo this with eafy pains be brought. 
 And ilcm to labour when he labours not: 
 Thus/srm'.-f for fpeed, he challenges the wind 
 And leaves the Scythian arrow far behind. 
 
 Drydin's Virgil. 
 
 FO'RMAL. adj. [fortUL-l.Tr. formally 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Ceremonious ; folemn ; precife ; exacl 
 to afFeftation. 
 
 The juHice, 
 In fair round belly, with good capon lin'd. 
 With eyes fevcre, and beard vi J-rmal cur, 
 Full of wife fawsand modern initances, 
 And fo he plays his part. Skatfpcare. 
 
 Formai in apparel. 
 In gait and countenance fureiy like a fat'ner. 
 
 Sltfikjpeare. 
 
 Ceremonies be not to be omitted to 11 rangers 
 
 and formal natures; but the exalting them above 
 
 the mean is not only tedious, but d;rth dimimlh 
 
 the credit of him that fpe.iks. Bacon. 
 
 2 . Done according to eftablillied rules and 
 methods ; not irregular ; not fudden j 
 not e.\temporaneoits. 
 
 There is not any pofitive law of men, whether 
 it be general or particular, received by formal cx- 
 prefs confcnt, as in councils ; or by fecrct ap- 
 probation, as in ciiftoms it comcth lo pafs, but 
 m. y be taksn away, if occafiou fervc. Hooter,
 
 FOR 
 
 As there are formal and written leagues, rc- 
 fpci^tive to ccviain enemies; fo tlicrc is a iiatur.il 
 aiul tacit confcdcratiuii amongft ail men againrt 
 the common enemies of human focicly, la .is 
 there needs no intimation or denunciation of ihe 
 war; but all thelV formalities the law of narurc 
 fupplic^j as in the cafe of pirates. B'uoti. 
 
 3. Regular ; methodical. 
 
 yViv J'onna! liars do travel (Oy 
 As we their names and coiirfcs know; 
 And he that on their clianges looks. 
 Would think tliem governed by our books. 
 
 ^rulhr. 
 
 4. Exteni'il ; liaving the appearance but 
 not the eirencc. 
 
 Of fL.rifui/ duty, make no more thy boaft ; 
 Tiiou difobcy'lt where it concerns me moft. 
 
 J^ry:iet*i ^urcngzebf. 
 
 5. Depending upon ellablilhracut 01 
 cuftom. 
 
 Still in conflraint your fufTcring fex remains, 
 Or bound in f'irmu! or in real chains. Popi'. 
 
 6. Having the power of makuig any thing 
 what It is ; conllituent ; efitntial. 
 
 Of letters the matoriil part is brc.ith and voice : 
 the formal is conllitLited by the motions and 
 fii'ure of the organs of fpecch atfcifting brcatii 
 with a peculiar lound, by which each lettei ii 
 difcriminated. Udder's El^-nunts of Speech. 
 
 Bcllarraiiie agrees in making K\ic forma} a^ of 
 adoration to be fubjeclion to a fuperior; but 
 withal he makes the mere apprehenfion of excel- 
 lency to include the/o'-wa/ reafon of it: whei-eas 
 mere exccll:ncy, without fujicrioiityj doth not 
 require any fubjeclion, but only ellimation. 
 
 Stilling feet. 
 
 The vei-y life, and vital motion, and xUq formal 
 cfTence and nature of man, is wholly owing to 
 the powtr of God. Btntley. 
 
 7. Retaining its proper and efTential cha- 
 ra61eriltick ; regular; proper. 
 
 Thou ftidu'dft come like a fury covcr'd with 
 fnakes, 
 Not like ■a.fonnal man. Shakfpeare. 
 
 I will not let him ftir, 
 
 'Till I have us'd tli' appovcd means I have; 
 
 With wholelome fyrups, drugs, and holy players, 
 
 To make of him ^fornu^l man again. Shakfp. 
 
 Fo'rmai.ist. n. J, \_formalipe, French ; 
 
 from form.'\ One who pi act ifes external 
 
 ceremony ; one who prefers appearance 
 
 to reality; one who feemswhat he is not. 
 
 It is a ridiculous thing, and fit for a fatyr to 
 
 perfoas of judgment, to fee what (h'.fts/t/r«'j/.y?. 
 
 have, and wnat piofpcOivcs to make luperficies 
 
 to fccm A body that h.ith depth and bulk. Baccv. 
 
 A grave, ftauncl , Ikilfully managed f.;cc, fet 
 
 upon a grafpingalpiring mind, having got many 
 
 a (iy formaujl xiie reputation of a. primitive and 
 
 fcveie piety. South, 
 
 Forma'lity. n, f, [ybr/n^?////, French ; 
 
 from fonn.'\ 
 
 1. Ceremony; eftabliflied -mode of beha- 
 viour. 
 
 The a'tire, which the miniftcr of God Is by 
 order to ufe at times of divine fcivjce, ifi hut a 
 matter of nM:rt formality^ yet fuch as for come- 
 linefs fake hath hitherto been judged not unne- 
 cc(T;iry. Hooker. 
 
 Formalities of extraordinary zeal and piety arc- 
 nrvcr more Itudied and elaborate than in defpcratc 
 tleligns. i^'^g C/io'Ies. 
 
 Many a worthy man facnficcs his peace to 
 fotmiiliiiei of compliment and good manners. 
 
 L' Efi range. 
 
 Nor was his attendance on divine offices a mat- 
 ter q( formdiitv and cuiiom, but of confcience. 
 
 ./ittcrhury 
 
 2, Solemn order, method, mode, habit, 
 or drefs. 
 
 It men forfweavthc deeds and bonds they draw, 
 Though fign'd with z^\ fcrm>i!it\ of law; 
 And though the figning and tlie fcal proclaim 
 The barcfac'd perjury, and fix the (hame. Dry. 
 
 FOR 
 
 The pretender would have infallibly landed in 
 our nurthcm parts, and fjund theni :tll fat down 
 in their fonnalitieiy as the Gauls did die Roman 
 fenators. Sivift. 
 
 3. F.xtcrnal appearance. 
 
 To h.\ on God the fonmility of faculties, or 
 affcdtions is the impttturc of our fancies, and 
 confradiiStory to hii> divinity. G/iinTille^s Secpfn 
 
 4. JsfTence; the quality by which any thing 
 is v/liat it is. 
 
 Mty not a man vow to A. and B. that he will 
 give a hundred pounds to an hofpital? He-c the 
 vtiw is made both to God and to A. and B. But 
 here A. a»d B. jre only witncOTes to the vow; 
 but ihc formii/ity of the vow lies in the promifc 
 m^dc to God. Stilling Hc:t. 
 
 To Fo'km.^lize. 1). a. \_formaltfcry Fr. 
 from formal, A word not now in ufe.] 
 
 1. Tu model; to modify- 
 
 Tlic ftme I'pirit wliich anointed the bUffcd foul 
 of our Siviour Chrift, doth {o formaliz-tj unite, 
 and a£tit;ue his whole race, as if b -th he and 
 they were fo many limbs compadtcd into one 
 body. Hooker. 
 
 2. To affetl formality ; to be fond of ce- 
 remony. 
 
 Fo'rmali.y. adv, \^^xo\w formal.'] 
 
 1 , According to eftabliihed ruleSj methods, 
 ceremonies, or rites. 
 
 FarmaUyj according to our law, 
 Depofe him. Sh.ikfpcare'i Richard ii. 
 
 2. Ceremonioufly ; fliffly ; precifely. 
 
 To be rtiff and f^fmnfiy referved, as if the 
 •company did not defetve our familiarity, is a 
 downriglit challenge of homage. Collier. 
 
 3. In open appearance ; in a vifible and 
 appL^rent Itate, 
 
 You and your followers do ftand formally di- 
 vided againfl the authorilcd guides of the church, 
 and. the rnfl: of the people. Hooker. 
 
 4, EfTeutially; charadieriftlcally. 
 
 This power and dominion is nol adequately and 
 formally the image of God, but only a part of it. 
 
 South. 
 
 The heithcns and the chriftians may agree in 
 
 material a^ts of charily; but that which/orwa/Zy 
 
 makes this a chrlftian grace, is tlic fpring from 
 
 which it fli>ws. SmaliiJge. 
 
 Forma'tion. n. f. \_fo}'matiQn,Y\'cx\c\\ ', 
 from formOy I..atin.] 
 
 1. The act of forming or generating. 
 
 The matter difchargcd forth of vulcano'5, and 
 otlier (piracies, contributes to U\c formation of 
 mcfeors. JVoOi-huarU. 
 
 The follds are originally formed of a fluid, 
 from a fmall point, as appears by the gradual 
 formtifion of a fcetus. ArLutliKot. 
 
 Complicated ideas, growing up under oljfer- 
 vatlon, give not the fame confulion, as if they 
 were all odered to the mind at once, without 
 yL'iir obferving the original ^\\^ formation of them. 
 
 WattK. 
 
 2. Tlie manner in which a thing is formed. 
 
 The cliorion, a thick membrane obfcuring the 
 formattonj the dam doth tear afunder. Broivn. 
 
 Fo'rmative. adj. [from_/br/na, Latin,] 
 Having the power of giving form ; 
 plafcick. 
 
 As we have eftabliflied our afTcrtion of the 
 feminal production of all kinds of animals; fo 
 Jikewifc we affirm, that the meaneft plant can- 
 nut be r.iifcd without feedj by any formative 
 power rcfiding in the foil. Benthy'i Sermons. 
 
 Fo'rmer. ti. f [horn form.] Fie that 
 forms; maker; contriver; planner. 
 
 The wonderful art and providence of the con- 
 triver and former of our bodies, appears in the 
 multitude of intentions he muft have in the for- 
 mation o( feveral parts for Icveral ufes. i^.Jv"- 
 
 Fo'rmer. mlj. [from jrojima, Sax, firft ; 
 whence formtr^ and formoj}, now com- 
 
 FOR 
 
 raoiily written foremofl, as if dfrivctl 
 from before. Forermji is generally ap- 
 plitd Co place, rank, or degree, and 
 
 former only to time ; for wdcn Wc fay 
 the lad rank of the proccdion is like tin; 
 
 former, wc rcfpe(fl lime rather than place, 
 and mean that which wc faw before, 
 ratlier than that which had precedence 
 in place.] 
 
 1. Bcloic another In lime. 
 
 Thy air, 
 Thou other gold-bound brow, is like the fiift: 
 
 — A third i& liite K\\tl formtr. ShakJ^cate. 
 
 2. Mentioned before anotiier. 
 
 A_ bad author dcf'. rvcs better ufage than a bad 
 critick : a man may be the formo merely through 
 the miifortune of nil ill judgmcn'.; but lie can- 
 not be the latter without both tliat and an ill 
 temper. V'.pr. 
 
 3 . Pad : as, tins luas tlie cuflom in former 
 times. 
 
 Tlie prcfent point of time is all thou liaft, 
 The future doubtful, and ihe/i-Mt-r part; Ihirte, 
 
 Fo'kmf.rly. adv. [from former. 1 In 
 times pall. 
 
 The places were all of them fo,>r.tr!y the coo 1 
 retiicineiits of tlic Romans, whcie they ufed to 
 hid^ thenifelvcs anio;ij the woods and muuiitai.is, 
 during tlic excclSve heats of their fummer. 
 
 A<L}ifan. 
 
 As an animal degenerates by difeafcs, the 
 animal lalts, f}rmcr}y benign, approach towards 
 an alkaline nature. Arhuilrwi. 
 
 FO'RMIDABLE. adj. [formidaiilis.Lzt. 
 formidahh, Fr.] Terrible; dreadful; 
 tremeiulous ; terrifick ; to be feared. 
 
 I fvixll my preface into a volume, and make 
 ix formidable, when yon fee fo many pages behind. 
 Dry-kn^i j^neij, De.iic:ati9H. 
 They fecm'd to fear the formi:h'>/e fighr, 
 And roll'd their billows on, to I'peed uis flight. 
 
 Dry-/t-». 
 
 Fo'rmidableness. n. f. [from /ormz- 
 dable. ] 
 
 1. The quality of excitingterrour or dread. 
 
 2. The thing caiifin;j dread. 
 
 Tliey rather chu'e to lie (httvitdxhr: formidahl^- 
 tiej! of their dang-^r, thin by a blind embracing 
 it, to perilh. Decay ',f Plctv. 
 
 Fo'rmid.vbly. adv. [from fornudahle.'\ 
 In a terrible manner. 
 
 Behold ! e'en to icraoler (hares, 
 A conqiKring navy proudly Ipread; 
 The Britilli z,\\\\^'■J\^ j\jrmld,ib!y roars. D'-iitn. 
 
 Fo'rmless. a^', [from/orw.] Shapelefs ; 
 wanting regularity of form. 
 
 All tonn Hfo'm/rfs, order orderlcfs. 
 Save what is oppofite to England's love. S';:i(fp. 
 
 Fo'rmulary. n.f. [/ormi//j;Vf, French ; 
 from formule.1 A hook containing flated 
 and prefcribed models or fet forms. 
 
 Fo'RiMULARV. adj. Ritual; preicribed ; 
 ftated. 
 
 FO'RMULE. n. /. [formuk, French ; 
 formula, Latin.] A fet or prefcribed 
 model. 
 
 To FORNICATE, y. a. [from/orn/.v, 
 Latin.] To commit lewdncfs. 
 It is a new way to firnicau at a dii^ance. 
 
 Broirn. 
 
 Fornica'tion. n. f. ^foriiiealioti, FrenQh ; 
 fornicalio, Latin.] 
 
 I. Concubinage, or commerce with an 
 unmarried woman. 
 
 Blefs in^' ! what a fry o^ fornication is at the 
 door. Shukf^ieart, 
 
 5 E 2
 
 FOR 
 
 The law ought to be ftrift againft foment ons 
 
 and adulteries; for, if there were univerfil liberty, 
 
 the iiicreafe of mankind would be but like that uf 
 
 foxes at bcft. G,au«t. 
 
 J. In fcripture, fometimes idolatry. 
 
 Thou didll truft in thine own beauty, thou 
 playedft the harlot, bccaufe of thy renown, and 
 pourcdft out thy fmnkuthm on every one that 
 paired by. Exek,fl. 
 
 Fornica'tor. n. f. [fornlcaleur, Fr. 
 iioth fornix, Latin.] One that has com- 
 merce with unmarried women. 
 
 A fornicator or adulterer rteals the foul, as 
 well as dilhonours the body of his neighbour. 
 
 Taylor' i Rule of living holy. 
 
 Fornica'tress. n.f. [from/o/-«(Va/or.] 
 A woman who without marriage co- 
 habits with a man. 
 
 See you the fornicatrefi be remov'd ; 
 Let her have needful but not llavilh means. 
 
 Shakfptart. 
 
 To FORSA'KE. v. a. prei. for/ooi ; 
 part. pa{i-forfooi or for/aien. \verfar- 
 ken, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To leave in refentment, negleft, or dif- 
 like. 
 
 'Twas now the time when firft Saul God for- 
 fook, 
 God Saul ; the room in 's heart wild pafiions 
 took. Coiuliy. 
 
 Orefl-es comes in time 
 To fave your honour : Pyrrhus cools apace ; 
 Prevent his falfhood, 3nd forfate him fiift: 
 I know you hate him. -•?. I'lnlips' DijJrcJ} Mother. 
 D.uighter of Jovejwhofe arms in thunder wield 
 Th' avenging bolt, and Ihakethe dreadful Ihield, 
 Forf.ot by thee, in vain I fought tiiy aid. Po, e. 
 
 2. To leave ; to go away from ; to de- 
 part from. 
 
 Unwilling Iforjovk your friendly ftate, 
 Commanded by the gods, and forc'd by fate. 
 
 Dry.kn's j^n. 
 
 3. To defert ; to fail. 
 
 Truth, modefty, and (hamc tiie world/5^/M.( ; 
 Fraud, avarice, and foice their places took. 
 
 Dryden' i Ovid. 
 
 When ev'n the flying fails were feen no more, 
 
 fo'Jaken of all fight flie left the Ihore. Drydm. 
 
 Their purple mijcfty, 
 And all thofe outward (hows v/hicli we call grcat- 
 
 iicfs, 
 Languifli and droop, fccm empty and/5'/fl^(», 
 Aiid draw the wond'iir.ggaiers eyes no mor;. 
 
 Rows. 
 Fors.i'ker. n. f. [from forfake.'\ De- 
 ferter ; one that forfakes. 
 
 Thou didlr deliver us into the hands of lawlefs 
 
 enemies, mod hateful /"o'/u^fri of God. ^fcc:yi>. 
 
 Forsoo'th. adv. [copj-o^e, Saxon.] 
 
 J. In trutli ; certainly ; very well. It is 
 
 ufcd almoft; always in an ironical or 
 
 contemptuous fenfe. 
 
 Wherefore d^th Lvfander 
 Deny your love, fo ricli within his foul, 
 And tender me,foifotth, affeiftion ! Shakfprare. 
 A fit man, firjoolh, to govern a realm, who 
 iiad 10 goodly government in his own ellate. 
 
 iia^^u.ird. 
 Unlearned perfon« ufc fuch letters as juftly 
 exprcfs the power or found of their fpcech ; yet 
 fotjo<.th, we fay, write not true Englifli, or true 
 French. lloldtr on Speech. 
 
 In the Ealtlndicsa widow, who has any re- 
 gard to her charafter, throws herfelf into the 
 flames of her huiband's funeral pile, to (hew, 
 fo'frith, that (he is faithful to the memory of her 
 dtceafed lord. Jlddif'jn'i Frcihol.ler. 
 
 She would cry out murder, and diltuib the 
 whole neighbourhood ; and when John came run- 
 Bing down the Ihiirs to enquire what the matter 
 was, nothing, /cr/«.'/;, only her maid had Ihick 
 a pill ^vroiij; in her go.vn. /■Ittmlhrict. 
 
 FOR 
 
 Some queftion the genuincnefs of his books, 
 ht:ZAui&f forfooth, they cannot difcover in them 
 that^i/wsn trationii that Cicero fpcaks of. 
 
 Baker on Learning 
 
 2. It is fuppofed once to have been a word 
 ■ of honour in addrefs to women. It is 
 probable that an inferiour, being called, 
 Ihewed his attention by anfwering in 
 the words yes, forfooth, which in time 
 loft its true meaning ; and inftead of a 
 mere exclamatory interjeClion, was fup- 
 pofed a compeilation. It appears in 
 Shakfpeare to have been ufedlikewife to 
 men. 
 
 Our old Englifli ■woTdforfoath has been changed 
 for the French madam. Guardian 
 
 To FORSWE'AR. v. a. pret. forjwore; 
 pixt. for/'worn. [popi-p^nian, Saxon, j 
 
 1. To renounce upon oath. 
 
 1 hrmly vow 
 Never to wooe her more ; but Aoforfiuoar her, 
 As one unworthy all the former favours 
 That I have fondly flatter'd her withal. Shakfp. 
 
 2. To deny upon oath. 
 
 And that fclf chain about his neck. 
 Which heforjwore moll monftroufly to have. 
 
 Shat:fpeare 
 Obferve the wretch who hath his faith forfook. 
 How clear his voice, and how aiTur'd his look ! 
 Like innocence, and as ferencly bold 
 As truth, how loudly he forfu-'ears thy gold ! 
 
 Vryden'i Juvenal. 
 
 3. With the reciprocal pronoun : as, 10 
 for/wear hhnfelf ; to be perjured ; to 
 
 fwear falfciy. 
 
 To leave my Julia, Ihall I hcforfworn? 
 To leave fait Sylvia, (hall I he Jorfiuirn ? 
 To wrong my friends, fliall I be much forfiuorn F 
 And ev'n that power which gave mc firlt my oath, 
 Provokes me to this threefold perjury. Shakfp. 
 
 One fays, he never fliould endure the fight 
 Of that forfwornj that wrongs both lands and 
 laws. Daniel. 
 
 I too have fworn, ev'n at the altar fworn, 
 Eternal love and endlcfs faith to Ttiefeus ; 
 And yet am fe.\i'c,fotf^virn : the haliow'd fhrinc, 
 That heard mc fwear, is witnefs to my fallhood. 
 
 S»:,<h. 
 To Forswe'ar. v. n. To fwear faliely ; 
 to commit perjury. 
 Take heed ; for he holds vengeance in his 
 hand. 
 To hurl upon their heads that break his law. 
 — And tlut fame vengeance doth hurl on thee. 
 For hMcfoifuearingy and for muider too. Shakfp. 
 
 Forswe'ar ER. n. f. [from forfwear.'\ 
 
 One who is perjured. 
 FORT. n.f. [fort, French.] A forti- 
 fied houfe ; a caftle. 
 They ercfled a fort, which they c.illcd the 
 fort d' I'or; and from thence they bolted like 
 beafts of the foreft. Bacon. 
 
 Now to their/cr/ they are about to fend 
 For the loud engines wliich their ifle defend, 
 
 trailer. 
 He that views 3 fort to take it, 
 Plants his artillery 'gaiiill the weakell p.-irt. 
 
 Denk.vn'i Saphy. 
 My fury does, like jealous /5'rj, purfua 
 With death ev'n ftiangcvs who but come to view. 
 
 DrydcN. 
 
 Fo'rted. ailj. [dam fort.] FurniHicd 
 or guarded by forts. Not ufcd novv. 
 
 Your defert fpcaks loud, and 1 fhould wrong 
 To lock it in the wards of covert lofoni. 
 When it deferves with chmafters of brafs 
 A/<;r/?</ refidcnce 'gainll the tootn of time 
 And rafuie of oblivion. Shakfpeare. 
 
 FORTH, adv. [}:op«, Saxon; whence 
 further and furt/jeJL] 
 
 I. Forward ; onward in time. 
 
 FOR 
 
 From that Asy fcrtk I lov'd that face divine ; 
 From that day forth I caft in careful mind 
 To feek her out. Fairy Queen. 
 
 2. Forward in place or order. 
 
 Look at the fecond admonition, and fo/or/A, 
 where they fpcak in moll unchriltian manner. 
 
 tJliitgift. 
 Mad Pandarus fteps forth, with vengeance 
 vow'd 
 For Bitias' death. Drydin't jEneid. 
 
 3. Abroad ; out of doors. 
 
 Uncle, I muft come forth. Shakfpeare': Othello. 
 
 1 have no mind of fealiing/or/A to-night. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 Attend you here the door of our ftern daughter? 
 Will flie not forth ? Shakfpeare. 
 
 Wi'.en winter paff, and fummer fcarce begun, 
 Invites them/o*r^ to labour in the fun. Drydsrt. 
 
 4. Out away ; beyond the boundary of 
 any place. 
 
 They will pri-. ily relieve their fiiends that arc 
 fotth-, they wiil fend the enemy fecret advertifc- 
 mcnts ; and they will not alfo llick to draw the 
 enemy privily upon them. Spenfer. 
 
 Ev'n tliat I'unlhine brew'd a fiiow'r for hini, 
 That walh'd his father'^ fortunes/orM of France. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 5. Out into a publick charafter ; publick 
 view. 
 
 Vou may dx forth the fame with farmhoufes. 
 
 Pearham. 
 But when your troubled country call'd you 
 /o, th, 
 Your flamiiii; courage, and your matchlefs worth, 
 To fierce contention gave a profp'rous end. 
 
 trailer. 
 
 6. Thoroughly ; from beginning to end. 
 Out of ule. 
 
 You coufin. 
 Whom it concerns to hear this matter yisr/A, 
 Do with your injuries as leems you belt, Sh.tkfp. 
 
 7. To a certain degree. Obfolete. 
 
 Hence we learn, how hr forth we may cxpe*5t 
 jultification and falvatiun from the fufFcrings of 
 Cliiil^ ; no further than we are wrougiit on by 
 his renewing grace. Hammond. 
 
 8. On to the end. Out of ufe. 
 
 I repcited the Ave Maria : the infjuifitor bad 
 me (sy forth I 1 faid 1 was taught no moie. 
 
 Alemolr in Strype. 
 
 FoRT». pre/). Out of. 
 
 And iieie 's a prophet, that I brought with mc 
 Vfant fotth the ftreets of Pomfret. Shakfp 
 
 Somt forth their cabljins peep. 
 And trembling alk what news, and do hear fo 
 As jealous huflj.inds, what they would not know. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 Forthco'ming. adj. [forth ;xnd coming.^ 
 Ready to appear ; not abfconding ; not 
 loft. 
 
 Carry this mad knave to jail : I charge you 
 fee that he he forthcoming. Shakfpeare: 
 
 We'll fee your trinkets here/or//'™ >)i>i; all. 
 
 Shakfpeare' s Henry yX. 
 
 FoRTHi'ssui .>iG. adj. [furth and iffiie,^ 
 Cuming out ; coming forward from a 
 covert. 
 
 Forthijfuing thus, (he gave him firrt to wield 
 A weighty ax, with trueli temper HecT'd, 
 And double edg'd. Pope's Odyffey. 
 
 Forthri'ght. ad'J. [forth and right.] 
 Straight forvvaid ; without flexions. 
 Mot in ufe. 
 He ever going fo jiift with the horfe, citber 
 forthright or turning, that it fccintd as he bor- 
 rowed the horfe's body, fo he lent the hoile his 
 mind. Sidney. 
 
 The river not running forthright, but almoft 
 continually winding, as if the lower ftrcams 
 would return to their fpring, or that the river had 
 a delight to play with itfclf. Sidney.
 
 FOR 
 
 Ani'^cd there, Uicy palTcd w forlliiight ; i 
 
 For rtill to all th= B^"' '^<""' "P=" wide. 
 
 Fairy Q^ueeti. 
 T\^\^\\tT forthright lie rode to roufe the prey. 
 
 Vryiicn 
 
 Forthri'ght. n.f. A ftraight path. 
 Here 's i mJ^c trod, indtcd, 
 Tiirough/(jr/Ar/£/i/i ;uid meanders. Hh^tifpeni-e. 
 
 Forthwi'th. adv. \_forlh and tu'itb.'^ 
 Immediately ; without dtlay ; at once ; 
 llraight. 
 
 Fotthvjith he runs, with feigned faithful hafte. 
 Unto his gucll ; who, after troublous fights 
 AnddreamSj^'gaii now to take more found rcpsft 
 
 Few things arc fo rcftiained to any one cnr) 
 or puipofe, that the fame being extiruft, they 
 i[\Q\x\d forthwith utterly become fruftratc. Hooker. 
 Neither did the mailiu) men dally orprofccutc 
 the fervicc faintly, but did for chivith quench that 
 fire. David on Iicl^imi. 
 
 Fort/nvith began thcfc fury- moving founds, 
 The notes ofwratli,thc raufick biought from hell, 
 The rattling diums. DaniePs Civil ff^ar. 
 
 The winged heralds, by command 
 Of fov'rcign pow'r, throughout the hoft proclaim 
 A folcnm counfeiyor/AiWr/i to I'f held 
 At Pandxnionlum. Milton*i Paradife hofi. 
 
 In his pafiagc thither one put into his hand a 
 note of the whole cunfpiracy, dcfirjng him to 
 read wforthiuirh, and fo remember the giver of 
 it as long A", lie lived. South 
 
 Fo'ktieth. adj. [from foriy.'\ The 
 fourth tenth ; next after the thirty- 
 ninth. 
 
 What doth ir avail 
 To be iUc ff/riitth min in an cnCait ? Dcnnr 
 
 Burnet lays, Scotland is not above zforfie/h 
 part in value to t;tc relt: of Britain ; and, witli 
 refpsift to the profit that England gains from 
 hence, not the foity thoufandth part. Swiff. 
 
 Fo'rtifiable. adj. [h'om fortify. ] What 
 
 may be fortified. 
 Fo R T 1 F I c A 't I o N . n, f, [ foHificaiion, 
 French ; from fortify.] 
 
 1. The fcience of mihtary archite£lure. 
 
 Fortification is an art ihcu'ing how to fortify a 
 place ■with rampaits, par.ijjets, moats, and other 
 bulwarks ; to the end that a fmall number of 
 men within may be able to ccfend thcml'elves, 
 for a confidcrable time, againft the air.iuits of a 
 iiiinicrous army without ; lo that the enemy, in 
 attacking them, mult of nccelVity futier great lufs. 
 It is either regular or inegulur; and, with tefpeilt 
 to time, may be diftinguilhcd into durable and 
 temporary. Ilarrii. 
 
 The PiioEnician<:, though an unwarlike nation, 
 yet undedtood the art oi f'irtificution. £too?ne. 
 
 2. A place built Tor ilrength. 
 
 The hounds were uncoupled, and the ftag 
 thought it better to truil to ti.e nimMenefs of hi* 
 fee:, than to the {\cndcv fort ijicut ion of his lodg- 
 ing. Suirify. 
 
 Excellent devices were ufed to make even 
 tlicii fports profitable; images, battles, and/or//- 
 Jicati'j'ii being then delivered to their memory, 
 which, alter itrongcr judgmcnis, might difpenfe 
 fomc advantage. Sidncv. 
 
 3. Addition of (Irength. Not much ufed. 
 
 To lirengthcn the infcll-cd parts, give i'ome 
 few advices by way ufjortifcution and antidote. 
 Go^crmr.tnt cf the Tongue. 
 Fo'siTIFlER. «. /. [fromyi?r//y'3'-] 
 
 1 , One who erects works for defence. 
 
 The fortifier of Pendennis made his axivantage 
 of the commodity afforded by the ground. 
 
 Carcw'i SurziV of Cornwall. 
 
 2. One who fupports or fccures ; one who 
 upholds. 
 
 He was led forth by many armed men, who 
 often had been the /o;7i)^(/-j of wickedntfs, to 
 the place of execution. Sidnry. 
 
 To FO'RTIFY. V. a. iforfifer, Ficnch.] 
 
 FOR 
 
 T. To ftrcngthcn againil attacks by walls 1 
 or works. 
 
 Great Dunfinanc he fironglyy"o''//;?('j. Shakfp. 
 lie f'}'t:ficd the city againft Kclicging. Ecclui. 
 
 2. To confirm ; to encourage. 
 
 It grc.iily fort -JieJ her defircs, to fee that her 
 mother had the like defues. Siiny. 
 
 To fortify the former opinions Toftatus adds, 
 that thofc which dwell near the falls of water aie 
 deaf fromthcir infancy ; but this 1 hold as feigned. 
 
 Rulc:gh. 
 
 3. To fix ; to efiablilh in refolution. 
 
 But in-born woitli that foitunc can conlfoul, 
 Ncw-Ilrung and Ihllcr bent her fofler foul : 
 The heroine affum'd the woman's place, 
 Confirra'd hci mind, and ^o/y.^' J her face. 
 
 Drydai. 
 A young man, before he leaves the fliellcr of 
 his father's houfe, fhould be/or/Z/iVty with refolu- 
 tion to fecure his virtues. Locke. 
 To Fo'rtify. v. n. To ralfe ftrong places. 
 
 Thou us impowci'd 
 To fortify thus far .ind overlay 
 With thii> portentous bridge the dark abyfs. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Fo'rtilage. n.f. [from fort.] A little 
 fort ; a block-houfe. 
 
 Yet was the fence thereof but weak and thin 
 Nought fcar'd their force th-^x. fort Huge to win. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 In allftrai^hts and nairowpalTagcj there lijuuld 
 be fomc little fcnilugc^ or wooden calUt: fet, 
 which Ihould keep and command the tiraight. 
 
 SpenffT on Ireland. 
 
 FO'RTIN. n.f. [French.] A little fort 
 raifed to defend a camp, particularly in 
 a liege. Hanmer. 
 
 Thou haft ralk'd 
 Of PalifadoeSj/orr/si, p.irapets. Shaifpeare. 
 
 Fo'rtitude. n.f. [foi-titudo, Latin.] 
 I. Courage; bravery; magnanimity; 
 greatnefs of mind ; power of acting or 
 fuftcring well. 
 
 The king-becoming graces. 
 Devotion, patience, courage, /&r///«.'/c, 
 I have no relilh of them. Hhjtjpearc'i Mucheth. 
 
 The hti\.QY foifitride 
 Of patience, and hcroick. martyrdom 
 Unfung. Milt'm'i Patadife L'lft. 
 
 F<ji!ituilc is the guard and fupport of the other 
 virtues ; and without courage, a man will fcarce 
 keep rte.idy to his duty, aud fill up the charafler 
 of a truly worthy man. Locke. 
 
 They thought it rcafonable to do all poffible 
 honour to the memories of maityrs ; partly that 
 others might be encouraged to tlie fame patience 
 And forritucicj and paitiy that virtue, even in this 
 world, might not lofc its reward. Nttfon. 
 
 1. Strength ; force. Not in ufe. 
 He wrungs his fame, 
 Defpiiiring of his own irm^% fortitude, 
 To join with wi'.tlies and the ht Ip of hell ! 
 
 Sh.ihjpeiitt's lltnfy\i. 
 
 Fo'rtlet. «./. [from/or/.] A little fort. 
 Fortnight, n. f. [contradled from 
 fo!jrteeri-riig/i!s,]:eofpixyui nijht, Sax. 
 It was the cnflom of the ancient north- 
 ern nations to count time by nights: 
 thus we fay, t/jis tluyfeven-tti^ht. So 
 lachus. Nan dicrutn numenim, ut nos,fed 
 tioOium computant.'\ The fpace of two 
 weeks, 
 
 Sne would gi\'e her a lelTon feu- walking fu late, 
 that Ihould make her keep wittiin doors for one 
 fot might. Sidney. 
 
 Hanging on a deep well, fomewhat above the 
 water, for iomz fcttniqhts fpacc, is an excellent 
 means of making drink frelli antl quick. Bann. 
 
 About a/ir/«/^/if before I had finilhed it, his 
 m.ijcPy's declaration for liberty of confcicnce 
 came abroad, V'jJen. 
 
 FOR 
 
 He often had Tt in his head, but never, wiih 
 much apprchcnfion, 'till about ^ fortnight befure, 
 
 SlJUrft, 
 
 Fo'rtress. n.f. [/or/rf^, French.] A 
 ftrong hold ; a fortified place ; a caftlc 
 of defence. 
 
 Elf a king forth like a fudden tempctV, he over- 
 ran all, breaking down all the holds andf'.rtrrjjti. 
 Sptnftr on lrrluK.l. 
 The ttump of death foimds in their lieaiiug 
 fhrill; 
 Their weapon, faith ; l\xir fort rift was the grave. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 God is oar forlrefs, in whofe conqu'ring name 
 Lot us refolve to fcalc their flinty bulwarks. 
 
 Siiakfpearc' i Herjry vf. 
 There is no fuch way to give defence to abfuid 
 doflrines, as to guard them round about witK 
 legions of obfcurc and undefined words ; which 
 yet makes thefe rcircats more like the dens 
 of robbers, or holes of^oxes, than \\\z fortrtffet of 
 fair warriurs. " Locke 
 
 FORTUITOUS, adj. {frjytuit, French! 
 /or/a/'/Hj, Latin.] Accidental; cafual ; 
 happening by chance. 
 
 A wonder it mull he, that there ftiould be 
 any man found fo ftupid as topcrfuadc himfeif that 
 tins muft beautiful world could be produced by the 
 futuitous coiicourfe of atoms. Ray. 
 
 If cafual concouife did the world compofe. 
 And things and i(\% fortuiioui arofe. 
 Then any thing might come from any thing ; 
 For how from chance can conftant order fpring ? 
 
 Blackmore. 
 
 FoRTu'iTOusLV. ad'o. \Jxom fortuitous .'\ 
 Accidentally ; cafually; by chance. 
 
 It is partly evaporated into air, and partly 
 diluted into water, ind for tuiioujjy (hared between 
 all the elements. Rogers. 
 
 FoRTu'iTousNEss. ti. f. [from fortui- 
 
 lous.'\ Accident ; chance ; liit. 
 Fo'rtunate. adj. [forlunatus, Latin.] 
 Lucky ; happy ; fuccefsful ; not fubjeft 
 to mifcarriage. Ufed of perfons or 
 aflions, 
 
 I am moft forfjvatf thus accidentally to en- 
 counter you : you have ended my bufinefs, and I 
 will merrily accompany you home. .Shjhfpiare. 
 
 He figh'd ; and cou.'d not but their fate deplure. 
 So wretched now, hfortunnte before. Diyitn, 
 
 No, there is a necefiity in f;ite 
 Why dill tlie brave bold man h fortunate : 
 He keeps his objcif ever full in fight. 
 And tli:it afTurance holds him firm and right ; 
 True, 'lis a n,lrrow path that leads to blifs, 'J 
 But right before there is no precipice ; V 
 
 Fear m.i kes them look afide, and fo their foot- J 
 ing mifs. Drydtr:. 
 
 Fo'rtunately. adv. [from fortunali.] 
 Happily ; fuccefsfully. 
 
 Biig! t Eliza rui'd Britannia's (late, 
 And boldly vv:lc, and /cw-raniirf/y great. Prior. 
 Fo'r T L' N .\ T E u E ss. n.f. [^itom fortunate. ] 
 Happintfs ; good luck ; fuccefs. 
 
 O me, faid llie, whole gicatell fottutattn'fs 
 is more unfortunate than my filler's greateft 
 inifortunatcncfs. Sidrey 
 
 FO'RTUNE. «. / Iforluna. Latin; 
 fortune, French.] 
 
 1. The power fiippofed to diliribute the 
 lots of life according to her own humour. 
 
 Fortune, that .^rlant whoic, 
 Ne'er turns the key to ih' puor. Siaifpearr. 
 
 Though_/irf«;i,'s malice overthrow my Kate, 
 My mind exceeds the compafs of her wheel. 
 
 iihaijptarr^i Henry VI, 
 
 2. The good or ill that befalls man. 
 
 Rejoice, faid he, to-day ; 
 In you the fortune of Great Britain lies : 
 Among fo brave a people you are they 
 Whom heav 'n has chofe to ftglit for fuch a prize. 
 
 J)rydt/I,
 
 FOR 
 
 Thf adequate mtaning of chanct, as diftln- 
 guiflied iroiTi fjytune^ in that the latter is under- 
 llood tu hefal only rational agents, but chance 
 to bj among inanimate bodies. B.'nihy. 
 
 3. The chance of life ; means of living. 
 
 His father dying, he was dri%'cn to London to 
 feek. his fortune. S-it,ift. 
 
 4. Succefs, good or bad ; event. 
 
 This tcireftrial globe has been I'urrounded by 
 thefortun: and boldnefs of many navigators. 
 
 Ko, lie (hall e.it, and die with me, or live ; 
 Our equal crimes, (hall equal _/"w7a« give. DiyJ. 
 
 5. Eftate ; pofTefiions. 
 
 If thou do'ft, 
 And this inftruifts thee, thou do'ft make thy way 
 To noblc/^rrywfr. Skatfpetne's K:ng Lenr. 
 
 That eyelcfs headof thine was firft fram'd flcfli 
 To raife my fortunes. Shakjpcare^^ ^'n£ Lear. 
 
 But toll me, Tityrus, what hcav'nly power 
 Prcferv'd yii\ixfortunci in that fatal houi ? DryJ. 
 ^ The fate which governs poets, thought it fit 
 He fhould not raife his/or/i/nci by his wit. Dryd. 
 
 He was younger fonto a gentleman of a good 
 birth, but imzWfonum. Sivift. 
 
 6. The portion of a matT or woman : ge- 
 nerally of a woman. 
 
 I am thought fome heircfs rich in lands, 
 Fled to efcapc a cruel guardian's hands ; 
 Which may produce a liory worth the telling, 
 Otthe next fparks that go a/or/unf Healing. 
 
 Prt/cgue to Orphan. 
 
 The fortuni hunters have already caft their 
 ryes upon her, and take care to plant chcmfelvcs 
 in her view, S^e&atcr. 
 
 When mifs delights in her fpinnct, 
 A fiddler may a fortune get. Swift. 
 
 7. Futurity ; future events. 
 
 You who mens fortunes in their faces read. 
 To find out mine, look not, alas, on me ; 
 But mark her face, and all the features heed; 
 For on'v there is writ my defiiny. Co~.vky. 
 
 To Fortune, v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To befall ; to fall out ; to happen ; to 
 come calually to pafs. 
 
 ltfortunc\j\ as fair it then befel 
 Behind his back, unweeting, where he ftood. 
 Of ancient time theie was a fpringing well, 
 From which fafl trickled forth a filver flood. 
 
 Fithy (^ueen. 
 
 \xfo'liinei the fame night that a chriflian, fer- 
 
 ving a Turk in the camp, fecretly gave the 
 
 watchmen warning. Knollcs. 
 
 I'll tell you as we pafs along. 
 That you will wonder what haih fortuned. , Sh'.ikf. 
 Here fortun\i curl to flide. Pope's Dunciad. 
 
 Fo'rtuned. ndj. Supplied by fortune. 
 Not til' imperious (liew 
 
 Of the fuWfortun'd Caefar ever (hall 
 
 Be brook'd with me. S'laifpenre 
 
 Fo'rtunebook. n.f. [fortune zuA loci.] 
 
 A book confulted to know fortune or 
 
 future events. 
 Tboii know'ft a face, in whofc each look 
 
 Beauty lays ope \ove's fortwreijoo^ -^ 
 
 On whofe fair revolutions wait 
 
 The obfequious motions of Jove's fate. Cr.ijTtaw. 
 f ortunehu'nter. n. f. [fortune and 
 
 hunt.] A man whofe employment is to 
 
 inquire after women with great portions, 
 
 to enrich himfelf by marrying tiiem. 
 We mufl, iiowcvcr, diftinguilh between for- 
 
 tuneh-jntcrs and forruneftealcrs. SpeHator 
 
 7i Fo'rtunetell. ■y. n. [fortune and 
 
 tell.] 
 I. To pretend to the power of revealing 
 
 futurity. 
 Wc ,irc fimple men; we do riot know what's 
 
 brought to pafs under the profeflion o^ fo-tune- 
 
 tll'ir^. Shakfprttre. 
 
 I'll conjure you, V\\ fortunetell you. Shal-fp 
 
 The gypfics wcie to divide the money got by 
 
 ftcaling linen, or by fortunetelling, iVdion. 
 
 FOR 
 
 2. To reveal futurity. 
 
 Here, while his canting drone-pipe fcan'd 
 The myftick figures of her hand, 
 He tipples palmeftry, and dines 
 
 On :ili Mt if.rluncteliine i.nus. C/cJve.'.md 
 
 Fo'rtuneteller. n. /. f fortune and 
 t,Iler.] One who cheats common peo- 
 ple, by pretending to the knowledge of 
 futurity. 
 
 They brought one Pinch, a hungry lean-fac'd 
 villain, 
 A thread-bare juggler, zni 3 fortuneteller. Shakf. 
 
 A Welchiiian being at a fcffions-houfe, and 
 feeing the prifoners hold up their iiands at the 
 bar, related to fonie of his acquaintance that the 
 judges were good /ij/uwcrt.'.'i'rs; for if they ril.1 
 but look upon their lund, they could ccr- 
 tainly^ll whether they Ihould live or die. Bucon. 
 
 Haft thou given credit to vain prcdi<£iions of 
 men, to dreams otfortunstetlerSf or gone about to 
 know any fecrct things by lot? Duppa. 
 
 There needs no more thin impudence on one 
 fide, and a fuperftitious credulity on the otliei, 
 to the felting up of a fortuneteller. U Kjlrange. 
 
 Long ago ^fortuneteller 
 Exaflly faid what now befell her. S'wift. 
 
 FORTY, adj. [peopepiij, Saxon.] 
 Four times ten. 
 
 On fair'ground I could hc^i forty of them. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 He that upon levity quits his ftation in hopes 
 to be better, ^zUfarty to one lofcs. UEjlranoe. 
 
 FORUM, n.f, [Latin.]. Any public k 
 place. 
 
 The forum was a publick place in Rome, 
 where lawyers and oriitors made their I'peedies 
 before their proper judge in matters of property, 
 or in criminal cales, to accLife or excufe, to com- 
 pl.iin or defend. hFatti on ike Mifid. 
 
 Clofe to the bay great Neptune's fane adjoins, 
 And near z forum flank'd with marble Q^ines, 
 Where the bold youth, the num*rous Meets to 
 
 ftore, 
 Sliape the broad fail, or fraooth the taper oar. 
 
 Pope. 
 To Forwa'xder. 'V. a. [ybr and ■'Lvan^e}%'\ 
 To wander wildly and wearily. 
 
 The bciter part now of the iirig'ring day 
 They rravclled had, when as they farefpy'd 
 A weary wight fGrivand'ring by the way. 
 
 F'iiry Qiteen. 
 
 FO'RWARD. 7 .i./'c'.[}:ojipeanb, Saxon.] 
 Fo'r WARDS. j Toward a part or place 
 before; onward; progrcfiivcly ; llraight 
 before. 
 
 When fervent forrow flaked was, 
 She up arofe, refolving him to find 
 Alive or dead, and foyu.ar<J fortii doth pafs. 
 
 • F'liry Queen. 
 
 From fmallcr things rhc mind of the hearers 
 
 may go forivurei to the knowledge of greater, 
 
 and climb up from the lowcll to the highclt 
 
 things. Hcoker. 
 
 He that is ufcd to ^o forwarffi ^nd findeth a 
 
 ilop, falleth o.T his own favour^ and is not the 
 
 thing be w:is. - Btt.on's Effayi. 
 
 The Rhodian (hip pafTcd through the whole 
 
 Roman fleet, backwards and forwwJi fevcral 
 
 times, carrying intelligence to Drepaiium. 
 
 -^h hut knot . 
 Fo'kward. adj. [from the adverb.] 
 
 1. Warm; earned; not backward. 
 
 They would that we fhould remember the 
 poor, which I alfo \vz% f^r-uarded to do. Gul. 
 
 2. Ardent; eager; hot; violent. 
 
 You'll il^ill be Xuufortvnrd. ' S.^takfpeare. 
 
 U.ilkiil'd to dart the pointed fpcar, 
 O'' ie.td l\\e fotiuard yQM\.\\ to noble war. Pncr. 
 
 3. Ready; confident; prefumptnoiis. 
 
 Old Butts' f o- m he took, Anciiilcs t'qutrc, 
 Now left to rule. Afcanius by his fire ; 
 And thus faluics the buy too fot^natd for his 
 years. VrydcTi. 
 
 F O S 
 
 4. Not refei-ved ; not over modeft. 
 
 'Tis a perilous boy. 
 Bold, quick, ingenious, /ont/^iri/, capable; 
 He 's all the mother's from the top to toe. 
 
 Shatfpeare'i Ric/i^ird irt. 
 
 5. Premature; early ripe. 
 
 Shoit fummer lightly has 3 forward fpring. 
 
 Shakfpeare's Rit:h,ird III. 
 
 6. Quick; ready; hally. 
 
 1 ne mind makes nut that benefit it (hould of 
 the inf imation it receives from civil i.r natural 
 hillorians, in being too /ortudr./ or too flow in 
 making obfcrvations on the particular facts re- 
 cord ri in them. Loeke. 
 
 Had they, who would perfuadc us that there 
 are inr^ate principles, oonhdcred f.-parucly the 
 parts out of which thcfe propofitions are made, 
 they would not perhaps have been fo/o-tr'arrf to 
 believe they wcie innate. Loekc. 
 
 7. Antecedent; anterijU" : oppofed to pof- 
 teriur. 
 
 Let us take the inftar.t by the/or«i<ir</ top ; 
 For we are old, and on our quick'ft decrees 
 Th' inaudible and noifek'^v foot of time 
 Steals, eie we can cftcft them. Shakfpeare. 
 
 S. Nut behindhand ; not inferiour. 
 My good Camillo, 
 She is 3i fariuur J of her breeding, as 
 She is i' th' rear o' our birth. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Fo'rward. 'u. a. [from the adverb.] 
 
 1. To haften ; to quicken; to accelerate 
 in growth or improvement. 
 
 As we houfe hot country plants, as lemons, to 
 fave them ; fo we may houfe our own country 
 plants to _/o'ii/ar^ them, and make them come 
 in the cold fcafons. Bacon's Natural Hijlory. 
 
 Whenever I fliine, 
 I forward the grafs and I lipen the vine. Sivft. 
 
 2. To patronife; to advance. 
 Forwarder, n.f. [from forward.] He 
 
 who promotes any thing. 
 Fo'rwardly. adv. [from the adjeftive.] 
 
 Eagerly ; hallily ; quickly. 
 The fudden and lurptiling turns we ourfelvcs 
 
 have felt, (hould not fufl'er us too fortu.irdly to 
 
 admit prefumpiiun. Attcrhur^. 
 
 Fo'rwardness. h. /. [hom for -ward. '\ 
 
 1. Eagernefs ; ardour; rtadincfs to aci. 
 
 Abkilutcly we cannot dil'commtnd, we cannot 
 abfululely approve cither wiliingnefs to live, or 
 forivardjiefs to die. Hooker. 
 
 Is it fo ftrange a matter to find a good thing 
 fuithered by ill men of a finiftcr intent and pur- 
 pofe, whoic forzL-ardnrf is not iherefoic a biidlc 
 to filch as f.tvour tiie fame caufe with a better 
 and finccre meaning. Hooker. 
 
 The great ones were in foriuai dnefsy the peo- 
 ple in fury, entertaining this airy phantafm witli 
 incredible aft'eilion. Bacon, 
 
 2 . Quicknefs ; rcadinefs. 
 
 He had Inch a dextious proclivity, as his 
 teachers were fain to reitrain h\% foriuardnefs : 
 that his brotheis, who were under the fame 
 training, migh-: hold pace witii him. If'orton. 
 
 3. Earlinefs; early ripenefs. 
 
 4. Confidence , afliirance ; want of mo- 
 defty. 
 
 In France it is ufual to bring tlicir children into 
 company, and to clierifh in them, from their in- 
 fancy, a- kind o(forivard/iffs and alTurance. 
 
 j^d.ifcn en Italy. 
 
 FOSSE, n.f [fojfa, Latin ;/of, Welch.] 
 
 A ditch ; a moat. 
 Fo'sset. See Faucet. 
 Fo'sseway. n.f. [fojfe and way.] One 
 
 of the great Roman loads through 
 
 England, fo called from the ditches on 
 
 each fide. 
 FOSSIL, adj. [ f of ills, l-'itin; fojile, 
 
 French.] That is dug out of the earth.
 
 F O S 
 
 thtfijji! (hells arc many of them of the fame 
 kinds with thofc that now appear upon the 
 neighbuuring Ihoies ; .<nd the tell fucli as may 
 be prcfumed to be at the bottom of the adjacent 
 feas. tVcoiicttrd. 
 
 Foffil or rock fait, and fal gcmm, dift'cr nor 
 in nature from each other; nor from the com- 
 mon fait of fair fprings, or that of the fca, wlicn 
 pure. I'VoodwnriV i Nat:iid iUjhry. 
 
 It is of a middle nature, hctwccafo//// and 
 animali being produced from animal excrements, 
 interinixcd wrth vegetable falts. ^drl/uthnat. 
 
 Fo'ssiL. n.f. 
 
 In this globe arc many other bodies, which, 
 becaufc we difcovcr rhcm by digging into the 
 bowcl^ of the earth, are called by one common 
 mmc f'J/i/i ; under which arc comprehended me- 
 tals and niinci'als. L.^^cke 
 
 Mdny fojl'l' are very oddly and elegantly 
 fcapcd. Bintky. 
 
 By the vrarA foffil, ufed as a denomination of 
 one of three general divifions of natural produc- 
 tions, we underlland bodies fornir-d ufually 
 within the eartn, loinetimes on its l'u:face, and 
 fonictiines in waters ; of a plain and limple 
 ftruiSuic, in which there is no vifiblc differeirce 
 of parts, no diftindtion of velTels and their con- 
 tents, but every poition of which is frmilar to 
 and peifeft as the whole. Hill'! Mat. Mai. 
 
 Tnofe bodies which will melt in the (ire arc 
 called minerals, the jeHfoJfils. Pttnbuluii. 
 
 To FO'STER. -v. a. i poj-tjTian, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To iiurfi;; to feed; to fiipport ; to 
 train up. 
 
 Some fay that ravcns/o/?<'r forlorn children 
 
 SkakJpCiire, 
 Our kingdom's earth (hould not Ivc loii'd 
 With that dear hlood which it hath fojicrrd. 
 
 Shakfpcun'i Kicluird 1 1. 
 
 • That bafc wretch, 
 
 Bred but on alms, ■AnifoJ)ir'd with cold dilhes, 
 
 With fcraps o' th' court. Shakf^eare'i Cymhelbie. 
 
 Fo/itt.hig has always been a ihongcr alliance 
 
 than hlood. Dnvia. 
 
 No more let Ireland brag her harmlcfs n&tion 
 "Fojicri no venom fincc that Scots plantation. 
 
 CUveltind. 
 The fon of Mulciber, 
 ■ Found in the tire, -miA fnfitr' li iir the plains, 
 
 A Ihcpherri and a king at once he leigns. D'yd. 
 
 2. To pamper; to encourage. 
 
 A prince of gieat courage and beauty, but 
 /'o/?frV up in bload by his naughty father. Sidney. 
 
 3. To chevifii ; to forward. 
 
 Yc ftijifting breezes blow ; 
 Ye foftening dews, ye tender Ihowets defcend. 
 
 Titomjcr 
 
 Fo'sTERAGE. n. f. \Jrom fofler.l Tlic 
 ciiarge of niiri'ing ; alterage. 
 
 Some 0[ie adjoining to this lake had the charge 
 
 and/o/r^'VJge of this child. Ra.'i-ii^li's H/Jfoi. 
 
 FOSTEKBRO THBR.. »._/! [ pO)-tejl bj'.O- 
 
 'Xip, Saxon.] .One bred at the fame 
 pap ; one fed by the fame iiurfe. 
 
 Fosterchi'ld. n. /. [poftefi cilb, 
 Saxon.] A child niirfed by a woman 
 not the mother, or bred by a man not 
 tlie father. 
 
 The fojitiiliildrin do love and are beloved of 
 their foflerfjthers. Daviet on Ireland, 
 
 The goridefs thus beguil'd, 
 With pleafant (lories, her iAkjof.crchild. .'Iddlf, 
 
 Fosterda'm. n.f. [foJlerznA dam.l A 
 nurfe; one that performs the office of a 
 mother by giving food to a young child. 
 There, by the wolf, were laid the maitial 
 twins : 
 Intrepid on her fwclling dugs ti.ey hung ; 
 The ffjitfdmn ioll'd out her fawning tongue. 
 
 Urydrn^s j^ncid. 
 
 Fosterea'rth. n.f. [yojffr and earlh.] 
 Earth by which the plant is nourifhcd, 
 though it did not grow at firfl in it. 
 
 F O U 
 
 In vain the nuiHing grove 
 Seems fair a while, clierilh'd wwhf'iftereartfi; 
 But when the alien comport js cxhault. 
 Its native poverty again picvalls ! PMifi. 
 
 Fosterer, n.f. [ixomfafler.'] A nurfe; 
 one who gives food in the place of a 
 parent. 
 
 In Iieland they put their children xo foJlereri\ 
 the rich men felling, the me.mcr fort bujrng the 
 alterage of their children : in the opinion of the 
 IriHi, follering has always been a ftionger al- 
 liance than blood. Davits an IrrUnd 
 
 Fosterfa'ther. n.f. [poj-rep pabcji, 
 Saxon.] One who gives food in the 
 place of the father. 
 
 In Irclatidfollcrchildren do lovcand are beloved 
 by rlieir fojUrfathcrs, and their lept, moK than of 
 their own natrn'al parents and kindred. Dui'ii\ 
 The duke o\ Brct.ignc having been ao hod 
 and a kiird of parent ov fjferf,itlier to the king, 
 in his tendernefs of age and weaknefs of fortune, 
 did look for aid this time from king Henry. 
 
 Sacon 
 Tyrrhcus \.\m fojitrftilier of the bcaft, 
 Then cknch'd a hatchet in his horny (i(t. Drydfti. 
 Fostermo'ther. n.f. [f'o/Ier and mo- 
 ther. 1 A nurfe. 
 Fosterxu'kse. n.f. \_foJler zxv& nurfe. 
 This is an improper compound, becaufe 
 fofler and nurfe mean the fame.] A 
 nurfe. 
 
 Our f'^fiernurfe of nature is repofc, 
 T'.o which he lacks. .^hakf^ea-t-'i King ILear. 
 Fo ST E R SON . n.f. [fnjier and fon. ] One fed 
 and educated, though not the fon by 
 nature. 
 
 Mature in yea's, to ready honouis move ; 
 0,f ccle!vlil Ued! O /"^/<. //J of Jove I Drydn. 
 
 FOUGADE. n.f [French.] In the 
 art of war, a fort of little inine In the 
 manner of a well, fcarce more than ten 
 feet wide and twelve deep, dug under 
 forne work or fortification, and charged 
 with barrels or facks of gunpowder to 
 blow it up, and covered over with earth. 
 
 D\a. 
 
 Fought. The preterit and participle of 
 
 Though unknown to me, they ^wx^ fought well, 
 Wliom Riipcit led, and who were BiicKh born, 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 Fo'uGHrEN. [The paffive participle of 
 fight. Rarely ufed.] ConteRcdj dif- 
 puted by arms. 
 
 On K\\i:. fought tn field 
 Micliicl and his angeU, prevalent 
 Encamping, pl;ic*d in gu.-iid rhcir wafches rounri 
 Clierubick. waving firc^. MUton^s VaraMfc Loji 
 
 FOUL, ai^j l/u/s, Gotliick; pul, Saxcn.] 
 
 1. Not clean; filthy; dirty; miry. 
 Tiirough moll of its iignirtcations it is 
 oppofed to fair. 
 
 My face \<ifoul with weeping. yob. 
 
 It 's mur.fttous labour wlieii I wafh my biain, 
 
 And it ^xov/i fiiiUr. Shnkfpf,i'e. 
 
 He that c;in travel in deep and foui ways, 
 
 ought not to (ay tliat no cannot walk in fair 
 
 Tiilotfon. 
 The ftrcjm is f^ul with ftains 
 Of ruHiing torrents and clcicrnriing rains. ..-^dSif. 
 
 2. Impure; polhited ; fidloflilth, 
 
 With/ci// mouth, 
 And in the witncTs of hi> proper ear, 
 To call him villain. Sfudfpaire. 
 
 Kill thy phyfician, and the fee beftow 
 Upon the feu! difeafe. Shakjpcare's King LeAr. 
 
 Intemperance and fenfuality debalc meys 
 minds, dug their fpirits, and make them grofs, 
 foulj lirtltfs, and un:i:Tivc. TH/otfn. 
 
 3. Wicked; dtteltahle ; abominable. 
 
 Jefus rebuked the feu/ fpirit. Murk. 
 
 F O TI 
 
 He hittsfoul leafings and vile (lattery, 
 Two filthy blots in noble gcntery. Huhb. Ttitt. 
 
 This is ihcgroircif and mofl irrational fuppo- 
 firion, as well as the fo:.UJI atheifm, that can be 
 imagined. HnU. 
 
 Satire has always (hone among the reft, 
 And is the ho'.deft way if not the heft, 
 To tell men truly of thdtfmltjl faults, 
 To laugh at iheir vain deeds, and vainer thoughts. 
 
 Drydrn. 
 
 4. Not lawful ; not according to the 
 eltablifhcd rules. 
 
 By foul play were we heav'd thence. 
 But bleflcdiy help'd hither. SAaifpiare'i Ttm^ejl. 
 
 5. Hateful ; ugly ; loathfomc. 
 
 Th' other half did woman's Ihape retain, 
 Moft loathfome, filthy, /oa/, and full of vile dif- 
 dain. Fairy Queen. 
 
 Haft tliou ftirgot 
 The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envjr 
 Was grown into a hoop? Shjifftaic' i Temfejl. 
 Foul fights do rather difpleafc, in that lliey ex- 
 cite the memory of/o;// things than in the imme- 
 diate objefts ; and therefore, in piflurcs, thofe 
 foul fights do not much offend. Bacon. 
 
 All things that fcem fo foul and difagreeablc 
 in nature, arc not really fo in themfclves, hut 
 only relatively. More. 
 
 6. Difgraceful ; fliamefiil. 
 
 Too well I fee and lue the dire event, 
 Tiiat wi;h ladoveriiirow and /oa/ defeat 
 Hath loft us heav'n. k'jtkhii'i Paradife Lofl. 
 
 Who firft feduc'd them to that/o.a/ revolt i 
 
 Milton' i I'aradife Lofl. 
 Reafon halfextinfl 
 Or impotent, or clfe approving, fees 
 The foul diforder. Thomfon' t Spr ing. 
 
 7. Coarfe ; grofa. 
 
 You will have no notion of delicacies if you 
 
 table with them : they are all foriank Awifout 
 
 feeding, and fpoil the belt provifinns in cookirig^ 
 
 Felton on the Cl,.£ickt^ 
 
 8. Full of grofs humours, or bad matter; 
 
 wanting purgation or mundification. 
 
 You perceive tiie body of our kingdom, 
 H'jwfo.il It is ; what rank difeafes grow, 
 And with what danger near tr.e heart of it. 
 
 Shikfpeare' i Henry iv. 
 
 9. Not bright ; not ferene. 
 
 Who 's there bcfidcsy&;// weather .' 
 _Onc minded like the wcaihrr, moll inquietly. 
 
 Sliakfpeare'i King Lear. 
 Be fair ovfoul, or rain or (hine, 
 The joys 1 have jroftfs'd, in Ipite of fate are 
 mine. * Dry.itn. 
 
 10. With rough force; with unfcafon- 
 able violence. 
 
 So in this throng bright SacharilTa far'd, 
 Opprefs'd by thofe «'lio Itrove to be her guard : 
 As (hips, though never lb obfequious, fall 
 Foul in a tcmpeft on their admiral. Waller. 
 
 In his I'allics their men might fall/cK/ of each 
 other. Clarendon. 
 
 The great art of the devil, and the principal 
 deceit of the heart is to keep fair with God him- 
 fc!f, while men f:tl\ foul upon his laws. Souli. 
 
 11. [Among feamcn.] Entangled: as, a 
 rope h foul of the anchor. 
 
 To Foul. v. a. [pulan, Saxon,] To 
 daub; to bemire; to make filthy; 1° 
 dirty. 
 
 Sweep your walks from autumnal leaves, left 
 the worms draw them into their holes, and/av/ 
 yoai- garden. Emtyn. 
 
 While Tiaidus all his ordure fcatteis, 
 Toff,ul the man he chiefly (iatteis. S-ivift. 
 
 She fouls a fmock more in one hour than the 
 kitchen-maid doth in a week. Sit-ifr, 
 
 FouLFACED. arlj. [foul and ficiia.'] 
 Having an ugly or hateful vifage. 
 If black fcandal, orfou/fac'd reproach, 
 Attend the feeiud of youi impofiiion,
 
 F O U 
 
 Your mere enforcement Ihall acquittance itle 
 From all the impure blots and Itains thereof. 
 
 Shakfft-at e't Richard III. 
 Fo'uLLY. adv. [from/oa/.] 
 
 1. Filthily; naftily ; odioiifly; hatefully; 
 fcandaloufly; difgiacefully ; ftiaraefuUy. 
 
 We in the world's wide mouth 
 Live fcandaliz'd, and/o»//v fpoken of. Sli^kfp^ 
 
 The letter to the proteftor was gilded over 
 with many fmooth words ; but the other two did 
 fully .ind/s.v.'/y fct forth his obftiuacy, avariec, 
 and ambition. H.iy'Mard. 
 
 brother, brother! Filbert flill is true ; 
 
 I ftully wrong'd him: do, forgive me, do. Guy. 
 
 2. Not lawfully ; not fairly. 
 
 Thou play'ft mo& fouUy for't. S!utiffre-c. 
 
 FouLMo'uTHED. adj. [/o«/ and mou/A. j 
 Scun-ilous; habituated to the ufe of 
 opprobrious terms and epithets. 
 
 My lord, he fpeaks moft vilely of you, like a 
 
 fr.dmwth' d man as he is, and faid he would 
 
 cudgel you. Shalffcart'i Henry iv. 
 
 It was allowed "by every body, that fo fanl- 
 
 mnutkci a witnefs never appeared in any caufc. 
 
 Addijoi. 
 My reputation is too well eflabliflied in the 
 world to receive any hurt from fuch tl fmAmouthed 
 fcoundrelashe. Jirbutlmot. 
 
 Now finging (brill, and fcolding oft between. 
 Scolds anfwer fiulmmtk'd fculds ; bad neigh- 
 bourhood I ween. ¥'.[(. 
 Fo'uLKESS. n.J. \ixora fotd.'\ 
 
 1. The quality of being foul; filthinefs; 
 
 naftinefs. 
 
 The ancients were wont to make garments 
 that were not deftroyed but purified by fire; and 
 whereas the fpots ox ftulnefs of other cloaths arc 
 wafhed out, in thefe they were ufually burnt 
 away. _ inikir.s 
 
 2. Pollution ; impurity. 
 
 It is no vicious blot, murder, or foulnrfs, 
 Ko unchartc aflion, or dilhonour'd Hep, 
 That hath depriv'd me of your grace antl favour. 
 
 S':difpfiire, 
 
 There is not fo chafte a nation as this, nor fo 
 free from all pollution or fouhefi : it is the 
 virgin of the world. _ Hacon. 
 
 3. Hatefulnefs ; atrocioufnefs. 
 
 Conful, you are too mild : 
 
 The foulnffi of fome fafls takes thence all 
 
 mercy. ^"' J""!"'- 
 
 It is the wickednefs of a whole hie, difcharg- 
 
 ing all its filth mdf'.'ilmfi into this one quality, 
 
 as into a great fink or common fliore. Soitth. 
 
 4.. Uglinefs ; deformity. 
 
 He by an affeftion fprung up from excefiive 
 beauty, fliould not delight in horrible /o«/nf/i. 
 
 Sid'uy. 
 
 He '» fallen in love with your foulnifs, and 
 
 flie'll fall in love with my anger. Shatlfcan. 
 
 The fury laid ahde 
 Her looks and limbs and with new methods tried 
 1\Kfoulncfi of th" infernal form to hide. Drydsn. 
 c, Diftionefty ; want of candour. 
 
 Piity is oppofed to hypocrify and infinccrity 
 and all falfenefs or /w/fe/i of intentions; cfpe- 
 cially to that pcrfonated devotion, under which 
 any kind of impiety is wont tobedifguifcd. 
 
 FovND. The pret. and part. paff. oi^nd. 
 
 1 am fought of thcni th-it alkcd not for me : 
 1 3m found of them that fought me not. Ij'aiah. 
 
 Authors now find, as once Achilles/o«ni/, 
 The whole is mortal if a part 's unfound. Young. 
 To FOUND, v. a. Ifundare, Latin ; 
 
 fonder, French.] 
 J. To lay the bafis of any building. 
 It fell not ; for it v/isjaundidu^oa a rock. 
 
 Matthiiu 
 He l-.ath f'Mndrd'W. upon the fcas, and eftablifh- 
 ed it up'jn the floods. Ffalnn. 
 
 2. To build ; to raife. 
 
 Thcfc tunes of realon are Amphion'slyre, 
 Wkercwithhc did theThebanciiy/ww/. Duviii. 
 
 F O U 
 
 They Gabian walls, and ftrongFidenat rear, 
 Nomentum, Bola with Pometia/our:.^ 
 And raife Colatian tow'rs on rocky ground. 
 
 Drydtn's ,'Ene.'d. 
 
 3. To eftablilh ; to ereft. 
 
 This alfo fliall they gain by their delay 
 In the wide wild:rnefs ; there they (hM/ound 
 Their government, and their great fenate chufc. 
 Through the twelve tribes, to rule by laws or- 
 dain'd. Milton. 
 
 Ht foun.UngzWhnry, gathered together the 
 «rts of the kings and prophets. 2 Mac. 
 
 4. To give birth or original to : as, he 
 founded Tin art ; \ie founded 2i family. 
 
 5. To raife upon, as on a principle or 
 ground. 
 
 Though fome have made ufe of the opinion of 
 fome fchoolmen, that dominion is founded in 
 grace ; were it admitted as the moft certain truth, 
 it could never warrant any fuch fanguinary 
 method. Dc'y of Piety. 
 
 A right to the ufe of the creatures h founded 
 originally in the right a man has to fuhfift. Locke. 
 
 Power, /o;/ii/fi on tontracl, can defcend only 
 to him who has a right by that contracft. Locke. 
 
 The leput.ation of the liiad they found upon 
 the ignorance of his times. Fope. 
 
 6. To fix firm. 
 
 Fleance is efcap'd. 
 
 Then comes .-ny fit again : I had elfe been per- 
 
 hi\. 
 Whole as the marble, /5i/K(/f./ as the rock. Skakfp. 
 To Fo u ND. 'v. a. [fundere, Latin ; fondre, 
 French.] To form by melting and 
 pouring into moulds ; to call. 
 
 A fecund multitude 
 With wondrous xc\. founded the mafly ore, 
 Severing each kind, fcum'd the bullion drofs. 
 
 Milton. 
 Founda'tion. n.f. [fondation, French.] 
 
 1. Tiie bafis or lower parts of an edifice. 
 
 The ftatclincIsofhoufes,thegoodlinefsof trees, 
 wiien we behold them, delighteth the eye ; but 
 that foun.-lation which bearcth up the one, that 
 root which minirtrcth unto the other nourilh- 
 ment, is in the bofom of the earth concealed. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 That is the way to make the city flat, 
 To bring the roof to the foundation. 
 To bury all. Skakjpcare*s Coriohnui. 
 
 O Jove, I think. 
 Foundation! fly the wretched ; fuch, I mean, 
 Where they Ihould be rcliev'd. Shakfpiarc. 
 
 I draw a line along (hore ; 
 I lay the Att^ foundation! of a wall. 
 And Enos, nam'd from me, the city call. Dryd. 
 
 2. The aft of fixing the bafis. 
 
 Ne'erto thcfe chamhers where the mighty reft. 
 Since their ftundi'tio'i, came a nobler gueft. 
 
 Tickel. 
 
 3. The principles or ground on which any 
 notion is raifed. 
 
 If we give way to our pafTions, we do but 
 gratify ourfelves for the prcfcnt, in order to our 
 future difquict ; but if we rcfift and conquer 
 them, we lay the foundation of perpetual peace in 
 our minds. TUiotjon. 
 
 That Ihe ftiould be fubjeiS to her hufband, the 
 laws of mankind and cuttoms of nations have 
 ordered it fo ; and there is 3. foundation in nature 
 for it. ^'"*'- 
 
 4. Original ; rife. 
 
 Thioughout the world, even from the firft 
 foundation thereof, all me" have either been 
 taken as lofds or lawful kings in their own 
 houfes. . Hooker. 
 
 5. A revenue fettled and eftablifiicd for 
 any purpofe, particularly charity. 
 
 He had an opportunity of going to fchool on a 
 foumlatr.n. S'Mfl. 
 
 6. Ellablifliment ; fettlement. 
 Fo'uNDER. n.f. [fromfound.] 
 
 I. A builder ; one who raifes an edifice ; 
 
 F O U 
 
 one who prefides at the ereiTlion of a 
 city. 
 
 Of famous cities we the founders know; 
 
 But rivers, old as feas to which they go. 
 
 Arc nature's bounty ; 'tis of more lenown 
 
 To make a rivei than to build a town. IValhr, 
 
 Norwas Procnefte's/o«niirr wanting there, 
 Whomjfame reports the fon of Mulciber. Dryden, 
 
 2. One who eftablifhes a revenue for any 
 purpofe. 
 
 The wanting orphans faw with wat'ry eyes 
 Their founders charity in the duft laid low. Dryd. 
 
 This hath been experimentally proved by the 
 honourable ybwwi^ffr of this ledlure in his treaiife 
 of the air. Bentley. 
 
 3. One from whom any thing has its ori- 
 ginal or beginning. 
 
 And the rude notions of pedantick fchools 
 Blafpheme the i:LzteA founder of our rules. 
 
 Rcfcotr.mift . 
 
 When Jove, who faw from high, with juft dif- 
 dain. 
 The dead infpir'd with vital breath again, 
 Struck to the centre with his flaming dart 
 Th' Mnh^'^^y founder of the godlike art. Dryden. 
 
 King James I. the founder of the Stuart race, 
 had he not confined all his views to the peace 
 of his own reign, his fon had not been involved 
 in fuch fatal troubles. AddifonU Freeholder, 
 
 Nor can the flcjlful herald trace 
 The /oj/niiVr of thy ancient race. Swift. 
 
 4. [fondeur, French.] A cafter ; one who 
 forms figures by calling melted matter 
 into moulds. 
 
 Founders add a little antimony to their bell- 
 metal, to make it more fonorous ; and fo pewte- 
 rers to their pewter, to make it found more clear 
 like filver. Grews Mufjcum. 
 
 To Fo'uNDER. V. a. [fondre, French.] 
 To caufe fuch a forenefs and tendernefs 
 in a horfe's foot, that he is unable to 
 fet it to the ground. 
 
 Phoebus' ftceds -ixe founder' d, 
 Or night kept chain'd below. Shakfpeare. 
 
 I have foundered nine fcoie and odd pofts ; 
 and here, traveltainted as I am, have, i;i my 
 pure and immaculate valour, taken fir John 
 Coleville of the Dale, a moll furious knight : 
 but what of that ? he faw me and yielded. 
 
 Shakfpeart's Henry IV, 
 
 Thy dumbYwg founder' d jsde can trot as high 
 As any other Pegafus can fly ; 
 So the dull eel moves nimbler in the mud, 
 Than all the fwift-finn'd racers of the flood. 
 
 Dorfct. 
 
 Brutes find out where their talents lie : 
 A bear will not attempt to fly ; 
 A. founder' d horfc will oft debate, 
 Before he tries a five-barr'd gate. Swift. 
 
 If you find a gentleman fond of your horfe, 
 perfuade your mailer to fell him, becaule he it 
 vicious, ;ind foundered into the bargain. S'wifl. 
 
 Menof difcretion, whom people in power may 
 with little ceremony load as heavy as they pleafe, 
 drive them through the hardcft and deepcft roads, 
 without danger o^ foundering or breaking their 
 backs, and will be furc to find ihem neiilier refty 
 nor vicious. Sivift. 
 
 To Fo'uNDER. 1'. n. [from/oni/, French, 
 the bcttom.J 
 
 1. To fink to the bottom. 
 
 New Ihips, built at thofe rates, have been 
 ready to founder in the feas with ever)' extraordi- 
 nary' ft.im. Raleigh' i K£ayi. 
 
 2. To fail ; to mifcarry. 
 
 In this point 
 All his tricks/i)i/ni/>'r ; and he brings his phyfick 
 Alter his patient's death. SAaifptare'i Hen.vltt. 
 
 Fo'uNDERY. n. / [fondet-i, Fr. from 
 
 fourid.'\ A place whcie figures are 
 
 formed of melted metal ; a caftiiig houfe. 
 
 Fo'uNDLiNG. n.f, [fiom found oi fnd.]
 
 F O U 
 
 F O U 
 
 FOX 
 
 :s were to (how; 1 
 squii'd to go ; \ 
 dant too. Dryd, J 
 
 A cliiUl expofcd to cliaHCC ; a cliild 
 found without any parent or owntr. 
 
 VVl-, like bnftnrds, art laid abroad, even as 
 foumllmgij to be trained up by giict'and lorrow. 
 
 Sid'tty. 
 
 I pafs thcJounMing by, a race unknown, 
 At doors cxpos'd, whom matrons make Chcirown, 
 And into noble families advance 
 A namcltls ilTuo ; ih^ blind work, of chance. 
 
 Dtydcn^i yu-vena!. 
 
 A piece of charity prat'lifcd by molt of the 
 nations about us, ii a jirovilion for founMingSt or 
 fur tliolc children who jrc expofcd to the barba- 
 rity of cruel and unnatural parents. ^■iJdifon, 
 
 The goHdcfs long had mark'd the child's dif- 
 trcfs. 
 And long had fought his fufPrtngs to redrcfs ; 
 She prays the gods to take x.hc founJIi/ig'i part, 
 To itMch his bands fomc beneficial art. Guy. 
 
 Fo'uN DRESS, n.y, [from foune/er.] 
 
 1, A woman that founds, builds, eftablifiies, 
 or begins any thing. 
 
 2. A woman that eltablifhes any charita- 
 ble revenue. 
 
 For of their order ftie was patroncfs, 
 Albc Claiiffa was their chici' li four:.!rt'fs. 
 
 Fairy Qiie(n. 
 
 For zeal like bers, her fcrvants were to (how ; 
 She was the firft, where need reqi 
 Herfclf iheybwrtiirc/}, and attend 
 
 FOUNT. ? «./ [ fans, Latin ; fon- 
 
 FO'UNTAIN. [ tabic, Fiencli.] 
 
 1. A well ; a fpring. 
 
 He fee before him Ipread 
 A table of celeftial food divine, 
 Ambrofial fruits, fetch 'd from the tree of life ; 
 And from thcfmtil of life ambiofial diink. M:it. 
 
 2. A fmall baiin of fpringing water. 
 
 Proofs as clear as/'j«/i/i in July, when 
 VVc fee each grain of gravel. S/i.ikfp. Hemy vm. 
 
 Can a man drink better from the fountain 
 finely paved with marble, than when it fwclls 
 over the green turf? Tayi: 
 
 Naiciffus on the graffy verdme lies 
 But whilft within the tryRAfvunt lie 
 To quench his heat, he feels new heat 
 
 AdTijan 
 
 3. A jet ; a fpout of water. 
 
 Y'jKntaim 1 intend to be of two natures ; the 
 one that fprinkleth or I'pouteth water; the ether 
 a fair receipt of water, without fifli, or (lime, or 
 mud. Bmoi! 
 
 4. The head or firft fpring of a river. 
 
 Alt .idlions of your g'racc arc of a piece, as 
 waters keep tlie tenor of \\\z\x f cunt aim : your 
 companion i~ general, .ind has the fame clfefl as 
 well on enemies as friends. DrvJin. 
 
 5. Original ; firil principle ; firft canfe. 
 
 Almighty God, lucfcuataiu of all gnodncls. 
 
 Common Prayer . 
 
 You may reduce many thoufand bodies to 
 Ihcfc few general 6gurcs, as unto their principal 
 heads ^nd fountaim. Pt-at'/i.in:, 
 
 This one city may well he reckoned not only 
 the feat of tr?dc and commerce, not only the' 
 fcuntattt of h.ibi-rs and falhions, and good breed- 
 ing, but of morally good or bad manners to all 
 Engl.lnd. Sjiyatt's Seimons. 
 
 Fo'uNTAiNLEss. acJf. [from fouriliiiii.] 
 Having tio fountain ; wanting a fpring. 
 
 So large 
 The profpcfl was, that here and there was room 
 For barien defertyown/tj/«Ayi and dry. Milton. 
 
 Fo'uNTFUL. atlj. [/(J«h; and full.] Fidl 
 of fpiing.s. 
 J3ut when X\\e fouiiifnl Id.v's top they fcal'd 
 with utmoft hartc, 
 All fell upon the high-hair'd oaks. Chapmnn. 
 
 To FotiPE. V. a. To drive with fudden 
 impetuoliiy. Out of ufe. 
 
 Wc pronounce, by the confcffion of flrangcrs, 
 as fmoothly and moderately as any of the nor- 
 Vol. I, 
 
 '''' ■ I 
 
 ; tries > 
 
 t arifc. J 
 
 " 7 
 
 f train, \ 
 
 the plain. J 
 
 thren n.ilions, who /o.v/)? their words out »t the 
 throat w.th fat and full fpii its. CamJi/i. 
 
 FOUR, tiilj. [peopeji, Saxon.] Twice 
 two. 
 
 Juft as I wifh'd, the lots wcrecaft on/s.v ; 
 MyfeSf rhe fifth. Fof^'t OMjfj. 
 
 FOURBE. n. f. [Fretich.] A cheat j a 
 tricking fellow. Not in ufe. 
 
 Jove's cn\oy, through tl-.e .lir, 
 Brings difmal tidings ; as if fuch low c.irc 
 Could reach their thoughts, or their repofe dif- 
 
 turb ! 
 Thou att a falfc impoftor, and ^ fourhe. "Denham. 
 Fourfold, adj. [/our and /oA/.] Four 
 times told. 
 
 He Oiall reftorc the lamb fourfold, becaufe he 
 had wo pity. 2 Samud. 
 
 FouRFo'oTED. ad;, [four and./oo/.] 
 Quadruped-; having four feet. 
 Augur Allylos, whofc art in vain 
 From tiijht dilTuadcd \\x four foot td 
 Now beat the liout with Ncffus 01 
 
 Drydcn 
 
 Foursco're. adj. [/b«r and yJar?.] 
 
 1 . Four times twenty ; eighty. 
 
 When 'they were out of reach they turned ami 
 croiTed the ocean to Spain, having lafl fowfccie 
 of their Ihips, and the greater part oftheir men. 
 Bacon'i tVar iL-ith Spain. 
 
 The Chiots were fiift a free people, being a 
 commonwealth, maintaining a navy of /w/io'i- 
 (hips. San.lyi. 
 
 "The Liturgy had, by the praftice of near/o^/r- 
 fcore years, obtained great veneration from all 
 fober proteliants. Clarendon. 
 
 2. It is ijfed elliptically for fourfcore years 
 in numbering the age ot man. 
 
 At fcventccii years many their fortunes feek ; 
 But ^\ fourfcore it is too late a week. Sfiakjpean. 
 Some few might be of ufe in counfcl upon 
 great occafions 'till af:er threefcore and ten ; and 
 the two late minirteis in Spain were (o WWfour- 
 fcort. TonpU. 
 
 FouRStTUA'R E. ad'}, [fur and /gi/arf. ] 
 Qriadrangular ; having foi>r fides and 
 angles equp.l. 
 
 The temple of Bel was invironed with a wall 
 c^rx\c6 fourjfjuartj oi great height and beauty; 
 and on each I'quare certain biaztn gates curioufly 
 engraven. Rahig/t*s Uifory. 
 
 Fourte'en. adj. fireojiepryn, Saxon.] 
 
 Four and ten ; twice ftvtn. 
 I am noi fourteen -^tncc oil the fcore for fheer 
 
 ale Shakfpeare. 
 
 Fourte'enth. adj. [from fotirleen.'] 
 
 The ordinal of fourteen; the fourth 
 
 after the tenth. 
 1 have not found any that fee the ninth day, 
 
 few before the twelfth, and the ayes of fome 
 
 not open before l\ii fourteenth day. Bro-ajt:. 
 
 Fourth, adj. [from /b«r.] The ordinal 
 of four ; the tirll after the third. 
 
 A third is like the former : filthy hags! 
 Wiry do ytm Jlicw me this r A fourth ? ftart eye ! 
 What ! will the line flrctch out to ih' crack of 
 doom r Shakfpeare 
 
 Fo'uRTHLy. adv. [from fourth.'] In 
 the fourth place, 
 
 Fomthh, plints have tl'.eir feed and feminal 
 parts uppernioft, and living creatures have them 
 lowermotl. Bacon*s Natural Bifioi > . 
 
 Fourvvhe'ei.ed. a.'ij. [four and i^'.'if/.] 
 Running upon four wheels. 
 Scarce twenty fouriuhctl'd cars, compafl and 
 ft long. 
 The maffy lo.id could bear, and roll along. 
 
 Pope'r Cdyffiy. 
 
 Fo'uTRA. n. f. [from foutri, French.] 
 A fig ; a feoff : a word of contempt. 
 Not ul'ed. 
 
 K futtta for the world, and worldlingi bare. 
 
 Sli^^fpeart*! Ihnry w. 
 FOWL. n.f. [pup5el, fiuhl, Saxon ; vo^el, 
 Dutch.] A winged animal ; u bird. 
 It is colloquially ufcd of edible birds ; 
 but in book^, of all the feathered tribes. 
 Fowl is ufed colledlively : as, wc dined 
 upon fi fit and/iW. 
 
 The bealts, the Hlhes, and flic winged yVu'/i, 
 Arc their male fubjc-As, and at their coptrou!'. 
 
 Shakfpearf, 
 Lucullus cntcitiinod Pompcjt in a magr.id- 
 ccnt houfc : Ponipcy faid, this is a marvelloiit 
 houfe for the fummer ; but niethinks vjiy cold 
 foi- winter. Lucullusanfwercd, do you not think 
 nic as wile as divers /oicA, to change my habi- 
 tation in the winter feafon .' Bacon' t ^pophthegmi. 
 
 This mighty breath 
 Inftrufts thc/uWi of heaven. Thomfon't Spring. 
 To Fowl. -v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 kill birds for food or game. 
 Fo'wLER. n. /. [from/ow/. ] A fportf- 
 man who purfues birds. 
 
 'Thefo^a^lerj warn'ci 
 By thofe good omens, with fwifr early (lep» 
 Ticads tire crimp earth, ranging chruiigli fields 
 
 and ghides, 
 OflFenfive to the birds. Philipt. 
 
 With naught'ring guns th' unweary'd /ou//fr 
 roves. 
 When frofls have whitenM all the naked groves, 
 
 Pape. 
 Fo'wLiNGPiECE. n. /. [fotvl and/)K«.] 
 A gun for birds. 
 
 'Tis iieccfTary that the countr)'m3n be pro- 
 vided with a goiidfoivlingpifce. Mortimer. 
 
 FOX.n./! [pox, iiaxon •,vas,i'ofi:lj,])atch.'] 
 
 1. A wild animal of the canine kind, with 
 fliarp ears, and a budiy tail, remarkable 
 foi his cunning, living in holes and prey- 
 ing upon fowls or fmall animals. 
 
 The/&.v barks not when he would fleal the 
 lamb. S/iaifpeare. 
 
 He that trufts to you, 
 Where he fliou Id find you lions, finds you hares; 
 Where /avt-i, geelc. Shakfpi-arc's MacBttfi, 
 
 Thefe letrc.its are more like the dens of rob- 
 bers, or holes of fo.ves, than the fortrclTcs of fair 
 warriours. J..tcle. 
 
 2. By way of reproach, applied to a knave 
 or cunning fellow. 
 
 Fo'xCASE. ti.flfo.x and fafe.] A fos'sHcin. 
 
 One 'nad better be laughed at for ra«ing afox- 
 
 enft for a fox, than be dcftroycd by taking a live 
 
 fox for a cafe. L'Ejirange. 
 
 Fo'xcHASE. ;.'./. [fox ,^T\A chafe.'] The 
 purfuit of the fox with hounds. 
 
 See tiie fame man, in vigour, in the gout; 
 Alone, in c.impany ; in place or out ; 
 Early at bufintfs, and at hazard late; 
 Mad at 3ifoxcl:ofe, wile at a debate. Popr. 
 
 Fo'xEviL. «. / [/cvandft//.] A kind 
 
 of difeafe in which the hair flieds. 
 Fo'xFiSH. n.f.[vulpeculap'ifds.] ACfh. 
 Foxglove, n.f. [digitalis.] A plant. 
 
 Miller. 
 
 Fo'xHUNTER. n. f. [fox zn^ hunter.] A 
 
 man whofe chief ambition is to fiiow 
 
 his bravery in hunting foxes. A terra 
 
 of reproach ufed of country gentlemen. 
 
 TXMifox'tuntiri went their way, and then out 
 
 fteals the fox. iJEjlrange. 
 
 John Wildfire, foxhunter, broke his neck over 
 
 a fi.t-bar gate. .'ipeB.ztar. 
 
 Fo'xsHip. n. f. [from/o.r.] The charac- 
 ter or qualities of a fox ; cunning mif- 
 chievous art. 
 
 Had'ft thou/o.v^;/! 
 To banilh him that flruck more blows for Rome 
 Than tl.ou halt fpokeii words. Skjiffeare.
 
 F R A 
 
 Fo'xtAil. n.f. [afopecilfiJi.) A plant. 
 Fo'xTRAP, ri. f. [fox Tind trap.] Agin 
 or fiiare to catch foxes. 
 
 Antw-cr n quellion, at what hour of the night 
 to fet 3.f'jxtrap ? T.i:l,r. 
 
 Foy. n.f. [/a/, Frencli.] Faith ; allegi- 
 ance. An obfolete word. 
 
 He Eafteil.ind lubdued, and Denmark won. 
 And of ihem both did/oy and tribu'c raifc. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 To Fract. v. a. [/"raiSuj, Latin.] To 
 break ; to violate ; to infringe. Found 
 perhaps only in the following paffage. 
 
 ?Iis days and times arc paft-, 
 And my reliance on his/r<ic7<./ dates 
 Has (mic my credit. Shakffenre'i Tinnn. 
 
 FRA'CTION. n.f [fraSion, ¥r.fra3lo, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The acl of breaking ; the ftate of being- 
 broken. 
 
 The furface of the earth hath been broke, and 
 
 the part5 of it diflocated; feveral parcels of nature 
 
 retain flilltht evident marks of /rnff/ow and ruin. 
 
 Burnet's T'teorv of the Earth. 
 
 2. A broken part of an integral. 
 
 The fr^Bians of her faith, arts of her love, 
 The fragments, fcraps,the bits and greafy rcliqucs 
 Of her o'er eaten faith, are bound to Diomedc. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Neither the motion of the moon, wnerchy 
 months arc computed, nor the fun, whereby 
 years are accounted, conHtteth of whole numbers, 
 but admits of /rnfl/oKj and broken parts. Broiun. 
 
 Pliny put a round number near the truth, 
 rather than ^ franicn. Aihuthnot on Coins. 
 
 Fra'ctional. adf. [hom fradion.] Be- 
 longing tea broken number ; cotnprifing 
 a broken ntiinbcr. 
 
 We make a cypher the mcdiuoi between in- 
 crcaling and decreafing numl>ers, commonly 
 called abfolutc or whole numbers, and nega- 
 tive orffn^ioK.il numbers. Cockei's ArithnKtick. 
 
 FR.VCTURE. n.f. [/ra<7ara, Latin.] 
 
 1. Breach ; feparation of continuous parts. 
 
 That may do it without any great^V.it'?.'/r<f ol 
 the more rtable and ilxed parts of natuie, oi the 
 infringement of the laws thereof. Ucie. 
 
 2. The feparation of the continuity of a 
 bone in living bodies. 
 
 But thou wilt fin and grief deflroy, 
 That fothe broken bones may joy, 
 And tune together in a wcll-fct long, 
 Fall of his praifes. 
 Who dead men raifes ; 
 
 Fiatlares well cur'd, make us more flrong. Uerhert. 
 Frii&ures of the fcull are dangerous, not in 
 confcquence of the injury done to the cr.mium 
 itfcif, but as the brain becomes atFcfted. Sharp. 
 To Fra'cture. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To break a bone. 
 
 The leg was drcITed, and the fracfure.-l bones 
 united to.'ether. . Wijeman's Surgery. 
 
 TRA'GILE. adj. ifragile, Fr. fragUb, 
 
 Latin.] 
 1. Brittle ; cafily fnapped or broken. 
 To cafe them of their griefs, 
 Thcii pangs of love, and other incident throes, 
 .That nature's/r".^//c veffcl doth fultain 
 In life's uncertain voyage. S/jaifp. Tltno/i. 
 
 The flalkof ivy is tough, and n^X fragile. 
 
 Bacon. 
 Wncn fuhtlc wits have fpyn llicir threads too 
 fine, 
 'Tis weak and f'^agi.'e, like Ar.ichne's line. 
 
 Ven/taw. 
 A dry flick will be ealily broken, when a green 
 »nc will m'aintain a ftrong rtfiflancc; and yet in 
 Ihe moilt fubftancc there is Icfs red than in what 
 is drier and morcf'n^i'--. Clfavi/le. 
 
 1. Weak; uncertain; eafity deftroyed. 
 MiicU tCcniition, vain of tk-llily arms, 
 Aad/ragiV* aims, muchinftruBicalof war^ 
 
 F R A 
 
 tong in prepfiring-, foon to nothing brought, 
 Bcfoie mine eyes thou'll let. Mtlton. 
 
 Fr agi'lity. n.f. \_hom fr agile. ~\ 
 
 1. Brittlenefs ; eailnef^ to be broken. 
 
 To make an induration with loughncls, and 
 \e.{s fragUiryj decoft bodies in water for two or 
 three da5's. Butot't NiJt. Hiji. 
 
 2. Weakntfs ; uncertainty; eafinefstobe 
 deftroycd. 
 
 Fear the uncertainty of man's f''<^g!^ity^ the 
 common chance of war, the violence of furlune. 
 
 * Knolics' Ihjhry. 
 
 3. Frailty ; liablenefs to fault. 
 
 Ail could not be right, in fuch a flatc, in this 
 lower age oi fragiiity. H'ottoyi. 
 
 FRA'GMENT. n.f. [fra-metdum, Lat.] 
 A part broken from the whole ; an im- 
 perfect piece. 
 
 He who lare a fceptrc did command, 
 Kow grafps a floating _/V<3om«;/ in his hand. 
 
 DrydeK, 
 
 Cowley, in liis UTi^m^hctX fragment oi tlie Da- 
 
 vidcis, has Ihewn us this way to improvement. 
 
 Ifutti on th Mind. 
 
 If a thin or plated body, which being of ;in 
 
 even thicknefs, appears ?11 over of one uniform 
 
 Colour, (hould be Hit into threads, or broken into 
 
 fragments of the fame thicknefs with the plarc, I 
 
 fee no reafon why every thread or fragment (hould 
 
 not keep its colour. I^eiotons Opficii. 
 
 Some on painted wood 
 Tiansfix'd ihc fragments, feme prepav'd tlie food. 
 Pope't Odyffey. 
 Fra'gmentary. adj. [from fragment.^ 
 Compofed of fragments. Not elegant, 
 nor inufe. 
 She, Ihe is gone; flic 's gone : when thou 
 know'lt this, 
 \^\\2X fragmentary rubblfli this world is, 
 Thou kuow'il, and that it is not worth a thought ; 
 He knows it too too much that thinks it nought. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 FRAGOR. n, f [Latin.] A noife ; a 
 ctack ; a crafh. Not ufed. 
 
 Purfu'd by hideous y/-«^orj, as before 
 The flames defcend, they in their breaches roar. 
 
 Sandys. 
 
 Fra'grance, I n.f \^fragranUa^\jdX,'\ 
 Fra'grancy. J Sweetntfs of fmell ; 
 pleafing fcent ; grateful odour. 
 
 Eve feparatc he fpies, 
 Veil'd in a cloud oi fragrance^ where (he flood 
 Half fpy'd. Milton's Paradife Lof'. 
 
 I am more pleas'd to furvey my rows of cole- 
 worts and cabbages fpringing: up in their full 
 fragrancy and verdure, than to fee the tender 
 plants of foreign countries kept alive by artificial 
 heats. Jlddifon*s SpcSntqr . 
 
 Not lovelier feem*d NarcilTus to the eye; 
 Nor, when a flower, couTd boaft moreyVfig^^wrv. 
 
 Gsr'th. 
 Such was the wine; to quench whofc fervent 
 fteam 
 Scarce twenty meafurcs from the living (^ream 
 To cooi one cup fuffic'd : the goblet crown*d, 
 Ereaih'd aromatick_/;iig7ij«r.v5 around. Pope. 
 
 FRAGRANT, adj. [fragrav.s, Latin.] 
 Odorous ; fweet of fmell. 
 
 Frap'fint the fcitile earth 
 After foft fhow'rs; and fwcct the coming on 
 Of grateful evening mild. MUlon. 
 
 The nymph vouchfaf 'd to place 
 Upon her hcatl the various wreath: 
 Tile Ho-.v'rs, lefs blooming than her f.ice; 
 Their fcent \zis fragrant than her brcafh. Pr:or- 
 
 Fra'grantlv. at/v. [froin freigrtinl.] 
 With fvveet fcent. 
 As the hops begin to change colour, and fmell 
 fragratiiiy. \nu ra.iy con;;lude them jjpc, A/«"/. 
 Frail, n.f. 
 
 1. A bal]<tt made of rufhcs. 
 
 2. A rulh for weaving ba/l<eis. 
 
 F R A 
 
 FRAIL, adj. [/ra^/Vw, Latin.] 
 
 1. Weak; cafily decaying; fubjeft to 
 cafuallles ; tafily dellroyed. 
 
 I know my body 's of fo f<uil a kind, 
 As force without, fevers within c:in kill. Davi^t. 
 
 When with care we have raifcd an imaginary 
 Ircafurc of happinefs, we find, at laft, that thi: 
 materials of tlic l>ru6ture are/r,j/7and perilhing, 
 and the foundation itfelf is laid in the fand. 
 
 R'.^ei '. 
 
 2. Weak of refoltition ; liable to errour 
 or feduftion. 
 
 The truly virtuous do not cafily credit evil tliat 
 is told them of their neighbours; for if others 
 may do amifs, then may thefe alio fpeakamifs: 
 man \^ frail, and prone to evil, and iherefoi-e may 
 foon fail in words. T^iylor's Guide ti Dtiwtien. 
 
 Fit.'i.'iLNEss. «. f. [from _/>-«//. j Weak- 
 nels ; inftability. 
 
 There is nothing among all the f <i i'/i.-JJcs znd 
 uncertainties of this fublunary woild fo tottering 
 and unliable as the virtue of a coward. Norns. 
 
 Fra'ilty. n. /. [ from _/ra/7. ] 
 
 1. Wcaknefs of rciolution ; inltability of 
 mind ; infirmity. 
 
 Though P.ige be a fecurc fool, and ft.mds fo 
 firmly on his v/]fc's frailly, yet I cannot put otf 
 my opinion fo eafily. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Noifhoutd'lt thou have truiled that to woman's 
 
 frailty : 
 
 Ere I to thcc, thou to thyfelf was cruel. ATilr. 
 
 God -knows our frailty, pities our weaknefs, 
 
 and requires of us no more than we are able fo 
 
 do. Dic.U- 
 
 2. Fault proceeding from weaknefs; fins 
 of infirmity : in tins fenfe it has a 
 plural. 
 
 Love did his reafon blind. 
 And love's the nobleftyVa/V/y of the mind. J)iy. 
 
 Kind wits wiil tliofe light faults excufcj 
 Thofc are tha common frailties of the njufe. 
 
 Dry den, 
 
 Deatli, only death, can break the l.nfting chain ; 
 And hcic, ev'n then, (hall my cold rluft remain j 
 Here all \is frailties, all its flames refign. 
 And wait, 'till 'tis no fin to mix with thine. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 That chriftians are now not only like other 
 men m their frailties and infirmities, might be 
 in fomc degree excufable ; but the complaint isy 
 they arc like heathens in all the main and chlet' 
 articles of their lives. Law. 
 
 FRAISCHEUR. n.f [French.] Frefh- 
 
 nefb ; coolncfs. A word fooliflJy inno- 
 
 •vatcd by Drydcn. 
 Hither 111 fummcr-evenings you repair. 
 
 To talVe xhc fraife/ieur oi the purer air. Dryelen. 
 FRAISE. n.f. [French, the caul of an 
 
 animal.] A pancake with bacon in it. 
 To FRAME. V. a. 
 
 1 . To forin or fabricate by orderly con- 
 ftrutlion and union of various parts. 
 
 The double gates he findcth lucked raft; 
 Tl.e one ii\r fram'J oi burniih'd ivory, 
 Ti-.e other ali with filver ovcrcaft. Spenfer. 
 
 2. To fit one to another. 
 
 Tl-.ey rather cut down their timber Ko frame ir, 
 and to do necelTiiiei to their convenient life, 
 than to fight, Ahht. 
 
 Kew timber, faw it, frame it, and fet it to- 
 gether. Mcrtimci. 
 
 3. To make ; to compofe. 
 
 Then chufing out few words moft horrible, 
 Thereof did vcrfcs/j-tiwe. Spenfer. 
 
 Fight valiantly to-day; 
 And yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it; 
 Fur thou Avt fram'el oi tlic firm truth of valour. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 4. To regulate ; to adjuft. 
 
 Let us not deceive ourfelves by pretending to 
 this excellent knowledge of Chiift Jefus ouj'. 
 Lord, if »ve do not frame our lives according to 
 It. TiUotfca,
 
 F R A 
 
 5. To form any rule or isetliod by (ludyor 
 precept. 
 
 Thou ;ii c tlicir foldicr; and, being bnd in broils, 
 H.ift not Ihc foft way ; but thou wilt (vmhc 
 TJiyfcIt' furfoatli hereafter tiieirs. Shtthffenre. 
 
 \ have been a tuiaiit to the bw; 
 I never yet covM frame my will to it, 
 And therefore /r<i/« the law unto my will. 
 
 SAulfjpeari'i l{enry VI, 
 
 6. To form and digcfl by tliouglit. 
 
 The nioft ;il)lliule ideas are onlv luch as the 
 undcrHanding/..i«.'j to itfelf, by joining together 
 ideas that it had cither from ol>jedti of fenfe or 
 from its own operations about them. Lccie. 
 
 full of that Hamc his tender fcencs he warms. 
 And fraixn his goridefs by yourmatchk Is chsrms. 
 
 Gtii'tviJU. 
 
 Urge him with truth Xa frame his fure replies, 
 And fure he will ; for wifdoin never liss. Pope. 
 
 How many excellent rtalumngs arc froir.eA in 
 the mind of a man of wililom and Iludy in a 
 Ic^ngih of years. r/atn. 
 
 7. To contrive; to plin. 
 
 Unpardonable tlie prcfumption and iiifolencc 
 in contriving ini framing this letter was. Claren. 
 
 8. To fettle; to fcheme out. 
 
 Though I cannot make true wars, 
 I"ll/romfcunvenisnt peace. Shakfp. Corisl. 
 
 9. To invent ; to fabricate, in a bad fenfe : 
 as, 10 frame a ftory or lie. 
 
 Artronomerv, to folve the phsenomcna, /i-<im;rf 
 to their conceit eccentriclis and epicycles. Bacon. 
 
 Frame, n. /. [from the verb.] 
 I. A fabrick; any thing conftrutfted of 
 various parts or members. 
 
 If tlie/;aw of the heavenly arch ihould dif- 
 fjlve itfelf, if celeftial Iphercs fliouid forget 
 their wonted motions, and by irregular volubility, 
 turn themfelves any w.iy, as it might happen. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 Caftles made of trees upon/(<imfj of timber, 
 
 with turrets and arches, were anciently matters of 
 
 magnificence. B iccn. 
 
 Thefcare thy glorious works, parent of good! 
 
 Almighty ! thnie this univcrfal/ravK. MUlo-i. 
 
 Divine Cecil-a came, 
 Invcntrefs of the vocal /;-<;»;«. Dij\l,ri. 
 
 The gate was adamant; cternal/raw.v. 
 Which, hew'd by Mars himfelf, from Indian 
 
 quarries came. 
 The labour of a god; and all along 
 Tou;;Ii iron plates were clench'dto makeit ftrong. 
 
 DnJ.:,:. 
 
 We fee this vaft frame of tlie world, and an 
 
 inniimeiabic multitude of creatuies in it; all 
 
 w»r<th wo, who believe a God, .attribute to him 
 
 ss the author. Tllk-.f.n. 
 
 2. Any thing made fo as to enclofe or admit 
 fomething tlfe. 
 
 Put both the tube and the velfcl it leaned on 
 ir.to a Convenient woodcn/;««!-, to keep them 
 from mifcbances. Boy.'e. 
 
 His picture fcafcely would dcferve a fratr:!. 
 
 DiyJen'i fuTemtl. 
 
 A globe of glafs, about e: jht or ten ir.chcs in 
 diameter, being put into wfr.nm where it may he 
 fiviftly lunicil round its a.\.is, will, in tumirg, 
 ihine, wi;cre it rubs againll the palm of cue's 
 
 3. Order; regularity; adjuftcd fcfies or 
 difpofition. 
 
 h woman, that is like a German cluck. 
 Still a repairing, ever out of /ramf, 
 And never gning .nright. Skakff.are. 
 
 Your ftedrty foul prefeiTCs \v:v frame; 
 In good and ovil times the fame. S u:f.'. 
 
 4. Scheme; order. 
 
 Another paity liidrcfoive to change the whole 
 
 fr:ime of the gavcniment in fiaie as well as chuith. 
 
 . Clarcndort. 
 
 5. Contrivance; projection. 
 
 J\jlin the baftaid, 
 Whofe fpirits toil in/r,im.- of villanics. SLilifp 
 
 0. Mechanical conllrucl ion. 
 
 F R A 
 
 7. Shape; form; proportion. 
 A bear's a favagc beart, 
 Vv'help'd witlxui farm, uotil the dam 
 Has lit k'd it into fliapc ^ni frame. Uiidihrat 
 Fra'mer. n.f. \_{tom frame ; ppemman, 
 Saxon.] Maker; former; contriver; 
 fchemer 
 
 The forger of bis own fate, the framer of his 
 
 fortune, Ihould be improper, if aSions were 
 
 prcdflcrmined. ILimmnml. 
 
 There was want of .iccuratcnefs in experiments 
 
 in the firfj original framer of thofc medals. 
 
 Arbutiimt on Coins. 
 
 Fra'mpold. «. /. [This word is written 
 by Dr. liacht, frampul. I know not 
 its original] Pccvilh ; boiileious; rug- 
 ged ; crofTgraiiicd. 
 
 Her hufband! Alas, the fweet won;an leads 
 an ill life with hirn: (he leads a xay frainpoU 
 life with him. ' Shakfpeare. 
 
 The fr ampul man could not be pacified. 
 
 Haciel's Life <f IVil.'iami. 
 
 FR.VNCHISE. n.f Ifranchife, French.] 
 
 1. Exemption from any onerous duty. 
 
 2. Privilege; immunity; right granted. 
 
 They granted them markets, and othcr/ru»7- 
 chijei, and ercftcd corporate towns among them. 
 Davi:s on he/an J. 
 His gracious ediil the {.\me francliijc yields 
 To all the wild increafc of woods and fields. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 J.'Diflrift; extent of jurifdiftion. 
 
 There are other piivileges granted unto moft 
 of the corporations, that they Ihall nut be travel- 
 led forth of their own /;uw^//;-r. Spitfcr. 
 
 To Fr.anchi'se. II. a. [fiom the noun.] 
 To cnfranchife ; to make free ; to keep 
 free. 
 
 I lofe no honour 
 In ftcklng to augment it; but liill keep 
 My bofom fravki^'d, and allegiance cle.ar. 
 
 Shakfpcare' I Macbeth. 
 
 Fra'ngible. aiJj. [franco, Latin.] Fra- 
 gile; brittle; eafily broken. 
 
 Though it feems the foiidcfr wood, if wrought 
 before it be well fcafoned, it will Ihew itfelf very 
 f-an^ih.'e. £y,/,, 
 
 Fra'nion. n.f. [Of this word I know 
 not the derivation.] A paramour; a 
 boon companion. 
 
 Firl>, by ier lide did fit the bold Saniloy, 
 Fit mate for luch a mincing minion, 
 Who in her loofcntfs took exceeding joy. 
 Might not be found, a franker /r,.«.-ciJi. Fiii.y Q. 
 
 FRANK. a.{i. [fnvic, French.] 
 
 1. Liberal; generous; not niggardly. 
 
 Tlic moiflcr foits of trees yicW litrlo mofs, 
 for the rcal'on of lhe/r.i«;6 putting up of the fap 
 into the boughs. Bacon. 
 
 They were left deliitute, cither by narrow 
 provihon, or by their/r<in« hearts and their open 
 hands, and their charity towards others. Spratt. 
 'Tis the oidinary praiflice of the world to be 
 fank of civilities that coll thcin nothing. 
 
 IJKjlranse. 
 
 2. Open; ingenuous; fincere; notrtferved. 
 
 3. W:iiiout conditions ; without payment. 
 
 Thou hart it won; for it is oi frank gifr, 
 And he will c.TC for all tilt reft to Ihit't. Hub.Ta. 
 
 4. Not reftrained; licentious. Not in ufe. 
 
 Mi/iit not be found sfranker ftaniun. Spenf. 
 Fkank. n.f. [from the adjeiflive.] 
 
 1. A place to feed hogs in; a ily: fo cal- 
 led from liberaHty of food. 
 
 Where fups he.' Doth the old 'ooar feed in the 
 old/V,i,u .^ Skakfp. Hinry iv. 
 
 2. A letter whicli pays no pottage. 
 
 Yt)u'll liave immcd ately, by feveral frankiy 
 my epiitlc to lord Cobham. Vope toS-wift. 
 
 3. A French coin. 
 ToFuANK. V. a. [from the nouo.] 
 
 F R A 
 
 1. To fliut up in a frank or fty. Hanrtiir. 
 
 Ill the fty of this moft bloody boar. 
 My foil George Stanley Ufrank'd up in field. 
 , Sliakf peart . 
 
 2. lo feed high; to fat; to cram, jfuniui 
 and A'lnf-worlh. 
 
 3. To exempt letters from poftagc. 
 
 My lord Oirciy w.ites to you to-morrow; and 
 you f;e I fend this under bis cover, or at Icaft 
 franked by hirn. ., Swft. 
 
 Gazelles fcnt gratis down, mAfank'd, 
 For which thy patron 's weekly tliank'd. Pope. 
 Frankalmoign;;, n.f. Tlie fame which 
 we 'n\\..-d\.in<:A\ libera eleemfyna, or free 
 alms in Engiifli ; whence tiiat tenure is 
 commonly known among our Englifh 
 lawyers by the name of a tenure in frank 
 amnon!, or frankahno'igne, which, ac- 
 cording to Briion, is a tenure by divine 
 fervice. ^ylffc's Parergon. 
 
 Fr A N K 1 N c E N s E . n. / [y 'r^nh and hiccnfe ; 
 fo called perhaps from iti liberal dirtiibu- 
 tlon of odour.] 
 
 Fr.tnkincenfe is a dry refinous fubftance In pieces 
 or drops, of a pale yellowilh white colour; a 
 ftrong fmcll, but not difagrecabic, and a bluer, 
 aciid, and refinous tafte. It is very inflammiblc. 
 Thecarlieft hiftories inform us, thitfankincenfe 
 was ufe-d among the facred rites and facrlfices, 
 as it continues to be in many pacts. We ate ftiU 
 uncertain as to the place whence frankinecnfe ij 
 brought, and as to the tree which produces it. 
 
 n.-'/. 
 
 Take unto thee fweet fpices, with putc frant~ 
 
 '"('"f'- Jixodui. 
 
 I find in Diofcorides record of frankincenfe 
 
 gotten in India. Brcreiuood on Languages. 
 
 Black ebon only will in India grow. 
 And ud'iuusfrankincfnfe on the Sabcean bough. 
 y?y /en's P'iigil. 
 Cedar anAfrankincenfe, an od'rous pile, 
 Flam'd on the hearth, and wide pcifum'd the 
 , '"''• Pope. 
 
 Fr \ N'Ki.iN. n.f. [from//-an.f.] A fteward; 
 a bailiff of land. It ligniiies originally 
 a little gentleman, and is not improperly 
 Engliftied a gentleman fervant. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 A fpacious cou! t they fee. 
 Both plain and picafani to be walked in, 
 Where them docs meet 3 franklin fair and free. 
 
 Yairy Queen. 
 
 Fran'kly. atlv. Idom frani.^ 
 
 1. Liberally; freely; kitjdly ; readily. 
 
 Oh, were it hut my life, 
 I'd throw it down for your deliverance. 
 As frankly as a pin. Skak/p. Meaffor Meaf. 
 
 If ever any malice in your heart 
 Were hid againft me, now forgive me frankly. 
 
 Sltakfpeare's Hiniy vill. 
 
 When they had nothing to pay, \xe frankly 
 forgave them both. Ljike. 
 
 Ky the tongiinefs of the caith, the fap cannot 
 get up to fpread \a frankly as it fhouM &o. Bacon. 
 
 I value my garden more for being fuli of black- 
 birds than ciierrics, and veiy /run<.^ give thcin 
 fi uitfor their fongs. SfeClator. 
 
 2. Without conllraint. 
 
 The lords mounted their fervants upon their 
 own horfcs ; and they, with the voluntiers, who 
 frankly lifted themfelves, amounted to a body of 
 two hundred and fifty hoifc. Clarcn.i:n. 
 
 3. Without referve. 
 
 He entered very frankly intothofe new defigns, 
 which were contrived at'cuuit. Claren.ion. 
 
 Fra'nkness. n.f. l^romfrank.'] 
 I. Plainnefs of fpeech; opennefs ; ingc- 
 nuoufncfs. 
 
 When the conde duke had fonie eclairciffenient 
 
 witn the duke, in which he made all the pro'ti- 
 
 tationsof his finccreaircaion, the other received 
 
 las protcftations with all contempt j and declared 
 
 5 F 3
 
 F R A 
 
 witli a very mneceS^ary franhirf!, that he would 
 have no friendlhip with him. Clurenrion. 
 
 Tom made love to a woman of fcnfe, and 
 always treated her a= fuch during tlic whole time 
 of courtfhip : his natural temper and good breed- 
 ing hindered him from doing any thing difagrce- 
 able, 35 his fincerity and franinefi of behaviour 
 made him converfc with her before m.irrMgc in 
 the fame manner he intended to do nfteiwards. 
 A.idifoji' s Guarditin. 
 
 2. Liberality; bounteoufnefs. 
 
 3, Freedom from refenie. 
 
 He delivered with the frankncfi of a friend's 
 tongue, word by word, what Kalander had told 
 him touching the ftrange ftory. Sidney. 
 
 The ableft men that ever were, have had all 
 anopennefs mAfictikncJi of dealing, and a name 
 of certainty and veracity. B.icon. 
 
 FraNkple'dge. n.f. \_franciplcgiwn,yz- 
 tin; o^ franc, i. e. liber ^ plage, i. e. 
 f.d.'ijiijor.'l A pledge or furety for free- 
 men. 
 
 The ancient cuftom of England, for the pre- 
 fervation of the publick peace, was that every 
 frecborn man at fourteen years of age, rcligioui 
 perfons, clerks, knights, and their eldeft fons 
 excepted, fhould find fecurity for his fidelity to 
 the king, or elfe be kept in prifon : whence it 
 became cuftomary for a certain number of neigh- 
 bours to be bound for one another, to fee each 
 man of their pledge forthcoming at all times, or 
 to anfwer the tranfgreflion of any one abfcnting 
 himfelf. This was called /r,wij\'eJge, and the 
 circuit thereof was called dectima, becaufc it 
 commonly confided uf ten houfeholds; and every 
 particular perfon, thus mutually bound, was 
 called decermhr. This cullora w.is fo liiiilly ob- 
 ferved, that the (heriffs, in every county, did 
 from time to time take the oaths of young ones 
 as they grew to the age of fourteen years, and 
 ' fee that they combined in one dozen or other: 
 tiiis branch of the IheijfF's authority was called 
 vifuifrariciflegii, view of frankpledge. Coiu:U. 
 
 FRA'NTICK. adj. [corrupted irom phre- 
 
 nel'uk, phreneticus, Latin ; :pi>ivnrty.oc.'\ 
 I. Mad; deprived of luiderilanding by 
 violent madnefs ; outrageoufly and tur- 
 biilently mad. 
 
 Far off, he wonders what makes them fo gl.id ; 
 Of Bacchus' mciry fruit they did invent, 
 Or CyhtV sfrmitick rites have made ihcm mad. 
 
 Fa-yy (^necTj. 
 
 3. Tranfported by violence of padion ; 
 outrageous;' turbulent. 
 
 Eiftcniing, in the frantick error of their minds, 
 the greatcft madnefs in the world to be wifdom, 
 and the highcft wifdom fuolifimefs. Hcoket . 
 
 To fuch height iat\r framicH p3frian grows. 
 That what both love, both hazard to delln.y. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 She tears her hair, and, frantick in her griefs, 
 Calls o;it Lucia. Addijon'i Cato. 
 
 3. Simply mad. 
 
 The lover, frar.ti.k, 
 Sec Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. Shnkff. 
 
 FRiV'NTiCKLY. adv. [^xomfrantkk.'] Mad- 
 ly ; diftiaftedly ; outrageoufly. 
 .Fie, fie, \\o\v Jrcritickly I fquare my talk. 
 
 S/'uikfp£are 
 
 Fra'ntickness. n.f. [from fraKticl .] 
 Madnefs ; fury of paffion ; diftraction. 
 
 FPATERNAL. adj. [//•«/«•«£/, Frer.ch ; 
 fraUnitu, Latin.] Brotherly ; pertain- 
 ing to brothers ; becoming brothers. 
 
 One Ihall atifc 
 Of proud ambitious heart ; wh«, not content 
 With fair equality, fraicrnal ftjie. 
 Will arrogate dominion undcfcrv'd, 
 Over his brethren. Milton' i P,i>adife Lijl 
 
 Tlic admonitions, /VorjrM/ or paternal, of his 
 fellow ehrifiians, or of the governors of tie 
 church, then moie publick rcprchcnfions ; and 
 
 F R A 
 
 upon their tinfuccefsfulncfs, the c«nful-es sf the' 
 church, until he reform and return. harr.mottd. 
 
 Plead it to her. 
 With all theftrength and hears of eloquence 
 Fraternal love and uiendfhip tan infpire. Ad.Hf 
 Frate'rmally. adij. [from fraternal.] 
 
 In a brotherly manner. 
 Frate'rnity. n.f. [//-a/frn/?/, French ; 
 
 fra'.ernilas, Latin.] 
 I . The ftate or quality of a brother. 
 z. Body of men united; corporation ; fo- 
 ciety ; alTociation ; brotherhood. 
 'Tis a neccffai-y rule in alliances, focieties, and 
 fiatcrnities, and all manner of civil contcaft;, to 
 have a ftrift regard to the humour of thofe we 
 have to do withal. L'F.Jhargc. 
 
 3. Men of the fame clafs or character. 
 
 With what terms of refpcft knaves and fotswiU 
 fpcak of their own /ra;;rm(v. South'! Sermon. 
 Fra'tricide. h. /. [fratricide, French ; 
 fratricidium, Latin..] The murder of a 
 brother. 
 FRAUD, n.f. [//vj.v^, Latin ; fraude, 
 French.] Deceit; cheat; trick; arti- 
 fice ; fubtility ; ftratagem. 
 
 Our better part remains 
 To work in clofc defign, by fraud or guile, 
 What force efrefled not. Milton. 
 
 None need the/ru.vii of fly UlyfTes fear. . 
 
 Drydfrl's jE/^eid. 
 If fuccefs a lover's toil attends, 
 Who alks if force 01 fraud obtain'd his ends. 
 
 Pope. 
 Fra'udful. adj. [fraud znd full.] Trea- 
 cherous ; artful ; trickifh ; deceitful ; 
 
 ft.btle. 
 
 The welfare of us all 
 Hangs on tlie cutting (hori thtzfraudfil man. 
 
 Shakfpeare'i Hriiiy \ I . 
 He, full of /'•fl.v<i/;v/ arts. 
 This well-invented tale for truth imparts. D'-;d. 
 Fra'udfully, adv. [from fraudfuL] 
 Deceitfully; artfully; fubtilly ; trea- 
 cheroufly ; by llratagem. 
 Ff.a'udui-Eijce. } n. f. [fraiiduhntia, 
 Fra'udulency. \ Lat.] Deceitfulncfs; 
 , trickillinefs ; pronenefs to artifice. 
 
 We admire the providence of God in the con- 
 tinuance of Scripture, notwithflanriing the endea- 
 vours of infidels to abolifli, and t\\cfr<iud/jUnce of 
 hcrcticks always to dcpr.ive the fame. Hooker. 
 
 Fra'udulent. adj. [fraitdulciix, French; 
 frau'diileittus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Full of artifice; trickifh; fiibtle ; de- 
 ceitful. 
 
 He with fcrpent tongue 
 l{\sfra7'du!ent temptation thus began. Mi/ton. 
 
 She mix'd the potion, fraudulent uf foul ; 
 The potion mantled in the golden bowl. Pr,pe. 
 
 2. PerforfAcd by artifice ; deceiti^'ul ; trea- 
 cherous. 
 
 Now thou hail aveng'd 
 Supplanted Adam, 
 
 And fruftcated the conqacR fraudit'ent. Milton. 
 Fra'udulently. adv. [horn fraudulent.] 
 By fraud; by deceit ; by artifice ; de- 
 ceitfully. 
 
 He that by fafl, word, or fign, either fraudu- 
 
 lent.'v or violently, doc> huit to his neighbour, is 
 
 bound to make rcliitution. T.iyhr. 
 
 FRAUGHT, particip. paj. [bomfraisbl, 
 
 now written //-f/f/j.'.] 
 I. Laden ; charged. 
 
 In the narrow feas that part 
 The French and Englifli, there mifcuried 
 A velTcl of our country, richly /'.i'<i'/''. Sl:akfp. 
 
 With joy 
 And tiaingsy" Mg/i/', to hell he now return'd. 
 
 Millen't Paradifi Le.fl. 
 
 F R A 
 
 And now approach'd their fleet from India, 
 fraught 
 With ail the riches of the rifing fun, 
 Andpiecioasfand from fouthein chraites brought. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 2. Filled; ftored ; thronged. 
 
 The fcripture is fraught even with laws of 
 nature. Hooker. 
 
 By this fad \Sm, fraught with anguidi fore, 
 Aiiived, where they in earth their blood had fpilr. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 I am fo fraught with curious bufinefs, that I 
 leave out ceremony. Sh.itfpi.tre'i H'inltr'i Tale. 
 
 Whofoever hath his mind f aught with many 
 thoughts, his wits and underllanding do clarify 
 and break up in the communicating and dif- 
 courfmg with another. Bacon, 
 
 Hell, their fit habitation, /rnag/;.' with fire, 
 Unquenchable, the houft of woe and pain. 
 
 Milton's paradtfe Lfifi, 
 
 Abdallah and Bclfora weie fo fraught with all 
 kinds of knowledge, and poffcacd with a fo con- 
 ftant p.iihon for each other, that their folitude 
 never lay heavy on them- Addifon. 
 
 Fraught, n. /. [from the participle.] 
 A freight ; a cargo. 
 
 Yield up, oh love, thy crown and parted throne 
 To tyrannous hate! fwell, bofom, with thy 
 
 fraught ; 
 
 For 'tis of alpicks tongues. Slmhfpeare'i OiheUo. 
 
 The ba^k th.at all our blcffiugs brought, 
 Charg'd with thyfeli and James, a doubly royal 
 fraught. Dry den. 
 
 To Fraught, v. a. [iov freight, by cor- 
 ruption] To had ; to crowd. 
 
 Hence from my fight : 
 If after this command Inoa fraught the court 
 With thy unworthinels, thou dy'ft. Shai:fpcari, 
 
 Fra'ughtage. «. /. [from fraugk.] 
 Lading ; cargo. A bad word. 
 
 Omfrauzhlag'., lir, 
 I have convcy'd aboard. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Fray. n.f. [ejfrayer, to fright, French.] 
 
 1. A battle ; a fight. 
 
 Time tcll», that on that ever blciTed d.iy. 
 When chriliian fwords with Perfian blood were 
 
 dy-d, 
 The furious prince Tanciedie fropi that/raji 
 His coward foes chafed through forefls wide. 
 
 Fairfax* 
 After the bloody />•«)' at Wakefi;ld fought. 
 
 Shakfpeare'i Henry vt. 
 He left them to the fates in bloody/ray, 
 To toil and Itruggle through the well-fought day. 
 ;i • Pope. 
 
 2. A duel ; a combat. 
 
 Since, if we fall before th' appointed day, 
 Nature and death continue long their fray. 
 
 Denham, 
 
 Theboaftcr P.tris oft defir'd the day 
 With Sparta's king lo meet in f-.r.g\z fray . Pope. 
 
 3. A broil ; a quarrel ; a riot of violence. 
 
 I'll fpeak between the ciiangc of man and boy 
 With a reed voice, and turn two mincing fleps 
 Into a manly ftride ; and fpeak of fays, 
 Like a fine bragging youth. Shakfpeare, 
 
 T-jFr.W. v. a, [f^-ryifr, French.] 
 
 1. To fright; to terrify. 
 
 The panther, knowing that his fpotted hide 
 Doth plcafe all bealU, but that his looks ihcm 
 
 f'«y< 
 
 Within a bufli his dreadful head doth hide. 
 To let them gaze, while he on them may prey. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 So d'lverfely themfelvesin vain they /ray, 
 Whilfi fome more bold to mcafures him fisnd 
 nigh. Spenfr. 
 
 Fifhcs are thought tobc/<vivfr/with the moiiou 
 caufcd by noile upon the water. Baron. 
 
 Thefc vultures prey only on carcafes, on fuch 
 ftuuid minds as have not life and vigour xofra^ 
 them away. CKernmnt of the Tongit; 
 
 2. [/ra)'fr, French.] To rub.
 
 F R E 
 
 FRE \K. n. f. [frech, Gcnnan, fancy, 
 petulant; fjisec, Saxon, fii-^iiivc ] 
 
 1. ,\ fiiddi'ii and c.iultleli cliange ol place. 
 
 2. A liiddiii (iincy ; a humour; a whim ; 
 a capricious prank. 
 
 O ' bul a Um the Ikklc/rr.ifi qiiotli the, 
 Of fortune, and the odds uf arms in ficl<t. 
 
 Fairy Quetn. 
 When tliat/'fa.^ h»s taktrij puITtiTion of a laii- 
 taHicil head, the diftcnipei is incur.ible. 
 
 L'KJlrangif. 
 She is rcrtlcfs and pccvifli, and fonictitnci in a 
 frccji win iiiltaiitly change her tiabtcatiun. 
 
 Sfei?iil!)r. 
 To vex me more, he toolt ^ freak 
 To lilt my tongue, and make me fjicak. Swiji. 
 ZoFkeak. v. a. [A word, I fuppolc, 
 Scotch, brof.ght into England by Thorn- 
 fort ^ To variegate ; to cliCLkcr. 
 There fLiiry nafioni Ijarbour : 
 Sables of gloiTy black, .and dark cmbrown'd, 
 Or beauteous, //rtJ^V with many a mingled hue. 
 
 Thornfon. 
 
 Frf/akish. adj. [itom frcah.'] Capri - 
 cious ; humorfome. 
 
 It may oe a qiiertion, whether the wife or the 
 
 woman was tlie more fftakijh of the two ; for 
 
 (lie vas OdI the fame ui. afv fop. UEjlrangc. 
 
 Fre'akishly. adv. [from f re aii/h. 2 Ca- 
 
 pii'.iouily; humorfomdy. 
 
 Fre'akishness. n. f. [from /rcalij?.'.] 
 
 Caprici^iufiicls; humorfomcnefs; whlm- 
 
 fnaliiefs. 
 
 To Pre AM v. n. [fremore, Latin ; fn- 
 
 mir, Frer.cli.] To growl or grunt as a 
 
 toar. Bdiky. 
 
 FRE'CKLE. n.f. Ifi-cb, afpot, Geriii. 
 
 whcnct: ^crilt; Jreciie.] 
 I. A fpot raifed in the ilcin by the fun. 
 Ruddy his bp^, and frclh and fair tiis hue ; 
 Some fjjrinkleciyft-t//« on his face weie feen, 
 Whofe dulk Tec off the whitenefs of tl;e (kin. 
 
 Dtytle/i. 
 z. Any fmall fpot or difcoloratlon. 
 The cowHips tall her penfioners be ; 
 In their gold coats fpots y ;u fee : 
 Thofc be rubies fany favours; 
 111 xhoii frecUrs live tlieir favours. Skakfpeiire. 
 The farewcl fiofts and calterly winds now fpot 
 yourtidips; therefore cover fuch with mats, to 
 ytcwcnt JrickUs. Evelyn. 
 
 ^ :',t'cKi.c.ji. aJJ. [from freci/e.'] Spotted; 
 mactilated ; difcolourcd with fmali (pots. 
 
 Sometimes we'll .ingle at tlifi brook, 
 ThzfrccHeU trout to take 
 
 With nikcn worms. DraytorCi Cynthia 
 
 The even mead that crft brougni iweetly forth 
 T\\z Jrsekled cowflip, 
 
 Wanting the fcythc, all uncorrefled, rank, 
 Conceives by idlencfs. Sii!tkfpeare*i Ih'my v. 
 
 Now thy face charms ev*ry Ihcphetd, 
 Spotted over like a leopard ; 
 And :hy freri/i.i n^ck difplay'd, 
 Envy breeds in cv'ry maid. Sifif/. 
 
 Fre'ckly. adj. [irom freckle. "i Full of 
 
 freckles. 
 
 FiiED. The fame with ^^(TCf ; upon which 
 
 our forefathers called their laniluarics 
 
 frcdjlolc, i. e. the feats of peace. So 
 
 Frederic is powerful or wealthy in peace ; 
 
 JV'vifred, viclorious peace ; Re'infred, 
 
 finccrc peace. Gihfon's Camden. 
 
 FREE. adj. [pfieah, Saxon ; vry, Dutch. ] 
 
 I . At liberty ; not a vaffal ; not enflaved ; 
 
 not a prifoner; not dependant. 
 
 AyV-cf nation i'i that whith has never been con- 
 
 qujred, or '.hereby entered into any c-jndii'on of 
 
 Albjecftion. Terrsflr 
 
 Frit, wliat, and feiter'd with fo many chains ? 
 
 Vry,U„. 
 
 FRE 
 
 Hove can wc think any oncfrcfr tlian to have 
 the puWtT tu do wtial he wiilr Luke. 
 
 T\\\i wieiciLcd budy cirmblts ;it your pow'r : 
 Tims tar could ^'o;ti.iiic ; but (he can no more : 
 Fiiey tu htrft-lf my potent mind remams, 
 Nov I'cars the vultur's rage, iiur iccls his chains. 
 
 V'hr. 
 
 Set an unhappy pns'nci_/Vfr, 
 Wiio ne'er inrcadcd harm to thtc. Pr/cr. 
 
 2. Uncompcllcd ; unrellrainetl. 
 
 Their uic or n)crfts was nc»t like unto our ce- 
 remonies, tiu'ic bt-'ing ;i matter of piiv;itc a£!ion in 
 common life, where cveiy m;in v/Ai free tt) order 
 lK;it which himfcir did ; but this ia a puMick 
 ct.nftitution for the ordering of the church. 
 
 hhoker. 
 
 Do faithful homngc, and receive free honour>, 
 AM which wc pine for now. Shakfpeate. 
 
 It w^'ifree, and in my choice whether or no I 
 fboulri pubiifh thcfe dlfcauHcsj yet the publi- 
 cation being once refuhcd, the dedication was 
 n>'' inditfcrciit. S'jut/i. 
 
 3. Not bound by fate ; not neccflitated. 
 
 Freely they flood who liood, and fell who fell : 
 Not frecf what proof could they have given 
 
 fincerc 
 Of true allegiance, conftant faith, or love, 
 Where only what they needs muft do,appear'd ; 
 Not wb.ai they would? Milion'i Faradife Lof. 
 
 4. Permitted ; allowed, 
 
 Whv, (ir, I pi'ty, are not the fireetsas/r^ 
 For mc as for you : Sluikfp. Tamingcf the Shreiv. 
 
 Dctaniing as impure what God declares 
 Pure; and commands to fome, leaves yVc^ to all. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 To gloomy cares my thoughts alone mxzfree^ 
 I'll the gay fports with troubled thoughts agree. 
 
 5. Licentious; unreftrained. 
 
 O confpiracy I 
 Shnm'ft tliou to fhcw thy dang'rous brow by 
 
 night, 
 
 When evils- are Two^free? Shakfp. yulius Cccfar. 
 
 Phyficians are \.qq free, upon the fubjeft, in 
 
 the convcrfation of theirfriends. Temple. 
 
 The critic ki have been very// cr in ihcir cenfures. 
 
 Felt on. 
 I know there arc to whofc prcfuniptuous 
 thoughts 
 Thofc yVct-r beauties, ev'n in them, fccm faults. 
 
 Fopc. 
 
 6. Open ; ingenuous ; frank. 
 
 C^ftalio, I h:ive doubts within my heart; 
 Will you be free and candid to your friend ? 
 
 Otvauy's Orphan. 
 
 7. Acquainted; converfingr without rtfevve. 
 
 'Tis not to make me jealous ; 
 To fay my wife is fair, feeds well, loves com- 
 pany. 
 Is free of fpeech, Tings, plays, and dances well, 
 Where virtue is, ihcfe make more virtuous. 
 
 Sh^ikf pearl's OtheL''-. 
 Being one day very free at a gr-at fcaft, iie 
 fuddeniy broke forth into a great lau^r;icr. 
 
 Il^ke'-'vUl on PrcrviiUnce. 
 Tree and familiar with misfoitune grow, 
 Bv us'd to forrow, and inur'd to woe. Prior. 
 
 B. l^iberal ; not par/ioionious : with of. 
 
 Glo'iitr too, a \o^ to citi/.cns, 
 0'erchangiiigyour/;-fC purfcs with large fines, 
 That fceks to overthrow religion. Sh.ikfpeare. 
 
 No ftaiulc in his favour fays, 
 \\o^v free or fru?;;! I IhaU pafs my day^ ; 
 1, w!i') at fometinics fpcnd as other ([.are. Pope. 
 
 A! -XTTidrian vcrfes, of twelve fyllabks, fhould 
 never be al.owed but when fome remarkable 
 beauty or propriety inthematones for the liberty : 
 Mr. Dryden has been loo free of thcfe in his 
 latter works. ^ Pcpe. 
 
 9. Frank; not gained by Importunity; 
 not purchaftrd. 
 
 We wanted words to exprefs our thanks : his 
 nublc/rctf offers left us nothing to afit. Bacon 
 
 10. Clear from dillrefs. 
 
 FRE 
 
 Who alone fuffers, fuffcrs moft i' th' mind, 
 LeavingyVef things and ha|»py ftiow.s behind. 
 
 Skukjp. Kin^ Lear. 
 
 11. Gulltlefs; innocent. 
 
 Make naad tlic guilty, and appall xhtfrtt, 
 
 Confound the ign'rant. Siuif^K-nre's H.i:itlet, 
 
 My hands are guilty, but my hcaic is f'le. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 12. Exempt: with of anciently; more 
 propcrlyyVo/n. 
 
 Thefc 
 Arc fuch allow'd infirmities, that honcft/ 
 Is 'Ciivzrfrce of. Sh.ikfptarc'i IVtntir^s Tale. 
 
 Wlio fears not to do ill, yet fears the name ; 
 Ami free frim confciencc, is a flave to fame. 
 
 Denham. 
 Let «nvy, then, thofc rrinies within you fee, 
 Fiom which the happy never muft be free. Piyd. 
 
 Their Deeds around. 
 Free f rem the harncfs, graic the flow'ry ground. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The w'M f I ee from the dctermin.ition of fuch 
 
 defncs, is left to tiic purfiiit of nearer latisfaftions. 
 
 Ltcie. 
 
 13. Invefted with franchifes ; pofTcfTing 
 anything without vaffalage ; admitted 
 to the privileges of any body : with of. 
 
 He therefore m;ikes all birds of every feft 
 Fr^f cf his farm, with promife to rcfpeA 
 Their feveral i^inds alike, and equally protect. 
 
 Viy./tn 
 
 What do'ft thou make a fliipboard.' To what 
 end 
 A rt thou 4/' Bcthlem's noble college /re; ? 
 St.ark-ftaring mad, that thou fliould'ft tempt tiie 
 lea ? Diyden. 
 
 14. Without expence ; by charity, as a 
 freefchool. 
 
 To Free. -v. a, [from the adjeclive.] 
 
 1. To fet at liberty ; to refcue from Oavery 
 or captivity ; to manumit ; to loofe. 
 
 The child was prifoner to the womb, and is 
 Bylaw and proccfs of great nature thence 
 Frec^d and enfranchi&'d j not apaity to 
 Tlie anger of tiie king, nor guilty of, 
 If any be the trefpafs of the queen. Sh.ikfpean. 
 
 He recovered the temple, /rt-fW the city, and 
 upheld the laws which were going down. 2 Mac, 
 
 Can'lV thou no other mafter underitand. 
 Than him tiiat/rtf'ri thee by the pretor's wand? 
 
 Dry Jen. 
 Should thy coward tongue 
 Spread its coldpoifon through the martial throng, 
 My j iv'iin (hall revenge fo bnfe a part, 
 KaAfree the foul that quivers in thy hcirt.- P-yw. 
 
 2. To rid fiom ; to clear from any thing 
 ill : with of or from. 
 
 It is no marvail, that he could think of no 
 better way to be free'd of thcfe incoiiveniencies 
 the palTions of thofe meetings gave him than to 
 dilTolve them. Cl.irendon. 
 
 Hercules 
 r'iWErymanthus/«m the foaming boar. DryJ. 
 Oui land is from the rage of ty^crs freed. 
 
 Dryden't, Virgil, 
 
 3. To clear from Impediments or obflruc- 
 tions. 
 
 The chafte Sibylla fliall your ftcps convtsy. 
 And blood of oifer'd viiftims/iw the way. DrtJ. 
 Fierce was the Fglit; but halViiing to his prey, 
 By force the furious io\€r freed his way. D/yd. 
 
 This ir.artcr-kcy 
 Frees every lock, and leads us to his peifon. 
 
 O'ydcn. 
 
 4. To banllh ; to fend away ; to rid. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 We may again 
 Give to our tables meat, Iicep toour nights, 
 F'ee from our leafts and banquets bloody knives. 
 
 SAaifpeare. 
 N-vcrany Sabbath of relcafe 
 Coiild/rf£ his travels and alili^iions deep. Dnniel. 
 J. To exempt. 
 
 i'ur he that is dead hfrce'disem fin, Romans,
 
 F R E 
 
 Frebbo'oter. n. / [frci and booty.'\ A 
 robber ; a plunderer ; a pillager. 
 
 Perkin wjs not followed by any Englidi of 
 name, his forces confuica mortly of bafc people 
 lad fntiomtrs, finer to fpoil a coaft than to re- 
 cover a kingdom. S,:con. 
 Tne eail of Warwick had, as often as he met 
 with any Irifn frigates, or fuch frceiooien as 
 failed under their commiffion, taken all the fea- 
 men. Clareud^n. 
 
 Freebo'oting. »./. Robbery; plunder; 
 the art of pillaging. 
 
 Under it he may cleanly convey any fit pillage, 
 that Cometh handlomcly in his way ; and when 
 he gocth abioad in the night onfreiisatina, it ib 
 his bed and fureft friend. Sptnfir, 
 
 FaEEBOitN. n.f. [fres znA born.] Not 
 a (lave ; inheriting liberty. 
 
 bafenefs, to fupport a tyrant's throne, 
 And criifli yomfrtciain brethren of the world ! 
 
 1 (halJ fpeak my thoughts like a frcelorn fub- 
 jcft, fuch things perhaps as no Dutch commen- 
 tator could, and I am lure no Frenchman durft. 
 
 DryJcn's Mncid, Dedication. 
 %WA\\Jrccbarn men, in humble awe, 
 
 Submit to fervile fiiamc; 
 
 Who from confeni and cuflom draw 
 The fame right to be rul'd by law, 
 
 Which kings pietend to reign? DryJer:. 
 
 Freecha'ppel. n.f. [free and chaj>pel.^ 
 Such chappels as are of the king's 
 foundation, and by him exempted from 
 the jurifdlclion of the ordina'ry. The 
 king may alfo licenfe a fubjed to found 
 fuch a chappel, and by his charter ex- 
 empt it from the ordinary's vifitation. 
 
 Co If I'// 
 
 Fre'ecost. n. / l/ree and coj.] With- 
 out cxpence ; free from chargts. 
 
 Wc miift not vouch any man for an ex:i(ft 
 maflerinthe rules of our modern policy, but 
 fuch a one as has brought himfclf fo far to hate 
 and defpifc the abfurdity of being kind upon 
 frcicft, as not fo much as to tell afiiend what it 
 IS o'clock foi nothing. ' Sv.t!h 
 
 Fre'edman. n.f. [/rW and wdn.] A 
 flave manumitted. Lilertus. 
 
 Tbcfree.'.faan jolHes, a:i(i will be preferr'd ; 
 Firil come, tiril ferv'd, he cries. Drydin. 
 
 Fke'edom. n.f. [from/rff.j 
 I.jLiberty; exemption from fervitude ; 
 independence. 
 
 The laws thcmfelves they do fpccially rage at, 
 as moft ri-pugnaat to their liberty and natural 
 f'"'!""'- Sfenfer on hcla,a. 
 
 OJreedom! firft deligl-.t of humankind! 
 Not that which bondmen from their mailers find, 
 The privilege of doles ; noryet t' infcribe 
 Their names in this or t' other Roman tribe ; 
 Thlt falfeenfianchifement with cafe is found ; 
 Slaves are made citizens by turning lound. D'yd. 
 2. Privileges; franchifes ; immunities. 
 By our holy Sahb::h have I ["worn 
 To have the due and fc rtcit of my bond: 
 V you deny it, let the danger liicht 
 Upon your charter, and your cay' t freedom. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 3- 'J^"'^'' of enjoying franchifes. 
 
 This prince firft gave freedom lo fervants, fo 
 as to become ciliicns of equal priviUges with the 
 relt, wmch very much increafed the power of the 
 P'^'^P^'^- SiLift. 
 
 4. Exemption from fate, ncccfilty, or 
 predetermination. 
 
 I eifc muft change 
 Their nature, and revoke the hiph decree 
 Unchangeable, eternal, which ordain'd 
 Their /»««'»«; they thcmfelves ordain'd their 
 f»'>- MillM. 
 
 F R E 
 
 In every fin, by how much the mote free will 
 is in irs choice, by fo much is the aft the more 
 finful ; and where there is nothing lo importune, 
 urge, or provoke the will to any adt, there is fo 
 much an higher and perfcflcr degree ui freedom 
 about that adl. South. 
 
 5. Unreftraint. 
 
 I will that all the fcafts and fabbaths (hall be 
 all days of immunity ani freedom for the Jews in 
 my i-e;ilm. « i M.ixahces. 
 
 6. The liate of being without any pai- 
 ticiilar evil or inconvenience. 
 
 The freedom of their (late lays them under a 
 greater necelTity of always chufing and doint; the 
 bell things. la:u 
 
 7. Eafe or facility in doing or (howino- 
 any thing. 
 
 Freefo'oted. aJJ. [free zudfoo!.^ Not 
 retrained in the march. 
 
 We will fetters put upon this fear. 
 Which now goes too /rr;y<iO/i;</. Shakff. Ihimlct. 
 
 Freehe'arted. adj. [free and heart. '\ 
 Liberal; unrellrained. 
 
 Love m\i^ freehiiirtiiil be, and voluntary ; 
 .'i.nd not iiiclianted, or by fate conftrain'd. 
 
 X)ti-ules. 
 Freeho'ld. n.f. [free znd ho!d.'\ That 
 land or tenement which a man holds in 
 fee, fee-tail, or for term of life. 
 
 f I Ltio/d in deed is tl-.c real polfeihon of lands 
 or tenements in fee, fee-tail, or for life. Free- 
 li-Jd ill law is the ri.jht that a man has to fiioh 
 land or tenements before his entiy or fcifure. 
 Fr^eiz/d is fomelimes taken in oppofire tovillen- 
 age. Land, in the time of the Saxons, was 
 called either bockland, that is, holdcn by book 
 or writing, or foreland, that is, holdcn, without 
 writing. The former was held by far better 
 conditions, and by the better fort of tenants, as 
 noblemen and gentlemen, being fuch as we now 
 c:.\\\ freehold. The latter was commo'nly in the 
 pufTeiTion of clowns, being that which we now 
 call at the will of the lord. Coivdl. 
 
 No alienation of lands holdcn in chief ■fhould 
 be available, touching the/i««/./'i)r inhciitante 
 thereof, but only where it were made by matter 
 of record. B.uon's 0§:ce of ^■i'lienation. 
 
 There is an unfpeakable pleafure in calling .-.ny 
 thing one's own : -ifrrclioid, though it be but in 
 ice and fnow, will make the owner pleafed in the 
 potTelTion, and flout in ti c defence of it. Addf. 
 My friends here are very few, and fixed to the 
 freeiizli, fro.-n whence nothing but death will re- 
 move them. Siuifi 
 I Ihuuld be^lad to ptiffefs a /Vf^Z'o/.f that could 
 nit be taken from me by any law to which I did 
 not give confent. Sudfi 
 
 Freeholder. «./ [fyoTcifreehoU.'] One 
 who has a freehold. 
 
 As extortion did banilh the old Engllfh/rcc- 
 
 ho'-.ier, who could not live but under li'.e law; fp 
 
 the law did banlOi the IriOi loid, who could not 
 
 live but by extortion. Dit-via. 
 
 Fre'ely. adi). [from/iW.] 
 
 1. At liberty; without vafTalage ; without 
 fiavery ; without dependance. 
 
 2. Without leiiraint ; heartily; with full 
 gu(l. 
 
 It my fon were my holband, I would/r.'f//Vr 
 rejoice in that abfence wncrcin he won honour, 
 than m the emhiactments of his bed, where he 
 would (hew molt love. S/iakfptarcs Ccriol.tmis. 
 
 3. Plentifully; hiviilily. 
 
 I pledge your grace; and if you knew wliat 
 pains 
 I have beftow'd to breed this prefent peace. 
 
 You would drink/rf:-/y. Slmifprure'i Henry IV. 
 
 4. Without fcruple ; without rt-fcrve. 
 
 I-et fuch teach others who theiiifelvcs excel, 
 And cenfurc/i-f.-Vv who have wiitten well. I'ipe. 
 
 5. Without impediment. 
 
 To follow rather tlie Goths in rhyming than the 
 Greeks in true \crfiiying, were even to cat acoin; 
 
 F R E 
 
 with fwinc, when we mzy freely eat wheat-bread 
 among men. Afckam. 
 
 The path to peace is virtue : what I (how, 
 Thyfclf m^y freely on thyfclf btftow ; 
 Fortune was never worihipp'd by the wife ; 
 But fet aloft by fools, ufurps the (kles Dryden. 
 
 6. Without neccffily ; without predeter- 
 minatio;i. 
 
 Freely they flood who flood, and fell who fell. 
 
 He leaves us to chufe with the liberty of lea- 
 fonable beings; they who comply with his grace, 
 comply with ifjreely; aud.they who lejeiUt, do 
 iUo freely lejcd it. _ Roger,. 
 
 7. Frankly; liberally; without coft. 
 
 By nature all things have an equally common 
 ufe: iiatute yVji/v and indilTciently opens the 
 bofoms 01 theuniverfe to all mankind. Siutk. 
 
 8. Spontansoudy ; of its own accord. 
 Fs.e'em.\n. n.f. [frc-e zv.d nian.'\ 
 
 1. One not a (lave ; not a vaflal. 
 
 Had you rather Ca:fjr were living, and die all 
 ilaves, than that Caiiar were dead, to live all 
 f,ec:i:;n.f Shalfpeaie. 
 
 If to break loolc from the conduft of reafon, 
 and to want that reliiaint of examination and 
 judgment which keeps us fiom chufing or doing 
 the word, be liberty^ true liberty, madmen and 
 fouls are only the fieemen. Locke. 
 
 2. One partaking of rights, privileges, or 
 immunities. 
 
 He made as freemen of the continent, 
 What nature did like captives tieat before. DryJ. 
 What this union was is expreiTed in the pre- 
 ceding vcrfe, by their both having teen made 
 freemen on the fame day. yideUfoti. 
 
 Freemi'nded. atij. [free and mind.] 
 Unperplexed ; without load of care. 
 
 To he freemirdedy and cheerfully difpofed at 
 hours of meat, fleep, and exetcifc, is oue of the 
 i)c!l precepts of long tailing. Bacon. 
 
 Fre'eness. n.f. [from/if?.] 
 
 1. T he (late or quality of being free. 
 
 2. Open.ntfs; unrefervednefs ; ingenuouf- 
 nTs ; candour. 
 
 Tiie reader may pardon it, if lie pleafe, for 
 thc_/''c-f».yj of the confefiion. D'yden. 
 
 3. Generofity ; liberality. 
 
 1 hope it will never be faid tl.at the laity, who 
 by the clergy are taught to be charitable, fhali 
 in their corporations exceed the clergy itfelf, and 
 their funs, inyVt-f/irA of giving. Spr,itt. 
 
 Freescho'ol. n.f. [free and fchooL] A 
 fcb.ool in which learning is given with- 
 out pay. 
 
 To give a civil education to the youth of this 
 lanil in the lime lo come, provifion was made by 
 another law, that there Ihould be one freefeaool at 
 Jealt ere<^ted in every diocefe. Deiiiici. 
 
 Two clergymen ilood candidates for a fmall 
 freejchool\ a gentleman who iiappened to have a 
 better undcrlxanding than his neighbours, pro- 
 cured the place for him who was the better 
 fchol.ir. Sivift. 
 
 Fkkespo'ken. adj. [free and fpoien.] 
 /^cctillomed to (peak wi;hout relerve. 
 
 Ncrva one night fupptri pii\ately with fomc fix 
 or fcven ; amoi%(l whom theie was one that was 
 a dangerous man, and began fo take tiie like 
 Gourfes as Maiccllus and R^uhis had done : the 
 emperor fell into difcourfe of the injufiice and 
 tyranny of the former time, and, by name, of 
 tiie two accufcrs ; and faid, what ihould we do 
 - with them, as if wc had them now? One of them 
 that w.is at fupper, and w.is .xfreeffcien fenatur, 
 faid, Marty, they Ihould fup with us. Bacon, 
 
 Fr e'estone. n.y. [jOrc and_y?0Hf.] Stone 
 commonly ufcd in budding. 
 
 Fieejiofie is fo named from its being of fuch a 
 
 conrtiiuiion as to be wrought and cut freely 111 
 
 any diicdlion. Jfiod-ivarJ. 
 
 I faw her hand ; Ihe has a leathern hand, a 
 
 /'<y/?c«i-colourcU haod. Shaif/ean.
 
 •v. n. ipvclcr .yroze, [^vriejen, 
 
 F R E 
 
 TI;t flrects arc gcnenlly paved with brick or 
 fntjU-ti, andal\v:iys ktpt \ciy iicat. ,-y./,ryiv. 
 Freethi'nker. n. /. {free and lhir.k.'\ 
 h libfrtino ; a contcinner of religion. 
 
 Ailioift is 311 olil-fjlliioncd woid : 1' ni ^f'rc- 
 thi-.ker, child. Ad.iijm. 
 
 or wliat iilo is ficcclom of thought, if it will 
 not produce freedom of aaion, which is the folc 
 end, how remote (oe^er in appearance, of all ub- 
 jffliuns agaiiift chriiiianiiy ? and thcrclore ilic 
 />«.',';mif>! confider it as an edifice, wherein all 
 the parts have fuch a murtial dcpcnd.ince on c.icit 
 other, that if you pull cut one fiuglc nail, the 
 whole fabrick muft fall to the ground. Siviji. 
 
 Frefwi'li.. n.f. [/)ff and a'/V/.] 
 
 1. rile power of diicding our own ;ic)ioii3 
 withojt relliv.int by nccefiity or fate. 
 
 We have a power to fuTpcnd the profccution oi 
 this or that defirc : this fcems to mc the fourcc 
 of all liberty ; in tliis feems'to confift that which 
 is ioipropcily cmWA freetviU. Locke. 
 
 2. Voluntariiicls; fpontaneity. 
 
 I make a liecrec, that .ill they of the people of 
 Ifracl in my. realm, which are minded of their 
 uwnfieiiuill to go up to Jerufalem, go with tlicc 
 
 Ex.r., 
 
 Freewo'man. n.f. [free and ivo:r.an.'] 
 A \\ oiiian not enlkved. 
 
 All her ornaments are taken away of a fee- 
 tvaman ; ihc is become a bondilavc. i Miiccabea. 
 
 To Fkekze 
 Dutch.] 
 
 2. To be congealed with cold. 
 
 Tlie aqueous humour of tiic eye will not/rrfK 
 which is very admirable, feeing it hath the pcr- 
 fpicuiiy and Huinity of common water. Ray. 
 
 The Jrtezirtg of water, or the blowing of a 
 plant, leturning at cquidiitant periods in all 
 parts of the earth, would as well ferve men to 
 reckon their years by as the motions of tbclun. 
 
 JLr^cie. 
 
 3. To be of that degree of cold by which 
 water is congealed. 
 
 Oipheuswiih his lute made trees 
 And mountain tops, that^ffc-zf, 
 Buw themfehes when he did ling.. Shakfpe.ire. 
 
 Thou .".rtall ice, tiiy kindnefs/rf^ijf t. Shakjp. 
 
 Heav'nyV&^cf above ftvere, the clouds cong.al, 
 
 And thro' the ciyllal vault appcar'd the Itanding 
 
 hail. Dry.Un. 
 
 To Freeze, v. a. pret. fn'ze; 
 fri;-x,en or froze. 
 
 1. To conj;eal with cold. 
 
 2. To kill by cold. 
 
 When we both lay in the field, 
 Frtzcn almoft to death, how did he lap mc, 
 Ev'n in his garments ! SiutkJ. Rich.ird iii. 
 
 My malier and miftiefs aie almofl" fx-ztn to 
 death. Shdkjfcorc. 
 
 3. To chill by the lofs of power or motion. 
 
 I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, 
 That almoft/rfcxt'r up the heat of life. Shakjp 
 
 Death came on amain. 
 And exercis'il below his iron reign ; 
 Then upward to the feat of life he goes ; 
 Senfe fled before him, what he touch'd he froze. 
 
 To Freight, v. a. -pxittx. freighted ; 
 part, fraught ; which being now ufed 
 as an adjeftive, freighted is adopted. 
 [fritter, French.] 
 
 1 . To load a fliip or vefTel of carriage with 
 goods for tranfportation. 
 
 The princes 
 Have to the port of Athens fent their (hip'j, 
 Fruugr'it with the minifters and inftruraents 
 
 Of cruel war. Sliakfp. Troilus andC-fJlJa, P'ot. 
 
 Nor is, indeed, that man lefs mad than thefe, 
 "Who/rf/g/'-'j a Ihip to venture on the leas ; 
 With one frail interpofing plank to iave 
 I'lom certain death^ roU'd on bv cv'iy wave. 
 
 X)'j'iic;i'i fuvcrial. 
 
 F R E 
 
 part. 
 
 Trifghliil with iron, from her native land 
 I fteer my voyage. I'ljie'i O.lypy. 
 
 2. To load as the burden ; to be the 
 thing with which a veiTcl is freighted. 
 
 1 would 
 Have funk the fca within the caitli, or ere 
 It fhould the good (hip fo have I'wallow'd, and 
 The ]' fighting fouls within her. Shakfpcuie. 
 
 Freight, n.f. 
 
 1. Any thing with which a fhip is loaded. 
 He clears the deck, receives the miglity//</<;*/; 
 
 The leaky veffcl gro.ms beneath the weight. 
 
 Vrydvt 
 
 2. The money due for tranfportation of 
 goods. 
 
 Fse'ichter. n.f. [fretteur, French.] 
 
 He who freights a veffcl. 
 Fren. «. f. A lirangcr. An old word 
 wholly forgotten here ; but retained in 
 Scotland. Beattie. 
 
 But now from me his madding mind is it.rit. 
 And wooes the widow's daughter of the glen ; 
 A.nd now fairRofalind hath bred his fmart, 
 So now his friend is changed for a/ifi. .^ferfer. 
 FRENCH Chtili. n.f An indurated clay, 
 extremely denfe, of a fmooth glod'y 
 fiirface, and foft and unftuous to the 
 touch ; of a greyilh white colour, va- 
 riegated with a duflcy green. Hi!/. 
 Frcnefi cluilk is iindluous to the touch, as 
 fieatites is, but harder, and nearer approaching 
 the conriltence of ftonc M''-oc!. 
 To Fri'nchify. -v. a. [from French.'] 
 To infcft with the manner of France ; 
 to make a coxccjmb. 
 
 Thcv milliked nothing more in king Edward the 
 Confcii'or than t hat he w .s Frcnchijie.t; and account- 
 ed the dcfirc of foreign language then to he a fore- 
 token of bringing in loreign powers, which indeed 
 happened. C.-.'n^ien^s Remaiin. 
 
 Has he familiarly diflik'd 
 Your yellow ftarch, or laid your doublet 
 Was notexadlly ¥1 tnchifitd ? Slinkjpeare. 
 
 Fre'netick. adj. [frenetiqiie, French; 
 ^--;«-.:Tii'-: i generally therefore written 
 phrenetick.] Mad; dillrafted. 
 
 He himfelf impotent. 
 By mean of \i\sfrcmtick malady. 
 
 D.ini.-j's Civil Iftir. 
 Fre'nzy. n.f. [BfE.iric ; phrenitis, Latin : 
 whence /ihrenelify, phrenetfy, phrcnzy,or 
 frerf^y.'] Madnels ; dillraction of mind ; 
 alienation of underllanding ; any violent 
 pafiion approaching to niadnefs. 
 
 That knave, Ford, hath the finell mad devil 
 of jealoufy in him that ever governed/'cni)'. 
 
 Shakfpeare's Merry IVlvii "f t'l'indjor. 
 True furtitude is fecn in gieat exploits. 
 That juftice warrants, and that wil'dom guides ; 
 All elfe is touring/ic"r^and diftraflion. j'.ddif. 
 Why fuch a dilpofition of the body induccth 
 flci-p, another riifturbs all the operations of the 
 foul, and occafion's a lethargy or frinz-y : this 
 knowledge exceeds our narrow faculties. 
 
 £e^t'iy. 
 
 Fre'quence. n.f. [frequence, French; 
 fequentia, Latin.] Crowd; concourfe ; 
 afTctnbly. 
 
 'V\ttfreijuenceo(- degree, 
 From high to low tl roughour. Shakfpeare. 
 
 He, in {\i\\ frequence bright 
 Of angels, thus to Gabriel fmiling fpake. Milir.n. 
 Fre'quency. n.f. [frequentia, Latin.] 
 I. Common occurrence; the condition of 
 being often fcen or done. 
 
 Should a miiaclo he indulged to one, othcis 
 would think thenifclves eiiually entitled to it ; 
 and if indulged to many, it would no longer 
 h.^vc the cffedl of a miracle: its force and intlu- 
 cnce would be loll by the frequency of it. 
 
 yjtierliury. 
 
 F R E 
 
 2.. Concourfe; full afTembiy. 
 
 Thou cnm'A cic while into this fenatc : v!tO 
 Of luch :\fcijiie'icy, fo many friends 
 And kindled thou hall here, faluted thee ? 
 
 Ben J',':f'ii^i Catiline. 
 
 FRE'QUENT. adj. [/«ju<'«/, Fiench ; 
 frequens, Latin.] 
 
 1. Often done; often fcen; often oc- 
 curring. 
 
 Thi:Ji<ij!ienter thcfc limes arc, the h»tfcr. 
 
 Di'ty cj A/jiT 
 An ancient and imperial city falls; 
 The ftrects arc fill'd «ith/rry/i.«/ funerals. Jiryd. 
 F'tliitnt herles fliall hcliog-- your gates. I'vft. 
 
 2. Ufcd often to praciile any thing. 
 The chrlftians of the fiill tiniei were gencrall/ 
 
 frequent in the prac'iicc of it. Duty of Mtin. 
 
 Every man thinks he may pretend to any em- 
 ploynicii', provided Ik' has been loud and /'f- 
 querit in declaring himklf hearty for the govern- 
 ment. Siuift. 
 
 3. Fii'l of concourfe. 
 
 Fre-jucnt and full. MTton. 
 
 To Freque .NT. 1'. a. [frequenio, Latin; 
 
 frequenter, French.] I'o vifit often ; to 
 
 be much in any place ; to refort often to. 
 
 Tncy ill latter d.'y, 
 Finding in it fit poits for filhtr's trade, 
 'Gan more tlie UnKfrcq-uni, and further to in- 
 vade. Sfcnjt-r. 
 There were fynagogues for men to refoit unto : 
 our Saviour himfelf and the apolHes frequeuied 
 them. Ihoker. 
 
 Tf is fellow here, this thy creature. 
 By night yrfy;/r»i/! my honfe.. Shakff, Timan, 
 At that time this land was known and fre- 
 quented by the (hips and veflels. Bmiii. 
 
 With tears 
 Wat'rlrg the ground, and with our fighs the air 
 Frrqucniing, fent from hearts contrite, in fign 
 Of forrow unfcign'd, and humiliation meek. 
 
 Mi.'ten. 
 To ferve my friends, the fenate I/rfyr/tvr/ ; 
 And there what I before digefted, vent. Den/rjrK. 
 
 That he frequented the court of Auguftus, and ' 
 w'as well received in it, is moll undoubted. 
 
 13/ vdfn, 
 
 Frec^ue'ntable. adj. [horn frequetit. 2 
 Converfable ; acceflible. Not now ufed, 
 but not inelegant. 
 
 While youth lafled in him, the exercifes of that 
 age and his iiumour not yet fully difcovered, 
 made him fomcwhat the more frcquentu/de and 
 let's d.ingeious. Sidney. 
 
 Freque'ntative. adj. [frequentatif, Tr. 
 frequcntatii'us, Latin.] A grammatical 
 term applied to verbs fignifying the fre- 
 quent repetition of an action. 
 Fkevvue'nter. n. f. [from frequent."] 
 One who often reforts to any place. 
 Pcrfons under had imput.dions are no great 
 frequenters of churches. Stvift. 
 
 FRE'oyENTLy. adv. [frequenter, Latin.] 
 Often ; commonly ; not rarely ; not 
 feldom ; a conliderable number of times; 
 manifold times. 
 I could not, witho'it much grief; obferve how 
 frequently both gentlemen and ladies are at a 
 lofs forqueftions and anfwers. Sii.ifl. 
 
 FRESCO, n.f [Italian.] 
 
 1. Coolnefs ; fhatJe ; duflcinefs, like thai 
 of the evening or morning. 
 
 Hcllifh fprires 
 Love more th( frcf.o of the nights. Pribr. 
 
 2. A pifture not drawn in glaring light, 
 but in duflc. 
 
 He.-c thy w<li-l1udy*d marbles fix our eye ; 
 A fading _/>/c/f5 hore demands a figh. Fopr. 
 
 FRESH, adj. [pper'^j Saxon; fraifciey 
 
 French.] 
 I J Cool ; not vapid with heat,
 
 F R-E 
 
 1 '11 cull the farthc-a meari for thy rcp.ift ; 
 The cholceft hcibs I to thy board will bring, 
 And draw thy waur from iiie/'.y/5^? fpting. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 2. Not fa!t. 
 
 They keep thcmfclves unmixt with the fait 
 water; fo tiiat, a very great way within the fea, 
 men may take up as f"jh water as if they were 
 near the land. Jlh!,:i's Dejcrif. of iki tVirU. 
 
 3. New ; not had before. 
 
 No burrow'd bays bis temples did adoin. 
 But to our croivn he i\Afr'fn\^-st\% bring. D'yi. 
 
 4. New ; not impaired by time. 
 
 This ftcond fourcc of mcn^ while yet but few, 
 And while the dread of judgment paft remain 
 yrij'n in their minds, fearing the Deity, 
 With fome regard to what is juftand right. 
 Shall lead their lives. MUtoi'i Pur. Loft 
 
 That love whicli lirft w.is fet, will fnft decay ; 
 Mine of 3.frejhrr date will longerllay. Drydert. 
 
 5. In a ftate like that of recentncfs. 
 
 We will revive thofe times, and inoar .nicniories 
 Prefervc and itill kcep/»<>« like flowers in w.ittrs. 
 
 Derthiwi. 
 Witl-rfuch a care 
 As rofes from their ftalks we tear. 
 When we wonld ftiU prtlerve them new, 
 Aaifrtjh as on the bufh they grew. IValler. 
 
 Thou fun, faid I, fair light ! 
 And thou enligiiten'd earth, (oj'reji and gay ! 
 
 i/Hllon. 
 Think not, 'caufe men flatt'rinj fay, 
 Y' Mzfnjh as April, fwcct as M.iy, 
 Bright as is the morning Itar, 
 Tiiat you are fo. Care-.v. 
 
 6. Recent ; newly come. 
 
 Amidft the fpnits Palinurus prefs'd ; 
 Ytlfrtjli from life, a new admitted gueft. Dryi. 
 
 Frejh from the fact, as in the prefent cafe, 
 The criminals are fciz'd upon the place j 
 Stiff in denial, as the law appoint?. 
 On engines they diUend their fortur'd joints. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 7. Repaired from any lofs or diminution. 
 
 Nor lies (belong; but as as her fates ordain, ^ 
 Springs up to life, and f'cjh to fccond pain ; i 
 Is fav'd to-d-iy, to morrow to he fi.tin. Dryd. J 
 
 8. Florid ; vigorous ; cheerful ; uiifaded ; 
 unimpaired. 
 
 Thi<i pope is dccrepid, and the bell goeth for 
 him ; take order that when he is dead thej-e be 
 chofen a pope oi frij7i years, between fifty and 
 thrcclcore. Bacon i Holy IVar. 
 
 Two fwains 
 Trtfi as the morn, and as the feafon fair. Fo^t, 
 
 9. Healthy in countenance ; ruddy. 
 
 T-cIl me 
 Haft thou beheld a firj/itr gentlewoman. 
 Such war of white and red within her cheeks ? 
 
 Shuliff/curt'. 
 
 It is no rare obfcrvation in England to fee a 
 
 frtjh coloured Kifty young man yoked to a con- 
 
 fumptivc female, and him focn after attending 
 
 her to her grave. Harvey on Cznfumptioni. 
 
 They rcprefent to themfelves a ihoul'and poor, 
 
 tall, innocent, frrji colouicd young gentlemen. 
 
 .V./,.'//i>«-ii/..v.:/: . 
 
 10. Brifk; ftrong ; vjgorous. 
 
 As a /' /X gale of wind tills the fails of a ihip. 
 
 HM:r. 
 
 11. Fading: oppofed to eating or drinking. 
 A low word. 
 
 12. Sweet: oppofed to ftale or (linking. 
 FjiESH. n.f. Water not fait. 
 
 He Ihiill drink nought but time ; for I'll not 
 (hew him 
 Where the quick frijlin are. i>h,,lfpea>r. 
 
 Zi> Fre'shen. v. a. [ivom frej]).'] To 
 make frefh. 
 
 Preclufivc drops let all their moifture (low 
 In large cffufton o'er the frtjhen'd world. 
 
 Tliomfan'' i Spring. 
 
 T#Fre'suen. f . «. Togrowfrcfli. 
 
 F R E 
 
 A fiejtt:ni*.g breeze the magick power fupply'd, 
 Wiiile the wing'd velTcl riew along the tide. » 
 
 Vopc^i OdjJTy. 
 
 Fre'shet. n.f. [fiom_/rg^.] A pool of 
 frefii water. 
 
 All fi(h from fea or (hore, 
 Tnjliit or purling Iruyk, 01 (h-.ll or (in. Milton, 
 
 Fre'shlv. ad^j. [from y^tvS.] 
 
 1 . Cooly. 
 
 2. Newly; in the former ftate renewed. 
 Tiic weeds of hciefy being grown- unto fuch 
 
 ripcnefs as that was, do, even in the very cutting 
 down, flatter oftentimes thofe feeds wiiich fpr a 
 while lie unfecn and buried in the earth ; but 
 afterwaids/'-f/?.^' fpring up again, uo Icfs perni- 
 cious than at the (irft. Hoikcr. 
 
 Then (hall our names, 
 Familial in their mouth as houOiold words, 
 Be in tiieir flowing cups/ft/5/>' remcmber'd. 
 
 Siiakfpecirt^i Henry v. 
 They are now frejitiy in diffetenci with them. 
 
 Bacon, 
 I . With a healthy look ; ruddily. 
 
 Looks he zsfrrplf as he'Hid the day he wreftled? 
 
 ShcikfpC.llC. 
 
 Fre'shvess. n.f. [fromy/r/7j.] 
 
 1. Newiiefs; vigour; fpirit ; the con- 
 trary to vapldnefs. 
 
 Moll odorous fmell beft broken or crulhed ; 
 but (lowers prelTed or beaten, do lok the frcjnnejl 
 and IVeetnel's of their odour. Bnron. 
 
 2. Freedom from diminution by time ; 
 not ftalenefs. 
 
 For the conllant frtjkn?fi of it. It is fuch a 
 pleifure as can never cloy or overwork the mind ; 
 for furcly no man was ever weary of thinking, 
 that he had done well or virtuoufiy. South. 
 
 3. Freedom from fatigue ; newnefs of 
 ftrtngth. 
 
 The Scots had the advantage both for number 
 and frfjhmji of men. Hayivard, 
 
 4. Coolnefs. 
 
 There arc fome rooms in Italy and Spain for 
 jrijhnej!, and gathering the winds and air in the 
 lic.its of fummer ; but they be but pennings of 
 the winds, and enlarging them again, and mak- 
 ing them reveibevate in ciicles. Bacon, 
 
 S.1V, if (he plcafe, fhc hither may repair. 
 And breathe the Jrejhmfi of the open air. 
 
 Dryden's .Aureng-zehe. 
 She laid her down to re(t. 
 And to ti-.e winds expos'd her glowing brea(t, 
 To take the fiejlmeji of the moining air. jiddif, 
 
 5. Ruddinefs ; colour of health. 
 
 The fccret venom, circling in her veins, 
 Works through her (kin, and-butlls in bloating 
 
 llains ; 
 Her cheeks their JrejJin:f% lofc and wonted grace, 
 And an unufual palcnefs fpreads her fiice. 
 
 Granville. 
 
 6. Freedom from faltnefs. 
 
 Freshwa'ter. [A compound word of 
 frfli and -water, ufed as an adjeftive.] 
 Raw; unfiiilled ; unacquainted. Alow 
 term borrowed from the tailors, who 
 lligmatize thofe who come firll to fea as 
 frefhiuater men or novices. 
 
 Thofe noi'Ility, as frejliivater foldiers which 
 had ncvxr feen but fome light (kiimillies, in their 
 vain bravery made light account of the Turks. 
 A'vo/.'Vj' Hijhry of the Tuiks. 
 
 FRET. n.f. [Of this word the etymo- 
 l(>gy is very doubtful : fome derive it 
 from pf.etan, to eat ; others from 
 )rp<i"pan, to adorn ; fome from ^i.tt^ ; 
 Siiiintr more probably from fremo, or 
 the trench fretltkr : perhaps it comes 
 immediately from the Latin //Whot.] 
 
 I. A frith, or ftrait of the fea, where the 
 water by confinement is always rough. 
 S 
 
 F R E 
 
 EurJpus generally fignificili any flrait, fnt^ or 
 channel of the fea, running between two fhores. 
 
 2. Any agitation of liquors by fermen- 
 tation, confinement, or other caufe. 
 
 Of this river the furface is covered with frotk 
 and bubbles ; fur it luns along upon the frefj 
 and IS rtill breaking againlt the Hones that oppofc 
 its paiTage. AdJifon or. //*//>■. 
 
 The blood in a fever, if wcH governed, like 
 wine upon tiie fret, difchargeth itlclf of hetero- 
 geneous mixtures. Derhatn. 
 
 3. That Itop of the miifical inllrument 
 which caafes or regulates the vibrations 
 of the iliing. 
 
 1 1 requireth good winding of a firing before it 
 will make any note; and, In the lops of lutes, 
 the higher they go, the lefs diftance is between 
 the frets. Bacun'i Nalural Hijhry, 
 
 The harp 
 Had work, and reited not : the folemn pipe 
 And dulcimer, all organs of fwect ftop. 
 All founds on fret by rtring or golden wire, 
 Temper'd foK tunings, imermix'd with voice 
 Choral or unifon. Mi/ton's Pjradife Loji. 
 
 They are fitted to anfwcr the moft variable 
 harmony : two or three pipes to all tbole of a 
 chuj-ch*orgar., or to all the lirings and fitts of a 
 lute. Grew-s Cofmo/og. Sac. 
 
 4. Woik rifing in protuberances. 
 
 The fr^rs of houfes, and all equal figures, 
 pleafe ; whereas unei^ual figures are but deformi- 
 ties. Jiuc7n's N.itui<il Hljloty. 
 
 We take delight in a profpedl well laid our, 
 and diveifified with fields and meadows, woods 
 and rivers, in the curious fret works of rocks 
 and grntlos. Spt&ator. 
 
 5. Agitation of the mind ; commotion of 
 temper ; paffion. 
 
 Caimnefs is gieat advantage : he that lets 
 Another cnafc, may warm at his fire, 
 
 Mark, all his wandVings, and enjoy his fret-y 
 As cunning fencers kiffer heat to tire, lierbert. 
 
 The incredulous Pheac, having yet 
 Drank but one round, reply'd in fobcr fret, 
 
 Tate^s y-u-venaU 
 You, too weak, the flighted lofs to bear, 
 Are on tUt fret of palBon, boil and rage. 
 
 Creech's fieiienal. 
 Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; 
 I never anfwcr*d, I was not in debt. p4/«f. 
 
 To Fret. r. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To agitate violently by external im- 
 pulfe or adiiion. 
 
 You mny as well forbid the mountain pines 
 To wag their high tops, and to make a noife 
 Wlien they 2.kq fretted yf}\X\\ the gurts of heav'n. 
 
 Shahf^eare. 
 
 2. To wear away by rubbing. 
 
 Drop thero lliU upon one p^acc, 
 Till they have fretted us a piir of gra\e5 
 Within the carili. ShakjoeareU Riuh.ird ii. 
 
 In the banks of rivers, with the waftiing of 
 tl.e water, thcie were divers times fretted out 
 big pieces of gold. Abbots 
 
 Kcftjre I ground the objc(J\ metal on the pitch, 
 J always ground the put:y on it with the concave 
 copper, 'till ithaddoneniakin;;anoirc ; becaufe, 
 if tiie particles of the putty were not made to 
 Hick fart in the pitch, ihty would, by rolliRg up 
 and down, giatc and /r<rr the objc^S nieral, and 
 fill it full of little holes. Ncxvton^s O^ticks, 
 
 3. To hurt by attrition, 
 
 Antony 
 Is valiant and dcjedled ; and, by flaits. 
 His fretted fotumes give him hope and fear 
 Of wl..it he has and has not. Shakfpeare, 
 
 4. To corrode ; to eat away. 
 
 It is fret inward, whether it be bare within or 
 without. Lci iticus. 
 
 The p;iinfu1 hufhand, plowing up his ground. 
 Shall find v^W fet with ruft, both fikes and 
 
 fhiclds, 
 And empty helms imdcr his iwrrow found. 
 
 HakewHh
 
 F R E 
 
 5. To form into ralfed work. 
 
 Nor did tlnre want 
 Cornice or ficcic, with bufTy fcuiptures grav'n ; 
 The roof w;is fniteJguM. M':!tm. 
 
 6. To variegate ; to divcrfify. 
 
 Yon gr«y lines, 
 That/rcY tlie clouds, .Tie mcfljiigcr^ of day. 
 
 ShakJ^ta. c\ yu'iui Cjejar. 
 
 7. To make angry ; to vex. 
 
 The better pan with Mary and with Ruth 
 Chofcii thou hart, and tl.cy that ovei-wccn. 
 And at thy growing viitucs frci their fpUen, 
 Ko anger find in thee, but pity ancf truth. 
 
 Milttin. 
 
 Becaufe thou haft fnttei me in all thtfc things, 
 
 beliold I will iccompcncc thy way upon tliinc 
 
 head. Extkul 
 
 Such an cxpe^ation, cries one, will never come 
 
 to pal's: therefore I'll c\z-a give it up, and go and 
 
 fret my fell. Lotiicr. 
 
 Injuries from friends fret and gall more, and 
 
 the memory of tiicm is not fo eafily obliterated. 
 
 .-Irbuthnol': Hijiary of John Bull. 
 
 To Fret. -u. n. 
 
 t. To be in commotion ; to be agitated- 
 No benefits wlutfocver fliall ever alter or allay 
 that diabolical rancour, that freti and ferments 
 in lome hclhlh breads, but that it will foam out 
 in flander and invtdlive. S^utlt. 
 
 Th' adjoining brook, that purls along 
 The vocal grove, now fretting o'er a rock, 
 Now fcarcely moving through a reedy pool. 
 
 T/tOfitfcn's Summer. 
 
 2. To be worn away; to be corrotied. 
 Take a piece of glovers leather that is very thin, 
 
 and put your gold therein, with fal arinoniack, 
 binding it clofe, and than hang it up : the fal 
 armoniack will yV« away, and the gold remain 
 behind. Piackam on Dratuinp 
 
 3. To make way by attrition or corrofion. 
 
 Thcfc do but indeed icrapc off the exuberances, 
 or fet into the wood, and therefore they arc \ eiy 
 feldom ufed to loft wjod. Moxon. 
 
 It inriamcd and fweiled very much ; many 
 wheals aiofc, and fretted one into another with 
 great excoiiation. iVif:m"n . 
 
 4. To be angry ; to be peevifli ; to vex 
 himfelf. 
 
 They trouble themfelves with fretting at the 
 ignoiancc of fuch as withftaud them in their 
 opinion. Hooker. 
 
 We arc in a fretting mind at the chuich of 
 Rome, and with angry difpolition enter into co- 
 gitation. Hooker. 
 
 Helplefs, what may it boot 
 To fret for anger, or for grief to moan ! 
 
 Ykii^y Queen. 
 Their wounded ftceds 
 Fret fetlock deep in gore, and with tt ild rage 
 Yctk out their armed heels ai Uu-ir dead nialters. 
 S/iakfpeare*l Henry v. 
 Be lion-metrlcd, proud, and take no c.irc 
 Who chafes, who freti, or where confpirers are. 
 S akff>e.ire*i ^hebeth. 
 His heart freiieth ag.iirft the Lord. Troveth 
 Hudihras Jrttting 
 Conqueft (hould be fo long a getting,' 
 Drew up Ins toice. Hudilinxi. 
 
 He f«ells with wrath, he makes outr.-.geous 
 muan. 
 He fret!, he fumes, he i'.ares, he ftamps the 
 g'Ound Dryden. 
 
 How lliuuld I flit to mangle ev'ry line. 
 In rcv'rence to ihc fins of thutv-nine. Vofe. 
 
 Fke'tful. adj. [from fret.'\ Angry; 
 pcevirti ; in a ftate of vexation. 
 
 Tliy kiiotiy and combined lock> to part, 
 And each p.iriiciilar hair to ilaad on end. 
 Like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Shaifp 
 
 Where 's the king ? 
 — Contending with tiic /i-iV/u/ elements ; 
 Bids the winft blow the caith into the fca. Shakf. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 F R I 
 
 Tlicy arc cxticmely/rc//(</and pcevilh, never 
 well at rcfl ; but always calling for this or that, 
 or changing their poliuic of lying or fitting. 
 
 Hatt'ey on Confumptioni. 
 Arc you pofitlvc and fretful f 
 Hecdlrfs, ignorant, forgetful ? Stuift. 
 
 Fre'ti'ully. ati-u. [from jO-cZ/u/.] Pee- 
 
 vidily. 
 Fre'tfulness. n. /. [from /«//«/.] Faf- 
 
 fion ; pcevifhnefs, 
 Fre'ttv. aelj. [ivomfret.'] Adorned with 
 
 raifed work. 
 FuiABi'LiTY. n. f. [from /r/ai5/c.] Ca- 
 pacity of being cafily reduced to powder. 
 H.irdinefs, _/"//j/)///V_v, and power to draw iron, 
 arc ijualitics to be found in a loadilone. Loeie. 
 FRIABLE, adj. [friaik, French; frU 
 aiiiAV, Latin.] Eaiily cruaib'.cd ; caiily 
 reduced to powder. 
 
 A fpungy excrefcencc growcth upon the roots of 
 the lafer-lrec, and fomelinics on cedar, very- 
 white, light, and friable^ which we callagarick. 
 Bacon' i Natural Hijiory. 
 The liver, of all the vifccta, is the moft //■/- 
 tibli, and ealily crumbled or dilfolvcd. Arbuth. 
 FRFAR. n.f. [A corruption oi frere, 
 French.] A religious; a brother of 
 fome regular order. 
 Holy Francifcan y>/rfr .' brother! ho! Sbakfp. 
 All the priefts and ftiiirs in my realm. 
 Shall in procefiion fmg her cndlefs praifc. Sb.ikfp. 
 He *s but a friar ^ but he 's big enough to be 
 
 a pope, I)ry.icn. 
 
 Many jefuits and ftiari went about, in the 
 ditguife of prefbyterian and intiepcndant minif- 
 ters, to preach up rebellion. Siuift. 
 
 A jriar would need Ihew his talent in Latin. 
 
 Sivft. 
 Fri'arlikb. adj. [from friar.} Mo- 
 nallick ; unbilled in tlie world. 
 
 Their friarlike general would the next day 
 make one holyday in the chrilfian calendars, in 
 remembrance of thirty thoufand Hungarian mar- 
 tyrs (lain of the Turks, Knollei. 
 
 Fri'arly. ailj. [///ar and/iiff.] Like a 
 a friar, or man untaught in Ufe. 
 
 Seek not proud riches, hut fuch as thou may'ft 
 get jullly, ufe fobcrly, diitribute cheerfully, and 
 leave contentedly; yet have no abftradt norf'i- 
 rtr/y contempt of them. Baeon'i E£ayj. 
 
 Far'.^RscowL. n.f. [yr/'a/- and coW.] A 
 plant. It agrees with arum, from which 
 it differs only in having a flower re- 
 fembling a cowl. 
 Fri'ary. n.f. [from/Wa>-.] A monaflery 
 
 or convent of friars. 
 Fri'ary. adj. Like a friar. 
 
 Francis Cornfield did fcratch his elbow when 
 he had fwettly invented to fignify his name, St. 
 Francis, witn a /'/<jy cowi in a corn field. 
 
 Cum'len's Kemarkt. 
 
 To FRFEHLE. -v. n. To trifle. 
 
 Th.mgh ciie.Tts, yet more inlel.igible 
 Tii.in ihofcthat with the ftars do fibble. Hu.lii. 
 Fri'ijbler. n.f. [from the verb.] A 
 trilltr. 
 
 Af'tbi.'er is one who prc^felTes raprurc for the 
 woman, and diearis her confcnt. ipcOaior. 
 
 FRICASSE'E. ti. f. [French.] A diHi 
 made by cutting chickens or other finall 
 things in pieces, and drelfingthem with 
 iiiong fatice. 
 Oh, how would Homer praife their dancing 
 dogs, 
 Their ftinliing cheefe, and frieacy of frogs ! 
 He'd raile no fabler, fing no flagtant lye. 
 Of boys with curtard choak'd at NcwLeiiy. 
 
 King. 
 
 Fkica'tion. »./ [/r/Va/;/?, Latin.] The 
 ac\ of rubbing one thing agaiuft another. 
 
 F R I 
 
 Gentle /r/caf/5/jdraweth forth thenourifliihent^ 
 by making the parts a little hungry, and iieatinj 
 ti.em : this /r/cario/i I wi(h to be done in the 
 morning. Bacsn'i Natural Hiff.ry. 
 
 Rcfinousor unftuoiis bodies, and fuch .i» will 
 flame, attraift vigoroufiy, and moft tliT iti w\\'n' 
 (jLit f I ieationf as good hard wax, whicii will con- 
 vert the needle atmoll as actively as the 1 os'^ftonr. 
 
 Brown. 
 
 Fri'ction. n.f l/riLlion, French ; fiulio, 
 iromfricOy Latin.] 
 
 1. The afl of rubbing two bodies together. 
 
 Do not all bodies which abound with tcrreftrial 
 pttrts, and efpecially wilii fulphureous ones, emit 
 light as often as thofe parts arc fufficicntlyngitated, 
 whether the agitation be made by heat, friQion, 
 peicullion, putrefaiition, or by any vital motion ? 
 Netvton's Optiekl. 
 
 2. The refiftance in machines caiifvd by 
 the motion of one body upon another. 
 
 3. Medical rubbing with the flefhbrufh or 
 cloths, 
 
 Hiflions make the parts more flefhy and full, 
 as we fee both in men and in the cun7ing of 
 horfes ; for that they diaw a greater tjuanlity of 
 fpirits to the parts. Bacon. 
 
 Fri'day. n.f. [ppigebSj, Saxon.] The 
 fixth day of the week, fo named of 
 Frcja, a Saxon deity. 
 
 An' ftic were not kin to me, flie would be as 
 fair on Friday as Helen is on Sunday. Shakfpeme. 
 
 For Venus like her day, will change her cheer, 
 And feldom Ihall we fee a Friday clear. Dryder. 
 
 FRIEND, n.f. [-ur/Vni/, Dutch ; pjieonb, 
 Saxon.] This word, with its derivatives, 
 is pronounced frend, frcndly : the i 
 totally negletled. 
 
 1. One joined to another In mutual benevo- 
 lence and intimacy ; oppofed to foe or 
 enemy. 
 
 Friends of my foul, you twain 
 Rule in tliis realm, and the got'd flate fuffain. 
 
 Shakfpe^tre, 
 
 Some man is ^ fiiend for his own occafion, 
 
 and will not abide in the day of thy trouble. Ecdes. 
 
 God's benifon ^o with you, and with thofe 
 That would milic good of bad, and fiends of 
 foes. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Wonder not to fee this foul extend 
 The bounds, and feek fome other felf, a frirnj. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. One without hoftile intentions. 
 
 Who comes fo faft in filence of tlic night > 
 — .•\ friend. 
 — WhiC fri/nd ' yciir name ? ShakCpeare, 
 
 3. One reconciled to another ; this is put 
 by the cuftom of the language fomewhat 
 irregularly in the plural number. 
 
 He 's friends with Csfar, 
 
 In flate of health thou fay'ft, and thou fay'ft 
 
 free. Shakfye.tri. 
 
 My fon came then into my mind j and yet my 
 
 mind 
 
 Was then fcarce fiends with him. Shakfpeart. 
 
 If Qic repent, ai'd would make me amends. 
 Bid her but lend mc hers, and we are friend:. 
 
 Careiv, 
 
 4. An attendant, or companion. 
 
 The king ordains their entuncc, andafcends 
 His regal I'eat, furrouiided by Wis fiends. Dryd. 
 
 5. Favourer; one propitious. 
 
 Aurora riding upon Pcg..fu?, Iheweth her 
 fwiftncfs, and iiow the is a friend xo poetry and 
 all ingenious inventions. Feaeham. 
 
 6. A familiar compcUalion. 
 
 F'icnd, tio'.v cameil tiiou in hither .' Mat. 
 
 What fupports mc, do'rt thou alk ? 
 The confcience, /i/V/n/, t' have loft mine eyes 
 
 o' erply'd 
 In liberty's defence. Milton
 
 F R I 
 
 To Friend, v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 favour ; to btfriend ; to countenance ; 
 to fupport. 
 I kiio\v that wc (hall have him well to friend. 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 
 When vice makes meicy, mercy 's fo extended, 
 
 That, fur the fault 'i love, is cli' offender /Wf«,Vi.i'. 
 
 Shakjptiiri. 
 
 Fri'ended. adj. Well difpofed ; inclined 
 
 to love. 
 
 Not /i-jtii(/ir</ by his wifli to your h'jh perfoii, 
 Hiswillismoft malignant, and it flretches 
 Beyond you to your friends. ShahJ^esre. 
 
 Fri'endless. adj. [from /r/Vni/.J 
 
 1. Wnnling friends; wanting fupport; 
 without countenance; deftitute; forlorn. 
 
 Alas ! I ara a woman, frimdlefs, hopelcfs. 
 
 Shiikfpenrc^s Htnry vlll. 
 Woe to him that is alone, is verified upon 
 none fo much a upon the friendhfi pcrfon. 
 
 To fome new clime, or to thy native Iky, 
 Oh fricn.i]ij% and forfakcn virtue fly. Drydcn. 
 
 To what new clime, what diftant iky, 
 Forfaken, frUndUfij will ye fly, Poj<€ 
 
 2. Friendless ilf<j;;. The Saxon word 
 for him whom we call an outlaw, becaufc 
 he was, upon his exclufion from the 
 king's peace and proteftion, denied all 
 help of friends. 
 
 Fri'endliness. n. f. [ham friendly,'] 
 
 1. A difpofition to friendflu'p. 
 
 Such a liking znd fiiendiincfs as hath brought 
 forth the effetfts. Sidney. 
 
 2. Exertion of benevolence. 
 
 Let all the intervals he employed in prayers, 
 
 c]\^v'ilyyffi(nd/iiief^ and neighbourhood, and means 
 
 of fpiritual and corporal health. Taylor. 
 
 Fri'endly. adj. [^hom friend.] 
 
 t. Having the temper and difpofition of a 
 
 friend ; kind ; favourable ; benevolent. 
 
 They gave them thanks, defiring them to be 
 
 jticndlj ttill unto them. 1 Mac. 
 
 Thou to mankind 
 Be good, and fricnd'y fliU, and oft return ! 
 
 Mll'.07l. 
 
 How art thou ' 
 To me fo friendly grown above the rcrt 
 Of brutal kind •' Milton's Varadije Lof. 
 
 Let the NafTiu-f^ar in rifing majelfy appear, 
 And guide the profp'rons mariner 
 With cverlafting be.Tms o^ friendly light. Prior. 
 
 2. Difpofed to union ; amicable. 
 
 Like fric'idly c^jlours found out hearts unite, 
 And eacli fiom each contraift new Itrength and 
 light. Pope. 
 
 3. Sahitary ; homogeneal. 
 
 Not that Nepenthe, which the wife of Thonc 
 In Egvpr gave to Jove-horn Helen:;, 
 Is of I'l'ch power to ftir up joy as rl is. 
 To life fo friendly, or lu cool to thnlV. Milton. 
 
 Fri'endly. a^/i'. In the inanner of friends ; 
 with appearance of kindnefs ; amicably. 
 
 Here between the armies, 
 Let 's drink together friendly, and embrace j 
 That all their eyes may bear thofc tokens home 
 Of our reftorcd love and amity. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Fri'endship. n.f. \yriendfchah, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The (late of mind united by mutual 
 benevolence ; amity. 
 
 There is little />/rni^'/i//> in the world, and lead 
 of all between equals, which was wont to be 
 magnified : that that is, is between fuperior and 
 iiifeiior, whofc forttiiies may comprehend the one 
 the other. Bceriu. 
 
 He lived rather in a fair intelligence than any 
 fnendjlirp with tl.e favourites. Chirendo'i. 
 
 2. Higheft degree of intimacy. 
 
 Wy funs, let your unleemly difcord cenfe, 
 If not jn friin.ljhip, live at leaft in peace. 
 
 Drydcri'i InU, Emf. 
 
 F R I 
 
 3. Favour; perfonal kindnefs. 
 
 \i\s friendjhipi, ftill fo fcwconfin'd. 
 Were always of the middling kmd. Swift. 
 
 Raw captains are ufually fentonly preferred by 
 fricndjliip, and not chufcn by fulBciency. Spcnjei. 
 
 4. Affillance; help. 
 
 Gracious, my lord, hard-by here is a hovel : 
 Some frien.-ijhip wdl it lend you againli the 
 
 tcmpcft ; 
 Repofe you tlierc, ShakfpearE*s King Lear. 
 
 5. Conformity ; afSnity ; correfpondence ; 
 aptnefs to unite. 
 
 We know thofe colours which have a friend- 
 Jhip with each other, and thofe which arc incom- 
 patible, in mixing together thofe colours of which 
 we would m.rke trial. ?J; \'deK^i Drfrc[noy. 
 
 FRIEZE, n. f. \drap defrife, French.] 
 A coarfe warm cloth, made peihaps 
 firft in Friefland. 
 
 If all tlie world 
 Should in a pet of temperance feed on pulfe. 
 Drink the clear ftream, and nothing wear but 
 
 frieze. 
 The All-giver would be unthank'd. Millon. 
 
 The captive Germans of gigantick fize, 
 Arc rank'd in order, and are c\iA'm frieze. 
 
 Dryden^s Peijiui. 
 
 He could no more live without his frieze coat 
 
 than without his Ikin. j4ddifori'i Guardian. 
 
 See how the double nation lies, 
 Like a rich coat with Ikirts oi frieze; 
 As if a man, in making pofies, 
 Should bundle thililes up with rofes. Swft. 
 
 Frieze.) n.f. [In archlteduie.] A 
 
 Frize. j large flat member which fepa- 
 
 rates the architrave from the cornice ; 
 
 of which there are as many kinds as 
 
 there are orders of columns. Harris. 
 
 No jutting/ -"Xf, 
 Buttrlce, nor coigne of ntage, hut this bird 
 Hath made his pendant-bed, and procieant cradle. 
 
 Shakfprare. 
 Nor did there want 
 Cornice or frieze with bofly fculprures graven ; 
 The roof was fretted gold. Mrlton's Par. Lofi 
 Polydote dedgncd admiiably well, as to tne 
 ptadtical part, having a particular genius fur 
 Jritzei. Drydcn'. s Drfrefney. 
 
 Fri'ezed. adj. [irom frieze.] Shagged 
 or napped with frieze. 
 
 Fri'ezelike. adj. [^frieze and Hie.] Re- 
 fembling a frieze. 
 
 I ha\e fecn the figure of Thalia, the comick 
 mufe, fometimes with an entire headpiece and a 
 \{lX.\e: friczeli.ke tower, running roinid the edgfs of 
 the face, and fometimes with a mafk fur the face 
 only. Addipjn on Italy. 
 
 Fri'g.xt. n.f. [frigate, French; fregala, 
 Italian.] 
 
 1. A fmali (lilp. Shipi! under fifty gims 
 are generally termed_/riV(i/j-. 
 
 Thetrcafurc they fought for was, in their view, 
 embezzled in certainyV/grt^i. Fa/eis^lt's ^4pnloey. 
 
 On high-rais'd decks the haughty Belgians ride, 
 Beneath whole (hades our humble_/V;gu/j go. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 2. Any fmall veHel on the water. 
 
 Behold the water work and play 
 About her littlc_/f7_t^'(i^, therein making way. 
 
 Fairy Qneen. 
 
 Frigefa'ction. n.f. [fri^tis and facio, 
 Latin.] The a£l of making cold. 
 
 To FRIGHT. 1'. a. [pfiighran, Saxon.] 
 To terrify ; to dilUirb with fear ; to 
 fhock with fear ; to daunt ; to difmay. 
 This was in the old authms more fre- 
 quently written affright, as it is always 
 found in the Scripture. 
 
 The herds 
 Were ftrongly clamVous in the /r/^ /;/;./ fields. 
 
 S/tafpeare's Henry iv. 
 
 F R I 
 
 Such a numerous hod 
 Fled not in filence through the///g/i/«/dcep, 
 With ruin upon luin, rf>ut on lout, 
 Contufion WAS confounded. Miltort, 
 
 Ciieiubic watch, and of a fword that flume 
 Wide-wavirg, all approach far off to fright, 
 And guard all paffjgc to the tree of life. Milton. 
 
 Nor exile or danger z^n flight a biavc fpirit. 
 With innocence guarded. 
 With virtue rewarded, 
 I make of iny fuft'eiihgs a merit. Dryden. 
 
 The ni'mAfrights itf If with any thing rcflcftcd 
 on in grofs, and at a dirtance : things thus offered 
 to the mind, c.irry the fliew of nothing but dif- 
 ficulty. Locke, 
 
 Whence glaring oft with many abroaden'd orb, 
 lie frights the nations. Thornfon's .rluliimn^ 
 
 Fright, n.f. [from the verb.] A fudden 
 
 terrour. 
 You, if your goodnefs does not plead my caufe, 
 
 May think I broke all hofpitable laws. 
 
 To bear you from your palace- yard by might,. 
 
 And put your noble perfon in z fright. Dryeters, 
 To Fri'ghten. 1). a. To terrify; to 
 
 fhock with dread. 
 The rugged bear's, or fpotted lynx's brood, 
 
 Frighten the valleys and infcil the wood. Prior. 
 Fri'ghtful. adj. [fromy'rijZi/.] 
 
 1 . Terrible ; dreadful ; full of terrour. 
 
 Tetchy and wayward w.is thy infanc)-. 
 Thy fchooldays/ug*//^'..', defp'rate, wild, and fu- 
 rious. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Without aid you durlt not undertake 
 This/i7'gi//«/ palTage o'ei the flygianlakc. 
 
 DrydcM. 
 
 2. A cant word among women for any 
 thing unpleafing. 
 
 Fri'ghtfullv. adv. \Ji-om frightful.] 
 
 1 . Dreadfully ; horribly. 
 
 This will m^ike a prodigious mafs of wat^, 
 and looks frightfully to the imagination ; 'tis 
 huge and great. Burnet. 
 
 2. Difagreeably ; not beautifully. A wo- 
 man's word. 
 
 Then to her ghifs ; and Betty, pray. 
 Don't I look frightfully to-djy .> Stvift. 
 
 Fri'ghtfulness. n.f \_irora frightful.] 
 The power of impreffing terrour. 
 
 FRI'GID. adj. [frigidus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Cold ; wanting warmth. In this fenfc 
 it is feldom ufed but in fclence. 
 
 In the torrid zone the heat would have been in- 
 tolerable, and in \\\tfi igid zo\-\c& the cold would 
 have dertroyed both animals and vegetables. 
 
 Cheyne^s Phil. Prine, 
 
 2. Wanting warmth of afFeClion. 
 
 3. Impotent; without warmth of body. 
 
 4. Dull ; without fire of fancy. 
 
 If jullite Piiillip's coliive head 
 Some friirid rhymes difbinfes. 
 
 They Ihall like Perfian tales be read, 
 And glad both babes and nurfes. Sivlfl. 
 
 Frigi DiTY. n.f. [frlgiiHtns, Latin.] 
 
 1. Coldnefs ; want of warmth. 
 
 2. Dulnefs ; want of iiitellcftual fire. 
 
 Driving at thefe a.- at rhe higheft elegancies, 
 which are but the fr-fidaies of wit. Jjrown. 
 
 Of the two extiemcs, one would fconer pardon 
 phrenzy \.\\:infrijTid:ty. Pope, 
 
 3. Want of corporeal warmth. 
 
 The boiling blood of youtn hinders that fere- 
 nity whicii is neceffary to fc\cre intcnfcnefs; and 
 the frigidity of dt eiepit age is as much 'Is ene- 
 my, by reaion of its ilulling moifture. Glarrville. 
 
 4. Coldnefs of affefl ion. 
 
 Fai'GinLv. adv. Urcm frigid.] Coldly; 
 
 dully ; without aiTcftion. 
 Fri'gidNess n.f. [ from frigid. ] 
 
 Coldnefs ; dulntft ; want of uffcflion.
 
 F R I 
 
 FRiCORi'FfCK, aiij. \_fr'is^r'ificust fri^us 
 uud faciot Latin,] Caufing cold. A 
 word uffd jn fcicnce. 
 
 Frr^or/yfci- atoms or particles mean thofc nitrous 
 Cilts whici^ floyt iii the air ia cold weather, and 
 occiriyn hcfzing. Quirny. 
 
 To P^RILL. V. n. [fril/eux^ French.] To 
 quake or Hiivcr witli cold. Ufcd of a 
 hawk: as the hiiwk frii'Is. Dl8, 
 
 FRINGE. «. /. [friggio, Italian ; y/v/n^r^, 
 French. ] Ornamental appendages added 
 to drefs or rurnitiirc. It is in converfa- 
 tion ufed ot loofe and feparate threads. 
 
 Thofe oftices aiui dignities wcic but the f.icinjjs 
 ox fti'igfS of his grcatncls. ll'otton. 
 
 The fioIdenyr/«gr cv'n Tct the ground on flame, 
 And drew a precious trail. Dry.Un. 
 
 Tlic (hadows of aU bodies, in this light, were 
 bordered with thicc ^■^\■\\\t.\ fringes , or bands of 
 coloured liglit, whereof thdt which was contigu- 
 ous to the (liadow was broadeit and moft lumi- 
 nous ; and that which was remotert from it was 
 narrowelV, and fo faint as not ealily to be vifibje. 
 Ncwtsrt^i O^ticki. 
 
 To Fringe, t;. a, [from the noun.] To 
 adotn with fringes; to decorate with 
 ornamental appendages. 
 
 Either fide of rnc ba:-:k,yWw^r'/ with moft beau- 
 tiful trees, rcfifted the fun's darts. Sidney. 
 
 Of ftlvcr wings he took a lliining pair, 
 Fringed with gold. Fairfax. 
 
 Here, by the facred brambls ting'd, 
 My petticoat ii doubly /'vVig'i. Sii^ift. 
 
 Fri'pperer. 71. f. [froinyr//»/)/Vr, French.] 
 One who deals in old things vamped up. 
 
 Fri'ppery. w./. \fnfpsrie^Y\. fn^pcna, 
 Italian.] 
 
 1. The place where old clothes are fold. 
 
 We know whit belongs to i^.friftper'^. SLikf. 
 Lurana is a f*'ppcry of bankrupts, who Hy 
 thithei from Druina to play their afrer-gamc, 
 
 HoiviCs Voctil Forefi. 
 
 2. Old clothes ; cafl dreffes ; tattered rags. 
 
 Poor poet ape, that would be thought our 
 chief, 
 Whjfe woik'? are ev'n the frippery of wit; 
 
 From brocage is become fo bold a thief, 
 As wc, the robb'd, leave rage, and pity it. 
 
 Ben 'J on f on. 
 
 The fighting-place now feamens rage fupply, 
 And all tiie tackling is Vi frip^ciy. Donne. 
 
 R.igfair is a place near the Tower of London, 
 where old cloaths ?lx\6. frippery are fold. Pope. 
 
 To FRISK. V. n. [frizzare, Italian.] 
 
 1, To leap ; to flcip. 
 
 Put water inroaglafs, and wet your finger, and 
 draw it round about the lip of the glaCs, prelfing 
 it fomcwhat hard ; and after drawing it fame 
 few times about, it will make the wtilcv fti^^ and 
 fprinkle up in a fine dew Bacon^s Nut. Hiji. 
 
 The liih fell ^fiijkirgm the net. L'F.p.ing^. 
 
 Whether every one hath experimented this 
 troublcfome intrufion of {omt fnfking ideas, which 
 thus importune the undcrftanding, and Itludcr it 
 from being better employed, I know not. Lode. 
 
 2. To dance in frolick or gayety. 
 
 We are as twin'd lambs, thai ddfr.J^ i' ih' fun, 
 Aiid bleat the one at the other : what we chang'd, 
 Was innticcnce fnv innocence ; we knew not 
 The doiftrinc of ill-doing. Sh<ikjp. iVinter^s Tale. 
 
 About them frijli'^g play'd 
 Ail hearts of th' eaith. Mif/cn's Pamd/fe Loji 
 
 A wanton heifer ftijk<'d up and down in a 
 meadow, at cafe and plcfure. VEjhange. 
 
 Watch the quick motions of \\-t frifking t.ul, 
 Then fcrvc their fury with the rufhuig male. 
 
 .Dry.fcn' i Kirgii. 
 
 So Bacchus through the con':jier'd Indies rude, 
 
 And bcalh in gAmbnh friji'd bet'otc their honetl 
 
 g"d. Dryden. 
 
 Oft to ihe mounrams aiiy tops advanc'd, 
 Jhe/fijiing fatyrs on the lummits (Unc'd. yWif. 
 
 F R I 
 
 Thofc nu'i-ry IjI.uIcs, 
 Tliat/i//i it under I'ii)diii' (hudcs. Prior. 
 
 Peg faints at the found of .in organ, and yet 
 will dance and fri/i at the noifc of a bagpipe. 
 
 ^/rlut/i'ioi*i Iffjhry of John Bull. 
 Sly liuntcrs thus, in Byrncu's iflc, 
 To c.itcli a moniccy by a wile, 
 Tlic niiniick anim.d amufc ; 
 Th<-y i)hicc before liini gloves and fliocs ; 
 Wlucli wlien llic brute puts aukward on, 
 All his agility is gone : 
 In vain to fuj\ or climb he tries ; 
 The huntfmcn fcize the grinning pri?.e. Sivift. 
 FiiisK. n. f. [from the verb.] A frolick ; 
 
 a (it of wanton gayety. 
 Fri'sker.;;./ [from/;//?.] A wanton ; 
 one not conftant or Icttled. 
 
 Now Iwill wear this, and now I willwear that ; 
 Now I will wear I cannot tell what : 
 All new falhions be plcafant to me : 
 Now 1 am zfri/kgr^ all men on mc look ; 
 What (liould 1 do but fct cock on the hcop ? 
 
 Camden. 
 Fri'skiness. n. f. {Jromfrtfi.l Gayety; 
 
 livclinefs. A low word. 
 Fri'sky. adj. \^frifque, French; from 
 
 f'l/i-l Gay; airy. Alow word. 
 Frit. n.f. [among chymifts.] Allies or 
 fait baked or fried together with fand. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Frith, n.f. \_fiflum, Latin.] 
 
 1. A llrait of the fea where the water, 
 being confined, is rough. 
 
 What defp'ratc madman then would venture 
 o'er, 
 TYizfrilh, or iiaul his cables from the fhore ? 
 
 Dr^Jen s Virgil. 
 Batavian fleets 
 Pcfraud us of the j^littering finny fwarms 
 That heave our frit'ii, and crowd upon our (horcs. 
 
 Tliomfo/j. 
 
 2. A kind of net. I know not whether 
 this fenfe be now retained. 
 
 The Wear is sfiilhy re.iching through tlr Ofe, 
 from the land to low water mark, and having in 
 it a bunt or cod with an eye hook ; where the 
 fii\\ entering, upon their coming back with the 
 ebb, are flopt f:um ifi'uing out again. Carenja. 
 
 Friti'llary. /;. f. \_frUiHulre, French.] 
 
 A plant. Miller. 
 
 Fri'tinakcy. n.f. \_hom frk'inio , Latin.] 
 
 The fcream of an infeCt, as the cricket 
 
 or cicada. 
 The note ox f>iiinan<y thereof is far more OrriU 
 
 than that of the locult, and its life Ihoit. Broivn 
 
 FRI'TTER. n.f. [frliure, French.] 
 
 1 . A fmall piece cut to be fried. 
 
 Maids,yr;//^;jandpancakesynow fee ye make; 
 Let flut have one pancake for company fake. 
 
 Tujfcr. 
 
 2. A fragment ; a fmall piece. 
 
 Senfe and putter ! have I lived fo ftand in the 
 taunt of one that m:\kesfrittcri of Englifh. 
 
 Shtikfpearc^i ^feny IVivci of IVinJfor. 
 
 If you Alike a folid body that is brittle, as 
 glafs or fiigar, it breaketh not only where llic 
 immediate force i^, but bicakcth all afout into 
 (hivcrs and/'/.'/trt; the mo'ion, upon the prclTuie, 
 fcajching all ways, and breaking where it findcih 
 the body wcakefl. Bann'^ N.Uural Ihjhry. 
 
 The ancient errant knights 
 Wi n all their ladies hearts in fights; 
 And cut whole giants into/r/V.'i-ri, 
 To put them into amorous twitters. Vudihra^. 
 
 3. A cheefecake ; a wig. Ainfivorth. 
 'To Fri'tter. nj. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To cut meat Into fmall pieces to be 
 fried. 
 
 2. To break into fmall particles or frag- 
 ments. 
 
 FRO 
 
 Joy to preat charA ! let dividon reign I 
 My racksaiid tortuies foon fhall drive them hcrcc. 
 Break all tiicir ncivcs, Mvi fritter all their fenfe. 
 Pole's Dunciait. 
 How prologues into prefaces decay, 
 And thcfc to notes are/r///cr'J quite away. 
 
 DurtciaJ. 
 FRIVOLOUS, adj. [frlvohn, Latin; 
 fiivolc, French.] Slight; trifling; of 
 no moment. 
 
 It is fiiiol'jtii to fay we ought not to ufc bad 
 ceremonies of the chinch of Komc, and prcfumc 
 all fuch bad as it pleafelh thcmfclves to diflike. 
 
 Ihtier. 
 
 Thefe fccm very frivolous and fruitlefs; for, 
 
 by the breach of them, little damage can come to 
 
 the commonwealth. Sfeufer. 
 
 She tam'd the brinded lionefs. 
 And fpoticd mountain pard ; but fet at nought 
 The frivolous bolt of Cupid. Mitttt. 
 
 Tliofe things which now fcem frivohui and 
 flight. 
 Will be of ferious confequcncc to you, 
 Wnen they have made you once ridiculous. 
 
 Rofottimin, 
 All the impeachments in Greece and Rome 
 agreed in a notion of being Concerned, in point of 
 honour, to condemn whatever perfun they im- 
 peached, howc\cr friToloui the aiticlcs or how- 
 ever weak the proofs. Sivift. 
 I will not defend any miliake, and do not think 
 my felf obliged toanfwer every/' rt'o/oi.i objection. 
 
 j4rtiu/h;70t. 
 
 FriVolousness. n.f. [_(mmfrhc/lo!is.'\ 
 
 Want of importance ; triflingnefs. 
 Fri'volously. adv. [from fri-volous-l 
 
 Trifiingly ; without weight. 
 To Fri'zle. v. a. \_jr!fer, Fr.] To 
 curl in ihort curls like nap of frieze. 
 
 Th' humhjc ihrub 
 Andhulli, with/'/x/ti/ hair implicit. Milf^n. 
 They /ii2/c:/andcurlcd their hairwlthhot irons. 
 
 Hake-vjill. 
 I doff'd my (hoe, and fwear 
 Therein I fpy'd this ycllow/^/z/rj'hair. Gay. 
 Fr I'zLER. n.y; [fromyWz/f.] One that 
 
 makes fhort curls. 
 FRO. adv. [of pjia, Saxon.] i 
 
 1. Backward; rtgreffively. It is only 
 ufed in oppolltioii to the word to ; to and 
 
 fro, backward and forward, lo zwAfrom. 
 
 The Carthaginians having fpoiled all Spain, 
 rooted out all that were afFeClcd to the Romans ; 
 and the Romans, having recovered that countiy, 
 did cut oiT all that favoured the Carthaginians: 
 fu betwixt them both, to inifo, there was fcarce 
 a native Spaniard left. Sprnfcr. 
 
 As when a heap of gather'd thorns is caft, 
 Now to, now/r',, before th' autumnal blaft. 
 Together clung, it rolls around tlic field. Po[ie. 
 
 2. It is acontraClion oifrom: not now ufed. 
 
 They turn round like grindh floncs. 
 Which thi-y dig out/;c' ihe delves, 
 For their bairns bre.ad, wives and felvcs. 
 
 Btr. yonfcj. 
 Frock, tt.f. [fro-, French.] 
 
 1. A drefs ; a coat. 
 
 That mnnller, cuftom, is angel yet in this, 
 That ro the ufe of a(f\ioiis fair and good. 
 He likewife gives ^ frock or livery, 
 That aptly is put on. Sliakjpeare'i }J,iKht, 
 
 Clialybcan icmper'd fteel, .and/'^ri of mail 
 Adamante.iii proof. MHuk's .■igenijles, 
 
 2. A kind of clofe coat for men. 
 
 I Ihip my body of my (hephcid'syvori. J?ijJ. 
 ^. A kind of gown for children. 
 Frog. n.f. [pjio^-^-va, Saxon.] 
 I. A fmall animal with four feet, living 
 both by land and « ater, and placed by 
 natiiralifts an;oug mixed animals, as par- 
 taking of bealis and fifli ; famous ia 
 Homer's Poem. TliCvc is likewife a 
 502
 
 FRO 
 
 fmiU green frog that perches on trees, 
 faid to be venomous. 
 
 I'oor Tom, that eats the fwiinming fro^y the 
 to^d, ttie rodpole. Shnkfpcarc'i King Lear. 
 
 Auftcr J5 dr.iwn with a pot oi" urn, pouring 
 forth water, with which (hall defcend/rogj. 
 
 Pcach.im ort Drmuing. 
 
 t. The hollow part of a horfc's hoof. 
 Fro'gbit. n. /. [frog and Ml.] An herb. 
 
 yUnfitiorth. 
 
 Fro'gfish. n.f. [frog^niji/h.'] A kind 
 
 of fi ih. ^infiverth. 
 
 Fro'ggrass. n.f. [frog ^nA grafs.l A 
 
 kind of herb. 
 Fro'glettuce. n.f. [yVo^ and lettuce.] 
 
 A plant. 
 Froise. n. f. [from the French _//-o^r, 
 as the pancake is cripfed or crimpleil in 
 frying.] A kind of food made by fry- 
 ing bacon enclof;;d in a pancake. 
 FRO'LICK. adj.- [vrolljck, Dutch.] 
 Gay ; full of levity ; full of pranks. 
 
 We faines, that do run 
 By the triple Hecate's team, 
 
 From the prcfence of the fun, 
 Following darkncfs like a dream, 
 J^uw Mtfrolick. Shahf^care. 
 
 Whether, as fome fages ling, 
 T\\e froUck wind that breathes the fpring. 
 Zephyr with Aurora playing. 
 As he met her once a maying j 
 There on beds of violets blue, 
 And freOi-blown roles walh'd iiidew, 
 FiU'd her with thee a daughter fair, 
 So buxom, blithe, and debonnair. Mi.'ton. 
 
 Who ripe, andfro/ici of liis full-grown age. 
 
 Roving the Celtick. and Iberian fields. 
 
 At laft betakes him to tliis ominous wood. Milr 
 
 Tiic gay, thc/)5//t^t, and the loud. /Fnl/cr 
 
 Fro'lick. n.f. [from the adjeciive.] A 
 
 wild prank ; a flight of whim and levity. 
 
 He would be at h\sfio.'Jck once again, 
 And his pretenlions to divinity. Rojcomman. 
 
 Alcihiades, having been formcily noted for 
 the \\kefnlicki and excurfions, was immediately 
 accufed of this. Siuijt. 
 
 While rain depends, the pcnfivc cat gives o'er 
 titrfra/ichy and purfucs her tail no more. Su-'ifl. 
 
 tTo Fro'lick. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 play wild pranks ; to play tricks of levity 
 and gayety. 
 
 Manly fpirit and genius plays not tricks with 
 vords, nor froUcki with the caprices of a fiothy 
 imagination. G.'arivilic 
 
 Then to her new love let her go, 
 And deck her in goI--len array ; 
 Be hncrt at every fine (how, 
 AndfroHck it all the long day. Roiuc. 
 
 Fro'lickly. Wt). \_hoaifroUck.'\ Gayly; 
 
 wildly. 
 Fho'licksoME. adj. [from/rc/zc/f.] Full 
 
 of wild gayety. 
 Fro'licksomeness. n.f. [from frolici- 
 
 fome.^ Wiidnefs of gayety ; pranks. 
 Fito'ncKSOMELY. adv. [{vonx frolicl- 
 
 fiiie.] With wild gayety. 
 Trovi. J>reJ>. [pj-.am, Saxon and Scottirti.] 
 1. Away: notin^j privation. 
 
 Youi (lighting Zulcma, this vei^ hour 
 WiUtaite ten thoulandfubjefts/fom your power 
 
 Dryd.n. 
 In fetters one the barking porter ty'd, 
 And took him trcinbling/rom his fov'reign's fide. 
 
 Drydai. 
 ClavilTa drew, with tempting grace, 
 A two-cdg'd weapon from the fliining cafe. Peji. 
 3. Noting reception. 
 
 What time woald fparc from fteel receives its 
 date. • l'>.pe. 
 
 3. Noting proceflion, defcent, or birth. 
 
 FRO 
 
 Thus the hard and ftubborn race of man 
 fr^m animated ruck and flint began. Bluckmore. 
 The foMg began /«m Jove. Dryden. 
 
 Succeeding kings rife jT'omthe happy bed. Irene 
 j^. Noting tranfmiflion. 
 
 The melTcngers/ism our lifter and the king. 
 
 Shakjpcare. 
 
 5. Noting abftraftion or vacation. 
 
 I (lial! find time 
 From this enormous flate, and feek to give 
 Lolfes tlieir remedies. Shalf^carc's King Lear. 
 
 6. With ^ following : noting fucctffion. 
 
 Thctc motions we muft e.xanune/'ow firft ro 
 laft, to find out what was the form of the earth. 
 ■Burnetts Theory. 
 He bid \mfrom time to time be comforted. 
 
 yiddifon's Sjre6?'iror. 
 
 7. Out of : noting emiflion. 
 
 When tiie nioft high 
 Eternal Father, from his fecrei cloud 
 Amid'ft, in thunder uiter'd thus l.is voice. Mi.'r 
 Tlien pieic'd wlthpain,nie ftiookrier haughtyluad, 
 Sigh'd from her inw.ird foul, and tl-.us Ihe faid. 
 
 Dryden's j£n^rd. 
 
 8. Noting progrefs from prtmifes to in 
 ferences. 
 
 If an ohjeflion be not removed, I'r.t concUifion 
 of experience/^owi the time paft tu the time pic- 
 fcnt will not he found and perfect. Bacon. 
 
 Tliis is evident /<o« thatiiigh and refined mo- 
 rality, which fhined forth in lome of the aiicicm 
 heathens. South. 
 
 g. Noting the place or perfon from whom 
 a meffage is brought. 
 
 Tiie king is coming, and I muft fpeak with 
 \:\x\\ from the bridge. 
 
 How now, Fiuellan, cam'ft thou from the 
 
 bridge ? Shakfpeare's Htnry v. 
 
 10. Out of: noting extraiition. 
 
 From iiigh Meoiiia's rocky (holes I came, 
 Of poor defcent; Acpetes is my name. Adi'fon 
 
 11. Becaufe of: noting the reafon or 
 motive of an aft or elfeft. 
 
 You are good, h\x\ from a nobler caufe ; 
 fiom your own knowledge, naK from nature's 
 laws. Dryden. 
 
 David celebrates the glory of God font tlic 
 conlideration of the greatncfs of his works. 
 
 Tillolfn. 
 We ficken foon font her contagious care; 
 Grieve for her foirows, groan for her dcfpair. 
 
 Prior. 
 Rclaxations/rcw plenitude is cured by fparc 
 diet, ind from any caufe by that which is con- 
 trary to it. Arhuthnot on Aiimenti. 
 
 12. Out of : noting the ground or caufe 
 of any thing. 
 
 By the facied radiance of the fun. 
 The myrteries of Hecate, and the night; 
 By all the operations of the orbs, 
 From whom we do cxift, and ctafe to be, 
 Here I difclaim all my paternal care. Skakfptart. 
 
 They who believe that the pr.iifes which arift 
 /"jom valour are fuperiour to Ihofe which proceed 
 from any other virtues, have nor confidered. 
 
 Dryden^s Virgii's jF.nei.iy Dedication 
 
 What entertainment can be railed /;om fo pi- 
 tiful a machine r We fee tiic fuccefs of the bat- 
 tle from the very beginning. Dryden. 
 
 'Tis ^Tuc from force the ftrongcit title fprings, 
 I therefore hold from that which firll made kings. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 13. Not near to : noting diftance. 
 
 His rrgiment lies half a mile at Icaft 
 South/rw« the mighty power of the king. 
 
 Skalfpeare's RicJiard 111. 
 
 14.. Noting feparatlon or rccelTion. 
 To die by thee, were but to die in jeft ; 
 From thee to die, were torture more than death. 
 Shal^fl'raic'i Henry v[. 
 Haft thou beheld, whcn/'cw the goal t;i«y flart, 
 Tlie youthful charioteers witti heaving heart 
 Ru(h to the race, and, panting, fcarcrly hear 
 Th' extreme* of fcv'nlh hope and chilling fear. 
 D'jdi'i'i /''•£"'• 
 
 FRO 
 
 15. Noting exemption or deliverance. 
 
 Vrom jcaloufy's tormenting itrife. 
 For evci be thy bofom free*d. Prhr, 
 
 16. Noting abfence. 
 
 Our father he hath writ, fohath our fifler, 
 Of diff'rences, which 1 bcft thought it fit 
 To anfwer/;ow our home. Shakjp. Ki/!g Lear. 
 
 17. Noting derivation, 
 
 I la;, tt;e deep foundations of a w:ill 
 And Enos, nain*d/r5wi me, the city call. DrydeN. 
 i8. Since: nuiing diftance from the paft. 
 
 The floud was not the cauf^ of mountains, but 
 thcie wcic mountainsyr5?» the creation. Raleigh. 
 
 I had, ftom ray childhood, a ware upon one of 
 rr.y finj^ers. Bacon. 
 
 Tiie other had been trained up from his youth 
 in the wjrof Flanders. ClurenHon, 
 
 The m Itc of tygcrs was his infant food, 
 T ji\ig\\\ from hib tender ycar:> the tafle ef hlood. 
 
 Utydc'i, 
 
 Were there, from all eternity, no mcmarallc 
 a(^t!ons done 'nil about that time ? TilhtJ^n^ 
 
 19. Contrary to- Not in ufe. 
 
 Any thing fo overdone is fftm the purpofc of 
 piaying; wiiofe end, both at the hrft and now, 
 WH.s and is to hold, as 'twere, the mirrour up to 
 naiufc. Shuij)>eate'i Ham/cf. 
 
 Do not believe, 
 ThatyVow the Icnfe of all civility, 
 I thus would play and trifle with your leverence, 
 
 Shakjpfnre. 
 
 Did you draw bonds to forfeit? S^^ (o break,? 
 Or mull wc read yuu quite yVtm what wc fpcak> 
 And find the truth out the wrung way ? J)i,n7ie» 
 
 20. Noting removal. 
 
 ThriccyjcOT the ground fhc Icap'd. Dryden* 
 2 1. From is very frequently joined by an 
 ellipfis with adverbs : as, from ahove^ 
 from the parts above \ from beloiv, from 
 the places beloiu ; of which fome are 
 here exemplified. 
 
 22. From above. 
 
 He, which gave them f'om nhot.-c fuch power, 
 for miiactilous conhrniaiion of tliat wiiJch they 
 taug!\t, cnduedthcm alio with wifdomy^-c^'M abcTe^ 
 to reach that wliich tiicy fo did confirm. Hooker, 
 
 No looner were niscyes in flumber bound, 
 *. Wlien, y^rc-m above ^ a more than mortal found 
 Invades his cars. Drydtn'i jEnei.i, 
 
 23. From afar. 
 
 Light dcmilanccs/'-ow 'j/jr they throw. 
 
 JJrj'Jefi's ^r.eid, 
 
 24. From beneath. 
 
 With whirlwinds from henetuh (lie tofs'd the 
 ihip, 
 And bare c:tpo'iM the bottom oft'ie deep. Drj/d, 
 
 An arm arifes out of ftygian flood, 
 Whicii, breaking from bcnciith with bellowing 
 
 found, 
 Whirls the black waves and rattling ftones around, 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 25. Fr. OM behind. 
 
 See, to tiicii bafc reftor'd, earth, fcas, and air, 
 
 And joyful ages /rem hehindf in crowding ranks 
 
 appear. Dryden^ 
 
 26. Tkoi>i far. 
 
 Their train proceeding on their way. 
 From f^r the town and lofty low'rs furvey, 
 
 Drydetu 
 
 27. From high. 
 
 Then hcav'n's imperious queen fliot downyVow 
 
 /:/f/i. Dryden. 
 
 28. '^'Q.oxA thence. Herefrom is fuperfluoiis* 
 In the nccefTary differences which aiil'c fom 
 
 thsT.cf^ they rather break into fc\cral divifions 
 than join in any one pub'.ick infereit ; and ftcm 
 hence have always rilcn the moll dangerous 
 fa«ftions, wn'ch have ruined the peace of n;ilions. 
 
 Clwiiidan. 
 
 29. From whence. From is here fuper- 
 fluous. 
 
 While future realms his wand'ring thought* 
 delight. 
 His daily vifion^ and his dream by night,
 
 ow'r, -X 
 
 pour, \ 
 
 POJ.C. J 
 
 FRO 
 
 Foi bidden Tliclcs appears bcfurc iu's eyf, 
 Ftom lufance he fees iiis abfcnt biotlur fly. 
 
 Fore's Sfiitiui. 
 
 30. From tvbere. 
 
 From xvhetc liigli Uhaca, o'cilooks the floods, 
 Erown with u'cr-aiching ih.idcs and pendent 
 
 woods, 
 Us to tlicle Ihorcs our fili.il duty diaws. Ftpe. 
 
 31. From without. 
 
 When the pl.iiit.ition grows to Ilrcngth, then it 
 is lime to plant it with women as welt as with 
 men, th.it It may Ipread iuiu gcncr.itionsj and not 
 be pierccdyfcw -w-thout, Bacon. 
 
 It native power prevail not ihall I doubt 
 To fcek for needful fuccoui//o»( -ivirhuf. V/yfi 
 
 32. From is fomctimcs followed by anotlier 
 prepofition, with its proper cafe. 
 
 33. From amUJl. 
 
 Thou tco Ih.dt fall by time or barb'rous foes, 
 VVtiofe ciicling, walls the fev'n fam'd hillb cnclolc ; 
 And ihou, who c rival luw'ii invade the ficifs, 
 And, /rem umi {/; the waves, witli equal gloiy ' 'fe. 
 
 34. From among, 
 
 Hcie iiad new begun 
 My wand'iing, liad not he, who was my guide 
 Up hither, Jiotn iwiong ilie tiecs appear'd, 
 Prefencc dr. ine! Mi/ion's Far. l.ejh 
 
 35. From beneath* 
 
 My worthy wife our arms miflaid, 
 And from beneath my head my fword convey'd. 
 Drydcns jEnad 
 
 36. From beyond. 
 
 There followed him great multitudes of peo- 
 ple from Galilee, dnd from beyond Jordan. Mat. 
 
 37. From ybr/^. 
 
 Young Areriis, f'om forth his bridal bow'r, 
 Brought the full laver o'er their hands to pi 
 Andcanirtcrs of confccratcd flour. Fi. 
 
 38. From of. 
 
 The fca Ijcmg conflrained to withdraw /*&w 0^ 
 ceitain trails of lands, wiiich lay till rnen at the 
 bottom of it. }}'ocd:vi2td 
 
 Knights, unhors'd, may r\h from off ihe piam, 
 Ar-d hght on foot, their honour to rtgain. D/yd. 
 
 39. From out. 
 
 The king with angry throatcningsyVcm out a win- 
 dow, where he wa^ not alhamed the world ihould 
 behold him a beholder, commanded his guard 
 and Che vcd of his foldiers to haflen their dea'h. 
 
 Sidney. 
 And join thy voice unto the angel-quire, 
 f;omou/hisfecret altar touch'd with hallow'd fire. 
 
 Ml/ion. 
 Now (hake, f>9^n cuf thy fruitful breafl, the 
 feeds 
 or envy, dift-ord, and of cruel deeds. Diyden. 
 
 Strong god of non, whofe iron fcc-ptre fways 
 The freezing north and hyperborean fcas, 
 Terror is thine, and wild ;itnazeniciit, flung 
 From cut thy chariot, withers ev'n the lirong. 
 
 Dry den 
 
 40. FpvOM cut of, 
 
 "Whati'oever luch principle there is, \X was at 
 the fiill toundout by difcourfe, and drawn from 
 cut of the very bowels of heaven and canh. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 41. From under. 
 
 He, though blind of light, 
 Defpis'd, and ttiougln citniguith'd quite, 
 With inward eyci ulummated, 
 
 His heiv virtue lou^'d 
 F}om utiMr alhi's intofuddcn flame. Milton. 
 
 42. Fkom luitbtn. 
 
 From ijjithin 
 The broken bowels, and the bloated llvin, 
 A buzzmg nolle of bees his ears alarms. Dryden. 
 
 Fro'mvvard. prep, [pnam and peapb, 
 Saxon.] .W'ay from ; the coiuvary to 
 the word tfinvard. Not now in ufe. 
 
 As chverfuliy gning toward as Pyrocles went 
 ixor^-^sdi fromivard his death. Sidney. 
 
 The horizontal needle is continually varying 
 towards cait and well ^ and fo the dipping or Jn- 
 
 FRO 
 
 dining ntedle is varying u[i :ind du\m, towards 
 or/rom iijwj ./j tlic zinitli. Chrynr. 
 
 FRONDl'rEiious. adj. [fiontlifir, l.:\l.'] 
 Bearing leaves. Did. 
 
 FRONT, n.f. [/ro«/, Lalln; //on/, Fr.] 
 
 1. The face. 
 
 His/'Ov/ yet tlircatcns, and liis fiowns com- 
 mand. Piior. 
 They iV.nid not /tout to frctfy but eacii dorli 
 view 
 The other's tail, puifu'd as they purfue. 
 
 (,V.fc-/t',( Mtjitiliut. 
 The patriot virtues that dirtcnd thy tlioiight. 
 Spread on \.\\y f>9nt and in tliy bofoin £low. 
 
 Thorn foti. 
 
 2. The face, ill a feiife of cenfiiie or dif- 
 like : as, a liaidcncd _//on/ ; a hace front. 
 'J'his is the ufual fenfe. 
 
 3. The face as oppofcd to an enemy. 
 
 His foiwaid hand, inur'd to wounds, makes 
 w.iy 
 Upon ti.e Ih.irpcli fmnti of the moft fierce. 
 
 Da,:i€t 
 
 4. The part ov place oppofeJ to tlie 
 face. 
 
 Tiie acccfs of the town wa« only by a neclc of 
 land: our men had Dior, tliat thundered upon 
 thim from the lani^'iei in front y and from the 
 gallies that lay at lea m flink.. Bacoyi 
 
 5. 1 he van of an ainiy. 
 
 'Twixt hoU and hoft but narrow fpace was left 
 A dread.'ul interval ! and f'Oitt lo front 
 Prelented, flood in terrible array. Mi'/on. 
 
 6. The forepart of any thing, as of a 
 
 buildlug. 
 
 Both thefc fides are not only returns, but 
 pans of I'nt front; and unifoim without, thougli 
 leverally partitioned within, and are on borh 
 lidcs of a gieat andllaic<ly tower, in the midtt of 
 XXk front. Jiucon. 
 
 Paihidius advifelh thcfront of liis edifice Ihould 
 Co rcipedt the fonth, tliar in its tirll angle it rea- 
 ctive the rifing rays of the winter fun, and de- 
 cline a little from the winter letting thereof. 
 
 £rozvn. 
 
 The prince approach'd ti.e door, 
 Poirefs'ri the poich, and on the/>o«r above 
 He fix'd the f.rtal bough. Dry. leu's .Mneid. 
 
 One Ices the f'ont of a palace covered with 
 painted pi lars of different orders. ^'IJdijon 
 
 7. The moll confpicuouspart or particular. 
 
 To Front, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To oppofe direAly, or face to face ; 
 to encounter. 
 
 You four (hM front them in the narrow lane ; 
 we will walk Ijwcr : it they 'fcapc from your en- 
 coun:ei, then tley light on us. Shukfprare. 
 
 Can you, when you have pulh'd out or your 
 gates the very deiender of them, think to front 
 his revenges with cafy groans. Shakfpiare 
 
 Some are either to be won to the ftate in a fail 
 and true manner, or frontc.i with fomc other of 
 the fame party that may oppofe tlicm, and To 
 divide tht- reputation. Bacon's yfjuy^. 
 
 1 lhall/ro«/ thee, like fome flaring ghoft, 
 With all my wrongs about me. D'\dtn. 
 
 2. To ftand oppofed, or over againft any 
 place or thing. 
 
 The fqunre will be one of the moif beautiful 
 in It.ily wiKn the ftatue is crc>ftcd, and a town 
 houfe built at one end to front the church that 
 flands at the other. ^'iddfon on Italy. 
 
 To Front, v. n. To (land foremoft. 
 I fronty but in that file, 
 Where others tell Itcps with me. Sha^fpearc 
 
 Fro'ntal. n.f. \_frnntitle, Latin ; frontal, 
 French.] Any external form of medi- 
 cine to be applied to the forehead, ge- 
 nerally compoftd among the ancients of 
 coolers and hypnotieks. ^'"icy. 
 
 FRO 
 
 We may apply intercipicnts upon the temples 
 of maflitk : jrontalts may alfu be applied. 
 
 ly'iftmnn. 
 
 The torpedo, alive, flupifics al a diflancc ; but 
 aftci death jnortucetn no kich eftcd j which had 
 they retained, they might have fupplied opium, 
 and fcrvcd :m fr&ntaU in phienfies. Brown. 
 
 Frontated. adj. \_ivom frons, Latin.] 
 In botany, the_/5v;7;/,;/c</ leaf of a flower 
 grows broader and broader, and at lall 
 perhaps terminates in a right line : iifed 
 in oppofition to cufpated, which is, 
 when the leaves of a flower end in a 
 point. ^lincy. 
 
 Fro'nthox. n.f. [front and lox.] The 
 box in the playhoufe from wliich there 
 is a dirtdl view to the flage. 
 
 How vain are all thclc glories, all our painj, 
 Unlef'. good fenfe ptcferve what beauty gains! 
 Tliat men may fay, when we the //Ofl^ioar grace, 
 Behold the fill! in virtue, as in face. V'.pi. 
 
 Fro'ntep. adj. [from _/)w;j.] Formed 
 with a front. 
 V.nX f'onted brigades form. MUtort. 
 
 Fro'ntier. n.f. [fronliere, Fr.] The 
 marches; the limit; the utmoll verge 
 of any territory ; the border : properly 
 that ivhich terminates not at the fea, 
 but fronts another country. 
 
 Draw all the inhabitants of thofc borders away, 
 or plant garrifons upon all thofe frontiers about 
 him. Spenfr on TreJand, 
 
 I upon my f'ontisrs here keep tefidcnce. 
 That little which is left fo to defend. Milton, 
 
 Fro'ntier. adj. Bordering ; contermi- 
 nous. 
 
 A place there lies on Gallia's utmoft bounds. 
 Where rifing fcas infult the frontier grounds. 
 
 ^dJifin. 
 
 Fro'ntispiece. n. f. [fronlifpicium, ul 
 
 quod In frcnte confjncitur ; jrontlfpice, 
 
 French.] That part of any building or 
 
 other body that diicdlly meets the eye. 
 
 V^\\\\ ft.utijpitce of diamond and g(jld 
 EmbcUilh'd, thick with fpaikling orient gems 
 The portal ftionc. Milton's Paradfe Loft. 
 
 Who is it has informed us that a rational foul 
 can inhabit no tenement, unlefs it has juit fuch 
 a fort oi frontifpiece ? L-Oclce. 
 
 The front ifpiecc of the townhoufe has pillars of 
 a beautiful black maible, flreaked with white. 
 
 AAdifon an Italy, 
 
 Fro'ntless. adj. [from front. '\ Not 
 bliifliing; wanting lliame; void of dif- 
 fidence. 
 
 Th»c, frontlefs man, we follow'd from afar, 
 Tiiy inlf lumenis of death and tools of war. Dryd. 
 
 For vice, thoughfrontlefsj and of hardened lace, 
 Is daunted at the fi^ht of aw ful grace. Dryilrn. 
 
 Strike a blufh through frontlefs flattery. Fvpt. 
 
 Feo'ntlet. n.f. [^hom frons, I..atin ; 
 fronteau, French.] A bandage worn 
 upon the forehead. 
 
 How now, daughrcr, what makes th:st frontlet 
 on ? You are too niuc:i of late i* ih' frown. 
 
 Shul-fpeare's King Lear. 
 They (hall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 
 
 Deutirjntmy, 
 
 To the forehead frontlets were applied, to 
 
 reftrain and inteicept the influx. it'fcman. 
 
 Frontro'om. n. f [front and room.'] 
 
 An apartment in the f • epart of a houfe. 
 
 If your (hop ftands in an eminent (Irect, the 
 
 yVowr/cowi atecL'mm >nly more airy than the bacfc- 
 
 isoms ; and it will be inconvenient to mske the 
 
 fronlro'jm (hallow. ^loxon. 
 
 Frore. adj. [bevrozen, Dutch, frozen.] 
 Frozen. Tliis word is not ufcd fince 
 the lime of Milton.
 
 FRO 
 
 The parching air 
 Burns/raw, and cold performs tli" cffcA of fi;c. 
 
 Mi.'tun. 
 
 Frorne. adj. \!-evroz.fn, frozen, Dutch.] 
 Frozen ; cor.gealcd with cold. Obfolete. 
 
 O, my heart-blood is well n\^hfrorre I feci, 
 And my gjlage giowr, fad to my heel. Spcnfcr. 
 
 FROST, n.f. [pioj-r, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Tht laft efFeift of cold ; the power or 
 aft of congelation. 
 
 This is the (I ite of man : to-day he puts forth 
 The tender leaves of hopes, to-morrow bloffoms, 
 And bears his bluOring honours thick, upon him ; 
 The third day comes a/rr^?, a killing /'o/?, 
 And when he thinks, good cafy man, full furely 
 His greatrefs is a ripennig, nips his root, 
 And then he falls. Shakfpcan's Himy vin. 
 
 When the froji feizes upon wine, only the 
 more waterilh parts ate congealed : th.ere is a 
 nighty fpirit which can retreat into ilfclf, and 
 within its own compafs lie fecure from the freez- 
 ing imprefTi )n. Scuf/: 
 
 2. The appearance of plants and trees 
 fparkling with congelation of dew. 
 
 Behold the gloves that Qiine witii UW'cr fr-cjf, 
 Tlieir beauty wicher'd, a;;d their verdure loft. 
 
 Papers J'Vifitsr, 
 Fro'stbitten. adj. [froft and ikkn.] 
 Nipped or withered by the froft. 
 The leaves arc ^oo much fr^Ji6.'ften, M^rl'Picr. 
 
 Fxo'sTED. adj. [from /ro^.] Laid on 
 in inequalities like thofe of the hoar froft 
 upon plants. 
 
 The rich brocaded filk unfold. 
 Where rifing flow'rs grow liiff vr'nhfrajltd gold. 
 
 Gaj!. 
 Fro'stily. a'lv. [from /rofiy.^ 
 
 1. With froft ; with excefTive cold. 
 
 2. Without warmth of affcflion. 
 
 Coiirtling, I rarher thou (liould'H utterly 
 Difpraife my work, than piaife afrofily- 
 
 Ben yonfon 
 
 Fro'stiness. n.f. [froinyr2/?ji.] Cold; 
 
 freezing cold. 
 Fro'stnail. n. f. \^froJl and nail.~\ A 
 rail with a prominent head driven into 
 the horfe's (lioes, that it may pierce 
 the ice. 
 
 The claws are flrait only to take hold, for 
 b.-tlcr progreflion j as a horfe that is fhod with 
 Jnjlnaih, Grciu's Cofmo/, 
 
 Fro'stwork. n. y. \_froJl and 'Work.'\ 
 Work in which the fubftance is laid on 
 with inequalities, like the dew con- 
 gealed upon fhrubs. 
 
 By nature Ihap'd to various figures, thofc 
 The fruitful rain, and thefe the hail compofe; 
 The fnowy fleece and cutioui ffcjliucrk thcfc. 
 Produce the dew, and thofe the gentle breeze. 
 
 BJai-'lmore. 
 
 Fro'sty. adj. [homfrojl.j 
 
 1. Having the power of congelation ; 
 exccfllve cold. 
 
 For all my blood in Rome's great quarrel fhed, 
 For all the fr^Jiy nights that I have watrhM, 
 Be jjitiful to my condemned fons. Shakfpe^tre. 
 
 The air, if very very cold, irritatcth the flame, 
 and maketh it burn more fiercely; as iiie 
 fcorchelh myVo/?)' weather. Jincon. 
 
 A gnat half, ilarved with cold and hunger, 
 went out omfiojly morning to a bee-nive. 
 
 L' FJirangl. 
 
 2. Chill in affeftion ; without warmth of 
 kindnefs or courage. 
 
 What ^Jiajiy fjiiiitcd rogue is this ! Shakjp. 
 
 3. Hoary; gray-haired; jefembling froft. 
 
 Where is loyalty ? 
 If it he banifli'd fronr i\'>': frojiy head, 
 Where (hall it find a harbi.ur ni the earth ? i'/!"(/. 
 
 FROTH. «./. [//-ff^Dan. and Scottifli.] 
 
 FRO 
 
 1. Spume; foam; the bubbles caufed in 
 liquors by agitation. 
 
 His hideous lail then hurled he about. 
 And therewith ail eiiwrapi the nimble thighs 
 Of Msftcth foamy Itecd. Foiry Queen. 
 
 When wind cxpirt-th from under the lea, as it 
 caufcth fomc refounding uf tiic water, fo it caufeth 
 fofT.e light motions of bubbles, and white circles 
 of fiot^. Baar.'s Naturtil ilijiory. 
 
 Surging waves againft a folid lock, 
 Though all to (hivers riafh'd, th' affault renew ; 
 Vain bati'ry, and in froth or bubbles end. 
 
 ^Vllon*s Faradije Rtgahifd. 
 
 The ufclefsy/oM fwims on the furtace, but the 
 pearl lies covered with a mafs of waters. 
 
 Glarrville. 
 Tlie fcattcr'd ocean flies ; 
 Black fands, difcolout'd/roM, and mingled mud 
 arifc. Drydev. 
 
 They weictbeyjoM my raging folly mov'd 
 When it boil'd up; 1 knew not then I lov'd, 
 Yet then lov'd muft. J^ryden^s j^urengz-cbe. 
 
 If now tiie colours of natural bodies arc to be 
 mingUd, let water, a little thickened with ibap, 
 be agitated to raife a/VoM; and after that f'oth 
 has ftood a little, there will appear, tu one that 
 fhall vitw it intently, various colours every 
 where in the furfaccs of the bubbles ; b-.it to one 
 that (hall go fo far off that he caimot dillinguifh 
 the colours from one another, the wl^ole froth 
 will glow white, wlih a perfctlt whitcncfs. 
 
 Heivton. 
 
 A painter having finiflied the picture of a hoife, 
 excepting the JoofeyVo?/: about his mouth and his 
 bridle; and after many unfutccC-iful effays, de- 
 fpairing to do that to his fat is faction, in a great 
 rage threw a fpunge at it, all befmeared with the 
 Colours, which fortunately hitting upon the right 
 place, by one bold ftroke of chance inoll exa<5>ly 
 fupplicd the want of Ikill in the artift. Bentley. 
 
 2. Any empty or fenfelefs Ihow of wit or 
 
 eloquence. 
 
 3. Any thing not hard, folid, or fub- 
 ftantial. 
 
 Who eatcrh his veal, pig and Iamb bcingyVo/A, 
 Shall twice in a wetk go to bed without bruth 
 
 To Froth, v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 foam ; to throw out fpume j to generate 
 fpume. 
 
 He frets within, frothi treafon at his mouth, 
 An<l churns it through h'S teeth. Dryden 
 
 Exccfs muddles the bell wit, and only make*; 
 it flutter and/; s;-^ high. Greiu 
 
 Fro'thily. adv. [^rom frothy,'] 
 
 1. With foam ; with fpume, 
 
 2 In an empty trifling manner. 
 
 Fro'thy adj* [from/ro/A.] 
 
 i. Full of foam, froth, or fpume. 
 
 The f.ip of trees is o( ditVcring n.iturcs ; fome 
 watery and clear, as vines, beeches, pears ; iome 
 thick, as apples ; fome gummy, as cherries ; and 
 fomey;o.'/;v, as elms. JSiucn. 
 
 Behold nfiQt/iy fubftance rife j 
 Be c.nutious, or your bottle flics, Siulft. 
 
 2. Soft ; nut folid ; walUng. 
 
 Their bodies are fo folid and hard as you need 
 not fear that bathing fliouid make ihiZm frothy. 
 
 Bacon^i Natural Uijiory. 
 
 3. Vain; empty; trifling. 
 
 What 's a voluptuous dinner, nnd the frothy 
 vanity of difcourfe that ccmmonly attends thelc 
 pompous entertainments .' What is it but a mortifi- 
 cation to a man of feiife and virtue? VFfimnge. 
 
 Though llic principles (if rcligiun were never fo 
 clcai and evident, yet they may be made ridicu- 
 lous by vain and frothy men ; as the giavcrt and 
 wifcfl pcifun in the world may be abufcd hy being 
 put in a fool's coat. THhtfon. 
 
 FROUNCE, n.f. A word ufed by faU 
 cofiers for a diflemper, in which white 
 fpittle gathers about the hawk's bill- 
 
 5 Shinner, 
 
 FRO 
 
 To Frounce, v. a. [from the no«n.] 
 To frizzle or curl the hair about the 
 face. This word was at firll probably 
 ufed in contempt. 
 
 ^unK frounce tlieir curled hair in courtly guife. 
 Some prank their ruifs, and other timely digiit 
 Their gay attiie. Fa:iy (^ucln. 
 
 Some warlike fign muft be ufed; either a llo- 
 venly bufliin, or an overflaring/ro.-merrf i.ead. 
 
 .^fiham's Sefjyr)lmajier, 
 
 Thu5, night oft fee me in thy pale career, 
 *Till civil fuited morn appear ; 
 Not trick'ri and f. nunc' J as fhe was wont, 
 With the Attick boy to hunt. Mitttti, 
 
 Fro'uzy. adj. [A cant word.] 
 
 1. Fetid ; mufty. 
 
 Petticoats \nffou'x.y heaps. Sviift. 
 
 2. Dim ; cloudy. 
 
 When firft Diana leaves her bed, 
 Vapouis and fteams her looks difgrace ; 
 
 Afroijzy dirty-colonred red 
 Sits on her cloudy wrinkled face. Swift. 
 
 FRO'WARD. adj. [ppampeapb.] Peevifn; 
 ungovernable ; angry ; perverfe : the 
 contraiy to tomard.- 
 
 The frotuarJ ^^a'm of mine own heart made me 
 delight to punilh him, whom I el^ccmcd the 
 chiefcft let in the way. Sidney, 
 
 She's nox ftoiunrdy but modeft as the dove : 
 She is not hot, hut temperate as the morn. Shakfp. 
 
 VVhofe ways are crooked, and ihtyfroivurd in 
 their patiis Prtyfcrh. 
 
 Time moveth fo round, that a yVoit-fl^t/ reten- 
 tion of cuftom is as luibulent a thing as innova- 
 tion. Bncoi's EJfiyi. 
 
 *Tis with yVoiwiri^ men, zndfenjjivd fa<ltions 
 too, as 'tis vvirh froivard children ; they'll be 
 fooner quieted by fear than by any fenfe of duty. 
 
 L'Fjiuirige. 
 
 Motions occafion fleep, as we find by the com- 
 mon ufe and experience of rocking ftovjard chil- 
 dren in craules. Temple, 
 Fro'wardly. /3</t'. [from/roTOflri/.] Pee- 
 vifhly ; pervcrfely. 
 
 I hid me and was wroth, and he vftwX frojvard'y 
 in the way of bis heart. Ifaiah. 
 
 Fro'wardness. n. f. [irom fro'uiard.'\ 
 Peeviflinels ; perverfenefs. 
 
 How mar.y fiaiuafdnej/ei of ours dijti he fmo* 
 ther ? how many indignities does he pafs by ? 
 how many affionts does he put up at our hards } 
 
 South. 
 We'll mutually forget 
 The warmth of youth, ^ndfrotvardnefs of age. 
 Addijon^s Ciito. 
 Fro'wer. n.f. [I know not the etymo- 
 logy.] A cleaving tool. 
 
 Afrcwer of iron for cleaving of lath, 
 With roll for a fawpit, good hulbandry hath. 
 
 r.#r. 
 
 To FROWN. ■!'. a. [frogner, old French, 
 to wrinkle. Skinner.^ To exprefs dif- 
 pleafure by contracting the face to 
 wrinkles ; to look Hern. 
 Say, that Hie froium ; I'll fay, Ihc looks as 
 clear 
 As morning rofes newly wafb'd wilhdew. Shakfp. 
 
 They chufe their magiftrate ; 
 And fuch a one as he, who puts his thall. 
 His popular (hall, againll a graver bench 
 Than <i\trfrcivfi'd. Shttkfpcttre' : Ccrio/anus. 
 
 How now, daughter, what makes that frontlet 
 on ? You are too much of lale i' iWfro^ivi. 
 
 Thou waft a pretty fellow, when thou 
 
 hadft no need to care for htr f/ciuning. Shitifp. 
 Heroes in animated marhleyVo-a'//. Pcpt. 
 
 The wood, 
 Whofe (hady horrors on a rifing brow 
 Wav'd high, mifrnun'd upon the Ihcr.m-below. 
 
 Pipe. 
 
 Fro'.vn. r..f. [from the verb.] .■! wriiikltd 
 look ; a look of difpleafure.
 
 F R U 
 
 raticnlly entlurc that fro^un of foitun*, and 
 by Ionic iiutiiblc exploit win ^^;aiti her favour. 
 
 K''o//:s' Ui/.'ciy of t/ic Tui,ki. 
 In his hall-ciub'd eyes 
 Stern vengeance yet inid liulttlc terror fland ; 
 His front yet threatens, and imfioiuns comnnmd 
 
 P'lOr 
 
 Fro'wninglv. fl^i'. [(vom/rowri.] Stern- 
 ly ; with a look of diiplcafure. 
 
 What, look'd he ft owf/i/ig/y ^ 
 A countenance ir.orc in lurrow tiun in anger. 
 
 Sfi.iifpiarc's Huviht. 
 
 Fro'wy. adj, Mufty; mofTy. This word 
 is now not ufetl ; but iiillcad of \lfrouz,y. 
 
 But if llicy wiih thy goics fliould ycdc, 
 They foon might be eonuptcd ; 
 
 Or like not of X.\\cfioivy fedc, 
 Or with the weeds be glutted. Spenfi . 
 
 Fro'zen. part, pajf. v,{ free%e, 
 
 1. Congealed with cold. 
 
 What was ihc w.iftc of war, what fierce alarms 
 Shook. Aln's crown with European arms ? 
 Ev'n fnch have heard, if any fuch there be, 
 "VVhofc earth is bounded by the fro-z^m fca. 
 
 Fierce Boreas, with hi? offspring, ifTues forth 
 T' invade the /*r63;e« waggon of the north. T>iyd. 
 
 A chceiful blaze .Tiofc, and by the fire 
 Tlicy warm'd their ftc-z.e>i feet, and dry'd their 
 wet aitire. Drydcni FiOiver and Ltaf. 
 
 2. Chill in afledion. 
 
 Againrt whom was i.he fine frs-zen knigV.r, 
 ftozeri'm dcl'pair; but his armour naturally re- 
 prcfcnting ice, and all his furniture lively anfwcr- 
 ing thereto. Sulmy 
 
 Be not ever froz.cn coy ; ^ 
 
 One beam of love will foon deftroy C 
 
 And melt that ice to floods of joy. Ciircjj, j 
 
 3. Void of heat or appetite. 
 
 Even lieie, wherc/fOifi chalUty retires, 
 Love finds an altar for forbidden tires, Po^e. 
 F. R. S, Felloiu of the Royal Society, 
 Who r'lrtu piofels 
 Shine in the dignity of F. R. S. Pope. 
 
 Fructi'ferous. adj. \_fru8tfer' Latin.] 
 Bearing fruit. Jlnfivorih. 
 
 Fructifica'tion. «./. [from /rwt?//)'-] 
 The a6l of caufing or of bearing fiuit ; 
 fecundation ; fertility. 
 
 That the fap doth powerfully rife in the fpiing, 
 to put the planr in a capacity of fruB'tficatton^ he 
 thai hath beheld how many gallons of water iiiny 
 tec drawn from a birch tree, hatli flendcr reafon to 
 doubt. BrozuK's Vu}gjr Erroun 
 
 To FRU'CTIFY. 7.. a, [frualficr, Fr.] 
 To make fruitful ; to fertihze. 
 
 The Ic^sl levies the lovcrcign railes .ire as va- 
 pours which the fun exhales, which fall down 
 in fwcct fliowcrb X.o fm^ify x\\z earth. Hcwd. 
 Wiicief *Lr fhe!ookv» behold fome fudden biiih 
 Adorns the trees, zndfuUifies the earth. 
 
 7o Fru'ctify. tj. n. To bear fruit. 
 
 It walcrcth the heart, to the end it mmy frur- 
 fifv; m.iketh the virtuuui, in trouble, full of 
 magnanimity and tour.i^^c; as lervcth as a mort 
 approved remedy againft all dulcful and heavy ac 
 cidcnts which bcfal men in this prefcnthfe. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 Thus would there nothing/rwfi'/j5'> either near 
 or under them, the fun being horizontal to the 
 
 poles. Brc>iurt. 
 
 Jru'ctuous. adj. [fru^ueux, French; 
 ivKimfrud'ify,~\ Fruitfid ; fertile; im- 
 pregnating v/Ith fertility. 
 
 Apples of price, and plenteous Iheares of corn 
 Ofr inlcrlac'd occur ; and both imbibe 
 Fating congenial juice, fo rich the foi', 
 So much dvcsfn4i?uo:is moilUire o'crabound ! 
 
 P/u/ipu 
 
 FRU'GAL. a^i. [/nisa/h, Latin ; frug.r/, 
 Fieiich.] Thrifty; fparing ; paifimo- 
 
 F R U 
 
 nlous ; not prodigal ; not profufe ; not 
 
 lavifli. 
 
 Rcafoninp, I oft admire. 
 How nature wife* and/i-w^rt/ could commit 
 Such difproportions, witii fuperfluous hand 
 So ni;uiy nublcr budicb to cri-atc, 
 Gnater fo manifold to this otic ufc. Mtlton. 
 
 And wi:>g'f1 purveyors his (harp hunger fed 
 Wuh frug^ti fci.ips of flelh and maflin bread. 
 
 H.irfe. 
 If through mlfVs he (hoots his fuUcn beams, 
 F'v^j/of light, in loofc and ftrag^Iing ftrc.ms, 
 Sufpi.v.1 a drilling day. Drydci^i Virgil 
 
 Fru'gally, adv, [ from /rw^.'i/. ] Purfi- 
 moiiionfly ; fparingiy ; thriftily. 
 Mean time young Pafimond his marriage 
 prefs'd, 
 AuH frugal I M rcfolv*d, the charge to fhun, 
 To join his hrothci's bridal with his own D'yJ. 
 FuUGA'trTY. ff. /. [frugaltte^ French; 
 frug.d'itasy Latin.] Tlu'ift ; pavfimony ; 
 good hufbandry. 
 
 As for the general fort of men, frugality' may 
 be the caufe of drinking water; for that is no 
 fmall faving, to pay nothing for one's drink. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Ftu^alffy and bounty too, 
 
 Thofe diff'ring virtues, meet in you. IValler, 
 
 In l\\\if'-ugaUty of your praifi^s, fame things I 
 
 cannot omit. Drydcni FiibUi^ Dedication. 
 
 Tlic boundaries of virtues arc indivifible lines : 
 
 it i.s impofilble to march up clofe to the frontiers 
 
 of ftngfi/ify, without enltiing the territories of 
 
 parfimony. ^thuth'iof" t John Bull. 
 
 Fr u G i'f L R ou s. adj, [frug'tferj Latin . ] 
 
 Bearing fruit. ylinfzvorth. 
 
 FRUiT. n. /. [fruSiis, Latin ; frwyth, 
 WelOi ; fruit, French.] 
 
 1. The produ6l of a tree or plant in which 
 tlie feeds are contained. 
 
 The lUawbrn'v grows underneath the nettle, 
 And whuUfomc berries thrive and ripen bell 
 Nfighbour'd hy fruit of baf*.r quality. Shakfp. 
 
 2. That part of a plant which is taken for 
 food. 
 
 By taking of that fruit forbid, 
 ■* Where they fought knowledge, they did error find. 
 
 Daviei. 
 See how the \\^\x\% fruits, the gardens crown, 
 Imbibe the fun, and make his light their own. 
 
 BLichmie. 
 
 3. Produ61ion. 
 
 The fyuit of the fpirit is in all goodnefs and 
 righteoufncfs, and truth. Ephcfuim. 
 
 4. The offspring of the womb ; the young 
 of any animal. 
 
 Caii'Il thou their reck'nings keep ? the time 
 compute, 
 When their iwoln bellies fhall enlarge the fruit P 
 
 5. Advantage gained by any enterprifc or 
 conduft. 
 
 Wtiat is become of all the king of Sweden's 
 vi6;ories ? Where are \.\\c fruifs of them at this 
 day.- Or of what benefit will they be topofterity } 
 
 S-xi-ft. 
 
 Another fruit f fromconfidcring things inthcm- 
 felvcs. will be, that each man will purfut his 
 thoughts in that method which will be mort 
 agreeable to the iiaturc of the thing', and to his 
 apprchenfion of whiit it fuggefts to him. Lcckc. 
 
 6. TheefTeft or confcquence of any af^ion. 
 
 She blufhed when Ihe confidcved the efie<^ of 
 granting ; (he was pale when (he remembered tiie 
 frUlti of denying. Subuy. 
 
 They (hall eat of Kht fruit of their own way, 
 
 Picvcrhi. 
 
 Fru'itage. n. f, [fruitage t French.] 
 Fruit colleftively ; various fruits. 
 
 In heav'u the trees 
 Of life ambrofiaiy>«//(yg{- bear, and vines 
 Yield ncaar, MiitQii'i Paiadifc Lof. 
 
 F R U 
 
 Giftdily tliey |)liick'd 
 Tht fridititsft, i.wt lu linlii, like that wliidi grew 
 Near that Lituiniuoub l.ikc wlurc Sudom flam'd. 
 
 Milton, 
 
 What is more ordinary with them than the 
 
 taking in (towers anA fruitage for the garjiifhing 
 
 of tiieir »'Oik? Mcrr. 
 
 Fru'itdf.ar ER. n.f. [fruit znd ienrtr.] 
 
 That which produces fruit. 
 
 Trees, ciVceiahy fmiiharrii, are often in- 
 feded with the nieaOcs. M'.rtitnfy. 
 
 Fru'itbearinc. adj. [fruit and tear.] 
 Haviiijr tlic qunh'ty of producing fruit. 
 
 By thii way graft tjccs of dilTercnt kinds one 
 on another, as fruitbtaring liecs on thofe tliat 
 hear not. M:ithn<r. 
 
 Frvi'terer. n.f. [fruitier, Fr.] One 
 
 who trades in fruit. 
 
 I did fight with one Sampfon Stockfifti, a 
 
 fruiterer, hchind Gr.»y*s-inn. Sftakfpc.n:. 
 
 Walnuts the f I nil' rer'h hand in Atjiumn (lain; 
 
 Blue plumbs and juicy pears augment his gain. 
 
 Frui'tery. n.f. [frulterle, French.] 
 I. Fruit colledlivtly taken. 
 
 Oft, notwith(ianding all thy care 
 
 To help thy pl.-'.iits, on the imA\fruitery 
 
 Exempt from ill.-, an oriental blall 
 
 Difartcrous (iiv. F/ii/ip:. 
 
 i. A fruit-loft ; a repofitory for fruit. 
 Fru'itful. tu/j. [fruit and/i///.] 
 
 1. Fertile; ahuiidantiy produflive ; liberal 
 of vegetable produdt. 
 
 If fire continued cruel, he could no more 
 fudaiu his life than the earth rcxwMn fruitful in 
 the fun's continual abfence. iidricy. 
 
 The eaith, 
 Though in comjiarifon of hcav'n, fo fmall, 
 Nor glift'ring, m.iy of folid good contain 
 More plenty than the fun that b.inen (hincs, 
 Whofc virtue on itfclf woiks no cffedt, , 
 But in ihi: fruitful earth. Milton. 
 
 2. Aftually bearing fruit. 
 
 Adonis' gardens, 
 That one day bloom'd, and fruitful were the 
 next. Shiikjpfiire, 
 
 3. Prolifick ; childbearing ; not barren. 
 
 Hear, Natiu'e, hear; dear goddefs, hear a 
 father! 
 Sufpcnd thy purpofe, if thou did'fl intend 
 To make this c:cM\i\t fruitful : 
 Into hir womb convey (lerdity. Shulfpsare. 
 
 Male he created thee, but thy confort 
 Female for race; th.cn bleis'd mankind, and faid, 
 Be fruitful^ multiply, and till the earth ; 
 Subdue it, and throughout donunion hold. Mil'on. 
 
 I have copied nature, making the youthj 
 amorous and tlie dnmfels fruitful. G,iy. 
 
 4. Plenteous; abounding in any thing. 
 
 While ycu, my loid, the rur.il fhades admiie. 
 And from Britannia's publitk pt»((s retire, 
 Me into fcreigrt realms my fate conveys, 
 Through nations/r«/{/i'/ of immortal lays. 
 
 .^JJifor.. 
 Fru'ittully. ailv. [from frul/ful.] 
 
 1. In fuch a manner as to be prolitick. 
 
 How facred feeds of fca, and air, and earth, ■ 
 Arrd purer (ire through uni^erfal nighr 
 And empty fpace A\d fruit fiJh unite. Rofcommoft. 
 
 2. Pienteoufly ; abundantly. 
 
 You have many oppurtunitrrs to crrt him ofTr 
 
 if yoirr will want not, time and place will he 
 
 fruitfully ortered. ah.tkfpriije. 
 
 Fruitfully AhoMnA. Dryilrt. 
 
 Fru'itfulness. n.f. [hum fruitful.} 
 
 1 . Fertility ; fecundity ; plentiful pro- 
 dutlion. 
 
 Neither can we afcribc the [smefruitfuhift to 
 any part of the earth, nor tiie fame virtue to any 
 plant thereor) growing, that they had before the 
 fluod. Riileigh'i Mytiry. 
 
 2. The quality of being prolifick, or 
 bearing many cLilJreii.
 
 F R U 
 
 T'.ie goddcfs, prcfcnt at the match (he made, 
 So blcfs'd the btd, (nch fr:/ilf"l«'p comcy d, 
 Thst eic ten moons had Iharpen'd either horn, 
 To crown their blifs, a lovely boy was born. 
 
 Dryden'i Ovid. 
 
 i. Exuberant abundance. 
 
 ^ The ,cn,etlyof/-..r/./../. i%"r[',^"' "° 
 
 labour w.ll help the contrary; I «•' '. 1''^""°. 
 
 praifefome things in a ^"^'g ""''"V 'l y,'f' ' 
 
 L continues in,l "nnot bur jnfty bate Wfo. 
 
 5f» Jonjon i D!jc.l'crl£s. 
 
 Fru'itgrove.. rr./. [/»•««> and ^,w..] 
 Shades, or clofe plantations of fmii-trees. 
 
 The faithful (lave, 
 Whom to my nuptial train karius gave, 
 To rend ihe f,u:tgrovc^. Pope', Odyffry. 
 
 FRUI'TION. n.f. [fruor, Latin.] En- 
 joyment ; poffeflion ; pleafure given by 
 pofTcirion or ufe. 
 
 Ma.i doth not feem to reft falisfied either with 
 fruithn of that wherewith his life is preferved, 
 or with performance of fuch adions as advance 
 him moft dclcrvcdly in efliniation. Hoaxer. 
 
 I am driv'n, by breath of her renown, 
 Either to feek Ihipwrcck., or to arrive 
 Where I may havc/r,v/(/o« of her love. Shatjp. 
 
 Gud liches and renown to men imparts, 
 Ev'n all they wifit ; and yet tlieir narrow hearts 
 Cannot fo great a fluency receive, 
 But thcir/'K/'/o" to a ftrarger leave. S^nilys. 
 
 Wit once, like beauty, without art or diefs. 
 Naked and unadorned, could find fuccefs ; 
 'Till by fruilioi, novelty delhoyed, 
 The nymph muft find new charms to be enjoy'd 
 
 Affli<Sion generally difables a man from pur- 
 {uing thole vices in which the guilt of men con- 
 fifts : if the affliflion be on his body, his appe- 
 tites arc weakened, and capacity of f,i.:lion 
 deftroyed. Roger,- Sermons. 
 
 Tru'itive. arl/. [from the noun.] En- 
 joying; pofTcfiing; having the power 
 of enjoyment. A word not legitimate. 
 
 To whet our longings for frmlive or expcn- 
 ■ment.il knowledge, it is rclcrvcd among the pre- 
 rogatives of being in heaven, to know how hap- 
 py we Ihail be, when there. ^ B^yle^ 
 FRt''iTLESl.Y. adv. [from fruiilejs.\ 
 Vainly ; idly ; nnprofitably. 
 
 After this fruit cuuofity /i«»V/c/7y enqiiireth, 
 »nd confidence blindly determineth. B:<,iun. 
 
 W:'lkii'g ihcy talk'd, sinA frui'ltjly divin'd 
 What friend the pricfteib by thofe words dcfign'd^ 
 
 Diyden. 
 
 Fru'itless. adj. [from/rwi/.] 
 
 1. Barren of fruit ; nit bearing fruit. 
 
 The Spiniards of Mexico, for ll.e firtl forty 
 years, could not make our kind of wheat bear 
 feed ■ but it giew up as nigh as the trees, and was 
 /r„,r//.. Rnieigh-s Hi/cry. 
 
 2. Vain ; produiF^ive of no advantage ; 
 idle ; unprofitable. 
 
 O 1 let m ■ not, quoth he, return again 
 Back to the woild, whole joys [ufn.iiUp are; 
 
 Bu; :cl me here for ay in peace lem.iin. 
 Or flri^hiway on that lili long voyage fare. 
 
 Sjtenfer'i Fairy Qiyren. 
 Serpent 1 we might have fp.ir'd our coming 
 liithcr, 
 FiuiiUfi to nic, though fruit be here t'excefs. 
 
 •' AW 'ton. 
 
 The orhcr is for entirely waving all fcarches 
 
 intoantuiuiiv, in relr.tion to this controverfy, as 
 
 being cither ncedlefs uxfiuiihfi IPjicAm.l. 
 
 3. Having no offspring. 
 
 Upon my head tl ey pi ic'd ^fruitU/' ciowD, 
 And but .1 baricn fcrp'rc in my g'lpe ; 
 No fon of mine fucceed'Hi;. Sliakf[<e,ire 
 
 Fruit-time. n.f. [frui: ■unA lime] 1 lie 
 
 autumn; the time for gathering fruit. 
 Fru'it-treE. n. / [/'"'■' and tree] A 
 tree of that kind vvhofe principal value 
 arifcs from the fruit produced by it. 
 
 F R U 
 
 Lady, by yonder bleffcd moon 1 vow, 
 Tiiat tips with filvcr all K\.t(t Jniit -iree tops. 
 
 Shakjpeme 
 
 They polTcffed houfes full of all gooQs, wells 
 
 digged, vineyards and oliveyards, and/'"/'-'"" 
 
 in abundance.. Nehe,n,ah. 
 
 All with a border of nch fruii-lrees crown d, 
 
 Wliofc loaded blanches hide the lofty mound. 
 
 H'',t//,'. 
 
 pRUMENTA'cious.rt'^'. [{romfrumentum, 
 
 latin.] Made of grain. -Oifl. 
 
 Frume'nty. n. /. Ifnimentuin, corn, 
 
 Latin.] Food made of wheat boiled in 
 
 milk. 
 
 To Frump, v. a. To mock ; to browbeat. 
 
 Skinner. Ainfworlh. 
 
 yo Frush. v. a. ifrotffer, French.] To 
 
 break, bruife, or crulh. Hanmer. 
 
 I like thy armour well; 
 I'W frujJi it, and unlock the rivets all. 
 But I'll be malfer of it. Shakfpi-aie. 
 
 Frush. tl. f. [from the verb.] A_ fort of 
 tender horn that grows in the middle of 
 the fole, and at feme diftance from the 
 toe : it divides into two branches, run- 
 ning toward the heel, in the form of a 
 fork. Farrier's Diet. 
 
 Fkustra'neous. adj. \_frujlra, Latin.] 
 Vain ; ufclefs ; un'prohtable ; without 
 advantage. 
 
 Their attempts being {o frujiraneous, and the 
 dcmonftrations to the contrary fo perfpicuous, it 
 is a marvel that any man Ihuukl be zealoufly af- 
 fcifted in a caofe that has neither truth nor any 
 hoiicllul'cfulncis in it. M""- 
 
 He timely withdraws his /i;//?'a;i/-(;Mi baffled 
 kindncfles, and fees the folly of endeavouring to 
 ftroke a tyger into a lamb, or to court an Ethi- 
 opian out of his colour Sy.ith. 
 
 To FRU'STRATE. t.. a. [frujiror, 
 
 Lziin ; frujrer, French.] 
 I. To defeat ; to difappoint; to balk. 
 
 It is an axiom of natuie, that natural dtlirc 
 cannot utterly Xic fnijlrate. H'jrjier. 
 
 I furvive, 
 To mock the expedtations of the world; 
 To frn/rra!.' prophecies, and to raze out 
 Rotten opinion. Sh.iifpenre' s Hemy iv. 
 
 Stern look'd the fiend, Tufrupate of his v.-ill ; 
 Not half fufficM, and greedy yet to kill- D.ydcn. 
 
 Not more almighty to refift our might, 
 Thanwifeto/r///?»<ir.-allour plutsand wiles. Mil. 
 Z. To make null ; to nullify. 
 
 The adof parliament which gave all his Innds 
 to the queen, did cut uS and fr,>Jlrate all fuch 
 conveyances. _ Spe^iler. 
 
 Now thou haft .aveng'd 
 Supplanted Adam ; and by vai.quiftiing 
 Tcmptalion, haft ieg::in'd loft paiadile. 
 And />!//?/ <!/«</ the conqucft fi.iudulent. Millon. 
 The pcculiai fticngth of the motive m.iy of 
 itfelf perhaps contribute to fiup.tte the efficacy 
 of it, renrietins it liable to be fufpeftcd by him 
 to whomuisaddieircd. ^ .-htetlwy 
 
 Fru'strate. fartiaplal a<ij. [from the 
 verb.] 
 
 1 . Vain ; ineffeftual ; ufelefs ; tinprofitabL . 
 
 He u diown'd 
 Whom thus wc llr.iy to find, and the fca mocks 
 Our/--v/rfl/cfcarch on land. ih.Jfp. TmpejI. 
 
 The rulci of ll'C piovince of Judc.i being by 
 ]ulian bulled in ihc re cdifyiig of this tcm,)le, 
 fl.uning b..lU of hrc ilTiiiiig near the found.ition, 
 andoftconlumingthe woikmcn, maile ihcenter- 
 pnzefrujhau. RaUi^lr, Ihjlory. 
 
 All at once employ their thronging daits; 
 But out of Older Ihio-.vn, in air tlity join, 
 And multitude mukei Jrujiiute the dclign. Dry. 
 
 2. Null ; void. 
 
 Few things are fo rcftr.iincd to any one end or 
 p.irpofe, that, the fame being eltinit, lliey (hould 
 foilhwith utterly Ucome/ri^/ru/r. ilcticr. 
 
 FRY 
 
 Frustra'tion. n.f. \^fruJlralio, Lattn; 
 from f I ujlrate.] Difappointment; defeat. 
 In lUles notorioully inehgious, a fecrct and 
 irrcfittible power countermands their deepell pro- 
 je<Ss, fplits their couiifels, and fmites their moft 
 refined policies with frufrathn and a curfe. 
 
 South. 
 
 Fru'strative. adi. [from frujlrate.] 
 
 Fallacious ; difappointing. Ainfiu. 
 
 Fru'stratorv. adj. [from frujlrtile.} 
 
 That makes any procedure void ; that 
 
 vacates any former proccfs. 
 
 B.utolus rcfirains this to i frs-Jireitory appeal. 
 
 ^ylijr. 
 
 FRU'STUM. n.f. [Latin.] A piece cut 
 off from a regular iigiu-e. A term of 
 fciencc. 
 Fry. n. f. [from froe, foam, Danilh, 
 
 Sl'inner.] 
 I. The fwarm of little fiflies juR produced 
 from the fpawn. 
 
 Thev come to us, but as love draws; 
 He fwallow u-, and never chaws ; 
 Bv him, as hy chain'd (hot, whole ranks to die j 
 He is the tyrant pike, and we tlic/y. Donne. 
 Forthwith the founds and feas, each creek and 
 bay, 
 With/rj innumeiable fwarm, and fhoals 
 Of filh, that with their fins and Ihining fcales 
 Glide under the green wave in fculls-, that oft 
 Bank the mid-fea. Mdton'i Parad. LoJI. 
 
 The angler had the hap to draw up a very 
 little fifti from among xhc fry. L' Ejiratige, 
 
 So clofe behind lome promontory lie 
 The huge leviathans, t' attend their prey; 
 And give no ch.ice, but Iwallow in thcyV)', 
 Wuich through their gaping jaws raiftake the 
 way. Drydin. 
 
 2. Any fwarm of animals; or young peo- 
 ple in contempt. 
 
 Out of the fry of thefc rakehell horfeboys, 
 growing up m knavery and villainy, are their 
 kern continually fupplied and maintained. Spen. 
 
 Them bcfoie the/7 of children young. 
 Their wanton fportsand chilri:(h mirth did play, 
 And to the maidens founding timbrcK fung. 
 
 Fairy (^ucem. 
 
 Draw me no conflellations there. 
 Nor dog nor goat, nor bull, nop Dear; 
 Nor any of that monftrous/'_y 
 Of animals that ftock the fky. Oldham. 
 
 Tiic yo\iu% fiy muft be held .at a diftance, and 
 kept under the difciplinc of contempt. Collier. 
 Fry. n. f. A kind of iieve. 
 
 He dicffeth the duft from malt, by running it 
 through a fan otfry. Alorlimet's Hujbandry. 
 
 To FRY. 11. a. [frigo, Latin ; jfWc, WeWi; 
 frijck, Erfe ] To drefs lood by roafting 
 it in a pan on the fire. 
 
 To Fry. tJ. n. 
 
 1. To be roafted In a pan on the fire. 
 
 2. To fuffer the aftion of fire. 
 So when with crackling flames a cauldron /mVj, 
 
 The bubbling waters from the bottom rile ; 
 Above the biims they force rheii ficiy way, 
 Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud the day. 
 
 Diyden'i uEneid. 
 
 3. To melt with heat. 
 Spices and gums .about them melting/y, 
 
 And,pheiiixlike,in thic rch licit they die. //W. 
 
 4. To he agitated like liquor in the pan 
 
 on the fire. 
 
 Oil of fwcet almonds, newly drawn with 
 fug.Ti, and a linle fpice , Iptead upon bread roafted, 
 i> an exc. llent nounftrci; but then, to kctp the 
 oil from f'png. In the ftomach, drink mild beer 
 afiei it. Baeo'i'i Nat. Hijioiy. 
 
 Where no ford he finds, no water//«, 
 Nor billows with unequal murmurs roar. 
 But tmoothlv (lide along, and fwcll the "'2."''. , 
 That coutlc he ftecr'd. Dryden J A.fiil.
 
 FUG 
 
 Fry. «. f. [from the verb.] A didi of 
 
 tilings tried. 
 
 FRY'I^fGPAN. n.f. \_fry ^.niS. pan.'\ The 
 
 veflel in which meat is roafted on the fire. 
 
 If 1 pifs' 1)}' fca, I may cliance ro f.ill from 
 
 thzfjyin^pan into tlic fire. Ihwil's Voc. For, 
 
 \Vc undciA.ind by out of the fryingp.m into 
 
 the fire, th.it things go fi jiii bad to woife. 
 
 JJ Ejirangt. 
 
 A freeman of London has the privilege of dif- 
 
 tiiil/itrg a whole ftrect with Che c\v.inl^ing of a 
 
 brrfs liettlc or -a f)yit:gpatt. yJiUifo'i. 
 
 2b FuB. V. a. To put off; to delay by 
 falfe pretences ; to cheat. It is gene- 
 rally written/b^. .Set Fob. 
 
 A hundred m.irk is a long Jtve for a poor lone 
 woman to InMr ! aiiri I have burnc, and borne, and 
 borne, and have been fiibb'd ofi and fr!i/>'il oS 
 from this day to that day, that it is a Ihame lo 
 be thought on. St'i.iiff. ILnry, iv. 
 
 FuB. n.f. A plump chtibby boy. A'lnfw. 
 
 Fu'CATED. adj. [fiu-atus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Painted; difguifed with paint. 
 
 2. Difguifcd by fall'c fliow. 
 
 FU'CUS. n. f. [Latin.] Paint for the 
 face. Not in ufe. 
 
 Women chat 
 Of fucia this, andy'«ri/t that. Ben y'.'jf-jn. 
 
 Thofe who paint for debauchery Ihould have 
 the/i/cBj pulled off, and the co.irfenefs underneath 
 difcovered. Collier. 
 
 To Fuddle, v. a. [of unknown etymo- 
 logy. 3 To make drunk. 
 
 The table floating round, 
 And pa\ ement faichlefs to the fuddled feet. 
 
 Thcmfon. 
 
 To Fu'ddle. "v. n. To drink to excefs. 
 Men will be whoring anJ J u.Uling on ifill. 
 
 L-Ejlr„r:ge. 
 
 FU'EL. n. f. [from feti, fire, French.] 
 The matter or aliment of fire 
 
 This fliall he burning :m6fnel oi fire. Ifai.ih. 
 Tills Ipark will prove a raging fire, 
 If wind indficl be brought to feed it with. 
 
 Shakfpeure^i Henry v I . 
 Mov'd by my charms, with them your love 
 may ceafc ; 
 And as the fuel finks, the iiame decrcafe. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 7"o Fu'el. II. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To feed fire with combuftibic matter. 
 
 And yet flic cannot wafte by this, 
 Nor long endure this torturing wiong ; 
 Tor more corruption needlefs is, 
 To_/W/ fuch a fever long. Valine. 
 
 Never, alas ! the dreadful name 
 That/w^/s the infernal flame. CoTvhy. 
 
 Tlie/wtVi^ chimney blazes wide. T/mmJou. 
 
 2. To llore with firing. 
 
 Some are plainly dco.iomical, as that the feat 
 be well watered, and weU fuelled. f/'otton. 
 
 FUEILI.EMORTE. „. f [French.] 
 Corruptly pronounced and written /»/ji/o- 
 mot. 
 
 Fueillemnrte colour fignifics the colour of wi- 
 thered leaves in autumn. Lo.ie. 
 
 FuG.\'cious. adj. [fugaXffugacis, Latin.] 
 Volatile. 
 
 Fuga'ciol'sness. n. f. \^fugax, Latin.] 
 Volatility ; the quality of flying awny. 
 
 Fl'ga'city. v. f. [j'ugtix, Latin.] 
 
 1. Volatility; quality of flying away. 
 
 Spirits and f.ilts, which, ijy their fiigaciiv, 
 colour, fmell, t.ifte, and divers experiments that 
 I purpofely made to examine them, were like the 
 f.ilt and fpirit of urine and foot. Bc\le. 
 
 2. Uncertainty ; inllability, 
 
 luGH. iiitoj. [perhaps from ipXv.l An ex- 
 prcfiion of abhorrence. Commonly foh. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 FUG 
 
 Avery filthy fellow: how odioufly he fmells 
 of his country garlick ! /i/f/;, hr.w he flinks of 
 Sp.nin ' Drydffi's Don SehiijUan. 
 
 FUGITIVE. m!j. [///«i/i/; French ;/«. 
 gitivus, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Not tenable ; not to be held or detained. 
 
 <.)ui i ilea of infinity \% a growing znf\ fidgitix-e 
 idea, ftill in a boundlcfs progreHJuii, tUnt can Itop 
 no \vi ere. Lccke. 
 
 Happincfs, objcift of that waking dream, 
 Which wc call life, mirtaking: fugitive t!;eme 
 Of my piirfuing vcri'c, ideal Qiadc, 
 Notional good, by fancy only nindc. Piiar. 
 
 2. Unfteady; unliable; not durable. 
 
 3. Volatile; apt to fly away. 
 
 The more tender m\(\ fugitive parts, tV,c leaves, 
 of many of the move Iturdy vegetables, fall otf 
 for want of the fuj)ply fiom beneath : thofe only 
 which are more tenacious, making, a (hift to 
 fuhfill without fucli recruit. ircoJward. 
 
 4. Flyin;r ; running fronn danger. 
 
 \Vhiii> yet witli Partiiian blood thy fword is 
 warm, 
 The fugitive Parthians follow. Shakf^rare. 
 
 The Trojan chief 
 Till ice fugitii'f about Troy wall. Mi'i'^n. 
 
 5. Flying from duty; falling off. 
 
 C:in :i fugiiifc daughter enjoy hcrfelf, while 
 her parents are in tears ? Clanjja. 
 
 6. Wandering; runagate; vagabond. 
 
 The moft malicious I'urmife was countenanced 
 by a libellous pamphlet of a fugitive phyfician. 
 
 IVotton. 
 
 Fu'g iTivE. n. f, [from the adjeifllve.] 
 
 1. One who runs from his ftation or duty, 
 
 Unmarried men are beft friends/ belt maflcri, 
 heft feivants, but not always beft fubjei5ts ; for 
 They are light to run away, and almolt all fi^gi- 
 tsvci arc of that condition. Bucorit 
 
 Back to thy punithment, 
 Va\{g fugitive .' and to thy fpeed add wings, 
 Left with a whip of fcorpions I purfuc 
 Thy ling'iin?. Milton* s Parad. L'>Jl. 
 
 We undcrrtand by (ovt\<:fugitixiesy that he hath 
 commanded 
 The generals to return with vi<5lory, or cxpcft 
 A fhameful death. Dcnham''s Sophy. 
 
 2. One who takes flielter under another 
 power from piminiinent. 
 
 Too many, being men of good inheritance, 
 are fled beyond the feas, where they live under 
 princes whicii arc her majefly's piofeflTed enemies; 
 and converfe and aie confederates with other 
 Iraytors ^i^dfugirivc^ x'i.lic abiding. Spcnfcr. 
 
 Your royal highnefs is too great and too juft, 
 either to want or to receive the homage of rebel- 
 lious y^v^;V/r('5. Dry Jen. 
 
 3. One hard to be caught or detained. 
 
 What mufe but his can Nature's beauties hit, 
 Or catch that airy /f^/V/TV, call'd wir. H.v/t. 
 Fu'gitive>.'f.s3. n.f. [[vom/u^iihc] 
 
 1. Volatility; fugacity. 
 
 That di\crs fairs, emerging upon the analyfi^ 
 of many concretes, are \ery volatile, is pliiin 
 fiom the fugitiveaefs of fait and of hartfhorn at- 
 tending in diftilUition. Boyle. 
 
 2. InllabiHty; inicertainty. 
 FUGUE, n, f. [French; from _/;/^i7, 
 
 Latin.] In mufick, fomc point confifl- 
 Jng of four, five, fix, or any other 
 number of notes begun by fome one 
 fingle part, and then feconded by a 
 third, fourth, fifth, and fixth part, if the 
 compofition confifls of fo many; re- 
 peating the fame or Aich like notes, fo 
 that the feveral parts follow, or come 
 in one after another in the fame manner, 
 the leading parti llill flying before thofe 
 that follow, Harris. 
 
 Tlie reports and/we/.f; have an agreement with 
 the figures in rhcloiick of repetition and traduc- 
 tion. Bmcn's NtiC. ilsf.Qry, 
 
 F U L 
 
 The (kilful organiftjilies liisgrnve and fancied 
 dcfcant in lofty yi/g.vci. iMilion an Education. 
 
 >iis volant touch 
 Inrtinft throu[;h all propoit.'jnt, low and high, 
 Fled, and putl'u'd tranlverl'c the icfonanty:/j:"''. 
 
 iMilicn. 
 Long has a race of heroes fill'd the ftage, 
 That I ant by note, and tiirough the gamut rage; 
 In fongs and air>cxprcfs tr.cir niarttal fire, 
 Combat in trills, and in a/i'/^vf expire .kidifn. 
 Fu'lciment. n.f. \_fulc'imen,fulcmentum, 
 Latin. J That on^ wiiich a body refls, 
 which a<fl5 or is aftcd upon at each end, 
 as a balance or a lever, 
 
 The power that cqiiipontlcratcs with any 
 
 wei^;lit, mull have the fame proportion unto ir, 
 
 as there is betwi.\t theii feveral difiancn from 
 
 the centre or fuleimmt. iV:!hni. 
 
 To FuiFi't. 13. a. [/////and/y/.] 
 
 1. To fill till there is no room ior more. 
 This fenfe is now not iifcd. 
 
 Six gates i' th' city, with rnaliy ftaplcs, 
 And correfponfive and fu filing bolts, 
 Sjiarre up the fons of Troy. Shakfp'A'f. 
 
 2. Toanfwerany prophecy orpromife by 
 performance. 
 
 They knew him not, nor yet the voices of the 
 prophets whicli are read every f.ihbath-day, they 
 \y.\\e}u'fillcd thein in condemning him. Atli. 
 
 The fnry b.ith'd thcili in each other's blood; 
 Then, having fix'd the fi;jht, cxnitinj; fiicf. 
 And bears fulfiU'd her promifc to the flcics. 
 
 Dryden'i yEneiJ. 
 
 3. To anfwer any purpofe or defign. 
 Here nature fcenis r.vy/./'.y in all her ends. Afi.V. 
 
 4. To anfwer any delirc by compliance or 
 gratification. 
 
 If on my wounded brcaft thou rirop'ft a tear, 
 Think for whofe fake my breali that wound C.A 
 
 bear; 
 And faithfully my laft defires/j/^'j/. 
 As I perKirm my cruel faincr's will. Drydcn. 
 
 5. To anfwer any law by obedience. 
 
 Loveworketh no ill to his neighbour, thetcfi'ie 
 love is \\\eju!fillitig of the law. Romuin. 
 
 This I my glory account 
 
 My exaltation, and my whole delight, 
 
 That thou in mc wcll-plcas'd dcclar'ft thy will 
 
 ■ Fufird, which to ftf.llh all my blifs. Ahlf.n. 
 
 Fulfra'ught. adj. [full And fraught .] 
 
 Fully flored, 
 
 Thy fall hath left a kind of blot 
 To mark the fu If rr.iighi man, the beft endu'ci, 
 With fume fufpicion. Shatfp. Henry v. 
 
 Fu'i.GENCY. n.f. [fiilgens, Latin.] Splen- 
 dour; ludre ; glitter. Did. 
 Fu'lgent. adj. [fulgens, Latin.] Shin- 
 ing; dazzling; exquifitely bright. 
 
 As from a cToud hisy}.,'^^t -;/ head, 
 
 And Ihape ftar-bright, appcur'd. Miitpn. 
 
 The illumin.ition is not fo bright and/w/e/^r 
 
 as to obfcure or cxlinguilh all pciceptibiliry of 
 
 reafon. Moie'i Drvine Diidag-iei. 
 
 FU'LGID. adj. [filghhn, Latin.] Shin- 
 ing ; glittering ; dazzling'. 
 
 Fulgi'dity. «. /. [from fulg'id.l Splen 
 dour ; dazzling glitter. /);<?. 
 
 Fu'lgour. n.f. [fidgof, Latin.] Splen- 
 dour ; dazzling brightnels like that of 
 lightning. 
 
 Glow-worms alive projctfl a luftre in the dark ; 
 which fulgnur, notwiihlhmding, ccafeth after 
 death. JBioivn. 
 
 When I fct my eyes on this fide of things, 
 there Ihines from ihcm fuch an intelleifluaiyi-..'- 
 £o(,r, that methinks the very glory of the Deirv 
 becomes vifibic tinough tlieni. J^lore. 
 
 Fui.gura'tion. n.f. [fulguraUo, Lat.] 
 The aft of lightening. 
 
 Fu'lh.w). n.f. A cant word for falfe 
 dice. Hanmer. 
 
 5 H
 
 of tlie 
 
 F U L 
 
 Let vultures gripe tliy guts, for gourd ard 
 Fulhiim'i hold, 
 And high and low beguile the rich and poor. 
 
 S/w/fy/'i-a..-. 
 
 TuLi'dNous. adj. [fungincuxf;VvmQ.\\. 
 ful}ginofus, Latin.] Sooty ; fmoky. 
 
 Burrage hath an excellent fpirit to reprcfs the 
 fu/irimus vapours of dufky melancholy, and fo 
 cure madnefi. •"" " '■ 
 
 Whereas hlfloiy (hould be the torchof truth, 
 he makes her in divers places ifuligimm Imk of 
 lies. ^■■"[■'''■ 
 
 Fu'lImart. n./. [This word, of which 
 Skinner obferves that he found it only 
 in this paflage, feems to mean the fame 
 wxlhjhat.l A kind of ftinking ferret. 
 
 The fitchat, <.\\efi.l.ii:a,t, and the ferret, l-- 
 upon the face, and within the hpwels 
 earth. /''"'"■" 
 
 FULL. adj. [inille, Saxon ; vol, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Replete; without vacuity; having no 
 
 fpace void. 
 
 Better is an handful with quietnefs, than both 
 
 the hands /";<// with travel and vexation of fpirit. 
 
 ■' Zcckfmf.ci. 
 
 VMcyfullof chariots. I/ain/i. 
 
 The trees of the Lord are/«/.'of fnp. fjalms. 
 
 Where all muft/i'.'/ or not coherent be. i'^/". 
 
 2. Abounding in any quality good or bad. 
 
 With pretence from Strcphon iicr to guard. 
 He met her full, but/i/// of warcfulnefs. Sidney. 
 
 You fliould treada courfe 
 Pretty and/;/// of view. Sh.ikfp. Cymb. 
 
 Followers, who make tl-.emfclves as trumpets 
 of the commendation of thofe they follow, are 
 full of inconvenience; they taint bufincfs througli 
 want of fecrccy, and export honour from n man, 
 and make him a return in envy. Bacon. 
 
 That mufi be our cure. 
 To be no more ; fad cure ; for who would lofc, 
 Though /k// of pain, this intellectual being, 
 Thoie thoughts that wander through eternity ? 
 
 Milton. 
 Gay religion 's/;<// of pomp and gold. Mill. 
 In that fwcet feafon, as in bed I lay, 
 I turn'd my weaiy fide, but Itill in vain, 
 Though fuH of youthful health and fmi.D-yd n 
 He KJuU of wants which he cannot fujiply, 
 and compaffcd about with infirmities which he 
 cannot remove. Tdidifon. 
 
 From yon bright he.iven our aullror fetch'd his 
 fire, 
 And paints the paflions that your eyes iiifpirt-; 
 FiiUoi that Hame, his tender fcenes he wures, 
 ' And frames his goddcfs by your matcMcfs 
 charms. Crair.'Ule. 
 
 3. Stored with any thing ; well fupplled 
 with any thing. 
 
 Yull of d.iys was he ; 
 Two ages paft, he liv'd the third to fee. Tichel. 
 jL. Plump ; faginated ; fat. 
 
 A gentleman of a/a.'/b;)dy having broken his 
 ikin by a fall, the wound in'ilamed. IViJcm.ii!. 
 
 5. Saturated; fated. 
 
 I Am full of the burnt offerings of rams. IfiiM 
 
 The. alteration of fcenes feeds .-.nd relieves the 
 
 eye, before it he fill of the fame objcift. • Bucon, 
 
 6. Crowded with regard to the imagina- 
 tion or memory. 
 
 Every one is /a.'/ of the miracles done by cold 
 baths on decayed and weak conftitutions. L'^ci,. 
 
 7. Thatfdli or makes full; large; great 
 
 in effect. 
 W.itcr digcfteth a fill meal footer than any 
 ' .,'irhuthnot. 
 
 F U L 
 
 quor. 
 
 8. Complete; fuch as tliat nothing fur- 
 ther is dt fired or wanted. 
 
 Tirat day had feen thc/«// accomplifiimcnt 
 Of all his travels. DnwWi Civil kVar. 
 
 What remains, yc gods, 
 Eut up and enter now iato fill blifs? Mii/in. 
 
 Being tried at that time only with a ptomile, 
 he g.ivc/i/// credit to that promife, and fti'Jgavc 
 evidence of his fidelity as fall as occafions were 
 offered. hammomti F1allic.1l Caluhijm. 
 
 The refurreftion of Jefus from the dead hath 
 civcn the world full aiTurance of another life. 
 
 TUlotfm: 
 
 9. Complete without abatement ; at the 
 utmoft degree. 
 
 At the end of two fill years Thar.ioh dreamed. 
 
 Gtncjis. 
 
 After hard riding plunge the horfes into wa- 
 ter, and allow them to drink as they plcafe ; hut 
 gallop them fill fpeed, to warm the water in 
 their hcllics. S'-.fifi'i Dncclionslo the Gr'jom. 
 
 10. Containing the whole matter; ex- 
 preffing much. 
 
 Where my cxprcfhons are not fo fill as his, 
 citiicr our language or my att were dcfeftive ; 
 but where mine Mi filiir than his, they are hut 
 the impreffious which the often reading of him 
 have left upon my thoughts Dcn/um. 
 
 Should a man go .about with never fo fet ftudy 
 to dcfcribe fuc\ a natural form of the year before 
 the deluge as that which is at picfent eftablilhed, 
 he could fcarcely do it in fo few words, fo fit and 
 proper, (ofiil and exprefs. IVoo.kvard. 
 
 11. Strong; not faint; not attenuated. 
 I did never know fo fill a voice ifTue from fo 
 
 empiv a heart; hut the empty vcfTel makes the 
 greateft found. ' Shatfiiare. 
 
 Barrels placed under- the fioor of a chamber, 
 make all noifes in the fame more /■.// and^ re- 
 founding. Bacon'! Natural Hi/my. 
 
 Dryden taught to join 
 The varying verfe, the fill refounding line. 
 
 i'7f. 
 
 12. Mature; pcrfedl. 
 
 In the fultanry of the Mamalukes, flaves 
 reigned over families of free men ; and much 
 like were the cafe, if you fuppofe a nation, 
 where the cudom were that after /■<// age the 
 fons (hould expuUe their Talhers out of their 
 poffeffions. _ Saco'i. 
 
 So law appears impcrfeft, and but given 
 With purpofc to rcfign them \n fill time 
 Up to a better covenant. Mil/on. 
 
 Thefc thoughts 
 Full counfel muft mature. Mi.'tin 
 
 13. [Applied to the moon.] Complete in 
 
 its orb. 
 Towards the full moon, as he was coming 
 ' home one morniiig, he felt his logs faulter. 
 
 li'ifinan' i Surgery. 
 
 Not continuous, or a full flop. 
 Therewith he ended, making a/a// point of a 
 hearty fign. Sidney. 
 
 15. Spread to view in alldimenfions. 
 
 'Till about the end of the third century, I do 
 not remember to. have feen the head of a Roman 
 emperor drawn with a. full face : they always ap- 
 pear in profile. Mdlfon en Medals. 
 
 Full. n.f. [fiom the adjeftive.] 
 
 1. Complete meafure ; freedom from de- 
 ficiency. 
 
 When we letuvn, 
 We'll fee thole things atTLfted to xhtfull. Sh.il:J. 
 
 He liked the pomp and abfolutc authority of a 
 general well, and prefcrved the dignity of it to 
 the/////. Claren.kn 
 
 The piflure of Ptolemy Philopater is given by 
 authors to the/a//. Dryden. 
 
 Sicilian tortures and the brazen hull. 
 Arc emblems, rather than exprefs the fill 
 Of what he feels. Diydtn's Petfiui. 
 
 If where the ru'cs not far enough extend, 
 Some lucky licence anfwcr to titc fill 
 Th' intent propus'd, that licence is a rule. Pope. 
 
 2. The highell (late or degree. 
 Tiie fwan's down feather. 
 
 That ftands upon the fwell at/i/.'/ of tide, 
 Neither way inclines. ShAfp. .-Int. and Cleof.ilr.i. 
 
 3. The wh'jle ; .the total. 
 
 F U L 
 
 The king hath won, and nath fent out 
 A fpecdy puw'rto encounter you, my lord; 
 This is tlie news Mfuli. Siakffeare'i Henry iv, 
 
 But what at fill I know, thou know'ft no 
 part ; 
 I knowing all my peril, thou no art. Sli.'yj'caie. 
 
 ^. The ftate of being fatiated. 
 
 When I had fed Ihcm to xhefi.'l. 'Jeremiah. 
 
 c. [Applied to the moon ] The time in 
 which the moon makes a perfect orb. 
 
 Br.uns in rabbits, woodcocks, and calves, are 
 ful'elt in the/a// of the moon. liaeon. 
 
 Full. adv. 
 
 1. Without abatement or diminution. 
 
 He//// 
 Refplcndent all his Father manifeft 
 Exprcfs'd. Milton. 
 
 In the unity of place they are full as fcru- 
 pulous; which many of their criticks limit to 
 
 t veiy fpot of ground where the play is fup- 
 
 14. 
 
 pofed to begin. Vry.^ien' % Uramatzck i'oeiy. 
 
 A modeft blulli (he wears, not form'd by art ; 
 
 Free from deceit his face, and full as free his 
 
 heart. Dryden. 
 
 The moll judicious writer is fometimes niif- 
 taken after all his care; hut the hafty critick, 
 who judges on a view, is///// as liable to be de- 
 ceived. Dryden' s .^urengzebe, Fteface. 
 
 Since you may 
 Sufpeft my courage, if I (liould not lay, 
 The pawn I proffer (hall bc/b// as gootl. Drwun. 
 
 2. With the whole effeCt. 
 
 'Tis tlic ■ pencil, thrown luckily ///// upon tiie 
 horle's mouth to exprefs the foam, which the 
 painter, with all his (kill, could not perfoim 
 w-ithout it. Dry.len's Dufiefiny. 
 
 F.om harmony, from heavenly harmony, 
 This univerfal frame began : 
 From harmony to harmony, 
 Through all the compafs of the notes iiran. 
 The diapafoii clofiiig//// in man. Dryden. 
 
 3. Exaftly. 
 
 Full \n the centre of the facred wood, 
 An arm arifcth of the fiygian Hood. A.tlifon. 
 
 Full nineteen tailors did the (hip convey, 
 A (hole of niiieteen dolphins round her play. 
 
 Addifon' i Ovid. 
 
 4. Direaiy. 
 
 He met her /;//.', but full of warefulnefs. 
 
 Sidney'. 
 He then confionts the bull, ') 
 
 And on his ample forehead aiming/////, r 
 
 The deadly ftrokc defcending pierc'd the Ikull, ■* 
 
 Dryden. 
 At length refoU'd, he throws with all his 
 force 
 Full at the temples of the warrior horfe. Dryden. 
 3'. It is placed before adverbs and adjec- 
 tives, to intend or ftrengthen their fig- 
 nification. 
 
 Tell me why on yotu (hield, fo gnodly fcot'd, 
 Bear ye the pid'ture of thai lady's head ? 
 Full livelv is the fcmblant, though the fubftancc 
 dead. Sfnijti. 
 
 I was fet at work 
 Among my maids ; full little, God knows, 
 looking 
 ./Either for fuch men or fuch bufinefs. Sluikfpi.irc. 
 Full <xq\\ ye rejeifl the commandment. MtirK. 
 Adam was all in tears, and to his guide 
 Lamenting turn'd///// fad. Milton's I'.iraJ. Lcjl. 
 You/-/?/ little think that you muft be the be- 
 ginner of the riifcourfc yourfelf. Alon. 
 f;<// little thougiitof liim the gentle knight. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Full well the god his fiftev's envy knew, 
 And what her alms and what her arts purfue. 
 
 Diy'l'"- 
 There is a pcrquifite ///// as honeft, by which 
 you have the beft part of a bottle of wine f r 
 yourfelf. S'.vifi. 
 
 Full is much ufed in compofition to in- 
 timate any thing arrived at its highell 
 llatc-, or uimoll degree.
 
 F U L 
 
 Full-blown, adj. [/«//and i/o'-vn.] 
 I. Spread to the utinoft extent, as a per- 
 fect blonbm. 
 
 My glories are part danger; x\icy*ic fn't l>h':vn : 
 Things, chat are bUltcd, aie but in the bud. 
 
 Denh.tm*t Sophy. 
 My fttii-lfh-u^n yrnith already fades apace ; 
 Of our (hort being 'tis the Ihorieft fpScc ! D'yJ. 
 t. Stretcltcd by the wind to the iitmoft 
 extent. 
 
 He whj with bold Cratinus is infpir'd, 
 With zc.il and equal indignation fir'd; 
 Who at enormous villany turns pale, 
 And itccrs ajainft it with a full-tltnun fail. 
 
 Drydin's Vet fun. 
 Full-bo'ttomed. adj. [yu// and bot- 
 tom.^ Havin;j a laryfe bottom. 
 
 I was obliged to (it at home in my morning 
 gown, haviig -jaw ncd a new fuit of cloaths and 
 a fult-hottam' .1 wig for a fura of money. 
 
 Guardian. 
 
 Fu L L- s A 'x i: n . adj. [full and ear. ] Hav- 
 ing ihe heads full ot grain. 
 
 Ai fl.-raesroli'd by tiic winds confpiring force, 
 O'er fu,'/-ear' J cotiiy or torrents ragnig courfe. 
 
 Fi'll-ev'ed. aJj. [_/"«.'/ and fyf.] Hav- 
 ing large prominent eyes. 
 
 Full-fed. adj. [full indfu/.l Sated; 
 fat ; faginated. 
 
 All as a partridge plump, f'.'l-fiJ and fair, 
 Sl-.e form'd this ima^e of weil bodied air. Popt. 
 
 Fuli.-la'dem. adj. \^ftill and ladcn.^ 
 Laden till there can be no more added. 
 
 It were unfit that fo excellent a rewaril as the 
 gofpcl promifes Ihould ftoop down, like fruit 
 upon ■Af-.ill-laden bough, to be plucked by every 
 idle and wanton hand. Tillotjon. 
 
 Full-spread, adj. [full zwA fpread.] 
 Spread to the ntmoft e.'itent. 
 
 How eafy 'tis, when dcHiny proves kind, 
 \V\t.\\ fuU-fprend fails to run before the wind; 
 But thofe that 'gainll liilf gales laveciing go, 
 Mult be at once refolv'd and Ikilful too. Drydcn. 
 
 Full-su'mmed. adj. [J'lill ^nd fummcd.^ 
 Complete in all its parts. 
 
 The ced.ir ftretched fouh his branches, and 
 the king of birds nefied witliin his leaves, thick 
 feathered, and with fu/l-fummid win^s faftening 
 his talons eaft and weft ; but now the eagle is 
 become half naked. Ht>iuel'i Vccal Fcr.y?. 
 
 To FULL. V. a. [fullore, Latin.] To 
 cleanfe cloth from its oil or.greafe. 
 
 Fu'llage. n.f. [from/;///.] The mo- 
 ney paid for lulling or cleanfing cloth. 
 
 Fuller, n.f. [ftillo, Latin.] One 
 whofe trade is to cleanfe cloth. 
 
 The clothiers have put otf' 
 
 The fpinftcrs, cx&csi, fuilcn, weavers. Shakf. 
 
 His raiment became (hining, exceeding white 
 
 as fiiow ; fo as no fidlcr on earth c;:n whiten 
 
 them. iV.'it. 
 
 Fu'llers Earth, n.f. A marl of a clofe 
 texture, extremely foft and unctuous to 
 the touch : when dry it is of a greyilTi 
 brown Ci.Iour, in all degrees fiom very 
 pale to almoft black, and generally has 
 a greenifti call in it. The fineft i? dug 
 in pur own idand. Hill's Mat. Medic'a. 
 "Vhefiiilernrirlh of England very much exceeds 
 .my yet difcovcred abroad in goodnels ; which is 
 one great reafon why the Englilh furpafs all other 
 nations in the woollen manufaflure, fFcodzvard. 
 
 Fu'llers ni/lle, or Weed. n.j\ [d'ipfa- 
 n/j.] A plant. 
 
 Fu'llery. n. /. [from fuller.] The 
 place where the trade of a fuller is 
 exercifed. 
 
 F U L 
 
 Fv'i.lixgmill. n.f. [full and mill.] A. 
 mill where the water raifes hammers 
 which beat the-cloth till it be cleanfed. 
 
 By iarje hamUK'rs, Ike thofe uled for paper 
 and/i</.//gm///,, they heat their hemp. Ahrtimcr. 
 
 Fully, adv. [from/u//.] 
 
 1. Without vacuity. 
 
 2. Completely; without lack; without 
 more to be defited. 
 
 There are many graces for which we may not 
 ceafe hourly t J I'ue, graces which arc in bellow- 
 ing always, hut never come to be fully had in 
 this prcfent life; and therefore, when all things 
 here have an end, endlefs thanks muft have their 
 beginning in a llatc which bringeth the loll and 
 final fatisfaiSioaofall fuch perpetual dcfires. 
 
 H'.ohr. 
 
 \icfnVy poiTefTcd the entire revelation he had 
 
 received fiom God, and had t'noroughly digclfed 
 
 it. Lech. 
 
 The goddefs cry'd 
 It is enough, I'm fully fatisfy'd. j^.-Li:jon. 
 
 Fu'lminant. adj. [fulminant, French, 
 fulminans, Latin.] rhundering ; mak- 
 ing a noife like thunder. 
 To FU LMINATE. v. n. [fulmhu, 
 Latin; fulminer, French.] 
 
 1. To thunder. 
 
 I Q3nnoX fiilmlnatt nor tonltiiiate words 
 To puzzle intclleifts ; my ninth lap affords 
 No Lycophronian buflcins. /"As. Ran.klph. 
 
 2. To make aloud noife or crack. 
 
 Whilft it was in fufion we caft into it a live 
 coal, which prefently kindled it, and made it 
 boil and tlalh for a pretty while : after which we 
 caft in another glowing coal, whici; marie it 
 fulminat! afrefll. Boyle. 
 
 In damps one is called the fuffocating, and the 
 other \.\\^ fulminating damp. Woo.i%vard. 
 
 3. To ilfue out ecclefjalUcal cenfures. 
 
 To Fulminate, "v. a. To throw out as 
 an object of terrour. 
 
 As txcommunic3Uon is not greatly regarded 
 here in England, a^ novf fulminat ed-^ fo this con- 
 ftitution is out of ufc among us in a great mca- 
 fure. y-lylijc's P.ircrgon. 
 
 Fulmin a'tion. n.f [fulminatio, Latin ; 
 fiihn'ination, French, iroai fulminate.] 
 
 1. The aft of thundering. 
 
 2. Denunciation of cenfure. 
 
 T^c fulminat ions from the Vatican were turned 
 into ridicule. .-ly/ife's Parergin. 
 
 Fulminatory. (7^'. [fulmineus, Latin; 
 fromful/iiiuate.] Thundering; ftriking 
 horrour. 
 
 Fu'lness. n.y. [from fill.] 
 
 1 . The Itate of being tilled fo as to have 
 no part vacant. 
 
 Your heave-offering Ihall be reckoned the 
 
 fulntfs of the wine-prefs. Nuinhen. 
 
 Let Ihe fea roar and the /r//«yi thereof. Deut. 
 
 To the houfes I wiftied nothing more than 
 
 fafety, yiv.Wyj, and freedom. King Charles. 
 
 2. The ilate of abounding in any quality 
 gcod or bad. 
 
 3. Compktenefs ; fuch as leaves nothing 
 to be defired. 
 
 Your enjoyments are fo complete, I turn 
 withes mtogratulations; and congratulating :heir 
 fulncfs only wilh their continuance. S'^uih. 
 
 4. Compktenefs from the coalition of 
 many parts. 
 
 The icing fet forwards to London, receiving 
 the acclamations and applaufes of ihe people as 
 he went; which indeed were true and unfeigned, 
 •TS might well appear in the very demonftration 
 andf'lnefs of the cry. Bacon's Henry vii, 
 
 5. Completenefs ; freedom from defi- 
 ciency. 
 
 Ill thy piefence '\ifu}nef> 0/ joy. Ffahm. 
 
 F U M 
 
 Kc is the half part of a bletTed man, 
 Lcfi to be (initlicd by fuch as (Tie ; 
 And fljr. a fait divided exccilancc, 
 Wi.ofe/u.'w/jof pcifeiliop lies in him. Soaii'p. 
 
 6. Repletion; faliety. 
 
 I need not inflancc in the habitual intem- 
 perance of rich table.-, nor the evil accidents and 
 cHiiits oifuliiif!, pric'c and luft, wantoiinefs and 
 fofincfs. Taylor's Rule of lixing'r.ol'j. 
 
 7. Plenty; wealth. 
 
 To lapfc 'mfulnfs 
 Is forer than to lie for need ; and fallhood 
 Is worfc in kings than beggars. Shik'fea<e. 
 
 8. Struggling perturbation; fwelling in 
 the mind. 
 
 A principal fruit of friendthip is the cafe and 
 difcharge of the ////kc/j of the heart, which paf- 
 fions of all kinds docaufe and induce. Bacon. 
 
 9. Largencfs; extent. 
 
 There wanted xhzfuhef of a plot, and variety 
 of cliaradlers to form it as it ought j and perhani 
 fomcthing' might have been added to the beamy 
 of ihe ftyle. Dr)d:n. 
 
 10. Force of found, fuch as fills the car; 
 vigour of found. 
 
 This fort of paltoral derives almoft its whole 
 beauty from a natural eale of thought and fmooth- 
 nefs of vcrfe; whereas that of moft other kinds 
 confifts in the llrength sni fulmf, of both. fopr. 
 
 FU'LSOME. adj. [from pulle, Saion, 
 foul.] 
 
 1. Naufeous; offenfive. 
 
 He that biini;? fulfome objefls to my view, 
 With naufeous images my fancy fills. 
 And all goes dowu like oxymel of fquills. 
 
 RofcowviQn. 
 
 How half the youth of Europe are in aims, 
 How fulfome muft it be to Hay behind, 
 And die of rank difeafes here at home ? Otwayy 
 
 2. Rank; grofs : to the fmell. 
 
 White fatytion 'S of a dainty fmcll, if the 
 plant puts forth white flowers only, and thofe 
 not thin or dry, they arc commonly of rank and 
 fulfome fmcll. B.uon, 
 
 3. Lullful. 
 
 Helluck them up before t'hcfulfme ewes. 
 
 Siaifpearff 
 
 4. Tending to obfcenity. 
 
 A certain epigram, which is afcribed to the 
 emperor, is m-on fufome than any palTage I have 
 met with in our poet. D<yden. 
 
 Fu'lsomely. adv. [horn fulfome.'] Nau- 
 feoufty; rankly; obfcencly. 
 
 Fi'lsomemess. n.f. [from fulfome.] 
 
 1. Naufeoufncfs. 
 
 2. Rank fmell. 
 
 3. Obfcenity. 
 
 No decency is confidcred, no fulfomtn-fi is 
 omitted, no venom is wanting, as far as dulnefs 
 canfupplyit. Dryd-.n. 
 
 Fu'mado. n.yi [fumus, Latin.] A fmoked 
 rifh. 
 
 Fifli that ferve for the hotter countrie.s, thcY 
 ufcd at firft to fume, by hanging them upoi'i 
 long thicks one by one, drying them with the 
 fmoke of a foft and continual fire, from which 
 they purchafed x't.c n:\rr,e of fumadoes. Ca-:;u. 
 
 FuMAGE. n.f. [from fumus, Latin.] 
 Hearlhmoncy. ZJ/V.'. 
 
 Fu'M.\TOP.y. n.f. [fimaria, L-dtin ; fu- 
 meterre, French.] An herb. 
 
 Her fallow leas 
 The darnel, hemlock, and rank/«>»i,'orv, 
 Doth root upon. Shalfptarc' s IJer.ry r 
 
 To FUMBLE. V. n. [fcmir.den, Dutch.] 
 I. To attempt any thing awkwsidiy or 
 ungainly. 
 
 Our mechanick theitJs will have their atoms 
 never once to hive fumlh-d in thefe their motions, 
 nor to have produced any inept fyHtm. 
 
 5 H 2
 
 F U M 
 
 2. To puzzle; to ftrain in perplexity. 
 
 Am not I a friend to liclp you out? You 
 would have been fumbling h.ili an hour for this 
 excufc. D'\i:ni S^nnijh Frvar. 
 
 3. To play childiflily. 
 
 I fiiw him ,'K'T-W^ with the (hcets, and pljy 
 witii flowers, "and Imile upon his finger's end. 
 
 Shtikjfiecire'i Henry v. 
 
 To Fumble, 'c. a. To manage awkward- 
 ly- 
 
 As many farcwels as be ftars m hcav'n, 
 With diftvna breath and cotifign'd kiifes to 
 
 there, 
 Yizfumblii up all in one loofc adieu. Siaifp. 
 
 Hi-; greafy bald-pate ehoir 
 Came/vmi.Vng o'er the beads, in fucli an agony 
 They told 'cm falfe for fear. DryJ. Sfamjk Fryar. 
 Fu'mbler./i./ [from/«mW<f.] One who 
 
 afts awkwardly. 
 Fc'mblinglv. adv. [from/umiA-.] In 
 
 an awkward manner. 
 Fl'ME. «./. \^fume:e, French; fumus, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Smoke. 
 
 Thus fighting tires a wl;ilc thcmfclves con- 
 fume ; 
 But ftreigiit, like Turks, forc'd on to win or die, 
 They firlt lay tender bridges of thcir/-.«.-. 
 And o'er the breach in unfluous vapours fly. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 8. Vapour; any volatile parts flying away. 
 
 Love is a fmokc r.iis'd with l\\efnmt of fighs : 
 Bi:ing purg'd, a fire fparkling in lovers eyes. 
 
 Sliitkfpeare. 
 
 It were good to tiy the t.iking of fumei by 
 pipes, as they do in tobacco, or other things, to 
 dry and comfort. Bacon. 
 
 In winter, \»-hen the heat without is lel-s 
 breath becomes fo far condcnfed as to be vifibic, 
 flowing out of the mouth in form of zfumi, or 
 crafTer vapour; and m.iy, by proper vefTcls, fet 
 in a Urong freezing mixture, be coUedted in a 
 confiderablc quantity. Wnod-wnrd. 
 
 Exhalation from the ftomach. 
 Theynmo of drink, difcompofe and ftupify the 
 brains of a man overcharged with it. Smth. 
 
 I'iung'din (loth we lie, and fnore fupine, 
 As fiU'ii with/i/>«" of undigcrted wine. Dryden. 
 Pow'r, like new wine, does your weak braui 
 furprize, 
 And its mad/u'«>'s in your difcourfes rife; 
 But time thefe yiclrinig vapours will remove : 
 Mean while I'H tafte the fobcr joys of love. 
 
 Dyydtn^s Aurer.g-zebe. 
 
 I. Rage; heat of mind; paflion. 
 
 Tlic/i'nts of his palTion do really intoxicate 
 and confound his judging and difcerning faculty. 
 
 Sautk. 
 
 t. Any thing unfiibftantial. 
 
 When Du:-ican is aflecp, his two chamberlains 
 •Will I with wine and wafftl fo convince, 
 Thnt niemoiT, the warder of the brain, 
 Sh!.ll be zfumi. S>hikfi;-jn's Maelith. 
 
 S. Idle conceit ; vain imagination. 
 
 Plato's great year would have tome effefl, not 
 in renewing the rt.ite of like individuals; for that 
 is ihe/«Mf of thofe, that Conceive; the celcllial 
 bodies iiave more accurate influence upon thefe 
 things below, than they have, but in grofs. 
 
 To Uy .-ifidc all tliat may feeni to have a (hew 
 
 of fimis .and fancies, and to fpeak folids, a 
 
 war witii Spain is a mighty woik. Bucon. 
 
 To Fume. t. n. \^fiimer, Stench; fumo, 
 
 Latin.] 
 1. To fmoke. 
 
 Their pray'rs pafs'd 
 Dimcnfionlefs through heav'niy dooi^ ; then clad 
 With incenfe, where the golden ahMj'um'J 
 By the great intcrcclTor ; came in light 
 . Keforc theit father's throne^ MHioti. 
 
 F U M, 
 
 3' 
 
 From tiience xhc fuming trail begtin to fpread. 
 And Umbeut gioiles dunc'd about her head. 
 
 DiyJe-s's ALn. 
 
 Strait hover round the fair her airy band ; 
 Some, as Ihc fipp'd, the/ami>:g liquor fann'd. 
 
 2. To v.ipour; to yield exhalations, as 
 by heat. 
 
 Tie up the libertine in a field of feafts, 
 Keep his \i^.\\n fuming. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Silenus lay, 
 Whofc conliant cups hy fuming to I.is brain. 
 And always boil in each extended vein. 
 
 Rcf-ammcn. 
 
 3. To pafs away in vapours. 
 Wc hi.ve 
 
 No anger in our eyes, no llorm., no lightning : 
 Our hate is fpent and/am'./ away in v.ipour, 
 Before our hands be at V, 01k. Ben Joif-^n. 
 
 Their parts are kept t'lom fuming away by 
 their fixity, and alfo by the vaft weight and 
 dcnfity of the atmofp'oercs incumbent upon them. 
 Ctuyre'i P/iii. Ptinc 
 The firft freDi davv-ntiian wak'd the glsdden'd 
 race. 
 Of uncorruptcd man, nor blulh'd to fee 
 The (luggard (Icep beneath its I'acred be.im ; 
 For their light (lumbers gentle/«m'./ away. 
 
 Thzinfon' i S^ri':g. 
 
 4.. To be in a rage ; to be hot with anger. 
 When he knew his rival frec'd and gone, 
 He I'wells with wrath ; he makes outrageous 
 
 moan ; 
 He frets, he fumes, he (iarcs, he ftamps the 
 
 gtound, 
 The hollow tow'rwith clamors ring around. DryJ. 
 To Fume. v. a. 
 
 1 . To fmoke ; to dry in the fmoke. 
 Thofe that tcrve for hot countries they uled at 
 
 firft to fuim, by hanging upon them long liicks 
 one by one, anti dryif.g them with the fmoke of 
 a foft'lire. Canw. 
 
 2. To perfume with odours in the fire. 
 She/j/m'rf the temples with .in odr'ous flame, j 
 
 And oft before the facred altars eame, 1 
 
 To pray for him who was an empty name. j 
 
 Dryden 
 TUe fuming of the holes with brimlfone, gar- 
 lick, or otbci unfavory things, will drive moles 
 out of the grouiid. M-irtimcr. 
 
 3. To difperfe in vapours. 
 The heat v/Mfume away mo(V of the fcent. 
 
 jV/trr/mtT. 
 
 Fu.-vie't. n /. The dung of the deer. 
 FUMETTE. n. f. [French.] A word 
 
 inlroduced by cooks, and the pupils of 
 
 cooks, for the (link of meat. 
 A haunch ofvcn'lor. made her fweat, 
 
 Uiilcls it had tiie right/./mf/??. S~.vifl. 
 
 FUMID.fl.'/,*. [fumii/us, Latin.] Smoky; 
 
 vaporous. 
 A crafs and /;/«'</ exhalation is cau fed from 
 
 the combat of the fulphur and iron with the acid 
 
 and nitrous Ipirits of ajuiifottii. Bicwn, 
 
 Fumi'dity. n.f. \_h cm fumid.l Smoki- 
 nefs ; tendency to fmoke. Did- 
 
 To FU'MIGATE. -v. ,-;. [from fumus, 
 Lrtin ; fiinS^ir, French.] 
 
 1. '1 fmoke ; to pcrfun -■ by fmoke or 
 vapour. 
 
 ■VVould thoi: ^-'cf-rvc thy famiih'd family, 
 With fragrant tiiyme the QMy fumigate, 
 Aiul break the waxen walls to (ave the (fate. 
 
 Dryden' i Virgil. 
 
 2. To medicate or heal by vapours. 
 Fumiga'tion. n.f. [fumi^alio, Latin; 
 
 fur:igatlon, Fr. homfunvgate.] 
 I. Scents rai fed by fire. 
 
 Fumigatioj'.!, ot'ten repeated, are very benefi- 
 cial, " Arbuthnol. 
 
 Itly fumigation is to 'Venn.', juft 
 The fouU of rofesj and red corails dull : 
 
 FUN 
 
 And, Ufi, to make my fumigation good, 
 'Tis mixt witli fparrows br.iins and pigeons blood. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. The application of medicines to the 
 body in fumes. 
 
 Fu'mingly. adv. [from /a/w.] Angri- 
 ly i in a rage. 
 
 Th;it which we move for our better leariring 
 and inliruction fake, turneth unto anger and 
 cholcr in them : they grow altogether out of 
 quietnefs with it; they anfwer yi/m.'//j/y, that 
 they are alharaed to defile their pens with mak- 
 ing anfwer to fuch idle queftions. Hooker. 
 
 Fl''miter. n.f. A plant. See Fum.^- 
 
 TORY. 
 
 Why, he was mcte\'*en now, 
 As mad as the vext lea; finging aloud, 
 Crown'd witli ui'Lk.fumiter and fuirow weeds. 
 
 Shukfpeure 
 
 Fu'mous. ladj. [yamf«.v-/f, French ; from 
 Fu'my. j/hwii?.] Producing fumes. 
 From dice and wine the youth reiir'd to red, 
 And puff'd ^\\<efumy god from out his bre'aft : 
 Ev'n then he dreamt of drink and lucky pl.<y ; 
 More lucky had it Lifted 'till the d;iy. Dryden. 
 Fun. n.f. [A low cant word.] Sport; 
 high merriment ; frolickfome delight. 
 Don't mind me, though, for all my/«» and 
 jokes. 
 You bards may find us bloods good-natur'd 
 folks. Mae. 
 
 Fu'nction. n.f. \_ftm9io, Latin.] 
 I. Difchargc ; performance. 
 
 There is hardly a greater difference between 
 
 two things than rliere is bern-een a rcprefenting 
 
 ciimmoncr in thefun&io': of liis public calling, 
 
 and the fame peifon in common life. S'wifc, 
 
 1. Employment ; office. 
 
 The miniaiy i^ not now b'>und to any one 
 tribe : now none is feeludtrt from that/«nfl/o« of 
 any degree, (t.ite, orcjlling. lyhitgijt. 
 
 You have paid the hcav'ns your fwiBion, and 
 the prifoner the vi ly other debt of your calling. 
 ShaHpea't'' Me.yftirc for. Mea/me, 
 
 Nor was it any policy, or obltipaiy, or par- 
 tiality of aficftion eit'r.er to the men or t cV. func- 
 tion, which fixed me. King Charles. 
 
 This double funBion of the gocide's ^.ives a 
 confidciable light and beauty to the ode which 
 Horace has addrclTed to her. Mdifon. 
 
 Let not thefe indignities di'coiiragc us from af- 
 fcitiug the juft privileges and pre-eminence of 
 our ho\y fun^lion .ind chaia.51er. Atterbury. 
 
 3. Single a<£l of any office. 
 
 Wiinout diftereiue iho(c /:'»<3/cBi cannot, in 
 orderly fort, be extcuttri. Hooker, 
 
 They have feveral offices and prayers againl^ 
 fire, tempclU, and cfpccirHy for the dt.id. in 
 whichyi/n<S/c/:j they ul'e lacerdotai garments. 
 
 Stilling feet. 
 
 4. Trade ; occupation. 
 
 Follow youf funBion ; go, and batten on cold 
 bits. Shakfpeate. 
 
 J. Office of anyparticularpart of thebody.. 
 
 " Tne bodies of men, and other animals, are 
 excellently well fitted for life and motion ; and 
 the fevcrnl parts of them well adapted to their 
 partiet:lar/;/«t7/o;.'j. Bentiry'i Sermom. 
 
 6. Power ; faculty : either animal or in- 
 telletSlual. 
 
 Te.iis in his eyes, diftraflion in his afpeft, 
 A broken voice, and hi> \\\\u\c funBion fuiting 
 With forms to his conceit. Skakfpcate'i Hamlet. 
 
 Nnture fcems 
 In all hcrfunBions wcaiy of herfclf: 
 My rat e of glory run, and race of ftiamc ; 
 Andlftialiniortlybe with tnem that re(t. JV//.'««. 
 
 Whatever warms the heart, or ftiU the heady 
 As the mind opens, and w^ fuiiBiom fpread, 
 Imaginati.jn plies her dang'rnus art, 
 And pours it all upon the peccant part. Popet 
 
 Though every human conlfitutiou is morbid, 
 yet are their difeafcs conliftcnt with the common 
 lunaioni of life. Arhilhtit,
 
 FUN 
 
 Tvv-D. It./. [fcnJ, French ; /i/rti/o, a 
 b:i^, Latin.] 
 
 1. Stock ; capital ; tliat by which any ck- 
 pcncc is fiippovtcd. 
 
 He touclics the paflSons move ilclic.itcly than 
 Ovid, imd performs all this out of his own /«"./, 
 without diving into the aits and fcicnces foi a 
 fopply. Diy.it'i. 
 
 Part mud he Icfr, a/iW when foes invadi , 
 And part einpioy'd to roll the w.itry tide. Diyd. 
 
 In pie;\chin^, no men fuccced hcltor tlian thofc 
 who trurt entirely to the Hock or fun.l of their 
 own reafon, advanced indeed, but not overlaid by 
 commerce with looks, Sit,-!jf. 
 
 2. Stock or bank of money. 
 
 As my tftatc has been hitlicrto either toft upon 
 
 feas, or fluftuating \n fuiiJs, it is now fixed in 
 
 fubrtanlial acres. .■]d,i:[wr 
 
 FIT'NDAMENT. n. f. Ifumiammlmn, 
 
 Lttin.] The back part of the body. 
 ru:<D.\ME'NTAL. odi . ^fundammtaiis, La- 
 tin, ham J'undameiu.'\ Servin;^; tur the 
 foundation ; that upon which tlie rell i.s 
 built ; effential ; important ; not merely 
 accideiitah 
 
 Until tl-.is can be agreed upon, one main and 
 fun:lain:nt,tl caufe of the moft grievous war is 
 not like to be taken from the earth. Raliigh, 
 
 You that will be Icfs fearful than difcrett, 
 That love ihe/««.^<im:'"^j/ part of Hate, 
 More th.u) you doubt the charge of 't. Shakfp. 
 
 Others, when tl.ry were brought to allow the 
 throne vacant, thought the fucc.-iiion fhould go 
 to the next heir, according to Khejundamint.il 
 laws of tilt kingdom, as if the bll king were 
 aiSoally dead. Swiffi Exuvirhr 
 
 Gain fome general and fun.lnmenial truths, 
 both in philofophy, in religion, and in human life. 
 
 H'alti. 
 
 Such wc find they are, as can cnntroul 
 The fervile ad^ioiis of our wav'ring foul. 
 Can flight, can alter, or can chain the will ; 
 Their ills all built on life, th^c fan Jamctita! ill. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Yet fome there were among the f-iundcr few, 
 Of thofc who Icfs prel'um'd, and belter knew, 
 Who durl\ affevt the juftcr ancient caufe, 
 And here reftor'd wit*syw/7-/.iwe'H^i3/ laws. Popi:. 
 
 Fundamental, tt. /. Leading propo- 
 fition ; important and efTential part 
 which is the groiindivork of the reft. 
 
 We propofe the qutdion, whether thofe who 
 hold me fur:J,iment<iU of faith may deny ChriH 
 damnable in lefpeft of fupcrilrudlures and con- 
 fcqiiences that aiife from them. South. 
 
 It is a very jull repro ich, that there fliould be 
 fo much violence and h..tred in leligioiis mat- 
 ters among men who agiee in M funJ.iKtntnh, 
 and only differ in fome ceremonies, or mere 
 fpcculative points. Swift. 
 
 TundamF-'nta LLY. adv. [trom fuiida- 
 meiila/.] Efl'eatially ; originally. 
 
 As virtue is fcated fun.i.imrntnliy in the in- 
 tellect, fo perfpeiftively in t'lic fancy ; fo that 
 ■virtue is the force of reafon, in the conduit of our 
 atftions and palHons to a good end. irrcju. 
 
 Religion is not only ufeful to civil fociety, but 
 fu*rdamtnta/iy neci (Taiy to its very birth and con- 
 Ititution. BcniUy. 
 
 The unlimited power plated funiiamenttifly in 
 
 the body of a people, the legiflators endeavour to 
 
 depofit in fuch hands as would prcfcrve ti)c 
 
 people. Sivift. 
 
 FUNERAL, n.f. [/«/;.,.-, Latin ; ///.'jf- 
 
 raiUes, French.] 
 1, The folemnization of a burial ; the 
 payment of the laft honours to the dead ; 
 obfequies. 
 
 Here, imder leave of Brutus, and the reft, 
 Come I to fpeak in dshr'i f:,ftir„,'. Skakfpearc. 
 
 All things that we ordained feftivai, 
 Ttun ftoni thcic office to black //(«r«/, Shaifp. 
 
 FUR 
 
 He that had cart out many unliuritiJ, hid none 
 to mourn for him, nor any fulemn y'j^'rfr.r.'i, nor 
 fcpulchre with his fathers. 2 M^c 
 
 No widow ith'isfuHtial (hall weep. Sanjys. 
 
 2. The pomp or proceffion with which 
 the dead are carrieJ. 
 
 The long fun'rn/i blacken all the way. Pope. 
 
 You are fomcilmes Ucliruus :o Ice a funiml 
 
 pafs by in the ftrect. Swift. 
 
 3. Burial ; interment. 
 
 May he find hUfunerti/ 
 I' th' fands, wlien he bclorc his day fliall fall. 
 
 Fu'NERAt. adj. Ufed at the ceremony 
 of interrinfj the dead. 
 
 Our inftriiinents to melancholy bells. 
 Our wedding chear to a i:\6funcrjt fealf . Shakfp. 
 
 Let fuch honours 
 An(\ftinrrtii rites, as to his birth and virtues 
 ■ Are due, be firll pcifurm'd. DenhAm^i Sophy. 
 Thy hand o'er towns the/vnVii/ torch difplays. 
 And forms a thoufand ills ten ihoufand wavs. 
 
 Dfy.ter:. 
 
 Fune'real. <7c//. [/a«i?rf«, Latin.] Suit- 
 ing a funeral ; dark ; difinal. 
 
 But if his foul hath wing'd the deftin'd flight, 
 Iniiahitaiu of deep difaftroiis night. 
 Homeward wirii pious t'pec-d rcpal's the main. 
 To the pale fhade/tt/Jtvtr.j/ rites ordain. P'^pt. 
 
 FuNGo!siTY. «. yl \Jton\ fungus. 1 \Ja- 
 . folid excrefcence. Dtii. 
 
 Fu'ngous. adj. [from fungus.1 Excre- 
 fcent ; i'pongy ; wanting tirninefs. 
 
 It isolven employed tj keep down thefutipou: 
 lips th:'l fpread upon the bone; but it is much 
 more painful than tncefcliaroiickmedicines..S//j'/». 
 
 FUNGUS, n. f. [L.itin.] Stiidly a 
 mufhroom : a word uiVd to exprefs fuch 
 excrefccnces of fle(h as grow out upon 
 the lips of wounds, or any other excre- 
 fcence from trees or plants iiot natuially 
 belonging to them ; as the agarick from 
 the larch-tree and auriculae Judge from 
 . elder. ^incy. 
 
 Ttie furgeon ought to vary the diet as the 
 fibres U:igtne'i too much, ai-c too fluid, and pro- 
 duct fung.ifcif or as tney haidcn and produce 
 c.dloi'nies Ailmthnot onDiit 
 
 Ti.is eminence is compofed of little points, or 
 granula, called/««ff«i, or proud ftelh. Sharp. 
 
 FU'NICLE. n.f. [/«n/Ww, Latin.] A 
 fmall cord ; a fmall ligature ; a fibre. 
 
 Funicular, udu \^funkii!aiye, French, 
 homfutikle.~\ CoulilUng of a fmall cord 
 or fibre. 
 
 Funk. «. / A ftink. A low word. 
 
 Fu'nnel. n. f. [infundiliih/m, Latin; 
 whence fiindiUe,fti!tale, forme/.] 
 
 I. .An inverted hollow cone with a pipe 
 defcending from it, through which 
 liquors are poured into velTels with nar- 
 row mouths ; a tundilh. 
 
 If you pour a glut of water upon a bottle, it 
 receives little of it; but with ayi/rawf/, and iiy 
 degrees, you Ihall fill many of them. Ben ^fonf.rt. 
 
 Some the long/u««f/'i curious mouth extend, 
 Through which ingclted meats with cafe defccnd. 
 
 B'uickv'.or^. 
 
 The outward car or auricula is made hollow, 
 
 arid contratfted by degrees, to draw the found 
 
 inward, to take in as much as may be of it, as 
 
 w c ule ^ funiifl to pour liquor into any veilel. R^y. 
 
 1. A pipe or paflage of communication. 
 Towards the middle arc two large funneh^ 
 bored through the roof of the grotto, to let in 
 Ight or frcQi air. j^J.iifin. 
 
 FUfi. n.f. [y<!K;7v//-^, French.] 
 
 I. Skill with foft hair with which gar- 
 
 FUR 
 
 ments are lined for warr.ith, or covered 
 for ornament. 
 
 DcccniLcr mult be cxprtfTid w'.ih a horrid and 
 fearful countenance; as iiltb at his back a bundle 
 of holly, iiolding in fur mittens the'iign of crpri- 
 corn. Pf'jchiim un Drttxuittg. 
 
 Tis but drcfiing up a bird of prey in h.is ciip 
 and furi to make a judge of him. L'Ejhangi. 
 
 And loidly gout wrapt up in fur ^ 
 And wheezing ;iftnn)a, loth to \\\f. S^.vift. 
 
 2. Soft hair of bealls found in cold coun- 
 tries, where naltire provides coats fnita- 
 ble to the weather ; hair in general. 
 
 This night, wherein the cubdrawn bczr would 
 couch. 
 The lion and the belly-pinched wolf 
 Keep theiry>/r diy, ui.honii--;ted he runs. 
 And bids what will take all. Shuhfp. King Lea'-. 
 
 Such animals as feed upon llclh qualify ir, 
 the. one by fwaliowing the haii or fur of the 
 bealfs tliey prey upon, the other by devouring 
 fome psrt of the feathers of the birds they gori;e 
 themfelves with, R,iy on th^ Crrijiion. 
 
 3. Any moillure exhaled to fuch a degree 
 as that the remainder llicks on the part. 
 
 Methinks I am not right in ev'ry parr; 
 I feel a kind of trembling at my heart : 
 My puife unequal, and my breath is ftrong ; 
 Betides a filthy /w upon my tongue. '^ Vry.lcn, 
 To Fur. v. a. [froin the noun.] 
 i. To line or cover with ficins that have 
 foft hair. 
 
 How m id a fight it was to fee Damctas, like 
 rich xWutfitrre.l with lamblkins ? Si.lney. 
 
 Through tatter'd cloaths fmall vices do ap- 
 pear; 
 Robes ^riifurr\t gowns hide all. Sh^kfpturf. 
 You arc for dreims and llumbcrs, brother pricft. 
 You /;-r your gloves witli reafjns. Sii.^.kfpcan. 
 2. To cover with foft inatter. 
 
 To m.ike lampblack, take a torch and hold it 
 under the bo' lorn of a latten bafon; and,as itgrow- 
 eth to be/vrrf./and black within, ifrike it with a 
 feather into fome ftiell. _ Peachati. 
 
 Three filters, mourning for their brothei-*s lofs. 
 Their bodies hid in bark, niiifurr'd with niofs. 
 
 Dry.icn. 
 Their frying l4ood compels to irrigate 
 Their dry yi/r/'*/ tongues. P/ii/ip;. 
 
 A dungeon wide and horrible ; the walls 
 On ail hdcsyi//r*i/ with mouldy damps, and hung 
 VVitli clots of ropy gore. ^V./.i.y&7. 
 
 Fur. adv. [It is now commonly written 
 fir.'] Atadiflance. 
 
 The white lovely dove 
 Doth on her wing her utmoll fwiftncfs prove. 
 Finding the gripe of faulcon fierce not y.vr. Su:'iev. 
 FuR-wRouGHT. adi. [ftr and 'wi-ought.] 
 Made of fur. 
 
 Sller.t along the mazy margin ftray. 
 And with thcfur-'^roug/it fly delude the prev. 
 
 G^y-s 'P.,j?. 
 
 Fura'cious, /»<//. [fura.v, Latin.] Thiev- 
 
 i{h ; inclined to Ueal. Dhi. 
 
 Fura'city. n. /. [horn fiirax, Latin.] 
 
 Difpofition to theft ; thievilhnefs. 
 Fu'rdelow. n.f. A piece of ftuff plait- 
 ed aod puckered together, either below 
 or above, on the petticoats or gowns of 
 women. 1 his, like a great many other 
 words, is tiie child of mere caprice. 
 
 Triv. ma. 
 
 Nay, oft in dreatns invention we beftow 
 To change a flounce, or add ^furhelfyiu. Pope. 
 To Fu'r BELOW, -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To adorn with ornamental appendages 
 of drefs. 
 
 When arguments too fiercly glare, 
 You calm them with a milder air ; 
 To break their points, you turn their force, 
 And/i/''Je/ow the plain difcourfc, P-'iir,
 
 FUR 
 
 SI-.: was flounced mA{urh:hu-cJ; evjry libbon 
 was crinkled and every pait of her garments in 
 
 curl. ■ ^•'.";^"- 
 
 To Fu'rbish. v. a. [fnurb';r, Frcncli.] To 
 burnidi ; to polifl-. ; to vub tobiightnefs. 
 
 It may enrcr Mowbray's w.ixcn coa', 
 And furb:/h new the name of [ohn o'Gaunt. 
 
 ' Shaijfcnre'i Richard 11. 
 
 Fmbiih the fpears, and put on the brigandines. 
 
 ' Jerimi'ih. 
 
 Some others -who furhijh up and reprint his old 
 
 enours, hold that the fnfferings of the damned 
 
 arc not to be, in a ftrift fenfe, eternal ; but that, 
 
 after a certain period of time, there (hall be a 
 
 general gaol-dciivery of the fouU in prilon, and 
 
 tiiatnot a fartliei execution, but a final rcleafe. 
 
 South 
 As after Numa's peaceful reign, 
 Ti-e martial Ancus did the Iceptrc wield ; 
 
 Fari:;fi\Hhs rulty fword again, 
 Rcfum'd the l.mg-forgottcn fhicld, 
 And led the Latins to the dufty field. Drydcn. 
 
 Inferior minifters, for Mars repair 
 His broken axle-tree, and blunted war; 
 And fend him forth again, with /«»*'//•/ arms. 
 
 Dr\dcn. 
 
 Fu'rbisher. n. f. [foiirtifcur, Yrtnch ; 
 from furbifJ}.'] One who polifhes any 
 thing. 
 
 Furca'tiov. n. /. [/"fca, Latin.] 
 Forkinefs; the ftate of fliooting two 
 ways like the blades of a fork. 
 
 When flags grow old they grow lefs branched, 
 and firH lofe their brow-antlcrs, or lowcft furca- 
 tl',n< next the head. Bro'^'i. 
 
 FURFUR, n. f. [Latin.] Hufic or 
 chaff, fcurff or dandruff, that grows 
 opon the fliin, with fome likenefs to 
 bran. ^ ^'tncy 
 
 Furfur A 'cEOUs. adj. [fiirfiiraceus, La- 
 tin.] Hufl<y ; branny ; fcaly. 
 
 FU'RIOUS. 'adj. Ifurleux, French: 
 furwfus, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Mad ; phrenetick. 
 
 No man did ever think, the hurtful aflions of 
 fmivn men and innocents to be punifhable. 
 •' Ilcjkt-r 
 
 2. Raging; violent; tranfported by paf- 
 lion beyond reafon. 
 
 Who can be wife, amaz'd, temp'r.ate and/j/r/- 
 
 Loyal and neutral in a moment : No man. 
 
 Shakfpeure^s Alachrlh 
 To be furious, 
 Tstohe flighted out of fear: and in that mood 
 The dove will peck the eftridge. Shutffcm. 
 
 Noife, other than the found of dance or fong. 
 Torment, and loud lament and y^a'/o"J r.agc. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 3. Violent ; impetuoudy agitated. 
 
 With clamour thence the rapid currents drive, 
 Towards the retreating fea their furious tide. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Fu'riouslv. adij. [from/urioaj.] Mad- 
 ly ; violently ; vehemently. 
 Which wlien his brother faw, fraught with 
 great grief 
 And wrath, he to him leapt ///f/V-/7>'. Foiry Q. 
 -They obferve countenance to attend the prac- 
 tice ; and this carries them on fu^ioujly to that 
 which of themfelves they are inclined. South. 
 
 She heard not half, (ofuiioujly (he flics ; 
 
 Fear gave her wings. Diyden. 
 
 Fu'riousness. n. f. [from furious.] 
 
 Phrcnfy ; madnefs ; tranfport of paHion. 
 
 To Furl. -v. a. [frfpr, French.] To 
 
 dravT up ; to contraft. 
 
 When fortune fends a ftormy wind, 
 Then (hew a br.avc and prefcnt mind ; 
 And when with too indulgent gales 
 She fwells too much, then ftnl thv f-iils- Cinch. 
 
 iD'kLONG. n. f. [pajilans, Saxon.] A 
 
 FUR 
 
 meafure of length ; the eighth part of a 
 
 mile. 
 
 If a man ftand in the middle of a field and 
 fpcak aloud, he (hall he heard i furlong in round, 
 and that in articulate founds. Baco'i. 
 
 Coming within a (fx fuilonni of the temple, 
 they paiTed through a very thick grove. A.iifon. 
 Fu'rlough. n. f. \ycrbej, Dutch.] A 
 temporary difmiffion from military fer- 
 vice ; a licence given to a foldiev to be 
 abfent. 
 
 Brutus and Cato might difcharge their fouls. 
 And give them/^r/o's for another world ; 
 But we, like fentries, are oblig'd to ftand 
 In ftarlefs nights, and wait th' appointed hour. 
 
 T)r\'dfn. 
 
 Fu'rmesty. n. f. [More properly /r«- 
 mcnty or friimety, oi frumentiim, Latin.] 
 Food made by boiling wheat in milk. 
 
 Remember, wife, therefore, th.ough I do it nst,. 
 The feed-cake, the parties, in& f-urmcnty pot. 
 
 Tuffer. 
 
 Fu'rvace. n. f. [furnus, Latin.] An 
 enclofed fireplace. 
 
 Heat not ^fumac: for your foe fo hot 
 
 That it may finge yourfelf. Sfiakfi>. Heiry viii. 
 
 The fining pot is for filvcr and the furn.tcc for 
 
 gold. Froverhs. 
 
 We have Mofirnaca of great divcrfities, that 
 
 keep great diverfity of heats. Bacon. 
 
 The kings of Spain have crecfted divers/i/rTOCfi 
 
 and forges, for the trying and fining of their gold. 
 
 j^bh'.:. 
 
 Whofo falleth nrt down and worlhippcth, 
 
 (hall the fame hour be ca(t into the mirilt of a 
 
 burning 6ery furnace, Dawsl. 
 
 A dungeon honible, on all fides around. 
 As one ^xt^x furncicc, fiam'd. MIton. 
 
 To Fu'rnace. -u. a. [from the noun.] 
 To throw out as fparks from a furnace. 
 
 A bad vv-ord. 
 
 He furnaces 
 The thick fighs from him. Shaifp. Cymhcline. 
 To FURNISH, -v. a. [fourr.ir, Frencli.] 
 
 1. To fupply with what is neccffary to a 
 certain purpofe. 
 
 She hath diiefled 
 How I (hall take her from her father's houfe ; 
 What gold and jewels (he \i furnijk'd with.. • 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 His training fuch, 
 Th.1t he mzy furn'jh and inl»ruft great teachers. 
 And never feck for aid out of himfelf. SIsaifp. 
 
 Thou (halt furnijli him liberally out of thy 
 flock. Deuteronomy. 
 
 Come, thou Ifrangcr, and firnijh a table, and 
 feed me of that thou haft re.iriy. Ecckfiapcus. 
 
 Auria, having diiven the Titrks from Corone, 
 both by fea and land, furnjhfd the city with 
 corn, wine, viftual, and powder. KnolUi' llijiory. 
 
 I (hall not need to heap up inftances ; every 
 one's reading and c.mverl'ation will fufiicicntly 
 furnijh him, if be wants to be better ftored. Locke. 
 
 2. To give ; to fupply. 
 
 Thefe fimple ideas, the materials of all our 
 knowledge, are fuggefted and furn'fied to the 
 mind only by thcle two ways, fenfaiion and rc- 
 fleaion. J-oc^f. 
 
 It is not the fiate, but a compaft among pri- 
 vate pcrfons, that W.).xhfurn:J/ied^iul thefe ("everal 
 remittances. j^ddifon. 
 
 To fit up ; to fit with appendages. 
 Sonictl.ing deeper. 
 Whereof perchance thefe are buifurnifhin^^. 
 
 S'liiijpeaf e. 
 
 Plato entertained fome of his friends ai din- 
 ner, and had in the chamber a bed or couch, neatly 
 and coftly furnijhid. Diogenes came in, and 
 got up upon the bed, and trampled it, faying, I 
 tr.imple upon the piide of Plato. Plato mildly 
 anfwcrcd, But with greater pride, Diogenes. 
 
 Bacon s Apophth. 
 
 We were led into another great xcom,furmJhrd 
 with old infcriptions. Addifon on Italy. 
 
 8 
 
 FUR 
 
 4., To equip ; to fit out for anj; under 
 taking. 
 
 Will your lordlhip lend mc a thoufand pounds 
 to furnijh me ? Shalfpeare^s Henry iv. 
 
 Ideas, forms, and intelleiSs, 
 Hivc furni/h' d out three diBTrent fe6f s. Prior, 
 Doubtlefs the man Jefus Chrift is furnijhed 
 with fupcrior powers to all the angeh in heaven, 
 becaufe he is employed in fuperior woi k. H'ott,. 
 5. To decorate; to fupply with orna- 
 mental houfehold (luff. 
 The wounded arr> would furnijh all their 
 rooms, 
 And bleed for ever fcarlet in the looms. Halifax. 
 Fu'rnisiier. v. f. [fcumifeur, Trencin 
 from funiiji.'} One who fupplies or fits 
 out. 
 Fu'eniture. n, /. l^fcurnilure, French ; 
 from fitrni/J}, 2 
 
 1 . Moveables ; goods put in a houfe for 
 ufe or ornament. 
 
 No man can Iranfport his targe retinue, his 
 fumptuous fare, and his rich furniture into 
 another world. South. 
 
 There are many noble palaces in Venice ; their 
 fu/niture is not very rich, if we except the pic- 
 tures. Addifon. 
 
 2. Appendages. 
 By a general conflagration mankind (hall be 
 
 dcftroyed, with the form and all the furniture of 
 the earth. Tilhtfon. 
 
 3. Equipage; embellilhments; decorations. 
 Young Clarion, withvauntful lurtyhed, 
 
 After his guife did call abroad to fare. 
 
 And thereto 'gan hh furnitures prepare. Spenfer. 
 
 The duke is coming : fee the barge be ready. 
 And fit it with iuch furniture as fuits 
 The grcatnefs of his perfon. Sh.iifp. Henry viir. 
 The ground mull be of a^mixt brow|), and 
 large enough, or the horfe's/mi/fK'^ muft be of 
 very fenfiblc colours. Dryden. 
 
 Furrier. «. /. [from /;«-.] A dealer 
 
 in furs. 
 Fu'rkow. n. f. [pujih, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A finall trench made by the plough for 
 the reception of feed. 
 
 Wheat muft be fowed above furro-.v before 
 Michaelmas. Mortimer. 
 
 Then ploughs for feed the fruitful furro'j;: 
 broke. 
 And oxen labour'd fiift beneath the yoke. Dryd. 
 
 2. Any long trench or hollow: as a 
 wrinkle. 
 
 My lord it is, though time has plow'd that 
 face 
 Witli miny furrcws fince I faw it firft ; 
 Yet I'm too well acquainted with the grour.ti 
 quite to forget it. Dryd. 6? Lee's Oedipus. 
 Fu'rrow-weed. n.f. [furrow and -weed.] 
 A weed that grows in furrowed land. 
 Crowri'd with rank fumiter, and/wrrjw-wiY.A. 
 
 Shaijpeare. 
 
 To Fu'rrow. 1). a. [from the noun ; 
 jzvpian, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To cut in furrows. 
 While tile ploughman near at hand, 
 
 Whiftles o'er the/i/rro'-cu'i/ land. Mifton. 
 
 2. To divide in long hollows. 
 No briny tear has/«'ri>ii-''</ her fraooih cheek. 
 
 Suckling. 
 The billows fall, while Neptune lays his mace 
 On the rough fea, and fmootlis its/u"«u'.V face. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 3. To make by cutting. 
 There go the (hips \.\\axfurrovi outtheirway ; 
 
 Yea, th.rc of whales enormous lights we fee. 
 
 U'ntttn. 
 
 Fu'rry. adj. [from/ur.] 
 1. Covered with fur; dreffed in fur. 
 From Volgar's banks tb' impel ious Cznr 
 Leads forth his/urry troops to war. Fritm,
 
 FUR 
 
 2. Confiding of fur. 
 
 tiulcli out thy Ijiy limbs, awake, a«r.ki', 
 Arid winter fiom i\\y fnfry mantle (hake. Dryd, 
 
 Njt arm'd witli horns of arhitrrfiy might, 
 Oi clawi to I'wize tiicii_/«'i;> fjjoiU in fight* DrvJ. 
 FU II riiER. aaj. [from/jr//!', not from 
 far, as is commonly imagined ; forth, 
 further, furthcft, corrupted {xo^ farther, 
 forlhcj}, y.o\\'6ip, Saxon. Farther is 
 iil'cd by lir Thomas Moie. See Forth 
 and Farther, of which the examples 
 are to be referred to in this word, j 
 
 1 . At a greater diftance, 
 
 2. Beyond this. 
 
 What jarihey need have we of witncfT-'s; 
 
 Miitthsw. 
 Satan had journcv'd on, pcnfive and (1l;w: 
 "^wx fuy:hir w.iy found none, fo thiclc inf.vin'd, 
 As one continu'd brake, the undctgiowth 
 Oi Ihrubs and tanglint; bnflios had perplcx'd 
 All path of man or beaft that pafs'd that way. 
 
 Mitton. 
 Their earncft eyes they fi.t'd, im.igining 
 For one forbidden tree a multitude 
 Now ris'n, to work them/lv///;:?*' woe or fhame. 
 
 Milton. 
 I may meet 
 Some wa:id*ring fpirit, fiom him to dr.uv 
 What/af/'irr would be karn'd. . Mu'tan. 
 
 3. Further has in forae fort the force of a 
 fubftantive in the phrafe no further, for 
 tiolhhig further. 
 
 Let this appcafe 
 Thy doubt, fincc iiuman reach nofurther knows. 
 
 M:ltc!i. 
 Fu'uTHER. cdv. [from«/i;r/^.] To a 
 greater diliance. 
 
 And the angd of the Lord went further, and 
 fiood in a nai row place. Numbers. 
 
 To Fu'rther. 11. a. [frorn the adverb ; 
 jiopcjjiian, Saxon.] To put onward ; 
 to forward; to promote ; to counte- 
 nance; to allill ; to help. 
 
 Things thus fct in oi'der, in quiet and reft, 
 Shaliyi/;7//t'r thy hai\eft, and plcafure thee bcft. 
 
 Tujicr. 
 Could their fond fupcrflition \n\c Jurthcrd fo 
 great attempts without the mixture of a true per 
 fuafion concerning the irrefiflible force of divine 
 power. IkrAir. 
 
 Grant not, O Lord, the defiles of the v icktd ; 
 futthir not his wicked device. Ffiimi. 
 
 This binds tlxe then roftrthir my dcfign. 
 As I am bound by vuw to further thine. DryJin. 
 
 Fu'rtherance. ti. f. [^vom furl her. ~\ 
 Proinotion; advancement ; help. 
 
 The Gauls learned thcni hilt, and ufed them 
 only for \.\\e fttrthcrj^icc of their trade and priv.ite 
 bufinefs. SjTiiJ/t. 
 
 Our diligence muft fcarch out all helps and 
 yMrr/;evdfl£:ci of direction, which icriptures, coun- 
 cils, father.^, hiltorics, the laws and practices of 
 :!! churches afford. fhoiir. 
 
 For gain and work, and fuccefs in his aff.iirs, 
 he (ei:kf:ih fill t/icraice of him that hath no man- 
 ner of power. Uookci. 
 
 Cannot my body, nor blood fncrifice, 
 Intreat you to your wonXQd fiirf/idrufxe ? Shakfp. 
 
 If men were minded to live righteoufly, to 
 believe a God would be 110 hindrance or prejudice 
 to any fucli defign, but ver}' much for the ad- 
 vancement antifartiurarmfof it. Tillo.f'ji:. 
 
 Fu'rtherer. II. f. \Jvomfurth!r.'\ Pro- 
 moter; advancer. 
 
 That carnelt favourer and fiirtherer of God's 
 
 ■ true religion, that faithful fctvitor to his prince 
 
 .ind country. Afham. 
 
 Fu'rther MORE. adv. \further and 
 ffjoff.] Moreover ; befides. 
 
 This ring 1 do accept mod thankfully. 
 And fo, 1 pray you, tell him •■fmthenmie, 
 
 F U .S 
 
 I pray you, (hew my youih old Shylock's liouf*. 
 
 Fu'rtive. adj, [furtive. Trench ; furt't- 
 
 Tus, I/atin.J Stolen; gotten by theft. 
 
 Or dj tluy, as youi" tchcnics, I tliiiik, li.ivc 
 
 D.ut /wi/n.-r bcnms and glui'y not their own, 
 A. I Icrvant^ tu that louicc ot" liglu, the fun? 
 
 Frioi 
 
 FuRUNCLK. t!./. [furoncle, Trench ; fu- 
 runculus, Lniin.] A biL' ; an angry 
 piillule. 
 
 A furuncle is in its beginning round, hard, 
 and inflimicd ; and as it incroafcth, it rifcth up 
 with an acuEc head, ;ind fuinctimcs a puftulc ; 
 and tlicn it is muic iiiflimicd and painful, when 
 it actives at its ft.itc, wliich is about the cightii or 
 or ninth day. . H'ijcman. 
 
 Fu'ry. n.f, [ furor i\^•^'C\\\\ fur air ^Tr.'\ 
 
 1. Madnefo. 
 
 2. Rai^cj pafTion of anger; tunnult of 
 mind approaching to maJnefs. 
 
 1 do oppufc my ))aticiicc to his/.vr)-; and am 
 arm'd 
 To fuffcr with a quictncfs of fpirit 
 ^ The very tyranny and rage of his. Shakfpeare. 
 He hath given mc to know the natures of 
 living crearure.sj and \\\t furla of wild bcafts. 
 
 hJ'ifdom. 
 
 3. Enthiiliafin; exaltation of fancy. 
 
 Taking up the lute, her wit hcgnn to be with 
 a divincyi/vy inlpircd ; and her \oicc would, in fo 
 beloved an occafion, lecond her wit. Sidney. 
 
 A fybil, that had numbered in the world 
 The fun to coutfc two hundred comp^fTes, 
 In her prophciitky/zr)' fcw'd the woi k. Shakfp. 
 
 Greater than human kind flie feem'd to look, 
 And with an accent more than mortal fpokej 
 Htr flaring eyes with fparkling/j:<ry roil, 
 M^hcn all the god came rufhing on her foul. 
 
 4. [from fm-iiiy I^atin,] One of the 
 deities of vengeance; and thence a 
 llormy, turbulent, violent, raging wo- 
 man. 
 
 Tiic fight of any of the houfc of York, 
 li as a Jury to torment my foul. Shakfpeare. 
 
 \x was the iiiuli proper place for ^fury to make 
 her exit; and I believe every reader's imagination 
 is pleafcd, when he fees the angry goddefs thus 
 linking in a temptfl, and plunging lierfelf into 
 hell, amidft fucn a fctne of horroi and confufion. 
 ^IddiJ'on on Italy. 
 
 FURZ. ti,f [ pirT' Saxon; geniflaffi- 
 nofa^ Latin.] Gorfe; gofs. 
 
 The whole plant is very thorny: the flowers, 
 whicii arc of tl;e' pca^bloom kind, are difpofed 
 in (hurt tnick fpikcs, which are fucceedcd by 
 (hoit coinpfCiTed pods, in each of which are con- 
 tained three or four kidncy-fhaped feeds. M;llcr. 
 
 Carry out gravel to fill up a hole, 
 Ewth timber and/«rz/w, the turf and the cole. 
 
 Tuffa: 
 
 For fcwel, there growcth great (tore o( furze, 
 of which the llirubby fort is called tame, and the 
 better grown French. - Careiu. 
 
 We may know. 
 And when to reap the grain, and w'hen to fow, 
 Or w hen to fell thc/wr.ic'j. Vtyileri's Urgil 
 
 F't'RZY. adj. \{\-oxn furze.l Overgrown 
 with furze ; full of gorfe. 
 Wide through the furzf field their route they 
 take, 
 Their bleeding bofoms force the thorny brake. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Fusc.^'tion. n.f. [/7//?wj, Latin.] The 
 aft of darkenintj or obfcuriiicr. Difl. 
 
 To FUSE. 1). a. [fiindo, fifiim, Latin.] 
 To melt ; to put iuto ftiiionj tolitjiiify 
 by heat. 
 
 F U S 
 
 To Fuse. v. n. To be melted ; to be ca- 
 pable "of being liquified by heat. 
 
 Fu'sF.E. n.f. [fufeau, French.] 
 
 :. The cone round which is w{)uiid the 
 cord or chain of a clock or ivalch. 
 
 The r;-afon of the motion of the bal.nicc ia by 
 the niytion of the nc.it wheel, and that by rho 
 motion of tne next, aiul that by liie motion of the 
 ff'r, and tiiat by the motion of the fpi'ing : the 
 whole frame of the watch carries a rcafunable- 
 ncfs in it, the paflivc impicffion of the iiitc;icflu.il 
 idea that was in the arliil. Hal;. 
 
 Z. A firelock [from fiifil, French] ; a 
 
 lis IS more pro- 
 
 fmall neat miiflict. Tl 
 perly vvritten_/«/f/. 
 
 3. FuJKF. of a bomb orgranado (hell, is 
 that vvl.leh m;ikts the whole powder or 
 compolition in the fiieli take hie, to do 
 the defigned execution. ' l"is ufually a 
 wooden pipe or tap filled with wildfire,- 
 or fome fiich matter; and is intended 
 to burn no longer than is the time of 
 the motion of the bomb from the mouth 
 of the mortar to the place where it is to 
 fall, which time Anderfon makes twen- 
 ty fcven feconds. Harris. 
 
 4. Track of a buck. A'mfiL'orth. 
 Fu'siBLE. adj. [from/uy^.] Capable of 
 
 being melted ; capable of being made 
 liquid by heat. 
 
 Colours atforded by metalline bodies, either 
 col.iquate with, or otheiwifc penetrate into other 
 bodies, cfpccially/z/^i/e- ones. Boyie. 
 
 Fusibi'lity. n.f. [from fufble.'\ Capa- 
 city of being melted j quality of grow- 
 ing liquid by heat. 
 
 The ancients obferving in that material a kind 
 of mttallical nature, or at lealt ^ fufthilify, feem 
 to have refolved it into a nobler ui'c, iVotion. 
 
 The bodies of molt ufe, that are fought for 
 out of the depths of tr.e earth, are the mctaU which 
 are diltinguilhed from other bodies by their 
 weight, y;///'i;.7yi, and mallcablcncfs. Locke. 
 
 Fu'siL. adj. \fufile,Y\-ei\Qh.; fuftlis, h^j- 
 tin.] 
 
 1 . Capable of being melted ; liquifiable 
 by heat. 
 
 Some, lefs (kilful, fancy thefe fcapi ifat occur 
 in mod of tlie larger Gothick buildings of Eng- 
 land are artificial; and will havx it, th.at they 
 are a kind oi ftifil marble. ffoodviard. 
 
 2. Running by the force of heat. 
 
 The liquid ore he drain'd 
 Into fit molds picpar'd j from wliich he form"d 
 Fitlt his own tools : then, what might elfe be 
 
 wrought 
 Fafile, or grav'n in .metal. Milton's Paradife Lofl. 
 
 Perpetual flames. 
 O'er fand and afhes, and the ftubborn flinty 
 Prevailing, turn into afufil fea. F/rib'fs, 
 
 Fu'siL. n.f. [fifl, French.] 
 
 1. A firelock; a finall neat mu.lict. 
 
 2. [In heraldry; from fiftis, Latin.] 
 Something like a fpindle. 
 
 Fiifils mull be in.idc long, and fmall In the 
 middle: in the ancient coat of Montague, argent 
 ihicefufils in fefli; gules. Peiichjm on Jilaz^.niyg. 
 
 Fu'siLiER. n.f. [from/;////.] A foldier 
 armed with a fufil ; a niufketeer. 
 
 Fu'sioN'. n.f [fufio, Latin; fufis'n, 
 French.] 
 
 1. The aft of melting. . 
 
 2. The ilate of Ixing melted, or of run- 
 ning with heat. 
 
 Metals in fiif^n do not flame for want of a 
 copious fume, except, fptltcr, which fumes co- 
 pioufly, and thereby tiames. Ajw/m's Op,
 
 F U S 
 
 Fuss. n.f. [A low cant word.] A tu- 
 mult ; a biidle. 
 
 End as ic befits your ftation ; 
 Come to ufc and app'lcarion ; 
 Nor with fenatcs keep a/^^/i ; 
 I fubmii, and anfwer thus. S-wift. 
 
 FUST. «./. [/i^'?c-, French.] 
 
 1. The trunk or body of a column. 
 
 2. [homfujh, French.] A ftrong fmell, 
 as that of a mouldy barrel. 
 
 To Fust. -v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 
 fTTOw mouldy ; to fmell ill. 
 rU'STIAN. n.-f. [fufaine, French; 
 
 from fiijfe, a tree, becaufe cotton grows 
 
 on trees.] 
 
 1. A kind of cloth made of linen and cot- 
 ton, and perhaps now of cotton only. 
 
 Is fuppcr ready, the lioufc trimni'd, tlic fci ving- 
 nien in ihcir ntv Jujlina and their wlii;c llock- 
 ings? _ Si.iifpeare. 
 
 2. A high fuelling kind of writing made 
 up of heterogeneous parts, or of words 
 and ideas ill affociated ; bombaft. 
 
 Nor will you raife in me combul^ion, 
 Bv dint of high licroiclc /"/■'■'<"'■ Uu.-iibrai. 
 
 What fw/r\iKhave I hcnrd thcfe gentlemen find 
 out in Mr. Cowley's odes ! In general I will fay, 
 that nothing can appear more beautiful to me 
 than the flrcngth of tliofe images which they 
 condemn. Vryaen. 
 
 FuJIiun is thoughts and words ill forted, and 
 without the Icaft relation to each other. Drydcn. 
 
 Chance thoughts, when govern'd by the clofe. 
 Oft rife Xiifufiuin^ or defcend to profe. Smith. 
 Fu'sTl AN. adi. [frotii the noun. ] 
 
 1. Made of fuilian. 
 
 2. Swelling; unnaturally pompous; ri- 
 diculoufly tumid : ufed ot ttyle. 
 
 When men argue, th' greatcft part 
 O' ih' contei^ falls on terms of art, 
 Until the/'<//.'j»iftutfhe fpcnt. 
 And then they fall to th' argument. HuiUhras. 
 
 'Virgil, if he could have fecn the firft verfcs of 
 the Sylvx, would have tiiought Statins mad in his 
 fufiian dcfcripliun of the llaiue on the brazen 
 horfe. DryjV'j'i Dufrrjnoy. 
 
 Fu'sTic. n.f. A fort of wood brought 
 from the Welt Indies, ufed in dying of 
 cloth. Dia. 
 
 To Fu'sTlGATE. V. a. \^fuf.igo, Latin.] 
 To beat with a ftick; to cane. Did. 
 
 Fustila'rian. n.f. \_ivomfufy.'] A 
 low fellow; aftinkard; a fcoundrel. A 
 word ufed by Sliuhfpeare only. 
 
 Away, you fcuUion, you rampallian, you/«/- 
 tilaiian : I'll ticitle your cataftro^he. Henry iv. 
 
 F U T 
 
 Fu'sTiNESs. II. f. [from _/}//?}'.] Mouldi- 
 
 nefs ; ftink. 
 Fu'sTY. adj. [from y«^.] Ill-fmelling; 
 
 mouldy. 
 
 Heftnr (hall have a great catch, if he knock 
 out either of your brains : he were as good crack 
 afrj/iynui with no kernel. Sltukfpeive. 
 
 The fujiy plebeians hate thine honours. Shu^fp. 
 
 The large Achilles, at iW\sfitjh' ftuff, 
 From his deep cheft laughs out a loud applaufe. 
 
 SJuikfpCiirt:. 
 
 FUTILE, adj. [f utile, French; /«///«, 
 
 Latin.] 
 t. Talkative; loquacious. 
 
 One f/iii'c pcrfon, that makcth it his glory to 
 tell, will do more hurt than many that know it 
 their duly to conceal. Baa,':. 
 
 2. Trifling; worthlefs; of no weight. 
 Futi'litv. n.f. [/h//7/V^', French ; from 
 futile.] 
 
 1. Talkativenefj ; loquacity. 
 
 This fable dries not llrikc fo much at xht: futility 
 of women, as at the incontinent levity of a prying 
 humnir. ' L' EJiinngc. 
 
 2. Tilrtingnefs ; want of weight ; want of 
 folidity. 
 
 Trifling futility appears in tl.eir figns of the 
 zodiack, and their mutual relations and afpefts. 
 
 Bcntley. 
 
 Fu'ttocks. n.f. [corrupted from /o»/ 
 hooh. Skinner.] The lower timbers 
 that hold the fhip together. 
 FUTURE, adj. [futunis, Latin ; /u/u/-, 
 French.] That will be hereafter; to 
 come : as, the future flate. 
 
 Glory they fung to the MolV High! goodwill 
 To future men, and in theit dwellings peace. 
 
 Milton. 
 He fows the teeth at Pallas's command, 
 And flings l\\c future people from his hand. 
 
 ^Mi/im's Oviii. 
 
 Future, n.f. [from the adjcdtive.] 
 Time to come ; fomewhat to happen 
 hereafter. 
 
 Thy letters have tranfported me beyond 
 This ign'rant prefcnt time; and I feel now 
 T\ie future in the inftant. S/mcifp. Maeh. 
 
 The mind, once jaded by an attempt above 
 its power, either is difabled for the/u/«'.-, orelfc 
 checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. 
 
 Lccke. 
 
 Fu'turelv. adv. [ from /«.'.«)■.'. ] In time 
 to come. 
 
 This prefcicncc of God, as it is prelcience, is 
 not the caufc of any thing fiitwetv fucceeding; 
 
 F Y 
 
 neither doth God's aforeknowlcdgc inipofe sr.y 
 neccflity, or bind. Riikiglt. 
 
 Futuri'tion. n. f. \_ixom future.] The 
 liate of being to be ; the condition of 
 being come to pafs hereafter. 
 
 Is it imaginable, that the great means of the 
 world's redemption (houldrell only in the number 
 of poffibilities, and hang fo loofe m rcfpcil of 
 \ii jutui UioTij as to leave the event in an equal 
 poifc, whether ever there Ihould be fuch a thing 
 or no ? South. 
 
 Futu'rity. n.f. [from future.'l 
 
 1. Time to come. 
 
 Not my feivice paft, nor prcfent forrows, 
 Norpurpos'd merit In futurityy 
 Can ranfom me. Shakfpeiire^t Othello. 
 
 1 will contrive fome way to make it known to 
 futufityy that I liad your lordlhip for ray patron. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 2. Event to come. 
 
 All futurities are naked before that All-feeing 
 Eye, the fight of which is no more hindered by 
 diftance of time than the fight of an angel can 
 be determined by diftance of pbce. South. 
 
 This, great Amphiarus, lay hid fi'om thee. 
 Thou (kill'd in fate and 6.i\k futurity. Pojit, 
 
 3. The rtate of being to be; futurition. 
 
 It may be well reckoned among the bare pof- 
 fibilltic;, which never commence intoa/;//.vr;>v; 
 it requiring fuch a free, fedate, and intent mind , 
 as it may be, is no where found but among the 
 platonicdl ideas. GlanTille's Scfffn. 
 
 To FUZZ. -v. n. [without etymology.] 
 To fly out in fmall particleJ. 
 
 Fu'zzBALL. n.f. [/«i:.z and ^a//.] A 
 kind of fungus, which, when prefled, 
 burfts and fcatters dud in the eyes. 
 
 Fv. interj. {fy, French and Flemifli; (p'.v\ 
 ■vah, Lat.] A word of blame and dif- 
 approbation. 
 
 And/v on fortune, mine avowed foe, 
 Whole wrathful wreaks thcmfelves do now allay. 
 
 Sjrnfer . 
 
 Fy, my lord,/y.' a foldicr, and afraid? What 
 need we fear who knows it, when none can call 
 our power to account.' Sha^fpcue 
 
 A bawd, fir, fy upon him. Shji/pr.ire. 
 
 But/)', my wand'iing mufe, how thou do'ft 
 Ittay ! 
 Expeftance calls thee now another way. Milton. 
 
 N.iy, fy, what mean you in this open place ? 
 Unhand mc, or, I fwear, I'll fcratch your face : 
 Let go, for (hame ; you make me mad for fpirc: 
 My mouth "s my own ; and if you kifs, I'll bite. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 Fy, madam, he cried, we mull be paft all 
 thefc gaieties. Tuller. 
 
 G 
 
 G Has two founds, one from the Greek 
 --, and the Latin, which is called 
 that of the hard g, becaule it is formed 
 by a prcffure lomewhat hard of the 
 forepart of the tongue againfl the upper 
 gum. This found ^ retains before a, 0, 
 u, I, r; as gate, go, gull. The other 
 found, called that of the foft^, rcfem- 
 
 bles that of _/, and is commonly, though 
 not always, found before, c,i; as, gem, 
 gibbet. Befoi e ti, at the end of a word, 
 g is commonly melted away; as in the 
 French, from which thefe words are 
 commonly derived: thus, for benign, 
 malign, condign, we pronounce benin.-, 
 maline, coniline. It is often lilcnt in the 
 
 GAB 
 
 middle of the words before h; as, might. 
 The Saxon ^, feems to have had gene- 
 rally the foinid of _)' confonant; whence 
 gtite is by tullicka Hill pronounced _)'d<f. 
 
 Ga'dardine, n.f. Igavardina, Italian.] 
 A coarfe frock; any mean drcfs. 
 
 My beft way is to creep under his ^al'iir.line ; 
 there is no other (hcltcr hereabouts. ShakffiMt.
 
 GAD 
 
 You call mc milbclievcr, cut-throat <1of , 
 And I'pit upon my Jtwilh ^aharAim. Shnij^fiiie. 
 
 The kniglit tiid Uiait fubinit, 
 And bid his wcdpun:> at her feet : 
 N-'xt he difrub'd hii gahordinef 
 And with ii did himfcif rcfigii. lludihr,u. 
 
 To Ga'bbi.e. 1). «. \^gabbare, Italian; 
 gabkrcn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To make an inarticulate nolfc. 
 
 When thuu could'rt not, favage, 
 Shew thine own meaning, but would'il gnhhlt 
 
 like 
 A thing mofl biutifh, I endow'd thy purpofes 
 With words that made them knou-n. Shakffcart. 
 
 Fl i>cks of fowl, that w!>en the tcmpcll roar, 
 With their hoarfegaii/'/og leek the filent (hoar. 
 Dryden' i ^neUi. 
 
 2. To prate loudly without meaning. 
 
 Ha\cyuuno wit, manners, nor honcfty, but 
 to gahoU like tinkers at this lime <.f n'glit ? Do 
 yc make an alchuufc ot my lady's houlc ? 
 
 Sliakfpeare. 
 
 Which made fome think, when he did oahhl^^ 
 
 Th' had heard three labuuiers of B.ihd. Hudib. 
 
 Such a rout, and t'uch a rabble, 
 Run to hear Jack Pudding galii/c. Sivifi. 
 
 Ga'bble. n.f. [fiom tlie veib.] 
 
 1. Inarticulate noift hke that of brute ani- 
 mals. 
 
 Not to know what wc fpeak one to another, 
 fo wc feern to know, is to know ftraight our 
 porpofe; chough's language, gahbU enough, and 
 good enough. Shakjpcare. 
 
 2. Loud talk without meaning. 
 
 Forthwiih a hideous gahbU riles loud 
 Among the builders; each to other calls, 
 Not underftood. Milton'% Parnd. Lifi. 
 
 Ga'bbler. n.f. [^\om. gabble.'] A prater; 
 a chattering fellow. 
 
 Ga'bel. n.f. \_gabcUo, French; gabella, 
 Italian; ^ajrel, Saxon, a tribute.] An 
 excife; a tax. 
 
 The gtihsti of Naples are very high on oil, 
 wine, and tobacco. Jiddijm on Italy. 
 
 GABION, n. f. [French.] A wicker 
 ba(l<et which is filled with earth to make 
 a fortification or intrenchment. 
 
 His battery was defended all along w\xhgahims, 
 and cafks filled with fand. KnolUi. 
 
 Ga'ble. n. f. [gaval, Welrti; gable, 
 French.] The Hoping roof of a building. 
 Take caie that all your brick-work be covcicd 
 with the tiling, according to the new way of liui'd- 
 ing, without g.ibli ends, which are veiy hca\y, 
 and very apt to let the water into the brick-work. 
 
 Mcrlim^r'j HrjJbiinJry. 
 
 Gad. n.f. [^ab, Saxon; gaddur, Iflandick, 
 a club.] 
 
 1. A wedge or ingot of fteel. 
 
 Flemifh fteel is bioi,;.-: down the Rhine t^i 
 Dort, and other parts, lome in bars, and fome 
 in g'uli; and therefore called Flemilh fteel, and 
 fonietimes gad fteel. M^xm's Mech. E.\\r. 
 
 2, It feems to be ufed by Shalfpeare for a 
 llyle or graver, [from jab, Sa.xon, a 
 gOdd.] 
 
 I Will go get a leaf of brafs, 
 And with a gad of rtecl will write thefe words. 
 
 Shakjpeaie. 
 
 To Gad. 1'. n. [Derived by Siinner from 
 
 gadf>y; hv Junius ixoxa. gadaiu, WeKh, 
 
 to forfake; thought by others only the 
 
 preterit of the old word ajaan, to go.'\ 
 
 To ramble about without any fettled 
 
 purpofe; to rove loofely and idly. 
 
 How now, my headftiong, where have you 
 
 been gaddi>:g? 
 
 —Where I have learnt me to repent. Shakfp. 
 
 Give the water no paflage, neither a wicked 
 
 woman liberty to fa./ abroad. EccSui. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 GAG 
 
 The lelTei' devils atofe with ghallly ror«, 
 And thronged forth about tlie world to g^il \ 
 liach land they (ill'd, river, ftream and fhorc. 
 
 Faifax, 
 
 Envy is a gadding paffion, and w.ilketli the 
 
 ft reels, and doth not keep home. Ba^on. 
 
 Gad not abio.td at cv'ry queif and call 
 Of an untrained hope or p.ilfion ; 
 Tocourteach place or fortune that doth fall. 
 Is wantuniicfs in conlemplarion. ihrbrrt. ' 
 
 Thee, (hcphcrd, thee the woods and defait 
 caves. 
 With wild thyme and x.\it gaddtng vineo'ergrow i, 
 And all their echo's moan. MUton. 
 
 A fierce loud buziing breeze; their ftings draw 
 blood. 
 And drive the cattle gadding through the wood. 
 
 Ihyd:,-. 
 She wreaks her anger on her rival's he.ad ; 
 With furies flights her from her native home, 
 And drives her gadding^ round the world to 
 roam. Drydcn. 
 
 There 's an ox loft, and this coxcomb runs a 
 gndding after wild fowl. V Ejirange. 
 
 No wonder their thoughts Ihould be perpetu- 
 ally (liifting horn what difgufts ihem, and feck 
 bcttci entcitainment in more pleafing objefls, 
 after which they will unavoidably be gadding. 
 
 Loch. 
 Ga'ddfr. n. f. [irom gad."] A rambler; 
 one that runs much abroad without buH- 
 ncfs. 
 
 A drunken woman, and a gaddir abroad, 
 caufeth g. cat anger, and Ihe wlil not cover her 
 own Ihame. Ecclui. 
 
 Ga'ddingly. adv. [from j-a^/.] In a ram- 
 bling, roving manner. 
 Ga'dfly. n. y. [ gad Ani. fy; but by 
 Siinner, who makes it the original of 
 gad, it is called goadjly. Suppofcd to be 
 originally from^on^, in Saxon jab, and 
 J!y.'\ A fly that when he ftings the cattle 
 makes them gad or run madly about ; 
 the breeze. 
 
 The fly called the ^a.-^ breedeth of fomewhat 
 that fwimmcth upon the top of the waler, and 
 is moft about ponds. Bacon's Nat, Hifory. 
 
 Light fly his flumhers, if perchance a flight 
 Of angry gadjfics fatten on the herd. Thomfon. 
 
 Gaff. n. f. A harpoon or large hook. 
 
 Ainftuorth. 
 
 Ga'ffer. n. f. [jepepe, companion, 
 
 Saxon.] A word of relpecl, now obfo- 
 
 Icte, or applied only in contempt to a 
 
 mean perlon. 
 
 For ga^ir Trcadwell "old us by the bye, 
 E»ceflivc forrow is exceeding dry. Gay's Vnji 
 
 Ga'ffles. n. /; [gapelucap, fpeaii. Sax.] 
 
 1. .Artificial fpurs put upon cocks when 
 they arc fet to fight. 
 
 2. A lieel lever to bend crofsbows. A'mfiv. 
 
 To Gag. v. n. \{rom gaghel, Dutch, the 
 palate, Mirfhew,] To Hop the mouth 
 with fomething that may allow to 
 breathe, but hinder to fptak. 
 
 He 't out of his guard already : unlefs you 
 
 latgh andminiftet occafion to him, he hgagg'd. 
 
 Shatfpcare's Tivilfth Night. 
 
 Th^ie foam'd rebellious logick, gagg'd and 
 
 bound. Pop;. 
 
 Gag. n. f. [from the verb.] Something 
 
 put into the mouth to hinder fpeech or 
 
 eating. 
 
 Some, when the kids their dams too deeply 
 
 drain. 
 
 With gags and muzzles their foft mouths reftrain. 
 
 Djyden. 
 
 Your woman would have run up flairs before 
 
 me ; but I have fc«ur«d her Itelow with a gtg in 
 
 her chaps, Dryden. 
 
 G A I 
 
 Gagh. n.f \^gage, French.] 
 
 1 . A pledge ; a pawn ; a caution ; any 
 thing given in ficurity. 
 
 He, when the fh imtd Ihield of (lain Sansfoy 
 He fpy'd, witii that fame fairy champion's p.ige, 
 He to him le.tpt ; and that fame envious gtige. 
 Of vigor's gioiy tiom him fnalcht away. 
 
 Fany i^Lcui. 
 Theic I throw my gage, 
 Difclaiming here the kindred of a king, 
 .\nd l.iy aiidc my high blood's royalty. Shikjp, 
 
 There is my gage, the manual fcal of dtatii. 
 That marks thee out for hell. Skaifp. Ki h. ii. 
 They from their motiicrs brealts puoi orpbaos 
 rend, 
 Kor without gagti to the needy lend. Saxjyt. 
 
 I am ni.ide the cauticjiiary j ledge. 
 The gagr and hcftagc of your kcepjig it. 
 
 So:ttkcrn*s Oioort. 
 But fince it was decreed, aufpicious king, 
 In Brit:;iii.'s right ihat thou fliould'ft wed the 
 
 main, 
 Heav'n, as a S*ge, would cafl fome previous 
 
 thing. 
 And therefore doom'd that Lawfon Ihould be 
 (lain. Dry.lrn, 
 
 In any truth, that gets not pofteflion of our 
 minds by lelf-evie'ence or dcmonrtration, the 
 arguments th.it gain it alTent, are rhc vouchers 
 and _2ci^ ■ of its probahiliry. Locke. 
 
 2. A meafure ; a rule of meafuring. 
 
 One judges, as the weather dictates, right 
 The poem is at noon, and wrorrg at night; 
 Another judges by a (urcx gage, 
 An author's principles or parentage. Youne, 
 
 To Gage. v. a. [gager, French.] 
 
 1. To wager; to depone as a wager ; ta 
 impawn ; to give as a caution, pledge, 
 or fecurity. 
 
 A moiety competent 
 Was gaged by our king. Shalfp. Ham!et, 
 
 He found the Turkith merchants making mer- 
 ry : unto chele merchants he gave due falutations, 
 gaging his faith for their fafcty, and they TiKewife 
 to him. Knolles' Hif.'try. 
 
 2. To bind by fome caution or furety ; ta 
 engage. 
 
 My chief care 
 Is to come fairly off from the great debts 
 Wherein my time, fomething too prodigal. 
 Hath left me gfl^^i/. Shakfpeare, 
 
 3. To meafure ; to take the contents of 
 any vefiel of liquids particularly. More 
 properly gei'ige. See Gauge. 
 
 We (hall fee your bearing. 
 — Nay, hut I bar to night : you fhall not gage me 
 By what we do to-night. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Ga'ggle. <y. n. [gagen, gagelen, 
 Dutch.] To make a noife like agoofe. 
 
 Birdi piunc their featiiers, geei'e gaggle, and 
 
 crows feera to call upon rain; which is but the 
 
 comfort they receive in the relenting of the air. 
 
 Bacon's Natural hijio'y. 
 
 May far gpefe gaggle with melodious voice. 
 
 And ne'er want goofebcrries or apple-fauce. 
 
 Kin^. 
 Ga'ii.y. adv. [frora^^yi,] 
 
 1. Airily; cheerfully. 
 
 2. Splendidly. See Gaylv. 
 
 GAIN, n.f [^fl/'n, French,] 
 I. Profit; advantage: contraiy to /o/}. 
 But what things were gain to me, thofe I 
 counted lofs for Clirift. Pit/. 
 
 Befides the purpofe it were now, to teach how 
 viflory Ihould be ufed, or the gains thereof 
 communicated to tiie general confent. Ka/rigi, 
 Havock and fpoil, and ruin arc my ^d/j!. 
 
 Miiton, 
 
 It is in praife of men as in gettings and giinsf 
 
 for light £nm make heavy purfcs ; for hghlgains 
 
 come thick, whereas great come but now and 
 
 then. £acin's Ej/ays, 
 
 5 I
 
 G A I 
 
 This muft be made by I'ome governor upon Iiis 
 own private accounr, who has a great llock that 
 he is cjntcnt to turn that way, and is invited by 
 the ga ni. Tff?tp/t-. 
 
 Compute the gains o( bis ungovern'd zeal, 
 111 luits his cloth tiic prail'e of railing well. 
 * Dry.'ien 
 
 Folly fights for kings or dives for gai/t. Poj>e. 
 
 2. Intcrcft; lucrative views. 
 
 That, fir, wliich ferves forga/i, 
 And follows but for form, 
 Will pack, when it begins to rain. 
 And leave thee in the ftorm. Shahfcsaie 
 
 3. Unlawful advantage. 
 
 Did I make a gfin of you by any of them 
 whom I fcnt unto you ? I Corinthians. 
 
 If pride, if envy, if the luft of J"'", 1 
 
 If mad ambition in thy bufom reign, > 
 
 Thou buaS'ft, alas! thy fobcr fenfe in vain. J 
 
 F/rx^iTrt/./. 
 
 4. Overplus in a comparative computation ; 
 any thing oppofed to lofs. 
 
 7J Gain. v. a. [gagner, French.] 
 
 1. To obtain as profit or advantage. 
 
 Egypt became a ga/nf./ ground by the muddy 
 and limcous m.itter brought down by the Nilus, 
 which fettled by degrees into a firm land. Bmun. 
 
 He gaiit!, to live as man, 
 Higher degree of life. Miito':. 
 
 What reinforcement we may g^titi from hope. 
 
 Miller,. 
 
 2. To win ; not to lofe. 
 
 A leper once he loft, and gain' J a king. 
 
 Afj/tcn. 
 
 3. To have the overplus in comparative 
 computation. 
 
 If you have two vefTcls to fill, and you empty 
 one to fill the other, you gtiin nothing by that. 
 Burnet's Theory of the Earth. 
 
 4. To obtain ; to procure, to receive. 
 
 I acceptance found, which gain'd 
 This anfwer from the gracious voice divine. 
 
 Milton. 
 That fide from fmall refleflion gains 
 Of glimm'rlng ait ; lets vcx'd with tcmpeft loud. 
 
 Miltoi:. 
 
 If fuch a tradition were ende.ivourcd to be let 
 on foot, it is n«t eafy to imagine how it Ihouiri 
 lit fidi gain entertainment; but much moie diffi- 
 cult to conceive however it Ihould cume to be 
 Vniveifally propagared. TiV.utjon' s Sermons. 
 
 For fame with toil we gain, but loofe with cafe, 
 Sure tome to ve.x, but nevei all to pleafe. Vopi. 
 
 5. To obtain increafe of any thing allotted. 
 
 I know that ye would ga^n the time, bccaufc 
 ye fee the king ii g^ne from me. Daniel. 
 
 6. To obtain whatever, good or bad. 
 
 Ye iTiould not have loufed from Crete, and 
 \wi<: gained this harm and lofs. .^ci^. 
 
 7. To win againfl oppofition. 
 
 They who weic fent to the other pafs, after a 
 Ihort refiftancc, gained it. Uarendon. 
 
 Fat fees from the defended Umbrian draws. 
 And onlygdiiJ the wealthy client's caufe. Dryd. 
 
 O love! for Sylvia let me gain the prize, 
 Aisd make my tongue vidorious as her cye-i. 
 
 Voi'i. 
 
 8. To draw into any intercft or party. 
 
 Come, with preftnts, laden from the pert, 
 To gratify the queen and gain the court. Drydin. 
 
 If Pyrrhus mull be wrought to piiy. 
 No -woman docs it better than youifelf: 
 If you gain him, I lliall comply of courfe. 
 
 .-/. Vhilifs. 
 
 9. To obtain as a wooer. 
 
 He never Ihall find out fit mate, but fuch 
 As lome misfoitune biings him, or miftakc. 
 Or whom he wifhes moll lliall fcldom g.iis 
 Through her perverfencfs, but Ihall fee hcrgnin'd 
 By a far worfe. _ Mikon. 
 
 10. To reach ; to attain. 
 
 The weft flill glimmers with fome flicaks of 
 day : 
 
 G A I 
 
 Nuw fours the lated traveller ^pasii, 
 To g«^i the timely inn. Shukjpeare^i Macbeth, 
 Death was the pofl, which I almort did gain : 
 Shall I once nioie be toft into the main : lyulUr. 
 
 Sun ! found his praife 
 In thy etcinril cuurfc, botri when thou climh'fi, 
 Add when high noon haft £^<i/wV, and when thou 
 fall'ih MiU^f7. 
 
 We cainc to the roots of the mountain, and had 
 a very tioublcfurae maich to gain the top of it. 
 Addijau on Italy. 
 Tlius fav'd ivoTci death, t\\cy gain the Pheltan 
 ftioves, 
 With (hattev'd veffels and difablcd oars. Fopc 
 
 II. To Gatn over. To diaw to another 
 party or iaterefl. 
 
 The couit of Hanover fhould have endeavoured 
 to _g^rt/'i ovfr thofc who were repiefentcd as iheii 
 ent'iTiics. Swift. 
 
 To Gain. *y, «. 
 
 T . To grow rich ; to have advantage ; to 
 be advanced in intereli or happinefs. 
 
 Thou hail taken ufury and incrcalc, and thou 
 haft £ieedily ^-'i/n(:./of thy neighbours by extor- 
 tions. Eze^ie/. 
 
 2. To encroach ; to come forward by de- 
 grees : with on. 
 
 When watchful herons leave their watry ftand, 
 And mounting upward with created flight, 
 Gain on the Ikies, and foar above the ftglit. 
 
 Z)rydt;n^s Virgil. 
 
 So o« the land, while here the ocean gaim^ 
 In utlier parts it leaves wide fandy plains. Pope. 
 
 3. To get ground; to prevail againll : 
 with otu 
 
 The Englifh have not onXy gained u pen the Ve- 
 netians in the Levant, but have their cloth in 
 Venice itfelf. AJdifon. 
 
 4. To obtain influence with : with on. 
 
 My good behaviour had gained lb far on the 
 emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of li- 
 berty. S-ZVJjt . 
 
 Gain. adj. [An old word now out of 
 ufe.j Handy; ready; dexterous. 
 
 Preface to the Acddence. 
 Ga'iner. n.f. [from gain.'\ One who 
 receives profit or advantage. 
 
 The client, belidcs retaining j clear confcience, 
 is .iUvays a garner^ and by no mean-, can be at 
 any lofs, as feeing, if the compotition be over- 
 hdid, he may relieve hinifclf by recourfe ro his 
 oath. Bacov. 
 
 If what I gef in empire 
 I lofe in fame, I think, niyfelf no g-iiner. 
 
 Den/iam's Sophy 
 
 He that lofes any thing, and gets wifdom by it, 
 
 is a earner by the lofs. L' Ej'irange. 
 
 By trade, wc are as great ^///wcrj by the com- 
 
 modiiies of other countries as of our own 
 
 nation . ^ddifcn*! Yreckoldcr 
 
 Ga'inful. adj. \_gcun ^n<lfull.~\ 
 
 1. Advantageous ; profitable. 
 
 He will dai/leliis eyes, and bait him in with 
 the lufcious propofal of fume gainful purchafe, 
 fume rich match, or advantageous project:. 
 
 South 
 
 2. I^ucrative ; produ*5iive- of money. 
 
 Nor knows he merchants g^.v/'/r/JA'caie. Dryden. 
 
 Maro's mufc commodious piccept.s gives, 
 Inftru<;ti\c to thcfwains, nur wholly bent 
 On wh.Tt is gainjul: Ibmctinaes flie diverts 
 From folidcounfels. Philipz. 
 
 Ga'infully. adv, [^xom ga'mfuL^ Fro- 
 
 iitably; advantageoufly. 
 G a'i N F u LN E s s. «. f, [from ga'mful. ] 
 
 Profit ; advantage, 
 
 Ga'ingiving. n, f, [g^'if^ and gn^^.] 
 The fame as mifgiving; a t^iving againft: 
 as gaiiifcylng, which is ftill in ufe, is 
 faying againll, or contradifting. 
 
 
 G Al 
 
 It is but foolery; but it is fuch kind of gai/t~ 
 giving as would, perliaps, trouble a woman. 
 
 Shakfpeare's Handet. 
 
 Ga'inless. atlj. [from gain.'\ Unpro- 
 fitable ; producing no advantage. 
 Ga'ihlessness. «. /. [from galnk/s.} 
 Unprofiiablenefs ; want of advantage. 
 
 The parallel holds loo in the g. iniejfnef; as w«ll 
 as laborionfnefs of the work : miner-., buried in 
 eartii and dai knefs, were never the richer for all 
 the ore they ci^gcd ; no more is the infatiabic 
 mifcr. Deray of Piety. 
 
 Ga'inly. aiv. [from gain."] Handily; 
 
 readily; dexteroufly. Out of ufe. 
 To G.v'iNs.w. "v. a. ['gainjl andyi?)'.] 
 
 1 . To contradidl ; to oppofc ; to contro- 
 vert with; to difpute againft. 
 
 Speeches which gainfay one another, muft of 
 neceinty be applied both unto one and the fame 
 fubject. Hooker. 
 
 Too facile then , thou didft not much guinfay { 
 Nay, didtt permit, approve, and fair difmifs, 
 
 Millm. 
 
 2. To deny any thing. 
 
 r never l-.eaid yet 
 That any of thofe bolder vices wantcc! 
 Lefs impudence togainfiy what they did, 
 Than to perform it lirft. Shakfp. IVint. Ttle, 
 
 Gainsa'yer. n.f. [itom gainfay.'\ Op- 
 ponent ; adverlary. 
 
 Such as may fatisfv gainfayer^jVi\\cx\ fuddenly, 
 and befifles expc£tation, they require the fame at 
 our hands. Hooker. 
 
 We are, for this caufe, challenged as manifeft 
 gainfayers of fcripturc, even in that which wc 
 read for fcripturc unto the people. Hooker. 
 
 It was full matter of conviilion to all gain- 
 fayers. Hammond. 
 
 Others fought themfelvcs a name by being his 
 gainfiytts, but failed of their puipole. ¥dl. 
 
 'Gaihst. prep.[(oraga!ri/l ] See Against. 
 
 Tiemble, ye nations ! who, lecute before, 
 
 Laujjh'd at thofe arms, that 'gainjt ourfclvts we 
 
 bore. Dryden. 
 
 To Ga'instand. 1). a. ['gairi^ znd^anJ,^ 
 
 To wilhliand ; to oppofe ; to rcfift. A 
 
 proper word, but not in ufe. 
 
 Love proved himfclf valiant, that durft with 
 the fuord of reverent duly gainjiand the force of 
 fo m<iny enraged defires. Sidney. 
 
 GA'IRISH. adj. [jeappian, to drefsfine, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. Gaudy; fhowy ; fplendid ; fine. 
 
 Three or four will outrage in appaiel, hugehofc^ 
 monlirous hat^, and g''i>'j'^ colours. .'Ifcham. 
 
 I caird thee then poor (hadow, painted queen, 
 The prefentation of but what I was ; 
 A mother only mock'dwith two fair babes ; 
 A dieam of what thou wart, a gairijli flalh. 
 To be the aira of every dangerous Ihot. Shtiif. 
 
 There in clofeco\crt by fome brook. 
 Where no profaner eye nuiy look. 
 Hide me from A.sy'i, guinjh eye. Milton, 
 
 2. Extravagantly gay ; flighty. 
 
 Fame and glory tranlport a man out of 
 himfclf J it makes the mind loofc and gairijh, 
 fcattcrs the fpirits, and leaves a kind of diffolu- 
 tion upon all the faculties. South. 
 
 Ga'ikishness. n.f. [from ^«V//2.] 
 
 1. Finery; flaunting gaiidinefs. 
 
 2. Flighty or extravagant joy. 
 
 Let your hope be without vanity, or gairijhnef; 
 of fpitit, but lober, grave, and filent. Taylor^ 
 
 Gait, n.f [gat, Dutch.] 
 I. A way : as, gang your gait. 
 
 Good youth, addrefs tiiy gait unto her j 
 Be not denied acccfs, iland at her door. Shak/f. 
 z. March ; walk. 
 
 Nought regaiding, they kept on their gi'V, 
 And all her vain ailuicments did fotfake. 
 
 fai'y Q,uctrt,
 
 G A t 
 
 Thou ait fo lean and meigrc waxen l.itc, 
 That Icarcc thy legs uphold thy fethic s^'iif. 
 
 3. The manner and air of walking. 
 
 Gical Juno conies ; I know her by hc\ gait. 
 
 Shakfpeiire. 
 He had in his pcrfon, in his afpcdt, the appear- 
 ance of a great man, which he prcfcrvcd in his 
 gait and motion. C/arenJou. 
 
 A third, who, by his ^fl/.' 
 And fierce demeanour, fecmsthe prince of hell. 
 
 MiK'on. 
 Leviathans 
 Wallowing, unwieldy, enormous in their ra/V. 
 
 I defcrib'd his way, 
 Bent all on fpccd, and mark'd his airy ga/t. 
 
 Mi ft on. 
 
 Gala'ge, n,/, A fliephcrd's clog. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 My heart-blood is well -nigh frorne, I ft-cl ; 
 And my ^''/''.i^t' grown hA to my heel. Spcnfct . 
 Gala'noal. n.J\ [ ^fl/ii/j^c', French. ] A 
 medicinal root. 
 
 The IcfUr ^'iAj^o^j/ is in pifces, nbout an inch 
 or two long, of rhc thickncfs of a man'j litric 
 finger ; .1 brownifh red colour, extremely hot and 
 jjiui^enC, The larger gait,nga/\s in pieces, about 
 two inches or moic in lei.g:li, and an incli in 
 ihicknefs : iti colour is brown, with a faint caft of 
 red in it : it has a difi^greeibie, but much lefs 
 acrid and pungent tafle. lii/J. 
 
 Gala'xy. w. f, [yx>f>ili>i ; galaxky Fr.] 
 The milky way ; a flream of light in 
 the d<y, confiiiiiig of many finall liars. 
 
 A bruad and ample road, whofc dulV is gold, 
 And pavement ftars, as ftars to rhec ypiicnr, 
 Seen in \\\c galaxy. Ahhon^s I\tr. l^'.Jl. 
 
 A brown, for which heaven would difband 
 'V\\z galiixy^ and Itars be tann'd. CJiuxeland. 
 
 Several lights will not be fecn. 
 If there be nothing elfc between ; 
 Men doubt, bec.mfe they ftand fo thick i' th' fliy, 
 If thole be Itars that paint the ^alnxy. Ltiuley. 
 
 We dare not undertake to Ihew what advantage 
 is brought to us by thofe innumerable ftars in the 
 galaxy. Bcnthy. 
 
 CA'LBANUM. n. f. A refinous gum,' 
 
 We meet with g.iibanuoi fometimes in loufe 
 granules, called drops of tears, which is the 
 purcft, and fometimes in large malTcs. It is foft 
 like wax, and du*ftile between the fingers; uf a 
 yellowifli or rcddiih colour; its fmcll is it/ung 
 and difagreealle. It is of a middle nature be- 
 tween a gum and a lefin, being inflammable as a 
 refin, and foluMe in water as a gum, and will 
 net difTolve in oil as pure rcfins do. It is the pro- 
 duce of an umbelliferous plant. Hill. 
 
 I yielded indeed a pleafant odour, like the 
 beft myrrh ; as gulbatium. Ecciuu 
 
 Gale. n. f, [gMif^gi hafly, fudden, 
 German.] A wind not tempclluous, 
 yet ftronger than a breeze. 
 What happy^j/^ 
 filows you to Padua here, from old Verona ? 
 
 Shakjpeare, 
 Winds 
 Of gentleft g.ik Anbian odours fann'd 
 From their foft wings, and Flora's earlieft fmells. 
 
 Frelh gala and gentle air. Mihcn. 
 
 Umbria's green retreats, 
 Where wcflcrn^.i-j'ifj eternally rcfidc, Addifon. 
 
 Ga'leated. adj, [galeatusy Latin.] 
 
 1, Covered as with a helmet. 
 
 A g.dfiifed c(cW]nus copped, and in fhape fomc- 
 what moic conick than any of the foregoing. 
 
 n'ood'ivitrd en Yojfdi. 
 
 2. [In botany.] Such plants as bear a 
 flower refembling a helmet, as the 
 monklhood. 
 
 G A L E a I'c u L at E . adj. [from galcruSj Lat. ] 
 Covered as with a hat. 
 
 GAL 
 
 Ga'i.iot. n. / [ galioUc, French.] A 
 little galley or (urt of brigantiiic, built 
 very fliglit and lit for chafe. It carries 
 but out mail, and two or three patterc- 
 roes. Il can both fail and row, and 
 has fixteen or twenty feats for the rowers, 
 with one man to each oar, Dicl. 
 
 BHi'Larulia fciit two notable pyratcs with thiity 
 gtilijH, wh'i, landing tlicir men, wcievaliantly en- 
 countered, and forced iigairi to tiidr^.;//ori. 
 
 K>t(.!tci' lUji'jfy. 
 
 GALL, n. / [jeala, SaX.^^^//:", Dnt.] 
 
 1. The bile, an animal juice remarkable 
 for its rupptrfL-d bitternefs. 
 
 Come to my woman's breafV, 
 And take my milk iox gall^ you murthering mi- 
 nlftcrs ! Shakfpcaie. 
 
 A honey tongue, a heart of gallf 
 Is fancy's fpriiig, but forrow's fall, S/tutf peart. 
 
 This pofition informs us of a vulgar crrour, 
 4crming the g(dJ bitter, as their proverb implies 
 It's a>> bitter asg^//; whereas there's nothinggiif- 
 tablc fweeter; and what is moil undluous muft 
 needs partake of a fv/cct favour. llafury. 
 
 Gall is the grcatcft rcfolvent of curdled milk : 
 E'jcrhaave has given at a lime one drop of x\\c gall 
 of an ccl with fuccefs. Arhuthioi on Diet. 
 
 2. The part which contains the bile. 
 
 The married couple, as a tcUimony of future 
 concord, did caft i\\t gill of the lacrifice behind 
 the altar. Btq-wh. 
 
 3. Any thing extremely bitter. 
 
 Thither write, my queen. 
 And with mine eyes I'll drink the words you fend. 
 Though ink be made of gtdl. SJiakjp'care. 
 
 Poifon be their drink ! 
 Gtf//,worfe tlungii//, tliedaintieft meat they tafte! 
 
 Shiikj'pcare. 
 She ftill infults, and you muft ftill adore ; 
 Grant that the honey 's much, the ^a// is more. 
 Diydcn's yuvcnal. 
 
 4. Rancour; malignity. 
 
 They did great huit unto his title, and hate 
 left a perpetual gall in the mind of the people. 
 
 Spcfijcron Inland. 
 
 5. Anger ; bltterncfs of mind. 
 
 Stippofe your hcio were a lover, 
 Though he before had gall and rage ; 
 He grows difpiritcd and low. 
 He hates the fight, and lliuns the blow. Prior. 
 
 6. A flight hurt by fretting off the flvin, 
 [from the verb.] 
 
 This \i the fatalell wound j as much fuperiour 
 
 to the former, as a gangrene is tozgall or feratch. 
 
 Govcrmneni of the Tongue. 
 
 7. [^^tom galla.'] 
 
 GnlU or g:ilhuits are preternatural and acci- 
 dental tumours, produced on trees ; but thofe of 
 the oak only arc ufcd in medicine. We have 
 oriental and European gtuh : the oriental are 
 brought from Aleppo, of the blgnefs of a large 
 nutmeg, with tubercles on their furface, of a very 
 firm texture, and a difagrecable,aceib, and aftrin- 
 gent talte. The European ga//j arc of the fame 
 liie, with pcrfeif\ly fmooth fuifaces; they are 
 light, often fpongy, and cavernous within, and 
 always of a lax teiturc. They have a lefs aultcre 
 t.ifte, and are of much lefs value than the fit It 
 furt Tiic general hiltory of galls is this ; An in- 
 fe<£t of the fly kind wounds the branches of the 
 trees, and in the hole dcpofites her egg : the la- 
 cerated \c(rels of the iiee difcharging their con- 
 tLiits, foim a tumour or woody cafe about the 
 hulc, where the egg is thus defended from all in- 
 juries. Tiiis tumour aU'o fervcs for the food of 
 tii£ tender maggot, produced from the egg, which, 
 as fonn as it is in its winged ft.ite, gnaws its way 
 out, as appears fi. m the liole found in the gall ; 
 and where no hole is lecn, the maggot, or its re- 
 mains, are fure to be found within. It has been 
 obfcrvcd, tiiat the oak does not produce g;ill% in 
 cold counti tes : but this oblervation fhall be con- 
 fined to tlic medicinnl galls; for all thofe cx- 
 crefccucics which iVc c^il oak-apples, oak-grapes, 
 
 GAL 
 
 andoak-concs, are irue^^a//,, though lefs firm ia 
 ihcir tcxtuic. /////. 
 
 Ucfidcs liic acorns, the oak bcareth gdh^ o.ilt- 
 applcs, and oak-nuts. UacWi Nat. Uift, 
 
 Miipighi, in his treatifc o( galls ^ under which 
 name he comprehends all preternatural and mor- 
 bofc cxcrcfce)iccs, dcmonllrates Ir.jt all fucUex- 
 crefccnces, where any infefl. arc found, arc ex- 
 cited by fomc vcncnofe liquor, whici), together 
 with iheir eggs, fucii infects fhcd. Rny, 
 
 The Aleppo galltj wherewith wc make infc> 
 arc no other than cafes of infects, which aic 
 bred in ihcm. JJaham, 
 
 7*0 Gall. *v.a, [^aZ?r, French.] 
 
 1. To hurt by fretting the fldn, 
 
 I'll touch my point 
 With this contagion, that, if I ga/I him fltghtly, 
 It may be death. S/iaifpe^trc's i-SamUt^ 
 
 His yoke is cafy, when by us cmbrac'd; 
 But loads and gaiUy if on our necks 'tjs c.ilh 
 
 Denhamm 
 
 A earlier, when he would think of a remedy 
 
 for hisg;<///<f(/ borfc, begins with calling his eye 
 
 upon ;ill things. Lo:ke, 
 
 On the monarch's fpecch A""' il!e« broke, 
 Andfuuous tiius, and ii*>.*.ir..^..'ig iVo.^-, 
 Tyrant, I well dcferv'd thy galling cuair.. 
 
 Pipe's IliaJ^ 
 
 2. To impair ; to wear away. 
 
 He doth objcilf, I am too gicat of birth ; 
 And that my ftatc being ^j//'t/ with n\y expenccj 
 I feck to heal it only by iiis wealth. Shakjpeare, 
 
 If it (huuld fall down in a continual ftream like 
 a river, it would gall the ground, wafh away 
 plants by the roots, and ovci throw houfcs. Ray, 
 
 3. To teafe; to fret ; to vex. 
 
 In honour <jf tl.at aiftion, and to gall thcii 
 minds who did not fo much commend it, he 
 wiote his book. Ih'jkcr, 
 
 What they feem contented with, even for that 
 very caufe we rejedt ; and there is nothing but it 
 pkafeth us the belter, if we cfpy that it galleth 
 them. lio'^ktr. 
 
 When I fhcw fuiVrcc, 
 I pity thofe I do not know ; 
 Which a difmifs'd oti'encc would zkcr gall, 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 Ail ftudies here I folcnanly defy, 
 Save how to gall and pinch this Eolinghroke. 
 
 Sl1aKfpe.11 i' s Hf/iry IV. 
 
 No man commits any fin hut his conlcicnce 
 fmites him, and his guilty mind is frcquenUy 
 grt/Ac/ with the remcrabrance of it. Tillotfon. 
 
 4. To bar a fa ; to iTiIfchitf ; to keep in a 
 flate of imeafinefs. 
 
 The Helots had gotten new heart, and wiih 
 divers forts of Ihot from corners of Ilrccts and 
 houfe-windows gfl//.-'-'/ them. Sidney, 
 
 Light demilances from afar they throw, 
 Falten'd with leathern thongs, to g.iil the foe 
 
 Dryden' i jKncid, 
 
 In our wars againft the French of old, we ufed 
 to_5<;// them with our long bows, at a greater dit- 
 tance than they could fhoot their arrows. AdiUf, 
 
 To Gall. f. n. To fret. 
 
 I iiave feen you glecking and galling at this 
 gentleman twice or thrice. Shakfpeare, 
 
 GA'LLANT. adj. [^a/^/n/, French; from 
 gnla, fine drefs, Spaiiifh.] 
 
 1 . Gay ; well dreded ; (howy ; fplendij ; 
 magnificent. 
 
 A place of broad rivers, wherein fliall go no 
 gaily with oars, neiti)cr (hall gallant fliij)s pifs 
 thereby. If.iia.'i, 
 
 The gay, the wife, the gallant, and the grave, 
 Subdu'd alike, all but one palTion have. Waller, 
 
 2. Brave; high-fpirited ; daring; mag- 
 nanimous. 
 
 Scorn, that any (hould kill his uncle, made him 
 fcek his revenge in manner ^«//rf«? enougli. 
 
 Sidney. 
 But, fare thee well, thou art a gallait youth. 
 
 Shatfitarc^ 
 
 5 •»
 
 GAL 
 
 A f^alfant man, whofe thoughts fly at the 
 highcft g.imc, requires no furtiicr inl'ight. Vigiy- 
 
 3. Fine; noble; fpacious. 
 
 There aie no tricks in plain and fimplc faith ; 
 But hullow men, hke hovfcs hot at hand, 
 Make gallant fliew and promife of their mettle. 
 
 Ska^fpeare. 
 
 4. Courtly with refpcft to ladies. 
 
 He difcoui fed, how gut/iwt and iiow hrave a 
 thing it would be for his highnefs to make a jour- 
 ney into Spain, and to fetch home his miftrcfs. 
 
 C/tirt'nJon. 
 When firfV the foul of love is fent abroad. 
 The g ly troops begin 
 
 In gallant thought to plume their painted winjs. 
 
 Thomfon, 
 
 Ga'llant. n. f. ffrom the adjeftive.] 
 
 1. A gay, fprightly, airy, fplendid man. 
 
 Tiie new prod imatiou, 
 — — What is 't for > 
 
 — Tiie reformation of our travell'd gullants, 
 
 That fill the court with quarrels, talk, and 
 
 taylors. Shakfpettre. 
 
 The gtill.mti and lufty youths of Naples came 
 
 and offered thcmfclvei uiuo Vaiiius. Kmllis. 
 
 The galLinti, to prr>te<rt the lady's right. 
 Their fauchions brandilh'd at the grilly fpriglit. 
 
 Drytkn. 
 Gallant!, look to 't, you fay there are no 
 fprights ; 
 But I'll come dance a't/oiit your beds at nights. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 2. A vvhoremaftei, who caveffes women 
 to debauch them. 
 
 One, worn to pieces with age, Ihews hinifelf 
 Si yo\ir\% gallant. Shakfpeittr, 
 
 She had left the good man at home, and 
 l)roi;ght away her gallant. AAMfon's Spc&alor. 
 
 3. A wooer ; one who courts a woman for 
 marriage. In the two latter fcnfes it 
 has commonly the accent on the laft 
 fyllable. 
 
 Ga'llantlv. atfv. [^rom gallant. '\ 
 
 1. Gayly ; fplenJidly. 
 
 2. Bravely; nobly; generoudy. 
 
 You ha\e not dealt fo gullanily with us as we 
 did with you in a parallel cafe : laft year a paper 
 was brought here from Englandj which wc or- 
 dered to be burnt by the common hangman. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 Ga'llaNtry. n.f. [galanterie, French.] 
 
 1. Splendour of appearance ; (how ; miig- 
 nihccnce ; glittering grandeur ; ollcnia- 
 tious finery. 
 
 Make the fea (hine with gallantry, and all 
 The Englith youth flock to their admiral. IVulUr. 
 
 2. Bravery; noblenefs ; generofity. 
 
 The eminence of your condition, and the gal- 
 lantry of your principles, will invit* gentlemen 
 to the ufeful and ennobling fludy of nature. 
 
 GlanvilU'i Sct'pjri, Fiffacc. 
 
 3. A number of gallants. 
 
 Heifor, Ikiphobus, and all the gallantry of 
 Troy, I would have arm'd to-day. Sltakfpeare. 
 
 4. Courtfhip ; refined addrefs to women. 
 
 The martial Moors, in gallantt\ refin'd. 
 Invent new arts to make their charmers kind. 
 
 G> iinvllle. 
 
 5. Vitious love ; lewdnefs ; debauchery. 
 
 It looks like a fort of compounding between 
 virtue and vice, as if a woman were allowed to 
 be- vicious, provided (Jie be not a profligate ; as 
 if there were a certain point where gallantry tnd.<, 
 and infamy begins. S^vlfi. 
 
 Ga'llea&s. n.f. \galeas, Fr.] A heavy 
 low-built vefTcl, with both fails and oars. 
 It carries three malls, but they cannot 
 be lowered, as in a galley. It has 
 thli ty-two feats for rowers, and fix or 
 feven flaves to fach. To carry three 
 
 GAL 
 
 tire of guns at the head, and at the 
 ftern there are two tire of guns. Did. 
 
 My father hath no lefs 
 Than three great argofies, befides two gallcajfn, 
 And twelve tight gallics. Hhjkjpeare. 
 
 The Venetians pretend they could fct out, in 
 cafe of great ncceflity, thirty men of war, a 
 hundred galleys, and ten gnleajjfei. Addifon. 
 
 Galle'on. n. /. Igalion, French.] A 
 large fiiip with four or fometimes five 
 decks, now in ufe only among the 
 Spaniards. 
 
 I affured them that I would flay for them at 
 Tiinidado, and that no force fhould drive me 
 thence, except I were funk, or fet on fire by the 
 Spanith galliom. RaUigh'i Apllogy. 
 
 The number cf veflels were one hundred and 
 thirty, whereof galleaffes and ?rt//(o/.'j feventy-two, 
 goodly (hips, like floating towers orcaftles. 
 
 Bacon^i JVar luith Spain. 
 
 Ga'llery. n.f. [galerie, French; de- 
 rived by Du Cange from galtria, low 
 Latin, a fine lOom.] 
 
 1. A kind of walk along the floor of a 
 houfe, into which the doors of the 
 apartments open ; in general, any build- 
 ing of which the length iBuch exceeds 
 the breadth. 
 
 In moft part there had been framed by art fuch 
 plealant arbors, th,it,one anfwcring another, they 
 became a galUry aloft from tree to tree, alniolt 
 round about, which below gave a perfect fliadow. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 High lifted up were many lofty towers. 
 And goodly galleries fair oveilaid. Spenfer. 
 
 Your gallery 
 Have we paf^'d through, not without much con- 
 tent. Shakfpeiue. 
 
 The row of return on the banquet fide, let it 
 be all Irately galltries, in which galUria let there 
 be thiee cupolas. Bacon. 
 
 A private ^u/fery 'twixt th' apartments led. 
 Nut to tlic i^fi yet known. Dcnham. 
 
 Nor i.s the Ihape of our cathedrals proper for 
 our prcacliing auditories, but rather the figure of 
 an amphitheatre, with galleries graduiliy over- 
 looking each other; for into this condition the 
 parilh churches of London are driving apace, as 
 appears by the many galleries every day built in 
 tiiem. Graunt. 
 
 There are covered galleries that lead frorn the 
 palace to five different churches. Addife>n. 
 
 2. The feats in the play houfe above the 
 pit, in which the meaner people fit. 
 
 While all its throats the g'llfery extends. 
 And all the thunder of the pit afccnds. P'jpr. 
 GA'LLETyLE. «. f. I fuppofe Uiis word 
 has the fame import whh ga/lifot . 
 
 Make a cumpound body of glnfs :imi gail^tyle ; 
 that is, to have the colour milky like a chaicedon, 
 being a fluff between a porceilane and a glafs. 
 
 Bacon^i Pl'yf. Rem. 
 
 GA'LLEy. n. f. [galea, Italian ; galerf, 
 French ; derived as fome think, from 
 galea, a helmet, pitflurcd anciently on 
 the prow ; as others from ya/.hurr^c, the 
 fwordfilh ; as others froin galleon, ex- 
 prelTmg in Syriac men expofcd to the 
 fca. From gulky come ga/ieafh g.ilkon, 
 gallitl.'l 
 
 I. A vtflel driven with onrs, m'.ich in ufe 
 in the Mediterranean, but found unable 
 to endure the agitation of the main 
 ocean. 
 
 Gre.u Neptune grieved underneath the load 
 Of lliips, hulks, i>idlits, Ii..rks, and brigandines. 
 
 Fairfa.v. 
 
 In the ages following, navigation did eveiy 
 wliere greatly decay, by the ulc uf gallies, and 
 fuch vtffels as cnuld liaidly broo!< the ocean. 
 
 SaiQn'i Neiv .itlantii. 
 
 GAL 
 
 Jafon ranged the coafts of Afia the Lefs in an 
 open boat or kind of galley, RaleigA's Hijlsry, 
 
 On oozy ground his gallies moor; 
 Their heads are turn'd to (ea, their flerns tolhore. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. It is proverbially confidered as a place 
 of toilfuine mifcry, bccaufe criminals 
 are condemned to row in them. 
 
 The moft voluptuous perfon, vvcic he tied to 
 follow his hawks and his hounds, his dice and iris 
 courtOlips every day, would find it thcgreatcft tor- 
 ment that could bclal htm : he would fly to the 
 mines and the gallics for his recreation, and to 
 the fpadc and the mattock for a divcifion fiom 
 the mifery of a continual uninterrupted pleafurc. 
 
 South, 
 Ga'lley-slave. n.f. [galky andflave.Jl 
 A man condemned for fome crime to 
 row in the gallies. 
 
 As if one chain were not fufiicient to load poor 
 
 men, he mult he clogged with innumerable 
 
 chains : this is juft fuch another freedom as the 
 
 Turkilh galley'Jlaves do enjoy. BramhatL 
 
 H^itdened galley-Jlaves defpife manumiflion. 
 
 Deeay of Piety, 
 The furges gently dafli againft the Ihoie, 
 Flocks quit the plains, and galley -Jlaves their oar. 
 
 Garth. 
 
 Ga'lliakd. n.f. [gaillartl, French; 
 imagined to be derived from the Gaulifh 
 ard, genius ; and gay ] 
 
 1. A gay, bride, lively man ; a fine fellow. 
 
 Scldcn is a galliard by himlelf. Cleavclamf. 
 
 2. An adive, nimble, fpritcly dance. It is 
 in both fenfes now obfolete. 
 
 I did think, by the excellent conftitution of 
 thy leg, it was form'd under the ttar of a gal- 
 liard. Sia fpean'i T-wetflh Nigkt. 
 
 There's nougit in Fiance 
 That can be with a nimble gulliard won : 
 You cannot revel into dukedoms there Shakfp, 
 If there be any that would take up all the time, 
 let him find means to take them otf, and bring 
 others on ; as inuficians ufe to do with thofe that 
 dance too long galliards. tut.'6n. 
 
 The tiipla's and changing of times have an 
 agreement with the changes ot muth.n ; as vi Urn 
 galliard time and nieatuie time are in the medley 
 of one dance. Baron. 
 
 GA'ILl.ARDISE.n.f [French.] Merri- 
 ment ; exuberant gaycty. Not in uie. 
 
 At my nativity my afcendant was the waiery 
 fign of Scorpius : I was born in the planetary 
 hour of Saturn, and I think I have a piece of 
 that leaden planet in me : 1 am no way f.icciious, 
 nor dilpofed for the mirth and galliardije of 
 companv. H-ovjn'^ A't/. Sled. 
 
 Ga'llicism. n.f. [gallicifme, French; 
 from gullicus, Latin.] A mode of fpcech 
 peculiar to the French language : fuch 
 as, he figured in controvcrly ; he ki-lJ 
 this condufti he beU the fame language 
 that another had ieU before : with many 
 other expreflions to be found in the 
 pages of BoHngbrole. 
 
 I iEnglifh I would have gj///c/ymi avoided, that- 
 we may keep to our own language, .and not 
 follow the Fiench mode in our fpecch. 
 
 f 1 Iton on I he ClaJJiek 1 . 
 Ga'lligaskins. n. f. [Caliga Galta- 
 Vufonum. Siintier.] Large open hofe. 
 Not ufed but in ludicrous language. 
 My galiigiijiins, that have long withftood 
 The winter'.* fury, and encroaching frofts, 
 
 By iimelubdu'd, wh.it wilt net time fubdue, 
 .^n horrid chafra dilclol'e. Philips. 
 
 GylLLIMJTIA. n.f [galimat/jlas. Fr.li 
 
 Nonfcnfe; talk without meaning. 
 Gallimau'fry. n.f. \_galimnfree,Yt.'\ 
 t. A hotch-potch, or halh of ftveral forts 
 of broken meat ; a medley. Hanmer.
 
 GAL 
 
 They have made of our Englifh tongue a j<//- 
 timaufjyf or hodge-podge ot all other Ipccchci. 
 
 Sfcnjs r. 
 
 2. Any inconfinent or ridiculous medley. 
 
 They h:i\ca d:tncc, which the wenciics lay is 
 a gallimaufry of gambols, bccaulc tiicy arc not 
 in *t. Shitkjptaif'i iyintet^i Tale. 
 
 The painter, who, iindei pretence of diverting 
 the eyi-s, woold hll iiis piiSuK' with loch vaiietici 
 as alter the truth of hillor)', would m.ike a ridi- 
 culous piece of painting, and a mere gullimaufn 
 of his work. D>yJen'i Duf^ijmy. 
 
 3. It is uftd by Shahfpcare ludicroufly of 
 a woinan. 
 
 Sir John aftcits thy wife. 
 —Why, fir, my wife is not young. 
 — He wooes both high and low, both rich and 
 
 poor J 
 He loves thy fathmaufry friend. Shalfftarc. 
 
 Ga'lliot. n, f. [galiette, French,] A 
 fmall fwift galley. 
 
 B.irbarolT.i departing out of Hellefpontus with 
 eighty gallics and certain galliuli, (Imped his 
 courfc towards It.)ly. K:i>!Ui' Ihjhry. 
 
 Ga'llipot. n.f. [^leye, Dutch, (liiiiing 
 earth. Skinner. The true derivation is 
 from gala, Spanifh, finery. Gala, or 
 gallypot, is a fine painted pot.] A pot 
 painted and glazed, commonly ufed for 
 medicines. 
 
 Plato faid his maftcr Socrates was like the .ipo- 
 thecary's galhfi'jt!, that had on thcoutfides apes, 
 owls, and fatyrs ; but within, precious drugs, 
 
 Bacan't ..■'py^hlftigiri 
 Here phials in nice difcipline are fet ; 
 There galUjiot\ are rang'd m alphabet. Garth. 
 Alcxandiinus thought ii unf.ile to truft the real 
 fecrct of his phial and gallipot to any man. 
 
 SpeSlator. 
 Thou that doft ^.Efculapius decide, 
 And o'er his galiifon in triumph ride. Ttntrin 
 Ga'llon. n.f. [ge/o, low Latin.] A li- 
 quid meafure of four quarts. 
 
 Beat them into powder, and boil them in a 
 %allwoi wine, in a veffcl clofe rtopped. 
 
 lyifeman^s Surgery. 
 
 Gallo'on. n.f. [galoii, French.] A 
 kind of clofe lace made of gold or 
 filver, or of filk alone. 
 
 roG.VLLOP. V. n. Igahper, French.] 
 Derived by all the ctj mologifts, after 
 Bmlaus, from xu^^I^^m; but perhaps it 
 comes from gant, all, and loopen, to tun, 
 Dutch ; that is, to go en full fpeed.] 
 
 1. To move forward by leaps, fo that .tU 
 the feet are off the ground at once. 
 
 I did hear 
 Tlie ga/'Qf>i/tg of horfc ; who was *t come by ? 
 
 Shukfpeare^i M.icbtth. 
 His deeds will be rcftiain'd, 
 But gj//o/> lively down Ih' wcftern lull. Donne. 
 
 In fuch a Ihapc grim Saturn did rellrain 
 His heav'nly limhs, and flow'd with fuch a mane, 
 When h.ilf fuiprtz'd, and fearing to be fcen. 
 The leat.hei g>j//o^*<y from his jealous queen, 
 
 DryJt-n'i yirgil. 
 
 2. To ride at the pace which is performed 
 by leaps. 
 
 Seeing fuch ftrcams of blood as threatened a 
 drowning lite, viq g.tlhft.i toward them to part 
 them. Si.iiuy. 
 
 They 'gnn efpy 
 An armed knight towairii (hem galUf faft. 
 That fecm'd from fome feared foe to fly. 
 
 Vairy Queen. 
 
 He who fair and fofily goes fteadily fonvard, 
 
 in a couifc that points right, will fooner be at his 
 
 journey's end than he that runs after every one 
 
 he meets, though he gallop all day full fpeed. 
 
 Ltcke. 
 
 3. To move jcry faft. 
 
 GAL 
 
 The golden fun 
 Gallopi thczodiatk in hi^ glilt'ring coach. S/uiif. 
 
 Whom doth tiincg.i.'.'oy> withal.' 
 
 — With a thief to the gallows. Shaifpenri. 
 
 He that rides poll thiough a country may, from 
 
 the tranfieiit |Vicw, tell how in general the paits 
 
 lie : fuch fuperficial ideas he m.iy coUcft in gul- 
 
 luping o\cr it. Lo-ke. 
 
 Gallop, n.f. [from the verb.] The 
 
 motion of a horfc when he runs atiuU 
 
 fpeed ; in which, inaking a kind of a 
 
 k-ap forward, he lifts both his forelegs 
 
 very near at tiic fame time ; and while 
 
 thefc arc in the air, andjufl upon the 
 
 point of touching the ground, he lifts 
 
 both his hindlegs almoft at once. 
 
 Farrier's DiS. 
 Ga'lloper. n.f. \froTa gallop.'^ 
 
 1 . A horfe that gallops. 
 Mules bred in cold countries are much better 
 
 to lide than horfes for their walk and troi ; but 
 they arc commonly rough ^(j//c/r^i, though ionic 
 of tnem are very fleet. Mortimer's Hujhai.iiy. 
 
 2. A man that rides faft, or makes great 
 halle. 
 
 2i Ga'llow. v. a. [ajselpan, to fright, 
 Saxon.] To terrify ; to fright. 
 
 The wrati^ful ikies 
 Callow the very wand'ieis of the dark. 
 And make them keep their caves. Shakffcare. 
 
 Ga'lloway. n.f. A horfe not more than 
 fourteen hands high, much ufed in the 
 north ; probably as coining originally 
 from Galloway, a (hire in Scotland. 
 
 Ga'llo wglasses. n.f. 
 
 1. Jt is worn likewife of footmen under 
 their lliirts of mail, tlie which footitsen 
 x\\e\\-\\hc3.\\gnllo'WglaJes: the which name 
 doth difcover them alfo to be ancient 
 Engllfli ; for gallogla figiiifies an Englilh 
 fcrvitor or yeoman. And he being fo 
 armed in a long ihirt of mail, down to 
 the calf of his leg, witit a long broad ax 
 in his hand, \\'a5 thtn pedes gravis arma- 
 turii ; and was inllead of the footmen 
 that now weareth a corflet, before the 
 corflet was ufed, or almoft invented. 
 
 Spetfer on Ireland. 
 
 2. [Hanmer, otherwife than Spetfer.] 
 Soldiers among the wild Irilh, who 
 ferve on horfeback. 
 
 A puiff.int and mighty pow'r 
 Of galloivgl.ifici and Itout keincs. 
 Is marching hitherwaid in proud array. Shakfp. 
 
 Ga'llow. 7 «•/• [It is ufed by fome in 
 Ga'llovvs. y the fingular ; but by more 
 only in the plural, or fometimes has 
 another plural ^(vZ/ow/fj. Galgo, Goth, 
 ^eal^a, Saxon ; galge, Dutch ; which 
 fome derive froin gabalus furca, Latin ; 
 others ftom n^J '''»'■' ^^ihers from 
 gallu, Welfti, power ; but it is probably 
 derived like gaUoio, to fright, froin 
 ajslpan, the gallows being the great 
 objefl of legal terrour.] 
 I. A beam laid over two polls, on which 
 malefactors are hanged, 
 
 Tliis monller fat like a hangman upon a pair of 
 giillo'.v! : in his right hand he was painted holding 
 a crown of laurel, in his left hand a purfe ol 
 money. Si.lney 
 
 1 wniild we were all of one mind, and one 
 miiul gooil; O, tlicre were defolation of g.aolers 
 3ud gallo.cj'es. ishakjpe.ne'i Cyinbciine. 
 
 I prophclted if a galioivi were on land, 
 This fellow couid not drown, Shakfpeare. 
 
 GAM 
 
 He took the mayor afide, and whifpered him 
 that execution mull that day be done, and there- 
 fore lequircd him thata pan v( gnJIowi (houldfce 
 eieflcd. Ilaywarj. 
 
 A poor fellow, going to the gallowi, may he 
 allowed to feel the fmart of wafps while he i» 
 upon Tyburn road. Hivif^. 
 
 2. A wretch that defervcs the gallows. 
 C'lpid haih been five thoufand yeais a boy. 
 
 Ay, and a Ihrcwd unhappy galkius too. 
 
 Shalifpcare. 
 
 Ga'llowsfree, adj. [gallo'ws-inAfree.'] 
 Exempt by deftiny from being hanged. 
 
 Lci him be galhvjsjire by my conff:nt. 
 And nothing fuffer, fiiice he nothing meant. 
 
 Drydert. 
 
 Ga'lloutree. n.f. [gallow ini tree.] 
 The tree of terrour ; the tree of exe- 
 cution. 
 He hung their contj\icr'd »rms, for more dc- 
 f.ime. 
 On gs/hwlrees, in honour of his deareft dame. 
 
 Spetfer, 
 A Scot, when from the ^nlhwtrei got loolc, 
 Drops into Styx, and turns a foland goofe. 
 
 CIraveland, 
 
 Gamba'de.") n.f. [ganiia,^ Italiaii, 
 [jamha'do, 3 
 
 Gamha'do, 3 leg.] Spattcrdafties; boots 
 worn upon the legs above the fhoe. 
 
 The pettifogger ambles to her in his gumba.loet 
 once a week. Vetinli'i Leiiert. 
 
 Ga'mblek. n.f. [A cant word, I fuppofe, 
 ior game or gamefler.] A knave whofe 
 pradice it is to invite the unwary to 
 game and cheat them, 
 
 Ga'mboge. n.f. A concreted vegetable 
 juice, partly of a gummy, partly of a 
 refinous nature, heavy, of a bright 
 yellow colour, and fcarce any fmell. Jt 
 is brought from America and the Eaft 
 Indies, particularly from Cambaja, or 
 Cambogia. Hill. 
 
 To GA'MBOL, f. n. [gamliUer, Fr,] 
 
 1. To dance ; to flcip ; to frilk ; to jump 
 for joy ; to play merry frolicks. 
 
 Bears, tigers, ounces, pards, 
 Gamlol'J before them. Milton' i Par. LoJI. 
 
 The king of elfs, and little fairy queen, 
 Gambel'd on heaths, and danc'd on ev'ry green. 
 
 Dryden, 
 The monfters of the flood 
 G<2»iW around him in the wat'iy way, 
 And heavy whales in awkward meafures play. 
 
 2. To leap; to ftart, 
 
 'Tis not raadncfs 
 That 1 have utter'd; liiing me to the teft. 
 And I the matter will lecoid, wiiich madnefs 
 Would gambol from. Shakfpeare' s HamUt, 
 
 Ga'.mbol. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A Hiip ; a hop ; a leap for joy. 
 
 A gentleman had got a favouiite fpaniel, that 
 would be lUll toying and leaping upon him, 
 and playing a thoufand pretty gamhtds. 
 
 L' Ef range. 
 Bacchus ttu-ough the ronquei'd Indies rode. 
 And beafts \n gambols frilk'd before their honclt 
 god. Drjderi. 
 
 2. A frolick ; a wild prank. 
 
 For who did ever play his ganlols. 
 With fuch uniutTerable rambles! Uudilras. 
 
 Ga'mbrel. n. f. [from gamla, gamla- 
 rclla, Italian.] The leg of a horfe. 
 
 What can be more admirable than for the prin- 
 ciples of the tibres of a tendon to he fo ir.ixcd as 
 to m.ike it a foft body, and yet to have the 
 Itiength of iron ? as appears by the weight which 
 the tendon, lying nn a hone's gambrcl, doth ttun 
 command, when he rear^ up with a man upon 
 his back. Gf.w,
 
 aptivity. ihMJfearc 
 ts to fiame 1 
 
 :o tame, ^ 
 
 list g'lme. M-'c'.ler. J 
 
 GAM 
 
 GAME. n.f. [gaman, a jeft, Iflandkk.] 
 
 1. Sport of any kind. 
 
 We liave had paftimes heic, and pleafing gawi-. 
 
 Sh.ikjpcur:. 
 
 2. Ted: oppofed to earned or ferioiifnefs. 
 
 "Xntn on hci head they fet a garland green, 
 And tiuwned her 'twJxt earncft and 'iwixt gam. 
 
 Sjienfer. 
 
 3. Inloknt merriment ; fportive infult. 
 
 Do they not leek occlfion of new quarrels, 
 On my refufal, to dilircfs me more ; 
 Or make a g.."': of my cnlamities ? ladtari. 
 
 4. A fingle match at play. 
 
 5. Advantage in play. 
 
 Mutual voucheis for our fame we (land. 
 And play thegamf into each other's hand. Dryd. 
 
 6. Scheme purfued ; meafures planned. 
 
 This fecms to be the prefent game of that 
 crown, and that they will begin no other 'till they 
 fee an end of tins. T^mfU. 
 
 7. Field fports : as, the chace, falcomy. 
 
 If about this hour he m.ike his way, 
 Under the colour of his ufual game. 
 He (hall here find his friends with horfc and men, 
 To fet him free from his captivity. Shnkjfea 
 
 What arms to ufe, oi' nets " 
 Wild bcafts to combat, or to 
 With all the myft'ries of that , 
 
 Some fportfmen, that were abroad upon gam,:, 
 fpied a company of buftards and cranes. 
 ^ VEflrange. 
 
 8. Animals purfiied in the field ; animals 
 appropriated to legal fportfmen. 
 
 Hunimg, and men, not beafls, Ihall be his 
 game. 
 With war, andhoflile fnare, fuch ns rcfufe 
 Subjeflion to his empire tyrannous. Milton. 
 
 There is fuch a variety oi game fpringingup be- 
 fore me, that I know not which to follow. 
 
 Dryden's Fahla, Vrefacr. 
 A bloodhound will follow the perl'on he pur- 
 fues, and all hounds the particular ^jra« they have 
 in chace. Jlrbi.thmt. 
 
 Go, with thy Cynthia hull the pointed fpcar 
 At the rough bear, or chace the flying deer ; 
 I and my Chloe tane a nobler aim, 
 At human hearts we fling, nor ever mifs the game. 
 
 Fiior. 
 Proud Nimrod firfl the bloody chace began, 
 A mighty hunter, and his prey was man : 
 Our haughty Norman boafls that batb'rous name. 
 And maltes his trembling flaves the royal game. 
 
 Pope. 
 Shorten my labour, if its length you blame. 
 For, grow but wife, you rob me of my game. 
 
 }oufi?. 
 
 9. Solemn conteilb, exhibited as fpeftacles 
 
 to the people. 
 
 The games are done, and Ciefar is returning. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Milo, when ent'riiig the Qlympick game, 
 With a hn'eox upon hii (h'>iil<lerscame. Dei:ham. 
 
 To CAMt. I'. «. [T,ai"^"» Saxon.] 
 
 I. To play at any fpoit. 
 
 3. To play wantonly and extravagantly 
 
 for money. 
 
 Oami'ig leaves ro fati^fafl ion behind it: it no 
 ■w.iy profits either body or mind. Loeke. 
 
 Ga'mecook. »■./"• is"'"^ ^^^ Cfjck.'l A 
 cock bred to fight. 
 
 They nunage the difpute as fiercely as two 
 
 gamecocks in tiie pit. 1" ' 
 
 Ga'me-egg. n.f. [s^rne and egg."} An 
 
 egg from which a fightino cock h bred. 
 
 Thus hoys hatch game- /-.((j^ J undu birdsofprey, 
 To make the fowl more furious for the fray. 
 
 Ci'.'A 
 
 Ga'mekee-per. n.f. [game and keep.] A 
 
 pcrfon who looks after game, and fees 
 
 it is pot deftroycd. 
 
 Ga'mesome. a'//, {^rom game.] Frolick- 
 
 fomc; gay; fportive; playful; fportftil. 
 
 GAM 
 
 Ceron, though old, ytt gamefime, kept one end 
 with Cofma. ShOjey. 
 
 I am not gamefome ; I do lack fome part 
 Of that quick fpirit that is in Antony. Shakfp. 
 
 The gamefome wind among her truffes play, 
 And curleth up thofe growing riches ihort. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 Belial, in like gamefome mood. Millon. 
 
 This gamefome\\imour of children fliould ra- 
 ther be encouraged, to keep up their fpirits and 
 improve their ftrength and health, than curbed 
 or reftiained. Locke. 
 
 Ga'mesomeness. n.f. \_hom. gamefome.] 
 
 Sportivenefs ; merriment. 
 Ga'mesomely. adv. [from gamefome.] 
 
 Merrily. 
 Ga'mester. n.f [ham game.'] 
 I. One who is vitioufly addifted to play. 
 Keep a gamtjier from the dice, and a good 
 ftuuent from his book, and it is wonderful. 
 
 Shakfpeare's Merry PTives of yVJndfor. 
 
 A gamejler, the greater matter he is in his art, 
 
 the worfc man he is. -Ba«n. 
 
 Gamejiet i for whole patrimonies play ; 
 The lieward brings the deeds, which muft convey 
 The whole eftntc. Dryden's Jincnel. 
 
 Could we look into the mind of a common 
 gamejler, we (hould fee it full of nothing but 
 trumps and nunadores : her (lumbers are haunted 
 •with kmgs, queens, and knaves. Addijon. 
 
 Ail the fupelduous whims relate, 
 That fill a female gamcfler'% pate; 
 What agony of foul (lie feels 
 To fee a knave's inverted heels. Stuift. 
 
 Her youngert daughter is run away with a 
 gamefler, a man of great beauty, who m drcffing 
 and dancing has no fupetiur. Lavj. 
 
 2. One who is engaged at play. 
 
 When lenity and cruelty play for kingdoms. 
 The gentle gamefler is the fooneft winner. Shakfp 
 
 A man may tl-.ink, if he will, that two eyes 
 fee no more than one ; or that a gamefler feeth 
 always more than a looker-on ; but, when all 15 
 done, rhe help of good counfd is that which 
 fettcth bufinels ftrait. Bacon. 
 
 3. A merry frolickfome perfon. 
 
 You're a merry gamefler. 
 My lord Sands. Sk.dfpeare's Henry Tin. 
 
 4. A proftitute. Not in ufe. 
 
 She's impudent, my lord. 
 And was a common gamefler to the camp. 
 
 Shakfpears. 
 
 Ga'mmer.k./ [of uncertain etymology; 
 perhaps from gnmd w.ere, and therefore 
 ufed commonly to old women.] 'I'he 
 coinpellation of a woman correfponding 
 lognjer: as, Grt!«»!«- Carton's Needle. 
 An old play. 
 
 Ga'mmon. n.f. [^(Jmionc, Italian.] 
 
 1. The buttock of a hog f.dted and dried ; 
 the lower end of the flitch. 
 
 Alk for what pnce thy venal tongue was fold : 
 A ruHy g.immon of fome fev'n years old. Dryd. 
 
 Gammont, that give a re'.ifl) to the lafte. 
 And potted fowl, and filh, 10, ne in fo f-ift. 
 That ere the firfl is out, the f-cond ftinks. Dryd. 
 
 2. A kind of play with dice. 
 The quick dice, 
 
 In thunder leaping from the box, awake 
 
 The founding 5'J'iWM. Thmfon's Julumn. 
 
 Ga'mut n. /. \_gama, Italian.] The 
 fcale of nuifical notes 
 
 M.idam, before you tuurh the inftrument, 
 To learn ti.e order of my fingering, 
 I mull begin with rudiments of art. 
 To teach yon gamut in a briefer fort. Siaifpetre. 
 
 When by the gamut fome muficians make 
 A pcrfei?! (ong, others will undertake. 
 By the fame e,amut chang'd, to equji it : 
 Things fimpl'y good can never he unfit. Donne. 
 
 Long has a race 0^ heroes fiU'd the (lage. 
 That rant by note, and through the gamut rage ; 
 
 G A N 
 
 In fongs and airs exprefs their martial fire. 
 Combat in trills, and in a fugue expire.^ AddifM. 
 'Gan, for iegan, from 'gin for begin. 
 The noble knight 'gan feel 
 His vital force to faint. Spenfer. 
 
 To Ganch. v. a. [ganciare, from gancio, 
 a hook, Italian ; ^anc/;«, French.] To 
 drop from a high place upon hooks, by 
 way of punlfliment : a practice in 
 I'urkey, to which Smith alludes in hii 
 Piicochius . 
 
 Cohors catcnis qua pia ftridulis 
 Gemiint onufti, vel fude trans fiiaim 
 Luflantur aifta, pendulive 
 Sanguineis trepidant in uncis. Mufm Angl. 
 
 Ga'nder. n.f. [sanbpa, Saxon.] The 
 male of the goofe. 
 As deep drinketh the goofe as the gander. 
 
 Camden's Remains. 
 
 Ont gander will ferve five gecfe. Mortimer. 
 
 To GANG. -u. n. [go-gen,^ Dutch; ■ 
 
 ganjan, Saxon ; gang, Scottidi.] To 
 
 go ; to walk. An old word not now 
 
 ufed, except ludicroufly. 
 
 But l;t them ga:ig alone. 
 As they have brewed, fo let them bear blame. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 Your Haunting bcaus gang with their breaftj 
 
 open. Arhthnot. 
 
 G A N G . n. /. [from the verb. J A number 
 herding together ; a troop ; a company ; 
 a tribe ; a herd. It is feldon ufed but 
 in contempt or abhorrence. 
 
 O, you punderly rafc.ils ! there 's a knot, a 
 gang, a pack, a confpiracy againft me. S/taif/^eare. 
 
 As a ga^g of thieves were robbing a houfc, a 
 mall iff fell a barking. VEflrar:gr. 
 
 Admitted in among the ^ang. 
 He aifls and talks as they befriend him. Pnor. 
 
 GA'NGHON. n. /. [French.] A kind of 
 flower. AinJrMorth. 
 
 Ga'nglion. n.f [-/-.fyxlo:.] A tumour 
 in the tendinous and nervous parts. 
 
 Bonefetters ufually leprefent every bone dif- 
 located, though poffibly it be but a ganglion, or 
 other crude tumour or preternatural protuberance 
 of fome part of a joint. Unftman. 
 
 To Ga'ngrenate. 1', a. [from gan- 
 giene] To produce a gangrene; to 
 
 mortify. 
 
 Parts cauterized, gargrcnated, fideratcd, and 
 mortified, become black, the radical moifture or 
 vital fulphur fuffering an cxtrnftion. Broivn. 
 
 GA'NGRENE. n.f. [gangrene, Ft;ench ; 
 geingrana, Latin.] A mortification ; a 
 lloppage of circulation followed by pu- 
 trefaftion. 
 
 This experiment may be transferred unto the 
 cure ofgangrtnei, cither coming of thcmfelves, or 
 induceil by'too much applying of opiates. Ba.on. 
 
 She faves the lover, as we gangrenes flay,^ 
 By cutting hope, like a lopt limb, away. IValler. 
 
 A riifcloining in the part was fuppofed an 
 approach of a gangrene. yVifeman' s Surgery. 
 
 If the fubftance of the foul is fcftered with 
 thefe p3(rion>, the gangrene is gone too far to be 
 ever cured : thefe inflammations will rage to all 
 eternity. A.ldfons SpeBaitr. 
 
 To Gangrene, -u. «. {gangrener, French ; 
 from the noun.] To corrupt to morti- 
 fication. 
 
 In cold countries, when men's nofes and ears 
 are mortified, and, as it were, gangruud with 
 cold, if they come to a fire they rot off prtlcntly ; 
 for that the few fpirits that remain in thofe parts, 
 are fuddcnly drawn forth, and fo putrcfaflion iJ 
 made complete. Baceti. 
 
 Gangren'd mumb^Ki muft be lop'd away, 
 Before the noblct pans arc tainted to decay. 
 
 Drydin,
 
 GAP 
 
 To Gangrene, v. u. To become mor- 
 tilicd. 
 
 Wounds immedicable 
 Ranlvic aiul fcftcr, ;ind ^arigtene 
 To black inoitjlic.ition. ^liUon's jfgo'ujhi. 
 
 A> phlegmons are fiibjeft lo modification, I'o 
 alfo ill fat bodies tiicy arc apt to gangrene after 
 opening, if tiial fat be not fpccdiiy digcHcd out. 
 H'ijemim^ ^ Surgery. 
 
 Ga'nguenous. oajr. [from ^nfii;rcnc:.] 
 Mortiluii ; producing or betokening 
 mortiticnlion. 
 
 The LKiod, turning acrimonious, corrodes the 
 vcfleis, producing hxmotrhages, pultuies red, 
 Icad-culourcd, black a\id g.i'rgrrmus. ^•Irbttth'.at. 
 
 Ga'ngway. n. f. In a fhip, the fcvernl 
 ways or paflagos from one part of it lo 
 the otiur. Die!. 
 
 Ga'ngwkkk. n. f. l^gang and wee/.] 
 Rogation week, wlien procelHons are 
 made to hillrate the bounds of pa- 
 riflies. Dia. 
 
 Ga'ntelope. 7 n- f. [ganllet IS only cor- 
 Ga'ntlet. J 1 uptcd from ^rtn/^/n/if ; 
 gani, all, and looyn, to run, Dutch.] 
 A military punilh.-nent, in which the 
 criminal running between the ranks re- 
 ceives a lalh fiom each man. 
 But would'll thou, fiiend, who haft two legs 
 alone, 
 Would'll thou to run ihc gartfet thcfc expofe, 
 To a whole company of hob-nail'd Ihocs ? DryJ. 
 Young gentlemen .ve driven with a wl.ipi to 
 run the gam/et through tiie fcvcral clalTcs. Loeie. 
 
 Ga'nza. n. f. \ganfa, Spanifli, a goofe.] 
 A kind of wild goofe, by a fl(;ck of 
 which a virtuofo was fabled to be car- 
 ried to the lunar world. 
 
 They are hut idle dreams and fancies, 
 And favour flrongly of the ^^nza'i. Hudibras 
 
 GAOL, n /. [geol, ^We\n^^,geoU, French.] 
 A prifon ; a place of confinement. It 
 is always pronounced and loo often 
 written Jj//, and fometiines ^W. 
 
 Then am I the prifoner, and his bed my a.i^l. 
 Slutkfp'are^i King Lear. 
 
 Have I been ever free, and muft my houle 
 Be my retentive enemy, my g^ol ? Sfuufpeare. 
 
 If wc mean to thrive and do good, break open 
 thc^^oA, and let out the piifoneis. Shiikfp.mt. 
 
 To Gaol. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 imprifon ; to commit to gaol. 
 
 G(Jo//'7g vagabonds was chaigeablc, pellcrous. 
 and of no open example. Eutun 
 
 Ga'oldelivery. n. /. [gaol and ddi- 
 ver.'l The judicial procefs, which by 
 condemnation or acquittal of perfoiia 
 confined evacuates the prifon. 
 
 Then doth rh' afpiringfoul the body lea\e. 
 Which wc call death; but were it known to all. 
 What life our fouls do by this death receive, 
 Men would it birth of ^m//iW/wy call. JJ.tvies. 
 Thefe make a general ga^Afe/rofi^V of fouls, not 
 for puiiifllnient. South 
 
 Ga'oler. «. y. [from jvjo/.] Keeper of 
 a prifon ; he to whofe care iheprifoners 
 are committed. 
 
 This is a gentle provoft ; feldom, when 
 The flcclcd g/io/er'is the fri:nd of men. Shakfp. 
 
 1 know not how or why my furly eao/r;, 
 Hard as his irons, and inlolent as pow'r 
 When put in vulgar hands, Clcanthrs, 
 Put off the brute. Dry.kn'i Clcometie%. 
 
 From the polite part of mankind (lie had been 
 banilhcd and inmuired, 'till the death of her 
 g"oler. Taller. 
 
 Gap. 71. f. [(rora gafie."] 
 
 i. An opening in a broken fence. 
 
 GAP 
 
 BclioM tin: cirfpnir, 
 By cuftom and covetous pates, 
 By f*api and opening oi gates, Tuffn's Uujlandry. 
 
 With tciiours and with furies to the bounds 
 Antlciynal wallof iic;iv'i) ; which, opening wide, 
 Roll'd inwiird, nnd a fpaciou.s gap dilclus'd 
 Into the waflcfu! deep. hlihon % Paradije LoJI. 
 
 Bulhcs arc moft lafling of any for dead hedges, 
 or to mend g'^ft. Moitimcr^i liufhiinJiy 
 
 I fought fur a man, f.iys Goii\i tlut (hould 
 make up the hedge, and U.iiirl in the g'tp bcfoie 
 nic, for the land thai I ihoiild iiot deftioy it. 
 
 Rogen. 
 
 2. A breach. 
 
 The lofs of that city conccinrd the chriflian 
 commonweal : manifold mifcrics afterwards cn- 
 fncd [)y the opening of that gijp to all that fide of 
 chrirtetHiom. Knoiit i. 
 
 3. Any pafrao;e. 
 
 Su (lands tl;c Thraclan herdfman with his fpear 
 Full in rlic i;.7/> and hopes the hunted bear, 
 And Ir-.us him rnftling in the wood, Dryden. 
 
 4. An avenue ; an open way. 
 
 The former kings of Enghnid pafTcd into them 
 a great part of tlieir prerogatives ; which though 
 then it was well intended, and perhaps well dc- 
 fcrvcd, yet now fuch a frt/> of mifchicf lies open 
 thereby, that I could wifh it were well iiopt. 
 
 Spenf^r. 
 
 5". A hole ; a deficiency. 
 
 If you violently proceed againft him, miftaking 
 his pnrpofe, it would make a great gup in youi 
 honour. Shakjyeare'% Kine Lear. 
 
 Nor is it any botch or gup m the works of na- 
 ture Affrf, 
 
 6. Any Interflice ; a vacuity. 
 
 Each one demand, and anfwer to Ins part 
 Perfurni'd in tils wide^<7^ of time, fmcc firii 
 Wc were dilTever'd. S''iuifpeare'> IVi'ttei's Tale, 
 
 That I might fieep out this great gap of time 
 my Antony is away. Shakj. Antony andtUopatra. 
 
 Tomake 'twixt words and lines huge _^'r^J, 
 Wide as meridians in maps. liudibras. 
 
 One can revive a languifhing converfallon by 
 a ludden rurptihng fentence ; another is more 
 dexterous in feconding ; a third can till the ^'i/> 
 with laughing. Sivift. 
 
 7. An opening of the mouth in fpeech 
 (iiiring the pronunciation of two fuc- 
 ccflive vowels. 
 
 The hiatus, or gap between two words, is 
 caulcd by two vowels opening on each o;her. 
 
 Fape. 
 
 8. To Jlop a Gap. To efcape by fome 
 mean. Ihift : alluding to hedges mended 
 with dead bu(hes, till the quickfets will 
 grow. 
 
 His policy confi (Is in fctting traps, 
 In finding ways and mean?, ^nd Jiopping gaps. 
 
 Sivift. 
 
 9. To Jl and in theG\?. To make de- 
 fence; to expofe himftlf for thepro- 
 teftion of fomething in danger. 
 
 ^\^hat would become of the church, if there 
 were none more concerned for her rights than 
 this ? Who v/ould Jlnrid i,i llie gr.p ? ^'J^'y- 
 
 Gap-toothed, adj. \gap and tooth.'] 
 Having interflices between the teeth. 
 
 The leeve, miller, and cook, are dirtinguilhcd 
 from each other, as much as the mincing lady 
 printefs and the broad fpeaking ^rptooihcd wife 
 of Bath. DryMn'i ^Faitei, Pi ef.uc. 
 
 To GAPE. v.n. [jeapan, Saxon.] 
 
 I . To open the mouth wde ; to yawn. 
 
 Some men there arc love nnt a c"p'^'g P'g y 
 Some, that are mad, if they behold a cat Shnhf. 
 
 Gttping or yawning, and ftrctching, do pafs 
 from man to man; for that that caufeth ^^/"'t^ 
 and flretching is when the fpirits are a little 
 heavy by any vapour. j^rbuthiot. 
 
 She Wretches, gopsi, unglues her eyes, 
 And afks if it be time to tile. Swift. 
 
 GAP 
 
 2. To open the mouth for food, as a young 
 bird. 
 
 As callow birds, 
 Whofc mother 's kill'd in fccking of the prey, 
 Cry in their ncft, and think hci long awav : 
 And at cacli leaf th.u ilii^, cat h blatl of wind, 
 G.ije for the food which they muft never fintj. 
 
 Dry-lien. 
 As in a drought the tliirfty creatures cry, 
 And gtipc upon the gathci'd clouds iur rain» 
 Then firlt the martlet meets it in tlic flcy, 
 And with wet wings joyaalUhe fcather'd train. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 3. To defire earneflly ; to crave : whh/or. 
 
 To hrr glim death appears in all her fhapes ; 
 Tiic hungry ^x.wcfor her due tribute g^^pei. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 To thy fortune be not thou a flavc; 
 For what haft thou to fear beyond the grave? 
 And thou, who gap*ft for my cftatc ; draw near; 
 For I would whilper lomewiiat in thy car. Dryd. 
 
 4. With after. 
 
 What Ihall wc fay of thofe who fpcnd their 
 days in gaping after court-favour and prefer- 
 ments ? VF.Jirange. 
 
 5. With at. 
 
 Many have gspfd at the church rcvcnue<; ; but 
 before they could fwallow them, have had their 
 mouths flopped in the church-yard. Scutk, 
 
 6. To open in fifl'ures or holes. 
 
 If it alfume my noble f,ithci's perfon, 
 ril fpeak to it though hell itfell ihould ga, e 
 And bid mc hold my peace. S/:aKfpearc's Han/'t, 
 
 May that grrjund gapcy and fwallow me alive, 
 Where 1 fliall kneel to hitn that flew my father. 
 Shakjprare': Henry vi. 
 
 The great horfe-mufTel, with ilie fine Ihel), 
 doth gf'pe and fhul as the oyfters do. Bacf^n, 
 
 The reception of one is as diffcicnt from the 
 admifiion of the other, as when the earth falls 
 open under the iiicihons of llie plough, :\\\<\ m hen 
 it gapei and greedily opens itfelf to drink in the 
 dew oi heaven or the refrelhments of a Ihower. 
 
 South. 
 
 The mouth of a liftle artery and nervc^(jj>f j in- 
 to the cavity of thefe velicies-. C/ityne's Vhil. Vrin, 
 
 7. To open with a breach. 
 
 The planks, their pitchy coverings wafti'd 
 away. 
 Now yield, and now a yawning breach difplay ; 
 Tiie roaring watcis, witli a hoftile tide, 
 Rufli throughthe luins oihtx gaping lidp. Dryden, 
 
 That all thefe anions can be performed by 
 aliment, as well as medicines, is plain j by ob- 
 fcrving the cftcdts of dilfereiiC fubli;mces upon 
 the iluids and folids, when the vcftcis jue open 
 and gr^pc by a wound. Arhut lutot , 
 
 8. To open ; to have an hiatus. 
 
 Theic is not, to the bcrt of my remcmbraneej 
 one vowel gating on a another for want of a 
 caefura in this poem. Dryden^ 
 
 9. To make a noife with open throat. 
 
 And, if my mule can through pall ages fee, 
 Th;;t nuify, naufeous, gaping fool is he. 
 
 Ro(ccmmQn, 
 
 10. To flare with hope or cxnedlation. 
 
 Others will gap^ t' anticipate 
 The ca.binei defigns of late ; 
 Apply to wizards, 10 forfoc 
 What ftiall, and what ftiall never be. Budihra% 
 
 1 1 . To flare with wonder. 
 
 Parts of different fpecics jumbled together ac- 
 c()rding fri the mad imagination of tt:c dawbcr; 
 and the end of all this lo canfe laughter: a very 
 monfrer in a Bartholomew fair, for the mob to 
 gape at. Dfydin'i Dujttfntiy, 
 
 Where elevated o'er the g'^P'^g crowd;- . 
 Clafp'd in the boaid the pcrjur'd ht?ad is howM, 
 Betimes retreat. ^ Gay'i Ttivia, 
 
 1 2. To flare irrcverenth'. 
 
 They hz^M^ gaped upon mc with their mouth. 
 
 Ga'per. «. y; [froTn^^iff/f.] 
 1. One who opens hia mouth.
 
 GAR 
 
 2. One wlio flares fooli(hly. 
 I, One who longs or craves. 
 
 The golden (hower of the diflblved abhcy- 
 Und» rained well near into eveiy g'ftr'i moutli. 
 Carttu'i Sufjey of CiirntvaL 
 
 Gar, in Saxon, fignifies a weapon : fo 
 Eadgar is a happy weapon ; Ethelgar, a 
 noble weapon. G'lbfon's Camden. 
 
 7"o Gar. v. a. [s^rn, Iflandick.] To 
 caufe ; to make. Obfolete. It is ftill 
 ufed in Scotland. 
 
 Tell me, good Hobblnol, what gan thee greet ' 
 What! hath fome wolf thy tender lambs ytorn ' 
 Or is thy bagpipe broke, that founds fo fweet > 
 Or art thou of thy loved lafs foilorne. Sf^ifti. 
 Garb. n. f. [garhe,Y\:mc\\.] 
 
 1. Drefs ; clothes ; habit. 
 
 Tlius Belial, with words cloath'd in reafon's 
 
 Counfel'd ignoble cafe and peaceful (loth. 
 
 Mi I /on. 
 
 He puts himfclf into the garh and habit of a 
 
 profcffor of phyfick, and fets up. L'Fjhange. 
 
 2. Fafliion of drefs. 
 
 Horace's wit, and Virgil's ftate, 
 He did not flcal, but emulate ; 
 And when he would like them appear, 
 Their larb, but not their cloaths did wear. 
 
 Deriham. 
 
 3. Exteriour appearance. 
 
 This is fome fellow, 
 Who, having been prais'd for bluntnefs, doth af- 
 
 fecT 
 A fancy roughnefs and conftrainsthegdri 
 Quite from his nature. Sh^iifpeare's King Lear. 
 Ga'rbage. n. f. [gut-bear, Spanifli. 
 This etymology is verj' doubtful.] The 
 bowels ; the offal ; that part of the in- 
 wards which is feparated and thrown 
 
 away. 
 
 The cloyed will, 
 That fatiate.yct unfatisfy'd dclire, that tub 
 Both fill'dand running, ravening firft the lamb. 
 Longs after for the garhagt. Shakffeare. 
 
 Luft, though to a radi.int angel link'd 
 ■Will fate itfclf in a eeleftial bed. 
 And prey on garbage. Si.'ifprare's Hamltt, 
 
 A flam more (enfclefs than the rog'ry 
 Of old arufpicy and aug'iy. 
 That out oi gaih.igci of cattle 
 Prcfag'd th' events of trace or battle. Hudibrixs, 
 
 Who without averlion, ever look'd 
 On holy gariagi, though by Homer cook'd ? 
 
 Rofc^'WHon. 
 
 When you receive condign punilhment, you run 
 to your conftffoi, that parcel of guts and gario^;. 
 
 D'y.len. 
 
 Ga'rbel. n. f. A plank next the .keel 
 of a (hip. Bal/ey. 
 
 Ga'rbidge.7 n. /. Corrupted from 
 Ga'rbish. S garbage. 
 
 All (havings of horns, hoofs of cattle, blood, 
 and garbidgr, IS good manure for land. Moriimtr. 
 
 In Newfoundland they improve their ground 
 with \\tcg,irbijh of filh. y.orlimrr'^ Hujh,ind'y. 
 
 To GA'RBLE. v. a. [garbellare, Ita 
 llan.] To fift; to part; to feparatt 
 the good from the bad. 
 
 But you who fathers and traditions take, 
 Kni garble lomc, and fome you quite forfake. 
 
 Dry.lir, 
 
 Had our author ''ct down this command, with- 
 
 ^\Hga,bl:iiy, as Gjd t;ave it, and joined mother tu 
 
 tither, it hiid made dueiflly agamft him. Locke. 
 
 The underltanding works to collate, combine, 
 
 and jjiWf the images and ideas, the im.aginatioii 
 
 and memory prcYmt to it. CA/jne. 
 
 Ga'rbler. n.f. [from gari/t.] He who 
 
 feparates one part fiom another. 
 
 A farther fccret in this clanfe may bcft be dif- 
 covercd by the projcitorj, or at le.ill the garl.len 
 ,1 jj_ Sw/t'i Examiner. 
 
 GAR 
 
 Ga'rboil. «. /. [^garboiiille, French; 
 
 gai-buglio, Italian.] Diforder ; tumult; 
 
 uproar. Hanmer. 
 
 Look here, and at thy fovereign leifure read 
 
 What gartoiii (he awak'd. Srijifi>eare. 
 
 Gard. n. f. [garde, French.] V/ard- 
 
 fiiip ; care ; cullody. 
 G A'RDEN. „. f. [gardd, WelOl ;jard;n, 
 
 French ; giardino, Italian.] 
 
 1. A. piece of ground enclofed, and culti- 
 vated with e.xtiaordiiiary care, planted 
 with herbs or fruits for food, or laid out 
 for pleafure. 
 
 Thy promil'es are like AionW gardens, 
 Which one day bloom'd and fruitful were the 
 next. Shakfinare. 
 
 My lord of E'y, when I was laft in Holhourn, 
 I faw good ftrawherries in yourganiw; there. 
 
 Shakhtiuc' i Richard \l\. 
 
 In the royal ordering of gardens there ought to 
 be garilem for all the months in the year. Bacart. 
 
 In every garde?: ihould be provided flowers, 
 fruit, (hade and water. Temple. 
 
 My garden takes up half my daily care. 
 And my held a(ks the minutes I can fp.ire Ilnrte 
 
 2. A place particularly fruitful or delight- 
 ful. 
 
 I amarriv'd from fruitful Lonibardy, 
 The pkafant g<jr./iv; of great Italy. S'la.tffe.ue. 
 
 3. Garden is often ufed in compolition 
 io\- horlerifs, or belonging to a garden. 
 
 4. Garden-mould. Mould fit for a gatdcii. 
 
 They dcligiit inoft in rich black garden-imuld, 
 that is deep and light, and mixed rather wiih 
 
 fand than c/ay. Morl:li:er 
 
 5; Garden-ullage. Tillage ufed in cultiva- 
 ting gardens. 
 
 Peas and beans are what belong to ga'dtn-iil- 
 
 lagc as well as that of the field. hUnimtr. 
 
 6. Garden-ware. The produce of gardens. 
 
 A clay bottom is a much more pernicious foil 
 for trees and gardtn^ivare than gravel. Mortimer. 
 
 To Ga'rden. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To cultivate a garden ; to lay out gar- 
 dens. 
 
 At firft, in Rome's poor age, 
 When both her kings and confuls held the plough, 
 Ot garden' dvtW. Ben Jonpn's Catiline. 
 
 When ages grow to civility and elegancy, men 
 come to build ftatcly, fooner than to garden 
 finely; as if gardening were the greater per- 
 fciffion. Bacon. 
 
 Ga'rdever. ?!. / [horn garden. '\ He 
 that attends or cultivates gardens. 
 
 Our bodies are our garden^, to the which our 
 
 wills are gi>'.Vf«ri; fo that if we plant nettles, 
 
 or fow lettuce, the power lies in cur will. S'tahf. 
 
 Gardeners tread down any loofe ground, after 
 
 ^hey have fown onions or turnips. Bacon. 
 
 The gardener may lop religion as he pleafes. 
 
 Ho we/. 
 
 The life and felicity of an enccWtnX gardener ia 
 
 preferable to all other diverfions. Fvelyn. 
 
 Then let the learned gfjr.^'«e-r maikwith care 
 The kinds of flocks, and what thofe kinds will 
 bear. DrurVn. 
 
 Ga'rdeninc. n.f. {irom garden."] The 
 aft of cultivating or planning gardens. 
 
 My conipofitions in gardening aie after the 
 Pindarick manner, and run into the beautiful 
 wildnefs of naiure, without aft'efting the nicer 
 elegancies of art. SpeBator. 
 
 Gare. n. f. Coarfe wool growing on the 
 
 legs of ftieep. Did. 
 
 Ga rgarism. n.f. [■yofya^ic-fMC ; gar- 
 
 garifme, French.] A liquid form of 
 
 medicine to wadi the mouth with. 
 
 ^incy. 
 
 Apophlegmatifras and gargarijmt draw the 
 
 rheum down by lh« palate, SMon. 
 
 GAR 
 
 7b Gargari'ze. v. a. ["/afvaflf'' ; ^<"'- 
 garifer, French.] To walh the mouth 
 ivith medicated liquors. 
 
 Vinegar, put to tho noltiils, or gargarifeJ, 
 
 doth eaie tlic hiccough; for that it is aftnngcnt, 
 
 and inhibiteth the motion of the fpirit. Bacon. 
 
 This I.eing rela.xcd, may make a Ihaking of* 
 
 the larynx; as when we ^r'»|;tir/zf. Haider, 
 
 Ga'kget. n.f. A dillempcr incattle. 
 
 The garget appears in the head, maw, or in 
 
 the hinder parts Mortimer's H^ijh.iniry. 
 
 To GA'RGLE. v. II. [gargouiiler, 
 
 French ; gargngliare, Italian ; gurgei, 
 
 German, the throat.] 
 
 1. To waih the throat with fome liquor 
 not fufFered immediately to defcend. 
 
 UargU twice or thrice with Ihaip oxycrate. 
 
 Harl-ey. 
 
 The excifion made, the bleeding will foon be 
 ftopt by gaigiingw'ww oxycrate. Wijeman. 
 
 They comh, and then they order ev'ry hair; 
 Nc.xtg<iig/f well their throats. Drydcn's Pirf, 
 
 2. To warble ; to play in the throat. An 
 improper ufe. 
 
 1 hole which only warble long. 
 And g.irgl: in their thiuats along. H'^aller. 
 
 So chrum'd you were, you ccas'd a while to 
 doat 
 On nonlcnfe gargl'd in an eunuch's throat. 
 
 Fent'jn. 
 
 Ga'kgle. n. /. [from the verb.] A 
 liquor with which the throat is wafhed. 
 
 His throat was walhcd with one of the garglit 
 fct down in the method of cure. IViJcman. 
 
 Ga'rglicn. n. f. An exfudation of 
 nervous juice from a bruifc, or tlie like, 
 which indurates into a hard immoveable 
 tumour. _ ■^"«0'« 
 
 Ga'rgol. n.f. A diftemper in hugs. 
 
 The llgns of the gargol m hogs arc, hanging 
 down of the head, moift eyes, Hagge-^"^™, and 
 lols of appetite. ^'- timer _ 
 
 Ga'rland. n. f. [garlande, guirland, 
 French.] 
 
 1. A wreath of branches or flowers. 
 
 Strephon, with ieavy txvigs of iaurel-tree, 
 A gaiLind made, on temples for to wear ; 
 For he then chofcn was the dignity 
 Of village-lord that Whitfuntide to bear. Sidney, 
 
 A reeling world will never ftand upright, 
 'Till Richard wear the garland of the realm. 
 
 How! wtitihe. garland! doll thou mean the 
 
 c'own? 
 Ay, my good 'ord. Shakjpeare's Richard iii. 
 
 Then party-colour'd flow'rs of white and red 
 She wove, to make a garland lor her head. Dryd. 
 
 Vancpi (h again; though ihe be gone. 
 Whole ga, 'and crown'd the vicf or's hair, 
 And reign ; though Ihe has left the throne. 
 Who matic thy gloiy worth thy care. Prior. 
 
 Her gods and godlike heroes rife to view, 
 And all her faded ga'landi l.loom anew. Pope. 
 
 2. The top ; the principal ; the thing moll 
 
 priz, d. 
 
 Wi-h every minute you do change a mind, 
 And .all him noble, that was now your hate. 
 Him vile, that was your gar/and. Shakjpeare. 
 GA'RLICIC n. f. [saji, Saxon, a lance ; 
 and leek, the leek that flioots up in 
 blades. Skinner. JUium, Latin.] 
 
 It has a bulbous root, conlifling of many fmall 
 tubercles included in its coats ; the leaves are 
 plain : the flowers conhll of fix leaves, formed 
 into a coiymbus on the top of theflalk; and 
 are fuccecdcd by fuhrotund fruit, divided into 
 three cells, which co itain roundilh feeds. Miller. 
 
 Garlirk is of an extremely flrong fmell, and of 
 an acrid and pungent tallc. It is extremely 
 aflivc, as may he proved by applying plaflers of 
 gat lick to the feet, wlii«h will give a firong frocll 
 to the breath. 
 
 Hill,
 
 GAR 
 
 GAR 
 
 GAS 
 
 GirUck has, of all oiii pLiiits, the gicatif. 
 .Trciigth, aft'ords moll noiirilhmcnt, dud fuppiic^ 
 nioft fjiirits to thufc who cat little H.di. /.»■//:. 
 
 'Ti; moital lin an onion to devour; 
 E.icli clove uf giirlick U a facied povv'r : 
 Religious nations lure, .liidblell ahodcs, 
 Where ev'ry orchard is o'cr-run with gods. Tat.. 
 
 G a' R LICK Peor-lree. n. f. 
 
 Tliis tree is pietty common in J.Tmaica, and 
 fevcral other places of America, wlicrc it ufually 
 rifes to the height of thirty or forty feet, and 
 fprcads into many branches. When the flowers 
 fall off the pointal, it becomes a round liuit, 
 which, when ripe, has a rough brownilh rind, 
 and a mealy Iwset pulp, but a ftrong icciit of 
 garlick. Miller. 
 
 Gar'lick Wild. n. f. A plant. 
 
 G A R L I c K E A ' T K R . «._/". [garlick ajld :at. ] 
 A mean fellow. 
 
 You've made good work, 
 You and yuiir apron men, that Hood fo much 
 Upuii the voice of occupation, and 
 Tiic Inealh ui j^'ulickaitcri. Shakfpetiri. 
 
 G.'v'rment. n.y". [gitarniment ,o\& French.] 
 Any thing by which the body is cover- 
 ed ; clothes ; drefs. 
 
 Hence, rotten thing, or I fliall (hake thy bones 
 Out of t\\y gisrmenti, S/ukfpe^ue's Cc^noJuriui. 
 
 Our leaf once fallen, fpringeth no more; nei- 
 ther doth the fun or fummer adorn us again with 
 the gttiminti of new leaves and flowers. Raktgh. 
 
 Faiicll tiling that lliines below. 
 Why in this robe dolt tliou appear? 
 Would'It thou, a while more perfedl (how. 
 Thou mufl at all no gunnent wear. Ctvj/ey. 
 
 Three worthy perloiis from his fide it tore. 
 And dy'd his garment with their fcatter'd gore. 
 
 Ifu/hr. 
 
 The peacock, in all his pride, does not difplay 
 half the colouis that appear in the «<2nneiili of a 
 Britilh lady, when Ihe is dieifed. .^JUjcn. 
 
 Let him that fues for tiic coat, i.'c. the (hii t, 
 or inner £<irwf«.', take the clo.nlc alfo, is a pro- 
 verbial plirafc too; for in the truth of the letter, 
 a Kiiit is no likely m. titer of a lawfuit, and fijj- 
 nities an uncontcltini^ fuffcrance of fueh fiiKilI 
 lolfes. Kcltlr-wtll. 
 
 GA'RNER. «./. [^;-f«/V, French.] A 
 place in which thrafhed grain is ttored 
 wp. 
 
 Earth's incrcafe, and foyfon plenty, 
 Barns and gamers never empty. Sh^kfpeare. 
 
 For fundry foes the rural realm furround ; 
 The fieldmoule builds her garna under ground ; 
 Fur gathcr'd grain ihe blind laborious mole, 
 In winding maze:;, works her hidden hole. D>yii. 
 
 To Ga'rner. V, a. [from the noun.] 
 To (lore as in garners. 
 
 There, where 1 have garnered up my heart, 
 Where either I mnft live, or bear no life. Shakf. 
 
 Ga'rnet. n. f. \_gartiatOy Italian; gra- 
 natusy low Latin ; from its refemblance 
 in colour to the grain of the pomegra- 
 nate. ] 
 
 y\\t garnet is a gem of a middle degree of 
 hardncfs, between the fapblrc and the common 
 cryrtal. It is found of various fizcs. Its fur- 
 faces are not fo fmooth or polite as thofe of a ruby, 
 and its colour is ever of a ftronj red, with a 
 plain admixture of bluellh : its degree of colour 
 is very different, and it always wants much of 
 the brightHcfs of the ruby. Hill. 
 
 The garnet feeras to be a fpccies of the car- 
 buncle of the ancients; the Bohemian is red, 
 with a iVght cart of a flame-colour; and the 
 Syrian is red, with a iVight call of purple. IVood'w. 
 
 7o GA'RNISH. v.a, [^^r«;>, French.] 
 I, To decorate with ornamental appen- 
 dages. 
 There were hills which garfisjhed their proud 
 Ijeights with ftatejy trees. Siilnty. 
 
 All wilhiii with Huwers was garnijhedj 
 That, when mild Zfphyius amungft them blew. 
 Vol. J. 
 
 Did breathe out bounteous lineils, and painted 
 
 colours Ihcw. Sf;iijci . 
 
 With taper light 
 
 To feck the beauteous eye of heav'n to garnijh. 
 
 Is wa(!etul and ridiculous excel's. Sh.tifp>cJ:c. 
 
 Paradife was a tcrrcilrial garden, ^,\rniJJif.l 
 
 witli fruits, delighting both tlie eye and the taftc. 
 
 R.tldyh. 
 
 All tiie ftrects were g'Wff'y^f^ with the citizens, 
 
 (Unding in tlicii liveries. Bacotd fhrtiy vri. 
 
 2. Toembcllifha dilh with fomethiiig laid 
 
 round it. 
 
 W'itl^ what cxpence and art, how richly drcft ! 
 G'irn:yi\i with 'fparagus, himfelf a fealt ! Diy^i, 
 
 No man lards laltpork with orange-peel. 
 Or gariiij/in his lamb with fpitchcock'd eel. 
 
 Ki/tg'i Cookery. 
 ^. To fit with fetters. A cant term. 
 Garnish. ;;./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Ornament ; decoration ; enibellidiment. 
 
 So are you, fweet, 
 Ev'n in the lovely ganiijh of a boy. S'lui^ffsarc. 
 
 Matter and (igure they produce; 
 For gnnujh this, and that lor ufe ; 
 They feek to feed and plcafc their guefts. Fnor. 
 
 2. Things (trewed round a difh. 
 
 3. [In gaols.] Fetters. A cant term. 
 
 4. PenJ'iuncula carcerar'ui ; an acknow- 
 ledgment in money when firil a prifoner 
 goes into a gaol. Ainfzvorlh. 
 
 Ga'rn ISHMENT. '>. f. [from ^a;7.//'.i.] 
 Ornament ; embelliflimeut. 
 
 The church of Saii6ta Guiliiniana in Padoua is 
 a found piece of good ait, where the materials 
 being ordinary iWne, without any garytifivicrt of 
 fculptiirc, ravilh the beholders. H^oiton. 
 
 Garniture, n. f. [from^a;-nj/J.] Fur- 
 niture ; ornament. 
 
 They conclude, if they fill fliort \ngiiynitur- 
 
 of theii knees, that they are inferiour in rurniture 
 
 of tlieii heads. Go-jcrnment cf Tongm-. 
 
 Plain fenfc, which pleas'd your fires an age 
 
 3£o, 
 
 Is loft, witllout the garn//i/rf of (liow. Gratiu. 
 
 As nature has poured out her charms upon 
 
 the female part of our fpecics, fo tliey are very 
 
 alTiduous in beftowing upon thcmfclves the linefl 
 
 garftilures of art. Addijon^ i Spt^iitor. 
 
 Ga'rous. adj. [from gariim.'] Refem- 
 bling pickle made of fifh. 
 
 In a ci\ct-cat an oHcnfive odour proceeds, 
 partly from its food, tliat being dpeci.nlly filh : 
 wliereof this humour may be a garous excretion, 
 and olidous feparation. Btiiun. 
 
 Ga'rran. n.f, [Erfe. It itnports the 
 fame as gelding. The word is ilill re- 
 tained ill Scotland.] A fmall horfe ; a 
 hobby, A Highland horfe, which, 
 when brought into the north of Eng- 
 land, takes the name of galloway. 
 
 When he comes forth, ne will jirake tiieir 
 cows and ^anan^ to walk, if he doth no other 
 harm to their perfons. Spcfir. 
 
 Every man would be forced to provide winter- 
 fodder for I'.is team, whereas common giimin, 
 (hift upon grafs the year round ; and tliis would 
 force men to the enclofing of grounds, lo that 
 the race o( gan<2/ii would decicafc. Tcjr.^h-. 
 
 GA'RRET. n.f. Igarlte, the tower of a 
 
 citadel, French.] 
 I. A room on the higheft floor of the 
 houfe. 
 
 The mob, commifl'ion'd by the government, 
 A.re feldom to an empty garret lent. Drjdcn. 
 
 John Bull (kipped from room to room ; ran up 
 flairs and down (lairs, from the kitchen to the 
 guiiet. .^rhutlln'jt'i "J'-kii Bvll. 
 
 On earth the god of wealth was made 
 Sole patron of the building trade; 
 Leaving the arts the fpacious air, 
 With licence to build caillo there : 
 
 And 'tis eoneciv'd riieir old pretence, 
 
 To lodge in gaiieti, cjmcs bom thence. Swift. 
 
 2. Rotten wood. Not in ufe. 
 
 Tliu colour of the fliiniiig pan of rotton wood,. 
 
 by d.i) liglit, is in I'onie pieces white, ard ia 
 
 fome pieces inclining to led, which they call tlie 
 
 white and red gnriet. Bitcar:. 
 
 G.ARRF.TK'rn. n.f. [from ^(7r>v/.] An 
 
 inhabitant of a garret. 
 GA'RRISON. n.f. [^./r,;^«, French.] 
 I . Soldiers placed ia a fortified town or 
 callle to defend it. 
 
 How oft he faid to me, 
 Thou art no loldicr ht for Cupid'j garrifen. 
 
 SiJnejf. 
 
 3. Fortified place ftored with foldiers. 
 
 Whom the old Roman wall fo iUcontin'd, 
 With a new chain of giinifons you bind. JVallrr. 
 3. The Itate of being placed in a fortifica- 
 tion for its defence. , 
 
 Some of them that are laid in garrifon will do 
 no great hurt to the enemies. Spcrtfcr on Ireland. 
 To Ga'rrison. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To fecure by fortrefles. 
 
 Others thofe forces join, 
 Which gttrrijon theconquefls near the Rhine. 
 
 D.-jcun'i J.nr'ijl. 
 
 GARRU'LITY. n.f [ iwru/Zto, Lat. ] 
 I. Loquacity; incontinence of tongue; 
 inability to keep a fecret. 
 
 Let me heie 
 Expiate, if poiTible, my crime, 
 Sn.uneful gurrultly. Ahlfm^i .^go^ijie^. 
 
 z. The quality of talking too much; 
 talkativenefs. 
 
 Some vices of fpeechmuft carefully be avoided: 
 fill! of all, loquacity or gfirrw///)'. Ray. 
 
 Ga'rrulous. adj. \^garrulus, Latin.] 
 Prattling ; talkative. 
 
 Old age looks out, 
 And ga> ) uloui recounts the feats of youth. 
 
 T'lomfon. 
 
 GA'RTER. n.f [gardus,WM\; jar- 
 tier, French ; from gar, Welfli, the 
 binding of the knee.] 
 I. A llring or riband by which the flock- 
 ing is held upon the leg. 
 
 Let their heads be lleekly comb'd, their bine 
 
 coats brulh'd, and their g.j'/fri of an indiifercitt 
 
 knit. Sliiikfpsare's Tcmingof the Shniv. 
 
 When we reft in our cloaths we loofcn our 
 
 garteriy and other ligatures, to give the fpirits 
 
 free pa((age. Ruy, 
 
 Handlome f^arten at your knees. Svift. 
 
 There lay ttirecgd^rt-ri, iulf a pair of gloves. 
 
 And all the trophies of his former loves. P'^e. 
 
 z. The mark of the order of the garter, 
 
 the higheft order of Euglilh knighthood. 
 
 Now by my gcorgc, my o.i* •■■»-. 
 — The geoige, profan'd, hath loft his hdly 
 
 honour ; 
 The garter, blemilh'd, pawn'd his knightly vir- 
 tue. Shakfpeare^i Ricittird l\\. 
 You owe your Ormond nothing but a fon, 
 To till in future times his father's place, 
 .■\iid wear the gar/tv of his mother's race. Dryd. 
 
 3. The principal king at arms. 
 To Ga'rtkr. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 bind with a garter. 
 
 He, being in love, could not fee tp j<Jr?«- his 
 
 hole. Skakfpture. 
 
 A pctfon was wounded in the leg, below the 
 
 g.ut^ri'g place, kViJiman^s S:frgfr^. 
 
 Garth, n.f. [as ii girth, from gird.l 
 The bulk of the body meafured by the 
 girdle. '''• 
 
 Gas. n.f. [A word invented by t^ie chy- 
 mifts.] It is ufed by Van Helmort, 
 and fccms defigned to fignify, in gcnc- 
 5K
 
 GAS 
 
 ral, a fpirit not capable of being coagu- 
 lated : but he ufes it luofely in many 
 fenfes. Harris. 
 
 GASCON A'DE. n.f. [French; from 
 Gafcon, a nation eminent for boafting.] 
 A boaft ; a bravado. 
 
 Was it a ^afcinaAc to pleafc me, that you faid 
 your fortune was increal'cd to one hundred a year 
 fince I left yuu? S^vift. 
 
 To Gascona'de. -v. 11. [from the noun.] 
 
 To boaft; to brag ; to bluiler. 
 To GASH. 11. a. [from hacher, to cut, 
 French. Skinner.'] To cut deep fo as to 
 make n gaping wound ; to cut with a 
 bhmt inliruracnt fo as to make the 
 ■wound widi.'. 
 
 Where the Englilhmen at arms had been de- 
 feated, m.->ny ot their horfcs were found gricv- 
 uufly gnjJted or gored to death. Hny-xuard. 
 
 Wit IS a keen iiirtrument, and every one can 
 cut and g«/'; with it j but to carve a beautiful 
 image requires ait. TilkiJ'-n. 
 
 See me gaJh^dvt'xxV icnivcs, 
 Or fear'd with burning fteel. Koiv^^s RcyalCortT. 
 Streaming with blood, all over gajii'i with 
 wounds. 
 He reel'd, hegroan'd, and at ths altar fell. 
 
 A. ^hillfi. 
 Gash. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A deep and wide wound. 
 
 He glancing on his helmet, made a large 
 And open gajh therein ; were not his targe, 
 That bloke the violcr^e of his intent, 
 The weary fuul from thence it would difcharge. 
 
 Spenftr. 
 
 A perilous gaJh, a very limb lopt off. Shakjf 
 
 Hamilton drove Newton almolt to the end oi 
 
 Ihe li(!s"; but Newton on a fudden gave him fuch 
 
 a gaJh on the leg, that ihcrewith he fell to the 
 
 jrouiid. Htiyiuiiid. 
 
 But !h' ethereal fubftance clos'd, 
 Nut long divilible j and from the gajli 
 A flream of nei5^arous humour ilfuing flow'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. The mark of a wound. I know not 
 if this be proper. 
 
 I was fond of back fword and cudgel play, 
 and I now bear in my body many a bfiek niul 
 blue g'l/h and fear. ArbuthiM . 
 
 Ga'skins. n.f. [from Gafonigne. See 
 Galligaskins.] Wide hole; wide 
 breeches. An old hidicrous word. 
 If one point hrc.ik, the other will hold ; 
 Or, if both break, your ^.<,<i/'/j fall. Siaiffemf. 
 To Gasp. v. n. [from gape. Skinner ; from 
 gifpe, Danilh, to fob, Junius.'] 
 
 1. To open the mouth wide to catch 
 breath with labour. 
 
 The fick for air before the portal g^^fp. T^ryden. 
 
 They rais'd a feeble cry with ttenibling notes; 
 
 But the wc.ik voice deceived their g</^/>^ thru its. 
 
 DiydiN 
 The g'lfpir'g head Hies off; a purple flood 
 Tlows from tl.c trunk. Dryden^^ JE"tid. 
 
 The ladic sffy'd, and fcarccly could iclpire; 
 The breath they drew no longer air, but fire. 
 
 Dry dm. 
 
 A fcantling of wtl lay gafping for lif'', and 
 
 froaning bcneaih a hcipuf luhl'ilh. Vfyd-:n. 
 
 The rich countrymen m Auftria were f lint and 
 
 gafping for bre.ilh. Bioivn's Travi/i. 
 
 Pale and faint, 
 He gaff s foi breath ; and, as his life flows from 
 
 him, 
 Demands to fee his fi lends. j^ld.UfWi C-ifo. 
 
 2. To emit breath by opening the mouth 
 conviillively. 
 
 1 lay me down to g^'ff my latcft bre.ith ; 
 The wolvci will get a brcak:aft by my doth. 
 
 Orydin. 
 
 He flagger." round, his eyeballs roll in death. 
 And wiin ftiorttobjbtga^i away his breaih. 
 
 Viydin^t jEncid. 
 
 GAT 
 
 3. To long for. This fenfe is, I think, ' 
 not proper, as nature never expreffes 
 defire by gafping. 
 
 The Caftilian and his wife had the comfort to 
 be under the fame maftcr, who, feeing how dear- 
 ly they loved one another, 2ind g'lfped zi^cr their 
 liberty, demanded a moll exorbitant price for 
 their lanfom. Spcdutcr. 
 
 Gasp. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . The aft of opening the mouth to catch 
 breath. 
 
 2. The Ihort catch of breath in the laft 
 agonies. 
 
 His fortunes all lie fpcechlefs, and his name 
 Is at laft g<i/y>. ShaJt/prari's Cymhilin!. 
 
 Ah, Warwick, Montague hath breath'd his 
 lafl; 
 And to the lateft girfp cry'd out for Warwick. 
 
 Shakfpea)e*i Henry vx. 
 If in the dreadful hour of death, 
 If at the lateft gn// of breaih, 
 When the cold damp bedews your brow, 
 You hope for mercy, fhcw it now. Addljtn. 
 
 To Gast. v. a. [from xaj-r, Saxon. 
 See Aghast.] To make aghaft ; to 
 fright ; to lltock ; to terrify ; to fear ; 
 to afFiay. 
 
 When he faw my beft alarmed fpiriti, 
 Bold in the quarrel's right, lous'dtoth' encoun- 
 ter. 
 Or whether g/i^<</ by the noifc I made, 
 Full fuddenly he fled. Shakfp. K. Liar. 
 
 Ga'str I ck. adj. [from yu.rr,^.] Belonging 
 
 to the belly. 
 Gastro'r APHY. n.f. [yarif and jaTTTii.] 
 In llriftnefs of etymology lignifies no 
 more than fewing up any wound of the 
 belly; yet in common acceptation it 
 implies, that the wound of the belly is 
 complicated with another of the intef- 
 tinc. Sharp's Surgery. 
 
 Gastp.o'tomy. n.f. [yairrj and t.to;/,^.] 
 
 The aft of cutting open the belly. 
 Gat. The pretetit of ^c?. 
 I Mofesgn/ him up into the mount. Exodin. 
 
 GATE, n.f [sea^:, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The door of a city, caftle, palace, or 
 large building. 
 
 Open theg-ifc of mercy, gracious God! 
 My foul flies through thcie wounds to Icik ihce. 
 
 Sha.'.Jpture 
 C.itn of monarchs 
 Are arch'd fo high, that giants may Jet through. 
 And keep tlieir impious tuibaiids on, without 
 Good-morrow to tlie fun. S'l.'i/p^ Cymh. 
 
 2. A frame of timber upon hinges to give 
 a pafPage into enclofcd grounds. 
 
 Know'rt ihou the way to Dover? 
 
 Both Ililc and^,i/f, hoilcway and footp-lh. 
 
 Sliakfpeuie. 
 
 3. An avenue; an opening. 
 
 Aiiria had done mailing but wifely and puli- 
 
 tickly, in felting the Venetians together by the 
 
 ears with the Tutks, and opening a gnle for a 
 
 long war. Knollez' Hijlory. 
 
 Ga'tevf.in. n.f The venii porta. 
 
 Burg a king that loved weallh, lie could not 
 endure 10 h.ive tiadefick, nor any obftrudfion 
 to Continue in \.\\t gattvein which difpetfcth that 
 bl.md Hucori's Henry VII. 
 
 Gateway, n.f [gate and ivny.] .'i way 
 ihtough gates of cneluud grounds. 
 
 G.ite-'tuyi between ineloiuies .iic fo miry, that 
 ihc) taHuot cart between one 6cld and another. 
 iMorrirrni'i Hitjhandfy. 
 
 To GA'THER. v. a. [jabepan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To coiled; to bring into one place. 
 
 G.iihcr ftonts — and they took ftoncs and made 
 an heap. Gciijii. 
 
 2, To get in haiveft. 
 
 GAT 
 
 The fevemhyear we (hall not fow, nor gather 
 in our increafe. Lcvcticut, 
 
 3. To pick up; to glean. 
 
 His opinions 
 Have fatisficd the king for his divorce, 
 Gafher'd frum all the famous colleges. 
 
 Sflakjpet.re's Hfnry VI H. 
 Caft up the highway, gather our the ftones. 
 
 IJatan. 
 
 I will fpcnd this preface upon thofe from 
 
 whom I have g.vAered my knowledge ; for I am 
 
 but a gatherer. H'ottan. 
 
 To pay the creditor, that lent him his tent, he 
 
 muft gjther up money by degrees. hukt, 
 
 4. To crop; to pluck. 
 
 What have I done.' 
 To fee my youth, my beauty, and my love 
 No fooner g.iin'd, but ilighted and bctray'd; 
 And like a rofe juft gathered from the ftallt, 
 But only fmelt, and cheaply thrown afide, 
 To wither on the ground I Dryien, 
 
 5. To aflemblc. 
 
 They havegoMftithemfelves together .igainft 
 me. Job. 
 
 All the way we went there were gathered fome 
 people on both fides, ftanding in a row. Bacon^ 
 
 6. To heap up ; to accumulate. 
 
 He that by ufury and unjuft gain increafeth 
 his fubttancc, (hall gather it for him that will 
 pity the poor. Prtweibt. 
 
 7. To feleiEl and take. 
 
 Save us, O Lord, 3nA gather Mi from among 
 the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy oamc. 
 
 PJalms. 
 
 S. To fweep together. 
 
 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net 
 that was caft into the fea, saAgaihocd of eiety 
 kind. Ma::hivi. 
 
 9. To coUeifl charitable contributions. 
 
 10. To bring into one body or intereft. 
 
 I will gather others lo him, befidcs twofe that 
 are gaihind unto him. IJaiak. 
 
 11. Todiaw together from a ftate of dif- 
 fufion; to comprcis; to contracl. 
 
 Inimurtai Tully Ihone, 
 The Roman ruftra dcck'd the cuniul's throne; 
 Gathering his flowing robe he lecm'd 10 ftaiid. 
 In .lit to ipeak, r.iid gracelul Itretcii'd his hand. 
 
 ytfe. 
 
 12. To gain. 
 
 He rtj/Affj grounri upon her in the chace; 
 Now breatlies upon ' ci i.air with nearer pr'ce. 
 
 DrydeiK 
 
 13. To pucker nec'" work. 
 
 14. To collect logituily; to know by in- 
 ference. 
 
 That which, out of the law of reafon or of 
 God, men proliably gaihu'mg to be cspedieiit, 
 they make it law. Hoiker. 
 
 The reafon that I g-iiher he is mad, 
 Is a mad tale he told tu-d.iy at dinner. 
 Of Ins own door being Ihut ag.iinft his entrance. 
 
 Shalj^rtire, 
 
 After he had fecn the vlfion, we endca.ourcd 
 to pi into Macedonia, affuiedly gathering that 
 Ihe Lord had called us. -^<3i. 
 
 Kiom ihis doaiine of the increafing and lelTen- 
 ing of fin in this refpe«, we may gather, that 
 all fins are not alike and equal, as the ftoicks of 
 ancient times, and their followers, have falfely 
 imagmed. Per//«i. 
 
 Return'd, 
 By night, and liftenmg where the haplefs pair 
 Sar in llietr lad tlifcoutfe, and variuus plaint. 
 Thence v'i'hf'd his own doom. Milieu. 
 
 Mada'moilellc cic Seudcry, who is as old as 
 SilAl, is ir.inllating Chaucer into French: from 
 which I gather that he has formerly been tranf- 
 latcd into the old Provcnjal. Drydm. 
 
 15. To Gather Breath. [A proverbial 
 expreffion.] To have refpite from any 
 calamity.
 
 G A U 
 
 Tliclucklcfi lucky made 
 A long time with that favage people ftaid, 
 Ta gafAir i>reat^f^^^ msiny milerics. Spftffi . 
 
 To Ga'theu. v. n. 
 
 1. To be condenfed; to thicken. 
 
 If ere night tiie g,tt/i'titig cluud& wc fear, 
 A fong will help the beating fturm to hear. 
 Orydcn'i Pojhtah. 
 When fMh'rIng clouds o'crlhadow all the (kics, 
 And fltoot quick lightnings, weigh my boysl he 
 cries. VryJen. 
 
 When the rival winds their quarrel try, 
 Sonth, caft, and wcrt, on airy courfcs born, 
 The whirlwind gaihcis, and the woods aic torn. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Think on the llorm that gathcn o'er your head, 
 And threatens every hour to burfl: upon it. 
 
 y^ddif^yi*% Cato. 
 
 2. To grow l.ii-ger by the accretion ol 
 fimilar matter. 
 
 Their fiiow-b.ili did not gafhfr as it went; fji* 
 the people came in to them. JJacsn'i licfiry \ti. 
 
 3. To a(remble. 
 
 Tticre be thiec things that mine heart fcaieth; 
 the flander of a city, the g^if/ming together of an 
 unruly multitude, and a failc accufation. Ecdui. 
 
 4. To generate pus or matter. 
 
 Alk one, wlio by repeated rellraints hath fub- 
 ducd his natural rage, how he likes the change, 
 and he will tell you 'tis no lefs happy than the 
 eafc of a broken impofthunie after the painful 
 gathering and filling of it. I^emy of Piety. 
 
 Ga'ther. n.f. [from the verb.] Pucker; 
 cloth drawn together in wrinkles. 
 
 Give laws for pantaloons. 
 The length of breeches and the gathtrs, 
 Part cannons, perriwigs, and feati^ers. Hudih. 
 Ga'therf.r. «./. \iiom gather.'] 
 
 1. One that gathers; one that coUefts; a 
 coUedor. 
 
 I will fpend this preface about thofe from 
 
 whom I have gathered my knowledge ; for I am 
 
 but A gdtheiet and difpofer of otiier men's fluff 
 
 If'otton'i Pnf.tce toE/cm. of u^rc/iitcflure. 
 
 2. One that gets in a crop of any kind. 
 
 I was a herdman and a gLitherer of fycamore 
 fruit. ^moi. 
 
 Nor in that land 
 Do poifonous herbs deceive the gathercr'i hand. 
 
 May's rhgil. 
 
 Ga'thering. n./. [from ^«/^rr. ] Col- 
 leftion of charitable contributions. 
 
 Let every one lay by him in ftorc, that theie 
 be no guthiiings when I come. i Cor:.tthi<ins. 
 
 Ga'ttek-tree, n f. Pi. fpecies of Cor- 
 nelian cherry. 
 
 GAUDE. n.f. [The etymology of this 
 word is uncertain: Siiiiner imagines it 
 may come from gaude, French, a yellow 
 flower, yellow being the moll gaudy 
 colour. 'Junius, according to his cuftoin, 
 talks iiyo.i'^; and Mr. Lye finds gaxitie, 
 in Doughifs, to fignify deceit or fraud, 
 from givawdle, Wellli, to cheat. It 
 feems to me mod eafily deducible from 
 gauilium, Latin, joy; the caufe of joy; 
 a token of joy. thence aptly applied to 
 any thing that gives or exprcfles pleafure. 
 In Scotland this word is ftiU retained, 
 both as a iliowy bawble, and the perfon 
 fooled. It alio in Scotland denotes a 
 yellow flower.] An ornament; a fine 
 thing ; any thing worn as a lign of joy. 
 It is not now much ufed. 
 
 He AuW th' imjircflion of her fantafy, 
 
 With bracelets of thy hair, rings, gaudes, conceits, 
 
 Knacks, trifles, nofegays, fwectmcals. Shaifp. 
 
 The fun is in theheav'n, and the proud day, 
 
 Attended with the plcafures of the world, 
 
 b 
 
 G A V 
 
 Is all too fliinton, and too full of gAudei^ 
 
 To give mc .Tudicncc. Shulfp. King Lear, 
 
 My love to Ilcrmia 
 1 5 mcltcJ a^ tlic fiunv; fccnis to mo now 
 As rlic icnicmbrancc of :ni idle gnuJ^-y 
 Wliicli in my cliildlumcl 1 did cloar upon. Shaff. 
 Some huuiitl foi Cjiiincy, ijoUlcn fand to find, 
 Boic all k\\c gnuiici the (implc natives wear; 
 Sonic for the piidc of Tiirkini courts dcfignVl, 
 Tor ioldcd rmbants fined lioM.ind bear. DryJcn. 
 T^Gaude. r. a> [gaudeOf Latin.] To 
 exult; to RJoIce at any thing. 
 
 Go to a golUp's feali, and g lu.ie with me, 
 Attci' io long giiof fuch nali\ ity. Sha^fpraie. 
 
 Ga'udkry. n, f, [fom gaude^^ Finery; 
 oftentatioiis luxury of drefa. 
 
 Tl.c tiiuniph vas nt t p;'gcaiits and gaud'Ty^ 
 Imt one of the wil'cll and noblcit ini^itiuiuiis that 
 ever was. Bacon's K[fiiyi. 
 
 Age, which is but one remove from death, 
 and fliould have nothing about us but \vh:it look.s 
 IJKC a decent prcpaiation tor it, fcarce ever ap- 
 j)(.ai.i, ol late, but in the high mode, the Haunt- 
 ing garb, and utmuft gauticry of youth, with 
 cioaths as ridiculoufly, and as much in the 
 fadiion, as the perfon that wears them is ufually 
 grown out of it. Souih 
 
 A plain fuit, I'mce we can mnke hut one, 
 Is better than to be by tarnifii'd giiucVry known. 
 
 Dry din. 
 
 Ga'udily. adv, \^[xoi^ gattde .'\ Shonily. 
 Ga'udiness. n.f, \Jvon?i gaudy.l Show- 
 
 inefs; tinfel appearance, 
 Ga'udy. adj. [from gaude.'\ Showy; 
 fplendid; pompous; oftentatioufly fine. 
 
 Coftly thy habit as thy purfe can buy. 
 But not cxpreft in fancy ; rich, not gnuJy; 
 For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Shakfp. 
 
 Fancies fond with gaudy (hapcs pofTefs, 
 As thick and numbcrlefs 
 As the gay motes that people the fun-beams. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 A goldtinch there I faw, with ^ijy.Vv pride 
 Of painted plumes, ihathopp'd from fide to fide. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The Bavarian duke his brigades leads, 
 Gallant iaarms, TL-nA gaudy to behold. Phi7ij>s. 
 
 A man who walks dire<^!y to his journey's 
 end, will arrive thither much fooner than him 
 who wanders afidc to gaze at every thin^, or to 
 gather cvciy gaudy flower. ff'^afts. 
 
 It is much to be lamented, that pcrfons fo na- 
 turally qualified to be great examples of piety, 
 ihould, by an cironcous education, be made 
 poor and g^utdy fpedlacles of the greatcft vanity. 
 
 Ga'udy. n.y. [gaudium, Latin.] Afcall; 
 a feflival; a day of plenty. A word 
 ufed in the uiuvcrfity. 
 
 He may furely be content with a fall to-day, 
 that is furc of 3 gaudy to-morrow. Cheync. 
 
 Gave. The preterit of ^i'v^. 
 
 Thou can'lt nor every day give me thy heart j 
 If thou can'rt give it, then thuu never ga7/'j^ it : 
 Lovers riddles are, that though thy heart depart, 
 It ftayi at home, and thou with lofing fav'lt it. 
 
 Donne, 
 
 Ga'vel. fi, /. A provincial word for 
 ground. 
 
 Let it lie upon the ground or gavel eight or ten 
 days. Motfimcf . 
 
 Ga'velkini;. ft./, [Inlaw.] A cullom 
 whereby the lands of the father arc 
 equally divided at hie death among all 
 his fons, or the land of the brother 
 equally divided among the brothers, if 
 he have no ifnie of his own. This cuf- 
 tom is of force in divers places of Eng- 
 land, but efpecially in Kent. CotvelJ. 
 
 Among other Wellh cuftoms he abolifhcd that 
 of gavt-^kird, whereby the heirs female were ut- 
 terly excluded, and the baflards did inherit as 
 
 G A U 
 
 well HI tlie legitimate, which it the very Irifli 
 govcHind. Daviei en Irrlantl 
 
 To GAUGF/. V. a. [^"".f?, jauge, a 
 mcafiiiliij^ rod, French. It is pronoun- 
 ced, and oflcn written, gnge. ] 
 
 1. To nieaftnc with refped to the content* 
 of a veffel. 
 
 2. To meafurc with regard to any pro- 
 portion. 
 
 The vanes nicely gnt/ged art each fide, hioad 
 on one fide, and narrow on t'.-c other, hoth which 
 minifier til riie progrcflivc motion of the hiid. 
 
 D(t h<fn' I Pliyfico- Th*9togy, 
 
 There is nothing more perfciflly admirahic in 
 itfcif tl-.an that artful manner in Homer, of taking 
 nicafure or g<!ging his lurocs by cai h otncr, and 
 thereby elevating the cl.arafler of one perfon by 
 the op^jofition of it to fomc other he is made ta 
 excel, Pojie, 
 
 Gauge, n./. [from the verb.] .4i meafure, 
 a llaiidard. 
 
 Tliis plate muH be a gtii'e to file your worm 
 and gioovc to equal breadth by. Moxort, 
 
 If money weie to he hired, as Imd is, oi' to 
 be iiad from the owner himfelf, it might then be 
 had at the marker rate, whicii would be a con- 
 ftant ^d^e of your tr ide and wcal'h. Lacke , 
 
 Timothy prop'ji'cd to his miltrels, that (he 
 fliould entertain no fervaut that was ab )ve four 
 foot fcven inciics liii;h ; and for that pur^ ofe had 
 prepared a g'ltige, by which they wer.' lo be 
 meafured. yhhutltn'jt'i Hijlory of J. Bull. 
 
 Gau'ger. w.y". [Uom gauge.'] One whofe 
 
 bufincfs is to meaftuevefrels or quantities. 
 
 Thofe carls and dukes have been privileged with 
 
 royal jurifdidiion ; and appointed their fpccial 
 
 officers, as flieiiff, admiral, gni.gir, and cfcheator. 
 
 Carcw on Cornival. 
 
 GAUNT, adj. [As if ge>want, from 
 ^epanian, to leflcn, Saxon.] Thin; 
 flender; lean; meagre. 
 
 Oh, how that name befits my compnfition I 
 Old G.iu»t, indeed, and gai/nt in being old: 
 Within me grief hath kept a tedious fall; 
 And who abftains from meat that is not gaunt ^ 
 For fleeping England long time have I watch'd ; 
 Watching breeds leanncfs, leannefs is all gaunt 5 
 The pleafure that fomc fathers feed upon 
 Is my ftriit fail; I mean my childrens looks ; 
 And therein fafting, thou hail made me gaunt ; 
 Gaunt am I for the grave, gaunt as a grave, 
 Whofe hollow womb inWciits nought but bones. 
 Sflakfpeart'i Rr.harJ n. 
 Two maflilfs, gaunt and grim, lier flight 
 purfu'd, 
 And oft their faflen'd fangs in blood embru'd. 
 
 Dryden' % FahUs, 
 
 Ga'untly. adv. [from gaunt.] Leanly; 
 
 flendcrly; meagerly. 
 Ga'untlet. n.f. [gantelet, French.] 
 An iron glove ufed for defence, and 
 thrown down in challenges. It is fome- 
 times in poetry ufed for the ce/lus, or 
 boxing glove. 
 
 A fcaly gauntlet now, with joints of fleel, 
 Muft glove this hand. Shukfp. Henry iv. 
 
 Feel but the difference, foft and rough ; 
 This a gauntlet, that a muff^. CUavflard. 
 
 Some (hall in fwiftnels for the goal contend, 
 And others try the twanging bow to bend ; 
 The ftrong with iron geiutitlcti arm'd (hall flanrf, 
 Oppos'd in combat, on the yellow fand. Dryd. 
 
 Who naked wreflled befl, befmear'd with oil; 
 Or who with gauntleti gave or took the foil. 
 
 Dryden' i FaMes. 
 
 The funeral of fome valiant knight 
 May give this thing its proper light ; 
 View his two gountleti ; thefe decl.irc 
 That both his hands were us'd to war. Piior. 
 
 So to repel the Vandals of the ftage. 
 Our vet'ran bard refumes his tragick rage ; 
 5 K 2
 
 G A Z 
 
 He ttiiows \he gnuntlct Otwny us'd to witldj 
 And calls fur Englilhmen to judge the field. 
 
 Scuthini , 
 
 Ga'vot. n. f. [ga'vctte, French.] A 
 kind of dance. 
 
 The difpofition in a fiddle to plav tunes in 
 
 preludes, farabands, jigs, and gfjyo/s, are real 
 
 qualities in the inftrument. j^ihuthnoi . 
 
 Gauze, n.f. A kind of thin tranfpareiit 
 
 filk. 
 
 Silken cloaths were ufcd by the ladies ; and 
 it fecms they were thin, like ^aiixc. ^rhuthi'ji. 
 
 Brocadoesand damalks, and tabbies andg<iKSi!, 
 Are Ijtciy brought over. Stuift. 
 
 Gawk. n.f. [gsac, Saxon.] 
 
 .1. A cuckow. 
 
 2. A foolifh fellow. In both fenfes it is 
 
 retained in Scotland. 
 GawN. n. f. [corrupted for gallon.^ A 
 
 fmalJ tub, or lading vefTel. A provin- 
 
 cial word. 
 Ga'wntree. n.f. [Scottifli.] A wooden 
 
 frame on which beer-callts are fet when 
 
 tunned. 
 GAY. adj. {gay, French.] 
 
 1. Airy; cheerful; merry; frolick. 
 
 Smooth flow the w.ives, the zephyrs gently 
 play ; 
 Belinda fmil'd, and all the world waig.iv P"P'- 
 
 Ev'n rival wits did Voiturc's fate deplore. 
 And the gajimourn'd, whenever mourn'd before. 
 
 Pojit. 
 
 2. Fine; {hovvy. 
 
 A virgin that loves to go .?<iv. Baiuch. 
 
 Gay. n.f, [from the adjeclive.j An or- 
 nament; an embellilhment. 
 
 Morofe and untractable fpirits look upon pre- 
 cepts in emblem, as they do upon ^ayi and pic- 
 tures, the fooleiies of fo many old wives tales. 
 
 L.'Efira„g.. 
 
 Ga'yety. n.f. [^fljrti-, French; from 
 
 1. Cheerfulnefs; airinefs; merriment. 
 
 2. A£ts of juvenile pleafure. 
 
 And from tl.ofe gayeii!-, our youth requires 
 To e.scrcife tlicir minds, our age retires. Dmli. 
 
 3. Finery; fhow. 
 
 Our e'uvf/y and our guilt are all bcfmirch'd, 
 With r.iiny marching in the painful held. 
 
 Sh^k(fca>c'i Hairy v. 
 
 Ga'yly. adv. 
 
 1. Merrily; cheerfully; airily. 
 
 2. Splendidly; pompoufly; with great 
 fliow. 
 
 Tlic ladies, gnyJy drefs'd, the Mall adorn 
 With curious dies, and paint the funny morn. 
 
 G n . 
 
 Like fomc fair flow'r, that early fpring fnpplies, 
 Thaceiy/y blooms, but c\'n in blooming dies. 
 
 G.i'yness. n.f. [from ^,7;'.] Gaycty; 
 
 finery. Not much in ufe. 
 To GAZE. 11. n. [aya'^rS:*., or rather 
 
 ge|-ean, to fee, Saxcn.] To look iii- 
 
 ■ ■■ teiuly and earncflty ; to look with eager- 
 . nefs. 
 
 What fee'iV thou there r King Henry's diadem, 
 Inchas'd with all the honours of thcwoild: 
 If fo, If-C on. ^l:ahfpcart\ Henry iv. 
 
 From fome (he cart her modelf eyes below; 
 ; At fomc her pazirg glances roving flew, tnirf. 
 
 ■ Qa^t not on a maid, that thou fall not by 
 Jhofe things that are precious in her. Ecc'ia. 
 
 A lover's eyes will g"i.t an eagle blind. 
 
 S'lii^fprarc. 
 
 High nations tumults, but not blifs create; 
 Kone tiiink the great unhajipy, but the great. 
 V'")ls gize and envy ; Envy darts a fling, 
 Wljitli makes a iV.ijn as M'rctthcil as a king. 
 
 G A Z 
 
 To Gaze. v. a. To view iledfaftly. 
 
 Strait toward heav'n my wond'ring eyes I 
 tum'd, 
 Andgiz'ii a while the ample fky. Milton. 
 
 Gaze. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Intent regard; look of eagernefs or 
 wonder; fixed look. 
 
 Being lightcii'd with her beauty's beam, 
 And thereby hll'd with happy influence. 
 And lifted up above the wo; Idis ^"-f. 
 To ling with angels her immortal praiic. SjfSf^fcr. 
 
 Do but note a wild and wanton herd, 
 If any air of mufick touch their ears, 
 You (hall perceive tiiem make a mutual fland. 
 Their favage eyes turn'd to a modcft^rf^£\ 
 By the Iwect powei of mufirk. Shi.t[i>iaie. 
 
 Not a month 
 "Fore your queen dy'd, Ihe was more worth fuch 
 
 Than what you look on now. Shakffenri. 
 
 With fecrctguxc, 
 Or open admiration, lim behold, 
 On whom the great Creator hath beflow'd 
 Worlds. Mi/l'^'i's I'aiadifi L'.Ji. 
 
 Pindar is a dark writer, wants connexion as 
 to our underftanding, foars out of light, and 
 leave his readers at a g''*''. Drydcn. 
 
 After having flood at gaze before this gate, he 
 difcovered an infcription. AcUiiJuni Freeholder. 
 
 2. The objeft gazed on. 
 
 I muft die 
 Ettray'd, captiv'd, and both my eyes put out; 
 M,id« of my enemies the fcorn and ^i^^c \ 
 To gind in brazen fetters, under talk. 
 With my heav'n-gifted flrcngth. Mlltin. 
 
 Ga'zel. n.f. An Arabian deer. 
 Ga'zer. n. f. [from ga%s.'\ He that 
 gazes ; one that looks intently with 
 easrernefs or admiration. 
 
 In her checks the veimil red did (hew, 
 Like rofes in a bed of liiics (hcd ; 
 
 The which anibrofial odours from them threw, 
 And^iJZt^rj feufc with double pleafure fed. 
 
 Fairy Qtiern. 
 
 I'll flay more pi3:.rj than the balililk. Hhakf. 
 
 Bright as the fun, her eyes the gji.rj ftrike ; 
 And, like the fun, they (liine on all alike. 7'opc 
 
 His learned ideas give him a tranfcendent de- 
 light : and yet, at the fame time, difcover the 
 bh-milhts which the common guzfr never ob- 
 fervcd. . ■ PVafti' Logick'. 
 
 Ga'zefu.1.. adj. [_gari.e and/;///.] Look- 
 ing intently. 
 
 The brigi.tnefs of her beauty cle.tr. 
 The ravifht hearts of gfzeful men might rear 
 To admiration of that heavenly light. Spcnfer. 
 
 Ga'zehound. n.f. {gaze znA hound ; ca- 
 uls agajsus, Siinnrr.] A hotmd that 
 purl'ues not by the fcent, but by the eye. 
 
 Scc'fl thou the s.^:Lch'jiind ! how with glance 
 feieie 
 From the cloie herd he marks the deftin'd deer ! 
 
 Tictel. 
 
 GA'ZETTE. n.f. {gizefta h a Venetian 
 halfpenny, the price of a ncwfpaper, of 
 which the firft was publifhed at Venice.] 
 A paper of news ; a paper of publick 
 intelligence. It is accer.ted differently 
 on the in ll or kft fyllable. 
 
 And fomctimes when the lots is fmall, 
 And danger great, they challenge all; 
 Print new additions to their feats, 
 And emendations in fii::i'//f5. Hrrdiiras. 
 
 An Englifli gentleman, without gcographv, 
 cannot well undcrliand a gitxettc. Lceie. 
 
 One cannot hear a name mentioned in it that 
 does not bring to mind a piece of the gazelle. 
 
 AJdifWi Guardian. 
 
 AW, all but truth, falls dead-born from the 
 prcfs ; 
 Like the laft <Tazeltc, or the laft addrcfs. Pcpe. 
 
 Gazhi-xe'er, n.f. [from ^i::;i-//f.] 
 
 GEL- 
 
 1, A writer of news. 
 
 2. An oificer appointed to publilh news 
 by authority, whom Siee/i; calls the 
 lowell miniller of ftate. 
 
 S.uirc is no more : 1 foci it die : 
 No gazetteer more innocent than I. Pofe. 
 
 Ga'zingstock. n.f [gaze and /oc/i.] 
 A perfon gazed at with fcorn or ab- 
 horrence. 
 
 Thcfe things are offences to iss, by making us 
 gaz.j'gjhek!, to others, and objefls of their fcorn 
 and dcrifion. Ray. 
 
 GAZO'N. n. f. [French.] In fortifica- 
 tion, pieces of fre(h earth covered with 
 grafs, cut in form of a wedge, about a 
 foot long and half a foot thick, to line 
 parapets and the traverfes of galleries. 
 
 Harris, 
 
 Gear. n.f. [gypian, to clothe ; geapjie, 
 furniture, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Furniture; accoutrements; drefs ; ha- 
 bit ; ornaments. 
 
 Array thyfc-lf ia her moft gorgeous gceir. 
 
 Fairy Queen, 
 When he found her bound, ftript from her gcar^ 
 And vile tormentors ready faw in place, 
 He broke through. Fairfax. 
 
 When once her eye 
 Hath met the virtue of this magick duft, 
 I (hall appear fome hatmlels villager, 
 Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear. 
 
 ^ 'Miltm. 
 
 I fancy every body obfetvesme as I walk the 
 flreet, and long to be in my old plain gear again. 
 Addijon^i Guardian. 
 To fee fome radiant nymph appear 
 In all her glitt'ring birthday gear. 
 You tl.ink fome goddcfs from the (ky 
 Defccnded ready cut and dry. Sivift. 
 
 2. The traces by which horfes or oxen 
 draw. 
 
 Aoollo's fpite Pallas difcern'd, and flew to Ty- 
 deus' fon ; 
 His fcourge rcacht, and his horfe made frefh ; 
 
 then took her angry run 
 At king Euraelus, brake his j«rtM. Ciapmaii. 
 
 The frauds he iearn'din his frantick years 
 Made him uneafy in his lawful^f^rj. Dryden. 
 
 3. Stuff. Huitmer. 
 
 If Fortune be a woman, (he is a good wench for 
 \.\\\s gear. Shaf:fpe.ire\ .\krc/ia/il of Feniee. 
 
 4. \\n Scotlatiei.'\ Goods or riches: as, 
 he has gear enough. 
 
 5. The furniture of a draught-horfe. 
 Ge'ason. adj. [A word which I find 
 
 only in Spenfer.'] Wonderful. 
 It to Leeches lecmcd ftrange Ttr^A gcafon. Huh. 
 Geat. n. f. [corrupted from jelt.'\ The 
 hole througli which the metal runs into 
 the mold. Moxon. ' 
 
 Geck. n.f. [S'^ac, a cuckow; gecl, Ger. 
 a foal; giiv-'k, Scottifh.] A bubble 
 cnlily impofed upon. Hanmer. Obfolete. 
 Way did you futfer [acliimo to taint his noble 
 heart and biain with necdicfs jealoufy, and to be- 
 come the gtek and fcorn o' th' other's villainy } 
 
 Siiahfpeare's f'ymbeline. 
 Why have you fuffer'd me to be imprifon'd, 
 And made the moft notorious gcrk and gull 
 That e'er invention pliy'don } Shakfpcare. 
 
 To Geck. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 cheat ; to trick. 
 Gee. a term ufcd by waggoners to their 
 horfes when thcv would have then) go 
 faller. 
 Gee'jE. The plural of ^00/?. 
 Ge'i-ARLE. adj. [from^v/u, Latin.] What 
 may be congealed, or concreted inlo a 
 gclly.
 
 GEM 
 
 Gk'latine. 7 adj. [gelutus, Latin.] 
 Gela'tinous. 3 Formed into gclly ; 
 vifcous ; lUfF and coliefive. 
 
 TliJC r.cllucid ge!anm:ii fubftance is an cxcrc- 
 
 meiu Ci\\ off fiom the Ihoals uf lithtluit iiih;ibii 
 
 the main. iyc-><lw,inl 
 
 You (hall always fee theii cgjs laiJ carefully up 
 
 in tli.it (yi^rmiUck gflunrie matieri' in which thty 
 
 are n-politcd. Dcrlum. 
 
 To GELD. V. a. preter. gelded oi- gelt ; 
 
 part. pM'. gelded or gell. \^gelleii, Germ.] 
 
 I. To caftrate ; to deprive of the povvci 
 
 of generation. 
 
 GfJ.l bull-calf and ram-lamb as fooii as they 
 
 fall. r„j;^'- 
 
 Lord Say hath geUttl the commonwe.iiti), and 
 made it an eunuch. Skakffrari' s Uciry vi. 
 
 2 ■ To deprive of any efTential part. 
 Kc bears iiiscourfe, and runs me up 
 With like advantage on the other fide, 
 Geuiing ih' opposed continent as much 
 As on the other fide it takes from you. Shakff. 
 3. To deprive of any thing immodeil, or 
 liable to objeftion. 
 
 They were diligent enough to make fure work, 
 and to gclJ it fo clearly in fome ijlaces, that they 
 took away the very manhood of it, Drylt-!. 
 
 Ge'lder. t!./. [from geld.] One that 
 performs the aft of cattration. 
 
 Geld later with gel. Icrs as many ore do. 
 And look of a dozen to geld away two. T:ij[cr. 
 
 No (ow-grldi' did blow his hoin 
 To geld a cat, but cry'd reform. Hutliiias. 
 
 Ge'lder-rose. n.f. [I fuppofe brought 
 from Gueldcrlaitd.] The leaves are likc 
 thofe of the maple-tree : the flowers 
 confift of one leaf, in a circular rofe 
 form. Miller. 
 
 The gtUcr-rcj'. is incicafed by fuckers and 
 cuttings. Mortimer. 
 
 Ge'i-ding. n.f. [from j'i'/i/.] Anyanimal 
 caflrated, particularly a liorfe. 
 
 Though naturally there be more males of horfes, 
 bulls or rams than females; yet artificially, that 
 is, by making gfW/i^J, oxen and wethers, there 
 arc fewer. Graunt. 
 
 The lord lieutenant may chufe out one of the 
 beft horfes, and two of the beft geUingi; for 
 ■which (hall be paid one hundred pounds for the 
 horfc, and Hfty pounds a-piece for the geldings. 
 
 Temple. 
 GE'LID. adj. Igelidus, Latin.] Ex- 
 tremely cold. 
 
 From the deep ooze ind gelid cavern rous'd, 
 Th.-y flounce. Tiorr./li:' s Sfiir:g. 
 
 Geh'tity. ) n.f. [from gelid.] Ex- 
 
 Ge'lidness. J treme cold. ZJiVZ. 
 
 Ge'lly. n. /. [gelattis, Latin.] Any 
 
 vifcous body; vifcidity ; glue; gluy 
 
 fubftance. 
 
 My beft blood turn 
 To an inh&cdgrl/j. Sli.ikff. tf'mter'i T.i'e. 
 
 The tapers of the gods, 
 The fun and moon, became like waxen globes, 
 The (hooting liars end all in purple gellies, 
 And chaos is at hand. Dt\id. &' Lee'i Oedipie^. 
 The white of an egg will coagulate by a mo- 
 derate heat, and the hardeft of animal folids .ire 
 refrilvable agTin into jf/Zifi. -■/rl>:.t/tnoi. 
 
 Gilt, n, f. [from geld.] A calhated 
 animal ; gelding. Not ufed. 
 
 The fpaycd gel:s they eftccra the moit profit- 
 able. J\Urt:'fier. 
 
 Gelt. The participle pafilve of ^^/.Y. 
 
 Let the others he gelt tvc oxen. ^lortinier. 
 
 Gelt. n. /. [corrupted for the fake of 
 
 rhyme from ^;7;.] Tinfel ; gilt furface. 
 
 I Won her with a girdle of gelt, 
 
 tmVuftwith bugle al.'oiit the belt. Sfenftr. 
 
 GEM. n. /. [gemma, Latin.] 
 
 GEN 
 
 1. A jewel; a precious (lone of whatever 
 kind. 
 
 Love his fancy drew ; 
 And fo to take the gem Urania fought. Sld'iey. 
 
 1 taw his bleeding rings, 
 Their precious ? mi new lolt, became his guide, 
 Led him, begg'd for him, fav'd him from 
 dcfpair. Sh.ikfpenrc. 
 
 It will fcem a hard matter to (hadow a gem, 
 or well pointed diamond, that hath many fuks, 
 and to give the lulhe wheie it ought. JV.'tVuwi. 
 
 Stones of fmall worth may lie ui;fccn by da\ ; 
 Kut night itfelf does ti.c rich g«a betray. Cinvley. 
 
 The bafis of allgfmi is, when pure, wholly di 
 aphanous, and either cryltal or an adamantine 
 matter ; liut we find the riiaphcncity of this m.it- 
 ter changed, by means of a fine metallitk matter. 
 
 iyatidl(.Lird. 
 
 2. The firftbud. 
 
 From the joints of thy prolifick (tehi 
 A fwclling knot is raifcd, cali'd a gem ; 
 Whence, in ihort fpacc, itfelf the clufier (hows. 
 
 Denhum. 
 Umbolden'd out they come, 
 And fwcll the gems, and bunt the narrow room, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 To Gem. v. a. [gemma, Latin.] To 
 
 adorn, as with jewels or buds. 
 To Gem. v. n. [gemmo, Latin.] To put 
 forth the firfl buds. 
 
 LaK rofe, in dance, the (lately trees, and fpread 
 Their br.inches, i.uug with copious fruit ; or 
 
 gemm'd 
 
 Thcit blolfoms. MUton'i Paradifi is/?, 
 
 Geme'llifarous. adj. [getnelliandj>mio, 
 
 Latin.] Bearing twins. Did. 
 
 To GE'MINATE. -v. a. [gemino, Latin.] 
 
 To double. Dia. 
 
 Gemina'tion. n.f. [frona geminate.] 
 
 Repetition ; reduplication. 
 
 Be not afraid of them that kill the body : fear 
 him, which, after he h.ath killed, hatn power to 
 caft into hell : yea, I fay unto you, with a gemi- 
 nation, which the prefent controverfy (hews not 
 to have been caufelefs, fear him, ityie. 
 
 Ge'miny. n.f. [gemini, Latin.] Twins; 
 a pair ; a brace ; a couple. 
 
 1 have eratcd upon my good friendsfor three re- 
 prieves foryou, and yourccuch fellow,Nim ;orelfc 
 you had looked through the grate, like a gemiriy 
 of baboons. S/nikffeare. 
 
 A gcminy of aCTes Iplit will make jult four of 
 you. _ Congreve. 
 
 Ge'minous. adj. [geminous,1-.zX.] Double. 
 Chrirtians have baptilcd ihcic ge<r.in!,:is births, 
 and double connafccncies, with (evcral names, as 
 conceiving in them a dilrindiion of fouls, Broivn. 
 Ge'mmary. adj. [from^fm.] Pertaining 
 to gems or jewels. 
 
 The principle and gefrm.j'y affeiffion is its 
 tratinuccncy : as for ii radiancy, which is found in 
 many gems, it is nut difcovcrablc in this, Brtiun. 
 Ge'mmeol'S. ad', [gemtnetis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tending to gems. 
 
 SomctiiViCS we find them in the gerr.mecni m.it- 
 tcr itfelf. tl'eiiidiuard. 
 
 2. Rtfembling gems. 
 Gemmo'sitY. n.f. [from ^fw.] The 
 
 quality of being a jewel. Did. 
 
 Ge'mote. n.f. A meeting; the coin-t 
 
 of the hundred. Obfolete. 
 Ge'nder. n. J'. [geni!s,'Lzt. gendre,7r.] 
 1. A kind ; a fort. Not in ufe. 
 
 Our bodies aie our gardens, to t..e which out 
 wills arc gardeners ; fo that if we will fupply it 
 with one geidir of heibi, or diftraft it with many, 
 the power and corrigible authority of this lies in 
 our will. Shitkjpeare's Othello. 
 
 The other m-jtive, 
 Why to a publick cuuit I might not go. 
 Is the gicat love the general £""''"■ h^r':^ rn=- 
 
 iihukjpearg' i lliimlet 
 
 GEN 
 
 2. A fex, 
 
 3. [In grammar.] A denomination given 
 to nouns from their being joined with an 
 aditclivt in this or that terminalion. 
 
 Clarke. 
 
 Cubitus, fomelimes cubitum in the neutral 
 
 gender, figiufies the lower part of tiic arm oB 
 
 which we lean. At huthn'.t . 
 
 UlylTcs fptaks of Nauficaa, yet immediately 
 
 changes the words into the mafculine gtri</fi-. 
 
 Brey^mr. 
 
 To Ge'nder. v. a. [engendrer, French.] 
 
 1 . To beget. 
 
 2. To produce; to caufe. 
 
 Fouhfli and unlearned qucflions avoid, knowing 
 that they do gender (liifc. 2 Timothy. 
 
 To Ge'nder. v. n. To copulate; to 
 breed. 
 
 A ciiiern for foul toads 
 To gend':r in. Shakfpeeire^i Othello. 
 
 Thou (halt not let thy cattle gender with a di- 
 verfe kind. Lf.iitlcus. 
 
 Genealo'gical. adr. [from genealogy.'] 
 Pertaining to defcents or families ; per- 
 taining to the liiftory of the fucceffions 
 of houfes. 
 
 Genea'logist. n.f. [yma'^oyii.j ; gene- 
 akgifle, French.] He who traces de- 
 fcents. 
 
 GENEA'LOGY. n.f. [7»c« and ■^^y®..] 
 Hillory of the fucceffion of families ; 
 enumeration of defcent in order of fuc- 
 ceffion ; a pedigiee. 
 
 The ancient ranged chaos into fcveral regions; 
 and in that order fuccclTively rifing one from ano- 
 ther, as if it was a pedigree or genealogy. 
 
 But net's. Theory. 
 
 Ge'nerj^ble. adj. \frQra genera, Latin.] 
 That may be produced or begotten. 
 
 GE'NERAL. adj. [general, French ; ge- 
 neralis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Comprehending many fpecies or Indivi- 
 duals ; not fpecial ; not particular. 
 
 To conclude from particulars xogenei^l, is a 
 f.ilfc way of arguing, Brcomf. 
 
 2. Lax in fignification ; not reftralned to 
 any fpecial or particular import. 
 
 Wiicrc the author fpeaks mure ilridly and par- 
 ticularly on any theme, it will explain the more 
 loole and f^f'/t'r.i/ c,\prcir.uns, iJ uttt. 
 
 3. Not reftraincu by narrow or dilliutftivc 
 ■ limitations. 
 
 A se/teutl idea is an idea in the mind, confidcr- 
 ed there as feparated from time and place, and fo 
 capable to leprefent any particular being that is 
 confcrmabic to it, Locke, 
 
 4. Relating to a whole clafs or body of 
 men, or a whole kind of any being. 
 
 They, becaufc lunic have been admitted with- 
 out trial, make that fault general which is par- 
 ticuhir. JF'iilgiJt. 
 
 5. Publick; comprifing the whole. 
 
 Now would we c'cign him burial of his men, 
 Till he dilburfed at St. C'jlmetkill iflc^ 
 Ten thoul.nid dollais to our gei'x.l ufe. Sh.ikfp. 
 
 Nor fail 'd they to cxprefsliow much they prais'd, 
 That for the gcnertU fafcty he defpii'd 
 His own. .Milra^'s ParaJife LoJ!, 
 
 6. Not direfled to any fingle objeft. 
 
 If tlie fame thing be pcculi.uly ev il, that gf- 
 neml avcifion will be turned into a pnisicuir.r 
 hatred agr.inff it. ip'att. 
 
 7. Having relation to all. 
 
 The wall of Paradife upfprung, 
 Which to our geiierni fire g.ive profpcCl large 
 I.'tohisnctl-.cr'cnn il'-' neighb'ring round. MiUon, 
 
 8. Extenfive, though not uaiveiial. 
 
 9. Common ; ulual.
 
 GEN 
 
 I've been bold, 
 For that I knew it the roofl genrr^l wsy. Shalff. 
 10. General is appended to f^veral offices: 
 as, Attorney General, Solicitor General, 
 Viear Genera!. 
 Ge'neral. n.f. 
 
 I . The whole ; the totality ; the main, 
 without infilling on particulars. 
 
 Th.it which makts an aftion fit to be com- 
 manded or forbidden, c»n be nothing elfe, in 
 grneral, but its tendency to promote or hinder 
 tlic attainment of feme end. _ Nor 'is. 
 
 In particulars our knowledge begin; and fo 
 fprcads itfclt by degree? to pc'-'fi/!. /.Kic. 
 
 I h.ivc confidered .Milton's Paradife Loft in 
 the fable, the characters, the fcntiments, and tlic 
 language j and have Ihcwn that he excels, in 
 eerifrnlj under each of thcfc heads. A.i.tifon. 
 
 An hiltory painter paints man m g^fncml ; a 
 portrait painter a particular m.m, and confcquently 
 a dcfcftive model. Reyno'a! 
 
 1. The publick ; the intereft of the whole. 
 Not in ufe. 
 Neither my place, nor ought I heard of bufi- 
 nci's, 
 Hath raifcd me from my bed; nor doth the 
 
 Pt'nfr.t/ 
 
 Take hold on me ; for my particular grief 
 IngUits and fwallows other forrows. Shiihj'peare. 
 3. The vulgar. Not in ufe. 
 
 Tiie play, I remember, pleafed not the million ; 
 'twas caviare iothc gcnsial : but it was, as I I'c- 
 ceived it, and others, whofc judgment in Inch 
 matters cried in the top of mine, an excellent 
 play. Shakfpfare' i Hamlet. 
 
 4.. {^general, French.] One that has the 
 command over an anny. 
 
 \ general is one tliat hath power to command 
 
 an army. 
 
 L'icke 
 
 The generals on the enemy's fide arc inferior to 
 fevcral that once commanded the French armies. 
 jt^ddifon on the If^ar. 
 The war's whole art each private foldier 
 knows. 
 And with a gen'ral'i love of conqueft glows. 
 
 ^ddifon. 
 
 Generali'ssimo. n. f. [generalijfime, 
 French, from general.^ 1 he fupreme 
 commander. It is often rather a title 
 of honour than office. 
 
 CommiiTion o( generalijfimo was likewife given 
 10 the pnnce. Clanndin. 
 
 Pompcy had deferwed the name of great ; and 
 Alcxindcr, af the fame cognomin.ition, was 
 generahj/imo of Glccce. Brown. 
 
 Gevera'lity. n.f. [gtneralite, French; 
 
 from general. ] 
 X. The Hate of being general; the qua- 
 lity of including fpecics or particulars. 
 
 Bccaufe the curioliiy of man's wit doth with 
 peril wade farther in the fcarch of things than 
 were convenitnt, the fame is thereby reftrained 
 unto fuch ge'teraliliti as, every where offering 
 themfclvcs, are apparent to men of the weakeft 
 conceit. Heeler. 
 
 Tliefe certificates do only in the generality men- 
 tion the parties contum.icies and difobcdicnce. 
 
 yl\lr£t'i Furergen. 
 
 2. The main body ; the bulk ; the com- 
 mon m:ifs. 
 
 NccLlTiiy, not extending to the generality, but 
 ref!ing upon private he.tds. RuAigh*t ^A'.vi. 
 
 By his own punciples he excludes from falva- 
 tinn x.he generality of his own chuith; that is, all 
 that do not beiieve upon his grountls. 'fiU'jtfon. 
 
 The gener.i/ity of the Englilh ijavc fuch a fa- 
 vourable opinion of tre.ifon, iiuthnig can cure 
 them. Addifin. 
 
 They publilh their ill-n.iturcd difcoveries wiih 
 a fecrct pride, and applaud ihcmfcKcs for the 
 fingularity of their jadgnienr, wiiich has f<»un(l a 
 flaw in wh.iL the gtntratiiy of mankind admires. 
 
 ^Jdijon. 
 
 GEN 
 
 The wifoft wcie diftrafted with doubts, while 
 the generality wandered without any ruler. 
 
 Rfgen. 
 Gt'NER.^LLY. adv. \_h-om general -I 
 
 1. In general; without fpecilication or 
 exaft limitation. 
 
 I am not a woman to be touch'd with fo many 
 giddy fancies as he hath g^-ncrally taxed their 
 whole fex withal. Siiakjpeare 
 
 Generally we Would not have thofe tliat i-ead 
 tliis work of Sylva Sylvarum, account it ftrangc 
 that we have fet down particulars untried. B^con. 
 
 2. Extenfively, though not univcrfally. 
 
 3. Commonly; frequently. 
 
 .J.. In the main ; without minute detail ; 
 in the whole taken together. 
 Generally fpcaking, they live very quietly. 
 
 ./Jddrfon's Guardian. 
 Genitatly fpeaking, they have been gaining 
 ever fince, though With fiequcnt interruptions. 
 
 Sv.fi. 
 Generally fpeaking, perfons defigned for long 
 life, though in their former years they were fmall 
 eaters, yet find their appetites encreafe with 
 their age. Blachnore. 
 
 Ge'neralness. n.f. \^ivom general. '\ Wide 
 extent, though fhort of univerlality ; 
 frequency ; conimonnefs. 
 
 They had, with a general confent, rather 
 fpiinging by the generalnep of the caule than of 
 any artificial piadicc, fet Ihemfelves in arms. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Ge'neralty. n.f. [fioTa general. ~^ The 
 whole ; the totality. 
 
 The municipal laws of this kingdom are of a vafl 
 extent, and induce in their gene'alty, all thoic 
 f:;vcial laws which aic alluded as the lule of jul- 
 tice and judicial proceedings. Hale. 
 
 Ge'nerant. n.f. [generans,l^<it.^ The 
 begetting or productive power. 
 
 Some believe the foul made by God, fome by 
 angels, and fome by the gentrant : whether it be 
 iinraediately created or traduced hath been the 
 great ball of contention. Glanville'i Scepjii. 
 
 In fuch pretended generations the generant or 
 aiftive principle is fuppofcd to be the fun, which, 
 being an inanimate body, cannot ai5t otherwil'c 
 than by his heat. R^ty. 
 
 To GE'NERATE. v. a. [genero, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To beget ; to propagate. 
 
 Thofe creatures which being wild generate fel- 
 dom, being tame, generate often. Bacon. 
 
 2. To produce to life ; to procreate. 
 
 God created the great wh.alcs, and each 
 Sou! living, each that crept, which plenteouHy 
 The waters generated by their kinds. Milton. 
 
 Or find fome other way to generate 
 Mankind. Milan's I'aiadifi Ltji. 
 
 3. To caufe ; to prodtice. 
 
 Sounds ^it generated where there is no airatall. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Whatever generates 3 quantity of good chyle, 
 
 muft likewife generate milk. ^Hrbuthnot. 
 
 Genera'tion. n. f. [from generate ; 
 generation, French.] 
 
 1. The aft of begetting or producing, 
 
 Sc.ils make excellent impreflions ; and fo it 
 may be thought of founds in their firit generation: 
 but then the dilatation of them, without any new 
 fealing, (hews they cannot be impretrions. Bacon. 
 
 He longer will delay, to hear thee tell 
 His generation, and the rifillg birth 
 Of nature, from tl.e unapparent deep. Milton. 
 
 If we deduce the fevcr.il races of mankind in 
 the fevcral p.arts of the world (lom generation, we 
 muft imagine the firft numbers of them, who in 
 any place agree upon any civil conftitutions, to 
 alTenibte as fo many heads «f families whom Ihcy 
 reprefent. _ Temple. 
 
 2. A family ; a race. 
 
 Y' are a dog. 
 ——Thy mother '» of nsj generation : what 'j 
 fhe, ifl be a dog? Siti/f tare's Timon. 
 
 GEN 
 
 3. Progeny; ofTspritig. 
 
 The biirb'rous Scychjaiit 
 Or he that makes \\\^ gfttiratio'i nieffei, 
 Togoige his appetite, Ihall to my boCom 
 Be as well neighbour'd. Sn.d-ipear^'s Kin^ L-Mr. 
 
 4. A Tingle facceflion ; one gradation in 
 die fcale of genealogical defcent. 
 
 This g-:neratiQn i\\A\ not pafs 'till all thefc 
 things be fulfilled. A/'.'.'-^s^i'. 
 
 In th.e fourth generation they fliall ccmc hilhcr 
 again. Gentfn. 
 
 A marvellous numbcrwcrc excited to the coa- 
 queft of PalelVine, which with hnjjuhr viiiue 
 thcv performed, and held that kingdom fome few 
 
 gcncrat'Om, Ralc.'gh'i EjJ'ayt, 
 
 5. An age. 
 
 By fome of the ancients a generation was fixed 
 at an hundvrd yc^rs; by others at an hundred 
 and ten ; by others at thiity-thrce, thirty, twenty- 
 five, and twenty : but it is remarked, that the 
 continuance of gf'7(f'j,i//3.;i is fo much longer its 
 tiiey come nearer to the moic ancient tjmeb. 
 
 Ciihnet. 
 
 Every where throughout all gcmrati^m ami agei 
 of the chrilban woild, no church ever peiccivcd 
 the word of God to be againlt it. H^'jier. 
 
 Ge'nerative. a{lj, [generatif, French; 
 irorti genero , L.atin.] 
 
 1. Having the power of propagation. 
 
 He gave t« all, that have life, a power g«/r5- 
 TAtfDCf thereby to continue their fpecics and 
 kinds. Jiii/tigh's HiJIot/. 
 
 In grains and kernels the grcatcft part Is but 
 the nutriment of ^hkt generative particle, fo dif- 
 proportionable unt» it. BrovjM, 
 
 2. Prollfick ; having the power of pro- 
 
 du<5lion ; fruitful. 
 
 If there hath been fuch a gradual diminution 
 of the generatit'e faculty upon the c;irth, why 
 was there not the like decay in the produdtion of 
 vegetables r Beniiey, 
 
 Genera'tor. n.f. [from^fwro, Latin.] 
 The power which begets, caufes, or 
 produces. 
 
 Imagination afTimllates the idea of \\\t genera- 
 tor into the reality in the thing engendered. 
 
 Broion's Vulgar E.rrourt, 
 
 GENE'RICAL. 7 adj. {generique, Fr. 
 
 GENERICK. j from genus, Latin.] 
 That comprehends the genus, or di- 
 ftinguifhes from another genus, but does 
 not diftinguifh the fpecies. 
 
 The word conlumption being applicable to a 
 proper, and improper to a true and baflard con- 
 fumption, requires a generical defcription qua- 
 drate to both. HarViy on Confumptions. 
 Though wine differs from other liquids, in that 
 it is the juice of a certain fruit ; yet this is bur a 
 general ot geneiick difference ; for it docs not dif- 
 tinguilh wine from cyder or perry ; the fpeclfick 
 difference of wine, therefore, is its preiTure from 
 the grape. }Vatts' Logick. 
 
 Gene'rically. adv. [from genericl.^ 
 With regard to the genus, though not 
 the fpecies. 
 
 Thcfe have all the effential charaiSers of fea- 
 fhclls, and fhew that they are of the veiy Came 
 ipecihck gravity with thofe to which they are fo 
 generiea.'ly allied. IVcodlvard, 
 
 Gf.nero'sity. n.f. [gfnero/ite, French ; 
 generojttas, Latin.] The quality of be- 
 ing generous ; magnanimity ; liberality. 
 Can he be better principled in the grounds of 
 true virtue and generofity than his young totor is .? 
 Locke on Education, 
 It would not have been youv gentrofty, to have 
 pafTcd by fuch a fault as this. Lockt. 
 
 GE'NEROUS. adj. [generofui, Latinj 
 
 genereu.x, French.] 
 I. Not of mean birth ; of good extraftion.
 
 GEN 
 
 i. Noble of mind; magnanimous; open 
 of heart. 
 
 A gentrout viiruc of a vigorous kind, 
 Pure in the l;ift rcccfTc s of the mind. Drydcn. 
 
 Thatg^rtVoi/i boldnd* to defend 
 An innocent or ahfent fiicnd. Su/ft. 
 
 The gen'rous ciiiick fann'd the poet** fire, 
 And taught the woiidwith reafon to .idmire. 
 
 Popr. 
 Such was Rofcommun, not more Icarn'd than 
 good, 
 With manners ^^fffroftj as his nohle hlood. Vope. 
 
 The gen'tous god who wit and gold refines, 
 And rn)cns fpiriti as he ripens mines. fujie 
 
 \i\i gen'tous fpoule, Tlic^no, heax'niy fair, 
 K^uis'd the young ihangcr with a mother'* tare. 
 
 Fnpr. 
 Pray for others in fucii forms, with fuch 
 icngrli, importunity, and eaineftncfs, as you ufc 
 foi youifclf; and you will tiiiri all htcic ill-na(urotl 
 paflions die aw.iy, your hcait grow gicat ;iiid ^r- 
 netous, delighting in the common luppiiicfs of 
 Others, as you uled only to delight in yuui own. 
 
 L.ti iv. 
 
 3. It is ufcd of animals. Sprittly ; daring; 
 courageous. 
 
 So the imperial eagle docs not ftay 
 Till the whole carcafe he devour, 
 As if his gen'roui hun cr und; 1 Hood 
 That iie can never want plenty cjf food, 
 He only fucks the taflcful hloud. Co-.u/t-y 
 
 Aiftx-on fptes 
 His op*ning hounds, and now he licars their ci ies : 
 A gin'icus pack. j^JJijo//. 
 
 4. Liberal ; munificent. 
 
 When turn lii? veil Llic young companion bore 
 The cup the gcn'tdtn landlord own'd before, 
 And p.iid proUifely with the ptccious bowl, 
 The rtintcd kindnefs vji this churlilh huil. Puim:'. 
 
 Fart by tiie mnrgui of hei n.iti\e flood, 
 Whofc wealthy waters are well known to fimc, 
 
 Fair as tlie bordering flower-, the princels lioo<l, 
 And ricii in bounty as tUegen'/ous Itre^m. Heigh 
 
 5. Strong; vigorous. 
 
 Haviny, in a digetiivt fnnace drawn »ff the ar- 
 dent fpirtt from fume yood faek, the phlegm, 
 even in this pi^Brr-jwr wmc, was copious. Boyle. 
 
 Thole wii J in fouthcrn climes Complain, 
 From Ph(jt.")us' ravs they fuflet pain, 
 Muft . wn that pain is well repaid, 
 hy ^"I'roui wines bcneam a Oiadc. Swift. 
 
 Ge'nerously. adv. [^(rom gffie?'ous.'] 
 
 1. Not meanly with regard to birth. 
 
 2. Magnanimoufly ; nobly, 
 
 Wlieii all the gods our ruin have foretold, 
 Yet gfruryujly he does his arms withhold. i^M^^- 
 
 3. Liberally; munificently. 
 
 Ge'kerovsness. ti. Jl [from generous.] 
 The quality of being generous. 
 
 Is if pufTible to conceive tliat the oveiftowing 
 ftutroujnt^i oi the divine nature would ercate iin- 
 nioftat beirgs with mean or envious principles ? 
 Collier on Kind'itfs. 
 
 GE'NESIS. «, / [Wk^,.; gcnefi, Fr.] 
 Generation ; the firft book of Mofcs, 
 which treats of the produftlon of the 
 ■world. 
 GENET, n.f. [French. The word origi- 
 nally fignified a horfeman, and perhaps 
 a gentleman or knight.] A fmall-fized 
 ■well- proportioned Spanifh horfe. 
 
 You'll h:ivc your nephe\^'s neigh ro you ; you'll 
 
 havecourfers for couCins, :ind gffiets for gcrmancs. 
 
 Sliakjpearc^i Othdlo 
 
 It is no rr>ore likely that frogs Ihould be en- 
 gendered in the clouds, than SpaniOi gemf: be 
 begotten by the wind. Rav. 
 
 He Ihcws his ftatue too, where plac'd on high, 
 The gintt underneath him feems to fly. DryJ. 
 
 Gknethli'acal. adj. [>•fM^^l«K(©■.] Per- 
 taining to nativities as calculated by 
 
 GEN 
 
 aHrologers ; (bowing the configurations 
 of the liars at any birth. 
 
 The night immcdiircly before he was flighting 
 
 the .Trl of thofe foohlh aftrologers, and ^tnith- 
 
 //u<-«/ei«hemerills, that ufe to piy into the horo- 
 
 fcope of nativities. H'.ivil'i Vural Fi^'rJI. 
 
 Gf.NETHLi'aCK.S. n.f. [from ynlSA^.] 
 
 Tlie Iciencc of calculating nntivitics, or 
 predicting the future events of life from 
 the flars predominant at the birth. 
 
 GeNFTHM ATICK. n.f. [-yoiSAv..] He 
 
 who calculates nativities. 
 
 The truth of ailrological prcdi(!lions is not to 
 berefened to the conlitll.itions : ihe grneii.'/uiirii 
 conjecture by the difpofition, icinpci, and com- 
 plexion of the perlon. DrummnJ. 
 
 Gene'va. n.f. [ A corruption of ^fwwf, 
 French, a jiinipcr-brrry.] A kind of 
 fpirit dillilled froin the juniper-berry : 
 «hat is Commonly fold is made with no 
 better an ingredient than oil of turpen- 
 tine, put itito the ftill, with a little 
 common fait and the coarfcJl fpirit. 
 
 Hii,'} Mat. Med. 
 
 GE'NIAL. aJj. [genialit, Latin.] 
 
 1. That contiibutes to propagation. 
 
 Higher of t\<c grniu/ bed by far. 
 And with myftcriuus reveicnce I deem. Milton. 
 
 Cicator Venu^, genia/ pow'r of love, 
 The blifs of men below and gods above ! Dry.iert. 
 
 2. That gives cheeifulnefs, or fupports life. 
 
 Ni<r will the ligiit of life continue long, 
 But yields r«. double darknefs nigh at hand ; 
 Su nnicii I feel my genial fpirits droop. Mihon. 
 
 3. N.itural ; native. 
 
 It chiifly prjccedcth from natural incapacity, 
 and gfn/Vi/ indilpoflti. n. Btoiun's ^ulg. 'Err. 
 
 Gen I ALLY. adv. [from gcmaL\ 
 
 1. By genius ; naturally. 
 
 Sunie men wre gcnttdly dilpofed to fome opi- 
 nions, and hatiM.illy averfc to others. Glanvillc. 
 
 2. Gayly ; cheerfully. 
 GENl'CULATED. adj. [gemculatus, 
 
 Latin.] Knotted ; jointed. 
 
 A piece uf lome ^niic uUud plant feeming to 
 be part ot a lug.u-canc. 11 ooiiuard on Tojjih. 
 
 Genicula'tion. n.f. \geniculatw, Lat.] 
 Knottinefs ; the quality in plants of 
 having knots or joints. 
 
 Ge'nio. n.f. [gtnio, Italian ; ^m/aj-, Lat.] 
 A inan of a particular turn of tnind. 
 
 Some ^f'.votare not c.ipnblc of pure ail'etf^ion ; 
 and a man is bom with talents for it as much as 
 for pieiry, or any other rcicncc. J'jt/tr. 
 
 Ge'nmtals. ti.f. [^«/;/<j/m, Lat.] Parts 
 belonging to generation. 
 
 Ham ii conceived to be Jupiter, who was the 
 youngcft Ton who is laid to have cut off the gmi- 
 t^h of his father. Brown. 
 
 Ge'niting. n.f. [ A corruption of yane- 
 ton, French, fignifying Jane or Janet, 
 having been io called in honour of feme 
 lady of that name ; and the Scottifh 
 dialect calls them JiJnel apples, which is 
 the faiTie with Janelon ; otherwife fup- 
 pofed to be corrupted fioin Jtineting.^ 
 An early apple gathered in June. 
 
 In July come t.iily peais and plumbs in fruir, 
 g€>titing\ and codiins. B.ico'U 
 
 Ge'nitive. adj. [^^n/ftDiM, Latin.] In 
 grammar, the np.mc of a cafe, which, 
 among other relation?, fignifies one be- 
 gotten, as, the father 5/" <?/o?( ; or one 
 begetting, as, fon of a father. 
 
 GE'NIUS. n.f [Latin; ^m^, French.] 
 
 I. The protetiing or ruling power of 
 men, places, or things. 
 
 GEN 
 
 There is none but he 
 Whofe being I do fear : and, under him, 
 My giniiii j> rcbuk'd ; as it is taid 
 Antony's was by Cifar. Sh^ikffean't M.,eitti, 
 
 "i'he geniui anil the mortal inllrumcnts 
 Are then in council ; and the Itate of man, 
 Like to a litilc kingdom, fulferj then. Shnk/p. 
 
 And as I awake, fwcet mufick breathe, 
 Sent by funic fpiiit to moi tali good. 
 Or lb' unfccng<i;»i of the wood. Mi/ion. 
 
 And the tame demon that Ihould guard tnf 
 ll'ione, 
 Shrinks at :\ gtidin greater than his own. Dryd, 
 
 To your glad geniut facrifice this day ; 
 Let common iu(.ats refpc(itful;y give way. Dryd. 
 
 2. A man endowed -with fupcriour fa- 
 culties. 
 
 There is no little writer of Pindarick who is 
 not mentioned as a prodigicus ^«'j///j. AddiJ:.n, 
 
 3. Mental power or faculties. 
 
 The Hate and order docs proclaim 
 The gi-^iui of thai loy.il dame. Waller, 
 
 4. Difpofition of nature by which any one 
 is qualified for fome peculiar employ- 
 ment. 
 
 A happy gmiui is the gift of nature. Dryden. 
 
 Your majcdy's fagacity, and happy ^f/7i«i for 
 natuial hiflory, is a better prcpaiation for en- 
 quiiies of this kind than a!! the dead learning of 
 the Ichouls. Burnrl'i Thcoi\., frijjce. 
 
 One fcience only will one genius lit ; 
 So vaft is art, fo nariow human wit. Pope, 
 
 1 he Romans, though they had no great geniut 
 for trade, yci were not entiiely neglciftful of it. 
 A f but knot on Coins, 
 
 5. Nature; difportion. 
 
 Studious to picafe the genius of the times, 
 
 With peiiods, points, and tropes, he llurs his 
 
 crimes. Dryden, 
 
 Another genius and difpolition improper for 
 
 philofophical contemplations, is not fo much from 
 
 the nauowncfs of then uiidirltanriing, as becaufe 
 
 they will not rake time to extend them. Burnet, 
 
 He tames \.\\i genius of the ftubborn plain. 
 
 fope. 
 
 GiiNT. adj. \_gent, old French.] Elegant; 
 foft ; gentle ; polite. Difufed. 
 Vcfpafian, \iith great I'poil and rage, 
 Foicwartcd all : 'till Geiiuiflagf/r 
 Pcrfuaded him to ceal'e. Fairy Queen, 
 
 She th.it was noble, wife, as {.tir 3nd gent, 
 C.ift how (he might their batmleis Jives prei'erve. 
 
 Fairfax, 
 
 GENTE'EL. adj, [gentU, French.] 
 
 1. Polite i elegant in behaviour; civil. 
 
 He had a gented:r munner of binding the 
 chains of this kingdom than molt of his prede^ 
 ccfTors. S-.viJt to G.iy^ 
 
 Their poets have no notion of gentee.! comedy, 
 and fall into the molt filtiiy double meanings 
 when they have a mind to make their audience 
 merry. Addijon in Italy, 
 
 2. Graceful in mien. 
 
 So I'pruce that he can never ht genteel. Tathr. 
 
 3. Elegantly dreffed. 
 
 Several Indies that have twice her fortune, are 
 nor ahlc to be always lb ^entedy and fo conltnnt 
 ai all phices of jjicafmc and expence, La'VJ, 
 
 Gente'elly. adv. [from ^fw/e-^/.J 
 
 1. Elegantly; politely, 
 
 Tiiofe that would he ger.tcelly learned, need not 
 purchafe it at the dear rate of being athcifts, 
 
 -C'rf''^7i7f'( Scfpjisy Pre/jcr, 
 
 Afrer a long fatigue of eating and drinking,, 
 and babbling, he concludes the great work of 
 dining genttc/.y. Sc-utk^ 
 
 2. Gracefully; handfomelv. 
 Gente'elness. n. f. [from geriteeL^ 
 I. Elegance; gracefulnefs ; politenefs. 
 
 He hid a genius full oi gentcctneji and fpirlf^ 
 having nothing that was ungiaccful in his pol>ures 
 and drclTes. Drydtii^i Duficfnoy, 
 
 Parmcgiano has dignified the genteiin.fs of 
 modem cticminncy, by uniting it with the fim-
 
 GEN 
 
 plicityof the ancients,, and the grand™? and fe- 
 verity of Michael Angelo RfyiioUli. 
 
 2. Qualities befitting a man of rank. 
 
 Ge'ntian. n.f. [gentian:, French ; gmti- 
 aiia, Latin.] Felvvort or baldmony. 
 
 The root of gcmiatt is larjJ and long, of a to- 
 ler.ible firm texture, and rcmaikably tough : it 
 has a fap-lirti and riifagrccabic fmcll, and an ex- 
 Trcmely bittei' taftc. /iV/V's M<it. Me.i. 
 
 If it he liftulous, and the orifice fmall, dilate 
 it with ^eniijii roots. IJ'ifcman'i Surgery. 
 
 Gentiane'lla. n. /. A kind of blue 
 
 colour. 
 GE'NTILE. n.f. [gentUls, Latin.] 
 i. One of an uncovenanted nation; one 
 
 who knotts not the true God. 
 
 Tribulation and anguifb upon every foul that 
 docth cvii, of the Jew firlt, and aifo of the 
 gentile. Roman:. 
 
 Grniih. or infidels, in thofe aftions, upon both 
 the fpiritual and temporal good, have been in one 
 purfuit conjoined. B^ccn. 
 
 i. A perlou of rank. Obfolete. 
 
 Fine Baf:! defiretli it may be her lot 
 To grow, as a giiliflower, trim in her pot ; 
 That ladies znd gfriti/es, for whom \vc do ferve, 
 May help him as necdeth, poor life to prefcrvc. 
 
 T.J/er. 
 
 GENTILESSE, n.f, [French.] Com- 
 plaifance ; civility. Not ufcd. 
 
 She wirh hci wedding-cloaths undrclTcs 
 Her coniplailance and grntiUjj'a. Hudihrai. 
 
 Ge'ntilism. n* J\ [genti/ifmr, French ; 
 from g^nti If .] Heathenlfm ; paganifm. 
 
 If invoc.itjon of faints li.id been produced in 
 the apoilolical times, it would have looked like 
 the introducing of gentilifm a^ain. UtiUingjieet. 
 
 Genti Li'rious. adj, S^gcntUithis ^ Latin.] 
 
 1. Etidemlal ; pecuHar to a nation. 
 
 That an uiifavory odour is gentilitiouSf or na- 
 tional unco the Jews, reafou or fenfe will not in- 
 duce. Broivn. 
 
 2, Hereditary ; entailed on a family. 
 
 The commou caufe of this dlftemper is a par- 
 ticular and perhaps and -A- gtniHitioui dil'polition 
 of body. Arbulhnot. 
 
 Genti'lity. «. f. [gcfit'tlit't', French ; 
 (rom genti/y French; gentU'iSj Latin.] 
 
 1, Good extraclion ; dignity of birth. 
 
 2, Elegance of behaviour ; gracefulnefs of 
 mien ; nicety of tafle. 
 
 3, Gentry; the clafs of perfons well born. 
 
 Gavelkind rauft needs, in tlic end, make a 
 poor gentility. Davia on h clanJ. 
 
 ^, Paganifm ; heathenlfm. 
 
 When people began to cfpy the rilfhood of 
 oraeles, wheicupon all gentility was built, their 
 hearts were utterly averted from it. Hooker. 
 
 GE'NTLE. ad], [^^«/iA'j, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Well born ; well defcended ; ancient, 
 though not noble. 
 
 Tliev entciin^ and killing all of the gentle and 
 rich faftion, far honelty fake broke open all 
 prifons. Sidruy. 
 
 Thefe arc the ftudics wherein our noble and 
 gentle yuutii ought to bcftuw tlictr time. Milton. 
 
 Of gentle bluud, part Ihcd in lionoui's caufe, 
 Eaclipaient fprung. Foye. 
 
 2 . Soft ; bland ; mild ; tame ; meek ; 
 peaceable. 
 
 I am one of thofe gentle ones that will ufc the 
 devil himfclf with curtefy. ShakJ^eare. 
 
 Her voice was ever foft, 
 Gentle and low; an excellent thing in woman. 
 
 HhuifpCiire. 
 
 As gentle f and as jocund, as tojcft, 
 
 Go I to fight. Sluikjfeare'i Riiliard ii. 
 
 A virtuous and a good man, reverend in con- 
 
 vtrfation, and gentle in condition. 2 \lruralees. 
 
 The gcntlfjl heart on Ciiith ij provM unkind. 
 
 Ftii'-fax. 
 
 GEN 
 
 Your change was wife; foi had (te tecndcnj 'I'j 
 A fwift rcvcng^e had follciw'd from her pride : 
 You from my gentle natuic had no fears ; 
 All my revenge is only in my tears. Dryden. 
 
 He had fuch a gentle method of icpvovin^ their 
 faults, that they wcic not fo much afraid as 
 aihamed to repeat them. ^-liicyhury. 
 
 3, Soothing; paclfick. 
 
 And though thisfcnfc ^.^i\ gentle niufick found, 
 Her proper objcft is the fpcech ot mc,n. Vuzhs. 
 
 Ge'ntle. n.f, 
 
 1. A gentleman; a man otblith. Out of 
 life. 
 
 Genfln do not reprehend ; 
 If you pardon, we will mend. SnAkj'peare. 
 
 Where is my lovely bride ? 
 How does my father.* Genticsj methinks you 
 fi own, Shjkfycaf e. 
 
 2. A particular kind of worm. 
 
 He will in the three hot months bite at a flag- 
 worm, or at a gxttu gentle. JValton's ^Ingter. 
 
 7"o Ge'ntle. ij. a. To make gentle; 
 to raife from the vulgar. Obfolete. 
 
 He to-day that Ihcds his blood with mc. 
 Shall be my brother: be he never Co vile. 
 This d.iy fliall^f////> his condition. Hhukfpcare. 
 
 Ge'ntlefolk. 71. f. [gentle and folk,] 
 Perfons diftlngulihedby their birth from 
 the vulgar. 
 The queen's kindred are made ge^nlcj'Ak. 
 
 Sh.tkfi'eare's Richard rii. 
 
 Gentlefolks will not care for the remainder of a 
 
 bottle of wine; therefore fet a frefti' one before 
 
 them. SiL'ijf. 
 
 GE'NTLEMAN. «./. [gentUhommc, Fr. 
 genlilhuomo, Ital, that is, hotno geutilts, 
 a man of anceflry. All other derivations 
 feem to be whimfical.] 
 
 1. A man of birth; a man of extradlon, 
 though not noble. 
 
 A civil war was within the bowels of that ftatc, 
 between t\\e gentleman 2Lnd the pcafants. Sidney. 
 
 I freely told you all the wc;dtli I had 
 Ran in my veins ; I was d gentleman, Shakfp. 
 
 He hither came a private ^^<ri//fwu;/, 
 But yuung and brave, and of a family 
 Ancient and noble. Otivny's Orphan. 
 
 You fay a long defcended race 
 Makes gentlemen^ and that your high degree 
 Is much difparag'd to be matched with me. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 2. A man ralfed above the vulgar by his 
 chara6ler or poli. 
 
 Inquire mc out fame mean-born gentlemany 
 Whom I will marry llrait to Clarence' daughter. 
 
 Shtikjpeare. 
 
 He is fo far from dcfiring to be ufed as 3 
 gentleman^ that he defiles, to be ufed as the fcrvant 
 of all. Laiu. 
 
 3. A term of complaifance : fometimes 
 ironical. 
 
 The fame gentlemen who have fixed this piece 
 of morality on the thicG naked filters dancing 
 haird m hand, would have found out as good a 
 one had there been four of them fitting at a dif- 
 tancc, and covered from head to foot. j-lddi/on. 
 
 4. The fervant that waits about the perfon 
 of a man of rank. 
 
 Sir Thomas More, the Sunday after he gave up 
 his chancellorship, came to his wife's pew, and 
 ufed the ufual words of his gentleman ufhci, 
 Madam, my lord is gone. Camden. 
 
 Let be call'd before us 
 Th:i: gentUmun of Buckingham's in perfon. 
 
 Shukf^eare'' i He"iy viii. 
 
 J, It is ufed of any man however high. 
 The earl of Hereford was reputed then 
 In England the moft valiant gentleman. Snakfp. 
 The king is a noble girnr/rw*jn, and my familiar 
 
 i^hakjpiujt. 
 
 8 
 
 Ge 
 
 GEN 
 
 NTLEMAKL.'KE.? '';^- C^f '""*" =>"<! 
 
 > like. Becomino; ,a 
 3 man 01 bntn. 
 
 He holdeth bimfelfa gentleman, snd fcorneth 
 to work, which, he faith, is the life of a pealant 
 or churl ; but enurcth Rimlelf to his weapon, and 
 to thr gcfit'emanly trade of ftealing. Spmjei . 
 
 Tyrainus is afwcct-faccd man ; a proper man 
 as one ihall fee in a I'ummci's day j a moft lo\ civ 
 gentlemanlike man. Shakfpecte. 
 
 You iiavc tiain'd me up I'lke a peafant, hiding 
 from me ail gentlemanlike i\w^\\\.\cs, Shakfpeai e. 
 
 Two clergymen l^ood candidates for a free- 
 
 fchool, where a gentleman procurcdthc place for 
 
 the better fcholar and \XiOXt gentlemanly -^triow of 
 
 the two. Siu*Jt. 
 
 Ge'ntleness. ti.f. \_[vom gefttle,] 
 
 1. Dignity of birth; goodnefsofextradlion. 
 
 z, Softncfs of manners; fweetnefs of dif- 
 
 pofition; meeknefs ; tenderncls. 
 
 My lord Scbaftian, 
 The truth, you fpeak, doth lack fome gept^lenefs. 
 
 Shtikjpeare, 
 
 Your brave and haughty fconi of all, 
 Was Uately and monarchical j 
 All gentlenejs with that elleem'd, 
 A dull andflavifh virtue fccm'd. Co^utey, 
 
 Still fhe retains 
 Her miiAQWgentlenefif and oft at eve 
 Vifits the herds. Milton. 
 
 The perpetual gentlenefs and inherent goodnefs 
 of the Ormond family. Dryden's Fablcij Ded. 
 
 Changes arc brought about filently and infea- 
 
 fibly, with all imaginable benignity :i\ydgcntlenefs, 
 
 IVotdixat d's Natural Hilary, 
 
 Matters muft correct their fervants with gentlt- 
 nejsj prudence, and mercy. Rogers, 
 
 Women ought not to think gentlenejs of heart 
 dcfpicable in a man. Claiijfa, 
 
 3. Kindnefs; benevolence. Obfolete. 
 
 The gentleneji of all the gods go with thee. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 Ge'ntleship. n.f, [ixom. gentle.] Car- 
 riage of a gentleman. Obfolete. 
 
 Some in France which will needs be gentlemen, 
 have more gcntUjlitp in their hat than in their 
 head. ^fcham^s Schoolmajier, 
 
 Ge'ntlewoman. n, f [gentle 3ind wo- 
 num. See Gentleman.] 
 
 1. A woman of birth above the vulgar; 
 a woman well defcended. 
 
 The gentliwtmen of Rome did not fuffer their 
 infants to be fo lung fwathcd as poorer people. 
 
 Abb'A'i DifaiptioHoJ the IVifld. 
 
 Doth this firPiotheus 
 
 Often refort unto this gentleivoman. Shakfpeetre. 
 
 Gt ntleu-omtn ma)' do themfclvcs much good by 
 
 kneeling upon a culhion, and weeding. Macon, 
 
 2. A woman who waits about the perfon 
 
 of one of high rank. 
 The late queen's gentlewoman , a knight's 
 daughter. 
 To be her miflrefs' miftrefs ! Shakfpeare. 
 
 Hcv gentleivomen^ like the nereids, 
 So many mermaids, tended her i* th' eyes, 
 And made their bends adorings. Shukj'p)(at£. 
 
 3 A word of civility or Irony. 
 
 Now, gfntlen.vcman, you are confcfhng your 
 enormities; I know it by that hypocritical <iown- 
 caft look. Drydertt 
 
 Ge'ntly. adv, [^xovc\ gentle,] 
 
 1. Softly; meekly; tenderly; iuoffenfively; 
 kindly. 
 
 My miilrcfs gently chides the fault I made. 
 
 Drydtn, 
 
 The mlfchiefs that come by inadvertency, or 
 ignoiance, arc but very gently to be taken rtoticc 
 of. L^cke. 
 
 2, Softly; without violence. 
 
 Fortune's blows, 
 When moft ftruck home. Icing gently warded, 
 
 craves 
 A noble cunning. Shakfpenre" i C»rt»lanui,
 
 k 
 
 GEO 
 
 A fort of great bat, as men lay .iflccp with 
 
 Ihcir legs naked, will fuck their blood at ii 
 
 wound fo genify made as not to awake them. 
 
 Gr eiv'i Mu^tjrum. 
 
 Ge'ntry. n. y, \_scnlkry, gentry, from 
 
 gentle.] 
 
 1. Birtli; condition; rank derived from 
 inheritance. 
 
 You arc certainly a gentleman, 
 Clerk-like, expcricne'd, which no lei's adorns 
 Our gently than our parent's noble name, 
 In tthofc luccefs wc arc gentle. Sh,ikjp!att. 
 
 2. Clafs of people above thisvulgav; thofe 
 between the vulgar and the nobility. 
 
 They n.iiightcred many of the g^'.*//^, for whom 
 no fcx or age could be accepted for cxcufc. SiJncy. 
 
 Let llates, rhat aim at grcatncfs, take heed 
 liow their nobility znd gentry multiply too fart. 
 Bacou'i Orn^tm. R<itio't. 
 
 How cheerfully the hawkers cry 
 A f.ityr, and the gci/y buy. Swift. 
 
 3. A term of civility real or ironical. 
 
 The niany-colour'd iT^-.v/ri' there abuvc, 
 By turns aie rul'd by tumult and by love. I'noi . 
 
 4.. Civility; complaifance. Obfolete. 
 Shew us fo much g:rtr\ and good-will. 
 As to extend your time with usa-while. Shakfp. 
 
 Gfnufle'ction. n.f. [geniife.\ion, Fr. 
 genu and Jie^Oy Latin.] i'he aft of bend- 
 ing the knee; adoration exprcfled by 
 bending the knee . 
 
 Here ul'eull the rites of adoration, genufexiom^ 
 wax candles, inccnfe, oblations, prayers only 
 excepted. Stilling fm. 
 
 GENUINE, fidj. [^OTi//n«j, Latin.] Not 
 fpurious; not counterfeit; real; natural; 
 true. 
 
 Experiments were at one time tried with ge- 
 nuine materials, and at another time with fuphiui- 
 cated ones. BoyU. 
 
 The belief and remembrance, and k>\'e and 
 fear of God, have lo gicat inriucnce to make 
 men religious, that where any of thefe is, the 
 reft, together with the true 2nd genuine effc(^s of 
 them, are fuppofed to be. TiUotfan. 
 
 A fudden darkncfs covers all ; 
 True genuine night; night added to the groves. 
 
 Dryiicn. 
 Ge'nuinelv. adv. [from^fnuinf.] With- 
 out adulteration; without foreign ad- 
 mi-xtures; naturally. 
 
 There is an4>iher agent able to analizc com- 
 pound bodies i'-fs violently, mote grriui/uty, and 
 more univcrfally than the lire. Bcy/e. 
 
 Gh'NUiNENESS. tt. /. [from genuine.] 
 Freedom from any thing counterfeit; 
 freedom from adulteration; purity; na- 
 tural flute. 
 
 It is not ciTential to the genuinene/s of colours 
 robe durable. Bcy/t-. 
 
 CE'NUS. n. f. [Latin.] In fcience, a 
 clafs of being, comprehending under it 
 many fpecies: as qiiadrupeil is Zi genus 
 comprehmding under it almoft all ter- 
 icilrial bcails. 
 
 A general idea is called by the t'chools genus, 
 and it is one common nature agreeing to feveral 
 other common natures : fo animal is a gtnus, 
 breaufe it agrees to horfe, lion, whale, and but- 
 terfly. IVatii' Lagick 
 
 If minerals are not convertible into another 
 fpecies, tliougii of the f.urie g-nuiy much Icfs 
 can they be Unmifed reducible into a fpecies of 
 another pfnwj. Htirrey on Cinfutnptio':i. 
 
 Geoce'ntrick. adj. [_y~„ and «£iTfo, ; 
 georentrigue, French.] Applied to a pla- 
 net or orb having the earth for its centre, 
 or the fame centre with the earth. 
 
 Harris. 
 GE'ODiESIA. n.f. [y.=.J:.,^:a ; geodejie, 
 French.] That part of geometry which 
 Vol. I. 
 
 GEO 
 
 contains the doftrine or art of mcafuring 
 furfaccs, and finding the contents of all 
 plane figures. I/arris. 
 
 Geod.'e'tical. adj. l^fvom geoda/ia.] Re- 
 lating to the art of meafuring imfaccb; 
 comprehending or lliowing the art of 
 meafuring land. 
 
 GEO GRAPHER. n. / [yj and ypa^^ ; 
 geographe, French.] One who dcfcribes 
 the earth according to the pofition of 
 its different parts. 
 
 A gie.itcr part of the earth hath ever been 
 peopled than liath been known or defcribed by 
 geogri^fhlrs. Brtivn. 
 
 The bay of Naples is called the Crater by the 
 old grographert. A.Uifm. 
 
 From fca to fea, from realm to realm I rove. 
 And grow a mccr £«g'a^^;r by love. Ticket 
 Geogra'phical. ar^'. [geographique, Fr. 
 itom geography. ] Relating to geography; 
 belonging to geography. 
 Geogr a'phically. a<h. [^rom geogra- 
 phieal.] In a geographical maimer; ac- 
 cording to the rules of geography. 
 
 Muiervi lets Ulyffes into the knowledge of 
 
 his country j (he geogrjf/iictii/y defcribes it to him 
 
 BiGorne on the Od\jjey 
 
 Geo'graphy. n.f. [^J and j-^aja ; ^<o- 
 graphie, French.] Geography, inaflrift 
 fenfe, fignifies the knowledge of the 
 circles of the earthly globe, and the 
 fituation of the various parts of the 
 earth. When it is taken in a little larger 
 fenfe, it includes the knowledge of the 
 feas alfo ; and in the largelt fenfe of all, 
 it extends to the various culloms, habits, 
 and governments of nations. J'/atls. 
 
 Olympus is extolled by tlie Greeks as attaining 
 unto heaven; bur giogivi/Ziy makes flight account 
 hereof, when they difcourlc of Andes or Tenerift. 
 
 Beoivn's y^uigar Erroui'i. 
 
 According to ancient fables the Argonauts 
 failed up the Danube, and from thence pafTcd 
 into the Adriatick, carrying their iliips ripon 
 their (houlders ; a mark of gieat ignorance in 
 
 gecgraplly. .-irbuth'.ot 
 
 Geo'logy. n.f. [v? and ^i-/©.] The 
 doftrine of the earth; the knowledge of 
 the ftate and nature of the earth, 
 
 Ge'omancer. n. /. \_yi, and ftaVrie.] A 
 fortuneteller; a caller of figures; a 
 cheat who pretends to foretel futurity 
 by other means tban the aftrologer. 
 
 fortunetellers, jugglers, geomuncers, and tlie 
 incantatory impoftors, though commonly men of 
 inferior rank, daily delude lire vulgar. Bro'.vn. 
 
 GE'OMANCY. «. /. [y? and f«=<m:.; 
 
 geomance, French.] The act of calling 
 
 figures; the aft of foretelling by figures 
 
 what fhall happen. 
 .According to I'omc there are four kinds of di. 
 
 vination ; hydromancy, pyromancy, atromancy, 
 
 and gf-orminey. ^vlijl'e 
 
 Geoma'ntick. flfljf. [from geomancy.] 
 
 Pertaining to the aft of calling figures. 
 Two gi'omiiftt!ct: figures were difplavM 1 
 
 Above his heatl, a w.irrior and a maid; ? 
 
 One when direit, and one when retrograde. J 
 
 Geometer. «. f. [yiut^hfru; geometre, 
 
 French. ] One fkilled iu geometry ; a 
 
 geometrician. 
 He became one of the ch\tf geomttoi of his 
 
 age. If.jiti. 
 
 Geo'metral. adj. [geometral, Frencii ; 
 
 from geometry.] Pertaining to geometry. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 GEO 
 
 I '"^'- fy!L.'iiilsiitl; ; geit- 
 metrique, Fr, from 
 
 Oeome'trical. 7 ' 
 
 Geome'tkick. I • , 
 
 J geometry. J 
 
 1 . Pertaining to geometry. 
 
 A giomrir'cetl fchemc is let in by the eyes, bui 
 the demonftration is difcemed by rcafun. Mire. 
 
 This mathematical difciplinc, by the help of 
 geoniitrieal principles doth teach to contrive feveral 
 powers. mUini. 
 
 2. Prefcribcd or laid down by geometry., 
 
 Muft men take the mcafure of God jull by 
 the fame gconetncnl proportions thatJie did, tluc 
 gathcr'd the height and bignefs of Hercules by 
 his foot. Siiliingfieii. 
 
 Does not this wife philofophcr aflcrt. 
 That the vaft 01 b, which calls fo fair his beamt, 
 Is fuch, or not much bigger than he fcems.' 
 That the dimenfions of liis glorious face 
 Two geomtiri^t feet do fcaice furpa.fs? Bhcliti. 
 
 3. Difpofed according to geometry, 
 
 GVom.-/r.v* jafper feemcth of affinity with the 
 /«/>/! f,mguinolis defcribed by Boctius j but it is 
 certainly one fort of lojii ciuciformii. Grew. 
 
 GEOME'TRiCAi.LY.a(i'x>.r ivomgcomelrical. ] 
 According tj the laws of geometry. 
 
 'Tis poflible geometnctlly to contrive fuch ait 
 ariihcial motion as Ihall be of greater fwifinels 
 than tne revolutions of the heavens. ll'zJkin:. 
 All the bones, mufcles, and veflels of liie 
 b^dy are eoiurivcd moil ge'>metrir.jliy, according 
 to the (lri.fteft rules of mech.anicks. Ray. 
 
 Geometrician, n.f. {y.uifihfnr.] One 
 flvilled in geometry; a geometer. 
 
 Although there be a certain um'h, giomirricians 
 would not receive fatisfaiftion without dcmonfira- 
 tion thereof. BiO'wn. 
 
 How eafily does an expert g«/>i.'.'>7//>r, with 
 one glance of his eye, take in a compUcaied 
 dhigram, made up of many lines and circles I 
 
 H'atti on the Mintt. 
 7"o Geo'mETRIZE. V. et. [y 1,/=',!:^.] To 
 
 aft according to the laws of geometry. 
 We obtained good ftorc of cryftals, whofc 
 figures were differing enough, though prettily 
 ftiapcd, as if nature had at once aff'efled variety 
 in their figuration, and yet confined herfelf to 
 gcomelri:ie. Soyle. 
 
 G E O 'M E T R Y. n . / [ 7 ; ajftt re i 3 ; geometrie, 
 
 French.] Originally fignifies the art of 
 
 meafuring the earth, or any diltances 
 
 or dimenfions on or within it: but it is 
 
 now ufed for the fcience of quantity, 
 
 e.xtejifion, or magnitude abllradedly 
 
 confidered, without any regard toinatter. 
 
 Ci;mctry is ufually divided into fptculative 
 
 and praflical; tiic former of which contemplates 
 
 and treats of the properties of continued quantity 
 
 abftraiSedly; and the latter applies thefe fpecu- 
 
 lations and theorems to ufe and praftice. Harris. 
 
 In the mufcles alone there feeras to be more 
 
 gtiinsiry than in all the artificial engines in the 
 
 "•"'■Id- . Ray on the Ocition. 
 
 Him ilfo for my cenfor I difdain. 
 Who thinks ail fcience, as all virtue, vain; 
 Who counts gc'.niftry and numbers tovs, 
 And with his foot the facred durt de'ftioys. 
 
 Drydeiril'ofi.s. 
 
 Geopo'nical. adj. {y!i ani r,:,,^; g.:-,. 
 
 fonique, French.] Relating to agricsi'. 
 
 ture; relating to the cultivation of the 
 
 giMund. 
 
 Such cxpreffions arc frequent in authors geop:,ii. 
 en!, or luch as have treated ,!e le rujii.a. Bro^.-n. 
 Geopo'nicks. n.f. [yr? and -oi-^.] The 
 fcience of cultivating the ground; the 
 doftrine of agriculture. 
 George, n. f. [Georgius, Latin.] 
 I. A figure of St. George on horfeback 
 worn by the knights of the garter. 
 Look on my <;-i'gr, I :,m a gentleman; 
 Rate me .u wIku rhon wi-. S';:krp, H.-':,y vr
 
 G E R 
 
 2. A brown loaf. Of this fenfc I know 
 not the original. 
 
 Cubb'd i., a c^bbln, on :> ">^«' f i^ 'fed 
 On^ brown ,..g., with low.y ^wo'-^^; ^^^^^ 
 
 French.] Some part of '^-^ ^^'-^"^^ °' 
 hufbandiv put into a pleai.ng d.els 
 and fet o/with all the beauues an 
 embeli;(l.ments of poetry. ^M^°«- 
 
 Geo'rg.ck. «^y. R-^l^ting to the doftr.ne 
 
 "mSl'Se the M.ntuan-sg.»^g/a ftra'n^s, 
 
 the earth; terrellrial. _ ^ ; 
 
 Gr/RENT. «.i;. U^r.-m, Latin.] Carr)^i|, 
 
 GS!:'fco.. ./Abirdofprey in 
 fize, between a vulture and a hawk ad 
 of the greateft ftrength next t^o^.the 
 
 Lnus, Latin.] Brother; one approach- 
 Tg to a brother in prox>n..tyot blood 
 
 thus the chiWven of brothers or hfte. s 
 are called couf.ns ^.«7«««, the only lenle 
 ;„ which ilie word is now uled. 
 
 Tbyfelf thy n.effage do to g'""'"'J'''- /} ^^ ^: 
 
 wcrt g=™^« to the no shakfpcare. 
 
 ,.::r;o.<er.f^rcouan.an^gc^s^.~. 
 
 Ge'rman, adj. isermanus, Latin.] Re- 
 lated. Obfolete. , 
 
 ::i;::trc'e.o;caBftyt^e^rh.u 
 
 fon.e undo the hangmun. , i^*//"" 
 
 G£'KM..NnER. n.f. [germandree,Yr.nch; 
 I ^..., latinlApant. Miller. 
 
 cf/rf « /. [r '-. Latin.] Afprout 
 """(h'otVthai part which grows and 
 
 C E S 
 
 3- 
 
 ^Vhelh r it be not made out of tbe gnn., o> 
 
 . ^1 , f the e'-s, doth fecm of leffer doubt, 
 treadle of the e„g, ^,^^_^^,^ ^^^^^^_. g^^^^,.^ 
 
 tlngor fprcuting feed. Out ot ule. 
 
 Though palace, and py.amKU do Qope 
 Tllirhids to their foundations ; though the 
 
 treafiirc , 
 
 Of nature's g^™'"« tumble all together, 
 
 Thou all-(l"\cmg thunder, 
 c. -1,^ P ,t tKc thick rotundity o' the world; 
 IV^ck nrtu'te-s'^ould ^ ^r,,.,. fpdl . once 
 That m=k" ungrateful man. S/..*//. ^« 
 
 7cGERMlNATE. -v. n. [germmo, Lat. J 
 Tofprout; to (hoot; to bud; to pi:t 
 
 ^"Thi^^^io" -'^ f^""^"^'' ''^ the chalcitcy which 
 hath witl.;nwfphit that wdl put ,orth and,.- 
 ,.,v ns we fee in cbymical truls. ""c' '. 
 
 The feeds of all kinds of vegetables be.ng 
 , Id near the fuiface of the earth, ma 
 •" "en,ent oil, an,ongft matter proper for the 
 conven.e t io, , » ,,.^M ^crm:„un, grow 
 
 r^nd":; le-rl .ho face of the ea,.,h /./..... 
 Germ'N^'t'oN- n.f. [ga;nmalwn, Fr. 
 
 inalc] The ad of fprouU 
 
 from g^rmiL. , 
 orftiootinj;; growth 
 
 For acceleration of .^rrM/zi,./.'^-., we n-'Ul'^l'^J; 
 
 the fubjccl of plants geucral.y. ,, ,., '.',' j 
 
 The duKe of Buckrngl.an, trad anothu k nd 
 
 of ,.r,nin.,ion, and furely, had he b-" ^ P''^ ; 
 he would have b.en reckoned an.ong "■« /r^j'- 
 
 '■ Yhere'is but little fimilitude hctwccn a terreous 
 humidity and plantal ^ammauo-n. .£"""■ ''^ 
 SuDOoi-e the carrh Ihould be earned to the 
 ,Jt'dflla:>ce of Saturn-, thee the who eg . 
 Luld l,= o:refr,s,d .one; there would be^no Me, 
 
 GE'RUJ^n. n.f. igenmdnm L=tt.n.] In 
 the Latin grammar, a kmd of vcba. 
 noun, which governs cafes like a verb. 
 
 Gi-^t. n.f. \g^fi'"^y Latin. J _ 
 
 1 A deed; an action ; an achievement. 
 
 • wL fai them qui.es, as hur, belcenred beft 
 And goodly can d.?courfe w,th many a noble^g./. 
 
 2 Show; reprefentation. , „ r 
 '• G°i, fhould be nrterlarded after the Perf.an 
 
 manner, by ages, young and old. 
 The roll or journal of the feveial da)s 
 and ftagcs prefixed, in the p-ogrcfTes ot 
 our kings, manv of them being IbU e.^- 
 tantlnfhe herald's office. [trom ^i//., 
 
 or ?;/!>, French.] 
 
 I'll give you mv commiihon, 
 Toloth,mthe..amonth,W..ndthe^. 
 
 Pretix'd tor's p.nting. i>.. W- '" • 
 4. Allage; fo much of ajotirney as palTc. 
 ^ without interruption. In all fenfes obfo- 
 
 ^'hJ d.ftinaiy fcts down the ,jP and p^ogrcf- 
 thereof. n rp, 
 
 Gestation. «./. \sy1ano, L^^.] Tire 
 ac. of bearing the young in the womb 
 
 Ariftotlc affi.mcth the Lnth o the _ rnfant, o, 
 timeof itsgr/;.,',o., extendeth fometi.nes unto 
 ILrelevcnth^n^o^.th; bat Hippocrates ave^s to 
 it exceedclh not the tenth. . 
 
 Whv h, viviparous animals, in the tm,e of 
 
 TOeth not that way > •^"y 
 
 '/i GESXrCULATE. -v.n \.gf^^''\'-' 
 Latin; gcflkuhr, French] io pla) 
 anticktncks;to(howpo(hires. Dia. 
 
 GEST.CULA'T.ON.;^y:U^>«/«''°..Y;;' 
 geftkulath,,, French; trom g'PculaU.^ 
 Antick tricks ;vaiiouspoltures. 
 
 Ge'sture. n.f [gero,geJhm,■L^ln^■,gep, 
 
 I laioior pofture expreffive of fentiment. 
 
 Almv filter, if you had beard h,s words or 
 
 Ah, my liter, ir y ^^^^^^^ ^,^^^ 
 
 feenhisg->''=->, wlenhe m,a ^^^ 
 
 -l°/r^o:j^lj;Xtwrrare,yn.tch., 
 
 •^Vh:;'Cmatf;?:fe«ionofot,rfa,th w. 
 «3:^n^nwcac.^.dger.rfins^rf.^ 
 unto God for favour, wc fall down i 
 ../?„,. of conftancy becometh us beft in the one 
 fn the other the behaviour of humility. Hooker. 
 To the dumbnefs of the gefi.r. ^,^^^j 
 
 °"^™!i:::d;i;:::;nd,^«.iinourapp^aches 
 
 .o God exprefs the inward reverence^oUt. fouls. 
 
 3. Movement of the body. 
 
 Grace was in all her Heps heavV in her e 
 In ev'rv .,.//«- d'S'-ty -^."d k,ve ! -^- - 
 
 Everv one will arjee m this, th.it we o i 1 1 
 either to Uy afide all kinds oi rP"', or at lead 
 :::mlk:uf^ffuchonlyasa.g^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 rfci/'sTt^RE. -0. a. [from the notin.] 
 To accompany with action or pollute. 
 O^'nre^.rgLethitv.tisnotordeily-r^d, 
 
 norgf/Jwf'as bcUemcth. 
 
 I 7 
 
 GET 
 
 He unSerrook fo to grprt and muffie up h.im- 
 felf in h.s hood, as the duke's manner was_, that 
 none Ihuuld dilcern him. II Mfjn. 
 
 To GET. -v. a. pret. I got, anciently ^«' ; 
 
 part. paff. got, ox gotten, [jetan, ger'can. 
 
 Saxon.] 
 I. To procure ; to obtain. 
 
 Tliine be the coflct, well haft thou it get. 
 
 Of that which was our f-.ther'i hath hugoiicn 
 all this glory. J 
 
 Wceat our bread with thcpeiil of our lues. 
 
 * Satnuei. 
 
 David "M him a name when he returned froni 
 fmitingo? the Syrians. 2. SamM/. 
 
 Mofl of thefe tilings might be more cxafl y 
 tried by the Torricellian experiments, if we could 
 get tubes foacctiratcly blown that the cavity were 
 nerfcftiv cylindrical. tsoy e. 
 
 ' Such a confciuice, as has not been wanting to 
 itfelf, in endeavouring to get the utmolt and 
 clearcft information about the will of God, that 
 its power, advantages, and opportunities could 
 affoid it, is that great internal judge, wnofc ah- 
 lolution is a rational and lure ground of conh- 
 dencc. . ' 
 
 He infenf.bly got a facility, without perceiv- 
 ing how; and that ,s attributed wholly to nature 
 which was much more the effect of utc^ «d 
 
 ■"Tli'e man who lives upon alms, get, him his fct 
 of admirers, and delights in fnpenority MJ.ff. 
 
 Sphinx was a monlter thar would cat 
 Whatever llrangei Ihc could gtf. 
 Unlets his rc.idy wit >iilclos'd, ^;;.-/-„» 
 
 The fub-.lc riddle (he propos d- -^ P ' 
 
 This piaaice ,s to be ufed at firft, m order ro 
 get a fixed habit of attention, and in f"™^^)^"^^^ 
 
 ""The word gel is varioufly ufed : we fay to fe, 
 money, to,.nn, to 5<.- off, tog./ ready, t.|... 
 
 fli,mach,andtog.r'ac..ld. 
 
 2. To force ; to felze. 
 
 Such lofels and Icatterlings camiot e»fi.y, hj 
 any conllable,or otlie, ordinary ofhcer, begotten, 
 when they are challenged for any fuel, f-"^- 
 
 ' Sjic/er on Ireland. 
 
 The king feeing this, ftarted from where he 
 
 fat, 
 Out from his trembling hand his ^^^P"" «^^-^^,_ 
 
 All things, but one, you can reftore ; 
 The heart you git returns no more. *' "n-r- 
 
 7. To win by conleft. 
 
 ^ Hcn.y the fi.xih hath loft 
 
 All tlat which Henry the fifth had g,>ic„.S,,.,t/p. 
 He ,,:i bis people great honour, and he made 
 
 battles, protcfting the hoft with his f«""d.^^^_^ 
 
 To i;.'/ the day of them of his own nation, 
 would be a moft unhappy day for him. ^AUc 
 Auria held that courle to have drawn the gal- 
 lies within his great (hips, who thundering 
 amongft them with their great ordnance, might 
 hTvTopened a way unto his gallies to have go/,.. 
 ■ aviao^y. Kr..!le.-H,j:cry.f,l.cr.rU 
 
 . Tohavepoffeir.onof; to have. This 
 fenfc is commonly in the compound pre- 
 
 "tL forcing thee, by fire he made thecal '^h,; 
 Nay, thou haft got the face of man. He,tt,t. 
 
 <; To beget upon a female. 
 J. J V. i.vg r r t\.cv' 1 none ol 
 
 Thefe boys are boys ot ice, tie) 
 
 French never got them. o ji 
 
 Women wi'thftudy'd arts they vex: 
 
 Vc gods dcftroy that impious lex ; 
 And if there muft be fo.ne t' invoke 
 Your pow'rs, and make your altars .moke. 
 Come-down yourfvlves and, m their plac , 
 Get a more jult and nobkr race. ,/',"• 
 
 Cnildrenthey ga on their female cnptive^.^^^^^ 
 
 If you'll take 'cm as their fathers go/ 'cm, fo
 
 GET 
 
 nnd wcH ; tf not, you muft rtay 'till the*' g;ef n 
 better genciation. D'jMn. 
 
 Was no m.Mi, but who iias kill'd 
 A father, right to jjfi a child ? Prioy. 
 
 Lft every married man, that 's grave and wile, 
 Take a rartiifFof known ability, 
 Who (hall (o fettle htling rcfortnatioii ; 
 Kirll fret a fnii, then j;ivp him education. D'i'/rf. 
 
 The god of d^y, dcfct- nding from above, 
 Mixt with the day, and got chc queen of love. 
 
 Granviile. 
 
 6. To gain as profit. 
 
 Though creditors will loofo one fir'th of their 
 principal and iifc, and hindlords one rifriiof thcii 
 income, yet the debtors and tenants will not 
 g^t it. Lorkc. 
 
 7. To gain a fupetlorityor advantage. 
 
 If they get ground and 'v^inlagc of the king, 
 Then join you with chcm like a rib of ftccl. 
 
 Shjkfpcare'' i Henry iv. 
 
 3. To earn ; to gain by labour. 
 
 H.iving n(j mines, nor any otiicr way o^ gertir.^ 
 or kccpiiij; ut lichcs but by trade, To mucii of 
 our trade its u lort, I0 much of our lichc* mult 
 acccflaiily go with it. L-ickc. 
 
 If it be I'o much pains to count the money I 
 would fpend, what labour did it coft my an- 
 celixjrs to gtt it .•• L'ic^e. 
 
 9, To receive ns a price or reward. 
 
 Any lax laid gn foreign commodities in Eng- 
 land raifcs their piice, and makts the im- 
 porter gtt more for them ; but a tax laid on your 
 home-made commodities^ lelTeni thcij' price. 
 
 J-'tckt. 
 
 10. To learn. 
 
 This defcf^t he /rcqucntly lamented, it being 
 harder with liiui to g^t one lermun by heart than 
 to ppti twenty, K/A 
 
 ijet by hf^rt tlic more common and ufcful 
 words out of fomc judicious vocabulary. IVutt'. 
 v I . To procure to be. 
 
 I Ihall Ihcw how we TCi2.v get it thus informed, 
 and attciwardi piefer^c and Keep il fo. .Saitth, 
 
 12. To put into any flate. 
 
 Nature t.iught rht;m to make certain vciTcIs of 
 a tree, which they got down, not with cutting, 
 but with five. .-ibbut. 
 
 Take no repuKe, whatever flie doth f.iy j 
 For, get you t'one, Ihc doth not mean away. 
 
 Sh.ikjpeaTi. 
 
 He who attempts ^o get another man into hi^ 
 aljfolutc power, docs tiicreby put himlclf into a 
 ildtt of war with him. Lctic. 
 
 Before your ewes Uiing forth, they may be 
 petty well kept, lo get them a little into heart. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 Ilclim, who was taken up m embalming the 
 bodies, vifi:ed the place very frequently : hi^ 
 grcatcll perplexity was how to gfr the lovers out 
 uf it, tlic g.itcs being watched. Gutudian. 
 
 13. To prevail on; to induce. 
 
 Tiiougii the king could not gft him to engage 
 in a life uf Uilincfs, he made hini however liib 
 chief cr)mpaniun, Sj'cHjtor . 
 
 14. To draw ; to hook, 
 
 Witli much communication will he tempt thee, 
 and fmiling upon thee get out thy fecrcis Ecclfj. 
 
 By tiie mariiage of his grandfon Ferdinand he 
 ^0^ into liis family the kingdoms of Bohemia and 
 Hungary . .-Mdifori, 
 
 After having get out of you every thing you 
 can rp;ne, I I'corn to trcfpal's. Guard:'. s^:. 
 
 15. To betake; to remove; implying 
 hade or danger. 
 
 Get you 10 bed on th* inflnnt ; I will he le- 
 turn'd forth-with. Shnhfpeare' s Othello. 
 
 Aritc, get thee out from tiiis l.md, G<.>u fa. 
 
 Lcil tlicy join itllo unto our enemies, and fig'it 
 agamlt us, and fo^f/ tiicm up out of the laiul. 
 
 ^ Ex'Alut. 
 
 He with alt fpeed got himfelf with his fol- 
 loweis to the Itrong town of Mega. KjioIU^. 
 
 i6. To remove by force or art. 
 
 She was quickly ^c/ off the land again. KnoUa. 
 The roving fumes of quickfilver, in evapora- 
 ting, would oftentimes fatten upon the gold in 
 
 GET 
 
 fuch plenty, as would put him to much trouble 
 to grt tlicin oft" from his rings. Jioylr. 
 
 When mercury is gnt by the help of the tire 
 out of a metal, or other mineral body, wc may 
 fuppofc this quitklilvei to have been a perfe<^ 
 body of its own kind. Boy.'c. 
 
 They would be glad to gft out thofe weeds 
 which then own hands have planted, and which 
 noM' lia\e taken too deep root to be eafily ex- 
 tirpalrd. Locke on Education. 
 
 17. To put. 
 
 Get on thy hoots ; we'll ride all night. Shuifp. 
 
 ! 8. To Get rt^ To fell or difpofe of by 
 fome expedient. 
 
 Wood, to git his halfpence 0^, offered an 
 hundred pt-unds in hii coin for fcvcnty in filver. 
 
 Siuift 
 
 To G ET. T. «. 
 
 I. To arrive at any Hate or pofturc by 
 
 degrees with fome kind of labour, ef- 
 fort, or dlfTicidty ; uied cither o'i perfons 
 or things. 
 
 Plial.intus was entrapped, and faw round about 
 him, biir could not ij-/ oiil. Sidney 
 
 You knew he walk'd o'er perils, on an edge 
 More likely to fall in tlian to get o'er. Shakfp 
 
 The llranger (h.i!l_2;<-f up above thee vciy high, 
 and thou (halt come down very low. D.-ut. 
 
 The f<ix bragged what » number of (hifts and 
 devices he iiad to get jVom the hounds, and the 
 cat faid he had but one, which was to climb a 
 ticc. Btuori 
 
 Thofe that arc verv cold, and efpecially in their 
 Iccf, cannot get to lleep. Bacon* i Natuial Hijlory. 
 
 1 utterly condemn tiie praiHice of the latter 
 times, that fome who are pricked for (heriffsj 
 and were hr, Ihouid git out of the bill. Bacon. 
 
 He got away unto the chriftians, and hardly 
 cfcapcd. Knollcs. 
 
 He would b'* at their backs before they could 
 g-t out of Armenia. KnolLi' Hijiorynf tke Turks. 
 
 She plays with his rage, ^v\d gets above his 
 anger. Denham. 
 
 The latitant air had got away in bubbles. Boy/c. 
 
 Tlicre are few bodies wliofe minute parts flick 
 fo dole together, bur that it is pofTible to meet 
 with fome other bodv wliofc fmall parts may get 
 between, and fo di>join them. Boyle 
 
 There was but an infcnfiblc diminution of the 
 liquur upon the reccTs of whatever it was that^^o/ 
 ti'.rougii the cork. Boyle. 
 
 Alihoiigli ti-jc univerfe, and every part thereof, 
 are objefls full of excellency, yet the multiplicity 
 thereof ii fo v.uiuus, that the undcrlHnding falls 
 under a kind of defpondency of getting through 
 fo great a tafk. Hale's Origin oj ^Ltnkind. 
 
 If there ftiould be any leak at the bottom of 
 the vcifcl, yet very little water would get in, be- 
 caufc no air could g^f out. lVi!kin>. 
 
 he.iv'n, in what a lab'rinth am I led ! 
 
 I could get out, bu" flie detains the thread ! 
 
 Ijryden. 
 
 So have I feen fome fearful hare maintain 
 A courfe, 'till tit'd before the dog (he lay ; 
 Who, rtrctch'd behind her, pants upon the plain, 
 Patl ptiw'rto kill, as Ihc io get away. Dryden. 
 
 The more oiiy and light part of this mals would 
 get abovetiic othtr, andfwim upon it. Burnet. 
 
 Having g&/ through the forgoing paffage, let u^ 
 go on to his next aigument. Loike. 
 
 The removing of the pains we feel, is the 
 getting out oi mifery, and confequently the firi! 
 thing to be done, in order to happinefs, abfenr 
 good. L(.cke. 
 
 If, having got into the fenCe of the epifflcs, we 
 will but oumparc what he fays, in the places 
 where he treats of the fame fubjci^, we can 
 hardly be mirtaken in hie fenfe. Locke- 
 
 1 got up as faft as polfible, girt on my rapier, 
 and fnatched up my hat, when my landlady came 
 up to me. Tti.'i'cr. 
 
 Bucephalus would let nobody get upon him 
 but Alexander the Great, ^ddijon on Italy. 
 
 Imprifon'H fires in the clofc dungeons pent, 
 Roar \oget loofc, auii firuf^lc far a vent ; 
 
 GET 
 
 Eating their way, and undermining all, 
 
 'Till with a iiii^hly burrt wliulc ii.uuiitains Tall. 
 
 When Alma now in cllfTrent ages, 
 Ha&finilh'd her alccnding Hagcs, 
 Into the head Jt length (hc^r/i, 
 And there in public graiwicur fits. 
 To judge o^thiiigs. Prior. 
 
 I rci'olvcd to bicak. through all mcafU'Ck to get 
 away. Swift. 
 
 2. To fall ; to come by accident. 
 
 Two or three men of the towii arc got among 
 them. Tiit/er, 
 
 3. To find the way; to infiniiatcitfclf. 
 
 Wlicii an Cjjg is m.iHe l^ird by boiling, fincc 
 there is nothing that ap;>car* to get in at the (hell, 
 unlcfs fonic little p.iUiclcs of" the wjtcr, it is not 
 ealy to difco\cr iVoni whence clfc this change 
 proceeds th.tn J'i!)ni a change made in the texture 
 of tiic parrs. Bo^lf. 
 
 He raves ; his words are looft 
 A'! h-aps of fand, and rcattrring wide from fenfe : 
 So hij;li he 's mounted in lii- any hopes. 
 That now the wind is ^i' nUo his head^ 
 And turns iiis brains to tenzy. Dni'». 
 
 A Lliihl runs to o\ertakc and^f^ up to tlie top 
 of his Ihadow, which Hill advances at the fame 
 rate tint he does. L''cke, 
 
 Should drcfiing, fcaftlng, and balls once ^'f 
 aniong llie Caiituns, tiieii military roughncf? 
 would be quici^ly k-it. Addififi. 
 
 The riuids which furround bodies, upon the 
 furfaccof rhe globe, ^-r in between the furface of 
 bodies, when they arc at anydiltance. Cheync. 
 
 4. To move ; to remove. 
 
 Ott home with thy fewcl ni.ike ready to fet ; 
 The fooncr, and eafici carriage to get. TitJJrr. 
 
 J. To have recourfe to. 
 
 The Turks made great haftc through the midft 
 of the town ditch, to get up into the bulwark to 
 
 help their fellows. Knolks.' U:fi'}rv. 
 
 Lying is fo cheap a cover for any njiicafnagc, 
 and fo much in falhion, that a child can fcarce be 
 kept from ^.7///?^ into it, Locke. 
 
 6. To go ; to repair. 
 
 They lan to their weapons, and furiouHy afa 
 failed rhe Turks, now fearing no fucli m.ifter, 
 and w rcn ot asyctall j-j? into the calile. Kmilet. 
 
 A knot of ladies, git together by themfelves, 
 is a very fchool of impertinence. Siu.Jr. 
 
 7. To put one's felf in any (late. 
 
 They might get ovei the river Avon at Strat- 
 ford, and gc-t between the king and Worccftcr. 
 
 C/jrerrJox. 
 
 We can neither find fourcc nor ilTue for fuch 
 an c.\teiuve mds of waters, neither where to 
 have them ; nor, if we had them, how to get 
 quit of them. F.-irnet's Tkiorj c/' the Earth, 
 
 Without his afiiRancc wc can no moie get 
 quit of our afiiiftlon, than but by liis permiiTioii 
 we Ihould have fallen into it. ll',de. 
 
 Tliere is a fort of men who pretend to diveft 
 themfelves of partiality on both fules, and to ^<-r 
 above that imperfedt idea of their lubjeft winch 
 little writers fall into. Po/if on Hcmer. 
 
 As the obtaining the love of valuable men is 
 the happicft end of this life, fo the next felicity is 
 to get rid of fools and I'coundrcls. Foj'c to Svift, 
 
 8. To become by any acl what one was 
 not before. 
 
 The laughing fot, like all [Unthinking men. 
 Bathes and geti drunk ; then bathes and drmkj 
 again. JJiji-n. 
 
 9. To be a gainer;, to receive advantage. 
 
 Liko jewels to udvata^e fct, 
 Her beauty by the flladc does get. tfaller. 
 
 10. 'I'o GhT 0^. To efcape. 
 
 The gallics, by the benetu of the (hores and 
 (h.illowsjgs.' of. B.icc'i's lf',:r ^c!ti Sfiiin. 
 
 Wliate*cr thou dort, deli?er not thy fword ; 
 With that thou may 'it get a^, tho' odds oppofe 
 thee. ihyJen. 
 
 11. To Get over. To conquer ; to fnp- 
 prefs ; to pafs vviihaut b(.\\<g Itopped in 
 thinking or afling. 
 
 5 ■■ 2
 
 G H A 
 
 'Tis very plcafanl to hear the Udy propofi her 
 doubts, and to lee the pains he is at to git m<er 
 them. , Add.fon. 
 
 I cannot gel mer the prejudice of takn)g fome 
 little oftence at the clergy, for perpetually reading 
 their fetmons. ^ f "'/'• 
 
 To remove this difficulty, Peterborougli was 
 difpatched to Vienna, and git ovn fome part of 
 thofe difputes. iiivijt. 
 
 •12. To Get vp. To rife from repofe. 
 
 Sheep will get uf betimes m the morning to 
 feed acainft ram. i'..""'i Mi///'"/ IL/lorj'. 
 
 1%. To Get up. To rife from a feat. 
 
 14. To remove from a place. 
 G't you up from about tiie tabernacle of Koran, 
 
 Dathan, and Abiram. _ _ Nmnbcrs. 
 
 15. To get, ill all its fignifications both ac- 
 tive and neutral, implies the acqulfillon 
 offomething, or the arrival at fome ftate 
 or place by fome muans ; except in the 
 ufe of the preterit compound which 
 often implies mere poffefiion : as, he has 
 got a goodejlaie, docs not always mean 
 that he has acquired, but barely that he 
 polfeffes it. So we fay the lady has got 
 Maci eyes, merely meaning that flie ha? 
 them. 
 
 Ge'tter. n. /• [from^^/.] 
 
 1 . One who procures or obtain*. 
 
 2. One who begets on a female. 
 
 Peace is a very lethargy, a getter of more baf- 
 tardchildrcn than war 's a deftroycr of men. Sh.,k. 
 
 Ge'tting. n. f. [from^;'?.] 
 
 1. Aft of getting ; acquilition. 
 Wifdom is the principal thing, therefore get 
 
 wifdom ; and with all thy gfrr;«ggct underftanri- 
 ing. _ Pxivch^. 
 
 2 . Gain ; profit. 
 
 V/ho hath a ftate to repair may not dcfpilc 
 fmall things ; and it is Icfs dillwiijurablc to 
 abridge a petty charge than to floop to petty 
 
 r!ttjngs. " J. 
 
 The meaner families return a fmall (hare oi 
 
 theirgfrf.'Vgi, to be a portion for the chiid. Sivijt. 
 
 Ge'wgaw. n. /. [5* jap, Saxon; joyau, 
 
 French.] A fhowy trifle; a toy ; a 
 
 bauble ; a fplendid plaything. 
 
 That metal they exchanged for the meaneft 
 trifles and ij^wan-i which the others could bring. 
 Jbhot'i Defc'!i>t:or. of tie H'othl. 
 Pref-r that which Providence iias pronounced 
 to be tht Itaffof hfe, before a glitteiing g^wg'iw 
 that has no other value man what vanity has fct 
 upon it. VEfirange. 
 
 As children, when they throw one toy away. 
 Straight a more foolilh gewgaw somes in play. 
 
 Vrydcn. 
 
 A heavy gftu^aw, eall'd a crown, that fpicad 
 About his temples, droAn'd his narrow head, 
 And would have crurtud it. T>,yAmi Juvenal. 
 
 Some ioofe the bands 
 Of ancient fricndfliip, cancel u-ture's laws 
 Per pagcan;ry and tawdrv ir^ugf""- Phhfi. 
 
 The firft images weie fans, filks, ribbands, 
 laces, and many other g'-ug.vw^, which lay fo 
 thick that the whole hearr was no-hing elfc but a 
 toyfliop. JAdiionU G...,r,uan. 
 
 G II O 
 
 GEwG.^w.fl^y. Splendidly trifling; fliowy 
 
 vithout value. 
 
 Let him that would learn the happitiefs of 
 religion. Ice the ^i^ox g"Mg,iw happinefs of Fcli- 
 j.j.| °^ £<nu'j Set:!,M till!. 
 
 Gh.v'stful. adj. [^ap and piille, 
 Saxon.] Dreary ; dilmal : melancholy ; 
 fit for walking fpirit5. Obfolete. 
 
 Heie will 1 dwell apart. 
 In j,;w;//.v/ 8v;ive, 'till my Lift deep 
 Do clofc mine eyes : ,,„.,. , , 
 
 Help me, ye baneful birds, whofc Ihrieking found 
 Js hja of dreary death. Spr'ifo'i FajUr.h. 
 
 Gha'stliness. n. /. [from ghqflly.'^ 
 Horrour of countenance ; rtfemblance 
 of a ghoft ; palenefs. 
 
 GHASTLY, adj. [saj-r, o^ghofi,mi 
 like. ] 
 
 1. Like a glioft ; liaving horrour in the 
 countenance ; pale ; dreadful ; difmal. 
 
 Why looks your grace fo heavily to-day ? 
 — O, I have paft a mifcrable night; 
 So fuU of "glv fights, oi gh.ijlly dreams. 
 So full of dilmal tcrrour was the time. Skakfp. 
 
 Envy quickly difcoveied in court Solyman's 
 changed connlenance upon the great balf.i, and 
 b'-gan now to Ihew her ghnfiy face. Kmllei. 
 
 Death 
 Grinn'd horrible a ghajlly fmile, to hear 
 His famine ihould be fill'd. Milftn'i Par. LdJI. 
 
 Thole departed friends whom at our laft lepa- 
 ration we faw disfigured by all the j;/i.i/.'.> hor- 
 rours of death, we (hall then fee alTilting about 
 the majeftick throne of Chrift, with their once 
 vile bodies transfigured into the likenefs of his 
 gloiious body, mingling their glad acclamations 
 with the hallelujahs of thrones, principalities, and 
 powers. -^■'y^- 
 
 He came, but with fuch alter'd losks. 
 So wild, ioghajlly, as if fomt ghoft had met him. 
 All pale and fpecchlefs. Dryelcn'i Sfariijii Fryar. 
 
 I did not forthefe ghajily viftons lend ; 
 Their fudden cuming does fome ill portend. Dyr/. 
 
 2. Horrible ;fliocking ; dreadful. 
 To be lefs than gods 
 
 Difdain'd ; but meaner thoughts learn'd in their 
 
 flight, 
 Mangled witti ghofily wounds through plate and 
 mail. Miltm. 
 
 1 who make the triumph of to-day. 
 May of lo-monow's pomp one part appear, 
 Gluijlly with wounds, and lifelefs on the bier ! 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Gha'stness. n. f. [from gaj-r, Saxon.] 
 
 Ghaftlinefs ; horrour of look. Not ufcd. 
 
 Look you pjle, miftrels .' 
 Do you perceive the ghafmeji of the eye ? Skakfp. 
 Ghe'rkin. n.f. [from^urc/'i-, German, a 
 cucumber.] A i'mall pickled cucumber. 
 
 Skinner. 
 To Ghess. f. n. [See To Guess. Ghefs 
 is by criticks conlidered as the truj or- 
 thography, hxxtguefs has univetfally pre- 
 vailed.] To coiijeclure. 
 GHOST, n.f. [jaj-r, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The foul of man. 
 Vexnothisg/ir/: O, lethimpafsi He hates him, 
 
 That would upon the rack of this rough woi Id 
 Stretch him out longer. Shatj^eare. 
 
 Often did I ftrive 
 To y'eld the ghcji ; but Itill the envious flood 
 Kept in my foul. _ S.'iaffpcare. 
 
 2. A fpirlt appearing after death. 
 
 The migaty g/i-y?! of our great Harrys rofe. 
 And armed Edwards look'd with an.iious eyes. 
 
 To fee this fleet among unequ.il foes. 
 By which fate promis'd them their Charles Ihould 
 rife. ^ Dryden. 
 
 3. To give vp the Gho%t. To die; to 
 yield up the fpirit into the hands of God. 
 
 Their (lildows fcem 
 A canopy moft fatal, under which 
 Our army lies ready tog/w up the ghcfi. Shatff'. 
 
 4. The third perfon in the adorableTrinity, 
 called the Holy Ghoft. 
 
 To Ghost, v. n. [from the noim.] To 
 
 yield up the ghoft ; to die. Not in ufe. 
 
 Euryalus taking leave of Lucretia, precipitated 
 
 her into fuch a love-fit, that within a few hours 
 
 flic g/!o/lc.l Shipley. 
 
 To Ghost, v. a. To haunt with appa- 
 ritions of departed men. Obfokte. 
 
 Julius Cdsfar 
 Who at Phi ippi the good Brutus gliifled. 
 There faw you labouiingfor hira. Shakfpeau. 
 
 G I A 
 
 GHo'iTtntESS. ?;./ {Jrom ghrjfjy .^ Spi- 
 ritual tendency ; quality of having le- 
 ference chiefly to the foul. 
 
 Gho'stly. adj. [froin ^A^'?.] 
 
 1. Spiritual; relating to the foul; net 
 carnal ; not fecular. 
 Save and defend us from u\ir ghji/y encniic;. 
 
 Common £'i ..yer. 
 Our common neccfhties, and the lack which wa 
 all have, as well of ghipiy -.m. of earthly favours. 
 is in each kind fn eafily known, but the gifts cv 
 God, according to theic degiees and times, which 
 he in his fecret wifdom teeth meet, aie fo di- 
 veifely beftowcd, that it feldoin appeareth what 
 all receive, what all (land in need of, it feldom. 
 lieth hid. Booker. 
 
 The graces of the fpirit are much more preci- 
 ous tlian worldly benefits, and our^/rs/7/y evils of 
 greater importance than any harm which the body 
 feelclh. Htiiker. 
 
 To deny me the gkofily comfort of my chap- 
 lains, fecms a greater barbarity than is ever ufcd 
 by chriftians. Kh:g Cknrlei. 
 
 2." Having a charafler from religion; 
 
 fpiritual. 
 
 Hence will I to my gh'jfih friar's clofe cell, 
 His help to crave, and my dear hap to tell. 
 
 Sliakfpe. ire's Ro-jie'j and Juliet, 
 The ghojiiy father now hath done his (hiift. 
 
 Shakfpeare'i Henry VI. 
 
 GWLALINA. n.f. [Italian.] Earth of 
 a brioht gold colour, fourid in the king- 
 dom of Naples, very fine, and much 
 valued by painters. Wood-ward. 
 
 GiA MEtux. n.y; [>m3^.r, Fr.] Legs, 
 or r^rmour for legs ; greaves. 
 
 The morral ftecl dcfpireoiiny cntail'd. 
 Deep in their ficlh, quite through the iion w.alh, 
 That a large purple Itrcam adown their giamheux- 
 falls. Spenftr. 
 
 Gl'ANT. n. f. [geant, French ; gigns, 
 Latin.] A man of fize above the ordi- 
 nary rate of men ; a man unnaturally 
 large. It is obfervable, that the idea 
 of a giant is always affociated with pride, 
 brutality, and wickednefs. 
 
 Now doe? he feel his axle 
 Hang loofc about him, like a giant's robe 
 Upon a dwarfifh thief. Shatfpeare's Uacbuh. 
 
 Gates of monarchs 
 Are arch'd fo high thatg.'.iwj may jet through, 
 And keep their impious tuibans on, without 
 Good-morrow to the fun. Skaifpeure'i Cymb. 
 
 Woman's gentle brain 
 Could not divp foith Inch giant rude invention ; 
 Such Ethiop words. Sliakfp. Asjou like it. 
 
 Fierce faces threat'ning wars, 
 Gianis of mighty bone, and boldemprife ! 
 
 Milton. 
 Tlrorc giants, thofe mighty men, and men of 
 renown, far exceeded the propoition, nature, and 
 fticngtii ct thofe eiants remembered by Moles ot 
 bis own time. " Raleigti's Hiftory. 
 
 Ihe giant brothers, in thuircam.p, have found 
 I was not foic'd with eafe to quit my ground. 
 
 Drydtr.'s .,£neiJ. 
 By weaiy fteps and flow 
 The groping ir/.i';r with a trunk of pine 
 Explor'd his way. MJlfon. 
 
 Neptune, by pray'r repentant, rarely won, 
 Alflifls the chief t' avenge his g/<i'" fon, 
 Great Polyphcme of more than muitil might. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Gi'antess. »;. /. ['irom giant.'] A flic- 
 giant ; a woman of unnatural bulk and 
 height. 
 
 ~ I had rather be a gianlefs, and lie under mount 
 Pelion. Shakfpea-e. 
 
 Were this fubjcfl to the cedar. Are would be 
 able to make head againll that huge gianlefs 
 
 Hm-el.
 
 G I B 
 
 Gi'avtltke.7 adj. [fromx.'jn.'ar.J///r.] 
 Gi'antly. J GigaiuicL; vail; bulky. 
 S I'tis cotiige liH i)(tc-ii, witiiout rom.\i:cr, 
 ovcrcoiic gr-jntfy difHcallies. Deeply of yi;t\. 
 Nutwithltamiiiig all riitir talk of rcaloii and 
 philoi'opi.y, waicK tiiey ^rt depiuubly Uimg.'rs 
 to, and ihofc unaulUii.iblc duulits and <lifficui- 
 tics, which, over their cups, they prttcrrd tu 
 liavt agaiiift; cl.rifti.iiiity ; gurOjadc but the cove- 
 tous m.in n»t to deify his muney, l)ic proud man 
 not lo ad.jre himfclf, and I dare undertake th^it 
 nil their giarttiike objections againft the cliriltian 
 religion Ihall prcfently vanilh and quit the field. 
 
 South. 
 Gi'antship. n.f. [from^/^n/.] Qiiality 
 or cliarafter of a giant. 
 
 Hi^ giivUjJ;ip is gone fonicwhat cre(^ f.dlcn, 
 Stalking with Ids unconfcionable (1 rides, 
 And lower looks. Milion'i .-Igonijlis. 
 
 Gi'bbe. n. f. Any old worn-out animal. 
 
 Hanmtr. 
 For vtho tiiat *s but a queen, fair, fubc:, wife. 
 Would fiom ;t paddock, from a bat, ^gibbe^ 
 Such dearconccinings hide ? Shakff. ilamlti. 
 
 To GiBBEK. V. n. [fiom jabbcr.'\ To 
 fpeak inarticulately. 
 
 The Iheeted dead 
 Did [qusak and gibhcr m ilii: Roman ftrects. 
 
 S/iuikff>itire*s Uaitilft- 
 
 Gi'bberish. v.. f. [Derived by Shinner 
 ixom giiber, French, tu cheat ; by others 
 coiijeciuifd to be lornicd by corniplion 
 from jal'Der. ButaaitwasancKiitly wrillcH 
 geberl/)}, it is probably arrived from the 
 chymical cant, and originally implied 
 the jargon ot Gebtr and his tribe j Cam ; 
 the private language of rogues and g!p- 
 feys ; woids without intaning. 
 
 Som-. , if they happen to hear an old word, 
 albeit very natural and fignificant, cry oat 
 itrnightway, that we fpeak no Englilh, but 
 gibliciijh. Spe'ifci . 
 
 Some of both fexes writing down a number of 
 letters, juft as it c.ime into their heads ; upoi, 
 reading this gibbctj/i, that which the men had 
 wrote founded like Higt^ Dutch, ajid the other by 
 the women like Itali.m. Swift. 
 
 Gi'bbet n.f. [giid, French.] 
 
 1. A gallows ; the poll on which niale- 
 faftors are hanged, or on which their 
 carcafcs are expofed. 
 
 When was there ever curfedathcirt biought 
 Unto the gibbet, but he did ad..MC 
 That bleffed pow'i which he had fct at nought ? 
 
 Davi£i. 
 
 You fcandal to the ftock of \*erfc, a race 
 Able to bring x.\\^ gibbet in difgv.tcc. CUavelund. 
 
 Haman futiercd deaih himfcif upon the very 
 gibbet that he had piovidcd for anotiier. 
 
 L'Efirange 
 
 Papers lay fuch principles to the Tories, as, if 
 they were true, our next hufinefs (hould be to 
 cre^t gibbets in e\ery paiiih, and hang them out 
 of me w.^y. S^tjft. 
 
 2. Any traverfe beams. 
 
 To Gibbet, v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To hang or expofe on a gibbet. 
 
 I'W gibbet up his name. 0/J/tiim. 
 
 2. To hang on any thing going traverfe : 
 as the beam of a gibbet. 
 
 He lliall come olF and on fwifter than he that 
 gibbets on the brewer's bucket. Sbulfpe<ii-e. 
 
 CI'BBIER. n.f. [French.] Game; 
 wild fowl. 
 
 Thefe impoft^ are laid on all butchet's meat, 
 while, at the fame time, the fowl and gibbier are 
 tax-free, AAdifon on Italy. 
 
 GiBBo'siTY. n.f. [giilo/ile, t ixnch ; from 
 giii'ous.] Convexity J prominence; 
 protuberance. 
 
 G I B 
 
 When Ihips, faili.":; contrary w.iyf, lofe the 
 ficln one of ai, other, what ihould (.ike away th.i 
 fiSl.l uf Ihijis I'li^ni.ejth other, but tnc gihkjiiy 
 ol the iiitcijjcent watei .• Hi^y- 
 
 GV&r.OX] S.at/j. [i'lWuj, Latin; g'tbbcux, 
 Fieiich.] 
 
 1. Convex; protuberant; fv.-elling into 
 il]e([ualities. 
 
 Tlic bones will rife, and make a gibbous mem- 
 ber. IVifcman. 
 
 A pointed flinty vock, all bare and bl.uk, 
 CtQil gibbo'ii from behind the mountain's back. 
 
 D.jde„. 
 
 The fea, by this acccfs and leccfs, (hutfling the 
 empty (hells, wears them awaj', reducing ihofe 
 that arc concave ni\d gjbbout to a Hat. 
 
 IVoodwunVi N.tlural Hfloty. 
 
 2. Crookbacked. 
 
 I demand how the camels of Baflria came to 
 have I*o bunches in their back, whereas the 
 camels of Arabia have but one : Hosv oxen, in 
 feme countries, began and continue gibbous or 
 haunch-backed .' BicKn. 
 
 GiBBOUSNESS. n. f. [|from gibbous.] 
 Convexity ; proininence. 
 
 To make t!ic convexity of the e.irth difcerniblc, 
 fuppofe a man litteu in the air, that he may have 
 a fpacious horizon ; but tiien, becaufe of tne dil- 
 t.ihcc, the convexity and gibboujnejs wouiti vanilh 
 away, and he would only ke a great circular flat. 
 Bentiey's Sermons 
 
 Gi'Bc..iT. n. f. l_gib and cal-l An old 
 worn-out cat. 
 
 I am as melancholy as a giiea/, or a logg'd 
 bear. Shukfpeare. 
 
 .To GIBE. ^1. a. [gaber, old French, 
 to fnecr, to ridicule.] To fneer; to 
 join cenforioufncfs with contempt. 
 
 Tl.ey fcem to imagine tliat we have ere<£led of 
 late a frame of fome new religion, the furniture 
 wiiereof we fhoukl not have borrowed from our 
 enemies, left they fhould afterwards laugh and 
 gibe at our party. Booker. 
 
 When he law her toy, and ^.■^^, and geer. 
 And pafs the hounds of modeft merry make, 
 Her d.illiance he dcfpis'd. Spenfer. 
 
 Why that *s the way to choke a gibing fpirit, 
 Whofe influence is begot of that loofe grace 
 Which fliallow laughing hearers give to fools. 
 
 Shaf.fpfare. 
 
 Thus with talents well endu'd 
 To tie fcuirilous and rude, 
 Wiien you pertly raife yourfnoiit. 
 Fleet and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swijt. 
 
 To Gibe. -u. a. To reproach by con- 
 temptuous hints ; to flout ; to feoff; to 
 ridicule ; to treat with fcorn ; to fneer ; 
 to taunt. 
 
 When rioting in Alexandria, yoa 
 Did pocket up my letters, .tnd with taunts 
 Didj^wic- my mi(U\c out of audience. Shalfp. 
 
 Draw the hearts as I defcribe them. 
 From their features, while I gibe them. Sivift. 
 
 Gibe. n.f. [froin the verb.] Sneer; 
 hint of toniempl by word or look ; 
 feoff; aft or exprellion of fcorn ; taunt. 
 
 Mark ti.e fleers, \\\c gibes, and notable fcorns 
 Th.it dwell in ev'iy region of his face. Shalfp 
 
 The rich have ftiU 3. gibe in (fore. 
 And will be monftrous witty on the poor. 
 
 Dry.it n. 
 
 If thev would hate from the bottom of tlicir 
 
 hearts, their averfion would be too ihong for 
 
 little gibes every moment SpeCl.uor. 
 
 Kut the dean, if this fecret fhculd come to hi,- 
 
 ears, 
 
 Will never have done with his gibes and his jeers 
 
 Stiiift. 
 
 Gi'ber. n.f. [from gibe.] A fneeier; 
 one who turns others to ridicule by con 
 temptiious hints ; a fcoffer ; a taunter. 
 
 I D 
 
 You are well undcrflo^d to be a moie p^rfeft 
 ^iter of the table, than a i)ccc;T.irv bcnchct of 
 the capltol. Sh.iifftrt^rt's Coiiuttntil. 
 
 He is a g:i:r and cut prrfeni bulinefs 
 Is of more ferious conIe*^uencc. Ben y'.nfon. 
 Gi'niNGLV. ad-v. [from gthe.] Scora- 
 fuUy ; contemptuo'jfly. 
 
 His ptcfcnt portancc, 
 Gibing/y ;ind ungiavely be did f.ilhion 
 After th* inveterate hare lie beats to you. Sl-.a^fp. 
 Giblets, n. f. [according to Minp.^ew 
 fiom goblet, gnbblel : according to ^u- 
 nius more properly from gibicr, game, 
 French.] The parts of a goofe whiclv 
 are cut off before it is roallcd. 
 
 'Tis holyday J provide me better cheer: 
 'Tis holyday ; i:nd (hall be round the year : 
 Shall I my houlhold gods and genius cheat. 
 To make him rich wlio grudges me my meat ? 
 Tii.it he may loll at cafe; and p^.tiper'.d high. 
 When I am laid, may feed on g:biei pie' f Diydei. 
 Gi'bstaff. n.f. 
 
 1 . A li)ng ftaff to gage water, or to fllOTC 
 forth a velfel into the deep. 
 
 2. A weapon iifed formerly to fight beads 
 upon the ftage. Diet, 
 
 Gl'oDILV. adv. [horn gideiy.'] 
 
 1. With the head feeming to turn round. 
 
 2. Inconllantly ; unfteadily. 
 
 To roam 
 Gi.Uil)', and be every where but at home. 
 Such freedom doth a banilfiment become. Donne. 
 
 3. Carelefly ; heedlefly ; negligently. 
 
 The paits that fortune hath bellow'd upon her, . 
 Tell her, I hold as gidJUy as fortune. ShAfpeatt. 
 Giddiness n.f. \J.xom giddy.] 
 
 1 . The fliite of being giddy or virtiginous; 
 the fenfatlon which we liave when every 
 thing fecms to turn round. 
 
 Megrims and gidjinejs arc latl.er when we rife- 
 after long fitting, than while we fit. Baeon. 
 
 Tills blclTed thiflle, which is fo fuvereign a 
 medicine againft the giddinifs of the brain ; 'tis 
 this will fettle it. Ihlyday. 
 
 Vain (how and noife intoxicate the brain, 
 Begin with giddincfs, and end in p.tin. Yciig. 
 
 2. Inconftancy; unlleadinefs ; mutability; 
 changtablentfs. 
 
 There be that delight in giddincfs, and count 
 it a bondage to fix a belief. BiKCn. 
 
 3. Quick rotation; inability to keep its- 
 place. 
 
 The indignation of Heaven rolling and turning 
 us, 'till at length fuch a giddinefs feized upon go- 
 vernment, that it fell into the very dregs of 
 feiftaiies. Soutlr. 
 
 4.. Frolick ; v/antonnefs of life. 
 Thou like a contnte penitent. 
 Charitably warn'd of thy (ins, do'tt repenr 
 Thcfe vanities And gid.ii^ijpj. Donne. 
 
 GIDDY, odj. [jibij, Saxon.] I know 
 not whether this word may not come 
 from ge^d, to wander, to be in motionj 
 gad, gid, giddv.] 
 
 1. Vertiginous; having in the head a 
 whirl, or fenfatlon of circular motion, 
 fuch as happens by difeafe or druukcn- 
 nefs. 
 
 Them rev'ling thus the Tentyritcs invade, 
 3yg;.idy lieadsand rtagg'ring legs betiay'd. 
 
 T.ife'i fuven.iK 
 
 2. Rotatory; whirling; running round 
 with celerity. 
 
 Aslxion fix'd.thc wretch rtiall feel 
 The giddy motion of the whirling mill. Fcpe. 
 
 3. Inconttant; mutable; uii Heady, change- 
 ful. 
 
 Our fancies arc more p'-i {y ^nd unfirm, 
 More longing, waveringi ibonei loll :ind won, 
 Than womens arc, Shukj^earc'i T-ixilJth I^i^^t,
 
 G I F 
 
 It may be gnnrs and Hies have tUcir Imagins- 
 lion more mutable andgr././yjas fmall birds like- 
 wile have. £>ic'jn. 
 
 Thanks to gricfv chance, which never bears 
 That mortal b!i!s Ihould hft tor length of years, 
 She cart us headlong fiom our high eftatc, 
 And here \n hope o( rhy return we wait. Drydert. 
 
 The giidy vulgar, as their fancies guide, 
 With noife fay nothing, and in parts divide. 
 
 Drydefi*s j£neid. 
 
 You are as zi^h and volatile as ever, the re- 
 
 vfife of Pope, who hath always loved a domcf- 
 
 lick life. Su-ift to Guy. 
 
 4. That caufes gidclinefs. 
 
 The frequent errors of a jjatlilefs wood, 
 'ihcgiddy precipice, and thedang'rous flood. Prior. 
 The fylphs through mylHck. mazei guide their 
 w^iy, 
 Through all the o-/V./y circle they purfue. Pcpe. 
 =J. Heedlefs; thoiightlefs; uncaiitloiis; wild. 
 Too miny gidd\ toolidi hours are gone, 
 And in fantalUck meafurcs dancMa^'ay. Rai-c. 
 How inexcufable are thofe giddy creatures, 
 wlio, in the fame hour leap from a parent's win- 
 dow to a hufbLind's bed. CUiriJJa. 
 
 6. 'I'ottcrlng ; unfixed. 
 
 As we ha\ c pac'd along' 
 Unon \V,^ giddy footing nf the harciies, 
 Mcthou^hi thai Glo'lkr tumbled. S-t,ikfp€a>e. 
 
 7. Intoxicated ; elated to thouglitlcflnef'''; 
 overcome by any overpowering incite- 
 ment. 
 
 Art thon not giddy with the fartiion too, that 
 thou haft (hiftedout of thy tale in:o telling me 
 of the fafhion ? Sh^ikjpcarc. 
 
 Like one of two contending in a prize, 
 TliLit tliinks he hatli done well in pL-optc's eyes : 
 Hearing applaufe and univcrf^l ih«ut, 
 Giddy in fpirir, gazing Itill in doubt, 
 Whether thole peals of praife be his or no. Shnkfp. 
 
 To Gi'ddy. ij. n. [from the noun.] To 
 turn quick. Obfolete. 
 
 A fodaine north-wind fetcht, 
 With an cxireame fea, quite about againe, 
 Our whole endeavours j and our courfe conftrain 
 To gid.iie round. Chapnan. 
 
 Gi'ddybr AiNED. adj. \_g'My and braln,'\ 
 Careltfs ; tbonghtlefs. 
 Turn him out again, you unnecefTary, ufelcfs, 
 
 ^!ddyhrain\{ afs ! Olivuy's Venice PrrfcriJcd. 
 
 GiDDYHEADED. ail/, [g'tdc/y and head.'\ 
 Without thought or caution ; without 
 fieadinefs or conllancy- 
 
 And fooner may a gulling weather fpy, 
 By drawing forth heav'ns fchemcdifcry 
 What fafliion'd hats or ruri's, or fuits, next year, 
 Ow giddy-headed ^n\\<:\iyoi\\.'i\ will wear. Dotikc. 
 
 That men arc fo mifaffciilcd, melancholy, ^A/- 
 dyheadedf hear the teftimony of Solomon. 
 
 Bur fori ov Mrlimcho'y. 
 
 Gi'nDYPACED. adj. [giddy and pace.~\ 
 Moving without regularity. 
 
 More than light airs, and recollected terms, 
 Of thcfe moft brilk ViUtX giddy paced times. Shuhf 
 Gi'er-hagle, n. f. [Sometimes it Is 
 Vsihi^n jer- eagle *'\ An tagle of a par- 
 ticular kind. 
 
 Thefe fowls (hall not be eaten, the fwan and 
 the pelican, and Xhz gier -eagle. Leviticus. 
 
 Gift, n.f, [from^iz;^.] 
 I. A thing given or beftowed ; fome- 
 thln^- conferred without price. 
 
 Tlicy prefenred unto him g{/Vj, gold, and fran- 
 k*riccnfc and myrrh. Muftkt-:r. 
 
 Recall vour gijty for I your pjw'r confefs ; 
 But iifiS take back my lite,, a gift that 's Icfs. 
 
 JDrydcn's ^'^urengz.eife, 
 
 "2. The a6i of giving. 
 
 Creator bounteous and benign, 
 Giver of ail things j;ood, but fairelt this 
 Of a)l thy gifti nor cnvyelh Milton. 
 
 Thee aU tn.tig', living gaze o», all thisgs thine 
 
 i} ^//. MiitOf;. 
 
 G I G 
 
 3. The right or power of bellowing. 
 
 They cannot give ; 
 For had the gift been theirs, it had not here 
 Thus grown. Milton. 
 
 No man has any antecedent right or claim to 
 th;ic which comes to him by free gift. South. 
 
 4. Oblation ; offering. 
 
 Many nations (hall come with gifti in their 
 hands, even gifti to the king of heuven. Tobit. 
 
 5. A bribe. 
 
 Thoulhalt not wreft judgment, thoii fhdlt not 
 rcfpeit perfons, neither take a gift\ for a gift 
 doth blind the eyes of the wife. Deuteronomy.. 
 
 6. Power ; faculty. 
 
 And if the boy have not a woman's giftf 
 To rain a (hower of commanded rears. 
 An onion will do well for fuch a (htft. Shakfp. 
 
 She was lovely to attradV 
 Tiiy love, not thy fubjei5Vion, and her gfts 
 Weie fuch as made government well fceni'd 
 Unfccmly tj bear rule. Milton. 
 
 He who has the gift of ridicule, finds fnult 
 with any thing that gives him an opportuniiv of 
 exerting his talent. jiddifon. 
 
 G IF TED. a-d'u [from^^.] 
 [. Given; bL-itowed. 
 
 Made of my enemies the fcorn and gaze, 
 To grind in brazen ftrftera, under tafk. 
 With my hcav'n gifted Hrength, Milton. 
 
 2, Endowed with extraordinary powers. 
 It is commonK* ufcd ironically. . 
 
 Two of tlicir ^//Vcfi^ brotherhood, Racket and 
 Coppingcr, gut up into a pcale-carC, and 
 harangued the people to difpofc them to an infur- 
 rection. D^yden. 
 
 There is no talent fo pernicious as cloqucnre, 
 to thofc who have it not under cimmand : wo- 
 men, wtio are fo liberally gifted by nature in this 
 paiticular, ouglit 10 rtudy the rules of female 
 oratory. Addifon* % Freeholder. 
 
 Gtg. ri,f. [Etymology uncertain.] 
 
 1. Any thing that Is whirled round in play. 
 
 Pijythi.igs, as tops, gigiy battledores, Ihouid 
 be procured tiicm. Locke. 
 
 2. [^/^i^, lilandick.] A fiddle. Outofufe. 
 
 Giga'ntick. adj. [^gigantes, Lat.] Suita- 
 ble to a giant ; big ; bulky ; enormous : 
 llkewife wicked ; atrocious. 
 
 Others from the wall defend 
 With dart ard jav'lin, Hones, and fulphurous fire; 
 On each hand ilaughler a.iu\ gigantic.^: deeds. 
 
 Milton. 
 I dread him not, nor a'l his giant brood, 
 Tliough faiTK divulg'd him fatlier of five fons, 
 Ail of gigiintick fixe, Goliah chief. Milton. 
 
 Thefon of Heicules he julUy feemsj 
 By his broad flioulders, and gigantick limbs. 
 
 Ihyde'i. 
 The Cyclopean race in arms arofe ; 
 A lawlcfs iiation of gigantick foes. 7't/<:-. 
 
 roGI'GGLE. -v. n. [-;V/v/^«, Dutch.] 
 To laugh idly ; to titter ; to grin with 
 merry levity. It is retained in Scotland. 
 
 Wc ihcw our prefent joking, ^/^tjAffw race ; 
 True juy conhlls in gravity and grace. 
 
 Garrirk*s Epilcgrie. 
 
 Gi'ggler. n.f. [^yom grgg/e.] A laugh- 
 er ; a tit'^crer ; one idly and foolilhly 
 merry. 
 
 A lad wife valour is the brave complexion. 
 That leads the van, and fwallows up the cities : 
 
 The si^^'tf is a milk-maiH, whotn infeftion. 
 Or thefir'd beacon, frigiitetii rioni his ditties. 
 
 H.rhcrt. 
 
 Gi'glet. «. f, [s^ajlj Saxon ; geyh Dut. 
 gillet, Scottilh, is flill rctainetl.] A 
 wanton ; a lafcivious girl. Out of ufe. 
 
 Youn;; Talbot was not 1/oin 
 To be the pillage of a gigUt wench. Shakf^care. 
 
 The fam'd CalTibehm was once at point, 
 0\\ gi^Ut fovlune t tv mailer Caefar's fword. 
 
 a^aij/eure^i Cymheline. 
 
 G I L 
 
 A'.viy with tliufc gigl.t: too, and with the 
 
 other confedorate compnliion. Sluikjpcart 
 
 GIGOT.n.j: [French.] The hip joint. 
 
 It fcems to mean in Chapman a joint for 
 
 the fpit. 
 
 The inwards flit, 
 Tiiey bioil'd on coaies and cate : the reft, in 
 ^igll: cut, they fpht. Chai,man. 
 
 T'l GILD. 1). a. pret. gUJed or gih. 
 
 [T,i!baii, Saxon.] 
 I. I'o overlay with thin gold; to cover 
 with fohated gold. 
 
 Tlic room was large and wide, 
 As it fome gilt or folenin temple were : 
 Many great golden pillars did uprcar 
 The maffy roof. Spcnje:-. 
 
 To g/A/ refined gold, to paint the lily, 
 To throw a perfume on the v iolct. Shaifpeafe. 
 
 .\nd rr.e gildiJ car of d ly 
 His glowing axle doth allay 
 111 the ftecp Atlantick Itrcam. Mi.'fjr. 
 
 Purciiafing riches with our time and care, 
 We iofe our freedom in a gil,icil I'nare. Rof^om. 
 
 When Britain, looking with a juft difdaiii 
 Upon this gli'Jui niaicfty of Spain, 
 And knoxing well tliat empire muft decline, 
 Wfjofc chief luppoic and finews are of coin. 
 
 //'.i/Vr. 
 
 Her joy in gilded chariots, when alive ; 
 And love of omlire afrcr elcjth furvive. Pofn. 
 
 2. To cover with any yellow matter. 
 
 Thou didft drink 
 Ti'.e flale of horfes and tiic g/V^./ puddle. 
 Which bcatis would cough at. Shakfpsare, 
 
 3. To adorn with Iiillre. 
 
 No more ih" riling Uin thall g;/Af the mo'n, 
 Norc^'ning Cynthia fill her fiKtr honi. I'ope. 
 
 4. To brighten ; to illuminate. 
 
 The liglitfomc paflion of joy was not tiiat tri- 
 vial, vanilhiiig, fujicrficial ihiiig, that only gilJ^ 
 the apprehenfion, and plays upon the furfacc of 
 the foul. Souil,. 
 
 5. To recommend by adventitious orna- 
 ments. 
 
 For try part, if a lie may do thee grace, 
 Til gild il with the happieit terms I have. Shall. 
 Yet, iih I th' mipcrfeil piece moycs more de- 
 light ; 
 'Tis g ■/<(<•./ o'er with youth, to catch the fight. 
 
 Drydrn'i J^urcngxelfs. 
 
 Gi'lder. n.f. [ivom gild.'] 
 
 1. One who lays gold on the fiyface of 
 any other body. 
 
 Gildtrs ufe to iiave a piece of gold in tlicii 
 mouth, to draw the fpirits of the (joickfiKer. 
 
 Bticon'i NafUiijl Hif,ar\ . 
 
 We have here a gilder, with his anvil and 
 hammer. Sroimr. 
 
 2. A coin, from one niilling and fix-pence 
 to two fliillings. Phillips. 
 
 I am bound 
 To Perfia, and want^/A/£»j for my voyage. 
 
 Sluilffiirnrc, 
 
 Gi'lding. n.f. [from gilil.'} Gold laid 
 on any iurface by way of ornament. 
 
 Silvering will fully and canker more than^^;7V- 
 ingy wl-ich, if it might be conti^cd with a little 
 mixture of gold, there is pi"oht. Btu-nn. 
 
 The chuicii of the Annunciatitui, all hut one 
 corner ot it, is covered with rtatncs, ^//.i'«g, and 
 paint. AddijQn en lutly. 
 
 Could laureate Dryden pimp and fry'r engage. 
 And I not not \hv;3\\^c gH.linj otf a knave, 
 Unplac'd, unpenfion'd, no ni;:n'i heir or flavc ^ 
 
 Gil.L. n.f. [iigulta, Spanifli ; gu'a, Lat.] 
 I. The apertures at each fide uf a fifli's 
 head. 
 
 The leviathan, 
 StretchM like a promontory, (l«ps or rnims, 
 And freins a moving land, ar)d at his »//A 
 Draws in, and at hui trunk fpuuts out a fea. 
 
 Mitten,
 
 G I IM 
 
 Fillies piifurm rclpiiiiiiuii under water by the 
 giih, Kay. 
 
 He li.itli two j/V/- fins ; not behind the ^.-V/j, as 
 in moll filhcs, but bcluic lliem. if'^ltofi. 
 
 *Ttl! tliey, ot faithcr piiff.igc quite bereft, 
 \Vc(c in the intfh wiili gilU entanglM left. 
 
 Kitty's Ftj7i'imj't. 
 
 2. The flaps that hang below llic btak of 
 a foul. 
 
 The turi<eyc):k li.iti; great and hvciling £..'/■, 
 and the hen h.itli lefs. Bmi'i\ Nat. Hijl. 
 
 3. The flefh under the chin. 
 
 l\\ rr.any there is no palencfs at all; but con- 
 trariwife, rcdnefs about tlic checks and giUi, 
 which ij by the fending forth of fpirits in an ap- 
 petite to revenj;e. Eicon's Nttturti! llyl'jty. 
 
 Like the lonjj bag of flcfli hauginij down from 
 the ^ilfi of the pcojjle in Hicflmont. Swift. 
 
 4. \_gilla, barb:iii.iis Latin.] A niealiiie 
 of liquids containing the fourtli part of 
 a pint, or, in foir.c places, half of a pint. 
 
 Every iioitle muit be rinced with wine : lor.ie, 
 out uf mtirikcn thrift, will rince a dozen with 
 the fame: ch«ngc tlie wine .it every fecond bottit: 
 a gilt may be enouyh. Siuijt. 
 
 5. .'\ kind of incafure among the tinners. 
 Theymeafure their block-tin by tiic i;//', wliich 
 
 cont.iinclh ,1 pure. C.tnw 
 
 6. [from Gilliart, the old Englifh way of 
 writing jfui'ian, or 'Juliana. ] The ap- 
 pellation of a v.'o.Tian in ludicrous lan- 
 guage. 
 
 1 can, for I will, 
 Here at Builcy o' ih' Hill, 
 Give you all youl till. 
 
 Each fack with his Gi,'/. Bo: Jo'ifi/i'i Gvpfni. 
 •J. Ic/jc/iiloiiium.^ A plant ; ground-ivy. 
 8. Malt liquor vnedicated with ground- 
 ivy. 
 
 In fcnfe four, and all following, it is 
 fpoken ri/l. 
 Gi'bLHoi'SE, n. /. [oil/ and Jjoi.^'e.^ A 
 houfe where gill is fold. 
 Thee (hall each alehoufe, thee each gill/io-.ft 
 niouni, 
 Andanfw'ring ginlliops fourcr fighs return. Po^Of-. 
 Gi'llyflovver. n. f. [either corrupted 
 from JulyJIo'u.'et; or from girojiee, Fr. ] 
 Gi.*h//oiufrs or rather yulyj^oiun ^^ fo called 
 from the monlh they blew in, may beieduccd to 
 thcfc fo;ts; red and white, pm'ple and white, 
 fcarlct and wliite. Mcitimn's Uujhan.lry. 
 
 In July come giltyficwen of all varieties. 
 
 BuCOTl. 
 
 Fair is thc^/7/v;foioV of gardens fweeti 
 Fair is the marygold, for p rtaj^e meet. (7.iv 
 Gilt. n. f. [from _f;7a'.J Golden fliow ; 
 gold laid on the furface of any matter. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 Our gaynel^ and our gilt are all hcfmirch'd. 
 With rainy m.irching in the painful fi-ld- Si:,ikf. 
 When tliou wafi in thy gift, and thy perfume, 
 they mockt thee for too much curiofity : in thy 
 rags thou knuw'll none, but art defpis'd forthe 
 contrary. Sh^ikfpenre'i Titmn of Athens. 
 
 Gilt. The participle oi gild. 
 
 Where the gitt chariot never mark'd its way. 
 
 Gi'lthead. n.f. [gilt ^xAh£ad.'\ 
 
 1. A fea fi(h. Dia. 
 
 2. A bird. 
 
 He blended together the livers of gilth:a,h, 
 the brains of phcafants and peacocks, tongues of 
 phenicopters, and the melts of lampres. 
 
 UahciL-ilL 
 
 Gilt-tail. n.f. [gill and tal/J] A '.vorm 
 fo called from his yellow tail. 
 
 GiM. ai/j. [an old word.] Neat; fpruce; 
 well drefTed. 
 
 Gi'mcrack. n.f. [Suppofed hy Siiiiiur 
 to be ludicroufly formed from gin, de- 
 
 G I N 
 
 tived from irrigitic.] A flight or trivial 
 mcchanlfiii. 
 
 I*ur though thefe gimrracki were away, 
 Hnwcver, more rcduc'd and plain, 
 The watch would ftill a watch remain ; 
 Kut if the hor.d orbit ceales. 
 The wliole (lands nill,or breaks to pieces. Prior. 
 What 's the mc ming of all thclc trangrams .md 
 gimcriici\ ? Jumping over my matter's hedges, 
 and running your lines crofs his grounds } 
 
 Ariut/mol's ftihn Bull. 
 
 Gi'mlet. n.f. [gihekl , guirtihelet , French.] 
 A borer with a fcrew at itj point. 
 The gimlet hath a ^vorni at the end of its bit. 
 
 Mo\oft. 
 
 (Ji'mmal. n.f. [Suppofed by 5^ /nn^r and 
 Ainfivorth to be derived from gimelhis, 
 Latin, and to be ufed only of fomething 
 confilliiig of correfpondent parts, or 
 double. It feems rather to be gradually 
 corrtiptcd from geometry or geometrical. 
 Any thing done by occult means is 
 vulgarly faid to be done by geometry.] 
 Some little quaint devices or pieces of 
 machinery. Hanmer. 
 
 I think by fomc odd ^immah or device 
 Tneir arms arc let like clocks, (lill to llnkc on, 
 Elfc they could not hold oui fo as they do. 
 
 Shakjpeitrc' s Henry vt 
 
 Gi'mmf.r. n.f. [See Gimmal.J Move- 
 ment ; machinery. 
 
 The holding together of the parts of matter 
 lias fo confount'ed me, that I have been prone to 
 conclude with myfelf, that the gimmeis of the 
 world hold together not fo much by geometry as 
 fome natutal magicii. More' i Divine Diuligua. 
 
 Gimp. n. f. [See GiM. Gimp, in old 
 Englidi, is neat, fpruce.] A kind of lilk 
 twill or lace. 
 
 Gin. n. f. [from engine. 1 
 
 1 . A trap ; a fnare. 
 
 As the <\.\y begins, 
 With twenty girt\ we will the fmall biitis tak'e, 
 And pallime make. ,Sidn,y. 
 
 Which two, thiough treafon and deceitful gir, 
 Hath (l.iiii (ir Mordant. Sfcnfer. 
 
 So drives the woodcock with theg/«; 
 So doth the coney (fruggle in the net. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Be it by gin^, by fnarcs, by fubtilty. Shnkfp. 
 
 If thole, who have but lenfe, can (hun 
 The engines that have them annoy'd; 
 
 I.ittic for no had reafon done. 
 If I could not thy e/7i! avoid. Ben^onjm ^ Forejl. 
 
 I know thy trains, 
 Though dearly to my cofl ; thy gins and toils 
 No more on mc have pow'r, their force is nuU'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 He made a planetary gin, 
 Which rats -would run their own heads in, 
 And come on purpofc to be taken. 
 Without th' cxpence of checl'e and bacon. 
 
 lliijihras. 
 
 Keep from flnying fcourge thy (kin, 
 And ankle free from iron gin. HudiLru^ 
 
 2. Any thing moved with fcre,ws, as an 
 engine of torture. 
 
 Typhsus' joints were (Iretchedon 3gin. 
 
 Spcnjer. 
 
 3. -A pump worked by rotatory fails. 
 
 The dclfs would be fo flown with waters, it 
 bting impofTiblc to make any ad.ts or foughs ro 
 dram them, that no gins or machines would Uif- 
 ficc to lay and keep Uiem dry. Ruy. 
 
 A bituminous- plate, alternately yellow and 
 black, formed by w.iter driveling on tie outlide 
 of tUc gin pump of Mollyn coalpits, tf'coaivjr.l. 
 
 4. [contrafted from Genev.a.] The 
 fpirit drawn by diftillation from juniper- 
 berries. 
 
 This calls the church to deprecate our (in. 
 And hurls the thunder of our laws on gin. P^'pe. 
 Gin (hops tourer fighs i<lu:il, J'ofe. 
 
 G I N 
 
 GI'NGER. n. f. [ziiiziler, Latin ; g!n- 
 ger", Italian.] 
 
 The flower confifts of (ive leaves, (haped fome- 
 what like thofc of the iiis: thefc aic produced 
 in the head or club, each coming out of a 
 fcpar.ite leafy fc.de. The ovaiy becomes a tii- 
 angular fruit, hiving three cellj which coniain 
 feeds. Miller . 
 
 The root of ginger is of the tuberous kind, 
 knotty, crooked, and irregulai ; ol a hot, acrid, 
 and pungent tafte, though aromatick, and of a 
 very agreeable fmclt. The Indians eat botii the 
 joung (hoots of the leaves and the roots them* 
 felves. IIiTi Maleti.i Metiicx. 
 
 Or wafting gi"ger round the (licet.s to go. 
 And vifit akhoule where yc firfl did grow. Pof>e. 
 
 Gi'NcnRBRKAD. n.f. [ginger znd Sreuil.] 
 A kind of farinaceous fwectmcat mad'i 
 of dough, hke that of bread or bifcuit, 
 fweetcned with treacle, and flavoured 
 with ginger and fome aromatick feeds. 
 It is fometimcs gilt. 
 
 An' I had but one penny in the world, thou 
 (hould'll h;ivo it to buy g'ngerlie.iJ. Shiikjpe.ire, 
 
 Hercurrantsthere and goofeber'ies werefprcaaj 
 With the enticing gold of gingiihead. 
 
 King's Cookery. 
 
 'Tis a Jofs you arc not here, to partake of 
 three weeks froft, and eat gin^erirenj in a booth 
 by a fire upon the Thames. Swift. 
 
 Gi'ngerly. ailv. [I know not whence 
 derived.] Cautioufly ; nicely. 
 
 What is 't that you 
 Took up fo gingerly ? Shakfpeare. 
 
 Gl NGERNESS. n. f. Niccnefs ; tender- 
 nefs. Dia. 
 
 GrNGivAL. adj. [gingiva, Latin.] Be- 
 longing to the gums. 
 
 Wijilil liic Italians drive to cut a thread in their 
 pronunciation between D and T, fo to hveetcn it, 
 they make the uccliife appuUc, efpeci.iliy the 
 gingiv.'il, fofter than we do, giving a little of pcr- 
 vioufnefs. Holder's Elements of S/eec/l. 
 
 To Gi'ngle. v. n. 
 
 1. To utter a fharp clattering noife ; to 
 utter a fliarp roilV in quick fucccfFion. 
 
 The foot grows black tli.it was with dirt eiu« 
 brown'd, 
 And in thy pocket g/«g//<i^ halfpence found. Gay. 
 
 Once, we confcfs, bencatn the patriot's cloak, - 
 From the crack'd bag the dropping gui:-.ca (poke. 
 And gi"gltng down the backliaiis, told the crew. 
 Old Cato is as great a rogue as you. Pcpe^ 
 
 2. To make an afFefted found in periods 
 or cadence. 
 
 To Gi'ngle. v. a. To fhake fo that a 
 fharp flirill clattering noife fliould be 
 made. 
 
 Hei infant grandamc's wh.ifllc next if grew; 
 The bells (he^;/7^/V./, and tiie whiiUe blew. Pops.- 
 
 Gi'ngle. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 t. A fhrill refouuding noife. 
 
 2. Afftftation in the found of periods. 
 
 Gi'nglymoid. adj. [•/I'j.Xi.u© , a hing?, 
 
 and i.o«>-.] Refcmbling a ginglymus ; . 
 
 approaching to a ginglymus. 
 The malleus liesalong, hxed to the tympanum, 
 
 and on the other end is joined to the incus by a- • 
 
 double or ^.'Vg'/)'»;5/i/ join*. Holder, 
 
 Gi'nglvm cs. n.f. A mutual indenting 
 of two bones into each others cavity, in 
 the rrp.nner of a hinge, of which the 
 elbow is an inllance. IVifiman, 
 
 Gi'nnet. n.f. [-/itiO-.] A nag; a mule ; 
 a degenerated bieed. Hence, according 
 to fome, but, 1 believe, crroneoufly, 
 a Spanifli^tvj/ii'/, improperly wrilten fta ■ 
 
 . giiinet.
 
 G I R 
 
 root brought lately into Europe, o. a 
 browniOi colour on tlie outfide, and 
 iomewhat yellowidi within ; ar.d fo pure 
 and fine, that it feems almoa tranlpa- 
 rent. It is of a very agreeable anu aro- 
 matick fmell, though not very ftrong. 
 Its tafte is acrid and aromat.ck, and has 
 fomewhat bitter in it. Vv;e have ,t from 
 China and America. The Ch.nefe 
 value this root at three times its weight 
 
 in filver. , . r 
 
 To Gif. V. a. To take out tne guts ot 
 
 . • liiiUey. 
 
 herrings. r- ^,- 
 
 GIPSY n f- [corrupted from Egyptian ; 
 
 for when they firft appeared in Europe, 
 
 they declared, and perhaps, truly, that 
 
 they were driven from Egypt by the 
 
 Turks. They are now mingled witn 
 
 all nations.] 
 
 I \ vagabond who pretends to foretell 
 
 futurity, commonly by palmeftry or 
 
 phyfiognomy. 
 
 * Tl.e butler, though l.e is f»re to lofc a knife, a 
 fork, or a fpoon every time hi. fouunc >s toe! 
 h,m, (liuts hin>tclf up i.r the panty with an old 
 p:Wv for above half an hour. M.v.jon. 
 
 A fiantick c///.y now, the honfe he haunts, 
 •And in wild phralesfpeaks riiffcrablcd wanra. 
 
 G I R 
 
 In this ftill labyrinth around her lie _ 
 Spells, philters, globes, and fphe.es ot palmef- 
 
 A figil 'n h.s hand the g!pfy bears, 
 
 In th- other a prophetick l.eve and (hecrs. Garth. 
 
 I near von ftilc, three fallow gypfie^ met ; 
 Upon mviKnul they carta pormslooK, 
 Bid me beware, and thrice their heads they Ihook. 
 
 imy. 
 
 -l. A repvoachful name for a dark com- 
 plexion. , . , , 
 ^ Laura, to her lady, was but a kitchen-wench ; 
 Dido a dowdy ; Cleopatra a g'.ffy ! Helen and 
 Hero hildings and harlots. Shatfpe<.rc. 
 
 ■r. A name of flight reproach to a woman. 
 
 •* The widow pliy'd the £;//>yV, and to did her 
 confidant loo, u, pretending to b=''"'^^^|^-,^^,^^^ 
 
 A (lave I am to Clara's eyes : 
 The gipfy knows her pow'r, and flies. Vn.r. 
 Gi'rasole. «./. [girafol, French.] 
 
 1. The herb turnfol. 
 
 2. The opal Hone. 
 To GIRD. f. a. pret. s"'''''^ '"' <?'"' 
 
 [j^ypban, Saxon.] 
 
 1 To bind round. 
 
 Thcv fprinklcd earth upon the.r hearts, and 
 j;™V„' their loins with faekcloth. 2 MaccaUcs. 
 
 2 To put on fo as to fiirround or bind. 
 ■ Cords of the bignefs of packthread were 
 
 fallened to bandages, which the *"'''"^'=" ^';.";' 
 rjrt round my neck. ' J 
 
 ^. To faften by binding. 
 
 ^ He z:rf his warlike h.arncfs about him. i M«r. 
 Mv bow and thunder, my almighty arms 
 Gird on, and fwordupon thy puilTant l^igh^.^^^^^ 
 
 Ko let us rife at once, j/r./ on our fwords, 
 
 ^"''ktbc'for'"''""""'"'"'^^^'^^-- 
 '^ The combatant too late the field declines, 
 When now the fword is g.uUH to his loim. 
 
 A.. To invcft. . - , , 
 
 Stoop then, and fct your knee ng iinft my foot . 
 And in regnerdon of that d-i.y done 
 I piui thee with the valiant fword of 1 orle. 
 * £ . Shakjpc.ire'i Hcrny vi 
 
 The fon appe.ir'd, 
 Kir, with omnipotence. M.Uon: Tar. Ufi. 
 
 5 . To drefs ; to habit ; to clothe. 
 
 I ?;-.fc/ thee about with fine linen, and I co- 
 vered thee with filk. £s;«i«/. 
 
 Tyfiphonc there keeps the ward, 
 Girt in her fanguine gown, by night and day, 
 Obfervant of the fouU that pafs the downw.ird 
 way. -Oy^''"- 
 
 6. To cover round as a garment. 
 
 Thefc, with what fkill they had, together 
 
 To W'Jtheir waift : vain covering, it it hitlc 
 Their guilt, and dreaded Ih.ime I Mdion. 
 
 7. To furnilh ; to equip. 
 
 So to the coaft of Jordan he dircfts 
 Hiseafy ftcps, g/V./t-i with fnaky wiles. Miitm. 
 
 8. To enclofe ; to encircle. 
 
 That Nyfeian ille, 
 G-n with the river Triton, where old Cham 
 Hid AniLiithea, and her florid fon 
 Young Bacchus, from his llepdame Rliea's eye. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 o. To reproach; to gibe. 
 
 Being movM, he will not fpare to gnd the god. 
 
 SkMlpeare. 
 
 To Gird. v. n. [Of this word in this 
 fenfe I know not the original ; it may 
 be formed by a vciy cuftoinary tranlpo- 
 fition from gnde or cut.'] To bieak 
 a fcornful jell; to gibe ; to fr.eer. 
 
 This wondred error growth 
 
 At which our criticks gi'J. Drayton. 
 
 Men of all forts take a pride to g.'i-.' at me : 
 
 the brain of this foolifh compounded clay, man, 
 
 is not able to invent any thing that tends to 
 
 laughter more than I invent, or is invented on 
 
 me : I am not only witty in myfelt, but the 
 
 caufe tlrat wit is in other men. Sli.it/fe.'re. 
 
 Gird. n.f. [from the verb.] A twitch ; 
 
 a pang : It may come from the feufclion 
 
 cauiVd by a bandage or girdle drawn 
 
 hard fuddenly. This word is now fcl- 
 
 dom ufed, unlefs the former etymology 
 
 be admitted. . 
 
 Sweet king! the biftiop hath a kindly g'^rf: 
 For Ihame, my lord of VVinchtltcr relent. i*<i*/. 
 Confc.ence by this means is freed from m.iny 
 fearful girdi and twinges which the atheilU feels. 
 ^ liilotpn. 
 
 He has the glory of his confcience, when he 
 doth well, to fct againft the checks and g/r^^i of 
 it when he doth amifs. G<,odm''t. 
 
 Gi'RDER. n.f. [from^W.] In archl- 
 tedure, the largeft piece of timber in a 
 floor. Its end Is ufually faftened into 
 the fiimmers, or bread ' fnmmers, and 
 the joills are framed in at one arm to 
 the girders. ^ ^arns. 
 
 The girders are alfo to be of the fame fcantling 
 the funimers and ground-plates are of, though 
 the back girdir need not be fo rtrong as tnc front 
 ;,.,V^,. Mo\oii'i Mtch. E\er- 
 
 G I R 
 
 To Gi'rdle. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To gird ; to bind as with a girdle. 
 Lay the gentle babes, girdling one another 
 
 Within their innocent alabafter arms. ShakjittMC. 
 
 2. To enclofe ; tofhutin; to environ. 
 
 Thofe fleeping ftoncs, 
 That as a wailf do girdle you about. Shai/jiearc. 
 
 Let me look back upon ihee, O thou wall, 
 That girditjl in thofe wolves! Shd/piirt. 
 
 Gi'rdlebelt. «./. [girdle and belt.} 
 The belt that encircles the walil. 
 
 Nor did his eyes lefs longingly behold 
 The rtrdldcit, with nails of burnilh'd gold, 
 
 * Drydm. 
 
 Gi'rdler. n.f. [from^/rJ/i?.] A maker 
 
 of girdles. 
 Gire. n.f. [^37«J, Latin.] A circle 
 
 defcribed by any thing In motion. See 
 
 Gyre. 
 
 '^"■Thtfe mighty f/i-./f" which the fabrick bind, 
 Thefe ribs rubuft and vaft in order join d. Bl^ck. 
 GIRDLE, n.f [p^yrb'-^ Saxon.] 
 
 1. Any thing drawn round the waid, and 
 
 tied or buckled. 
 
 There will 1 m.ike thee beds of roles, 
 Wilh a thoufand fr.igrant pofies; 
 Aeap offlowers, anda giVi.'/f, 
 Embioidei'd all with leaves of myrtle. SiMiJp. 
 
 Minv conceive there is fomewhat amifs, until 
 they put on their ^^,V<i/.-. Br:>iun. 
 
 On him his mantle, firdle, fword and bow. 
 On him h.s heart and foul lie did bellow. Cowey. 
 
 2. Enclofute; circumference. 
 
 Siippofe within the girdle of thefe walls 
 Are now confin'd two mighty monaicnics. 
 
 S/miff care's Hem J v. 
 
 5. The zodiack. 
 
 Great breezes in great circk-^, fuch as aie 
 under the girdlt of the world, do refrigerate. B-'c 
 
 8 
 
 GIRL. n.f. [About the etymology of 
 this word there Is much queftion : Meric 
 Cafaubon, as Is his cuftom, derives it 
 from y.i^^r, of the fame fignification ; 
 Minjlew from garrula, Latin, a prat- 
 tler, or ^i«//fl, Italian, a weathercock} 
 Junius thinks that it comes from herlodes, 
 WeWi, from which, fays he, harlot is 
 very eafily deduced. Skinner imagine* 
 that the Saxons, who ufed ceojil for a 
 man, might likewife have ceopla for a 
 woman, though no fuch word is now 
 found. Dr. Hides derives it moft pro- 
 bably from the Iflandick harhnna, a 
 woman.] A young woman, or female 
 
 child. ., . , 
 
 In thofe unfledg'd days was my wife a g"'. 
 
 Skakjpeare. 
 
 I will love thee ne'er the lefs, my girl. Shakf. 
 
 The foole Anipbimachus, to tield brought 
 
 gold to be bis wracke, 
 
 Proude girle like, that doth ever, bcare her dowrc 
 
 Spon her backe. Ckapman. 
 
 A weather-beaten lover, but once kno»-n, , 
 
 Is fport for every girl to praaile on. Dor.nc. 
 
 Tragedy Ihould blufh as much to ftoop 
 To the tow mimick follies of a farce. 
 As a eiavc matron would to dance withg/r/i. 
 
 ° Rdfcmmon, 
 
 A boy, like thee, would make a kingly line; 
 But oh! ag».' like her, muft be divme ! Dryder.. 
 
 Girlish, adj. [from gir!.] Suiting a 
 girl; youthful. 
 In her ?/>/./; age (he kept (beep on the moor. 
 ^ ^ Carev. 
 
 Gi'rlishly. adv. [from girlifb.} In a 
 girllib manner. 
 
 Tc Girk. T'. n. It feems to be a corrup- 
 tion of "rin. It Is Itill uled in Scotland, 
 and is appli*^*^ '« ^ crabbed, captious, or 
 peevifli pei-fon. > , • , 
 
 Gi'rrock. n.f. iacus major.] A kind 
 offifh. •^"•''• 
 
 Girt. The part. pafT. oi gird 
 
 -r. Girt. i..«. [f.om,W«/] To gad; 
 to encompafs ; to encircle. Not pro- 
 per. ., 
 
 In the dread ocean, undulating wide 
 Beneath th. radiant line that g--/i the b1'^J;^^^^_ 
 
 Girth. \ ■' . ,, . , 
 
 I . A band by which the laddie or burden 
 
 is fixed upon the horfe. 
 Here lies old Hohlon, d.aM hath broke hisg;-"/. 
 
 And here, aUs 1 hath laid him in the '^^'^■^^.^^^^^
 
 G I V 
 
 Or the faddlc lurn'd round, or the £;/;//» 
 hiakc; 
 For low on riic ground, woe for hii fake, 
 Tlic l.i\v is found Bin 'J'^'ijoti. 
 
 Nor I'egafus' could licar the lo^d, 
 Along The high ccicrtial road ; 
 Tiic ftccd opprcl\*d would ijrcak his ig/V//(, 
 To raifc the lumber from thccartli. S-.uji 
 
 Mordanto gallops on alone ; j 
 
 The loadi arc with liis foU'wers ftrown; , i 
 This breaks rigiitk and that a bone. Sivrfl. J 
 
 2. A circular bandage. 
 
 The moll common way of bandjgc is by that 
 of the g:", wliich girl hath a bolftcr in the mid- 
 dle, and th.e ends arc lacked firmly together. 
 
 IVifeman^s Surgery. 
 
 3. The compafs meaUired by the girdle, or 
 encloiing bandage. 
 
 He 'salurty jolly fellow that lives well, at lead 
 
 three yards in the girth. AdMfon^i Fiechr^ldet . 
 
 To OiRTH. 1'. a. To bind with a girth. 
 
 To GisE Groiititi. V. a. Is wlicn the owner 
 
 of it does not feed it with Ills own (lock, 
 
 but takes in other cattle to graze. 
 
 Bailty. 
 
 Gi'sLE. Among tlie Engllfh Saxons, 
 
 fignities a pledge : thus, Frctlgijle is a 
 
 pledge of peace ; Gijltberl an illiiftrions 
 
 pledge, like the Greek Homenis. 
 
 Gihf. Camden. 
 GiTH. n. f. \_mgilla.~\ An lieib called 
 
 Guinea pepper. 
 To GIVE. -y. a. preter. o^^if J part. pafF. 
 given, [jipan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To beftow; to confer without any price 
 or reward ; not to fell. 
 
 I had a maftcr that gM-e me all I could a(k, 
 but thought fit to take one thing from nie ag-iin. 
 
 Templs. 
 
 Conft.int at church and change j his gains were 
 
 fure, 
 
 His gii'ingi rare, fave farthings to the poor. Poff. 
 
 While tradefmcn Itarve thefe Philomels arc gay ; 
 
 For gcn'rous lords had rather giia than pay. 
 
 Half ufelcfi doom'd to IIyc, 
 Pray'rsand advice arc all I have to givi. Ilarte. 
 
 2. To tranfmit from himfelf to another by 
 hand, fpeech, or writing ; to deliver. 
 
 The woman whom thou gaveft to be with me, 
 flie e'tvc me of the tree, and I did eat. Genfjit. 
 They were eating and drinking, marrying and 
 giving in marriage. ^Itifihrzu 
 
 Thnfc bills were punted not only every week, 
 but alfo a general. account of the whole ye.rr was 
 given in upon the Thurfday before Chrirtmas. 
 
 Griiunt'i BiHs of Mi,rl,!li;_y 
 We ^Mgive an account of thcfe phcnomeni. 
 
 Bitrnel. 
 Ariftotlc advifes not poets to put things evi- 
 ilcntly falfe and impolTibic into tlicir poems, nor 
 pivsi them licence to run out into wildncfs. 
 
 3. To put into one's pofTeirinn ; to cor.- 
 flgn ; to impart; to cominunicate. 
 
 Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone 
 out. M^tt'uxu. 
 
 Nature givc^ \\% many childr.n and friends, to 
 t.'ike them away ; but takes nunc away io give 
 them us ag.iin. TempU. 
 
 G.tv me, fays Archimedes, wl.cre to Hand 
 firm, and I will reniuvc the earth. TcmpU. 
 
 If the agreement of men firll gave a fceprrc 
 into any one's hands, or pur a crown on his hcpd, 
 to. It almoft muft dirert its conveyance. l.cch. 
 
 4. To pay as a price or reward, or in ex- 
 change. 
 
 All that a man hath will heg.w for his li'e. 
 
 Job. 
 If you did know to whom t gav! the ring, 
 If vou did know for whom I gane the ring. 
 And would conceive for what I guvi the ring. 
 Vol. 1. 
 
 G I V 
 
 And how unwillmgly I left the ring, 
 Vou would ab.itc itic ftrcn;iih oi voui difpleafure. 
 
 Slitii^Jl'esre. 
 
 He would gi~-f his nuts for a piece ol metal, 
 
 and exchange Ins (htep for UkIIs, or wool for a 
 
 fparkling [jebble. Li'i:. 
 
 5. To yield ; not to withhold. 
 Pliilip, Alexander's father, gave fentencc 
 
 aganili a prifoncr at a time he wa* drowfy, and 
 Jccmcd ro giz'i fmall attention. The prifoncr, 
 .Tftcr fentcnce was pronoiniced, faid,' I appeal : 
 the king, fomewhat ItiiTcd, faid, To whom do 
 you appeal? The pi doner ajifwcred, from Phi- 
 lip, when he g^ivc no ear, to Philip, when he 
 (hall give ear. Bacon's .'Ijophilfgrnt 
 
 Conltaniia accufcd herfcif for having fo tamely 
 given an car to the propofal. ./idJiJoii. 
 
 6. To quit ; to yield as due. 
 Give place, thou llrangcr, to au honourable 
 
 man; Heclui. 
 
 7. To confer ; to impart. 
 I will blcfs her.andg/-,!; thee a fon alfo of her. 
 
 Genejii. 
 
 Nothing can give that to another which it haih 
 not ilfclf. Biamh. agomjl liobhfi. 
 
 What beauties I lofc in fome places, I gi-'-e to 
 others which had them not originally. DryJen. 
 
 8. To expofe ; to yield without retention. 
 
 All clad in Ikins of bealls the jav'lm bear : 
 Gnie to the wanton winds their flowing hair. 
 
 Vry.ien'i jSiieiJ. 
 
 ^. To grant ; to allow. 
 
 'Tis gi:,en me once again to behold my friend 
 
 J\o we. 
 He has not given Luther fairer play. Atterb. 
 
 10. To yield ; not to deny. 
 
 I g^ive his wife propofal way ; 
 Nav, urg'd him to go on : the Ihallow fraud 
 Will rum him. Roiv'i Ainbilioui Stepmother. 
 
 11. To afford ; to fupply. 
 
 This opini.in abated the fear of death in them 
 which were fo rcfolvcd, and g^ive them courage 
 to all adventures. Hooker. 
 
 Give us alio facrificcs and burnt-offerings, that 
 we may faciihceunto the Lord. Uxodui. 
 
 12. To empower; to commiflion. 
 
 Prepare 
 The due libation and the folcmn pray'rj 
 Then give thy friend to Ihed the facrcd wine. 
 
 Fope-s UdyjJ-cy 
 
 13. To enable. 
 God himfelf requireth the lifting up of pure 
 
 hands in prayers ; .and hath given the world to 
 undcrftand, that the wicked, although they ciy, 
 fliall not be heard. Ihoker. 
 
 Give me to know 
 How this foul rout began, who fet it on. Sl.ai/. 
 So lonie Weak fhool, which clfe would poorly 
 
 tuV, 
 Jove's tree adopts, and lifts into the ikies ; 
 Thr.iiigh the new pupil ioft'ting juices How, 
 Tnruil forth the gems, and g:ve the fiow'rs to 
 
 blow. T'cicJ. 
 
 14. To pay. 
 The applaufe and approbation I give to both 
 
 your fpccches. Shakjpeare. 
 
 15. To utter; to vent ; to pronounce. 
 S.. you mull be the firll thatg/Mi this feiitencc, 
 
 And he that futi'crs. Shakjpcare. 
 
 The Rhodi.uis feeing their enemies turn their 
 
 backs, gave a great ihout in derifion of them. 
 
 KnoUcs' Uij'.ory 
 
 Let the firft honel> difcoverer give the word 
 
 about, that Wood's halfpence have been olTcred, 
 
 and caution the poor people not to receive them. 
 
 S'j^'ift. 
 
 16. To exhibit ; to fliow. 
 This inlLinccg/wi the impoffibility of an eter- 
 nal esiftence in any thing effcntially alterable or 
 corruptible. Hale. 
 
 17. To exhibit as the produfl of a calcu- 
 lation. 
 
 G I V 
 
 The iiunibcr of rucn being divided by the num* 
 her of Ihlps, gives four hundred and twenty-four 
 lucn a-piccc. .Irhuthntr. 
 
 18. To do any aft of wluch the confc- 
 quencc reaches others. 
 
 As we dcfirc to gr:e no offence ourfelvcJ, ft 
 neither ihall we t.ike any at the dilfcrencc of 
 judgment in others. l!:.'Kir. 
 
 19. To exhibit; to fend foilh as odours 
 from any body. 
 
 In oranges the ripping of ihc rind givcth out 
 their fmell more. Bacom, 
 
 20. To additt ; to apply. 
 The Helots, of tlie other fide, fhutling their 
 
 gates, gave, themfelvcs to buiy Iheir dead, to 
 cure their wounds, and reft their wearied bodies. 
 
 Sieiney, 
 After man began to grow to number, ihc firll 
 thing we read they gave tbcmfelves into, wa» 
 the tilling of the canh .rnd the feeding of 
 cattle. ' Ilarier. 
 
 Groves and hill-altars were dangerous, in re- 
 gard of the fccrct acccts which people, fuperfti- 
 luiudy given, might have always thereunto with 
 eafc. Hooker. 
 
 The duke is viituous, mild, and, too well 
 given, 
 To dream on evil, or to work my downfall. 
 
 S/tid/'irare. 
 
 Fear him not, Ca:fai, he 's not dangerous j 
 
 He is a noble Roman, and well gi-ri. Shaiff. 
 
 His name is Falflatf ; if tliat man fliould be 
 
 lewdly jq;/t'«', he deceives mc; for Hauy, I fee 
 
 vutne in his looks. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Huniadcs, tiic Icourge of the Turks, was dead 
 
 long i-i foie ; fi was alio Mailiias : after whom 
 
 futcctded others, given all to pleafute and cafe. 
 
 Krtoiici' Hijiory, 
 
 Though he was given to pleafuic, yet he \^dt 
 
 liktwifc oefirous of glory. Bacoi's Henry vn. 
 
 He that giveth his mind to the law of the Molt 
 
 High, will Icck out the wifdom of all the ancients. 
 
 £eclefiojUcus. 
 
 He is much gixien to contemplation, and the 
 
 viewing af this theatre of the world. More. 
 
 They who guT'f thcmfelvcs to warlike aiflion 
 
 and enrerprifes, went immediately to the palace 
 
 of Odin. Temple. 
 
 Men are given to this licentious humour of 
 
 fcoffir.g at perfonal blemiibes .and defcifts. 
 
 L'EJlrange. 
 
 Befides, he is too much grveit to horfeplay in hi] 
 
 raillery; and comes to battle, like a diilatorfrom 
 
 the plough. Drydert. 
 
 I have fome bufinefs of importance with her; 
 
 but her hufhand is fo horribly given to be jealous. 
 
 Dryden's Spanijh Fryar, 
 
 What can I refufe to a man lb chaiitably given? 
 
 Drydjn. 
 
 !l. To refign ; to yield up. 
 
 '^•irding ouifclvcs in the mirtll of the greatcrt: 
 wiJdtniefs of waters, without viiflual, v;z gave 
 ourftlves for loi\ men, and prepared for death. 
 
 Bncon's JVfJO ^tlnntjs. 
 Who fay, I care not, thofe I give for loft ; 
 And to inltruCi them will not quit the coft. 
 
 Herbert. 
 Virtue giv*n for lolf, 
 Deprcil and overthrown, as feem'd; 
 Like tiiat fclf-bcgott'n bird 
 From out hcralKy womb now tcem'd. Miltcn. 
 
 Since no deep within her gulph can hold 
 Immortal vigour, though opprels'd and fall'n, 
 I givt not Hcav'n for loll. Mi.'lon's Pur. Loft. 
 For a man to p/T'^r his name to chriflianicy in 
 thofe days, was to lilf himfeif a martyr. S^'nth. 
 Ours give! himfelf for gone; you've watch'd 
 your time. 
 He fights this day unaim'd, without his rhyme. 
 
 Drydert. 
 
 The parents^after a long fcarch for the body, 
 gave hira for drowned in one of the canals. 
 
 Addifm's SpeeiJior, 
 
 As the hinder feet of the horfe (luck, to the 
 mountain, while the body reared up in the air, 
 
 5 M
 
 G I V 
 
 fht poet with great difficulty kept hlmfdf from 
 flidingoff his back, intomuch that the people 
 g,.T-,- h,m for go.,e. MdifinS Guardian. 
 
 22. To conclude; to fuppofe. 
 
 Whence cnme you here, O friend, and whither 
 bound ? J 
 
 All gave you loft on fair Cyclopeian ground 
 
 2 3 To Give uway. To alienate fiom 
 on£'s felf ; to make over to another ; to 
 
 transfer. , „ ,.,,,. 
 
 The more he got, the more he (hewed that he 
 
 .«.. a-v^av to his new mirtrefs, when he betrayed 
 
 his promifes to tlie former. ■''•"•'•7- 
 
 If you (hall marry, 
 You jT-w «i".-'V this hand, and that is mine ; 
 YoMgivc a:vay heav'n's VOWS, and thofe are 
 
 You g-"«^;n,yfelf, which is known np^^^ 
 
 Honeft company, I thank you all, 
 That have beheld me give au'.iy myfelt 
 To this moft patient, fweet, and v'rt"^;;^^^'^^%^ 
 
 I know not how they fold themfclves ; but 
 thou, like a kind fellow, gav'jl thy cl <..^«v 
 gratis, and I thank thee for thee. f "%--• 
 ^ Love give, <:•=-(> all things, that fo he may 
 advance the intercrt of the beloved perfon. Tayh,. 
 
 But we who give our native rights away, 
 And our enflav'd pofterity betray, 
 Arc now reduc'd to beg an alms and go _ 
 On holidays to fee a puppet-lhow. Orydenrj^v 
 
 Alas, faid I, man was made m vain 1 Tlow is 
 he rive', a.uay to n^ifery and mortality ! AJd.f... 
 
 Theodofius made a private vow never to in- 
 quire after Conftantia, whom he looked upon as 
 Le„ a-^uay to his rival, upon the day on which 
 their mairiage was to have been f"'<^">""j,^;,,^^,, 
 
 Whatfeever wc employ in charitable ufes, dur- 
 ing our lives, is given a.uay from ourfelvcs : what 
 *e bequeath at our death, is given from other, 
 on'.y, as our neareft relations. Jtterhury. 
 
 2+. To Give back. To return;. to re- 
 
 Thdr vices perhaps give back all thofe advan- 
 tages which their viao.ies procured Atterbury. 
 2 ',. To Give forth. To pubhlh ; to tc 1. 
 ^ Soon after it w.is given forth, and bchcved by 
 many, that the king was dead. Hayruani. 
 
 26 Tc-GiVE the hand.- To yield pre- 
 eminence, as being fubordinal-; or in- 
 
 ferioiir. 
 Leffons being free from fome mconveniences, 
 
 whereanto fe.mons are more '^^'^r^' '^'fl ["^^ 
 in riiis relpecT no lefs take than m othe.s they 
 ,nultg;v//AWK.«./, wlnch betokenetn pre-emi- 
 
 2 ^Tto Give ever. To leave ; to quit ; 
 
 ^°L"^nm-elty therefore in this give m,er endlefs 
 ..xontradiaions, and let ancient cultoms l'>^'|^^^';^ 
 
 It may be done rather than that be V'""^'^'^^- 
 
 Never give her o'er ; 
 For rcorn.uhriim.;kes after love the mo,e.^_^^ 
 
 - If Dcf<kmona will return me my jewels, I will 
 ,ive^er n,y luh, and -P=nt my^^unlawfu. fol. 
 
 ■ '"Au'th. foldiers, from the higheft to theloweft, 
 had folemnly fworn to defend <« ^''y-^;'"' ""''" 
 p/v. it <r.rr unto the laft man. AW'" W//<.0'. 
 
 Thofe troops which were levied, have gn',n 
 rver the prcfecution of the war. Claren.ion. 
 
 But worft of all xogive her mer, 
 •Till (he 's as defperate f. recover. Hud,bra^. 
 
 A woman liad a hen that laid eveiy day an egg: 
 
 ^ (he fancied tnat upon a I .rger allowance tms hen 
 
 might lay twice a day -.but the hen grcw^fat.jnd 
 
 *"MS'h:;:;^':-^>^'-v-ruits;ft^fame, 
 
 eithet from the difappointments they have met, or 
 
 G I V 
 
 from their expeiienc* of the little plcifure whl^i, 
 
 attends it. Add.jon', SycSaior ^ 
 
 28. JaGivEotw. Toaddid; to attach 
 
 to. , 
 
 Zelmane, govern and dircfl rac ; lor 1 am 
 
 wholly given over unto thee. Sidney. 
 
 When the Babylonians had given themlcKci 
 
 in^er to all manner of vice, it was time for the 
 
 Lord, who had fet up that empire, to pull it 
 
 down. Gr^i^'i Cojmohgy^ 
 
 I ufed one thing ill, or gave myfclf lo much 
 
 over to it as to neglcit what I owed either to God 
 
 or tlie world. Tenqh. 
 
 20. To Give over. To conclude loft. 
 
 Since it ib lawful to piafliie upon them that arc 
 forfaiven and s,''oen over, I will advaiturc to pre- 
 fcibetoyou.' Sieelilmg. 
 
 'Tis not amifs, e'er y' arc^n'''! er. 
 To try one defp'rate med'ci.ie more ;■ 
 And where your cafe can be no worlc. 
 The dcfp'ratelt is the wifcif couife. lUd,,-^„s. 
 The abbefs, finding that the phyfician^ h.id 
 riven her over, told her that Theodolius was jutt 
 tone before her, and had fent her his bcnediaion. 
 ^ ^ddi/on'iSfcflator. 
 
 Her condition was now quile defperate, all re- 
 gular phyficians,andher ncaieit relations, having 
 liven he, «•«-. A,hutnnot. 
 
 Yet this falfe comfort never g;i-« him er, 
 That whilft he creeps, his vig'rous thoughts can 
 foar. . ^"J"- 
 
 Not one foretells 1 Ihall recover ; 
 But all agree to give mt over. Sit^i/i. 
 
 30. To Give over. To abandon. 
 
 The duty of uniformity throughout all churches, 
 in all manner of indiftcrent ceremonies, will be 
 very hard, and theiefoie belt lugive if over 
 
 •' Hooker, 
 
 Abdcmckch, as one weary of the world, gave 
 over all, and betook himlelf to a folitary hte, and 
 became a monk. , ^"''^■'"■ 
 
 Sleep hath forfook, indgiv'n me cr 
 To death', bcnumbmg opium, as my only cure. 
 
 AI Iron. 
 
 The caufe for which we fought and rw'-"« 
 So boldly, (hall wc now gn-e o'er ? lh,..ib,m. 
 
 l\. To Give out. To proclaim ; to pub- 
 lidi ; to utter. 
 
 The fathers g-TOf it out for a rule, that whatlo- 
 cver Chrilt is faid in Scriptuic to have recep-cd, 
 the fame we ought to apply only to the manhood 
 ofChrirt. . .^'''"'• 
 
 It is given oHt, that, flecping in my orcnard, 
 A ferpent ftung me. So the whole ear of Den- 
 mark 
 Is, bv a forged procefs of my death, 
 Rankly abuled. Shakjfearc i }iamlet. 
 
 One that givei out himfelf prince Floiizcl, 
 Son of Pohxenes, with his princefs. &hxkj'fcart. 
 
 It hath been g.'wi out, by an hypocnticaltnier, 
 who was the firll mailer ol my Ihip, that I car- 
 ried with me out of England twenty-two thou- 
 fand pieces of twenty-two (hillings per piece 
 
 * R.iletgiL, 
 
 He gave out general fummons for the affembly 
 
 of his council for the wars. A«o/.<. H.f.ory. 
 
 The night was diilinguifhsd by tne orders 
 which he gave out to his army, that they Ihould 
 forbear all mfuking of tneir enemies. .Iddtjor,. 
 -2. To Give out. To (how in falfe ap- 
 pearance. 
 
 His Wwngs out were of an infinite diilar. • 
 
 From his true meant defign. i>hakjj,e.ne. 
 
 She that, fo young, could give out lucU a 
 
 fceming, 
 
 'To fcal her fatiiei's eyes up clofc as oak. A/w.y, 
 
 33. 7b Give up. To rcfign ; to quit; 
 
 to yield. ., . , 
 
 The people, weary of the miferics of war, 
 would g've himi^p, if they faw him 'h"-'"^-.^^^^ 
 
 He has bctray'd your bufinefs, andg/w« up, 
 1 For certain drops of fait, your city R-me^ 
 
 G I V 
 
 The fun, ticaking out with his cheerful beams, 
 
 rlvHved many, before ready to g/w "/> the gholt 
 
 lor cold, and gave comfort to them all. hnollei. 
 
 He found the lord Ho,.ton in trouble fur the 
 
 lofs of the regiment of foot at Alton, and with 
 
 the unexpected aflurance of the givmg up of 
 
 Arundel-cafile. Clarendon,. 
 
 Let us gi've ourfelvcs wholly, uf to Chrilt in 
 
 heart and delire. Tay/or's Rule of living holy. 
 
 Such an expcaation will never come to pa's ; 
 
 therefore I'll e'en give it uf and go and f.et my- 
 
 (■j.|f_ Ciilitt againj! D.Jfair, 
 
 1 can give up to the hiftorians of youy country 
 
 the names of fo many generals and heroes wiich 
 
 crowd their annals. ^ Ihjden. 
 
 He declares himfelf to be now fatisficd to the 
 
 contrary, in which he b^igiven up the caufe. 
 
 ' Dryd'.n. 
 
 The leagues made between fevcral ftatcs dif- 
 owning all claim to the land in the other's pof- 
 feflion, have, by common content, given ac their 
 pretences to their natu.i:d light. l.ocke. 
 
 If they give them up to tl.eir reafons, then tliey 
 with them give up all earth and faitner enquiry, 
 and think there is no (uch thing as certainty. 
 
 I.orke. 
 
 We Ihould fee him give up again to the v.\\A 
 
 common of nature, whatever was more than 
 
 would fupplv the conveniencies of life. LocHe. 
 
 Tuba's furicndei, fince his father's death, 
 Would ?/t;.' up Africk iiuo Cxfai's hands. 
 And make him lord of half the burning zone. 
 
 Addijcn s ( dt9. 
 
 Learn to be honefl men, give up your leaders, 
 
 And pardon (hall defceiid on all the reft. Addijon. 
 
 A popilh prieft threatened to excommunicate 
 
 aNo.thiimberland fquire, if he did not g™. <//> 
 
 to him the church lands. . Adaijon. 
 
 He faw the celeftial deities afting m a con- 
 
 fcderacv againft him, and immediately gave up a 
 
 • cauic which was excluded from all poflinuity of 
 
 fuccef' Addifon's freeholder. 
 
 An 'old gentleman, who had been engaged in 
 
 an aiRument with the emperor, upon his friend s 
 
 tcUiiiR him he wondered he would gne up tne 
 
 queftion when he had the better, I am never 
 
 afliamcd, fays he 10 be bonfuted by one who is 
 
 mailer of fifty legions. A.idijon. 
 
 He may be brought to give up ihe cl-.a,eit 
 
 evidence. 
 
 The conftant health and longevity of men mi:ft 
 be given up aifo, as a groundlcfs concept, hent eyi. 
 
 Have the phvficians giv'n up a'l their hope. ; 
 Cannot they atid a few days to a monarch ? 
 
 Thcfe people were fcbliged to demand peace, 
 and live up to tlie Romans all their poffeflions in 
 _. .* ^ Arbiithnot. 
 
 Sicily. 
 
 Everv one who will not a(k for the conduft 
 of God' in the ftudv of religion, has juft lealon to 
 fear he (hall be kit of God, and given up a prey 
 to a thoufand prejudices, that he (hall be conl.gn- 
 ed over to the follies of his own ncart W .,iti. 
 
 Give ycurfclvcs up lo fome hours of IcHure-^^ 
 
 5A. To GivEH/". To abandon. 
 
 If MV he given up to believe lyes, fome mult 
 be firft given up to tell tnem. Stillingfieet 
 
 Our n inds naturally give themfelvcs ,./. to 
 exry diveifion which they are much accuftomed 
 to- andwc always find that play, when followed 
 wi'ch aOiduity, engrolTes the »'h''f=:^'''"_^"/_/.,^^_ 
 
 A cood poet no foonet communicates his 
 works, but it is imagined he is a v,.,n young 
 creature given up to the ambition oC fame. ?./•<•. 
 
 I i.m Obliged at this time to give uy my ^vl.ole 
 apuhcition to Homer. f"?'- 
 
 Pcrfons, who, through misfortunes, chuCe not 
 to dtefs, fliould not, however, g/v; up "Catn<:r5. 
 
 7.K. To Gi\'^ up. To deliver. 
 
 And loab gave up the fun. of the nurnber of 
 the people to the king. ^ ^■■'"""■ 
 
 His accounts were confuted, and he could not 
 then give them uf. ^'^V '
 
 G I V 
 
 ^S, To Give loay. To yield; not to 
 refid ; to make room for. 
 
 PrivAic icrpe<5ts| willi lum, gavi ntjay to tlic 
 comrnt)!! good. . Careiv. 
 
 Pcrpctu.il pufliing and alVurance put a dif- 
 iiculty uitt uf coLiiUciuncf, and ni.ikc a focming 
 impofl'ibiliy c/;r luay. Collier. 
 
 Scarce had he Tpokcn when the cloud gttve iihiy ; 
 The mifts flew upwards^ and dilfoly'd m day. 
 
 Dryihn'i j^ti. 
 
 His golden helm givei luay with ftony blows, 
 B.utcr'd and llac, and beaten to his brows. 
 
 DrytUn'j j$!/t, 
 
 37. The word give is ufed with great 
 laxity, the general Idea is that of tranf- 
 mltting from one to another. 
 
 7*0 Give, v, n. 
 
 1. To rufh ; to fall on ; to give the afTault. 
 A phrale merely French, and not worthy 
 of adoption. 
 
 Yuur orders come too late, the fight *s begun ; 
 
 The enemy 2;ifei m with fuiy led. DrvJ.r. 
 
 Haniiib.il gcyff r/port the Romnns. Hooh. 
 
 2. To relent ; to grow molfl ; to melt or 
 foften ; to thaw. 
 
 Some things arc harder when they come from 
 tlie tjrc, and aftcrwaids give again, and grow 
 fofr ; as the cruft of bread, bifket, I'wectmcats, 
 and fair. Bcnan's Natural llijhiy. 
 
 Only a fw^ct and virtuous foul, 
 Like feafon'd timber, never gn-^i ; 
 But though the whole world turn to coal, 
 Then c'nicfly lives. Ihric-ft- 
 
 UnJcls It is kept in a hot houfe, it will fog/Tv 
 again, that it will be better than raw malt. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 Before you carry youi large cocks in, open 
 them once, and fpicad them : hay is apt to giuc 
 in the cock. Mortimer. 
 
 3. To move. A French phrafe. 
 
 Up and down he traverfes his ground, 
 Then nimbly fhiftsa thruft, then lends a wound ; 
 Now back he g'VSSf then rulhcs on amain. 
 
 Daniel^s Civil IVar. 
 
 4. To Give///. To go back; to give 
 away. Not in life. 
 
 The charge was given with fo well governed 
 fuiy, that the left corner of the Scots batialion 
 was enforced to give in. HayjvarJ. 
 
 5. To Give Imo. [A French phrafe] 
 To adopt ; to embrace. 
 
 This is a gcogiaphy particular to the med.iliih : 
 the poets, 1 owevcr, have fomctimes gii'en ai to 
 it, and furnifli us with very good light.s for the 
 CAplicalion of it. j^ddijon on Medah, 
 
 This conffderi'iion may Induce a tranflator to 
 gsi.'e in to thofe general phralcs, which have at- 
 tained a veneration in uur language from being 
 i:fcd in the Old TeflanKUt. 'Pope. 
 
 The whole body of the people are either (tu- 
 pidly negligent, or clfc i^i-vit.-g in with all tht.ir 
 iniglit to tliofe very practices that are working 
 their dcrtruiftion. Htvjjt^ 
 
 6. To Give off'. To ceafe ; to foibcar. 
 The p'.Miilhment would be kept from heing 
 
 too murh, if wc g.-iuc off as loon as we perceived 
 that it reaches the mind. Locke. 
 
 7. To Give over. To ccafe ; to a(f\ no 
 more. 
 
 If they will fpeak to the purpofe, they mnlt 
 give over, and (land upon fuch particulars only 
 as they can Ihew wc have either added or abro- 
 gated, othcrwile than we ought, in the matter irt" 
 church polity. Hookc . 
 
 Nciti^cr hath Cbr'ft, thro' union of botli 
 nature*, incurred the damage of cither; Iclt, bv 
 being bom a man, wc Ihould think he halh given 
 OTcr to be God, or that becaufe be continued 
 God, therefore he cannot be man alfo. fhokrr. 
 
 Give not o'er fo ; to him again j intrcat him; 
 Kneel down before him, hang upon his gown, 
 You arc too c.^ld, S/:af:fp Menfurefor Mcnjure.- 
 
 The liatc of human actions i& fo variable, that 
 
 G L A 
 
 fa try things oft and never to give cve^f dotli 
 
 Wuddcis. BdcO'i'i Natural UiJJory. 
 
 Demetrius, king of Macedtm, had a pefition 
 offered him divers times by an old wom-in, and 
 liill anfwercd lie had no leifurt ; whereupon the 
 woman faid aloud, Why then give ova to be 
 king. Bacon, 
 
 So Satan, whom repulfc upon rcpulfc 
 Met ever, and to (hamcful filcncc brought, 
 Yctg/rrjnotc'tfr, though dcfpcratc of fucccfs. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Shall we kindle all this flame 
 Only Co put it out again r 
 
 And mull wc wqw give o'er, 
 And only end where wc begun ? 
 In vam this mifciiicf wc have done, 
 
 If wc can do no more. Denham. 
 
 ft would be weii for all author.-;, if they knew 
 when to giv^ over, and to dcfift from any farther 
 purfuits after fame. Addij'on, 
 
 He conied again, and was forced to give over 
 for the fame reafon. Stuift. 
 
 8. To Give out. To publifli ; to pro- 
 claim. 
 
 Simon bewitciied the people of Samaria, g/i^/«g' 
 out that himfelf was fome great one. Wtfn. 
 
 Julius Cccfar laid aflecp Pompcy's prepara- 
 tions, by a fame thai: lie cunningly ^.nv ou: how 
 Ca;f.ir'3own foldiers loved him not. Baron. 
 
 Your ill-withers will give out you are now 
 going to quit your fchool. S".vifr. 
 
 9. To Give out. To ceafe ; to yield. 
 
 We are the earth ; and they, 
 Like moies within us, heave and call about : 
 And 'till they foot and clutch rheir picy ; 
 They never cool, much lefs give out. Herbert. 
 
 Madam, I always believ'd you fo flout, 
 That for twenty denials you would not give out. 
 
 Stvift. 
 
 Gi'ver. rt. /, [from ^'ive.] One that 
 gives ; donor ; bcilower ^ dillributer ; 
 granter. 
 
 Well we may afford 
 Our givers their own gifts- Alilton's Par, LoJI. 
 
 By thee how faiily is the giver now 
 Repaid ? But gratitude in thee is loft 
 Long iincc. Milton^i Paradife Rrs^ain\l. 
 
 I have not liv'd fince firft 1 heard the news ; 
 The gift the guilty giver doth accufe. Drydeu. 
 
 Both gifts dclliuiilive to the g.i.trsprove • 
 Alike both lovers fall by thufe they love. Pope 
 
 Gives, n. J\ Fetter? or fliackles for the 
 
 feet. 
 Gizzard, n. /I [ge/ier , Y vcach; ^i^eria, 
 
 Latin.] It is fometlmcs czWed giz:s.ern, 
 
 1. The llrong mufciilous llomach of a 
 fowl. 
 
 Fowls have two ventricles, and pick up floncs 
 to convey them into their fecund ventricle, the 
 gi'iizcrre. More. 
 
 In birds there is no maflication in the mouth ; 
 but in fuch as are not carnivorous, it is inimedi 
 ately fwallowcd into the crop, a kind of anicilo- 
 mnch, where it is moillencd by fonie proper 
 juice from tiic glandules diflilling in theie, and 
 thence transferred into the gizzard, or muicu- 
 lous rtomach. Riiy on the Creation. 
 
 They ncftle near the throne, 
 By their high crops and corny gisizardi known. 
 
 n>yde». 
 
 2. It Is proverbially ufed for apprehenfion 
 or conception of mind: as, hefrels lis 
 g'iz^arii, he haiafTes his imagination. 
 
 But tliat which does them grcatert harm, 
 TliL-ir fpiritual gixzards are too warm ; 
 Wiiich puts the overheated fots 
 In fevers ftill. Hudihras. 
 
 Satisfaction and reftitution lie fo curfedly hard 
 upon the gix.zards of our publicans, that their 
 blood is not half fo dear to them as the trcafurc in 
 their coffers. U Ejlrange. 
 
 Gla'brity. n. f. [from glaber, Latin.] 
 Smoothnefs; baldncfs. Did. 
 
 G L A 
 
 Gla'cfal. adj. [glacial, French ; gla- 
 diilis, Latin.] icy; maJe uf ice; 
 fro/cii. • , 
 
 ToGLA'CIATE. v. n. [^/-iW«, Latin; 
 
 glacer, French.] To turn into ice. 
 Glacia'tion. ti. f. [from ».W/j/<'. ] The 
 adt of turning into ice ; ice formed. 
 
 Ice is pl.Tin upon the furf^icc of water, byt 
 round in li.iil ,whicli isalfoa gl .c:ai:on, and figur- 
 ed in its jutiuluus defcent from the .lir. Broivn. 
 Gla'cious. adj. [^/aWo, Latin.] Icy; 
 rcfembling ice. 
 
 Altliuugh exhaled and placed in cold conferva- 
 torics,- it will cryftallixe And flioot into j»/ar;*/j 
 bodies. Biizun'i Vulgar Errobri. 
 
 GLACIS, n. f. [French.] In fortifica- 
 tion, a (loping bank. It is more efpc- 
 ciaily taken for that wliich rangeth frora 
 tlie parapet of the covered way to the 
 level on tiie lide of tlie field. Hurr'n. 
 
 GLAD. adj. [glxb, Saxon j glad, Da- 
 nifh.] 
 
 1. Cheerful ; gay ; in a flate of hilarity. 
 
 They blcfi'cd the kin^, nnd went into ihcir 
 tents joyful and g/</t/ of licai I. i Kifg\. 
 
 Glad wc iccuin'd up to the coafis of lig'.t. 
 
 The wily adder blithe and fjnd: Mihan, 
 
 Thither they 
 Haftcd with g/i/i/ precipitance. Millan. 
 
 2. Wearing a gay appearance; fertile; 
 bright ; (hovvy. 
 
 The wildcrncfs and the folitaiy place fliall be 
 g'ad for them, and the dofcrt Ihall icjoice and 
 bloflbm as the rofe. IJaiai. 
 
 Then firft adorn'd 
 With their bright luminaries, that fet and i-ofe. 
 Glad ev'ning and gA'^ morn crown'd the foartU 
 day. Milton. 
 
 3. Pleafed ; elevated with joy. It has 
 generally nf, fomctimes at or iv'u/i be- 
 fore the caufe of gladnefs: perhaps ofh 
 moll proper, when the catife of joy h 
 fomething gained or poffelTed ; and at 
 or tc-ilh, wlien it is fome accident be- 
 fallen hiinfelf or another. 
 
 I am gluJio lee your wurfhip. Shnfjpmre, 
 He iiath an uncle in M^lua will be very much 
 
 gliid of it. Shakfpture. 
 
 He that \i gL.I at calamities (hall not be un- 
 
 punllhcd. Frmerl/s. 
 
 He o/.,./ 
 
 0/her atten'ion, g.iii:'d with fcrpent tongue. 
 His fraudulent temptation thus beg.in. i\t:.'/M. 
 If he be my enemy, Ut .^im triumph ; if he be 
 my friend, he will be glad of my repentance. 
 
 The gaping wound gufli'd out a ciimfon flyod; 
 The Trojan, gladiA-'itn light of hoftile blood, 
 His fauchicn drew. Drydcii'x jEn. 
 
 Ghid 'v/'a qu^irrcl firait I clap the door. Po^. 
 
 4. Pleafing ; exhilarating. 
 
 Her convcrfation 
 More glnd to me than to a mifer money is. 
 
 Suimj. 
 
 5. E.xpreffing gladnefs. 
 
 Hnrk 1 .t glad voice the lonely defert cheer'. ; 
 Prep.nre the way, a God, .1 God appears ! Pc.e. 
 
 6. It is lifcd in a familiar fenfe, approach- 
 ing to ludicroiifncfs. 
 
 I Would be glad'.o learn from thofe who pro- 
 nounce that the human foul always thinks, Vuw 
 they know it. /.».•«. 
 
 To Glad. v. a. [from the adjeSive.] 
 To iTi:ike glad ; to cheer ; to exhilarate. 
 
 He f.iw rich neflar-lhaws rdeofc the rigour 
 Of th' icy north ; from frolt-biund Atlas hands 
 
 His ad.Tniantine fetters fall: srcen v)gt>uc 
 Gladding the Scythi.*n rocks, aiidL^bian fsird*. 
 
 5 M «
 
 G L A 
 
 It ^/u.^i me 
 To tee fo many vimici thus united, 
 Toiefloie jutlice and dethrone oppiclTlon. Ot-woy. 
 Eiich drinks the juice that g/j</s the heart of 
 man. F^^pr. 
 
 If julticc PhiHps' coftive head 
 Sonie t>i{jid rh) mcs difbu.fes, 
 
 They Ihall like Perfian tales be read, 
 And g/.j,ybolh babes and iluiks. Swift. 
 
 To Gla'dden. V. a. [from glaJ.I To 
 chf er ; to deliglit ; to make glad ; to 
 exhilarate. 
 
 Oh. he wr.s all made up of love and charms !^ 
 Deligiu uf e^fiy eye ! Wlien lie .ippcar'd, 
 A fecret plcafui-cgiii;/.:^e«'(V all that i;iw him. 
 
 MMfia's Catc 
 A kind of vital heat in the fuul chccii and 
 gladdcrii her, when flie docs not attend to it. 
 
 Gla'dder. n. f. [ixom glud.] One that 
 makci glad ; one that gladdens ; one 
 that exhilarates. 
 
 Thou gLiddir of the mount of Cytheron, 
 Ha\-c pity, goddefs. ))f\,{cyK 
 
 Glade, n. f. [from jlopan, to be hot, 
 or to (hine ; whence the Danilli glnd, 
 and the obfolete Englilh gleed, a rcdhot 
 coal.] A lawn or opening in a wood. 
 Lucus. It is taken for an nvenue 
 through a wood, whether open or (had- 
 ed, and has therefore epithets of op- 
 pofite meaning. 
 So flam'd his eyen with rage and rancorous 
 ire ; 
 But far within, as in a hollow ^/.:i/(r, 
 Thofc gUring lamps were let, that made a 
 dreadful Ihade. Sp-rfir 
 
 Lo where tliey Ipy'd, how in a gloomy ^A;./-- 
 The lion deeping, jay in fecret ihade. Ijuv. TjU. 
 
 O migiit I here 
 In foiitude live favage, in fome gliide 
 Obfcur'd, where higheft woods impenetrable 
 To ftar or fun-light, fpread their umbrage broad, 
 And brown as evening. Milio<i*s F^jniM/t Loji. 
 
 When'any, favour'd of high Jove, 
 Chances to pafs through this adventurous ^/at/f, 
 Swift as a fparkle of n glancing Itar 
 I flioot from heav'ii to give him fafe convoy. 
 
 M-tto;. 
 For noonday's heat arc clofer .nrbours made. 
 And for frefh ev'ning air the Q^^nz^ glade. 
 
 D'ydcn^s ItiTjccence. 
 There interfpers'd in lawns and op'ning gi'ides, 
 Thin trees arile that fliun each other's (hades. 
 
 rope. 
 By the heroes armed fhadcs 
 Glitt'ring through the gloomy glades j 
 By the youths that dy'd for love, 
 Wand'ring in the myrtle grove, 
 Rcftoic, rctlore Eurydicc to life ! 
 Oh ! take the hufband or reftore the wife ! P^J. 
 
 She fmil'd, array'd 
 Wiih all the charms of fun-Ihine, ftream and 
 
 gl-ide, 
 Kew dreft and blooming as a bridal maid. IL^rte. 
 Gla'den. 1 n. f. [ixom gJadlus, Latin, a 
 Gla'der.J fword.} Swordgrafs : a 
 general name of plants that rife with a 
 broad blade like fedge. yuniiis. 
 Gla'dfulness. 11. I", [ghiii and /ulriefs. ] 
 Joy ; gladnefs. Obfolete. 
 
 And there him rcfts in riotous fuflifance 
 Of all \.h gladfulnffSfZnd kingly joyance. Spcnfer. 
 
 Gladia'tor. n. f. [l^'AUn ; gladiateur, 
 Fr.] A fwordplayer; a prizefighter. 
 
 Then M'hill^ his foe each gladijior foils. 
 The atheift, looking on, enjoys the fpoU';. 
 
 Denham. 
 Eefides, in gratitude for fucli higii matters, 
 Know I have vow'd two hundred gladiators. 
 
 Drydln'i I'crfr.a. 
 
 Gia'dly. adv. [frora^/aa'.] Joyfully; 
 
 G L A 
 
 with gayety ; with merriment ; with 
 triumph ; with exultation. 
 
 Fur his particular, I'll leceive himgW/y ; 
 But not unc fullower. Sh<ikjpiare^i ^'"g Lenr. 
 You are going to let us rignt ; and 'tis, an ad- 
 vantage every body will g/.Ji/.';- fee you cngrols 
 the gloiy of. Shunt to I'o^ic. 
 
 Gla'dness. n. f, \{rom glad,'] Cheer- 
 fulnefs ; joy ; exultation. 
 
 By fucii degrees the fprcarii.:g|;/(i./«*'yi grew 
 In every tiesjt, wliicii fcarhad iVozc hcforc : 
 The iianding fircets with fo much joy they view, 
 That with Id's grief the peiifn'd they deplore. 
 
 Dfydin. 
 G J. A 'd s o M E . adj, [ from glad. ] 
 I. Pleafed ; gay ; delight^rd, 
 
 'The liighert angels to and tru dcfccnd, 
 From highcll heaven m giadfomc company. 
 
 Fui->y Queen. 
 The|^/n<^C'W<.-ghofT in circling troops attend, 
 And with unweary'd eyes bchoid their friend. 
 
 Dry^icn. 
 3. Caufing joy ; having an appearance of 
 gayety. 
 
 Kjch morn they wak'd mc with n fprtghtly iay ; 
 Of opening heav'n they fung and glaJJomc d;ty. 
 
 Prior. 
 Gla'dsomllv. adv. [from glad/ome.] 
 
 With gayety and deh'ght. 
 Gla'dsomeness. n. f. [fiom glad/otne.] 
 , Gayety; fliovvyntfs; dtli^ht. 
 Glaire. w. y, [jIkji, Saxon, amber; 
 gf'Jr, DaniHi, glafs; glairej French ; 
 glarcaf Latin.] 
 
 1. The white of an egg' 
 
 Take the ^''f'^^bf cgg^, and ftratn it as fhort a3 
 water. reacham. 
 
 2. Akind of halbcrt. Did, 
 To Glaire. i>. a. [glairerj French; from 
 
 the noim.j To fmear with the white 
 of an egg. This word is lUll ufed by 
 the bookbinders. 
 GLANCE. «. / [glanixy German, glit- 
 ter.] 
 
 1. A fuJden flioot of light or fplendour. 
 
 Hisoff'ring foon propitiou.s fire fiom he^v'n 
 Confum'd with ninihle glance, and grateful 
 
 lleatn : 
 The other's not ; for hi-; w:'.s not fincere. Milton. 
 
 2. A Itroke or dare of the beam of fight. 
 
 The afpeits which procure love arc not gazings, 
 but fuddeng/jHai and dartingsof the eye. B-co't. 
 
 There ire of thofe forr (-f hcautrcs which hi\ 
 but \or a moment ; fome pjrricularity of a vio^Jnt 
 paihon, fome graceful aiftion, a fmile, n g/.i.vce of 
 an eye, a difdainful look, and a look of gravity. 
 
 Dry tie n. 
 
 Boldly file look'd, like one of high degree ; 
 Yet never fetm'd to calt a gfii»ce on me ; 
 Ar which I inly juy'H, foi truth to f.iy, 
 I felt an unknown .uve,and fumedirm,iy. llarte. 
 
 3. A fnatch of fight ; a quick view. 
 
 The ample minri takes a lur\ey of feveral ob- 
 jetHis with uitc gl.tnce. JKitts on the Mind. 
 
 To Glance. *y. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fhoot a fudden ray of fplendour. 
 
 He douhleri blows about him tiLTcdy laid. 
 That glunci'ig rirc out of the iron play'd, 
 As rparklcs frum the anvil ufe, 
 When heavy hammers on the wedge are fway'H. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 When through the gloom XhQ glnncifig light- 
 nings fly, 
 Heavy the lattling thunders roll on high Rowe. 
 
 2. To fly off in an obhque direction. 
 
 He has a littlcgaiTd me, I confef. ; 
 But as the ]tii6'\A glance away from mc, 
 *Tis ten to one it maim'd you two outright. 
 
 S/iakfpeare. 
 
 3. To ilrike in anobh'que direction. 
 
 G L A 
 
 Through Paris' Ihield the forceful we.-!pon 
 went, 
 His cnrflet pierces, and his garment rends, 
 Andg/.jnci,ig downwards near his flank, defcends. 
 
 I'cpe. 
 
 4. To view with a quick caft of the eye ; 
 to play the eye. 
 
 O' th' luridcn up they rife and dance, 
 Then fit ag.iin, and ligh and g.'ance; 
 Then dance again and kifs. Sueklimf. 
 
 Mighty dulncfs crown'd, 
 Shall lake turough Grub-flreet her triumphant 
 
 luund ; 
 And iier V.nnz^i\s glanelrg o'er at once, 
 Bchoid a Imndrcd luns, and each a dunce. P(,pe. 
 
 5. To cenfiiie by oblique hints. 
 
 How can'lt tiiou thus, for (h.une, Titania, 
 Glame .it my cicditwith Hippallta, 
 Knowing I know thy love to Tiiefeus ? Shakfp, 
 
 Some men g/(jwa and dait at others, by julti- 
 fying themfelves by negatives; as to lay, tliis I 
 do not. haeon, 
 
 I have never g/.inrr,/ upon the late defigned pro- 
 ceffion of his holmels and his attendants, nul- 
 withrtaiiding it migiu have afforded mailer to 
 miny ludicious fpeculations. ^ddifori. 
 
 He had written verfes wherein he glanced at a 
 certain reverend dodtor famous for duhiels. Swift, 
 To Glance, v. a. To move nimbly; to 
 flioot obliquely. 
 
 Gianeirj-^ an eye of pity on his loflcs. 
 Enough to prefs a royal merchant down. Sh.ikfp, 
 Gla'ncingly. adv. [from g/ance.] In 
 an oblique broken manner ; tranfiently. 
 
 Sir Rich.Kd Hav.-kins hatii done fomcrhiiig in 
 this kind, but bi-okingiy ind gLmcingiyy intend- 
 ing chiefly a dilcourfe of his own voyage. 
 
 H.ixc^vi/l o« I'l ov/deriee. 
 
 GLAND. «. /. [gl.ins, Latin ; gland, 
 French.] The glands of a human body 
 are reduced to two forts, viz. conglo. 
 bate and conglomerate. A cgn^lobate 
 gland is a little fmooth body, wrapt up 
 in a fine flcin, by which it is fcpnrated 
 from all the other parts, onlyad.tiilting an 
 artery and nerve to pafs in, and giving 
 way to a vein and excretory canal to come 
 out : of this fort are the glands in the 
 brain, the labial glands, and teftes. A 
 conglomerate gland n compofed of many 
 little conglobate ^/jnA, all tied together, 
 and wrapt up in the comsion tunicle or 
 
 membrane. 
 
 !? 
 
 uinry. 
 
 The abfcefs begun deep in the body of the 
 gl-md^. H'ifeitlan. 
 
 The gl.'.mhy which o'er the body fpread, 
 Fine cgmplic.ited clues of nervous thread, 
 Involv'd and twjftcd with th' arterial du<ft, 
 The rapid motion of tlie blood obilruiiJ. 
 
 Blackmore. 
 Gla'nders. n. f. [from gland.} In a 
 horfe is the running of corrupt matter 
 from the nofe, which differs in colour 
 according to the degree of the malig- 
 nity, being white, yellow, green, or 
 black. Farrier's Did. 
 
 His horfe is poffell with the g/an./i«, ard like 
 to mole in the chine. Shakfpeare. 
 
 GuANDtFEROUS. adj. [gltins vnd feroy 
 Latin.] Bearing mad ; bearing acoins, 
 or fruit like acorns. 
 
 The beech is of two forts, and numbered 
 amoiigft the rfand:feroi.iUe^:s. Mortimer, 
 
 GL\'NLULE. n. f. [glandtila, Latin ; 
 glandule, Fienc!i.] A fmall gland forv- 
 ing to the lev retion of humours. 
 
 Nature hailt p:ovided feveral g/afult/es ro fcpa- 
 rate this JLiicc from the blcKid, and no le.s thas 
 f jur pair of channels to convey it into the mouth, 
 wiiich arc called duilnsfalitvilei. i^\y.
 
 G L A 
 
 Glakdulo'sitv. n.f. [from g!ani!u!ous.] 
 A colkdion of glands. 
 
 In tlie upper parts of worms arc found certain 
 white and ov.il gAj':7/w/o/7?:>j. BtowJ. 
 
 Gla'ndulous. ailj. \_glaiuhihfiis, Latin ; 
 glar,Ju!i:iix, French, iiom o/aru/ult'.] 
 i'erlaming to the ghiiidb ; fubfilliiig in 
 the glands; having the nature of glands. . 
 The b.-avcr's bags arc no icftides, or parts of- 
 ficirfl unto £' ntr-ition, but gltn.iuhui fubrtanccs, 
 that hold tie nature of emunfloiics. Brow". 
 Such conflituuons muft be fuhjcft to glnnju- 
 hut tumoui'S, and ruptures of tlie lymphaticks 
 
 To GLARE, v.n. [^/^frn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To (liine fo as to daz.-.'.lc the eyes. 
 
 After great light, if you conic fuddcnly into 
 the dark, or contrariwife, out of the dark into a 
 glaiing light, the eye is dazzled for a time, .ludi 
 the fight confufcd. Bacon.' 
 
 Hts gl^inng eyes with anger's venom fwcll. 
 And like the brand of foul .Me<!lo flame Fai-faw 
 He i^ every where above conceits 'if epigra^n- 
 niatick wii, andgiofs hypeiboles : he niauitains 
 majcliy m the niidll of pl.unncfs ; he Ihincs but 
 giarci not; and is Itatcly wu^.juc ambition. 
 
 Xiryden. 
 The couit of Cacus Hands reveal'd to fight ; 
 The cavern g/ar« with new admitted light 
 
 Dryden i yEnad. 
 Alas, thy dazzled eye 
 Beholds this man in a falieg/<ir/'ig hglit, 
 Which conqueft and luccefs have cbiown upon 
 him. Addijon. 
 
 2. To look with fierce piercing eyes. 
 
 Th.ou nail no t'pcculation in thofe eyes. 
 Which tiuu dolt glare with. Sluikjf. Mocheth 
 
 Louk, how pale hegVai^r .' Shakf^c<iTL. 
 
 Mow fiiends no more, nor walking h.ind in 
 hand \ 
 But when they met they made a furly ftand, 
 And g!.zr'dy like angry lions, as they pafs'd, 
 And wilh'd that ev'ry look might be their lad. 
 
 Dryden i F.ibltS. 
 
 3. To fliine oftentati^ufly, or with too 
 much laboured luftre. 
 
 The moil glaring and notorious palTages are 
 none of the fineft, or moft coiicift. Felton. 
 
 To Glare, v. a. To (lioot fiich fplendour 
 as the eyes cannot bear. 
 
 One fpirit in them rui'd, and every eye 
 C!a>\i lightning, and (hot forth pernicious tire 
 Among th' accurrt, that wiihcr'd all their 
 ftrcngth. Milan. 
 
 Glare, n.f. [froin the verb.] 
 
 1. Overpowering luftre ; fplendour, fuch 
 as dazzles the eyes. 
 
 The frame of burnilh'd fteel that caft a ghire 
 From far, and (eem'dto thaw the freezing air. 
 
 Dryden's Fnhhi. 
 
 I have grieved to fee a pcrfon of quality glidint; 
 by me in her chair at two o'clock in the murniiig, 
 and looking like a Ipedlre amidit a glare oi flam- 
 beaux. Add/fan's Gittirdittn 
 
 Here in a grotto, Ihclter'd clofe from air, 
 And fcreen'd in Oiades fiom d.ay's detefted gLtre, 
 She lighs for ever. Fopc'i Ra^c 'f the Lock. 
 
 2. A fierce piercing look. 
 
 About them round, 
 A lion now he italks with fiery g/^rf. Million. 
 
 Gla'keous. adj. \^glar'ieux, French; 
 
 glareofus, Latin; froin _f/^/ri?. ] Coii- 
 
 iifting of vifcous tianfparent matter, 
 
 like the white of an egg. 
 Gla'bing. adj. Applied to any thing 
 
 notorious : as, a glaring crime. 
 
 GLASS, n.f. [p^!.Ef, Saxon; glas, Dut. 
 as Pezoti imagines, from ghh, Britiih, 
 gveen. In Life it is called i/rt«n, and 
 ihis primarily fignities clean or clear, 
 
 G L A 
 
 being fo denominated from its tranf- 
 parcncy.] 
 . An artificial fubrtancc made by fufing 
 fixed fiilts and flint or fand together, 
 with a vehement fire. 
 
 Tiic wo.clgAj/i comctn from the Bclgick iuid 
 Hi^ih Dutch : g/.i/i, tVum the \t\hgl<i-ijcn, which 
 figiufics amopgli them to fhiiic ; or perhaps trom 
 glaciei in tlic Lat'in, whicli is ice, whofc colour 
 il icCe nblcs. Peachamon Drttwi'ig- 
 
 Glafs is thought fo compact and firm a bud), 
 that it is indelhuitible by arc or nature, and i> 
 alfo of fo clofe n texture ihat the ftibtlcll chynii- 
 
 cal fpirits cannot pervade it. Ji:y!c- 
 
 Show'rs of grenadoes rain by fuddcn buill 
 Difpioding niurd'ious bowels, fragment? oi llccl 
 And ItoiiLS, andg/j/i and niuous grain adulV. 
 
 2. A glafs vefTcl of any kind. 
 
 I'll fee no nujre, 
 And yet the eighth appe.irs, who bears a g/j/i 
 Wliich Ihews me many mure. Sh^kJ^, 
 
 3. A looking-glafs ; a mirror. 
 
 He was the m.irk and gl^ifsy copy and book, 
 Tliat fjfhiun'd others. Shakjpenre'i Hentj iv. 
 
 He fpieads his fubtlc nets from figlit. 
 With tiinkling ^eA^Z/i^i, to betray 
 The iarks that in the mcllies light. Dry.-ien. 
 
 4. An Hour Glass. A glafs ufed iiimea- 
 furing time by the flux, of faiid. 
 
 W'cic my wife's liver 
 Infefled as her life, (he would not live 
 The running of one 5/iJ/J. Shiikfpeare. 
 
 5. The delllned time of man's life. 
 
 No more his royal fclf did live, no more his 
 noble fonnc, 
 The golden Mcleager now, iX^tw giijfcs all were 
 run. C/iJj>mun. 
 
 5. A cup of glafs ufed to drink In. 
 To th.is latt colUy treaty. 
 That fwaliow'd fo much trtalurc, and like a 
 
 g/a/s 
 Did break i' th* rinfin^r. Shakfp. llerry viii. 
 
 When thy heart 
 Dilates with fervent joys, and eager foul 
 Prompts to purlue the fpaikling g/a/i, be furc 
 'Tis lime to Ihuii it. F/ii/.-ps. 
 
 7. The quantity of wine ufually contained 
 in a glafs ; a draught. 
 
 While a man thinks one ^/j/i more will not 
 m.ike him drunk, that ore (»A//"* hath dif-ibledhim 
 from well difverning his prefent condition. Taylor. 
 
 The firlV g.'aji may pals for health, the fccond 
 for good- hutiiovir, the third for our friends ; but 
 the fourth is for our cncniies. Tcmplf. 
 
 3. A perfpeilrtlve glafs 
 
 The moon wliofc orb 
 Through optick g/*'/* the TuTcan artift views. 
 
 Mi 'ton. 
 
 Like thofe who furvey the moon ^y g!"j/is, I 
 
 tell of a (hining wurld above, but not relate the 
 
 glories of the place, Dryden. 
 
 Glass. aJJ. Vitreous; made of glafs. 
 
 Get ihcc g.'tjfs eyes : 
 And, like a fcurvy politician, feem 
 To fee the thmgs thou djU not. Shiifpearc. 
 
 Ghijs booties are move til for this fecund fining 
 than thofe of wood. Mortimer* i Hnjhiindry. 
 
 To Glass, v. a. 
 
 1 . To fee as in a glafs ; to reprefent as in 
 a ^lafs or mirror. Not in ufe. 
 
 Mcihiaks I am partaker of thy pnfijon, 
 And ill thy Cafe do gLtfs mine own debility. 
 
 S/Jri^y. 
 
 2. To cafe in glafs. 
 
 Mcthougi'lall h'l.sfenfp'iwcre lock: in his eye, 
 As jewels in ciyllal for fume prince to buy ; 
 Who tend'rhjg their own worth, from whence 
 
 they were fjtifi/. 
 Did point out to buy them, along as youpaft. 
 
 S&akjpearc. 
 
 To cover with glafs j to glaze. 
 
 G L A 
 
 I have obfcrvcti little grains of Cilvcr to lie hid 
 in the fmall cavities, ptrliaiis gh'Jftd over by a 
 vitrifying heat, in crucibles wherein filver has 
 been long kcjjt in fufion. B'yle. 
 
 Gla'ssfurnace. n.f. \^gl<>f and /ur- 
 nace.'\ A furnace in which glafs is made 
 by liquefaction. 
 
 If our drcimL-r pleafcs to try whether the 
 glowing hc.it of [iglif,fiirn.ice be barely ,\ wan- 
 dering imagination in a cirov/iy man's fancy, by 
 putting hi^ hand into it, l.c may perhaps be 
 awalcencd into a certainty that it \i lomcthing 
 more than bare imagination. L'^cke. 
 
 Gla'ssoazing. adj. [_f/iv/} and ga%ing.'\ 
 Finical; often conlemplaling liimfell ia 
 a mirror. 
 A wliorfon, gJ'>Jfgi'^!''g) finical rogue. 
 
 Sh.dfftnre. 
 
 G L a'ssg R I N D E R . «./. \^ghfs and grinder. 1 
 One whofe trade is to polilli and grind 
 
 glafs. 
 
 The p/rt^r/n.ffrj complain of the trouble they 
 meet with. Boyle. 
 
 Gla'sshouge. n.f. [glofs and houfe.'\ 
 A houfc where glals is ni.jnii!.iir[Lned. 
 
 I remember to have met with an old Rom.iil 
 Mofaic, compofed of litilc pice:-! of clay half 
 vitrified, and prepared at tiic gli^fihouja. Addifm. 
 
 Gla'ssman. n f. [^/a/j- and man.] One 
 who fells glafs. 
 
 The profit of ghiffi-s confifts only in 'a fmall 
 prefent made ljy the gAi/i"i'i«. Swift. 
 
 Gla's'^metal. n.f. [glafs ar.-J metai.] 
 Glafs in fufion. 
 
 Let proof be made cf the incorporating of 
 copper or bra(s with gloffmii.tl. Bucon. 
 
 Gla'ssv.'okk. n. /. [g^f and ivorh.'^ ■ 
 Manufacture of glafs. 
 
 Trie ci-yftaliine Venice glafs is a mixture, in 
 equal portions, of (Voncs brought from P.ivia, 
 and tie athcs of a wcco called kali, gatheied in 
 a dcfcrt between Alexandria :.nd Rofctta ; by the 
 Egyptians ufed firfl: for fuel, and then they crufh 
 tiie allies into lumps like a Hone, and fo fell them 
 to the Venetians for their gA'Z/wt.''-'. Bacon. 
 
 Gla'sswort. n.f. [falianda, or falt- 
 wort.] A plant. 
 
 It l.ath an epetalous flower, wanting the em- 
 pakmenti for the (lamina, or chives, and thi: 
 embryoes grow on the extreme part of the leaves ; 
 thefe embiyoes afterward become pods or blad- 
 ders, which, for the moft part, contain one feed. 
 The inhabitants near the fea-coaft cut the plants 
 up toward the latter end of funimvr ; and hav- 
 ing dried them in the fun, they burn them for 
 their allies, which are ufed in making of glafs 
 and loap. Thefe herbs .arc by the country peo- 
 ple called kelp. From the afhcs of thefe plants is 
 e.xtrafled the fall called fal kali, or aikali, by the 
 chymifts. Miller, 
 
 For the fine glafs we ufe the pureft of the 
 fineli fand, and the afbcs of chall or glr.ffhvori ; 
 and for the coarfer or green (ort, the afhos 
 of brake or other pl.mts Broiun't Vulg. Err. 
 
 Gla'ssy. adj. [from^A?/}.] . 
 
 1 . Made of glafs ; vitreous. 
 In the valley near n-ounr Catmet in Judea ' 
 
 there is a fand, which, of all others, hath mofr 
 a-'fiiiity with glafs ; iulomiich as other minerals 
 laid in it turn to a ghtf]'-/ fubllancc. B.icon. 
 
 2. Refembling gi-ifs, as in finoothncfs^ or 
 luftre, or brittlenefs, 
 
 Man I priiud man ! 
 Drcft in a little brief authority. 
 Moft ignorant of what he's moft .affur'd : 
 His gl"Jiv elfence, like an angry ape, 
 Plays fu'cli fantaftick tricks before high heav'n. 
 As makes tiie angels weep. Shakffcare. 
 
 There is a willow grows aflaiit a brook, 
 That lUows bis hoary leaves in iheg.'j/J' fticam. 
 
 Shakfpeeire,
 
 CLE 
 
 The mngnet airraftcth the Ihin'nig or gf^jTy 
 powder brought from the Indies, ufually em- 
 ployed in wiitrng duft. Bmiun. 
 
 Whofe womb produc'd the gla£y ice i Who 
 
 The hoary frofls that f.il! on winter's head ? 
 The g'uijjy deep. Drydcn's .£r.c;d. 
 
 Gi ASTONBur.v 7"/^c;vi. n. f. A fpegles 
 
 of Medlar. 
 
 This fpeci(!s cf thorn produces feme bunches 
 of flowers 111 winter, and flowers again in fjiring. 
 
 Mi/U-r. 
 
 Glabco'ma. n. /. [y\arlt^-i/.u.; glaucome, 
 Frtnch.] A i'aiilt in the eye, which 
 changes the ci7ftalline humour into a 
 orayifh colour, without detriment of 
 fight, and therein differs from what is 
 commonly underflood by fufFufion. 
 
 The glaucoma is no other difcafe than the cata- 
 raa. i'lMf. 
 
 Glave. n. / [gli'rje, French; gla:/, a 
 hook, Welfti.] A broad fwoid; a 
 falchion. 
 Two hundred Greeks came next in fight well 
 tiy'd, 
 Xot furtly arm'd in ftetl or iron flrong, 
 But each ag.'.iif iiath pendant by his fide. 
 
 Fairfax 
 When zeal, with aged cKibs andg/.n'«. 
 Gave chace to rockets and white Haves. Hudii. 
 
 Jb Gl a'ver. 1). n. [glave, WcKh, flattery ; 
 J5l!).an, Saxon, to flatter. It is ftill re- 
 tained in Scotland.] To flatter; to 
 wheedle. A low word. 
 
 Kingdoms have their diltcmpers, intermifiions, 
 and paroxyfms, as well as natural bodies ; and a 
 gfri'iicrhio council is as dangerous as a whcediinii 
 pricft, or a flattering phyfician. L'Efrangc. 
 
 To Glaze, v. a. [To glnfs, only acci- 
 dentally varied.] 
 
 1. To ffflniili with windows of glafs. 
 
 Let there be two delicate cabinets daintily 
 paved, richly hanged, and glazed with ciyftalline 
 glnfs. Bacon' i Effays. 
 
 2. To cover with glafs, as potters do 
 their earthen ware, [from the French 
 gidife, argtlla.] 
 
 3. To overlay with fomething Ihining and 
 pellucid. 
 
 Sorrow's eye,, e''<'~'-^ «"''" brining tears, 
 Divides one lliing cr.tiie to many objcfls. i/wi//. 
 
 The reafon uf one man operates on th.it of ano- 
 ther in all true oratory ; wherein though with 
 other ornaments he may g!az.e and brandilh the 
 weapons, yet is it found reafon that carries the 
 ftroke home. Gre-.u's Cofm. Sic 
 
 Wiiitc, with other ftrong colours with whicli 
 we paint that which we intend to glatc, are tl-.e 
 life, the fpiiit, and the luftre of it. Viyden. 
 
 Gla'zier. n. f. [corrupted (rom g/njicr, 
 or gliijper, o^ glafs. '\ One whofe tiade 
 is to make glafs windows. Other manu- 
 facturers of glafs are otherwife named. 
 
 Into rabbets the fe-veral panes of glaffwork are 
 fet and f: ftcncd by the glazier. Ahxon. 
 
 The dext'rous e^lazicr Urong retu'ns t'e bound, 
 And gingling falhcs on the pcnthoufe foimd. 
 
 Gay' I Trivia. 
 
 And then, without the aid of neighbour's art, 
 Perform'd the carpenter's and g/a.i;cr's part. 
 
 Uarle 
 
 GLEAM, n. f. [^elioma, Saxon.] Sudden 
 flioot of light ; luftre; brightncfs. 
 Then was the fa'r Dodonian tree f.ir fcen 
 Upon feven l.ilh to fpread his gl.\dfomc gleam ; 
 
 And conquciorsbcdcikcd with his green, 
 Along the banks of the Aufonian ftrcam. S^oijtr. 
 
 CLE 
 
 At l-ifi a gleam 
 Of dawning light turn'd thitherward in hafte 
 His traveird fleps. Milton'^ Paradife is/2. 
 
 Ai I bent down to look, jull oppofite, 
 A fli.ipe within the w^x'ty gleam appear'd. 
 Bending to look on me. Milion's Paradife T-cJ!. 
 
 Mine is a g.'cam of blifs, too hot to l.iit ; 
 Wat'iy it Ihines, and will be loon o'eicall. 
 
 Dryden'i ylurengxehe . 
 
 We ken them from afar; the fetting fun 
 Plays on th.eir ihining arms and burnifh'd helmets, 
 And covers all the held with gleams of fire. 
 
 Mdipa's Cato. 
 
 In the clear azure gleam the flocks are feen^ 
 And floating forcfts paint the waves with green. 
 
 Nougiitwas fcen, and nought was heard, 
 But dreadful rlca!i:s 
 Fires that glow. Pofe's St. Cecilia. 
 
 Zu Gleam, v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To (hine with fudden corufcation, 
 
 Obfervant of approaching day, 
 The meek-eyM mom appears, mother of dews, 
 Atfitlt iMiil gle.ming in the dappled eaft. 
 
 Thimjon'i Summer. 
 
 2. To fhine. 
 
 On each hand the gnfhing waters play, 
 And down the rough cafcade white dafhing fall. 
 Or gleam in Icngihen'd viflas through the trees. 
 
 TltGtr.fori. 
 
 Glea'my. adj. [homgkam.'] Flafliingj 
 darting fudden corufcations of light. 
 
 I.i br.;zen arms, that caii a !;.'.-<i«.j ray. 
 Swift through the town ihe warriour bends his 
 way. Pof.\ 
 
 To GLEAN. i>. a. [glaner, French, as 
 i';f;;j7/«- thinks, from gramim, Latin.] 
 
 1. To gather what the reapers of the 
 harvell leave behind. 
 
 Sl-e came and gleaned in the field after the 
 reapcis. Ruth. 
 
 Cheap conqueft for his Yullowing friend re- 
 niain'd ; 
 He reap'd the field, and they but only glean'd. 
 
 Diydcfi. 
 
 Theprecept of not gatheiingtijeirlandclean, but 
 that fomethii^g Ihouiri be left to the poor to glean, 
 was a feconc-aiy offering to God liimfelf. I^eljon. 
 
 She went, by hard neccfiity compell'd, 
 To glean P.il.-enion's fiejds. Thcmf^.n. 
 
 2. To gather any thing thinly fcattered. 
 
 Gather 
 So much as from occafions you may glean. 
 If au.qht, to us unknown, athidls him thus. 
 
 Shakfpeare' i Hamlet. 
 That goodnefs 
 Of gleajdng all the lurd's wealth into one. 
 Into your own hands, caid'nal, by extortion. 
 
 Shakjpeare's Henry vtii. 
 
 They gleaned of tlicm in the highways five 
 
 thoufand men. yudget. 
 
 But Argi^echiefs, and Agamemnon's nam. 
 When his refulgent arms fiafii'd through the fliady 
 
 plain. 
 Fled from his well- knoM'n face with wonted fear; *J 
 A'- when his thund'ring fword and poinded fpear i 
 Dro%e lieadlong to their fliips, and glean'd the f 
 routed rear. Drydcn's j^neid. J 
 
 In the knowledge of bodies we muft be con- 
 tent to glean what we can from pniticuUr expe- 
 riments ; fince we cannot, from a dilcovery of 
 their real eflcnces, grafp at a time whole Iheaves, 
 and in bundles comprehend the nature and pro- 
 perties of whole fpeeies together. Locke. 
 
 Glean, n.f. [fiom the verb.] Collec- 
 tion made laburioufly by (low degrees. 
 
 Plains, meads, and orcliards all the day he plies; 
 The gkan.i of yellow thyme diflend his thighs : 
 He fpoilsthc fatfron. Dryden's Virgil. 
 
 Gle'aner. n.f. [from ff/(?fl«.] 
 
 I. One who gathers after the reapers. 
 
 For ftill the world prevail'd, and its dread 
 laugh, 
 
 G L E 
 
 Which fcarce the fiim philofophcr can fcorn, " 
 Sliouid his heart own a gleaner in the field. 
 
 ThomfCn. 
 2. One who gathers any thing flowly and 
 laborioufly. 
 
 An ordinary cotfce-houfe ^/c-^wfr of the city is 
 an arrant liatcfman. Locke. 
 
 Gle'aning. n. f. [from glean.] The 
 a<& of gleaning, or thing gleaned. 
 
 There (hall be as the (taking of an olive-ttee, 
 and as the gleaning of grapes when Itie vintage is 
 done. Bible. 
 
 The orphan and widow are members of the. 
 (^ame common f'.mily, and have a 1 ignt to be fup-' 
 por:ed out of the incomes of it, as the poor Jews 
 had to gather the gUaningi of the rich man's har- 
 ve(^ . Aiterbury. 
 
 GLEBE, n. f. [gleba, Latin.] 
 
 1. Turf; foil; ground. 
 
 This, like the mooiy plots, delights in fedgy 
 bowers ; 
 The gralTy garlands loves, and oft attir'd with 
 
 flowers 
 Of lank and ve^tWov glebe. Drayton. 
 
 Fertile of corn \.\i^ glebt of oil and wine. 
 With herds the pa(\uies throng'd, with flocks the 
 hills. Milton. 
 
 M.irk well the fluw'iing almonds in the wood; 
 If ori'ruus blooms the bearing branches load, 
 T\'>tglebe. will anfwer to thefvlvan reign, 
 Great heats will follow, and large crops of grain. 
 
 Dtyden, 
 Sleeping vegetables lie, 
 'Till the glad fummons of a geni.il ray 
 Unbinds the glebe, and calls thenjt out today. 
 
 Gaith. 
 
 2. The land pofTcffed as a part of the re- 
 venue of an ecclefiaftical benefice. 
 
 The ordinary living or revenue of a parfonage 
 is of three forts : the one in land, commonly 
 called the glebe ; another in tythe, which is a fet 
 pait of our goods rendered to God ; the tiiiid, in 
 other otfi^rings bellowed upon God and his church 
 by the people. Spelman. 
 
 A trelpafs done on a parfon's glebe land, which 
 
 is a freehold, cannetbe tried in a fpiritual court. 
 
 Jlylife'l Parergon. 
 
 Many parilhes have not an \x\z\ioi gltbe. Sixijt. 
 Glebous. adj. [hota glehe.] Turfy. 
 
 Dia. 
 
 Gle'by. adj. [{-com glehe.'] Turfy; per- 
 haps in the following paffage fat or 
 fruitful, if it has indeed any meaning. 
 
 Pernicious flatt'ry ! thy malignant feeds 
 In an ill hour, and by a fatal hand 
 Sadly difi'us'd o'er virtue's g/ir^ land, 
 With rihng pride amidft the corn appear. 
 And cnoke the hopes and harveft of the year. 
 
 Pritir, 
 
 Glede. n.f. [jhbajlibe, Saxon.] A 
 
 kind of hawk. 
 
 Ye (hall not cat the gledr, the kite, and the 
 vulture. Deuteronomy. 
 
 GLEE. n.f. [aI'35«» Saxon.] Joy; 
 merriment ; gaycty. It anciently fig- 
 nified mufick played at feafts. It is not 
 now uftd, except in ludicrous writing, 
 or with fome mixture of irony and con- 
 ttinpt. 
 She marchcth home, and by her takes the 
 knight. 
 Whom all the people follow with great glee. . 
 
 Tairy C^ueen. 
 Many wayfarers make thcmftlvcs glee by vex- 
 ing the inhabitants; who again forellow not to 
 baignc them with perfume. Careiu. 
 
 Is Blouztlinda dead.' Farewel my git e 1 
 No hnppinels is now reterv'd fur me. ^ay. 
 
 The poor man then was rich, and liv'd with 
 
 «/■■'•; 
 
 Each barley -licad untaxt, and day-light free. 
 
 Harte,
 
 G L I 
 
 GiEED, n. /. [from j^lopan, Saxon, to 
 glow. J A hot glowing coal. A pio- 
 vlntlal and obfoltte word 
 Glc'ltul. a.lj. {gL'e a. id /////.] Gay ; 
 merry ; cheerful. Not ufcd. 
 
 M) lovely Aaron, whficlu.c- lu.jk'lt thou Ut(, 
 ■Wiicii eveiy tiling dolh m.ikc a g/sf/n/ boalt ? 
 
 Sh-ikfpfare. 
 
 Gleek. n.f. [3I1530, v^axoii.] iVmlick; 
 or inulicidii. 
 
 Wliar will you give us? — Nj money, but 
 
 the gUek : X will ^ivc you the jiiiiilticl. 
 
 SJt.ikffieare 
 
 To Gleek. v. a. [glijman, in ia.xon, 
 is a iniinick or a droll J 
 
 1. To Inter; to gibe ; to droll upon. 
 
 I CAuglceL upon occjlioil S/itif^fpearc. 
 
 I hive lecii yo^i gi'e^iin^ or galling at tuis gcii- 
 
 tlcm.n twice or . iricc. Shakfytare 
 
 2. In ocotlanG it is ftill retained, and 
 fignifies to tool or fjiend time idly, with 
 fomcthing of niimi kry or drollery. 
 
 To Gi EEN. V. n. l"o ihine with heat or 
 polifl.. 1 know not cht original notion 
 of thii woid : it may be ot itie fame ract 
 vi[\}\ ghtu or witii gltani. I have not re- 
 maikcd it ill any other place. 
 
 Thofc Wiio i.ibour 
 Tlie fweaty foigf, who edge the crooked fcythe, 
 Berul ftubborn ftecl, anrl harden ^/ffn;/;^ armout, 
 Acknowledge Vulcan's .lid jV/V. 
 
 GLEET, n.f. [It is written by Skinner 
 gliti, and derived from jliban, jaxoii, 
 to run loftly.] A fanious ooze; a thin 
 ichor running fro:n a fore. 
 
 A hard dry el'char, without cltiicr matter or 
 j^/.'c/. lViJ:tmtn*i Surgery. 
 
 To Gleet, -d. n. [from the noun.], 
 
 1. To diip or ooze with a thin fanious 
 liquor. 
 
 His thumb being infl.imcd and rwcllcd, I made 
 an incilion into it to the bone : this not only bled, 
 but gUtieds. few drops. Wiftirian. 
 
 2. To run fiowly. 
 
 Vapours rail-i' by the fun make clouds, which 
 are carried up and down the atmofpncre, 'till 
 they hit againlt the mountainous pl.-.ces of the 
 globe, and by this conculfiun are condenfed, and 
 fo g!'.!t down the caverns of thcfe mountains, 
 whofc inner parts, being hollow, afford them a 
 bafon. CheynsU Vhd. Priric. 
 
 Gle'etv adj. [from glei:t.'\ Ichorous; 
 thinly fanious 
 
 If the fieiK lofe its ruddincfs, and the maltei 
 cha.ngc to be thin andg/^c/;', you may fufpeci it 
 corrupting. /'Frfeman. 
 
 Glen. n./. [g/eann, Erfe.] A valley; 
 a dale ; a depreflion between two hills. 
 
 From me his tn.idding naind is Ilart, 
 And wooes the Widow's daughter of the gUn. 
 
 Spenfcr. 
 
 Glew. n.f. [glulen, Latin.] A vifcous 
 cement made by diffolving the flcins of 
 animals in boiling water, and drying th* 
 gelly. See Glue. 
 GLIB. adj. [from •::*>. SLinner.'] 
 I. Smooth; flippery ; fo formed as to be 
 eafilv moved. 
 
 Liquid bodies have nothing to fuflain li:c'r 
 jjartb, nor ar.v thing to cement them : the parts 
 bcin;; ?.'/.'■ -ind c-intinually in motion, fall off from 
 one another, which way foever gravity in.-lincs 
 tliem. Butr.ct'i TUr.r^/ 
 
 Habhakkuk brought him a fmooth fVre^.g rope 
 eompaflly twifted together, with a noofe that 
 dipt as ghb as a birdcatcher's gin. Atbuthnot. 
 
 3. Smooth ; voluble. 
 
 G L I 
 
 I want tlia; g//i and ofly art 
 To fpcnk and pinpuft not, fines what I well in- 
 tend, 
 I'll Hc't before I fpeak. Siaifpfare'i King Liar. 
 There was never lo much glia iionfcnfc put to- 
 gether in well (ouii^'ing Enghlh. Locke 
 
 Now Curl his fhoji from riil.hifh drainf ; 
 Tiirco genuine rnm.'s of SwUt'i rcm-iins : 
 And then, to make thcni pnfs t\\r gfiihtr, 
 Revis'd Ly TibbaUl, M iie, and Ci»h-r, Swift. 
 
 Be fjrc he 's a fine fpukcn man ; 
 Do but liearon the clergy howg.'/ihis tongue ran 
 
 Swft. 
 
 Glib. n.f. 
 
 The Irilh have from the Scythians mantles and 
 long^/;i;; which is a thick curled l.ulh of hair 
 hanging (l.,wn over their eyes, and monft-oufly 
 difguifing them. Spt'nfcr on Iiti.tiiit. 
 
 To Glib. v. a. [from the adjedlive.] To 
 callraie. 
 
 I'll geld them all ; fourteen they fhall not fee, 
 To bring falle generations ; they are coheirs. 
 And I had rathcr.g//^ mylelf, than ihey 
 Should not produce fjir iflue. S/nt^j'feare. 
 
 Gli'bly. adv. [from ^//3.] Smoothly ; 
 volubly. 
 
 Many who would flartlc at an oath, whofe rto- 
 machs as well as confcicncc recoil at an obfcenity, 
 do yet Hide g i/'.fy into a denaction. 
 
 Gcv^rri.ttent of the Tcie^w 
 
 Gli'dness. n.f. [fvom g/ii.] Smooth- 
 Defs ; flipperincfs. 
 
 A poldh'o 1CG-I1U.C g/ihrref doth enfold 
 Tuc rock. Ckifiiaii's O.lyffey. 
 
 The tongue Is the moft ready for motion of 
 any member, needs not fu much as the flexure 
 of a joint, and by acccfs of humours acquires a 
 gUbtt-fi too, the more to facilitate its moving. 
 
 Gaviltlimcnt of the Tongue. 
 
 To GLIDE, v.n. [jliban, Saxon; ^///'at«, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To flow gently and filently. 
 
 By calf, among thcdiifty vallies^AVfr 
 The filver Ifieams of Jordan's cryhal Hood. 
 
 Fiiirja.x. 
 
 Broke by the jutting land on either fide, 
 In double ftreanis the briny wtxas glide. Dry.i. 
 
 Juft before trie confines of the wood, 
 The giitiirrg Lethe leads her filcnt flood. Dry.i. 
 
 Where (fray the Mufes, in what lawn or grove ? 
 In thofc fair fields where facred Ifis g.Wrj, 
 Or clfe where Cam his winding vales divides. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. To pafs on without change of ftep. 
 
 Ye^//(//H|r ghol^s, permit me to relate 
 The myftick wonders of your filenr (fate. 
 
 DiyM-rrs yEr^eid. 
 
 3. To move fwiftly and fmoothly along. 
 
 If one of mean affairs 
 May plod it in a week, why may not I 
 Glide thither in a day ? Shakfpea, e' i Cymh. 
 
 Shoals of fiffi, with fins and (hining fcales, 
 G'ide under the green wave. Mi't'.n. 
 
 He trcmi>rd every limb, and felt a fmart 
 As if cold I'.ccI hadg.'../t<.' through his heart. 
 
 Dry.len's Fal'Iei. 
 
 All things are beheld as in a hady motion, 
 
 where the objcifts only glide before the eye a id 
 
 «lif.ippear. Dryden 
 
 Glide, n.f [from the verb.] Lapfe ; 
 
 aft or manner of palling fmoothly. 
 
 About I is neck 
 A green and gilded fnakc hadwreath'd itfclf, 
 Who, with her head nimble in tlireats, approach'd 
 The opening of his mouth ; but fuddenly. 
 Seeing Orlando, it unlink'd itfelf, 
 And with indented g/A/i-j did flip av.ay 
 llltoabufh. _ Shaijpeare'i ^-fi yoii like it. 
 
 Gli'der. n.f. [from g!hk.] One that 
 glides. 
 
 Thcglauncc into my heart did glide; « 
 Hcv ho the glider ; 
 
 Therewith my foul was fliaiply glide, 
 Such wounds fooB wjacii wider. Sjiei/er. 
 
 G L I 
 
 Gi.iKt.. n.f. [^tIij, Saxon. SecGLFEK.] 
 A hieer; a fcoH ; a flout. ISot now 
 in ufe. 
 
 \\ here's the ballaid'i- braves, and Char!i> his 
 eliket. Sli.ikJ^titrt . 
 
 ybGLI'MMER. v.n. [gl,mmtr,li.mi^, 
 to (liine ; gl'tmmsn, Dutch, to glow.] 
 
 1 . Til (liiiie faintly. 
 
 The wcrt yet glimT.trt with fjmc flreaks of 
 d.iy. Siakfpeare, 
 
 The truth appears fo naked on my fide, 
 That any purbiind eye may find it out. 
 — ."^nd on my fide it is fo well appircl'd, 
 So clear, fo Ihining, and fo cvideii:, 
 Thai it will giimmer tlirough a blind man's eye. 
 
 Shitkjpeare, 
 
 For there no twiliglit of the fun's dull ray 
 Glunmen upon the pure and native day. Cowley. 
 
 Ott in gftmmering bowers and glades 
 He met her. Millin. 
 
 Soe'H ihou yon* dreary plain, forlorn and wild, 
 The feat of dcfolation, void of light, 
 Suvc what the gUmmering of ihcfe livid flimcs 
 Caffs pale and dreadful ? Milton t Par. Lefi, 
 
 The facred influence 
 Of light appears, and from the walls of heav'n 
 Siioots far into the bofom of dim night 
 A glimmering dawn. Milton'! Par. Loft. 
 
 Through thefe fad (hades this chaos in my foul. 
 Some feeds of light at length began to roll ; 
 The rifiiig motion of an infant ray, 
 Shot glimmering tarough the cloud, and promis'd 
 day. Prior. 
 
 Oft by the winds, extinft the fignal lies ; 
 Or Imother'd in tYtc glimm' ring fockct dies. 
 
 Gay'i Trivia. 
 
 When rofy morning ^//wwifr'tf o'er the dales. 
 Ha drove to parture all tiie lulty males. Pope. 
 
 2. To be perceived imperfeftly ; to appear 
 faintly. 
 
 On the w.iy the baggage poft-boy, who bad 
 been at court, got a glimmering who they were. 
 
 IVotfn. 
 
 The pagan priefthood was always in the druidsi 
 
 and then: was a perceivable glitnmiring of ths 
 
 Jewilli rites in it, tliough much corrupted. Swijt, 
 
 Gd'mmer. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Faint fplendour ; weak light. 
 
 2. A kind of foffil. 
 
 The lelTer maffes that are lodged in fparry and 
 ifony bodies, difperl'edly, from their ftiining and 
 glimm»ring, were an inducemen; to the wiitcij 
 of foffils to give thofe bodies the name of mica 
 and glimmer. H'oodivard on Fo£ils. 
 
 Stones which are compofed of plates, tliat arj^ 
 generally plain and parallel, and that arc flexible 
 and elaltick : talc, catfilver, ot glimmer, of which 
 there are three forts, the yellow or golden, the 
 white or filvery, and the bl.itk. If'ccdivard, 
 
 Glimpse, n. f. \^glimtnen, Dutch, to 
 
 ■«low.] 
 I . A weak faint light. 
 
 Such vaft room in nature. 
 Only to fliinc, yet fcarce to contribute 
 Each ori> a glimpfe of light, convey'd fo far 
 Down to this habitable, which returns 
 Light h.ack to them. Milton. 
 
 Thoufands of things, which now either wholly 
 efcape our apprehenfions, or which our Ihort- 
 fightcd leafuii having got foinc faint giimp/c of, 
 we, ill the d.irk, grope after. Lo.ke. 
 
 z. A quick flalhing light. 
 
 Lig: t as the lightningj.'i'ny/f theyr.in.> Milttn. 
 My ihiiughtlefs youth waswing'd with vain de- 
 files, 
 My manhood, long mifled by wand'rirg fires, 
 Follow'd falfe lights; and when their g.';m;)/> w.as 
 
 gone. 
 My pride flruck out new fpanglcs of her own. 
 
 Dry.len. 
 T.. Tranfitory luftre. 
 
 There no dear slimpfe of the fun's lovely face 
 Strikes througnthcloUd daiknefs of thepi.ice.
 
 G L I 
 
 If I, celeft'ul fue, in ang'iit 
 Have I'civ'd thy will, or gratified tliy thought. 
 One gUi'tyJe of glory to my iffue give ; 
 Grac'd for the little time he has to live. Diytl^n. 
 
 4. Short fleeting enjoyment. 
 
 If, while this wearied fltlh draws flatting 
 breath, 
 Not fatisfy'd with Ufe, afraid of death, 
 If haply be thy will that I Ihuuld know 
 Gl:mpfc of d.light, or paiile from anxiciis woe j 
 From now, from iiilfant now, great fire, riifpel 
 The clouds tiiatpiefs my foul. Pnar, 
 
 5. A fliort tranfitory view. 
 
 O friends! I hear the tread of nimble feet 
 Halting this way, and now hy gUmffe difccrn 
 IthiuicI, and Zephon, through the (hade.' Millon. 
 
 Some God punilheth escmplarily in this world, 
 that we might have a tjftc or gUmpfi of his pre- 
 fcntjuftice. Hah will. 
 
 A man ufed to fuch fort of reflections, fees as 
 much at one ajimpfe as would rcquiic a long dif- 
 coiirfe to lay before another, and make out in 
 one entire and gradual dcdudlion. Locke. 
 
 What Ihouldl do! while here I was enchaiu'd, 
 No glimff! of godlike liberty 'remain'd. Drydcn. 
 
 6. The exhibition of a faint refemblance. 
 
 No man hath a virtue thai he has not ^ glimpfe 
 of. Sh.ihfltarc. 
 
 To Gi-is'ten. 1'. n. [gUttan, German.] 
 To lluiic ; to fparkle with light. 
 
 Tire bicaiing kind 
 Eye the bleak heaven, and next the gUJlcMiig 
 
 caith. 
 With looks of dumb defpair. Thmjon. 
 
 The ladies cyaglijleacd with pleafure. 
 
 R'nhardJ'jni Pamela. 
 
 To Gli'ster. i<. n. [g/ittan, German; 
 giyicren, Dutch.] To fhine ; to be 
 bright. 
 
 The wars flame moft in fummcr, and the hel- 
 mets gijlc brighteli in the faireft funlhine. 
 
 Spenjer on I'eltimL 
 'Tis better to be lowly horn. 
 And range with humble livers in content, 
 Than to be perk'd up in a glijiciing grief. 
 And wear a golden forrow. Sluikjfearc. 
 
 The golden fun 
 Gallops the jodiack in his gUfring coach. Shaif. 
 
 All that gi:J}eri is not gold. Skakfpearc. 
 
 You were mote the eye and talk 
 Of the couit to-day, than all 
 aife that ^liflci'A in Whitcl-.all. Srn Jonfin. 
 
 When the fun (hone upon the Ihields of gold 
 and bi.ifs the mountains glijhred therewith, and 
 ihined like lamps of fiie. i Maccabea. 
 
 It cunfiftcd not of rubies, yet the fmall pieces 
 *f it were of a pkafant icdifh colour, and glijhic.i 
 prettily. Boyle. 
 
 Gli'ster. n.f. [properly written i:/j|/?fc, 
 from z>,fe.] See Clyster. It is 
 written wrong even by Broivn. 
 
 Now enters Bulh with new (fate airs, 
 Hislordlhip's premier minifter; 
 
 And who, in all profound affairs, 
 Is held as needful as his g!!Ji--r. Sivlp. 
 
 Choler is the natural gliji't, or one excretion 
 whciehy nature cxcludeth another; which dc- 
 ftcnding daily unto the bow<ls, extimulatcs thofe 
 parts, and excites them unto expulflon. Bro'jjn. 
 
 To Gli'ttlr. -v. n. [j^lmman, Saxon.] 
 
 J. To (hine ; to exhibit lullre ; to gleam. 
 
 Steel glofl'es are more refpUndent than the like 
 
 plates of brafs, and fo is the gllltrrhig of a blade 
 
 Itacon's rhyf. Rem. 
 
 Before the battle joins, from afar 
 
 The field yet glitten with the pomp of war. 
 
 Drydcn*s VirgU. 
 Scarce had'fl thou time t' unfheath thy con- 
 qu'riiig blade ; 
 It did but j///^tr, and the rebels fled. Granville. 
 2. To be fpeciotis ; to be ftriking. 
 
 On the one hand fet the moll glittering temp- 
 tations to difcord, and on the other the difm.il 
 cffcfls of it. Vccay of Piety. 
 
 G L O 
 
 In o.'itt\ing fcencs, o'er her own heart fcvefc ■ 
 In crowds collcilcd ; and in courts finccre. 
 
 Yo:r:g. 
 
 Gli'tter. n.f. [from the verb.] Luilre; 
 bright (how ; Ipleiidour. 
 
 Cl.d 
 With what pcrmlflive glory fmce his fall 
 W'.is left him, or falfc glilttr. Milton. 
 
 Flourilh not too much upon the gUlter of for- 
 tune, for fear there Ihould be too much alloy in 
 it. Coiliet 0!t PriJr. 
 
 Takeaway this mcafurc from our drcfs and 
 habits, and all is turned into fuch paint andg//.'- 
 /er, and ridiculous ornaments, a3 aie a real 
 (hame to the wearer. Ljtu. 
 
 Gi.i'tterand. Shining; fpnrkling. A 
 participle ufetl by Chaticer and the old 
 Englifh poets. This participial termi- 
 nation is ftill retained in Scotland. 
 
 Gli'tteringly. sdv. [fiura gHtlcr.'\ 
 With fliining lullre. 
 
 To Gloar. ^'. a. [glocrcn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To fquint ; to look aflicw. Shhiner. 
 
 2 . In Scotland, to ftare : as, luhat a 
 gloarand gnean. 
 
 To Gloat, -v. ti. [This word I conceive 
 to be ignoiantly written for glor.r.~\ 
 To cad fide glances as a timorous lover. 
 
 Tcacii every giace to fmile in your behalf, 
 And her deluding eyes to gli-at for you. Reive. 
 
 Glo'bard. n.f. [from g/oiv.] Aglow- 
 worm. 
 
 Glo'bated. adj. [from gloie.} Formed 
 in fhape of a globe ; fpherical ; fphe 
 roidical. 
 
 GLOBE, n.f. [ghle, French; glohu.<, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. A fpherc ; a b.ill ; a round body ; a 
 body of which ever)- part of the fiiiface 
 is at the fame diftaiicc from the centre. 
 
 2. 'J he terraqueous ball'. 
 The youth, whofe fortune the \aft globe obcyM, 
 
 Finding his royal enemy bctray'd. 
 Wept at his fall. Stepney. 
 
 Where God declares his intention to give do- 
 minion, he meant that he would make a fpecics 
 of creatures that thould have dominion over the 
 other fpetios of this ten crtrial g/viii'. Locke 
 
 3. A fphere in which the various regions 
 of the earth are geographically de- 
 picted, or In which the conltellations 
 are laid down according to their places 
 in the iky. 
 
 The aftrcloger who fpclls the liars, 
 Miltakcs his g'o.V, and in her brighter eye 
 Interprets heaven's phyfiognomy. CUnvelanil 
 
 Thelc are the Wars, 
 But raife thy thought from fenfe, nor think to find 
 Such figures as are in globes defigu'd. Creech'. 
 
 4. A body of foldicrs drawn into a circle. 
 Him round 
 
 A. ghbi at fiery fcraphim inclos'd. 
 
 With bright imfclazoning, and horrent arms. 
 
 ytiiio'i. 
 
 Globe Amtiranth, or everlnjl'mg Jlower. 
 n.f. [aniaratit/ioUei.] A flower. Milkr. 
 
 Globe Bti'tfy. n.f. A kind of flower. 
 
 Globe Fi/Jj. n.f. A kind of orbicular 
 fiflr. 
 
 Globe Rnnunculns. n. f. [hellehoro-ra- 
 niinrulus.] A plant. Mil/a: 
 
 Globe T/.'iflk. n.f. [carclitus orikrtltJl'is.] 
 A* plant. ^M^'-- 
 
 GLOiiO'SE. aJj. [glol/ofus, Latin.] Sphe- 
 rical ; round. 
 
 G L O 
 
 Regions, to which 
 All thy dominion, Adam, is no more 
 Than what this garden ii to all the carlli, 
 And all the fca ; from one enx'nt ghbofe 
 btretch'd into longitude. M.-ltoa'i Par, Lej'.. 
 
 Then form'd the moon 
 GlobofCj and tv'ry magnitude of (lars. Milton . 
 
 Globo'eity. n.f. [from globofe.'\ Sphe- 
 ricity ; fphericalnefs. 
 
 Why the fame eclipfc of the fun, which is fccn 
 to them that live more cafterly, when the fun is 
 elevated fix degrees above tlic horizon, (hould be 
 leen to them that live one degree more weilcrly, 
 wiicre the fun is but five degrees above the hoiiion, 
 and fo lower and lower proportionably, "till at laft 
 it rppear not at all ; no account can be giver, but 
 Ihc globojity of the earth. Ray on the {.'.nation. 
 
 Glo'bous. adj. [glohofus, Latin. When 
 the accent is inteniied to be on the laft 
 fvUable, the word ftiouhl be written 
 glohofe, when on the iwfi globims : I have 
 transferred hither a paflage of M'dion, 
 in which this rule has been neglcftcd.J 
 Spherical ; round. 
 
 Wide over all the plain, and wider far 
 Than a!l this g/sir^f earth in plain outfprcad ; 
 Such arc the courts of God! Milim. 
 
 The biazen inftruments of death difchaige 
 Horrible flames, and turpid ftreaming clouds ; 
 Large gl'>houi irons fly, or dicadiul hits. 
 Singeing the air. Philip!. 
 
 Glo'bolar. adj. [globulus, Lat.] Hav- 
 ing the form of a fmall fphere j round ; 
 fpherical. 
 
 The figure of the atoms of all vifible fluids 
 feemeth to be ghbiihr, there being no other 
 figure fo well fitted to the making of fluidity. 
 
 Gre\u i lojmologia Sacra. 
 
 CLOBULA'RLd. n. f. [Latin; globu- 
 hire, French.] A ttofculous flower. 
 
 Milkr. 
 
 GLO'BULE. n.f [globtele, French; 
 glcbulus, Latin.] Such a fmall particle 
 of rr.atter as is of a glubular or fpherical 
 figure ; as the red p<trtH lesof the blood, 
 which fwim in a tranfparciit leruin, and 
 are eafily difcovered by the microfcope. 
 Thcfc will attraft one another when 
 tliey come within a due diftance, and 
 unite like the fphcrcs of quickfilvct. 
 
 '^lincy. 
 
 The hailrtones have opaeiue ghbulei ot [now ill 
 
 then centre, te intercept the light within the halo. 
 
 Newton's Opticks. 
 
 Blood confifts of red gW.v/fs, fwimmiiig in a. 
 thm liejuor called ferum : the red ghhilcs are 
 ehdlick, and will btc.ik ; the vefl'els which admit 
 the fm iller g/ofo/e, cannot admit the greater with- 
 out a difeale. Atbuthnot en aliments. 
 
 Gi^o'dulous. adj. [from gloltik.'] In 
 form of a fmal. Ipliere ; round. 
 
 The whiicncfs of fuch globuloiis particles pro- 
 ceeds from tiie air included in the froth. Ilryle. 
 
 To Glo meratb. v. a. [glomero, Latin.] 
 To gather into a ball or fphere. A 
 filamentous fnbftance gathered into a 
 ball is faid la he glomsnited, but difcon- 
 tinuous pa.liclcs are cotiglohuted. 
 
 Glomera TioN. n. f. [glome.-atio, Lat.] 
 
 1. The act of forming into a ball or 
 Iphere. 
 
 2. A body formed into a ball. 
 The r.iinbow cunnlteth of a ghmeiailon of 
 
 fmall dinps, which cannot fall but from rhe air 
 that is very low. Baco'i. 
 
 Glo'merous. adji. [glotmrnfiis, Latin.] 
 Gathered into <i ball or fphere, as a ball 
 of thread.
 
 G L O 
 
 GLOOM, n. f. [slomanj, Saxon, twi- 
 light.] 
 I, Iinpc'ifeft darknefs; difmaliiefs ; ob- 
 fcmity ; defcCl of light. 
 
 Gluvving cnihcrs thrcm^ih tlic room, 
 Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Millon. 
 
 This the feat, 
 Th.it wc muft change for heav'ji ? This moiun- 
 
 ful ghonif 
 For that ctk-Hi.il light ? Millon'i VauJifc Loji. 
 
 The Itill night, not now, as crc men fell, 
 Wholefomc, and cool, and mild ; hut with black 
 
 .air 
 Accompany'd ; with damps, and dreadful gloom. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Nowwarm in love, now wiih'ring in thy bloom, 
 
 Lol^ in a convent's fchtaiy ^/oum. I'of^. 
 
 2. Cloudiiiefs of afpcdl; hcaviiiefs of mliitl ; 
 
 fullenncfs. 
 To Gi.onM. V. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. I'd fhine obfcurely, as the twilight. 
 This feiift; is not now In ufe. 
 
 His glilVring armour made 
 A \\it\': gloom["g liglit inuch like a Ihade. Sprjifcr, 
 
 Scarcely had Phoebus in the ghotn/rig ealt 
 Yet harncfled his fiery Rtoted team. Sjtrfifer. 
 
 2. To be cloudy ; to be dark. 
 
 3. To be melancholy ; to be fallen, 
 Gloo'milv. aih'. [from ir/flo/ny.] 
 
 1. Obfcurely; dimly; without perfeft 
 h'ght ; difmally. 
 
 2. Sullenly; with cloHdy afpefl ; with 
 dark intentions ; not cheerfully. 
 
 See, he comes; how gloomi.'y he looks I DrvJ. 
 Gloomily rciir'd th.e fpidcr lives, Thomjon. 
 
 Gloo'miness. n. f. [f\om gloomy .1 
 I, Want of light; obfcurity ; imptrfcft 
 
 light ; difmalnefs. 
 Z. Want of cheerfulnefs ; cloudinefs of 
 look ; heavinefs of mind ; melancholy. 
 
 Ncgled {f\QM\s gloomiiirfi upon their humour, 
 and makes them grow I'ullen and inconvcrfable. 
 Collier of the Spleen. 
 The ghomlneji in which fomctimes the minds 
 of the belt men are invoh'cd, very often ftands in 
 need of fucli little incitements to mirth .and 
 laugliter as ai e apt to difpcrtc melancholy. 
 
 MJiJifi. 
 Gloo'my. atij. [from^f/oom.] 
 
 1. ObfciM-c ; imperfeftly illuminated; a!- 
 moll dark ; difmal for want of light. 
 
 Thefe were from without 
 The growing mifciies, which Adam faw 
 Already in part, tliough hid in gloomiejl (hade, 
 T» I'orrow abandon'd. Milton'i Purmiife Loji. 
 
 Deep in a cavern dwells the drowfy god, 
 Whofe gloomy manlion nor the riling fun, 
 Kor fttiurg \jlits, noi the ligiufome nonn. 
 
 Dtyden's Fahles. 
 
 The fu.face of the earth is clearer ut ghomiei , 
 juft as the fun is briglu or more overcalt. I'opc. 
 
 2. Dark of complexion. 
 
 That fur field 
 Of Enna, where Pioferpine gathering fluw'rs, 
 Hvrtelf a f.iirer flow'l" by ghomy Dis 
 Was gathci'd. Milton'! P.iratlife LoJI. 
 
 3. Sullen ; melancholy ; cloudy of look ; 
 heavy of heart. 
 
 Glc'rieb. a./j. [from giory.l Ilinllri- 
 ous ; honourable ; decorated with glory ; 
 dignilied with honours. Not in ufe. 
 
 Old rcfpea 
 As I fuppofe, toward youi once e'o'y' J dicntif 
 My loii, now captisatc, hiJicr hath iiifoim'd 
 Your younger feet, while mine call back with 
 
 age 
 Came lagging after. Milton's .■fgonijla 
 
 Gi.oUlFic a'tioN. n. /. [glorificatioit, 
 Frencli, from glorify.] The aCt of 
 giving glorv. 
 Vol. i,' 
 
 G L 
 
 At opening your eyes, enter upon ttie clay with 
 th'nkl"i;ivii)vj fur flic picfervatioii of you the l;i(l 
 ni^tii, with the ghnJtcnnoN of God (vi the wuiks 
 of rhc cic;uioii, Tuyhr. 
 
 To GLO'RIFY. v. a, [ghrlfier, Trench ; 
 glor'ificot Lalia,] 
 
 1. To procure iionour or praife to one. 
 
 Two I'licli filvcr cuiTcnts, when ihcy join, 
 Do gluujy the b:ink.s that IjounU them in. iihakfp. 
 
 jutticf is their virtue ; that jlonc 
 M.ikcs them lit Turc, ^nf\ glurifiei the throne. 
 
 Dariiei. 
 
 2. To pay lionoiir or praifc In worflilp, 
 
 God IS g.'o.'.-Jif.i when fuch hlsexccikncy, .iI)ove 
 all things, is with due admiialion acknowL'dgcd. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 This form and manner of g'o''/)'-'"g Got\ w.is 
 not at th:it time Hrlt begun; but received long 
 before, and nllcdgcd at that time as an argument 
 iur the truth. Uookfr. 
 
 Good fellow, tell us here the circumnance, 
 That wc fur tliee tn.ty glorify the Lord. Shulfp, 
 
 All nations ihall glorify thy name. Ifili/n. 
 
 Our l)()dies with which the apoftle coniniandi 
 us to glorify God, as well as with our fouls. 
 
 Di/ry of Man. 
 
 This is the pcrfeilion of every thing, to attain 
 its true and proper end : and the end of all thefe 
 gifts and endowments, which God hath given us, 
 is to g!-'>ijv the giver. Tillotfon. 
 
 3. To praife ; to honour ; to extol. 
 
 Whonifocver tlicy find to be moft licentious of 
 life, dtrfpcratc in all pans of difobcdicnce and re- 
 bellious difpofition, him they fet upandg^/orZ/y. 
 
 Spenfer tn Ireland. 
 
 No chymift yet the elixir got, 
 iur^/3'Vyfri his pregnant pot. 
 If by tiic way to him befall, 
 Some odoriferous thing, or medVinal, Dorrtf. 
 
 4. To exalt to glory In heaven ; to raife to 
 
 cckfUal beatitude. 
 
 If God be gloiihed in him, God fiiall alfo 
 glorf)/ hini in himfclf, and IhaU ftraightv/ny 
 glorify iiim. y°^"' 
 
 Whom he juftitied, them he alto g/orif.ed. 
 
 Romafn. 
 
 The members of the clu^rch remaining, being 
 pcrfciitly (anitihcd, (hall be eternally ^/o/v/zci/; 
 tiien fhall the whole church be truly and per- 
 fc<^ly holy. Pe^irfo^i. 
 
 The foui, being immortal, will, at fome time 
 or other, relume its body again in a glorifud man- 
 nci. Jiyhjft'i Piireiyon. 
 
 GLO'RIOUS. ndj, [glorio/us, Latin; 
 glcrieii.x, French.] 
 
 1. iioadful ; proud; haughty; oflenta- 
 tious. 
 
 (iloiioia followers, wlio make themfelvcs as 
 trumpets of the commcnd:uion of thofe they 
 follow, tplnt l)u(incfs for want of (ccrecy. Bacon. 
 
 They (hat are gUrJous mult needs be fadiious ; 
 for all bra\cry fl.inds upon comp.trifons, Bitcon. 
 
 2. Nohlc ; ilIun:iioU3 ; exccllc-nt. It is 
 frequently ulVd by theological writers, 
 to exprcis the hvightnefs of triumphant 
 landlity rewarded in heaven. 
 
 Let them know that thou ait Lord, the only 
 God, and^/6//o//i ovci the whole world. Daniil. 
 
 He is [flo] iom in rcfpcift of the biigiitncfs and 
 fpleiidor ( f his cclellial body, ihll made more 
 ir'orioui and m^ijcUiek by the authority which his 
 Father hiih committed to himof univerfal Judge. 
 
 Ne/fo/i. 
 
 Impartial jufVicc holds her equal fcale-:, 
 'Tilj ihongcr virtue does the weight incline ; 
 if liver thee thy ghriom foe prevails, 
 ilc nww defends the caufc that once was thine. 
 
 prior. 
 
 Let us rcmcnibev wc are Cato's friends. 
 And a6t like men who claim \\\3i\.glor:<jin title. 
 
 AJJifon' i Cato. 
 
 She fiiulV fland amongft the firll fervants of 
 God, and be gh'ious amongft thofe that have 
 fouglit the good tijiht. Lu-iv. 
 
 G L O 
 
 U (here he nothing fo g/ori,i„ aj doing good, 
 if theicjs nothing that makes us fo like to God, 
 then nothing cdit be lu glorious in the ufe of our 
 money, as to ufe it all in works of love and good- 
 "■^fs- Luu... 
 
 Glo'kiously. adv. [from gloriout.] 
 Nobly ; fplendidly ; illnftriouny. 
 
 They infpire with tnofc celcltial flames, which 
 fhijic fo gloiioiijly in their works. Drytn, 
 
 Great wits lometimcs may glorionjly offend, 
 And rife to faults truecriticks dare not mend. 
 
 Vofe. 
 Glo'ry. n. f. [glolre, French; glorin, 
 Latin, Among the old poets it was 
 ufcd fomctimes as one fyllable, gUre.] 
 
 1, Praife paid in adoration. 
 
 (•'.'ory to God in the hiylicft. Lule. 
 
 2. The felicity of heaven prepared for 
 thofe tliat pleafe God. 
 
 Thou flialt guide me with thy counfel, and 
 afterwards receive me into thy glory. I'Jalms. 
 
 Then enter into glory, and refumc 
 His feat at God's right hand, exalted high 
 Ahove all names in heav'n. Milton' i Par. LtJI. 
 
 It is hardly poffible for you to befecch and in- 
 trcat God to make any one happy in the highcft 
 enjoyments of his gU.ry to all eternity, and yet be 
 troubled to fee him enjoy the much fmallcr gift* 
 of God, ill this Ihort and low ft ate of human life. 
 
 I-oiv, 
 
 3. Honour; praife ; fame ; renown; celc- 
 bilty. 
 
 Think it nog/cry to fwell in tyranny. Sidney, 
 Glory is like a circle in the water, 
 Which never ceafeth to enlarge itfelf, 
 'Till by broad fpreading it difperfe to nought. 
 
 Slliik/peare's Henry VC, 
 And with that word and warning foon was 
 dight. 
 Each foldicr longing for near coming glory. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 Ifratl's bright fceptre far lefsg/o;^' biiiigs, 
 There have been fewer fiiends on earth than 
 kings. Cowley. 
 
 Can we imagine that neither the ambition of 
 princes, or intereft, or gain in private perfons, or 
 cuiiofity and the dcfire of knowledge, or the 
 gljry of difcovcrics, could ever move them in tl-.aC 
 cndlcls time to try their fortunes upon the fea. 
 
 Sutnet, 
 
 Your tcx's ehry 'tis to fhinc unknown, 
 Of all applaufc, be fondcft of your own. Yoting. 
 
 4, Splendour ; magnificence. 
 
 Solomon, in all his g'ory, was not atray'd like 
 one of thefe. Matlkeiu. 
 
 Treated fo ill, chas'd from your throne. 
 Returning, you adorn the town ; 
 And with a biave levenge do (how 
 Their g/r.y went and came wiih you. Pf'al'tr. 
 
 Ariltoile fays, that HiouM a man under ground 
 convcrfc with works of art, and be afterwards 
 brought up into the open day, and lee the fevcral 
 glotic! of the heaven and earth, he would pro- 
 nounce them the works of God. ^ddifon' s, SpeH. 
 
 5, Luflre ; brightntfs. 
 
 Now deeping flocks on their foft fleeces lie; 
 The moe.n, fcrenc in gloty, mounts the (ky. Popf. 
 
 From opening Ikies may liicaming gkri.:i 
 fhine. 
 And faints embrace thee with a love like mine. 
 
 PofC. 
 
 6. A circle of rays which furrounds the 
 heads of faints in pifture. 
 
 It is not a converting but a crowning grace ! 
 fuch an one as irradiates, and puts a circle of 
 glory about the Ircad of him upon whom it de- 
 tcends. Sotttli's Sermons. 
 
 A fmile plays with a furprifing agreeablcnefj 
 in the eye, breaks out with the brighteft dif- 
 tinflion, and fits like a glory upon tie counte- 
 nance. Collier of the .'!/pea. 
 7- Pride ; boaftfulnefs ; arrogance. 
 
 By the vain gloiy of nun they entered into the 
 5N
 
 G L O 
 
 world, and thercfoic (hall they come Ihortly to an 
 end. mjriom. 
 
 On death-beds fome in confcious sf/oy lie, 
 Since of the djflor in the mtde they d e. "iowtg. 
 S. Generous pride. 
 
 The fucccf^ of thofe wars was too notable to 
 
 he unknown to your cars, to which all worthy 
 
 fanne hath f.'o'^' to come unto. _ Hitiney. 
 
 To Glo'ry. -d. n. [gbrioi; Latin.] To 
 
 boaft in ; to be proud of. 
 
 With like judgment glorying when he liad 
 happened to do a thing well, as when he had 
 performed fome notable mifchicf. Siti^ej: 
 
 Thcv were wnnt, in the piide of their own 
 ptocec.-lings, to ghry, that whcieas Luther did 
 but blow away the roof and Zuinglius batter but 
 the wails of popilh fupcifiltion, the bft and hard- 
 eft work of all remained, which was to tizi: up the 
 very ground and foundation of popery. Hoohr. 
 
 Let them look they^.Vv not in mifchief, 
 >?ur build their evils on the graves of great men ; 
 for then my guiltlcls blood muft cry againft.them. 
 
 Shakjpfare. 
 
 Your glorying is not good. I Corinthians. 
 
 Thou had fecn mount Atlas, 
 While ftorms and tempcfts thunder on its brow, 
 And oceans break their billows at its feet, 
 It ftands unmov'd, and glories in its height. 
 
 j^ddijon's Cnto. 
 
 This title of freeholder is what I moll ghry in, 
 
 and what raoft effcdtually calls to my mind the 
 
 happinefs of that government under wnich I live. 
 
 Addijo'i'i Freeholder. 
 
 If others may glory in their birth, why may 
 
 not wc, whofe parents were calltd by God to 
 
 attend on him at his altar > .Attciliury. 
 
 No one is out of the reach of misfortune ; no 
 
 one therefore Ihould gkry in his profperity. 
 
 Clnriff.t. 
 
 To Ghosz. V. a. To flatter; to collogue. 
 
 Hanmer. See To Gloze. 
 GLOSS, n.f. [yAc^V.— ; ^/o/f, French.] 
 J. A fcholium ; a comment. 
 
 They never hear fentence, which mcntioneth 
 the word or Ictipture, but forthwith their ghffes 
 upon it are the word preached, the fcriptuie ex- 
 slain'd, or delivered unto u> in Icrmons. Hooker. 
 If then all fouls, both good and bad, do teach, 
 With gen'ral voice, that fouls can never die ; 
 'Tis rot man's fl.itt'ringg/o/., but nature's fpccch. 
 Which, like God's oracles, can never lie. 
 
 Davies. 
 
 Some mutter at certain palf.iges therein, by 
 
 putting ill gloffes upon the text, and taking with 
 
 the left hand what I offer with the right. Hoioil. 
 
 All this, without a g.'j/s or comment, 
 He could unriddle in a monent. Huditrai 
 
 In many places he has perverted my meaning 
 by his ghjjes, and interpreted my words into 
 bhifphemy and bawdry, of which they were not 
 guilty. Dryden's F^hUs, Prrfaee. 
 
 Tiiey give the fcandal, and tliewife difcern ; 
 Their jj/o/Tij teach an age too apt to learn. Drydm. 
 Explaining the text in (hort gtoffis, was Ac- 
 curfius's method. Bnhr on Learning. 
 
 Indentures, cov'nants, articles they draw. 
 Large as the fitlds themfeUes, and larger far 
 Than civil codes with all ihe'ir glojfes are. Pop.: 
 2. Stiperficialluftre. In this fenfe it fcems 
 to have another derivation : it has per- 
 haps fomc af&aity to g/o'-ui. 
 
 His iron coat all over-grown with rufl, 
 Was underneath enveloped with gold, 
 Whofe glifteting g/o/i dark'ncd with &lthy duft. 
 
 S[>enjer. 
 You are a fciSary, 
 That 's the plain truth : your paintcdg/s/i dif- 
 
 covcrs. 
 To men that underltand you, words and weak- 
 ncfs. Shakfpture. 
 
 Golden opinions from all forts of people, 
 Wiiich would be worn now in their newcft glofs. 
 
 Shukfpcare. 
 
 The doubt will he wi.cther it will polilh fo 
 
 n-.ll; for flcel^/j^^i are mote rcfplcndent tlian 
 
 fljtcs of btal's. 
 
 B-ieon, 
 
 G L O 
 
 Weeds that the wind did tofs 
 Tlie virgins wore : the youths, woven coats, that 
 
 cafi a faint dim giojs, 
 Like that of oil C'l.ipman^s Iliads 
 
 It was the ciylour of devotion, giving a luftie 
 to rcvcvcncc, and a gl^.Js to humility. South. 
 
 Gloves, helds, and meadows, are at anyfealoii 
 pleafant to look upon j but never fo much as in 
 the opening of the fpring, when they are all new 
 and frefli, -.s ith their hill ghj> upon them. 
 
 ^^ddifon'i Spe&ator- 
 
 3. An interpretation artfully fpecious ; a 
 fpecious reprefcntation. This fenfe 
 feems to partake of both the former. 
 
 1*0 «r painters oft with lilly poets join, 
 To fill the world with ilrange but vain conceit ; 
 One hiings the If uff, the other liamps the coin, 
 Which breeds nought elfe but gloj/es of deceit. 
 
 Sidney 
 
 It is no part of my feci-et meaning to draw 
 
 you herelty into hatred, or to let upon tlie face 
 
 of thiscaui'e any fairer g/a/i than the naked truth 
 
 doth afford. B-.ok-r, Preface. 
 
 He feems with forged quaint conct it 
 To fet a gloji upon his bad intent. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The common glofi 
 Of theologians. Milton. 
 
 To Gloss. ij. n. [glofer, French, from the 
 noun.] 
 
 1. To comment. 
 
 Thou detain'll Brifeis in thy Ivands, 
 By prieffly glojjing on the gods commands. Dryd. 
 
 2, To make fly remarks. 
 
 Her equals liiff obfciv'd her growing zeal. 
 And laughing g/5/i'<(, that Abra, I'erv'd fo well. 
 
 P> ior. 
 
 To Gloss, ij. a. 
 
 1. To explain by comment. 
 
 In parchment then, large as the fields, he draws, 
 Affurances, big as glofs'd civil laws. Donne. 
 
 2. To palliate by fpecious expofition or 
 reprefentation. 
 
 Is this tile paradife, in defcription whereof fo 
 much gloJJ/ng and deceiving eloquence iiath been 
 fpent } Hooker's Sermzns. 
 
 Do I not reafon wholly on your coiiduiS ? 
 You have the ait loghjs the fonlelt caufe. Philips. 
 
 3. To embellifli with fnperficial luftre. 
 
 But thou, who lately of the common ftrain 
 Wert one of us, if if ill thou doft retain 
 The fame ill iiahits, the fame follies too, 
 Gloji'd over only with a faint-like (how, 
 Then I relume the freedom which I gave. 
 Still thou art bound to vice, and (fill a (lave. 
 
 Dryden's Perfiiis. 
 
 Glo'ss.ary. n. f. \_gloJfarium, Latin; 
 glojfatre, French.] A dictionary of 
 obicure or antiquated words. 
 
 According to Varro, when deluhrum was ap- 
 plied to a place, it fignified fuch a one, in j.vc 
 dei fimulachrum dedicatum cji ; and alio in the old 
 glojfaries. Sll'llngfeet. 
 
 I could add another word to the g'^j/aiy. 
 
 Bai.r. 
 
 Glossa'tor. n. f. [gLJfcileur, French, 
 from glnfs.'] A writer of gloffcs ; a 
 commentator. 
 
 The reafon why the alTcrtion of a finglc judge 
 does not prove the exiHence of judicial a£ls, is 
 becaufe his ofiice is to pronounce judgment, and 
 not to become an evidence : but why ni.ay not 
 the fame be laid of two judges? Therefore, in 
 this lefpeft, the gloffitoi\ opinion muft he falfe. 
 
 Ayl^Je. 
 
 Glo'ssf.r. «. /. [glojfarlus, Latin.] 
 
 1. A fcholiaft ; a commentator. 
 
 2. A polin-.er. 
 
 Glo'ssiness. n.f. [from^/'JJ)'.] Smooth 
 polifh; fuperticial luftre. 
 
 Their furfaces had a fmootlnefs and ghjfinejs 
 much furpaffing whatever I had obfcived in 
 maiinc or common fait. Boyle. 
 
 G L O 
 
 Glo'ssogrApher. n. f. [',}JTca and 
 "/^apc.3 A fcholiail ; a commentator, 
 
 Glo'sSOGRAPH Y. n.f. [y7,ucrcrx andyja'^o).] 
 
 The writing of commentaries. 
 Glo'ssy aeij. [from glcfs.] Shining; 
 imoothly poliihed. 
 
 Theie came towards us a perfon of place; he 
 had on him a gown with wide (leeves, of a kind 
 of watei-camliiet, of an excellent azure colour, 
 far more g^ojjy tiian ours. Bacon. 
 
 The reft entire 
 Shone with a g/oJ[y fcurf. Mi/ton, 
 
 His fuico.it was a hearfkin on his back ; 
 His iiair hung long behind, and g/o^ raven black; 
 
 Dry den. 
 Myfclf will fearch our planted gioands a; 
 home. 
 For downy peaches and the g.'olJ[y plum. Diyden, 
 
 GLOVE, n. f. [jlope, Saxon, from 
 hlafftie, Danifli, to divide.] Cover of 
 the hands. 
 
 'I'iiey dew about like chaff i' th' wind \ -^ 
 
 For lialie fome left their niaflcs bchiiid, C 
 
 Some cuuld not flay their g/sT/f* to find. \ 
 
 Dr/tyton. 
 
 White gloves were on his hands, and on his'head 
 
 A wreath of laurel. Dryden. 
 
 To Glove, v. a. [froin the noun.] To 
 cover as with a glove. 
 My limbs, 
 Weaken'd with grief, being now enraged with 
 
 grief, 
 Are thrice themfelves : hence therefore, thou 
 
 nice crutch ; 
 A fcaly gauntlet now, with joints of ftccl, 
 Muftg/oT'f this hand. Sha^fp are's Henry iv. 
 
 The next he preys or\ is her palm. 
 That alm'ner of tranfpiring balm ; 
 So fofr, 'tis air but once icmov'd; 
 Tender as 'twere a jelly glov'd. Clcuv&land, 
 
 Glo'ver. n.y. [U'om glij-ve.l One whofe 
 trade is to make or fell gloves. 
 
 Does he not wear a great round beard like 
 ag'oz-er's paring knife? Sh.ikfpenre, 
 
 To Glout. v. n [A lotv word of which 
 I liiid no etymology.] To pout ; to 
 lookfiillen. It is ftill iifed in Scotland. 
 She lurks inniidlf of all hci den, and (freaks 
 From out a ghaftly whulpooi all her necks. 
 Where, g.'o%vting round hcrr^ck, to (rfli (he fills. 
 
 Cliupman, 
 Gloating with fullen fpight, the fury (hook 
 Her ciottcd locks, and blaftcd with each look. 
 
 Garth. 
 
 To GLOV/. V. n. [jlopan, Saxon; 
 gUeyen, Dutch.] 
 
 1. I'o be heated fo as to (hine without 
 flame. 
 
 But fithencc filence IrlTcneth not my fire, 
 But told it H.imes, and hidden it doesglow, 
 I will reveal what ye io imich defire. Spenfer. 
 
 His goodly eyes. 
 That o'er the files and mufiers of the war 
 Have gloiu'd like plated Mars, now bend, now 
 
 lUlTl 
 
 Their office upon a tawny front. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Kunigiind, wife to the emperor Henry 11. to 
 Ihow her innoeency, did take hven glozumg iions, 
 one after another, in her bare hands, and had 
 Iheicby no harm. HakewiU. 
 
 Not all parts like, hut all alike inform'd 
 With radiant light, as g/oii'/Vg iron with fire. 
 
 Alillon. 
 
 2. To burn with vehement heat. 
 
 Nor would you find it cafy to conipofc 
 The mettled (leeds, when from their noftrils flows 
 The fcoiching fire lliat in their entrails glotrs. 
 
 " Addi(on's OifUL 
 
 How op'ning hcav'ns their happy regions (liow, 
 
 And y.iwning gulphs with flaming vengeance 
 
 p/o'tv. Smitk,
 
 G L O 
 
 Fires tliat glow. 
 Shrieks of woe. Pof>e. 
 
 3. To feel heat of body. 
 
 Did not his icmplcs g'^iv 
 In the fame: fultry winds and fcorching heats ? 
 
 ^lUjfon*s C.ito. 
 
 The cord Aides fwiftly through his g/ouing 
 
 hands. Gijy. 
 
 4. To exhibit a flrong bright colour. 
 
 With fmilc that ^/oif V 
 Cclcilial rofy red, love's proper hue. Milton. 
 Clad in a gown that ghxvs with Tyrian rays. 
 
 Diy-ien. 
 A malicious joy, 
 Whofc red and fiery bcjms caft through your 
 
 vifagc 
 A g^hwhi^ jjlc.tfurc. Dryden an.l Lee'i OeJipu^. 
 From tiic mingled ftreiigth of Ihadc and liglit, 
 A new creation lifcs to my fight; 
 Such hcav'nly figures from his pencil flow, 
 So warm with life his blended colours gl'iWj 
 Admilt the f^ft variety I'm luft. j^dAifon. 
 
 i-ikc th' ethereal glow'd the green expanfe. 
 
 Fiiir ideas How, 
 Strike in the fltctch, or in the picture g/otv. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Not the fair fruit that on yen branches g/otvsj 
 
 With that ripe red th' autumnal fun bcftows, 
 
 Can move tiieg-od. Pope. 
 
 EachplcafingKlountftiallcndlefs fmilesbeftow, 
 
 And fairBclmd.i's blulh forever ^/oxv. Pope. 
 
 Here clearer liars ^/wu^ round the frozen pole. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 5. To feel pafTion of mind, or aflivlty of 
 fancy. 
 
 You ftrivc in vain 
 To hide your thoughts from him, who knew too 
 
 well 
 The inward ghiuhtgi of a heart in love. j^UJifon. 
 
 Forc'd complimints and formal bows 
 Will flicw thee juft above ncgle<n. ; 
 
 The fire with which thy lover ^/o';w, 
 Will fettle into cold rcfpect. Prior. 
 
 Did Shadrach's zeal my glozving bread infpirc 
 To weary tortures, and rejoice in fire, Pa'or. 
 
 Let the gay confciencc of a life well fpcnt 
 Calm ev'i-y thougiit, infpint ev'ry grace, 
 G/oiv in thy heart, and fmile upon thy face. 
 
 Poj>c. 
 With furies furroundcd, 
 Defpairing, confounded, 
 He trembles, he g/oius, 
 
 Amidft Rhodopc's fnows. Pope. 
 
 So pcrilh all, whofc breafts ne'er learn'd to 
 g/otv 
 For others good, er melt at others woe. Po^e. 
 
 To praife is always hard, 
 When real virtue fires the g'o'.ii^g baid. Leivn. 
 
 6. To rage or burn as a paflion. 
 
 A fire which every windy palTion blows; 
 With pride it mounts, and with revenge ii ^.'oius. 
 
 Diydcn. 
 When crept into aged veins. 
 Love llowly burns, and lung remains; 
 It g/oivsj and with a fLill:n heat. 
 Like fire in logs, it warms us long. Sh.jdwcU 
 
 To Glow. v. a. To make hot fo as to 
 fhlne. Not in ufe 
 
 0;i each fide licr 
 Stood pretty dimpled boys, like fmlllng Cupids, 
 With divert culour'd fans, whofc wind dm fecm 
 To gltjio\.\\G delicate checks wliich they did cool. 
 
 Shiikfpcare. 
 
 Glow. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Shining heat. 
 
 2. Vehemence of paffion. 
 
 3. Brightnefsor vIviJnefs of colour. 
 
 Tiie pile completion of true love. 
 And the \f:d ^Ii^w of fcorn and pioud difdaln. 
 
 Sh.ikfpciire. 
 
 A waving gloiu his bloomy beds difplay, 
 
 Blufhing in bright diveificici. of day. P^?^- 
 
 Such as fuppofc tiiat the great flilc might hip- 
 
 pily be blended with the ornamental, that the 
 
 G L n 
 
 fimplc, giave, and majcftic dignity of RaflTaelle 
 could unite wlrii the ghiv and buHl*; of a Paulo, 
 or Tintorer, arc totally miftakcn. R^ytvjldi. 
 
 Glo'wworm. w. y. r^/oiy and -zt'or/n] A 
 fm.ill creeping grub with a luminous tail. 
 
 Tiic honey bags ftcal fronitlic humble bees, 
 And for night-iapcrs crop their waxen thighs, 
 And light them at the fiery glowworm*^ eyes. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 The py^iffforw flicws the mattin to be near, 
 And 'gins to pale his incfFc^ual fire. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A grc.it li^hC diowneth a fmaller that it cannot 
 be fecn; as the fun that of a ghwworm. Bacon. 
 
 The man, who fnll upon tlie ground 
 A gl'ituivciffi fpy'd, fuppufing be had ioimd 
 A moving diamond, a breathing ftonc; 
 Fur life it had, and like thofc jewels Jhonc : 
 He held itdcjr, 'till by the fpringing day 
 Informed, lie threw the wortldels worm away. 
 
 fTa/Zer. 
 
 To Glote. V, ti, [^l^^fan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. "1\> flatter; to wheedle; to iniinuate ; 
 to fawn. 
 
 M.in will hearken to his glo-zhtg lies, 
 And eatily tranfgrefs. Milton i Parad. L'iji. 
 
 %KighTLd the tempter, and his pioem tun'd : 
 Into the heart of Eve his words made way. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 A falfc glo'zitig parafite would call his fool- 
 
 hardinefs valour, and then he may go on boldly, 
 
 becaufe blindly, and by miOaking himfeif for a 
 
 lion, come to peiifn like an afs. South. 
 
 Now for a gl'^'^ing fpcech, 
 Fair protcftations, fpecious maiks of friendftiip. 
 
 Phiiip,. 
 
 2. To comment. This fhould be glofs. 
 
 Which Salique land the French un\\.\i\\y ghze 
 To be the realm of France. Sh.dfp. Her:ry v. 
 
 Gloze. n. J\ [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Flattery; infinuation. 
 
 Now to plain dealing ; lay thefe glozcs by. 
 
 S hit kj peat e. 
 
 2. Specious fliow; glofs. Not ufed. 
 
 Precious couches full oft are ihakcd with a 
 fever ; 
 If them a bodily evil in a bodily g/^^^ be not 
 
 hidden, 
 Shall fuch morning dews be an cafe to the heat of 
 a love's fire ? Sidrny. 
 
 Glo'zen. n.f. [from ^/osf.] A flatterer. 
 GLUE. n. /. [^/tf, French ; gluten^ Lat- 
 ghid., Wellh. ] A vilcous body com- 
 monly made by boiling the fivins of ani- 
 mals to agelly; any vifcous or tenacious 
 matter by which bodies are held one to 
 another; a cement. 
 
 Water, and all liquors, do hailily receive dry 
 and more terrcftnal bodies proportionable; and 
 dry bodies, on the other fide, diinkin waters 
 and liquors: fo that, as it was well faid by one 
 of the ancients of earthly and watery fubftances, 
 one is a fjue to another. Bacon s Nat. Hijhry. 
 Thedriell and moll tranfparent glue is the bclV. 
 
 3/o,v5/;. 
 To build the earth did chance materials chufc, 
 And through the p.uti cementing glue diffufe. 
 
 BLi-imote. 
 
 The flowers of grains, mixed with water, 
 
 will make a tort of glue. Aihuthiot. 
 
 To Gi.uE. *D. a, [from the noun.] 
 I, 'I'o join with a vifcous cemtnt. 
 I fear thy overthrow 
 More than my body's parting with my foul: 
 My love and fe.ir g/"''/ many friends to thee. 
 
 Shakfpeare* i Htriry \i. 
 
 Whofo teachcth a fool is as one that glueth a 
 p'lMhcrri together. Eccfus. 
 
 Tiie curtom of crowning the holy Virgin is fo 
 niui h in vogue among the Italians, th.at one often 
 fees in ihcir churches a little tinfel crnwn, or a 
 circle of flars, (r/ued \o the canvafs over ihc head 
 of tie figure. ^ddi^^^n on Italy, 
 
 Molt wounds, if kept clean, ^wd fiom the 
 
 G L U 
 
 air, tiie flcfti will ^/« together with iti own ni- 
 tivcb.ilm. Dtrh^m, 
 
 2. To hold together. 
 
 The [jaits of M homogcndl hard bodies, 
 wliich fully touch one another, flick together 
 vciy flronj;ly ; and for cxpUining how this may 
 be, fomc liavc invented honlicd alums, which 11 
 begging tlic qucDion ; and others tell us their 
 bodies aie glued together by roll ; that is, by an 
 occult qtialiiy, or rather by O'jtliing. NcvjIoi, 
 
 3. To join; to unite; to itivifcate. 
 
 Thofc wafps in a honeypot arc fciifiial nici\ 
 plunged in their iufl and pleafuros; anrl whcit 
 thiy arc orttz glurd \o them, 'tis a very hard 
 m. liter to work tlicmftlves out. h' tf.rangr. 
 
 Intemperance, fcnfuality, and flcftily lulls, 
 dodcbafc mens minds and clogtlieir fpiiit>; fink 
 us down into fcnfe, wni glue us to thofc low an<l 
 inferior things. Tilhtfort, 
 
 She curb'da groan, that elfc had come; 
 And paufmg, vicw'd the prclcnt in the tomb : 
 Then to tiic heart ador'd devoutly glu'd 
 Her lips, and, laifing it, her fpcech tencw'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 I hear thee, view thee, gaze o'er all thy charms. 
 
 And round thy phantom g/ae my clafping arms. 
 
 Pofe. 
 GLu'F.BortER. n. f. [glueznA toil.] One 
 
 wliofe trade is to make glue. 
 Glu'kr. «. /. [from f/af.] Que wha 
 - cements with glue. 
 Glum. ai^i. [A low cant word formed by- 
 corrupting gloom,] Sullen; llubboriily 
 grave. 
 
 Some, when they hear a ftorj-, look glum, and 
 cry, Well what then ? Guardian. 
 
 To GLUT. It. a. [enghulir, Yxtnc\i;glutio, 
 Latin, to fwallow; yAafi^'.] 
 
 1 . To fwallow ; to devour, 
 
 'Till cram'd and goig'd, nigh burft 
 With fuck'd and glutted offal. Milton, 
 
 2. To cloy; to fill beyond fufficiency ; to 
 fate ; to difguft. 
 
 The anibafiddor, making his oration, did fo 
 magnify the king and queen, as was enough t« 
 glut the heaiers. Bacon, 
 
 Love breaks fricndlKip, whofe delights 
 Feed, but not ^/.'if our appetites. Denham, 
 
 What way remove 
 His fettled hate, and reconcile his love, 
 Tiiat he may look propitious on our toils. 
 And hungry graves no more be glutted with our 
 fpoils. Dryden, 
 
 No more, my friend ; 
 Here let our glutted exccutiynend. Drydcn's jEn, 
 
 I found 
 The fickle ear foon glutted with the fouud, 
 Cundcmn'd eternal changes to puifue. 
 Til 'd with the lal^, and eager of tiie new. Pritr, 
 
 3. To feaft or delight even to fatiety. 
 
 With Heath's carcafe glut the grave. Ali/tsv, 
 His f.iitful heart, a bloody facrifice, 
 Torn from his brcalt, x.o glut the tyrant's eves. 
 
 Ji.jdtn. 
 A fylvan fcene, which, rifing by degrees, 
 Leads up the eye below, nor gluts tiie fight 
 With one full ptofpeiff ; but invites by many, 
 To view at laft the whole. Ihyden, 
 
 4. Tooverfil; to load. 
 
 He attributes the ill fucccfs of cither party to 
 ths'iri'luttlug the market, and retailing too much 
 of a bad commodity at once. u-}>butltn9t, 
 
 5. To faturate. 
 
 The menliruum, being already glutted, could 
 not ait powerfully enough to diflblvc it. Biylt, 
 
 Glut. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. That which is gorged or fwaUowed. 
 
 Difgovged foul 
 Their dcvililli glut, chain'd thundeibolts, and 
 
 hail 
 Of iron globes. Mlllnn'i Paradife Lof,, 
 
 2. Plenty even to loathing and fatiety. 
 
 5 N 2
 
 G L U 
 
 So death 
 Shall be deceiv'd his ght; and with us two 
 Be forcM to fatrsfy his rav'nous maw. MJUori. 
 
 Let him hut fet the one in balance againft the 
 ether, and he Ihall find himfelf miferable, even in 
 the very glat of his delights. L'EJrangc. 
 
 A glut of ftudy and retirement in the firft 
 part of my life, call me into this ; and this will 
 thiow me again into ftudy and retirement. Fope, 
 
 3. More than enough ; overmuch. 
 
 If yon pour ^ glut of water upon a bo:tle, it 
 receives Mtle of ir. Btn ymfm's Dijcovrria. 
 
 4. Any thing that fills up a pafTage. 
 
 The water fome fuppofe to pal's from the bot- 
 tom of the fea to the heads of fprings, through 
 certain fubterrancan conduits or channels, until 
 they were by fome glut, flop, or other means, 
 arrefted in their palTagc. IVooJ'wjtd. 
 
 GLU TINOUS. a,/J. Iglutheux, French ; 
 from gluten, Latin.] Gluy; vifcous ; 
 tenacious. 
 
 The caufe of all vivification is a gentle and 
 proportionable heat, working upon a glutinotn 
 and yielding fubftance ; for the heat doth bring 
 forth Ipirit m that fubrtancc, and the fubftance 
 being gluiinouSj produceth two effe6fs j the one 
 that the fpiriC is detained, and cannot break 
 forth ; the other, that the matter, bting gentle 
 and yielding, is driven forwards by the motion ot 
 the fpirits, after fome fwelling, into fhape and 
 members. Bacm'i Nutural Hijlmy. 
 
 Next this marble venom'd feat, 
 Smear'd with gums ol glut'iMUi heat. Millot:. 
 
 Nourifliment too vifcid and ghtinjui to be 
 fubdued by the \ital force. Arhuthnot on ^limtnti. 
 Glu'tinouskess. n.J. [from glutinous.} 
 Vifcofity ; tenacity. 
 
 Tiiere is a rcfil^ance in fluids, which may arife 
 from their clafticity, glutintufnifs, and the fric- 
 tion of their parts. Chzyne. 
 Glu'tton. n. f. [^/ou/on, French J from 
 
 glullo, Latin, to fwallow.] 
 J. One who indulges himfelf too much in 
 eating. 
 
 The Chinefe eat horfcflcnj at this day, and 
 
 fome gluttons have ufed to have catsflelh baked. 
 
 Bacon's Natural Uijlaty. 
 
 Through Macer's gullet Ihe runs down 
 While the vile g/.v«on dines alone; 
 And, void of modefty and thought. 
 She follows Bibo's endlefs draught. Trior. 
 
 If i glutton was to fay in e.xcufe of his glut- 
 tony, that he only eats fuch things as it is lawful 
 to cat, he would make as good an excufe for 
 himfelf as the greedy, covetous, ambitious tradcf- 
 man, that ihould fay, he only deals in l.twful 
 bufmefs. Luiu. 
 
 1. One eager of any thing to excefs. 
 
 The reft bring home in ftate the happy pair 
 To that laft fccne of blifs, and leave them there ; 
 All thofe free joys infatiably to prove. 
 With which rich beauty feafts the glutton love. 
 
 Coivley. 
 
 Glutton! in murder, wanton to dcftioy. 
 Their fatal aits lb impioudy employ. Granville. 
 
 To Glutton r'sE. v. n. [from glutton.'\ 
 
 To play the glutton ; to be luxurious. 
 Glu'ttonous. rtrf/. [ii-omglutl'in.'\ Given 
 to excefllve feeding ; delighted over- 
 much with food. 
 When they would fmile and fawn upon his 
 debts, 
 And take down th' intcreft in their g/t/zV/oKj 
 maws. Stiakjpeare. 
 
 The exceeding luxurJoufncfs of this gluttonous 
 age, \i herein we prcfs nature with overweigh.ty 
 lurdens, and finding her ftrenglh dcfci^ive, we 
 take the work out of her hands, and commit it 
 to the artificial help of ftiong waters. RaUigli. 
 
 Well obfcrve 
 The rule of not too much, by temperance taught 
 In what thou eat'll and drmk'fl ; feeking from 
 
 thence 
 Due nowri(hment,nog/«frtTO«i delight. Milton. 
 
 G N A 
 
 Glu'ttonously. ailv. [from glutton- 
 
 ous.'\ With the voracity of a glutton. 
 
 Glu'ttoky. n. f. [g/utotitiie, French ; 
 
 from glutton. ] Excefs of eating ; luxury 
 
 of the table. 
 
 Gluttony, a vice in a great fortune, a curfe in a 
 fmall. holiday. 
 
 Their fumptuous g/»«iJ/i/« and gorgeous feafts. 
 On citron tables or Atlantick ftone. Milton. 
 
 Well may they fear fome miferable end, 
 Whom gluttony and want at once attend. 
 
 D'y-ien's Juvenal. 
 
 The inhabitants of cold moift countries are 
 generally more fat than thofe of warm and dry ; 
 but the raoft common caufe is too great a quan- 
 tity of food, and too fraall a quantity of motion ; 
 in plain Englifhjg/w?rc^ and lazinefs. Arbuthnot. 
 
 Glu'y. adj. [from gluc.'\ Vifcous; te- 
 nacious ; glutinous. 
 
 It is called balfamick mixture, becaufe it is a 
 gluy fpumous matter. Harvey on Conj. 
 
 With gluy wax fome new foundations lay 
 Of virgin combs. Drydcn' i Ann. Mirah. 
 
 Whatever is the compofitioa of the vapour let it 
 have but one quality of being very gluy oi- vifcous, 
 and it wiH mechanically folve all the pheno- 
 mena of the grotto. Addijon. 
 
 CLIN. n. f. [Irifti; gleann, ^/yn, plur. 
 Erfe; ghnn, Scottilh.j A hollow be- 
 tween two mountains. 
 
 Though he could not beat out the Iiiih, yet he 
 did (hut them up within thofe narrow corners 
 and glyns under the mountain's foot. Sfetijer. 
 
 To Gnar. 7 '^- "• [snypna") Saxon; 
 To Gnarl. j Inorien., Dutch.] To 
 growl ; to murmur ; to fiiarl. 
 
 VV'lien he 'gan to rear his briiUcs ib'ong, 
 And felly gnar, until day's enemy 
 Did him appeafc. Spenfcr. 
 
 Tlius is tlie fhepherd beaten from thy fide, 
 Andwolvesaieg«ar/i>ig who llialignaw thee firft. 
 
 S'i.iii:jpeare. 
 Gnarling {oTVOwh^Kh lefs power to bite 
 The man that mocks at it, and fets it light. 
 
 Shaifpeate^i Richard \l. 
 
 Thz gnarring^o\-\t\ dutft not whine for doubt; 
 
 Still were the furies while their fovereign fpoke. 
 
 Fat I fax. 
 
 Gna'rled. adj. [gnar, nar, or nurr, is 
 
 in Staffordfhire a hard knot of wood 
 
 which boys drive with fticks.] Knotty. 
 
 Merciful hea\ 'n ! 
 Thou rather with thy ftiarp and fulph'rous bolt 
 Split'ft the unwedgeable and gr:urled o^k, 
 Than the foft myrtle. Shakjp. Me.ifurejor Meafure 
 To Gnash, -a. a. \_knafchen, Dutch.] 
 To Itrike together ; to clafli. 
 The feer, who could not yet this wrath af- 
 fwage, 
 Row'd his green eyes, that fparkl'd with his rage. 
 And g'/<j//;'iinis teeth. Diydeu'i Virgil. 
 
 To Gnash. i>. n. 
 
 1 . To grind or collide the teeth. 
 
 He Ihall znajit with his teeth, and melt away. 
 
 Pj\dms. 
 There fliall be weeping and gnajliing of teeth. 
 
 Matthew. 
 
 2. To rage even to collifion of the teeth ; 
 to fume ; to growl. 
 
 His great iron teeth he ftill did giind, 
 And gx\m\y gnajti, threatening revenge in vain. 
 
 Spcnjer. 
 They pna/hed upon me with their teeth. 
 
 ^^ ■' ^ Pfahns. 
 
 They him laid 
 Gnajhing for anguifh, and defpite and fliame, 
 To find himfelf not matchlels. Milton. 
 
 With boiling lage Atrides burn'd. 
 And foam bctwi«t his gnajliing grinders churn'd. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 GNAT. n. f. [jnzt, Saxon.] 
 
 G O 
 
 1. A fmall winged dinging I'nfeif^. 
 
 Her whip of cricket's bone, the lalh of film j 
 Her waggoner, a (mall grey-coated f«a<. Shakjp, 
 
 2. Any thing proverbially fmall. 
 
 Ye blind guides, which ftrain at a gnat antl 
 fwallow a camel. Maiihetu 
 
 Gna'tflower. n. f. [gnat anAfintuer.'] 
 A flower, othcrwile called the beeflower. 
 
 Gna'tsnapper./!. /. [gnat Mdfiiap.] A 
 bird fo called, becaufe he lives by catch- 
 ing gnats. 
 
 They deny that any bird is to be eaten whole, 
 but only ihegnai/napper. Haieixill on providence. 
 
 To Gnaw. v. a, [jnajan, Saxon; 
 Inaghen, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To eat by degrees ; to devour by flow 
 conofion. 
 
 .\. knowing fellow, that would giatt; a man 
 Li'sc to a vermine, with hishellilh biaine, 
 And many an honeft foule, even quick had flain. 
 
 Chapnuff. 
 
 To you fuch fcabb'd harlh fruit is giv'n, as raw 
 Young foldicrs at their cxercifings gna-w. Dryd. 
 
 2. To bite in agony or rage. 
 
 Alas, why gnw.u you fo your nether lip? 
 Some bloody paflion Ihakcs your very frame. 
 
 • Sknkfpearc'i Olhrlh. 
 
 They |fff.^7WfY their tongues for pain. Rev. 
 
 He comely fell, and dying ^law'J the ground. 
 
 Dry.iert. 
 
 3. To wear away by biting. 
 
 Gnaiiii:'^ with my teeth my bonds afunder, 
 I gain'd my freedom. Shakjp. Corncdy of Krroun. 
 
 Like rotten fruit 1 fall, worn like a cloth, 
 GnaiL-n into rags by the devoiuing moth. San.^vs. 
 
 A lion, hampered in a net, called to a moufe 
 to help him out of the fnarc : the moufe gnaiued 
 the threads to pieces, and fet the lion at liberty. 
 
 L'£jlrange, 
 
 4. To fret ; to wafle ; to corrode. 
 
 5. To pick with the teeth. 
 
 His bones clean pick'd ; his veiy bones tr.ey 
 gnuiy. Dryden. 
 
 To Gnaw. -u. n. To exercife the teeth. 
 
 It is now ufed aftively. 
 
 I might well, like the fpaniel, gn.iiu upon the 
 chain that ties me ; but 1 Ihould fooner mar my 
 teeth than procure liberty. Sidney, 
 
 See the hell of having a falfe woman : my 
 bed Ihall be abufed, my coffers ranfacktd, my 
 reputation ^ncivn at. Skakf^emre,. 
 
 I thought I law a thoufand fearful wrccK-s, 
 A thoufand men that filhes gn.Tiu'd upon. Shaijp. 
 
 Gna'wer. «. f. [from gnaiu.l One 
 that gnaws. 
 
 Gno'mon. /.'. / [y:wj/.-j.-u'\ The hand or 
 pin of a dial. 
 
 The gnomon of every dial is fuppofed to re|ire- 
 fent the axis of the world, and therefore the two 
 ends or extremities thereof muft direflly aniwer 
 to thenoith and fouthpole. Harris. 
 
 There were from great antiquity fun-dials,, by 
 the Ihadow of a ftyie or gnomon, denoting the 
 hours of the day. Bro'tun. 
 
 Gno'mONICKS. n. /. [ysuu.onxr..'] A 
 
 fcience which makes a part of the ma- 
 thematicks : it teaches to find a jull 
 proportion of fhadows for the conftruc- 
 tion of all kinds of fun and moon dials, 
 and'for knowing what o'clock it is by 
 meai.s thereof; as alfo of <i gnomon or 
 flile that throws off the (hadow for this 
 purpofe. Trevoux. 
 
 To GO. -D. n. pret. I nveitt ; I have gone. 
 [^an, Saxon. This was probably 
 changed logon:, or gang, then contraft- 
 ed to^o. Went is the preterit of the old 
 verb w(tiJ,}
 
 G O 
 
 |. To walk ; to move ftep by ftep. 
 
 You know thai love 
 Will creep in fcrvicc where it cannot go. 
 
 After fomc months tliofc niufcles become c:il- 
 
 loiis ; and liaving yielded to the cxtcniion, the 
 
 patient makes (hift to go upon it, thougli lamely, 
 
 JViJeman'i Surgery. 
 
 a. To move, not flandilill. 
 
 Rifo, let us he g«"'?. Matthew. 
 
 3. To walk folemnly. 
 
 If there be caufe foi the church to go forth in 
 folemn proceffion, his whole family have luch buh- 
 nefs come upon them that no one can be iparcri. 
 
 htihr. 
 
 4. To walk leifiiiely, not run. 
 
 And muft 1 go to him ? 
 — Thou mud run to him ; for thou had (laid fo 
 long, thstgo/«g will fcarce [crvc the turn, 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 
 5. To march or walk afoot.' 
 
 I will onlv ^9 throug'.i on my feet. Numben, 
 
 6. To travel ; to joixrncy. 
 
 From them I gOf 
 This uncouth criand folc. AUItofi. 
 
 7. To proceed ; to make; a progrefs. 
 
 Thus otiiers we with defaniatrin woimd, 
 While tl\.ey ftab us ; and fo the jeft goa round. 
 
 Dr^-dcr.. 
 
 8. To remove from place to place. 
 
 I am in blood 
 Stept in fo far, that, (hould 1 wade no more, 
 Returning were as tedious as go o'er. Sludfprari. 
 
 9. To dcpait from a place ; to move fiom 
 a place : the oppofite of to come. 
 
 I hope it be not gone, to tell my lord 
 That 1 kifs aught but him. Shakfpcare. 
 
 At once good-night : 
 Stand not upon the order of your going, 
 BiJfgo at once. S/iaifpeiire's Machpth. 
 
 Andwhenlhehadfofaidfliewcn/hcrway. yuhn 
 
 I will let you go, that ye may facrificc, only 
 you Ihall not go very faraway. Exodus. 
 
 Colchefter oyfters are put into pits, where the 
 fea gorth and comeih. Bacon's Nalural Uijlory. 
 
 A young tall fquire 
 Did from the camp at firil befoie him go. 
 
 Cowley. 
 
 Then I concur to let him go for Greece, 
 And wilh our Egypt fairly rid of him. Dryden. 
 
 Go tint the mafter of thy herds to find, 
 True to his charge, a -loyal fwain and kind. Pope 
 
 10. To move or pafs in any manner, or to 
 any cud. 
 
 Though the vicar be bad, or the parfon be evil, 
 Gi not lor thy tything thyfclf to the devil. TtiJ/}r. 
 
 She may go to bed when (he lift ; all i? as Ihc 
 will. Shjkfpeare. 
 
 You did with that I would make her turn ; 
 Sir, Ihc can turn and turn and yet go on. S'takfp. 
 
 I am glad to fee youi' lordlhip abioad : I heard 
 f.iy your lordthip was fick : I hope your lordlhip 
 r&f< .ihroad by advice. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The momncrs go about the ftrect.?. Jicch-s. 
 
 The fun llijll go down over the prophets, and 
 the day Ihall be dark over them. Muccubres. 
 
 Put every man his fword by his fide, and go 
 in and out from gate to gate throughout the 
 camp. E.xadus. 
 
 The fun, which once did (hine alone. 
 Hung down his head, and wilh'd for night, 
 Wlien he beheld twelve funs for one 
 Giving about the world, and giving light. Herbert. 
 
 This feen, the reft at awful dillancc flood, 
 As if they had been there as fcrvants fet. 
 To ftay, or to go on, as he thought good, 
 And riot purlue, but wait on his retreat. Dtydcn, 
 
 Turn not children g^ir.g, till you have given 
 them all the fatisfafliun they arc capable of. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Hiftory only acquaints us that his fleet luent 
 up the Elbe, he having carried his arms as far as 
 that river. Arhuthr:ot. 
 
 The lall advice I give you relates to your be- 
 haviour when you ate going to be hanged, 
 
 G O 
 
 wliich, Cither ^or robbing your mafter, Tor Iioufe- 
 brcakmg, ax g^ing upon the highwjy, may very 
 probably be youi lut. Swift. 
 
 Thofc whu tumc for pold will go off with 
 pewter and bials, rather than return cnipiy. 
 
 Su^ift. 
 
 1 1. To pafs in company with others. 
 
 Thou Ihall again \>c aduiiicd with thy ubretSj 
 and (halt go torth m the dances of ihcm that 
 make mcny. Ji.rcmt^k. 
 
 A. way, and witli ihec^^o, the woift of woes, 
 That leck'll my fnendlhip and ihc gods t!iy foes. 
 
 C/iaprttun. 
 
 He gorth in company with the workers of 
 iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. yol>. 
 
 Whatever remains in ftory of Atlas, or his 
 kingdom of old, is foobfcured with age or fables, 
 that it may go along with thofc of the Atlaiiiick 
 iOands. Te/fij^U. 
 
 12. To proceed in any courfe of life good 
 or bad. 
 
 And the Levitcs that are gone away far from 
 mc, when Ifracl Tucnt aliray, which ivcif aftray 
 away from mc after their idols, they Ihall even 
 bear their iniquity. Ezcite/. 
 
 13. To proceed in mental operations. 
 
 If 1 liad unwarily too f.u' engaged myfelf for 
 the prefent publiihing it, truly I fhould have 
 kept u by me till 1 li^id unce again so/a over it. 
 
 D-'g'>y O't thi S^ulj Dedication. 
 
 Thus I h.Tve goftc ttiroiigh the fpeculative con- 
 fider-ition of liie Divine Providtncc. liale. 
 
 1 hope by going over all thefe particulars, you 
 may receive tome tolerable latisfailion about 
 this great fubjevfl. South. 
 
 If we go over the laws of chriftianity, we fhall 
 find t;,.it, excepting a few particulars, they en- 
 join the fame things, only they have made our 
 duty more clear and certain. Tilkijon. 
 
 In their primary qualities we can grt but a very 
 little way. Locke. 
 
 I go over fome parts of this argument again, : 
 and enlarge a Httlc more upon tlicm. L'^cke. 
 
 They arc nut able all tlieii life-lime to recki..n, 
 or regularly go over any moderate feiies of 
 numbers. Locke. 
 
 14. To take any road. 
 
 I will go A\or\^ by the highway ; I will neither 
 turn to the 1 i^ht hand; nor to the left. Diut. 
 
 Who Ihall bemoan thee? Or who (hall go 
 afide to aik. how thou docft ? 'Jeremiuh. 
 
 His horfcs^o about 
 Almofi a mile. Shakjpeare'i Machcih. 
 
 I have endeavoured to efcnpc into the eafe and 
 freedom of a pri\ate fcenc, where a man may go 
 his own way and his own pace. Tannic. 
 
 15. To maich in a lioftile or warlike man- 
 ner. 
 
 You were advis'd his flefh was capable 
 Of wounds and fears, and that his forward fpirit 
 Would lift where mutt trade uf danger rang'd ; 
 Yet did you fay go forth. Shakfpcare's Hemy iv. 
 
 We be not able to go up againft the people; 
 for they arc Itronger than we. Numbers, 
 
 Let us go down after the philiftines by night, 
 and fpoil them until the mornir.g light, i Samiui 
 
 Thou art able to go agaiull this plnliUine to 
 fight with him. I Sumuel. 
 
 The remn.int of Jacob fhall be among the 
 gentiles as a Jion among the bealU of the forert ; 
 who, if he go through, both trcadcth down and 
 teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. Mi-sa/:. 
 
 16. To change ilate or opinion for better 
 or worfe. 
 
 We will not heakcn to the king's words to go 
 from our religion. 1 Maccabtfi. 
 
 The regard of the publick flate, in fo great a 
 danger, made all thofe goodly things, which 
 luent fo to wreck, to be hghtly accounted of in 
 tomparifon of their lives and hbcity. Kmllcs. 
 
 They look upon mtn and matters with an 
 evil eye; and are belt pleated when tilings go 
 backward, which is the worit property of a 
 fervant of a prince or ftate. Eucon. 
 
 All goifj to ruin, they thcmfelves contrive 
 To rob the hooeyj and fubvctt the hive. Drydcn. 
 
 G O 
 
 T.aniled men, by their prov!(]cnce and gooi 
 
 hufbandry, accommodating theii expcncc. to ihcir 
 income, keep therafclvcs From g-dng backwards 
 in the world. Locke. 
 
 Cato, we all go Into your opinion. /Iddijin, 
 17. To apply one's felf. 
 
 Seeing himfelf confronted by fo many, like a 
 rcfolutc orator, he •went not to denial, but ta 
 juftify his cruel falfchood. Sidney. 
 
 Bccaufc thisathcilt goei mechanically to work, 
 he will nut offer to affirm that all the parts of the 
 cmbryon ceuld, according to his explication, be 
 formed at a time. Bentlej, 
 
 i3. To have recourfe to. 
 
 Dare any of you, having a matter againd 
 another, go to law before the unjuH, and not be- 
 fore the faints ? \ CorintAi^ni, 
 
 19. To be about to do. 
 
 So extraordinary an example, in fo degenerate 
 an age, dcfctves for the rarity, and, I was going 
 to fay, for thejncredibiliiy of it, the atteftation of 
 all that knew him, and confideredhis worth. 
 
 Lecie. 
 
 20. To (lilft ; to pafs life not quite well. 
 Every goldfmith, eager to engrols to himfelf as 
 
 much as he could, was content to pay high for ir^ 
 rather than go without. Lceke, 
 
 Cloaths they muft have ; but if they fpeak .'or 
 this Huff, or that colour, they fliould be fure tog. 
 without it. Locke, 
 
 21. To decline ; to tend toward death or 
 ruin. This fenfe is only in the parti- 
 ciples ^o/'/;^ and^o/ic. 
 
 He is far gone, and, truly, in my youth, 
 I fuffer'd much extremity for love, 
 Very near this. Slmi/pcare' i UamUl, 
 
 22. To be in party or defign. 
 
 They with the vanquilK'd piince and party go, 
 And leave their temples empty to the fue. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 23. To efcape. 
 
 Timotheus himfelf fell into the hands of 
 DofuhcLis and Solipater, whom he befought witli 
 much craft to let him go with his life. z Mac, 
 
 24. To tend to any aft. 
 
 There be fomc women, Silvius, had they 
 mark'd him 
 In parcels as I did, would have gone near 
 To fall in love with him. Shakjp. Ai you like it, 
 
 25. To be uttered. 
 
 His difclplcs perfonally appeared among them, 
 and afccrtamed the report which had gone abroad 
 concerning a life fo full of mir.acles. Addijon, 
 
 26. To be talked of; to be known. 
 
 It has the gieatert town in the ifland that goes 
 under the name of Ano-Caprea, and is in feveral 
 places covered with a very fruitful foil, ^.tdifon, 
 
 27. To pafs ; to be received. 
 
 Becaufe a fellow of mv acquaintance fet forth 
 her praifes in verfc, I will only repeat them, and 
 fpare my own tongue, fince the goes for a woman. 
 
 Si.lnty. 
 
 And the man -went among men for an old 
 man in the days of Saul. i S.imuei. 
 
 A kind imagination makes a bold man have 
 vigour and enterprize in his air and motion : it 
 ffamps value upon his face, and tells the people 
 he is to go for fo much. Collier. 
 
 Clipping (hould be finally flepped, and the 
 money which lemains, (hould go according to its 
 tiue value. L'tcke. 
 
 28. To move by mechnnifm. 
 
 Tins pope is deciepid, and the bell goeth for 
 him. Bacon, 
 
 Clocks will go as they arc fet ; but man. 
 Irregular man *s never conltant, never certain. 
 
 Otvi.iy, 
 
 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none 
 Go juft alike, yet each believes his own. l^ope, 
 
 29. To be in motion from whatever caufe. 
 
 The wcvward Illicit, hand in hand, 
 Pufters of the fea and land. 
 Thus do go atout, about. Sliaifpeart'i M>icie/i.
 
 G O 
 
 dipt and wartied money gees alout, wKsn the 
 entiic and weighty iics hoaided up. IFaller. 
 
 30. To move in any diredlion. 
 
 Doftor, he is a cuier of fouls, and you a curer 
 of bodies : if you fliould fight, you go againft the 
 hair of your piofefiions. Shakfp^jie. 
 
 Shall the (hadow gj forward ten degrees, or 
 go back ten degrees ? - Kwgs. 
 
 3 1. To flow ; to pafs ; to have a courfe. 
 The god I am, whole yellow water Hows 
 
 Around thefe fields, and fattens as it gofs, 
 Tyber my narae. DiytUn's jEn. 
 
 33. To have any tendency. 
 Athenians, know 
 Again'l right reafon all your counfcls^o; 
 This is not fair, nor profitable that, 
 Voz t'other qucftion proper for dctjate. Drydou 
 
 33. To be in a ftate of compaft or panner- 
 fllip. 
 
 As a lion was heftriding an ox that he had 
 newly plucked down, a robber palTing by cried 
 out to him, half Ihaics : you Ihould go your fnip, 
 fays the lion, if you were not fo forward to be 
 your own cai ver. U EJimngc. 
 
 There was a liunting match agreed upon 
 betwixt a lion, aji afs, and a fox, and they were 
 logo equal ihares in the booty. UHjirange. 
 
 34. To be regulated by any method j to 
 proceed upon principles. 
 
 Where the multitude bearcth fway, laws that 
 fliall tend to the prefcrvation of that ftate muft 
 make common fmaller offices to go by lot, for 
 fear of ftiifc and divifions likely to arilc. Hooker. 
 
 We are to go by another raeafure. Sprat. 
 
 The principles 1 there luenl on, I fee no rea- 
 fon to alter. Lockr. 
 
 The reafons that they lutrit upon were very 
 fpccious and probable. Bctulcy. 
 
 35. To be pregnant. 
 
 Great bellied women. 
 That had not half a week to go. Shakjfcarc. 
 
 The fruit file gori with, 
 I pray tlut it good time and life may find. 
 
 Sl.akfi'care's Henry vill. 
 Of living creatures fome are a longer time in 
 ttie womb, and fome (horter : women go com- 
 monly nine months, the cow and the ewe about 
 ■fix months. B.tco'i. 
 
 Some do go with their young the fixth part 
 nf a year, or two over or under, that is, about 
 fix or nine weeks : and the whelps of thefe fee 
 not till twelve days. Broivn. 
 
 And now with fccond hopes (he goes, 
 And calls Lucinato her throws. Milton. 
 
 36. To pafs ; not to remain. 
 
 She began to alBiil him, and his ftrength 
 luent from nim. Ji'^Z"- 
 
 When our merchants have brought them, if 
 OUT commodities will not be enough, our money 
 muft go to pay for them. Lccke. 
 
 J7. To pafs, or beloofed; not to be re- 
 tained. 
 
 Then he lets me go, 
 •And, with his head over his Ihoulder turn'd, 
 Hc'feem'd to find his way without his eyes. 
 
 Sk ikjpetire' z Hamlet. 
 Let go the hand of thjt arch heretick. 
 
 Sh.ikjpcare's King 'John. 
 
 38. To be expended. 
 
 Sghiil.irs are dole and frugr.l ofilcir words. 
 and not wi'ling to let any go for ornament, it 
 they will not fcrve for ufe. Telton. 
 
 39. 1 o be in order of time or place. 
 
 We iiiulf enquire farther what is the connexion 
 f f that fcntcnce with thole that go before it, and 
 tliofe vphich follow k. iVatis. 
 
 40. To reach or be extended to any dc- 
 
 grt'e. 
 
 Can another man perceive that I am confcioiis 
 of any ihinj, when 1 pcreei.e it nut niylelf ? No 
 man's knowledge :hcie can go beyond his expc- 
 lience. Lotkc. 
 
 41 . To extend to confcquenccs. 
 
 It is not one mailer that either dirciSs or takes 
 
 G O 
 
 notice of thefe: it go-.s a great way barely to 
 permit them. IS Rjlrange . 
 
 42. To reach by effefts. 
 
 Confidering the ciicapnefs, fo much money 
 might go farther than a fum ten times greater could 
 do now. IVtlki'is. 
 
 43. To extend in meaning. 
 
 His amorous expieflions go no further than 
 virtue may allow. Dryden s Ovui, Prcjare. 
 
 44. To fpread ; to be difperfed ; to reach. 
 Whofe Hclh, torn off by lumps, the rav'nous 
 
 foe 
 In morfels cut, to make^it farther go. Tate. 
 
 45. To have influence ; to be of weight ; 
 to be of value. 
 
 I had another reafon to decline it, that ever 
 ufes xo go far with me upon all new inventions or 
 experinunrs ; which is, that the belt trial of 
 them is by time, and obferving whether they live 
 or no. Temjile. 
 
 'Tis a rule that gees a great way in the govern- 
 ment of a fober man's life, no: to put any thing 
 to hazard that may be fecured by induftry, con- 
 fideration, or circumfpct^ion. L'Ejlrangs. 
 
 Whatever appeals againll their prevailing vice 
 gof! for nothing, being either not applied, 01 paf- 
 fuig for libel and llander. Siuljt. 
 
 46. To be rated one with another ; to be 
 confidered with regard to greater or kfs 
 worth. 
 
 I think, as the world goes, he was a good fort 
 of man enough. Atlutlmot. 
 
 47. To contribute ; to conduce ; to con- 
 cur ; to be an ingredient. 
 
 The medicines which go to the ointments are 
 fo Itrong, that, if they were ufed inwards, they 
 would kill thofe tiiat ufc them. Beacon. 
 
 More parts of the greater wheclsgo to the ma- 
 king one part of their lines. Glanville's Scejjls. 
 
 There goej a great many qualifications to the 
 
 corr.pleating this rei.ition: there is no fmall (hare 
 
 of honour and confcience and fufficiency required. 
 
 Collier oj VrU'idjhiji. 
 
 I give the fextheir revenge, by laying togetlm 
 the many vicious char.Tflers th.it prevail in the 
 male world, and (hewing the different ingredients 
 that go to the making up of fuch different hu- 
 mours and conllitutions. Addljon. 
 
 Something bett;r and greater than high birth 
 and quality inuft go toward acquiring thofe dc- 
 monlirations of publick cftecm and io\c. S-iu;ft. 
 
 48. To fall out, or tenninate ; to fucceed. 
 Your ftrong pulTcffion much more th.an your 
 
 right, 
 Or elfc it rauft go wrong with you and me. 
 
 Skitkfpeare^s Ki'ig John. 
 
 llowc'cr the bufinefs gcrr, you have made fault 
 I' th' b'jidiiefs of your ipeech. Shakfpeare. 
 
 I will fend to thy father, and they fhall declare 
 unto him how things go with thee. Tohit. 
 
 Ill many arntics, if the matter (hould be tried 
 by duel between two champions, tiie vidory 
 fhall go on the one fide ; and yet, if it be tried 
 fay the grofs, it would go on the other fide. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 It has been the conft.int obfervation of all, 
 that if a minirter had a caufc depending in the 
 court, it was ten to one but it went againl> him. 
 
 S',uth 
 
 At the time of ihc prince's landing, the father, 
 eafily .'orefecing how things would go, went 
 over, like many othets, to the piiiice. Sivijt. 
 
 Whether liic caufc .i;Oi i for nie or .ngainft me, 
 you niiift pay n:e the rcwaid. IVtitts^ Lcg'ck. 
 
 49. To be in any ftate. This fenfe is im- 
 perfonal. 
 
 It Ihall go ill with him that is left in his taber- 
 n.icle. Joh. 
 
 He called his name Beriah, becaufe it -went 
 evil witci his hoiife. 1 Chioniclcs. 
 
 50. To proceed in train or confcquence. 
 
 Howgc^i the night, boy } 
 — The moon is down : I have not heard tLe 
 
 clock ; 
 And Ihe goes down at twelve. Skai/jieaie. 
 
 G O 
 
 I had hope, 
 When violence was ceafed, and war on eartli, 
 Ail would have then go'.e well. Aliiim. 
 
 Duration in itfelf is to be confidorcd 2s going 
 on in une conltanr, equal, uniform courfe. LocJ^e. 
 
 51. To Go al^out. To attempt ; to en- 
 deavour i to fet one's felt to any buli- 
 nefs. 
 
 O dear father, 
 It is thy bufinefs that I go ahwt. Skakfpcatc. 
 
 I loft hinn ; but fo found, as well I faw 
 He could not lol'e himt'elf, but -wenl about 
 His fatlter's bufmefs. Milton. 
 
 Which anf.vcr exceedingly united the vulgar 
 n\inds to them, who concurred only with them 
 ai tbey faw them like to prevail in what they 
 lucnt about. Clarendotu 
 
 Some men, from a falfc perfuafion that they 
 cannot reform their lives, and root out their old 
 vicious habits, never fo much as attempt, endea- 
 vour, or ^'0 about It. South, 
 
 Either my book is plainly enough written to 
 be rightly underftood by thofe who perufe it 
 with attention and indiffercncy, or elfe I have 
 writ mine fo obfcuiely that 'it is in vain tor* 
 about to mend it. Locke, 
 
 They never go about ^ as in former times, to 
 hide or palliate their vices ; but cxpofe them 
 freely to view. S'vift. 
 
 52. To Go afiiie, I'o err; to deviate 
 from the right. 
 
 Ir any man's wife go afiJtj and commit a 
 trcfpafs againft him. Numben. 
 
 53. To Go bettueen. To intcrpofe ; to 
 moderate between two. 
 
 I did go bctiucen them, as I faid ; but more 
 than that, he loved her j for, indeed, he was mad 
 for her. Shakj^>cair. 
 
 54. To Go by. To pafs away unnoticed. 
 
 Do not you come my tardinefs to chide, 
 That laps'd in time and paiTion, lets go by 
 Th* important afting of your dread command } 
 Shakfpeure^s HdmUt, 
 So much the more our carver *s excellent, 
 Wiiich lets ^5 bj fome fixtecn yeais, and makes 
 
 her 
 A? Ihe liv'd now. Shakfpeare* s lVinter*s TaU, 
 What 's that to us ? The time gca by- away, 
 
 Shakjptafe. 
 
 ^^. To Go ly. To find or get in the con- 
 
 clijfion. 
 
 In argument with men a woman ever 
 Goci by the worfe whatever be her cmfe. Milton, 
 
 He 's fure to go by the worft that contends 
 with an adverfary that is too mighty for him. 
 
 L'Ejbarige, 
 
 56. To Go by. To obferve as a rule. 
 *Tis not to be fuppofed, that by fearciiing one 
 
 can pofitively judge of the f'lze and form of a 
 ftone ; and indeed the frequency of the fits, and 
 violence of the fymptons, are a better rule to go 
 
 by. Sbnrp'i Surgery, 
 
 57. To Go down. To be fwallowed ; to 
 be received, not rejcfted. 
 
 Noiliiiig fo ridiculous, nothing fo impolTiblc, 
 but it goii d'tivn whole with him for tiuth and 
 cdineft. L,' Ejirange. 
 
 Folly will not eafily ^o doivn in its own natural 
 furm with difceming judges. DiyiUn, 
 
 If he he hungry^ l.read '^\\\ go doivn. Locke, 
 
 Minifters are fo wife to leave their proceedings 
 to be accounted for by reafoners at a diftance, 
 who ofien mould them into the fyrtcms that do 
 not only go Joivn very well in the cofteehoufe, 
 but are fupplics for pamphlets in the pic lent age, 
 
 Suift, 
 ^'^, To Go in and out. To do the buli- 
 nefbof life. 
 
 The lord fhall prcferve thy going out and thy 
 coming in. Pfiihns. 
 
 59, To Go in and out. To be at liberty. 
 He (bail go in und out, and find paftiire. yo/tn, 
 
 60. To Go of. To die; to go out of 
 life ; todeceafe.
 
 G O 
 
 I would the friend^ \vc niifs were fafc .Trrived : 
 Some muft ^'^ off-, and yet, by thcfc I fee, ^ 
 So great a day .is this is cheaply bought. Shalf. 
 
 Ill this m.iniier he wat oj', not like a in;in 
 that dcpai ted out of life, but one that rciumt'd 
 to his .ibodc. Tudcr. 
 
 6i\ To Go ojf. To depart from a pofl. 
 
 The IcadcHS having charge from you to li.md, 
 Will not go &^ until they hear you (peak. Sh<df. 
 
 6z, To Go on. To make attack- 
 Bold Ccthegus, 
 Whofc valour I have turn'd into his poifon, 
 And praii'd fo to daiing, as he would 
 Co o?i upon tt;c gods. Ben Jonjon^^ Catiline. 
 
 63. To Go on. To proceed. 
 
 He found it a great war to keep that peace, but 
 was tain to e? ^" ui his iiory. Sidney. 
 
 He that dcfucs only that the work of God 
 and religion fliall go on, is pleufed with it, who- 
 ever is tnc inltrumcnt. Tayf'ir. 
 
 I have ffcapcd many threats uf ill fits l:y iht-ic 
 motions : if they go on^ the only polticc 1 have 
 dealt with is wool from the belly of a fat fhcc]). 
 
 To look upon the foul as going on from flrcnt;iii 
 to llrcngth, to confider tliat (he is to (hine fur 
 ever with new acccflions of glory, and brighten 
 to all eternity, is agreeable. vhidifin. 
 
 Go on chearfuliy in the glorious courfc you have 
 undcrt.ikcn. ^dJifon 
 
 Copious bleeding is the moft efFedlual remedy 
 ill the beginning of the difeafe ; but when the cx- 
 pe£loration goa O'l fuccd'afully, not fo proper, 
 becaufc it fometimcs fupprcfleth it. Arbuthnot . 
 
 I have already hiindled forae abufcs during the 
 late management, and in convenient time Ihali 
 ^0 on with t!c left. Sivijt. 
 
 When we hjd found that defign impra(^tie^|jlc, 
 we (hould not have gone on in fo cxpenlive a ma- 
 nagement of it. Snijt 
 
 Many clergymen write in fo diminutive a man- 
 ner, with fuch frequent blots and interline.itions, 
 that they are iiardly able to go on without per- 
 petual hefitations, or extraordinary e.xpleriveb. 
 
 I wi(h you health to goon with that nol'lc work. 
 
 64. Te Go over. To revolt ; to bctiikc 
 himfelf to another party. 
 
 In the change of itli^ion, men of ordinary 
 underftandings don't fo much confidcr the piinci- 
 plcs as the pradlicc of thofe to whom they oq 
 over. Addifoft on Italy 
 
 Power, which, according ~to the old maxim, 
 was ufed to follow, is now gone wer tu money. 
 
 6^. To Go oi/t. To go upon any expedition. 
 
 You nc.'d not have pricked mc : there arc 
 
 other mt:i\ fitter to go out th.?n I. Shalf^cart:. 
 
 66. To Go out. To be e.Ktingiiifhed. 
 Think'll thou the fiery fc-vcr will go out, 
 
 Witli titles blown from adulation? Shukffeare. 
 
 Spiiit of wine burned till it go out of itfelf. 
 will burn no more. Bacon's Nat. HiJio>t 
 
 The circ ut .i ilate, or an army, ought to be 
 
 ^ as conftant as t!iO c'l-ymift's fiie, to make any 
 
 great production ; and if it goes out for an houi, 
 
 perhaps the whole operation fails. TemyU. 
 
 The morning, as miHaken, turns about; 
 And all her early fires again go out. Dryden. 
 
 Let the acquaintance be decently buried, and 
 the flame rather ?ooi/; than be Imothered. CollUr. 
 
 My blood luns cold, my heart forgets to heave, 
 And life itfcif goes out at thy difpleafure. jiAdJ- 
 
 And at her felt approach and Iccicc might, 
 Art after art goes oat, and all is night. Pope. 
 
 67. To Go through. To perform tho- 
 roughly ; to execute. 
 
 Finding Pyrocles every way able to go through 
 with that kind of life, he was as desirous lor 
 his fake as for his own to enter into it. Sklmy. 
 
 If you can as well go thiough with the ft.itutt 
 laws or that l.ind, I will think you have not lofl 
 all your time there. Sprnfer. 
 
 Kings ought not to fuffer their council to^o 
 
 G O A 
 
 through with the relulution and direflion, as if 
 
 it depended on them, but take the matter hack 
 
 into their own hands. Bucou. 
 
 He much feaied the carl of Antrim had not 
 
 ilc.Khnefs of mind enough to go t/iroug/i with 
 
 fuch an undertaking. Clareiuhn. 
 
 The amazing difficulty and grcatnefs of his 
 
 account will rather terrify than inform him, and 
 
 keep him from fctting he. irtily about fuch a ta(U, 
 
 as he dcfpaiis ever to go tlrougft with it. South, 
 
 The powers in Germany arc borrowing money, 
 
 in Older to g-j thougk their part of the expencc. 
 
 -'hUrfcn on the If'ar. 
 
 6R. To Go through. To fuffer ; to un- 
 
 dertjo. 
 
 I icll thee that it isabfolutely ncceflary for the 
 
 common good that thou lliouldcft go through this 
 
 opeiation. Arbuthnot. I 
 
 69. To Go upon. To Like as a principle. 
 
 This fuppofition I have^'jfft- upon through tUafc 
 
 papers. Mdijon. 
 
 70 The fenfes of this word are very indif- 
 
 tint?l ; its general notion is motion or 
 
 progrcflion. It commonly expreffes pal- 
 
 fa<;e from a place, in oppofilioii to cumc. 
 
 This is often obfervable even in figurative 
 
 exprenions. We fay, the words that go 
 
 before and that come after: to-day goes 
 
 away and to-morrow comes. 
 
 Go TO. inter;. Come, come, take the 
 
 right courfe. A fcornful exhortation. 
 
 ^0 to tlien, O thou fai renowned ion 
 Of great Apollo; Ihew thy famous might 
 In medicine. ' Spffer. 
 
 Go to, go to, thou art a foolifti fellow; 
 Let me be clear of thee. Shakfpeare. 
 
 My favour is not btught with words like thefe : 
 Go to; you'll teach your tongue another tale. 
 
 Ro-.ue. 
 Go-BET\yEnN. n.f. [^aand fc/ti-wn.] One 
 that tranfatlb bufinefs by running be- 
 tween two parties. Commonly in an ill 
 fenfe. 
 
 Even as you came in to me, her afuflant, or 
 co-iet-.neen, parted from me : I fay I (hall be 
 with her between ten and eleven. Shakffean. 
 
 Go-3y. n. f. Delnfion; artifice; circum- 
 vention; overreach. 
 
 Except an apprentice is inftrinfted how to adul- 
 terate and varniih, and give you the go by upoii 
 occafion, his maliermay be charged with neglccJt. 
 Co/t':ei on FriJt. 
 
 Go-CART. t2./. [go and cart-l A machine 
 in which children are encloftd to teach 
 them to walk, and which they piilh 
 forward without danger of falling. 
 
 Young children, who are try'd in 
 G'j-earis, to ke^'p their ileps from fliding. 
 When members knit, and legs grow ftronger, 
 Make ufe of fuch machine no longer. Prior. 
 
 Goad. n. /. [^ab, Saxon.] A pointed 
 inftrument with which oxen are driven 
 forvrard. 
 Oft in his harden'd hand a gcul he bears. Pope. 
 
 To Goad. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To piick or drive with the goad. 
 
 2. To incite; to llimulate; to inftigate; 
 to drive forward. 
 
 Moif dangerous 
 Is that temptation, that doth goaJ us on 
 To fin in loving viitue. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Co.uUd \v<[\\ nioll Ihaip occafions, 
 Which l.iy nice m.tnners by, I put you to 
 The ufe of your own virtues. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Of all that htc.ithes the various f rogenv, 
 Stung with delight, h goaded on by thee. Drvd. 
 
 Goal. ti. f. [gaule, French, a long pole, 
 
 fet up to mark the bounds of the race.] 
 
 I. The landmark fct up to bound a race ; 
 
 G O A 
 
 the point marked out to vthleh racers 
 run. 
 
 As at the Olympian games, or Pythi.m fields. 
 Part cuih their fiery ftecds, oi Ifiun the .ijd/ 
 With lajJd wlicels. Milton's ParaJiJc LtJI. 
 
 And the Hope fun his upward beam 
 Shoots ag.iinft the dufky pole. 
 Pacing toward the other goal. Afitton. 
 
 2. The darting poff. 
 
 Halt thou bclieid, when from the ga^a/ they fiart, 
 Tiie youthful charioteers with heaving heart 
 Ruftr to the race? Drylen': firgit, 
 
 3. The final purpofe; the end to whicii a 
 dcfigu tends. 
 
 Our peer has always tiie^oc/ in his eye, which 
 direrts him in his race: lomc beautiful defign, 
 which he hrft citablifhes, and then contrives the 
 means, winch will naturally condudt him to his 
 end. Drydtn. 
 
 Each individual feeks a feveral gW; 
 But heav'n's great view is one, and that the 
 whole. Pope. 
 
 So man, who here feeni': principal alone. 
 Perhaps afts fccond to fomc Iplicic unknown; 
 Touches fome wheel, or verges to lome god; 
 'Tis but a part we fee, and not a wliole. Pope. 
 
 4. It is fometimes improperly written for 
 gaal, m jail. 
 
 GoAR. n.f. [^oror, Welih ] Any edging 
 fewedupon cloth toll rengthcn it. Siimier. 
 
 GOAT. n. f. [gar, Saxon and Scottirti.] 
 A ruminant animal that feems a middle 
 fpecies between deer and (beep. 
 Gall of goat, and flips of yew. Shakfpeare. 
 We Cyclops care not \ox your goat-fed Jove, 
 Nor other blell ones; we are better fane. Chapm. 
 You may draw naked boys riding and playing 
 with their papermills upot goa;r, eagles, or dol- 
 phins. Peacham. 
 
 The little bear that rock'd the mighty Jove, 
 The fwan whole borrow'd fhape conccal'd his 
 
 love. 
 Are gr.ic'd with light; the nurlinggo;!/ 's repaid 
 With heav'n, and duty rais'd the pious maid. 
 
 Creech. 
 GoA'TBE.iRD. n.f. [goat and heard; barba 
 
 caj>ri.] A plant. 
 Goa'tchafer. n./. Aninfcft; a kind of 
 beetle. £ai/ey. 
 
 Goa'therd. «. yl [^^a'c and hyjib, Sa.x. 
 a feeder or tender.] One whofe em- 
 ployment is to tend goats. 
 
 Is not thilk fame goatherd proud, 
 That fits on yonder b:ink, 
 
 Whofc ftraying herd themfelf doth (liroilel 
 
 Among tiie bultes rank r Spenfer's l'aj!ora/s. 
 
 They firft gave the gciMi-rJ good contentment, 
 
 and the marcjuis and his fcrvant chaced the k;d 
 
 about the (tack. H'otiyn: 
 
 Goa'tmarjor AM. n.f. The fame with 
 
 Goatbeard. 
 G o a't s M I L K . n. f. [goal and mill-. This 
 is more properly two word.'^.J 
 
 After the fever and fuch like accidents are di- 
 minilhed, alfcs and goatfmilk may be nccelTary. 
 }^ ifeman s Surgery. 
 
 Goa'tmilker. n.f [^goat and mi/fer.'} 
 A kind of owl fo called from fucking 
 goats. ISai/ej. 
 
 Goats i?uf. n. f. [galt'ga.'\ A plant. 
 
 Goat's Rue has the reput.ition of being a great 
 ale.xipharmick and lutlorihck : the Italians cat it 
 raw and boiled; with us it is of no clfcem. Bill. 
 
 Goa'tskin. n.f. [goat imdjhn.'] 
 
 Then fiU'd v*-ogoitfkins, with hei hands di\ ine; 
 With water one, and one with fable wine. Pope. 
 
 Goats-thorn, n.f. [goat liX A thorn. '\ 
 
 An herb. 
 Goa'tish. adj. [from^sa/.] Refcmbling 
 
 a goat ifl any quality ; as ranknefs ; lull.
 
 GOB 
 
 An admirable cvadon of a whoremafler, msii, 
 to lay his gomiji difpofition on ihc change of a 
 ilar. Shakfpcdre's King Lrar. 
 
 ^ The laft is notorious for its goatijh fmcll, and 
 tufts not unlike the beard of that lecherous 
 animal. Mo': againjl Mi^ljm. 
 
 Gob. n. f. Igohe, French.] A fmall 
 quantity. A low word. 
 
 Do'lt tnink I have lo little wit as to part with 
 fuch agoiof money? L'EJirange. 
 
 GO'BBET. n. f. [gohe, French.] A 
 mouthful ; as much as can be fwallowed 
 at once. _ 
 
 Therewith (lie fpew'd, out of her filthy maw, 
 A fiood of pouon, horriule and black, 
 Fall of great lumps of flelh and gohbeti raw. 
 
 Sfenftr. 
 By devilidi policy art thou grown great, 
 And like ambitious Sylla, oveigorg'd 
 Vi'iXhgibheti of thy mother's bleeding heart. 
 
 Sha^fpcjrc'i Henry VI 
 The cooks, flicing it into little gobicti, prick it 
 on a prong of iron, and hang it in a fuinace. 
 
 Sj'uiji' Travels. 
 The giant gorg'd with flelh, and wine, and 
 blood, 
 Lay ftretch'd at length, and fnoring in his den, 
 Belching raw ^oMr/j from his maw, o'crcharg'd 
 With purple wine and cruddlcd gore confus'd. 
 
 Md:Jcn. 
 
 To Go'bbf.t. t. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 To fwallow at a mouthful. Alow word. 
 
 Down comes a kite powdering upon them, and 
 
 gohiel! ijp both together. L'EjIningt-. 
 
 To GO'BBLE. 1). a. Igoier, to fwallow, 
 old French.] To fwallow hallily with 
 tumult and noife. 
 
 The Ihecp weie fo keen upon the acorns, that 
 they go4/>/n/ up now and then a piece of the coat 
 along with them. L' Ejh^nge. 
 
 Of laft year's corn in barn great ftore ; 
 Fat turkies goU'hng at the door. Prior, 
 
 The time too precious now to wafte, 
 And fuppergoJi.W up in haftc. 
 Again afrelh to cards they run. Swift. 
 
 Go'bbler. n. f. \irom gobble.'l One 
 that devours in halte j a gonnand ; a 
 greedy eater. 
 Go'blet. n.f. [^oWc/, French.] Abowl, 
 or cup, that holds a large draught. 
 My figur'd goUm for a dilh of wood. Shakf. 
 We love not loaded boards, andgoi/c/! crown'd ; 
 But free from furfeits our rcpofe is found. 
 
 XienhatH. 
 
 Crown high the joi/^/J with achearful draught; 
 
 Enjoy theprclent hour, adjourn the future thought. 
 
 Drytien. 
 
 Go'blin. n.f. [French ; ^o^f//W, which 
 Spenja- has once retained ; writing it in 
 three fyllables. This word fome derive 
 from the GiheHines, a faction in Italy ; 
 fo that elfe and gohtin is Guelph and G'l- 
 lelline, becaufe the children of cither 
 party were terrified by their nurfcs with 
 the name of the other : but it appears 
 that elfc is Wellh, and much older than 
 thofe faclions. Eiljf u'lfirm, are phan- 
 toms of the night, and the Germans like- 
 wife have long had fpirits ntnong them 
 named gohohll, from which golellne 
 might be derived.] 
 X. An evil fpirit ; a walking fpirit ; a 
 frightful phantom. 
 
 Angels and minifters of grace defend us ! 
 Re thou a fpiiit of i.calth, or gs!>!:n damn'd, 
 Btin-" with thee .lirs from hcav'n, or blarts from 
 hell! Sh.dfpca,c. 
 
 To whom xhcgoUin, full of wrath, reply'd, 
 Art thsu that tray tor angel ? MiitQn'i I'ar. Loji. 
 
 GOD 
 
 Always, whllft he is young, be fure to prcferve 
 
 bis tender mind from all imprefiions and notions 
 
 of fpirits and gnkam, or any fearful apprehenfions 
 
 in the dark. Lsckc, 
 
 2. A fairy; an elf. 
 
 His fon was Elfincl, who overcame 
 The wicked goU}clinti in bloody field ; 
 
 But Elfant was of moft renowned fame, 
 Who of all cryftal did Panthea build. Sfinjc . 
 
 Go, charge ray goblins that they grind their 
 joints 
 With dry convulfions ; Ihorten up their finews 
 With aged cramps. Sktikfju-nie's Temfiji. 
 
 Mean timethe village rouzes up the fire. 
 While well atteftcd, and as well heliev'd. 
 Heard folcmn goes the gohlin Aory round. Th'^mj 
 
 GOD. n.f. [gob, Saxon, which llkewife 
 fignifies good. The fame word palfes in 
 both fenfes with only accidental varia- 
 tions through all the Teutonickdialecls.] 
 
 1. The Supreme Being. 
 
 God is a fpirit, and tliey that svorlliip him 
 raurt worlhip him in fpirit and in truth. J'lhn. 
 
 God above 
 Deal between thee and me, Shukfpcare. 
 
 All the churches of Gorfarc united into one by 
 the unity of difcipline and government, by virtue 
 whereof the fame Chtift ruleth in them all. 
 
 Pea>p)n. 
 
 The Supreme Being, whom we call God, is 
 neceffary, fclf-exillent, eternal, immenfc, omni- 
 potent, omnifcienr, and bell being; and therefore 
 alfo a being who is and ought to be eftcemcd moll 
 facrcd or holy. Grciu^s Cofmologia. 
 
 2. A falfe god ; an idol. 
 
 He that facrificcth unto any god, fave unto the 
 Lord only, he Ihall be utterly dcllroyed. Exod. 
 
 As flics to wanton hoys are we to tire gods, 
 They kill us for their fpoit. Sli.dfp. King Lear. 
 
 Stiong god of aims, whofc iron fccptre fways 
 The hee/.ing north, and Hyperborean feas, 
 And Scyrhian colds, and Thracia's winter coaft, 
 Where iland thy ftecds, and thou art honuur'd 
 moft. Dryden. 
 
 3. Any perfon or thing deified or too 
 much honoured. 
 
 Whofc end is deftruflion, whofe god is their 
 belly. P/l:l:j>finns. 
 
 I am not Licio, 
 But one that fcorns to live in this difguife, 
 For fucli a one as leaves a gentleman. 
 And makes a god of fuch a cuUion. Shalfpc<tre , 
 To God. It. a. [from the noun.] To dei- 
 fy ; to exalt to divine honours. 
 
 This l.ift old man 
 Lov'd me above the mealure of a father; 
 "^^ty godded me, indeed. Shakfpcarc^ s Coriolnnui. 
 
 Go'dchild. n.f. [god and child.'} A 
 term of fpiritual relation ; one for « hom 
 one became fponfor at baptifm, and 
 proniifed to fee educated as a chriftian. 
 
 Go'ddaughter. n. f. [god and daugh- 
 ier.l A girl for whom one becaiue 
 fponfor at baptifm. A term of fpiritual 
 relation. 
 Go'ddess. n.f. [irom god-l A female 
 divinity. 
 
 Hear, nature, hear ; dear goddcf hear a father .' 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 A woman I forfwore ; but I will prove. 
 Thou being a goddefs, I forfwnrc not t-hcc : 
 My vow was eaithy, thou a hca\'nly love. 
 
 Si'iirifpeari'. 
 
 I long have w-aited in the temple nigh, 
 Built to the gracious goddcfi Clemency ; 
 But rcv'rencc thou the pow'r. Viydeti. 
 
 From his feat i\\c goddefs born arofe, 
 And thus undaunted fpokc. Dryden's Fahtis. 
 
 When the daughter of Jupiter prefcntcd hcr- 
 fclf among a crowd of yolditjrs, (he was diftin- 
 guifhcd by licr graceful Itatuic and fupcrioi 
 beauty. .-iddifo'i. 
 
 GOD 
 
 MoHcfty with-hcld the ^ndihjs'' train. Tope, 
 Go'nDHs^-LiKE. adj^ \^goddeJs and /f/v.] 
 Refcmbling a goddcfs. 
 
 Then female voices frdm the ftiore I heard ; 
 A maid amidft them gQiUefi-'dc appcaj "d. Fofie. 
 
 GoDFATHRR. ti.f. [^&^/and/rt^/j^/*. ] The 
 fponfor at the font. 
 
 He had a Ion hy her> and the king did him 
 the honour as to i\sn(\ guifathcr to his cliild. 
 
 Bacan'i Hfiry vri. 
 
 Confirmation, a profitable ufage of the church, 
 trantcribed from tiie apoftles, confifts in the 
 child's undertaking in his own name the bapiif- 
 mal vow ; and, tl-.at he may more folemnly enter 
 this ohligation, bringing fome ^Ci//"'///;^?- with him, 
 not now, ds in baptiJm, ai his procurator. 
 
 HatnmoKd, 
 Go'dhf.ad. «. /. [from^^^.] 
 
 1. Godfhip ; deity; divinity; divine na- 
 ture. It is ufed both of idols and of 
 the true God. 
 
 Be content : 
 Your low-laid fon our goJheuii will uplift. Shakf. 
 
 At tlie holy mount 
 Of heav'n's high-feaied top, th* imperial throne 
 Of gcJ/teaJf ftx'd for ever firm and fure, 
 The filial pow'r arriv'd. MiitQn'i Par, Loji. 
 
 So may tVy ^odhtadh^ zowi^^y 
 So the returning year be blelK Fn'Qr, 
 
 2. A deity in perfon ; a god or goddefs. 
 Were your goMt aJs to borrow of men, men 
 
 would foi fake the gods. Shakjpeaye*i TimoT?, 
 
 Adoring firft the genius of the place, 
 The nymphs and native godheads yet unknown. 
 
 Dryden's y£'!r:J. 
 Go'dless. adj. [from god.] Without 
 fenfe of duty to God ; atheiftical ; 
 wicked ; irreligious ; impious. 
 
 Of thefe two forts of men, both goMep.y the 
 one has utterly no knowledge of God, and the 
 other ftudies how to pcrfuade themfclves that 
 there is no fuch thing to be known. Hooker, 
 
 That god.'rfi crew 
 Rebellious. 7l//?/«n, 
 
 For faults not his, fot guilt and crimes 
 Of goMifs men, and of rebellious timcS| 
 Him his ungrateful country fent, 
 Their bei^ C^millus, Ir^to b^iniOiment. DryHen. 
 Go'dlike. adj, [^c^y and //7'f.] Divine; 
 refcmbling a divinity ; fupremely ex- 
 cellent. 
 
 Thus Adam his ijluftrious guert befought, 
 And thus the gc.i/ilf angcU anfwci'd mild. 
 
 Mi ft OH, 
 
 Mufing and much revolving in his bieart, 
 Huw belt the niigi;ty woik he might begin 
 Of Sa\iourto mankind, and which way fiilV 
 Publifh his godlike oificc now matun^ AUltcn, 
 That prince (hall be fo wife and fo.-//V^c, a?, by 
 cftabiiOicd iaivs of liberty, to fecure prnrection 
 and encouragcinciu to the hoi'.ert indultry of 
 mankind. " /.i^^*. 
 
 Go'dltng. n. f. [from god.'] A little 
 divinity ; a diminutive god. 
 
 Thy puny sf'dUng^ of inferior race, 
 Whole humble ftatues arc content with bra'= 
 
 Drydi^i's Juiur.-.i!. 
 
 Go'DLI^*^ss. n.f, [^^rom godly.] 
 
 1 . Piety to God. 
 
 2. General obfervation of all the duties 
 prefcribed by religion. 
 
 Virti-c and goMhufsof life are required ar the 
 1 ands of the minirtcrof God. JiosAir. 
 
 Go'dlv. adj. [from^cr/.] 
 
 1. Pious toward God. 
 
 Giant that we may hereafter live a goJfyj r'i;h- 
 tcous, and fober life. C'^nunon Pru^fr. 
 
 2. Good; righ.teous ; religious. 
 
 Help, Lord, for lUe go.i/y m^an ceafeth, for the 
 faithful fa:l among the children of men. }'ft/tns. 
 
 The fame chuscli is really holy in thi.s world, m 
 relation to all god/y perfoiu" contained in it, hy a 
 real ir.fufcd lan<flity, I^aijsn.
 
 GOG 
 
 Go'dly. aifni. Pioufly; righteoufly. By 
 analogy it ihoiild ht goiilily, but the re- 
 petition of the fyllable is too haiill. 
 
 The .ijiolUc St. Paul tc.iclitth, tli;it cvciy one 
 
 that wil live g'l^Uy in Chrilt Jcfus mutt Ui'rtVr 
 
 perfcculion. liooktr. 
 
 Go'dlyheaD. n.f. [{\om godly. "] Good- 
 
 nefs ; i ightcoulncls. An old word. 
 
 For tl'.is, mill m.iny more li.Ji uuxi'ijc, 
 I ciavcyour godtylwad tj nlVtvage 
 The rancorous rigour of his miglit. Sper.fir. 
 
 GoDM OTHER. It. f. \_god and mother,^ 
 A'woman who has uiidcrtak^rn fponlion 
 in baptifm. A teini of Ipii-ltual ixlutloii. 
 
 Go'Diuip. n.f. [from ^0(/.] The rank 
 or chaiacltr of a god; deity; divinity. 
 
 Uilcuurling largely an this Ihcmc, 
 O'er hills and dales Khc'w goJjnijis came. Vtior. 
 
 Go'psoN. n.f. [_f.3i/ and _/£)«. J One for 
 whom one has been fponfor at tlie font. 
 Whjt, did my father's goifon feck your life r 
 He whom my fatlici named ? your Eagar } 
 
 Skakjpaire. 
 Go'dward. aif;. To Godivaid h tsiuard 
 God. So we read, Hac Arclbtfa teiius, 
 for haPenus Arclhufa. 
 
 And fuch tiult have we through Chrift to God- 
 Tvard. 2 Corinthiain. 
 
 Go'dwit. n.f. [j^ob, good, and pria, an 
 animal.] A bird of panicular delicacy 
 Nor ortclans nor godiuiti crown his hoaid. 
 
 Coivlcy. 
 Go'dyeld. 7 adv. [corrupted from God 
 Go'dyield. 3 Jljield or proted.] A term 
 of thanks. Not ufed. 
 
 Herein 1 reach yon, 
 How you Ihould bid gridytit us for your pains. 
 And thank us for yuur troul)le. Sha^fjHjre. 
 
 GoEL. adj. fjolep, Saxon. J Yellow. 
 An old word. 
 
 In March at the furthcft, dry feafon or wet. 
 Hop roots fo well cholcn let fliilful go fet j 
 The geeler and younger, the better I luvc ; 
 Well gutted and pared, the better they prove. 
 
 Goer. n.f. [ftomj^o.] 
 I. One that goes j a runner. 
 
 I would they were in Afiick both together, 
 Myfcif hy with a needle, that I might piick 
 The^cfr back. Shakfpenre's Cym^. 
 
 Such a man 
 Might be a copy lu thefc younger times ; 
 Which, follow 'd well, would now dcmonflralc 
 
 them 
 ^\lt gf>en backward. Sh.ikff'enre. 
 
 Nothing could hurt either of us famueh as the 
 inrei veiling uHitiuus impertinence of thofc gorr% 
 between iis, wiio in Eiigiand pretend to intima- 
 macics with you, and in Iietand lo intimacies 
 with me. I'opi lo Sivifi. 
 
 5. A walker; one that has a gait or manner 
 of walking good or bad. 
 
 The earl was fo far from being a good dancer, 
 that he w.ts n^ graceful ^ocr. ii'itifi. 
 
 3. The foot. Obfolete. 
 
 A double mantle, caft 
 A'thwart his fhouUlcis, his taiic ^^efi grac'el 
 With fitted fiioes. Chafmisri, 
 
 To Go'gcle. V. n. To look afquint. 
 Infl'.m'd all over with dilgrace. 
 To be feen by her in fuch a place, 
 Which made him hang his I. cad, and fcoul, 
 And wink and gif^glt like an owl. Hudiirai. 
 
 J^or lighs, nor groans, nor gcgg/i^g tyt-t did 
 want. Diyden. 
 
 Goggle-eyed, adj. [fcejl ejen, Sax.] 
 Squint-eyed ; not looking ftraight. 
 
 They arc defurmed, unnatural, or lame ; and 
 very unfcemly to look upon, except to men 
 that be figc^le-eytd ihenifcivej. Akham 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 G O L 
 
 Go'iNG. n.f. [from^o.] 
 
 i. The act of walking. 
 
 Wlien nobles arc their taylors tutors, 
 No hercticks buinl, but wenches fuiror.', 
 Then comes the tinic, who livet to icc'r, 
 That gwn? Ihall be ui'd with feet. ithitkfi>car!. 
 
 2 . Pregnancy. 
 
 The time of death has a fir greater latitude 
 than that of our birth ; moll women coming, ,w- 
 corduig to their reckoning, within the compafs of 
 a fortnight : that is the twentieth part of their 
 g9:ng. Grfiv^i Cojmohgia Sacru. 
 
 3. Departure. 
 
 ■ Thy fiO!''g is not lonely ; with thee goes 
 Thy hufbandj him to follow thou art bound. 
 
 Mi//<M. 
 
 Go'la. n.f. The fame with Cymatium. 
 
 In a cornice the ^ii/« or cym.itium of the co- 
 
 r(m:!,tl;e coping, the mudiUions or dcntclli, make 
 
 a noble Ihow. Sjcilalor^ 
 
 GOLD. n.f. [jolb, Saxon; golud, riches, 
 Wellli. It is called gold in our Englifli 
 tongue, eithiT of gcel, as Scaligtr lays, 
 which is in Dutch to fliine; or of an- 
 other Dutch word, which is gellcn, and 
 iignifies in Latin valcre, in Englifh to 
 be of price or value : hence cometh 
 their ordinary word gelt, for money. 
 
 Peacham on Draiuing.'] 
 
 1. GJj/ is theheavicft, the mod denfe, the 
 moll funple, the moft duiflile, and molt 
 fixed of all bodies, not to be injured 
 either by air, or fire, and feeming in- 
 coiruptible. It is fohiblc by means of 
 fea-falt ; but is injured by no other fait. 
 Go/t/ is frequently found native, and very 
 rarely in a ftatc of ore. Pure Gold is 
 fo fixed, that Boevhaavc informs us of 
 an ounce of it let iti the eye of a glafs 
 furnace for two months, without lofing 
 a (ingle grain. Hill on Frffds. 
 
 CoLi hith thcfe natures : greainefs of weight, 
 clofenefi of parts, fixation, pliantncfs or foftiiefs, 
 immunity from rull, and the colour or liniSure 
 of yellow. Hacon's Natural Uijl'iry, 
 
 Ah ! Buckingham, now do I ply the touch, 
 To try if thou be curtcilt go/./ indeed. S/iaifj). 
 
 We readily fay this is gc/./, and that .1 filver 
 goblet, only by the ditferoiit ligures and colours 
 reprefented to the eye by the pencil. Lorkc. 
 
 Thegi/ (fraui;ht veiTel which mad tempers beat, 
 He fees now vainly make to his retreat. Dry den 
 
 2. Money. 
 
 For mc, the jo/./of Fiance did not feduce, 
 AlthoMt^h I did admit as a motive 
 The fuoner to effeft what I intended. Shukjf. 
 
 Thou th.Tt fo ftoutly had refilled me, 
 Give me thy go.'./, if thou halt any gold \ 
 For 1 ha\c bought it with an hundred blows. 
 
 Sh.tkfpcnre^i IUn>y vi. 
 
 5. It 18 ufed for any thing pleafing or 
 valuable. So among the ancients x^iicrri 
 aSivHrr, ; and animamque morefque aureos 
 educ'it in aflra. Horace. 
 
 The king's a bawcock, and a heart of g'dd, 
 A (ad of life, an imp cf fame. Shakjpcdrr. 
 
 Gold rf Pkafure. n. f. \myagrum.~\ A 
 plant, 
 
 Go'lddeater. n. f. [gold and bcat.'\ 
 One whofe occupation is to beat or 
 foliate gold to gild other matter. 
 
 Our goldSeaferj, though, for their own profit 
 fake, they arc wont to ufe the fineft gold they 
 can get,' yet they feruple not to employ coined 
 gold; and that the minl-maflers are wont to alloy 
 with copper or filver, to make the coin more (tiff, 
 and lefs ful jeA to be wafted by attrition. H^j'e. 
 
 G O L 
 
 G o'lo at \rt:K' J Siin. a. f. The intefti- 
 num rettum of an ox, which gold- 
 beaters lay between the leaves of their 
 metal while they beat it, whereby the 
 membrane is reduced thin, ard madi: 
 fit to apply to cuts or fmall fredi wounds, 
 as is now the common pratiice. ^lincy. 
 When your gillyflower- lilow, if they brcalc 
 the pod, open it with a penknife nt each ciiviiiun, 
 .IS low as the flower has burfl it, and bind iC 
 about with a narrow Hip of gold^yeattus ySE/w, 
 which moilten with your tongue, and it 'will liick 
 together. Moi timer. 
 
 GoLDBouND. adj. [gold and Sound,] 
 Encompafled with gold. 
 
 Thy air, 
 Thou o\.hcr go/dlioimd Lro.v is like the firiV. 
 
 S/iikfjirare' I Mfttltt, 
 Go'lden. tji/j. [from gold.] 
 
 1. Made of gold ; conliiling of gold. 
 
 O would to God that the indjlive v^ige 
 Of go/den metal, that mu!i round my brow, 
 Were rcdhot Heel to fear mc to the brain. Shakf. 
 
 Nine royal knignts in equal rank fuccced, 
 Each warrior mounted on a fiery fteed, 
 \\\ golden aimour glorious to bcfiold ; 
 The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold. 
 
 DrydcH. 
 
 2. Shining; bright; fplendid ; refplen- 
 dent. 
 
 So fweet a kifs the giJden fun gives not 
 To thfjfc ficfh morning drops upon the rofe ; 
 Nor ihines the (ilver moun one half fo bright 
 Through the tranfparcnt bofom of the i}i:c'p. 
 
 Shiikjpeare. 
 
 'Tis better to be lowly born 
 Than «'ear a golden forrow. Sftjkfpeare, 
 
 Heaven's eo.'./tr;r winged herald late he faw 
 To a poor Galilean virgin fent. Crajltatv^ 
 
 To her liaid yoke you mul\ hereafter bow, 
 Howc'cr file Ihines 7i\\g»ldcn loyou now. Uryden. 
 
 And fee the guardian angels of the good, 
 Reclining foft on many a golden cloud. Riiue, 
 
 3. Yellow ; of the colour of gold. 
 
 Gclden rufieting hath a gold coloured coat under 
 a rufTet hair, and its fleih of a yellow colour. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 4. Excellent ; valuable. 
 
 I have bought 
 GrJdcn opinions from all fort of people, 
 Wiiich would be worn no;v in their ncwef^ g'ofs, 
 Not call afid: fo foon. Sh.thrj>e,tre'i Mucleth. 
 
 That verfe which they coiirmonly call golden, 
 has two fubftantives and two adjectives, with a 
 verb betwixt them to keep the peace. Dryden. 
 Thence arifes that gi'den tele of dealing with 
 others as we would nave others deal with us. 
 
 il'.Ufi' Lc.gl:t 
 
 J. Happy ; refembling the age of gold. 
 
 M.u-.y young gentlemen flock to him every 
 
 day^ and ileet the time caieleily, as they did in 
 
 the gclden wolld. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Go'lden Sa-rifrage. n.f. [chryfoplenium.] 
 An herb. 
 
 Go'ldenly. adv. [from golden.] De- 
 lightfully; fplendldly. 
 
 My brother J.ie(|ues he keeps at fehool, and 
 report fpcaks goldcnly of his profit. S/: ikffcarc. 
 
 Go'ldfinch. n.f. [jolbpinc, Saxon.] 
 A finging bird, fo named from his 
 golden colour. This is called in Staf- 
 fordftiire a proud tailor. 
 
 Of finging birds they h..ve linnets, gtldfinchti, 
 ruddocks, Canary-birds, blackbirds, thrulhcs, 
 and divers others. CarcvJ, 
 
 A goldfinch there I faw, with gaudy pride 
 Of painted plumes that hopp'd from fide to fide. 
 
 Drydert. 
 
 Go'ldfinder. «./. [gold ^wAft.id.] One 
 who finds gold. A term ludicrouflv 
 applied to thofe that empty jakes. 
 5 O
 
 G O N 
 
 His empty paunch that fee might fiil, 
 He fuck'ti his vittds tliruugh a quill ; 
 UntoucVi'fl it pali'd b-twcen his grinders, 
 Oi- 't had l.e-;n liappy ior goUjiiuitn. Swift. 
 
 Go uDii AMMER.. 11. J. A ki.id of bird. 
 
 Dla. 
 
 Go'lding. n.f. A fort of apple. DiB. 
 Go'ldney. n. /. A fort of fifii. Other- 
 wife called ^.'ii/jM^. ■^'^■ 
 Go'ldpleasure. n.f. An herb. Dia. 
 Go'ldsize. n. f. A glue of a golden 
 colour ; glue ufcd by gilders. 
 Tiie giun of ivy i> good to put into your go'd- 
 Jize, and other colours. Ftacham on Dra-ivi;g. 
 
 Go'LDSMiTH.n./.'[5olband]-mir, Sax.] 
 I . One who manufactures gold. 
 
 Nt ic!iei chain nox g^'UI'mitk cam? to me. Sh^ifp. 
 I. A banker ; one who keeps money for 
 others in his hands. 
 
 The goldfmlth or fcrivener, who takes nil your 
 
 fortune to d'fpofe of, when he has bcforcliai>d re- 
 
 folved to break the following day, djes lurely 
 
 deferve the gallows. Suiff. 
 
 Go'ldylocks. n.f. [coma aurca, Lat.J 
 
 A plant. 
 Goll. n.f. [corrupted, as 5Z'/nn/^r thinks, 
 from pal or [lol, whence pealoan, to 
 handle or manage.] Hands; paws; 
 claws. Ufed in contempt, and obfolete. 
 They fct hands, and Mopf.i put her golden po/h 
 among them; and blind lortunr, that f.iw not the 
 coloui of thcni, gave her the pre-eminence. 
 
 Gome. n. /. The black greafe of a cart- 
 wheel. JJiii/cy. 
 GOMPHOSIS. n. f. A particular form 
 . of articulation. 
 
 Gomphofs is the connexion of a tooth to its 
 
 focke-. - tV,f:mM. 
 
 GONDOLA, n.f. IscmMe, French.] A 
 
 boat much ufed in Venice ; a fmall boat. 
 
 He law did fwim 
 Along the (hore, as fwift as glance of eye, 
 A little gOTiitUy bedecked trial 
 With boughs and aibours woven cunningly. 
 
 Spcfn . 
 
 In a gunhlavcK feen togethci Lorcrzo and h s 
 
 amorous Jefiica. Sk.iijrc^te. 
 
 As witli ^ontirj.ti and men, his 
 >Good excdlence the duke if Venice 
 S.iiU our, .-nl gives the gu'ph a ring. Filer. 
 
 Gondolier, n. f [from gondola.\ A 
 boatman ; one that rows a gondola. 
 
 Your fair daughter, 
 Tranfported with no woifc nor better guard. 
 But with a knave of. hire, :i gondoUer, 
 To the grofs clafp* of a lafSivious Moor. Sltnkfp. 
 Goke. pdi-t. pntt-r. [from go. See Tj 
 
 GO.] 
 1. .Advanced; forward in progrefs. 
 
 I have known fl.cep currJ of the rot, w-hen 
 they have not U'cn far£i« with it, only by being 
 pu' into hroomhinds. Mortlm.-r. 
 
 The obr<;rv:iior is much the britkerof the two, 
 and, I th nk, farther rw"- of Lite m lyes and im- 
 padence rhan his prcfbylerian biother. ituift. 
 ■z. Ruined ; undone. 
 
 Ha mufi know 'tis none of your daughter, nor 
 mv ruler: we are gons elfe. S/if/fpeLtrc-. 
 
 3. Pal. 
 
 I'll tell the rtory of my hfe, 
 And the particular accidents gsnf by, 
 Since I came to this illc. Sh.tkfpsare's Tcmftft. 
 
 4. Loft ; departed. 
 
 When her maftcts faw that the hope of their 
 g.ilns W.1S golf, they caught Paul and Sihis. .rf<3i. 
 
 Speech is coii&ned to the living, and imparted 
 to i/Bly thufc that ate in prefcntc, and is iranficnt 
 sndt'nf. HoU-r. 
 
 GOO 
 
 J. Dead ; departed from life. 
 
 I nrouin A'i jjris dead and |;on;. 0!dJ:um. 
 
 A dog, that has his nofe held in the \apour, 
 lofes all figns of life ; but earned into the air, 01 
 thrown into a lake, recovers, if r-'>t quite go-c. 
 
 Addifoi or. hnly. 
 
 Go'nfalon. 1 n.f. \_gonfanon, French ; 
 Go'nfanon. 5 gunfaria, Iflandlck, from 
 
 gunn, a battle, Tx-ndfanl, a flag, iyc] 
 
 An cnllgn ; a (landard. 
 Ten thoufand thouCand enfigns high advanc'd. 
 
 Standards and gotfahniy 'twixtvan and re.ir, 
 
 Stream in the air. J\':!tofi. 
 
 Gonorrhoe'a. n. f. [y-VS- and 3i. .] 
 A moiSid running of venereal hurts. 
 
 Raiii) mummy or iionz mummy gro.. s on the 
 tops oi nigh rocks ; tney powder and boil it4n 
 milk, and then_give it to flop goni>itlioe^s. 
 
 PVoodward on Ff^J/ih. 
 
 GOOD. aHj. comp. better, fuperl. bejl. 
 [^ob, taxon ; goed, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Having, either generally or for any 
 particular end, fuch phyllcal qualities 
 as are expefted or deiired ; not bad ; 
 not evil. 
 
 God fii.v , ■ ^ that he had made, ai'.d 
 
 behold it w.'.s very g»3.V. Genfn. 
 
 An univeife of death ! which God by ciirfe 
 Created evil ; for evil only |[Coi. Mitten. 
 
 Refolv'd 
 From an ill caufe to draw a joo;/effeft. Drjdcn. 
 
 Nbtwithflanding this criticifm the votfes were 
 good. ■ Spectator. 
 
 A man is no more to be praifed upon tljs ac- 
 coiuir^ than becaufe he has a regular puH'c and a 
 goad digeftion. Addijon, 
 
 Ah ! ne'er fo dire a thifrt of glory boall, 
 Nor ill the critick let the man be lofi ! 
 Good nature and good feiiie muft ever join ; 
 _Taerr is human, to forgive, divine. Vcpr.. 
 
 2. Proper; fit"; convenient; right; not 
 wrong. 
 
 Ami^ngft a man's peers a man (hall he fure of 
 familiarity, and theiei'ne 1: is goodi little to keep 
 flate; aiiiongft a man's inleriors one ihall be line 
 ■ of reverence, and liiereforc it is good a tittle to be 
 familiar. Bacon 
 
 If you think ^^(^ give Martius leave. Baco>K 
 It was a good time lo comply with the impor- 
 tunity of tie gentlemen of ;>ull'cx. Cl.irt.iuon. 
 
 3. Conducive lo happinels. 
 
 It is v.ut good that ti.e man Ihould be alone. 
 
 Gtnfjii.. 
 
 We may as well pictetid to obtain the good 
 
 which we wane without God''s arhftance, as to 
 
 know what k good {ok us without his divciftion. 
 
 S-)nnUidgt^i Sei//:oris. 
 
 4. Uncorrupted ; undanjaged". 
 
 He alfo baicered away plMmbsj'that would 
 have rotted in a week, for nuts, tha\ wo'jld lait 
 good for his eating a whole year. Lockt. 
 
 J. Wholefome ; falubrlous. 
 
 A man frft builds a country feat, 
 Tiien finds the walls n-it good to e.it. Ti'.'^i ■ 
 
 6. Medicinal ; falutary. 
 
 The water of Nilus is Tweeter than ot'ner wa- 
 ters in tafle, and it is excellent gusii for the ftone 
 and liypochondriack nielaiicooly. Bmoh. 
 
 7. Plcivfant to the tafte. 
 
 Eat thou honey, becaufe it \% gmd; and the 
 honeycomb, which is fwcet. Proverbs. 
 
 Of i.crbs and plants fome are goo./ to cat raw; 
 as lettuce, endive, aad putllaue. Biicon. 
 
 8. Complete ; full. 
 
 The pioteftant fubjeifts of the abbey make up 
 a ^05// third of its people. ylddijon on lu'y. 
 
 ■■9. Ufeful ; valuable. 
 
 All quality, that is goorf for any thing, is 0.1- 
 ginally founded upon merit. Collier on i.i:i'y. 
 
 We difciplinc betimes thofc other crcituics we 
 would maiie ufeful and good for fomewhat. 
 
 L0J.1. 
 
 G (^ O 
 
 10. Sound; not lalfe ; not fallacious. 
 
 Hj is rcfolvcd iiiiwtofl:--w how flight the pro- 
 poficions were which Luther kt go for go-jd. 
 
 yittcrhury. 
 
 1 1 . I egal ; valid ; rightly claimed or held. 
 Accoiding lo military culUjm tire pi icc was 
 
 g'-'O./, and the lieutenant of the colonel's cmipany 
 niiglit well putcnd to the next vacant capt.iuilhip 
 ill ti.e t.imi- regiment. lyotton. 
 
 12. Confiimcd; attefled ; valid. 
 
 Ha I am I fure Ihe 's wrong'd^ Perhaps 'tis 
 malice ! 
 Slave, make it clear, makegM^/ youi accufatiorr. 
 
 Smith. 
 
 13. With as preceding. It has a kind of 
 negative or inverted fenlc ; as good as, 
 no btlter than. 
 
 Therefore iprang there even of one, and him 
 as good tis dead, fo many as the rtars ul (h. &y 
 in multitude Hciicwi. 
 
 14. With as preceding. No v.'orfe. 
 
 He fharply reproved ti.era as men oi no cou- 
 i-age, which, being many times tii goed as iti 
 pDlRfTion of the uifloiy, had molt cow.ndly 
 turned their backs upon thtir enemies. KnotltSg 
 
 The mailer will Ire «s good as his word, for h'la 
 own bufincis. L^h-Jiiange. 
 
 15. Well qualified ; not defici,ent. 
 
 If they had held their loyallic: liy that title, 
 either there mull nave bten but one fovereign over 
 them all, or elfe cveiy fallar of a fannly had 
 bten ai go^'d a prince, and had as good a lI.iiiti to 
 royalty as tlitfe. Loch, 
 
 16. Skilful; ready; dexterous. 
 
 Flatter nim it may, Icun'eis ; as thofe arc ge- 
 nerally gM./at flattering who arc good for notbi.^; 
 eli'c. Souiifi, 
 
 I make my way where-e'cr I fee my. foe ;. 
 But you, my lord, aie good at a retreat. Drydin. 
 
 17. Happy; ptofperous.. 
 
 Behold how good and l.ow pleafant it is for 
 brethiTii to d*ill together in unity. fj.dir.i. 
 
 Many good morrows to my noble lord ! 
 — Good morrow, Catclby, you ai-t early flirring. 
 
 Shidfporc. 
 
 Good e'en, neighbnurs ; 
 Good e'en to you all,.gM</ e'en to you all. ShakJ. 
 
 At my wir.cow bid gtod marrow. Mi/ton. 
 
 Good morrow. Fortius ! let us once embrace.. 
 
 .-/.r..'.y;,T. 
 
 iS. Honourable. 
 
 They call to get themfelvc; a name, 
 Reg-.irdkfs whether goo.-i or evil fame. MUl.-n. 
 Silence, the knave's repute, the whole's goi.i 
 name, 
 The only honour or tiicwi.'Kins dame. Vcpr. 
 
 19. Cheerful; gay. Joined with any 
 words expreffing temper of mind. 
 
 They may bi: of good comfort, and ever go 
 cheerfully about their own affairs. 2 A^j'c, 
 
 Qtiictncfs improves into cl ccrfulncfs, enough 
 
 to make mejuft io good humoured .is towilh that 
 
 vrpr'.d well Pop{\ 
 
 20.' Confiderabk ; not fmall though not 
 
 very great. 
 
 A good while ago God made choice that tlic 
 g«U.!iles by my mouth Ihould hear the word. 
 
 The plant, having a great (riilk and top, dotii 
 prey upon the gtals a gcod way about by draw- 
 ing'thc juice of the earth from icT " Bacon. 
 
 JllyrUe aiid pomegranate, if they be planted 
 though a good fpacc one from the other, will 
 xj^cct. Fencfium on Dra'V.ir/g. 
 
 The king had provided a good 9i:er, and a. body 
 of three thoufand foot to be embarked. f-/ur< mlon. 
 
 We inay fiippofe a great many degrees of lit- 
 t'cncfs and ligiitncfi in thefc earthy particles, fo 
 as maiiv of them n-.ig-ht float In the air a gi^od 
 While,. 'like exhalations, before they feH du\«'n. 
 
 Burnet. 
 
 They held a good (hare of civil ard iriilitary 
 emph.ymi.nts during the whole time oi ^lie ufut* 
 palio.. ^"-'fi-
 
 GOO 
 
 GOO 
 
 GOO 
 
 2 ' . ]Acjrant ; decent ; delicate : \mi1i 
 
 If tlic ciitick, I1.IS publilli::!] nuiliing Ijcit" ruUs 
 and o.bfcivaiions in CTiiicifm, I tl.cii ciHifKici 
 wlietlicr there he a piopi'cty and tlig:incc in 
 his thoughts and u'ord:>, clciniefs and dciic>icy 
 in his rcmnikb; wit :ind god />reriiing in his im:!- 
 
 Manlcind h.ivc hern forced to invent a kind of 
 aitiHcial num.niity, which is what wc cxprcls by 
 the wjtd gooi I'lccJi'ig. ^•idMJ'y'i, 
 
 Thofc «m«ng thcni, who return into tncir fc- 
 vcral countrich, arc fure to he followed and imi- 
 tated ai the grcutcft patterns of wic and gwd- 
 btceih ^. Swift. 
 
 22. Real ; ftrious ; not feigned. 
 
 Lovc not in good cn:nfl>, nur no farther in 
 fport neither, than with fafcty of a pure 1-hiih 
 thou m.ty'it in lionour conic off again. Shak/p. 
 
 23. Rich; of credit; able to fulfil en- 
 gagements, 
 
 Antonio is a good man : my meaning, in fay- 
 ing that he is a good man, is to have you imder- 
 ftard mc that he is fufticicnt. Shakjpcare. 
 
 24.. Having moral qualities, fuch as arc 
 wiilied ; virtuous ; pious ; religious : ap- 
 plied both to pcrlons and aclions. Not 
 bad ; not evil. 
 For a good man fome would even dare to die. 
 
 Romnm. 
 
 The woman hath wrought a good vioxk. upon 
 
 me Miittheiv^ 
 
 All mnn's works on mc. 
 Good or not goody ingraft my merit, thefe 
 Shall pcrfedt, and for thcfc my death (hall pay. 
 
 Mil!cfi. 
 
 What reward 
 Awaits ihc goody the refl- what punifhmcnt. 
 
 Milton 
 The only Son of light 
 In a dirk age ggainlt example ^W, 
 • Agairft alUirtment I^Iihon. 
 
 Such r.Ilow him, as fhall be regiftrcd 
 Part 5^9://, part had, of bad the larger fcroil. 
 
 Milton. 
 Grant the bid wWw happincfs ticy would, 
 Oiie they muft want, wh ch is to pafs for good 
 
 Why drewMarfcillcs'gco/bifhop purer breath. 
 W'iicn nature; fickcn'd, and each gale was doac;i ? 
 
 i'opf'. 
 Such wis Rofcommon, not more Kam'd thai. 
 gwd, 
 Wifh mmners gea'roiisas his no* le b!o>d. Pope. 
 
 No farther tn'.ercyurfc wltii ^Jp.^v'^ bad he, 
 Bu' Lil gced wcrk5 tn mtu of low degree, liarte 
 
 25. Ki:id; foft ; benevolent. 
 
 Matters being fo turned i^ her, that where at 
 firll I'^vin;^ her manners did breed go'/d vf\\\f now 
 ^w./will btcmie-. the chief caufc of bking her 
 manners. St inry 
 
 Glory to God in the l.Jgheft, 3ii«' on earth peace 
 an'i «^9J./ will towards m-n l.uir. 
 
 Without go^t n^tuic man is but a better kind 
 of VL'imin. Bac'J77. 
 
 Here wc are lov't', and there wc love; 
 Gofi-/ naiure now and pnfTi' n (inve 
 
 WMich of the two ihuild be above, 
 And laws unio the other give. SucUing 
 
 'Tis no wonder if ti^at which affords fa little 
 glory to God, tiatii no mox c g'jod will ttir meri. 
 
 DfCfiy <i/' Piety. 
 
 Wh'D yo'i fhall fee him, fir, to die for pity, 
 'Twere fucn a thing, 'twould fo ckceivc the 
 
 world, 
 'Twould m.ike the people think you wfre e'o- 
 natiir'd Dc:'inm. 
 
 To tCMcli : im betimes to love and be good na- 
 tured to otiiers, is to lay early the true fuunca 
 jion of an "oneft man Lech 
 
 Guud fenfe and good naluie are never fepar ted, 
 ihougtitlic ignorant woild has thought otherwife 
 
 Diy.u*t. 
 
 Affability, mildncfs, lendcrncfs, and a wuid 
 which I would fain bring back to its oiigiual fig- 
 
 rihcation of viituc, I ntcan ^so./ nature, arc of 
 daily life. Drydtn. 
 
 Thi ; do^rinc of Gori's^M.V will towaids men, 
 this command of men's propt'itionablc ^'^r/ will 
 to one another, is not tiiis ihr very budy and 
 fubrt.ince, tliii the very fpirlt and life of our Sa- 
 viour's whole inftituiion ? SprAt. 
 
 It was his grcatcft pl'.afure to fprcad his heal- 
 ing wings over every place, and to make every 
 one fenfibl'-'of his ^^9s^ will to m.mkind. Catamy. 
 
 How could you chide the young good natui'd 
 prince, 
 And drive him from you with fo flcvn an air. 
 
 jiddiJoyCi Cato, 
 
 26. Favourable; loving. 
 
 But the men were very good unto us, and we 
 were not hurt. i Samuel. 
 
 Truly God is good to IlVaciy even to fuch as 
 are of a clean heart. * Pfahm. 
 
 You have gcod remembrance of us always, de- 
 fning greatly to fee us, as we alfo to fee you. 
 
 I Thcffiihniani. 
 
 This idea muff nccefTuily be adequate, being 
 referred to nothing elfe but itfelf, nor made by 
 any other original but the good liking and will of 
 him that firft made this combination. Locke. 
 27 Companionable ; fociable ; merry. 
 Often ufcd ironically. 
 
 Though he did not draw the go'jd fellows to 
 him by drinking;, yet he eat well. CUtcnd'jti, 
 
 Not being peimitted to drink without eating, 
 will prevent the cuftom of having the cup often 
 at his nofe; a dangerous beginning and preparation 
 to g'^od fellowfliip. Locke. 
 
 It was well known, that fir Roger had been a 
 005*^ fellow in liis youth. Arhuthmt 
 
 28. It is fometimes ufed as an epithet of 
 flight contempt, implying a kind of 
 negative virtue or bare freedom from ill. 
 
 My gcod man, as far from jcaloufy as I am 
 from giving him caufe. Sh.tkfpearr, 
 
 Slie had left thc^ooi/man at home, and brought 
 away her gallant. Addijon* i SpcBator. 
 
 29. In a ludicrous fenfe. 
 
 As for all Oilier god women that love to do 
 but little woik, how handfumc it is to loufc 
 thcmfclves in the fuufiiine, they that have been 
 but a while in Ireland can well wirnefs. Spenfer. 
 
 30. Hearty ; earnell ; not dubious. 
 
 He, that faw the time fit f jr the delivery he 
 intended, called unto us to follow h.im, which wc 
 bet!', bound l?y onth, and willing by^oeiwill, 
 ob' yed. SiJ/i V. 
 
 The good will of the nation to the prefcnt war 
 has been fmce but Tou much experienced by the 
 fucceiTes tl-.at have attendee! it. 7Vw//^ 
 
 Good w'lWf fhe faid, my w.int of ftrength fup- 
 plies : 
 And dilir'.cnce'OiaK give what age denies. Drydcn. 
 
 31. fn Good thnt> TTot too faft. 
 
 In good t'mr, replies .Miotl.cr, you have he^rd 
 them difpute agau.tt a vacjum ia the fchooh. 
 
 Collitr en Uum<in Rrafon. 
 
 32. In GoOT> foofh. Really; ferioufly. 
 Wh;ii, mull T i.old r. candle to my Ihnmes ? 
 
 They in thcmfclves, go^d jooth arc too loo light. 
 
 Shiukjpgtiyr. 
 
 33. Good. [ITo mahe,'\ To keep ; to main- 
 tain ; not to give up ; not to abandon. 
 
 There died upon thcpl.ice all the chieiiain<;, all 
 making good xht (\^\\x. without any ground given. 
 
 Bitcon'i ihnr\ vi I 
 
 He forc-d them to retire in fpitc of their dri- 
 go^ns, which were placed there to make good tUc'n 
 letrcat. Clureftdon 
 
 Since we claim a proper inlereft above others in 
 the pre-eminent ng'nts! of the honlhoKi of fauh, 
 then to miJ^tE'S'jr/ that claim, we are obliged above 
 otliers tu tunfic ni to t'>c i>ruper manneis and vir- 
 tue*; that belong to this houlboid. Sptut. 
 
 He without tear a dangerous war purfues ; 
 As honour made him fiiff the danger chufc. 
 So ft';, he niii^i s it god on virtue's fcorc. Dryden 
 
 34. Good. I'I'o maJ^e,} To confirm 3 to 
 cflablifh. 
 
 I farther will m^int.iin 
 Upon his had life to M-tkf all thiv govd. Shiiff- 
 To n'./^f* F^^tythiscxplicJlion of the article, h 
 will he ncccfljry to prove that the church, which 
 our Saviour founded and the apolVes gitlicrrdy 
 was to receive a conlUnt and perpetual jLa:(:^'"m, 
 
 l*carfvt, I 
 Thcfc propofitions I IKa!l endeavour to tft/tke 
 good. Sntjhi ig:. 
 
 35. Good. [7*(? Wi/Zr.] To perform. 
 
 While flie fo far extends Ivcr prace, 
 She mnk:i but g^d the promifc of her face. 
 
 36. Good. \To wj,7/v.] To ftipply. 
 
 E\eiy diftmdl being has fomewhat peculiar to 
 ilfclf, l^ moke good ifi one circumflaiKC what it 
 wants in another. L'Eptattge, 
 
 Good. n. f, 
 
 1. Tliat which phyfically contributes to 
 happinefs ; benefit ; advantage ; the 
 contrary to evil or mifery. 
 
 I fear the emperor means no good to us. 
 
 Skakfpeere's Tifui ylndronrrut. 
 
 Let me pby the lion too : I will roar, that I 
 will do any man's hcai t gcod to b^ar me. Sli ifff. 
 
 He wav'd indifferently 'rwixt them, doing nei- 
 ther go'jd nor haim. Shakfyrarc^s Ccrialtinos, 
 
 Love with fear the only God, 
 Merciful over all his works, v/'iiU good 
 Still overcoming evil. Miltoft. 
 
 God is alfo in fleep, and dreams advife, , 
 Which he hath fent propitious, fomc ^caX god 
 Prcfaging. MiltoM. 
 
 Nature in man*s heart, her laws doth pen, 
 Prcfcribing truth to wit, ^n(\goodxo wiil. Da-vies, 
 
 The IciTening or cfcnping oif evil is to be rec- 
 koned under the notion of good : the ItlTenin^ or 
 lol's of good is to be reckoned under the notion of 
 evil. Ifiliim. 
 
 This caution will have alfo this^eo7 in it, that 
 it will put them upon Conbdcring, and teach them 
 the neccfiity of tx-iiniiiing more ihaa they do. 
 
 Lockf. 
 
 Good is what is apt to caufe or incrcafe pleafure, 
 or diminith pain in us ; or eifc to procure or pre- 
 fei ve us in the polTefTion of any other god^ or ab- 
 fcnce of any evil. Loch, 
 
 Refute to leave thy dcfiin'd charge too foon. 
 And for the chuicb's good defer thy own. Pri:r, 
 
 Works may have more wit than docs tnem 
 
 As bodies perilh through cxccfs of blcod. ■ Pcpe, 
 
 A thir(t after truth, and a defiic of gocd, are 
 
 print: Iples whi^h ftill act wita a great and uiiiver*» 
 
 fai Uyi:c. K.gcn. 
 
 2. Profperlty ; advancement- 
 
 It he had cmploy'd 
 Thofc excellent gifts of fonune and of nature 
 Ui.to ttie g'ody not ruin of the flate. Ben Joif-n, 
 
 3. Earned ; not jcft. 
 
 The good wom:in never died after this, 'till 
 Ibe came to die for good and all. L*EJirAni^e, 
 
 4. Moral qualities, fuch as are defireabie ; 
 virtue ; righteonfnefs ; piety ; the con- 
 trary to witkedncfs. 
 
 Depart from evil and do gcr.d. Tf'.hn%, 
 
 Not only carnal good from evil does not jnftify ; 
 but no goody no not a purpufcd ^*7./, can make 
 evil good. ' Uolydayt 
 
 O fons, like one of us is Man become. 
 To know both good and evil, fmce his taffe 
 Of that defended (ruii, hut let him ho;ift 
 His knowledge of good\o\\y and evil got. 
 Happier h<id it fullic'd him to have known 
 (Poo.i by itfeli, and evilmot at all. - Milton. 
 
 Empty of ah goody wherein cai>fi;fts 
 Woiuan's domefftck honour, aud.cbfcf praifc. 
 
 "■?-^'' ■ Mi.' ton. 
 
 By goody I queftion not but goody morally fo 
 called Imrm-^ hon-'jtumf ought, chiefly at lc?ft, to 
 be underftooel ; and that the god of profit Ar 
 pleafure the bonum utile or Jujvrdum, hardly come 
 intoany account heic. Sout^, 
 
 '502
 
 GOO 
 
 Ncr holds this earth a more dcferving knight 
 Tor viituc, valoui, and for noble blood, 
 Truih, honour, all rh.it is conjprii'd in ^6o:i. 
 
 DryJcK. 
 
 5. Good placed after had, with ax, feems 
 a fubdantive ; but the expreflion is, I 
 tlnnk, vitious ; and good is rather an 
 adjeAive ellipticaliy rifed, or it may be 
 coiifidered as adverbial. See Goou. adv. 
 The pilot muft intend lomc poit l)cfore he 
 ilecrs hi3 courl'e, or he had <ij gco.l leave his \'cf- 
 •fel to the direftion of the winds, and the go- 
 vernment of the waves. Soui/i. 
 . Without good nature and gratkude, men had 
 ai g!39(L]ivc m a iR'ildernefs as in a fociety. 
 
 Goon. adv. 
 
 1. Well; not ill ; not amifs. 
 
 i. As Good. No worfe. 
 
 Was I to have never parted from thy fide, 
 j4i good have grown there ftiU a lifelefs rib. 
 
 Milton. 
 Says the cuckow to the hawk, Had you not ai 
 gMi/have been eating worms now as pigeons ? 
 
 L*EJlraylge. 
 
 Good. InferjeBion. Well! right! it is 
 
 fometimes ufed ironicall)'. 
 Good-conditioned, adj. Without ill 
 qualities or fymptoms. Ufed both of 
 things and perlons, but not elegantly. 
 
 Ko furgeon dilates an ahfcefs of any kind by 
 injeiftions, when the pas i$ gooJ-tomiitiontJ. 
 
 Sharp's Surgery. 
 
 Good-novv. Ijilerjedion. 
 
 1. In good time; a la bonne heuri. A 
 ■gentle exclamation of entreaty. It is 
 now a low word. 
 
 Gocd-no'.a, fit down, and tell me, he that 
 knows. 
 Why this fame watch ? Shahfpeare's Hamlet. 
 
 2. A foft exclamation of wonder. 
 
 Gco.i~r:ow^ gcad-iioiUf how your devotions 
 jump with mine ! Drvden. 
 
 Goo'i>LiNEss. n.yi \ixora goodly. "l Beau- 
 ty; grace; elegance. 
 
 She fung this fong with a voice no lefs beauti- 
 ful to hi& ears, than htr goi>dlweJkvii& full of har- 
 mony to his eyes. Sidriej;, 
 The Itatelinefs of houfes, the goodh'nefs of trees, 
 when we behold them, delighteth the eye. 
 
 Hooker . 
 Goo'dly. adj. [from ^00^.] 
 1. Beautiful; graceful; fine; fplendid. 
 Xiittle in ufe, 
 
 A prince of a go^dty afpcfl, and the more 
 gcodh by a grave majcfty, wherewith his mind 
 ill d deck his outward graces. Sidrirj. 
 
 A gcod/y city is this Antium. Shgkjpcare. 
 
 Patience and forrow flrove 
 Which ihould exprefs Wx gooXieJt t you have feen 
 Sunlhine and rain at once. Her fmiles and rears 
 Were like a wetter May, Sh,ikfpearc. 
 
 Here from gracious England have I otter 
 
 Of goodh thoufands. Sh.ikfpeare's Macheth. 
 
 Rebckaii took guod'v raiment of Irer cldeft fon 
 
 Jfyu, and put tiiem upon Jacob. Genefn. 
 
 There was not among tiie children of Ifrael a 
 
 feirniller perfon than he. I Sam 
 
 Both yongcr then they were ; of fVature m-ore ; 
 
 And all their formes^ niHchgoci/Z/V? then before. 
 
 Ckapmnn. 
 
 He had not made them any recompence for 
 
 their g(joi//y houfes and <ilive g.ardens, deilroycd in 
 
 the former wars. Kmlla. 
 
 The g:\dilcji man of men fmcc born 
 Uis foi-.s, the faiicft of her daughters Eve. 
 
 Mil tan. 
 Of the fourth Edwar.-i was his noble fong ; 
 Tierce, goo./Zy, valiant, beautiful, and young. 
 
 H'alhr. 
 Not long firice, walking in the field, 
 My nurfc auJ f, Wt theic Iseheid 
 
 GOO 
 
 A good!y fruU, wMcli, tempting rne, 
 
 J would have pluck'd. Walltr, 
 
 HoM'- full of ornament is all I view 
 In all its parts ! and fceras as beautiful as new : 
 O gfjodly ordcr'd work ! O power divine ! 
 Of thee I ;im, and what I am is thine ! Dryden. 
 
 Hi5 cldeft boi'n, apcorf/v youth to view, 
 Hxcell'd the reft in fli.ipc and outward fhcw ; 
 Fair, tall, bis limbs with due proportion join'd, 
 But of a heavy, dull, degcn'rate mtnd. Dryden. 
 
 2. Bulky; fwelling ; afFeftcdiy tiu-gid. 
 
 Round as a g^lobc, and liquor'd every cbink^ 
 Goodly and great he fails behind his link. Dryd. 
 
 3. Happy ; defireable ; gay. 
 
 England was a peaceable kmgdom, and but 
 lately inured to the mild and goodly government 
 of the Confeflbr. Spenfcr. 
 
 We have many goodly days to fee. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Goo'dly. ad'v. Excellently. Obfolete. 
 
 There Alma, like a virgin queen moll; Liight, 
 Doth flourifli in all beauty excellent ; 
 And to her gucfts doth bounteous banquet dight, 
 Attempered gcod/'y well fur J.ealth and for delight. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 
 Goo'dlyhood. w. /I \_£vojxi goodly ^l Grace; 
 goodnefs. Obfolete. 
 
 But mote l\\y goodlyhood forgive it me. 
 To meet which of the gods 1 fliall thccname. 
 
 Spcrifer. 
 
 Goo'dmak. n,/, [good 2in&. man.l 
 
 1. A flight appellation of civility : gene- 
 rally ironical. 
 
 How now, what's the matter ? part. 
 — With you, gQodman boy, if you pleafe : come, 
 I'll flclh ye. Shakjpearc^s King Lear. 
 
 2. A rullick term of compliment ; gaffer. 
 
 Nay, hear you, goodman 6c\\z\\ Shakfpaire 
 But fee the lun-beams bright to labour warn, 
 And gild the thatch of gsodman Hodge's barn. 
 
 Gtiy's I'd!}. 
 
 Old goodwan Dobfon of the green, 
 Remembers he the trees has feen. S-.vift, 
 
 Goo'dness. n,f. [from ^00^.] Dclirahle 
 qualities either moral or phyfical ; kind- 
 nefs ; favour. 
 
 li f jr any thing he loved greatnefs, it was be- 
 caufe therein he might exeicife his goodr.eji 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 There is in all things an appetite or defire, 
 whereby they incline to fomething which they 
 jnay be; all whicii perfe<5lions are contained un- 
 der the general name ai g'j'Mrufs. IloUer. 
 
 Ail goodnefi 
 Is poifon to thy itomach, 
 
 Yes:, thai goodn'J% 
 
 Of gleaning all the land's wealth into one, 
 Into your own hands, cardinal, by extortion : 
 The go5:/;ifyj of your intercepted packets 
 You writ to the pope againll the king : your 
 
 gaodneji^ 
 Since you provoke me, (hall be moft notorious. 
 Shakjpeare^i Henry vi 1 r. 
 
 There ''s no goodnefs in thy face. Shakfpecire 
 
 There is a general, or n.-.tural goodnep in crea- 
 tures, and a more fpecial or n\o\A\. goodncji. 
 
 Perkim. 
 
 The good nrfi of every thing is meafiired by its 
 end and ufc, and that's the bell thing which 
 feivcs the belt end and purpofc. TilhtJ'jn, 
 
 All made very particular relations of the 
 iirength of the Scots army, the excellent riifci- 
 plinc that was obferved in it, and \.\\z goodncji of 
 the men. ■ Clarendon. 
 
 No body can fay that tobacco of the fame 
 gnodnef is rifen in rcfpeft of itfcif ; one pound of 
 tiie fame goodneji will never exchange for a pound 
 and a quarter of the fame goodnefi.. Locie. 
 
 Goods, k. yi [from ^00^/. 1 
 
 1, Moveables in a houfe. 
 
 That givMl to fucU a gucft 
 As my poor fclfc, of all thy goodi the beft. 
 
 C^mpmati. 
 
 2. Pcrfbnal or moveable cftatc. 
 
 G o R 
 
 That X writ be fu'd againft you. 
 To forfeit all yourgWj, lands, tenements, 
 Gaflles, and whatlocvei. S/tnifp. Henry vitl. 
 This hinders nothing the proceedings of the 
 civil courts, which lefpeft the temporal punifti- 
 meiit upon body and gmA. Lr/Iy. 
 
 3 , Wares ; freight ; merchandife. 
 
 Her majcily, when the goods oi our Englilh 
 merchants were attached by the duke of Alva, ar- 
 rcftcd likcwifc the goods oi the Low Dutch here 
 in England. Rulcigii's Effayt. 
 
 Sake, that fcsrii'd all pow'r .and laws of men, 
 Goodi with their owners hurrying to their den. 
 
 IValler. 
 
 Goo'dv. n.f. [corrupted hova good 'wife.'[ 
 A low terra of civility ufed to mean 
 perfoiis. 
 
 Soft, goody (lieep, then f.iid the fox, not fo ; 
 Unto the king fo rafli you may not go. 
 
 Hubherd*i TaU, 
 
 Swarm' d on a rotten ftick the bees I fpy'd, 
 Wiiich erft I fa.,- « !.cn gondy Dobfon dy'd. Gyr, 
 
 Plain goody woulu no longer down; 
 'Twas madam in her grograni gown. Siuiff. 
 
 GooDYSHip, n.f. [from goody.'\ The 
 quality of a goody. Ludicrous. 
 
 Tne more lliame for her g&ody^/jipf 
 To give fo near a friend the flip. Hniiirat, 
 
 GOOSE, n.y. plural ^i?f/f. [50J-, Saxon; 
 goes, Dutch ; gawe, Erfc, ling. geivey\ 
 plural.] 
 
 1 . A large waterfowl proverbially noted, 
 I know not why, for fooliflinefs. 
 
 Thou crcam-f iced lown. 
 Where got'ft thou ArMgcfe look? Shakjpeare. 
 
 Since I pluck'tgff/c, play'd truant, andwhipt 
 top, I knew not wh.it 'twas to be beaten till 
 lately. Shdkfpeare. 
 
 Birds moft eafy to he drawn are waterfowl; as 
 the goofe and fwan. PL-aclu.m on Draiving. 
 
 Nor watchful dogs, nor the more wakeful geejfy 
 Difiurb with nightly noife the facred peace. 
 
 Dryden's Fables, 
 
 2. A taylor's fraoothing iron. 
 
 Come in, taylor : here you may roai^ your goof e. 
 
 Shakjpeurc. 
 
 Go'osEBEREY. ti.f. [goo/e and berry, 
 becaufe eaten with young geefe as faucc.] 
 A berry and tree. 
 
 The fpecies are, i. The common goofeberry, 
 2. The large manured goofeberry 3. The red 
 hairy goofeberry. 4. The large white Dutch 
 goofeberry. 5. The laige amber goofeberry, 
 6, The large green goofebeiry. 7. The large red 
 gojfeberiy. 8. Tlic ytllow-Ieaved goofeberry, 
 9. The ftriped-lea-.ed goofeberiy. Miller, 
 
 Augiift ha,s upon his arm a bafket of all 
 manner of lipc fruits; a-s, pears, plums, apples, 
 gccJihctri'S. Peacluim', 
 
 Upon a goofeberry bufh a fnail I found ; 
 For alw^ays fnails near fwceteft fruit^bound. Gay. 
 
 Go'osT.CAf. n.f. [from goofe and fa/.J 
 
 A filly perfon. 
 Go'osEFOOT. u. f. \^chenopedmm.'] Wild 
 
 orach. Miller. 
 
 Go'osEGRASs. n.f. Clivers; an lierb. 
 Goofegrafi, or.wildt.infy, is a weed ihatflrong 
 
 claysarevcry fubjedl to. Mottimer. 
 
 Go'rbellied. a<^. {Jtom gorielly.'\ Fatj 
 bigbellied ; having fwelling paunches. 
 
 H.ing ye gorhdiied knaves, are you undone ? 
 Nf, ye fat chufis, I would your ftorc were here. 
 Slntifpeare's Henry iv. 
 
 GO'RBELLY. «. /. [from gop, dung, 
 and iel/y, according to Sliniter and Ju- 
 n'nis. It may perhaps come from^or, 
 WeKh, beyond, too much ; or, as feems 
 to me more likely, may be contrafted 
 from gormand, or garman'j belly, the 
 belly of a glutton.] A big patuich;
 
 G O R 
 
 a (welling belly. A term of reproach 
 for a fat man, 
 GoRD. n,/. An inftrument of paming, 
 as appears from Bi^aumont and FUlcher. 
 
 IVar burton. 
 
 Thy dry bones can reach at noHiing now, but 
 
 gordt and nimyins. Bfaumont and FUif^htr. 
 
 Let vultures gripe thy guts ; for^on/i and Ful- 
 
 hani holds. Shukjpntrc. 
 
 GORE. n.f. [jope, Saxon ; ffor, VVclrti, 
 
 fanious matter.] 
 
 1. Blood cfl'ufcJ from the body, 
 
 A grielly wound, 
 From which furth guth'd a itrcam of gore blciod 
 
 thick, 
 That all her goodly garment ftahi'd around, 
 And into a deep fanguine dy'd tlie grafly ground. 
 
 Spenjer, 
 Another's crimes the youth unhappy bore, 
 Glutting \\\)i father's eyes with guiltlels go^f. 
 
 . Dry din' i j^'t. 
 
 2. Blood dotted or congealed. 
 
 The bloody U*fl 
 Will be avcng'd ; though here thou fee him die, 
 Rolling in dull and gore. Mi/fon's Paradift Loji. 
 
 His horrid beard and knotted trefles ftood 
 Sti£f with his gore^ and all his wounds ran blood. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 To Gore. *y. a, [p^ebepian, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To flab ; to pierce. 
 
 Oh, let no noble eye profane a tear 
 Forme, if I be ^or'^/ with Mowbray's fpear. 
 
 Shdkjpcart'i Richard ii. 
 No weaker lion 's by a Jbong-r flain ; 
 Kor fiom his larger tuiks the forell boar 
 -Comminion takes his btother fwine xo gore. 
 
 Ttife'i Juvenaf. 
 
 For arms his men long pikes and javMins bore, 
 
 And poles with pointed Aeel their toes in b:iitle 
 
 g9re. ])rydett. 
 
 2. To pierce with a horn. 
 
 Some tofs'd, fonicgerV/, fome trampling down 
 he k'M't]. ' Dryde/i. 
 
 He idly butting, feigns 
 His rival gar'd in every knotty trunk. Th'imfou. 
 
 GORGE, n. /, [gorgej French.] 
 
 1, The throat ; the fwalFow. 
 
 There wcie birds alio made fo finely, that they 
 did nut only deceive the fight with tneir figures, 
 b;jt the he.iring with their fongs, whjch the 
 watry inftruments did make their ^©''gf deliver. 
 
 Sidnty. 
 
 And now how abhorred in my imagination it 
 is ' my ^arge rifes at it. Shakfpcarg'' s H.unlet. 
 
 Her delicate tendernefs wiU find itfclf abufed, 
 begin to heave the go '^f, difreliih and abh^T tlic 
 Moor. Sh.ikfpe^ire'i OtheHo. 
 
 2. That which is gorged or fwallowcd. 
 Not in life. 
 
 And .d! the way, moft like a brutifh btaft, 
 He fpewcd up \^\s gorge, that all did him deti ft. 
 
 Spetifer. 
 
 'To GoRGR T, «. l^gorger, French.] 
 
 J. To fill lip the throat; to glut; to 
 
 fatiate. 
 
 Being with his prefence glutted, gorg\{, and 
 full. Shtikjpt'are. 
 
 He that makes hU generation mcflfes, 
 T^igirge his ;ipperite. S/iaifpeare*s A.';>;(t Lear. 
 
 Gorge with my blood thy barbarous appttite. 
 
 Drydai. 
 
 I defire that they will i>ot gorge the lion either 
 with Tionfenfe otr ohfcenity, ^4d.tiJon. 
 
 Nor would his nau^litcrM army now have Iain 
 On Africk's fands,di5hgjr'd with rhcir wounds, 
 To go'gi' the wolves arid vultures of Numidia. 
 
 Addifon's Ctitn 
 
 The giant, gorg'd w'nh tiefb, and wine, and 
 blood, 
 Lay firctcht at length, andfnoring in his den. 
 
 yfddifon. 
 
 a. T© fwallcw ; as, the fjh has gorged the 
 
 book. 
 
 G O S 
 
 Go'RGBn. ac'j. [from gor^c."] Ha\ing 
 a gorge or throat. 
 
 Louk 11,1 a height, the (hrill eo^g'J l.iik fo far 
 
 Cannot be Teen or heard. Skaifpturt. 
 
 GO RGEOUS. aJj. [^or^/aj-, old French. 
 
 Skinner.'] Kiiic ; fplendid ; glittering 
 
 i.i various colours ; flimvy j magnificent. 
 
 O, that deceit Oiuuld dwell 
 In llleh -A gorgrotis paUce ! Shalfl>fari. 
 
 As full of fjjirit as the month of May, 
 
 And gorgroii! as the fnn at midfuinnicr. Sludf; . 
 
 He h.td ilicni look upon tlicmfelvcs and u^-ci 
 
 their enemies, thcmfelves dreadful, their enemies 
 
 gorgeouj and brave. Hayv>atJ. 
 
 The gorgeous t.\&, with richcft hand. 
 Pours on her kings barbaric pearl and gold. 
 
 Milton. 
 With forg^oaj wings, the marks of fov'rcign 
 fway, 
 The two tontcndinj princes make their way. 
 
 Vrydr-n'i fhgil. 
 Go'rgeously. adv. [from gorgeous.] 
 Splendidly ; magnificently ; finely. 
 
 The duke, one folemn day, gorgenujly ol-'.d in 
 
 a fiiit all over fpread with diamonds, loft one of 
 
 them of good value. IVotinn. 
 
 Go'rgeousnilss. n. f. [from gorgeous.] 
 
 Splendour ; magnificence ; Ihow. 
 Go'kcet. n. f. [from gorge] The 
 piece of armour that defeflds the throat. 
 
 He with a palty fumbling on his gorget, 
 
 Shakes in and out the rivet. Shakfpeilfe. 
 
 He did oftentimes fper.d the night in the 
 
 church alone piayin;, his headpiece, gorget, and 
 
 gauntlets lying by him. KnolUi. 
 
 Sec how h\i gorget psers above his gown. 
 To tell the people in what danger he was. 
 
 Jieit yonjon. 
 About his neck a threefold gorget, 
 As rough as trebled leathern target. HuJiiras. 
 Go'rgon. n. f. [yr:^yu.] A monftct 
 with fnaky hairs, of which the fight 
 turned beholders to ilone ; any thing 
 ugly or horrid. 
 Gorgons and hydras, and chymeras dire. 
 
 Milton. 
 Why did'ft: thou not encounter man for man. 
 And Kry the viitue of \.\\i^ gorgon face 
 To (iarc me into liaturc. Dry.ltn. 
 
 GO'RiVIAND. n. f. [gourmand, French.] 
 
 A greedy eater; a ravenous luxurious 
 
 feeder. 
 Te Go'rmandize. "V. n. [from gormand.] 
 
 To eat greedily ; to feed ravenoiiny. 
 Gorman Di'zER. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 A voraciou.s cater. 
 Gorse. n. J. [gop]-, Saxon.] Furz ; a 
 
 thick prickly fhrub that bears yellow 
 
 flowers in winter. 
 Go'ry. adj. [from^orc. ] 
 
 1. Covered with congealed blood. 
 
 When two boars witn rankling malice met. 
 Their gory fides the frelh wounds ticrccJy fret. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 
 Why do'ft thou fhakc thy gory locks at nie' } 
 Thou can*Il not fay I did it. Sftakfp. Miichctk. 
 
 2. Bloody; mmderons ; fatal. Not in ufe. 
 
 The obligation of our blood forbids 
 A gory emulation 'twixt us twain. Skukfpeare. 
 
 Go'sHAWK. «. /. [jof, goofe, and 
 hapoc, a hawk.] A hawk of a largr 
 kind. 
 
 Such dread his awful vifagc on them caft ; 
 So feem poor doves at gOj^aiuks fight aghaft. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 Go'sLlNG. n.f. \Jxom goofe.] 
 I . A young goofe ; a goofe not yet full 
 grown . 
 Why do you go nodding and waggling fo like 
 
 G O S 
 
 a fool, IS if you were hipQjot.' fays tht goofe to 
 her f'c/?/ii^. IS hjlrtir^e. 
 
 Nature hath inftru<3ed even a brood oi gtiHinci 
 to flick togtthti, while the kite is hovering ovtr 
 their he.ids. ii'wijt. 
 
 2. A katkin on nut-trees and pines. 
 GO'SPiiL. n. J. [jobej- jp>!l, or God's 
 or good tidings ; • »y>f *..'» ; fojiel, Jheul 
 fuach, happy tidings, Eifc.] 
 (. God's word; the holy book of the 
 chritlian revelation. 
 
 Tiius may xhtigoji'tl to the lifing fun 
 Be fpread, and flourilh where it hr(t begun. 
 
 li'alhr. 
 All the decrees whereof fcripturc treatcth are 
 conditionate, receiving Chnll as the gofpc! oticrs 
 him, as Lord and Saviour ; the former, as well 
 as the latter, being the condition of I'ciiplurc- 
 cle4;tion, and the reji-^ing, or not receiving hiru 
 thus, the condition ot the fcripturc-repiobation. 
 
 lifiminonJ. 
 
 How is a good chriftian animated and cheered 
 
 by a rtedfali belief of the promifcs of the gr.fpti ! 
 
 Bentlty. 
 
 2. Divinity ; theology. 
 ToGo'spEL. V. n. [from the noun.] To 
 fill with fenliments of religion. This 
 word in Shaifpeare, in whom alone I 
 have found it, is uftd, though fo vene- 
 rable in itfclf, with fome degree of 
 irony : I fuppofe from the gorpcilcrs, 
 who had long been held in contempt. 
 
 Are you fo gofpelPd 
 To pray for this good man, and fcr his iffue, 
 Whofe heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave i 
 
 Skjkjpcare, 
 Go'sPELLER. n. f. [from gofpel] A 
 name of the foUov.ers of JVichliffe, who 
 firft attempted a reformation from po- 
 pery, given them by the papifts in re- 
 proach, from their profcfling to follow 
 and preach only the gofpel. 
 
 Thefe gojpelleri have had their golden day?, 
 Havctr.jdcn down our holy Roman faith. Rovjc. 
 Go'ssAMER. n. f. [gojiptiim,\ovi Latin.} 
 The down of plants ; the long white 
 cobwebs which fly in the air in calm 
 funny weather, efpecially about the 
 time of autumn. Hanmer, 
 
 A lover may beftride the gojfamoury 
 That idles in the wanton fummer air, 
 And yet not fall,fo light is vanity. Shcifpeare, 
 
 Four nimble gnats the horfes were. 
 Their harnefTes oi go^amere. Drayt^n^s Nymphid\ 
 
 The h\my gojfitwcr now flits no more, 
 Nor halcyons baik on the Stort funny (hore. 
 
 Dry den* s Virgil. 
 
 GO'SSIP. n. f. [froin 50b and j-yb, re- 
 lation, affinity, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . One who anfvvera for the child in bap* 
 
 tii'm. 
 
 Go to 3goJ/:p's feall and gaude with me. 
 After fo long grief fueh nativity. Shakrpfare. 
 
 At the chrilteningof George duke of Clarence, 
 wlio was born iji the calllc of Dublin, he made 
 both the earl of Kildarc and the earl of Ormond 
 his g'Jfifi. Dalies on Ireland, 
 
 2. A tippling compamon. 
 
 And fomctimes lurk I in 3 goj^p's bowl. 
 In very likcnefs of a roalied crab. 
 And when (he drinks againlt her lips I bob. 
 
 Shakjpearg, 
 
 3. One who run« about tattling like wo- 
 men at a lying-in. 
 
 To do the ofHcc of a neighbour. 
 And be a g'JIip at hi^ labour. JiuJihra:, 
 
 'Tis fung in cv'ry ftieet. 
 The coismon chat oi gyffifi when ihcy meet. 
 
 DryJtm, 
 
 ToGo'ssjp. 1', n. [from the ncmn]
 
 GOV 
 
 1. To cliat; to prate; lobe tneriT-. 
 
 Go t<j .H goffip's lenl^ 2nd gaudc with mc. 
 — \Vi;n ail my heart, I'll g^/> at this feaft. 
 
 Si.li/peare. 
 
 His mother was a votrefs of my order, 
 And, m tiic fpiced Indian a r by n ght, 
 Full oicn hash Ihe gj/i^t by my fnle. Shakfp. 
 
 The mjrkct and cxci.aiigc mull be leil to 
 their own ways of talking; and grJJ'ifing' "ot be 
 ro'bad of their ancient privilege. Ltcke. 
 
 He gives himlclf up to an idle goffifing con- 
 vcrlation. _ La-M. 
 
 2. To be a pot-companion. 
 
 Jvur met «ir • fortune, nt';cr than at feaft, 
 Ful: \va' '11 of blood, of mirth, ^( g'i//'pi"g- S'uii/. 
 
 Go'ssiPRED. n. f. [s'i//ip>y'^™"^S''J'f-) 
 
 Gojpfrtd orconipattt.iity, by the canon jaw, is 
 
 a fpnitual affinity ; and the- juror, that was goffip 
 
 to either of the parties, might, in former times, 
 
 have been challenged as not indifferent. Davits, 
 
 Go'sTiNG. n. f. [r.ulia.'\ An herb. 
 
 Ainfworth . 
 Got. The preterit of^el. 
 
 Titos Lartius writes, t'ncy fought together; 
 but Aufidius get off. Shakfticare'i CorioUnuu 
 
 ' If you have llrength Achilles' arms to bear, 
 Though fuulTncrfitesgsf thee, thou (halt be 
 ■i.ov'dand efteem'd. DryiUn'i "Juvenal. 
 
 ^■Thefe regions and this realm my wars have 
 
 This mournfubempire is the lofcr's lot. Tlryicn. 
 
 AVlien they began to reafon about the means 
 
 how the fca gof thither, and away back again, 
 
 there they were prefently iii the dark. WQnivsard. 
 
 Got. The part. paff. o( get. 
 
 Solyman commended them lor their valour in 
 their evil haps, in a plot fo well by them laid, 
 more than he did the viiftory of others got by good 
 fo'tune, not grounded upon any good reafon. 
 
 A gentle perfuafion in reafoning, when the 
 firlr point of fubmifllon to your will is git, will 
 nonrt times do. Locke. 
 
 If he behaves himfelffo when he depends on 
 us for his daily bread, can any man fay what he 
 will do when he is got above the world ? 
 
 .'IrbKlhro:'^ John BuU. 
 
 Thouwcrl from jEtna's burning entrails toin, 
 Got by fierce whirlwinds, and in thunder borne. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Go'tten. The part. pafl". of get. 
 
 W'fiJom cannot be goiie-i for gold. Jo'' 
 
 Few of tnem, when t ley are goct-n into it 
 
 office, apply their thoughts t') the execution of it. 
 
 'femp^.f. 
 
 GouD. «./. Vv'oad ; a plant. Did. 
 
 Gove. n. /. A mow. Tujf.r. 
 
 To Gove v. n. To ixiow; to put in a 
 g.ne. gofT, or mow. An old woid. 
 
 Load iu;v, curry home, fol ow time being fair, 
 Givr jiirt in the bun, it is out of defpair. A^-r 
 
 To GOVERN. 1). a. [^cu-iJfr/ifr, French ; 
 guherno, Latin. ! 
 
 J. To rule as a chief magillrate. 
 
 Tni^ inconvenience is more liaid to be redrefiVd 
 in the governor ihan tne gWfr»<-£/; as a m.ilad\ 
 in a vital pail is moic incuiable than in .in ex- 
 ternal. Spi-:/er ot I,</anJ. 
 
 Slivestoour paflions we become, and tl en 
 It grows impolTihle ia goj'errt mm. IVaiier. 
 
 2. To regulat ; to influence ; to dircdl. 
 I am at prei'eni ■••gainrt'war, thoigh it puts the 
 power into my i and%, am! though fueh turhuleni 
 and naughty fjnrits as you are gmcrn all things in 
 
 times ot ^eacc. 
 
 Davenatit. 
 
 The cr.ief point, which he is co cany alway 
 in his eye, and by whicki i e is xng'/vem ah Ins 
 counfrU, def1g^^, and aflions. Atterbury. 
 
 9. To mantij^c; to rilliain. 
 
 Go alter her, (he's defpci ate; ^owmher. Shukl. 
 4. [Ill grammar.] 1 o have force uiili 
 regavil to i)iitax ; as, 'amo governs the 
 accufative cafe. 
 
 G O V 
 
 Liften, children, unto me, 
 And let this your Kffor. he, 
 In our language evermore 
 Words th-it^-jr^r;: go before. Mauger's Tr. Qr. 
 
 5. To pilot ; to regulate the motions of a 
 
 (llip. 
 To Go'vern". f. r. To keep fuperioritj" ; 
 to behave with haughtiiicfs. 
 
 By that rule, 
 Your wicked atoms may be working now 
 To give bad counfel, that you full may goi-j'/i. 
 
 Dry Jen. 
 
 Go'vERN.^BLE. oilj. [ftom gon>ern.~\ Sub- 
 miffive to authority ; fubjccl to rule ; 
 obedient ; manageable. 
 
 The flexiblcnels of ll.e former part of a mjn's 
 age, not yet grown up to be headitrong, makes it 
 mort governiihle and fafc. Locke. 
 
 Governance, n. f. \_hom govern. '\ 
 
 1. Government; rule; management. 
 
 Jonathan took the govermitice upon him at 
 that time, and role up inftead of his brother 
 Judas. I Mjiccuheci. 
 
 2. Control, as that of a guardian. 
 
 Me he knew not, neither his own ill, 
 'Till through wife handling, and fair gowrnnnirf, 
 I him lecurred to a better will. Spenfer. 
 
 What ! (hall king Henry be a pupil ftill. 
 Under the furly G\o&i:r'i govern^mce ? Shakfp. 
 
 3. Behaviour; manners. Obfolete. 
 
 He likeft is to fall into mifchance 
 That is tegardlcfs oi his gorernance. Spenfer. 
 
 Go'vERKANT. n. /. [gotivernanie, Fr.] 
 A lady who has the care of young girls 
 of quality. The more ufual and pro- 
 per word \s governefi. 
 Go'vERNESS. n. /. [gouvernejfe, French, 
 
 from gove.'\ 
 I. A female inverted with authority. 
 T>.e moon, the gOT!Crneji of Hoods, 
 Pale in her anger, walhes all the air, 
 That rheamiitiek difeafes do abound. Shikfpeare. 
 Z. A tutorefs ; a woman that has the care 
 of young ladies. 
 
 He prcfented himfelf unto her, falling down 
 upon both Ills knees, and holding up his hands, 
 as the Old govrrr.efi of Daii'ae is painted, when (ht 
 (uddenly faw the golden (hower. Sidnty. 
 
 His three younger children were taken from 
 the go't'crriffi in whole hands he put them. 
 
 Cfarendo't. 
 
 3. A tutorefs; an inftruftrefs ; a dircc 
 trcf-. 
 
 Great affliction tl.at fevere gcmrrnefs of t*>e 
 
 life of man biings upon thofe fouls ihe Icizcs on 
 
 i^iore agulnji AtUtijm. 
 
 Go'vERNMEST. n. f. [gouverncment, 
 French.] 
 
 1. Form of a community with refpefl to 
 the difpofition of the fuprctne authority. 
 
 Theie Icem fo be but two gencr.d kin^ls 01 
 go-jernmttit inthcwoild: the one excrcifed ac- 
 cording to the aihitiary commands and will ot 
 fome fingle perfun ; and the other accoiding 10 
 certain orders or laws ii troduced by ae;reemeni 
 or cufii.m, and not to be changed wiinout the 
 conmit of many. Temple 
 
 ' iiu government can do any afl to limit itfelt : 
 the lu[.:reme Icg-dativc power cannot make itfeli 
 not to beab(olute. Lejley. 
 
 2. An cftciblifhed ftate of legal authority. 
 
 There they ihall found 
 Their g<!i.'frw,;i«;/, and their great fenate chufe 
 Thiuugh the twelve tribes, to rule by l.iws or- 
 dain'd. MJton. 
 
 While he furvives, in concord and content 
 Ti e commons live, by no divilion rent ; 
 But ttie great monarch's dcacfi dilTotses the 
 government. Dryden. 
 
 E\ery one knows, w'.io has confideied the 
 
 G O U 
 
 nature oi g<rj:rnment^ iwixX there muft be in cit . 
 pnrticulat' form of it an abfoiute unliniitcd powti . 
 
 Add: Jon. 
 Where any one peifon or body of men fcize 
 ,ir.lo ihcir hands the pjwer in liic laft rclbrt, 
 there is properly no longer a gota^mnent^ but 
 what Atiitotle and hii followers call the abulc or 
 corruption of one. Szvrf:. 
 
 3. Admlnith'ation of publick affairs. 
 
 Safety and t<^m\gcvernn:cni ate things 
 Which fubjsdts make as happy as their kings. 
 
 Th(i(c gwerntKeKii which curb not evils, caufe ; 
 And a rich knave 's a libel un our laws. Young.^ 
 
 4. Regularity of behaviour. Not in u!e. 
 
 You needs muft leain, lord, to amend this 
 fault; 
 Though fomeiimes it fliews greatiKfs, courage, 
 
 blrtoH, 
 Yet oftcn:imes it doth prefent liarfh rage, • 
 
 Defcft of manne^^, want oi gcvrr/jmen/. 
 Pride, haughtinefs, opinion, and dilclain. Shiikfp. 
 'Tis gvnernmrnt that makes them fcem C\\ ine ; 
 The want thereof makes thee abumtnabte. Shakf, 
 J. Manageablenefs j compliance ; obfeqvii- 
 oufnefs. 
 
 Thy eyes windows fall, 
 Like death, when he fhots up ihtr day of life ; 
 Each part deprived of (u^'^Xc govcrnmcm, 
 Shall Itiff and ilark, and cold appear, like death, 
 
 Skakjp.are, 
 
 6. Management of the limbs or body. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 Their god 
 Shot many a dart at me with fierce intent; 
 But I them warded all with wary go^-er»tnent. 
 
 SpeTjJer. 
 
 7. [In grammar.] InflucHce with regard 
 to coiiftrudlion, 
 
 GoVeknour. n. f. [^owi)^r«tfwr, French.] 
 
 1. One who has the fupreme dirediion. 
 
 It muft he confciTed, ih:it of Chrilt, working 
 as a creator and a g^verr.our of the wo; Id by pro- 
 vidcncf, all arc paitakus. Hooker, 
 
 Tncy bcgcr in us a great idea and veneiation 
 of the inigiity author zwA goverfiour of fuch fiii- 
 pcndoUN bodies, Ti\\^ excite and elevate our minds 
 to bu a<loration and piailc. Benthy. 
 
 2. One who is invcfled with fupreme 
 authority in a ftatt. 
 
 For the k njjrljm iv the Lord's, and he is the 
 gvi'trnou^ :inioitg xVx nations. Ff*ilms. 
 
 T; e m g I'latc cmnot urge obedience upon 
 fuch potent groundj. a> tne n-JMtftcr» if lo dilpoiedy 
 can urge diiubcdience : a-^, for mttarce, if my 
 i ^irrf/ex/r (hoiild Command m tu do a thMig,-or 
 I m»(i die, yr fvrfeir my efl-tt- ; and the muiiller 
 lieps in and tcl.s mc, that I otttrd God, and 
 rum my, foul, it I obey t! :it command, 'ti' tafy 
 to fee ?. grc:^ter force in thi* perluafum Sculh. 
 
 3. One who rules any place with dcLgated 
 and temporary authoiity. 
 
 Tl' you, lord gCDernnuT 
 Rtmaiiis tr.e cenluic of tiii; hclhlli villain. Shakf. 
 
 4. A tutor J one who has cace of a young 
 man. 
 
 Tu Eltam w \\\ I, wicre the yourg kinp is, 
 Eting ordaii)'d his fpccial go- grmuf ; 
 And tor his fafcty there I'll beft <levifc. Shakfp, 
 
 The great work of a g<yv£tr:o\T is to la(hi>jn the 
 carriage, and form li.e nrinri ; to fct:le in his 
 pMpil gt)od habits, and tr.e principles of vutuc and 
 wifclom. Locke. 
 
 DLM'ing the minority of kings, the cleilinn of 
 bilhups, and o;her affairs of the churcli, niuft be 
 itft in the hands of iheir govcmours and courtiers. 
 
 L^Jhy, 
 
 5. Pilot ; regulator ; -manager. 
 
 Behold ail the (hipj, which though they be fo 
 great, and aie diivtn of titrce winri^, yet they 
 are turned about w:tli a ve-.y imall helm, whither- 
 foevcr the goverrtQur lifteth. yames. 
 
 GOUGE, n. /. [French.] A chiffel
 
 G C) W 
 
 having a round tcige, for tlis cutting of 
 fuch wood as is to be rounded or hol- 
 lowed. Moxon. 
 
 Gou TERES, n.f. [^ou/c, French, a camp 
 tnnl.] I'lie French dilcafe. Hanimr. 
 
 Gourd, n.f. [^o«Aor;/f, French.] 
 
 1. A plant. The fruit of fome fpccics 
 are long, of others round, or botlU- 
 Ihaptd. Miller. 
 
 lius I will hartc, and froiTi cacli bough aiid 
 brake, 
 Each pUiu, and juicicft g^urj^ will pluck ("uch 
 
 CI oicc 
 To entertain our?ngcl-gucft. MiltM's Var.Lnfi. 
 GnurJ. feeds .ibound fo much ii» oil, that a 
 fwcet and i>l.j-antoue may be drawn from tl.tncc 
 by cxprelfion ; they are of tUe four ijre.iter cold 
 feeds, and arc ufcd inemulftons. i/.//. 
 
 2. A bottle [from gourt, old French. 
 Sliiiii.'r.^ The large fruit fo calUd is 
 often fcooped hollow, tor the puipolt 
 of containing and carrying wine, and 
 other liquors ; from tiience any leathern 
 bottle grew to fee called by the fame 
 name, and fo the word is ufed by 
 Chiiucer. Hamner, 
 
 Got;'RDiNESs. n. f. [from g<3urd.\ A 
 IwcUing in a horfe's leg after a journey. 
 Fjrr'ur's Did. 
 GouRNET. n. f. \^cuciiliis.'\ A f;(h. 
 GOUT.n. /. [goiilte, French.] 
 
 1. The arthritis; a periodical difeafe at- 
 tended with great pain. 
 
 The goi/t is a cifeafe which may affeifl any 
 memiM'aneoui part, bjc commonly tlioLe which 
 are at the i^rc.ueli dihance from the heart or the 
 brain, wheie the motion of the tLuitU is the flow- 
 elV, the rcfifiance, fiidlion, and lliiflure of the 
 fulid parts the grcatelJ, and li^c fenfation of pzin, 
 by the dilaceration of the ncivous fibies, fixtrcinc. 
 Jirbutkitot on Diet. 
 
 One that 's fick o' th' gca/, bad rather. 
 Groan fo in perpl-iity. than be cur'd 
 By th' fure phyrician death. 'Sli.>kfp. Cymhillne. 
 
 This very rcv'rend lecher, quit.' worn out 
 With rhcuni.itifms, and cnpjjled with thegc;//, 
 Foigets what he in youthful limes has dope,. 
 And fwingcs his own viees in liis fon. Jjtydcn. 
 
 2. A drop. [^oulte,Ytt:niz\l-, g'ltta, hsX.'\ 
 Gut for drpp is ll ill ufed in Scotland by 
 phyficians. 
 
 I fee thee ft 111, 
 A'^d on the blade o' th' dudgeon goiiti of blood, 
 WiiTch was not fj before. Sft.Ufjf. M.tc'ja/i. 
 
 GOUT. n. f. [French.] A tafte. An 
 affecledcant word. 
 
 Catalogues fcive.fjra direflion to any one that 
 
 has a got'ii for cue like liudics. Ifo'i.l-ujr,/. 
 
 Go'uTv.'ORT. n.f. [gout and 'wort ; poila- 
 
 graria.] An herb. ./linfiuorth. 
 
 Go'uTV. adj. [from jr»;;/.] 
 
 I. Aftlicled or difeafed with the gout. 
 
 Tl-.ere dies not above onepf a thoufand of the 
 gout, although I believe that more ^\Ggo:ify.Gi\:unt. 
 
 Knots upon his gouty joints appear, 
 And chalk is in his crippled fingers found. 
 
 Diy.iffl's t^erfius. 
 
 Mod coTumonly a ^^c/z/yconllittition isattentied 
 
 with great acutcnefsof parts, the nervous Hhres, 
 
 both in the brahi and the other extremities, being 
 
 delicate. ..•lilmthnci on Diet, 
 
 z. Relating to the gout. 
 
 There arc likewife other caufcs cf blood fp't- 
 ting ; one is thefertlemeot of a go:tty matter in 
 t'.;e fubftance of the lungs. £Uckt);o>t. 
 
 GOWN. «. f. [gonr.a, Italian; g'lv'i, 
 
 WeKhand Erfe.] 
 ]. A long upper g'arment. 
 
 They make garments either fh©it; asclotk'. 
 
 «£, as ginuni, long to the ground, .■iU'i.l. 
 
 G R A 
 
 If ever I faid a loofcbudicd ^OTyf, few mc up 
 ii) (lie Ikiits of ir, and beat mc to death with u 
 bottom of blown rhiead ; 1 f.ud a g'jwn. Sfudfp. 
 
 in Icng'.h of liJiii dclcLiid.'. her 1 weeping ^ou«, 
 
 And by her gr;iteful WJlk. tl.c qutcii of iove \% 
 
 known. DryJcn. 
 
 2. A woman's upper garment. 
 
 I derp;fc yuui i\%i\v guwn^ 'till I foe you ditfTed 
 in ir. i't/»f. 
 
 3. '1 he long habit of a man dedicated to 
 aits o* *'cace, as divinity, mt.diciiic, law, 
 
 Tlic bciK-fices rhcmfcivcs ate io mean in lii(h 
 countici, that they will not yield any competent 
 m-iiiitcnance for any huncll mniiftei, fc.irceiy t(j 
 buy him a goun, S}>tnj(t on Irtdin.i 
 
 Girt in hib Gabin gown the hero fat. DryUcii. 
 
 Yt t ntji fuperior to her fcx'i caies. 
 The mode Ihe fixes by the g'jxun (he wears ; 
 Or iilksand cluria Ihe ',s the lalt appeal; 
 In tUeie great puintb fhc loads the common weal. 
 
 4. The drefs of peace. 
 
 He Mais depoi'd, and arms to goivns made 
 yield ; 
 Succefiiut councils did him fnon approve 
 As fit for dole intrigue^ as open fitld. Dtuicn. 
 Go' w N E D . adj, [from gotun.] DrciTcd 
 in a gown. 
 
 A nottk- crew about them waited round 
 Of lagtand fobcr peers, all gravely goxw/iV. 
 
 SpCffer 
 In velvet white as fnow thctror^p was goiv.i*dj 
 The feams with i'paikhng emeralds fet aruuiKl. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 Go'wNMAN. n. yi [^ozy« and m««.] A 
 mail devoted to the aits of peace; one 
 whofe proper habit is a gown, 
 
 Let him with pedants 
 Port out his liic amongll the Uzy goivnmen. 
 
 Rowe. 
 Thus will that whole bench, in an age or two, 
 he cutnpofcd of mean, fawning gow/tmen, de- 
 pendants upon ihiz cuurt for a murlel of brtad. 
 
 To Gra'bble. "u. «. [probably corrupted 
 fromgrapp/c] To grope; to fetl eagerly 
 with the hands. 
 
 ^Jy bLod cr.ilU about my heart at the thought 
 of thefc rogues, wjth their bluody jiands gK^6- 
 bihig in my guts, and pulling out my very en - 
 traiLs. ArhuthmV i 'J<^'' ^'-"'^ 
 
 To Gra'bble. v. a. To lie prullrate on 
 the ground, Ahij\coi'th. 
 
 GRACE, «. y. [ rn7*v, French; grai'td, 
 
 Jyatin; graacd^ Eile.] 
 I, Favour; kindntfi. 
 
 Iftr.e higlicft lo\e in no bafepeifon iT!aya''pire 
 to pAf^'j -tliea may I hope your beauty will'not 
 be wirhuu"" pity. SiJnry. 
 
 O momcntaiy ^r<jrf of mortal men, 
 - Which we more hunt foe than the grace of God 1 
 
 Such as. were popular^ 
 And well defcrving, w<re advanc'd by ^n»«. 
 
 Dunnl. 
 Is this the reward and thanks I am to have fur 
 thofe many atTls of gracel havelately paffed ? 
 
 King CHurles. 
 Yet thofe rcmovM, 
 Such grace Ihall one juft man find in his fight. 
 That he relents, not to blot cut mankind. 
 
 MHicn 
 
 He rcceivM all the graces and dcgrcej;, tie 
 
 pro<ftornu|) ?.nd the doflorlfaip could be obt..'tPed 
 
 there. C7urt»i!on. 
 
 Or each, or nil. may win a lady's grttce ; 
 Thciieithcr of you knights may well t'f{'er\*e 
 A piincefs born. D'yJfi'i Fabhi, 
 
 None of lis, who now your grace implore, 
 But held the Punk of fov'ieign queen btfore. 
 
 Proffi^r'd forvice T repaid the fair, 
 That of h^x grace (he g.ivc her ni:-i<f to know 
 Thcl'ccret.mcanirg.yi lijs ni^xal iKt'^v. Drydin. 
 
 G R A 
 
 2. Favourable influence of Cod on tlie 
 hiitjian mind. 
 
 The grart of Cort, that pafieih nnderftanding, 
 keep your hearts AnA minds. tofm'ii i'ruyer. 
 
 Tne evil of fui i> that wc arc cfpecially tuprajr 
 .ngai ift, molt earitcDIy begging of God, that I.e - 
 Will, by the power uf bis grace, pjefeive us ffjin 
 falling into fin. Diiiy of AUn. 
 
 Pic.etiienc grare dcfceiiding bad rt-niov'J 
 The ftony from their hearts, and made iie.* fl-fli 
 R generate gro A' inlVcad. Au.'ion. 
 
 ^. Virtue; efFetft of God's influence. 
 
 Wirr.in the church, in tl.c pubiiek iirofelfiort 
 and external communion thcrcuf, arc contained.- 
 perfona truly good and fanftihed, and hereafter 
 laved ; and together with them other pcrfons void 
 of ail laving gicvf, and hcrealtei to Lc damned. 
 
 Pcurfofi^ 
 How Van w^nXigrace who never wanted wir. 
 
 4. Pardon; .mercy. 
 
 Nohle pity held 
 His hand a while, ant^ to their choice gave fpace 
 Which they would prove, his valour or ui^'grj-ce. 
 
 ll'alUr. 
 
 Bow and fue for gracr 
 With fu; pliant knee. Militiu 
 
 5. Favour conferred. 
 
 I Ihould tlicicfoie cfteem it great favour and 
 graa; 
 Would you be fo kind as to go in my plare. 
 
 I'lior. 
 
 6. Pri\ik'ge. 
 
 But to return and view tiie cheerful (kits, 
 To'few great Jupiter impaits this g'fct. DryJen. 
 
 7. A g.iddcfs, by the heatbens fuiipofed-to 
 bellow beauty. 
 
 This furehfad, where yourverfe has faid 
 The loves delighted and rheg^flcei play'd. Prior. 
 
 f. Behaviour, confidered as decent or ttii- 
 becoining. 
 
 The fame words in Philoclea*s mouth, as fri-'m 
 
 one woman to anotiicr, fo as there were no oi'r.ar 
 
 body by, might have had a better gr^j^f, and pcr- 
 
 cIkuicc have lound a gentler receipt. Si.lnty. 
 
 H.ive I rcafan or guodgrjc^ in what I do } 
 
 ftmple. 
 
 9. Adventitious or artificial beauty; plci- 
 fing appearance. 
 
 One iiiae only, wifha ft'.itc.,ir n'..^:, 
 Prefuni'd to cl liin ti.e oik's and cedar's place ; 
 Ai>d, looking round him wi^h a iiion.iicii's caie. 
 Spread his exalted bougns to wave in air. , '. 
 
 Herpuiple halrjt fit.s with lueli a grace 
 On her fniooth llioulders, and fo fuits hei i.ice. 
 DiyMfi's yEii:J. 
 
 To write and fpeak corrcflly gives :l grace, 
 and gams a favourable attention to what e'tie "r.as 
 to f'V. Loch: 
 
 10. Natiir.-tl excellence; 
 
 It doth grieve me, that things of principal ex- 
 cellency (houlrt be thus bitten at by men whom 
 . God hatli endued witii e.^itce& both of wit.and 
 learning, for better puipofcs. lhi,k-.r. 
 
 To.fome kind of men, 
 Tbeir^^rrt«i fjivc them but as enemie«. SJwl'p, 
 
 In his own ^r^rrhe cuth exalt hiihfclf 
 More than in your advanecrne-,t. Sfiaifprarc, 
 
 The charming I.7.u!us, fuU ,-.f yoatlilul lite, 
 ToTurnus only fccond in the i/^,..fe: 
 Of manly mien, and feature- of the face. Ptyd. 
 
 11. EiTibcUiflmier.t ; reconimetidatioii j 
 beauty. 
 
 Where juflice grows, there grow.'! the ^neater 
 
 grace, 
 
 The which doth quejich llio brand of licllilh fmarr. 
 
 •H. Spenfr. 
 
 Set all things in their own ]»eru!iar pUce,> 
 
 And know rhac order is thi gtcauil griice, Dr^t-\ 
 
 The dow'r which lafts for little lj..>ce, 
 A fhort liv'd goud, aud an uncertain grace. 
 
 12 Single beauty.
 
 G R A 
 
 I pafs their form and every charming pfiicf. 
 
 D,yJt«. 
 13. Ornami-iU; flower; bigheitperfedion. 
 By their Lands this ^ran of l<ingb mull die, 
 Tf lu-li and treiilon hold Ihcir promilcs. SIsakfp. 
 1 \. Single or particular virtue. 
 
 The king. becoming g'<"''h 
 As jiiftice, verity, toinp'r^ince, ftablcncfs. 
 Devotion, patience, courage, fon.tuHe, 
 I have no relilh of tliem. Shcifp. Macbeth.. 
 
 The gracci of his religion prepare him for the 
 inoft ul'eful difcharge ot evciy rtbtion of life. 
 
 Rogcri. 
 
 I r. Virtue phyfical. 
 
 O, mickle is the pow'ifu] ^racc that lies 
 In plants, herbs, ftunes, and tlteir true qualities. 
 
 10 The title of a duke or archbilhap; for- 
 merly of the king, meaning the fame as 
 ^our ^oodnefs, or your clemency. 
 
 Here come I from our princely general, 
 
 To know your giicfs; to tcl! you from hi; grace, 
 
 Tbit he would give yoj audience. Sh.ikjf,eare. 
 
 High and mighty l;i:ig, your grae?, and thofc 
 
 your nobles here prefcnt, may be plcafed to bow 
 
 jour ears. Baco;i's Hcmy vti. 
 
 According to tlx ufual pioceeding of your 
 
 gK/ta; and of the court, with delinquents which 
 
 are overtaken with error in firapliciry, there was 
 
 yielded unto him a deliberate, piticnt, and full 
 
 hearing, together with a fati^faifiory anfwcr to all 
 
 bis main objcd^ions. IT nite. 
 
 17. A fhort prayer faid before and after 
 
 meat. 
 
 Your foldiers ufc him as the %'au 'fore moat, 
 Tlieir talk at table; and their thanks at end. 
 
 Shahfpeare^s Corialtitius. 
 
 While gr<iee is faying after meat, do you and 
 
 your brethren take the chairs from behind the 
 
 company. S'ju/fr. 
 
 Then'cheerful healths, yourmillrefs (hall have 
 
 place; 
 
 And what 's more rare, a poetfnall (,\y grace. Pope. 
 
 Grace-cup. n. f. [^race and cup.] The 
 
 cup or health drank after grace. 
 
 The gntce-cup fcrv'd, the cloth away, 
 Jove thought it time to fliew his play. Prior. 
 
 To Grace, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 1. To adorn; to dignify; to enibellith ; 
 to recommend; to decorate. 
 
 This they ftudy, this they praaife, this they 
 gr,irf with a wanton fupcrfluicy of wit. Hooker. 
 
 I do not think a biavtr genileman, 
 More daring, or more bold is now alive. 
 To grace this Utter age with noble deeds. Shutfp 
 
 Little of this great woiUI can I fpeak, 
 And thcrcfn:e link ihali I gr.icc my caufe, 
 In fpeaking for rayfeif. Shitkfpctire'i Othello 
 
 There is due from the judge lu the advocate 
 fome commendation and g'oiing, where caules 
 arc well handltd. Bticcn 
 
 Rich crowns were on their royal fcutcheous 
 pl.icM, 
 With faphires, diamonds, and with rubies jjmr'rf. 
 
 Dfjden. 
 By both fis paicnts of defccnt divine; 
 Great Jove and Fhcsbusgroc'.f hii nobler line. 
 
 fope. 
 Though triumphs were to generals only due. 
 Crowns were rcterv'd to grace the foldiers too. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 1. To di rnify or raifeby an aft of favour. 
 
 He writes 
 
 How happily he lives, iiow well belov'd. 
 
 And daily graced by the empeioJ. Sknifpeare. 
 
 He rnig'..t at his pjcifare grace or difgrace 
 
 vhom he would in couit. k'tolla 
 
 Dii'fofe all honcuisaf the fwordand gun, 
 G'aee with a nod, and ruin with a ftuwn. Drjil. 
 3. To favour. 
 
 When the gueftswilhtlrew, 
 Their couiteous hoft f.iuling all the crew, 
 Rfjardlcfs pafs'd her o'er, nur grac'ti with kind 
 adieu. I/'jHen. 
 
 G R A 
 
 Ge.i'ckd. acJj. [ixnm grace.'\ 
 
 1. Bcautif'.il; graceful. Not iu ufe. 
 
 He law this gentleman, one of the propercft 
 and belt graced men that ever I faw, being of a 
 middle age and a mean ftatnre. iidiey. 
 
 2. Virtuous ; regular ; chafte. Not in uie. 
 
 Epicurilm and lull 
 Mike it more like a tavern or a brothel 
 Tlian a ^rac'd palace. . Shahfp. Khig hear. 
 
 Gka'ceful. adjt [from^ra^.] Beautiful 
 with dignity. 
 
 Amid' the troops, and like the leading god. 
 High o'er the rell in arms the graceful Tuinus 
 rode. DryJcn. 
 
 Matchlefs his pen, viflorious was his lance ; 
 Bold in the lilis, and gracefti! m the dance. Pope. 
 Yet graceful eafe, and fweetnefs void of pride, 
 Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to 
 hide. Pofc. 
 
 Graceful to fight, and elegant to thought, 
 The great are vaiiquifh'd, and the wile aie taught. 
 
 Yo-irc. 
 
 GRA'cEFt;[,LY. adv. [from graceful.] 
 Elegantly ; with pleafing dignity. 
 
 Through nature and through art (he rang'd. 
 And gracefully her fubjciS chang'd. Siuift. 
 
 Walking is the mode or manner of man, or of 
 a heart ; but wAWxn)^ gracefully implies a manner 
 or mode fuperadded to that a^ion. IVatti. 
 
 Gra'cefulness. n. f. [from graceful.] 
 Eleganceof manner; dignity withbeauty. 
 His neck, his hands, his ftiouldcrs, .and his 
 brealf, 
 nid next in graccfuhiefi and beauty ftaiid 
 To breathing figures. D'y-lcri'i. Ovid. 
 
 He executed with fo much gracrfulnefi and 
 beauty, that he alone got moT.ey and reputation. 
 
 Vrydiv'i Dtfrrfitoy. 
 
 There is a fecret gracefulncfi of youth which 
 accompanies his writings, though the rtaidncfs 
 and fobriety of age be wanting. Vryden. 
 
 If hearers are amaz'd from whence 
 Proceeds that fund of wit and fcnCe, 
 Which, though her modcfty would ihroud. 
 Breaks like the fun behind a cloud; 
 While graccfulnefi its art conceals, 
 And yet through ev'ry motion fteals. Swift 
 
 Gra'celess. ad], \f\o\xi grace.] Void 
 of grace; wicked; hopelelly corrupt ; 
 abandoned. 
 
 Tliis|;rvjrr/tA ma", fir furtherance of his guile. 
 Did court the handmaid of my lady dear. 
 
 Sfenjir. 
 Whofe hnp (hall be to have lier, 
 Will not fo ^tacilcfi be, lo be ingiale. Sltaify. 
 In all manner of gracelejs and hopclefs charac- 
 ters, fome are lo(f for want of advice, and others 
 for w.int of heed. U Ffrange. 
 
 Fuinilh'd for ofTence, he crofs'd the way. 
 Betwixt Ihe giacelefi villain and his prey. Dryd 
 Or a'ces. «. f. Good graces for favour is 
 feldom ufcd in the lingular. 
 Demand deliv'ry of her heart. 
 Her goods and chattels, and good graces. 
 And pcrfon up to his embraces. Hudihras 
 
 Gracile. adj. [_grac'te!s, Latin.] Slen- 
 der ; fmail. Di/i. 
 Gra'cilknt. adj. [gracUetitus, Latin.] 
 Lean. Bia. 
 Gkaci'lity. n. f. [gracililat, Latin.] 
 
 Slendcrnefs; fmalinefs. 
 GRA'CIOUS. adi. [graci^.x, French.] 
 
 1. Merciftil; benevolent. 
 
 Con;mcn fenfe and leafon coidd not but teli 
 them, that the good and gracious God cr>iild not 
 be pleafcd, nor confequentiy wor&ippcd, with any 
 t.ung birb.irous or cruel. South. 
 
 To be g jod and gracious, and a lover of know- 
 ledge, are two of the molt amiable things. 
 
 Burnct'i Theory. 
 
 2. Favourable; kind. 
 
 And the Lord was gracicus unto tiiemj and 
 had cgmjafiiou on ihcm. i J^'''£'' 
 
 G R A 
 
 Unhlam'd Ulyffei' ho.ife, 
 111 which 1 (iiide receipt fo graciius. Chapin^'f, 
 
 Fiom now reveal 
 \ gracious beam of light; from now inlpiie 
 My tongue to fiiig, my hand to touch the lyre. 
 
 ''Pri^. 
 J. Acceptable; favoured. 
 
 Dodtrine is much more profitable and grariout 
 
 by example than by ruk. Spcrrfr. 
 
 He made us graciout before the kings of Pu-rlia, 
 
 fo that they g«vc us food. i Kflrai. 
 
 Goring, who was now ge^ieral of tiic tioife, 
 
 was no more giaciws to prince Rupert than 
 
 Wilmot h.id b:!en. Clarendon. 
 
 4.. Virtuous ; good. 
 
 Kings are no Ids unhappy, their ilTue not being 
 gracious, than thry .»re in loling them when they 
 have approved their virtues. Shaifpeare. 
 
 5. Excellent. Obfolete. 
 
 Tiie giicvousabufe which hath been of councils, 
 fiiould rather caule men to itudy how fo gricioLs 
 a thing may again be reduced to that 6rli per- 
 fection. Hooker. 
 
 6. Graceful; becoming. Obfolete. 
 
 Our women's iianics are more gracious than 
 their Rutilia, that is, red head. Camden, 
 
 Gra'ciovsly. adv. [from ^/Wowj.] 
 
 1. Kindly; with kind condclcenfion. 
 
 His tcltimony hegivir/V/'y?)/ conlirmcd, that it 
 was the beff of all n-y iragedies. ■ Drydtn. 
 
 He heard my vows, and gr.iciouf}y decreed 
 My grounds to be itllor'd, my tornier flocks to 
 feed. Dryden. 
 
 If her majcdy would but gradou/ly be pleated 
 to think a liaiolhip of tiiis nature worthy Iter 
 royal coiifideration. Hivift. 
 
 2. In a plealing manner. 
 Gr.a'ciousness. ti. f. [_{vom gracious.] 
 
 1. Kind cotidefcenlion. 
 
 The graciouprfjs and temper of this anfwer 
 Diadc no imprcifion on them. Clarcttdon. 
 
 2. Fleafing manner. 
 
 Grada'tion. n. f. \_ gradation, French; 
 
 grndus, Latin. 3 
 t. Regular progrcfs from one degree to 
 
 another. 
 The dvfire of more and more rifcs by a natural 
 
 gradatiori to moil, and alter that to all. ISF.jira. 
 
 2. Regular advance ftep by ftep. 
 
 Fiom thence, 
 By coM gradation, and well balanced foim, 
 We (liall proci ed with Angclo. Shakfpearc, 
 
 The pfalmift veiy elegantly exprelTeth to us ths 
 federal gradaii.its by which men at lal^ come to 
 tliis iuirrid degree of impict\. Tillttfcn, 
 
 3. Order; fequence; feries. 
 
 'Tis the curfe of fcrvicc; 
 Preferment goes by letter and aft'eaion, 
 Nor, as of old, gra.iation, wiieie each fecond 
 Srood heir to th' (irft. S'lakfpeare's Othello, 
 
 4. Regular proccls of argument. 
 
 Certain it is, by a direct gradation of confe- 
 quenccs from this principle of merit, that tlie 
 obligation to gratitude flows from, and is eujoined 
 bv, the fird di<ftares of nature. South. 
 
 G.H a'd ATORY. n. f. [graths, Latin.] 
 Steps from the cloifters into the church. 
 
 Aiiifivorlh, 
 Gra'dient. adj. [gradietis, L.it.] Walk- 
 ing; moving by (leps. 
 Amorgll thofc gM<i/'fnrauto«nata, that iron fpidcr 
 is cfpccially remarkable, which, hcnig but of an 
 ordinary bignefs, did creep up and down as if it 
 had been alive. tyUkins. 
 
 GRA'DUAL. adj. [graduel, French.] 
 Proceeding by degrees; advancing ftep 
 by ilep; from one Hage to another. 
 
 Nobler birth 
 Of creatures animate with gradual life. 
 Of growth, fenfe, reafon, all fumni'd up in man.
 
 G R A 
 
 G R A 
 
 G R A 
 
 Mtn flill fiippnfc a gr.i/inal natural [Jiogrcfs of 
 things; asth.it, froingrc.it, things und pcrluns 
 ihould grow greater, ""till at leiiijtli, liy many lU'ps 
 2iid afcents they come to h; at grcateft. Houii. 
 
 Gra'du.vl. n./. [gradus, Latin.] An 
 order of ilcps. 
 
 Before the graf/i/d/proftrate they ador*d, 
 The pavement kifs'd, and thus tht; faint iniplor'd. 
 
 Gradua'lity. n./. [^tom gradual. '\ Re- 
 gular progreflion. 
 
 This funic .licnhe unto the mixture of the ele- 
 ments, others to the graduaiity of opacity and 
 light. Biaxurt, 
 
 Gra'dually. atl-v. [horn gra(iuaL'\ 
 
 1. By degrees; in ren;iilar prOgrefTion. 
 
 When the moon p.ifTcs over the fixed ft.irs, and 
 eclipfes t!icm, your light v.inifties; i\oi gruJutilyj 
 liketiiatof the planers, but all at once. Neu^tofi. 
 
 The author of our being weans us gradually 
 from out fondnefs of life the nearer we approach 
 towards the end of it. Swift. 
 
 Human creatures are able to bear air of muclr 
 jrcater denfity in diving, and of much lefs upon 
 the tops of mountains, piovidcd the changes be 
 made gradually . Arintthmt, 
 
 2. In degree. 
 
 Human reafon doth not only gradually^ but 
 fpecitically differ from the fantalTick reaion of 
 brutes. Grew. 
 
 To GRADUATE, v. a. lgraduer,Yr. 
 gradus, Latin.] 
 
 1. To dignify with a degree in the univer- 
 fity. 
 
 John Tregonwel, graduated a doftor and dub- 
 bed a knight, did good fcrvice. dirtw. 
 
 Concerning columns and their adjunifts, archi- 
 tefls make fuch .1 noife, as if the terms of archi- 
 traves, frizes, and cornices, were enough to 
 graduates mafter of tiiisait. U'otttri. 
 
 2. To mark with degrees. 
 
 The places were marked where the fpirits ftood 
 at the fcvercft cold and greateft heat, and accor- 
 ding to thefe obfervjtions he graduates liis iher- 
 mcinietcrs. Derham. 
 
 3. To raife to a higher place in the fcale 
 of metals : a chymical term. 
 
 The tintflure was cap.il Ic to tranfmute or 
 g'adu.ite as much filvei as equalled in weight that 
 jold. Bcyh-. 
 
 4. To heighten ; to improve. 
 
 Not only vitriol isa c.iuic of bbcknefs, but the 
 fitlts of natural bodies ; and dicrs advance and 
 graduate their colours with falls. JJniuri. 
 
 Gra'duate. n.f. IgrtidiiS, French ; from 
 gradus, Latin.] A man dignilied with 
 an academical degree. 
 
 Of graduate i (iifl.kc the learned rout. 
 And chufc a female do^or for the gout. 
 
 Jlramjlon. 
 
 G R A D u a't I o N . n.f. [graduation, French ; 
 from gradiiiite. ] 
 
 1. Regiilar progrcfTion by fiicctlTion of 
 degrees. 
 
 The graduatrr^n of the parts of the univerfc is 
 I'kcwife nectfTary to the perfciSion of the whole. 
 
 Gre-.u. 
 
 2. Improvement; exaltation of qualities. 
 
 Of giealcr rcpugnancv unt'- rcai'uii iv tliac which 
 
 he tfcli\ers concerning its graduatif^'i, that heated 
 
 in fire, and often extiiiguiihed in oyl of mars or 
 
 iron, the load.'^onc acquires an ability to extract 
 
 ^ a nail farteneri in a wall. Bi'.ur,, 
 
 3. The ac^ of conferring academical de- 
 grees. 
 
 Graff, n. /. A ditch; a moat. See 
 Gr a vk. 
 
 Though the fortifications were not regular, yet 
 the walls were good, and the grajf broad and 
 ^eep. Clanndm. 
 
 - Vol. I. 
 
 Graff.') n./. [j^iv^, French.] A fmall 
 Graft. 3 branch infertcd into the ftock 
 oi nnolhcr tree, and iiourifhcd by its fap, 
 but bearing its ow.n fruit ; a young cion. 
 God gave unto man all kino's of feeds and 
 gr.i^i of life ; as the vegetative life of plants, the 
 fenfual of bealis, the rational of nun, and the in- 
 tellectual of angels. Raleigh 
 It is likely, that as in fruit-trees the graft 
 makctii a greater fiuif, fo in trees tliat bear no 
 fruit ic will make the greater leaves. Bacon. 
 
 'Tis ufual now an inm.atc gra^ to fee 
 
 Witii infolencc inv.adc a foreign tree. Drydcn. 
 
 If you cover the top with clay and horfc-diing, 
 
 in the fame manner as you do a graft, it will help 
 
 to heel the fooner. ^hrttmct . 
 
 Kjw the deft rind infcrtcd grrt^j receives, 
 And yields an offspring more than nature gives. 
 
 To GRAFF. ? r /r V », i 
 
 7-0 GRAFT, j *"•"• [,?'■#'-» French.] 
 
 1. To infert a cion or branch of one tree 
 into the ftock of another. 
 
 His growth is but a wild and fruitlefs plant ; 
 I'll cut tiis batren branches to the flock, 
 And graft you on to bear. Dryden's Dot: Schajlian, 
 
 With his pruning hook disjoin 
 Unbearing branches from their head, 
 And graft more happy in their ftead. Dryden. 
 
 2. To propagate by infertion or inocula- 
 tion. 
 
 Now let me graff my pears, and prune the vine. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 3. To infert into a place or body to which 
 it did not originally belong. 
 
 And they alfo, if they bide not ftill in unbe- 
 lief, Ihall be graffed in ; for God is able to graj^' 
 them in again. Romans. 
 
 Thefe are th' Italian names which fate will 
 join 
 With ours, and graff upon the Trojan line. 
 
 Dryden' s j^neid. 
 
 4. To impregnate with an adfcititious 
 branch. 
 
 We 've fome old crab-trees hero at home, that 
 will not 
 Be grafted to your rclilh. Shakfpeare. 
 
 The nobic ifle doth want her proper limbs ; 
 Her royal flock graft with ignoble plants. Sh.ikf. 
 
 5. To join one thing fo as to receive fup- 
 port from another. 
 
 Tiii> rclblution againfl any peace with Spain is 
 a new '\rx\i\Qv.t grajted upon the original quarrel, 
 by the intrigues of a faction among us. Szuift. 
 
 May one kind grave unite each haplefs name, 
 And graft my love immortal on thy fame. Poj>e. 
 To Graft, v. n. To praflife infition. 
 
 In March is good grajfing the fkilfiil do know. 
 So long as the wind in ti.e calt do not blow ; 
 From moon being changed, 'till paft be the prime, 
 For griiffing 2i\<i cropping is very good time. 
 
 r.jf.r. 
 
 To have fruit in greater plenty the way is to 
 graft not only upon young (locks, but upon di- 
 vers boughs of an old tree ; for they will bear 
 great numbers of fruit; whereas, if yow graft 
 but upon one ilock, the tree can bear but lew 
 
 harcjn. 
 
 Grafter, n. /. [from graff ox grq/'t.] 
 One who propaijates fniit by grafting. 
 
 I an; informed, by the trials of the molt ikil- 
 ful /'afters of thefe parts, that a man Ihall lel- 
 c!oin tail of having c'linies home by his graft thi 
 fanic year in wl.ieh rhc infitii.n is made. Eveyn. 
 Grail n.f. [from ^/-c-Vc, French.] Small 
 particles of any kind. 
 
 Hereof this gentle knight unweeting was. 
 And, lying dov. 11 upon the faiidy e^'"Vi, 
 Drank of tlie flicam as clear as cryflal glafs. 
 
 Sfrnfer. 
 
 GRAIN, n.f. [gra'ine, French; graiium, 
 Latin; grano, Italian, has all the fol- 
 lowing fignifications.J 
 
 1. A Tingle feed of corn. 
 
 Look in'o the feeds of time. 
 And (ay which gmin will grotv, and which will 
 not. Sfiaij'jteare. 
 
 His reafons are as two grains of wheat hid in 
 two budiels of chaff, .^haijp. Merc/i. <f ftniee. 
 Let ;i:;rn orouuunec the fteep Tarpcian death, 
 V.igabond exile, flaying, pent iu '.'~.~' 
 But with a grain a day 1 would not buy 
 Tiicir mercy at the price of one fair word. Shakfp. 
 Many of the cars, being fix inches long, had 
 fixcy grains in thcni, and none Ids than forty. 
 
 Mortimer, 
 
 2. Corn. 
 
 As it ebbs, the C^edfman 
 Upon the flinie and ooie fcatters his grain, 
 And Ihorlly comes to harvcft. Si.iif[>earr. 
 
 Pales no longer fwcll'd the teeming gr^/n. 
 Nor I'hocbus fed his oxen on the plain. Dryden. 
 
 'Tis a rich foil, I grant youj but oftener co- 
 vered with weed; than gram. Collier on Fame. 
 
 3. The feed of any fruit. 
 
 4. Any minute particle ; any fingle body. 
 
 Thou cxill'ft on many thoufandg'j/'ii 
 That iffueout of duft. Shakffeare. 
 
 By intelligence 
 And proofs as clear as founts in July, when 
 We fee eachg'virn of gravel. .Hhakffeare. 
 
 5. The fmalleil weight, of which in phy- 
 fick twenty make a fcrnple, and in Troy 
 weight twenty-four make a penny- 
 weight ; and fo named becaufe it is 
 fuppofed of equal weight with a grain 
 of corn. 
 
 Unity is a precious diamond, whofc grains as 
 they double, twice double in their value. 
 
 ll'Jyday. 
 
 They began at a known body, a bailey-coin, 
 the weight whereof is therefore called a gr.iin ; 
 which arifeth, being multiplied, to fcrnples, 
 drachms, ounces, and pounds. llz.'der. 
 
 The trial being made betwixt lead and lead, 
 weigliing Icverally fcven drachms, in the air; t! e 
 balance in the water weigiiing only four drachms 
 and forty-one g»-rt/«r, and abateth of the wcighc 
 in the air two drachms and nineteen grain: : the 
 balance kept the fame depth iu the water. Bactn, 
 
 His brain 
 Outwe'igh'dhis r?gc but half 3 grain, Ujjii. 
 
 6. Any thing proverbially fmall. 
 
 For the whole world before thee is as a little 
 grain of the balance. M'ifio'n. 
 
 It is a linccrcly pliable, duSilc temper, that 
 negleifls not to make ufe of any grain of grace. 
 
 llitnimord. 
 
 The ungr.atcful perfon lives lohimfelf,and fub- 
 filfs by the good nature of others, of which he 
 himfelf has nut the leaif g.- j/«. Soytn, 
 
 7. Grain 0/ Allotvunce. Something in- 
 dulged or remitted ; fomethiiig above 
 or under the exait weight. 
 
 He, whofe very bell ,a«!lions mud be feen with 
 grains cf alku.jnce, cannot be too mild, mode- 
 rate, and forgiving. ^'/iidifon. 
 
 I would always give fome gr^rni cf alhivanri 
 to the facred fciencc of theology. H'at:-, 
 
 8. The direftion of the fibres of wood, oi' 
 other fibrous matter. 
 
 Knots, i>y the conflux of meeting fap, 
 Inftiit the loiind pine, and divert his g'ain 
 Tortive and errant from his courfe of growth. 
 
 Sh.it:jfi'arf, 
 
 9. The body of the wood as modified by 
 the fibres. 
 
 The beech, the fwimming alder, and the plane. 
 Hard box, and linden ol a foftcrg»-.i/w. Drydtn, 
 
 10. The body confidered with refpiA to 
 the form or direftiun of the conllituent 
 particles. 
 
 The tootli of a fea-horfe, in the midft of the 
 folider parts, contains a cuidtcd grain not to be 
 found iu ivoiy. Bro'un, 
 
 5i^
 
 G R A 
 
 Stones of a conftitution fo compaft, »nd a 
 ^rain fo fine, that they bear a fine polifh. 
 
 1 1 . Died or ftained fubftance. 
 
 How the red rofcs fluth up in her cheeks, 
 And the pure fnow with goodly verniil Itain, 
 iike crimfon dy'd ingraii. Sf^'ijc. 
 
 Over his lucid armt 
 A military veft of purple flow'd, 
 X.ivelier than melibaean, or the grttlft 
 Of iarra, worn by kings and heroes old. Milton. 
 
 Come, pcnfive nun, devout and pure, 
 Al! in a robe of darkeft o-ruiB, 
 Fiuwing with raajeftick train. MiUon. 
 
 The third, his feet 
 Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, 
 Sky-tinaur'dgra/)! / Milnn'! Par. L^J>. 
 
 12. Temperj difpofition ; inclination; 
 humour from the diretlion of fibres. 
 
 Your minds, preoccupied with what 
 You rather muft do than with what you fliould 
 
 do, 
 Hade you againft the grain to voice Iiim confiil. 
 
 Shu^kfpenre. 
 
 Quoth Hudibras, !t is in vain, 
 I fee to argue 'gainft the gruin. Uudihraz. 
 
 Old clients wcary'd out with fruitlefs care, 
 Difmifs their hopes of eating, and dcfpair; 
 Though much againft thegn^/w, forcM to retire. 
 Buy roots for (upper, and provide a fire. Drydrii, 
 
 13. The heart ; the bottom. 
 
 The one being traftable and mild, the other 
 ilifF and impatient of a fuperior, they lived hut in 
 cunning concord, as brothers glued together, 
 but not united in grain. H.iyzuarJ. 
 
 14. The form of the furface with regard 
 to roughnefs and fmoothnefs. 
 
 The fmaller the particles of cutting fubftances 
 are, the fmaller will be the Icratchcs by which 
 they continually fret and wear away the glal's un- 
 til it be polilhed ; but be they never fo fmail, they 
 can wear aw.ny the glafs no otherwile th.in by 
 grating and fcrarching it, and breaking the pro- 
 tuberances ; and therefore polilh it no otherwife 
 than by breaking its roughnefs to a very fine 
 gt airly io that the fcratches and frcttings of the 
 furface become loo fmall to be vifible. Ntiufo?:. 
 
 Gra'iked. adj. [from^raw.] Rough; 
 niade lefs fmooth. 
 
 Though now this graintd face of mine be hid 
 In fapcjnfuming winter's drizzkd fnow. 
 Yet hath my night of life fome memory. S/iakfp. 
 Grains. n.J. [without a fingulnr.] The 
 huflts of malt exhauited in brewing. 
 
 Give ihcm graini their hil, 
 Huflcs, draff, to drink and fwill. Bcnyonjin. 
 
 Grains of Paradtfe. n. f. [cardamomum, 
 
 Latin.] An Indian fpice. 
 Gra'iny. adj. [itom graln.'\ 
 
 1 . Full of corn. 
 
 2. Full of grains or kernels. 
 Grame'rcy. tn'.erj. [contracted from 
 
 grant me mercy. J An obfolete expreffion 
 of fiirprife. 
 
 Gramcrcy, fir, faid he ; but raote I wect 
 What ftrangc adventure do ye now putfuc ? 
 
 Sfrnfer. 
 Gr^nisrry, lovely Lucius, what 's the news ? 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 Grami'neous. adj. [grammeits, Latin.] 
 GrafTy. Gramineous plants are fiicli as 
 have a long leaf without a footilalk. 
 Gr AMiNi'vOROi'3. adj. [grameiizad -voro, 
 Latin.] Grafieating ; living upon grafs. 
 The ancients wcrevctfcd chiefly in the dif- 
 feflion of brutes, among which the grarnini- 
 •vtrwi kind have a party-coloured choroides. 
 
 Sharp^s Surgery, 
 
 GRA'MMAR. n.f. Igrammaire, French; 
 grammallca, Latin ; yix-^!ji.a]:Kv..'\ 
 
 1 . The fcience of fpeaking correcUy ; the 
 
 G R A 
 
 art which teaches the relations of words 
 to each other. 
 
 To he accurate in the grammar and idioms of 
 the tongues, and then as a rhetorician to make all 
 their graces fctve his eloquence. Fell. 
 
 We make a countryman dumb, whom we will 
 not allow to fpcak but by the rules of grammar. 
 Drydcn'l Dufttjnoy. 
 
 Men fpeaking language, according to the 
 gtamv.ar rules of that language, do yet fpcak im- 
 properly of things. L'-^cke. 
 
 2. Propriety or juftnefs of fpeech ; fpeech 
 
 according to grammar. 
 
 Vuii:tm &f mutabile f-:mper fcmina, is the 
 ftiarpeft fatire tiiat ever was made on woman ; for 
 the adjcftivcs are neuter, and animal muft be un- 
 dcrftood to make them gr.immar. Drydrn. 
 
 3. The book that treats of the various 
 relations of words to one another. 
 
 Gra'mmar School, n. f. A fchool in 
 which the learned languages are gram- 
 matically taught. 
 
 Thou hart moft traiteroudy corrupted theyeutli 
 of the realm in ereiflinga grammar J, l-.nl. Sliakfp. 
 
 The ordinary way of learning Latin in a gram- 
 mar Jrho-^l I cannot encourage. Lo^kc. 
 Gramma'rian. n.f. [grammairien, Fr. 
 from grammar.] One who teaches 
 grammar; a philologer. 
 
 Many difputes tlie ambiguous nature of letters 
 hath created among the grammarians. Uoidcr. 
 
 They who have called him the torture of ^^jm- 
 
 mari.iis, might alfo have called him the plague 
 
 of tranflators. _ OryMn. 
 
 Grammatical, adj. [grammatical, Fr. 
 
 grammaticus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Belonging to grammar. 
 
 The beauty of virtue ftill being fet before their 
 eyes, and that taught them with far more dili- 
 gent care than grammatical rules. Sidney. 
 
 I (hall take the number of eonfonants, not 
 from the grammatirat alpiiabets of any jangu.ige, 
 but from the diverfity of founds framed by fingle 
 articulations with appulfe. Holder. 
 
 2. Taught by grammar. 
 
 They feldom know more than the grammatical 
 conlttuftion, unlefs born with a poetical genius. 
 
 Dryden'l Dufrffnoy. 
 
 Gramma'tically. adv. [irom gramma- 
 tical.] According to the rules or fci- 
 ence of grammar. 
 
 When a fciitencc is diftinguillied into the nouns, 
 the verbs, pronouns, adverb-., and other particles 
 of fpeech which compofe it, then it is (aid to be 
 analyfed grammatically. I'f at:s. 
 
 As grammar tcicheth us to fpcak properly, fo 
 it is the part of rhetorick to iniiruft how 
 to do it elegantly, by adding beauty to that lan- 
 guage that before was naked and grammatically 
 true. Bak:r. 
 
 GRAMMATICASTER. n.f. [Latin.] 
 A mean verbal pedant ; a low gramma- 
 rian. 
 
 I have not vexed language with the doubts, the 
 remarks, and eternal triHings of the French g'am- 
 matirafiirs. _ _ Rymtr. 
 
 Gra'mple. n.f. A crabfifh. Jinfworth. 
 Gra'mpus. r.. f. A large fiili of the 
 
 cetaceous kind. 
 Gra'nary. n.f. [granarium, Latin.] A 
 Itorehoufe for thrafhed corn. 
 
 Ants by their labour and induliry, contrive that 
 com will keep as diy in their nellsas in our gra- 
 narici. Mdijhn. 
 
 The naked nations cloaths. 
 And he tli" exhauftlefs granary of a world. 
 
 Ti::mJoii'i Spring. 
 
 Gra'nate. n.f. [from graiium, Latin.] 
 . A kind of n-.avblc fo called, becaure_ it 
 is marked with fmall variegations like 
 strains. Otheiwife GKA^"l•rE, 
 
 G R A 
 
 GRAND, adj. [grand, French ; grandis, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Great; illuftrious ; high in power or 
 dignity. 
 
 God had planted, that is, made to grow the 
 trees oi life and knowledge, j;lants only proper 
 and becoming the paradifc and garden of (o graud 
 a Lord. _ Raleigh' i hiijiory. 
 
 2. Great ; fplendid ; magnificent. 
 
 A voice has flown 
 To re-enflame a grand dcfign. Y»:in'^. 
 
 3. Principal; chief. 
 
 What caufe 
 Mov*d ow grand paients in that happy (late, 
 Favour'dof heav'n fo highly, to fall off 
 From their Creator. Milfov. 
 
 4. Eminent ; fupericur : very frequentlj 
 in an ill fenfe. 
 
 Our grnvd foe, Satan. Milton, 
 
 So clomb this (irtt grand thief into God's foid. 
 
 M:ltcit. 
 
 5. Noble; fublime; lofty; conceived or 
 exprefled with great dignity. 
 
 6. It is ufed to fignify afcent or defcent of 
 confanguinity. 
 
 Gra'kdam. n.f [grand snd dam or dame.] 
 
 1. Grandmother; my father or mother's 
 mother. 
 
 I meeting him, will tell him that my tady 
 Was fairer than hisgrandam and as chafte 
 As may be in the world. Shakfpeare, 
 
 We have our forefathers and great grandama 
 all bt-fore us, as they were in Chaucer's thys. 
 
 Drydm. 
 
 Thy tygrefs heart belies thy angel face : 
 Too well thou fhew'lt thy pedigree from (\onc ; 
 Thy grandamc'i was the fjrft by Pyrrha thrown. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 2. An old withered woman, 
 
 Th.c women 
 Cry'd, one and all, the fuppliant (hould havt 
 
 right. 
 And to the grandame hag adjudg'dthe knight. 
 
 Dry.^m. 
 
 Gr a'ndaughter. n. f. [grand and 
 daughter.] The daughter of a fon or 
 daughter. 
 Gra'^dchild. n.f. [grand and ciUd.] 
 The fon or daughter of my fon or 
 daughter ; one in the fccond degree of 
 defcent. 
 Auguftos Cxfar, out of indignation againft his 
 -daugi'.tcrs and Agrippa his grandchild^ would fay 
 that they were not his feed, but impofthumcs 
 brok;;n from him. Bacon. 
 
 Thefe hymns may work on future wits and fo 
 May great grandchiidnn of thy praifes grow. 
 
 Dinnc. 
 
 He hoped his majefty did believe, that he 
 
 would never make the leaft fctuple to obey the 
 
 grandchild of king JaUiCS. Clarendon. 
 
 Fair dauglitcr, and thou fon and graudchild 
 
 both I Milloa, 
 
 He 'leaping, with his gods and reliques lied. 
 
 And tuw'rds the Ihore his littlegr««./r/;/Aned. 
 
 Dtnham. 
 
 Grasde'e. n.f. [grand, Yrench; grandis, 
 Latin.] A man of great rank, power, 
 or dignity. 
 
 They had fome fharper, and fome milder dif- 
 ferences, which might eafily happen in fuch an 
 interview of grandees, both vehement on the 
 parts which they fwayed. ' U'ct;;-. 
 
 When a prince cr grandee mani'efts a lik - 
 to fuch a thing, men generally fet about to ni.;^'' 
 themfclves cbnfiderable for fuch things. SoMhi 
 
 Some parts of th« Spanifh monarchy arc rather 
 fi>r ornament than liiength ; they furiiilh out 
 viceroyalties for the grandees, and poiis of ho- 
 nour far the Eo'uic fauiiiict, .'iddiftn.
 
 G R A 
 
 Gravdf.'vitv-. n. f. [from p-aiuUvus, 
 Lat.] Great age; length of life. Did. 
 
 Gk ande'vous. adj. [granclieviis, Lat.] 
 Long-lived ; of great age. Did. 
 
 Ora'ndeur. n.f. [Frencli.] 
 
 1. State; fplendoui- of appearance ; mag- 
 nificence. 
 
 As a mugiftrate or grrtit ofliecr, he locks him- 
 Tclf from all approaches l>y the multiplicrt form;>- 
 liiics of .iticndance, by tlic dilUncc of ceremony 
 and grarhhiiT. South. 
 
 t. Elevation of fentiment, language or 
 mien. 
 
 Gra'n diather. n.f [^mtidd.'a^falher.'\ 
 The father of my fatlier or mother ; 
 the next above my father or mother in 
 the fca'.e of afeent. 
 
 One was laying that his great grandfather and 
 frran.i/iit/fr, and father di'.'d at fca : faid anoihtr 
 that heard luni, an* I wcic as you, I would ne- 
 ver come at fuj. Why, taich he, where did youi' 
 great giaiidfaiher, and gran jfut/ii-rj and failicr 
 die? He anfwcred, whero but in tlici; hcds r He 
 anlwcred, an* I were as you, I would never 
 come in bed. Bacon 
 
 Our grandchildren will fee a few rags hung up 
 in Wcftminltcr-hall, which coft an hundred mil- 
 lions, whereof they arc paying the aricars, and 
 boalt that \.\-itix grariJf,ithe-i were rich and great. 
 
 Swiji. 
 
 Grandi'pick. adj. [^grandls and facio, 
 Latin.] Making great. Did. 
 
 Gra'ndinous. adj. [grando, Lat.] Full 
 of hail ; confilliiig of hail. Did. 
 
 Gra'ndity. n.f. [from grandis, Latin.] 
 Greatnefs; grandetir ; magniliecnce. 
 An old word. 
 
 Our poets excel in /^ran.lifv and gravity, 
 fmoothucfs and propeity, in quicknefs and hricf- 
 ncfs. Cjmdffi'i Rfftiuhii. 
 
 Gr a'ndmother. n.f. [grand Vi\\Amolhcr.'\ 
 The mother of my father or mother. 
 lity giandmolher Lois, and thy mother Eunice. 
 
 I Timothy. 
 Gra'ndsire. n.f. [grand za&ftre.'] 
 I. Grandfather. 
 
 Think'll thou that I will leave my kingly 
 throne, 
 Wherein ray grandfirt and my father fat ? Shakfp. 
 Thy griimljirfy and his brjther, to whom fame 
 Gave, from t .\ o conquer'd parts o' th' world thcii 
 name. Deiiham. 
 
 The wreaths hhgr-ufidjirt- knew to reap 
 By ailive toil and military fwcaf. Prj'jr. 
 
 a. Any anceftor, poetically. 
 
 Why flioiild a man whofe blood is warm within, 
 Sit like hisg?j«i^ri?cut inalabafter? Siiihfpcare. 
 
 Above the portal, carvM in cedar wood, 
 Plac'd in their tanks, their godlike grandfira 
 fl»Od. Drydcn. 
 
 So mimick ancient wits at beft. 
 As apes our grandfim in their doublets dreft. 
 
 Pope. 
 Gra'ndson. n.f. {grand s.nAfon.'^ The 
 fon of a fon or daughter. 
 
 Almighty Jove augment your wealthy florc. 
 Give much to you, and to his grandfons more. 
 
 Prydin. 
 
 Grandfathers in private families are not much 
 
 obfcrved to have great influence on then grandfo: 
 
 and, I believe, they have much Icfs among 
 
 princes. i'lw/r. 
 
 Grange, n, /. [grange, French.] A 
 farm ; generally a farm with a houfe at 
 a diftance from neighbours. 
 
 One, when he had got the inheritance of an 
 unlucky old grange, would needs fell it ; and, to 
 draw buyers, proclaimed the virtues of it : no- 
 thing ever thrived on it, faith he; the trees were all 
 Wafted, the fwine died of the raeaQes, the cattle 
 
 G R A 
 
 of the niurr.iin, and the (hcep of the rot j nothing 
 
 was ever reared there, not a duckling or a goofc. 
 
 Jiin jfo'jfon'i D/J'cci!fru-t. 
 
 At liie moated grnngi- rcfidcs this dcjet^cd 
 Mariana. Shakjfraie. 
 
 The loofc unlettcr'd hinds. 
 When for their teeming flocks and granges full 
 In wanton dance they praiie the bounteous Pan. 
 
 Mi/ton. 
 
 If the chuich was of their own foundation, 
 thtv niiglit chiile, the inciiniljont beiii^; once dc.id, 
 wl ether they uould put any other therein; un- 
 lefs, perhaps, the faid chuich had people belong- 
 ing to it; for tiicn they mult flill maintain a cu- 
 rate ; and of this fort were lUc'it granges and pri- 
 oricc. jlyli£r, 
 
 Gra'nite. n. f. [granit, French, from 
 grauum, Latin ; bccaiife confilliiig as It 
 were of grains, or fiiiall diftinct particles.] 
 A Hone compofed of Icparate and very 
 large concretions, rudely compacted to- 
 getlier ; of great hardnefs, giving fire 
 with Heel ; not fermenting with acids, 
 and itnpcrfeftly calcinable in a great 
 fire. The hard white granite with black 
 fpots, commonly called moorllone, forms 
 a very firm, and though rude, yet beau- 
 tifully variegated mafs. It is found in 
 iminenfe ilrata in Ireland, but not ufed 
 there. In Cornwall it is found in pro- 
 digious malTes, and brought to London, 
 for the (Icps of publick buildings. Hard 
 red granite, variegated with black and 
 white, now called oriental granite, is 
 valuable for its extreme hardnefs and 
 beatity, and capable of a nioft: elegant 
 polilh. Hillon Fojfds. 
 
 Alabafter, marble of divers colours, buth finiplc 
 and mixed, tiic opulites, porphyry, and the 
 granite. IVoodward. 
 
 Tlicre are ftiU great pillars of granite, and 
 otiicr fragments of this ancient temple. Addif^^n. 
 
 Grani'vorous. «<//. [granum and 'voro, 
 Lat.] Eating grain; living upon grain. 
 
 Granivototis birds, as a crane, upon the flrlt 
 peck ui iticir bills, can diflii.guifh the qualities of 
 nard bodies, which the fenfeof men difcerns not 
 without maftication. Broivn. 
 
 Panick affoids a foft demulcent noiirifliment, 
 hoth {qi graniijorous birds and mankind. Arbutli. 
 
 Gr a'knam. n._/C \f Of grand am. '\ Grand- 
 mother. Only uied in burlefque works. 
 Oft my kind grunnam told me, Tim, take 
 warning. Gay. 
 
 To GR'ANT. i>. a. [from garnntir, Fr. 
 l/unius and Siinner ; perhaps, as Jllin- 
 pieiu thinks, from gratuito, or rather 
 from gratia or gratificor. ] 
 
 1. To admit that which is not yet proved; 
 to allow; to yield; to concede. 
 
 They gather out of Scripture general rules to 
 be followed in making laws ; and fo, in effefl, 
 they plainly grant that we ouifelvcs may lawfully 
 make laws for the church. ll'oker. 
 
 I take it for granted, that though the Greek 
 word which we tranflatc faints, be in itfelf as ap- 
 plicable to things as perCbns ; yet in this article it 
 lignificth not holy things, but holy ones. Pearfan. 
 
 Grant that the fates have firm'd, by their de- 
 cree. 
 The Trojan race to reign in Italy. Drydcn. 
 
 Suppol'e, which yet 1 grant not, thy dcfire 
 A moment elder than my rival fire. 
 Can chance of feeing firft thy title prove ? X)fyd. 
 
 If he be one indifferent as to the prefent rebel- 
 lion, they may take it for granted his complaint 
 is the rage of a difappointed man. Addij'^n. 
 
 2. To bellow fomcthing which cannot be 
 claimed of right, 
 
 G R A 
 
 Tlie God of Ifiael grant tl.ce thy petition that 
 thou hart afl.cd of him. i Sami-I. 
 
 Then hath God alio to the gtiuilcs j^ranif.i 
 rcpeiii.iiiee unto life. ^idi. 
 
 Didfithuu not kill this king ? 
 
 1 grant ye. 
 
 — Do'li giant me, hedgehog ? then grant me too, 
 Thou may'll be danined for that wicked deed. 
 
 Shakfpeaie's Htchard III, 
 
 He heard, and granted half his prayer ; 
 The rcll the winds difpcrs'd. P'f. 
 
 Grant, n. f [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The aft of granting or bellowing. 
 
 2. The thing granted ; a gift ; a boon. 
 
 Com tiers jufllc for a jrrant, 
 And when they break their fricudlhi]) ple.ad their 
 want. Dtydin. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 A gift ill writing of fuch a thing a» 
 cannot aptly be p.iffed or conveyed by word 
 only; as rent, icveilions, ferviccs, advowfona 
 in grofs, common in grofs, tithes, &c. or made 
 by fuch pcrfons as cannot gisc but by deed, as 
 the king, and all bodies politick ; which dilfcr- 
 cnccs be often in fpccch neglcillcd, and then is 
 taken generally for every gift whatfoevci, m.adc 
 ol any thing by any perl'on ; and he that grantcth 
 it is named tl.e grantor, and i-.c to whom it is 
 made the grantee. A thing is faid to be in grant 
 which cannot be alTigned without Aiz<.\. Caweil. 
 
 All the land is the queen's, uiilcfs there be fome 
 grant of any part thereof, to be (hewed from her 
 maielly. ' Sfenfer. 
 
 Not only the laws of this kingdom, but of 
 other places, and the Roman laws, provide that 
 the prince fliould not be deceived in his grantt. 
 
 Da venant. 
 
 4. ConcelTion; admifilon of fomcthing in 
 difpute. 
 
 But of this fo large a grant, we arc content not 
 
 to take advantage. Hooker.. 
 
 This grant deflroys all you have urg*d before. 
 
 Viyden. 
 
 Gra'ntabi.e. adj. [from grant.'\ That 
 
 may be granted. 
 The oflrceof the bifliop's chancellor wasgrnKf- 
 
 (j«f for life. Ayliji^ 
 
 Grante'E. n.f. [from grant.'] He to 
 
 whom any grant is made. 
 To finooth the way for popery in Mary's time, 
 
 the grnntees were confirmed by the pope in the 
 
 poflefli'in of the abby-lands. Swift. 
 
 Gra'ntor. n. f. [from grant.J He by 
 
 whom a grant is made. 
 A diifie.'e ijuerela, (hall not be granted under pain 
 
 of fufpenfion of the grantor from the execution 
 
 of his office. ^J'/'I'- 
 
 Gra'n u L ARY. a^'. [from granule.] Small 
 
 and compaft ; refcmbling a fmall grain 
 
 or feed. 
 
 Small coal, with fulphiirand nitre, proportion- 
 ably mixed, tempered, and formed into granu/ary 
 bodies, domakc up that powder which is ufed for 
 guns. Broivn's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 To GRANULATE. 11. n. [granuUr. 
 French, i\ am granum, Latin.] To be 
 formed into fmall grains. 
 
 The juice of grapes, infpilfated by hear, gra- 
 nulates into fugar. Sfrat. 
 
 To Gra'nulate. i>. a. 
 
 1 . To break into fmall ma/Tes or granules. 
 
 2. To raife into fmall afpcrities. 
 
 I have obfervcd, in many birds, the gullet, be- 
 fore its entrance into the gizzard, to he much di- 
 lated, and thick fet, or as it were granulated with 
 a multitude of glandules, each whereof was pro- 
 vided with its excretory vcPel. Ray. 
 
 Granula'tion. n.f. [granulation, Fr. 
 from granulate. ] 
 
 I . The aft of pouring melted metal into 
 cold water, fo as it may granulate or 
 congeal into fmall grains : it is generally 
 5 P 2
 
 G R A 
 
 <3one through a colander, or a birclien 
 broom. Gunpowder and feme falls are 
 likewife faid to be granulated, from their 
 refemblance to grain or feed. ^mcy. 
 2. The aft of (hooting or breaking in 
 
 fmall maffes. 
 
 T=nt< in wounds, bv refifting the growth of the 
 
 ^\\x^r granulation! oi trefltO), inproccfsef time 
 
 harden them, and in that raannei produce a fiftuU. 
 
 Sharp's Surg~-iy. 
 
 GRA'NULE. n./. [from^ranwCT, Lat.] 
 A fraall compact particle. 
 
 With an excellent microlcope, where the naked 
 eye did Ice but a green powder, the affilUd eye 
 could difccrn particular granulei, fomc blue, and 
 feme vellow. %'-' '" ^"l^'l: 
 
 Gra'nl-lous. adj. [ixom granule.'\ Full 
 
 of little grains. 
 GRAPE, n.f. [^n7//.e, French ; Lrappe, 
 Dutch.] The fruit of the vine, grow- 
 ing in clufter^; the fruit from which 
 wine is expreffed. 
 
 And thou (halt not glean thy vineyard, neither 
 <halt thou cather every gntpe of thy vineyard ; 
 tneu fhalc leave them for the poor and ilranger. 
 
 Levitiati 
 Anacreon, for thy fake 
 I of the grape no mention make ; 
 Ere my Anacreon by thee fell, 
 Curfed plant, I lov'd thee well. Co-why. 
 
 Here are the vines in early flow'r defcry'd, 
 Here grapes difcolour'd on the funny fide. Pipe. 
 Grape Hyacinth, or Grape Ftoiver. n.f. 
 
 A flower. 
 Gra'pestoNE. n.f. \gfape _^nd. Jlone.'\ 
 The ilone or feed contained in the grape. 
 
 When obedient nature knows his will, 
 A «y, a gr.ipffone, or a hair can kill. Prior. 
 
 GRA'PHICAL. adj. [y^a^po;.] Well de- 
 lineated. 
 
 Write with a needle, or feidkin, or knife, oi 
 the like, when the fruit or trees are young ; for 
 IS they grow, fo the letters will grow more large 
 
 and graphiccl. Bacon's Nutural Hijhry. 
 
 G R A ' p H I c A. L L y . adv. [ from graphical. ] 
 In a pidurefque manner; with good 
 defcription or dehneation. 
 
 The hyena odorala, or civet cat, is delivered 
 and graphkaHy defcribed by Caftellus. Broiun. 
 Gra'pnel. n. f. [grcipin, French.] 
 
 1. A fmall anchor belonging to a little 
 veflel. 
 
 2. A grappling iron with which in fight 
 one thip fattens on another. 
 
 T» GR'^'PPLE. v.n. [grablihn, Dutch; 
 Irafpeln, German.] 
 
 1 . To contend by feizing each other, as 
 
 wrcftlers. 
 
 They mufl be alfo praflilcd in all the locks 
 and gripes of wreftling, as need may often be in 
 f:£ht to tiigg or grapplr, and to clofe. Milion. 
 
 Living virtue, all atchicvcments paft. 
 Meets envy, ftill to g"'p!Je with at Lift. M''alltr. 
 
 Docs he think that he can grapple with d:vu}e 
 Tcngeance, and endure the everlafting burnings r 
 
 South 
 
 Antsus here and ftern Alcides firive. 
 And bjth the g'-'ppl''^ ftatucs feem to live. 
 
 2. To conteft in clofe fight. 
 
 I'll in mv It.indard bear the arms of York, 
 Tu "--/.^^/f with the houfe of Lancallcr. Siai/p. 
 Sometimes, from fighting fquadions of each 
 fleer, 
 Two grafpling -■Etnas on the ocean meet. 
 And Engliih fires wltU Belgian flames contend. 
 
 ZirjJen. 
 
 roGRA'pPLE. v.a. 
 1. To faften ; to fix ; to join indiffolubly. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 G R A 
 
 Grapple your minds to ftetnagc of the navy, 
 And leave your England as dead midnight ftiU. 
 Siaijl'mn's Henry v. 
 That bufinefs 
 Grapples you to the heart and love of us. Slukfp. 
 2. To feize ; to lay faft hold of. 
 
 ForHippagincs, veffels for the tranfporting of 
 horfc, wc are indebted to llie Salaminians ; for 
 grappling hooks to Anacharlis. heyui:. 
 
 Gra'pple. n.f. [from the verb.] _ 
 
 1. Contelt haiid to hand, in which the 
 combatants feize each other ; the wreft- 
 
 lers hold. 
 
 As when earth's fon, Antaeus ftrove 
 With Jove's Alcides, and, of; foil'd, ftill rofc 
 Frefh from his fall, and fiercer g',i/>;./fjoin'd. 
 Throttled at length in th' air, c.\pit'd and fell. 
 
 MillO'l. 
 Or did his geniuJ 
 Know mine the ftronget demon, fear'd the 
 
 grapple, 
 And, looking round him, found this nook of fate, 
 To (kuik behind my fword. Dryden. 
 
 2. Clofe fight. 
 In the orapple I boarded rhem ; on the inflant 
 
 they got clear of our Ihip, fo I alone became then 
 prifoner. Si'iffe.-.re's Hamlet. 
 
 3. Iron Inftrument by which one (hip 
 fattens on another. 
 
 But Cvmon fuon iiis crooked grapples caft. 
 Which with tenacious hold his foes embrac'd. 
 
 Dr\den. 
 
 Gra'pplement. «. /. [from grapple.'] 
 Clofe fight ; hoftile embrace. Not in ufe. 
 They catching hold of him, as down he lent, 
 Hira b.ickwaid overthrew, and down him ftay'd 
 With their rude hands and grielly grapptemmt. 
 
 Sperifer. 
 
 Gra'shopper. n.f. \_grafs znihop.'] A 
 fmall infecl that hops in the fummer 
 grafs. The cicada of the Latins is 
 often by the poets tranflated grajhopper, 
 but improperly. 
 
 Her waggon fpokcs made of long fpinncrs legs, 
 The cover of the wings of grnfioppers. Sini/p. 
 Grajhoppeis eat up the green of the whole 
 countries. Bacon. 
 
 Where filver lakes with verdant fhadows 
 crown'd, 
 Difperfe a grateful chilnefs all around; 
 The gra/liopper avoids th' untainted air, 
 Kor In the midft of Summer \entures there. 
 
 .Iddlfrn. 
 Tlie women were of fuch an enormous ftature, 
 that wc appeared as grajhppers before them. 
 
 Addijon's SpeHator. 
 
 Gra'sier. See Grazier 
 
 To GRASP, v.a. [grafpare, Italian.] 
 
 1. To hold in the hand; to gripe. 
 
 O fool that I am, that thought I could grn/p 
 water and bind the wind. Sidney. 
 
 In his right hand 
 Grafping ten thoutand thunders, which he fcnt 
 Before iiim, fuch as in their fouls infix'd 
 Plagues. Milton's Paradife hofi. 
 
 Kings, by gr'^fping more than they can hold, 
 Firft made their fiibjcifts, by oppreffion, bold. 
 
 Uenham. 
 
 Doom, as t'ney pleafc, my empire not to ftand, 
 I'll grafp my fceptrc with my dying hand. Dryd. 
 
 2. To feize ; to catch at. 
 
 This grafping of the militia of the kingdom 
 
 into their own bands, was defired the fummer 
 
 before. Clarendon. 
 
 For what are men v;ho grajp atpraifc fublime. 
 
 But bubbles on the rapid ftreaia of time .' Young. 
 
 To Grasp, v. n. 
 
 I. To catch i to endeavour to feize; to 
 
 try at. 
 
 So cndlefs and exorbitant arc the dcfires of 
 men, thai they will grajp at all, and can form no 
 fcherae of perfedl bappincfs with IcCs. Swiji. 
 
 G R A 
 
 2. To ftruggle; to drive; to grapple. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 See, his face is bhick, and full of blood ; 
 His hands abroad difplay'd, as one that grafpt 
 and tugg'd for life. Snai/peare'i Hemy vi. 
 
 3. To gripe ; to encroach. 
 Like a mifer'midlt his florc. 
 
 Who gra/ps and g'afps 'till he caq hold no more. 
 
 D'ydcn, 
 
 Grasp, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The gripe or feizure of the hand. 
 Nor wan:ed in his grafp 
 
 What (eem'd both fpear and (hielci. Milton. 
 
 This hand and fword have been acquainted well; 
 It would have come before into my gra/p, 
 T ) kill the ravilhcr. Drydcn's Don Sebaf.ian. 
 
 The left arm is a little defaced, though one 
 may fee it held fomething in its grafp formerly. 
 Addijon on Italy, 
 
 2. PofTeffion; hold. 
 I would not be the villain that thou think'ft 
 
 For the whole fpace that 's 111 the tyrant's grafp. 
 And the rich eaft to boot. Shukfpearc's Maeletlt. 
 
 3. Power of ftizing. 
 Within the direful g'.'fp 
 
 Of favage hunger, or of favage heat. Milton. 
 
 They looked upon it as their own, and had it 
 
 even withm theirgr;//'- Clarendon. 
 
 Gra'sper. n.f. [from^ra^.] One that 
 grafps, feizes, or catches at. 
 
 GRASS, n.f. [gpsn Saxon.] The 
 common herbage of the field on which 
 cattle feed ; an herb wth long narrow 
 
 leaves. 
 
 Ve are grown fat as the heifer Alg'afs, and 
 bellow as bulls. Jcremi^t. 
 
 The beef being young, and only grafs fed, waj 
 thin, l.ght, and moilt, and not of a fubftance to 
 endure the fait. Tempu. 
 
 You'll be no more your former you ; 
 But for a blooming nymph will pafs, 
 Juft fifteen, coming fummcr's grafs. S'rvift. 
 
 Grass of Paruafus. n.f. [parnajia, Lat.] 
 
 . A plant. . 
 
 This plant is called parnaffia, from mount Par- 
 nalTus, where il was fnppofed to grow ; and be- 
 caufe the caiile feed on it, it obuined the name of 
 grafs, though the plant has no refemblance to the 
 grafs kind. Milkr. 
 
 To GK.\ss..v.n: [from the noun.] To 
 breed grafs ; to become pafture. 
 
 Land arable, driven, or worn to the proof. 
 With oats you may fow it, the fooner to graf>. 
 More toon to be pafture, to bring it to pafs. 
 
 Tujfer. 
 
 Grass-plot. n.f. [^ra/x and /'/o^] A 
 
 fmall level covered with (hort grafs. 
 
 Here on \:\<\% grafs-plot in tnis very place, 
 
 Come and fport. Shakfpea.i's Tempe/I. 
 
 The part of your garden next your houfe fliculd 
 
 be a parterre for flowers, or graft-plots bordered 
 
 with flowci s. Temple. 
 
 They aie much v.aluedby our modern planters 
 
 tj .adorn their walks znigrafs-plots. Mortimer. 
 
 Gb ASS-POL A. n.f. A fpeoies of ivil- 
 
 loiwwoit, 
 Gra'ssiness. n.f. [from grqfy.] The 
 
 ftate of abounding in grafs. 
 Gra'ssv. adj. [frors grafs.'] Covered 
 with grafs ; abounding with grafs. 
 
 Ne did he leave the mountains bare unfren^ 
 Nor the rankjr-r/v fens delights untry'd. Spenfer. 
 
 Rais'd of grajfv turf 
 Their table was, and mofly feats had round. 
 
 Milton. 
 Themoftin fields, like herded beafls, lie down. 
 To dews obnoxious, on '.htgrajl^ floor. Dryden. \ 
 
 Grate, n.f. \crates, Latin.] / 
 
 I. A partition made with bars placed near 
 
 to one another, or crofllng each Other: 
 
 fuch as ia cloL^ters or prifonj. 
 
 /
 
 G R A 
 
 1 hivc grated upon ray good fricnilt for three 
 reprieves lor you, and your couch fellow Nim: 
 or cite you liad look'd ihiough i\\c gratctj like a 
 gcininy nl" baboons. Shakjfrare. 
 
 Out at a Unic grate his eyes hccaft 
 Upon thdlc bovd'ring hills, and open plain. 
 
 Oanir/. 
 
 A fan has on it a nunnery of lively black eyed 
 vcflals, who are endenvouiing to creep out at 
 the ^rati%. A.l.iijon 
 
 2. The range of bars within which fires 
 are made. 
 
 My dear is of opinion that an old faftiioned 
 grrt/f conCuracs coals, but gives no licat. Sftefltito* . 
 T"© Gkate. v, a, \_p-atUrjY{cnc\\.'\ 
 
 1. To rub or wear any thing- by the attri- 
 tion of a rougli body. 
 
 ThcicaC the hend his gualhing teeth did grate, 
 
 Spoijer. 
 
 Blind oblivion fwatlowM cities up, 
 And mi[;hty ftatei c'laiaifterlefs are gratfd . 
 To (lufly notliing. Sbakf^t. Trailm juJ dcjjida. 
 
 If the particles of the putty were sot m;idc to 
 flick faft in the pi:c'i, they would, by tolling up 
 and down, g^^i^ a'^d fret the objc6t metal, and 
 fill it full of fitrli: holes. Ncix'ton*i Opticis. 
 
 2. To ofFi;nd by any thing harfh or vexa- 
 tiousv 
 
 Thereat enraged, fojn he 'gan upftart, 
 Grinding .lis teeth, and grating his gre;tt heart. 
 
 Sptnpr. 
 
 They have been partial in the gofpcl, culled 
 
 and chofen oui thufo fufter and more gentU- 
 
 di(5latcs which would lefs^^/'d/^ and diltuvb iheni. 
 
 Decay of Viety. 
 
 Juft refeutmcnt and hard ufagc coin'd 
 Th' unwilii g word, and grat:rig as it is, 
 Take It, for 'tis thy due. Dryden. 
 
 This hahitof writing and difcourfing, wherein 
 'I unfortLiM.iteiy differ frorr. almoft the whole 
 kingdom, and am apt ^o grat<: the ears of more 
 than I could wilh, was acquired during my ap- 
 prenticelhip in London. Swift. 
 
 3. To form a found by colllfion of afpe- 
 ritics or hard bodies, 
 
 Theg/j^///g; fliock of wrathful iron arms. 
 
 Shakfpeare^i Ric}i*ird II. 
 On a fudden open fly, 
 With Impetuous recoil and janing found, 
 Th* infernal doors, and on their hinges gr^j^^ 
 Harfli thunder, that the loweft bottom (hook 
 Of Erebus. Milton's VanUiJe Lop. 
 
 To Grate, tj. «. 
 
 X. To rub hard fo as to injure or offend ; 
 to offend, as by oppieflion or impor- 
 tunity. 
 
 Wherein have you been galled by the king ? 
 What peer hath been fuborn'd to grate on you, 
 That you ihould feal this lawlefs bloody book 
 Of furg'd fcbcllion with a feal divine ? Shukfp. 
 
 I have graW upon my good friends for ihrce 
 reprieves for you, orelfe you had looked through 
 the grates. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Paraduxing is of great ufe ; but the faculty 
 •inuft be fo tenderly managed as not to grate upon 
 the truth and reafon of things. iJE^Jirange. 
 
 This ^ra/£i/ harder upon the hearts of men. 
 
 South. 
 
 I never heard him make the leaft complaint, 
 in a cafe that would have grated forely on lomc 
 men's patience, and have ftllcd their lives with 
 difcontent. Locke, 
 
 J. To make a harfh nolfe, as that of a 
 rough body drawn over another. 
 
 We are not fo nice as to caft away a (hnrp 
 knife becaufe the edge of it may fometimes^'w/c. 
 
 Hooker, 
 
 GRATEFUL, o/^. [gratus, Latin.] 
 I,, Having a due fenfe of benefits ; willing 
 to acknowledge and to repay benefits. 
 
 A grateful mind 
 By owing owes not, but ftill pays. Milton. 
 
 Wlien fome degree of health wai given, he 
 
 G R A 
 
 exerted all his ftrcngrh in a return of grateful tt- 
 cognition to the author of it. FtU, 
 
 Years of fcrvicc pafr, 
 From grateful foul.', cxacl reward at laft. Dydcn, 
 
 2. Pleafing ; acceptable; di.^lightful ; de- 
 licious. 
 
 VVhrttfocvcr is ingrate at firrt,is nude gtitcjul 
 by cullom ; but whatlufvc-r is too plcafing at 
 firll, growcih quickly to fatiatc. Ba<OH. 
 
 A man will endure the pain of hunger and 
 ihirl^ and icfufc inch ni?ats and drinks as arc 
 moll grutijul to his appetite, if he be pcrfu-idcd 
 that they will end-ingir his health IfUkif.s. 
 
 This pi, ice ii the more g'atiful to ftrangcrs, in 
 rcfpcdt that it being a frontier town, and bordci - 
 ing upon divers nations, many languages are un- 
 dcrllood hcie. Brown's Traz^els. 
 
 Now gulden fruits on loaded branches Ihinc, 
 And ^'«/'iyi//clulters fwell with floods of wine. 
 
 Poi.c. 
 
 Gra'tefully. adv. [hom grateful.'^ 
 
 1 . With willingnefs to acknowledge and 
 repay benefits ; with due fenfe of obli- 
 gation. 
 
 He, as new wak'd, thus gratefully rcply'd. 
 
 Mi It an. 
 Enough remains for houfchold charge bcfide, 
 His witc and tender childrcrr to I'ultain, 
 h.n& grattfully to feed his dumb dcferving train. 
 Xirydgn's Viigil. 
 In Cyprus long by men and gods obcy'd, 
 The lover's toil (he gratefully repaid. Granville. 
 
 2. In a pleafing manner. 
 
 Study detains the mind by the perpetual oc- 
 cuirenec of (omething new, which may grate- 
 fully Itnite the imaijination. Il'alti. 
 
 Gr a'tefulness. II. f. [from grateful ] 
 
 1. Gratitude ; duty to benefactors. Now 
 obfolete. 
 
 A L.iconian knight ha\ Ing fome time fervcd 
 him with more gratefulnefi than good courage 
 defended him. Sidney. 
 
 Blc-iTmgi beforehand, ties o( gratefulriefSf 
 The found <if glory ringing in our ears. Herbert. 
 
 2. Quality of being acceptable ; pleafant- 
 nels. 
 
 Gra'ter. n. f. [gratoir, Fr. from^r<j/^.] 
 A kind of coaife file with which foft 
 bodies are rubbed to powder. 
 
 Tender handed touch a nettle, 
 And it flings you for your p:iins, 
 
 Gral'p it hltc a man of mettle, 
 And it Tuft as filit rcnutins. 
 
 So it is with common n.rtures. 
 Treat them gently they rebel, 
 
 But be rough as nuimeg-^'ii/c*rj. 
 And the rogues obey you well. j^. Hill. 
 
 Gratification, n. f. [gratificatio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The adt of pleafing.- 
 
 They are incapable of anydefign above the pre- 
 fent gratifieation of their palates. South. 
 
 2. Pleafiire ; delight. 
 
 How hardly is his will brought to change all 
 its defires and a\crIions, and to renounce thofe 
 gyatifcatiom in which he has been long ufcd to 
 place his happinefs. R'.gcri. 
 
 3. Reward; recompence. A low word. 
 To Gra'tify. v. a. [gratificor, Latin.] 
 
 1. To indulge ; to pleafe by compliance. 
 
 You fleer between 1 he country and the court, 
 Nor gra/y^y whate'er tire great delire. 
 Nor grudging give what publick oeeds require. 
 
 Dryde,!. 
 
 2. To delight ; to pleafe ; to humour ; to 
 footh. 
 
 But pride ftood ready to prevent the blow ; 
 For who would die to gratify a foe ? Dryden. 
 
 The captive generals to his cat arety'd; ■x 
 The joyful citizens tumultuous tide \ 
 
 Echoing his glory, gratify his jitide. Triir. J 
 
 G R A 
 
 A palled appetite is humorous, and muft he 
 graiifud yff\X[\ fauce> rather than food. 'iatier. 
 
 At once they gratify their fcent and tafte, 
 While frequent cups prolong the rich repaft. Pope, 
 
 A thoui-ind littU impel tH)enc)c:> ■a\c very gru- 
 tifying to curiofity, though not improving to the 
 underftanding. jriduifon. 
 
 3. To requite with a recompence : as, I'll 
 
 gratify you for this trouble. 
 Gka'tingly. adv. [Jroxn grate. "^ Harfh- 
 
 ly J oflcnfively. 
 GRA"I'IS, adv. [Latin.] For nothing ; 
 without a recompence. 
 
 Tiic people cry you mock them ; and, of late. 
 When corn was given them gr^tiiy you rcpin'd. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 They fold thcmfclvcs; but tliou, like a knid 
 fellow, gdv'ft thj felf away gratis, and 1 liianJc 
 thee for thee. Shukjpearc, 
 
 The taking of uTe, though he judged lawful, 
 yet never .approved by pra£licc, but lent flill 
 gratii both to liicnds and Ilrangeri, Fell, 
 
 Kindred aie no welcome clients, where rela- 
 tion gives them a title to have advice gratis. 
 
 U Ejlrange. 
 
 I fcorned to take my degree at Utrcclit or 
 
 Leyden, though offered \\ gratis by thofe univer- 
 
 fuies. Arbuthnrjt" '. 'John Bull, 
 
 Gra'titude. 77. y. \^gratttudo,\o\y l^dX.'^ 
 J. Duty to benefadlors. 
 
 Fuibid 
 That our renowned Rome, whofc gratitude 
 Tow'rds her defcrving children is enroll'd, 
 Should now cat up her own ! Shakfp. Corio/anus. 
 Sufpicious thoughts his pcnfive mind emph)y, 
 A fullen gratitudcj and clouded joy, Harte. 
 
 2, Defire to return benefits. 
 
 The debt uiimcnrc v( endlefs gratitude, MUton, 
 Gratitude is properly a virtue, difpofmg the 
 mind to an inward fenfe and an outward ac- 
 knowledgment of a benefit received, together 
 with areadinefs to return the fame, or the like. 
 
 Souih's Sermons, 
 
 GRATUITOUS, adj. [gratuitus, Lat. 
 graluil, French.] 
 
 1. Voluntary; granted without claim or 
 merit. 
 
 We miftake the gratuitous bleffings of heaven 
 for the fruits of our own induftry. L^Kfimrige. 
 
 2. AflTcrted without proof. 
 
 The fecond motive they had to introduce thi«- 
 gratuitoui declination of atoms, the fame poet 
 gives us. Ray. 
 
 Gr ATu'iTOUSLY. otlv. \Jrom gratuitous .'\ 
 
 1. Without claim or merit. 
 
 2. Without proof. 
 
 I would knew whence came this obliquity of 
 direiflion, which tl»cyg'tir///ro;//7v tack to matter; 
 this is to afcribe will and choice to ttiefe par- 
 ticles. Chtyne'i Pliii Vrin. 
 
 Gratu'ity. n.J". ^graluiti, French, from 
 gratuitous.'] A prefent or acknowledg- 
 ment ; a free gift. 
 
 They might ha\ e pretended to comply with 
 
 Ulyflcs, and difmiflcd hini with a fmall gratuity. 
 
 Broome on the Odyjfey. 
 
 He ufed every yeai' to prefent us witn his 
 
 almanack, upon the fcore of iowit \\\x.\^ gratuity 
 
 we gave him. Swift. 
 
 To Gra'tulate. i>. a. [gratulor, Lat.] 
 I. To congratulate; to I'alute with de- 
 clarations of joy. 
 
 To gratify the good Andronicus, 
 And gratulate hisfafc returji to Rome, 
 The people will accept whom lie admires. S/:akf. 
 Whither awav fo t.ili ? 
 No farther thnn the Tower, 
 To gratulate the gentle princes there. Sli.:iffreire, 
 
 Since nature could behold io rlirc a crime, 
 I gratulate at Icaft my native clime, 
 That fuch a land, which fuch a monller bore, 
 So far is diftant from our Thtacian Ibore, X>Tjd,
 
 G R A 
 
 2. To declare joy for; to mention wiih 
 eipreilions of joy. 
 
 Yet give thy jealous fubjcfls leave to doubt, 
 Who tfiis thy 'Icape from rumourgrJ';</.J/f, 
 No lefsthan if from peril : and devout, 
 Do beg thy cnre unto thy after ftate. Btn J',7ifan. 
 Gr atula'tion. n.J. [grutulal'io, Latin.] 
 Salutations made by expreffiiig joy ; 
 expreffion of joy. 
 
 They arc the tirit g-niulathm wherewith our 
 Lord and Saviour was jjyfully received at his en- 
 trance into the MTOild, by fuch as iii ti-.eir heruts, 
 arms, and bowels embraced him. Hv>ker. 
 
 The earth 
 Gave figns ol gralulatinn, and each bill. Mihoit. 
 Your enjoyments, according to the llandard of 
 a chrillian defne, icquire no addition : I fhall 
 turn my wiOies into gratiiUtiom, and, congratu- 
 lating their fulnefs, only wifh their continusncr. 
 
 Souih 
 
 Gra'tulatory. adj. [from gratiilafe.] 
 Congratulatory ; exprefllng congratula- 
 tion. 
 
 Grave, a final fyllable in tlie names of 
 places, is from the Saxon jn^epj a grove 
 or cave. Gil'fon's Camden. 
 
 GRAVE, n. f. [5ii£ep, Saxon.] The 
 place ill the ground in which the dead 
 are repoficed. 
 
 Now It is the time of night. 
 That the graves, all gaping wide, 
 
 Every one lets forth his fpright. 
 In the church-way paths to glide. Shai-fpcare. 
 
 Thou wilt not leave me in the loathfomc^'vnv 
 
 Mil:on 
 
 To walk upon the grava of our dead mailers. 
 Is our own fccurity. Di':liam'i Sophy. 
 
 A flood of waters would overwhelm all tliofe 
 fragments which the eartii broke into, and bury 
 in one common grave all the inhabitants of the- 
 earth. Buin't. 
 
 They were wont once a year to meet at the 
 g'awj of the martyrs; there folcmnly to reciie 
 their fuffcrings and triumphs, to prailc their 
 virtues, to blefs God for liieir pious examples, 
 for their holy lives and their happy deaths 
 
 Ndjin. 
 
 Gra've-clothes. n. f. \grave and 
 clothes. ] The drefs of the dead. 
 
 But of fuch fubtle fubliance and unfound. 
 
 That like a ghoft he feem'd, whofe grave-doathi 
 
 were unboimd. Spenpr. 
 
 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand 
 
 and foot with gravi-ckaths. y°^"- 
 
 Gra've-stone. n. f. [gra-ve znd _^one.] 
 
 The ftone that is laid over the grave ; 
 
 the monumental ftone. 
 
 Tinion, preferttly prepare thy grave ; 
 lye where the light foam of the fea may beat 
 Ttty grnve-JloNe daily. Shatjpeare'i Tlmm. 
 
 To GRAVE, -w. a. preter. ^ra'Ufd' ; part. 
 
 pad", gra'ven. [graver, Fr. y^dfu.] 
 J. To infculp ; to carve a figure or in- 
 
 fcriplion in any hard fubftance. 
 
 Coinice with bolVy fculptuvcs graven. Milton. 
 
 Later vows, oaths, or leagues can never blot 
 out thofe former graving! or charaflcrs, which 
 by juft and lawful oaths were made upon their 
 fouls. King C/mrks. 
 
 Thy fum of duty let two words contain ; 
 O ! may they graven in thy heart remain, 
 Be bumble and be juft. Prior. 
 
 2. To carve or form. 
 
 What prufiteth the graven image, that the 
 maker thereof hath graven it ? Heltreios. 
 
 3. To copy paintings upon wood or metal, 
 in order to be imprefTed on paper. 
 
 The gravers can and ought to imitate the 
 bodies of the colours by the degrees of the lights 
 and flradows : 'tis impolTible to f;ive much 
 ftrcDgth to wliat they giuvc, aftei th« works of 
 
 G R A 
 
 the fchoolsi without imitating in fome fort the 
 colour of the objcfts. J^ryddrt^s Dufrgfncy. 
 
 4. [from grave.^ To entomb. Not in 
 ufe. 
 
 There *s moie golrl : 
 Do you dama oiheis, and let this damn you t 
 And ditclics grave you ;ill ! SfmkJfH-iite' s Timon. 
 
 5. To clean, caulk, and flieath a fhlp. 
 
 Anifivorth. 
 To Grave. ^. «. To write or delineate 
 on hard fubftances. 
 
 Thou Ihalc make a plate of pure gold, and 
 grave upon it. Exodus. 
 
 Grave, adj. [grave, Vr* gravis, l^zt,"] 
 I. Solemn ; fcrious ; lober ; not gay ; not 
 light or trifling. 
 
 To th' nxore mature, 
 A glafslhat featui'd them ; and to the g-ftiT'^, 
 A child lh;it guided doraids. Sliakfp. Cymbellne. 
 
 We Ihouldhave clle dcfir'd 
 Your good advice, which flill hath been both 
 
 gjave 
 And proipcrous, in thisday^s council. Shakfpeare. 
 That grave awfulnefs, as in your bed breed of 
 maftivcs, or elegancy and prcttinefs, as in your 
 Icffer dogs, arc modes of beauty. More. 
 
 Even the grave and ferious chara(5lers arc dif- 
 tinguilhed by their feveial forts of gravity. Dryd. 
 
 Youth *n filcnt wings is ftown ; 
 Gravsr years come rolling on. Prior. 
 
 To laugh, were want of goodnefs and of grace ; 
 And to be gmve^ exceeds all power of face. 
 
 Folly-painting humour, grave himfelf, 
 Calls laughter forth. Thomfon. 
 
 They have as much reafon to pretend to, and 
 as much ncceflity to afpire after, the highclV ac- 
 compliflimcnts of a chritUan and folld virtue, as 
 the gravcjl and wileli: among chriftian philofo- 
 pheis. Laiv. 
 
 2. Of weight; not futile ; credible. Lit- 
 tle ufed. 
 
 The Roman ftate was of all others the moft 
 celebrated for their virtue, as \.he grav:Ji of then 
 own wntersj and of llrangcrs, do bear them wir- 
 nefs. Gi£xv's C(>JmQl. 
 
 3. Not fhowy ; not tawdry : as, a grave 
 fuit of clothes. 
 
 4. Not (harp of found ; not acute. 
 
 Accent, in the Greek names and ufage, feems 
 to have regarded tlie tone of the voice ; the acute 
 accent railing the voice, in fome fyllables, to a 
 higher, /'. e. moie acute pitch or tone, and the 
 grave deprcffing it luwer, and both having fome 
 cmphafis, ;. e. more vigorous pronunciation. 
 
 HoLL-r. 
 
 GRA'VEL. n. /, [graviery French ; 
 graveely Dutch ; gravel, Armorick.] 
 
 1 . Hard fand ; fand confifling of very 
 fmall pebble-ftones. 
 
 Gravil confirts of flints of all the ufual fixes 
 and colours, of the fcveral forts of pebbles ; 
 fumetimes with a few pyritae, and other mineral 
 bodies, confufedly intermixed, and common 
 f^tnd. f'Foodivard. 
 
 His aimeur, all gilt, was fo well handled, that 
 it (hewed like a glittering fand and grave} t in- 
 terlaced with lilver rivers. Sidney. 
 
 Proofs as clear as founts in July, when 
 We fee each grain o^ gravel. Shakfp. Henry vill. 
 
 Providence permitted not the earth to fpend 
 itfelf in h^it gravels and pebbles, inftcad of quar- 
 ries of ftones. More. 
 
 So deep, and yet fo clear, we might behold 
 The gravel bottom, and that bottom gold. Dryd. 
 
 The upper garden at Kenfington was at tirft 
 nothing but .i gravel 'gxi. Sfe£fat9r. 
 
 Gravel walks are beft for fruit-trees. Mortimer 
 
 2, [gravelle, French.] Sandy matter 
 concreted In the kidneys. 
 
 If the iluiic is brittle ir will often crumble, and 
 pi^fa in the form uf g>avel: if the llone is too 
 
 G R A 
 
 big to pafs, the bed metljod is to come fo a fort 
 of ii conipulitiun ortjuce'w.th it. ..-Irbuthntt. 
 
 To Gka'vel. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To pave or cover willi gravel. 
 
 Mot"s growetn upon alleys, etpeci.illy fuch .13 
 lie cold, and upon the north, as ni divers tcr- 
 ralVcs ; and agam, if they be much trodden, or if 
 they were at the firft gravelled. ^;!:«;. 
 
 2. To (lick in the fand. 
 
 William the conqueror, when he invaded t. ','. 
 ifland, chanced at his arrival to ht gravelled -^ nt.d 
 one of his feet flucfc fo faft in the land, ttiat i.-; 
 fell to the ground. ■ Camden, 
 
 3. To puzzle ; to Hop ; to put to a ftand ; 
 to embarrafs. 
 
 I would kils before t fpoke. 
 — Nay, you were better fpeak firft, and when 
 you were grav^'/'J fur lack of matter you might 
 take occafion to kifs. . Shjl/Jpture. 
 
 The difeafe itlelf will ^rrtiW him to judge oi 
 it ; nor can there be any piedidion made of. it, 
 it is fo (harp. Mtvj/l, 
 
 What work do our imaginations make with 
 eternity and immenfily ? and how are \t& gravd- 
 led by their cutting dilemmas ? Gl.invitle. 
 
 Mat, who was here a little gravctl'd, 
 Tolt up his nofe, and would have cavill'd. Pri.r. 
 
 4. [In horfemandiip.] To hurt the foot 
 with gravel confined by the (hoe. 
 
 Gra'veless. edf. [{rota grave.} Want- 
 ing a tomb"; unburied. 
 
 My brave Egyptians all, 
 By the difcandying of this pelletted ftorm, 
 'L.it gfavelefi, Shakjpenre' i Ant. and Cltopatrx. 
 
 Gravelly, adj. [graveleux, French; 
 {torn grave/.] Full of gravel ; aboimi- 
 ing with gravel ; confilHng of gravel. 
 
 There are fome natural fpting waters that will 
 inlapidate wood ; fo that you Ihall lee one piece 
 of wood, whereof the part above the water Ihall 
 continue wood, and the part under the water 
 fhall be turned into zigra-iielly If one. Bacii, 
 
 If you ii\e in a confumpliyc air, make choice 
 of the more open, high, dry, and gfdTf/.^f part 
 of it. Harvey on Confumptitns. 
 
 Gra'vely. adv. [from^rafif.] 
 
 1. Solemnly; ferioufly ; foberly ; without 
 lightnefs or mirth. 
 
 Thou ftand'ft 
 Gravely in doubt when to hold them wife. 
 
 Milter. 
 
 A girl longs to tell her confidant that (ke hopes 
 
 to be married in a little time, and alks her very 
 
 gravely what fhe would have her to do. Sj)edeito> . 
 
 Wildom 's above fulpeiSing wiles ; 
 
 The queen of learning ^rrtir/y Imiles. Sivij!. 
 
 A formal Hory was very gravely carried to his 
 
 excellency, by fome zealous members. Sivijt. 
 
 Is 't not enough the blockhead fcarcc can read^ 
 
 But muft he wifely look, and gravely plead? 
 
 Young. 
 
 2. Withont gaudinefs or (how. 
 Grateness.?!./, [{yom grave."] Seri- 
 
 oufnefs ; folemnity and fobriety of be- 
 haviour. 
 
 Youth no Icfs becomes 
 The light and carelefs livery that it wears. 
 Than fettled age his fables, and his weeds 
 Importing health and gravenefs. Shakfpeare. 
 
 But yet beware of counlels when too full ; 
 Number makes long difputes and gravtnejx dull. 
 
 Dsnham. 
 
 GraVeolent. adj. [graveeletu, Latin.] 
 Strong fcented. DiS, 
 
 Gra'ver. n. /. [graveur, French ; from 
 grave. ] 
 
 1. One whofe bufinefs is to infcribe or 
 carve upon hard fubftances ; one who 
 copies pittures upon wood or metal to 
 be impreffed on paper.
 
 G R A 
 
 Tf he m«kcs .1 ckd^n to he graved, lie is to rc- 
 mrml)cr that tlie gtiiVi-ri difpufc not their colours 
 as the painters do ; and that, by conf^tnicnce, he 
 mult take occafioti to find the reafon of his 
 dclign in the n.itural lliadows of the figuics, 
 wliich he has difpofcd to caufc the ctVefl. JJij:l. 
 2. The ilyle or tool tiled in iriaving. 
 
 With all the care wlicrewith I tried upon it 
 the known ways of foftcning gravtrty 1 could 
 not foften this. /^oy/e. 
 
 The toillome hours in dilTrcnt labour Aide, 
 Some work, the file, and fomc the guijer guide. 
 
 G"'i>'i Fun. 
 
 Gravi'dity. n. Jl [_gravi(his , Latin.] 
 Pregnancy ; ftatc of being witK chiM. 
 
 Women, obHrucled, have not always the fore- 
 mentioned fymptoms ; in rhofc the figns of 
 grai'iiirty and obilruitions are hard to be diftin- 
 guirticd in the beginning. Ajhuthnot on Di^i. 
 Gr.^'ving. n, f. [from gravc.'\ Carved 
 work. 
 
 Skilful to work in gold ; alfo to grave any 
 manner of i^^ravingy and to find out every device 
 which (hall be put to him. 2 C/i'iiriic/cs, 
 
 T^o GRA'VITATE. v. n. [horn gravis, 
 Latin.] To tend to the centre of at- 
 traflion. 
 Thofc who have nature's ftcps with cnre pur- 
 fu'd, 
 That matter is with atftive force endu'd, 
 That all its parts raagnctick pow'r exert, 
 And to each other gr.-.-ivVar,-, alTert. Blnckmore. 
 That fubtle matter muft be of the fame fub- 
 ftance with all other matter, and as much as is 
 comprehended within a particul.ir body muft 
 gravif.iti^ jointly with that body, Bcntley. 
 
 Gravit.\'tion. n. f. [from gravita/e.] 
 A& of tending to the centre. 
 
 The moft confidei.ible phenomenon belonging 
 10 the terrefliial bodies is the general aiSion of 
 gravitatiiin, whereby all known bodies, in the 
 vicinity of the eaith, do tend and prefs towards 
 Us centre. _ Btrnlcy. 
 
 When the loofe mountain trembles from on 
 high, 
 Sliall gravilutim ceafc, if you go by } Pope. 
 
 Gra'vitv. «. / fgravitas, Latin; 
 
 gravite, French.] 
 1. Weight; heavinefs; tendency to the 
 
 centre. 
 
 That quality by which all heavy bodies tend 
 towards the centre, accelerating their motion the 
 nearer they approach tow.iids it, true philofophy 
 lias (hewn to be unfnlveable by any hypothetls, 
 and rcfolved it into the immediate will of the 
 Creator. Of all bod-es, conftdered within the 
 confines of any fluid, tiiere i$ a twofold grmriiy, 
 true and abfulute, and vulgar or comparative ; 
 abfolute giuiily is the whole force by wiiich 
 any body tends downwards ; but the relative or 
 vulgar is the excefs oi gravity in one body above 
 the fpccifick gtnvity of the fluid, whereby it 
 tends duwnwaids mure tlian the ambient fluid 
 
 doth. 
 
 ^Ul/uy, 
 
 Bodies do fwim or fink in different liquors, 
 arcording to tiie tenacity or gniviiji of thcfe 
 liquors which are to fupport them. Bio'ivi. 
 
 Though tliis increafe of denfity may at great 
 dillances be excecdJlig flow, yet if the elaftick 
 tone of this medium be exceeding great, it may 
 fuflicc to impel bodies from the donfcr parts of the 
 medium tosvards tlic latcr, with alt that power 
 which we call grwuity. Neiuion's Ofilcks. 
 
 2. Atrocioiifnefs ; weight of guilt. 
 
 Xo man could ever liave thought this reafon- 
 able, that had intended thereby only to punilh 
 ' the injury committed, according to the ("mvV^ 
 
 of the fact. Ihcie, . 
 
 J. Scrloufncfs ; folemnity. 
 ". There is iiota white hair on your face hutfhould 
 flave hiseffcift of gravity. Shiifpenrc\ Htnry rv. 
 
 Ouryoutlis and wildnefs (hall no whit appear. 
 But all be buried in his gr,rjitj. Shiikhdtrc. 
 
 G R A 
 
 For the advootes and council that plead, 
 patience and gravity of he.iring is an cfTontial 
 part of jufticc. B^icon. 
 
 Great Cats there, {or gravity xinovin'ti. 
 
 Drydtn^i JBn. 
 
 The emperors often jcfted on their rivals or 
 predecetrors, but their mints ftill maintained their 
 guivily. ylJJJfun. 
 
 He will tell y'bu with ^rz:<t grafity, that it is 
 a dangerous thing for a man that has been ufed 
 to get money, ever to leave ir off. Latv. 
 
 Gravy, n. f. The ferous juice that runs 
 from flcfli not much dried by the fire. 
 
 Meat wc love half raw, with tlic blood trick- 
 ling down from it, delicately terming it the 
 gravy, which in truth looks more like an ieiioi- 
 ousor raw bloody matter. Harvey en Confumptr^'is. 
 Tiicrc may be Wronger broth made of vegeta- 
 bles than of any gravy foup. Arhuthnot. 
 
 GRAY. adj. [gpxj, Saxon ; grati, 
 Danifli ; graaii, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Willie with a mixture of black. 
 
 They left me then, when the gray headed even. 
 Like a fad votaiill in palmer's w^d, 
 Rofe from the hindmoft wheels of Piiocbub* wain. 
 
 M.-L'on. 
 
 Thefe gray and dun colours may be alfo pro- 
 duced by mixing whites and bl.tcks, and by con- 
 fequence difter from perfeifi whites, not in fpccies 
 of colours, but only in degiecof luminourncls. 
 
 2. White or hoary with old age. 
 
 Living cieatures generally do change their 
 hair with .'ge, turning to he gray ; as is feen in 
 men, though lomc earlier and tome later; in 
 horlcs, that aie d-:ppkd and turn white ; in 
 old fquirrcls that turn grilly, and many others. 
 
 Bactri's Natural Uijiory. 
 
 Thou haft neither forfaken me now J am be- 
 come giay headed, nor ('uttisred me to forfake 
 thee in ttic late days of temptation. PValtoti. 
 
 Anon 
 Gray headed men and grave, with warriours 
 
 mix'd, 
 AfTemble. Milton's Paradifi lo/. 
 
 Tlie refloration of gray hairs to juvenility, and 
 
 renewing tlie exhaulted marrow, may be effected. 
 
 Glanvilie's Scepfii. 
 
 Gray headed infant ! and in vain grown old ! 
 Art thou to learn that in another *s gold 
 Lie charms rcfifilcfs.' Drydm'-s Juvenal. 
 
 . We moft of us are grown gray headed in our 
 dear matter's fervice. J^d.lifon's Spc^atcr. 
 
 Her^'(i>' hair'd fynods damning books unread. 
 And iJacon trembling for his brazen head. Pcpe, 
 
 3. Dark like the opening or clofe of day ; 
 of the colour of afhes. 
 
 Our women's names are mere gracious t'-.an 
 their Csefilia, that is, gr.iy eyed. Camden. 
 
 The gray ey'd morn f'milcs on the frowning 
 night, 
 Chequ'ring the ealtren clouds with ftreaks of 
 tight. Sltaifpctre. 
 
 I'll fay yon gray is not the morning's eye ; 
 'Tis but the pale reflex i>f Cynthia's brow. Siiaij. 
 Soon as the gray ey'd morning ftreaks the 
 fkics, 
 And in tlie doubtful day the woodcock flics. 
 
 Gay's Trivia. 
 
 Gkay. n. f. A gray colour. 
 
 Down funk the fun, the clofing hour of day 
 Came onward, mantled o'er with dufky grny. 
 
 l^ar,:r!. 
 
 Gray. n. f. A badger. Ahifiuorih. 
 
 Graybeard. n. J. \^gray and beard.] 
 An old man : in contempt. 
 
 Youngling, thou can'li not love fo dear as I. 
 — Gfaybeardy thy love doth freeze. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Have I in conquett ftretciit mine arm fo far, 
 To he afraid to tell grayieards the truth ?' Sludfp. 
 
 Gra'yling. n.f. \_lhymallus.] The um- 
 ber, a 11 (li. 
 
 The grayling lives in fuch rivers as the trout 
 does, and is iifually taken with the fame baits, 
 and after tiic f«iue mauiier ; he is ui u fine Ih.ipe, 
 
 G R E 
 
 his flefTv white, and hij teeth, tl.ofc little one« 
 that he has, are in his ihroat. He is not fo ge- 
 neral a filh as the trout, nor fo good to cat. 
 
 11 alton't Angler. 
 
 Gra'yn£s3. «. /. [from gray-l The 
 
 quality of being gray. 
 ToGttAZE. 1;. n. [from _fr<j/}.] 
 
 1 . To eat grafs ; to feed on grafs. 
 
 The grcatefi of my pride is to fee my ewei 
 
 graxe, and my larabs fuck. Shatjp Wi ynu hte :t. 
 
 Graze wheie you will, you Ihall not houfc 
 
 with mc. Shakjpcau. 
 
 Leaving in the fields \\\igraxing cows, 
 
 He fought himfclf fome hofpitabic houfe. D<yd. 
 
 The more ignoble throng 
 Attend their flatel) Heps, and flowlygr.ii^ along 
 
 Tiryden, 
 
 2. To fupply grafs. 
 
 Phyficians advife their patients to remove info 
 airs which are plain champaigns, \i\i\graxing, and 
 not overgrown with heath. Bacim. 
 
 The fcwers muft be kept fo as the water may 
 not ftay too long in the fpring ; for then the 
 ground continueth the wet, M'hcreby it will never 
 grii^t to purpofe that year. Baccn. 
 
 A third lort of grazing ground is that near tiie 
 fea, which is commonly very rich land. Akriimer. 
 
 3. To move on devouring. 
 
 As every flate lay next to the other that w,-.s 
 opprelfed, fo the fire perpetually grazed. Baeori, 
 
 4. [from rnfa; Fr.] To touA lightly. 
 
 Mark then abounding valour in our En^lifliy 
 That being dead, like to the bullets gmxmg, 
 Breaks out into a fecond courfe of niifchicf. 
 Killing in reha^fc of mortality. Hhaktp. Henry v. 
 
 To Gr A zE. v. a. 
 
 1. To tend grazing cattle; to fet cattle 
 to feed on grafs. 
 
 Jacob gi<ji'./ his uncle L.aban's (heep. Shakjp, 
 
 happy man, faith he, that, lo ! I fee 
 Gra-^i'!g his cattle in tliotie plcafant fields. 
 
 If he but know his good ! Daniei'i Civil JVar. 
 
 2. To feed upon. 
 
 1 was at firft as other beafls, xhit graze 
 The trodden herb, of abjeift thoughts and low. 
 
 Their ftced.s around. 
 Free from their harnefs,g/<isr the flow'iy grounti. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Some graze their land 'till chriflmas, anti 
 
 fome longer. ^hrtimfr. 
 
 This Neptune gave him, when he gave to keep 
 
 His fcaly flocks \\ii\ graze the wat'iy tlecp. 
 
 Dryden's yirgil. 
 
 The lambs with wtJlves (hail g^ai^c the verdant 
 
 mead. Pope. 
 
 3. To fupply with grafs. 
 
 He hath a houfc and barn in repair, and a 
 field or two to grd.-cf his cows, with a garderj and 
 orchard. i;i.-/.'. 
 
 Gra'zer. n. f. [from gra%e.'\ One 
 that grazes or feeds on grafs. 
 
 His Bock daily crops 
 Their verdant dinner from the molTy-tiirf 
 Sufficient : after them tlic cackling goofe, 
 Clofe grazer, finds wherewith to c.ife her want. 
 
 Philips. 
 
 Gra'zier. n.f. [from^rrjzf.] One who 
 feeds cattle. 
 
 All graziers prefer their cattle from meaner 
 pafturcs to better. B«cc», 
 
 Gentle peace, which fiflcft the hufbandnian's 
 barns, the grazier 's folds, and the tradefman's 
 (hop. Hoiuel, 
 
 His confufion increafed wlien he found tlie 
 alderman's father to be a grazier. Spc^a/tr. 
 
 Of agricultuie the dcfolarion made in the 
 country by engroffiAg graziers, and the gieat 
 yearly importation of corn fiom England, are 
 lamentable inflaiiccs under what difcouragemcnt 
 it lies. Stvift, 
 
 GREASE. «. /. rir'-«#> Trench.] 
 
 8
 
 G R E 
 
 G R E 
 
 r. The foft part of tUe fat; the oUy or 
 unAuous part of animals. 
 
 Greaft, that 's fweaten 
 From the murtli'icr's gibbet, throw 
 In.o the flame. Shalffcr.'s M.^rh'h 
 
 To take out a fpoC of grea/e they ufe a coal 
 upon brown paper. Bac.«'^ Natural H,Jhrj. 
 
 Thou hop'ft, with facrificeof oxe.i flain, 
 To compafs wealth, and bribe tlre god of ga,n 
 To give thee flocks and herds, with large en- 
 
 Fool' to expcfl them from a bullock s grf^/^. 
 
 JJrydcn'! Juijrna!. 
 
 A girdle, foul with gn^fi, binds his obfcene 
 
 attire. ^'r'"'- 
 
 - fin horfemanmip.] A fwelling and 
 
 " gourdinefs of the legs, which happens 
 
 to a horfe after a journey, or by ftanding 
 
 long in the ftable. 
 
 To Grease, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To fmear or anoint with greafe. 
 
 2. To bribe ; to corrupt wltli prefents. 
 
 Envy not ihe Itore 
 Of the Frf<j!'.l advocate that grinds the poor. 
 
 * Drj,kn\ Virfms. 
 
 Gre'asiness. n.f. [ixoTagraife.] OIH- 
 
 nefs ; fatnefs. 
 
 Upon the mofl of thefe flones, after tV>ey are 
 cut, there appears always, as it were, a kmd ot 
 gnafimji or u.ifluofuy. -'".>■''■ 
 
 Gre'asy. adj. [ixom g>eafe.'\ 
 i. Oilyi fat; unCluous. 
 
 The fiagmcnts, fcraps, the bits and grtojj re- 
 liques 
 Of her o'ercatcn faith. Shaifpeare. 
 
 J. Smeared with greafe. 
 
 Even the lewd rabble 
 Govcrn'd their roaring throats, and grumbled 
 
 pity : 
 I could have hugg'd the grcafy rogues; they 
 pleafc'l me. "'■"""' 
 
 Buy Ihcep, and fee that they be big-boned, 
 and have a foft,g.M/y, well curled clofe wool 
 
 Mortimer's Hujlia/nlrj. 
 
 «. Fat of body; bulkv : in reproach. 
 
 Let 's confult together ngainft this g'^/v 
 knight. Shal.fl.ra,l. 
 
 GREAT, adj. [spear, Sason ; groot, 
 
 Dutch] 
 I. Large in bulk or number. 
 
 Judas one of the twelve came, and with him 
 
 3 grrnl mullitude with fworris and ft.ivcs. M.it. 
 
 All thefe ritie'^ were fenced with high wal.s, 
 
 rates and bars, befulcs unw-lkd towns a great 
 
 m.my. D,:t.ror.omy . 
 
 Elemental airdiffu'i'd 
 In circuit to ihe uitcrraoll convex 
 Of this ^rtat round. , r /"' 
 
 And G'.d created the ^rtat whales. Millo". 
 A dungeon horril le, on all fides round, 
 As one great furnace fliTi'd. M.'un. 
 
 The talkO pine 
 H'jwnjor Norwegian hilis, to he the maft 
 Of feme ^r,„t admiral. Mi'tQi: 
 
 J. Having any tjuality in a high degree. 
 Ti-ere we^e ihey mfw/ fear. Pfa'^.t 
 
 Their pow'r was ^/'-ft. Mi'ton. 
 
 Great triumph and rejoicing was in heav'n. 
 
 Mittert. 
 Charms f.ich as thine, inimiiahly^rcn/ 
 He onlv coiiM cxprcfs. Br,tv,e^ 
 
 3. Having number or bulk, relative or 
 comparative. 
 
 Thf idea of To much is pofitive and clear : the 
 idea of e^re.iter is alfo clear, but it is but a com- 
 parative idea. Licke. 
 
 4. Confiderable in extent or duration. 
 
 Thou hall Ipoktn of thy fcrvauts houfe for 9 
 great while to comc i Stmutl. 
 
 5. Impoitaiitj weighty. 
 
 Make fuie 
 Her favours to thee, and the 2_trat oath take 
 With which the blcifcd gods ailurance make. 
 
 Chtt^irttan. 
 
 Many 
 Have broke their backs with laying manors on 
 
 them. 
 For this great journey. Shakffeare' i Henry vlll. 
 
 What is lowrail'e and fupport, 
 That to tl e height of this g'e^t argument 
 1 may affcrt eternal Providence, 
 And vindicate the ways of God to men. Mdtin. 
 
 On fome gi far charge employ'd 
 He feem'ri, or fix'd in cogitation deep. Mdton. 
 
 By experience of l\\\i gnat event, 
 In arms not worfe. Miltc. 
 
 After filence then, 
 And fummons read, the great confult began. 
 
 Mill'JK. 
 
 And though this be a great truth, if it be im- 
 partially confidcred, yet it is alfo a great paradox 
 to men of corrupt minds and vitious piaflices. 
 
 Tilhtjon. 
 
 6. Chief; principal. 
 Hear the king's plcafurc, cardinal, who com- 
 mands you 
 
 To render up the great feal piefently. Shakffeare. 
 
 7. Venerable; adorable; awful. 
 Thou firft art wont God's great authentick wil', 
 
 Interpreter, through higheft heav'n to bring. 
 
 ' MUton. 
 
 S. Wonderful; marvellous. 
 
 Great things, and full of wonder. A/.7r««. 
 
 9. Of high rank ; of large power. 
 Sucli men as he be nevei at heart's cale, 
 Whilll liiey behold a greater than themfelves. 
 
 'Shaifpeare's 'JuHui Vafar, 
 Worthieft by being good, 
 Far more than great or high. Milton. 
 
 Of all thc^rfar how few 
 Are juft to heav'n, and to their promife true I 
 
 Pope's Oilyjfey. 
 Misfortune made the throne her feat, 
 And none could be unhappy but Ihc great. Rau-e. 
 
 Dcfpife the farce of ftare. 
 The fober follies of the wife and grrat. Tape. 
 
 The marble tombs that tile on high, 
 Whofe dcid in vaulted arches lie; 
 Thcie, all the poor remains of ftate. 
 Adorn the rich, or praife the gnat. Farm-!. 
 
 10. General; extenfive in confequenc^ or 
 
 influence. 
 
 Pro'ifick humour foftning all her globe, 
 Fermented the great mother to conceive. Milton. 
 
 11. Illullrious; eminent; noble; excellent. 
 O Lord, Ihou ait gnat, and thy name is 
 
 gre.ir in might. J"''"'"''- 
 
 "[\\e great Creator thus rcply'd. Mtiton. 
 
 Thegrrar Son tetutn'd 
 Viflorious with his faints. Miltm. 
 
 Fair angel, thy deliic that tends to know 
 The works of Cod, thereby to glorify 
 The great woik-mafler, tends to no exccfs 
 That' reaches blame . ^Ultin. 
 
 Great are thy works Jehovah, infinite 
 Thy pow'r! what iliought can meafuie thee, or 
 
 tongue 
 Relate thee ! greater now in thy return. 
 Than from the giant angels : thee that day 
 Tliy thunders magnified, hut to crcite 
 Is tt'eater than created to riellroy. Miltin. 
 
 TiK great luminary. 
 Aloof the vulgar conlicllations thick, 
 That from his lordly eye keep diltance due, ^ 
 Diipenfis lis; ht from fir \hdo„. 
 
 HercCefir grac'd with both Mintr\as flioix, 
 Cefar, the world's great mailer, and his own, 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 Siipio, 
 Great in his triumpns, in letirement great. Pope 
 12. Grand of afped; of elevated mien. 
 
 Such Dido was; with I'uch becoming flatc, 
 Amidft the crowd, (he walks ferenely great. 
 PiyJm's yirgil. 
 
 G R E 
 
 13. Magnanimous ; generous ;h!gh minded. 
 
 In her every thing was goodly and flaiely ; yet 
 fo, that it might teem that great mindedncl's wa« 
 but the ancicnl-hcarer to the humhlenels. Suiriey. 
 
 v^. Opulent; fumptuous; magnificent. 
 
 Not Babylon, 
 Nor great Alcairo, fuch magnificence 
 Equall'd in all their glories. Milton. 
 
 He difdained not 10 appear at great tables and 
 feflival entertainments. Atterhmy. 
 
 15. Intellcftuaily great ; fublime. 
 
 This new created world, how good, how fair, 
 Anfwering his gieat idea. Miltm, 
 
 16 Swelling; proud. 
 
 Solyraan perceived that Vienna was rot to be 
 won with words, nor the defendants to be dif- 
 couragcd with g/fa/ looks; wheicfoie he began 
 to batter the walls. Knolles, 
 
 17. Familiar; much acquainted. Alow 
 word. 
 
 Thofe that would not cenfurc, or fpeak ill of 
 a man immediately, will talk moie boldly of 
 thofe that are great with them, and thereby 
 wound their honour. £a:ox, 
 
 18. Pregnant; teeming. 
 His eye? fotnetimcs even great with tears. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Their bellies great 
 With fwelliiig vanity, bring forth deceit. Sandyt. 
 
 This fly, for molt he llings in heat of day. 
 From cattle great with young keep thou away. 
 
 Mav's VirgiK 
 
 19. It is added in every ftep of afcending 
 or dcfccnding confanguinity: as great 
 grandfon is the fon of my grandfon. 
 
 I dare not yet affirm for the antiqu ty of our 
 language, that our great -great -great grandfircs 
 tongue cam'e out of Pcrfia. Camden. 
 
 Wh.at we cMgreat great giaiidfatherthey called 
 foithafider. Cam.ten'i Remains. 
 
 Their holyday-eloaths go from father to fon, 
 and are fcld'om worn out till the fecond or third 
 generation; fo that 'tis common enough to fee a 
 countryman in the doublet and breeches of his 
 great grandfather. AiUifon. 
 
 20. Hard; difficult; grievous. A pro- 
 verbial expreffion. 
 
 It is no great matter to live lovingly with good 
 natured and meek perfons. Taylor's De^•olior.. 
 
 Great. «. /. [from the adjeClive.] The 
 whole; the grofs; the whole in a lump. 
 
 To let out thy harveft by great or by day, 
 Let this by experience lead thee the way. 
 By great will deceive tiiee with ling'ring it out, 
 By day will difpatch. Taker's HuJhanJry. 
 
 It were behovcful, for the llrength of the 
 navy, that no (hips (liould be buiidcd by the 
 great ; for by daily experience they arc found to 
 be weak and impcrfea. Raleigh's EJfays. 
 
 He did at length fo many (lain forget, 
 And loll the tale, and took them by the great. Dryd. 
 
 C.irpcnters build an houfe by the great, and 
 ate agreed for the fuin of money. Moxon. 
 
 I let afide one day in a week for lovers, and 
 interpret by the gieat for any gentlewoman who 
 is turned of li>.iy. A.Uifon. 
 
 Gre'atbellied. adj. [great nni belly. ^ 
 Pregnant; teeming. 
 
 GriaiheHirJ women. 
 That had not half a week to go, like rams 
 In the old time of war, would Ihake the prcfs. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 A greathfllied woman, walking through the 
 
 city ill' the day-time, had her child ftriick out of 
 
 her womb, and cariied half a furlong from her. 
 
 IfUkius' Math. Magick. 
 
 To GaK' AT EN. f. a. [U-om great. '\ To 
 
 aggrandize; to enlarge; to magnify. 
 
 Little ufed. 
 
 After Ihey fought to grf.i/f« themfelves in Italy 
 itfclf. uling llrangers for the commanders of their 
 armies, the Turks by degrees beat them out of all 
 their goodly counttits. Raleigh. 
 
 I
 
 G R E 
 
 A favourite's hufinefs is to pleafe his king, a 
 minillcr's \o gretiten and exalt him. Kin. 
 
 Gke athea'rted. adj. [great znd. heart. '\ 
 Higli-fpirited; undejcctecl. 
 
 Tiic carl, as ^^lemheiirfed as lie, declared thai 
 he neither cared fur his friciidlhip, nor feared his 
 hatred. CUrcmhn. 
 
 Gre'atly. adv. \i\OTa great.'\ 
 
 1. In a great degree. 
 
 Tiiy lorruw I will greatly multiply. Millon. 
 
 2. Nobly; illulliioiifly. 
 
 Yet London, emprels of the northern clinne, 
 By an liigh fate thovi gtcaiiy didft cxpiie. Dtyd. 
 
 3. Majjiiaiiimoiilly; generoufly; bravely. 
 
 Wlicre a-c thefc bold uitrcpid Tons of war, 
 That^/-crtr/>' turn their haeics upon the foe, 
 And to their general fend a brave defiance? 
 
 .^dJifon\ Ciiiu. 
 Gre'atness. n. /. [itom great. '\ 
 
 1. Largenefs of quantity or number. 
 
 2. Comparative quantity. 
 
 \Vc can have no pofitivc idea of any fpace or 
 duration, which is not made up of and commen- 
 furatc to repeated numbers of feet or yards, or 
 days or, years, and whereby we judge of the 
 greiifriefi of thefe Ibrt of qu;intities. Locke. 
 
 All ablcnt good dues not, according to the 
 grsaintf% it has, or is acicnowledged to have, caufc 
 pain equal to that greatucjij as all pain caufes 
 defire equal to itfelf; becaufc theabfence of good 
 is not always a pain, as the prefence of pain is. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 3. High degree of any quality. 
 
 Zeal, in duties, fliould he proportioned to the 
 ^rifff/ffe/V of the reward, and the certainty. Rogiti. 
 
 4. High place; dignity; power; influence; 
 empire. 
 
 The mort fervilc flattery is lodged moft eafily 
 in the grotieft capacity; for there ordinaiy conceit 
 draweth a yielding to gieatnefsy and then have 
 ihcy not wit to difcern the rignt degrees of dury. 
 
 Srif:€y. 
 Farcwtl, a long farcwel to all my grentr^ej'i. 
 
 Shakf^eate. 
 So many 
 As will to greatnefi dedicate thcmfkjlves. Shj'cfp. 
 
 I beg your greainefi not to give the law 
 In other realms; but beaten, to withdraw. 
 
 Dryden'i j^neid. 
 Approaching^ r/ra/wfyj met him with her charms 
 Of pow'r and future liate; 
 
 He (hook her from his arms. Drydert. 
 
 Themiftocles raifed the Athenians to their 
 grcittficfs at fea, which he thought to be the true 
 and couilant intcrelt of that commonwealth. 
 
 Siuifi. 
 J. Swelling pride; affefled ftate. 
 
 My lord would have you know, that it is not 
 of pride or greatncfs that he cometh not aboard 
 your (hips. Bacon. 
 
 6. Merit; magnanimity; noblenefsof mind. 
 
 Oieatficji of mind and nubienefs their feat 
 Build in her lovclieft. Miltoji. 
 
 7. Grandeur; iiate; magnificence. 
 
 Gretttnefi with Timon dwells in fuch a draught, 
 As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. 
 
 I'cpe. 
 Gre.we. Ji.yl [jjitcp, Saxon.] A grove. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 Yrt when there haps a honey-fall, 
 We'll lick the firupt leaves, 
 
 And tell the bees that theirs is gall 
 To that upon the guaiiei. M. D/aytcn. 
 
 Greavfs. n. f. [ircim greves, French.] 
 Armour for the legs; a lort of boots. It 
 wants the fingular number. 
 He had grciivc! of brafs upon his legs, i 5(im. 
 A (hield make for him, and a helm, fair 
 gten^'c^, ;ind curets fuch 
 As ma)- renown thy workraanfhip, and honour 
 him as much. Chctpimm^i Iliads. 
 
 Gre'cism. ti.f. [^gracifmus, Latin.] An 
 idiom of the Greek language. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 G R E 
 
 Gree. h. /. [grc, French; probaWy 
 horn gratia.'] Good-will; favour; goo J 
 graces. 
 
 And falling her before on lowly knee, 
 To her m.ikes prel'cnt of his fervicc feen, 
 Which (he .nccepts with thanks and goodly grre. 
 
 Sfenfcr. 
 
 Greece, n.f. [corrupted from degrees. 
 It is written likewife greeze or grice."} 
 A fliglit of Reps. Obfolete. 
 Ev'iy g'eece of fortune 
 Is fmothcr'd by that below. Sliakfptare. 
 
 After the procelTion, the king himfclf remain- 
 ing feated in the quire, the lord archbilhop,^ upon 
 the j;rtii-t of the quire, made a long oration. 
 
 Bac'^n'i Henry VII. 
 
 Gre'edily. fl(/f. [irom greedy .] Eagerly; 
 ravenoully ; voracioufly; with keen appe- 
 tite or dcfirc. 
 
 GtcedUy (he engoig'd without reftraint. Milton. 
 
 He fwallow'd it as greedily 
 As parched earth drinks rain. Denham. 
 
 Ev'n deadly plants, and herbs of poifnous juice, 
 Wild hunger fecks; and to prolong our breath, 
 V^e greedily devour our certain death. Dryden. 
 
 Gre'ediness. ti.f. \_hom greedy.] Ra- 
 venoufnefs ; voracity; hunger; eager- 
 nefs of appetite or defire. 
 
 Fox in Health, wolf in gretiintft. Shakfpeart. 
 
 Thither with all greedinefi of affeiftion are they 
 gone, and there they intend to fup. Shakfpeare. 
 
 If thou weit the wolf, thy grecdir.ejs would af- 
 file thee. Shakjpeare's Timon. 
 
 I with the fame greedlnefi did feek. 
 As water when I thirft, to fwallow Greek. 
 
 Deniiam. 
 
 GRE'EDY. adj. [gnasbig. Sax. graaa'ig, 
 
 Danllh ; gretig, Dutch.] 
 I. Ravenous; voracious; hungry. 
 
 As a lion that is greedy of his prey. PJahm. 
 Be not unfaciable in any dainty thing, nor too 
 greedy upon meats. Ecclus, 
 
 He made the grrc.fy ravens to be Elias's cate- 
 rers, and bring him food. ^'"g Charla. 
 Z. Eager ; vehemently defirous. It is now 
 commonly taken in an ill fenfe. 
 
 Greedy to know, as is the mind of man. 
 Their caufe of death, fwift to the firc-(he ran. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 The ways of every one that is greedy of gain. 
 
 Prvi'erhs. 
 
 Stern look'd the fiend, as fruftrate of his will, 
 
 Not half fuffic'd, ani greedy yet to kill. Dryden. 
 
 While the reaper fills Wii greedy hands', 
 And binds the golden (heaves in brittle bands. 
 
 Diydeit'i Virgil. 
 
 How fearful would he he of all greedy and un- 
 
 jufl: ways of raifing their fortune .' Latu. 
 
 GREEN, adj. [_f>-wn, German ; groen, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. Having a colour formed commonly by 
 compounding blue and yellow ; of the 
 colonr of the leaves of trees or htvbs. 
 The green colour is faid to be moll fa- 
 vourable to the fight. 
 
 The general coUut of plants is green, wliich is 
 
 a colour that no flower is of: there is a greenifh 
 
 piimrofe, but it is pale and Icarce a^,Y£;/. Bacon. 
 
 Groves lor ever ^rffw. Pope. 
 
 2. Pale; fickly : from which we call the 
 maid's difeafe the ^frccH-ficknefs, or 
 chlorofts. Like it is Sappho' s ^>,i^^iTi^7i 
 V'j^ot:. 
 
 Was the hope drunk 
 V\' herein you dre(V yourfelf Hath it flept fince ? 
 And wakes it now to look lb green and pale 
 At what it did fo freely .' Sliakfpeare'i Macb'lh. 
 There 's never any of thefe demure boys come 
 to any proof: they fall into a kind of mAe green 
 fickncfs. Skukjpeiiri') Henry iv. 
 
 G R E 
 
 Till the green fickncfs and lov's force 1-ctray'd 
 To dciitii's rcmorfclcfs arms th' unhaj..py maid. 
 
 Carlh. 
 
 ^. Flourifliinjr ; fafli ; undecayed : from 
 trtes in fpring. 
 
 If I hsvc any where faid a green old age, I 
 have ViryiTs authotity ; Scd cruJa dco •viri'Uffiue 
 fcHfilut. Dryden. 
 
 4. New ; frcfli : as, a green wound. 
 
 The door is open, fir; there lie? your way : 
 You may be jugging while your boots arc g'^en. 
 
 Shakfpeare . 
 Griefs nre green ; 
 And all thy friends, which thou muft make thy 
 
 friends, 
 Have but their lUngs and teeth newly ta'cn out. 
 
 ahal-fpeari. 
 
 In a vault, 
 
 Where bloody Tybalr, yet huX green in earth. 
 
 Lies fcrtcring in hi.s blood. Shakfpeare, 
 
 A man that Itudicth revenge kccpcih his owa 
 
 wounds ^tecrtf wlticli othciwife would heal and 
 
 do well. Baccn's Effnyx, 
 
 I might dilate on the temper of the people, the 
 
 power, arts, and intcreft uf the contrary parly, 
 
 but thofe aie invidious topicks, 100 giee-n in our 
 
 remembrance. T)ryden, 
 
 5. Not dry. 
 
 If a fpark of erior have thus f:ir prevailed fall- 
 ing even where tlie wood was grcn, and fartheft 
 off from any inclination unto furious attempts; 
 muft njt the peril thereof be greater in men, 
 whofc minds are of thcmfclves as dry fcwcl, ape 
 beforehand unto tumults ? Hbokerj Dedicatiott, 
 
 Bemg an olive tree 
 Which late he felTd ; and bt'm% greene^ mu(t be 
 Made lighter for his manage. Cliap:*jrt. 
 
 Of fragility the caufe is an impotency to be ex- 
 tended, and theiefore Hone is more fragil than 
 metal, and fo dry wood is more fragil xhziw green. 
 Bacon % l^aeitrai Bifi^ry, 
 
 If you hut confiJer a piece of g^een wood 
 burning in a chimney, you will readily difcern, 
 in the difbandcd parts of it, the four elements. 
 
 Boyie. 
 
 The green do often heat the ripe, and the ripe, 
 ^0 heated, give fire to the green. Mortimer, 
 
 6. Not roafted ; half raw. 
 
 Under this head we may rank thofe words 
 whirh fignify ditferctir ideas, by a fort of an un- 
 accountable far-letchcd analogy, or diliaiu rc- 
 ftrnblance, that fancy has introduced between 
 one thing and another; as wlien we fay the 
 meat is gfsen when it is half roafted. ifatis, 
 
 7. Unripe; immature; young: becaufc 
 fruits are green before they are ripe. 
 
 My fallad days, 
 When I was green in judgment, cold in blood \ 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 O charming youth, in the firft op'ning page ; 
 So many gr.;ces in fo gree'i an age. D>yden, 
 
 You'll find a difference 
 Between the promifc of his greener days, 
 And thefe he mafters now. Shakfpeare, 
 
 If you would fdt green geefe, (hut them up 
 when they are about a month old. Moithner, 
 
 Stubble gecfe ai Mich:ielmas are feen 
 Upon the fpit, next May produces gnen. 
 
 King's Ccokery\ 
 
 Grekn. n.y. 
 
 I. The green colour; green colour of 
 different fliadcs. 
 
 Her mother hrah intcnde.-J, 
 Thar, quaint in gr.-i-rt, flic fhall be loots enrob'tf, 
 
 Sha^fj^eare. 
 But with your prefence cheer'dj they ceafr. to 
 mourn, 
 And walks wear freiher green at your return, 
 
 Vryden. 
 Cinnabar illuminated by this beam, appears of 
 tlic fame red colour as In day liglit ; and if at tkc 
 lens you intercept the greeri making and blue 
 making rays, its rcdnels will become more full 
 and livel)', ^e'wtm*s 0}tisku 
 
 5Q
 
 G R E 
 
 G R E 
 
 Let us but confider the two colours of yellow 
 and blue ; if they are mingled together in any 
 confiderablc proportion, they make agr«;7. 
 
 frutti Log^ck. 
 
 2. A eraffy plain. 
 
 For this down-trodden equity, we tread 
 In warlike mnrch thefc greats before your town. 
 
 S/luiJl'Carc. 
 
 O'er the fmooth cnamcU'd green, 
 Where no print of lUp hath been, 
 Follow me as I fing. ^'''""'■ 
 
 The vouns;Emilia, fairer to b€fcen 
 Than the l".:;r lilly on the flow'ry grre,,. Drytien. 
 <j Leaves : branches ; wreatlis. 
 
 With gricu and How'rs recruit their empty 
 
 And feekfrelh forage to fuftain their lives. 
 
 Dr\iich i VirgU. 
 Ev'17 brow with cheerful gw is crown'd; 
 The fcafts are doubled, and the bowls go round. 
 
 Diyth'n, 
 
 The fragrant gnci I feek, my brows to bind. 
 
 Vrydcn. 
 
 To Green, ni. a. [from the noun.] To 
 ir.ake green, A low word. 
 Great fpring before 
 ' Gifcni .ill the year; and fruits and bloflbms 
 blulh'd 
 In I'ocial Iwcetnefs on the felf-fame bough.^ 
 
 Th'itttfon^ i Sprtr:g. 
 
 Gre'enbroom. n.f. [cyti/o gent/Ira, Lat.] 
 A flirub. J^^'l^"'- 
 
 Gre'enci.oth. ti.f. Aboard or court 
 of jtiflice held in the countiiig-houfe of 
 the king's houlhold, for the taking 
 co<Tnizance of all matters of government 
 smdjulUce within the king's court-royal; 
 and for correciing all the fervants that 
 
 fliall oiTend. ■^''''• 
 
 For tV.e gref.ckth law, take it in the larg< il 
 fenfe, I have no opinion of it. B.uQn. 
 
 Gre'eneved. fl^'. [gieen zi\i. eye.'] Hav- 
 ing eves coloured with green. 
 
 Doubtful thoughts, and ra(h-cmbrac'd dcfpair, 
 And fhudd'ting fear, and grieney\l\<Ld.\ouiy. 
 
 Shakjpeore. 
 
 Gre'enfiKCH, n.f. Ichlorls.] A kind 
 
 of bird. , . ■ 
 
 The chaffinch, grecrfi,:ci:, dormoufe, and other 
 fmall bisds, are injurious to fomc fruits. 
 
 Mortimct . 
 
 Gre'enflsh. n.f. [<7/f//«.r, Latin.] A 
 
 kind of fi(h. A'wfjjorlh. 
 
 Gre'engage. n.f A fpecies of plum. 
 
 Gre'enhouse. n.f. [green znd /.'oafe.} 
 
 A houfe in which tender plants are 
 
 Iheltered from the weather. 
 
 if the I'eafoii prove exceeding piercing, which 
 you may know by the freezing of a moiftened 
 cloth fet in your grecnlmife, kindle fome chaicoal. 
 Evclvu'j K.ilc'iihr. 
 Sometimes our road led us into feveral hollow 
 ap.irtments among the rocks and mountains, that 
 louk 1 ke fo many natural grecnhouja, as being 
 ;il\vays (haded with a great variety of trees and 
 (hrubs that never lofc their verdure. AiUi/ov. 
 
 A kitchen garden is a more plcafant fight than 
 the fineit orangeiy or aitificialgrrfWiev/.;. Spel}. 
 Gre'enish. atlj. [from green.] Some- 
 what green ; tending to green. 
 
 With goodly grccniji locks, all loofe, unty'd, 
 As each had been a biirle. Sfmfcr. 
 
 Of this order the green of all vegetables fcems 
 to be, partly by reafon of the inteofencls of their 
 colours, and partly becaufe, when they wither, 
 fomc of tiicm turn to a grienijli yellow. Ne-uiton. 
 Gre'eh'.y. adv. [from^/c^n.J 
 i. Witlra greenifh colour. 
 
 2. Newly; fredily. 
 
 3. Immatutely. 
 
 4. "Waniy ; timidij'. Not in ufe. 
 
 Kate, I cannot look g'cinlf, nor gafp out my 
 eloquence ; nor have 1 cunning in protcllation. 
 
 Shakjpeate'i Henry v. 
 
 Gre'enness. n.f. [from^(vcn.]_ 
 
 1. The.quality of being green; vhidity; 
 viridnels. 
 
 About it grew fuch fort of trees, as cither ex- 
 cellency of fruit, ftatelincfs of growth, continual 
 grccniiefi or poetical fancies have made at any 
 time famous. -^'■'"''.i'- 
 
 In a meadow, tiiough the meer gials and 
 gycenmfs delights, yet the variety of flowers doth 
 ■heighten and beautify. 1^'" J""/^"- 
 
 My reafon, which difcourfcs on what it finds 
 in my phantafy, can confider gifc/iwr/i l>y itfelf, 
 or raellownefs, or fweetncfs, or coldncfs, fingly 
 and aljiie by itfelf. iJ'gh <>" ^''<'"- 
 
 2. Immaturity; unripenefs. 
 This prince, while yet the errors in his nature 
 
 were excufed bv the greenncft of his youth, which 
 took all the fault upon itfelf, loved a private 
 man's wife. _ ^''^"O- 
 
 3. Frefhnefs ; vigour. 
 Take the pifturc of a man in the gmnvrfs and 
 
 vivacity of his youtii, and in the latter date and 
 dccl^lion of his drooping years, and you wili 
 fcarce know it to belong to tlie lame perfon. 
 
 i'cw/rt. 
 
 4.. Nevvnefs. 
 
 Gre'ensiCkness. n.f. [grren T.nd Jci- 
 nefs.] The difcafe of maids, fo called 
 fiom the palenefs which It produces. 
 
 Sour cruflations, and a craving appetite, cf- 
 
 pccially of teueftiial and abforbent loblt.mccs, 
 
 arc thecafe of gir.s in xhc greenjicinejs. jirbuthat. 
 
 Ore'eNsward. In.f. IgreenznA/tvarJ: 
 
 Greensword.3 of the fame original 
 
 wilXifwath.] The turf on which grais 
 
 grows. 
 
 This is the prettied low-born Ufs that ever 
 Ran on the g,ecnfw!.rj. Shakfpeare. 
 
 After break their fa ft 
 On ffreenhuei d graunA, a cool and grateful tafte. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 . In fliallow foils all is gravel within a few inches; 
 
 and lometiraes in low ground a thin grcenf-.varj, 
 
 and iloughy underneath; which lafl turns all into 
 
 I-K. . , , *'^''/''- 
 
 Gre'enweed. n. f. [green aiut iveecl.\ 
 
 Diers weed. 
 Gre'enWOOd. n. f. [green and wocfl.'] 
 A wood confidered as it appears in _ the 
 fpring or fummer. It is fometimes 
 vtfed as one word. 
 Among wild herbs under the greenwou! fnade. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 It happcn'd on a fummer's holiday, 
 That to the greenw.cd ih.ide he took his way ; 
 For Cymon fhunn'd the church. Vryden. 
 
 To GREE'T. -v. a. [gralor, Latin ; ^-.i- 
 tan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To addrefs at meeting. 
 I think if men, which in thcfe places live, 
 
 Durfl look in thcmfclves, and themfclves retrieve, 
 They would like litangers^rcf/ themlelves. 
 
 Dome. 
 I would gladly go, 
 To greet my Pallas with fuch news below. 
 
 Drydin'i j£neid. 
 
 2. To addrefs in whatever manner. 
 
 My noble partner 
 You greet with prcfcnt grace, and great predic- 
 
 To me you fpeak not. Shakfpcare'i Macbeth. 
 
 Now, Thomas Mowbray, do [ tiirti to thee, 
 And maik my greeting well ; for what I fpe.ik, 
 My body Ihail make good. S/:al-fp. Kic'mdii. 
 3. To falute in kindnefs or rcfpccl. 
 
 My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet 
 yoj 
 —God blcfs your grace with health and happy 
 days. Shakjfcan. 
 
 G R E 
 
 Now the herald lark 
 Left his ground nell", high tow'ring to defcry 
 The morn's approach, and g>(« her with hisfong. 
 
 Milton, 
 Once had the early matrons run 
 To orcct her of a lovely fon. Millott. 
 
 Tnc Cca 's our own : and now all nations greet. 
 With bending fails, each vcffcl of our fleet. 
 
 trailer. 
 Thus pale they meer, their eyes with fury burn : 
 None greets; for none the greeting will return ; 
 But in dumb furlinefs, each arm'd with care. 
 His foe proleft, as brother of the war. Diyden. 
 .4.. To congratulate. 
 
 His lady, feeing all that channel from far, 
 Approacht in haftc to gmt his viaorie. Sfen/ir. 
 
 5. To pay compliments at a diftance. 
 The king 's a-bcd. 
 
 And fent great largefs to your officers : 
 
 Tnis diamond he greets your wife withal, 
 
 By the name of moft kind hortefs. Shakfpearr. 
 
 6. To meet, as thofe do who go to pay 
 congratulations. Not much in ufe. 
 
 Your hafte 
 Is now urg'd on you. 
 
 We \\\\\ greet the time. Siakfpear,; 
 
 To Greet, v. n. To meet and falute. 
 Thcie greet in filence, as the dead are wont. 
 And fleep'in peace. Skakfpcare. 
 
 Such was that face on which I dwelt with joy. 
 Ere Greece alTembled ftcm'd the tides to Troy ; 
 But (!.uting then for that dctefted ftiore, 
 Our cvcf, un'.appy ! never sxfff./ more. Fcpe. 
 Gre'eter. n. /. [from the verb.] He 
 
 who giects. 
 Greeting, ti.f [from greet.] Saluta- 
 tion at meeting, or compliments at a 
 
 dillance. 
 
 I from him 
 Giveyoii all gr«.'/,'.^s, that a king, as friend. 
 Can fend his'hrothei-. SIrtkJp. IVinter's Tale. 
 
 Greece, n.f. [Otherwife written ^wre. 
 See Greece, or Gkieze, or Grice; 
 from degrees.] A flight of fteps ; a llep. 
 
 Gre'gal. adj. [grex,gregis,'L&\.m.] Be- 
 longing to a flock. i»/(7. 
 
 Grega'kious. adj. [gregurius, Latin.] 
 
 Going in flocks or herds, like flieep or 
 
 partridges. 
 No birds of prey are _?r<f:<ii'o.vj. _ A«v. 
 
 Gre'mial. adj. [^mim/m, Latin.] Per* 
 talning to the lap. Did. 
 
 GREN.A'DE. n.f. [from pomum grcma- 
 turn, Latin.] A little hollow globe or 
 ball of iron, or other metal, about two 
 inches and a half in diamcter,_ which, 
 being filled with fine powder, is fet on 
 fire by means of a fmall fufee faftened 
 to the touchhok ; as foon as it is kindled, 
 the cafe flics into many fiiatters, much 
 to the damage of all that Hand near. 
 
 Haryis. 
 
 Gre'nadier. n.f [grenadier, YKna\,^ 
 
 from gt-enade.] A tall footfoldier, ot 
 
 whom there is one company in every 
 
 regiment: fuch men bemg employed to 
 
 throiv grenades. 
 
 Peace allays the (hepherd's fear 
 Of wearing cap of grenadier. Gay's TajioraU. 
 
 Grena'do. «./ See Grenade. 
 
 Yet to cxprefs a Scot, to play that prize, 
 Not all tnofe. mouth irenad'n can fufiicc.^ 
 
 C/ea-neianii, 
 
 You may as well Irv to quench a flaming g'f- 
 
 nad^ with a flicll of fair water as hope to luecccd. 
 
 if alls., 
 
 Greut. «./ A kind of foffil body. 
 
 A fort of tin ore, with its gre:.t ; mat is, a 
 congeries of cryfials, or fp.itks of fp.u, ot the
 
 G R I 
 
 Hgpcfs of b.iyfalr, and of a brown ftiinlnj co- 
 lour ininicrfcd therein. Grtw'i M:.jxttm. 
 Grew. The pieterit of _f;&'w. 
 
 Tiic plcnfing talk he fails nut ly renew; 
 Soft ami more foft .it ^v'ry touch it gmu. 
 
 Dryd'.n. 
 
 Grey. adj. {^gris, French. More pro- 
 perly written ^r^Ty.] See Gray. 
 
 This .incicnt ruffi.\n,.lir, whofc lile I QiarM at 
 
 fuit of his g<ey bcaid. Skjtfpiaic'i King L;iii. 
 
 Our green youth copies what f^rcr (inncrs nift, 
 
 When venerable age commends the fa^t. llrjj.n. 
 
 Gre'yhouno. n.f. [j;|ii^him'o, Saxon.] 
 A tall Heet dog tir.u chafes in fight. 
 
 Vni m.iy a triilly g'V)'!'/v»iY tranifonii hinifc'.l 
 intoatygcr. Sidfuy. 
 
 So, on the downs we fee, near Wiltom'air, 
 A lialViicd hare from gieedy grtyhoit/uh go. 
 
 Sidnfy. 
 Th' impatient grf)7'»;/m/, (liplfrom far, 
 Bounds o'er the glebe to catch the fearful hare. 
 
 D.y.la:. 
 
 Grice. h. f. 
 
 1. A little pig. GoiilJmerii. 
 
 2. A Itep or gre£Tsc. 
 
 No, not a g'/cf ; 
 This a ficp to love. Sii.iifp. Tu-rlfik Nigh:. 
 
 To Guide, v. n. [grii/ar^, Itahan.] To 
 cut ; to make way by cutting. A word 
 elegant, but not in ufe. 
 
 His poignant fpcar he thruft with puifTantfway, 
 That through his thigh tlic mortal ftcel did gi/«/i-. 
 
 So fore 
 The griding fwcrri, with difcontinnous wound, 
 P.tfs'd through him .' Mr!:w\ Pur. L'.J} 
 
 Gri'dehn. n. f. A colour mixed of 
 vvhite and red. 
 
 The ladies drefs'd in rich fymarswere fccn. 
 Of Florence fatten, flow'id with white and green. 
 And for a Ihade betwixt the bloomy griM-hii. 
 
 VryJtfi'i Fabhi. 
 
 ■Gri'diron. n. f. [grind, lilandick, a 
 
 grate, and iroii.^ A portable grate on 
 
 which meat is laid to be broiled upon 
 
 the fire. 
 
 He had added two bars to the g'iJircn. SpcB. 
 
 Grief, n.f. [hom grieve ; grif,VJd\}\, 
 probably from the Englifh.] 
 
 1. Sorrow; trouble for fomething paft.- 
 
 I will inllruit my forrows to be pVoud j 
 For jwi/^y is proudj and makes his owner iVout. 
 
 S^t-tiffifore. 
 
 Wringing of the hands, knocking the Incn'.t, 
 are but the ceremonies ai forrow, tl\e pomp ant: 
 olient.ation of nn effeminate grSrf, whith fpt.-ik 
 not fo much the greatncfs of the mifeiy as iho 
 fmallnels of the mind. Siutii. 
 
 The n-other was fo affliflcd at the lofs of a fine 
 boy, who was her only fon, that ihe divd f.r 
 
 griif of it. A.ldif'^i:. 
 
 2. Giievance; hann. [grief, French.] 
 Not In ufe. 
 
 Be factious for redrefs of all thefe g'if, 
 And I will fet this foot of mine as far 
 As who goes fartheiK H/iutf^turc. 
 
 The king hath lent to know 
 The nature of your grief, and wi-.ereupon 
 Ydu conjure from the breaft of civil peace 
 Such bold holHIity? S i ii Iff curc'i Henry iv. 
 
 3. Pain; difeafe. Obfolete. 
 
 Grie'vance. n.f. [from griif.'] 
 
 1. A {late of nnealinefs. Out of ufe. 
 
 2. The caufe of uneanncfs. Ufed of fuch 
 caufes as sre the effects of human 
 conduft. 
 
 What rcme'dy can be found againrt gri,~t,ancr!, 
 but to bring religion into countenance, and en- 
 courage thole who, from the hope of future reward, 
 and dread of future ptniilbment, will be moved 
 to-juftice aiid iistegrity ? .S «..■'/. 
 
 G R I 
 
 r» GRIEVF. II. a. [^r«vr, ^French ; 
 gricvcr, Flcmilh ; gravis, Latin.] 
 
 1. To afflict ; to hurt. 
 
 For he duth not alHidl willingly, nor gritve llie 
 ciiitdren of men. Z,///v. 
 
 Forty years long was I grievsj with this gene- 
 ration. Ifdiin. 
 
 It repented the Loid that he had made man on 
 the earth, and it gri^vrd him :<t his heart. Ga. 
 
 Grini'dM the thoujht, he vow'd his whole en- 
 deavour 
 Should he to ?!ufc tholV breaches. R^trc. 
 
 2, To make fonowfiil. 
 
 When one man kills another, thinking that he 
 kilkth a wild bcaft; if the fame man rcnicmbicth 
 afrcrw^r'U what he hatli done, and is not gticx;cd 
 for the f.;(ft, in this^cafc he hath finned; becaul'e 
 ins not grieving is of^cnlivc unto God, though 
 the faC> were merely bclidcs his will. Perkins. 
 
 To Grieve. n>. v. To be in pain for 
 fomething pall ; to mourn ; to iorrow, 
 as for the death of friends. It has 
 foiTietimes at and fomctimes far before 
 the caufe of grief : perhaps at is proper 
 before our iiiisfortunCs, and for before 
 our faults. 
 
 Do not you grieTre at this, Skakfpc.'ire. 
 
 How didll rhou|:'/f7;c then, Adam, to behold 
 The end of all tiiy offspring end fo fad. Miltttn, 
 
 With eijual mind what happens let us bear; 
 Nor joy nor griive too niuch_/or things beyond 
 our care. Dryden. 
 
 Grie'vingly. adv. [from gricve.'\ In 
 forrow ; forrowfully. 
 
 Grin'ingiy, X think, 
 The peace between the Fieneh and us not values 
 Tl.e coll that did conclude it. Sh.tkf, Henry v iii. 
 
 GillE'V'OUS. adj. [gravis, Latin; or 
 from Tu grieve, j 
 
 1. Affliclive ; painful ; hard to be born. 
 
 To the Hcrii, as the apolHe himfelf granteth, 
 all aiHiifaon is naturally g'.'V^■o//i. Hooker. 
 
 Coired^ion is griez'om imro him that forfaketh 
 the way, and he that hateth reproof (hall die. 
 
 Proz'erbs. 
 
 2. Such as caufes forrow. 
 
 To own a great but gr;tz'o!ii truth, though they 
 quicken and Iharpen the invention, tlity corrupt 
 the temper. tl'titti. 
 
 3. F. xprefTing a great degree of uneallnefs. 
 
 He durit not dilobey, but lent grit-vom com- 
 plaints to the parliament of the ufage he was 
 forced to fubmit to. Clarendon. 
 
 4. Atrocious ; heavy. 
 
 Ir was 3grin-ous fault, 
 And grievouily hitli Csefar anfwer'd it. Shiikfp. 
 Crying fins I call thofe, which are fo heinous, 
 and in their kind fo griercus, that they haficn 
 God's judgments and call down for fpecdy \cn- 
 geanee upon the linner. Verkim. 
 
 5. Sometimes ufed adverbially in low 
 language. 
 
 He cannot come, my lord ; he "s grievotn fick. 
 
 S/takJpeitre, 
 
 Grie'vously. adv. [(xovl\ grievous. '\ 
 
 1 . Painfidly ; with pain. 
 
 Wide was the wound, and a large lukewarm 
 flood. 
 Red as the rofe, thence ^\.\{\\e:AgrievoiiJly, Spcnjer. 
 
 2. With difcontent ; with ill-will, 
 
 Gritfus perceiving how ^r;V'r;w/y7y the matter 
 was taken, with the danger he was in, began to 
 doubr. KnoHei. 
 
 3. Calamitoufly; miferably. 
 
 I fee how a number of fouls are, for want of 
 right information, oftentinrcs gr/rfcw/Ty vexed. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 4. Vexatimifly ; to a great degree of un- 
 eafinefs. 
 
 Houtes built in plains arc apt to h<i grieion/iy 
 aanoycd with mire and dii t. A'^_v »n t/'it Qrcalioi. 
 
 G R I 
 
 GeieVousvess. n.f. [{rom gr'itvou/.'] 
 Sorrow; pain; calamity. 
 
 They fled from the fsvoids, from the drawn 
 fword and from the bent bow, and from the 
 grievoifnef of war, Ijuiuk, 
 
 Gri'ffin. \ n.f. [This ihould rather be 
 (jRi'ffon, 3 written gryfon, or gryphon ; 
 gryps, 7^1)4. ; but it is generally written 
 gri^on.] A fabled animal, faid to be 
 generated between the lion and eagle, 
 and to have the head and paws of the 
 lion, and the wings of the eagle. 
 
 Of all bearing among thcfc winged creatures, 
 
 the grijfin is the moll ancient. I'tnchoni. 
 
 Arilicus, a poet of Proconcfus, affirmed, thjT 
 
 near the one-eyed nations gnjjim defended the 
 
 mines of gold. Brown. 
 
 Grig. n. f. [kride. Bavarian, a little 
 duck.] 
 
 1. It feems originally to have fignified 
 any thing below the natural fize. 
 
 2. A finall eel. 
 
 3. A inerry creature, [Suppofed fioni 
 Creek; grttculus feflivus, Latin,] 
 
 Hard is her heart as liint or ftunc. 
 She laughs to fee me pale ; 
 
 And merry as a grig is grown. 
 And brilk as bottle-ale, Siuif;, 
 
 To Grill, v. n. [grille, a grate, French.] 
 
 To broil on a orate or "ridiron. 
 Gri'llade. k, /. [from grill.] Any 
 
 thing broiled on the gridiron. 
 Ti Gri'lly. v. a. [from grill.] This 
 
 word fignifies, as it feems, to harafs ; 
 
 to hurt ; as we now fay, to roafl a man, 
 
 for to teafe hini. 
 For while we wrangle here and jar, 
 
 W' are grUlieJ all at Temple-bar, H'l.iiha!. 
 
 GRIM. adj. [gpimma, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Having a countenance of terrour ; 
 horrible ; hideous ; fright.'^ul. 
 
 The innocent prey in hafle he docs foifake, 
 Which quit from death, yet quakes in every ll.T.b, 
 With change of fear to fee the lion look In g'.'i. 
 
 Spenfr, 
 
 Grim Saturn yet remains, 
 
 Bound in thofe gloomy caves vt'ith adamantine 
 
 chains.- Di.tyton. 
 
 Thou halt a grim appearance, and thy face 
 
 Bears a command in 't. Sluikyearc'i Coriol.ums. 
 
 Their dear caufes 
 Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm 
 Excite the mortified man. S/mifpeure'i ^fac!/eti. 
 Whr-t if the breath that kindled ihofc grim 
 fires, 
 Awak'd, fiiould blow them into fevenfold rage ? 
 
 AiillM, 
 
 Expert to turn the fway 
 Of batrlcj open when and where to clofe 
 The ridges of ^^r.-M war. .M:'.'on's'P.ir. Lijf. 
 
 He that dares to die, ' 
 
 May laugh at the g-im face of law, and fcorn 
 Tiie cruel wrinkle of a tyrant brow. Den/i.im. 
 Their fwarthy bofts would darken all our 
 plains. 
 Doubling ti'.e native horrour of the war. 
 And making dei-.tli more grim. /IJJif-.r:. 
 
 2. Ugly; ill-looking. 
 
 Strait ilood up to him 
 Divine Ulyffcs; who with lookva exceeding grave 
 
 and grint, 
 
 This better check gave. C.iupm.i'!. 
 
 Grim vifag'd war jhad fmooth'd his wrinkl'd 
 
 front. Sli.ii/prnie. 
 
 Venus was like her mother; for hci father, is 
 
 but grim. Sh.ikfpearc. 
 
 Grima'ce. n.f. [French, f:am grim.'^ 
 I . A diftortion of the couiitenanca from 
 
 I habit, aficftation, or iiifulence. 
 5 <i.2
 
 G R I 
 
 He Iiad not fpar'd to (hcwhispiquesj 
 Againft th' haranguei's politicks, 
 With fmart remarks of leering faces, 
 And annotations uf gritnacei ! Hudibrat. 
 
 The favourable opinion and good word of men 
 comes oftentimes at a very cafy rate ; and by a 
 few demure looks and affedled whims, fet off 
 with fome odd devotional pofturci ^ni grimacn, 
 and fuch other little arts of diffimulation, cun- 
 ning men will do wonders. South's Sermans. 
 
 The buffosn ape, with grimarcs and gambols, 
 carried it from the whole tield. L'EJirange. 
 
 The French nation is addifled to grimace, 
 
 S^tilator. 
 
 2. Air of affeflation. 
 
 Vice in a vizzard, to avoid grin:nre, 
 Allows all freedom, but to fee the tice. Granville. 
 
 Grima'lkin. n.f. [gris, French, gray, 
 and malkin, or little Moll. Gray little 
 woman.] The name of an old cat. 
 
 Grimaikit:, todomeltick vermin fworn 
 Ji.n everlafting foe; with watchful eye 
 Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap, 
 Protending her fell claws, to tlioughtlcfs mice 
 Sure ruin. ^ yiulips. 
 
 Grime, n.f. [from^fc/m.] Dirt deeply 
 infuniated ; fuUying blacknefs not eafily 
 cleanfed. 
 
 Swart, like my (hoc, but lier face nothing fo 
 clean kept ; for why ? She fweats ; a man may 
 go over (hoes in \}ac grime of it. Shakjpeare. 
 
 CoUow is the word by which they denote black 
 griffie of burnt coals or wood. IT'of/Uward. 
 
 Yo Grime, v. a. [from the noun,] To 
 dirt ; to fully deeply. 
 
 My face V\\ grime with filth. 
 Blanket my loins, elf all my hair in knots. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Gri'mly. adv. [from^nm.] 
 
 1. Horribly; hideoufly ; terribly. 
 
 We' vc landed in ill time ; the Ikies look 
 grimly. 
 And threaten prefcnt blufters. Sliahfpcare. 
 
 So Pluto, fciz'd of Profcrpine, convey'd 
 To hell's tremendous gloum th' affrighted maid ; 
 There grimly fmil'd, pleas'd with the beauteous 
 
 priie, 
 Nor envy'd Jove his funfliine and his (kics. 
 AdMjm'i 
 
 2. Sourly, fuUenly. 
 
 Tiie augurs 
 Say they know nut; they cannot tell; look 
 
 grimly. 
 And dare not fpeak their knowledge. Shalfp. 
 Gri'mness. n.f. [from ^r;?n.] Horrour; 
 
 frightfuliicfs of vifage. 
 To GRIN. v. n. [jpenniai^, Saxon; grin- 
 v.in, rrrindm, Dutch, undoubtedly of the 
 fame origin with To grind, as we now 
 fay to grind the leeth ; griticer, French.] 
 1. To fet the teeth together and with- 
 draw the lips either in anger or in mirth. 
 
 Death, death ! oh, amLihlo, lovely death I 
 Gomegr/B on me, and I will think thou fmil'ft. 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 'What valour were it, when a cur dothgr/w. 
 For one to liull his hand between his teeth, 
 When he might fpurn him with his foot away. 
 
 iihakjpeare. 
 It was no unpleafsnt entertainment to me to 
 fee the various methods with which they have 
 attacked me; fome- with piteous moans and 
 outcries, others g«»i/«g, and only (hewing thcii 
 teeth. Still„.rffiel. 
 
 A lion's hide he wears : 
 About his (houlders h.ings the Ihaggy (kin ; 
 The teeth and gaping jaws fevereiy ^r/n. Dryden. 
 
 They neit'ner could defend, nor cm purfuc ; 
 But erinn'd their teeth, and caft a hclplels view. 
 * n.ydcn. 
 
 Madnefs, we fancy, gave an ill-tim'd birth 
 T« griani'ig laughter, and to frantick mirth, 
 
 rti<.r. 
 
 : Cato. 
 
 G R 1 
 
 Fools gr/« on fools, and Stoicklike fupport. 
 Without one figh, the pleafutes of a couit. 
 
 Young. 
 
 2. To fix the teeth as in anguidi. 
 
 I like not fuch s^rin'iing honour as (rr Waltei 
 hath : give me life, which if 1 can fave, fo ; il 
 not, honour comes unlook'd for, and there 's an 
 end. Shakfpearc^ i Henry I v. 
 
 Grik. n.f. [from the verb.] The atl of 
 clofing the teeth and fhowing them. 
 
 He laughs at him ; in 's face too. 
 • — O you miltake him ; 'twas an humble grin, 
 The fawning joy of courtiers and of dogs. DryJ. 
 
 The mulcles were fo drawn together on each 
 (ide of his face, that he (hewed twenty teeth at a 
 grin. ./Lidifon. 
 
 Deifts are effeftually beaten in all their com- 
 bats at the weapons of men, that is, reafon and 
 arguments ; and they would now attack our reli- 
 gion with the talents of a vile animal, that is, »'/« 
 and grimace. JVatti on the Mind. 
 
 What lords are tliofe fainting with a grin ? 
 One is juft out, and one is lately in. Young. 
 
 Grin. n.f. [gpyn, gypene, Saxon.] A 
 fnare ; a trap. 
 
 Like a bride that hafleth to his gryn? 
 Not knowinge the perile. Chancer. 
 
 The gr;>; Ihall take him by the heel, and the 
 robber (hall prevail againll him. y^''. 
 
 To GRIND. V. a. preter. I ground; pnrt. 
 paff. grounO'. [giiinban, gejpunbeu, 
 ground, Saxon,] 
 
 1. To reduce any thing to powder by 
 friflion ; to comminute by attrition. 
 
 And whofoevcr (hall fall on this (tone, (hall be 
 broken J but on whomfocver it (hall fall, it will 
 grind him to powder. Mat.'hcw. 
 
 He that will have a cake out of the whe.it, mull 
 needs tariy the grindi^ig. Sliakfpearc. 
 
 What relation or affinity is there between a 
 minute body and cogitation, any more than tin- 
 gieateli ? Is a fmall drop of rain any wifer than 
 the ocean r Oi do we grind inanimate corn intu 
 living and rational nrcal ? Bentlty's Sermons. 
 
 2. To (harpen or fmooth by rubbing on 
 fomething hard. 
 
 Meeting with time, fl.ick thing, faid I, 
 Thy fithe is dull ; whet it, for Ihame : 
 
 No marvel, fir, he did reply. 
 If it at length defcrve fome blame ; 
 But where one man would have me grind it 
 Twenty to one too Iharp do tind it. Herbert. 
 
 Againit a (lump his tulk the monftergr/Wj, 
 And in the (hatpen'd edge new vigour finds. 
 
 Vryden'i Fables. 
 
 3. To rub one againft another. 
 
 So up he let hnn rife ; wiio vi'ith grim look. 
 And count'nance licrn, upHaviding, 'gan logrind 
 His grated teeth for great difdain. Spenfer. 
 
 Harfli founds, as of a faw wiiert it is (harpened, 
 and gri'i.ling of one (lone a?.ainll another, make a 
 (hivering or horror in the body, and let the teeth 
 on edge. Bacori'i Natural Hijiory. 
 
 That the (lomach in animals grind; the fub 
 fiances which it receives, is evident from the dif- 
 fection of animals, which have fwallowed metals, 
 which have been found polilhed on the fide next 
 the Itom.ich. Arhuthnot on .AUmentz. 
 
 4. To harafs ; to opprefs. 
 
 Some merchants and tradefmen, under colo'-ir 
 of furnilhing the colony with necelTaries, may 
 not gi/'«./ them fo as lliall always keep them in 
 poverty. Baeon*s .-ddidce to Villiets. 
 
 Another way theSpaniards have taken lagrind 
 the Neapolitans, and yet to take oft' the odium 
 from themfelves. Add.jun. 
 
 5. In the following lines, I know not 
 whether it be not corruptly ufed for 
 griding, cutting. 
 
 Nor knowing 'nvas my labom-, I complain 
 Of fuddcn (hootings and of giinding pains. 
 My thtowsconictliickcr, and my cries encre.-is'd. 
 
 D,ydu,.. 
 
 G R I 
 
 To Grind, v, n. 
 
 1. To perform the a£l of grinding; to 
 move a nciill. 
 
 Fectcr'd they fend thee 
 Into the common prifon, theie Ko grind 
 Among the flavcs and hITcs. Milton's Agwifiei, 
 
 2. To be moved as In the adl of grmding. 
 
 Slinnkingfiiiews ftart, 
 And fmcary fo.im works o'er my grinding jaws. 
 
 Gri'nder. n.f. [from grind,'\ 
 
 1. One that grinds; one that works in a 
 mill. 
 
 2. The inftrument of grinding. 
 
 His heait a fotid rock, to te.ir unknown, 
 And harder than the grinder's nether Itone. 
 
 Sandyxt 
 Now exhort 
 Thy hinds to exercile the pointed ftccl 
 On tlic hard rock, and give a wheely form 
 To the expected grinder, Philipt. 
 
 3. [51-iinb -otiay.] The back teeth; 
 the doublt tetth, 
 
 Tiic teech are in men of rhree kinds ; (harp, as 
 the foreteeth : broad, as the back-teeth, wliich 
 we call the molar-teeth, oy grinder i'^ and pointed 
 teeth, or canine, which are between both. 
 
 Bmor's Nii/ura/ Hijiory, 
 
 He the raging lioncfs confounds, 
 Tiic roaring lion witii his javelin wounds j 
 Scatters tlieir whelps, their grinden breaks; fo 
 
 they 
 With the old hunter lUrve for want of prey. 
 
 6iindys, 
 
 The jaw-teeth or grinders, in Latin Tno/ares, 
 arc made Hat and broad a-top, and withal fome* 
 wh.it uneven and rugged, that, by their knobs 
 and little cavities, tney may the better rcMin, 
 giindj and commix the altincnts. Ray, 
 
 Nature is at a great deal of labour to tranfniute 
 vegetable into animal ful'ftances; therefore herb- 
 ciitnig animals, which do nut ruminate, have 
 Itrong g'.Wf'i, and chew much. Athuthnot, 
 
 4. The teeth, in irony or contempt. 
 
 Oi;e, who at the fignt uf fuppcr, opcn'd wide 
 His jaws before, and whetU-d ^r/Wrrj iry'd. 
 
 Dryden, 
 Both he brought ; 
 He mouth'd them, and betwixt liis grinders 
 cauglU. Dryden, 
 
 Gri'ndlestone. ) 71. f. [from ^r;//// and 
 
 Gri'ndstotoe. j Jlone.'] The flone on 
 
 which edged inftminents are iharpencd 
 
 Such a iiglit and mcttall'd dance 
 Saw you never yet in France; 
 And by the lead-men, for the nonce. 
 That cum round hke grindLjiones. Ben fonfM, 
 Literature is the grindjione to Iliarpen the coul- 
 ters, and to whet then nntural faculties. 
 
 Ha?, mo-id on Fufidamentahn 
 
 Smiths that make hinges brighten tlicm, yet 
 
 feldom file ihcm; but grind them on ^ grindjiune 
 
 'nil biiglit. ^jc.von. 
 
 Gri'nneu. n./. [from ^r/«.] He that 
 
 grins. 
 
 The frightful'ft grinner 
 Be the winner. u^ddi/on's SpeBatcr. 
 
 Gri'nningly. adv, [from^Wrt.] With 
 
 a grinning laugh. 
 Grip, n, f. A fmall ditch. Ai/ifivorth, 
 To GRIPE. *u. tf. [gf'eipati, Gothick; 
 
 jrpipan, Saxon ; ^^I'f^^i Dutch ; g^'ippt 
 
 Scottifh.] 
 
 1. To hold with the fingers clofed ; to 
 grafp ; to prefs with the fingers. 
 
 H'-' that fpcaks doth g'ipe iiit hearer's wrift, 
 VVliiJIi he that hears make* fearful adtion 
 With wrinkl'd brows. Shakfp, King y'hn, 
 
 2. To hold hard. 
 
 He fctiM tiie fhinjng bough with ^'■//■/>^ hold, 
 And leul aw^y with eul« the ling'ring gold. 
 
 J?rjdifi'i ^nci4>
 
 G R I 
 
 3. [gr't/iperj French.] To catch eagerly ; 
 to feizc. 
 
 Yuu took occafion to be quickly woo'd, 
 To gf^ifi the gen'ral i'\v;iy into your hands. 
 
 Shakjpmrt' i ih'ury iv. 
 
 4. To clofe; to clutch. 
 
 Unlucky Wcltted ! thy unfeeling maftcr, 
 The more thou ticklcft, gripe!> his hand the f.idcr. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 5, To pitch ; to prefs ; to fqueeze. 
 
 A wond'rous way it Kt tliis 1 idy wrought, 
 From lion's claws to pluck the griped prey. 
 
 Spcnfgr. 
 And firft the dame came rufliing through the 
 wood ; 
 And next the tamifh'd hounds tliat fought their 
 
 food, 
 And g^'p'^i her flanks, and oft cfT.iy'd theii 
 jaws in blood. DryJen'i Fuhles 
 
 6, To give a pain in the bowels. 
 
 Thus full vf counfel tu the den Ihc went, 
 Grip'ii all the way, and longuig for a vent. 
 
 Z>ryden. 
 
 To Gripe, v. n, 
 
 1 . To feel the colick, to have the belly- 
 ache. 
 
 Many people would, with reafon, prefer the 
 gf'ip-'fii^ of an hungry belly to thofe di(hfs which 
 are a fcaft to otiicrs. Locke. 
 
 Mann:i, by the hulit, figure, texture, and 
 motion of its p.i;rs, has a power to produce the 
 fenfations of licki^cfs, and fometimcs of acute 
 pains or gri pi jfgi in us. Locke 
 
 2. To pinch ; to catch at money meanly. 
 
 It is mean revenue, liy being fcattcred, in 
 the worft of times gi owing upon liim, when 
 others that had great ones, by g'ipi^g, marie 
 them lefs, and grew ftark beggars. Ftll. 
 
 Gripe, n./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1, Grafp ; hold; feizure of the hand or 
 paw. 
 
 Therefore ftil! on high 
 He over him did hold his cruel c!aw«, 
 Thrcatning with greedy ^'/^f 10 do him dy. 
 
 Spefjfcr, 
 They put a b;trren fccptre in my gf'pe 
 Thence to be wrench'd with an unhncal hand. 
 
 Shakfpeare's Macbeth. 
 Should I 
 Slaver with lips, as common as the ft;iirs 
 That mount t'lc Capitol; ]vi\n gri^a with hands 
 Made haidy withhouily fallhuod as with labour. 
 
 Shakjpcare. 
 He gave me his hand, 
 And, with a feeble g'ip'y fays, dear, my tord, 
 Command my fervice. Shakfp. Hfmy v. 
 
 I fell ; and with my weight tlic helm conrtrain'cf. 
 Was drawn along, which yet my gripr retain'd. 
 D'jJcfi^s jErieid. 
 
 2, Squeeze; preffiire. 
 
 Fir'd with this thouglit, at once he ftrain'd the 
 brcaft ; 
 'Tis true, the harden*d brcaft refifts the g'^'p^y 
 And the cold lips return a kits unripe. Diydcfu 
 
 3, Oppreflion ; crufhing power, 
 
 I take my cnufe 
 Out of iUc g'ipci of ciue! men, and give it 
 To a moll noble judge, the king my mailer. 
 
 Sh^^'fpeaie's Hairy viii. 
 
 4, Affli6lion ; pinching diilrefs. 
 
 Ad un, at the news 
 Hcart-ftruck with cbiliing g^'pr of forrow flood, 
 That .ill his fenfes bound ! Miiton'i P^r. Lcji. 
 
 Can'il thou bear cold and hunger? Can thefe 
 limbs, 
 Fram'd for the tender offices of love, 
 Endure the bitter gripa of fmarting poverty ? 
 
 Otiuay. 
 
 J. [In the plural.] Bellyache; colick. 
 
 In the j lundicc the choler is wanting ; and the 
 j(£lcrical have a ^rtat fournefa and g")>" with 
 wiaUiacfs. fkyer. 
 
 G R I 
 
 Gri'per. n.f. [from^n^f.] OpprefTor; 
 ufurcr ; extortioner. 
 
 Others pretend zeal, and yet arc profeftd 
 ufurcrs, ^r/y<rj, monHcrs of men, and h.irpic^. 
 
 Gri'pingly. jk/v. \lxo\x\ gnp'mg.\ Willi 
 pain in the guts. 
 
 Clyllcrs liclp, left the medicine (lop in the guts, 
 and woi ic g';//«g/y. BucWi Nut. Hijhiy, 
 
 Gri'ple. n.f. A greedy fnatcher ; a 
 gripinfr mifer. Spcnfer. 
 
 Grisa'mber. n. f. UfeJ by M'dion for 
 ambergrife. 
 
 Re.ilH of chafe, or fowl of game, 
 In paftry hu:lt, or from the fpif, or boil'd, 
 G"//y"«wij/' fteam'd. Milton^ i Paraitiff Re^. 
 
 Grise. n.f. [See Greece, as it ftioiild 
 
 be written.] A ftcp, or fcale of fteps. 
 
 Let mc tpealc like ourfclf ; and lay a fcntencc, 
 
 Which, as a giife or Itep, may help thcle lovers 
 
 Into your favour. Shukfpearc' i Otlulh. 
 
 Gbiskin. n. f. [gri/gin, roaft meat, 
 Irllh] The vcrtcbres of a hog broiled. 
 Gri'sly. nJj. [jiiij-lu, Sa.Kon. I Dread- 
 ful ; horrible ; hideous ; frightful ; ter- 
 rible. 
 
 Hi< g''/Jy locks, long gruwen and unbound, 
 Dilordcrtd iiung about his Ihouldtis round. 
 
 Spe^ffr. 
 Where I was wont to ftek Che honey bee, 
 Thcgr///^' cuadHool grown there might I fee. 
 
 Spenfcr. 
 My g ifly countenance made otliers fly ; 
 Kone duvft come ncai, ror fear uf fuddcn death. 
 Shakfpfdre's Henry vi. 
 B.ick ilcp*d thofc two fair angels, half amaz'd 
 So fuddcn to behold the g*ijiy king ; 
 Yet thus, unmov'dwith ftar, accoii him foon. 
 
 MUt^n. 
 For that damn'd magician, let him be girt 
 With all ihc gtiJJy legions that troop 
 Under the fooiy Hag of Acheron. MUtori. 
 
 The beauteous form of fight, 
 Is chang'd, and war appears a g'lj^y fight. 
 
 Drycien's Fiiblci. 
 
 In vifion thou flialt fee hhgrijly face. 
 
 The king of terrors laging in thy lace. Drydfn. 
 
 Thus the ^r/y?y i'p£<5lre fpokc again. Diyden. 
 
 Clofe by each other l.iid, they prefs'd the 
 
 ground, 
 
 Their m.mly bofoms pierc'd with many ^ gr.'cJly 
 
 wound. Dry.ien 
 
 So rufhes on his foe the grijly bear, ^iddijou. 
 
 Grist, n, f, [gfiifCj Saxon.] 
 
 1. Corn to be ground. 
 
 Get £>ij} to the mill to have plenty in ftore. 
 Left niillei lack water. Tujfer^s llujhandry. 
 
 A mighty trade this lufty miller drove ; 
 Much griji from Cambridge to his Jot did fall. 
 And all the corn they us"dat Icholar's hall. 
 
 Miller oj Tromp. 
 
 2. Supply; provifion. 
 
 M.Tttcr, as wile logicians fay, 
 Cannot without a form fui'fift ; 
 And torm, fay I, as well as ihcy, 
 Muft fill, if matter brings no griji. Sii:[f/. 
 
 3. Grist to Mill, is profit ; gain. 
 
 The computation of degrees, m all matrimo- 
 nial eaufes, is wont to be made according to the 
 rules of that law, bccaufc it brings gnji to the 
 Tni/7. j^^ylijfe's Pareraon. 
 
 GRISTLE. «./ [sn'r'^''^' Saxon.] 
 A cartilage ; a part of the body ne.\t 
 in hardnefs to a bone. 
 
 Ko living creatures, that have fhclis very hard, 
 as oyliers, crabs, lobliers, and efpecially the tor- 
 toifu, have bones within them, but only little 
 griJiUi. * BtJCln's Natural IVlficry. 
 
 Left the afporlty or hardnefs of cartilages 
 {hould hurt tlic oefupliagus or gullet, which is 
 tender and of a ikinny fubrtance, or hinder the 
 fwaUowing of uur meat, ihcjcforc the auuulary 
 
 G R I 
 
 g'ijlli^ of the windpipe arc not made round, or 
 intitc circles; but whcie the gullet touches the 
 windpii e, there, to fill up tlic circle, is only a 
 foft membrane, which may eafily give way to 
 the dilatation of the gullet. Ray on the Crention, 
 Gri'sti.v. ndi. [from grifile.l Cartila- 
 ginous ; made of griflle. 
 
 At laft they fpit out pieces of their lungs; it 
 may be Ur\.t\i gujlly bits, that are eaten otf from 
 tliC lung-pipes, Harvey, 
 
 She has made the back-bone of feveral vettc- 
 brx, as being more lit to bend, more tough, and 
 Icfs in dani;cr of breaking, than if they \v<^rt all 
 one intirc bone without thefe gr^^/>'jun»iturc5. 
 
 More, 
 
 Fins arc made of grijlly fpokes, or rays con- 
 netJled hy membranes ; {o that they may be con- 
 traifled or extended like woracnsfans. Rity, 
 
 They have a louder and ftronger note than 
 other birds of the fame bignefS| which have only 
 a gr'ijily windpipe. Grew, 
 
 Each pipe diliinguiOi'd by its frijily ring«, 
 To cherilh life acii.il palhirc brings. B/acimore. 
 
 GRIT. II. f. [^pyrta, jjieor, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The coarle part of meal. 
 
 2. Oats hiidicd, or coarfely ground. 
 
 3. Satid ; rough hard particles. 
 
 Sikfian bule, crackling a little betwixt the 
 tteth, yet without the leaft particle of grit^ feels 
 as fmootli .IS foap. CrcvJ, 
 
 The fturdy pear-tree here 
 Will rife luxuriant, and with tougliefl root 
 Pierce the obllrufting^r./ and rcflive marlc. 
 
 4. Gi'tls arc fofnis found in tniiiute maffes, 
 forming together a kind of powder ; 
 the feveral particles of which are of no 
 determinate (liape, but feem the rudely 
 broken fragments of larger malTes ; not 
 to be diflolved or difunited by water, 
 but retaining their figure, and not co- 
 hering into a mafo. 
 
 One fort is a fine, dull looking, grey grrf^ 
 which, if wetted with lalt water, into m -rtar or 
 _ parte, dries alniult immcdi.itely, and coalefces 
 into a hard ilony inafs,fuch as is not eafily after- 
 wards difuniled by water. This is the piiivh 
 pcteolonus uf the ancients, mixed among their ce- 
 ments ufed in buildings funk into the fea ; and 
 in France and Italy an ingredient in their harder 
 plailfers, iinfler the name of pozr.olane. It is 
 common on the fides of hills in Italy. Another 
 fpecies, which is a coarfe, boautifuhy green, dull 
 grity is the cIii}f"Co!:'o of tiie ancients, which tiiey 
 ufed in foldering gold, lung fuppofed a loll fof- 
 fil. It ferves the purpofe of foldering metals 
 belter than borax. The fctrugineoiis black glit- 
 tering gritf is the black ihintng land employed to 
 throw over writing, found on the fliores of Italy, 
 
 H:i; en Foj/pis. 
 
 Gri'ttiness. n.f. [from^ri//_v.] Sandi- 
 ntfs ; the quality of abounding In grit. 
 
 In fiiller's-earth he couid find no fand hy the 
 mictofcope, nor any vritti'iefs Alortimcr, 
 
 Gri'tty. adj. [from^rjV.] Ful! of hard ■ 
 particles; conlilting of grit. 
 
 I could not difcern the unevenntfs of the lur- 
 facc of the powder, nor the little Ihadows let fall 
 tiom the g» /■//>' panicles thereof. NizL-ton, 
 
 Gri'zelin. n.f. [more properly _fr/Wif/;n. 
 See Gridelin.] 
 
 Tne Burgundy, which is a ^r;'re//« or pale red, 
 of all others, is fureft to ripen in our climate. 
 
 GRIZZLE, n.f. [frcin gr'ts, gray; 
 grtfaille, French.] A mi.\ture of 
 white and black ; gray. 
 
 O thou diflembling cub ! what wilt thou be, 
 ^\'hcn time halh fow'd a grizzle on ti;y face .' 
 
 Siiakfpenrs. 
 
 Gri'zzi.ed. nfijr [from ^Wss/i;.] Inter- 
 fp trfcd with gay.
 
 G R O 
 
 To the boy C^far, fend this grizxM head. 
 
 Siiakfi>earc. 
 
 His beard was griz'zled : ro. 
 — It was as I have fecti it in his life. Shaifftarc. 
 
 His liaii jullgr/i2/<"'j 
 As in a green old age. Ihyden ami Lrt's Orrlip:is. 
 
 Thole er/ii.Wlocks, whicii nature did provide 
 In plenteous growth their afi'es ears to hide. Dryd 
 
 Gri'zzly. adj. [from ^rh, gray, Fr.] 
 
 Soinewliat gray. _ ^ . 
 
 Living creature* generally do change their hair 
 with age* turned to he gray and white ; as is fccn 
 in men, though fome earlier, Ibnie later ; in 
 horfcs that aie dappled and turn white; and in 
 old Cquirids, that turn^r/ii/y. B.icon. 
 
 To GROAN, -v. «. [gpanan, Saxon; 
 ^roiien, Dutch.] To breatlie with a 
 hoavfe noife, as m pain or agony. 
 
 Many an heir 
 Of thefe fair edi ficcs, for my wars, 
 Have I hcardgrM'i and drop. Shaifp. CorrJ.vns. 
 
 Men (;' u."; Ti o:n out of the city, and the foul 
 of the wounded crieth out. ^ 5'°^- 
 
 Repenting and^ro^iw/V/^for angnifh of fpirit. 
 
 II iJ'Jom. 
 So (hall the world go on, 
 To good malignant, to bad men benign, 
 Under her own weight gnaning. Milton. 
 
 Nothing can fo peculiaily gratify the noble dif- 
 pofuions of humanity, as for one man to fee 
 another fo much himfclf as to figh his griefs and 
 groiin his p.ains. South. 
 
 On the blazing pile his parent lay. 
 Or a lov'd brother gro.m'd his life away. Fcfe. 
 Groan, n. /. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Breath expired with noife and dif- 
 ficulty, from pain, faintnefs, or weari- 
 
 nefs. 
 
 Alas, poor country, 
 Where lighs and g' nans, and (bricks that rend the 
 
 air, 
 Are made, not mark'd ! Sluiifp -cure's Macbeth. 
 
 I led to llaughter, and to (laughter leave; 
 And cv'ii from hence their dying gi-i)<i«j receive. 
 
 Drydcfi. 
 Hence aching bofoms wear a vifage gay, 
 J^nd (lifted groans frequent the ball and play. 
 
 Young. 
 
 2. Any hoarfe dead fotind. 
 
 Such (beets oi tite, luch burfts of houid 
 thunder. 
 Such gioam of roaring wind and rain, T never 
 Remember to have heard. King Lear 
 
 Gro'anfui,. ailj. [groan zni full.'] Sad; 
 agonizing. Not ufed. 
 
 Adown he keft it with fo puifTant wreft, 
 That back .again it did aloft rebound, 
 And gave againft his mother earth a grnanfiA 
 found. Spcnjc<. 
 
 Groat. H./. [^ros/, Dnt. gnjfo, Ital.] 
 
 1. A piece valtied at four pence. 
 
 2. A proveibial name for a fmall fum. 
 
 My mother was wont 
 To call them woollen vaiVals, things created 
 To buy and fell withg"..!". Shakjf. C.(,rhhnui. 
 
 I dare lay a groat, 
 A tertian ague is at leaft ycui lot. Drvden's Fahhs. 
 Imagine a ptrfon of quality to many a wo- 
 man mlich his inferior, and without a groai to 
 her fortune. S-uifi. 
 
 9 G.roat.s'. Oats that have the hulls 
 taken off. Ain/ivoyth. 
 
 GRO'CER. n. f. [This fnould be vyrltten 
 gro(f.r, from groj's, a large quantity ; a 
 ar'octr orioinally bting one who dealt 
 bv wholefale ; or ftom grojfus, a fig, 
 which their prefent llate feems to 
 
 favour.] 
 
 A g'l^t"- i.s a man whobuvs acd fells tea, fiigar, 
 and plumb and fyicts for s»i'i- I' •""' '-■-S.'"''- 
 
 G R O 
 
 But (lill the oEFspting of your braUi (hall prove 
 fae. grocer' i care, and brave the rage of Jove. 
 * Garth. 
 
 Gro'cery. n. f. [^xom gricer.'] Grocers 
 ware.fuch as tea, fugar, raitins, fpice. 
 
 His troops being now in a country where they 
 
 were not exported, met with many cart 1 jads of 
 
 wine, grocery^ and tobacco. CUrcndon. 
 
 Gro'gurAM.T 11. f. is'-os, grniii, Fr. 
 
 Gro'gram. V grojjogrmiu, low Latin. 
 
 Gro'gran. 3 Ahifwoylh.] Stuffwoven 
 
 with a large vi-oof and a rough pile. 
 
 Ccrtes they're neatly cloth'd : I of this mind 
 
 am. 
 
 Your only wearing is yowt grogeram. Donne. 
 
 Natolia attbids great ftorc of chamclots and 
 
 groiramr. San hi. 
 
 Some men will fny this habit of John's was 
 
 neither of camel's (kin nor any cuarfe texture ot 
 
 its luiii, but rather forae finer weave of c.mielot, 
 
 grogiam, or the like. Jiio%un. 
 
 The natural fweetnefs and innocence of hci 
 
 behaviour (hot me through and through, and did 
 
 more execution upon me in grograrn than tlie 
 
 createft beauty in town had ever done in brocade. 
 
 Mdijon. 
 Plain goody would no longer down ; 
 'Twas madam in V.ct g'ogiam gown. Swift. 
 
 Groin', ti. f. [of uncertain derivation.] 
 The part next the thigh. 
 
 Aniipleus, a fonne of l^riam, threw 
 His lance at Ajax through the prealTc, which went 
 
 by him, and flew, 
 On Lcucus, wife UlyfTes' friend: His groine ]t 
 fmote. U:ap>:an. 
 
 Tlie fatal dart ai rives. 
 And through the border of his buckler diives ; 
 Pafs'd tiiiough and pierc'd his groin; the de.idly 
 
 wound 
 Caft from his chariot, roU'd him on the ground. 
 
 Gro'mwell. n. /. [Ihhrfpennum, Lat.] 
 Gromill orgraymill. A plant. Al'ilkr. 
 Groom, h. /. [grom, 'Dutch.'] 
 I. A boy; a waiter; a fcrvant. 
 
 Then called (he a groom, that forth him led 
 Into a goodly lodge. Sfenjer. 
 
 prom Egypt's kings ambalT.idours they comr' ;. 
 Them many a fquiic attends, and many xgrci,m. 
 
 FaiiJ\t.\-. 
 Think then, my foul ! that death is but agra-.m 
 Which brings a laper to the outward room. 
 
 D'.nnr. 
 
 In the time of Edward vi. lived Stcrnhoid, 
 whom king Henry his father had made ^'ooot of 
 his chamber, for turning of certain of David's 
 pfalrns into verfc. Piach.im. 
 
 Would'rt thou be touch'd 
 By the prcfuming bands of Caucy grooms ? Dryd. 
 
 Amid' the fold he rages, nor the Ibecp 
 Their (hepheids, nor tnc gicems then bulls can 
 
 keep. Dry.icn. 
 
 1. A young man. 
 
 I prcfumc for to intrcat this grssm, 
 And filly maid, trom danger to redeem. Fairfax. 
 3. A man newly married. 
 
 By this the brides a:e wak'd, their groor.a arc 
 diefs'd ; 
 All Rhodes i» lummon'd to the nuptial feaft. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 Groove, n. f. [from ^r^jTv.] 
 
 1. A deep cavern, or hollow in mines. 
 He might, to avoid idlcncfs, woik in a groove 
 
 or mine-pit thereabouts, which at tliat time was 
 little cfleemcd. _ So)le. 
 
 2. A channel or hollow cut with a tool. 
 Theferew-platc i.s a kind of (Uel well temper- 
 ed, with (everal holes in it, each lefs than other ; 
 and in thofe holes arc threads grooved inwards, 
 winch grimes fit the vcfpeiftivc taps that belong 
 to them. Ah.xcn's Mec'i. Kxer. 
 
 To Groove, v. a. [froin the noun.] To 
 cut hollow. 
 Of liic bos every joint was yiiW grwicd. Saijt. 
 
 G R O 
 
 To GROPE. iJ. n. [gnapaoj Sar.on.] 
 To feel where one cannot fee. 
 
 My fea-gown fcaifTtbuur me, in the djik. 
 Cjo/Jj I to find out them. Sh.ikfpearc''i Hamlef. 
 
 We grope for the wall like the blind, ;ind wc 
 grope ;is if we hnd no eyes. Ijaiah. 
 
 They meet with daikncfs in the clcarclt llghr ; 
 And g'ope at noun, as if involv'd with night. 
 
 A boy was g'Oping for echs, and laid hii hand 
 upon a fn.ike. L'Ejh.-'^'jr. 
 
 This, no doubt, is better fur men than \.'..e\Z 
 they ihould in the d:\ikgrcp< after knowledge ; ;is 
 St. Paul tells us a!) nations did after God. Locke, 
 
 He heard us in our courfe, 
 And with his uutlhctch'd arms around him g^ofd. 
 
 Addipn, 
 
 O truth divine ! enlightened by thy ray, 
 I g^cpe and gucfs no more, but fee my way. 
 
 To Grope, v. a. To fearch by feeling 
 In the dark ; to feel without being able 
 to fee. 
 
 How vigilant to grope mens thoughts, and to 
 pick ouc foracwhat whereof ihcy might com- 
 plain. Hayivard. 
 
 Thty have left our endeavours to grope them 
 
 out by twilight, and by darknefs almol't to dif- 
 
 covcr that, whofe exiftence is evidenced by light. 
 
 Jifj-wti's fu/giir Erroun, 
 
 But Strephon, cautious, never m.'ant 
 The hottoin of the pan to grcyr. Sivift, 
 
 Gro'per. tu f. [from^ro/?^.] One that 
 
 fearches" in the dark. 
 GROSS, odj. [gros, French J grojfo^ Ital, 
 
 crcjjusy Latin.] 
 
 1. Thick ; bulky. 
 The crows and choughs, that wing the midway 
 
 air, 
 Sliew fcarce (o grofs as becrles. &/tnkfpcare. 
 
 There are two gr'jjs volumes concerning the 
 power of popes. M^thr. 
 
 2. Shameful; unfeemly ; enormous. 
 
 ■He ripely con fidered now g'&/s a thing it were 
 for men of his (.ptality, wife and grave men, to 
 live wiih fuch a multitude, and to be tenants at 
 will under tiiem. fhoi. ■■ . 
 
 They can fay that in d-x^iine, in difcipline, ui 
 prayers, and in facramcnis, thu tliurch ol Rome 
 hath very foul and g'c/s coiruptions. IhMcr. 
 
 So far h.iih the natui^l unrierllanding, even of 
 fundry whole nations, been darkened, that they 
 have not difcerncd, no, nut g'^ojs iniijuity to be 
 fin. U'Mcj; 
 
 There is a vain and imprudent ufe of their 
 cftaics, whicii, though it does not dclUuy like 
 grofa fins, yet difordeis the heart, and fuppovts it 
 in~fcnfuality and dulnefs. Lau-. 
 
 3. Intelledlually coarfe ; palpable; im- 
 pure ; unreliued. 
 
 To all fcnfe 'tis g^'ofx 
 ' You love my fon : invention is afham'd, 
 AgainO the proclamation of iliy paflion, 
 To fay thou du'rt not. Siiakfpearc. 
 
 Examples g>ofs as earth exhort me. Shakjpeatf. 
 
 Btlial came lalV, than whom a fpirit more lewd 
 Fell not from heaven, or more gifjfi to love 
 Vice foricfclf. . Mi/fon's Pnradifi Lq/}. 
 
 I5 not religion fo perfc<91y good in itfcif, 
 aV.ovc all, in its Authour, that, without Xhcgj'i^'j} 
 fenfuality, we cannot but admire it ? Sprn/^ 
 
 It is a g'ofi miftakc of fume men, to think, 
 that our wantonly and imperfections donatuially 
 inditce us to be tencficent. SfnMridge, 
 
 But fhc dares never boall the prefent hour, 
 So gr('Ji the cheat, it is beyond her pow'r. Young, 
 
 , Inelegant ; difproportionate in bulk. 
 
 The lun'5 opprcfiive ray the rofeat bleom 
 Of beauty blaiting, gives the gloomy hue, 
 And feature o;;^yi I'homjWs Sufr.mer. 
 
 . Denfe; not refined j not attenuated; 
 not pure.
 
 G R O 
 
 It is mnnircft, tl>:it wlicn the eye ftnndctti in 
 tVic finer nicdiiini, nnd the objcil is in the g"jjf', 
 things Ihcw gicaccr ; but conrrariwifc, wIicm the 
 eye is placed in the gro/Jn- medium, :ind [lie ob- 
 jcil in the fiiict- B.um's Natural llijUiy. 
 
 Of elements, 
 Thtgmjfcr feeds ihe purer; earth the lea, 
 Earth and the fca feed aii'. Milton' i Paiadife Loft. 
 
 Light fumes are meiry, g'offer fumes are fad ; 
 Botu arctiic reafonablc foul run mad. DryJin. 
 
 Or fuck the mills \n giojfcr air below. 
 Or dip ti'.eir pinions in the painted bow. Fope. 
 
 6. Stupid ; dull. 
 
 If file doth then the fubtilc fenfe excel, 
 How grofs arc they that drown her in her blood ? 
 
 Dnvia. 
 
 And in clear dream and folemn vifion, 
 Teil her of tilings that no g-of* ear can hear. 
 
 Milt(,n. 
 
 Some men give more light and knowledge by 
 the bare bating of tlie qncition with perfpciuity 
 and juftnefs, that) othcis by talking of it ingu/i 
 confulion for wliole hours together. ll'att^, 
 
 7. Coaife ; vcugli ; not delicate. 
 
 Fine and delicate fculptures arc helped with 
 iiearnefs, and g/o/i with diiiance. Il'oitm. 
 
 8. Thick ; fat ; bulky. 
 
 His rtatuie was of jult height and all propor- 
 tion.itc (limenfions, avoiding the e.-'.tremes of ^Jiy. 
 and meager. Fell. 
 
 Gross, n. f. [from the adjtflivc] 
 
 1. The main body ; the main force. 
 
 Tuc lielgians hop'il, tliat with difurdcr'd hafte 
 The deep-cut keels upon the lands migut run ; 
 
 Or, if with caution leifurely we pall, 
 Their numerous gro^i might charge us one by 
 
 one. n,yx. ,;. 
 
 Several cafuifts are of opinion, that, in a battle, 
 you fhouUI difchargc upon the grafi of tlie 
 enemy, without levelling your piece at any parti- 
 cular perfon. Addifin's YnrhoUci . 
 
 The grdfs of the people can have no other 
 profpefl in changes and revolutions than of pub- 
 lick blclungs. .-iddtjvr 
 
 2. The bulk. ; the whole not divided into 
 its feveral parts. 
 
 Certain general inducements are ufed to make 
 faleable your caufc in g'o/r. il^.t^kcj 
 
 There was an opinion in j'o/i, that the luul 
 was immortal. Aol>ot. 
 
 There is eonfeiiion, th.at is, the acknowledg- 
 ing our fins to God ; and this may be cither gene- 
 ral or particular: The general is, when we only 
 confel's m gmji that we arc finful ; the particular, 
 when we mention the fcvcral forts and afis of 
 utir lins. Duty <,[ Man. 
 
 Remember, fon. 
 You are a general ; other wars require you ; 
 For Ice the Saxon gy')[i begins to move. Drydt-ii. 
 
 Nutwithllandiiig the decay and !ofs of lundry 
 trades and manufae'hircs, yet in the gn./^, we 
 Ihip oS now one third pait more of the inanufac- 
 lu-.es, as alfo lead and tin, than we did twenly 
 ye-'Tspaft.^ _ Chad on Trade. 
 
 5 Not individual, but a body together. 
 
 He hath ribbons of all the colours 1' ih' rain- 
 bow ; they come to him by Ihcgrofi. Sliaifp. 
 
 1 cannot inliantly raife upthe^ii/j 
 Of full three thoufand ducats. Shahfprme. 
 
 You lee the united defign of many perions to 
 jnake up one figure ; after they have feparated 
 themrclves in many petty divifions, they rejoin 
 one by one into agro/i. Drydtu. 
 
 4. The chief part ; the main niafs. 
 
 Comets, out of c|iicltion, have likewife power 
 and eScel over the gr;/i and mafs of things. Hacon. 
 
 The articulate founds are more confufed, 
 rnougii the fs/i of the found be greater. Bacn. 
 
 5. The number of twelve dozen. ^Toffc, 
 French.] ^<' JJ ' 
 
 It is marif lip only of that fimple idea of an 
 unite icpc.itcd; iiul repetitions of tl^is kind, 
 joined together, make fhofc dillina fimple modes 
 of a dozen, a ^'o/i, and a million. LuU. 
 
 Gko'sslv. adv. rfrom^/'i/}.] 
 
 G R O 
 
 1. Bulklly; in bulky parts; coarfcly : 
 as, tl.ns matter is gvokly pulverized. 
 
 2. Without kibtilty ; without art ; with- 
 out delicacy ; without refinement ; 
 coarfely ; palpably. 
 
 Such kind ol ceremonies as liavc been fo 
 g'ofdy and (hamefully abuled in the church of 
 Rome, where they remain, are fcandalous. Ihoici. 
 
 Treafon and murder ever kept together, 
 As two yoke devils I'worn to others purpofe ; 
 Working fo grofiJyin a natural caufe. 
 That admiration did not whoop at them. SliaUfp. 
 
 And thine eyes 
 See it (u gr;fi!y Ihown in thy behaviour. 
 That in their kind they fpcak it. Hlmlfpeare. 
 
 What ! are we cuckolds ere we have deferv'd it .' 
 — Spea k not fo g'ofsty. Merchnnt of Ir'eiiuc. 
 
 What I have laid has been forced from me, by 
 feeing a noble fort of poetry fo happily reliored 
 by one man, and i^ grofdy copied by almoll all 
 Ihe rcrt. D,ydfi. 
 
 If I fpeak of light and rays as endued with 
 colours, 1 would be underliood to fpeak not philo- 
 fophically and properly, hut giojjy, and .accord- 
 ing to fuch conceptions as vulgar people would 
 Lc apt to frame. Neivton'i Opt:\i<. 
 
 While it is fo diUlcult to learn the fprings and 
 
 motives of fomc fails, it is no wonder they 
 
 Ihould be (o grofily inifreprcfented to the publick 
 
 by curious inqiiilitivc heads. i'levj/. 
 
 Gro'ssness. n. /. [from^ro/}.] 
 
 1. Coarfencfs; not fubtilty; thicknefs; 
 fpilHtude; denllty; greatncfs of parts. 
 
 The purpofe Is perfpicuous even as fublfance, 
 Whole er^/Jytyi little charafters fum up. S/ia.i/i>. 
 
 .i^nd I will purge that mortal groj/mfs fo. 
 That thou Ihait like an aiiy ipirit go. Shakfp 
 
 The caufe of the epileply from the ftomach is 
 t\.t grffneft of the vapours which rife and enter 
 into the cells of the brain. Bu,',ii. 
 
 Then all this earthy i'ojpiefs quit; 
 Attir'd with (Inrs we (hall for ever fit, 
 Triumphing over death. Milton. 
 
 This being the hi 1> colour which vapours begin 
 to reflefl, it ought to be the colour of the fincft 
 and mr.ft tranfpartnr fkics, in which vL-peurs are 
 not arrived to that grcj/nejs requifite to rcfleii 
 other colours. Ncivtcns Opti.ki. 
 
 For envy'd wit, like So! cclips'd, was known 
 Til' oppofing body's grcjj^/fyi, not its own. Ps/vc. 
 
 2. Inelegant fatnefs; unwieldy corpulence. 
 
 Wile men, that be over-fat and Helliy, goto 
 fojourn abroad at the temperaic diet of fome fober 
 man; and fo, by little and little, cut away the 
 gr'.fpirp ti'.at is in them. .■!j\.'\'.n!. 
 
 3. Want of relinement; want of delicacy; 
 intelletflual coarfenefs. 
 
 I was thiee or io\.\T times in tlic thought they 
 were not fairies; and yet the guiiiinefs of nry 
 mind drove the griffncfi of the foppery int.) a re- 
 ceived belief that they were fairies. Shakfpcar,-. 
 Whatever beauties it may w.mt, 'tis free at 
 lealt from the gro/f 11 rff of thofc faults I mentioned 
 
 Dry.!:,,. 
 What a grojfi'.cfs is there in the mind of th.it 
 man, who thinks to reach a lady's liea't bv 
 wounding her ears! CI. n !(!<>. 
 
 Grot. n.f. [grotte,7Knc\\; grrAla, Ital.] 
 A cave; a cavern for cooluefs and plea- 
 fiire. 
 
 In the remotert wood.and lonely ;:"-.», 
 Cciiain to meet that woift of evil?, thcught. 
 
 . V: -or. 
 
 Awful fee the Egciian gio/. " I'of. 
 
 Grote'sque. adj. [^rotefque. Trench ; 
 
 giottef<o, . Italian. ] Diftcrted of figure ; 
 
 unnatural; wildly formed. 
 
 The champaign head 
 Of a fiecp wildernefs, wl'.ofe hrnry (ides 
 \\'\t\\ thicket overgro\^'n, g}o!cfij'ti and wild, 
 Accel's dcny'd. . Milton's ParaJije Ufi. 
 
 There is yet a lower fort of poetry and painting 
 wl'.ich is out of nature ; for a f.rvce is that in 
 poetry which £)<^.v/j«is in .i piaurc : theperfons 
 
 G R O 
 
 and aflions of a farce arc all unnatural, and the 
 manners falfe, that is, inconlilting with the 
 chaMiSers of mankind: grotef^ue painting is the 
 juft rclcmblance of this. Drydtn, 
 
 An hideous figure of their foes they drew, ^ 
 
 Nor lines, norlooks, nor fhades, nor colours true, / 
 
 And this grotrpjuc defign expos'd to puLlick ? 
 
 view. Drydm. J 
 
 Palladian walls, Venetian doors, 
 Grotrfco roofs, and llucco floors. Pofie, 
 
 Gro'tto. n.f. [grotte, French; grotta, 
 Italian.]] A cavern or cave made for 
 coolnefs. It is not ufed properly of a 
 dark horrid cavern. 
 
 Their carclelschiefs to the cool giotto's run, 
 The bow'rs of kings, to (hade them from tiie fun. 
 
 Drydtn, 
 
 This was found at the entry of the grotto in 
 t'l'^ Peak. IVciod'.uartl. 
 
 Grove, n. f. [from grave.'] A walk 
 covered by trees meeting above. 
 
 I look'd toward Birnam, and anon methought 
 The wood began to move: 
 Within this three mile may yon fee it coming; 
 1 lay, a moving ^;i>i.f. Skaifprnre's Macbeth. 
 
 Fortunate fields, and ^>M.rj, and fiow'ry vales; 
 Thrice happy ides ! Milton. 
 
 Siie left the How'ry field, and waving 5 reu;, 
 
 Blachnore, 
 Banirti'd from courts and love, 
 Abandon'd truth feeks Iheltcr in tuc grov.e. 
 
 Grttm-ilU, 
 Can fierce pafiions vex his breaft, 
 Wiiilc cv;:ry gile is peace, and every grmjc 
 Is melody .' Timnlcns Spiing, 
 
 To Gro'vel. v. n. [.fr«/<.'f, Iflandick, 
 flat on the face. It may perhaps come by 
 gradual corruption irom ground ffll.] 
 
 1. Tolie prone; tocreep lowontheground. 
 
 The fteel-head paltage wrought. 
 And through his Ihoulder pietc'd; wherewith to 
 
 ground 
 He groveling fell, all gored in his gulhing 
 wound. Spenftr. 
 
 What fec'il thou there? king Henry's diadem, 
 Inchas'd with ail the honours of the world! 
 If fo, gaze on, and f 1 «':■/ on thy face, 
 Until thy head be circled with the f.ime. Shakfp. 
 Oke mail and beech, and corncii fruit they eate, 
 Crmcling like fwinc on earth, in fowjcit fort. 
 
 Chapmnn. 
 Now they lie 
 Ormdir.g and prollrate on yon lake of fire. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Uptm thy belly gravtUng thou (halt go. Miltort. 
 
 Let us then conclude that all painters ougiit to 
 
 require this part of excellence; not to do it, is 
 
 to want courage, and not dare to fljew themfelves : 
 
 ■'lis to creep andgrwv/ on the ground. D/y.l-/!, 
 
 2, To be mean; to be without dignity or 
 elevation. 
 
 I mull difclaim whati 'er he can cxpreii; 
 His grm-ding fenfe will Ihew my paffion Ids. 
 
 D'vdci. 
 
 Several thoughts may be natural which are low 
 and gio-..-tiing. .-Wifon'sSpeaatar, 
 
 GROUND. «./.[3)uinb, Saxon; grondi, 
 Danilh.] 
 
 I. The earth, confidered as fiiperficially 
 extended, and therefore related to tillage, 
 travel,' habitation, or alinoft ariy aclinn. 
 The main mafs of terrene matter is never 
 called the ground. We never diftinguirti 
 the terraqueous wlobc into grouted and 
 water, but into fiirll}, or land, and water; 
 
 Kgain, we never fav 
 unAiv ground. 
 llVael lliall (jo on ih; _■ 
 
 ..^■V, b: 
 
 Man to til: ths .■ ;. .. 
 None was, and from t;i« ca.t> a dewy milt 
 Wer.t up, and wa'.cr'd all the j-r^i-nrf. Milif
 
 G R O 
 
 From the other hill 
 To their fix'd i^ation, all in biight array, 
 The cherubim defcended, on the grou/id 
 Gliding mcteoious. MUton. 
 
 A black bicuminous guige 
 Boils up from undzv ground. MiUon. 
 
 And yet lo nimbly he would bound, 
 As if he fcorn'd to touch the g>oi:fni. Hudihai. 
 
 2. The earth as diftinguifhed from air or 
 water. 
 
 I have made man and bealt upon the ground. 
 
 'Jeremiah. 
 
 There was a Atw upon all ^zgrouiid. Judgei. 
 
 They funim'd their wings, and fo.uing th' air 
 
 fublime. 
 
 With clang defpisM the grcund. MUton. 
 
 Too late young Turnus the delufion found ; 
 Far on the fea, ftill making from i\\c gtaufiJ. 
 
 Drydcn^s JEneid 
 
 3. Land; country. 
 
 The water breaks its bounds, 
 And overflows the level gtounds. lludihrai. 
 
 4. Region; territory. 
 
 On lieav'niy ^/ckW ihey ftood, and fiom the 
 Ihore 
 They vicw'd the vaft immeafurable abyfs. Milton 
 With thcfc came they, who from the bord'ring 
 flood 
 Of old Euphrates to the brook that parts 
 Egypt from Syrian groundj had general names 
 Of Baalim and Afhtaroth. MUto/i's Parad, Loji. 
 
 5. Eftate; poffeffion. 
 
 Uneafy ilill within thefc narrow bounds, 
 Thy next dcfign is on thy neighbour's £- or^m/j .■ 
 His crop invites, to full perfcdtion grown; 
 Thy own fcems thin, becaufe it is thy own. J^ry, 
 
 6. Land occupied. 
 
 The lea o'erflow'd my ground. 
 And my belt Flanders mare was drown'd. A//A 
 
 ^. The floor or level of the place. 
 
 Wherefoie fiiould I fmite thee to the ground? 
 
 Z Samuel. 
 Dagon was fallen on his face to Xh^ ground. 
 
 I Samuel. 
 
 A multitude fit on the ground. Mutthezu. 
 
 Some part of the month of June, the water of 
 
 this lake dcfcends uvidcr ground y through many 
 
 great holes at the bottom. .Brotun. 
 
 S. Dregs; lees; feces; that which fettles 
 at the bottom of liquors. 
 
 Set by them cyder, verjuice, four drink, or 
 prou/tdsi Mnrtijr.er. 
 
 Some infift upon having had particul.-r fuccels 
 in ftopping gangrenes, from the ufc of ttvt grounds 
 of lirong beer, mixed up with bread or oatmeal. 
 
 Sharp's Surgery. 
 
 9. The fifft flratum of paint upon which 
 the figures are afterward painted. 
 
 We lec the limner to begin with a rude draught, 
 and the painter to lay his grounds with darkfume 
 colours. Hcikcjuiil. 
 
 When fulid bodies, fenfible to the feeling and 
 dark, are placed on light and tranfparent groundt, 
 as, for example, the heavens, the clouds and 
 waters, and every other thing which is in motion, 
 and void of different oUje*5ls; they ought to be 
 more rough, and more diltinguirtiable, than that 
 with which they arc cncompaflcd. V'yden. 
 
 IC. The fundamental fiibflance; that by 
 which the additional or accidental parts 
 , t^re fupported. 
 
 O'er his head 
 .A weVI-wrought heaven of filk and gold was 
 
 fpri-ad, 
 Aiure ths. ground^ the fun in gold flionc bright. 
 
 Co wley. 
 
 Indeed it, 'Wtavbut juft that the fineft lines in 
 
 nature Ihuuld be drawn, upon the moft duiabic 
 
 oround. Pope. 
 
 Then, wrought into the foul, let viitufs fiiinc, 
 The ^rs/^Kt/ eternal, as the work divine. Ycun^, 
 
 II, The plain fong ; the tune on which 
 defcants are raifed. 
 
 G R O 
 
 Get a prnycr-book m your hand> 
 Andftandhctviecii two churchmen, good my lord; 
 For on X-hzX. g}cund I'll build n holy dcfcant. 
 
 S/ialfp-rare's Richard iii. 
 
 12. Firft hint; firfl traces of an invention; 
 that which gives occafiou to the reft. 
 
 Though jcaloufy of ftate ih' inventlcn found, 
 Yet luve retia*d upon the (ovine r gfound; 
 That way the tyiant had rcferv'd to Hy, 
 Purfuing hate, now ferv'd to bring two lovers 
 nigh. Dryden. 
 
 13. The firft principles of knowledge. 
 The concurds will eahly be known, if the fore- 
 
 grcunds be thoroughly beaten in. Pref. Jo ^ccid. 
 Here Itatcfmen, or of them they which can 
 read. 
 May of their occupation find the grounds. Donne. 
 The grounds arc alre.ndy bid whereby that is un- 
 qucftionably refolvcd ; for having giantcd that 
 God gives fufficient grace, yet when he co-ope- 
 rates moft eftcdually, he doth it not irrefirtibly. 
 
 Hamntond- 
 Aftcr evening rcpafts, 'till bed-time, their 
 thoughts will be bed taken up in the eafy 
 grounds oi religion, and the rtory of fcripture. 
 
 Milton 071 Education. 
 
 14. The fundamental caufe; the true rea- 
 fon ; original principle. 
 
 He defucd ihe lleward to tell him particularly 
 the ground and event of this accident. Sidney. 
 
 Making happiocfs thcg^owniVof hisunhappinefs, 
 and good news the argument of his forrow. Sid. 
 
 The ufc and benefit of good laws all that live 
 under them m.^y enjoy with delight and comfoit, 
 albeit the grounds and firft original caufes from 
 whence they have fprung be unknown. Hooker. 
 
 In the folution of the Sabbatizer's obje<5tion, 
 my method (hall be, to examine, in the firlt 
 place, the main grounds and principles upon 
 which he buildcth. ff'hite. 
 
 Thou could'ft not have difccrn'd 
 Fraud in the leipcnt, fpeaking as he fpakc, 
 "iso ground 0? enmity between us known. Milton. 
 
 Nor did eirher of them ever think fit to make 
 any partictiiar relation of the grounds of their 
 prccecdingSj or the caufes of their mifddvcnturcs. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 Sound judgment is Xh^ ground oi writing well. 
 
 Rojcommon . 
 
 Love once given from her, and plac'd in you, 
 Would leave no ground I ever would be true. 
 
 Dtydcn. 
 
 It is not eafy to imagine how any fiich tradition 
 could arifc fo early, and fpiead fo univcrfally, if 
 there were not a real growul for it. IVilkins. 
 
 If it be natural, ought we not to conclude that 
 there is forae ground and reafon for thefe fears, 
 and that nature hath not planted them in us to no 
 purpofe. Tillotfon. 
 
 Thus it appears, that fuits at law arc not finful 
 in thcmfclves, but may lawfully be ufed, if ihtrc 
 is no unlawfulnefs in the ground 2^i\A way of ma- 
 n.igemcnr. Ktttleiuell. 
 
 Upon that prince's death, although Xhe grounds 
 of our quairel with France had received no man- 
 ner of addition, yet this lord thought fit to alter 
 his fcntiments. Swift. 
 
 The miraculous increafe of the profefTors of 
 chrirtianity was wilhoul any vU'ible o-m5:/«i/j and 
 caufes, and conirary to ail human probability and 
 appearance. Attethury. 
 
 15. The field or place of action. 
 
 Here was thy cntl decreed, when thefe men rofc; 
 And ev'n with theirs this adl thy deati> did bring, 
 Or haltcn'dat the lerift upon this^'o//m/. Dan. 
 
 1 6. The fpace occupied by an army as they 
 fight, advance, or retire. 
 
 At length the left wing of the Arcadinns be- 
 gan to loulc ground. Sidnev- 
 Heartlcfs they fought, and quitted fuun then 
 
 ground, 
 
 While oui's with eafy viiloiy were crown'd. 
 
 Dryden 
 
 He has \o{{ ground ax xhc latter end cf the fi;i;. , 
 by purluing iiis point too far, like the piincc (d 
 Condc at the battle of ScnefFc. Dryden. 
 
 G R O 
 
 17. The intervening fpace between the 
 flyer and piirfuer. 
 
 Ev'ning mift, 
 Ris'n from a river, o'er the marifh glides, 
 And gathers ground fait at the labourer's heels, 
 Homeward returning. Mi/tan's Par. Lojf, 
 
 Superiors think it a detra-ftion from their merit 
 to lec another gei ground u^on them, and overtake 
 them in the purfuits of glory. ^ddijon's Sptff, 
 
 Even whilrt we fpeak our conqueror comes on, 
 And gathers ground upon us every moment. 
 
 ^ddifon. 
 
 18. The itate in which one is with refpedl 
 to opponents or competitors. 
 
 H.id'll thou fway'das iiings fliould do. 
 Giving no ground unto the houfc of .York, 
 They never then h.id fprung. Shakfpeare, 
 
 If they gtx g}o::nd and 'vantage of the knig. 
 Then join you with them like arib of fleel. 
 To make them ftronger. Shakfp. Henry iv. 
 
 He will ftand his ground againft all the attacks 
 that can be made upon his problry. Atterhuiy. 
 
 Whatever ground we may have gotten upon 
 our enemies, we have gotten none upon our vices, 
 the worft enemies of the twoj but are even fub- 
 dued and led captive by the one, while we tri- 
 umph fo glorioufly over the other. Atterhury, 
 
 19. State of progrefs orrcceflion. 
 
 I have known fo many great examples of this 
 cure, and heard of its being lo familiar in Auftria, 
 that I wonder it has gained no more ground \\\ 
 other places. Temple, 
 
 The fquirrel is perpetually turning the wheel in 
 her cage : (he runs apace, and wearies hcrfelf 
 with her continual motion, and gets no ground. 
 Dryden'i Dujrejnoy, 
 
 20. The foil to fet a thing off. 
 
 Like bright metal on a fuUen ground^ 
 My reformation glittering o'er my fault, 
 Shall fhcw more goodly, and attraifl more eyes, 
 Than that which hath no foil to fet it off. Shak/f. 
 
 To Ground, v. n» [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fix on the ground. 
 
 2. To found, as upon caufe, reafon, or 
 principle. 
 
 \\'\U\on\ grcurideih her laws upon an infallible 
 rule of companion. Hooker. 
 
 The church of England, walking in the gopd 
 and old way of the oithodoxal piimitive fathers, 
 groundeih the religious obfervation of the Lord's- 
 d;iy, and of other chriftian holidays, upon the 
 natural equity, and not upon the letter of the 
 fourth commandment, //7///<r. 
 
 It may ferve us to ground conjeiluves more ap- 
 proaching to the truth than we have hitherto met 
 with. Boyle, 
 
 If your own anions on your will yow ground^ 
 Mine fliall hereafter know no other bound. Dry, 
 
 Some eminent fpirit, having fignalized his 
 valour, becomes to have influence on the people, 
 to glow their Icadei in warlike expetlitions ; and 
 this is grounded upon the principles of nature and 
 common reafon, which, wheie prudence and 
 courage are required, rather incite us to fiy to a 
 fingle pcrfon than a muitirude. Sivifr. 
 
 3. To fettle in firll principles or rudiments 
 of knowledge. 
 
 Bcin^ rooted 3.y\A grounded \x\ love. Eph. 
 
 Ground. The pret. and part. pafT. of 
 grind. 
 
 How dull and rugged, ere ^\h ground 
 And polifli'd, looks a diamond. Hudibras, 
 
 Ground is much ufed in compoiition for 
 
 that which is next the ground, or near 
 
 the ground. 
 Gro'und-asii. /;./*. A faplin of afh taken 
 
 from the grcund; not, a branch cut from 
 
 a tree, 
 A lance of tough gro//m/-rJy^ tlie Trojan threw, 
 
 Rough in the rind, and knotted- ;is it grew. Dry. 
 Sonic cut the young allies off about an irch 
 
 above the ground, which caufes them to make
 
 G R O 
 
 ve<-y Urge ftrjit ftioots, wliieh tlicy call fxr/ii.V- 
 
 yi. Moilimei'i Ih'jli.nilry. 
 
 GKo'uNn-nAiT. n. f. [from ^jrauW ami 
 
 /m(V.] a bait made of barky or malt 
 
 ^ boiled; wliich, being thrown into the 
 
 place whtre you defign to angle, finks 
 
 to the bottom, and draws the iifli to it. 
 
 T-ikc the depth of the jjIjcc where yuii mean 
 
 Gro'u'ND-floor. n.f. [ ^rnuniJ and^oor.] 
 
 The lower part of a houfe. 
 Ctro'umd-ivv. n. f. [l:cdtra terrcjli'is, 
 
 Latin.] Althoof, or tuuhoof, 
 
 Alchouf ot grttiittJ-ii:y is, in my opinion, of 
 the mill rxcfllcnt ufc and intuc uf .my plants 
 among us. Tcm^>le. 
 
 Gro'iind-oak. n.f. \_grounti znd. oat.] 
 
 \i the planting of oaks were tnorc in life tui 
 underwoods, i: would fpoil tliecoopei's tiadc fur 
 the n^ifk-ing of hoops, eitiier of hafcl or alh; 
 bccaufc one fioop made of the young flioots of a 
 groufi.i-oukf would ourlaft fix of the bell alh. 
 
 ^lortimcr. 
 
 Gho'l'ND-pine. n.f. \_chamspltys, Latin.] 
 A plant. 
 
 The whole plant has a very fingubr fmcll, rc- 
 fenibling that of refin- whence its name ^'■af/nY- 
 pi'ie. It grows on drv and barren hills, and in 
 tome places on the (Inch banks by road lides H)IJ. 
 'Guo'uNn-PL.vTE. n.f. [In architcfture.] 
 The outerinolt pieces of timber lying on 
 or near the ground, and framed into one 
 another with mortifes and tenons. lu 
 thefe alfo are mortifes made to receive 
 the tenons of thejoills, the fumnierand 
 girders; and fometimes the trimmers for 
 the ilalr-cafe and chimney-way, and the 
 binding jolft. Han-is. 
 
 In the orthographical fchcmes there fhould be 
 a true delineation, if it be a timber-building, of 
 the fcvcral i\zcs of the gt9unJ ^Utfi^ breaft lum- 
 mcra, and beams. ^lortimir. 
 
 Gro'ukd-plot. n.f. 
 
 1. The ground on which any building is 
 placed. 
 
 Wretched Gvnecia, where can'ft thou findauy 
 {rxiAW gmund-^liit for hope to dwell upon ? Sidney. 
 
 A ^rourij ft/or Iquarc live hives of b.'es contains; 
 Eintilems of inriultry and virtuous gams, lluiu. 
 
 2. The ichnography of a building 
 GRo'rND-RF.NT. n.f. Rent paid for the 
 
 piivilege of building oh another man's 
 ground. 
 
 A foot in front, and thirty-three five fcventlis 
 
 tleep, would bring in Aground rent of five pounds. 
 
 yhbttthnct on Coim. 
 
 The fite was neither granted him, nor giv'n ; 
 
 'Twas nature's, andthe^ro««./-rfnrc!ue toHeav'n. 
 
 h'.i)ir. 
 
 Gro'und-room. n.f. A room on the 
 level with the ground. 
 
 I bcfecched him heieaftcr to meditate in a 
 ground-room \ far tiiat otherwlle it would be im- 
 polTible for an arlill of any other kindtg live near 
 him. I'afln. 
 
 GRo'uNDEDLy. ad-j, [from grounds d.] 
 Upon firm principles. 
 
 He hath given the hrll hint of fpeaking^r^ywj- 
 tdl\. and to ttie purpoie, upon this fubjeitt. Gl.m-j. 
 
 Gao'uvnLESs. adj. [from ^roH«(y.] Void 
 of reafon ; wanting ground. 
 
 But when v.iin doubt and_e'^v/ji/ty"j fear 
 Do that dear fuolilh bofom tear fr'.or. 
 
 We have great reafon to look upon the high 
 prctcnfions \*hich the Roman church makes to 
 mir.urles as g'oun.ll.sfi, and to rejeft her vain and 
 fabulous accounts of them. yJtlcibhr\. 
 
 The party who diftinguifh thcmfelves by their 
 zeal for the prefcnt eftablilhment, (hould be 
 tarcful tn*iifcovcr fuch a reverence for reli;;ion, as 
 may (hew how grtxndltf^ that reproach is which 
 
 Vol, I. « 
 
 S R O 
 
 i^ cart upon them, ot being avciffl to oiir n.itioaa! 
 woilhiji. Fuck'jidcr. 
 
 Gro'L'NDr.FSSLY. adv. \^rox\\ ^rouniUcfs,'\ 
 Without reafon; without caiiie; without 
 jiift reafon. 
 
 Dlvt-rs pcrfons have produced the like hy Tpirit 
 of vitiii)), or juice uf bmuiis; but have grounJItfily 
 nfcrihed the cftcdt t-^ fume pectiii-nr qiialiry of 
 tfuilc rwo liqiioi-s. Jioy/c on Ct'ours. 
 
 Giio'uNDi.F.ssvF.ss. n. /. [(vom grou/ii/- 
 /^/s,] Want of jm'l reafon. 
 
 He durl^ iioi cite tlic words ciclicr of my book 
 or Icrmons, lelt tl c reader fhuiild have difcovcrcd 
 ihc nororiuus falfliood and g'tundUJincfi of his 
 c.ilumny . Tilhifoft. 
 
 GRo'uNnLiNG. Ti. f. [from j:^romic/,] A 
 fiHi which keeps at the bottom of the 
 water; hence one of the low vulgar, 
 
 Hanmer, 
 \l offends me to the foul, to hear a robuiteous 
 pcniwig-pated fellow le ir a paflion to tatters, to 
 very rag<;, to fplit the ears of the grou'/Mj'-gi. 
 
 Shukjp:are^i Ifjtnlcf. 
 
 Gro'undly. adv, [from ^rovflf/.] Upon 
 principles; folidl)'; nut iuperticially. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 A m;in, greund/y learned already, may take 
 much profit himfcif, in ufing by cpuome to draw 
 other mens wurks, for hi:> uwu memory fake, 
 into (horter room. ^ .^-Ifchim. 
 
 Gro'undsel. n. f, [jfiund and j*ile, 
 the bnfis, Saxon, perhaps hovcifclluy 
 Latin.] The timber or raifed pavement 
 next the ground. 
 
 Tiic winduw-framc hath every one of itslights 
 rabbettcd oi! its outfidc about Lalf an irtch into 
 the frame; and all thefe rabbets, but that on tlic 
 gtou'uijti^ arc grooved fquaie; but the rabbet on 
 {{\t grcufidfcl \^ levelled downwards, that r;iin or 
 fnow may the fieclier fall otF. Maxon. 
 
 Gro'undsel, n.f. [fenec'io, 'L^Uw.'] A 
 
 plant. 
 Gro'vndwork. n.f, [ground :xn^ ivorh .'\ 
 
 1. l''he ground; the firtl llratum ; the 
 firll part of the whole; that to which 
 the rell is additional. 
 
 A way there is in hcav'n's expanded plain. 
 Which, wlien the fkies are clear, is fecn below, 
 And morlais by the name of milky know ; 
 The groumhfQtk is of itars. Diyden'j Fabla. 
 
 2. The firfl: part of an undertaking ; the 
 fundamentals. 
 
 The nKiin Ikilland e'C.vwiic'j'^ will be to tem- 
 per them fiich lectures and explauatlons, upon 
 eveiy opportunity, as may lead and <iraw them 
 in willing obedience. MUttn, \ 
 
 3. Fii It principle ; original reafon. 
 
 The grounJwosi thereof is neverlhelefs true ai:d 
 certain, however they througli ignorance difguife 
 the fame, or through vanity. Soenfir. 
 
 The morals is the firfl buiinefs nf the poet, as 
 bcinjj th^ groun.livor.k of his inltruiflion. D/yden. ] 
 
 Group, n. f [grouppe, French ; gfoppo^ , 
 Italian.] A crowd ; a duller ; a hud- 
 dle ; a number thronged together. 
 
 In a pidturcj.bcfides the principal figures wl ich 
 cunipol'c it, and are placed ih the mi'Ut of ir, 
 theic arc lefi groups or knots ot figuifs dH'pufed 
 at proper tHf+aiiccs, which aie p.irts vi ihc place, 
 a:ul Ictm to cany on ilic tame dclign in a more 
 inferior rannncr. Dr\df>i's Dufiffnoy. 
 
 I cnnnot doubt but th« poet tad here in iicw , 
 the pii5\ure of Zfcus, in the famous g*oup of 
 figures wnich reprcfcnts the two brothers binding 
 Dirce to the horns of a mad bull. .^^dd'fin. 
 
 You ftiould try your graving tools 
 On this odious g^^up of fuols. •?■(■'/•'. ' 
 
 To Group.-v. f?. Lj^n?!///'.''?*, French,] To 
 put into a crowd ; to huddle together. 
 
 The difficulty lies in drawing and difpofing,or 
 as tlic painters t-crru il; in £> t*.^;/-'^ fwch a mul-; 
 
 G R O 
 
 titu<?e fflf (lilTtrent ohjcfls, prcfervinj ftill »fce 
 Jullicc and ^unfuimiiy of flytc and cotujring, 
 
 I'l :or. 
 
 Groi'SE. n.f. A kind of fowl ; a heath- 
 cock. 
 
 The 'fijuiros in fcorn will fly the houfe 
 For better game, and look fur grjr.yV. -^ii-ff. 
 
 Grout, n.f. [^.iir, Sax.011, In iioc- 
 land they call it grona.] 
 
 1 . Coarfc- mt'al ; pollard. 
 
 King ll.irdicnute, 'midll Danes and .Saiconc 
 
 ftout, 
 Carous'd in nut-brown ale, and din'd on j^'ovf .' 
 Which dilh its priltine honour liili retains, 
 And when each prince is crown'd in fplendcHtr 
 
 riigni. A7»j. 
 
 2. That which purges o(F. 
 
 Sweet honey lornc cundenfc^ fome purge the 
 
 g'Out; 
 
 The relt, in cells apart, tic liquid ncftar fliont. 
 
 Drydi n. 
 
 3. A kind of wild apple, {/igrionulum, 
 Latin. 
 
 To GROW. V. n. prtt. ^ri-ic ; part. palT* 
 groiun. [jiiopan, Sax. groycn, Dut.] 
 
 1. To vegetate ; to have vegetable motion; 
 to increafc by vegetation. 
 
 It is not the ^roxui'ig of fiuit that nouiifTietU 
 mm ; but it is thy word which prefer veth jhcm. 
 
 H'ifJom. 
 
 He eauffth the grafs tegmwfor the catlle, and 
 herb for the fervico of man. Pfjlim. 
 
 2. To be produced by vegetation. 
 
 In tills countiy p>o;c(th abundance jof thit 
 wood, which fmcc is brought into Europe to dis 
 red colours. .^hhar, 
 
 A bag, that^roTiif/* in the fields, at the firlf is 
 hard like .1 tcnajs-ball, and white; and after 
 gioweth of a raufliroom-colour, and full oi" light 
 dull. Bacon'i Natural Hijiory, 
 
 But fay, wlieregroifi the tree ? from hence how 
 far ? MilloK. 
 
 In colder regions men conipofe 
 Foifon with art; but here it ^jowr. }V.iUcr, 
 
 Tholo tow'rs of oak o'er fertile pJains might 
 
 go. 
 And vifit mountains where they once did^xni-. 
 
 n'aiUr. 
 
 3. To llioot in any particular form. 
 
 Children, like tender ofieis, take the bow; 
 And .ii tl.cy firft arc faQiionVl, always gT')iu, 
 
 Drydcn'i ynvtnaj, 
 
 4. To increafe in ftature. 
 
 I long with all my heart to fee the prince; 
 I Irope he is eiMCh gtoivjj lince laft I law him. 
 
 Shakjyu-drt's R,'i-r!utd I IT. 
 
 The pi>or man had nothing, (dvc one little ewc- 
 hirab, which he had bought and roar'd op ; and 
 it grew up together with him and with his chil- 
 'li'-". I S.imue!. 
 
 5. To come to manhood from inf;mcy: 
 commonly followed by u/>. 
 
 Now the prince gr<m.ct/t up fall to be a man, 
 and is of a Iwcet and excellent difpofition. 
 
 Buron'i ^(iX'ice to f';.'//rr>. 
 
 The main thing to be confidcred, in every 
 action of a child, is how it wiil become hinj 
 when he is bigger, and whither it wilt lead him 
 when he is giu-n-'n up. L'.cke. 
 
 We aie brought into the woild children, igno- 
 rant and impotent ; and we^ro-u' up in vanirv and 
 folly. _ " i'',.ie. 
 
 6. To iffue, IS plants from a foil, or at 
 branches from the main trunk. 
 
 They will fecm not ftuck into him, lint ^riv 
 I!)! out of him. D'ydm's .,£>:. D-.iLnikrr. 
 
 7. To increafc in bulk J to become greater, 
 or more numerous. 
 
 Bones, after full growth, continue at a l^ay : 
 as f.ir nails they gi^y;ycontinuallj% Satori. 
 
 Then their numlicrs fwtll, 
 Acdf r!w upon us. Dailiaati 
 
 3&
 
 G R O 
 
 Dlvifions grow upon us, by ncglcft of praflick 
 duties : as every age degeiicvated fiom piiniilivc 
 piety, they advanced in nice enquiries. 
 '^ ' ' Dec^y of Fitly. 
 
 8. To improve ; to make progrefs. 
 
 Gr',-M in grace, and in tlie knovvUdge of our 
 Xord and Saviour [etus Ctirift. 2 '■'""',■ 
 
 He then d.lpenled his bell of legacies his 
 blcffings; mort p.iff.onately exhorting the young 
 groiuiw hopes of the family. '',"'■ 
 
 As he grew forward in years he was trained 
 up to learning, under one Pi onapides, who taugnt 
 tiic Pclafgick letter invented by Linus. Fofe. 
 
 g. To advance to any flate. 
 
 N-iture, as it ^roiui again towards earth, 
 Is falhion'd for the journey dull and heavy. Shak. 
 
 Xhev doubted whereunto this wauld grow. 
 
 ASi. 
 
 The king, hy this time, was gtown to fuch an 
 height of reputation for cunning and policy, that 
 every accident and event that went well was laid 
 and imputed to his foiclight. Bacon. 
 
 But when to i ipcn'd manhood he (hall grow, 
 Tl.v greedy failor (Kail the feas forego. Drydcn. 
 
 10. To come by degrees; to reach any 
 ftate gradually. 
 
 Aftci thev grew to rell upon number, rather 
 competent than vaft, they grew to advantages of 
 place, cunning diverfions, and the like ; and they 
 grci^ more feilfui'in the ordering of their battles. 
 * Badoti'i Epiyu 
 
 Verfe, or the other harmony of profe, I have 
 fo long ftudied and praflifcd, that they are grown 
 into a . Mi , and become familial to me. Drydcn. 
 
 The ;v.- j-ifles of people are groxun up to hea- 
 ven, and t^'eir fins are got beyond all reftraints ot 
 law and authority. RQgeru 
 
 1 1. To come forward ; to gather ground. 
 
 Some feeing the end of their government nigh, 
 and troubh.us praftice growing up, which may 
 ■work trouble to the next governour, will not at- 
 tempt redrefs. Sftnfer on Irdand. 
 
 It was now the beginning of Oftobcr, and 
 winter began to grow fart on : great rain, with 
 terrible thunder and lightning, and mightytem- 
 pefts, then fell .ihundantly. KnoLa. 
 
 1Z. To be changed from one (late to 
 another; to become either better or 
 
 vi-orfe ; to turn. 
 
 A good roan's fortune may grow out at heels. 
 
 S/Utffcrc. 
 
 Scipio Nafica feared left, if the dread of that 
 ene'ny were taken away, the Romans would grew 
 cither to irilencfs or civil difTcnfion. .^iiol. 
 
 Hence, hence, and to fome b.irbarous climate 
 
 Which only brutes in human form docs yield. 
 And mm'grcws wild in nature's common 6cld. 
 
 DrV'ien. 
 
 The nymph grew pale, and in a mortal fright. 
 
 Spent with the labour of fo long a flight. Drydcii. 
 
 Patient of command 
 
 Jn time he grew; and gro-.i-ing us'd to hand, 
 
 He waited at his maftci'S board for food. Dryd. 
 
 We may trade and be bufy, and grow poor by 
 
 it, unlcfs we regulate our exp^nccs. Ucke. 
 
 You will "Ktw a thing contemptible, unlcfs vuu 
 
 «jn (upply fhe lofs of beauty with more durable 
 
 .wlitics. , , ■^■"■■^'• 
 
 Dclos, by being reckoned a facred place, grew 
 
 - ID be a free port, where nations warring traded, 
 
 as in a neutral country...- Arhuthnol. 
 
 By degrees the vain, deluded elf, 
 Grew outof humouf with liis former fclf. lUrte. 
 i-i. To proceed as from a caufe or reaton. 
 Wh.'.t will ero%o outof fuch errours,as ma(kcd 
 under the cloak of divine authority, impo'.ublc 
 it is that ever the wit of man (hoiild imagine, 
 'till time have biought forth the fruits of them. 
 
 Shall we fet light by that cuf^om of nading, 
 from whence fo precious a benefit hath g,own ? 
 
 }look(T. 
 
 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this : 
 «hy Jhould damage grow to the burtof the king 
 
 G R O 
 
 Hence grows that neceffaty dilunSion of the 
 faints on earth and the taints in heaven; the 
 firft belonging to the militant, the fecond to the 
 triumphant church. Fcarjon. 
 
 Tiie want of trade in Ireland proceeds from the 
 want of people; and this is no\ grown fiom any 
 ill qu.dities of the climate or air, but chiefly from 
 fo many wars. _ lemf.e, 
 
 14. To accrue ; to be forthcoming. 
 Ev'n juft the fum that 1 do owe to you, 
 
 \% growing to me by Antipholis. Shjkfpeare. 
 
 15. To adhere ; to flick together. 
 Honour and policy, like uulever'd friends, 
 
 I' th' war do grow together. Shakfi'caie. 
 
 The frog's mouth grori^i up, and he continues 
 fo for at leaft fi.". months without eating. 
 
 IViitton's Angler. 
 
 In burnings and fcaldings the (ingers -ivould 
 many times grow together : the chin would grow 
 to the bieaft, and the arms to tlie lides, we'c 
 they not hmdered. m/cmm's Surgery. 
 
 16. Tofwell: a fea term. 
 Mariners arc ufed to the tumbling and rolling 
 
 of (hips from fide to fide, when the fea is ncVt. 
 fo little grown. Raleigl. 
 
 17. The general idea given by this word 
 is proceflion or pafTage from one Ibte to 
 anotl-.er. It is always change, but not 
 always increafe ; for a thing may gro-.v 
 lefs, as well as grow greater. 
 
 Gro'wer. n. /. [from grow.] An in- 
 
 creafer. 
 
 It will grow to a great, bignefs, being the 
 quickell grower of any kind of elrfi. Moriitncr. 
 To Growl, v. n. [_f)-o&«, Flemifh.] 
 
 1. To fnarl or murmur like an angry cur. 
 They roam amid' the fury of their heart. 
 
 And grow/ their horrid loves. Thoinfon's Spring. 
 
 Dogs in this country are of the fizc of common 
 
 maftitfs, and by nature never bark, but gro^l 
 
 when they are provoked. J^"'' 
 
 2. To murmur ; to grumble. 
 O:hcllo, Tieighbouis — how he would roar 
 
 about a fooUfh handkerchief I and then he would 
 
 g.ow/ fo manfully. "'''• 
 
 Grown. The participle paffive of grow. 
 
 1 . Advanced in growth. 
 
 2. Covered or filled by the gtowth of any 
 
 thing. 
 
 I went by the field of the flothful, and by 
 tl:c vineyard of the man void of undcrftanding ; 
 and lo, it was all giown over with thorns, and 
 nettles had covered tnc face thereof. Proveris. 
 
 3. Arrived at full growth or ftature. 
 I law lately a pair of Chrna (liocs, which I 
 
 was told were for a grozun woman, that would 
 fcarce uave been big enough for one of our liule 
 gills. • ^'"'^'■ 
 
 Growth, n. /. [ from grown . ] 
 
 1 . Vegetation ; vegetable life ; ii.crcafe of 
 
 vegetation. 
 
 Deep in the palace of long growth there flood 
 A laurel's trunk of ve.ierable wood. Dry.itn. 
 
 Thole trees that have the Howell growth, are, 
 for that rcafon, of the lonesft centinuance. 
 
 Atteriury. 
 
 2. Produft ; produflion; thing produced; 
 aft of producing. 
 
 Forbidding eveiy bleak unkindly fog 
 To touch the profperoiregwti.'M of this tall wood. 
 
 Mi/lo». 
 Our little world the imngc of the great. 
 Of her own growth hatn all that nature craves, 
 And all that's rare, as tiibutc from the waves. 
 
 Walhr 
 
 The trade of a country arifes from the native 
 
 growlki of the (yd or feas. Tcrr.pU. 
 
 I had thought, for the honour of our nation, 
 
 that the knigiit'S tale was of Englilh growth, and 
 
 Chaucer's own. Drydcn. 
 
 3. Increafe in number, bulk, or frequency. 
 
 G R U 
 
 What I have tried, or thought, or heard upon 
 this fubjeft, m.iy go a great way in preventing the 
 growth of this ilileafe, where it is but new. 
 
 Tern fie. 
 
 4. Increafe of ftaturc; advance to maturity. 
 
 They fay my fon of York 
 Has almoft oveita'en him in h\i growth. Shnhff. 
 
 The Hag, now confcious of his fatal growth, 
 To fomc dark covert his retreat had made. 
 
 Dcr.ham. 
 Though an animal arrives at its full gtowth at 
 a certain age, perhaps it never comes to is full 
 bulk 'till the laft period ot life. Arhutmot. 
 
 If parents fhuuiri be daily calling upon God in 
 a folcinn, delibeiate manner, altering and extend- 
 ing tlicir intercelTions, as the ftatc r-nd growth of 
 their children required, fu' ii devotion would have 
 a mighty influence upon the reft of their lives. 
 
 Law. 
 
 5. Improvement; advancement. 
 
 It grieved David's religious mind to confidcr 
 the giowlh of his own eltate anddignity, the af- 
 fairs of religion continuing Hill m the former 
 manner. ^»°*'"'- 
 
 GroVthead. 7 n.f. [iromgrofs or great 
 Gro'wtnol. ]■ bead; capita, l^aUw.] 
 
 1. A kind of fifh. Jinjworth. 
 
 2. An idle lazy fellow. Obfolete. 
 
 Though llceplng one hour retrelheth his fong, 
 Yet ttuli not Hob giowthc.ui for llccping too long. 
 
 Tujfer. 
 
 To GRUB. f. a. {graban, preter. grab, 
 to dii;, Golhick.] To dig up; to 
 delb-oy by digging ; to root out of the 
 ground; 'to eradicate by tlirowing up 
 out of the foil. 
 
 A looliih hen caufed all the bulbes and 
 hedges about his vineyard to be grubi'cd a^. 
 
 V tLjUctnge. 
 
 Forcrt land. 
 From whence the furly ploughman grub^ the 
 
 wood. -Py-^;'- 
 
 ■ The grubbing up of woods and trees may be 
 very needful, upon the account of their unthnf- 
 
 tinefs. ,.^ ^"''I""- 
 
 As for the thick woods, which not only Virgil 
 but Homer mentions, tl cy are moft of them 
 gtulhcd up, fince the promontory has been culti- 
 vated and inhaSited. Mdijon on Italy. 
 Grub. n.f. ^hom grubbing, or mining.] 
 
 1. A fmall vvovin that eats holes in bodies. 
 There is a riifFeicixe hctwccn a grub and a 
 
 butteifly, and yet voor butterfly was Agnti. 
 
 Shak ff care' i Ctriilami. 
 Ntw crc.itures rile, 
 A moving m.ifs at firli, and iVort of thighs; 
 'Till (hooting out with legs, and imp'd with 
 
 •Witlgs, 
 
 The e'ubi proceed to bees with pointed fii->ss. 
 ^ J)y del. 
 
 The grub 
 Oft unobfcrv'd, invades the vit,il core; 
 Pcrnici.:ius tenant I and her ftcictcave 
 Enlarges hourly, preying on the pulp 
 Ccafelefs. ' Ph.Hf,. 
 
 2. A fliort thick man ; a dwarf. In con- 
 
 lonn Romane, a (bort clowmlh grub, would, 
 bear the whole carcafe of an ox, yet never tuggeJ" 
 with mm. 
 To GuUBBLE. V. n. {grukhn, German, 
 from gnib.^ To feel in the dark. 
 
 Thou hart a colour ; . 
 Now let ma rbwl l^nAgyubble tliee : 
 Blind men f.'.y white feels finooth,' and black fccU 
 
 rou-^h : 
 Though hart a rugged (kin ; I do not like thee. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 Gru'bstreet. n.f. Originally the name 
 of a ilrcet near iVloorfitlds in London, 
 much inhabited by wi iters of fmall hlfto- 
 rics, diaiouaries, and temporary poetnsi
 
 G R U 
 
 wlience any mean prod u<f\ ion is called 
 
 Xxip iSax*? f*il fttCXof, jxil a>\yta Trtx^a 
 Aff'Jrctaiu; Tio* H^Tt<, Ixuv.fAzi, 
 
 The firri p;iit, though c.'.lctit;itcd only for the 
 meritli.in of i^iuh-jtrccf, was yet t.ilccn notice of 
 h^ llie better foit, ^ivbuthnoi. 
 
 I'dfooncr ballads wiicc, twA gruhfinil lays. 
 
 To GRUDGE. 1). a. [from gfiij^sr, ac- 
 cording to Slirincr, which in Frtncli is 
 to grind or eat. In this fcnfe we fay of 
 one who rcfents any thing fecretiy ie 
 c/js'ws it. Gya/gnach, in Wcllb, is to 
 .murmur; tognmihlt;. Cr/'«/;y/i, in ocot- 
 land, deiiotL'i a giumbling inorufe couii- 
 tciiancc] . ' 
 
 1. To tnvy ; to fee any advantage of an- 
 other with difcontmt. 
 
 Wltiit mciins this hanifiiing mc from your 
 counfi^ls : Qo you love your lorrow vo well, as to 
 grudge nic part of it ? ' 6'.V^r'y. 
 
 'Tis not in thee 
 To grudge my pleafures, to cut off my train. 
 
 Shtikfpeiire*s King Lear, 
 
 He flruggles into birth, and cries for aid ; 
 Then iielplefs in his njolher's lap is laid : 
 He creeps, he wallts ; and, ifTuing into man, 
 Grudges their life from whence liis own began. 
 
 JJryden. 
 
 Thefe clamours with difdain he heard, 
 Much grudg'd the praife, liut more the i:ob'd re- 
 ward. D>\dcri, 
 
 Do nor, as fume men, run upon the tilt, and 
 tatie of the ledinients of vi grudging ^nconlmuni- 
 cative dilpofitioii. Specfii/or. 
 
 Let us conficicr tlie liifxhauOcd treafuies of the 
 6ccan J and though lunic have grudged the great 
 fharc that it talics of the furface of the earth, yet 
 we Ihall propofc this too, as a confpicuous mnric 
 and character of the wifdom of God. Beniley. 
 
 I have often heaid the prc{byterians fay they 
 did not grudge us our employments. Swift. 
 
 2. To give or take uinvilltngly. 
 
 Let me at lealt a fuHLMil marriage ciave, 
 Noi grudge my cold embraces in the grave. 
 
 Dr\de>i*i .'hireytg'zche. 
 
 They havegia.iJsrf.Y thofe contributions, uhicii 
 have let our country at the head of all the go- 
 vernments of Europe. Addifon. 
 
 To Grudge, v. n. 
 
 1. To murmur; to repine. 
 
 They kneu' the force of that dreadful curfe, 
 whereunto idolatry ni.iketh fubjecfl ; nor is there 
 caufe why the guilty fuftaining the fame (hould 
 grudge oi complain of iiijullice. Hooker. 
 
 Wc do not grudge or repine at our portion, but 
 are contented with thofc circumiVances which the 
 providence of God nath made to be our lot. 
 
 Ne/fon. 
 
 2. To be unwilling; to be reludiant. 
 
 Many times they go with as great g>udi/'7t2_ to 
 ferve in his m.ijeliy'i Ihips, as if it were to be 
 Haves in the g. lilies. Ra'eigh, 
 
 You fteer betwixt the countiy and the court, 
 Nor gratify whate'er the great defire, 
 'i^or grudging give what puLilick needs rciqui'e. 
 
 Dryden'i Fubln, 
 
 3. To be envious, 
 
 Giudge naz one againft another, brethren, left 
 yc be 'condemned. James. 
 
 4. To wifh ill fecret. A low word. 
 
 E'en in the molt fincere advice he gave, 
 He had ^grudging ftiU 10 be a knayc, Vrvden. 
 
 5. To Eflve or have any uueafy remains. 
 I know not whether the word in this 
 fenfe be not. vithtr ^ni^eons, or remains; 
 grugeons being the part of corn that 
 remains after the fine meal has pafl'ed 
 the fieve. 
 
 G R U 
 
 My Dulabella, 
 Haft thou not itii) Wmz grudgliigi o( thy fcvcr ? 
 
 D'ydett 
 
 GRuncfc. n. f. [from the veib.] 
 
 1. Old qiianel; inveterate malevolence; 
 fullen malice. 
 
 Many countries about her were full of wars, 
 which, tor old grudges to Corinth, were thought 
 iUll would conclude there. Si^ifiey 
 
 Two hourfiold^^ bath alike in dignity, 
 From ancient f(*i'dge break to newmutis'}', 
 Whcic ci\ il blood makes civil hands unclean. 
 
 Shakf^'.etre.' 
 
 ^ Let me go in to fee the gcncials : 1 
 
 There is Unwt gtudge between 'cm ; 'tis'not meet; 
 
 They be alone. Shahffeare's "Julius Ct^jar. 
 
 Deep feftci'd hate : 
 A fridge in both, time out of mind, begun, 
 A-iui mutually bequeath'd from fire to Con. 
 
 Tillers Juvenal. 
 
 2. Anger; ill-will. 
 
 Tiic gori of wit, to (hew his grudge, 
 ClipC ali's ears upon tiiejudge. Sivift. 
 
 3. Unwillingnefs to benefit. 
 Thole to whom you have 
 
 G ^ y 
 
 With grudj^e preferv'd me. 
 
 Beri yofjjon. 
 
 4. Envy; odium; invidious cenfure 
 
 5. Remorfe of confcieiice, Ainfnvortlu 
 
 6. Some little commotion, or forerunner 
 of a difeafe. Ahifivorth, 
 
 Gru'dgingly. adv. \JxovCi grndgd,'\ Un- 
 willingly ; malignantly ; reluctantly. 
 
 Like haipks il.cy could fccnt a plenteous 
 hoard ; 
 Tlien to be furc they never fail'd their ioid : 
 The reft was form, and haic attendance paid ; 
 Then drank, and eat, -j^^^ guidgingly ubey'd. 
 
 Dyy.Un. 
 
 Gru'el. «. f. \^gruau, gruelUy French.] 
 Food made by boiling oatmeal and wa- 
 ter ; any kind of mixture made by boil- 
 ing Ingredients in water. 
 
 Finger of bnth-ftrangl'd babe, 
 Ditch-deliver'd by a di;il) ; 
 Make the guul thick ;iiid flab. Shakf^'care. 
 
 Was ever T;irt:u- hticc ur cruel 
 Upon the ftreiigth ut wsXct s/i^cl ? Prior. 
 
 G'7/("/ made of grain, broths, malt drink not 
 much hopped, polTet-diinks, and in geneial 
 whatever relaxeth. j^rbuthnot. 
 
 GRUFF, adj. [grof, Dutch.] Sour of 
 aljici^l ; harfii of manners. 
 
 Around the fiend in hideous order, fat 
 Foul bawling infamy and bold debate. 
 Gruff difcontent, through ignorance mifled. 
 
 G^irrh. 
 
 The appellation of honour was fuch an one the 
 
 R"'Jf> fuch an one the ftocky. ylddijon. 
 
 Gru'ffly. adv. [from ^n(^.] • Hardily; 
 
 rupjgedly; roughly. 
 
 The form of Mais high on a rbarlot flood, ■ 
 All (hcath'd in arms, andgra^- look'd the god. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Guu'ffnf.ss. w.y. [from^n;^] Rug-gcd- 
 
 nefs of mien ; liarflinef) of look or voice. 
 
 Grum. ailj. [contrafted from ^r;/m/7f.j 
 
 Sour ; furly ; fevere. A low word. 
 
 Nic looked four la'idgrumy and ^ould not open 
 his mouth. Arbulhnot, 
 
 To GRU'MBLE. v. n. [grommekn, ^ro^m- 
 
 nii-il, Dutch.] 
 I. To murmur with difcontent. 
 A biitlcgroom, 
 A grumliling groom, and that the girl fli.all find. 
 
 ^tu:kfl>cai'e. 
 Thou gruniblejl and railell every iiour »on 
 *Aehillcs, and thou art as full of ^ns'j at his 
 grcatncfs as Cerberus is at Proferpina's beauty. 
 
 .Sliakfpeare^s Troilus and V.rfjft.ifi. 
 
 Th' ascurft Phililtian ftands on th' other fide, 
 
 Grumbling aloud, and fmiles 'twi.Kt rage and 
 
 pride, CniJiey. 
 
 Suitors, all but on»> will depart grumhlmg. bc- 
 caufc they mifs of what tiicy tiiink their due. 
 
 South. 
 
 Providence has allotted man a competency : 
 all beyond it is fupeiflnous; and tlicrc will be 
 grumbling without end, if wc reckon that we 
 want this, becaulc wc have it not. L'EJIrnpge. 
 
 L' Avare, not nfing half lis iVore, 
 Still giumb'les that he has no n^olc. V\iir, 
 
 2. To growl ; to gnarl. 
 
 Th'- lion, though he fees the toils arc fet, 
 Yei, pinch'd with raging hunger, Icouis »way; 
 Hunts in the face of danger all the day ; 
 At night, with fullen uleafurt, grumhlei o'ct his 
 prey. Dryden, 
 
 3, To make a haarfe rattle. 
 
 Tliou grumbling thunder join thy voice. 
 
 A'oileux. 
 Like a ftorm 
 That gathers black upon the frowning Iky, 
 And grumbles in the wind. Rtwt. 
 
 Vapours fou) 
 D.idi on the mountanis brow, and (hake the 
 
 woods 
 That ^r;^w^//';g wave below. Thomfon's IViitcr. 
 Gru'mbler. n.f. [from grinnble.] One 
 that grtimbles ; a murmurer ; a difcon- 
 teiited man. 
 
 The half-pence are good half-pence, and I 
 will ftand by it: if I made them of filver, it 
 would be the fame thing to l\\t grumbler. S-wijI. 
 Grumbling, n.f. \_ixom grumble.'\ A 
 murmuring through difcontent ; a 
 grudge. 
 
 I have ferv'd 
 Without ot grudge or grumblings. Shahfpeare, 
 GRUME. It,/. [gruittL-au, Fr. grtnnus, 
 Latin.] A thick vifcid confillence of 
 a fluid : as the white of an egg, or 
 clotted like cold blood. ■ ^liicy. 
 
 Gru'mly. adv. [frora^rKW.] Sullenly; 
 
 morofely. 
 Gru'mous. adj. [irom grume. '\ Thick j 
 clotted. 
 
 The blood, when let. Was black, grumous, the 
 red part without a due conliilence, the fcium la- 
 line, and of a yellowilh green. .Arbuthnor. 
 
 Gru'mousness. n. f. [from grumous.} 
 Thicknefs of a coagulated liquor. 
 
 The caufe may be referred either to the coagu- 
 lation of the ferura, or grumoufnejs of the blood, 
 l'f''ifernan's Surgery. 
 
 Gru'nsel. n.f. [More ufually ^counfl/f/, 
 unlefs M'dlon intended to prefcrve the 
 Saxon jpunb.] The groundfel ; the 
 lower pait of the building. 
 
 Next came one 
 Who mourn'd in carnefr, when the captive ark 
 Maim'd his brute image, heads and hands topp'd 
 
 oft" 
 111 his Qwn temple, on the gr«>;y-/ edge, 
 Where he fell flat, and Iham'd his woifliippers. 
 
 Mii:o'!. 
 To GRUNT. ■) V. n. [grumo, Lat.] 
 To GRUNTLE. J To murmiiv like a 
 hog. 
 
 And neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar and 
 ^ burn, . , 
 
 Like horfe, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn, g, 
 
 Stiakfpeare. 
 Lament, yc fwine I in grunlings fpend youi 
 grief; 
 For you, like me, have loft your fole relief. G.iy, 
 
 Thy brindcd boars may lUupher undifmay'd. 
 Or prunt lecure beneath tfle chefnut Ihade. 
 
 Ti:kel. 
 The fcolding quean to louder notes doth rife, 
 To hcv full pipes t\\t:g>uniiag hog replies ; 
 The riuutiur hogs alarm the neighbours round. 
 
 Sivift. 
 
 Grunt. 11. f. [from the verb.] The noife 
 of a hog, 
 
 c R 2
 
 6 U A 
 
 Seine's fnowts, fwine's budies, too'A tV.cy, 
 br'.ftlcs, grunls. Chapman. 
 
 Ran cow and c.ilf, and family of Iiogs, 
 In panick hoirour of purfuin<j dugs; 
 With many a deadly gnyit and doleful fqueak, 
 Poor fwinc, 31 if their pretiy hearts would break. 
 
 JJryJen. 
 From hence were heard 
 \}te grunts of brill led boars, and groans of bears, 
 And herds of howluig wolves. DryJin's A.n. 
 
 Gru'nterv n. / [fiom^rurt.3 
 
 1. He that griiiits. 
 
 2. A kind of fifh. [>^jif4(\-.j 
 Gru'ntiinc. n. /. [from grunt.'\ A 
 
 young hog. 
 To Grutch. ^'. n. [corrupted for the 
 fake of rhyme from grudge."] To envy ; 
 to repine ; to be difcontented. Not ufcd. 
 
 The poor at the cnclol'ure doth grutch, 
 Bccaufc of abules that fall, 
 
 Left fome men Ihould have but too rr.uch, 
 And fome again nothing al all. Tuffcr. 
 
 But what we're born for we rauft bear, 
 -Our fvail condition it is flich, 
 
 That what to all may happen here, 
 If't chance to mc, I muft not gra/ti. 
 
 Ben Janhn. 
 
 Grutch. n.f. [from the verb.] Malice; 
 
 ill-will. 
 
 In it he melted leaden bullets, 
 To (liuot at foes, and fometimes pullcti ; 
 To whom he bore fo fell a gnilch. 
 He ne'er gave quarter t' any fuch. HaJiiras. 
 
 Gry. n.f. [7^!,.] Any thing of little 
 value ; as, the paring of the nails. Dul. 
 Guaia'cum. n.f. A phyfical wood. 
 
 Guni^rum is allcnuant and aperient. It is ex- 
 cellent in many chronick cafes, and was once 
 famous lor curing the venereal riifeafe, which it 
 flill does fingly in warmer climates, but with us 
 we find it infufficicnt. We have a tcfin of it, im- 
 properly called gum gunjjcum. lUll, 
 Guarante'e. «. / [guarant, French.] 
 A power who undertakes to fee ilipii- 
 lations performed. 
 
 God, the great g.idrantte for the peace of man- 
 kind, wheie laws cannot fccurc it, may think it 
 the concern of his providence. Sorjth, 
 
 A prmce diftinguilhed by being a patron of 
 proiertants, and giiarantet of the Wcftphalian 
 treaty. y^iUifon on the /f^ur. 
 
 An oath is a prom'fe made to God, and God 
 is our fupcriot, fuperior to kind's. And he is 
 alfo the giiiKaniri and avenger of all breach of 
 faith and injuflice. l-'Ji'y- 
 
 To Guar ANTV. T. a. [^araw/ir, French.] 
 To uudci'take to fecure the performance 
 of any articles. 
 To GUARD. V. a. [garddr, French ; 
 from our word luard, the iu being 
 changed by the French into g ; as Guiles 
 for If'alet.] 
 I. To watch by way of defence and fecu- 
 rlty. 
 
 3. To protefl ; to defend. 
 
 N-iked the graces ^utuj'd yov from all 
 Dangers abroad, and now your thjnder (hall. 
 
 ira//tr. 
 
 Your pow'r you never ufe, but for defence. 
 To j.Ki'^.i your own or ot lers innocence. Drjiien, 
 
 Fix'd on defence, t!ie Tiojrns arc not (low 
 To ^trirj the (Hore from an expe>.f cd foe. DryJ. 
 
 ■f he port of Gciwja is very il\ gt^urtiiu ayainll the 
 ftoi ms. Milijon en Imly. 
 
 3. To prcferve by caution. 
 
 One ivould take care to guaril oBc'v fclf again!) 
 this particul ir imp'-'ife'tiun, bccaufe it is that 
 which our nature vciy ftioiigly iiclincs us to. 
 
 .-l.l.l. [oa' i SfcSiittr. 
 
 4. To pro'.-lde againll objcftions. 
 
 G U A 
 
 homer has guardtJ every circumftance with ai 
 mncK caution as if he had been aware of the ob- 
 jection. Broume on O.iyjfi-y. 
 
 5. To adofn •w-ith lifts, laces, or orna- 
 men.tal borders. Obfolete. 
 
 Gi\c him a livery 
 More g.var./r<i than his fellows. ShAf^'Curc. 
 
 See a fellow 
 In a long motley, *tf/r'./^i/ with yellow. Shakfp. 
 To Guard, -u. n. To be in a (late of 
 caution or defence. 
 
 There arc cafes, in which a man muft guar,!, 
 if he intends to keep fair with the world, and 
 turn the penny. Co//ic-r. 
 
 Tog.'J'</ againfV fiich miftakes, it is necrlVary 
 to Acjuaint nurlclvcs a liitle with woids. IV.iiis. 
 Guard, n. /". [garde, French; ward, 
 Teutonick.] 
 
 1. A man, or body of men, whofe bufi- 
 nefs is to watch by way of defence or 
 prevention. 
 
 The guiirii bare them, and brought them back 
 intLi the guard chamber, I King\. 
 
 Up into heav'n, from paradife, in haile 
 Th' angelickganrj^s aftendcd, mute, and fad, 
 For man. Mi/l',r:'i Pamdift h>jh 
 
 They mifs'd zo\x\li,guardi, a gay and num'ious 
 train. 
 Our judges like our laws were rude and plain. 
 
 CowUy, 
 With lifted hands, and gazing eyes, 
 ViMgutirdi behold him I'oaring through the (kies. 
 
 Dryicn. 
 He muft be trufted to his own conduft, fince 
 there cannot always be a gu^itd upon I ini, except 
 what you put into his own mind by good piin- 
 ciples. Lockt. 
 
 They, ufurping arbitrary power, had their 
 gimrJi and fpies, after the practice of tyrants. 
 
 Sivlft. 
 
 2. A fiate of caution ; a ftate of vigilance. 
 
 The great alteration which he made in the ftate 
 
 ecclefiaftical, caufed him to (land upon his giard 
 
 at home. Davin. 
 
 Temerity puts a man ofFhisg/.^iri/. UEjhangt. 
 
 It is wifdom to keep ourfelves upon a guArd. 
 
 L'Kji'angc. 
 Now he flood lollecSed and prepar'd ; 
 For malice and revenge had put him on his guard. 
 
 T)iyden. 
 
 Others are cooped in clofe by the ftrli) guards 
 
 of ihofe w'nofc inteicft it is to keep them ignorant. 
 
 Ltchc. 
 
 Men are always upon their ^-wjrt^ againft an 
 
 appearance of deiign. Sm,ihidgi. 
 
 3. Limitation; anticipation of objection ; 
 caution of exprefhon. 
 
 They have exprefTed themfelves with as few 
 guards and rclfricfions as J. Attcrhury. 
 
 4. An ornamental hem, lace, or border. 
 Ohfolcte. 
 
 y. Part of the hilt of a fword. 
 
 Gua'edage. n. J. [from ^oa/-</.] State 
 of wardfliip. Obl'ulcte. 
 
 A maid fo lender, fair and happy. 
 Run from \\t:r giardage to the looty bofom 
 Of fuch a tning as thou. Shnkji>e.trc' s OlhUo. 
 
 Gua'rder. n.f. One who guards Ainf. 
 Gua'rdian. n.f. [^4; i//Vh, French, from 
 guard. ^ 
 
 1. One thr.t has the care of an orphan; 
 one who i;; to ftipply the want of parent.s. 
 
 I am I'oiry for her, as I have juft caule, being 
 
 her uncle and her gunr.liart. Sh.ikfifdrc. 
 
 When perj'.ir'd guardians, proud with impious 
 
 gams, 
 
 Choak up the ftreets, too nairow for their trains ! 
 
 Dryd.n. 
 
 Hocu-J, with two other of the ^fjr(//rt»«, thought 
 
 it tneir duty to lake caie of the intcieft of the 
 
 Ihreo girls. ' ^ri,ullinot. 
 
 2. One to whom the care and prcfcrYStion 
 of any thing is committed. 
 
 G U D 
 
 I gave you all, 
 Made you my gu>ird;ans, my depo(itarIcx| 
 But kept a lelcivation to be follow'd 
 With luch a number. Shnkjpeari' s ^''^g I'^^f . 
 It then becomes the common concern of all 
 that have truth at heart, and more cfpccially 
 of thofe who are the appointed guaidians of t^^v, 
 ciiriHian faith, to be upon the watch igainft fe- 
 
 duccrs. IVutirlar.d. 
 
 3. A rcpofitory or ftorehoufe. Not ufed; 
 
 Where is Durban's body ? 
 
 . Carried to Colnicikdl, 
 
 The facred ftoic houlc of his predeccfTors, 
 
 And guardtan of their bones. Shakfpeare. 
 
 GuARDl.\N of the Sp'trhualilies. He to 
 whom the fpiritual jurifdiciion of any 
 diocefe is committed, during the vacancy 
 of the fee. He may be either guardian 
 iti law, or jure mngi/lralus, as the arch- 
 bilhop is of any dioceie within his pro- 
 vince ; or guardian by clek-gation, as he 
 whom the archbifl.op or vicar-gencral 
 doth for the time depute. Co-well. 
 
 Gua'rdian. adj. Performing the ofEce 
 of a kind proteflor or fupcrintcndent. 
 
 My charming patronefs protedts me unfeen, like 
 my guardian angt-l j and (huns my gratitude like 
 a (my. who is bountiful by ftcaltli, aiio conceals 
 the gucr when (he beftows the gift. Dtydcn. 
 
 Thus (hall mankind his guardian caie engage. 
 The piomis'd lather of a fururc age. Pijic, 
 
 Mean while Minerva, in her guardian care. 
 Shoots from the ftarry vaults tnrough fields of air. 
 
 Pife. 
 Gua'rdiaNship. n.f. [hom guardian.^ 
 Tiie office of a guardian. 
 
 The curaic flretchcd his patent for the cure of 
 fouls, to a kind of tutelary guu'dianjfiip over 
 goods and chattels. VEjhangf. 
 
 This holds true, not only in lofifes and indigni- 
 ties offered to oui (elves, but alfo in th» cafe of truft, 
 when they are offered to others who are commit- 
 ted to our care and guardinnjhip. KettieiueU, 
 
 Thcfeus is ihe firil who cflablilhed the popular 
 fiate in Athens, afiigning to himfcif the guaidimn.. 
 Jhip of the laws, and chief commands in war. 
 
 Simft. 
 Gua'rdless. adj. \f\om guard.'] With- 
 out defence. 
 
 So on the guardhfs herd, their keeper (lain, 
 Rufhes a tygcr in the Lybian plain. H'alkr. 
 
 A rich land, gunrdUJs and undefended, muft 
 neitU have been a double incitement. Situtk. 
 
 Gua'kdship. n.f. [ixom guard.] 
 
 1. Care ; proteClion. 
 
 Ho-.v bkfs'd am I, by fuch a man led I 
 fnder whole wife andca-eful ^ua'dj/iip 
 I now dctpife fatigue and hardiht)*. Sioft, 
 
 2. [guard and fhi/).] A king's fhip to 
 guard the coaft. 
 
 Guaia'v A. 7 n. / An American fruit. 
 
 Gua'va. J The fruit, fays iir Han» 
 Sloanc, is extremely delicious and whoie- 
 fome. They have only this inconveni- 
 ence, that being very aftringent, tliey 
 flop up the belly, if taken in great 
 quantities. Jlliller. 
 
 GuBERNATlON. D f. [gu/iertiiilio, Lzt.] 
 Government; fuperinlcndcncy ; fupe- 
 riour dirtflion. 
 
 Perhaps there is little or nothing in the govern- 
 ment of the kingdoms of nature and grrce, but 
 what is tranfafted by the man Jefus, inhabited 
 by the divine powtrand wifdom, and employed 
 as a medium or confcious inftrumcnt of this cx- 
 Xcnfi^C gul'er nation, ft attl. 
 
 Gu'dgeok. n.f. [goujon, French.] 
 I. A ftnall fifh found in brooks and riven, 
 eafily caught, and therefore made a 
 proTcrbial name for a man eaCly chtaleJ.
 
 CUE 
 
 'Tii friif , no turbct> dignih* my hoards ; 
 Butg«»/^;/ij, riviuiidcrs, wUAt my Thamo alf.nds. 
 
 i';;.. 
 it A man cafiljr cheated. 
 
 Tins he did t'^ dr.uv )ou in, like fo many 
 gi/Jgrcus^ lu . vv dliw hig lailf iir^umciit^. Siuijt.' 
 J. Something to be caught to a man's 
 own difavlvaiitatje ; a bait ; an alhnc- 
 mcnt : gudgeons being commonly ufeJ 
 as baits tor pike. 
 
 But hlh nor M'ttN this mcl.inclioly b.iit, 
 For tins l.>ar$g(/-/^cd//, tiiis opinion. Shiikfptarr. 
 Gue'rdon. n.f. [guerdon, gar Jon, Fr.] 
 A reward ; a recompcnfc, in a good 
 and bad fcnfc. Not in ufe. 
 
 But to ttic vngin comes, wh.> all tliis while 
 Amatcd ft.nids hcil'clf fo mock'd to lee, 
 
 By him >Mi\Q has v\c guerdin oi his gailc. 
 For to mivfcigning her ttuc kniL^lu to he. Sf^nfcr. 
 He Ihali, by Ihy revenging hand, at onic re- 
 ceive the ]ix\\ guerdon of all his foi nicr vill.mics 
 
 K-o/.'-l. 
 Fame is the fjiur that the clear fpirit dorh raile 
 To rcorn drligtiis, and live laborious days j 
 But the fair ^utrdw A'lien \vc hope to tiiid, 
 And thnik to hniU mit into luHden blaic, 
 Comes the blind fu y w'itt^ tti'al)horied Iheers, 
 And lilts the thin-fpun life Millon. 
 
 To GUEiS. V. a. [gf'lfn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To conjeflure ; to judge without any 
 certain principles of judgment. 
 
 Incapable and ihallow innocents ' 
 You Ciunot gi/ffi who caus'd your father's death. 
 
 S^aiffeare. 
 
 Let not your ears defpifc my tongue for ever, 
 Which (hall poffcls ihcni with the licavicft found 
 That ever yet they heaid. 
 — Hum! 1 g</f/j at it. Sk'djpenrt. 
 
 He that, by rcafon of his fwlft motions, can in- 
 form himfclf of all places and preparations, (huuld 
 he notveiy often gufji rightly ot tilings lo come, 
 where God pieafctn not to give impcdimeiii ? 
 
 Kaleigh. 
 There ifTue fwarming bands 
 Of ambufliM men, whom,by theirarnisanddrels, 
 To be TjAc.ilIan enemies I gucfs. Drydfn. 
 
 The lame author ventures to gittfi at the parti- 
 cular fitc which would attend the Roman go- 
 vernment. S%uift. 
 
 " Nor can imagination gt^efi, 
 How that ungrateful charming naaid 
 My purcll patTion has betray'd. Sxt'ijt. 
 
 2. To conjctlure rightly, or upon fome 
 jnfl reafon. 
 
 One may gurfi by Plato's writings, that his 
 meaning, as to the inferiour deities, was, that 
 they who would have ihem might, and they wno 
 would not, might kt them alone ; but that him- 
 fclf liad a right opinion concerning the tiue Gud. 
 
 Stilli'igftet. 
 
 To Gi-Ess. '0. a. To hit upon by acci- 
 dent ; to determine rightly of any thing 
 without certain direftion of the judg- 
 ment. 
 
 If Xerxes w.!? able to call every common fol- 
 dier by his nime in iiis army, it m.TV be gucjfr.i 
 begot not this wonoeiful ability by learning Ins 
 lelfons by heart. Locke. 
 
 Guess, n.f. [from the verb.] Conjefture ; 
 judgment without any pofitive or certain 
 grounds. 
 
 The enemy 's in view ; draw up your powers : 
 Hard is the g"-'/i of their true ftrengtli and forces. 
 
 ^hiikfp^are. 
 His gutffi was ufually as near to prophecy a 
 
 any man s. 
 
 Fell. 
 
 A poet muft confcfs 
 His art 's like pnyfick, bar a happy gur/i. Dryd. 
 
 It is a \*'rong way of proceeding to venture a 
 greater good for <i lels, upon uncertain guijfc^, be- 
 fore a due examination. Locke. 
 
 We may make fome ^m*/j at the diftiniftion of 
 things, into ihofc that are according to, above, 
 and contrai-y te reafon. Loiki. 
 
 G U I 
 
 This problem yet, this- offspring of ^gutfs, 
 Ler OS for onde a child of trutli confels. yrior. 
 
 No man ishletl by accident, or g!i-:fi, 
 True wifdom is the price of happincfs. Young. 
 Gue'ssek. n.f. [from ^i/^/x.] Conjettu- 
 rer ; one who judges without certain 
 knowledge. 
 
 1 1 is the opinion of divers goad g"fjfen, that 
 the liil lit will not be mote violent than advan- 
 tageous Pope. 
 If foitune fliould pleafc but to take fuch a 
 crotchet, 
 Ti' thee I apply, grc.it Smedley's fucceflbr, 
 
 T(i give thee l.iwii flrcves, a mitre .a id r xhet, 
 
 Whom would'rt thou lefcmble^ 1 leave thee a 
 
 gtjcjfc. Sivifi. 
 
 Gue'ssingly. adv. [hom gu effing. "[ Con- 
 
 jeduraliy ; uncertainly. Not in ufe. 
 
 I have a letter gut;^(/ig/> let down. Sliakfjieare. 
 
 GUEST, n. / [3ep:» JT^i Saxon ; 
 
 gwrfl, Welfh.j 
 
 1. One entertained in \\\t houfe or at the 
 table of another. 
 
 Tlity all muimurcd, faying, that he was gone 
 to be gitejl with a man that is a iinner. Luke. 
 
 Methiiiks a father 
 Is, at the nuptial of his fun, ^ gucjl 
 That bell becomes the table. Shakfpcire. 
 
 Tell my royal guejl 
 I add to his commands my own requeft. DryJin 
 
 2. A ftranger; one who comes newly to 
 refide. 
 
 O defarts, defarts ! how fit a gurj! am I for 
 yon, fiiice my heart can people you with wild 
 ravenous bealts, which in you ate wanting? 
 
 Sidney. 
 Thofc happieft fmiles 
 That play*d on her r'pe lip, fcem'd not to know 
 Wh-Aiguejh were in lier eyes ; which parted thence 
 As pearls from diamonds dropt. Shekf^iearc. 
 
 GuF.'sTR ITE. n.f. [i\am guefl and r/V^.] 
 Offices due to a gucll. 
 UlylTes to dear 
 A gift elleem'd it, thar he would not bcare 
 In his black fleete Ihiigicjl-rite to the war. 
 
 Ch-ipman. 
 
 Gu'f.stch AMBER, n.f. [gue/1 3Tid ciam- 
 bcr.'\ Chamber of entertainment. 
 
 Where is the gutf-cliambe: , where I (hall eat 
 the palTover with my difciples ? Mark. 
 
 To Gu'ggle. v. n. [gorgolaire, Italian.] 
 To found as water running with intcr- 
 miffions out of a narrow-mouthed vcfR-l. 
 Gui'dage. n.f. [from guide.^ The re- 
 ward given to a guide. yimfworlh. 
 Gui'dance. n.f. [from guia'e.^ Direc- 
 tion ; govetnmcnt. 
 
 They charge me with negleifling the g.v/./,//ir- 
 of wiler men. Sp.'nfer. 
 
 As to thofe who lived under the gui.iance o*" 
 realon alone, without the atTiftance of fu,Kinalu- 
 lal light, it is highly prob.ibie that miracles, or a 
 nielTage from the dead, would perfuade them. 
 
 Aimf'uiy. 
 
 Particular application mu(^ be left to cliriiti in 
 prudence, under xhc gur.lu'rce of God's -.oly Ipi- 
 rit, w^o knows our necefliry before we a(k, and 
 our ignorance in alkiiig. Rr.ren. 
 
 This to the young — but thv expeiienc'd age 
 Waiitv not the giiilancr of a former fage. Seive','. 
 
 A prince ought not to be under the g'ji.tuncr jr 
 influence of either fa^ion, becaufe he declines 
 from his office of prcfiding over the whole to be 
 the head uf a party. Sivifi. 
 
 To GUIDE, t). a. [gulJer, French,] 
 I. To direA in a way. 
 
 When the fpirit of tiuth is come, he will ij.v.'r^^ 
 
 you into all truth. 7^''" 
 
 The new light ferved to guide them to tncir 
 
 neighbours coffers. Decay of Piety. 
 
 Whufocver has a faithful friend xo gui.li him 
 
 G UI 
 
 In the dark pafTages of life, niaycsrry his cy«s lO 
 another man's hcid, and yet ice never the worfc. 
 
 2. To influence. 
 
 Upon thciV, (f f'ich like fecuUr maxims, 
 wlitn nothnig but ihr mlcicft of this world ^uida 
 men, they many umci conclude tU.iltl.c Hightcll 
 wrungs aic not lu be jjut up. KutitwiU, 
 
 3. To govern by coiinfel ; to inflrucit. 
 
 l**or thy name':i fake lead mc and guide mc. 
 
 Vjalmj. 
 
 4. To regulate ; to fuperintend. 
 
 Wointii ncgictt tliat which St Paul alTisris 
 them a:> their proper bufinct:*} the guiding uf me 
 houlc. Decay «/" Piety, 
 
 Guide. «. /*. [gulJcy Fr, from the veib.] 
 
 1. One who directs another in his way. 
 
 Tiiou g.ive.lt them a burning pillar uf fite to be 
 Agn/u'e d1 ti'.c unknown j'jurney. fV.J i'^m. 
 
 Can knowledge have no hound, but mult ad- 
 viince 
 So f^i to make us with for ignorance ' 
 And rather in ihc d^ik to grope our way, 
 Tli.in, led by a talfe g'^id-^ to err by day ? 
 
 2. One who direfts another in his conduct, 
 
 Wluic yet Ljt young, hiv -atlicr dy'd, 
 And left lum to an happy guide. iV.tlUt , 
 
 They have all the fame pafloral guides ap- 
 poiiitffl, autliorifed, lanitified, and fei .ipjit by 
 the appointment L»f God by tne diiedtun of the 
 fpiric, to direft anrt lead the people of God in 
 tiic fame way of ' t^uial falvdtioo. }*ca>Jo/t, 
 
 3. Diredor ; r gu'ator. 
 
 Wiio the guidt ot nature, but only the God of 
 n.iture ? In hini we live, move, and aie. Thofc 
 things which nature i> faid to do, are by divni« 
 art pfi formed, ufing nature m an mlirument: 
 nor 11 there any tuch knowledge rtivmc m nature 
 herlVlf woiking, but in the guide of nature's 
 work. Hwkcr, 
 
 Some truths are nnt Ly reafon lo be tried, 
 But we h-wc fuie experience for our guide. 
 
 Dryde'i's Fublei, 
 
 Gui'deless. adj, \_^rQm guide ] Having 
 no CTuide ; wanting a goveniour or fu- 
 perintcndent. 
 
 Th" itmbitious Swede, like reftlefs billows tort, 
 Though in his life he blood and rum biearti'ri, 
 To hib now guideltfi kingdom peace bequeath'd. 
 
 Drydcn, 
 There fierce winds o'er duflty valleys blow, 
 Whole every puff bears empty (hades away, 
 Wnich ew/.(tf/i^j in thole dark dominions ilray. 
 
 Dry den, 
 
 Gui'der. n. f, [from gmd€.'\ Director ; 
 regulator; guide. Oblolcte, 
 
 Oui^'v/,/fr Come ! to tiic Roman camp con- 
 <luft us. Sh.ikjpeare, 
 
 That pcrion, th;it being provoked by esctfTue 
 pain, thrufl his daggT into his body, and thereby, 
 mltead otreacnin^ his vitals, opentd an inipult- 
 hunie, rhe unknown caule of ail his pain, and fo 
 ftabbcd himfelf into perte£t hcilth and cafe, 
 fuiely had great reafon to acknowledge chance 
 for his chiiuigvon, and p^o^'ldcncc for tne z^uider 
 of his iianri Stiuth, 
 
 GUIDON, n.f [Frencli.] A ftandard- 
 hcarer ; a ItHiidard. Ubfo cte. 
 
 GUTLD. n. f. [:^ilbpcip, Saxon, a M- 
 lowfhip, a coipui-atioii ] A lociety ; 
 a covporati-in ; a fraternity or coiiipaiiy, 
 combined together by orders and laws 
 made amontr t!,emfclvcsby tiieir prince's 
 liecncr. Hence the common word ^/W 
 ax giiiLlhall proceeds, being a faternity 
 or coniiiionalty of men gathered into 
 one combination, fvipporting their com- 
 mon ehargc by mutual contribution. 
 
 Coviell.
 
 G U I 
 
 Towards three or four o'clock 
 Look for riie news that the ^iiilA hall alTord«. 
 
 SImkJfcare'i Richmd IM. 
 Ill woolen cloth it appears, by thole ancant 
 
 fuitdi that were fcitled in England for this mami- 
 aaure, that this ki'ngHom greatly fiouTifheil iii 
 that art. Hale't. Origin r,f Mankind. 
 
 As when the !ong-ear'd millcy mothers wait 
 Atfofnc fick mifer's triple bolrcd gate, 
 For tlieir defrauded abfent foals they make 
 A moan Co loud, that all tne g^uild awake. Pop-:- 
 CUILE. n. f. Igui/k, g'ili, "Id French, 
 the fame with w/Vf.] Deceitful cun- 
 ning ; infidious artifice ; mifchlevous 
 
 fiibtilty. 
 
 With fawning words he courted her awhile, 
 And lo-jking lovely, and oft fighing fore, 
 
 Her conlUnt heart did court with divers gu/.'f; 
 But words and looks, and fighs the did abhor. 
 
 Spcfir. 
 
 When I have moft need to employ a friend, 
 Deep, hollow, treacherous, and full ui guile, 
 Be he ro me ! This do T beg of heav'n, 
 Wnen I am cold in zeal to you or yours. Sluikf. 
 
 We may, with more fuccelsful hope, refolve 
 
 To wage by foice or guil-: clcrn:il war. Miltun. 
 
 . Nor tnou his malice and falfc guHe contemn : 
 
 'Subtile he needs muft be who coulci fcduce 
 
 Angels. Mihrjn'i Paradije Lsji. 
 
 Gui'liiFui.- adj. [^«i/e anti /«//.] 
 
 ,1. Wily ; infidious; mifchievoufly artful. 
 
 Tlie Avay not to he inveigled by them that .ire 
 
 ioguiltfi'l through ikill, is thoroughly to he in- 
 
 itrUc'ted in that which maketh fkilful agauift 
 
 £uile. 
 
 Booitr. 
 
 Without expcnce at all. 
 By |w7f/"v/ fair words, peace maybe obtain'd. 
 
 Shakjpciir£^s IJeiiry VI. 
 He fnw his guiltful adl 
 By eve, though all unweeting, feconded 
 Upon her hulband. Milton'i I'aiailife Lojl. 
 
 The g;/;V</o/ phantom now forfooR the fhrowd, 
 And flew fublime, and vanifti'd in a cloud. 
 
 Dryden's yE«. 
 
 2. Treacherous; fecretly mifchievous. 
 
 I train'd thy biethren to that guiitfu! hole. 
 
 Where the dead corps of Baflianus lay. Shalfp. 
 
 Gui'lefully. adii. [^irom guUefuI.'\ In- 
 
 fidioufly ; trcacherouny. 
 
 To whom the tem^^tr guilefully rcply'd. AW/. 
 
 Gui'LEFtiLNESS. «. / [from guileful.] 
 
 Secret treachery ; tricking cunning. 
 Glu'leless. adj. [frym guile-] Free 
 fiom deceit ; void of infidioufnefs ; 
 finnply honeft. 
 Gui'lkr. n. f. [from guile. ^ See Be- 
 guile.] One that betrays into danger 
 by infidious praftices. 
 
 But he was- wary wife in all his way. 
 And well perceived his deceitful fleight ; 
 Nc fuffercd kift his fafety to betray; 
 So goodly did beguile the guiUr of the prey. 
 
 Spe'tpr. 
 
 GUILT, n. f. [-silr, Saxon, originally 
 fignilied the fi»e or mulft paid lor an 
 offence, and afterward the offence itfelf.] 
 
 1. The llate of a man julUy charged with 
 a crime ; the contrary to innocence. 
 
 It was neither guilt of crime, nor realon of 
 ftate, that could qucr.ch the envy that was upon 
 the icing- for this execution. Jimon's lUiry vii. 
 
 When thefe two aie taken away, the poffibi- 
 lity of guilt, and the puffibihty of innocence, 
 what re llraint can the belief of the creed lay upon 
 any man r Ifummond on FundatnentuU. 
 
 2. A crime ; an offence. 
 
 Clofe pent i\\t guilts 
 Rive your concealing continents, and a(k 
 Thfc dreadful furamoners grace. S/iaifpcarr. 
 Gui'ltilv. adv. [from guilty.] With- 
 out innocence ; without ckarnefs of 
 coiifcience. 
 
 G U I 
 
 Bloody »nd guilty ; gaiVr/Vy awake, 
 And in a bloody battle end thy days: 
 Think on lord Uaftings, and defpjir, and die. 
 
 Shakfpean'!. Richard ill. 
 
 Gui'ltiness. II. f. [irum guilly.] The 
 llate of being guilty ; wickednefs ; con- 
 fcioufnefs of crime. 
 
 He thought his HJght rather to proceed of a 
 fearful g-.///:ne/s than of an humble fnithfulnefs. 
 
 Sidf.gy. 
 The lafl was I that felt thy tyranny : 
 O, in the battle think on Buckingham, 
 And die in tcrrour of thy guiliincfs. Sli^Ufprure. 
 I fliould be guiltier than my guillineji. Shnkf. 
 Gui'ltless. adj. [from guilt.] Inno- 
 cent ; free from crime. 
 
 I am in this coinm.indcd to deliver 
 The noble duke of Clarence to your hands : 
 I will not reafon what is meant hereby, 
 Bccauie I will he gull tiffs of the meaning. Sliaif 
 
 Many worthy and chalie dames thus, 
 AViguihitf, meet lepioach. S/iuifpcare' s Othello. 
 Then fnall the mar, be guiltkfs from iniquity, 
 and this woman (hall bear her iniquity. Numlnn. | 
 
 Thou, who do'ft all thou wiflieif at thy will. 
 And never willell aught but what is right, 
 
 Picferve this guiltlijs blood they feck to fpill ; 
 Thine be my kingdom. Fmifa.w 
 
 Guililefs of groatncfs, thus he always pray'd, 
 Norknewnorwifh'dhe that thofe vows he made 
 On his own head (hould be at laft lepaid. Vryden. 
 The teeming earth yet guiltltfe of the plough, 
 And unpiovok'd did fruitful ftorcs allow. Dry I 
 Thou know'A how guiltl/f tirtt I met thy 
 flame, 
 When love approach'd me under friendOiip's 
 name. Pof'- 
 
 Gui'ltlessly. atlv. [from guiltlefs.] 
 
 Without guilt ; innocently. 
 Gui'ltlessness. n. f. [from guil/le/s.] 
 Innocence ; freedom from crime. 
 
 A good number, trulfing to their number 
 m6i-e than to their value, and valuing money 
 higher than equity, felt that guilthjfmfi is not 
 always with eafe opprelTed. Sidrity. 
 
 I would not have had any hand in his death, 
 of whofc guiitlcflmfs I was better affurcd than 
 any man living could be. k:>ig Churla. 
 
 GUl'LTY. adi. [ykij^, Saxon, one con- 
 demned to pay a tine lor an offence.] 
 I. Juftly chargeable with a crime ; not in- 
 nocent. 
 
 It there not a ballad of the king and the beg- 
 gar .' 
 
 — The world was guilty of fuch a ballad fome 
 three ages fince. Sh.ilfpeure. 
 
 Mark'fi you not 
 How that the guilty kindied of the queen 
 Look'd pale, when they did hear of Clarence 
 death ? Shakf/care 
 
 We arc verily g»;//> concerning our brother, 
 in that we fuw the anguifh of his foul when he 
 befought us, and we would not hear Gcncfu. 
 
 Wirh mortal hatred I purfu'd his life. 
 Nor he, nor you, f ex c guilty of the iiiife; 
 Nor I, but as I lov'd ; yet all combin'd, 
 Vour beauty and my impotence of mmd. Dryd. 
 
 F.ucwel the ftones 
 And threlhold,gi«/yi of my midnight moans. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 There is no man, that is knowingly wicked, 
 
 but is guilty iu himfelf ; and there is no man, thiit 
 
 carries guilt about him, but he receives a fting 
 
 into his foul TillotfM. 
 
 2. Wicked ; corrupt. 
 
 A 11 the tumult of a guilty world. 
 Toft by ungcncrouspaiiion, finks away. Thimfon. 
 GUI'NEA. n.J. [from Guinea, a country 
 in j-lfrica abounding with gold.] A 
 gold coin valued at one and twenty 
 fliillings. 
 
 By the word gold I muft be undeiftood to de- 
 fign a pariicular piece of matter ; tiiat is, the laft 
 gfimta that was coined. •^' 
 
 te. 
 
 G U L 
 
 Ladies, whoCe love is conftant a« t-hs ▼h'd: 
 Cits, wito prefer a gui>it:i to mankind. Yfiung. 
 Gui'NEADROprER. //. / \_giiinea and 
 drop.] One who cheats by dropping 
 
 guineas. 
 
 Who now the giiiiieadr'jpprr's bait regards^ 
 Trick'd by the OiarperS dice, oi juggler's cards. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 Gui'neahem. n. /. A fowl, fuppofed to 
 
 be of Guinea. 
 Gui'-NE.iPEPPER. n. / l^capftcum, Latin.] 
 
 A plant. MiUcr. 
 
 Gui'ne \piG. V. f. A fmall animal with 
 
 a pi'^-'s fuout, brought, I believe, from 
 
 Aft tea. 
 Guise, n. / [The fame with TO;A-,^"/«t 
 
 French ; pipa, Saxon, the p or w being 
 
 changed, as is common, into^.] 
 
 1. Manner; mien; habit; call of beha- 
 viour. • 
 
 Hii own fire, and matter of liis guifc, ^ 
 
 Did ofrcn tremble at his horrid view. Sftnjer. 
 Thus women know, and thus they ufe the 
 guiff, 
 T' enchant the valiant and beguile the wife. 
 
 Fitirfav . 
 
 Lo you ! here flje comes : this is htt very 
 guif'. ; and, upon my life, faft allecp : oblervc 
 her, ftand clofe. Shukfpcarf'i IvUcbclh. 
 
 They ftand a horrid fiont 
 Of dreadful length, and dazjiing arms in guift 
 Of warriors old, with order'd fpear and fliieid, 
 Awaiting wiiatcomm.rnd their mighty chief 
 Had to impofe. M:lton's Paiadife Loj!- 
 
 By their guife 
 Tuft men they feem, and"ali their ftudy bent 
 To worftiip God a-right. Miltous Paiadif Lijf. 
 
 Back, (hephcrds, back : 
 Here be without duck or nod. 
 Other trippings to be trod. 
 Of lighter toes and fuch court guifc 
 As mercurv did ftrft devife. Milton. 
 
 Their external (hapes are notorioudy accom- 
 modated to that law or guife of life that nattlro 
 has deligned them. More. 
 
 2. Prafticc ; cullom ; property. 
 I have diunke wine paft my ufual guiff ; 
 
 Stion>' wine commands the foole, and moves the 
 ° ^j-ife. - Chapman. 
 
 This would not be flept ; 
 Old guife muft be kept. Ben Jonfon. 
 
 The fw.iin rcply'd, it never was our guife 
 To flight the poor, or aught humane defpife. Pope. 
 
 3. External appearance ; drefs. 
 Wh.en I was very young, nothing wasfo much 
 
 talked of as rickets' among children, and coii- 
 
 fumptions among young people : after thefe the 
 
 fpleen came in play, and then the fcuivy, which 
 
 was the general complaint, and both were 
 
 thought to appear in -many various g/i./". Temple. 
 
 The Hugonots were engaged in a civil war, by 
 
 the fpeciuus pretences of fome, who, under the 
 
 guifc of religion, (acrifictd fo many thoufands to 
 
 their own ambition. Swift. 
 
 Guita'r. n.f. [^/y/«r«, Italian ; guiterre, 
 
 Fr.] A llriiiged inftrument of mulick.- 
 
 Sallads and eggs, and lighter fare. 
 Tune the Italian ipaik'sgw/rj--. _ P'/of- 
 
 Gulch. ^w- /• [from,§-u/o, Latin.] A 
 
 Gu'l£hin. J little glutton. Skinner. 
 
 Gules, adj. [perhaps from goiile, the 
 
 throat.] Red : a barbarous terra of 
 
 heraldry. 
 
 Follow thy drum ; 
 With man's blood paiat tl e ground : gules, gules ; 
 Religious canons, civil laws are cruel; 
 Then what (hould war be > Sh^ifpeare. 
 
 He whofe fable arms, 
 Black as his purpofe, did the knight refemble, 
 When he laid couched in the ominous horfe. 
 Hath now his dvead and black complexion 
 fmcar'd
 
 G U L 
 
 With heraldry moredifmnl; head to four, 
 Nuw he is tot.il g'i/€i. iihakf^'Care, 
 
 GULF. «. /. [golfo, Italian.] 
 
 1. A bay ; an opening into land. 
 
 Tl;:.' Venetian admn.il withdvew hi mfclf farther 
 off froMi the illand Cuifu, into the gulf of the 
 Adii.itick. K'lolus. 
 
 2. An abyfs ; an umneafunihle depth. 
 
 Tlicncc turning hack, in fdcncc fott they rtolc, 
 And bi ought the iicavy corfc with e;»fy pace 
 
 To yawning ^«/^A of deep Avcinus' hok*. 
 
 S^e ijcr, 
 
 I know iIiou*d*fl rather 
 Follow tliine enemy in a fii.ry g^lp^t 
 Than darter him in a bower. Sh:tkfp. Corio/amn. 
 
 This is thegv./tnrough which Virgil's Ale^ , 
 (hoots hcffoU" into hc'i : the fall of waters, the 
 woods that encon>p:ifs it^ arc all in the dtrfcitp- 
 tion. ^ikiifon on If/i/y. 
 
 The fea could not be much nario.vcr than it 
 is, without a guMi lofs to the -.oilri; and mult 
 we now have an occa!i of mere flats a. id Ih.illows, 
 to the uttci ruin of navigation, for tear our hvad-. 
 Ihould turn gic'dy at the unjgiaaUunof gapnig 
 abyrtes and iinf.ahoniahlc ^u/fs ? Btntky. 
 
 3. Awhiripool; a fncking eddy. 
 
 England his nppfuachvs makes as fierce 
 As waters to the fucking of a g'.'-//. Sh.tkff':-are. 
 
 4. Any thing infatiable, as the mouth or 
 ftomacli. 
 
 Scull ul tl.rgon, tooth of wolf, 
 Witchts miniiny ; maw a.id t-"^ 
 Of the ravermg Tilt kz fhirk"; 
 Root of hrmlotk,di^g*J i' ih' daik. Shaifpfarc. 
 
 Gu'lfy. a<ij. [from ^^w^.] Full of gulfs 
 or whirlpools ; vorticj/hs. 
 
 Rivers arife ; whether uhu he the fon 
 Of utmort Tweed, or Oofe, ox gu'fy Dun, Mi/:»ri. 
 
 At their native realms toe Greeks arriv'd, 
 All who the war of tea long years ."urviv'd, 
 And fcapM the pci.U of ti:e guffy main. Poj>e. 
 
 High o'er ^ g"'fy f^a the t'harian iflc 
 Fronts the deep roar of difemLt-guirg Nile. Vcpe. 
 
 To GULL, -y. a. [gniller^ to cheat, old 
 French.] To trick ^ to cheat ; to de- 
 fraud ; to deceive. 
 
 If I do not gw// him intoa nay word, and make 
 him a common iccrearion, do not think I have 
 wit enough to lie ftraight in ray bed. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Yet love thcfc forc'ries did remove, and move 
 Thee to guU ihine own mother for my love. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 He wo'.dd \\Vit gulPdhim with a trick, 
 But Man was toj too pjlitick. Hiuiibru'i. 
 
 Tiicy are not to be gnli'd twice with Che fame 
 rrirk L'Ejhange. 
 
 The Roman people were grofly guilcd twice 
 01 thiice over, and a:> often enllaved in one cep- 
 tiny, and under the fame pretence of lef.jjmaiion. 
 
 By their dctjgning leaders taught, 
 The vulgar, guirJ inco reh.ellion, arm'd. DryJen. 
 
 For this advantage age from youth luis won, 
 As not to beout-ridf!en, tiiough out-iun j 
 By fortune he was now to Venus trin'd, 
 ^ And with llern Mars in Capricorn was join'd : 
 Of him difpofing in Ivis own abode. 
 He footh'd the goddefs, while hcgu/I'd the god. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 Gi^LL. n. f. [froni the verb.] 
 
 1. ['itiergiis.] A Tea bird. 
 
 2. A cheat ; a fraud ; a trick. 
 
 I Iti^nld tlunk this a g:///, but that the whitc- 
 hcardcd fellow I'peaks it. Shakjpcare*s Muck jf^ldo. 
 
 Either they have thefe excellencies they are 
 pvaifed fur, or they have not; if "hey have not, 
 'tis an appr.rent cheat znd gull. Gov, of T-.ngue. 
 
 3. A ftupid animal ; one eafily cheated. 
 
 E-.lng fed by us you us'd iis I'o, 
 As that ungentle ^"//, the cuckow bird, 
 Ufeth the fparrow. Shakfpt'are' i Henry iv. 
 
 Why have you fuffer'd mc to be imprifon'd, 
 Kept in a dark houfe; vifited by the piiell, 
 
 GUM 
 
 And made the moft njtorious geek and j«// 
 Tlwt e'er invention pliid on. ShakjfCare. 
 
 Th.1t p^cltry Itory is untrue. 
 
 And forg'd to clic.ir f.icli gtdlU .ts you. Hudibriu. 
 
 Gd'llcatcher. n. /. [^i^h// and c.i/c/j.] 
 
 A ■dual ; a man of trick ; one who 
 
 catches fiily people-.. 
 
 Here conies my noiilc gnHmfcher, Shjlfpfiire. 
 
 Gu'llkk. h. /.' [from ^.v//.] A cheat ; 
 
 an impoftor. 
 
 Gu'i.LfRY. n. /. [from gid!.'\ Cheat; 
 
 impolturc. Atnjworth. 
 
 Gu'i. LET. v.. f. [goiih-t, Fi". giila, Lat.] 
 
 I. The throat; the palfagc thiough 
 
 which the food pafles ; the meat-pipe ; 
 
 the ffifophajrus. 
 
 It mi^l/, be his doom, 
 One day to fing 
 
 \Vithg.v/.W in Bring. Denham. 
 
 Many liavc tlic r^iilht or feeding channel whicli 
 
 i..Tvc no lungs or windpipes ; as lithes whicli 
 
 h.uc gillj, whtrcby the heart is reirigtrated j 
 
 for loch thereof as have lun^s and rclpiration are 
 
 not witnout whi£2nn, as whales and cetaceous 
 
 aninials. Jiiovjfi^s Vulgar Ertoun, 
 
 z. A fmall dream or lake. Not in ufe, 
 
 N.ttuic iias various tondcr mufc-es plac'd, 
 
 By winch the artful gn/yt-; is embrac'd. BUchmri. 
 
 The liquor in the lloinach is a compound of 
 
 th.it which is feparatcd from its inward coat, the 
 
 fpiitle which ib fwnllowcd, and the liquor whicli 
 
 tliliils from i\\e gu/Ai. ylrirt/Zinot. 
 
 The Euxine lea and the Mediterranean, fni.ill 
 
 guUedf if compared with the ocean. Ucyliu. 
 
 To Gu'lly. tt. H. [corrupted i\om gttr- 
 
 g'le-'l To run with noifc. 
 Gu'li-yhole. n. f. [from ^t/.'/)' and /:>o/i'.] 
 The hole where the gutters empty them- 
 felves in the fiibtcrraneous fewer. 
 Gulo'sity. n. f. [gulofus, Lat.] Greedi- 
 nefs ; gluttony ; voracity. 
 
 They are very temperate, fcldom offending 
 in ebriecy, not erring in gtdoftty^ or fuperfluity of 
 meats. Bro-Lvr.. 
 
 To Gulp. -y. a. \galpen, Dutch.] To 
 fwallow eagerly ; to fuck down without 
 intermiffion. 
 
 He lootens the fifh, *.v//>r it down, and fo foon 
 as ever the iiiorfcj was gone wipes his mouth. 
 
 L^ EjiruTigc . 
 I fee the double flaggon ch.irge their iiand ; 
 See thcni puft otf tlie froth, and g'tlp amain, 
 While with dry tongue I lick my lips in vain. 
 
 a.iy. 
 
 Gulp. n. f. [from the veib.] As much 
 as can be fwallowed at once. 
 
 In deep fiifpiiations wc taivC more large ^w//>i 
 of air to cool our heart, oveicharged with love 
 and forrow. More. 
 
 As oft as he can catch a gufp of air, 
 And peep above the feas, he names the fair. 
 
 Drydtn' i Fabiei. 
 
 GUM. n. /. [gumni, Latin.] 
 I. A vegetable fubl'tance differing from a 
 refin, in being more vifcid and lefs fri- 
 able, and generally diffolviiig in aqueous 
 menftruums ; whereas rehns, being more 
 fulphuious, require a fpirituous dlilol- 
 vent. S^uincy. 
 
 One whofe eyes, 
 Albeit iinufed to the melting mood, 
 Drop tears as faft as the Arabian trees 
 Thcrr medicinal eum, Shakfptare^ i Othello, 
 
 He ripens fpices, fruit, and precious gam, 
 Which from remoteft regions hither come. 
 
 IValLr. 
 Her maiden train. 
 Who bore the vefh that holy rites require, 
 Incenfcj and od'rous gwwr, and cover'd fire. 
 
 Drydcn'i Failes. 
 
 GUN 
 
 2. [joma, Saxon ; gumme, Dutch.] The 
 fltfhy covering that invefts and contains 
 the teeth. 
 
 The babe that milks me, 
 I'd pluck my nipple from his bonelcfs ^imr. 
 
 !ihalfi>eiiK*i Mticlfetk, 
 Sli' untwifts a wire, and from her^/<>iti 
 A let of teeth completely comes. Swift. 
 
 To Gum. v. a. (^trom the noun.] Tt> 
 clofc with gum ; to fmear with gum. 
 
 The eyelids arc apt to be gummed together 
 
 with a vifcous humour. ^ tjfnittn's Surgery. 
 
 Gu'mminese. h. / [fromgummy.] The 
 
 ttale of being gummy ; a>,cuinulation of 
 
 gum. 
 
 The tendons are involved with a gieatgaw- 
 miiirfi and colleflion of matter. hf'ifeman. 
 
 GuMMo'siTY. n. /. [from gummous.J 
 Ttie nature of j;um ; gumminefs. 
 
 Sugar ami honey malic windy liquors, and 
 the elallick fermenting particles are detained by 
 their inn.ite gummt^/y. Floycr 
 
 GuMMous. ailj. [from gum.] Of the 
 nature of gum. 
 
 Obfcrvations concerning Englifli amber, and 
 rclritions about the amber of Piufiia, prove th.ic 
 amber is not a giimnnus or refinous fubllance 
 drawn out of trees by the fun's heat, but a natural 
 foIUI. tJ'oodward'i Natural Hijhry. 
 
 Gu'mmy. adj. [from gmi.] 
 
 1. Confilliug of gum; of the nature of 
 gum. 
 
 From the utmoft end of the head branches 
 there ifi'iieth out a gummy juice, which hangeth 
 downward like a cord. Rahigk. 
 
 Nor all the gummy ilores .Arabia yields. 
 
 Dryden^i Virgil. 
 
 How each aiifing alder now appears. 
 And o'er the Po diilils Imx gummy tears. Vryden, 
 
 2. Produdlive of gum. 
 
 The clouds 
 Tine the (lant lightening; whofe thwart flame 
 
 driv'n down, 
 Kindles the ^^7«v^y hark of fir and pine. Miltott, 
 
 3. Overgrown with gum. 
 
 The yawning yoi.th, fcarce half a.wake, elTay* 
 His \\zy limbs and doxy head toraff^'; ' 
 Tlicn rubs his gummy eyes, and fcrubs his pate. 
 
 Dryde,:. 
 
 GUN. n. /. [Of this word there is no 
 Tatisfadlory etymology. Lye obferves 
 that gun in Iceland fignifies iattle ; but 
 when gum came into ufe we had no 
 commerce with Iceland. May not gun 
 come by gradual corruption from cantie, 
 gaiine, gunne ? Canne is the original of 
 cannon.] The general name for fire- 
 arms ; the inftrument from which fiiot 
 is difcharged by fire. 
 
 Theic dread curies, like the fun 'gainll glafs. 
 Or like an overc^harged gun, recoil 
 And tui.'. uponthyfetf. Shckfpenre^s Henry vi. 
 The emperor, fmiling, faid that never emperor 
 was yet ll.iin with ^ gun. iji-jla' Hif.ciy. 
 
 The bullet flying, makes the gvK recoil. 
 
 Cle::vtland. 
 In vain the dart or glitt'ring fword we Ihun, 
 Condenin'd to perilh by the fl.iiight'ringguw. 
 
 Grarrjille. ' 
 
 Gu'n'nel. n. /. [corrupted from Gun- 
 
 W,A,LE.] 
 
 Gu'nner. n. /. [from gun.] Carmo- 
 nier ; he whofe employment is to ma- 
 nage the artillery in a i'lip. 
 
 The nimble gu-:/w' 
 With lynftock now the dev;lilh cannon touches, 
 And down guts all before him. Shnkfp. Henry v. 
 They flew the principil gunnetij and carried 
 away ilieir artillery. iiaywariL
 
 G U S 
 
 Gv'n'NERv. n. /. [fi'om ^Wf»«^r.] Tlie 
 fcience of ai tilkry ; the art of managinj^ 
 cannon. 
 
 Gu'npowder. n. f. [^«H and pnr.vdev.'\ 
 The powder put into guns to be tired. 
 ■It confilh of abont fifteen parts of 
 nitre, three parts of fulphur, and two 
 of charcoal. The proportions are not 
 exaftly kept. 
 
 GaitjiKvder conufteth of three ingredients, 
 falcpe*re, fmallcoal, ;ind briinltonc. Br'-.iun. 
 
 Burning by gunpQiVii^r frciiuciitly happcni at 
 fca. If'ifiKan. 
 
 Gl''n?hot. n. f. \j'i'i and _/Zic/.] The 
 reach or range of a gun ; the fpace to 
 which a (liot can be thrown. 
 
 Tiiofe who arc come over to the roycl paity 
 are fuppofed to be out of gui//iot. Drydcri. 
 
 Cu'nshot. adj. Made by the (hot of a 
 gun. 
 
 The fymptoms I have trandated to ^unjiot 
 wounds. IViJcmM. 
 
 Gunsmith, n. f. \_gim and fm'ith.\ A 
 man whofe trade is to make guns. 
 
 It is of paiticular cftccni with the gunjmUii for 
 
 ftocks. Moriiwei. 
 
 Gu'nstick. n. f. [^H/i znA Jlich.^ The 
 
 rammer, or ftick, with which the charge 
 
 is driven into a gun. 
 
 Ev'n a gittijlick flying into fame. Sttuart. 
 
 Gu'kstock. n. y". [^an and^^ot^.] The 
 wood to which the barrel of the gun is 
 fixed. 
 
 The timber is ufcd for bows, pullies, fcrews, 
 mills, an<\ f{JtnJloci.^ Mortimct's Hitjb^nd'y. 
 
 Gl''nstone. n. f. [_o-un and_/?onf. ] The 
 fhot of cannon. They ufed formerly 
 to fhoot ftones from artillery. 
 
 Tell the plenfant prince, this mock of his 
 Hath turn'd liis ball io guitjlonci, and his foul 
 Shall (land fore charged for the waftcful ven- 
 geance 
 That (hall fly with them. Shakfptare's }irnry v. 
 
 Gu'nw ALE, or GuNNKL, o/'a 5A:^. n.f. 
 That piece of timber which reaches on 
 either fide of the fhip from the lialf 
 deck to the fore callle, being the upper- 
 moft bend which finifheth the upper 
 works of the hull in that part, and where- 
 in they put the ftancliions which fupport 
 the wafte tree ; and this is called the 
 gunwale, whether there be guns in the 
 /liip or no ; and the lower part of any 
 port, where any ordnance are, is alfo 
 termed the ounrj^iilc. Harris. 
 
 GuRGE. a, f. [^gurges, Latin.] Whirl- 
 pool ; gulf. 
 
 Maiching fro.m Eden he (hall find 
 The plain, whtf.in a black bituminous gurfre 
 &jils out from under ground. Miliur.', Far. L'^Ji. 
 
 Gtj'RGiON. n. /. The coarftr part of 
 the meal, fifted from the bran. 
 
 Tfi Gu'rgle. v. n. [gorgogUan, Ital.] 
 To fal! or gufti with noife, as water 
 from a bottle. 
 
 Then when a fountain's g^'^''"g w,iters play, 
 Tney ru(h to land, and end in feafts the day. 
 
 Vure guTglirg rills the lonely defert trace, 
 And wa(\e their raufick on the favagc race. 
 
 Gu'RNAltD. 7 n. /. [gournal, French.] 
 
 Gu'rnet. J A kind of fea fi(h. 
 
 If 1 be int .■"flum'd of my toldicis I aiu n 
 
 fowc'd ^itrnit : I have mifus'd the king's pitfs 
 
 damnably. Sffitfiii'ire'i Hniry jv. 
 
 Jo Gush. «. n. L?2/?f/fD, Dutch.] 
 
 G U S 
 
 T. To flow or rufh out with violence ; not 
 to fpring in a iirtall llream but in a 
 larger body. 
 
 A lea of blood ^^///*'i/ from tlie giptng wound, 
 That her 537 ^.uintnts ihiiu'd w'ltii filthy gure. 
 
 The covering of this abvfs w3i broken alur.der, 
 and ihc-ft-atcrg/v^^e'</'OUt th.it made ihe tJclugc. 
 
 Burnet. 
 IncelTaiu ftrcams of ihin msgnctick rays 
 G^ijli from their founrains with impetuous force, 
 Ineither pole, then take an adveiie courfe. H/jckm. 
 
 On cither hand the e^'i'^'t; wafers pl-*y» 
 And dott'ii the mugh caicade wliite cLidiing fall. 
 
 Th'/injon. 
 
 2. To emit in a copious effitixion. 
 
 The gaping wound g^'J'i'd out a. cnmfon flood. 
 
 D^^'den. 
 
 Line after line niy^i^7/;>g^ eyes o'erflow, 
 
 Led through a fad variety of it-^tf. Pope. 
 
 Gush, n, f. [from the verb.] An emif- 
 
 fion of liquor in a large quantity at 
 
 once ; the liquor fo emitttd. 
 
 If a lung, vein be nurllcd, geiicrnlly at the firfl 
 
 cough a great g-//^of blood is cunglied up. lUrzi^y. 
 
 Gu'ssET. n. y". [gotiffst, Fr.] Any piece 
 
 fewed on cloth, in order to llrengthen it. 
 
 GUST. n.f. [joii/If French ; gitflus^ Lac] 
 
 1. Senfe of tailing. 
 
 Delh'oy all creatures for thy fport or gujfj 
 Vet cry, if man 'i unhappy, God 's unjult. P'jpe. 
 
 2. Height of perception ; height of fen- 
 fual enjoyment. 
 
 They fontily thinking to allay 
 Their appetite with^://:, inltead of fiuit 
 Chew'd bitter alhcs, wlTich rli' otfended tartc 
 With fpattcring noife rejcflcd. M'/rou'^ Pur, Lojf. 
 
 Where love is dut)- on the female fide, 
 On theirs mecr fenfual gy}, and fought with furly 
 
 pride. DtyHens Fahla. 
 
 My fight, and fmell, 3:)d hearing were irm- 
 
 ploy'ri, 
 And all three fenfcs in full^.'.y? enjoy'd. D'jJt'n. 
 
 3. Love ; liking. 
 
 To kill, I grant, is fin*s extremcll gujf • 
 But, in defence, by mercv 'tis madcjuA. Sktikfp. 
 
 Old age Ihall do the work of taking away buth 
 the e.y? and comfort of ihcm. L* Ejhange. 
 
 We have iot>, in a great meafure, the guji and 
 relifli of true happincfs. T'dhtjon. 
 
 4. Turn of fancy ; intclleftual lafle. 
 
 The principal part of painting is to find what 
 nature h.is made moft proper to this art, and a 
 choice of it may be made according to theg-'//;- 
 and manner of the ancients. Dry<ien. 
 
 5. [from gufter, Iflandick.] A fudden 
 violent blail of \rlnd. 
 
 She led calm Hem y, though he were a king, 
 As doth a fail, fiU'd wicn a fretting guji. 
 Command an argofie to lum the waves. Shakfp. 
 
 You mjy as well torbid the mountain pines 
 To wag their high tops, and to make a noife. 
 When they arc fretted with tne g/y/i of heav'n. 
 
 Sh-ikjpfare. 
 
 Prefcntlv come forth fwarms and volleys of 
 libels, which arc the guft of liberty of fpeech re- 
 rtrained. Hacofi's lltnry vii. 
 
 As when fierce northern blalis from th' Alps 
 dcfceiid, 
 From hi= firm roots with ftruggling^;//?j to rend 
 An ag( d fiurdy oak. Denham. 
 
 I'.irf llay forpafli'gc, 'till a ?'/// of wjnrt 
 Ships o*cr their forces in a fhining (hcct. Dry\hr.. 
 
 Pardon a weak diitemper'd fojl that fwelis 
 With fudden g^jhy and finks ai loon tti c.ilnis, 
 The fport of pafilons. ^ddijari' % C'.».'e.- 
 
 6. It is written in Spenfcr vitioufly for ;?//?/, 
 fport.*;. 
 
 For juliv knight he fcem'd, and fair did fit, 
 As one for knightly gu^i and fierce encounters fit. 
 
 Gu'sT.^BLE. <7r//, [gujlof Latin.] 
 I . To be tailed; 
 
 GUT 
 
 This pofition informs «« of a. vulgar crrotir, 
 terming the gall bitter; whereas there is nothing 
 gi'jliUe fwcetcr. Uurury. 
 
 2. Pleafant to the tafte, 
 
 A g-'jhih'e thing, feen or fmeli, excites the 
 
 appetite, and aft'e£ts the glands auQ parts of the 
 
 mouth. Difr.ii^. 
 
 Gust.^'tion. w. /. [gujloy Latin.] '] he 
 
 a£t of tailing. 
 
 The gullet and conveying parts partake of the 
 nerves of er'Ji^tior.j or appertaining unto fapor. 
 
 Brown. 
 Gu'stful. cclj. [gu^ iwd full,] Taileful; 
 well-tailed. 
 
 What he defaults fiom fome dry infipid Hh, 
 is but td mak? up for fome other more fyi/jft'uf. 
 
 Decay of Piety, 
 
 GU'STO. n.f. [Italian.] 
 
 1. The rtlifh of any thing ; the power by 
 which any thing excites fenfations in the 
 palate. 
 
 Plcafanl gujioi gratify the appetite of the Im- 
 urious. X^crham, 
 
 2. Intellectual tafte; liking. 
 
 In reading what I have written, let them bring 
 no particular grz/Zo along with them, Diyd.'M, 
 
 Gu'sty. aJj, [from^w/?.] Stormy; tem- 
 
 peftiious. 
 
 Once upon a raw and g"Jiv day, 
 The troubled Tybcr chaffing with his Ihorcs, 
 
 SAjI fpcai e^s Ju'.iui Ctsfar. 
 Or whirPd tcmpcftuous by the gufy wind. 
 
 GUT. n.f. [kuttsln, German.] 
 
 1, The long pipe reaching, with many 
 convolutions, from the llomach to the 
 vent. 
 
 This lord wears his wit in his belly, and hts 
 guli in his head. Shiikfp. Tro'l. and Crcjf. 
 
 A via! ihould have a lay of wire-lU;iig> below, 
 clofe to the belly, and then the ftnng^ o\ gutt 
 mounted upon a bridge, chat by this means the 
 upper llrings iUicken fhould make the lower 
 relound. Bacon's Natural Hijloty. 
 
 The intefiines or ,^i<^i may be inflamed by any 
 acrid or poifonous fubllance taken inwardly. 
 
 Aroutknot on Diet\ 
 
 2, The (lomach; the receptacle of food: 
 
 proverbially. 
 
 And cramm'd them 'till thc'\r guts did ake., 
 With cawdle, cuftard, and pluni-cake. Hudih, 
 
 Wirii f.iife weights !!:eir ft I -.ants ^'//j they cheat. 
 And pinch tl.t ii own to Lc>cr the deceit. Dryd^ 
 
 3, Gluttony; love of gormandizing. 
 
 Apicius, ihou did*rt on thy guti heltow 
 Full ninety millions; yet, when this was fpent, 
 T<n millions ftili remain'd to thee ; wSiich thou. 
 Fearing tu fuffer tl.irit and famishment, 
 In poilon'd potion dr;ink'lt. Hakeii-iU. 
 
 To Gut. i. a, [from the nmm] 
 
 1. To cvifcerate; to draw; to exenterate. 
 
 The fi!hcrinen fa\ethc mofipiirtof tt^^eir hfh : 
 iumc aie guit£ti, fplittcd, pawdertd, .»r.d dried. 
 Careit/'j CormunJ, 
 
 2. To plunder of conterrts. 
 
 In Nero's arb tiary time, 
 When virtiK w^^s a guilt, and wealth a ciime, 
 A troop of cut-throat guards were feiu tofcize 
 The rich men's gjods, ^nd gut their palaces. 
 
 DiyMns 
 
 Tom Brown of facetious memory, having 
 
 g'iffed a proper n:irfic of its vowels, ufed it as 
 
 freely as he j. leafed, Addiff,n, 
 
 Gu'TTATtD. adj. [from guita^ Latin, 
 a drop.] Bcfprinklcd with drops; be- 
 dropptd. -D/i7» 
 
 Gu'tter, n.f [from ^Wwr, a throat, 
 Latin.] 
 
 I . A paifage for water; a palTage made by 
 water.
 
 GUT 
 
 Thcfc gutlirtiki arc in length ten inches inc' 
 
 a half. Mo.nn. 
 
 Kocks rife one above another, anrf have deep 
 
 [i.itiri worn in the (idcj o( tlicni by turtciitsof r.iiii. 
 
 ■!'■■'/■"■ 
 2. A fmall longitudinal liol'ow. 
 To Gu'tter. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To cut in fmail liollows. 
 Tcmpclls tliemiclves, high fcas, and howling 
 winds, 
 The gutt^i* J rock^f and congregated fand":, 
 Traitors enlleep'd ro clog the guilclefs keels, 
 As l^uving tcnfc of beauty, do omit 
 Their mortal niiturcs, Ict'ing fafc go by 
 The divine DeUicmona. Shnkf/i. Othdh. 
 
 My cheeks arc iMttcr'ii with ray fretting tears. 
 
 Sund^i. 
 Firft in a place, by n.iture clofe, they baild 
 A narrow flooring, gutter' J, wall'd, and til'd. 
 
 Vyyden. 
 
 To Gu'ttle. -v. n. [from^tt/.] To feed 
 luxiirioufly ; to gormandize. A low woid. 
 
 His jolly brother, oppofite in lenfc, 
 Lauglis at his Itiilft; anc\ Kivifh of expcnce, 
 Qualfs, crams, and gutlla in his own delence. 
 
 Dry den. 
 To Gu'ttle. v. a. [from^i//.] To fwal- 
 low. A low word. 
 
 The fool fpit in his ponldge, to try if they'd 
 
 hifs : they did not hifs, and fo he guttled them up, 
 
 and fcalded his chops. L'FJirajtnt:. 
 
 Gu'ttler. n.f. [from^«/i?.] A greedy 
 
 eater. 
 GuTTULOUs. adj. [from _j;/H«/a, Latin.] 
 In the form of a fmall drop. 
 
 Ice is plain upon the I'urface of the water, but 
 round in hail, wliich is alfo a gUcialion, and 
 figured in its guttiiUus defcent from the air. 
 
 Bicxun^i Vulvar Er'rfjun. 
 
 GUTTURAL. aiJj [^«//«™/m, Latin.] 
 Pronounced in the throat; belonging to 
 the throat. 
 
 Tiie Hebrews ha\e afligned which letters are 
 l.^bia!, which dental, and which g:iitural. Bacon. 
 In attempting to pronounce tlie nafals, and 
 fome of the vowels fpiritally, the throat is 
 brought to labour, and makes that which we call 
 Agi'ttttrtil pronunciation. Milder. 
 
 GuTTL'R ALNESS, ti. f. [^^vom guttural.'] 
 The quality of being guttural. Dici. 
 
 Gu TWORT. 71. /. [ ^1// and tosi/.] An 
 herb. 
 
 Guy. n.f. [from j^i//VZf.] A rope u fed to 
 lift any thing into the (hip. SLiniier. 
 
 G Y N 
 
 To Gu'zti.E. V. n. [from gut, or gujl, 
 to gittllcy or giijiie.^ To pormandizc ; 
 to feed itninodcrately ; to fwallow any 
 liquor greedily. 
 
 Well fcalonM bowls the ^oflip's fpirits r.iife. 
 Who while Ihc gK£s/Vi chats the doilor's ptaife. 
 
 Rtfcammon. 
 
 They fell to Lipping and guzxiling, u\\ they 
 
 Iiurli thcml'ilvcs. L'F.Jlrange. 
 
 No more her care (Kail fill the hollow«ray, 
 To fat the gui-zling hogs w ith fleods of whey. 
 
 Guy. 
 
 To Gu'zziE. -n. a. To ftvallow \f\x\\ im- 
 moderate guit. 
 
 The Pylian king 
 Was longeft liv'd of any two-kgg'd thing, 
 Still gu^^Urg murt of wine. D'jden, 
 
 Gu'zzLER. n.y". [from_f!*22/f.] Agorman- 
 dizer; an immoderate eater or drinker. 
 Gybe. n.f. [See Gibe.] Afneer; ataunt; 
 a farcafm. 
 
 Ready in^^iri, quick anfwer'H, faucy, and as 
 quarrellous as the wcaxel. Shukfpeart'i Cyjnh-:lirie. 
 To Gybe. v. n. To fneer ; to taunt. 
 The vulgar yield an open eji. 
 And common couititrs love to gyhe and fleer. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 
 CfJ-i^'A'iT I c ALL-/. aJv. [from gymtiaJlicL] 
 Athletically; fitly for ilrong e.'cercife. 
 
 Such as with agility and vigour are r.olgyinntij' 
 //cj//y compofcd, nora<51i\ely ufc thofe parts. 
 
 GYMNA'STICK. aiij. [yv^tu'nxoc; gym- 
 najlique, French.] Pertaining to athletick 
 excrcife; confiliing of leaping, wreftling, 
 running, throwing the dart, or quoit. 
 
 The Cretans wilcly forbid their fervants^>w- 
 ntijiicki as well as arms; and yet your modern 
 footmen exercile thtmfehcs daily, whiili their 
 eneivated lords are foftly lolling in their chariors. 
 
 AihuthiQt. 
 Gy'mnick. adj. \yvyi.iiKl:\ gjmn]que,Yx.'\ 
 Such as pracV'fe the athletick or gjm- 
 naftickexcrtifes. 
 
 Haxe they not fword-players, and ev'ry fort 
 Of ^_>w«/f:« aitilis, wrefllers, riders, runners.' 
 
 Milf-.n. 
 Gymnospe'rmous. adj. \~,vu.\^ and 
 crwiff^cf.] Having the feeds naked. 
 
 Gy'necocr ACY. n.f. [vMKiKOJf^aTia ; 
 gynecccratk, French.] Petticoat govern- 
 ment ; female power. 
 
 G Y V 
 
 GyR\'Tioy. n. f. [gym, Latin.] The 
 aft of turning any thing about. 
 
 This effluvium attcnuateih and impellcth ll.c 
 n'ighbour air, which, returning home, in » 
 gyr.itioi carrieth with it the obvious bodies int« 
 the tledrick. Brown. 
 
 If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a 
 circle with gyration:, continually repeated, flic 
 whole circle will appear like fire ; the reason of 
 which is, that the fenlatioii of the coal in the 
 fcveral places of that circle remains iriipieffrd on 
 
 ' the fenforiuin, until tlie coal return again to the 
 fame place. Newton. 
 
 GyRE. ti. f. [gyrus, Latin.} A circle 
 defcribed by any thing moving in aa 
 orbit. 
 
 Ne thenceforth his approved (kill to ward, m 
 Or ftiike, or hurlen round in warlike g^rf, 
 Rcmember'd he ; ne car'd for his fate guard, 
 But rudely rag'd. ■ Spenfir. 
 
 Does the wild haggard tow'r into the (ky, 
 And to the foutb by thy dircflion fly .' 
 Or eagle in herg-^^r^, the clouds embrace? Sandys, 
 
 He fafliion'd thofe harmonious orbs, that roll 
 In wreftlefs^>r/-i about the arctic pole. Sandys. 
 
 Quick andmoie quick he fpins in giddy g_>*»«. 
 Then falls, and in much foam his foul expires. 
 
 Drydcn, 
 Gy'red. adj. Falling in rings. 
 
 Hamlet, with his doublet all unbrac'd. 
 No hat upon his head, his Itockings ioofe 
 Ung.irter'd, and down gyred to his ai.klc. 
 
 thdffeare. 
 
 Gyves, n. f. [_gi^yn, Weldi,] Fetters; 
 chains for the legs. 
 
 The villains march wide betwixt the legs, » if 
 they had gy^'es on. Skaifpeare. 
 
 And knowing this, ibould I yet flay. 
 Like fuch as blow away their lives. 
 And never will redeem a day, 
 Enamour'd of their golden gyves? Ben fonjon. 
 
 The poor prifoncrs, boldly flarting up, break 
 off their chains and gyves. Krolics. 
 
 Gyves and the mill had tam'd thee. hUlton. 
 
 Blit Tclamon rufli'd in, and hap'd to meet 
 A rifirg root, that held his faUcn'd feet; 
 So down he fell, whom fprawling on the ground. 
 His brother from the wooden gy^es unbound. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 To Gyve. t. a. [from the noun.] To 
 
 fetter; to fhackle; to enchain; to enfnare. 
 
 With :;s little a web as this, will I eiifnare 
 
 as great a fly as Caflio. Ay, fmile upon her, 
 
 do. I wiil^jt/tf thee in thine own courifliip. 
 
 Sltakfpeare^ s OiiieUt, 
 
 H 
 
 H 
 
 His in Englifti, as in other languages, 
 a note of afpiration, founded only 
 ijy a (IroMg tmifijon of the breath, with- 
 out any ccnforrr.ation of the organs of 
 fpcech, and is therefore by many gram- 
 marians accounted no letter. The h in 
 Englilh is fcarcely ever mute at the 
 beginning of a word, or where it im- 
 mediately preceilts a vowel ; as houj'e, 
 hehavwur : where it is followed by a 
 Vol. L 
 
 H A 
 
 confonant it has no foimd, according 
 to the pvefent pronunciation : but an- 
 ciently, .-Js now in Scotland, it made 
 the fyllable guttural ; as right, bought. 
 
 Ha. ititeijea. [Aa, Latin.] 
 
 I. An expreffion of wonder, furprife, fud- 
 den quellion, or fudden exertion. 
 
 You Ihall look faiier ere I give or hazard ; 
 What fays the golden cheft ? ka! let me fee. 
 
 Shaijpcire. 
 
 H A 
 
 }J.i ' wh,-it art tiiuu ! thou horrid headiifj 
 trunk f 
 It is my H:iftings ! Rs>-.c^' , yine Snr.rr. 
 
 2. An expiefTion of laughter. Ufcd witli 
 rednplic.aion. 
 
 He faith among the trumpets i-i, ha, -and he 
 I'mclleth tiie battle afar off. Jai. 
 
 Ha, fill, 'tis what fo long I wifli'd and vow'd ; 
 Our plots and dclutiuns 
 Have wrought fuch c<)nfufions, 
 T.'iat the nionarch ': a f.ave to the crown. V.-r.'ft^
 
 H A B 
 
 Haak. «./• Afifh. Jlnfworth: 
 
 HABEAS CORPUS. [Latin.] A writ, 
 the which, a man indifted of fome tref- 
 pafs, being 1-jid in prifon for the fame, 
 may have out of the King's Bench, 
 thereby to remove himfelf thither at his 
 own coft, and to anfwer the caufe there. 
 
 Coivell. 
 Haberda'sher. n.f. [This word is in- 
 genloufly deduced by Mtnjhcw from 
 halt ihr dafs, German, have you I his, 
 the expreffion of a fhopkeeper offering 
 his wares to fale.] One who fells fmall 
 wares; a ptdlar. 
 
 Bccr\ule thefe cunning men are like haberd,,Jhe'! 
 of fm.ill wares, it is not amifs to fct foith tlieir 
 
 Ihop. ^. 
 
 A haterd.ijhtr who was the oracle of the cortec 
 houfc, decl.ired his opinion. AJMjot. 
 
 Ha'berdine. n.f. A dried fait cod. 
 
 Ainfiuorlh. 
 Ha'bergeon. n.f. [^haubergeon, French; 
 halberginm, low Lat.] Armour to cover 
 the neck and brealt ; breaftplate ; neck- 
 piece ; gorget. 
 
 And h.ilbcrt fome, and fome a hnbirgian . 
 Socvciy one in arms w.is quickly dight. Yciifax. 
 
 Tl.e (hot let fly, and graving 
 Upon his (houlder, in the paffiiig, 
 L'jdg'd in Magnano's brafs habcrgmn. liudib. 
 
 Habi'liment. n.f \habiUmcnt, French.] 
 Drefs J clothes ; garment. 
 
 He the faiieft Una found, 
 Strange lady, in fo llrange AoW/mcif, 
 Teaching the fatyres. _ -Fa'y 'i"""- 
 
 My riches are thefe foor habiliments. 
 Of uhich if you Ihould here disfurnilh me, 
 You take the fum and fubftance that I have. 
 
 Shakfpearf 
 
 The clergy (hould content themfelves with 
 
 wearing gowiis and other habilimcnli of Irifll dr.i- 
 
 perr. ■^■^■/'• 
 
 To HABI'LITATE. v.n. {habinur,YT.] 
 
 To qualify ; to entitle. Not in ufe. 
 
 Divers pctfons in the houfe of commons weie 
 attainted, and thereby not legal, nor habililate to 
 fcrve in parliament, being dilabled in the higheft 
 
 J BfiCfin. 
 
 Habilita'tion. n.f. [from habilitate. \ 
 Qiialitication. 
 
 The things are but k.jhtlilaliom towardi arms ; 
 and what is h.tbililation, without intention and 
 
 Habilitv n.f. [Aai5(7iV/, French.] Fa- 
 
 cu'ry ; power : now ability. 
 Ha'bi't. k. /. [habitus, Latin.] 
 
 1. State of any thing : as, iaii/ of body. 
 
 2. Drefs; accoutrement; garment. 
 
 I (hifted 
 Into a madman's rags, t'affume a fe mbhince 
 The veiy dogs difdain'd; and in thisAa/.i/ 
 Met I my father. Shakjfa^'e-^ King Lear. 
 
 If vou have any jurtice, any pity ; 
 If veb« any thing but churchmen's habits. 
 
 ' Shakfpeare. 
 
 Both the poets being drcffedinvhe fameEnglifh 
 
 hahii, Itoty compared with ftory, judgment may 
 
 he made betwixt them. Dryden. 
 
 Thefcenesare old, the /i.ii//i are the lame 
 
 We wore l.,ft year. ^fyf''- 
 
 Changes there arc in veins of wit, like thoie ol 
 
 ♦ ..j^.fj, or other modes. Temple. 
 
 Tiutc are among the ftatues feveral of Venus, 
 
 n diWcrent hulits. Mdi[on on Italy. 
 
 The clergy -ire the only fet of men who wear 
 
 3 diliiniS habit from others. _ _ _ Swfi. 
 
 !), Habit is a power or abitity in man of 
 
 doing any thing, when it has been ac- 
 
 (I'lired by frequent doing the fame thing. 
 
 Lock:. 
 
 H A B 
 
 He bath a better bad h^ibit of frowning than 
 ■ the count palatine. Shaijfearc. 
 
 4.. Cuftom ; inveterate ufe. 
 
 The laif f.atal (tep is, by frequent repetition of 
 the finfulact, to continue and perfill in it, 'till at 
 length it fettles into a fixed c^nhrmed habit ot 
 fin ; which being that which the apoHle calls the 
 finilhing of fin, ends certainly in death; death 
 not only as to metit, but alfo as to ailual inflic- 
 tion. ^ South. 
 
 No civil broils have fince his death arofe, 
 But faftion now by habit does obey ; 
 
 And wars have that refpeft for his repofe. 
 As winds for halcyons when they breed at fca. 
 
 jyryjen. 
 
 The force of education is fo great, that we may 
 mould the minds and manners of the young into 
 what (hape we pleafe, and give the imprelhons of 
 fuch habits, as flrall ever aftei wards rcm^iin. .■^tterb. 
 To Ha'bit. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 drefs; to accoutre ; to ana y- .. 
 
 Prefcnt yourfelf and your fair pnncefs 
 Bcfoie Leuntes : 
 
 She Ihall be habited as it becomes 
 The partner of your bed. Siikfp. If'inter's Tale. 
 
 Having called to his memory fir George Vil- 
 liers, and the cloaths he ufedto wear, in which at 
 that time he feemed to be habitcJ, he^ thought 
 him to be that perfoll. Claie'irl.n. 
 
 They /;ji/.'£i/therafelves like tbofe rural deities, 
 and imitated them in their luftick dances. Dry.i. 
 
 HA'BITABLE. adj. ^habitable, French; 
 hahitahilis, Latin.'] Capable of being 
 dwelt in ; capable of fulhinlng human 
 
 creatures. 
 
 By means of our folitary fituation, we know 
 well muft part of the habitable world, and aie 
 ourfelves unknown. Bacon. 
 
 That was her torrid and inflaming time; 
 This is her habitable tropique dims. Donne. 
 
 The tonid zone is now found habitable. Coiuliy. 
 
 Look round the hab:lahle world, how few 
 Know their own good, or knowing it puifue. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 Ha'bit ABLENEss. n.f. [irom habitable.'\ 
 Capacity of being dvyelt in. 
 
 The cutting of the equinoiftial line decides t'har 
 controvcrly of the habitablenefs of the torrid 
 zone. Mote. 
 
 Thofc ancient problems of the fpherical roiind- 
 ncfs of the earth, the being of antipodes, and of 
 the habitahltnrjs of llic torrid zone, are ahun 
 dant'y demonftratcd. Ray. 
 
 Ha'bitance. n. /. [habitatio, Latin.] 
 Dwelling ; abode. 
 
 What ait thou, man, if man at all thou art, 
 That herein def.irt haft thine hah t*nci? 
 
 And thefc rich heaps of wealth do'ft hide apart 
 
 From the woild's eye, and from her right uf.mce. 
 
 Spenjer's F^rry Qaecn. 
 
 Ha'bttant. n.f {habitant, French; ha- 
 
 bitans, Latin."] Dweller ; one that lives 
 
 in any place ; inhabitant. 
 
 Not to earth are thofc bright luminaries 
 OfStious; hut to the earth's Aui/Vun/. Milttn 
 
 Powers cclcftial to each other's view 
 Stand ftill confcll, though riiftant fai they lie. 
 Or habitants of earth, or fca, or flty. i'ofe. 
 
 Habita'tion. n.f. [habitation, Y\iwc\\ ; 
 habitatio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The ftate of a place receiving dwellers. 
 
 Amplitude almoli immcnle, witii ftars 
 Numerous, and every liar perhaps a world 
 Of dcftiii'd hahiintion. Milton. 
 
 2. Adl of inhabiting; (late of dwelHng. 
 Palaces, 
 
 For want of habitation and repair, 
 DiITolve to heaps of ruins. Denham. 
 
 Rocks and mountain, which in the firft ages 
 were high and craggy, and confequcntly then in- 
 convenient for habitation, were by continual dc- 
 terration brought to a lower pitch. Il'ood-ward. 
 
 3. Place of abode ; dwellkig. 
 
 H A B 
 
 Wifdom, to the end fhc might five miny, 
 built her houfe of rh.it narurc wbich is commui) 
 unto all; ihc miidc not this or that man her hn- 
 {uta/.-on^ but dwelt in U9. Ihoker, 
 
 God uft defcends tovifit men 
 Unfcen, and through x\\z'n' hAbiiotiOfti walks 
 To mai k, llicir doings. Milfin, 
 
 HABIT.i'TOR. n.f [Latin.] Dwellet ; 
 inhabitant. 
 
 The fun's prefcnce is more continued unto the 
 northern inhabitants ; and the longelf d:iy in Can- 
 cer is longer unto us than that in Capricorn unlo 
 the fouthcrn habitators. £iown. 
 
 Habitual, adj. [habitue!, from habit, 
 French.] Culiomary ; accuftomed ; in- 
 veterate ; ellablirtied by frequent repe- 
 tition. It is ufcd for both good and ill. 
 
 Sill, there in pow'r before 
 Once aftual; now in body, and to dwell 
 Habitual habitant. Milton. 
 
 Art is properly an habitual knowledge of 
 certain rules and mavims. Smth. 
 
 By length of time 
 The fcurf is worn away of each committed 
 
 crime : 
 No fpcck is left of their habitual llains ; 
 But tlic pure ether of the foul remains. Drydet, 
 'Tis impoflibic to become an able artift, with- 
 out making your art habitual to y»u. Dryden, 
 Habi'tually. adv. [from habitual.} 
 Cuftomarily ; by habit. 
 
 Internal graces and qujlitics of mind fanftify 
 our n.iturcs, and render li^ Aabituahy holy. 
 
 yjtrrrbury. 
 
 To Habi'tuate. V. a. [habituer, Fr.j 
 To accuftom ; to ufe one's fclf by fre- 
 quent repetition : with to. 
 
 Men are firft corrupted ly bad counfel and 
 company, and next they habituate themfelves to 
 their vicious practices. Tillotfon. 
 
 Such as live in a rarer air are hnbitutted to the 
 excrcifc of a gieater mufcul-ir ftren^lh. Aibt'thn<,t, 
 Ha'iitude. n.f [^kabitudo, Latin; ha- 
 bitude, French.] 
 t. Relation; refpeft ; flate with regard 
 to fomething clfe. 
 
 We cannot conclude this complexion of nat.ons 
 from he vicinity or habitude they hold unto 
 the fun. Brown. 
 
 The will of God is like a ftrcight unalterable 
 rule, but the various comportments of ihe creature, 
 either thwarting this rule, or holding conformity 
 to it, occafions feveral habitnd.-s of tnis rule unto 
 it, Hale's Origin of Mankind. 
 
 It refults f.'om the very nature of things, as 
 they (land in fuch a certain habitude, or relation 
 to O'le another. South. 
 
 As l)v the objeflivc part of perfefl happinefi we 
 underil'and that which is bcft and lall, and 10 
 which all other things are to be referred, fo by 
 the formal part muft be unririftood the t>eft and 
 laft Imbitude of man toward th^t bell; obje<3. 
 
 Norris. 
 In all the habitudes of life, 
 The friend, the miftrefs, and the wife, 
 Variety we ftill purfue. Stui/i. 
 
 2. Famihatity ; converfe ; frequent in- 
 tercourfe. 
 
 His knowledge in the nobleft ufeful arts. 
 Was fuch dead authors could not give ; 
 But habitudes with thofe who live. Dryden. 
 
 To write well, one muft have .frequent ^uii- 
 tudes with the bcft company. 
 
 3. Long cullom ; habit; inveterate ufe. 
 This is more properly habit. 
 
 Mankind is willing to continue in a pleating 
 error, lircnglheneri by a long habitude. Drydei,, 
 
 Thy car, inui'rl to charitable founds, 
 And pitying love, muft feel the hateful wounds 
 Of jril obfcene, and vulgar tibaldiy. 
 The ill-brcd qucftion, and the loud reply. 
 Brought by long habitude from bad to wotfc : 
 Muft hear uis ficquciit oath, the diicful curfe. 
 
 Trior,
 
 H A C 
 
 4. The power of doing any thing acquired 
 by frequent repttltion. 
 
 It is impolBblc to gain an cjtntfl hiihituiic wirh- 
 oui an inftnilc number of aits and ji^rpitiul 
 pradlice. Dtyden. 
 
 Ha'bnab. adv. [hap nt hap, or nap-, as 
 •woula nould,- or ne tvcul.i ; ivil! niil, or 
 tie tvill ; that is, /<■/ «'.' happen or not. ] 
 At random ; at the mercy of chance ; 
 without any rule or certainty of effed. 
 
 He circles draws, and f^luatc^, 
 With cyplicn, aJtr;U cliaiaflcts, 
 Tlitn looks 'cm o'er ro undiiltnnd 'cm, 
 Althougii Tci down kiibua!* ai random. U'tJ:h. 
 
 To HACK. 11. a. [hiccan, Saxon ; hccktn, 
 Dutcli ; h.uher, Frencii ; from acaj-e, an 
 axe, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To cut into fnial! pieces; to cliop ; to 
 cut flightly with frequent blows; to 
 mangle wiih unllcilful blows. It bears 
 commonly fome notion of contempt or 
 malignity. 
 
 He put on that armour, whereof there w.is no 
 •nc piece wanting, tliough htickfd'w^ funic places, 
 bewraying; fomc light not long fnicc palfcd. 
 
 SiJney. 
 
 What a fiavc art thou, to hjck thy fwurd as 
 th'JU halt dune, and fay it was in tight ! SluikJ. 
 
 Richard the fccond here was kuck'd to death. 
 
 SJutkJpiMC. 
 
 I'll fight 'till from my bones my flcfli he liiich. 
 
 Shtikjpcai e. 
 One flourifhing brancli of his moft royal root 
 Is hiickt down, and his iummcr Laves all f.ided. 
 By envy's hand, and murder's bloody axe. 
 
 Sh^kjpcart. 
 Burn me, hack mc, hew me into pieces. 
 
 Diy.ien. 
 Not the //dri't/ helmet, nor the dnfty field. 
 But purple vcfts, andflow'iy gai lands pleafe. 
 
 But fate with butchers plac'd thy prieftly (tall, 
 Meek modern faith to murder, katk, and mawl. 
 
 Vope. 
 
 2. To fpeak unreadily, or with hcfitation. 
 
 Difarm them, and let the m qucrtion ; let tiiem 
 keep their limbs whole, and kn^-k oui- Eoglifti. 
 
 Sluikfpearc. 
 
 To HACK. -J. n. To hackney ; to turn 
 hackney or proftitute. Hanmer. 
 
 H.i'cKLE. n. f. Raw filk ; any flimfy 
 fubftance unfpiin. 
 
 Take the hackle of a cock, or capon's neck, or 
 a plover's top: take off one fide of the feather, 
 and then take the hjck/e filk, gold or lilvcr thread, 
 and makethele fart at the bent of the houk. 
 
 iVtiltin'i y'ngltr. 
 To HA'CKLE. V. a. To divfs flax. 
 Ha'cknfy. n.f, [hacknai, A\'tirn; hacLe- 
 neye, Teutonick; haquenecy French.] 
 
 1. A pacing horfe. 
 
 2. A hired horfe ; hired horfes beirij^ 
 ufually taught to pace, or recommended 
 as good pacers, 
 
 L'ght and lewd pcrfons were as cafily fuborncd 
 to niiikc an aft'ulavit for money, as poft-hoifcs 
 and hackficyi :irc taken to hire. Bt-'con. 
 
 Who. mounted on n broomj the nag 
 And h'jckru-y of a Lapland bag, 
 Id queft of you came hither port. Hudihras. 
 
 3. A hireling ; a proiHtutc. 
 
 Three kingdoms rung 
 With his accumulative and hackney tongue. 
 
 That is no more tlian every lover 
 Does for )iis hacknf\ lady fuffer. lludjhus. 
 
 Shall each I'purgall'd hackney oi the day, 
 Or each new penfiunM fycophant, pretend 
 To break my windows. Po^e. 
 
 4. Any thing let out for hire. 
 
 HAG 
 
 A wit c«n fludy in the ftrcct* ; 
 Kol quite I'o well, however, asoncongbt; 
 A hackney coach may chance to fpoil a thougbt. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 5. Much ufed ; common. 
 
 Thefc iioiiwMS young fiudcnts inphyfick derive 
 fi jni then hackney authois. H'trvry. 
 
 T'o Ha'cknky. '0, a. [from tlie noun.] 
 To praftife in one thing; lo accuilom, 
 as to the road. 
 
 He n long haciney\i in the w:iys of men. 
 
 Sh.ikfpcure. 
 
 Ha'cqukton. n,f. [haquet^ old French, 
 
 a little lioric.] Some i)iece of armour. 
 
 You may fee the voiy falliion of rhe Iiiih 
 hoi lemau m his Jong liofe, riding Ihoes of 
 C'ilUy cordwain^ bis karquetonj and his haijcr- 
 gcon . Sptnfer'i State 0/ Inland 
 
 M .\ I), The preterit and part. paCT. of baije. 
 i had belter, yt)U had better, 5cc. means 
 the fame as, // nvouhi be better fijr we or 
 I y''Ui or, ii ivoiild be more eligible : it is 
 always iifcd potentially, not indicalively: 
 nor is have ever ufed to that import. 
 We fay hkewile, li had been better or 
 nvorfe, « 
 
 I A-7(/ rather be a country fervant maid, 
 Than a great queen with this condition. Shakfp. 
 
 Hadwc not hcttti leave this Ulica, 
 To arm Nuniidia ui our caufe ? y^ddifon, 
 
 Ha'ddock. n,f. [hadot^Vrcnch.] A fea 
 fifh of the cod kind, but fmall. 
 
 The coart is plentifully liored with pilchards, 
 benings, and huddcckt. Careiv_ 
 
 Haft, n.yi [haspr, Saxon; he/f, Dnich; 
 from To have or hold.] A Iiandlc ; that 
 part of any inllrimient that is taken into 
 the hand. 
 
 This brandilK'd dagger 
 
 I'll bury to the haft in her fiir brcaft. Drytlfn. 
 
 Tiiefe extremities of the joints arc the h.ifts 
 
 and handles of the members. Dryden. 
 
 A needle is a fimplc body, being only made of 
 
 l>ccl ; but a fword is a compoj.uid, becnufc its 
 
 haft or handle is made of materials did'ercnt 
 
 from the blade. kFatti' Logick. 
 
 To Haft. t;. a^ [from the noun.] To 
 
 fet in a haft. Ainfivorth. 
 
 HAG. n.f. [h^je]"!*?, a gobUn, Saxon; 
 
 hchlej a witch, Dutch.] 
 
 1, A fury ; a fhe-monfter. 
 Thus fpoke th* impatient piince, and made a 
 
 paufe ; 
 His foul hagi rais*d their beads, and clapt their 
 
 hands ; 
 And ail the poweis of bell, in fuU applaufe, 
 Fluuiilh'd their fn;:k.cs, and \oi\ ihcir Haming 
 
 biatuls. Crtijhii'JJ. 
 
 2, A witch ; .ui encliantrefs. 
 Out of my dooi, you wifch ! you hag, you 
 
 b-^gg3ge, you poulcat, you lunnion. Shakff>eaTe. 
 
 3, An old ugly woman. 
 Such atfeilalions may bocome the young ; 
 
 But thou old .'lag of thrccfcorc years and three, 
 Is fbewing of thy parts in Greek for tliee ? 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 To Hag, v. a. [from the noun.] To tor- 
 ment ; to harafs with vain terrour. 
 
 That makes them in the daik fee vilions, 
 K\i^h.Tg themfelvcs with apparitions. Hudih. 
 How are fupcrflitious men hagged oixt of their 
 wits with the fancy of omens, tales, and vifions ! 
 
 L' Ejirange. 
 Ha'gard. adj. [^/Tfflr^/, French.] 
 I. Wild; untamed; irreclaimable. 
 A^hagatd h-Twk, prcfuming to contend 
 With hardy fowl above his able might, 
 
 His wcaiv pounces all in vain doth fpcnd, 
 To Uufi the ^ey too hcjvy for his llight. 
 
 Fai'y Queen, 
 
 HAT 
 
 She 's loo difdainful ; 
 I know htr fpirit> arc as coy and wild, 
 h^hiigiirJ ;ii tlic luck. ii/:,iiipf^ire, 
 
 2. [^hiiger, Gprmai: ] Lean; rugged; 
 perhaps, ugly. To this fenfe 1 have 
 put the following [lafiagc ; for the au- 
 thor ought to have wjitteii hagaid. 
 
 A hiif^^iJ caiion of a wolf, and a jolly fort of 
 dog, with good llelh uijon 's back, fell into com- 
 pany fogctluT. 1/ Ejfriifit^/-, 
 
 3. IDcformed with paffion ; wildly difur- 
 dered. 
 
 Tearful b'jf;dcs of what in fight h.id pafs'd, 
 Ills hands and /iu-^(ir(/ eyes to hcav'n liC cafl. 
 
 Where are the confcious look], the face now 
 pale, 
 Nuwflufhing red, the down-caft A^^i2t^cyc5, 
 Or fixi on earth, or llovvly laii'd 1 imilh. 
 
 Ha'ggard. n.f. 
 
 1. .\ny thing wild or irreclaimable. 
 
 I w in be niariicd to a wc.ilrl.y widow. 
 Ere three days pal's, which has as long lov*d mc 
 As 1 have lo%'d this proud difdainful hnggard. 
 
 Sh.'kfptare. 
 
 2. A fpecies of hawk. 
 
 Daes the wild huggatd tow'r into tl c iTty, 
 And to the fouth by thy direction Hy r Sdndyt. 
 
 I enlarge my difcourfe to the obfervation of 
 the aires, the brancher, the ramilir hi.wk, and 
 i\\t hiiggarH. li'.iiton. 
 
 3. A hag. So Giir.'h has ufed it for want 
 of undcrftandiiig it. 
 
 Beneath tiie gloomy cover of an yew. 
 In a dark grot, the baleful ^laggutd \5yf 
 Breathing black vengeance, and infefting day. 
 
 Garti. 
 Ha'gg.\rdly. adv. [from haggard.] De> 
 formedly ; uglily. 
 
 For her the rich Arabia fwcats her gum ; 
 And precious oils from diftant Indies come. 
 Mow h.iggarjiy foe'cr Ihe looks at home. Dryd. 
 Ha'ggess. n.f. [from Aof or A^fi.] A 
 mafs of meat, generally pork chopped, 
 and enclofed in a membrane. In Scot- 
 land it is commonly made in a Iheep's 
 maw of the entrails of the fame animal, 
 cut fmall, with fuet and fpices. 
 Ha'ggish. adj. [from /iflf.] Of the na- 
 ture of a hag ; deformed ; horrid. 
 But on us both did haggijh age Iteal on. 
 And wore us out of adt. Shakfpearr. 
 
 To H.^'GGLE. V. a. [corrupted from 
 hackle or hack.'\ To cut ; to chop ; to 
 mangle : always in a bad fenfe. 
 
 Suffolk firft died, and York all Aagg.'cd o'er, 
 Comes to him where in gore he lay inilcep'd. 
 
 Sh/iippciirf. 
 
 To Ha'ggle. v. n. To be tedious in a 
 bargain ; to be long in coming to the 
 price. 
 
 Ha'ggler. n.f. [irOTti haggle.'\ 
 
 1. One that cuts. 
 
 2. One that is tardy in bargaining. 
 Ha'giographer. n.f. [aV>&- and yga'pi.] 
 
 A holy writer. 
 
 The jews divide the holy fcriptures of the old 
 tcflament into the law, the prophets, and t:rc 
 
 htigicgriipkcrs. 
 
 Hah. interjeH. An expreffion of fudden 
 effort. 
 Her coats tuck'd up, and ali her motioni 
 juft, 
 She ftamps, and tlicn cries hah ! at cv'ry thiufl-. 
 
 Z)M./(vr. 
 
 HAIL, n.f, [hajel, Saxon.] Diops <jf 
 
 rain frozen in their falling. Lode. 
 
 ThuT.dcr mix'd with hnil. 
 Hail m'ii^d with lire, mull rend th' Egyptian iky. 
 
 S *2
 
 H A I 
 
 Te Hail. v. n. To pour down hail. 
 
 My people (hall dwell in a feaccaMc habitation 
 wlicn It Ihall itji/, coming down on the foicll. 
 
 Ifri.ii. 
 
 Hail, iiittrj. [hoel, health, Sa.xon : Li;/, 
 therefore, is the fame as falvs of the 
 Latins, or i;>-i!Ziv! of the Greeks, health 
 be to you.] A term of faliitation now 
 iifed only in poetry ; health be to you. 
 It is ufed likcwife to things inanimate. 
 
 //.;//, //flf/, brave friend ! 
 Say to the king the knowledge of the broil. 
 
 Her Tick head is bound about with clouds : 
 It does not look as it would have a //a//, 
 Or health wifh'd in It, as on other morns. 
 
 The angel hyd 
 Beftow'd, the holy ialutalion us'd 
 Long after to bicit Maiy, fecond Eve. Mihm. 
 
 Farewell, happy fields, 
 Where joy for ever dwells ! hail horrors ! hall 
 Infernal world ! and thou profoundeft hell 
 Receive thy new pofftlTor ! Milton. 
 
 All Aa/7, he cry'd, thy country's grace and bve; 
 Once firft of men below, now firft of birds above. 
 
 DiyJrn. 
 Hal! to the fun ! from wiiofe returning light 
 The cheerful foldier's arms new luftre take. 
 
 A'OT.f. 
 
 To Hail. -v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 faiute ; to call to. 
 
 A galley drawing near unto the fhore, was 
 
 hailed by a Turk, accompanied with a troop of 
 
 horfemcn. ■ Knillt-s. 
 
 Thiice call upon my name, thrice beat your 
 
 brcaft. 
 
 And luii! me thrice to everlafting reft. Drydirr-.-- 
 
 Ha'ilshot. n. f. [hail znd Jiot.'i Small 
 fhot fcattercd like hail. 
 
 The mafter of the artillery did vifit them 
 fliarply with murdering hniJji-A, from the pieces 
 tnountcd towards the top of the hill. Haywurd. 
 
 Ha'ilstone. n.f. [hail and Jloricl A 
 particle or fingle ball of hail. 
 
 You aic no furtr, no. 
 Than is the coal of fire upon the ice. 
 Or hai'jinnc in the fun. Shahffrare. 
 
 Hard haitjioms lie not thicker on the plain, 
 
 Norlliakenoaks fuch ftiow'rs of acorns rain. Dryd. 
 
 Ha'ily. adj. [from hail.'\ Confifting of 
 
 hail. 
 From whofe dark womb a rattling tempeft 
 pours, 
 Which the coldnorth congeals lo h-.-.ily fhowcrs. 
 
 HAIR. «./. [hap, Saxon.] 
 I. One of the common tegunients of the 
 body. It is to be found upon all the 
 parts of the body, except the foles of 
 the feet and pahns of the hands. When 
 we exannine the hairs with a microlcope, 
 ive find that they have each a roimd 
 bulboJS root, which lies pretty deep in 
 the flcin, and which draws their nourifh- 
 nient from the furrounding humours : 
 that each hair confills of five or fix 
 others, wrapt up in a common tegu- 
 ment or tube. 'I'hey grow as the nails 
 do, each part near the root thniftlng 
 forward that which is immediately above 
 It, and not by any liquor running along 
 the hair in tubes, as plants grow. 
 
 ^inry. 
 
 My fleece of woolly hah uncurls. Xhakjp. 
 
 Siiall tile difFcrci'CC of luiir only, on the (kin, 
 lie a mark of a ditTercnt inteitial conltitution be- 
 tween a changeling and a drill.' /,!•«(■. 
 2. A fingk bair. 
 
 HAL 
 
 Naughty lady, 
 TI.efe h^hs which thou do'ft ravifii fr jm my chin, 
 \\'in qilicken and accufe thee. Shukjpeari. 
 
 Much is bleeding ; 
 Which, like the courier's hair, hath yet but life, 
 And not a ferpent's poifun. Shakjpcare. 
 
 3. Any thing proverbially fmall. 
 
 It" thou rak'it rai>re 
 Or jefs than juit a pound; if the fcale turn 
 But in the eftimatiun of a //.j/r, 
 Thou dicft. Shahjf. Mercht. of Venter. 
 
 He judges to a hair of little indecencies, and 
 knows better than any man what is not to 
 be wiitten. Prydtn. 
 
 4. Courfe ; order ; grain ; the hair falling 
 in a certain direction. 
 
 He is a curer of fouls, and you 3 cover of bo- 
 dies : if you Ihould light, you go againft the hair 
 of your profcfuon. Shakfpean, 
 
 HA'iRBhL. n.f. A flower ; the hyacinth. 
 Ha'irbr AiNED. adj. [This (hould rather 
 be written harebrained, unconftant, un- 
 fettled, wild as a hare.'\ Wild ; irregu- 
 lar ; unfteaJy. 
 Let 's leave this town ; for they arc hairlraii'd 
 Ilavcs, 
 And hunger will enforce them be more eager, 
 • . Shiikjiieu 'c . 
 
 Ha'irereadth. n.f. [/la/r and irearf//;.] 
 A very fmall diftance ; the diameter or 
 a hair. 
 
 Seven hundred chofen men left-handed could 
 flir.g ftones at an hjirirendth, and not mils. 
 
 Ju.lg.: 
 I fpoke of raoft difaflrous chances. 
 Of moving'accidents by flood and held ; 
 Of Ji.iiiireadl/i 'fcapes in th' imminent deadly 
 breach. Shakffcarr 
 
 Ha'ircloth. n./. [hair 5.nd cklh.^\ Stuff 
 made of hair, very rough and prickly,, 
 worn fometimes in mortification. 
 
 It is compofed of reeds and parts of plants 
 woven togettrer, like a piece of haitci'^lh. G'e-.v. 
 Hairla'ce. n.f. [hair and lace.'] The 
 fillet with which women tie np their hair. 
 Some worms are commonly itfembled to a wo- 
 man's hairlacc or fillet, theirce called tenia. 
 
 Har-jey^ 
 If Molly happens to be carelefs, 
 ' And but nogletfls to warm her hairlacCy 
 
 She gets a cold as fure as death. Siuift. 
 
 Ha'irless. adj. [from hair.] Wanting 
 hair. 
 Whitebcards have arm'tl their thin and hairlcjs 
 fcalps 
 Againft thy m.ajcfty, Shakffcare. 
 
 Ha'iriness. n. f. [from hairy.] The 
 {late of being covered with hair, or 
 abounding with hair. 
 Ha'iry. adj. [from hair.] 
 
 1. Overgrown withhaiv; covered withhiir. 
 
 Siie his /la.-'r;. temi>!es then had rounded 
 With coronet of flowers. Shakjfeare. 
 
 Children are not hairy, for that their (kins arc 
 more pcrfpinble. .ffiicai.- 
 
 2. Confifting of hair. 
 
 Storms have (hed 
 From vines the hairy honours of iheir head. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Hakz. n.f. A kind of fiih. 
 
 The coaft is ftorcd with macktel and hah. 
 
 Camu. 
 
 Ha'kOT. n.f. [from haie.] A kind of 
 lifii. Aiifworth. 
 
 Hal, in local names, . is derived like al 
 
 from the Saxon hi-alle, i. e. a hall, a 
 
 paU'ce. In Gotiiick alh fignifics a 
 
 temple, or any other famous biu'lding. 
 
 Gicfju^s Camden. 
 
 HA'LBERD. n.f. [halebr^de, French; 
 halUbardc, Dutch, from h.irde, an axe, 
 
 HAL 
 
 and hah, a court, halberds being the 
 common weapons bf gurads.] A baule- 
 axe fixed to a long pole. 
 Advance rhy halberd higher than mv breart. 
 
 Our halhcr.U did ftiut up his piifihgc. Shalfp, 
 
 Four kiiuvt s in garbs lucciiv5t, a iriifly band, 
 Capi, on ti-.cir heads, and halherji in their hand, 
 Draw ioxx'n to combat on the' velvet plain. Fope. 
 Ha'lberdier. n.f. l^halberdier, French, 
 from halberii,~\ One who is armed with 
 a halberd. 
 
 The duchefs appointed him a guard of thirty 
 hiiibcrjfeny in a lively of murrey and blue, to at- 
 tend hispeiTon. x Bacon,. 
 
 Tlie king hrid only his kalbadeersj and fewer of 
 them ihan ufed to go wiiii him Clarendon, 
 
 Ha'lcyon. n. f^ [halcyo, Latin.] A 
 bird, of which it is laid that (lie breeds 
 in the fca, and that there is always a 
 calm during, her incubation. 
 
 Such imiiing rogues, as iheie, footh ev'iy 
 paffion, 
 Bring oil to fire, fnow to their colder rnoods; 
 Renege, affirm, and turn their A.dcyin beaks 
 With ev'ry g;ik and vary of their m.ilUrs. Shak, 
 
 AmidA our arms a* quiet you lh.tll be, 
 As halcyom broudingon .i winter ica. Diyde^t, 
 Halcyon. ^^*. [from the noun.] Pla- 
 cid ; quiet J ilill ; peaceful. 
 
 When gieat Augullus made war's tcmpell 
 ce.ife, 
 His halcyQ'i cays brought forth the %ts of peace. 
 
 Denh^m, 
 
 l^o nun can expert eternal ferenity and A/i/- 
 cyo'i days tiora io incumpcicnt and partial a caufe, ' 
 
 as the condani courfe uf tiie fun in tne equinoctial 
 circle. Brrtky. 
 
 H.ALE. a/^J. [This (hould rather be written 
 haiii from /j£p/j health,] Heal thy ; 
 found ; hearty ; well complcxioned. 
 
 My feejy fhcep like well below, 
 For they been /ut/e enough I trow, 
 Andhkcn their abode. Spenfcr, 
 
 Some of ihefe wife partizans concluded the 
 govcinnienl had hired two or three hundred haU 
 men, to be pinioned, if not executed, a» the pre- 
 tended captives. Addijgti, 
 
 His fiomach too begins to fail ; 
 Laft ye.ir we thougiit him ftrong and hah, 
 But now he 's qui'e another thing : 
 I wifti he may hold out *tiil fpring. SiL-ift, 
 
 To Hale. -u. a, \^ha!en, Dutch; hahr, 
 Frencli.] To drag by force ; to pull 
 violently and rudely. 
 
 Fiy to your boufc; 
 The plebeians have got your fellow tribune, 
 And hiiU him up and down. Shokfjeart, 
 
 My third comfort, 
 Sr.'.rr'd moft unluckily, is from my br^.ift 
 lioi\i out to murder. Shakjpenre. 
 
 Give diligence that thou maycft be dchvcrtd 
 from him, left he hale thee to the judge. Luke. 
 
 He by liie neck hath hal\l^ in pieces cut, 
 And fet me as a mark on every butr. Sandys. 
 
 Thither by harpy-footed furies hut'd. 
 At certain revolutions, all the damn'd 
 Are broLighr. Milinn. 
 
 Tnis fiiiirtrdiJs gravity is drawn that way by the 
 great artciy, which then fubfideth, and huleth the 
 heait unto it B'O^vn, 
 
 Who would not be difgufted^wlth anv recrea- 
 tion, in iH'cll inditTctent, it he (hould with blows 
 be haltd to it when he l>a(l no mind i Lockt. 
 
 In all the tumuits at R->me, though the peo- 
 ple proceeded lometim<.s to pull and halt one 
 another al'OMt, yet no blood was drawn, 'till the 
 time \ii the Gracchi. Swift. 
 
 Ha'ler. n.f [[i ova haie. 1 He who piiUs 
 
 and iiales. 
 HALF, n.f plural /a^/iw. [healp, Sax; 
 
 and all the TcutonlLk diaktts. The / is 
 
 often not founded.}
 
 HAL 
 
 1. A moiety ; one part of two ; an equal 
 
 part. 
 
 An /hi/f ncYC of land. I S.imucl. 
 
 Mnny might gi) to licavcn with /;.)//" the l.thoui 
 they gel to hell, if lliey would vcntmc their in- 
 doftry the right way. Ben yonf^'i. 
 
 Well cliolcii fricndfliip, themoft noble 
 Of virtues all our joys makes double, 
 And into hahh'i divides out tii'Mblf. VeKftam 
 
 Or what but riches is there known 
 Wliich mjn can folcly c:ill his own ; 
 III w Inch no cieatuic goes his ftalf^ 
 XJiilcfs it be to Iquinl and laugti } H:tiii/>ras. 
 
 No moital tongue can Aj^ the beauty tell ; 
 For aonc but bands divine could wwk fo well. 
 
 Of our mannfai£)ure foreign mailccts roi,l; off 
 one hulf, and the other lialj were conrunirrl 
 amongil outfelves. Lo-^e 
 
 The council is made up half o\.\t of the nohk 
 families, and half out of the plebeian. yhhUfut. 
 
 Half the mifcry of life might be C)itingji(hc( . 
 would men ai.evi.ite the general curfe by nuitual 
 conipaflion. Adatjon. 
 
 Her beauty in thy fofrei haff 
 Bjry'd and loil, flie oligVit to grieve. Vt:tir. 
 
 Natural \\as it for a prince, who had propofcc: 
 to bimlelf the em[)iic of the woild, not to ncg- 
 Icft the fea, tlic iijIJoS his dominions .-I'rtht/i 
 
 2. It iometlnies has a pliiial iigiiilication 
 when a number is divided. 
 
 Had the land fclefled of the heft, 
 }{«!/ had come hence, and let the woild pioudr 
 the rcll. DrjJen. 
 
 H.1I. F. ailv. 
 
 1, Jn part ; equally. 
 
 I go with lo^e and fortune, two blind guides, 
 To lead my way; luif luih, and ///jy couf-nting. 
 
 DiyJr; 
 
 2. It is much ufed in compolition to iig- 
 nify a thing imptrfcd, as the following; 
 examples will Ihow. 
 
 Half-blood. «. f. One not born of the 
 fame father and mother. 
 
 Which ftiall be heir of the two male twins, 
 who by the d'fleflion of the mother, were l.iid 
 open to the world? Whctiicr a fiftcr by the h.Jf 
 iho.i Ihall inherit before a brothci's daughter by 
 the whole-Mood ? Lucke. 
 
 H.^LF- BLOODED, adj. \half zx\A blood.] 
 Mean ; Regenerate. 
 The let alone lies not in your good will. 
 
 Nor in thine, lord. 
 
 hiulf-li'i)!jacd fellow, yes. Shalj^y^arc. 
 
 Half-cap. n. f. Cap imperfeflly put 
 off, or faintly moved. 
 
 W'i h pertain /m^-.^^i and cold moving nods, 
 They froze me into lilence. Shal fpciirc. 
 
 Ha'lfekdeal. n.f. [Za^andbxl, Sax.] 
 
 ' Part. Spenfi-r. 
 
 Half-faced, ad'. \]>alf and faced.] 
 
 Showing only p:irt of the face ; fmall 
 
 faced : in conternpl. 
 
 Proud incioaciiing tyranny 
 Barns with revenging tire, whofe hopeful coloXir^ 
 Advance a h.ilf-f\irr ! fun driving to ihine. Shai-f. 
 This fame liaij-faci-.i fellow. Shadow ; give mc 
 this man : he ptefents no mark to the enemy ; 
 the focman m.iy with as great aim level at the 
 edge of a penknife. Si-ilfjifure. 
 
 Half-hatched, adj. \_half and butch.] 
 Imperfeftly hatched. 
 
 Here, thick as hailftones pour, 
 Turnips, and Ihilf -hatch' d eggs, a mingled Ihow'r, 
 Among the ra&blc rain. Gay. 
 
 Half-heard, adj. Impeifeflly heard; 
 not heard to an end. 
 
 Not added years on years my tn(k could dole; 
 E ick to thy native jdand? might'll thou fail. 
 And leave h.i//Jit,.,d xhc melancholy talc. Piij>r. 
 
 Half-moon. n. f. 
 
 H A \. 
 
 1, The moon in its appearance when at 
 half incrcafc or dtcreafe. 
 
 2. Any thing in the figtue of a half moon. 
 
 See bow in warlik'; niurter they appear, 
 In ihombs and wedges, and half-rr.otii and wings. 
 
 MHion. 
 
 Half-penny, n.y: plural A<7^-/ic;;/rf. [_half 
 and penny.] 
 
 1. A copper coin, of which two make a 
 penny. 
 
 Bardolph ftole a lute-cafe, bore it twelve 
 leagues, and fold ir for three /i.i^-/irnr<r S/tutfp. 
 
 I thank you ; and furei dear friend, my thanks 
 are too dear c)f a /udf-^'cnny, Shiikfpcute . 
 
 He ci-.eats for h.i j'-^cric;^ and be doffs I. is coat 
 To favc a farthing in a ferryboat. Diydtn. 
 
 Never adniit tnis pernicious coin, no not fo 
 much as one fiiigle h.ilj-fctiny, Sii-ift, 
 
 2. It has the force of an adjeftive con- 
 joined with any thing of which it de- 
 notes the price. 
 
 Tiicre (h.dl be in England feven huff -fenny 
 loavc- lold for a penny. Slu'ljieiirc 
 
 Yi>u will Wonder how Wood could get his ma- 
 jeily's broad feal for fo great a fum of b.id monej', 
 and that the nobility here could not obtiin the 
 fame favour, and make our own hjlj-yence as we 
 ufed fj do. SiLt'fi. 
 
 Half-pike. n.f. ^half zn& piie.] Tlie 
 fmall pike carried by officers. 
 
 The various ways of p.aying the fjlutc with the 
 h.i/f-fiie. Tatler. 
 
 Half PINT. n.f. [half and/>/n/.] The 
 fourth pait of a quart. 
 
 One hu f-flni buttle ferves them both to dine ; 
 And is at once their vinegar and wine. . Po/'-'. 
 
 Half-scholar, n.f. One imperfedily 
 learned. 
 
 W'c h.tve many halj-fiho^an now-a-days, and 
 there IS much confufijn and inconfirtency in the 
 notions and opinions of fome perfons. IVatts. 
 
 Half-silas over. A proverbial exprefilon 
 for any one far advanced. It is com- 
 monly ufed of one half drunk, 
 
 I am hiilf-feai o'er to death : 
 And (incc I murt die once, 1 would he loth 
 To make a double work of what 's lialf finifh'd. 
 
 DryJen. 
 
 Half sighted, adj. [half znA fight.] 
 Seeing imperfectly ; having weak dif- 
 cernment. 
 
 The officeis of the king's houfliold had need 
 he provident, both for his honour and thrift : 
 thev muft look both ways, elfe they are but h.df- 
 fighted. " Baron. 
 
 Half-spheke. n.f. [half &nd^ f^hcre.] 
 HemifpKere. 
 Let night grow blacker with thy plotv: and 
 day. 
 At (hewing but thy head forth, ftart away 
 From this lialf-fphere. -Ben fonjcti. 
 
 Half-strained, adj. [half s.nijlratn.] 
 Half bred ; imperfcdl. 
 
 I find I'm but a half Jl> tin' d \\\\i\n yet. 
 But mungril-mifchievous ; for my flood boil'd 
 To view this brutal "atfl. Drydcn. 
 
 Half-sword, n.f Clofe fight j wiihiu 
 half the length of a fword. 
 
 1 am a rogue, if I were not at halffvord with 
 a dozen of them two hours together. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Half-way. adv. [half and way.] In 
 the middle. 
 
 Fcarlcfs he fees, who is with \inue crown'd, -j 
 
 The tem;'ert rage, and hears tiic thunder / 
 
 found ; r 
 
 Ever the lame, let fortune fmile or frown : J 
 
 Serenely as he liv'd fcfigns his breath ; 
 
 ■ Meets deftiny ha/f-iuay, nor (brink: at death. 
 
 Granz/Ite. 
 
 HAL 
 
 Haif-wit. n.f. [haf and tvit.] A 
 blockhead; a foolilh fellow. 
 
 Ufi'f-'.viis are Hcas, lo li:ile and fc light, 
 Wc (circc could know tlicy live, but that thcjr 
 bite. Dfydrit. 
 
 Half-witted, adj. [from ha/f-iuit.'] 
 Imperftdly furnidied with underftaiid- 
 
 ing. 
 
 1 would rather have tn.ifted the refinement of 
 our langu igc, as lo found, to the judgment of the 
 women than of ha/f-^'.uifted pocti. Stur/r. 
 
 Jack had pafl'ed for a poor, well-mcaring, 
 haif~-.uititd, crack-brained fellow : people wcic 
 fliangely furprifcd to find him in fuch a ro- 
 guery, j^rl.nthnnt'i H:Jltiiy of fchn BulK 
 
 When half is added to any word noting 
 perfoual qualities, it commonly notes 
 contempt 
 
 Ha'libut. n.f. A fort of fifh. A'lnf. 
 
 Ha'lidom. n.f. [halip5 bom, holy judg- 
 ment, or liahjaiid dame, for lady.] Our 
 bleffed lady, in this it fliould be halt- 
 dam. 
 
 By my halidom, quoth he. 
 Ye a great mailer aie in your degree, Mulheri. 
 
 Ha'liiviass. n. f. [halij and ma/}.] The 
 feall of All-fouls. 
 
 She c^me adonicd hither like fweet May ; 
 Sent b.ick like haliniaf, or fholtcif djy. SnuUfp. 
 
 Ha'lituol s. ar^'. [haluus, h,?i.i.] Vapo- 
 riius ; fumous. 
 
 We fpeak oi the atmofphere as of a peculiar 
 tiiin and fl.j///«&ui liquor, much lighter than fpint 
 of wine. B*y/e. 
 
 Hall. n. f [hal, Saxon ; halle, Dutch.] 
 
 1. A court of juilice ; as Weftminftcr 
 Hall. 
 
 O lort loo foon in yonder houfe or halt. Pope. 
 
 2. A manor-houfe fo called, beeaufe in 
 it were held courts for the tenants. 
 
 Captain Sentry, my mailer's nephew, has 
 taken poircffion of the /i.i// houfe, and the whrjic 
 eftate. Add,fo:i. 
 
 3. The public room of a corporation. 
 
 With expedition on the beadle call^ 
 To futnmon all ttie company to the halt. Garth. 
 
 4. Tile firft large rooci of a houfe. 
 
 -Tiat light we fee is burning in mj halt. Shaif. 
 Courtcfy is fooncr found in lowly flieds 
 With (moky rafters, than in tap'flry /a..'i 
 And courts of princes. Milton^ 
 
 Hallelu'jah. «. y: [.n^lbbn] Praife 
 ye the Lord. A fong of thankfgiving. 
 
 Then (hall thy faints 
 Unfained hallelujahi to Thee iing. 
 Hymns of high praife. Milton. 
 
 Singing thole devout hymns and heavenly 
 anthems, in which tiic chuich militaat feems 
 ambitious to emulate" the triumphant, and echo 
 b.ick the folemn praifos and kallclujahi of the 
 ccleftial choirs. , By'e. 
 
 Ha'lloo. mterj. [The original of this 
 word is controverted : fome imagine it 
 corrupted from a lui, to him ! others 
 from allom, let us go ! and Skinner from 
 haller, to draw.] A word of encourage- 
 ment when dogs are let loofe on their 
 game. 
 
 Some poptilnr chief. 
 More noify than the reft, but cries haltoi. 
 And, in a trice, the bello.ving licid comeouf. 
 
 Dtyden. 
 
 To Ha'lloo v. n. [he.hr, French.] 
 
 1. To cry as after the dotjs. 
 
 A cry more tune.ible 
 Was never hallc-j'dio, nor chccr'd with horti. 
 
 Shu.fjpearf. 
 
 2. To treat as in contempt. 
 
 C>;uniiy folks hal.'ited ini houted after mc, as
 
 HAL 
 
 the arrjnteft, coward that ever lliswod his Hiould. 
 <:r< tci '-.is -iiiemy. i/.Z/iy. 
 
 T'j Ha'lloo. "u. a. 
 
 1. To encourage with fliouts. 
 
 If, whilfl a bjy, Jnck iJii fiumfchool, 
 Fund of !iis huiuing-honi and poic, 
 T^au^h gout and ,jge his ff)ecd detain. 
 Old John knlhn hn h lunds again. Vr'iar. 
 
 2. To chafe with (houts. 
 
 If I fly, Marcim, 
 Ha/'ao me like a liaic Sh,ikfi,enri' i Ctrwlanut. 
 
 3. To callorfhout to. 
 
 When wc have found tlie king, he that fii 1> 
 lighfs on lilm 
 Hrtft" the other. S/mlfpf art's K.-iig hear. 
 
 Jo Ha'llow. v. a. [haljian, hahj, 
 Saxon, holy.] 
 
 1. Toconfecratt; to make holy. 
 
 When we landifyor /M//owclmrchcs, it is only 
 to tcl>ify th.it we make them places of puhlick 
 rcfort; that we invcll God liimfclf with them, 
 and that wc fever them from common ufes. 
 
 Ih^irr. 
 
 It cannot be endured to hear a man profcfs 
 
 that he putteth fire 10 his ncigiiliour's houfe, but 
 
 yet fo liall'fwcth the fame with prayer that he 
 
 hoptth it (liall not burn. Uoakir. 
 
 Is 't Cade that 1 have flain, that monlhous 
 
 traitor ? 
 
 Sword, 1 will haHow thee for this thy deed. 
 
 And hang thee o'er my tomb, when I am dead. 
 
 ShakJ^eare. 
 My prayers 
 Are not words duly ht>lloiu'd, nor my wilhes 
 Moic worth than vanities ; yet pray'rs and wilhes 
 Are all I can return. Shakfptarc'i Henry viii. 
 
 God from work 
 Kow reding, blefs'd and hallnv'i the feventli 
 
 day. 
 As rcfting on that day from all his works, 
 But not in filentc holy kept. Milton. 
 
 Then banifli'd faith Ihall once again return, 
 And veftal 6resin Ari/ZoTt'i/ temples burn. Dryd. 
 
 No fatyr \n\ ks within this hallow' d ground ; 
 But ny mphs and heroines, kings and gods abound. 
 
 Gymr. ilU. 
 
 2. To reverence as holy : hallonved be thy 
 name. 
 
 Hallucina'tion. n. f. [haHudnalio, 
 Latin.] Errour ; blunder; miftakc ; 
 
 folly. 
 
 A wafting of flefti, without caufe, is fretjuent- 
 )y termed a bewitched difcnfc ; but queftionlcfs 
 a mere h.itlucination of the vulgar. Hari'ty. 
 
 This rauft have been the hulhicina'.kn of the 
 
 tranfcriber, who probably miftook the dafh of 
 
 the I for a T. ylddtjm 
 
 Hai.m. n. f. [healm, Saxon.] Straw: 
 
 pronounced hawm : which fee. 
 Ha LO. n. J. A led circle round the fun 
 or moon. 
 
 If the hail be a little flatted, the light tianf- 
 mittedmny grow fo ftrong, at a little lefsdillance 
 than that of twenty-fix dcgices, as to form a huh 
 about the fun or moi.n ; which hah, as often as 
 the hailfioncs arc duly figured, maybe coh.ured. 
 
 NcuHon. 
 
 I faw by reflexion, in a veffcl of ftagnating 
 water, thicc hah'i, crowns er rings of culo.irs 
 about the fun, like three little rainbows conccn- 
 trick tjhis b.)dy. Nr.vlon 
 
 Ha'lsening. mi], [/Wj, German ; hafs, 
 Scottifh, the neck.] Sounding havfhiy ; 
 inharmonious in the throat or tongue. 
 Not in ufe- 
 
 This halfrmn^ horny name hath, as Cornuto 
 in Italy, opened a gap to ihc fcotfsof many. 
 
 Careiv. 
 
 Ha'lser. n. f. [from halp neck, and 
 •reel, a rope. It is now in marine pro- 
 nunciation corrupted to haivfer,] A 
 rop« lefs than a cable. 
 
 HAL 
 
 A bcechf n mart then in the hollow bafe 
 They hoilicd, and with wcU-wreath'd k.tlf.-ti 
 
 hoife 
 Their white fails. Ch:ifmM. 
 
 No hii'firi need to bind thefe vcffels here, 
 Nor bearded anchors ; for no ftorms they fear. 
 
 Drydr,!. 
 
 To Halt. v. n. [healr, Saxon, lame; 
 heal-an, to limp.] 
 
 1. To limp ; to be lame. 
 And will flie yet dehifc her eyes 
 
 On me, tiiat hull and am mil-ruapcn tlnib ? 
 
 Shitlffieare. 
 
 Thus inborn broils the faflioos would tug ge. 
 Or wars of eiil'd heirs, or foreign rage. 
 Till ^'i/'/''^ vengeance overtook out age. Viyd. 
 
 Spenfcr himfclf affeifls the obfolcte. 
 And Sidney's verfe haln ill on Roman feet. Vope. 
 
 2. To flop In a march. 
 I was forced to h.ilt m this perpendicular march 
 
 Addijon. 
 
 3. To hefitate ; to (land dubious. 
 
 How long halt ye between two opinions > 
 
 Luke 
 manner of 
 n march. 
 
 4. To fall; tofauher. 
 
 Here 's a paper written in his hand ; 
 A /j.j////;g fonnct of his own pure brain, 
 F.ilhion'd to Beatrice. Skakfpearc. 
 
 All my famili.irs watched (or my hailing, fay- 
 ing, pcradventure he will be enticed, and we 
 fliall prevail agair.rt him. Jircmiah. 
 
 Halt. adj. [from the verb.] Lame; 
 
 crippled. 
 
 Bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the 
 
 h.il:, and the blind. 
 Halt. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The aft of limping; the 
 limping. 
 
 2. [ahe, French.] A flop in 
 
 The heav'niy bantis 
 Down from a fity of jafper lighted now 
 In Paradifc, and on a hill made halt. 
 
 Scouts each coaft light armed fcour 
 Each quarter to del'cry the diliant foe. 
 Where lodg'd, or whither fled, or if for fight 
 In motion, or in halt. Milton 
 
 Without any halt they marched between the 
 two armies. Clarendon. 
 
 He might have made a halt 'till his tool and 
 artillery came up to him. CLuciden 
 
 Ha'lter. n. f. [from hall.'] He who 
 
 limps. 
 Halter, n. f. [healj-xpe, Saxon, from 
 
 halj-, tlie neck.] 
 [. A rope to hang malefaftors. 
 
 H: "s tied, my lord, and all his pow'rs do 
 yield ; 
 And humbly thus, with halteri on their necks, 
 Expe^l your highnefs' doom of lite or death. 
 
 Zhakjpenre. 
 
 They were to die by the fwoid if they ftood 
 
 upon defence, and by the halter if they yielded ; 
 
 whctcfuie they made choice to die rather as 
 
 foldiers than as dogs. HaytuArd. 
 
 Where I a diowly judge, whofe difmal note 
 Dil'goigeth halter, as a jiigglei's throat 
 Dolh ribbands. Cleaveland. 
 
 He gets renown, who, to the halter near'. 
 But narrowly elcapcs, and buys it dear. D'ydcn. 
 2. A cord; a ftrong firing. 
 
 Wiiom neither i5<i//f I binds nor burthens charge. 
 
 Sandvi. 
 
 To Ha'lter. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 To bind with a cord ; to catch in a 
 noofe. 
 
 He might have employed his time in the fri- 
 volous delights of catching moles and haUe.-ing 
 frogs. ./Illerhiry. 
 
 To Halve, v. a. [from half, halves.'] 
 
 To divide into two parts. 
 Halves, inlerj. [fiom half, Wfa being 
 6 
 
 HAM 
 
 the plural,] An e-vpreffion by whichi 
 any one lays claim to an equal (liare. 
 
 Hr,\eyua iijtften how the duided d.:m 
 Runs to the lummons of her hungry l.imb ? 
 But when the twin ciies halTet, Ihe quits the Brit. 
 
 Cletttyi'and. 
 
 Ham, whether initial or final, is no other 
 than the Sa^jon ham, a lioufe, farm, or 
 village. Gtifon's Camdei:. 
 
 HAM.n./. [ham, Saxon ; /jjmmf, Duich.] 
 
 1. The liip ; the hinder part ef the arti- 
 culation of the I high with tlu' knee. 
 
 The ham \va: much rclaicd; but tiierc W.M 
 fomc contraction, remaining. Wijiwan. 
 
 2. 'i he thigh of a hogfalted. 
 
 Who I'.as not Icai.i'd, fiefli fturgeon and li^m 
 pye 
 Are no lewaids for want and infamy ? Pope. 
 
 Ha'h ATED. <7fl). [^ama/Kj, Lat.] Hook- 
 ed J fet with hooks. 
 To Ha'mble. v. a. [from ham.] To 
 cut the fincws of the thigh ; to ham- 
 ftring. 
 Hame. n. f. [hama, Saxon.] The col- 
 lar by vvliich a horfe draws in a waggon. 
 Ha'mlet. «. f. [ham, Saxon, and ht, 
 the diminutive termination.] A fmall 
 village. 
 
 Withiin tlie fclf-fame lordfhip, parifli, or ham. 
 let, lands have divers degiees of \alue. Baci't. 
 
 He pitch'd upon the plain 
 His mighty camp, and, when the day rcturn'H, 
 The country waded and the hamhti burn'd. 
 
 Dry den, 
 
 HA'MMER. n. f. [hameji, Saxon ; ham- 
 ma-, Danifli.] 
 
 1. The inilrument fonCfting of a long 
 handle and heavy head, with which any 
 thing is forged or driven. 
 
 The arnu>uiers. 
 With bufy hammrii doling rivets lip, 
 Gi^e drearlful note of preparation. Shakfpeare. 
 The ttu.1' will nut work well with a hummer. 
 
 Baton. 
 
 It is broken not without many blows, and will 
 
 break the belt anvils and ^.^mwirri of iron. Sionun. 
 
 Eveiy moining he rifcs frclh to his hammer and 
 
 his anvil. liouth. 
 
 The fmith prepares his hammer Sot the ftroke. 
 
 Dryden'i Juvenal. 
 
 2. Any thing deftruftlve. 
 
 That renowned pillar of truth and hammer of 
 hcrcfies, St. Auguliine. Hakeiuill §n Providence. 
 
 To Ha'mmer. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To beat \vith a hammer. 
 His hones the han.mer'd iiccl in ftiength furpafj. 
 
 Sandy'i. 
 
 2. To fotge or form with a hammer. 
 Some hammer helmets for the fighting field. 
 
 Vryden. 
 
 Diiidg'd like a fmith, and on the anvil hear, 
 
 'Till he had hammer'd out a vaft elfate. Dtydm. 
 
 I muft pay with hammered money inilead of 
 
 milled. Viyden. 
 
 To work in the mind ; to contrive by 
 
 Intelledlual labom- : ufcd commonly in 
 
 contempt. 
 
 Wilt thou ftill be hammeiing tre.:clicry, 
 To humble down thy hufbasd and thylrlf ? 
 
 Sihakfpeart. 
 He was ncbody that coultl not hammer out of 
 hi> name an invention by this witchcraft, and 
 piifture it .accordingly. Camden. 
 
 Some fpirits, by whom they were Illrrcd and 
 guided in the name of the people, hammer'd \\f 
 thcaiticles. Jiayiutiii. 
 
 To Ha'm mer. V. n. 
 
 I. To work ; to be bufy : m contempt. 
 
 3-
 
 H A M 
 
 Wor need'fl ihoti much im^oirime mc to that, 
 Whciconthis niuiuh 1 have ln:c\\ ^ tmft^'if!^. 
 
 I have been ftudying how to comp.irc 
 This pnfoti where i live unto rlic world ; 
 And, for bccaufc rlir wurld is pcjuilims, 
 And here i« not a crc;iturc but niylclf^ 
 I cannot do it ; yet I'll humm<.r on *t. Shulfp. 
 2. To be ill agiiation. 
 
 Vengeance is in my h.-ait, dcjili in my hand ; 
 Blood and revenge arc hammrring in my head. 
 
 Skakfoeare 
 
 Ha'mmerer. n. f. ]^hovc\ hammtr,] He 
 who workswiiha hammer. 
 
 Ha'mmekhard. ti. J\ Sjiammcr and 
 hard.'\ 
 
 Hammrr/iaril IS when yo\i harden iron or (K'cl 
 with much hammeiin^ nn it. Maxon 
 
 HA'MMorK. n. f. [hamaca, Saxon.] A 
 fiviiifiing bed. 
 
 Piince Maurice of NjITpu, who had been ac- 
 cuftomed to kammocisy ufcd them all his life. 
 
 Tcmp/c. 
 
 H.\MPER. n. /. [Suppofed hy MinJIjeiu 
 to be contradled from hand pan'ier ; but 
 hanaperiiim appears to have been a word 
 long in ufe, whence hanapei-y hamper.^ 
 A large baflcf t for carriage. 
 
 What powdcr'd wigs ! wliat fl.imes and darts I 
 Whiit h.impen full of hlccdjng heaits ! Siuift. 
 
 To Ha'mper. 11. a. [The original of 
 this word, in its prefent meanin;^, is un- 
 certain : Junius obfervtl that hamflyns 
 in Teutonicli is a quarrel : others ima- 
 gine that hamficr or hdnapcr, beinj^ tlie 
 trcafury to which fines arc paid, to 
 hamper, which is commonly applied to 
 the law, means originally to fine. ] 
 
 1. To (hackle; to entangle, as in chains 
 or nets. 
 
 O ioofeihis frame, this knot of man untie ' 
 Th:it my free foul may ufe her wing, 
 
 Which now is pmioii'd with mortality, 
 As an cntangl'd, h.imfir'd thing. Herbert. 
 
 We fhdll find tuch engines to .ilTail, 
 And hamper thee, as thou thalt come of force. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 "What-was it but a lion hampered in a net ! 
 
 L* Fjhtt'ige. 
 
 Wear under vizard-mafks their talents. 
 And mother wits betore their gallants ; 
 Until they're hampcr^i in the noofc. 
 Too fart to dream of breaking loofc HiiJit'nn 
 
 They A mper and eiit.mgle our fouls, .inH 
 hinder their (light up-.vards. Ti/Uffin. 
 
 2. To enfnare; to inveigle ; to catch with 
 allurements. 
 
 She'll /iLimper thee, and dandle thee like a baby. 
 
 Shcikppcate. 
 
 3. To complicate ; to tangle. 
 
 Engend'ring heals, thefc one by one unbind. 
 Stretch their fmall tubes, and hnmper'd nerves 
 unwind. El.icinme. 
 
 4. To perplex ; to embarrafs by many lets 
 and troubles. 
 
 And w hen th' arc hnmpcr^d by the laws, 
 Rcleafe the lab'rers for the raulc. \]uMhtit\. 
 
 Ha'mstring. n. f. [ham and Jlring.] 
 The tendon of the ham. 
 
 A player, whofe conceit 
 Lies in his /lanijhhigy (h.tli think it rich 
 To hear the wooden dialogue, and foinld 
 'Twixt his ftrctch'd footnig and the fc:i(roldngc. 
 
 S/i'iippciire 
 
 On the hinder fide it is guarded with the two 
 
 hnmjlriip. IFif,m,ii:. 
 
 To Ha'ivistring. v. (7. pret. and part. 
 pafT. hamjirung. [from the noun.] To 
 lame by cutting the tendon of the ham. 
 
 Hamfinrig'd behind, unhappy Gygesdy'd ; 
 TUn Phalaris is added to his lide, X>rydtn. 
 
 HAN 
 
 Han for ha've, in the plural. Obfolete. 
 
 Spenfir. 
 Ha'naprr. n. y. [hanaper'lum, low Lat.j 
 .'\ Irtafury ; an exchequer. The clerk, 
 of the han.ifxr receivei tlie fees due to 
 the king for the fcal of chaitera and 
 patents. 
 
 The fines for all original wi its were wont to be 
 iinniediutely paiti into the hanaptr of the chan- 
 cery. Bjctn 
 Hances. n.f. [Inafhip.] Falls of the 
 fife-rails placed on bannillers on the poop 
 and quarterdeck down to the gangway. 
 
 Harris. 
 IIa'ncks. [In architeflure.] The ends 
 of elliptical arches, and thefe art the 
 arches of finaller cicles than the felieme, 
 or middle part of the arcli. Harris. 
 
 The fwecp of the arch will not cont?in af'osc 
 fourteen inclies, and perhaps yon mull cement 
 pieces to many of the coui I'es in the /i./'-f**, to 
 make them long enough to contain fourieen 
 inches. Mn\iin 
 
 HAND. «, /. [haiib, honb, Saxon, and 
 in all the Teutonick dialects.] 
 
 1. The palm with the fingers; the mem- 
 ber with which we hold or ufe any in- 
 flrnment. 
 
 They laid h.mds upon him, and bound him 
 ^.i^/i/nnd foot. Kr.oUet* Htjiory of the Tttiii. 
 
 Tney hatid in hand, with wandering fteps and 
 flow, 
 Through Eden took their folitary way. Milton. 
 
 That wonderful inflrument the hand, was it 
 m.ule to be idle } Btrkley. 
 
 2. MeaAire of four inches; a meafure 
 ufed in the matches of horfes ; a palm. 
 
 3. Side, right or left. 
 
 For the other fide of the court-gate on this 
 hit7idj and that hand, were hangings of fifteen 
 cubits. E>:iidus. 
 
 4. Part ; quarter ; fide. 
 
 It is allowed on all A.j«(/j, that the people of 
 England are more corrupt in their mor.ils ihan 
 any otner nation this day under the fun. Swift. 
 
 5. Ready payment with refpefl to the re- 
 ceiver. 
 
 Of which offer the balTa accepted, receiving in 
 //ii7/./ one year's tiibute. Knof/ss' Hi/lory. 
 
 Thefc two mult make our duty very eafy ; a 
 conriHcrabic reward in //.-:»/./, and the affuiance of 
 a fai greater recompencc hereafter. Ti/Jotfn. 
 
 6. Ready payment with regard to the 
 payer. 
 
 Let not the wages of any man tarry with thee, 
 but give It him out of hand, Tatit. 
 
 7. Rate ; price. 
 
 Time is tltc meafure of bufinefs ; money of 
 wares : bufinefs is bought at a dear handf wlierc 
 there is fmall difparch. B'icon. 
 
 8. Terms; conditions; rate. 
 
 Vv'Ith fimplicity admire and accept the myf- 
 lery ; but at no ha'id by pride, ignorance, iii- 
 tercrt or vanity wrert It to ignoble fcnfes. Taylcr. 
 
 It is either an ill fign or an ill etfct^, and 
 therefore at no /id.;./ conliltent with humility 
 
 Itiylor^i Rule of living holy. 
 
 9. A& ; deed ; external aftion. 
 
 Thou faweff the contradiction between my 
 heart and h.md. ^i^'g Charla, 
 
 10. Labour; aft of the hand. 
 Alii;ilchar was a very idle fellow, that never 
 
 would ftt his liand to any bufinefs eluring his 
 father's life. .-IdJifcn. 
 
 I rather fufpeift my own judgment than I can 
 believe a fault to be in that poem, which lay to 
 long under Viigil's corrc^ion^ and had his lart 
 h.t'ri put to it, ylddifon. 
 
 11. Performance. 
 
 HAN 
 
 Where arc thefe portei j, 
 Thefe laiy knaves.' Y'ave made a fine hattdf 
 
 fellows, 
 There 's a trim rabble let in. Shatfprtrt, 
 
 12. Power of performance. 
 
 He had a gital mind to try his h(tnd:iX a Spec- 
 tator, and would fain have one of lui writing ia 
 my woiks. Mdifon. 
 
 A (Vicnd of mine has a very fine hand on the 
 violin. Addtfzn. 
 
 13. Attempt; undertaking. 
 
 Out of them you dare take in hand to lay open 
 the oiigiiial of fuch a nation. Spmftr on Inland, 
 
 14. Manner of gathering or taking. 
 
 As hei majcfty hath received grc.it profit, fa 
 may Ihf, by a moderate hand, from time to time 
 reap ihe like. Bacon. 
 
 15. VVorkmanlhip; power or aifl of ma- 
 ntifaiiluring or making. 
 
 An intelligent being, coming out of ihc h.in'.s 
 of infinite [Hilc<ftion, wilh an averfion or even 
 indiffereiicy to be reunited with its Author, the 
 foiirce of its utmoft felicity, is fuch a (hock and 
 deformity in the beautiful analogy of things, as i< 
 not confilient wilh finite wifdoin and perfciflion. 
 
 Ch(ync» 
 
 16. Manner of afling or performing. 
 
 The nuirtcr faw the madncfs rife ; 
 His glowing checks, his aident eyes ; 
 And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, 
 Chang'd lis hand, and check'd his pride. D'yJ. 
 
 17. Agency; part in aftion. 
 
 God mult have fet a more than ordinarjr 
 efteem upon that which David was not thought 
 fit to have an hand in. Honth. 
 
 18. The aft of giving or prefenting. 
 
 Let Taniat drcfs the meat in my fight, that I 
 may cat it at her hand. 2 Samael. 
 
 To'iiight the poet's advocate I ftand, 
 And he eiefcives the favour at my hand, ^adifcit, 
 
 19. Aft of receiving any thing ready to 
 one's hand, when it only waits to be 
 taken. 
 
 His power reaches no farther than to com- 
 pound and divide the materials that are made la 
 his hand; but can do nothing towards the 
 making or dcltroying one atom of what is al- 
 ready in being. Lockf. 
 
 Alany, whofe greatncfs and fortune were not 
 made to their hundi, had fuflicient qualifications 
 and opportunities of rifing tolhefe iiighpofts..('7J.i/y'. 
 
 20. Care ; ncccfiity of managing. 
 Jupiter had a farm a long time upon his hands, 
 
 for want of a tenant to come up to his price. 
 
 L'Ejirangc. 
 When a (tatefman wants a day's defence. 
 Or envy holds a whole week's war with fenti?, 
 Or fimple pride for flatl'ry makes demands. 
 May dunce by dunce be whiftled off my /la^ir. 
 
 Bope. 
 2 1. Difcharge of duty. 
 
 Let It therefore be required, on both part^, at 
 the handi of the clergy, to he in meanne's of 
 eftate like the apoflles ; at the hands of the laity, 
 to be as they who lived under the apoftles. 
 
 Uo'.ker. 
 
 22. Reach; nearnefs : as, vi\. hitntf, with- 
 in reach, near, approaching. 
 Your hiifband is at hand, I hear his trumpet. 
 
 Shayfpi.are, 
 Coufins, I hope the days are near at hand. 
 That ch.tmbers will be fafe. Shaifp€,ite, 
 
 He is at hand, and Pindaius is c.jmc 
 To do you falutation. iihatfprarir. 
 
 The figlitof his mind was like fonie fights of 
 eyes ; rather Itrong at AaiJthan to carry afar oft". 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 Any light thing that movtth, when we find no 
 
 wind, (hcwelh a ssind at hard Baccn, 
 
 A very great tound near hand hath flruckea 
 
 many deaf. Paon, 
 
 It is not probable that anv body (hould efjeft 
 
 that at a dillance, wliichj nc.ircr htvtd, it caiuot 
 
 perform, Brotin,
 
 HAN 
 
 When mineral or metal is to be fcncratcd, 
 ».iturc needs nut to have it hmd f,:lr, lulphur, 
 si'.d mcrcjry. -> 
 
 .J a. Manual management. 
 • Nor fwords at A:,«./, nor hiffi.ig darts afar, 
 Aredoom-d f avenge tne tedious bloody war^^^^ 
 
 24.. State of being in preparation. 
 
 Whe.e is our ufual nunagcr ol m.rt.i . 
 What revel, are m hand ? ts there .ro play, 
 To eaCe the nngullh of a tm-tunng hour . _ ^'.-^V. 
 2;. State of being in prefent agitation. 
 
 1 look'd upon her with a foldiei's eye ; 
 That hk-d, br.t had a rougher tafk m h^mi 
 Than to d.ive liking to the name of war Sh^kf 
 
 It is indifferent to the naatter in hand which 
 way the learned (liall determine of it. Locke. 
 
 26. Cards held at a ganne. 
 There was never a hand drawn, that did double 
 
 the reft of the habitable world, before th.s. B^.™;,. 
 
 27. That which is ufed in oppohtion to 
 . znother. 
 
 He would difpute, 
 Confutc.ehange ;n.-W-,,andmU confute. rW/^™. 
 
 28. Scheme of aflion. 
 Confult of your own ways, and think which 
 
 Is beft to take. ,^ -^f >/»"■ 
 
 They who thought they could never be fecure, 
 
 except the king were firft at their mercy, were 
 
 willing to change the /i«Win carrying on the war. 
 
 20. Advantage; gain; ftiperiority _ 
 
 The French king, fuppofir.g to make hlsjW 
 by thofe rude rav.iges in England, broKe oft his 
 treaty of pe.ice, and proclaimed hortility. 
 
 ^ * Haytvat'd, 
 
 90. Competition ; conteft. 
 
 She in bcavity, education, blood, 
 Holds^<."J will, any princefs in the world. Shakf 
 ■ 31. Tranfmiffion ; conveyance ; agency ot 
 conveyance. 
 
 The lalutation by the hand of me Paul. Co/. 
 
 52. PofTeffion ; power. 
 
 ^ Sacraments feive as the moral inftruments of 
 
 God to that purpofe ; the ufc whereof is in our 
 
 /}.r,.ys, the eEFefl in his. , Wo»*«. 
 
 And though you war, like petty wrangling 
 
 You're fn my hand: and when I bid you cc-fe. 
 You Ihall be crulh'd together into peace Dryd- 
 Between the landlord and tenant tiicre nuift be 
 a quarter of the revenue of the land conitantly 
 \ . , J Locke. 
 
 ' 111 their hands. • , . . 
 
 It is t-ruitlefs pains to learn a language, whicn 
 one may guefs by his temper he will wholly 
 ncglea, as loon as an approach to m.mhood, f t- 
 ,in"him free from a governour, (hall put him 
 inti the hand^ of his own inclination. Loc e. 
 
 Ve«ieales Agvi wove lands t..ken from the 
 .,nemy,anddiflnbutcdamonsftthe fold,er.s, or 
 left in the hand^ of the propietors under the con- 
 rltion of certain duties. ' ^riu/hnct. 
 
 o?. PrcfTure of the bridle. 
 ' Hollow men, like ho. fes, hot it hand, 
 
 Make gallant (how a,.d promife of the. r^ mettle.^ 
 
 34 Method of government ; difciplme ; 
 
 rellvint. , ... 
 
 Menelausbaie an heavy A,:'--/ over the tm- 
 
 'n- kept a flii" ham! on his nobility, and 
 
 " chofcutl.er to advance clcgymen and lawyers 
 
 i'.j.-on J lunry VI 1. 
 
 However firia a hand is to be kept upon all 
 
 ricl.res of fancy, vet in recreation fancy muft Ik- 
 
 permitted to fpcak. ■^'■"^*'- 
 
 ar. Influence; management. 
 
 Fla'tcty, the dan7,'rous nurfe of vice, 
 Got hand upon his youth, to plcafuies bent. 
 
 36. That wluch performs the office of a 
 hand in pointing. 
 
 HAN 
 
 The body, though ii moves, yet not changing 
 perceivable dillancc with other bodies, as fait as 
 the ideas of our own minds do naturslly follow 
 one another, the thing teems to ll.ind ftill ; as is 
 evident in the hands of clocks and Ihado.vs of 
 lun-dials. ^''-'^'■ 
 
 37. Agent ; perfon employed ; a manager. 
 
 The wifeft prince, if he can fave himfell and 
 his people from ruin, under the woift adminiHia- 
 tion,what may not his fuhjcas hope lor when he 
 changcth ha7uh, and makctli ufe of the beft ? 
 
 38. Giver and receiver. 
 
 This tradition i^ more like to he a notion bred 
 in the miiid of man, than tranfmitted from m;i,/ 
 to hand throiiyh all geneiations. Til.'itfan. 
 
 39. An aftor ; a workman ; a foldier. 
 Your wrongs are known : impofe but your 
 
 commands, 
 This hour (hall bring you twenty thoufand ha,tdi. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 Demetrius appointed the painter guards, 
 pleafcd that he could prcferve that handhM\ rhe 
 barbarity and infolencc of foldiers. Diyden. 
 
 \ didionary containing a natural hiftory re- 
 quires too many hands, as well as too much time, 
 ever to be hoped for. _ Locm-. 
 
 40. Catch or reach without choice. 
 The men of Ifrael fmote as well the men of 
 
 every city as the bcall, and all that came to hand. 
 
 7"-'S"- 
 A fweaty reaper from his tillage brought 
 Firft fruits, the green ear, and the yellow Iheaf, 
 UncuU'd as came to h.ind._ _ Milton. 
 
 41. Form or caft of writing. 
 Here is th' indiament of the good lord Haf- 
 
 tings. 
 Which in a fet hand faiily is engrofs'd ; 
 Eleven hours I've fpent to write it over. Shaifp. 
 Solyman (hewed- him his own letters inter- 
 cepted, alking him if he knew not that hand, if 
 he knew not th.it ftal .' ^^'1','' 
 
 Being difcove.ed by their knowledge of Mr 
 Cowley's hand, I happily elcaped. Denham. 
 
 If my debtors do not keep their day, 
 Deny ihcir hands, and then refute to pay, 
 I mufl attend. nryden. 
 
 Whether men write court or Roman hand, or 
 any other, there is fomething peculiar in every 
 one's writing. Cuci/nnn. 
 
 The way to teach to write, is to get a plate 
 graved with the characters of fuch/i.mJyou like, 
 
 Lorke. 
 
 Conftantli faw that the hand writing agreed 
 
 with the contents of the letter. M.lijon. 
 
 I prefent thefe thoughts in an ill hand; but 
 
 fcholars are bad penmen, we leldom icgard the 
 
 mechanick part of writing. Fclron. 
 
 They were wrote on both fides, and in a Imall 
 
 hani - ^rhuthnnt. 
 
 42.- Hand over bead. Negligently i 
 raflily ; without feeing what one does. 
 
 So m.iny ftiokcs of the alarum hell of fear and 
 awaking to other n.itions, and the facility of the 
 titles, which hand ova hrad, have ferved their 
 turn, doth ring the peal fo much the louda. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 A country fellow got an unlucky tumble from 
 
 a tree : Thus 'tis, f.iys a palTci'gcr, when people 
 
 will be doing things haid mer head, without 
 
 either fear or wit. VEjhange. 
 
 43. Hand/0 Hand. Clofe fight. 
 
 In lingle oppolltiun, hand to hand. 
 He did confound the heft part of an hour. ShakJ. 
 
 He ilfues, eie the fight, his dread command, 
 Th.at llini's afar, and poinards hand to hand. 
 He haniQi'df.omthc held. _ Vryden^ 
 
 44. Hand in Hand. In union; con- 
 jointly. 
 
 Hid the fca been Marlborough's element, the 
 war had been beflowed there, tj the advantage of 
 the country, which would then have gone hand 
 in hand with his own. _ i'a'/Jt. 
 
 AT. Hand ;n Hand. Fit; pat. 
 
 As fair and as good, a kind of hand tn hind 
 
 ') 
 
 HAN 
 
 comparifon, had been fometl-.ing too fair and toe 
 good for any lady in Britanny. Shakjjjcare. 
 
 46. li.\iH) to moiiih. As want requiies-. _ 
 1 can get bread from kandti moz-ih, ana make 
 
 even at tiie year's end. VE/lrangc. 
 
 47. To bear in Hand. To keep in ex- 
 pedation ; to elude. 
 
 A rafcally yea forfou'.h knave, to iw '-i hand, 
 and then ftand upon Iccurily. Siatfj'eaic. 
 
 48. To be W KHO and Glove. To be in- 
 timate and Fatniliar; to fuit one another. 
 
 To Hand. i\ a. [from the no.jn.] 
 
 1. To give ortraiifmit with the hand. 
 Judas was not far otF, not only becaufe he 
 
 dipped in the fame difh, but becaufe he was fo 
 near that our Saviour could hand the fop unto 
 hini. Brown's Vulgar Erroun. 
 
 I have been fhewii a wiittcn prophecy that is 
 handed Among them with great lecrccy. AdJIjon. 
 
 2. To guide or lead by the hand. 
 Angels did hand her up, who next God dwell. 
 
 Donne. 
 By fafe and infenfible degrees he will pali 
 from a boy to a man, which is rhe moft hazard- 
 ous Hep in life : this thcrefoie Ihould be careful- 
 ly watched, and a young man with gieat dili- 
 gence h.mded over it. Lode. 
 
 3. To feize; to lay hands on. 
 Let hi.n, that makes but trifles of his eyes, 
 
 Full hand me : on mine own accord, I'll oil. 
 
 Sh.iifpeare. 
 
 4. To manage; to move with the hand. 
 
 'Tis then that with delight I rove. 
 Upon the boundlefs depth of love : 
 I blefs my ciiains, I h.:nd my oar, 
 Nor think on all I left on flioar. _ Pn"- 
 
 5. To tranfmit in fucceffion, with down, 
 to deliver from one to another. 
 
 They had not only a tr.adition of it in general, 
 but even of feveral the molt remarkable particular 
 .-ccidents of it likewife, which they handed di-j/n 
 to the fuccecding ages. trcodua-J. 
 
 I know no other way of lecuring thefe monu- 
 ments, and making them numerous enough to be 
 handed down to future ages. AdJifon. 
 
 Arts and fciences confift of fcattered theorcnii 
 and piaflices, which are handed about amonglt 
 the m:.lKrs, and only revealed to {.hcfiiii art:,, 
 'till fomc great genius appears, who colledls thefe 
 disjointed propolition.^, and reduces them into a 
 regular lyltcm. Atbuthnot. 
 
 One would think a ftory fo 6t for age to talk of, 
 and infancy to hear, were incapable of being 
 handed down to us. PT^- 
 
 Hand is much ufed incompofition for that 
 which is manageable by the hand, as a 
 hamifuiu ; or b</rn in the hand, as a 
 handharronu. 
 Handbarrow. n. f. A frame on which 
 any thing is carried by the hands of two 
 men, without wheeling on the ground. 
 A kandbano^M, wheelbarrow, lliovel,and fpade. 
 
 Tnjfc. 
 
 Set the board whereon the hive ftandeth on a 
 
 handhanow, and carry them to the place you 
 
 intend. Mortimer. 
 
 Ha'ndbasket. n. /. A portable baiket. 
 
 You mull have woollen yarn totie grafts with, 
 
 and a fmall h.njbajket to car.y them in. Moitimer. 
 
 Hand bell. ». /. A bell rung by the 
 
 hand. 
 
 The ftrength of the pcixulTion is the princip.al 
 
 raufc of the luudncfs or loftneTs of founds; as 
 
 in ringing of a han.l-hell harder or foftir. Bian. 
 
 Ha'ndbreadth. 11. f. A fpace equal to 
 
 the breadth of the hand; a palm. 
 
 A bolder of an handhtea.-.tli round about. K\' d. 
 
 The caftcrn people detcrmincdtheir/ui.^i""' '* 
 
 by the breadth of bai ley-corns, lix making a 
 
 digit, and twenty-four a hand's breadth. Aihi ti, 
 
 Ha'ndf. d. acii. [from hand.'] 
 
 I . Having the ul'e of the har.d left or right.
 
 HAN 
 
 Many are riglit htn.lal, whofc liven are Wrnkly 
 Cnnliitiiitil ; ami nuny iilc tiic left, in wliom 
 tliar p.trt is ihorigeti. Jitown. 
 
 2, With liands joined. 
 
 Into [licir ininoft bow'r 
 ItiindeJ they went. Milton, 
 
 IIa'niikr. n.f. [from /'.;/!(/.] Tranfmit- 
 ter; conveyer in fiiL-ccnion. 
 
 Titey wuitid afTumc with wond'ious art, 
 Tlicnifclves to be the whole who arc but p.iit 
 Of th.it vaft frame the church; yet grant they 
 
 were 
 The hjnJit iiav/n, can they from thence infer 
 A right t' interpret? Or would they alone, 
 Who brought the prefcnr, claim it for their own ' 
 
 VryJ.,,. 
 
 Ha'ndfast. n. f. [/.'and and /a/l.] Hold; 
 cuftody. Obfolete. 
 If that lhe|>herd be not in }ijn,lfafi, let him fly. 
 
 Ha'ndfui.. n.f. [hand an^ full.] 
 
 1. As much as tlie hand can gripe or con- 
 tain. 
 
 I law a country gentleman at the lide of Ro- 
 famond's pond, pulling a handful of oats out of 
 liii pocket, and gathering the ducks about him. 
 ^ddijani I'icfJwili:/ . 
 
 2 . A palm ; a hand's breadth ; four inches. 
 
 Takcone vefl'el of filver and anotiicr of \iood, 
 each full of wati-r, and knap tlic tongs together 
 about an handful from the bottom, and the found 
 will be raare rcfounding from the vclfel of lilvcr 
 th.Tn that of wood. Bacon. 
 
 Tile peaceful fcahbard where it dwelt, 
 The lancour of its edge had felt; 
 For of the lowei" cud two liandful 
 It had devour'd, it was fo nianlul. Iludibrai. 
 
 3. A finall number or quantity. 
 
 He could not, with fucli 1 hai-dfut a! men, and 
 witiiout cannon, pnipolc rcafonably to fight a 
 batllc. ClarcHkn. 
 
 4. As much as can be done. 
 
 Being in ponllhun of the town, they had their 
 haiuljul to defend thcmfflves from firing. Raliijii. 
 
 Hanij-Gallop. n. f. A flow and c;\fy 
 gallop, in which the hand prtlTes the 
 bridle to hinder increafe of fpeed. 
 
 Ovid, with all his fwectnefs,has as little variety 
 of numbers and founds as he : he is always upoii 
 a hand-galh^, and liis vcrfc runs upon carpet 
 ground. Dryd-.ti. 
 
 Hand-gun. n.f. A gun wielded by the 
 hand. 
 
 Guns have names given them, fome from fcr- 
 pcnts or ravenous birds, as culvcrines or colu- 
 hrincs; others in other refpcLTs, a', cannons, dc- 
 micaniion^, hand-gmn, and niulkets. Lamdcn, 
 
 Ha'ndicraft. n. f. [hand ^wd craft.'] 
 
 1. Manual occupation; work performed 
 by the hand. 
 
 Paiticular members of convents ha^e e\ccl!cnt 
 mechanical geniufes, and diveit themfelves w ith 
 painting, fculptuie, aichitcifVure, gardening, and 
 fcvcral kinds of handicrafti, Additijn. 
 
 2. A man who lives by manual labour. 
 
 The cov'nants thou (halt teach by candle-light, 
 When puffing fmitiis, ai.dcv'ry painful trade 
 Ot h.iiiduiaft', III peaceful beds are laid. Dryd. 
 
 The nunerits for chilriren of ordinary gentle- 
 men and /i.i«.//(iu/ri arc m.inagcd after the fame 
 manner. Gid/ivrr's Ti.jvrh. 
 
 Handicra'ftsmaN. n. f. [handlcrntt 
 and man.] A manufaAurer; one cm- 
 ployed in manual occupation. 
 
 O inikrabU age! virtue is not regarded in 
 
 karidii:rnf[jmtn. Shiiifp^an 
 
 He has (imply the Left wit of any h.mdicr.fif. 
 man in Athens. Sh,:lfpra,r. 
 
 The principal bulk of the vulgar natives are 
 tillers of the ground, free fcrvants, and hand,- 
 trajtjmtn; as fmitlis, mafons, and carpenters. 
 
 Vol.. I, 
 
 HAN 
 
 The profanenefs and ignorance of haniUmfiJ- 
 itL-fij fni.ill ti.tders, fcr?aiiti, and the like, are to 
 a degree vei-y haul to be imagined greater. Snift. 
 
 It i^ the l.inded man that luaintaiii* the nier- 
 chaut and (hopkeeper, and h.utilicrajtfmfn. Swift. 
 
 Ha'ndilv. adv. [from Ijani/y,] With 
 flvill; with dexterity. 
 
 Ha'ndinkss. n.f. [(rom /jaiuly.] Rea- 
 
 dinefi; dexterity. 
 Ha'nimwokk. n.f. [handy and tvorl-.] 
 Work of the hand; produCl of labour; 
 manufaiSure. 
 
 In general they are not repugnant unto the na- 
 tuial will o( God, which wilheth to the works of 
 his own hands, in that they aie hii own handiwcil, 
 all happincfs; although perhaps, for fome fpecial 
 caulc III our own particular, a contrary det^inii- 
 nation iiave (cemed more convenient. Il'^^i-tr. 
 
 As proper men as evei trod upon ncats-lc.ithei 
 have gone upon my handiiuork. Shakjjuaic. 
 
 The heavens declare the glory of God, and 
 the (irmamcut Ihcweth his handiwork. Iflrm. 
 
 lie parted with the greatcll blelTing of iuminn 
 nature for the 'i.mdi^vork of a ta\ lor L* Fjlranti^t. 
 
 H a'ndk KR c H t K F. n.f. [hand And ierchuf. ] 
 A piece of filk or linen tifed to wipe the 
 face, or cover the neck. 
 
 She found her fitting in a chair, in one hand 
 holding a letter, in the other her handkcrchirf, 
 which had lately diunk up the tears of her eyes. 
 
 Suln.y. 
 
 He was torn to pieces with a bear: this avouches 
 the (hcphcrd's Ion, who has not only his inno- 
 cence, hut a handkirchif and rings of his, that 
 Paulina knows. Shakfptarf. 
 
 The Romans did not makeufc of handkcrthirj's. 
 but of the l.teinia or border of the garmcni, to 
 wipe their face. A, bull. nit . 
 
 To Ha'ndi.k. 1'. a. [hanJehri, Dutch, 
 from hand.] 
 
 1. To touch ;. to feel with the hand. 
 
 The bodies which we daily lut':d.'f m.ike usper- 
 ceise, that whilll they remain between tlieni, 
 tiny hinder the approach of the part of our hand.s 
 that prcfs them. Locit. 
 
 2. To manage ; to wield. 
 
 That lellow handta his bow like a crowkeepcr 
 
 Shftkfpea) c 
 
 3. To make familiar to the hand by fre- 
 quent touching. 
 
 All iiuin.ibL Ihynefs is the general vice of the 
 Irilh holies, and is h.irdlv ever iiiin in yiandcr^, 
 becauft the harrliuf* of the winters foices the 
 breeders there to houle and h.indle their colls li.\ 
 months every year. I'tmj'.'f. 
 
 4. To treat ; to mention in writing or talk. 
 
 He left nothing titling for the purpofc 
 Untouch'd, or (lightly handled m difcoiirfe. 
 
 Shakjiicart. 
 
 Her eyes, her hair, her cheek, her gait, her 
 voice. 
 Thou h»ndlej\ in thy difcourfe. Siiatffi.uc. 
 
 Leaving to llie author tiic cxacfl handling of 
 eveiy particular, and labouring to follow the rulcb 
 of ahiidjmeiu. 2 Mac. 
 
 Of a number of other like inltancct we Ihjil 
 fpe.ik more, when wc handle the communication 
 of founds. Buion. 
 
 By Guidus Ubaldus, in his treatifc, fortlie ex- 
 plication of this iiiilriiment, the fubtleties of it 
 aic largely and excellently hi>idlcd. Il'ilkint 
 
 In an argument, handled thus briefly, cveiy 
 thing cannot be faid. .-llteibury. 
 
 5. To deal with; to praftife. 
 
 Ti'.ey that kandh the law know me not. Jer. 
 G. To treat well or ill. 
 
 Talbot, my lifr, my joy, again rcturn'd ! 
 How wert thou /i./'iA-./, being pi ifoner ? Shalfp. 
 They were well enough pleated to be rid of an 
 enemy that h.id /i,in,/.V./'them fo ill. Claiendon. 
 7. To praftifeupon; to tranfafl with. 
 
 Piay you, my lord, give me leave to quellion ; 
 you Idall (ce how I'll Aardlc her. Sludffean. 
 
 H A N 
 
 HaVbif. ft.f. [hanbl., Saxon.] 
 r . That part of any thing by which it i$ 
 held in the hand; a haft. 
 
 No hand of blood and bone 
 Can gripe the f.icrcd handle of our fceptrc, 
 Unlcf) he do profane, (leal, or ufurp. Shahfftitre, 
 
 Kortune turiieth the h.mdU of the bottle, wliicb 
 is caly to be taken hold of; and .after the bcHy, 
 which is hard to gtafp. Kacon. 
 
 There is nothingbut hath a double htndlr, or at 
 lealrt wc have two hands to apprehend it. Taylir. 
 
 A carpenter that had got the iron work of in 
 axe, begged only to much T/ood ai would make 
 a ;i.i';(/A to it. ■ VEfitangt. 
 
 Of bone the handler of my knives arc made. 
 Yet no ill ralle fiom thence afledfs the blade. 
 Or what I car.c; nor is there ever left 
 Any unfav'iy haut gouft from the haft. DryJft. 
 
 A beam there was, on which a bccclicn pail 
 Hung by the kanlle on a driven nail. £>ryd:n, 
 2. That of which ufe is made. 
 
 They overturned him in all his interefts by the 
 fure but fatal handle of his own good nature. Soutk. 
 lli\'vt>\.tis. adj. [hand &nd Icfi.] With- 
 out a hand. 
 
 Speak, my Lavinia, wh.it .accurfcd hand 
 Haili made thee kandlcji •' Skaifpiare. 
 
 His mangled myrmidons, 
 Kofclcfs, A. <«.///., hackt and dipt, come to him, 
 Crying on Heitur. Shakfprarc, 
 
 Handmaid, n.f. A maid that waits 
 at hand. 
 
 Bi.nc Burgundy, undoubted hope of France! 
 Stay, let thy humble hmnhnaid (peak to thee. 
 
 Shakfpearr. 
 
 She gavethe knight gr.-at than<cs in little fpeech, 
 And laid (he would his han.im..id poor remain. 
 
 Fat fax. 
 
 I will never fct politicks aj.iinli ethicks, efpe- 
 cialiy for that true etiikks, are but as a han.lvtaid 
 to divinity and religion. BacofL, 
 
 Heas'n's yoiingef^ ter.m:d itar 
 Hath tix'd her poiifli'd car. 
 
 Her fleeping Lord with handmaid htn^ attending. 
 
 Milion. 
 Lo\"e led them on ; and faith, who knew them belt 
 Ti'.y hundmaidi^ clad them o'er with purple beams 
 And aiiire wings, that up they flew fo dreit. 
 And Ipeak the truth of, thee on glorious tiirmcs 
 Before the judge. MiIhk, 
 
 Thole of my family their mnfler flight. 
 Grown defpicablein my ha'idniaiJ's fight. Snn-dyi. 
 
 By viewing nature, naiure's handmaid, art, 
 Mikes mighty things from fmall beginnings great; 
 Thus lilhcs hril to (hipping did imp.irt. 
 Their tail the rudder, and their head the prow. 
 
 Vrydri. 
 
 Since he had placed his heart upon wlfdoni, 
 health, wealth, viifloiy and honour (hould always 
 wait on her as her handmai.ts. ./Iddilcn. 
 
 Then criticiim the miife's 'landrraid fros'ti, 
 Todrefs her charms and mike b.er more bcloi'd 
 
 HA'NDMrLL. n.f. [Land and ?;,;.'.'.] A 
 mill moved by the hand. 
 
 Ott the drudging ais is driv'n with toll ; 
 Returning late, and loaden home with gain 
 Of baitei'd piich, .mi hji.lm:i, for the giain. 
 
 Dryder. 
 
 Hands of. A vulgar plirafe for keep off"; 
 forbear. 
 
 They cut a fiai; int.i paits ; but as they wci 
 cntcrini; upon the dividend, hand, off, fays tue 
 lion. 'L'Ejlran^t. 
 
 Ha'ndsails. n.f. Sails managed by the 
 hand. 
 
 Tlie fearoen will neither fland to their hand- 
 fails, nur (after till pilot to (iter. Tempi'. 
 Ha'nusaw. n.J. A faw manageable by 
 the hand. 
 
 My buckler cut throtigh and through, and nvy 
 
 fword hack'd IlI.e .ihandf.i-a'. "nhai/peare. 
 
 To perfoim tills woik, it is neceflary to be 
 
 jirovidad wrtha tltong kiiifc and a fin.ill iatidfa-a: 
 
 M.! I iT.tr. 
 5T
 
 HAN 
 
 Ha'vdSel. n,f.\1mnfd, afiifl. gift, Dut.] 
 
 The firil aft of iifmg any thing ; the 
 
 firft aft of fale. Not ufed, except in 
 
 the dialeft of trade. 
 
 The apoftles term it the pledge of our inhcrit- 
 
 ■ ance, and the hanfil or earncft of that which is to 
 
 tome. lloahr. 
 
 Thou art joy's /Mnii/ir/; hcnv'n lies flat in thee, 
 
 Subie^ to every mounter's bended knee. Htibert. 
 
 To Ha'ndsel. 11. a. To ufe or do any 
 
 thing the firft time. 
 
 In timorous deer he handj:h his young paws. 
 And leaves the ragged bear lor firmer claws. 
 
 Cotc/y. 
 I'd fliow you 
 How eafy 'tis to die, by my example. 
 And h.ijuifd fate before you. Drydcn. 
 
 HA'NDSOME. adj. [har.dfaem, Dutch, 
 ready, dexterous.] 
 
 1. Ready; gainly ; convenient. 
 
 For a thief it is lb handfomtf as it may feem it 
 was firft invented for him. Hpiijcr. 
 
 2. Beautifnl with dignity ; graceful. 
 
 A great nl'.in entered Ly force into a peafant's 
 houfc, and, finding his wife very haKdjomc^ turned 
 the good man out of his dwelling. Ai^'f^m. 
 
 3. Elegant ; graceful. 
 
 Th.it eafinefs and kaiJfante addrefs in wiiting is 
 hardeft to be attained by.perfoiis bred in a 
 meaner \v,vf. Fl-Uqi. 
 
 4. Ample ; liberal : as, a ^an(^??j« fortune. 
 
 5. Generous; noble: as, <i. handfome z&Aon. 
 To Ha'ndsome. v. a. [from the adjec- 
 tive.] To render elegant or neat. 
 
 Him all repute 
 For his device in htujdjfjri:ing a fuit ; 
 .To judge of lace he hath the belt conceit. T>onnc. 
 H.i'NDsOMELy. adi). [from kandJomc.~\ 
 1. Cor.vcni.Milly ; dexteioufly. ' 
 
 Under it he may cleanly convey any fit pilhige 
 that Cometh ftandfomtfj in his way. Spti:ffr 
 
 Wiien the kind nymph, changing her faultlefs 
 ihape. 
 Becomes unhandfome, handpK.ely to *fcape. 
 
 irallcr. 
 
 3. Beautifully ; gracefully. 
 
 3. Elegantly ; neatly. 
 
 A carpenter, after he hatli fawn down a tree, 
 
 liath wroMght it handjonnly, and made a \tiicl 
 
 . thereof. IfTj.hr.. 
 
 4. Liberallv ; generoudy. 
 
 I am finding out a cjnvenient place for an 
 sims-houfe, which I intend to endow very kaiid- 
 J'smelyio- a doien fuper.'.nnuatcd hulbandnjen. 
 
 AdJifon. 
 
 Ha'ndsomeness. »./. \JTav^.kandfome.] 
 Beauty ; grace ; elegance. 
 
 A.ccomp3i-.yiiig.her mourning garments with a 
 
 jloleful CDuntenancCr yet neither forgetting luir.d- 
 
 ftmenifi in hct mourning garments, nor fa eetncls 
 
 in her doleful countenance. Skhicy 
 
 Vox h::niifom!ncfs' fake, it were good you hang 
 
 ' the upper glafs upon a nail. Bnco/:. 
 
 In cloths, cheap handfomemfi doth bear tire 
 
 tell. ^ Herbtrt. 
 
 Pcrfons of the fairer fe.'< like riiat haridJmieTtefi 
 
 for whicK they find themfelves to be the moli 
 
 hked. Ecylt. 
 
 Ha'ndvice. n.f. \Jiand and vice.'] A 
 
 vice to hold fmall u-ork ia. M'jxan. 
 
 liAKDWRiTiKG. n.f. [/irtna'and 'writing.] 
 
 A caft or form of writing peculiar to 
 
 each hand. 
 
 That you beat me at the mart, I have your 
 
 hand to (how ; 
 
 If the (kin were parchment, and the blows you 
 
 gave me' ink, 
 
 Your X)wn luinJ-Mriting would tell you what I 
 
 think. - ahaklpiitii-. 
 
 To no other caufc than the wife providence o( 
 
 God can be lelciied liie divcrliiy oli handturu- 
 
 HAN 
 
 Ha'ndV.- adj. [from hand.] 
 
 1. Executed or performed by the hand. 
 
 They were but t"cw, yet they would cafily over- 
 throw the great numbers of them, if ever they 
 came to luindy blows. KwilUi. 
 
 Both parties now were drawn fo clofe, 
 Almult to come to hittijy blows. Hudibrat. 
 
 2. Ready; dexterous; Ikilful. 
 
 She ftript theftalksof all their leaves ; the bcft 
 She cuU'd, and them with /i:indy care (he drclt. 
 
 D'yd^-1. 
 
 The fei-vants wafh th.e platter, fcour the plate ; 
 And each is /"fln.^ in his way. D'\df7i. 
 
 3. Convenient ; ready to the hand. 
 
 The (trike-block is a plane (hotter than the 
 jointer, and is more handy than the longer jointer. 
 
 Ha'ndydandy. n.f. A play in which 
 children change hands and places. 
 
 See how yond jufticc rails upon yi nd (implc 
 thief! Hark in thine ear: ciiaii^e places; and, 
 kundydandy, which is the jultice, which is the 
 thief? Shiikff^iire. 
 
 Neitlscr crofs and pi'c, nor ducks and drakes, 
 arc quire fo ancient 7L%lian,iydujui\. Arhuthnot.\ 
 
 To HANG. 11. a, pieter. and part. pafl. 
 hanged or hung, anciently ^onf. [hanjan, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. To fufpcnd ; to fallen in fiich a man- 
 ner as to be fuftaincd, nuL below, but^ 
 above. 
 
 Strangely villted people he cures ; 
 Harming a golden (lamp about their necks, 
 Put on with holy j)raye(s. Shalcfpcarc, 
 
 His great army is utterly ruined, he himfeli" 
 (l.iin in it, and his head ar.d right hand cui of?', 
 and hung up before Jei'ufalem. South. 
 
 2. To place witliout any folid fupport. 
 
 Thou all things hall of nothing made. 
 That h:i>:g'Jt the fohrt earth in Heeling air, 
 Veiij'd with clear fprings, which ambient fcas 
 repair. Sa/ulyt. 
 
 3. I'o choke and kill by fufpending by 
 the r.cck, fo as that the ligature inter- 
 cepts the breath and circulation. 
 
 He h.atii commiiTion from thy wife and me 
 To 'utf.'g Coi'dclia ia the pnfun. Shukfpccire. 
 
 Ha/igin^ fuppofes human foul and rcafon ; 
 This animal 's below committing treafon : 
 Shall he be hanged, who never could rebel .' 
 That *s a preferment for .^ch.itophel. l^tjdcn. 
 
 4. To difplay ; to (how aloft. 
 
 Tills unlucky moie miilcd lever.l coxcombs; 
 and, like riie k:tnaiiig out of falfe colours, made 
 fonie of them converfe with Rofalinda in- wha: 
 they thought the fpitit of her party. Add'fct 
 
 5. To let fall below the proper fituation ; 
 to decline. 
 
 There is a wicked man that harigcth down his 
 head I'adly ; but inwardiy he is full of deceit.. 
 
 " Ecdui. 
 
 The beauties of tfiis place fliould mourn; 
 Th' immortal fiuitsand flow'rs at my letu-n 
 Siiould hung their wither'd head'; for fure my 
 
 biealt 
 Is now mofe pois'nous. Drydcn. 
 
 Tiie rofe is lr.agrani, but it fades in time; 
 The violet fweet, buti^uickly pa(t the prime; 
 White lilies hang tiieir heads, and foon decay ; 
 And whiter ftiow in minutes molts aw.iy. D'ydcn, 
 
 The cheerful biids no longer (ing; 
 Each drops his head, and h.mg.; his wing. Prtor. 
 
 6. To fix in fuch a manner as in fome di- 
 reflions to be moveable. 
 
 The gates and the chambers they renewed, and 
 /M'/gt(i doors upon-them. I M-ic. 
 
 7. To cover or charge by any thing fuf- 
 pcndcd. 
 
 Urr.'j^ be the hcav'ns wiih black, yield day to 
 night ! Shai/piiire. 
 
 The pa\emcnt evei" foul with human gore; 
 Hc.-ids and their mangled members iwg the doo':. 
 
 Ji:yd.'!. 
 
 HAN 
 
 8. To furnifK with ornaments or draperies 
 faRencd to the wall. 
 
 Mufick. is letter in chambers w;iiiifcolted than 
 /tijftge.-i. Mtitbn. 
 
 li e'ev my pious father for ray fake 
 Did grateful otT'nngs on thy altars raake, 
 Or I incrcas'd them wiih my fylvan toih, 
 And hurg thy holy loofs wiih lavage fpoiis, 
 Give mc 10 fcatter thefc. J)'y<ien^ 
 
 Sir PvOger has hung fcveral parts cf his houie 
 with the trophies of his labours. ^<Uifcn, 
 
 To Hang. *v, n, 
 
 1. To be fufpended ; to be fupportcd 
 abovf, not below. 
 
 Over it a fair portcu'lis hmg, 
 Which to the gate dirc*ftly did incline, 
 With comely compais and compatfturc flronp. 
 
 2. To depend ; to fall looftly on the lower 
 part ; to dangle. 
 
 Upon her ihouldcrs wings ihe weais, 
 Like hafjgiftg fleevcSj Un'd through with can^. 
 
 If gaming does an aged fire entice, 
 Then my )>.iung mafrtr fwiftly le.uns the vice, 
 And Ihakes in /i.j/?g/«^ Sleeves the little box and 
 dice. DrydiH, 
 
 3. To bend forward. 
 
 Bv hanging is only meant a pofturc of bend- 
 iiig foiward to lirike the enemy. Addjon, 
 
 4. 'I'o float ; to play. 
 
 And fall thefc layings from that gentle tongue^ ■ 
 Where civil fpeech and foft pertuiihon hung '/ 
 
 5. To be fiipported by fomcthiRg raited 
 above the ground. 
 
 o 
 
 Whatever is placed on the head may he faid to- 
 hiingi as we call hanging g.irdcns It-cii as are 
 phinled on the top of the liouse. ^ddijan^ 
 
 S. To reit upon by embracing. 
 
 She hung about my neek, ar.d kifs on kifs 
 She vied. Shakjpe^re, 
 
 To-day might I, ha)ig:ngQVi Hotfpur*^ neck, 
 Have talk'd of Momnuuth's grave. Shitkfpcare, 
 
 Faiiliiuiis (lefcru'cd in the form of a ha-.y fit- 
 ting upon a bed, and two litiie infants h.inging 
 about hci nock. F^-ichafn, 
 
 7. To hover ; to impend. 
 
 - He hath a l-t-iiver.iy gift of prophecy; 
 And fundiy lyKilingi hung about his throne, 
 That I'peak 1 iai full of grace. Sha'.Jpfr.re, 
 
 Odious names of t'iftiiK^tion, which had iK-pt 
 while the dread of.p-^pery hung over us, were re- 
 vived, ^-ittahuiy, 
 
 8. To be loofely joined. 
 
 Whither go you ? 
 — : — To fee your wife; is fhc at home? 
 — Ay, and as i<ilc as fiic m.iy hiiug tugerhcr. 
 
 9. To drag; to be incommodioufly joined. 
 
 In my Lucia'i nbfence 
 \S\h-hongi upon n:e, 'dnd Lecunics a hiiiden. j'tddif. 
 
 10. To be compact or united ; with /o- 
 gether. 
 
 In the common caufe we are all of a piece j we 
 hang tcgttker. Dtydett, 
 
 Vo'.n- dtvice hangs very wcW, fcgei^her ; but is i<C 
 not lir>b!e to exceptions ? j^ddijon. 
 
 11. To adhere, iinwelcomely or incom- 
 modloully. 
 
 A cheerful temper fhines out in all her convcr- 
 
 fniion, and dilfipatcs thole apprclxnfions which 
 A (!/?<!■ on the timorous or the niodeft, when ad- 
 mitted to her prefencc. ^ddifon. 
 Shining, lunc.fU.tps, gilded triumphs, and beau- 
 tiful faces, dit'pcrle tlu>r gloomincl's which is apt 
 to hung upon the mind in thofe dark dllconfohue 
 fcafonj. Addijin* 
 
 12. To reft ; to refide. 
 
 Slctp (hall neither night nor day 
 llurg upon his pcnthoul'e lid. SJu^kfpeare, 
 
 33. To be in fufpcafej to be In a ftatc of 
 
 iir.certainty. 
 
 I
 
 H AN 
 
 Tliy life Hull /•<»"^fj in duubr hcfurz t!ic(»j aiK? 
 tl'(>;i ih;ill I'ctf H.iy and nigiic, and Uialt Ii.ivi; nuiic 
 adurd^iCL- of thy life. D^'u.'ei^nomy. 
 
 14. To be cklayed J to linger. 
 
 A nohic liiokc lie li/rcd high, 
 Which htrig iK;t, hut fu IvvitC with tcinpcil fell 
 On rlic proud trclt of Sat.m. MH/on. 
 
 She ihiite cil.w'ti Xc lyc.ik. : her accents h^'igy 
 And fiuit'riiii; dy'd untiiiiih"d oa hci' tongue. 
 
 I J. To be dependant on. 
 
 Oh, how wretched 
 1> that poor man tiut ^-uw^i on princes* favours ! 
 
 S^i.iijpe.ird. 
 Great queen! whofc name llrikcs haughty mo- 
 narchs i>^I*:, 
 On whufcj.ilt kfptrc ^I'l'nri Europe's leak. Pn'o", 
 
 16. To be lixed or fulpcndcd wkh atten- 
 tion. 
 
 Though wond'ring fenates hung on all he fpokc, 
 The cUil> mull iiail liini matter ot the joke, i'o^c, 
 
 17, To have a ilccp declivit)-, 
 
 Surtcx mari fliews irlelf on the middle of the 
 fides oi hanging groiuids. Alorrimcr. 
 
 iS. To be exec'ittd by the hnlter. 
 
 The court furUkcs him, and fir Balaam fiartgs. 
 
 19. 1^0 decline; to tend down. 
 
 His neck, obliquely o'er his ftiouldeis hung^ 
 Pccfk'd with the weight of flccp th.it l.imcs the 
 ftrong. ' Vnpe. 
 
 livKOER. Ti,f. [from hang.'\ That by 
 which any thing hangs : as, the pot 
 hangers. 
 Ha'nger. 11. f. [from hatig,'\ A ftort 
 broad fword. 
 
 Ha'nger-on. n, f. [from /»<2«^.] A de- 
 pendant ; one who eats and drinks 
 witliont payment. 
 
 If [lie wife or children were abfent. their rooms 
 were fupplicd by the umhrcC, or har:ger\-')n 
 
 Bioxun's y^ulgjr Eirturs. 
 
 They all cxcufcd tlicmfcivcs favc two, whicli 
 
 two he reckoned his friends, and all the lelt 
 
 He is.i perpetual //.i'?grr-»v, yet nobody kncu-iv 
 how to be without him, Sii.-:Jt. 
 
 Hanging, n.f. [from /;(2n^ him.] 
 1, Drapery hung or faflened againft the 
 walls of rooms by way of ornament. 
 
 Like rich h.i.ig/.'igi in an hsmely houlv^, 
 
 St» was his will ni hi> uld.'feehle body. S^t.dfpe^ite. 
 
 Being intoimcd th:it;.hi5 breakfall was re.ulv, 
 
 ht drt-w towards tiic door, wlicre the /uimjini^i 
 
 V'crc iield up. Clutcudon. 
 
 Now purple hargirgi cJoath the palace waits, 
 Aiid luniDUi^us fcads .ire made in ip.endid h;:!!';, 
 
 JOry.u-2 
 
 Lucas V?n Lcyden has infe<^cd all Europe 
 with I. is dtfigns fm tapertry, winch, by trie ig- 
 njr^.nt, ate called nnctcnt hiingi/zgi. i?;j-Vtv/ 
 
 Rome oft has he.ird a crofs haranguing, 
 Vf'ith ptompiing prieft behind rlie kir^i-ig. Vrior. 
 3. Any thing that hangs to auotiicr. Not 
 in ufe. 
 
 A iVwrm, or robbery, call it what you will, 
 .^hotjk down my mellow /i.i';^t/;^j, nay, rny Itavcs, 
 And Ittt me bare to weatUci. Uliakjh, ,itr. 
 
 Ka'nging, par/ici/iiil adj. [from bang.'\ 
 
 1. Forbodinj death by the halt^-r. 
 
 Surely, fir, a gjod favour you h,;ve ; but tli.ii 
 you iiavc a ^''^''g^^'S louk.. Sh.ikjptan:. 
 
 What ^"Eihiop.s lips he ha^ ! 
 How full a fnout, and wluc a Itjugi/iir face ! 
 
 D'y,ie„ 
 
 2. Requiring to be punith^ by the halter: 
 a hanging matter. 
 
 Ha'ngmav. n. f. [hang ^r\6. jiitui.^ 
 i. The publick executioner. 
 
 This monftcr far like a hafigm.in upon a pjiir of 
 ;galhjw5 ; in his right baud he wa> painted* hold- 
 
 II A P 
 
 frig a cfowii of hiuicl, nnd in liis left hanrt a purff 
 of money, Si.infy. 
 
 Who rn-.ikcs tint noifc there ? who are you ? 
 —Your fticiul, iir, the hdneniitn ; you mui^ he fo 
 £Oud, fir, to rife, and be put to death. ShLi^ji'euu. 
 
 Men do not Hand 
 In fo i!l c:ife, t'nnt God h.ith with hii hand 
 Si^n'd kingi blank charters lo kill whum they 
 
 hate ; 
 Nor arc they vicarr, but liangmei to fate. D-iriiw. 
 I never knew a ctitick, who made it liis bu* 
 rincfs to l.illi tl'.c faults of other writcr^, that wai 
 not guilty of gtcatcr himfcif ; as the Ji^nfrtH.ir is 
 generally a worfc malcfadlor than the criminal 
 that fulfcrs by his hand. ^-J.UJom. 
 
 2. A term of rcproacli, either fciious or 
 luJicro'-is. 
 One cried, God Mtfi us ! and Amen ! the 
 other ; 
 .^1 they had feen mc with thefc/l(;//^;nui*s hands; 
 Liltennig th«ir fear, 1 could not fay Amen, 
 When ilicy did fiy Gotl blcfsus. Sh^kfpeare. 
 
 He hath twice or thrice cut Cupid's buwlhing, 
 and tlie little hangman d.irc not (hoot at him. 
 
 ShuJrJ'jiCiire. 
 Hank. n. f. [^hanh, Idandick, a chain or 
 cuil of rope.] 
 
 1. A ficain of thread. 
 
 2. A tie; a check ; an influence. A low 
 word. 
 
 Do we think we hn%*e tlic/M^rt th.it foine gallants 
 have on their crulling merchants, that, upju peril 
 ol I'^'frng ali former fct#res, he mult liill go un tu 
 fup;)ly .- Dtcty cf I'iity. 
 
 To Ha'nkfr. v. «. [/?anieren, Dutch.] 
 To long importunately; to have an in- 
 ced'ant wifli : it has commonly after be- 
 fore the thing defired. It is fcarccly 
 uled btit in fainiliar language. 
 
 And now tl-c faints began thcii reign, 
 Fur which ih' had yearn'd fo long in vain, 
 And telt fuch buwel h^rtkerjngjj 
 To fee an empite all of kings. . HudHitiii. 
 
 Among women and children, care is to be 
 taken th.it they get not a hankering after thcfc 
 j.igljlinj aftiologcrs .ind fortunc-te.lers. 
 
 V'EJirangf. 
 
 The flicphcrd would be a merchant, and ihe 
 
 mciehant /:jr.'.t«/-.ini\er fomcthing elfe. L'Ejlrung,-. 
 
 Do'ft th.ou no^ hanker after a greater liberty in 
 
 fume thingir If nut, there 's no better llgn of a 
 
 goud rcfulution. ■ C'li^uny. 
 
 The wife is an old coquette, that 13 always 
 
 hanicyinr nftcr the riivcrfiuni of the town. ^J./.f. 
 
 The republitk that fell under the fubjeflion of 
 
 the duke of i;'iorei;ce. If ill retains many /utn.iirifigi 
 
 artcr i*s ancient liberty, ^.Uiioft. 
 
 Han't, fm has not, or kavs not. 
 
 Tl.at roguilh leer »f your's makes a pretty 
 woman's heatt ake : you A^-w'/that liraper about 
 tl e mutirii fornothing. j-la'Jijon. 
 
 HAI'. n.f. \_anhap, iu Welfh, is misfor- 
 tune".] 
 I . Chance ; fortune, 
 
 Wiietlier art itwcrc, or hcedkfs h.^p. 
 As ihuiUgh the flow,' ring fort.ft ralh Ihe fied, 
 In her ludc hairs fwect flowers thejiifelvcs did 
 f.p. 
 And flijuiilhing freft leaves and bloflbms did cn- 
 -wiap. Sprnfer. 
 
 z. That which happens by chance or for- 
 tune, 
 Cuill be good /M/>i, and curft be they ri-.at 
 
 build 
 
 Their hopes on /•<;/•;, and do not make defpair 
 Forallthefe certain blows liie furelt Ihicid'. 
 
 SUnry. 
 To k.ivc cjefled wharfoever that church doth 
 make aceouni of, without any other ciime than 
 that it hatn been-the hup tiiereof to be ufed hv 
 the church of Rome, and not to be commanded 
 in the wor-d of G«d, might haply have plcafc'd 
 fomc few men, who, hafingieguiiXach a courfe 
 
 HAP 
 
 fSemfcUcs, muft be glad to fee thctr ^xamp!e fol- 
 lowed. ' ll'>jl(>, 
 
 Thing? cafual do varj', and that which a man 
 doth but chance tu think well of cannot lllllhan: 
 the like htji. Ihnhr. - 
 
 Solyinan commended them for rhcir valour ia 
 their evil hcif,, more th»n the vifloiy of otl.rra 
 got by good fortune. Knvliti. 
 
 A fiis had the hj/ to fall into the walk of x 
 lion. L'Fj:i;ifg!, 
 
 3. Accident; cafual event ; tnisfortUDc. 
 Xor fe.ircd ftic an.ong the b.mds to fliay 
 Of armad men ; for often h.ld fhc fecn 
 
 The tragick eiid of naany a bloody fray; 
 Her life had full of haoi and hazards been. 
 
 I'nnfj.v, 
 
 Hapiiazxrd. n.f. Chance; accident: 
 perhaps originally /mi/) ha&ardh 
 
 The foimer oi thefe is the mo*l furc i\nd in- 
 fallible way ; but fo hard that all (tiun it, and had 
 rather walk as men do in the dark by /:iif>- 
 huziird, than tiead fo long and intricate majet 
 for knowledge' fake. IloUtr, 
 
 We live :.t hap-l-.aznr.l, and without any in- 
 fight into caufes and effc*fls. UKftritn^e, 
 
 We take our principles at /i.i/>-/r./2(jr,/ upon tui 11, 
 and then believe a whole fytiem,upoii a prefump- 
 tioM that they are true. Lockr. 
 
 To Hap. "v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To happen; to have the cafual cor.- 
 fcqiicncc. 
 
 It will be too late to gather (hips or foldlcrs. 
 Which may need to be prel'enrly employed, aud 
 wliofc want may i.ip to hazard a kingdom. 
 
 Spen'ft r, 
 
 2 . To come by chance ; to befall cafually. 
 
 Run vou to tiie citadel, 
 And te'.l my lord and lady what hath hnp'd. 
 
 S^^:kfpfnre^ 
 
 In dcllru(5ti'jns by deluge, the remnant wiiich 
 
 h^jp to be refervcd are ignorant people. £jcon, 
 
 Ha'pless. adj. [from hnp.l Unhappy ; 
 unfortunate; hicklcfs ; unlucky. 
 
 Udplji yKgcon, wl.om the fates have mark'd 
 To bear th' extremity of dire milliap ! Skakj'p. 
 
 Hcie hapltfs Icarus had found his part, 
 Had not the father's grief reftrain'd his art. Dryt. 
 
 Did his haplifi palTion equal mine, 
 I would icfufc the blifs. Smu'i. 
 
 Ha'ply. aav. [from /j<;/.] 
 
 1, Perhaps; peradventure ; it may be. 
 
 Th.is love of theirs nivfelf ha%c often fee<T, 
 Il.iply when they l.avc judg'd mc fail allecp. 
 
 i'.uypia'c. 
 To wai n 
 Us, hiipfy too feeuic, of our difcharge 
 From penalty, becaufc from death rckas'd 
 Some O.iys. Mi/icn. 
 
 Then ':.ip/y yet your bre: (I remains untouch'd, 
 Though that («enis l*range. t*ou'i: 
 
 hti us now fee wh;.t conclufions may be found 
 for inlhruitiini of any othcf llatc, that may l-ap/y 
 l.ibour under the like cireumllances. i'ir;.'r. 
 
 2. Ey chance ; by accident. 
 
 Leviathan, which God of all his works 
 Cicated hui^tlT, tiiat Iwim ti.e oce.m Itreain, 
 Him i ip.'y llumh'ring on tho Noiway fjan-., 
 The pil'^t of (omefmall n'^ght-founrier'd (kij 
 Deeming fome illand oft, as feamen Sell, 
 V/ho fi.\ed anchor, ill his feaiy rind, 
 Aloors by his fule. AHJiDr. 
 
 To Ha'ppf.n. v. n. [from Lnp.'] 
 
 1. To fall out; to chance; to come to pafs. 
 
 Bring forth yuurliroiig reafons, and ihew us 
 what iTiall //.ic/r/7. " IJmj<i. 
 
 Say not 1 b.ave finned, and what harm -li.-ith 
 hitpptnt J uiUo mz. ■ i'rr/us. 
 
 If it fo fill out tiiat thou art mifcrnble for ever, 
 thou had no reafon to l>e fiirptiict', as if fom« 
 unexpeijled thing fati h.jpprrert loUicc. TiilitJ^K-. 
 
 2. To light ; to fall by chance. 
 
 I have happened on fome other accounts re- 
 lating to mortalities. Qru:.nt^ 
 
 HA'rfiL-Y. adv. [from h'if{y.'\
 
 H A R 
 
 1. Fc 
 
 Fortunately ; luckily ; fuccefsfully. 
 
 1 come to wive it wealthily in Padua ; 
 IE wc.i;thily,.then hafpiJy in Padua. Shaijpe.^re. 
 
 Prcleit'tl bv conqucit, A.^^.V/o'crtlirown, 
 Failing they rife to he with us made one. PValhr. 
 
 Neither is it fo trivial an undertaking to make 
 a tragedy end iuppiij; tor 'tis more difficult to 
 (avc than kill. Dyydm. 
 
 2. Addrefsfully ; gracefully; without la- 
 bour. 
 
 Form'd by thy converfc, kafpily to Acer 
 From grave to gay, from livclv to fevcrc, Pc/jc. 
 
 3. In a liateof felicity : as he lives happily. 
 <f. By chance ; pcradventure. In this 
 
 fenfe happily is written erroneoufly for 
 haply. 
 
 One thing more I ftiall wi(h yon to dcfire of 
 them, who fiLtppiiy mav perufc tliele two trtatifes. 
 
 D.g/n: 
 
 IIa.'ppi"ESS. n.f. [from happy.} 
 
 1 . Felicity ; ftate in which the defires are 
 fatisfied. 
 
 Happintf! is that eftatc whereby we attain, fo 
 f.ir as pofiibly may be attained, the full pofTcffion 
 of that which finiply for itfelf it to be dcfned, 
 and containeth in it after an eminent fort the con- 
 Tentation of our dehrts, tiie highcrt degree of all 
 oarpeifeftion. UooUr. 
 
 Oh ! haj'pLn'fi of fwcet retir'd content, 
 To be at once fccurc aiKi innocent. Dfnkam. 
 
 ■Philofophers dilfci about the chief good or 
 htippinrji of man. Tcriif/L. 
 
 The various and contrary choices that men 
 make in the world, argue th.at the fame thing is 
 not good to every n.an alike : this variety of 
 purluits (Hews, that every one dues not plate his 
 happirifj'. in the fame thing. l^ickt. 
 
 2. Good luck ; good fortune. 
 
 3. Fortuitous elegance ; unlludied grace. 
 Certain graces and happi'ujjei, peculiar to 
 
 every lang^ujge, give life and energy to the words. 
 
 Some beauties vet no precepts can declare; 
 For there 's a happtwjs as welJ as care. V'.pe.. 
 
 Foi m'd by fonie rule that guides but not c-jii- 
 ftrains, 
 And Snilh'd more through hupp'.neji than pains 
 
 ;■',_(.,-, 
 
 Ha'ppv. adj. [from hap ; as ludy for 
 
 lucL'] 
 1. In a ftate of felicity ; in a ilate where 
 the dciire is fatisfied. 
 
 At other end Ur.in did Strephnn lend 
 Hcr^A/j^y;^ making hand. Sidnry. 
 
 Am Ihuppy in thy news ? 
 — If to have done the thing you gave in charg?, 
 Beget your happinefs, be hufpy tiicn ; 
 For it ii. done. Si:uiff>y,uc-. 
 
 T; uth and peace, and love, (hall ever Ihinc 
 About the fuprcmc throne 
 Q( hirn^.t' wfHjfc flippy making fight alone, 
 Oor heav'nly guided foul (h-dl climb. Mlltar:. 
 Though the prefcncc of inwginary good cannot 
 make us ^i^pfyi the abfence of it may make u* 
 mifcrablc. ^•!d.li/^-i 
 
 X, Lucky ; fuccefsful ; fortunate. 
 
 Clrymifrs h.»sc been more ^..ippy in finding ex- 
 periments than the caufes of them. Boyle. 
 
 Yet in this agony his fancy wrought, 
 And fear fupply'd him with tliij f'.'ipuy thought. 
 
 VryMn. 
 
 3. Addrefsful ; ready. 
 
 One gcntltrtun is koppy at a repW, and a.jother 
 excels in a rejoinder., Sn.:fi. 
 
 H.i'utETos. n.f. A coat of mail. 
 
 Spen/iT. 
 
 11.^R.^'NGVK. ». y. [hararrut, French. 
 The original of the French word is 
 much: (ii!t.llloned : Menn^e thinks it a 
 corruption of hearing, Englilh ; Junius 
 •magiacs it to \t^.difcouri au rang, to a 
 
 H A R 
 
 Circle^ which the Italian arrlngo- fe^ms 
 to favour. Perhaps it may be from 
 orarey or oraiionare, orationer^ oraner^ 
 aranger^ haranguer,'\ A fpeech ; a 
 popular oration. 
 
 Gid'.-hcadcd men, and grave, with warriors 
 mix'd, 
 AlTembK*, and harangua are licard, but foon 
 In factious oppolition. Milton. 
 
 Nothing cm better improve political fchoolboys 
 than the art of making plaufible or implaufihle 
 haranguesy agjiiill the very opinion for whi^h 
 they lefoivc tj determine. Swift. 
 
 Many preachers iicgleifl method in their 
 hariJKguei. H^atts. 
 
 To H.\ra'ngue. 'V. n. [^haranguei'j Fr.] 
 To make a fpeech ; to pronounce an 
 oraiion. 
 
 To IIara'ngue. v. if. To addrefs by 
 an oration : as, he harauguedxXx^ troops. 
 
 IIara'nguer. n. f, [from harangue.^ 
 An orator ; a pubhck fpeaker : generally 
 with fome mixture of contempt. 
 
 To Ha'r ass. 1'. a» \J:araJfer, French, from 
 htirajfci a heavy buckler, accordin«:j to 
 Du Ccuige.^ To weary ; to fatigue ; 
 to tire with labour and uneafinefs. 
 
 Thtfc troops c;imc to rhe army but the day bc- 
 foic, hiirajfid with a long and wcarifomc march. 
 
 Our walls arc thinly mann'd, our bcft men llainj 
 The rclV, an hcaitlcl'i number, fpcnt with watch- 
 ing, 
 And haraJiJ nwX. with duty. Dryden. 
 
 Nauirc opprcfs'd, and harafi'ii o\x\. with care, 
 Sinks down to relK ^dJij'o/i. 
 
 Out iiicrcafes the force of the verb. 
 H./r.\ss. n,f, [from the verb.] Waile; 
 dillurhance. 
 
 Tie men of Judah, to prevent 
 Tl e h.trr.Ji of ihtir l.iiid, hcfut me round. i^SiJfin. 
 Ha'kbin'ger. «. y". [^bctherger, Dutch, 
 one who goes to provide lodgings or an 
 harbour for thofe that follow.] A fore- 
 runner ; a prccurfor. 
 M.ikc all ojr trumpets fpcalc, give them all 
 hicalh, 
 Thofc clam'rous h^irhir.gers of blood and death. 
 
 Shakfi>eare. 
 I'll be myfclf riie harhingerj and make ju) ful 
 The healing of my wife withyour appiuach. Skak. 
 
 Sin, and l.er Ihadow death, and mifciy. 
 Death ' s tut rhingcr. AJihtn. 
 
 And now of love they treat, 'lill th* evening 
 itar, 
 Lovc'i hatl'ingetj app^ai'd. MHinn. 
 
 Before him a groat pioplict, to proclaim 
 Hii coming, is lent hayi-ingctj who all 
 Invites. Milton. 
 
 As Ormond's hiirhinger to youlhcy run ; 
 For Vcnu:-. is the promifc of the Sun. VryJcn. 
 H.\'RUOUR. n.f. [hcrberge, French; 
 htrlerg, Dutch ; alhsrgo, Italian.] 
 
 1. A lodging ; a place of entertainment. 
 
 Fur A.ir^6.v;' at a thouland doors they knock-'d; 
 Mot one of all the thoufand but was lockM. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 Poubly cuisM 
 Be allrhofe e.ifv fouU \*-hogive \\ h.ith'iur, R^ire. 
 
 2. A port or haven for Ihipping. 
 
 Three of your argufies 
 Aic richly come to ha>6our luddcnly. Shtikjp. 
 
 They leave tire mouths of Po, 
 Tiiat all the bordeis oi the town o'erfiovv; . 
 Aiid fpieading round in one continu'd lake,. 
 A fp.icious holpiiabie /(lu^c-ur make. ..-iddrfvi. 
 
 3. An afyhim ; a (lielter ; a place of 
 flielter and fcciirity. 
 
 Tv Ha'rbous.. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To receive entertainment i to fojouin; 
 to lake fliclter, . 
 
 H A R 
 
 This night let's harhyuf herein York, Sh^kff, 
 
 They arc fcnt by me. 
 That they fljould harbour where their lord would 
 be. ithakfpeate. 
 
 Southwards they bent their flight, 
 And /snrhow'Jin a hollow ruck at night : 
 Next mom they rufc, and l"et up e\ 'ry fail ; 
 The wii/d was fair, but blew a mackrel gale 
 
 Dry Jen. 
 Let me be grateful; but let far from me 
 Be fawning cringe, and falfe difTcmbling look. 
 And t'ervile flattery, xh^t liai6ourt oft 
 In courts and gilded roofs. Philips, 
 
 To Ha'rbouk, v. a, 
 
 1. To entertain ; to permit to refide. 
 
 My Iddy bids mc tell yc»u, that thougti Ihe Aar- 
 B-i'/rsyou as her uncle, ihc 's nothing allied to your 
 difurders. S/iakfpmre^ 
 
 Kna'Ars I know, which in this plainuefs 
 IJarhcut more craft, and moic corrupter ends, 
 T!:an twenty iilky ducking obfcrvants. Shakfp, 
 
 Let not your gentle breail harbour one thought 
 Of outrage from the king. Roivt. 
 
 Wt owe this old houle the fame kind of gra- 
 titude that wc do to an old friend w{\o karb^utt 
 us in bis declining condition^ nay even in his lail 
 extremities. ' Ftps. 
 
 How ptoplc, fo greatly warmed with a fenfe of 
 liberty, (huuld he capable of hurhouring fuch 
 weak rtipLrllltion; and that fo much bravery and 
 fo much folly can niiiabitthe fame brcalU. Pope, 
 
 2. To (helter; to fecure. 
 
 Harbour yourfclf tins night in this caftlc : this 
 country is very djngcious for muuheiing thieves 
 tu truli a flecping life among them. Sidney . 
 
 Harbourage, n.f, [hcrbergage, French, 
 from harbour,] blieltcr; entertainment. 
 Let in us, your king, whofe labuur'd fpinls, 
 Forcwcaricd m tlus adtion of Iwlft fpccd, 
 Cnvc harhcuTiigf within youi city walls. Shakjp, 
 
 Ha'rbourer. 71. f. [from harbour.'^ One 
 that entertains another. 
 
 Ha'r BOUR LESS. atij. [from harbour.^ 
 Wanting harbour ; being without lodg- 
 ing ; without fhclter. 
 
 Hakdkough, for harbour. Spen.Qr^ 
 
 HARD, adj, [heajib. Sax. hard^DnX.'\ 
 
 1. Firm; refifiing penetration or fcpara- 
 tion ; not foft ; not eaiy to be pierced 
 or broken. 
 
 Repofe you there, while I to the hard houfc, 
 Muie hard than i^ the ftonc whereof 'tis rais'd ; 
 Which even but now, demanding after you, 
 Denied mc to conie in, Shailpear:, 
 
 2. Difficult ; not eafy to the intelicCt. 
 
 Some difeafes, wheathey are eafy to be cured^ 
 are /lard to be known. Sidnry. 
 
 Tlie /j.j///caufej they brought unto Mofes ; but 
 very I'mall matter they judgt-d tlicnifclves. ExoU,. 
 
 When hurU words. jcaluuUes, and tears, 
 Set folks tojictbcr by tiic ears. liudihras, , 
 
 'Tis hard tu fay if Clyniens wcremov'd. 
 More by his pray'r, wliom ihc fo dearly lov*d, 
 Oi more with fury fii'd. Drydtn,- 
 
 As for the hard words, which I was obliged to . 
 uftv th&y ate cither terms of art, or fuch as f. 
 fnbllitalcd in place uf olhcri that wtie tot>--1 
 low, ^'irbiithnct.. \ 
 
 3. Difficult of acccHnpliHimcnt ; full of^l 
 difficuliLeSi 
 
 Is any thing too->^'3'.' f«jr the Lo.'d ? Gcnrfii,.A 
 PolTefs 
 As lojds a fpacious world, t' our native hcav'n 
 Little infciiur, by my advi-nturc /;ari/ 
 With ptril gicat atchiev'd. Mihini* 
 
 Lpng is the way 
 And hard^ thai out of hcU leads up to light : 
 Our piifon lUung. MUtcn^ 
 
 He now dilccin'd he w>»s wholly .to be on the • 
 dcfcnfne, and that was like to be a very b*itd.p 
 part too. (.Lirtndon. , 
 
 Ncrvou'^ and tendinous parts hnve worfc fymp—J 
 loms, and aic fmrdcr of cure, than fleihy ones. 
 
 Hififfutn^.^
 
 H A R 
 
 The love and pious duty which you psy 
 Have pafs'J the perils of fo fiunl a way. Drydtn. 
 
 4. Painful; dillrefsful ; laborious adion 
 or luffeiing. 
 
 Rachael travailed, and flic had hard labour. 
 
 GcJieJii. 
 
 Woiccftcr'.s hoifo came but to-d,iy : 
 And now tiicir pride and incillc is alkcp, 
 Their cour.igc with hard l.ibour tame and dull] 
 That not ahorfe iihalf of hinilelf. Shuifptait. 
 
 Continual h.ird duty, with little tisiuing, 
 Icflened and diminiOicd his ai my. Clarsndon. 
 
 When Scb.ilhan weeps, his tears 
 Come ImiJn than his bloud. Drydm. 
 
 A man obliged to Aani labour is n»t reduced to 
 the necclTity of having twice as much vidkuaU as 
 one under no necelLty to work. Chcync. 
 
 5. Cruel ; opprcflive ; rigorous : as, a 
 hard heart. 
 
 The bargain of Julius III. maybe accounted 
 
 ^ very hard one. Brtivn's Vulgar Erroi/n. 
 
 •Whom fcarcc my (heep, and fcarce my pain- ■• 
 
 ful plough, I 
 
 The needful aids of human lite allow ; > 
 
 So wretched is thy fon, lo fiard a mother tiiou. I 
 
 D'yden.-^ 
 
 If you thought that ftard upon you, we would 
 
 not icfufe yon half your time. Drydrn, 
 
 A lofs of one third of their cftatcs will be a 
 
 very hard cafe upon a great number of people. 
 
 No people live with more cafe and profpcrity 
 than the iubjet^s of little commonwealths ; as, 
 on the contiary, there arc none whu fufTcr more 
 iindti t!ic grievances of 1 /-.ard government than 
 the t'ubJTdis of little princip.ilitKS. ylddijo^j. 
 
 To lind a I'iU th.it may biinf, punifliment upon 
 the innocent, will appear vtry /W?./. Swift. 
 
 6. Sour ; rough ; fevcie. 
 
 What, have you given him any /wr(/ words of 
 late? Shaijpta,!. 
 
 Rough ungovernable pafions bnny men on ti. 
 fay or do vciy h.irA or offcnllvc things. Attsih 
 
 7. Unfavourable ; unkind. 
 
 As thou lov'l! mc, do him not that wrong, 
 
 To hear a iar:/ opinion of his truth. Shakjictir, , 
 
 Ahljlom and Achituphi,-! he thinks is a liiil, 
 
 katd on hisfanaiick p.urons, Drvdc^ 
 
 Sonic A.ir.y rumours have been tranfmittcd from 
 
 t' other lide th« water, and rumours of the fevercit 
 
 iiind. Siuift 
 
 S. Infenfible; inflexible. 
 
 If I by chance fucceed 
 Inwb.-\t I write, and that's a chance indeed, 
 Know 1 am not lb liupid, or (a k-ird, 
 Not to tccl priifc, or fame's dcfci v'd reward. 
 
 DryJf,:. 
 
 9. ITiiliappy ; vexatious. 
 
 "It is a very iuiid quality upon our foil or cli- 
 mate, that fo c.\cclient J fruit, wlvich profpeis 
 amoi.g all our nei^'hboiirs, will not i;rmv heie 
 
 y>..;/.. 
 
 10. Vehement ;. keen ; fcvere ; as, a Ldi ,1 
 winter; /i<jr(/ weather. 
 
 11. UiM-eafonable ; unjuft. 
 
 It is a little hard, that in an affair of thf I.nlt 
 conffciucnoe to the vety.bcin;; of the clergy, this 
 whole reverend body ih'iuld be the fole pcrfons 
 not confulted. Sa<rJ't. 
 
 It is th= /i.irdiji cafe in the word, that Eleclc 
 fliould take up the reports uf bis ladtion, and j iir 
 them oR'as additional fgars. Siv.Ji 
 
 li2. Forced ; not eaiily granted i 
 
 Ir wc allow tiic fiiH cuupic, at the end of one 
 hundred years, to i;avc loft ten pair ot' breriltrs, 
 which is no Aart/ fuppolition ; there would arlfc 
 from tbefc, in fifteen hundred years, a greater 
 number than the earth was capable of. £,tr,ui. 
 
 l:3f. Powerful ; forcible. 
 
 The Hag was too h.ird (or the horfc, and the 
 horfc flics for fuccuurto the man that's loo /i.irj 
 fur him, and ridv;s the out to death, and outright 
 jtiUs tlie other. L'.r-JI-.trig!. 
 
 H A R 
 
 I.,et tlicm confidcr the Vexation they are trea- 
 furing up for thcmfclvcs, by Ihugglitig with a 
 power whicii wjII be alw;»ys too hufdivx liirm. 
 
 ytiUifvrt. 
 
 A difputant, when he findi that hii advciluiy 
 i& tou hntd foi' him, with fiynefs turns the dif- 
 coLirlc. IVatti. 
 
 14. Aullire; rough, as liqvuJs. 
 
 In making of vincg.tr, Id vclicK of wine over 
 jiguiili tlic noon fun, whicli c.'i!lcih out ilic niur<. 
 • Illy fpirits, and Icaveth the fpirit more four and 
 
 h.ird. Jiucon. 
 
 15. Harfh ; ftiff; conftrained. 
 
 Otlitrs, rcrupuloudy tied to the pratfliccof the 
 ancients, make their figures ^(1x^1?^ thiin even the 
 marlile itfclf. Dtyden. 
 
 His dire(5tion is hardy his figures too bold, and 
 his tropes, p.'uticularly his metaphors, infuffcrably 
 drained. Drydtn. 
 
 i6. Not plentiful ; not profperous. 
 
 Tlicie arc ouufiics decreed ; and, if tlic times 
 had not been hard^ my billet fliould iiavc burnt 
 
 too. Diydin. 
 
 17. Avaricious; faultily fparing. 
 Haku. Wi*. [bar Jo, vtry old German.] 
 
 I. Clofe ; near: often with Z^. 
 
 Hard hy was a houfe of plcafurc, built for a 
 fummcr retiring place, Sidney. 
 
 They doubted a while what It fhould be, 'till 
 if was cill up even hard before them j at which 
 time they fully faw it was a man. Sidney. 
 
 A little lowly hermitage it was, 
 Down in a dale /lard by a forcft's fide, 
 
 Far from rcfori of people that did pafs 
 In travel to and fro. Spafer. 
 
 Scarce hadhcfaid, when A.jr^/athand they fpic 
 Thatquiclvland ni^h,with water covered. SpcHpr. 
 
 Wlicn llielc marlbal the way, h.ird at hand 
 comc^' the m.iftir and main cxercifc. Shakjpiurf 
 
 Abjraclcch went hard unto the door of the 
 tower, to burn it with fuc. f^'^S^^- 
 
 The Philillines followed hard upon Saul. 
 
 2 Samuel. 
 
 ll.ird I'v a cottage chimney fmokcs, 
 Fr-m betwixt too aged oaki. Afi/ton. 
 
 I. DiligLUtly ; laborioul]y ; incfHantly ; 
 vjheiTicntly ; earneflly ; importunately. 
 
 Gcnema rofc in his d^-fencc. 
 And pray'd fo hurd for mercy from the prince, 
 That to his queen the king th' oftendcr gave. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 An ant wo-ks as h-ird as a man who fhould 
 carry a very heavy load every day four leagues. 
 
 ^•fUdiJo'i. 
 
 Whoever my unknown corrcfpondent be, he 
 prclTcs hiifd for an anfwcr, and ii earncft in that 
 point, ^Ittai'Uty. 
 
 3. Unenfily; vexatioufly. 
 
 When a man's fcrvant Ihall piny tlic ctu' with 
 him, look you it goes //jr./. , Sh^ifpeure. 
 
 .|, DiilrcfiFully ; fo as to ralfc dilficulties. 
 
 The qucrtiun is hurdiQl^ and we l.a\ t rcafonto 
 
 doubt. Brown. 
 
 A ftag, that wa* hatd fct by the huntfrnen, 
 
 betook nimfdf to a llall for landtuary. 
 
 L'F.jJrufige. 
 5". Fill! ; Ti-'mbly ; vclicmently. 
 
 The /\volvei fcampcreu away as /;wr./ as they 
 could drive. L' Fjh.:/tge. 
 
 f). With difficulty ; ui a maimer requiring 
 labo'.'.r. 
 
 S ;lid bodies forcfliow rain, as l?oxes and pegs 
 of wuiid when they draw and wind J:urd. Jij<.i,n, 
 
 7, Ternpefliioully^; boillerouny. 
 
 V/hen the noi:h wind bi >w^ hr.idy ard it rain^ 
 fadly, none but foijls fit down in it and cry ; wife 
 p^i.-I'le defend tlicmfelves sgainlt it. fayjor. 
 
 Ha'rpsol-nd. adj, [_hard and boumL'] 
 Co^ive. 
 
 jull writes tn-m.Tkc liis barrcnnefsappcar, 
 And ibains from hurdhund brains e:ght lines 
 a-year. Foj^e. 
 
 roH.i'KDEN. V, a, [froai7.'«r/j 
 
 H A R 
 
 1. To make hard ; to induraftf.' 
 
 Sure lif, who firft thfpafl';igc ttyMj 
 In h.ir.ien'd oak. hi:> heivt did hide, 
 And libs of iron aim*d his fide. Dfydin, 
 
 A piece of the hardened marl. Wnodiu^trd. 
 
 2. To conllrm in efTrontcry ; to mukc 
 impudent, 
 
 3. To confirm in vvlckednefs; to make 
 obdurate. 
 
 But exhort one another daily, left any of you 
 be hardened through the dcccilfulnefs of An. 
 
 Hebr€iJJt, 
 
 He flifFcncd his neck, and kanUncd his hcait 
 from turning unto the Lord. 1 Chron, 
 
 It is a niclanctioly confidcration, that tlicrc 
 fiiould be fevcial among us fo ^ti-'./rn^./ and de- 
 luded as to think an oath a proper lubjeft for a* 
 jcft. A.ldiJ'^n, 
 
 4. To make Infenfiblc ; to (luplfy. 
 
 Religion fets before us not the example of a 
 ftupid lioick, who had by obftiiiale prmciples 
 A.iri/tv;(-i/ hiinlcir aj^ainlt all fcnfc of pain; but an 
 example of a man like ourfclves, that had a ten- 
 der ftnfe of the leait futTciing, and yet patiently 
 endured the greateft, TlKoty^n. 
 
 Years have not yet hardened mCj and X have an 
 addition wf weight on my fpirits fincc we loft' 
 him. Sivift to F^.pe, 
 
 5. To make firm; to endue with con- 
 
 llancy. 
 
 Then ftiould 1 have comfort? yea, I woul<t' 
 harden myfelf in furrow. 'J'^^' 
 
 One vaifes ihe foul, and hardens it to viruie j- 
 tiie other fofien^ it again, and unbend* it into 
 vice. Drydcn, 
 
 To Ha'rden. v. n. To grow liard, 
 
 Tiic powder of loadftone and fiint, by the ad- 
 dition of whites of eggs and gum-dragon, -made 
 into parte, will in a few days harden to the 
 haidncfs of a flonc. Btau. 
 
 Hardener, n, f, [jvom hnrJen.'] One 
 that makes any thing hard. 
 
 Hardfa'vouk ED. adj. [bard and /i?- 
 vour. ] Coarfe of feature ; harfii of; 
 countenance. 
 
 When the blart of war blows in your ears, 
 Stitl^eii the Hnews, fummon up the blood, 
 Difguilc fair nature with hnrdj.rjour'd looks, 
 Then lend the eye a terrible afpc£l. Shdlfpeare,. 
 The brother a very lovely youth, and the fiftcr 
 
 hardfaxoui ed. L.' Fjlrung^, 
 
 When Vulcan came into tlic world, he was iu 
 har.lfui'oured that both his" parents frou'ncd cti 
 him. Dr\dfn. 
 
 Hardha'nded. adu [^hard and hand,'] 
 Coarfe ; mechanick ; that has hands 
 hard with labour. 
 
 — .H(ird'r.ind-d uwn that work In Athens here,- 
 Which never laboui'd in their muids "till now. 
 
 Sh.iijpearf, 
 
 H a' r d II e \ 1) . ri. /, [ bfird an d bead. ] 
 Clafli of heads ; maimer of flighting ia. 
 which the combatants da(h their heads, 
 together. 
 
 I have been at hatJhr.id with your butting; 
 citizens; I have routed your herd, I have dil- 
 pcrfb'd tlicm. Drydent 
 
 IIardtie'artfd. ai^j. [bn7-d vind' bcart.J, 
 duel J inexorable; tricrcilels ; pitilefsj. 
 baibavous ; inhuman ; favage ; uncom— 
 pafFionate, 
 
 //<j',(>i;'.i»7;-JClitroid, lake me from the world ;: 
 ]My foul to heav'n. S/uUfpcire^. 
 
 Can you be (o hirdheurted to dcftroy 
 My ripening hope^, that arc fo near to joy ?' 
 
 Dryiefr,. 
 
 John Bull, olhcrwifc a good-natured man, wa» 
 vciy hardhearted to his fifter Peg. .h but hiot ,.. 
 
 riARmiE'ARTEDNF. S9. n. f, [from /vjrJ^- 
 hearted,'] Cruelty ; went of tcnder- 
 neL; want of conipalliou..
 
 H A R 
 
 Tfrtr,i':Mr/f.hi/i and ciucUy is not onlj' an In- 
 human vice, but worfe than brutal. C I-jhurtge. 
 How black and bale a vice ingratitude is, may 
 be leen in thofe vices which it is always in com- 
 bination with, pride and nardlscjrtedncji, or want 
 of comp:iflion. Sout/t. 
 
 H.trdhcirlednejs is an clTcntijl in the charac- 
 ter o;' a libcj tine. VAariJfa 
 Ha'rdihead. \ n. f. [from hardy.'] 
 H.iRDiHooD. 5 Stoutnefs; bravery. 
 Obfolfcte. 
 
 Endam'd wit'-, r'liry and fierce f:i:rily!:r •-.:!, 
 He fccni'd in heart to harbour liioughts unkind. 
 And nourilh bloody vengeance in his bitter mind. 
 
 Spsufet. 
 
 Ejldiy affault the necromancer's hall, 
 
 W!-cre if he be, with dauntlefs /jj/.M-oj./. Mil!. 
 
 Ha'rdimf.xt. ti. f. [from hardy, hardi- 
 
 ment, adv. Frendi.] Courage ; ilout- 
 
 nefs ; bravery. Not in ufe. 
 
 But full of fire and greedy haj.iimcnt, 
 The youthful knight could not for ought be ftaid. 
 
 Spcnjer . 
 On the gentle Severn's fedgy bank. 
 In hngle oppofition, hand to hand. 
 He dirt confound the bell part of an liour 
 In chaneing Itardiinent witii great Glcndower. 
 
 Zeal was the fpring whence flowed her luiidi- 
 
 mnt. F,i:rf.i\. 
 
 Ha'rdiness. n. /. [hardijp, French; 
 
 from hardy.] 
 1 . Hardftiip ; fatigue. 
 
 They arc valiant and hardy ; great endurersof 
 cold, hunger, and all luirdimfi. Spcnfer, 
 
 2; Stoutnefs ; courage-; bravery. 
 
 If wc, with thrice fach powers left at home, 
 ■Cannot tiefend our own doors from the dog, 
 ■Let us be woriicd ; and our nation lofe 
 Tiie name o{ h,i<\ittufi and policy. Shniffmrc . 
 Perkin had gathered together a power of all 
 n.itions, neither in number, nor in the hardri^j^ 
 and courage of their pcrfons contemptible. Bji:o't. 
 He has the courage of a rational creatnrc, and 
 fuch an lic.rdineji we fhould endeavour by cuf- 
 tom and ufe to bring children to. Locke. 
 
 Criminal as you are, you avenge yonrfelf 
 agjinft the Imr.iirafi of one that Ihould tell yuu 
 of it. Sfeami: . 
 
 i;. Effrontery; confidence. 
 Hardl a'boured. edi. [hard and .la- 
 bour.] Elaborate; liudied ; diligently 
 vvrought._ 
 
 How cheai fully the hawkers ci-y 
 A fatire, and the gentry buy ! 
 While my /mrd/uhc-ir d po^m pines, 
 Un'.old upon the printer's lines. S-.vsj:. 
 
 Ha'rdly. adv. [from hard.] 
 ?. With difficulty ; not enfily. 
 
 Toucl-.ing tilings which generally are received, 
 although in themfclvcs they be moll certain, 
 yet, becaufc men prcfume them gi-anted of all, 
 we are hirdlirji able to bring fuch proof of their 
 •certainty .is m»y fitisfy gainfaycrs, when fud- 
 drnly and befides cspeclation they require thc 
 famc at our Ivmds. Iljohr. 
 
 There arc but a few, aj-id they endued wiili 
 ^reat ripenefs of w'. and judgment, free from 
 all fuch ari'airs as might trouble their medita 
 lions, inftru<acd in the (harpeil and ful.tlcfi 
 points of learjiing ; -*i-.o have, and that veiy 
 hardly, been able 10 find out but only the im- 
 rnorlality of the foul. ll'<,h-r. 
 
 Go-1 hath dclive:c.1 n Iiw as (hnip .is the tvvo- 
 tdgc.^-? fword, piercinp th.e very clulell and mofi 
 nolVxrchahlc corners of the ht-.-irt, which the law 
 of n.uurc cen n<ird.'y, human laws by no means, 
 poffibly le.ich-iinto. Il;c>-cr 
 
 There arcJn living creatures parts that nouiilh 
 and repair caCv, and parts that nourifh and re- 
 pair y:(i/-i//>'. Bifi'!. 
 The barks of -thofe trees are more clofe and 
 foft than thofe of.ouks and athes, vi-hereby tiie 
 mofs can the harM.nr iiTue out. Maa:,. 
 
 H A R 
 
 The- faOiCr, mother, daughrei'i they Invite; 
 Haidty the dame was drawn to this repalK 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 Rccov'ring hardly what he loft before, 
 His right ende.ui- it much, hii purchafc more. 
 
 Ihxden. 
 
 Falfc confidence is cafily taken up, und hardly 
 laid down. R<,uth. 
 
 2. Scarcely ; fcant ; not lightly ; with no 
 likelihood. 
 
 The fi(h chat once was caught, new bait will 
 hardly bite. F^ny Q^ueen, 
 
 Tlify are worn, lord conful, ^o 
 That wc ihall h.irdh; in our ages fee 
 Their banners wave 35^''^' Shil-fpcare. 
 
 Hardly Jliall you find any one fo bad, but iie 
 dcHrei the credit of being thought good. S'^uth. 
 
 3. Almoflnot; barely. 
 
 The wandMn^ bieath was on the wing to 
 
 parr, 
 
 Weak, was the pulfe, and hardly heav'd the 
 
 heatt. Dryd,-tt. 
 
 Tiiere is hardly a gentleman in the nation who 
 
 hath not -a near alliance witli Tome of that budy. 
 
 SiLiJt. _ 
 
 4. Grudgingly, as an inji^iy. 
 
 If I unwittingly 
 Have aught committed that is hardly borne 
 By any in this prel'eiice, I defire 
 To reconcile me. Shakfpea)e. 
 
 5. Severely; unfavourably. 
 
 If there ;:rc Come rc.Tfons inducing you to think 
 hr.rdly of our laws, are tliuie reafoni demonHra- 
 live, arc they neccir.u'y, or ' mere pofiibiliries 
 ortly > ' U'M.-rr, 
 
 G, RIgorouny ; opprefitvely. 
 
 Many men believed that he was h.vdly dealt 
 with. CUire'tdon . 
 
 They are now in prifon, and treated hardly 
 enough; for there aic fifteen dead within two 
 years. Aldijot. 
 
 They have begun to fay, and to fetch inft-nicos, 
 where he has in nsany things been hiirdly ufrd. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 7. Unwelcomely ; havflily. 
 
 ijuch information comes very hardly lind hardi- 
 ly to a grown man; and however loftencd goes 
 but ill down. Lcc.kc 
 
 8. Not foftly ; not tenderly ; not deli- 
 cately. 
 
 Hcav'n was her canopy ; bare earth her hzd; 
 
 So /ttrrd'y lodg'd. ]')rvdrn, 
 
 Ha'rdmoutked. ndj, [Zit^r/Zand /nouib.] 
 Difobcdicut to the rclu ; not fciiliblc of 
 the bit. 
 
 'Tis time my hardmoufh*d couvicra tti controul, 
 
 Apr to run riot, and tranfgrcfs the goal. DrYd^n. 
 
 But who can youth, lot loofe (o vice rcllrain ? 
 
 When once the hardmouth^d liorlc has got the rein, 
 
 He 's part thy pow'r to ftop. Dryden. 
 
 T-I.\ RDNEES. //. y. [from hard.^ 
 
 1. Din-Ity ; povrer of refillance in bodies. 
 
 Hardmfi is a firm cohefion of tiie p^rts uf 
 mutter that make up mafies of a fenfibic bulk, 
 fu that the whole docs nut cafily change its 
 fi'vu'c. Lotkt. 
 
 iMom tlie various combinations of thcfe cor- 
 pufcKs happen all the varieties of t!ic bodies 
 fotrned our uf them, in ctjlour, talle, frnell, h.ird- 
 nchy and fpccifick gravity. IVuudiuard. 
 
 2. DifHcultyto be undcrilood. 
 
 This label on my bofum 
 Is fo from fcnfc in hauhufi^ that I can 
 Mj!;e no collection of it. Shiikfyt-are. 
 
 3. DifRciilty to be accoinpliflied. 
 
 It was rime now or nt-v;;r to (harpcn my in- 
 tention to pierce through ihc htird/irfs of this cn- 
 tcrpriz-e. St Iney. 
 
 Concerning the doty itfcjf, tl-,c hardnef: there- 
 of is not fuch as neodcth much arc. ihoUr. 
 i\. Scarcity ; penury. 
 
 The tcnant-s poor, the h.t'd/iffK of the timts, 
 Arc ailcxciilcs fw a Icrvant's crisics. Sv-i'f. 
 
 H A R 
 
 J. Obduracy ; profligatenefs. 
 
 Every commiffion of fin introduces unto the 
 foal a certain degree of hjr.incft, and an aptnt-fs 
 to continue in thai (In. South. 
 
 6. Coarfenefs; harfbnefs of look. 
 
 By their virtuous behaviour they compenf.,'- 
 the lianbufi^ of their favour, and by the pukh' :- 
 tude of thtir fouls make_up what is wjnti:n- ■ i 
 tiie beauty of their bodies? ^ . , 
 
 7. Kecnnefs ; vehemence of weatlier or 
 feafoiis. 
 
 If the hirdnch of the winter (liould fpoil thefii, 
 neither the lofs of feed nor labour will be much. 
 
 MertiKrr. 
 
 8. Cruelty of temper ; favagenefs ; har/h- 
 ne|s ; barbarity. 
 
 We will alk, 
 That if we fail in our requelt, the blame 
 May hang uporr our hardnfji. Sk.tkfpearz. 
 
 They quicken floth, perplexities unty, 
 Alake roughnefs fmooth, and hardneji mollify. 
 
 Dertham, 
 
 9. Stiffncfs; harfhnefs. 
 
 Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners 
 of ti.e painters, and to make many ample fulris, 
 which are infurFcrable hardrseJTeij and more like 
 a rock than a natural garment. Dryden. 
 
 10. Faulty parfimony ; ftinginefs. 
 H.a'rdock. n. /. 1 fuppofe the fame 
 
 with biirdici. 
 
 Why he was metev'n now, 
 Crown'd with rank funiiter and furrow-weeds, 
 With hardoch, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers. 
 
 Shiikfitenrf. 
 Hards, n. f. The refufe or coaifer 
 
 part of flax. 
 Ha'rushii'. n. f. [from /liirr^/.J 
 
 1. Injury; opprcffion. 
 
 They ;irc ripe for a peace, to enjoy what we 
 have conquered for them ; and fo arc we, to re- 
 cover the effects of their hardjhijii upon us. 
 
 S^Jt. 
 
 2. Inconvenience ; fatigue. 
 
 They were e.\pufed to /i*j/.V,-v,-^and penui-y. 
 
 S'fraf. 
 
 You could not undergo the toils of war, 
 Xor be.u- the h^irJjhip: that your leaders bore. 
 
 Addrjon, 
 In journeys or at home, in war or peace, 
 By hardjhipi many, many fall by eafe. Prhr. 
 
 Ha'rdware. n. f. [h.ird and tuttri'.] 
 
 ManufaCttirc.s of metal. 
 Ha'rdwarem.an. «. _/i rhardtiiare and 
 man.] A maker or feller of metalliiie 
 manufa£tures. 
 
 One Willianfi Wood, an hardiutirfman^ obtains 
 by fraud a patent in iingland to cai:i topper to 
 p.ifs in Ireland, Six'': c, 
 
 HA'RDY. adj. [Z-^/-^/, French.] 
 
 1. Bold; bri;ve ; ilout; daring; lefolute. 
 
 Try the imagination of fomc in cock-fights, 
 to make one coi.k more hardy f and the otlicr 
 more cowardly. Bticaa, 
 
 Recite 
 The feats of Am.uons, the fatal fight 
 Betwixt the hu>dy :]iicon an<l hero knight. Pry kfi. 
 
 Who is rheie /i-t*'dy enough to contend' with 
 the reproach which is prcpmcd for t>iofc, who 
 dare ventuic to dlfTent from the received opinujns 
 of thtii cuuntry } Lr,cke, 
 
 Could tl;ir(t of vengeance, and dcllre of faTne, 
 Excite the Jcm.dc breaft wi^h m.iVtial tiame .* 
 And fhall not love's divjncr p nv'r inl'pire 
 r.Iuie h-ir./y \htUL-j and more gen'rous rirc .' 
 
 Prior, 
 
 2. Strong ; hard ; firm. 
 
 is a ntan cnntident of his prefent flrenglU? 
 An unwhcl^-fomc blalt may fliakc jn pieces his 
 hardy fahiick. South. 
 
 3. Confident; impudent; vitiouHy fliib- 
 born. 
 
 Hars acd HerEj differing in pronnn-
 
 H A R 
 
 cmtion only, figiiify both an afmy anj 
 a lord. So Harold is a gciieial of an 
 aimy ; Uaronaiiy a cliicf niiiii in tlic 
 :iimy ; Hcriuin, a viftoiious anny ; 
 wliicli are much hke Slratocles, Pole- 
 murchits, and llegfjijlrdtus among ihc 
 Crreeks. Ci/Jori's Camden. 
 
 HARli. n./. [hajia, Saxon ; Lir/j, Evfc] 
 
 1. A fniall ([Madi\i])i.-d, witli long cais and 
 Ihort tail, that moves by leaps, remark- 
 able for tiir.iJity, vi,;ilancc, and fecun- 
 dity J tilt common game of hunters. 
 
 Dil'niay'rf nor this 
 Our ciprains Macbeth :uid 8.1114110 ? 
 As fpanows, caglci ; or tlic /i.iir, llic Hon, 
 
 Wc view ill tVe open champsign a bucc of 
 fwifi greyhounds courfiiig a good ftout and wtll- 
 bi'eatiicd //'i''^. JShic, 
 
 Y.our diilTii'gs aiurt he with hmc^s fur. 
 
 H if.m.i^i. 
 Poor is the triumph o'ci the timid hare. 
 
 '1'hQ^rp.n. 
 
 2. A conftellation. 
 
 The hdit .Tppe.Tis, whofe ai5^ivc rays fupply 
 A mmble force, a?id haidlj" wint^s deny. Ctftch. 
 To Hark. v. n. \^ha>kr, French.] To 
 fright ; to luivry with tcirour 
 
 To lijic and r;il- t'.icni, is not to tc:.th but vrx 
 tlic.-n. Lockr. 
 
 IIa'k tBELL. n. f. [hare and bell.l A 
 ■ blue fl.nv^r cauipani'o^m. 
 
 Thou Ihal' not l.ick 
 Tlic flow'r that 's like thy face, pule primrofc ; 
 
 nor 
 The azur*d //rtM^r-//, like tliy veins. Shiikffieare. 
 Ha'rebrained. adj. [fiom hare, the 
 verb, and train.'] Volatile; uiifet- 
 tled ; wild ; fluttering; hurried. 
 
 Tliat luirchi. lined wild fellow hegins to play 
 the fool, when others are wc.niy of it. Biicon. 
 
 Ha'refoot. n. y; [hare a.ii<lL foot.'] 
 
 1. A bird. Airifworth. 
 
 2. An herb, AmJ-worth. 
 Ha'relip. ;.'. f. A fifTure in the upper 
 
 h"p with want of fubllaiice, a natural 
 defect. ^niicy. 
 
 The blots of nature's hand 
 Shall not in their iffue Hand; 
 Is'cver mole, iuvrlif^ nor fear, 
 S'lali upon their children be. ShalJ^care. 
 
 The i^iiiil ftitch is performed with pins or 
 needles, as in fuirrlipi. }yijfwii>i. 
 
 II.A'aEstAR. n. f. [ivj:kurum, Lm.] A 
 
 plant. Mi//er. 
 
 Ha'rier. n. /. [from .^wcif.j A dug for 
 
 hunting hares. Ahifivortb. 
 
 To Hark. -v. n. [contrafled from i&fari- 
 
 ctu] To I'llhn'. 
 
 The king, 
 
 To ir.c inveterate, //u//'j my l-rothcr's fuit. S/tn/f. 
 Priekini; np his ears, to /;.frX: 
 
 If he eonki hear too m the d.nk. llu,!ibi\ii. 
 
 Haric. inter]. [It is originally the Impe- 
 rative of the verb LarL] Lift! hear! 
 lillen I 
 What hrirmjuy is this? My good fiiemh, 
 
 The huithcr fuw !i';ni upon the gallop wiih a 
 piece of (kill, and c.iiied out, iijii ye, fticixi, 
 you may ni;:ke the heft of your puichnlc. 
 
 L^ I'.JJy.itigc. 
 
 Thith .' metiiinks the ro.ir that late purtu'd me, 
 
 Sinks like the murmurs of a fafliiig w'ind. Rokc 
 
 Uiitihovi loud the woods 
 I'livite you forth ! Tr.c'r i ■, 
 
 Haul. n. f. 
 
 1. The filaments of flax. 
 
 2. Ajiiy filamentous fubflsnce. 
 
 H A R 
 
 The fsncral fort are wicker hives, miie of 
 privet, willow, or iml, daubed with cow-dung. 
 
 Ha'ri.equim. n. f. [This name is faid 
 to iiave been given by Francis of France 
 to a bufy buffoon, in ridicule of his 
 enemy Charles h quint. Menage dist'iva 
 it more probably from a famous come- 
 dian that fvtqueuled Mr. J-IarLy'bhou(u, 
 whom liis friends called HarUquino, lit- 
 tle Hailcy. Trev.l A bufloou who 
 plays tricks to divert the populace; a 
 Jack-pudding; a zani. 
 
 T)>e joy of a king for a vit^tory mnfV not be 
 like that of a h,iiliquin upon a letter from hii 
 mi (he Is. DryMn. 
 
 The man in graver trngick known. 
 Though his bcO part long fnice was done, 
 
 Still on ihe ftagc tie fires to tarry ; 
 And he who play'd the /mf/fy.v//;, 
 After the jcft ftill loads the fccnc. 
 
 Unwilling to retire, though weary. Prici . 
 
 HA'RLOT. n. f. [herlodes, WMi, a 
 girl. Others for horelet, a little whore. 
 Others from the name of the mother of 
 inHiam the Conqueror. Hurlet is ufed 
 in Chaucer for a low male drudge.] A 
 whoie ; a ftrumpet. 
 
 Away, my difpoJition, and podefs me with 
 Some Imrtot's fpiiit. Studfpcar;. 
 
 They help thee by fuch aids as geele and 
 hii'hii. B<n J^"p ■ 
 
 The h.ir'javous liarhts crowd the puh;ick place ; 
 Go, fools, and purchafe an unclean embrace. 
 
 Vry.i^Ti. 
 
 Ha'rlotry. II. f. [from /ijr/o/. ] 
 
 I. I he trade of a harlot; fornication. 
 
 Nui Iball, 
 From Rome's tribunal, thy harangues prevail 
 'G.iinft luivhiryy while thou art clad fo thin. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 1. A name of contempt for a woman. 
 A pccviih fclt-wiird h.iyloiry. 
 That no perfualion can do good upon. Sluihfp. 
 
 HARM. 11. f. [heajim, Saxon.] 
 
 I. Injury; crime; vvlckedncfs. 
 
 3. Mifchief; dctriinent ; hurt. 
 
 We, ignorant of ourfelvcs, 
 Eeg often our own Imims, whicli the wife Powers 
 Deny us for our good. Sl:tt>ifptarc. 
 
 How arc we happy If ill in fear of haim ? 
 But l:.itm precedes not fm. Miltcn. 
 
 They ftiuuld ha futVered to write on : it would 
 keep tlmm out of harrns. way, and prevent them 
 iiom evil coiufes. Sivift. 
 
 TuHakivi. 1).' a. To hurt ; to injure. 
 Wl'.at ftnfe had I of her flol'n hours or !ult r 
 I faw 't not, tliuught it not, it h.nm^cinoi me. 
 
 ShdHpearc^s Othclio. 
 
 P.iflijns ne'er could grow 
 
 To luirm .inothcr, or impeach your reft. IVallcr . 
 
 After their youfg are hatched, they brood 
 
 them under their wings, left the culd, and fomc- 
 
 times the hear, ihould iumn them. , R<i\ 
 
 Ha'rmful. adj. [/jriz-OT and/u//.] Hurt- 
 ful ; mifchievous ; noxious ; injurious ; 
 detrimental. 
 
 \\'\% tleaily loved fquirc 
 His fpear of hcbcn-wuod behind him bare, 
 
 Whofe harinful head, thriec heated in t'ne fire, 
 H..d liven many a bieaft wiih pike-head 
 fquare. Spfnfct. 
 
 Let no man fear that harmfut creature Icfs, be 
 caufe he fees the apoftlc fafe from that poifon. 
 
 K.i//. 
 'I i,c earth brought forth fruit and food for 
 man, wlihout any nii.-.ture oi harmful quality. 
 
 R.dafh. 
 For flax and- cits will burn the tender field, 
 And llccpy poppies hmw.Jul harvcfis yield. Dry.i. 
 
 H A R 
 
 irA'RMFt;i.LY. adv. [from harmful. "l 
 Hurtfwlly; noxioudy ; detrimentally. 
 
 A fchol.ir is better occupied in j>Iayii:g or 
 flccping, than fpcnding his time not only vainly, 
 Wit hu'fKj'rJ/y in fuch kinrl cf excicifb. j^ph.tm. 
 
 Ha'rmfulne.SS. n. J. [from harmful.] 
 Hurtfulnefs ; mifchicvoufnefs ; noxiouf- 
 nefs. 
 
 Ha'rmless. adj. [from A.^ni.] 
 
 1. Ir.nocent ; innoxious; not hurtful. 
 
 Touc i;ng ctrtmonics hi.rmUji in lliemfelves, 
 and huriful only in refpcft of number, was it 
 amifs to decree that thofc things that were IcaU 
 needful, and ncwiiell come, (hould be the firft 
 that were taken away ? Hocier, 
 
 Sbe, like h'limUji lightning, throws her eye 
 On him, hex hrotbcr^, inc, her tnaftcr ; hiiting 
 Each ohje.;t with a joy. iH,iiffi.are, 
 
 2. Unhurt; undamaged. 
 
 The ftiipwright will be careful to gain by bis 
 labour, or at leaft to fjvi hinifolf haim.'rfi, and 
 therefore fuit his work (lightly, accordnig tj a 
 flight price. R.ilc'?/:. 
 
 Harmlessly, adv. [from harmlefs.] 
 Innocently; without hurt; without 
 crime. 
 
 He fprnt that day free fiom worldly trouble, 
 
 harmltfily, and in a recreation that became a. 
 
 churchman. IVtilion. 
 
 Bullets batter the wall; which fland inftexikic, 
 
 but fall kj'mlifly into wood or feathers. 
 
 Decay of I'itly. 
 
 Ha'kmlessness. r. f. [from harmhfs.'] 
 Innocence ; freedom from tendency to 
 injiu'y or hurt. 
 
 When, ihruugh taftelefs Hat hun-.iliiy, 
 III dougi. bdk'd men fome h.irrjiujfntf wc fee, 
 'Tis hut i-.is phlegm that 's virtuous, and not he. 
 
 j)onne . 
 
 Compare the harmUffvef, the credulity, the 
 
 tenderntrs, the modeily, and tlic ingenuous pli- 
 
 ab enefs ro virtuous counleis, which is in youth 
 
 untainted, witli the milchicvoufnefs, the flyncfs, 
 
 the craft, the inipudence, the faUTiood, and the 
 
 conhnned ohftinacy in an aged long-praif^ifed 
 
 finner. ScarU 
 
 H a r m o'n r c a l. 7 ^dj- ^■^(j.i.ct'.xo: ; harino- 
 
 Ha'rmomick. J ;j;.j.-.v, Frencii.] 
 
 1. Relating to mufick ; fufceptible of 
 mulical proportion to each other. 
 
 Afta' every three whole notes, nature reoulr- 
 cth, for all h.trmmicat\i(f, one half note to be in« 
 terpoled. Jl.Kcn. 
 
 2. Concordant ; mufical ; proportionetl to 
 each other: lefs properly. 
 
 H.ir:r.otiic.il founds, and difcord.mt founds, are 
 both aflivc and poStive; but blaeknefs and 
 darkncfs are, indeed, but privaiives. En. on. 
 
 So fwclli each wind-pipe j afs intones to afs, 
 ILumoru'ck twang of leather, horn and braf'. 
 
 iV- 
 
 Harmo'nious. adj. \_harmor.ieux, French, 
 from harmony.] 
 
 1 . Adapted to each other; hr,\ ing the parts 
 proportioned to each other; fyn: metrical. 
 
 All the widc-extciidcd ficy. 
 And all the /i(i'«j'fl/^.'(S woiklson high. 
 And Virgil's facred woik (hall dye. Caw/ry. 
 
 G"d has made the intelleftual world harmeniots 
 and beautiful witiiouc us; but it will never come 
 into our heads all at once; we nuift hi ing it heme 
 picce-mcal. , Lt.fe. 
 
 2. Havingfounds concordant toesch other; 
 mufical ; fymphonious. 
 
 Thoughts that voluntary move ha>tmr.ioui num- 
 bers. Milton. 
 
 The verfe of Chaurer Is not hnrmir.io.'it ro us : 
 they who lived with bim, tbougbt it mufical. 
 
 II .i R M o'n I o ti SL Y adv. [from harmoniotis.]' 
 I. With juil adaptation and pioportion of 
 parts to each other.
 
 H AR 
 
 Not cliJos like, togetber cruth'd »n<J Vuii'd ; 
 But : s the worlr, harmonimjly confus'd : 
 \V here orricr in variety we lee, 
 And where, though all things differ, they agree. 
 
 Fopc 
 
 Tli^'.f nil thefe diftances, motions, and quanti- 
 ties of matter Ihould be I'o accurately and har. 
 ■monh:,J}y adjufted in this great variety of our 
 fvftcni, is above the foriaitous hits of blind ma- 
 teriil caufcs, and mult rertainly flo* from that 
 rttrnal fountain of wifdoui. Binthy. 
 
 i. Mufically; with concord of fouiitis. 
 
 If we looli upon the woild as a muficil initru- 
 
 mcut, well-tuned, and har>,iom',uJly ftiuck, wc 
 
 oujht not to worlhip the iniVumcnt, but him 
 
 that makes the niufick. Sii::!ngJ! .:. 
 
 Harmo'>'iousness. n. /. [from harmo- 
 
 r.ioui-.] Proportion; muficalnefs. 
 Ja Ha'rmdnizk. v. a. [ixnm harmony.^ 
 To adiml ill fit proportions; to make 
 mufical. 
 
 Love liril invented vei fc, and form'd the rl.ime, 
 The motion meafur'd, h.-.-mcuz'd the chime. Dry. 
 HA'RMONY. n. J. \_i;^j.'Au; hariMnk, 
 French.] 
 
 1. The jufl; adaptation of one part to a- 
 iiother. 
 
 Tiic ptcafures of the eye and car are but thc 
 eflcfts of equalitv, good proportion, or corrc- 
 fpondence ; lo tliat equality and cotrcfpondcnce 
 are the caufes of h,i>ii:(,ny. B^tcon. 
 
 The h nmoiif oi things, 
 As well as that of founds, from difcoid fprings. 
 
 ])tiihti»:. 
 
 Sure infinite wifdom muft accomplilh all its 
 works with confummalc li^rmcy, proportion, 
 and rcguUiriiy. _ t. ;or:\ 
 
 2. Jullproportionoffound ;muiicalconcoid. 
 
 The found 
 Symplionious, of ten thoufand harps that tun'd 
 Angelic h,iimoi:isi. Miitcn- 
 
 llairtany is a compound idea, made up ot^dit- 
 feient founds uimcd. ^ II .irt>. 
 
 •t. Concord; correfpondent fenliment. 
 
 In U'; both one foul, 
 Harmn'iy to behold in wedded pair I 
 'I^Iore grateful than harmonious founds to ih 
 
 I no focncr in my heart divln'd. 
 My heart, which by a fccrct haimouy 
 Still moves with thine, join'd in connexion fwect 
 
 HA'RNESS. 11. f. [/'i/rWj-, French; fiip- 
 pofed from iern or h'lern, Runick ; htatrn, 
 Weldi and Erfe, iron.] 
 ■I. Armour; defenfive furniture of war. 
 Somewliat antiquated. 
 
 A goodly k-night, all dref^'d in hurmft meet, 
 , Tnat from his head no place appeared to his feet. 
 
 Sptnjcr. 
 
 Of no risht, nor colour like to right, 
 
 He doth fill fields with harmft. Shntffea, c. 
 
 Were I a great man, I Ihould fear to drink : 
 
 I Gicat men (hould diink with harnrfi on their 
 
 tlMoats. SLiiffcarr. 
 
 2. The traces of draught horfcs, particu- 
 "laily of carriages of pleafure or Hate; of 
 
 other carriages we fay geer. 
 
 Or wilt thou ride? Thy horfcs Ihall be tiapp'd, 
 Their hamiji ftudded all with gold and pearl. 
 
 Shiikjpcari:. 
 Their ftceds around. 
 Tree from their hu,r.,Ji, graze the flow'ry ground. 
 
 DryU". 
 
 To Ha'rness. V. a. [from the noun.] 
 I. To drefb in armour. 
 
 He was harnijl light, and to the field goes he. 
 
 ShiiklpciiTe. 
 Full fifty years, harnefi'd in rugged fteel, 
 I have end'nr'd the biting winter's blaft. R'^ict. 
 
 3. To fix horfes in their traces. 
 
 Before the door her iron chariot ftood, 
 AU iwdy harnejfid for joufuey new. S(!nf<r. 
 
 HAR 
 
 Jljrnep the horfe.i, and get up the horfemen, 
 and (land forth with your hamlets. Jtrcmi.ih. 
 
 When I plough ray ground, my horfe is har- 
 nijjed and chained to my plough. llalc. 
 
 To the /larnrjjfri/yokc 
 They lend their (houldei, and begin their toil. 
 
 HARP. n. f. [heapp, Saxon; harpt,Yr. 
 It is ufed through both the Tcutonick 
 and Roman dialeds, and has been long 
 in ufe. 
 
 K'j'UAnufj: lyrafhuJit libi, Bjj/MrKl harpi. 
 Vcn. Fort.] 
 
 I. A lyre; an intlrument ftrung with wire 
 and commonly ftruck with the finger. 
 
 AriiMi, when through tcmpelt cruel wreck 
 He futih was thrown into the greedy fcas, 
 Tluough the Iweet mufick which his hntf did 
 
 make, 
 Alhir'd a dolphin him from death to eafc. Sp^>:l. 
 
 They touch'd thca golden hurp!, and hymning 
 piais'd 
 God and his works. ^UItt,n. 
 
 Nor wanted tuneful harp, nor vocal quire ; 
 The mules fung, Apollo toucii'd the lyre. DryA. 
 
 A condellation. 
 
 Next (hines the h,np, and through the liquid 
 
 Ikies 
 
 The ihcll, as lighteft, firft begins to life; 
 
 Thus when fweet Orpheus ftruck, to lia'ning rocks 
 
 He fcnlcs gave, and ears to wither'd oaks 
 
 2. 
 
 [^Imrpe, 
 
 Creech . 
 French, from 
 
 car. 
 Milton. 
 
 To Harp, -u 
 
 the noun.] 
 
 I. To play on the harp. 
 
 I heard the voice of harpers ha^fwg with their 
 harps. RcveUnm. 
 
 Thmcs without life giving found, whether pipe 
 or iiaip, except they give a diftinaion in the 
 founds, how Ihall it be known what is piped or 
 h.irped? I '■''"■• 
 
 The helmed cherubim, 
 And iworded fcraphim. 
 
 Are fccn in glitfring ranks with wings dilplay'd, 
 Hurpir:^ in loud and fulemn quite. 
 With rmcxprclUve notes to heav'n's n£w-born 
 heir. MUtm. 
 
 You 'J^'? a little too much upon one ftrirg. 
 
 Co.'.'/rr. 
 
 8. To touch any paffion, as the harper 
 touches a firing; to dwell on a lubjcft. 
 
 Giacious duke, 
 llurp not on that, nor do not banilh reafon 
 For inequality; but let your reafon ferve 
 To make the truth appear. Sh^tfpeair. 
 
 For thv good caution, thanks: 
 Thou'll Lrp\l my fear aright. Skukfpejre. 
 
 He feems 
 Proud and difdainful, hirping on what I am. 
 Not what he knew I was. Shakjpcuie. 
 
 H.^'rper. «. / [from harp.] A player 
 on the harp. 
 
 Never will I Iruft to fueeches penn'd. 
 Nor to the motion of a fchool boy's tongue; 
 Nor wooc in rhime, like a blind /i,vpe''s fong. 
 
 ^fjuifpeiire. 
 
 I'm the god of the harp : ftopmy fiireft : — in 
 
 vain ; 
 
 Nor the haip, nor the fi.irper, could fetch her 
 
 again. ^"'■''''• 
 
 Ha'rping Iron. n. f. [from harpago, 
 
 Latin.] A bearded dart with a line 
 
 faftened to the handle, with which whales 
 
 are (Irnck and caught. 
 
 The boat which on the firft alT.uilt did go. 
 Struck with a '.-..irpini hen the younger foe : 
 Who, when he felt his fide fo rudely goar'd, 
 Loud as the lea that nourifii'd him he loar'd. 
 
 ir.illfr. 
 
 Har PON e'er. n. f. [_L]rfcnntr, French, 
 from ^«;/oc/!.] He that throws the 
 harpoon in whikliihing. 
 
 HAR 
 
 Harpo'oM. b. /. [barpon, Frencli.] A 
 
 harping iion. 
 Ha'rpsichord. n. J. A mufical inftru- 
 
 ment, ibung v»ith wire, and played by 
 
 (hiking keys. 
 Ha'rpy. n. /. \^harpyia, iMin ; harpie, 
 
 harpye, French.] 
 
 1. The harphi were a kind of birds which 
 had the faces of women, and foul long 
 claws, very tilthy creatures, which, when 
 the table was furnilhed for Phineus, 
 came flying in, and devouring or carrying- 
 away the greater part of the vicluals, 
 did fo defile the rell that they could not 
 be endured. Raleigh. 
 
 That an l.trpy is not a centaur is by this way 
 as much a truth, as that a fquare is not a circle. 
 
 2. A ravenous wretch; an extortioner. 
 
 I will do you any ainbatfage to the pigmies, 
 rather than hold tluee vi'ords coniciencc with tni« 
 haipy. Shiikjpenre. 
 
 Ha'rouesuss. n.f. [Sec Arquebuse.] 
 
 A hand-gun. 
 H a'rqu E B u s s I ER . n./. [from harquebufs. ] 
 One armed with a harquebufs. 
 
 Twenty ihoufand nimble haKjuehiiffieri were 
 
 ranged in lengtli, and but five in a rank. KnoUes. 
 
 Harrida'n. n.f. [corrupted from harl- 
 
 delle, Fr. a worn-out uorthlcfs horie.} 
 
 A decayed fuumpet. 
 
 She jult cndur'd the winter (he began. 
 And in four montlis a b.ittcrd harri.Un; 
 Now nothing 's left, but wither'd, pale, and 
 
 Ihrunk: 
 To b.iwd for othcts, and go (h.ires with punk. 
 
 a-ivift, 
 Ha'rrow. n. /' [diarroue, French; barcte, 
 German, a rake.] A frame of timbers 
 croffing each other, and let with teeth, 
 drawn over lowed ground to break the 
 clods, and throw the earth over the 
 
 feed. 
 
 The land with daily care 
 Is excrcis'd, and with an iron war 
 Of iTikes and Aurrorei. D'ydrn. 
 
 Two fmall A.tr^oirr, that clap on each fide of 
 the ridge, harrow it right up and down. Moriim. 
 
 To Ha'rrow. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To cover with earth by the harrow. 
 Friend, hjrruiu in time, by fome manner of 
 
 means. 
 Not only tl y pcafon, hut alfo t .y beans. Ti'j/ir, 
 
 2. To break with the harrow. 
 Can'rt thou bind the unicorn with his band in 
 
 the furrow ? or wiU he /lanow the valleys after 
 thcc > J*i. 
 
 Let the Volfcians 
 Plow Rome, and Jijrr-j-v Italy. Shuiffiare, 
 
 3. To tear up; to rip up. 
 I could a talc unfold, vidiofc lightcft word 
 
 Would iuirroxu up thy foul, fieczc thy young- 
 blood, 
 
 Make thy two eyes, like fl.irs, ftart from their 
 fphi.res. Sli.AJpenre. 
 
 Imagine you behold me hound and fcourg'd, 
 
 My aged mufcles l:jri</w',l up with wiiips; 
 
 Or hear nic groaning on the rending lack. Reive. 
 
 4. To pillage; to ilrip ; to lay walte. See 
 Hakky, which in Scottiilr is the fame 
 thing. 
 
 .'^s the king did excel in good commonwealth 
 
 laws, fo he had in fecret a delign to make ufe of 
 
 them, as well for collefling of ncafiire as for 
 
 corrciting of manners: and fo meaning thereby 
 
 to /lariow his people, did accumulate them the 
 
 rati er. B.icen. 
 
 To invade; to harafs with incurfions. 
 
 [from hepgian, Saxon.] Obfolete. 
 
 I 
 
 5-
 
 n A R 
 
 AnH he that h.irtoiu'ii hell with licnvy fiowrf, 
 The (aiilty fouls from ihcncc brought to liU hc.i- 
 \taly boM-rc. h'uiry Q'iff/i. 
 
 Mufl gluii.nis LukI of life, that on lUU day 
 Did'lt make thy rriiiinph over death and fin; 
 
 And luitjnj; /i.;/f vif'./ hell, did'll bring away 
 
 Captivity ll encc CJjHivc, ust.>wil). Spoifci . 
 
 ft. To diRtirb; to put into coitiniotioii. 
 
 [This lliotild ratlici- bt; wiltten harry, 
 
 liarir, French.] 
 
 Moft lifct; it Ajr/»^ii mc witli fc.ir.ind wonder. 
 
 ^ Sftakfi't^arc, 
 
 Ainaz'd I (loud, /w; ««>'</ with g_ticfnnd care-. 
 
 M.'ivi. 
 Ha'rrow. inter'. An exclamation of fuJ- 
 den dlllrtls. Now out of ufe. 
 
 Hiinow ii'jw out and \\'cal away, iic cried; 
 Wliat difm d day hatli lent this ciirfcd liglir, 
 To iec my Knd lo dcadiv daninity'd? Spt-i./fr. 
 Ha'rkowhr. n.f. [fiom iarrcic] 
 1. He who harrows. 
 
 f. A kiiitl of hawk. Ainfivorth. 
 
 To Ha'rry. IK a. [/jarcr, French.] 
 1. To teafc; to liare ; to nifflt. 
 
 Thou nuirt not lake my former (harpncfs ilh 
 • — I rO]H'ni nic much 
 
 That I fo /i. irry' J him. Sr.jhfpiai,:. 
 
 i. In Scotland it figiiifies to ;ob, plunder, 
 or opprcfs: as, cue harried « «t//; that 
 is, he took the young away: as alio, 
 he hitrried me out cf kaufe and home; that 
 is, he robbed me of my goods, and 
 turned me out of doors. See To Har- 
 row. 
 HARSH, adj. [heri-!fihe,Germ. Silnner.] 
 
 1. Auftere; roughly four. 
 
 Our natuic here is not iiidikc our wine ; 
 Some forts, wlien old, continue Lriik and fine : 
 So age's gravity may fccm fcvcre. 
 But nothing iurj/i or bitter ought t'appcar. Dini:. 
 
 Sweet, bitter ^fuur, /i.i:/i and fait, arc all th.c 
 c^iitKets we have to denominate that numberlcfs 
 variety of relidies. Loci,-. 
 
 The fame dcfcft of heat which gives a fiercc- 
 nefb to our natures, maycontribute to that roiigh- 
 ncfs of our language, which bears lorae analogy 
 to the fitir/i fruit of colder countries. Siu:Jt. 
 
 2. Rough to the ear. 
 
 A name unmuficalto Volfcian ca-s, 
 And hnijit in lound to thine. Sh.ikfpciirf. 
 
 Age might, what nature never gives thcyuung, 
 Have taught the fmoothnefs of thy native tongue; 
 But fatirc needs not th.it, and wit will (hine 
 Tnrough the h.irjh cadence of a rugged line. 
 
 Dryde,i. 
 
 The unneceffjiy confonants made their fpelling 
 tedious, and their pronunciation km/A. Drtdin. 
 
 Thy lord commands rhec now 
 With a hurjh voice, and fupercilicus brow. 
 To fetvilc duties. jbryden. 
 
 3. Crabbed; morofe; peevifh. 
 
 He was a wife man and an eloquent; but in 
 his natuie harjh and haugluy, BacQii. 
 
 Bear patiently the iuujk words of thy enemies, 
 as knowing that the anger of an enemy admoniflies 
 us of our duty. Taytcji, 
 
 No karjji lefleftion let remembranee laife ; 
 Foihear to mention what thou can'ft not praifc. 
 
 Frio, . 
 
 A certain quieknefs of apprehcnfion inclined 
 him to kindle into the lir(( motions of anger; bur, 
 for a long time before he died, no one heard an 
 intemperate or h>ijh word proceed from him. 
 
 Atterhur\. 
 
 4. Rugged to the touch; rough. 
 
 Black feels asif you were feeling needles points, 
 or fomc ha-Jh land; and red feels very fniooth. 
 
 BoyU. 
 
 5. Unplealing; rigorous. 
 
 With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd ; 
 Thorign hmjh the precept, yet the pieachcr 
 charm'd. D'y.icn. 
 
 Ha'rshlv. udv. [from harfj.] 
 Vol. I. 
 
 M A R 
 
 1. fiotirly; aufterely to the paint?, as un- 
 ripe fruit. 
 
 2. With violence; in oppofition to gcntlc- 
 nefs, unlefs in the following pafTage it 
 rather ii^nillcs unripcly. 
 
 'Till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 
 Into thy mother's l.ip ; or he with cafe 
 Gather'd, not h.irjhh pluck'd. i^U/tan. 
 
 3. tjcvertly; moiofely; crabbedly. 
 
 I wonid i.;llier he was :\ man of a loiigh tcm- 
 pci, that would treat me luKfily, than of an ef- 
 fcmiuare nature. Addihn. 
 
 4. Unpleafantly to the ear. 
 
 My wife is in a wayward mood to-day ; 
 1 tell you, 'twould found harjhiy in her cars. 
 
 Sh.ikfpeare. 
 Get from him why he puts on this confufKin, 
 Grating fo ha>jh!y all Ins days of quiet 
 With turiiulcnr and dang'rous lunacy. Sliaifp. 
 The rings of iron tlut on the doors were hung, 
 .'icnt out a jarring found, and haijhh rung. DryJ. 
 Ha'rsHNEss. n.f. [ixom haijl.} 
 
 1. Sournefs; aullcre talle. 
 
 Take an apple and roll it upon a Table hard : 
 the rolling doih fol'ten and fvrecten the fruit, 
 which is nothing but the fmooth diltiibutii'n of 
 the fpirifs iiuo the parts; for tiic unequal ditiii- 
 butionrjf the fpirits inakclh the harj/niep, Sii.o'i, 
 
 2. Rouglincfs to t!te ear. 
 
 Neither can the natural h,t'JJinrJi of the French, 
 or the perpetual ill accent, be everietincd iiita 
 perfect luirmony tike the Italian. Drydcn. 
 
 Cannot I admrrc the height of Milton's inven- 
 tion, and the flrength of his exprcffion, without 
 di fending his antiquated words, «ud the perpe- 
 tual /;flr/'/;,f/*j of their found. ])ryjert. 
 
 'Tis bot enough no finrj/.^riep gives oflfcncc; 
 The found mult Iccm an echo to the fenfe. Foj>e. 
 
 3. Ruggednefs to the touch. 
 
 Har/inifs and ruggednefs of bodhrs is upplca- 
 fant to the touch. Bacon. 
 
 4. Crabb.;dntfs; morofenefs; peeviflinefi. 
 
 Thy trndcr hct'ied nature Ihall not give 
 Thee o'er to huijinrft : her eyes are fierce, but 
 
 thine 
 Do comtort and not burn. Skakjptare. 
 
 HART. n.f. [heopr, Saxon.] A he deer; 
 the m^le of the roe. 
 
 That inilant was I turn'd into n hart, 
 And my dclircs, like fell and cruel hounds. 
 E'er fince purfue me. Shakheare. 
 
 The dear 
 And fearful har'.% do wander every where 
 Amidit the dogs. Mu'/'i rirgH. 
 
 Ha'rt-roval. n.f. A plant. A fpecies 
 of buckthorn plantain. 
 
 Ha'rtshokn. n.f. A drug. 
 
 Hartjhotn is a drug that comes into ufe many 
 ways, and under many foiras. What is uferi 
 here are tjie whole hoiiw of the common male 
 deer, which fall off every year. This fpecies is 
 the fallow dcci ; but fome tell us, that the medi- 
 cinal hiirtjhwn (hould be that of the true halt or 
 flag. The fait of hjrijliotn is a gre.it fudorihck, 
 and the Ipirithas all the virtues of volatile alkalies: 
 It is uferi to bring people out of fainlings by its 
 pungency, holding it under the note, and peiiiring 
 down Ionic drops of it in water. liill. 
 
 Kamofc concretions of the volatile falls are ob- 
 fervabtc upon the glafs of the receiver, wliilll the 
 fpirits of vipers and h.tttj!i(jrn are drawn. IfacJiv. 
 
 Ha'rtshokn. n. /. An herb. Jlnfiv. 
 
 Ha'rtstongue. «. f. [lingua cervina, 
 Latin.] A plant. 
 
 It commonly grows out from the joints of old 
 walls and buildings, where they aic moill and 
 (hady. There arc very few of them in Europe. 
 
 M:llcr. 
 
 U.irtflongut is propagated by parting the roots, 
 
 and alfo by feed. Mutimtr. 
 
 Ha'rtwort. n. f. [lordyllum, Latin.] 
 An umbelliferous plant. Milkr. 
 
 HA'RVEST. n.f [hx-ppert, Saxon.] 
 
 HAS 
 
 I. The fcafon of reaping and gathering 
 the corn. 
 
 As it ebbs, the fcedfman 
 Upon the (lime and oo7C fcattcrs his grain, 
 And Ihorlly corties lo liurvrj}. itlitilfpt-itre. 
 
 With h.trvcji work he is worfc than in fprmg. 
 L^fjlianie. 
 
 z. The corn ripened, gathered, andinncd. 
 
 From Ireland come I with my flrengtli. 
 And leap the /:ii' rrji which tliat lalcaJ low'd. 
 
 Shakjpeare, 
 
 When the ftther is too fondly kind. 
 Such feed he fows, fuch haneji Ihall he find. 
 
 3. The produtft of labour. 
 
 Let us the hari'rji of our labour Cat; 
 'Tis labour makes lh( coarfcff diet fwect. D'jJtn, 
 Ha'rvest-hoime. n.f. 
 
 1 . The fong which the reapers iing tt the 
 fcall made for having inned the harveft. 
 
 Your hay itisniow'd, and your corn isrcap'd; 
 Your barns will be full, and your hovels hcap'd ; 
 
 Come, my boys, conrc, 
 
 Co.Tie, my boys, come, 
 And meriily roar out k^irvrji-hame. Dry.Un. 
 
 2. The time <if gathering harveft. 
 
 At h.trrrji'h'imi, and on the flieaung day, 
 V.'hcn he Ihoiild thanks to V.\n and Pales pay. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 3. The opportunity of gathering treafore. 
 
 His wit'e I will ufe as the key of the cuckoldy 
 rogue's coifer; and there \n\y k^rTfJi-htimc. Shakf^ 
 
 Ha'r VEST-LORD. n.f. Tlic head reaper 
 at the harveft. 
 
 Giant harv^j^-h^d more by a penny or two, 
 To call on his fellows the better to ilo. Tujftr. 
 
 Ha'rvester. n.f. [from ^arr£/7.] One 
 
 who works at the harveft. 
 Ha'rvestman. n.f. [/lart'f/? and mair.] 
 A labourer in harveft. 
 
 Like to a harviji-man that's ta(k'd lo mow 
 Or all, or lofc his hire. Shdkffcayt, 
 
 To Hash. v. u. [hachei-, French.] To 
 mince; to chop into fmall pieces and 
 mingle. 
 
 He fais'd his arm 
 Above his head, and rain'd a ftorm 
 Of blows fo terrible and thick. 
 As if he meant to haj/t I.er quick. iJrtdihtai^ 
 
 What have tiicy tj compiam o{ but too great 
 vaiiety, though fome of tiie dilhcs be not fcivcd 
 in tne exaifleft order and politenci's; but h:ijhrd 
 up in h.ifte ? G.itth. 
 
 Hask. ti. J. This feems to fignify a cafe or 
 habitation made »f rufties or flags. Ob- 
 folcte. 
 
 Phcebus, weary of his yearly taflc, 
 Eftablillicd hath his lieeds in lowly l,iy, 
 
 And taken up his inn in filhes huji. Sprrtfcr 
 
 Ha'slet. 1 n. f \Jiafla, Iflandick, a 
 
 Ha'r'ilet. J bundle; hnjlerel, haflereaut 
 hifi'ur, French.] The heart, liver, anil 
 lights, of a hog, with the windpipe, 
 and part of the throat to it. 
 
 Hasp. n.f. [hxpp, Saxon, \\ hence in fome 
 provinces it is yet c.illcd l)dpfe.'[ A clafp 
 folded over a ftaple, and faftened on 
 with a padlock. 
 
 Have doors to open and fliut at plcafnre, witb 
 k.ifp^ to ihcm. hUrtinifr. 
 
 To Hasp. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 ftiut with a hafp. ' 
 
 Ha'seock. n.f. \hafcch. Germ.] Shinner. 
 
 1. A thick mat oit which men kneel at 
 church. 
 
 He found his parirtiioners very irregular : and 
 in order to make them kneel, and join in tlic 
 refponfits, he Kave every oue of thciw a hiijfdik 
 and cymmqa praver liook. i^iidijtit, 
 
 5 ^^
 
 HAS 
 
 3. In Scotland it is applied to any thing 
 
 made of rufhes or privet, on which a 
 
 perfon may fit : it is therefore probable 
 
 that bajfcck and hajk are the fame. 
 
 Hast. The fecond perfon fingular of 
 
 ha-je. 
 HASTE, n.f. {hajle, Fr. haejle, Dut.] 
 I. Hurry; fpeed; nimblenefs; precipi- 
 tation. 
 
 Spare him, death ! 
 But O, tliou wilt not, can'ft not fpare ! 
 Mafle hath never time to hear. Crajhi'.u. 
 
 Our lines refoim'd, and notcompos'd in haf,e, 
 Polifli'd lilic marble, would like marble laft; 
 But as the prefeiit, fo the laft age writ ; 
 111 both wc find like negligence and wit. 
 
 IValkr. 
 
 In as much hafic, as I am, I cannot forbear 
 
 giving an example. Drydii. 
 
 The wretched father running to their aid 
 With pious ha^t, but vaia, they next invade. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 5. Paflion ; vehemfnce. 
 
 I faid in ray hafc all men are liars. Tfjlmi. 
 
 To Haste. ") -p. n. [hajler, French ; 
 To Ha'stf.n. \ haf.en, Dutch.] 
 
 1, To make halle ; to be in a hurry; to 
 be bufy ; to be fpeedy. 
 
 I have not hajler.ed from being a paftor to fol- 
 low tlice. Ji-c-r.hh- 
 
 2. To move with fvriftnefs, eagernefs, or 
 hurry. 
 
 'Tis Cinna, I do know him by his gait ; 
 He is a friend. Cinna, where tt^e you fo ? 
 
 Sh^lfp'are. 
 
 They were troubled and hiped away, Pf^'ms. 
 
 All thole things areuaiTcd away like a ihadow, 
 »nrf as a poft that A..y.W 'ly. tVifiim 
 
 Kafting to pav his tribute to the fca. 
 Like mortal life to meet etcrnitj'. Denh'^tr. 
 
 Thefe rites peiform'd, the prince, without delay, 
 Vafies to the nether world, his deftin'd w.iy. 
 
 IJryder.. 
 
 To diftant Sparta, and the fpacious wafie 
 Of fandy Pyle, ft royal youth (Iiall h.jjle. Tofi. 
 
 Soon as the fun awakes, the fprightly court 
 Leave their repofe, snikaftcr. to the fpovt. Pr.cr 
 
 7o Haste. 7 -v. a. To pufti forward ; 
 To Ha'steS. 5 to urge on; to precipi- 
 tate ; to drive a fwifter pace. 
 
 Let it be fn i':.:Jlcd, that fupper be ready at the 
 farthetl by five of the clock. Shuhf.earr. 
 
 All hopes of fuccour from your arms ate pali ; 
 To favc us now, you rouft uur ruin r.tijie. lyryd. 
 
 Eachfecshis iampwithdiff'rtn'luftrccrownV.; 
 Eacii knows his courfewithdiii' rent periods bound; 
 And in his paffage through the liquid fpacc. 
 Nor idy?^«i TICS' letards his neighbour's race. Prior. 
 
 Ha'stejier. n. f. [from hajten.'\ One 
 
 that hnllcns or hurries. 
 Ha'stily. ar/TJ. [from hap.y.'\ 
 
 1. In a hurry; fptedily; nimbly; quickly. 
 
 A vo cc th.it called loud and clear. 
 Come hither, hither, O come hafiily .' Sfcnfer. 
 
 If youi grace iric line that wc Ihould live. 
 You muft-Bor, fir, too iiWy forgive. H'alltr. 
 
 The next to riar^ger hot pjrfu'd by fate. 
 Half cloth 'd, half naked, hafiily retire. DryJin. 
 
 2. Raftily; preciiritately. 
 
 Without confidcring conf-'ouenccs, we hafi'r^y 
 engaged in a wjr which hath coft us fixty 
 millions. S-.vsj:. 
 
 J. Paffionatcly ; with vehemence. 
 Ha'stimess. n. /. [ from' hajtj. ] 
 I. Hade ; fpeed. 
 a. Hurry ; precipitation. 
 
 A fellow bcicj oul of breath, or fecming to 
 Ke foi halte, with numbie hi'^tn.-f'- tcld Bafiluu. 
 
 Sidnfv. 
 
 3. Ra(K cagcrneCi. 
 
 HAT 
 
 The turns of his vcrfe, his breaking!, his pro- 
 priety, his numbers, and his gravity, I have as 
 tar imitated as the poverty of our language, and 
 the kajiinefs of my performance, would allow. 
 
 Drydet 
 
 There is moft juft caufe to fear, left our iafii- 
 
 nffi to embrace a tning of fo perilous confequer.cc, 
 
 Ihould caufe pofterity to feel thofe evils. Honker. 
 
 4. Angry ttlHnefs ; paffionate vehemence. 
 
 Ha'stings. n. f. [from hajiy.'\ Peas 
 
 that come early. 
 
 The large white and green hajiivgs are not 
 to be fct till the cold is over. Mzrtimer. 
 
 Ha'sty. adj. \httjl\f, French, from hojle; 
 haeflig, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Quick.; fpeedy. 
 I* this the counl'el that wc twoliavelliar'd, 
 
 The fiiicrs vows, the hours that we have fpent, 
 
 When we have chid the hajiy footed time 
 
 For parting us ! Shakfpearc. 
 
 2. Paliionate; vehement. 
 He that is flow to wrath is of great onder- 
 
 fianding; but he that is h.cfy ai fpirit exalteth 
 folly. Prwerbi. 
 
 3. RaHi ; precipitate. 
 
 Secli thou a man that is hafy in his words ? 
 There is more liopc of a fool than of him. Prrrj, 
 
 Be not ralh with thy mouth, and let not thine 
 heart be hapy to utter any thing before God. 
 
 Ecd:;. 
 
 4. Early ripe. 
 Beauty ihall be a fading flower, and as the 
 
 hajiy fruit before the fummer. If.iiaJ:. 
 
 Ha'sty-pi;dding. ti.f. A pudding made 
 of milk and flower, boiled quick to- 
 gether ; as slfo of oatmeal and water 
 boiled together. 
 
 Sure hafy-fuddJig is thy chiefell dr(h, 
 With bullock's liver or fomc linking filh. Dorfil. 
 
 H.AT. n.f. [hsr, Saxon ; hait. Germ.] 
 A cover for the head. 
 
 She 's as big as he is ; and there 's her thrum 
 Anr, and her mui?.er too. Shukff-tarr. 
 
 Out of mere ambition you haxe made 
 Yourholy hat be liampr on thcking's coin. Sf:ak. 
 
 His hut was like a helmet, or Spanilh roonterti. 
 
 £acor. 
 
 Hermes o'er his head in air appcar'd. 
 And with fofr words his drooping fpirils cheer'd , 
 His Ad.* adorn'd witn wings difelos'd the god. 
 And in bis hand he bore the fleep-compelling rod. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Ha'tbaND. n. f. \hat and land.^ A 
 firing tied round the hat. 
 
 They h.id hats of blue velvet, » ith fine plumes 
 of divers colours, fet round like hjthandi. Bucon. 
 
 Room for the noble gladiator ! fee 
 Kis coat and h.i:b-iud (hew his quality. DryJen. 
 Ha'tcase. n./. [hat zvA Cdfir.] A fligiit 
 box for a hat. 
 
 1 might mention a katCijfe, which I would not 
 exchange for all the beavers in Great Britain. 
 
 Addifin 
 
 To H.ITCH. -v. a. [bechc-n, German, as 
 Skinner thinks, from heghen, eghin, ceg, 
 egg, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To produce young from eggs by the 
 warmth of incubation. 
 
 He kindly fpreads his fpacious wing, 
 And h.tteksi plenty for th' eufuiiig fpriiig. 
 
 Deniattti 
 The tepid caves, and fens and Ihores, 
 Their blood as numerous hauh from th'eggs, 
 
 that l'<>on 
 Burfting with kindly rapture, forth difclos'd 
 Their callow young. ^fi/ton. 
 
 2. To quicken the egg by incubation. 
 Wren they have laid fucii a number of eggs as 
 
 they can conveniently cover and katekj they give 
 
 over, and begin lo fir. Sny. 
 
 Oliicrs hatch their eggs, and tend the birth, 
 
 'liii it a alk 10 fliift for itfcif. Md!/'". 
 
 HAT 
 
 3. To produce by precedent aftion. 
 
 Which thing they vei7 well know, and, I doubt 
 not, will eali.y confefs, who live to their great 
 both toil and grief, where the blafphcmies of 
 Arians are renewed by them ; vho, to hattk 
 their herefy, have chofcn thofe churches as fitted 
 nefts, where Athanafius's creed is net heard. 
 
 ih!,ktr. 
 
 4. To form by meditation ; to contrive. 
 
 He was a man harmlcfs and faithful, and one 
 w-ho never hatched any hopes prejudicial to the 
 king, but always intended his fafcty and honour. 
 
 HayvsarJ, 
 
 5. [from hachcr, French, to cut.] To 
 {hade by lines in drawing or graving. 
 
 Who firft Ihall wound, through others arms, 
 his blood appearing frefti. 
 Shall win this fword, lilver'd ^wihntcht. Ckafmar:^ 
 
 Such as Agamemnon and the hand of Greece 
 Should hold up high in brafs ; and fucli again 
 As venerable Kelfor, AurciV in filver. 
 Should with a bond of air, flrorg as the axle- 
 tree 
 On which heav'n rides, knit all the Grecian ears 
 To ills experienc'd tongue. Shuifpearc. 
 
 Thofe tender hairs, and thofe hatching ftrokes 
 of the pencil, which make a kind of minced 
 meat in painting, are never able to deceive the 
 fight. Dryden, 
 
 To H.^TCH. t.. n. 
 
 1. To be in a ftate of growing quick. 
 
 He obferved ciicumftauces in eggs, whilft they 
 were Aj/rj^;/;^, which varied. , Boyie. 
 
 2. To be in a ilate of advance toward 
 effea. 
 
 Hatch, n.f. [fiom the verb. J 
 
 1. A brood excluded from the egg. 
 
 2. The acl of exclufion from the egg. 
 
 3. Difclofure ; difcovery. 
 
 Something 's in his foul. 
 O'er which his melancholy fits on brood : 
 And, I do doubt, tht hatch and the difclofc 
 Will be fome danger. Shakf^-ctirc^i Hamlcf. 
 
 4. [haeca, Saxon ; heche, Dutch, a bolt.] 
 A hall door ; a door with opening over 
 it ; perhaps from hacher, to cut, as a 
 hatch is part of a door cut in two. 
 
 Something about, a little from the right. 
 In at the wii.dow, or elfc o'er the hatch. Shakfp. 
 
 S' [In the plufaL] The doors or open- 
 ings by which they defcend from one 
 deck or floor of a fnip to another. 
 
 To the king's flijp, invifihic as rhou art. 
 There flijli tiii/U find the maiiners afleep 
 Under the hatches. Shaifpi art* s Temftji, 
 
 There (he '5 hid ; 
 The mariners all under ^ti/r.rrs ftow'd. Shahfp. 
 So feas, impell'd by winds with added pow'r, 
 AiTau't the fides, and o'er tie halehrs tow'r. 
 
 ^tydm. 
 A ihip was falten'dto the ihorc; 
 The plank was ready laid for fafc sfcent. 
 For flieircr there the trembling (hadow l>enf. 
 And ftipp'd and fltulk'd, and under hatchiitimx. 
 
 Dtyda. 
 
 6. To le unJer Hatches. To be in a 
 ftate of ignominy, poverty, or ds- 
 prefiion. 
 
 He aflutes us how this fatherhood continued its 
 courff, 'till the captivity in Egypt, and then the 
 poor fathetbood was :.nder h.itchci, Locke. 
 
 7. Hatches. Floodgates. Ainftvorth. 
 To HA'TCHEL. 1). a. \hachelen,Gtrva.'\ 
 
 To beat flax foas to feparate the fibrous 
 
 from the brittle part. 
 
 The aibcftos mentioned by Kircher, in his de- 
 fcriplion of Ciiina, put into water, moulders like 
 clay, and is a fibrous fniall excrefcence, like hairs 
 growing upon the Hones ; and for the hat^htUmgy 
 fpinning, and weaving it, .he refers to his mundui 
 Juvtiirar.cui. ff'ciidii-Hrd.
 
 HAT 
 
 Ha'tchei. h. /. [fiom the verb; kt- 
 
 chel, Cicnnaii.] The inllnimciit wiih 
 
 which flax h beaten. 
 Ha'tchf.li.lr. n. f. [from /xj/f/ii/. ] A 
 
 beater of flax. 
 HA'l'CHET. «./. [back; hachctcc, Fr. 
 
 ojaa, Latin.] A Imall axe. 
 The hanhtt ii to hew the irRgviljritics of llutV. 
 
 His harmful hatchtt he hcnt in his hand, 
 And to the ticld he fpecdctli. Sfcnfr. 
 
 Yc fliall ! avc a hempen caudle tlien, and the 
 help of a httlrhct. S'uikfpcari:^ i Ihnry vi. 
 
 Nails, hammers, luuchni (haip, and li.iltci:; 
 rtroiij. Oajliaui. 
 
 Tynhcns,''thc fofler-fsthcr of the heart, 
 Then clcnch'da ^.rf^/if/ in his horny filh Oryi. 
 Our countryni.in picfcnted him with a curious 
 kKichcl, and alking him whether it had a good 
 edge, tried it upon the donor. jldd'j'in. 
 
 Ha'tchet-fa CE. n. f. An ugly face; 
 fuch, 1 ftippofc, as might be hewn out 
 of a block by a hatchet. 
 
 An ape his ov;\\ dear irnngc will embrace : 
 An ugly beau adores a hatchct'Jticc, Dryitr'i. 
 
 Ha'tchmext. n. f. [cotriipted from 
 achievement. See AcH ievement.] Ar- 
 morial efcutcheon placed over a door at 
 a funeral. 
 
 His means of death, his obfcurc funeral, 
 No trophy, fword, nor haichmenf o'er his bones, 
 No nobk tires nor formal oltcntatiun, 
 Cry to be heard. Sk i<f^eare. 
 
 Ha'tchway. n. f. [hatches and luay.^ 
 
 riie way over or through the hatches. 
 To HATE. V. a. [harian, Saxon.] To 
 deteft ; to abhor ; to abominate ; to 
 regard with the paffion contrary to love. 
 
 You are, I think, afluiM I love you not. 
 —Your majefly hath no jurt caufc to fiiiu me. 
 
 Do all men kill the thing they do not love ? 
 — f/tf/ri any man tiiethinj he would not kill ? 
 — Every offence is not a liatc at firlK Shitkfp. 
 
 Thofo old inhabitants of tiiy holy land thou 
 kjlejl for doing moll odious works. iVlfhvi, 
 
 But whatfoevcr our jarring fortunes prove. 
 Though our lords luite, methiaks wc two may 
 hve. Dt\Je'i. 
 
 Hate. n. f. [hare, Saxon.] Malignity; 
 deteftation ; the contrary to love. 
 
 Speak then to me, who neither beg nor fear 
 
 Your favours nor your hate. Sh,ikff>eat(. 
 
 Utile io Mezentius, arm'd five hundred mure. 
 
 Dryde,:. 
 Nauhcaa teaches, that the affliftcd are not al- 
 ways the objcffts of divine Jijte. Brmne. 
 Ha'teful. ajj. [hate and fulJ.] 
 
 1 . That caufes abhorrence ; odious ; abo- 
 minable ; deteilable. 
 
 My name 's Macbeth. 
 —The devil hinifcif could not pronounce a title 
 More /uJ fe/ut to mine ear. Shakfpciirt-. 
 
 There is no vice more hateful to God and man 
 than ingratitutle. Veacham. 
 
 What owe I to his commands 
 Who hates me, and hath hither thruft me down, 
 To lit in hatrjiil office here confin'd, 
 Inhabitant of heav'n, and heav'nly born? Mill, 
 
 I hear the tread 
 O! hateful flops ; I mull beviewlefs now. Milt. 
 But Umbricl, hatifttl gnome ! forbears not fo ; 
 He breaks the phial whence the forrows flow. 
 
 T'.pe. 
 
 2. That feels abhorrence ; abhorrent; de- 
 telling ; malignant ; malevolent. 
 
 PaUmon, compell'd 
 No more to try the fortune of the field ; 
 And, worfe than death, to view with hateful eya 
 His rival's conqueft. J)rjtdcn. 
 
 Ha'tefully. ai/v. [(rom hateful.] 
 
 I. Odioufly ; abominably. 
 
 H A V 
 
 2. Malignantly; malicioufly. 
 
 Ail tlicir hcjits ftood h.ifejuiiy 2^^M 
 LoMij Alice. C/hifmart. 
 
 They (hall deal witU thcc hatefuUy^ lukc awjy 
 ;tll thy Ubuur, and leave thee naked and h^ic. 
 
 Ha'tefulness. «. / [from hatcfuL] 
 
 Odioufncis. 
 Ha'ter. «. /. [from hale.'] One lUat 
 hates ; an abhoru-r ; a dctciltr. 
 
 I of hcv iindcrftoucl ot lliat moll noble con- 
 ilancy, which whofocvci loves nt>r, (hews hini- 
 felflo (ic a hater of virtue, and unwoithy to lux 
 in the focicty of mankind. Sidney. 
 
 WhiUl lie flood up and fpokc, 
 He w:is my maftcr, and I woic my life 
 To fpciul upon his haters. Skah^f>eare. 
 
 An cncnny to God, and a hater of all govd. 
 
 Tliey never wanted fo much knowledge as To 
 inform and convince them of the unlawfulncfs of 
 a man's hcing a murderer, an hat^r of Cjd, and 
 a covciiant-bicakci-. South. 
 
 Ha'tred, «. y' [from ^j/t'.] Hate; ill- 
 will ; malignity; malevolence; diflike; 
 abhorrence ; deteftation ; abomination; 
 the pafTion contrary to lov^e, 
 
 HutreJ. is the thought of the pain which any 
 thing piefent or abfcnt is apt to produce in us. 
 
 Locic. 
 
 I wifh I had a caufe to feck Uim there, 
 To oppoffi liis /i.it/eJ fully. Sh.skjpeare. 
 
 Hutted is the p^vlfion of defiance, and there is 
 a kind of averfation and hoftiJity included in its 
 very elfcncc ; but then, if there could have been 
 ^d/rft/ in the woild when there was fcarcc any 
 thing odious, it would have a6ted within the com- 
 pafs of its proper object. South, 
 
 llatredi are often begotten from flight and ai- 
 nioit innocent occalions, and quarrels propagated 
 in tiic world. Locke. 
 
 Retain no malice nor ^ii/rr(/ againft any : be 
 ready to do them all thekindnefs you are able. 
 
 She is a prcfbylerian of the moft rank arrd 
 virulent kind, and confcqucntly has an inveterate 
 hatted 10 tlie church. Swift. 
 
 Hatred has in it the gailt of murder, and Kilt 
 the guilt of adultery. Skerkck. 
 
 To Ha^tter. v. a, [perhaps corrupted 
 from baiter,] To harafs ; to weary; 
 to wear out with fatigue 
 
 He 's hattet'J out with penance. 
 
 Drydo 
 
 Ha'tter. n. f* [from hat,] A maker 
 of hats. 
 
 A hjttey fells a dozen of hats for five fliilllngs 
 a-picce. S-u-ift. 
 
 Ha'ttock. tj./, [attocj^. Elk.] A fliock 
 of corn. Dili, 
 
 Hau'berk, n, /. [hau6ergf old French.] 
 A coat of mail ; a brcallplate. 
 
 Him on the h.tuberk ilruck the princcfs fore, 
 Thnr quite difpaitcd all the lioked frame, 
 And pierced to the (khi. Fatty Qtacn. 
 
 Haul'irki and helms arc hew'd with many a 
 wound ; 
 The mighty maces with fuch hafte dcfcend, 
 They break the bones, and make the I'olid ar- 
 mour bend. Dtyden, 
 
 To Have, 'v, a, in the prcfent I have^ 
 thou hd/}^ he haih ; we, ye, they have ; 
 pret. and part. pall', had, [habatt, 
 Gothick ; habban, Saxon ; hebbcn^ 
 Dutch; ^ro/r, French ; j-yfrf, Italian. J 
 
 1 . Not to be without. 
 
 I have brought him before you, that after exa- 
 mination had, I might have lomcthlng to write. 
 
 2. To carry ; to wear. 
 
 Upon the maft they faw a yonng man, who fat 
 as on hoifcback, hizi-g no;iiing upon him. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 TI A V 
 
 3. To make nfc of. 
 
 \ h.ive no Lcvitc to my pricA. JuS^eu 
 
 4. To pofFcfs. 
 
 He ilut gathered much had nothing over, and 
 lie [hat gathticd little /(.ii no lack. lix^dus, 
 
 5. To obtain ; to enjoy ; to poflefs. 
 
 Nu\\ , O Father, glor/fy me with thine own 
 felf, with thu glory which 1 had wilh thcc before 
 the world was. John, 
 
 G, '1 o take ; to receive. 
 
 A Itcret liappincfs in Pctronius is called curioja 
 feUcitaSf and which I fuppofc he had from xheje- 
 /ic/ur (tudirc of Hoiace. DijJcn. 
 
 7. To be in any ftate ; to be attended 
 with or united to as accident or con- 
 comitant. 
 
 Hme I need of raadmcn, that yc have brought 
 this fellow } I Sjtn, 
 
 8. To put ; to take. 
 
 That done, go and cart it, and /iave it away, 
 
 5, To procure ; to find. 
 
 I would -^<^'-f any one n.imc to me thattongua, 
 th^t one can fpcuk a:> he ihuuld do, by the n:ici 
 of grammar. Ltckt, 
 
 10. Not to negle6\ ; not to omit. 
 
 I cannot fpeak; if my heart be not ready ta 
 burlr t Well, fwcct Jack, have a care of thyfclf. 
 
 Skill fpeare^i Hfnry i\ , 
 
 Your pica Is good ; but ftill I fay beware : 
 Laws are cxpl.Tin'd by men; fo havcTi care. Pofe, 
 
 11. To hold ; to regard. 
 
 Of the maid fervants Ihall I be had in honour, 
 
 2 Sawuc'. 
 The proud have Itad me greatly lu derifion. 
 
 Vjalmi^ 
 
 12. To maintain ; to hold opinion. 
 
 Sometimes ihey will have them to be natural 
 hear, wheicas fome of them are etude and cold; 
 and fomctimes they will AaT'^ them to be the qua- 
 lities of tlic tangible parts, whereas thty arc 
 things by tlicmfelves. Bac^n, 
 
 13. To contain. 
 
 Vou have of thcfe pedlars that hai>e more in 
 'cm than you'd think, filltr. Shakjpe.tre, 
 
 I will never liult a man again for keeping his 
 fword clean ; nor believe he can have every thing 
 in hiiu by wearing his apparel neatly, ShakJ^, 
 
 14. To require ; to claim. 
 
 What would thefe madmen hjve ? 
 Firft they would bribe us without pence, 
 Deceive as wiilmut common fenfe. 
 
 And without pow'r enllavc. Dryden, 
 
 15. To be a hu(band or wife to another. 
 
 If I had been mairied to bim, for all he was 
 in woman's apparel, 1 would not have had him. 
 
 ShaJ; 'peart, 
 
 16. To be engaged, as in a tall: or em- 
 ployment. 
 
 It we maintain things that arc efiabliflied, we 
 h.ive to rtrive with a nuniljcr of heavy prejudices, 
 deeply rooted in the hearts of men. Hwker, 
 
 The Spaniard's captain never h,tth to meddie 
 with his foldiers pay. Spefftr a Ire/atJ, 
 
 Of the c\ ils whicii hindered the peace and good 
 ordering of that land, the inconvenience of tiie 
 laws was the hi it which you had in hand. Spenffr. 
 
 Kings have To deal with their neighbour.s, their 
 wivc.«, thi'ir children, their prelates ur clergy, their 
 Hobies, their me; chants, and their common. Sacon, 
 
 I 7. To wirti ; to defire : in a lax fenfe. 
 
 I -4u(/i3lher be a door-keeper in the htmle of 
 my God, than to dwell in the tents of wie-kod- 
 nefs. Pfa/m:. 
 
 I would have no man difcouraged with that 
 kind of life or ferics of aftion?, in which the 
 choice of others, or his own nccefTuies, may have 
 engaged him. ^dddifcn, 
 
 18. To buy. 
 
 If thcfe trifles were rated only by art and art- 
 fulnef?, we 0iould have them much cheaper. 
 
 i ^'3
 
 VI AV 
 
 19. It is mof! ufed in Englifh, as in other 
 European languages, as an auxiliary 
 verb to make the tenfes ; have, /?aj, 
 and tat/.i, or hns, the preterperfeft ; and 
 fiaJ, and tar//!, the preterpluperfeft. 
 
 It there /uij been words enow between them to 
 ^"tY exprcfi'cd pro\ocation, they /■.■.■./ gone toge- 
 ther by the ears. Congme. 
 I have hcaidone of the grc:ireft gcniufcs this 
 age hii! pioHuced, who h.iJ been '-rdined up in all 
 th.e pohte Ihidics of aiitiquitv, alTure uie, upon 
 his being obliged to fcarch into lecords, that he- 
 at Kili took an incredible plcalurc 111 it. Adtlijon. 
 I hive not here confulcved ciillom 3s it maiics 
 things caiy, but as it renders them delightful ; and 
 though others have made the fame rcHcftions, it 
 i s poflible they may not have drawn thofc ufes from 
 it. A.idijm. 
 
 That .idmirjble precept which Pyth-igoras is 
 faid t» ha'.'t given to his difciples, and which tiiat 
 philofophcr muft I:a-u4 drawn from the obferva- 
 tion I have enlarged upon. Jidd'fo'!, 
 
 The gods have placed labour before virtue. 
 
 ^Jdtfon 
 
 Tiiisobfervation we have made on man. AAdtj 
 
 Evil fpirits ha-je contraffcd in the body h.ibits 
 of lull and fenfualiry, maliceand revenge. AddiJ. 
 
 There torments ha-jc already taken root in 
 ttem. Adtiifon 
 
 That excellent author has Ihewn how every 
 particular cuftom and habit of viitue will, in its 
 own nature, produce the heaven, or a iiate of hap- 
 >i:iicrs, m him wtiolhall hereafter praiflice it. 
 
 Addijon. 
 
 zo. Have at, or <wtth, is an exprcflion 
 denoting refoliition to make foine at- 
 tempt. They feem to be imperative 
 e.Kpreffions j have this at you ; let this 
 reach you, or take this ; have ifith you ; 
 taie this 'with you ; but this will not ex- 
 plain have at it, or have at him, which 
 muH be confidered as mere elliptical ; 
 as, we will have a trial at it, or at him. 
 
 He that will caper with mc for a tlumfand 
 marks, let him lend me the money, and have at 
 l-'m. Shahfpeare. 
 
 1 can beat my part; 'tis my occupation: have 
 e: It with you. S^akfftare. 
 
 \ never was out at a mad froticlc, though this 
 is the maddeit I ever undertook ; have ^^L-tth you, 
 tidy mine; i take you at your word, Dry.ien. 
 
 HA'VEN. n.f. [havtn, Dutch j havre, 
 French.] 
 
 J. A poit ; a harbour ; a ftstion for ihips. 
 
 Lrivc was threatened and promifcd to him, and 
 
 hi* cuufuiy as bytii the tcmpeft and haven of iheii 
 
 hcA years. iVii.vy 
 
 Order &;r fea isgiven : 
 Tliey hare put forth the h.n'tu. ShaHpeare. 
 
 After an hour and a half failing, we entered 
 ia:o a good h^vin, being the port of a fair eity. 
 
 Haeor;. 
 
 The queen beheld, as fnon as day appear'rt, 
 The nasy under fad, the /uDfi clear'd. Denham. 
 
 We may be (hipwtcck'd by her breath : 
 )L(ive, favou) 'donee with that fweet gale. 
 Doubles his hafte, ..nd fells his fa'l, 
 'Tin be arrive, where (he muft prove 
 The Aonwi^or the rock of love. Waller. 
 
 2. A fiieltcr ; an tSyhvm. 
 
 All places, tljat the eye of heaven vlfvts, 
 Arc to a wile man ports and bappy haveis. Shakf. 
 
 Ha'v£Ner. n. f. [from haven.'\ An 
 overfccr of a port. 
 
 Thefe carls and dnkes appointed their fpccial 
 omcers, ^i tQzt'wcr, havener, andcuftoniei. 
 
 ('areiv^ 
 
 Ha'ver, n.f. [from have.] Foffeiror ; 
 holde*. 
 
 V-Uour is the cl iefcft virtue, and 
 Uull digtuiies thcA.rorr, Sh.ilffeare. 
 
 H A U 
 
 Ha'ver is a common word in the northern 
 counties for oats : as, haver bread for 
 oaten bread ; perhaps properly avert, 
 from avena, L.atin. 
 
 When you would anneal, take a blue ftone, 
 fuch as tiit-y make haver or oat cakes upon, and 
 hiy it upon the crofsbars of iron. l\a:h.Lni, 
 
 HAt-'CHT. adj. \_haut, French.] 
 
 1. Haughty; infolent ; proud; con- 
 temptuous ; arrogant. Obfolete. 
 
 The proud intuiting queen. 
 With Clifford and the haught NLirthumberland, 
 Have wrought the eafy melting king, like wai. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 No lord of thine, thou ha:ight infulting man; 
 Nor no man's lord. Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. High; proudly magnanimous. 
 
 His courage haught, 
 Defir'd of foreign foemcn to be known. 
 And fur abroad for ftrange adventures fought. 
 
 Spcr.pr. 
 
 Ha'ughtily. adv. [from haughty.] 
 Proudly ; arrogantly ; contemptnoufly. 
 
 Her heav'iily form tuo hmtghtih Ihe priz'd ; 
 His pel ion hated, and his gifts deipis'n. D'yden. 
 Ha'ughtiness. n. /. [from haftghty.] 
 Pride; arrogance; the quality of being 
 haughty. 
 
 By the head we make known oiirfiipplications, 
 our threatenings, our mildncfs, our haughtincji, 
 our love, and our hatred. Dryden. 
 
 HA'UGHTY. ad}, [/.auiaine, French.] 
 
 1. Proud ; lofty ; infolent ; arrogant ; 
 contemptuous. 
 
 His wite being a vroman of a haughty and im- 
 perious natuff, and of a wit fuperior lo his, 
 quickly rcfcnted the difrcfpcit flie received fif>m 
 liim. C/iircndon. 
 
 I (h.ill fmg of battles, blood and rage, 
 And ■•.cutghty Touls, th.tt movM with mjiual hate, 
 In fighting fields purlu'd and found their fate. 
 
 D'jdcn. 
 
 2. Proud! J" great. 
 
 Our vanquifli'd wills thit pleafing force obey: 
 Her goodnefs takes oui liberty away ; 
 And haughty Britain yields to aibitrary fway. 
 
 Pnof. 
 
 3. Bold; adventurous; of high hazard. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 \Vho now Ihall give mc words and found 
 Equal ujito this haug^hty cnteipiize } 
 
 Or who fhall lend me wings, with which from 
 ground 
 My lowly vcife may loftily arife ? Fuiiy Qjtceu. 
 H.-v'viNG. 17* f, [from /j^Tr.] 
 
 1. PoiTcflion ; eflate; fort'jr.e. 
 
 My luivhig is not much ; 
 I'H make riivilion of my prcfcnt with you ? 
 Hold, there 's half my coRer. Sluikfpeare. 
 
 2. The aft or ftatc of poIfelTlng. 
 
 Of the one fide was alledgcd the /rjz-irip a pic- 
 tuic, which the other wanted; of tlie other lide, 
 the firll ftriking the fhield. Sidney. 
 
 Thou art not for the falhionof thefe times, 
 Where none wJtl fweat but for promotion ; 
 And ha\ing th;tt do choak their fervive up, 
 Even with Xt\e hax'ing, Shukf. .^i jou like it. 
 
 3. Beha\-iour ; regulavfty. This h \\\\\ 
 retained in the Scottiih dialedt. It may 
 poflibly be the meaning here. 
 
 The gcntlemnn ks of no having : he kept com- 
 pany with the wild prince and Poinz: he is of 
 too high a region ; he knows too much. Shijkfy. 
 Ha'vfour. n. J\ [for behai>'wur.^ Con- 
 Qu61 ; manners. Not ufed, 
 
 Tl'.eir iH hai'icur garrcs men niitT.iy 
 Both of thti:' doilrincs ann their lay, Sfenfi-r^ 
 
 To Haul. tj. a, [/jaler. French, to draw.] 
 To pull ; to draw ; to dragbv violence. 
 A word which, applied to things, im- 
 plies violence^ and, to pcrfons, awk- 
 
 Pull ; 
 
 T/tUfnfon. 
 
 H A U 
 
 Wardnefa or rudenefa. This word i* 
 liberally exemplified in hale ; etymology 
 IS regarded in hale, and pronunciation 
 in haid. 
 
 Thy Do! and Helen of thy noble thoughts, 
 Is in bafe durance and contagious prilnn, 
 H,.:/I'd thither by mcchanick dir'y hands. Shatf. 
 
 The youth w-ith longs aiidrhimes, 
 Some dance, forac ha;J the rope. Denham. 
 
 Sornc the wlieels piepare, 
 And faften to the horfes feet ; the reft 
 With cables h.iul along th' unwie-ldy bead. DiyJ. 
 
 In his grandeur he natuialiy chutes to haul up 
 others after him whofe accom^)lilhmcnts moft re- 
 femble his own. Swift. 
 
 Thither they bent, and haui'd their ihips to 
 land ; 
 The crooked keel divides the yellow fand. Pcfe. 
 
 Romp-loving mils 
 Is hajd\i about in gallantry robuft. 
 Haul. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 violence in dragging. 
 
 The leap, the Hap, the haul. 
 
 Haum. n.f. [^ox hame, OT halm ; healm. 
 Sax. /j(j/m, Dutch and Daniih.] Straw. 
 
 Ill champion cuuntiie a pleafui^ they take 
 To mow up theii h.n.me for to brew and to bake r 
 The h.iume is the III aw of the wheat or the rie. 
 Which once being leaped, they mow by and bv. 
 
 r,#;. 
 
 Having ftrippcd off the haun or binds ftom the 
 poles, as you pick the hops, ftack them up. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 Haunch, n.f. [i^i?^/^, Dutch ; hanchey 
 French; anra, Italian.] 
 
 1. The thigh ; the hip. 
 
 H«il, groom! didii thou sot fee a bleeding 
 
 hind, 
 
 Whofe right haunch carll my ftedfaft arrow 
 
 it rake? Spenjer . 
 
 To make a man able to teach his horfc to tt«p 
 
 and turn quick, and to reft on his h.iunches, it 
 
 of ufc tu-a gentleman both in peace ana war. 
 
 LcUi. 
 
 2. The rear; the hind part. 
 
 Thou art a-fummer bird, 
 Which ever in the haunch of winter fings 
 The lifting up of day. Shakfji. 
 
 To HAUNT. V. a [hr.nter, French.] 
 
 1. To frequent ; to be much about any 
 place or perfon. 
 
 A man who for his hofpitality is fo much 
 li.iunled,. that no news ftir but come to his ear& 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Now we being brought knowij unto her, aftee 
 once we weie acquainted a.^ acquainted, we 
 were fooncr than ourfclves e-\pe<ftcd, Ihe conti- 
 nually alnioft haunted us. Siditey< 
 
 I do hetunt thee in the battle thus, 
 Bccaufe fome tell me that thou art a king. ShaJif. 
 
 She this dangc'ous foiei^ h^aunrs, 
 And in fad accents utters her complaints. IFalter.. 
 
 EariJi now 
 Secur'd like to heav'n, a- feat where gods might 
 
 dwcH^ 
 Or wander with delight, and love to iaun* 
 Her facred fhades. MiJt'jn. 
 
 Cclefiial Venus haunti Idalia'-s groves ; 
 Diana Cynthus, Ceres Hybia loves Pcpe. 
 
 2. It is ufed frequently in an ill fenfe of 
 one that comes unwelcome. 
 
 You wrong mc, fir, thus ftill to haunt my 
 houfe ; 
 I told you, fir, my daughter is dil'pcs'd of. Shakf^. 
 
 Oh, could I lee ray country-feat! 
 There leaning near a gentle brook. 
 Sleep, or pcrufc fome ancient book; 
 And there in fwecr oblivion drown 
 Thofc cares that haunt the court and towir. 
 
 Sivrft. 
 
 3. It is eminently ufed of apparitions or 
 fpeflres that appear in a particular place.
 
 H A U 
 
 Foul (yi'mts Aaunr my rcHing placf, 
 A)id gliaftly vifiojii licak my (Urp by iilglit. 
 
 All thcfc the woes of Oedipus hnvp known. 
 Your f.Ucs, your fuiics, -dnd vuur /i^iunf-d tovn 
 
 To Haunt, v. n. To be much about ; 
 to appear frtqutntly. 
 
 I've cliarg'd [lut noc to A.i//aV iibont niv doors; 
 
 III hoiiclt plaiinic-ls thou lull heard inc lay, 
 
 My daughter \ not tor thee. *Shakf^eare. 
 
 Wiicre they moll breed and haunt^ 1 have ob- 
 
 Icrv'd 
 
 The air i^ delicate. Shckfpeare^i Macbeth. 
 
 Haunt- n. /. [from tbe verb.] 
 
 1. Place in w'licli oti'.' is frequently found. 
 
 We let toils, nets, gins, fnaios .itid traps for 
 bcalls and birds in their own h^iunti and wMlks. 
 
 L'EjIiurigr. 
 
 To me pertains not, flic replies, 
 Tn know or cue whcie Cupid flies; 
 What arc hib hjuni^^ or which his way, 
 Where he lyoidd dwell, or whither llray. Fiior. 
 
 A fcene where, if a god (hould call his fight, 
 A god might ga7.e and wonder with delight ! 
 Joy louch'd the nielTcngcr of heav'n; he ftayd 
 Entranc'd, and all the blifsful haunti furveyM. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. Habit of being in a certain place. 
 
 The h.mtit you have got about the courts will 
 one day or another bring your family to beggary. 
 
 Ha'unter. n. J. [frott» lmunt.'\ Fre- 
 quenter ; one that is often found in any 
 place. 
 
 The ancient Grecians were an ingenious peo- 
 ple, of whom the vulgar fort, Inch as were haun:.. 
 <rj of thcaties, took pleafure in the conceits of 
 Ariftophancs. iVettcn onF.d'icaiion. 
 
 goridefs, haunter o( the Woodland green, 
 Qutcn of the nether (kies ! Diyicn. 
 
 Ha'vock. n. f. \_hafog, Welfh, devaila- 
 tion.] Wafte ; wide and general de- 
 vadation ; inercilefs deftruftion. 
 
 iiaving been never ufcd to have any tiling of 
 their own, they make no fpare of any thing, but 
 ^jxor^ and confiil'ion of all they meet with. 
 
 Spcnfer on Jre/.inJ. 
 
 Saul made ^JV'::i c( the church. .//eji. 
 
 Ye gods ! wl-at haitick does ambition make 
 Among yout works! ^.iciifon^i Cmo. 
 
 The rabbins, to exprefs the great hr.vtnt 
 which has been made of the Jews, tell us, that 
 there were fuch torrents of holy blood (lied, as 
 Ciirriod rocks of a hundred yards in circumfe- 
 icnce above three miles into the fea. .■hUifr.n. 
 
 \i it had either air or fuel, it muft make a 
 greater luivock than any hiftoi y mentions. Ciiey/ic. 
 
 Ha'vock. inUrj. [from tlie noun.] A 
 ■word of encouragement to flaugliter. 
 
 Why lland thcle royal fronts amazed thus > 
 Cry h.tiioit, kings ! SLdJpeun. 
 
 Ate by his fide. 
 Cries havoek ! and lets looCe the dogs of war. 
 
 Sh.ikji'eare. 
 
 To Ha'vock. t'. a. [from the noun.] To 
 warte ; to deftroy ; to lay wafte. 
 
 Whatfocvcr they leave, the foldicr fpolleth and 
 hu<^ochth\ fo that, between both, nothing is left. 
 
 Spenjci . 
 
 See, wilh what heat Ihcfe dogs of hell advance, 
 To watte and havock yonder world, which I 
 So fair and good created! Milton. 
 
 Ha'utboy. n.f. [/;</«; and lots, French.] 
 A wind inftniment. 
 
 1 told John of Gaunt he beat his own name; 
 for you might have trufs'd him and atl his appa- 
 rel into an eei-ftin : the cafe of a treble hauibov 
 wa^ a manlioo for him. Shakfpeare 
 
 Now give the Imulbop bicath; he conies, he 
 cosies. PijdiH. 
 
 HAW 
 
 Ha'utboy Strawberry . See Straw- 
 
 B E r< R Y . 
 
 Haw. n.f. [hag, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . The berry and feed of the hawthorn. 
 
 Tnc feed of the bramble with kernel and h.tiv. 
 
 Tujfer. 
 S ore of /;*iif J :ind hrps portctul cold winltis. 
 
 iJ'.iiO'/'j Natural ]UJi'^>\. 
 
 His qunrrcl tu the hedge w.ii, that his thorm 
 and liis brambles did not biing forth rjifms, ra- 
 tiicr rha'i hiii.vi and hhickhcrrics. L' Ejhange. 
 
 2. All cxcrefccncc in the eye. 
 
 3. [Ha^n, Saxon; hanv, a garden, Dan.] 
 A linall piece of ground adjoining to a 
 houfe. In Scotland ihcy call it Ihiu^h. 
 
 Upon the /mtw ai Plymouth is cut out in the 
 ground the portraituic of two men, with clubs 
 in lueir hands, whom they term Gug and Magog . 
 
 CurciU. 
 
 To Haw. *y. n. [perhaps corrupted fronn 
 hawk or hack.'\ To fpeak llowly with 
 frequent intenninion and hefitatlon. 
 
 'Tis a great w.iy ; i)iil yet, after a little hum- 
 ming and hawing upon 't, he agreed to undLT- 
 take tiiC job. VEjUung^. 
 
 Hawk. «. /. [htehegy Wcllh ; hapoc, 
 Saxon; acdpUer^ Latin.] 
 
 1. A bird of prey, ufed much ancicr.tly 
 in fport to catch other birds. 
 
 Do'lt thou luvc hawking? Thou h.ifl ^iw^i 
 will foLir 
 Above tiie morning lark. Shakjpt-are. 
 
 It cm he no more difgrace to a great lord to 
 draw a tair pi^ure, than to cut his /ww^'s meat. 
 
 Whence borne on liqnid wing 
 The founding culver fhoois j or where the haivky 
 High in the beetling cliffs, his .-liry builds. 
 
 ThomfoTi. 
 
 2. \_hoch, Welih.] An effort to force 
 phlegm up the throat. 
 
 To Hawk. 'y. rt. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fly hawks at fowls ; to catch birds 
 by means of a liawk. 
 
 Ride unto St. Alban'Sj 
 Whereas the king and (lueen do mean to haivh. 
 
 Sha.kfpeare. 
 
 One fuUowcd ftudy ami knowledge, and ano- 
 ther h^tiv.kif:g and hunting. Lo%:kc. 
 
 He that huivks at larks and fparrows has no 
 leCs fporr^ though a much lefs confidcrable quar- 
 ry, than he that Hies at nobler game. Locke. 
 
 A tale'iier Henry is, wlicn Enimu hnnuks \ 
 With her of rarfeh and of luies he talks. Prior. 
 
 2. To fly at ; to attack on the wing. 
 
 A f.Tulcon tow'ring in her pride of place, 
 W.is by a inuuling owl /luiu.k'd af\ind kiil'd, 
 
 S^-ikJp€are. 
 Whetiier upw.ird to the moon they go, 
 Oi dream the wintci out in caves below, 
 Oi- /uiivi: at flics eifcwhcrcj concerns us not to 
 know. DrycUn. 
 
 3. To force up phlegm with a Roife. 
 
 Come, fit, fit, and a (bng. Siiall we clap 
 
 into 't roundly, without /j.iW/«^ or fpilling, or 
 faying we aie hoarfe» which arc the only pro- 
 logues to a bad voice ? Shak'jpeare. 
 
 She complained of a (linking tough phlegm 
 whicli fhc /;./Tu/r(/ up in the mornings. IViJ-cman. 
 
 B-lood, cart otu of the tliroat or windpipe, is 
 fpit out with a hini'klng or fniall cough; that out 
 of the gums is fpit out without haiuking, cough- 
 ing, or vomiting. Jiai-vfy. 
 
 4. To fell by proclaiming it in the ftreets. 
 [from fiocl, (German, a falefman.] 
 
 His works were haxuk\i in every ftieec ; 
 Bur feldom rofc above a flieer. Swrft. 
 
 Ha'wked. atlj, [from hatvk.'] Formed 
 like a hawk's bill. 
 
 Flar roles feem comely unto rhc Moor, an 
 aquil.ne or fuiivkcii owe unto the Perfian, a brge 
 and pvomjncat irefc untuthc Romai;, ^rown. 
 
 HAY 
 
 Ha'wkkr. n.f. [from Iml, German.] 
 
 One who fells his wares by proclaijn- 
 ing them in the ftreet. 
 
 1 faw my labours, which had cofl nic fo much 
 thought, bawled about by common haivkertj 
 which I once intended for the confidcrjuon of 
 the grcatelt perfon. SiLift, 
 
 To grace this hunonr'd day, the queen pro* 
 claims. 
 By herald Ami'keri, high hcroick games : 
 Slie fummons-ill i.cr fons; ari endlefs hand 
 Pours furlh, and )cavcs unpeopled half the laotl, 
 
 P^ie. 
 Ha'wkwsed. n.f. A plant. 
 
 Oxtongue li 3 fpveics of 1111% y lant. MitUf. 
 IIa'v.'ses. n.f [ofaftilp.] Two round 
 holes undi.r the (hip's hezd or btak, 
 through which the cables pafs when 
 (he is at anchor. Harris-. 
 
 Ha'wthorn. n. f. [hnsjiSopn, Saxon.} 
 A fpeeies of intdlar; the thorn that 
 bears haws ; the white thorn. 
 
 The ufc to \\hich it is applied in En^bnd is to 
 make hedges : there arr two or three \arietie3of 
 it atjout London ; Ijut that fort which pioducca 
 the fmaUcIt leaves is pufcrahle, htcaufe it«i 
 branches always grow clofc together. ^Jtt.'it . 
 
 There is a m.in haunts the fore ft, that abufes 
 our young plants with carvmg RoCalind on their 
 barks i lungs odes upon j&cJUJ//j^r//i, and elti^ies 
 on brajrihlcs, Sh.ikjpt.ire' t j-liyou /He u. 
 
 Some in theit hands, ^chde trichuKe and fhield. 
 The boughs of woodbine or of haivlftijrn held. 
 
 Lfry.ien. 
 
 Now htnv}horrn blolTom, now the dailies 
 Ipiing. Pope. 
 
 The A.nt;/^or« whiten J. Tkor:Jon. 
 
 Ha'wthorn fly. n.f. An infeft. 
 
 The ha-ji'thoTH fy is all black, ano not big. 
 
 \V.i:ttn. 
 
 H.\Y. n.f. [hie^, hig, Sax. /.fv, Diit.T 
 Grafs dried to fodder cattle in winter. 
 Make hiy while the I'un Ihines. Candin. 
 
 Make poor men's cattle break their necks ; 
 Set fire on ham's and hay Itacks in the night. 
 And bid the u'.vners quench them with their 
 tears. Shakjpct':. 
 
 We have heats of dung*;, and of /id>'i and herbs 
 laid up moift. Ba.{.n. 
 
 (Jr if the earlier fcafon lead 
 To the tann'd h.iy cock in the mead. Miltcn. 
 Biing tliem for food fwcet boughs and odtrs 
 cut. 
 Nor all the winter long thy hiy rick (hut. 
 
 May'! Virgn. 
 
 Some turners turn long and flender fprigs of 
 
 ivory, a^ fniall as an / j> l^alk. M'X<.n. 
 
 Bv fomt^'jv cock, or funic fhady thorn. 
 He bids tiis Leadi both even i.'iig and muio. 
 
 D-ytlr-i. 
 
 The bell manure for meadows is tiie hottum of 
 
 hay mow^ and hay fiacks. .Mortimer. 
 
 Hay and oj;s, ki the management of a groom, 
 
 will make ale, Suiije. 
 
 To tliinu tie H.\.v. To iiance in a ring.: 
 probably from dancing round a hay 
 cock. 
 
 I will play on the tabor to the worthier. 
 And let them dame the hay. Shakfpeare. 
 
 This maids think on the hearth they fee, "1 
 When fires well nigh confumed be, S 
 
 Thert; dancing hayi by two and three, J 
 
 Jull as your f;incy cnlis them. "Dayton. 
 
 The 5;um and glifl'ning, wliich with au 
 And fludy'djncrhtjd, in each part 
 
 Haiij^s down. 
 Looks jurt as if tnat day 
 Snails tlicie had crawl'd the h.~.y. tvcilir.g: 
 
 Hay. n. f. [from haie, French, a hedge.] 
 A net which enclofes the haunt of au 
 animal. 
 
 Coneys are deftroycj by -Yiivr, curs^ fpaniel.*-, 
 or tumbkrsj bred up l<j\ that purpuU'. M^'timtr,
 
 II A Z 
 
 HaN'makkr. n. f. [/•■!»' anJ makt.^ 
 
 0!}C employed in drying gral's lor hay. 
 
 As to tlio return of his i:ealtli and vigour, 
 
 •were yju here, you might cnqiiiic of his na\' 
 
 _ frtaifrr. Pope ta S~i.:p, 
 
 H.VZARD. n. f. [haxari, Fr. aitar, 
 
 Spanifli; haJJ:}, Runick, danger.] 
 I. Chance; accident; fortuitous hap. 
 I have fct my life upon .1 ciil, 
 And I will flaud the iaz^rJ ol the die. S/'iaifp. 
 
 I will upon all '::2z.ir.ii well believe 
 Thou art my fiiend, that know'ft my tongue Co 
 well. S'iiikfpeaye. 
 
 Where the mind docs not pc.-ccivc connexion, 
 there men's opinio:i3 are not the produi51 of judg- 
 ment, but the clFefts of chance and haicard^ of a 
 mind floating at all adventures, without choice 
 a:id without dire(flion. Loch. 
 
 3. Danger; chance of danger. 
 
 We are bound to yield unto our Creator, the 
 Fatlier of all nieicy, eternal thank;, for that he 
 harji delivcfed his law unto the world ; a law 
 wheicin fo many things arc laid open, as a light 
 which olhcrwife would have been buried ni dark- 
 nefs, nijf without tire h^tzar.-if or rather not with 
 the k.i^.irtly but with tire certain lofs of thoufands 
 •f fouls, raoff luidtiubtedly now faved. Hooker. 
 The kaziirA I have run to fee you here, fhuuld 
 inform you that X love rot at a-common rare. 
 
 i)r,./«. 
 Men are led on from one ftage of life to 
 another irt a condition of the utmoft kci-cani^ and 
 yet without the leaft apprehenuon of their dan- 
 ger. * Kogfrs. 
 
 3. A game at dice. 
 
 The duke playing at ^..^a^rdf held in a great 
 
 many hinds together, and drew a hitge heap of 
 
 gold. Sitift. 
 
 JoHa'zard. II. a, [tazarJer, Trench.'} 
 
 To expofe to chance ; to put into dan- 
 
 They might, hy petfifting in the extremity of 
 that opinion, ^aatdn/ greatly their own cftates, 
 and fo weaken that part which their places now 
 give. ' H'.skir. 
 
 It was not in his power to adventure upo.i his 
 own fortune, or bearing a publick charge to 
 haz.ard himfi.lf againlt a man of private condition. 
 
 }iii\'ivard. 
 
 By dealing indifferently raercics to all, you 
 may ka-zard your own Oiarc. Shijhck. 
 
 To Ha'z AiiD. f. n. 
 
 1 . To try the cliaiice. 
 
 I pray yim tarry ; paul'e 3 day or two, 
 Btfarc you h.ix.<i'd\ foi .in thufing wrong, 
 I loofe your company. Sh<th(^iiire. 
 
 2. To adventure ; to run the danger. 
 
 Slie from her fellow-piovinccs would go, 
 R.ither than hn^zatd to h.ive you her foe. iFallrr. 
 Hazard ABLE. a^ij. [from hazard.} 
 Venturous ; liable to chance. 
 
 An ha3.,UiLb!i dcrermin.it!on it is, unto fluc- 
 
 iiiilmg and indifferent cfFcdii, to alfis a p.ifitivc 
 
 n-pc or period. Broivn. 
 
 Ha'zarder. «./. [from hai,ard.'\ He 
 
 who hazards. 
 Ha'zardry. n. /. [from /j<25;(7 /•(-/.] Te- 
 mciily; precipitation; ralh adventu- 
 yotifncfs. Obfdlrtc. 
 ^ PTafty wrath, and hcadlcfs A'i?:fj»ii'rr* 
 
 Uo breed repentance iatc, and lairing infamy. 
 
 •^/"■"/"• 
 Ha'za.itjovs. a/fj. [!:/i%arJcux, French, 
 from ha^Lord-l Dangerous ; expofcd 
 to chance. 
 
 Giant that our hdzcrdous attempt pro^'C vain, 
 Wc feel the wor(l,fttur'd fiom greater pain. 
 
 DrydlK 
 
 Ha'zardoijsly. rtA'. "[from haxardous, ] 
 
 With danger or chance. 
 Haze. n. J. [The ttymology unknown.] 
 
 Fog ; mift. 
 
 H E A 
 
 To Haze. ij. n. To be foggy or mUly. 
 'To Haze. ii. a. To fright one. A'uif. 
 HA'ZEL. «. /. [hxj-el, Saxon ; corylus, 
 Latin.] Nut tree. 
 
 The nuts grow in cluflcrs, and are clofcly 
 joined together at the bottom, each being cov ered 
 with an outward hulk or cup, which opens at 
 the top, and when the fruit rs ripe it f.ills out. 
 The fpccies arc hazelnut, cobnut, and filbert. 
 The red and white filberts are moltly efleemed 
 for their fruit. Mdler. 
 
 Kate, like tlie /'-.i^r/twig, 
 
 Is rtraight andflender, and as brown in iiue 
 
 As /iJ ^r/ nuts, and fweeter than the kernels. Shakf. 
 
 Her chariot is an empty /u^f ' nut. Sh<ikfp. 
 
 Wh.^ frt we not beneath the grateful fhade, 
 
 Which hjsds, inteimiA'd with elms, have made ? 
 
 Dryda:. 
 
 There are fome from the fize of a ha-z^d nut 
 to that of a man's fill. IVoo.liutit d 
 
 Ha'zrl. adj. [from the noun.] Light 
 brown ; of the colour of hazel. 
 
 Chufc a v/arni dry foil, that has a good depth 
 of light Aii:ir/ mould. * Mortiinif. 
 
 Ha'zelly. adj. Of the colour of hazel ; 
 of a light brown. 
 
 Uplands confill either of fand, gravel, chalk, 
 rock or rtonc, hazelly loam, clay, or black mould. 
 
 yMthr.ir. 
 
 Ha'zy. adj. [from ha%e.'\ Dark; fog- 
 gy ; mifly. 
 
 Our cleareft day here is mifiy and hax.y ; we 
 fee not far, and what we do fee is in a bad 
 light. BuTTteC s Thtory. 
 
 Oft cngendcr'd by t!ie ^rtsy nortii, 
 Myriads on myriads, infetfl armies waft. Th'-jnifin. 
 
 He. proncvn. gen. bhn ; plur. they ; gen. 
 them. \Jjy, Dutch; he, Srxon. It 
 feems to have bonowed the plural from 
 ^if, plural ba)-, dative bij-um.] 
 
 1. The man that was named before. 
 
 All the confpirators, fave onJy he., 
 Did that they did in ri.vy of great Csfar. ShahJ. 
 
 If much you note /i/w. 
 You (hall offend him, and increafe his prflion ; 
 Feed .ind regard him not. Shakf^eare. 
 
 I am weary of this moon ; would he would 
 change. Sh.ji:ffea'e . 
 
 Adam fpokc ; 
 Sochccr'd ^sriiis f.dr fpoufc, and Ihe was chcer'd. 
 
 Mlilori. 
 Wh.cn .\dain wnk'd, he on his fide 
 Leamng half rais'd hung over her. Milton. 
 
 Tlius talking, hand in hand along r^ey pafs'd 
 On to their blifsful bow'ri. Mil/on. 
 
 Extol 
 Ilin (irH, hint laft, him midlt. Millon. 
 
 2. The man ; the pcrlon. It fometimcs 
 (lands without retcrence to any tortgo- 
 ing word. 
 
 lie is never poor 
 That little hath, but he th.it much defiies. Daniel. 
 
 3. Man, or male being. 
 
 Such mortal drugs 1 have; but Mantua's law 
 
 Is death to any he that utters them. Shakfpeare. 
 
 I lland to anfwer thee, or any he the proudcif 
 
 of thy fort. Sh.ikjpcare. 
 
 Tros and iris race the fculptor (hall employ. 
 
 And he the god who built the walls of Troy. 
 
 Dnden. 
 
 4. M.ilc : as, a he bear, a he goat. It is 
 iifcd where the male and female have 
 tiot different denominations. 
 
 The he i in birds lave the faiielt feathers. 
 
 Bueen. 
 
 5. In the laft t\vo fenfes he is rather a noun 
 than pronoun. 
 
 HEAD. n. / [heapob, heajrb, Saxon ; 
 
 hoofd, Dutch; hevtd, old Eiiglifh, 
 
 whence by contraflion head.} 
 
 I. The part of the animal that contains 
 
 H E A 
 
 the brain, or the organ of fenfation and 
 feat of thought. 
 Vein healing vctvcn, and head purging dill. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 Over ^M^up-grew 
 Infupcrablc height of loflicft fliade. Millcn. 
 
 The dewy paths of meadows we will tread, 
 For crowns and chaplcts to .idorn thy head. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 I could dill have offers, that fonie wiio herld 
 
 their /;fj./i higher, would be glad to accept. Swift, 
 
 2.. Perfon as expofed to any danger or 
 
 penalty. 
 
 Wiiat he gets more of her than (harp words, 
 let it lie on my /iriit/. Sh.ikfpeare, 
 
 Who of all ag':s to fncceed, but feeling 
 The evil on him brought by me, will curfe 
 My head? ill fare our anceifor impure. Milton. 
 
 3. iizAV and Ears. The whole perfon. 
 
 In jingling rhimes well fortifird and iirong, 
 He tights intrench'd o'er head and ean in fong. 
 
 GianvilU. 
 
 4. Denomination of any animals. 
 
 When IniKJceiU dcfiicd the marquis of Carpio 
 to furniih tiiirty thoufand h:ad of fwine, he 
 could not fpare them ; but thirty thoufand law- 
 yers he had at his fer\ice. Addijon, 
 
 The tax upon parturagc was railed according 
 to a certain late per head upon cattle. y/rliut/:not, 
 
 5. Chief; principal perfon ; one to whom 
 the red are fubordinate ; leader ; com- 
 mander. 
 
 For their commons, there is little danger from 
 them, except it be where they have great and 
 potent heae/s. Bacon. 
 
 Your head I him appoint ; 
 And by myfelf have iVorn, to him (hall bow 
 All knees in heav'n, and llrall con.''cfs him lord. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 The ie,idi of the chief feifts of philofophy, as 
 Thalcs, .^naj.agoras, and Pythagoras, did con- 
 fen* to this tiadition. Tilloljon. 
 
 6. Place of hononr ; the firfl place. 
 
 Xotwithfianding all the jullices had taken 
 their places upon the bench, they made room 
 for the old knight at the head of them. Addijon. 
 
 7. Place of coinmand. 
 
 An army of fourfcore thoufand troops, with 
 the duke of Matlborougli at the head e^i them, 
 could do nothing. Addijon on the IVar, 
 
 8. Countenance ; prefence. 
 
 Richard nut far from hence hatli hid his head. 
 
 Shakfpeare'i Viehard If, 
 With Cain go wander through tho fnade of 
 night, 
 And never (hew thy head by day or light. 
 
 iihakjpeare. 
 Eie to-morrow's fun (lia'l (hew hhhead. 
 
 Drytitn. 
 
 9. Undeiftanding ; faculties of the mind : 
 commonly In a ludicrous fenfe. 
 
 The wenches laid their hcidi together. 
 
 L'EJlrange, 
 
 A fox and a goat went down a well to drink : 
 the goat fell to hunting which way to get back ; 
 Oh, fays Reynard, never trouble your head, but 
 leave that to me. I'EjIrar.gc. 
 
 Work with all the eafe and fpeed you can, 
 without breaking your he.id, and being fo veiy 
 induftrious in darting fcrnples. Dtyden. 
 
 The la/.y and incunfidcratc took up their no- 
 tions by chance, without much beating their 
 fca.yi about them. L'^rkr, 
 
 If a man (hews that he has no religion, why 
 ftiould we think that he beats his head, and 
 trou>!'les himfelf to examine the grounds of this 
 or that doi£f line .' Locke, 
 
 When in ordinary difconrfe we fay a man has 
 a fine head, wc cxprcfs ouilelvcs metaphorically, 
 and fpoak in relation to his underftanding ; and 
 when we fay of a woman Ihe has a fine head, wc 
 fpeak only in relation to her commode. Addifon. 
 
 We laid our headi together, to cynfulcr what 
 grievances the nation had fuftcico under king 
 George. AdJip:.
 
 H E A 
 
 10. Face ; front ; forepart. 
 
 The gnthcring croud purfues ; 
 The raviflicis turn htj.l, tlie fight renews. DryJ. 
 
 11. Reliftance ; hoilile oppofitioii. 
 Then made he hmj ,-igainll hU enemies, 
 
 And Hymner fl«w. Fairy Queta. 
 
 Sometimes hath Henry Bolinglrolie made 
 /ifoi/againO my power. Shaifptitri, 
 
 Two valiant gentlemen makiiig head agaiiift 
 them, rei'oiided by half a dozen mure, mule 
 forty run away. Rakigh. 
 
 iiin having depraved hi< judgment, and got 
 polfoflioii of his will, there is no other principle 
 left him naturally, by which lie can make hc^i.t 
 againft it. South. 
 
 12. Spontaneous refolution. 
 
 The bordering wars in this kingdom were 
 made altogether by vokmtaries, upon their own 
 head, without any pay or commifTion from the 
 flate. Dttvics. 
 
 13. State of a deer's Iiorns, by which his 
 age is known. 
 
 It was a buck of the firft ^r.u/. Slijkfprnre, 
 
 The buck is called tnc fifth year a buck of 
 
 the firft k^iid. Shaifpc^rr. 
 
 14. Individual. It is ufed in numbers or 
 computation. 
 
 If there be fix millions of people, then there 
 is about four acres fjr cvcrv' h;ud. Graunt. 
 
 15. The top of any thing bigger than 
 the reft. 
 
 His fpear's htud weighed fix hundred fhekels 
 of iron. I Samiul. 
 
 As high 
 As his proud head is rais'd towards the flcy, 
 So low tow'ids hell his roots defcend. Denham. 
 
 Trees, which have large and fpreading keudi, 
 would lie w-ith their branches up in the water. 
 
 lyooJtL-ard. 
 
 If the buds are made our food, they aic 
 called headi or tops j fo keadi of afparagus or ar- 
 tichoaks. /-f ,111s. 
 
 He.'d is an equivocal term ; for it (ignifies the 
 head of a nail, or of a pin, as well as of an ani- 
 mal. U'attl. 
 
 16. The forepart of any thing, as of a 
 (hip. 
 
 Ev gallies with brajcn headi Ihe might tranf- 
 port over Indus at once three hundred thoufand 
 Ibldiers. Raleigh. 
 
 His gallies moor; 
 Their .^crt.^j are turn'dto fea, their flems to 0iorc. 
 
 Drjdt'i. 
 
 17. That which rlfes on the top. 
 
 Let it Hand in a rub four or five days before 
 it be pat info the calk, flirting it twice a-riay, 
 and beating down the iit-ad or yealt into it. 
 
 ^Ki timer , 
 
 i8. Tlie blade of i*n axe. 
 
 A man fetcheth a ftrokc with the axe to cut 
 down the tree, and the head flippeth from the 
 htlve. Deutero.-icmy. 
 
 19. Upper part of a bed. 
 
 Ifratl bowed upon the bed's head. Gcrefn. 
 zc. The brain. 
 
 As eaftcrn priefts in giddy circles run. 
 And turn their heeidi to imitate the fan. Vope. 
 
 il. Drefs of the head. 
 
 Ladies think they gain a point when they 
 have teazed their huftiands to buy them a laced 
 head.f or a fine petticoat. Siuijt. 
 
 22 . Prindpal topick of difcourfe. 
 
 Thcfc heads are of a mixed order, and we 
 
 propofc only fuch as belong to the natu al world. 
 
 Burnet' s Thz^iv. 
 
 'Tis our great intcrelV, and duty, to fatiify 
 oinfclves on this head, upon which our whole 
 conduit depends. u^/tetimry. 
 
 J3. Source of a- ft ream. 
 
 It is the glory of God to jnve ; his very na- 
 tuie delighttth in it: his mercies in the current, 
 tiirough which they would pafs, may be dried 
 up, but at the head they never faiK ti'cier. 
 
 II E A 
 
 The current by Gaia is I::', n f:na)I ftri!Jm, 
 rifing between it and the Red Sea, whofe head 
 from Gaia is little more than twenty Englirti 
 miles. Ka'eigh's Hifi-y. 
 
 Some did the fong, and fomc the clioit main- 
 tain. 
 Beneath a laurel (hade, where mighty Po 
 Mounts up to woods above, and hides his Ara<^ 
 below. Sryien. 
 
 24. Crifis; pitch. 
 
 The indifpofition which has long hung upon 
 mc, is at laft grown to fuch a head^ that it niufi 
 quickly make an end of me, or of itfelf. Addij 
 
 25. J'ower; influence; force; itiength ; 
 dominion. 
 
 Witlini her bread though calm, her Irealt 
 though pure, 
 Mo'herly cares and fears got hcad^ and rais'd 
 Some troubled riioughts. Milton. 
 
 26. Body ; conflux. 
 
 People under command chufc to confult, and 
 after to maicli in order; and rebels, contrariwile, 
 run upoH an Arii;/ together in confufion. Bacon 
 
 A mighty and a fearful head they arc, 
 As ever offtr'd foul play in a ftate. SLikfpeare. 
 
 Far in the marches here we heard you were, 
 Making another head to fight again. Sbaifpeare. 
 
 Let all this wicked crew gather 
 Their forces to one /j;<i./. Ben JanJ'm. 
 
 27. Power; armed force. 
 
 My lord, my lord, the French have gathet'd 
 
 head, Shaifpeare, 
 
 At fixtecn year.i, 
 
 WhenTarquin made a head for Rome, he fought 
 
 Beyond the mark of others. Shakfpeare. 
 
 28. Liberty in running a horfe. 
 He gaveliis able horfe the head^ 
 
 And bounding forward iiruck his agile heels 
 
 Againrt the p.inting fides of his poor jade 
 
 Up to the rowel-head. Shakfpeare. 
 
 29. Licence ; freedom from reftraint ; a 
 metaphor from horfemanfliip. 
 
 God will not admit of the paffionate man's 
 apology, that he has fo long given his unruly 
 paffions their head, that he cannot now govern 
 nor conrroiil them. So-tth 
 
 30. It is very improperly applied to roots. 
 
 How turneps hide their fwelling heads below. 
 And how the clofing colcworts upwards grow. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 31. He.\d and Shoulders. By force; 
 violently. 
 
 People that hit upon a thought that tickles 
 them, will be ftill bringing it in hy head and 
 Jh'.uldetSy over and over, in levtral companies. 
 
 L'Fjltange. 
 
 They bring in every figure of fpeech, hea I 
 and Jh'juldersy by main i^orce, in fpite of nature 
 and their fuhjcit. ^ Yelton. 
 
 Head, ad'u Chief; principal: as, the 
 /•f.i(^/ work man ; the liead inn. 
 
 The horfe made their cfcape to Winchcfter, 
 the /if-.r.^quarteis. Cdaremion. 
 
 To Head. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To lead ; to influence j to direifl ; to 
 govern. 
 
 Abas, who fecm'd our friend, is either fled. 
 Or, what wc fear, our enemies does head. D'yd. 
 
 Nor is what has been faid of princes lefs true 
 of all other govcrnours, from him that heads an 
 army to him th.at is matter of a family, or of 
 one fingle fervant. South. 
 
 This lord had headed his appointed bands. 
 In firm allegiance to his king's commands. 
 
 I'riir. 
 
 2. To behead ; to kill by taking away the 
 head. 
 
 If you head and hang all that offend that way 
 but for ten years together, you'll be glad 10 give 
 out a commiflion for more heads. Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. To fit any thing with a head, or prin- 
 cipal part. 
 
 HEA 
 
 Headed i>.\'.'\\ flints and feathers bluiy <Jy'i', 
 Arrows the Indians >n their quivers hide. 
 
 Fain CI'Lif. 
 Of corncl-wocd a fpear upright, 
 Headed v/\x\. piercing ftccl, and poliOi'd bright. 
 
 Drydea, 
 
 4. To lop trees. 
 
 You muft dilbranch them, leaving only the 
 fummit entire : it may be necciT.iry to Afii./thcm 
 too. Mortimer. 
 
 He'adach. n. f. [head zai ach-l Pain 
 in the head. 
 
 From the cruel hea.iaeh 
 Riches do not p:cfcrve. Si.htey. 
 
 Nothing more cxpofes to headaehi, colds, 
 catarrhs, and coughs, than keeping the head 
 warm. Lceke, 
 
 In the headaeh he orders the opening of the 
 vein of the forehead. ^tiathfot. 
 
 At fome dear idle time. 
 Not plagu'd wirh headachs, or the wantof rhvme. 
 
 He'adb-and. n. /. [^hee>d and band.'] 
 
 1. A fillet for the head; a topknot. 
 
 The Lord will take away the bonnets, and 
 the hiadi/ands. _ Ifttiah. 
 
 2. The band at each end of a book. 
 
 He'a DBOROUGH^ 11. f. [heaei and bo- 
 rough.'] A conttable ; a fubordinate 
 conftable. 
 
 Here lies John Dod, a fervant of God, to whom 
 i'C IS gone, 
 Father or mother, fifter or brother, he never 
 
 knew none ; 
 A hea.ihorougk and a conftable, a man of fame, 
 The firft" of his houfe, and laft of his name. 
 
 Camden. 
 This none are able to break thorough. 
 Until they're freed by head ai borough. H.'idihra:^ 
 
 Hk'address. n. /. [head znd drc/s ."] 
 
 1. The covering of a woman's! head. 
 
 There is not fo variable a thing in nature as a 
 lady's headdrejs : I have known it rife and fall. 
 
 .^ddij'ttij. 
 
 If ere with airy horns I planted heads. 
 Or difcompos'd the headditfs of a prude. Popt* 
 
 2. Any thing refembling a headdrefs, and' 
 prominent on the head. 
 
 Among birds the males very often »[)pear iii 
 a moft beautiful hi.iddrtfi, whether it be a crell, 
 a comb, a tuft of fe.ithers, or a natural little 
 plume, erciSed like a kind of pinnacle on tf e 
 very top of the head.. .-Iddifon, 
 
 He'adf.r. n. f. [ixam hnjd.] 
 
 1. One that heads nails or pins, or the 
 like. 
 
 2. The firft brick in tKe angle; 
 
 If the Jieader of one fitk of the wall is toothed- 
 as much as the liretcher on tlie oiufide, it would' 
 be a iJronger toothing, and the jomts o( the 
 hea.iers of one fide would be in the midolc of 
 the headers of the courfc they lie upon of ttic 
 other fid?. Mcxt^i. 
 
 Hk'adcaRGI.e. n. /. [head sad garg/f.] 
 A difeale, I fuppofc, in cattle. 
 For the headg.^rgie give powder of fer.ngreek- 
 
 M'i'tsmer^ 
 He'adiness. n. /. [from heady.] Hur- 
 ry ; rafhnefs ; Uubbornnefs ; precipita* 
 tion ; obilinac)'. 
 
 If any will ralhly blame fuch his choice of 
 old and unwonted words, hi.ii may I mor« juHly 
 blame and coiidfnm, e'ther of witlcfs headi/ujs 
 in judging, or of headlefs hardinefs in condemn^ 
 ning. Spenjer, 
 
 He'adland. n, f. [head znd land.] 
 
 I. Promontory ; cape. 
 
 An heroick play ought to be an imitation of 
 an heroic k poem, and confequently love and 
 valour ought to be the fubjeit of it ; bolli thefe 
 fir William Davenant began to fliadow; but it 
 was fo as difcoverers draw their maps with 
 hea.-ilandi and promontories, Drydcn,
 
 H E A 
 
 2. Ground under hedges. 
 
 Now down with ihegrau upon headhtnJs about, 
 Thrtt groweth in Ihadow To rank and fo ftouc. 
 ■ • ruf,r. 
 
 He'adless. adj. [from hfaJ.'\ 
 
 1. Without a head ; beheaded. 
 
 His fltining helmet he 'gan foon unhcc, 
 And left his hiadlejs body bleeding at the iilace. 
 
 Were I a man, a duke, and next of blo.jd, 
 I would remove thefe tedious ftumblin; blocks, 
 And fmooth my way upon their htaiHrjs necks. 
 
 Shjkfpsarc. 
 
 On the cold e>irth lies t:i' unregarded king, 
 A h-adliji carcafe, and a namelcCs thing. Dcnham. 
 
 Prickjy fiubs, ini>ead of trees, are foand ; 
 f/--.'./-V/i the moll, and hideous tu behold. D'yd. 
 
 2. Without a chief. 
 
 They relVed nor until they had nnde the em- 
 pire iland imJ/r/i about fcvcntccii years. 
 
 3. Obftinate ; inconfiJerate ; ignorant; 
 wanting intellects : perhaps for hudlefs. 
 
 Him may I morejulViy blame and condemn, 
 either of witlefs headincfs in judging, or of hcaA- 
 Irfi hardinefs in condemning. Spcnfer. 
 
 He'adlong. aeij. 
 
 I . Steep ; precipitous. 
 
 3. Rafh ; tliouglnlefs. 
 
 3. Sudden; precipitate. 
 
 It fuddcnly fell from an escefs of fisour, 
 which many examples having taught them, never 
 rtopthissace, 'till it came to a ieaJ.'ung ovet- 
 throw. SiJnry. 
 
 He'adlong. adv. [head 2LnA long. ^ 
 
 1. With the head foremoft. It ij often 
 doubtful whether this word be adjective 
 
 or adverb. 
 
 I'll look no more, 
 Left my brain turn, and the deficient figiit 
 Topple down headh'ig. Shakffrtire. 
 
 Who, while he fleering view'd the fiars, and 
 bore 
 His courfc from Africk to the Litian (horf, 
 Fell henJhng down. Drydm. 
 
 Htadhrg from thence the glowing fury fprings, 
 And o'er the Theban paUce fpreads her wings. 
 
 Popr. 
 
 2. Rafhly; without thought; precipi- 
 tately. 
 
 1 To give Ahab fuch w.irning as might infalli- 
 ■y have prevented his dcilruition, was e'.lecmed 
 Tiy him evil; and to pufh him on hendkr^^ into 
 it, bccaufe he was fond of it, was accounted good 
 ■ South. 
 
 Some afk fur envi'd pow'r, which publick hapc 
 Purl'ues, and hurries hiadhng to their fate, 
 Down go the titles. _ Dryden. 
 
 3. Haftlly ; without delay or refpite. 
 
 Unhappy ofi'spring of my teeming womb ! 
 Dragg'd headlong from Ihy cradle to thy tomb. 
 
 Vi \dt'! 
 
 4. It is very negligently ufcd by Shak- 
 fpeare. 
 
 Hence will I dr»g thee kenJhn^ by the heels, 
 Unto a dunghill, which (hall he thy grave. Sl:.ihf- 
 He'admould-shot. n. f. \_kead, mould, 
 andyZia/.] This is when the futures of 
 the fl<ull, generally the coronal, ride ; 
 that is, have their edges fhot over one 
 another; which is ft equent in infants, 
 and occafions convtiHIons and death. 
 
 He'adpif.ce. n. f. [head s.v\(!i p'lece.'^ 
 I. Armour for the head -, helmet ; morion. 
 I pulled off' my h,adpiier, and humbly en- 
 treated her pardon, or knowledge why Ihe was 
 cruel. Sidney. 
 
 The word is giv'n ; with eager fpccd Ihey lace 
 ■Jlic Ihining htadpirce, and the Ihield trabracr. 
 
 Dtydcn. 
 A rcafon for this fiftion cf the one-eyed 
 
 H E A 
 
 Cyclops, W.1S their wearing 3 hcaifita, or mai'.ir.l 
 vizor, that had but one lignt. Bravie. 
 
 This ch.ampion will not come into the tiold, 
 before his great blunderbufs can be got ready, 
 his old riilly brealtplate fcoored, and his cr.icked 
 h^itdp'c:e mended. S'wrft. 
 
 2. Underftanding ; force of mind. 
 'Tis done by fome feverals 
 Of "&tvT^/>/Vcf extraordinary, lower mciTcs 
 Perchance ai-e to this butincfs purblind. S-:ukJp. 
 Eumencs had the bcft headpiece of all Alexan- 
 der's captains. Pir.Uaitx. 
 He'adciuarters. n. f. [k:ad dinA quar- 
 ters.^ The place of general rendezvous, 
 or lodgment for foldiers. This is pro- 
 perly two words. 
 
 Thofe fpirirs, polted upon the out-gunrds, im- 
 mediately fcour off to tne brain, which is the 
 hcjdjuarters, or office of intelligence, and there 
 they make their report. CoL'ter. 
 
 Headship.?;./. [Jrom hcad.'\ Dignity; 
 
 authority ; chief place. 
 He'adsman. n. f. [head awA nmn.'\ Exe- 
 cutioner ; one that cuts off heads. 
 
 Rods hrtoke on oui aflbciates bleeding hacks, 
 And hfiid/men lab'ring 'till they blunt their ax ? 
 
 Dryde,:. 
 
 Hs'ADSTALt. n. yi [head and J! a IL} JPart 
 of the bridle that covers the head. 
 
 His horfc, wit'; a half-check'd bit, a.-rd ;i 
 headJI i/i uf \hcvp' > leather, which beiivj; reflrain- 
 ed to keep him from ilumbling, hath been often 
 bui li, and now repaired with knots. S/talfpeurr. 
 He'adstsone. n. f. [head and Jhne.\ 
 The firft or capital ftone. 
 
 The ftone, which the builders refufed, is be- 
 come the hcadjione. PjaUn. 
 He'apstrong. adj. [head and Jlrong.'\ 
 Unrcftralned ; violent; ungovernable; 
 refolute to run liis own way ; as a horfe 
 whofe head cannot be held in. 
 
 An example, for /ird.r/;'5'»_5 and inconfidcrate 
 zeal, no le(s fearful than Achitophel for proud 
 and irreligious wifdom. iU'jkft. 
 
 How now, my headfrcr.g ! where have you 
 been gadciing ? 
 — Where I bave learnt me to repent the fin 
 Of difobed'ient oppofition. Shakfpfart. 
 
 But fuch a hiadj'.rrjr.g potent fault it is, 
 That it but mocks reproof. Shakjpeare. 
 
 He ill afpires to rule 
 Cities of men or h;.tdjirr,r.g multitudes, 
 Subjeft hirafelf to anarchy within. JMy/.'ei. 
 
 There 's no oppoling the torrent of a hfadf.rong 
 multitude. L'Ejirange. 
 
 Now let the htadjhong boy my will controul ; 
 Virtue's no Have of man ; no fc.i confines the 
 
 foul : 
 I, for rayfclf, th' imperial feat will gain. 
 And he ihall wait my leifure for his reign. Dryd. 
 
 Your father's folly took a htadjhor.^ courfe ; 
 
 But I'll rule yours, and teach you Igvc by force. 
 
 / Dryden. 
 
 Can we forget how the mad headjirtng rout 
 
 Dcfv'd their prince to arms, nor made account 
 
 Of faith or duty, or allegiance fworn ? Philips. 
 
 I'll try if yet I can reduce to rcafon 
 
 This hiadfirong youth, and make him fpum at 
 
 Cato. Jiddi^on. 
 
 You'll be both Judge and party : I am forry 
 
 thou difcijvereft fo much of thy htadjlrong 
 
 humour. ^ihuthr'jt. 
 
 He'ad WORK MAN. n. f. [head, wori, and 
 
 niaii.^ The foreman, or chief fervant 
 
 over the reft. Froperly two words. 
 
 Can Wood be othcrwife regarded than as the 
 
 mcchanick, the Ae^d'n.-orkmunj to prepare furnace 
 
 and fiamps .' Sivi/t. 
 
 He'ady. adj. [from h^ad.] 
 
 I. Rafti ; precipitate; hafty ; violent; 
 
 ungovernable; hurried on with pafTion. 
 
 Take pity of your town and of your people. 
 While yet the c*el and Icnip'ratc wind of grace 
 
 H E A 
 
 O'crblows the filthy and contagious cloi4t 
 
 01 heady injrther, fpji;,and viUany. Sh.^ifpeare, 
 
 I am advifed what I lay : 
 Neither diilurb'd with the efFcfi of wine. 
 Nor, heady rafii, provo'ii'd with raging ire ; 
 Albeit my wrongs might make one wifer mad. 
 
 Shairpf^ri, 
 I'll .forbear. 
 And am fall'n out with my more heady wiU, 
 To take the indifpos'd and fickly fit 
 For the found man. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Wives, the rcadiell help* 
 To betray heady hufbands, rob the eafy. 
 
 Ben "Jonjijn. 
 Thofe only are regarded who arc true to their 
 party ; and all the talent required is to be hot, 
 ro be heady, to be violent on one fide or other. 
 
 Temple. 
 Men, naturally warm and heady, are tranf- 
 ported with the-greateft fluDi of good-nature- 
 
 Md-fi*. 
 
 2. Aptto affeft the head. 
 
 I was enterc.iined with a foit of wine which 
 was very heady, but otheiwifc teemed to be faek. 
 
 BcxU. 
 Since hearty beef and mutton will not do. 
 Here 's julip-dance, ptifan t>i fong and (how: 
 Give you ftrong fcnfe, the liquor is too heady ; 
 You're come to farce, that 's afTes milk, already. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Flow,Welfted! flow, like thine infpiicr, beer; 
 
 Heady, not ftrong ; and foaming, though not full. 
 
 Vtpe. 
 
 3. Violent ; impetuous. 
 
 Never came reiormatiort in a flood 
 \\'ith fuch a heady current fcow'ring faults ; 
 Nor ever hydra-headed wilfulncfs 
 So foon did iofe his feat. S.^it/fieare _ 
 
 To HEAL. 1'. a. [halgan, Golhick ; 
 hsian, Saxon ; heeler., Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To cure a perlon ; to rellore from hurt 
 or ficknefs. 
 
 I will reilorc kealth, and hea! thee of thy 
 WJUndi. Jeremiah. 
 
 Who would not believe that our Saviour healed 
 the fick, and raifed the dead, when it was 
 publilhed by thofe who thcrafelvcs often did the 
 fame miracles ? .'idiiifc^. 
 
 PhyHcians, by juft obfervations, grow up to ait 
 honourable degree of (kill in the art of healing. 
 
 Ifal.'s. 
 
 2. To cure a wound or diftemper. 
 
 Thou haft no hfalin^ medicines. Jeremiah. 
 
 A fontanel had been made in the fame leg, 
 which he was forced to heal up, by reafon of the 
 pain. 1} ifeman, 
 
 3. To perform the aft of making a fore 
 to cicatrize, after It is cleanfed. 
 
 After feparjtiou of the efchar, I deterged and 
 healed. }J iftman. 
 
 4. To reconcile : as, he healed all difiea- 
 fions. 
 
 To Heal. v. n. To grow well. Ufed 
 
 of wounds or fore?. 
 
 Tliofc wounds heal that men do give them- 
 
 felves. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Abfcefles will have a greater or lefs tendency 
 
 to h^al, as they are higher or lower in tiic body. 
 
 Sharp, 
 
 He'ai-er. n. f. [from Am/.] One who 
 cures or heals. 
 I will not be an healer. Isaiah, 
 
 He'aLING. participial adj. [from heal."] 
 Mild ; mollifying ; gentle ; affuafive : 
 as, he is of a healing, paclfick temper. 
 HEALTH, n. /. [from heel, Saxon.] 
 I. Freedom from bodily pain or ficknefs. 
 Health is the faculty of pirforming all aitionj 
 propel to a human body, in the moft pcrfeift 
 inan:icr ' Qo/ity. 
 
 Our father is in good htciih, he is yet alive, 
 
 Ctntji:.
 
 H E A 
 
 May be he is iiol" wtlj j' 
 Infii-mity duih lliil inglcdl .i!| oHicc, 
 VVlu u't(-> uui health is bfjuiitl. Shukfpe.tn, 
 
 t. Weltare of mind; puilty ; goodncfi j 
 principle of falvation. 
 Tlicit ii nu fiiiilih in us. Commof: Prayer. 
 
 Tltc belt jjiffci v;iti\e ro keep trie mind in 
 Ai-a/c/ni ti-.c f-iithful adinotiition of afiicnd. Uiteon. 
 
 3. Salvation fpirilual and temporal. 
 
 My Guil, my Gutt, w)iyh;ill tiiuu fuiUken inr, 
 and ;t;t ;o fji fiorT\ tny htulihy and (rum the 
 words ot my complaint } Pf.ihm 
 
 4. Wifh ot luippinofs iiftd in drinking. 
 
 Conu-, love .Ttid f'itiltli to »li ; 
 1 drink to ih' gciicial }vy of liic whole lab>. 
 
 He aflccd Ic.ive to begin two hfatthi .• tht hill 
 «-;!& to the kiug's miltiet's, and the Iccund to 
 liis wife. Ihiucl. 
 
 For peace at home, ?nd for K\\q public wc.ilrh, 
 I mc.ni lo crown a bowi to C.cLii'i h iiltk J'>ij\i. 
 Hfci'ALTHFUL. aeij. [/jealt/j :\nd/u/i.\ 
 
 1. Free from ficknefs. 
 
 Ad.im knew no difcafc, fu I'>nj :\s tcmj-icrancc 
 from ihe forbidden fruit i"c^_u;Ld I'lrn r Nature 
 wak his pl.yfjcian, and imioctnc and abltiiicncc 
 vould have tycpt him healthful io immottahty. 
 
 2. Well difpofcd. 
 
 Sucli an cKploit have I in hand, 
 Had you an healthfu! i::i\- to hear it. Sh,ikfpeare. 
 
 3. Wholtiome ; falubrious. 
 
 Many g"od acd hid'.thju} airs do appear by 
 habitation and proofs, that dllicr iiuE in fmcll 
 fiom otiicr alri. Bcicoi. 
 
 Willie they pervert pure nature' i healthful ru]c^ 
 To loathfomc Iick]iel'>; wuriKiIv finct tUty 
 God'i image did not reverence in thcmicUcs 
 
 A?/// 9'/. 
 
 Our hiaithful food the rtoma«h libours Uius, 
 At firll eiiibiacirjg what it iliaight doth crjfti. 
 
 T>>ydin. 
 
 4. Salutary ; produ(flive of falvation. 
 
 Pour upon ihem (he kcatthjitl Ipirit of thy 
 
 grace. Comm'jti Ptnycr. 
 
 He'althfullv. adv. [from healibJuL^ 
 
 1. In health. 
 
 2. Wholcfomcly. 
 Hf/althfulness. n. f. [from hcahh- 
 
 1, State of being well. 
 
 2. Wholcfomencfs ; falubrlous qualities. 
 
 You have trifled of tli.it cup whereof I l;ive 
 libernily drank, which I look upon as Gufi's 
 phyfitk, having tliat in Ati^lth/ul/iffs which it 
 WJntb tn pifiifuie. ^'"g Ch.nUi. 
 
 VVc ventured to make a Aandard oftlie health.' 
 fuinefi of the air from the proportion of acute 
 and epidemic. ii dilealcs. Gmiint. 
 
 Tn ihc winds the mlMbitants of Geneva afcribc 
 the hciilthfiilnrji of their ;iir; for as the Alps 
 furround tlitm on all fldc^, there would he a 
 conflant (Kijnation of vapours, did not ti.e north 
 wind put ihcm in motion. Addijon on Italy. 
 
 He'althily. adv, [from heallhy*'] With- 
 out fickncfi or pala. 
 
 Ht'ALTHiNESS. u. f, [ from healthy . ] 
 The ftatc of health. 
 
 He'althless. adj, [from health. "[ 
 
 1. Weak; fickly ; infirm. 
 
 2. Not conducive to health. 
 
 He that fpcnds his lime in fpoits, is like him 
 whofeg.irmcnt is all made of fringes, and hismc.it 
 nottut g but fauces ; they arc htalthlcji^ chargc- 
 :ible, :<iui ufcicfs. T^i\lor. 
 
 He'a LT H s OM E. (idj. [from health. ] 
 WholtftMne ; falutary. Not ufed. 
 
 Si ah I nut tl.f'.i !>c HiHcd in the vault, 
 To wl olc foul mouth no hnidthfotiidiur bieathes in, 
 And there be llranijl'd ere my Romeo comes ? 
 
 ShiUfjttarf. 
 
 He'althy. adj, [[torn health,] 
 Vol. 1. 
 
 H E A 
 
 t. Enjojlng Iiealih j free from fickniTi ; 
 hale ; found. 
 
 Tiic luifli.indman refurns from the field, and 
 (f'lm in.iiuiring liis ground, Itfojig und h-:althyj 
 becaufc iniiuccnl aiul l.ihuiiuus. South 
 
 Tcmi-eiance, iiuUiIliy, and ti pubiick fpiiir, 
 ruiintiii; ll.ruiigh the u-liulc body of the people 
 in Holland, liatb prefcivcd an infant common- 
 wiMltlj of a fickly cunltitution, through fo many 
 dang'-rs, as a nruch more hfulthy un(^ could never 
 have ftruggled againlt witiiout thofc advantages, 
 
 Sti-ifi. 
 
 Airand cxcrcifc contribute to make the animal 
 hr.t!lh. jrlibuthmt. 
 
 2. Conducive to health ; wholefome. 
 
 Gardening or hitfbanriry, and working in 
 wood, arc ht and hialthy iccications for a man 
 of lludy or bufinofs. Lr,cke, 
 
 Heam. n. f. In bealls, the fame as the 
 
 alttiblrth in women. 
 HEAP. n. f. [heap, Saxon ; hoof, Dutch 
 
 anil Sccttini.] 
 
 1. Many fingle tliinjjs thrown togetlier ; 
 a pile ; an accumulation. 
 
 The way to lay the city (lar. 
 And bui-y all which yetdilUndlly ranges, 
 In kco^i and piles <>f tuin. Shakfpsare. 
 
 The dead were falicn down by h/npi, one upon 
 anotlier. IVtj'iom. 
 
 Huge hraps of flain around the body rife. Dryd. 
 
 Venice in its firrt beginnings bad only a 
 few //£<7/)f of earth for its dominions. yidihpm. 
 
 'Tis one thing, only as a hc.ip is one. Blackmiri. 
 
 2. A crowd ; a throng ; a rabble. 
 
 A cruel tyranny ; a heiip of vaflTals and flavcs, 
 no freemen, no inlieritancc, no liirp or ancient 
 fanii.ies. Bacon. 
 
 3. duller ; number driven together, 
 
 \n uni\crfal cry refuunds aloud; 
 The tailors run in //cj/'J, a htlplefs crowd. Drvd. 
 To Heap. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To throw on heaps ; to pile ; to throw 
 together. 
 
 Urjp on wood, kindle the fire. Ezekicl. 
 
 2. To accumulate ; to lay up. 
 
 Though the wicxcd lii\ii> up iiiveras the duft, 
 and raiment .ts the clay ; but the jult (hall put it 
 on, and the innocent thai! di"ide the hiver. Joli. 
 
 How gicat the credit was, wherein thar oracle 
 was prtMeivcd, maybe gathered from the va/t 
 riches which were there lua-ped up from the 
 offerings of all the Grecian nations. Tnn^le. 
 
 They who will make proferti'm of painting, 
 muft hrap up trcafurcsout of their leading, and 
 there will find many wondeiful means of raifing 
 tiieiiifelvts above others. Dryden. 
 
 3. To add to fomething elfe. 
 
 For thofe of old. 
 And the late dignities he.ij,'d up to them, 
 We ult your hcinntj. S/mkfpraie. 
 
 He'a PER. n. /. [fromAfa^.] One that 
 
 m:ikes piles or heaps. 
 He'apy. ai/J. [from beap.] Lying in 
 
 heaps. 
 
 Where a dim gleam the paly lanthorn throws 
 O'er the mid pavement, h.-upy rubbilh grows. 
 
 Guy. 
 Scarce his head 
 Rais'd o*cr the Ar.i/>v wrt:ath, the branching elk 
 Lies flumb'ringtullen in the white abyfs 
 
 Thotnf'jfi. 
 
 ToHE.AR. 1). n. [hypan, Saxon ; ioo/rw, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 I . To tiijoy the fenfe by which founds arc 
 diflinguilbcd. 
 
 Sound IS nothing but a certain moduhtion of 
 the CKlernal air, wl'ich, being gathered by th' 
 external ear, bears, as is fnppolcd, upon thr 
 nicmhrana rympani, which moves the four little 
 bones in the tympanum : in like manner as it 
 IS beat by the external air, tliefc little bones 
 move the internal air which is in the tympanum 
 
 H E A 
 
 and vcflihulum ; which internal >\t malMS nil 
 iiTi[)rtfrion upon the auditory nerve in ti'.e laby- 
 rinth and cocitlcn, according as it i) movetl by 
 the little bones in the tympanum : fo that, ac- 
 cording to the various refio.ions ui li.r externa! 
 air, the internal air makes vaiiojs imprflTmns 
 upon the atiditoiy nerve, tlie immediate otgan of 
 hfttrint^ ; and thcfe ditTercnt impreilions repre- 
 fcnt dift'crent founds. (^^u'tt-y. 
 
 The objedl of hrnring is found, whofc variety 
 Is fo great, tli.at it bringi in admirable (lore of 
 intelligence. Hohi:r, 
 
 Piinces cannot fee far with their own eyes, 
 nor hnir with tiieir own ears. Tcmp^f, 
 
 2. To liflen ; to hearken: as, he hiard 
 with great attention. 
 
 So fpakc our muii.cr Eve, and Adam k.ar.-t, 
 Well-pleas'd, but anfw;i 'd not. Mill'.t, 
 
 Great laughter was in bcav'n, 
 And looking down, to fee the hubbub Attngf, 
 And hfiir the din. MillcfP. 
 
 3. To be told; to have an account: 
 with of. 
 
 I have heard by many 0/ this man. j^Cli. 
 
 I was bowed down at the hcAtrifg c/" it ; T was 
 difmayed at the feeing of it. Hafej, 
 
 Hear cf fuch a crime 
 As iragick poets, fince the birth of time, 
 Ne'er fcign'd. Tttfe'i Juvenal. 
 
 This, of eldeft parents, leaves us reoit in the 
 dark, who, by divine inflitution, has a right tu 
 civil power, than thofe who never hiard any 
 thing at all c/ heir or defccnt. Luckt, 
 
 To Hear. ti. a. 
 
 1. To perceive by the ear. 
 
 Tnc trumpeters and fingers were as oni:^ founrl 
 
 to be /^;fif.i in praifing the Lord. t CJtrir;i<:.'(i, 
 
 And furc he heard nic, but he would not hc.ir, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To give an audience, or allowance to 
 fpeak. 
 
 He lent fur Paul, and heitrd him concerning 
 the .fai'h in Clirift. ^flr. 
 
 I mull be;; the forbearance of ccnfure, 'till I 
 h.ive been heard out in the fei|uci of this dif- 
 courfe. Locke. 
 
 3. To attend ; to liilen to ; to obey. 
 
 A fcorncr hcanth not rebuke. Punerit, 
 
 //fur ilic word at my mouth, and give tt.cm 
 
 warning from me. Exekii/, 
 
 To-day if ye will hear his voice, hardeji ijot 
 
 your he.irts. iUbre^s. 
 
 4. To attend favourably. 
 
 Th.ey think they fliall be heard (or their much 
 fpcaking. Moiiheiu. 
 
 Since 'tis your command, what you fo well 
 Arcplras'd to hear, I cannot grievetoleH. I>enh. 
 
 The goddefs hcatd. Vope. 
 
 J. To try ; to attend judicially. 
 
 Hear the caufes, and judge rightcoufly. Deut. 
 
 6. To attend, as to one fpeaking. 
 
 On earth 
 Who againft faith or confcience can be heard 
 Infallible? • .Milton^ 
 
 7. To acknowledge a title. A Latin 
 phrafe. 
 
 Or Acif'y/thou rather pnie ethereal ftream. 
 
 Whole fouotain who fliall tell ? Miltvi. 
 
 Hca/'Jl xhou fubmiffive, but a lowly birth ' 
 
 P,;or. 
 Heard fignifies a keeper, and is fotne- 
 times initial ; as heard-beart, a gljriom 
 keeper : fometimes final, as cyuchearJ^ 
 a .royal keeper. Cihfon'i Camd n. It 
 is now written herd : as, co'wherd, a covv- 
 keeper ; hypb, ?axon. 
 Hearer, n. f. [from hear.'\ 
 I. One who hears. 
 
 And fo was Ihe dulled withal, th:it we could 
 come fo near as to hear her fpeethes, anil jrt Ihe 
 not perceive the/r^feriofbei lamentation. Sidney. 
 St. John and St. Matthew, vl icii have re- 
 corded thric fcrmons, hmrd thcRi ; and being 
 
 5 ^
 
 H E A 
 
 hfr.rers, did think themfelves as wtll refpcfl:d as 
 
 ll'.e phaiifecs. Hooker. 
 
 Words, be tlicy never fo few, aie too many, 
 wt;eil rhey benefit not the hearer. IhoUr, 
 
 Tlic hearers will Ihed tears 
 And fay, Alns ! it was a piteous deed ! Shatjf. 
 
 Tell ihou the lamentable fall of me. 
 And fend the hearen weeping to their beds. 
 
 Shakff>€itre. 
 
 ■2. One who attends to any doftrine or 
 <lifcourfe orally delivered by another : 
 as, the hearers of the gofpel. 
 a. One of a colleAed audience. 
 
 Plays in themfelves have neither hopes nor 
 fcirs ; 
 Their fate is only in their hcarcn eirs. 
 
 Her hiaferi had no fhare 
 In all Ihc fpokc, except to ftare. Swift. 
 
 He'aring. n. f. [from hear.'] 
 
 1. The fenfe by which founds are per- 
 ceived. 
 
 Bees are called with found upon brafs, nnd 
 tlrerefDre they have h:aring. Bacon's Nuf. llijl. 
 
 2. Atidience. 
 
 The Fienchambaffador upon that inftant 
 Crav'd audience ; and the hour, I think, is come 
 To give iiim hearing. S/i,ii/prai;. 
 
 3. Judicial trial. 
 
 Agrippa and Bernice entered into the pbce 
 
 of hturilicr. ^lCt\. 
 
 The rcTiders arc the jur>- to decide according tu 
 the merits of the caufe, or to bring it to another 
 heariiK' before fome other court. Vrydsn. 
 
 Thofe of ditfcrent principles maybe betrayed 
 to give you a fair hearing, and to know what you 
 have to fay for yourfelf. Ai^ilj-jn. 
 
 4. Note by the ear ; reach of the ear. 
 
 If we profefs as Peter did, that we love the 
 Lord, and profefs i: in the iiiaring of men ; cha- 
 rily is prone to hear all thing?, and therefore cha- 
 ritabh-'mcn arc likely to think we do fo. Ihokcr. 
 
 In our hearing the king charged thee, beware 
 that none touch Abfalom. a Sam. 
 
 You hwe been talked of fince your travels 
 much, 
 And that in H3m!ei's hearing, for a quality 
 Wherein they fay you (bine. Shaltjpeare's Hamlet. 
 
 The fox had the good luck to be within 
 heari„g. VEjlrange. 
 
 To HE'ARKEN.T. n. [hear-cnian.Sax.] 
 
 1. To liften; to liften eagerly or curioufiy. 
 
 Theyoungeft daughter, whom you he.uken for. 
 
 Her father keeps from excefs of fuitors. Shakjf. 
 
 He hcarkem after prophecies and dreams. 
 
 Sliakfpeare. 
 They do me too much injury, 
 That ever faid I hearken'd for your death : 
 If it were f ., I might have let alone _ 
 
 Th' infulting hand oi Douglas over you. Sha-.fy. 
 The g.ii!':ng three-mouth'd dog forgets to fnan , 
 The furies hearken and their fnakes uncurl. 
 
 Dry.-ien. 
 Louder and yet more loud I hear the alarms 
 Of human tries : 
 
 I mount the terras, thence the town furvey, 
 Andiearten what the fruitful founds con\ey. 
 
 Diy.kn 
 
 He who makes much ncceffur/, will wr.nt 
 
 much ; and, wearied with the di.Ticulty of the 
 
 attainment, will A«'if;iaf(crany exiedient that 
 
 offers to Ihortcn his way to it. Rogcn. 
 
 2 , To attend ; to pay regard. 
 
 Hra1ktnur.l1> me thou fon of Zippor. humb. 
 
 Thofe who put paiton in the place of reafon, 
 neither ufc ihcir own, nor hr.irken to other people's 
 leafon, any farther than it fuits then humour. 
 
 Loche. 
 
 There 's not a blefiing individuals find. 
 But feme way leans and hcaiiem to the kind. 
 
 Hk'arkenep.. 1- /• [from hearhn.] 
 liftener ; one that hearkens. 
 
 H E A 
 
 He'ausay. «./. [hear ^ni fay.] Report; 
 rumour; what is not known otherwife 
 than by account from others. 
 
 For prey thcfe (hcphcrds two he took, 
 Whofc metal ftiff he knew he could not bend 
 Witli kearf.iy piiSures,ora window look. Silney. 
 
 He alni ms by kejif.iy, that fome giants faved 
 
 themfelves upon the mountain B.iris in Armenia. 
 
 Ra.'cigri's H:J'iiy. 
 
 All the little fcramblers after fame fail upon 
 him, publilh every bljt in hii life, and depend 
 upon hcarjay to defame him. AdJijin. 
 
 Hearse, n. f. [Of unknown etymology.] 
 See Herse. 
 
 1. h carriage in which the dead are con- 
 veyed to the grave. 
 
 2. A temporary monument fct over a grave. 
 
 To add Co your l.iments 
 Wherewith you now htdcw king Henry's h,-arje, 
 I rauft inform you of a dilmal light. Shakfp. 
 HEART, n. / [heojiT, Saxon ; hertz, 
 German.] 
 
 1. The niufclc which, by its contraftion 
 and dilatation, propels theblood through 
 the courie of circulation, and is there- 
 fore co'.ifidertd as the foiirce of vita! 
 motion. 
 
 2. It is fuppofed in populw language to 
 be the feat fometimcs of courage, lome- 
 limcs of affection, foaietimesof honcfiy, 
 
 or bafenefs. 
 
 He with providence and cour.ige fo paiTeil ever 
 all, that the mother tonk fueh fpitcf jl gri^ f at it, 
 that her heart brake withal, and Ihc died. Sidney. 
 
 Thou would'ft have left thy de.iieft kcari blood 
 there. 
 Rather than aiide that favage duke thine heir, ■ 
 And difinhciited thine only fon. Shukfper.re. 
 
 Snakes in my heart blood warm'd, that fting 
 my heait. Sli^kjfrari. 
 
 Oin- battle is more full of names than yours. 
 Our men more perfcft in the ufe of arras. 
 Our armour all as flronj, our caufe the bcft ; 
 Then reafon wills our heaiti Ihould be as good. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 I thank you for my vcnifon, matter Siiallow. 
 — Maftcr Page, much good do it your good heart. 
 
 ShakfpetiTe. 
 
 But fince the brain doth lodge the pow'rs of 
 fenfe, 
 Kow makes it in ll.e heart thofe paflioni fpring } 
 
 The mutual love, the kind intelligence 
 'Twixt heart and brain, tins fympathy doth bring. 
 
 Daviei. 
 
 We all fet our heart! at reft, fince whatever 
 comes from above is for the hcfl. VEjirange. 
 
 The only true zeal is that which is guided by a 
 good light in the head, and that which confilts of 
 good and innocent aiieflions in the heart. Sprat. 
 
 Pieft with iuart corroding grief and years. 
 To the gay court a rural (hcd prefers. Tape. 
 
 3. The chief part; the vital part; the 
 vigorous or efficacious part. 
 
 Barley being liccped in water, and turned up- 
 on a dry tioor, will Iprout half an inch; and if 
 it be let alone, much moit, until the ksati be out. 
 
 Bacetn. 
 
 4. The inner part of any thing. 
 
 Some Englilhmcn did with great danger pafs 
 by water into the heart of the country. Mbit 
 The king's forces are employed in appaafing 
 difordcrs more near the heart of the kingdom. 
 
 Ha\%uarii. 
 
 Genen.lly the inf.le 01 heart of trees is harder 
 
 than the outward p.rts. Boyle. 
 
 Here in tiie heat: of all the town I'll ftay. 
 And timely fuccour where it wants convey. 
 
 Drtderr. 
 
 If the foundation be bad, provide good piles 
 
 made of heart of oak, fuch as will reach ground. 
 
 Moxon. 
 
 H E A 
 
 5. Perfun ; chara6ier. Ufed wIiTi refpc^t 
 to courage or kindnefs, 
 
 Tiic king 'i. a bawcot.k, and a heart of gold, 
 A !;id of lite, aa imp of fame. Sh.ikfp^iifg, 
 
 Hey, my /it-(ir/j; chtrerly my /tear/s. Hhakfp, 
 Wh.iC fays my kfart of elder ? Ha ! is -he dead ? 
 
 Shakfpttire ^ 
 
 6. Courac^e ; fpirit- 
 
 If it plcalc you to make his fortune known, I 
 will aficr take heart again to go ou with his falfc- 
 lioud. Sidney, 
 
 There did other like unhappy accidenrs happen 
 ' out of EugUind, which gave kccift and good op- 
 portunity to ihcm to regain their old puiTeflions. 
 
 Speftjer on Ire/d'id. 
 Wide was the woundj and a large lukcwaim 
 fluod. 
 Red as the lofe, thence gulhed grievoufly, 
 
 Thar when the painim fpy'd the ItreamJng 
 blood, 
 Gave him great /tearf and hope of vi£lory. 
 
 Fairy Quefn. 
 
 Eve, recovVtng heart, reply'd. M-lto/:. 
 
 Having left th;it city well provided, and in 
 
 gf.-.id hairtf his mnjc(ty removed wiih his litilc 
 
 .'umy to Btwdlcy. Ciurendsn. 
 
 Fniding thi*t it did them no hurt, they took. 
 
 heart upon 'r, went up to 't, and viewed it. 
 
 L^Eji range. 
 
 The expelled nations t.ike hearty and whcit 
 
 they riy from one country invade another. Ttmp!e. 
 
 7. Scat of love. 
 
 Ah ! what avails it mc the flocks to keep. 
 Who loft my heatty wiale 1 prefcrv'd my (heep t 
 
 rope, 
 
 8. AfFcclion ; inclination. 
 
 Ju.ib perceived that the king's heart was to- 
 wards Abfalom. 2 Sam. 
 Means how to feel, and learn each other's 
 heart. 
 By th' abbot's fkill of Weftminftcris found. 
 
 Daniel. 
 Nor fet thy hearty 
 Thus over-fond, on that which is not thine. 
 
 Milten, 
 
 'Tis well to be tender; but to fet the heait rcu 
 
 much upon any thing is wliat we cannot lulhfy. 
 
 ISE-Jirangf, 
 
 A friend m.nkcs me a ftafl, and fcts all before 
 
 me; but I fci my/i-.^r/ upon. one difh alone, anrf 
 
 if tSiac happen to be thrown down, I fcorn all the- 
 
 refl. Trmpie, 
 
 Tncn mixing pow'rful herbs with magick art. 
 
 She chang'd his form who could not c'r.ange hyp 
 
 h.uirt. Dryd'n, 
 
 What did I nor, her fVubhorn hsait to gain? 
 
 But all my vows were unCweTd with difoani. 
 
 Dry4eft. 
 
 9. Memory : though South feems to dif- 
 
 tinguiHi. 
 
 W'hiducver was attained to, concerning God 
 and his working in nature, the fame was deli- 
 vered over by heait and tradition from wife men 
 to a pofteiity equally zealous. Ji.iidgh, 
 
 We call the committing of a thing to mtraury 
 
 t!ic getting it by rieart ; for it Js the memory that 
 
 mult tranfmit :t to \he heart ; and it is in vain to 
 
 cxpcil th.Tt the hf.irt Ihoutd keep its hold of any 
 
 .tiuth, when the memory has let it go. S(,uth» 
 
 Shall 1 in London a<5t this idfe part? 
 Compofing Icngs for foois to get by kairt. Popf, 
 
 10. Good-will; ardou* of zeal. To taks 
 to heart any thing. Is to be zealous or 
 folicltous or ardent about it. 
 
 If he take not their eaufes to hearty how 
 fhould there he hut in them frozen coldnefs, 
 when his offcilions fccm benumbed, from whom 
 theirs Ihould take fire J Hooker, 
 
 If he would lake the bufincfs to hearty and 
 deal in it eftVclually, itwould fuccecd well. Bacon, 
 
 The hitiy marchjonefs of Hertford engaged her 
 hufband to take this bufmefs to hiait^ 
 
 Ciirendoir, 
 
 Amongft thofe, who took, it moft to heart, fir 
 John Scawell was the chief, CAir»rt,/w,
 
 H E A 
 
 Tlvixy prudent and horjcU m.in would join 
 liimftlf tu :h.it licJc which had the good vt their 
 country molt at krart. Ad.l<fr>f^. 
 
 Lorncd men have been now a long limc 
 fcarchiog Tifctf the happy countrj- from which out 
 iir(V parcnis were exiled : if they can Hnd \Xy with 
 
 #11 my heart." U^otdiutxtd. 
 
 I would njt be ferry to find the prcfbytcrians 
 TTiilToI^cn in this puiiit^ which they liase moU at 
 
 What I have moft at htart is, that fume me- 
 tliod Ihutild be tl-.uught on for ufccrtaiiuii^ and 
 fixing our hnguagc. /H-jjiJt. 
 
 41. Pafiloas ; anxiety; concern. 
 
 Set yowxheatt at reft ; 
 The f.iir\' land buys not the child of me. Hhakj. 
 
 12. Secret thoughts; recedes of the mind. 
 Michal law king David leaping and d;tiKing 
 
 before the Lord, and fiie delpifcd him in her 
 ht-art. I it>im. 
 
 The next generation will in tongue and hearty 
 and every way elft, becomi.- Englilh; fo as thcic 
 will be no diti'crcncc or diUiuftiun, but the I:dh 
 fea, betwixt u-:. Ddiun. 
 
 Thou lawcft the contradidlion between my 
 ic'irr and hand, ^''-'f^ Ch^m'^s. 
 
 Would you have him open his /leatt to you, 
 «nd alk your advice, you muft begin to do fo 
 with him fiiit. Lick,-. 
 
 Men, fomc to pleafure, fome to bufincfs take : 
 But every wom.in if, at hfartj a rake. i'opt 
 
 13. Difpofition of mind. 
 
 Doing all tilings with lo pvetiv a grace, that it 
 fcemcd ignorance could not make him do aniifs, 
 bccaul't he had a kiart to do we 1 SiUn^y. 
 
 I4» The heart is confidcrt^d as the feat of 
 tendcrncfs : a hard heart therefore is 
 cruelty. 
 
 I've fjcn tlice ftcrn, and thou haft oft beheld 
 Heart hardening fpefiaclcs. Shakf^nAre. 
 
 Such iron hearts we are, and fuch 
 The b.iie kubarity of human kind. Rzivs. 
 
 l§. To fnd In //>f Heart. To be not 
 uhoDy averfe. 
 
 For my breaking the laws of fricndfhip with 
 You, 1 to\i\^ jhid in my hitirt to nflc you paidon 
 fur It, bur that your now handling of me gives 
 me rcafon to conliim my former dealing. Sidney. 
 
 16. Secret meaning ; hidden intention. 
 I wi I on with my fpecch m your piaile, 
 
 And then flicw you the hcurt of my n;eTagc. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 17. Confclcnce ; fenfe of good or ill. 
 
 E-.crv man's //cu^/ and confcicncc dotli in good 
 or evil, even fecretly committed, and known tu 
 none but jtfcif, cither fike or difallow itfclf. 
 
 \%. Strength; power; vigour; efficacy. 
 Try wlicther leaves of trees, fwcpt tngtthcr, 
 , with feme chalk and dtnig mixed, ro give them 
 more h^att^ would not make a good compoft. 
 
 Eacti 1. 
 
 Tiiat the fpent earth may gather hciirt agitin, 
 
 Av-'', bcrter'd by cefT.tiun, beat the grain. Dryd 
 
 C.ire niuft be taken not to plow ground out (if 
 
 hffty bccaufe if 'tis in hitirt, it may be im- 
 
 p; jvcd bv m.irl again. ^Uttimtr. 
 
 iy. Utmotl degree. 
 
 . This g:iy cl'.arm, 
 L'V:ca right gipfy, hitii, at hCx and loofe, 
 Btj-uU'd nie to the vci-y ';-(/'/ of lols. Shakfp 
 
 20. Life. For viy bfart Iccms fometlmcs 
 to fignify, if life 'Xi^/is atjlahe ; and fornc- 
 lime? for lendernefs, 
 
 1 bid the rar*:al knock upon yinrg-itc, 
 Ai'.d Cuuld not get him/or my ^eairiv do ic. 
 
 SA'iifpcttrc 
 I gave it to n yofitb, 
 A prat'ng bcflf^ that bcgg'd ii as a fee : 
 1 n.uld notyor rr.y htn'i deny it him. Shi.ifc. 
 
 Piofoundly (kiU'd in the black art, 
 As Er.glilh Mcrliny^r /;/5 heart. Hudilms. 
 
 2 1. It is much u fed in compofition for 
 iiiind, or affediiorj. 
 
 H r. A 
 
 Heart-ach. «. / [L-ari znd ai'/},] Sor- 
 row ; pang ; angulfii of mind. 
 
 To die — to P.eei) — 
 No more i an<l> by a flccp, to fay we end 
 The tfit't-ochj and the thcuf^iid natural Oiocks 
 That tUlh is heir lo. Sh.ikfpenrc. 
 
 He\rt-break. ».yi [heart and ^va/',] 
 Overpowering fonow. 
 Bcttera lililc chiding than a great deal oihcart- 
 
 hrcr.k. Shr.ijpeare. 
 
 He AUT-BUE ai;f.r. u. f, A cant name 
 for a woman's curls, fuppofed to break 
 the heart of all her lovcis. 
 
 Like Samfon's hrattbrcakersf it grew 
 In time to make a nation rue. Ifudibra^. 
 
 H E A RT- 11 R E A K I N G. i/^/'. Ovcrpowcring 
 with forrow. 
 
 Thofc piteous plaints and forrowfu! f.td time, 
 Which l.itcyou poured furth, as ye did fit 
 B:fide the filvirr fprings of Helicone, 
 Making your raufick of keart-iircakifig monc. 
 
 Spe^fer. 
 
 Heart-breakin'g. n. f. Overpowering 
 grief. 
 
 Whit greater hetirtbreakrig and confuHon can 
 there be to one, than to have all bis fecret faults 
 J4td open, and the fcntcnce of condemnation 
 palled upon him ? Ha^f^vi/l. 
 
 Heakt-uvrned. adj. [heart ^nd hurn.] 
 Having the heart iuflamed. 
 
 How t.uily ih.-.t gentleman looks I I never can 
 fee him but I am hc(irt~l/urn\l aw hour after. 
 
 Sf'.-ihfpccrr. 
 
 Heart-burning, n./. [heart ^x\d bur fi.'\ 
 
 1. Pain at tlie flomach, commonly from 
 an acrid humour. 
 
 Fine dean chalk, is one of the moft noble ab- 
 furbcnls, and powerfully corretf^s and fubdue^ 
 the aciid humouis in the ftoroach : this prop':rty 
 renders it very icrviccable in the cardi.ilgea, 01 
 kenrt-lfuming. JfQQJward. 
 
 2. Difcontent ; fecret enmity. 
 
 In great changes, when rii;ht of inheiitance is 
 broke, liic-re will reniain much hiurt-humrftg and 
 d:l'c<jn"cnt amung the meaner people. Sit-ift. 
 
 PIeaht-deak. adj. Sincerely beloved. 
 The time was, father, tiiat you broke your 
 word, 
 When you wcrt: more endcar'd <o it than now, 
 Wiicn your own Percy, when my k^art-ddn 
 
 Har.y, 
 Threw r.i.my a nortlnvard look to fee liis father 
 Bring lip liispow'ri ; but he did long in vain ! 
 
 Heart-ease. n. /. Qiiiet ; tranquillity. 
 What inCiiuXf: /tt:ar!-rafi muft kiogs nei^lectj 
 Tiiat private men enjoy r S/uJ^f^eare. 
 
 Heart-e.vsin'G. a((/. Givinj^ quiet. 
 But come, tiuju T^oddefs, fair and fiec, 
 In heav'r. yclcp'd EopUrofyne, 
 And by men iuait-tufiii^ niinii. Miltor: 
 
 Heart-f.slt. cdj. Felt in the confcience. 
 
 What nutiung caithly gives, or can dtiVioy, 
 The lonl's calm fun-lhinc, and tlie ^e,iii-J\/i jo) , 
 Is virtue's pri/.c. Pcpr. 
 
 Heart-pf.as. n. f. h plnnt with round 
 ftt;ds in form of peai, of a black colour, 
 having the fiprurc of a heart of a white 
 C()lcur upon each. I'.lilh-r. 
 
 Heart QLiELLiNG. adj. Conquering llie 
 affcClion. 
 
 And let fair V'enu5, that is queen of love, 
 '^' \X\\\Kr hcurt-quiUhi^ fon, upon you fmiic. 
 
 Heart rending, ailj. Killing with an- 
 gtillh. 
 
 Hrii't-rfnJhi-r news, and dreadful to thofe few 
 Who her rcfrmble, and her fteps purfnc ; 
 That dc.ith (hou'd licence have to rage among 
 Thsfair, the -wife, the virtuous, and the yoiing ! 
 
 II E A 
 
 IIkart-robbinc. a^V. Ecflatick ; ilc- 
 priving of thought. Obfoletc. 
 
 Sweet IS thy virtue, as thyfclf fwcet art; 
 For wlun on me thou Ihinedll, late in ladncf^, 
 A meltin; pleafancc ran through every part. 
 And me revived with /itart-rMiig gladnefs. 
 
 Spinfffi 
 HtAHT-SICK. aili, 
 
 1. Pained in mind. 
 
 l{ wc be hiart-fck or affli<^d with an ut^cer- 
 taiii foul, then wc arc true dcfircrs of relief and 
 nicrcy. 7u^/o». 
 
 2. Mortally ill ; hurt in the heart. 
 
 Goiid Romeo hide thyfelf. 
 — N 't I, unlcls the breach of heort-fn.k groan* 
 Mift Met", infold me from the fcarch of eyes. 
 
 Shakjfcare. 
 Hearts-ease. n. /. A plant. 
 
 lltutti-tiifr is a fort of violet that blows aU 
 funinicr, and often in winter : i: fows itfcif Mirt, 
 
 Hkart-sore. n. f. That which paiiia 
 the mind. 
 
 Wi'.crevcr he that godly knigl.t may find. 
 His only hcart-Jore and his only foe. Fan y Queen. 
 
 Heart-string, n.f. [Jlring anA heart.'] 
 The tendons or nerves fuppofed to brace 
 and fullain the heart-. 
 
 He was by Jove dcpr'iA-ed 
 Of life hinifclf, and heart-Jiringi of an eagle rived. 
 
 How, out of tunc on the llrings ? 
 — Nut lo ; but yet fo falfe-, that he grieves mf 
 very luait-f.riiigs. Shakfpcare, 
 
 That giatcs my keart-Jliingi : what Ihould dif- 
 content him \ 
 Except he thinks 1 live too long. Dmkam. 
 
 It thou thinkcll thou ftialt perifti, I cannot 
 blame thee to be fad 'till thy /lettrt-Jlring! adck. 
 
 Taylor, 
 There 's the fatal wound 
 Tint tears my heart-Jlrifgi; but he fli-all be found, 
 My aims fliall hold him. GroTiviHe, 
 
 Heart-struck. eJj. 
 
 1. Driven to the heart; infixed for ever 
 in the mind. 
 
 Who is with him ? 
 
 . None but the fool who labours toout-jcft . 
 
 i{\z hearl-Jlruck injuries. Sk.ikf^care, 
 
 2. Shocked with fear or difinay. 
 
 He added not; fur Adam, at tiic news 
 llcart-jinick, with chilling gripe of furrow ftooJ| 
 That all his fenfes bound ! Milttn, 
 
 Heart-swelliKG. ailj. Rankling in the 
 mind. 
 
 Drawn into arms, and proof of mortal fight. 
 Through proud ambition aud kcari-j'vj:l!:ng\,ui,^. 
 
 Sfinfef. 
 Heart-v.hole. adj. 
 
 1. With the affeclions yet unfixed. 
 
 You have not fecn me yet, and therefore I am 
 confident you are h:\!rt-':vh')l;, Drydni. 
 
 Cupid hath cl.ipr him b' th' thoijlder ; bat I'll 
 warrant him hrart-ivhoie. Shakf^,e^,e. 
 
 2. With the vitals yet unimpaired. 
 Heart-wounded, adj. Filled with 
 
 paffiou of love or grief. 
 
 Miaii time the o,uccn, withotit reflcftion r'ue, 
 Beart-noundtJ, lo the bed of flale withdrew 
 
 Pr/e. 
 
 Heart-wounding, adj. Filling wUh 
 grief. 
 
 With a llir ek heart ■ii-'mkHv^ loud fhc cry'd, 
 Wiiile down her chtcks the gufliing torrcnt> ran. 
 Fall falling on her hands. Kcuir. 
 
 He'arteD. aJj. It is only iifed in com- 
 pofition : as, hard htarlcJ. 
 
 He ne'er like bullies cowarri htarteJ, 
 Attacks in publickto be parted. G/ty. 
 
 To He'arten. "0. a. [from heart.'] 
 I . To encourage ; to animate ; to iiir up, 
 T X2
 
 H E A 
 
 P.illadius blaming thofe that were flow, Jwf- 
 tr:h!g them that were forward, but efpccially wi:i^ 
 his own cx;vTiple leJtiinj ihem, m.ide an im- 
 ptclTion into ti'.e fqunriron. Sidney. 
 
 My royal father, chcei theft noble lords, 
 A:\i kr.irtcn thofe that tight in your defence : 
 Uiflicatn your fwoid, good father; ciT, St 
 George. Sh.>S:ft,cart. 
 
 This r.ire roan, Tydides, wo ^Id prepare ; 
 Tii:.: he mitht conquer, Ac.-".'/-:'Vl'im^ C>r«!>m.ir. 
 
 Thus hanrn'd well, and fldh'd <ip m his pr y 
 
 The youth miy prove a rridii another day Diy-i. 
 
 2. To meli )r:ite or renovate with manure. 
 
 The gro .: <i one year at reft ; forget nut then 
 With richcft lUing to hcnttn it ag..in. M\\. 
 
 Hearth, n. f. The pavement of a room 
 on which a fire is made ; the ground 
 under the chi'iiiiey. 
 
 Hoop'd out of Rjrne : now this extremity 
 Hath hrought nic t.i thi* hearth. Shak[p!iiie. 
 
 ^ Cricket, toWindfor chimneys (halt thou leap, 
 Where thou hnd'ft fires uniak'd, and AwMi un- 
 
 fwept, 
 There pir.ca the mnids as blue as bilberry. Shatf. 
 
 Good hick betriend thee, fon ; for at thy birth 
 The fairy ladies d.wc\{ upon the hearth. Milton. 
 
 The vanquilh'd fires withdraw from every 
 pllice ; 
 Or, full with feeding, fmk into a deep : 
 
 Each honfehold genius (hews again its face, 
 And from tiic hemthi the little lares creep. Dryd. 
 
 Hr'artily. aJv. [from tearty.^ 
 
 1. From the heart ; fully. 
 
 I bear no malice fur my death ; 
 But thofe that fought it, I could wi(h more 
 
 chriftians ; 
 Be what they v/ill, I heartily forgive them. 
 
 Shakf^eare. 
 If to be fad is to be wife, 
 1 do mofi Kcmti'y dclpife 
 Whatever S jcratcs has (aid, 
 Or TuUy wiit, or Wanley read. ?/•«■ 
 
 2. Sincerely; aflively ; diligently; vi- 
 govoufTy. 
 
 Where his judgment led him to oppofcmen on 
 .a publick account, he would do it vigoroufly and 
 ktarttly ; yet the oppofition ended there. Attiri. 
 
 3. Eagerly; with defire. 
 
 A< for my eating heariHy of the food, know 
 that ansiety has hindered my eating 'till tl Is r^.io- 
 ment. A.Unon. 
 
 He'artiness. n. f. [from Ai-jr.^v.] 
 
 1. Sincerity; freedom from hypocrlfy. 
 
 This cnreitanimcnt may a free f.ic; put on ; 
 derives libtity fiom htunimji, and well become 
 the agent. ' Sh»(Jf!jr.-. 
 
 2. Vigour; eagernefs. 
 
 The anger of an encray reprefenis our faults, 
 or ad.nionilhei us of our duty, with more k-arii- 
 refs than the kindnefs of a friend. Tuylo, . 
 
 Ke'artless. a-ii. [from heart.'\ With- 
 out courage ; fpiritlefs. 
 
 I joyed oft to chale the trembling pricket, 
 Or hunt the hcttrtlrh hare 'till (he were tame. 
 
 Spen[er. 
 Tnenhopelcfs, htartlefi 'gan the cunning thief, 
 Pe:fuade us die, to Hint all further (Irife. 
 
 Fiti^y Quett 
 What, art thou drawn among thefc hcaititf, 
 hinds } 
 Turn thee,. Eeiwolio ; look upon thy death. 
 
 ShakJpeiiTC 
 Thoufands befidej fti otl mute and hca-t.'^ft 
 there, 
 Men valiant all ; nor was I as'dto fear. Cosahy. 
 Tl^e peafants weie acciift mcd to payments, 
 and qrew hrarlff' as thoy gie'w poor Jcmf:i. 
 lieart!,fi they fougiit, and quilted foon ;iicii 
 giound, 
 While our's with jify vifto.'-y were crown'd. 
 
 HE'ARTl-ESST.r. aiFv. [from hearltefs.} 
 WiiJiout courage j faindy ; timidly. 
 
 H E A 
 
 He'artlessness. n./. [Uom hearfk/s .^ \ 
 Want of courage or fpliit; dejection of 
 mind. 
 
 Hl'arty. adj. [hom heart.'] 
 
 1. Sincere; undifTcmbled; warm; zealous. 
 
 They did nor luir.g tiiac hem ty intiinatiun to 
 peace, which they hoped they would n>ivc done 
 
 ('..'ttrernhn. 
 
 But the kind hofts ihci- sntertainment grace 
 With hf.i'.y welcome and .in open f^ce ; 
 In alt they did, you mi^jht difc-'rn with cafe 
 A willing mind, and a defire to pleafc. D'yden. 
 
 Every man may pretend to any employmcn:, 
 provided he has been loud and- frequent in de- 
 tl tring ; imfelf hfarty tor the government. Siuifi. 
 
 2. la full health. 
 
 3. Vigorous; Itron;^. 
 
 Whole l?.u^bs are hzarty^^ though his jefts are 
 coarfe. 
 And loves you bed of all things but his horfc. 
 
 rope. 
 
 4. Strong; hard; durahle. 
 
 Ojk, and the like true harty timber, being 
 ftruiig in alt pofitions, may be bstier trufted in 
 crofs and trAnfvcrfc work. kJ-'cftzf:. 
 
 Hearty-hale, adj* [keari and haU.] 
 Good for the heart, 
 
 \'cin-hc3ling \er\en,and head-purging dill, 
 Sound favory, and bafil keatty kale. Spenfti . 
 
 Heat. n. /. [hear, hast, Saxon ; heete^ 
 Danilli.] 
 
 1. The fenfation caufed by the approach 
 or touch of fire. 
 
 Ihat is a very briflc agitation of the infenfihlc 
 p^rts of the object which produces in us that fcn- 
 f.ition from whence we denominate the objcifl 
 hot ; ^ii what in our fentation is kcat^ \n the ob- 
 jcif^ is nothing but motion. Locke. 
 
 The word ktut is ufcd to fignify the fenfation 
 we have when we are ncnr the hrc, as well as 
 the caufe oi that fenf.i'ion, which is in the fire 
 itfelf; and thence we conclude, that tiierc is a 
 furt ot hftit in the fire rcfcmbling our own fen- 
 fation : whereas in the fire there is nothing but 
 li^^le particles of ma:ter, of fuch particuKr 
 (hipes as are filled to imprcfs fuch motions on 
 our Helh as excite t!'.c fenlc vi heat. I'V.itti. 
 
 2. The caufe of the fenfation of burning. 
 
 The fword which is made fiei7 doth not only 
 cut by reafon of the fKarpiiefa which fimply it 
 hnth, but alfo [-urns by means of that ^t<i^ which 
 i: harh from hrc. Hooker. 
 
 3. Hot weather. 
 
 After they came down into the valley, and 
 found the intoleiable ^cats there, and knew no 
 means of ligbtct apparel, they were foiced to go 
 linked. Biicon. 
 
 M.trk well the flow'ring almonds in the wood; 
 The g'cbc will anfwer to the fylvan leign ; 
 Great heats will follow, and large crops of grain. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 The pope would not comply with the propofal, 
 as fearing rhc htati miglit advance too far before 
 they had finifhcd their work, and produce a pef- 
 tHeiice among the people. Addipju. 
 
 4. State of any body under the action of 
 the fire. 
 
 The htatt fmiths take of their iron Pre a blood- 
 red /jfiu/, a while Same heat, and a fparkling or 
 welding htat. Alcxon. 
 
 5. Fernientatlon ; effervefcence. 
 
 6. One violent action unintermitted. 
 
 The eontinual agiialiun^ of the fj.»uits mud 
 needs be a wcakeniiig of any conllitutioii* efpe- 
 ci:!l!jr in age : and m..ny caufcs arc required for 
 refreflimeul betwixt the /unts. f)'yJtri. 
 
 7. Tlie fkite of being once hot; a iingle 
 effort. 
 
 IM fttitfcc my fotfime with htm at aA^*?/, 
 And give him not liie Icifure to forget. Dr^ASfi. 
 
 They the turn'd lines on golden anvils b;;aC, 
 Which icok. as if tliey ftiuck llitm at a hcnt. 
 
 luie. 
 
 H E A 
 
 S. A coiufe at a race, between each of 
 which courfcs there is an InternflifHun. 
 
 Fcign*d ic;d, you law, fci out the fpcedier pact j 
 But the laft Afj/, plain dealing won the race. 
 
 DryJtfl, 
 
 9. Pimples in the face ; flufh. 
 
 Ir has railed animofiiies in their hearts, and 
 «cj.'j in their faces, and broke out in their ribbans, 
 
 1 o. Agitation of fudden or violent paflion j 
 
 vehemence of a£lion. 
 
 They fccmg what farces were in the city with 
 them, ifTuetl againft the tyrant while they were ie 
 this Juiitt before yraftices might be ufed to dilTc- 
 ver them. SUney. 
 
 The friend hath loft his fiiend ; 
 And the beil quarrels, in the htut arc curft 
 By tliofe that feci their Iharpnefs. Shaifpcare, 
 
 It might have pleafed in the heat and huiry of 
 his rjge, but rauft have difplcafed in cool fedate 
 reflection. South. 
 
 We have fpilt no blood but in the heat of the 
 battle or the chafe. Atttrhury. 
 
 One plavnig at hazard, drew a huge heap of gold ; 
 but in ttie htai uf play, never oblerved a (harper, 
 who fvfept it into liis hat. Snx'ijt, 
 
 W, Fatlion ; conteft ; party rage. 
 
 Tiiey are in a moft waillke prcp-iration, and 
 hope lu come upon them in the heat of their di- 
 viriui>. Skakfpe-are. 
 
 1 was forry to hear with what partiality and 
 popuhu h?at elections were carried. A'/'ig- Ckaries^ 
 
 What can more gratify the Phrygian foe 
 Than thofe diflcmper'd. /jM/i ? Dryden^ 
 
 i2. Ardour of thought or elocution. 
 Plead it to lier 
 Wirii all the llrength and heat of eloquence, 
 Fraternal love and fricndfliip can infpire. Ad.liJ^ 
 
 To Heat. *v. a. [fronn the noun.] 
 
 1. To make hot; to endue with the 
 power of burning. 
 
 He commanded tliat ihey (hould heat the fur- 
 nace one fe\cn times more than it was wont to be 
 k:ated. Da'iiet, 
 
 2. To caufe to ferment. 
 
 Hops lying undiicd kcaf^ them, and changes 
 llicir colour. Mortimer, 
 
 3. To make the conflitutlon feverifh. 
 
 Tl'oj art g'Jtiig t(j Uvid Timo 
 
 fcail. 
 
 — Ay, to fee ment fill knaves and wine heat fools* 
 
 Shukjptarc, 
 W^hatever increafcih the denfiry* of the bluorf,. 
 even withuut incrcaling its reUviry, heats, be- 
 ca.ife a dcnfer body is hotter than a rarer. 
 
 j-irhutKn-jt 91 A!irfieKtu 
 
 4. To warm with vehemence of paiRoii 
 or defire. 
 
 A noble emulation heati your bicai>. 
 And your own fame now roba y«u of your reft. 
 
 l^fy.ien. 
 
 5. To agitate the blood and fpiriis with 
 action. 
 
 When he was well heated the younger cham- 
 pion could not ftand beiorc him ; and we find thd 
 elder contended not f.jr the gilt, but fur ihc ho- 
 nour. Dry den, 
 
 He'ater, n. yi [from heal.^ An iron 
 made hot, and put into a box-iron, to. 
 fmooth and plait linen. 
 
 flEATH. «. /. [n/Vtf, Latin.] 
 
 1. A fhrub of low ftature : the leaves. are 
 fmall, and abide greea all the year. 
 
 Miller, 
 
 In Kent they cut up the heath in M:iv, burn it, 
 and fpieiid the a(hes, Afc-time>'s Hufhandry, 
 
 Ort withhcldcr wing th( y fuaring dare 
 The purple heath. Th'^ftj^Jt^ 
 
 2. A place overgrown with heath.. 
 
 Say from whence 
 Yo*t ewe ibis Ihange intelligence ? or why^ 
 Upon thi'S blaiied heathy you ftop our wny 
 Willi fuch pnighctick ^^rccimg. Sh»tkj£:a:%
 
 H E A. 
 
 He«ltli and long life have been found rather on 
 tlic pe.ik of Dfihylhiic, and the hcatki of St.if- 
 foirilhlrc, ihan fertile foils. 'limi'U. 
 
 3. A place covered with (hrubs of what- 
 ever kind. 
 
 Some wot>ds of oranges, and hfaths of rofc- 
 inary,will fmcll a great way into the fc.i. i'.ieon. 
 
 Heath-cock. n. f. [/jm/A and rofi.] A 
 large fowl that frequents heaths. 
 
 Cornwall liatli quail, rail, partridge, pheafant, 
 keath-eacky and powtc. Ctiie-w'l Suri'ry. 
 
 Heath-pout. n. /. [heath and fout.] 
 A bird. 
 
 Not fi,(t[h-poi/tf or the rarer bird 
 Which Phalis or Ionia yields, 
 
 More pleating moiftls wojid afford 
 Than the fat olives of my fields. Dry.iiii. 
 
 Hkath-peas. n. f. A fpecies of bitter 
 Vetch, which fee. 
 
 Heath-rosk. n. f. [heath WiA rofe.'\ A 
 plant. A'lnjwortli. 
 
 HE'ATHEN. n. f. [l.>,^yJen, Gennan.] 
 
 The gentiles; the pagans; the n.itions 
 
 unacquainted withthe covenant of grace. 
 
 Deliver us from the hsj!h:r:, that we may 8i\e 
 
 thanks to thy holy name. i Chcmclr^. 
 
 If the opinions of otl-.ers whom we tnink. well 
 
 of, be a ground of alTL-iit, nien liave realon to be 
 
 hfiitheri in japan, mahomctans in Turkey, pa- 
 
 pirts in Spnin, and proreftants in EoglaiiH. h'^cke. 
 
 In a paper of morality, I conlKlet" how I may 
 
 Tccomnicnd the puticular virtues I treat of, by 
 
 the precepts or examples of the ancient hf^ahem 
 
 He'athen. arlj. Gentile; pagan. 
 
 It was impofliblc for a heathen author to relate 
 Ciicfe things, bee.iufe, if he had beli.ved them, 
 he would no longer have been a heatlicn. ,^.uiij. 
 He'athenish. adj. [ixo\x\ heuthcn.'\ 
 J, Belonging to the gentiles. 
 
 Wiicii the aportlcs of our Lord and Saviour 
 were 01 dallied lo niter the laws of htiithcfiijli reli- 
 gion, chofeii tiiey were, Jt. Haul excepted; tlic 
 reft uiifchoulcd aitogetlici, and unlctteied men 
 
 2. Wild ; fnifage ; rapaciotis ; cruel. 
 
 The Moots did trcatl under their h-sathetrjh feet 
 whatever little they fuund yet there ifaiiding. 
 
 Th.". enecrable Cromwell made a hcnthtiujh or 
 rather inhtiman cdn^t .-igainft thccpifcopal cleiTV, 
 that they (hould neither preach, pray in puhliek, 
 Kiptize, marry, bury, nor Icath fchool. S^3uth 
 
 He'athenishly. adv. [irom healhenj/b.'^ 
 After the manner of heathens. 
 
 He'atiiekism. n. /. [from heathen.] 
 Gtntilifm ; paganifm. 
 
 tt figiiiBcs the acknowledgment of the true 
 God, in oppofition \o ht'athc'iij'n> llamntonJ. 
 
 He'athy. adj. [from heath.] I'ldl of 
 he;itli. 
 
 This fort of land they order the fame way with 
 the hf III hy [.ind. Ahitinei's Hii/hriinliy. 
 
 To HEAVE. V. a. pret. heaved, anciently 
 hcve ; part, heaved, or hoven. 
 
 1. To lift ; ta raife from the ground. 
 
 So ftictch'd out hu^je in length the arch fiend 
 lay, / 
 
 Chain'd on the burning lake ; nor ever hence 
 Had ris'n, or hemi'J his head, but that the will 
 And high permifHonof all-ruling heaven- 
 Left hi in at large. Milto'i. 
 
 2. To carry. 
 
 Now we hear the kin^ 
 Tow'id Calais: ajant him thei«j and there being 
 
 fren, 
 Jlen-vs him away upon your winged tlipiighls 
 Arhwarl the le.i. ^huKjpaifc. 
 
 3,. To raife ; to lift^ 
 
 H E A 
 
 So (T.nintcH, when the giant faw x\\t knighf, I 
 His lic;ivy Iviiui lie heui'eJ up on high, 
 And him tu dull thought to have baUcvM quire. 
 
 Spcnjer. 
 I cannot kcnvc 
 My heart into my mouih. Shakjpeare. 
 
 He dy'd in fight; 
 Fought next my pcrfon, as in contort fought, 
 Sa\c wlicn lie h-:iiv\{)\\% (hiclH in my defence, 
 And (»n hii naked fide rccciv'd my wound. 
 
 4. To caufe to fwell. 
 
 The groans of ghofta, that cleave the earth with 
 pain, 
 And h(ax>e it up: they pant and flick, half way. 
 
 The glittering finny fwarms, 
 That heave OMX friths and crowd upon our fhorcs. 
 
 5. To force up from the bread. 
 
 M.idc fhc no vcrl):il qucrt ) 
 — Ye.s, c.nce or twice i\\t heaved the name of father 
 Paiitingly forth, as if it prelt hct heart. Sh^hjp. 
 
 The wittclicd animal hruv*d forth fuch gioans, 
 That their difcliarge did rtrcrch his leathern roiit 
 Almoft to burHmg. Shakjp, uds jqu like it. 
 
 6. To exalt ; to elevate. 
 
 Pour flindiiw, painted queen ; 
 One hc.iv\i on high, to be huil'd down below. 
 
 7. To puff; to elate. 
 
 The Sots, hea-ved up into high hope of viiflory, 
 took the Eii?lifh for foolilh birds fallen into their 
 net, forfuuk their hill, and marched into the 
 plam. Hayward. 
 
 To Heave, ^o, n. 
 
 1. To pant ; to breathe with pain. 
 
 'Tis Uich as you. 
 That creep like fliadows by him, and do figh 
 At each his needlcfi /leavings; fuch as you 
 Nounfh the caufe of his awaking. Shakfp. 
 
 He h.tii'ti for breach, which, from his lungs 
 
 fupply'd 
 And fctch'd fiom far, diftcnds his kb'ring fide. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To labour. 
 
 The church of England had flrugglcd and 
 heaved at a refuimation ever fmcc Wickliff'^s 
 days. j4tt€rhury. 
 
 3. To rife with pain ; to fwell and fall. 
 
 Thou h.ill mrtde my curdled blood run b.ick, 
 My hcait hiiiiie up, my hair lo rjfe in biilHes. 
 
 DrydcK. 
 
 The waiK^TLng bveath was on the wing to part; 
 Weak was the pulfc, and hardly heiW^dxVi hc.irt. 
 
 T)ryden. 
 
 No ohjedt affe»fis my Imagination fo much as 
 ttie fca ur ocean : I cannot fee the heaving of 
 tins pr<jdigiuu-s bulk of waters, even in a calm, 
 without a very ptcafing aftonifhmcnt. yid.iijon. 
 
 Freq^ucnt for breath his panting bofom heavti. 
 
 Prior. 
 The heatyrng tide 
 In widenM circles beats on cither fide. Gay. 
 
 4. To keck ; to feel a tendency to vomit. 
 
 Heave, n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Lift; exertion or effort upward. 
 
 None coukl gucfs whetiier the next heaue of 
 the earthquake would fettle them on tlic fiilt 
 foundation, or fwAllow them. Drydcn. 
 
 2. Rifincr of tlie brea-fl. 
 
 There '^ matter in thefi: fighs ; thefs profound 
 
 You mulHranflatej 'tis (it we miderrtand them. 
 
 Shui:j£earc , 
 
 3. EiTort to vomit. 
 
 4. Struggle to rife. 
 
 B;ft after many ftrains and henvesj 
 He vut up to his faddle caves. lludibrtis. 
 
 Heave Offering, n,f. An ofFeiIng among 
 tho Jews. 
 
 Ye thall otTer a cake of the firft of your dough 
 for an hi.tif f-fcin^y as yc da the hca'-'H' offering 
 of the thrcibing flout, iiutnlcti. 
 
 H E A 
 
 HE'AVEN. n.f, [heopon, which fcem^ 
 to be derived from heo^b, the places 
 overheat], Saxon.] 
 
 1, The regions above ; the cxpanfc of the 
 fky. 
 
 A flation like the herald Mercury, 
 New lighte<l on a henvm kifTing hit), ^halj^earf. 
 
 Thy r.icc m time to come 
 Shall rprcad the onquclls of 1mptri.1l Rome ; 
 U(mir,whofeafctn(ling low'rs ftiall hcav'n\v\s:x<\c^ 
 Involving earth aiul ocean in her ihadc. Drydtn, 
 
 The words arc taken more properly for the air 
 and ether than for the kcntens. Ra/etyA, 
 
 This at^t, with (houts hruv'n high, the friendly 
 band 
 Applaud. D,rydfn. 
 
 b'>mc fins may fall from heaven. Tt-mjiv, 
 
 2. The habitation of God, good angels, 
 and pure fouls departed. 
 
 It is a knell 
 That fummons thee to heaven or to hell. Shakfj^^ 
 
 Thcfe, the Lite 
 Hcav'n banifh'd holl, left dcfeiC utmoft hell. 
 
 Milun. 
 All yet Icftof tliat revolted rout, 
 /ft'jT*/; fall'ii, in ftatiun llood, or juft array, 
 Su!)Iinie with cxptitation, I^Ii/fom 
 
 3, The fuprerac power; the fovercign of 
 heaven. 
 
 Now hcaT*>i help him! ShakJ^eare, 
 
 The will. 
 And high peimiifion of all-ruling heav*'n 
 Left liim at large. Milton^ 
 
 The prophets were Taught to know the will of 
 God, and thereby inrtruA the people, and ena- 
 bled to propheCy, as a teflimony ot their being, 
 fent by hctiVtn. Tcm^le^ 
 
 4. The pagan gods; the celeftials. 
 
 Take phyficl'-, pomp ; 
 Expofe thyfelf to led what wictches feel. 
 That thou m.iy'il fhake the fupciHux to tlicm,. 
 And (how rhc han-cn^. more julK Shukjft 
 
 They can judge as titly of his worth, 
 A'* I can of thofe my Series which heaven 
 Will not have earth to know. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Iltav'ra ! what a fpring was in his arm, tO' 
 throw ' 
 How high he held his fliidd, and role at ev'rjr 
 bluw. Dryden. 
 
 5, Elevation ; fubriraky. 
 
 O, fur a mufc of fiic, thar woald afcend 
 The br'ghttft h.ai''rt uf im eiitiuii. Shuifpeare^ 
 
 6. It Is often iifed in compofition. 
 Heaven-begot. Begot by a celeftlal 
 
 power. 
 
 It I am //<'af'n-/>fg&/, afiert your fon 
 By fome fuie fign. T)tyden, 
 
 Hkaven-iiorn. Defcended' from the ce* 
 leitial regions ; native of heaven. 
 
 If once a fevci fires his fulphurous blood. 
 In ev'ry fit he fecH the hand of God, 
 And hetiv'n-h-jrn Himc. D/yJi/}\i fuvena/,. 
 
 Oh heuv'n-hbr't fiftcr5 !' fouixc of art ! 
 Who charm the fenfe, or nuiid the heart; 
 Who lead fair virtue's train along,. 
 Moral truth, :ind myllick fung ! Pope. 
 
 Heaven-3UEDv ProduGcd. or cultivated: 
 in heaven. 
 
 Much is the force of ^t'.'i-'*/;-^rC(/poefy. S-^iah'. 
 Heavi.n.-iji;ilt. Built by the agency oT 
 gods.. 
 
 His ;irm.=: h;id wrought the deitin'd fall 
 Of facrcd Troy, and rai'd \xv heaS.-trbuiit wall. 
 
 PQfe. 
 Heaven-directed, 
 I. Rriifcd toward the fity. 
 
 Who taught that /uuv' n~^ii t^ed'f^'ire to rife ?= 
 
 Pcf>€: 
 2". Taught by the powers of heaven. 
 
 O ficrcd weapon; left fur truth'?! dcfrncc j- 
 To all bur hca-v,-'i-dirt:!rd hands dcny'd; 
 The nmlc may give it, but the gods muil guide;.
 
 H E A 
 
 ITi/ateVlv. aJj, [fi-om hcavtn,^ 
 
 1. Refembling heaven; fcipieraely ex- 
 cellent. 
 
 As the love of licaven makes o.ie havtrtly, the 
 love i)f virtue virtuous, fo doth the love of the 
 woild make one be^.-omc worldly. Sidney. 
 
 Not M:iro's mufe, who fung the mighty man; 
 
 Nor Pindar's hcavJy lyre, nor Horace when a 
 
 fvvnn. ^-y^"'- 
 
 2. CdelUal ; inhabiting heaven. 
 
 Adoring firft the genius of the place, 
 Then caith, the mother of the ^wij'n/y race. 
 
 Drydfn. 
 
 He'avenly. iltlv. 
 
 1. In a m.wner refembling that of heaven. 
 
 In thefc deep fol tudcs and awful cell', 
 Where hemi'iily penfive contemplation dwells. 
 And cver-muling melancholy reigns, 
 What means this tumult in a veftal's veins ? 
 
 Po/if. 
 
 2. By the ngcncy or influence of heaven. 
 
 Truth and peace and love Ihall ever Ihine 
 About the fnpremc throne 
 • Of him, t' whole happy making fight alone. 
 
 Our heav'niy guided foul (hall clmib. Mihon. 
 He'avenward. adv. [/.icaTCn and peapb, 
 Sa.\on.] Toward heaven. 
 
 I priilhate by, 
 By various doubts impcU'd, or to o1 ey. 
 Or t) object; at length, my mournful look 
 B:avnwaulQis.iX, deteniiin'd, thus 1 Ipuk':. 
 
 He'avily. adv. [fi'om heavy.] 
 
 1. With great ponderoufnefs. 
 
 2. Grievoufly ; affliftively. 
 
 Eafe mult be iroprafticable to the envious ; 
 they lie under a double misfortune ; common ca- 
 lamities and common bleflings fall heavily upon 
 them. , . '^'"''"■ 
 
 X. Sorrowfully; with grief. 
 
 I came hither to tranfport the tydings, 
 Which I have h-Mvilv borne. Shatfpcarr. 
 
 This O'Xcil took very heavilv, bccaufe his 
 condition in the army was lefs plcafant to him. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 i. With an air of dejedion. 
 
 Why looks your grace fo hcaiiily to day ? 
 O, I have pad a mifciable lught. Shakfjuare. 
 
 He'aviness. «. / [from hiavy.] 
 
 the quality of being 
 
 , Ponderoufnefs ; 
 
 heavy; weight. ,,.,., , 
 
 The fubjcft is concerning the heai'iNer. of leverai 
 bodies, or the proportion that is required bctwi.xt 
 any we ght and the power which n-.ay nio^c |t- 
 
 Dejeftlon of mind; deprefTion of fpirit. 
 
 We are, at the he-^ring of lorae, moie inclined 
 unto forrow and h-a-Amji; of fome more molli- 
 fied, and foftened in mind. Ilooicr. 
 
 Againll ill chances men aie ever merry; 
 But htAvinff foreruns the good event. Hhukfptare. 
 
 Let us nut burthen our remembrance with 
 An k;ai:in'f' that 's gone. SItatfpeare. 
 
 Ucavlnifs in the heart of man makcth it floop; 
 but a good svord makcth it glad. P,cvab.. 
 
 Ye grcatlv rejoice ; though now for a feafmi ye 
 are in hcavincji, through mainfold temptation,. 
 
 3. Inaptitude to motion or thought; fitig. 
 gilhncfs ; torpivlncfs ; dulntfi ot fpirit ; 
 fangiiidnefs ; languor. 
 
 Our flrcngth is all gonejnto hiavincfs, 
 Th. t makes the weight. " Shatfpearf. 
 
 What means this kiavlncfi that hangs upon me r 
 ■ Tills lethargy that creeps through .111 my fenfcs ? 
 
 ylddifon. 
 He would not vio'ate that fwcet rccefs, 
 And found bcfulcs a welcome htavinefs. 
 Which f.i/Nl his eyes. T)r\ l-n. 
 
 A fcnr.iti..n of drourinefs, opprclTion, heavincjt, 
 and laCitude, arc ftins of a too plentiful meal. 
 
 Arhuthnot . 
 
 11 E A 
 
 4. Oppreffion ; crufh; affliflion : as, the 
 hcav'inefs of taxes. 
 
 5. Deepnefsor richnefs of foil. 
 
 As .Alexandria exported many commodities, 
 fo it received fume, which, by reafon of the 
 fatnefi and hfaviilif> of the ground, Egypt did 
 not produce; luch as metals, wood, and pitch. 
 
 Arbuthnct . 
 
 HE'.'iVY. adj. [heapi-5, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Weighty; ponderous; tending lu-ongly 
 to the centre ; contiary to light. 
 
 Mcrl'ennus tells us, that a little child, with an 
 engine of an hundred double pulleys, might move 
 this caith, thou^b it were much heavier than it 
 is. Wilkim. 
 
 2. Sorrowful; dejected; depreffed. 
 
 Let me not be light: 
 Fora light. wile doth make a heavy hulband. 
 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 3. Grievous; oppreffive ; afflictive. 
 
 Menelaus bore an heavy hand over the citizens, 
 ha\ ing a malicious mind. 2 Mac. 
 
 Let not your ears defpife my tongue for ever. 
 Which ihal'l poiTcfs them with the hcav-.ej] found 
 That ever yet they heard. S^:akfpeare. 
 
 If the caufe be not good, the kin; bimi'elf 
 hath a heavy reckoning to make. Shakfpcaie. 
 
 Pray for this good man, and for his iSTue, 
 Whofe hcav\ hand h.ith bow"d you to th't grave. 
 And beggar'd yours for ever. Sknkjpeare. 
 
 Chartres, at the levee, 
 Tflls with a filter the tyding /'li-aTiy. S ir'p. 
 
 4. Wanting alacrity ; wanting brlflinefi of 
 appearance. 
 
 My ht.ivy eves, you fay, confefs 
 A h.-art to love and grief inclin'd. Prjor. 
 
 y. Wanting fpirit or rapidity of fentimcnt; 
 unanimated. 
 
 A work was to be done, a heavy writer to be 
 encouraged, and accordingly many tlioufand 
 copies were bcfpokc. Sioijz. 
 
 6. Wanting aftivity; indolent; lazy. 
 
 Fair, tall, his limbs with due proportion join'd; 
 But of a heavv, dull, dcgeneiate mind. JJiydm. 
 
 7. Droufy ; dull; torpid. 
 
 Peter and they that were with him were hea-iy 
 with flcep. Luff. 
 
 8. Slow; fluggifll. 
 
 But let thy fpidcrs that fuck up thy venom, 
 And /iciTiy gaited toads lie in their way. Shaiff. 
 (_). Stupid ; foolith. 
 
 This heavv headed revel, caft and weft 
 Makes us Iraduc'd, and tax' d of other nations. 
 
 Sfidifpeate. 
 
 I v.'ould not be accounted (k) bafe minded, or 
 
 hrax y headed, that I will confefs that any of them 
 
 is far valour, power, or fortune better than my- 
 
 fclf. Kmh'ci. 
 
 10. Burdenfome ; trotibltfome ; tedious. 
 
 I put into thy h.uuls what has been the divcr- 
 
 Jion of fome of my idle and hsa7y hours. Loeke. 
 
 H E C 
 
 HE'BDOM AD, /;. / IhelJomai, Latiu.] 
 A week; a fpace of feven days. 
 
 Computing fay tlij medical month, the firft 
 
 hebdrtmad or feplcnary confifis oi fix day = , feven* 
 
 teen hours and a half. Byov:>;. , 
 
 Hsbdo'madal. J adi. \ from iel/dotnas, 
 
 IIebdom ADARY. 5 Latin.] Weekly; 
 
 coniiiling of feven days. 
 
 A' iur hehdo>t:adai pcv'.odSf or weeks, in reg^»r.a 
 of their labbath.s, tiiey were Jjbferved by tiie 
 Hebrews. i . Brvwn. 
 
 To HEBETATE. ".•. a. [heheic, Latin; 
 hebetcr, French.] To dull; to blunt; 
 to ftupify. ' I , , 
 
 The eye, efpacially if •ieietattd, might c.infr 
 
 the fam; perception. ' Httn't)' O'i Osftf^fnpfh/is. 
 
 Beef may confer a robuftnefs on the limbs u( 
 
 my fon, but wihaeianteind clog iiis imelledivil^ 
 
 ArB:ithmt and I'ojie. 
 
 Hebeta'tiok. n. f. [^xaxa helelate.] 
 
 1. The ait of dulling. 
 
 2. The ftate of being dulled. 
 
 He'b ETUDE, n. f. \_hebeludo, Latin. J 
 Dv.lncfs; obtufenefs ; bluntnefi. 
 
 The peftilcnt (eminaries, according to ftieir 
 groili.efs or fubtility, aflivity or hebetude, catifc 
 more or lefs truculent pl.igucs. llai'Jy, 
 
 PI e'er A ISM. n. f. [hibraifme, French; 
 heormfmus, Latin.] A Hebrew idiom. 
 
 Milton has infufed a great many latiniims, at 
 well as g.-3ecifms, and fometimes hibrnifms, in;« 
 I is poem. SpeClutor, 
 
 He'braist. n. f. [heireus, Latin.] A 
 
 man (killed in Hebrew. 
 He'brici AN. n./. [from HfZ-«w.] One 
 fl<ilful in Hebrew. 
 
 The words arc moie properly taken for the air 
 
 or ether tiian the heavens, a» the bcit heinriatu 
 
 underlian'd them. Ralcigk. 
 
 Tiic natiue of the hcbrcw verfc, As the meaneft 
 
 ieiricUri knowcth, ctjnfifts of uneven feet. 
 
 Peaeham. 
 
 He'citomb. n. f. [bccatcmbe. Trench ; 
 sxaTiu-p-,:. ] A facrifice of a hundred 
 cattle. 
 
 In rich mens homes 
 I bid kill fome healis, but no hecasemos ; 
 None Har\c-, none t'lnfeit fo. Dome. 
 
 One of thcfethiec i.s a wiiolc heratov.h-, 
 And therefore only one of them (hall die. Dryd, 
 
 Her triumphant funs in war fuccced. 
 And Ibughtet'd hecatdmhi around him bleed. 
 
 When aior.e, your time will not lie hea 
 
 upon your hands for want of lome tiiHing amufe- 
 
 incnt. Swift, 
 
 11. Loaded; incumbered; burdened. 
 Hearing that there were forces coming againll 
 
 him, and not willing that tiiey Ihuuld find his 
 men hcavi and laden witli booty, he returned 
 unto Scotland. Jiacon'i Henry vii. 
 
 12. Not eafily digefted ; not light to the 
 Itomnch. 
 
 Such preparations as retain the oil or fat, art 
 moft heavy to r-ie Iromach, wliich makes baktd 
 meat bard of riigcltiun. .'irhntin-t. 
 
 13. Rich in foil; fertile: as, Zifax'j' lands. 
 
 14. Deep; cumberfome: as, A.-rti'ii roads. 
 
 Hea'vy. adv. .4s an adverb it is oidy 
 ufcd in conipofitiou; heavily. 
 
 Your carriages were hea'-.y laden; they are a 
 burden to the weary bcalK Ijaut". 
 
 Come unto me all ye that labour and are h:av\ 
 l.idcn, and I will jive you tell. lAilihcii:. 
 
 Ie'ctical. 7- 
 Ie'ctick. j 
 
 adj. \l)ell'tqu£, French, 
 fr un ;£.:.] 
 Habitual; conllitutional. 
 Tinswiiid is ioiiieri only to tiiat kind of fever 
 which is Tiow and continual, and ending in a 
 conl'umption, 1% the contrary to thofc fevers winch 
 atil'e from a pktiiora, or too great fullnefs from 
 ohilrudlion. It is attended witn too lax a fl.ate 
 of the excretory paffagcs, and generally thofe of 
 thelkin: whereby (o much runs oft' as leaves 
 not refill nice enough in the contra/tiie vclTcIs to 
 keep thc<i fuliiciently diftendcd, (o that they 
 viSr.ite oftcncr, agitate the fluids the more, and 
 keep them thin .ind hot. Q«/«rjr. 
 
 A hcdkf fever hath got hold 
 Of the whole fubllance, not to be coatroul'd. 
 
 * Dotmt. 
 
 Ti 
 
 :d with a morbid heat. 
 
 JCo hcOlci liudcnt I'cais tiie gentle maid. 
 
 Taylur. 
 
 He'ctick. rt. f. A heclick fever. 
 
 Like the h;ilhk in my blood he rages. 
 And tiiou mull cure me. Shakf^care^s U^tmlel. 
 He'ctor. .-.'. f. [from the naine of /A'i7':>r, 
 the great //o;w(;V warriour.] A biiHy; 
 a bhtdering, turbulent, pervicacious, 
 iioify fellow.
 
 H E D 
 
 T'lofc ufiirping icSlrjn, who pretend to honour 
 viitiinii nlitjiiJU) tliink the ch.iigo ul ;i lye .1 blut 
 iiut I'l I'e \v;i(hccl out hut by IjIoocI. Soui/i. 
 
 We'll rake one tooling tup of nt-*(f\or, 
 AikI dink, to tlii» cclelli il /m/o/. Pi-or. 
 
 To He'ctor. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 threaten ; to treat willi inluleiit auttioii- 
 tatlve terms. 
 
 They reckon they murt pnrt with honour to- 
 gether with tlicir opinion, if they fuft'cr tlicni- 
 fclvcs to he hctlore>i out of it. G(/l>, of Vo^tgiie. 
 
 The weak low fpirit fortune ni^ikcs her ibve j 
 But Ihe 's a di'udgc, when /it:-:tGi'U by the brave. 
 
 An honefl m:in, when he came home at night, 
 fomul anotlier kliow donmiecring in his family, 
 liiiforing hi» Icivants, and calling for fuppcr. 
 
 ArhuthiOt . 
 
 7i He'ctor. v. n. To play the bully ; 
 to bill Her. 
 
 They have attacked me, fume with piteoii's 
 moans and outcries, otJKrs grinning and only 
 {hewing their rcerh, others ranting and hc£}'iiitig^ 
 others Iculdlng and rcvihng. Slillingfctr. 
 
 One would think the hcB^rhig^ the Hornring, 
 the luih-n, and all the difieicnc fpccies of the 
 aii^iy, Ihouid h'- ciu'etl. Sj^fLlulor, 
 
 Don Carlos made her ehit-f dire'^tor, 
 
 Tiut (he mi;ht o'er tlie fervants kenor. Swift 
 
 Hkdkr.\'ceous. adj. [/WfCflav/j-, Latin.] 
 
 Producing ivy. Dicl. 
 
 HKDGii. II. f. [he^5e, Saxon.] A fence 
 
 mack ronnd grounds with prickly bullies, 
 
 or woven twig.^;. 
 
 It IS a giiod wood for fire, if kept dry ; and is 
 very ulcful for i^akcs iwhetige^. Mo*tim:>. 
 
 The gardens unfold variety of colours to rhc 
 eye eveiy morning, and the h^d^a breath is be- 
 yond all pel fume. I'o^f. 
 
 Through the verdant maze 
 Of fwcet-bri.ir lujgsi I purfue my walk. Thotuf. 
 Hesge, prefixed to any word, notes 
 fomething mean, vile, of the lowed 
 clafs ; perhaps from a hedge, or hedge- 
 horn man, a man without any known 
 plice of birth. 
 
 There are live in the firft flicw : the pedant, 
 the braggart, the htjge-imrjl, the fool, and the 
 toy. Shulfpt-nre. 
 
 The clirgy do much fetter than a lirtle htdgf, 
 fontemptibic, illiterate vicar can be piefuined to 
 ^o. S^v/Jt. 
 
 A pcifon, who, by liis ftyle and literature, 
 fccms to have been the C'irrC(flor of a ktJge-prcp 
 in Liilie Biit.iin, pioccedcd gradually to an au- 
 thor. S':i>fr. 
 TVHedge. 11. a. [from the noun.] 
 i. To enclofe with a hedge, or fence of 
 wood dry or growing. 
 
 Hedge thy polfdhon about with thorns. Ecelu^. 
 
 Thofc alle> s nuiii ht hedged at both end.-., to 
 keep out the wind. Baicf;. 
 
 2. To obllrurt. 
 
 I will hedge up tl.y way with thorns. Hofea. 
 
 3. To encircle for defence. 
 
 England, /;t./;^''.i'in witli the main, 
 Tiiat w.'ilcr-wallcd bulwaik, ftill fecurc 
 And confident from foreign purpofes. Shakfp. 
 
 There's fuch divinity doth hedge a king, 
 That tieafun tan bu' prop to n hat it would. Shaif. 
 
 4. To flmt lip within an enclofurc. 
 
 It muft not be p.aid and exported in ready 
 mon'.y; fo fays our law; but that is a law to 
 hedge in the euckow, and ferves for no purpofe: 
 for if we export not goods, for which our mer- 
 chants have money due to Ih.cm, how can it be 
 paid bybilU of exchange ? Loeie. 
 
 5. To force into a place already full. This 
 feems to be niiflaken for edge. To ee/ge 
 in, is to put in by the way that requires 
 lead room ; but hedge may fignify to 
 thrull in with difficulty, as into a hedge. 
 
 V. n. Todiift; to hide the 
 
 - H E O 
 
 You foiget yourfclf' 
 To hnlge mc in. S'mkfv. Ji.l. CtJ. 
 
 When I was hafly, thou delayd'ft mc longer; 
 I pr'ythce, let me // dge one m'tment more 
 Into ttiy promil'c; for rhy life prcferv'd. Dryden. 
 
 When yun are lent on An err.uid, be fuie to 
 hrd^e in fom'c bulincfs of your own. Swft. 
 
 'To Hedge 
 head. 
 
 I inyfilf fomctimes, f.iding mine honour in 
 my nccelTuy, am fain to Ihutilc, to hedge, and 
 to lurch. Shjkfp'iite 
 
 Hedof.-born. adj. [/;fr/j-f and io;n.] Of 
 110 known birth; meanly born. 
 
 He then, that is not furniih'd in this fort. 
 Doth but ufiirp the facrcd name of knight, 
 And ihouUl, if I were worthy to be judge, 
 lie quite dcgijded, like a hedge-horn fwain, 
 That doth prefumc to boull of gentle blood. 
 
 Shiufpcnre. 
 
 Hedce-crrephr. n.f, \_hedge7xx\<l creep. 1 
 One that flculka under hedges for bad 
 purpofes. 
 
 Hedge-fv MiroRY. n.f. A plant ;//.';;7j//a 
 
 fepiam. Ainfivorlh. 
 
 Hedg R-11 o o.«.y, [hedgeanihog-jirinaceu!. ] 
 
 1. An animal fet with prickles, like thorns 
 in a hedge. 
 
 Like hedge-hogi, which 
 Lie tumbling in my bare-foot way, and mount 
 Their piicks at my foot-fall. Shaklpejre. 
 
 I'cw have btlief to fwallow, or hope enough to 
 experience, the coliyiium of Albertus j that is 
 to mike one fee in tiie dark : yet thus much, ac- 
 cording unto his receipt, will the right eye of an 
 hedge-h-'gj boiled in oil, and prefcrved in a bra- 
 zen vclTt-l, eflei5t. Broiun's Vulgar Errouri. 
 
 The hedge-hog hath his backfidc and fl.inks 
 thick let with If long and (harp prickles; and he- 
 fulcs, by the help of a mufcle, can conti.iil hitn- 
 feif into a globul.ir figure, and fo withdraw his 
 whole under part, head, belly and leg', within 
 his thicket of prickles. Ray. 
 
 2. A tenu of reproach. 
 
 Did'll thou not kin this king i> 
 — — [ grant ye. 
 Do' ll grant nie, hedge- hog? Sh.iifpcare. 
 
 3. A plant; treloil ; medica echinata. 
 
 A'tnfiuorth. 
 
 4. The globe-filh ; orhts echhiatvs. AivJ'iv. 
 
 Hedge-hy.>sop. n.f. {hedge zwii hyjfob.^ 
 A fpecies of willowort ; gratiola. 
 
 lJedge-hy]f'jp\% a purging medicine, and a very 
 
 rough one : externally it is laid to be a vulnerary. 
 
 UiU'i Mat. Med.-ca. 
 
 Hedge-i«ust.\ud. n.f. .•^ plant. 
 
 Hedge-nettle, n.f. A ^Vdat ; gakopfia. 
 
 A'lnjivorth, 
 Hedge-note. n.f. {hedge and ho/c] A 
 word of contempt for low writing. 
 
 When they began to be fomewhat better bred, 
 they left thefe hedgc-mles for another foit of 
 poem, which was alio fidl of pleafant raillery. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Hedge-pig. n.f. {hedge and //j.] A 
 young hedge-hog. 
 
 Thrice the hrindcd cat hath mew'd. 
 Till ice and once the hedge-pig whin'ri. Shakfp. 
 
 Hedge-row. n. f. [hedge and row.^ 
 The feries of trees or bufhes planted for 
 encloftires. 
 
 Sometime walking not unfeen 
 By hedge-foiu elms, on hillocks green. Mihon. 
 
 Tiie fields in the northern fide aie divided by 
 hedge-ro'Ms of myrtle. JSeriley to Fope. 
 
 Hedge-sparrow, n.f. {hedge andfpar- 
 roiv; currucn.'\ A fparrow that lives 
 in bulhes, dillinguifhed from a fpariow 
 that builds in thatch. 
 
 II E K 
 
 The ^f.'il^i'-fpf.riJ'Uf fed the ciickuO fo long, 
 That it b.itJ it'a lic;id bit uff hy its young, i^/iuif, 
 
 He'dgino-bill. fl. /. [/'ff/i,'f aiitl 6iIL] 
 
 A cutting-hook, uft^d in-mi'.!;ing Iicilgca; 
 
 Comes nKiOcr Ddmctas with ;i /«t/^/«^-/i/(/ ni 
 
 his hand, rhatling and fwcaiing. HiUniy. 
 
 IIe'dgek. Ti, /, [from /W^f.] One who 
 makes hedgts. 
 
 The Inhour'd ox 
 In liis !oofc tvAcc fiom the furrow cime, 
 And the (wiiik'd hedger at his fuppcr fat. MHlcn, 
 He u'ouki be laii^bcd at, thai Ihould go about 
 to make a tine dancer out of a country hcd^er ac 
 p.ili lifry. Lofke, 
 
 To HEED. V. a. [hoban, Saxon.] To 
 mind ; to rtgard ; to take noUcc of; to 
 attend. 
 
 With plifafurc Argus the mufkian hcedi ; 
 But wondeis much at ihofc new vocal rccds. Dry, 
 He will no niaic have cl.ar ideas of all tie 
 operations of his mind, than \\z will have all thu 
 paiticuliir ideas of any Injidfcapc or deck, who 
 will nut tLnn his eyes tu it, and wi:.i attentioif 
 heed -aW the^arts of it. S^ikc, 
 
 Hked. n.f, [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Care; ailciUlon. 
 
 With wanton heed and giddy cunning, 
 The melting voice throui^h mazes running. M-'lton. 
 
 Take ^;r(/ that, in their tender ycais, ideas, 
 l)iat have no natural cuheGon, come not to be 
 united in their heads. LotJ:c. 
 
 Thou muft take heed, my Portius; . 
 The world has ali its eyes on Gate's fon. Addif. 
 
 2. Caution; fearful attention; fufpicious 
 watch. 
 
 Either wife bearing or Ignorant carriage is 
 c.iught as men catch difcafcs, one of another ; 
 thcicfure, let men take /i-'c*^ of their company. 
 
 Shiikf^eart^s Henry iv. 
 
 Take /;ffi/; have open eye; for tliieves do 
 
 foot by night: 
 
 Take heed ere lummer comes, or cuckoo bird* 
 
 affright. Hhukjpeare, 
 
 3. Care to avoid. 
 
 We Ihould take //ffi^of the neglect or contempt 
 of his worlhip, Tiliotjon, 
 
 4. Notice; ohfervation. 
 
 Speech muli come by hearing and learning; 
 and biids give more heed, and mark wofds more 
 than hearts. Bacon. 
 
 5^"^ Serioufnefs; flaidnefs. 
 
 He did uTifeal thcmj- and the firrt he viewM, 
 He did it with a ferious mind ; a heed 
 Was in his countenance. SnukJ^eare, 
 
 6. Re^'i^^ird; refpcdful notice. 
 
 Itii a way of calling a man a fool, when no 
 heed is given to what he fays. L" Ejit ange , 
 
 He'edful. aJj, [[from /iW.] 
 
 1. Watchful; cautions; fufpicious. 
 
 Give l.im h.tJful note ; 
 For I mine eyes will rivet to his face ; 
 And, after, we will both our judgments join, 
 In cenlure of his teeming. Shuiffeare. 
 
 2. Attentive; careful; obfcvving; withal 
 
 I am commanded 
 To tell the pafiion of my fo\ ercign's heart ; 
 Where fame, httc entMng at his /rrrii'/i-i cars. 
 Hath piac'd thy beauty's imagcand thy viitue. 
 
 Shitkjpeurc. 
 To him one of the other twins was bound, 
 Whilft I l.ad Ceen like htedfui cf the other. 
 
 Shiikfpcare, 
 Thou, heedful of A Ay \ce J fecurc proceed ; 
 My praifcthe pveccpt is, be thine the deed. Fope, 
 He'edfully. adv, [from heedfuL'\ Atten- 
 tively ; carefully; cautloufly. 
 
 Let the Larncr maintain an l.unourable opinion 
 
 of his inflruclor, and hctdfully litlen to his in- 
 
 fiiui^'tions, as one willing to be led. Watts. 
 
 He'edfulness. «. /. [from heedful.^ 
 
 Caution ; vigilance ; attention. 
 He'edilv, rfJy. Cautioufly ; vigilantly. 
 
 Did,
 
 HE E 
 
 He'ediKess. n. /. Caution; vigilanci?. 
 
 He'edless. at/j. [from heeJ.] Negligent; 
 inattentive; caielefs ; thoughtlefs; le- 
 gardlefs ; uiiobfei ving; withy. 
 
 The hc.-Jl.'/> Ijver docs noi know 
 Whofceves they are that wound him fo. IValltr. 
 
 Uadl'-Ji o/ vcifc, .ind hopelcfs of the crowji, 
 Scarce naif a wit, and more than half a clown. 
 
 Some ideas which have more than once offered 
 themiclvcs to the Iciifci.have yet been little taken 
 iiolicc of; the mind bemg cither haMrf, as in 
 children, or otherwilc employed, as in men. 
 
 SuiTirifes are o'ten fatal to hietUtft unguarded 
 inn'jccnce. Sheilock. 
 
 He'edlessi.y. adv. [from heeti/efs.] Care- 
 lefly ; negligently ; inattentively. 
 
 Whilft ye riifchargc the duties of matrimony, 
 ye htedl.filv llide into fin. ^rbuthmt and Pope. 
 He'edi-essness. n. /. [from heedlefs.} 
 Carclcfnefs ; thoughtleiTnefs ; negli- 
 gence ; inattention. 
 
 In tl'.e little harms they fuifer from knocks 
 and f.iUs, they (hould not be pitied, but bid do 
 fo again; which is a better way to cure their 
 hetdUfnrf!. ^f'"-'- 
 
 HEEL. n.f. [heks SaKOn.] 
 
 I. The part of the foot that protuberates 
 
 behind. 
 If the luxated bone be diftorted backward, it 
 
 lieth over the lietl bone. 11'ifiin.in' i Smgc'y. 
 
 t. The whole foot of animals. 
 
 The ft.ig rec.ils his ftrength, his fpced, 
 His winged heiU, and then his armed head; 
 With tliele l' avoid, with that his fate to meet ; 
 Bjt fear prevails, and bid> him truft his feet. 
 
 DinJlam 
 
 Pegafus appeared hanging oflF the fide of a 
 rock, with a fount.iin running rrom his hie!. Ad.ij. 
 
 3. The feet, as employed in flight. 
 
 Nothing is commoner, in times of danger, 
 ih.m for men to leave their mailers to bears .ind 
 tygeis, and Ibew them a fair pair of herh for 't. 
 
 L' Ejhangc. 
 
 4. To be at theH't.^i.i, To purfiie clofe- 
 Iv ; to follow hard. 
 
 Sir, when comes your book forth .' 
 Upon the hteli of my prcfentment. Siaifpeari 
 
 But is there no fequei at liic /ler/i of this 
 Mothci's admiration • Shakffearc'i Hamlet. 
 
 5. To attend cloftly. 
 
 Could we bie.ik our way 
 Bv force, and .it out i.v/i all hell (bould rife 
 With blackclt infuneition, to confound 
 Heav'n's purcll light. Mi/tan. 
 
 6. To purfne as an enemy. 
 
 The Spaniards fled on towards the north to 
 
 fcek their foitunes, being ft.ll chafed by tiic 
 
 EnglilTi nivy at their iee/i, until tliey were fain 
 
 to give them over for want of powder. Bue'in. 
 
 Want ! hungry want ! mat hungry meagit 
 
 fiend. 
 
 Is at my heeh, and chaccs me in view. Ot^uaj, 
 
 •J. To follow clofe as a dependant. 
 
 Trrougli proud London he came fighing on, 
 After t',,' admired ieeh of Bolingbroke. Shakff. 
 
 8. To lay f-y the Heels. To fetter ; to 
 Ihiickle ; to pnt in gyves. 
 
 If the king blame mc lor 't, I'll lay ye all 
 Bv th' heel', and fuddenly ; and on your heads 
 Cl.ip round fines for neglefl. Shjkfpcare. 
 
 One half of man, his mind, 
 Is fu! jwi'j unconfin'd. 
 And cannot be l,i' I ty ih' herh. HuJihras. 
 
 i licg:ni to fmokc that they were a parcel of 
 mummers : and wondered that none of the 
 Middlcfcx jufticos took care to hy fomc of them 
 by, he huh. .ddlifon. 
 
 9. Any thing fhaped like a heel. 
 
 At the other fide is a kind of heel or knob, to 
 i-raaic clots with. Mortimer't llufiandry. 
 
 H E I 
 
 10. Tlie back part of a Rocking ! wTience 
 the phrafe /* be out at heels, to be worn 
 out. ^ 
 
 A good man's fortune may grow out <it heels? 
 
 Shakj^eaee. 
 
 To Heel. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To dance. 
 
 I cannot Ting, 
 Nor iff/ the high Uvolt, noi fwectentalk. Shu^f 
 
 2. To lean on one fide : as, the fliip /.';e.'s. 
 To Heel. v. a. "lo arm a cock. 
 Hee'ler. n. f. [from heel.\ A cock 
 
 that llrikes well with his hetls. 
 He'el-piece. n.f. [heel and /■(>«.] A 
 
 piece fixed on the hi.'ider part of the flioe, 
 
 to fuppiy what is worn away. 
 To HEtL-PiECE. i>. a. [heel and/-;Vrf.] 
 
 To put a piece of leather on a fliocLeel. 
 Some blaaied Mrs. Bull for new heel-piecing 
 
 her Ihocs. ^rhuthnot. 
 
 Heft. n. f. [from fcjw.] 
 
 I. Heaving; effort. 
 
 May be in the cup 
 A fpidcr flcep'd, and one may drink; depart, 
 And yet pr^rtjke no venom ; for his knowledge 
 Is nut infected : but if one prelcnt 
 Th' abhijirent mgredient to his eye, make known 
 How he hath drunkj he cracks his gorge, his fides 
 With violent AfyVj. ShaiCpearc^t IVinter'i Tule. 
 
 1. [for haf I.] Handle. 
 
 His oily fide devours both blade and hcjt, 
 
 H'eiller. 
 
 He'cira. n. f. [Arabick.] A term in 
 chronology, fignifving the epocha, or 
 account of time, ufed by the Arabians 
 and Turks, who begin their computa- 
 tion from the day that Mahomit was forc- 
 ed to make his efcape from the city of 
 Mecca, which happened on Friday, July 
 16, A. D. dlt, under the reign of the 
 emperor Heraclhu. Harris. 
 
 Heifer, n. f. [heapope, Saxon.] A 
 young cow 
 
 Who tinds the hf'f-:r dead and bleeding frcfli, 
 And tees faft by a butcher with an axe, 
 But will fufpeft 'twas he that made the (laughter r 
 
 ^l;r.kfpeiirc. 
 
 A h-'ijer will put up her nofe, and Inuff in the 
 air, agamft the rain. Baccn. 
 
 For her the Hocks lefufc their verdant food. 
 Nor tliiiily hctfer feek the gliding Aood. l*ope 
 
 Heigh ho. inlerj. 
 
 1. .An exprefliou of flight languor andun- 
 eafinefs. 
 
 Heigh /io! an't be not four by the d.iy, I'll be 
 liang'd. Shakfpeare. 
 
 2, It is ufed by DryJen, contrarily to cuf- 
 tom, as a voice of exultation. 
 
 We'll tofs off our ale 'nil we cannot ftand. 
 And hdgh-h'j for the honour of Old England. 
 
 Dry Jin 
 
 Height, n.f. [fromA/j/^.] 
 
 1. Elevation above the ground : Indefinite. 
 
 Into wiQt pi: thou fecft, 
 From what height f-illn ! Millcn 
 
 An aniphithcalre's amazing height 
 Heie fills the eye with terror and delight, j^ddtj. 
 
 2. Altitude ; definite fpace mcafured up- 
 ward. 
 
 Abroad I'll ftudy thee. 
 As Re removes far off, that great heights takes. 
 
 DoAne. 
 
 There is in Ticinium a church that is in lepgll. 
 
 one hundred feet, in breadth twenty, and in height 
 
 near fifty. Baeon 
 
 An amphitheatre appear'd 
 Rai5'd in degrees, to fixty p:ices rcar'd ; 
 That when a man was phc'd in one degree. 
 Height was allow 'df»r him above lo fee. DryJen. 
 
 H F. I 
 
 3. Degree of latitude. I-atitudej arc 
 higher as they approach the pole. 
 
 Guinea Ijeth to tiic nuitu lo, m the fame 
 height .:s Peru to the fouth. j-ih'ixit. 
 
 4. Summit; afcent ; lowering eminence ; 
 high place. 
 
 Fruin Alpine kdgkti the father hrit defcends ; 
 His daughter's hulbdiid in the pbni attends. -D'V, 
 
 5. Elevation of rank ; ftatioa of dignity ; 
 great degree of excellence. 
 
 Bv mm that rais'd me to tins careful htight^ 
 Fiom (har coiit^nted ii?.p winch I cnjoy'd. ShakJ. 
 
 Ten kuigs had from the Kormun conqu'roi 
 rcigii'd, 
 When EigiarKi to her greateft height attained, 
 Ot pow'r, duminiun, g^lory, wealth, and flare. 
 
 DanitK 
 
 Eveiy man of learning need not enter into their 
 diffituiites, nor climb the heights to whicn fome 
 orhers !u\e a:iivcd. IVatti, 
 
 6. The utmoft degree ; full completion. 
 
 Puirctadtion doth not rife to its height at once. 
 
 Did iK>: (he 
 Of Tirana tiri> betray r,\e, .md reveal 
 "W-.c Itcict, wicftcd from inc in the heJght 
 Ol nuptial love profcls'd ? Milton. 
 
 Hide mc from the face 
 O^ God, whom to behold was then my height 
 Of happinefs ! Miiton, 
 
 D.lp.iiris the height of m.idnefs. Shsrhck, 
 
 7. Utmoft exertion. 
 
 Cumc on,"<ir ; 1 Ihall now put you to tue height 
 of your breedirg. Shakjpeare. 
 
 8. Stute of excellence; advance teward 
 peifeclion. 
 
 Social duties are carried to greater heights^ and 
 enticed with ftrongcr motives, by the ptinciplcs 
 of 01:1 religion. Addjjun, 
 
 'To Heighten, t;. a. [from ^^/g^^/.] 
 
 1. To raife higher. 
 
 2. To improve ; to meliorate. 
 
 3. To aggi^avate. 
 
 Foicign dates ufed their endeavours to heighten 
 our confufions, m\A plurge us into all the evils 
 of a civil war. AdiUj^n* 
 
 4. To improve by decorations. 
 
 As in a room, contrived for i\ate, the height of 
 the loof (hould bear a proportion to the aiea ; fo 
 in the heightcningi uf poetry, the ftrength and 
 vehemence of figures fhould be fuiKd to the 
 DC CI fion . Drydertt 
 
 HEINOUS, at/j, [^/7/.ifu.f, Fienoli, from 
 /)anc'y hate ; or from the Teiilonick, hoon, 
 ihame.] Atrocious ; wicked in a high 
 degree. 
 
 To abrogate or innovate the gofpel of Chrifl^, 
 if men or angels fhould attem^jr, it were molt 
 hiirwui and accurfed facrilcge. Hooker. 
 
 Thi? is the man Ihould do the bloody deed : 
 The image uf a wiCKCd hetnoui fault 
 Livc3 in !:i5 eye. Shukfpenre. 
 
 As it is a mut( htt^eus^ fo it is a moA dangerous 
 impiety to dtfpiie him that can dcilroy us. 
 
 Ti/t't.'f^rt, 
 
 Hk'inously. aJv. [from ^«/io«J.] Atro- 
 
 ciouily ; wickedly. 
 Hk'inousness. n.J. [from Af/'/iai//.] Atro- 
 
 cioLifnefs j wlckednefs. 
 
 He who can treat offences, provcking God, af 
 
 jefts and tiiHes, muft have little fcnfe of the 
 
 h:inr.uj't(j\ of them. R'^gert* 
 
 HEia. n, f. \heirey old French j bMra% 
 
 Latin,] 
 1 . One that is Inheritor of any thing zhtt 
 the prefent pofTeflTor. 
 
 An hfir fignifits the eideft, who Is, by the 
 laws of England, to have all his father*! land. 
 
 lAckt, 
 What lady is that ? 
 ^Thc kiir of Alanfon, RofaHoe her oamt . W*>/.
 
 HE L 
 
 Th;it I'll give my voice on Riciinrd'» fijt, 
 To liar my madci "s /irin in true dcl'ci nt, 
 Gud knows, I will not do it. Sk,ikJ[i.\irc. 
 
 Being lieiTi together of the gi:acc of life, i iV/. 
 Sunk is ihc heroj and his glory loft, 
 And 1 iiis heir in milciy alone. Poye. 
 
 The hriis to titles ard l.irge crtates have a 
 wcaknefs in their eyes, and a lendcincrs in thcii 
 conrtlriitions. S-H'ijt. 
 
 2. One newly inheriting an cftate. 
 
 Tiic young extravagant heir had got a new 
 fiewaid, .and wa» lefolvcd to look into his elbte. 
 
 Siuijt. 
 To Hfir. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 inhen't. 
 
 His Ton in blooming routh was fn.itcird hy t'.ite, 
 One only daughter hcu'd the royal Ilate. DrvJi-n. 
 Hb'tress. n. /. [from /jeir.] An inhe- 
 ritrix ; a woman that inherits. 
 
 An hfirffi fhc, wi-.ilc yet alive ; 
 AH 'that was iier's to him did give. tfaUer. 
 
 yEneas, though he married the Ac/rf/i of the 
 crown, yet claimed no title to it during the life 
 tif his father-in-law. Drydeji. 
 
 Hk'irlrss. adj. [from heir.'] Without 
 an licir ; wauting one to inherit after 
 liim. 
 
 I fiill think of 
 The wrong I did myfclf ; which was fo much, 
 Tiiat hcitlffi it hath made my kin^tlom. Sfi'tkip. 
 Hh'iuloom. n.f. [/wVand geioma, goods, 
 Sa.\on.l Any furniture or moveable 
 decreed to defcend by inheritance, and 
 therefore infeparable froin the freehold. 
 
 AchiUei' Iceprre was of wood, 
 Tranfniittcd to the hero's line ; 
 Tlvence through a long dcfccnt of kings 
 Came an hnihom, as Homer fings. Sn-ift. 
 
 H.^.'iRSHlp. n. f. [from/j«V.] The Hate, 
 character, or privileges of an heir. 
 
 A layman appoints an heir or an executor in 
 his will, to build an hofpiral within a year, ur.der 
 painot being deprived of his btirjiiip. ^^\lijfc. 
 
 Held. The preterit and part. pafT. of 
 hold. 
 
 A rich man beginning to fall, is h^lX up of 
 friends. ]\,-clffiaJh\. 
 
 If Minerva had not appeared and helU his 
 
 band, lie had executed his defiu-n. Di\.len. 
 
 HELI'ACAL. adj. \_hcUaque, Fr. from 
 
 r>i©-.] Emerging from the lullrc of 
 
 the fun, or falling into it. 
 
 Had they afcribed the heat of the fcafon to 
 this liar, they would not have computed from 
 its heliiical afccnt. £rt-wr.. 
 
 He'mac ALLY. adv. [from Leliacal.] 
 
 From the rifing of this liar, not cofmic.illy, 
 that is, with the fun, but heliaciill\'y that is, its 
 cmcrl'ion from the rays of tiie fun, the an- 
 cients computed their canicular days. Bro^urt. 
 
 He is tempeftuous in the fummer, when he 
 r\i^% he'iiicttlly ; and rainy in the winter, when 
 he rifes achronically. JDrydtJi. 
 
 He'lical. adj. [L'licf, Fi". from i%|,] 
 Spiral ; with many circumvolutions. 
 
 The fcrew is a kind of wedge, multipfied or 
 contiriucd by a helical revolution about a cy- 
 linder, receiving its motion not from any firoke, 
 but from a veiftis at one end of jt. H^ilkim. 
 
 HFrtiocF.'NT*icK. adj. \_hertoccntrique, 
 French ; yiM^ and xitTrnv."] 
 
 The heiiocetitrick place of a planet is faid to 
 be fuch as it would appear to us from the fun, 
 if our eye were fixed in its centre. Harris. 
 
 He'i-ioid Parabola in tnathematicks, or 
 the parabolick fpiral, is a curve which 
 arifes from tlie fuppofition of the axis of 
 the coitimon Apollonian parabola bcinj)- 
 bent round into the periphery of a circle, 
 and ib a line then paffing through the 
 Vol. I. 
 
 II E L 
 
 extremities of tlie ordinates, which do 
 now coiu'erge lowaid the centre of tlie 
 faid circle. ILinh. 
 
 He'lioscoie, n.f. Yht!'tofcope,V\-. ii?.if.v- 
 and 5-)?-j7rf<, .] A fort of telcfcop: fitted fo 
 as to look on the body of the fun, with- 
 out offence to the eyes. Han-is. 
 
 Ke'motkopk. n.f. [^'>.i'%- and tcmv.; 
 h(liolrope,V\-. /ji/io/iopiuiii,L,:it.] A plant 
 that tuins toward the fun ; but more 
 particularly the turnfol, or funflower. 
 
 'Tis an obiervaiiori of H.itleieis, that they arc 
 like the //r//o.' ■ o/'r ; they open only towards the 
 fun, but ihut and contract thcmftlvcs at night, 
 and in cloudy wcatiier. Goi}. of the Torr^ue 
 
 He'li.simierical. adj. [helix and fphere.\ 
 
 Tlie Acliffhericjl hue is the rhomb line in 
 
 navigation, and Is fo called becaufe on the globe 
 
 it winds r(*und the pole fpiraily, and IVill comes 
 
 ncaier aud neater lu it, but cannot terminate in it. 
 
 lUrrii. 
 
 HE'LIX. n. f. [hcUce, Fr. 'h.^i.] Part 
 of a fpiral line ; a circumvolution. 
 
 I'lnd the tiuc.iiieli^.itic>n of tiic fcre«-, together 
 with the quantity of water which every '"'".Vv 
 does contain. IViikiiis.' 
 
 HELL. n. f. [helle, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The place of the devil and wicked 
 fouls. 
 
 For it is a knell 
 That fummons thee to heaven,' or to Ml. Sliahf. 
 If a man were a porter of /.//gStes, he Ihould 
 have old turning fiie key. Shakfpeatci Macbeth. 
 
 Let none admire 
 That riches grow in /;<//; that foil may beft 
 Defervc the precious bane. ^ MiJlon. 
 
 Hell'i bhick tyrant trembled to behold 
 The glorious light he foifciled of old. C-ywIry. 
 
 2. The place of feparate fouls, whether 
 good or bad. 
 
 I will gjdown to my fyn mourning tq hell, 
 
 {7 en eft i. 
 He dcfcenried into hell. Afjjlks Creed. 
 
 3. Temporal death. 
 
 The pains of hell c^inc about me j the fiiares 
 of deatii overtook me. I'frltr.i. 
 
 4. The place at a running play to which 
 thofe who arc caught are carried. 
 
 Then couples three he llraight .illorted there ; 
 They of both ends the middle two do fly ; 
 
 The two that in mid-place, At-// called were, 
 Mult ftrive wi:li waiting foot and watching eye, 
 
 To catch of them, and them to he/lxo bear, 
 That they, «• well as they, «r//may fupply. 
 
 Siihey. 
 
 5. The place into which the tailor tJirows 
 his (hrtds. 
 
 This tru'.ly fquirc, he had as well 
 As the bold Trojan knight fccn hell; 
 Not with a counterfeited pafs 
 Of golden bough, but true gold-lsce. th.iHiras. 
 
 In Covcnt-gaiden did a taylor dwell, 
 Who might defer\e a place in kis own Jte'lJ. 
 
 King^s CaUery. 
 
 6. The infernal powers. 
 
 Much danger hrit, much toil *lid he fuflain. 
 While Saul and lull croll his ftrong fate in vain. 
 
 Coic'/a'. 
 
 7. It is uftd in corapofition by the old 
 writers more than by the modern. 
 
 Hell-black, adj. Elack as hell. 
 
 The fea, with fuch a (form as his bare head 
 In hell-hlack night endur'd, would have boil'd up, 
 And qiiench'd the Delled tires. Shtikffeare. 
 
 Hell- BR ED. adj. [hell and bred-l Pro. 
 duccd in hell. 
 Heart cannot think what courage and what 
 cries, 
 With foul enfouldred fmoak and flafhing fire, 
 The hell-bred leall threw forth into the ikies. 
 
 S^frrfer. 
 
 H E r, 
 
 IlfT.L-HROTII. n. f. [hell AX\^ hrflli."] A 
 conipofilion boiled up for infernal pur- 
 pofes. 
 
 Adder's fork, and blind svorm's fling, 
 \J\i*ri'% leg, and owlet'.s wir.; ; 
 Fur a charm uf poweiful trouble, 
 Like a hell-broth boil and bu].'oIe. ih.i'ffarf. 
 Hell- DOOM ED. adj. £hell and doom.} 
 Configntd to hell. 
 And reckon'il thou thyfelf with fpiiits of 
 he.iv'n, 
 Ilel! doon'df and breath'il defiance lure and 
 
 fcorn, 
 Where I reigii'd king ? Mdtun, 
 
 Heul-goveuned. adj. Direfted by hell. 
 Earth gape open wide and ate iiiin quick, 
 As thou doi> fwallow up this good king's blood, 
 Which his hcI!-govcn:'d arm hath butchfr'd. 
 
 Shttkffrrnre. 
 
 Hell-hated, adj. Abhorred like hell. 
 Bnck do I tofs thcfc treafons to thy head. 
 With the hell-haiediic o'erwhelm thy heart. 
 
 Shiikf^ettre. 
 Hell-haunted, adj. Ihell and haunt.] 
 Haunted by the devil. 
 
 Fierce Ofmond clos'd me in the bleeding bark. 
 And bid me Hand cxpoftd to the bleak windc, 
 Bound to the fate of this hell-htii/nted ^xuve. Dry. 
 
 Hell-hounu. n. / [helle hunb, Sax.] 
 
 1. Dog of hell. 
 
 Fiom forth the kennel of thy womb hath crept 
 A/;.-//-Ao,vn./that doth hunt u' all to death, ihaif. 
 
 Now the hill-hiunds with fnperior fpeed 
 Had reacli'd the daine, and, faUning on her (ide. 
 The ground with ilTuing llieams of puiple dy'd. 
 
 DrydeK. 
 
 2. Agent of hell. 
 
 I call'd 
 My hell-houndi to lick up the draff, and filth, 
 Which man's polluting ifn with taint had Tncd 
 On what was puic. '^/..'rsr. 
 
 Hell-kite. n.f. [hell and iite.] Kite 
 of infernal breed. The term hell pie* 
 fixed to any word notes detellatioii. 
 
 Did you fay all > Wliat all > Oh, ie/l-iite.' all? 
 What, .ill my pretty chickens, and their dam, 
 At one fell I'woop ? ■ShaLf,>:tire'i Miubeti. 
 
 Hl'lhrore. b. f. [helLborus, Latin.] 
 Chrirtmas flower. 
 
 He'llf.pore H'hlte. n. /, [vcreilium, 
 Latin.] A plant. 
 
 There arc gi^''' doubts vlicthcr anv of it( 
 fpccics be the true hellehcre of the ancients. Miller. 
 
 Hk'llkNISM. n. /. ['s7,A5ji.io-f4if.] A 
 Greek idiorri. ^wJv>orth. 
 
 He'lmsh. adj. [from heJL] 
 
 1 . Sent from hell ; belonging to hell. 
 
 O thou celeftial or infernal Ipirit of love, or 
 what other heavenly or hclliji title thou lift to 
 have, for cifeas of both I find in myfelf, have 
 companion of me. ' SiJhey. 
 
 Victory and triumph to tf.e Son of God, 
 Now entering his great duel, not of arms. 
 But to^ anquiflt by wifdom l:el:iji wiles. Milnn. 
 
 2. Having the qualities of hell; infernal; 
 wicked ; deteftable. 
 
 No benefits ftiall ever allay that diabolical ran- 
 cor that ferments in (ome.he//iyi breafls, but that 
 it will foam out at its foul mouth in (lander. Siuii. 
 .He'llishly. adv. [froin hcHjj'y.] In- 
 fernally ; wickedly ; detjftably. 
 He'llishkess. n. /. [from hcirjh.] 
 
 Wickednefs ; abhorred quaL'ties. . 
 He'll WARD. adv. [from hell.] To- 
 ward hell. 
 
 Be next thy ctrc the fable (liccp to place 
 Full o'er the pit, and hellivard turn their face. 
 
 P,^e. 
 
 Helm denotes defence : as ^/Jc'/'f An, happy- 
 defence ; Sighelm, viclorious dcfcucc : 
 5^
 
 H E L 
 
 S/rihcJm, eminent defence : like Amyntas 
 and Boetius among the Greeks. 
 
 Gibfun's Camden. 
 
 HELM. n. f. [helm, Saxon, from Ac/«n, 
 to cover, to proteft.] 
 
 1. A covering for the head in war ; a hel- 
 met ; a morion ; a headpiece. 
 
 France fprcids liis baniieis in our noifclefs land! 
 With plumed hihn ihc ll.iyer begins his threats. 
 
 Mneftheus layshnid load upon his helm. Oryd. 
 
 2. The part of a coat of arms that bears 
 the creft. 
 
 More might be added of /jftei, crefts, mantles, 
 and fupporrers. CtimJcn'i RemMrr^, 
 
 5. The upper part of the retort. 
 
 The vulgar cliyiriifls themfelves pretend to he 
 able, by repeated cobobations, and other fit 
 operations, to make thediflilled parts of a con- 
 crete brin^ its own ctipiu moitmtm over the helm. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 4. [helma, Saxon.] The fteerage ; the 
 
 rudder. 
 
 They did not leave the helm in ftorms ; 
 And luch they are make happy Hates. S. Janfon. 
 
 More in profperity is realun toft 
 Than Clips in (lorras, their hihm and anchors loft. 
 
 Den.'uiyn, 
 Fair occafion (hews the fpringing gale, 
 And iht'refl guides the hchn, and honour fwclls 
 the fail. . I'not . 
 
 5. Tlie Ration of government. 
 
 I may be wrong in the means : but that is no 
 ohjeflion againfl the defign : let thofe at the helm 
 contrive it better. Siulfi. 
 
 6. In the following line it is difficiUt to 
 determine whether Jleerfman or defender 
 is intended : I \.\i\x\\ Jleerjman. 
 
 You flander 
 The lKlm\ o' th' ftate, who cave for you like 
 
 fathers, 
 When you curie them as enemies. Skaiffeare. 
 To Helivi. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 guide; to conduft. Hanmer. 
 
 The very ftream of his life, and the bufinel's 
 ke hath heimcd, mull give him a better proclama- 
 tion. Sh,ikjpenri. 
 
 He'lmed. ndj. [from^f/m.] Furniflied 
 with a headpiece. 
 
 The helmed cherubim 
 Are feenin giitteiing ranks with wings difplay'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 He'lmet. n.f. [Probably a diminutive of 
 helm.} Alielmj a headpiece; armour 
 
 for the head. 
 
 I law him down ; thrice up again, and fighting; 
 Vxom-helmet to the fpur all bleeding o'er. Shal.Jp. 
 Sev'n datrs are thrown at once, and fome re- 
 bound 
 From his bright (hield, fome on his helmet found. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 HELtii'NTHicK.. adj. [from g^^iuS©-.] 
 Relating to worms. DiH. 
 
 To HELP. 1". a. pret. helped or Ixlp ; 
 part, hehed or holpen. ViUpan, Gothick; 
 lielpan, Saxon.] , 
 I. To affill ; to fupport ; to aid. 
 Let us work as valiant men behoves; 
 Por boldcrt hearts good fortune hclpelh out. 
 
 TairJ.ix. 
 O Lord, make hafte to help me. PJ.ilmi. 
 
 Cod lutpeJ him againft the philiftines. 2 Chrm. 
 They helped them in all things witn .filver and 
 gold. I Efdr.,u 
 
 A man reads his prayers out of a bonk, as a 
 means to help his untletflanding and direiS his 
 txprcfiiins. Siillingfeet. 
 
 i. It has, in familiar language, the par- 
 ticle ovt, wlivch feems to have meant, 
 ©ri^Ically, lut oj a difficulty. 
 
 H E L 
 
 This he conceives hot hard to bring about, 
 It' all of yoa Ihould join to help him eul. Dtydcn. 
 
 What I offer is fo far from doing any dilkind- 
 nefs to thecaufc thefe gentlemen are engaged in, 
 that it docs them a real fervicc, and hclpi Ihem 
 tjut with the main thing whereat they fluck. 
 
 IVoQdiuar.i. 
 
 The God of learning and of liijhr, 
 Would want a god himfelf to help him out. 
 
 Sv-'iJ't 
 
 3. To raife by help : with up. 
 
 Woe to him that is alone wnen he falkth ; 
 for he hath not another to help him up. EccLi. 
 
 4. To enable to ftirmount : with over. 
 
 Wherever they are at a ftand, ie.'p them pre- 
 fently over the difficulty without any rebuke. 
 
 L-jcle. 
 
 5. To remove by help : with of. 
 
 Having never learned any laudable manual art, 
 they have lecourfe to thole foolilh or ill ways in 
 ufe, to help off their time. Uieke. 
 
 6. To fiee from pain or vexation. 
 
 Help and cafe them, but by no mcatis bemoan 
 them. L;:ke. 
 
 7. To cure ; to heal : with of. Obfolete. 
 
 Love doth to her eyes r<pair. 
 To help him 0/" his blindnefs. Shatjpe.ire . 
 
 8. It is ufed commonly before the difeafc. 
 
 The true calamus htlpi coughs. Gerald. 
 
 9. To remedy; to change for the better. 
 
 Ccafe to lament for tliat thou can'rt not kelp ; 
 And Itudy help for that which thou lamci-t'lh 
 
 Shakjpctii e. 
 
 10. To prevent ; to hinder. 
 
 Thofe few who relide among us, only becaufe 
 they cannot help it. Siuijt. 
 
 If they take offence wiicn we give none, it is 
 a thing we cannot help, and therefore the whole 
 blame mull lie upon them. Snndeifin. 
 
 It is a high point of ill nature to make fpoit 
 with any man's imperfe^ions that he cannot 
 help. L'EjIrange 
 
 Thofe clofmg (kies may ftill cartiniic biight ; 
 But who can help it, if you'll make it night. 
 
 Dry.len. 
 
 She, betwixt her modefty and pride, 
 Her wilhes, which (he could nut help, would 
 hide. Drydeii. 
 
 It is reckoned ill manners for men to qiianei 
 upon difference in opinion, becaufe that is a thir.g 
 which no man can help in l.imft-lf. Swijt, 
 
 11. To forbear; to avoid. 
 
 He cannot help believing, that fuch things he 
 faw and heard. Atieihuiy 
 
 I cannot help remarking the refemhiance be- 
 twixt him and our autiior in qualities, fame, 
 and fortune. Po/r. 
 
 12. To promote; to forward. 
 
 And they helped forward tiic atHiflive. Zeek. 
 
 If you make the earth narrower at the bottom 
 than at the top, in falhion of a fugar-loaf rcvcr- 
 fed, it will /if/f the e,\pcriment. Bacon. 
 
 13. T'o Help to. To fupply with ; to 
 fnrnifh with. 
 
 Whom they would help to a kingdom, Ihofc 
 reign ; and whom again they would, they tiif- 
 place. , I Maccabees. 
 
 The man that is now with Tirclias can help 
 him to his o.^cn again. VEJlrange. 
 
 14. To prefcntat table. 
 
 In plenty llarving, taiualiz'd in flate, 
 And coraplaifantly help'd to all I hatc| 
 Treated, carcfs'd, and tir'd, I take my leave, 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 To Help. 'v. n. 
 
 I. To contribute afllftance. 
 
 Sir, how come it you 
 Have holp to make this rcfcuc? Shjhfpetire. 
 
 Difcreet followers and fervants help much to 
 
 reputation. 
 
 Bi^'^n. 
 
 Bennet's gfave look was a pretence. 
 And Danby's matchlcfs impudence 
 Help'd to fupport the knave. Vryden. 
 
 A generous prcfent heljif to gerfuade as well as 
 an agreeable pcrfoa. C^rth. 
 
 H E L 
 
 2. To bring a fupply. 
 
 Some, wanting the talent to write, m:i(Te it 
 
 their care that the actors fiiould ^c/j* out where 
 
 the mufcs filled. Kjmtr, 
 
 Help, n.f, [from the verb ; ^w^^, Dutch.] 
 
 1, Afiltlance; aid; fupport; fuccour. 
 
 MuJcdflcs, dcfpaiiing to lecovci tlic city, hardly 
 efcdped his enemies hands by the good L/p of 
 his uncle. Knollsi, 
 
 He may be beholden to experience and ac« 
 qii-vod nuiions, where he think-s he has not the 
 Icart h^lp lioni tiitra. L-cke. 
 
 So great is tnc ftupidity of fome of thofe, that 
 they may have no fenle of the help adminiHred 
 to rhcm. Smalnd^e^ 
 
 2, That which gives help. 
 
 Though thefe contrivances increaCe the power^ 
 yet they proportionably protraA the time; thsc 
 which by fdch Mrlpson^ man may da in a hundred 
 d.iys, may be done by the immediate ftrenyih ot 
 a bundled men in one day. W./^//ij. 
 
 Vutue ii a fiiend and an he/j> to nature ; but iC 
 is vice and luxury thit delhoys it, and ihe dif- 
 eatcs ot intemperance are the natural produft oC 
 the fins of intemperance. South, 
 
 Another /'(//' St. Paul himfelf atFords us to- 
 wards the attaining the true meaning contained 
 in his cpiftlfs. Luk€, 
 
 3. That which forwards or promotes. 
 
 Coral is in ulc as Siixhdp to the teeth of children, 
 
 4. Remedy. 
 
 There i» no help for it, but he muft be taught 
 accordingly to comply with the faulty way of 
 writi'ig. Holder on Speech, 
 
 He'lper. n.f. [from Zv^.] 
 
 1. An affillant ; an auxiliary; an aider ; 
 oue that helps or affiils. 
 
 Thcie was nut any ieft, nor any helper for 
 Ifrael. _ 2 Kings, 
 
 We ouglit to receive fuch, that we miglit be 
 fellow hflpi-Ti to the truth. 3 yohfi. 
 
 It is iiiipuilible for that man to defpair who 
 remembers tiiat his helper ib omnipotent. TnyUr, 
 
 2. One that admiuiliers reiTicdy, 
 
 CompaiTiun, the mother of tears, is not always 
 a mere idle fpet^ator, but an helper oftentimes of 
 evils. jilorr, 
 
 3. One that fupplies with any thing wan- 
 ted ; wiih io. 
 
 Heaven 
 H^th brought me up to be your daughter's dower^ 
 Ai it hdih f.itcd hei to be my mutivc, 
 And helper io a hulband. Shakfpeart, 
 
 4. A fupcrniunerai^ fervant. 
 
 I live in the corner of a valt uiifurnifhcd houfe : 
 
 my family conlilts of a Ifeward, a groom> a 
 
 helper in the liable, a footman, and an old maid. 
 
 S%v(// to Vopc. 
 
 He'lpful. adj, l_help <ixidLfuU.'\ 
 
 1. Ufeful ; that gives afiiftance. 
 
 Let's fight vvilh gentle uoids, 
 'Till time lend friends, and friends xh^'w helpful 
 fwords. Shakfprtire, 
 
 He ordeis all the fuccours which they brmg; 
 The helpful and the good about hun run, 
 And farm an army. Drydin^ 
 
 2, Wholefome ; falutary. 
 
 A Ikilful c! ymiil can as well, by fcparation ©f 
 
 vifibic elements, ctraw he/pf.J medicines our of 
 
 poifon^ as poKon out oi the mof: healihful herbs, 
 
 J\ii/eigh'i Hijioty, 
 
 He'lpless. aJj. [from heh^l 
 
 1. Wanting power to fuccour one's felf. 
 
 One dire (h,it 
 Clofe I)y the board the prince's main-n3.ifl bore; 
 All three now hs'plefs by each jthi r lie. Drydtv. 
 Let ourcncnii^- r;igc and p.rfccute the poor 
 and the kclplcfi ; hut let it be oi.i glory to be put* 
 and peaccab.e. iScgcf, 
 
 2. Wanting fupporr or afllftance. 
 
 H.3W ihall 1 iien jnn// IpUf^ f.i;iie defencf? 
 'Twill t'licn be infamy lo fcem }oui friend. Yope^ 
 
 3. Irremediable j admitting no help. .
 
 HEM 
 
 - ' Such h-Iflefi hnrms it's better hidden kefp, 
 Thin rip uy grief, where it m.iy nut av.iil. 
 
 4. Unfupplied'; void: with of. Tliis is 
 uniifuiil, perhaps improper. 
 
 Nnkc'd he lies, and ready to expire, 
 helf.'tfs of all tliac hum.in wants rcmiire. J.')iy.lni. 
 
 Hk'lplessly. adv. [from hclpkfs.'] 
 Without ability; without fuccoi>r. 
 
 He'ltlessness. n. f. [from heJpL-fi.'\ 
 Want of ability ; want of fuccoui. 
 
 Heltkr-skelter. adv. [As Sl-inru-rfin- 
 
 . cies, from hdolyrep |-ccabo, the dark- 
 litfs of hell ; hell, fays he, being a place 
 of confiifion.] In a huny; without or- 
 der ; tiimiiltuoiidy. 
 
 Sir |i)hn, 1 am thy Pirtol, and tliy friend ; 
 And luUir Jilier have I rode to England, 
 And tidings do I bring. S/uiifl'!.irc. 
 
 He had no loonci turned his back hut they 
 vcx<: M \X htliti-Jhlur, throwing books at cnc 
 another's heads. L' F.jiur^p/. 
 
 Helve, n. f. [heljre, Sa-^con.] 'liie 
 handle of an axe. 
 
 The (lipping of an axe from the hih^c, where- 
 by another is (lain, was tlie work of God hini- 
 fclf. R,dt!^h\ U[il.,y. 
 
 To Helve, v. a. [from the noun.] 'I'o 
 fit with a helve or handle. 
 
 Hr.M. n. f. [hi;m, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The ed^re of a garment doubled and 
 fewed to keep thethre.ids from fprcading. 
 
 Rowitrs rniill be made of even cloth, white 
 and gentle, without Ai-m, fcam, or thread hang- 
 ing by. iVifeiriaii. 
 
 2. \_hnnmcn, Dutch.] The noife uttered 
 by a fudJcn and violent expiration of 
 the breath. 
 
 1 would try if Icoiild cry ht-tttf and have lilin. 
 
 He loves to clear his pipes in good air, and is 
 «ot a little picjffd with any one who takes notice 
 of the <hengtli wluch he Itill exerts in his morning 
 htmf. ^djijiin. 
 
 3. InterjeB. Hem I [Latin.] 
 
 To He.m. "u. a. 
 
 1 . To clofe the edge of cloth by a hem or 
 double border fewtd together. 
 
 2. To border ; to edge. 
 
 All file Ikirt about 
 Was hirnJ with gulden fringe. Tairy QufCn. 
 
 Along the Ihoarof filver Itrcaming Tiiaincs, 
 Whole rulhy bank, the which his river i'wi. 
 
 Spenfen 
 
 3. To enclofe ; to environ; to conriue; to 
 {hut: perhaps always with a particle; 
 as, in, about, round. 
 
 So of either fide, Itretching itfelf in a narrow 
 Icngtii, was it hemvied in by woody hills, as if 
 indeed natuie had meant therein to make a place 
 for i)ehuldcrs. Sidney. 
 
 , Wliat h-rs us then the gre.tt Jcrufalem 
 With v.iiiant fouadruns round about to htm? 
 
 Why, Neptune, haft thou made lis Ifuid alone, 
 Divided from llic vi'orld for this, lay they ; 
 Heir.m'd:'" to be a fpiiil to tyranny. 
 Leaving a(^ii<51ion hence no way to fly ? Darticl. 
 
 I hurry me in i-.afte away, 
 And nud his boivnir /"// a pound, 
 hrtnm\i bv a trtpie ciicle munJ, 
 C;iequcr'd with ribbons, blue and green. P-iftc. 
 
 To Hs,M. v. n. [hanmfii, Dutch.] To 
 utter a noife by violent exptiUion ot 
 the breath. 
 
 liLMiCRANY. n. f. [ .'i'liio-ti, half, niul 
 f..~a-:x'j<, the (kull, or head.] A pain 
 that afftdls only one part of the head at 
 a time. ^incj. 
 
 HEM 
 
 Hp.'MtcYCLE. 11. f. [.(■fiixt/xX'^-.] A half 
 round. 
 
 He'mina.w./ An ancient meafurc; now 
 ufed in medicijie to fignify about ten 
 ounces in meafurc. ^uincy. 
 
 Hi^'miplegy. n. f. \r,Mav, half, and 
 isyircu, to ftrike or feize.] A palfy, or 
 any nervous aficftion relating- thereunto, 
 that fcizes one fide at a time ; fome par- 
 tial diforder of the nervous fyllcni. 
 
 HEMISPHERE, n. f. [irMcnpc'i^,'.,; 
 hem'ifpicre, French.] The half of a 
 globe when it is fuppofed to be cut 
 through its ccntie in the plane of one of 
 its greateft circles. 
 
 Tiiat place is earth, the feat of man, that light 
 His day, which clfc, as th' other htmij^-hert. 
 Night would invade. Miltm. 
 
 A hill 
 Of Paradife, the hijheft from whofe top 
 TWc hrmifphrie iii earth, in tlearcU ken 
 Stictcli'd out to th' ampli'ft reach of profptfl lay. 
 
 The fun is more poweiful in the norihein 
 hemifphrrr, and in the apogcum; tor therein his 
 motion is flower. Biozvn. 
 
 In open profpf^ nothing bounds our eye, 
 Until tliecaiih lecnis j.jin'd unto the Iky; 
 Soil! tills ham ff'/irie our urmolt view 
 Is only bounded by our king and you. TijyJan. 
 
 Hemispite'rical. 7 adi. [from hemi- 
 Hemispiie'r iCK. y 7^Zif«] Half round; 
 containing half a globe. 
 
 The thin film of water fwclls above the fur- 
 face of the water it fwims on, and commonly 
 contiitures himiJyiuficAl bodies with it. Boyle. 
 A pyrites, placed in trie cavity of another of an 
 htmifi'haick figure, in mucli the fame mannei 
 as an acoiii in its cup. IJ^oodT.uaui 
 
 He'mjstick. n. f. [jiVir'^ioj; hcnujl'che, 
 French.] Half a verfe; 
 
 He broke od' in the hfinijli<k^ or midft of the 
 vei'i'e ; but lei^ed, as it were, with a divine fury, 
 he made up ilie latter part of the hemiji.'ck. 
 
 Diyden'i JJuf^L-fnoy. 
 
 He'mlock. It. f. [hemloc, Saxon.] An 
 herb. 
 
 The leaves are cut into many minute fegments : 
 the petals of (lie flower are bifid, heart- Ihapcd, 
 and unequal ; the flower is fiiccecdedby two (hort 
 channeled feeds. One foit is fumetimes ufed in 
 medicine, though it ii noxious ; I ut the hrutlock 
 of the ancients, wKich was fuch deadly poifon, 
 is generally fuppofed different. Miller. 
 
 He was met even now, 
 Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, 
 W^th b.udi.cKs, /i.-mh^i. S/uiif^'arc 
 
 We cannot with ceiiainty aflirm, that no man 
 can be nourdhed by wood or flones, or that all 
 nirn wi.l be pnifuiicd by icm/c.-.L Lorie. 
 
 He'morrhage. 7 n.f. [ ,:aoejay!a ; is- 
 
 Hk'morrhagy. 3 wotragie, French.] A 
 
 violent flux of blood. 
 
 Great h-iMn h.ig y lucceedslhe feparation. R,iy. 
 
 Twenty days lalting will notdiminilh its quaii- 
 
 tity fo much as one great himort/iiiQc. Arbiithnat . 
 
 HEMORRHOID.S. n.f. l-Au...il^xh.; 
 kemorrhoiJs, French.] The piles; the 
 em rods. 
 
 I got rnc himartmidi. Sivifi. 
 
 He'morrhoibal. adj. [hemorrhoidal, 
 Fiench, from hemorrhoids. ^, Belonging 
 to the veins In the fundamtiit. 
 
 Bi fides there are hcmoiihages from the nofe 
 and hemnrrhoidal vc'ms, and fluxes of rheum. 
 
 R'ly on ihi Creation 
 Embon upon the field, a battle flood 
 Of Ifcchcs, fpouting A^wo»r/ra;Va/ blood. Garth. 
 
 HEMP. n.f. [hsncp, Su-Kon ; hampc. 
 
 HEN 
 
 Dutch; c-annahis.'\ A fibrous plant of 
 which coarfe linen and ropes are made. 
 
 It hath digitated leaves oppofiletoone anott.ci : 
 the tloweishave no vifibic petals; it is male and 
 female in d'ttereiit plants. Its bark is ufeful for 
 cord.ige and clotli. Miller, 
 
 Let gallows go for dog ; let man go free, 
 And let not hen.fi his windpipe fulloea'c. Shakff. 
 
 Jlrrr-ff ai.d flait ate commodities that dcfctfc 
 encouragement, both for their Ufcfulnefs and 
 profit. Mf'tr'mer, 
 
 He. Mr Agrimony, n.f. A plant. 
 
 The common hfmp agrimony is found wild by 
 ditches and fides of rivers. Ai'/V/rr. 
 
 Hf.'mi'En. adj. [[from hemp.l Made of 
 hemp. 
 
 In t'oul repro.ich of knighthood's fair dcgrceij 
 About his neck a hentpfn rope br wears. 
 
 Ftiiry Queen. 
 Behold 
 Upon the hempen tackle Ihip-boyt climbing. 
 
 Shakfpeitre, 
 
 Ye Oiall have a hempen c»udlc liien, and the 
 help of a hatchet. ihuifpeire. 
 
 I twitcli'd his dangling garter from his knee.; 
 He will not when the hempen flriijg'I drew. Oy 
 
 HEN. n.f. [henne, Ssxon; /;<!«, German, 
 a cock.] 
 
 1. The female of a hoiife-cock. 
 
 2. The female of any land fowl. 
 
 The peacock, pheai.int, and goldtinch cockt 
 have glorious colours; the <Ocv;j have not. Baein^ 
 WhiUt the her. bird is covering her eggs, ir.e 
 m^.le generally t.>kes his rtaiid upon a neigiibour- 
 ing bough within her hearing, and by that mesns 
 divcits her with his foiigs during the whole tii-ce 
 of her fitting. jJd.Ljon. 
 
 O'er the tracklefs waile 
 The hesth hen Hurters. Th-imf^n. 
 
 Hen-drivek. n. f. \l7en and drit:cr.\ A 
 kind of hawk. 
 The hen-driver I forbear to name. IValton, 
 
 He'n-harm. \ n. f. \_pgargui.'\ A 
 He'n-harrier. 5 kind of kite. J'lnftu, 
 So called probably from deftroying chic- 
 kens. 
 Hen-hearted, adj. {hen and hsart.l 
 Dallardly ; cowardly ; . like a hen. A 
 low word. 
 Hen-pecked, adj. [hen and pechcd.'\ 
 Governed by the wife. 
 
 A ilepdame too I have, a curfed ihe. 
 Who rules my j7'vi-/'<ti'fl' lire, andordersrae. Dry, 
 The neighi.ouis rrpuited that he was hen-s-eted, 
 which was imjiulTiblc, by fuch a mild-fpirited 
 woman ashiiwife. Arhu'hn(.t. 
 
 Hen-roost, n.f. [Z.-n and roji^.] The 
 place where the poultry relL 
 
 Many a poor devil llands to a whipping poft 
 
 for the pilfeiing of a filver fpoon, or the lobbing 
 
 of a l:Lt:-r(,<,Jl. L'EjlrJtnge. 
 
 Her houfc is frequented by acompany of rogue*-, 
 
 whom (he encourageth to robi his hen-r'jsj/s. 
 
 S-wift. 
 
 If a man proCecutes gipfies with fevoriry, his 
 
 hert'"oyi is fure to pay for it. .Addifon. 
 
 They oft have fally'd cut to pillage 
 The h:n-'0'Jls of fome peaceful village, Ticiet. 
 Hendane. n. f. [hyofcyainus f Latin.j 
 A plant. 
 
 It is vei-y often found growing upon the fides of 
 banks and old dunghills. This is a very poifon- 
 Dus plant. Miller, 
 
 Tiiat to which old Socrates was curs'd, 
 Qy'ketibane juice, to fwell 'em 'till they buift. 
 
 DryJer:, 
 
 Hen BIT. n.f, [alfme fclils hedereiceis.] 
 A plant. 
 
 In a fcarcity in Silefia a rumour was fprcad 
 
 of its raining millet-feed; but it was found to 
 
 be only- the feeds of the ivy-leaved fpcedwell, or 
 
 fmall icnid. Derh.m's P/iyf. ThethnK 
 
 5 Y 2
 
 HEN 
 
 HENCE. aJv. or interj. [heonan, Sax. 
 hcr.ner, old Englilh.] 
 
 1 . From this place to another. 
 
 Dilclur^e my lollow'rs ; let them ;4-w.'j away, 
 From Ric.iard's nijjht to Bjlingbioke's fair day. 
 
 Skatj'feat c. 
 Th' Almighty hath not built 
 Here for his envy ; wi'll not drive ushenet. MUtin. 
 
 A fullcn prudence drew thee hence 
 Fr.-ni noifc, fraud, and imjiertincnce. Rofnm. 
 
 2. Away; to a diftance. A word of com- 
 mand. 
 
 Be not foinid here: h;nce with your little ones. 
 
 Shtilfptttre. 
 Itence with denial vain, and coy excufc. M:L-7t. 
 
 q. At a diftance ; in another place. Not 
 ufe 
 
 Why Siould I then be falfe, fince it is true 
 That 1 murt die here, and live ience by truth r 
 
 Shiikjpearc. 
 
 All members of our caufe, both here and hriia. 
 That are in-'inewed to this nilion. SiMijfeare. 
 
 4. From this time ; in the future. 
 
 He who caM reafon well lo-day about one foir 
 of matters, cannot at all reafon to-day about 
 others, though perhapsa year hence he may. Lockr. 
 
 Let not poHerity a thoufand years htnee look 
 for Uuth in the voluminous annals of pedants. 
 
 ^■i>huthiiot, 
 
 5. For this reafon ; in confequence of this. 
 
 Hence perhaps it is, lli;it Solomon calls the 
 fear of the Lord the beginning of wifriom. 
 
 Telh'f'.n. 
 
 6. From this caufe ; from this ground. 
 
 Bv too ftrong a projcdttic n)otion the aliment 
 tends to puuefadtion i hence may be deduced the 
 foECe of exeicife in hetping digclfion. Afkuthnot. 
 
 1. From this fource^ from tlus original; 
 from tliis ftore. 
 
 My Flora was my fim ; for as 
 One fun, fo but one Flora was ; 
 All other faces borrowed hmce 
 Their light and grace as ftars do thence. Suckling. 
 
 t. From hence 15 a vitious cxpreffion, 
 vhich crept Into ufe even among good 
 authors, as the original force of the 
 Tvord hcnxe was gradually forgotten. 
 U-:nce figoilles from th':.;. 
 
 An ancient author prophefyM/r57< htnee, 
 Bcliold on Latian (horcs. a foreign prince ! DryA, 
 To Hence, v. a. [from the adverb ] 
 To fend off; to difpatch to a dillance. 
 Obfolete. 
 
 Go, baw!ir«g cur! tiiy hungry maw go fill 
 On yon foul flock, belonging not to me ; 
 With thai his dog ire henc'd^ his flock he curs'd. 
 
 Sttl'fev . 
 
 Hfncf.fo'rtr. aJv. [heaonpojiSj.Sax.] 
 From this time forward. 
 
 Thanes and kinfmen, 
 Iteiieiforth le earls. Sh.ikffea'e':s Macbuh. 
 
 Never kencefarth (hall I joy again ; 
 Never, oh never, (hall 1 fee rjorc joy. S/uii/feare. 
 HappicrAou may'fl be, worthier can'lt.not be ; 
 Tafle this, and be «;i.-j/iK/i among the gods, 
 Tiiyfelf a goddefs. Mi/tm. 
 
 I never from thy fide henctjurtk will ftr.iy, 
 'Till day droop. MilUn. 
 
 If we treat gallint foldicrs in this fotr^ 
 Who thea heneej'irth to our defence will come ? 
 
 Drytteij 
 
 Hencefo'r«'Ari>. aJv, [/■«•».-? and/o/-- 
 'ward.'^ From this time to futurity. 
 
 IfeiA-tjvivoTtl will I- bear 
 Upon my ti<rgel three fair (hining funs. Shakfp. 
 
 Par Jon, I beftcch you ; 
 Mtneeferwarxi I am ever rnl'd by you. Shttkjj). 
 The roval academy will admit hencefcrivard 
 othr futh who are endued with good qualities. 
 
 DrjJen. 
 
 HER 
 
 He'nchma^J. n. /. [bync, a fervant, and 
 wail. Skinner; heil5)-r, a horfe, and imw, 
 Spclwan.] A page; an attendant. 
 Obfolcte. 
 
 Why OiouldTilania crofs her Obcron : 
 I do but beg a littli changeling boy, 
 To be ray henchman, Shakfpeare, 
 
 Three henchmen were for cv'iy knight alTign'd, 
 All in rich livery clad, and of a kind. Brjdtri. 
 7'o Hekd. -v. a. [henban, Saxon, from 
 kendo, low Latin, which feems borrowed 
 from har.d or bond, Teuton:ck. J 
 
 1. To feize ; to lay hold on. 
 
 With thattfic fergeants ^( nr theyonng manftout. 
 And bound him Ukcwife in a worthlel's chain. 
 
 i'airjiix 
 
 2. To crowd ; to furround. Perhaps the 
 following paflage is conupt, and TTiould 
 be Yca.d hemmed ; or it may mean lo lake 
 pojfefion. 
 
 Thj generous and graved citizens 
 Have hent the gates, and very near upon 
 The duke is entering. • SknkJ^etirc. 
 
 HeNDe'c.^GON. n. f. \j.o-X(z. and yuy.x.l 
 
 A figure of eleven lidcs or angles. 
 Hens-feet. n. f. [Jiumaria fepium.'] 
 
 Hedge fumitory. 
 Hepa'ttcal. 1 adj. [hepalkus, I.at. hepa- 
 Hepa'tick. J t'lque, Fr. from ^n-a.-.] 
 Belonging to the liver. 
 
 If the evacuated blood be flcTid, it is ftomach 
 
 blood ; if red and copious, it is hepaiiei. }la-iiiy. 
 
 Thecyflick gall is thick, and intenfely bitter ; 
 
 • the hefaikk gall is more fluid, and not fo bitter. 
 
 ^ yitbiithnot on Aliments, 
 
 Heps. n. /. Tl;c berries of the brier or 
 
 dogrofe, commonly written hips. Aiujiv. 
 
 \n hard winters there is obferveri gcent plenty 
 
 of /i/'i and haws, which prclerve the Iraali birds 
 
 from ftarving. J},u'jn. 
 
 Heptaca'psular. adj. [ = '^31 and capfu- 
 
 /a.] Having feven cavities or cells. 
 HEPTAGON. «. /. \jieptagone, French ; 
 iVI:! and yi-ZiK.] A figtire with fcven 
 fides or angles. 
 Hept.\'gon.>. L. adj. [from keptagon.'\ 
 
 Having leven angles or fides. 
 Heptarchy, n. f. \jieptarchie, French; 
 iVIa and *ix^,-'\ A fevenfold govern- 
 tnent. 
 
 In the Saxon htptarcJey I find little noted of 
 arm^, albeit the Germans, of whom they de- ' 
 fcended.ufed (hields. Camden, 
 
 England began not to be a people, when Al- 
 fred reduced it into a monaichy ; for the mate- 
 ri-ils thereof were extant before, namely, under 
 the heptai-chy. Holers Origin of Mankind, 
 
 The next returning planetary hour 
 Of Mars, who (har'd the hepe.irthy of pow'r, 
 His fleps bold Arcite to the temple bent. Dryd. 
 
 Her. pnn. p^ejia, heji, in Saxon, ftood 
 for their, or of them, which at length 
 became the female poffcffive. ] 
 
 I . Belonging to a female ; of, a /lie j of a 
 woman. 
 
 About his neck. 
 A green and gilded fnake had wreath'd Irfclf, 
 Who with Ac' head, nimble in threats, approach'd 
 The opening^ of his- mouth. Sk.dJ^, „'lijou like it. 
 
 Still new favourites (he chofe, 
 'Till. up in arms my palTion rofc,. 
 And caft aw^y her yoke. Ccivley 
 
 One month, ttuee days, and half an hour^ 
 Judith held the Ibv'rsign pow'r j 
 
 %Vond'rous beautiful her face ; 
 But fo weak and fmall ler wit. 
 That (he to go\ern were luifit. 
 
 And fo Sufaima took htr Ll.ie», Co-mIcv. 
 
 HER 
 
 2. The oblique cafe of (he. 
 
 Englaitd !3 foidly king'd, 
 Her fceptre fo fantjftically borne, 
 That fear attends her not. bkaij[i. Henry v. 
 
 She cannot fccm deform'd-to me, 
 And I would have her feem toothers fo. Covilej. 
 
 The moon arofe clad o'er in light, 
 With thouCand liars attending on her train ; 
 With her they rife, with her they (et again. 
 
 Coivley. 
 Should 1 be left, and thou be loft, the fea. 
 That buiy'd her I lov'd, Ihould bury me. Diyi. 
 Hers, pionoun. This is iifed when it re- 
 fers to a fubftantive going before : as, 
 fuch are her charms, fuch charms as hert. 
 
 This pride of hers. 
 Upon advice, hath drawn my love from her. 
 
 Skakfjtuae, 
 Thine own unwotthincfs. 
 Will ftill that thou ait mine not hen confefs. 
 
 C^jivley^ 
 Some fecret charm did all her a<fts attend, 
 And what his fortune wanted, hers could mend. 
 
 J^ryden^ 
 I bred you up to arms, rais'd you to power, 
 Indeed to favc a crown, not hers but yours. Vryd. 
 
 HE'RALD. «. j: [herauh, Fr. herald, 
 
 German.] 
 I. An officer whofe bufinefs it is to re- 
 gifter genealogies, adjiill enfigns armo- 
 rial, regulate funerals, and anciently to 
 carry meiTiges between princes, and' 
 proclaim war and peace. 
 
 M.iy none, whole fcattcr'd names honour my 
 book, 
 For ftrifl degrees of rank or title look ; 
 'Tis 'g..inrt the manners of an epigram, 
 And T a poet iiere, no her.dd am. Jjcn Jonforu 
 
 When lime (hall fcr.c lei but the her.ild cry. 
 And I'll appear again. Shnkjfeare' s King Le^r. 
 
 Emb.dradorof peace, if peace you chute ; 
 Or herald of a war, if you igfufe. Dryden, 
 
 Pieafe thy ptide and fe^trch the herald's roll. 
 Where thou Ihalt find thy famous pedigree. 
 
 Vrydeit. 
 
 2. A prccurfor; a forerunner ; a harbin- 
 ger. 
 
 It is tht part of men to fear and tremble, 
 When the nioft mighty gods, by tokens, fend 
 S.;ch dreadful /jf-rtj././j- to aflonilh us. Sh.tkfpeare^ 
 
 It was the lark, the het^/d ol the raorn. 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 3. A pror!aimer ; a publifher. 
 
 Atter my death I wiih r.o other kerald, 
 Koothcr fpe.tkcrof my living a£tions, 
 But fuch an honeft chronicler as Gridith. Shakfp, 
 To He'rald. 1). a. [from the noun.] 
 To introduce as by a herald. Not 
 ufed. 
 
 M'e are fent from our rqyal maftcr. 
 Only to herald thee into his fight,. 
 Not pay thee. Sh^tkfpearei 
 
 He'raldry. n. J. \lierauMerie, Fr. from 
 herald. ^, 
 
 1. The art or office of a herald. 
 
 I am writing of A^rrt/iir)'. Pcach(im. 
 
 Grant her, bcfides, of noble blood that mn 
 In ancient veins, ere heraldiy bcgar. Vrydcn. 
 
 2. Regiftry of genealog:es. 
 
 'Twas no falfc /uraldry wiicn madncfs drew 
 Htr pedigree from tivofe who too much knew. 
 
 Venhamt 
 
 3. Blazonry, 
 
 Metids may blazon common beauties ; (he 
 Makes pearls and planets humble /Kni/t^ry. 
 
 Cieavelanet, 
 
 HERB., n./ {hirhe, Fr. herta, I.atfn.] 
 
 Herls iire thofe plants whofe (iaiks are foft,. 
 
 and have nothing woody in thcni ; as gtafs and 
 
 hemlock. . Loiki. 
 
 In fuch a nigl'.t 
 Medea gnrher'd the encitaiitcd ktrbs 
 That did lensw old yEloa, Shakffcert.. 
 
 i r ■
 
 HER 
 
 With f\vcct-fmclling/i(''^t 
 
 Efpoiifcil live (Icclt'cl fiilt licr iuipti:!l bed. il/i'/r. 
 
 Unhappy, fioin whom llill coiiccard docs iic 
 
 Of htrbi and roots the harnilofs luxury. Coivlcy. 
 
 If the leaves .Ti'c of chief ufc to us, then wc 
 
 call them hrtl>s\ ag fagc and mint. tVait\, 
 
 //iri-cating animals, wliich dnn't ruminate, 
 
 li.ivc ftrong giindois,and chew muih. .•hhuthnot. 
 
 Herb Chrijlophei; or bane-berries, n. f. 
 
 A plant. 
 Herba'oeous. a^^'. [i\OTa.herla, Lat.] 
 
 1. Belonging to herbs. 
 
 Ginger is tlie root of neither tree nor trunk ; 
 but .111 /inl'dicous plant, relcmbling the water 
 flower-de-luce. Jirawn. 
 
 2. Feeding oil vegetables: perhaps not 
 properly. 
 
 Their teeth are fitted to their food, the rapa- 
 cious to catciiiiig, holding, and tcaiing their 
 prey ; the fterl/iiccoui to gathering and coHiiniiui- 
 flon of vegetahlcs. T)f>hain. 
 
 He'rbage. n. f. [/j^rZaj^, French.] 
 
 1. Herbs colledtively ; grafs ; palluie. 
 
 Rocks lie cover'd with eternal frow ; 
 Thin h:}btigc in the plains, and iVuitlefs fields. 
 
 Drydvi. 
 At the time the deluge c.nnie, the earth w.is 
 loaded with hubug;, and thronged wifh ani- 
 mals, ff cotl'ivard. 
 
 2. 'I he tithe and the right of paftiire. 
 
 ylinfitiorth. 
 He'rbal. n. f. [fiom hirb.'\ A book 
 containing the names and defcriptions 
 of plants. 
 
 We leave the defcripiion of plants to //fii/j, 
 
 and other like books of natural hiltory. Jiiicon. 
 
 Sucli a plant will net be found in the Jt^rbal oi 
 
 nature. Bioivn. 
 
 As for the medicinal ufes of phnts, the large 
 
 hcrh.ih are ample teitimonies thereof. Miorc, 
 
 Our InrbMs are fuicientlj rtorcd vt'ith [Plants. 
 
 y.'ieiT. 
 IIe'rbalist. n. f. [from icrial.] A man 
 ililllcd in herbs. 
 
 Htrbalijl! have diftinguifhcd them, naming 
 that the male whofc leaves arc ligliter, and frijit 
 rounder. Errnvn. 
 
 Hk'rbak. k. f. [A word, I believe, 
 only to be found in S/>inJer.] Herb; 
 plant. 
 
 The roof hereof was arched over head. 
 And deck'd with flowers and iirburs daintilv. 
 
 K:i,y (i;UK. 
 
 He'rbarist. «. f. [/jeritirius, horn lier- 
 ha, l^atin.] One (killed in herbs. 
 
 }hiba}ijh have exeicifcd a comnrcndable 
 ffnriofity m Subdividing plants of the fame de- 
 nomination. Bvylc. 
 
 He was too much fwayed by the .opinions tlicn 
 current amongft hcibarijlij that dit^crcnr colours, 
 or multiplicity of leaves in the il«jwer, were 
 fu'ficient toconllitulc a fpccifick diSeicnce. Rity. 
 
 As to the fui-'i, tiieir feed hath been difcovercd 
 and Ihcwed are lirll by an ingenious hcrbnTjfi. 
 
 Dnlunn. 
 
 He'rbf.let. n. f. [diminutive of herb, 
 or oi hcrbula, Latin,] A fmall herb. 
 Thefc hcibcUtij which we upon you ftrow. 
 
 Shakffcure. 
 
 Herbe'sce'Nt. aJi. \_herbeJeenSf Latin.] 
 Gi'Owing into herbs. 
 
 He'rbid. ailj. \_herhidus, Latin.] Cover- 
 ed u'ith herbs. 
 
 PIe'rborist. «. f. [from herb.'] One 
 curious in herbs. Thisfeems a millake 
 for herharjjl. 
 
 A curious bfrbciiji has a plant*, whofe flower 
 perilhes in abotix an hour. R^iv. 
 
 He'rbosough. n. f. [/Ji^forf, German.] 
 Place of tcinporary rcfideuce. Now 
 
 . *:utten bui'liour^ 
 
 HER 
 
 Tlie German l-ird, when iic went out cf New- t 
 gate into the cait, took order to have his arm' 
 fet up ill hii lall hobor'-'i'^'l. Ben y'inf.n, 
 
 He'rbous. aJj. [berbo/us, Lat.] Abound- 
 ing with herbs. 
 
 Her Bi/' LENT. aJJ. [from /vriu/tf, Lat.] 
 Containing herbs. Die/. 
 
 He'rbwoman. n. /, [beri and tvonuui.] 
 A woman that fells herbs. 
 
 I was like to be pulled to pieces by brewer, 
 butcher, and baker ; even my h.rbiuzman dunned 
 me as I went along. /!rbuthnr,t. 
 
 Hk'rby. adj. [from herh.'l Having the 
 nature of herbs. »■■ 
 
 No fuhftanec but earth, and thc'proccdurcs of 
 c;Mth, as tile and flonc, yicldcth any mofs oi 
 /■e'/»v fubttance. Bacon. 
 
 HERD. n.f. [heopb, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A number of beafts together. Tl 
 is peculiarly applied to black-cattle. 
 Flocks and herds are Jiicep and ci.^en or 
 kine. 
 
 Note a wild and wanton hcrdy 
 Or race of youthful and Linhandled col^s, 
 Fetching- nr.id bounds. Sltakfprare. 
 
 There Hnd. a ktrd of heifers, wand'ring o*ei* 
 The neighbouring hill, and drive them to the (hore. 
 
 2. A company of men, in contempt or 
 deteftatioii. 
 
 Survey the world, and where one Cato fhines, 
 Count a degenerate herd of Catilines. DryUeri, 
 
 I do not lememher where ever God deli\ered 
 his oracles by the multitude, or nature truth by 
 the licrj. Lo.t-f. 
 
 3. It antiently fignified a keeper of cattle, 
 and in Scotland it is llill ufed. [liyjib, 
 Saxon.] A fcnfe llill retained in com- 
 pofition : as, goatherd. 
 
 To Herd. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To run in herds or companies. 
 
 Weak women IhouUi, in danger, herd\\y.c deer. 
 
 .Dryden 
 
 It is the nature of indigency, lilee common 
 danger, to endear men to one another, and make 
 them herd together, like fellow-failors in a i^nrm. 
 
 Nonii. 
 
 2. To affbciate ; to become one of any 
 number or party. 
 
 ■ 1*11 Iterii among his friends^ and feem 
 One of the miinber. ^-Jddifo'i*! Cato 
 
 Run to towns, to htrdvf'wh knaves and fools. 
 And undillingullh'd pafs among the crowd. 
 
 //■'.;.//. 
 
 To Hkp. n. ^'. a. To throw or put into 
 a herd. 
 
 The rell, 
 However great we arc, honel^ and valiant, 
 Arc herded with the vulgar. Be^i "Yotifon. 
 
 He'rdgroom. n. f. ^herd and^rwni.] 
 A keeper of herds. Not in ufe. 
 
 But who IHall judj;e the waj^cr won or loft } 
 That flrali yonder herdgrijam, and none other. 
 
 Sptnfer. 
 
 He'rdman. 1 n. f. [herd and man.'] 
 He'kdsman. 3 One employed in tend- 
 ing herds : formerly, an owner ot herds. 
 
 A herdjntan rich, of much account was he, 
 In whom no evil did reign, or good appear. 
 
 Sidney. 
 And yMi, enchantment, ■ 
 Worthy eiiougn a herdfrnan^ if e'er tliou 
 Tncfc rural Ltches to his entrance open, 
 I will df vile a cruel death for thee. Shjikfpetirc. 
 
 Scarce rhemfelves know how to hold 
 A (hecphook, or have learn'd ought clfe the leal^ 
 That to the faithful herdfman'$ art belongs. 
 
 Mi/ton. 
 There oft the Tndian herdpnan^ (hunning heat. 
 Shelters in cool, and tends his pafturing herds 
 At loop-holes cut through thi^keft [hade. Mill, 
 % 
 
 HER 
 
 So (lands a Thracian hetdjman with his fp«ir' 
 Full in the gap, and liopes the hu.ucd bear. 
 
 Dtydin. 
 
 The Iisrdfmanf round 
 
 The chearful fire, provoke his hc.ilth in goblcti 
 
 croun'd. Dryden, 
 
 When their herd/men could not agiee, they 
 
 parted liy coiifent. L'jtke, 
 
 HER}'', adv. [heji, Saxon; A;Vr, Dutch.] 
 
 1. In this place. 
 
 Kuforc they hete approach, 
 Old Siward, with ten thoufanrl wailike men. 
 All ready at a point, was felting forth, ihaifp. 
 
 I, upon my fronticis here. 
 Keep refidcnce. M/tin. 
 
 Here nature ftrrt begins 
 
 -Her fartheft verge. Alltan. 
 
 How wretched does Prometheus' ftateappeac. 
 
 While iic his fecoiul mis'ry hi'XQn here ! Cowley, 
 
 To day is ours, wc have it here, Ojwiej, 
 
 2. In tlie prefent (late. 
 
 Thus ihail you- be happy here, and mote happy- 
 hereafter. Biieon. 
 
 3. It is ufed in making an offer or at- 
 tempt. 
 
 Then here *s for earneft ; 
 'Tis finiflrd. Dryden. 
 
 4. In drinking a health. 
 
 Here 's to thee, Dick. Ctrwley,. 
 
 However, fi lend, here 's to the king, one cries j 
 To him who was the kiirg, the friend replies. 
 
 • I'nor. 
 
 5. It is often oppofcd to there ; in one 
 place, dillinguiihed from another. 
 
 Good-night, mine eyes do itch ; 
 Doth that bode weeping } 
 .^'Tis neither here nor there. Shulfpeare^ 
 
 We are come to fee thee fight, to fee thee 
 foigne, to fee thee traverfc, to fee thee here^ to 
 fee thee there. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Then this, then that man's aid, they cr.ive, 
 implore ; 
 Poft here for help, feek there their followers, 
 
 Daniel. 
 
 I would have in the heath fome thickets made 
 only of fweet-briar, and honey-fuckJe,.and fome 
 wild vine amongil ; and the ground fee with 
 vioh^ts J for thefe are fweet, and prufper in the 
 (hade; and thefe to be in the heath here ind 
 thejey not in order. Bacon, 
 
 The devil might perhaps, by inward fuggcf- 
 tions, have drawii in ^'./re and Here a fmglc pro- 
 fi?lyre. Gyvemment r/J the Tongue. 
 
 Your citj"-,. after the dreadful fire, was lebuilt, 
 not prcfently, by raifmg continued ftreets ; but 
 at firfl here a houfe, and there a houfe, to which. 
 others by degrees were joined. Sprat's Senr.ons.' 
 
 He that rides port through a comitry may be 
 able t<» give fome loofc defcription of here a 
 mountain and //'e/e a plain, here a raorafs and 
 there a river, woodland in one part, and favanas. 
 in another. t.icke. 
 
 6. Here feems, in the following pafiage,, 
 to mean this place. 
 
 Bid them farewel, Cordelia, though unkind ;^ 
 Thou lufeil here, .2, betterwheie to Iind. Shukjp. 
 Hereabo'uts. ndv. [here and about. 2. 
 About this place. 
 
 I faw hereabouts nothing remarkable, except 
 .'^guftus's bridge. .Addijon on Italy, 
 
 HERKA'tTER. adv. [here TiuA cftcr.] 
 \. In time to come ; in futurity. 
 
 How worthy he is, I will leave to appear 
 hertxifter^ rather than Ilory him in his own hear- 
 iitg. Htuikjpeare. 
 
 rhe grand-child, with twelve .fons increas'd^ 
 departs 
 From Canaun, to a land herenfur call'd 
 Egypt. ' Milton, 
 
 Hereafter he from war fhall come,. 
 And bring hrs TiDJans peace. Ji'y.ien, 
 
 2. In a future llate. 
 
 Yoii Ihall be hajipy here, and vuin. happy 
 kirt.ij'ter. Batm,
 
 HER 
 
 HER 
 
 n r. A future ftate. I Hereo'ot. adv. [here and out.'] 
 
 ; Cato. 
 
 fir.KtK'rTTR. 
 
 This is a figurative noun, not to be ufed 
 but in poetf)'. 
 
 'Tis the divinity tliatttirs within us 
 'Tis heaven itfelf that points out an hoetfter^ 
 And intimates etcriiity to man. AiHJ' 
 
 I ftill (liall wait 
 Some new hcrcrfter, and a future ftate. F'ii'- 
 
 Herea't. adv. [here and at.] At tills. 
 
 One nun coming to the tribune, to rcxeive his 
 
 donative, with a gaiUnd in his hand, the tii- 
 
 bune, oflendcd hcr'.eit, demanded what this fin- 
 
 Kularity could mean ? Uo'jhij. 
 
 Hereby', adv. \_hsre zxiii ly .'] By this. 
 
 In what ertate the fathers rcltcd, which were 
 dead bL-i'orc, it is not kneb^ either one way or 
 other determined. H-jiktr . 
 
 Hcihy the Moors are not excluded by beaut)-, 
 Sheie being in this defcription no confideraiion of 
 colours. Bn:vn 
 
 The acquifitim of truth is of in6iiite con- 
 cernment : hsrch- we become acquainted with 
 the nannc of things U atn. 
 
 Hf.re'ditable. ailj. {litres, Lat.] What- 
 ever may be occupied as inheritance. 
 
 Adam lieing neither a monarch, nor his ima- 
 ginary monarcliy heicdituhls, the power which 
 a now in the world is not that which was Adam's. 
 
 He'reditament. n.f. [/•rf'm&m, Lat.] 
 A law term denoting inheritance, or 
 hereditary cftate. 
 Here'dttarily. adv. [from hereditary.] 
 By inheritance. 
 
 Here is another, who thinks one of the greatcft 
 glories of his father was to have diftinguilhed 
 and loved you, and who loves you hercdihnih. 
 Pofe 10 St^'ft- 
 
 HERE'DITARY. adj. [hereditaire,_ Fr. 
 heredhariui, l.at.] Poffcffed or claimed 
 by right of inheritance ; defcending by 
 inheritance. 
 
 To thee and thine, hrred!tary ever, 
 Remain this ample third of our fait kingdom. 
 
 Sluiijjit:-:re. 
 
 Thefe old fellows 
 Have their Ingratitude in them hertdiiary. 
 
 Shaijpfarc. 
 He (hall afcend 
 The throne ticreditnn; and bound his reign 
 ■ With earth's wide bounds, his glory with the 
 heavens. Milun 
 
 Thu< while the mute creation downward bend 
 Their fight, and to their earthty mother tend, 
 Man looks aloft, and with ereiled eyes 
 Beh-j!ds his own kniAilary Ikies. Viyilin's O'jiJ. 
 
 When hnoitk verfe his youth lliall rafe, ^ 
 And form it to hettdilaiy praifc. Vtydcn's Virgil. 
 
 Herei'n. adv. [here ?i\\di in.] In this. 
 
 How higliy (oevcr it may plcafe them with 
 words <.f tiulh to extol feimons, they Ihall not 
 hcrtii offend ns. Hi^otir. 
 
 My bert endeavours (hall be done henin. 
 
 Sh.tkfpcatc. 
 
 Since truths, abfolutely necclTary to f.dvation, 
 arc fo clearly revealed that we cannot err in them, 
 unlefs we be noturioully wanting to ourfelves, 
 hneii the fault of the judgment is refolvcd int<, 
 a precedent default in tiie will. Soitth. 
 
 HtREi'-NYO. adv. [here and iuto.] Into 
 
 this. 
 
 Betairfcthe point about which we (liive is the 
 
 quality of our laws, our firft entrance hctin't, 
 
 cannot better be made than with confidcratioinif 
 
 the nature of law in general. Iloottr. 
 
 HtREo'F. adv. [here and of.] From 
 
 this ; of this. 
 
 Hereof comes it that piince Harr)' is valiant. 
 
 •' SkMfp'O'r. 
 
 Hereo'n. a</i'. [here znA on.] Upon this. 
 
 Ifwe(hould(^ria:y infill A. 'W, ihe poinbihty 
 
 might fall into nuellion. Bniuni fn/g. Er, 
 
 Out of this place. 
 A bird all white, well feather'd on each wing, 
 Hcre-cnt up to the throne of God did Hy. S/Jcn/ 
 
 2. All the words compounded of here and 
 a prepofition, except heyeaficr, are ob- 
 folete, or obfolefceat ; never ufed in 
 poetry, and feldom in profe, by elegant 
 writers, though perhaps not unworthy, 
 to be retained. 
 
 Heremi'tical. adj. [It (hould be written 
 eremitical, from eremite, of 5j-.;(x'5-, a de- 
 fart ; heremilique, French.] Solitaiy ; 
 fultabk to a hermit. 
 
 You defcribc fo well your hcrcmilical ftate of 
 life, that none of the ancient anchorites could go 
 beyond you for a ca\e in a rock. Voyc. 
 
 He'resiarch. n.f. [heref.arque,Y\-inc\\; 
 £,^io-i-, d^x^..] A leader in herefy ; the 
 head of a herd of hereticks. 
 
 The pope declared him not only an heietick, 
 but an herfiarch. Stiniiigpft. 
 
 HE'REsy.n./. [i«f/fc, French ; harfis, 
 Latin; «. !^i-.] An opinion of private 
 men different from that of the catholick 
 and orthodox church. 
 
 Herify prcvaileth only by a counterfeit fhew of 
 rcafon, wlierchy notwithltanding it becometli in- 
 vincible, unlefs it be convifled of fraud by ma- 
 iiifcft rernonfliancc clearly true, and unable to be 
 withltood. Ihohr. 
 
 As for fpcculative /•^rf^-J, they wovk mightily 
 upon men's wits; yet do not produce gic:it al- 
 terations in ftates. Bann 
 
 Let '.he truth of that religion I profcfs he re- 
 
 prol'entcd to her judgment, not in the odious dif- 
 
 guifes of levity, Ichifm, herefy, novelty, cruelty, 
 
 and difloyaltv. ' i''"? C/urlt,. 
 
 HE'RETICK. n. f. [heretique, French ; 
 
 1 . One who propagates hisprivate opinions 
 in oppofition to the catholick church. 
 
 Thelc things would be prevented, if no known 
 heritick or fchifmatick be fuffcred to go into ihofe 
 countries. lincm 
 
 No hertticks dclirc to fpread 
 Their wild opinions like thcl'c Epicures. Dafiti. 
 
 Bcllarminowns, that he has quoted a //trf/ct 
 inflead of a fallicr. B<ihr on Lratning. 
 
 When a papift ufes the word ksreiicki, he ge- 
 nerally means proteliants ; when a proted.mt ufes- 
 the word, he means any pcrfons wilfully and con-- 
 tentioully obltinate in fundamental errours. 
 
 adults. 
 
 2. It is or has been ufed ludicroufly for 
 any one whofe opinion is erroneous. 
 
 I rather will fufpcft the fun vi'ith cold 
 Than thee with wantoiincfs ; thy honour llands. 
 In him that was of late an kcictick. 
 As firm as faith. S'nxkj'ftnic. 
 
 Here'tical. adj. [hom herelick.] Con- 
 taining heicfy. 
 
 How exclude thrv us from being any part of 
 the church of Chiift under rf.c colour of herefy, 
 when they cannot but grant it poffible even for 
 him to be, as touching his own pcrfonal per- 
 fuafion, hrretical, who, in their opinion, not only 
 is of the church, hut holdeth the chicfcft pl.acc 
 of autliolity over- tlic fame ? Ho-.ktr . 
 
 Conltaniinople was in an uproar, upon an ig- 
 norant jcaloufy lliat thofe words had I'l.me htreii- 
 i:«/ meaning. Die..-/ of I'itty 
 
 Her e'tically. adv. [from heretiad.] 
 With herefy. 
 
 Hereto', adv. [/■(■(•(• and /a.] To this ; 
 add to this. 
 
 Heretofore, adv. [hereto znA Jore.] 
 Formerly; anciently. 
 
 1 have long rleiircri to know you hereffore, 
 with honouring your virtue, thuui;h I love not 
 youv pcrfou. iiiJney. 
 
 HER 
 
 So ne,ir is the connexion between the civil 
 ftate and leligious, that her et fate you will tind 
 the government and the prielthood united in the 
 fame perlon. South. 
 
 W'c now can form no more 
 ' Long fchemcs of life, as heretofore. Swft. 
 
 Hereunto', adv. [here and unto.] To 
 this. 
 
 Tliey which rightly confider after what fort the 
 heart of man hereunto is iramcd, muli of necef- 
 fify acknowledge, thai whofo alTentcth to the 
 words of eternal life, doth it in regard of his au- 
 thority Vv'hofe words they are. Hooker. 
 
 Agreeable hereunto might not be amifs to make 
 
 childi en often to tell a (lory of any thing they 
 
 know. Locke. 
 
 Herewi'th. adv. [here and with.] With 
 
 this. 
 
 You, fair fir, be not herewith difmaid, 
 But confiant keep the way in which ye iiand. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 herewith the cafllc of Harae was fuddeniy fur- 
 prifcd by the Scots. ttuywdrd. 
 
 He'riot. n.f. [hepejile, Saxon.] A 
 fine paid to the lord at the death of a 
 landholder, commonly the befl thing in 
 the landholder's pofTeffion. 
 
 Thi*. he tlelains from tl.e ivy ; for he (Irould be 
 the true polTeiToiy lord iheicuf, but the oltvc dif- 
 penfeth with his confcicnce to pafs it over with a 
 compliment and an hcriot every year. H^-wel. 
 
 Though thou confume but to renew, 
 Yet love, as lord, dutli claim a heiitt due. 
 
 Cleavetand. 
 
 I took him up, as your heriot, with intention 
 to have made the bell of him, and then have 
 brought the whole pioduce of him in a putfe to 
 you. Dryden' i Don Sehjjliitn. 
 
 He'ritacle. «i^. [hxres, \^?it.] Capable 
 to inherit whatever may be inherited. 
 
 By tiie canon law this fou (hall be legitimate 
 
 and herituble, according to the laws of England. 
 
 Ha/e't C/imrKr.n Latu, 
 
 He'ritace. n.f. [heritage, YrtncYi.] 
 
 1. Inheritance; ellate devolved by fuc- 
 ctffiun ; cftate in general. 
 
 Let us our father's hrriiaee divide. Huh. Tali. 
 
 He confirlers that iiis proper home and heritagi 
 is in .inori cr world, ami il.erefoie regard* ti.c 
 events of this with the indirtercnce of a gutft 
 that tarries but a ri;iy. Rtgert, 
 
 2. [In divinity.] The people of God. 
 O Loid, f.ivc thy people, and blefs ihine heti- 
 
 ta^' Common Prayer. 
 
 HEkMA'PHRODITE. «. /. [hcrma. 
 phrodile, Fr. from i-t..^.- and afjoiiT)..] 
 An animal uniting two fexes. 
 
 Man and wife make but one right 
 Cunonical hcrmufh^oAile. Clenve'.ani. 
 
 Monlliofity could not incapacitate from mar- 
 riage, wiliicfs /liJMj/i/;io.//7fi. Arbuth.iii Vope. 
 Hermaphrodi'tical. adj. [from her- 
 maphrodite.] Partaking of both fexes. 
 
 Tlieic may be equivocal feeds and hermaphro- 
 ditie.i! principles, that contain tSie radicihiy uf 
 ditfeient forms. £ro-wn. 
 
 HERME'TIC ^L. 7 adj. [from Htrmet, 
 HERMETICK. j or Mercury, the 
 imagined inventer of chymiftry ; her- 
 melinue, French.] Cliyniical. 
 
 An h-,melic.il leal, or to fcal .my thing herme- 
 tically, is to heat the neck of a glafs 'till it i» 
 jnft leady to melt, and then with a pair of hot 
 pincrri to twift it cKilc together. Qninry. 
 
 The tube was doled at one end with diachy- 
 lon, indead of an he^mrlicnt iVah Buyti. 
 Herme'tically. ai/v. [(rom iermeticai.} 
 According to the hermctical or chymick 
 art. 
 
 He fiiffercd thofe tilings to putrefy in hirmrti- 
 caliy fealed gladcb, and lelTeljclofc covered wulf 
 p.ijicr; and not only I'u, but in veffeli coyerc4
 
 HER 
 
 fine hvu, Co as to a<!.Tiit the air, and keep out 
 tUc iufcdls ; no living thing was ever inocluccii 
 thtic Bfulry. 
 
 HERMIT, n. f. [hn-mhc,Y\xnch; coii- 
 
 tradcd from cnmiu, i^fy-.tr,.^ 
 I. A folitary ; an anchoret; one who 
 retires from fociety to contemplation 
 and devotion. 
 
 A wirher'd hcrmitf fivcfcore winters worn, 
 Might 111 ikc oS' fifty loukinp in her eye. Si:i(fp 
 Yuu l.iy this command upon me, to give vuu 
 my poor advice fur your CHrii.igo in to cninicnt a 
 place ; J iiumblv icturn you mnie opinion, Iu';h 
 as an humit rather tiian a couiticr can icndci. 
 
 Bacon 
 
 He had been duke of Savoy, and, af.er a vciy 
 
 glorious I'cii;!', took on liirn r!ie habit ot a heimily 
 
 and iccireO into tliis fahtary Ipot. -■Idtiij'nt. 
 
 3. A beadfman ; one bound to pray for 
 
 anotlicr. Improper. 
 
 For rnofe of old, 
 And the late^iigiiiticsheap'd Up to them, 
 We reft yi^ur litim::. ShuHftarc. 
 
 Hii'RMiTAGj;. n. f. \fiermUage, French J 
 The cell oi' habitation of a liermit. 
 
 By that painful way liity p^fs 
 Forth to an hill, that was both deep and high ; 
 
 On fop whereof a iacrcd chapel wa.s, 
 And ckc a litilc /urrm'f.ige theieby. Fairy Qutin. 
 
 Go with fpccd 
 To fomc forlorn and naked hermitage^ 
 Rcinctc fiom all the plcai'uies of tt'.c world. 
 
 Shakjpeare 
 And may at lafl my weary age 
 ^ Find out Ihc peace'ul rr.-.inita^tf 
 The hairy gown and mf'JTy cell, 
 Wiiere I nii.y fit and rjgi.riy tpell 
 Of ev*ry liar tii.it heav'n do'.h Ihevr, 
 And cv'ry herb that fips The dew. Mi.'ton 
 
 About two leagues from Fiibourg we Wi*nt to 
 fee :i hirmitagr : it Irs in the prctticll folitudc 
 imaginable, among >»'oogs and rocks, ,'^ihiifou. 
 He'kmite.ss.- n. f. [from hermit.'] A 
 
 woman retired to devotion. 
 Hermi'tical. adj. [from ^I'nn.'/.] Suit- 
 able to a hermit. 
 He'rmooactyl, n.f. \_\iu%: and,Jxx!u>.^.] 
 Hifinoliflyl is a ro^jr of a determinate and re- 
 gular tipure, and reprcfcnts the common figure of 
 a heart cut in two, from lialf an inch to an inch in 
 length. This drug w.is f.il^ b:ough: into medi- 
 cir.il ufc by the Arabians, and conics from E,?ypt 
 atid Syria, where the people ufe them, while 
 frelh, as a vomit or prfrge ; and have a way ot 
 loaning them f.ir food, wiiich they eat in o:dcr 
 to make tbcmrclvcs fat. The dued roots arc a 
 gentle purge, now little ufed. /////. 
 
 HtRV. n.f. [contraftcd from Heron, 
 which fee.] 
 
 Birds th.it are moft eafy to be drawn are the 
 
 mallard, fwao, fnrn, and bittern, Pcathan:. 
 
 He'knhIll. n.f. \_hera 3.T\d. hiU.'\ An 
 
 herb. Ainj'jjorth. 
 
 flERNlA. n. f. [Latin.] Any kind of 
 
 luptnre, divcrftfied by the name of the 
 
 part afTedled. 
 
 A hcrnta woidd certainly fuccecd. IVJemaTi. 
 
 flE'RO. n. f. yieros, Latin ; r.^u^.l 
 1, A man eminent for bravery. 
 1 fing of heioei and of kings, 
 la miglity numbers mighty things. Coiuhy. 
 
 Hiroii in ariiinatcd marble frown. i'^/r. 
 
 In this view he cealcs to be an hero^ and his 
 return is no longer a virtue. Pcpe'f Oiiyffc\ 
 
 Thefc are thy honours, not that here thy buft 
 Is mi.\'d with /li'ses, or with kings thy dull. 
 
 3. A man of the higheft clafs in any re- 
 
 fpeft : as, a hero in learning. 
 He'roess. n.f. [from /jero; heroies, Lat.] 
 
 A heroine ; a female hero. Not in ufe. 
 
 HER 
 
 III wliich were hold, by fad difcafc, 
 Mcroc^ and herotlfei. ChAf>man, 
 
 IIkuo'ical. aJj, \U'om hero. '\ Befitting 
 a hero; noble; illullrlous ; heroick. 
 
 Muliduius \v^s famous over all Alia for Ins hc' 
 K/fi/ enterprises. Sidney. 
 
 Though you liavc courage in an kcmcal degree, 
 I ufci'ibe ic tu yuu as yuur ft;cond actnbuic. 
 
 Dry.hn. 
 
 Hero'ic.ally. adv. [from herou'aI.~\ After 
 tiie way of a hero ; fuitably to a hero. 
 Not kevoicaUy in killing his tyrannical coufin. 
 
 Sidney, 
 
 Free from all meaning, whether good or bad; 
 
 And, ill ori'j word, heroically mad. Dryden. 
 
 Hkro'ick. adj. [from hero '^ hcrotquey Fr.] 
 
 1. Pioductlvc of licroea. 
 
 B MtMgbiokc 
 From John of G.umt doth bring his pedigree, 
 Bring hut the fourih of that heto-'ck line. Skakf. 
 
 2. K')ble ; fuitabic to a hero; brave; 
 mii^^nanimous ; "intiepid ; enterprifing ; 
 illudrious. 
 
 Nut that which jtiflly gives heiotck name 
 To pcifon, or to paem. Milton. 
 
 Verfe mrikjs hfroick virtue live. 
 But you c.ti. life to verfirs give. IValier. 
 
 3. Reciting the ads of heroes. Ufed of 
 poetry. 
 
 Mccliinks her^ici poefy, 'till nuw, 
 L,ik.c fomc fantallick. fany land did Oiow. 
 
 C&iv/ry. 
 
 I have chofen the moft hetoick fubjcA wl ich 
 any poet could desire : I have taken upon me tu 
 dcfcribe the meiri^es, the beginning, progrcfs and 
 fucctlfcsof a molljulV and neccfTaiy war. DryJ. 
 
 An henick pjem is thegieatcft woik which the 
 foul of man is capable to perfo- m : the dclign of 
 it is to form the mind to haoick virtue by exam- 
 ple. Dryden. 
 
 Hlro'ickly. adv, [from ^^ro/VZ-.] Suita- 
 bly to a hero. Heroically is more fre- 
 quent, and more analogical. 
 
 Samfon h.ith quit himfclf 
 Like Samfon, :i.nd heroickly hath finiih'd 
 A life heioick. MUton. 
 
 He'roine. n. f* [from hero ; heroine, 
 French.] A female hero. Anciently, 
 according to Englifh analogy, heroefs. 
 
 But iiiboin wortii, that fortune can controul, 
 Ncw-lir.ing, and ftitfcr beat her foftcr foul ; 
 The hei^ine aiVum'd the woman's place, 
 Cunhrm'd her mind, and fortify'd her face. 
 
 Dtydcn. 
 Tlicn fhall the BritiQi ftrige 
 More noble charaiters cxpofe to view. 
 And draw her finifh'd /tcroincs from you. j4ddif. 
 He'koism. n.f. \_heroifme^ French.] The 
 qnalities or charatfter of a hero. 
 
 If the OdyiTtry be lefs noble than tiic Iliad, it 
 is more inftin(flive : the Iliad abounds with more 
 htiuifm, tliis witli more morality. Broome. 
 
 HE'RON. «./. Iheron, French,] 
 
 1. A bird that feeds upon fifh. 
 
 So lords, with fpoit of ftag and heron full, 
 Sometimes we fee fmall birds from nefts do pull. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 The heron, when (he foareth high, Ihcweth 
 winds. Baton. 
 
 2. It is now commonly pronounced ^^r/;. 
 
 The tcw'ring hawk let future poets fing. 
 Who terror bears upon his foiring wing ; 
 
 Let them on high the frighted ktrn furvey, 
 And lofty numbers paint their airy fr.iy. Gi.y. 
 He'ronry. 1 n.f, \_homheron, com- 
 He'ronshaw. J monly pronounced hern- 
 ry.] A place where herons breed. 
 
 Tncy cairy their load to a large heronry above 
 three mik-s. Der/ium's PhyJicC' Theoiogv, 
 
 Herpes, n, f. ["eTrrs.] A cutaneous in- 
 flammation of two kinds : miliari:, or 
 pitJJuIar'is^ which ib like millet-feed upon 
 
 HER 
 
 the /kin ; and ei:ceilens, wii'ch is more 
 currolive and penetrating, fo as. t<> form 
 little tilcers. ^incy. 
 
 A faiihcr projrcfs towards arrimony nukcth 1 
 hrtpii; and, if (he accels of acnmony be very 
 great, it niakelh an keipei txccdcn,. H'lftman. 
 He'rring. n.f. [hitreng, Fr. haeping, 
 £axo:i.] A fmall fea h(h. 
 
 ThccoalJ is plentilullj' llored with round fiih, 
 
 pilchard, litrrriig, mackrel, and cod. Carru; 
 
 Buy my herring^ frefti, Siu-ft. 
 
 Hers. pron. The female poffLflive uftd 
 when it refers to a fnbllantlve going be- 
 fore: as, this is Lt houfe, this houfe In 
 hers. See HER. 
 How came her eyes fo bright? not with fsdc 
 tears ; 
 If fo, my eyes arc oflncr waJb'd than htn. 
 
 Srtakfpeare, 
 Whom ill fate would ruin, it picfer» ; 
 For all tiie miferal.lc a;c made lirri. IValltr. 
 
 I fee licr rowling eyes ; 
 And panting, lo ! the god, ine god, fHe cries j 
 With W'jrds not ^r^j,aiid more than l;umati t'ound. 
 She makes th' ohedicnt gholts peep tjcmbiii^g 
 through the ground. Rojcominin. 
 
 HERSE. n.f. [herjia, low Latin; fup- 
 pofcd to come from hejtian, to praife.j 
 This is likewife written hearfe ; fee 
 
 HEARSE. 
 
 1. A temporary monument raifed over a 
 grave. 
 
 2. The carriage in which corpfes are 
 drawn to the grave. 
 
 When mourning nyraphs attend their Daphnis' 
 
 Who does not weep that reads the moving vcife f 
 
 J\c/fcomm9n. 
 On all the line a fudden vengeance waits, 
 And frequent ntrfifs (hall bcfiege your gates, 
 
 7"o Herse. 1). a. [from the nouji.] To 
 put into a herfe. 
 
 I would my daughter were dead at my foot, 
 and the jewels in her car. O, would ihe were 
 htTi^d at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin. 
 
 Shakjpeare'i ^Aerchunt cf Vitice. 
 
 The Grecians fpriceful'y drew from tiic d.irts 
 
 the corfe. 
 
 And /itviVit, bearing it to fleet. Chapman, 
 
 The houfe is hri\t -.ihoul with a bl.ick wood, 
 
 Which nods with many a heavy-headed tree. 
 
 « Craj'haiu, 
 
 Herself, pronoun. 
 
 1. A female individual, as diftingui(hed 
 from others. 
 
 The jealous o'er-wom widow and htrjtlf, 
 Since tir.it our brother duhh'd th:m gentlewomen, 
 Are mighty go:ri])S in this moifarehy. Shakjp. 
 
 2. Being in her own power; miftrefs of 
 her own thoughts. 
 
 The more ilic looks, the more her fears in- 
 crcalc. 
 At nearer fight; and She's ierji/f the lefs. DryJ, 
 
 3. The oblique cafe of the reciprocal pro- 
 noun : as, fhe hurt herfJf. 
 
 Tiie daughter of Pharaoh came dowa wafh 
 h-rf:f. Xxi^lut 
 
 She returned anfwer to hcrfilf. "Judgct. 
 
 He'kselike. adj. [Jjerfe -axiA Uh.'\ Fune- 
 real ; fuitable to funerals. 
 
 Even in the Old Tcftament, if you liften fo 
 David's harp, you Ihall hear a^ many htrftUke 
 airs as caruh. Bactn. 
 
 To He'ry. V. a. [hepian, Saxon, to 
 praife, to celebrate.] To hallow; to 
 regard as holy. Now no longer in ufe. 
 
 Thenot, now nis the time cf merrymakc. 
 Nor Pan to Itiry. nor with love to play j 
 Like mirth in May is mceteft for to make. 
 Or fummcr (hade, under the cocked hay. Sftxftr.
 
 n E T 
 
 T5!« were tV.y years grccii JS now lie mine, 
 Then wuuldll tliou learn to c«oi of love. 
 Ana '!:rv wUli Uvrans lliy lali's glcvc. Sjiriifo. 
 He'sitancv. «'./. {i'tom hifUaU.'} Dubi- 
 oiifnefs ; uncertainty ; fufpeiitx'. 
 
 The re.ifoii of my hcjhany alwit the air 15, 
 th.u I forf;ot 10 try wr.etl.cr that litiujr, which 
 fhot into ccvft,.!., e^pl.l■cd to the air, w»uid not 
 have done the like in a velTel accurattly ftopptth 
 
 Some of them rc:ifoncd without doubt or hefi- 
 fncy, and lived and died in fuch a manner a^ to 
 ftow that tliey believed their own reafonings. 
 
 Jo HE'SITATE. v. a. {h^fito, Lallu ; 
 Af/^.vr, French.] To be Qoiibtful ; to 
 delay ; to pauft ; to make difficulty. 
 
 A fpirit of revenge makes him curie the Gre- 
 cians in the feventh book, when they h(fita!e to 
 accept Hcdtor's challenge. -P"/"- 
 
 Willipg to wound, and yet afraid to ftrilce, 
 Juft hint a fault, and hrfitatc dillikc ; 
 Alike referv'd to blame cr to commend, 
 •A linl'rous foe, and a fnfpiciou* friend. Pe/f. 
 HEsiTATroN. n.f. [iiom hcfilalc] 
 1. Doubt; uncertainty; difficulty made, 
 1 cannot forcfce the difficrdtics and hcftmio"^ 
 of every one : they will be more or fewer, ac- 
 cording; to the capacity of each peniftr. 
 
 Z. Intermiffion of Tpeecli ; want of volu- 
 bility. 
 
 Many clergymen write in fo diminutive a man- 
 ner, with fuch ficquent blots and interlineations, 
 that they are hardly able to go on without perpe- 
 tual hcfillliilii. S!u:fl. 
 
 He5T. n. /. [hsp:, Saxon.] Command; 
 
 precept; injunftion. Obfolcte, or 
 written behejl. 
 
 Tiio;i doft atihft the not defervcr, 
 As him that doth Ihy lovely '•■■(fii defpife. Spenfer 
 
 ■Thou wall a fpirit too delicate 
 To 2i&. her earthy and abhorr'd commands, 
 Refufmj her grand hfjh. Slhikfpearc. 
 
 HE'l'EROCLlTE. n.f. lheteroclitc,Yu 
 hetsrocUtum, Latin ; ='t£;o; and xX.»io.] 
 
 1. Such nouns as v.\ry from the common 
 forms of dcclenfion, by any redundancy, 
 defeat, or otherwife. Clarke. 
 
 The hrtfrricUtc nouns of the Latin (hould not 
 be torrched in the firll learning of the rudiments 
 •f. the tongue. _ _ Watis. 
 
 2. Any thing or perfon deviating from the 
 common rule. 
 
 Heterocli'tical. adj. [from hderocUli:.'] 
 Deviating from the common rule. 
 
 In the mention of fins lutciocliiicul, and fuch 
 
 as want either name or precedent, there is ofi 
 
 times a lin, even in their hiflories. Bio-itir,. 
 
 Heterodox, adj. \_heterodoxe, French; 
 
 i'Ti;®- and I4u.'\ Deviating from the 
 
 ellablifhed opinion ; not orthodox. 
 
 Partiality may be obferved in fome to vulgar, 
 in others to hctertidox tenets. Lc^ke. 
 
 Hk'terodox. ti. f. An opinion peculiar. 
 Not only a fimple lutcridix, but a very hard 
 paradox it will feemj and of great abfurdity, if 
 we fay attiaflion is unjuftly appropriated into the 
 loadlionc. Jircwn'^ Vulg.ir Enoun. 
 
 Keteroge'neaL. adj. [/jelerogene,' Ft._ 
 ?Tsf and :,=ir .] Not of the fame na- 
 ture ; not kindred. 
 
 I^et the body adjacent aird ambient be not 
 commaterial, but merely keterogfntal towards the 
 body that is to be preferved : fuch are quickfilver 
 and white amber to herbs and flics. Baron. 
 
 The light whofe rays arc all alike refrangible, 
 I call fimple, homogcneal, and fimilar ; and 
 that""ivhofc rays are fome more refrangible than 
 
 n E w 
 
 IIktcroorni, iTY. n.f. [helero^enciic, 
 French, from heterogeneous. '\ 
 
 1. Oppofilion of nature ; contrariety or 
 diffimiiitude of qualities. 
 
 2. Oppofile or dlfiimilar part. 
 Guaiaciim, burnt with an open fire in a chim- 
 
 r.cy, is fequeftered into allies and foot ; whereas 
 the fame wood, dittiUed into a retort, docs yield 
 far other hetn^^cneuici, and is rcfolvcd into oil, 
 fpirit, vhiegar, water, and charcoal. Boyle. 
 
 HETEROGENEOUS, adj. [?T=.;,r and 
 ■yt»o;.] Not kindled; oppohte or dif- 
 fimllar in nature. 
 
 I have obferved fuch /icterogcrtmis bodies, 
 which 1 found included in the mals of this fand- 
 ^jj,je_ )-yD0.iv:ard. 
 
 HeTERo'sCI.VNS. 71. f. yirtC'K and crxi-/.] 
 
 Thofe whofe ih.wo\vs fall only one way, 
 as the fliadows of ui who live north of 
 the tropick fall at noon always to the 
 north. 
 To HEW. V. a. part, hewn or he-wed. 
 [heapan, Saxon ; hauiuen, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To cut by blows with an edged in- 
 flrumeirt ; to hack. 
 
 Upon the joint the lucky ftccl did light. 
 And made fuch way tiiat hew'd it quite in twain 
 
 Spenjer. 
 I had purpofe 
 Once more tc hmv thy target from thy hrawn. 
 Or lofc my arn\ for 't. .^h.ihffca,:. 
 
 He was hnvitM pieces by Hamilton's friends. 
 
 hlayward. 
 
 One Vane was fo grievoully hewn, that many 
 
 thoufnnds have died of lefs than half his hurts, 
 
 whereof he was cured. Hay-ivaid. 
 
 2. To chop ; to cut. 
 He from deep welh with engines w.ater drew, 
 
 And us'd his noble hands tiic wood to Actu. 
 
 VrydcK. 
 
 3 . To cut, as with an axe : with the par- 
 ticles do-wn, when it fignities to fell ; 
 up, to excavate from below ; off, to fe- 
 
 parate. 
 
 He th It depends 
 Upon your favours, fwims with fins of lead. 
 
 II I A 
 
 I now gafi my days, not ftudious nor idle, ta- 
 iher polilhing old works than kc-win^ out new. 
 
 Vopc to S-^uif*. , 
 He'wer. n.f. [i;om hew .'\ One whofe 
 employment is to cut wood or ftone. 
 
 At the building of Solomon's temple tiicrp 
 were fourl'corc thoufand neiu^rs in the mountains. 
 
 Broiun„ 
 
 HE'XAGON. n.f \_he.xagone, French ; 
 £^ and yuv.a..'] A figure of fix fides or 
 angles : the luofl: capacious of all the 
 figures that can be added to each other 
 without any interftlce ; and therefore 
 the cells in honeycombs are of that form. 
 Hexa'gonal. adj. [itom hiX<igon.'\ Hav- 
 ing fix fides or corners. 
 
 As for the tigm'esof crylial, it is for the moft 
 pirt hewisvntil, or fix-cornered. Brotvn. 
 
 Many of them Ihoot into regular figures; as 
 crj-rtal and ballard diamonds into /:.'.v.jg«W. R<iy. 
 
 Hexa'gony. n. f. [from hexagon.^ A 
 figure of fix angles. 
 
 When 1 read in St'Ambrofe of titx-ngonia, or 
 fcxangular cellars of bees, did I thereiore con- 
 clude that they were mathematicians : 
 
 Brtimhail ctgainji Hobbei, 
 
 Hexa'mkter. n.f [=■* and fiir^or.] A 
 verfe of fix feet. 
 
 The Latin hcxnmctcr has more feet than the 
 Englifli heroick. Drydin. 
 
 Hexa'ngular. adj. [;'| and angulus, 
 Latin.] Having fix corners. 
 liexfinguUr fprigs or (hoots of cryflal. JVoodiu. 
 
 He'xapod. n.f. [tl and wi^-,-.] An ani- 
 mal with fix feet. 
 
 I lake thole to have been the hixapodi, _fron» 
 Which the greater fort of beetles come, for that 
 
 fort of hrxupods are eaten in America. 
 
 /2«v 
 
 Hexa'stick. «. /. 
 poem of fix lines. 
 
 \jii and r>%'!.] A 
 
 others, 1 call compound, hUcro^mcal, a»d di( 
 milar. New!. 
 
 And heiui dawn o.iks with rulhcs. ■ SAnifpc 
 Brave followers, yonder ttaiids the thorny 
 wood. 
 Which, by the heav'ns afiiftance and your 
 
 ftrength, 
 Muft by the roots be ficwn uf yet ere night. 
 
 Siutklpcars. 
 Scarce can I fpeak, my choler is fo great : 
 Oh ! I could /:.;» up rocks, and fight with flint. 
 
 Shakfpeate. 
 Yet (hall the ajte of juftice hcv: him down, 
 And level with the root his lofty crown. Sandys. 
 
 He from ihe mountain heiuing tiniher tall. 
 Began to build a veffel of a hu^.e bulk. Milton. 
 We'll force the gate where Marcus keeps' his 
 guard, 
 And hew down all that would oppofe our patTage. 
 
 .■^ddij.-i. 
 4. To form orfliape with an axe: withou.'. 
 
 Thou ha(i hewed thee out a lepulchre here, as 
 he that hewed him out a fepulchre on high. Ij'jui/i. 
 
 Nor is it fo proper to he'.<.- out religious refor- 
 mations by the fword, as to polilh them by fair 
 and equal dil'putations. AJ'ig Clunks. 
 
 This river nfcs in the very heart of the Alps, 
 and has a long valley that fecms hcim out on pur- 
 pofe to give its waters a pafi'.igc amidft fo many 
 rocks. Ad.lijon on Italy. 
 
 5. To form laborioufly. 
 
 The gate was adamant; et#*nal frame ; 
 Which, hcw'd by Mars himlelf, from Indian 
 
 quarries came, 
 The labour of a god. Vryden's Tahlei. 
 
 Next unto bricks sre pr<;feri'd the fquare hewn 
 ftoac. Mortimer. 
 
 Hey. ii'teij. [ftom Z-ffA.] An exprefHon 
 of joy, or mutual exhortation : the 
 contrary to the Latin hci. 
 
 Shadw:ll from the town retires. 
 To hlefs the town with peaceful lyrick ; 
 Then /if)' forpraifi-and pancgirick. Trhr. 
 
 IIey'd vy. irihTf. [for high eiay.l An ex- 
 prcffion of frolick and exultation, and 
 foinetimes of wonder. 
 
 Thoui't f.iy anon he is fome kin to thee, 
 Thou fpcnd'lt fuch heyday wit inpraifing him. 
 ^ i,hnkjpcarf. 
 
 'Twas a ftrange riddle of a lady. 
 Not love, if any lov'd her, heyday .' Hudiiras. 
 Hey'day. n.f A frolick; wildnefs. 
 
 At your age 
 The //iyrf<')' in the blood is tame, it's humble, 
 And waits upon the judgment. SA.dfpeaye. 
 
 He'ydegives. n.f. A wild frolick 
 dance. Obfolete. 
 
 But friendly f.iirics met with many graces. 
 And light-foot nymphs can chafe the ling'ring 
 
 night 
 With heydegives, and trimly trodden traces. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 Hta'tion. n.f. [from /j/0, Latin.] The 
 aft of gaping. 
 
 Men oblerving the continual Am.'/o';, or holding 
 open the camelion's mouth, conceive the inten- 
 tion thereof to receive the aliment of air; hut 
 this is alfo occafioncd by the greainefs of the 
 lungs. Bioiun's Vulgar Krrours. 
 
 Hia'tus. n.f. [hiatits, Latin.] 
 
 1. An aperture ; a gaping breach. 
 Thofe hiatus's are at the bittom of the fea, 
 
 whereby the abyfs below opens into and commu- 
 nicatcs with it. IJ^oodwurd. 
 
 2. Tlie opening of the mouth by the fuc- 
 cefiion of an initial to a final votvd.
 
 H I D 
 
 The Uiatiit fliould be avoided witU move wire 
 ih purtry tli:n» in orjtoiy; and I wuul(t iry to 
 prevent It, unlets where the cutting ir urt* is 
 nurc prejudicial tu the found than the hUttui il- 
 fcif. ;V/':-. 
 
 Hibernal, aJj, [hibcr:ius» Lat.] Bc- 
 longiiij^ to the winter. 
 
 This rtar (h',)ald r.nhcr miniftft its wnrniinj; 
 power in the winter, wiieii it icmnliis conjoined 
 with tiiL- Tun in its /;/'•?'//. j/ L-on\crlion. iiroivn. 
 
 fllCCIUS DOCCIUS, ti.f: [Corrupted, 
 I fancy, fiom hie ejldodus^ ihisy or here 
 IS the learned man. Ulcd by jn^gl^rs 
 of thcinfclves. ] A cant word for a jug- 
 gltr ; one iliat plays faft and loofc. 
 Am (»!d dull k»r, whu tohl the cloclt 
 
 For m-my yens at B idewcM dock, 
 
 At Wcltmindcr and Huk'» h.ill, 
 
 And hiccius doccim play'd m ;ill ; 
 
 VVherc, in all governments and iiTnes» 
 
 H' had been both fiicnd and foe lu crimes. 
 
 Hicco'uGH. n. / [^Ij'ud'eii^ Danidi.] A 
 convuUion of thcftoniacliprodudiig fobs. 
 
 So hy an alihcy's iki-kt m ui" late 
 I hiard an cchu lupciciogatc 
 Thiough impcifcition, and the voice rcftore, 
 As it" he had riiu hicniugh o'er and o'er, Cleut-fl. 
 
 Siieczintj curctlj fiic A/ccovo/i, and \i pioti'ahie 
 iintovvom?n in hard labour. Br^ivt. 
 
 It" tl.e llumicii be hurt, fingultusor hicoi'^h 
 follows. // ifcm t'l. 
 
 To ITi'ccouoH. 1*. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 To fob witli connilfion of ttie liomach. 
 
 7w Hi'cxi'P. V. n. [corrupted from hic- 
 
 I'ou^h,^ To fob with a convulfcd 
 
 {iQmach. 
 
 Quoth he, to Hid me n.)t to lovcj 
 Is to furkid my pullc lo move, 
 My beard to grow, my cars to prick up. 
 Or, wh-:'! V ^^ in a hr, o h':>:'<.ip. IfuJ.ln.a 
 
 Hl'cKWALI.. ? r '\ } • 1 A- r .1 
 
 H> //. /. A b;ra. Ain hworih. 
 1 C IC \V A Y . J -^ -^ 
 
 T T ' ' > The pare. paT. ol hide. 
 
 Hi dden. \ * ^ 
 
 Tiius fame Oi ill he ntchicv'd, renown on earth ; 
 And wnat molt merits fame, in filence //;'./. 
 
 Other hl.LUn caufe 
 Left thcnt fuperror. hUUon. 
 
 Nature and mture's laws lay hi.i'xts. nlgf't : 
 Guit laid, L':t Newro 1 Ijc, atid ali was liiji'.r. 
 , . Popf. 
 
 To HIDE. V. a, prct. h'id\ part. pafT. hid 
 or k'hiifiu. [hiban. Sax.] To conceal; 
 to withoM or withdraw from light or 
 knowledge, 
 Avjun'', an<l quit my fitjht ; let fhe earth h!.ic 
 trioe ! • Shukfp. 
 
 Hi'; rt i-on< arc a« two grains of wheat hiA 
 in two l>ultu*ls of citatF, Shuh/pfnre. 
 
 Nde ln-ats him knocking athis rev'ntold gate;, 
 And i'cek.» his hiJden fpring, and ft:trs his ne- 
 p'lcws fates. Dry,irn. 
 
 Thus the fire of gods and men below : 
 Wiial I ha\c /ti.Li'r.ij hope not ll":ou to know. 
 
 /)'j.-..V;f. 
 The f-^y'ral _p.irts lay h.'dJcn in the piece ; 
 Th' "Kcafjor, hut cxeitcd that, uv this. P'-yJen. 
 
 Then for my coipsa hon;e!v grn\e provide, 
 Wiiicli love and me iVompublick fcorn may ^//i-. 
 
 Seas A/ /with navies, chariots pTfTingoVr 
 The c'.annci, on a bridge fiom Ciyre to Ihorc. 
 
 ;:>•>■./<;/. 
 
 Wifh whar anonifliment and veneration m tv 
 wr Io<)k inro our ownfouis, whero there are 
 fuch h: uin ftorrs of virtue ?nd knowledge, ftich 
 incxhanlU'd fuurces of peifcc^onr j-.'iiJ-f^Tt. 
 
 Tl e cr^ifiy being makts a much longer vov '^c 
 than Ulyflct, puts in practice manv irorc wiks, 
 find /i;/cj himfclf Uiidcr ;i ijrwuttr variety of 
 
 S^^i'^^t 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 .•tddiftjr. 
 
 H I D 
 
 Hull Uenililcsat ilic figlir, and /;/./;j its head 
 In utnioft djrkrtcfs, while un cauli ench iicirt 
 (■^ lill'd Willi pc. ICC. Riiuc'i Riyii) Cd'wert. 
 
 To Hide, v, n. To lie hid ; to be con- 
 cealed. 
 
 A fox, hard run, begged of a coiintrym.in to 
 help him lo'l'omc hiding place. L' Kfirar-gt. 
 
 Our bolder ulciits in full view riifplay'd ; 
 Yo.ir virtues open f.iircit in tl-.c fii.idc : 
 Bred to dilguil'e, in puhliclc 'tis you /i/./t*, 
 Wlicic none dil^iiiguilU 'twixt your Ih.irac and 
 
 pride, . 
 Wc.ikncis or delicacy. Pufi. 
 
 HiDt ««r/ Seek. n.f. A play In which 
 fomc hide thcmfelves, and another feeks 
 til cm. 
 
 The boys and girls would venture to conic and 
 pl.:y at h\U aiulj\ck in my hair. Guiiivn . 
 
 MIDE. n./. [hy^e. Sax. haude, Diit,] 
 
 1. The ftiu of any animal, either raw or 
 diefied. 
 
 The trpmbling weapon part: 
 Through nine Inill k'uiei each under other plac'd 
 On hih broad Ihlckl. , DijHtrJ^ 
 
 Pililll\^U'. wa'* fiiit to grafp their hands, 
 And fpread U^h hiAa upon the yellow fands. 
 
 Vopr. 
 
 2. The human flcin : in contempt. 
 
 Oil, tvgcr's heart, wrapr in a woman's hide ! 
 How couU't'lV thou drain the lifc-biood of the 
 ciuld : Sh.ikjpfiifc. 
 
 H'S mantle, now his hide, with rugged bairs 
 Cleaves to hit back ; a farnilh'd face he heats. 
 
 Vn.kr. 
 
 3. A certain quantity of land. [Hichy 
 hydcj French ; bhhit barbarous Latin, 
 as much as one plough can till.] Ainfio. 
 
 Ont: of the bill things wa» a more particular 
 iiKpiifilion tl^an had been bct'ure of cvcty hidt of 
 I nid within the precini^ls of his conqucrt» and 
 how tliey were l.oldcn. Wott^n. 
 
 Hideboi;'nd. ad'u \hidc ViXiiS. hmindJ\ 
 
 1. A horfe is faid to be ^;Vf/'f?r;«(/ when his 
 flcin llicks fo hard to his ribs and back, 
 that you cannot with your hand pull up 
 or K;ofen the one from the other. It 
 f<Mnetinie9 cornea by poverty and bad 
 keeping; at other times from over- 
 ridincr, or a furfeit. Farrhr*s DiB. 
 
 2. [li^ trees.] Being in.thc ftate in which 
 the bark will not give wayto the growth. 
 
 A rout of a tree may be Aidthoun.i, hut it will 
 not ke^p open without lomcwhai pat into it 
 
 - Buron'i Nitturn! Ihfiory. 
 
 Like Hinted hidebound Uxcsy that juft liavcgo! 
 Siiificicnt fap at once to bear and rot. S-iUiftt 
 
 3. Harfli ; untractable. 
 
 And Hill the iiarlher nnd hi-Uhounder 
 The daml'els prove, become the fonder. Hudit. 
 
 4. NiggarJiy; pjuurious; parfimonicus. 
 
 Aiufivorth, 
 HI'DEOUS. adj. [hidsux, French.] 
 
 1. Horrible; dreadful; fiiockino-. 
 
 If he could liave turned hiinfelf to as many 
 fornn as Proteus, every fonii fhould h:ivc been 
 made h'^dto^s.' ■ . ' iiidney; 
 
 Some monger in thy thouglits. 
 Too 'tidioui to be- fhrwn. Shakfpctire*s Oih:!ij. 
 
 I Hcd, .andcry'dout death ! 
 \-\c\\ rrembicri at the hi^tous name, and figh'd 
 From all iiii caves, and back rcfoundcd death. 
 
 IltT i ye; grtw lllfft-n'd, and wi'h fulphur burn; 
 Jfcr hidt'^ui iooks and hellifh form rcrurn ; 
 Her cuihng fnakcs with hifiings till the place. 
 And open ail the furic-i of liei fact*. D^yden. 
 
 2, It ts commonly ufed of rifible objects: 
 the.followinoi- ufe is lefs authorized. 
 
 'Tis forccrt ihiough the hiatufes at the bottom 
 of the fc.i with Uich vehemence, that it puts the 
 (jTjL.inlo lbs inol^ hoi'iiblc difotdcr, making it 
 
 H I E' 
 
 Mfe snd-roar with a mod hi Inui nnd ntwieinj 
 
 nuifc. n'bilwurii'l h^Mmal litji. 
 
 3. It is iifed by S^eiifjr in a IVnfe not now 
 retained ; detcflable. 
 O hiileotii hanger of dominion ! Spc^fff, 
 
 Hi'deousi.y. adv. [from hideout.'] Hor^ 
 ribly ; dreadfully ; iii a manner that 
 Shocks. 
 
 I arm myfclf 
 To welcome the condition of the lime ; 
 Wiiich cannot l.>'jle more hi.icoujiy on mc. 
 Than I have di-vvn it in my fantafy. Sh^ikf^ftirg. 
 This, in the prefcnt application, is hii>''}uiW 
 profane; but the fcnfc is intelligible C'jiirr. 
 
 Hi'dkousn'f.ss. n.f. [from liuUmis .^ 
 Horriblcnefs ; drcadfiiluefs ; terrour.' 
 
 Hi'iiER. n.J. [from the verb.] He that 
 hides. 
 
 To Hie. v.n. [hiejan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To hafteii ; to go in hade. 
 
 When they had maikVI the changed (kic*, 
 They wilt their hour was fpcnt j then each to reft 
 him hi:i. Faity Q*tic». 
 
 My will \% even this, 
 Thatprcfently you ■^rV vou home to bed. Shak. 
 Well, I will'/-;;, .: 
 
 And fu bcltow thcfe papers as you bade me. 
 
 Some to the Ihorts i\o fl" , 
 Some t^j the 7.uod.s, or vviiitner rc.!r aHvis'd ; 
 But running, from, all t(» dcllrutftion Are, .i'jw'ff'. 
 
 The I'nake no fooncr hift, 
 Eit vi[tue heard it, and aw-ty Oie hy'.L Crajh^io, 
 Tiiitittr, full fraught with mitchievoui? Tcvenge, 
 , Accurs'd, and in a curfed licur, he hi^s. Mi/tot. 
 Thus he advis'd mc, on yon .igcd tree 
 H.ing up thy lute, and /tie thee to the fea. 
 
 The youth, returning to his midrefs, li'.'s. 
 
 Drydrt. 
 
 2. It was anciently ufed with or without 
 the reciprocal pronoun. It is nowalmoli 
 obfolcte in ail its tifes. 
 
 Auller fpy'd hin> ; 
 Cruel Aiilier thi;her /;)'ihim. Crtffraw. 
 
 HI'ERARCH. n.f. [;=eocand^Vy-; kit- 
 rarque, French.] I'he chief of a facrcid 
 order. 
 
 Ange*^, by imperial fnmmons call'd, 
 FL"thwitii from all the ends of l.eav'n api)car*d, 
 Untier their A/>r.in-Ai in orders hi ight. jYi'r,n. 
 
 HiEii a'rchic.vl 
 
 Belonging to 
 
 govcinnient. 
 Hi'er-5RChv. n.f. [/jtVr.7/-i-.5;V, French.] 
 
 1. A facred govcriiment ; jani. or ful^or- 
 dination of holy beings. 
 
 Out of the/'.'>/^/rfA/-.t of angels Hicen, 
 The gentle Catricl cali'd be from t!«; reft, 
 
 Fa/i fx\. 
 
 He rounds the sir, and bicaks the hymnick 
 iiotts t 
 
 Jn hirds, hcav'ns choriftcrs, organick iV.roats ; 
 V.'hich, if tlu-y did not die, mi^hf fee m to Ite 
 A tenth rink in tht hea\euiy hi^ntrchy. . DA:r.;. 
 .■ Jelu'Vnh, from thcfunvtnit of tl.e fity^ 
 Environ'd \vi:h his winged hittitrthy, 
 The world furvcy'd. Sait.tys. 
 
 Thcfe the fupreme king 
 Fx^ilted to fuch po^v'r, and gave to rjIc, 
 E.ich in his hiniufhxj lite orders bright. Mii:cn. 
 
 The hUiVedcrt ot moital wights, now qucf* 
 tionlcfs the highell faint in tlic celeftial hif^tirihy^ 
 began to be fo iatportuiicrt^ that, a j;rear part yf 
 the (Innic lituigv was addi.ciTcd foieiy tj her. 
 
 H'Mfl, 
 
 2. Ecclefiadical eftabliflimert. 
 
 The piediytcry had moi'e fympathy with the 
 riilVipIinc of Scotland than lli« ri.fri.-r; i^- <Jf 
 EiigUiirt. h.KVn. 
 
 ailj. [hierarchijue, Fr.^ 
 facred or ccclefiallical
 
 H I & 
 
 While rtie old Leii'.ical i-cmrciy continued, it 
 was part of the minifterial oiEce to flay the facri- 
 fices. South. 
 
 Ccnfider whst I have written, from regard for 
 the church eAablilhed under the hierarchy of h\- 
 Oinps. Sivift. 
 
 H[EROGLY'PH. \ ". f. [hiero- 
 
 HIEROGLYTHICK. J -6'A. French; 
 
 iifj , facred, and y>.t2- , to carve.] 
 I. An emblem ; a figure by which a word 
 was imph'ed. Hicrc^lyph'ichs were tifed 
 before the alphabet was invented. Huro- 
 glyph feeins to he. the proper fubftantive, 
 and hieropyphick the adjeftive. 
 
 This hiiro^:\fi:lck of tiie Egyptians was erefted 
 
 for parental aiFeilion, manifelted in the prote^ion 
 
 of her young ones, when her neft was fet on lire. 
 
 Brc-;un*5 Vulgar Errsurs. 
 
 A lamp amongA t le Egyptians is ttie hit'rag!y- 
 
 f'lici of life. • ^/h'nl's Dccdalui. 
 
 The fi-fl writing men ufed was only the fiiigle 
 
 pi<£tures' and gravings of the things they would 
 
 Feprefenr, wiiich way of expre(5on was aftcr- 
 
 W.trds called kUroriyphick. IJ'cod'iuarH. 
 
 Between the Irarues oheliiks were plac'd, 
 And the learn'd walls wkh i^ernelvfhkts grac'd. 
 
 P^fr. 
 a. The art of writing in pifture. 
 
 No brute can endure the rarte or ftrong liquor, 
 and cottfeqacntly it is againft all the rules of hr- 
 eri^lyph to alTign any animals as patrons of punch. 
 
 Siujfl. 
 
 Hierogly'prical. \arlj. [hienglypbique, 
 
 UiEROGLv'pHicK.. J French; from the 
 
 noun.] Emblematical; expreffive of 
 
 feme meaning beyond what immediately 
 
 appears. 
 
 In this place Oandsa (lately hUroghfhical obe- 
 lifk of Theban marble. Sttn.jys^ Trcveli. 
 
 Th' Egyptian fetpent figures tinie. 
 And firipp'd, returns into his prime ; 
 If my affeftion, thou would'lt win, 
 Firft caft thy hifro^hphict (kin. di-iveiand. 
 
 The original of the conceit was probably hicro- 
 glyphictilf which after became mythological, and, 
 by a procefs of tradition, Itole into a total verity, 
 which was but partly true in its morality. 
 
 Bro-wn's Vuigar Erro:jrs. 
 HlEROGlY'pHICAtLY. Otil'. [hom iitlO- 
 
 glyfi!nca!.'\ Emblematically. 
 
 Others have fpoken emblematically and hitre- 
 
 ^hfpkicijlly as tne Egyptians, and the phcnix was 
 
 the hicroglyphick of the fun. Brawn's Vulg. Err. 
 
 Hf f.ro'graphy. n. y. [I'tfis and y^dfu.^ 
 
 Holy writing. 
 Hie'rophant. n, /. [\i!o!>a-iTric.\ One 
 ■who teachp rules of religion; a pried. 
 
 Herein the wantonnels of poets, and the crafts 
 cf their heaihenidi prieiis and hicitjrhints, a- 
 bundantly gratified the fancies of the people. 
 
 }JaU'i Origin of ^fankind. 
 
 ToHI'GGLE. V. a. [of uncertain etymo- 
 logy, probably corrupted from haggk.l 
 1 . To chaffer; to be penurious in a bargain. 
 In good offices and due retributions we may 
 liot be pinching and niggardly: it argues an igno- 
 ble Blind, where we have wronged, to higgU and 
 ilodgc in the amends. Ha!^. 
 
 Bafe thou art ! 
 To Ug^Ii thus for a few bl»w^, 
 To gaiti thy knight an op'lent fpoufe. UtiJih. 
 Why aM this higgling with thy friend about 
 fuch a paltry fum? Does this become the 
 generofiiy of the noble and rich John Bull? 
 
 Arhuthrot. 
 %. To go Celling provifions from door to 
 door. This feems the original meaning, 
 fuch provifions being cut into fmaU quan- 
 tities. 
 
 HlGGLEDY-PICGLEDy. ad-D. A Cant 
 
 word, corrupted ftona /jis^/e, which de- 
 
 H I G 
 
 notes any confuted mafs, as higglers 
 carry a huddle of provifions together. 
 Hi'ggler. ti.f. [from /j;^^/f.] One who 
 
 fells provifions by retail. 
 HIGH. adj. [heah, Saxon ; hoogh, Dut.] 
 !. Long upward; rifing above from the 
 futface, or from the centre: oppofed to 
 ^eep, or long doTvn-wnrd. 
 
 Their Andes, or mountain?, were far higher 
 than thofe with us ; whereby the remnants of the 
 generation of men were, in fuch a particular 
 deluge, faved. Bacon. 
 
 The higher parts of the eaith being continually 
 fpending, and the lower continually gaining 
 they muft of neceffity at length come to an equal- 
 ity. Bnri:it*i Theory. 
 
 2. Elevated in place ; raifed aloft : op- 
 pofed to Icrv. 
 
 Tlicy that Hand high Kave many blatts to 
 (hake them, 
 And, if they fall, they dnfli themfelves to pieces. 
 Shuiffctire^i Richard III. 
 High o'er their heads a mould'nng rock is 
 plac'd, 
 That prorailes a fall, and (hakes at every bl.ift. 
 
 DryJcn. 
 
 Rcafon elevates our thoughts as high as the 
 
 liars, and leads us through ttie vaft fpacesof this 
 
 mighty fabrick; yet it comes far (hort of the 
 
 real extent of even corporeal being., Locke. 
 
 3. Exalted in nature. 
 
 The kighji faculty of the foul. Saxtrr 
 
 4. Elevated in rank or condition : as, h':gh 
 prieft. 
 
 He wooes both high and low, both 1 ich and 
 poor. Sh.jkfpc.irc. 
 
 O mortals! blind in fate, who never know 
 To bear high fortune, or endure the low. Drydcn. 
 
 5. Exalted in fentiment. 
 
 Solomon liv'd at cafe, nor aim'd beyond 
 Hightr delign than to enjoy his iiatc. J>Iitton. 
 
 6. Difficult; abftrufe. 
 
 They meet to hear, and anfwcr fuch high 
 th-ngs. Shaiffeaic. 
 
 7. Boaftful; oilentatious. 
 
 His forces, after all the high difcourfes, a- 
 mpunted really but to eighteen hundred foot. 
 
 ClarinJon. 
 
 8. Arrogant; proud; lofty. 
 
 The governor made himfelf merry with his 
 'high and threatening language, and fen: him 
 word he would neither give nor receive quarter. 
 
 Clanndon. 
 
 9. Severe ; oppreffive. 
 
 Wlicn there appeareth on either (ide an high 
 hand, violent profecution, cunning advantages 
 taken, and combination, then is the virtue of a 
 judge feen. Bacon. 
 
 10. Noble; illuftrlous. 
 
 Truft me, I am exceeding weaiy. 
 1 had thought wearinefs durlt not have at- 
 tacked fo high blood — It doth me, though 
 it difcolours the complexionof my grcatncfs to 
 acknowledge it. Shakfpfare. 
 
 1 1 . Violent ; tempeftuous ; loud. Applied 
 to t!>e wind. 
 
 More Ibips in calns on a deceitful coaft. 
 Or unfeen rocks, than in high Aerms are loft. 
 
 Venham. 
 Spiders cannot weave their hets in a high wind. 
 
 Duppa. 
 At length the winds are rais'd, the ftorm blows 
 h:gh; 
 Be it your care, my friends, to keep it up 
 In its full fury. Addif'.n. 
 
 12. Tumultuous; turbiJent ; ungovern- 
 able. 
 
 Nut only tea s 
 Rain'd at their eyes, but high winds worfewithin. 
 Began to rife; ^/^^ path on s, airger, 
 Mifiruft, fufpicion, difcord, hale, (hook f're 
 Tiicir inward it.ite of raind, J^llitn 
 
 H I G 
 
 Can heav'nly minds fuch high refentmeni 
 (how, 
 Or cxercifc their fpite in human woe .^ D>\den, 
 
 13. Full; complete: applied to time; 
 now uled only in curfory fpeech. 
 
 High time now 'gan it wax for Una fair, 
 To think of thofe her captive parents dear. 
 
 Fairy Qucm, 
 
 Sweet warriour, whsn Ihall I have peace with 
 you ? 
 High time it is this war now ended were. Spmfer. 
 
 It was high time to do fo, for it was now cer- 
 tain that forces were already upon their march to- 
 wards rhe weft. Claren.ion. 
 
 It was high time for the lords to look about 
 them. Clarendon, 
 
 14. Raifed to any great degree : as, high 
 pleafure ; high luxury; a hlgli perforiB- 
 ance j a high colour. 
 
 Solomon liv'd at e.^fc, and full 
 Of honour, wealth, high fare. hlihoK. 
 
 High fauces, and Ipices are fetch'd from thfr 
 Indies. Bater. 
 
 15. Advancing in latitude from the line. 
 They ate forced te take their courfe either A'gA 
 
 to the north, er low to the fouth. yjl'hot. 
 
 16. At the moft perfeft (late ; in the me- 
 ridian ; as, by the fun it is high noon 1 
 whence probably the foregoing expref- 
 fion, high time. 
 
 It is yet h:gh day, neither is it time that the 
 cattle (hould be gat:.ered. Genefis. 
 
 17. Far ad\-anced into antiquity. 
 
 The nominal obfervation of the leveral days of 
 the week is very highy and as old as the ancient 
 Egyptians, who named the fame according t9 
 the (even planets. Bioxvn. 
 
 18. Dear; exorbitant in price. 
 
 If they muft be good at fo high a rate, they 
 know they may be fafe at s ch.eapcr. Sottrh, 
 
 19. Capital; great; oppofed to little : as, 
 high treafon, in oppofition to petty. 
 
 High. n.f. High place; elevation; fupt- 
 riour region: only ufed with from and 
 en. 
 Which when the king of goQs beheld from 
 high, 
 He (igh'd. Drydcn. 
 
 On High. ad-v. Aloft; above; into fupe- 
 rlour legions. 
 
 Wicc is the fronting gate, and raifed on highp 
 
 With adamantine columr.s threats the (ky. D-yd. 
 
 High is much ufed in compofition with 
 
 variety of meaning. 
 High-bi.e'st. adj. Supremely happy. 
 The good wl ich we enjoy trom heav'n dcfccnds j 
 But that from us ought (hould afcend to heav'n. 
 So prevalent, as to concern the mind 
 Of God high-h.'rji, or to incline his will, 
 Hard to belief may feem. Ali/too, 
 
 HiGH-BLows. Swelled much with wind j 
 
 much inflated. 
 
 1 have ventur'd, * 
 Like little wanton boys thatfwim on bladders, 
 Thefe many fumniers on a lea of glory; 
 But far beyond ray depth : my high-hIoivrf> 
 
 pride 
 At length broke under me, and now has left me,. 
 Weary, and old with fervice, to the mercy 
 Of a rude ftream, that muft for ever hide me. 
 
 ShakffcuH, 
 
 Hi'gh-born. Cf noble estniftion. 
 
 Caft round your eyes 
 Upon the high-horn beauties of the court ; 
 There cbufe fome worthy partner of your heart. 
 
 Hi'g.m-built. adj. 
 
 I. Of lofty ilruftiire. 
 
 I know him by his ftridc. 
 The giant H.irapha of Gath ; his lock 
 Haughty as is his Dili', high-buili mi proud.
 
 H I G 
 
 ■z . CorcreJ with lofty building*. 
 
 Ill driMtllul \vai"s 
 Tlic kig^h-huilt elcpliant hisc;iltle rc.irs, 
 Couks duwii uii ni:iii below, and Itnivcs the A:irs. 
 
 HiGH-co'i,ouRED. H;ivliig a deep or 
 glaring colour. 
 
 A fever hi a i-.iiicid oily hluod produces a Tcor- 
 butic tVvcr, with /n^k-co/cur^J urine, and Ipots in 
 the Ikin. F.'ojei. 
 
 Hio h-desi'gning. Havinggreatfcticmcs. 
 
 His warlike mind, his foul devoid of tear, 
 His higk-Jfipnih^ tlioughts were ligur'd ilicrc. 
 
 DryMn. 
 
 Hi'gh-ff.d. Pampered. 
 
 A favourite mule, h-gh-f^-df and in the pride 
 of rtclli and mettle, would Itill be bragging of 
 his family. JJ J'.Jh.tnge . 
 
 High-fla'ming. Throwing the flame 
 to a great height. 
 
 Hecatombs oi bulls to Neptune flain, 
 Uigh-jJ-tmif'^f pleafc the monarch of the main. 
 
 I'ojx. 
 HiGii-FLl'p.R. n. f. One that carries his 
 opinions to extravagance. 
 
 She openly profefTetli hcrfclf to be a htgh-fuf^ 
 
 and it is not improbable (he may alio be a papilt 
 
 at heart. Smlfi, 
 
 Hi'gH'FLOWN. adj. [Jiigh and Jioiun, 
 
 from/_,'.] 
 
 1. Elevated; proud. 
 
 This (tiff ncck'd pride nor art nor force can 
 bend, 
 Nor higk-fown hopes to reafon's lure dcfcend. 
 
 2. Turgid ; extravagant. 
 
 Ti-.is fable is a high-Ji'jivn hyperbole upon the 
 miCerics of marriage, h' hjintngi . 
 
 High-fly'ing. Extravagant in claims 
 or opinions. 
 
 Clip the win^s 
 Of their hiiih-fyi'ig arbitrary kings. D'y.lcn, 
 High-he'aped. adj. 
 I. Covered with high piles. 
 
 The plenteous board high-heafd with cates 
 divine, 
 And o*cr the foaming bowl the Laughing wine. 
 
 3. Raifed into high piles. 
 
 I faw myfelf the vart uniuimbcr'd ftore 
 Of braf^, higk-keap d amidft the regnl dome. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Hion-ME'Ei.ED. Having the heel of the 
 fhoe much raifed. 
 
 By thefe embruidei'd high- heetd ([\iyzs. 
 She fiialt be caught as in a noofe, Siv/'Jt. 
 
 High- HUNG. Hung aloft. 
 
 By the hi^h-hung taper's liglit, 
 1 could difcern his checks were glowing red. 
 
 DrydefK 
 
 High-mf.'ttled, Proud or ardent of 
 fpirit. 
 
 He f.iiis not in tbele tn keep a fliff rein on a 
 
 fiigh-mettUJ PcgalL-s ; and takes care not to fui - 
 
 ftit licrc^ as he has done on othcv heads, \>y nn 
 
 erroneous abundance. Cirth. 
 
 Hjoh-mi'nded. Proud; arrogant. 
 
 My bicaft I'll burlt with liraming of my 
 cuur.igc, 
 But I will chaftife this high-minded firumpct. 
 
 Shakffrare 
 
 Becaufe of iinbrlief thfy wcre_ broken off, .md 
 thou ftandcft by faith: be not high'tnitidea, but 
 fear. Ronuiris. 
 
 HrGU-PRi'NCin.ED. Extravagant in no- 
 lions of politicks. 
 
 T liis fct ms to he the poUtical creed of all the 
 hi^^i-pi/ndp/id nirn I have met with. S^vifi. 
 
 HtGH-R e'd. Deeply red. 
 
 Oil of turpentine, tnoiigli clear as water, being 
 digcfled upcrii tht- purely wliitc fugarof lead, has in 
 a (hort time afiordcd a hgh-rcd tiniture. Hojle. 
 
 H I G 
 
 IIigk-si.'ason ED. Piquant to the palate. 
 
 Be I'parinij alio vi talt in the ff.-il'nnin^ of alt 
 his victuals, and ufe him not to higk-JtitfaneJ 
 meats. L'icke. 
 
 HiCH-st'cHTHD. Always looking upward. 
 
 Let liii'h-fi^hUii tyranny laii^e on, 
 'Till each man drop by lotteiy. S'takfprtne. 
 
 High-spi'ritld. Bold; daring; iiifolent. 
 
 High-sto'machf.d. Obllinate; lofty. 
 Il/g/i-Jlw»a<A'd :nc they both, and full of ire; 
 In laijc, deaf as the fea, bally as lire. Shtikfp, 
 
 IIiG h-ta'sted. Gnltfid ; piquant. 
 Flattery Kill in fugar'd words betr.ays, 
 And poifon in high-t.ijlai meats conveys. Dcyih^ 
 
 HiGH-vi'cF.D. Enorinoufly wicked. 
 Be as a planetary plague, when Jove 
 Will o'er I'omc hgh-vk'd c\\y hang his poifon 
 In the fick air. Shnkjpeare, 
 
 HiGH-wKouGHT. Accurately finilhed; 
 nobly laboured. 
 Thou triumph'lt, viftor of the high-'wrought 
 day, 
 And the pleas'd dame, foft fmiling, lead'ft away. 
 
 Hi'ghland. n^f- [/j/jAand land."] Moun- 
 tainous region. 
 
 The wond'ring moon 
 Beholds her brother's Kecds beneath her own; 
 The higlilatidi fnioak'd, cleft by the piercing 
 rays. j^ddijon. 
 
 Ladies in the kighLind^ of Scotland ufe this 
 difcipline to their children in the midft of win- 
 ter, and find that cold water docs them no harm. 
 
 Ucke. 
 Highla'nber. n. f. [from highland.'] 
 An inhabitant of mountains; moun- 
 taineer. 
 His cabinet council of highiinder%. ./Iddijln. 
 
 Hi'ghly. adv. [from high."] 
 
 1 . With elevation as to place and fituation ; 
 aloft. 
 
 2. In a great degree. 
 
 Whatever txpedients can ailay thofc heats, 
 which break us into different faiftions, cannot 
 but be ufcful to the publick, and highly lend to 
 its fafeiy. ^-Iddijan. 
 
 It cannot but be highly requifitc for us to en- 
 li\ en oi;r faith, by dwelling often on the fame 
 confuleiations. ^ttcrbury. 
 
 3. Proudly; arrogantly; ambitioufly. 
 
 W hat thou wouldft highly. 
 That thou wouldll holily ; wouldft not play falfe, 
 And yet wouldit wrongly win. Shaifptun-. 
 
 4. With eftecm ; with eftimation. 
 
 Every man that is among you, not to think of 
 binifelf more highly than he ought to think. 
 
 Hi'ghmost. adj. [an irregular word.] 
 HigUell ; topmoft. 
 
 Now is the fun upon the highmoji hill 
 Of this day's journey. Shnkjptare. 
 
 Hi'ghness. >i. f. [from Zi/fZi.] 
 
 1. Elevation above the fuiface ; altitude; 
 loftinefs. 
 
 2. The title of princes; anciently of kings. 
 
 Molt loyal majelty, 
 I crave no more than that your highmfs oftcr'd. 
 
 Sltfikfprarf. 
 
 How long in vain had nature ftriv'd to frame 
 
 A pertctft princefs, ere her highnefs came } lJ'\illfr. 
 
 Beauty arul gieatncfs are eminently joinerl in 
 
 your royal highmp, D>ydcn. 
 
 3. Dignity of nature ; fupremacy. 
 
 Deftrui^tion from God was a terror to me, and 
 by reafoii of h'i'i hlghneji I could not endure, jf^d'. 
 
 HlOHT. [This is an iraperfcA verb, 
 nfed only in the preterit tenfe with a paf- 
 five fignification; hazan, to call, Saxon; 
 iifcn, to be called, German.] 
 
 K I L 
 
 t. Was named; was called. 
 
 Tlie tity of the gre.it king higit it wel\ 
 Whejein eternal peace and liappincfi duih dwell. 
 
 Sp-ifrr. 
 Within this homeflcjd liv'd without a peer 
 
 Foi crowing loud, the noble ciiantit-tecr; 
 fco /iifh! hei cock. D'ydiii's Nur's /'"V/f. 
 
 z. It is fometiniesufeda3 a participle paff- 
 ivej called ; named. It is nov/ obfolete, 
 except in biirlefquc writings. 
 
 Amoiit,!! th,; red a good old woman was, 
 High! nioti.er Hubbcrd. Htil>lferii* t Tale. 
 
 Hejrn he hight. tope. 
 
 High wa'teu. n. f. [high zni vtater.^ 
 The utinoll How of the tiJe. 
 
 They h ivc a way of draining lands that lie be- 
 low tiie high-iuanrf and arc fomcthin^ above tlie 
 low-water mark. Maiimirt 
 
 Highwa'y. n.f. [high and way.'] 
 
 1. Great road; public path. 
 
 So few there tie 
 That chufe the narrow path, or feck tlic right: 
 All k<^ep the broad htghw.ty, and take dcliijnr 
 With many rather for to go altiay. F.tiry (^ueen. 
 
 Two iiifcjiptions give a great light to th.c liil- 
 torics of Appius, who made the highway-, and of 
 Fabiu? the dictator. Addijm. 
 
 Ent'ringoil a broad hiijiiuix^j 
 Wheie powei and titles fcattcr'd lay, 
 He ftrove lu pick up all he found. Swff. 
 
 2. Figuratively a train of adlion, with ap- 
 parent confequence. 
 
 1 could mention moie trades we have loft, ani 
 are in the highway to lofe. Chi/d on TtaJe^ 
 
 Hi'ctrwA YMAN. n.f. \_highivay d.nA man.'] 
 A robber that plunders on the publick 
 roads. 
 
 *Tis like the friendfhip of pickpockets and 
 hightiuymtfif that oblerve flriit jultice among 
 thenifelies. BcntUf, 
 
 A remedy like that of giving my money to au 
 hiirhiiinynuin, before he attempts Co take it by 
 force, to prevent the Tin of robbery. Siu-ft^ 
 
 Hi'glaper. !i. y. An herb. Ainfivorth, 
 
 Hila'rity. n.f. [/ji/aritas, Latin.] Mer- 
 riment ; gayety. 
 
 Averroes leltr.iitied his ^//.i'//f , and made no 
 more thereof tlian Scncta coniniendeih, and was 
 allowable in Cato; tliat is, a lobtr incalefcencc 
 for wine. Browt, 
 
 Hii. D, in E/ilcPs grammar, is Interpreted 
 a lord or lady : fo ll^deliirt is a tioblc 
 lord; Vl/a/Zi/Vi/, an heioick lady. G'lhfon, 
 
 Hi'llung, n.f. [))f1&, Saxor, fignlfici 
 a lord : perhaps hildlng means originally 
 a I'lllle lord ia contempt, for a man that 
 has only the delicacy or bad qualities of 
 high rank; or a term of reproach ab- 
 breviated from h'md:rllng, degenerate, 
 Biigici' Sj.tr.Jcr.] 
 
 1. A forry, paltry, cowardly fellow. 
 
 He was fome hiding fellow, tt at had Itol'n 
 The horfe he rode on; Shcikjji^ar*. 
 
 If your loidihip fintl him not a hilding, hold 
 me no more in your refpei£t. Shukfpeare. 
 
 A bafe (lave, 
 A hildittg for a livery, a fquirc's c'oth, Sinkfp, 
 
 2. It is nfed likewife for a mean v?oman. 
 
 Laura, to his hirty, was but a kitchen v/cnch ; 
 Hei^n and Hero, hiidiiig\ and harlots. Si:,i\fp. 
 
 This idle toy, this /li'.'.i/'g feotn? my power, 
 And lets us all ;it nougiit. R'.iue^i "Jane Shtre. 
 
 Hill. n.f. [hil, Saxon.] An elevation of 
 ground lefs than a mountain. 
 My Iheep are thoughts, which I both guide 
 and Icrve J 
 Their p.iftuie is fair A7/iof fruitlcfs love. Sidr.;y, 
 
 jcruf.ilem is fcatfd on two /;///(, 
 Of height unlike, and turned fide to f.de. F.::rf^ 
 i 12
 
 HI M 
 
 T!ir«e firles nic furc imbai'd with craggs and 
 
 Tt^c reft IS cnfy, fcant to rife efpyM ; 
 
 But mighty bulwarks fence the plainer part : 
 
 Su art helps nature, nature ftringtheneth art. 
 
 Faitfax. 
 Wlien our eye fome profpecfl would puifue, 
 Defcending from a kill, looks round tu view. 
 
 Grativilht 
 ■ A hiil is notl-ing but the ncft of fome metal or 
 mineral which, by a plaftick virtue, and the effi- 
 cacy of fubterranean 6res, converting the adja- 
 cent e^irths into their fubiVance, do increafe and 
 grow. Cheync. 
 
 f. [from hill.'] A little 
 
 Hillock, n 
 
 hilU 
 
 Yet weigh this, jUs! great is not great to the 
 greater: 
 What, judge ye, dotii a liil'sck (how by the lofty 
 Olympus. SiJ7!:y. 
 
 Sometime walking not unfccn, 
 By hedge-row elms, on Ai/hcis giecn. liUltcn. 
 
 This nwuiitain, and a few nciglibouring hil- 
 
 Urh t:;at lie fcattertd abjut the bottom of it, is 
 
 the whole cucuit of Thefc dominions. Addifon, 
 
 Hi'lly. adj. [from M.] Tull of hills; 
 
 unequal in the fnrface. 
 
 Towards the /j/.'.'y corners of Druina remain her 
 very yet aborigine.^, ihiuft a.monglt an aticnibly 
 of mountaiTs. IhiuJ. 
 
 Climbing to a hilly ftcep, 
 He views Ins herds in vales afar. Drydcn. 
 
 Lo ! how the Nornck plains 
 Rife hiUy, with large piles of Il.iughter'd knights. 
 
 F'nilifi. 
 
 mily countries afSjrd the mott entertaining 
 profpefh, though a man would chufe to travel 
 riirough a plain one. yjddifon. 
 
 HiLT. n. f. [hdr, Saxon, from liealhan, 
 to. hold.] 'J he handle of any thing, 
 pariicnlarly of a fword. 
 
 Now fits e.xpeiffation in the air. 
 And 1 ides a fword from hilt unto the point, 
 "T/itii crowns imperial ; crowns and coronets. 
 
 ahal'f^eare. 
 Take thou the hiJt, 
 And when my face is covcr'd as 'tis now, 
 Suide thou the fword. SJwi/pearc. 
 
 Be his thisfwoid, whofe blade of bra fs riifplays 
 A ruddy gleam; whofe /'i!i.\ a filver bla/c. 
 
 Fope'i Odyjpy. 
 
 HIM. [him, Saxon.] 
 I. The oblique cafe of he. 
 
 Me he reftoicd unto my office, and ihti he 
 hanged. . Gcnefj~. 
 
 1. lliin was anciently ufed for it \n a neu- 
 tral fenfe. 
 
 Ti.c fubjunflive mood hath evermore fome 
 
 conjunction joined with him. Acadcnci. 
 
 Himself, pron. [hitn ?ir\d fi^f.] 
 
 J. In the nominative the fame as he, only 
 
 . more emphatical, and rrit)re e.\prcfiive c.i 
 
 individual peifor.ality. 
 
 It was 3 fparing fpcccn of the ancients to fay, 
 
 »hat a friend is another himjelf-, for that a friend 
 
 is far more than hinfcif. Jiu.-ai. 
 
 With lh.ime remembers, wliile ///m/.v/ was ont 
 
 Of tiie fame hcid, i;,i:/.l/ the fame had done. 
 
 Dfrdtum. 
 
 2. It is added to a perfonal pronoun or 
 noun, by way of emphatical difcrin-.in 
 
 ation. 
 
 He ^iw/i-//rcfvirncd agairi. 'Jud-j/i. 
 
 God himflj is with us for our captain. CI:<o.i. 
 In ancient authors it is- ufed neutrally 
 
 for ilfelf. 
 
 She is advauc'd 
 Above the clouds as high as hcav'n k'mfelf. 
 
 Shakfj'enrc. 
 
 A. In the oblique cafes it has a reciprocal 
 
 fignilication. 
 • Divid hid yiw/-/ in the field. _ Samud. 
 
 3- 
 
 II I N' 
 
 5. It Is fometimes not recipiocal. 
 
 ] j'crceive it was not altogether your brother's 
 evil difpofition made him feek his death ; but a 
 provoking merit fet a work by a rcpiovcahlc 
 b.«lnefs in himjclj. Shak/pcaic. 
 
 Norh'ng in nature can fo peculiarly gratify the 
 noble difpofitions of humanity, as for one man to 
 fee another fo much himjdj as to figh his griefs, 
 and goan his pains, to fing his joys, and do and 
 feel eveiy thing by fympathy. South. 
 
 By Himself. Alone; unaccompanied. 
 
 Ahab went one way by hhnjilf, and Obadiah 
 
 went another way hy hbfifrlf. Kin^s. 
 
 Hijf. «. /. [.^~l] A meafure of liquids 
 
 among Jews, containing about ten pints. 
 
 Wirh ttic one lamb a tenth deal of Hour, 
 
 mingled v«th the fourth part of an hiri of beaten 
 
 oil. Exo.lui. 
 
 HIND. adj. compar. hiiitier ; fuperl. hind- 
 moj}. [hynban, Saxon.] Backwaid ; 
 contrary in polkion to the face : as, hind 
 legs. See Hinder and Hindmost. 
 
 Bringing its tail to its head, it bends its back 
 fo far till its head comes to touch its hind part, 
 and fo with its armour gathers itlclf into a ball. 
 
 R,<y. 
 The flag 
 Hears his own feet, and tliinks they found 
 
 like more, 
 And fears his hind legs will o'ertake his fore. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Hind. n. f. [hinbii, Saxon, ixomhinnui, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. 'Ihertietoaftag ; thefcmaleof red deer. 
 Hiiw hi flew, with gl.mciiig dait amifs, 
 
 A gentle /und,Th<: whicii the lovely boy 
 Did h\e as life. F^i^y Qi'frr. 
 
 Can'ft thou mark wIjCii the hindi do calve • 
 
 Nor Hercules more lands or labours knew, 
 Not though the bra/.cn-footcd hind hi flew. Vryd. 
 
 2. [hine, Saxon.] A fervant. 
 
 A couple of Ford's kn.ivcs, his hinds, were 
 called fonh by their m'ftrcfs, to cany me in the 
 name of foul cloaths to Datchet-lanc. Shalfp. 
 
 3. [hin^iinan, Saxon.] A peafant ; a 
 boor ; a mean rultick. 
 
 The Dutch, who came like greedy hrndi be- 
 fore, 
 To reap the harveft tlicir ripe years did yield, 
 Now look like thofc, when rolling thunders 
 ro.ir, 
 And flicets of lightning hlafl the (landing field. 
 
 Drydsn. 
 He cloath'd himfelf in coarfe array, 
 A lab'ring i.V^i'in ftiew. Drydcn'i Fal/es. 
 
 Hindbe'rries. 11./. The fame as rafp- 
 berries. jUnJkvorlh. 
 
 7J HI'NPER. V. a. [liinbj-ian, Saxon.] 
 To obdrucl ; to flop; to let ; to impede. 
 H^id^r nii not, feeing the Lord hath profpercd 
 my way. Ger,eJ:i. 
 
 The whole world fhincd viM\ clear light, and 
 none were /'/n.'/-r^i^ in their labou:. tVifdo>n. 
 
 . li the' alms were hindired oa\y \i\ entreaty, the 
 hindcrer is not ted to rellituti »!, b'caufc en- 
 treaty took not liberty away from ,:;e giver. 
 
 T^r;'cr^s Ri h '>f /ij'ing ho/y. 
 Solitude damps thought and ui: ; too much 
 company diKiprtia »nd /linden it Irom fixing. 
 
 Trmpk 
 
 What hinders younger brothers, iieing fathers 
 
 of families, from haiing the fame right. Lucks. 
 
 JoHi'nder. -u. n. To raife hindernnces ; 
 to caufe impediment. 
 You minimus of hindering knot-grafs made I 
 
 Shiikfpeure. 
 
 This ohjciftion hinders not but ti^at the heroick 
 
 aiflion of fome commander, cnterprifed for the 
 
 chrifiiaii caufe, and executed happily, m^iy be 
 
 written. DtyJei 
 
 Hi'iiDER.. (idj. [froini5/W.] Tliat is in 
 
 H I N 
 
 a pofition contraiy to that of the face % 
 oppofed to fore. 
 
 Bears, fighting with any man, fland upon their 
 h-nder ftet; ar.d fo this did, being ready to give 
 me a fllrewd embracemciit. !}idn,y. 
 
 As the hinder feet of the horfe fluck. to the- - 
 mountain, while the body reared up in the air, 
 the poet with great difEtulty kept hin.fcif from 
 Aiding off bis back. ^.i'.iV/O.t. 
 
 Ki'nderance. ti. /. [from Z';«^/f/-.] Im- 
 pediment; let ; flop ; obftniftion : ■ 
 with cf, fometimes with to, before the 
 thing hindered ; with to before the per- 
 fon. 
 
 Fatfe opinions, touching the will of God to 
 have things done.aic wont to bring forth m'ghty 
 and violent praftifcs againft the hndnances of 
 them, and thofc ptatlifcs new opinions, more 
 pernicious than the firft : yea, mcft extremely " 
 romeiimcs oppofitc to the firft. Hc:itr. 
 
 They mud be in every chrifiian chuicii the 
 fame, except meie impofiibility of fo having it 
 Ije the hindfiance. Honkir. 
 
 What hindrrar.ce have they been to the know- • 
 ledge of what is well done ? Vnden. 
 
 Have v/e not plighted each our holy oath, 
 One foul fliould boih iiifpirc, and neither provt 
 His fellow 's hindiran:c in pul filit of love ? Dr\d. 
 
 He niuft concjuer all thcfe rtiiHcullies, and re- • 
 move all thefe /^.■W«fl;.'«i out of the way that' 
 leads to jufticc. ylltethiry. 
 
 IIi'NDERrR. n.f. [{mxa. hinder.] Ho or" 
 that which hinders or obflrncts. 
 Biakcs, great hiudenrs of all plowing, growj 
 
 A/.iy. 
 
 HrNDinLiNC. n. f. l^rom hind ov hinder.li 
 
 A p'lhry, worlhlcfs, degenerate animal. 
 Hi'kdermost. adj. [This word feenis to, 
 be Icfs proper than hindmnj}.] Hind- 
 moft ; lall ; in the rear. 
 
 He put the handmaids and their children forc- 
 moft, and Leah and her rhildien after, and. 
 Kachel and Jofeph /i;'!i/rrm'y?. Gencfiz. 
 
 Like to an enter'd tide they alt ru(h by, 
 
 And leave you hindervrfi Shakjpenre^ 
 
 H 1 N D M o ST. adj. \JAnd and mojl. ] The 
 
 hit ; the hg ; that comes in the rear. 
 
 'Tis not his wont to be the hindn-tji-n^riWy. 
 
 Whate'cr occafujn keeps him from us n iw.. 
 
 Sii'iHpfnre's Henry vj . 
 Hi? met thee by the wa)-, and fmote tb.c hind' 
 mif. of thec,.even all tl.at \i--erc feeble behind. 
 
 D'lttCTonnmy.- 
 Lct him retire, betwixt two ages c.ift, 
 The firft of tliis, and hindmoft of the l.ifV, 
 A Inrfing gameifer. Drydch.^ 
 
 The race by vigour, not by vaunts is won ; ^ 
 So take the kindmtiji, liell— he faid, and rini. 
 
 Pr.^e. 
 HiNCS. n. f. [or hin^Ie, from hangle ox- 
 
 hang.] 
 1. Joints upon which a gate or door turns. 
 At the gate 
 Of heav'n arriv'd, the gate fclf-open'd wide, 
 On golden hinges turning. Miiifn, 
 
 Then from the hinge their flrokes the gates • 
 dii'Oicc, _ : 
 
 And where the way they cannot find, they force. 
 
 Denh.iin. 
 Heav'n's imperious queen fhct down f:jm 
 high J 
 At her approach the brazen h:ngss fly. 
 The gates are forc'd. "Dtykn. 
 
 \ 2. The cardinal points of the world, . ealtj^ 
 wett, north, and fuiiirh. 
 
 If vvlien the moon is in the A/'y/fr,- at caft, 
 The birth hreaks forward from its native rcll ; 
 Full eighty ycais, if you two years abate. 
 This n.nion give.*. Creech's Mani/iut. 
 
 , A governing rule or principle. 
 
 Tlic other hi'ige of puniflvment might turn 
 upon a low, whereby all men, who did not nj..!.-/
 
 11 1 p 
 
 By tbc npc of five and twenty, Oiould jisy itir 
 third liilil of their revenue. 'I nr./ilr. 
 
 £. To ie n^lhc HlKGES. To be in ii ihitc 
 of irrepulaiity and diforder. 
 
 The ni.in's Ipiril is out of oidcr, and cj^ the 
 /;.'/irrj I :>nd till that be put into its rij;ht ii.ime, 
 lie will hipcipctu:illy dirquietcd. 'I'tlhijin. 
 
 M'.thinlis we (Kind on lunis, nature Ihafces 
 Ahout us, an<l tliii univciial frame 
 So loijfc, ihnt it but wants another pufli 
 To h:.ip/';'« ?// '^* /ii'<gci. D'wh'i, 
 
 Jo Hinge, v. a. [From ll'.c iioim.J 
 r. Toturnilli with liingcs. 
 ik- To bend as a liinge. 
 
 h: tnou a fi\tt'rir now, and .i/igc the knee, 
 ^Am: iCt his very bie.uh, wiiom Ihou'lt oblerve, 
 
 Blow off ihy cap. S/i,iiJpf<irr. 
 
 To Hint. -y. a. [«;.'•>•, French, Sl:itmer.'\ 
 To bring to mind by a flij^lit mention, 
 or remote alUiiion ; lo niciuion imper- 
 fectly. 
 
 VVillinj; to wound, and yet afraid to fliiko, 
 Tutt hint .1 f.iulr, a:id liefiLate diflike. I'ufc. 
 
 In waking whilpcrs, and repeated drcanis, 
 "Tuhini pure thouslit, and warn the favourM I'oul. 
 
 Tn Hint nt. To allude to; to loud: 
 
 flightly upon. 
 
 Spc.iki'ig of Aiijuftus's aflions, he rtill rc- 
 
 " members that .igiicultuie ought to be fonie way 
 
 i.'«.vrf <» throughout the whole poem. . .id.tij^^.. 
 
 PIiNT. n f. [fiom the verb.] 
 
 1. Faint notice given to the mind ; re- 
 ,, mole :illurion ; diilant infmuation. 
 
 Let h ni iir fliy oblVrve li.e fiilt liirrings and 
 iminijii'jn^, the tirlt hinu and whiipcro of good 
 and ev.l, (nir p-fs in his heart. iiQuth. 
 
 2. Su^rgcilion ; intimation. 
 
 On this hint 1 fpake, 
 She lov'dtuc for liie dangers Ihad pa<l. Shtilfp. 
 Aif^ions arc \o full of circunrrtances, thai, as 
 men ohfervc I'onie parts nijrc than olliers, they 
 take difTcitnt hn:li, ajid put dItf^;rent iiucr- 
 jireialions on tjierii: .■i.LUfin. 
 
 Kir. n. f. [from hecpa, Saxon.] The 
 fruit oi the brier or the dogrofc. 
 Eaii.rr /;//>i, and drinking wat'ry fo.iir.. 
 
 l!uUad-i 7"../f. 
 Why fhouM you .\ant ? Behold, the canh hath 
 routs ; 
 The oaks bear niiifls, the briars fcarlct hJpt. 
 
 ShuRfpcufc 
 
 Years of Itore of haws and /;//>j do conimoniy 
 
 portend cold winters. Bunri'i Ni^turuJ ilij.nij. 
 
 HIP. n. / [li.vpe, Sn.von.] 
 r. The joiist of the thigh. 
 
 How now, which of your -/y'j has the moft 
 profound fciatica?. Sioifffur,:. 
 
 Hippocraics affirmcth cf the Scythians, that, 
 ufing c'ontinu:.! ridings they were geni-nlly.mo- 
 IciU-d with the fcijticj or /ip gout. ISroivn. 
 
 2. The haunch ; the flefli of the thigh. 
 So (hcpherds ufe 
 To fcl the fame mark on the l:ip 
 Bv-'th of th.cir found and rotten (heep. HuiUhr.j^. 
 Ag.iinlr a l^uinp his tulks the monrtcr grinds, 
 And ranch'd iiii ^(>j with one cuuiiim'd wound. 
 
 D,y,Un. 
 
 ^. To havson t^x\l\7. [A low phrafe.] 
 To have an advaiitac;e over another. 
 Il fecms to he taken from hunting, the 
 Lip or hiiuuLh of a deer being the. part 
 commoidy fel/.ed by the dogj. 
 
 If this poor hrach of Venire, whonn I chcriih 
 For his cpiick hunting, fiand the putting on, 
 I'll have our Michael Caffio un tie hip. Siiaifp. 
 Jo Hip. .v. a. [from the nouji.] 
 J. To fprain or flioot the hip. 
 
 His hoife was kipp',1. Shnifpeare. 
 
 2. Hi-f-HOP. A cant word formed by the 
 ^ reduplication of ^o/. 
 
 KIR"' 
 
 Your dilTercflr taflcs divide our poet'i carei i 
 One foot the fuck, I'otncr the bufkin weais : 
 Tlius, while he Itrivcs w pleale, he 's lurc'd to 
 
 do 'r, 
 Like Volfeius hip- hap in a fingle boot. CJi>'s^"if. 
 Hit?. itiicrjetU An exclamation, or calling 
 to one ; the faine as tlie Latin ebo, hius ! 
 
 AinJrL'orlh. 
 Hip. 7 adj. A corruption of /'v//o- 
 
 Ili'ppisii. \ chondriack. Amftuoith. 
 
 UlPrOCENT.A UR. 11. /• \_lTriT'.xi?la.tjiTi> ; 
 
 hipprciiitmirc, Fr.] A fabulous monfter, 
 half horfc, and half man. 
 
 How are poetical ftolions, how arc hippnctn- 
 t.fi's and chimeras to be imagined, which arc 
 things quite out of nature, and whereof wc can 
 have no notion.* D'ydin 
 
 Hi'ppoCRAS. n. f. [Iiypocras,Yr. qiia/i 
 vinum Ni/>p'Jt:ralis.'\ A medicated wine. 
 
 S ick and ti.c well-fpic'd hippocrafi, ihc wine, 
 Wailail the bowl, with ancient ribbands i'lne. 
 
 lii'fVOCR ATF.s' Slfcve. ft. f. A woollen 
 bag, made by joining the two oppofite 
 angles of a fijuare piece of flannel, iiied 
 to ftrain fyrups and decoctions for cla- 
 rification, ^ilricy. 
 
 Hi'ppoGRiFF. n. / [i-zTT^ and •>-.;t!-l ; 
 hi'fog/i^'f, French.] A winged horfe ; 
 a being imagined by Ariollo. 
 
 He caiighl iiini up, and without wing 
 Of hippogtijjf buic tuiough the air fublinie. 
 
 Mi/ro>: . 
 
 Hipro'poTXMUS. ti. f. [i'T3-o; and 
 , S7.;y.i.,i>-.] The river hcrf.-. An ani- 
 mal found in the Nile. 
 Hi'psHOT-. adj. [Lip and jLot.l Sprained 
 or dilloeatca in the hip. 
 
 Why do you go nodding and waggling fo like 
 a fool, as if you were hi^yiat j fays the joofc to 
 Ihe gcflirig. Vlijhaiif: 
 
 Hi's-WORT. n.f. [/.//i and Tyor/.j A pi int. 
 
 AinJ-xvorlh. 
 To HrRE. -B. a. [hynan, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To procure any tiling for temporary 
 ufe at. aceitnin_price. 
 
 His fordid avarice rakes 
 In excrements, andfe« the jakes. Dryderi'i "Jut:. 
 
 2. To engage a man in temporary fcrvice 
 for wages. 
 
 They weigh fdver in the balance, and him a 
 goldfmith, and he niakcth it a god. l/aiah. 
 
 I cannot lUike at wierciied kerns, whofe arni^ 
 Are hir'cixu beai their daves. Shui-Jpcarc. 
 
 3. To bribe. 
 
 Tlicmetes fii-ft, 'tis doubtful whether hn'J, 
 Or fo the Trojan (lertiny requir'd, 
 Mov'dthat the rampaits might be broken down. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 4. To engage for pay : with the recipro- 
 cal word. 
 
 They that were full, hired out ihemfelves for 
 bread; and tiiey that were hungry, ceafed. i Sum. 
 
 5. To let ; to fet for a time at a certain 
 price. This, to prevent ambiguity, has 
 fometlmes the pnrtlcle out : as, he Lired 
 out his houfc tollrangeis. 
 
 Hire. n.f. [hype, Sa.\on.] 
 
 1. Reward or recomptnce paid for the ufe 
 of any thing. 
 
 2. Wages paid for fervice. 
 
 Great titanks and goodly meed to that good 
 fire ; 
 He thence departing gave for his pains hire. 
 
 Spetijcr. 
 I have five bundled crc.vns, 
 Tlie thril"ty hire I fav'sl under yout lather. Shakfp. 
 
 n I s 
 
 .Though lUllc was their hiie, and lii,Kl the* 
 goii, . 
 
 Yet fomewl at to their fhare he il rrw. Vr.diit. 
 
 All arts and artills Tncicuk cotild coinmanH, 
 \VU<j luhi for hire, or wrought loi' beltei lame 
 
 Hi RK LING. n. /. [from iire.1 
 
 1. One Mho fervcs for wages. 
 
 The k:rcli'i^ longs lo fee the Ihadcs defrcnd, 
 Tiiat with the tedious day his lull might end, . 
 And iic his pay receive, SjnJyK 
 
 In the framing of Hicro's (hip there were three 
 hundred carpenters employed foi a year, befidcs 
 m.'iny other hire/in^t foi caitiagcs. IVtlkint. 
 
 'lis frequent here to tee a fiecborn foil 
 On tlie left naiid of a rich hncl ng run. Dryden. 
 
 2. A merccnaiy ; a prollitute. 
 
 Now ihe Ihades thy evening walk with bays, 
 No Jtiidina ihc, no prortitute to praifc. ¥<ipe. 
 Hi'kf.ling. adj. Serving for hire; ve- 
 nal ; mercenary ; doing what is done fox 
 money. 
 
 Then trumpets, torches, and a tedious crew 
 Of hireling mourners for his funeral due. Viyd. 
 H 1 'r E R.. n.f. [ from hire. ] 
 
 1. One who ufes any thing paying a rc- 
 compence; one who employs others 
 paying wages. 
 
 2. In Scotland it denotes one who keeps 
 fmall horlcs to let. 
 
 Hirsu'te. adj. [hirfutus, Lat.] Rough ; 
 rugged. 
 
 Tl.cre arc bulbous, fibrous, and hirfnte roots : 
 
 the hirfute is a middle lorr, between the hulbjus 
 
 :iiid hbrous ; that, bcfidci the putting foilh fap 
 
 upwards and doivnwurds, pulteth forth in round. 
 
 B'lco'i'i N.ilural H/jioryi 
 
 His. pronoun pojfejfive. [hyy, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Tlie mafculine pofielTive. Belonging 
 to him tiiat was before mentioned. 
 
 England /;:i appro;tches makes ns ticicc 
 As warcrs-lo the fucking of a gulph, Shakjftaie, 
 
 If much you note him, 
 You (hiill offend hini, and extend hi\ patrion. 
 
 S hit hf pear e'i Macbeth, 
 Heav'n and youifclf 
 Had part in this f-iir maid; now heav'n haih al!, 
 And all the belter is. it for the maid ; 
 Your part in her you could not keep from death ;- 
 But heav'n keeps A/> pait in ttcrnal life. SJui^fp. 
 
 If our failier cany autliori[y with fuch difpo- 
 fition as he bears this bit fuiicndcr oi hh, it will 
 butoffc.'id us. Shaljpfare. 
 
 Hcth:it is nouriOicd by the acorns he picked 
 up iuiricr an u;ik in the wood, has appropriated 
 tium to himfelf: nobody can deny but tlic 
 noiuKhment i; ///;. Lfickc, 
 
 Wliene'er 1 itoop, hecfTers at a kifs; 
 And wl-.cn my arnii 1 Hretch, t.c Ibetches /lis, 
 
 2. li wa3 anciently ufed in a neutral fenfe, 
 Vi here w e now lay ils. 
 
 Who can imprefs ihe foreft , bid the tree 
 Unfix hii et.it!i-houiid root ? Shahjpeare, 
 
 Not the dreadful fpour. 
 Shall dizy with moie clam, ur Neptune's ear 
 In his defcent. Sh.ikfpearc'i Tr^ilui and CrrJ/ida. 
 
 There 's not the fnialltll orb, which thou bc- 
 hold'rt, 
 But in his motion like an angel fnig?, 
 Srill uuiriiig tolhe young-ey*d cherabims. Sholf. 
 
 This rule is not fo general, but that it ad- 
 mitieih^'.'i C'.cep'ions. C(trciv\ Suri\ of CornwalU 
 
 Opium lolVtli fomc < f his poifonous quality if 
 it be ^apouicd out, mingled with fpiritot wine. 
 
 -5. It is fometimes ufed as a fign of the 
 genitive cafe : as, the man his grounil, 
 for the man's ground. It is now rarely 
 thus ufed, as its ufe proceeded probably 
 from a falfe opinion that the / formative 
 of the genitive was hit coutrafled.
 
 H I S 
 
 Where is this mankind row ? who lives to»ge 
 Fit to be made Metiuifakm l:is page ? D'^me. 
 
 By thy fond confoit, tiy t!iy fatlicr's cares, 
 By young Tclcmachus his blooming years. Pope. 
 ^. It is fometimes ufcd in oppofition to 
 tills man's. 
 
 Were 1 king, 
 1 lliouldcut offtlie noiilcs for tlieir lands, 
 Dcfire */j jewel?, and this others lioufc. Siaff- 
 5. Anciently before /Jiy. 
 
 Every of us, each for f'ii felf, laboured how 
 . to recover him. SUtuy. 
 
 To Hiss. v. «. [/'rf/.-, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To utter a noife like that of a ferpent 
 and fome other animals. It is remarka- 
 ble, that this word cannot be pronotmced 
 without making the noife which it fig- 
 nifies. 
 
 In the heiglit of ihis batli to be thrown into 
 the Thames and cooled glowmg hot, in that 
 furgc, like a hoilelhoc; think of that; /i/^/Vj 
 hot. Shntfpearc 
 
 ■■ Tlie merchants (hall hiji at thcc. E~eiic!. 
 
 See the fu! ics arife ; 
 Sec the fnakes that they rear, 
 How thcy^'.yi in their hair. Diylex- 
 
 Againft thcficed he threw 
 His force^l fpear, which, hiffiv^ as it flew, 
 • Picrc'd through the yielding planks. DryJtn. 
 
 2. To condemn at a publick exhibition ; 
 which is fometimes done by hjjjing- 
 
 Men (hall pnrfuc with merited dilgrace ! 
 Uift, clap their hands, and from his country 
 chacc, Smdjs. 
 
 ToHrss. v. a. [hifcean, Saxon.] 
 
 1. To condemn by hifling ; to explode. 
 
 Every one will h:Ji him out to his difgrace. 
 
 Ecclu! 
 
 She would fo fliamcfuUy fail in the laft afl, 
 that, inficad of a plauditc, (he would defervc to 
 be li'ffid o(f the fl.ige. M'>'i- 
 
 I have feen many fucccfTions of men, who 
 have (liot themlelves into the world, fome 
 bultnig out upon the (tage with vaft applaufe, 
 and others l:ijjed off, and quitting it with dif- 
 grace. D'yJen. 
 
 Will you venture your all upon a caufe, which 
 
 would be hi£id out of all the courts as ridiculous : 
 
 Collier mi Du€llii:g. 
 
 2. To procure hiffes ov difgrace. 
 
 Thy mother phys,and I 
 Play too ; hut fo difgrac'd a part, whofe IfTue 
 Will hiji mc to my grave." SItaifp. IVinUr's T.t.'e. 
 
 What "s the ncweft grief? 
 — That of an hour's age doth /uf> the fpeaker, 
 Each minute teems a new one. S/iaifp. Macbith. 
 
 Hiss. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The voice of a ferpent, and of foine 
 other animals. 
 
 He hif^ fat hip return'd, with forked tongue 
 To forked tongue. Milton. 
 
 2. Cenfure ; expreflion of contempt ufed 
 in theatres. 
 
 He heard 
 .On all fides, from innumerable tongues, 
 A difmal univerfal l:ifi, the found 
 Of publick fcorn ! MUton. 
 
 Fierce champion fortitude, that knows no 
 fears 
 Of hijfcs, blows, or w.int, or lofs of ears. Pope. 
 
 Hist, interj. [Of this word I know not 
 the original : fome thought it a cor- 
 ruption of Z'i/,'Z', htjjh it, hnjlii, hiJl ; but 
 I have heard that it is an Irifh verb 
 commanding filence.j An exclamation 
 commanding fdence. 
 Mute filencc l--sjt along! 
 'Lefs philonicl will deign a fong, 
 In her fwoctell faddelt plight. 
 Smoothing the rugged brow of night. Milton. 
 liiil, hi/, fayt' another that ftood by, away. 
 
 H I S 
 
 doctor; for here 's a whole pack of dKnia'.s 
 Cuming. S't-ift. 
 
 HtsTo'RiAN. n. f. [hyiorkus, Lat. Llflo- 
 rifii, Fr.] A writer of facts and events ; 
 a writer of hillory. 
 
 What thanks fulficicnt, or what recompcnce 
 Equal, have I to render thee, divine 
 H:J!ori„n ! Milton. 
 
 Our country, vshich has produced wi iters of 
 the firlt figure in every other kind of work, has 
 been very barren \n ^ooAhiJlorians. j^HJtfon, 
 
 Not added years on years my talk could clofc, 
 Tilc \oii^ hjlotian of rny country's woes. Pope. 
 
 HISTO'RICAL. ■) d.^;. Ihi/hrique, Fr. 
 
 HISTO'RICK. j hijloricus, LAtin.] 
 
 1. Containing or giving an account of 
 facSts and events. 
 
 Bccaufi; the beginning fecmcth abrupt, it needs 
 that you know the occafmn of thele ccveral ad- 
 ventures; for the method of a poet hjlorical is 
 not fuch as of an hiftoriographer. Spenftr. 
 
 In an hifiorical relation we ufc terms that are 
 moll proper and bell known. Burnet' i Theory. 
 
 Here riling bold the patriot's honeft face; 
 There warriors frowning in hijhrick brafs. Pope. 
 
 2. Suitable or pertaining to hiilory or 
 narrative. 
 
 With equal juftice and hijlorick care. 
 Their laws, their toils, their arms with his com- 
 pare. Prior. 
 
 HiSTORiCiLLY. adv. [from hijlorice:/.] 
 In the manner of hiftory ; by way of 
 narration. 
 
 The gofpels, which are weekly read, do all 
 
 hijiorii^l:^' declare fonicthing wliich our Lord 
 
 Jefiis Ciirift hinifclf cither fpoke, did, or fuf- 
 
 fered in his own perfon. Hooker. 
 
 When that which the word of God doth but 
 
 deliver hifloricully, we conltrue as if it were 
 
 legally meant, and fo urge it further than we can 
 
 prove it was intended, do we not add to the laws 
 
 of God ? Ho;ier. 
 
 After his life has been rather invented than 
 
 written, I (hall confider him hijioiically as an 
 
 author, with regard to thofe works he has left 
 
 behind hira. Pope' i EJf.iy on Homer. 
 
 To Histo'rifv. -u. a. [from /.'ijlory.] 
 
 To relate ; to record in hiltory. 
 
 O, mule, hijltrijy 
 
 Her praife, whofe praife to learn your fkill hath 
 
 framed me. SUney. 
 
 The tliird age they term hiftoiicon ; that is, 
 
 fuch wherein matters have been more truly 
 
 /i.y?or;/t'i, and therefore may be believed. Brown. 
 
 Historio'gr.\pher. «. /, [i<-'.^la and 
 
 ysipi^-; hyjoriograthe, French.] A 
 
 hillorian ; a writer of hillory. 
 
 The method of a poet hiftorical is not fuch as 
 
 of an hijloriographer. Spenfer. 
 
 What poor ideas muft (Grangers conceive of 
 
 pcrfons famous among us, (hould they form 
 
 their notions of them from the writings of thofe 
 
 our hijloriogrttphen. ^J.iijon. 
 
 I put the journals into a ftrong box, after the 
 
 manner of the hi/loriogmphers of fome eaftcrn 
 
 monarchs. A'huthnct'i Hiftory of ftlin Bull. 
 
 Historio'gr APHY. n.f. [ircfia and 
 
 ■ysaipa).] The art or employment of a 
 
 hillorian. 
 
 HISTORY, n. f. [Ir.jia; hyioria, Lat. 
 
 hyiolre, French.] 
 
 1. A narration of events and fafts deliver- 
 ed with dignity. 
 
 Juftly Cosfar l\.otns the poet's lays ; 
 It is to hifory he trul'is for piaife. Pope. 
 
 2. Narration; relation. 
 
 The ////iory part lay within a \'M\i \oom.Uytma>i. 
 What /'///ur/fj of toil could I declaie' 
 But flill long-weary'd nature wants repair. Pope. 
 
 3. The knowledge of facls and events. 
 
 HZ/i'i'v, fo fir as it relates to the affairs ofthe 
 bible, is uecelTary to divines. Haiti. 
 
 H I T 
 
 UiSTOKY Piece, n.f. A pitlure reprefent' 
 ing fome memorable event. 
 
 His- works rcfemble a large hif.i^y pleee^ where 
 even the lefs important figures have fome con- 
 venient place. P'^pe. 
 
 HISTRIONICAL. Jfl.^;. [from hijirto, 
 HISTRIO'NICK. \ .^L^tin; hi//rhn, 
 
 French.] Befitting the llage ; ruiiable 
 
 to a player ; becoanng a buffoon ; 
 
 theatrical. 
 Histkio'nic.^lly. a^v, [from hjfino- 
 
 jikiiL] Theatrically ; in the inanncr of 
 
 a buflbon. 
 To HI r. v. a, [from i^tis, Latin, Mirt^ 
 
 J]:civ ; from h'ltte Danifli, to throw a(, 
 
 random, Junius S\ 
 
 1. To ilrike ; to touch with a blow. 
 
 Wlicn I tirlV faw her I was piefcntly* ftiickeii ; 
 and I, like a foulilh child, ihac when any thing 
 hiti him wiU ftrike liimfelf again upon k, would 
 needs look, again, as though 1 would pcriuade 
 mine eyes that they were deceived. Sidmy. 
 
 His confcience Ihall hit him in the teeth, and 
 tell Inm his fin and folly. Suuth. 
 
 2. To touch the mark ; not to mlfs, 
 
 I> he a god that ever flics the light? 
 Or naked he, dilguis'd in all untiuth? 
 It he be blind, how hitteck he l';j right i Si'drtfy, 
 
 So hard it is to tiemblc, and not to err, and 
 to /'.'/ tl.e mark with a (baking, hand. South, 
 
 3. To attain ; to reach; not to fail: 
 ufed of tentative experiments. 
 
 Were I but twenly-onc, 
 
 Your father's image is fo hit in you, 
 
 His very air, that I ihjuld call you brother, 
 
 As I did him. ShuKJ^-'ttre, 
 
 Search every comment that your caie can find, 
 Some here, fome there, may hit the poet's mind. 
 
 Rojconvnoft, 
 
 Birds learning tunes, and their endeavours to 
 /•// the notes right, put it palV doubt that they 
 have perception, and retain ideas, and ufe them 
 for patterns. Locke, 
 
 Here 's an opportunity to fhew how great a 
 bungler my author is in hitting features. 
 
 Atttrhury^ 
 
 \, To fait ; to be comformable to- 
 
 Hail, diviiiciV melancholy ! 
 Whufe faintly vifage is too bright 
 To hit the fcnfe of human fight. Milton. 
 
 5. To Ilrike ; to catch by the right bait ; 
 to touch propeily. 
 
 There you hit him: St. Dominick loves 
 chaiity exceedingly: that argument never fails 
 with him. Dv\d:n^ 
 
 6. 7b Hit off] To (Irike out; to fix or 
 determine luckily. 
 
 What prince foLvcr can hif r^ this great 
 fecret, need know no mure cither for his own 
 faft-ty, or that of the people he governs. Temj>/e. 
 
 7. To Hit out. To perform by good 
 luck. 
 
 Having the found of ancient poets ringing in 
 his cars, he niought needs in finjiiij; hit out fome 
 of their tunes. Spenftr. 
 
 To Hit. -v. n. 
 
 1. To clalTi ; to collide. 
 
 If biidies be extenfion alone, how can they 
 move and .'/// one agaiiil^ ai. other ^ or what can 
 make diftinifl furfaces in an unilorm extenfion ? 
 
 Loeke. 
 
 Bones, teeth, and (hells, being fuftained in the 
 water with metallick corpufcks, and the faid 
 corpufeles niccling with and hitt:np- upon thofe 
 bodies, become conjoined with them, l-foodttritrd, 
 
 2. To chance luckily ; to fucceed by ac- 
 cident ; not to mifs. 
 
 Oft cxpei^anon fails, and moft oft there 
 Wheie muft it promiles ; and oft it hifs 
 Where hope is coldeit and defpairraol* its. 
 
 ii'mkfpctirt.
 
 HIT 
 
 3. To faccccd ; not to mifcarry. 
 
 Tilt* cxpciimcntot" binding uf tttoughts would 
 be fliverliticd, and you arc to nurc wlicthcr it 
 kiti for ti-.c molt part. Saconi Natural Hijhty. 
 
 But thou biing'Ii v.nlourtoo niid wit, 
 Two tiiiii^s tliaf fcldom fail to hit. HuMrm. 
 
 This may hif, 'tis moic than barely poffiblc. 
 
 All luiman mce would fain be wits, 
 And millions niifs for unc that /ilti, Sw:fl. 
 
 4, To light on. 
 
 There is a kind of conveying of cfFctflu »1 
 and imprinting p.tflagcs amonglt complimints, 
 •which IS of fmijuldr ufc, it a man can /;// upon 
 
 You*vc /j.V upon the very firing, which touch'd, 
 Echoes the found, and jar-; witliin my foul : 
 Thcic lies my grief. V'yUrn's Spanijh Fryar. 
 
 It is much, if men were fiom eternity, that 
 they Ihould not hnd out the way of writing 
 fooncr : fure he was a fortunate man, who, 
 after men had been eternally lo dull as not to 
 find it our, had the luck at lalt to hit upon it. 
 
 Tiiloiftin. 
 
 There 's a juft medium betwixt eating too 
 much and too little ; and this dame h.id Lit upon 
 'i, when the matter was fo ordered thai the hen 
 bruugiit her cveiy day an egg. L'Fjhatig^. 
 
 N jnc otthem hit upon the art. --/./ iij.u 
 
 There 's but a true and a falfe prediction tn 
 any telling of fortune; and a man that ncvci 
 hit% on the rigl t fide, cannot be called a bad 
 guelTcr, hut mu(t mil's out of dcfign. Bcnthy. 
 
 Hit. 77./. [from the verb.] 
 1. A ih-oke. 
 
 The king hath laid, that in a dozen paffes 
 between you and him, he fhall not exceed yuu 
 three h'it%. Sh.ilfj>care^s tlawUt. 
 
 So he the fam'd Cilician fencer prais'd 
 And at each hit with wonder leem amaz'd 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 3, A chance; a fortuitous event. 
 
 To fuppofs' a watch, by the blind h:ii of chance, 
 to pcrfotm divcinty of orderly motions, with- 
 out the regulation of art, this were the more 
 i>ar<lonable ahfurdity. CianvtHc. 
 
 If the rule we judge by be uncertain, it is odds 
 but we Ihall judge wrong ; and if we Ihould 
 judge right, yet it is aor piopcrly llcill, but 
 • hance; not a true judgment, but a lucky hit. 
 
 Scuth. 
 
 But with more lucky hit tlian thofe 
 That ufc to make the f^.irs depofe. Hudibrai. 
 
 The fifherman*s waiting, and the lucky hit it 
 had in the conchihon, te.ls us, that honcrt en- 
 lieavours will not fail. V Ejiraugc. 
 
 If cafual concouife did the world compole, 
 And tilings and hiti fortuirous nrofc, 
 Then any thing miglit come from anything; 
 For how from chance can conrtanr order fpring ? 
 
 Blackmore. 
 
 3. A lucky chance. 
 
 Have all his ventures fail'd ? What, not one 
 
 /;'.' ? Shakfpfare. 
 
 Thefe /;./! of words a true poet often finds, 
 
 without I'ceking. Drylcn. 
 
 If at firO he minds bis A/Vj, 
 And drinks ciiampaii;nc among the wits. 
 Five deep he toalls the tow'ring lalTcs. Frier. 
 
 To Hitch, v. n, [hror^an, Saxon, or 
 hocbety French, SUniicr.~\ To catch ; 
 to move by jerks. I know uot where 
 it is ufeJ but in the following paffage ; 
 nor here know well what it mL-ans. 
 Whoe'er offends at foine unlucky time 
 
 • Slides in a verfc, or hr/cha in a rhyme ■ 
 Sacred to ridicule bis wh.olc life long, 
 And the fad burthen of fome merry fong. Pope. 
 
 To Hi'tchel. i\ a, [See Hatchel.] 
 To beat or cornb flax or hemp. 
 
 Hi^TCHEL. TJ, f. [/w,W, German.] The 
 inllriimeut with which flax is beaten or 
 combed. 
 
 Hit HE. «, / [.hy^e, Saxon.] A fmall 
 
 H I V 
 
 liavcn to land wares out of veiTcIs or 
 boats : as ^teenhithe, and Lambhithe, 
 now Lambeth. 
 HI'THER. adv. [hi^ep, Saxon.] 
 
 1 . To this place from fomo other. 
 
 CxI'.ir, temiJlcd with the fame . 
 Or ihii fwcci lll.uid, never ciinciiicrcd, 
 And envying the Unions blazed name, 
 O hidcuus hunger ot dominion ! Iiiihcr came. 
 
 S^cnfer. 
 Men miift endure 
 Tlicir going hence, even as their coming kiiher. 
 
 Shukjpearc. 
 Who brought mc hither 
 Will bring me hence, no other guide I feck. 
 
 Mihon. 
 
 2. It is uft;d in oppofition : hither and 
 ihithcK, to this place and that. 
 
 3. To tliis end ; to this deiign ; to this 
 topick of argument : [^hiic, liatin. Hue ^ 
 refer exitum.] Not much ufed. 
 
 Hcifupoiulepcndctnwhatfocver difference there 
 is between the ibtcs of faints in gluiy ; /■//*«• we 
 refer whatfoever bclongeth inito the higheft ptr- 
 fc(£lion of man, by way of fervice towards Gjd. 
 
 Hmii^r. 
 
 Uilher belong all thofe texts, which requite of 
 us that wc fliould not walk after the Helh, but 
 after the fpirit. TiHotfan. 
 
 Hither, adj. fuperl. h'lthermojl. Near- 
 er ; toward this part. 
 
 Altei thefe, 
 But on the hither fide, a diticrent foit. 
 From the high neighb'ring hills ricfcended. Milt. 
 An eternal dur.ition may be (horter or longer 
 upon tiic hi!iicr end, namely that extreme where- 
 in it is finite. Hale. 
 
 Hi'thf.rmost. adj. [of hither, adv.] 
 Neareil on this lide. 
 
 Ttiat which is external can be extended to a 
 greater extent at the hitherm'.ft extreme. HaU. 
 
 Hi'therto. ad-Tj. \ixQm. hither .'\ 
 
 1. To tliis time ; yet. 
 
 H'll'iito I have only told the reader what 
 ought not to be the (ubjeiJl of a pidlurc or of a 
 poem. Vrydcn. 
 
 2. In any time till now. 
 
 More ample fpirit than iiitherto was wont. 
 Here needs me, whiles ihe famous anceltrics 
 Of my molt dreadful fovcreign I recount. 
 
 Fairy Q^iieer:. 
 
 3. At every time till now. 
 
 lir this we ai"e not their advciTarles, iho' they 
 in the orher /r/Mtv/o have been ours. Hoohr. 
 
 Hiihcric, lords, what your commands iin- 
 pos'd 
 I have perform'd, as rcafon was, obeying. 7\f/Vr. 
 
 Hitherto (he kept her love conceal'd, 
 And with thofe graces ev'ry day beheld 
 The graceful youth. Dryd-:n. 
 
 He could nut have failed to add the oppofi- 
 tion of ill fpiiits to the good : this alone has hi- 
 therto been the piadtice of the moderns. D*\\i 
 
 To correc^t them, is a work that has hilhettc 
 been airumcdby the Icaft qualified hands. SmiJ't, 
 
 Hi'therw.^rd. 7 adv. [hy^epfieajio, 
 
 Hi'thekwards. \ Sax.] This way ; 
 
 toward this place. , 
 
 Some parcels of their power are forth already. 
 
 And only hitherward. Shakfprnre's Coricia*iui. 
 
 The king himfelf in perfon hath fct forth, 
 Or hitheriuards intended fpeedily. Shjkfpearc. 
 
 A puiffant and mighty powV 
 Is marching hitherivard in proud array. Sheikjp. 
 
 Look now for no encharrtirrg voice, nor fear 
 The bart of honey'd words ; a rougher tongrre 
 Draws iiitheriuaid. Milton. 
 
 HIVE. ti.f. [hype, Saxon.] 
 i . The habitation or aniiicial receptacle of 
 bees. 
 
 H O A 
 
 So bees with fmokc, and doves with noifomc 
 liencli, 
 Are from iiit'n hives and lioufes ditv'n .iway. 
 
 • Shaiffearf. 
 
 So wand'ring b~es would perifh in the an. 
 Did not a fourrd, pioporrion'd to their car, 
 Appcafc their rage, in\ilc them to Ihc hive. 
 
 Bees have each of them a hole in fhcir hi-.ei ; 
 their honey is their own, and every bee minus 
 her own concerns. j^ddiji-i. 
 
 2. The bees inhabiting a hive. 
 The commons, like an angry hive of beet 
 
 That war)l their Icider, fcatter up and down. 
 
 Shakfftr.rt. 
 
 3 . A company being together. 
 What modern mafons call a lodge, was by 
 
 antiquity called a hive of free mal'ons ; and 
 therefore, when a dilVention happens, the going 
 off is to this day called fwamiing. Svift. 
 
 To Hive. -v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To put into hives ; to harbour. 
 Mr. Addifon of Oxford has bceir troublcfum^ 
 
 to me : after his- bees, roy latter fwarm isfcarccly 
 
 worth hiving. Dryden. 
 
 When bees are fully fettled, and the clufter at 
 
 the biggcft, hive them. Alorliymr't llujhundry. 
 
 2. To contain, as in hives; to receive, 
 as to a habitation. 
 
 Anrbitious now to takcexcifo 
 Of a more fragrant paradife. 
 He at Firl'cara's llceve artiv'd. 
 Where all dclrcious fwcets ate hiv'tl. Cl!"veland. 
 To Hive. v. 11. To take fliclter to- 
 gether; to rclide colleflively. 
 
 He llcrps by day 
 More than the wild cat : dr ones hive not with me. 
 Therefore I part with r.im. S/ia if>eiire. 
 
 Irr fummer' we wander in a paradifrrical fcenc, 
 nmorrg groves and gardens ; hut at this Icafon. 
 we get rirtu warmer huufes, and hive together in 
 cilrcs. Vope's L'tlen. 
 
 Hi'vER. n. f. [from hi-ve.'] One who 
 puts bets in hives. 
 
 Let the hiver drink a cup of good beer, and , 
 walh Iris harrds and frice therewirh. Mortmur, 
 Ho. 7 interj. \_eho ! i^atin.] A call; 
 HoA. 5 •> fuddcn exclamation to give 
 notice of approach, or any thing elfe. 
 Wh:'.t rroilc there, h^ ? S'l.tkjpittre. 
 
 Here dwells my father Jew: ^<!<i,wlro 's with- 
 in } Shjkfpeatt: 
 Stand, ho ! fpeabthc word along. Shakjpeore. 
 When i cried ho^ ! 
 Like boys, kirrgs would Itart forth, and cry, 
 Yorirwrll. Hhatjpea't.. 
 Hy, ho, come forth and fiee. Zechitriah. 
 Hoj fwain, what flicphcrd owns that raggeti 
 fhcep } Dtydtn, 
 
 HOAR. adj. [haji, Saxon.] 
 
 1. White. 
 A people. 
 
 Whom Ireland ferrt from loughs andforrefts-ic/-^, 
 
 Fairfax. 
 lil.mds of blifs, all affaults 
 Baffling, Irke thy hoar clrfTs the loud fea wave. 
 
 Tkomjan. 
 
 2. Gray with age. 
 It guverrr'dwas and guided evermore 
 
 Th.'ough wlfdom of a matron grave and hoar. 
 
 Sptnjer. 
 Now fwarms the populace, a countlefs throng-v 
 Youth and hoar age, and man drives man along. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 3 . White with froft. 
 Hoar-frost. «. f. [hoar and frojl-l 
 
 The congelations of dew in frofty 
 mc-rnings on the grafs. 
 
 ■ When the dew was gone irp, behold upon 
 the f.rce of the wilderncfs there lay a fmall 
 round thing, as fmall as the ht.ar-froJi on the 
 ground. F^edui, 
 
 In Farcnheit's thettnomcter, »t that^-fw*-
 
 II O A 
 
 • aVfte.. O-.e water in die air bfg'tnt to freeie, 
 ^■hich h known by «ar./../.. ■A,b,.th-,oi. 
 
 HO \RD. n. f. [hops, Sax ] A ftove 
 hid up in fecret ; a hidden ftock ; a 
 
 1 have a venti.ro.is fairy, tliat ftiall fe=k 
 
 .■-^hc f<ia,r,cl-s ,i,..i,andfc==hthc. t,.c,>«ne.. 
 
 nuts. -^ 
 
 Tnty might have even fiar^ed, l>ad u not 
 
 . been for fns providential refervc, th>s h:^rd 
 
 ^. was fU.wcd'^ in the ftrata undernr.,th, and 
 
 nov. fcalonably difclofcd. U ,o:h.anl. 
 
 To Hoard, -v. n. To make hoards ; to 
 
 lav up ftore. . , . j 
 
 He fcar'd not once iiimfelt to be in need. 
 Kor car'd to hard for tuofe whom he did l>reed. 
 
 HipDV always was it for that fon, 
 \Vholc'u:l>cr for hn hoarding went to hell ? 
 
 To Hoard. i\ a. , „ , ■ •, 
 
 I. To lay ia hoards; to hufband prmly ; 
 
 to ftore I'ecretly. 
 
 The Ao-ir./f</ plague of tlie gods req'iite your 
 love ? Sh..itjpcan. 
 
 You htard not ^calth for yov.r own private ufc, 
 But on the publicb fpend the ricji produce. ^^^^^^ 
 
 You will bt unfucccfsful, if you give out of n 
 treat man, «-iio is remarkable for his frugality 
 tor the publiek, tl..it he fquandcrs aw.,y th= 
 xatlort-s money ;: but you may fafc y .eUe that 
 he io^r.h it. ^I'buth. An of f'>liti:<'l Ly.ni. 
 
 A fuperfluous abundance tempts us to forget 
 God when it is hmrdedm our ticafuies, orcun- 
 fidered as a f-ifc, independent prov.hon laid up 
 for many ye;iri. 'S-''- 
 
 3. It Is fometimes enforced by the parti- 
 cle up. , . , , 
 
 I h.ve iuft occafion to complain of tnem, 
 who b!ic.iu!e th=v undcrftand Chaucer, would 
 h:i,'d him B/'.is mifeis do the.r giandam gold, 
 only to bok on itthemfelves, and hmder otr.ers 
 from making ulcot It. J 
 
 The hafc wretch who Soirr?! uf all he can, 
 Is prais'd a.ld c.ll'd a careful thrifty man. i). ..i. 
 
 Ho'ARDER. «. /. [fro"^ /^'""■^•] °"' 
 
 that (lores up in fecret. 
 
 Since ccmm..d-,ties will be raifed, this al- 
 teration w.U be an advantage to ""''"dy^but 
 <5nr./rriof moicy. t"'! ^1 
 
 HoARHOUND. «./. [marrubmm., Lat.J 
 
 L^'l,«•n^ I"S its leaves and flower cup 
 
 .covered very thick with a white hoaimefs : .1 .> 
 
 ir"ousfor.he relief it gives in moiil adhmas, 
 
 of which a thi.k and vilcoos matter is the caufe : 
 
 kut it is now little ufed. t -ri '' 
 
 Ho'ARiNESS. «./. [from Wj.-] 1 1";. 
 
 date of being whitilli ; the colour ot 
 
 old men's hair. 
 
 He i-ra*^ a wolf, his «<ir/"f/' remains, 
 And tuc fanicrage in other members t^'S^'- ^^^^ 
 
 HOARSE. M'. [hap Saxon; hce.-Jch, 
 Dutch.] Hiving the voice rou^h, us 
 with a cold ; having -a rough found. 
 Come, 'lit, fit, and a fong. 
 
 cup into -t roundly, wilho.t haw^'mj o, 
 
 (pitting, or laving we are W^ Sh.tji,.u,c. 
 
 The laven himlclr is Maije, 
 Thatcroaksthe f.tal entrance ..f Duncan 
 
 . t„dvimyh.utlemcnts. ^'"^ r"^/ ■ f-^, /'', 
 He fp'd l-.is fteps along inc U.r/f refounding 
 
 The ftork-dove only through the forefl coovs, 
 ■ Mournfully Uarfe. '■ ''"/'''' 
 
 Ho'ARSEi-y. «^/t,. [from lor.rfi.^ Wuh 
 a rough harfii voice. 
 
 The hounds ,at nearer diftancc iwr/V/y-bay d ; 
 Tit hunter clofo purfu-d tne vifiuiiaiy ™^<|^^,^^ 
 
 R OB 
 
 Ho'arsp.^ess. n. f. [flora ioarfiM 
 Roughaefs of voice. 
 The voice is fometimes iutercludcd by an 
 
 ho.iifsJicf'., or vifcous phlegm. Ho'.dir. 
 
 1 had a voice in heav'n, ere fulph'rous fte.ims 
 Had damp'd it to a hoarltr.ef^. Orydm. 
 
 The want of it in the wind-pipe occal.ons 
 harunirh in the gullet, and ditf.culty of Iwallow- 
 i,,^-^ Jybuthnton Ahminii. 
 
 HO'ARY. ad], [hap, hapuna, Saxon. 
 See HoAR-i 
 
 1. White ; whitifh. 
 Thus (he relied on her arm rechnVJ, 
 
 The laary willows waving Wilh the wind. 
 
 . -^ . Adiijin 
 
 2. V/hiteorgraywithage. 
 A comelv palnjer, clad in black attire, 
 
 Of ripcft years, and hairs all hoary grey. i,ft,,Jer 
 Solvman, marvelling at the , courage and 
 miieftv of the /-^.o-old prince in his fo great 
 extremity, difmiff.d' him, and fent him again 
 into the city. K..lk-.'lhfory. 
 
 Has tiici mv '"i'>' l>ead dcferv d no bcttei ? 
 
 Roxve. 
 Then in full age, and A5.i'>hormcf.=, 
 Retire, great preachei', to thy promis'd blifs. 
 
 3. White with froft. 
 The feafons alter; Aoa'V beaded frofls 
 
 Fall in tie Irclh lap of the crimfun role. S'.'.i.C'/'- 
 
 4. Mouldy; moify ; rully. , 
 There was brought out of the city into tr.c 
 
 can-.p very coarfe, h,vy, moulded bread, A'>=..« 
 
 To HO'BBLE. 1'. II. [to hop, to hopph, 
 
 to hMde.^ 
 I. To walk lamely or awkwardly upon 
 one leg more than the other ; to iiitch ; 
 to walk %vith unequal and encum- 
 bered fteps. 
 The friar was h^liling the fame way too. 
 
 ijr\din- 
 
 «ome perfons continued a kintl of ki!.hi:':g 
 march on the broken aiches, but fell througii. 
 
 Was he ever able t" widk without leading 
 ftring^, without being difcovcred by his h;hhh>:gr 
 
 Spoilt. 
 
 z To move roughly or nnevenly._ Feet 
 
 ' being afcribed to verfes, whatever is done 
 
 with feet is likewife afcribed to them. 
 
 Thofe ancient Romans had a fort of extem- 
 pore poetry, or unruneable hobhU-'j; veife. D-yd. 
 
 While you Pindarick truths rchcarfe, 
 She is/.W" in alternate vcrlc. P"'^- 
 
 Ho'bble. n..f. [from the verb.] Un- 
 even awkward gait. 
 
 One of his heels i> higher than the otner, whicn 
 give* him a i=W.V in his gait. G,.ir,-L-<r-, Trench. 
 
 Ho'bbler. n. /■- [f'oni/j'p^.] 
 
 for 'weuty habbkr, armed, Inlhinen fo called, 
 bccaufe they fovcd on hobb.es, he pr.id hxpence 
 a-picce per d:em. 
 
 Ho'bblingly. ad-v. [ficm hohhh.^ Clum- 
 
 fi!y; awkwardly; with a iialtiiig g;ut. 
 Ho'bby. n. f. yhohereau,V\xnc\\.] 
 I. A fpeciesof hawk. - 
 
 They have fuch a hovering p,.mmon of the 
 
 V.rltoline, as an h,bh h.lh over a l.irk. B.ycn 
 
 The p:oplc will chop like fonts at an ariilic.al 
 
 flv. and <!.,« like i.ivks under the awe of a pa^tited 
 
 ill,. L rliran^c. 
 
 "Larks lie dar-d to (hun the W'Vs fiignt. 
 
 Drvden 
 
 2 T/.fl^ftr, Gothick, a ho.fc; holw, Fr- 
 a pricing hotfe.] An Irifll or Scottilh 
 iK^rfe ; a pacing horfc ; a garran. bee 
 
 HoBBLER. 
 
 3. A Hick on which boys get uRridc and 
 ride. 
 
 HOC 
 
 thofe erave contenders about «pi:-.!onalive 
 f.iBes look like aged Socrates upon his boy-> 
 hobby ho.fe. , . GUm,;lU. ,., 
 
 As young children", who arc try'd in 
 G.3-carts, to keep their ficps from Oiding, 
 When members knit, and legs grow ftrongcr. 
 Make ufe of fuch machine no longer; 
 But leap pro libilii, and fcout 
 On hnrle call'd hobby, or without. rr:tr. 
 
 No «ci/v liorfc," with gorgeous top, 
 C'.uiri with this rod of Sid compaie. Snip. 
 
 1. A ilupid fellovsr. 
 
 1 have ftudied eight or nine wife words to fpeak 
 to vou, which thefe hobby htirlcs muft rot hear. 
 
 Sn^if^ci're, 
 
 Hobgoblin, n. f. [according to Sihi- 
 iier, for rolgohlins, trom RoLn Gocdjel- 
 krv, //d^ being the nickname of R'Mn : 
 but more probably, according to WalUs 
 and Jutihis, hcpsobllns tmpujie, becaule 
 they do not move their feet : whence, 
 fays IVallh, came the boys play of/u-V 
 In -the hole, the fox always hoppipg ou 
 one kg.] A frightful fairy. 
 
 Fahics, black, grey, green and white, 
 Attend your olfice and your quality : 
 Crier koigobiin, make the fauy.o-yes. Si^ttff. 
 Ho'bit. n. f. A fraall mortar to (hoot 
 
 little bombs. 
 Ho'BNAii. «. /. [from hobby and rail \ 
 Anail ufcd in flioeing a hobby cr little 
 horfe ; a nail with a thick ftrong head. 
 Steil, if thou turn thine edi,e, I beleecii Jove 
 on mv knees thou may'it beturn-d Mohobrm.U. 
 
 Si!.ikfp:aTC. 
 Wc firall buy maidens as they buy iiir./Z/r, by 
 the hu-.iorcd. _ t -^ 
 
 HoBNAiL'oD. n^. [fiom /joZno;/. J bet 
 with hobnails. 
 
 Woiilrill thou, friend, w;.oh -ft two Icjs alone, 
 
 W,.,i!d-ft thou, toiun the gantlet thefe expole 
 
 To a whoe toniranv of hoin-i-'d (hoes .• J^.v'. 
 
 Ho'bn-ob. This is prob?bly corrupted 
 
 from haknabhj a coarfe pronunciatior,. 
 
 See Habxab. . . 
 
 His inceiifemei.r at this moment is lo impla- 
 calk, that fatisfaflion can > e none, but pangs of 
 death and fcpukluc: Aoiwi is hi! wo.d ; g.vr t, 
 
 or take t. . , , , i-'r^i 
 
 Hock. n. /. [the fame with /J5i/°^'.j 1 ne 
 
 joint between the knee and the fetlock. 
 
 ToHocK.-v.a. [f:om the noun.] To 
 
 dlfablc in the hock. 
 
 Hock. )«• /- [^'^T- V'nM 
 
 Ho'cKAMORE.i on the 7if<«w.J Uld 
 
 firong Rheniih. 
 
 RciUr'd the fainting high and mighty, 
 With hardy, wine, and aoun vlt.e; 
 Aid mn<'c -em ftoutly overcome 
 With b.-^ehrach, hzd-a'xo.f and nuim. '';''f*"'- 
 
 Wnc becomes Ihatp, as la'k, like vinrrllick 
 
 . ,.' ■ tloycr. 
 
 aciditv , - V . 
 
 If cv-'er- royal Ihould become unplc--la<.t, sort 
 as onS'r ;o hi'itle •'i> oW h-i-i'iiore. mix one bogf- 
 'head oi th It and one of tart new cyder to^eth.r. 
 
 Ho'cKKERB. «. /. \tod and heri.J A 
 plant ; the fame with mallows. JunJ-.o. 
 
 To Hock LE. i>. «. [from /Vri ] To 
 Ivamftrin""- ; to cut the liiiews about the 
 ham or hough. n.mr,:er. 
 
 HOCUS POCUS. [The original of this 
 word is referred by Ti:iotfin to a forin 
 of the Romiih church, 7'-«-w derives 
 it from hoccc:!, Wellh. a cheat, and p-.le 
 or pocs, a bag, jugglers uf.ng a hag 
 for coiivcvance. It is corrupted funi» 
 fomc words that had cnce a meaning.
 
 HOG 
 
 and which perhaps cannot be ilifco- 
 vered.] A juggle; a cheat. 
 
 Thij gift of !iiciii ficujjiitg, and of tiifguiring 
 matters, is fuipiifing. L'EjIr^rgc. 
 
 HOD. n. /. [CoiTupted perhaps in con- 
 tempt from hood, a liod being carried on 
 tiie head.] A kind of trough in which 
 a labourer carries mortar to the mafons. 
 
 A fork unda hook to be tampering in clay. 
 A lath, liammcr, trowel, a /:'? i or a tray, 'lulftr. 
 Hodge-podge, n.f. \_hache poche, hoche- 
 pot, qiiafi hc.ch'ts enpof, French.] A med- 
 ley of ingftdicnts boiled together-. 
 
 Tlicy have made our Enghfli tongue a galli- 
 maufrcy, or hi^tige-^oiige of all other fptcclres. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 It produces excellent corn, whereof the Turks 
 make their trachana and bouliourt, a ccitain 
 hoJge-po.l^e of lundiy ingredients. S.in.i\u 
 
 Hodik'rsai. adj. [/j(;<?;>rnu.f, Latin.] 
 
 Of to-d.iy. 
 Ho'dman. n.f. [/W and mfl«.] A la- 
 bourer that carries mortar. 
 HoDMANDon. «. /. A fidi. 
 
 Thote that caft their (hell arc the lobfter, the 
 crab, the craw-fifli, and the Aailmiindod or dod- 
 man. Baccn. 
 
 Hoe. H./. [Aou^, French ; houtve, Dutch.] 
 
 An inftniment to cut up the earth, of 
 
 which the blade is at right angles with 
 
 the handle. 
 
 They ftiould he thinned with a ?oc Merlimer. 
 
 7o Hoe. v. a. [^Iiouer, French; houiven, 
 Dutch.] To cut or nig with a hoe. 
 
 They muft be continually kept with weeding 
 and hteing. Mortimer. 
 
 HOG. n.f. [hwchyWem.] 
 
 1. The general name of fwine. 
 
 This will raife the pi ice oi kegs, if wc grow all 
 to be pork-eaters. Shakfpcate. 
 
 The riot: that plows not, nor obeys thy call. 
 Lives on tlie labours of this lord of all. Pnfi. 
 
 2. A caftrated boar. 
 
 3. To irin^^Trlor.s to a fine mariet. To 
 fail of one's defign. 
 
 You have brought your hogi to a fine rrtarket. 
 
 SprBator 
 
 4. Hog is ufed in Lincolnfhiie for a flieep 
 of a certain age, I think of two years. 
 
 Sl'iimer, 
 Ho'gcote. W./. [jJo^ and c'o/f . ] A houfe 
 for hogs ; a hogfty. 
 
 Out of a fmall hosnte fi.xfy or eighty load of 
 dung hath been raifcd. 2^k't:mer. 
 
 Ho'ggerel. «. f. A two year old ewe. 
 
 Ainfiuorth. 
 HoGH. n. f. [otherwife written ho, hoiv, 
 or hough, from hoogh, Dutch.] A liill; 
 lifing ground ; a cliff. Obfolete. 
 
 That well can wirnefs ytt unto this day. 
 The wcftcrn liogh, bcfpiinkl'd with the gore 
 Of mighty Goemot. V.iiry (^urtn, 
 
 IJo'ghf.rd. n.f. [/joj- and hvjib, a keep- 
 er.] A keeper of hogs. 
 
 Tire terms /fo^/rLViV and cowkcepcr are not to 
 be ufed in our poetry; but there are no hner 
 words in the Greek. Btccme. 
 
 Ho'ggisk. adj. [from hog.] Having 
 the qualities of a 1105; brutifli; greedy; 
 felfifh. 
 
 Sufpicit-'H Mifo had, for the /(o^p//5 ihrewdnefs 
 of her brain, and Mopta, for a very unlikely en- 
 vy. S:dncv. 
 
 Ho'ggishlv. adv. \{i<jm hoggi/h .] Gree- 
 dily; felfilhly. 
 
 Ho'ggishnf.ss. n. f. [from hoggi/h.] 
 Brutality; greediueis; fcltilhnefs. 
 Vol.' I. 
 
 H O L 
 
 iro'cSBEAWS. *^ 
 
 Ho'cSBRl^AD. « In, 
 
 Ho'gsmushrooms. I 
 Ho'gsfennel. J 
 
 /. Plants. 
 
 jiin/vjorth. 
 
 Ho'gshead. n.f. \J30g ^n^ head.^ 
 
 1 . A mcafvire of liquids containing fixty- 
 three gallons. 1 
 
 Vjnu tell*;, rli.it every jugenim of vine? yielded 
 fix hundred urns of wine: according to this pro- 
 portion, our acre Ihouid yield lifiy-fivc h^i^jhradiy 
 and ;i iitflu inoie. ATbuthnot. 
 
 2. Any large barrel. 
 
 Blow ilrongly with a pair of bellows into a 
 ho^/Jit'iuif putting into it before that which you 
 would have jirefcrvcd; and in the iiiftant tiiar 
 you withdraw the bellows, llop the hole. Bacon. 
 
 They (lunK up one of their largcit hogfii\iiii : 
 I drank, it uft'; fur it did not hold half a pint. 
 
 Ciuf/ifrr's Ttiii'ds, 
 
 Ho'gstv. n.f. [/'(?? andyT)'.] The place 
 in which fwine are fluit to be fed. 
 
 The families of farmers live in filth and nafti- 
 ncf*;, without a (hoc or liocking to their feet, or 
 a houfc fo tonveuient as an Englifh hogjiy. 
 
 Sivfft. 
 Ho'gwash. n. f [^0^ and nvafliJ^ The 
 draff which is given to fwine. 
 
 Your butler purloins your liquor, and the 
 brewer fells you hag^vajh, Arhutknot. 
 
 Ho'iDF.N. n,f [lioeden^ Welfh ; famina 
 levhris fama, Latin.] An ill-taught 
 awkward country girl. 
 
 To Ho'rDEN. V. n* [from the noun.] To 
 romp indecently. 
 
 Some of them would get a fcrarch ; but wc 
 always difcovcred, upon examining, that they 
 had been /louhning with the young apprentices. 
 
 Situft. 
 
 To HorsE. "Iv, a. [hauffery French.] To 
 
 To Hoist, J raife up on high. 
 
 'Tis the fport to have the engineer hoijl up 
 with his own petar. ShakJ^eaie'i llamkt. 
 
 Join you with mc ; 
 We'll quickly hoiji duke Humphrey from hi.s 
 feat. Skakfpeare. 
 
 Hoje fail, and flv; 
 And in thy flii?,ht aloud on Gratis cry. Chapman. 
 Auiia had h^ifcd fail, and was on his way to- 
 ward the bav of Naup.i^us. Knclla' Uij'.oty. 
 They lookd the rudder-bands, and h'Aj.-d up 
 the mainfail to the wind, and made toward lliore. 
 
 That man which prizcth virtue for ilfcif, and 
 cannot endure to h^tje and Ihike his fails, as the 
 divers natures of calms and rtorms require, muft 
 cut hi) fails ot mean length and breadth, and con- 
 tent himfcif with a flow and fure navigation. 
 
 Rahi^h. 
 
 What made Abfalom kick at all the kindnclTes 
 of his father, but bccaulc his ambition would 
 needs be fingering tiie fceptre, and hoijling him 
 into his father's throne? South. 
 
 Wc thought for Greece 
 The fails were hnijied, and our fears rcleafe. 
 
 Dryden'i jEneid. 
 
 They ho:fl him on the bier, and deal the dole. 
 And there 's an end. Drydcn\ Perfiu^. 
 
 What haftc Ihc made to hoij} her purple fails! 
 And to appear magnificent in flight, 
 Drew half our flrcngth away. Dryden. 
 
 Their navy fwarms upon the coafts : they cry 
 To ho:J} tlieir anchors^ but the gods deny. Dryd. 
 
 Seize him, take, hoifi him up, break off his 
 hold, 
 And tofa him headlong from the teinplc'-5 wall. 
 
 S^-Uthe- r:. 
 
 If 'twas an ifland wliere they found the flielU, 
 
 they Itraightway.s concluded that the whole illand 
 
 Uiv o;igin:!l!y at the bottom of the iVa, and that 
 
 it was ^>.yM/ up by fonic vapour fiom luneath. 
 
 f^f'^o-jd ivtjrd' i Natural Hilary 
 
 [^01 D, ill the old glofHirics, I9 mentioned 
 in the lame fcufc with luoUf i. e, a go* 
 
 H O L 
 
 vtrnour or chief officer j but in fome 
 other places for love, as holdlic, lovely. 
 Gitfon'i Camden. 
 To HOLD. V. a. pmer.hi'/d; part. palT. 
 held (jr ho/dc-n. [/W(/an, Gi,lhick; hal- 
 ban, Saxon; hendai, Dutch.] 
 
 1. To gralp in the hand; to gripe ; to 
 clutch. 
 
 I.ilt up the lad, ko/J him in thy hand. Cenr/it. 
 
 France, thou may'ft hid a fcrpcnt by the 
 
 tongue, 
 
 A farting tygei fafcr by the tooth, 
 
 Than keep in peace tiiat hand which thou do'ft 
 
 liM. ShAjf^jre. 
 
 2. To keep; to retain ; to gripe fail; not 
 to let go. 
 
 Too late it was for fatj'r to be told, 
 Or ever hope recover her again ; 
 In vain he fecks, that hiving cannor ht'i. 
 
 F.ii'y Clr/em. 
 
 Prove all things: /;»/./ fail ihat which i» go-id. 
 
 1 1 f'.eJJ'alriniaiu. 
 
 3. To conneft ; to keep from feparation. 
 
 Tlie loops riel'i one curtain to another. Exodut. 
 
 4. To maintain as an opinion. 
 
 Thou hall there them that hild ih.'- doflrijic of 
 Balaam. Rn-j'ainn. 
 
 5. Toconfider; to regard. 
 
 I as a U ranger to my lie.irt and me 
 }i*ld thee from this for ever. Sftjkfptare. 
 
 6. To think of; to judge with regard ta 
 praife or blame. 
 
 I lioij him but a fool, that will endanger 
 His body for a giil that loves him not. Hhakfp. 
 
 One amongll the faircft of Giccce, 
 That holdi his honour higher than iiis eafc. Sh.ak, 
 
 This makes thee blclfcd peace fo light to hoicf 
 Like fummer's flies that fear not wii)tci 'scold. 
 
 Faitfnv. 
 
 Ihid fuch in reputation. Fiiiiffi,mt, 
 
 He would make us amends, and fpcnd fome 
 time with us, if we Ac/d his company and con- 
 f(-rcncc agreeable. Bacon. 
 
 As Chancer is the father of Englifli poetry, fo 
 I Imi him in the fame degree of veneration as 
 the Grecians ^tA/ Homer, or the Kumaiis Virgil. 
 
 iJr) -icn. 
 
 Ye Latinn dames, if .iny here 
 liold your unhappy queen Amata dear ! T>'\d. 
 
 7. To rective, and keep in a veflll. 
 
 She tempers di-het cn-.^m5, nor Ilicle to hfU 
 Wants her ht veilcls pure. J\.';//o.-?. 
 
 8. To contain; to receive into its capa- 
 city : 33, a hogfliend hohu fixty-three 
 gallons ; the fack is too little to hold the 
 grain. 
 
 9. To keep ; not to fpill. 
 
 Broken ciHcrns that can hi,ld no water. fe't 
 
 10. To keep ; to hinder from efcape. 
 For this infernal pit Ihall never hold 
 
 Celcftial fpirits in bondage. Milttn, 
 
 1 1. To keep from fpoil ; to defend. 
 
 With what arms 
 We mean to hold what anciently wc claim 
 Of empire. Milton, 
 
 12. To keep from lofs. 
 
 M.in Ihouid bcttei l.old his place 
 By wifdom. Mills!;, 
 
 13. Tohave any ftation. 
 
 The liar bids the (hephcid f.ld; 
 Now the top of heav'n doth h.lJ. Mill>a. 
 
 And now the ftrand, and now the plain they 
 held; 
 Their ardent eyes with bloody ftreaki were 611'd. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Obferve the youth who firll appc irs in fight, 
 And hoLli the nc-ircft ftat on to ilie light. Dryd, 
 
 14. To polTefs ; to have. 
 
 Ihld'rtg Corioli ill the i ame of Rome, 
 Even like a fawning grej hound in the leafh, 
 To let him lliu at will. 6/:Mfpeart. 
 
 6 A
 
 H O L 
 
 Theca!He,.//3/*n by a ganifon of German?, 
 Jic commanded to be befirged. Knclki' Hijr. 
 
 Affuredly it is more ihainc for n mm to lole 
 that wl.ich he h',).i:th, than to fail in g<-ttiiig that 
 which he r.evcr had. _ _ Hay.vard. 
 
 15. To'poflefs in fubordinatlon. 
 
 He was willing to yield himfdf unto Solyman 
 as his vaiTal, and of him to IxLl his leignioiy for 
 a yearly tribute. KmU,^. 
 
 The 'terms too hard by which 1 was to hd.i 
 The good. . ^^'^""'■ 
 
 16. Tofiifpend; to refrain. 
 
 Men In the riidrt of their own blood, and fo 
 furioufly nCTailed, .w/Ztheiv hands, contrary 'to the 
 laws of'nature and neceffity. Bacari. 
 
 Death! whatdo'ft! O /mM thy blow ! '" 
 What thou do'ft, thou do'rt not know. Crajk'iu. 
 I-,. Toftop; to reftrain. 
 
 \Vc c.innot ■'/.'.:' mortality's ftrong hand. Shr.k. 
 Fell, banning hag ! inchantrefs, hiU thv tingue. 
 
 Shakfpaire. 
 When firaijht the people, by no force com- 
 pcll'd, 
 Xor longer from their inclination !:■■■, 
 El cak. forth at once. ' ' I!- amr . 
 
 Unlefs thou find occafion, hold thy tongue; 
 Thyfclf or others, carelcfs talk may wrong. 
 
 ' Dc':/:a,i:. 
 
 Ihldyovr laughter, then divert your fellow- 
 fervants. _ _ Sxtuji. 
 
 J 8. To fix to any condition. 
 
 His gracious promifc you might, 
 As caufe had call'd you up, h.ive /leJJ him to. 
 
 Shttkntfiire. 
 
 J 9. To keep ; to fave. 
 
 Stay but a little; for my cloud of dignity 
 lihctii from falling with fo weak a wind. 
 That it Avill quickly diop: mytiayiidim. Shak. 
 
 20. To confine to a certain ftate. 
 
 The Moft High then Ihcwcd figns for them, 
 and held fliU the flood, 'till they were pilTcd 
 over. _ - Efdrai. 
 
 21. To detain; to keep in confinement 
 or fubjeftion. 
 
 Him God hath raifcd up, having loofcd tl;c 
 pains of death, bccaufe it was not poffible that he 
 fiiould be halJcn of ir. '-^di 
 
 22. To retain ; to continue. 
 
 Thefe reafons mov'd her ftar-like hufband's 
 heart ; 
 But ftil! he held his purpofe to depart. Diydai. 
 
 23. To praftife with continuance. 
 
 Night 
 And chaos, anccftors of nature, kt,!d 
 Eternal anarchy. , _ Mtlloti. 
 
 24. Not to intermit. 
 
 Seed-time and h.arvcfl, beat and hoary froft. 
 Shall hoJ their courfe. Millon. 
 
 25. Tofolemnize; to celebrate. 
 
 The queen this dav here /«/<.'s her parliament, 
 But little thinks we ihall be of her council. 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 
 lie hell a fcall in his houfe, like the feall of 
 akin'. ' Samud. 
 
 0.6. To conferve ; not to infringe. 
 
 Her Imlband hcaid it, and Ac/d his peace. 
 
 She faid, and Md her peace: .^leas went. 
 Unknowing whom the facred Cybil meant. 
 
 J^iydcn. 
 
 37. To manage; to handle intelleftiiall)'. 
 Some in their difcourfc dcfire rather commen- 
 dation of wit, in being able to hold all aigu- 
 fcicnts, than of judgment in difccrning what is true. 
 
 28. To maintain. 
 
 Whereupon they ilfo m.ide engines againft their 
 engines, and hild them battle a long fcafon. 
 
 I Mac, 
 
 20. To carry on conjunflively. 
 
 The pharifces hM a council ag.iinft him. 
 
 A while difcourfe they hold. _ J\i""''i- 
 
 50. To profecute ; to continue. 
 
 H O L 
 
 He came to the land's end, where be holding 
 hi* courfe towards the welt, did at length pe.ice- 
 ably pafs through the ftraits. Abhot. 
 
 p. To Ho ih) forth. To offer to exhibit ; 
 to pro])ofe. 
 
 Clniftianity came into the woild with the 
 greateft fimplicity of thought and language, as 
 w-U as life and manners, holding forth nothing 
 but piety, chaiity, and humility, with the belifl 
 of tlic Mcfliah and of his kingdom. Timfle. 
 
 Obicivc the connexion of ideas in the propo- 
 fitioiis, which books hold forth 2nd pretend to 
 teach as tiuths. hocke. 
 
 My account is fo far from interfering with 
 Moles, that it hold% forth a natural into"pi"etation 
 of his fenlc. TTo^div^rd. 
 
 32. To Hold forth. To protend; to 
 put forward to view. 
 
 How joyful and pleafant a thing is it to have 
 a light held us f<,rth from heaven to diicft our 
 fteps ! Cheym. 
 
 33. 7o Hold in. To reftrain; to go- 
 vern by the bridle. 
 
 I have lately fold my nag, and l.oncftiv told 
 
 - his greateft fault, which is, that be became fuch 
 
 a lover of libcity, that I could fcarce hold him in. 
 
 Sicif:. 
 
 34. To Ho LD //;. To reftrain in general. 
 Thefe men's haftinefs the warier fort of you 
 
 doth not commend; ye wifti they had held thtm- 
 felvcs longer in, and not fo dangeroully flown 
 abroad. Hooker. 
 
 35. To Hold 0^ To keep at a diftancc. 
 Alfliough 'tis lit that Ciilfio have his place; 
 
 Yet if you pleafc to held liim off a while. 
 
 You fliall bv that perceive him. Sh^ikfftare. 
 
 Tl-.cobjedl of fight doth firike upon the pupil 
 of the eye diicflly without any interception; 
 whereas the cave of the ear doth hold off the 
 found a little from the organ. Bacon. 
 
 I am the better acquainted with you for ab- 
 fencc, as men are with themfeives for affliction: 
 ablenee does but hold off a friend, to make a 
 friend, to make one fee him truly. Pcpe. 
 
 36. To Hold on. To continue ; to pro- 
 traft ; to pulli forward. 
 
 They took B.irb.^rolTj, holding on bis courfe to 
 
 Africk,who brought great fcar upon the country. 
 
 KnolUi' HiJIory, 
 
 If the obedience challenged were indeed due, 
 then did our brethren both begin the quarrel and 
 hold it on. Saundcrfon. 
 
 37. To Hold out. To extend; to ftretch 
 forth. 
 
 The king hdd out to Eflher the golden fccptre 
 that was in his hand. Eftktr. 
 
 38. To Hold OB/. To offer ; to propofe. 
 
 Fortune holdi out thefe to you, as rewards. 
 
 Ben ycnfon. 
 
 ^9. To Hold out. To continue to do 
 or fuffer. 
 
 He cannot long laid out thefe pangs, 
 Th' iiictff.int care and labour of his mind. 
 
 Shakfpeetre. 
 
 40. To Hold a/. To raife aloft. 
 I ftiould remember him : does he not hold up 
 
 his head, as it were, and Iti ut in his gait i Shakf. 
 
 The hand of the Almighty vifibly //cWk^, and 
 
 ■ prepared to take vengeance. Locke. 
 
 41. To Hold «/>. To fuftain ; to fup- 
 port by influence or contrivance. 
 
 There is no man at once either excellently good 
 or extremely evil, but grows either as he he,!di 
 Y\\mMfup in virtue, or lets himfclf Hide to vi- 
 cioufnefs. Sidney. 
 
 It followcth, tliat all which they do in this fort 
 proceedeth originally from fomc fuch agent as 
 knowctb, appoiiiteih, hildah up, and ai!lu:illy 
 framcth the fame. Ho-.ier. 
 
 The time raiforder'd doth in common fcnlc 
 Crowd us, and crulh us to this raonrtrous form, 
 To hid oui- fafcty «/. Shakf pcan: 
 
 H O L 
 
 And fo fuccefb of milchicf iTialt be borncj 
 And heir from heir Ihall hold hi^ (Quarrel up. 
 
 Thofe princes have /;<■.' ;//> tneir fuvcreignty 
 bcft, which have been fparingin tl.ofc giants. 
 
 Dui'ies in Irdattii. 
 Then rio not ftiike him dead with a denial, 
 But hold him up in life, and cheer his foul 
 With the fain/glimmeii-g of a doubtful hope. 
 
 "^Addtjons Cafy. 
 
 42. To keep from falling; materially. 
 
 We h;i\e often made one coafiderably Oiiclc 
 
 piece of marble take and holdup another, having 
 
 purpofely C3uff:d ti-.cir fiat furfaces to be carefully 
 
 ground and poliihcd. BoyU. 
 
 To Hold. v. n. 
 
 I. To Rand ; lobe right; to be without 
 exception. 
 
 Tl' fay that fimply an argument, taken from 
 man's authoiit)*, doth hoidno way, neither affir- 
 matively nor negatively, is hard. Haoker. 
 
 This holdcth not in the fca-coafts. Bacon. 
 
 The lalting- of plants is molt in thofe that are 
 largtllof body ; a*s oak, elm, and chefnut, and 
 this holdcih in trees ; but in hcibi it is often con- 
 tiaiy. Baccm. 
 
 When the religion formerly received is rent by 
 difcnrds, and when the holinefs of the prtjleffors 
 of icligion is decayed, and full of fcandal, and 
 withal the times be ftupid, ignorant, and barba- 
 rous, you may doubt the fpnnging up of a new 
 fc<St ; if then alfo theie fhould arife any extrava- 
 gant and ftrange fpirit, to make himfelf atilhor 
 tl.trcof; all whith point* held v/htn MahomeO 
 pubhfh^d his law. Bncon^ 
 
 Koihing can be of greater ufe and defence to 
 the mind than rhc difcovering of tlie colours of 
 good and evil, (hewing in what cafes they hold, 
 and in what they deceive. Bticon, 
 
 Where outward force coni^rains, the fcntcacc 
 
 holdi ; 
 
 But who conftrains me ? • Milton, 
 
 Kone of his folutions will hold by mere me- 
 chanicks. More, 
 
 Tills unfeen agitation of the minute parts will 
 hold in light and fpirituous liquors. Style, 
 
 The drift of this figure holds good in ait the 
 parts o^ the creation. L'Ejhange. 
 
 The Tcafons given by them againft the woifhip 
 of images, will equally hold againft the worlhip 
 of images amongft chrirtians. StUlingjlat, 
 
 It holdi in all operative principles whalfoever, 
 but efpecialiy in fuch as relate to morality ; in 
 whicii not to proceed, is certainly to go back- 
 ward. South, 
 
 The proverb hol,hj that to be wife and love. 
 Is hardly granted to the gods above. Dtyden, 
 
 As if th' experiment wcie made to hold 
 For bafc production, and reject the gold. Dryderti, 
 This remark, 1 mull acknowledge, is not fo 
 proper for the colouring as the defigu; but it will 
 hold fui both. Drydin, 
 
 Our auihor offers no rcafon j and when any 
 body docs, we ihall fee whether it will hold or 
 no. Locke, 
 
 The rule holdi in land as well as all other com- 
 modities. Lcc/te, 
 This fccms to hold in moft cafes. J^ddifon, 
 The antilogy holds good, and precifely keeps to 
 the fame properties in the planets and comets, 
 
 Cheym, 
 Saniftopus's experiment of perfpiration, being 
 to the other fecretioii as five to thiee, does not 
 hold\u this country, except in the hutteft lime of 
 fummcr. Aihuth. on Aliments, 
 
 In words, as fafhions, the fame rule will hoh{\ 
 Alike fantallick, if too new or old. -f*/'^» 
 
 2. To continue unbroken or imfubdued. 
 Our force by land hath nobly held, Shakfp^ 
 
 3. To laR ; to endure. 
 We fee, by the peeling of onions, what 3 
 
 holding fubftance the (kin is. Bacon. 
 
 Never any m.in was yet fo eld, 
 But hop'd his life one winter more might hold* 
 
 Denhtnji, 
 
 4. To continue without vanaiiou.
 
 n o L 
 
 Wc our rt.ite 
 ' Volil, as yod yours, while our obedience AaUs. 
 
 Mu'lon. 
 He did not /lo/.l in this mind lon^. V Fjii^'ngc. 
 
 5. To refrain. 
 
 His dauntlrfs heart would f.iin li.ivc hiU 
 FriHii weeping, but his eyes rehcU'd. Drytltn. 
 
 6. To ftaiid up for ; to adhere. 
 
 Through envy ot the devil came death into 
 the world, and Ihcy that do hid of his (idc dc 
 find it. If'ifJom. 
 
 They niuft, if they !nld to their principles, 
 ggrcc thnt things had ti'.eir produflion always as 
 now tiicy have. Hale. 
 
 When Gianada for your uncle htlil 
 You was by us reltor'd, and he cxpclTd. Dtydcn. 
 
 Numbers hold 
 With the f.iir freeliied king and beard of gold : 
 So vig'rons are his eyes, Inch rays they call, 
 So promnirnt his eagle's beak is j/lac'd. DryJrn. 
 
 7. To be dependent on. 
 
 Tno other two were great princes, though 
 iolding of him J nicij both of giant-like hujc- 
 iicl's and force. Sidney. 
 
 The molhcr, if the houfe hIJs of the Udy, 
 had rather, yea and will, have her fon cunning 
 »ild bold. .IfclMm. 
 
 The great barons had not only great numbers 
 of knights ; but even petty barons /u>/di>:g tnider 
 them. Teml<U. 
 
 My crown isabfoUile, and AoA/i of none. Jjryd. 
 
 8. To derive right. 
 
 'Tis true, from force the noblcft title fprings ; 
 I therefore Wi/ from that which firft made kings. 
 
 Drjj€/i. 
 g. To maintain an opinion. 
 
 Men /;tjA/ and profels without ever having ex- 
 amined, Locke, 
 
 10. To Hold fort/j. To harangue ; to 
 fpeak in piiblick ; to fet forth publickly. 
 
 A petty <;onjiiror, telling fott'.ines, Jic/J j(^rth 
 in the market-place. L'F.Jinwgc. 
 
 11. To Hold in. To reftrain one's lelf. 
 I am full of the fury of the Lord : I am weary 
 
 with holding in. Jeremiah. 
 
 12. To Hold i«. To continue in luck. 
 
 A duke, playing at hazard, held in a gieat 
 many hands together. Siiiift. 
 
 13. To Hold off. To keep at a diflance 
 without ck)llng with cfFqrs. 
 
 Thcfe are interells important enough, and yet 
 we mult be wooed to confider them ; nay, that 
 docs not prevail neither, but with a pervei fe coy- 
 nefs we hold r.ff. Decay of Piely. 
 
 14. To Hold jw. To continue; not to 
 be interrupted. 
 
 The trade held on for many years after the bi- 
 Ihops became prottllants ; and fome of their 
 names arc ftill remembered with infamy, on ac- 
 «ount of enriching tlieir families by fuch facii- 
 legious alienations. Siiif: 
 
 15. To Hold on. To proceed. 
 
 He held on, howevc', 'till he was upon the 
 very point of breaking, L'ljlr.inge. 
 
 16. To Hold oul. To lafl ; to endure. 
 Before thofe dews that form manna come upon 
 
 trees in the valleys, they diflipate, and cannot 
 hold out. Boc'm. 
 
 As there are mounteb.inks for the natural bo- 
 dy, fo are there mountebanks for the politick 
 body; men that perhaps have been lucky in twi 
 or three expeiimcnts, but want the grounds of 
 fcicncc, and therefore cannot hold out. Bacon. 
 
 Truth, fidelity, and juilicc, are a fure way of 
 thriving, and will h'Ad outj when all fraudulent 
 arts and th vices will f.iil. Tii'otfL'i. 
 
 ^y an extremely exait regimen a confuniptive 
 perfon may hold out for years, if the fymptonis 
 are not violent. Arhuthnot . 
 
 17. To Hold out. Not to yield; not to 
 be fubdiicd. 
 
 The great niaftcr went with his company to a 
 place wlierc the Spaniards, fore charged by 
 Achimetes, lad much ado to /»/>/ ok/. X-iolla. 
 
 H O L 
 
 ■Vou think it Urange a peifon, obfequious to 
 thofe he loves, Diould KolU oul fo luiij; againl) 
 importunity. Boyle 
 
 Nor could the hardcft ir'n hold out 
 Ag.iinll his bk)WS. lludihras, 
 
 1 would cry now, my eyes grow womaniih ; 
 But yet r\\y \^c^\x h'.Ui] out. Dry /. Span. Ftyar. 
 
 The citadel of Milan has hild out formerly, 
 after the conqurlt of the rclt of the dutchy. 
 
 j^d.lijon on Italy. 
 
 Pronounce your thoughts : a^e they ftill fi:;t 
 To hold it out, and light it to the Lift ? 
 Oi areyour hearts fubdn'dat length, and wiou^hf, 
 By time and ill fucccfs, to a fubmilTion ? .'IdliJ 
 
 As to the holding out againft lo many altei.i- 
 tions of llatt, it I'omciimcs proceeds from prin- 
 ciples. Collier On Pridt. 
 
 18. To Hold icgethcr. To be joiiied. 
 
 Tliolc old Gotl.ick caftlcs made at feveral 
 times, hold ttgclhcr only, as it were, by rags rnd 
 patches. D'ydtn. 
 
 19. To Hold tcgelbei: To remain in 
 union. 
 
 Even outlaws and robbers, who break with 
 all the world befifles, mull keep faith amongft 
 thcnifclves, or elte K\\zy ziWwoK hold together, 
 
 Uckc. 
 
 20. To Hold up. To fupport himftlf. 
 
 All the wife fayings which piiilofuphcrs could 
 muiler up, have helped only to fupport fome few 
 ftout and obftinatc minds, wiiich, without the af- 
 fiftanccof pliilofophy, could have held up pretty 
 well of themfelves. Tilhtfon. 
 
 21. To Hold tip. Not to be foul weather. 
 
 Though nice and dark the point appear, 
 Quoth Ralph, it may hedd up and clear. iHudib. 
 
 22. To Hold up. To continue the fame 
 fpeed. 
 
 When two ftart into the world together, the 
 fucccfs of the fiift feems to prcfs upon the repu- 
 tation of the latter J for why could not he holdup ? 
 Collier of Knvy. 
 
 23. To Hold Tf///;. To adhere to; to 
 co-operate with. 
 
 There is none that holdcth %vith mc in thefe 
 things but Michael. Daniel. 
 
 Hold has the appear.ince of an interjec- 
 tion ; but is the imperative mood. For- 
 bear ; ftop ; be ftill. 
 }lold,\\a\ lieutenant — fir — Montano I Gentle- 
 men, 
 Have you firgot all fenfe of place and duty.' 
 Tile general I'peaks to you — hold, hold, for (hame ! 
 
 ^hakfpcare. 
 Hold, hold I arc all thv empty wilhcg fuch ! 
 A good old woman would have faid as much. 
 
 Dfydcn. 
 
 Hold. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 1. TMc acl of feizing ; gripe; giafp ; 
 feizure. It is ufed with great frequency, 
 both llteriilly and figuratively, both 
 for manual and intclIeCUial agency. The 
 verbs with which it is ofteneft united, 
 are take, lay, hav:^ 
 
 Thofe bards deli\ercd no certain truth of any 
 
 thing; neither is there any certain holdxo be taken 
 
 of any antiquity which is received by tradition. 
 
 Spenfer on Ireland. 
 
 The wits of the multitude are fuch, that nrany 
 
 things they cannot .''fiy hold on at once. Ho^Aer. 
 
 Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, 
 
 and took hold oi it ; for the oxen (hook it. 1 Sum. 
 
 Tiiii is to give him liberty and power; 
 Rather thou fhould'It lay h'jid upon him, fendhinr 
 To del'crv'd death, and a juft punilhment. 
 
 Ben Jonfon. 
 
 Let but them 
 
 Find cotn'agc to lay hold on this occafiun. h'tjlton. 
 
 The devil himfclf, when let loofc upon fob, 
 
 could not tranfport that patient good man beyond 
 
 his temper, or mike him quit his held. 
 
 VFjIrangt. 
 
 II O L 
 
 He fei?,'U the fliinjng bough with griping /oA/ 
 And rent away with cafe the ling'ting gold. 
 
 JJiydea. 
 
 TIic hand is divided into four fingers bending; 
 forwards, and one oppofite to them bending 
 backwards-, .uid of greater ftrcngth than pny of 
 them finj.,ly, which we call the thumb, to join 
 with them f-vcrally or united, whereby it is lilted 
 to lay hold of olije^s of any fi^e or quantity. 
 
 Hay O't th: Cndlion. 
 
 Yel then, from alVmy giicf, O Lord, 
 Thy mercy fet mc free, 
 
 Wliilft in the confirlcnce of piay'r, 
 My foul took hold on tlicr. /IddifoK. 
 
 Wc are ftiangelv backward lo lay hold of this 
 fafe, this only method of cure. ylltcrbury. 
 
 He kept his hold, 
 Ner loft 'till beauty was dccay'd and old. 
 And love was by poflinion pall'd and cold. 
 
 GranvittCt 
 
 2. Something to be held ; fupport. 
 
 If A man be upon an high plaoc, without raiU 
 or good hold, he is ready to fall. Bacon, 
 
 3. Power of keeping. 
 
 On your vigour now, 
 My hold of this new kingdom all depends. Mlliot. 
 
 4. Catch ; power of feiziiig. 
 
 The law bath yet another holdon you. Skakff, 
 
 5. Prifon ; place of cuftody. 
 
 They lay him in hold, becr.afc it was not de- 
 clared what was to be done with him. Hooker, 
 The prifoncr to his hold retir'd. Drydcti, 
 
 They laid hands on them, and put them in 
 /it;/./ unto the next day. ylHi. 
 
 6. Cuftody. 
 
 King Richard, he is in the mighty Ixitd 
 Of Bolingbroke. Shakfpeare^ 
 
 7. Power; influence operating on the 
 mind. 
 
 Rural recreations abroad, and books at home, 
 arc the innocent pleafures of a man who is carl^ 
 wife ; and give fortune no more hold of him than 
 of ncceflily he muft. Dryde^. 
 
 Fear is that pairion which hath the grcatclt 
 power over us, and by which God ap.d his lau.v 
 t.ikc the fureft holdoi us. Tillotfon, 
 
 Let it confift with an unbeliever's intcrelt and 
 fafcty to wroBg you, and then it will be impof— 
 fihlc you can have any hold upon him, beraufc 
 there isnorliiiig left to give him acheck, ortu put 
 in the bal.ince ag.iinll his profit. Swiff, 
 
 8. Hold 0/ <i Jhip. All that part which 
 lies between the keelfon and the lov^er 
 deck. Harrit. 
 
 Now a fca into the hold was got. 
 Wave upon wave another fea had wrought. 
 
 Dryd/Tt, 
 
 9. A lurking place : as the hold of a wild 
 btalt or deer. 
 
 10. A fortified place; a fort ; a fafe re- 
 fiil'.-nce. 
 
 It was his policy to leave no hold behind him ; 
 but make all plain and wafte, Spenfer, 
 
 Thcic fcparated themfehes unto David,, into 
 the holdxo the wildcrncfs, men of might. (:h>on. 
 
 He fhall deflroy the Urong iold.. "jcrimiah, 
 Ho'lde;^. n. f. [fiom /io/</. ] 
 
 1. One that ]iold3 or gripes anything in 
 his hand. 
 
 The nrnkers and hold.- rj of plows are wedded 
 to their own p.irticular w.iy. Aforti'ner. 
 
 2, A tenant; one that holds land under 
 another. _• 
 
 ■ In tunes pall holdings were fo plentiful, ant) 
 ^t'./ivi fo fcarcc, as well was the landlord, who 
 could not get one to be his tenant. Cjred-. 
 
 Holderforth. II. /. [/joU dtnd fot'l/j,] 
 An haraagucr 5 one who fpeaks in- 
 publick. 
 
 Whence fome tub holdenforth have rr.adc 
 In powd'rinj^ tubs the richeft trade. Uudibr.it. 
 
 He was confnmcd in this opinion upon feeing 
 the htldt'forth. Addifon,
 
 H O L 
 
 Ho'i.DFAST. «./. [hold zni. faj}.] Any 
 thing which takes hold; a catch; a 
 hook. 
 
 Tl;e feveral teeth are furnillied with holdjuji! 
 fuitabie to tlie llrefs that tlicy are put te. K<:j. 
 
 Ho'lding. n. f. [from /joA/. ] 
 
 1. Tenure; farm. 
 
 H'jUirigs were fo plentiful, and holders To 
 fcarcc, as well was the landlord, who could not 
 get a tenant. Card-iv. 
 
 2. It foinctimes fignifies the burden or 
 chorus of a fong. Hanmer. 
 
 The holStig every man (hall beat as loud 
 As his ftrong hdes can volly. Sh,tifpeare. 
 
 Hole. n.f. [hoi, Dutch ; hole, S.ixon.] 
 
 1. A cavity narrow and long, either per- 
 petidicular or horizontal. 
 
 Tne earth had not a r.ali: to hide this deed. 
 
 A loadffone is fo difpnfcd, that it (hall draw 
 unto it, on a reclined phnie, a bullet of flee], 
 wliici-, as it afcendi near to the loadrtone, may 
 fall down through fomc Imle, and fo return to the 
 place whence it began to inwve. WiUins. 
 
 Ti.ere ate the tops of the mountains, and under 
 their roots in /io/^r and caverns the air is often de- 
 tained. _ _ Burr.et. 
 
 2. A perforation ; a fmall interfticial va- 
 cuity. 
 
 Look upon linen that has fmall }iu>e% in it : 
 thole foiVi appe.ir black, men are often deceived 
 in taking /d/fi for fpots of ink ; and painters, to 
 repiel'ent hdt%, m.nke ulc of bl.\ck. Biyle. 
 
 3. A cave ; a hollow place. 
 
 Upon his bloody finger he doth wear 
 A precious ring, that lightens all thc/jo/f. Shaif. 
 
 4. A cell of an animal. 
 
 A tortoife fpends all his days in a holt, with a 
 houfe upon his head. VEjUir.^r. 
 
 I have frighted .ants with my fingers, and pur- 
 fucd them as far as anotler htlr, flopping all paf- 
 fages to their own nell, and it was natural for 
 them to fly into the next h'Jr. _ ^J-iifot. 
 
 5. A mean habitation. Hok is generally 
 ufed, unlefs in fpeaking of manual 
 •works, with fome degree of diQike. 
 
 When Alexander firft beielri the f.ice 
 Of the great cynick, thus he did lament: 
 How much more happy thou, that art content 
 To live within this little kok, than I 
 Who after empire, that vain qjairy, fly. Dryden. 
 
 6. Some fiibterfuge or (liift. A'mfworlh. 
 
 7. Jrm-hoU. The cavity under the (houlder. 
 
 Tickling is moll in the loie>, and under the 
 
 arm-hoUt and fides. B^con. 
 
 Ho'lidam. n. / [holj dame.'i Bklfed 
 
 lady. Hanmer. 
 
 By my hoiiUm, here comes Citharine. Xh.dJ. 
 
 Ho'lily. ach. [from ftc/)!.] 
 
 1 . Pioufly ; with fanciity. 
 
 Thou wuuld'li be great, 
 Art not without ambition ; but without 
 Thcillnefs (hould attend it : whatthou would'ft 
 
 highly. 
 That would'il thou hnlily. « Shakjfttre. 
 
 2. Inviolably; without breach. 
 
 Friendlhip, a rare thing in princes, more rare 
 between princes, that fo hdtly was cblerved to 
 the laft of thofe two excellent men. Sidney. 
 
 Ho'liness. «./. [from /jo/>] 
 
 J. Sanaity; piety; religious goodnefs. 
 
 Ill it doth bcfccni yaw hdinejs 
 To fepatate the hulband ar.d the wife. Shakfp. 
 
 Religion is rent l.y difcoids, and the hcthicfs 
 •f theprofelTotsis decayed, and full of fcandal. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Then in full age, and hoary hJincfs, 
 Retire, great teacher, to thy promifs'd blifs. 
 
 Frier. 
 
 We fee piety and /jo/jne/i ridiculed as morofe 
 CugJaiiUcs. JiMgin. 
 
 H O L 
 
 2. The Aate of being hallowed; dedica- 
 tion to rehiiion. 
 
 3. The title of the pope. 
 
 I here appeal unto the pope. 
 
 To bring my whole caufe *fore his hdinefi. Sh^tkJ. 
 
 His kalimji has told fomc Englilh gentlemen, 
 
 that thofe of our nation fhould have the privileges. 
 
 j^iUiJan on Italy. 
 
 Ho'lla. interj. [hola, French.] A word 
 
 ufed in calling to any one at a diftance. 
 
 Lift, lift ! I he.ir 
 Some far off /io//a break the filent air. Aliiton. 
 To Ho'lla. v. n. [from the interjeflion. 
 This word is now vitioufly written hollo 
 by the bell authors ; fometimes halloo.] 
 To cry out loudly. 
 
 But I will find him when he lies aftcep, 
 And in his ear I'll hylla Mortimer! Shakffcart. 
 Wiiat hMioit:g and what ilir is this to-day. 
 
 Snakfpcare. 
 
 Ho'lland. n.f. Fine linen made in 
 Holland. 
 
 Some for the pride of Turkifh courts defign'd 
 For folded turl.ants hncfl h'.lhind be.ir. Dryden. 
 
 Ho'llow. adj. [from hole.'] 
 
 1. Excavated ; having a void fpace within ; 
 not folid. 
 
 It is fortune's life 
 To let the wretched man outlive his wealth. 
 To view with hM^vj eye and wrinkled brow 
 An age of povcity. Sh.tij'p. AL-'i/il. of f'rnict. 
 Some foarch for hlloiv trees, and ffli the 
 woods. Dryden. 
 
 He frets, he fumes, he ftares, he ftanipk the 
 ground ; 
 The holloijj tow'rs with clamours ring around. 
 
 D.yden. 
 
 2. Noify, like found reverberated from a 
 cavity. 
 
 The fouthern wind. 
 Now by hit hollow whiftling in the leaves, 
 Foretels a tempeft. Sfi.i^jpeare. 
 
 Thence ilTu'd fuch a bl.ift and hoHoiu roar. 
 As threaten'd from the hinge to heave the tloor. 
 
 D' \din. 
 
 3. Not faithful; not found ; not what one 
 appears. 
 
 \Vho in want a hoJIojv friend doth trv, 
 
 Dircftly feafons him his enemy. Sh.itJ'peart. 
 
 1{qIIoi.u church pajiitH are like the roots of 
 
 nettles, which themftlvcs lling not; but bear all 
 
 the Ibnging leaves. Bucon. 
 
 He fecm'd 
 But all was falfe and hzHc^v, hhlisn^ 
 
 Ho'llow. n. f. 
 
 1. Cavity; concavity. 
 
 r ve heard mylelf proclaim'd, * 
 
 And by the happy hollow of a tree 
 Efcap'd the hunt. Shakfpearc's King Lear. 
 
 I (uppofe there is fome vault or hoUoir, or ifle, 
 behind the wall, and fonie palTiige to it- B.<Lon. 
 
 Againtt the horlc's lirie his fpear 
 He throws, which trcmblss with enclofed fear ; 
 Whilil from the h'h'lows of his womb proceed 
 Groans, not his own. Denham. 
 
 Himfclf, as in the holloiu of his hand. 
 Holding, obedient to his high command. 
 The deep abyfs. Brior, 
 
 2. Cavern; den; hole. 
 
 Who art thou,.that lately did'ft defcend 
 Into this gaping hollow of the earth .> Shakjpenrt. 
 
 Forefts grew 
 Upon the barren liolloiv!, high o'erOiading 
 The haunts of favage bcalis. Prior. 
 
 3. Pit. 
 
 A hne genius for gardening thought of form- 
 ing fucli an unfightly htlloui into fo uncommon 
 and agiecjble a fcene. Mdijon. 
 
 <j^ Any opening or vacuity. 
 
 He touched the hollonu of his thigh. Cinefn 
 
 5. PalTage; canaL 
 
 H O L 
 
 The little fprings and rills are conveyed 
 through little channels into the main holktv of tl.e 
 aqueduft. yiddijon on Italy. 
 
 To Ho'llow. 13. a. [from the nouni] 
 To make hollow; to txcavate. 
 
 Trees rudely hoUo-ai'd, did the waves fuftain, 
 'Ere fliips in triumph plow'd the watry plain. 
 
 Dry.Un. 
 
 Mull itudes weie employed in the finking of 
 wells, andthe /Jo//siwng of trees. SfcCiator. 
 
 To Ho'llow. v. n. [This is written by 
 negleft of etymology for holla. See 
 Holla.] Tolhout; to hoot. 
 
 This unfeen judge will wair, and in your ear 
 Will hollow, rebel, tyrant, murderer. Drydcr, 
 I pafs for a dilafFedted perfon and a murderer, 
 bccaufe I do not hoot and hoiloii-, and make a 
 noife. Mdijon. 
 
 He with his hounds comes holloixiing from tiie 
 ftahic, 
 Makes love with nods, and kneels beneath *. 
 table. Pof!. 
 
 HoLlOWHEARTED. aili . [hollutu and 
 heart.] Dilhonell ; iniinccre ; of prac- 
 tice or feiitiment differing from pro- 
 feffion. 
 
 What could be expefled from him, but knotty 
 and crooked hjlia-.uliearted dealings r Howrl. 
 
 The hoUoivhea' ted difaffcifted, 
 And clofe malignants arc detcfted. UuJilirai^ 
 Ho'llow LY. adv. [hom hollow.] 
 
 1. With cavities. 
 
 2. Unfaitiifully ; infincerely ; difhoneftly. 
 
 O earth bearwitnefs, 
 And crown what I profefs with kind event. 
 If I fpeak true ; if /?i7ou'/y, invert 
 What beft is boadcd me, to raifchief ! Sialfp, 
 
 You (hall arraign your conlcicncc 
 And try your penitence, if it be found, 
 Or hollowly put on. Shiikfp. Miaf. for Meaf, 
 
 Ho'llowness. n.f. [horn hollow.] 
 
 1. Cavity ; (late of being hollow. 
 
 If you throw a (tone or a d.irt, they give no 
 found ; no more do bullets, except they happen 
 to be a little hollowed in tl;e calling, which hoU 
 lo-.uKrJs penneth the air. Bacon, 
 
 I have fceu earth taken up by a ftrong wind, 
 fo that there remained great empty holiownrfi in 
 the place. Hakcivill. 
 
 An heap of fand or fine powder will fuffer no 
 hollownrp within them, though they be A\y fub- 
 ftances. Burned. 
 
 2. Deceit; infincerity ; treachery. 
 
 . Thy youngelt daughter docs nor hive thee leaft ; 
 Kor are thofe empty-hearted, whole low found 
 Revcrbs no h'.IK'U.-M.f^. Shaklpenrc's King L:ar. 
 People, young and raw, and foft-natured, 
 think it an eafy thing to gain love, and reckon 
 their own friendlhip a fure price of any man's : 
 but when experience (hall have (hewn them the 
 hardnefs of moft hea-rts, the hollavnc-fs of others, 
 and the bafenefs and ingratitude cf alnioft all, 
 they will then find that a friend is the gift of 
 God, and tliat he only who made hearts can unite 
 them. Sortt/H 
 
 Ho'llovvroot. ts. /. [hollow and root.] 
 A plant. Aiiipwurth. 
 
 Ho'lly. n.f. [holey n, Saxon,] A tree. 
 The leaves are fet about the edges with long,- 
 fharp, Ililt" prickles: the berries are fmall, round, 
 and generally of a red colour,, containing four 
 triangular ftiiated feeds in each. Of this trc« 
 there are feveral fpecies ; fome variegated in th« 
 leaves, fome with yellow berries, and fomewilb 
 white. Miller, 
 
 Fairefl blolToms drop with every blaft ; 
 But the brown beauty will like hollies laft. (?ay» 
 
 Some to the holly hedge 
 Ncflling repair, and to the thicket fome; 
 Some to the rude protedtion of the thorn. 
 
 Thomjen. 
 
 Ho'llyhock. n. f. [holihec, Saxcn : 
 commonly called io/j'OiJ/f.] Rofcmallow,
 
 H O L 
 
 It 16 In every rcfpedl larger tlian tlie 
 
 common mallow. Miller. 
 
 fMyorti far exceed poppies for their riuiable- 
 
 nefs, and ^rc vciy oiiiaraciUal. Morlimtr. 
 
 Ho'lLYKOSE. } /• Til . J- r 
 
 :: , > n.J. Plants. Amfnu. 
 
 Ho LLYTREE. J •' ■' 
 
 Holme, n. f. 
 
 1, Hvlme or howme, whether jointly or 
 fingly, comes from the Saxon holme, 
 a river ifland ; or if the place be not 
 fuch, the fame word fignitics alfo a hill, 
 or mountain. Gihj'on's Camdsn. 
 
 %, The ilex ; the evergreen oak. 
 
 Under what tree didMl thou take them compa- 
 
 nyini; together ? who anlwered, under a holm 
 
 tree. Hiij'onr.ah. 
 
 The carver holmtj the mnplc fcldoni inward 
 
 found. Sperjtr. 
 
 Ho'locaust. n. f. ['jX^ andxaU.j A 
 
 burnt facrifice ; a facrifice of which the 
 
 whole was confumed by fire, and nothing 
 
 retained by the offerer. 
 
 Il'aac carried tlm wood fnr the facrifice, whicli 
 being an hohcaiijiy or ijurnt-offering, to be con- 
 fumed unto afncs, we cannot well conceive a 
 burthen for a boy. Broiun. 
 
 Let the eye bchoM no evil thinf, .ind it is 
 made a facrifice; let the tongue (peak no filthy 
 word, and it becomes .tu oblation ; let the hand 
 do no unlawful a<flion, and you render it a hrilo- 
 etiuji. Ray on thr Creation. 
 
 Eumenes cut a piece from every part of the vic- 
 tim, and by this be made it an ^•/or.iw^, or an 
 entire ftciifice. J]room:. 
 
 Ho'lograph. n. /. [i'A^ and y^d-;::..] 
 This word is iifed in the Scottilh law 
 to denote a deed written altogether by 
 the graiiter's own hand. 
 HoLP. The oldpret. and part. palT. of help. 
 His great love, (Iiavp as his fpur, hath h/p him 
 To 's home before us. Sftait/pearc. 
 
 Ho'lpen. The old participle pafTive oihelp. 
 In a long trunk the found is hulpen, thougli 
 both the mouth and the ear be a handful fiom 
 the trunk ; .Tnd fomewhat more holptn when the 
 hearer is near, than when the fpeakcr. h'ufon. 
 Ho'lster. n. /. [h-jolf-tep, Saxon, a 
 hiding-place.] A cafe for a horleman's 
 piftol. 
 
 In 'i rufty holficrs put what meat 
 Into his hofe he cou'd not get. "ButUr. 
 
 Holt, whether at the beginning or end- 
 ing of the name of any place, fignifics 
 that it IS or hath been woody, from the 
 Saxon holr, a wood ; or fometimes 
 poffibly from the Saxon hoi, i. e. hol- 
 low, efpecially when the name ends in 
 tun or dun. Cih/oti. 
 
 HO'LY. liJj. [halip;, Saxon ; heyligh, 
 Dutch ; from lial, healthy, or in a (late 
 of falvation.] 
 J. Good ; pious ; religious. 
 
 Sec where his grace ilands 'tween two clergy- 
 men ! 
 And fee a book of prayer in his hand j 
 True ornaments to know a hoJy man. Sftnifp. 
 With joy he will cmhrace you; for he's ho- 
 nourable. 
 And, doubling that, moll //o/y. Shokfpeare. 
 
 2. Hallowed; confecrated to divine ufe. 
 
 State, holy or unhallow'd, what of that ? ShakJ. 
 Bare was his hoary head ; one holy hand 
 Held forth his laurel crown, aud one bis fceptre. 
 
 DryiUn. 
 
 3. Pure ; immaculate. 
 
 Common fcnfc tould tell them, that the good 
 God could not be pleafed with any tiling cruel ; 
 Bor the moft hil^ God With any thing filthy and 
 BUCJCSB. Siuth. 
 
 H M 
 
 4.. Sacred. 
 
 An evil foul producing Wv witnef». 
 Is like a villain with a fniiling cheek. Sfi.'lfp. 
 
 He has deferv'd it, were it carbunclcd 
 Like h'Jy Pliirbus' car. Sh.iif. Am. fe' Octp. 
 Ho'ly-ghost. n. f. [halij and ^^afr, 
 Saxon.] The third pcrfon of the .tdo- 
 rable Trinity. 
 
 If Ihength of pcrfuafion i^e tlie liglit wli'ch 
 mtitt guide us, 1 afk, how (ball any one riiiiin- 
 guiflt tire infpiialiuns of ^.i^c ihiy-ghoji ? Ldkc. 
 HoLV-THURSDAY. «. f. Tlic day on 
 which the afcenfion of our Saviour is 
 commemorated, ten days before Whit- 
 funtide. 
 Ho'ly-week. n. f. The week before 
 Eafter, in which the paflion of our Re- 
 deemer is comtnemorated. 
 Ho'lyday. n. J. \_haly and day.'\ 
 
 1 . The day of fome ecclefialtical feftival. 
 
 2. Anniverfary feaft. 
 This viiftoiy wasfo welcome unto the Perfians, 
 
 that in memorial thereof they kept that day as 
 one of tlicir folfmn haly-dayi for many years 
 after. Knolla' Uijiory 
 
 Roinc's holidays you tell, as if a guelt 
 With the old Romans you were WBnt to feaft. 
 
 ir^lkr. 
 
 3 . A day of gayety and joy. 
 What, have 1 'fcap'd love-lcilers in the holy- 
 
 iIa\ t)Tne of my beauty, and am I now a fuhjcfl 
 for them ? SA.ii/piari. 
 
 4. A time that comes feldom. 
 
 Courage is but a h-^yjay kmd of virtue, to be 
 feldom cxc-citc-d. Dtvdm. 
 
 HOMAGE «. /. l/jommage, French"; 
 homaghim, low Latin. ) 
 
 1. Service paid and fealty profeffed to a 
 fovtreign or fuperiour lord. 
 
 Call my fovtreign yours, 
 
 And do him homage as obedient fubjcfls. Sh.ikJ. 
 
 The chiefs, in a folemn manner, did then 
 
 hcmagrs, and made their oaths of fidelity to the 
 
 earl niarfhal. Da-vln. 
 
 2. Obeifance; refpefl paid by external 
 attion. 
 
 The gods great mother, when her heav'nly race 
 Do homagi to her. Dtnham. 
 
 A tuft of daifies on a flow*ry lay 
 They law, and thitherw.ird ihcy bent their way; 
 To this both knights and dames their homage 
 
 made, 
 And due obeifance to the daify paid. DryJen. 
 Gi>, go, with homage yon proud viflors meet ! 
 Go, lie like dog beneath yoiu mailers' feet. 
 
 D'ycUn. 
 To Ho'mage. f. a. [from the noun.] 
 To reverence by external adtion ; to 
 pay honour to ; to profefs fealty. 
 Ho'mager. n. f. {^hommager, Fr. from 
 homage.'] One who holds by homage 
 of a fuperiour lord. 
 Thou bluQieft, Antony ; and that blood of 
 thine 
 Is Csfar's homager. Shaifpeare. 
 
 His fubjefts, traytors, are received by the 
 duke of Bretagne, his homager. ^acon. 
 
 HOiVlE. n. f. [ham, Saxon.] 
 I. Hfs own houfe ; the private d-welling. 
 I'm now from home, and out of that provifion 
 Which Ihall be needful for your entertainment. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 Something like home th.it is not home is to be 
 defiied ; it is found in the houfe of a friend. 
 
 Temple. 
 Heme is the facrcd refuge of our life, 
 Secur'd from all .npprj.ichcj but s witc. Drydcn. 
 
 When Hcdtor went to lee 
 His virtuous wife, the tair Andromache, 
 He found her not alismf; for (lie was gone. 
 
 D'jdtn. 
 
 H O M 
 
 Thofe who have hornet, when homt they do re. 
 pair, 
 To a lau lodging call their wand'rirg friends. 
 
 Drjden. 
 ;. His own country. 
 
 How can tyrants fafcly govern home, 
 Vnlcfs abroad they purch.ifc great alliance ? 
 
 Shitlfpeart, 
 
 Their di termination is to i-elurn totlcii h-,:nti, 
 
 and fo trouble you no more. Sa.iiff/eare, 
 
 U'ith honour to his home let Tb.efcus ride, 
 W Ith love to friend. Dry.iin. 
 
 At home the hateful names of parties ccafe. 
 
 And fatflious fouls are weary'd into peace. Dr;;i, 
 
 They who pafs through a foreign country, 
 
 towards their native ivni, do not ufiially give up 
 
 thcmlelvcs to the pleafurcs of the place. Atwb. 
 
 3. The place of conftant refidtnce. 
 
 Flandria, by plenty made the /Isn/ of war, 
 Shall weep her crime, and bow to Cl^arles 
 icilor'd. yilor. 
 
 4. Horn: united to a fuhdantive, fignifies 
 domeflick, or of the fame country. 
 
 Let the exportation of hoi^' commodities be 
 more in value than the importation of foreign. 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 Home. adv. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To one's own habitation. 
 
 One of Adam's children in the mountains _ 
 lights on a glittering fulllance ; home he larrici 
 it to Adam, who finds it to be hai;d, to have a 
 bright yellow colour, and exceeding great weight, 
 
 Lctit, 
 
 2. To one's own country. 
 
 3. Clofe to one's own brcafl or affairs. 
 
 He that •ncoiiiagcs trcaf n lays the foundatioa 
 of a doflrinc, that will come 'inrae to himlelf. 
 
 L' F.Jirange. 
 
 This is a confideration that comes hotne to our 
 intereft. A.idifon. 
 
 Thefe confiderations, propofed in general 
 terms, you will, by particular application, bring 
 home to your own concern. iVake. 
 
 4. To the point deligned ; to the utmoft ; 
 clofcly ; fully. 
 
 Crafty enough either to hide his faults, or ne- 
 ver to ihcw thero, but when tiicy niighr p:iy 
 home. Si '.nty. 
 
 With his prepared fword he charges home 
 My unprovided body. Shiik/peare* i King Leitr^ 
 
 A loyal fir 
 To him thou follow'ft : I willpay tiiy gi'aces 
 Home both in word and deed. ^haifp'nte, 
 
 Accufe him home .'aid home, Shaklpeate, 
 
 Men of age object too much, adventure too 
 little, and feldom diis'e hnjinefi iiome to the /till 
 period,- but content thcnifelvcs with a medio- 
 crity of lufcefs. Baroij. 
 
 That Cometh up home to the buiinefs, and 
 taketh off the objei^ion clearly. Sandttjnn, 
 
 Break through the thick array 
 Of his thicr.g'd legions, and charge home upon ■ 
 him. Ad.ilf'.i. 
 
 He makes choice of fome piece of murahty ;-* 
 and, in order to prefs this home, he makes lti» 
 ufe of reafoning. Broome. 
 
 lean only refer the reader tothe authors thcm- 
 felves, who iircak very hmue to the point. 
 
 Atttrhwy. 
 
 ). United to a fubftantive, it implies 
 force and efucacy. 
 
 Poifon may be falfe ; 
 The home thruft of a friendly fword is furc. 
 
 I am forr\' to give him fuch home thrulis; for 
 he layshimfclf fo open, and ufes fo little art to 
 avoid them, that I muft cither do nothing, or 
 expofe his wcaknel's. StUlin^Hritt 
 
 Homebo'rn. cdf. [/'I'.fiiT and Zorn.] 
 I. Native ; natural. 
 
 Though to be thus elemented, arm 
 Thefe cteatu-cs f;om '.»m»i«'':intrinfick harm,
 
 H O M 
 
 t. Doraeftick; not foreign. 
 
 Xum'rous bands 
 \Vk\iomelKrn lyes, oi tales from foreign lands. 
 
 Ho'mebred. adj. [/.'oms and ireti."] 
 
 1 . Native ; natural. 
 
 Gud hath taken c^re to anticipate every man, 
 to dr.rw him earlv inro his chu.ch, before other 
 competitors, homihriA lulls, or vicious cuftoms of 
 the world, fliould be able to pretend to him. 
 
 Htmmond. 
 
 2. Not polifhed by travel ; plain; rude; 
 artlcfs ; uncultivated. 
 
 Only to me two hcmthnd youths belong. 
 ^ n 
 
 H O M 
 
 /. A Hcbrevir meafure of 
 
 Diydcn. 
 
 3. Domeftick; not foreign. 
 
 But if of danger, which hereby dotli dwell 
 And ^'smfi>-f./evil, yc defiru to hear, 
 1 can you tydings tell. f^'CV Q."""- 
 
 This once happy hand, 
 By h'.mchrid fury rent, long groan'd. PhiUps. 
 
 Ho'mefelt. a(^'. [/"cme and /f//.] In- 
 ward ; private. 
 
 Yet they in pleafing (lumber lull'd the fenfe, 
 And in fwcet madnefs robb'd it of itfclf j 
 But fuch a fjcred and homcjdt delight, 
 Such fober-ccrt:unty of,wak.ing bill's, 
 I never heard till now. MiUm. 
 
 Happy next him who to tbefc fliades retires, 
 ■ Whom nature charms, and whom the raufe in- 
 fpires, 
 Whom humbler joys of komcftlt quiet plcafe, 
 Succcffive Itudy, e.«rcife, and eafe. Vopt. 
 
 Ho'melily. aai). [from Aomr/y.] Rudely; 
 
 inelegantly. 
 Ho'meliness. n./ ylxom homely .'\ Plain- 
 nefs ; rudenefs ; coarfenefs. 
 
 Homer has opened a great field of r.iillery to 
 men of more delicacy than greaincfs of genius, 
 by the hnmclinth of fome of his fcntiments. 
 
 j^Jdifon. 
 
 Ho'met.y. adj. [from home.'] Plain; 
 homefpun ; not elegant ; not beautiful ; 
 not fine ; coarfe ; rude. It is ufed 
 both of perfons and things. 
 
 Each place handfonie without roriofity, and 
 hom-'y without loathfomenefs. Sidney. 
 
 Within this wood, out of a rock did rife 
 A fprinjof water, mildly tumbling down ; 
 
 Whcrtto approached not in any wife 
 The kimcly (hcpherd, nor the ruder clown. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 Like rich hangings in an iomely houfc, 
 So was his will in his old feeble body. .liji/f. 
 
 Be plain, good fon, and Uxefy in thy drift ; 
 Riddling confcfTion finds but riddling flinft. 
 
 Sk'iHpearf 
 
 Home-keeping youth have ever ic:r.tly wits. 
 
 Our I^omachs will make what 's iome/y fa- 
 vmivy. Skaiffiart 
 
 It is for iomc/>f features to keep home ; 
 
 They had their name thence. MUton. 
 
 It is obfcrved by. fo.nie, that there is none fo 
 
 hmth but loves a looking-gl.nfs. • Siuth. 
 
 . Their /«•»<■/>• fare difpatch'd, the hungry band 
 
 Invade their trenchers nc.\c. Drydcn. 
 
 Now Strcphnn daily entertains 
 His Ci>loe in the Imnelitj) ftrains. S-iuift. 
 
 Ih'm/y perfons, the more they endeavour 
 fo .idorn thcmfelves, the more they expofe tie 
 defcifls they want to hide. danndon. 
 
 Ho'mei.y. adv. Plainly ; coarfely ; rudely. 
 Thus like the god his father, homtly dceft. 
 He flr-des into the hall a horrid gucft. Dryden. 
 Ho'.-'iEi-VN. n.f. A kindoffifh. Ainpui. 
 Homema'de. adj. {home and m.ide.'] 
 Made at home ; not nianufaflurcd in 
 foreign parts. 
 
 A tax laid on your native produft, and /jum-- 
 m,i.lc commodities, makes them yield kfs to the 
 firl! feller. ~ . i»'f'- 
 
 Ho'meb. n 
 
 about thres. pints 
 
 An hnmr of barley feed Ihall be valued at fifty 
 (hekels of filver. Lc-uiticui. 
 
 Ho'mespun. adj. [home Vi-ttAfpun.'] 
 
 1. Spun or v>tought at home ; not made 
 by regular manufacturers. 
 
 Inttcad of fiomefpun coifs were feen 
 Good pinners, edg'd with colbcrtecn. Siuifl. 
 
 2. Not made in foreign countries. 
 
 He appeared in a fuit of Englilli broad-cloth, 
 very plain, but rich : every thing he wore was 
 fubltantjal, honeit, r.r^mtjf.in ware. AddiJ',n. 
 
 3. Plain ; coarfe ; rude ; homely ; inele- 
 
 gant. 
 
 They fometimes put on when they go alhore 
 long fleevelcfs coats of hmirffun cotton. 
 
 Sandy l' Traveh. 
 
 VVe fay, in our hnmtfj-an Englilh proverb. He 
 
 killed two birds with one ftone. Drydtn. 
 
 Our Hmiffuii authors muft forfake the field. 
 And Shakc'fpeare to the fofc Scarlatti yield. , 
 
 Mdiffm. 
 
 Homespu'n. n.f. A coarfe, inelegant, 
 
 rude, untaught, ruftick man. Not in ufe. 
 
 What hempen hormfpum have we fwaggering 
 
 here, 
 
 So near the cradle of the fairy queen .' Shakji>. 
 
 Ho'mestall. 7 «•/• [ham and fcebs, 
 Ho'mestead. J Saxon.] The place of 
 the houfe. 
 
 Both houfe and Jiemejlead into fcas are borne, 
 Anttrocks are from their own foundations torn 
 
 Drydfn. 
 
 Ho'meward. 7 "^'"- [liani and p-^aj'.b, 
 Ho'mewards. j Saxon.] Toward home; 
 toward the native place ; toward the 
 place of refidence. 
 
 Then Uran'a home^ivard d\A aiife, 
 Leaving in pain their well-fed hungry eyes. 
 
 Sidney. 
 My affairs 
 Do even drag me /iomezuard. Shakfpfjrc. 
 
 Since fuch love's natural ftation is, may ftiU 
 My love dcfccnd, and journey down the hill. 
 Not panting after growing be.iuties ; fo 
 I fliaH ebb on with them who <omfa«irJ go. Donne 
 Look h^meivard, angel now, and melt with 
 ruth ; 
 And, O ye dolphins, waft the haplefs youth I 
 
 MUtcn. 
 Like a long ream of fnowy fwans on high, 
 Which clap their wings, and cleave the liquid (ky, 
 Which homcwnrd fipm their wat'iy pafiures 
 
 borne. 
 They fing, and Afia's lakes their notes return. 
 
 Dryden. 
 What now remains. 
 But that once more we tempt the wat'ry plains, 
 And wand'ring hcmewArds, fcek our fafety hence. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Ho'.MiciDE. n. f. [homicide, Fr. homici- 
 dium, Latin.] 
 
 1. Murder; manquelling. 
 The apoflles command to abftain from blood : 
 
 cnnltrue this according to the law of nature, and 
 it will fecm, that liimicide only i; forbidden; 
 but conttrue it in reference to the law ot tlic 
 Jews, about which the quellion was, and it (hall 
 eafily appear to have a clean other fenfe, and a 
 truer, when we expound it of eating, ai^d not ot 
 (bedding blood. HsUrr. 
 
 2. Deftruftion. In the following lines it 
 is not proper. 
 
 Wh.nt wonder is 't that black, dctraflion thrives'' 
 The he,mlc;de of names is lefs than lives. Dryd. 
 
 3. [homidtle,7r. homicida,\^7i.X.] A mur- 
 derer ; a man-flayer. 
 
 I'd undertake the death of all the world. 
 So might I live one hour in yourl'wect bofom. 
 If I thought that, I tell thee, /lomiiide, 
 
 H O RI 
 
 Tiiefc nails fliould rend that beauty frpin my 
 cheeks. Si.iJtffeari, 
 
 H:ctor comes, tl-.c homicide, to wield 
 His conq'ting arms, with corps to drew the field. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Homici'dal. fl.r^'. [horn homicide.'] Mur- 
 derous ; bloody. 
 
 The troap fortii ilTuing from the darkreccfs, 
 With homicidal rage, the king opprefs. Pspe. 
 
 Homile'tical. a(//. [o^xiXiiTiJ-.c,-.] Social; 
 converfable. 
 
 His life was holy, and when he had leifure for 
 retirements, fevere : his virtues aiSive chiefly, 
 and homilet:ca! ; not thofe lazy fullen ones of the 
 cloyfter. Atterbury. 
 
 Homily, n. f. [homilie, French ; o/j.ixicx.'] 
 A difcourfc read to a congregation. 
 
 Homilie) were a third kind of readings ufual iii 
 former ti.mes ; a moll commendable inftifution, 
 as well then to fupply the cafual, as now the ne- 
 ceflary defe*5t of fermons. Hcoker. 
 
 Wiiat tedious homily of love have you wearied 
 your parifliioners withal, and never cried have 
 patience, good people! Shjkfp. A:you like it. 
 
 If we furvey the /torniHes of the ancient church 
 we (hall difcern that, upon feftival days, the 
 fubjefl. of the homily was conllantly the bu- 
 finefs of the day. Hammond' s Fundamentals. 
 
 HOMOGE'NEAL. 1 adj. [homogene, 
 HOMOGE'NEOUS. J Fr. Sj^oy^r;.] 
 Having the fame nature or principles ; 
 fuitable to each other. 
 
 The means of reduflion, by the fire, is but bjr 
 congregation of hotnogeneal parts. Bacsrt. 
 
 Ice is a fimiiary body, and homogenetui con- 
 cretion, whofe material is properly water. 
 
 Bro%un*s Vulgar Errours. 
 An homogenesu! mafs of one kind is eafily dif- 
 tinguifhable from any other; gold from iron, 
 fiilphur from allum, and fo of the re(t. 
 
 i^^oodxuard' s Natural Hijiory. 
 The light, whofe rays arc all alike refrangible, 
 I call fimple, hotnogeneal, and fimilar : and that, 
 whofe rays are fome more refrangible than 
 others, I call compound, heterogeneal, and dif- 
 fimilar. Neivtsit. 
 
 Homoge'nealness.T n.f. [from Aomo- 
 Homocene'ity. > geneous, or homo- 
 
 Homoge'neousness. 3 geneal.l Partici- 
 pation of the fame principles or nature ; 
 flmilitude of kind. 
 
 The mixtures acquire a greater degree of flui- 
 dity and fimilarity, or homogeneity of paits. 
 
 yjrbuthiot on Aliment t» 
 Upon this fuppofition of only different diame- 
 ters, it is impoiiible to account for the homogeneity 
 or fimilarity of the feceiiied liquors. Ckeyne. 
 
 Ho'mogeny. n.f. [ofioj-c-via.] Joint na- 
 ture. Not ufed. 
 
 By the driving back of tlie principal fpirirj, 
 which prcfeive the eonfiftence of the body, their 
 government is di(rulved, and every part re- 
 turneth to his nature or homogeny. Bacon, 
 
 Homo'logous. adj. [homologue, French; 
 ofiiAsy©-.] Having the fame manner or 
 proportions. 
 
 Homo'nymous. adj. [/lomo/ymf, French ; 
 luutvu/^.] Denominating differenc 
 things ; equivocal ; ambiguous. 
 
 As wolds fignifying the fnme thing are called 
 fynonymous, fo equivocal words, or thofe which 
 fignify feveral things, are called homoiymous, or 
 ambiguous ; and when perfons ufe fuch ambi- 
 guous words, with a defign to deceive, it is 
 called equivocation. IVatts. 
 
 Homo'nymy. n.f. [Aomonj/n/V, French ; 
 ^ftiiiu.!;.] Equivocation; ambiguity. 
 
 Homo'tonous. adj. [If/.-.Ti.'^.] Equable: 
 faid of fuch dillempers as keep a con- 
 ftant tenouv of rife. Hate, and declenfion. 
 
 ^incj.
 
 HON 
 
 Hon It. «./. [ThhwovA AT. Ciifiiiil'oi: de- 
 rives from Jx-j.r,; jfuiiius ftum hoj^faen, 
 WclHi ; Skinner, who is always rational, 
 from hxn, a llone ; hxnaii, to Itoiic] 
 A whetilone for a razor. 
 A hs'ie .iiui ;i jLucr to p irc nwav grafs. T'fff'tr. 
 
 To Hone. i>. n. [hon^ian, Saxon.] To 
 pine; to long for any thing. 
 
 I-IO'NEST.a<^'. [honefte.Vt.honeJlu's, Lat.] 
 
 1. Upright; true; fincere. 
 
 What nit thou ? 
 
 — A very ho':rfi hcai ;cd fellow, and as pour as 
 a kini;. Shukfpcne 
 
 An hmejl phyfician leaves his patient, when he 
 can conttihutc no further to his health. Ttmfie. 
 
 The way to relieve ourfdves from thofc I'o- 
 philms, is an ho'irjl -i-aA diligent cncjniry into the 
 »eal natvnc and caufcs of things*. IViiiti. 
 
 2. Challe. 
 
 . Wives may be merry and yet honeft too. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 3. Juft ; righteous ; giving to tvtry man 
 his due. 
 
 Tate will fubfcribe, but fix no certain d.iy. 
 He's h'jTiff., and as wit comes in, will pay. 
 
 i'att. 
 Ho'nestly. adv. [from Zionty?.] 
 
 1. Uprightly ; juftly. 
 
 it doth ni-ike me tremble, 
 There (honlJ thofe fpiritsyec breathe, that when 
 
 they cannot 
 Live h<,n:jUy, would rather pcrilh bafelv. . 
 
 Ben Jovfon. 
 
 For fome time paft all propofaU from private 
 
 pcrl'ons to advance the publick fcrvicc, however 
 
 homjily and innocently defigncd, have been callird 
 
 flying in the king's face. Swift. 
 
 2. With diallity ; modeftly. 
 Ho'nesty. n. /. \_honncJle, Fr. honejlas, 
 
 Lat.] Juftice ; truth; virtue; purity. 
 
 Thou litalt not have thy hufband's lands. 
 ——Why, then mine honcfty Ih^U be my dower. 
 
 Slmkfpeare, 
 Goodnefs, as that which mskes men picfor 
 their duty and their promife before their paffions 
 Of their interell, and is properly the object of 
 trull, in our language goes rather by the name of 
 honejiy ; though wiiat we call an honcft man, the 
 Romans called a good m;in ; and ho>uJly, in their 
 language, as well as in French, r.ather fignihes a 
 compofition of thoft; qualities which generally 
 acquire honour and efteem. Tun^k. 
 
 HO'NEY. n. f. [hunij, Saxon ; hon'ig, 
 
 Dutch ; honec, honag, German. ] 
 1. A tliick, vifcous, fluid fubilance, of a 
 whitifh or yello\vi(h colour, fweet to the 
 tafte, foluble in water ; and becoming 
 ■vinous on fermentation, inflammable, li- 
 quable by a gentle heat, and cf a fra- 
 grant fmell. Hill. 
 
 Of hoiity, the firft and fineft kind is virgin iio- 
 ney, not very firm, and of a fragant rtiKll ; it is 
 the firft produce of the fw.irm, obtained by 
 draining the combs without prcfiing. The fccond 
 is often almoft folid, procured by prclTure : and 
 the word is the common yellow honey, extratfled 
 by heating the combs, and then prtfiing tiicm. 
 In the flowers of plants, by certain glands near 
 the bafis in the petals, is fccreied a Iweot juice, 
 which the hee by means of its probofcis 01 trunk, 
 fucks up, and difchnrges again from the ilontaeh 
 through the mouth into the comb. The h'.ric\ 
 depofited in the comb, is deiiined for the young 
 offspring: but in haid feafons the bees arc re- 
 duced to the neccfiity of feeding on it themfclves. 
 
 Hill 
 So work the h(/ney bees, ^ 
 
 Creatures that by a ruling nature teach 
 The art cf order to a peopled, kingdom. Shnlfp. 
 
 Touching his education and firfl foflcriiig. 
 Come affirm, that he v/as fed by homy bees. 
 
 Rnlci^h'i Hlftory. 
 
 HON 
 
 In ancient time there was a kind of hnty, 
 which, cither of its own n.*Uure,or by art, would 
 grow as hard as fugar, and was not fo lufci.ius as 
 ours. Bti''on. 
 
 When the patient is rich, there's no fear of 
 phjiieians about him, as thick as wafps to a 
 hviify pot. U h-Jlrati^e, 
 
 lUnty is the moll elaborate produdtion of the 
 vegetable kind, being a mull exquifitc vegetable 
 fope, rcl'olvcnt of the bile, balfamick and pe.fto- 
 ral : honey contains no inHamm.iblc fpirit before 
 it has felr the force of fermentation; for by 
 did illation it affords notliinj; that will burn in the 
 fire. J^ihuthmt. 
 
 New wine, with homy tcmpei'dmilk we bring 1 
 Then livmg waters from the cryllal fpring. i'o/n. 
 
 2. Sweetucfs ; lufcioufnefs. 
 
 Tiic king haih found 
 Mittcr againit him, tliat for ever mars 
 The h^nfy of his language. Shahfpcdre. 
 
 A h'jtiey tongue, a heart of gall. 
 Is fancy's fpring, but furrow's fall. Shakfpcarr. 
 
 3. Sviiect ; fwcctnefb : a name of tender- 
 nefs, [ Mel ; corculnm . ] 
 
 Honey, you Ihall be well delii'd in Cyprus ; 
 I've foimri great love amonglt them. Oh, my 
 
 fweet, 
 I prattle out of fafliion, and I dote. Shukfpe.ire. 
 Why, htncy bird, I bought him on purpofe for 
 thee. D'ydcn 
 
 To Ho'ney. v.n. [from the noun,] To 
 ■ talk fo..dly. 
 
 Nay, but to live 
 In the rank fwcat of an in'ceihious bed, 
 Stcw'd in coriuption, honeying and making love 
 Over the nally liy. isihdfpctire'i lliim/et. 
 
 Honey-bag. n.f. [/joney znd ling.} 
 
 The hcney-btig is the Uomaeh, which bees al- 
 ways. fill to fatisfy, and to fparc, vomiting up 
 the greater part of the honey to be kept againlt 
 winter. Gte^u^s Mufaum. 
 
 Honey-comb. n.f. [/'awj' and cowi.] 
 The cells of wax in which the bee ftores 
 her honey. 
 
 All thefc a milk-white honcy.cotnb furround, 
 Which in the midll the country banquet crowu'd. 
 
 "* Dryden, 
 
 Ho'tTEY-coMBED. adj. [_honey and comb.} 
 Spoken of a piece of ordnance flawed 
 with little cavities by being ill caft. 
 
 A mariner having riifcharged his gun which 
 
 was honcy-comhed, and loading it fuddenly again, 
 
 the powder took fire. Wtjunan. 
 
 Ho'ney-dew. n.f. [)(ionf_vand ^fw.] Sweet 
 
 dew. 
 
 There is a honey-Jew which hangs upon llicir 
 leaves, .ind breeds infects. M'ntimer. 
 
 How houey-deu'% embalm the fragrant morn, 
 And the fair oak with lufcious fweets adorn. 
 
 Gatth. 
 Ho'ney-flower. n.f. \niclanthus, Latin.] 
 A plant. 
 
 It hath a perennial root, and the appearance of 
 a (hrub. This plant produces large fpikes of 
 chocolate-coloured Bowers in May, in each of 
 which is contained a laige quantity of black 
 fweet liquor, from whence it is fuppofed to derive 
 its name, MilU". 
 
 Ho'ney-gnat. n.f. [mcHio, Latin ; Ijoney 
 and^«^(.] An infect. Atnfworth. 
 
 Ho'ney-moon. n. f. [phoney and niooii.} 
 The firll iponlh after marriage when 
 thete is nothinir but tcnderncfs and plea- 
 lure. 
 
 A man flionld keep his finery for the latter 
 
 feafon of marriage, and not begin to drefs till 
 
 ' the honcy-moui is over. ' Jldd.f:j>i. 
 
 Ho'ney-suckle. n.f. \caprifoVtum, Lat.] 
 
 Woodbine. 
 
 It hath a climbing flalk, which twifts itfelf 
 about whatl'oever tree fl.ands near it : the flowers 
 are tubulous and oblong, confilting of one leaf, 
 which cf ens tcw<>rds the top, and is divided i.ito 
 
 HON 
 
 two lipj; the uppermofl of which is fuhdividett 
 into two, and the lowermort is cut into m mjr 
 fegmcnts : the tube of the flowers is bent, lome- 
 wlrat refembling a huntiman's horn. They are 
 produced in clufters, and are very fweet. Miller 
 enumerates ten fpccics, of which thice grow 
 wild in our h(dge>. 
 
 Bid her Ifeul into the pLached bower, 
 V\'\icic honey- fueklei, pipen'd by the fun, 
 Torl-id the lun lo enter ; like to fd\ouritcs. 
 Made proud by princes, that .advance their p' ile 
 Againll the power that bied it. ShA!pcu:t. 
 
 \\',atch upon a bank 
 Wiih ivy canopied, and interwove 
 With fi.iunting honey-juckle. Milan. 
 
 Then melfoil beat and honeyfuckUs pound ; 
 With thcfe alluring favours llrew the ground. 
 
 Drydcft, 
 
 Ho'ney-wout. n.f. [cer'mthe, 'L^u'] A 
 
 plant. 
 Ho'neyless. adj. [from honey.} Being 
 
 without honey. 
 But for your words, tiiey rob the Hybla bee^^ 
 
 And leave them hmeyltfi. Shalji>euii, 
 
 Ho'n I e d . adj. [from honey. ] 
 
 1. Covered with honey. 
 
 The bee with honiedxs\\^. 
 That at her fiow'ry work dovh fing. Af/7/«««. 
 
 2. Sweet ; lufcious. 
 
 When be fpeaks, 
 The air, achartei'd libertine, is fliil; 
 And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, 
 To ileal his fweet and /;o///W fcntcnces. Shakfp.. 
 Look now foi no enchanting voice, nor (car 
 The. bait of honey' d words; a rougher tongue 
 Diaws hitheiw.ird. Milton, 
 
 Ho'norary. adj. \_honorar'ius , Latin.] 
 
 1. Done in honour ; inade in honour. 
 
 There was probably iume diliindlion made 
 among the Romans between fuch honorary archej 
 ereiffed to emperors, and thofe that were 
 railed to them on the account of a viftory, which 
 are properly triumphal aiches. ylddifon. 
 
 This monument is only honorary, for thealhts 
 of the emperor lie ellewherc. jriddijon on Italy. 
 
 2. Conferring honour without gain. 
 
 The Romans abounded with lihlc j/fjioritry re- 
 wards, that, without conferring wealth and riclie.i, 
 gave only place and dilfin^ion to theperfon who 
 leceived them. Jiddijon. 
 
 HO'NOUR. n.f. [honeur,'FTeuch; honor, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. Dignity ; high rank. \ 
 
 2. Reputation ; fame. 
 
 A man is an ill hulband cf his honour, that en. 
 tereth into any ai^tion, the failing wherein may 
 difgrace him more than the carrying of it through 
 can honour him. Bacon, 
 
 3. The title of a man of rank. Not ufed. 
 
 Return unto thy lord. 
 Bid him not fear the fcparated councils : 
 His htimir and myfelf are at tl.e one ; 
 And at the other is my good friend Catefijy. 
 
 Sh^tkf^eare. 
 
 4. Subjefi: of praife. 
 
 Thou happy father, 
 Think, that the clearelt gods, who n:akc them ho- 
 nours 
 Of man's impoiUbilities, have preferv'd thee. 
 
 Shakffejre. 
 J. Nollenefs of mind ; fcorn of mcannefs J 
 mafrnanimity. 
 
 Ncwfliall I fee tlty love-; what motive .m,iy 
 Be flronger with thee than the name of wife ? 
 — That which upholdeth him, that thee upholds. 
 His honmr. 01-., liiinc honour, Lewis ; thine 
 honour. Sh,ikfpearr, 
 
 If by horo'ir is meant any thing diilinet from 
 cmfcience, 'lis no more than a regaid to the cen- 
 fuie and ellecm of the world. R'-g"'. 
 
 6. Reverence ; due veneration. To do lib-' 
 nour is to treat with leveienc*.
 
 HON 
 
 They take thte for thcii mothtr, 
 Au-i every day do kim'/r to tl,y grave. Sltiifp- 
 
 His grace of Canttrbury, 
 WI-,0 holds his rtatc at door, 'moiigrt purfuivants. 
 
 Ha! -tshi', ii.dccri! , c, tr 
 
 i.-. tliis the /ronaur tlicy do one another > :>"MJ. 
 
 This is a duty in the fifth commandment, re- 
 quired towards our prince and our p.irent, under 
 the name of hMur ; a rcrpcif, which, in the 
 notion of it implies 3. mixture of love and fear, 
 and, m the ohje^, e<iually fuppofej goodnels 
 
 _i - Roeo i. 
 
 and power. £ 
 
 7. Chaftitjr. 
 
 Be flie Rn'iw/t flaw'd, 
 I have three d.iiightcrs, the cldclt is eleven; 
 If this prove true, they'll pay for 't. Shakfpenr: . 
 She dwells lo fccuiely on the excellency of her 
 Honcur, that the fo!ly of my foul dares not pre- 
 feiit itfelf : Ihe is too bright to be looked againft. 
 
 Shakffcare. 
 
 8. Dignity of mien. 
 
 Two of far nobler (liape, ereft and t.ill, 
 Godlike erccfl! with native hcmur clad, 
 In nated majelly, fcem'd lords of all. Milton. 
 
 q. Glory ; boaft. 
 
 A lale eminent pcrfon, the hnour of his pro- 
 fcffion for integrity and learning. Burnet's Thary. 
 10. Publick mark of refpeft. 
 
 He fiw his friends, who whelm'd beneath the 
 waves, 
 Their fim'ral honmrs claim'd, and afk'd their 
 quiet graves. D'ydtn. 
 
 Such dilcourfes.on fuch mournful occafions as 
 thele, were inOuutcd not fo much in honour of 
 the dead, as for the life of the living. Altcrhury. 
 Kumbers cng.igc their lives and labours, fome 
 to heap together a little dirt that (hall bui7 them 
 in the end ; others to gain an homur, that, atbcft, 
 can be celebrated but by an inconfidcrable pa.t of 
 the world, and is envied and calumniated by more 
 than 't.s tiuly given. IVoke's J'rf/.. Jar Deuth. 
 \ I . Privileges of rank or birth. 
 Henre the fevcnth, truly pitying 
 My father's lofs, like a moft roy-U prince, 
 Rcftor'd to me my honcun; and, from ruins, 
 M^de my name once more noble. SAtiifjiftre. 
 Homun were conferred upon Antonine by 
 Hadrian in l.is infancy. l/'otton's Kom. iJiji. 
 
 12. Civilities paid. 
 Then here a llave, or if you will, a lord. 
 
 To do the honours, and to give the word. Pifr. 
 
 13. Ornament; decoration. 
 The flic then Ihook the /lo'iowrs of his head, 
 
 And from his brows damps of oblivion Ihed. 
 
 Dr\de)t. 
 
 14.. Honour, or on my honour, is, a form of 
 ptoteftation ufed by the lords in judicial 
 
 decllions. 
 
 Mv hand to thee, my hncur on my promife. 
 
 ^ Shaypc^jre. 
 
 To Ho'nour. V. a. [hoiinorcr, French; 
 honoro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To reverence; to regard with venera- 
 tion. ,, 
 
 He was called our father, and was continually 
 homuredoi all men, as the next pcrfon unto the 
 
 king. ^J'''"- 
 
 The poor man is honoure.l for his ikill, and the 
 
 lich man is homiind for his riches. Ecclui. 
 
 He that is konourtd in povcity, how much 
 
 more in riches. tu us. 
 
 How lov'd.how honWd once, avails thee not. 
 
 Pofc. 
 
 2. To dignify ; toraife to greatnefs. 
 
 We nourifti 'gainft our Icnatc 
 The cockle of rebellion, infclence, fedition, 
 Which we ourfelves have plow'd lor, fow'd, and 
 
 fcatter'd, 
 By mingling them with us, the honour d number. 
 ' o " i/iiikjjiean. 
 
 9. Toerlorify L /I. 1, 
 
 1 will harden Pharaf>h's heart, that he Ihall 
 
 £uU»\f »ftcr them, and I will be honoured upon 
 
 H O O 
 
 Pharaoh, and upon all his hort, that the Egypti- 
 ans may know that I am the Luid. hxodus. 
 Ho'nourable. adj. [/><;7iorai/f, French.] 
 
 Illiiftrious ; noble. 
 
 Who hath taken this counfel againrt Tyre, the ' 
 crowning city, whofc merchants ate princes, 
 whole traffickers arc the ho'iomahU of the earth ? 
 
 Ijdiah. 
 
 2. Great ; magnanimous ; generous. 
 
 Sir, 111 tell you. 
 Since I am charg'd in lionour, and by him 
 Tnat \\.\\m'tihoi:ourahle. Shutffrate. 
 
 3. Conferring honour. 
 Think'ft thou it honournhli for a nobleman 
 
 Still lo remember wrongs ? iluikffrnrt. 
 
 Then warlike kings, who for their countiy 
 
 fought, 
 
 And honouiatle wounds from battle brought. 
 
 Jjrydfn. 
 
 Many of thofe perfons, who put this ht.mura- 
 
 hU talk on me, were more able to perform it 
 
 tliemfelves. _ Drydtn. 
 
 4. AccoiTipanied with tokens of honour. 
 
 Sith this wretched woman overcome, 
 Of anguiOi, rather than of crime hath been, 
 Preferve her caufe to her eternal doom ; 
 And in the mean, vouchfafe her honour nble tomb. 
 
 Spcnjtr. 
 
 J. Not to be difgraced. 
 
 Here 's a Bohemian Tartar tarries the coming 
 down of thy fat wom.m : — let her delccnd, my 
 chambers are honourable. Shtikfpeare, 
 
 6. Free from taint; free from reproach. 
 
 As he was honourable in all his a&.s, fo in 
 this, that he took Joppe for an haven. 1 Mac. 
 
 llethinks I could not die any where fo con- 
 tented as in the king's company, his caufe being 
 juft and his quarrel honourable. Shakfpeare. 
 
 7. Honeft ; without intention of deceit. 
 The earl fent again to know if they would en- 
 tertain their pardon, in cafe he (hould come in 
 perfon, and allure it: they anfwered, they did 
 conceive him to be fo hoiourable, that fiom him- 
 felf they would moftthankfullyembtnceit. Hayw. 
 
 If that thy bent of love be honourable, 
 Thy purpofe marriage, fend we word to-morrow. 
 
 Shakjfcare 
 
 8. Equitable 
 Ho'novrableness. n. f. [from honour- 
 
 abli.'\ Eminence; magnificence; gene- 
 rofity. 
 Ho'n o u R .4. B L Y . ad'v. [ from honourable. ] 
 
 1 . With tokens of honour. 
 The rcv'iend abbot, 
 
 With all his convent, htnourably rcceiv'd him. 
 
 Shalfpearc. 
 
 2. Magnanimoufly ; generoufly. 
 
 Alter fome fix weeks, which the king did ho- 
 nourably interpofc, to give fpace to his brother's 
 interccffion, he was arraigned of high tiealon and 
 condemned. Bacon. 
 
 3. Reputably ; with exemption from re- 
 proach. 
 
 'Tis juft, ye gods " and what I well deferve: 
 
 Why did I not more honourably Harve ! Dryden. 
 
 Ho'nourer. «./. [from honour.] One 
 
 that honours ; one that regards with 
 
 veneration. 
 
 I muft not omit Mr. Gay, whofe zeal in your 
 concern is worthy a friend dnA honourci. i'opc. 
 Hood, in compofition, is derived from the 
 Saxon hab, in German heit, in Dutch 
 he'td. It denotes quality ; charafter ; 
 condition; as, hnghthooil ; chiUhood ; 
 fatherhood. Sometimes it is written after 
 the Dutch, as maidenhead. Sometimes 
 it is taken collcdivcly : as, br'jtherhood, 
 a confraternity ; Jijlcrhood, a company ot* 
 fillers. 
 Hood. n. f. [hod, Saxon, probably from 
 he):od, head.] 
 
 H O O 
 
 1 . The upper covering of a woman's head. 
 
 In velvet, white as fnow, the troop wa« 
 gnwn'd : 
 Their hoodi and flecves the fame. Dryd-'n. 
 
 2. Any thing drawn upon the head, and 
 wrapping round it. 
 
 He undertook fo to muffle up himfelf in hit 
 hood, that none fnould difcern him. IVotan. 
 
 The Ijcerna came, from being a military hi.bir, 
 to be a common drets : it bad a hood, which could 
 be fcpaiatcd from and joined to it. ylrbutfirat. 
 
 3. A covering put over the hawk's eyes, 
 v\ hen he is not to fly. 
 
 4. An ornamental fold that hangs down the 
 back of a graduate, to mark his degree* 
 
 To Hood. 11. a. [from tlic noun,] 
 
 1 . To drefs in a hood. 
 The coblcr apron'd, and the parfon gown'd, 
 
 The fiiar hooded, and the monarch cowu'd. Pofi. 
 
 2. To blind, as with a hood. 
 
 While grace is laying, I'll hood mine eyes 
 Thus with my hat, and ligh, and lay, Amen. 
 
 Shahfpiart, 
 
 3. To cover. 
 
 An hollow cryftal pyramid he takes, 
 In firmamental waters dipt above; 
 
 Of it a broad extinguilher he makes 
 And hoods the Hames that to their quarry ftrnve. 
 
 Drydrf*. 
 
 Ho'oDMAN Blind, n. f. A play in which 
 the perfon hooded is to catch another, 
 and tell the name ; blindman's buff. 
 
 What devil was 't. 
 That thus hath cozcn'd you at koodmati bllr:d? 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 
 To Ho'oD-wiNK. V. a. {JjoodznA. tuink.] 
 I. Toblind with fomething bound over the 
 
 eyes. 
 
 They willingly hood-winiing themfelves from 
 feeing his faults, he often abufed the viilueof 
 courage lo defend his foul vice of injuftice. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 We will bind and hood-nuink him fo, that he 
 
 fliall fuppofe he is carried into the leaguer of the 
 
 adverfaries. Shakjpt.-.rt. 
 
 Then Ihe who hath been hood-ivink'd from her 
 
 birth. 
 
 Doth fitft hetfelf within death's rairiour fee. 
 
 Daviet. 
 So have I feen, at Chtiftmas fports, one loft. 
 And, hood-ivink'd, for a man embrace a pol>. 
 
 Ben 'JonjoK, 
 Sat.an is fain to hood-wink thofe that Halt. 
 
 JJecay of Piety, 
 
 Prejudice fo dexteroufly hood-iuinks men's 
 
 minds as to keep them in the dark, with a belief 
 
 that they arc more in the light. Locke. 
 
 Muft I wed Rodogune .' 
 Fantaftick cruelty of hoo.hvink'd chance ! Roive. 
 On high, where no hoaric winds or cloud* 
 rcfort. 
 The hood-wink'd goddefs keeps her partial court. 
 
 Gari/i, 
 
 3. To cover ; to hide. 
 
 Be patient; for the prize, I'll bring thee to. 
 Shall hcod-iuink this mifchance. SuakJJ^eare. 
 
 3. To deceive; to impofe upon. 
 
 She delighted in infamy, which often (he had 
 ufed to her hufband's fhamr, filling all men's 
 cars, but his, with reproach ; while he, hood- 
 ■wink'd with kindncfs, leaft of all men knew 
 whortruckhim. Sidney. 
 
 HOOF. n.f. [hop. Saxon; /^o^/, Dutch.] 
 The hard horny fiihluince on the feet 
 of graminivorous aiiiinals. 
 
 With the hoofs of his horfcs fhall he tread 
 
 down all tiiy ftrects. Ezekli!. 
 
 The hull and ram know the ufe of their horni 
 
 as well as the horfe of his hoofs. Mori. 
 
 HooF-BOuND. adj. [^hoofani bound.'] 
 
 A horic is faid to be hoof-bound wlicn he ha« 
 a pain in the fore feet, occafioiicd by the drjncf*
 
 !I O O 
 
 s»<1 contraftion or narrowncfsof th< li»ni of ilu- 
 ^uartcrsj which rtraittiu tiu- qu.irtcrs of tlielKch, 
 and oftentimes makes tlic luiife lame. A l.wj- 
 Ifi'tmi norie has a narrow liccl, the fides of wliich 
 come too near one another, infomiich liiat the 
 flefh is kept too tight, and bas not its nntura] 
 Client. Furrier' \ Diet. 
 
 flo'oFED. arfj, [ffom Loof.'[ Fui'nifluJ 
 with hoofs. 
 
 Among quadrupeds, the roc-deer is the fwift- 
 eft ; of ail tiie hii/j'e /, the horfc is the mort l)eau- 
 lit'ul ; of ail thccLnvcri, the lion is the flro.iqcC. 
 
 HOOK. n. f. [hoce, Sa.\on ; hoecl:, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. Any tliinjT bent fo as to catch hold: as, 
 a (hepheid's hock and pot hooks. 
 
 This falling not, for that they had not fai 
 enougli iniderniincd it, they aflaycd with gital 
 kixii and llrong ropes to have pulled it down. 
 
 AV.o.'.V.. 
 
 2. The curvated wire on which the bait is 
 hung tor firtics, and with which the li[h 
 IS pierced. 
 
 LiivC unto i^cildcn /nok^j 
 That from the foolilh filli tlieir baits do liide. 
 
 Hjiirijtr. 
 
 My bended Aook fliall pierce 
 
 Their flimy jaws. Sr.jkffeuic. 
 
 Though divine Pljto thus of pleafurts thouglir, 
 
 They us with hoot^i and baits, like fiihcs, caugiir. 
 
 X) en ham, 
 
 3. A fnare ; a trap. 
 
 A (hop of all the qualities that man 
 Loves woman for, bcfidcs that /;te^ of wiving, 
 Fairncfs, which lirikcs the eye. Sfiakjpcin. 
 
 4. An iron to feize the meat in the caldron. 
 
 About the caldron many coolvs accoil'd. 
 With kcoki and ladles, as need did lequire; 
 The while the viands in the vcircl boil'd. 
 
 Faity Queen, 
 
 5. A fickle to reap corn. 
 
 Peafe arc commonly reaped with a Aooi at the 
 end of a long flick., Alortifmr, 
 
 6. Any inltiunient to cut orlop with. 
 
 Not that I'd lop the beauties fiom his book, 
 Like Halhing Beotlcy with his dclperatc fiTii. 
 
 Vr^pe. 
 
 7. The part of the hineje fixed to the poll : 
 whence the proverb, ojj' the hooks, for in 
 4tij order. 
 
 My doublet looks. 
 Like him that wears it, quite off o' tnt hr,i\i, 
 
 C't'.tvrt.md. 
 
 She was honibly bold, mcddlingandcxpenfive, 
 
 eahiy put off the ftooki, and monltrous hard to be 
 
 pleafed again. V Ejirangt. 
 
 While Sheridan is off the ncoh, 
 And friend Delany at his books. Svi-ft. 
 
 8. Hook. [In hiilbandr}-.] Afieldfonn 
 two years running. Alnfivorth, 
 
 q. Hook or Crook, One way or other ; 
 by any expedient; by any means direct 
 or obh'qiie. Ludicrous. 
 
 Which he by h'i^jh or crooh had gathcr'd. 
 And for his own inventions f ither'd. HuHil^ 
 
 He would biing him by hook or crook into his 
 quarrel. Dryd-:it. 
 
 To Hook, ti, a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To catch with a hook. 
 
 Tiic hu.L^i- jack he iuid caujht was feived up for 
 thefiilldilh; upon our iuting down to it, he 
 gave us a long account how nc had Aio^Vi/ ir, 
 played with it, foiled it, and at length drew ii 
 cut upon the bank. Adiij:n, 
 
 2. Tr^ entrap ; to enfnare. 
 *. To draw as with a hook. 
 
 But (he 
 I can h,ok to nic. Shakfpmre* % Winter' i TuU. 
 j^. To fallen as with a hook, 
 c. To draw by force or aititkc. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 H O O 
 
 There .iit muny biaiiches of the nutural l^w no 
 w.Ty reducible to the two tables, untefi hookrd in 
 by tedious confi-quences. Norrii. 
 
 Ho'oKF.D. adj. [fiom hook.1 Bent; cur- 
 vated. 
 
 (7>i/>J (igiiifics eagle or vulture; fiom whcnc- 
 the cpitlici£;»vy>//J> for an Acijte./ or aquiline nolV. 
 
 i^rou-ll, 
 
 Kow thou threaten'ft, with unjull decree, 
 To feiie the prize wiiich I fo dearly hougl.t : 
 Mean match to thine ; fur Aill above the icll, 
 Thy hcck'ti rapacious l-.ands ufurp the bell. Drjd. 
 
 C.itcrpillai 5 have claws and (tet : tlic claws arc 
 hoiked, to take the berter hold in climbing from 
 twig to twig, and hanging on the backfides of 
 Ic.ives. Gretr. 
 
 Ho'oKEDNrss. n./. [tvom hooked.'] State 
 
 of being bent like a hook. 
 HooKNo'sED. adj. [hook and tjo/e,] Hav- 
 ing tiie aquiline nofe rifinir in the middle. 
 1 may juitly fay with the hcohioftd fellow of 
 Rome there, Csefai, I came, faw, and overcame. 
 Shnkfpenre's Henry tv, 
 HOOP. n. / [A«^, Dutch.] 
 I, Any tiling ciicular by which fomethlng 
 elfc is bound, particularly cades or bands. 
 
 Thou (halt prove a (hehci to thy friends, 
 A hr^op of gold to binrl thy brothers in. 
 That the united vellel of their blood 
 Shall never leak. Skikfiteare' s Uenry iv. 
 
 If I knew 
 What hop would hold us ilaunch, from edge to 
 
 edge 
 O' th' world, I would purfuc it. Shakfprare. 
 
 A quarrel, ho, already [ what's the matter? 
 — About a hoip of gold, a paltry ring. Shitkjp. 
 
 To view io lewd a town, and to refrain, 
 What hoipi of iron could my fplecn contain ! 
 
 Diyden'$ Jiivcttal. 
 And learned Athens to our art mud ftoop. 
 Could (he Ijchold us tumbling through a hoop. 
 
 Pope 
 I. The whalebone with which women ex- 
 tend theii petticoats ; a farthingale. 
 
 At coming ui you faw her ftoop: 
 The entry brulh'd again'll her hoop. Siuiff. 
 
 All that hoops are good for is to clean dnty 
 flioes, and to keep fellows at a diUance. Cidiijj. 
 3. Any thing circular. 
 
 I have fecnat Rome an antique flatueofTime, 
 with a wheel or hoop of marble in his hand. Addif. 
 
 To Hoop. i). a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To bind or enclofc with hoops. 
 
 The three hoof'd pot (hall have ten hoops, and 
 I will make it t'clony to drink fmall beer. Shtikf. 
 
 The cafks for his majcfly's Ihipping were 
 h'Kpcd-3i a wine-calk, or hooped with iron. 
 
 Rnleigh. 
 
 2. To encircle; to clafp ; to furround. 
 
 If ever hcncctortl. thou 
 Shalt hoop his body more with thy cmbr.iccs, 
 I will dcvifc a death. Sh.ikJ}. Hitler's Tale, 
 
 I hoop the firmamcnr, and make 
 This mv embrace the zodiack. CleaviLmd. 
 
 That Ihelly gu.irtl. Which hoops in the eye, and 
 hides the greater part of it, might occafion his 
 miltake. Greiu, 
 
 To Hoop. 1'. n. [from taopgan or tuopyan, 
 Gothick ; or houppcr, French, derived 
 fniin tlie Gothick. This word is gene- 
 rally written whoop, which is inore pro- 
 per if we deduce it from the Gothick ; 
 and hoop if we derive it from the 
 French.] To fnotit ; to make au out- 
 cry by way uf call or purfuit. 
 To Hoop. 1}. a. 
 
 1. To drive with a flioiit. 
 
 D.illard nnhlcs 
 Snffcr'd me, by the voitc of flavcs, to be 
 H>op'd out of Rome. Shiikjpeare'i Qwiotanui. 
 
 2. To call by a Ihout. 
 
 H O P 
 
 HooPEK. n,f. [from /.io'3/»,tornclore willi 
 hoops.] A cooper; one that hoop* 
 tubs. 
 
 Ho'ariN&- COUGH, n, f. [or <whoopmg- 
 cough, from hoop, to fnout.l A convul« 
 five cough, fo called from its noifc ; the 
 cliiiicough. 
 
 2o Hoot. v. n. [Aw/, Welfh; hucr, Fr.] 
 
 1. To fhout in contempt. 
 
 A numhcrof country folks happened to pafs 
 thereby, who hollowed and totted afxct mt .is at 
 the arrar.tcft coward. Sidney, 
 
 Matrons and girls (liall hoot .it thee no more. 
 
 J^ryden, 
 
 2. To cry as an owl. 
 
 Some keep back 
 The clamorous owl, that nightljr Hmts, and won- 
 ders 
 • At our queint fports. Shokfpeare, 
 
 7& HooT. 11. a. To drive v,r!th nolle and 
 fltouts. 
 
 Wo lov'd him ; but, like bcafts, 
 Our cowaid nobles gave way to your ctuftcrs, 
 Who diU/ici? him out o' th' city. Shakjprare. 
 The owl of Rome, whom boys aird girls w«U 
 ho-A < 
 That were I fet up for that wooden god 
 That keeps our gardens, could not fright tit* 
 
 crows. 
 Or the Icali bird from muting on my head. 
 
 ' Ben Jonfot, 
 Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a chcrft 
 and impoftor, if I fail in any partic^ilar of mo- 
 ment. S^vife, 
 
 Hoot. n,f, [huee, French, from the verb.] 
 Clamour ; fliout ; noife. 
 
 Its aifertion would be entertained with the 
 hoot of the rabble. GUnville's Seepjie. 
 
 To HOP. V, n. [hoppan, Saxon; hop^, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 1. To jump; to fkip lightly. 
 
 I wuu'lI have tbec gone. 
 And yet no further than a wanton's bird. 
 That lets it hop a liiile from her hand. 
 And with a filk. thicad plucks it back again. ■ 
 
 Shakppeare-. 
 Go, hop me over cveiy kennel home ; 
 For you iiiall hop without my cuftom, fir. Shakf. 
 
 Be kind and courteous to this gentleman. 
 Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes. 
 
 Sh.lkfpearr, 
 
 The painted birds, comp.inions of the fpring^ 
 Hopping from fpray to fpray were heard. Vry.'er:, 
 Your Ben and Fletcher, in tl-.cir firft yotmj 
 flight. 
 Did no Volponc, nor no Arbaces write ; 
 But h-ipp'd about, and fliort excurfious made 
 From bough to bough, as if they were afraid. 
 
 D'vden. 
 Why don't we vindicate ourfelves by trial or- 
 deal, and h'.p over heated plooghiharcs blindfold? 
 Colliei on TJkcHirt^. 
 I am highly delighted to fee the jay dr tl>e 
 thrulh hoppirg alrout my walks. SptSfatir, 
 
 2. To leap on one leg. 
 
 Men with heads like dogs, and otliers with 
 one huge foot alone, whereupon ihcy did Asp 
 from place to place. Miot, 
 
 3. To walk lamely, or with one leg left 
 nimble or ftrong than the other ; to 
 limp; to halt. 
 
 The limping fmith obferv'd the fidden'd feaft. 
 And tapping iiere and there, himfcif a jert, 
 Pat in his word. Zhydin's iloKtr, 
 
 4. To move ; to play. 
 
 Softly feel 
 Her feeble piilfe, to prove if any drop 
 Of living blood yet in her veins did h'/p. 
 
 Fairy (J./«f. 
 Hop. «. /. [[from the verb.] 
 I. A jump j a light leap. 
 6 U
 
 HOP 
 
 Z. A iiimp on one leg. 
 
 When my w'uigs are on, I can %o above a hun- 
 dred yards at a nop, ftep, and jump. j^aiifiti. 
 
 3 . A place where meaner people dance. 
 
 jiinfiuorth . 
 
 HOP. n.f. [y^fl/, Dutch ; /«/«/.vj-, Latin.] 
 A plant. 
 
 It has a creeping root : the Icivcs are rough, 
 arjular, and cunjug-ited ; the (talks climb and 
 twilt about whatever is near them ; the flowers 
 arc male au-l female on different pl.mts : the 
 male flower confilts of a calyx divided into five 
 par'.s, which furrounds the liaraina, but has no 
 jjetals to the flawer; the female plants have their 
 flowers collcfted into fquamole heads, which 
 grow in bunches : from e.ich leafy fcale is pro- 
 <luced an horny ovary, which becomes a fingle 
 roundilh feed. ' MiUcr. 
 
 If h'jp yard or orchard ye mind for to have, 
 For Imp poles and crotches in lopping ro fave. 
 
 Ti'fr. 
 The planting of hop yards is profitable for the 
 planters, and confequently for the kingdom. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Beer hath milt firfl infufed in the liquor, and 
 
 il afterwards boiled with the krp. Bacm. 
 
 Next to thiftles are /is/) firings, cut after the 
 
 flowers are gathered. Dciham. 
 
 Have the poles without forks, otherwife it will 
 
 be trojblefomc to p.irt the hop vines and the poles. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 When you water l:op!, on the top of every hill 
 put diiToivcd dang, which will enrich your hop 
 hills. Monhn-r. 
 
 In Kent they plant their hop gardens with ap- 
 ple-trees and cherry-trees between. Mortimrr. 
 The price of hoeing of hop giound is foity 
 {hillings an acre. Mortimer. 
 
 Bop p )!es, the largeft fort, (hould be about 
 twenty foot long, and about nine inehes in com- 
 pafs. Moniif.er. 
 
 To Hop. t. a. [from the noun.] To im- 
 pregnate with hops. 
 Brew in October, -nd hop it for long keeping. 
 
 MoTtimtr. 
 
 To increafe the milk, diminifhcd by flefh 
 
 niear, take malt-drink not much hopped. Ailuth. 
 
 HOPE. n. / [hopa, Saxon ; hobe, 
 
 Dutch.] 
 J. Exptftaticn of fome good ; an expec- 
 tation indulged with pleafure. 
 
 Hope is that pleafure in the mind which every 
 one finds in himfcU, upon the.th.night of a pro- 
 fitable future enjoyment of a thing which is apt 
 to delight l.im. Lorkc. 
 
 There is htpe of a tree, if cut down, that it 
 win fproat again. "Jtib. 
 
 When in heav'n Oie (hall his tlTcncc fee, 
 This is her fov'reijn good, and perfe.ft hlifs; 
 
 Hci longing, wilhings, /«/>«, all finilh'dbe; 
 Her joys are full, licr motions reli in this. 
 
 Sweet hope^ 
 
 Danics. 
 kind cheat ! fair fallacy I by thee 
 
 . We art not where or what we be ; 
 But what and where we wou'.d be ; thus art thou 
 Our abfcntprefcnce, and our luturc now. 
 
 Faith is oppofed to infidelity, and hope to 
 iefpair. Taylor. 
 
 He fougiit them both, but wiOlM his hap 
 might find, 
 Eve fcparatc : he wilh'd, but not with hope 
 Of what fo fcldom chanc'd ; when to his wifti, 
 Beyond his hope. Eve feparate he fpies. Mi/toa. 
 
 The Trojan dair.es 
 To Pallas' fane in long proeefTion go, 
 Jn hopr^ to reconci'e their heav'nly foe. Drydcrt. 
 
 Why not comfort niyfelf with the hope of what 
 Biay be, a torment myfelf with the fear oii't. 
 
 L'JiJlralge. 
 
 To encourage our h(fpti, it givrs us the high- 
 eft aiTiirancco) muli laliicg haf jjiucfs, in cale of 
 abcdicntc. TiUotJin. 
 
 H O P 
 
 The deceafed really lived like ore that had his 
 hope in another life; a life which he hath now 
 entered upon, having exchanged hope lor fight, 
 defire for enjoyment. Aueri^itry. 
 
 Young men look rather to the paft age th.iii 
 the prefent, and therefore the futuie may have 
 fome hopci of them. S-^v:jt. 
 
 2. Confidence in a future event, or in the 
 future conduiSl of any perfon. 
 
 It is good, being put to death by men, to look 
 for ho^e from God, to be railed up again by him. 
 
 2 ^[iicc,t/>€es. 
 
 BlclTed is he who is not fallen fiora his hope in 
 
 the Lold. Ecclus. 
 
 3. That which gives hope ; that on which 
 the hopes are fixed, as an agent by 
 which fom^thing dcfired may be ef- 
 feded. 
 
 I niight fee from far fome forty trunchconocrs 
 draw, to her fuccuur, whicli were the hope of the 
 Strand, where fhc was quartcr'd. ^/i^kjpearc. 
 
 4. The objcft of hope. 
 Tliy mother fell more than a mother's pain, 
 
 And yet brought forth Icfs than a mother's hope ; 
 To wit, an inriigefied dcform'd lump. Shahfprure. 
 
 She was his care, his hope, and his dehght. 
 Mod in his thought, and ever in his fight. D>yJ. 
 Hope. n. f. Any floping plain between 
 the ridges of mountains. A'lnfiuortk. 
 To Hope. ■u. b. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To live in expectation of fome good. 
 Hope 5or good iuccel's, according to the efficacy 
 
 of the cautes and the inlirument ; and let the 
 hufbandman hop: for a guod hafveft. Tay'c-, 
 
 My mufc, by fiorir.s long toft. 
 Is thrown upon your hofpitable coaft; 
 And finds more favour by her ill fucccfs. 
 Than the could hop; for by her happine!"s. Dryd. 
 
 Who knows what adverfc fortune may befall ! 
 Arm well your mind, hope little, and fear all. 
 
 Diydcn 
 
 2. To place confidence in another. 
 He Ihall itrengtiicn your heart, all ye that hopi 
 
 in the Lord. Pfa/ms. 
 
 To Hope. v. a. To expefl with defire. 
 
 The fun fnines hot ; and if we nfc delay. 
 Cold-biting winter mars ourhop'd i'or h.iy. 
 
 ShaHprnre. 
 So ftands the Thracian hcrdfman with his fpear 
 Full ill the gap, and hopes the hunted bear. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Ho'pEFUL. adj. [hol>e RnA fuU.'\ 
 
 I. Full of qualities which produce hope; 
 
 promifing; likely to obtain fuccefs ; 
 
 likely to come to maturity ; likely to 
 
 gratify defire, or anfwer expeiSation. - 
 
 He will advance tiiee : 
 I knowhii noble nature, not to Jet 
 Thy hoprfal fetvice pcrilh. Shaifpeare. 
 
 You i'crve a great and gracious maiier, and 
 there is a moll hop.fvl young prince whom you 
 mull not defcrt. B^non. 
 
 What to the old can greater pleafure be, 
 Than hopeful and ingenious youth to fee 1 
 
 H O R 
 
 Denhofn 
 look in their declining years, | 
 
 They take up a h 
 and grow very hop'ful Icholars by that tim.e they 
 
 are threetcore. 
 
 ::jon. 
 
 . Full of hope ; full of expeftation of 
 fuccefs. This fenfe is now almoft con- 
 fined to Scotland, though it is analogi- 
 cal, and found in good writers. 
 
 Men of their own natural inclination hopeful 
 and ilrongly conceited, whatfocver they took in 
 hand Hooker. 
 
 I was hopeful the fuccefs of your firft attempts 
 would encoinage you to make trial alfo of more 
 nice and dirticult expeiiments. Boyle. 
 
 Whatever ills the fricndlefs orphan bears, 
 Beieav'd of parents in his infant years, 
 Still mull the wKong'd Tclem.achus furtain. 
 If hopeful of your aid, he bojes iu »ain. i'^pe- 
 
 Ho'pEFUt.i,v. adv. [from hcpeful.l 
 
 1. In fuch manner as to raife hope ; in a 
 promifing way. 
 
 He left all his female kindred either matched 
 with peers of the realm aflually, or koprfJIy 
 with carls' fons and heirs. IVoiton. 
 
 They were ready to renew the war, and to pro.- 
 feciitc it hop-fully, to the icduflion or fupprciliun 
 of the Irilh. Clarendon 
 
 2. With hope; without defpalc. This 
 fenfe is rare. 
 
 From your promifing and generous endea- 
 vours we may hopefully expcii a confiderable en- 
 largement of the iiifloiy of nature. Glanvilie, 
 
 Ho'pEFUi-NESS. n. f. [from hopeful.'] 
 
 Promife of good ; likelihood to fucceed. 
 
 Set down beforehand certain fignatures of 
 
 hopefuhfi, or chaiaflais, whereby may be timely 
 
 defcribed what the child will prove in probability. 
 
 }fottot. 
 Ho'pELESS. aJj. [from hope.l 
 
 1. Wanting hope ; being without pleafing 
 expeftation ; defpairing. 
 
 Ai'e tlicy indiffeicnt, being ufed as figns of 
 iramoc^^rate and hopctefs lamentation for the 
 de*d r hooker. 
 
 Alas I I am a woman, fricndlefs, hopelfi! 
 
 Shakfpearem 
 
 He watches with greedy hope to find 
 His wifh, an'd bell advantage, us afunder; 
 Hopelef to circumvent ui join'il, where each 
 To other fpeedy aid might lend at need. Milton^ 
 
 The fali'n archangel, envioos of our ftate, 
 And hopelefi to piev;iii by open force. 
 Seeks hid advantage. ■ Dryd. State nf In^ocenet. 
 
 Hop'Jefs of ranfom, and condemn'd to lie 
 In durance, doom'd a ling'ting death to die. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. Giving no hope ; promifing nothing 
 pleafing. 
 
 The hopehfs word of never to return, 
 Breathe I againll thee upon pain of life. Shahfp. 
 Ho'pER. n. /. [fr.im hope.] One that 
 has pleafing expectations. 
 
 I except all hnpersy who turn the fcale, bc- 
 
 caiife the ilrong expe<^ation of a good certain 
 
 falary will outweigh thelofs by bad rents. Swih. 
 
 Ho'piNGLY. aelv. [from hoping.} Willi 
 
 hope ; with expe'ilation of good. 
 
 One fign of defpair is the peremptory con- 
 tempt of the condition which is the ground. of 
 hope ; the going on not only in terrours and 
 amazement of confcience, hut alfo boldly, hcf- 
 iitg'y, and confidently in wilful habits of fin. 
 
 Hatnmond^ 
 
 Ho'pPER. n.f. [from hop.'] He who 
 
 hops or jumps on one leg. Ainfwortb. 
 
 Ho'pPERS. n.f. [commonly called 5fo<fA 
 
 hoppers.] A kind of play iu which the- 
 
 aCiror hops on one leg. 
 
 Ho'ppER. n.f. [fo called becaufe it is 
 always hopping, or in agitation. It is 
 called in French, for the fame reafon, 
 tremie or tremu;.] 
 
 1. The box or open fvame of wood into 
 which the corn is put to be ground. 
 
 The fait of the lake Afphahites Ihootcth inti> 
 perfciSl cubes. Sometimes they are pyramidal 
 and plain, like the hopper of a mill. GreiL'. 
 
 Gr.mivorous birds have the mcchanifm of a 
 mill : their maw is the hopper which holds and 
 foftens the grain, letting it drop by degrees into 
 the flomach. Arhuthnot on Alimenta. 
 
 ■ Jul> at the hopper v.'\\\ I ftand. 
 In my whole life I never faw grift grtxind, 
 And mark the cU:k how julily it will found. 
 
 Btttcrton. 
 
 2. A balket for carrying feed. jiiitfiv. 
 Ho'ral. atl'<. [from /jorfl, Latifl.] . Re- 
 lating to. the tuur..
 
 H O R 
 
 nowe'cr reduc'd cinri jilain, 
 Tli» watcli would lilil a w.iicli icniain j 
 • But if flic hcrcil orbit cial'cs, 
 
 Tlie wliolellands Kill, jr breaks to pigcci. Prior. 
 Ho'R.Anv. adi. [horaire, French; bora- 
 
 rius, Latin. J 
 I. Relating to an hour. 
 
 I'll draw a figure tli.it (hall tell yon 
 Wl>at you perhaps forgot befell you» 
 By way of ^ornry inlpcctionj 
 Which fome account our worll creflion. 
 
 ' Hujiltmt. 
 
 1:1 his aiifwcr to an iornfy qucHion, as what 
 
 hour of llR- night to fiT a fox-nap, be has dif- 
 
 tulVcd, under tiic charadlcr of icyiiard, the niaii- 
 
 nrrof lurpnfingall ih^irpcis. Tiitlci . 
 
 Z, Continuing for an hour. 
 
 When, from a bjOtot of fummer-fruit, God 
 by Ariios foretold the deilrudtmn of his people, 
 thereby was declared the prupiiiquity of tr.eir 
 dofoiatioui and tiiat their tranqmlliiy was of no 
 longer <tur.itton than Ihofc koraiy or toon dec.iy- 
 ing fruits of lummcr. Br'"ivn'i Vul^or F.Tr'Aoi. 
 
 HouDE. n. f. A clan; a migratory 
 crew of people. It is applied only to 
 the Tartars. 
 
 Of loft mankind, in polifli'd flavery funk, 
 Prove marri.il h'jrdctjw h'.t .U with dreadful fwccp, 
 And gave the vanquilh'd woild anuthei form. 
 
 'rhimfon. 
 
 IlORrZON. n. / ly^^^-'] The line 
 that terminates the view. The horizon 
 is diftinguifhed into fcnfible and real : 
 the fenfiblc horizon is the circular line 
 which limits the view; the real is that 
 which would bound it, if it could take 
 in the hemifphere. It is falfely pro- 
 nounced by Shakfpeavc hort%Gn, " 
 
 VVhca the momini^ Uiii Ihall lail'c his car 
 Above the boidei ot this ho'^izon^ 
 We'll forwaid towaids Warwick, and bis mntes. 
 
 Shukfpcire. 
 
 Spctcgan to caft with licrfelf from what coall 
 this blazing rtar (hauld firft appear, and at what 
 time it niuft be upon the h$u'z.on of Ireland. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 In his call the glorious lamp was fccn, 
 Regent of day ; and ;til th' horizon round 
 Invcltcd with bright rays. , • Miltofi. 
 
 Tlic moriiiijg lark, the meflenger of day, 
 Saluted in her lon^ the morning g^'ny ; 
 And foon the Gmarulc \vit)i beams lu bright, 
 That all tii' houTLon Uugli'd to fee the joyous 
 
 flghr. ]}ryJtn. 
 
 When the fca is woiked up in a tcmpci>, fu 
 that the /lorizen on every fide is nothing hut 
 foaming billows antl fioal'ng mountains, it is 
 impoflible to riefcrihc the agreeable horrour that 
 nfcs from fuch a proTpcit. .^dAijon. 
 
 Horizo'ntal. adj. \_homotitiiIj French, 
 from boriz,OH.~\ 
 
 1. Near the horizon. 
 
 As wiicn tiic fun, new rifcn. 
 Looks thri'Ugh i\\q hctii^Qntitl milty air, 
 Shorn of his beams ; or from behind tlie moon. 
 In dim eclipfe, difalhous twilight fhtds 
 On half the nations. AlHron. 
 
 2. Par.illcl to the liorlzon ; on a level. 
 
 An obcjilk ercdled, and golden figures placed 
 horizo'tfa/ about it, was brought oui of Egypt 
 by AugufVus. B'oivn. 
 
 The problem is reduced to this ; what perpen- 
 dicular height is ncced'.iiy to pl.icc' fcverai i;inks 
 of rowers in a plane inclined to a horizonicii line 
 ia a given :inglc ? ^rltuthntt on Coin's. 
 
 Horizo'ntally. fl^/v. [from hori%cTital.'] 
 In a dire5lion paralKl to the horl/.on. 
 
 As it will not f:nK into tlic bottom, fo will it 
 neither float above, like liglitcr budics ; but, 
 being nea-- in wcigi.t, lie fupcrficially, or almoil 
 horiz^ntoilf unto it Biovju. 
 
 T:-.c anibient ether is too liquid .ind' empty to 
 impel them horizotuuily with celerity. Bcnilty. 
 
 H O R 
 
 HORN. H. /. {hourn, Gothick ; hopn, 1 
 ijaxon ; hnm, Dutcli.] f 
 
 1. Tlic hard hodics which grow on the 
 heads of fome graminivorous quadru- 
 peds, and ferve them tor weapons. 
 
 No bcall that hath /remi hath upper Ictih. 
 
 Zetiu rifes through the ground. 
 Bending the Inill's tuugh iicck with pain, 
 That tolies back his Asr/ii in vain. .-Id.Ujm. 
 
 All that pioccfs is no more (urprifiAe than the 
 criipiion of /;'^r"i in fome brutes, or of teeth and 
 bcaifl 111 men at ceitain periods of .igc. Btnilty. 
 
 2. An inltrumcnt of wind-mufick made of 
 burn. 
 
 Tlie fquirc 'gnn nighcr to approach, 
 And wind his horn under the calUe-wall, 
 That withil.e noifc it Ihook as it would fall. 
 
 F^iiry (^ufeit. 
 
 There 's a poft come from my maftcr, wiih 
 
 his /«r«full of good news. Shaifjicaic. 
 
 The goddefs to her crocked Imn 
 Adds all her breath : the rocks and woods around, 
 And mountains, tremble at th" inferral found. 
 
 DiyJen. 
 Fair Afcanius, and his youthful train. 
 With h(ir?is and hounds a hunting match ordain. 
 
 Diyilfn. 
 
 3. The extremity of the waxing or Want- 
 ing moon, as mentioned by poets. 
 
 She blcfs'd the bed, inch fruitfubiefs convcy'd, 
 That crc ten moons had (harpen'd cither Ao^/r, 
 To ciown their bill's, a lovely boy wasborn. 
 
 Vryden. 
 The mcon 
 Wears a wan circle round her blunted horm. 
 
 4. The feelers of a fnail. Whence the 
 proverb, To pull in ll:e horns, to reprefs 
 one's ardour. 
 
 Love's feeling is more foft and fenfible, 
 Tlian are the tendei hzrni of cockled Inails. 
 
 ShiikJ)icare. 
 Aufidius, 
 Hearing of our Marcins's baniOimcnt, 
 TIn'uft forrh his h^rm again into the world. 
 Which were inlhell'd when Marcius ftoo^ for 
 
 Rome, 
 And diirlV not once peep out. Shakj'pcarc. 
 
 5. A drinking cup made of horn. 
 
 6. Antler of a cuckold. 
 
 Iff have h^jf-t!^ to make one mnd, 
 Let the proverb go with me, I'll be horn mad. 
 
 S/inkf^care. 
 Merchants, vent'ring thrnugii the main, 
 Slight pyrates, locks, and h:>ini for gain. 
 
 Hu:librit^, 
 
 7. HoRK mad. Perhaps mad as a cuck- 
 old. 
 
 i am glad he went not in hirafelf : jf iie had^ 
 he would have been horn mad. Sh(ikJpeo}e^ 
 
 Hornbf/ak. J //.yi A kind of fifh, 
 
 HORNFI'SH. J Awf'worth. 
 
 Ho'rNBF.am. n. f. [/f^j-H and ^f*-;;/;, Dut. 
 
 for /nr, from the hardnefs of the timber.] 
 
 It hath leaves like the elm or beech-trcc. 
 
 The timber is very tough and inflexible, and of 
 
 exd-'llcnt ufc. MiUer. 
 
 Ho'kmbook. n. f. [horn and bGok,~\ The 
 firfl: book of children, covered with horn 
 to keep it nn foiled- 
 
 He teaches boys \Miho>nhook. Shaljfieare. 
 
 Nothing has been confidered of this kind out 
 of the ordinary road of the hornbook and primer. 
 
 L-jcke. 
 
 To mafter John the Englifh maid 
 A hornhool gives of gtnger-bread ; 
 And that the child inav learn the belter, 
 As he can name, he cats the Kltcr. Prior. 
 
 Ho'knkd. adj, £from /jorn.] Furniflied 
 
 with horns. 
 
 K o R 
 
 As when two rams, ftirr'd with ambitisui' 
 
 piide, 
 Fight for the rule of the rich fleeced flo>?k, 
 Their htmcJ fronts fo fierce on cither fide 
 Do meet, that, with the terrour of the fhock, ' 
 Atlonilhcd both llanil feiiiclofj as a block. 
 
 Ftihy Qureti, 
 
 Thither all the /wnic/hoft icfoits, 
 
 To gra/.c the ranker me:<d. Denham, 
 
 Thou king 01 hoinid tloods, whofe plenteous 
 
 uin 
 
 Suffices fatncfj to the f.uitful corn. D'yirn. 
 
 Ho'rnkr. n. f. [from /m/-n.] One that 
 works in liorii, ami fcllb horns. 
 
 The Ikiii i.f a bull's forehead is the part of the 
 hide made ule o{ by h-jincn^ wherowpon they 
 (have their bonis. Gre-w, 
 
 Ho'rnet. n. f. [liycinetre, Saxon, from 
 its horns.] A very large flrong Hing- 
 ing fly, which makes its neil in hollow 
 trees. 
 
 Silence, in times of fulTring, is the b:-l^ ; 
 *Tis dangerous to difturb a h^rnet^ ncd. Dryd. 
 
 Uorneti do mifchicf to trees by breeding iit 
 them. yUrtimer. 
 
 I have often admired how horneitf that g'atUcr 
 dry materials for building their netts, have found 
 a proper matter to glue their combs. Dnhujn. 
 
 Ho'knfoot. n. f. [horn and/W.] Hoof- 
 ed. 
 
 Mad fiantick men, that did not inly quake ! 
 With Ii6r;ifocf horfes, and brafs wheels, fove's 
 l^orms to emulate.' HaUn-tH, 
 
 Ho'uNOWL. n. f. A kind of horned owl. 
 
 Ahif'worth. 
 Ho'rnpipe. «. f. \l30rn and />i/>^. ] A 
 country dance, danced commonly to a. 
 horn . 
 
 A lufty tabrere, 
 Tbnt to thee many a horiipipc play'd. 
 Whereto they daucen each one with his maid. 
 
 Spenffr. 
 There many a k^,ntp'ip-: he tun'd to his Phyllis. 
 
 RuUigh. 
 Let all the quickfilver i' the mine 
 Run to the feet veins, and refine 
 Youi' firkhum jerkum to a dance 
 Shall fetch the fiddlers out of France, 
 To wondvr at the h'.rn^npci heic 
 Of Nottingham and DeibyQiire. Bctf^o<^fim. 
 Florinda - danced the Dcrbyfti're homptkc }b 
 the prelencc of fcvcral friends. TatUr, 
 
 HoRNSTONE. n.f. A kind of blue (lone. 
 
 Jlinfvjorth. 
 Ho'rnwork. n.f. A kind of angular 
 
 fortification. 
 Ho'rny. adj. [from /'or«.] 
 
 1. Made of horn. 
 
 2. Rcfembling horn. 
 
 He thought he by the brook of Cherith flood. 
 And f.uv the ravens with their /;or/r>' beaks 
 Food to Elijah bringing even and morn. A!i/lon. 
 
 The horfiy or pellucid coat of the eye doth not 
 lie in the fame fuperficics with the white of the 
 eye, but rifeth up above its convexity, and is of' 
 an hyperbolical figure. R^iy o/i rJie Cre.iiicn. 
 
 Rough are her cars, and broad her hurny feet. 
 
 Drydev. 
 
 The pineal gland was encompalTed with a 
 kindof /iO(«v fubftance. ^rlj-fri. 
 
 As liie ferum of the blood is refolvable by a 
 fm.tU heat, a greater hear coagulates it lb as to 
 turn it hoity, like parchment; but when it it ' 
 thoroughly putrified, it will no longer concrete. 
 
 .'l^bul)■.!l^>t. 
 
 3. Hard as horn ; callous. 
 
 Tyrrhfus,thc folter-father of the beaft, 
 Thcnclench'd a hatchet in his hi.rny fiift. Bryd. 
 
 Hono'GR.iPHy. n.f. [lorog r/jp/jie, Fr. 
 J' 2 and y^Jft.J An account of the 
 hours. 
 
 6 B 2
 
 H O R 
 
 Ho'rologe. 1 n. f. [borologtum, Lat.] 
 Ho'rology. 3 Any inftiuraeiit that 
 tells the hour : as a clock ; a watch ; an 
 hour glafs. 
 
 He'll n-atch the horologe a double fet, 
 If drink rock not his cradle. Shakjfearc. 
 
 Before the days of Jerome there were horola- 
 gia, that raeafured the hours not only by drops 
 of water in glaffes, called cleplTfIra, but alfo by 
 fand in glaffes, called clepfammia. Brnivn. 
 
 Horo'metry. It. /■ [horometrie, French ; 
 ipa and fuTJEi.] The art of meafuring 
 hours. 
 
 It is no eafy wonder how the hsrotmtry of 
 
 antiquity difcovered not this srtilice. Bmvn. 
 
 HoRo'scoPE. n. f. \_hornfcoie, French ; 
 
 »^a<7«o«©-.] The configuration of the 
 
 planets at the hour of birth. 
 
 How unlikely is it, that the many almoft 
 numberlcfs conjJiniSions of flais, which occur in 
 the progrefs of a man's life, fhould not match 
 and countervail that one hcojcpi orconjunftion 
 which is found at his birth ? Drimmond. 
 
 A proportion of the ht>y'->fc(,pf unto the feventh 
 houfc, or oppofne figns every feventh year, 
 eppieifelh living creatures. Brawn, 
 
 Him born beneath a boding li(,<tf<:ofe, 
 His fire, the blear-cy'd Vulcan of a Ihop, 
 • From Mars his forge fent to Minerva's fchool. 
 
 Liryden. 
 The Greek names this the lamfropi-. 
 This governs life, and this marks out our parts. 
 Our humours, manners, qualities and arts. 
 
 Creech. 
 
 They underftood the planets and the zodiack 
 
 by inftiinft, and fell to drawing fchemcs of their 
 
 own Imojcoyti in the fame duft the fprung out of. 
 
 Bentliy. 
 
 Ho'rrejjt. adj. \horrens, Latin. Hor- 
 renlia puis agm'ma. ] Pointed outward ; 
 bridled with points: a word perhaps 
 introduced by Milton. 
 
 Him a globe , 
 
 Of fiery feraphim incircled round 
 With bright imblazonry and horrent ziTn%. Mi't. 
 
 HO'RRIBLE. adj. [horrible, French; 
 horribuis, Latin.] Dreadful ; terrible ; 
 fliocking ; hideous ; enormous. 
 
 No colc>ur affcflelh the eye much with dif- 
 pleafute : there be fights that arc horrible, he- 
 caufe they excite the memoty of things that are 
 •dious or fearful. Bacon. 
 
 A djngeon horrible on all fides round, 
 As one great furnace flamed, A'ihon. 
 
 O fight 
 Of terrour, foul and ugly to beheld. 
 Horrid to il.ink, how horrible to feel ! Mi/ton 
 Eternal happinefs and eternal mifery, Tr.eeting 
 with a pciruahon that the foul is inimortal, are, 
 ef all others, the firft the moft defircable, and 
 the latter the moft horrible to human apprehtn- 
 fion. Sauth. 
 
 Ho'rrible'MESS. n. f. [from horrth!e.'\ 
 Dreadfulnefs ; hideoufnefs; teriible- 
 nefs ; fearfnlaefs. 
 
 Ho'rribly. adv. [hom horrible.'] 
 
 1. Dreadfully; hideoufly. 
 
 What hideous noife was that ! 
 Horribly loud. Milton. 
 
 2. To a dreadful degree. 
 
 The contagion of thefe ill precedent^:, both in 
 rivility and virtue, ^wr/V'/yinfef^ls children. Locke. 
 HO'RRID. adj. [horridus, Latin.] 
 1. Hideous; dreadful; fhocking. 
 
 Give colour to my pale cl cck with thy blood. 
 That we the horriJer may fcem to thofe 
 Which chance to find us. Shakfpeare'a Cymhelim. 
 
 Not in the legions 
 Of horrij hell can come a devil more damn'd, 
 In evils to top Macbeth. S.'mi/peMe. 
 
 Horror on them fell, 
 Acd hiuij fympathy. Hi/ton. 
 
 HOR 
 
 2. Shocking ; offenlive : unpleafing : In 
 women's cant. 
 
 Already I your tears furvey, 
 Already hear the ho'rid things they fay. Fife. 
 
 3. Rough ; rugged. 
 
 Horrid with fein, and intricate with thorn, 
 Few paths of human feet or tracks of beafts 
 were worn. Dryden. 
 
 Ho'rridness. n. f. [from horrid.] Hide- 
 oufnefs ; enormity. 
 
 A bloody dcfigner fuborns his Jnftrument to 
 take aw.iy fuch a man's iife, a:id tlie confefTjr 
 reprcfcnts the horridnrji of the fact, and brings 
 him to repentance. Hammoini. 
 
 Ho'rrifick. adj. [horri/.ciis, Latin.] 
 Caufing horrour. 
 
 His jaws horriftck, arm'd with three-fold fate, 
 Here dwells the direful (hark. Thomf:n. 
 
 Ho'rrisonous. adj. \_hornfcinus, Latin.] 
 Sounding dreadfully. Did. 
 
 Ho'rrol'R. n. f. [itrrc;-, Lat. horreur, 
 French.] 
 
 1. Terrour mixed with deteflation ; a 
 paflion compounded of fear and hate, 
 both ftrong. 
 
 Oier them fad Ajrraxcr, with grim hue, 
 Did always foar, beating his iron wings ; 
 
 And after him owls and nigl.t ravens flew, 
 The hatcfulmflfcngcrsof heavy things, f. Q:.e^n. 
 
 Doubtlcfs all fouls have a furviving thought, 
 Thercfoie of death we think with quiet mind ; 
 
 But if we think of being turn'd to nouglit, 
 A trembling horrour in our fouls we find. Daviei. 
 
 Me damp larroiir chill'd 
 At fuch bold words, vouch'd with a deed fo bold. 
 
 Ajilton. 
 Tic^-^ horrour feizes ev'ry human breafl ; 
 Their pride is humbled, andthtir fear confcft. 
 
 DiyJm. 
 
 2. Dreadful thoughts. 
 
 I have fupt full with horreun ; 
 Direoefs, familiar to my flaught'ious thoirghts. 
 Cannot once ftait me. Shakjpears's MutbcJh. 
 
 3. Gloom ; drearinefs. 
 
 Her gloomy prel'encc faddcns all the fcene, 
 Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry gieen j 
 Deepens the murmur of the falling iloods, 
 And breathes a browner horrour on the woods. 
 
 rope. 
 
 4. [In medicine.] Such a flniddering or 
 quivering as precede's an ague- fit ; a fenfe 
 of (liuddering or flirinking. ^iincy. 
 
 All objects of the fcnfes, which are very odcn- 
 five, do caufe the fpirits to retire; and, upon 
 their flight, the parts are in fomc degree dcftitutc, 
 and fo there is induced in them a trepidation and 
 horrour. Bacon' s Natural liijiory. 
 
 HORSE, n.f, [hojif, Saxon.] 
 
 1. A reighing qiuidruped, ufed in war, 
 and draught and carriage. 
 
 Duncan's horjcsy the minions of the race, 
 Turn'd wild in nature, broke their Italls. Shaifp. 
 
 A korfe ! a horf: ! my kingdom for a kotfe .' 
 
 S/iakfpeare's Richard ill. 
 
 We call a Iitlle horfi, fuch a one as comes not 
 up to the fize of that idea which we have in our 
 minds to helong ordinarily to horfts. Locke. 
 
 2. A conftellation. 
 
 Thy face, biijjht centaur, autumn's hears re- 
 tain, 
 The foftcr feafon fuiting to the mnn j 
 Whllfi: winter's Oiivering goal atfiitf^s the horfe 
 With froil, and makes him an imcafy coui fe, 
 
 Creech . 
 
 3. 71? tale horfe ; to fet out to ride. 
 
 I took horp to the lake ol" Conllance, which 
 is formed by the entry of the Rhine. AddijQtu 
 
 4. It is ufed \x\ the plural fenfe, but with 
 a fingulitr termination, for borles, horfe - 
 mcu, or cavalry. 
 
 HOR 
 
 I did hear 
 The galloping oXhotJe : who was 't came fcy .' 
 
 Shiikfpeare's i.Ucbelh. 
 The armies were appointed, confuting of 
 tweniy-fivc thoufand isz/f and foot, for the re- 
 puUing of the enemy at their landing. Baton. 
 If they had known that all tlij king's horft 
 were quarieted behind them, their foot might 
 very well have marched away with their horfe. 
 
 Clarendon^ 
 Th' Arcadian ho^Ce 
 With ill-fuccefs etigagc the Latin force. Dr;.den. 
 
 5. iSomelhing on which any thing is fup- 
 ported : as, a horj'e to dry linen on. 
 
 6. A wooden machine which foldiers ride 
 by way of punifnment. It is fome. 
 times called a timber-mare. 
 
 7. Joined to anotlier fubllantive, it Cgnl- 
 fits fomething large or coarfe : ae, a 
 horjfface, a face of which the features 
 are large and indelicate. 
 
 7"o Horse, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To mount upon a horfe ; to furnifh 
 with a horfe. 
 
 He came out with all his clowns, horfed upon 
 fuch cart-jades, and fo fuiniffred, as i thoi\glic 
 with myfclf, if that were thrift, I wifht no'ie of 
 my friends ever to thrive. Sidney. 
 
 Aftei a great fight theie came to the camp of 
 Gonfalvo, the great captain, a gentleman proudly 
 horfed and arir.cd ; Dicgti de Mendozo aOtcd 
 the great captain, Who 's this? Who anfwercd. 
 It is St. Elmo, who never appears but after toe 
 ftorm. Bacon^ 
 
 2. To cari^ one on the back. 
 
 3. To ride any thing. 
 
 Stalls, bulks, windows 
 Are fmother'd, leads are fill'd, and ridges hon'J 
 With variable compleicions; all agreeing 
 In earneflnefs to fee him. Skakjpcare. 
 
 4. To cover a mare. 
 
 If you let him out to horfe more marcs than 
 your own, you m.uft feed him well. Mortimer. 
 Ho'rsf.back. n.f. [tiorfes.wiiback.'] Ri- 
 ding pofture ; the Hate of being on 3 
 horle. 
 
 I 'vefcen the French, 
 And they can well on Ixorjeback. Shokjpetirt. 
 
 I law them fahire on horjehack, 
 Beheld Incni when they lighted. Shakfpenre. 
 
 Alexander fought but one remarkable battle 
 wherein there were any elephants, and that wa$ 
 with, Porus, king of Indis ; in which notwith- 
 ftanding he was on hetfcbaek. Broxvr, 
 
 When mannifh Mevia, that two-handed whore, 
 Aliridc on hi,rfeb.ick hunts the Tufcan boar. 
 
 Dryden's 'Jtrvenal. 
 
 If your ramble was on horjrb.ick, I am glad of 
 
 it, on account of your health. ■ Sivift to Giiy, 
 
 Horsere.4'n. n.f. [horfe ^nd ieati.] A 
 
 fmnll bean ufually given to horfes. 
 
 Only the fmall horjebean is propagated by the 
 
 plough. Morlimcr. 
 
 Ho'kseblock. n.f. [horfe 2cciA block. ] 
 
 A block on which they chmb to a horfe. 
 
 Horseboa't. n.f. [horfe ■Awd boat.] A. 
 
 boat uied in ferr^'ing horfes. 
 HoRSEBo'v. n.f. [horfe sni boy.] A 
 boy employed in drcfling horfes ; a fta- 
 bleboy. 
 
 Some horfeboys, being awake, difcovered them 
 
 by the fire in their matches. Knoila* Hijtory, 
 
 Ho'rsebreakeu. n.f. [horfe und l/reai.] 
 
 One whofe employment is to tame 
 
 horfes to the faddle. 
 
 Under Sagitt.nius are born cl ariot-racers, hcrfe^ 
 breakeny3nd taincrs of wild l»e:^Iis. Creech, 
 
 Horseche'stnut. n./ [borfe ?tndche/l~ 
 nut; ej'cuhs.] A tree. 
 
 It halh digitated or fingered leaves: the flower?, 
 which cocdft of five leaves^ are of an aaomaloua
 
 H O R 
 
 Bgiirf , opering with t»Tj lips : there arc m,il< snrf 
 fcm.ilc upon the lame Ipilic; tlie female Howcrs 
 are liiceccricd by nuts, which grow in Ritoii 
 prickly hufks. Thtir whole year's (lioot is Lum- 
 jnonly performed in three weeks time, niter which 
 it Hmcs m> more tiian increafc in bulk, and become 
 more firm; and all tlie latter pait of tne lummer 
 is occupied in foiming and Itrcngthcning rhe buds 
 for the next year's (hoots. Alif/fi . 
 
 The hi'JfJieJnut grows into a goodly ftandard. 
 
 Ho'rsecourser. n.f. [^/.'orfc and courjcr. 
 Junius derives it from hi.rfc atid cofe, an 
 old icoteh word, which iignifics lu 
 change ; and it (lioulJ therefore, he 
 tli'iiks, be writ horfcxofer. The word 
 iiDW iifed in Scothmd is horfscouper, to 
 denote a jockey , feller, or rather chancier 
 of horfes. It inay well he derived from 
 courfe, as lis that fells horlVs may be fup- 
 pofeu to courfe or exercile them. J 
 
 1. One that runs horfes, or keeps horfes 
 for the race. 
 
 2. A dt.aler in horfes. 
 
 A fcrvaiit to a horjcioiirfcr was thrown off his 
 
 horfe. IViJtmin. 
 
 A Florentine bought a horfe for fomany ciuwiii, 
 
 upon condition to pay halt down: \.\\ck'jrj'£co:njn- 
 
 comes to him next morning for the rcmaintjer. 
 
 L'Eriia'ig'- 
 H.j'rsecr AB. n.f. Akindoffifh. Aivfiu. 
 Ho RSECUCU MBER. n.J. [hoifenwAcu- 
 cumiir.] A plant. 
 
 The ho'je ud^mber is the large green cucumber, 
 and the bed for the table, green out of the gar- 
 den. Moriiyiic . 
 Ho'rsedung. n.f. [Aojy^ and r/anj. ] 
 The excreiTients of horfes. 
 
 Put it Mito an ox's horn, and, covered clofe, 
 let it rot in hot h:jrfc iiing. Piachatn bn Dratving. 
 
 HoRSEEMMET. n.f. \_horfe ikuA emmet.2 
 
 Ant of a large kind. 
 Ho'rse FLESH, n.f. [iorfe znd flf^.] 
 The fleHi of horfes. 
 
 The Chinefe ear//oj-//f/!- af thisday, and fome 
 
 glut'ons have colt's tlelh bak;d. Biuci. 
 
 An old hungry lion would fain have been 
 
 dealing with a good piece of horje^tjh; but the 
 
 nag he thouglit would be too ticct fur him. 
 
 U EjJtaritre. 
 
 Ho'rsefly. n.f. [/j5?y> and _/?y.] A fly 
 
 that ftingi horfes, and fiicks their blood. 
 
 Ho'rsefoot. n.f. An herb ; the fame 
 
 with coltsfoot. Alnfiuorth. 
 
 Ho'BSEdAiR. n.f. \horffi.x\'\hMr.'\ The 
 
 hair of horfes. 
 
 His gliit'iin;; helm, which terribly was grac'd 
 With waving Iwrfchuir. X)tyd€n. 
 
 KoRSEHEEL. n.f. An herb. Alnfiu. 
 Ho'r s E L AV G H . n.f. [ hoife and laugh. ] 
 
 A loud violent rude laugh. 
 A horfslmigli, if you plcafe, at honefly ; 
 
 A joke on Jckyl. P',l>t. 
 
 Ho'rseleech, n.f. \^horfe zwd leech .'\ 
 
 1. A great leech that bites horfes. 
 
 The hfcUich hath two daughters, ciying give, 
 giA-e. Vroi'crl'i. 
 
 Ltt us to France ; iike hrfileec/ies, my boys. 
 The very blood to fuck. Shakfpcate 
 
 2. [from Lcih ; fignifying a phyfician.] 
 A farrier. Ainfiuorth. 
 
 Ho'rselittep.'. n.f. [horfe znd liller.] 
 A carriage hung upon poles between 
 two horfes, in which the perfon carried 
 lies along. 
 
 He th.it before thought he might command the 
 leaves of the lea, was now cafi on the ground, and 
 cirried in an hofelitur. 2 yiac, 
 
 Ho'rs£M.-vn% a, f. [iorfiziAnuin.^ 
 
 H O R 
 
 1. One flsillcd in riding. 
 
 A Ikilful h(,'jtni.in, and a liuntfm.in bred. 
 
 Dry.ien. 
 
 2. One that ferves in wars on horfeback. 
 
 Encounters between hcfjemen \in tiic one fule, 
 and foot on the other, are ieldom with extremity 
 of danger; hecaule as korjemen can hardly break 
 a battle on foot, fo men on foot caanut poffibly 
 chafe ho*[cmfn. UiiyiuaiJ 
 
 In the early times of the Roman common- 
 wealth, a h'^fim^ii leccivcd yeaily tu.i tnil'ij 
 ceriiy and a foot fo.dici one w///e; that is more 
 than fix -pence a day to a/ror/twii/r, and two-pcni c- 
 a day to a footfuldiei. Arhuthnot on Cci/u. 
 
 3. A ridei ; a man on horfcbatk. 
 
 With defcending (huw'is of brmltonc fii'd, 
 The wild baibariaii in the ftorm expir'd; 
 W'r.'-pt in devouring ilanics the lii>rf:maii rag'd, 
 And fpurr'd the ftccl in equal flames engag'd. 
 
 .rlddjfoJI. 
 
 A ho'f-:miiii* i coat fhall hide 
 Thy taper (hape, and comelincfs of fide. Prior. 
 Ho'rsemanship. n.f, [from ^c/r/Jman.] 
 The art of riding ; the art of managing 
 a hoife. 
 
 He vaulted with fuch cafe into his feat, 
 A?: if aii angel diopt down from the clouds, 
 To turn and wind a fiery Pcgafus, 
 And witch tlic world witii noble hurjcmanfiif. 
 
 They jileafe therafeUes in terms of hunting or 
 horfunanjiiip. Ifotlo'i 
 
 His majelly, to (hew his hn'jcmanfi'.f, (laugh 
 tertd two or three of his fubjedts. A.idiji^n. 
 
 Peers grew proud, in h(,rjnna>j/ii p r* excel ; 
 
 Newmaiket's glory rofe, as B itain's fell. Pope. 
 
 Ho'rsemarten, n.f. A kaid of larj^e 
 
 bee. A'lnfwnrlh. 
 
 Ho'rsematCH. n.f. A bird. A'nfiv. 
 
 Ho'rsemeat. n. /. \_horfe and meat.] 
 
 Provender. 
 
 ThoUi^h green peas and beans be eaten fooner, 
 yet the dry ones that arc ufcd for horjfment are 
 ripe la If. Btc'j>i 
 
 Ho'rsemint. n. f. A large coarfe mint. 
 Ho'rsemuscle. n.f. A large m'lfcle. 
 The p;reat /; rj^mufdc, with the fine Ihcli, that 
 bieedeth in ponrls, do not only gape and (hut as 
 tiic oyfters do, but remove from one place to in- 
 other. Bacon 
 
 Ho'rseplay. n. f. \_horfe and play."] 
 Coarfe, rough, rugged play. 
 
 He is too much given to horj/pliy in his rail- 
 lery, and comes to battle like a dictator from th^ 
 plough. Diydcn. 
 
 Ho'rsepond. n.f. [horfe and ptnd.] A 
 
 pond for hotfes. 
 Horsera'ce. 71. f. [horfe and rcice.] A 
 match of horfes in running. 
 
 In h:>ijiiae£s men are curious thar there be not 
 the Icalt weight upon the one horl'e more than 
 upon the other. Bacon. 
 
 Tiajan, in the fifth year of his tribunefhip, en- 
 tertained the people with a horserace. AJ.iifon. 
 Ho'rseradish. n.f. [fiorfe znd raiiifh.'\ 
 A root acrid and biting ; a fpecics ot 
 fcurvygrafs. 
 
 Horfcradijh is increafed by fprouts fpreading 
 
 from the old roots left in the ground, that aic 
 
 cut or broken off. ' Mortimer. 
 
 Siomachicks are the crcffe acrlds, as horje- 
 
 raciiji and fturvy-grafs, infufed in wine. Flower. 
 
 Ho'rseshoe. n.f. [horfe znd flioe.^ 
 
 1. A plate of iron nailed to the feet of 
 horfes. 
 
 I was thrown into the Thames, and eool'd 
 glowing hot in that furge, like a larjefnoc. i>h,ik. 
 
 2. An herb. Ainf-worth. 
 Horsestealer, n.f. [horfe and fleal.~\ 
 
 A thief who takes away horfes. 
 He is not a pickpurfe, nor a horjfcaler; but 
 
 H O S 
 
 fcr his verity in love, I do think him ai Concavt 
 ax a covered goblet, or a wnim-eattn nut. ^kak. 
 Ho'rsetail. n.f. A plant. 
 Ho'rsetoncue. n.f. An herb. 
 HoRSEWyiy. n.f. [horfe znd it>ay.'\ A 
 way by which horfes may travel, 
 
 Know'ft tlKju the way to Dover? 
 — Uoth flilc and gate, hotjem^ay and footpath. 
 
 Sthakfpcurc^i ^t'-g Ecar, 
 
 Horta'tiov. n.f. [horlatio,'LzUn.'[ 
 
 The acl of exhorting ; a hortatory pre- 
 
 cept; advice or encouragement to fome- 
 
 thing. 
 Ho'rtative. n.f. [from W/or, Latin.] 
 
 Exhortation ; piecept by which one 
 
 incites or animates. 
 General commonly in tbeir hortali-jci put 
 
 men in mind of their wives and children. Bfuon. 
 Ho'ktatory. adj. [{ron\ horlcr, Latin.] 
 
 Encouraging; animating; adviling to 
 
 any thing : ufed of precepts, not of per- 
 
 foiis; a hortatory fpeech, not a hortatory 
 
 fpeakcr. 
 Horticulture, n.f, [hortut and cuf- 
 
 liira, Latin.] The art of cultivating 
 
 gardens. 
 Ho'itTULAN. adj, [hortulanut, Latin.] 
 
 Belonging to a garden. 
 Tliis fcventh edition of my hortulan kalendar 
 
 is yours. Evelyn. 
 
 Hosa'nna. n. f. ['aaxiVK.'] An exclama- 
 tion of praife to God. 
 
 Through the vaff of heav'n 
 It hiunded, and tlx faithful armies rung 
 Hofarina to the Higl.eli. Milton. 
 
 The publi^c entiance which Ciiriit made into 
 Jerwfalem was celebrated with the iioj inr.cw and 
 acclimations of the people. Ftddcj, 
 
 HOSE. n.f. j>]w. hofen, [hofa, Saxon; 
 hofan, Wtlfh ; offan, Erfe, offantity plur. 
 chaiiffe, French.] 
 
 1 . Breeches. 
 
 Guards on wanton Cupid's hrfe. Sluilfpcare. 
 
 Here 's an Englifh taylorcomc hither for ffeal- 
 ing out of a French hofc. Shahfpeare, 
 
 Thefc men were bound in their coats, hcfcr^ 
 hats, and other garments, and call into the. 
 raidfl of the Lurning ftcry furnace. X)anitl, 
 
 He ciofs examin'd botii our Itrfe^ 
 And pliinder'd all we had to lole. Kudihria, 
 
 2, Stockings ; covering for the legs. 
 
 He being in love, could nn fee to garter his 
 hfe ; and you, being in love, cannot fee to put 
 on your /:^^Je. Stuikf^eaie, 
 
 Will ihe thy linen wafh, or hofen darn, 
 And knit thee gloves? Gny'i PnJlora!s. 
 
 Ho'sier. n.f. [from hofe-l One who 
 fells ftockings. 
 
 As arrant a cockney as any lofier in Cheapfide. 
 
 HO'SPITi^BLE. adj. [hofpltaliUs, Lat.] 
 Giving entertainment to I'rangers; kind 
 to ilrangers. 
 
 I'm your hoft : 
 V,'ith robbers' hand my hoJpitjhU favour 
 You (hould not rutfle thus. Shahfpiart. 
 
 Receive the (hip-wreck'd on your friendly 
 (bore ; 
 With hofpitMe rites relieve the poor. Srydtn, 
 Ho'sHiTABLY. adv. [from hofpitaile.} 
 With kindnefs to flrangers. 
 Ye thus licjpittilty live, 
 And Grangers with good cheer receive. Prior, 
 Ti'c former liveth as pioufly and hofpitah.'y as 
 the other. .^tuift. 
 
 HOSPITAL, n./. [hofpitaf, French; 
 
 hoffttalU, Latin.] 
 I. A place built for the reception of the 
 
 fick, or fupport of the poor.
 
 H OrS 
 
 Tiicy wlio were fo careful to fc^rtow tlieip in 
 a college when they were yoiing, would be fo ' 
 good as to provide for them ia fome hif-ica- 
 wl-.eii they aie old. Il'ottm. 
 
 I am about tc build an htffit^l, which I will 
 endow handCumcly for twelve old ImibJndmen. 
 
 y • ■ ^-I.UIfof:. 
 
 2. A place for flielter or entertainment. 
 Obfolete. , . 
 
 They fpy'rf » goodly caflle, plac'd 
 Foreby a rivfir in a pleafant dale. 
 Which chufijig for that evening's hjliitn',^ 
 Tiiey thither niaich'd. F<i;>v Qv^i-:. 
 
 Hospitality, n. f. ]JioJfttaiite, Fr.] 
 The praclice of entertaining ftrangers. 
 
 The Lncedemonians fotbiddilig all accefs of 
 Arangers into their coaiis, are, in that refpct^, 
 defervedly blamed, as being enemies to that Irjj- 
 fitahty which, for common humanity's lake, all 
 the nations on the earth fhould embrace. BvAer. 
 
 My mailer is of a churliQi difpofition, 
 And little recks to find the way to hcav'n 
 B-y doinj deeds of hiffiiality. Shakfpearc. 
 
 How has tl:is fpirit of faflion broke ail the 
 
 laws ufcliarity, neighbourhood, alliance, and haj- 
 
 ' fitality. Sivijt. 
 
 Ho'sPlTALLER. tt. f. [bofpitallicr, ¥r. 
 
 hoffi'itaJarius, low Latin, from hofftlal.^ 
 
 ■ One relidiiig in a hofpital in order to 
 receive the poor or ftranger. Ufed per- 
 
 • haps peculiarly of the knights of Malta. 
 
 The fiiJl they leckon Inch as weie granted to 
 
 the hofpltijtUn in tituium bcnejidi. .-iyli^e. 
 
 To Ho'spiTATE. i;. a. [ho/fitor, Latin.] 
 
 To refide under the roof of another. 
 
 That always chufes an empty Ihell, and this 
 
 kvffilatn with the living animal in the lame (hell. 
 
 Gr£-~v's MtjfiShm. 
 
 HOST. «. /. {hoftc, French ; hoj^a, hof. 
 p'ltis, Latin.] 
 
 1. One who gives entertainment to an- 
 other. 
 
 Homer never entertained either guefts or hofs 
 with "long fpecches, till the moutn of hunger be 
 ftopped. iiiJmy. 
 
 Here, father, take the (hadow of this tree 
 For your good hzJI. Sf::'kfptare's King Lear. 
 
 2. The landlord of an inn. 
 
 Time 's like a falhionable hofl, 
 
 ■ "That (lightly (hakes his parting gueft by th' hand ; 
 
 But with his arms out-firctch'd, as he would fly, 
 Grafps in the comer. Shakjji. Troihn un.l Cicjfida. 
 
 3. [from /'«/■?". Latin.] An army; num- 
 bers afiembled for war. 
 
 Lete\erv foldier hew him down a bough. 
 And bear 't before him ; thereby (hall we (hadow 
 The numbers of our hojl. Shtikfpfnrt^ i Ala^h. 
 Then thiough the (iery pillar, and the cloud, 
 God looking forth, will trouble all his Iwft, 
 And craze your chariot wheels. Sliltcn. 
 
 After thefe canr.e arm'd, with fpcar and Ihicld, 
 An ':o/i fo great as cover'd all the field. DryJen. 
 4.. Any great number. 
 
 Give to a gracious melTage 
 ' An h^.ft of tongues ; but let ill tidings tell 
 
 Thcmfclvcs, when they be felt. Si.ii/pcare. 
 
 5. [hojlia, Latin; ^o/i'/f, French,] The 
 facrifice of the mafs in the Romifli 
 chnrch ; the confecrated wafer. 
 Ta Host. f. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 1 . To take up entertainment ; to live, as 
 at an inn. 
 
 Go, bear it to the centaur, where we !njl; 
 And ftay there, Dtomio, till I come to thee. 
 
 Shttkfpeare. 
 
 2. To encounter in battle. 
 
 Strange to U6 it fccm'd 
 At fiirt. that angel (hould with angel war. 
 And in fieice liajlingi meet. Miltcn, 
 
 New aullioriof dilTeofion fpring from him, 
 Two branches, that in lujling long contend, 
 ■ -For'fov'reigu fway. Philips 
 
 HOT 
 
 3, To review a body of men ; to mufter. 
 Obfok-te. 
 
 Lords have had the leading of their own fol- 
 lowers t<i the general AoJ^-ngs. Spenfer on IreUnd. 
 Ho'sTAGE. n. f. [cftoge, French.] One 
 givtn in pledge for iecurky of pevform- 
 . ance of conditions. 
 
 Your hojlnga I h;ive, fuhave you mine; 
 And wc fhall raik before svc fight. Shikfpeare. 
 
 Dj this mcfiige honourably ; 
 And :f he Hand on hojsjge for his fafety, 
 Bid iiiin demand wh.it pledge will plcafe him beft. 
 
 Shukf^earc. 
 He that hath wife and children, hatn given 
 /;c/i"<ig^fi to foitune; for they ;ne impcdimcnrs to 
 great enterpnfcs, either oi virtue or mifchief. 
 
 They V'ho marry give kvjiiigfi to the publick, 
 that tiiey will not attempt the luin or dittuib the 
 peace ot ic. Attcrhury^ 
 
 The Romans haying fcized a great number of 
 hofiagsi^ acquainted them with their refolution. 
 Arhuihnot un Cc:ns. 
 
 Ho'sTEL. !«./. [hojiel, hojlelerhj Fr.] 
 Ho'bTELRY. 3 An inn. Ainfix'orih. 
 
 Ho'sTESS. n. /. [_hoJleJfe, French, from 
 
 hoJl.] 
 
 1. A female hod ; a woman that gives en- 
 tertainment. 
 
 Fair and vi\ih\^ hojiefsf 
 We are your gue(t to night. fShaiJpeari. 
 
 Ye were beaten out of door. 
 And raii'd upon the hnfcji of the houfe.'5^<ii//>. 
 Be as kind an hijicjs as you have been to me, 
 and you can never fail of another hulband. Dryd. 
 
 2. A woman that keeps ahoufe of publick 
 entertainment. 
 
 Undillinguifti'd civility is like a whore or a 
 I:y':,-''s. Temple. 
 
 Ho'sTESs-.^Hip. n.f. [from /joy7f/}.] The 
 character of an hollefs. 
 
 It is my father's will I Hould take on me 
 The hoj'ttfs-jiip o' th' day : you're welcome, (irs. 
 
 Shakfpfare. 
 
 HOSTILE, aiij. [Z'o/?/7a, Latin. ] Ad- 
 veife; oppolite ; fuitable to an enemy. 
 
 He has now at laft 
 Giv'n hyiiie flrokes, and that not in the prefence 
 Of dreaded jufiice, but on ihc minifteis 
 That do diftribiite it. Shaijpcdrt. 
 
 Fierce Juno's hate, 
 Added to hojiile force, lliall urge thy fate. Dryd. 
 
 Hosti'lity. n.f. \_hq/lUhc, French, from 
 hojTde.'\ The practices of an open ene- 
 my ; open war ; oppofition in war. 
 
 Neither by treafon nor /;5//.'V//v 
 To feek to put me down, and reign thyfclf. 
 
 Shukfpeitri!. 
 HufHHy being thus fufpended with France, 
 preparation was made for war againll Scotland. 
 
 Ihiyiuard. 
 
 What peace can we return. 
 
 But, to our pow'r, hijlility and hate, 
 
 Untam'd reluiflance and rcvei^gc ? Mihen. 
 
 We have Ihen'd ourlelves fair, nay, generous 
 
 adverfaries : and have carried on even our hojiili- 
 
 /.-Vswith humanity. Attahury. 
 
 Ho'stler. n. y. ^lojleller, from hojlel.^ 
 
 One who has the care of horfes at an inn. 
 
 Tiic caufe why they are now to be permitted is 
 want of convenient inns for lodging travellers on 
 horfeback, and hojlltri to tend their horfes by the 
 way. Spciifir en Irc'ttnd. 
 
 HO'STRY. ti. f. [corrupted from hojlel- 
 rj. ] A place where the horfes ofgucils 
 arc kept. 
 
 Swift rivers arc with fudilen ice conflrain'd, 
 And tludded wheels are on its back fuflain'd ; 
 An Ji:ijiry now for waggons, which before 
 T.dl (hips of burden on its hofom bore. Drydcn. 
 
 HOT. adj. [hac, Saxon; ^a/, Scottifli.] 
 
 HOT 
 
 1. Having the power to excite the fenf« 
 of heat; contrary to cold ; (iery. 
 
 Wiial is thy name? 
 
 Thon'lt be afraid to hear it. 
 
 — No, though thou call'li thyfclf a kilter na.-n? 
 Than any is in iiell. Shutfpeare' , Maehcth. 
 
 The great breezes which the motion of the air 
 in great cilcles, fuch as arc under the girdle of 
 the world, produceth, do refrigerate; and there- 
 fore, in tliofc pans, noon is nothing 10 /:?/ as 
 about nine in the foienoon. Baeon, 
 
 Hot and cold were in one body fixt ; 
 And foft with hard, and light with heavy miit. 
 
 "DtydeH. 
 
 Black fubftances do fooned of all others be- 
 come /lot in the fun's light, and burn; which 
 cffeft may proceed partly from the multitude of 
 refradlions in a little room, and pa:tly from caly 
 commotion of Ij vciy fraall corpufcles. Newton. 
 
 2. Luftful; lewd. 
 
 M'haf hotter hours, 
 Unregifiei'd in vu'gir fanic, you have 
 Luxurioudy pick'd out. Shahfp-nre. 
 
 Now the hot blooded gods alTift me ! remember, 
 Jove, t.-lou was'l a bull lor thy Europa. Sh,iijp. 
 
 3. Violent ; furious ; dangerous. 
 
 Ti:at of Carthagena, where the Spaniards had 
 warning of our coming, was one of the h'Ateft 
 lerv ic;s, and moft dangerous alTaults that nath 
 been known. Bacun. 
 
 He rcfolved to ftorm ; but his foldiers declined 
 that hot lervice, and plied it with artillery. 
 
 Clarendtin. 
 To court the cry dircfts us, when we found 
 Th' aliault fo hot, as if 'twere only there. 
 
 Dinham, 
 Our army 
 Is now in hot engagement with the Moors. 
 
 DrydcH. 
 
 4. .Ardent ; vehement ; precipitate. 
 
 Come, come, lord Mortimer, you are as (low, 
 As hot lord Percy is on fire to go. Shakfpeare. 
 
 N.itnie to youth hot ralhnefs doth difpcnfe, 
 But with cold prudence age doth recompenfc. 
 
 Denham. 
 Achilles is impatient, hot, revengeful ; jCneas, 
 patient, confiderate, and caieful of his people. 
 
 Dry.Hem. 
 
 5. Eager; keen in dc fire. 
 
 It is no wonder that men, cither perplexed in 
 the ncceflary affairs of life, or hot in the purfuic 
 ofjpleafures, (liould not Icriouily examine their 
 tenets. L<iekt. 
 
 She has, quoth Ralph, a jointure. 
 Which makes him have fo hot a mind t' her. 
 
 littdibrtts. 
 
 6. It is applied likewife to the defire, or 
 fenfe railing the defire, or aftion ex- 
 cited : as, a hot piirfuit. 
 
 Nor law, nor checks of con (cicnce will we hear, 
 When in hot (cent of gain and foil career. Diyei, 
 
 7. Piquant ; acrid : as, hot as muftard. 
 Hotbed, n.f. Abed of earth made hof 
 
 by the fermentation of dung. 
 
 The bed we call a hotbed is this: there was 
 taken horfedung, old and well rotted; this was 
 laid upon a bank half a foot high, and fupporied 
 round about with planks, and upon the top was 
 caft fiftcd earth two fingers deep. ' Sacon, 
 
 Prefer-vc the hotbed as much as polTiblc from 
 rain. Evelyn. 
 
 Hotbra'ined. adj. [hot and brain.'] 
 Violent ; vehement; furious. Cerebrofus. 
 
 You (hall find 'em cither //o/ir/i/v't/ yooih, 
 Or needy bankrupts. jiryden'i Spanijh Fryar. 
 Ho'tchpot. \n. f. \J\uhc tn pochcy 
 Ho'tchpotch. 3 Fitnch; ox hackee kh 
 pot, I tench, as Camden has it, as being 
 boiled up in a pot ; yet the former cor- 
 ruption is now generally ufed.] A min- 
 gled hafh ; a mixture ; a confufed mat. 
 SiK-h patching makcth Littleton's hotehprA of 
 our tongue, and, ia ctteft, brings the fame rather
 
 HOT 
 
 to a B.ibcllifh confufiun than any one efttire hn- 
 guagc. CumJt fi'i R: maim 
 
 A mixture of mnny difatjrccing coIolhu is cvci 
 iinpleaUmt te the eye, ;ind n mixiurc or kotch 
 f^tih of many taltes is unplcafant to the tnrtc, 
 
 }iuco/i'i N~iliiral Uifo'-y. 
 Nor limbs, nor bones, nur carcafs would ic- 
 main ; 
 But a mafli*d heap, a htchpMch of the flain. 
 
 DryJen's yuvenuL 
 IIoTCo'cKLES. ;;./. [haufes coquiUcs^Yr,] 
 A play in which onceovers his eyes, and 
 gucHcs who {Ivlkcs him. 
 
 The chytindra is certainly not o\\x hotcockks -y 
 for that was by pinching, not \>y ftrikiiig. 
 
 Arhuthnt and Pope. 
 As at holcockUs once I laid me down, 
 And fclc the weighty hand of many a clown, 
 Buxoma gave a gentictap, and I 
 Quick lofc, and read loft raifchicf in her eye. 
 
 G.y. 
 
 Hothea'ded. adj, [hot ?in^ head. ^ Ve- 
 hement ; violent ; pallionate. 
 
 One would not make tl.e fame pcrfon zealous 
 for a (landing aimy and publick libcriy ; nor a 
 h'^thitiicd crackhiaincd coxcomb forward for a 
 fchemc of moderation. j^tbuthnoi, 
 
 Ho'thouse. n.f. [hot ^nd houfd.'l 
 
 1. A bagnio; a place to fweat and cup in. 
 
 Now ihe profclTcs a hothcufey which is a veiy 
 ill houfc too. Shakfpearc^s Mtajure for Meafuie. 
 
 2. A brothel. 
 
 Where lately harbour'd mnny a famous wl.ore , 
 A pinging bill, now hx'd upon the door, 
 TflK you it is a hothaujcj fo it may, 
 And Jhll tc a whorehoufe : th* arc fynonyma. 
 
 Ben yonfon. 
 
 Ho'tly. adv. [from hot."] 
 
 1. With heat ; not coldly. 
 
 2. Violently; vehemently. 
 
 The iKig was in the end lo hctly purfucd, thyt 
 he was driven to make couuigc of defpair. Sidney. 
 
 I do conrert 
 As hotly and as nobly with thv love. 
 As ever in ambitious flrength 1 did 
 Contend againft thy valour. Shakfpfnre. 
 
 The enemy, now at iiand, began kot/y to Ikir- 
 ■aifh in divers places with the chnftians. 
 
 KuolUi' Eijiory. 
 
 Though this controverfy be revived, and hotly 
 agitated, I doubt whether it be not a nominal 
 difputt'. Bcyli. 
 
 3. Luilfully. 
 
 Vutaclous birds, that /w/Zy bill and breed, 
 And largely drink, bccaufe on fait they feed. 
 
 Drydcv. 
 Hotmou'thed. adj. [hot and mouth,] 
 HeadUrong ; ungovernable. 
 
 I fear my peuple's faith, 
 That hotmout h\i hc^iX that bears againft the curb, 
 H.ii<i to be broken. Dtydcn'i Spanijh Fivu'. 
 
 Ho'tness. n. f, [from hot.] Heat; 
 
 violence ; fury. 
 Ho'tspur. n. /, [hot :indJ/Air.] 
 
 1 , A man violent, pallionate, precipitate, 
 and heady. 
 
 My nephew's trefpafs may be well fngot; 
 It luuii the cxcufe of youth and heat of blood, 
 A harebrain'd /(0//]pi/r govern'd by a fpteen. 
 
 Shakfpenre. 
 
 Wars arc begun by haiibrainod difToIute cap- 
 tains, paraiitical fawners, unuuiet kotjpursy and 
 reftlefs innovators. Button. 
 
 2. A kind of pea of fpeedy growth. 
 
 Oi fuch peas as arc planted or luwn in gardens, 
 the liitJpuT is the fpccdiclt of any in growth. 
 
 Mor/imer. 
 
 Ho'tspur RED. adi. [from hot/pur.] 
 Vrhement ; rafh ; heady. 
 
 To draw Mars like a yuung Hippolytus, with 
 an effeminate cuunrcnancc, or Vtnus like th;it 
 k'-rfj-urrcl Harpalicc in Virgil, this proccL^lcth 
 ifgiu \ luUflefs jud^mtnt, retu/;am. 
 
 H O U 
 
 HovR. The preterit oi hcnvt, 
 Ho'ykl. n. f. [diminutive of hope, 
 hoiilf, Saxon.] 
 
 1, A ilicd open on the fides, and covered 
 overhead. 
 
 So likcwifc a hovrl will fcrve for a roomc, 
 To H'lcivc on the pciifc, when h.uvclt Ih.Ul come. 
 
 If you make a AstW, tliatchcd, over lonio 
 quantity of ground, plank the ground over, and 
 it will breed f.iUpctre. Bucjn. 
 
 Your h.iy it is mow'd, your corn it is rcap'd, 
 Your barns will be full, and yoKw: hovi Is heap'd. 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 2. A mean habitation ; a cottage. 
 
 The men clamber up the acclivities, dragging 
 their kine with them, where they feed them and 
 milk them, and do all the dairy-work, in fuch 
 forry hovels and fheds as they build Co inhabit in 
 during the fummer. f^uy »fi the Crcati'in. 
 
 ToHo'vKL. 1;. a, [from the noun.] To 
 flielter in a hovel. 
 
 And was't thou fain, poor father, 
 To Ifr^jel thee with fwinc and rogues forlorn. 
 In fliort anrl murty Ihaw ? Shakjptare. 
 
 Ho'vEN. part.pqif. [komheavcl ilaifed; 
 fwelled ; tunielicd, 
 
 Tom Fipcr hath hcven and puffed up cheeks; 
 If ciicefc be fo haven^ make Ciffe to fecK. creeks. 
 
 TuJJer. 
 
 To Ho'vER. V, «. [hov'io, to hang over, 
 Wtlllu] 
 
 1. To hang in the air overhead, without 
 flying off one way or other. 
 
 Some licry devil h'rjtrs in the Iky, 
 And pours down milcnicf. Shakfpeare. 
 
 A h, my poor pi inccs ! ah, my tender babes ! 
 If yet your gentle fouls fly in the air, 
 And be jiot rix'd in doom perpetual, 
 Hcvir ;tbout me with yuur airy wings, 
 And hcnr your mothei's lamentation. Shakfp. 
 
 A h'j'!:crif:gm\&. came fwimmingo'er his light, 
 And fcaPd his eyes in everlafling night. Dtyd. 
 
 Great tiights of birds arc hovering about the 
 bridge, and fettling upon it. Addijon. 
 
 'Till as the earthly part decays and falls. 
 The captive breaks her pri Ton's mould'ring walls j 
 i/ot'fM a-whiic upon the fad remains, 
 Which now the pile, or tcpulchre, contains. 
 And thence with liberty unboutided tiies. 
 Impatient to regain her native fkies. Prior. 
 
 Some Icfs iehn'd, beneath the moon's pale 
 bght, 
 liovery and catch the fliojting- ffars by nigiit. 
 
 Popr. 
 
 2. To Rand in fufpcnfe or expeflatJon. 
 
 Tl.c landlord will no longer c<jvcnant v.itli 
 him; for that he daily lookcth after change and 
 alteration, and hc-venth in expe<Jtation of new 
 worlds. Spenjer on Ireland. 
 
 3. To wander about one place. 
 
 Wc fee fo w.trlike a piince at the head of fo 
 great an army, hcveting on the borders of our 
 confederates. .^ddijo>i. 
 
 The truth and certainty is feen, and the mind 
 fully poffcffes itfelf of it; in the other, it only 
 hovers about it. Locke. 
 
 Hough. 71. f, [hoj, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The lower part ot the thigh. 
 
 Blood fii^ll be from the fword unto the bellvj 
 and dung of men into tr.c camel's hough. 2 Ejd. 
 
 2. [/'/;£'", French.] An adz ; a hoe. See 
 HoE. 
 
 Did they really bc'licve that a man, by houghs 
 and an axe, could cut a god out of a tree ? 
 
 Stillingfcet. 
 
 To Hough. *y. a, [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To hamUiing; to dilable by cutting 
 the finews of the ham. 
 
 Thou ihalf hough their horfcs, yoftua. 
 
 2. To cut up with a hough or hoe. 
 
 H O U 
 
 3. To hawk. This orthography is un- 
 common. See 7* Hawk. 
 
 Neither couUI we htugh or fpit from us ; much 
 lefs could wc fntcze or coiigli. Grt'ji. 
 
 Ho'vLET. n.f. The vulgar name for 
 an owl. The Scots and nurthcrn coun- 
 ties flill retain it. 
 Houi.T. n.f. [hoir, Saxon.] A fmall 
 wood. Obfokte. 
 
 Or .IS tlic wind, in /.av//- and (hady gre.ivcs, 
 A murmur makes among the boughs and leaves. 
 
 Fairfax. 
 
 HOUND, n. f [hunb, Saxon ; hund, 
 
 Scottifh.] A dogufed in the chafe. 
 
 Ihun.ii and greyhounds, mungrcts, fpanicU^ 
 
 curs, 
 
 Areclcpcd nil by tiic name of dogs. Sh.ikffetre. 
 
 Jalon throw, but faii'd to wound 
 Ttic boar, and ll-.'w an undcfcrving hoti/ij^ 
 And through the dog the dart was nail'd to 
 ground. Dr^.iin. 
 
 The kind fpanici and the faithful hound, 
 Likcll that fox in Ihnpc and fpecies found, 
 Pui fucs the noted patii and covets home. Prhr. 
 
 To Hound, v. a. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fet on the chafe. 
 
 God is faid to harden the hcarf permilTivcIy, 
 but not opcraiivcly nor ctie-f\ivtly ; as he who 
 Oiily lets loofc a greyhound out of the flip, is faid 
 to hound him at the hare. B'umkati. 
 
 2. To hunt ; to purfue. 
 
 If the wolves had been k'iundtd by tygery^ 
 
 they Ihuuld Ijave worried tliem. iJEfirange. 
 Ho'uNDFisH. n.f. [rnujlela lsius.1 A 
 
 kind of fifli Alnfivorth. 
 
 Houndsto'ngue. n. f. Wynoglojfumy 
 
 Latin.] A plant. MVlhr. 
 
 Ho'uNDTREE. n. f. \cornus .^ A kind 
 
 of tree. Alnfiuirlh. 
 
 Houp. n. f. [tipupa, Latin.] The puet. 
 
 Ainfri}oith. 
 HOUR, n.f \heure,Yt. /^o/v;, Lat ] 
 
 1. Ihe twenty-fourth part of a natural 
 day ; the fpace of fixfy minutes. 
 
 See the minutes ho.v( they run ; 
 How many makes the haur full complear, 
 How many hi:trs bristg about th.e day. 
 How many days will liniih up the year. 
 How many ycais a mortal man may live, Shakjp.. 
 
 2. A particular time. 
 
 Vexation almoti Hops my bicath. 
 That tunder'd fiicnds giect in the hour of death. 
 
 ^Shttkfj/cart. 
 When wc can intrcat an hour to fervc, 
 We'll fpend it in fome words upon that bufinefs,* 
 It you WdUld grant the time. .^hjlfptare. 
 
 The conleious wretch murtall his arts reveal. 
 From the firli moment of his vital breath. 
 To his lift hour of mirepcntin^^ death. DtyMri. 
 
 3. The time as marked by the clock. 
 
 The hiur runs through the roughelV day. Shttk. 
 
 Our neighbour let her floor to a genteel man, 
 who kept good hnri. TutUr. 
 
 They are as luuri any hour of the morning, as 
 our own countrymen at midnigiit. Addijon. 
 
 Ho'uRGLASS. n.f. [/'Our and^/rt/f] 
 
 1. A glafs filled with land, which, running- 
 through a narrow hole, marl-.s the time. 
 
 Next morning, 't^nown to be a morniirg better 
 by the hourghiji than the day's clearnefs. Sidney. 
 
 In ficknels, the time will fcem long(?r without 
 a clocr>. or hourgl.ift than with it; for the mind 
 doth vr.luc every moment. B,icon. 
 
 Shake not his hout^lnp, when his hafiy fand 
 Is ebbing tt» the lalt. Drydtn's Spuniy/i Fryiir. 
 
 2. Space of time. A manner of fptaking 
 rather alfecied than elegant. 
 
 We, within the hourg/jj's of two months, I avc 
 won one town, and overthrown great forces in the 
 field. H.UM. 
 
 HouRi-Y. ai/i. [from Z'owr.] Happtii.
 
 H O U 
 
 i?,g 6v done every hour ; frequent; often 
 repeated. 
 
 Alcyone 
 Computes how many nights he had been gone, 
 Oofcrves the wain'mg moon with houi/y view, 
 ^"urobel•s her age, and wifhes for a new. Dr_yd. 
 We muft live in /:cur!v cxpc(!taiion of having 
 thofe troops recalled, which they now leave with 
 us. ■^"•■'/'• 
 
 Ho'vRiY. nJv. [from hour.] Every 
 iiour ; frequently. 
 
 She dci'erves .1 lord, 
 That twenty fiichrude boys might tcn<Hipon, 
 And /icur'y call her mirtrefs. SkakffiMC. 
 
 Our eftatc may not endure 
 Hazard to near us, as doth hourly grow 
 Out of lis lunacies. S!i:iifi>rmc's ILn>:!,/. 
 
 They with ccafelefs cry 
 Surround me, as thou faw'ft ; hurly concciv'd, 
 And i:ouify born, with forrow infinite 
 Xo me < M:!tt"'i Faradifi Loji. 
 
 Great was their ftrife, which hourly was re- 
 new'd. 
 Till each with mortal hate his rival view'd. 
 
 D,ydcr.. 
 
 Ho'uRPi.ATE. n. /. \liour z.Xi$L plate.'] 
 The dial; the plate on which the hours, 
 pointed by the hand of a clock, are in- 
 fcribed. 
 
 If eyes could not view the band, and the cha- 
 racters of the hwrfiatt, and thereby at a dil- 
 tance fee what o'clock it was, their owner could 
 nor be much benefited by that acutenefs. Locke. 
 
 HOUSE, n. f. [hu]-, Saxon ; buys, Dut. 
 hufe, Scottiih.] 
 
 1. A place wherein a man lives; a place 
 of human abode. 
 
 Sparrows muft not build In his houfe eaves. 
 
 Sh.tkfpcare. 
 
 houfes ire built to live in, not to look on ; 
 therefore let ufe be preferred befoic uniformity, 
 «xcept wVicre both may be had. B^con. 
 
 In a houfe the doors are moveable, and the 
 rooms fquare ; yet the houje is neither moveable 
 nor fquare. H'atti. 
 
 2. Any place of abode. 
 
 The bees with fmoke, the doves ■with noifome 
 ftench, 
 Are from their hives and /loufa driven away. 
 
 Shakfpearc. 
 
 3. Place in which religious or ftudious 
 perfons live in common ; monaitery ; 
 
 college. 
 
 Theodofius arrived at a religious houJe m the 
 city, where now Omftar.tia refided. AiUiJon. 
 f . The manner of living ; the table. 
 
 He kept a raifir,ible hritje, but the blame was 
 laid whul'y upon madam. S-.i.ijt. 
 
 5. Station of a planet in the heavens, 
 aftrologically confiJered. 
 
 Pure fpnitiial fnbftar.ces we cannot converfe 
 with, thaeforc have need of me.ms of commu- 
 nication, which fome make to be the celvilial 
 houfes: ihofe who arc for the cclcftial houf-^ 
 worlhip the planets, as tiie habitations of intel- 
 Icilual fubrtauccs that animate tliem. 
 
 Stila-rgftrt. 
 
 6. Family of anceftors ; defcendants, and 
 kindred ; race. 
 
 Tiie red lofe and the white are on his face, 
 The fatal colours of our driving li'.ufes. Shakff. 
 
 An ignominious ranfom and free pardon 
 Are of two hr,:ifcs; lawful mercy fuie 
 Is nothing kin'to foul redemption. Skakffrare. 
 
 By dcLiyuig my lall fine, upon your grace's 
 acccfiion to the patrimenics of your lm,fc, I may 
 {■ccm to have made a forfeiture. Drydcn. 
 
 A poet is not born in ev'ry race; 
 Two of a hnfe few ages can :.flord. 
 One to i>crform, another to record. Dry.lrn. 
 
 r. A body of the parlia.Tient ; the lords 
 or commons collecliveiy coufidtred. 
 iSM were thctiimcs objcfled .ajiintt him fo 
 
 H O IT 
 
 elear, n to give convincing fatlifaftion to the 
 major part of both /itujcs, cfpccially that of tic 
 lords. ^-"i Ch.iil£i. 
 
 To House, v. a. [from tlie noun.] 
 I. To harbour ; to aomit to refideuce- 
 PaUadius wilhed him to /joWV all the Helots. 
 
 Shirie\ 
 Upon the North-fea a valley houfeth a gentle- 
 man, who hath worn out his former name. 
 
 Care-.u'i Survey of Corr.tuall 
 Slander lives upon fuccefiion. 
 For ever houfed wiiere it gets p.jlTefilon. Shatfp. 
 Mere cottagers are but ^'-v/f J beggars. Bacon. 
 Oh, can your counfcl hii defpair defer, 
 Wlo now is houfed in his fepulchre ? Sandyi. 
 
 \Vc find them hwjhig thcmielves in dens. 
 
 South. 
 In expeftation of fuch times asthcfe, 
 A chapel imn'd 'em, truly called of eafc. Sryd. 
 
 t. To fhelter ; to keep under a roof. 
 
 As we /lon/e not country plants to fave them, 
 fo we may /ionyi our own to forwaid them. 
 
 Bticnn'i Nr.tur.il Hiflory. 
 Houfe your choiceft carnations, or rather fet 
 them under a penthoufe, to prel'ervc them in ex- 
 tremity of weatlier. Evelyn. 
 
 Wit in nortiiern climates will not blow, 
 Except, like orange trees, 'tis hom'd from fnow. 
 
 DryiUri. 
 
 To House, -y. n. 
 
 1. To take fhelter; to keep abode; to 
 refide. 
 
 Ne I'utFer it to houfe there half a day. Hub. Tn. 
 
 Graie where you will, you Ihall not houfe with 
 me. Shakf(eare. 
 
 Summers three times eight, fave one, 
 She had told ; alas! too loon. 
 After fo lliort time of breath, 
 To houfe with darknefs and with death. Milton. 
 
 2. To have an aftrological ftation in the 
 heavens. 
 
 In fear of this, obferve the ftairy figns. 
 Where Saturn houfes, and where Hermes joins. 
 
 I)tyde7i. 
 
 I houfiu^ in the lion's hateful fign, 
 Bouaht fenates and deferring troops are mine. 
 
 Drydeu. 
 
 Housebrea'ker. n.f. [ion/e zud irenl:] 
 Burglar; one who makes his way into 
 houfes to fteal. 
 
 All hiufe/ireahrs and fliarpers had thief writ- 
 ten in their foreheads. L'Fjhange. 
 Housebrea'king. ti. f. \_houfe and 
 brciih.] Burglary. 
 
 When he hears of a rogue to he tried for rob- 
 bing or houfehrcakirrg, he will fend the whole 
 paper to the government. Snuft. 
 
 Ho'usedog. n.f. [houfe and Jog.] A 
 maftiff kept to guard the houfe. 
 
 A very good hor.fedtg, but a dangerous cur to 
 firangers, had a bell about his neck. UEfiranzc. 
 
 You lee the goodnefs of the mailer even in the 
 oV\ houfedog. Mi'fo:!. 
 
 Ho'useholu. n.f. [hoifi and ho/i/.] 
 I . A family living together. 
 
 Two houflald., both alike in dignity. 
 In fair Verona, where wc lay our fccne. 
 From ancient grudge bienk to new mutiny. Sihnk 
 
 A little kingdom is a great koujhold, .md a great 
 houj!:oldA little kingdom. Buion. 
 
 Of God oofirv'd 
 The one iuft man alive, by his command. 
 Shall build a wond'rous ark., as thou bei.eld'll. 
 To fave himfelf and iioujhotd fiom nniidll 
 A woild devote to iinivcrfal wicck. Millon. 
 
 He has always taken to himfelf, amongit tne 
 fons of men, a peculiar houjhold of his l.ivc, which 
 at all times be has cheridied as i. f.-.lhcr, and go- 
 verned .as a marter; this is the propei houjiioU uf 
 faith : in the firft ages of the world, 'twas fome- 
 times littially no mure thau a finale hiu/iold, or 
 (ome few laaulitJ. ^/'<i/. 
 
 H O U 
 
 «i eat crimes rauft be with greater crimes re- 
 paid. 
 And fccond funerals on the former i.iid j 
 Let the whole houjhold in one ruirr'iil!. 
 And may Diana's curfe o'citake U' all. DryJen. 
 
 Ltaining'b little houjh-hi did enibaik, 
 With her world's fruitful fyllem in hct facied ark. 
 
 In his own church he tecps a fear. 
 Says grace before and after meat ; 
 And calls, wirhoui affcvting airs, 
 Hii hou/hold l^KC a-day to prayers. Svrft. 
 
 2. Family life; dumeftick manae;ement. 
 
 An inventoiy, thus importing 
 The feveral parcels of his plate, his ireafure, 
 Rich lUifF^, and ornaments of ho-./Jhol.i. Shrifp. 
 
 3. It Is uftd \\\ the muuntr of an adjective, 
 to fignify domeltick ; belonging to the 
 family. 
 
 Cornelius called two of his heujiioid fer^>ants. 
 
 For nothing lovelier can be found 
 In woman, than to (tudy houjhold guod ; 
 Aiid good works in her hufband to promote. 
 
 kIi.'toi, 
 
 It would be endlefs to enumerate the oathi 
 
 among the men, among the women the ncgleift 
 
 of ii'.uJhoLl atfiirs. Su-ift. 
 
 Ho'usehoi.der. n.f. [from houfeholti.\ 
 
 Mailer of a family. 
 
 A certain haujlioldir planted a vineyard. Mif. 
 Ho'usElIOLDSTUFF. n.f. [houfchold ^wA 
 Jliijf.] Furniture of a houfe; utenfils 
 convenient for a family. 
 
 In this war that he maketh, he ftill flieth from, 
 his foe, and lurkcth in the thick woods, waiting 
 for advantages : his cloke is his bed, yea and 
 his houfelyJ.dj'.ug. Sfenfer on hel.inJ. 
 
 K great part of the building was confumed, 
 with much coftly i.iufia'.dfiuf. Bacou. 
 
 The woman had her jell for )\txhnufl,o\.iJiuf. 
 
 L' Ejirnnge. 
 
 Ho'usekeeper, n.f. [houfe ^nA keep.] 
 
 1. Houfeholder; mailer of a family. 
 
 To be faid an l»nelt man and a good houft- 
 kee[et, goes as fairly as to fay a graceful man and 
 a great Icholar. Shaljf'.:re. 
 
 If I may credit houfcieepers and fublianiial 
 tradcfnicii, all forts of piovifions and commudi* 
 tics are nfen exctnively. Locke. 
 
 2. One who lives in plenty ; one that ex- 
 ercifes hofpitality. 
 
 The people are apter to applaud houfeicepers 
 than houfcrailVrs. JfoltoK. 
 
 3. One who lives much at home. 
 
 How do you both? You aie manifcft houfe- 
 keepers. What arc you fewing there .* Xh.ikfp. 
 
 4. A woni3n fervant that has care of a 
 family, and fuperintends the other maid 
 
 fervants. 
 
 Merry folks, who want by chance 
 A pair to make a country-dance, 
 Call the old houfekeeper, and get her, 
 To fill a place for want of belter. Swift. 
 
 5. A houfedog. Not in ufe. 
 
 Diihnguith ihe;4w.y>.4i-r/>(:i, the hunter. Shaifp. 
 Ho'l'sekeeping. an'j. [houfe ^nA keep.] 
 Domeftick ; ufcful to a family. 
 
 His houfe for picafant profpefl, large fcope, 
 
 and other lioufckecping commodities, challcngetli 
 
 the pie-eniiiience. (.areiu. 
 
 Ho't'sEKEEPiNG. n f. Hofpitality; liberal 
 
 and plentiful table. 
 
 I I'.ear your grace hath fworn out hoiif keeping. 
 
 SItitkfpear e. 
 His table was one of the laft that gave us an 
 example of the old houfekcepirtg of an Englith 
 nobleman : an abundance reigned, which (hewid 
 tliC mallei's iiofpitality. l'r;ct. 
 
 Ho'usEL. n.f. [Iiu>-1, Saxon, from huiifi', 
 CJolhick, a facrilice, or hrfiiei, dimin. 
 hojiola, Latin.] The holy eucharift.
 
 n o IT 
 
 To Ho'usEL. 'o. a. [from the noun.] 
 To give or receive the eucharilt. liotli 
 the noun and veib are oljfoltlc. 
 
 Ho'usELEEK. n. f. [JioiiJ'e :x\\i\ led ■'\ A 
 
 plant. MlUn: 
 
 Tlieaccrbsfupply llicir quantity of ciiidii aci(l<; 
 
 as juices of apples, i;"'l"^''i ''"^ (urrcls, and 
 
 hufclcrt. Vhjer. 
 
 Ho'usKLESs. aJj. [from /'ow/f.] Want- 
 ing abode ; wanting habitation. 
 
 l*uor naked wittclios, 
 Hijw fhall your h-iuj'cltft heads anil unfed fides, 
 Yuur loop'd and window'd rajgedjicfs, dettnd 
 you. ahakjpinn. 
 
 This hungry, hnfilrft, fuffeiing, dying Jcfus, 
 fed many thuufands with tive loaves and two 
 filhes. ircji. 
 
 Ho'usEMAiD. n. f. [hotife znA mj'ij.] A 
 maid employed to keep the houfc clean. 
 The k',i.f,m.>ui may put out the candie againlt 
 the iooking-glafs. Hwifi. 
 
 Ho'usEUOOM. ti. f. [Iioufe and room.'\ 
 Place In a lioufe. 
 
 Uiiiffro'tmj tii.it colls him nothing, liebcft.jws; 
 Yet Aill wc fcribble oji, tiiough flili we lofc. 
 
 Ho'usESNAlL. n. f. A kind of fnail. 
 Ho'-USEWARMING. ti. f. \_h9uj'i: and tunrm.l 
 
 A feaft or merrymaking upon going into 
 
 a new houfe. 
 Ho'usEWiFE. n.f. [^Ijoufezni. •w'tft. This 
 
 is now frequently written, huf'iulfe, or 
 
 1. The mlfirefs of a family. 
 
 You will think it ui.rii for a g«od ho-if:wife to 
 ftir in or to bufy herfclf about her houicwilcry. 
 Spffifcr an [rcLimi. 
 
 I have room enough, but the kind and ncairy 
 houicwife is dead. Po^c* tQ Sn'/Jt. 
 
 2. A female economlft. 
 
 Fitting is a mantle tor a bad m.in, and fiirely 
 for a bad houfticifc it is no Id's convenient; tor 
 fome of them, ttiat be wandering women, it is 
 half a wardrol'C. Sp:nfcf on hc'und. 
 
 Let lis fit and mock the good hwff:vif>-, for- 
 nnic, from her wheel, that her gifts mny hcnce- 
 fo.tli be dirpofcd cqn.dly. Skaifpeaie. 
 
 Faimeri in degree. 
 He a good hulband, a good hwl'tivije fhe. Dryd. 
 
 Ejrly houfci^hiei leave tlic b'.d, 
 "When living emhcrs on the hearth are fpread. 
 
 The faircft among the daughters of Britain 
 fb^w thcmfelvesgood Itaicfwonien as well as good 
 (ti-.v/V .vivei. AdMfon. 
 
 3. One ilcilled in female biifinefs. 
 
 He was bred up unriu the tuition of a tender 
 
 motiier, till Ihe made him as good an hcufe-'.vtfe 
 
 as herfclf; he could picfeive aiutcocks, and m.ikc 
 
 jellies. Addifon. 
 
 Ho'csEWiFKLY. aJv. \Jxo\x\ houfe'w\fc,'\ 
 
 With the economy of a careful woman. 
 
 Ho'vsT-vviFERY. ad), [from houfcimfc,^ 
 
 Skilled in the a£ls beconiiug a houfewife. 
 
 Ho'i.'sr,wiFERY. n. f, [from houfetv!fi.'\ 
 
 i, Domcllick or female hulinels ; manao^r- 
 
 nu-nt becoming the mldrefs of a family. 
 
 Yuu will think it unfit tor a good houfev/itc 10 
 
 iVi in or to bufy hcrfelf about her houJe'v^-ifri\. 
 
 Spe/ifcr on lithind. 
 
 He ordainM a lady for his prifc, 
 
 Gencr.diy pr.iil'cfol; fair and young, and ftvill'd 
 
 in fi-uijnvifctiis. ChtiyniaH\ Ih.id. 
 
 Llitlc butter was exported abroad, and that 
 
 silcieditcd by the houjciiifiry of the Iiil}i m 
 
 ni.*ki'ig it up. 'VtmpU, 
 
 2. Female economy. 
 
 Lvarn good woiks for necclTary ufes ; for St. 
 Pati! exprcfTcs the obiigntiuu of chrirtian women 
 to p,ood hotifcu'iferyy and charitable prcv:irions for 
 XVx\x family and ncighboiulioyU, J.iyhr. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 H O W 
 
 HoV-iiyo. n.f. [horn hoiifi!.'\ 
 
 1. Quantity of inhabited building. 
 
 London i> I'upplicd with people to uKTCafc its 
 inliahiunts, .nrcoiding to the incrcafc of huj:-:!;. 
 
 Gtti'.'ttt. 
 
 2. [from /'Ow/'flH.v, heufes, ox hnufes, Fr.] 
 Cloth originally ufcd to keep off dirt, 
 now added to faddlcs as ornamental. 
 
 Ho'ucLiNG. adj. [from houfe.^ Provided 
 for entertainment at lirlt entrance into a 
 hciife ; houlewarming. 
 
 His own two haiid^ tl.c holy knot did knit, 
 That none bu' deaih lor ever can divide j 
 
 His own two hands, fi.r fuch a turn nioft fit, 
 The iaujlbig fire did kindle and provide. 
 
 Houss. n. f. [from hrnifniux, ov houfcs, 
 French.] Covering of cloth originally 
 ufed to keep off dirt, now added to fad- 
 dlcs as ornnmental ; honfin.'rs. This 
 word, though ufv.-d by Drydui, I do not 
 remember in any other place. 
 
 Six lions' hides with thongs together fall, 
 His upper parts defended to his waill ; 
 And where man ended, tliecontinu'd veil, 
 Spicad on his back, the houfi and trappings of a 
 bcall. DryJrn. 
 
 HOW. ad-u. [hii, Saxon; hoe, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To what degree. 
 
 lh:v long wilt thou refufe to humble thyfcit 
 bc/crc me ? J-.xuiu-'. 
 
 Ho-.v much better is it togetwil'dom than gold ? 
 and to gee undcrftanding, latiier to be chofen 
 thanfilvcr' Prweibi. 
 
 H'nu oft is the candle of the wicked put out ? 
 Andrew oft Cometh their deltruiftion upon them r 
 
 Job. 
 
 O htnL- love I thy law, it is my meditation. 
 
 Ihw many children's plaints and mother's 
 cries ! 
 l1i^v many woeful widows left to bow 
 To fad difgi ace ! D.i'>ic/'i Ci:':l fFar. 
 
 Confider into /iaxa many differing fubflances it 
 may be aiulyl'cd by the fitc. £oj/e. 
 
 2. In what manner. 
 
 Mark'd you nor, 
 Ihw that the guilty kindred of the queen 
 Look'd pale, when they did hear of Clarence' 
 ficaili ? Shjkfi>carc. 
 
 Profecutc the means of thy deliverance 
 
 By ranfom, or ff-w the 
 
 MUton*s ^-J^ji/Jfc! 
 
 We ex-mine the why and the Aoik of things 
 
 L'Fjlr.mge. 
 'Tis much in our power iow to live, but not 
 at all when or /kw to die. L'Ejir.tn^e. 
 
 It is plcafant to fee hoiij the fmall territories of 
 this bttlc icpublick arc cultivated to the btil ad- 
 v.iniage. AMij'in en Italy. 
 
 . For what reafon ; from what caufe. 
 How now, my love? Why is your check fo 
 pale ? 
 Hew chance the rofcs there do fade fo fart > 
 
 S'iaijpeare. 
 How is it thou liafl found it fo ouickly ? Gen. 
 :. By what means. 
 
 Men would have the colours of birds feathers, 
 if they could tell itov; or they will hav-,- r,iy 
 ikins inftrad of gay clothes. Jij.^/i. 
 
 . In what Hate. 
 
 For /'«»' Ih.ill I go up to my father ? Cmtji^ 
 Whence am I lorc'd, i.nd whither am I boin r 
 i/^/ii', and with what reproach fhall I return? 
 
 Cy</.«'i yE'.f/.V 
 
 i. It is ufed in a fcnfe marking proportion 
 or corrtfpoudence. 
 
 Behold, he put no truft in his fervants, //err 
 much lefs in them that dwell in huufes of clay, 
 whofe foundation is in the duft ? Job. 
 
 A great divifiun fell among the nobility, fo 
 much the more dangcious by how macli the 
 (pU'its were more a£ive arid high. H^yM'-"!. 
 
 HOW 
 
 By tnio murhlhey would diminifh tlie prtfett 
 extent of the fca, fomuch they would impaii the 
 fertility, and fountains and livers of the caul-. 
 
 Bcnllty. 
 
 7. It is mtich ufcd in exclamation. 
 
 How are the mighty fallen ' Samurl. 
 
 Hfi'Ai doth the ci'v fit folirary asa widow! L.im. 
 
 8. In au afTirmalive fcnfe, not .eafily cit- 
 plnined ; that fo it is; that. 
 
 Thick cluutls put U4 in fome hope of land, 
 knowing how that part of the Soulh-fca was ut- 
 terly unknown, and might h.-ive iflands or conn- 
 rents. Bacon, 
 Howbe'it. 7 /7A'. [bo'-M I'e it."] Nevcrthe- 
 Ho'wcE. 3 itfs; iiotwithdanding; yet; 
 however. Not in ufc. 
 
 .Siker thou fpe.ik'll like a lewd lorrel, 
 Of heaven to dcemcii lo, 
 
 Ho^ubc 1 am bi.t riKle and borrel. 
 Yet nearer ways 1 know. Sj^nff . 
 
 Things fo oidaint-d arc to be kept, kowbrit nnt 
 neccdarily, .my longer than 'till tlieic grow lome 
 tugcnt caufe tti uid.iin the contrary. Ih'^kfr, 
 
 Tlieic is a knowledge w! ith God hath alwayi 
 revealed unto them in the w-iksof nature: this 
 they honour and ellrein highly as piofour.d wit* 
 dom, hon^btit tliis wifdom faveth them not. 
 
 There was no army tvanfraitted out of England, 
 hoic.'nir the K!l^lifl^ colonies in Ireland did win 
 ground upon the Infh- Djv'ft. 
 
 Howd'ye. [contracted from ho'U! do yr.^ 
 In what Hate is your health ? A racfTage 
 of civility. 
 
 I now write no letters but of plain bufinefs, 
 or jilain lnw.i'y!'i, to ihofe few I am forced to 
 correfpond with. Pojc. 
 
 Howe'ver. adv. [/lOW and fi'?r.] 
 
 1. In whatfoever manner ; in whatfoevCF 
 degree. 
 
 Th.is ring be holds 
 In mod rich choice ; yet in his idle fire. 
 To buy his will, it would not leera too dear, 
 Howc'cr repented of. ShakJ^care, 
 
 To tr.ice the ways 
 Of bighcft agents, decm'd h.w^v(y wife. Milton, 
 
 2. At all events; happen what will; at 
 leaR. 
 
 Our chief end is to be freed from all, if it may 
 be, hott'r:\-f from the grcatcft evils; and to en- 
 joy, if it may be, all good, hov^-ever the cbiefcft. 
 
 3. Neverthelefs; notwlthftanding; yet# 
 
 In your excufe your love does little fay ; 
 You might howc'cr have took a fairer way. 
 
 Its views arc bounded on all iidcs hy feveral 
 ranges of -niouniflins, wliich are h'iwirvcr at To 
 gieat a diftance, that they leave a wonderful 
 vaiii-iy of beautiful profpc(fts. ^ Addrfon. 
 
 \ do not build mv icafoning whcllv on the cafe 
 of pcrfccuti^n, hoiveier \ do not exclude it. 
 
 .-//.'e-ri-.-ry. 
 
 Few turn their thoughts to examine t.ow thole 
 difcafts in a ilate arc bred, that naMen 4ts end; 
 'which would, ht^ivcvft^ be a very ufeiit] enquiry, 
 
 Swft. 
 
 4. To feme of thcfe meanings this word 
 may be commonly reduced, but its power 
 is fometimes almoft evanefcent. 
 
 Tc Howi.. v. n. \}.ug!en, Dutch ; uhhf 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. To cry as a wolf or dog. 
 
 Methought a Iff 1 ,n of foul fiends 
 Environ'd iiie, and h:.ivUJ in mine cars 
 Such hideous cries, t'nat with the vciy nniie 
 I trembling wak'd. Slijij}:ai :' i Ki-hurJ iii. 
 If wolves iiad at tliy gate hm.l'J thai ftern 
 time. 
 Thou fliould'ft havefaid, Go, porter, lutn the 
 key. .S-ui(fu.i'r, 
 
 He found him in » defer! land, and in tl.« 
 walU ifu-uing wildcrnefs. DeutoontKy, 
 
 6 Q
 
 ♦ H U C 
 
 A"! wlien a fort of wolves hifcft the nlglrt, 
 Wiih their wild howlings at fair Cynthia's light 
 
 Hard as his native rocks, cold ns his fword, 
 Fierce as the wolves tliat Aoiu/',/ around his b:vin; 
 He hates the tyrant, and the fuppli-int fcorns. 
 
 Sjnit'i. 
 
 2. To utter cries itj dlfttefs. 
 
 Therefore wUl 1 !:sil-I, and ciy out for aM Moah. 
 * 'Jeremiah. 
 
 1 The damn?d ufc that wort! in hell, 
 FoW/ng! attend it. SkAff. g.om. avd Jul. 
 
 Each new mom 
 New widows ki vl, new orphan* cry, new forrows 
 Strike Heaven on the face. Sh.ikffeare'i Ma:b. 
 
 i have words 
 That would I>e k-ui'dowi m the defait air, 
 Wiierc hvaiing llioiild not c.rtch them. Shalfp. 
 
 The noifc ■■xjf.s louder ftill : 
 R-ittling of armour ,''.rumpets, drums a ndatab-illci; 
 A\u\ fumetimes ptals of Ihouts that rend the 
 
 hcav'ns, 
 Like viclory : then groans again, and Aoiul-ngs 
 Like thofc of vanquilTi'd men. Dry.ien. 
 
 5. To fpeak witli abelluine cry or tone. 
 Peace, monlter, peace! Go tell thy horrid tale 
 To favnges, and /;ott'/il out in defarts ' FhHrpi. 
 4. It is ufed poetically of many noifes 
 
 loud and horrid. 
 Howl. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . The cry of a wolf or dog. 
 
 Murther, 
 Alarm'd by his fentincl the wolf, 
 VVhofe hrjul'i his watch. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Tlicfc and the like rumours are no more than 
 the laft howls of a dog dilTeifted alive. Siuift, 
 
 2. The cry of a human being in horrour. 
 
 She raves, Ihe runs with a dirtraftcd pace. 
 And fills with horrid hoiuls the public plicc. 
 
 Drydcn*s yE/ifid. 
 
 Howsoe'ver. adv. f^ho'UJ ?.nd/oevfr.] 
 I, In what manner foever. See However. 
 
 Berofus, who, after Moles, was one of the 
 molf ancient, hoiujocver he hatli been lince cor^ 
 rupted, doth in the fubftance of all agiee. 
 
 Raliigh'i Uijioyy 
 
 3. Although. 
 
 The man doth fear God, haiufomer it fecms 
 not in iiim. Shuifftar, 
 
 To Hex. V. a. [from hoj, Saxon, j To 
 bough ; to hamftring. 
 
 Thou art a coward. 
 Which hixci honefty behind, reftraining 
 From courfc required. Shalfpea'e. 
 
 Lodronius, perceiving the old foldier's mean- 
 ing, alighted, and with his fword iwfi/his horfe, 
 faying aloud. This day, valiant foldicrs, fn.ili you 
 h.a've me both your general and fellow foldier, 
 fghting on foot as one of yourfelves. Kmlla. 
 Hoy. n. /. \hou, old French.] A large 
 boat fometimes with one deck. 
 
 He ftnt to Germany, ftrange aid to rear : 
 From whence eftfoons arrived here three hoys 
 Of Saxons, whom he for his fafcty employs. 
 
 Ftiiry Queen 
 To define a barge and hy, which are between 
 a bo.it and a (hip, is hard. IVa/ts' Z-og/.i. 
 
 Hu BBUB. n. /. [I know not the etymo- 
 logy, unlefs it be from i/J>, u/<, or ioiiioi.^ 
 A tumult ; a riot. 
 
 People putfued the bufinefs with ,dl contempt 
 «f the government; and in rlie hukhub of the 
 firit day there appeared nobody of name or rec 
 koning, but the adors were really of the dregs of 
 the people. _ ClarcndQn. 
 
 An univerfal huhhuh wild 
 or ftunning founds, and voices all confus'd, 
 Bo;nc through the hollow dark, affaults his e.-ir 
 With loudeft vehemence. Milion'i Pur.id. LcJI. 
 
 Wliy wolves raife a h/iljbuh at her. 
 And does howl when (he Ihinis in water. 
 
 lUalrj,. 
 
 Ho'cKABACK. n. /. A kind of linen on 
 v9hiih the figures are ralfcd. 
 
 HUD 
 
 Hu'cKLEE.\CKED. adj. [hocher, German, 
 
 a binich, and back.^ Crooked in the 
 
 fhoulders. 
 Hu'cKLEBONE. «. f. [from hiickin, Dut. 
 
 to fit down.] The hipbone. 
 Hu'cKSTER. \"f- [^hoch, German, a 
 Hu'cKSTEREK. J pedlar; hocljler, a fhe- 
 
 pedlar. ] 
 
 1. One who fells goods by retail, or in 
 fmall quantities ; a pedlar. 
 
 Tliere cannot be a more ignominious trade than 
 the being huctjUrs to iuch vile mcrchandife. 
 
 Gmiermntr.t if the Tongue. 
 God deliver tire world from fuch guides, 01 
 rather I'ucli huckjieis of fouls, the very Ihame of 
 religion. South. 
 
 Should thy (line wrench afvde, down, down 
 you fil", 
 And overturn the fcolding huckjier'i ftall, 
 The fcolding hurkjler (hall no: o'er thee moan. 
 But pence expcift for nuts and pears o'erthrown. 
 
 Gay 
 There (hould be a confederacy of all fcrvaiits, 
 to drive thofe China huck fieri from the doors. 
 
 Sirifl. 
 
 Thofe hurkjierers or money-jobheis will be 
 
 found necelTary, if this brafs-raoney is made 
 
 current. Siutjt. 
 
 2. A trickifh mean fellow. 
 
 Now the ape wanted his huckjier man. Bub.J. 
 
 To Hu'cKRTER. t). n. [from the noun.] 
 To deal in petty bargains. 
 
 They mull pay \ (hillii:g, for changing their 
 piece into filver, to fome huckjiering fellow who 
 follows that trade. Sivift. 
 
 To Hu'ddle. 11. a. [probably from ^00 J. ] 
 
 1. To drefs up clofe fo as not to be dif- 
 covered ; to mobble. 
 
 2. To put on carelcfly in a hurry. 
 
 As twelve (he role with much ado ; 
 Her cloaths were huddi'd on by two. Prior. 
 
 Now all in haftc they huddle on 
 Their hoods, their cloaks, and get them gone. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 3. To cover up in hade. 
 ;}.. To perform in a hurr)'. 
 
 I have given much application to this poem : 
 this is not a play huddled up in hafte. Dryden. 
 
 When continu'drain 
 The lab'iing hulhand in his houfe rcllrain. 
 Let him forecall his work with timely caie. 
 Which elfe is huddled when the ikies are fair. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 5. To throw together in confufion. 
 
 Our adverfaiy, huddling re\cral fuppofitions to- 
 gether, and that in doubtful and general terms, 
 makes a medley and confufion. Locke 
 
 T» Hu'ddle. v. n. To come in a crowd 
 or hurry. 
 
 Glance an eye of pity on his lofTcs, 
 Thar have of late fo huddled on l.is back 
 Enough to prefs a royal merchant down. Shakff. 
 
 Brown anfwered after his blunt and huddling 
 manner. Bacon. 
 
 Thvrfis, whofe artful ftrains have oft delay'd 
 The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. 
 And fweeten'd every mu(krofe of the dale. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Their eyes are more imperfeft than others; 
 for they will run againft things, and, huddling 
 forwards, fall from high places. Btotvn. 
 
 Hu'ddle. n.f. [from the verb.] Crowd; 
 tumult ; confufion : with obfcurity. 
 
 Th.it the .'Vriftotclian philofop'.iy is a huddle of 
 words and terms infigniftcant, has been the cen- 
 lure of the wifcft. Glamiiltc. 
 
 Your carrying hulinefs in n huddle^ 
 His forc'd our rulers ro new nwiriel. ffudilras. 
 
 Nature doth norhing in a huddle. L'EJlrarge. 
 
 The underrtanding fees nothing dilUmffly in 
 things remote, and in a huddle. L'.ckt. 
 
 H U F 
 
 Severn! mevry aiifwcts were made to myqucf- 
 tion, which entertained us 'til! bcd-timc, an^ 
 filled my mind with a huddfr of ideas, Adiiijon, 
 
 KuE. w. /. [hiepe, Saxon.] 
 \ . Colour; die. 
 
 Fur never in that land 
 F.^ce of fair lacly ihe before oid view, 
 Or that dread lyon's look her call in deadly Aw-r. 
 
 Spenjcn 
 To add anotber Akc unto the rainbow, 
 Is wafteful and ridiculous cxcefs. Shakfpearc . 
 
 Flow'i'sof ali hue^ a,ad without rhoin the rofc. 
 
 To whom the angel, wi:h a fmilc that gtow'd 
 Celcl'iial roly red, love's proper hucj 
 Anfwer'd* Mihcn'i Paradife Lo^, 
 
 Your's is much of the camciion huCf 
 To cbnn^c the d'c with dil*^ at view. Dryden. 
 2. [huee^ French.] A clamour; a legal 
 purfuit ; aa alarm given to the country. 
 It is comiiionlyjoined with cry, 
 
 Rur and cry J villain, go! Aflift me, knight I 
 
 am undone: fly, run, /we and cry f villain, X 
 
 am undone. Skakfptaie. 
 
 Immediately comes a hue and cry after a gang 
 
 of thieves, that had taken a purfe upon the road. 
 
 L' Ejirange, 
 
 If you fhould hifs, he fwears he'll hifs as high; 
 
 And, like a culprit, juin the hue^nd cry. Jlddifon, 
 
 The hue ?.nd ry went after Jack, to apprehend 
 
 him. dead or alive^ wherever he could be found, 
 
 j^rbut knot's Jchn BuU, 
 
 Hue'r. n.f. [huer, French, to cry.} 
 One whofe bufinefs is to call out to 
 others. 
 
 They lie hovering upon the coaft, and arc 
 diredted by a balker or hufr, who liandclh on the 
 clirF-fide, and from thence dilcerneth the courfe 
 of the pilchard. Careix-*i Suri-ey^ 
 
 HUFF. n.f. [from Ifove, or hoven, fwcl- 
 led : he is huffed up by dj/Iempers, So in 
 fome provinces we ilill fay the bread htiffs 
 upy when it begins to htave or ferment : 
 huffy therefore, may be ferment. To be 
 in a huff is then to be in a ferment^ as 
 we now fpeak.] 
 
 1. Swell of fudden anger or arrogance. 
 
 Quoth Ralphu, honour *s but a word 
 To fwear by, only in a lord; 
 In others ic is but a /;;^, 
 To vapour with inrtead of proof, HuHiBras^ 
 
 His frowns kept multiludesin awe, 
 Beiure the blufter of whufe huj^ 
 All hats, as in a ftorra, flew off. Budihra^ 
 
 Wt; havethe apprehenlions of a change to keep 
 a check upon us in the very //;v^of our greaCnefs, 
 
 JJ Ejhangc. 
 
 A Spaniard was wonderfully upon the hujf 
 about hib extradlion. UEjirange. 
 
 No man goes about to enfnare or circumvent 
 another in a pafilon, to lay trains, and give fecrcc 
 Mows in a prefcnt huff. Souths 
 
 2. A wretch fwellcd with a falfe opinion 
 of his own value- 
 As for you, colonel huff~capy we flrall try be- 
 fore a ci\il magiftrate who *s the greater ploller, 
 
 Drydcn's Spaniel F>yar^ 
 
 Lewd fli.Tllow-brained h:ffi make athfifm 
 
 and contempt of religion the fole badge and- 
 
 charaitler of wit. South, 
 
 To Huff. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 I. To fwell; to puff. 
 
 In many wild birds the diaphragm may cafiiy 
 be Ir.ffed up with air, and blown in at the wind- 
 pipe. Grcof. 
 
 3. To heflor ; to treat with infolence 
 
 and arrogance, or brutality. 
 
 The commilVioner at Magdalen college faid to 
 Dr. Hougli, you muft not prcfume to huff us. 
 
 Enchard. \ 
 
 To Huff. v. n. To biufler ; to florra ; 
 to bounce ; to fweil with iiidignatian 
 or pride.
 
 HUG 
 
 Khuffittgf (Kinins, flattViii!;, cringing cow.ird, 
 A cankcrworm oi peace, was raib'd abu\c liim. 
 
 Otwiiy 
 
 A thief and jufticc, foul and kn.ivc, 
 A ku^n^ officer and il.ivc. UudihtM. 
 
 Huffing to cowards, fawning; to the bravo, 
 To knaves a fuel, lu crud'lous fools a knave. 
 
 Kojcctr.m'in. 
 
 This fenfclcfs arrogant conceit of theirs made 
 them huff at the dodlriiic of repentance, as- a 
 thing below them. Sc-.'fh. 
 
 Now wh.it 's his end ? O charming glory fay ! 
 What, a fifth aft to crown his huffing play ? 
 
 Dry den. 
 
 What a fmall pittance of rcafon and truth is 
 mixed with thjfc huffing opinions they are fwclled 
 with. Locke. 
 
 When Peg received John's mcfTagc, flic huff- 
 rifand flormud like the devil. ^rhut'iK-it. 
 
 Hu'ffer. n. f. [from huj'.'\ A bl.ufler- 
 
 er ; a bully. 
 Nor have I hazarded my art 
 
 To be eipns*d i' th' end to fuffer, 
 
 By fuch a braggadocio kufer. Hudihrai. 
 
 Hu'ffish, adj. [from /6«^] Arrogant; 
 
 infolent ;'heCtoi'irig. 
 Hu'ffishly. adv. [from /;«^^.] With 
 
 arrogant petulance ; with bullying bluf- 
 
 ter. 
 Hu'ffishness. n. /. Petulance; ar- 
 rogance ; noify blufter, 
 ^0 Hug. *u. a. [hejian, Saxon, to hedge, 
 
 to enclofe.] 
 t. To prcfs clofe in an embrace. 
 
 He bcwcpt my fortune, 
 And hu^g'J mc in his arms. Shnifpcure. 
 
 What would not he do now to hug the creature 
 that had given hira lo admirable a ferenade ! 
 
 L.' Ejlrang--. 
 
 Ev'n in that urn their brother they confefs, 
 
 And hug it in their arms, and to their bofoni 
 
 prefs. Dryden. 
 
 King X?rxes was enamoured upon an oak, 
 
 which he would hug and kifs. Hat-vcy. 
 
 d. To fondle ; to treat with tenderncfa. 
 I, under fairprctence of fiicndly ends, 
 And well-plac'd words of gloiing courtcfy, 
 Baited with reafonsnot unplaufible, 
 Win me intn tne eafy hearted man, 
 And hug him into fnares. Mittitn. 
 
 Wc hug deformities, if they bear our names. 
 
 Glani'iHe. 
 AHmire yourfelf, 
 And, without rival, hug your darling book. 
 
 RofiQinmot. 
 
 Though they know that the flatterer know; 
 
 the fa'fchood of his own flatteries, yet they love 
 
 rtic impollor, and with both arms hug the aViu!"e. 
 
 Mark with what jny he hugs the dear dilco- 
 vcry ! Roiue, 
 
 3. To hold faft. 
 
 Age makes us moft fondly hug and retain 
 tiie gnod Thintjs of life, when we have the leiil 
 proii»*'^ of enjoying them. ^ttcrbury. 
 
 4.. To gfipf in wrelUing. 
 
 Hug. n. f. [from the noun.] 
 
 1. Clt fc embiace. 
 
 Why ihcte clofc hugz^ 1 owe my (hame to 
 him. G>iy 
 
 2. A particular gripe in wreftling, called a 
 Corntpj hu^. 
 
 HUGE. aJj. [hooghyJ3}gh,'D\xtch.^ 
 1, Vaft ; immt-nfe. ^ 
 
 Let the cflalc of the pcoj-le of God, when 
 they were in tht lioufc of bo'.'vdage, anil rlicr 
 manner of ferA-'ng God in a itrang^ land, bi 
 comj^a ed wit'i that \vl>ich Canaan and J.iufa- 
 }«m du. afford : and who fecth not what huge 
 dit^crence tiicic was between them ? Ihoic . 
 
 Tlis fpnce "f earth is fo huge^ as th?t it 
 cquaileih in gieatnefs nut only Afia, Europe, and 
 Africa, but America. ..Mot. 
 
 1 1 U L 
 
 2. Very great. 
 
 Tlic mountain fi''g'. Mi'mn. 
 
 Part, hiigt of bulk ! 
 Wallowing unweildy, enormous in tlicir gait, 
 Temped the ocean ; thcie Icuathan 
 liugrii of living crcatui'cs, in the dctp 
 Srrct'ch'd like a premontory, deeps or fwim<, 
 Anil feems a moving land. Mi!i •: 
 
 3. Great even to tJcformity or tCifible- 
 nefs. 
 
 The patch is kind enough, but a hug: feeder. 
 
 Shtttjpfart. 
 Through forefts liiige, and long unravcll'd 
 heatiis, 
 With dtfolation brown he wanders waflc. 
 
 Thtrnfon . 
 Hv'gely. adv. l^Tom htjge.'\ 
 
 1. Immenfely; enormoiifly. 
 
 Who cries out on pride, 
 That can therein tax any private party ? 
 Doth it not flow as hugely as the lea ? Shakfp. 
 
 2. Greatly ; very much. 
 
 I am hugely bent to believe, that whenever 
 you concern yourfclves in our affairs, it is iij>i' 
 our good. Swft, 
 
 Hu'geness. n. f. [from hug:.} 
 
 1. Enormous bulk ; greatntfs. 
 
 2. Utmoft e;cteiit. Not in ufe. 
 
 My miftrefs exceeds in goodnefs the hugrntfi 
 of your unworthy thinking. Shakfpcars. 
 
 Hu'ggf.rmucger. n. f. [corrupted per- 
 haps from hugger marcher, or hug In the 
 dark. Morcker in Danifh Is darknefs, 
 whence our murky. It Is written by 
 fir Thomas Moore, holer moher. Holer, 
 in Chuucer, is peev'ijh, crojsgra'med, of 
 which moler may be only a ludicrous 
 reduplication, i/ooiir is like wife in Ger- 
 man a corner, and moly is in Engllfh 
 darh. I know not how to determine.] 
 Secrecy ; by-place. 
 
 Now hold in hu^get mugger in tlicir hand, 
 And all the reft do rob of floods nnd land. 
 
 UMerd'i Talc. 
 
 But if I can but find them out, 
 Wberc*cr th* in huggermugger turk, 
 I'll make them rue thciv handy work. Uuiihnn. 
 
 Tl:crc 's a diftintfliorv betwixt what's done 
 oiienly and bare-faced, and a thing that 's done in 
 bug'T^frmiigger, under a fcal of fecrecy and con- 
 cealcment. VEJirangt, 
 
 Hu'gy. adj. [See Huge.] Vail; great; 
 huge. Not in ufe. 
 
 This htgy vock one finger 's force apparently 
 win move. Cariiv's Survev of CarnvnU. 
 
 HuKE. n. f. [huque, French.] A cloak. 
 
 As wc were thus in conference, there came 
 
 one that i'eemedto be a metTenger, in a. rich ftuie. 
 
 Hulk. «. / [huLle, Dutch; hulc, Sax.] 
 
 1. The body of ^ fhip. 
 
 There 's a whole meichant's venture of Bour- 
 dcaux fluff in Kim : you have not fecn a hulk 
 belt, rltuflfrd in the hi. Id. S':u(fje^jre. 
 
 The cufiom of giving (lie colour of the fea to 
 the //w/ii, fjih, and mariners of their fly-boats, 
 to keep them from being difcovercd, came from 
 the \'cueti. Atbuthn^t. 
 
 TIic Argo's /;tt/^ w'll tax, 
 And fcrapc her piiciiV fides for wax. Sioift. 
 
 The footy hulk 
 Stcer'il fluggifh on. T^ie-mfov. 
 
 2. Any thing; bulky and unweildy. This 
 fcnfc Is Hill retained in Scotland : as, a 
 hull of a fellow. 
 
 And Harry Monmouth's brawn, the hulk fir 
 John, 
 fU'vifutier to your fon. Shokfpsare. 
 
 To Hulk. -v. a. To exentrate : as, to 
 hulk a hare. Jinjiuorth. 
 
 6 U M 
 
 Hull. it. /. \_hujgan, Gothick, to co'cr.] 
 
 1. The huflc or initguincnt of any thing ; 
 the outer covering : as, the hull of a nut 
 covers the (hell, [hulc, Scoitilli.] 
 
 2. The body of a (hip; the hulk. Ifull 
 and hull arc now confounded ; but 
 lu/i fecrns originally to h.-we Cgnilied 
 not merely the body or hull, but a 
 whole (liip of burden, heavy and' bulky. 
 
 Deep in their iulh our deadly bullets light. 
 And through the yielding planks a paffage find. 
 
 DryJert. 
 
 So many arts hafli the Divine Wifdom put 
 together, only for th: iuil and tackle of a think- 
 ing creature. Grew. 
 To Hull. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 float ; to drive to and fro upon the 
 water without fails or rudder. 
 
 Tiiey faw a figl.t full of piteous rtrangenefs ; 
 a Ihip, or tatlier the carcafc of a fhip, or rather 
 foinc few bones of the carcafc, hulling theie, part 
 broken, part burned, and part drowned. SiJary. 
 
 Will you hoift fad, fir ? here lies your way. 
 — No, good fwabber, I am to hull here a liltli 
 longer. Sh.iiffeare. 
 
 He look'd, and faw the ark hull on the flood. 
 
 Milim. 
 
 People walking down upon the (hore, faw 
 fomewhat come hulling toward them. VK/'tirge. 
 
 Hu'lly. adj. [from hull.'\ Siliqiiofe ; 
 hu(ky. Jlnfiuorth. 
 
 Hu'lver. n. f. Holly. 
 
 Save hulver and thorn, thereof flail for t» 
 make. Tujjfer. 
 
 To Hum. -u. a. [homdan, Dutch.] 
 
 1 . To make the noife of bees. 
 
 The hummifg of bees is an unequal buzzing. 
 
 An airy nation flew 
 Thick as the humming bees tiiat hunt t'r.e golden 
 
 dew 
 In furamcr's heat. DrytUn. 
 
 So weary bees in little cells repofe ; 
 But if night-robbers lift the well-ftor'd hive, 
 An humming through their waxen city gruwj. 
 
 Do'i'.'/.'. 
 
 2. To make an inarticulate and buzzing 
 found. 
 
 I think he '11 hear mc : yet to biK his lip. 
 And hum at good Cominius, much unliearts mc. 
 
 ShaKjprare. 
 
 Upon my honour, fir, I heard a humming. 
 
 And that a ft range one tyo, which did awake 
 
 me. Shakjfitare. 
 
 The cloudy mefienger turns me his back. 
 
 And hums ; as who Ibould f.iy, you'il rue. Shakfp. 
 
 3. To pnufe In fpi-aking, and fupply the 
 interval with an audible emitfion of 
 breath. 
 
 ffaving pump'd up all his wit. 
 And /i«rtM',/opon it, thus he writ. BuMhiizs, 
 
 I Hill .icquieft. 
 And never humni\i and haw'd feditign. 
 Nor fnulTlcd tiealon. Hudihrtt. 
 
 The lu.m Jay humming and hawing a good 
 while ; but in the end, he gave up himfclf to the 
 pliylici.ins. VEftrjiiji.: 
 
 4. To make a dull heavy noife. 
 
 The muhca) accents uf the Indian?, to us, are 
 
 but inarticulate hummingl; it aie ours to tbeH 
 
 othcrwife tuned organs. Glam'illt. 
 
 Still hummitg on, their drowfy couil'c ti.cy 
 
 keep, 
 
 And UQi'd fo long, like tops, ate lath'd afl'ep. 
 
 i\pi. 
 
 5. To fing low. 
 
 Hum half a tune. Vt.pe. 
 
 6. To applaud. Approbation was com- 
 monly exprclTcd in public alTemblles \>j 
 a hum, about a ceniury ago. 
 
 Hum. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 6(2
 
 HUM 
 
 H U M 
 
 H U M 
 
 1. The noife of bees or infers. 
 
 To black Hecat's fummon 
 The (hard-born beetle, with his dtowfy ^.'ws 
 Hath rung night's yawning peal. Shakfpture. 
 
 Nor uiidclightful is the ceafclefs hum, 
 To him who mufcs through the woods at noon. 
 
 Thomjon. 
 
 2. A low confiifed noife, as of buftling 
 crowds at a diftance. 
 
 From camp to camp, thro' the foul womb of 
 night. 
 The hum of cither army ftiU refounds. Si'aifj). 
 
 Tower'd cities pleafe us then. 
 And the bufy /""» of men. hUlii". 
 
 One theatre there is of va(V reforl. 
 Which whilom of requeils was call'd the court ; 
 But now the great exchange of news 'tis bight, 
 And t'ull of ^amand buz from noon 'till night. 
 
 3. Any low dull noiff. 
 
 Who fat the neareft, by the words o'ercome, 
 Slept fad : the diltant nodded to the ;4i/>«. Po^c. 
 
 4. A paufe with an inaniculate found. 
 
 Tliefe Ihiugs, fliefe k:im< and haws, 
 When you have faid (he 's goodly, come between, 
 Ere you can fay (he 's honeft. Shokjpiare. 
 
 Your excufes want fome grains to make 'cm 
 current: hum and ha will not do the bufinefs. 
 
 V'yM-n's Spanijh Fiyar. 
 
 5. In /Tu^/^Mj- it feems ufcd for />«;«. 
 
 And though his countrymen the Huns, 
 Did (lew tlieir meat between their A/^mi 
 And the horfcs backs, on which they ftr.addle. 
 And ev'iy man eat up his faddle. HuMbras. 
 i. An expreffion of applaufe. 
 
 You hear a hum in the right place. Spe&anr. 
 Hl'm. inteneCl. A found implying doubt 
 and deliberation. 
 
 Let not your eyes defpifc the heavieft (bund 
 Th.'Jt ever yet they heard. 
 
 —Hum I I guels at it. SJiakfpeare'i Macicth. 
 See lir Robert — /u/m f 
 And never laugh for all my life to come. Tope. 
 HU'MAN. adj. \Jjumanus, Lat, humain, 
 French.] 
 
 1. Ha\ing the qualities of a man. 
 
 It will never be aiked whether he be ,i gentle- 
 man born, but whether he be a human creature .' 
 
 i'to///. 
 
 2. Belonging to man. 
 
 The king is but a man as I am : the violet 
 fmells to him as it doth to me; all his fenfes 
 have but h:tnnin conditions. Shakjpcarc. 
 
 For man to tell how human life began 
 Is harJ ; for who himfclf beginning knew ? 
 
 Miltm. 
 
 Thee, ferpent, fuhtil'll heart of all the field, 
 
 I knew ; but nor with human voice iiidu'd. Milt. 
 
 Intuitive kiro\tledge needs no probation, nor 
 
 can tiavc any, this being the higheft of all human 
 
 ccitainty. Lactc. 
 
 HUMA'NE. adj. \htmahe,Y\:'\ Kind; 
 
 civil; benevolent ; good-natured. 
 
 Love of othcrr, if it be not fpent upon a few, 
 doth naturally fpread itfcif towards many, and 
 maketh men become iiumanc and charitable. 
 
 Baccji. 
 Envy, malice, covetcufnefs and revenge arc 
 aboVilhed: a new race o£ virtues and g'.'.ces, 
 more divine, more moral, more humane, are 
 {.lantcd in their ftead. Sprat. 
 
 Hv y! a' n ^ LY. aci-v. [horn humane-l Kind- 
 ly ; with good-nature. 
 
 If they wiuld yield us the fuperfluity, while it 
 were wholtfome, we might guels tliey ri_;icved us 
 hu-.ane/j. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Ht;'MANiST. n. f. [humanl/Ie, Fr.j A 
 pliilologer; agtanmurian : a term iifed 
 in the fchools of bcotlapd. 
 
 Hu M a'n 1 T Y. H. /. [lumanile, Er. huma- 
 nitas, Latin.] 
 
 *. The nuture of man. 
 
 Look to thyfelf ; reach not beyond humanity. 
 
 Sii'incy 
 
 A rarer fpirit never did fteer humanity. Shut, 
 
 The middle of humanity tliou never knewell, 
 but the extremity of both ends. Shalifpeare. 
 
 To prcferve the Hebrew intire and uncorrupt, 
 there hath Been ufed the highcft caution humanity 
 could invent. Brsiun. 
 
 2. HniTiankind ; the collect ive body of 
 mankind. 
 
 If he can untie thofe knots, he is able to teach 
 all hujnariry, and will do well to oblige mankind 
 by his information. Glanviilc, 
 
 .3. Benevolence ; tendernefs. 
 
 All men ought to maiirtain p*ace and the com- 
 mon otfices of humanity and i.iendlhip in di\'cr- 
 (ily of opinions. Locke. 
 
 How hv/, like thee, enquire the wretched out. 
 And court the offices of foft humanity? 
 Like thee referve their raiment for the naked. 
 Reach out their bre.idto feed the citing orphan, 
 Oi mix their pitying tears with thofe that weep - 
 
 Ro loe. 
 
 4. Philology ; grammatical fludics. In 
 
 Scotland, humanlorei liters. 
 To Hu'manize. v. a. [/jumainijir, Fr.] 
 To foften ; to make fufceptive of ten- 
 dcrncfs or benevolence. 
 
 Here will I paint the chara<flers of v/oe, 
 And here my faithful tears iu fiiow'rs lliall flow, 
 To huma'i:z.e the flints whereon I tread. IVotton. 
 
 Was it trie bulinefs of magick to humani-ze our 
 natures with compalTion, forgivenefs, and all the 
 inltances of the moft extenfive charity ? Addijon. 
 
 Hu'MankIND. n. f. \Jmman and hind.'\ 
 
 The race of man ; mankind. 
 Blert with a taftc cxadt, yet unconlin'd ^ 
 
 A knowledge both of books and humanhnd. Pi^e. 
 Hu'manly. aJv. ^[vom human. ^ 
 
 1. After the notions of men; according 
 to the power of nieu. 
 
 Thus the prcfent happy profpe«5t of our affairs, 
 hum.^nly fpeaking, may fecm to promifc. 
 
 Atteihury. 
 
 2. Kindly ; with good-nature. This is 
 now written humanely. 
 
 Tnough learn'd, well bied; and tliough well 
 bi'ed, Irncere ; 
 Model^Iy bold, and hananly fevere. Pope. 
 
 Hu'mbikd. 71. y. [from hum and hird.'\ 
 The humming bird. 
 
 All r.gcs ha\-e conceived the wren the lealt of 
 birds, yet our own plantations have (hewed one 
 far lefs : that is, the humhitd, not much exceeding 
 a beetle. Bjoiuh. 
 
 Hu'mble. adj. [humile, Fr. huniilis, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Not proud ; modeit ; not arrogant. 
 
 And mighty proud to humble weak does yield. 
 
 Spenjer. 
 
 Now we have (hewri our power. 
 Let us feem humbler after it is done. 
 Than when it was a-doing. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Thy humble fen-ant vows obedience, 
 And faithful fervice,'t}ll the point of death. 
 
 Sbakjpeare^s Henry VI. 
 
 We (hould be as htmhle in our imperfections 
 and fins, as Chrill was in the fulnefs of the fpirit, 
 great wH'dom, and pcrfetft life. Tayhr. 
 
 You, if an humble liufband, may requclt. 
 Provide and order all things for the bcih Dryd. 
 
 Ten tboufand trifles light as thefe. 
 Nor can mv rage nor anger move : 
 
 She Ihould be humble who would pleafe ; 
 And flic muli luffcr, who can love. Priir, 
 
 2. Low ; not high ; not great. 
 
 Th' c.samplc tf the heav'nly laik. 
 Thy fcUow-pjct, Cowley, mark I 
 Above the Ikies let thy proud mufick found. 
 Thy humble neft build on the ground. d^vley. 
 
 Denied what cv'ry wretch obtams of fate. 
 An humble louf aiisl arvobfcure letreat. Yaldtn 
 
 i 
 
 Ah ! prince, hadft tliou but know:: the joy* 
 which dwell 
 With humbler fortunes, thou wouldft curfe t!;jr 
 roy.ilty ! JRt-jae. 
 
 Far humbler titles fuitmv io!? conditions. 
 
 Smith. 
 To Hu'.MBi-E. V. a, [from the adjeftivc.] 
 
 1. To make humble ; to make fub:ri!liive ; 
 to make to bow down with humility. 
 
 Take this purfe, thou wi.om the iieav';ij. 
 pl.tguea 
 Have h.tmbled to all fti^kcs. dhatjpeare. 
 
 The executioner 
 Falls not the axe upon tire iiuwhh4 ceck, 
 But ftrlt begs pardon. Shakj'peare. 
 
 Humble yourfelves under the mighty hand of 
 God, that he may exalt you. i Peter. 
 
 He.:ckiah humbled himlcif foi the pride of hii 
 heait. I Ckroniciu, 
 
 Why do I humble thus myfelf, and fuing 
 For peace, reap nothing but rcpulfe and bate } 
 
 Milton. 
 Let the (inner put away the evil of his donigs, 
 and humble himfelf by a (^)ccdy and finccre re- 
 pentance; lei him return to God, and then let 
 him be afluicd that God will return to him. 
 
 R''gers. 
 
 2. To cni(h ; to break ; to fubdue ; ta 
 mortify. 
 
 Yeaily injoin'd, fome fiy, to undergo 
 This annual hurnbling certain number'd days, 
 To dalh their pndc and joy, for man feduc'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Wc are plcafed by fome implicit kind of re- 
 venge, to fee him taken down and humbled in his 
 reputation, who had fo far r.iifcd hirafelf above 
 us. j^eiilifan. 
 
 The miltrcfs of the world, the feat of empire. 
 The nurfe of heroes, the delight of gods. 
 That humbled the proud tyrants of the earth. 
 
 u-Lldifon'i Cato. 
 
 Men that make a kind of inluk upon fociety, 
 ought ^o be hu'hbled -Ai diiiurbers of the public 
 tranquillity. Freeholder. 
 
 Fortune not much of humbling me can boaiV ; 
 Though double tax'd, how little nave i lort I 
 
 P^pe^ 
 
 3. To make to coiidtfcend. 
 
 This would not be to condefcend to their ca- 
 pacities, when he humbhi liimrdf to fpeak 'o 
 thcra, but to iofc his dclign in fpeaking. Jiocke^ 
 
 4. To bring down from a height. 
 
 In proccls of time the higiiclt mountains mav 
 be humbled into vallies ; and again, the loweft 
 vallies exalted into mountains. Hakeiuill. 
 
 Hu'mblebee. «. /. \Jmmhle and lee. 
 What may be the true etymology of. 
 this word I am in doubt. The humble- 
 bee is known to have no Iting. The 
 Scotch call a cow without horns a hu7n- 
 hle cow, fo that the word feems to fig- 
 nify inermis, wanting the natural 
 weapons. Dr. Beattie.] A buzzing 
 wild bee. 
 
 The honeybags fteal from the bumblebees, 
 And tor nignt tapers crop their waxen thighs. 
 
 Shakfperj'C. 
 
 This puts us in mind once again, of the hum* 
 blebee! and the lindcrboxes. .Atierbwy, 
 
 Hu'iviBLEBEE. n. f. An herb. A'lnftu,. 
 Hu'mblebee Eater, n. y. A Ry that 
 eats the bumblebee. .eiiii/kvorlh.i 
 
 Hu'mdleness. ;;. f. [from humble.] Hu- 
 mility ;■ abfence of pride. 
 
 With how true hunibli^e/i 
 They look'd down to tiiumph over pride! 
 
 Si.lnejfi 
 I am rather with all fuI>jo.ited htmblenefi, to 
 thank her excellencies, fincc the duty theieunto 
 ga\e mc rather heart to fave myfelf, than to re- 
 ceive thanks. Si.infji. 
 It wai anfwcred by tu all, iu all £»l&bte turn'
 
 H U M 
 
 Henrfi ; but yet with a cnuntcnance, th.it wc 
 knew he fpokc it but merrily. ButOfi. 
 
 A gr^iii of gtury, mixed witli humhleitff^^ 
 Cures both i fever and Icthargickncfs. Herbert. 
 
 Hu'mbler. n. f. [from humble.^ One 
 that hiunblcs or fubduea hiinfclf or 
 otlitts. 
 Hu'm Bi.KMouTHED. aiVf. [humble and 
 motithal.] Mild ; meek. 
 
 You arc meek and htiinL'imoutVU; but your 
 he.irt 
 Is cramm'd with arrogancy, fplcen, and pride. 
 
 Shiikjpi-nre 
 
 Hu'mbi.epl.\nt. n. f. A fpccies of leii 
 fitivc phiiit. 
 
 The i^ir'^hpijit is fo called, bcc.v.ifc, as foon 
 as you tuiich it, it pnflratesitfclf •> • t';e grou;iH, 
 !ind in a ftjit time elevates itfcif again : it i.s 
 raifcd in lotbcds Mir/imrr 
 
 Hu'mbles. n. /. Entrails of a deer. 
 
 Hu'mbless. «. A [from /jumiilc.} Hiim- 
 blenefs ; humility Obiblete. 
 
 And with mctk tiumblifs, and alfliiflcd mood, 
 Pardun for thee, and grace for me iiurcar. 
 
 Spetifcr. 
 
 Hu'mbt.v. adv. \Jrom humble. '\ 
 
 1. Without pride; with humility; mo- 
 dellly ; with timorous modefty. 
 
 Tiiey were us'd to bend. 
 To fend their fniilcs before ibcm to Achilles, 
 To come iumh.y as they us'd to creep to holy 
 altars. Si^iifi^fart. 
 
 Hero [he tam'd Euphrates kumlly glides 
 And there the Riiine fubmits her fwclling tides. 
 
 DryJct. 
 
 Write him down a (lave, who, liumHy proud, 
 
 With prefents begs prefernients from the crowd 
 
 Dryrl!::. 
 
 In midll of dangers, fc.Tts, and deatli, 
 Thv goodncfs I'll adore ; 
 
 And praife thee for thy mercies pall, .. 
 
 And i-.umhly hope for more, .Addijon. 
 
 2. Without height ; without elevation. 
 Hu'mdrum. adj. [from hum, drone, or 
 
 htimnnng (lioue.'\ Dull; dronifli ; Ilu- 
 pid. 
 
 Shall we, quoth (he, ftand flill hum.irutnj 
 And fee ftrjut Rruin, all aloi:c, 
 By niiniberi b.ilcly overthrown ? Hudll'ui^. 
 
 1 wiis talking wuh an old hunulritm f-ilow, 
 and, before I hnd he.ird his Itory out, wff5 called 
 away by bulinefs. ^'JMiif'^ri 
 
 7;/HUMFCT. \ V. a. [/?umcc^o, 
 
 7*0 HUMECTATE. J Lat. humcaer, 
 French.] To wet ; to moiften. 
 
 The Nile and Ni^tjcr do not only moiften and 
 coDtcmporaCe the air by their exhalations, Imt 
 reficfh and humcSlate the earth by their annual 
 inundations. Broion. 
 
 Her rivers are divided into flalces, to humcflate 
 the bordering foil. HownTi Vocal Torej}. 
 
 The medicaments are of a cool humecling qiu- 
 litVj and not too much artringcnt. IViJeman. 
 
 Humecta'tion. n* f, \_hume Nation, Fr. 
 from /jumtcfate.l The adl of wetting ; 
 jnolllening. # 
 
 Plates of brafs, applied to a blow, ■will keep 
 it do'vn f.om fwelling." the caufe is rcpercuffion, 
 without humeSation, or entrance of any body. 
 
 Baccri's Natural Hijhry. 
 
 That which is concreted by exficcation, or ex- 
 preiTion of humidity, will be rcfolved by humec- 
 t-atiott, as eailh and C'.^y. Brraon 
 
 Hu'meral. adj. [hutneralj French, from 
 kmieruSf Latin,] Belonging to the 
 llioulcler. 
 
 The largeft crooJced needle ftiould be ufcd, 
 ■with a ligature, in taking up the humeral aricrit *. 
 in amputation. Shaip. 
 
 HuMICVBA'TIO^li. »* /. [bumi zxi^cubo, 
 
 II U M 
 
 Latin,] The acl of lying on the 
 ground. 
 
 Faffing and fackcluth, and afhcs and tears -iid 
 kufnicuhntiortij ufed to be CJn]p<tnions of u-pcnt- 
 ancc. }ir,tmhill. 
 
 HU MID. aff. f/jwH/V^, French ; hamulusy 
 Latin.] Wet; moid; watery. 
 
 Iris there, with /tumi.l how. 
 Waters the odoiuus banks thut blow 
 Flowers ot more mingl'd hue 
 Tf-an her puij led fcarf can Ilicw. Mi!ton. 
 
 The quccii, iccovcr'd, rears her humid cycSf 
 And fiilt !.iT liufband on the poop efpici. Dryd. 
 
 If they flip c:ilily, and arc of a fit fizc to be 
 agitated by bt-.it, and the heat is big enough to 
 k:cp them in agitation, the body is tlu.d; and 
 if it bc.apt to ftick to things, it is hum! t. 
 
 Nfivfon*s Opticki. 
 
 Humi'ditv. n. f. [hnmiditey Fr. from 
 
 hmmd. ] That quality which we call 
 
 moifture, or the power of wetting other 
 
 bodies. 
 
 HumitUt-^ differs very much from fluidity, de- 
 pending airogcthcr on the congruity ot' the com- 
 ponent p.irticlcs of any liquoi' to the pores or fur- 
 laces oi fucli pirticuUr bodies as it is capable of 
 adhering to. Thus qnickniver is not a moift li- 
 quor, in rcfpciJl to oui" hands or clothes, and 
 many other things it will not itick to ; but it 
 may be calicd fo in reference to gold, tin, or Ic.id, 
 to wKofc liirfaces it will prefently ad!, ere. And 
 even water itftlf, that wcrs atinoft every thing, 
 and is the great fVindard oi humidity, Is not ca- 
 pable of wetting every thing, for it ftands and 
 run*; eafily oJ? in global. 'r drops on the l2aves of 
 cabbages and many other pla.^Nj Tini it will not 
 wet the feathers o? ducks,, fwans, and other 
 water -fowl Q_:iir,cy. 
 
 WeMl u^z this unwholefome humidity, this 
 grofs wat^y pumpion. Shakfp'ure. 
 
 O bL'iiing- breeding fun, draw from the earth 
 Rotten humidity : below x\\y firtev*s orb 
 Itifcfl the air! Shakfpdire's Timon of AthcTH. , 
 
 Young animals have more tender fibres, and 
 moie humidity y than old animals, which have 
 their juices move exalted and relifliing. 
 
 Arhuthnot . 
 
 Hum I lia'tion. «, /. [French.]! 
 
 1. Dtfcent from grtatnefs i aft of humi- 
 lity. 
 
 The former was an humihation of Deity, the 
 Kuter an hmvliaticn of manhood; for which 
 caule there followed upon the latter an exaltation 
 of that which was humbled ; for with power he 
 created the world* but teltored it by obedience. 
 
 Thy humiliation fhall exalt 
 With thee thy manhood alio to this throne. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. Mortification ; external exprelllon of 
 fin and unworthincfs. 
 
 John fared puotly, accbrding unto the npprirrl 
 he wore, that is, of camel's hair; and the doc- 
 trine he preached was /:;vm//;u//3« and iej:cniance. 
 Eroxon's Vulgar Erioun, 
 With tears 
 Wat*ring the ground, and with our fighs the air 
 Frequenting, fcnt from hearts contrite, in fign 
 Of forrtrtv unfeign'd, and humiliation meek. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 3. Abatement of pride. 
 
 It may ferve for a great lefTon of humUiation 
 to mankind, to behold the habits and pt'.flionsof 
 men trampling over intercrt, fiiendlhip, honour, 
 and their own perfonal fafely, as well as that of 
 their country. S-n-iff. 
 
 Humi'lity. «. f* [humlUle, French.] 
 1. Freedom from pride; modefty; not 
 arrogance. 
 
 When we make profcfTion of our faith, we 
 ftand; when we acknowledge our fins,' or feek 
 unto God for favour, we fall down ; bccnufe the 
 grfture of conftancy bccomerh us beft in the one, 
 iQ the otUar the behaviour of humility, Uakcr. 
 
 HUM 
 
 T do not know thai Euglifhman alive, 
 
 With wt'.orn my fou( is any jut at odds, 
 
 More tiinri the infant that is born to-mght ; 
 
 1 thank my God for my humility. Sh.i^ff'ift'f. 
 
 What llic height of a kingiemptcih to revenge, 
 the humility of a chrilHan tcachcth to forgive. 
 
 Ki/rg Chiitftt. 
 
 The humility of tl.c ftyle gained them niu-y 
 friends. C/arcndor:, 
 
 There are fomc that ufc 
 Ifutrility to fervc ttieir piidt, and fccm 
 Humble upon their way, to be the prouder 
 At theit wi(h*d journey's end. Dc-ihjm. 
 
 It is an e.ily rndtt^T to extol humility in fhq 
 midfl of honour, or tu begin a fait after dinner. 
 
 Soutk, 
 
 As high tuircts for their airy fteep, 
 Require founct.iriims in proportion deep; 
 And lofty ctdars as farupwaids (hoot, 
 As to the ni-thcr heavens ihcy drive the root; 
 So low did her fccurc foundation lye, 
 She was not humble, but humility. Dryden, 
 
 2, Aft of fubmlftion. 
 
 With thcfc humnititi they fntisficd the younj^ 
 king, and by their bowing jnd bcnduig avoided 
 the prefcnt ftorm. Davtes. 
 
 Hu'mmer. n. f. [from hum.'\ That 
 which hums ; an applauder. A'lnfivorth. 
 
 Hu'mor.-vl. adj. [from humourS\ Pro- 
 ceeding from the humours.. 
 
 Tins furt of fevct is comprei-.ended under con- 
 tinual humoral fevers. tiarijey on Coajumpttoni, 
 
 Hu'mor rsT. «. f. \_humor}/loy Italian j 
 
 humor'ip^Cy French.] 
 I. One who condufts lumfelf by his own 
 fancy ; one who gratifies his owa 
 humour. 
 
 The notion of a humnrij} is one that is greatly 
 plcafed, or greatly difplcafed, with little things; 
 liis at^ions feldom diiecled by the reafon and 
 nature of things. fVatts, 
 
 This hum^rijl keeps to himfcif much more 
 than he wants, and gives his fupcifluitics to pur- 
 chafc heaveo. Addifon. 
 
 3. One who has-odd conceits. 
 
 The wit finks imperceptibly into an hutmriji. 
 
 Special or. 
 
 3, One who has violent and peculiar paf- 
 
 fions. 
 
 By .T wife and timeous inquifit'on the peccant 
 iuimours and humcrijii muft be difcovercd and 
 purged, or cut off: mer*.y, in furS a cafe, in a 
 kin^, is true ciuelty. B^sccn to VilHen, 
 
 Hu'morous. adi. [from humour*'] 
 
 1 . Full of grotefque or odd images. 
 
 Some of tlte cumn-.cntatois tell u?, tiiat Marfya- 
 was a lawyer who had Io(1 hia e.iufe; others that 
 this paiT.ige alludes to the rioiy of the fatire 
 Maifyas, who contended wil.i Apcllo, wliich I^ 
 think is more hN/mrous. AUdiJon on Italy, 
 
 2. Capricious; irregular; without any 
 rule but the prefcnt whinn, 
 
 I am known to be a h\»o-<:us patttclan; faid^- 
 to be foniething imp(rtt.«5l, in favouring t!.e firll 
 comptaiiit ; halty and tinticr-like, upon loo tri- 
 vial motion. Shakfpt'nre^s Coiiolanus. 
 
 Thou fortune*s champion, that do'lt never 
 fight 
 But when her humorous ladvfliip is by, 
 To teach thee fafcty. Shaifprare's King yoh-i. 
 
 He S humoroui as winter, and a; fudden 
 As ri.iws coiif.cal'd in the fpring of day. Shak/p* 
 
 O, vou awake then : comeaw.''.^, 
 Times be (hort, are made for play; 
 The hum'>roui moon too will not ftay : 
 Wh:ii doth make ytu thus dtlay? Bert yonfin. 
 
 Vaft is bis couiage, buundlcls 'n his mind, 
 Rough as a Itorm, and humcroui as the wind. 
 
 D,ydcn. 
 
 He that would learn to pafs a juft fcntencc on 
 pcrfors and tilings, muft take !■< ed of a fanciful 
 temper of mind; aad an humo^nui conduit ir\ 
 his alTalrs. yVatti* Logick.
 
 HUM 
 
 3. Plearunt ; jocular. 
 
 Tliy h:ni.iirm!, vein, diy pleafiBg folly, 
 Lies all iieglcdted, all forgot ; 
 
 And p^infive, «'av'rinij, rae!:inclioly, 
 Thou ditad'rt and hau'ft thou k.now'ft not what. 
 
 I'rhr. 
 
 Hu'morovslv. adj. [from /jiumorow.] 
 I. Merrily; jocofely. 
 
 A cabinet of nicrtals Juvenal calU very foms- 
 Tnujly, ctincifum argentum in titu/os faciejqut mi- 
 Kulas. AdMfnv. 
 
 It hjs been humorKiJIy faid, that fome have 
 fifhcd the very jak.cs for papers lett there by men 
 of wit. _ S'.vlfi. 
 
 .2. Capricioiifly ; whimfically. 
 
 We refolvc by lialves, and unadvifedly ; wc 
 refolvc ralhly, filliiy, or hnmroufiy, upon no 
 rcafons that will hold. Calamy. 
 
 Hu'morousness. n. f. [from humofous.'] 
 
 1. Ficklentfs ; capricious levity. 
 
 2. Jocularity ; oddnefs of conceit. 
 Hu'moksome. adj. [from humour.] 
 
 1. Peevifh J petulant. 
 
 2. Odd ; humorous. In tliis fenfe it is 
 lefs ufed. 
 
 Our feience cannot be much improved by maf- 
 
 querades, « here the wit of both fexcs is altogether 
 
 taken up in continuing fmgular and humorfomr 
 
 diP^uifes. Si^-if!. 
 
 Hu'morsomelv. adv. [horn kumorifijme.] 
 
 Peeviflilv i petulantly. 
 HU'MOUR. II. f. Humeur,Fi: humor, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Moifture. 
 
 The aqueous k:m:mr of the eye will not freeze, 
 which is very admirable, feeing it hath the per 
 fpicuity and fluidity of common water. Ray. 
 .2. The different kinds of moifture in 
 man's body, reckoned by the old phyfi- 
 cians to be phlegm, blood, choler, and 
 melandioly, which, as they predomi- 
 nated, were fuppofed to determine the 
 temper of mind. 
 
 Believe not thcfe fuggeftions, which proceed 
 From anguifli of the mind and Immoun black, 
 That mingle with thy fancy. Mil/on. 
 
 3. General turn or temper of mind. 
 
 As there is no hutr'^ur to which impudent po- 
 verty cannot make itfclf fcrviceihle; fo were 
 there enow of thofe of defperate ambition, who 
 would build their houfes upon others ruin. 
 
 Si.^ney. 
 There came a young lortl, leil with the liumiur 
 of youth, which ever thir.ks that good whofv 
 goodtiKfs he fee* not. Sidnry. 
 
 King J.imes,as he was a p:incc of great judg- 
 nienl, fo he was a prince of a m.irvcllous plca- 
 Tant hummr: as he was going throngh Liilcn ly 
 Greenwich, he afked what town it was ? ihiy 
 faid Lufen. He alked, a good while afu'r, what 
 town is this we are now in.' Tiicy faid lh'.\ it 
 was Lufen : thenj faid the king, I will be king 
 of Lufen. B>ui.r,'s .■Ipofhthegms. 
 
 Exan\ine howyour/i:/"w/r is inclin'd, 
 And which the ruling paffio.i of your mind. 
 
 R(,J:omm'''i. 
 They, who were acquainted with him, know 
 bis humow to be fuch, that he would never con- 
 flrain himfclf. Dry.irn. 
 
 In cafes wheie it is necefTiiy to make exam- 
 ples, it is the kumifir of the multitude to forget 
 the crime, and to remember the punifliment 
 
 MJifm 
 Good h:rn'!ur only teaches charms to laft. 
 Still makes new conqiiefls, and maintains the 
 part. _ •'''/"■ 
 
 A. -Prefent difpofition. 
 
 It is tl-cciirl'c of kings to be attended 
 By Oaves, that take Ihcir Jmn:r,u> . lor a warrant 
 To break into the blood-houfe of life. Sliakfj). 
 Another thought her nobler k:mou> fed. 
 
 Falrja\ . 
 
 HUN • 
 
 Their humour! are not to be won, 
 But when they are inipjs'd upon. lludihra!. 
 
 Tempt not his heavy hand ; 
 But one fubmilfive word which you let fall, 
 Will make him in good humour with us all. 
 
 - Dryd.n. 
 
 5. Grotefque imagery; jocu'-arity ; mer- 
 riment. 
 
 , in converfation humour is more than wit, eafi- 
 nefs more than knowledge. Ttvipw. 
 
 6. Tendency to difeafe ; morbid difpofi- 
 tion. 
 
 He denied himfelf nothing that he had a mind 
 to cat or drink, which gave him a body full of 
 humnwrt, and made his fits of the gout frequeiH 
 and violent. Temple. 
 
 The child had a huiniur which w.is cured by 
 the waters of Glaflonbury. Fielding. 
 
 7. Petulance ; peevifhnefs. 
 
 Is mv friend all perfcilion, all virtue and dif- 
 cretion ; Has he not humours to be endured, as 
 well as kindneffes to be enjoyed? South. 
 
 8. A trick ; a practice. 
 
 I like not the humour of lying: he hath 
 wronged me in fome humours : I fhould have 
 borne the humour'd letter to her- Shakfpejre. 
 
 9. Caprice ; whim ; predominant inclina- 
 tion. 
 
 In private, men are more bold in their own hu- 
 mours \ and in confort, men are more obnoxious to 
 others turnouts ; thcrefo'rc it is good to take 
 both. Bacon. 
 
 To Hu'mour. v. a. [from the nouii.] 
 
 1. To gratify; to footh by compliance. 
 
 If I had a fuit to matter Shallow, I would 
 humour his men ; if to his men, I would curry 
 with matter Shallow. Shakfpeare. 
 
 If I were Brutus now, and he were CafTius, 
 He ftiould not //i/'«c.'/r me. Shiikfpeare. 
 
 Obedience and fubjeftion were never enjoin'd 
 by God to humour the paiTions, lulls and vanities 
 of thofe who are commanded to obey our go- 
 \criiours. Sivi/r. 
 
 You humour me, when I am Tick ; 
 Why not when I 'm fplcnetick .' Pope. 
 
 Chjldren are fond of fomething which ftiikes 
 their fancy moll, and fullen and rcgardlefs of 
 evciy thing elfc, if they are not humoui.'d in that 
 fancy. _ tJ'atts' Logici 
 
 2. To fit ; to comply with. 
 
 To after age thou (h.<lt be writ the man. 
 That with fmooth air could humour beft our 
 tongue. Milton. 
 
 'Tis my part to invent, and the muficians to 
 humour that invention. Dryd. Preface to Albion. 
 
 Foustainblcau is fituated among rocks and 
 woods, that give a fine variety of favage pro- 
 fpc<fls : the king has humoured the genius of the 
 place, and only m.ide ufc of fo much art as is 
 neceliary to regulate nature. j^ddifon. 
 
 Hump. n. /• [corrupted perhaps from 
 brnnb. See Bump.] The protube- 
 rance formed by a crooked bnck. 
 
 Ti efe defcfls were mended by matcl-.cs; the 
 eyes were opened in the next generation, and the 
 hump fell. Tatlcr. 
 
 HuMPB.\CK. n. /. [hump and bad.] 
 Crooked back ; high (honlders. 
 
 The chief of the family was born with a hump- 
 back and very high nofe. Tatler. 
 
 Humpba'cked. adj. Having a crooked 
 
 back. 
 To HUNCH, v. a. [hufch, German.] 
 
 1. To ftrike or punch with the fills. 
 
 J.i^:v s friends began to hunch and puOl one 
 another . why don't you go and cut the poor 
 
 fellow d«wil r -■irbulhuol, 
 
 2. [/^oryft-r, a crooked back, German.] To 
 
 crook the back. 
 
 Thy crooked mind within hunch'J out thy 
 back, 
 .\nd wandcr'd in thy limbs. t>rydcn. 
 
 H U N 
 
 HuvcHB.'v'cKED. aiij. [hunch znd ias-i.'] 
 Having a crooked back. 
 
 His perlon deformed to the higheft dcgreCj 
 flat-noled, and hunchbacked. L' EJirar.gi, 
 
 7>ut I more fear Creon ! 
 To take that huuchback'd monfler in my arms, 
 Th' cxcrefence of a man. Dryd. and Lee's Oedip. 
 The feeond daughter was peevilh, haggard, 
 pale, with fauccr^yes, a ibarp note, and hunch- 
 backed. Arbuthr-.ot* s Hijlory of John Bull. 
 
 Hu'ndred. atij. [hunb, and hunbjteo, 
 Saxon ; honderd, Dutch.] The num- 
 ber confining of ten tnultiplied by ten. 
 
 A kun.hed 7i\yixi in her fcmpie f.-noke, 
 A thoufand bleeding hearts herpow'r invoke. 
 
 Dryden*i jEntid. 
 Matiy thonf.inds had fecn the tranfaclions of 
 our Saviour, and many hundred thoufards re- 
 ceived an account of tliem from the mouths of 
 thofe who were eye-witnelTes, " Addtfon. 
 
 Hu'ndred. n. J. 
 
 1 . A company, body, or colleflion con- 
 fitling of a hundred. 
 
 Vei7 few will take this propofition, that God 
 is plcafed with the doisg of what he himfelf 
 commands, for an innate moral principle ; who- 
 foe\ er does fo, will have reafon to think hundreds 
 of propofitions innate. Locke. 
 
 Lands, taken from the enemy, were divided 
 into centuries ot hundreds, and diilributed amongit 
 the foldiers. .Arbuthnot. 
 
 2. A canton or divlfion of a county, per- 
 haps once containing a hundred manors. 
 [hun.iredum, low Latin ; hutidrede, old 
 French.] 
 
 Iropoils upon merchants do feldom good to 
 the king's r;venue ; for that that he wins in the 
 liundred, he lofeth in the (hire. Bacon. 
 
 For jutircc they had a bench under a tree, 
 where Ket ufually fat, and with him two of 
 eveiy hundred whence tl-.eir companies had been 
 r.iifed : here complaints were exhibited. Haytu. 
 
 Hu'ndredth. adj. [hun&jreonteojopa, 
 Saxon.] The ordinal of a hundred; 
 the tenth ten times told. 
 
 We (hall not need to ufe the hundredth part of 
 that time, winch themfelves bellow in making 
 inveftives. H.oker. 
 
 If this medium is rarer within the fun's body 
 than at its furf.ice, and rarer there than at the 
 hundredth part of an inch from its body, and 
 rarer there than at the 01b of faturn, ! fee no rea- 
 fon why the increafe of denfity (hould flop. 
 
 Newton, 
 
 Hung. The pret. and part. paff. oi hang. 
 
 "A wife fo /""/>^ with virtues, fuch a freight, 
 
 What mort.il fhoulders can fupport ? Dryden. 
 
 A room that is richly adorned, and hung round 
 
 with a great vaiiety of piiftures, llrikes the eye 
 
 at once. Walts, 
 
 HU NGER. n. f. [hunjep. Sax. hanger, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 I. Dcfire of food ; the pain felt from fall- 
 ing. 
 
 An tineary fcnfation at the flomacl* for foo<L 
 Wh.-n the ftomach is empty and the fibres iii 
 thrir natural tinfion, they draw up fo clofe as to 
 rub againit each other, fo as to make that fcnfa- 
 tion : but when they are dillendcd with food, 
 it is again removed ; uniefs when a perfun fail- 
 cth fo lung as for want of fplrits, or nervous 
 fluid, to have thofe fibres grow too H.iccid to 
 corrugate, and then we fay a perfon has failed 
 away liis llomach. Quincy. 
 
 Thou (halt (erve thine enemies in hungtr and 
 in third. Dcutercnomji, 
 
 The fubacid part of the animal fpitits, being 
 cad off by the lower nerves upon the coats of 
 the flomach, vcllicjtcs the fibres, and tnereby 
 produces the fenfe we call hwiger. Grevi, 
 
 Something vil'cjus, fat and oily, remaining 
 in the fwmach, dellroyt the fenfation of hungei. 
 uiriutimt m yilimtr.tt. 
 
 I
 
 'HUN 
 
 2, Any violent defire. 
 
 The iinmitctial felicities wc cxpcfl, do nntu- 
 rally I'uggcrt tlic nccciiity of picparing uiir ap- 
 petites and Imttgers fur tticm, without wliicli 
 heaven can be no hcavcii to us. Def^y a/" Viety. 
 
 I-'or hitng^er of nay gold I dye. Diy-itn. 
 
 To Hu'ngee. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 »• To feel tilt; pain of hunger. 
 
 My more having, would be as a faucc 
 To make me hunger more. Shakfpe^rc'i MiKhcth. 
 
 Widely they gape, and to tiic eye they roar, 
 As if they 'lungir'd for the food they bore. 
 
 Coiu/ey. 
 
 2. To defire with great eagernefs ; to 
 long. 
 
 Dofi thou fo Hvnrrr for my empty chair,. 
 That thou wilt needs invert thee with my ho- 
 nours,. 
 Before thy hoar be ripe ? O, foolifli youth. 
 Thou feek'il the grcatneis that wili ovei whelm 
 
 thee ! 
 Stay but a little. Shakff tan's Hinry iv. 
 
 I content me, 
 Aad from the fting of famine fear no harm, 
 Nor mind it, fed with better thoughts that feed 
 Me hungering more to do my Father's will. 
 
 Mih'in 
 
 Hu'ngerbit. I aJj. {hunger and 
 
 Hu'ngf.rbitten. J i;/.j Pained oi 
 weakened with hunger. 
 His rtrcngth thall be iiui^erlitt:n, ^t-i- 
 
 Thylelf 
 Bred up in poverty and llraits at home ; 
 Loft in a defcrt here, and hi*igerbit. .^h'.'fu'i. 
 
 Hu'ngf.rly. ai!j. [from /juw^cr.] Hun- 
 gry; in want of nouriihmenc. 
 
 His beard 
 Grew tiiin and /rfngcr/v, and feem'd to afk 
 His fops as he was drinking. Sh.iifpc.ire. 
 
 Hu'ngerly. adv. With keen appetite. 
 You have I'av'd my longing, and I feed 
 Molt hutigetly on your fight. Shjkfpcurc. 
 
 They are all but ftomachs, and wc all hut 
 food ; 
 They cat us hungerty, and, when they're full, 
 They belch us. Shukfpdirr. 
 
 Hu'ngerstarvf.d. aetj, [^hiinger and 
 Jlarved.^ Starved with hunger; pinch- 
 ed by want of food. 
 
 All my followers to th' eager foe 
 Turn back, and flv like (hips before the wind. 
 Or lambs purfu'd by hungerparijed wolves. ShakJ- 
 Go, go, chcar up thy hungcrjim-ved men. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 . As to fome holy houfe th' afflifted came, 
 Th' htingeijlnrv'd, the niked, and the lame, 
 Want and dtfeafes, fled betorc her name. Drvd. 
 Hu'ngred. adj. [ixom hunger. '\ Pinch- 
 ed by want of food. 
 
 Odours do in a fmall degree nourirti, and we 
 lee men an hungred love to fmell hot bread. 
 
 Eacnn. 
 Hu'ngrily. adv. l^rooi hungry. '\ With 
 keen appetite. 
 
 Thus much to the kind rural gods wc owe, 
 Wno pity'd fulfering mortals long ago ; 
 When on harlh acorns hungrily they fed. 
 And gave 'em nicer palates, better bread. Dryd. 
 Hu'ngry. adj. \lxoxn hunger .'\ 
 
 1. Feeling pain from want of food. 
 
 That face of his x\-\zhungry cannibals 
 Would not have touch'd, would not have i^ain'd 
 with blood. Shuhjfcare 
 
 By eating before he was hungry, and drinking 
 Ijefore he was diy, he was fure never tn eat or 
 drink 'much at a time. Tempk. 
 
 They tli.at talk thus may fay that a man is al- 
 ways hungry, but that he docs not always feel it ; 
 whereas hunger confifts in that very fenfation. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 2. Not fat ; not fruitful ; not prolifick ; 
 more difpofed to draw from othev fub- 
 ftances than to impart to them. 
 
 H U N 
 
 C;:lTuu has a lc;in and huu^ry look. Shat/p 
 The more fat water will bear fop belt ; for 
 ihzhungtywdXcT doln kill its uii"5luou» n.ituic. 
 
 Bacitft. 
 
 In rufliy grounds fprings are found at the firfl 
 and iccond fpit, and fomeiimcs lower in a htnygry 
 gia\c!. MfiTiimcr. 
 
 To the great day of retribution our Ssviuu'i 
 refers us, for le.iping liic fruiis that wc here fow 
 in the i>io(t hunqiy aiui barren foil. SmnhiAgf. 
 
 Hunks. «. /. \hunjher^ fordid, Ifland- 
 ick.] A covetous fordid wictch ; a 
 niifcr ; a cuinnidgeon. 
 TIk- uld hunks w;is well ftrved, to be Clicked 
 out of A whole hug for the fecuiing of his pud- 
 dings. UKjUangc. 
 She I>as a liufb.ind, a jealous, covetous, old 
 
 htmks. Drydcn. 
 
 Irus has given all the intimations of being a 
 clofe hunki^ worth money. Addif-in. 
 
 To HUNT. -y. fl, [hunrian, Sax. from 
 hunb, a dog.] 
 
 1. To chafe wild animals. 
 
 The man that once did kll the lion's (kin, 
 \Vhile the beft liv*d, was killM in hunting him. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Wilt thou ^/?;/ the prey for the lion, or fill 
 the appetite of the young lions ? "J''^'- 
 
 Wc fhould fingle every criminal out of tlie 
 herd, and hunt him down, however formidable 
 and overgrown ; and, on the contrary, fheltcr 
 and defend virtue. Addipn. 
 
 2. To purfue ; to follow clofe. 
 
 Evil ihall hunt the violent man to overthrow 
 him. Pf.dmi. 
 
 The heart ftrikcs five hundred forts of pulfes 
 in an hou;, and is huntid unto luch continu.il 
 palpit.itions, through anxiety, that fain would it 
 break. Har-vey on Conjumpticns. 
 
 3. To fearcli for. 
 
 Not ccrt^iinly affirming any thing, but by 
 conferring of times and monuments, I do hu;if 
 out a probability. ^pe/ipr. 
 
 All that is found in books is not lightly de- 
 duced from principles : fuch an e.\amen every 
 reader's mind is not forward to make, efpecially 
 in thofe who have given themfelves up to ;i 
 party, and only hunt for what may favour and 
 fuppoit the tenets of it. Lorkc. 
 
 4. To dire^l or manage hounds in the 
 chafe. 
 
 He hunts a pack of dogs better than any, and 
 is famous for finding hares, Addijon. 
 
 To Hunt. i'. n, 
 I . To follow the chafe. 
 
 When he returns from hoiting^ 
 I will not fpeak with him. Shakfp, A7«g- Lear. 
 
 Efau went to the held to hunt for venifon. Gfn. 
 
 One followed ftudy and knowledge, and an- 
 other hawking and hunting. Lr^ke. 
 
 On the old pa2.an tombs, mafks, hunting 
 matches, and bacchanals are very common. 
 
 AdJifon on Italy. 
 
 2- To purfaeor fearch. 
 
 Very much of kill to this is the hunting after 
 arguments to m.ikc good One fide of a quettion, 
 and wholly to neglcdl and refafe thofe which 
 favour the other Iidc. Locke. 
 
 Hunt. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . A pack of hoar.ds. 
 
 The common k'tntj tho'.igh from their tage le- 
 ft rain 'd 
 By fov'reign pow'r, her company difdain'H, 
 Glim. Mas theypafs'd. Dryd. Hind nud Panther, 
 
 2. A chafe. 
 
 The hunt is up, the morn U bcight and gray ; 
 The fields are fragrant, and the woods arc green. 
 
 Shakfpcare. 
 
 3. Purfult. 
 
 I'vehcnrd myftlf proclaim'd; 
 And by the happy hollow of a tree 
 HfcHpM ibe h.,nt. Shuifp/art*s Ki'!g Ltar, 
 
 Hu'ntbr- n, /, [from ^//r/.] 
 
 H U R 
 
 1. One who chafes animals for paflimc or 
 food. 
 
 If ihofe Englifh lords had been good humeri; 
 and reduced the mountain., boggs, and wood« 
 within the limits of foiefts, chaccj and parks, 
 the forcit law would h.ivc driven them into the 
 plains. DavUi tn Ireluitd. 
 
 Down fromahillthebcaft that reigns in woods, 
 Tirll hur.ter then, purfu'd a gentle brace, 
 Goodlie:! of all the foreft, hart and hind. Millet. 
 
 Anotlii-r's crimes th' unhappy hunter bore. 
 Glutting his father's eyes with gujltlefs gore. 
 
 Oryden'i JEncsd. 
 
 This was the arms or dci ice of our old Roman 
 l^unieri; a p.lTigc of Manilius lets us know the 
 pagan hunien had Mtleagcr for tiicir patron. 
 
 ^ddipn en Italy. 
 
 Bold Nimrod firft the favagc chacc began, 
 A mighty hunter, and his game wasVian. Po/i/. 
 
 2. A dog that fcents game or beads of 
 prey. 
 
 Of dogs, the valu'd file 
 Diftinguilhes the fwift, the ([kjv;, the fuhtle, 
 The houfekccpcr, the hur.ter. S'Luif^mre. 
 
 Hu'ntinghorN. n. J. [hunting and 
 horn.] A bugle ; a horn ufed to cheer 
 the hounds. 
 
 Wluirt a boy. Jack ran from fchool. 
 Fond of his huntinghorn and pole. P-itr. 
 
 Hu'ntress. n. /, [from hunter.'] A 
 woman that follows the chafe. 
 
 And thou ihrice crowned queen of night, furvty 
 With thy challe eye, from thy pale fphcre abo\e, . 
 Thy hunireji name, that my full life doth fway. 
 
 Shakjfcare. 
 Shall I call 
 Antiquity from the old (chools of Greece, 
 To tcftify the ar.nas ofchallity? 
 Hence had the hunlnfi Dian her dread bow, . 
 Fair filvcr-lhafted queen, for ever chafle; Milton. 
 
 Let old Arcadia hoaft her ample plain, 
 Th' immortal hintrefi, and her virgin train; 
 Nor envy Windfor, Pope. 
 
 Homer rcprcfcnts Diana with her quiver at 
 her Ihoulder ; hut at the fame time he dcfcribes 
 her as an kuntrcp. Breams. 
 
 Hu'ntsman. n. f. [hunt zni man.'] 
 
 1. One who delights in the chafe. 
 
 Like as ^.huntjm.in, after weary chace, 
 Seeing the game efcjpc from him away. 
 Sits down to reft him. Spenfer's Sonnetu 
 
 Such game, whilft yet the world was new, 
 The mighty Nimrud did piiifue; 
 What huntj.nun of our feeble race, 
 Or dogs, date fuch a monfter chacc } WaUer. 
 
 2. The fervant whofe office it is to manage 
 the chafe. 
 
 Apply this moral rather to the huntfrnan, ■. 
 that managed the chace, thau to the raarter. 
 
 U Ejtrange. 
 
 Hu'ntsmanship. n. /. [from huntjman.'\ 
 The qualifications of a hunter. 
 
 At court your fiUows every day 
 Give the art of rhiming, huntfmaii/!iip, or play.. 
 
 Donne. 
 Hl''rdle. n. f. [^Kyjibel, "Saxon.] 
 
 1. A texture of (licks woven together; a 
 crate. 
 
 The (led, the tumbril, hurdles and the flail, 
 Tin le all mull be prepar'd. Dryden' i. Georg, • 
 
 2. Crate on which criminals were drag-, 
 gcd to execution. 
 
 Settle your fine joints 'gainft Tmirfday next, 
 Or I will dr.ag thee on a hur.l/e thither. ShakJ'p, 
 The blackfmith ,\vas hanged, diawn, and quar- 
 tered at Tyburn ; taking \iW Cure upon the hur- 
 dle, to think that he Ihould be famous in after- 
 times. £jcon. 
 HupDs. «. y". The rcfufe cf hemp or 
 flax. Jinjiuerth. 
 To HURL. V. a. [from huoriti to ibrow
 
 H U R 
 
 down, lOar.Jick ; or, according to Sk'm- 
 
 fiC 
 
 ciirL] 
 
 I. To tlirovv with violence ; to drive im- 
 petuoufly. 
 
 It licnv'ns have any grievous pbgues in ftorf, 
 O, let them keep it 'till thy fins be ripe, 
 And then fcr.' down their indigniuion 
 On thiol S':.ii[f.eare'i Richard in. 
 
 He holds vengeance in his hand. 
 To hir! upon iheir heads that break his law. 
 
 Sh.Jfpeare. 
 
 I with my nails digg'd (VonesouC of the ground, 
 
 To hu>! at the beholders of my (hame. Slukfp. 
 
 If he thrurt him of huned, ox hurl at him by 
 
 laying of wait. Niimbm 
 
 They life both the right hand and the left in 
 
 i.ir/iig llones. ChronicUs. 
 
 Hurl ink and wit, 
 As madmen Hones. Ben fonjiin. 
 
 His darhng fons. 
 Hurt J headlong to partake with us, fliall curfe 
 Their fi.ul original and faded blil's. MiltQri. 
 
 She (irikes the kite; but if it found. 
 Threatens to hurl it on the ground. IValhr. 
 
 Corrupted light of knowledge /luil'J 
 Sill, death, and ignorance, o'er .ill the wo.ld. 
 
 Denham. 
 Young Phaeton, 
 From raif to north irregularly hiirl\i^ 
 Firii fit himlclf on fiie, and then the woMd. 
 
 Drydcn's frn'crtu/. 
 Conjure him f.ir to drive the Grecian train, 
 And huti'd tiicm headlong to their fleet and 
 main. Pope. 
 
 3. To utter with vehemence, [/v/j/t-r, Fr. 
 to make a liovvliiig or hideous noife.] 
 This feiife is not in ufe. 
 
 The glad merchant that does view 
 His fhip far come from wat'ry wildcrnefs, 
 He hurli out vows. Sfenfer, 
 
 Highly they rag'd againft the Highefl, 
 Hii'/ing defiance towards the vaults of heav'n. 
 
 Mi/ ton. 
 
 4. To play at a kind of game. 
 
 Hur':r:g takcth its denomination from Throw- 
 ing of the ball, and is of two forts ; to goals, and 
 Jo the country : for hurling to goals there are 
 fifteen or thirty players, more or lefs, chofcn out 
 on each fide, who flrip themfelvcs, and ttien join 
 hands in ranks, one againif another ; out of thefc 
 ranks they match themfelves liy pairs, one era- 
 tracing another, and fo pafs away ; every of 
 which coupie are to watch one another during 
 this play. Corciv's Surz'^y of CQrTivj.iU. 
 
 Hurl. n. J. [from the verb.] Tumult ; 
 riot; commotion. 
 
 He in the fame h:nl murdering fuch as he 
 thought would withlfand his dcfire, was chofcn 
 king. Kno.'/es. 
 
 Hu'rlb.'\t. n. /. [hut I and liat.l. Whirl- 
 bat. Ainf'worth. 
 Hu'rler. n. f. [irom. hurl. 1 One that 
 p]ay3 at hurling. 
 
 Tt.e hirtin mull hurl man to man, and not 
 
 two vet upon one ir.sn at once. C.trciL>. 
 
 HuRLWiND. ti. /. [Aur/ and w'mJ.] A 
 
 whirlwind ; a violent gull. A word not 
 
 in ufe. 
 
 Like fcatter'd down by howling Eurus blown. 
 By rapid huilurindi from his manfion thrown. 
 
 Sandys. 
 
 Hu'Rtv. \ n. f. [from the Fr. 
 
 Hu'rlybur'lv. j hurhbrelu, inconfi- 
 
 deiately.] Tumult; commotion j buf- 
 
 tle. 
 
 Winds take the ruffian billows by the top. 
 That with the h;rly death itfclf awakes. Shalfp. 
 
 Poor clifcontents. 
 Which gape and rub the elbow at the news 
 Oi litirljhuily innovation. Shukfpejre. 
 
 Methinks, I fee this hurly all on foot. .Shii/fi. 
 
 All places were filled with tumult and hurly- 
 iur/ji, every man meafuicd tbc danger by Ivis own 
 
 H U R 
 
 fear; snd fuch a pitiful cry was in every place, 
 and in cities prefently to t>e befie-^-.d. Kn'^IUi. 
 
 Hu'rric.iNE. ? n. f. [huracan. Span. 
 Hu'rric.\no. J ouragun,Yx.'\ A vio- 
 lent ftorm, fuch as is often experienced 
 in the wellern hemifphere. 
 
 Blow winds, and crack your cheeks; 
 Vo-jr catarafts and h.itric^irioci fpout ( Shukfp. 
 
 A rtorm or hiirricano, though but the force of 
 ail, makes a ftiangc havock where it comes. 
 
 Burned 'fh-sry. 
 
 A poet who had a great genius for tragedy, 
 niade every man and, woman loo in his plays 
 Itai k raging mad ; all was tenipeft uous and Lluf- 
 tering; heaven and earth were coming together 
 at every word; a mere hurricane from the begin- 
 ning to the end. Drydcn. 
 
 The minirters of flate, who gave us law, 
 In corners with felefled fi lends withdraw; 
 There, in deaf murmurs, folcmnly are wife, 
 Whifp'iing like winds, ere /iKr;/c<i«fi arife. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 So, where our wide Numidian waflcs extend, 
 Sudden th' impetuous hurricanes defccnd, 
 Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. 
 Tear up the fandi,and fwcep whole plains away. 
 
 Addifon. 
 
 Hu'rrier. n. / [from hurry.'\ One 
 that hurries ; a dilhirher. 
 Mars, that hoiTid hunirr of men. Chapman. 
 
 To Hu'rry. v. n. [liejijian, to plunder, 
 Saxon : burs was likewife a word ufcd 
 by the old Germans in urging their 
 horfes to fpecd ; but feems the impera- 
 tive of the verb.] To haften ; to put 
 into precipitation or confufion ; to drive 
 confufedly. 
 
 Your nobles will not hcai you ; but are gone 
 To offer feivicc to your enemy ; 
 And wild amazement hunies up and down 
 The little number of your doubtful friends. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 For whom all this harte 
 Of midnight match, and //arrj'J meeting here? 
 
 Millon. 
 Impettious luft hurries him on to fatisfy if. 
 
 Sout h 
 That huryy'd o'er 
 Such fwarras of Englilh to thcneighb'ring (hore. 
 
 Dnd^n. 
 
 A man has not time to fnbdiic his paflioii';, 
 
 eflablilh his foul in virtue, and come op to the 
 
 perfection of liis nature, before he is hurried oli 
 
 the ftage. Addljon. 
 
 St.ay thefe fudden guHs of pafTion, 
 
 That hurry you away. Rozuc's Royal dmjert. 
 
 If a council be called, or a battle fought, you 
 
 are not coldly infoiined, the reader is hurried out 
 
 of himfelf by the poet's imagination. Pope. 
 
 To Hurry, v. b. 1 o move on with 
 precipitation. 
 
 Did you but know what joys your way attend, 
 You would nut hurry to your journey's end. 
 
 Vy.len 
 
 Hu'rry. n. /. [from the verb.] Tumult ; 
 precipitation ; cominotion. 
 
 Among all the hoirible huiries in England, 
 Ireland was then almoft quiet. Hay.uaid. 
 
 It might have pkafcd him in the prefent he.it 
 and h:trry of his rage; but molt have difpleafcd 
 him infinitely in thu fedate ref.eition. Souih 
 
 After the violence of the Avrry and comtnution 
 wav over, the water came to a ftatc fomewhat 
 more calm. IJ'oo.izvard. 
 
 Ambiiiunraifes a tumult in t'uc foul, it i.jdamcs 
 the mind, and puts it into a violent iurrv of 
 thought. .•Iddifori. 
 
 A long train of coaches and fix ran thiou^h 
 the heart, one after another, in a very great h irry. 
 
 .-iddij'.n. 
 
 I do not include the life of thofe who are in a 
 perpetual hurry of aflairs, but tif chofe wl-.o aic 
 not always engaged. jlddijm. 
 
 H U R 
 
 Tlie pavement founds with trampling feet, 
 And the mixt hurry bariicadcs the ftrcet. Gay. 
 
 Hurst, n. f. [hypj-t, Saxon.] .A grove 
 or thicket of trees. ylhif'-jjonh. 
 
 To HURT. V. a. pret. / hurt; part, 
 pair. / ha-ve hurl, [liyjtr, wounded, 
 Saxon ; hcurler, to ftrike, French.] 
 
 1. To mifchief ; to harm. 
 
 He that overcomcth fliall not be hw! of the 
 fecond death. Revelation. 
 
 Viituc may be alTail'd, but never hurt; 
 Smpiiz'd by tinjud force, but not cnthrall'd. 
 
 Mitit'i. 
 
 The Adonis of the fea is fo called, becatife it 
 Is a loving and iitnocent filh, that hur/^ nothing 
 that has life. IVa.tin. 
 
 2. To wound ; to pain by fome bodily 
 harm. 
 
 Mv heart is turn'd to ftone: 1 itrike it, and' it 
 Aai/smyhand Hhakjpeare' i Othello, 
 
 It breeds contempt 
 Ff'r herds to liucn, or pret'umc to pry, 
 .When the hurt lion groans within his den. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 3. To damage; to iinpair. 
 
 See thou htirt not the oil and wine. Revelati'^n. 
 
 Hurt. n. f. [Irom the verb.] 
 
 1. Ha.i'm ; miichiet. 
 
 The hutt thereby is g. eater than the good. 
 
 Spen(er. 
 
 I have (lain a man to my hurt. Genejis: 
 
 I found it it.ind there uncorieifted, as if there 
 
 had been no hurt done. Baktr on Leaining^ 
 
 2. Wound or bruife. 
 
 Where is lie wounded .' 
 
 .^Therc will be large cicatrices to fhcw the 
 people : iic received feven hurts V th' body. 
 
 Shukjpearc's Cr*: iolanus. 
 
 Carter adventured bravely, and received two 
 glcat hurts in llis body. Haytvard. 
 
 The pains of ficknefs and hurts^ hunger, tliirit 
 and cold, all men feel. Loci.-. 
 
 In arms and fciencc 'tis the fame, 
 Our rival's hurts create our fame. Prii--. 
 
 3. Injuiy ; wrong. 
 
 Wiiy (hou'id damage grow to the hurf of the 
 king ? Ezrit, 
 
 Hu'rter. n. f. [ivova hurt.'] One that 
 
 docs harm. 
 Hu'rtful. adj. [^hurt and fu/L'} Mlf- 
 chievons ; pernicious. 
 
 Secret ncglciS of our duty is but only our own 
 hurt; one man's contempt of th.e common 
 prayer of the church of God may be mofl hurtful 
 unto many. Hotikir. 
 
 Tiic/j./fV/Whazle in the vineyard Ihun, 
 Nor plant it to receive the fetting fun. Drydm. 
 
 Hu'rtfui.ly. adv. [from hurtful.'] Mif- 
 chievonfly ; peniicioufly. 
 
 Hu'rtfulness. n. f. [from hurtful] 
 Mifchicvoufnefs ; pernicioufntfs. 
 
 To Hurtle, v. ti. [hctirffur, French ; 
 urtnre, Italian.] To clalh ; to IklrmiMi ; 
 to run againll any thing ; to jolUe ; to 
 meet in (hock and encounter. Hunnifr. 
 The noife of battle huttU-d in the air. Hhalfp. 
 Kindnefi 
 Made him give battle to the lioncfs. 
 Who quickly icll before him ; in which hirtl'n^. 
 From miferabic fluniber I jwak'd. Shakfpeare. 
 
 To Hu'rtle. 1). IX. To move with vio- 
 lence or impetuofity. Tlsis is probably 
 the original ot hnrl. Obfolete. 
 
 His harmful cluh he *gan to hurtle high. 
 And threaten battle to tiie fairy knigiit. 
 
 Yaiy Queen. 
 
 Hu'rtleberry. 11. f. [Zi;V/ ^ar, Dan J 
 
 Bilberry ; bacca v'lt'is iditit. 
 HuRTLEss. adj. [from Zi«;'/. ]
 
 H U S 
 
 I. Innocent; liarmlefs ; innoxious; do- 
 in^ no harm, 
 
 I'litu hiT humc lie oft wonki go, 
 \\'liei-e bold and hurilffi many a Jilay he tiics, 
 
 Hfr p.ircnrs likin:;' w^ll it Ihouiri iic To; 
 Fot liniplc goudiR-r-. lliintri in liis eyes. SiiiiiQ'. 
 
 Slie joy'd to nuke pi'jofof lier ciiielry 
 On gentle dame, I'o hursUJi ami to true. 
 
 Sliortcr cv*iy gafp he takes, 
 And vain cllorts and hirtlcji blo«'s he tnakes. 
 
 Dtydcti'i jEncid. 
 s. Receiving no hurt. 
 Hu'rtlessly. adv. [from hiirtlefs.'\ 
 Witliout liarm. 
 
 Yom- neiglilijurs liave found vou fo h:trthj\[\ 
 ftrong, that tliey tliought it hcttcr to reft in youi 
 fiicndlliip than make vxvi tiial oj youi enmity. 
 
 Sihuy. 
 
 Hu'r-tlessxess. n. f. [from hurilcfs.'] 
 ■ Freedom from any pernicious quah'ty. 
 HU'SB.iND. n.f. [hojUaiiH, maiter, 
 Danirti ; from hoiifc and banda, Riinick, 
 amader.] 
 I. 'I'he correlative to wife; a man mar- 
 ried to a woman. 
 
 Thy hiijbaiui is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, 
 
 Tiiy head, tiiy fovcrcign. S'lakfpcare. 
 
 Wliy, woiiiaiij your h-tfhand is in his old lunes 
 
 aj;ain : he fo takes on yonder with ray hiifhtj?ut^ 
 
 .tiui fo rails againU .:1) married mankind. ^7^^^. 
 
 Thiscucful /7/^-.i«-/ iiad been long awav, 
 Whom his chafte wife and little children mourn. 
 
 D'y.ii'i. 
 
 The contrat't and ceremony of marri.ige is tlic 
 
 occafiou of the denomination of relation of hi:f~ 
 
 hand. Lech. 
 
 Z. The male of animals. 
 
 Ev'n fliough a I'nowy ram thou Ihalt behold, 
 Pici'cr him not in lialU-, for lufjund to thy fold. 
 
 ibiydai. 
 
 %. An economift ; a man that knows and 
 praflifes the methods of frugality and 
 prolit. Its figiHricution is always mo- 
 dified by lome epithet implying bad or 
 good. 
 
 Ed\f.ud I. (hewed iilmfelf a n^wigond hufhatid; 
 owner of a k'vdlhip ill hulbanflctl. D'Jtus 
 
 I was confide; iiig the fliortncfs of life, and 
 what ;.'/ hujbiindi we arc of fo tender a fortune. 
 
 Collier o« Fame. 
 
 if.. A tiller of the ground ; a farmer. 
 }hjl.i;iti's work, is la>H3riousand hard. 
 
 lliiplterd'i T'a/e. 
 I hc.ird a great /iujlnf J {:iy ^ that it was a com- 
 mon error to think that clialk helpcih arable 
 grounds. B.iiOn. 
 
 In tliofe fields 
 The painful /;;//7jii«./ p.ovving up his ground, 
 Shall (ind all fret with ruft, buth pikes and fhiclds. 
 
 Huhc'.viil. 
 If continu'd r.Tin 
 The lab'ring hnjbatjd in b.is houfc reftraln, 
 Let him forecill his work. Drydcn. 
 
 .JoHu'sBAND. t). a. [from the noun.] 
 1. To fiipply with a hnfband. 
 
 T nik y.ju I am no ftri'n'j;cr than my ic^. 
 Being fo fathci'd and fo hujlundcd? Skakfpc^s. 
 
 If you Ihall ptove 
 This ring was ever hcrN, you ihall as eafy 
 Prove that I hitflmnded her bed in Florence, 
 Where yet Ihe never was. Sh.ikjpcarc. 
 
 In my right. 
 By me inverted, he compeers tl-.c bell. 
 —That were the molt, if he Ihould hifianj you 
 
 Shatjfcarc. 
 
 a. To manage with frugality. 
 
 It w II be p.iilime palTing exccUojit, 
 
 If it be hiifli.inded U'ilh modcliy. Sh.ikfpeaie 
 
 TheFiencli, wifely hifi.. J v^the polfeflion of 
 
 a \i(S\oiy, kept thcmfelves \vi:iiin their trenches, 
 
 Mucin's Henry \t[. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 H U S 
 
 If thou he maftcr-Eimncr, fpend not aU 
 Tiiiit thuii Ciinlt 1'pc;ik nt uncoj but hiJl-jiiJ it, 
 And give men luins uf Tikccu. Ilcrhtt. 
 
 3. To till; to cultivate the ground with 
 proper management. 
 
 A larmcr caniioc hujhanX liis ground, if Iic firs 
 at a great rcu.t. Baau. 
 
 H u 's B A N n L r s s . oJj, [ froni huJhaniL ] 
 Without a hufbarid. 
 
 A widow, h:i/biinJ!cfi, fubjci5l to fears; 
 A woman, naturally born to fear.s. Shdfpfare. 
 Hc'sBANOLY. a^j. [from hujhand.^ Fru- 
 gal ; thrifty. 
 
 Bare plots full of ga!h, ifyc plov/ ovcrtbwart; 
 And compat's it then, is a h.'j'kwAly part. Tujfcr. 
 Hu'sBANDMAN. K. /! \_hujhand 'Aw^ man.'\ 
 One who works in tillnge. 
 
 This Davy fervcs you fur ^ood ufcsj he is 
 
 your fcrvingman, and your iiujhandman. S^utkjp. 
 
 The mule being more fwitt in his labour than 
 
 the ox^ more ground was allowed to the mule by 
 
 the hujlaudman. Bfc^mc. 
 
 Hu'sBANDUY. n, f, [{rom /?tj/I;an(I.] 
 I. Tillage; manner of cultivating land. 
 
 He began with a wild mcilu.d tu run over all 
 the art oi ht.Jha>tdr\j eTpecially employing his 
 tongue about wcI! dunging of a field. : Sidney. 
 
 Afk'd if in hujhandiy he ought did know, 
 To plough, tu plant, to reap, to fow. lluhb. Ta. 
 
 llnJhanJiy (upplieth all things ncceflary for 
 food. Spcfijcr. 
 
 Peace hath from France too long been chas'd j 
 And all \\<.7 hujhi'uby (.\<^\\\ lie on heaps, 
 Corrupting in its own fcitility. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Her plenteous womb 
 Expreflcth its full tilth and hujhatidry, Shaifp. 
 
 The feeds of virtue m:iy, by the hujh.uiiry of 
 chrirtian counfe!, produce better fruit tiian the 
 ihcngth of fclf-nature. Kaltigl!. 
 
 Hu/bandry the Spaniards wanting in the valleys 
 of Mexico, could not make our wlieat bear fecd. 
 
 Rnhigh. 
 
 A family governed with order will fall natu- 
 rally to the levcral trades oi huJbanAryy tillage, 
 and palhnngc. Temple. 
 
 Let .my one confidcrtlie difference between an 
 acre of land fown with wheat, and an acre oi the 
 fame land lying without any ^'//X-iWr^v upon it, 
 and he will hud that th« improvement of labour 
 makes the value. Locke. 
 
 7, Tiuuft ; frugality ; parlimony, 
 
 Tlicre 's hujhan.iiy in heaven ; 
 
 The candles are all out. Shukjpeare^s Macbeth. 
 
 You have already faved feveral millions to the 
 
 public".;, and that what we alk is too inconhdcr- 
 
 alile to I rcak into any rules of the Itridtelt good 
 
 hujbaruhy. Siv:ji. 
 
 3. Care of domeflick affairs. - 
 Lorenzo, I commit into your hands 
 Tlie htjbar.div and manage of my houfe. Shnkfp. 
 
 HUSH, inlerj. [without etymology.] 
 Silence ! be ftlll ! no noife ! ^ 
 
 The king hath dune you wrong; but 7;/^^/ 
 ■'tis l"o. Sliukfptare. 
 
 There's fomething clfe to du; hujh and be 
 mure. 
 Or clfe our fpcll is marr'd. Shakfpeare. 
 
 KusH. adj. [Fiom the interjetSion.] 
 Still ; filent ; quiet. 
 
 As we ol'icn fee, againft fome ftorm, 
 A hience in the hca'vens, the rack (>ands ftill, 
 The bold wind'; fpecchlefs, and the orb below 
 As ^!-'jh .IS death. Shakjpctire*^ hfam/et. 
 
 To Hush. v. ri, [from the intcijedtion.] 
 To be ftill ; to be filcnt. 
 This frown'd, that fawn'd, the third for fliamc 
 did blulTi; 
 Another fcenicd envious or coy; 
 
 Another in her teeth did knaw a rufh ; 
 But at thcfc ihangcis prefencc every one did hu///. 
 
 Spcfjft-i 
 
 To Hush, v, a. To flillj to Hlence ; 
 to qittct ; to appeafe. 
 
 HUB 
 
 Yet cart I not of fucli t.imc patience bi)j<T, 
 As to be liu/!:;, .iiid nought at all to lay. ihalff. 
 
 It was my breach th.it blew ibis tcinpcft up, 
 Upon your Itubbnrn ufage of the popej ' 
 But finccyou are a gentle coiiveriirc, 
 My lonj;ue fliall Jttt/h again this ftorni of war, 
 And make fair weather in your blult'ring land. 
 
 Sliakfft,iye, 
 Speak foflly; 
 All 's hiijiit .15 midnight yet. Shatfpe-ve. 
 
 My liivc would fpeak j my duty hiijiri mc, 
 
 Shiikjyearr. 
 When in a bed of draw we (hiink togeth".. 
 And the bleak winds (IliII whiiUc round our 
 
 heads. 
 Wilt thou liien talk thus to me? Wilt thou thca 
 Ihijh my cares thus, and llicltcr nic with 1 <ie ? 
 
 Ot-.uuy. 
 Uujh'd as midnight filence go : 
 He will not ha.e your acclamations now. Dyi, 
 
 Her fire at length i? kind, 
 Calms ev'i y Itorm, and hijhc^ cv'ry wii-rt ; 
 Frepnres his empire fur his daugh.ler's cafe, 
 And for his hatching nephews fmooths the leas. 
 
 Dt\iien. 
 The couit was hiiJiKd, and a whifper ran. 
 
 A.ldif^n. 
 To Hush up. v. a. To fiipprefs io. 
 filence ; to forbid to be mentioned. 
 
 This matter is luijhtd up, ar.u the fervants are 
 
 forbid to talk of it. /'«.,-. 
 
 Hu'sHMONEY. 11. f. \Jiuf!: and money.} 
 
 A bribe to hinder iiiforniation ; pay to 
 
 fccurc filcncc. 
 
 A dext'rous llewnrd, W'nen his tricks are found^ 
 HitJJ/m'j>uy fends to all the neighbours round ; 
 His marter, unfiiipicious of his pranks, 
 Pays all the cofi, and gives the villain thanks. 
 
 Sujift. 
 HUSK. n. f. {huklfch, Dutch, or %- 
 J'cken, from hup.'\ The outmofh in- 
 teguinent of fruits. 
 
 Do but behold yon prior and ftarved band, 
 And your fair (hew (hall fuckawav their foulsj 
 Leaving them but the Ihales and h'tjki of men. 
 
 Skakjpeare. 
 
 Msft feeds, in their growing, leave t\\m hijk or 
 
 liifd about the root. Btirm'i Nalmal Uijkry. 
 
 Thy food (hall he 
 The frefli brook muI1t.l>, withered roots, and 
 
 hifki 
 Wherein the acorn cr.Tcllcd. Sh.tkffsar;. 
 
 Fruits of ail kinds, in coat 
 Rough, or fmooth rind, or beairicd h ,11^, or Srcll, 
 Siic gathers; tribute l.irje! .ind on tiic board 
 Heaps with unfpariiig Ir.nd. i-liilmt. 
 
 Some fteep their feeds, and fome in cauldrons 
 boil 
 O'er gentle fires; the exuberant ji;ice to drain. 
 And fwcll the flatt'ring hujks with fruitful grain. 
 
 JJrydert. 
 Some when the prefs 
 Has drain'd the puipous mafs, irgale tl.cir fwin. 
 With the dry rcfulV; thou, more wife, (halt ficep 
 The hujli in w.itcr, and again employ 
 The pond'ious engiHe. Vhilipa. 
 
 Barley for ptifaii was firft ftceped in water till 
 it fwelled ; afterwards dried in the fun, then beat 
 till the hujk was t.nkcn off, and ground, .^rhulh. 
 Do no! Content youifclvci with mere sv olds, 
 left you feed upon hujki iniicad of kernels. 
 
 To Husk. t. a [from the noun.] To 
 
 Itrip off the otitvvaid integument. 
 Husked, adj. [from hu/k.'\ Bcarlrg a 
 
 !iun< ; covered with a Imllv. 
 Hu'sKY. adj. [from huJh.'] Abounding 
 in hufks ; confilling of huilvs. 
 
 Moft have found 
 A /;://^harvch from the grudging gronad. Dryd. 
 
 With Timely care 
 Shave the goal's (haggy beaid, lell t!'ou too late 
 In vain IhouUi'lf feeka lliainer, to difjiait 
 The hufiy teircne dregs fiom purer mull. 
 
 Pmlif), 
 
 6D
 
 H Y A 
 
 H y D 
 
 Hu'ssy. n. f. [corrupted from houfeiulfe : 
 taken in an 111 fenfc] A fony or bad 
 woman ; a worthlefs wench. It is 
 often iifed ludicroully in Hlght dilap- 
 probation. , 
 
 '^Get ycu in, /::#, go: now will 1 pcrfonate 
 this nopcful young jade. ^'''■'' '"".,■ 
 
 Hustings, n. f. [hunins, Saxon.j 
 A council ; a court held. 
 
 To Hu'sTLE. -v. a. [perhaps corrupted 
 from hurtle.] To ihake together in 
 confufion. 
 
 tlu'swiFE. n. f. [corrupted from houfc- 
 
 1 A bad manager ; a forry woman. It 
 is common to ufe houfe-Ji-'ife m a good, 
 and hufwife or Zi/£^ in a bad fenfe. 
 
 Bi.inca, 
 A huf^.mfe, that, by felling licr defircs, 
 Buy/hcKclf bread ...id cloth. Sn^kftcrc. 
 
 2. Aneconomia; a thrifty woman. 
 
 Why fliould you want? 
 The bounteous /:«/u.//f, nature, on each bufh 
 Lavs her fulncfs befo.e you. Skak\i:aTt_ 
 
 Jo Hu'swiFE. -... a. [from the noun. J 
 To manage with economy and fruga- 
 lity. 
 
 But hufxuifiig the little hcav'n had lent, 
 She duly paid a groat for qu:irttr-rcnt ; 
 Ard piach'd her belly, with her daughters two, 
 To bring the year about with much ado. D,ycicr.. 
 
 Hu'swiFERY. n.f. {Sxomhufwife.'] 
 X, Manao-craent good or bad. 
 
 °Good hufwifcry tricth 
 To rife with the cock; 
 
 111 hufivifery lyeth 
 Till nine of the clock. '"J!'/- 
 
 2. TSIanagement of rural bufmefs commit- 
 ted to women. 
 
 If cheefes in dairie have Argus his eyes, 
 -TeU Citley the fault io her huj^-iferyhts. l^W''- 
 
 Hut. n.f. [hurre, Saxon; hute, tr.J 
 A poor cottage. 
 
 Our wand'riiig faints, in woful ftate, 
 To a fmall cottage canae at laft, 
 Where dwek a good old honeft yeoman, 
 Who kindly did thefc faints inv.te 
 111 his poor hut to pafs the night. !>^'"J'- 
 
 Sore pierc'd by wintry wind, 
 Kow many Ihrink into the fordid hut 
 Of cheerlefs poverty! T-.^m/o". 
 
 Hl'TCH. «. /. [hpaecca, Sa.Kon; huche, 
 French.] A corn cheft. 
 
 The bcfi way to keep them, after they are 
 
 threlhed, is to dry them well, and k«P them ," 
 
 fc/./i«,orcloreca(ks / n T- 
 
 To Huiz. i>. n. [from the found.J 1 o 
 
 buzz ; to murmur. 
 Huzza', interj. A (hoDt ; a cry of ac- 
 
 claination. , ^ 
 
 The >6«xi^« of the rabble are the fame to a 
 
 beai- that they arc to a prince. i t;.,a,:gc. 
 
 Ycu keep a parcel of roaring, bullies about me 
 
 day and r,ighti ;«=-.. ^"^ "-""S-'^^I^S'; 
 kt me cool. . r . 
 
 All f.imc is foreign, but of true defert; 
 
 Plavs round the head, but comes not to tne heai t : 
 
 Onefelf-approving hour whole years outwe.gns 
 
 Of ftupid ftarcrs and of loud /;;<i~.is. _ 'J'pc- 
 
 To Huzza', -y. «. [from the mtcrjec- 
 
 tion.] To utter acclamation. 
 
 A caldron of fat beef, and (loop of ale, 
 On the k.~^^^i"g. mob «"'! l^'''' P"-""''- "^"^ ' 
 
 To Huzz.^'. -v. a. To receive or at 
 tend with acclamation. 
 
 He was hu:.-..^d- n^o the court by Jeycral 
 thoufands ot weavers and clothiers. M.Uhn. 
 
 Hv'acu.th. «,/. [Ja'-^i^S©.; )^jaaH/A^, 
 French ; h^acmthus, Latin.] 
 
 [. A flower. 
 
 It hath a bulbous root: the leaves Are long 
 and narrow : the ftalk is upright and naked, the 
 flowers growing on the upper part in a fpike : 
 the flowers confift each of one leaf, are naked, 
 tubulofe, and cut into fix divifions at the brim, 
 which are rcflexed : the ovary becomes a roundilh 
 fruit with three angles, which is divided into 
 three cells, which are filled with roundifh^fceds. 
 
 The filken fleece, impuvpl'd for the loom, 
 Rival'd'the kyacinth in vernal bloom. Po/'''- 
 
 2. A gem. 
 
 The ha^ntl: is the fame with the I'i'h fyncu- 
 rius of the ancients. It is a lefs Ihewy gem than 
 any of the other red ones. It is fcldora fmallcr 
 th.Tn a feed of htmp, or larger than a nutmeg. 
 It is found of various degrees of decpr.efs and 
 palenefs; but its colour is always a deadifli red, 
 with a confiderable admixture of yellow; its 
 moil ufual is that mixed red and yellow, which 
 wc know by the nume of flame-colour. Hil/. 
 Hyaci'nthine. adj. [iaKn^'i^.] Made 
 
 of hyacinths ; refembllng hyacinths. 
 Hy'ades. 7 n. f. \yih^^, A watery 
 Hy'ads. S connellation. 
 
 Then fa. lots quartered hcav'n, and found a 
 name 
 Forev'ry hx'd and cv'ry wand'ring Oar; 
 The plcKids, hyadu. Drydrn't Uco'gkks. 
 
 Hy'aline. adj. [JAu©.] Glaffy; cryf- 
 talline ; made glafs ; fembling glafs. 
 
 From heav'p.-gJtc not far, founded in view 
 On the clear FtyJint, the glaily fca. Miim:. 
 
 Hy'bridous. adj. [?^?k ; /^^'•''-/«. Lat.] 
 Begotten between animals of different 
 
 fpecies. 
 
 Why fuch different fpecies (hould not only 
 mingle together, but alfo gener.ite an animal, 
 and yet that that /lyhrnious produition Ihould 
 not again generate, is to mc a myllery. R''y. 
 
 Hyda'tides. n. / [from £oVf.] Little 
 tianfparent bladders of water in any 
 part: mod common in droplical pn- 
 fons, fro.ai a dillention or rupture of the 
 lymphedufts. ^miry. 
 
 'a11 the water is contained in little bladders, 
 adhering to the liver and peritoaeum, known by 
 the name of hydatides. irij'cm.m. 
 
 Hy'dra. n. f. [hydra, Latin.] A monf- 
 ter with many heai. (lain by Hercuks : 
 whence any multiplicity of evils is 
 
 termed a hydra. 
 
 New rebellions raife 
 Their hiUa heads, and the falfe north difplays 
 Her bi'oken league to imp her fcrpent wings. 
 
 MUtoti. 
 More formidable hydra (lands within. 
 Whole jaws with iioii-tecth fcvcrcly grin. Diyd. 
 
 Subdue 
 The h-idra of the many-headed hiffing crew. 
 
 Dry Jen. 
 
 Hy'dragogues. n.f. {io^i and i>w ; 
 
 hydrasogue, French.] Such medicines 
 
 as occalTon the difcharge of watery 
 
 humours, which is generally the cafe of 
 
 the llronger catharlicks, becaufe they 
 
 (hake moll forcibly tlie bowels and their 
 
 appendages. •5^"'"'>'- 
 
 Hydrau'lical. > arFr. [from hya'raii- 
 
 Hydrau'lick. J lids.] Relating to 
 
 the conveyance of water through pipes. 
 
 Among the engines in which the air is ulcful, 
 
 pumps may be accoimted, and otWr hy.-lrmilical 
 
 * • ^, Derham. 
 
 engines. 
 
 Wc have employed a virtuofo to make an ny- 
 draulick engine, in' which a cV.ymical lirjuor, re- 
 fembllng blood, is driven through cl.dlick chan- 
 
 H Y D 
 
 HYDRAU'LICKS. «. /. [iX,-, water, 
 and avVS-, a pipe.] The fcience of 
 conveying water through pipes or con- 
 duits. 
 
 Hydroce'le. n.f. \_i^',y.'n>.r, ; hydrocele, 
 French.] A watery rupture. 
 
 Hydroce'phalu?. n. f. [3wj and 
 tpaM.'] A dropfy in the head. 
 
 A hydtaccf'i.iUi, or dropfy of the head, ison!/ 
 
 incurable when the feium is cxtravaf.ited inti> 
 
 the ventricles of the brain. .liibuthnni en Vi:t. 
 
 HyDRo'gR APHER. n. f. [ti^js^n^y^i^a ; 
 
 hydrcgraphe, Fiench.] One who draws 
 maps of the fea. 
 
 It may be drawn I'lom the writings of our hy~ 
 drog<-.fhcr. _ SnI'- 
 
 Hydro'graphy. n. f. [tJij and y=7.pw ; 
 hydrograph'ie, French.] Defoription of 
 the watery part of the' terraqueous 
 globe. 
 Hy'dromancy. n.f. [iJuf and fj.attia. i 
 /ijjrcwan//.', French.] Pvediaion by- 
 water. 
 
 Divination was invented by the Pcrfians : theie 
 
 arc four kinds of divination; kydrtmamy, pyio- 
 
 maicy, aeromancy, and gconiaiicy. .-^ylijl^-. 
 
 Hy'ci^omel. n.f. [uJV; and (a=?.. ; hy- 
 
 droim-l, French.] Honey and water. 
 
 hyi,omct\s a drink prepared of honey, being 
 one of the moft plealant and univerlal drinks the 
 northern part of Europe affords, as well as one of 
 the molKancient. Mcthn.r. 
 
 In fevers the aliments prefcribed by Hippo- 
 crates were ptifans and cream of barley: hydrc- 
 mcl, that is, honey and w.iter, when there was no 
 tendency to a delirium. Arbuthntt. 
 
 Hydro'.-.ieter. n. f. [i'Ja'f and fisT^ot.] 
 An indrument to meafure the extent or 
 profundity of water. 
 Hydro'imetky. n.f. [iliui? and ftsrfci.J 
 The acft of meafuring the extent of 
 water. 
 Hydropho'bia. n.f. [•JJfoipoSU ; hy- 
 drophoble, French.] Dread of water. 
 
 Among tl.ofe difmal fymptoms that follow thr 
 bite of a°madu,do„', tiK'h\d'opkifa, or dread of 
 water, is the moft remark.l.le. Qw/irv. 
 
 Hyuro'pical. 
 Hydro'pick. J fiq"e> 
 
 hydrops, Latin.] 
 i: "Dropfical; difeafed with extravafated 
 
 Cantharidcs heat the watery parts ol the body ; 
 as urii-.e, and h-ir^yplrui water. B>iiiK. 
 
 Tiie world's w.iolc fap is funk : 
 The general balm th' hydrcj,hi eaith hath.drunk. 
 
 Donne, 
 Hydnp'cal fwtllings, if they be pure, a,-e pel- 
 lucid. , »•'/"»•"'• 
 
 Hyirrjpkk wretches by degrees decay, 
 Giowin; the more, the more they wafte away ; 
 Bv their own ruins they augnwnted lye, 
 ' With thiift and heat amidll a deluge fiy. 
 
 BLteh.i'yrfi. 
 
 One fort of remedy, he ufes in. diopfics, th«^ 
 
 water of the hydropich. A,iuthn<.t, , 
 
 2. Refembling dropfy. . 
 
 Some men's hydro^iek infatiablenefs learned Co 
 
 thirli the more, by how much more ihey drank. 
 
 Ki^g CharUi, 
 Every luft is a kind of hyhopirt diilempcr, 
 and the' more we drink the more we Iball thirll. 
 
 Tit, dtfOK^ 
 
 HYDROSTA'TICAL. adj. [ih^e and 
 rxT.xr.] Relating to hydcoftatick.i j 
 taught by hydroftaticks. 
 
 A humsn body foimmg ia fuch a fluid, will 
 never be reconcileafele to this hydroJiai:cal !.-...• i 
 
 fURo'piCAL. 1 adj. [•J5,-owi)*f5 ; hydro- 
 yDRo'piCK. 1 /(ji/f, French ; troax
 
 II. T M 
 
 <!!<! fonething; hciviir above j tiecaufc baiif, 
 rtie hcayicft ill fjictic, will be ever in liic midll. 
 
 iifntlry. 
 
 IItdrosta'tically. adv. [from hydro- 
 fiatiaii] According to hydrollaticks. 
 
 The wcigbt uf all builies .Toiiiul tlic carih is 
 Ci'cr propurtioiial tu rl-.c qiiaut :y uf tlicir matter ; 
 ♦or inilance, a pound wciglitj examined hydri^ 
 Jhitic,il!\', doth always cuiituiii an cjual quantity 
 of folid niafs. BtnlUy 
 
 Hvdrosta'ticks, n.f. [Wup and -a7i»>; ; 
 hydrof.aliqus, French.] The icicnce of 
 weighing fluids, or weighing bodies in 
 fluids. 
 fljDROTiCK. n. f. [iou^;- I'ydrotique, 
 French.] Purgcrof water or phlegm. 
 He fcems tn have been tlic firft who divided 
 purgct into kydroiich and purgers of bile. 
 
 ^ihitthiiot on Coitti, 
 
 Hye'm. \n.f. [Lyene.Yv. l>yxna,'L:\\..^ 
 
 fi/F-'NA. 3 An animal like a wolf, faid 
 
 fabuloiilly to iinitate human voices. 
 
 I will weep when you arc liifpofcd to be 
 merry; I will Uiigh like a hym, when you arc 
 inclined to tlccp. Shak'pntrc. 
 
 A wonder more amajing would wc (iud ; 
 Til* hycnn flicws it, of A double kind; 
 "Varying the fexcs in alternate ycif, 
 811 one begets, and in another bears. D^yil^t, 
 
 The kyena was indeed well joined with tlie 
 bcver, as having alfo a bag in tliofe parts, it 
 thereby we undcrltand the *>'<■■/, 1 (/■•/o.-d/rt, or civet 
 car. J}rown*i Vulvar Kriorfii. 
 
 The keen hftmi, frilcft of the fell. Tlmnj',n. 
 JE^JGRO'.MBTER. n.f. [Jyfo; aud f4=T{£W ; 
 
 hfrrnmetre, Fr. I An inlhiiinent to mea- 
 iurc the degrees of moillurf;. 
 
 A fponge, perhaps, might be a better \ysro- 
 
 suftcr than the eartii of the river. AAmtlu^rj, 
 
 .(Hy'groscopf. n.f. [lj-j'S- and (jK-.^iu ; 
 
 hvgrofcopc, Fr.] An inflrument to fhew 
 
 the moilhire and drynefj of the air, and 
 
 to meafurc and clli.iiate the quantity ot 
 
 eitiier extreme. ^I'mcy. 
 
 |.I.jilUiie in the air i& difcovcrcd by fiyg'"^- 
 
 /••'-•fr'. A'bulili.ot. 
 
 livLA'KcniCAL. adi. [i'Aij and a'^j^r,.] 
 
 Prelidiiig over matter. 
 Hy-M. n.f. A fpccics of dog I unkfs it 
 
 is by miftake for lym. 
 
 Avaiinr, you curs ! 
 
 M.^flirF, greyhound, mungril grim, 
 
 Hound or fp.inic!, liraclie or h\m- 
 
 Or bobtail tike, or trundle tail, 
 
 Tom will make him weep and wail. Shjkf^^. 
 
 Hy'men. n.f. [vi.i.-'..'\ 
 I . The god of man inge. 
 z. The virginal membrane. 
 
 n.f. [u'-,'.£;i;j©-.] .-\ mar- 
 riage fong. 
 .'Viul ticav'nly choirs the hymcii'tn lung. ^Ult. 
 F.jr her the fpoutc prepares tlie bridal riui; ; 
 For her white virgins hymeniiih fiug. P^'pc. 
 
 Hymene'al.^ adj. Pertaining to mar- 
 IIymene' ix. \ riage. 
 
 The I'uituis heard, and dteni'd the jnirthful 
 voice 
 A flgnal of her lym^ncul clioicc. Vope^i O.lyjfry. 
 
 Hymn. n.f. [hymne, Fr. iW®-.] An en- 
 comiaftick fong, or fong of adoration 
 to fome fuperioiir being. 
 
 As I c;;r:T, in piaif;' oi mine own rlanic, 
 So now 111 ^^nour of thy niolhcr rIc.M, 
 An honour.ihle fr.mn I eke Ihould frame. Spr/iJ, 
 
 Our folemn l.ymni to fullcn riiiges cii.ioge ;. 
 Our bridal flow'i s ferve for a buried coarlc. &hak. 
 
 When Heel grows 
 5oft .Is the pnralitc's lilk, let /Hw^/r be made 
 Aa Ok crturc fur the warii. ihukfpstire's Car. 
 
 o 
 
 Hymene'al. 1 
 Hv :-.iene'an". J 
 
 HYP 
 
 There is an hymn fung ; but the fuhjtfl of it | 
 is always the praifes of Adam, and Noah, and 
 Abraham, concluding ivcr with a thankfgivirg 
 for the nativity of our Saviour. JticV". 
 
 F.ucivell, you happy fliadcs, 
 Where angcU tirfl Ihould praiftifeivmni, and lirin,; 
 Their tuneful harps, whin they to Heav'n would 
 fing. Viy.l.x. 
 
 ToHv.MN. "D.a. [t/fti«''l T" praifc in 
 fong ; to word-.ip witli hynms. 
 
 Whufe buliiicfs wire tu ferve ihc Lord 
 High up in hc.iv'ii, with (osgs to nj?n'i his throne. 
 
 Mi/loi:. 
 
 To Uv.MN. "a. n. To fing fong'j of ado- 
 ration. 
 They tcuch'd tlicir golden harps, aud hyinnir.g 
 praii'd 
 Cod and his works. MiitDn. 
 
 He had nut left alive this patient faint. 
 This jiivil of atTronts, but fcut him hence. 
 To hold a peaceful branch o£ palm above, 
 And Itpfin it in the quiic. Di\d. Spii'iljh Friar. 
 
 Hy'mnick. adj. [■Jfj.i'^.l Relating to 
 hymns. 
 He rounds the air, and breaks the hymnick 
 note^ 
 In birds, heav'n's chorifters, oiganick throats; 
 Which, if tiicy did not die, might feenr to be 
 A tenth rank in the heavenly hierarchy. Dfr.nc. 
 
 To Hyp. V. a. [barbaroufly contra6led 
 from hyporhondrtiuh.^ To make melan- 
 choly ; to difpirit. 
 
 I have been, to the laft Jcgrec, hvf'piA fince I 
 faw you, Sfxr^iilsr, 
 
 Hy'pallagb, n.y^ £vTTxX},'xyr,]. A figure 
 by which words change their cafes witli 
 each other. 
 HY'rEB. n.f. [A word barbaro)iny cur- 
 tailed by Prior from hypercriticl:.~\ A 
 hypercritick ; one more critical than 
 neceffity lequires. Prior did not know 
 tiie meaning of the word. 
 Criticks I read on other men. 
 And hypfti upon them again. Prinr. 
 
 HYPERBOLA, n. /. IhyptrUh, Fr. 
 uTTsj and ;3a'x>.f.] In geometry, a fec- 
 tion of a cone made by a plane, fo that 
 the axis of the feclion inclines to the 
 oppofite leg of the cone, which in the 
 parabola is parallel to it, and In the 
 clliplls interfecls it. The axis of the 
 hybeibolical fettion will meet alfo with 
 tlie oppoliie fide of the cone, when pro- 
 du',eJ above the vertex. Harris. 
 
 Had the velocities of the feveral planets been 
 greater or lefs than they are, or iiad their dif- 
 lances from the fun, or tiu: quantity tif It.e fun's 
 matter, and csnreqiitntly his attratlive pu.ver 
 been grcatei- or Itfs than they are now, with liie 
 fame velocities, they would not have revolved in 
 concentrick circles, but have moved in hypnl'^'.^f^ 
 very eccentrick. Bailhy. 
 
 Hy'perhole.k./. [/y/?r^o/f,Fr.t>T!;i?oAf.] 
 A figure in rhetorick by which any 
 thing is increafed or dirainifhed beyond 
 the exaCl truth : He runs jajicr than 
 lightning. His foffffions are failtn to 
 dufl. He iveis fo giittni, the cafe of a 
 fltigillet ~vns a manfion for him. ShalJp. 
 
 Terms iinfqii.tr'd 
 Which, from the tongue of roaringTyphon dropt. 
 Would feem itvpetlokf. Shtikjpiure. 
 
 Tafl'ata phtafes, filkcn terms pTcifc, 
 Three piTd 'lypnl-fJesy fprnce atfcSation* 
 Figures pedanlicaJ, tliefe fummer flies, 
 Have blown mc full of maggot olicntation, 
 
 S/i<ik/pt\tre. 
 
 They were abcive the /tvpi^rbilts, that fond 
 
 pneuy bc^jwsDpjii its «riniirt"^oh]t(i4&. GiMiv. 
 
 H Y P 
 
 Vfypfrhrtliiy fo diiing and (0 bold, 
 Difd-iiniiig hounds, are yet by rides contwIM; 
 Above the clouds, but yet wKl.in our (i^hr. 
 They mount «ntii truth, and make a tow'rinf 
 flight. GrnnviUe. 
 
 The conimon people undcrftand raillery, or 
 at Icall rhetorick, and will not take fiypi'Mfi m 
 too literal a fenlc. Sv-'/i, 
 
 Hyperbo'lical. ladj. [hyperboHquc,Yr. 
 HviT.RBo'i.iCK. 5 from /jf/>ff^o/<7,Lat.] 
 
 1. Belonging to ttie hyperbola; haviiig 
 the nature of an hyperbola. 
 
 Caneell.ited in the middle with fquares, with 
 triangles before and behind with kyptibch^k 
 lines. Gr^iu't hiujtrum. 
 
 The horny or pellucid coat of the eye rifrtti 
 
 up, as a hillock, above tiie convexity of tlie white 
 of the eye, .ind is of an hyprrlfJicnl or paiabolml 
 figure. R>iy ov the Crca:'rjn. 
 
 2. [i\Qn\ hyperbole ."^ Exaggerating or ex- 
 tenuating beyond fadt. 
 
 It is p.trabolical, and probably kyperhjUciI^ 
 and therefore not to be taken in a ftrict fenfe. 
 
 Beyle. 
 
 Hyperdo'lically. adv. [^rom hyferto' 
 lica!.] 
 
 1. In form of an hyperbola. 
 
 2. With exaggeration or extenuation. 
 Yet may ail be folved, if wc take it hypcrha" 
 
 Uciilly. Brown. 
 
 Scylla is featcd upon a narrow mountain, 
 
 which thrulis into the lea a fteep high rock, and 
 
 fiypcrbo'iciiily delcribed by Homer as in..cceiTible, 
 
 Bio^mi's Nolci en tic OU'fty. 
 
 Hyperbo'liform. adj. \_hypcrbo!a and 
 forma.'\ Having the form., or nearly 
 the form of the hyperbola. 
 
 Hyperbo'reaN. II. f, [hyperioreen, Fr. 
 hvperboreus, Lat.] Northern. 
 
 Hypercri'tick. n.f. [^hypercrilique, Fr. 
 oVr^- and xpTiK-.c] A critick exact or cap- 
 tious beyond ufe or reafon. 
 
 Thofc iypcrcrifrckt in Englilh poetry differ 
 from the opinion of tiie Greek and Latin judges, 
 from the Italians and French, and from the ge- 
 neral taftc of all ages. I>ry.7ifr. 
 Hyp K rcr i'tic.v L.rtri^. [from hypercf-itjci.'} 
 Critical beyond necelfity or ufe. 
 
 We arc far from iiripofing thofc nice and iv- 
 p-rrrin'r,!/ pondlilios, which fume artroIcgCT.s 
 oblige our gardeners to. F.'vely%. 
 
 Such /lypcrrritfcal readers will confirtcr ray 
 bwdnels was to make a body of lef.ned layings, 
 only taking care to product thcra in themoft na- 
 tur.il manner. Swiff.,' 
 
 Hy p e'r m et e r . n.f. [ot:,-: and icheo<.] Any 
 
 thing greater than the ftandard requires. 
 
 When a man rifes beynnd fix toc.r, he is as 
 
 hyjey^n-tcry and may te adniiited into the t^ti 
 
 club. ^ld.iij<,n. 
 
 HyPERSARCo'sIS. n. f. [uVvcraV^i^r.;, 
 
 uTjf and uu^'it^.'l The growth of fuB>- 
 gous or proud flcfh. 
 
 Where Ihc hypcrj.uifn was fi.-at, I I'liinkletl " 
 it wiih precipitate, whereby I more ip.cdily 
 freed the ulcer of its piitrcfaiftion. Itijimuri, 
 
 Hyphen, n.f, [t':?fi.] A note of con- 
 juniilioii : as vir-l:ie, ever-livi;i^. 
 
 Hypno'tick. n.f. [uCTot.^ Any meji». 
 cine that induces deep, 
 
 HYPOCHO'NDRES. n.f. [hypocondr0 
 Fr. J:TO}^ci!':iVi-j.] The two regions lying 
 on each fide the cartilago eufiformis> 
 and thofc of the libs, xnd the tip of the 
 biealt, which have .in one the liver, and, 
 in the other the fpleeii, ^wny. 
 
 The blood moving too flowly thiough thp 
 celi.ick and mcl'enlerick aiierics, pnduccs vf- 
 [imii c<HU|'!aiius in the luwo bmreU rtd M- 
 6 a <
 
 H Y P 
 
 fichondret ; from whence fuch ptrfons are called 
 
 t-ypochoiidr'uck. yirbutl'.K'it en Alimtnt%. 
 
 HvpocHONDR i'acal. ") adj.\}!ypocondna- 
 
 Hypochondri'ack. J que, Fr. from 
 
 hypochondrcs. ] 
 
 1. Melancholy; difordered in the imagi- 
 nation. 
 
 Sucntcs laid down his life in atteftation of 
 tliat muli fundamintal truth, the belief of one 
 God; and yet he's not recorded eitlier as fool or 
 ky^o. hndriock. Decay cf Piety 
 
 2. Producing melancholy ; having the n;!- 
 tnre of melancholy. 
 
 Cold fweats are many times mortal, and al- 
 ways fiifpcclcd ; as in great fears, and nyporhon- 
 rfj/u.'.i/ pi.ffions, being a relaxation or forf.iking 
 of- the Ipirits. Baccn'i Nulural Hifioiy. 
 
 Hv'pociST. n.yi [uniKin ; iypoci/hiTr.] 
 An infpiflTated ju'ce confiderably hard 
 and heavy, of a fine fliining black co- 
 lour, when broken. The ftem of the 
 plant is thick and flcfny ; and much 
 thicker at the top than towards the 
 bottom. The fruits contain a tough 
 glutinous liquor, gathered before they 
 are ripe : the juice is expvefled, then 
 formed into cakes. Hill. 
 
 Hypo'crisy. n.y. \_hypociifie,Y'r. iiTOa,-irif.] 
 Diffimulation with regard to the moral 
 or religious charafter. 
 
 Next Hood h\f',cr:fy with holy leer, 
 Soft fniilint; and demurely looking down ; 
 Eur hid the djjger underneath the gown. V)ryd. 
 Ilvpccr/^.K much more eligible than open in- 
 fidflitv and vice : it wears the livery ofiiligion, 
 'an'd is cautious of giving fcandal : nay, conti- 
 nued difguitcs are too great a conftraiirr : men 
 would leave ofl' their vices, rather than undergo 
 the toil of prai^ifing rh>-m in private. S^l-:'/'/. 
 HY TOCRITE. n.f. IhypocrUe, French ; 
 
 1. A difiemhler in morality or religion. 
 
 He heartily prays fome occafion may detain 
 us longer : 1 dare fwear he is no hypcrrire, but 
 prays from his tieart. Sh-^kjper.re. 
 
 A wife man hatcth not the law ; but he tliat 
 js an hypo-iilc therein, is as a Qiip in a llorm. 
 
 Ec:!us. 
 
 F.iir hypuritf, you feck to cheat in vain : 
 Your filtnce argues, you afii. time to re^gn. Dry,'.. 
 
 The making religion ncccfiary to interell 
 might increafe hypacrify ; but if one in twenty 
 fiioald he biougl^t to true piety, and nineteen be 
 only iy^ocritc!, the advantage would ftiU be 
 g.'car. S-.L-ift. 
 
 3. A diflembkr. 
 
 Beware, ye lioncft: the third circiing.glafi 
 Suffices virtue: but m.iy /h/ocr/'/cj. 
 Who flyly Ipeak one thing, another think, 
 Biiieiui as hell, Hill picas'd laiwatn'd d;ink on. 
 
 HYP 
 
 And through intemp'r.ince grow awhile dncerc. 
 
 Hypocri'tic.\l. \adi. [from hypocrite.'^ 
 Hypocri'tick. J DifFembling ; infin- 
 
 cere ; appearing differently from the 
 
 reality. 
 Now you are confeffing your enormities j I 
 
 know it by that hypttciiticol, down-c itt look- 
 
 Dr\dirt's Spanljh Friar. 
 
 Whatever virtues may appear in him, they 
 will f*c eOcemed an /rjp'jriitic.ii impodure on 
 the World J and in his retired pleafures, he wiil 
 be prefiimed a libertine. Rogers. 
 
 Let ot;:cis (kvew tlicii Iiypficrifid' face. S.riff. 
 Hypocri'ticvlly. adv. [^froiw Lypocri- 
 tical.J AVith difCmulation ; without 
 fincerity ; falfely. 
 
 Simeon and Le\i fpske not only falfely, but 
 infidioufiv, nay ij\p'jcrrticallyf abufing at once 
 theiF piolelytcs and ihcir religion. 
 
 G(AHrnrr,tnt of the Totigue. 
 Hypog A'sTRICK.a/f/. [hypogq/lrijue, Fr. 
 vTo and yxriij.] Seated in the lower part 
 of the belly. 
 
 The fwelling wc fuppof^d to rife from an 
 cffulion of ferum through all the hypog.if.} irk ar- 
 teries. IVijemiin 
 Hypoge'u.m. n.yl [i'TTi. andyr.] A name 
 which the ancient architecis gave to all 
 the parts of a building that were under 
 ground, as cellars and vaults. Harris. 
 HYPO STASIS, n. /. {hypojlafe, Fr. 
 t;~iir iOi "J 
 
 1. Diflind fubflance. 
 
 2. Perfonality. A term ufed in the doc- 
 trine of the Holy Trinity. 
 
 Th.c onenefs of our Lord^Jefus ChrilV, refer- 
 ring to the fcvernl kvp^fofes in the one eternal, 
 indivifible, divine- nature, and the eternity of the 
 Son's generation, and his co-eternity and con- 
 fubftaiitiality with the Father, .ire affcrtions equi- 
 valent to tliufe comprifcd in the ancient fimple 
 article. H.imin'i'ui. 
 
 Hyposta'tiCal. adj. [hyprjfialiquc, Fr. 
 from hvpojlafuJ] 
 
 1. Conilitutive ; conftituent as dillinft 
 ingredients. ' 
 
 Let our Carneades, warn men not to fubfcrihc 
 to the grand doflrine of the chymilfs, touching 
 their ti'.rce k\f:j!atical principles, till they have a 
 little ctarained it. BoyU. 
 
 2. Perfonal; dilKnclly perfonal. 
 HypoTE^'v's^;. n.f. [hypolenufe, Yrer\c\\; 
 
 uTo~ii«3-3t.] The line that fubtends the 
 right angle of a right-angled triangle ; 
 the fubtenfe. 
 
 The fquare of the hyfotcnuft in a right-angled 
 triangle, is equal to tire fquares of the two other 
 fides. Ls.cU. 
 
 H Y S 
 
 HYPOTHESIS, n.f. {hypothefe, Fr. 
 !/"w(/9/tri.-.] A fiippofition ; a fydein 
 formed upon fome principle not proved. 
 Tiie mind cafts .and icins itfelf reOkdy from 
 one thing to another, till at length it brings all 
 the ends of a long and various hypotiufii toge- 
 ther; fees how one pnrt coheics with another, 
 and fo clears off all the appearing contrarieties 
 that fccnicd to lie crofs, and make the whoh: un- 
 intelligible. S'lUih, 
 
 With imagin'd fovereignty 
 Lord of his new k^pofhejii he reigns ; 
 He reigns : h.ow long ? till fome ufurpcr rife r 
 And he too, migiity rhougluful, mighty wife, 
 Studies new lines, and other circles feigns. Prior, 
 
 Hypothe'tic AL. ladj. [Lypot/.'digtje, Fr. 
 Hypothe'tick. J {vom/.ypolkejis.^ln- 
 cluding a fuppofition ; conditional. 
 
 Conditional'or i.vporfteticaipropofnlons arc thofc 
 whofe parts are united by the conditional parti- 
 cle ,-f; as, if the fun be fixed, the earth muft 
 move. IFeits. 
 
 Hypothf.'tic ALLY. adv. [^hom /.ypolie- 
 
 tica/.] Upon fuppofition; conditionally. 
 
 The only part liable to imputation is calhng 
 
 her a goddefs ; yet this is propofcd with modefty 
 
 and doubt, zv\i kypothcti:a!l\\ B'con-.t, 
 
 Hyrst, Hurst, Herst, are all from 
 the Saxon h})if-r, a w-ood or grove. 
 
 Gil'fon^ 
 Hv'ssop. n.f. [hyJJoptjVv. liyjfopus ,'L,zl.'^ 
 A vertlcillate plant. 
 
 It hath been a great difpute, whether the fiyT- 
 Jcp commonly known is the fame which is men— 
 tioned in fcripture. Mi'ier. 
 
 The fiyjj^p of Solomon cannot' be well con- 
 ceived to be our common h\ffcp\ for that is not 
 tile leaft of vegciaUes obfcrved to grow upui> 
 walls; hut rather fome kind of capillaiics^ 
 which only grow upon walls and llony places. 
 
 Brtjivn, 
 
 Hyste'rical. \adj. \liyfivr>qut, French; 
 
 HySTE'rICI^. J i/rJfixir.] 
 
 I. Troubled with fits; difordered in the 
 regions of the womb. 
 
 In h\p£rick women the raiity of fymptoms 
 doth oft llrike an aftonilliment into fpca.itors. 
 
 Harvey ck Corjurnptioris^ 
 Many hyjierical women are fenftbic of wind- 
 pairing from the womb Yl'.ycr e,n l!:t Humours. 
 
 z . Proceeding from dlforders in the womb. 
 
 Parent of vapours,, and of female wit. 
 
 Who gave tti' hjicrick or poetic fit. Pope. 
 
 This terri'ole fcene made too violent an im- 
 
 prcflion upon a woman in her condition, .and 
 
 threw her into a Urong lyferick-fiX.. ylrbutiinot^ 
 
 HySTe'rICKS. n.f. [•J-ifiiri-.] Fits of 
 
 women, fuppofcd to proceed from dif- 
 oiders in the womb. 
 
 I 
 
 Is in Englifh confide red both as a 
 
 _ vowel aud confonant ; though, fince 
 
 the vowel and confonant diifer in, 
 
 tl.eir ftria as well a= found, they may Le 
 
 ir.ore properly accuuiittd two klUrs, 
 
 /vowel han a long found, Zffne, thme, 
 which is ufually marked with an e final ; 
 and a fh'jrt found, as^w, thin. Prefixedto 
 e it makes a diphthong of the fame found 
 with the fofl i, or double c, ec : thus 
 
 jff.y, _)'.'jZ,', r.re fpokcn vti frIJ, ytcTd; 
 except friend, which is fpokeu frend. 
 Siibjiiiiitd to a orf it makes tliem long, 
 zifriil, ndgh; and to o makes a mingled 
 fouud, which approaches more nearly
 
 J AC 
 
 to the true notion of a JiplitTioriiT, or 
 foviiul compofed of the founds of two 
 vowels, than any other combination of 
 vowels in tlie Enghfli language, as oil, 
 colli. The found of / bctorc another ;', 
 and at the end of a word is always 
 cxprtfTed hy j'. 
 
 ^y confonant has invariably the fame 
 found wit li that oi g xn g'uiiit, as jatk, 
 jet, jilt, jult, jiifl. 
 I. pronoun perfoiial. [//■, Gothick ; ic, 
 Saxon ; tch, Dutch. 
 
 /, gen. tne; plural me, gen. vs. 
 
 ic, me ; pes uj-.] 
 
 1 . The pronoun of the firft perfon, niyfelf. 
 
 I do not like thi-te fevcial councils, /. S/i.itJp. 
 
 TlicTC U none gic.ttcr in this houfe than /. G^fi. 
 
 Be of good clicir, it is /.• be not afraid. iMar. 
 
 Wluit (iiall / do tu be for ever knovn, 
 And ni.ikc thy age to come my own ; 
 / (hall like hearts to common people dye, 
 UiiUfs you write my elcyy. (h:u/iy. 
 
 Hcr)ce,*and make room for mf. CowUy. 
 
 When cliaiicc of hufincfs parts m two, 
 What do our foul-, I wonder do ? Ccxuky 
 
 Thus, having pali'd the night in fruitlefs pain, 
 1 to my longing friends letiirn again. VtyJeri. 
 
 Of night impatient lue demand the day, 
 The (lay atrives, and for the night luc pray. 
 
 J^/actniore. 
 
 2. Me is in the following paffage written 
 for /. 
 
 Tlicie is hut one man wliom flic can have, 
 and that is fuc. CLniJfj. 
 
 3. /is more than once in Shaifieare writ- 
 ten for Of, or yes. 
 
 Hath Romeo 11. 1111 himfjf Say tliou but 7, 
 And that bare vowel, /, Ihall poifon more 
 Tlian the dcath^daitiiig eye of cockatrice. Situk. 
 
 Did your letters pierce the queen } 
 — 7, lir; n.ietook'emandrcad'eminmyprefencc. 
 And now and then an ample tear triU'd down. 
 
 •To JA'BBER. -v. 11. Isalberen, Dutch.] 
 
 To talk idly ; to prate without think- 
 
 jnf; ; to chatter. 
 \Vc fcorn, for want of talk, to jailer 
 
 Of paitics. Swift. 
 
 Ja'cuerer. n.f. [fromJaWcr.] One who 
 
 talks inarticulately or unintelligibly. 
 Out cant the B.ihyloni.Tn labouicrs 
 
 At .dl their Hialcds o! jalhcrers. JJi/,lilrat. 
 
 J.^'cENT. aelj. \Jacens, Lat.] I-ying at 
 
 length. 
 
 Sn laid, they are more apt in fwagging down 
 
 to pitree tlian in tl;e jnctnt polfure. IJ'rjttoii. 
 Ja'cinth. n.f. [for hyacinth, Jeriijalem 
 
 for Hieriijalem.~\ 
 
 1. Tiie fame with hyacinth. 
 
 2. A gem of a deep reddifli yellow, ap- 
 proaching to a flame colour, or the 
 deepell amber. IfornhvarJ. 
 
 JACK. n.f. [probably by mid.^ke from 
 y.tqjies, whicti in French is Jamcs.l 
 
 1. Tlie diminutive of jfohn. Ufed as a 
 general term of contempt for fancy or 
 paltry fellows. 
 
 I am in efiimation : 
 You will perceive that a "/-'/■.t gardant cannot 
 Ofncc me trom nry ton Coriolanus. Shakjpe,fi-c. 
 
 I have in my mind 
 A thoufand raw tricks of thcfc bragg'iig "Yiicis, 
 Which I will praaife. " S/hilifjicar,-. 
 
 Every Jurk flave has nis helly-fullof figliriiig, 
 and I muft go up ai.d. down like a cock that 
 nobody can match. Shalifpciire. 
 
 i. The name of iiiftrumcnts which fujjply 
 the place of a boy ; as, an inftrument 
 to puH oif boots. 
 
 J A C 
 
 Foot-lioyj, who had frequently the common 
 name of jitck ^;ivin tliem, were kept to tuin ll.e 
 fpir, or to pull otl" their inafters h.jots ; but when 
 iiKliuments were invented for both thofc fervtces, 
 they were both c.illcrl jacki. H^^itti' L'igick, 
 
 3. An engine which turns the fpit. 
 
 The e\celk'ncics of a gfmAjnr.k are, that the 
 jiick frame be forged and filed fquarc ; that the 
 wheels he perpciidiculaily and llrongly fixcfl on 
 the fquarcs of the fpindlcs ; that the teeth be 
 evenly cut, and well fmootlicd ; and that the 
 teeth of the worm-wheel fall evenly into the 
 groove of the worm. A/tvc;. 
 
 The ordinary /'/c/r, ufed for roafting of meat, 
 commonly oonlili but of three wheels. IJ'ilkiii,. 
 
 A cookmaid, by the fall of ^Jack weight upon 
 her head, was beaten <lown. //''//. ;n,j.'i. 
 
 Some (train in rhyme; the nuifes on thtir 
 racks 
 Scream, like the winding of ten thoufand jaikt. 
 
 'I'ape. 
 
 4. A yoimg pike. 
 
 No li(h will thrive in a pond where roach or 
 gudgeons are, except /mrii. Morlimcr. 
 
 5. [jacqiie, Fr.] A coat of mail. 
 
 The rcfidue were on foot, well furnifhcd with 
 jcick and (kull, pike, dagger, U\ckler3 made of 
 board, and dicing fwords, broad, thin, and of an 
 excellent temper. Hayward. 
 
 6. A cup of waxed leather. 
 
 Dead wine, that (finks cf the borracliio, fup 
 From a foul /.rtX", or greafy maple cup. Diyittfi. 
 
 7. A fmall bowl thrown out for a mark 
 to the bowlers. 
 
 'Tis as if one (hould fay, that a bowl equally 
 polled, and thrown upon a plain bowling-green, 
 will run nceeiraiily in a diiefl motion ; but if it 
 be made with 3 byafs, that may decline it a httf 
 from a flraight line, it may acquire .a liberty 
 of will, and fo run fpontaneoufly to the juck 
 
 Benilty 
 
 8. A part of the mufical inftrument called 
 a virginal. 
 
 In a virginal, as foon as ever the jack falleth, 
 and toucbeth the llring, the found ceafoth. 
 
 Bacon 
 
 9. The male of animals. 
 
 A jack afs, for a ffallion, was bought for three 
 thoufand two hundred and twemy-iune pounds 
 thice fliiUings and four-pence. Arluth^iot 
 
 10. A fupport to faw wood on. yiintkv. 
 I 1. The colovns orenfign ofa (hip. Ainfiv. 
 12. A ciinning fellow who can turn to 
 
 any thing, as in the following phrafe. 
 
 y.7,>- of all trades, (how and found; 
 An invc-ilc burfe, an exeliange under ground. 
 
 Ciciilctand. 
 
 Jack Boots, n.f. [from jack, a coat of 
 mail.] Boots which ferve as armour 
 to the legs. 
 
 A man on hbrfeback, in his breeches inijnck 
 looii, drelTed up in a commode and a night-rail. 
 
 Spectator 
 
 Jack hy the hedge, n.f. \_eryfinium .\ An 
 herb that grows wild under hedges, is 
 eaten as otlwr fallads are, and_ inuch 
 ufed in broth. Mnrtimcr. 
 
 Jack Pudding, n.f. [jaci and pudding.] 
 A /.any ; a merry Andrevsr. 
 
 Every f'ack pfnldtfJtr wiU'be ridiculing palpable 
 weaknefTes which they ought to covet. Z-'/y/'. 
 
 A butfoon is called by every nation by the 
 name of ilic difh tlicy like beff : in Frenchji-an 
 pijltn^e, mi in Englilh jack pudding. Guaniian. 
 
 jtack p'/d/iri^, ill his party-coloured jacket," 
 Toflls tiie glov.c, and jok.es at ev'iy packet. Gay. 
 
 Jack iviti a Lantern. An ignis fatuirs. 
 Jacka'l. n.f. [chacaff Fr.] A fmall ani- 
 mal fuppofed to Hart prey for the lion. 
 
 The Bclgi.ii:s tack upon our rear. 
 And raking clufc-guns tlirough our flcrns t'.icy 
 fcjid ; 
 
 J A D 
 
 Clofe by their firefhips, IIkc acta.j appear. 
 Who on ir.eir lious 101 ine prey attend. J]rydm. 
 The mighty lion, bcfoie whom flood thc'liille 
 Jacia/, the faithful fpy of the king of bcarts. 
 
 ./Iilnftiirjt ciiil Pope. 
 
 Jackai-k'nt. n.f. [Jiti:!: in Lent, 3 poor 
 
 fiarved fellow. J A limple Ihccpllh fellow. 
 
 You Viit\c jacka.'c'if, have you been true to us? 
 
 — Ay, I'll be fworn. Shakfpia/t. 
 
 Ja'ckanates. n.f. [jack linA ape.} 
 
 1. Monkey ; an ape. 
 
 2. A coxcomb; an impertinent. 
 
 Which is he.' 
 T\n\ jacknnapix with fcarfs. Shak/peiirt. 
 
 People wonder'd how futh a young upftarc 
 j.ick.wiipci (hould grow fo pert and fancy, and 
 take lo much upon him. yliliuihmt. 
 
 Jackda'w. n.f. [jack and daiii.] Acock 
 daw ; a bird taught to imitate the hu- 
 man voice. 
 
 To impoie on a child to get by hc^-tt a long 
 fcroll of phrafes, without any ideas, is a prac- 
 tice fitter for a /.<(«./,no than for any thing that 
 wears the fhape of man. H'atti, 
 
 Ja'cket. n.f. [jacquel, Fr.] 
 
 1 . A fhort coat ; a clofe waiikoat. 
 
 In .1 \i\\.K jacket, with a crofs of red. Hull. T. 
 
 And hens, and dogs, .ind hugs aic feeding by ; 
 
 And here a tailor's y,;<<-f/ bangs to dry. Pope. 
 
 2. To beat one's Jacket, is to beat the 
 man. 
 
 She fell upon t}-,!: jacket of the parfon, who 
 flood gaping at her. L'Ffrange^ 
 
 ]a'cob's LtuiJer. n.f. {/■olemonium.} The 
 
 fame with Greek valerian. 
 jA'coB'.f StaJ] n.f 
 
 1. A pilgrim's (laff. 
 
 2. Staff concealing a dagger. 
 
 3. A crofs-llaff; a kind of aftrolabe. 
 
 J A cobine. n.f. A pigeon with a high, 
 tuft. Ainftuorth^ 
 
 Jactita'tion. n.f. [juclito, Lat.] 
 
 1. Tolling motion ; relllclfnefs ; heaving. 
 
 If the patient be furprifcd v'nh jaSlituticn, or 
 great oppreffirin about the flomach, cxpcift no 
 ulicf fiom cordials. IJari'cy. 
 
 2. A term in the canon law for a falfe 
 pietenllon to marriage. 
 
 Jacula'tion. n.f. [jacniatio, jaculor^ 
 Lat.] The aft of throwing miffive 
 weapons. 
 
 So hills amid' the air, encounter'd hills, 
 HurI'd to and fro with jaeutation dire. Milton. 
 
 JADE. n.f. [The etymology of this word 
 is doubtful : Skinner derives it from 
 gaad, a goad or fpur,] 
 I. A horfe of no fpirit ; a hired horfe ; a 
 vvorthlefs nair. 
 Alas, what wigiits arc thofc that load my 
 heart ! 
 I am as dull as winter- fiarved (heep, 
 Tir'd as a jade rn overloaden cart. Sidney, 
 
 When ihcy (hould endure the bloody fpur. 
 They fall their cred, and, like deceitful y.iaV/-, 
 Sink in ll.c tlial. Sialfp. J.-./ir'S dejar. 
 
 The horfcracn (it like fixed candiefticks,. 
 Wvth toichllaves in their hand; and thtir poor 
 
 jadci 
 Lob down their heads, dropping the head and 
 li'ps- - Sha.kipeare. 
 
 So have I fcan with armed heel, 
 A wight bcf^ride a commonweal, 
 While dill the more hp tick'd and fpun-'d, ' 
 The Icfs the I'uUen /n.i'r has ftirr'd. Hu.iihrtu, 
 The pl.iin mg came upon the trial to prove 
 thofe to be y'lf^it' that made fpuit with him. 
 
 l.'F.jtramt, 
 
 Falfe .fleps but help them ro renew their rate, 
 
 As,_aftcr Itumbtir.g, 'juriiwill mef.i their p?..-e. 
 
 P..V,
 
 JAG 
 
 J AL 
 
 2. A forry woman. A word of contempt 
 noting fometimes age, but generally vice. 
 
 ShjII tlieTc, thefe oldy'.iitj, pjit the ll.jM'cr 
 Of yuutli, th.it you have, pafs you. Chapman, 
 
 But fhc, the cuniiing'rt jad: alive, 
 Says, 'ris the ready way to thiive. Stcpftcy. 
 
 Get in, huffy ;■ now will I pcrfonatc this young 
 jade^ and difcover the intrigue. S'^ut/icrn 
 
 In di'raonds, pearl, and rich brocades, 
 She rtiines the fijH of battcr'dy.jifi, 
 And flutters in her pride. Snlft. 
 
 3. A young woman : in irony and flight 
 contempt. 
 
 You fee now and then fome handfome young 
 jadfi among them : the fluts have vcjy ofren^ 
 white teeth and black eyes. Addifon. 
 
 Jade. n.f. A fpecies of ftone. 
 
 The iadc is a fpccies of the j^fper, and of 
 extreme hardncfs. Its colour is compofed of a 
 jialc blueilh grey, or alh-colour, and a p.ilc 
 green, not yniform. It appears dull and coarfe 
 on the furfjcc, but it takes a very elegant po- 
 lifli. It is ufed by the Turks fur handles of fa- 
 hrcs. Hill. 
 
 To [ade. v. a. [from the noun.] 
 I. To tire; to liarafs ; to difpirit ; to 
 weary : applied originally to horfes. 
 
 With his banners, and his well-paid ranks, 
 The nc*er-yet-bcaten horfe of Parthia 
 We've j.idcd out o' th'"field. Shakfj^eare. 
 
 It is good in difcourfe to vary and intermingle 
 fpeech of the prtfent occafion with arguments; 
 for it is a dull thing to tire and jade any thing 
 too far. Bacor}. 
 
 If Hcet dragon's progeny at laft 
 Proves jadtd, and in frequent matches cafl 
 No favour for ihc rtallion we ret.iin. 
 And no refpeel for the dcgcn'rate Itrain. Drydcn. 
 
 The mind once /'joW, by an attempt above its 
 power, is vciy hardly brought to exert its force 
 
 agaiH. 
 
 Lo-ke. 
 
 There are feafons when the brain is overtired 
 or jaded with ftudy or thinking ; and upon fonae 
 other accounts animal nature may be languid or 
 cloudy, and unfit to affift the fpint in niedii.\tion. 
 
 IKita. 
 
 2. To overbear; to cnifll ; to degrade ; 
 to fiarafs, as a horfe that is ridden too 
 
 hard. 
 
 If we live thus tamely. 
 To be thus jad:d by a piece of fcarlet. 
 Farewell nobility. Shafficarc's Henry v ill. 
 
 3. To employ in vile offices. 
 
 Tiie honourable bloud 
 Muft not be Ihcd by fuch ^ jadrdpoom. Shakjp. 
 
 A.. To ride ; to n:le with tyranny. 
 
 1 do nut now fool myfcll", to let imagination 
 -jade mc : tor every rcalbn excites to this. S't r^fp. 
 To J.vDE. V. n. To lofe fpirit ; to fink. 
 Many oifcr at the effects of fticndlhip, but 
 they do not lart : they are prumifing in the be- 
 ginning, but they fail and Jade aud tiic in the 
 profccution. S^uih. 
 
 Ja'dish. tuli. [fromjV/f.] 
 
 1. Villous; bad, as a horfe. 
 
 That hors'd us on ihcir backs, to (how us 
 A M /i/A trick at lal^, and throw us. Hadihras. 
 
 When once the peup.e get \hc JadJ/i trick 
 Of throwing off their king, no luler 's fafe. 
 
 io/i/hein. 
 
 2. Unchafle ; incontinent. 
 
 'Tii til no boot to be jc.dons of a woman ; for 
 if the iuinluur takes her to be iadijlt^ not all the 
 iocks and fpicii in nature can keep her honelt. 
 
 L-Epanf^e. 
 
 To J.^C-^'- ''-'• I' {g'^Z"''-^'^ 'li's °'' l'ol"> 
 Welfh.] To cut into indentures ; to 
 cut into teeth like thofe of a faw. 
 
 Some le,ive5 are round, fome long, fome 
 
 fquaie, an<< many j'f^'d on th.e fulcs. Baro-i. 
 
 Tnc /(/i^ijitv of pinks and gillifiowcrs is like 
 
 Xhc ii.cquaiiiy ufoak lesvcs; but they r.cvcr have 
 
 IjU- Imall plain purls. Bacf,n. 
 
 C The tanks of that fea mull be iage/d and lorrt 
 
 by the impetuous aff.iult^, or the filent under- 
 minings of waves; violent rains mult walh down 
 earth trom the tops oi mountains. Bentliy, 
 
 An alder-lrce is one among the leffer trees, 
 whofe younger branches arc foft, and whole leaves 
 
 MCJilgald. tfam. 
 
 Jagg. n.f. [from the verb.] A protu- 
 berance or dentlculation. 
 
 The figure of the leaves is divided In"o fu 
 
 miny jaggt or efcallops, and curioufly indented 
 
 round the edge;. Kay. 
 
 Take off all the flaring flraws, twigs, and 
 
 j'lgo^i in the hive, and make them as fmonth as 
 
 pufflble. AIort!»i;r's Hujlandry. 
 
 Ja'ggV. aiij. {Jiom jagg.'l Uneven j den- 
 ticulated. 
 
 Hi', tow'ring creft was glorious to behold; 
 His ftioijlders and his (ides were fcal'd with gold ; 
 Three tongues he brandida'd when he charg'd 
 
 his foes ; 
 His teeth flood jaggy in three drJadtul row? 
 
 Add:J-.n. 
 Amid' thofe angles, infinitely (train'd, 
 They joyful leave their _/<i_^?^ laits behind. 
 
 Ja'ggedness. n.f. [ixoxa jagged.'] The 
 
 llate of being denticulated ; unevennefs. 
 
 Firft dr.iw rudely your leaves, making them 
 
 plain, before you gi\e tiiem tiieir veins ok jag- 
 
 gednefi, Peacli tm on Draivir.g. 
 
 JAIL. 71. f. \_gcol, Fr.] A gaol ; a pri- 
 fon ; a place where criminals are con- 
 fined. See Gaol. It is written either 
 way ; but commonly by latter writers 
 jail. 
 
 Away with the dotard, to the yn/V with him. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 A dependant upon him paid (ix thoufand 
 
 pounds ready money, which, poor man, lie lived 
 
 to repent \n a jail. Clarend'jn. 
 
 He figh'd and turn'd his eyes, becaule he 
 
 knew 
 
 'Twas but a larger jai'/hc had in view. Diyden. 
 
 One jail did all their criminals rcflrain, 
 Wiiich now the walls of Rome can fcarce contain. 
 
 D'yden. 
 
 Ja'ilbird. n.f [jd'd and lird.] One 
 
 who has been in a jail. 
 J.i'iLER. n.f. [from ijil.l A gaoler; the 
 keeper of a prifou. 
 
 Seeking many means to fpeak with her, and 
 ever kept from it, as well becauic (he Ihunncd 
 it, feeing and difdaining his mind, as l)ccaufe of 
 her jealous jailers. Sidtiey 
 
 This is as :\jaiUrj to bring fort'n 
 Some monllrous malefa«ftor. Shafpcare. 
 
 His puw'r to hollow caverns is confin'd ; 
 Theie let him reign, the jailer of the wind ; 
 With hjarfe cotnmands his breathing fubjetfls 
 
 c.dl. 
 And bo.Ui and blullcr in his empty h:ill. D'jJ. 
 
 Piilamon, the pris'ncr kiiii^hr, 
 Rcillcfs for woe, arofe bt tore iKc li^ht ; 
 And, with his /.i/Vev';. leuve, ddircd t^j breathe 
 An air moie welcome than ihc damp beneath. 
 
 Ja'kes. v.f. [of uncertain etymology.] 
 A lioufe of office. 
 
 I will tread this inhDJttd villain into mortar, 
 antl d;'.ub tYit walls o^ jaku with iiim. Hhulfp. 
 
 Their fordid avarice rakes 
 In e.Kcrements, and iiitcs the very /dies. Dryden. 
 Some liave filhcd the very jikcs for ijaper** 
 left there by men 0/ wit. Si"!lt. 
 
 Ja'lap. r..f^ [jalap, French; jalapiumy 
 low Latin.] A mctliciiial Jrug, 
 
 yu/.ip is a firm a:id lulid roor, of a wrinkled 
 imface, and g,cncrally cut In'o Tuces, heavy and 
 hard to break; of a faintifh fniell, and of an 
 acrid and naufeous taftc. Ii had its name /VjAi- 
 p:umj Qv jaltipay from Xal.-pa, a town in New 
 ^p;i::i, iu the nci^hbourlioyd of whicii it wa^ 
 
 \ 
 
 J A P 
 
 difcovircd ; though it is now principally brdugUt- 
 froni tl-.c Madeiras. It is an cicclicnt pu.-gative 
 where lerous humours arc to Lc evacuated. I!:IU 
 Jam. n.f. [I know not whence deiived.] 
 A conferve of fruits boiled with ftigsr 
 and water. 
 Jamb. n.f. [jambcy Vrtnch, ?. leg.] Any 
 fupporter on either iide, as the polls of a 
 door. 
 
 No timber is to be laid within twelve incf.es of 
 the forelide of the cW.mr.ij ja'*tbs. hlovit. 
 
 Ia'mbick. n.f [lambijtte, French; ia:n~ 
 ileus, Latin.] Verfes compofed of lam- 
 bick feet, or a ftiort and long fyllable al- 
 ternately : ufed originally in fatire, 
 therefore taken for fatire. 
 
 In thy felonious heart though venom lies. 
 It docs but touch thy Irilh pci, and dies : 
 Thy genius calls thee not to piuchjlc f.ime 
 In keeiw'.jwi;VX-^, but mild anagram. J^rvdcn. 
 To Ja'ngle. t}. n. [Jnnghr, French. Siin- 
 mr.] To altercate; to qu.trrcl j ta 
 bicker in words. A low word. 
 
 Good wits will be jangling ; but, gentles agree. 
 This civil war of wits were much better us'd 
 On N.ivaire and iu.s t-ouk-men. Shakjpetire. . 
 
 So far am I glad it did Co fort, 
 And this ihi^'ir jang.'ing I ellcem a fport. ShaJ.Jp, 
 
 There is no errour which hath not fome ap- 
 pear.ince of probability relcmbling truth, which 
 when men, who ffuriy to be' fingnlar, tind our^ 
 ft'..ining rcafon, they then pubiilh to ti*e world 
 matter of contention An6jn':g!irrg. RaUig^t 
 
 To Ja'ngle. ■». a. I'o make to found 
 untuneably. 
 
 Now lee that noble and that fovercign rcafon^ 
 Like fweet htWijatiglid out of tune, and harfh. 
 
 Shafpeare'i ila'nlci\ 
 'Ere Gothick forms were known in Greece^ 
 And in our veife 'ere monkilh rlnmes 
 Had_/<iv^/f</ their fantaftick chimes. Priifl, 
 
 Ja'ngler. n.f. [from the verb.] A 
 
 wrangling, chattering, noify fellow. 
 Ja'nizauy. n.f. [a Turkifii word.] Oirt 
 of the guards of the Turkilh king. 
 
 His grand vizir, prcfunimg to invtlt 
 Tiie chief imperial city of the weft, 
 With the hi ft charge compcU'd in hafie to rifV; 
 The ilaiuiaul.s loft, and f.mi^aiiti llain. 
 Render the hopes he ga\e his mafltr vain. 
 
 Ja'nnock. «. f [probably a corruption 
 of iaiinocL] Oat-brcad. A northern 
 word. 
 Ja'nty. atlj. [corrupted homgenlil, Fr.] 
 tihowy ; fluttering. 
 
 This fort of wuinan is a jnn/y fl.?ttern ; (he 
 Jiangs on her clo.-.tlis, plays her head, and varies 
 her pollure. Speeiat'jr. 
 
 Ja'nuauY. n. f. \_fatnuLrhis, Latin.] 
 The firll month of the year,^ from Janus, 
 to whom it was among the Romans coiv- 
 fcciated. 
 
 ''fanuaty is cl.td in winte, the colour of the 
 caith at this time, blowing liis nails. This 
 month had the name from Janus, painted with 
 two faces, f.gnifying Piovidtrcc. Veaeham. 
 
 J.A.PA'N. n. f. [from Jafan in Jfui, 
 where figured work was originally 
 done.] Work varniHied and raifcd in 
 gold and ccloins. It is coinmonly ufed 
 with another fiibftantive, rnd therefore 
 may be cnnlidercd as an adjedive. 
 
 The poor girl iiad broken a largey'.;/>.t" glafS| 
 of great value, with a liroke of her bru(h. S-.uiJt, 
 ToJapa'n. v. a. [from the noun ] 
 I. To varnifh, and cmbcliiJh •n'ith goW 
 and raifcd figures.
 
 J A R 
 
 Tot Tlol tlie dclk with fiKcr iiailj, 
 ^or luirtau of cxpence, 
 
 Nur lia:idiih vrcll /\ipit:t'i\i avails 
 Tiic wnring of good k-nfc. Sw:ft. 
 
 ^. To black and glofs ihoes. A low plirafc. 
 
 The god of fiie 
 Among thcfc gcn'ruiis picfciits joins his part, 
 Aiul aitlb with toot the new j>ip^nnittg art. Gay. 
 J A I' a'n N E R . H. y. [ from japan. ] 
 
 1. One (IciUcd in japan work. 
 
 2, A iliocblacker. So called bccaufe he 
 makes the ftioes fiiine. 
 
 Tiic jioor liavc tlic fame itch ; 
 Tlicy cliangc their weekly liarhcr, weekly news, 
 Picfcr a ncwyii/'iJ/^wf/ to their fhoes. Pope. 
 
 To Jar. v. n. [from eo|ip>;, anger, 
 Saxon ; or guerre, war, French ; or 
 garreii, old Teutonlck, to clarnour. ] 
 
 1. To lli-ike together with a kind of ihort 
 rattle. 
 
 The rings of iron, that on the doors were hung. 
 
 Sent out ija)t:ng found, and h.arflily rung. DiyJ. 
 
 My knees tremble with the juythig hiow. G.iy. 
 
 2. To ftrike or found untuncably and 
 irregularly. 
 
 O, you kind gods f 
 Cure' this great bicach in his abufcd nature : 
 Th' untun'd in<ij,trritig fenfcs, O, wind up, 
 Of this ch;id-changed father ! Shjkfpcart. 
 
 I perceive yon delight not in mufick. 
 — Not a whir, when ityijrrfo. - Siuifp'.irc. 
 
 A tiring mayyir in thebc^ maf!cr's iiand, 
 And the niortlkilful archer mifs his aim. Rofcofn, 
 
 He keeps his tenipcr'd mind, fcrenc and puic. 
 And every paflion apily harmoniz'd 
 Amid :ij.:rii/rg woild. T/iotifo'iU Summer. 
 
 3. To clalh ; to interfere; to aft in op- 
 pofition ; to be inconfiftent. 
 
 At lall, though long, omJ.iriing notes agree. 
 
 SJtakJpiii?c. 
 For orders and degrees 
 ynr not with liberty, but well confift. Mi/ton. 
 
 Venalus ctincluded his report : 
 A Jarring muiniur fill'd the factious court: 
 As when a torrent rolls with r.ipid race. 
 The tiood, conllrain'd within a fcanty fpace, 
 Ro.irs horrible. Diydcn'i jEmi.]. 
 
 4. To quarrel ; to difpute. 
 
 When thofe renowned roble peers of Greece, 
 Through ftubborn pride, among thcmfclves did 
 
 jar. 
 
 Forgetful of the famous golden fleece. 
 Then Orpheus with his harp their ftrifc did bar. 
 
 Spcr.jct . 
 
 They mud be fomeltmes ijiiorant of the means 
 coii'ducing to thofc ends, in which alone they can 
 jar and oppofe each other. D'y.Un. 
 
 Jar. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A kind cf rattling vibration of found. 
 
 In r, the tongue is held fiifly at its whole 
 length, by the force of the mulclcs ; fo as when 
 the impulfe of breath ftrikes upon the end of the 
 ungue, where it finds palT.ige, it flink.cs and agi- 
 tates the whole tongue, whereby the foirnd is 
 atf'cifted with a trembling/.u-. Ho.'.ln . 
 
 2. Clafli ot iiiterells or opinions ; difcord ; 
 debate. 
 
 He m.ikcth w.rr, he maketh peace again. 
 And yet iris peace is but continu.il ;nt : 
 O mil'crable men, that to him fubj.il are ! 
 
 F.n'fy Q;/seM. 
 Nath'lefs, my brother, fince we paffed are 
 UiitJ this point, we willappc;;fe our /.jr. 
 
 BuU,-r.Vi Tnh. 
 Force would be right; or rather, right and 
 wrong. 
 Between whole endlefayVir juflice prefides, 
 Would lofc thcii na.-iies, audio would jiill ice too. 
 
 ahakjpcititi. 
 
 3. A (late in which a door unfa.Qened may 
 firike the pod ; half opened. 
 
 Tiic ciiaJeiing with ihlientcr-, ar;d dodging 
 ikoiai iliis or I'oiacr ceiemouyj is but Ikkc open- 
 
 J A V 
 
 ing a few wickets, and leaving them s pr, ly 
 which no more than one can get in at a time. 
 
 Sxvift. 
 4. [^»<7rro, Italian.] An earthen vefFcl. 
 About the upper part of the jar there appeared 
 a good number of birbblcs, JjoyU. 
 
 He mead for cooling drink prepares. 
 Of virgin Irouey in thcy/r/r. Dry.trn. 
 
 Warriors welter on the grottrrd, 
 VVhilft cmpfy/V(M the dire defeat refound. Garth. 
 
 JARDES. u.f. [French.] Hard cal- 
 lous tumours in horfes, a little below the 
 bending of the ham on tiie ontfic'e. 
 This diltcniper in time will inake th.e 
 liorfe halt, and grow fo painftil as to 
 caufe him to pine away, and become 
 light-bellied. It is moil common to 
 managed ho-'es, that have been kept 
 too much upon their haunches. 
 
 Farrier's DlH. 
 Ja'roon. n. f. [Jargon, Fr. gericonca, 
 Spanilh.] Unintelligible talk ; gabble; 
 gibberifli. 
 
 Nothing is clearer than mathematical demon- 
 ftration ; yet let one, who is altogether ignorant 
 in mathenraticks, hear it, and he will nold it 
 to be plain furtian or/ii-^«n. Biamhall. 
 
 From this hnl toil again what knowledge flows ? 
 [art as inuch, perhaps, as (hows 
 T..al; all his prcdcccflbr's r'ulcs 
 Were empty cant, wW jargon of the fchools. Vritr. 
 
 Djrirrg the ufurpation an infufion of .cnthufr- 
 afticky.)'^c/7 pi-cvailed in every writing. Siuift 
 
 Ja'rgonelle. n. f. A fpecies of pcsr. 
 
 See Pear. 
 Ja'shawk. n. f. [probably M J- or eyas 
 hawk.] A young hawk. ylinftuortli. 
 Ja'smike. n. f. [gt/feminiDP. ; Ja/min, Ft. 
 It is often pronoimced jeffamwe.'\ A 
 creeping (hrub with a fragrant flower. 
 Thou, Irke the harmlefs bee, may'lt freely 
 range ; 
 Yromjafminc grove to grove may'ft wander. 
 
 T/iomfcri. 
 ]A'su\-ifE Peifan. n.f. A plant. A fpe- 
 
 cies of lilath. 
 Ja'sper. «./. [jiifie, French ; :afpjs,'L.?ii.'] 
 A hard Hone ot a bright beautiful green 
 colour, fometimrs clouded with white, 
 foundin maffes of various iizes and ihapes. 
 It is capable of a very elegant poiirti, 
 and is found in many parts of the Eaft 
 Indies, and iu Egypt, Africa, Tartary, 
 and China. Hill. 
 
 The bafis uljaffcr is ufually of a greei-.i;h hue, 
 and fpoticd with ted, yellow, and white. 
 
 irood:var.l': Mil. Fof. 
 
 The moft valuable pillars about Rome .-rre 
 
 four columns of oriental y<j/]5tfr in St. P.ruliiia's 
 
 chapel, and one of tranfparent oriental jajper in 
 
 the Vatican library. A.Uifon en Iialj. 
 
 Iatrole'ptick. c^r. \jatroleptique, Fr. 
 I'stTfGs and ssAsifa'.] That curcS by anoint- 
 ing. 
 JoJa'vel, ovjahle. i\a. Tobemire; to 
 foil over vi-ith dirt through unnccelTary 
 traverfing and travelling. This word is 
 ftiU retained in Scotland and the nor- 
 thern counties. 
 Ja'vel. «. f. [perhaps from the verb.] 
 A wandering or dirty fellow. 
 
 When a*: time, tiying with wings Iwift, 
 E.xpired had the ternrt th;ir thofe two javeh 
 Should tender rip a reckoning of their travels. 
 
 IhM.rW, Talc. 
 
 Sir Thomas More, preparing himfclf for exe- 
 
 ciilion, put on his bell apparel, which the licu- 
 
 tciunt compcUsU iiiialo £i* off aijain, fiying. 
 
 J A U 
 
 That he who flrould liavc tl.tm was but a javct. 
 What, f.iys irr Tiomas, fliall I account him a 
 j.m.l, who Ihall this d.iy do mc fo great a be- 
 nefit.' More' I Lfc of Sir Thomas More. 
 
 Ja'velin. n. f. [Javeliiie, French.] A 
 fpcar or half pike, which anciently was 
 ufed eithci by loot or horfe. It had ail 
 iron head pointed. 
 
 Others, from lire wall, defend 
 With (lai't andyax'7/r.', iloncs and fulpl.'rous firei 
 On each hand flaughtcr and giganlick deeds. 
 
 Ml/ton'! rara.ap L'.JI. 
 sire (hakes her myrtl('y.»T'7.ff, and, behind. 
 Her Lyciaii quiver dances in the wind. Dryden, 
 
 Flics xUcjaz'rhrt fwiftcr to its mark, 
 Lairneh'd from the vigour of a Roman arm ? 
 
 .riddiforr. 
 
 JA'UNDICE. n. f. Ijauniffe, jaune, yel- 
 low, French.] A dillcmper from* ob- 
 llruftions of the glands of the liver, 
 which prevents the gall being duly fcpa- 
 ratcd by them from the blood ; and fome- 
 tlnies, efpecially in haid drinkers, they 
 are fo indurated as never after to be 
 opened, and ftraiten the motion of tl.e 
 bleed fo much through that vifcus, as to 
 make it divert with a force gicat enough 
 into the gaftrick arteries, which go off 
 ■ from the hepatick; to break through 
 them, and drain into the ilomach ; fo 
 that vomiting of blood, in this dillein- 
 per, is a fatal fymptom. ^inry. 
 
 Why fliuuld a man, whole blood is warm 
 within. 
 Sit like his grandfire cut in al.abafter.- 
 Slecp when he wakes, ard creep into i\\e jaundice 
 By being pcevilh ? Sliakjp. Mirch. of Venice. 
 
 Thofe were thy thoughts, and ttiou could'il: 
 judge aright. 
 Til! int'reft made -a. jauruVue in thy fight. Drydcfi. 
 The eyes of a man in ihcjaunditc make yel- 
 low obftivatiuns on every thing; and the fool, 
 tin«fluied with any paflion, ditfufes a falfe colour 
 over the appearances of things. U'.^iis, 
 
 Ja'undiced. rtrf/. [frora iaunJice.'] In- 
 feficd with the jaundice. 
 
 Ail feems inferred, that th' infeifledfpy, 
 As all looks yellow to lUcjaun.iic'd eye. Pope, 
 To J At' NT. ^•. n. [y «///(-;•, French.] 1'» 
 wander here and there ; to bullle about. 
 It is now always ufed in contempt or le- 
 vity. 
 
 I was not made a horfe. 
 And yet I bear a burthen like an nfs ; 
 Spur-gall'd and tir'd by JaunUng Bolingbroke. 
 
 Slutkjpfarf'i Rich irit \x . 
 
 Jaunt, n. f. [from the veib.] Ramble; 
 flight ; excurlion It Is commonly ufed 
 ludicroufly, but folemidy by Milton. 
 
 Our Siviour m'^ek, and with untroubled mind. 
 After liis airy _/.'.<'.•;, .tiiough hurry'd tore. 
 Hungry and cold, betook him to his reft. Milton. 
 
 He fends me out on many a juutnt. 
 
 Old houfes in the night to haunt. Hadiiras, 
 
 They patted, and away pofts tire cavalier in 
 
 quelt of his new mifirefs i his fiii\ jaunt is to 
 
 court. L'Ejirai^e. 
 
 If you arc for a merry jaunt, I'll try for once- 
 
 who can foot it favtiieft. X>rydin's Sfant Ftyar. 
 
 Thus much of the fcheme of my dcf-gn in 
 
 this part have I run over, and lid my r-adcr a 
 
 long and tedious /Viic/', in tr.acing out thofe mc- 
 
 tallick and mineral bodies. If\i>d:var.{, 
 
 Ja'untiness. fuf. [from jaunty, o^jaiifv, 
 
 coirupted. from gctitil, French. See 
 
 Jahtv.] Airlnefs; Rutter; gentecl- 
 
 nefs. 
 
 A certain ftifFnefs in my limbs entirely de- 
 fii'^j'cd that y.i.'.^/.v/i/i of atr I was once madet
 
 1 C H 
 
 T\w. «. /. [jouf, a clieelc, FrencTi ; 
 
 whence joozvboiie, or c/iseil/oiiCjtheitjn'n'.^ 
 
 1 . The bone of tlie mouth In which the 
 tfcth are fixed. 
 
 A geiisraiioH whole teeth are as fwords, and 
 thcii/aw teeth as knivi:s, to devour the poor. ■ 
 
 The /riTu bones, hearts, and galls of pikes arc 
 
 very incdicinahlc. H'.ihon's ^h:glei . 
 
 i'ifo, who prohably fpcaks Aiiftotlc's menri- 
 
 Tpg, faidVnat the crocochle doth not only move 
 
 ki» upper y.m', but that his nether /.iw is [m- 
 
 movcab e. Grcio's Miifa:um. 
 
 More formidable hydra ftands witiiin, 
 
 ''' Wl'.ofc j^ii-i H-itii iron teeth fevertly grin. 
 
 Diy.U/i'i JEnei.i. 
 
 2. The mouth. 
 
 My tongue cicavcth to niyy.i;i«, ar.d thou haft 
 brought me into the duft of deatli. . I'Jalms. 
 
 My bended hook, fliall pierce their flimy /<i7w. 
 
 Shakjpiare. 
 
 A fmcary foam works o'er my grinding /rjn^s, 
 And utmuli anguifti Ihakes my lab'nng frame. 
 
 J.VY. n. f. [named from /ju cry. Siinner.] 
 A bird ; plaglamliwia. 
 
 Two lliarp winged fticcrs, 
 Pcck'dwith diverfe pUinrcs, like p.-.inted /y'l. 
 Were tixfcd at hi,s back, to cut his airy ways. 
 
 Fahy Queen. 
 
 We'll life this unwholifomc humidily, this 
 
 grots wat'ry pumpion — we'll teach hira to know 
 
 turtles from /.;)■!. ^ SknkJ^e.ire. 
 
 What, is tUe/«v ntiorc precious than the lark, 
 Bccaufe his fc.rthers aie more beautiful? Shakff. 
 I am highly delighted to lee the jay or the 
 thrutli hopping about my walks. Spcaalor. 
 
 Admires the jay, the infcifts gilded wings, 
 ■Or hears the hawk, when philumela fings. Pofc. 
 Jazel. «. f. A precious Hone of an 
 a/. lire or bkie colour. Did. 
 
 ICE. u.f. [i)-, Saxon; eyj'e, Dutch.] 
 
 1. Water or other hquor made fohd by 
 cold. 
 
 Yon are no furer, no, 
 Than is the coal of fire upon the ice. 
 Or hailftone in the fun. Siiaifpeare's Co'ni.inui. 
 
 Thou art all ice, thy kindneCs freezes. S/iat/f. 
 
 If I rtiould aflv whether /« and water were two 
 diftinfl fpecies of things, I doubt not but 1 
 Ihouldbe anfwercd in the afiirm.itivc. Locke. 
 
 2. Concreted fugar. 
 
 3. To hreah ihe IcE. To make the firft 
 opening to any attempt. 
 
 If you break the ice, .and do this feat, 
 Atchieve the elder, (ct the younger free 
 For our acccfs, whofc hap (hall be to have lier, 
 ■V^'ill not fo gracelefs he to be ingratc. SJuikfp. 
 
 Tiius have I h:t,kcn tite ice to invention, for 
 the lively reprcfcntaiion of floods and rivers ne- 
 ceffary for our painters and poets. I'axckam. 
 
 After he'd a while look'd wife, 
 At lafc irckc filcnce and the ice. Hudiiras. 
 
 To Ice. v. a. [from the noun.] _ 
 
 1. To cover with ice ; to turn to ice. 
 
 2. To cover with concreted fugar. 
 
 I'CE HOUSE, ti.f. [ice and /jou/c] A 
 
 honfe in which ice is repofited againft 
 
 the warm months. 
 Ichne'umon. n.J. [i';^£t;fx.ii'».] A fmall 
 
 animal that breaks the eggs of the 
 
 crocodile. 
 IcHNEUMONFLv'. n./. A fort of fly. 
 
 The gencr.ition of the /f/i«f.vw"^J' is in the 
 
 ■ bodies of catcipillais, and other nymphae of in- 
 (ct\i. Dcrham'i Phyfuo-Thed. 
 
 Ichno'gr.\phy. n.f. [.^«Sh and ^^^apw.] 
 i he groundplot. 
 It will be more intelligible to have a draught 
 
 ■ of each front in a paper by itlelf, and alfo to have 
 » draught of the groundplot or ichnogrujihy of 
 «vtry ftory in a paper by iu'elf. Mcxon. 
 
 I C Y 
 
 rCHOR-. H. / [Ix'^f.'i A thin watery 
 humour like ferum. ^ihicy. 
 
 ^illk, drawn from fome .animals that teed only 
 upon fielh, will be more apt to turn rancid and 
 putiify, acquiring tirlt a faline taftc, which is a 
 fign of putretaiSiou, and then it will turn into an 
 ichor. Arlntthnct on Alim^rtts. 
 
 I'cHOROUS. adj. [from ichor.J Serous; 
 fanious ; thin ; undigefted. 
 
 The lung-growth is imputed to a fupcrfifial fa- 
 nious or iehoroui exulccralion. Hutvcy. 
 The pus fioni an ulcer of the liver, growing 
 thin and /c//(»'o//i, corrodes the vetTels. Arbuth. 
 IcHTH yo'logy. n.yi [/(.•/'//'jio/ftj/fj.French; 
 \-)(^vi'hr.y\a, from i%&l/5 and Kiyal.\ 1'lie 
 doclrine of the nature of fifhcB. 
 
 Some there are, as camels .and fheep, which 
 
 carry no name in icht/iy(,logv. Brojvft, 
 
 ICHTHYO'PHAGY. tl.f. [."^-^^OJ? and f aj-w. ] 
 
 Diet of lifa ; the praftice of eating fi(h. 
 I'clCLE. u.f. [from ice.'\ A flioot of 
 ice commonly hanging down from the 
 upper part. 
 
 If diltillcd vinegar or aqua-fortis be pouted 
 into the powder of lo.adftone, the Inbliding 
 powder, diied, retains fome magnctical viitue; 
 but if the meriftiuum be evaporated to a con- 
 fiftence, and afterwards doth Ifioot into ieic/es, 
 or cryttals, the loadftone hath no power upon 
 them. Btovj't'i Vulgar Err'j!ii%. 
 
 From locks uncomb'd, and from the fruien 
 beard, 
 Long icirlei depend, and cracking founds arc 
 heard. Dryden. 
 
 The common dropllone confifts principally of 
 fpar, and is frequently found in form ot an 
 icic/r, hanging down from the tops and fides of 
 grottos. IFoodwartl'i Natuiai Hi/k'y. 
 
 I'ciNEss. «. yi [(torn ky.J The Hate o! 
 geneiaiing ice. 
 
 I'coN. n.f. [iixui.] A pidlure or re- 
 prefentation. 
 
 Boyf.irdus, in his tracfl of divination, hath fet 
 foith the iioiii of tliefe ten, yet added two others, 
 B'Oivn^s I ulg^ir Erronrs. 
 Some of our own nation, and many Nether- 
 landers, whofe n.ames and ieoMs arc publilhed, 
 have deferved good commendation. liakcivili. | 
 
 Ico'noclast. li- f. \_icoiirjchiJ!t, French; 
 ei«o»okAx5->ic.] a breaker of images. 
 
 Icono'logy. n. f. {iconohjgie, French ; 
 iixajK and ^£y'^•] The dodtrine of pic- 
 ture or reprefcntatlon. 
 
 Icte'rical. n. f. [Iflenque, French; 
 iclenis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Affiicled with the jaundice. 
 
 In the jaundice the chuier is wanting, and the 
 iSleric.il have a great fouriicfs, and gripes with 
 windmefs. Ftojer. 
 
 2. Good agaiiifl. the jaundice. 
 
 I'cY. adj. [from iff.] 
 
 1. Full of ice ; covered with ice; made 
 of ice ; cold ; frofty. 
 
 But my poor heart firft fet free, 
 Bound in thufe u;v chains by thee. Shakfpeart. 
 
 Hcie feel we but the penalty of Adam, 
 The feafon's dift'erence ; a>, the icy phaiig, 
 And churlilh chiding of the winter's wind. 
 
 SJhikhearc. 
 
 He relates the exceffive coldnefs of the water 
 thiy met with in fummer in that /rj' region, 
 where they were forced to winter, Bryle, 
 
 Bear Britain's thunder, and her ciofs difplay 
 To the bright regions of the riling day ; 
 Tempt icy feas, where fcarcc the w.itcrs roll. 
 Where clearer flames glow round the fiozen pole, 
 
 rope. 
 
 2. Cold ; free from paffion. 
 
 Thou would'ft iiave never learn'd ■ 
 The ;Vv precepts of lefpcft. Shakffcurc. 
 
 , 3 . Frigid j b'ackward. 
 
 I D E 
 
 If thou do'ft find him trainable to US, 
 Encourage him, and tell l-.im all our rcafons ; 
 If he be ieadcn, i:y, Cold, unwiilil-g, 
 Be thou fo too, Skakjpearc's Richard IK. 
 
 I'd. Contraded for / would. 
 IDE'A. n.f. [iV/«, French; Ufa.] Men- 
 tal image. 
 
 Wliatloever the mind perceives in itfcjf, or i< 
 
 the immediate objeift of perception, thought, ct 
 
 undei Handing, that I call /(/fa. Locke, 
 
 The foim uiider which thefe things appear tj 
 
 the mind, or the relult of our appreheiition, ig 
 
 called an idea. }Vattt. 
 
 Happy you that ruay to the faint, your only 
 
 iden, 
 
 Although fimply attir'd, your manly afFe£tio« 
 
 utter. Sidney. 
 
 Our "Saviour himfelf, being to fet down trie 
 
 pel fc<ft /W(?j of that which we aic to pray and 
 
 wifla for on earth, did nut teach to pr.iy or wilh 
 
 for more than only that here it might be with us, 
 
 as with them it is in heaven. Hooker. 
 
 Her fweet idea wandered through his thon^.hts. 
 
 Faijj .ix, 
 I did infer your lineaments. 
 Being the right idea ci your fithcr. 
 Both in your form and noblcnefs of mind. Shakf, 
 
 How good, how fair, 
 Anfwcring his great /ViV^.' Alilton^s Far, LoJ. 
 
 If Chaucei by the beft idea wrought, 
 The fairclt nymp»h before his eyes he fet. Dryden. 
 Ide'al. adj. [from idea.'] Mental; 
 inttlleftual ; not perceived by the fenfe:. 
 There is a two-fold knowledge tif material 
 thingo; one real, when tiie thing, and real im- 
 prellion of things on our fenfes, is pciccived ; 
 the other ideal, when the image or idea of a 
 thmg abfent in itlelf, is reprefcntcd to and con- 
 fidercd on the imagination. Cheyne, 
 
 Ide'ally. adv. [from ideal.] Intellec- 
 tually ; mentally. 
 
 A tranl'miffion is made materially fiom fome 
 pans, and ideally from every one. Bro'.u<<. , 
 
 Ide'ntical. > adj. [identiqverYrench.] 
 Ide'ntick. 3 The lame; implying the 
 fame thing ; comprlfing the fame idea. 
 
 The beard 's th' idcniiek beard you knew, 
 Tiic fame numerically tiue. Hudil>ra:. 
 
 There mains is identical with magis. Hale. 
 Thofe ridiculous identical propofitinns, that 
 faith is faith, and rule is a rule, arc fnft princi- 
 ples in this controveify of the rule of faith j 
 without which nothing can be folidly concluded 
 cither about rule or faith, 'FillotJMi Sermons, 
 
 If this pre-c.\irtent eternity is not eompatiiile 
 with a fucceftive duration, as wc clearly and dif- 
 tinflly perceive that it is not, then it remains, 
 that fome being, though infiilitely above our 
 finite compreiienfions, iiiuft have h.id ;iii uieitticai^ 
 invariable continuance fiom all eternity, which 
 being is no other than God. Bcntlty i Sermons. 
 [de'ntity. n.f. [ide/i/ile, French; iden- 
 titas, fchool Latin.] Samenefs ; not 
 diverfity. 
 
 Theie is a falhicv of equivocation from a fo- 
 cicty in name, inferring an i.lcntity \n nature: 
 by this fallacy was he deceived that dr.itik aqua — 
 fortis for Hrong water, Biown. 
 
 Certainly thofe aelions muft reeds be regular, 
 where there is an identity between the rule and 
 the faculty. South's Sermons, 
 
 Conlidering any thing as c-vifting, at any de- 
 termined time and place, we compare it with 
 felf-exifting at inother time, and thereon form 
 the ideas of identity and diverfity. L-ycke. 
 
 By culling off the fenfe at the end of every firft _ 
 line, which muft always rhimc to the next 
 following, is produced too frequent an identity la 
 found, and brings every couplet to the point of 
 an epigram. Frior, 
 
 Ides. n.f. [jV^j-, French ; (V«j-, Latin.] 
 A term anciently ufcd among the Ro- 
 mans, and Itill retained in the Roiiiifh 
 calendar. It is the 13th day of eacli
 
 ID L 
 
 ■lOnth, except in the montli9 of MarcK, 
 
 May, July, and Oftobcv, in wliicli it 
 
 is tlic IJtli day, becaufe in tUcfc fonr 
 
 months it was II x days before the nones, 
 
 and in the othcis four days. 
 A fooHiTiycr bids you Ijcwarc tlic ijfi of 
 M.Mcli. Shalcjj)(,irc, 
 
 IDIO'CRASY. «. /. [idiocraje, French ; 
 
 iJ.'S- and jtfaffi>.] Pccuharity of con- 
 
 ftitution. 
 Idiock a'tical. adj. [from Uiocrajy.'} 
 
 Peculiar in conditulion. 
 I'diocy. II. f. i;i,ul>u.] Want of under- 
 
 ftanding. 
 I ftaiul not upon tlicir iiliory in thinking thnt 
 
 horfcs ciid cat their bits. Siican. 
 
 I'DIOM. n. f. [/rt'/'omf, French ; filwfto:.] 
 A mode of fpeaking peculiar to a 
 language or dialeA ; the particular cad 
 of a tongue ; a phrafe ; phrafcology. 
 
 He did lomanizc our tongue, leaving the 
 words tianflatcd as much Latin as he (bund 
 them ; wherein he followed their language, but 
 did not comply with the iiiio'n of ours. Viyden. 
 Some that with care true eloquence (liall teach, 
 And fujult iiiioms fix ourdoubtuil fpecch. Prior. 
 
 Idiom a'tical. 7 «^. [from idiom.] Pe- 
 
 Idioma'tick. J culiar to a tongue; 
 phrafcologioal. 
 
 Since phral'es ufed in convcrfation contrail 
 mcannefs by paflfing through the mouths of the 
 vulgar, a poet IhouM guard himfelf againll iW/o- 
 tftaiici ways of fpeaking. Spc£ftifor, 
 
 Idio'pathv. n. /. [idiDjial/.iie, French; 
 ti'i©- and 7raD0-.] A primary dil'cafe 
 that neither depends on nor proceeds 
 from another. ^inry. 
 
 Idiosy'ncrasy. n. f. [idiofynacrjfe, Fr. 
 tii^, a-ji, and xji'ffi,-.] A pecidiar 
 temper or difpofiiion of body not com- 
 
 mon to another 
 
 P, 
 
 uincy. 
 
 Whether quails, from any idiojyucrafy or pc- 
 culi.trity of conftitution, do innocuoufly feed 
 upon hellebore, or rather fonietimes but mcdtci- 
 nalty ule ihe fame. Browne Fu/irnr Eiroitn. 
 
 The undeiftanding alfo hath its laiofyncrafui^ 
 as well as other faculties'. Gtanv. Scrpjh. 
 
 I'DIOT. n. f. [idiote, Fr. idiola, Latin ; 
 I'Wrw.] A fool; a natural; a change- 
 ling ; one without the powers of reafon. 
 
 Life is a tale, 
 Told by an hint full of found and fury, 
 Signifvi.-.g nothing. Sllakfpcatc' i Macbeth 
 
 Whatelfe doth he herein, than by a kind of 
 civcunildcution tell his humble fuppliants that he 
 holds them iJeon^ or bafe wretches, not able to 
 gerrclicf? RaUigh' i E/J'iiyi. 
 
 By idle boys and /</co/j vilify'd, 
 \Vlio me and my calamities deride. Sr.ihiy^. 
 
 Many .■•Uali will believe that they fee what they 
 
 only hear. Ocurii. 
 
 I'diotism. 11. J. \idi:iiifms, Frtnch ; 
 
 ■J^lwTlrr^.r.c. J 
 
 I. Peculiarity of exprefilon ; mode of ex- 
 prelFion peculiar to a language. 
 
 Schol.irs fomctimes in common fpeech, or 
 writing, in their native language, give tcrrnina- 
 ti.jns and iJiotifm fuitablc to their native language 
 u'ito words ne«-|y invented. Hulc, 
 
 I. Folly; natural imbecillity of mind, 
 
 i'DLE. adj. [ybel, Saxon.] 
 
 1. Lazy; averfe from labour. 
 
 For (hame ! fj much to do, and yet iJIe. Bull. 
 
 2. Not engaged ; affording leifure. 
 
 For ofirn have you writ to her ; and (lie in 
 moddty, 
 Or ellc for want of idle time, could not again re- 
 ply. Shnkfpuirc. 
 
 3. Unatlive ; not employed. 
 
 Vol.. L 
 
 I D L 
 
 No w.!!' or battle's found 
 \Vas heard the woild around, 
 The i.llc fpcar nnd Ihield wcie high up hung. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Ckrtdren generally hate to be idk ; all the care 
 Ihiu i,v, that their bufy humour fliould be coii- 
 ftaiitly employed in fomething of ule to thcni.^ 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Suppofing, among.! multitude cmbatlced in the 
 fame vedel, there are fevcral that in a tcmpcH 
 will rather pcrilli than work ; would it not be 
 madnefs in the reft to ftand i.lU, and rather 
 chufe to fink than do mote than comes to iheit 
 (hare .= AdJifon. 
 
 4. Ufelefs ; vain; inefTeflual. 
 
 They altoniflrd, all rcfiftancc lort. 
 All courage j down their idle weapons dropp'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 And thrcat'ning France, plac'd like a painted 
 Jove, 
 Held idle thunder in his lifted hand. Dryden. 
 
 Where was then 
 The power that guards thu facred lives of kings .' 
 Why flept the lightning and the thunderbolts, 
 Or bent their idle rage on fields and trees. 
 When vengeance call'd 'em hcic ? Drydc". 
 
 5. Unfruitful; barren; not produiflive of 
 good. 
 
 Of antrcs vaft, and defarts idle. 
 It was my hcnt to fpoak. Shakfp. Othello. 
 
 The murmuring furge. 
 That on th' unnumbcr'd idle pebbles chafes. 
 Cannot be heard fo high. Shakfp. King Lear. 
 
 He was met e^■en now, 
 Crown'd with rank fumitei- and furrow weeds, 
 Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow 
 In our fuftaining corn. Skakfp. King Lear. 
 
 6. Trifling ; of no importance : as, an 
 idle ftory. 
 
 Suflicc it then, thou money god, quoth he, 
 That all thine idle ofl'ers I refufe; 
 All that I need I have: what ncedcth mc 
 To covet more than I have caufe to life .' 
 
 Fairv Queen. 
 
 This anfwcr is both idle in rcgaid of us, and 
 repugnant to thcmfclvcs. Hooker, 
 
 They ate not, in our cfiimation, idle reproofs 
 when ilic atithors of nccdlefs innovations are op- 
 pofed with fuch negatives, as that of Leo: how 
 aie thcic new devices brought in, which our fa- 
 thers nc\cr knew ? Ifocker 
 
 His friend fmil'd fcornful, and with proud 
 contempt, 
 Rcje£ls as idle what his fellow dreamt. Vtyden. 
 
 An idle icafon IclTcns the weight of' the good 
 ones you gave before. S-iviJt. 
 
 He wifiics to rccal the precious hours he lias 
 fpcnt in tiifies, and loitered away in idle unpro- 
 fitable diveifions. Rogers, 
 To I'dle. 1). n. [f:om the adjeftive.] 
 To lofe time in lazincfs and inactivity. 
 
 Vet free from this poctick madnefs, 
 Next page he fays, in fober fadnefs, 
 That ilie, nnd all her fellow-gods. 
 Sit :d/in^]\i tlicir high abodes. Prior. 
 
 Idlehe'aded. adj. [idk and Letid.'} 
 
 1. Foolifh ; unreafonable. 
 
 Thtfe /.//(Viffj./ti/feckcrs rcfort thither. Caretu. 
 
 2, Delirious ; infatuated. 
 
 Upon tins lofs Ihe fell idleheadcdf and to this 
 very day Hands near the place ftill. L'Ejirange. 
 1'dleness. n. f. [ftoiu icZ/e. ] 
 I. Lazincfs; floth ; fluggilhnefs ; avcrfion 
 from labour. 
 
 Nor is exccfs tlie only thing hy which fin 
 breiksmen in their health, and the comfortable 
 enjoyment of thcmfcKcs ; but many are alfo 
 bioiight to a very ill and languifhing habit of 
 body by mere idlerttfi ; and idlenefs is both itfclf 
 a great fin, and the caufe of many more. South, 
 '2. Abfence of employment. 
 
 All which yet could not make us accv.fe her, 
 though it made us pine away for fpltc, to lofe 
 any uf our tiaic in fo troublcfome an idltnefi. 
 
 Siduty, 
 
 I D O 
 
 He, fearing iViVm/i, thenuifcof ill, 
 In fculptuic excrcifed his happy (kill. DrydeiH 
 
 Nature being liberal to all without labour, nc- 
 ccflity impofing no induliry or tr.ivel, idlenefi 
 bringeth foilh no other fruits than vain thought! 
 and licentious picafures. KnUigff. 
 
 3. Ominion of bulinefs. 
 
 Ten tluiuf.md harms, more than the ills I know, 
 My Illeneji doth hatch. S'lukjp. /Irt. and Clcop. 
 
 4. Unimportance ; trivialnefs. 
 
 To the Englifh couit alTemblc now. 
 From cv'ry region, ayci of ieilcnefi. Shakjpearc. 
 
 5. InefTicacy ; ufcleflnefs. 
 
 6. Barreniiefs ; worthlclFncfs. 
 
 7. Unreafonablenefs ; want of judgment ; 
 foolilhnefs ; madnefs. 
 
 There is no heat of affcflion, but is joined 
 with fomc idlen:Ji of brain. Bacon. 
 
 I'dler. n./. [from/(//e.] Alazyperfon; 
 a fluggard. 
 
 Many of thcfe poor fifhermcn and idlers, that 
 are commonly prelcntcd to his majefly's fliips,. 
 arc fo ignorant in fea-fevvice, as that they know- 
 not the name of a rope. Raleigh. 
 Thou lluggini /.ftr, dilatory flave ! Irene, 
 
 I'dlv, adv. [from idlc.'^ 
 
 1 . Lazily ; without employment. 
 
 1 will (lay niylclf. 
 For living idly here in pomp and cafe. Shakfp, 
 
 2. Fooliihly ; in a trifling manner. 
 
 And modern Afgil, whole capricious thought 
 Is yet with (lores of wilder notions fraught, 
 Too fooii conviuc'd, Ihall yield that fleeting 
 
 breath, 
 Which play'dfo idly wifh-the datlsof death. 
 
 Prior, 
 
 3. Carelefly ; withoirt: attention. 
 
 But (hall we take the mufe abroad. 
 To dioji her idly on the road ? 
 And leave our fubjcifl in the middle. 
 As Butler did his bear and fiddle ? Prior, 
 
 4. LiefFeflually ; vainly. 
 
 Let this and other allegations, fuitablc unto it^ 
 ceal'c to bavk any longer idly againit the truth, 
 the courlc and palT.igc whereof it is not in then* 
 to hinder. Ihcker, 
 
 I'DOL. ;;. /. [_idok, Fr. iUiV^n ; idolum, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. An image worfliipped as God. 
 
 Tiiey did facrificc upon the id^l altar, whicH 
 was upon the altar of God. i Mac,^ 
 
 A nation from one faithful man Ix) fpring, 
 Mim on this fide Euphrates yet icfiding, 
 Bred up in /./i/ wurfiiip. M'lton'i Par. Lojl. 
 
 The apolf le is there arguing againit the gnol- 
 tieks who joined in the idol fcalls, and whom he 
 therefore accufcs of participating of the i.it,_l 
 god. .r-lttirhuiy, 
 
 2. A counterfeit. 
 
 Woe to the idle (hcpliccd that leaveth the flock. 
 
 Zetkariiik, 
 
 3. An imagt. 
 
 Never did art fo well with nature ftrive. 
 Nor ever idol f-tem'd fo mucii alive ; 
 So like the m.ui, fo golden to the fight; 
 So baf; within, fu counterfeit and light. Dryd(n, 
 
 4. A reprefentation. Not in ule. 
 
 Men bcholtling 10 great excellence, 
 And rare perfeiftion in mortality, 
 
 Do her adore with facred rcvcrencf , 
 As th' /.io/ of her makei's great magnificence. 
 
 Vairy Queef. 
 
 5. One loved or honoured to adoration. 
 
 He 's honoured and lov'd by all ; 
 The foKiier's god, .ind people's i.lol. Vcrhar^, 
 
 IDOLATER. ». /. [idohtrc, French; 
 idolatra, Lat.] One who pays divine 
 honours to images ; one who worlliips 
 for God that which is not God. 
 
 The liate of i.loLitiis is two ways miferahle ; 
 fiill, in tiiat wiiich they woilhip they lind no 
 luccoui"! and fecondly, Ji his hand,, whom ihty 
 
 6 E
 
 J E A 
 
 o'.ig>it to (ewe, there is no other thing to be look- 
 ed for hut tlie effcfts of niinll juft riifplcafure, 
 tiic withdrawing of grace, dercleition in this 
 world, and in the world to come confufion. 
 
 Hooker. 
 
 An aftrologer may be no chriftian ; he may be 
 an iJil'iur ov a pagan ; but I would hardly think 
 allrolpgy to be compatible with rank nthcifm. 
 
 Bentlev^i Sermons. 
 
 To Ido'latrize. -v. a. [Ivom Uilater.^ 
 To worlhip idols. A'mfiuorih. 
 
 Ido'i.atrous. «i?^. [from/(/5/(7/<T. ] Tend- 
 ing to idolatry ; comprifirig idolatry, 
 or the worfhip of falfe gods. 
 
 Neither may the piflurcs of our Saviour, the 
 aportlcs, and martyrs of the church, he drawn 
 to an idolitroui ufe, or be fet up in cliurchcs to 
 be worfhipped. Pcucham on Dnnvhig. 
 
 Ido'latrousi Y. adv. [from idolatrous. '[ 
 In an idolatrous manner. 
 
 Not therefore wliatfoever idolaters have cither 
 thought or done ; but let wha'foever they have 
 either though.t or done idoUitrouJly , be fo fat 
 ^ forth abhorred. Hioker. 
 
 Ido'latry. n. f. \ldolat)'u, French; 
 Idololatria, Latin.] The wordiip of 
 images ; the worlliip of any thing as 
 God which is not God. 
 Thou (halt be worlhipp'd, kifs'd, lov'd, and 
 adoi 'd ; 
 And, weiv there fenfe in his iihlntry, 
 Wy fubHanee (hould be flatucd in thy Head. 
 
 Sh.iiifj>t'ar4. 
 Lkldiry is not only an accounting or worlhip- 
 ping that for God which is not God, hut it is 
 alfo a wordlipping the true God in a w.iy un- 
 fuit;,blc to his nature; and psiiticubrly by the 
 mediation of images and corporeal refcmblances. 
 
 South. 
 
 The kings were diilinguilliod by judgments or 
 
 bicffing'., according as they promoted iiio.'iitiy, nr 
 
 the woilhip of the true God. yjddijofi. 
 
 Ido'list. n.f. [from;Vo/.] A woifhipper 
 of images. A {>oetical word. 
 
 I to God have brought 
 Difhonour, obloquy, and cp'd the mouths 
 Of :dc.l:jh and athcift. Miltan. 
 
 To Ido'lizr. 1). a, [from ido!.'\ To 
 love or reverence to adoration. 
 
 Thofe whoare generous, humble, juft, and wife. 
 Who not their gold, nor ihcmfelves /Js.'/z.'. 
 
 Denhiim. 
 
 Parties, with the grearelV violation of chriftian 
 
 unity, denominate themfelves, not from the 
 
 grand author and fmiftici of our faith, but from 
 
 the firft bioac'ner of their i.lclizfj opinions. 
 
 Deci:y of Pirty. 
 
 I&o'neous. adj. [idoneus, I^atin.] Fit; 
 proper ; convenient ; adequate. 
 
 Yiiu entangle, and fo fix their f.ibne part, liy 
 
 making then; corrode fome idoncoui botly. Boylf. 
 
 An ecckliaftical benctiee is fometimcs void dt- 
 
 jure Uj /"flo, and then it ought to be conlorrcd 
 
 on an iihr.ioui perfon. ./v-'^e. 
 
 J'dyl. n.f. [i.i,,A\ios ; 'idy/lium, Latin.] 
 
 A fmall fhort pcem. 
 I.E. for id cjl, or, that is. 
 
 Th-^t wh.ch raifes the natural intereft of money, 
 is the fame that rarles the ren* of land, /. c. ns 
 aptiicfs to bring in yearly, to him that mai ages it, 
 a great'.r uvcrplii^ of income abo\e his rent, as a 
 reward to his l.ibour. Lockt. 
 
 jE'ALOUS. adj. {jahux, French.] 
 1. Sufpicions in love. 
 
 Tu hoth thefe fiScrs have I fworn my love ; 
 Each jca'.oii! of tire other, a5 the liung _ 
 Are of the adder. Shakffture's King Lenr. 
 
 Wear your eye thus; not jetilousy nor frcure ; 
 I would not ha\e your free and nob^c nature ,- 
 Out of fclf bounty, be abusM : look to 't. 
 
 Shutj'fture'i Olhilh. 
 
 JE E 
 
 Miftrefs Ford, the lioneft woman, the virtuous 
 creature, that hath thejeahus fool to her hufband. 
 
 Ajf4t!oui emprcfs lies within your ariiiSj 
 Too haughty to enduie neglected charms. Dryacn. 
 
 2. Emulous; full of competition, 
 
 I could not, wirhout extreme reiudtancc, rc- 
 fign the theme of your beauty to another hand : 
 give me leave to acquamt the world thai I am 
 jen.'oui of this lubject. D'yden. 
 
 3. Zeeloufly cautious againft difhonom'. 
 
 I have been \txy jealous for tiic Lord God of 
 ho(h. I Kmgs. 
 
 4. Sufpicioufly vigilant. 
 
 1 am_;V.t/o/^i over you with godly jeaioufy. 
 
 Z Cor. 
 
 His apprehenfions, as his jcaloui nature had 
 much of fagacity in it, or his relUcfs and muti- 
 nous humour, tranfported him. Clurc?7do>i. 
 
 5. Sufpiclouily careful. 
 
 Although he were a prince in military virtue 
 approved, Sfidjeuhui of the iionour of tt.e En- 
 glilh nation; yet his cruelties and parricides 
 weighed down his virtues. Bitcon's Herry vii. 
 
 They jeahm of their fecrets, fiercely opjioi'd 
 My jotirncy Itrangc, wilh clamorous uproar 
 Pioterting fate fuprerae. Ali/tort. 
 
 Huw nicely jealous is every one of us of his 
 own repute, and yet how maliciouily piocligal ^ji 
 other men's ? Decay tf I'itty. 
 
 6. SufpiciouHy fearful. 
 
 'Tis doing wrong cieatcsfuch doubts as thefe j 
 Renders usjcalousf and deltruys your peace. 
 
 While the people are fo Jealous of the clergy's 
 ambition, I do nut fee any other method left for 
 them to reform the world, than by ufing all ho- 
 ncft arts to make themfclves acceptable to the 
 laity. Sir 'ft. 
 
 Je'alously. lidv, [from jealous.'} Sul- 
 picioufly ; emulouily ; with fufpiclous 
 fear, vigilance, or caution. 
 
 Je'alousnkss. n.f. [homjetjlous.^ ^^'^ 
 {late of being jealous ; rivalry ; fufpi- 
 cion ; fufpicious vigilance. 
 
 Nor is it hard fur ttiee to prcferve me amldl^ 
 tlie unjult hatred and /enloufneji of too many, 
 wliich ihou hall fuffercd to pievail upon me. 
 
 Kifig Charles. 
 
 Jr.A'LOvsY, n.f, ['Woy/Ttf, French) from 
 jealous,^ 
 
 1. Sufpicion in love. 
 
 But gnawing jeaioufy, out of their fight 
 Sitring alone, his bitter lips did bite. Fahy Q. 
 
 H'jw all the other pcifiions fleet to air, 
 As doubtful thoughts, and r.i(h emhrac'd defpair; 
 And (hudd'ring fear, and green-eyed />*j/ff«/v ■' 
 O iove, be moderate; allay [liine exlafy. ShakJ. 
 
 Why did yuu fufFcr Jachimu, 
 Sligiit thing uf Italy, 
 
 To taint his noble heart and brain 
 With needlefs ;Vi//o,v^ .^ Shukfp. Cvmhelhie. 
 
 Smal!yVfl/av//tj, 'tis true, inllame defue ; 
 Too gre;U, nut fan, but <juite bluw out the fire. 
 
 Diydeu. 
 
 2. Sufpicious fear. 
 
 The obftmacy inElTex in refufing tc treat with 
 llic king, proceeded only from his jculo^ifxj that 
 when the k-ing hnd got him into his hands lie 
 wuiiid take revenge upon him. C'tirendtn. 
 
 3. Sulpicious caution, vigilance, or rivalry. 
 
 To JEER. V. n. [Of uncertain etymolo- 
 gy.] To feoff; to flout ; to make 
 mock. 
 
 The merry world did on a day 
 With his irar-i bands and mates, agiee 
 
 To meet together where I lay, 
 And all-in fpurr to jfer at me. Hfrl^ert, 
 
 Abltain fiorn ditToluie laughter, petubnt un- 
 comely jclVs, Imid tiilking and /(cringj which are 
 called indecencies, and incivilities. Taylor. 
 
 To Jeer, ij. «. To treat with feoffs. 
 
 J E O 
 
 My children abroad are driven to tlifavow me, 
 for fear of \3<:\n%jeered. Ho-wel. 
 
 Jeer. n. f. [from the verb.] Scoff; 
 taunt ; biting jeft ; flout ; jibe ; mock. 
 
 Midas, cxpob'd to all thcir_/Vf/r, 
 Had loiV his art, and kept his ears. Swift, 
 
 They tipt the forehead in ^jeer. 
 As who (hould fay — Ibe wants it here; 
 She may be handlome, young, and rich ; 
 But none will burn her for a witch. Siuifr. 
 
 Je'erer. n.f. [from jffr.] A fcoffer ; 
 
 a fcorner ; a mocker. 
 Je'eringly. adv. \i\o\-a jeering.l Scorn- 
 fully; contemptuoufly; in raockjinfcoff. 
 Vi.ijieringly dcmandeth, whether the fonorous 
 rays are refraiffcd * Daham. 
 
 Je'gget. n.f. A kind of faufage. ./f/«/w. 
 JEJUNE, adj. [jeitmus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Wanting; empty; vacant. 
 
 Gold is the only fuhftance which hath nothing 
 in it Volatile, and yet mclteth without much dit- 
 ficulty; the melting Iheweth that it is notyi/Me, 
 or fcarce in fpirit. B.tcO'i. 
 
 2. Hiingrj'; not faturated. 
 
 In giofs and turbid flrcams theie might be 
 contained nutriment, and r\\jX. \n jejune or limpid 
 water. Brown. 
 
 3. Dry; unafFefting ; deficient in matter. 
 
 You may look upon an inquiry made up of 
 meie narratives, as fomcwhat yiy^«^. BcyU^ 
 
 Jeju'neness. n.f. [fromyif/«/!i;.] 
 
 1. Penury ; poverty. 
 
 Caufcs of fi.tation are, the even fprcading both 
 parts, and \\tcjijunciieji, or eitierae cumiuinu- 
 tion of fpirits. Burcn. 
 
 2. Drynefs ; want of matter that can en- 
 gage the attention. 
 
 Jellied, ailj. [See Gellv.] Glutinous j, 
 brought to a Hate of vilcohty. 
 Tiic kils that lips 
 Tliey'(/AW philtic of her lips. Oemielaftd.. 
 
 Jelly. «. f. [gelatinum, Latin. 6cc 
 Gelly, which is the proper ortlio- 
 graphy.j 
 
 1. Any thing brought to a (late 01 gliiti» 
 nouliiefs and vifcolity. 
 
 They, dilfiH'd 
 Almoft to /.•//>■ wiiii th' crteff of fear, 
 Stand dumb, and fpeak not to him. Shakfocnre. 
 
 2. Sweetmeat made by boiling fiigar in 
 the gelly. 
 
 The deleft came on, and /V/.'/Vi brought. Ki/ip. 
 ThMjfily's rich, tnis malmley healing; 
 Pray dip your whifkers. Pcjic't S:it. of Horace. 
 Je'nneting. n. y. [corrupted from 
 juneiing, an apple ripe in j^une.] A 
 fpecies of apple foon ripe, and of a 
 pleafant taftc. Moitimer's Hufbandr^, 
 Je'nnet. n.f. [See Ge.nHet.} A Spa- 
 nidi horfe. 
 
 The Spanilh king prcfcnts ^jenncf, 
 To Ihtw his love. Prior, 
 
 To Jeopard, -j. a. [See jEOPARnY ] 
 
 To hazard ; to put in danger. Obfolete. 
 
 He had been nccufcd of J.udaifm, and drd 
 
 boldly /iopivd his body and lite for the religion rrf 
 
 the Jews. z Mac, 
 
 Jeotardous. adj. [from jcofardy.] Ha- 
 zardous ; dangerous. 
 JEOPARDY, n.f [This word- is fup- 
 pofed to be derived from f at perdu, 
 or jfu perdu. Skinner and fuiiius.^ 
 Hazard ; danger ; peril. Not in ufe, 
 
 Ar.d would ye not poor fcllowfhip expel, 
 Myfeif w-uuld otfcr you t* accomp^my. 
 In this adventure's chanceful jcoptirdy. lluli. To, 
 Thy rage Ihall burn thee up,. and tiiou Poalt 
 tui:i 
 To alhes ere our blood Ihall quench that fire: 
 Look to thyfeU, thuu SLS'.'m Jeopardy. Shatf^eare, 
 
 I
 
 J E S 
 
 We mny impute to all exccllencifj in compo- 
 fitions a kind of poverty, or at Icart a cafuaky nr 
 
 To Jerk. v. a, [j^epeccan, Saxon.] To 
 ftrike with a quick fmart blow j to lafli. 
 It is fometimes wfittcn yci'i. 
 
 I liick iniquity 
 Sometimes to do mc fcrvicc : nine or ten times 
 I thought to 'ycjerk'it him hcie under I lie libs. 
 
 Shiikfpeare. 
 Baftings heavy, dry, obtufe, 
 Only dulneTs can produce ; 
 While a little gentle y>r///;^ 
 Sets the fpirits all a-\vorking. Sn':ft. 
 
 To Jerk. v. n. To ftrike up ; to accoft 
 eagerly. This fcems to be the meaning 
 in this place, but is mere cant. 
 Nor lilulli, Ihould he fome grave atijuaintance 
 meet. 
 But, pruud of being known, v/'Mjtrk and greet. 
 
 D:y.Un. 
 
 Jerk. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 I. A fmart quick lafh. 
 
 Coiitcnni the filiy tan. us of fleering liufToonry; 
 and thcy'tvii of that wit, that is but a knid of 
 confident folly. Gliwrnlle. 
 
 Wit is not t\\c jefk or fling of an epigram, nor 
 the fccming coniradi.it ion oi a poor antiUu fis ; 
 neither is it fo much the morality of agiave fcn- 
 tence, aft'efled by Lucan, but more fparingly 
 ufed by Virgil. Dnil^'r. 
 
 z. A fuddcu fpring ; a quick jolt that 
 Ihocks or ftarls. 
 
 Well run Tawney, the abbot's churl ; 
 His jade gave liini a jerky 
 
 As he would have his rider hurl 
 His hood after the kirk. Sea fonfon. 
 
 Loblfcrs ufc their tails as fins, wherewith they 
 commonly fwim b.ickwards by jerks, or fpring.., 
 reaching ten yards at once. Grezv. 
 
 Je'rkin. n. / [cyjitelktn, Saxon.] A 
 jacket ; a (hort coat ; a clofe waiftcoat. 
 A man may wear it on both fides like a lea- 
 ther jerkin. Shahfpearc. 
 Unltfs we (hould cxpefl that nature IhoukI 
 make jerkiti and llockings grow out of the 
 ground, what could (he do better than afford us 
 wool f AJoie'i j-hltidole cig-jinjl ^^[heifm. 
 Imagine an ambalfador prcfenting himfclf in a 
 poor frize /eikif, and tattered cloaths, certainly 
 he would have but fniall audience. South. 
 
 Then ftripihee of thy cainal jerkin. 
 
 And give thy outward fellow a fii king. Hutlihrji. 
 
 I walked into tlic fea, in my leathern jerk-n, 
 
 about an hour before high water. Gulliii. TruT. 
 
 Je'rkin. n./i A kind of hawk. Jinfzu. 
 
 This (hould be written gyrlin. 
 Je'rsey. n.f. [from the idand of Jerfty, 
 where much yarn is fpun.] Fine yarn 
 of wool. 
 ]t.i!.v'iM.v.n j^rtichole. n.f. Sunflower, 
 of which it is a fpecics. 
 
 yerufilem intichokes arc increafcd by fmall olT- 
 fets, and by quartering the roots. Mi^rtntur. 
 
 Jess. n.f. [gcdc, French ; _5'<"/fo, Italian.] 
 Short ftraps of leather tied about the 
 legs of a hawkj with which fhe is held 
 on the fill. Hanmer. 
 
 If I prove her haggard, 
 Though that myjejfcs were her dear heart tiring^, 
 I'd whiftle her oif, and let her down the wind 
 To [irey at fortune. Sf:ukfpc, ire's OiAe/Irj. 
 
 Je's3amine. n.f. [See Jasmine.] A 
 fragrant flower. 
 
 Her goodly bofom, like a ftrawberiy bed ; 
 Her neck, like to a bunch of culiarfibines ; 
 
 Her brcaft like lillies, ere their lca\es be flied ; 
 Her nipples, like young bloflbm'd y'r^iw/wt-i. 
 
 Spenftr, 
 
 To Jest. -v. n. [gr/l!cu!or, Latin.] To 
 divert or make merry by words or 
 ad Ion. 
 
 J E T 
 
 yejl not with a rude maiij lert thy anceftorj 
 bc'difgraced. Ecc/us. 
 
 Fear you the boar, .and go fo unprovided ? 
 — You ntay Jejl on ; but I do not like thcfc fc- 
 vcral councils. Skukjpcmc'i Richard iii. 
 
 Jest. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Any thing ludicrous, or meant only to 
 raife laughter. 
 
 But is this true!, or is itelfe your pleafure, 
 Like pleafani travellers, to break 3 jrjl 
 Upon the company you overtake ? Shakfftare. 
 
 As for jejt, there be certain things which ought 
 to be privileged from it j namely, religion, mat- 
 ters of Itatc, and great perfons. Jlaam. 
 
 No man ought to have the lefs reverence for 
 the principles of religion, or for the holy fcrip- 
 tuies, becaufc idle and profane wits can bteak 
 jejh upon them, Tiihtfon. 
 
 He had tuin'd all tragedy wjefl. Prior. 
 
 When yo.i the dullelt of dull things have faid, 
 And then alk pardon for the j'/l you made. 
 
 Voi/rtg. 
 
 2. The objetEl of jefts ; a laughingftock. 
 
 If I fufpci5f u'irhout caufe, wny then nrakc 
 fpoit at me J then let me be y aur jejl, I defcrve 
 jr. Shnkfpe.i> e. 
 
 3. Manner of doing or fpeaking feigned, 
 not real ; ludicrous, not ferious ; game, 
 not earned. 
 
 That high All-feer, which I dallied with, 
 Hath rurn'd my feigned prayer on my he. id. 
 And giv'n in earneil, what I bcgg'd mjeji. 
 
 Shakfpettre^s Richard in. 
 
 When his plavfelluws chofe him their king, 
 he fpoke and did thofe things in jejl, which 
 would have become a king in earnelt. Grew. 
 
 Je'ster. n. /. [from /£/?.] 
 
 1. One given to merriinent and pranks. 
 The fkipping king, he rambled up and down 
 
 With (hallow jrjlets^ and ra(h bavin wits ; 
 
 Soon kindled and loon burnt. Shukjp. Henry iv. 
 
 2. One given to farcafm. 
 
 Now as a jejier I accoft you, 
 Which never yet on<z friend hath lod you. S-wifi. 
 
 3. Buffoon; jackpudding. A ji'^er, or 
 licenfed icofler, was kept at court to 
 the time of Charles the firft. 
 
 Another foit of like loofc fellows do pafs up 
 and down, amonglf gentlemen, by the name of 
 jejlers\ but are, indeed, notable rogues, and par- 
 takers not only of many ftealths, bur alfo privy 
 to many traitorous pradticcs. Spenfer on heltind 
 
 JET. n.f. [jajac, Saxon ; get, Y)\Ac]i; 
 gagates, Latin.] 
 
 1. A beautiful foftil, of a firm and even 
 Ilruciure, and a fmooth fiirfaoe ; found 
 in maffes, fcldom of a great fize, lodged 
 in clay; ot a fine deep black, having a 
 grain rcftmbling that of wood. Jt is 
 coiitounded with cannal-coal, which has 
 no grain, and is extremely hard ; and 
 the iet is but moderately fo. H'dl. 
 
 Black, feirfooth ; coal-black, as yef. Sitakjp 
 
 There is more difference between thy flcdi and 
 hers, than herween /V/ and ivory. Shiilfpinre 
 
 The bottom clear 
 Now laid with many a fet, 
 
 Of Iced pearl, ere (lie bath'd her there, 
 Was kno-a n as black nsyVr. Drayton. 
 
 One of us in gl.ifs is fet. 
 One of us you'll find in Jet. .Siv^/t, 
 
 L'lider flowing yVr, 
 The neck fiigiit fhaded. Thomfo't's Suwrntr. 
 
 2. [jel, Fr.] A fpout or ftioot of water. 
 
 Prodigious 'lis, th.it one attrai5five rav 
 Should this way bend, the next an adverfe way ! 
 For Oioiild th' unft-en inagnctickjVri defcend 
 All the fame way, they could not gain their end. 
 
 Ji/,tck»ikre. 
 
 Thus the fmall jet, which hafty hands unlock, 
 
 Spuits in the garU'ncr's eyes who turn» the cock. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 JEW 
 
 3. A yard. Obfolete. 
 
 Wiiat orchard unrobbed efcapes, 
 Or pullet dare walk in ihdrjri ? Tiifftr'i Ihijh. 
 
 To Jet. v.n. [yV//fr, Fr.] 
 
 1. 'I'o flioot forward ; to (hoot out ; to in- 
 trude ; to jut out. 
 
 Think you not how dangerous 
 It is to /'(•/ upon a piincc's right i' Shakfpeari, 
 
 2. To ftrut; to agitate the body by a 
 proud gait. 
 
 Contemplation makes a rare tui key-cock of 
 him : how Uitjeti under his advanced plumes. 
 
 Shukfpeare't Tiveljth Night, 
 
 3. To jolt ; to be (hakcn. 
 
 Upon the ;>/f/«^ of a hackney-coach (he was 
 
 thrown out of the hinder feat againft a bar of iron 
 
 in the forepart. irifemtin^ 
 
 Je'tsam.1 n.f. [yW/cr, French.] Goods 
 
 Je'tson. j or otlier things which, having 
 
 been call overboard in a (lorm, or after 
 
 fliipwreck, are thrown upon the (hore, 
 
 and belong to the lord admiral. 
 
 Je'ttv. ailj. [fromyVi.] 
 
 1 . Made of jet. 
 
 2. Black as jet. -* 
 
 The people about Capo Negro, Cefala, and 
 Madagafcar, are of ijetry black. £rown. 
 
 Her hair 
 Adown her llioulders loofely lay difplay'd, 
 And in hcrjetty curls ten thoufand Cupids play'd. 
 
 Prior, 
 Nigrina blactt, and Merdamantc brown. 
 Vied tor his lave la jetty bow'rs below. Pope, 
 
 JE'WEL. n.f, [joyauXtTr, fi;iueeL'n,'D\it.2 
 
 1. Anyornainent of great value, ufcd com- 
 monly of fuch as are adorned with pre- 
 cioub (tones. 
 
 Here, wear l\ns jewel for me ; 'tis my piifluie. 
 
 Sil.jkjpr.ire, 
 
 They found him dead, and caff into the Hrcets, 
 An empty cillict, v here the /Vic;/, life, 
 by fome damn'd hand was robb'd anil ta'cn away, 
 
 Shtikfptjre, 
 
 The pleafure of the religious man is an cafy «nd 
 portable pleafure, fiieli an one as he carries abftut 
 in his bofom, without alarming either the eye or 
 I iivy of the world : a man putling all his plca- 
 furcs into this one, is like a traveller's putling all 
 his goods into one jciucf. Hvith, 
 
 2. A precious (lone ; a gem. 
 
 yeivels too, flonvs, ticli .\m\ precious (lone, 
 Stol'n by my daughtci ! Shakjprare. 
 
 Pioud fame's linprri.il f'at 
 With jfiutit bldt'd. magnificently great. Prpe, 
 
 3. A name of fondnefs ; an appellation of 
 tender regard. 
 
 Bid ftr''well to y.-nir (iffers 
 — Ye ji-ivJf of our father, with wafli'd eyes 
 Cordelia lea-.es you. S'l^tkip. A'/?.-" f.enr^ 
 
 Jevvei.-house, or Office, n.f. The place 
 wliert: the regal ornaments are repolitcd. 
 The king has made iiini m:il>er of tlie jf.rtl- 
 h'j;(c. Sh,tkipe:ire. 
 
 Je'wf.li.er. n.f. [from _;«/•(•/.] One 
 who traflicks in prcciotis clones. 
 
 Tiicfe j;r.iins were as like iiuie dice as if tl-.ey 
 
 had been made by ■AJcivelUr. Ro\'e. 
 
 The price of the market to a iewcller in his 
 
 trade is one thing; but the inninlick worth of 
 
 a ihingto a man of fcnfe is anoihei. LTjtian^e. 
 
 I will turn ■i-.t.-illcr : I (li.ill then deal in tii.i- 
 
 ni'inds, and all forts of tich (tones. A.idU'r.n, 
 
 Jl.ws-ear. n, f. [from its refemblance of 
 
 the human ear. Siinnir,] A fungus, 
 
 tough and thin; and naturally, while 
 
 growing, of a rumpled frguie, like aflat 
 
 and varioufly hollowed cup; from an 
 
 inch to two inches in length, and ;ibout 
 
 two thirds' of its length in breadth. Us 
 
 fides ill many places run into the hollow, 
 
 6 r. 2
 
 I G N 
 
 fo as to reprefent in it ridges like thofe 
 
 of tlie human ear. It generally grows 
 
 on the lower parts of the trunks of elder- 
 
 , trees decaying. The common people 
 
 cure themfelves of fore throats with a 
 
 decoftion of it iu milk. Hill. 
 
 An herb called jt-wi-ear gruweth upon the 
 
 lower paits of cldei, and fometinics aflies : in 
 
 warm water it fwclleth, and opcneth extremely. 
 
 Bacon's N it:.yal Bijhry. 
 
 Jews-harp. n. f. A kind of mufical in- 
 ftrument held" between the teeth, which 
 gives a found by the motion of a broad 
 fpring of iron, which being ftruck by, 
 the hand, plays againft the breath. 
 J.EV.s-MALLOW. n. J. \corchorus, Latin.] 
 RnTifjolf iiy& it is fown in great plenty 
 about .Aleppo as a pot-herb, the Jews 
 boiling the leaves of this plant to eat 
 it with their tneat. Miller. 
 
 j£W3-sT0NE. n.f. The clavated fpine of , 
 a very large egg-fliaped fea-urchin, pe- 
 trified' by long lying in the earth. It is 
 of a regular figure, oblong and rounded, 
 fvvelling in the middle, and gradually 
 tapeiing; about three quarters of an 
 nich in length, and half an inch in dia- 
 meter ; ridded and furrowed alternately, 
 in a longitudinal direftion ; and its co- 
 lour is a pale duflzy grey, with a faint 
 caft of duflvy reddilhnefs. It is found 
 ill Syria. Hill's Mai. Med. 
 
 If. conjunllion. [jip, Saxon.] 
 J. Snppofe it be fo, or it were fo, that. 
 A hypothetical particle. 
 
 Abfolute approbation, without a!iy cautions, 
 qualifications, i/i or ands. Hioker. 
 
 Ij that rebellion 
 Came like itfclf in bafc and abjc£l routs j 
 1 fay, // damn'd commotion fo appcar'd. 
 In I'.is true, native, and moft proper fhnpe, 
 "You, reverend father, and thefe noble lort;s. 
 Had nor been there. Shakffeart's Henry iv. 
 
 If they have done this deed, my noble lord. 
 
 JJ I talic'lt thou to me oi iji ? Thou art a 
 
 traitor. Shaiffiaif. 
 
 ^ This feeing of all things, bccaufe wc can de- 
 
 firc to fee all things, Malbranche makes a proof 
 that they are prefent to our minds ; and // they 
 be prefent, they can no ways be prefent but by 
 Ihe prefence of God, who contains them all. 
 
 This inf.rllibility upon fuppofition, amounts to 
 this, that if tl tiling be tiue, it is inipoffible to be 
 falfe. TiVMJ'.'u 
 
 All of them fuppofcd the ap6ftle to have al- 
 lov.-ed the Epicurean maxims to be good ; // fo 
 be there were no refuneftion. Ancrbuiy. 
 
 Tifiphonc, thai oft haft hcaid my piay'r, 
 Afiift, //■ Oedipus dcfervt thy care. Fopi. 
 
 2. Whether or no. 
 
 Uncertain ij by augur)', or chance ; 
 "But by this eafy rife they all advance. Bryicn. 
 She doubts//' two and two make four: 
 It can't — it may be — and it muft ; 
 To which of thcfe muft Alma truft ? 
 Nay, further yet tlicy make her go. 
 In doubting // fhe doubts'or no. Viiw. 
 
 3. -Allowing that; fuppofe it be granted 
 
 that. 
 
 Such mechanical circumllances, // I may fo 
 call them, were not ncceffary to the experiments. 
 
 Doyle. 
 
 I'gneous. a^. [/jwuj, Latin.] Fiery; 
 containing fire; emitting fire; having 
 the nature of fire. 
 
 That the fire burns by heat, leaves us ftill ig- 
 
 narant of the immediate way of ivicoui folutions. 
 
 Glunvillt'i Sctpjis. 
 
 I G N 
 
 loKi'roTENT. aJj. [ignis and potens,' 
 Latin.] Prefiding over fire. 
 Vulcan is called the puw'l ig'tipolc/rt, Po^e. 
 
 IGNIS FATUUS. n. f. [Latin.] Will 
 
 with the v/ifp ; Jack with the lantern. 
 Vapours ariling from putrified waters are 
 
 ufually called igncs fatui. Newton's Ojilicts. 
 
 To I'GNITE. V. a. [from i^nis, fire, 
 
 Latin.] To kindle; to fet on fire. A 
 
 chymical term. 
 Take good 6rm chalk, igni.'c it in a* crucible, 
 
 and then powder it. Grew's MufaitK. 
 
 Igni'tion. n.f. {ignition, Tx.iramigniU.'\ 
 
 The diSi of kindling, or of fctting on 
 
 fire. 
 
 The laborant ftirred the kindled nitre, that the 
 /it;///.;o« rrright be picfenily communicated. Boyle. 
 " Thofe black circular lines we fee on difhes, 
 and other turned veffels of wood, are the cffcdls 
 of ignHion, by the prclTure cif an edged ftick 
 upon the veffel turned nimbly in the lathe. Ray. 
 Igni'tible. adj. [from ignite.'\ Inflam- 
 mable ; capable of being fet on fire. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 Such bodies only ftrilce fire which have ful- 
 phur ot ignitibk parts. Btotun's Vulg. Err. 
 
 Igni'vomous. adj. [/^«TOmw.r, Latin.] 
 Vomiting fire. 
 
 Vulcanos and igrjt'fcmons mountains are fome 
 of the moft terrible fliocks of the globe. Derham. 
 
 IGNO'BLE. adj. [ignoble, Fr. ignobilis, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . Mean of birth ; not noble ; not of il- 
 luflrions race. 
 
 A5 when in tumults rife th' ignMe crowd. 
 Mad are their motions, and their tongues arc 
 loud. Drwitn. 
 
 2. Worthkfs; not dcferving honour. Uied 
 of things or perfons. 
 
 The noble ifle doth want her proper limbs ; 
 Her royal ftuck graft with :^//oWf pliints. Shrk. 
 Igno'bly. adv. [horn ignoble.'\ Ignomi- 
 nioufly ; meanly ; dilhonourably ; re- 
 proachfully ; dilgracefuUy, 
 
 To thefe, that fober race of men, whofe lives 
 Religious, titled them the fons of God, 
 Shall yield up all their vi.iuc, all their fame 
 Ignobly! Milton s Pameiife Loji. 
 
 Here, ovcr-matcii'd in fight ; in heaps they he: 
 There fcatter'do'er the field ignrMy fly. Dryden. 
 Ignomi'nious. adj. [ignominieux , Fr. ig- 
 uominiofus, Lat. ] Mean ; ihameful ; re- 
 procxhful ; difhonourable. Ufed both 
 of perfons and things. 
 They with pale fear lurprli'd, 
 
 Fled ignominious. Milton. 
 
 Cethegus, though a traitor to the ftate. 
 And tortur'd, 'fcap'd this ignominious hie.Dryd. 
 They gave, and fhc transfetr'd the curft advice, 
 Th.it monatchs (hould their inward foul difguife; 
 By ignominiozts arts, for fetvile ends, 
 Should compliment thetr foes, and fliun their 
 friends. Prior. 
 
 Nor has this kingdom deferred to be facrificed 
 to one finglc, rapacious, oblcure, ignominious pro- 
 jeflor. Swift. 
 
 Ig NO M i'n I ou sLV.aJv. [fcomignomiriious.^ 
 Meanly ; fcandaloufiy ; difgraccfully ; 
 fliamefuUy ; rcproachtuUy. 
 
 It is fome allay to the infanry of him who died 
 if^nominioujly to be buried privately. South. 
 
 I'GNOMINY. n. f. [ignomiuie, French ; 
 iguominia, Latin. J Difgrace ; re- 
 proach: fhame ; infamy; meannefs ; 
 dilhonour. 
 
 Adieu, and take thy praifewith thee to hcav'n: 
 Thy ignominy llecp with thee in the grave. Shjkf. 
 
 Strength from truth divided, and from juft, 
 Illaudable, nought mcviw but difpr.iiCe 
 
 I G N 
 
 And ignominy ; yet to glory afpires, 
 Vain-glorious, and through infamy fceks fame. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Their generals have been received with honour 
 
 after their defeat, yours with ignominy after con- 
 
 queft. ,■ . Addijon, 
 
 IGNORAMUS, n. f. [Latin.] 
 I . Ignoramus is a word properly ufed by the 
 grand inqueft impannfUed in the inqui- 
 fition of canfes criminal and publick ; 
 and written upon the bill, whereby any 
 crime is offered to their confideration, 
 when they miflike their evidence as de- 
 fective, or too weak to make good the 
 prefentment : the effeft of which word 
 fo v/rittin is, that all farther inquiry up- 
 on that party for that fault, is thereby 
 flopped, and he delivered without farther 
 aniwer. Ccwcll. 
 
 2. A foolifli fellow ; a vain uninftrufted 
 preteiiiier. A low word. 
 
 Tell an ^gnorami/Sj in place and power, that he 
 has a wit aijd an underftanding above all the 
 world, and he (hall readily admit the commen- 
 dation. South, 
 
 Ignorance, n. f. [ignorance, Fr. igno- 
 ratio, Latin.] 
 . Want of knowledge ; unlearnednefs. 
 
 If all tiie cleigy were as learned as themfelves 
 are that moft cjniplarn of ignorance in others, 
 yet our book of prayer might remain the famc. 
 
 licuker. 
 Ignorance is the curfe of God, 
 Knowledge thp wing wherewith we fly to heav'n. 
 
 Shakfpearf. 
 Still banilh your defenders, 'till at length 
 Your ignorance deliver you. 
 As moft abated captives, to fome nation 
 That won you without blows. Sliaifpeare. 
 
 If we fee right, wc fe^e our woes ; 
 Then what .avails it to have eyes ? 
 
 From igror<'nce our comfort flows. 
 The only wretched are the wife ! Prior. 
 
 I. Want of knowledge refpeifling fome 
 particular thing. j 
 
 It is in every body's power to pretend igni- 
 rance of the law. Sherlock. 
 
 3. Want of knowledge difcovered by ex- 
 ternal eifeCt. In this fenfe it has a plural. 
 Forgive us all our fins, negligences, and igno- 
 rances. Common Piaycr. - 
 Punifli me not for my fins and ignorances. 
 
 Tobil. 
 
 rONORANT. adj. [ignorant, Fr. igno- 
 rans, Latin.] 
 
 1. Wanting knowledge; unlearned; un- 
 inftructed ; unenliglitened. 
 
 So foolifh was land ignorant, I was as a bcaft. 
 
 Pfalmi. 
 Thy letters have tranfpoitod me beyond 
 This ign'rani prefent time, and I feel now 
 The future in the inftant. Shakf^eare's Machetht 
 
 In fuch bufinefs 
 Adlion is eloquence, and the eyes of th' igno- 
 rant 
 More learned than the ears. Shdkff, Corislanui, 
 He that doth not know thofe things which are 
 of ufc for iiim to know, is but an ignorant man, 
 whatever he m.ay know befidcs. Tillotfon. 
 
 Fouls grant w'nate'er ambition craves,' 
 And men, once ignorant, are flaves. Pope. 
 
 2. Unknown ; undifcovered. This i» 
 
 merely poetical. 
 If you know aught, which does behove my 
 knowledge 
 Thereof tu be informed, imprifon *t not 
 In ianorx'H concealment. Sliakfp. IVinter's Tali. 
 
 ,3. Without knowledge of fome particular* 
 
 Let not jutiges be fo ignorant of their own 
 right, as to thiak there is not left to them, as 2
 
 principal part of their office, a wife application 
 of laws. JiacmU jij[ayi. 
 
 vifions ill forefcen ! Better had I 
 Liv'd igmrant of future ! fo had borne 
 
 My part of evil only. Milton's I'or.idifr Loji. 
 
 4. Unacquainted with. In a good fenfc. 
 
 IgtioTitnl of guilt, [ fear not Ihanic. Drydcn. 
 
 5. Ignorantly made: or done. Unufual. 
 
 His (hipping, 
 Poor igwa'it baubles, on our terrible fcas 
 Like cgg-lhells mov'd. Shakfptarc. 
 
 I'gnorant. n. f. One untaught, un- 
 lettered, uniiiftruftcd. 
 
 Did I for this lake pains to teach 
 Our zealous /g«orj;i/5 to preach ! Deuh.im 
 
 I'gnorantly. adv. [from ignorant.] 
 Without knowledge ; unfliilfuUy ; witii- 
 out information. 
 
 The greatclt and moft cruel foes we have, 
 Are thofe whom you would ignorantly fave. 
 
 Drydrn. 
 When a poet, an orator, or a painter has per- 
 formed admirably, we fonrrctimes miftake his 
 blunders for beauties, and are lo ignorantly fund 
 as to copy after them. IVatts 
 
 5"o loNO RE. V, a. [^ignorer, Fr. ignoro, 
 Latin ] Not to know ; to bf ignorant 
 of. This word Boyle endeavoured to 
 introduce ; but it has not been received. 
 
 1 ign'jred not the Ifrnfter interpretation, 
 given by modern ciiiicks to divers te.\ts, by mc 
 alledgcd. BoyU. 
 
 Philofophy would folidly be eflabhfhed, if 
 men would more carefully diftinguifh thofe things 
 that they know from thofe that tney igmre. 
 
 BoUe. 
 
 Igno'sciblE. adj. [ignofcibUis, Latin.] 
 
 Capable of pardon. Dlil. 
 
 JIG. n.f. [_j/fa, Italian ; geige, Teuto- 
 
 nick, a fiddle.] A light carelefs dance, 
 
 or tune. 
 
 VVi.en Cyrus had overcome the Lydians, thai 
 were a warlike nation, inlfead of their warlike 
 iTiufick, he ai)pointed tu them certain lafcivious 
 Jays and loofc jigi ; by which he fo mollified and 
 abated tlieir couiage, that they forgot their for- 
 mer fiercenefs. Spenjer on Ireland. 
 
 As fiddlers ftill. 
 Though they be paid to be gone, yet needs will 
 Thrull one mure //g upon you. Donne, 
 
 Pofteiity (hall know tiiat you dare, in thefc 
 y/^tgtvcn times, to countenance a legitimate 
 poem. Ben Jonjon. 
 
 All the fwains that there abide, 
 WithyVgi and rural dance refort. Mi/Ion. 
 
 The mufes biiifh'd to fee I heir friends exalting 
 Thofe elegant delights of 7/^ and vaulting 
 
 Fenton. 
 
 They wrote to her friends in the country, that 
 Jhe (hould dance a Jig next October in Welfmin- 
 ftcr-hall. ^riiutlinot. 
 
 Another Phoebns, thy own Phoebus reigns. 
 Toys in myyVgr, and dances in my chains, yope. 
 
 To Jig. "o.n. [from the noun.] To dance 
 carelefly ; to dance. Expreffed in con- 
 tempt. 
 
 As for the jigging p.art and figures of dances, 
 I count that little. Lake. 
 
 Ji'g-maker. n.f. [y/g- and ma^v.] One 
 who dances or plays merrily. 
 
 Your only jig-nuiket '. what (liould a man do 
 but be merry .* Sluihfpeare' s Hamlet. 
 
 J'lGGiJMBOB. n. f. [A cant word.] A 
 trinket ; a knick-knack ; a flight con- 
 trivance in machinery. 
 
 He lifted all his pokes and fobs 
 Gf gimcracks, wlmris, unAjiggumbohs. Hndih 
 
 JILT. n.f. [^(7;'a, Iflandjck,, to entrap in 
 
 an amour, Mr. Lye. Perhaps from giglol, 
 
 by contraftion ; or gillet, or gUlol, the 
 
 diminutive of gill, the ludicrous name of 
 
 9 
 
 I L I 
 
 a woman. It is alfo called jUfel in 
 Scotland.] 
 
 1. A woman who gives her lover hopes, 
 and deceives him. 
 
 Avoid Ixith courts and camps, 
 Where dilatory torrunc plays iUzjilt 
 Witii the biave, noble, hoiicft, gallant man, 
 To throw hcriVlf away on fools. Otiuay, 
 
 2. A name of contempt for a woman. 
 
 When love was all an cafy monarch's care, 
 y//ri rul'd the l^ate, and ftatcfntcn farces writ. 
 
 To Jilt. v. a. [from the noun.] Tu 
 trick a man by flattering his love with 
 hopes, and then leaving him for another. 
 
 Tell who loves who ; 
 And who h jilted for another's fake. Dryden. 
 Tell a mail, palfionatcly in love, that he is 
 jilted; bring witnedes of the falfciiood of his 
 raKtrefs, and three kind words of hers fli.tll in- 
 validate all their.tclUmonies. Lieie. 
 To ]\i.r. V. n. To play the jilt; to 
 praftife amorous deceits. 
 She might have learn'd to ctickold, jilt, and 
 iham, 
 H.id Covcnt-garden been at Surinam. Congre^ie. 
 Tu Ji'ngle. v. n. [A word made from 
 jungle, or copied from the found in- 
 tended to be expreffed.] To clink ; 
 to i'otmd with a kind uf fharp rattle. 
 
 What IhoLild the wars do with thcfe jingling 
 fools f Shukjpeare. 
 
 With noifes 
 Of roaring, Ihricking, howling, jingling chains, 
 We were awaked. Shakf^eare*i Tewpeji. 
 
 Tlie bells (he jingled, and the whiirle blew. 
 
 You ne'er with jingling words deceive tl-^e ear; 
 And yet, on humble fubjeifts, great appear. 
 
 Smith. 
 What crowds of thefe, impenitently bold. 
 In founds and jingling fyllables grown old ! Pope. 
 Jingle, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I, Any clink, or fharp rattle. 
 z. It is ufed, I think, improperly, to 
 exprefs the correfpondence of found in 
 the efFefts of rhyme. 
 
 Vulgar judges are p.ine parts In ten of all na- 
 tions, who call conceits and jingles wit. Dryden. 
 
 3. Any thing founding ; a rattle ; a bell. 
 
 If you plant where fav.^gcs are, do not only 
 entertain them with tritles and jingles, but ufe 
 thcmjuftly. Baca^sTLffays. 
 
 Ile. n.f. [corrupted from <2i/Zf, French.] 
 A walk or alley in a church or publick 
 building. Properly d:k. 
 
 Upward the columns (hoot, the roofs afcend, 
 And arches widen, and long iles extend. Pope. 
 Ile. n.f. [a'tfle, French.] An ear of 
 corn. jiitfiuorth. 
 
 ILEUS, n. f [Latin.] 
 
 An ileus, commonly called the twilVingof the 
 guts, is really cither a circumvolution, or infcrtion 
 uf one part of the gut within the other. Arbiiih, 
 ILEX. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 The ilex, or great (carlet oak, thrives well in 
 England, is a hardy fort of tree, and eaiily raifed 
 of acorns. The Spaniards have a fort they call 
 enzina ; the wood of which, when old, is finely 
 chambletted, a? if it were painted. Mortinicr. 
 I'liac. adj. \\luicus, Latin,] Relating 
 to the lower bowels. 
 
 The iliae padioii is a kind of convulfion in the 
 belly. 
 I'liac Pajfion, A kind of nervous colick, 
 whofe feat is the ilium, whereby that 
 gut is twifted, or one part enters the 
 cavity of the part immediately below or 
 above ; whence it is alfo called the vol- 
 vulus, from vuho-, to roll. 
 
 I 
 
 I L L 
 
 Thofe who die of tnc iliae pajpon have their 
 bellies much fwclk-d. Floyci on the Humours. 
 
 Ilk. adv. [ealc, Saxon.] The fame. It 
 is lUIl retained in Scotland, and denotes 
 each J as, ilk one of you, every one of 
 you. It alfo fignifies, the fame ; as, 
 Macinto/h if that ilk, denotes a gentle- 
 man whofe furnamc and the title of his 
 ellate are the fame j as, Macinlofh of 
 Maclniofll. 
 
 Shepherds, (hould it not yfhend 
 Your roundels frtdi, to hear a doleful vcrfr. 
 
 Of Kofalind, who knows not Rofalind, 
 That Colin made-.* ilk can I you rchcarfc. 
 
 Spenfer. f 
 
 III. adj. [contrafled from Evil, and 
 retaining all its fmfes.] 
 
 1. Bad in any relpeft ; contrary to good, 
 whether phyfical or moral; evil. Sec 
 liviL. 
 
 There fomc /.'/ planet reigns ; 
 I mull bc-|)atient, 't.U the heavens look 
 With an afpe.ft more favourable. Shukfpearc. 
 
 Of his own body he was ///, and gave 
 The clergy ///example. Uliakjp. Hinry VIII. 
 
 Neither is it /// air only that makcih an til fcaJ; 
 but ill ways, /.'/ markets, and ;// ncigiibours. 
 
 Bacon's Ejfays. 
 
 Some, of an /// and melancholy nature, incliile 
 the company to be f.id and ill-diipofed : others, of 
 a jovial nature, djfpofe them to be merry. Bacon. 
 
 2. Sick; difoitlered; not in health. I 
 know not tliiit exil is ever ufed in tliis 
 fenfe. 
 
 You wi(h me health in very happy feafon ; . 
 For I am on the fudden fonicthing ///. Skakfp.. ■ 
 
 I have known two towns of the giealeft conic-' 
 quence loft, by the goveriiours falling ill in the 
 time of the fiegcs. Temple. 
 
 III. n.f. 
 
 1. Wickednefs ; depravity; contrariety 
 to holinefs. 
 
 ///, to man's nature, as it (lands perverted, 
 hath a natural motion Ilrongefi in continuance. 
 
 Baeon, 
 Y'oung men to imitate all ills are prone j 
 But are compcU'd to avarice aloqe: 
 For then in viituc's (hape they follow vice. 
 
 Dryden' s fuvenaL 
 
 Strongvirtuc, like (Trong nature, ft toggles (liij, 
 
 Exeits itfelf, and then thiuws off the ill. Dryden, 
 
 2. Misfortune ; mifery. 
 
 Who can all fenfe of others ills efcapc, 
 Is hut a brute at bcft in human (hape. Tats, 
 
 Though plung'd in;V.''i and excrcis'd in care, . 
 Y'ec never let the noble minddefpair ; 
 When prcft by dangers, and bcfet with foes. 
 The gods their timely fuccour interpofe ; 
 And wiien our virtue finks, o'erwhelm'd with 
 
 gvief, 
 By unfoicfcen expedients bring relief. A. Philips, - 
 
 III. adv. 
 
 1. Not well ; not rightly in any refpeift. 
 
 /// at eafc, both (he and all l;er train 
 The fcorchinglun had borne, and beating rain, 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. Not eafilv; with pain; with difiSciilty, 
 
 Thou detiT'lt 
 The puniibmcnt all on ihyfcif ! alas! 
 Bear thine own firl^ ; //.'able to fultain- 
 His full wrath, whole thou fcel'If as yet leaft panf, ■ 
 And my difpleafurc bear'l^ fo .//. Milton. 
 
 Ill bears the fcx a youthful lo^er's fate, 
 Wlicn jull. approaching to the nuptial fiate. Dryd. 
 Ill, fubllan!>tve or adverb, is ufed in 
 ■ compolition to csprcfs any bad quality 
 or condition, v. hich may be calily 
 underllood by the fuHuwing examples.. 
 III. fuhjl anti've . 
 
 D.tiigeruus conjcilures in ///breeding minds. 
 Shakjpfai t' s iiitixln. 
 
 |.-
 
 I L L 
 
 I h«vc an ill divining foul ; 
 Methinks I fee thee, now thou ar: below, 
 As one tle.id in the bottom of a tomb. Shakfp. 
 
 No look, no laft adieu before he went ! 
 In an ///boding hour to ilaughter fent. D'y''^"- 
 
 I know 
 The voice /// boding, and the folemn found. 
 
 Ph'ilif!. 
 
 The wifeft prince on earth may be deceived by 
 the craft of /// dcfigiiing men. S%>"j!'i E>.mi. 
 
 Your /// meaning politician lords, 
 Under pretence of bridal friends .md guefls, 
 Appointed to await me thirty fpies, 
 Who thrcrft'ning Clue) death, confliain'd the bnde 
 To wring from me and tell to them my fecret. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 A fpy diSinguilh'd from his airy ftaud, 
 To bribe whofc vigilance, /Egiftlms told 
 A mighty fimi of ;// peifuaduig gold. Pope. 
 
 III. adverb. 
 
 There founded an .■// according cry of the ene- 
 mies, and a lamentable none was carried abroad. 
 
 My colleague. 
 Being fo /// afcaed with the gour, 
 WiU not be able t« be there in perf^n. 
 
 Bift yoi:fon. 
 The examples 
 Of every minute's inlUnce, prefcnt now, 
 Have put us in thefe ;// befeeming arms. Shakfp. 
 
 Lead back thy Saxons to their ancient Elbe : 
 1 would rcftorc the fruitful Kcnr, the gift 
 Of Vortigcrn, or Hengill's .•// bought aid. Dryd. 
 
 We fimplc toafters take delight 
 To iee our women's teeth look white ; 
 And ev'ry faucy ill bred fellow 
 Sneers at a mouth profoundly yellow. Fiioi. 
 
 The ungrateful treafon of her /// chofcn huf- 
 band overthrows her. SiJiey. 
 
 Envy, how does it look ? How meagre and /.'/ 
 complcxioned ? 
 It preys upon itlelf, and exhaufts the fpitits. 
 
 There grows, 
 In my moft i/.'compos'd affection fuch 
 A (lar.chlefs avarice, that, were I king, 
 I (hould cut off the nobles for their lands. oAj*/. 
 
 To what end this /// concerted lye, 
 Palpable and grofs ? Dndm's Don Scl-ap,„i. 
 
 Our generals at prefcnt are fuch as are likely 
 to make the hell ufc of their numbers, without 
 throwing them away on any t'l concerted pro- 
 :jfl5_ " Mdifon 0,. the rl'^r. 
 
 The fccond daughter was a peevilb, forward, 
 ill conditioned creature as ever was. .-hbutlwot. 
 
 No Perfian arras hides his homely walls 
 With antick veils, which, through their ftrady 
 
 Betray the ftreaks of .-V/diffcmbled gold. Dry Jen 
 
 You (h.iU not lir.d me, daughter. 
 After the fla^dcr of moft ftep-motiiers, 
 /// cy'd unto you. Shakfpeare'i Cymlclinc 
 
 I fee thy filler's tears, 
 Thy father's anjuilh, and thy brother's death. 
 In the purfuit of our ///fated loves. MMfo>. 
 
 Others ;// fated are condemn'd to toil 
 Their tedious life. . ^ ,, . ■^'■'°? 
 
 Plain and rough nature, left to itfcll, is much 
 better than an artiScial ungratcfulncfs, and fuch 
 fiudicd ways uf being .■.'/ falhioncd. Lo,if. 
 
 Much better, when I find virtue m a fair lodg- 
 in", than wntn I am bound to feek it in an ;// 
 favoured creature, like a pearl in a dunghill. 
 
 Siihity. 
 
 Near to an old /.'/ favoured caftlc they meant 
 
 to perromi their unknightly errand. SiJnty. 
 
 If a man had but an /.7 favoured note, the 
 
 deep thinkers would contrive to impute the 
 
 caufe to the prejudice of his education.^ S-wi/i. 
 
 ' I was at iier houfe the hour (he appointed. 
 
 . And you fped, fir? 
 
 . Vciy /// fa%ouredly. SHjkfpeare. 
 
 They would not make bold, as every where 
 they do, to deftroy '// formed and mif-(haped 
 produaioiis. ^ ^'"'''■ 
 
 The fahled dragon never guarded more 
 Tl-.c golden fleece, than he his ///got itorc. DiyJ^ 
 
 I L L 
 
 Bid him employ his care for thcfe my fiiends, 
 And make- good ule of his /.'/ gotten power, 
 By Ihelt'iing men much better than himfelf. 
 
 Addijon'i CaCO. 
 
 Ill govern'd paffions in a prince's breaft,_ 
 Hazard his private, and the public reft. '?''''■"•• 
 
 That knowledge of theirs is very fupcrficial 
 and ;// grounded. D'yde,:-! Dufrefnoy. 
 
 /:/ grounded paffions quickly wear away ; ^ ^ 
 What's built upon cftccm can ne'er decay. IVaJh. 
 
 Hither, of i7/ join'd fons and daughters boin, 
 Firft from the ancient world thefe giants came. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Nor has he erred above once by /.'/ judged fu- 
 pctfluity. ^"Z'^- 
 
 Diel you never tafte delicious dlink out of an 
 /// looked veifel ? ' VEJlrangc. 
 
 The match had been fo /// made for Plexirtus, 
 that his Hi led life would have tumbled to de- 
 flruflion, had there not come fifty to his defence. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Thefe arc the produfl 
 Of. thofe /// mated marriages thou faw'ft, 
 Where good with bad were match'd. Milton. 
 
 The works are weak, the garrilon but thin, 
 Difpiritcd with frequent ovetthrows. 
 Already waiering on their '// manu'd walls. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 He will not hear me out ! 
 Was ever criminal forbid to plead ? 
 Curb their iV/raannei'd zeal. Dryden. 
 
 It IS impoffiblc for the moft /// minded, ava- 
 ricious, or cunning clergyman to do the leafl in- 
 jufticc to the meancft cottager, in any bargain 
 for tythes. S™/'' 
 
 Soon as the /// omen'd i-umour reaeh'd his car, 
 Who can defcribe th' amazement in his face ! 
 
 Dryden 
 
 The eternal law of things muft not be altered, 
 
 to comply with his ///ordered choice. Locke 
 
 When you expofe the fccne, 
 Down the ///organ'd engines fall, 
 Off fly the vizaids. Su^ift. 
 
 For Phthia hx'd is my return; 
 Better at home my ill paid pains to mourn, 
 Than from an equal here fuftain the public fcoin. 
 
 Dryden . 
 There motley images her fancy ftiike, 
 Figures /// pair'd, and fimilies unlike. Pope. 
 
 Sparta has not to boafl of fuch a woman ; 
 Nor Troy to thank her, for her ///plac'd love. 
 
 Dryden. 
 I ftiall diiecl you, a talk for which I take my- 
 fclf not to be /// qualified, bccauie I have had 
 opportunities to obfervc the follies of women. 
 
 SiL'ift. 
 Aiflions are plcafing or difpleafing, cither in 
 thcmfelvcs, or confidcred as a means to a greater 
 and more dcfircablc end : the eating of a wcll- 
 ff.afoncd difh, fuitcd to a man's palate, m.iy 
 move the mind, by the delight itfcif that accom- 
 panies the eating, without rcfeicncc to any other 
 end; to which the coiUidciation of the picalure 
 thcie is in health and flrcngth may add a new 
 guft, able to make us fwallow an /// rclilhcc; 
 potion. Locke. 
 
 Blufhcs, ///rcftrain'd, hetr.ny 
 
 Her thoughts intcntive on the brid.al d.iy. Pope. 
 
 Behold the fruit of /// rewarded pain. Dryden 
 
 The god inform'd 
 
 This /// (hap'd body with a daring foul. Dryden. 
 
 There was plenty enough, but tne difties wcie 
 
 /// foiled: whole pyramids uf fwectmeats for 
 
 boys and women; but little of folid meat for men. 
 
 Dryden. 
 It does not belong to the prieft's office to im- 
 pofe this name in baptifm : he may refufe to pro- 
 nounce the fame, if the parents give them ludi- 
 crous, filthy, 01 /.'/ founding names. ■'i\''if'- 
 
 .;//fpirited Wor'flcr, did wc not fend grace. 
 Pardon and terms of love to all of you ? SLii. 
 
 From thy foolilh heart, vain maid, remove 
 An ufelefs forrow, and an /// flar'd love. Piior. 
 
 Ah, why th' .7/ fuiting paftime muft I try ? 
 To gloomy care my thoughts alone are free : 
 ///the gay fports with troubled hearts agree. Pope. 
 Holding of/// tafted things ill the mouthy will 
 make a froall falivation. <?"*'■ 
 
 ILL 
 
 The maid, with downcaft eyes, and mute with 
 grief, 
 For death unfinifh'd, and /// tim'd relief. 
 Stood fulleii to her fuit. Dryden' i O-riid. 
 
 How (hould opinions, thus fettled, be given 
 up, if there beany fufpicion of inteicft or defign, 
 as there never fails to be, where men find them- 
 felvcs /// Heated • Locke. 
 
 That boldnefs and fpirit which lads get 
 amongft their pl-^.yfellows at fchool, has oidiiia- 
 lily a mixture of rudenefs and /// turned con- 
 fidence ; fo that thefe mifbecoming and difin- 
 genuous ways of lliifting in the world muft be 
 unlearned. _ Locke. 
 
 Il, before words beginning with /, ftands 
 
 for in. 
 Illa'chrymable. adj. {illacbrymabilis, 
 Latin.] Incapable of weeping. Di3. 
 Illa'pse. n. f. [illaf>fus,'Lz\.\n.] 
 
 1. Gradual emifiion or entrance of one 
 thing into another. 
 
 As a piece of iron red hot, by rcafon of the //- 
 lapfe of the fire into it, appears all over like fire ; 
 fo the louls of the blcffed, by the illapje cf the di- 
 vine eilence into them, (hall be all over divine. 
 
 Norris. 
 
 2. Sudden attack ; cafual coming. 
 
 Life is oft prefcrvcd 
 By the hold fwimmer in the (wift illr.pfe 
 O: accident riifaftrous. Thotnjons Summer. 
 
 Tr, ILLAQUE.ATE. i;. a. [illaqiico, 
 Latin.] To tntangle ; to entrap; to 
 
 enfnare. 
 
 lam illaejueated, but not truly captivated into 
 
 your ccnchiUon. More'i Divine Dialogue. 
 
 luLAQUE.ATlON. K.f. [i\om' illaqueatc.'\ 
 
 1. The aft o* catching or enfnaring. 
 The word in Matthew doth not only fignify 
 
 fufpenfion, or pciiduious illaijueation, but alfo 
 fufibcation Broivn. 
 
 2. A fnare ; any thing to catch another; 
 a noofe. 
 
 Illa'tion. n. / [illutio, Latin.] In- 
 ference ; conclufion drawn from pre- 
 
 mifes. 
 
 Hcicin there fcems to be a very erroneous //• 
 lation from the indulgence ol God unto Cain, 
 concluding an immunity unto himfelf. Bionun. 
 Illatit.li V.I oidcrs the intermediate ideas as to 
 difcover what connexion there is in each link of 
 the chain, whereby the extremes are hela to- 
 gether. ■^<"^<' 
 I'llative. adj. [///<j/w, Latin.] Rela- ■ 
 ting to illation or conclufion. 
 
 In common difcourfe or writing fuch cafual 
 particles as/or, becnufc, manifeft the afl of rca- 
 foning as well as the lilutivi particles tlien antl 
 the, ef ore. ^'""• 
 
 Ilia'i'DABle. adj. [il/audalilis, "Latin.] 
 Unworthy of praifc or commendation. 
 
 Strength from truth divided, and from juft, 
 
 Illeiudable, nought merits but difpraife. Milton. 
 
 Ii.i.a'udably. adv. [from il/aiidalk.] 
 
 Unworthily ; without deferring praife. 
 
 It ib natural for all people to form, not itluu- 
 
 d.My, too favourable a judgment of their ow« 
 
 couiitry. Bioomt. 
 
 Ille'g'm.. adj. [m and Icgalis, Latin.] 
 Contrary to law. 
 
 No patent can oblige the fubjeft agalnft law, 
 unlefs an iHegal patent palfcd in one kingdom 
 can bind another, and not itfelf. Swift. 
 
 Illeg.a'lity. n. f. \ixom. ilhgal.'] Con- 
 trariety to law. 
 
 He wilhcd tliem to confider what votes they 
 had palfcd, of the il.'egnlity of all thofc com- 
 miffions, and of the unjullifiablenefs of all the 
 proceedings by virtue of them. Clarendon. 
 
 Ille'gally. adv. [from illegal.] In a 
 manner contrary to law.
 
 I L L 
 
 Ille'cible. aifj. [in and kgibiUs, from 
 legi), Latin.] What cannot be read. 
 
 The Iccictary poiiicd tlic ink-l'ox a!! over the 
 writings, and (o defaced them that tlicy wcie 
 madcaltogctlici- illegible. Ilotvel 
 
 I L I. E G i't I M A c Y . H. y. [ from il/c^il!malc. ] 
 State of ballnidy. 
 
 iLLhGi'r iM ATh. ai/J- [jft and leg'tt'imus, 
 Latin.] Unlawfully begotten; not 
 begotten in weJloek. 
 
 Giicvc not at your llace ; 
 For all the world iiil/rgi/imalt. denve/nnii. 
 
 Being illegitim^ifef I wjs deprived of that 
 cndc.iring toiidcrnefs and uncommon falisfatftion, 
 which a good man finds in the love and con- 
 vcrfation of a parent. Addipn'i Spe&iif)". 
 
 Ilf.egi'tim ATELV". adv. [from illigili- 
 male.] Not in wedlock. 
 
 Illegitim a'tion. n. f. [from tllegUi- 
 mate.] The Hate of one not begotten 
 in wedlock. 
 
 Ricliard [ II. had a refolution, out of his hatred 
 to hoth his brethren, to difahle their ifl'ucs, upon 
 faile and iiiconipelcnt prclext.s, the one of at- 
 tainder, the other of illegitim,ition. Jl.icon 
 
 Illk'viable. t>t/j. [lever, Fr.] Wliat 
 cannot be levied or exadled. 
 
 He rccflified ilie method of collefling his re- 
 venue, and removed obfoletc and iHe\ictt)U pails 
 of charge. Hale 
 
 Illfa'voured. ailj. Deformed. 
 
 O, what a world of vile iH-jii-.-our'd faults 
 Look handfomc in three hundred pounds a-year! 
 
 ahitkj^^eare. 
 
 IllfaVouredlv. adv. 
 \. With deformity. 
 
 2. Roiiglily; ruggedly; in ludicrous lan- 
 guage. 
 
 He (hook him very illfaimuredh for the time, 
 ragifg through the very bowels of his country, 
 and plundering all wherefoever he c.i;iie. tioivel. 
 
 iLLTA'votjREDNEss. n. f Deformity. 
 I L L I'B E R A L. adj [Uliberalls, Latin. ] 
 
 1. Not noble ; not ingenuous. 
 
 The f h;niry of moft men is grown fo cold, 
 and their religion U> i!ltlH>/il, ^"^g ChurUs. 
 
 2. Nut muniliccnt ; not generous ; fpar- 
 iug. 
 
 Yet fubfilt they did, and well too : an argu- 
 ment that that earth did not deal out theii 
 nouriihment with an overfparing or tllibcrul hand. 
 
 If'oodivurd' s N.itliral Hifloiy. 
 
 IxMBER a'lity. n. f. [jUiberaUtas, Lat. 
 from illU'crol. ] 
 
 1. Meannefsof mind. 
 
 2. Parfiinony ; niggardlinefs ; want of 
 tnuniticence. 
 
 The il.':berulitv v^ parents, in allow ince to- 
 wards rheir chikhcn, is an harmful eiioi, and 
 acquaii ts them with ihit'ts. Biicon 
 
 Ili.i'herally. adv. [from iUibcruL] 
 Dilingenuoufly ; meanly. 
 
 One that had been liountii'ul only upon fur- 
 priie and incogitancy,/V//^irrt//v rctiad\.s 
 
 Decay of Piety 
 
 Ii. Li'ciT. adj. [illkitus, Lat. iUlcite, Fr.] 
 
 Unlawful : as, an illiciie trade. 
 To Illi'giiten.. v. ri., [in and lighten.'^ 
 To enlighten ; to illuminate. A word, 
 I believe, only in Ruldgh. 
 
 CorpOKal hght cannot be, bccaufe then it 
 Would not pierce the aa, nor diaphonous bodies; 
 and yet every d.iy wc fe^ the air iitight£»ed. . 
 
 Ral.leh 
 Illi'mitap.le. adj. [in and limes, Lat.] 
 That cannot be bounded or limited. 
 
 Although in adoiation of ivlols, unto the fub- 
 tiUr heads, the worlhip perhaps mi^ht be fym- 
 fcolical; yet wai-thc idolat/y dned in the jieople, 
 
 I L L 
 
 wliofc crfdulity is illmiiahte, and who may be 
 made' believe that any thing is God. Erown. 
 
 With what an awful woi Id-revolving power, 
 Wlu-rc firft th' unwieldy planets l.iunch'd along 
 The illimitable void) Thoinjrm't Summer. 
 
 Ill i'm IT ABLY. adv. [from iUimital>L-.] 
 Without fufcepti.'iility of bounds. 
 
 Ieii'mited. adj. [in and AVnfj, Latin, 
 illimile, French.] Unbounded j in- 
 terminable. 
 
 Illi'ivhteuness. n. /. [from illimiled.] 
 Exemptiejn from all hounds. 
 
 The ablolutencfs and iliimiteJnefs of his com- 
 miffion was generally much fpokcii of. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 ILLITERATE, adj. [illiteratus, Lat.] 
 Unlettered; untaught; unlearned; un- 
 enlightened by fcience. 
 
 The duke was illiterate, yet had learned at 
 court to fupjily his own defcils, by the drawing 
 unto him of the bed inltrunicnts of experience 
 
 IVoiton. 
 
 Th' illiterate vrt'Mr, cmpirick like, applies 
 To minds difcas'd unfafe chance rem- dies; 
 The leain'd in fchooU, where knowledge firfl 
 
 began, 
 Studies with care th' anatomy of man ; 
 Sees virtue, vice, and pafiions in their caufe, 
 And fame from fcience, not from fortune draws. 
 
 D'yJe,,. 
 
 In the firft ages of chriHianity not only the 
 ieained and the wife, but the ignorant and illi- 
 terate embraced torments and death. Tillothn. 
 
 Illi'terateness. n. f. [^from illiterate.] 
 Want of learning ; ignorance of fcience. 
 M.tny acquainted with chymiftry but by re- 
 port, iiave, from the lUiteratcntfi and impoltuies 
 of thofc that pretend fltill in it, entertained an ill 
 opinion oi the ait. Bo\lc. 
 
 Illi'ter ATu UE. n. f. [/« and Uterainre.] 
 Want of learning. Not inuch ufed. 
 
 The more ufual caufes of this dcpri\a[ion are 
 
 want of holy orders, illitetature, or inability for 
 
 tiie difchargc of that facred funiftion, and iireli- 
 
 g'on. j4ylt£eU Parergon. 
 
 I'l. LNESs. «. y. [from///.] 
 
 1. Badnefs or inconvenience of any kind, 
 natural or moral. 
 
 He th.it has his ciiains knocked off, and the 
 prilon-doors fet open, is perfectly at liberty, 
 though his pieferencc be determined to (fay, by 
 the fli'tefi nt the weather. Loel:e. 
 
 2. Sicknefs ; malady; diforder of health. 
 
 On the Loid's day which immediately pre- 
 ceded his lUnefi, he had received the facrament. 
 
 Jitter b:<>v. 
 
 Since the account her majcify received oi liie 
 infoie-nt fa6f ion, during her l.ite ilhiejs at Wind- 
 foi, Ihe hath been willing to fee them deprived 
 of power to do jiiifchicf. S-^uiJ't. 
 
 3. WickeJnefs. " • ' 
 
 Thou would be great ; 
 Ai"t not witnout .imbiiion; but without 
 The illiicj'i Ihould attend it. Shakfpeeire. 
 
 I L I.N" a't\) re. n. f. [ill and nature. ] H.i- 
 bitual malevolence ; want of humanity. 
 lU'hititre inclines a man to thofe uiliions tiiat 
 tInvait.Tnd four and difturbconveifation,andcon- 
 fiiti o^ A pronencfs to do ill turns, attended with 
 a fecret joy upon the fight of any milchief that 
 bcfals another, and of an ut:.^' infenlibitity eif any 
 kindnefs done him. Scut/; 
 
 Ili.na'tured. adj. [ from illnaturf. ] 
 I. Habitually malevolent ; wanting kind- 
 nefs or good-will ; mifchievous ; defir- 
 ons of another's evil. 
 
 'I'hcf'e ill qualities denominate a perfon ilhia- 
 t.rred, they being fuch as make him grievous and 
 uneaiy to all whom he deals- and adbciates him- 
 ftlf with. Sa:ith. 
 
 Stay, filly bird, th' illnatur'd ta(k refufe ; 
 Nor be the be.uci ot'uuwclcome news, jid.llJon. 
 
 I L L 
 
 It might be one of thofc illnalurtd beings wJio 
 .ire at enmity with mankind, and do therefore 
 take pleafurc in filling them with groundlcfi 
 lerrois. Alteibury. 
 
 2. P/jili/>s applks it to land. Untrafta- 
 
 ble ; not yielding to culture. 
 
 The fondly Itudious of increafe, 
 
 Rich foreign mold on ihcir iltnatured land 
 
 Induce. Pbi/ifii, 
 
 Illna'turedly. adv. [from illnalur- 
 
 ed.] In a peevifli, froward manner. 
 Illn a'turedness. n. f. [hoxn illnutur- 
 
 ed.] Want of a kindly difpofition. 
 Illogical, adj. [in and Irjgicul.] 
 
 1. Ignorant or negligent of the rules of 
 reafoning. 
 
 One ot the diflenters appeared to Dr. Sandcr- 
 fon fo bold and ilkgie.d in the difputc, as forced 
 him to fay, he had never met with a man of more 
 pertinacious confidence, and lefs abilities. 
 
 fyaliM. 
 
 2. Contrary to the rules of reafon, 
 
 Reafon cannot difputc and make an inference 
 fo utterly illogleal. Decay of Piety. 
 
 Illo'gically. adv. [Ixoxc^ illogical.] In 
 a manner contraty to the laws of argu- 
 ment. 
 To Illu'de. v. a. [illudo, Latin.] To 
 deceive ; to mock ; to impofe on ; to 
 play upon ; to torment by fome con- 
 temptuous artifice of mockery. 
 Sometimes athwait, fonietimes lie firook him 
 ftiait. 
 And falfed oft his blow, t' illude him with fucli 
 bait. Fairy Queen. 
 
 In vain wc meafure this amazing fpherc. 
 While its circumference, fcorning to be brought 
 Ev'n into fancy'd fpace, illudes our vauquilh'd 
 thought. Prior. 
 
 7"o Illume, v. a. [illrimtner, French.^ 
 
 1. To enlighten ; to illuminate. 
 
 Wnen yon fame liar, that 's weftward from the 
 pole, 
 Had made his courfe, t' illumwe that part of 
 
 heav'n, 
 Where now it bums. Shakfpearc'i Hamlet, 
 
 2. To brighten ; to adorn. 
 
 Tnc mountain's brow 
 llliim'd v,'kh fluid gold, his near approach 
 Betokens. T/'iomjon's Summer. 
 
 To iLLu'MtNE. II. a. [illuminer, Fr.] 
 
 1. To enlighten ; to fupply with liglit. ' 
 
 To confirm his woieis, out flew 
 Millions of naming Iwords, drawn from the thighs 
 Of mighty chcrubims: the fudden blaie 
 Far round lllitmin'd hell. AUi/on, 
 
 What in me is daik, 
 Itlitmlrie! what is low, raife and fupport 1 
 
 Milltm. 
 
 2. To decorate ; to adorn. 
 
 T" C ito, Virgil jiaid one honefi line; 
 O let my counhy's ti lends lilwulne mine. Pope. 
 
 To JLLU'MINATE. v. a. [ilhtmitier, 
 French ; lumen, Latin.] 
 
 1. To enlighten ; to fupply with h"ght. 
 
 Do thou vouchfal'e, with thy love-kindling 
 light, 
 T' Illuminate my dim and dulled eyn. Spenjer, 
 No painting can be fccn in full pcifeiftion, but 
 as all nature is illuminated by a finglc light 
 
 tFotloi:. 
 He made the ftars. 
 And fet them in the firmament of heav'n, 
 T* illuminate the earth and rule the nigjrt. .^'iltun. 
 
 Reafon our guide, what can Ihe more reply 
 Than that the fun illuminates the ikv ; 
 Than that night rifcs from hisabfent i.ay, 
 And his returning luflrc kindles day ? Prlcr, 
 
 2. To adorn with fell.il lamps or bonfires. 
 
 3. To enlighten intelkftually with knaw- 
 kdge or grace.
 
 ILL 
 
 Satan V.atl no power to abufe t'nc iUuminaltd 
 world with liis impoiKircs. Sa/iiiys* TraVfU. 
 
 When he illunuiuite: the jnind with fiipcrnatu- 
 (»1 light, he does not cxtinguiQi that which is na- 
 tural. Lnckc. 
 
 4. To adorn with piiSlures or initial letters 
 oF various colours. 
 
 5. To illullrate. 
 
 My health is infufficicnt to amplify thefe re- 
 marks, and to iliuminatc the fcveral pages with 
 va.ricty of examples.' IVattf. 
 
 Illumin a'tion. a./, [il'uminalio, Lat. 
 iHum'inati'iii, Fr. from i!luminale.'\ 
 
 1. The ad of fupplying with light. 
 
 2. That whicli gives light. 
 
 The fun is but a body lUightened, and an //- 
 luminati'iK created. RakfgJ:'^ Hijlory. 
 
 3. Fcftal lights hung out as a cokeii of 
 
 joy- 
 
 Flow'rs are ftrew'd, and bmps in order plac'd, 
 And windows with illumir.athni grac'd. Dtyd. 
 4.. Brightnefs ; fplendour. 
 
 The illuminators of naanufcripts borrowed their 
 title from the illumination which a bright genius 
 giveth to his work, }'t/:o^i. 
 
 ■5. Infufion of intellectual light 5 know- 
 ledge of grace. 
 
 Hymns and pfalms are fiich kinds of prayer 
 as are not conceived upon a fuddert ; but framed 
 by meditation bcfurchandj or by prophetical il/u- 
 mifiation are infpirrd. Ho'jkcr. 
 
 Wc have forms of prayer imploring God's aid 
 and blclling foi' the illumhuitiQn of our libours, 
 and rlie turning them into gooU and holy uics. 
 
 B-xcon. 
 
 No ho!y palTion, no illumination^ no inlpira- 
 -tion, can be now a fufficient commilhon to war- 
 rant lliofe attempts wliich contriidift the com- 
 mon rules of peace. Sprat's Sermom. 
 
 Illu'minative. adj. [tlluminatif, Fr. 
 froai tllumtna!e.'\ Having the power to 
 give light. 
 
 What makes itfclf and other things be fee n, 
 being accompanied by light, is called tire : what 
 admits the illuminative adlion of fire, and is nor 
 fccn, is called air. Digl'y on Bodies. 
 
 Illumina'tor. n. /. [from illuminate. '\ 
 
 1, One who gives light. 
 
 2. One whofe bufinefs it is to decorate 
 books with pidlures at the beginning of 
 chapters. 
 
 Illuminators of manufcripts borrowed tlieir 
 title Xrom the illumination which a bright genius 
 givcth to his work. Felton 
 
 Illu'sion. n. f, [illuft!}, Latin; illijion, 
 Fr.] Mockery; falfe fliow ; counter- 
 feit appearance ; errour. 
 
 That, dilUII'd by magick flights, 
 Shall raitc fuch aititicial fpiig'its, 
 As, ty the Ih'cngth of their .'V/.v/;o//, 
 Sliail draw him on to his confufion. Shuljp. 
 
 There wanted not fjme about him that would 
 l.ave pcrfuadcd him that all was but an iUitfion. 
 Bacon'' s Henry vil. 
 So oft tiicy fell 
 Into the fame illujion\ not as man 
 ■Wham they trJumph'd, once laps'd. Milton. 
 
 An txcufe for uncharitabicnefs, drawn from 
 pretended inabiliiy, is of all otiiers the muft ge- 
 neral and prevailing iliufion. Attcrbury. 
 
 M:my are the illufions by which the enemy 
 
 , endeavours to cheat men into fecurity, and defeat 
 
 their falvation. Rogers. 
 
 Tu dream once more I clofe my willing eyes; 
 Ye foft illufioniy Afxx deceits, arifcL Pope. 
 
 We murt ufe fome iliufion to rc.-ider a pafioral 
 delightful; and 'his cunfifls in cxpofing the belt 
 fide only of a Ihepherd's life, and in concealing 
 its mir?rics. Fope. 
 
 Illu'sive. adj. [from ;7A^j, Lat,] De- 
 '•eeiving by faU'e (how. 
 
 I M A 
 
 The hcithen bards, who idle fables drcftj 
 Vlufive dreams in niylVick forms exprell, 
 
 Blachnorc. 
 While the fond foul 
 Wrapt in ^ay vifions of unreal blifs, 
 Still paints th' Ulufive form. Thomfon. 
 
 Illu'sory. adj. [from in and luforius, 
 Latin ; tUufoire, French.] Deceiving; 
 fraudulent. 
 
 Subtilty, in thofe who make profcflion to teach 
 or defend truth, hath palTed for a virtue : a virtue 
 indeed, which, confilting for the moft part in 
 nothing but the fallacious and ilhtfory ufe of ob- 
 fcure or deceitful terms, is only fii to make men 
 more conceited in their ignorance. Locke. 
 
 To ILLU'STRATE. -u. n. lillujlro, 
 Latin ; ilhijlrer, French.] 
 
 1. To brighten with light. 
 
 2. To brighten with honour. 
 
 Matter to me of glory ! whum their hate 
 llhijlratei, when they fee all regal pow'r 
 Giv'n to me to quell their pride. Mihm. 
 
 Thee (he enroh'd her garter'd knights among, 
 Il'.ujlrdti'ig the noble lift. Pliili^i. 
 
 3. To explain ; to clear ; to elucidate. 
 
 Authors take "up popular conceits, and from 
 tradition imjuftifiable, or falfe, illujirate matters 
 of undeniable truth. Broiun. 
 
 Illustr-^'tion. n. f. [ll/iijlration, Fr. 
 from Ulujlrate.^ Explanation ; eluci- 
 dation ; expofition. It is feldom ufed 
 in its original fignlfication for material 
 brightnefs.' 
 
 Whoever looks about him will find nnny liv- 
 ing ili'ijlrtitio'is of this emblem. L'Fjlrange. 
 Space and duration, being ideas th;U have 
 fomething very ahftrufe and peculiar in their n.i- 
 ture, the comparing them one with another may 
 perhaps be of ufe for their illi'f)ittion. Locke. 
 
 Illu'strative. adj. [from i/htjlrale.] 
 Having the quality of elucidating or 
 cleaving. 
 
 They play much upon the fimile, or iUnjlrative 
 
 argumentation, to induce tlieir enthymemcs unto 
 
 the people. B''i''ii>'i. 
 
 Illu'stratively. adv. [from illujlra- 
 
 t'fue.^ By way of explanation. 
 
 Things aic many times tielivercd hicroglyphi- 
 c.tIIv, mei.nphorically, iliujlr<itivclyj and nut witi' 
 reference to adlion. Broixt; 
 
 ILLUSTRIOUS, adj. [illujlrls, Lat. 
 illujlre, French.] Confpicuous; noble; 
 eminent for excellence. 
 
 In other languages the n\o^ illujjrious titles are 
 deiived fioni things facrcd. Sont'i. 
 
 Of ev'i-y nation, each ii'ujirhus name. 
 Such toys as thofe have cheated into fame. DryJ 
 
 Illu'stkiously. adv. [from H/ii/Zrions.] 
 Confpicuoufly ; nobly; eminently. 
 
 He difdained not to appear at fcftivai enter- 
 
 tai.imtnts, that he might more i//uJltiou/Iy mani- 
 
 feft his chanty. ^tte>but)i 
 
 You carrying with you all the world can_boait. 
 
 To all the world il'iufirk:ij]y are loft. Po/^c. 
 
 Illu'striousness. n. J. [from llhiflri- 
 ous.l Eminence; nobility; grandeur. 
 
 I'm. Contraiited from /aw;. 
 
 Im is ufed commonly, in compofition, for 
 in before inute letters. What is Im in 
 Latin, when it is not negative, is often 
 em in French ; and our writers, as the 
 Latirt»or French occurs to their minds, 
 ufe im or em : formerly im was more 
 common, and now em fet.ms to prevail. 
 
 IMAGE. II. f. \_image, Fr. imago, Lat.] 
 
 I. Any corporeal rcprefeiitation, general- 
 ly ufed of flatucs ; a ilatue ; a pidure. 
 Wliofc is tl-.is /mn^tand fupcrfcription : MiUi. 
 
 I M A 
 
 The one 19 too bkc an imctgCy and fays nothing \ 
 and the other too like my lady's oldett fon, ever- 
 more talking. Shakf^^are. 
 
 Thy brother I, 
 Even like a ftony image, cold and numb. Shaljp. 
 
 The image of a deity may be a proper objecl 
 for that which is but the image of a religion. 
 
 South, 
 
 Still muft I be upbraided with your line; 
 But your late brother did not prize me lefs, 
 Bccaufe I could not boaft of images. J^rycfct. 
 
 2. An idol ; a falfe god, 
 
 ManaflTeh fel the carved /«<3^f in God's houfe. 
 
 Cltrcnici'et. 
 
 3, A copy ; reprefentation ; likenefs. 
 
 Long may'fl thou live, 
 To boar his imtige and renew his glories ! Skai. 
 
 I havebewcpt a woithy hufband's death, 
 And liv'd by looking on liis images : 
 But now two mirrouis of his princely fcmblance 
 Aic crack'd in pieces by malignant death. 
 
 Skjkfpcare^s Richard ill. 
 
 He made us to his image all agree : 
 That imuge is the foul, and that muft be, 
 Or not the maker's image, or be free. Drydetu 
 
 4, Semblance; fliow; appearance,. 
 
 Deny to fpeak with me? They 're fick, th#/ 
 're weary. 
 They have traveli'd all night! Mere fetches, 
 The images of revolt. Skakfp€are*s King Lear, 
 
 This is the man fhould do the bloody deed: 
 The image of a wicked heinous f;iult 
 Lives in his eye. ShakfpeareU King yohn 
 
 The face of things a frightful image bears, 
 And prefcut death in various forms appears. 
 
 Dryden's j£ne:d^ 
 
 5. An idea; a reprefentation of any thing 
 to the mind ; a pidure drawn in the 
 fancy. 
 
 The ijnage of the jcft 
 ril fiicw you here at large." Shakfpeare. 
 
 Outcafis of mortal race ! can we conceive 
 Im.-ge of aught delightful, foft, or great? Prior, 
 
 When wc fpeak of a figure of a thoufand an- 
 gles, wc may have a clear idea of the number 
 one thoufand iuigles; but the /wrt^f, or fenfibic 
 idc;i, wc rinnot diftinguilh by fancy from the 
 image of a hgure that has nine hundred angles. 
 
 i Fat is. 
 
 To I'm AGE. V. a, [from the noun.^ To 
 copy by the fancy ; to imagine. 
 
 Hjw are immaterial fubliances to be imaged, 
 which are fuch thmgs whereof we can have no 
 notion? Dryd-jn, 
 
 Image to thy mind 
 How our forefathers to the Stygian fhades 
 Went quick. Philips, 
 
 His ear oft frighted with the imaged \q\cc 
 Of heav'n, when ftrll it thundered. Priory 
 
 Fate f(.>me future bard (hall join, 
 In fad llmilitude nf griefs to mine, 
 Condemn'd whole years in abfence to deplore, 
 And image charms he mui^ behold no more. 
 
 pope, 
 .Imagery, n. f. [from/W^^.] 
 
 1. Senfible reprefentations ; pidlurea ; 
 flatues. 
 
 Of marble flonc was cut 
 An alt.^r carv'dwith cunning imagery. F. Quee*t, 
 
 When in thofe oratories might you fee 
 Rich car\ing?, poitraitures, and imagery* 
 Where c-. 'ry tigurc to the life exprcfi'd 
 The godhead's pow*r. Dryd^n. 
 
 Your gift Ihall two large goblets be 
 Of filver, wrought with curious imagery, 
 And high cmhofs'd. D'yden's j^neidt 
 
 2. Show ; appearance. 
 
 Tilings of the world fill the imaginative part 
 with beauties and fantaliick ijnagery. Taylor, 
 
 What can thy imagery of forrow mean ? 
 Scciiided from the world, and all its care, 
 Hall thuu to griivc or joy, to hope or fear ?
 
 I'M A 
 
 All tlif vifionary hcMtties oi the prurpcA, ilir 
 
 {jiiiic and im.igcry tlial .tttMilnl our fciili-^, Kidc 
 
 and dif:ipiif.ir. Ro^rrs. 
 
 J. Forms oi the fancy ; falfc ideas ; ima- 
 
 giiiai'j' piKintafins. 
 
 It mi^ht l)C a nici-c drcnni which ht faw ; the 
 '"'■'g^'y "I'l nK'l.ineholick Uncy, fiich .ns imifinj 
 men mill.iki,* fur a rcniity. ^-^ttcrl/urj. 
 
 4. Rcprtfeiitations in writing; fiich de- 
 fcriptions as force the imiige of the 
 thing dcR-ribed upon tiie mind. 
 
 I wifh tlicrc may bi: in thit pjem any infl.iiicc 
 of good i'l:,i^cry. j)iy.l,ii. 
 
 Im A.'cr'N ABLE, flf^'. [imaginable, French, 
 
 from /'mnf/'w. ] Podible to be conceived. 
 
 It is not im^i^inithlc that nu'ti vvili be brought 
 
 to obey wb;it they cannot cllccin. ^',:ith. 
 
 Men, funk into the gienteli d-u-kncfs imugiu- 
 
 mik, retain lojue fenfe and awe of a Deity. 
 
 '/7ft.'/;./;. 
 
 Ima'cin.^Nt. adj. [ima_^inant, French.] 
 ImagininfT ; forming ideas. 
 
 \Vc will enquire wli.it the foice of iniagin.ition 
 is, either upon tlic body im^igiiumty or upon an- 
 other body. Bjceri. 
 
 Ima'ginary. aifj. [imagiiiairc, Fr. fiom 
 inuigine.] Fancied; vilionary ; exifting 
 only in the imagination. 
 
 Fall'e fori'ow's eye,- 
 Which, for things true, weeps things imaghuri. 
 
 Expectation whirls mc round: 
 Th' imagi'Uiry rcli(h is To fweet, 
 Tliat it encliants iiiv fenfo. Shakfi'--<ire 
 
 Fortune is nothing elfe but a power ;>ft()t'///..M', 
 to which tlie fucceffei of human anions and cn- 
 deavaurn were for their variety afciibed. 
 
 K.i/i-i^Ji's ir.:ft',iy. 
 
 Why wilt thou add, to all the griefs I fuliVr, 
 ftmt^inary ills and fancied toitures? AMiiPi/t, 
 
 ImaciNa'tion. n.f. limagjnatici, I.alin; 
 
 imagination, French ; from iinagine.] 
 t. Fancy; the power of fonning ideal 
 pitlurcs; the power of rtprefenting 
 things ubfent to one's felf or others. 
 
 Imiighmth': I undeiliand to be the rcprcfcn- 
 tacion of an individual thought. Tmafrhiatio'i is 
 of three kinds; joined with belief of tiiat wliicli 
 is to come; joined -with mtmoiy of th;jt whicii 
 is part; and of things prefent, or as if tliey were 
 prcfcnt: for I comprciiend in this imnrrinnHen 
 feigned and at plealure, as if one fliould im.igine 
 fuch a man to be in the vcfiinents of a pope, or in 
 ii.ivc « ings. Baenn. 
 
 Our fimple apprehenfion of corpor.1l objccl.s, 
 if prefent, isfenfe; if abfent, ;>wg/«,i(;M: when 
 we would peicoive a material ohjcdf, our fancies 
 prefent us with its idea. Gifiu^'illc. 
 
 whither fhall I run, or which way dy 
 The f^j^it of this fo horrid fpeiilaclc, 
 Which erlt my eyes beheld, and yet behold ! 
 For dire imwjiiicitiwi ftill purfucs me. Mi//i>n.i 
 
 Where beams of warm im<:i^i>i,iii'>ri play. 
 The memory's foft figures melt away. P;pc. 
 
 2. Conception; iinage in the mind ; idea. 
 
 Sometimes defpair darkens all htr ima^im^ 
 tiotit ; fometimcs tlic niftive palfion of love cl-.ccis 
 and clears her invention. Sid'jsy. 
 
 Princes have but their titles for their gloiics, 
 An outward honour for .111 inward toil; 
 And, for ■mfclr i'tuiainatias, 
 3'licy often feel a world of reftlefs cares. R'luikff 
 
 Better I were diar.ia, 
 'Sol'hould my thoughts be fevcr'd from my griefs; 
 And woes, by wrong hnd^tn>iti^jni, lofe 
 The knowledge of thcnilclves. Sluikffcmc. 
 
 His im'tpyi,itlQm were often as jurt as they 
 were bold and lirong. DejitiU. 
 
 ^, Contrivance ; fchenie. 
 
 Thoji hart fcen all their vengeance, and all their 
 /m,;!T//;,i;:!i/). .ig.nlnft me._ ^ Lamentations. 
 
 jf. An imfoUd or fanciful opiniuji. 
 Vol. J. 
 
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 ^'e :\n dpi tn lliink thai fjiaee, in itfelf, (| Je- 
 tuiilly bnuiullel's; to which /w«t;/7.;//ff'/, the idea 
 of (pare, ol Itfelf, leads us. la^h. 
 
 I M a'o I r* a r IV e. aJj. [imaginalif, French; 
 from imagi/.r.] Fantallick ; full oi 
 imagination. 
 
 Witches are rr.tii^inativi-, and believe oft times 
 they do that wliicli they rlo nut. B^u^-j. 
 
 Lav fetters and rcHiaints upon the riuigf'iatirc 
 iind f.uitaHick p^rt, bccaulV our fancy i« ofu.illy 
 pleafed with tlio cntertaiiuncnt of thadosvs and 
 gauds. i iiyjijt^i Kulti if l:L'i'!f*^ h'lly. 
 
 To IM.VGINE. V. a. [imag.-iiL-r, French; 
 imiigitior, Latin.} 
 
 1, To fancy; to paint in the mind. 
 
 Look what notes and garments, he duth give 
 thee. 
 Bring thcra, I pray thee, wrilh imagin'J fpjcd. 
 
 Piofcnt fears 
 Arf lefs than horrible inugiiiings. Slhiifjiearr. 
 Wi.at are our ideas of eternity and immenfity 
 but the repeated adtlilions of certain idea.s of /w.i. 
 g/«f./parts of duration and expanfion, with the 
 intinity of iiuinber, iii which we can come tn no 
 end of addition ? Loiki. 
 
 2. To fcheme ; to contrive. 
 
 They intended e\ il againlt thee, they im.igined 
 a miffiiievous device. Vjjl>n\, 
 
 ImaV. iNER. n.f. [from ;OTi7f/«f.] One 
 who forms ideas. 
 
 The jiijgler took upon him to know that fuch 
 an one Ihould point 111 fuch a place of a garter 
 that was hekl up; antl full he did it, by firit tel- 
 ling the imAgincr^ and after bidding the aiftor 
 think. Bucnft. 
 
 Imbi;'cii, E. adj. [imim/w, Latm ; imbe- 
 cille, French.] Weak; feeble; want- 
 ing ftrength of either mind or body. 
 
 To Imbe'cile. v. a. [from the adjec- 
 tive. This word is corruptly written 
 cwle'!.%k.'\ To weaken a lloek or for- 
 tune by clandcfline expences or uiijull 
 appropriations. 
 
 I'rintcs mull in .1 fpecial manner be gijaidians 
 of pupils .md widows, not futfering their perfons 
 to be opprefTcd, or their (lares imheclled. Tayhr. 
 
 ImbEci'lity. n. f. [imifcl/Ulf, French.] 
 Wcaknefs ; fceblcncfs of mind or body. 
 
 A weak and impcrfeif rule argueth inthrahty 
 ■ nd impcrfeiftion. Haoi-ti. 
 
 No /w/'(-r/,7;y of means can prejudice the truth 
 of the proniife of God lieiejn. JloiUr. 
 
 We that arc flrong ninft bear the imhtcility of 
 the impotent, aird not pltafc ourfehes. Ihnktr. 
 
 That way we are contented to p"o\e, which, 
 licing tire worfe in itfcff, is notwithilanding now, 
 I'V reafon of common imlii-iilltyf the fitter and 
 likelier to be Liooked. Hbski-r. 
 
 StiTngth would be lord o( imhecilitv. 
 And the rude fon would Jlrike his f.ather de.Td. 
 
 Shitkjpcarc. 
 
 ImhcciUty, fur fcx aad age, was fuch as they 
 could not lift up a hand againfl. them. 
 
 King Cha^ln. 
 
 When man Mas f.iUcn, and had al^antloned bis 
 primitive innocence, a ftrangc i'nlcvi'jty immc- 
 dijtily fci/.ed and laid hold of him I'J'd'AiivarJ. 
 
 To IIVJBIBE. 1). a. [imbibo, Latin; im- 
 biber, French.] 
 [. To drink in ; to draw in. 
 
 A pot of afhes will receive more hot wtttcr 
 th;tn cold, foi armueh as trie warm water imbibetli 
 nitfie of the f.ilt. ' Jit own. 
 
 The forient mcicilefs imhibrs 
 Comniilhons, per.:iuilitcs, and bribes. Swft. 
 
 Illumin'd wi<le.. 
 The dewy-lkirtcd clouds imbibe the fun. 
 
 'r!iomf'jn\ .-lutmnn. 
 
 2. To admit into tlie mind. 
 
 Thole, that hue imMbfd this enor, have ex- 
 tcnd«d the iiiiluenc« uf tlut bcUe/ to the wholo 
 
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 Kofpcl, which tlrfy will not aliow to conM!« jnjr 
 ihnig bur jjromifes. H*i'rm;rrJ. 
 
 It 19 not cafy for the mind to put offthofc con- 
 fufed notions and prejudices it has insbibtii from 
 cuftom. l.9ckr. . 
 
 Con\erfafion with foreigners cnl.irgcs our 
 minds, and fcts them free frttm many prejudiced 
 we are ready to imfubf concerning them. IVjin. 
 3. To drench; to faturate ; to foak. 
 This fenfe, though unufual, perhaps 
 unexampled, is nectffary in Knglifli, tin- 
 Itfs the word imbue be adopted, whick 
 our writers feem not willing to receive. 
 
 Metals, corroded with a littie acid, turn inti 
 rult, which is .tn earth taftelefs and indlflolvalilc 
 in water; and this earth, imlibeti with more 
 acid, becomes a metallick fait. N^irict. 
 
 Lv) Bi'iiKK. n.f. [from imbibe.] That 
 wiiich drinks or fucks. 
 
 Salts are lliong imbiberioi fulphureous fleams. **^ 
 
 .■lrLut!r}1l. 
 
 Imbibi'tion. n. f. [imbibition, Fr. front 
 imbibe.] The aiil of fucking or driirk- 
 ing in. 
 
 ■ Muft powders grow more coherent by mixture 
 of \xaicr than of oil : the reafon is the congruity 
 of bodies, which maketh a peifecter imbibition. 
 and incorporation. Bacon. 
 
 Heat and ci»ld have a virtual tranfition, without 
 communication of fiibrtancc, but in moilfure not; 
 and to all madefaflion tlierc is requited an /w- 
 bibition. Bueutt. 
 
 A drop of oil, let fall upon a fheef of white 
 paper, that part of it, whicli, by the imbibition of 
 trie liquor, acquires a greater continuity and fomo 
 tranfpaiency, will appear much d.u'ker than the 
 reit; many of the incident beams of light being 
 now lunfmittiid, titat otheiwife would be re- 
 fleflcd. Boyle. 
 
 To Imbi'tter. v. a. [from bitter.] 
 
 1. To make bitter. 
 
 2. To deprive of pleafure ; to make un- 
 happy. 
 
 Let them extinguifti their pafTions which ;«- 
 biittr their lives, and deprive them of their (hare 
 in the happitiefs of the community. Addijon. 
 
 Is there any thing that more imbitters the en- 
 joymcots of this life than lliamc ? South, 
 
 3. To exafperate. 
 
 To Imbo'dy. 1'. 17. [from i(?i^'.] 
 t. To condenfe to a body. 
 
 2. To inveil with matter ; to make cor- 
 poreal. 
 
 An opening cloud rereals 
 An hcav'nly form imbody\t, and array'd 
 With robei of light. Dry3at, 
 
 Though afliduity in the moft fijcd cogitation 
 be no trouble to imm^tcrialiied fpirifs, yet is it 
 mare than I'ur imbtditU fouls c.Aji bear without 
 lalTitudc. GltinvilleU Sd'pjii. 
 
 3. To bring together Into one maft pr 
 company ; to incorporate. 
 
 I b\ vow am fo imboilicd yours, 
 Tliat (he whkhvmarries you mu(i marry me. 
 
 Shukfi'ears. 
 Kevcr fince created, man 
 ^■Tet fuch imbodicd force, as nam'd with thefc. 
 Could ir.crit more tlian that fm.ill infantry. 
 Warr'd on b; cranes. AHitifi' I'.ir.idifn Lojt. 
 
 Ihidcr their head imbody'd all in one. Milton. 
 Then Claufus c;me, wiio led a num'rous bard 
 Of troops imboMcd, from tiie Sabine bud. DryK 
 
 4. To enclofe. Improper. 
 
 In thofe (frata we Uiall itieet with the fam« 
 metal or mineral iinboditd in (tone, or lodged n^ 
 coal, fliat elfcwhere we found in marie. 
 
 n'oodwiird' i Notutiil fli/lory. 
 
 To Tmdo'dv. v. n. To unite into oilc 
 mals ; to coalefce. 
 
 The foul grows clotted by contagion, 
 Imb^'dits and inibrutes, 'till (he quite iofc 
 The djviiie property of her fiift beiiij. MillM. 
 
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 The idea of wlute, which fiiow yielded yeftcr- 
 diiy, and another idea of wliite from anolher (now 
 to-day, put together in yum mind, imbo.ly and 
 nm into one. ^^' 
 
 To Imbo'il. -y. n. [from boil.'] To 
 exeftiiate ; to effervefce ; to move wilh 
 violent agitation like hot liquor in a 
 caldron. Not in ufc. 
 
 Wirli whofc rcuioacli anil odious menace, 
 The knight /«/,;//.«? in liii haughty heart, 
 
 K-nit all his forces, and 'ganfoon unbrace 
 His grafping liold. ^«"> Q."""' 
 
 To Imbo'lden. 1). a. \_ixomboU.] To 
 raife to confidence ; to encourage. 
 
 'Tis neceffary he Ihould die : 
 Kothing imboUcm fin lo much as mercy. Shaifp 
 I thinli. myfelf in hclter plight for a lender 
 tlr.ni you are, the which hath fomething im- 
 i>.yf)ft.V metothis unfealoned intrufion. i^hakff. 
 I HV.s the more imbolimcd, bccaufe I found I 
 ' had a foul congenial to his. V^ydei. 
 
 Nor flight was left, nor hopes to force his 
 way ; 
 IrrMllcifd by defpair, he flood at bay. D>ydtn. 
 Their virtues and fuperior genius imUldcned 
 them, in great exigencies of ftate, to attempt the 
 fcrvicw of their prince and country out of the 
 common for.Tis. Swift. 
 
 Tj Imeo'som. -v. a. [from bofom.'] 
 
 1. To huld on the bofom ; to cover fond- 
 ly wilh the folds of one's garment ; to 
 hide under any cover. 
 
 The Father infinite, 
 Eywhom in blifs .•■nio/owV f.it the Son. iUhan. 
 
 \'nbges itr.Ufrn' d (oi\. in trees, 
 And fpiry towns by furging columns mnrk'd. 
 
 Thomjon 
 
 2. To admit to the heart, pr to affeftion. 
 
 Biit glad dctire, his late imhoforn'd guelt. 
 Vet-but a babe, with milk, of fight he nurft. 
 
 Sidney. 
 Who glad t' imbofiu: his affeflion vile. 
 Did all (he might, raoie plainly to appear. 
 
 Fuiry Queen. 
 
 3'(7 Imbo'und. 1'. a. Ifioraiound.} To 
 enclole ; to (hut in. 
 
 That fvvcer breath. 
 Which was imuoundcd in this beauteous day. 
 
 Shtikfpeate. 
 
 To Imbo'w. ^'. a. [from io-j.'.'\ To 
 arch ; to vault. 
 
 Prince Arthur gave a box of diamond fure, 
 l.nhotued with gold and gorgeous ornament. 
 
 Fjiry Queen. 
 
 Udwxvtd windows be pretty retiring places for 
 
 confcrei-.ce :' they keep both the wind and fun 
 
 oif. £acc,n. 
 
 Let ray due feet never fail 
 To w.alk the ftudious cloiftcr's pale, 
 And love the high iKl>o~.ued roof> 
 With antick pillar maffy proof. M//.'o». 
 
 ToTmbo'wer. v. a. [fi-om Z-owtT.] To 
 cover with a bower; to (helter with 
 trees. . , 
 
 And Itooping thence to Ham s imbownng 
 walks, . 
 
 In fpotlefs peace retired. -, fu' 
 
 ^Imdo'wment. «./. [from wiZow.J Arch; 
 
 vault. . 
 
 Th" roof all open, rot fo much as any imbow- 
 mer.t near any of the walls le1t. Bacon. 
 
 To Imera'nci-e. 1). a. To entangle. 
 A low word. ' 
 
 With fuhtle cobweb cheats 
 They're catch'd in knotted law, like nets ; 
 111 which, wl>cn once they ate imhrang!cd, 
 Tl'S.niorc they iiir, the more they 're tangled. 
 
 Hudibra%. 
 
 r.MBKiCATJ;D.- aij. [from imlrex, Lat.] 
 Iiulefitcd with concavities ; bent and 
 hallowed like a roof or gutttr-tilc. 
 
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 ImbriCa'tion. n. f. \\mlrex, Latin.] 
 
 Concave indenture. 
 All is guarded with a well-made tegument, 
 
 adorned with neat imbricalions, and many other 
 
 fineries. -^ 
 
 To Imbro'wn. "w. a. [from bro'UJi!.] 
 
 To make brown; to darken; to ob- 
 
 fciire ; to cloud. 
 
 Where the morning fun firft warmly fmitc 
 The open field, and where tl-.c unpicrc'd (hade 
 Imbmuri'd the noontide bow'rs. Mutin. 
 
 The foot grows black that was with dut im- 
 biown'd, 
 And in thy pocket gingling halfpence found. 
 
 Gay 
 Another age (hall fee the golden ear 
 Imbroivn the Hope, and nod on the parterre. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 Jmbmm'd with native bronze, lo ! Henly 
 
 (lands. -fV' 
 
 To Imbru'e. v. a. [from jn and */•//£■.] 
 
 I. To fteep; to foak ; to wtt much or 
 
 long. This ieems indifferent'y wiitten 
 
 with im or em. I have fuftained both 
 
 modes of writing. 
 
 Thou mad'ft many hearts to bked 
 Of mignty viftors, with wide v, o jnds emhrud, 
 And by thy cruel darts to thee fubdu'd S^cnfer. 
 
 Ti;erc rtrcam; a ipring of blOL.d fo fart 
 From thofe deep wounds, as all embru'd the face 
 Of th.it accurfcd caitiff. Dinicl'i Ci- il War 
 
 The metcilefs Turks, fm^'"''' with the chril- 
 tinn blood, were weary of (laughter, and began 
 greedily to feck after the fpoil. AVf i' H'Jiory. 
 
 At me, as at a mark, his bow he drew, 
 Whofe arrows in my blood their wings imb,uf. 
 
 S^tulyi. 
 Lucius pities the offenders, 
 Th.it would embtut their hands in Cato's hfjod. 
 
 .A.'uiipol 
 
 Lo ! thefe hands in murder arc imhru'd, 
 Thofe trembling feet by jullice are purfu'd. Vrie.,. 
 
 There, where two ways in equal parts djwde, 1 
 The direful monfter from afar defcry'd \ 
 
 Two bleeding babes depending at her fule ; J 
 Whofe panting vitals, warm with life, Ihe draws. 
 And in their hearts emhiuei her cruel claws. Poye. 
 
 His virgin fword TEgyfthus" veins imbtu'd; 
 The murd'ier fell, and blood aton'd tor blood. 
 
 Tope. 
 
 A good man chufes rather to pafs by a ver- 
 bal injury than imbrue his hands in blooi'. 
 
 Cdnrijfa. 
 
 2. To pour; toemitmoifture. Obfolete. 
 
 Some bathed kilTcs, and did off rir.br:. 
 The fugar'd liquor through his melting 1 _^ 
 
 F.iiry Qi^ecn. 
 
 To Im BRUTE, -v. a. [ixom brute.] To 
 degrade to brutality. 
 
 I, who erft contended 
 With gods to fit the higheft, ar- now conftrain'd 
 Into a b.aft ; and mix with bcr.iai (lime, 
 This effence te inc.itnate and imhruie. MUlon. 
 
 To Imbru'te. ^'. «. To link down to 
 
 brutality. 
 
 The foul grows clotted by contagion, 
 Imboriies and imbruta, 'till (he quite lofe 
 The divine property of her firlt bein^. Mi'.un. 
 To Imbu'f.. -J. a. [jmlm, Lacin. This 
 word, which feems wanting; in our lan- 
 guage, has been propofed by fcv-ral 
 writers, but not yet adopted by the reft. 
 Imbu, French, the participial adj. is 
 onlyufed.] To tinfture deep ; to im- 
 bibe or foak with any liquor or die. 
 
 I would render this treatile intelligible to 
 every rational man, however little vetted in 
 fcholaftick learning ; among whom I cspeft it 
 will have a f.iirer palTagc, than among tho(e tl^at 
 aic deeply imhurd with other principles. Digh. 
 Clothes which have once been thoroughly /m- 
 bued with black, cannot well afterwards be dyed 
 into ligliter colour. .Sy 'f. 
 
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 Where the mineral matter is great, fo as t» 
 take the eye, the body appears imi.vfJ and tinc- 
 tured with the colour. JJaidward. 
 
 To Imbu'rse. v. a. [iourfe, Fr.] To 
 
 flock with money. This fliou.d be em- 
 
 burfe, from emhourfer, French. 
 Imitabi'litv. «./. [imjVa^;.'i<<iJ, Latin.] 
 
 The quality of being imitable.- 
 According to the multitaiioufnefs of this imi' 
 
 tabilily, fo arc the poffibihtics of being. Norris, 
 
 I'mitable. adj. [imitabil'ts, h^it, imitaile, 
 French.] 
 
 1. Worthy to be imitated; defervingto 
 be copied. 
 
 How could the moft bafe men, and fcparate 
 from all /".'.■/jA.'f qu.ilities, attaia to honour but 
 by an obfcrvant fl../iih courfc } Ktiicg/i. 
 
 As ails of pariiament are not regarded by mort 
 imHall: writers, 1 account the rehition of them 
 improi-er for hirtory. Hiiyii^aid. 
 
 2. Pofiibic to be imitated; within reach 
 of imitation. 
 
 The characters of men placed in lower ftations 
 
 of life, an: m.'re ufcful, as being imii.ible by 
 
 g.-enier numbers. ■ ^ .dinrbury. 
 
 To I'mitate. -J. a. [im;/or, Latin ; imiler^ 
 
 Frcncii.] 
 
 1. To copy; to endeavour to refemble. 
 Wc iir.itate and prailife to make fwifter mo- 
 tions than any out of your muDcels. Bacon. 
 
 D.-i'pi(i.- wealth, and imitate a god. Cfwliy. 
 1 would carels fonie ftableman of note. 
 And iniitote his language and his coat. 
 
 iiUn of Tajle, 
 
 2. To counterfeit. 
 
 This hand .ippcai'd a (hining fword to wield. 
 And th.it fuftain'd an iir.iiated Ihield. Drydtn. 
 
 3. To ptirfuc the courfe of a compofition, 
 foastoufcparalitl images and examples. 
 
 Fl ' Ihame ! what, imiiAte an ode ! _ Gay. 
 Imita'tion. n. f. [imilalio, Latin; imi- 
 taiion, French.] 
 
 1. Tiie aft of copying; attempt to re- 
 femble. 
 
 2. That which is offered as a copy. 
 
 Since a true knowledge of nature gives UJ 
 pleafure, a lively imitation of it, cither in poetry 
 or painting, muft produce a much gieatcr; for 
 both thefe aits are not only true imitations of na- 
 ture, but ef tire beft nature. Dryden. 
 
 3. A method of tranflating loofer than 
 paraphrafe, in which modern examples 
 and illullrations are ufed for ancient, or 
 domeftick for foreign. 
 
 In the way of imitation, the tranfiator not 
 only varies from the words and fcnfc, but for- 
 fakes them as he fees occafion ; and, taking 
 only fomc gcner.il hints from the crigin.^1, juns 
 riivifion on the ground-work. Dryden. 
 
 I'mitative. aiij. [imilativus, Latin.] ^ 
 
 1. Inclined to copy : as, man is an imiialk'i 
 being. . . 
 
 2. Aiming at refemblance : as, painting 
 is an imitative art. 
 
 3. Formed after fome original. 
 This temple, lefs in form, with equal grace. 
 
 Was imitative of the r«|.i n Th. ace. Diy.ttyi. 
 
 Imitator, ti.f. [Latin; imitateuy, Fr.] 
 One that cfples another; one that en- 
 deavours to vcfemble another. 
 
 lmita".ri are but a fcrvilc kind of cattle, fays 
 the poet. ^'y''"'- 
 
 Imma'culate. adt. \_immaculdtus, 1-at. 
 iwmacuJc-, French.] 
 
 I. Spntkis; ptiie; undefifed. 
 
 To keep this cominandmeiit immaculate and 
 bUmclcfs, v/as to tcich thegofpcl of Ciirilf. 
 
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 His words nie bonds, his oaths are oiaclcj; 
 His love fiiiccre, his thoughts /m'«rta//.i^r. S'tti^f. 
 
 TliC king, whom catholicks count a l.iiiit-iii(c 
 mul imm.tcultiic prince, was taken away in the 
 flower of his age. * Biicon, 
 
 Were but my foul as pure 
 From other guilts as that, Hcav'n did not hold 
 One more immjculatt:. Dcnham'' i Sophy, 
 
 t. Ptiic; limpid. 
 
 Thou deal, imma,--u!tttCf and filvcr fountain, 
 From whc rjcc th IS ll ream, through muddy pa (lagcs, 
 Hath had his current and dcfil'd himfclf. Sluiijp. 
 
 To Imma'nacle. v. a. [from manac/e.] 
 To fetter ; to confine. 
 
 Thoucan'll not touch the freedom of my mind 
 With all thy charms, although this corporal rind 
 Thou haft immuitacl* ci. Milion. 
 
 Imma'ne. adj. [/mmanis, Latin.] Vail; 
 prodigioufly gieat. 
 
 I'mmanent. a^j. [immanent, French; in 
 and tiinnco, Latin.] Intrinfick; in- 
 herent ; internal. 
 
 judging the infinite cITcnce by our narrow 
 fclvcs, we afciibc intelleiftions, volitions, and 
 fuch like immanent ailions, to that nature which 
 hath noticing in common with us. Gljiwille. 
 
 What he wills and intends once, he willed and 
 intended from all eternity; it being grofsly con- 
 trary to the very firll notions we have of the 
 infinite peifcftions of the Divine Nature to Itate 
 or fuppofe any new immnncnt aft in God. South. 
 
 Imma'nifest. adj. [in and mamfcft.^ 
 Notmanifeft; not plain. Not in ufe. 
 
 A time not much unlike th.it which wai before 
 time, immarufcji and unknown. Broivn, 
 
 Imma'nity. n. f. \jmmanitas, Latin.] 
 Baibarity ; favagenefs. 
 
 It was both impious and unnatural, 
 That fuch immunity and bloody Itril'e 
 Should reign among profeflbrs of one faith. S^iakfp. 
 
 Immarce'ssidle. ad/, [in and marcefco, 
 Latin.] Unfading. Did. 
 
 Imma'rtial, adj. [inz.'oA martial. '\ Not 
 warlike. 
 
 My pow'rs are unfit, 
 Myfelf imwartin], Chapnmn^i O.UJfty. 
 
 To Imma'sk. t). a. \jn and majh.^ To 
 cover ; to difguife. 
 
 I have cafes of buckram for the nonce, to 
 immajk our noted outward garments. &kakjpca':c. 
 
 Immate'rial. ad'], [immaleriel, Fvench; 
 in and materia, Latin.] 
 
 1. Incorporeal ; diltinct from matter; 
 Toid of matter. 
 
 Angels are fpiiits itnmntcrial and intelleifiuai, 
 the glorious inhabitants of ihofe faered palaces, 
 where there is nothing but light and immortaliry ,- 
 no fhadow of matter for tears, difcontentmcnis, 
 griefs, and uncomfortable paflions to work upon ; 
 but all joy, tranqu'llity, and peace, even for ever 
 and ever, do dwell. Booker. 
 
 As then the foul a fubfl-nncc hath alone, 
 Befides the body, in wiiich flie is coiih:i*d j 
 
 So h.uli flic not a body of her own. 
 Bur isa fpiiit, and /wwri/rr.W mind. D^xiei. 
 
 Thofe immttietial felicities we cxpcft, fui^gell 
 the ncccflity of preparing our appetites, witliou*- 
 which heaven can be no heaven to us. 
 
 ' Dcc.iy of ri:ty. 
 
 No man that owns the cxiflence of an infinite 
 fpint csn doubt of the poir.bilityof a finite fpirit; 
 that is, fucli a thing as is imt>:.ueri,i/, and does 
 nut contain any principle of corruption. Tfilotf. 
 
 2. Unimportant; without weight ; imper- 
 tinent ; without relation. This ftnfe 
 has crept into the converfalion and wri- 
 tings of barbarians ; but otight to be 
 utterly rejected. 
 
 Immateria'litv.b./ [from imwaterial.] 
 Incorporeity J dilliniflnefs from body or 
 mutter. 
 
 I M M 
 
 Wlien wc know cogitation is the prime iltri- 
 
 butc of a I'pirit, wc infer its immalenuliiy, and 
 
 thence its iminoitality. IVittl\. 
 
 I M M A T k'r I .V I. L V . adv. f from immaterial. ] 
 
 In a manner not depending upon matter. 
 
 The vlfihle fpccics i-f tilings llrike not oui 
 fenfcs inmi'tt^' ialiv; but ftrcaming in corporal 
 raysdocairy with them the qualities of theobjct'l 
 from whence they fiow, and the medium through 
 which they pafs. Broiun' i Vulgar l!ir§urs. 
 
 Immatf.'ria LiZED. ad/, [from in and 
 materia, Latin.] Diftinfl froiii matter; 
 incorporeal. 
 
 Though afliduity in the moft fixed cogitation 
 
 be no tioubic to iinm.itfrializ,eii fpirits, yet is it 
 
 more than our embodied fouls can bear without 
 
 laltitude. GlanvtlW s Scfpjii. 
 
 Immate'r I ALNESS. «. /. [ivoTix immnle- 
 
 rial.] Dillintitnefs from matter. 
 Immate'riate. adj. [in and materia, 
 Latin.] Not confifting of matter ; in- 
 corporeal ; wanting body. 
 
 It isa viituc which may be called incorporeal 
 and imindicii^Uc, whereof there be in nature but 
 few. Bacon. 
 
 After a long enquiry of things immcrfe in 
 matter, I intcipofe fome objeft which hiwmr.tc' 
 riate, or lefs materiate ; fuch as this of founds. 
 
 IMMATU'RE. adj. \lmmalurus,'L!^t.'\ 
 
 1. Not ripe. 
 
 2. Not perfeft; not arrived at fulnefs or 
 completion. 
 
 The land enterpriic of Panama was an ill 
 mcafurcd and immature counfe), grounded upon 
 a falfe account, that the palTages were no better 
 fortified than Drake had left them. Becan. 
 
 This is your time for faftion and debate, 
 For partial favour, and permitted hate : 
 Let now your immature diflTcnrion ccafe, 
 Sit quiet. Drydcn. 
 
 3. Hafty; early; come to pafs before the 
 
 natural time. 
 
 We are plcafcd, and call not that death imma- 
 ture, if a man lives 'till fevcnty. Ta\ior. 
 I.MM atu'rely. adv. [irova immature,] 
 Too foon ; too early ; before ripenei's 
 or completion. 
 Immatu'reness. ") «./! [homimmature.l 
 Immatu'ritv. 3 Unripenefs ; ircom- 
 pletenefs; a flate fliort of completion. 
 
 I might rcafonnbly cxpcifl: a pardon from tliC 
 ingenious for faults committed in an imm.^tuiity 
 of age and judgment. CLini.\iic. 
 
 Immeabi'lity. n. f. \immcalilis,\.?A\.x\.'\ 
 Want of power to pnfs. So it is ufed 
 ill the example ; hut it Is rather, Inca- 
 pability of affording palTage. 
 
 From this phlepm proceed white cold tumours, 
 vifeidity, and coiifequcntly immeability of the 
 juices. ^^rl}uthnot. 
 
 Immea'sur ABLE. adj. [in and mea/'iire.] 
 Immenfe; not to be meafured ; indefi- 
 nitely extenfive. 
 
 Churches reared up to an height imme^fural'/e, 
 and adoined with far more beauty in their relUna- 
 tion than their founders before had given them. 
 
 Hooker. 
 From the fhotc 
 They vicwM the vafl it?ime.ifurahle abyfs, 
 Outiiigcous as a lea, dark, wafteful, wild. 
 
 Miltov. 
 Immeajt.rahle ftrcngth tlicy might behold 
 In me, of wifdom nothing more than nit an. 
 
 Miitor.. 
 
 What a glorious fhow are riiofe beings enter- 
 tained with, that can fee fuch tremendous ob- 
 jefts wandering through \\\o^c immitijurah'c tUpths 
 of ether! y^ddijons Guatdiuit. 
 
 Nor friends are there, nor vcHTcls to convey. 
 Nor oats to cut th' immcnfuralle way. ^tpr. 
 
 I M M 
 
 Immea'sur ABLY. adv. [horn immtafura- 
 
 blc.'\ Immcnfcly ; beyond all mtafurc. 
 
 The Spaniards immeajurablj bewail their dead. 
 
 Spcnj'.r. 
 There yc fliall be fed, and fiU'd 
 Immtajurally j all things (hall be your prey. 
 
 Miltm. 
 
 Immecha'nical. adj. {ill and mechanical.] 
 
 Not according to the laws of mechaaicks. 
 
 We have nothing to do to fliow any thing that 
 is immeeliuiiical, or nut according to the cllabliihed 
 laws of nature. Chsyie. 
 
 Nothing will clear a hcadpoffclTcd with/ww.v- 
 
 chanical notions. ^tead. 
 
 Imme'diaCY. «. /. [from immediate.] 
 Perfonal grcatnefs ; power of aCling 
 without dtpendance. This is a harln. 
 word, and fenfe peculiar, I believe, to 
 Shakjpeare. 
 
 He led our pow'rs, 
 Bore the commiirion of my place and pcrfon. 
 The which immcdiary niay well lland uj). 
 And call itfclf your brother. ^'"g Lf.ir. 
 
 Imme'diate. ai'j. [immediat, Frer.ch ; 
 in and inedius, Latin ] 
 
 1 . Being in ftich a (late with refperi to 
 fomething elfe as that there is nothing 
 between thcin ; proximate ; with no- 
 thing intervening. 
 
 Moles mentions the imm:d./ite caufes of the 
 deluge, the rains and tlie waters; and St. Pctr-r* 
 mentions the more remote and funri.inuntal 
 caufes, that conftipjtion of the heavens. Burnet, 
 
 2. Not afilng by fecond caufts. 
 
 It is much to be afcribed to the inimcj'ate will 
 of God, who giveth and takcth away beauty at 
 his pleafurc. .-ihhor, 
 
 3. Inftant ; prefent with regard to time. 
 Prior therefore fliould not have writteti 
 more immediate. 
 
 Immediate zxt my ncec!j, and my relief 
 Mulf not be toft and turn'd to me in words, 
 But find fupply immediate. Sh.ikjpcctrg.- 
 
 Dcath denounc'd th3t day, 
 Which he f rofuraes already vain, and void, 
 Becaufe not yet inHiilcd, as lie fear'd 
 ^y fome imm^.ti^il:! llroiic, i^mtlt, 
 
 But ihc, howe'erof vi't'ry fure, 
 Contemns the wreath too long dclay'd; 
 And arra'd with more immediate puw'r. 
 Calls cruel filencc to her .aid. P>;»'-. 
 
 Imme'di ATELT. a J".', [froxa iimnediale.] 
 
 1 . Without the intervention of any other 
 caufe or event. 
 
 God's acceptance of it, either immediately by 
 
 lilmfelf, or mediately by the hniids of the bilhop, 
 
 ~ is that which veils the whole pioperty of a tiling 
 
 in God. South. 
 
 2. Inftantly ; at the time prcfcat ; with- 
 out delay. 
 
 Her fati erhath commanded her to flip 
 Away wiih Slender, ami with iiim at Eaton 
 hnmed.atfiy to many, Sh.tkjpeare. 
 
 Imme'uiateness. /;./. [ixomi;7tmediaie.'\ 
 
 1 . Prcfence with regard to tiinc. 
 
 2. Exemutioii from keond or intervening 
 catifcs. ■ 
 
 Imme'dicaele. adj. [iirmiediealiUs, Lat.] 
 Not to be healed ; incurable. 
 
 My griefs ferment and rage. 
 Nor lefs than vvyuntis imniediccl>ie, 
 Rankle a.id felier, and gangrene 
 I'o M.ick mortification. JSlilton's A~in!f.er. 
 
 Im M e'mor ABLE. adj. [iiiunemoraiiUs, 
 Latin.] Not worth remembering. 
 
 iMMEMo'Rl.tL. adj. [jmmem'.rial, French; 
 in and memrjriu, Lr.tin.] Pali tisne tiK 
 mcmory; fo ancient that the beginnhij 
 cannot be traced. 
 
 6 F 2
 
 I M M 
 
 Allrte laws of tliis kingdom have fomc me- ' 
 •noiidls in writing, yet all iiave not tneir original 
 in writing ; for fume obtained their force by itn- 
 trftm'-'rfu/ iiiigc oi'tutlom. HuU. 
 
 By a long immtmorial prai^ticc, and prefcription 
 cf an aged thorough-paced hypocrily, tiicy come 
 to believe that for a reality, which, at firft prac- 
 tice of it, they theinfclvcs knew to be a clie.it. 
 
 South. 
 
 IMiVIE'NSE. adj. [immen/e, French ; im- 
 menfus, Latin.] Unlimited ; unbounded; 
 
 infinite. 
 
 O goodnefs infinite ! goodnefs Immenfe ! 
 That all tills good of evil (hall produce I Milton. 
 As infinite dur.ition hath no relation unto mo- 
 tion and time, fo infinite or immtnfs elfence hath 
 no relation unto body ; but is a thing diftinft fiom 
 all corporeal magnitude, which we mean when 
 we fpeak of immenfily, and of God as of an 
 immt:fifL being. Greiu. 
 
 Immensely, adv. [from immenfe.^ In- 
 finitely ; without meafiire. 
 
 \Vc Ihall find that the void fpace of our fyftem 
 is immenfely bigger tlian all its corporeal mafs. 
 
 Betithy. 
 Imme'nsity. n. f. [Immcnfitc, French.] 
 Unbounded greatnefs ; in/inlty. 
 
 By the power we find in ourfclves of repeating, 
 as often as we will, any idea of fpace, we get 
 the idea of itmncnfity. L^cke. 
 
 He that will couiider the hmncnfity of this fa- 
 brick, and the great vaiiety that is to be found in 
 this inconfidcrable part of it wliich he has to do 
 with, may think that in other manfions of it 
 tliere ra.ay be other and ditferentintcUigent beings. 
 
 Lacke. 
 All thefc llluflrious worlds, 
 And millions which the glafs can ne'er defcry, 
 Lolf in the wilds of vail h^tjnenjity, 
 Arc funs, are centers. Bhickmore' s Ctcnthn. 
 
 Jmmensurabi'lity. n. f. [from immen- 
 furahle.'] Impofiibility to be meafured. 
 Imme'nsurable. adj. [jn and men/lira- 
 
 liilts, Latin.] Not to be meafured. 
 To Imme'rge. v. a. \jminergo, Latin.] 
 
 To put under water. 
 Imme'rit. n^'f. [immenlo, Latin.] Want 
 of worth ; want of defert. This is a 
 better word than di-merit, which is now 
 ufcd in its Head. 
 
 When I receive your lines, and find there ex- 
 pielli'jnsof a paffijn, teafon and ijiy swn/wmc/V 
 tell me it muft not he for me. S-.ickli/ig. 
 
 To Imme'rse. v. a. [/m»ifr/«J'> Latin.] 
 
 1. To put underwater. 
 
 2. To fink or cover deep. 
 
 He flood 
 More than a mile /'Kw.'jrjV within tV.e wood ; 
 
 At once the wind was laid. 
 
 Drydc, 
 
 They obfervcd that they were immerpil in their 
 rocks, quarriei, and mines, rn the fame manner 
 as ti.ey are at this day found in all known parts 
 of the world. IVoodivurd. 
 
 3. To keep in a ftate of intellectual de- 
 preffion. 
 
 It is a melancholy reflexion, th.it our country, 
 which, in tinte> of popery, was called the nation 
 ef faints, ('".ou'.u now luv.e lefs appearance of 
 retigion in it than any other neighboitiing Ifate 
 er kingdom ; whether they be fuch as continue 
 lliil nnmirftJ in the errors of the chureh of 
 KO'H^e, or fuch as are recovered out of lliem. 
 
 yiddiy.n^s Frceu^J./gr. 
 
 We are prone to engage ouifclves with the 
 liufMcfs, the pleakircs, and tiic amafemints of 
 this world : xe give ourCclves up too greedily to 
 the piirfuit, and hnmirp ourfclves too deeply in 
 the enjoyments Of them. Attcjhtny. 
 
 ft is impolhbie to have a lively hope in another 
 life, and yet be dct^\^ ih:irt£''Jed m tlic enjoyments 
 
 of this. j-;tt-ib:,ri. 
 
 lM.Mfc'u8E. adj. \immerfusy,\i'i.\..'\ Biiriedj 
 covered i fuak dtcp. 
 
 I M M 
 
 -'iftcr long Inquiry of things immtrji in matter, 
 1 interpolc fume objcifl which is immattriate, or 
 iefs materiate; fucir as this of founds, that the 
 intelletft may become not partial. Bac&n. 
 
 Imme'rsion. n.f. [jmnurjio, Latin; im- 
 merfion , French.] 
 
 1. The a6l of putting any body into a 
 fluid below the furface. 
 
 Achilles's ma?hef is faid to have dipped him, 
 when he was a child, in the livcr Styx, wiiich 
 made him invulnerable all over, excepting that 
 p.U't which the mother held in her hand duiing 
 this imm'crjkn. ./^ddipni Gutirdinu. 
 
 2. The ftate of finking below the furface 
 of a fluid. 
 
 3. The ftate of being ovewhelmed or loft 
 in any refpeft. 
 
 Many pel ions, who, through the heat of tl-.eir 
 lufts and pafl'ions, through the contagion of ill 
 example, or too deep an ivtmcifion in the atfair^ 
 of life, fwer\c from the rules of theii holy faith; 
 yet would, upon extraordinaiy warning, be 
 brought to comply with them. Aitc'bury. 
 
 Immetho'dical. ad]. [/« and methodical.^ 
 Confufed ; being without regularity ; 
 being without method. 
 
 M. Bayle compares the anfwering of an im~ 
 vtcthodicd! author to the hunting of a duck : when 
 you have him full in your fight, he gives you the 
 flip, and becomes invifible. Addiftn. 
 
 Lmmetho'dic A LLY. adi}. [from tmmctho- 
 dical.'\ Without method ; without order. 
 I'mminence. n.f. \i\om. hmmnent .~\ Any 
 ill impending ; immediate or near dan- 
 ger. Not in ufe. 
 
 I do not fpeak of flight, of fear, of death ; 
 But dare all imminence, that gods and men 
 Addrefs their dangers in. Shukfpeare. 
 
 I'MMINENT. adj. [imminent, French ; 
 i«;«i«if«j-, Latin.] Impending; at hand ; 
 threatening. Always in an ill fenfe. 
 
 What dangers at any time are imminent j what 
 evils hang over our heads^ God dotli know, and 
 not we. Hooker. 
 
 Three times t<T-day 
 You have defended me from imminent death. 
 
 Shukfpcart. 
 Thcfe (he applies for warnings and portents 
 Of evils imminent', and on Iier knee 
 Hath begg'd, that I will Hay at home to-day. 
 
 SfiuUpeetre. 
 To them preach'd 
 Convorfion and repentance, as to fouls 
 In prifon, uuder judgments /'wm/'7t"/.-/, Aliltcn. 
 Men couhl not fail without imminent danger 
 and inconvcniencies. Po/>e. 
 
 To Immi'ngle. 1). a. [in and mltigle.'\ 
 To mingle ; to D>ix ; to unite. 
 
 Some of us, like thee, through flormy life 
 Toii'd, tempetl-bearcn, eie we could attain 
 This holy calm, this haimony of mind, 
 Where purity and peace imisingle charms. 
 
 Thomfon. 
 Imminu'tion. n. f. [from immi.-iuo, 
 Latin.] Diminution; Jecreafe. 
 
 Thefe revolutions are asexa-^tly uniform as the 
 earth's are, which could not be, weie there any 
 place for ciiancc, and did not a Providence con- 
 tinually o\crfee and fecuie them from all altera- 
 tion or imtninuti'.n, H.iy on the (ireiition. 
 
 ImmisCIBi'lity. n. /. [from immifdble.] 
 Incapacity of being mingled. 
 
 Immi'scible. adj. [•/« and mifdbk.'\ Not 
 capable of being mingled. CAariJfa. 
 
 Immi'ssTon. n.f. [immi/fio, Latin.] The 
 afl of fending In ; contrary to emiffion. 
 
 To Immi't. •!•. .;. [iinmitto, Latin.] To 
 fend in. 
 
 To I.MMi'x. 01. a, [.'.7 and w.'/.v.] To min- 
 gle. 
 
 I M M. 
 
 Samfon, with thefe immi.vt, inevitably 
 Pull'd down the fame dcftruilion on himfelf. 
 
 Mi/toi. 
 Immi'xable. adj. [in and ini.v,] Impof- 
 fible to be mingled. 
 
 Fill a glafs fphcre with fuch liquors as may be 
 clear, of the fame colour, and immixuhlc. 
 
 H'ilkins. 
 Immobi'lity. n. f. [immoiilite, French; 
 from itimwlilis, Latin.] Unmoveablenefs; 
 want of motion ; refiftance to motion. 
 
 The courfe of fluids thtough the vafcular folidi 
 muft in time harden the fibres, and abolifir many 
 of thecanalsj fiom whence drinefs, weaknefs, 
 immohilityf and debility of the vital force. 
 
 Arhuthnot on Aliments, 
 
 IMMO'DERATE. adj. [immoderi, Fr. 
 immoderattis,'L,2X.'\ Exceffive ; exceed- 
 ing the due mean. 
 
 One means, veiy etfeflual for the prefcrvation 
 of health, is a quiet and chearful mind, not 
 atiiii^tcd with violent pafhons, or diftraijted with 
 imm'jjerate cares. Ray on the Creation. 
 
 Immo'derately. adv. [horn immoderate.^ 
 In an exceilive degree. 
 bn'ttoderately ihe weeps for Tybalt's death. 
 
 Shnkfpettre. 
 
 The best weakened more and more the arch of 
 
 the earth, fucking out the moifture that was the 
 
 cement of its paits, drying it immoderately, and 
 
 chapping it. Burnetts Theo>y. 
 
 Im .\lODER a'tion. n. f. [immoderalion, 
 
 French ; from immoderate.] Want of 
 
 moderation; excefs. 
 
 Immo'dest. adj. [immode/Ie, Ticnch; in 
 
 and mode/I.] 
 
 1. Wanting (hame ; wanting delicacy or 
 chaftity. 
 
 She railed at herfelf, that the fhould be fo im- 
 modejl to write to one tliat ihe knew would ilout 
 her. Shakf^eare, 
 
 2. Unchafte ; impure. 
 
 hmnodtjl deeds you hinder to be wrought; 
 Sat we profciibe the Ictlt immodej} thought. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 3. Obfcerre. 
 
 'Tis needftil ihat the mofl inim'AJ! word 
 Be locpk'd upon and learn'dj which once attainM^ 
 Comes to no farther ufe 
 B'Jt to be known and hated. S/mkfjuetrt, 
 
 hr.modrji woids admit of i^^yj defence. 
 For want of decency is want of fenfe. Hiifeom. 
 
 4. Unreafonable ; exorbitant; arrogant. 
 Immo'desty. «._/"• [rmmodrf/ic-, French; 
 
 from inimodefi.] Want of inodefiy; 
 indecency. 
 It was a piece of immodejfy. Pope. 
 
 To I'M MO LATE. v. a. [immclo. Lat. 
 immalcr, Fi.] 
 
 1 , To facrifice ; to kill in facrifice. 
 
 Thefe courtieis of applaufc being oftentimes 
 reduce'l to live in want, thefe collly trifles fo en- 
 giolTing all that they can fpare, that they frc- 
 tjuently enough arc forced to inimil:tte their own 
 dcfires to their vanity. Boyle. 
 
 2. To offer in facrifice. 
 
 Hovt immo/cite the tongues, and mix the wine. 
 Scored to Neptune, and the pnw'rs divine. Pope. 
 Immola'tion. n.f. [immolation, Fnach i 
 from impio/ale.'j 
 
 1. The aCl of facrficing. 
 
 In the piflurc oi. ihe immo/ation of Ifaac, or- 
 Abraham facrificing his fon, Ifaac is defcribed as 
 a little boy. Broivn. 
 
 2 . A facrifice offered. 
 
 We make m.-re baibarous iminolatiom than the 
 
 moll favage heathens. Decoy of Viity, 
 
 Immo'ment. adj. [/;j and momfn(.] Trifling; 
 
 of no impoflaace pr value- A ^tntous 
 
 Y-ord.
 
 I M M 
 
 1 fume lady-trifles have reftrvM, 
 4mmomcnt toys, things of fiich dignity 
 As we greet modern friends witli^l. S/iaiffeare. 
 Immo'ral. mlj. [/n and mora/.] 
 
 1. Wanting legaid to the laws of natural 
 religion: as, a flatterer of vice is an 
 immoral man. 
 
 2. Contvaiy to honcfly ; dilhoneil: as, 
 dtfertion of a calumniated friend is an 
 immordl a6\ion. 
 
 Immora'i.ity. n. f. [from iminoml.] 
 Diflionelly; want of virtue; concraritty 
 to virtue. 
 
 Such incn arc put into the commiflion of llic 
 peace who cMicouragc the giofleil imntui it/if irs, to 
 whutn alltlic ba«rd»of the wiidi).iy contribution. 
 
 IMMO'RTAL. aJj. [immortalis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Exempt fiom death; being never to 
 die. 
 
 To the king eternal, inrKotial, invifiblc, the 
 only wife God, be glory forever. i 'firn. 
 
 Her body lkci)s in C.ipulel'i nioiuinicnt, 
 And her /wjworr.;/ part with angels lives. Shakfp. 
 
 There was an opinion in grofs, that the foul 
 was immortal. Abbot. 
 
 The Paphian queen. 
 With gored hand, and vi^il fo rudely torn, 
 Lik.c terror did among th' imm^rtuli breed. 
 Taught by her wound that goddeffes may bleed. 
 
 ira/kr. 
 
 2. Never-ending; perpetual. 
 
 Give me my robe, put on my crown ; I have 
 
 Immortal longings in me. Sfiakfpeare. 
 
 Immoeta'litv. n. f. [ImmortalUe, Fr. 
 
 froin immortal. 1 
 J. Exemption froin death; lifenevcrtoend. 
 This corruptible ihall pur on incori option, and 
 this mortal, imm^jrtality, i Ct.rhtthimn. 
 
 i^wx^ immr.rtality^ and joy. Milton. 
 
 He th' immartalily of fouls proclaimed, 
 Whom th' oracle of men the lyifeft nam'd. 
 
 Dcullam. 
 
 His exiftence will of itfclf continue for ever, 
 
 unlefs it be deftroycd ; which is impoffiblc, from 
 
 the immutability of God, and the nature of his 
 
 immortality. Clicyne. 
 
 When we know cogitation is the prime atiri- 
 
 l>ute of a fpirit, we infer its immnterialiry, and 
 
 thence its immort-ility. fj\\tti. 
 
 2. E.xemption from oblivion. 
 
 7c Immo'rtalize. v. a. [immortal'ifer, 
 
 French ; from immortal. ] 
 
 1. To make immortal; to perpetuate; to 
 exempt from death. 
 
 For mortal things dclirc their like to bi'eed, 
 Tii.it fo ilicy may then" kind imtrortaliine. DavUi. 
 
 2. To exempt from oblivion. 
 
 Drive them from Orleans, and hniminortalik'd. 
 
 Sttakfpc.it e. 
 7e Immo'rtai.ize. v. >:. To become 
 immortal. This word is, I think, pecu- 
 liar to Pope. 
 
 Fix the year prccife^ 
 Y/hcn BiitiHi bards begin t' humortalizc. Pope. 
 
 Ill Mo'uT ALLY. adv. [froiti immortal.'\ 
 With exemption from deatlij without 
 end. 
 
 There is your crown ; 
 And he that wears the crown nr.mortully. 
 Long guard it yoars I S/iatfpcarc' s Ihrtrv iv. 
 
 What pity 'tis that he cannot wallow immortally 
 in his fenfu;\l pleafurcs I Bentky. 
 
 Immo'vable. nd'i. [in ?en^ moveahh.'\ 
 
 1 . Not to be forced from its place. 
 
 We Hiall not queltion his runoving the e.nrth, 
 when he finds M\immovahk bale to place his en- 
 gine upjii. Btowti 
 
 2. Not liable to Jje carried nway ; real in 
 law. 
 
 I M M 
 
 When an executor meddles with the ImrnvKnlU 
 cftatc, before he has leized on tiie moveable 
 goods, it may be then .appealed from the execu- 
 tion of rcnlcnce. Aylifc'i Parirgott. 
 3. Unfliaktn ; iinafFefled. 
 
 How much happier is he, who, centering on 
 himfelf, remains immovable, and fmilcs at the 
 madntls of the dance about him I Dry.kn. 
 
 Immovably, ad-v. [homimmovalik.] In 
 a flate not to be (haken. 
 
 Lnmovably firm to their duty, when they could 
 have no profpcdt of reward. Aiterbtny. 
 
 Immu'nity. It. f. \immunite, French; 
 itnmniiitas, Latin.] 
 
 1. Difchargc from any obligation. 
 
 Of things harnilefs wliatfoever there is, which 
 the whole church doth obfervc, to argue for any 
 m.in's iimiiiiitity from obferving the fame, it were 
 a point of moil infolent niadnefs. Loohr. 
 
 2. Privilege; exemption from onerous 
 
 duties. 
 
 Granting sreat immiiriitiei to the commons, they 
 prevailed To far as to caufe Palladius to be pro- 
 claimed fuccclTor. St.iney. 
 
 Simon fent to Demetrius, to the end he (hould 
 give the l.md an immunity, becaufe all that 
 Tryphoil did was to fpoil. I Maccabees. 
 
 The laity invidioufly aggravitc the rights and 
 iitiinuitiiie:. of the clergy. Sprat's Sermons. 
 
 3. Freedom. 
 
 Common apprehenfions entertain the antidotal 
 condition of Irel.md, conceiving only in that 
 land an immunity from venomous creatures. 
 
 EtO'ivt'.'s Vulgar Errot/rs. 
 
 But this annex'd condition of the crown, 
 hmiunily from errors, you difown. DtyJen. 
 
 ToImmu're. v. a, [in and inurus, Lat. 
 emiirer, old French, fo that it might be 
 written emmurc.1 To enclofe within 
 walls; to confine; to (hut up ; to im- 
 prifon. 
 
 Pity, you ancient ftones, thefe tender babes, 
 Whom envy hath immur'ti within your walls 1 
 
 Shatfpeure. 
 One of thefe three contains her heav'niypiilurf; 
 And Ih.iU I think in filver Ihc 's immttr'Ul 
 
 Shahfpenre. 
 
 At the "firft defccut on fhore he was not immitrtd 
 
 ■with .n wooden veilel, but he did countenance the 
 
 landing in his long-boat. irVotttin. 
 
 Ivyl'imachus itiitiiur\i\x. with a wall. Sandys. 
 
 Though a foul foolilh prifon her itntnurs 
 
 Oneartii, flic, when cfcap'd, is wife and pure. 
 
 Denllam. 
 
 Immu're. n. f. [from the verb.] A wall; 
 an enclofure, as in Shakfpeare, but per- 
 haps no where elfe. 
 
 Tiieir vow is made 
 To ranfack Troy; within whole ftrong immurei 
 The ravitli'd Helen, Mcnclaus' queen. 
 With wanton Paris llceps. Sbakfpcure. 
 
 Immu'sical. at/j. [/n and mii/iccil.'] Li- 
 harmonious; wanting proporcion of 
 found. 
 
 All founds arc cither muficnl, which are ever 
 equal, or itnmujual, which are ever unequal, as 
 the voice in fpeaking, and whilpeiings. liacon. 
 
 We confuler the immujical noic of all fwans we 
 ever beheld or heard of. Broiun. 
 
 Immutabi'litv./;./. [immiilabililas, Lat. 
 immutabililL', Fr. from immtital>le.'\ Ex- 
 einptiou from change; invariablenefs; 
 unchange;. Uenefs. 
 
 The immulaliiily of God they ftrive unto, by 
 woiking alter one and the fame mamier. Hmker. 
 
 His cxittencc \^ill of itfelf continue for ever, 
 unlefs it be deflroycd; which is impofiilile. 
 from the iimn!itabi:ity of Gud. C':c\ne. 
 
 IMMU'TABLE. acfj. [immutalHis, Lat.] 
 Uuthar.gcaLL"; iu variable ; unalterable. 
 
 IMP 
 
 By t*o immutable tiling--, in which it was im- 
 poffiblc for God to lye, wc have a firong confo- 
 hltiun. Uebrcws. 
 
 Tfiy thrcat'nings, Lord, as thine, thoumay'ft 
 revoke; 
 But if immutabk and fix'd they (land. 
 
 Continue ftill thyfclf to give theftioke, 
 
 And let not foreign foes oppiefs tiiy land. DryJ. 
 
 Immu'tablv. aeJv. [from immutable.'] 
 
 Unalterably ; invariably ; unchangeably. 
 
 His love is like his clTencc, immutably eternal. 
 
 Jioyk. 
 
 Imp. n. /. limp, Wclfli, a (hoot, a fproiut, 
 afprig.] 
 
 1. A fon ; the offspring ; progeny. 
 
 Th.it noble iihp your fon. 
 
 Lord Cto'iivell to Kins; Htnry. 
 .^nd thou, TnA dreadful imp of hightlt love. 
 Fair Venus' fon. I'ai.y ([neeit. 
 
 The tcntler tttip was weaned fiom the tear. 
 
 fait fax. 
 A lad of life, an imp of fame. Shnlfpeare. 
 
 2. A fubaltcin devil; a puny devil, la 
 this fenfe it is ftill retained. 
 
 Such we deny not to be the imps and limbs of 
 Satan. Hooker, 
 
 The ferpcnt after long deh,ate, irrefolute 
 Ol thoughts revolv'd, his final fcntcnce chofe. 
 Fit veffel, fiitcft imp of fraud, in whom 
 To enter, and his daik fuggcfl ions hide 
 F:om (haipeft fight. Mrlion's Farad. Lojl, 
 
 As foon as you can hear his knell, 
 
 This god on cartii turns d lin hell; 
 
 And, lo ! his miniflers of ftate, 
 Ttasform'd to .'>n/)j, his Icvec wait. Sivift. 
 
 To Imp. v. a. [im/io, to engraff, Wclih.] 
 To lengthen or enlarge with any thing 
 adfcititious. It is originally a term 
 ufed by falconers, who repair a hawk's 
 wing with adfcititious feathers. 
 
 If then we lliall rtiake off our fl.ivifh yoke, 
 hr.p out our drooping country's broki.n wing.s. 
 
 SltaLjpeorg^ 
 New rchclligns raife 
 Their hydra heads, and the falfe north difplays 
 Her broken league to iinp her fcrpent wings. 
 
 Mili'.n, 
 Help, ye tart fatyrifts, to imp my r.ago 
 With all the fcorpions that fliould whip this age. 
 
 t kavelatid. 
 With cord and canvafs from rich Hamburgh 
 fent. 
 His navy's molted wings he imps once more. 
 
 Vry.bn, 
 New creatures rife, 
 A moving mafs at firlf, and fhort of thighs; 
 'TilUhoetingoutwith legs, and imp*dv\th wings, 
 The grubs proceed to bees with pointed Itings. 
 
 Diyden. 
 The Mercury of heav'n, with filver wings 
 Itnpt for the flighr, Co overtake his ghoft. 
 
 Scut^-rn, 
 To Impa'ct. V, a. [impudus, Latin.] To 
 drive clofe or hard. 
 
 They are angular ; but of what particular figure 
 is not eafy to determine, becaufe of their being 
 impa&cd fo thick and confufedly together. 
 
 Ifoodzvaid oti foj/lls. 
 
 To Impa'iN'T. v. ti. [ill and paiiit.1 To 
 paint ; to decorate with colours. Not In 
 ufc. 
 
 Never vet did mfurre.f\ion want 
 Such water-colours Xu itiipaint hisfaufe. Shaifp, 
 To Impa'u;. 1). a. [eml-inr, to make worfe, 
 French. SHnnei:] To dimini(h ; to 
 injure; to make vvorfe ; to lellVn in 
 quantity, value, or excellence. 
 
 Tm change any fuch law, mliU needs, with the 
 common fort, impair and weaken the force of 
 thofe grounds whereby all laws arc madeeffciSual. 
 
 ' iUoktr. 
 Ohjeifls divine 
 Mud needs impiir, and weaiy human fenfe. 
 
 Miltin.
 
 IMP 
 
 TliJt foon rcficlli'd liim weaiy'd, and repaii'd 
 What liutigcr, if aught hunger hnd impair\{f 
 Or thilft- Alillcm't IKnadiJc Rigain'J. 
 
 Nor was the work, impnii'd by i^orms alone, 
 But felt th' approaches of too warm a fun. fope. 
 
 In years lie feem'd, but not imjiaii'd by years. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 To Impa'ir. V. ti. To be leflened or worn 
 
 out, 
 Flclh mny imfair, quoth he ; bat reafon can 
 repair. f'"'0' Q."("'- 
 
 Impa'ir. n. f. [from the verb.] Di- 
 minution ; decreafe. Not iifed. 
 
 A lo.idftone, kept in undue polition, that is, 
 not Iving on the meridian, or with it.s poles in- 
 verted, receives in longer time impair in activity 
 and e.xchangc of faces, and is more powerfully 
 preferved by fitc than dull of fieel. Bro-.tin. 
 
 Imp.a'irment. n. f. [iroixi impair. '\ Di- 
 minution ; injury. 
 
 His pofttrity, at this diftance, and after fo 
 perpetual imp^irmint, cannot but condemn ihc 
 poverty of Adam's conception, that thought to 
 obfcure himfclf from his Creator in the fliade of 
 the garden. Btoivn's Vu'gat Krroun. 
 
 .Impa'lpable. adj. [impalpable, French; 
 in and palpable.^ Not to be perceived 
 by touch. 
 
 If beaten into an imp(i>pah!e powder, when 
 peured out, it will emulate a liquor, by reafon 
 that the Imallnefs of the parts do make them 
 cafv to be put into motion. Boyle. 
 
 _To Impa'radise. i>. a. [imparadifare, 
 Italian.] To put in a place or (late re- 
 fembling paradife in felicity. 
 
 This imparadife.l neighbourhood made Zel- 
 mane's foul cleave unto her, both through the 
 ivory cafe of her body, ,and the apparel which 
 did over-cloud it. SiJi:cji. 
 
 AH my fouls be 
 Impar.uiii'ii in you, in whom alone 
 I undcrHand, and grow, and fee. Vonne. 
 
 Thus thcfe two, 
 Imp(iradis\i in one another's arms, 
 The liappier Ecicn, (hall enjoy their 611 
 Of bhfs on blifs. Millon'i I'atadije Loft. 
 
 Impa'rity. n.f. [imparitas, im/'ar,Lat.] 
 
 1. Inequality; difproportion. 
 
 Some bodies are hard, fome loft : thehardnefs 
 is eaufed chiedy by the jejunenefs of the fpirirs, 
 and ihf ir imp.vity >vith the tangible parts. B.icvi. 
 
 2. Oddnefs; Indlvifibility into equal parts. 
 
 What verity is there in that numeral conceit, 
 in the lateral divifion of man, by even and odd; 
 and fo by parity or impaiity of letters in men's 
 names, to determine mi- fortunes on cither fide of 
 their bodies ? Broiun's Ful«m- Enonn. 
 
 To Impa'rk. v. a. l^in .\nA park.'] To 
 enclofe with a park ; to fever from a 
 cominon. 
 
 To IMPA'RT. V. a. {impartior, Latin.] 
 I. To grant; to give. 
 
 High ftate and honours tu others impart. 
 But give me your heart. Drydcn. 
 
 i. To make known ; to Ihow bywords or 
 
 tokens. 
 
 Gentle lady. 
 When ftrft I did imparl my love to you, 
 I freely told you, all the wealth I had 
 Ran in my veins. S/intfp Merchant of Venice. 
 As in con.tff.on the revealing is for the eafe of 
 a man's heart, fo fecret men come to the know- 
 ledge of many things, while men rather difcharg.- 
 than impart their minds. Biieon. 
 
 Tl-.ou to me thy thoughts 
 Waft wont, I mine to thee was wotit t' impart. 
 
 '.. MUlon. 
 
 3. To communicate; to grant as to a 
 partaker. 
 
 I find thee knowing of thyfelf; 
 E.vprcffmg v.-ell the fpirit within thee free, 
 ^iJ image, not imfartcd to the brute. Mi/ton. 
 
 IMP 
 
 Impa'rtial. adj. [^impartial, Fr. »« and 
 partial.] Equitable; free from regard 
 to party; indifferent; dilinterellcd ; 
 equal in dillribution of juRice ; juft. it 
 is nfed as well of actions as perfuiis : an 
 imparlial judge ; an impartial fentciice. 
 
 Suceel's I hope, and fate I cannot fear: 
 Alive or dead, I ihall deferve a name ; 
 Jo\e is impartial f and to both the fame. Drydcn. 
 
 Impartia'litv. n. /. [iinpartialite, Fr. 
 from itnpartial.'] Equitablenefs; jullice; 
 indifference. 
 
 A pious and wclUdifpofed will gives not only 
 diligence, hut alfu imparirality to tlie undcrftand- 
 ing HI its fearch into religion, which is abfolutcly 
 necefiaiy t.j give fucccfs unto our inquiries into 
 truth ; it being fcaice poflihie for that man to iiit 
 the mark, whole eye is iliU glancing upon fome- 
 thing belide it. S'iuth. 
 
 Imp a'rti ALLY. adv. [from impartial.] 
 Equitably ; with indifferent and unbiaffed 
 judgment; without regard to party or 
 intereft ; juftly ; honeflly. 
 
 Since the fcriptute promifcs eternal happincfs 
 and pardon of fin, upon the folc condition of 
 faith and fincere obedience, it is evident, that he 
 only can plead a title to fuch a pardon, whofe 
 conlcicnce impaiti.tily tells him that he has per- 
 formed the required condition. South. 
 
 Impa'rtible. adj. [impartible, French; 
 from impart.] Communicable; that may 
 be conferred or bellowed. This v.'orJ 
 is elegant, though ufed by few writers. 
 The fame body may be conceived to be more 
 or lefs impartible than it is active or heavy. Di^by. 
 
 Impa'ssable. adj. [in and pajfable.] Not 
 to be pafled ; not admitting paffage ; 
 impervious. 
 
 There are in America many high and imfajfa- 
 blc mountains, which are very rich. Raleigh. 
 
 Over this gulf 
 Impajfable, impervious; let us try 
 To found a path from' hell to that new world. 
 
 Milton. 
 When Alexander would havepaffed the Ganges, 
 he was told by the Inflians that all beyond it was 
 either impajfable marlhes, or fandy dcfarts. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 Impassibility, h. /. [impajfihilite , Fr. 
 from impajjihlc] Exemption from fuf- 
 ferlng; infufceplibility of injury from 
 external things. 
 
 Two divinities might have pleaded their prero- 
 gative of imp.]Jjibility, or at leall not have been 
 wounded by any mortal hand. Dryden. 
 
 Impa'ssible. adj. [impajftbk, French; in 
 and pajfto, Latin,] Incapable of fuf- 
 ferino;; exempt from the agency of ex- 
 ternal caufes ; exempt from pain. 
 
 If the upper foul c' eck what is conf-ntcd to 
 by the will, in compliance with the tielh, and 
 can then hope that, after a few years of fenfnaliiy, 
 that rebellious fcrvant Iholl be eternally caft oti, 
 drop into a perpetual imfaffiUi nothing, take a 
 long progrefs into a land where all things are for- 
 gotten, this would be I'ome colour. Hammond. 
 
 Secure of death, I Ihould contemn thy d,iit, 
 TiuKigh naktd, and imfujjible depart. Dtyd,n. 
 
 Impa'ssibleness. n.f. [irom impa/fible.] 
 ImpafTibluty ; exemption from pain. 
 
 How Ihamelel's a partiality is ir. thus to rcftrve 
 all tlic fcnfualities of this world, •■ud yet eiy out 
 for the impaj/iblenej! of the next .' Decay if I'icty. 
 
 Impa'ssioned. ad'i. [in and pajfwiu] 
 Difordered by pnilion. 
 
 So, (landing, moving, or to height upgrown. 
 The tempter, all impafjton'd, thus began. Milton 
 Impa'ssive. adi. [in :m<\ pnjtvc] Exempt 
 ^froin the agency of extcinal caufes. 
 
 IMP 
 
 She told him what thofe empty phantoms were* 
 Forms without bodies, and impaj/i-ve an. Drydcn. 
 
 Pale-funs, unfelt at diliancc, roll away ; 
 And on th' impajlve ice the lightnings play. 
 
 Pop:. 
 Impa'sted. adj. [in zv\d pnjle.'\ Concreted 
 as i-iito pafte. Not in ule. 
 
 Horribly trickt 
 With blood of fatheis, mothers, daughters, fons, 
 Bak'd and impajied with the parching fires. 
 
 Shakfpearr. 
 I M p A 't I E N c e . n. f. [impatience, French ; 
 impatienlia, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Inability to fuffer pain ; rage under fuf- 
 fering. 
 
 All the power of his wits has given way to Ifis 
 impatience. S/hikfpcare's Kin^ Lear, 
 
 The c.Hperiment J refolved to make was upon 
 thought, and not T^ihrieh or impatience. Temple, 
 
 2. Vehemence of temper; heat of paflion. 
 
 3. Inability to fuffer delay; eagernefs. 
 Impa'tient. adj. [imj.atiet:t, French; 
 
 impatietis , Latin.] 
 
 1. Not able to endure ; incapable to bear: 
 w ith of. 
 
 Fame, impatient of cxtrcincs, decays 
 Kot more by envy tiran excels of praife. Pope, 
 
 2. Furious with pain; unable to bear pain. 
 
 The tortui'd fa\agc turns around. 
 And flings about his foam, impatient of the wound. 
 
 Diydex'. 
 
 3. Vehemently agitated by fome painful 
 paflion : with at before the occalion : 
 with of impatience is referred more to 
 the thing, with at to the perfon. 
 
 To be impatient at tiic death of a perfon, con- 
 cerning whom it was certain he mult die, is to 
 mourn bccaufe thy friend was not born an angel. 
 Taylor's Kulc of Lil'ing Holy, 
 
 4. Hot ; hafty. 
 
 The impatient man will not give bimfelf time 
 
 to be informed oi the matter that lies before him, 
 
 ylddifon's Spectator. 
 
 5. Eager; ardently defirous ; not .able to 
 endure delay : \vith_/br before the thing 
 defired. 
 
 Tlic mighty Caefar waits his vital hour. 
 Impatient for the world, and grafps his promis'd 
 pow'r. Dryden, 
 
 On the feas prepar'd the vetTel (lands ; 
 Th' impatient mariner thy fpeed demands, pope. 
 
 Impa'tiently. aih\ [from impalietit,] 
 
 1. With rage, under uneaiinefs. 
 
 2. Paflionatcly : ardently. 
 
 He LOnlidcrcd one thing fo impatiently, that 
 he would not admit any thing elfe to be woith 
 confideration. Clarendon. 
 
 3. Eagerly ; with great defire. 
 
 To Tmpa'tron'ize. v. a. [jmpalronifer, 
 Fr. in dind patronize.] To gain to one's 
 felf the power of any feigniory. This 
 word is not ufual. 
 
 The ambition of the French king was to /w- 
 pattonix.c himfelf of the dutchy. Bacon. 
 
 To Imp.i'wn. -v. a. [in and paii'n.] To 
 iinpignoiate ; to pawn ; to give as a 
 pledge ; to pledge. 
 
 Go to the king, and let there lie impa-iun'J 
 Some furcty for a fife return again. Sliakfp, 
 
 Many now in health 
 Shall drop their blood, in approbation 
 Of what your reverence (hall invite us to; 
 Therefore take heed how you im^aim our 
 
 perfon. 
 How you awake our fleeping fword of war. 
 
 Sliakfpcarei 
 
 To IMPE'ACH. v.a. [empecher, Fr.] 
 I . To hinder ; to impede. This fenfe 13 
 little in ufe.
 
 I M P 
 
 Each door be opened without any breach j 
 Tiicre w.is no bar to iiop, no foe him to impea-h. 
 
 Si.O,f,r. 
 
 His fons did imiiearlt liis journey to the Holy 
 Land, aiid vexed liim all the days of his liA:. 
 
 If they will impcicli the purpofcs of an ;umy, 
 wliicli thi-y have no reafoii to think tlicmfclvcs 
 able to rcfilt, they put themfelvcs out of all ex- 
 pe<5tition of mercy. Hnymnni, 
 
 A dcfluxion on my throat impeached my utter- 
 ance. Howe/. 
 2, To acciife by piiblick authority. 
 
 They were hoX\\7n:j>e<tckcJ by a houfc of com- 
 mons. yUitifin. 
 Great dilTer.tions were kindled between the 
 nobles and commons on account of Corioianus, 
 whom the latter had impeached. Siuifr. 
 Impe'ach. n./, [from the verb.] Hin- 
 derance ; let ; impediment. 
 
 Why, what an intricate impeach is this! 
 If here yo^ hous'd him, here he would have 
 
 been ; 
 If he were mad, he would not plead fo coldly. 
 
 Siuikjpctii t , 
 Impe'achable. atlj. [iroxn Impeach. ^ Ac- 
 cufable ; chargeable. 
 
 Had God omitted by pofitive laws to give 
 religion to the world, the wifdom of his provi- 
 dence had been impcAch.ihU. Greiu. 
 Impe'acher. n.f. [from impeach.'\ An 
 accnfer ; one who brings an accufation 
 againft another. 
 
 Many of our tierceft imprachen w'ould leave 
 the delinquent to the merciful indulgence of a 
 Saviour. Gcrucrnment sf the Tfi'tguc 
 
 Imp.is'ackment. n.f. [horn i>n/>cvicL] 
 
 1. Hinderance ; let; impediment; ob- 
 flruAion. Not in ufe. 
 
 Tell us what things, during your late continu- 
 ance there, arc moli offenfive, and the grcatcft 
 impcachmcfit to the good government thereof. 
 
 Spciifer on Ireland. 
 
 Tell thy king I do not feck him now; 
 But could be willing to march on to Calais, 
 Without impeachment . Shakfpetm. 
 
 Neither is this acceffion of neccffity any im- 
 fcaehmeiit to chrifti.ui liberty, or enfnaring of 
 men's confciences. Sa?iderfo/i. 
 
 2. Publick accufation ; charge preferred. 
 
 The king, provok'd to it by the queen, 
 DevisM impeachments to imprifon him. Shakf. 
 The lord Somers, though his accufers would 
 gladly have dropped their impeachment, was in- 
 itant with them for the profecution. ^ddijtn. 
 The confequences of Coriolanus's impeach- 
 ment had like to have been fatal to their ftate. 
 
 Siuijt. 
 To Impe'arl. -u. a. [mand^far/.] 
 
 1. To form in refemblance oi pearls. 
 
 Innumerable as the Ifars of night, 
 Or ftars of morning, dcwdrops, which the fun 
 hnpearii on every leaf, and ev'ry dow'r. Milton, 
 
 2. To decorate as with pearls. 
 
 The dews of the monring imparl every thorn, 
 and fcatter diamonds on the verdant mantle of 
 the earth. Dighy to Pope. 
 
 Impeccabi'lity. n.f. [impeccali'dite, Fr. 
 from impeccable.^ Exemption from fin; 
 exemption from failure. 
 Infallibility and impeccability arc two of his 
 
 attributes. 
 
 \ cpc 
 
 Impe'.cCable. adj. [ImpeccaMe, Fr. in 
 ^nA peccn, Lat.] Exempt from pofllbi- 
 lity of fin. 
 
 That man pretends he never commits any ai5> 
 
 prohibited by the word of God, and then that 
 
 were a rare charm to render him impeccable^ or 
 
 that is the means of confecr.iting every fin of his. 
 
 Harnmorid on Fundarnentah. 
 
 To Impe'de, v. a. [inipeclio, Lat.] To 
 hinder; to let ; to ob 11 nidi. 
 
 IMP 
 
 All the forces arc murteied to impede his paf- 
 fage. Decay of Piety. 
 
 The way is open, and no flop to foicc 
 Th« l^ars return, or to impede their courfc. 
 
 Creech. 
 Impe'diment. n.f. [impe.-liinetiluniiLat.] 
 Hinderance; let; obllruction ; oppofi- 
 tion. 
 
 The minds of beal\s grudge not at their bo- 
 dies comfort, nor are their fenfcs letted from 
 enjoying their objcifls : we have the impedimenti 
 of honour, and the torments of confciencc. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 What impediments there are to hinder it, and 
 
 which were the fpcedieft way to remove them. 
 
 lloohr. 
 
 The life is led mod happily wherein all virtue 
 
 is cxcrcifcd without impediment or let, Ho'/ker. 
 
 But for my tears. 
 The moill impediments unto my fpeech, 
 I had forcftall'd this dear and deep rebuke. 
 
 Shakfpejre. 
 
 May I never 
 
 To this good purpofe, that fo fairly (hews. 
 
 Dream i^i impediment. Shak. Ant. and Cleo. 
 
 They bring one that was deaf, and had an 
 
 impediment in his fpeech. Alari. 
 
 I'ear is the greatert impediment to martyrdom ; 
 
 and he that is overcome by little arguments of 
 
 pain, will hardly confent to loofe his lite with 
 
 torments. Taylor's Ride of Living H'Jy 
 
 Free from th' impediments of light and nolle, 
 
 Man, tluis retii'd, his nobler thoughts employs. 
 
 trailer. 
 
 To Impe'l. 1). a. [inpelk, Lat.] To 
 drive on toward a point ; to urge for- 
 ward ; to prefs on. 
 
 So Miriah's mind, impell'd on cither fide, 
 T.ikes ev'ry benr, but cannot long abide. Dryd. 
 The furge;w;/»c//'(/ me on a craggy coalt. Fope. 
 Piopltious gales 
 Attend thy voyage, and impil thy fails. Pope. 
 
 A mightier pow'r the ftiong diieflion fends, 
 And fcv'ral men impels to fev'ral ends; 
 Thii drives theraconltant to a certain coaft. Pope. 
 Impe'llent. n.f. [jmpelleiis, Lat.] An 
 impulfive power ; a power that drives 
 forwaid. 
 
 How fuch a variety of motions rhould be re- 
 gularly managed, in fuch a wildernefs of paf- 
 figcs, by mere blind impellents and material 
 conveyances, I have not the leall conjedture. 
 
 GleviTjille. 
 To IMPE'ND. -v. n. {imfrendeo, -Latin.] 
 
 1. To hang over. 
 
 Deftrudtion fure o'er all your heads impertds ; 
 UlyfTcs comes, and death his fteps attends. Pop^e. 
 
 2. To be at hand ; to prefs nearly. It is 
 ufed in an ill fenfe. 
 
 It expreffcs our deep forrow for our pail fins, 
 and our lively fenfe of God's impending wrath. 
 Smalridge*s Sermons. 
 
 No (lory I unfold of publick woes. 
 Nor bear advices of impending foes. Pope. 
 
 Impe'ndent. adj. [imperiilen.!, Lat.] Im- 
 minent ; hanging ovef; prclfing clofely. 
 In an ill fenfe. 
 
 If the evil feared or impendent hs a greater 
 fcnfiblc evil than the good, it over-rules the 
 appetite to aveit'ation, H.dc. 
 
 Dieadful in arms, on Landen's glorious plain 
 Place Ornrond's duke : impendent in the air 
 Let liis keen fabie, comet-like, appear. Prior. 
 Impe'ndence. n.f [from impendent.] 
 The ilate of hanging over; near ap- 
 proach. 
 
 Good fomctimes is not fafe to be attempted, 
 
 by reafon of the impendence of a greater fcr.fiblc 
 
 evil. I Tale. 
 
 Impenetrabi'lity. n.f. [tmbenetrahiUle, 
 
 Fr. from impenetrable.] 
 1. Quality of nyt being plerteable, or 
 permeable. 
 
 I M P 
 
 All bodies, fo far as experience re.ichcs, -are 
 
 ■ cither hard, or may be hardened ; and we have 
 
 no other evidence of univerfal impenetmbiliry, bc- 
 
 fidcs a large experience, without an experimental 
 
 excejition. Ne-.uton's Opiieh. 
 
 2. Iiifufceptibility of intellcdlual impref- 
 
 fion. 
 IMPE'NETRABLE. adj. {impenetrahk, 
 
 Fr. impenetrabilis, Lat.] 
 
 1. Not to be pierced; not to be entered 
 by any external force. 
 
 With haid'ning cold, and forming heal, 
 The Cyclops did their ftiokes repeat, 
 Before th' impenetrnblt Ihicid was wrought. Dryd^ 
 
 2. Impervious; not admitting entrance. 
 
 Deep into fome thick covert would I run. 
 Impenetrable to the (lars or I'un. Dry.ien, 
 
 The mind frights itfelf with any thing rcflecl- 
 cd on in grufs ; tilings, thus otFcicd to the mind, 
 cai ry the Ihew of nothing but diliieulty in them, • 
 and are thought to be wrapped up in impcmtr.i^ 
 ble ohl'curity. Locke. 
 
 3. Not to be taught ; not to be informed. 
 
 4. Not to bi- afFcfted ; not to be moved. 
 
 It is the mod impenetrable cur 
 That ever kept witii men. 
 
 Let him alone; 
 
 I'll follow him no more with bootlefs prayers. 
 
 Sliakj'peare, 
 
 Some will never believe a propofition in di- 
 vinity, if any thing can be faid againd it: they ' 
 will be credulous in all affairs of life, b\i\ im- 
 penetrable by a fcrmon of ihcgofpcl. Taylor »-. 
 Im pe'netr ABLY. adv. [from impenetra- 
 ble.] With hardnefs to a degree inca- 
 pable of impreflion. 
 
 Blunt tiie fcnf.-, and fit it for a (kuU 
 Of folid proof, impenetrably dull. Pope. 
 
 Impe'nitence. 7 «•/. [impenitence, Fr. • 
 Impe'nitency. J /n and /i«(;Vfw<?.] Ob- 
 duracy ; want of remorfe for crimes ; 
 final difregard of God's threatenings 01; 
 mercy. 
 
 Where one man ever comes to repent, a thou- 
 fand end their days in final impenitence. South. 
 
 Before the revelation of the gofpel the wick- 
 ednefs and impenitency of the heathens was a 
 much more excufeable tlung, bccaufe they were 
 in a great raeafurc ignorant of the rewards of 
 anotiier life. TiUotfon, 
 
 He will advance from one degree of wicked- 
 tich »ni] impenitence to another, 'till at lad hs 
 becomes hardened without remorfe. Rogers. . 
 
 Impe'nitent. adj. [impenitent, Vr. in and 
 peniient.] Finally negligent of the duty 
 of repentance ; obduiate. 
 
 Our Lord in anger iiath granted fome imperii- - 
 tt:: men's roquett ; as, on the other fide, the 
 apodlc's fuit he hath of favour and mercy not 
 granted. Hooker, 
 
 They dy'd 
 Impenitent, and left a race behind 
 Like to themlVlvcs. Milton. 
 
 When thei«eward of penitents, .and punifh- 
 mcnt Kj( impenitents, is once ailcnted to as true, 
 'tis impofiible but the mind of man (hould wifli 
 for the one, and have difiikej to the other. 
 
 Harnni'.nd. 
 
 Impr'nitentlv. adv. [iiom impenitent,] 
 Obdurately ; without repentance. 
 
 Tiic condition required of us is a condellation 
 of ail the gofpel graees, (■\ery one of tneni root- 
 ed in the heart, though mixed with much weak- 
 ncfs, and pcihaps with .-nany lins, fo they be 
 no: wilfully) and impeniltntly lived and died in. 
 
 .Hammond. - 
 
 What crowds of tl.efe impeniter:t!y bold. 
 In founds and jingling fyllablcs grown old. 
 Still lun on poets! Pope. 
 
 Impe'nnous. adj,^[in and penna, Lat.] 
 Wanting wings. Tliis word is cojivi;* ■ 
 nient, but, 1 thlnlj, not tiled.
 
 I M P 
 
 Tr is gcnriMlly rcccivetl an eftvwig l^lh no 
 ^■■ings, and is reckoned amunjft im^erin',us in- 
 fers ; but he that (hall, wiih a needle, put afiHc 
 the (hoiLand fiicalhy c.ifcs on their back, njay 
 draw forth two wings, larger than in many flics. 
 
 BroxvfK 
 
 I'mperate. (7iy7. [/w/fj-fj/z/j, Lat.] Done 
 
 with confcioufncfs ; done by direCilon 
 
 of the mind. 
 
 v» TIjc elicit internal a^fts of ^ny habit mny be 
 
 .<5uick ancf vigiToiis, wlien the external /rtz/'ftf/: 
 
 a^U of the fame habit utlciiy ccafc. South. 
 
 Thofc natural and involuntary aifling^ are not 
 
 done by deliber.ition, yet they are done by tlic 
 
 energy of the foul and inllrumentaiity of the 
 
 fpirits, as well as thofe imperate ai5ls, wherein 
 
 "we fee the empire of the foul. Hdle. 
 
 Impe'r ATIVE. odj* [^Imperatifj Fr. impe- 
 
 rativus, Lat.] Commanding; exprcf- 
 
 iive of command. 
 
 The verb is formed in a diflVrcnt manner, to 
 ilgnify the intention of commanding^, forbidding, 
 allowing, dif.Hlluwing, intrcating; which likc- 
 ivifc, fram the principal ufe of it, is calle'd the 
 hnperiicive mood. CLukc^s Latin Grarfituiir. 
 
 Impe'r ATI VELY. arlv. In a command- 
 ing ftyle ; authoritatively. 
 
 iMPCRCE'fTiBLE. ailj, [impcrcephhk, Fr. 
 in and perceftible.^ Not to be difco- 
 vered ; not to be perctived ; fm^ll ; 
 fuhtili» ; quick or fluw, fo as to elude 
 obfcrvation. 
 
 Some things are in their nature imperceptible 
 Ly our fenfc ; yea, and the more refined parts of 
 jiiatcrial exiftence, wiiich, by rcafon of their fub- 
 tilty, cfc^pc our perception. ilulc. 
 
 In the fuddrn changes of his fubjcc^ with al- 
 Jnoft impeYC'-^tilk councifLions, tiic Thebnii poet 
 is his mafter. Dryden. 
 
 Tlte parts muft have their outlines in waves, rc- 
 fembling flames, of the gliding of a fnake upon 
 the ground : they muft bealraofi: imperceptible to 
 the touch, and even. Dryiifu. 
 
 The alterations in the globs are very flight, 
 and almult nKperceptible^ and fuch as tend to the 
 benefit of the earth. IVood 
 
 Impekce'ptibleness. n,f. [ from ;/M/i<fr- 
 ceptihle,'] The quality of chiding obfer- 
 \ation. 
 
 Many excellent things there are in nature, 
 which, by rcafon of their fubtilty and impercep- 
 tiblt'ufi to us, are not fo much as within any of 
 our facilities to apprehend. Hulc. 
 
 iMPERCF-'pTrBLY. adv . [ f rom im percept t- 
 bh^'\ In a mani^er not to be perceived. 
 
 Upon readii>g of a fable wc arc made to be- 
 lieve we advifc ourlelves : the nioiai infinuates 
 4tft:if imperceptibly, we are tauglit by finpilze, 
 and become wife i and better unawares, ^-iddijon. 
 
 IMPE'RFECT. adj. [jmfarJait.Yv. Im- 
 
 perfiLitis, Lat.] 
 j[. Not compkte ; not abfolutely finifhed; 
 
 dtfeftive. Ufed cither of peifons or 
 
 things. 
 
 SuiBcth'mg he icft i'lfrrfftl in the ft^ite, 
 "^^'hicli, lince his coming forth, is thoii^jlit of, 
 Which brought ihc kingdom fo much fear and 
 ^ danger, 
 
 That his retnni vns moft required. Shaiffiare 
 
 Opinion is a light, vain, crude and ini^etfft} 
 thing, fettUd in the itnagination ; but nevei jr- 
 rivifig at the utulei landing, there t« obtain the 
 tinilure of rcafuii. Men Ju'ijoi:. 
 
 The middle ai^lion, wiiich producctli impcr- 
 ^iS bodies, i* filly tailed, by lomc of fhe an- 
 ^cieilfs, inqoinatirjn or intoncoiJtiou, which is a 
 kind 4)f putrefaction. Bnctjn. 
 
 Theatuiicins were imjKifi^ in the doflrinc of 
 «jcteors, by their ignorance of gunpowder and 
 -fii.^^vorlcs, Si^jiu'i. 
 
 Divers things we agree to be knowledge, 
 which yet aic fountafy to be falisfaitorily under- 
 
 I M P 
 
 flood byoui' imprrffSi intclie<Jts,-that let them be 
 detivercd.in the tJL-aicfl expnlhortS, the notions 
 themtelves will yet appear oblcurc. Sovh'. 
 
 A marcor is either trfipe-fe^j tending to a 
 greater withering, whicli is curable j or perfect, 
 that is, an iiitire wafling of the body, excluding 
 all cuj-e. Horvry a/i LQ'ijumpti''fn 
 
 The Itill-born founds upon the ptilate him^, 
 And dy'd imperjeci on the faU'iing tongue. 
 
 rjryden. 
 
 As ohfcurc and hnpcrfcti ideas often involve 
 our reafon, fo do dubious wojds puz/lc men. 
 
 Luke. 
 
 z. Frail; not completely good : as, our 
 bell worfliip is imperfch. 
 
 Imperfe'ction. v.f. [JTupet feci ion, Fr. 
 from hiipcrfLcL~\ DcftCl; failure; fault, 
 whether phyiical or moral ; whether of 
 peifons or things. 
 
 Laws, as all other things human, are many 
 limes full of imperjctlum \ and that which is 
 fiippofcd behoveftil unto men, provetK ofttntimcs 
 nioit pernicious. Ho'-ka. 
 
 The duke had taken to wife Anne Stanhope, 
 a woman for Ti\M\y impcrfc^i^rn intolerable^ but 
 for pride monftrous. ilayivard. 
 
 Jtipi/JetJi'jfn would not be half fu much taken 
 notice of, if vanity did not make proclimation 
 of them, L' f-Jintfige. 
 
 The world is more apt to ccnfure than applaud, 
 
 and himfclf fuller of impcrJtSi'jni than virtues. 
 
 .Addijut^ I Spc£ltt!or. 
 
 Thcfc arc rather to be imputed to the fimpliciry 
 of the age than to any imperfe&ian in that divine 
 poet. Addijon. 
 
 I M P E ' R F E c T L Y . adv, [ f ro m mperfed, ] 
 Not completely ; not fully ; not with- 
 out failure. 
 
 Should finking nations furamon you away, 
 Maria's love might juftify your flay : 
 ImperJtBly the many vows aic paid, 
 Which for your fafety to the gods were made. 
 
 Stepney. 
 
 Thofe would hardly undtrftand language or 
 reafon to any tolerable degree; but only a little 
 and imperfc^ly about things familiar. Locke. 
 
 Impe'rforable. adj. \in and ferjoro, 
 Lat-] Not to be bored through. 
 
 Impe'rforate. ad'^, [/n Tca^ perforalus^ 
 Latin.] Not pierced through ; without 
 a hole. 
 
 Sometimes children are born imperforate; in 
 which caW a fm.ill puncture, diefled with a t!.nC, 
 cffe*fls tiie cuie. Shwp. 
 
 IMPE'RTAL. adj, [imperhd, French ; im- 
 penal'iSy Latin.] 
 
 1. Royal; poITcfiing ro^^alty. 
 
 Aim lie took 
 At a fair veft;d, throned iii the wcfl ; 
 But I might fee voung Cupid's ticiy fliaft 
 Quench'd in the chafle beams of the wat'ry 
 
 moon, 
 And the irr.ptria! vot'rcfs pafTcd on 
 In maiden meditation, fancy free. Shakfpeare. 
 
 2. Betokening royalty ; majking fove- 
 reignty. 
 
 My due from thee is this imperinl crown, 
 Which, as immediate from thy place and blood, 
 Deiises itfclf to m^. Sliukfp'are's Hciry iv, 
 
 3. Belonging to an emperour or monarch; 
 regal; royal; uionarch'cal. 
 
 The main tody of tlie m.irching foe 
 Aj^iiinU th' i»ipen<i! palace is Oclign'd. Dryden. 
 
 Vou thjit arc a ffiv'ieign prince, ;i|lay 
 Imperij/ yiow'y wiih your patornal fway. D'vd. 
 
 To tame the proud, tiie ftttcr'd flave to free, 
 Tbefe arc /my.^f/W art*, and wotihy thee. D'yd. 
 
 Impe'r I ALisT. n.f. [_(Yin\\imperlaLj One 
 that belongs to an emperour. 
 
 The impTruliJIi imputed tiic caufc of fo 
 fhanxful a fii^:it untojhc Venetians. K'lol/a. 
 
 I I\! P 
 
 IMPE^RIOUS. adj. [lni;erhus',Tr. im^ 
 periofus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Commanuiiig ; tyraiinical ; au'horlta- 
 tive ; haughty ; arrogant ; aHuniln^ 
 command. 
 
 If it be your proud will 
 To flicw the power ot your impotuui eyes, 
 
 Sptnjh: 
 This itnpnlrmi man will work us all 
 Fiom princes into pnfjes. Shakjp, Henry vui. 
 
 Not th* :inperi9in fliow 
 Of t'rc full fortunM Csetai" ever ihall 
 Be bro'jcti'd with mc. Shakfpeetre^ 
 
 He ii an i'uperhus di<f\ator of the principles 
 of vice, and impatient of all contrrididUon. 
 
 ?dore*i Divine Di^hgufs. 
 
 How much I fuffei'd, and how long I flrov* 
 
 Againft- rh' aluiuits of this imperious luvc ! Dryd, 
 
 Recollect what difordcr h;iify or ii>:peri''us 
 
 ■woiris from parents or tcachtrs have caufcd ia 
 
 his thoughts. Locke. 
 
 2, Powerful; afcendant ; overbearing* 
 
 A man, by a vali and i^f.prn'ou? mind, and a 
 heart large as the f.nid upon thc,ff:i Ihore, could 
 command all thsT knowLdgcof naiure and ait. 
 
 TilhtjoH. 
 
 Imp e'r i u s l y . adv, [ from hnperlous. ] 
 
 With arrogance of command ; with in- 
 
 folence of auLhority\ 
 
 Wlio 's there, that knockcth fo impsrioujly ? 
 
 Shiikfpeare. 
 Who can abide, that, againfl: their own doc- 
 tors, fix whole books Ihould, by their father- 
 hoods of Trent, be under pain of a curfe, /'w- 
 paioujly obtruded upon God and his church ? 
 
 It is not to infult and domineer, to look dil- 
 dainfuliy, and revile impcrioujlyy that procures 
 an citeem from any one. - Soutlr. 
 
 The fagc, tranfported at th* approaching hour, 
 Impci ioiijly thrice chundcr'd on the floor ! Gaitk. 
 
 Impe'riousness. n.f. [(vom htiperious,} 
 
 1. Authority; air of command. 
 
 So would lie ufe his irnperioufvrfs, that wc had 
 a delightful fear and awe, which made u^ loth 
 to lofc our iiopies. Sidtey^ 
 
 2. Arrogance of command. 
 
 Imperiori/'iefs and feverity is but an ill way oF 
 
 treating men, who have leafon of their own fo 
 
 guide them. Laeie. 
 
 Imi'e'rish ABLE. adj. [_!mperj/fal//e, Fr. in 
 
 and pcrij7.\] Not to be dtllroytd. 
 
 We find this our empyreal form 
 Incapable of moit:tl injuiy, 
 ImperijJuihle ; and though piercM witU wounc?, 
 Soon clofing, and by native vigour hcal'd. AZ/TK^ 
 
 IMPE'RSONAL. adj, [mpcrfoneiy Fr.' 
 imperjonalis, Lat.] Not varied accord- 
 ing to the perfons. 
 
 lmpf}Jon,il% be declined througliout alt moods 
 and tenfes ; a verb impetfonalhalh no nommative 
 cafe before il. Accid'nce, 
 
 Impe'rsonally. adv. [(vom 'iwptTjona/.] 
 Accoriling to the m:mner of an imptr- 
 fonal verb. 
 
 Lm t' li R s u A 's I B I. E . adj. [/ff tiiid p^r/ittt/l/'jlisf 
 Lat.] Not to be moved by p^jrluafion. 
 K\cry pious pcrfoi* ought lo oc a Nuah, a 
 preacher of rightcoufncfs ; and if it be hi&Voi'- 
 ti:nc to have as imperfi.upb/e an auditory, if t;c 
 cunnot avert the citlugc, it will yet deliver his 
 own foul, il he cannot benefit other mtnV. 
 
 Dti ,>y cf Piety. 
 
 Impe'rtiNENCE. 7 «./. {hupcrUnence, Fr. 
 
 Impi-.'rtinency. J fvom impcrt'imtii.'\ 
 
 I. That which is of no prcfent weight ; 
 that which has no relation to the matter 
 in hand. 
 
 Some, tiiough they lend a finglc life, yet tbcir 
 thoughts do end with thcmfclvcs, urA .'.cc*unt 
 future times ijnj'ettineHcin. Ba^^ff.
 
 I M P 
 
 2. Folly; rnmbling thought, 
 
 O, ni.iUtr and im^ertinency mi it, 
 Rpulun and m>u1iiL-fs! iihuifp. Ki/ig Lcur. 
 
 g, Troublcfomtucfs ; intrufion. 
 
 It will I>c did I liaiidlc .in ;ut no way fuir.il.lc 
 to my cmploymcius or fuitiuic, and To It.ind 
 eiiiiigcd with intiufian i\r\d !mj>e> ti/if/icy. I-Vt^ii'^n. 
 
 \Vc Ihouid avuid l)iC vexjriun AWtMrnjiftfineftcc 
 tff pcd.inti, who aflViJl to tjlk in a lyiigiut;e H'H 
 to be (indcrftoud. Hivift. 
 
 ^. Trifle; thing of no value. 
 
 r envy your fciiciry, dcMvcictl from tbc gilded 
 iptpc'fr'rc/i:!is of lite, to enjoy the moments ot a 
 f6lid contcatmcnt. Kitly*!.' 
 
 Nothing is more cafy than to reprcrenl as im~ 
 f>n!.-nimiet any parts of teaming, that have no 
 inimcdi.ite relation to tiic happinef* or conveni- 
 ence of m.uikind. ^-i.l.iifa. 
 
 There arc many fuijtic ittt^cifincn-.'fs Ic.unt in 
 
 the fchools, and n)auy painftd Critics, even 
 
 ■niong the mathematical thcovcms and ptotiknis. 
 
 if tit it on the Mi'rui. 
 
 f mpe'rttnekt. adj, [tmpertlnenty Fr. hi 
 
 zn^ pcrtirtans, Latin.] 
 «. OPno relation to the matter in hand j 
 of no weight. 
 
 The law ot angels wc cannot judge altogether 
 ^pi^ertincrtC unto the atiuirs of the church of God. 
 
 J fooler . 
 
 The contemplation of things that arc hnper/i- 
 
 ^atnt to us, and do not concern us, arc but a moie 
 
 fpccious idlencfs. Ti/Zotjci. 
 
 Z* Importunate; intrufive ; meddling. 
 
 3. FooliHi ; trifling; negligent of the pre- 
 fcnt purpofe, 
 
 'Tis not a llgn two lovers are together, when 
 they can be iounpertincnt as to enquire wh.it the 
 vorld does. Vofc. 
 
 Impe'rtinent. w.y. Atrifler; a med- 
 dler ; an intruder; one who inquires or 
 intcrpofes where he has no right or call. 
 Govcinors would have enough to do to trouble 
 ' their hciiris with the politicks of every meddling 
 officious impertinent. U Ejhange. 
 
 Impe'rtineNTLY, adv. [from imperti- 
 
 netit. 3 
 
 I. Without relation to the prefent matter. 
 
 Z. Troublefomely ; ofRcioufly; intrullvely. 
 
 I h.ivc had joy given mc as prcpol>(.roully, 
 
 and as impertinently^ as they give it to men who 
 
 marry whvic chcy do not love. Suckling. 
 
 The blellednefs of mortals, now the higheli 
 
 faint in the cclcllial hierarchy, begun to be fo 
 
 impertinently importuned, that great part of the 
 
 liturgy was addreiVcd iblcly to her. H'^»ier. 
 
 Why will any man be fo;w;/':v/'//;(f«//y officious 
 
 3§ Co tell me all this is only fancy r If it is a 
 
 dream, let mc enjny it. .^JJ!f',n, 
 
 Jmpertra'nsakility. n.f. \jti ^nA pcr- 
 tranfio, Lat.] Impuflibility to be pafTed 
 •through. 
 
 I willingly declined thofe many ingenious rca- 
 ■Cons given by others ; as of the impertrunJihiHty 
 wf eternity, and impofiUnlity therein to attain to 
 the prefent limit of antecodcnt ages. Halt. 
 
 IMPE'RVIOUS. ailj. [impervwf, Lat.] 
 J. Uiipaflable ; impenetrable. 
 Let ihe ditficiilcv u( pafung liiick 
 Stay his rciuni, pcrluips, o\cr ilii^i gulf 
 ^^ ImpafTiliIe, /"r/^.'rT'/cz/s: Ictus tiv 
 ^^ Tu found a patli fi'om hell to that new world. 
 '^, M,/ro„. 
 
 We may rheiurc difccrn of how clofe a tcxtuie 
 glafs isjfince fovcry thiu a film piovcd itjimfurtiiorts 
 to the ajr, that it was forced to bicuk. the glafs 
 lo free itfelf. B*\!c. 
 
 Tlic taufc of refleflion is Hot the impirnjing 
 ^flight on the folid or impsrvicis parts of bodies. 
 Ni:^.v!oti's Opticks. 
 .A great many veffcls arc, in thiiilate, impcr- 
 57«ai by the fluids. yirtutiior. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 97«a 
 
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 Tfom the damp earth impfi'ioui vapunti rifi', 
 Inci'calc the darkiielt, and involve the (kie!. 
 
 2. InaccefTible. Perhaps Impvoperly ufcJ. 
 
 A rivcr'i mouth I'ni^crvious to the win^l, 
 And clear of rocks. I'opt's 0.l\(fty. 
 
 Impe'r vi0U3>fESs. n.f. [from imper- 
 vious.'] The ft.its of not admiitiiiij any 
 pafTaf^e. 
 
 iMPEn'Gi NOUS. <!((/. [from lOT/c/Zf 0, Lat. ] 
 Scurfy ; covered with fiiiall fcabs. 
 
 I'mpf.trable. «.//. [impctrabilis, from 
 impelro, Lat. iinpttiable, Fr.] Polfible 
 to be obtained. Did. 
 
 To I'mpetr ATt. V. a. [imp^'trer, Fi: im- 
 pdro, Lat.] To obtain by entreaty. 
 
 Did. 
 
 Impktr a'tion. n.f. {^impetralion, Fr. 
 impel nitio, from impctro, Lat.] The aft 
 of obtaining by prayer or iiitreaty. 
 Not much iifcd. 
 
 The blclVtd fzciamcnt is the myftery of the 
 death of Cluill, and the application of his blood, 
 whicli was Ihcd for the remiiSon of fms, and is 
 the great means ui impelration, and the merito- 
 
 liouscaufcof it. Taylor. 
 
 It is the greatcft folemnity of prayer, the nioft 
 powerful liiuigy, and means of impetration in 
 this world. Tayhr. 
 
 Impetuo'sity, «.y. \impetuofite,Yr. from 
 impetuous.^ Violence; fury ; vehemence; 
 force. 
 
 I will fi.t upon Aguecheek a notable report o( 
 valour, and drive the gentleman into a moft hi- 
 deous opinion of his rage, (kill, fury, and impr' 
 tuofily. Shakfp. Tiuetflh N-gkt. 
 
 The whole intrigue was contrived by the duke, 
 and fo violently purfued by his fpirit and Impr- 
 lulfity. CUrriidon. 
 
 The mind gives not only licence, but incita- 
 tion to the other paflioni to take their frecll 
 range, and iiX with the utmoft impetunfit^ 
 
 Decay if Pifly, 
 
 IMPE'TUOUS. arlj. [impetueux, Fr. from 
 imfvliis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Violent; forcible; fierce. 
 
 Their virtue, like th.eir Tybcr's flood. 
 Rolling its courfc, defign'd their country's good; 
 But oft the torrenr's too impituous fpecd 
 Trom the low earth tore tome polluted weed. 
 
 1',!,,. 
 
 2. Vehement of mind ; paffionate. 
 
 The king, 'tis true, is noble, but impetmus. 
 
 Roiue. 
 
 Impe'tuouslv. adv. [from impetuous.^ 
 Violently ; vehemently : both of men 
 and things. 
 
 They view tiie windings of the hoary Nar ; 
 Through rocks and woods impctmitjlv he glides, 
 While froth and foam the fretting furface hides. 
 
 .■IMfon. 
 Impf.'tuousness. n.f. [ivom impctticnis.] 
 Violence ; fury ; vehemence of pafilon. 
 I wilh all words of rage might vanilh in that 
 breath that utters them; that as they refemblc 
 the wind in fuiy and impeiuoufnffs , fo they might 
 in tianlientncfs. l)<\',jy of Puty 
 
 IMPETUS, n.f. [Latin.] Violent ten^ 
 dency to any point ; violent effort. 
 
 Why did not they continue tlicir drfceiit 'till 
 ihcy were contiguous to the fun, wliither both 
 mutual attraction and impetus carried them ? 
 
 Bentley'i Sermons, 
 Impie's-Ckable. «<r/;. [.-'/i and^/V/r^.] Im- 
 penetrable ; not to be pierced. 
 
 Exceeding' nige infljm'd the furious beaft ; 
 For never felt iiis iw^-ieicemhle brrart 
 So wortd'iuu« force iVom iiand of living wight. 
 
 S^EnJer. 
 
 I M P 
 
 ImmV.tV. »./. [impiete, French; rmpicfat, 
 
 Latin.] 
 r. Irreverence to the Supreme Being; 
 contempt of the duties of religion. 
 
 To keep that oath were more impiety 
 Than Ji'phtha'j, when he faciihc'd his daughter. 
 
 Sluikfptare. 
 
 2. An aft of wickednefs ; expreflion of 
 
 irreligion. In this fenfe it has a plural. 
 
 If they die unprovided, no more is the king 
 
 guilty at thofe iixpiciicx for which they arc iio«r 
 
 vifited. Skiikfpcarr, 
 
 Can Juno fuch impietiei approve ? Dcnft,im. 
 
 We h'avc a melancholy profpeit of the Itatc of 
 
 our religion ; fuch amazing imp!'i!ei can be 
 
 equalled by nothing but by thofe cities confirmed 
 
 of old by (ire. S-\vife. 
 
 To Impi'gnorate. v. a. {imr\A pignut, 
 Latin.] To pawn ; to pledge. 
 
 Impignok a'tion. n.y; [froin/m/i/(,'?;flr(7^c.] 
 The act of pawningor putting to phdge. 
 
 To Imi'i'nge. "v. n. [impin^'o, Latin.] 
 To fall againft ; to ftrike againil ; to 
 clalh with. 
 
 Things are referved in the memory by fome 
 corporeal cxuvise and mateiial images, which, 
 having imj'i'igcU on the common fenfe, rebound 
 thence into fome vacant cells of the brain. Gl,ji. 
 The caufe of refleiftion is not the impin^itg 
 of light on the folid or impervious parts of bo- 
 dies. Neiuton'i Oprlcki, 
 
 To Imit'nguate. v. a. [in zwA finguis, 
 Latin.] To fatten ; to make fat. 
 
 Fri^f ions alfo do more till and impr'grj.iu the 
 body than cicccicife ; for that ill fridlions the in- 
 ward parts are at reft. Bacon. 
 
 IMPIOUS. _<7rty. [impiui, Latin.] Irre- 
 ligious ; wicked ; profane ; without re- 
 veience of religion. 
 
 That fcriptuie ftandclh not the church of God 
 in any Itcad to dircift, but may be let pafs as 
 necdlcfs to be confulted with, we judge it pro- 
 fane, impious, and irreligious to thmk. Haokrr. 
 Ce.ife then this impioia rage. Afiltort, 
 
 Then lewd Auchemolus he laid in duft, 
 Who ftain'd his ftcpdamc's bed with impi'>ii! luft. 
 
 And impioiii nations feai'd etcinal right. 
 
 DryJeH. 
 
 Shame .ind reproach is generally the portion 
 of the impious and irreligious. Soitfk. 
 
 When vice prevails, and impious men bear 
 fway, 
 The port of honour is a private Nation. /<Jdifoii, 
 
 Since nftcr li'ee may rife an :mpio:it line, 
 Coarfc nnnglcrs of llie human face divine: 
 Paint on, 'till f.itc diflblve thy mort.il part. 
 And live and die the monarch of thy art. Ticic', 
 
 Tlicy, /vry/in, dar'd to prey- 
 On herds devoted to the god of day. Pan. 
 
 Gr.ind roiltakes in religion proceed from tnk- 
 ing litcr.illy what was mtant hgurativcly, froni 
 *hich I'everal imp! ui abl'urtjities followed, ter- 
 minating in infidelity. I'uritc^ 
 I'm PIOUSLY, aeh. [[vom impious.^ Pro- 
 fanely ; wickedly. 
 
 The Rom.'in wit, who :mpi'ji/ly divides 
 His hero and Ins gods to diifeient fides, 
 I Would condemn. Granvilh. 
 
 Implacaei'lipy. n.f. [(lom imp/acai/e.'} 
 Inexorablciiefs ; irrcconcileablc enmity^ 
 unappeallble malice. 
 
 IMPLA'CABLE. adj. [imp/araiiJis, Lat. 
 implacabk, Fr.] Not to be pacified J 
 inexorable; malicious; conilant in en- 
 mity. 
 
 nil incenfemeiit is P> iin/acnHe, that fatis- 
 faflion can be none but by inn'g^ of death. SH,ii. 
 
 Darah bears a generous mind ; 
 But to impltuiihU revenge inilin'd; 
 A bounlcou* fiialter, but a deadly lot. Dry.l'p, 
 
 C G
 
 I M P 
 
 The French nre the moft !mptatah!e and the 
 moll ciaiigcruus enemies of the Britilh nntion. 
 
 Md/Jo'i. 
 
 Imti-a'cably. atlv. [from implacable.'] 
 
 1. With malice not to be pacified ; inex- 
 orably. 
 
 An order wns made for difarming all tlic pa- 
 pillS; upon which, though ncthinij was after 
 rionc, yet it Ivcpt up the apprchcnfions in the 
 people of dangers, and difinciined them from 
 the quten, whom they begun evciy day ninrc 
 imftacjb'y to hate, and confequently to difohlige. 
 
 Clarendofi. 
 
 2, It is once iifcd by Drycicn in a kind of 
 mixed fciife of ;i tyrant's love. 
 
 I love, 
 And 'tis liclow my gr-catnefs to difown it : 
 Love thee iwflacahly, yet hate thee too. D'ydcn. 
 
 To Impla'nt. v.a. [/n and//flK;9, Lat.] 
 To infix ; to infert ; to place ; to in- 
 graft ; to fettle ; to fet ; to fow. The 
 original meaning of putting a vegetable 
 into the ground to grow is not often 
 ufed. 
 
 How can yon him unworthy then decree, 
 In whofe chief part your wortlis implantc-d be ? 
 
 Sidney. 
 See, Father ! what firft-fruits on earth arc 
 fprung-, 
 From thy imphmtid grace in man ! hUlton, 
 
 No need of public fainftions this to bind, 
 Which nature has imp'uititid in the mind. Dryd. 
 There grew to the outhdc of the arytenoidcs 
 anotiicr caitilage, capable of motion by the help 
 of fome mufclcs that were imp/anted in it. R"y. 
 God having endowed man with faculties of 
 knowing, w.ts no more obliged to impUtnt thofe 
 innate notions in his mind, th.ni that, having given 
 him rcafon, hands, and materials, he lliould 
 build hiin bridges. L-jtXi.. 
 
 Iv.PL.'iNTA'Tiox. n.f. [implantation, Fr. 
 from implant.] The ati of fetting or 
 planting ; the aft of enfixing or fettling. 
 
 Impi.a'usible. adj. [in and flaufble.] 
 Not fpecious ; not likely to feduce or 
 perfnade. 
 
 Nothing can better improve political fchool- 
 bjys, than the art of malting plaufible or im- 
 fiaufiiU harangues againlt the very opinion for 
 which rhey refolvc to determine. Swift. 
 
 Implement, n.f. [impkmentitm, frorn 
 impleo, Latin.] 
 
 1. Something that fills up vacancy, or 
 fiipplies wants. 
 
 Unto life many Impkmtnli are necclTary ; 
 more, if we feck, luch a lite as hath in it joy, 
 lomfoit, delight, and pleafure. Ih'Ju. 
 
 2. Inllrnmenl of maiiufafture ; tools of a 
 trade ; vcfftls of a kitchen. 
 
 Wood l.aili coined fcventeen thcufand pounds, 
 and hath his tools and iir.plementi to coiji fi.>i 
 iiines as much. Siuijt. 
 
 It is th.c pradtice of the eaftern regions for the 
 
 artifts in metals to cany .about with them the 
 
 • Wfiole hKi'Uviciiti of trade, to the houfe where 
 
 they find cmployioenr. Broome. 
 
 Imrle'tion.. n.f. [im^/ifo, Latin.] The 
 'aft of filling ; the ftate of being fnH. 
 
 Theopi.raltus eonccivcth, upon a plentiful im- 
 pletion, thcie may Intcetd a di[aiu:ion of the 
 matrLt. hraiun 
 
 Imple'x. adj. [impLriis, Latin.] Intri- 
 cate; entangled; complicated : oppofed 
 to Jit'iple. 
 
 Every poem- is cirtiej /mf.'f or iutp/r.r :■ it is 
 called Jitiipti when there is no change of fortune 
 in it ; iaipkx, when the fortune of the chief 
 actor, changes torn bad to good, or fiom good to 
 bad, SpiSlator. 
 
 i 
 
 I M P 
 
 To I'MPLICATE. v. a. [i,r,pliquey, Fr. 
 implico, Latin.] To entangle ; to em- 
 barrafs; to involve ; to infold. 
 
 The ingredients of faltpctre do fo mutually 
 impliciUc and hinder each other, that the concrete 
 aifis but very languidjy. Bovle, 
 
 Implica't/on. n.f. [impUcalioy'Ls.i. im- 
 plication, Fr. from implicate.] 
 
 1. Involution; entanglement. 
 
 Thite principal caufes of firmnefs are the 
 grolTnels, the quiet contatSr, and tiie implication 
 of tlx component parts. Bo\le. 
 
 2. Inference not expiefTed, but tacitly in- 
 culcated. 
 
 Though civil caufes, according to fome men, 
 3ie of lefs moment than criminal, yet the doc- 
 tors arc, by iinpiicatibh, of a diilercnt opinion. 
 -V)7^(:'r Paragon. 
 
 IMPLI'CIT. adj. [impUcile, French ; im- 
 
 plidtus, Latin.] 
 I . Entangled ; infolded ; complicated. 
 This feiife is rare. 
 
 In his woolly fleece 
 I cling implicit. Pope. 
 
 The humble (hrub, 
 And bulb with frizzl'd hair implicit. Thomjoi. 
 z. Inferred; tacitly comprifcd; not ex- 
 prefTeJ. 
 
 In the firft eftablifliments of fpccch there was 
 an nnpHat compaiff, foimdcd upon common 
 confent, that fuch and fuch woids (houid be 
 ligns, whereby they would exprcfs their thoughts 
 one to another. South. 
 
 Our exprcfs requefts are not granted, but the 
 implicit defucs of our hearts are fulfilled. 
 
 Smtiltid^c. 
 
 3. Refting upon another ; connefted with 
 another over which that which is con- 
 nefted to it has no power ; trufting 
 without referve or examination. Thus, 
 by implicit credulity, I may believe a 
 letter yet not opened, when I a.n con- 
 fident of the wi iter's veracity. 
 
 Tlurc be f.dfe peaces or unities', when w.i- 
 peace is grounded but upon an implicit igno- 
 rance ; for all colours will agree in the d:nk. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 No longer by implicit faith we ei-r, 
 Wliilil every man 's his own interpreter. Dcnh. 
 
 iMrLi'ciTLY. adv. [ixom impUcil.] 
 
 1 . By infeience comprifed, though not 
 exprelTcd. 
 
 The divine infpejtion into the affairs of the 
 world dulli neceffarily fullov/ from the natuio 
 and licing of God ; and lie tliat denies tiiis, dutii 
 implicitly deny his cxiftcncc : he may acknow- 
 ledge wh.it he will with his mouth, bat in his 
 heart he hatli faid there is no God. Bcn.'.'cy. 
 
 2. By connexion with fomething elfe ; 
 depcndently ; with unrtferved confidence 
 or obedience. 
 
 My hlufhiiig nuife with confeious fear retires, 
 Aiui whom they like, implicitly admires. Rofc. 
 
 Learn not to difputo the methods of his pro- 
 vidence ; but humbly and implicitly to acquiefce 
 in and adore them. ^'Ittcrbnry. 
 
 We implicitly follow in the track in which they 
 lead us, and comfort ourfelves with this poor 
 refleiftion, that we fliall fare as well as thofe that 
 go before us. ' Kotfcrs. 
 
 To IMPLO'RE. ■». a. [implorsr, French; 
 iinploro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To call upon in fuppli'cation ; to follcit. 
 
 They Ihip their oars, and crown with wine 
 The holy roblet to the pow'rs divine, 
 hfiplofi/ii' all the gods that reign abovt;. Pope, 
 
 2. To allc ; to beg. 
 
 Do not fay 'iis fuperftition, that 
 I kucc!, and then /w^/su- her blcfl.i)g. Shukj'p. 
 
 I M P 
 
 Implo're. n.f. [from the verb.] The 
 aft of begging; entreaty; folicitatlon. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 Urged fore 
 With piercing words and pitiful imp/ore, 
 Him iiarty to arife. Fniry (^ueen. 
 
 Implo'rf.r. H.y! [(rom implore."] Solicitor. 
 Mere implorcrs ol unholy luits. 
 Breathing, like fan£tified and pious, 
 The better to beguile. Sluikfpeare's Hamlet. 
 
 Implu'med. adj. [implumis, hat.] With- 
 out feathers. Difl. 
 To Imply', v.a. [impliguer, Tiench ; im- 
 plico, Latin.] 
 [. To unfold; to cover; to entangle. 
 Not in ufe. 
 
 His courage flout, 
 Striving to loofe the knot that fail him tics, 
 Himfclf in flraighter bonds too ralh implia. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 And Phoebus flying fo moft Ihameful fight. 
 His blufbing face in foggy cloud /w;^/.'ci. Faiiy Q, 
 2. To involve orcomprife as a confequence 
 or concomitant. 
 
 That it was in ufe among the Greeks, the 
 
 word triclinium implictk. Bro-.un's Fulg. Err. 
 
 What follows next is no objection ; for that 
 
 implies a fault. Dryden. 
 
 Bows the Itrength of brawny arms imfty, 
 Emblems of valour, and of victory. dJrytieK. 
 Where a malicious aft is proved, a malicious 
 intention is implied. Sherlock. 
 
 To I M p o' I s o N . V.a. [cmpoifoner, French» 
 It might be written empoifon.] 
 
 1. To corrupt with poifon. 
 
 One doth not know 
 How much an iU word doth impoijon liking. 
 
 ShakJpeaTC. 
 
 2. To kill with poifon. Thisisraie. See 
 Empoison. 
 
 A man by his own alms impoifon^d, 
 And with his charity Uain. Shakjpare. 
 
 Impo'larily. adv. [in and /loAir. ] Not 
 according to the direclion of the poles.- 
 Little ufed. 
 
 Being impolarily adjoined unt-o a more vigorous 
 
 loadltone, it will, in a ihort time, exchange its 
 
 poles. Brci^-n. 
 
 Impoli'tical. \adj. [insudpolitici.] Im- 
 
 Impo'litick. j prudent; iiidifcreet ; 
 
 void of art or forecaft. 
 
 He that cxhortcth to beware of an enemy's 
 policy, doth not give counfel to be impolitick ; 
 but rather to ufe all- prudent forehght and cir- 
 cumfpeflion, left our fimplicity Lt over-reach'd 
 fiy cunning llights. Hooker. 
 
 lMPOLi'Tic.\LLy. Jadv. [in ^nd political.] 
 Impo'liticklv. j Without art or 
 
 forecaft. 
 Impo'nderous. adf. [_in and ponderous.] 
 Void of perceptibk weight. 
 
 It produces vifible and real etieifts by impt/ri- 
 
 dctons and invifible cmifTions. Broxvn. 
 
 Imporo'sitv. n.f. [in and porous.] Ab- 
 
 feiice of iftterfticesj compaClnefs; clofe- 
 
 nefs. 
 
 The porofit)'or irnporofrty betwixt the tangible 
 parts, and the grcutnds or ImalUiefs of the pores. 
 
 Bacort, 
 Impo'rous. adj. [in zrtd pofous .1 ¥re&' 
 from pores ; free from vacuities or'in- 
 terltices ; clofe of texture ; completely 
 folid. 
 
 It has its earthly and falinous pnrts fo exaifliy 
 refolved, that its body is left imporotis, and not 
 difcrercd by atomical terminations. Bronun. 
 
 If atoms Ihould dcictnd plumb down with 
 equal velocity, being all perfciily folid and irn- 
 potciii, tiiey would never the one overtake the 
 other. £,[/ it! the dcatiep.
 
 IMP 
 
 To IMPO'RT. V. a. [impoflo, Latni.] 
 I. To cany into any comitry from abroad: 
 oppofed to export. 
 
 For Elis I would r.i I witli iitmoft fpccd, 
 T' import twelve n»arc>, wliicli tlicrc Juxiirioiis 
 feed. Pi./f. 
 
 t. To imply ; to infer. 
 
 Hiniftlt not only comprchcntlcc! ;tll our ne- 
 ccHitics, I'ut in fucii fort alfo framed c\cry peti- 
 tion as migiit luult iiatuially fcrvc for m.uiv ; 
 and doth, tliongli not always rctpiuc, yer always 
 import a multitude of fpcakcrs together, lhok(r. 
 The name of difcipline imponeth not as they 
 would fain have it conlhued j hut the fclf-fanic 
 thing It (ignifieth, which the name of doiftrinc 
 doth. Hooker. 
 
 This qucrtion wc now aflccd, importedj as that 
 wc thought this land a land of magicians.. iVfO//. 
 
 J. To produce in confeqiieiice. 
 
 Something he left iinpcrlcrt in the ftatc. 
 Which fincc his coming forth is thought of, which 
 Imports the kingdom lo much fear and danger, 
 That his return was moft rcquir'd. Shiikjptdrc, 
 
 4.. [importer, importe, French. Imperfo- 
 nally.] To be of moment: as, it (';;/- 
 ports, it is of weight or confeqiicnce. 
 
 Her length of (icKncfs, with what clfc more 
 fciious 
 Importeth thee to know, this bears. SliMjfrate 
 
 Let the heat be luch as may keep the metal 
 perpetually molten; fur that ahovc M importctk 
 to the work, B'lco'-.. 
 
 Number in armies importefk not much, where 
 the people is of weak cjuragc. Bucoi. 
 
 This to attain, whether hcav'n move, or earth, 
 Imports not, if tiiou reckon right. Milion. 
 
 Jt may import us in this calm to hearken more 
 than we have done to the florms that are now 
 raiftng abroad. TonpU. 
 
 If I endure it, what imports it you } VrjM/:. 
 Impo'rt. 11./. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Importance; moment; confeqiicnce. 
 
 What occaflon u( iirpcrt 
 Hatii ail folong detaia'd you from your wife ? 
 
 - ShakfpexUC. 
 
 Some bufinefs 0^ import th.it triumph wears 
 You Teem to go witli. Dryd. anj Lee's Oedipus. 
 When there is any difputc, the judge o-jght to 
 appoint the fum according to the eloquence and 
 ability of the advocate, and in proportion to the 
 import of the caufc. ^\IiJfe. 
 
 2. Tendency. 
 
 Add 10 tlic former obfcrvalions made about 
 vegetables a third of the fame import m.ide in mi- 
 neral fubllanccs. Boi'e. 
 
 3. Any thing bronght from abroad : as, 
 our imports ought not to e.'vceed our e.-i- 
 ports. 
 
 Impo'k TABLE, adj. [in and portable.'] 
 Unfupportable ; not to be endured. A 
 word accented by Spenfer on tiie firli 
 fyllable. It is ufcd in the Apocrypha. 
 
 B,;th at once him charge on either fide, 
 With hideous llmkes and impou.i! Ic power. 
 
 That forced him his ground to travcrfe wide, 
 And wifely watch to ward that deailly Hour. 
 
 Fairy tauten. 
 
 lMro'RT.\NCE. n. f. [French.] 
 
 1. Thing imported or iniphed. Rare. 
 
 A notable pafiion of wondci appeared in them ; 
 but the wifeft beholder, that knew no more but 
 filjing, coidd not fay if the import.mn were joy or 
 forrow. Shakfpcare's IVintLr'i Talc. 
 
 2. Matter; fubjca. Not in life. 
 
 It had Inn pity you (liould have been put to- 
 gether wirii lb mortal a put pole, as then each 
 bore, upon importance of fo flight a n iture. 
 
 Slukfpctn's Cjml'c/i"e. 
 
 3. Confequcncc ; moment. 
 
 We eo'ilider 
 Th' importti'ice of Cyprus to the Turks. S/iakfp. 
 
 IMP 
 
 Thy own impor/arice knosi', 
 Nor bound iliy nunow views to thiii^i bcloW*. 
 
 4, Import'inity. An inipiopcr iifc pecu- 
 liar to Shakjpcare, 
 
 Maria writ 
 The letter at fir Toby's great imp'irtanct ; 
 III rccompcncc whereof he hath manicd her. 
 
 Impo'rtant. adj* [Imporfant, Frciiclu] 
 
 1. Momcnlous ; weighty; of great con- 
 feqiicnce. 
 
 The mort important and picfTmg care of a new 
 and vlf^oioiis kinj; was his maiiiagc, for mcdiarc 
 ell.il>liflinicnr of ihc roy.nl !inc. IVotton. 
 
 This fupcradds treachery to the crime: 'tis tlic 
 falfifying the muWimpnitafit truft. Dec. of lately. 
 
 O tlicn, what inteicll (hull 1 make 
 To Uivo my lart" i7n[<(irt^i/if Hake, 
 Wticn the mort jull have caufc to quake ? 
 
 Tlic great importiUit end that God dcfign-s re- 
 ligion for, the government of mankind, I'ulTici- 
 ently (hews the necciFity of its being rooted deep 
 in the heart, and put beyond the danger of being 
 turn up by any ordinary violence. Satrh. 
 
 txiiniinc how the fafiiionablc praiHIcc of the 
 woi Id can be reconciled to the im^urtaMt doifVrine 
 of (>ni religion. Rogers. 
 
 lmpo>tittii truths ftlll let your fables hold, 
 And moral myfteries with art unfold. Gnf.-iTi/^e. 
 
 Til' impoiiivit hour had paff'd unheeded by. 
 
 Ittrne 
 
 2. Momentous; forcible; of great ef- 
 ficacy. This ftenis to be the mean- 
 ing here. 
 
 He fiercely at him flew, 
 And WiXU import'tnt outrage him afTaird; 
 
 Who foon prcpai'd to field, his (word forth 
 drew. 
 And him with equal valour countervail'd. 
 
 3. Importimate, A corrupt ufe of the 
 word, S.e iMPfniTANCE. 
 
 Great France 
 My moaniing and hnporiuut tears hath pitied. 
 
 SlutkjpL-iire. 
 
 Importa'tion, k. y. [from import. 'I 
 
 The ad or practice cf importing, or 
 
 bringing into a country from <ibroad ; 
 
 oppoftd to exportation* 
 
 The king's rcafonable profit fliould not be neg- 
 Icdlcd upon impoitati'j'i .md exportation. B<i 0,1. 
 
 Thf-fe mines hi! rlie country with greater num- 
 bers of people tliaii it would be able to bear, 
 without the imporiiitinri of corn from foreign 
 parts. Addifon on Ii.t'v, 
 
 The emperor has forbidden the impotttit-^n uf 
 tkcir manufadurcs into any part of the empuc. 
 
 yjUdiJon on l!<i'\\ 
 
 Impo'rter. n. f. [from import.'] One 
 that brings in from abroad. 
 
 It is impolTible to limit the quantity that fhall 
 be brought in, ef]>ccialiy if tiie //riforferf of it 
 have fo furc a market ;ii the exchequer. Sui/t. 
 
 Impo'rti.f.ss. aJj^ [from import. ~\ Of 
 no moment or confeqiicnce. This 13 a 
 
 , word not in iife, but not inelegant. 
 We Icfb e>;petfl 
 That mnttcr necdlcfs, u^ impart kp burthen, 
 Di\idc tliy lip:-, i^lmkjpeare. 
 
 IMPORTUNATE, adj. [importunus, 
 Latin ; importnve, Fi ench.] Unfca- 
 fonable and inceffant in folicitations ; 
 not to be repulfed. 
 
 I w.is in debt to my hnp'jrtunatc bufinefs ; but 
 he would not hear my c.\cufc, Shakjpeare. 
 
 They may not be able lo bear the clamour of 
 an imp'^rtun.itf fnitor. Smahidgc 
 
 A rule rcrtraiiis the moli impcrtuuaie appetites 
 of our nature. Roi:ti.\. 
 
 Imi'o'r.tunately. adv» [from imporlu- 
 
 I MP 
 
 fiate.'] With IncefTant folicitation ; p*r. 
 tinacioully in petition. 
 
 Their pcrtinacy is fuch, that «'l»cn you drivA 
 them out of one form, they afTiime anotbei ; and 
 are fo importutititely tioublelbtnc, as makes ni.iny 
 think it iinpuflible to be freed from ihcni. /Juj-pa. 
 
 Impo'rtunateness. h. /. [from itnpor- 
 liinalc.] Incefiaiit folicilatioi\. 
 
 She with more and more impottunaferti-fi ciav- 
 cd, which, in all good manners, was cither of us 
 to be defncd, or not granted. Sidney. 
 
 To IMPORTUNE, -v. a. [iwportuna; 
 French ; iviportunus, Latin. Accented 
 anciently on the fccond fyllable.] 
 
 1. 'I'o eiilUirb by reitcratiun of the fame 
 reqneli. 
 
 2. To ttafc ; to harafs with fligl it vexa- 
 tion perpetually recurring ; to moled. 
 
 Ag.tmlt all fcnfe you do impoitunc ncr. 
 
 Sh^ikipettre. 
 
 If he efpied any lewd gaiety in his fcllow- 
 fervants, his riiaftcr fliould fliai^litways know it, 
 and not leli free from importunitigy until the fel- 
 low had put away his fault. Caretu. 
 
 Tl'.e higleft faint in the celcftial hierarchy 
 beg:in to be fo impertinently impcitimeJy th.nt a 
 great part of the blurry was addri Ifcd folely lo 
 her. Ilj-wel's l''.c(d Foreji, 
 
 The bloom of beauty other years demands, 
 Nor will be gathci'd by fuch witiitr'd hands : 
 Yoa importurje it with a fall'e defirc. Ihydert. 
 
 Eveiy one hath cx|ieriinentcd this truublcfume 
 intruiiun of fome frilking ideas, which thus im- 
 portune the undcrlland, and Irindcr it fror:i being 
 employed. Lorke, 
 
 We have been obliged to iiii'e troops fiom 
 fcvcral princes of the empire, whole minillcrs 
 anri rcfidcnts here have perpetually importuned 
 the court with unreifoiiable demands. Stvift. 
 Importu'ne. adj. [importnir.is, Latin. 
 It was anciently pronounced with the 
 accent on the fccond fyllable.] 
 
 1. Condantly recurring; troubkfome by 
 frequency. 
 
 All that charge did fervently apply, 
 With greedy malice and importune toil ; 
 
 And planted there their huge aitiliciy, 
 With which they daily made moft dreadful bat- 
 tery. Spenfer. 
 
 Henry, king of England, needed not to have 
 heftowfd fuch gre;irfums, nor fo to have bufied 
 himfelf with imporf.nc and Incefl'ant laliour, to 
 compafs my deatir and ruin, if I had been a 
 feigned pei Ion. Bacon's Henry v ( t. 
 
 2. TvGublefome ; vexatious. 
 
 And th' armies of their creatures all, x:.i 
 funic 
 Do Icivc to tliem,and with .■m/dr/K/if might 
 War agniiift us, the vilTals of their will. Spenfer. 
 
 It the upper foul can check what is confcnted 
 to lij the will, in compliance with the flefli,' and 
 can tiicn hope, thst after a few years of lei.fu- 
 ality, that impo>!unr rebellious lervant lljrdi be 
 eternally calS off, this would be fome colour for 
 that novel peiliiafion. H.imi.-ion.l. 
 
 The f.imc airs, which fome entertain witli 
 
 mol^ delightful tranfpoits, to others are importi/iie. 
 
 ij/anvitle's Scepjis. 
 
 3. l^nleafonable ; coming, afising, oi- 
 happening at a wrong time. 
 
 No fair to thine 
 Equivalent, or fecond ! which compell'd 
 Me thus, though imjiorfane perhaps, to ccmc 
 And ga7e and worlhipthce. isHllor:. 
 
 Importu'nf.ly. adv. [from importune.} 
 
 1. Troublefomcly ; inccfrantlv. 
 
 Tiic palmer bent his ear unto the r.oilc, 
 To weet whocalt'd (o i>nportu>:</\ : 
 Again he heard a morcetrorccd voice. 
 That bade him ci>nie In haltc. F.iiiy Q;,eeit. 
 
 2. Unfeafonably J improperly. 
 
 The conititutions that the apoltlcs made con- 
 ccMiiiig dtaeons and widows, me, with iiiucll 
 6 G 2
 
 I M P 
 
 impovtuTiity, tut very imfortune'y urgcil by tV.e 
 
 duciplinari.ins. S:inJtrjo-t. 
 
 Importunity, n. f. [importuni.'as, l^^it- 
 
 impoiiunite, French; horn, importunate. '\ 
 
 IncefTant follcitation. 
 
 Ovcicum; with the i'l'.jioriunitf of his wife, a 
 wciman of a haughty fpirit, he altered his former 
 purpofe. KnoiUs. 
 
 Thrice I deluded her, and turn'd to fport 
 Her impnrtjmty. Milton i Agonijtii. 
 
 To IMPO'SE. i\ a. [impofer, French ; 
 
 1. I'o lay on as a burden or penalty. 
 
 It fli.ii; not be lawful to impofe toll upon them 
 
 If a fon do fjU-into a lewd aftion, the im- 
 putation, by your rule, thould be .■m/'oy -1/ upon 
 his father. ShAff:aie. 
 
 To tyrants others have their country fold, 
 Jmp'tfing foreign lords for foreign gold. DiyMn. 
 
 Oil impious realms and bai'brous kings /?«- 
 
 ff' 
 Thy plagues, and curfe them with fuch ilK as 
 tliolc. Fife. 
 
 2. To enjoin as a (iuty or l?w. 
 
 Wh.u good or evil is there under the fun, 
 what .i(!tinn cori-efpundent or repugnant unto the 
 law which God iiath imp-^/ed upon his creatures, 
 but in or upon it God doth wojk, according to 
 the law which himfelf hath eternally puipul'cd 
 to keep ? Hootir. 
 
 Ti'.erc was a thorough way made by the fword 
 for the iuipofi'ia of the laws upon them. Spenjcr. 
 
 Thou on the deep imp(,Jrji nobler laws, 
 And by that juftice halt remov'd the caufc. 
 
 Chriftianity hath hardly impcfid any other 
 laws upon us, but what are enafled in our na- 
 tures, or are agreeable to the prime and funda- 
 tnental lawi of it. Tillotfm. 
 
 hn'foje but your commands. 
 This hour fliail bring you twenty thoufand hands. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 It was neither imfafed on me, nor fo much as 
 
 the fuhjeft given mc by any man. Drfdcn. 
 
 3. To fix on ; to impute to. 
 
 This cannot be allowed, except we impute 
 that unto the firft caufc which we impoft not on 
 the fcconri ; or what we deny unto nature, we 
 impute unto nativity iifelf. Breum. 
 
 4. To obtrude fallacioufly. 
 
 Our pott thinks not fit 
 T' impnft upon you what he writes for wit. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 
 5. To I.MPOSE on. To put a cheat on; 
 to deceive. 
 
 Phyficians and philofopha's have fuffcred 
 tV.cmfelvts to be fo f.ir imp-jfcd upun as to pub- 
 IKh chymical experiments, which thdy never 
 tried,. S^'/-- 
 
 He that think.'! the name centaur iKinds fur 
 Tome real being, 'm/>5/fiei hirofelf, and miftakes 
 •words for things. i' «' • 
 
 6. [Among printers.] To put the pages 
 on the ftone, and fit on the chafe, in 
 order to carry the form to prefs. 
 
 Impo'se. n. f. [from the verb.] Com- 
 mand ; injunftioB. Not in ufe. 
 
 According to your ladylliip's imfoft 
 I am thus early come. Shalfpeare. 
 
 Impo'seable. a^^'. [from ;m/«5/i.] To be 
 laid as obligatory on any body. 
 
 They were not fimply i-npi^fiat'li on any 
 particular man, f itther than he was a member of 
 
 *•. 1 ,.k Jlummc^d. 
 
 I M F 
 
 fome church. 
 Impo'skr, n. f. [from 
 
 impofe.'] One 
 who enjoins as a law ; one who lays any 
 thing on another as a hardlhip. 
 
 The unlvcrfitloU'.ffcrings might be manifeflcd 
 lo .ill rxiiions, jud ttc i<r.j,-Jc% of thcle oaths 
 K»igllt TC^'cnt. 
 
 n'o'.Un. 
 
 Imposi'tion. n. f. [im/ij/if/on, Frenclir; 
 impofitus, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The aft of laying any thing on another. 
 The fecond part of confirmation is the prayer 
 
 and benediction of Ihe biftop, made more foieran 
 by the imp'^fithn of hands. Hn'mmnd. 
 
 2. The act of annexing. 
 The firll imp'.fuioii of names was grounded, 
 
 among all nations, upon future good hope con- 
 ceived of children. Camden. 
 Tne imp:J'!t:cn of the name is grounded only 
 upon the predominancy of that element, whofe 
 name is ateribed to it. B'-^y.'e. 
 
 3. Injunflion of any thing a; a law or 
 duty. 
 
 Their determination is to tioublc you with no 
 more fuit ; unlefs you may be won by fonie 
 other fort than your father's imp'^ftlion, depending 
 on the calkets. Shukfpearc. 
 
 Yxomimpujithn of ftrift laws, to free 
 Acceptance of large grace ; from fervilc fear 
 To filial ; works of law, to wuiks of faith. 
 
 Milton. 
 f. Conflraint ; opprefTion. 
 
 The conlfraint of receiving and holding opi- 
 nions by authority was righ.tly called impo/iritK. 
 
 A greater load has been laid on us than we 
 have been able to bear, and the grofleft iiipr,fir:o'ii 
 have been lubmitted to, in order to forward the 
 da:igcrous defigns of a faition. Sii'if:. 
 
 Let it not be made, contrary to its own na- 
 ture, the occation nt ftrife, a narrow fpirit, and 
 unreafonablc impofttiifn on the mind and prac- 
 tice, tf'atts on the Mir:d. 
 
 J. Cheat; fallacy; impofture. 
 6. A fupernumerary exercife enjoined 
 fcholars as apunilhment. 
 
 'Xutic itnpofitioHi were lupply'd. 
 To light my pipe, or pleafe my piide. 
 
 fi o^rrf\ of Dif'Ontfnt 
 
 Impo'ssible. adj. \\mpoJJihle, French; i« 
 ?indi pojjlble .'\ Not to be done; not to 
 be attained ; impracticable. 
 
 It was impojfiblc that the Hate (hould continue 
 quiet. - Mac, 
 
 With men this is impojpbli; but with God all 
 things are poffiblc. Mutthfiti. 
 
 'Twerc tmp'^Jfilttc for any enterprife to be law- 
 ful, if that which Ihould legitimate it is fubfe- 
 qucnt to it. Dcc.ty of Fitly. 
 
 Dillicuit it is, but not imp:ffihie. Chillingworth. 
 It is impcJJiHc the mind (hould be flopped any 
 where in its progrel's in this fpace, how far fo ever 
 it extends its thoughts. Locke. 
 
 We cannot believe it impoj/ibk to God to make 
 a creature with more ways to convoy into the 
 underftanding the notice of corporeal things th.in 
 five. Lockt. 
 
 I my thoughts deceive 
 With hope of things impoffible to find. tVntjli. 
 Impossibi'lity. n. f. \jmpojJibH}ie,Y\-. 
 
 from impoJ[ilk.'\ 
 I. Imprafticability ; the Hate of being 
 not feafible. 
 
 Simple Philoclca, it hxhe impcjfihiliiy that doth 
 torment rac; for unl.iwful del'ires are punilhed 
 after the cffci't of enjoying, but impoltible de- 
 fires in the delire itfelf. Sidney. 
 .Admit all thefe inp'JJH'ilitici and great abfur- 
 ditics to he poffiblc and convenient. IVhitgif:. 
 
 Let the mutinous winds 
 Strike tiie proud cedars 'gainft the ficty fun, 
 Murdering inipojftl'ilitv^ to make 
 Wi-iat cannot be, (light woik. Shokffeare. 
 
 They confound difficulty with i'npojjibility. 
 
 South. 
 
 THofe who aflcrt the impofflhility of fpace ex- 
 
 ilfing witi-.out matter, raull make body infinite. 
 
 Locte. 
 
 Wlicn we fee a man of like paflions and wcak- 
 
 nefs with ourfelvcs going before us in the paths 
 
 of duty, it confutes .dl l.uy pietences of ;"i/'#- 
 
 hiiity. ^.^tr^. 
 
 IMP ^ 
 
 2. That which cannot be don?. 
 
 Though men do, without offence, with dill/ 
 that the affairs, which with evil fuccefs arc pat^, 
 might have fallen out much better i yet to pray 
 that they may have been any other tnau they arc, 
 this being a manifcft impojjibility in itfelf, the 
 rules of religion do not permit. Hotker, 
 
 Imf'Jfibil-.tiii ! oh no, there's none, 
 Could 1 bring thy heart captive home. CoviUy, 
 I'mpost. n. f. [impojl, impot, Fr. impofi- 
 /u/w, Latin.5 A tax; a toll; a cuf- 
 tom paid. 
 
 Taxes and imp^J!s upon merchant ; do fcldora 
 
 good fo the king's revenue; for that that he wins 
 
 in the hundred, he lofcth in the lliirc, Baoon. 
 
 Imposts, n. f. \tmpoJle, French.] In 
 
 architeftitre, that part of a pillar, in 
 
 vaults and arches, on which the weight 
 
 of the whole building lieth. AinfiL'orfh. 
 
 2o Impo'sthum ATE. «. ti. \_ixova impoji- 
 
 hume.'\ To form an abfcefs ; to gather ; 
 
 to form a cvft or bag containing matter. 
 
 "Vhc bi uife imptjfbumuiedf and afterwards turned 
 to a (linking ulcer, which made every biidy ftty 
 to come near her. ^^t butknot , 
 
 7"o Impo'sthumate. v. a. To afflict 
 with an impollhume. 
 
 They would not fiy that furgeon, whofe lancet 
 tJueatens none but the i'Tipojlhitmated parts. 
 
 ' Dtuiy of Fifty. 
 
 Imposthum a'tion. n. f. [from impojl- 
 
 huniate.] The aft of forming an iin- 
 
 pofthume ; the flate in which an impoft- 
 
 hume is formed. 
 
 He that maketh the wound bleed inwards, en- 
 dangereth malign ulcei* and pcrnicH-)us impojl^ 
 h tjjuttio-Ji. Bticon^s lij/jys. 
 
 IMPO'STHUME. n. /. [This feems to 
 have been formed by corruption from 
 impojlem, as South writes it ; and im- 
 poflem to have been written erroneoufiy 
 for apojleme, iiY'.^r.^x, an abfcefs.] A 
 collection of purulent matter in a bag 
 or cyft. 
 
 Now rotten difeafes, ruptures, catarrhs, and 
 
 bladders t"uU of impojih-umci^ make prepolrcrous 
 
 difcovcries. Skukfpcarf. 
 
 An error in the judgment is like an imp^iem in 
 
 the head, which is always noifome,and frequently 
 
 mortal. South. 
 
 Fames cannot tranfude through the bag tf an 
 
 impojthurni. {iti"Vff. 
 
 Impo'stor. n. f. Yimpojlair, French; 
 
 from imbojc ; hnpo/ltor, Latin.] One who 
 
 cheats by a ficlitious charafter. 
 
 Shame and pain, poverty and ficknefs, ye» 
 death and hell itfelf, arc but the tropliies of thof« 
 fatal conquelfs got by that grand i-npojiot, the 
 devil, over the deluded fons of men. Souths 
 
 Imfo'sture. n. f. {impojliin, French; 
 !»i/)5/7ori7, Latin.] Cheat; fraud; f'.'p- 
 polititioufnefs ; cheat committed by 
 giving to perfons or things a falfc cha- 
 rafter. j 
 
 Tiiat the foul and angels have nothing to do 
 with gruffer locality is generally opinioned ; Li»t 
 who is it that retains not a great part of the im~ 
 pojlwe, by allowing them a definitive ubij which 
 is llilfbut imagination.' G/«c'c'.7/f'i .So-r/fcU 
 
 Open to them fo many of the intcrioF fe^.is 
 of this mylferious^rt, without impejture qr invi- 
 dious icferve. £7-/(1 1. 
 We know iiow fjccefaful the late ufurper was^ 
 while his army believed him real in his zeal 
 againlV kingfhlp; but when they found out the 
 impojitiriy upon his afpiring to the f.me himfelf, 
 he was prcfcntly dcfeited,and never able locrowu 
 his ufurped greatnefs with that title. South, 
 
 Form new. legends, 
 And (ill tti5 world with follies and imp^jluris.
 
 I M P 
 
 Impotence. 3 ^ ^ \l,npotent\a,\.z.-C.^.-\ 
 
 J, Want of power; inability; imbecil- 
 lity ; weaknefs. 
 
 Some were poor by impotcicy of nature ; ns 
 young f.itlicrlcfs children, old decrepit pcrlons, 
 idcot.s, and cripples. Sir. y. }!uyivn>.{. 
 
 Wc.ikiicfs, o\ the /m/io/(rrtc^'of cxcicifinganim.ii 
 -moiioii, atlcndi fevers. Ji>buthnot. 
 
 Gud is a fucnd nnd :* father, whofc care fup- 
 plics our wants, ai:d defends om im^'jitnccy and 
 from whofc compafilon in Ciajll: wc hope ftjr 
 ctcrii:tl glory hereafter. R'y^en. 
 
 Thii is not a reltr.iint or impoteniy^ Init tlic 
 royal prerugative of the mort abfolure King oi 
 kings; tl.;xt lie wills to do nothing but whjt he 
 can ; and that he can do nothing which is repug- 
 nant to his divine goodnefs. Hentlcy. 
 
 2. Ungovernablenefs of paflion. A Latin 
 fignlfication ; antmi hnpotentia* 
 
 Will he, fo wife, ki 1 'ofe at once his ire, 
 Belike through impz/encrf o\- unaware, 
 To give his CM'^nin's their wilh, ;uid end 
 Them in hi* :ingci, whom his anger laves 
 To punifli cnulefb ? M:!tcn. 
 
 Yet all combin'd, 
 Your beauty and my impodrce of mind. Dryd. 
 
 3. Incapacity of propagation. 
 
 Daiiufs with obfccnity mull prove 
 As hati.ful, fure, as imp^tmcc in love. Top:. 
 
 I'MPOTENT. adj. [imprMnt, French ; 
 
 impoUns, Latin. J 
 
 1. Weak; feeble; wanting force ; want- 
 ing power. 
 
 We th.uare Ilrong miift bear the imbecillity of 
 the impotent^ and not pleafc ourfelvcs. liooktt. 
 
 Yet wealth is imp-.tent 
 To gain dominion, or to keep it gain'd. Milun. 
 
 Although in dicadful whiiiswe hung, 
 High on the broken wave, 
 
 J knew thou wert not llow to hear, 
 Nor ifuptievt to favc. .'iAdlfon* a Spe^ator. 
 
 2. Difabled by nature or dlfeale. 
 
 In thofe porches lay a great multitude of im- 
 potent folk, of blind, halt, and withered. 'Johr:. 
 
 There f.it a certain man, impotent in his feet, 
 being a ci ipp'.e from iais mother's womb, wi.o 
 never had walked. --^^7i. 
 
 I have Icarn'd that fearful commenting 
 Is leaden fcrvitor to dull delay; 
 Pclay leads impotent and fn.iil-pac'd brggaiy. 
 
 Shiiij'peure. 
 
 The impotent poor might be rcliev*d, and the 
 Idle forced to labo-.ir. Tt^npU. 
 
 3. Without power of reftraint. [animi im- 
 poicns. ] 
 
 With jt-alous eves at dilKancc fhe had feen, 
 Whirp'ring with Jove, the filver-footcd queen; 
 Then, impr,tcnt of tongue, her (ilcncc broke, 
 Thus tuibulent in rattiing tone (Tie fpukc. Dryd. 
 
 4. Without power of propagation. 
 
 He t.'ld beau Piim, whu is thought impotent y 
 that his millrcfs wguJd not have him, becjufe he 
 is a Hovcn, and had committed a rape. Tat/ei. 
 
 I'm POTENTLY, adv, [from impoU-nt.'] 
 Without power. 
 
 Pioud Carfar, 'midlTr triumphal cars. 
 The Ipuils u( nations, and the pomp of wars. 
 Ignobly vain, and impotcnttK ^rcat, 
 Shcw'd Rome iicr Cato's fi^jure drawn in Ifatc. 
 
 Yopf. 
 0t'o Imjo'und* v. a. [In ^.nd potmj. See 
 Found.]. 
 
 1. To enclofe as in a pound ; to fluit in ; 
 to confine. 
 
 The gicjt care was rather how to impound the 
 
 - rebels, that none of them might cftapt-, than that 
 
 any doubt was made to vanquifb them, Jiuc.u. 
 
 2. To fluit up in a pinfold. 
 
 Eiigland * 
 
 Hath taken .tnd impou/tdcd as 3 ilray 
 Tlic king. iih(tf.jpe.iit't Ilcrfy v. 
 
 I M P 
 
 Secfnj Mm wanrier about, t took Ii'im up for 
 » ftray, and impinn.leJXAm, with intention tu re- 
 fturc liim to tlic riglit owner. Drydcn. 
 
 To Impo'wf.r. See Empoweu. 
 Impra'cticabi.e. adi. \imprali'icuble, 
 Frcncli ; in and praflicable.~\ 
 
 1. Not to be peiformcdj unfeafible ; im- 
 podiblc. 
 
 Hid tlicrc not been (litl remaining liodics, tlic 
 legitimate offiprings of tlic antediluvian cartii, 
 'twould have been an extravagant and imprtith- 
 cabic" uiiderraking to have gone abou; to deter- 
 mine any thiiiv; concerning it. IJ'otAwaui. 
 
 To preach up the ncccffity of that whith our 
 experience tells us isutteily hrprn^icnhlff were 
 to iiiTright mankind with the terrible profpecl of 
 uni\crfal damnation. Kogfn^ 
 
 2. Untraceable; unmanageable; ftubborn. 
 
 Tliat fierce inipr.iflicahU nature 
 Is govjin'd by a dainty-fingcr'd girl. Rou'c. 
 
 I.mpra'cticableness. n. f. [from i/n- 
 
 pracl'tciiblc.^ 
 
 1. Inipoffibility. 
 
 I do not kno.\- a greater mark of an able mi- 
 niftcr than that of rightly adapting the feveral 
 faculties of men ; nor is any tiling more to be la- 
 mented than the impra^lic^iblstufi of doing this. 
 
 2. Untraftablenefs ; ftubbornnefs. 
 
 To I'MPRECWTE. -v. a. [imfireror, 
 Latin.] To call for evil upon himfelf 
 or others. 
 Impr ec.\'tion' n.f. Hmprecatio, J^^tln ; 
 imprecation, French ; from impreciite.] 
 Curfe ; prayer by which any evil is 
 wlfiicd to another or himfelf. 
 
 My mother flrall the horrid furies raife 
 With r'fUfr^rath'JW (^liitpmLin's Odyjf'y. 
 
 Sir Jolin Ij^tham, uncurfed Ly any impncati-^n 
 of mine, paid his own and his cldeiV fon's heads. 
 
 King CharUi. 
 With imprecations thus he fiU'd the air, 
 And angry Neptune heard tli* unrighteous pray'r. 
 
 Pipe. 
 I'mprecatory. ai^j. [from imprecate.^ 
 
 Containing wifhes of evil. 
 To Impre'gn. v-a. [i/jand/ir.f^no, Lat.J 
 To fill with young ; to fill with any 
 matter or quality ; to make pregnant. 
 
 In her ears the found 
 Yet rung of his pcrrii..hve vords, impregn^d 
 With reafun, to her feeming. Milton. 
 
 Til* unfruitful rock itfclf, impr/gn^Jhy thee, 
 Forms lucid Oones. Tli'^nipn. 
 
 IMPRE'GNABLE. aclj. [Impregtiahhy 
 French.] 
 
 1. Not to be flormed ; not to be taken. 
 
 TwogiaiU^ kept t^iemfelvcs in a caftic, fcalcd 
 upon the top of .1 rock, imprrgntjld/j bccaufe there 
 wa? no comnig to it but by one n^iivow path, 
 where one man's force was able 10 keep down an 
 army. i.jV.cv. 
 
 Let us be back'd with God, and with the leas. 
 Which he hath given for fence impregniihifj 
 And with their helps alone defend ouifcKcs. 
 
 Shakjpcare. 
 Haft thou not him, and all 
 Whicb he calls liis, inclofcd with a wall 
 Of itrcngth imprcgrmbJe ? Sandyi. 
 
 There the capito! thou fcc'ft, 
 Above the relt lifting his llatcly iiead 
 On the Tarpcian rock, her cit-.idcl 
 lmpr,gn<tbU. ^lilton. 
 
 2. UnOiakcn ; unmoved; unaffected j in- 
 vincible. 
 
 The man's atTtiHion remains wholly uncon- 
 ccnud and rnipri-^n.i/'//^: julj like a n ck., whicli, 
 being plied continually by the waves, tiill tiirowj 
 them back again, but is not at all moved. South. 
 
 iMPkE'cNABLV. adv. [Jxox^ mpregnal'U,'\ 
 
 I M P 
 
 Jn fuch a manner as to ddy force or 
 
 hollility. 
 
 A callle (Ironjly feated on a high rock, joiri. 
 cth by ;tn ilthmus tu the land and is imprtgnobty 
 fortified. i^w./ji. 
 
 To Impre'gn ATE. v. a. [^in 3.ni pnegnof 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To fill uith young; to make prolifick. 
 
 tlermaphroditcs, although they tncludc the 
 
 parts ofJ^oth fcxcs, zznnot impregnate themfclvcs. 
 
 ^' Br turn. 
 
 ChriftianiTy is of io profifick a nature, fo apt 
 to/w/t;rg'jj/r the hearts and lives ofits profclytts, 
 tli#t it is hard to iriiaginc that any branch fhould 
 want a due fertility. Oeciyf I'iily. 
 
 2. [»wi^r(yn«-, French.] To fiU; to fatu- 
 rate. 
 
 3. In the following examples, impregnate 
 may be perhaps an adjcftive. 
 
 lir.pl cgn,iie, flora their loins they fhtd 
 A flimy juicc. Drytien't Virg^il, 
 
 With native earth their blood thrj munilers 
 mij'd; 
 The blood, endu'd with animating heat, 
 Did in tl.e tmpregntite earth new fons beget. 
 
 D'ydcn. 
 Imprecna'tion. n.f. \Jxamiinpregn.itc.'\ 
 
 1. The aft of making prohiickj fecun- 
 dation. 
 
 They ought to refer matters unto counfcllors« 
 which IS the firrt begetting or imp'f^nation ; but 
 when they arc elaborate in the womb of their 
 C'junfcl, and grow ripe to be brougjit forth, theu 
 they take the mailer back into their own hands. 
 
 Biicon^ 
 
 2. That with which an^ tiling is impreg- 
 nated. 
 
 What could implant in the body fuch peculiar 
 iinpFigfiutiofHj as (hould have fuch power. 
 
 Derhnm\ P/rxjica-T'tcohgy, 
 
 3. [impregnation, French.] Satura'Jon. 
 
 AmJ-uLwrlh, 
 Impreju'dicate. ad'u \in,pr<s, and ;'«- 
 dico,\y\\\XiJ\ Unprejudiced; not pre- 
 ponelRd ; impartial. 
 
 The tulid rcifun of one man with ir/iprejudicote 
 apprchtiifioii>, begets as fiim a belief as the aii- 
 Ihoriiyor.iggregatcd teiiimonyof many hundreds. 
 
 Br'txun, 
 Imprepar a'tion. n.f. [in and prepa- 
 ration.] Unpreparednefs ; want of 
 preparation. • 
 
 I'nprtpar.iiion and unreadinefs when they find 
 in us, they turn it to inc fouthing up of them- 
 fclvcs. H-.^ter. 
 
 To IMPRE'SS. -u. a. [ir-prejiim, Lat.] 
 
 1. To print by prefTure ; to llamp. 
 
 When Gud from earth form'd Ad.im in tl.e^ 
 call. 
 He his own image on the cl.ay imprtji. Denhum. 
 
 The Conquering chief his foot imprtfi 
 On the lirong necic of that dellruiftivc beaft. 
 
 Vryden^i Ovid. 
 
 2. To fix deep. 
 
 We fhould dwell upon the arguments, and im- 
 frcfi the motives of peifualion upon our own 
 hearts, 't:ll wc feci ih.t foice of them. iVatti. 
 
 3. To mark, as imprcfled by a itamp. 
 
 So foul and ugly, that exceeding fe.ir 
 Their vifag*;s imprijlj when tlicy approached 
 near. Spinfer. 
 
 4. To force into fervlce. This is gene- 
 rally now fpoken and written //v/}. 
 
 His age iias charms in it, his title mure. 
 To pluck the common bofomson his fide, 
 And turn our itnpreji launces in our eyes 
 Which do Command tlicm. Sh.ilfpi.irt. 
 
 M.:cl'eth fhall never v;iilqiiifh*d be, until 
 Great Birnam-wood to Dunhnani-'s hiji. hill 
 Shall come againft him. 
 That will never be :
 
 I M P 
 
 ^Vhc ciii imfftf. the forcft, bid the tree 
 Unfix his eattli-bound root? Shaiffc^ire. 
 
 Ormond (liould contribute all be could for the 
 making riiofc levies of men, ap.d tor inprt£ing of 
 ft.ps ClarenHun. 
 
 Impre'ss. «. /. [from the verb.] 
 I. Mark made by prefluve. 
 
 This weak impreji of love is as a figure 
 Trenched in ice, which with an hour's heat 
 Diffolvct to water. Shakfpcare. 
 
 Tncy having taken the imprejjis of the infirics 
 sf thcfc fliElls'with that exquifitc nicenefs, as to 
 exprefs eveji the hneft lineaments of them. 
 
 H'aodiuard's Nali/ra! HifS'jry. 
 
 Z. EEFefts of one fubftance on another. 
 
 How objects are reprcfcrjted to iiiyfelf I can- 
 not be ignorant; but in wi.at manner they are 
 received, and \s\\3X imfrejfa tl'.ey ni.ike upon the 
 differing organs of another, he only knows that 
 feels them. GtanvilW i Scrffn. 
 
 3. Mark of difiinftion ; ilamp. 
 
 God, furveying the works of the creation, 
 leaves us this general irr.piifs or charafter upon 
 them, that they were exceeding good. Siulk. 
 
 4. Device ; motto. 
 
 To defcribe embhzon'd (hields, 
 Imprijifes quaint, caparil'ons, and lleeds, 
 Eafes, and tinfels, trappings. Mtllon. 
 
 5. Acl of forcing into fervice ; compul- 
 fion ; fei/.tire. No .v commonly /rf/j. 
 
 Ajax w.as here the volu)it.iry, and you as under 
 l-A impre/i. ' Sli'tfpci'c. 
 
 Why tuch imfrej's of fliipwrights, whole fore 
 tafk 
 Does not divide tlie Sunday from the week ? 
 
 S/iak/pca/€'s Hitmlet. 
 Your (hips are not well mann'd; 
 Your mariners arc mulitcers, reapers, people 
 Ingroft by fwift imf'€fi. S!i.il.fpcn,e. 
 
 Impre'ssible. adj. [/« and/rr^m, Lat. ] 
 What may be imprefled. 
 
 The diticienccs of impuffibU and not imprejp- 
 ty, figurable and not hgurable, :ne plebeian no- 
 tions. BiiCi^n\ Natural ll'Ji'jry. 
 
 Impre'ssion. n. f. [imprejfio, Latin; im- 
 prejfwn, French.] 
 
 1. The act of prefllng one body upon an- 
 other. 
 
 Senfa'ion is fuch an ity.prtjpm or motion, made 
 in fome p.irt of the body, as produces fomc per- 
 ception in the iniclcrftanding. L-^^ke. 
 
 2. Mark made by preffure ; ftairp. 
 
 Like to a chaos, or nnlick'd be.Tr-whelp, 
 That cauies no hnpicjlnn hke the dam. Shahfp. 
 
 3. Image fixed in the mind. 
 
 Weie the offices of religion liript of all the ex- 
 ternal decencies, they would not make a due 
 imprtffi'-" on the mind. yltterbury. 
 
 The falfc reprcfentations of the kingdom's 
 enemies had made fome imprrjj'wii in the mind of 
 the fuccefTor. ^ iiurfr 
 
 4. Efficacious agency; operation; influ- 
 ence. 
 
 The king had made him high (herllTof SulTcx, 
 that he might the better make mptijin upon 
 that county, C.Uremioti. 
 
 We lie open to the imprtffnnt of fl.ittciy, 
 which we admit without I'cruple, bccaufc wc 
 think we defuve it. Aiterbury. 
 
 Uiuvcrlal gravitation is above all mcchanilm, 
 and proceeds from a divine energy and inqref- 
 fian. Brntliy. 
 
 There is a real knowledge of material things, 
 ■when the thing itfclf, and the real adtion and 
 imptejfion thereof on our lenfes, is perceived. 
 
 Ch yne. 
 
 5. Effeft of an attack. 
 
 Such a defeat of near two hundred horfe, fe- 
 condcd with two thoul'aiid foot, may fuicly en- 
 dure a comparifon with any of the btaveft im- 
 ptrffl'jm in ancient times. IJatloi:. 
 
 6. Edition; number printed at once i one 
 courfe of printing. 
 
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 To he diftrafled with many opinions, makes 
 men to be of the lalt imfrrjfun, and full of 
 change. Bac%n. 
 
 For ten imprtffons, which his works have 
 had ill fo many years, at prcfent a hundred 
 books are fcarcely purchafed once a twelve- 
 month. Dryden. 
 
 Impre'ssure. n.f. [^xom tmprefs.'\ The 
 mark made by preffure ; the dint; the 
 impreffion. 
 
 Lean but upon a rulh, 
 The cicatrice and capable itnpr,-Jf:tre 
 Thy palm fome moments keeps. Shnkfpsare. 
 
 To Impri'nt. 1). a. [imprlmer, French.] 
 
 1 . To markupon anyfubllance by preffure. 
 
 One of the fame feal, imprintid up«in pieces 
 of wax of different colours. Holder . 
 
 Having lurveycd the image of God in the 
 foul of man, we are not to omit tbofe charatfleis 
 of majefty that God imprinted upon the body. 
 
 , South. 
 
 She amidft his fpacious meadows flows ; 
 Inclines her um upon his fatten'd lands. 
 And fees his num'ious herds imprint her fands. 
 
 Prio, . 
 
 2. To flamp words upon paper by the ufe 
 
 of types. 
 
 3. To fix on the mind or memory. 
 
 There is a kind of conveying of effec>ual and 
 imprinting patTages, amonglt compliments, which 
 is of lingular ute. Bacon 
 
 We have alt thofe ideas in our undcrftandings 
 which we can make the objefls of our tl. oughts, 
 without the hdp of thofe feiilible qualities which 
 firll imprinted thtm. LcA^. 
 
 Retention is tjie power to revive again in our 
 minds thofe ideas, whicii, after imprinting, have 
 difappeared. Locke. 
 
 Ey familiar acqu.iintancc he has got the ideas 
 of thofe two ditTerent things dilfindtly imprinted 
 on his mind. L'jLke. 
 
 4. To Imprint in is lefs ptbper. 
 
 Wh.en we fet before our eyes a round globe, 
 the idea in:printed in our mind is of a flat circle, 
 variuufly Ihadowed. Lccke. 
 
 To Imprison, v. a. \_ei>ipnfiint:er, Fr. 
 in and (>nfon.'\ To fhut up; to confine ; 
 to keep from hberty ; to reftrain in 
 place. 
 
 He imprifcn'd was in chains remedihfs ; 
 For that Hippolytus' rent corfe he did rerircfs. 
 
 Spcnjcr, 
 
 Now wc yre in the ftrcet, he firft of all, 
 Impruviclcntiy proud, creeps to the wall ; 
 And fo /w/'7/7o'j'J and hemm'd in by me, 
 Sells far a little ftate his liberty. Donne. 
 
 Try to imprifon the refidlefs wind ; 
 So fwift is guilt, fo hard to be conlin'ci. Dryden. 
 
 If a man /V/tZ/o/ij himfelf in his clofct, and 
 employs reafon to find out ihe^nature of the cor- 
 poreal worid, without experiments, he will frame 
 a i'ci-.eme of chimeras. It utts. 
 
 It is not improbable, that all the virtual heat 
 in the juices of \e£ctablcs, metals, and minerals, 
 may be owing to the adion of the imprifcud rays, 
 
 Uuyne. 
 
 Impki'sonment. n. f. [^cinpri/onnenient, 
 Fr. from ;n;^j7,''cifl ] Confinement; clau- 
 fure ; flate of being fliut in prlfon. It 
 may be written emprijunnient. 
 
 His finews waxen weak and raw, 
 Through long imptifonmcJH and hard conftraint. 
 
 _ Spenfer, 
 
 Which (hall 1 firft bewail, 
 Thy bondage or loll fight r 
 Thou art become, O worft imprijonmcnt ! 
 The dungeon of thyfelf. Ali/ttn't ./Igonijhi. 
 
 From letentive c.ige 
 When fullen Philomel efcapes, her notes 
 She varies, and of paft imprijonmenl 
 Sweetly complains- Philips. 
 
 Count Serini, ftill clofe prlfoner in this callle, 
 loft his fenfcs by his long imprijonment and af- 
 fliftions, ^Jdifon. 
 
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 It is well if they don't fix the tr.liid of heiefy 
 on the man who is leading tliem out of thcii lorg 
 imprijonmenl, and Icfing the fetters of their fouls. 
 IVatIi on the Afivd. 
 Improbabi'lity. n.f. [from improbaHe.'\ 
 Unlikehhood ; difficulty to be believed. 
 The dirticulty, and the improbability of at- 
 tempting this fuccefsfully, is great. Uamnjond. 
 As to tiie imptobab'dities of a fpirit appearing, 
 I boldly anfwer him, that a heroick poet is not 
 tied to the bare reprefentation of what is true, or 
 exceeding probable. D>yden. 
 
 Impro'bable. adj. [improlabk, French; 
 improbahilis, Latin ; in and probable.'^ 
 Unlikely; incredible. 
 
 This .account of party-patches will appear /ci- 
 probable to thofe who live at a diliancc troni the 
 falhionabic world. A.idiJ<iv , 
 
 Impro'b.ably. adv. [from improbable.} 
 
 1. Without likelihood. 
 
 2. In a manner not to be approved. Ob- 
 foletc. 
 
 Aiillotle tells us, if a drop of wine be put 
 into ten thoufand meafures of water, the v . le 
 being overpowered, will be turned into water : 
 he Ipeaks very improbably. Boyle. 
 
 To I'm PROBATE, v.a. [in s.nAprobo, Lat^] 
 Not to approve. Ainfiuorth. 
 
 Improba'tion. n.f. [^improbatio, L,v.Uni 
 improbation, French.] Atft of difallow- 
 ing. yliiifiuorlh , 
 
 Impro'bitv. n.f. [improbitas , improbus, 
 Latin.] Want of honefty ; difhonefly ; 
 bafenefs. 
 
 He was perhaps cxcommunicablc, yea, and 
 
 caft out for notoiious iwpiobity. Hooker. 
 
 Wc balance the improbity of the one with the 
 
 improbity of the otiicr. L'Fftrangi. 
 
 To Improli'ficate. 1). a. [in undproii- 
 /icL] To impregnate; to fecundate. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 A difficulty in eggs is how the fperm of the 
 cock imptQlificatei, and makes the oval concep- 
 tion fruitful. Brown. 
 
 IMPRO'PER. adj. [impropre, French j 
 
 improprius y Latin.] 
 I . Not well adapted ; unqualified. 
 
 As every fcicnce requires a peculiar genius, 
 fo likewife iherc is a genius peculiarly impioper 
 for every one. 'Burnet, 
 
 z. L^nfit ; not conducive to the right end. 
 Tile methods ufed in an original difcafe would 
 be very impioper in a gouty cafe. .Atbuthnot. 
 3. Not jull ; not accurate. 
 He difappear'd, was rarify'd; 
 For 'tis improper ipccch to fay he dy'd : 
 He was exhal'd. Dryden, 
 
 Impro'perly. aJf. [from improper.^ 
 
 1. Not fitly ; incongruoufly. 
 
 2. Notjuftly; not accurately. 
 
 Improperly we mealure life by breath : 
 Sucii do not truly live who merit death Drydtn, 
 
 Tlicy affiiring me of tiieir aihllance in cotieft- 
 ing my f.iults where I fpoke .mproperty, I was 
 eiiLouraged. Diyden. . 
 
 To Impro'priate. -v. a. [in ^nd propriuSi 
 Latin.] 
 
 1 . 'I'o convert to private ufe ; to ftize to 
 
 himfelf. 
 
 For the pardon of the refl, the ki' g thought 
 it not fit it Ihould pafs by parliament ; the bet- 
 ter, being matter of gr.ice, to impiopri.ite the 
 thanks to himfelf. Bann' i Hjmy vii. 
 
 2. To put the poffellions of the church 
 into the hands of laicks. 
 
 Mrs.Gulfton being poffciTcd of the impropri.ite 
 parfonage of Bardwell in Suffolk, did procure 
 from the king leave to annex the fame to the 
 vicarage, Spclmtn. 
 
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 Impropria'tion. n.f. [{romhnpropriah:] 
 
 An impr',priathrt is propcily I'o calkd wlitii 
 
 the cliurcli land is in ti.e hands of a layni.in; 
 
 and an apprupriauon is when it is in the hantK 
 
 of a biftiop, college, or lelijjious houfc, tlioiigh 
 
 Sometimes thefe terms are confounded. Wy/^/f. 
 
 Having an hnpro^'riaiion in liis clhite, he look. 
 
 a courfe to difpofe of it.for the augmentation cf 
 
 the vicarage. Sj'/Zinun. 
 
 I.mpropria'tor. n.f. [from imliro/»-iale.] 
 
 A layman that has the pofl'cirion of the 
 
 lands of the church. 
 
 Where the vicar Icalcs his glehe, the tenant 
 mull pay the great tythes to the redtor or impro- 
 fiiator. ^fy/iffe'l Parcgan. 
 
 Impkopri'ety. n.f. [imfropriets, French; 
 from improprius, Latin. J UnlUnels ; 
 iinfuiiablcnefs ; inaccuracy ; want of 
 jullncfs. 
 
 Tliefe mighty ones, whofe ambition could 
 fufi'er thcni to tic called gods, would never be 
 flattered into immortality ; but the proudett have 
 been convinced of the imfiipricly of that appel- 
 lation. Jjioiun'i Vulgar En ours. 
 
 Many grofs imp'oprutieif however authorized 
 
 by pradtlce, ought to lie difcardcd. Siu:f>. 
 
 Impro'sperous. aitj. [Jn2inAprofpernus.'\ 
 
 Unhappy; unfortunate; not fuccclsful. 
 
 This method is in the dclign probable, how 
 impriijpsroui foevei the wickcdncfa of men hath 
 rendered the fucccfs of it. llnmiKon.!. 
 
 Our pride fcduces us at once into the guilt of 
 
 bold^ and punilhment of imprcfp^roui rebels. 
 
 Decay of Victy. 
 
 Seven revolving years arc wholly run. 
 Since the improjpcroui voyage we Ijcgun. Diydtn. 
 Impro'sperously, adv, [from improf- 
 perouj.] Unhappily; unfuccefsfuUy ; 
 with ill fortune. 
 
 This experiment has bccji but veiy impnfpe- 
 TO'.iJly attempted. BoyU. 
 
 Impko'tabi-i;. adj. [from 'improve.'] Ca- 
 pable of being advanced from a good to 
 a better (late ; capable ot melioration. 
 
 .\dvcnturcs in knowledge .ire laudable, and 
 the clTays ot w'cakcr heads ;jtlurd imprwaiilc 
 hints unto better. Brtyivn. 
 
 We have llock enough, and that too of fo 
 imprcvable a nature, that is, capable of infinite 
 advancement. Vccny of Piety. 
 
 Man is accommodated with moral principles, 
 iinprvi'ahU by the cxercife of his faculties. li.tU. 
 
 Animals are not hnptcrvahle beyond their pro- 
 per genius : a dog will never learn to mew, nor 
 a c.it to baik. Greiu. 
 
 I have a fine fpread of imprrjuhlc lands, and 
 am already planting woods aird draining marlhcs. 
 
 Impro'vableness. n.f. [from improv- 
 able.] Capablenefs of being made better. 
 
 Impro'vauly. ad'j. [from improvable.'] 
 In a manner that admits of melioration. 
 
 To Lmpro've. ^.a. [/« and/r6^«x. Slifofi 
 probum facere. Sh'nmer.] 
 
 J.. To advance any thing nearer to per- 
 
 feftion ; to raife from good to better. 
 
 We amend a bad, but improve di^ood thing. 
 
 I love not to vnpnrc; the honour of the living 
 
 by inipaning that of th.e dead. ' Vtnhom. 
 
 Heaven lecms :mptc"j\i with a fuperior ray, 
 
 ^,(f^l|And the bright arch reflects a double day. Pope. 
 
 2. [/;; dind prove; inif-rauvcr, French ; ini- 
 
 prolo, Latin.] To difprove. Difuftd. 
 
 Though the prophet J.cremy was uiijulily ac- 
 
 cufed, yet doth not that .■inpuve any thing that I 
 
 have fiid. !J'7.;:<'fr. 
 
 Xo Impko ve. v.n. To advance in good- 
 neff. 
 
 We tnltc cite to :ir:pm<e in our frugality and 
 4il'gence ; virtues wlutih bccom: us, particularly 
 in limes of war, Aititlury. 
 
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 Improvement, n.f. [from iw/forf.] 
 
 1. Melioration; advancement of any thing 
 from good to better. 
 
 Some viitues tend to the prcfcrvation of hcalTn, 
 and others to the imprtn emcnt and fecurity of 
 cftales. Ti.lolf'.)!. 
 
 2. Ad of Improving ; fomething added 
 or changed for the better : fometimes 
 with on. 
 
 Tlie parts of Sinon, Camilla, and fome few 
 others, arc imprwementi on the Greek poet. 
 
 yiddij'^n'i Sptclatcr. 
 
 3. Progrefs from good to better. 
 
 There is a ciefign . f publiHiiiig the hiftory of 
 architecture, with it.s le\cral impravcmcnti and 
 decivs. ^ jidjif'in. 
 
 4. Inilruftion ; edification. 
 
 I look upon your city as the belt place o( Jm- 
 prtr.-rment : from the fchool we go to the uni- 
 verlity, but from the uuivcrfitics to London. 
 
 Stuik. 
 
 5. Effeft of-melioration. 
 
 Love is the grcateft of human affeflions, and 
 friendfhip the nobleft and moft refined improrvi- 
 inent of lo\e. South. 
 
 Impro'ver. n.f. [from improve.] 
 
 1. One that makes himfelf or any thing 
 elfe better. 
 
 They were the gre.itelt improvers of thofe 
 qiialihcations with which courts ufed to be adorn- 
 ed. Clarendon. 
 The firft ftarted ideas have been examined, 
 and many etVedlually confuted by the late /?;:- 
 pr^.:-ers of this way. Locke. 
 -Homer is like a ikilful m*/'rfli;£-r, who places 
 a beautiful ftatue fo as to anfwer feveral viftas. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2, Any thing that meliorates. 
 
 Chalk is a very great improver of mofi- lands. 
 
 lAortimct . 
 Improvi'deu. ad'u [impro'vifui, Latin; 
 imprevu, Fr.] Unforefecn; unexpecied; 
 unprovided againlL 
 
 She fuborned hath 
 This crafty nieffengcr with letters vain. 
 To work new woe, and inipravided fcath, 
 By breaking off the band betwixt us twain. 
 
 Spenfer. 
 
 iMPRo'viDEjfCE. n.f. [irom improvident.] 
 
 Want of forethought ; want of caution. 
 
 Men would efcape floods by ruiming up to 
 
 mountains; ar.d though fome might periih 
 
 t^You^h impiovidence, many would efcape. Hale. 
 
 The improt idence of my neighbour mull not 
 
 make me inhuman. UKjlraiift, 
 
 IMPRO'VIDENT. adj. [improvUusX^- 
 
 tin.] Wanting forecaft ; wanting care 
 
 to provide. 
 
 Imjirt/t'iJcnl foldiers, had your watch been 
 good, 
 This fudden mifchicf never could have fall'n. 
 
 S/iiikj'pears. 
 
 When men well have fed, the blood being 
 
 warm, 
 
 Then aic they moi^ improviihnt of h^-ta. Vanitl. 
 
 I (hall conclude this digrcflion, and return to 
 
 the time when that brifk and hnpro-jhicnt refo- 
 
 kitioii W.1S taken. C! are r: don. 
 
 This Wiixc an improvident revenge in the 
 
 young one5^ whereby chey rauft dcllroy tixm- 
 
 felves. /j'vit'/. 
 
 Im-PRo'vi DENTLY. aJv, [from improvi' 
 
 dait^l Without forethought ; without 
 
 care. 
 
 Now we are in the ftrcct, he ftift of ail, 
 Ip:proz-iJeifh prouH, creeps to the w.dl ; 
 And fo impril'on'd, and hcmm'd in by me. 
 Sells for a little Irate his lihcriy. Dom.' . 
 
 Improvi'sion. n.f. [in ciud provi/Ion.] 
 Want of forethought. 
 Her i>ttpi<jvijUn would be juftly acci:f:;ble. 
 
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 Impru'tence. n.f. [imprud.'ree. Trench; 
 imprudentia, Latin. ] Want of prudence ; 
 iiidifcretionj negligence; inattention to 
 intcreft. 
 
 I MPRU'DENT. adj. [imprudent, French ; 
 imfnidms, Latin.] Wanting prudence; 
 iiiji.-liclous; Indilcreet; negligent. 
 
 I'licie is no fucli imprudent perlon as he that 
 ncglc<fts God and 1iis tool. Ti'lotfcn, 
 
 1 MPUDENCE. In.f [impudence, French; 
 
 I'mpudency. J (flj/)w/i'n/;a, Lat.] Shame- 
 leflhels ; immodelty. 
 
 I ne'er heard yet 
 That any of thefe bolder vices wanted 
 Lefs impuiUnce to gainfay what they did, 
 Than lo perform it firft, SUakfpeare. 
 
 Nor did Xoali's infirmity juftify Cham's 
 impud-Kcy, or exempt him from that curfe of 
 being fervant of fervaots. A'. ChnrUs. 
 
 Thole clear truths, tiiat either their own evi- 
 dence forces us to admit, or common experience 
 makes it impudence to deny. Locke. 
 
 I'MPUDENT. adj. [impudent, French; 
 itnpudens, Latin.] 
 
 1. bhamelefs; wanting modefty. 
 
 It is not a confident brow, nor the throng of 
 words that cume with fuch more than impudent 
 fawcinefs from you, can thruft me from a level 
 confidcration. Shakjp. Henry iv. 
 
 When we behold an angel, not to fear, 
 Is to be impudent. Vryden^s Spanijh Fryetr. 
 
 2. Unchafte; imraodeft. 
 I'mpvdextly. adv. [from impudent.'] 
 
 Shamelefsly ; without modcfty. 
 
 At once alTail 
 With open mouths, and impudently rail. Sandys, 
 
 Why Ibould foil Fabius ;'npudent/y bear 
 Names gain'd by conqueft in the Gallic war ? 
 Why lays he claim to Heicules his llrain, 
 Yet dares be bafc, etfeminaie, and vain ? Drydev. 
 To IMPLT'GN. V. a. [;m^«ffn('r, French; 
 'impugtio, Latin.] To attack; to aflault 
 by law or argument. 
 
 Of a firangc n.ituie is the fui" you follow; 
 Yet in fuch rule, that the Venetian law 
 Cannot impugn you. Shakfpeare. 
 
 1 cannot think myfcif engaged to difcourfe of 
 lots, as to their nature, ufe, and a'luu-ablenefs ; 
 and that not only in matters of moment and bu— 
 linefs, but nlfo of recreation, which ib impugned 
 by fome, though better defended by others. 
 
 5«/rA. 
 
 St. Hierom rcportcth, that lie faw one of thefe 
 
 in htb time ; but the truth hereof I will not 
 
 rafhly impugn, or over-boldly affirm. Peacham; 
 
 Im PUG NEK. n.f. [from impugn.] One 
 
 that attacks, or invades. 
 Impui'ssance. n.f. [French.] Impo- 
 tence; inability; weaknefs,; feeblentfs. 
 As nc would not Irutl Ferdinando and Maxi- 
 milian for fupporis of war, fo rne impuijlance of 
 the one, and the double proceeding ol the other, 
 lay fair for him for occafions 10 accept of peace. 
 Bacon' \ Henry vll. 
 
 I'MPULSE. n.f [itnpulfu!, Latin.] 
 
 1. Communicated force ; the effecl of one 
 body aciing upon another. 
 
 If ihelc little impuljei fet the great wheels of- 
 devotion on woik, the largen;fs and height of 
 that (hall not at all be prejudiced by the fmall- 
 nefb of its occafion. South. 
 
 Bodies produce ideas in us manifcflly by iir.' 
 {''■'':'''• _ Lc:c^e. 
 
 Bodies,, from the impulp of a fluid, can only, 
 gravitate in propo.tion to'their furfaces, and not 
 according to their quantity of mattei, which is 
 contrary to cxpeiiencc. (.heyne. 
 
 2. Influence jiciiiig npon the mind ; mo- 
 tive ; Idea imjireired. 
 
 Meantime, byjove's .vik/.,///i,Meientius arm'd, 
 Succeeded Turnus, D'ydin.
 
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 Tl^fTe were my uatuial hitputjis for tl:\cun(^er- 
 ftkmg; but thcic was an accidental motive, 
 which wjj full as foicible. JJry-irn. 
 
 Mofcs f;«w rhc hufl\ hum without being con- 
 fumed, ;jnd heard a voice out of it: t''is was 
 fomcthiixg, befidcs finding an impulfe upon iiis 
 rr.ind to go to Phaiaoh, that lie might biing Ms 
 brethren out of EG:%iit. LoiKc. 
 
 3. Hollile imprefTion. 
 
 Like two£ic;it rocks againft the raging tide, 
 Uamov'd the two united chiefs abide, 
 Suftain tii' i'fifuTff and receive the war. Prr>r. 
 
 Impv'lsion. n. J\ [iwpulfoti , Fre nch ; 
 impuJfusy Latin, 3 
 
 1. The agency of body in motion upon 
 >, body. 
 
 The motion in the minute parts of any folid 
 body pafteth without found; for that found that 
 is lieard fomctimci is produced only by the 
 breaking of the air, and not by the impuljion of 
 the air. Sacon's Naturai Hijiory. 
 
 To the imfmlfion there is requiiite the force of 
 the budv that movcrh, and the refiftance of tlic 
 body that is moved ; and if the body be Too gre.it, 
 ir yicldcth too little; and if it be too fmall, it 
 refilteth too linle. Baron^s Natural H-JJory. 
 
 2. Influence operating upon the mind. 
 
 But thou didlt plead' 
 Divine impuljion^ prompting how tliou might'fl" 
 Find fonic occalion to inlclt oui foes. MUtr^n. 
 Impu'lsive. adj. \jmpxilfif,YxtVic\\\ from 
 i?npulfi.'\ Having the power of impulfe j 
 moving; impellent. 
 
 Nature and duty bind fiim to obedience : 
 But thofe being placed in a lower fpherc, 
 His fierce ambition, like tlie highert mover. 
 Has hurried with a ftrong impulfivt motion 
 Againft their proper courfe. Dcnham's Sophy. 
 
 What is the fountain or impulfive caufc of this 
 prevention of fin? It is perfectly free grace. 
 
 South. 
 
 Poor men ! poor papers! wc and they 
 Do fomc impulfive force obey, 
 And are but play'd with, do not play. Ptror. 
 
 Impu'nity. Ti.f. [impuniie, French; ;w- 
 punitas, Latin.] Freedom from punifh- 
 ment ; exemption from puniflrment. 
 
 In the condition of fubjedts they will gladly 
 continue, as long as they may be proted^cd and 
 julHy governed, without oppreflion on the one 
 Tide, ox impunity on the other. Dii'T'irs. 
 
 A general impunity would confirm them ; for 
 the vulgar will never believe, that there is a crime 
 wnere they fee no penalty. j^Ad.fi>n, 
 
 Men, potent in the commonwealth, will em- 
 ploy their il!-guttcn influence towards procuring 
 impunity J or exto'iing undue favours fur thcm- 
 fclves or dependents. ^•iitaiury. 
 
 IMPURE. fl(^". [/m/wr, French ; impurus^ 
 Latin.] 
 
 \. Defiled with guilt ; unholy: of men. 
 No more can impure man retam and move 
 In that pure legion of a worthy love, 
 Th.tii earthly fiibftancc can unforc'd afpirc. 
 And leave his nature to convcrfc v^iih fire. Dcfine 
 
 2 . Contrary to fandity ; unhallowed ; un- 
 holy : of things. 
 
 Hypocrtres aufttrcly talk, 
 Condemning as impure what God has made 
 Pure, and commands to fomc/ leaves free to all. 
 
 MUtwi. 
 
 3. Unchafle. 
 
 ii bl.ick fcandal, or foul-fac'd reproach, 
 Attend the fcquci of your inipofition, 
 Yuur mecr enforcement ihali aLt{uitt;incc me 
 From all tlic impute blots and Uanis tiicrcof, 
 
 Siiiikfpenrr. 
 
 One could not dcvife a more proper hell for 
 an impure fpiiit, than tliat which Plato has 
 touclicd upon, ^Jilifo'u 
 
 4. Feculent ; foul with extraneous mix- 
 tures ; droffy. 
 
 I M P 
 
 1 N 
 
 Impu'rHI-Y. adv. [from impure.'] With 
 
 impuvity. 
 Impu'reness. 7 n.yl [impurele, French; 
 Impu'rity. J imj):ir!ias, L.nUn ; (vom 
 
 impiire.1 
 
 1 . Want of fanflity ; want of holinefs. 
 
 2. Aft of unchaftity. 
 Foul i'jipuiiiiei rci^ncd amgng tlic moiikit}i 
 
 cleigy. ^turl'Ury. 
 
 3. Feculent admixture. 
 CUanfc the alimeniary AaR by vomiting and 
 
 clyllcrs, tht irt:p:iTit'iei oi yiW\ch will be c.irricd 
 into tiie biood. Arhuthnt,t, 
 
 To Impu'rple. 1). a. [empourprer, Fr. 
 ixom pttrplt^ '\ To make red ; to colour 
 as with purple. 
 Now in loole garlands, tliick thrown off ;lie 
 Lrigiit 
 Pavement, tliat like a fea of jafpar Ihone, 
 /);;p«<^/£-(/ witli celeftial roles, fmd'd. Milt':u. 
 
 Impu'tarle. adj. \{x am impute.'] 
 
 1 . Chargeable upon any one ; that of which 
 one may be accufed. 
 
 That firft fort of foolifhnefs is imfutabln to 
 them. Scuih. 
 
 2. Accufable ; chargeible with a fault. 
 Not proper. 
 
 If the wife departs fro;n her hulband, through 
 any default of his, as on tiic account of cruelty, 
 then he (liall he compelled to allow her alimony ; 
 for the law deems her to be a dutiful wife as 
 long as the fnidt lies at his door, and She is in no 
 wife imputable. Ayltjj'e, 
 
 Impu'tableness. n.f. [ from /m/w/a^/c. ] 
 The quality of being imputable. 
 
 'Tis iiecelT.iry to the imputablcitejs of an aflion, 
 
 that it be avoidable. Norrii. 
 
 Imputa'tion. n.f. limputation, French ; 
 
 from impute.] 
 I . Attribution of any thing : generally of 
 ill. 
 
 Trull to me, ClylTes; 
 Our imputation ih.iW be oddly pois'd 
 In tliis wild aflion. Slukfp.Jioiltn anJCrif 
 
 If a fon that is lent by his father about mer- 
 cliandifc, do fall into fume lewd atftion, the iir- 
 ^w/<?/;>;« of his wickcdnefs, by your rule, fliould 
 be impofcd upon his father. Shakjpca'c. 
 
 To ufeintcllcilions and volitions in the infinite 
 effcnce, as hypothefes, is allowable ; but a ri- 
 gorous irnputittioji is derogatory to him, and ar- 
 rogant in us. GlanTillc'i S^ipjii. 
 
 I have formerly faid that I could diliinguifli 
 
 your writings from thofe of any others : 'tis now 
 
 time to clear myfclf from any imputation of fclf- 
 
 conccit on that fubjcdl. Dryden, 
 
 Z. Sometimes of good. 
 
 If i had a I'uit to matter Shallow, I would 
 humour his men with the it/iputiition of being 
 near their malier. Sl'tJiJp<:.i't\ 
 
 3. Cenfuie ; reproach. 
 \Vhatloe\er happens they alfo the leaft feel 
 
 that fcourge of vulgar unpututicrj which iiotwith- 
 ftanding tliey defcrve. Hookit 
 
 Let us be careful to guard ouifelves againii 
 thcfc groundlefs impi/tuliom of our enemies, and 
 to rife above tlicm. AdJijl", 
 
 Neither do I refleft upon the memory of his 
 late majcrty, whom I entirely acijuit of any /»i- 
 ptitulion upon this matter. ii\i'ijr. 
 
 4. Flint ; flight notice. 
 Anlhonio is a good nraii. 
 — JIave you hcaid any imputotion to the cen- 
 tra ry ? 
 
 — No, no ; my meaning is to have you under- 
 Hand me that he is fuifieient. alinkjpfare. 
 
 Imputa'ti VE. arf)'. [ixom impute.] That 
 may itiipute. Jinf 'worth. 
 
 To IMPUTE. IK a. [/m/s/i-/-, Fiench ; 
 imputo, Latin. J 
 
 1. To charge upon ; to attribute : gene- 
 rally ill ; fometimes good. 
 
 It was impund to him fur rit;hieoufncfs. R;'i:. 
 
 Men in tlieir innovations Ihould follow tlie 
 exanipie of time, which innovateth but quietly, 
 and hy degrees fcarce to be perceived ; foi other- 
 wife whatfoevcr is new and unLjokcd for, eMr 
 tjicnds fomc, and impairs others; and he that 
 is holpcn takes it for a fortune, and thanks the 
 time ; and he that is hurt for a wiong, imputnk 
 it to tiiC author. Bacon'i Ejjayt, 
 
 I mad; it t.y your perfuafion, to fatisfy thole 
 who imputed it to folly. Tunple. 
 
 Inip'ite your dangers to our ignorance. Dryd. 
 
 Tins obfeurity cannot be i»iputid to want of 
 language in fo great a malfcr of Ifilc. Locke. 
 
 I ha\e read a book imputed Co lord Hatluir(f| 
 called a dilfertation on parties. .^ii;ifr. 
 
 2. To reckon to one what does not pro- 
 perly belong to him. 
 
 Thy merit 
 h^putcd fhall aVifolve thcnr who renounce 
 Their own both righteous and unrighteous deeds. 
 
 Mi/tin. 
 
 Impu'ter. n.f. [hom impute.] He that 
 
 imputes. 
 In. prep, [in, I.,atin.] 
 
 1. Noting the place where any thing It 
 prefcnt ; not without. 
 
 /;; fchool of love arc all things taught we fee ; 
 There learn'd this maid of arms the ireful guife, 
 
 FitiTj'aT. 
 
 Is this place here not fufRcient flrong 
 To guard us in f Daniet'i {'.ii.il if 'dr . 
 
 2. Noting the ftate or thing prefent at 
 any time. 
 
 The other is only by error and mifconccit 
 named the ordinance of Jefus Chrilt ; no one 
 proof is yet brought foith, whereby it may 
 clearly appear to be to in very deed. Hocker. 
 
 Lilie oiiQ of two contending in a prize. 
 That thinks he hath done well in people's eyer^ 
 
 Shakfpearl. 
 
 Sir Edmund Courtney, and the hauglity pre- 
 late. 
 With many more confederates, are in .trnii. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 Danger before, and in, and after the a(!t. 
 You needs mull grant is great. Danie!. 
 
 However it be in knowledge, I may truly fay 
 it is of no ufe at all in probabilities; for tl»« 
 alTent there, being to be determined by the pre- 
 pondcrancy, after a due weighing of all tnt proofs 
 on both fides, nothing is l"o unfit to aihtl the 
 mind in that as fyllogifm. Lock*. 
 
 God hath made our eternal and temporal in- 
 terclls, .': moft cafes, very confillent. Snudiidge. 
 
 None was fo little in their fiicndfliips, or fo 
 much in that of% thofe whom they had moft 
 abiifed. Dkr.iiad. 
 
 3. Noting the time. 
 
 When wc would confider eternity apartf nntc, 
 what do we bur, beginning from ouvlclves and 
 the prefcnt time wc are /■.-, repeat in our minds 
 the ide.is of years or ages pall : Loeke^ 
 
 4. Noting power. 
 
 Ti) feed men's fouls, <iuoth he, is nut in man. 
 HuUer.fi T.dt. 
 
 5. No'ting proportion. 
 
 Let ulury in general be reduced to five in the 
 hundred, and let that t.itc be pioclaimcd to bt 
 free and current. B.ieon. 
 
 I cannot but lament the common coB'rfe, 
 which, at lead, nine in ten of thofe who enter 
 into the minillry arc obliged to enter. " i>-ivij't. 
 
 6. According to. 
 
 //; all hkelihood I brought all my limbs out of 
 the bed, which, 'tis prub.able, he lias not done off 
 the breach. Cl^Uttr. 
 
 7. Concerning. 
 
 I only confulcr what he, who is allowed to 
 have catiicd this argumcni fartheJl, has laS in it . 
 
 iMlte.
 
 I N A 
 
 8. For the fake. A folemn phraff. 
 
 Now, in the names of all the gods at oncf> 
 Upon what meat docs this our Carlar feed, 
 That he is grown lb gic;it ? S/>aifpeare. 
 
 In the name of the people, 
 And in the power of us the tnhuncs, wc 
 Bniiifh him our city. Sh.ikf^ctire' \ Cori^fixnu^. 
 
 Now, ifi the name of honour, fir, I beg you 
 That I may fee your father's death rcven^'d. 
 
 DrjUcn. 
 
 9. Notinp^ caufe. 
 
 King Henry, be thy title rijht or wronj, 
 Lord ClifJ'ord vows to fignt in thy defence. Slutk. 
 
 10. In thai, Bccaufe. 
 
 Some things they do in that they arc men; m 
 that they arc wife men, and chriOian men, 
 Tjo^c thing!.; feme things in tkat they are men 
 miflcd, .ind blinded with error. UooU- . 
 
 He cannot brook fuch difgr.icc well, as he 
 fiiall run into; in that it is a thing of his own 
 I'carch . Skakfpca> e. 
 
 11. In as v\itch, Sipce ; feeing that. 
 Thofc things arc done volunt!ui!y by us^ 
 
 Tvhich other cic.aures do natur.illy, in m nviuh 
 as wc might (lay our doing of thchi if wc would. 
 
 I Jiooitr. 
 
 In. aJv, 
 
 I. Within fome place; not out. 
 
 How infamous is the falfc, fraudulent, .-^nd 
 unconfeionable pcifon ; efpccially if he be ar- 
 rived at that confummate and robult degree of 
 falfehood as to play in and out, and Ihow tricks 
 with oaths, the facredcft bvtnds which the con- 
 fcicnce of man can be bound with. South. 
 
 I fear mc, you'll be in 'ull then. Shakjpcare. 
 
 y. Engaged to any affair. 
 
 We know the worft cancomR; *tis thought 
 
 upon : 
 
 Wc cannot fliift being in^ wc muft go on. Dat.\ 
 
 Thefe pragmatical flics value thcmfclves for 
 
 bflng in at every thing, and aic found at laft to 
 
 be julV good for nothing. L' Ejli ange . 
 
 3. Placed in fome Hate, 
 
 Poor rogues talk of court news, 
 Who lofes and who wins ; who 's /«, who 's out. 
 
 Shakjpeatc. 
 Muft never patriot then declaim at gin, 
 Vnlcfs, good man, he has been faiily in? Payf. 
 
 4. Noting immediate entrance. 
 
 Go to thy fellows ; bid them cover the t.iblc, 
 ^fcivc in the meat, and wc will come :n to dinner. 
 
 Sh,ikfprfi> t-. 
 
 He 's too big to go in there : whit ihall I dor 
 
 —Let me fec'tj I'll /V, I'll in: follow your 
 
 friend's advice. 
 I'll in. Shitkjpeare' i Merry JVivei cf Windj^r. 
 
 5. Into any place. 
 
 Next till the hole with its own earth again, 
 And trample with thy feet, and tread it in. 
 
 DryAfn. 
 
 Is it not more eligible to come /'; with a 
 
 fmooth gale, than to be toflcd at fca with a florm ? 
 
 CcHier. 
 
 In the faid cavity lies loofc the fhell of fonic 
 
 fort of bivalve, larger than could be iiitroduccd 
 
 in at thofc lioles. Jff.ddxi^u'd. 
 
 6. Clofe ; home. 
 
 Tlie porture of left-handed fencers h fo dif- 
 ferent fruui iliat of the righl-handcd, that you 
 . run upon their fwords if you pufli forward ; and 
 they are in with you, if you offer to fall back 
 witiiout keeping your guard. Taller. 
 
 7. In has commonly in compofition a ne- 
 ''S^gative or privative fenfe, as in the I^a- 
 
 tio : fo, acl'ive denotes that which aLfs, 
 viacfive that which does not act. In before 
 r is changed into/-; 2ls irregular : before 
 /into/; Tx^lliali've: and into w/ before 
 fome other confonants ; as improbable, 
 Inabi'lity, tuf. [in and aLi/i/v.] Im- 
 puiffance; impotence; want of power. 
 
 If no natural nor cafual innl^iUty crofs their 
 dcfires, they alwav^ dclightii)£ Co Uurc iherafclves 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 I N A 
 
 ■with SiSioni mod bcncfici.1l to otiitri, cannot but 
 g.iihcr gicat cxiicricncc, and through experience 
 tiic more wifdom. Hookir. 
 
 Neither ignorance nor Inability can be pre- 
 tended ; and U'l<at ple3 can we offer to divine 
 julHce to prcicnt condemnation ? Kog^n. 
 
 In a'bstinence. n.f. [in and aiJUneiice.] 
 Intenipcraiico ; want of power to ab- 
 itai'ii ; prevalence of appetite. 
 
 Dil'cafcs dire ; of wliicli ;t nionlhous crew 
 Before thee fliall appear, tliat liiou may'll know 
 What mifcry the irinhjitrtcnce of Eve 
 Shall bring on man, \I:!/on. 
 
 ly ACCfJssiZhF.. a^fi. \jnaccrjfible, Frencli ; 
 in and acc/jjilk. ] Not to be reached j 
 not to be npproacJied. 
 
 Wliatc'cr you arf| 
 Ttiat in this dcfart injr'ij^/thf ^ 
 Under the llia<!c of melancholy boughs, 
 Lufc and neglcdt the creeping hours of time. 
 
 Sluikfi'ciire. 
 Many other hidden parrs cf nature, even of a 
 far lower form, are in,icuJJibU to us. ii<ilf 
 
 There fliail wc fee the ends and ufcs of thefc 
 things, which here were cither too fubtilc for us 
 to penetrate, f)r too remote and inacccjfiblc for U5 
 to come to any diUant view of, ^(iv. 
 
 This part, whicii is fo noble, is not altoge- 
 ther in^uc:J]'thli ; and that an cafy way may be 
 fouiid to it, 'tis to coniidcr nature and to copy 
 her. Dryticn, 
 
 Ina'ccur.\cy. n.f. [from inaccurate.] 
 
 Want of exaclnels. 
 In.\'ccur.\te. ai/i. [in and accural'.'] 
 Not exaft ; not accurate. It is iifed 
 fometimes of perfons, but more fre- 
 quently of performances. 
 Ina'ction. n.f. [iruuiion, French ;//; and 
 a^ion.] CefTatlo" from labour; for- 
 bearance of labour. 
 
 The times and amufcmcnts part are not more 
 like a dream to me, than thofe which are prc- 
 fent : I lie in a refielhing kind of I'nu^iion. Fcpe. 
 Ina'ctive. adj. [i/i and aflive.'] Not 
 bufy ; not diligent ; idle ; indolent ; 
 (luggifh. 
 In a'ctively. fli"/-!!. [Crom inaclivc."] Idly; 
 without labour ; without motion; flug- 
 glfhly. 
 
 In feafons of peife(5l freedom, mark how 
 your fon fpends his time; whether he inaOivtlv 
 loiters it away, when left to his own inclijiation 
 
 Lorkc. 
 
 Inacti'vitv. n./ [inzndadivily.] Idle- 
 nefs ; reft ; fluggiflinefi. 
 
 A doitrinc which manifeftiy tends to difcou- 
 
 rage the cnHeaeours of men, to introduce a lazy 
 
 iiiaitivily, and neglciil of the ordinary means of 
 
 g'ace. Rogers. 
 
 Virtue, conccal'd within our brcaft, 
 
 Is i'raHiTi/y at belt. Sivift. 
 
 In a'deqli ATE. adj. [in and adcquatus, 
 l^atin.] Not equal to the purpofe ; 
 defeftive ; falling below the due pio- 
 portion. 
 
 Rcmoife for vice 
 Not paid, or paid inadequate in price, 
 What farther means can rcafon now dircft ? 
 
 Dryd'.n. 
 
 Inadequate ideas are fuch, which are but a 
 
 partial or incomplete reprefentation of thofe 
 
 archetypes to which they are referred. Locke. 
 
 Ina'dequatei-Y. adv. [hom inadequate. ~\ 
 
 Defedivelv ; not coinpletely. 
 
 Thefe pores they may either exai^ly fill, or 
 
 _,but inadequately. Boyle. 
 
 Inadve'rtence. 7 n.f. [inadverlanre, 
 Inadve'rtency. J Freiich ; from i/i- 
 
 advcrlent.] 
 I. Carelefncfs ; negligence; inattention. 
 
 I N A 
 
 Tiicreii a difference between them, as betweell 
 inadvertency and delibeiation, between furprife 
 and fet purpofe, Souik. 
 
 Fiom^an habitual hccdicfs iitadverieney, men 
 are fo intent upon the prcfcnt that they mind no- 
 thing ehc. mijiiatige. 
 
 2. A A or effeft of negligence. 
 
 Many perfons have lain under great and heavy 
 fcandals, which have taken their fitft rife only 
 fiom fome inadveilenee or indil'cretion. 
 
 Gffvetnmeiit of the Tongue. 
 
 The producflions of a great genius, with many 
 
 lapfes and inadif(.rrenciefy are infinitely preferable. 
 
 to the wot ks <jf an inferior kind of author, wiiick 
 
 aic fcrupuloully cxadt. yiddtjoi. 
 
 In adve'rtent. a/fj. [in and aJvertens, 
 
 Latin.] Negligent ; carelefs. 
 Ina ove'rtently. adv. [from inadver^ 
 ti-nt.] Carclcdy ; negligently. 
 • Ariftotlc mentions Trlei(onus as the fon of 
 Clice and UlyfTis, who afterwa'ds flew his f*- 
 tber with the bone of a filh inadvertently. 
 
 Jirnomt*j. Sctci o» the Odyjpj. 
 
 Worthy perfons, if inadvertently drawn into > 
 
 deviation, will endeavour inltantly to recover 
 
 their h.ft ground. CiariJJa. 
 
 Ina'lienable. aetj. [in and aHenable.'\ 
 
 That cannot be alienated, or granted to 
 
 another. 
 
 In A L I M e'nt A L . adj. [,'« and alimenlaJ. ] 
 
 Affording no nourifliment. 
 
 Dult'oration importeih a degree to rouriOr- 
 
 menc; and the making of things inaiinuntal to 
 
 become alimcntal, may be an experiment cf 
 
 great profit fur making new victual. iSacoK. 
 
 Inami'.ssible. adj. [inamiffible, Jiench ; 
 
 in and timiffum, Latin.] Not to De lort. 
 
 Thefc advantages arc inatnijjjhle. Hanitnond, 
 
 Ina'ne. adj. [inatiis, Latin.] Empty; 
 
 void. It is ufed licentioufly for a fub- 
 
 ftantive. 
 
 We fometimes fpeak of place in the great ;>- 
 
 ancy beyond the cunhnes of the world. Locke, 
 
 To Ina'niiviate. i;. a. [in and anime), 
 
 Latin.] To animate; to quicken. Not 
 
 in.ufe. 
 
 There 's a kind of world remaining f^ill, 
 Though (he wliich did inanimate and rill 
 The world be gone; yet in this lall long night 
 Her gholt doth walk, that is, a glimmering light. 
 
 Donne, 
 
 Ina'nimate. ladj. [inanirnalus, l^nun • 
 Inanimated. 3 m«n(W, French.] Void 
 of life ; without animation. 
 
 The fpirits of animate bodies are all in fome 
 degree kindled ; but inanimate bodies have fpi- 
 rits no whit inflamed. Bacan. 
 
 The golden goddcfs, prcfent at the pray'r, 
 Well knew he meant th' animated fair. 
 And gave the fign of granting. Dryden. 
 
 All the ideas of fenfihle qualities are not in- 
 herent in the inj'tirnate bodies; but arc the cf- 
 fefls of their motion upon our nerves. Bentlty. 
 
 Both require the conliant influence of a prin- 
 ciple (liffeient from that whicit goverus tite ;«- 
 d;?,'W£7/c-(/ part of the univerfe, Cheyne, 
 
 From roofs when Verrio's colours fall. 
 And leave inanimate the n.tkcd wall. 
 Still in thy long fiiould vant^iiilli'd France Jp-- 
 pear. Fope. 
 
 Inani'tion. n.f, [inanition, French; 
 inanis, Latin.] Emptinefs of body; 
 want of fulnefs in the veflels of the 
 animal. 
 
 Weaknefs which attends fevers proceeds from 
 top great fulnei"s in the beginning, aixl'too great 
 inanitif^n in the latter end sf the diJciifc. j^rht:h. 
 
 Ina'nity. «. /. [from inanis, Latin.] 
 
 F.mptinefs ; void (p^e. 
 • This opiniovt excludes all ftich inanity, and 
 
 admit] no vacuities hut fu iittU oati u no body 
 6 H
 
 I N A 
 
 wtiatcver cf.n come to, but wiU be bigger' than 
 
 they, and muft touch the corpotal parts which 
 
 taofc vacuities divide. l^^g.h "" B':lits. 
 
 Ina'ppetency. n.f. [in zM appitenHa, 
 
 Latin.] Want of (lomacb or appetite. 
 
 Ina'pplicable. a^j. [in and ilf'pricable.] 
 
 Not to be put to a particular ufe. 
 Inafplicability. n.f- [from inappli- 
 cable.'] Uniitnefs for the particular 
 purpofe. . . „ 
 
 Ikapplica'tion. n.f. [innppr!Cation,Yx. 
 in and application.] Indolence; negli- 
 gence. 
 Isa'rable. aJJ. [in and aro, Latin.] 
 Not capable of tillage. DiS. 
 
 To Inarch, v. a. [in znd ^rch.] 
 
 Inarching is a method of grafting, which is 
 comnionly called grafting by approach. This 
 method of grafting is ufed when the frock and 
 the tree mav he joined : take the branch yon 
 ■would marih, and, having fitted it to that part 
 of the Ifock. where you intend to join it, pare 
 away the rind and wood on one fide about three 
 inches in length : after the fame manner cut the 
 Doctor branch in the place where the graft is 
 to he united, fo that they may join equally to- 
 ^e-.^er that the fap may meet : then cut a little 
 tongue upwaids in the i^raft, and make a notch 
 in the Ifock to admit it; fo that when they .ire 
 joined the tongue will prevent their Hipping, 
 and the graft will more clofcly unite with the 
 fiock. Having thus placed thcra exaflly toge- 
 ther, tie them ; then cover the place with gralt- 
 iiig clay, to prevent the air from entering to diy 
 the wound, or the wet from getting in to rot the 
 Hock : you Ihould fix a ftake into the ground, 
 to which that part of the ftock, as alio the graft, 
 fhould be fattened, to prevent the wind from 
 bie.ik.ing them alundcr. \a this manner they 
 are to remain about four months, in which time 
 »hey will be fufficicntly united ; and the graft 
 may then be cut from the mother tree, ohferv- 
 iiig to flope it off clofe to the ftock, and cover 
 the joined parts with frefti grafting clay. The 
 operation is always performed in April or M.>y, 
 ?.nd is commonly practifed upon oranges, inyrtles, 
 jafmines, walnuts, fiis, and pines, which will 
 not fucceed by common grafliag or budding. 
 
 ^ ' Milhr. 
 
 iKARTi'cuxATE. adj. [itiatticulejFr. in 
 
 and arliculate.] . Not uttered with dif- 
 
 tinftnefs, like that of the fyllables of 
 
 human fpeecU. 
 
 Obferve what inarliculate founds refemble 
 
 -any of the particular letters. lVilkin\. 
 
 By the harmony of words we elevate the mir.d 
 
 to a fcnfe of devotion ; as our folcmn mufick, 
 
 which is inartiailaie poefy, duth in churches. 
 
 - ' ' JDryiUn. 
 
 Inarti'culately. aJu. [from iaar/icu- 
 
 late.] Not diiUnctly. 
 Inarti'culaten-ess. n.f. [^xom inarlt- 
 
 calaSs.] Confufion of founds ; want of 
 
 diilinclnefs iu pronouncing. 
 I::ARTiri'ciAL. atlj. [iu and arlificlal.] 
 
 Contrary to art 
 
 1 have ranked this among the efTeflj : and it 
 may be thought inartificin/ to make it the c.iufc 
 al'.o. Dccitji of Picly. 
 
 lNARTiFi'crAT.l.Y. odv. [from inarttfi- 
 tial.] Without art ; in a manner con- 
 traiy to the rules of art. 
 
 This lofty iuimour is dumfily and inartifidAl'i 
 maiLiged, when it is aS'cftcd by tliole of a felf- 
 dcnyiiig profcfiion. Collier. 
 
 Inatte NTION. n.f. [inatlention, French; 
 in and attention.] Difregard ; negli- 
 gence; negleft; heedleifucfs. 
 
 Ptrfons keep out of the reach of the reproofs 
 •f the n-.iniftty, or heir ivith fuch inattention or 
 tcnlcciaf as tcndcis them of iiule cGcil. Roger >. 
 
 ■I N B 
 
 Wefee a-ftrangc ;>!a//£«//o« to this ntuS im- 
 portant profpcil. Rogen- 
 
 Novel lays attrafi our raviflt'd ears ; 
 But old, tiie mind with !naltentior. hears. Fofr. 
 Inattentive, adj. [in viXid altsnli'ue.] 
 Heedlefs; carekfs ; negligent; regavd- 
 lefs. 
 
 If we indulge the frequent roving of paff.ons, 
 
 we Ihall procure an unfteady and inattenitvi 
 
 habit. _ H'atti. 
 
 Inau'dible. adj. [in and audible.] Not 
 
 to be heard ; void of found. 
 
 Let 's take the inftant by the forward top : 
 For we arc old, and on our quick'ft decrees 
 Th' inaudih.'e and noiftlefb foot of time 
 Steals, eie we can effcft them. Shalfr-eirf. 
 
 To Inau'gurate. v. a. [inr.iiguro, Lat.] 
 To coufccrate; to inveft with a new 
 oftice by foknin rites; to begin with 
 good omens; to begin. 
 
 Thofe bcginninjb of years were propitious to 
 him, as if kings did chufe rem4rkablc days to 
 inaugurate tifcir favours, that they may appear 
 ails as well of the time as of the will. IVotton. 
 Inaugvra'tion. n.f. [inaup^urttiior., Fr. 
 iiiauguro, Lat.] Invellituie by folemn 
 
 rites. 
 
 The royal olive was folemnly fworn, at his 
 inawuratie,::, to obferve tiiefc things inviolable. 
 
 Ih-.-el-i nca! nrefl. 
 
 At his regal inaiigurati-in his old father religncd 
 
 the kingdom to ham. Braiun'i Vulvar Erroun. 
 
 Inaura'tion. n /. [inaaro, Latin.J The 
 
 ad of gilding or covering with gold. 
 
 The Romans had the art of gliding after ou- 
 
 manner ; but fome f.rt of iheir inauratim, or 
 
 gilding, mult have been much dearcs- than ours. 
 
 Arhuthn'A on Coins. 
 
 Inauspi'cious. adj. [in and auj'picioas.] 
 Ill-omened ; unlucky ; unfortunate. 
 
 Oh here 
 I will fet up my evctlafting reft > 
 And Ih.ike tiie yoke of ina-.ff-cl'^us ftars 
 From this world-wearied flefli. Shakffeare 
 
 Though Heaven's inauj^icioui eye 
 Lay'black on love's naiivity. 
 Her eye a ftrong appeal can give ; 
 Beauty, fmiles, and luve (hali live. Crajiia-u;. 
 
 The liars feel not the difeafes their inaujficioui 
 influence produces. ^ Boyle. 
 
 Within aiij^iciiiis love a wretched fwain 
 Purfu'd the taircft nymph of all the plain ; 
 She plung'd him hopckfs in a deep defpair. 
 
 Dry.im 
 
 Inbe'incb./ [in3.ndbeing.] Inherence; 
 
 infeparablenefs. 
 
 When we fay the bowl ia round, tiie boy i- 
 witty, thefe are proper or inherent modes ; for 
 they have a fort of inbcing in the fuhltance itfeli, 
 and do not arife from the additioo of any other 
 fubftance to it. , H'atis. 
 
 I'nborn. adj. [in and born.] -Innate; 
 implanted by nature. 
 
 Led by leiile of good 
 Inhrn to all, 1 fought my needful food. Dryden. 
 All puflions being inborn within us, we are 
 almoft equally judges of them. Drydcn. 
 
 Some Carolina, to Heaven's diflates true, 
 Thy inborn worth with conlcious eyes Oiall fee. 
 And (light th' imperial diadem for thee. .^.idif. 
 Inbreathed, adj. [in ?ind breath.] In- 
 • fpired ; infufcd by iufpiration. 
 
 Blell pair of fyreni, pledges of Heaven's joy, 
 
 Sphere-born harmonious filters, Volceand Verft, 
 
 Wed your divine founds, and mi.\t power 
 
 employ, 
 
 Dead tilings v'uhinbrcath'd fcnfe, able to pierce 
 
 Mil. on. 
 
 I'nbred. adj. [in Tind bred.] Produced 
 within; hatched or generated within. 
 
 My inlirjd snemy 
 FortU iffu-'d. AiV/en'i PsraJifi Lo/l. 
 
 I N C 
 
 A man thinks better of his children than they " 
 dctene ; but there is an impulfe of tcndcrnels, 
 and there mull be fome cfleem for the fcltmg of 
 that /lim/affcaion at work. - VEjlrange. 
 
 But he unmov'd contemns their idle threat ; 
 And inhrcd worth doth boaiiing valour flight. 
 
 Urydrn. 
 To Inca'ge. v. a. [in and cage.] To 
 coop up ; to fhut up ; to coiitinc in a 
 cage, or any narrow fpace. 
 
 And yet inciigcd in fo fni.ill a verge, 
 Thy wa'ftc is no whit Icffer than thy lord's. Shakf. 
 
 It made my imprifonnient a pleature? 
 Ay, fuch a plcafure as tncagcd birds 
 Conceive. S'taifprarc's Henry VI. 
 
 Incale'jcence. 7 "•/• [incalefco, Lat.] 
 Incalf.'scency. j' The ftate of grow- 
 ing warm; warmth; incipient heat. 
 
 Avcrroes refirained liis hilaiity, making no 
 more thcuof than Seneca commcndcth, and was 
 allowable in Cato; that is, a iohex incaicjrtnce, 
 and regulated eltuatiun from wine. li'oiun. 
 
 The oil prefcrves the ei.d'^ of t'ne bones from 
 incsiifcency, which tlicy, being folid bodies, 
 would nectffarily coiirraft Tom a fwift motion. 
 Ray o>: tilt- Crer.tnn. 
 
 Inc a'NTA'tioN. n.f. [;nrflK/a/io«, French ; 
 ir.caiitc, Latin.] Charms uttered by 
 lingiiig ; enchantment. 
 
 My ancient incantations are foo weak. 
 And hei; to ttrongp. Shaiffierc's ILnry vi. 
 
 By ,\dam's hearkenirgto his wife, mankind, 
 by thr.t her incantation, became the (ubjciS of 
 labour, foirow, and death. Ra.'eigi-. 
 
 The great wonders of witches, their cariying 
 in the air, and transforming themfelves into 
 otlier bodies, are reported to be wrought, nut by 
 incantations or ceremonies, but by anointing 
 themfelves all over, move a man to think that 
 tiefc fables arc I'ne eft'efls of imagination; for 
 ointniants, if laid on any thing thick, hy flop- 
 ping of the poics, Ihut in the vapours, and fend 
 iliera to the head extremely. R.icon's Nat. Hijt. 
 
 Tiie name of a city being difcovered unto their 
 enemies, their penatcs and patronal gods might 
 be calleti forth by charms and incania'ions. 
 
 .Bro^KL-n's Vulvar Errcuft, 
 
 The nuptial rites his outrage flrait attends ; 
 The dow'r defir'd is his transfigur'd friends: 
 The incantation backward Ihc repeats, 
 Invcits l.er rod, and what fne did, defeats. 
 
 Garter. 
 The commands which our religion hath im- 
 > pofcd on its followers aie not like the abfurd ce- 
 remonies of p.'gan idclairy, that might look 
 like incantations and magick, but had no ten- 
 dency to make mankind the happier. Bcnttcy. 
 Inca'ntatory. adj. [from ir.cunlo, Lat.] 
 Dealing by er.chantment ; magical. 
 
 Fortune-tellers, jiigglcr.s, geomaneeis, and 
 the like incastlalory impottors, daily delude them. 
 
 Br(yii:n, 
 
 To Inca'nton. 11. a. \jn and canton.] 
 To unite to a canton cr ftparate com- 
 , munity. 
 
 Wr.en the cantons of Bern and Zurich pro- 
 pofed the incorporating Gsncva in the cantons, 
 the Roman catholics, fearing the piottltafit in- 
 ttrell, piopofed the incantoning of Conftance i» 
 a counteipoile. A.lhjon on Italy. 
 
 Incapabi'lity. 7''-/' [ixom ine.ipable.]- 
 Inca'pableness. j Inability natural jj^ 
 dilqiialilication legal. ^ 
 
 Ycu have nothing to urge but .-! kind o(Jnc»- 
 pal/ility in yourl'elf to the fervice. Suckling. 
 
 Inc.4,'pabi.e. adj. [incapable, Fr. m and 
 ca/ac/le.] 
 
 1. Wanting room to hold or contain: with 
 o/btfote the thing to be contained. 
 
 2. Wanting power; wanting underftantl;- 
 ing ; unable to comprehe.id, Icara^ cr 
 u^dci'£>uv(L.
 
 I N C 
 
 Incifalk and llull'jw innocents • 
 You ciiirut jufU wko cjus'd your fatlif t'j dtatli. 
 
 Sn.tLjlifai^. 
 
 J. Not able to admit or have any thing. 
 
 Wilmoc, w'.ic-n he law Goring yvM in tl'ic 
 fomm.iiid, tlioughc liinnlllf /«c.l/iji/.' of reparti- 
 tion. C/tii t^Jift, 
 ^. Uiiahlc ; not equal to any thing. 
 Is nor your hitlici grown ii:c<if,i/i/c 
 Of rcnfonableaft'aits.- ij tic noV Itupid 
 Willi age? Siiii/f. /■f.-nlir's Tx/i. 
 J. Difq'Jalificd by law. 
 
 Then- l.uiJs are alniolt tntiii;ly I.ikcn from 
 tlicm, and tiny arc rendered i';juyd/j/f of purclia- 
 fing any nioie. Siu'jr. 
 
 6. In cimvfiTation it is iifual to fay a man 
 is iiiaipriMe of falfchood, or iiicapahls of 
 genci-ulily, or of any thing- gocd or bad. 
 £ncapa'cious. adj. [in and Mjtacious.] 
 Narrow ; of fniall content. 
 
 Souls tliit arc made little and IncapiidcHi, 
 Cdniiit enl.irge their thouglits to take in any 
 great compafs of times or things. iiuriiet. 
 
 In c apa'ciousness. n.f. [from inctipa- 
 cious.'\ Narrownefs ; want ol contain- 
 ing fpace. 
 To Incapa'citate. v. a, [in and capa- 
 
 citatc] 
 I. To difable ; to weaken. 
 
 Nutlung of conleqncncc liieuld be left to be 
 done in the laA inca^acittilhig hours of lile. 
 
 CiariJJ'a. 
 
 3. To difqualify. 
 
 Monftiofity could not inrnfaeitalc from mar- 
 riage. .-!> bullin'tt. 
 Jkcapa'city. n.f. [incabacili, French; 
 in and capacity.^ Inability; want ot 
 natural power ; want of powir of body; 
 want of comprehcnfivenefs ot mind. 
 
 It chiefly jirpcccdcth from" natutal i/ii:tip,icifVt 
 and genial iriihlpofition. Brswrt'i I'ul. Er. 
 
 AdiDonition he imputes cither to envy, er 
 elk' ig.iorance and it:.\:piuity of cfliin.iting liis 
 worth. Gt/T.ernmriit of thf 'fo^'guc. 
 
 The inat^ivity of the foul is its mctipncity to 
 be moved with any thing Ct>mmon. ^rhuthnot. 
 
 To Inca'rcf.rate. ti.rj. [mf«r<'«-»,Lat.] 
 To imprifon; to confine. It istifcd in 
 the Scots law to denote imprifoning or 
 confining in a gaol ; otherwlfe it is fcl- 
 dom found. 
 
 Contagion may be propagrtcd by bodies, tlut 
 
 tz\\\y iiuarccr^ic the infcited airj as woollcji 
 
 clothes. Hjivc^. 
 
 i'xc ARCER a'tion. ti. f. [troni incdiie- 
 
 }-aU.} Imprifonment ; conlincment. 
 7o Inca'rn. 11. a. [incarnp, Latin.] To 
 cover with fielh. 
 
 The lielh will foon arife in Iciat cut of the bone, 
 and make c>,foliation of what is ntccff.iry, and 
 .'/.T.J"; it. it'ij€>/uii:. 
 
 f Tu Jnca'rn. v. n. To breed ilcfli. 
 
 The Hough came off, and the ulcer happily 
 incnrned. U'lfnttan 
 
 y^o Inca'rnadine. v.a. [incarnadine, Yx. 
 liic.irnadirio, pale red, Italian.] 'i'o die 
 led. This word I find only once. 
 jg. Will all great Neptune's ocean wafn tiiis blood 
 n my hand? No, this ray hand will 
 rathti" 
 litudinous fea htrarnudiney 
 Making^ the green one red. ShakJ. M'ic^'fth. 
 
 To In^a'hn ate. -v. a. [incarner, French ; 
 tncariw, Latin.] To clothe with Hefli ; 
 to embody with flelh. 
 
 J, who eril contended 
 ^^'ilh gofls to fit ihc liigheli, am now confliain'd 
 Into a bculi, and mix witli befti;;! llitnc, 
 U"'iis elTcnte to irKamaU and iinbmte. iifillon. 
 
 1^ •' "' ••" 6' 
 vClean from I 
 
 The muliiuu 
 
 I N C 
 
 Inc A'RMATr. participial adj. [Incarnat ,V t . 
 from the verb.] 
 
 1 . Clothed wltii flefli ; embodied with flcdi. 
 
 Undoubtedly even the nature of God itlell, 
 in the petfon of the fon, it incarnale, and hath 
 taken to iticif flelh. UorJ.ci. 
 
 A moil wife fullicient means of redemption 
 and falv.ition, by tiic falisfaflory death andobc- 
 nicncc of the incurmui Ion of God, JcfusChrilt, 
 Gid bleli'ed for ever. San.iojin. 
 
 Here Ihalt thou fit iittarnatt, here flialt reign 
 Eotli God and m.in. Mi.'io.i's t'ji.ui/e L'jI. 
 
 2. It may be doubted whether Swiji uu- 
 derdood this word. 
 
 But he's poirdl, ' 
 Incarnntf with a thouland imps. Svtip. 
 
 3. In licothind incrmiate is applied to any 
 thing tinged of a deep red colour, from 
 its tefemblance to a flefli colour. 
 
 Incarn a'tion. n. f. [iiicarnalion, Fr. 
 from iiicarnnlc] 
 
 1. The aft of afluming body. 
 
 We ir.ult beware we exclude not the nature 
 of God from incurnatnn, and fo make the fon ot 
 God incarnate not to be very God. I looker. 
 
 Upon the Annunciation, or our Lady-day, 
 
 meditate on the /7.rtr«,t/K«of our hie lied Sa\iour. 
 
 TaylDr^-- Gui.ll Iv Ve'VoUon. 
 
 2. The (late of breeding flelh. 
 
 Tlie pidfatioii under the cic.itiix proceeded fiom 
 the too lax inr.arnutmt of the wound. IFifcm.in. 
 
 Inca'rnative. n. f. [incanuilif, Fr. 
 from incarn.] A medicine that generates 
 fle(h. 
 
 I deterged the abfcefs, and incarned by tiie 
 common incnynativf. IVifeman'i Surgery. 
 
 To Inca'se. 1/. a. [in and coji.] To 
 cover ; to enclofe ; to inwrap. 
 
 Rich platLS of gold the folding doors /««/>, 
 The pillars lilvcr. Pcpe'i OdylJ/y. 
 
 Incau'tious. ad'], [in and caatioui.] 
 Unwai-y ; negligent ; heedlels. 
 
 His rhetorical expreffion* ma? eafily captivate 
 any inr^iuthu^ leader. Keil ttgainji B:nn(t. 
 
 Incau'tiouslt. adv. [from incautious. '\ 
 Unwarily ; heedlcfsly ; negligently. 
 
 A fpccies of pally invades fuch as inenutinhjl)/ 
 expofc themfelvcs to the morning air. j-hl'iith. 
 Incendiary, n.f. [incendiarim i from 
 incendo, I.,atin ; inctndiaire, Fiench.] 
 
 1. One who fets houfcs or town* on fire 
 in malice or ior robbery. 
 
 2. One who inflames fadions, or promotes 
 quarrc-ls. 
 
 Nor could any order be obtained impartially to 
 examine impudent I'uf/idiaiui. AVw^ C/'i.it/i-i 
 
 Lirer.dhtrui iji figu.-c and diftiniflioii, who are 
 the inventors and publinicrs of gtc""* falfehoods, 
 cannot be regarded but with the utmoft dctcfia- 
 tion. Addifoii. 
 
 Several cities of Greece drove them out as /.•'- 
 cf/7,//.ij/>i, and perts of commoniveals. identity. 
 
 1'ncense. n.f. [/'/Kivf/H/n, Latin, a thing 
 burnt ; enccns, French.] Perfumes ex- 
 haled by lire in honour of fome god or 
 gotlded;. 
 
 Ujion Inch f crilices, my Cordeliaj 
 The gods rlumlclves tiirow incenfc. Shtikff. 
 
 Numa the ntesof Ifridt religion knew ; 
 On cv'ry alt.ir laid the iiianfe due. Vrlor. 
 
 To I'ncense. 11. a. [from the noun.] 
 To peifiimo with incenfe. 
 
 T'o INCENSE.- ^'. «. [incenfm, Latin.] 
 To enkindle to rage ; to inflrime with 
 anger; to enrage; to provoke ; to irri- 
 tate to anger ; to heat ; to fire ; to 
 make furious ; to exafperate. 
 
 The world, too f.iucy with the gods, 
 Inccnja llicra to fend deUruiSion. -Vt^lffian. 
 
 INC 
 
 I f 'galnfl yourfclf you be inccni'J, we'll put yoUi 
 
 Like ontt th.it means his proper harm, in m.i- 
 
 naclci. Shal:jpeate. 
 
 He is attended with a defp'rate tniin ; 
 And what they may incinje him to, being apt 
 To have his car abus'd^ wifdom bids fear. 
 
 ahakjptare i King hear, 
 
 Traftiihle obcriicnce is a ll.ivc 
 To each incetrjcd v/\\\. Shalfpciirc'i lUmy \l\l. 
 
 Foul idolatrie.'., and otiicr f.iulls, 
 H'Mp'd to the popular fum will Co inrenfr 
 God as to leave tiiem. Mitioffi l^ar. Lojt, 
 
 Huv/ could my pious fon thy pow'r infoifc ? 
 Or wiial, al.is ! is v,inqiii(Ii'd Troy's olfencc ? 
 
 Diydcn'i jErc'd. 
 
 Ince'nsement. n. f. [from incenfe.'\ 
 Rage; heat; fury, 
 
 Hhii:ci!:frnir:r:l at this moment is fo implacable, 
 that fatiafaiiioii can be none but by pangs of 
 death. Skakjprart, 
 
 Ikck'Nsion. n.f. [/'ncfn//^, Latin.] The 
 ail of kindling ; the Itate of being on 
 fire. 
 
 Sena lofeth its wiiidinefs by decoiting : aiiri 
 fubtile or wnidy fpiiits arc taken oft" by ir.cfnfviH 
 or evapoiation. Bann, 
 
 Ince'nsor. n.f. [Latin.] A kindler 
 of anger; an inflamer of paflions. 
 
 Many priefts were impetuous and imporrunati) 
 im^Tifon of the rage. Htiyivardt 
 
 Ince'nsory. n.f. [from incenfe.'] The 
 vefTel ill which incenfe is burnt and 
 offered. A'wfwurth, 
 
 Ince'ntive. n.f. [incentivum, Latin.] 
 
 !. That which kindles. 
 
 Their unrcafunable feverity was not the leafl 
 incetfiivCf that blei7 up into thofc flames the 
 fparks of dilcontent. Ki^ig Chr.r!:i. 
 
 2. That which provokes ; that which 
 encourages ; incitement ; motive ; en- 
 couragement ; fpur. It is ufed of that 
 which incites, whether to good or ill : 
 with to. 
 
 CongiLiity of opinions, ^0 our natural confritu- 
 tion, is one great rncfntive to their reception. 
 
 GtiiiTt'.'.'^'i Scfp,^^. 
 
 Even the wifdom of God hath not fuggeftcd 
 more prefTmg nsotivei, moie powerful incntivc^ 
 Id charity, than ihefe,that we Ihall be judged h'f 
 it at the laft dreadful day. j^lt,-fi',ry. 
 
 It encouiages fpccubiive prrfont, with all th^ 
 inccniivis ot place, prolit, and preferment. 
 
 .rlddifon'l FiffAo/d/r, 
 
 Ince'ntive. adj. Inciting; encouraging-, 
 with to. 
 
 Competency is the niot\ inrsntivt tc induftrv : 
 too littttf makes men defperate, and too much 
 carclcfs. Decay of I'.'en. 
 
 Ince'pTION. n.f. [inceptio, Latin.] Be- 
 gin niirg. 
 
 I'hc it.ki^iion o^ putrefaction hath in it a ma- 
 turation.. i.^J^.->^', 
 
 Ince'ptive. (idj. [ific.'ptivus, Lat.] Not> 
 
 ing beginning. 
 An incfj'tire and defitivc propol^tion, as, lliu 
 
 fogs vaniih as tiu' (un riles : but the fogs l-.iv'e 
 
 not ye. begun to vaiiilh, therefore the fun is iHjt 
 
 yet iifcn. I.ocie. 
 
 Jnce'ptou. n.f. [Latin.] A beginner;' 
 
 one who is in his rudiments. 
 Incer a'tion. n.f. [innro, Latin.] Thfe 
 
 aci of covering with wax. iJ/i?. 
 
 Ince'rtitu Of. n.f [incertitndeyFrLvichi 
 
 incerlitudo, Lat.] L'ncertainty ; doubt- 
 
 fulnefs. 
 Tnce'ssant. adj. [in ;\ni ccff'ans, Latin.], 
 
 Lfnceafing ; uninlcrmitted ; continual ( 
 
 uninterrupted. 
 Raging wind blows \\\> inrrjj'.int lhow'^S.^S■fl^I|f/. 
 6 II 2
 
 ,1 N C • 
 
 The incfjf.mt weeping of my wik, 
 FurcM me to feck delays. Shakffcare. 
 
 If, by pr.iy'r 
 Inrrffant, I could hope to change the will 
 Of nim who all things can, I would not ccafe 
 To weary him with my affidiious cries. Milton. 
 
 Ill form, a herald of the king Ihe flics 
 From peer to peer, and thus :ncfjja-il cries. Pope. 
 Lnce'ssantly. adv. [from mcejfaut.'] 
 Without inteiTniflion ; continually. 
 
 Euli-. his hands moft filthy feculent. 
 Above il.e v/aier were on high extent, 
 And fain'd to waQi themfclves inccffantly. 
 
 Fithy Queen. 
 Who reads 
 InccJ[iint!y, and to his reading brings not 
 A fpirit and judgment equal or fuperior. MUlon. 
 
 The chiillians, who carried their religion 
 tliiough fo many perfecutions, were jncrffantly 
 tomfoiting one another with tlic example and 
 hiftory of our Saviour and his apoillcs. Mdijon. 
 J'NCEST. n.f. [inccj}!, French; inceftum, 
 Latin.] Unnatural and criminal con- 
 jundion of pcrfons within degreed pro- 
 hibited. 
 
 Is 't not a kind of hiceji to take life 
 From thine own fillet's Ihame .' Shahffrrire. 
 
 He who entered in the fiift afl, a young man 
 like PcricU-s, prince of Tyre, mull not be in 
 danger in the fifth aft of conimittiirg inccji with 
 his daughter. DryJen's Uufrcjnoy. 
 
 Ince'stuous. adj. [incejlcux, French.] 
 Guilty of inceft ; guilty of unnatural 
 cohabitation. 
 
 Hide me, thou bloody hand. 
 Thou perjure, thou fimular of virtue. 
 That art huejluom. ■ Shaifpearc's Kh:g Lsnr. 
 
 We may cafily guefs with what impatience the 
 world would have heard an imtjluoui Herod dif- 
 «ourfing of chafiity. South. 
 
 Ere you reach to this inerp.uom love, 
 You murt divine and human rights remove. 
 
 DryAcn. 
 
 Ikce'etuously. adv. [from Incejliwus.'] 
 With unnatural love. 
 
 Macareus and Canace, fon and daughter to 
 
 jEoIus, god of the winds, loved each other hi- 
 
 t.jlmujly. Dryden. 
 
 INCH. n.f. [ince, Saxon; UHa.r, Lat.] 
 
 1. A mcafure of length fuppofed equal 
 to three grains of barley laid end to 
 end ; the twelfth part of a foot. 
 
 A foot is tha fixth part of the llature of man, 
 a fpan one eighth of ii, and a thumb's breadth or 
 i7iJi one feventy-fecond. Hclder on Tunc. 
 
 The fun fhould never mifs, in all his race, 
 Of time one minute, or one luck of fp.-ce Blackm. 
 
 2. A proverbial name for a fmall quantity. 
 
 Tnc plebeians have gut your fellow tribune f 
 Thcv'll give him death by incies. SiMjpeart 
 
 As hi laliing, fo in length is man, 
 ContraSed to an .■».'.'/, who was a fpan. Donne. 
 
 Is it fo defirablc a condition to confume by 
 inche\, and lofe one's bloyd by drops. Colliir. 
 
 The commons wcie growing by degrees into 
 power and property, gainmg ground upon the 
 patricians inch by inch. S'^-iJi. 
 
 «, A nice point of time» 
 
 Beldame, I think, we w*tch'd you at an inch. 
 
 Sh.ikfpeari. 
 
 To Inch. i>. a. [from the noun. J 
 J. To drive by inches. 
 
 Valiant they fay, hut very popular; 
 
 He gpts loo far into the foldicrs graces, 
 
 And /.li/icj oat my maltcr. Dry.iin'ideomnei. 
 2. To deal sut by inches;, to g_we fpar- 
 
 in^ly. MinfiL'orih. 
 
 To I'sCH. n). n. To advance or retire a 
 
 little at a time. 
 I'nched. adj. [with a word of number 
 
 before it.] Containing ii'.chcs in Icngtl! 
 
 «£ breadth.. 
 
 I N C 
 
 Poor Tom, proud of heart to i ids on a bay i 
 
 trotting l.orfe over four I'zcA^f/ bridges. Shtikfpcarc. 
 
 I'nchipin. n. f. Some of the inlide of 
 
 a deer. Ainfivorth. 
 
 Fnchmeal. tt. f. [Inch and meal.} A 
 
 piece an inch long. 
 
 All th' infc(£lions that the fun fucks up 
 From bogs, fens, flats, on Profpero fall, and 
 
 make him 
 By inchmeal a difeafe ! Shnkffenre'i Trmpeji. 
 
 To I'nchoate. 1). a. [inchoo, Latin.] 
 To begin ; to commence. 
 
 It is neither a fubltance pcrfefl, nor a fubftancc 
 inthoute, or in the way of perfeftion. Ruleigii, 
 
 Inchoa'tion. n.f. [iiuhoatus, Latin.] 
 Inception ; beginning. 
 
 It riifcei-ncth of four kiiids of caufes ; forces, 
 frauds, crimes various of ftcllionatc, and the /«- 
 chomions or middle a£fs towards crimes capital, 
 not actually perpetrated. Bacon 
 
 The fetting on foot fome of thofe arts in thofe 
 
 parts Would be looked upon as tiie firft inchonti'.n 
 
 of them, which yet would be but their reviving 
 
 Hille'i Oiigin of Mankind. 
 
 I'ncho.ative. adj. [inchoative, French; 
 inckoativtis, hMin.] Inceptive; noting 
 inchoation or beginning. 
 To Ixci'de. t. a. [from Itiddo, to cut, 
 Latin.] 
 
 Medifints are faid to iiridc which confrft of 
 pointed and (harp particles ; as .acids, and mofi 
 I'alts, by which the panicles of other bodies aie 
 divided' from one another : thus e.tpeflorating 
 medicines are faid to itciile or cut the phlegm, 
 
 (I'dncy. 
 
 The nienfcs are promoted by all fapon iccous 
 
 fuhfiances, which in::de the mucus in the firfl 
 
 palT.iges. ylrbuthnol. 
 
 I'ncidence. "^ n.f. [incido, to fall, Lat. 
 I'ncidency. j incidaice, French.] 
 
 1. The direftion with which one body 
 ftrikes upon another, and the angle 
 made by that line, and the plane ftruck 
 upon, is called the angl- of incidence. 
 In the occurfions of two moving bodies, 
 their incidence is faid to be perpendicular 
 or oblique, as their diretStions or lines 
 of motion make a ftraight line or an 
 oblique angle at the point of contaft. 
 
 Sljiinry. 
 
 In mirreurs thcie is the l.ke angle ol in.-idc'ice, 
 from the objedl of thc^glafs, and from the glafs 
 to the eye. Bacon. 
 
 He enjoys his happy flate raoft when he com- 
 municates it, and receives a more vigorous joy 
 from the reflexion than from the dire£l incidency 
 of his happinefs. ' Nofris. 
 
 In equal incidences there is a confiderahle ine- 
 quality of refrailions, whether it be that fome of 
 the incident rays are refrafted more and others 
 lefs conftantly, or one and the fame ray is by re- 
 fraftion difturbed. Netvton's Opiicks. 
 
 The permanent whitenefs argues, that in like 
 irri.len^cs of the rjys there is i;o fuch feparation 
 of the emciging rays. Nciuton. 
 
 2. [incidens, Latin.] Accident; hap; 
 
 cafualty. 
 Wiias 'incidency thou do'il guefs of harm de- 
 clare. 
 Is crecpmg towards me. Skakfp. Winter's Tale. 
 I'NCIDENT. adj. lmcidenl,Yr. incidens, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Cafual ; fortuitous; occafional ; hap- 
 pening acci<lent?.lly ; ilTuing in befide 
 the main dcfign ; happening bellde ex- 
 pcftation. 
 
 A.s the ordinary courfe of common affairs is 
 
 difpyftd of by general laws, fo likcvvirc men's 
 
 I rarer i:icident ncccflities and utilities fltould be 
 
 1 with fpccial eq^uity confidcr«d, Bioiir. 
 
 I N C 
 
 I would note in children not only their articu- 
 late anfwers, but likewife fmilcs and frowns upon 
 incident occafions. fJ'osiitn. 
 
 In A complex propofition the pi'edicate or fufc- 
 jedl is fometimes made complex by the pronoujij 
 who, which, whofe, whom, £cc. which make 
 another propofition : as, evei-y man, who is pi- 
 ous, (hall be leaved : Julius, whofe furname was 
 Csfar, overcame Pompey ; bodies, which arc 
 tranfparent, have many pores. Here the whole 
 propofition is called the primary or chief, and 
 Ihe additional propofition is called an incident 
 propofition. iVatts. 
 
 2. Happening; apt to happen. 
 
 Coiiliancy is fuch a firmnels of friendfhip as 
 overlooks all thofe failures of kindnefs, that 
 through pafiion, incident to human nature, a man 
 may be guilty of. South. 
 
 I'ncident. n.f. [j«r;Vi;n/, French ; from 
 the adjeftive.] Something happening 
 befide the main defign ; cafualty. 
 
 His wifdom will fall into it as an incident to 
 the point of lawl'uliiefs. Bctcon^s Holy fj'ar. 
 
 No perfon, no incident in the play, but mulf 
 be of ufe to carry on the main defign. Dry.ien. 
 Incide'ntau atij. Incident ; calual; 
 happening by cliance ; not intended ; 
 not deliberate ; not neceflary to the 
 chief pui-pole. 
 
 The fatistaftion you received from thofe inci- 
 dinial difcourfes which we have wandered into. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 By fome religious duties fcarce appear to be re- 
 garded at all, and by others only as an incidental 
 bufiiicfs, to be done when they have nothing elie 
 to do. Rogers. 
 
 iNCrnE'NTALLY. adv. [from incidental.^ 
 Beude the main defign ; occafionally. 
 
 Thefe general lulcs are but occafionally and/s- 
 cidentuHy mentioned in fciiptuve, rather to marn- 
 ftft unto us a former, than to lay upon us anew 
 obligation. Sanderjon. 
 
 I treat either purpofely or inci.lentaUy of co- 
 lours. Boylf, 
 I'ncidently. adv. [from incident.'} Oc- 
 cafionally ; by the by ; by the way. 
 
 It was incidcnily moved amongi^ the judges 
 wh.-rt Ihould be done for the king himfelf, who 
 was attainted; but refolved that the crown tikes 
 away deleifts. Bacon's Henry vu. 
 
 To Inci'nerate. ^•. a. \_in and cineres, 
 Latin.] To burn to afhes. 
 
 By baking, without melting, the heat indu- 
 
 rateth, then maiceth fiagilc ; laftly, it doth /;/cr. 
 
 nerate and calcinate. Bacon. 
 
 Fire biirr.eth wood, making it firft luminous^ 
 
 then black and brittle, and laflly broken and/n- 
 
 cinerate. Bacon. 
 
 Thtfc dreg's are foon incinerated and calcined 
 
 into fuch fairs which produce coughs. Hai-vey. 
 
 Incinera'tion. n.f. [incineration, Fi". 
 
 from incinerate.] The afl of burning 
 
 any thing to afhes. 
 
 I obferved in the fixt fait of urine, brought by 
 depuration to be very white, a tafte not unlike 
 common fait, and very ditfering from the 
 caufiick lixiviate tafte of other falls made by in- 
 c i-teration. Boytt. 
 
 Iscjrcumspe'ction- k. J. [in and cir- 
 cumffe^ion,'] Want of caution; Want 
 
 of heed. 
 An unespeSed way of delufion, whereby hfc 
 
 mere eafily led away the incircunifptriion of their 
 
 belief. Brown, 
 
 Incised, adr- [incifir, French; incifus^. 
 
 Latin.] Cut; made by cuttiug : asi. 
 
 an incifd wound. 
 I brought the incijed lips together. VTifemnrt. 
 Inci'sion. n.f. [incifwn, Fr. incifio, Lat. J 
 I . A cut ; a wound made with a (harp. 
 
 itiiltument. Generally ufed for woujida, 
 
 madt; by a cliirurgeon^
 
 I N C 
 
 Let us make ivcifion for youi love. 
 To prove whole blood is ledddl, his or mine. 
 
 God help ihec, ni^illow man : God make hi- 
 cifmt in thcc, thou art raw, Sliaif/'curr. 
 
 The reception ot one is as different from the 
 admnTion of the otlitr, as when the eaitli falh 
 open tinder the incifiom oi the plougli, and when 
 it gapes to drinle in tiic dew of heaven, or the 
 rcfrcflimcnrs of a fliower. South. 
 
 A fniall i'lcifton Icnifc is more handy than a 
 larger f>ir opening the bag. S/nnp'i S:iigcry. 
 
 2. Dlvlfion of vifcofilies by medicines. 
 
 Ahllcifion is a fcouring otV, or inctfivi of vif- 
 cous humours, and making them Huid, and cut- 
 ting between them and tlie part ; as in nitrous 
 water, which fcoureth Hncn. B.iron. 
 
 Inci'sive. adj. \_initjif, Fr. from huifus, 
 L,at.] Having the quality of cutting 
 or dividing. 
 
 The CL.hjur of many corpufcles will cohere by 
 being precipitated togctiier, and be dcftroyed 
 by the cli'ufion of very piercing and ir.ci/ivr li- 
 
 quors. 
 
 Beyle. 
 
 Inci'sor. n.f. [mf;/or, Latin,] Cutter; 
 
 tooth in the forepart of the mouth. 
 Incisor Y. adj. [incifoire, Fr.] Having 
 
 the quahty of cutting. ' 
 Inci'sure. n. /. [indjura, Latin.] A 
 cut ; an aperture. 
 
 In fume creatures it is wide, in fomc nar- 
 row, in fomc with a deep incifrre up into tiic 
 head, for the better catcliing and holding of piey, 
 nnd comminuting of haid lood. Di^ham. 
 
 Incit.^'tion v.f. [/na/fl,'/o, Latin.] In- 
 citement ; incentive ; motive ; impulfe ; 
 the a6l of inciting ; the power of in- 
 citing. 
 
 Dr, Ridley defines magnctical attraflion to be 
 a natural fncstiiticn and difpofition conforming 
 unto contiguity, an union of one m.ignetical bo- 
 dy unto another. B'Olvns I'tllgitr 'Errfturs. 
 The multitude of objefls do pinportlonably 
 multiply both the puflibilitics and initatio'n. 
 
 GoTjeniment of thf Tongue. 
 The mind gives not only licence, but inci- 
 tnihi to thji other paflions to aft with the utniolt 
 impetuoliiy. Dec,:y of I'icty. 
 
 To INCITE. V. a. [itici/o, Lat. hidler, 
 Fr.] To llir up ; to pufli forwaid in 
 a purpofe ; to animate ; to fpnr ; to 
 urge on. 
 
 How many now in health 
 Shall drop their blood, in approbation 
 Of what your reverence Ihall iucitc us to ? Shakfp. 
 
 No blown ambition doth our arms incite ; 
 Bur love, dear love, and our .ag'd father's right. 
 
 Siiiikjpfitie 
 Antiochus, wiicn be itteited Prufias to join in 
 war, fct before him the greatnefs of the Romans, 
 comparing it to a fire, that took and Iprcad from 
 kingdom to kingdom. B,uon. 
 
 Nature and common reafon, in all difficulties, 
 where prudence or courage are required, do ra- 
 tiier inej/e us to fly for affillancc to a Tingle per- 
 fon than a multitude. Swft. 
 
 Inci'tement. n. /. [from htctle.l Mo- 
 tive; incentive ; impulfe ; inciting caufe, 
 A marvel it were, if a man of grc.nt capacity, 
 having fuch ineitements io make him defnous of 
 all furtherances unto his caufe, could cfpy in 
 ^ fhe whole Icripture of God nothing Wiiich might 
 '' breed at the leaft a probable opinion of likeli- 
 hood, lliat divine authority was the fame way 
 inclmable. Hooker. 
 
 H,*rtblj feems fcnt hither by fome good provi- 
 dence, to be ttie occvilion and incitement of great 
 jood to this ifland. Milton. 
 
 If thou mult reform the ftubborn times, 
 From the long records of diftant age 
 Derive i':^itement\ to rclKw thy rage. Pofc. 
 
 Inci'vil. adj. [hicivil, French.] Unpo- 
 lilhed* See Ujjcivil. 
 
 1 N C 
 
 Ikcivi'lity. n.f. [InciviM, French; 
 in and d-vi/ily. ] 
 
 1 . Want of courtefy ; rudcnefs. 
 
 He docs offend agamll that reverence which is 
 due to the common apprcbenlions of mankind, 
 ■whether true oi not, which is the greatefV ineifi- 
 litv. TiHotfon. 
 
 2. A(ft of rudenefs. In this fenfc it has 
 a plural. 
 
 Ahilain from dilToUite laughter, uncomely jefts, 
 loud talking, and jeering which, in civil account, 
 are called indecencies and incivilities, Taylor. 
 
 Incle'mency. n.f. [inc!emencc,Y\xni:\\; 
 indementia, Latin.] Unmercifulnefs ; 
 cruelty; feverity; liarfhncfs ; roughnefs. 
 
 And though by tciupclfs of the prize bereft, 
 111 iieav'ns inclemency fomc cafe we (ind : 
 Our foes we vanquiih'd by our valour left, Dryci. 
 
 Inci.e'ment. adj \jii ^wA ckrneus, Lat.] 
 Unmerciful ; unpitying ; void of ten- 
 derncfs ; hardi. It is ufed oftener of 
 things than of men. 
 
 Teach us further by wiiat means to Ibun 
 Th' inclement fcafons, rain, ice, hail and fnow. 
 
 Miltm. 
 I ftand . 
 Naked, dcfencelefs, on a foreign land : 
 Propitious to my wants, a vclt fupply, 
 To guard tiic wretched from tW inclement Iky. 
 
 Tofe. 
 Incli'nable. adj. [hidinabilis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Having a propenfion of will; favour- 
 ably difpoftd ; willing ; tending by 
 difpofition : with to. 
 
 People are not Av^^yi* inclinable to the beft. 
 
 Spenfer 
 
 A marvel it were, if a man of capacity could 
 efpy in the whole icripture nothing which migiit 
 breed a probable opinion, that divine autiioiity 
 was the fame way i"clin.iOle. Hooker 
 
 The gall and bittenefs of certain men's writ- 
 ings, who fparcd him little, made him, for their 
 fakes, the lefs inctiutihle to that truth whii ii he 
 himfclf Ihould have honoured. Hooker. 
 
 Dcliie, 
 Inclinable now grown to touch or tafie. 
 Solicited her lonj^mg eye. ^li'tzn. 
 
 2. Having a tcndeiicy. 
 
 l\ fuch a cruft natuially fell, then it was more 
 likely and incli'tnhle to fall tliis thoiifand years 
 than the laft : but if the eruft was always gradu- 
 ally ne.irer and nearer to falling, th;,t plainly 
 evinces that it had not ciiduicd eternally, BcitJiy. 
 
 Inclin a'tion. n. y. \jncUiiaifon, inclina- 
 tion, French ; indinalio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tendency toward any point : with to. 
 
 The two rays, being equally refVadted, liave 
 the lame inclin.itioi f' one another after refraifTion 
 which they had before ; that is, the inr'-nation of 
 half a degiee anfvvcring to tlie fun's diameter. 
 
 Ncwtcn^s Qpticks. 
 
 2. Natural aptnefs. 
 
 Though moft of the thick woods are grubbed 
 up linee the promontory his been cultiv.ited, theic 
 aie ilill many fpots of it which fhcw the natuial 
 inclination of tiie foil leans that w.iy. AdJifm. 
 
 3. Propenfion of mind ; favourable dif- 
 pofition ; incipient dcfire. 
 
 Tile king was woiulei fully difquieied, when 
 he toiind that the prince was totally aliened fiom 
 all thoughts of or inclination to the marrlHge. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 A mere inclination to a thing is not propei ly a 
 willing of tharthing ; and yet in matters of duty, 
 men frequently reckon it for fuch : for otheiwife 
 how (hould they fo often plead and reft in the 
 honell and well inclined difpolition ot their minds, 
 when they are julUy charged with an actual non- 
 jK.f.il mance of tliC law r South. 
 
 4. Love ; afFeftion ; regard. In this • 
 ftnCe it admitsybr. 
 
 I N C 
 
 We h.ive li.id few knowing painters, lecaufe 
 of the lit:lc inclination which jirinces have /or 
 painting _ Drydtn, 
 
 J. Dilpofition of mind. 
 Bid him 
 Report the features of Oetavia, her years, 
 Her inclination. Sllakjp. .Antony and Cltopalrn. 
 
 6. The tendency of tlie magnetical needle 
 to the call or weft. 
 
 7. [In pharmacy.] The aft by which a 
 clear liquor is pointd off from fome 
 feces or fediment by only Hooping the 
 veflel, which is alfo called decantation. 
 
 ^incy . 
 Incli'natorv. adj. [from itidine.] Hav- 
 ing a quality of inclining to one or other. 
 It thdt inciin.iioiy viitue be dcftroyed by a 
 touch from the contiiiiy pole, th.it end which be- 
 fore was elevated will then fleeline, - B<oiun. 
 
 Incli'n ATOB I LY. adv. [frominclinalory.] 
 Obliquely ; with inclination to one lide 
 or the other ; with fome deviation from 
 north and foutli. 
 
 Whether they be refrigerated inclirtatorily, or 
 fomewli.it equinoxially, that is, toward the 
 eaftern or weltciii points, they difcov.cr fomc 
 vcrticity. Brown's Vulgar Enoun. 
 
 ■ro INCLI'NE. 1'. n. {inclino, Latin; 
 inclincr, French.] 
 
 1. To bend ; to lean ; to tend toward 
 any part : with io or loiuard. 
 
 Hci houfe incUnctk unto death, and her paths 
 unto the dead. Frovcrl.t. 
 
 Still to this place 
 My heart inclines, Itill hither turn my eyes ; 
 Hither my feet unbidden find their w.-.y. Rou-e, 
 
 2. To be favourably difpofcd to ; to feel 
 defirt beginning. 
 
 Doth ills majefty 
 htcline /a it, or no i* 
 
 He Icems indificrent; 
 
 Or latlicr fwaying more upon our part. Shak'p., 
 Their hearts inclined to\cA\c^\y Abjmclcch. .' 
 
 Judges. 
 To Incli'ne. •y. a. 
 
 1. To give a tendency or direirlion to any 
 place or (late. 
 
 The timely dew of deep. 
 Now falling with foft flu.-nb'ious weight, inclirrrs 
 Our eye-lids. Miiion. 
 
 Tims far both armies to Belinda yield j 
 Now to tile baion f.ite inclines the Held. Pope. 
 
 A tow'ring flruiSure to the palace join'd ; 
 To this his fteps the tlioughtful punce inctin'fk 
 
 Pope 
 
 2. Fo turn toward any thing, as defirous 
 or attentive. 
 
 Incline our hearts to keep this law. Com. Pr, 
 You have not inclined your ear unto me. 
 
 y.crentiah.. 
 But that fiom us aught fhould afcendto hcav'n 
 So prevalent, .as to concern the mind 
 Of God high-bicft', or to incline his will, 
 Haid to belief ni.iy feem, yet this willpmycr. 
 
 liLltsr., 
 
 3. To bend ; to incurvnte. 
 
 With due rcfpcift my bQ(.y I inclined, 
 ■ As to fome being of fuperior kind. Dryelcn, 
 
 To Incli'p. <d. a. \in and f/'^.] la 
 grafp; to enclofe ; to furround. 
 
 Whate'ei the ocean pales, o\- ^y inclips, 
 Ps thine, if thou will ha't. * ithakft-eare. 
 
 To Inclo'ister. v. a. [/n zv\d. cloijler.'\ 
 
 To flint up in a cloifier. 
 To Inclo'uu. 11. a. [11 and doiidj To' 
 
 darken ; to obfcure. 
 
 « In their thick breaths, 
 
 Rank of grols diet, (ball we be inclouded, 
 
 And foic'd to drink llielr vapoup. Shr.kjprarti. 
 
 To Inclu'dEi v. a, \j:.dudo\.\A\\a..\
 
 I N C 
 
 1. To enclofe ; to fhut in : as, the (liell 
 
 iiiciuJts a pearl. 
 3. To comprife ; to cohipichciid. 
 
 This dciire bcinj recommended to her majcfty, 
 it liked her to include rhe fame within one intirc 
 ic.ifc. Biicon. 
 
 Trie marvellous fable hichdes whatever is fu- 
 pernatmal, and efpccially tiie ra:ijhines of the 
 gods. ■ F'.pc. 
 
 Ir,(lead of enquiring whether he be a m.m of 
 Tirtue, the qucltion is only wiiethcr l-.e be a whig 
 oratory; under which terms all good and ill 
 qualities :'.rc Included. Siuifr. 
 
 Inclu'sive. ai/J. [tncliijif, French,] 
 
 1. Encloling ; encircling. 
 
 O, would that the inchftvc verge 
 Of golden metal, that mull round my brow, 
 Were red-hot lieel, to fear me to the brain ! 
 
 S'tahjl'care^ i R'uhurd in. 
 
 2. Comprehended in the fum or number : 
 as, from Wednefday to Saturday m- 
 clufivs ; that is, both Wednefday and 
 Saturday taken into the nnmber. 
 
 I'll I'earch wiiere ev'ry virtue dwells, 
 From courts wci>five down to cells. Swift. 
 
 Inci.u'sively. ai/i). [from inc/it/rve.] 
 The thing mentioned reckoned into 
 the account. See iKCLL-srvL. 
 
 Tiius much fliall ferva-for tl-.e fevcral periods 
 •r growth of the common law, until the time of 
 Edw.ird I. ir.liifively. Halt. 
 
 All articulation is made within the mouth, 
 from the throat to tl>e lips inchffivdy ; and is dif- 
 ferenced partly ''y '''"^ organs uled in it, and 
 partly by the manner and degree of articulating. 
 
 U'Jdcr. 
 
 Incoa'gul.^ble. adj. \\n and coc\gulahk.'\ 
 
 Incapable of concretion. 
 Incoexi'stence. n.f. \ln zxi^ ceexiflence.'] 
 The quality of not exifting togetl'.er ; 
 non-aflbciation of exillence. An unufual 
 word. 
 
 Another move incurable part of ignorance, 
 whicii fctsus more remote from a certain know- 
 ledge of the coexiltence or inctttxifitnce of diffe- 
 rent ideas in the fame fubjecl, is, that there is 
 no difcoverable connection between any fecondary 
 quality and thole primary qualities it depends on. 
 
 Ucki. 
 Ikco'g. adv. [corrupted by mutilation 
 from j«t-o^n;Vo, Latin.] Unknown; in 
 private. 
 
 But if you 're rough, and ufc him like a dog, 
 Depmd upon it, he'll remain iiKog. Addljo'i. 
 Inco'gitancy. k. /. \\ncog\tantia, Lat.] 
 Want of thought. 
 
 One man's fancies are laws to fuccecdcrs, who 
 afterwards mifnanieall unobfequioufnefs to ti^cir 
 mco^itttncy prefumption. Boyle. 
 
 Ke.xt to the jKipid and meeily vegetable 
 ftate of iiucg-taruy^ we may rank p.Tr:ial and 
 piece- meal confideiation. Decoy r,f FUty. 
 
 Inco'gitative. adj. \in s.xiiiCog'Hati've.\ 
 Wanting the pow,:r of thought. 
 
 Purely mateiial oeing':, ;:s cli^purgs of our 
 beards, and fetilible, thinking, perceiving beings, 
 (Mch as we find otirfclves, we will call cogiriti\c 
 and ititogitutive beings. Locke. 
 
 Inco'gnito. ad-v. \\ncogn\tui, Latin. J 
 In a Rate of concealment. 
 
 'Twas long ago 
 Since gc^s came down incognito. Prior. 
 
 InCOHe'rIiNCE. J -r- It n 
 
 Incohe r kncy. 3 
 
 I. Want of cohefion ; loofcncfo of material 
 parts. 
 
 If plaiftcr be beaten into an irnt^dp.ihle pow- 
 <5fr, wlien poured out it will emulate a liquor, 
 by r^afon that the fmallnefs and incoitcrence of i lie 
 parts do both make them cafy to be put into nio- 
 ttun, and m<'.kes tlie pure^they i^tciccpt to fmall, 
 
 INC 
 
 that they interrupt not the unity or continaity of 
 the ni.^s. B^yte. 
 
 2. Want of,— connexion ; incongruity ; 
 inconfcquence of argument ; want of 
 depent'a ,ce of one part upon another. 
 
 1 hiid that laying the mterrnediate ni^-as n.iked 
 in their due ordei, Ihews the inohit'cnct of the 
 argumentatior.s Letter than fyllogifms. Lode. 
 
 Lico/tei e/ices in matter, and luppofitlons witii- 
 out proofs, put handfomely togetijer, are apt to 
 pal's for lV:ong rcafon. Locke, 
 
 Incohe'rent. adi, [/'n and coheretit,] 
 
 1. Wanting cohelion ; loofc ; not iixed 
 to each other. 
 
 Had the llrata of Hone become folid, but the 
 matter whereof they ccnihft contnmed lax and i^i- 
 cohtreitty they had conicquently been as pervious 
 as thoTe of marl or gravel, IVoo.ivjurd, 
 
 2. Iiiconicqucntial ; inconliftent ; having 
 no dtpeudaiice of one part upon an- 
 other. 
 
 We hcve inltancesof perception whiUi vre are 
 afleep, aird retain the memory of tnem ; but 
 how cxira\agant and incohetenc are they, and how- 
 little coiitoimable Co the perfection ol a rational 
 being ! Lode. 
 
 Incohe'rently. adv. [from incoherent.'] 
 Inconliliently ; iiiconfcquentially. 
 
 Tiie cnaraiftcr of Euryloci.us is the imitation 
 of a peiToii confouiiricG with tears, fpcakiiig ir- 
 ratloiKilly and iixoheren:/y. Brr-^me. 
 
 Incolumity, n,J'. [/nfo/umiVaj, Latin.] 
 bafety ; fecurity, LiittiC in uie. 
 
 The p.irliameni is neccilary to alferl and orc- 
 fervc the national righis of a people, with the^i.-6- 
 lum'ny and wehare ot a country. Hoiuel, 
 
 Incombl-stIBi'lity, n.f. [from iV/fOm- 
 hiifl'thle.~\ The qualily of rclilliiig iire 
 fo that it cannot conlume. 
 
 The llone in tiie Appennines is remarkable for 
 its fhining quality, ;iad tiie amianthus for its //.■- 
 combujiil'ility. R.ty. 
 
 Incombustible, adj. [iticombujllble, Fr. 
 in znil cambufiible.] Not to be confumed 
 by fire. 
 
 It agrees in this common quality alcribcd unto 
 both, of being iuLomhiipihief and not confumable 
 by lire. ' //;./'.;/;i. 
 
 Incombu'stibleness. p.. f, [from incom- 
 huJUble.] The quality ot not being 
 walled by fire. 
 Income, n.f. \in and com:,'] Revenue ; 
 produce of any thing. 
 
 Tiiou who repiiielt at tr.e plenty of thy neigh- 
 bour, and the greatnefs of iiis /«£cm-i, confidcr 
 what arc frequently the difraal confcquences of 
 all tliis. South. 
 
 No fields afford 
 So large an incame to the village lord. Dry.ies, 
 St. Gaul has fcarce any l.iiids belonging to it, 
 and Intle or no income but what ariles from its 
 trade : the great fupporc of this, little Haic is its 
 linen niaiiLifaifture. u^d,iijtt^ on Italy 
 
 Notwithltanding the large iiicomt. annexed lo 
 feme few of her prefeiment^, this church hatl; 
 in the whole little to fubfilf on, Atteibuiy. 
 
 Incommensur ABILITY, n.f. [from in- 
 comiuiiifuralle.] The (rate of one thing 
 with lefpeft to another, when they 
 cannot be trompared by any common 
 meafure. 
 
 In COM M E'tJ.s UR A BLE,ar//. [French; from 
 in, con, and nienfiimiilis, Latin,] Not 
 to be reduced to any meafure common 
 to both ; not to be meafured together, 
 fuch as that the proportion ot one tO: 
 the other can be told. 
 
 Our difptilatioiis about vacuum or fpnce, in- 
 coximcnfiirjli.'e quanliucs, llic inSnitc divifibiiity. 
 
 I N C 
 
 of naatter, anc! eternal duialioii, will lead us tj' 
 lee the wcakncfs of our natuie. Iiuti., 
 
 iNCOMMENsuiiATE. adi. [in, con, and 
 mi-nfura, Latin.] Not admitting one 
 condition meafure. 
 
 The oia^onal line .and fide of a qusd.ate, 
 wnich, to our appiehcnfton, arc incoimr.enju'uie, 
 are yet corameniuiable to. the infinite compie- 
 henlion of the divine iiitelk-ft. Ah':. 
 
 As all other meafures of time are reducible t(i 
 thefe three; fo we labour to reduce ll-.eic three, 
 though llrietly of tbemfelves iitcomme;.jui'ate to 
 one another, for civil ufc, mealuring tnc greater 
 by tiic iefs. H'Jdtr on Time. 
 
 If tlie ye.ir comprehend days, it is but as an* 
 greater fpjce of time may be laid to comprehend 
 a Ids, though the iefs fpace be incommen^inte to 
 the greater, llotdti ih Time, 
 
 To INCO'MMODATE. 7 v. a. [ituom- 
 2o INCOiVliMO DE. J modo, Latin ; 
 
 incommodcr, French,] I'o be inconve- 
 nient to ; to hinder or embarrafs with- 
 out very great injury, 
 
 A gnat, planted upon tlie horn of a bull, beg- 
 ged tiie bull's pardon ; but rather than incommode 
 ye, f.ys he, I'll remove. L'Ejlrange, 
 
 Although they foraetimes moleft and ir,com- 
 mode the inhabitants, yet the agent, wh.ercby 
 both the one and the othei is cfF,:ded, is of that 
 iiidiip.nihble neceliity to tlie eartii and to maih- 
 kind, that they could not fuLlul without it. 
 
 H'ood-wardi. 
 Incom mo'dious, adj, [incommodus, Lat.} 
 Inconvenient ; vexations without great 
 mifchief. " 
 
 Things of general benefit, for in this wrorlj 
 what IS fo peifcct that no inconvenience doth 
 e\ er follow it r may by lomc accident be /'itcw;- 
 mo.iou^ Xii a few, hooker^ 
 
 M.ns intentions in fpeaking are to be under- 
 riood, without frequent explanations and incotrth 
 modioui interruptions. ' Locie. 
 
 Incommo'diously. adv. [from incommo' 
 diaus.J Inconveniently ; not at eale. 
 
 iNcoM.vio'DiotJsNEss. n. J', ihom inco'fn- 
 modious.~\ Inconvenience. 
 
 Dileafes, diforders, antl the incommodioujncfi of 
 external nature, are inconfillenj with happintfs, 
 
 BurnH. 
 Ikcommo'dity. n,f. \incommodile, Fr. 
 incctnmoditas, Latin.] Inconvenience; 
 trouble. 
 
 Declare your opinion, w'nar incornmoelity yo« 
 have conceived to be in the common law whicr; { 
 would have choujlit,mort free from all fuch dy- 
 like. Spenfet's Stute of Ireiand, 
 
 „ If iron can he incorporated with flint or i^onc, 
 wi'-hout over great charge, or other iricommodit,^ 
 the cheapncfs doth make the compound ftu-ff pio- 
 fiiable, Jjacoft, 
 
 By confidering the region and the winds, one 
 mit;ht fo calf the rooms, whirh fliall moif net d 
 fire, that he (l)ould little ftai the i'aommc.iin of 
 fmoak, li'ocion^i .Archicetlutc. 
 
 Incomhunicaei'litv. n.f. [from /«- 
 cuminuriicakie.l The quality of not be- 
 ing impartible. 
 Incommunicable, adj. [ incommmiicabls, 
 
 French ; in znd. communicable.'] 
 1 . Not impartible ; not to be made the 
 common right, property, or quality of 
 more than eie. 
 
 They cannot atk more than 1 can give, may I 
 
 but rcftrve to myl'elf the iu. '^n-.municulil^cXKil of 
 
 my conlcieiicc. ^if^ Charta. 
 
 Light without daikncfs is the incommunii.Mt 
 
 claim of him that dweils m light inacc?lliblc, 
 
 Glanville, 
 
 It was agreed on both fides, that there was mi* 
 
 fupreme excellency, which was incommunicat/tXa 
 
 any creature, ' iHidingfut. 
 
 \
 
 I N C 
 
 }Z* Not to be expreflcd ;- not to be told. 
 Neither did h-^ treat them with thck peculiari- 
 ties t>f favour In tlic extr.ioidinaiy difcovcries of 
 tnc golpcl only, but alfo of Khiyic incommu'iicublc 
 revelations oi the divine love, in rcfcij:nte to 
 their own perianal iniereft in it. South. 
 
 iNCOMMU'NICAMLY. ildv, [froiTi tfJCOm- 
 
 mutiicabls.] Jii a manner not to be im- 
 parted or communicated. 
 
 To annihilate i$ both in rcafun, and by the 
 conUnt of dlVlllc^, as in:omm!t!iicably the ctic<it of 
 a power divine, and above nature, as is creation 
 itfclf. Hukeiv-.'i o'l VioviJemc. 
 
 Imoom Mu'nicating. adj, [//; and com 
 mutikaiin^.^ Having no intercourfe 
 with each other. 
 
 The judgments and adminiftrations of com- 
 mon juliice arc prcfcrved ivoxw th^t confufmn tl.at 
 would enlue, if the adminfftra;ion was by feve- 
 ral incoftrti 'in. eating iiands, or by provincial cf- 
 
 - tabliihini-iit^, llaU's Common Law. 
 Incompa'ct, \ adj. \_in zwA compn^.] 
 Incompa'cted. 3 Not joined; not co- 
 hering. 
 
 Salt, r.i/ thny, is the bafisof folidity and per- 
 manoiiey in compound bodies, without wiich the 
 othtr four elements might be varioully ulended, 
 but would rcni.Tin incowp't^ed B yU. 
 
 Inco'mp ARABLE, adj. [iticcmparciblci Fr. 
 in and comparahlc .] Excellent aboxt 
 compare ; excelltat beyond all com- 
 petition 
 
 My heart -would not futFcr me to omit any oc- 
 cafion, wheieby I m'ght make tne inc-^m^arublt 
 Pamela fee how much cxtraordina.y dcvuti^n I 
 bore lo her fervice. ^i.uny. 
 
 A moll- in.*,'.npiitabU man, brcath'd as it were 
 To an until. d)ic and contuiuatf gojdneS. S'iukjj\ 
 
 Her wordi do lh».w her wit irt^ompiirub/e. 
 
 Slij^jpiare^i licnry vi. 
 Now this ra.iik 
 Was cried incomparabi-.y and ih' enluing night 
 ^lade it a fool and begg;ii. Hhakfpearc. 
 
 If I could leave this argument of ytmr incom- 
 
 - faiable beauty, i might turn to one wliich would 
 equally oppicfs me with its grcatueis. DnUfu 
 
 Inco'mparably. adv, [from incompara- 
 bh.] 
 
 1, Beyond comparifon ; without compe- 
 tition. 
 
 A founder it had, whom I think !rtcompa\ab'y 
 the wiftrt man that ever the French church did 
 enjoy, fmce the hour it enjoyed iiim. Hooker. 
 
 Self-prcfcrv;ition will oblige a man voluntarily 
 to undergo any lefs evil, to fecure himfelf but 
 ^ from the probability of an evil iHcof?:jiarab''y 
 greater. South. 
 
 2, Excellently; to the highell degree. A 
 low phrafc. 
 
 There are the heads of Antoninus Pius, the 
 Fdulhnas, and Marcus Aurelius, all incomparii- 
 h!y well cut. Addi^an on Italy. 
 
 Incom pa'ssionate. adj.. \\n and com- 
 paJjtQnatc,~\ V oid of pity ; void of ten- 
 dernefs. 
 
 Incompatici'lity. /;, f, [properly in- 
 competib'dity ; in and cnnptto^l^-AUn.^ Jn- 
 conlilicncy of one tiling with anotlier. 
 
 He oveicame ti-.at natural inccmpaid-iiify, 
 vhich hath been noted between the vulgar and the 
 
 *rO*>vtieign f.ivour. IJ'ottori. 
 
 ^VThe rcafcn of the ftrefs rclVs not upon the in- 
 tempi. tibilify of excefs of one infinitude above 
 arvpthcr, either in intention or extenfion ; but 
 the tn<,<jm^ctibdhy of any multitude to be infinite. 
 
 Tnc O M P A 't 1 n L r . adj, [tncompailhle, Fr. 
 rather inconiuiihle^ as it is fometimts 
 written ; in imd compciOy Latin.] 
 
 I, Inconllflcnt with fomcthing elfe ; fuch 
 »s cannot Cublilt or eauiiot be poITvilcd 
 
 I N c 
 
 togctlicr wiili fometliiiig elfe : it is fol- 
 lowed by nuiih. 
 
 Fortune and love have ever been {oincimpalihtr, 
 
 tliat it is no wonder, madam, if, having had fo 
 
 niiicli of the one for you, I have ever found fo 
 
 litUe of tlie other for in> ftlf. Suctli'ig. 
 
 May not tlie outwaid cxpreffions of love in 
 
 many good c'iiiiHiaiis be grcatir to fome other 
 
 objtit th.ni to God? Or is ibis iiicoKpttille wiiA 
 
 the (incirity of the love of God? Hunmo'ul. 
 
 VVt know thole coloiiis whicli have a fiicndlliip 
 
 Willi each other, aiidthule which are inccmf'otihlif 
 
 by muing toijcther [hole colours of which we 
 
 would make trial. Drydin. 
 
 Scnfc I have proved to be ir.cdmfatihtc iwlli 
 
 mere bodies, even tliofe of the moit compound 
 
 and elaborate textures. BcniUy. 
 
 2. It is ufcd fomotimis with to. 
 
 The repugnancy of iutinitude is equally iftcuri- 
 p<t:&/c' to continued or fucteirive motion, and de- 
 pends upon the incoinpofiibility of things fuc- 
 ceffive with inlinitude. Ualc. 
 
 Incomp.'V'tibly. aJv. [for incompet'tlly ; 
 
 from incompalllh.'\ InconfilU'iitly. 
 Inco'mpetency. n. f. [incompcUnce,ll:\-. 
 from iiicomf-etent.'] Inability; want of 
 adequate ability or qualification. 
 
 Gurnet being able to difcern the motion of a 
 fli idow of a dl.tl-plaCc, or that of the index upon 
 a clock, ought to make us fcnfible of the buum- 
 ^ictcncy u\ our eyes to difcern fome motions of 
 natural bodies incomparably flower thauthcfe. 
 
 Boyk 
 Inco'mpetent. ad], [///and compe:ent.\ 
 Not fultable ; not adequate ; not pro- 
 portionate. In the civil law it denotes 
 fame dc-fedl of right to do any thing. 
 
 Richard i ii. had a icfolution, out of hatred to 
 
 his brethren, to difable tljcir iirues, upon falle 
 
 and itKom^clcnt pretext, the one of attainder, the 
 
 other o^ ilk'gitiination. Euoi. 
 
 Every fpeck does not blind a man, nor does 
 
 every infirmity make one unable to difcern, or 
 
 iricompetetU to reprove, the groifer faults of others. 
 
 Govt'rntf!£//t of the Tongue. 
 
 I thank you for the commiffion you have givtn 
 
 me: how 1 have acquitted myfelf of it mull be 
 
 left to the opinion of the vi-orld, in fpight of any 
 
 pioiclfation which I can enter againlf the prefen.t 
 
 age, as incompetent or corrupt judges. Drydcn 
 
 Laymen, with equal advantages of parts, are 
 
 not the moll ifito'r.peterjt judges of facred things. 
 
 Dry.ieti. 
 An equal attraftion on all fides of all matter, 
 is jult coual to no attraijfion at all ; and by this 
 means all iht motion in the univerfe mulf pro- 
 ceed from external impuKe alone, which is an /«- 
 co—.^etent caule for the formation of a woiid. 
 
 B^ntlty. 
 Inco'mpetently. adv. [from mcompe- 
 
 tcnt.'\ Urifuitably ; unduly. 
 Incomple'te. «</♦. \]n.'S.'Ciii. complete. ~\ Not 
 perftft ; not finifhed. 
 
 It pleal'cth him in mvrcy to account himfelf 
 incomptetCf and maimed without os--. Hooker. 
 
 In itteom^iete ideas we are apt to impofe on oui - 
 felves, and wrangle with others, efpecially where 
 they have particular and familiar names. Locke. 
 Incomple'teness. n.f. [from inconipkte.] 
 Imperf'cftion ; unflniftied ilate. 
 
 Tnc inromplctetttp of our I'eraphick lover's hap- 
 
 pinefs, in his fruitions, proceeds not I'lum their 
 
 want of fatisfattorinefs, but of an intne pof- 
 
 fertion. Boyle. 
 
 Incompli'.^NCe. ti- f. [/// and comt>Uance.'\ 
 
 1 . Uiitradablenefs ; imprafticablenefii ; 
 contradictious temper. 
 
 Self-conceit ya'oducrs pcevifhnefs and inctim- 
 flicmi.: of humour in things lawful and inriiffe- 
 yeiit. TiUolJoil. 
 
 2. Rffiifal of compliance. 
 
 Cunfulcr the valt difproportion between the 
 worlt uiconvuiicncics thai taujUtud our iiMm- 
 
 3 
 
 I N C 
 
 fliatiet with nnen, and the cternil difpltafiitr tf ' 
 an od'ended God. Rc^en. 
 
 Incomi'o'seu. ai/i. [in and compofcd.'} 
 Dilluibed ; diicompoftd ; difordtrcd. 
 Not much ufed. 
 
 Somewhat ific^>mpcjed rhey arc in tiicir trim- 
 ming, and cxluordinaiy tender of their young 
 0K-. ifotue/. 
 
 Incompossibi'lity. n. f. [from incom- 
 pnjJU'U.'l Qn^alily of being not podiblo 
 but by the negation or deliruclion of 
 fomething ; iiiconfillency with fome- 
 thing. 
 
 The manifold incompoJfihilities^nA lubricities of 
 maticr cannot have the lame fitncffes in any ma- 
 dification. Mare. 
 
 Though the repugnancy of inlinitudc lie 
 cquahy inconipetible to continued or fucccflive 
 motion, and dcj^^ends upon the ittcompi'JfibiUiy of 
 the very nature of things fuccelfivc or cxtcn- 
 five with infinitude, yet that inoinp'^ffibiliiy is 
 rriore conlpieuous in difcretc quantity, that 
 aiifcth from individuals already adually diftin- 
 guilhed. l-l file's Otigin of ManVtmi. 
 
 ] NcoMPo'ssiBLE. adj. \jn, cm., and ^of- 
 fil'le.} Not poffiblc together ; not puf- 
 
 lible but by the negation of fomethiiig 
 
 elfe. 
 
 iNCOMPREHENSrSl'LITV. «. f. [incom- 
 
 preboifibU'ite, French ; from tncomprehen- 
 
 fihk.\ Unconceiveableneis ; fupcriority 
 
 to human underllanding. 
 
 In'compk ehe'nsible. aJj. \incowp;-c- 
 
 heiifihle, French; iti 3inA comprcheiifiHe.^ 
 
 1. Not to be conceived; not to be fully 
 unacrftood. 
 
 His precepts tend to the improving and per- 
 feifliiig the molf valuable part of us, and annex- 
 ing iueomprehciijible rewartis as an eternal weight 
 of glory. IJiimmond. 
 
 Stars that feem to roU 
 Spaces ineompi ehtnftble . Miltnn. 
 
 One thing more is i/icomprthenfihic in this matter. 
 
 Locke. 
 The laws of vegetation and propagation are 
 the arbitrary plcafnre of God, and may vary iu 
 manners incomprehenfibh to oui imaginations. 
 
 Bcniley. 
 
 2. Not to be contained. Not ufed. 
 Pretence every where is the fequel of an infi- 
 nite and incompniuiijibte fubltance ; for what can 
 be every where but that which can no where be 
 comprehended? Hooiir^ 
 
 Incomprehe'xsibleness. n. /. [from 
 incomprehenjii/e.} Unconceivablencfs. 
 
 I might argue from God's ijicomprehet.fiblencfi .* 
 if we could believe nothing bat what we have 
 ideas of, it would be impoHiblc for us to believe 
 God is incomprehcnfible. IVatts. 
 
 Incomprehe'nsibly. adv. [from /"nct?//- 
 prcktnJihJs.'l In a manner not to be 
 conctivtd. 
 
 We cannot but be affured that the God, of 
 whom and from whom arc all thiugs, is incowptc' 
 
 Kfiily infinite. Loch:. 
 
 Incompre'ssible. adj. [incompre^tlde, 
 French; in and compre/J^i/e.2 Not ca- 
 pable of being comprcd'ed into Icfs fpace. 
 Haidncfs is the rcaloii why water is ItiiorK' 
 prejjihic, when the air lodged in it is exhauficd. 
 
 67/ r) ne. 
 
 Incompp.essiei'litv. n.f. [from incom- 
 
 fiejfikle.\ Incapacity to be fquceztd 
 
 into Icfs room. 
 
 Incdncu RRiNG. adj. [ill and concur.] 
 
 Not concurring. 
 
 They derive etJ'eifts not only from tncDncurrtng 
 caulcs, but things devoid ut all itBcicncy.
 
 I N.C 
 
 ' Ivconce'alable. aJj.\_in and wkcm/.] ' 
 Not to be hid ; not to be kept fecret. 
 
 The incar.ceahbU impeifeflions of ouifclves 
 wi!l hourly prompt us our corruption, and loudly 
 tell us we arc fons of earth. BroiL-n. 
 
 IsconCe'ivable. adj. [inconceivable, 
 French; in 2inA conce'iTabl-.] Incompre- 
 henfible ; not to be conceived by the 
 
 mind. 
 
 Such are ChrilVs promifes, divine I'^fo"- 
 tri-jcMe promifes ; a blifs to be enjoyed to all 
 etcrniry, and that by way of return for a weak 
 obedience of fomc few years. H.imir.m:. 
 
 It 15 inconaivahle to me, that a fpiiitual ftib- 
 ftance (liould reprcfcnt an extended figure. Lwke. 
 How two ethers can be dift'ufed through all 
 fuace, one of which afls upon the other, and by 
 eonfequence is reaflcd upon, without retarding, 
 fhattermg, difperfing, and confounding one ano- 
 ther's motions, is inconccivabk. jWio.'OH'i Opt. 
 Ikconce'ivably. adnj. [from inconceiv- 
 able ] In a manner beyond comprehen- 
 fion ; to a degree beyond human com- 
 
 prchenljon. 
 
 Does that m.in take a rational courfe to pre- 
 feivc himfelf, who refufes the endurance of thofe 
 Icffer troubles, to fecure himfelf from a condition 
 inconceivably more raifciable? S'Mth. 
 
 Inconce'ptible. adj. [in and conceplille ; 
 conceptus, Lat.] Not to be conceived ; 
 incomprehenlible; inconceivable. Not 
 
 uled. 
 
 It is inconctptlhle how any fuch man, that hath 
 
 ftoud the Ihock of an eternal duration without 
 
 corruption, (hould af;cr be corrupted. HnU. 
 
 Inconclu'dent. adj. [in and concludens, 
 
 Latin.] Inferriiig no confeqiience. 
 
 The depofnions of witneffes tuenifelves, as 
 being falfe, various, contrariant, fingle, encori- 
 thJent. 4v.'#'i I'<7rf>j;5«. 
 
 Inconclu'sive. adj. [in znd i-oiiclujive.] 
 Not enforcing any determlnatioii of the 
 mind ; not exhibiting cogent evidence. 
 
 Ikconclu'sivelv.Wi'. [hominconc^ifve.] 
 Without any fuch evidence as deter- 
 mines the underftanding. 
 
 Inconclu'siveness. n. f. [from incon- 
 clujive.'] Want of rational cogency. 
 
 A man, unfkilful in fyllogifm, at hrft hearing, 
 could perceive the weaHnefs .ind irccncbfi-venrfi 
 of a long, artifici.ll, and plaufible dilconrfe, 
 wherewith fomc others, better (killed in fyllogifm, 
 have been raided. Lictt. 
 
 Incosco'ct. 7 adj. [in and concoc!.^ 
 
 Inconco'cted. 1 Unripened ; Immature ; 
 not fully digefted. 
 
 While the body, to be convened and altered, 
 is too ftrimg for the efficient that Ihould convert 
 it it is all that while crude and !!icoi::i£l ; ;vnd 
 the proccfs is to be called crudity and inconcoc- 
 
 ,joi, Bacm'i Njlur.i/ H'JIory. 
 
 I underftand, remember, rvnd reafon better in 
 my riper years, th.in when I was a child, and 
 had my organical parts lefs digclted and ;«««■ 
 fcacil. link's O.igin of MankinA. 
 
 IscoNCo'cTioN-. n. f. [from inconcocl.] 
 The ftate of being indigefted ; untipe- 
 rcfs ; immaturity. 
 
 The middle adlion, which produceth fuch im- 
 perfecf bodies, is fitly called iiiquin.ition, or in- 
 concoah'i, which is a' kind of putrcf.i£tion. 
 
 Bjcoii'i Ntitiiuil Hljlory. 
 
 Whik the body, to be converted and altered, 
 is too ftrong for tlr efficient that Ihould conveit 
 it, it is all tnat while crude and inconcofl j and 
 the procei's is to be called crudity and incomcc- 
 jy„„ Bucon'i Nituial Uijiciy, 
 
 Inco'ndite. adj. Hncondiius, Lat.] Ir- 
 regular ; rude ; unpohthcd. 
 
 I N e 
 
 Now fportive youth 
 Carol incmdite rhymes with fuiting notes, 
 And quaver inharmonious. P/!:l:ps. 
 
 Incondi'tion.\l. ad/, [in and condi- 
 tional.} Having no esception,limitation, 
 or ftipulation. 
 
 From that which is but true in a qualified 
 fenfe, an inconditional and abfolute vciity is in- 
 ferred. Bn-.ut:. 
 Incondi'tion.ate. adj. [in and con- 
 dition.] Not limited ; not reftrained by 
 any conditions ; abfolute. 
 
 They alcribe to God, in relation to every man, 
 an eternal, unchangeable, and inconditianate de- 
 cree of cle£lion or reprobation. Boyle. 
 Inconfo'rmitv. «. f. [»J and confor- 
 mity. ] Incompliance with the praftice 
 of others. 
 
 We have thought their opinion to be, that 
 utter inconfonr.ity with the clairch of Rome was 
 not an extremity whereunto we Ihould be drawn 
 for a time, bur the very mediocrity Itfelf where- 
 in they meant we (hould ever continue. Holier. 
 Inconfu'sion. n./. [in and coi'fi'fion.] 
 Diftinftnefs. Not ufed. 
 
 The caufe of the confufion in founds, and the 
 iriconfufion in fpecies vifihle, is, for that the light 
 workcth in right lines, and fo tiicre cm be no co- 
 incidence in the eye ; but founds that move in 
 oblique and aicuatc lines, mult needs encounter 
 and dirturb the one the other. B^ion. 
 
 Inco'ngruence. n. f. [in and congru- 
 ence. ] Unfuitablenefs ; want of adap- 
 tation. 
 
 Humidity is but rel.itivc, and depends upon 
 the congriiity or inccfigruencc o^ the component 
 particles of the liquor to the pores of the bodies 
 it touches. Boyle. 
 
 Incongru'itv. n. f. [incongrnite, Fr. 
 from incongruous.] 
 
 1. Unfuitablenefs of one thing to another. 
 
 The f.ithers ra.rke ufe of this .icknowledge- 
 irent of the irtcorigruily of images to the Deity, 
 from thence to prove the incongruity of the wor- 
 (hip of them. Stil'ingflcet 
 
 2. Inconfillency ; inconfequcnce 9 abfur- 
 dity ; impropriety. 
 
 To avoid .nhiurdities and incongrxiiia, is the 
 fame law efoblilhcd for both arts : the painter is 
 not to paint a cloud at the bottom of a piiture, 
 nor the poet to plice what is proper to the end 
 in the beginning of a poem. J?ryMri 
 
 Difagrtement of parts ; want of fym- 
 
 3- 
 
 metry. 
 
 She whom after what form foc'cr we I'ce, 
 Is difcord and rude incongruity ; 
 She, (he is dead, (he 's dead. Donne. 
 
 Inco'ngruous. adj. [incongru, French; 
 in and congruous.] 
 
 1. Unfuitable ; not fitting. 
 
 Wifer lieathens condemned the wor(hip of God 
 as inargruous to a diviee nature, and a ditpa- 
 ragemcnt to the deity. Sidling fiect. 
 
 2. Inconfiftent; abfurd, 
 Isco'ngruouslv. adv. [from incongru- 
 ous.] Improperly ; unfitly. 
 
 Inconne'xedly. adv. [in and conncx.] 
 Without any connexion or depe'ndance. 
 
 Little ufed. 
 
 Others afcribed hereto, as a caufe, what per- 
 haps but cafually or inconnexedly fucceeds. 
 
 Broiun. 
 
 Inco'nscionable. adj. [in and confcion- 
 al'le.] Void of the' fenfe of good and 
 evil ; without influence of confcience. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 So incr.nfcionalh are thefe common people, and 
 fo little feeling have thsyof Cod, or their own 
 fouls good. Sfenjtr. 
 
 I N C 
 
 iNCo'sSECiyENCE. «. /. [inconfequcnce, 
 French; incorfequentia, Latin.] Incon- 
 clufivenefs; wantof juft inference. 
 
 Tnis he bellows the name of many failacifs 
 upon ; and runs on with (hewing the i:.czr.fe- 
 ^umce of it, as though he did in earneft believe 
 it were an imprrtiticnt anfwcr. Stillingficit. 
 
 Inco'nsequent. adj. [in and confequens, 
 Lat.] Without juft conclufion ; with- 
 out regular inference. 
 
 The gr.jund lie affanics is unfound, and his 
 illation horn thence deduced incor.jtqueni. 
 
 liiike'luill on BryviJence. 
 Men reil not in falfe apprelienlions without ab- ' 
 furd and inconpqucnt deductions fiom fallacious 
 four^'ations, and mifapprehended mediunisy 
 erecting conclufiuns no way inferrible from 
 their piemifcs. Broiun' i Vuig. Err. 
 
 Inconsi'deradle. adj. [/« and confi~ 
 derahle] L^nworthy of notice; unim- 
 portant ; mean ; of little value. 
 
 1 am an inconfulcrahle fellow, and know no- 
 thing. Dakam. 
 The mod inconfdei able of creatures may at 
 fome time or other come to revenge itfelf upon 
 the greatelf. L' Ejlrangc. 
 Calling my eyes upon the ants, continually 
 taken up with a ttiuutaiid cares, very inconji.le- 
 rniic with relpeift to us, but of the greatclt im- 
 portance for them, they appeared to me worthy 
 of my curiofity. Addiftm. 
 May not planets and comets perform ttieir 
 motions more freely, and with lefs refinance, in 
 this ethereal medium than in any rtuid, which 
 tills all fpnce adequately without leaving any 
 pores, and by conlequence is much denfer than 
 quickfilvcr or gold? And may not its refiftancc 
 be fo fmall as to be inconftdcrab'i ? Nc^iton. 
 If we were under any real fear of the 
 papifts, it would be hard to think us fo ftupid 
 not to be equally apprchenfive with others, fines 
 we are likely to be the greatcft fuiferers ; but we 
 look upon them to be altogether as inconfiderable 
 as the women and children. Sivift, 
 Let no fin appear fmall or inconjiderable by 
 which an almighty God is oft'ended, and eternal 
 falvation endangered. Rogcri. 
 Inconsi'derableness. n. f. [from in- 
 conf.derable.] Small importance. 
 
 To thofe who are thoroughly convinced of the 
 inconjiderabltncfs of this (liort dying life, in com- 
 parifon of that eternal (late which remains foe 
 us in another life, the confideration of a future 
 happinefs is the molt powerful motive. Tilhifin, 
 From the confideration of our own fmallncfs 
 and incanfidcrablcntfs, in refpeft of the greatnefs 
 and fplendor of heavenly bodies, let us with the 
 holy pfalmift raife up our hearts. Ray. 
 
 Inconsi'derate. adj. [incovjldere, Fr. 
 inconfideratus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Cartlefs ; thoughtlefs ; negligent; in- 
 attentive ; inadvertent : ufed both of 
 men and things. 
 
 When thy inconfiderate hand 
 Flings ope this cafement witli my trembling name. 
 Then think this name alive, and that thou thus 
 In It otfend'lf my genius. Donne. 
 
 If you lament it. 
 That which now looks like juflicc, will be 
 
 thought 
 
 An inconfiderate rafhncfs. Denftam*5 Sophy, 
 
 It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, 
 
 that there (houldbc any fo inconfiderate ^mov\gij^ 
 
 as to faciifice morality to politicks. Adcipin, 
 
 2. Wanting due regard: with of before 
 the fubjeft. 
 
 He who l.iid down his life for the redert^tion of 
 the tranfgrdiions, wh.ich weie under 'the firft 
 Tertament, cannot be fo inconfiderate' of our 
 
 fiailties. 
 Inconsi'deratei.y 
 Jiderate. ] 
 inattentively. 
 
 adv. 
 Negligently ; 
 
 Dfcay'cf Piety. 
 
 [ from iiicon' 
 thoiightlefsly ;
 
 1 N C 
 
 .TKeklnp, ttan'pwtcci wiih juS wr.ulij irrin. 
 fi.'.crMt'i fighiing and (jucipitatliii; llic chiirjc hc- 
 t'oic liii wli <ic lumiLcis caiui: up, was (lain in the 
 j.urfuit. Uac<:i 
 
 JgCcpli was delighted with Mariamne's convcr- 
 fation, and cndi.avuuad with all his art tut'i^l uuc 
 the excels of Herod's p-iffioii lor hcrj but when 
 he Ifill lou'-.d her cold and incre'dulous, he in- 
 tKiJidir^tdi t>yid her the private orders he left 
 behind. .-UlifuK 
 
 Incohsi'olkateness. ;.'./. [from/"/!i««- 
 Jidcratc.'\ Caiclefncls ; thougUtltflncfs ; 
 ~ negligence; want of thought; iriad- 
 vc'ilcnce ; inattention. 
 . If men do knowrnd believe tJiat there is fuch 
 a being as God, nut to demean ouifelves to- 
 wards him, as becomes our relation to him, is. 
 great (tupidity inA inccnfuUralciiefs. 1 iihifv\. 
 
 IfiCONSl dkra'tion. n, f. [Incotijiikra- 
 lion. ¥u' in and cort/idcraiioii.l \V ant of 
 thought ; inattention ; inadvertence. 
 
 S. Greguiy reckons uncleaiintfs to be the 
 parent of tlinrinels of mind, incunjidcr.ithn, 
 jMccipitancy or giddinefs iii ae'^ioiis, and I'eif- 
 \jve. T^y!or. 
 
 iKCONSf'STEMCE. ) tt. f. [from i/itOrt- 
 
 I^■CONSl'sTENCY. 5 /iP^P'-] 
 
 I. Such oppofition as that one piopofition 
 
 infers the negation of the other ; inch 
 
 contrariety that both cannot be together. 
 
 Thcie is a peifeit incorrjijiciuy beliutcn that 
 
 which is of debt, and that which is of free gift. 
 
 S. Abfurvlity in argument or narration ; 
 argument or narrative, where one part 
 deliroys the other ; fclf-contradidiou. 
 
 J. Incongriu'ty. 
 
 Mutai.iiity of temper, and imonjijiency tvil/i 
 ouileUei, IS trie greatelt wcaitnels ol human na- 
 tuie. ^lUiftjfi. 
 
 If a man would regiftcr all his opinions upon 
 love, politicks, religion, and learning, what a 
 hinullc of incitfijiencici and contradictions would 
 appc.ir at l.ili ! Siuiff. 
 
 4. Unik-adinefs ; changeablenefa. 
 .Tnconsi'stent. edj. [in m\d conJjfunC .'\ 
 I. Incompatible ; not fuitable ; uicongru- 
 cus: followed by tvith. 
 
 Finding no kind of compliance, burlbarii pro- 
 Jeifations againll the dcmajids, as inconjijicnt -with 
 conlcience, jullicc, or religion, the confcuncc 
 broke off. CiurtirJon. 
 
 . Compofitions of this n.ature, when tr.us re- 
 
 trained, (hew that wifdom and virtue aic f.ir 
 from being inconjijteHt iviik politcncl's and good 
 humour. .-LiJifi'i' t Firch'J.icr 
 
 3. Contrary, fo ai that one infers 
 the negation or deltruftiou of the 
 other. 
 
 The idea of an infinite fpace or duration is 
 veiy obfcure and confined, bccaufe it is made uj) 
 t>l two parts very didcrent, it nui jiico»J:jtc/tf 
 
 Lirke. 
 
 3. Abftird ; having parts of whltli one de- 
 
 Itrovs the other, 
 i NcoNsi'sTENTLY. ad-o. [from incnn- 
 J:J}i:nt.'[ Abfurdly ; ir.congruoiidy ; with 
 iclf-con tradition. 
 Tkconsi'sting. ad;. \)n and conjljl.^ 
 I\ot confillent ; incompatible with. Not 
 "%fed. 
 
 The perfons andaif^ions of a farce are all un- 
 T^atnral, and the manners falfe j that is, incon- 
 fipi'ifi, \\ ith the chaiadfcrs of mankind. Dry.Un. 
 I:.co'n8olable. adj. [iiiconfolath, Fr. in 
 and conf(.le.'\ Not to be comforted ; lor- 
 rowful beyond fufceptibility of com- 
 fort. 
 
 Her women will reprcfent to me that flic is 
 i.ii-j'i'oUih/t, hy rcafou of Biy unkiudjiefs. <-ijJij'.i. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 I N C 
 
 Tliry take plcifutc in an ol^ftinitte §rii:t*, in 
 reijck-ritiij cltcniftlvcs inafifoUiblc. FiMifk' Serm. 
 
 I.vco'nsokancy. fl, f. [/n and cmfo- 
 
 namy,^ Dlfagrccmcnt with ilfclf. 
 iNcoNsri'cuoua. adj?. [in zxmI cvufficu- 
 vus,'\ Indifccmlblc j not perceptible by 
 tltc ijght. 
 
 When .ui esctllent cxpciinientcr had taken 
 pains in accuinlcly iilliiijj up a cube of mercury, 
 wc found th;ii yci tlierc rccu.HiiicU ttoic of imon- 
 JpicuQui buLblca. Boyle. 
 
 Inco'nstancy. n. f. [Inconftantla^ Lat. 
 
 mcvnjhmcst Fr. from inccfijlarit.] 
 I. Uiiflciidiricfs ; waut of Ucady adherenct; 
 
 nujtahlliLy of temper or affection, 
 I li:ive fuffcixd moic tor tlicii t".ik,cs, more tlnn ' 
 
 the vilUiiuus j>iro;i/;ufli^ of mauisablc to bcjr 
 
 Bo nude the m:iilv 
 For all the pcoplc'-s hate, the princefs' curfeS| 
 And hiii I'ou'a ug*.', or the old king's i/iionjl.i'icy. 
 
 Irrefolutioa on the fohcmes of life whicli oft'ci 
 to our choice, ^wA incgnjiancy in purfuiiig them, ' 
 ar« the gieutclt caufcs of a!l our unhappincr:^. 
 
 AdAifun* \ Si cciai(,. . 
 z, Dlvtrfity; dlflimilitiitie. 
 
 A'i much iKconJlancy :ind ccmfufion is there in 
 their mixtures or combinutian^ j foi it is rare to 
 iind niiy of them pure and unmixt. iVmdiiwrd. 
 
 INCONSTANr. adj. {incovjlant, Fr. 
 incdiijlans, Lat.] 
 
 1. Not lirm in refohitlon ; not flcady in 
 affcdlion ; various of inclination ; want- 
 ing perfeveiance : of perfons. 
 
 He is fo natiiially ineii'ijlant^ that 1 marvel his 
 foul fi.lds not fume vi^^j to kill his body. Sidney. 
 
 2. Changeable; mutable; variable: of 
 things. 
 
 O Iwear not by the moon, th* incvKjJant moon, 
 That monthly ch:ingcs in her circled orb, 
 Left that thy love prove likewif« variable. Shiikf, 
 
 IifcoNsu'Nf AHLK. adj. [^imni confume.'] 
 Not to be wafted. 
 
 By art were wcaved napkini, (hirtJ, nnd coat?, 
 in'orifiitnahk by fire, and wiiciein ttiry burnt the 
 bodies of kings. Broivn. 
 
 Inconsu'mptible. adj.\in7Lnieonfnmpius, 
 Latin.] Not to be fpcnt ; not to be 
 brought to an end ; not to be deftroyed 
 by fire. This feems a more elegant 
 word than inconfumable. 
 
 Before 1 gii'e any anfwcr to this ohjeiition of 
 pretended inconfumptil>U ligtus, I would gladly 
 lee the ctTctil undoubtedly proved. Vij^hy. 
 
 Inconte'stadlk. ndj. \iac(>iitejlak!e, Fr. 
 
 in and ccitlrjl.'\ Not to be difpnten ; 
 
 not adniittiiig debate ; uncontrovertible. 
 Ourownl'eing furnilhcs us with an evident 
 
 zr\A ircontfJUthle pi oof of a deity; and I believe no 
 
 body can avoid the coi^ency tji ir, wlio will carc- 
 
 billy attend to it. Lode. 
 
 iNCONTE'sTABtr. adv. \i\-om'incotite/la- 
 
 tlc.'\ Lidifputably ; uncontrovertibly. 
 Inconti'gwous. adj. \jn and contiguous.'] 
 
 Not touching each other ; not joined 
 
 together, 
 ihey feeincd part of fmall bracelets, confifting 
 
 of equally little //:e«.'/r/^w<:.v5 be-iris. Boyle. 
 
 Inco NTiNENCE. \n.J. [incoritinenlia,'Lat. 
 Inco'ntisency. ^ in and continence.] 
 Inability to reflrain the appetites ; un- 
 challity. 
 
 Tne cognizance of her ineont/7:e»ry 
 Is this ; ihe hath bouglit the name of whore thus 
 deally. Siakf^cait 
 
 Put hiauty, like (he fair Hcfpeiian tree, 
 Laden with blooming guld, had npcd tlic guard 
 
 I N C 
 
 Of dragoil-Wjfcli with uninclianlcd eye. 
 To fne her blofToms, and defend her fiaiit 
 From the lafli hand of hold inoniimrue. Milt, 
 
 This is my defence ; 
 1 pleas'd myfelf, I (hunn'd inctitjnencr, 
 And, uig'd by ftroiig defi.-cs, indulg'd my fenfe, 
 
 Drydeit. 
 
 The words finr vrjie Diatnm agree better with 
 
 Livi.i, who had tne lame of chadity, than willi 
 
 cither of the Julias, who were both no'ed of f'l- 
 
 continence. Ihydrn, 
 
 Incontinent, adj. [ixccntincns, Lat. in 
 and conllnmt. ] 
 
 1. Unchnfte; indulging unlawful pleafure. 
 
 In thefe degrees have thev made a^pair of 
 flair, to mariijgc, which they will c iinb incon- 
 liiicnt, or elfc be incintinrit before marriage. 
 
 SJrakfpftire^s ^U yju like it. 
 
 Men (ball be lovers of tiicir o\vi\ felvcs, f.ilfe 
 acvuJcri, i'lcontincntf fierce. 2 Titn. 
 
 2. Shunning delay ; imincdiate. This is 
 a meaning now obfolete. 
 
 They ran towards the f.ir rebounded noifc, 
 To weet what wight fo loudly did lament ; 
 Unto the place they came incontinent. Fairy ^, 
 
 Come, inouin with me for what I do lament. 
 And put on fullen black incintiniHi. Shakfp, 
 
 He fays he will return incontinent. Sitji/p 
 
 Inco'ntinently. adv. [from inconlitunl] 
 
 1. Unchaftely; without rcdraint of the 
 appetites. 
 
 2. Im'-'.ediately ; at once. An obfolete 
 fenfe. Speiif-r. 
 
 The caule of this war is no other than th.it 
 we- will not inciutinently fuhmit ourfelves to our 
 neighbours. Hnyivard, 
 
 Incontinently I left M.idrid, and have been 
 dogged and waylaid through (eveial nation*, 
 
 .Arhuthnot and I'cpe, 
 
 iNCONTROVE'RTiBtE. adi. [in and con- 
 trovertilde.] Indifputable ; not to be 
 difpiited. 
 
 rNcoNTROVE'iiTlBLy. adv. [from inon- 
 tyovertit/c] To a degree beyond con- 
 trovcrfy or difpute. 
 
 The Hebrew is incvntfTVertihly the primitive 
 
 and furf ft text to rely upon j and to prefcrve tlic 
 
 fame nncoiTupt, there hath been ufed the highcft 
 
 caution humanity could invent. BrtrtuS. 
 
 Tkconm'b'niince.') u. /. lir.cQnt>enientf 
 
 lNcoi,vK'ajB»cy. j French.] 
 
 1. Unfitnefe ; iuexpcdienca. 
 
 They pleid .-.gaiim the it.a'ivcniencf, not tift 
 linlawfuluels of popilb app.nel ; and agaiuil tha 
 -incom'C'iicnct, not the tiiilawfulusU of ccremonin 
 in burial. H.ttti, 
 
 2. Difadvantage ; caufe of unfafinefsj 
 difficulty, 
 
 Tlicie is a place upon the top of oiount .^tho» 
 
 ,Tbovc all cloudl of rain, or other inar.'jcnitmj, 
 
 Ritei^h') liijiory, 
 
 Man is liable to a great many imonvtriifnirt 
 eveiy moment, and is contJntndly unfecure cveji 
 of life itfelf. I'lHoifcn. 
 
 Ti.c i/uonvtrisi-.si of old age majweshim ii!t>- 
 pable of corporal pleafures. Dfydtti. 
 
 Would not t|uickncfs of fcnfation be an inn/it. 
 Vficnce to an animal, that jnull lie ftili whei> 
 chance lias once placed it } Lutl^c. 
 
 Confider the difproportion between the worfe 
 incunveniencsi that attend incompliance with 
 men, and the eternal difpleafure of God. Ro^cri. 
 
 We ate freed f.-om many i/jcir.^.eniinccs, and 
 we enjoy fevcr.il advanl.ages. .^iftrhury. 
 
 The things of another world, bring diAan^ 
 operate but laiiitly upon us : to lemedy this iifr 
 ron^itniciicy, we mult fretjuenlly revolve their 
 certainty aad importance. Atttrhury. 
 
 Inconve'nient. ad], {inconvenient, Ff". 
 
 in and coni'cnitns, Lat.] 
 I. incomaiodiousj difadvantageods. 
 6 i
 
 INC 
 
 They lean to their old cuftoms, though they 
 
 tc more unjuft, and more i'lconvcnUnt for ihc 
 
 com.uoil -'nple. Spenfer en helnnJ. 
 
 He kiio-.i= that to be inconvrnieit, which wc 
 
 hlfely think convenient for us. SmahiJgc 
 
 2. Unfit ; inexpedient. 
 
 We aic nj. lo loot; -nat the church fliould 
 change her pul-lick laws, although it ch,inc< 
 that for fome pariiciilar nici t!.c fame he four.ci 
 inm-uciii£,:t, efpecially \.-hc;i i..-.e may be othf; 
 remedy r.gamrt particular inconveniences. HooM. 
 Inconve'nieNtly. adv. [ixominconve- 
 nietit.'} 
 
 1. Unfitly; incommodioufly. 
 
 2. Unfeafonably. _ J'tnfwarih- 
 Incoxve'rsable. aJj. \ln and conver- 
 
 fable.'] Incommunicativt; ; ill qualified 
 "by temper for converfation ; uulbclal. 
 He is a peiTon \'ery incjivcjahU. Maie. 
 
 lucoNVE'RTiBLE.fliJ)'. [in sxid. Convertible.'] 
 Not tranfmutabk ; incapable of change. 
 It entercth not the veins, but takcth leave of 
 the permeant parts, and accompinieth tlie in- 
 cnnvcrtihld portion unto the fiegc. B'o-irn. 
 
 Inconvi'n CIBLE. adj. \_in and cotivinciblc] 
 Not to be convinced ; not capable of 
 convifllon. 
 Inconvi'ncibly. adv. [from inconvm- 
 aik.] Without admitting conviftion. 
 It is injurious unto knowledge obftinately 
 ■ and inconvincihly to fide with any one. Brswn. 
 Inco'ny. adj. [perhaps from in and conn, 
 to know.] 
 
 1 . Unlearned ; artlefs. This fenfe is un- 
 certain! 
 
 2. In Scotland it denotes mifchicToufly 
 unlucky : as, he is an incony fellow. 
 This feems to be the meaning of Shatf- 
 
 fcare. 
 
 O my troth, moft fwcet jefts, moft incony vul- 
 gar wit, 
 When it comes fo fmoothly off. Skakfpeare. 
 
 Inco'rporal. adj. [in and corporal.'] 
 Immaterial ; dlftinft from matter ; dif- 
 tinft from body. 
 
 Why do'fl thou bend thine eye on vacancy, 
 ^nd with th' incorporal air do'll hold difcouife r 
 
 Shakfpca'-c. 
 
 Learned men have not refolved us whether 
 
 light be corporal or incorporal : corporal they fay 
 
 it cannot be, becaufe then it would neither 
 
 pierce the air, nor folid diaphonous bodies, and 
 
 yet every day we fee the air iliightencd: incor. 
 
 foral it cannot be, becaufe fonictimes ic affeflcth 
 
 the fight with offence. Ralagh. 
 
 Incorpora'lity. n. /. [incorporalite, 
 
 Fr. from incorporal.] Immaterialnefs ; 
 
 diflinftnefs from body. 
 
 Inco'rporally. ad-v. [from incorporal.] 
 
 Without matter ; immaterially. 
 To INCO'RFOR.^TE. -v. a. [incorporer, 
 
 French.] 
 1. To mingle different ingredients fo as 
 they fhall make one mafs. 
 
 A fifteenth part of filver, iricorpnraU with 
 
 jold, will not be recovered, except you put a 
 
 greater quantity of filver to draw to it the lefs. 
 
 Bacon* i Natural Bijlory. 
 
 Who the ftt'elling clouds in bladders ties, 
 To mollify the ftubborn clods with rain, 
 And fcattcr'd duft incorporate again ? Sandy!. 
 a. To conjoin infcparably, as one body. 
 
 Villainous thoughts, Roderigo, when thefe 
 mutualities fo maiflial the way, hard at hand 
 comes the niafter and main cxercife, the inco-- 
 jiiraic cenclufion. Sh.ikjpta'e'i Othdlo. 
 
 By your leaves, you (hall not llay alone, 
 'TiU kioly chuich intor j.1,1 att two in one. 
 
 &ha\fptiire. 
 
 I N C 
 
 Upon my knees 
 I charm you, by thai great votV 
 Which did i/icotficiate and make us one. SAulf^. 
 
 Dca! h and 1 
 Are found eternal, and incorporate both. Mi'^on, 
 
 3. To form into a corporation, or body 
 polititf'k. In this fenfe they fay in Scot- 
 land, the incorporate trades in any com- 
 munity. 
 
 The apoftic affirmeth plainly of all men cliiif- 
 tinn, that he they Jews or gentiles, burid O'' 
 free, they are all incorporated mxo one company, 
 thev all make but one body, Hc-Ur. 
 
 Tlie fame is incorporate t with a majoialty, aiul 
 nameih burgctfesto parliament, Carciu. 
 
 4. To unite; to aflbciate. 
 
 It is Cafca, one incoi^oratr 
 To our attempts. Shalfp. y. Ca-fat . 
 
 Your moft grave belly was deliberate, 
 Not rafti, like his accufers, and thusanfwci'd ; 
 True is it, my incorporate friends, quoth he, 
 That I receive the general food at' firft, 
 Whicii you do live upon. Shakfp. Loilclanwi. 
 
 Tlic Romans did not fubdue a country to 
 put the inhabitants to fire and fwt>rd, but to 
 if/corporate them into their own co"tmMnily, 
 
 u-jdji fori' i FrtehoUhr. 
 
 5. To work into another mafs. 
 
 All this learning is ignoble and mechanical 
 among them, and the Confutian only cffential 
 and incorporate in their government. Temple. 
 
 6. To embody ; to give a material form, 
 
 Courtcfy, that feemed incorporated in his 
 heart, would not be perfuaded by danger to otfer 
 any offence. Sidnfy. 
 
 The idolaters who worfliippcd their images as 
 
 gods, J"uppored fomc fpirit to be inco-p^rated 
 
 theiein, and fo to n:aketogethcr with it a perlon 
 
 fit to receive wo: (hip. Stillingjieet. 
 
 T^f? InCO'rPOK ATE. 17. «, 
 
 !• To unite with fomething elfe. It Is 
 commonly followed by luith. 
 
 Painters colours andafhes do better incorporate 
 
 *witk oil. Bacon. 
 
 It is not univcrfally true, that acid falts and 
 
 oils will not incorpcrate or mingle. Boyle. 
 
 Thy fuul 
 In real daiknefs of the body dwells, 
 Shut out from outward light, 
 T' i'u'^rprjYate ivith gloomy night. Milton. 
 
 2. Sometimes it has /n/0. 
 
 It finds the mind unprcpofTelTed with any 
 former notions, and fo cafily gains upon tne 
 affcnt, grows up with it, zn^ hicorporatei into it. 
 
 South. 
 
 Inco'uporate. adj. \_m and corporate,^ 
 
 Immaterial; unbodied. This is now 
 
 difufed to avoid cofifufion, incorporatt 
 
 being rather ufed of things mingled. 
 
 Mofes forbore to fpeak of angels, and things 
 invifible and incorporate. Raleigh. 
 
 Incorpoka'tion. n. f, [incorporation, 
 Fr. from incorporate.'] 
 
 1. Union of divers ingredients in one mafs. 
 
 Make proof of the incorporation of iron luith 
 flint ; for if it can be incorpoTated without over 
 great charge, the cheapncfs of the flint doth make 
 the compound ftuft" profitable. Baccn 
 
 This, with fome little additional, may further 
 the intrinfick inco'-porat/on. Bacon, 
 
 2. Formation of a body politick, 
 
 3. Adoption; union; aflbciation : with 
 into. 
 
 In him we adually arc, by our at^ual incor- 
 poration into that fociety which hath him for 
 their head. Hooker. 
 
 I N COR p o'r E .'V L. ^/ij, [incorporalis, Lat. 
 incorporely Fr. in and corporeal,'] Im- 
 material; unbodied. 
 
 It is a virtue wliich may be called incorporeal 
 and immateiiatc, \\ hereof there be in nature but 
 few. Be con. 
 
 I N C 
 
 Thus incorporia! fpirits to fmalleft formi 
 Reduc'd Then fnapes imracn'.e. Millsn, 
 
 Scnle and pe-ception mufi iiccclfarily proceed 
 from fome incorporeal fubrtaRce within us. Bent. 
 
 Incorpo'reallv. adi], [from incorpo- 
 real.] Immaterially ; without body. 
 
 Hearing ftiiketh the fpirits more immediately 
 than the other fenfcs, and more incorforeaU-/ thaa 
 the fmclling. 'Baco'i. 
 
 Incorpore'ity. n.f. [in and corportity ."^ 
 Immateriality ; diftinflnels from body. 
 
 ToInco'rvse. v. a. [;h and fuj-^y^.] To 
 incorporate ; to unite into one body. 
 Not ufed. 
 
 He grew unto bis fer.t, 
 As he had been inco'p^'d 2\\A demy-natur'd 
 With the brave hoife. S/iakfpeari'i llamlet. 
 
 Incorre'ct. adj. [in and correS.] Not 
 nicely finiilied ; not exafl ; inaccurate i 
 full of faults. 
 
 The piece you think is incorre^ : whv take it ; 
 I'm all fubraifiion; what you'd have it, mdkc it. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 iNCORRE'cTLy. adv. [ixora incorreS.] In- 
 accurately ; not e.Kaftly, 
 
 Incorre'ctness. n.f. [in and correR- 
 nefs.] Inaccuracy; want of exaftnefs. 
 
 iNCo'RRtGiBLE. adj. [incorfigihle , Fr, 
 /'/; and cc/ r'lgihle.] 
 
 1. Bad beyond correflion; depraved be- 
 yond amendment by any means ; erro- 
 neous beyond bcpe of inftrudlion : of 
 perfons. 
 
 Pruvok'd by thofe incorrigible fools, 
 I left declaimmg in pedantick Ichools. ZlryJeit. 
 
 Whilft we aie incoir crble^ God may in ven- 
 geance continue to challife us with the judgment 
 of war. Smalridge. 
 
 The moft violent party-men are fuch as have 
 difcovered leall fenfe of religion or morality ; 
 and when fuch are laid afide, as (hall be found 
 incorrigible, it will be no difficulty to reconcile 
 the rcil. Sirift. 
 
 2. Not capable of amendment : of things. 
 
 The lots is many times irrecoverable, and the 
 inconvenience incorrigiiie. Mcore. 
 
 Wliat are their thoughts of things, but variety 
 of incorrigible error ? JjFjlrangt. 
 
 Inco'rrigibleness. n.f. [from /nror- 
 r'tgikk. ] Hopclefs depravity ; badnefs- 
 beyond all means of amendment. 
 
 What we call penitence becomes a fad attef- 
 tation of our incoirigiblenefs. Dtcav of Piety, 
 
 I would not have chiding ufed, much lefs 
 blows, 'till obltinacy and incoTTigibleneJs inak^ 
 it abfolutcly necelfary. Locke.' 
 
 Inco'rrigibi-y. adv. [from incorrig'tbU.] 
 To a degree of depravity beyond alT 
 means of amendment. 
 
 Some men appear incorrigibly mad. 
 They cleanlinefs and company renounce. Rofc. 
 
 I N c o R R u ' ? T . \adj. [ /n an d corrtiptus, 
 Incorru'pted. J Lat; incorrompu, Fr.^ 
 
 1. Free from foulnefs or depravation. 
 
 Sin, that fiilf 
 Diftemper'd all things, and, ^{incorrupt. 
 Corrupted. Miiton\ BaraJife Loji. 
 
 2. Pure of manners; honeft ; good. It 
 is particiJarly applied to a mind abo^e 
 the power of bribes. 
 
 Ixcorruptibi'lity. n.f. [inctrruptihl- 
 Hie, French ; from incorruptiblt.] In- 
 fufceptibility "of corruption ; incapaci:y 
 of decay. 
 
 Pnilo, in his book of the world's incorrupti- 
 bility, allcdjcth the ysrfcs of a Greek tragic 
 poet, M^fViiii. .
 
 I N C 
 
 fNConRu'pTiBLE. adj. [incorru/ttUile, Fr. 
 in and corruitihle.^ Not capable of 
 corruption ; not admitting decay. 
 
 In fiich ahullHance lies our clioicc, 
 As leaves a great (tore uf fruit uiiluuch'd, 
 Still hanging ini%riitptibU. Atillcri. 
 
 Our I'udies (h:.ll be ciianget! into incormpiihle 
 lind immortal fubftanccs, our fouls be enter- 
 tained with the moll lavilhiilj ohjiifVs, and both 
 continue liappy tluoughout all eternity. IKilt. 
 Incokru'ption. n.y. [incorruption, Fr. 
 in and corruption.^ Incapacity of cor- 
 ruption. 
 
 So aifo is the refurreflion of the dead : it is 
 fown ill corruption, it is railed ia ^corruption. 
 
 I Cor. 
 
 Incorru'ptness. n.f. [txom incorrupt.^ 
 
 I. Purity of manners; hoiicfty; integrity. 
 
 Probity of mind, integrity, and inccrru/'/^^Ji 
 
 of manners, is prcfciablc to tine parts and fubtic 
 
 fpeculalions. IVosuwarJ, 
 
 e. Freedom from decay or degeneration. 
 
 To Incra'ssate. v. a. [m and crajfus, 
 
 Latin.] To thicken; the contrary to 
 
 attenuate. 
 
 If the coik. be too light to finlc under the fur- 
 face, the body of water may be attenuated with 
 fpiiits of wine ; if too heavy, it may be inciaj. 
 fated with fait. Br.-.vn'i fulgnt Ennuis. 
 
 Acids dilTulve or attenuate, alcalies precipitate 
 or incrujfatc Newtm'i Opiicks. 
 
 Acids, fuch as aic aufteie, as unripe fuiits, 
 
 produce too great a Itriiflurc of the fibres, ///- 
 
 eiiijfale and coagulate the fluids j from whence 
 
 pains and iheamatifm. jlrhuihnijt. 
 
 Incrassa'tion. n.f. \^'CQxa.incraJfate.'\ 
 
 1. The act of thickening. 
 
 «. The Hate of growing thick. 
 
 Notliiug doth conglaciate but water ; for the 
 determination of quickfiivcr is fixation, that of 
 milk co.igulation, and that of oil incmjfat.in. 
 
 Broiun'i Vitlaar Err'ytm. 
 
 Incrassative. ti.f. [from incriijate.] 
 Having the quality of thickening. 
 
 The two latter indicate reftriiigenls to llench, 
 and inci..jfathjeiXo thicken the blood. llanny. 
 To Incre'ase. <v.n. [in and crefco, Lat.] 
 \ . To grow more in number, or greater 
 in bulk ; to advance in quantity or va- 
 lue, or in any quality capable of being 
 more or lefs. 
 
 Hear and ohferve to do it, that it may be well 
 ■with tliec, and that ye may incieaje miglitily. 
 
 Deutttortumy, 
 
 Profapc and vain babbling- will Incrcijt unto 
 
 tingodlinc-l's. i iim. 
 
 From fifty to thrcefcorc he lofes rot ;iiuch in 
 
 fancy; and judgment, tlie cft'ca of obleivation, 
 
 flill iiu>i,ijei, Dry.ictl. 
 
 Henry, in knots, involv'd his Emma's name 
 Upon this tree; and, ss the tender mark, 
 Grew with the year, and widen'd witn tlie bark: 
 Venus had heard the vligin's loft addief-, 
 That as the woui;d tl.c piiTion might incu.tf/. 
 
 J'l.cr. 
 
 2. To he fertile. 
 
 Kilhes are more numerous or iiintafing th-m 
 beads or birds, as .ippcais by their nuuieruus 
 fpawn. ll,i!e. 
 
 To Incre'ase. tj. a [See Encrease.] 
 . To make more or 'greater. 
 
 Hye thee from this 11 ughrer-iioufe, 
 Lcli thou iiicrtajc the number of the dead. 
 
 SliakJl^C'jre. 
 ^e hath iiicriLiftd in Jud.ih mourning and la- 
 mentation. Smi. 
 1 will increafe the famine. F.zei. 
 I will incrcoje them with men like a fioci<. 
 
 It fcrvcs to iiicrtoje that trcafure, or to iiicfervc 
 ■'■ Tcmpk. 
 
 Increase, n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 I N C 
 
 1. Augmentation ; the ftatc of growing 
 more oi gicatcr. 
 
 For three years lie liv'd with l.irgc increafe 
 In arms of iionour, and cftecm in peace. Dryd. 
 
 Hail, bards tiiumphant! boni in happier d^ys, 
 Whofe honours with in^enfe uf ages grow. 
 As Dreams roll down, cniaiging as they How. 
 
 I'ope. 
 
 2. Increment ; that which is added to the 
 original flock. 
 
 Take thou 1)0 ufury of him nor iicrc^f:. Lev. 
 
 3. Produce. 
 
 Tl-.c increafe of the thrcfliinj-floor, and the 
 increafe of the wiiic-prefs. Nhmb. 
 
 As Hcfiod fing!, fpread waters o'er thy field, 
 And a moft juft and glad increaje 'twill yield. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 Thofe grains wliich grew produced an increafe 
 beyond cxpeclarion. Moriimer'i Hiiji. 
 
 4. Generation. 
 Into her womb convey fterility ; 
 
 Diy up in her the organs o! ircrcnfe. 
 And from her dcrog.itc body never fpiin j a babe, 
 
 Shakfftare, 
 
 5. Progeny. 
 
 All the inr'eafc of thy houfe fliall die in the 
 flower of tl'.cir age. Samuel. 
 
 Him young Thoafa bore, the bright increafe 
 OfPhorcys. Ptpc'i Odylfey. 
 
 6. The ftate of waxing, or growing full 
 orbed. Ufed of the moon. 
 
 Seeds, hair, nails, hedges, and herbs, will 
 grow fooncll, if fet or cut in the increafe of the 
 moon. Bacon's Natural Uiflory. 
 
 Incrk'aser, n.f. [from increafe.'^ He 
 who incrcafes. 
 
 Inckea'ted. aJj. Not created. 
 
 Since the defire is infinite, nothing but the 
 
 afcfolute and incteatcd Infinite can adequately 
 
 fill it. Ckcyne. 
 
 Incredibi'lity. i>.f. \incrediliUte , Fr.] 
 
 The quality of furpaffing belief. 
 
 For objcifts of i>iLredibiiit\'y none are fo re- 
 moved from all appearance of truth as thofe of 
 Corneille's Andromede. Dryden. 
 
 Incr e'dib5,e. adj. [incredi'ilis, Latin.] 
 Surpaffing belief; not to be credited. 
 
 The Ihip Argo, that there might want no in. 
 CI edible thing in this fable, fpokc to them. 
 
 Katcigh. 
 Piefenting things impofliblc to view, 
 They wander ti^rough ituiedible to true. Gianni, 
 Incre'dibleness. n.f. [from incredible.'^ 
 
 Quality of being not credible. 
 lNCRE'Diiii,Y. adv. \_hoxii incredible. "[ In 
 
 a manner iiot to be believed. 
 Inc kfdu'lity. n.f. [jncredtiUlc, Fr.] 
 Quality of not behoving ; hardnefs of 
 belief. 
 
 He was more laige in the defcription of Para- 
 difc, to take away ail fcuipic from the incredulity 
 of fir- urc ages. Raltigh. 
 
 Incredulous, adj. [iricredule, French; 
 /HaviA//;//, Latin.] Hard of belief ; re- 
 fnfing credit. 
 
 I am not altogether incredulous but there may 
 be fuch cantlles as are made of falamandcr's 
 wool, being a kind of mineral which wbiieneth 
 in the burning, and confumeth not. Bacon. 
 
 Incre'du t.ousNEss. u.f. [fxom Incredu- 
 • 'oiis.'] Hardnels of belief ; incredulity. 
 
 Incre'mabi.e. adj. [/H andiTriwo, Lat.] 
 Not confumable by fire. 
 
 If frcim the (kin of t!;c f.ilainandcr thefe in- 
 crcmahie pieces arc conipofcd. Broiun. 
 
 I'ncrement. n.f. [incrementum, Latin.] 
 
 1. Aft of growing greater. 
 
 Divers eoiieepiions are concerning tiie Nile's 
 i'lrriment, or inundation. Bioicn. 
 
 2. Increafe; matter added. 
 
 I N G 
 
 This firatum ij oxpinded at top, ferviiig a» 
 the fcminary that fuinilbeih mailer for tic for- 
 mation ini inclement of animal and vegetable 
 bodies. Ifcnd-u-arJ. 
 
 3. Produce. 
 
 The rwcliaid lo\ts to wave 
 With winter winds : the loofcn'd roots ihctt 
 
 diink 
 Laigc increment, carnefl of bappy years. P*'i/)i. 
 To I'ncrkpate. v. a. [increpo, Latin.] 
 
 To chide ; to reprehend. 
 Inceepa'tion. n.f. [incripalio,'L'ii\n.\ 
 Rcprehenlion ; chiding. 
 
 Tlie admonitions, fraternal or pafern^, of his 
 fellow chiiflian;, or of the governors of the 
 church, then more publick reprehenfions and m- 
 crepationi. Hamrncnd . 
 
 To Incru'st. 7 v.a. \inn-tiJlo, Lat. 
 
 To Incru'state. J incrufhr, Fr.] To 
 
 cover with an additional coat adhering 
 
 to the inte^-nal matter. 
 
 The finer part of the wood will be turneil 
 into air, and the grolfcr Hick baked and rnrruf- 
 taic upon the lides of the vclTel. Bacon, 
 
 Some rivers bring forth fpars, and other mi- 
 neral matter fo as to cover and incrufi ti.e flones. 
 
 y^^oo.i'u^ari. 
 
 Save but our array j and let Jove inerujl 
 Swords, pikes, and guns, with eveilalling ru(t, 
 
 Pope. 
 
 Any of thefe fun-like bodies in the centers of 
 the fevcral vortices, are fo incruflatcd and weak- 
 ened as to be carried about in the vortex of the 
 true fun. Ckcyve. 
 
 Tlie Ihicld was purcl-afcd by Woodward, who 
 
 incrujied ir with a new ruft. /Srbuthnot. 
 
 Incrusta'tiom. n.f. \incruJtation, Fr. 
 
 from incrujio, Lat.] An adherent co^ 
 
 Tcrhig; fomething fuperinduced. 
 
 Having fuch a prodigious Hock of niarb!e| 
 their chapels are laid over with fuch a rich va- 
 riety of itxrujiaiiom as cannot be found in any 
 other part. Jlddifon on Ita'y, 
 
 To Incubate, -v. n. [incubo, Latin. 3 
 
 To fit upon egga. 
 Incubation, n.f. [incubation, Trench i 
 incubatio, Latin.] The sdl of littinff 
 upon eggs to hatch them. 
 
 Whether that vitality was by incuhatlein, or 
 how elfc, is only known to God. Raleigh. 
 
 Birds have eggs enough at firft conceived ia 
 them to feive them, allowing fuch a proportion 
 for every year, as will fcive for one or two incu- 
 batinni. J(„y on lie' Creation.. 
 
 When the whole tribe of birds by incufntim 
 prociiicc their young, it is a wondeiful deviitioo. 
 Ilia; fomefcw familits fliuuld do it in a moig 
 n>nrrcal way. Derhaiit. 
 
 As the white of an egg by incubation, fo can 
 the fcrura by the aflion of the fibres li,- attenu- 
 ated. ^ -■:'huihn'.:. 
 I'ncubus. n.f. [Latin; .Wh^^, French.] 
 The nightmare. 
 
 The in.ubui ij an inflation of the mcmbranw 
 of tlic rtomach, which hinders the nu'tion of tue 
 diajihijgni.i, lungs, and j'ulfe, witn a feme of ji 
 weight ojipreiTing the brcaft. I'loyer. 
 
 7"£) INCU'LCATE. -u. ti. [itunko, h^t. 
 inciilqticr, Fr.] Tc i.niprefs by frequent 
 admonitions; to enforce by conllant 
 repetition. 
 
 AlmifcH truth may riefcrvc fomctimes to te 
 inculcated, Lccaufc \*-c arc too apt to f^irgct ir. 
 
 -■Itterlvry. 
 
 Homer coiilinually inculcates morality and 
 
 piety to the gods. llrume. 
 
 Inculca'tion. n.f. [from i.icu/reile.'} 
 The aft of imprefFing by frequent atl- 
 monltion ; admonitory repetition. 
 
 I N c u 'l r A E L e . <;<•.'/. [ in and cu//'i:li!it,-l. »t . ] 
 Unblamable ; not ropr«henfible. 
 C J :
 
 I N C 
 
 Ignorance, fo far as it may be refolvcd into 
 
 rarjral injbility, is as to men, at Icatt i-uu'pab!^-^ 
 
 aiiil conlcquently nut the objefl of tcoin, but 
 
 pi'y. ST/t/i. 
 
 Incu'lpably. aav. [/« and cu/paiHts, 
 
 Latin.] Unblamably ; without blame. 
 
 As to enoisor infirmities, tlie frailty of man's 
 
 condition has invincibly, and therefore ifiai/fatiy, 
 
 expofed him. South. 
 
 Incu'lt. adj. [inculte, French ; incultus, 
 
 l.atin.] -Uncultivated; untillcd. 
 
 Her forefts huge, 
 IncuUf robuft, and tall, by nature's hand 
 Planted of old. Tkonf'.n' i Autumn. 
 
 lNcu'MBE.NCy. n.J. \^rort\ incumbent J\ 
 
 1. The aft of lying upon another. 
 
 2. The ftate of keeping a benefice. 
 
 Thefe fitjes are only to be paid to the bifhop, 
 during his ijtcumhcncv in the fantc fee. Siv.Jt, 
 INCU MBENT. ac/j. [Incmnkns, Latin.] 
 J. Helling upon ; lying" upon. 
 
 Then with expimdcd wings he lU-ctfi his flight 
 Aloft, incumhctii on the duili.y air, 
 That felt unufual weight. Milton. 
 
 -. The Hfcending parcels of air, having now lit- 
 tle more than the weight of the incumbent water 
 to furmount, weic able both fu to expand, them- 
 fei%es as to fill up that part of the pipe which 
 they pcr\adcd, and, by prcfTing evciy way 
 againlt the lidc^ of it, to lift upwards vitii 
 them what water they found above them. Boy!-:. 
 With wings expanded wide ouifelvei we'll 
 rear. 
 And fly incumhent on the dufky air. Dryden. 
 
 Here the rebel giants lye. 
 And, when to move th' incutr.betit load they try, 
 Afccnding vapours on the day prevail. Ad-UJon. 
 
 Man is the dcflin'd prey of peftilence, 
 And o*er his guilty domes 
 She draws a' ciofc insumhint cloud of death. 
 
 3. Impofed as a duty. 
 
 Al! men, truly zealous, will perform thofc 
 jood works that are huumoent on all chiilVians. 
 Sprat'] St'rwo?n. 
 There is a double duty incumbent upon us in 
 the exerci-fc of our powers. L'Ejirangc. 
 
 Thu«:, if we think, and a<^, we ihall ihcw 
 ©urfeives dnly mindful not only of the adv.in.- 
 tages we receive from thence, but of the obli- 
 gations alfo which aie ir.cumbent upon us. Alter. 
 Tncu'mbent. n.f. [tncumbtnsj\^:\.t»'\ Ke 
 who is in prefent poncfiion of a benefice. 
 In many places the whole cccIefialHcal dues 
 are in lay hands, and the incumbent Ueth at the 
 mercy of his patron. S-iviJt. 
 
 To Incu'mber. *y.£2. [er.comlrer, French.] 
 To embavrafs. See Encumber. 
 My caufe is call'd, and that lung lock.'d-for 
 dAy 
 Ts ftill irKumhcr'd witli fomc new delay. Vryd. 
 ^oINCU'R. 'v.a, [watrro, Latin.] 
 
 1. To become liable to a puniiliment or 
 repicheniion. 
 
 I hrive incurred t^\(p\e:iCiire from inferiors for 
 giving way to the faults of orliers. Hayujard. 
 
 They, not obeying, 
 /•/fwrrV, what could thev lefs .' the penalty; 
 And manifold in fin, del'erv'd to fall. f^J-hon. 
 So judge thou iiill, prciumptuous ! *tiU the 
 wrath, 
 WUich thou irjcurr^Ji bv flyings meet thy flight 
 .Sev'nfold, and fcourge that wifdom back, to hell. 
 
 Mtlim. 
 
 They had a full peifuifive that not to do it 
 
 wore to defert God, and confequcntly to incur 
 
 ilamnation. ^outh. 
 
 2, To occur; to prefs on the fenfcs : 
 with to or into. 
 
 The motions of tl>c minute parts of bodies 
 are iaviftblc, and ///rwr net /o the eye j but yet 
 ihty arc to he dtprchcnded by txpericnce. Biicou. 
 
 The mind of man, even in fp^riruaU, a<its 
 wit^i- corgocc^U (tepcndancc; aiidfu is he helped 
 
 I N C 
 
 or hindered in its operations, ftWoftJing M t^c 
 different quality of external obje6s that incur 
 into the femes. South, 
 
 Incurabi'lity. «.yi [IncurahUhef Fr. 
 from incuralle.'] ImpofTibiiity of cure ; 
 utter infiifceptibiltty of remedy. 
 
 We'll inltantly open a door to the manner &{ 
 a proper and improper confumptinn, togeiher 
 with the reafou of the incurabiliij of the former, 
 and facile cure of the otlKr. Harvey. 
 
 Incu'rable. adj, \^incu7'abkiYY, in and 
 curaUd.] Not admitting remedy; not 
 to be removed by medicine ; irremedi- 
 able ; hopelefs. 
 
 Paufe not; for the preiTent time *s fo lick, 
 That prefent medicine mult be mmlftred, 
 Or overthrow inzurabic cnPues. Snu.^fpcare. 
 
 Stop t'lie rage bctimc. 
 Before the wound do grow iicur^b/e ; 
 For being g'een, there is great hope of help. 
 
 SAaiJpeare. 
 
 A fchirrus is not abfolutely /w^-Kr^^i/^, becaufe 
 
 it has been known that frcfli pafturc has cured it 
 
 in cattle. Aibuthnot, 
 
 If idiots and lunaticks cannot be found, in- 
 
 curabUi may be taken into the hofpiral. Siv'ft. 
 
 Incu'rableness. n.f. [irova incur able. ~\ 
 
 State of not admitting any cure. 
 I N c u'iVA ELY. adv. [_iro\nincurab!c, ] With- 
 out remedy. 
 
 We cannot know it is or is not, beirg incurably 
 ignorant. Lr>cke. 
 
 Incu'rious. ad], [;n and c?/r/owj.] Neg- 
 ligent ; inattentive. 
 
 TtiC Creator did not beflow fo mucii ikill upon 
 his creatures, to be looked upon with a carclcfs 
 incuri'jus eye. Dcr/tam. 
 
 He feldcm at the Park appeared j 
 Yet, not incuricusj was inclin'd 
 To know the converfe of mankind. Su-ift. 
 
 Incu'rsion. n.f. [^ro^n incur ro, Latin,] 
 
 1, Attack; mifcluevous occurrence. 
 Sins of daily incurfior, and luch as human 
 
 frailty is unavoidably liable to. South. 
 
 2. [i«c«r/7(;«, French.] Invafion without 
 conqueft. ; inroad ; ravage. 
 
 Spain is very weak at home, or very flow to 
 move, when they futfered a fmall fleet of En- 
 glifh to make an hoftile invalion or incurjion, 
 upon their havens and roads. Bocon. 
 
 Now the Parthian king had gathered all his 
 holt 
 Againlt tUe Scythi.ui, whofe incurjiom wild 
 Have waHcd Sogdiana. Mi/ioi- 
 
 The incurfiom of the Goths difoidercd the af- 
 fairs of the Roman empire. Aibuthnot. 
 To Incu'rvate. v. a, [tncurvo, Latin.] 
 To bend ; to crook. 
 
 Sir If.iac Newt(-n has fliewn, by fcveral expe- 
 riments of rays pafung by the edges of bodies, 
 that they are incurvated by the atftion of thefe 
 
 bodies. Cht";rte. 
 
 Incurva'ticn. n.f \{xoxc\.mcuf*vate.~j^ 
 
 1 . Th^ a£i: of bending or making crooked. 
 
 2. State cf being bent; curvity ; crook- 
 edhefs. 
 
 One part moving while the other refts, one 
 would think, rtiould caulc aa i/icuivation in the 
 line. QlanuiUe. 
 
 3. Fleiion of the body in token of reve- 
 rence. 
 
 He made ufc of aifls of worfhip which God 
 hath appropriated J as incurvathn^ and faciifice. 
 
 ■SrtUw^fl £t. 
 Incu'rvity. n.f [from incnwus^ Lat.] 
 Crook'^dnefb ; the (late of bending in- 
 ward. 
 
 The incuivity of a dolphin mufl be taken not 
 really, but in appearance, when they leap above 
 water, and fuddcnly Ihoor down again : Arait 
 bodies, in a fiirirlcn motion, protiudcd obliquely 
 downward, appe^fr ciookcd. , ^iu'wn- 
 
 r N D- 
 
 ro im).\GATE. V, a. [Iniage, Lat.^ 
 
 To fearch ; to beat out. 
 Indaga'tion. n. f. [from inda^ate.1 
 
 Search ; inquiry j examination. 
 
 Pai.iccll'iis dircfts us, in the ;>7..'ao;<j/io>i of co- 
 lours, to have an eye principally upoii lalts. BojiU. 
 
 Part hath been dilcovcred by himfelf,, an(< 
 fome by human injugjti'.n. Browri. 
 
 Indaga'tor. n./. [hiiiagator,'LnUn.'] A 
 fcarclicr ; an inqnirer ; an examiner. 
 
 The number of the elernents of bodice requires 
 
 to be fcarched into by (uch fltilfiil injagatort of 
 
 nature. Boyle. 
 
 7"o Ind4'rt. v. a. \ln and dart.'] To 
 
 dart in ; to ftrike in. ■ 
 
 I'll luok to liltc, if looking liking movej 
 But no more deep will I indart mine eye, 
 Than your coiitcnt gives Itrcngtb to make it fly. 
 
 Skttkjptare, 
 
 To Inde'bt. v. a. 
 
 1. To put into debt. 
 
 2. To oblige ; to put under obh'gation. 
 
 Forgive us our {\v,i, fur we forgive cveiy one 
 th.it is /W^^/cV to us. Luke, 
 
 He for himfelf 
 UitLbttd and undone, has nought to bring. Milt, 
 
 This blell alliance may 
 Th" indebt.:! nation bountcoufly repay. Grami. 
 
 Inde'eted. participial adj. [in antl debt.'\ 
 Obh'ged by fomcthing received ; bound 
 to rclHtution ; havii;g incurred a debt. 
 It has to before the perfon to whom 
 the debt is due, and/t/- before the thing 
 received. 
 
 If the courfe of politick affairs cannot in any 
 good courfe go fonvjid without fit inftiumcats, 
 and that which titteth them be their virtues, let 
 polity acknowledge itfelf indibted to religion, 
 godlnefs being the chiefcft top and uell-fpring 
 of all true vhtucs, even as God is of all things. 
 
 Hooker. 
 Few confider how much we aic !n.icltid to 
 government, becaufe few can reptefent how 
 wretched mankind would be without it. Atterb, 
 Let us reprcfeat to our fouls the love and be- 
 neficence for which we daily liand indebted it 
 God. Rogers. 
 
 We are wholly iiulibted far them to our an- ' 
 ceftors. Suift. 
 
 Inde'cencv. n.f. \iiuhccnce, French.] 
 Any thing unbecoming ; any thing 
 contrary to good manners ; foaiething 
 wrong, but fcarce criminal. 
 
 He will in vain endcp-vour to reform indeeeney 
 in his pupil, which he allows in himfelf. Lo^it. 
 
 In'D^-'cent. adj: [ir.decenl, French; in 
 and decent.'] Unbecoming; unlit for 
 the eyes or ears. 
 
 Ch.iMC. crs, wher.- ohfcene words were proper- 
 in their mouths, but very imlecent to be heard. 
 
 Dry dm. 
 'Till thefe men can prove thefe things, orier- 
 ed by our church, to be either intrinfically un- 
 lawful or indfccnt, the ufc of tnem, as ellablilTjtd 
 amonglt us, is necefl-aiy. Soutli. 
 
 Inde'cently. adv. [from it/decent] With- 
 out decency j in a manner coiitrary to 
 decency. 
 Indeci'duous. adj. [in aiid dedduous,] 
 Not falling ; not ihed ; not liable to a 
 yearly fail of the leaf; evergreen. 
 
 We find tire llatue of the lun framed witii 
 rays .iboiit the head, which were the iadec.'duou. 
 and unOiaken locks of Apollo. Bro^vn 
 
 Indecli'nable. adj. [indecUnabk, Fr. 
 inJalinab'd'is, Lat.] Not varied by ter- 
 
 miiiatiorjs. 
 
 Pondo is an indrrHnnble word, anti when:, il, 
 is joinsd to numbers it fi^ni&cs libre^ Ad^tk,
 
 I N D 
 
 Iwdeco'rovs. aiij. [ituL-cornst Latfii.'] 
 Indecent ; unbecoming. 
 
 Wiuit can be more i/iHtcorma than for a crea- 
 ture to vioLue the commands, and traiiii>lc upun 
 the authority, of th;it awful Excellence to whum 
 lie owes hii Ijic? Norns. 
 
 Indeco'kvm. Ji,f. [L'-'U.] Indecency; 
 fonrielhing uiibccomin^;, 
 
 Tiic foft addrcl's, the caliigalcd giacc, 
 Are indccorumi in the modern m;ud. YouTjg. 
 
 Indeed, ad'-o. [/*« and ^/W.] 
 
 1. In reality ; in trtuh ; in VLi'ity. 
 
 Yet loving inatcdy and ihcicfoic conftant. 
 
 Si-i^t.'V- 
 
 Tiiough fuch aflcmMics he had inHred for ic- 
 ligioit's fake, hurtful novertlulMs tlicy may 
 prove, 3> well in regard uf their HmkIs to I'crvc 
 the turn of iiercticks and fu(.h as pnvily will 
 Tcntuic to iiiftil their poifju into new mind.?. 
 
 llo:,kcr. 
 
 Some, who have not defcrved judgmcnL of 
 death, liave becii for their g.-ods lake c lught up 
 and carried liietjiht to the bough ; a thing /t.AW 
 very pilifu! .i-id h >rril)lc. Sp^--if'.'\ 
 
 2. Above common rate. Tlus ufe is c.n- 
 phaiical. 
 
 Then d:d'ft thou utter, I ana yours for c\-er ; 
 'Tis giacc indeed Shaif^ieme. 
 
 Borrows in mean ifFi'its, lys fubjccls pains ; 
 But things o^ wc-'gl/ and confequT.cc indeed^ 
 Hinif'^U d-jih i;i iiis cha^ibo^ tl:cn debate. Dnv. 
 
 Such fons of ALruhaiii; liow highly fxvci 
 tlwy may have the luck w be thought of, :j*. 
 fai from being Itraelites indeed. Uvuth, 
 
 I were a beaft, indeed^ to do you wrong. 
 I who have lov'd and houdur'd yuu fo long 
 
 Dnd^i- 
 
 3. This is to be granted tlia:, A paitiok 
 of connexion. 
 
 This limitation, ind,'ed, of our auti-.or will 
 fave thofc the Ulwur who would look, for 
 Ad:im's heir amongll the race of brutes ; but 
 will very little contribute to the difcovery of one 
 next heir amongft men. Locke. 
 
 Some iVjns indcedy fomc very few wc fee, 
 Who keep ihcmfelves from triis infection free. 
 ■ ■ Dyyde--!. 
 
 There is nothing in the world more generally 
 dreaded, and yet lefs to be Tcared than death : 
 i'rrdjcdj for chofe unhappy men whnfe hopes 
 terminate in this life, no wonder if the pro!pc(5t 
 of another feems terrible and iim;i2ing. IKikc. 
 
 4. it is ufed fomctimes as a (light aftertion 
 or recapitulation in a fenfe hardly per- 
 ceptible or explicable, :ind though fome 
 degree of oblcure power is perceived, 
 might, even where it is properly enough 
 inlLrted, be omitted without mifs 
 
 I (aid 1 thought it was c^nledcrncy between 
 flie juggler and the two fervanls ; tho' unUed I 
 had no reafon fo to ihmk. B-tcon. 
 
 Tlicre is hidt-ed no great pleafure in viiulng 
 thcfc magazines of war, after one has feen two 
 or three of them. ^-Iddjin^ 
 
 5. It is ufcd to note concefHon iu compa- 
 rifons. 
 
 Againrt rhefe forces were prepared to the 
 runaber of near one hundred lliips ; wol fo great 
 of bulk. /«i/ff'/, but of a more nimble motion. 
 Bi.i''i'>'s i'l^itr luith Spain. 
 
 In D E F A 't r G A B L E . a^j* [^tudifut'igabUisj 
 "> in and dtfattgQy_ Latm-.] Unwearied; 
 
 not tired ; not exhauiled by labour. 
 Who fliall fprcad his airy t^ij^htj 
 
 Upborne with indeJatigiibU wings, 
 
 Over the vail abiupt. Milton. 
 
 The ambitious perfon muft rife early :ind fit 
 
 Up late, and putfuc his dciign witli a tunlian: 
 
 indff.tii^.tbU attendance: he muil be inhnitcly 
 
 patient and fcivile. S'juih. 
 
 In d-e f a't I g a b l y . adv, [ from huhfati- 
 
 gahk.] Without wearindg. 
 
 I N D 
 
 A wnn huirfniigahly zealous hi the fcrvicc of 
 t'lC chuich and ftatc, and whofc wiitinj^s iia\'c 
 Itighly (k-1'crvcd of hotli. D'v.im. 
 
 [ndlfkctibi'lity. ;;. /. [from im/ifti'/i- 
 i/c] The quality ol fuflciing n© de- 
 cay ; of being fubjc'Ct to no defeti. 
 
 Indf. Fii'cTiBl, K. ai^J. [in add drj'fclus, 
 Latin.] Unfailing; not liable to dcitCt 
 or decay. 
 
 Indf.i-e'imble, ailj. {jmlifaifibk, Fr.] 
 Not to be cut oli; not to hi vacated ; 
 iirevoc.iblc. 
 
 So i»:l(fci/iolc is our crtate in triofe joys, thai, 
 Tf we do nor icli il in rcverlion, wc Ihnil, when 
 c:icc inverted, l)C beyond the pofTiijiliiy of ill 
 hiilhandiy. Dfcty If Yicty. 
 
 'ndefk NsiBLE. ad], \in and (fcfciij'us, 
 Latin.] What cannot be dcfcnd».d or 
 maintained. 
 
 As ihcy e.\:cndthe rule ofconfulting fcripturc 
 to all Ihc adiions of common life, even fo iiV as 
 to the taking up of a ftraw, fo it is allogctiier 
 falfc or i->Af.:!ji!,lc. St"!.l<-r/ori . 
 
 iNDE'FINITIi. adj. [/Wy^wto, Latin; 
 h:,hf.,ti. Flench.] 
 
 (. Not determined ; not limited; not fet- 
 tled. 
 
 Tb ;vigh a pofition fliould be wholly rcjcfflcd, 
 yet ti. .t negative is more pregnant of diredion 
 tban an indefinite \ as aihes arc more generative 
 tl.i-n durt. Baton's Eff.iys. 
 
 Her r.tf.-anccmcnt was left indefinite ^ but thus, 
 that u ihould he as great as ever any former 
 queen of England had. Bacon. 
 
 Tragedy and picture arc more narrowly cir- 
 cumfcribed by place and time than the cpick 
 poem : the time of this lall is left indefinite. 
 
 Dryd^n': D/frifr:ov. 
 
 2. Large beyond the comprehenlion of 
 man, though not abfolutely without 
 limits. 
 
 Tliough it is notinfinii"e, it may be indefinite; 
 though it IS nut bounnlefs in itldf, it may be to 
 to hum. in compiehenfion.' Spt^nt^r. 
 
 IndeVinitely. adv. [_f xom indefinite^ 
 
 1. Without any fettled or determinate li- 
 mitation, 
 
 Wc obferve that cuflom, whcreunto St. Paul 
 alludeih, .Mul whereof the fathers of the church 
 in their writings make often mention, to ("hew 
 indcfifiirely •w\v.\X was done; but not univeifally 
 to bind for ever all prayers unto one only fafliion 
 of utterance. Hcoker. 
 
 We conceive no more than the letter bcarcth ; 
 that is, fuur times, or indfiniteiy more than 
 thrice. Bro-j.-n. 
 
 A duty to which all are indefinitely obliged, 
 upon fomc occifions, by the exprefa command 
 of God. Smairidgc. 
 
 2, To a degi^e Indefinite.. 
 
 li x\\Q v/or A be indefinitely extended, thSt is, 
 fo far as no human inteUe*^ can f..ncy any 
 bounds of it, then what we fee muli be t;ie le.u} 
 
 part. Ray on the Creation, 
 
 Indefi'nitude. ii.f. [from indtfinite.'] 
 Quantity not limited by our ui.derltand- 
 ing-, though yet fmite. 
 
 They arilc to a ihangc and prodigious mul- 
 titude, if not indefiniiudcy by their vaiious pofi- ! 
 tiuns, combinations, and conjunctions. Hale. 
 
 Indeli'berate. \adj, [indelibereyYv. in 
 Indkli'berated. 5 d^nd deli her ate.'] Un- 
 premeditated ; done without conlidera- 
 tion, 
 
 A«Siions proceeding from blandi(hm*'nts, or 
 fvvett jjcrfuaficns, it they be indeiihir.acdy as in- 
 children who w;tnC the ul'e of rcafon, are not 
 piefcntly fr'.e aiTtions. Br^imhalL 
 
 The love of God better can confift with tltc 
 /«7t'/V/'c;t</t- commifTions ol many fins, than wltfi 
 an allowed perfulancc in any one. Gt^v, vj Tao^uc. 
 
 I N T) 
 
 TnDK'mblf.. rt/^'. \iii(leli:liUe,T\: iiidMifls, 
 Lat. in and dclilU, It fliould be writ- 
 ten inddehk.'\ 
 
 1. Not to be blotted out or effaced. 
 
 Wilful pcrpctr:ilion of nnwortliy H^ionf 
 buiuls witii ind<iibU eharadtcis the name and 
 memory. AV«g Cktitln, 
 
 Thy litcdlcfs flcevc will drinlc the colour'd oil, 
 And ipot indtUhU thy poclcct foil. G<*y'j Trivia, 
 
 2. Not to be annulled. 
 
 They ;iie endued with inJelible power fioirt 
 above to feed, to govern this iioufehold, and iop" 
 conk crate pallors and licwardsof it to the wcild's 
 -end. Spraf. 
 
 In de'licacy. n.f. [in and delicacy.] 
 Want of delicacy ; want of elegant de- 
 cency. 
 
 Your papers would be ch.irjcable with worfe 
 than irjJe/h'acj'f they would be immoral, did yoa- 
 treat dctcftabic uneleannefs as you rally an im-. 
 pcrtinejit fclf-love. ^/liJijon; 
 
 Inde'licate. ^dj. [in and ddicalc.] 
 Wanting decency; void of a quicli fenfc 
 of decency. 
 
 I N D E M N I F 1 c A 't r o N . n .y; [ from indemnify. ]. 
 
 1 . Security againft lots or penalty. 
 
 2. Reimbutfement of lofc or penalty. 
 
 To Inde'mnify. v. a. [in unA damnify.^ 
 
 1. To fecure againll lofs or penalty. 
 
 2. To maintain unhurt. 
 
 Infoknt fignifies rude ^nd liaughty ; indfvimfy^ 
 to keep fafe. IVain. 
 
 Inde'mnity. n. f. [indemnite, French.] 
 Security from puiiilhment; exeinptioa 
 from pnnifliment. 
 
 I will ufc all means, in the ways of amnefty- 
 :ind indemnity, whicii may moft fully leniovc all* 
 fears, and bury all jealoufics in forgetfulnefs. 
 
 A7;.'^ C.harhs, 
 To INDE'NT. v.a. [in and deiu, a tooth, 
 Latin.] To mark any thing with in- 
 equalities like a row of teeth ; to cut in 
 and out ; to make to wave or undulate. 
 
 About his neck 
 A green and gilded fnake had wrentU'd itfelf. 
 Who with her head, nimble in threats, jppruach'd 
 The opening of his mouth ; but fuddenly. 
 Seeing Orlando, il uulink'd itfelf, 
 And with ;«ifo.'.'f./ glides did flip aw?y 
 ] nto a bufh. Sl:akfpeate's .-hyiu like /.'. 
 
 The ferpent then, t>ot wirji indented wave, 
 Pione on thegi'jund, as lince ; but 011 his rear 
 Circular bafc of liling folds, that tower'd 
 Fold above fold, a (urging maze ! Miltiin. 
 
 Trent, wiio,like fome carth-hoin giant, fprcads- 
 His thirty ar.nis along tlic ;>..yf';/,ii' nieads. .V/.V. 
 
 The m.ivgins on each fide do not tcrriiinate ir» 
 a firaigl.t ime, \>\iXwc indtntcd. lllod-Miid. 
 
 To Tnde'ht. v. n. [froTO the method of 
 cutting counterparts of a contraft toge- 
 ther, that, laid on each other, they 
 may fit, and any want of conformity may 
 difcover a fraud.] To contraft ; to 
 bargain; to make a compact. 
 
 Sfiali we buy treafon, and ///^/.v:/ with fears, 
 When they have lolt jnd forfeited thtmfdves? 
 
 Srtit'.'y-arf. 
 He defcends to the fjlemnlty of a p:ct and' 
 covenant, snd has //^i/./n/wiih us. 
 
 Iiat:y Gj P:(!y. 
 
 iNDr/NT. n.f. [from the verb.] Inequa^ 
 lity ; inciiure; indentation. Tliis is 
 little uftd. 
 
 Trent Ihjll not wind with fuch a deep .v/.ff/;/,. 
 To rob me of fo tici) a bottom here. SAuikjf, 
 
 Indentation, n.f. [in ind dens, Lat.] 
 An indenture ; waving in any lij;ure. 
 
 The margins do not terminate in :i liic'^hc 
 line, bul we indented; each inJtulatie/i. bt:,jig
 
 I N D 
 
 COTtinucd in a fmall ridge, to the M.«Mh„ 
 lh.it nnfwcrs it on tlie uppcfue mafgm. U oo.iw, 
 iNUtNTURE. n./. {hom indent.] A co- 
 venant, fo named becaufe the counter- 
 parts are indented or cut one by the 
 other; a contrad, of which there is a 
 
 counterpart. , • ■,. 
 
 I„ lull's chronicle much good matter .s qu.te 
 
 marred with ,',uh„iur, Enghfli. W/'*""'- 
 
 The cr.tick to his gnef will hnd 
 
 How firmly ti.efe indcntwes b.nd. bi^;Ji- 
 
 I„defe'ndekce. In./. [.nJependanci.Yr. 
 
 IvDEPr'NOENCY. J m and dependence.] 
 
 Freedom ;' exemption from rehance or 
 
 control; ftate over which none has 
 
 power. . , . , 
 
 * Diesms may give us fame idea of the great 
 £:;cellency of a hum,m foul, and fome uitim^tions 
 ■ of its indiry"'"'y on matter. . Cr 
 
 Let fortune do i.cr worlt, whatever (he makes 
 vs lofe, as long as Ihe never makes us lole our 
 honefty and our inHefendenct. i 'fe. 
 
 Give me, I cry'd, enough for me, 
 My bread and imi-pinJctcy , 
 So bought an annual rent or two. 
 And liv'd juft as you fee I do. ^"P'- 
 
 In de'pe'ndent. adj. [independant,t reach ; 
 
 in and depender.t. ] 
 
 1. Not depei-.:Ujig ; not fiippnrted by any 
 
 'other; not relying on another; not 
 
 controlled. It is ufed with on, of, or 
 
 frorr, before the object ; of which on 
 
 fcems moft proper, fince we fay to de- 
 
 ■ tend on, and cunfequently dependent on. 
 
 Creation muft needs infer providence, and 
 
 God's making the world irrefrag.il.ly proves that 
 
 he governs it too ; or that a being of dependent 
 
 nature remains neverthelefs ind,t^>:dcnt u[»n him 
 
 in that refpea. ^"""^ 
 
 Since all princes of i'dependsnt governments 
 
 arc in a fi.ite of nature, the world never was 
 
 wi;hout men in that ft ate. .i-°«f- 
 
 The town of St. Gaul is a proteftant republick, 
 
 ind.-i,^':dait 0/ the abbot, and under the protec 
 
 ti.m of the c.-.ntons. .-IMiJ^-: 
 
 i. Not relating to any thing elfe, as to a 
 
 fuperiour caufe or power. 
 
 The conlider.'tion of our underftanding, which 
 is an incorporeal fubftancc i„i^i>c„Mr„f,om mat^ 
 tct • and the contemplation of cur own bodies, 
 which have ^11 the flr.mps and charafler. of M- 
 cellentcontrivanc-: theie alone ao veiy eafily 
 ouide us to the wife Au-.hor ot all thmgs. 
 o , JSentUy 
 
 Isdepe'ndent. n.f. One who in reli- 
 gious affairs holds tliat every congrega- 
 tion Is a compl-^te church, fubject to no 
 fuperiour authority. , r . 
 
 We Ib-li, in ou. fcrmons take occafion to 
 « flifv luch palTages in our litiu-gy as have been 
 uriuftly cuurrcUed at by prefbyre.ians, /-..<./.="- 
 S' or other pnri.an feelarics. iW.'>« 
 
 A very famous .^.wV/cW«/ minilUr was head 
 of a college in thofe times. Mdijin'^ Sl-H.^^. 
 Inoepe'ndently. adv. If rorr. Independ- 
 ent 1 Without reference to other things. 
 Difpofe ligl t.- and (l.a.lows, without finilh- 
 ing every thing i,,d,f'nd.,uly the one of the^other. 
 
 lKDESE'r.T..«/ r;„ and ^./r/.] Want 
 of mvrit. This is an ufeful word, but 
 pot much received. 
 
 Thole who were onct looked on as his equals 
 ai-c .-.t to think the f.rmc of his merit a teticaion 
 on l.'.rown mUJ^rH. J 
 
 1-.j,e'51vkmti.y. t:dv. [wdefwenter, tr. m 
 ^nda.fmlo, Lat.] Without ceffation 
 They contmne a month /".•/r,,'-.»//v. R'lv- 
 
 ■i>;nv TRU'CTIBI-E. adj. [m ^ai drjlruch- 
 tU.} Not to be deitroycd. 
 
 I N D 
 
 Glafs is fo compa(ft and tirm a body, that it is 
 
 indcjIriiBil'U by art or nature. Boylr. 
 
 Indete'rmina BLE. adj. [in znA deter- 
 
 mJnaile.] Not to be fixed ; not to be 
 
 defined or fettled. 
 
 There is not only obfcurity in the end, but 
 beginning of the world ; that, as its period is 
 inictutabk-jfo is its nativity ('i.to«'^m/M/'/f.5''^i"'. 
 Indete'rminate. adj. [indeteiminc,Yr. 
 in and determina/e.] Unfixed ; not de- 
 fined; indefinite. 
 
 Tiie rays of the fame colour were by turns 
 tranbnititd at one ihicknefs, and reflefled at 
 another thicknefs, for an inditermittatt number 
 of fucccffions. Nf.vton's Opiicis. 
 
 Indete'rminately. adv. [imnideter- 
 minately.'] Indefinitely; not in any fet- 
 tled manner. 
 
 His perlpicacity difcerncd the loadftone to 
 refpcfl the north, when ours beheld it indfler. 
 minatcly. ' Brtiun 
 
 The depth of the hold is ind!t:rm!rtate, 
 
 'v ex- 
 
 prelTed in the defcription. .Arbuthnot onCtiins. 
 
 Indete'rmined. adj. [i« and determined. ] 
 Unfettled; unfixed. 
 
 We Ihould not aiuufe ouifclves with floating 
 words of inditermincd fignification, which we 
 can ufe in feveral fcnfes to ferve a turn. Locke. 
 
 IndetermiNa'tion. n.f. [in and de- 
 termination.'] Want of determination ; 
 want of fixed or ftated direftion. 
 
 By contingents I underftand all things which 
 miy be done, and may not be done, may hap- 
 pen, or may not happen, by rcafon of the indc- 
 ttrmlt.ation or accidental concurrence of the 
 caufes. Bramhall ijg.iinjl Hoh/n-s. 
 
 Ikdevo'tioN. n.f. [indevotion, French; 
 in and devotion.] Want of devotion ; 
 irreliglon. 
 
 Let us make the church the fcene of our pe- 
 nitence, as of our faults; deprecate our former 
 indcvcl.-cn, .and, by an exemplary reverence, rc- 
 drefs the fc.andal of profanenefs. Dmiy vf Piety. 
 
 Indevou't. a^". [j'"/c"t>o', French ; /« and 
 devout. ] Not devout ; not religious ; 
 irreligious. 
 
 He prays much ; yet curfes more ; whilft he 
 is meek, but indmonl. Decay of Piety. 
 
 I'ndex. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 I. The difcoverer; the pointer out. 
 
 Talies are the in-lr.res of the different qu.ilitics 
 of plants, as well as of all foits of aliment. 
 
 yjrhutknot on y^limeiits. 
 
 That which was once ihe inJe.v to point out 
 
 all virtues, does now mark out that part of the 
 
 wuild where lejft of ihem rendcs- Deeayf Piety. 
 
 z. The hand that points to any thing, as 
 
 to the hour or way. 
 
 They have no more inward felf-confcioufnefs 
 of what they do or fuffer, than the ind.x of a 
 w.irch, of Che hour it points to. Bcniky 
 
 3. The table of contents to a book. 
 In fuch indexei, although fmall 
 To their fubfequent volumes, there is feen 
 The ba'oy iigure of the giant mals 
 Of things to come, at large. Shakjfcarc. 
 
 If a hojk has no index or good table of con- 
 tents, 'tis very ufeful to n:ake one as you are 
 reading it ; and in your index to take notice only 
 of pairs new to you. tiatti. 
 
 Indexte'rity. n.f. [in and dexterity.''^ 
 Want of dexterity ; want of readinefs ; 
 want of handlncfs ; clumfinefs ; awk- 
 warduefs. 
 
 The indcxtcrity of our confuniption curers dc- 
 
 monflrates their dimnefs in beholding its caufes. 
 
 Harfey on Conjumptiotis. 
 
 I'NDrAN Arro'ui-root. n. f. [marcanta, 
 Latin.] A root. 
 
 A fuvcrcign remedy for the bite of wafps, and 
 the poil'on of the manchincel tree. This luot the 
 
 I N D 
 
 Indians apply to exttaa tiic venom of their sr- 
 
 rows. _ Miller. 
 
 Fnuian Cr^fs. n.f. [acriviola, Latin.] 
 
 A plant. Miller. 
 
 Indian Fig. n.f. [opuniia, Latin.] A 
 
 plant. Mi//:r. 
 
 I'ndian Red. n.f. Is a fpecies of ochre ; 
 
 a very fine purple earth, and of a firm n 
 
 compact texture, and great weight. 
 
 HillonFoJdi. 
 I'ndica^t. adj. [indicans, Lat.] Show- 
 ing ; pointing out ; that directs what 
 is to be done in any difeafe. ■ 
 
 To I'NDICATE. y. a. [indico, Latin.] '.| 
 
 1. To (how ; to point out. 
 
 2. [In phyfick.] To point out a remedy. 
 See Indication. 
 
 Indication, n.f. [indication, Jxench; 
 iitdicatio, from indico, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Mark ; token ; fign ; note ; fymptom. 
 The tiequent Hops they make in the moft 
 
 convenient places, are a plain iis.licatioi: of their 
 wearinefs. Mdijon. 
 
 We think that our fucceffes are a plain indi- 
 cation of the divine favour towards us. Mtterhury. 
 
 2. [In phyfick.] Indication is of four 
 kinds : vital, prefervative, curative, and 
 palliative ; as It direfts what is to be 
 done to continue life, cutting off the 
 caufe pf an approaching diltemper, cur- 
 ing it while it Is actually prefent, or 
 leffening Its effeds, or taking off fonic 
 of its fyraptoms before It can be wholly 
 removed. ^incy. 
 
 The depravation of the inftruments of malti- 
 cation is a natural indication of a liquid diet. 
 
 .drbuthnot on Aliments, 
 
 3. Difcovery made ; Intelligence given. 
 
 If a pcrfon that had a fair eliate in reverhon, 
 (hould be alfured by fome Ikilful phyfician, that- 
 he would inevitably fall into a difeafe that would 
 totally deprive him of his underltanding and 
 r»emory; if, I fay, upon a certain belief of this 
 indication, the man Ihould appear oveijejyed at 
 the news, would not all that faw him conclude 
 that the diftemper had fciied him .> Bcntley. 
 
 4. Explanation ; difplay. 
 Thclc be the things that govern nature prin- 
 cipally, and without w!;ich you cannot make 
 any true analylis, and indicMion of the proceed- 
 ings of nature. Be.con'^ Natural Hljiory. 
 
 Indi'cative. adj. [indicativus, latin.] 
 r. Showing; informing; pointingout. 
 2. f In o-rammar.] A certain modification 
 of a verb, exprefling affirmation or in- 
 dication. 
 
 Tne verb is formed in a certain manner to 
 affirm, ceny, or interrogate ; which formation, 
 from the principal ufe of it, is called the indica- 
 tive mood. Claike^i Latin Grammar. 
 
 Indi'catively. adv. [irom indicative. '\ 
 
 In fuch a manner as fliows or betokens. 
 
 Thcfe images, formed in the brain, are indi- 
 
 catively of tke fame fpecies w ith thole of fcnle. 
 
 Greiv. 
 
 To Indi'ct. See Endite, and its deri- 
 vatives. 
 
 Indi'ction. n.f. [indidion, French; tn- 
 dico, Latin.] 
 
 1. Declaration ; proclamation. 
 After a legation ad res repelendas, and a re- 
 
 fufal, and a denunciation and indiiiion of a war, 
 the war is left at large. Baton. 
 
 2. [In chronology.] The W/^/'on, infti- 
 tuted by Conltantine the great, is pro- 
 perly a cycle of tributes, orderly dlf- 
 pofed, for fifteen years, and by it ac-
 
 I N D 
 
 counts of that kind were kept. After- 
 ward, ill memory of the great viitory 
 obtained by Conllantiiie over Mezeii- 
 tiu5, 8 Cal. Oft. 312, by which an en- 
 tire freedom was given to chriftianity, 
 the council of Nice, for the honour ot 
 Conftantinc, ordained that the accounts 
 of years fliould be no longer kept by the 
 Olympiads, which till that time had 
 been done ; but that, inllead thereof, 
 the liid'iSion fhould be made ufe of, by 
 which to reckon and date their years, 
 which hath its epochay^.Z). 313, Jan. i. 
 
 Indi'tkerence. J n.y. \indijferfn:e, Fr. 
 
 Indi'fferency. J indj/fercntia, Lat.] 
 
 1. Neutrality; fufpenCon ; equipoife or 
 freedom from motives on eitlitr fide. 
 
 In choice of committees it is better to chufe 
 
 inHiffei-cnl peifons, than to malcc an irh{:fen':cy 
 
 by putting in thofe tliat are ftiong on Lotli fides. 
 
 Jjiico'i's Ejf^iyi. 
 
 By an equal indi^eiemy for all truth, 1 mean, 
 not loving it as I'uch, before we know it to be 
 true. Luke. 
 
 A perfcdl indifference in the mind, not de- 
 terminable by its l.dl judgmtiit, woul<t be as 
 great an imperfeftion as the want of imliffercn, t 
 to afl, or nut to a<a, till determined by the will. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Thofe who would borrow light from expo- 
 fitors, eitlier confuic only thofe who have the 
 good luck to be thought found ;ind orthodox, 
 avoiding thofe of dilferent fentiments ; or die 
 with iiid:Jferci:cy look into the notes of all com- 
 mentatois. Locke. 
 
 2. Impartiality. 
 
 Read the book with indifferency and judg- 
 ment, and thou caii'ft not hut greatly comme.id 
 it. _ im. :rjr. 
 
 3. Negligence ; want of affedion ; un- 
 concernednefs. 
 
 Indifference cannot but be criminal, when it 
 is conveifant about objeifts which are fo far from 
 being of an indifferent nature, that they are of 
 the higlicll importance. j'l.Uifon. 
 
 A pl.ice which we muft pafs through not only 
 with the indifference of ftrangers, but with the 
 vigilance of thofe who travel through the coun- 
 try of an cn^my. Rogers. 
 
 Indiff'renee, clad in wifdom's guile, 
 All fortitude of mind fupplies ; 
 For how can ftony bowels melt, 
 In thofe who never pity felt > Swift. 
 
 He will let you know he has got a clap with 
 as much indifferency as he would a piece of'pub- 
 lic news. SiL'iff. 
 
 The people of England fhould be frighted with 
 the French king and the pretender once a year : 
 the want of obferving this iiecelT.iry piecepr, has 
 produced great indifference in the vulgar, .-^rhuth. 
 
 4. State in which no moral or phyfical 
 reafon preponderates ; ftate in which 
 there is no difference. 
 
 The choice is left to our difcretion, except a 
 principal bond of fome higher duty rerr.ove the 
 indifference that fuch things have in themtVlvcs ; 
 their indff'rencc is removed, if we take away 
 our own liberty. Htcker. 
 
 INDI'FFERENT. ac^. {indlfrent, Fr. 
 
 Indtfferens, Lat.] 
 1. Neutral; not determined on either fide. 
 
 Doth his majcfty 
 Incline to it or no ? 
 
 He feems indifferent. Shukfpeare. 
 
 Being indifferent, we Ihould receive and em- 
 brace opinions according as evidence gives the 
 attcftation of truth. Locke. 
 
 Let guilt or fear 
 Diftuib man's rcll ; Cato knows neither of 
 
 them : 
 Indifferent in his choice to (leep or die. .Addijon. 
 
 i. Unconcerned i inattentive j regardlefs. 
 
 I N D 
 
 One thing was all to you, and your fondnefs 
 made you indifferent to every tiling tifc. 'I'ctnp/e. 
 
 It was a law of Solon, that any perioii who, 
 in the civil commotions of the republick, re- 
 mained neuter, or an indifferent fpcdtalor of the 
 contending parties, Ihould be condemned to pcr- 
 pcni.ii banilhmcnt. ./^ddi/on's Freeholder. 
 
 But how indifferent foever man may be to 
 eternal happinefs, yet furely to eternal niifciy 
 none can be indiffrrtnt K^i^'-n. 
 
 3. Not to have fuch difference as that the 
 one is for its own fake preferable to the 
 other. 
 
 The nature of things indifferent is neither to 
 be commanded nor fnrbiddcn, but left free and 
 arbitraiy. Hanker. 
 
 Cuftoms, which of themfelves are indifferent 
 in other kingdom*, became exceedingly evil in 
 this realm, by reafon of the inconveniencies 
 whicli followed thereupon. Davies. 
 
 Though at firll it \\'.is free, and in my choice 
 whether or no I Ihould publilh thefc difcourfes; 
 yet, the publication bLing once refolvcd, the de- 
 dication was not fo indifferent. Se^itth. 
 
 This 1 mention only as my conjc<5ture, it be- 
 ing indfferrnt to the matter which way the learn- 
 ed fliall determine. Locke. 
 
 4. fmpartial ; difintercfled. 
 
 Mttcalf was p rti.il to none, but indifferent to 
 all ; a mailer for the whole, and a father to every 
 one. Afcham. 
 
 I am a mod poor woman and a ftranger, 
 Born out of your dominions ; having here 
 No judge indiff'rent, and no more alTurance 
 01 equal friendiliip and proceeding. Sh.ikfp. 
 
 There can hardly be an indifferent trial had 
 between the king and the fubjeft, or between 
 party and paity, by reafon of this general kindred 
 and confanguinity. Vavici. 
 
 5. Palfable; having mediocrity; of a mid- 
 dling ftate; neither good nor word. 
 This Is an improper riid colloquial ufe, 
 efpecially when applied to perfous. 
 
 Some 'hings admit of mediuci iry : 
 A counfelloi, or pleader at the bar. 
 May want Meffala's powerful eloquence, 
 Or be lefs read than deep Caffelius j 
 Yet this indifferent lawyer is efteem'd. Rcfcom. 
 
 Who wuuid excel, when few can make a tell. 
 Betwixt indiff'rent writing and the befl } Dryd. 
 
 This has obliged me to publifh an indiffererrt 
 colleiftion of poems, for fear of being thought 
 the author of a worfe. Prior. 
 
 There is not one of thefe fubjefts that would 
 not fell a very injrffccrt paper, could I think of 
 gr.atifying the publick by fuch mean and bafe 
 methods. M.iijon. 
 
 6. In the fame fenfe it has the force of an 
 adverb. 
 
 I am my(cU indfferent honell ; but yet I could 
 accufc me of fuch things, that it were belter that 
 my mi..tliei- had not born me. iihakfpearc. 
 
 This will raife a great fcum on it, and leave 
 
 your wine indifferent clear. Mortimer. 
 
 lNDl'ri'ERENTLV.W'tI.[/W^/Yn/<:7-,Lat.] 
 
 1. Withoutdillinction; withoutpreference. 
 
 Whiteiiefs is a mean between all coUurs, 
 having itfclf indifferently to them all, fo as 
 with equal facility to be tinged with any of them. 
 
 NiAtJton'i Ojriicki. 
 
 Were p.ardon extended indifferently to al), 
 which of them would think himfelf under any 
 particular obligation .' Mdiffn. 
 
 Though a church-of-England-man thinks 
 every fpccies of government equally lawful, he 
 does not think them equally cxpcilienl, or for 
 every countr}' indifferently. Siuijt. 
 
 2. Equally ; impartitilly. 
 
 They may truly and indiffeienth minlftcr juf- 
 lice. Cornrnon I'yayer. 
 
 3. Ill a neutral ftate; without willi or 
 avtrfion. 
 
 Set hemour in one eye, and death i* th' other, 
 And I will look on death in.liffuenilw .^,'iukfj,. 
 
 4. Not well; tolerably jjaflablyimiddlingly. 
 
 I N D 
 
 A moylc will draw irrdifferently well, sni 
 cauy great burthens. Care-tu, 
 
 I hope it mny inUffrrently entertain your lord- 
 (hip at an unbending iiour. Rowe, 
 
 An hundred and fifty of their beds, fown to- 
 gether, kept me but very indifferently from th« 
 Hoor. (Julliver\ Traveli. 
 
 I'ndioence. 7 n./ liiidigence, Yr. wdi' 
 I'NDiGENcy. J genlia, Lat.] Waat; pe- 
 nury; poverty. 
 
 Where there is happinefs, there mull not b'e 
 
 indigency, or want of any due comforts of life. 
 
 Bur-net's Theory. 
 
 For cv'n that indigence, tli.lt brings me low. 
 
 Makes me myfclf, and him above to knovr. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Athens worfhipped God with temples and fa- 
 ctifices, as if he needed habitation and fufte- 
 nance ; and that the heathens had fuch a mcaa 
 apprchenfion about the indigency of their gods, 
 appears from Ariftophancs and Lucian. Ven!':y. 
 
 Indi'gf.nous. adj. [indigene, French; in- 
 d'lgcmi, Latin.] Native to a country ; 
 originally produced or born in a region. 
 
 Negroes were all tranfiiortcd from Africa, 
 and are nut indigenous 01 piopct natives of Ame- 
 rica. Bri'.vn, 
 
 It is wonderful to obferve one creature, that 
 is, mankind, indigenous to fo many diffe'rent cli- 
 mates, .rlrhuthnit. 
 
 I'NDIGENT. ««;;. {indigent, French; 
 indigens, Latin.] 
 
 1. Poor; needy; neceflitous. 
 
 Charity confiils in relieving the indigent. .r^.U, 
 
 2. In want ; wanting: with o/". 
 
 Rejoice, O Albion, lever'd fioni tlie world, 
 By nature's wife indulgence ; indigent 
 OJ nothing trom without. Philipt, 
 
 3. Void ; empty. 
 
 Such bodies have the tangible parts indigent of 
 moifture. "Bucon, 
 
 Indige'st. \adj. [itidige/Ie, Fr. iiidi- 
 Indige'sted. J g/^us, Latin.] 
 
 1. Not ftpaiated into diilinil orders; not 
 regularly difpofed. 
 
 This mafs, or indigejied matter, or chaos, ere-- 
 ated in the beginning, was without the proper 
 form, which it afterwards acquired. Raleigh^ 
 
 Before the fcas, nnd this tericftrial ball. 
 One was the face of nature, if a face ; 
 Rather a rude and undigejied mafs. Dryden. 
 
 2. Not formed, or fhaped. Indig-Jl is not 
 now in ufe. 
 
 Set a form upon that indigejl projeiS, 
 So (hapelefs and fo ludc Shnkffcare, 
 
 Hence, heap of wrath, foul indigtjled lump ; 
 As crooked in thy manners as thy Ihape. Shaifp^ 
 
 3. Not well confidered and methodifed. 
 
 By irkfuirc deformities, thiough endlefs and 
 feiifeicfs effufions o( indigejied prayers, they often- 
 times diigr;.ce the worthielt part of cnriilinn duty 
 towards God. Hotker. 
 
 The political creed of the high-principled men 
 fets the protcftanr fucccfiion upon a firmer t\tiin- 
 dation than all the indigejied Ichemes of ihofe 
 who piofefs revolution princiijlei. Sivift, 
 
 4. -Not concotled in the flomach. 
 
 Dreams are bred 
 From rifing fumes of .•■'.•./;^fy/fi food. Dfydin. 
 J. Not brought to fuppuiation. 
 
 His wound was in.iigrjied and intiamed. 
 
 If tjtina}% 
 
 Indige'stible. adi. [from /« and r/i- 
 gcJi\Me.~\ Not conquerable in the fto« 
 macli ; not convertible to nutriment. 
 
 Eggs are the moll nourifliing and exalted of 
 all animal food, and moll indii^ejiiiie : no body 
 c.in digefi the fame quantity of them as of other 
 food. y.'hitt'ineit on Diet, 
 
 Indigk'.'stion. n. f. [inaige/iim, Ficach } . 
 fromw and dlgij/ijr,.]
 
 T N D 
 
 I N D 
 
 1. A morbid weaknefs of the ftomadi ; 
 want of concoftive power. 
 
 2. The Hate of meats unconcofled. 
 
 The fumes of inJJgeJIio'i may indifpufe men to 
 tliougiit, as well us" to dilc-al'es of danger and 
 oain. TcmfJe. 
 
 To INDI'GITATE. i>. a. {indisUo, 
 
 Latin.J To point out ; to ihow by 
 
 the fingers. 
 
 Antiquity cxprefll-d numbers by the fingers : 
 
 -the dcprcfling this finger, which in the left hand 
 
 implied but fix, m the right hand indigitaud fix 
 
 hLMidrid. Bmun's I'lilgur Erroun. 
 
 As though there were s fcminality of urine, we 
 
 fooliflily conceive we behold therein the anatomy 
 
 ei every particle, and can thereby indigitatc their 
 
 afl'::c1ions. Brcjiun's fulgar Erroun. 
 
 We aie not to iridigitate the parts tranfmittent. 
 
 IJttrTcy. 
 
 3>:pigita.'tion. n.f. {i\om indlgilale.'] 
 The aft of pointing out or Ihowing, as 
 by tlie finger. 
 
 \Vnich things I conceive no obfcure indig:ta- 
 
 thn of providence. i^hre againjl Athcljm. 
 
 Jndi'gn. adj. [in.^nf, French; indigiius, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Unworthy; undeferving. 
 
 U'here there is a kingdom that is altogether 
 
 unable or ir.dign to govern, is it jult fur anotiicr 
 
 nation, that is civil or policed, to fubdue them ? 
 
 B.imi'i Holy If',:,. 
 
 ■2. 'Bringing indignity ; difgraceful. This 
 is a word not iit ufe. 
 
 And all Ind.'gn and bafe advcifities 
 Make head againft my eftimation. Sh.tkfpeare. 
 Indi'gnant. adj. [jtidignaiis, Lat.] An- 
 grv ; raging ; inflamed at once with an- 
 ger and difdain. 
 He fcuurg'd with many a ftroke th' indignant 
 waves. Mi /ton. 
 
 The luftful monfter fled, purfiied by the valor- 
 ous and ifidign.int Martin. J^ihithnot and Pfjpe, 
 What rage that hour did Albion's foul poffeis, 
 Let chiefs imagine, and let lovers gucfs ! 
 He ftridcs indigrrmit, and with hauglity cries 
 To finglc fight the fiiiy prince dches. Tirhel. 
 Indign.'i'tioji. n.f. [indignation, Yr. 
 i/idignatio, Lat.] 
 
 1. Anger mingled with contempt or dif- 
 gti-L 
 
 Sufpend your imiign^jticn againft iny bioTlver, 
 ■♦ill vou derive better teliimony of his intent. 
 
 Shjifpeore^s King Lear. 
 
 From thofe otiiccrs, warm with indignniion at 
 the infolences of that vile rabble, came words uf 
 4;rcn-. contempt. Ucuidon. 
 
 But keep this fwelling indignation down, 
 And let vour cooler rcafon now prevail. Ko-wc. 
 
 2. The anger of a fuperiour. 
 
 There was great imiifftalim .againft I frae! . 
 
 2 Kings. 
 
 2. The effeft of anger. 
 
 It heav'ns have any grievous plague in ilore, 
 Let tl(em huil down their indigmurjn 
 On thee, thuu tiuublcr of th.e world. Shnh/feare. 
 Jnpi'gnity. n.f. [iiid/giiitas, {rom indi^- 
 nus, Lat. indignile, Fr.] Conttmiely ; 
 contemptuous iirjury ; violation of" right 
 accompanieu with iiiliilt. 
 
 Bidiops and. prelates could n.t but have bleed- 
 ing hearts to behold a perfon cf fo great place and 
 Vurth conftraincd to endure fo toul indignities. 
 
 ■> Ho'.kcr. 
 
 No emotion of pafTioi) tranfporteo me, by the 
 ■indignity of his carriage, to any thing unheleem- 
 jng myfelf. Aj'ig C!iu:les. 
 
 Man he made, and fur him built 
 Jlagnificcnt this world, and earth his feat. 
 Him lord pronounc'd; and, O indignity :' 
 Subjecfcd to ins ftrvicc angcl-wings, 
 /ivid fl-aming miniltcrs, to watch and tend 
 lUdr catd.ly chirj.c. Milton. 
 
 Fist'ifon. 
 
 A plant, 
 In the 
 
 He docs not fee bow that mif.htjr pafTion foi 
 the church can well confift with thofe indignities 
 and that contempt men bcliow on the clergy. 
 
 Snuift. 
 
 To more exalted glories born, 
 Thy mean indignities I fcorn. 
 
 I'ndigo. n.f. [iudicum, Lat.] 
 by the Americans called anil 
 middle of the flower is the ilyle, which 
 afterward becomes a jointed pod, con- 
 taining one cylindrical feed in one par- 
 tition, from which indigo is made, which 
 is ufed in dying for a blue colour. 
 
 Miller. 
 Indire'ct. adj. [iiidire£l,Yx. intiii-eclus, 
 
 Lat.] 
 r. Not ftraight ; not reftilinear. 
 2. Not tending otherwife than obliquely 
 1 or confequentially to a purpofe : as, an 
 itidireil accufation. 
 j. Wrong ; improper. 
 
 The tender prince 
 Would fain have come with me to meet your 
 
 grace ; 
 But by his mother was perforce with.hcld. 
 
 Fy, what an indirtit and peevilh courfe 
 
 Is this of hers ? Siak/pearc'i Richard ill. 
 
 if. Not fair ; not honeft. 
 
 Think you, that any means under the fun 
 Can alTecuie fo indiicS a courfe .= Daniel. 
 
 Thofe thing.s which they do know they may, 
 upon fundry;n.V/r;i3confideration5, let pals; and 
 alihoagh thcmfelves do not err, yet may ihey de- 
 ceive others. H'^oker. 
 
 O pity and fhame ' that they who to live well 
 Enter'd fo fair, (hould turn afide, to tread 
 P.iths indirca. Milton. 
 
 Indiiea dealing will be difcovet'd one time or 
 other, and then he lofes his reputation. Tiliotjon. 
 Indire'ction. n.f. [in and direclion.] 
 
 1. Oblique means J tendency not in a 
 ftraight line. 
 
 And thus do we, of wifdom and of reach, 
 With windlaccs, and with ciTays of byas, 
 By ii:.!iitcii'.ns find diiefljons out, Shakjfeart. 
 
 2. Diflioneft praftice. Not ufed. 
 I had rather coin my heart than wring 
 
 From the hard hands of peafants their vile tralh, 
 By any indircBion. Shakffeare's j!di:is Catjar. 
 
 Indire'ctly. adv. [from irdireO!.] 
 1. Not in a right line ; obliquely. 
 !. Not in e.xprefs terms. 
 
 SiiU Ihe fupprelfes the name, which continues 
 his doubts and hopes; and at laft flie in.iitctrly 
 mentions it. Btiitm:. 
 
 J. Unfairly; not rightly. 
 
 He bids you then refign 
 Your crown and kingdom, mdiicBly held 
 From him ti:c true challenger. Sknkffare. 
 
 He that takes any thing from his neighbour, 
 which was jufily fuifeited, to latisfy his own re- 
 venge or avarice, is lied to ie]xnlance, but not to 
 leftitution: becaufe I took ^le forfeiture .■«./.•- 
 icfih, I am anfwerablc to God for my unhaud- 
 fome, unjult, or unckaiitable circumllances. 
 
 Tayhr. 
 
 Indike'ctness. n.f. [itt and dire^mfs.] 
 
 1. Obliquity. 
 
 2. Unfairnefs; diflionefty; fraudulent art. 
 Indisce'rnible. tidj. [in and difern- 
 
 ille.] Not perceptible; not difcover- 
 
 able. 
 Speculation, which, to my dark foul, 
 
 Depriv'd of rcafon, is as indijccrnibU 
 
 As colours to my body,' wanting fight. Drnh,un. 
 Indisce'rkibly. ath. [from indijccni- 
 
 iLk.] In a manner not to be peiceived. 
 Indisce'rptiele. adj. [in and difcfrp- 
 
 tibln.'} Not to be feparatcd ; incapable 
 
 I N D 
 
 of being broken or deflroyfd by diffa- 
 
 lution of pans. 
 Inpiscerptibi'lity. n. J', [(rom huiif- 
 
 cerptihle.l Incapability of diilolution. 
 Iniusco'very. n.f. [in^.nddifcovsry.l^ 
 
 The ftate of being hidden. An unuliia! 
 
 word. 
 
 ■ The ground of this affertion vrai (he magnif}>. 
 
 ing cftcena of the ancients, ariiing from the in- 
 
 dijcvticry of its bead. Bro^u». 
 
 Iudiscrbe't. adj. [inSfcret, Fr. in and 
 
 difcreet.'] Impradent ; incautious; ift. 
 
 coniiderate ; injudicious. 
 
 Why then . ' 
 
 Are mortal men fo fund and injifcrtet, 
 
 So ev il gold to leek unto their aid ; 
 ^nd having uot complain, and having it upbraid? 
 
 'Spenffr. 
 If thou be among the indifctat, obferve the 
 
 time; but be coutijiUiiily among men of under-. 
 
 llanding. ■ Ecdus. 
 
 Indiscreb'tlt. adu. [from indifc-et-t.'^ 
 Without prudence ; without confider- 
 ation; without judgment. 
 
 lob on jullice hath afperfions flung, 
 
 Aiid fpoken indifcreetly v/kh his tongue. Sandys. 
 
 Let a great pciionage undertake an adlion paf- 
 
 fionately, let liim manage it indifcratly, and h.e 
 
 fliali have enough to flatter him. T,n!i>r, 
 
 Ikdiscre'tion. n.f. [indifcretion, Fr. 
 in and difcretioii.'} Imprudence ; ralk-' 
 ncfs ^ incotifideration. 
 
 [n.tifciction fomctimes ferves us well, 
 Wlicn our deep plots do fail. ShAffeart, 
 
 Hisoftcncesdid proceed rather from negligence, 
 ralhnefs, or other i/i./^i/l-rtOM, than fronvapy raa« 
 licioirsthought. H.iyui.ird', 
 
 Loofe papers have been obtained from us by 
 the importunity and divulged by the indiferelitn 
 of friends, although reftraincd by promifes. 
 
 ' Swiff. 
 
 Indiscri'minatb. atlj. [indifcrimiiu'hs-f 
 
 Latin.] Undiftlngiiilhablc; not marked 
 
 with any note of diftinftion. 
 
 Indiscri'minatelt. adv. [from iniFif- 
 
 criminate.] Without diftinciion. 
 
 Others ufe defamatory difcouife purely fff 
 love of talk: whofe (peech, like a flowing ruf- 
 rcnt, bean avpay indij rintinattiy whatever lies ht 
 itk way. Government tf the It-ijj^ut. 
 
 Liquors, ftrong of acid falts, delii-oy the ^m- 
 ficfl of the infufion of our wood f aird li^^wjvt if' 
 di/ci iminately, ihat ahound with fulphureouj i.ilis, 
 relK'ie it. Bi.y/c, 
 
 INDISPE'NSABLE. adj. [French.] 
 Not to be remitted ; not to be fpared ; 
 
 nccclTary. 
 
 Kocks, mountains, and cavern-, againll which 
 thcfe exceptions arc made, are of indijfenJMe 
 ufe and necelTity, as wt 11 to earth as to nran. 
 
 M'l/odivard's N^'tlDul llijlt/ry. 
 
 Indispe'nsablemess. n.f. [from indif- 
 pafahle.'] State of not being to be 
 ipared ; neceffity. 
 Indispe'nsa BLY. adv. [from iniUfen- 
 fauh'.'\ Without dlfpenfalion; wllhout 
 remllTion ; neccffarlly. 
 
 Every one niufi look irpon him'clf as indiffen^^ 
 f.di/y oLIiged to the piiaflice of dirly. -■id.nfon. 
 
 To INDISPOSE, v.a. [indifpofer,Yr.1 
 1. To make unfit : with /o;-. 
 
 Nothtrig can be reckoned good or bad to us in 
 
 this life, any farther than it prepares or mdijpojit 
 
 us /"^/' the enjo) mcnts of another. Attethuty. 
 
 z, Todifincline; to make avtrfe : with /o. 
 
 It has a ftrange cilicjcy to indifp'jfc the iieatE 
 
 to religion. Ssnili's Setmo-s. 
 
 3. To dlfoider ; to difqualify ior its ^iro- 
 
 per funcliotis.
 
 with toward. 
 
 rfp'jfcd toivtjrJs the 
 
 IN D 
 
 Thf foul is not now hindered in its aflings by 
 the diiiempcialurc ut" />i////'0/r</ organs. Giurrt'. 
 
 ^. To difordcr fliglitly with regard to 
 licalth. 
 
 Thnugh it weakened, yet it made him rather 
 
 injlffujcd than lick, and did no ways dilablc him 
 
 from ftudyiiig. Ifi\lt'jii. 
 
 c. To make unfavourable : with 
 
 The king was rufhciciuly imiij^'jfcd 
 perfons or the principles of Calvin's dil'ciples. 
 
 CI,tti:nJfin. 
 
 Indispo'sedness. n.f. [i\-ominiliJpnf:J.'\ 
 State of unfitnels or dilinclinatiuu ; dil- 
 ordere^ (late. 
 
 It is not any innate har(hnefs in piety that ren- 
 ders the firrt elTaysof It unpleafant; that is owing 
 only to the iniiiffcfiJirfi of our own hearts, 
 
 DfCJy of PUty. 
 
 Indisposi'tion. n.f. [inilijpo/ition, Fr. 
 
 from iniiif/iq/h.] 
 I, Difordtr of health ; tendency to fick- 
 nefs ; flight difcafe. 
 
 The king did complain of a continual infirmity 
 of body, yet rather as an imiifpofition in health 
 than any let ficknefs. Hnyiu^rJ 
 
 I liave known a great fleet lofc great occafions, 
 by an iruhfpojition of the admiial, while he was 
 neither weil enough to exercife, nor ill enough to 
 leave rlie comnrand. Ternple. 
 
 Wif(h»ni isltill looking forward, from the hiif 
 indtj^ofiit^ni into the prugrefs of the dile.ifc. 
 
 L'F.Jhangf 
 
 His life fecms to have been prolonged beyond 
 
 its natural term, under thofe indif^ofuions whicii 
 
 hung upon the latter pa-t of it. j^ddijcrt, 
 
 C. Difinclination ; diflike : with to or 
 
 totvard. 
 
 The i'lJifpcJttiin of the church of Rome to re- 
 form hcrlelt, mull be no Hay unto us from per- 
 forming our duty to God. l'ook^:r. 
 
 The minfl, by every dvgrec of alTe(flcd unbe- 
 lief, contrails more and more of a gcncr.tl indif- 
 pojitinn /ciuardi believing. ^Ittfrbuty. 
 
 Ikdisputable. adj. [jn znA liifpulabU.'] 
 UncoRtrovertible j inconteftable ; evi- 
 dent ; certain. 
 
 There is no maxim in politicks more inSfpu- 
 /fl^/?, than that a nation Ihouldhavc m.tny honours 
 to refervc for tliofc who do national ferviccs. 
 
 Addifo.,. 
 
 Th.e apoftle alTerts a clear indihutahU conclu- 
 
 fion, which could admit of no qu-ilion. R(^^fr\. 
 
 Ihdispu'tabi.eness. n.f. [from indijpii- 
 
 taik.] The llate of being indifputa- 
 
 ble ; certainty ; evidence. 
 
 Indispu'tablv. aJv. [from imJiffiiitaik.] 
 
 1. Without conlroverfy ; ccrtaiiily ; evi- 
 dently. 
 
 The thing itfelf is quetlion.ible, nor is it i/!dif- 
 pittu'j/v ccit.iin wi.at death Ihe died. £'ow/i. 
 
 2. Without oppolition. 
 
 They quc(lionc<l a duty that had been indij- 
 ^rvr^/'/)' gianlcd to lo i.iiuy preceding kings. 
 
 Ihtue/'s ^o^ii/ Forejj. 
 Indisso'lvable. aJj [In j^nAdiffohable.'] 
 
 1. IndilToluble ; not feparable as to its 
 parts. 
 
 Met.il^, corroded witli a little .icid, turn into 
 ruft, which is .-".n e.irth t.iflckfb and indjpjh.thfr 
 in water; and this caith, imbibed wilii more 
 acid, hecumes a met.illick talt. Ne-zufo^ 
 
 2. Obligatory; not to be broken ; bind- 
 ing for ever. 
 
 Dcpofnion and de^iLidaiion arc without hope 
 of any remiffion, and thcnl'orc llie law (liles them 
 an indiJfol.iuliL bond; but a cenfuic, a riff.jK-ath 
 
 bond. j'iy':^i*i I'll' r'SOfi 
 
 iNnissoLuni'LiTY. n. f. [inJiffuluhilite, 
 
 French ; from inJiffoJulle.\ 
 J. Relitlanceto a difToIving power ; firm- 
 
 ncfs ; (iabknefs. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 I N D 
 
 Wliat hoops hold this mafs of matter in fo 
 dole a prcirute together from whence Ilcel has its 
 finnnefs, and the parts o( a diamond their hard- 
 ncfs and indijpi^uhiliry? Locke. 
 
 2. Pel petuity of obligation. 
 
 Indi's.soiuble. adj. [indifolulle, Fr. 
 indiffidulilh, Lat. in and diJfobMe.'\ 
 
 1. Refilling all fcparation of its parts; 
 firm ; llaiile. 
 
 Wlicn common gold and lead arc mingled, the 
 lead may be levered almuft unaltered; yet if, in- 
 llead uf the gold, a tantillum of the red elixir be 
 mingled with the faturn, their union will be fo 
 in.nililuhl!, that there is no poiTiblc way of fcpa- 
 rating the ditfufcd elixir from tlie fixed lead. 
 
 B'.yh. 
 
 2. Binding for ever; fubfifting forever; 
 not to be loofcd. 
 
 Far more comfort it were for us, to be joined 
 with you in bands oi indijfoluiuc love and amity, 
 to live as if our perlons being many, our fouls 
 were but one. ■ H'joUr. 
 
 There is the fuprcmc and indijjfolnble eonlan- 
 guiniry between men, of which the heathen poet 
 faith we are all his generation. Baai. 
 
 Tliey migl'.t jullly winder, that men fo taught, 
 fo obliged to be kind to all, Ihould behave them- 
 felves fo contrary to fuch heavenly inftru(flions, 
 Inch indiJJ'ihiltle obligations. S'i'tth 
 
 Indi'ssoliibi-eness. n.f. [fromindi^o- 
 lullc] IndlfTolubility ; refillance to fc- 
 paration of parts. 
 
 Ad.im, though confiftlng of a compofitiiin in- 
 trinfically dilT.jlvable, might have held, by the 
 divine will, a (l.tte of immoitality and indijpihi- 
 /-/eweyi of Ins compofition. Hule. 
 
 Indi'ssolubly. adv. [horn. 'wd'fp>luhle.'\ 
 
 1. In a manner relifting all feparation. 
 
 On they move 
 I'/diJfo!uhly firm; nor obvious hill, 
 Nor ftiait'ning vale, nor wood, nor ftream divide 
 Their prrfet^ ranks. Mihon. 
 
 The remaining alhes, by a further degree of 
 fire, may be indifffi'.ubh united int« glafs. Boyle. 
 
 Tliey willingly unite, 
 I'ldilJolnbly firm ; from Oubrit fouth 
 To norlhern Orcadeg. Thilipi. 
 
 2. For ever obligatorily. 
 iNDtsTi'NCT. adj. [indi^inclfTr. m and 
 
 d'Jlhiflus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Not plainly marked ; confufed. 
 
 That which is now a horfe, even with a 
 thought. 
 The rack dillimns, and makes it indifiinff 
 As water is in w.iter. Shakfpettre, 
 
 She w.iibled in her tliroat. 
 And tiin'd her voice to many a merry note : 
 But i'l -iJiniSj and ncill;er fwect nor clear. T)ryd. 
 
 When we fpeafc of the infinite divifibihty of 
 m.Tttcr, wc keep a ver)' clear and ditlinc^ idea of 
 divifion and divifibility; but when we come to 
 paits too fm;.ll for our Icnfcs, our ideas of thefe 
 little bodies become obfcure and ind/fiinff. H'atts. 
 
 2. Not exactly difcerning. 
 
 We tluow out our eyes for brave Othello, 
 Ev'n till we make the m.iin and th' asrial blue 
 An i'ldiftint} regard. Shiikfyfuif. 
 
 lNDisTr5JCTioN. n. f. [from indi/Iinil.] 
 ( . Confufion ; uncertainty. 
 
 The fidijliricjkri of many of the fame name, 
 or the mil'application of the 3t£t of one unto an- 
 other, h.ith made lo:iic rioubt. J^iown. 
 2. Omillion of difcrimination ; Indifcri- 
 mination. 
 
 An indifilnilim of all perfons, or equality of 
 
 all orders, is far from being ngree.ible to the will 
 
 of God. Spr.jt. 
 
 Indijti'nctly. adv. [from indi/IiniT.] 
 
 I. Confufedly ; uncertainly; without dc- 
 
 finitenefs or difcrimination. 
 
 In its fides it was hounded diflinflty, but on 
 its ends confufedly and :ndijiinfl/y, the ligiit there 
 vanilhing by degrees, l^ewlim'i 0/i:cis. 
 
 I N D 
 
 2. Without being didlnguiflicJ. 
 
 M.iking tiial thereof, hi.ih ti.e liquors foakcd 
 /W/yr///(^7/>' through the buwl. Biotun. 
 
 Indisti'nctness. n.f. [from W//?/n<?.] 
 Confufion ; uncettainty ; obfcurity. 
 
 Tncre is uncvcnncls or indijiriflfiffi in the ftyle 
 of thefe places, concerning the origin and form 
 of the earth. Burnrt's Tkrury. 
 
 Old age makes the cornea and coat of ri.o 
 cryftalline humour grow fiafer; fo that the 
 light, for want of fulhcicnt refjaiflion, will not 
 converge to the bottom of the eye, but beyond it, 
 and by confequencc paint in tlic botto.n of the 
 eye a confufed pidturc ; and according to Ihc />:- 
 dijlii:£incfi of this piiSure, the objeift will appear 
 confufed. Neivton. 
 
 Indistu'rbance. n.f. [Inand di/lurb.'^ 
 Calmnefs ; freedom from dilltirhance. 
 
 What is called by the floitks ap.ithy, and by 
 ihefcepticks indijhiilanct, feems ail but to me,ut 
 great tranquillity of mind. Temple. 
 
 INDIVI'DUAL. adj. [Indlvidu, indivi. 
 duel, French; Iridividuus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Separate from others of the faine fpc- 
 cics ; fingle ; numerically one. 
 
 Neither is it enough to coi\iiiU,f atrdum gene.* 
 r.i, what the kind and chaiaetcr o( the pcrfon 
 fhould be; for the moil judgment is Ihewn ii> 
 the choice of ittdividuaU. Bacon, 
 
 They prel'ent us with imajes more penfeiJl than 
 the I:fc in any individurJ. Diyden's Dufrejnoy. 
 
 Mult the whole man, amazing thought! retuiit 
 To the cold maible, or contrailed urn! 
 And never Ihall thofc particles agree. 
 That were in iife this injividuiil he ? "Prior, 
 
 Know all the good that indnrdu.ili find. 
 Lies in three words, health, peace, and conipe- 
 tence. I'ope. 
 
 We fee each circumftance of art and iidividuof 
 of nature fummoncd together by the extent and 
 fecundity of his imagination. Pope. 
 
 It would be wife in them, as hdh-idual and 
 private mortals, to look back a little upon tiie 
 ilorms they have railed, as well as thofe they 
 have efcapcd. SiLift. 
 
 The objeifl of any p.Trttcubr idea is called an 
 iidiinduut : fo Peter is an individual man, Lon- 
 don is an individual city. l-Vutts, 
 
 2. Undivided} not to be parted or dif- 
 joined. 
 
 To give thee being, I lent 
 Out of my fide to thee, ncarell my heart, 
 Subftantial life, to have thee by my fide 
 Henceforth an individual folacc dear. Milttn. 
 
 Long eternity Ihail greet our blifs 
 With an individual kits. Miltti^ 
 
 Under his great vicegerent reign abide 
 United, as one individual foul, 
 For ever happy. Miiitn, 
 
 Individu a'lity. n.f. [from iadividua/.] 
 Separate or diilinft exillence. 
 
 He would tell his inltiuctor, that all men were 
 not fingulai : that imiiv^iujiiiy could hardly I e 
 piedicatcd of any man; for it was comnioniy 
 laid, that a man is not the fame he was, and that 
 madmen aic bcfide Ihcnifclvcs. jlibufhr.i.', 
 
 iNnivi'DUALLY. adv. [from indiv/dua/.'^ 
 
 1. With feparate or dillinil exillence i 
 numerically. 
 
 How Ihouid that fubfirt folitarily by itfcif, 
 which hath no I'^bllance, hut indi-.idunlly the \ : ry 
 f.ime wheiehy others fiibfift with it? H(x.icr, 
 
 2. Not fepnrably ; incommiinicably. 
 
 I daie not pron ur.ee him omnilcions, th.it 
 being an attribute /^.l/r-A/wii/'/)' proper to the god- 
 head, and incommunicable to any created furw 
 ftanee. Hake-will on Prov^.lence. 
 
 To Indivi'duate. 1'. a. {fiom itidk''i~ 
 duus, Lat.] To diftinguifh from otherg 
 of the fame fptcies ; to make fingle. 
 
 Life is individuated into inhi-itc numbei^, v.r.l 
 have their diftin.^ fenfe and plcaf»iK, JWw>. 
 
 6K
 
 I N D 
 
 No mam's capable of tr.inilatlns poctiy, wlin, 
 fccfidcs a genius to that art, is not a m.irtcr Loll, 
 of his author's language and of l-.is own; nor 
 muft we undcrftand the language only of tnc 
 poet, Lut his particular turn of thoughts .ind cx- 
 preffion, which are the chaiaaeis that dillinguilh 
 and inMvidiwtshmi from all other writers. /Jo'^'. 
 J N D I V I D u A 'ti o N . n.j: [from mctvidu- 
 ale.] Tlint 'vhich makes an individual. 
 What is the principle of iml.'j.hiii.nioii ■' Or 
 what is it that makes any one thing the fame as 
 it w.i.hcforc? . {''"'"• 
 
 Indiviuu'itv. n. f. [from tn^t-viduus, 
 Latin.] The ftate of being an indivi- 
 dual; feparateexiftence. 
 Indivi'nity. n. /. [m and fivhuty.] 
 AVant of divine power. Not in ufe. 
 
 How openly did the oiacle betray liis :«Mvi- 
 mtv ua:o Crcefus, who being mined hy his am- 
 phibology, and cxpoftulating with him, received 
 no higher anfvvef tnan the excufc of his impo- 
 tt-ncy ? Brovii's I'l'lrar Erriui'i. 
 
 Indivisibi'lity. ?«•/• [from liulivi- 
 
 Indivi'sibleness. J ja/e.] State in 
 
 which no more divifion can be made. 
 
 A peftle and mortar will as foon bring any 
 particle of matter to i'uU'oifibllnj as the acuteff 
 thought of a mathematician. Locke. 
 
 Indivi'sible. adj. [i/idivifiMe, Trench ; 
 in and divi/iHe.] What cannot be bro- 
 ken into parts; fo fmall as that it can- 
 not be fmaller ; having reached the laft 
 degree of divillbility. 
 
 By atom, no bndy will imagine we intend to 
 •sprefs a pcrfeft indiviftblc, but only the leart 
 fort of natural bodies. Digly. 
 
 Here is but one inrlh'iJU'le point of time ub- 
 fervcd,, bat one aiftion performed; yet the eye 
 cannot cumprciiend at once the whole objcft. 
 
 Dry.irn'i D'tfirfmy. 
 
 IsDivi'siBLY. adv. [from indivifiili.] So 
 
 as it cannot be divided. 
 Indo'cible. adi. [in and dociblf.] Un- 
 
 teachable ; in'fufceptible of inllrnftion. 
 Indo'gil. adj. [indocile, French ; irido- 
 
 dlis, Latin.] Unteachablc ; incapable 
 
 of being inllrufted. 
 Tliefe certainly are the fools in the text, inJo- 
 
 €■!, intracTable fools, whofe Holldity can haiHe all 
 
 arguments, and is proof a^ainft demonftraiion it- 
 
 r ,e BtntUv's Sermom. 
 
 IjiDOCi'LlTY. n. f. [irtdod/iU, ¥r. in and 
 dociHty.] Unteachablcncfb ; refufal of 
 inflniclion. 
 To INDO'CTRIN.-\TE. -v. a. [c-ndoc- 
 triner, old Fre:sch.] To inftrufl _; to 
 tincture with any foience, or opinion. 
 
 Dnder a maficr that difcourfed excellently, and 
 toolc much delight in inmarmaihig his young 
 unexpetioiiccd favourite, Buckingham had ob- 
 tained a quick conception of fpealting vciy grace- 
 fully and pertinently. CUnndon. 
 They that never pcept beyond the common 
 belief, in which their eaiy underftandings were 
 at iitft hdo&rimiird, arc ftrongly uffured of the 
 truth oi' their receptions. GUnville. 
 Jkdoctrina'tion. n.f. [frorn indoari- 
 nate.] Inftruftion ; information. 
 
 Although pollulatcs are very accommodahle 
 iHito junior itidofhlnntioKs, yet arc thefe autho- 
 rities not to be embr.iccd beyond the minority of 
 our intcilcfluals. Brav,, 
 
 1'ndoi.ewce. ■) n. f. [in and duleo,^.a^^n•, 
 I'NDOUF.NCY. 3 indounce, French.] 
 1. Fteedom from pain. 
 
 As there muft be mdolmcy where there is hap- 
 
 i>ircfs, fo there muft not be indigency. Bunrt. 
 
 I have eafc, if it may not rather be called in- 
 
 ^'■'""'- -n, rr r''°"^''' 
 
 a. Liuiaefs; inattention; Lftleffnels. 
 
 I N D 
 
 Let Epicurus give in.hhncy as an attribute to 
 his gods, and piuce it in the happinefi of the 
 l.lcrt : the Divinity which wc worlhip has given 
 us not only a precept againft it, but his own ex- 
 ample to the contrary. Drjden. 
 
 The Spanilh nation, roufed from their ancient 
 ind'Mice and ignorance, feera now to impioye 
 
 ,„^f Bili'librokf. 
 
 I'NDOLENT. adj. [French.] 
 
 Free from pain. So the chirurgeoni 
 fpeak of an indolent tumour. 
 2. Caielcfs ; lazy ; inattentive ; Hftkfs. 
 Ill fits a chief 
 To wafte long nights in ir.ddenl repofe. Po/'f. 
 I'ndolently. adv. [from indolent .'\ 
 
 1. With freedom ftom pain. 
 
 2. Carelefsly; lazily; inattentively; lifl- 
 
 lef.ly. 
 While luU'dby found, and undifturb'd by wit, 
 
 C.ilm and fercne you ind'Jtnlly fit. _ Addijon. 
 To Indo'w. v. a. [indotare, Latin.] To 
 
 portion ; to enrich with gifts, whether 
 
 of fortune ornature. See Endow. 
 Indra'ught. n.f. [in and draught.'] 
 
 1. An opening in the land into which the 
 
 fca flows. 
 
 Eiihs and floods there could be none, when 
 there was no indraught;, bays, or gulphs to re- 
 ceive a flood. Rilcig''. 
 
 2. Inlet; paffage inward. 
 Navigable rivers are indrnughts to attain 
 
 wealth. •"■''■'■ 
 
 To Inprk'nch. 1). a. [from drench.^ 
 To fuak ; to drown. 
 
 My hopes lie diown'd ; in many fathoms deep 
 They lie indrcnch'd. _ Sh,iif^:;i,: 
 
 iNnu'nious. adj. [in and diilfioui.l Not 
 doubtful; not fufpefting; certain. 
 
 Hence appears the vulgar vanity of repofmg an 
 luMibioia confidence in thofc antipeftilcntial Ipi- 
 rits. _ , , H.irv:y. 
 
 Indu'bitable. adj. [indubitahilis, Lat. 
 indidiUiile, Fr. in and duiitaile.] Un- 
 doubted; unqueftionable; evident; cer- 
 tain in appearance ; clear ; plain. 
 
 VViien general obfervalions are drawn from fo 
 
 many particulais as to beeome certain and i^du- 
 
 iit.jilc, thefe are jewels of knowledge. It-.ills. 
 
 Indu'bitably. adv. [horn indubitable.'] 
 
 Undoubtedly ; unqueftionably. 
 
 If wc tr: m'poit thefe jiiopnitions from audible 
 to vifible objeifts, there will indubitably refult from 
 cither a graceful and harmonious contentment. 
 
 ^^'sr/o'i'i ytrchittHurr. 
 The patriarclis were iniubitubly inveftcd with 
 both thefe authorities. Sprat 
 
 I appeiil to all lobcr judges, whether our fouls 
 may be only a mere echo from clafhing a'oms ; 
 or vMUei irtdubiliiblj muft proceed from a fpiritual 
 fubltance. Btnllcy. 
 
 Indu'bitate. adi. [indulilatus, Latin.] 
 Unqueftioned; certain; apparent; evi- 
 dent. 
 
 If he flood upon bis own title of the houfc of 
 Lancafter, he knew it was condemned by parlia- 
 ment, and tended direfHy to the difinherifon of 
 the line of York, held then the indubitatr heirs 
 of the crown. Bacon's Henry vil. 
 
 I have been tempted to wonder how, among 
 the jealoufics of ftate and court, Edgar Atheling 
 couid fubfift, being then the apparent and indu- 
 hilaie heir of the Saxon line. J-ynt'-n. 
 
 To INDU'CE. V. a. [induire, French ; 
 
 indiico, Latin.] 
 I. To influence to any thing; to pcr- 
 fuade : of pcrfons. 
 
 The fclf-fame aigument in this kind, which 
 
 doth but induce the vulgar fort to like, may con- 
 
 ft.-ain the wifer to yield. IJooker 
 
 This lady, albeit flic was furniflicd with many 
 
 exccUcDt endowmcuts both of nature and eiluca- 
 
 I N D 
 
 tion, yet would the never be induetd to entertain 
 marriage with any, Hayiuard. 
 
 Defire with thee ftill longer to convcrfc 
 Induced me. Mil.'^jr:. 
 
 Let not the covetous defign of gi owing ricti 
 induce you to ruin your repuntioir, out rather f.i- 
 tisfy yourfelf with a moderate (ouuue; and let 
 your tiioughts be wholly taken up with acquiring 
 to yourfelf a glorious name. Dry. ten. 
 
 J. To produce by perfuafion or influence ; 
 of things. 
 
 Let the vanity of the times be reftrsincd, which 
 the neighbourhood of other nations have induced, 
 and we ftiive apace io exceed our pattern. 
 
 Bacon's Adii'ce to ViUieri. 
 
 As belief is abfolutciy nccelf.uy to all man- 
 kind, the evidence for inducing ir muft be of that 
 nature as to accommodate itielf to all fpecics of 
 men. ' Farles. 
 
 3. To offer by way of induftion, or cou- 
 fequential reafoning. 
 
 They play much upon the fimile, or illuftrative 
 argumentation, to induce lieir cnthymemcs onto 
 the people, and lake up popular conceits. Brown, 
 
 4. To inculcate ; to enforce. 
 This induces a general cl:angc of opinion, con- 
 cerning the pcrfun 01 party hkc to be obeyed by 
 the grcateft or llrongeft part of tiic people. 
 
 Teinp]e. 
 
 5. To caufc extrinfically ; to produce j, 
 to cffeft. 
 
 Sour things induce a coMtr:i<^;on iri the nerves^ 
 placed in the mouth of tiie fiomach, which is a 
 great caufe of appetite. Bacon. 
 
 Acidity, as it is not tiie natural fiate of the ani— 
 mr-1 Huids, but induced bv aiimcnt, is to be cured 
 by aliment with the contrary qualities, .^rhulh. 
 
 6. To introduce; to bring into view. 
 
 To exprobrate their flupidity, he inducetJi the 
 providence of ftorks : now, if the bird had been 
 unknown, the illuliration had been obfcure, a:>d 
 the exprobratinn not fo proper. BroiL-n. 
 
 The poet may te fccii inducing his perfonages 
 in the firrt Iliad, where he difcovcrs their hu- 
 mours, intcrcffs, and defigiis. Pocn 
 
 7. To bring on ; to fuperinduce ; to ef- 
 
 feft gradually. 
 
 Schiim is marked out by the apoftle as a kind 
 of petrifying crime, which induces that induration- 
 to which the fearful expeflation of wiaih is con- 
 fequent. Decay cf I'icly, 
 
 Indu'cfment. n.y. [from //;^'«rif.] Mo- 
 tive to any thing; that which allures or 
 perfuades to any thing. 
 
 Tlie former in.iucrrntnts do now much more 
 prevail, when the very thing hath miniftercd fur- 
 ther reafun. Hooker. 
 Many ind:,crmenis, befides fcriptuvc, may lead 
 me to that, which if fcriplurc bcagainit, they are- 
 of no value, yet otherwife ate ftrongly cffeflual 
 to perfuadc. Hooker, 
 
 That mov'd me to' t, 
 Thenmaik xW in.lucement. Slahffetrt,. 
 
 He lives 
 Higher degree of life ; inducement ftrong 
 For us. Milton. 
 
 My inducement hither, 
 
 Was not at prefent here to find my fon. Milton, 
 
 Inftances occur of oppreffion, to which there 
 
 appears no inducement from the circumftances of 
 
 tire aflors. Rcgcn. 
 
 Indu'cer. n.f. [from indtice.2 A per- 
 
 fuader ; one that influences. 
 To INDU'CT. -v. a. [induelus, Latin.] 
 
 1. To intioduce ; to bring in. 
 The ceicrnonies in the gathering were-firft /»• 
 
 du&ed by the Venetians. Sandy' Travels, 
 
 2. To put into aAual poffeffion of a bene- 
 fice. 
 
 If a perfon thus inftituted, thoMgh not induce J, 
 takes a tccoud bcuilicc, it- Ihall make the firfe 
 voitl. •4>''I'"' l'tsre>^c>k
 
 I N D 
 
 Indu'ctiok. n. /■ {iiiduBlon, French ; 
 
 iiitluiJio, Latin.] 
 I. Iiitroduftion; entVance; anciently pre- 
 face. 
 
 Tlicfe piomifes arc Fair, the parties Pure, 
 Aiul our indurlirjtt full of piofjj'rous liupt. .9 '!.<'. 
 J. JiuhiS'ion is wlien, from feveral particu- 
 lar propijlitiuns, we infer one gcntrjil : 
 as, tlic uodhine of the Socinians caiiiuil 
 be provtd froiTi the gofp'-ls it cannot he 
 proved from the acts of tlic apnlUcs, it 
 cannot be proved from the epiilks, nor 
 the book of revelations ; therefore it 
 cannot be proved from the New 'I'cfta- 
 muu. ' , Wtilt/ Lo^jik. 
 
 The inquifitiun by induaioK is wuiiderful ha.tl ; 
 fur tlie tilings icported are full of f.iMcs, and new 
 cxpcrim-.nts c.ui luirdly b; made but wilh ex- 
 treme ciutian. . Biican. 
 Malliematica! tliiligs are oHly capable of clear 
 dcmonltration : cuMClufioJisin natural pliilofophy 
 arc pruned by i^iiu6fkn ^f expcrimtnrs, tliingi 
 iiior.ll by moral arguments, and maileis of fait 
 by erciTible'tcffi'mony. ' THhtfin, 
 Althoush the a'guing frcm eKpcrimcnis and 
 obfcr^arions by ht.iu&ion be no rienionlbaiion of 
 gcncril conclufions, yet it is ihe belt way of ar. 
 going wiiich the nature of things admits of, and 
 may be looked upon as fo nmcli the Itronger by 
 how much the indntlitjit is more general; and if 
 no exception occur from phainomena, tiie con- 
 cluftoii may be gcncial. Aetuton'i Opiicks. 
 He brought in a new way of arguing from /';- 
 dut:lio'ti and thai grounded upon obfervatioii and 
 c>;periments, " BtTkcr. 
 J. I'he aft or (late of taking poflefiion of 
 
 an ecclefialhcul living. 
 Indu'ctive. ailj. [from /«;/«<?.] 
 I. Leading; perfuafive : with /o. 
 
 A brutilh vice, 
 liul:i8ive mainly /& the lin of E\e. iklihin. 
 
 Z. Capable to infer or prodtice. 
 
 Ab.itemcnts may take away infallible concki- 
 
 dency in chefe evidences of fail, yet tiicy niay be 
 
 proliable and ifi.lu^ive of credibility, though not 
 
 of fcienec. Hule'i Otirj-i of M.mkind, 
 
 3. Proceeding not by dcmonftration, btit 
 
 induftion. 
 To Indue, v. n. {Jiu/uo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To invcft ; to clothe. 
 
 One full matter all, 
 Jrt.i/V with vaiious forms. ^■I:lt->:. 
 
 2. It feems fonietimes to be, even by goo.l 
 writers, confounded with endo'u or in- 
 dotv, to furnifh or enrich with any qua- 
 lity or excellence. 
 
 The angel, by whc.'m God i'l.ht'd tiie w.itcrs of 
 Bethefda with fupernatural virtue, was not ^ciii]; 
 yet the angel's pretence was known I^y the waters. 
 
 Hooker. 
 His pow'rs, with dreadful iV.cngth :t:Jii\l. 
 
 Clui^matt. 
 roINDU'LGE. V. a. [Wk^vo, Lat.] 
 
 1 . To encourage by compliance. 
 
 Tire lazy gkitton fafe at home will keep; 
 InJfilj^c his llotli, and fatten with his Ilcep. Dryd. 
 
 2. To fondle ; to favour; to gratify with 
 concifiion; to foiler. If the matter of 
 indulgence be a fingle thing, it has w///6 
 before it ; if it be a habit, it has in: as, 
 he iudulgerl himjelf with a draught of 
 •zvitie ; and, fje indulged himfclf in Jhame- 
 
 fid drutiheimefs . 
 
 A mother was wont Xo'indul^e her daughters 
 •iviih dogs,fquirrcl5,or birds; but then they niult 
 keep them well. LtcU. 
 
 To live like ihofe that have their hoire in an- 
 other life, implies that we indult^e oiirfelves in 
 ■ tlie gratifications of this life very fparingly. 
 
 ^Itlcrbwy. 
 
 I N D 
 
 I N E 
 
 5. To gTatit not of tight but favotir. 
 
 Ancicirl piivilegej, indulged by bumer kings 
 to their peffple, muft not, without high leal'on, he 
 revoked by their lucee0"orv. T^vhr. 
 
 The viigiiient'iins biijht, /V/w/^'./ the (lay 
 To the blown i.ave, and brulh'd the dreams away. 
 
 D^ydin. 
 
 But fmcc among mankind fo few there are. 
 Who will conform to philofophick fare, 
 Tins much I will indulge ihee for thy eafe. 
 And mingle I'omething of our times to picafe. 
 
 Dfyden^^ 'Juvtnal. 
 My fiiend, indnlf^' one labour more. 
 And feck Atiides. ^''t''.^ '^'^ylfO- 
 
 Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light 
 Ind'./^t, dread chaos and eieinal night I Pop:-. 
 7o3Nnu'i.GK. V. II. [a latinifm not in 
 uie.] To be favourable ; to give indtil- 
 
 gence : with to. 
 
 JIc mult, by inilnl^rt^ to one foit of reprove- 
 able difcourfe himfelf,' defeat his endeavours 
 agamft the reft. Gm:crnn:enl of I hi I'ongu,-. 
 
 Inbu'lcence. \n.f- \_iiidtdgence,YvtXic\\; 
 Indu'lgency. J 'tttom iniiulge.l 
 
 1. Foudiicfs ; fond kiiidncfs. 
 Rclliaint Ihe will not brook; 
 
 And left to l.erfelt, if evil thence cnluej 
 
 She tirll his weak indulgmre willaceule. Milton. 
 
 The gl.iries of oor iflc, 
 Which yet like golden ore, unripe in beds, 
 E.^peft the warm induhrncy of heaven. V'vJeri. 
 
 2. Forbearance ; tendcrnefs : oppofite to 
 rigour. 
 
 Tney err, that, through indulgence to others, or 
 fondnefs to any fin in themfclves, fubltitute for 
 repentance any thing Icfs. itiimmond. 
 
 In known innges of life, I gncfs 
 The labour greater, as th' indulgence Icfs. Vcipe. 
 
 3. Favour granted ; liberality. 
 \( all thcfe gracious indulgencics are without 
 
 any cfTcil on us, we muft perilh in our own 
 folly. Rogers. 
 
 4. Grant of the church of Rome, not de- 
 lined by themfclves. 
 
 Thou, tli.it giv'll whores indulgenen to fin, 
 I'll canvafs tiiee. Sh.ifif^Eiin* i Henry vl. 
 
 Indulgences, riifpenfes, paidons, bulls, 
 The fpori of winds. MUt'^n. 
 
 Ill purgatory. Indulgences, and fupererogation, 
 the alVeitois feeni to be unanimous in nothing 
 but ]irolit. Veciiyof Pi:!y. 
 
 Leo X. is dcltr\'cdly inf.^nious for his h.ife 
 profiitution of indulgence!. yittiihu}\, 
 
 Indo'lgent. adj. \iiuhdgeul, French; 
 indulgeus, Latin.] 
 
 1. Kind; gentle; liberal. 
 Gorl has done all for us that the moft ind'tlgent 
 
 Creator could do for the work of his hands. 
 
 Roger:. 
 
 2. Mild; favourable. 
 
 Hereafter fuch in thy behalf fliall be 
 Th* indulgent cenfure of pollcrity. IValUr 
 
 3. Gratifying; favouring; givingwayto: 
 with of. 
 
 Tiic feeble old, indulg^cr.t 0/ their eafe. V^wl. 
 In du'lgently. adi). [from r//rt'u/;W''. ] 
 Without fevcrity ; without cenfure; 
 without felf-reproach; with indulgence. 
 He that not only commits fonic .itfl of fin, but 
 lives indulgently in it, is never to be counted a re- 
 generate man. Hnlnniond 
 Indu'i.t. In.f. [Italian and French. ] 
 Indu'i.to. J Privilege or exemption, 
 rol'NDURATE. -v.n. [//irt'uro, Latin.] 
 To grow hard ; to harden. 
 
 Stones within the earth at firft .arc but rude 
 earth or clav ; and fo minerals come at tirlt ol 
 juices concrete, which afterwards /»/i////-rt/f. 
 
 J^ticon's Niitiiral lliflory. 
 
 That plants and ligneous bodies may indurate 
 
 tinder water without approachr.icnt of ;iir, we 
 
 have experiments in corallines. Bnwti. 
 
 To I'NDun ATE. v.a. 
 
 1. To make hard. 
 Acontradled /nrfwr,!/;,/ bladder is acircum-. 
 
 flancc fumctlmcs attending on the ttoiie, and in- 
 deed an exiiaoidinaiy dangerous one. Sha'f. 
 
 2. To harden the mind ; to fear the coii- 
 . fcience. 
 
 lNnUK/\'rioN. n. /. [from indurate] 
 
 1 . The flate of gro«-ing hard. 
 Tnis i> a noiahle inltanc; of condenfation and 
 
 induuiii'.n, by burial under earth, in caves, for a 
 hing time. _ Mann. 
 
 2. The acl of hardening, 
 
 3. Obduracy; harducfs of heart. 
 Sciiilm is marked out by the apoftle as a kind 
 
 of petrifying crime, winch induces that /n./'.''<i''i>i» 
 to which the fearful expectation of wrath is con- 
 leqnent. Deny of I'icty. 
 
 INDU'STRlOUS. ad]. [lndii/lriai.-<,[-r. 
 indujirius, I^atin.] 
 
 1. Diligent; laborious; afiiJuous; oppo- 
 fed \.ojlothfid. 
 
 Frugal and in.lujiiious men are commonly 
 friendly to the cll.iblilhcd government. Tcnjde. 
 
 2. Laborious to a particular end: oppulitc 
 to nmifs. 
 
 He himfelf, being excellently learned, and in- 
 duflrious to feck out the truth of all things con- 
 cerning the original of his own people, hath fct 
 down the teflimony of the ancitiits truly. 
 
 Sftnfir. 
 Let our juft cenfures 
 Attend the true event, and put we on 
 [ndujlrious foldierlhip. Shjiffe.ire. 
 
 Hii thoughs were low : 
 To vice indujirious; but 10 nobler deeds 
 Timorous and (lothful. Mihin. 
 
 3. Defigned ; done for the purpofe. 
 Tlie i ndujlrious peifoiation of the tendous of the 
 
 fecond joints of fingers and toes, draw the ten- 
 dons of the third joints through. More. 
 Obferve carefully all the events which happen 
 either by an occjfional concurrence of vaiious 
 cau.es, 01 by the ;n,////?;/oaj application of know- 
 ing men. fVatts on the Mind. 
 
 Indu'str iovs!,Y. adn). [Jxon\indii/lrious,'\ 
 1. With habitual diligence; not idly. 
 
 2. Diligently; laboriouHy ; afriduoufly. 
 
 Great Britain was never before united under 
 one king, notwiihftandiig that the uniting had 
 been indudrioujly attempted both by war and 
 peace. Bacon. 
 
 3. For the fst purpofe ; with deilgn. 
 
 Some I'ric'.ids to vice i n.iif.no ijly defend 
 Tiiefe innocent diverftons, and pretend 
 That I the tricks of youth too roughly iil.ime. 
 
 Dtydcii's 'fuvencil. 
 
 I am not under t'.ie neccffity of declaring my- 
 felf, and I induj!r:r,ujlv Conceal my name, wiiich 
 wholly exempts me from any hopes and fears. 
 
 I'mdustrv. U.J. [indujirie, Fr. iiidujlnj, 
 Lat.] Diligence : afitduity ; habitual 
 or actual laborioufnefs. 
 
 Tlic fweatof ind„f,<y would diy and die. 
 But for the ':^'ii.\ it works to. SliuhJ^eare. 
 
 See the labotious bee 
 For little drops of honey &■;:, 
 Andtheie witli humble Iweets content Icr/';- 
 dujliy. -^ Co why. 
 
 Providence would only initiate mankind into 
 the uftfiil knowledge of ner treafurcs, leaving 
 the lell to employ our indiijhy, that we might not 
 live like idle loiteicrs. More. 
 
 To INE'BRIATE. r. a. [inebrio, Lat.] 
 To intoxicate ; to make drunk. 
 
 Wine fiigared inehiialclh lets tl.an wine pure; 
 fops in wine, quantity for quantity, imhtiuic 
 more than wine of irfelf. Bacon. 
 
 Fifti entering far in and meeting with the 
 ficlh waiei, as i{ iiieiridted, ttirii up theirbcl'.ics 
 aiid are taken. Siidjt. 
 
 6 K3
 
 I N E 
 
 To Ixe'briate. v.n. To grow drunk; 
 to be intoxicated. 
 
 ' At Conftantinople, fifti, that come from the 
 
 Euxine fca inro the ficth water, do incbrmti 
 
 and turn up their bellies, fo as jou may take 
 
 them with your hand. Bacon. 
 
 Inebria'tion. 71. f. [from inebriaU.] 
 
 Drunkenncfs ; intoxication. 
 
 That cornelians and bloodltones may be of 
 virtue, experience will make us grant; hut not 
 
 •ehriatiort. Browt:. 
 
 I N E 
 
 indeed extremely charming and 
 
 tVood'ward. 
 
 In a 
 
 Millna. 
 in and 
 
 that an ameihyil prevents ivei 
 Iheffabi'lity. b. /. [from inefablc] 
 
 Ur.fpcakablenefs. 
 Ise'ffable. <7,//'. [ineffable, Fr. ineffabi- 
 
 Us, Lat.] Unfpeakable ; unutterable; 
 
 not to be exprciTed. It is ufed almoft 
 
 always in a good fenfe- 
 To whom the Son, with calm afpe(S,and clear, 
 
 Lignt'ning divine, inr^'able, ferene ! 
 
 M.ide anfwcr. Miltii. 
 
 Refleift upon a clear, unblotted, acquitted con- 
 
 fciencc, and feed upon ti-.e inefMe comforts or 
 
 ihe memorial of a conquered temptation. S'juih. 
 
 I.ve'ffably. ad-j. [Uora ineffable. \ 
 wanner not to be exprcfled. 
 He all his father full exprefs'd, 
 Intjfably into his face recciv'd. 
 
 Jnf.ffe'ctive. adj. \inejfe3if, Fr 
 
 effeai-oe.l That can produce no cffeft; 
 unaftive; inefficient; ufelefs. 
 
 As the body, without biood, is a dead and 
 lifelefs trunk; fo is the word of God, with- 
 out the fpirir, a dead and intfiaive letter. 
 
 Ti'ylor. 
 
 He that aflures himfelf he never errs, will al- 
 ways err ; and his prcfumptions will render all 
 attempts to inform him inrfcRive. Gltmi'.le. 
 Ineffectual, cdu [/n and f^i'JW.] 
 Unable to produce its proper efFeft ; 
 weak ; wanting power. 
 
 The publick. reading; of the Apocrypha they 
 condemn as a thing effectual unto evil : the bare 
 reading even of fcnptorcs thcmfelvcs they 
 niillike, as a thing i'le^-Mual to do good. 
 
 Hceker. 
 
 The death of Patrocles, joined to the offer of 
 
 Agamemnon, which of itfclf had proved inrf- 
 
 iTiEFFK'cTUALLY. adv, [fxom intjl^iial.] 
 Without efTeCt. 
 
 Ineffe'ctualness. n. f. [hom-ineffic- 
 ttial.] Lufficacy; want of power to 
 perform the propt-r cfieft. 
 
 St J.imes ipeak^ oi the ir.Jtaualnif! of fome 
 men's devotion, Ye a(k, and receive not, te- 
 caule ve afk amil's. ^r^'ki. 
 
 Ineffica'cious. adj. [inejicace, Fr. in- 
 efficax. Lax] Unable to produce ef- 
 ftfls; weak; feeble. Ineffifluid ralher 
 der.otes an actual failure ; and inefficacious, 
 an habitual impotence to any eftcdt. 
 
 Is not that b- Iter than always to have rhe rod 
 
 in hand, and, by frequent ufe, mifapply .mJ 
 
 lender i»ii^i-.k/o..i this ulcful remedy .* Lt ke. 
 
 Ine'fficacy. n.f. [m andf^f(?(,-w, Lat.j 
 
 Want of power; want of^efFeiil. 
 Inelegance. \n. f. [from intk^ur.t .] 
 Ine'legancy. S Abfence of beauty; 
 
 want of cles^ance. 
 INE'LEG.ANT. adj. [inelegans, Lat.] 
 1. Not becoming ; not beautiful : oppo- 
 Jjte to elegant. 
 
 Wl-.at ur(!cr, fo contriv'd as not to mix 
 Taftcs, not well joni'd, inehgi.nl, but Iring 
 Taftc after taftc, uyUcld with kmdiicft change. 
 
 Millo'i 
 
 This very variety of fea .and land, hiH and 
 
 4ale, which is Here jep.uted fo i/if/«ga/;< and un- 
 
 becoming, 
 agreeable. 
 2. Wanting ornament of language. 
 
 Modern criticks, having never read Homer 
 but in low and meUgant tianfl.itions, impute the 
 meannefbof the tranllation to tnc poet. B'ooine. 
 iNE'LOqt'ENT. adj. [in and c/o^Hcnj-, Lat.] 
 Not perfuafive ; not oratorical : oppofite 
 to eloquent. 
 Inept, adj. [ineptus, Lat.] 
 I. Trifling; foolifll. 
 
 The woiks of nature, being neither ufelefs nor 
 ini-pt, muft be guided by fome principle ot 
 knowledge. A^'"- 
 
 After their various unfuccefsful ways, 
 Thcit fruitlefs labour, and inrpt efray5,_ 
 No caufe of thelc appearances they'll find. 
 But power exerted by th' eternal mind. Btackmorc. 
 
 . Unfit for any purpofe ; ufelefs. 
 
 When the upper and vegetative flratum was 
 once waibed off by rains, the hrlls would have 
 become barren, the flraia below yieldrng only 
 mete ilerile matter, fuel, as was wholly iicft and 
 
 improper for the formation of vegetables. 
 
 Ine'ptly. adv. [iW/i^t-, Lat. ] Trifling- 
 ly ; foolifhly ; unfitly. 
 None of them arc made foolilbly or ineflly. 
 
 More. 
 All things were at firft difpofed by an omni- 
 fcient In'.eliefl, that cannot contrive inrptly. 
 
 Ghrmille. 
 
 Ine'ptitude. n.f. [from jW/^uj, Lat.] 
 Unfitnefs. 
 
 The grating and rubbing of the axes agatnfV the 
 
 fockets, wherein they are placed, will cjufe fume 
 
 ir.cftitudc or refUiency to the rotation of the cy- 
 
 Irriacr. m/kim. 
 
 An omnipotent agent works infallibly and ir- 
 
 lefriiibiy, no ineflilade or ftubboinnefs of the 
 
 matter being ever able to hinder him. Kay. 
 
 There is an intptitude to motion from too 
 
 great laxity, and ineftitudi to motion from too 
 
 great tention. Abuthmt 
 
 I>.'EC!U a'lity. n.f. \inegaUte,Yx. from 
 
 inngualitas, and inaqualis, Lat.] 
 I. Difference of comparative quantity. 
 
 There is fo great an mfjuaHiy irr tr.e length of 
 our legs and .Trms, as makes n imj'oifiLle for us 
 to walk on ail four. ^0' 
 
 Unevennefs ; interchange of higher and 
 lower parts. 
 
 The cuuntiy is cut into fo many hills and in- 
 equ,d:tU! as renders it defenfiblc. ./4ddi/in. 
 
 The glafs feemcd well wrougl.t ; yet when it 
 was quickfilvetcd, the reflexion difcovered innu- 
 merable inequalitici all over the glaff. Nrvlon. 
 
 If there were no iticjuatitui in the furfacc of 
 the earth, nor in the fealons of the year, we 
 (houlri lofe a confiderablc fliare of the vegetable 
 kingdom. Benthy. 
 
 . Difproportion to any office or purpofe ; 
 flate of not being adequate ; inadcquatc- 
 nefs. 
 
 The great inequality of all things to the appe- 
 tites of a rational foiil appears from this, that in 
 all worldly things a man hnds not halt the plea- 
 (uie.in the aftual poffelfion that he propofed in 
 the expeftatiun. South. 
 
 . Change of ffate ; unlikenefs of a thing 
 to itfclf; difference of temper or ciua- 
 
 lity. 
 
 In fome places, f'y the nature of the earth, 
 ai.d bv the firi,ation of woorls and hills, the an 
 is more unequal than in otlicis; and ii:c'ji,aliiy 
 ol air is ever an enemy to health. BaiO':. 
 
 ■. Diiftrcnce of rank or ftation. 
 
 If to fnull int^fj.iifi.y luMweeit man and m.in 
 niikv in them mcdeily a commcndribic virtU' , 
 who rclpL(5f mg fuj tii-ir.s as lupeiiurs, can neither 
 fpeak nor itand bcfujc tliem witiiuul fear. 
 
 Htiikc'. 
 
 I N E 
 
 Inerrabi'lity. «. y". [from inerrable,] 
 Exemption from trrour ^ infailibility, 
 
 1 Cdiinut r.iiuw then wildotn (uch a complete- 
 nets and incTT.ibility as to exclude niyitlt iront 
 judging. AV'/g Charles. 
 
 INERRABLE, adj. [mandfrr.j Ex- 
 empt from trrour. 
 
 We have cunvrction from reafon, or decifions 
 from the inerrable and lequilitc condrciuns cf 
 fenfe. Broiun. 
 
 Infallibility and inerrablenefs is affumed by the 
 Romifh church, without any inerrabU ground t3 
 build it on. tiammoni. 
 
 Ine'rrableness. n.f. [from iWra^&.J 
 
 Exemption from errour. 
 
 Infallibility and i^^crrabb-':tfi is aflumed and in- 
 clofed by the Romifh churcn, without any iner- 
 rable giound to burld rt on. Hammond. 
 
 Ine'rr-ABly. adv. [hotaine>rable.'\ With 
 fccurity from errour ; infallibly. 
 
 Ine'rringly. adv. [in and erring.l 
 Without errour; without miftake ; with- 
 out deviation. 
 
 That divers limners at a diftance, without 
 copy, Ihould draw the fame picture, is more 
 conceivable, than tiiat mattei (hould irame itfclf 
 fo inerrtitgly according to the idea of its kind. 
 
 Ghrville^ 
 
 INERT, adj. [/nfr/, Latin.] Dull; flug- 
 gilh ; motioulefs. 
 
 Body alone, inert and brute, you'll find ; 
 The caufe of all things is by you affign'd. 
 
 Blaci^mort, 
 Informer of the planetary train ! ' 
 
 Wrtiiout wbofequickening glance their cumb'rous 
 
 orbs 
 Were brute unlively mafs, inert and dead. 
 
 Thowftn, 
 
 Ine'rtly. adv. [from »W/.] Sluggifh- 
 ly ; dully. 
 
 Ye pow'rs, 
 Sufpend a while your iorcz inertly &Tong. 
 
 Dunciaih 
 
 Inesca'tion. n.f. [m and f/i-(7, Latin.J 
 
 The act ot baiting. Diet. 
 
 Ine'stim ABLE. adj. [ine/limable, Trench i 
 
 inejltmabilis, Latin.] Too valuable to 
 
 be rated ; tranfcending all price. 
 
 1 thought I faw a thoufand fearful wrecks^ 
 A thouljnd men that fifhes gnaw'd upon ; 
 Wedgr-s of gc*ld, great anctiur.s, heaps of pearly 
 Infjmnabie Hones, uirvalu'd jewels, Sh*Kjpiat9^ 
 
 The pope thereupon took advjirtage, abuling 
 the firripircity of the king, to fuck out imjtimablt 
 fums ot money, to the rnto.erable grievance of 
 both the clergy and temporality. ..'Ibbt.t, 
 
 There we thall fee a lignt worthy dying for,. 
 that blelftd Saviour, of whom the fcrtpturc do«> 
 fo ex( ellcntly entertain us, ai.d who does lo high- 
 ly delerve of us upon the fcore ot his inhnitt 
 perfcrftiens, and his in'pimable benefits. Boyle^ 
 
 And Ihall this prrzc, tli* injiimiib.t prize, 
 On that rapacious hand for ever blaze I Pofi,. 
 
 Ine'vident. adj. \_inevident, Fr. in and 
 evi-cnt.] Not plain ; obfcure. Not ia 
 ufe. 
 
 The habit of faith in divinity is an argument of 
 things unfccn, and a ffable alfenl un'o things /«• 
 cii.>:nt, upon authority of the divine icveaicr. 
 
 Bro^.ni Vulgar Errours* 
 
 Inevitability, n.f. [from inevitable.'\ 
 Impcffibility to he avoided ; certainty. 
 
 By Irl^eriy, I do undciftand neithir a liberty 
 from fin, niifery, fervittrric, nor v'olfi;cc, but 
 from ntceffity, or r.rthti netefUtation : th.ir is, ao 
 univeiial immui»i:y from all inei:iiabiiity and de- 
 termination to one. Bramhall agaiiijt Hsbbeja. 
 
 jNEVIT.ABLE. adj. {ineviluMe, Fr. m- 
 evkahilis, Lat.] Unavo.idobic j iu)t U> 
 be elca£ed.
 
 I N E 
 
 I had a pafs with lum : he gives me tlie ftuckm 
 
 with fuch a mortal niution, that it is in'.vttMc, 
 
 Skitkfpcan' i T-wcijth Ni^hi 
 
 Fate inevitalU 
 
 Subdues Ui. Milton. 
 
 Since my inrvituhle dc:\th you know, 
 You lafcly una\.iilini; pity (huw. Drydrn. 
 
 Inevitably, adv . [ fi om inevital'ie. ] 
 Without pofTibility of cfcape, 
 
 Tlic day thou e.u'll thereof, my Ible command 
 Tianlgrel^, inrvttahly thou flult die. Mitlon. 
 
 How inevitably dues an immoderate lauglitci 
 end in a figh ! Scutk. 
 
 If they luok no further than the next hnc, it 
 wil mci'/Vij/'/y follow, that they can diive to nw 
 certain point. . Drydcn. 
 
 Infiamautions of the bowels oft inevitably 
 tend tothf ruin of thu whoie. ffatvy 
 
 If oui (cnle oi' heating vveic fxalred wc Ihould 
 have no quiet or flecp in the hlcntcJl mghts, and 
 we muft i'lci^ttiihly be llrickcn dtat or ticad with 
 a chip of thandtr. StntUy 
 
 Inexcu'sable. adj. {tnexcufahle^ Fr. in- 
 excujhbiiisy Lat. in and excu fable ] Not 
 to be excufcd ; not to be palliated by 
 apology. 
 
 It li a temerity, and a folly inexcufablc^ to de- 
 liver up ouik-lves necdlclsly into anochi;r*s power 
 
 L.* Ejitiinpe. 
 
 As we arc an iHiind with ports and navigaoie 
 feas, we Ihouhl he inexcufihlc if we did n^; 
 make tnele bli (Tings tain to a\jcouiit .-Lldifcpi. 
 
 Such a faTuiii could only lei-dtr Oiem more '.)>- 
 Curate, a;id more intxcuj'jhle : it wo dd inhanct 
 their guilt. Attabuiy. 
 
 If Icdnuiig be not encouraged under your ad- 
 fninilir.itjon, you arc t-ic mod incxcufublc pcifon 
 alive. Stvift. 
 
 A fallen woman is the more inexcufiibief :ts, 
 from the cr idle, the fex is warned againd the de- 
 lufions of men. CUriJfa 
 
 Ikexcu'sableness. n.yi [from inexcu- 
 Jable. ] Lnornuty beyond forgivencfs 
 or palliation. 
 
 Ti'.eir iriixcujcihlenefs is ftated upon the fuppo- 
 fition that they Knew God, but did not glunfy 
 liim, Souih. 
 
 Inexcu'sably. adv, [from inexcufable.] 
 I'o a degree of guilt or folly beyond ex- 
 cu fe. 
 
 It will inexcufah/y condemn iome men, who 
 having received excelicnt endowments, yet have 
 fruliiated the intention. Bioij.'?:. 
 
 Inexha'lable. adj. [in and exhale,'] 
 That cannot evaporate. 
 
 A new laid egg will not fo eafily be boiled 
 hard, becaule it contains a great ttock of humid 
 parts, wiiich muft be evaporated before the heat 
 can brmg the inexhaiabU parts into confidence 
 
 Jt'Olun^s f^it/giir Ertouis. 
 
 Inexh a'usted. adj. [In d.x\A cxhaujled.'] 
 Unemptied ; not poflible to be emptied. 
 
 So wert thou born into a tuneful lirain. 
 An tarlv, rich, znd inexhaujlcd w^m. Dryd(n. 
 Inexha'ustible. adj. [in v^ndi exkauft- 
 ibid,] Not to be drawn all away j not 
 to be fpeut. 
 
 RsHeit on the variety of combinations which 
 may be made with number, whofc Itock is in- 
 $xhuujt'bie and truly infinite. Locke. 
 
 Ttie Hock liiat rhe mind has in its powe*, by 
 irarying the idea of fpace, is perfectly in- 
 exhauftibUf and fo it can multiply figures in in 
 ^nit-.mi. Locke. 
 
 Ikexi'stent. adj, [m and ^.v^^cvi/.] 
 1. Not having being ; not to be found in 
 nature. 
 
 Toc^prefs complexed fignifications, thay tuok 
 
 a libcity to compound and piece togclhcr crca- 
 
 luies of allowable torms into mixtures in.xi..eit. 
 
 BfQ-wn % Vulgnr Kritun. 
 
 3. Exifling in fomething elfe. This ufc 
 i& rave« 
 
 I N E 
 
 We doubt whether tlicfc httcrogeneitifs he fo 
 
 much as inexijUnt in the concrete, wlicncc tticy 
 
 arc obtained. li'jjU. 
 
 In Kxi'sTENCE. «. f. [in and exiflciice.^ 
 
 Want of bciiij;; ; want of cxiflencc. 
 
 He calls up tlic iicrocs of fuimci ages from a 
 ftatc oiintxijltnct toadorn and di^erfify his poim. 
 
 Btoome on ihr Odyjj ^. 
 
 Ine'xoradi.e. adj. [inexorable, Vx.inex- 
 crabilis, Lat.] Not to be tntrcatcd ; 
 not to be moved by entreaty. 
 
 You arc nioic inhuman, more inexorahlfy 
 Oil ten times nioic, than tygcrs of Hyrcania! 
 
 IiitxarahU dog ! Shakfpcart's Merck, of Vtnicc. 
 The fcourge 
 Inexorahh calls to jien.ince. Af.//o«. 
 
 The gueits invited came, 
 And with the rcll th' hicxomhlc dame. Drydcn. 
 
 Th' inrxorabU gates were barr'd. 
 And nuiigiit w.is U'cn, and nought was heard. 
 But <lre.idful glc.in.s, Ihricks of woe. foye. 
 
 Wc can be dc-jf to the words of fo fwcet a 
 chjrmcr, and inexorable to all his invitations. 
 
 Rbgen. 
 
 Inexpe'dience. 7 n. y". [in and expali- 
 Inkxpe diency. 3 encyj] Want of fit- 
 nefb ; want of propriety ; unfuitablenefs 
 to time or plaee ; inconvenience. 
 
 It concemcth fuperiours to look well to the ex- 
 pediency and inexpediency of what liicy enjoin in 
 nidiifcrtnt things. Sundsifon. 
 
 Inexpe'dient. adj. [in and expedient.] 
 Inconvenient; unfit; improper; un- 
 fuitable to time or place. 
 
 li is not inexpedient ihey Ihould be known to 
 come from a peifon altogclhtr a lirangcr to chy- 
 mical affairs. i'oy/c. 
 
 Wu (huuld be prepared not only with patience 
 to bear, but to receive with thankfulnel's a rc- 
 pulfc, if God Ihould lee them to be inf.vpedicni. 
 
 Sni.ilrid^e. 
 
 Inexpe'rience. n. f. [inexperience, Yv. 
 
 in Vkni experience."] Want of experimental 
 
 knowledge; want of experience. 
 
 Thy words at random argue thine inexperience. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Prejudice and felf-fufficicncy narur.illy proceed 
 
 from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of 
 
 mankind. ^d.i:ft,n. 
 
 Ikexpe'rienced. aJj. [4nexj!erliis,L.at.] 
 Not experienced. 
 
 Inexpe'rt. aej. [incxpertus, Lat. in and 
 expert.] UnikiU'ul ; unfliilled. 
 
 The rate elcii ad\ancc 
 Through the wild dtfert ; not the rcadieft way, 
 Lett ent'ring on the Canaanice alarm'd, 
 War terrify them inexpert. Milnn. 
 
 In letters and in laws 
 Not ine.\prif. Pricr. 
 
 INE'XPIABLE. adj. [inexplalle. Trench; 
 inexpialiiis, Latin.] 
 
 1. Not to be atoned. 
 
 2. Not to be mollified by atonement. 
 
 Luve fecks to have luve : 
 My love how could'ft thou hope, who took'ft the 
 
 way 
 To raife in me inexpiable hate ? Milton. 
 
 Ine'xpiably. adv. [irom inexpiable.'} 
 To a degree beyond atonement. 
 
 ETCCurfiuns ;nc inexpinhiy bad, 
 And 'tis much fufcr t« leave out than add. 
 
 Roj'common. 
 
 Ine'xpi.eablY. adv. [inzTAexpleo,\Ai.] 
 Infaliab'.y. A word not in ufe. 
 
 What were thefe harpies but riaticrcrs, dela- 
 toi*>, and the iie.vy)/ffj/;/y covetous .' San.tyi. 
 
 Ine'xplicable. adj. [inexplicable, Fr. in 
 and expUco, Lat,] Incapable of being 
 explained ; net to be made iaulliijible : 
 nut to beUitiiUinij,lecL. 
 
 I N E 
 
 What could fuch apprcl-.enfioni brfed, fcut, ai 
 their nature is, inexplienhle paihons of mind, de- 
 files abhorring what they embrace, and embrac- 
 ing what they abhoi ? Hooker, 
 
 To me at lealt this feems inexplicable, if light 
 be nothing clfethan prcflionor motion pi ip'gaicd 
 through ether. fje-wton. 
 
 None eludes fagacious reafon more, 
 Tiian this obfcurc ine\plic.ii>le i}oyx'r. Bla'.lmore. 
 
 Ine'xplic^bly. adv. [from inexplicable.^ 
 In a manner not to be explained. 
 
 Inexpre'ssible. adj. [in aiid expre/s."] 
 Not to be told; not to be uttered j un- 
 utterable. 
 
 Thus when in orbs 
 Of circuit inexprrjfilile they ftood, 
 Orb within orb. M'Iton*t Varadife Li^, 
 
 Nothing can fo peculiarly gratify tl.e n'-t'ledii- 
 pofitioiis of human nature, as tor one man to fee 
 another fo much himfelf as to figh his griefs, and 
 groan his pains, to fing his joys, and do and 
 feel every thing by fympathy ?nd fecrct inex- 
 pre/Jtble communications. South. 
 
 The true God had no certain name given to 
 him; fo{ Father, and God, and Creator, arc but 
 titles aiifing from his woik? ; and God is not a 
 name but a notion ingrafted in human nature of 
 an inexprfjftble being, Stiliir.^Jleef,^ 
 
 There is an inimitable grace in Vi.girs 
 words : and in them piincipaily confills that 
 beauty, which gives fo inexprejjthle a plcafure to 
 him who bcft underftands their force : this 
 dilution of his is never tu lie copied. Drydcn 
 
 Inexpre'ssiblv. adv. [from inexprejftble.^ 
 To a degree or in a manner not to be 
 
 uttered ; unutterably. 
 
 God"will pioteift and leward all his faithful 
 fervants in a manner and meafurc inexprejfihiy. 
 abundant. HammtnJ. 
 
 He began to play upon it : the found was ex- 
 ceeding I'wect, and wrought into a variety of 
 tunes tt.at were ineyprrjfihiy melodious. j^ddif. 
 Inexpu'gn.able. adj. [inexpugnable, Fr. 
 inexpugnaiilit, hat.] Impregnable; not 
 to be taken by affauk-; not to be fub- 
 dued. 
 
 Wiiy Ihould there be implanted in each fej- 
 fuch a vehement and inexpugnable appetite of co- 
 pulation ? jR^iy. 
 Inexti'nguishable. atl/. [ine.xtinguille, 
 Fr. in and extinguo, Lat. J Unquench- 
 able. 
 
 Pillars, fiatucs, and other memorials, are a 
 fort ot Ihnflow of an endlcfs life, and fliow art 
 inextinguijhabic dclire which all men have of it,'- 
 
 Gre-ru, 
 
 Ine'xtricaele. adj. [inextricable, Fr. 
 inexlricalilis, Lat,] Not to be difen-- 
 tangled ; not to be cleared ; not to be 
 fet free from obfcurity or perplexity. 
 
 He tiiat (hould tye ine.\trieabie knots, only to 
 baffle the induftry of tiiofc that Ihotild artcinpl: 
 to unloofe them, would be thought not to ti.ne 
 fcived his generation. Decay ef Piety,. 
 
 Stopt by awful heights, and gulphs immcnie 
 Of wifriom, and of valt omnipotence, 
 She trembling t)ands, and does in wonder ga/e,. 
 Loft in the wild ineynioiHe tnaie. Blcckmon, 
 
 Men are led into inextricihle m.izes bv fetimg 
 up thcmfelvcs as judges of ti'.e world. Shi '!o,i. 
 
 Ine'xtricably. adv. [horn ine.xlrlceille.] 
 To a degree of pcrplc.xily not to be dif- 
 entangled. 
 
 The mecnanical athelft, though you giant him 
 his laws of niechanilm, is nevertheieis ;>-*- 
 trier.bly puzz.led and bafilcd with tne firil forma- 
 tion of animals. Ucnttey. 
 In vain they It rive ; th* intangling fnai'cs deny.. 
 Inextricably firm, the power to liy. i'ope. 
 
 To In eve. v. n. [in and eye.] To ino- 
 culate ; to propagate trees by the inu«^ 
 tiuu of a bud iiUo % foreign ii,wk,.
 
 I N F 
 
 Let fjge experience t«ach thee all the artf 
 
 Of graltiiig 3nd rnfji/i'g. Pii/tfs. 
 
 Infallibi'mtv. > rt. f. \lnfainbllilc, 
 
 Ikfa'li.iblesess. i Fr. UominJ'alUbli:.] 
 
 Inenabilily ; exemption from enour. 
 
 Infallibi.iiy is tl'.e liigl-.cft pcrfcftloii of the 
 knowing faculty,' and conlcquently tne firmcIT 
 degree of afll-iir. Tilhtfm. 
 
 Infa'llible. adj. [infallMe, Fr. in and 
 falUNe.] Privileged from errour; inca- 
 pable of miftake ; not to be miflod or 
 deceived ; certain. Ufcd both of per- 
 fons and tilings. 
 
 . Every caufe srimitteth not fuch iV/j/.Vi'f evi- 
 dence of proof, as Icavclh no poflibility of ricuijt 
 or fcrupic behind it. Honker. 
 
 Believe my words 
 For tiicy are certain and injallihlt. Skatfp. 
 
 Tiie fuccefs is certain and injailibli, and none 
 ever yer mifcarried in the attempt. South. 
 
 Isf.^'li.iblv. adv. [from infaU'ilk.l 
 
 1. Without danger from deceit; with fe- 
 ciirity from errour. 
 
 Wc cannot be .is God, infalUhly knowing good 
 and evil. Smdiridgi'i Sermons. 
 
 2. Certainly. 
 
 Our blcffcd Lord has diilinflly opened the 
 fcjne of futurity to us, and directed us to fuch a 
 conduil as will infaUi'-iy render us happy ,i n it. 
 
 Rogers 
 
 To Inf.\'me. V. a. [In/armr, Fr. infamo, 
 Latin.] To reprefent to difadvantage ; 
 to defame ; to cenfure piiblickly ; to 
 make infamous ; to brand. To de/amt- 
 is now ufed. 
 
 Livia is inftimcd for the polfoning of her huf- 
 band. J>jci>: 
 
 Hitherto obfcur'd, infitm'd, 
 And thy fair fruit let hang, as to no end 
 Crc.rted'. Milt(,r. 
 
 Infamous, adj. [in/dm.', wfnmanl, 
 Fr. hi/amis, Lat.] Piiblickly branded 
 with guilt; openly cenfured; of bad 
 
 report. 
 
 Thole that be near, and tliofc that be fnr from 
 thee, Ihall mock thee, which art infamom. 
 
 Ezckitl. 
 
 Thefe are as fonie infamous bawd or whore 
 
 Sliould praifc a matron; what could hu:t her 
 
 more ? Ben Joffoi. 
 
 Aftci-times will difpute it, whether Hotham 
 
 were mure infamous at Hull or at Tower, hill. 
 
 King CharUs- 
 
 Perfons infamous or branded in any publick 
 
 court of judicature, are forbidden to be advocate^. 
 
 ^lilf'- 
 I'nfamously. ad-v. [from /,';/<rmo«j-.] 
 
 1, With open reproach ; with publick no- 
 toriety of reproach. 
 
 2. Shamei'"iilly j^ fcaiidalouny. 
 
 That poem was inf.imcufj bad. Dn-.itn. 
 
 I'n-famousness.I n. f. [Infamie, Fr. 
 Infamy. j iufam'ia,'L^.i.'\ Pub- 
 
 lick reproach ; notoriety of bad cha- 
 
 racier. 
 
 Ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are 
 the infamy of the people. Exekitl. 
 
 The noble ifle doth want her proper limbs. 
 Her face defac'd with fears of inf. my. Sh<ikfp 
 
 Wilfulperpetrationsof unwortliyaflions brand, 
 with moft indelible char.iiflers of iaf.imy, the 
 name and memory to poftcrity. King Charles. 
 
 I's FANCY, n. /. {jnfantta, Latin.] 
 I. The firft part of hfe. Ufually extended 
 by naturalirts to feveri years. 
 
 D.ire we aff.rm it was ever his meaning, that 
 unto their falvaiion, who even from their tender 
 infamy never knew any other faith or religion 
 than only chriftiao, no kind of te.iching can be 
 available) faving that which was fs needful for 
 
 r N F 
 
 the firft univerfsl coiiverfion of gcntilej, hating I 
 cluaftianity r //t',-.- 
 
 Pirithous came t' attend 
 This worthy Thefeui, hi; f-iaiilisTr friend : 
 Their love in early infancy ^it':^;!::. 
 And rofe as childhood ripenVi iacoman. Vrydcti. 
 The infenrible impreiiioiis on our tender infan- 
 cies have very iniportantand laiting conlequences. 
 
 Locki 
 
 4. Civil infancy, extended by the Eriglifh 
 
 law to one and twenty years. 
 3. Firft age of any thing; beginning; 
 original ; commencement. 
 In Spain our fprings, like old men's children, 
 be _ . . . - 
 
 Dccrty'd and withcr'd from their i>if.tncy. Dryii. 
 The dirfercnce between the riches of Roman 
 citizens in the infancy and in the grandeur of 
 Rome, will appear by comparing the i^rii valu- 
 ation of eftates with the efiates afterwards 
 poiTelTcd. Arhttknot on C.ins. 
 
 Infa'ngthef, or h'lngfangtheft, or infang- 
 theof, is compounded of three Saxon 
 words : the prepofiticn in, fang or for:g, 
 to take or catch, and i/.'i-f. It iigniiits 
 a privilege or liberty granted unto lords 
 of certain manors to judge any thie! 
 taken within their fee. Cowe/l. 
 
 I'nfant. n. f. lenfaiil, ¥r. in/ijns, TL^l.] 
 
 1. A child from the birth to the end 
 of the feventh year. 
 
 It being a part of their virtuous education, 
 fcrvcth greatly both to nourifli in them the fear 
 of Gud, and to put us in continual rcmcmbu;;cc 
 of that powerful grace, which openeth the mou:hb 
 of infants to found his praife, Ho'jker. 
 
 There (h.Tll be no more thence an infant of 
 days, nor an old man th;it hath not filled li.s d.iys. 
 
 If.iah 
 
 Young motliers wildly ftarc, with fearp'jiT. T 
 And llram their hclplcl's infants to their brr:' 
 J1:y.i(n's .i 
 
 2. [Inlaw.] A young perfon to tlu : 
 of one and twenty. 
 
 I'xFANT. adj. Not mature; in a (late o: 
 initial imperfeftion. 
 
 Wirliin the infant rind of this fmall flower 
 Poifon hath refidcnce, and medicine power. 
 
 Sha.(-fpciirc. 
 Firft the (hrill lound of a fmall rural pipe. 
 Was entertainment for the infant il.ige. Rcfcotn. 
 
 In their tender nonage, while they fprcad 
 Their fpringing leaves and lift theii infant head, 
 Indulge their childhood. Dry.hn's Vitgii. 
 
 INFANTA, ti. f. [Spanifh.] A princefs 
 defcended fiom the royal blood of 
 Spain. 
 
 Infa'nticide. n. f. [infantid.'ie, Fr. 
 infitnticidium, Lat.] The llaughtcr oi 
 the infants by Herod. 
 
 rNFANTiLE. adj. [infantilis, Lat.] Per- 
 taining to an infant. 
 
 The fiy lies all the winter in thcfc balls in its 
 infantile liate, and comes not to its maturity 'rill 
 the following fpring. Dal'.am. 
 
 I'nfantry. n.-f. [infanterie, Fr.] The 
 foot foldiers of an army. 
 
 The principal Ilrength of an army confifteth 
 in the infantry or foot j and to make good infant 
 try it requirctii men bred in tome free_ and plen- 
 tiful maimer. Bacon's Ucn,y\\i. 
 
 That fmall i'//'<i«ri_y 
 Warr'd on by cranes. .^f:.Vo«. 
 
 Inf'arction. nf. [/« :indft!rcio, Lat.] 
 Stuffing ; condipation. 
 
 An hypociiondriack confumpcion is occafioned 
 by an infarSlion and obflrudtion of the fplecn. 
 
 Har7Ky. 
 
 To Infa'tuate. -u. a. .[itfatuo, from 
 in uad fatuut, Latin ; irfutuer, French. J 
 
 J N F 
 
 • to deprive of un- 
 
 I very vifible ia 
 :t-.;p.'., u i.jt: atid prcpaicd for 
 c .0 tolly anc marinefs, making the 
 
 ^^ tnitc to (he dcligns of the wicked ; 
 
 ; '.ven ihofc, out of 3 confcier.cc of 
 
 t. grow more wicked.- Clarendon. 
 
 r'unding 0/ the vices and futtiflipcfs 
 tL ^ oveiipread the /lyVi/Ku/^i^ gentile 
 
 woiu. . :. piin:e branch of that defign of ChriH's 
 fending his difciples. Hammo'id, 
 
 May hypocrites. 
 That nily fpcak one thing, another think, . 
 Diink on unward'd, 'lilf, by enchantiitg cups 
 Infatuate, tlicy their wily thoughts difciole. , 
 
 , I'hilif,. 
 
 The people are fo mrivcifally infatuated with 
 the notiu;^. tiiat, if a cow falls fick, it is ten to 
 one but an old woman is clapt up in prifon for it. 
 .ridtiifon on Italy, 
 The c.i.r':.-.ge of our athcifts or deilis is amaz- 
 ing : no .i0t:ige fo injaruate, no phrcnly fo extra- 
 vagant as rheiis. Bcntley.. 
 
 Infatu a'tiom. n. f. [fvom it;fa!uale.'\ 
 The act of linking with foUy ; depri- 
 vation of reafon. 
 
 \Vi -^le men give rhemfclves over to the defence 
 of wi'.-kcd inrcrclts, and falie piopofuions, it is 
 jiilf w::li God to fmite the greaiell abilities with 
 the ^. citejt infatuations. South. 
 
 Inf. ?tingi n.f. [from infaujlus, Lat.] 
 1 iic act of making unlucky. An odd 
 and iiieltt;ant word. 
 
 , did in I'ome part remove the en\y 
 'J ne did nor obicrve, that lie did 
 Ivindof malediiflion and injanjiing 
 iagc, as an ill piO!:noliick. Bacon. 
 
 ji-!., adj. [in-Andfeafihk.l Im- 
 jie ; not to be done. 
 
 '■■" It .md inftafible, that it may 
 .} defpair of fcience. Gltsnv. 
 
 i\> i. 1. v^ 1 . v. a. [infcrler, Fr. iiifeduj, 
 Latin.] 
 i . To acl upon by contagion ; to affect 
 with c,omir.unicated qualities ; to hurt 
 by contatrlon ; to taint ; to poilon ; to 
 pollute. 
 
 - One of thofe /ar-talticii mind /«/fi?7!r«/ people, 
 
 that children and muhcians cairiovcrs. Si.iney, 
 
 Thine eyes, Iwcei lady, have infeded mine. 
 
 Sh.tiifpeare, 
 The nature of bad-news inje&s the teller. 
 
 Shalfp, 
 Ev'ry d,iy 
 It would i'fcH nis fpeech, that if the king 
 Sh.-''.:Id without irTuc die, he'd cany it (o 
 To m.^.kc tre fccp;re his. Slialfptare. 
 
 hft^ei minds 
 To their deaf pillows will difcharge their fe- 
 crv-rs. ShakfpeaTc, 
 
 She fp':.:ks poignard.«, and every worditabs ; 
 if i-.cr bicath were as terrible as her terminations, 
 there were no living near her ; Ihe would ivfe£} to 
 the north Jta;-. Shaificare, 
 
 1 am return'd your foldier j 
 No more /'yd^tf/ with my country's love. 
 Than when I parted hence. Sh'akfpeare. 
 
 The love-tale. 
 Infected Siun's daughters with like heat. Mi/ton, 
 2. To fill with fomething hurtfully conta- 
 gious. 
 
 I'felied be the sir whereon they ride. 
 And damn'd all thole that tnift them ! Shakfp, 
 
 Infe'ction. n.f. [infei'iion, Fr. iitfidio, 
 Latin.] Contagion; mifchief by com- 
 munication ; taint); poifon. 
 
 Inflation is that manner of communicating a 
 difeafe by fomc etfiuvia, or particles which fiy off 
 from dilkmpcrcd bodies, and mixing with the 
 juices of others, occafion the fame difordcrs as iii 
 the bodies tbey came from. - Q*/«.;)'.
 
 I ISTF 
 
 Wli.it a llr.ingc infc&hi 
 Is fall'n into ill) i.ir ! iiliakjpcart' iCyinb. 
 
 The hkircd gods 
 Tuige all mfiCiluni Irom our air, whilft you 
 Do climate here. Ulinkfitcau's I'Vhilci'i Tali. 
 
 Vouchfjfc, dirtus'd//)/V(;//o« ot a ni.in, 
 For rhcle known cviU, but to give nic Ilmvc, 
 Ky circuniltjncc, to cnife tiiy curled ftlf. ttlinkf. 
 
 Hence, 
 Left tliat ill' h'fcilionui lus fortune take 
 JLikc hold on tliee. Sitiilp. King Lear. 
 
 The ir.iiifiniffion or imiffion ot tne thinner and 
 more airy part* ut' bodies, as in otioias and i/i- 
 fiBio'ii, is, of all the rclt, the moll cor(>orcj| ; 
 but wiilial there be a number of thofc eniifliuns, 
 both whoUforac and unwholeforac, that give no 
 fmell at all. B.u<i'i. 
 
 Jnfe'ctious. aiij. [from infc^.l Conta- 
 gious ; iiifluencitig by communicated 
 qualilit-s. 
 The moft//</iin;««jpeflilcncc upon tlice. Sh.iif. 
 
 In a honic, 
 Where the hifcSthus peltilence did reign. 
 
 Shitkfpeare. 
 Some known difeafes are infcBiotif, and others 
 sre not : thofc tluit are iiijeelhui arc lutli as are 
 chiefly in the fpiiits, and not fo much in the hu- 
 mours, and thcicluie pals c.ilily irom buoy tu 
 body ; inch as pclViUnccs and luipicudes. Biiai:. 
 Smells may nave as much power to do good a^ 
 to do harm, and contiibute to nr-dltli as well as 
 to dilcafcs; which is toomu^n Icli by cxpcuence 
 in all that are inJiSious, and by the opeiaiioiis of 
 fomc poifons, that arc received only by the Imcll. 
 
 Tcmpir 
 Infe'ctioi'sly. adv. [ffom iiifcclioiu.] 
 Contajrii'iifiy. 
 
 The Will dotes, that is inclinable 
 To what infc(iio;Jly itfelf aflcifls. Shjkfpeart. 
 
 "infe'ctiousness. n. f. \^ixon\wfedhus.'\ 
 Tlie quality of being infe6tious ; conta- 
 gioudiels. 
 
 Inef.'ctive. adj. [from infed.'] Hav- 
 ing the quality cf aciing by conta- 
 gion. 
 
 True love, well conlidercd, luuh an inffS'r.'f. 
 power. Si.lii<y. 
 
 Infecu'nd. n. f. [Infscundits, Latin.] 
 Unfruitful; infertile. 
 
 How lafc and agixcable a confervatory the 
 earth is to vegetables, is maiiii'eil from their rot- 
 ting, drying, or Lcing rendered infuunU in the 
 waters, or the air; but in the earth their vigour 
 is long pieftrvcd. Derhim. 
 
 Infecu'ndity. n. f. [In/acundilas, hwi.] 
 
 Want of fertility; bavrennefs. 
 Inff. i.TciTY. 11. f. [iiifelicili, French ; hi- 
 felicilds, 'L,x\\..'\ Unhappintfs; mil'ery ; 
 calan.ity. 
 
 Wiiatevcr is the ignorance and infelicity of the 
 piefcnt ftate, we were made wife and happy. 
 
 GlanxuVe. 
 Here is our great injeliciiy, that, when fiiigle 
 words figuify complex ideas, one word can ne- 
 ver dUlmcily manifell all the parts of a com- 
 plex idea. ll<it!s. 
 7o INFE'R. ■». a, [jnfcrer, Fr. rfcro, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1, To bring on ; to induce. 
 
 Vomits ii:fcr fomc fmall detriment to the lungs. 
 
 Ihtr.vey, 
 
 2. To infer is nothing but, by virtue of one 
 propofitiou laid down as true, to dravf 
 in another as true, /'. e. to fee or fuppofe 
 fiich a coniieclion of the two ideas of 
 the inferred propofition. hoche. 
 
 Yet what thou canft attain, which bell may 
 ferve 
 To gluiify the Maker and />./«• 
 . Thee alfu hapinv;r, IhuUijot be with-heW 
 Thy licariug. i»hUw. 
 
 I N F 
 
 Great, 
 Or bright, infers not excellence : the e.lrlh 
 Though in eomp.iril'on uf hcav'n fo fni.ill. 
 Nor giiftering, may of folid good contain 
 More plenty than the fun, that barren Ihiiics. 
 
 Mi'.itin. 
 One would wonder how, from fo differing prc- 
 milfes, they Ihuuld all infer the fame conelufion. 
 Dtcy ,</ Vitiy- 
 Tliey have more opportunities than other men 
 have of puichafing public erteem, by defcrving 
 well of mankind ; and fuch opportunities al- 
 ways /'//rr obligations. ^tttrbury. 
 
 3. To ofl'cr ; to produce. Not in ufc. 
 Full well hath Clifford play'd ihc orator, 
 Infirrin^ arguments of mighty force. Shaljf. 
 l'NFF.Rr.NCE. n. J. {inference, Fr. from 
 infer,'] Conclulion drawn from previous 
 arguments. 
 
 Though it may chance to be right in the con- 
 elufion, it is yet unjull and millaken in the me- 
 thod of iifcrettcf. Glari^lle. 
 Thcfe inferences or conclufions arc the etict^s 
 of reafoning, and the three propofitions, taken 
 ail together, are called fyllogifm or argument 
 
 Vfatts. 
 Inf'eriblf. n<//. [from tV^tr.] Deducible 
 from premlfed grounds. 
 
 As fiir.pic midakes commonly beget fallacies, 
 f(j men from fallacious fonndstions, and mifap- 
 prehendcd mediums, crct^l concluliuns no way 
 infetiHe trorn their piemilfes. Bro^vn 
 
 Inffkio'rity. n. f. [infericrile. Trench, 
 from inferimr.} Lo\^er flate of dignity 
 or value. 
 
 The language, though not of equal dignity, yet 
 as i\<:.M .ippioaching ro it as our modtrn bar- 
 barifm will allow ; and thcrcioic we are !o rcll 
 co'-.tcnted with that only i'fcrioriiy -which i> nor 
 puiTiI'ly to be lemedied. D'y-i-'n. 
 
 INFE'RIOUR. adj. {inferior, Latin ; 
 infritur, French.] 
 
 I . Lower in place. 
 
 3. Lower in llation or rank of life ; cor- 
 relative to fuperiour . 
 
 Render me more equal, or perhaps 
 .Su})<.rior, for /«/Vr/V who is free? Milton. 
 
 3. Lower in value or excellency. 
 
 Tiie love of iiheity-with life is giv'n. 
 And life itfelf th' ihfeno.a gift of heav'n. Dry.i. 
 
 I have added fome oi'iginal papers of my own, 
 which, whether they are equal or injeu'jur to my 
 other poems, an author is the mull; improper 
 judge of. DryJe.;. 
 
 4. Suboidinate. 
 
 General .uid fundamental truths in philofophy, 
 religion, and human life, conducl our thoughts 
 into a riiouf.uid inferiQur and particular propo- 
 fitions. U'atts. 
 
 I N F e'r 1 o u R . n.f. [ from the adjetSive. ] 
 One in a lower rank or llation than 
 another. 
 
 A great perfon gets more by obliging his inf-- 
 
 riciir than by dird.nning him. Suutii 
 
 Infe'rnal. adj. [infernal, French; in- 
 
 fernus, Lat, ] Hcllifh; tartarean ; de- 
 
 teilable. 
 
 His gigantick limbs with large embrace, 
 Infolds nine acres of infernal fpacc. i)rydcn. 
 Infe'rnal Stone, n.f. 
 
 LfrrnnI flone, or the lunar cauftiek, is prc- 
 
 parrd from an evaporated folution of filver, o; 
 
 fro:n cryllals of filver. It is a very powerful 
 
 caulliei<, eating away the flelh anti even the 
 
 bonos to which it is applied. Hill's Mit. M:<t 
 
 Infe'rtile. adj. [inferlile,¥r. in and 
 
 fcrlHe.] Unfruitful; not produdlive ; 
 
 wanting fecundity ■ in*''"<iind. 
 
 I gnoraiice being of itfelf, like: ii iff clay, and in- 
 
 fertr.'c foil, wnen ^.i^^ ^, mes to fcorch am 
 
 harden it, it grows pcrfeaiy impenetrable. 
 
 Cmtrnment of the Tongue. 
 
 I N F 
 
 IkTERTi'lITY. n.f. [inferliHte.Vr.irom 
 infertile.'] Unfruitfulnefs ; want of fs:r- 
 
 tility. 
 
 The fame diftempcrature of the air that occj- 
 fioncd the plague, occafioned the irfe'i'liiy 
 or noxioulncfs of the foil, whereby the fruits of 
 the earth became cither very fmall, or very un- 
 wholcfome. UnU'\ Orii^iii of Mimkiinl. 
 
 To Ivfe'st. v. a. [;n/"ry?f;-, French ; /n- 
 fefo, Lat,] To harafs ; to dillurb ; to 
 plague. 
 
 Unto my fccMc bread 
 Cjme gently ; but not with that mighty r.ige 
 Wherewith the maitial troops thou doft i'lftjt, 
 And hcaits of grcaccft heroes do'ft enrage. 
 
 Spenftr. 
 
 They ceafcd not, in the mean while, to 
 
 flrengthcn that pait which in hcaittt.ey favoured, 
 
 and to infejl by all means, under colour of other 
 
 quarrels, their grcatcft advcrfaries in this cxuTe. 
 
 H-^i/ktr. 
 Although they wcie a people infcflcil,^ni migh- 
 tily haled of all others, yet was there nothing of 
 force to work the ruin of thrir ftate, till the lime 
 beforementioned was expired. Hooktr. 
 
 They were no mean, diftrelTtd, calaininnis 
 perfons that fled to him for refuge; but of lo 
 great quality, as it was apparent that they came 
 not thither to proletl their own fortune, but to 
 infi/t and invade his. Bacon's JLmy vii. 
 
 Envy, avarice, fupcrftition, Uive, with the 
 like cares and palTions infrjl human life. MJifon. 
 No dilate infrjis mankind more terrible in its 
 fymptoms andeHecls. .Arhnihnor on Diet. 
 
 In FESTIVITY, n.f [in and fe/livi!y.'\ 
 
 Mourn fulnefs ; want of cheerfulnefs. 
 Infest RED. adj. [in andfe/ler.] Rank- 
 ling; inveterate. Obfohte. 
 
 This curfed creature, mindful of that old 
 Infifirtd grudge, the which his moil cr felt, 
 
 'So foi'n as Clarion he did behold, 
 His heart withvcngeful malice inly fwel,t Spcnfer^ 
 
 Infeud-\'tion. n.f. [in zwA. feuditm, 
 Latin.] The ad of putting one ia 
 poiTcffion of a fee or eliate. 
 
 Another military provifion was conventional 
 and by tciuire, upon iuz infendotion ol \\vz \i\vi\\\., 
 and was ufually called knight's fervice. ' Uak. 
 I'n FIDEL. n. f. [infide'tle ,Yv. itifidelis, 
 Latin.] An unbeliever; a mifcreaiit ; 
 a pagan ; one who rcjciit.'; chriltianity. 
 
 E.xhotiing her, if Ihe did many, yet not \\> 
 join herfeif to an infidel, as in thofe rinics iome 
 widows chiillian had done, for the advanccir.ent 
 of their cflate in this world. lk:ker. 
 
 Infidelity, n.f. [inJideUie,Ys. iiifdt- 
 litas, Latin.] 
 
 1. Want of faith. 
 
 The coiifideration of the divine omnipotcnca 
 and infinite wifdom, and our own ignorance, are 
 grcrt infliuments of filencing tl-.e murmurs of 
 inf.lelitv. T'lvlor'i Rule ef Living Holy. 
 
 2. Diltclief of chriftianity. 
 
 One would far.cy th.it inlidels would be exempt 
 from that fingle fault, which feems to grow out 
 of the imprudent fervours of religion : but fo It 
 is, that infddity is propagated with as much 
 fiirccncfs and contention, as if the f.ifety cf 
 mankind depended upon it. AHfon's SpeDattr. 
 
 3. Treachery ; deceit ; breach of contract- 
 or tnift. 
 
 The infidelities on the one part between tha 
 two fcxes, and the caprices on tne other, the va- 
 nities and vexations attending even the mod re- 
 hned delights thai malie up tl is bulincfs of life, 
 render it filly and uncomfortable. SpeP.ttcr. 
 
 I'NFINITK. adj. [injni, Fr. infnilits, 
 
 Latin.] 
 I. Unbounded ; boundtefs; unlimited ; iin- 
 menfc ; having no boundaiics 01 limits. 
 j- to it3 nature.
 
 I N F 
 
 rmpoffible It U, that God diould withdraw Ws 
 prcfence from any thing, became tl^e vtry lul'- 
 fl jncc of Gorl is i;fimte. W"«"'- 
 
 What -s time, wi>eii on eternity we think. ? 
 A thoiifand ages in that fca muft fink : 
 Time 's nothing but a wo.d; a milhun 
 Is full as far from infmili as one. Uer^Hum. 
 
 Thou fov'reign pow'r, whofe feciet will con- 
 
 trouls r 1 1 
 
 The inward bent and motion of our fouls ! 
 Why h^lt thou pUc'd luch i'fimie degrees 
 Between the caule and cure of my difcale Pr„r. 
 Wnen we would t. ink of infinti, fpace oi 
 duration, we at tirll make fomeveiy large idea; 
 es perhaps of millions of ages or miles, which 
 poffibly we multiply feveral times. Lock,. 
 
 Even an angel's comprehcnfivc thought 
 Cannot extend as far as thou haft wiought : 
 Our valt conceptions are by fwelhng brought, 
 Swallow'd and hift in infi^ili, to nought. Dcnms. 
 S. It is hyperbolically ufed for large; 
 
 I'nfinitely. adv. [irom inpmte.] 
 
 I. Without limits; without bounds; im- 
 
 me rifely. , , . , 
 
 Nothing may be wpitely defired, but that 
 good which indeed is infinite. Haoker. 
 
 S, In a great degree. 
 
 This is Antonio, 
 To whom I am fo injlniie/yhouni. Shakfpeaye. 
 The king faw that contrariwifc it would fol- 
 low, that England, tiiough much Ids in terri- 
 tory, yet Ihould have infinitely more foldieis 
 of their native forces than thofe other nations 
 have. Bacon' i Henry vii. 
 
 Infinitely the greater part of mankind have 
 profelTed to ad under a full perfuafion of this 
 great article. ^"S"'- 
 
 I'NFINITENESS. n./ [frotti «V«'V^.] Im- 
 tnenfity ; boundlefnefs ; infinity. 
 
 Tne cunning oi his flattery, the leadincfs of 
 histcirs, xUc infinitenep of nis vows, were but 
 among the we.ikclt thtcads of his net. Sulney. 
 Let us alw.iys beai about us luch imprcflions 
 .of reverence, and fear of God, that we may 
 humble ourfelvcs before his Al.nightincls, and 
 exprefsthat infinite diftancc between his mji'^ue- 
 ne/i and our weakniirts. y.y/si. 
 
 I N F 
 
 A hypeibolical ufe 
 
 Infinite'simal.o^^". [horn iri/inite.] In- 
 finitely divided. _ 
 Infi'nitive. aJj. [infnitlf, Fr. tnfinif.vus, 
 Latin. 1 In grammar, the wfrnitlve af- 
 tivms or intimates the inUntiun of af- 
 firming, which is one ufe of the indi- 
 cative ; but then it does not do it ab- 
 foititely. ^^'^'■''•'■• 
 In F I 'n IT u D E. n.f. [fi-om infinite. ] 
 I. Infinity -. immeufity. 
 
 Cmfunon heard his voice, and wild upraar 
 Stood lul'd, flood valt inJiniiuJe conhn'd 
 
 Mi.'ton. 
 Though the repugnancy of i''fniiu.U be equally 
 incom mihle to continued or (ucccffive motion, 
 or con'iin j.d quantity, and pends upon the in- 
 comp.ffihil.iy of the very ■.a:ure of things (uc- 
 CelTive or ixtenfive with infinitu.U ; yet tiut in- 
 compuffihihty is more confpicuous in dilcrete 
 quantity, that arifctn from paits aitually d.t m- 
 guilhed, ""'' 
 
 2. BounJlefs iiuiTiber. 
 
 We fee all ti.t good fcnfe of the age cut out, 
 
 and mincul into almoft an /'^^.-V,,*- ol riiitinc- 
 
 tions. ^ y!.U!o,r, i>^.7,-.">r. 
 
 Infinity, n.f. [injnite, Ficich; u.Jimtas, 
 
 Latin.] V • J 
 
 1. Immcnflty; boi4iidlcfnefs ; unhmited 
 
 qualities. , . . , r 
 
 Tiere c.^nnut he more mjinitut than one ; tor 
 one of tlK-m would limit iIk- other. R^lri^h. 
 The better, the more riefirable ; that there- 
 for- mui> le defirabl:, wherein there is infinity 
 of goodiiefs i fo that if any thing dcfirablc may 
 
 be infinite, that mud needs be the highcft of 
 all things that ate dcfired : no good is inhnite 
 but only God, thcrelore he is our lelicity and 
 blifs. """' 
 
 2. Endlefs number 
 of the word. 
 
 Homer' has concealed faults under ?n infinity 
 of admirable beauties. Broome. 
 
 The liver, being fwelled, compreffeth the 
 
 ftomach, flops tne circulation of the juices, and 
 
 produccth an irfinily of bad fymptjms. Arbuth 
 
 Infirm, adj. [infinne,¥r. vtfinnus, Lat.] 
 
 1 . Weak ; feeble ; difabled of body. 
 
 Here Ifand I your brave; 
 A poor, irfiim, weak, and defpis'd old man. 
 
 Shakjbe.ire. 
 
 2. Weak of mind; irrefolute. 
 
 I am afraid to think what I have done : 
 Look on 't again, I date not. 
 
 -Irfirm ^i purpofe ; 
 
 Give me the dagger. Shaklp. Macbeth. 
 
 That on my head all might be vihtcd, 
 Thy frailty, and infirmer fcx, forgiv'n ; 
 To me committed, and by me exposed. Milton. 
 
 3. Not liable ; not folid. 
 
 He who fixes upon falfe principles, treads 
 upon irfirm ground, md fo fir.ks j and he who 
 fails in his deduaions from right principles, 
 ftumblcs upon firm ground, and falls. So:ri/i 
 rolNFi'RM. V. a. [Infirmer, Fr. itifirmo, 
 Latin.] To weaken ; to Ihake ; to 
 enfeeble. Not in ufe. 
 
 Some contrary fpirits will objc£l this as a 
 fufficient reafon to mfirm all thofe points. 
 
 Raleigh' i Effay!. 
 
 The fpleen is unjuftly introduced to invigo- 
 rate the finirtcr fide, which, being dilated, 
 would rather infirm and debilitate it. Broojn. 
 Infi'rmary. n.f. [infirmerie, French.] 
 Lodgings for the Tick. 
 
 Thele buildings to be for privy lodgings on 
 
 both fides, and the end for privy galleries, 
 
 whereof one (hould be for an infirmary, if any 
 
 fpccial pcrfon Ihould be fick. Baton. 
 
 Infi'kmitv. n.f. [infnnhe, French.] 
 
 I. Weaknefs of fex, age, or temper. 
 
 hfir inity. 
 
 Which waits upon woin times, hath fomething 
 
 feiz'd 
 His wilh'd ability. Slrailp. IVinter's Tale. 
 
 Difcover thine infirmity, 
 That wairanteth by law to be thy piivilegc : 
 I am with child, ye bloody homicides. Shaifp. 
 
 If he had done or faid any thing amifs, he 
 defired their worlhips to think it was iiis irfir. 
 ,„„,es. Sr.akfpeare's Julius Cejar. 
 
 Are the inf.-mi^iei of the body, pains, and 
 difcafes his complaints? His faith reniiiuls him 
 of tiic day when this corruptililc Ihall put on 
 incorruption, and this mortalinimoitallty. Kogen. 
 
 '.. Failing; weaknefs; fault. 
 
 A Inend fhould bc.ir a friend's infirmities; 
 But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. 
 
 S/i.iifpcjrc. 
 Many infirmiti.-i made it appear more requi- 
 fire, ti ar a wifcr man lliould have the application 
 of his inteieft. Claremkn 
 
 How di.ficult is it to picterve a great name, 
 when he that has acquired it, is fo obnoxious to 
 fuch little weiknoffes and infirmuie!, as are no 
 fmall niminutioiito it. MJ:pn. 
 
 3. Difeafe ; msiady. 
 
 Geneial laws are like general rules of phyfiek, 
 according wiieicunto, as now, no wife man will 
 defirc hmifelf to be cuied, if thcie be joined 
 with his diitafe fome (pcci.'l aecideni, in icgar<l 
 that thereby others in tiic fame ^nfiimity, but 
 without tne like accident, may. Hooker. 
 
 Sometimes the laces of man may be depraved 
 by the infirmities of birth. Temple. 
 
 Infi'rmness. n.f. [fromw/zvn.] Weak- 
 nefs ; fecbkncfs. 
 
 I N F 
 
 Some experiments may difcover the Infirmnr/i 
 and infufficicncy of the petipatccick doilrine. 
 
 Boylt. 
 
 To Infi'x. -d. a. \\nfixu5, Lat.] To drive 
 in ; to fet ; to fallen. 
 
 And at tne point two flings irfixed ir^. 
 Both deadly (harp, that Iharpeft ftecl escceden 
 far. Spcnfcr. 
 
 I never lov'd myfclf, 
 'Till now, infi.^e.t, I behold myfelf. 
 Drawn in the flait'ring table of her eye. Shakf. 
 Immoveable, infiix\i, and froz.en round. 
 
 Miltun. 
 That fling m/.v' J within her haughty mind, 
 And her proud heart with feciet lorrow pin'd. 
 
 DrydcHt 
 
 The fatal dart a ready paffage found. 
 And deep within her heart infix' d the wound. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 To INFLA'ME. -v. a. \\nflammo, Lat.] 
 
 1. To kindle ; to fet on fire ; to make to 
 burn. 
 
 Love more clear, dedicated to a love more 
 cold, with the clearnefs lays a night of forrow 
 upon mc, and with the coldnefs infiames a world 
 of hie within mp. Sidney. 
 
 Its waves of torrent fire in/am' J with r.age. 
 
 Millfit. 
 
 2. To kindle any paflton. 
 
 Their luft was infiamed towards her. Sufannah. 
 
 3. To fire with paffion. 
 More infiam'd with luft than rage. Miliar, 
 Saran, with thoughts iV/?am'<i of higheft defign, 
 
 Puts on fwift wings. Milton. 
 
 4. To exaggerate ; to aggravate. 
 A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, a« 
 
 enemy inft.imes his crimes. Addijon's SpeSt. 
 
 5. To heat the body morbidly with ob- 
 flrutled matter. 
 
 6. To provoke ; to irritate. 
 A little vain curiofity weighs fo much with 
 
 us, or the church's peace fo little, that we fa- 
 crihce the one to the whetting and irfamitrg of 
 the o-ner. Decay ;] Viely. 
 
 To Infla'me. v. n. To grow hot, angry, 
 and painful by obfiruciad matter. 
 If the veficul* are oppreft, they infian-.c. 
 
 }V:Jcman. 
 
 Infla'mer. n.f. [from iiifiame.'] The 
 thing or perfon that inflames. 
 
 Inicreft is a gieat I'fl.tmer, and fcts a man on 
 
 perfecution under the colour of zeal. Aildifon. 
 
 AiTemblies, who aft ppon publick principles, 
 
 proceed upon influence from paitiuilar leaders 
 
 and ufi.:mtrs. S^uift. 
 
 Inflamm.\bi'lity. ti. f [from infiatn- 
 mahk.] 1 he quiihty of catching fire. 
 
 This it will do, if the ..mbicnt air be impreg- 
 nate with fubtile imfiammahiiities. Bro^un. 
 Choler is the mL'ft inflammable part of the 
 blotjd ; whence, from its infi.immahility, it is 
 called a fulphur. ff.i'Tyr. 
 
 Inflammable, cclj, [French.] Eafy 
 to be fet on flame ; having the quality 
 of flaming. 
 
 The juices of olives, almonds, nuts, and 
 
 pine-apples, are all infiammaile. Bacon. 
 
 Licetus thinks it polhble to extraft nn i»- 
 
 fiammaile oil from the ftone ..ft.eflus. IVilkins. 
 
 Out of water grow all vegetable and animal 
 
 fiihflances, whi. h ciinlift as well of fulphurcous, 
 
 fat, and trfiammahte paits, as of earthy and alcali- 
 
 zate ones New on' s Oplieks. 
 
 Infammahle fpirits are fubtile volatile liquors, 
 
 winch Come over in dillillat'on, mifcible with 
 
 waiei, and wholly CLmbuflible. Arluthnot. 
 
 Infla'mmableness. n.f. [from iiflim- 
 
 nialle.'] The quality of eafily catching 
 
 fire. 
 We may treat of the infinmmablenejs of bodicj. 
 
 goylt.
 
 I N F 
 
 Is F L A M M a't los . «./. [Inflammallo, Latin, 
 inflammation, French.] 
 
 I . The aft of fetting on flame. 
 
 Irjlammntivn of :»ir from meteors, mj)' have 
 Ji powerful eifrit upon men. J'cm^lc, 
 
 t, i'hc Hate of being in flame. 
 
 Tlic flame cxrciuieth not beyond the infl-tm- 
 mnbh; effluence, hut ciofcly adheres unto ti.c 
 orignial of its /'//?"*"T'«rf?/o;i. Brown. 
 
 Sonic urns have liad infcilplions on them, 
 exprcffing that the lamps within them wcic 
 burning when they were hrit bulled : whereas 
 the infiinmatn^t of fat and vifcous vapours doth 
 prefentiy vanirtj. iJ il\if:\' Da-tftjius. 
 
 J. [In chinirgery.] Inflamnuilion is vvlien 
 the blood is obllniclcd fo as to crowd in 
 a greater quantity into any particular 
 part, and gives it a greater colour and 
 Iieat than ufual. ^incy. 
 
 If that bright fpot Hay in his place, it is an 
 inJ}am*iuition of the burninij. Lruiticui. 
 
 4, The aft of exciting fervour of mind. 
 
 Prayer kindletli our de*iic to bel.ohl God by 
 fpeculation, and tlic mind, dcli^iited with that 
 contemplative fight of God, talteth everywhere 
 new iiif.ummationi to pray the riches of the niyf- 
 terics of heavenly wil'diiin, continually iliriing 
 up in us correfpondent defucs towards them. 
 
 liQoker. 
 Infl.\'mm ATORV. adj. [from injlame.'] 
 Having the power oi inflaming. 
 
 The extremity of pain oltcn creates a coldnefs 
 in the extremities : fuch a lenf.ition is very con- 
 filtcnt with an /«//.iw^/j.?/o v dillcmjici-, Arbuth, 
 
 An infamm.Uuty ['ever hinricd him out of this 
 life in three days. I'ope 10 Siuift. 
 
 To INFLA'TE. v. a. \infiaius, Lat.j 
 I. To fwell with wind. 
 
 That the mufcles are '.nfiat-d in time of reil, 
 appears to the very eye in the faces of children. 
 
 A.iV- 
 
 Vapours are no other than inj'ittett veficuiae of 
 water. Deiham. 
 
 8. To fill with the breath. 
 
 With might and main they chas'd the mur- 
 d'rous fox, 
 With brazen trumpets and /^yf<i/fi/ box, 
 To kindle Mars wiih militaiy I'ounds, 
 Nor wanted horns t' inlpire fagacious hounds. 
 
 D<yd;n. 
 
 Inflation, n.f. [/'/^r;//(?, Latin ; from 
 inflate. ] The Hate of being fwcllcd u ith 
 wind ; flatulence. 
 
 Wind coming upwards, i'ljlaficnz and tumours 
 of the belly, mt ligns of a phlcgmati:k coiuhtu- 
 lion. Ai'buthii'jt on X)i£t. 
 
 To INFLE'CT. V. a. [Infiaoj Latin.] 
 
 1. To bend ; to turn. 
 
 WiiHt makes tl.cm this one w^iy theii r.'ice 
 
 M'hile rbcy a thoufnnd other ways rcjeft ? 
 Why do tncy never once incii cuuii'c inft^ ? 
 
 Do not the rays of light which fall upuii bo- 
 gles, begin 10 bend before ihcy anive at the 
 bodic*; r And arc thty not reflected, re framed, 
 and hiflfclcd by one and the fame principle, aH- 
 ini; vaiioufly in various circumil uiccs ? 
 
 Nr:u>ran's Opticas. 
 
 2. To vary a noun oc verb in its tcrmi- 
 ■ rations. 
 
 Infle'ction, n.f, [IvJIecIloy Latin.] 
 
 1. The aci of be;iding or turning. 
 
 Neitlicr ;hc divine dcccrminiuions, pei-funfions, 
 oi" /''Jftchcfjs of the underrtanding cr will of r;i- 
 tional crc.Uurcs, doth diteivc the undcifianHtng, 
 pervert the will, orncctfiiCutc either to any mc*r-il 
 evil Ha/e. 
 
 2, Modulation of the voice. 
 
 His virtue, his gcthnc, his countenance, his 
 zeal, the ir.oliun of his body, and tl.o i'ljhOion 
 of his- voice, who tiift uUcicth them .15 his own, 
 
 - Vol. I. 
 
 I N F 
 
 ii that which givclh the very elFciice of inftni- 
 ments availatle to eternal life. Ihikcr. 
 
 3. Variation of a noun or verb. 
 
 The fame word in the on£inal tongue, by 
 divers injlcBioni and vaii.itions, makes divers 
 dialects. ErcYcvJoo.i. 
 
 Infle'ctive, ad), [from iiifleH.'\ Hav- 
 ing the power of bending. 
 
 This i>:flt!live ijuality of the air is a great in- 
 cumbrance and cunfulion of allionomical ohfcr- 
 vations. Dcih,im. 
 
 Inflf.xibi'lity. 1 n. /. [inflexibilile, 
 Infle'xidleness. J Fr. froin ;;;/?fA7'Wi".] 
 
 1. StifFncfs; quality of refilling flexure. 
 
 2. Obltinacy ; tempernot to be bent ; in- 
 exorable pertinacy. 
 
 Infle'xiule. adj. [Fr. Infltxiiilis, Lat.] 
 
 1. Not to be bent or incurvated. 
 
 Such cirors as are but acorns in our younger 
 brows, grow oaks in our older heads, and be- 
 come injiexible to the powerful arm of reafon. 
 
 Brittun, 
 
 Too great rigidity and elafticity of the fibres 
 makes them tnjlex:bli to the caules, to which 
 they ought to yield. A'buthiol. 
 
 2. Not to be prevailed on ; immoveable. 
 
 The man rdolv'd and fteady to his trufl', 
 Iiifli^-il>lc to ill, and obllinatcly jull. AdAifon. 
 
 l\ man of an upright and itifexihle temper, 
 in the execution of his country's laws, can over- 
 come all private fear. AJMjon. 
 
 3. Not to be clianged or altered. 
 
 The nature of things is irific.\:b:e, and their 
 natural relations unalterable: we mull bring 
 our undciltandings to things, and not bend things 
 to our fancies, ITtitii. 
 
 Infle'xibly. «</•!>. \^xom inflexille.l In- 
 exorably; invariably; without relaxation 
 or remilfion. 
 
 It (hould be begun early, and hifexibly kept 
 to, 'till there appears not the leall teludlancy. 
 
 To INFLI'CT. v. a. [inps", i>^fill"s, Lat, 
 infliger, Fr.] To put in att or impofe 
 as a punidiment. 
 
 I know no pain, they can infiil upon him, 
 Will make him lay 1 raov'd him to tbolf arms. 
 
 Shiil'jpeure. 
 
 Sufficient is this punifhnicnt which was in- 
 parH. z Cor. 
 
 What the potent victor in his rage 
 Can elfe injlta. Mihon. 
 
 What heart could wilh, what hand inf'tl thi.v 
 dire dil'giace .' Dry.itn'i yF.riii.l. 
 
 By luxury we condemn ourfelves to greater 
 torments than have been yet invented by anger 
 oricvenge, or injiiaed by the greatcit tyrants 
 upon tlie worft of men. Tcr.flc. 
 
 Infli'cter. «./ [from (V^/t?. ] He who 
 punifhcs. 
 
 Revenge is commonly not bounded, but ex- 
 tended to tiic 111 molt power of the bif.iticr. 
 
 Goverttment of the Tongue, 
 
 Infli'ction. n.f. [from inflict.^ 
 
 1. The aft of ullng punifliments. 
 
 So our dcciecs, 
 Dead to ir.fiidion, to themfclves are dead ; 
 And liberty piucks julticc by tiie nole. Shut/. 
 Sni ends certainly in death ; death not only a^ 
 to merit, but alfo as to ailual h:Jliaioii. Houth. 
 
 2. The punifhment impoled. 
 
 Wl-.ut, but thy malice, mov'd thee to mil'dcem 
 Of righteous Job, than cruelly to atilift him 
 With all i'Jiiaioin? But his patience won. 
 
 i\/;/,'e7/. 
 
 How defpicable are the threats of a crcatuie 
 as impotent as omfclvcs, when compared with 
 the wrath of an Almighty Judge, whole power 
 extends 'o eter" " ir.fualorn. Rcg,rs 
 
 HIn iVvcfcH i'lji'ttlom arc iu themfclves adts of 
 JLfticeand rijhtcoufiicfs. Kigm. 
 
 INF 
 
 iNFCiVTIVE.fl^//. [inflial'oe, French; from 
 infllci,] That impofes a punifhracnt. 
 
 rNFLUENCE. n,f. {mjiucnu, French? 
 vifluo, Latin.] 
 
 1. Puu'cr of the ccleftial afpefts operating 
 upon terreftrial bodies and aifaira. 
 
 The facrcd injiucnce of light appears. M/ftorf, 
 Cumcts no rule, n-i lightcous order own ; 
 Their I'ljiuencc dicadcd, as tiicir wav* unknown, 
 
 Vtnr. 
 
 2, Afcendant power ; power of direiSting 
 or modifying. It was anciently fol- 
 lowed by into ; now, lets properly, by 
 upon* 
 
 Incomparable lady, your commandment doth 
 not only give nic tlic will, but the power to 
 obey you, fuch influence halh your excellency. 
 
 Stnntjf, 
 
 God hath his infucnce into the very ciTcnce of 
 all things, without which 'mjiuence of Deity fup- 
 purting them, their utter annihilation could not 
 chufe but follow. Hooker. 
 
 A wife mJii ftiall ovcr-riilc his ftars, and have 
 a greater hijitimce uyon his own content ri.jin aU 
 the conilellations and planets of the tirmamcnt. 
 T'iy!o'\ RuU of living hdy. 
 
 Foreknowledge had no n-jlucnce on their fault. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 Religion hath fo great an influence upon :hc 
 fcJicily of men, that it nuglit to be upheld, not 
 only out of a dread of the divine veng^i<nce in 
 another world, but out of Kgaid to temporal 
 profpcrity. 'liUctfon. 
 
 Our inconfifVency in the purfuit of fchemcs 
 throughly digeilcd, has a bad i'jiuence on oitr 
 
 atV.i 
 
 j^ddijr 
 
 So affonifhing a fccnc would have prcfcnt ir.- 
 
 f.ucnce u^'on them, but not produce a laftijig cf- 
 
 fc(^. Att a bury, 
 
 Where it ought to have greateft ir.finence^ tius 
 
 ob\ ijus indifputablc truth i^ little regarded. 
 
 To rNFLUENCE, V. a. [from tlie noun.] 
 To a(fl upon with directive or irapulfive 
 power ; to modify to any purpofe j to 
 guide or lead to any end. 
 
 By thy kind pow'i ar.d i-tjiutncing care. 
 The various creatures move, and live, and are, 
 
 Mtltbn, 
 
 Thefc experiments fucceed after the fanje 
 mantier in tucuo as in the open air, and thrrc* 
 furc .UP iiut injiuzTiccd by the weight t»r piciTure 
 of the atrnofphcrc. Neit-ron'i Uj-ti.-h. 
 
 This ilanding revelation was attcrted in the 
 moft fo'emn and credible manner; and is fnffi- 
 cicnt to i'Jitfnce their taith and praifiicc, .if tlicy 
 attend. jfltttrlnay. 
 
 All the rclhaint men are under is, by the 
 violation of one 1 iw, broken through j and the 
 principle which injiwr.ccd their obedience has 
 lull its cHic;icy ijn ihcm. ' Rog:>^. 
 
 In FLUENT, ar^'. [i/.jluiyis, Latin.] Flow- 
 ing in, 
 
 '1 lie chief intention of chirurgery, as well at 
 mcdiciiio, is keeping a jutl cquilibi mm between 
 the irf.utnt Huids and vafcuhu loliris. ^tbutk, 
 
 Influe'ntial, adj. [from irJ{uenceJ\ 
 Exerting influence or power. 
 
 Our njw overlhaduweri fuiiti m;iy he em- 
 blemed by thofc crullcd globes, wlioic iKJluert^ 
 tiiil cmifiions arc iniciruprcd by the intcrpofal 
 of ihe benighted element. GLu.xnlU, 
 
 The inward fprings and wheels of tlie corporal 
 maclunc, on the moli fubiimcd iuiclltd^uah, aia 
 d:uigcrontly i?ifiu€Ktia{. GU*ivil}{^ 
 
 INFLUX. «./ [hi/luxus, Latin.] 
 [. Acl of flowing into any thing. 
 
 W'e will ciiquiie whctlier thcic br, ni tlic foot- 
 (Icps ot niititsc, any fuch iianfmilTion and i'f,u)e 
 of immatcriate viiturs, ajd what tiic toitu of 
 imagination is, cither upon the body imaginnut, 
 or upon another body. Bacmi Ant. Nijt, 
 
 6 L
 
 I N F 
 
 cc csntraSed in a fyftolc, fey the infiix I 
 piiits, why, the fpirits continually flo'-v- 
 
 tfoncc 
 of tile fp! 
 
 iiig in without let, doth it not always remain lo 
 Hiiy on the Creation. 
 
 An claftick fibre, like a bow, the more ex- 
 tended, it refiores itfelf with the greater force : 
 if the fpri'^g be dcftroyed, it is like a b:ig,^ only 
 paitive as to the hifux of the liquid. Aibuth. 
 
 2. Iiifiifion ; intromiffion. 
 
 There is another life alter this ; and the inf.ux 
 of the knowledge of God, in relation to this 
 evcrlafting life, is infinitely of moment. K.i/f. 
 
 3. Influence ; power. In this fenfe it is 
 now not ufcd. 
 
 Adam, in innocence, might have held, by 
 tlie continued ////y^-vof the .divine will and power, 
 a Ifate of immortality. iJah. 
 
 Tliefe two do not fo much concern fea-tlfh, 
 j'Ci they have a great influx upon livers, ponds, 
 and lakes. Hale. 
 
 Influ'xious. ad], [from influx.^ In- 
 fluential. Not ufed. 
 
 The moon hath an :>fl:ixio'n power to make 
 imprt-flions upon their humours. Hozc^L 
 
 To Info'ld. v. a. [(■« and/oW.] To in- 
 volve ; to irivvrap ; to enclufe with in- 
 vchition.s. 
 
 For .ill ihc crcft a drr.gon did i'lf'J.I 
 Witii greedy paws, and over all did fprend 
 His golden wings. Fa::y Queen. 
 
 Nol'!e Eaiiquo, let me infi/J thoe. 
 And hold th;e to my heart. Shnkjpenre. 
 
 But does not nature for the child prepare 
 The parent's love, the tender nurfe's care ? 
 Who, for their own forgetful, feck his good, 
 InfoU bis limbs m bands, and fill his veins with 
 food. Slnckmure. 
 
 Wings raife her arnis, .ind wln^s her feet in- 
 fi:± Pope. 
 
 Xo Infoliate. v. a. \in zni folium, 
 Laiin.] To cover with leaves. Not 
 much ufcd, but ekgant. 
 
 Long may his fruitful vine infoiiMe and clafp 
 about lilm with embracemcius. //ow.'/ 
 
 yo INFORM, v. a. [itiformer, French; 
 
 informo, Latin.] 
 I. To animate; to adiiate by vitnl 
 powers. 
 
 ,\11 alike liifonn'd 
 With radiant light, as glowing ir'n wiih fire. 
 
 Miilon 
 Let others better mold the running mafs 
 Of metals, and inform the breathing bjafs ; 
 And folten into flefli a marble face. V'y.dcn. 
 
 As from chaos, huddl'd and deform'd. 
 The god ftruck fire, and lighted up' the lamps 
 That beautify tl;e iky ; fo he inform' J 
 This; ill-lhap'd body with a daring loul. 
 
 Diy.kn and Lee. 
 Breath informs this fleeting frame. Vrior. 
 
 This fovcreign arbitrary foul 
 Informs, and moves, and animates the whole. 
 
 Bl^icl^more, 
 While life informs thefc limbs, the king te- 
 ply'd. 
 Well to dcferve be all my cares employ'd. 
 
 Voce's Odvjfcy 
 
 a. To inftnift ; to fupply with new know- 
 ledge ; to acquaint. Before the thing 
 communicated was fnciently put iv'itb ; 
 now generally 0/"; fometimesin, I know 
 "not bow properly. 
 
 The drifl is to .'/;/0'« their minds iL'ifh fonie 
 mctnod of reducing liic laws into iheir original 
 caufcs. HvAtr. 
 
 I have this prefent evening from my fifter 
 Been well injorm'd of them, .ind with cautions. 
 
 Shitkf^earc. 
 
 Our ruin, by thee />/«rm'</, I learn. hViron. 
 
 The long fpeeches rather confounded than .■'.- 
 jtrmti his undctftanding. Ciurendon. 
 
 I N F 
 
 The difficulty arifcs not from what fenfe in- 
 forms us ofj but from wrong applying our no- 
 tions, ^'dh- 
 
 Though I may not be able to inform men more 
 than they know, yet J mny give them the occa- 
 fion to confider. Temple. 
 
 The ancients examined in what condfts the 
 bL'auty of good pollmes, as their works fuffi- 
 cicntly inform US. DryJtfi 
 
 He m,iy be ignorant of thefe truths, who will 
 never t:ike the pains to employ his faculties to 
 inform Kimfclf c/ them. Locke. 
 
 To undtrrtand tlie commonwealth, and reli- 
 gion, is enough : few irfcim tiicmfclves /« thefe 
 to the bottom. Locke. 
 
 A more proper opportunity tends to make the 
 narraliun more irforvii/tg or beautiful. Rtoomc. 
 
 I think it nectflary, for the intereft of virme 
 and religion, tliat the whole kingdom fhould he 
 infotmcU 171 fomc parts of your charadler. Sicift, 
 
 3. To oflcr an accufatlon to a maglftrate* 
 TcrtulluS informed tiie governor ag.^inll F.tul- 
 
 To Ikfo'rm. *u. n. To give intelligence. 
 
 It is the bloody bufuiefs wliich informi 
 Thus to mine eyes. Shikf^eetre's Macbeth. 
 
 Info'rmal. adj. [from tnform."\ Iire- 
 gtilar ; not competent. A word not 
 ufcd. 
 
 Thefc poor irfoymnl women are no more 
 But inllruments of fome more mightier member, 
 That fets them on. Shaffp. MeaJ. fcr Mtaj. 
 
 Ixfo'rmant, n, f. [French.] 
 
 1, One who gives information or In- 
 ilruciion. 
 
 He believes the fentence is true, ss it is made 
 up of tcrm,> which his informant underftands, 
 though tiic ideas be unknown to him which his 
 informant has under thefe words. Watts 
 
 2. One who exhibits an accnfation. 
 Info'rmation. n.J\ [jiifonnatiCi Latin; 
 
 from iufcrni.~\ 
 
 1. Intelligence given ; inftruciion. 
 
 But rcafon with the fellow, 
 Left vou fnould chance to whip your iifonnation^ 
 And beat the raefiVngrr who bids beware 
 Of what is to be dreaded. Skakfpenrt 
 
 The aftive iff^.rmatiofn of the intellect filling 
 the paiTive reception of the will, like form clofmg 
 with m;tttcr, grew aifVuatc into a, tiiird anddilHndt 
 pcrfeifrion of pra(fticc. South' s Sermom. 
 
 Th^y gave thole comjJlcx ideas name--, t!i;.t 
 the things they were contmurtliy to give and le- 
 ccivc injon^.iti'jn about, might \x, the eafier and 
 quicker undcrftood. Locke. 
 
 He Ihoiild regard the propriety of his words, 
 and get fome infotmation in the fubje6t he intends 
 to iiandle. Swijt. 
 
 Thefe men have had "longer opportunities of 
 itf'^rmation^ and are equally concerned with our- 
 fclves. Rcgtrs. 
 
 2. Charge or accufation exhibited. 
 
 3. Tlie act of informing or accufing. 
 
 Jnfo'rmer. «.y. [from infornu'\ 
 
 1. One who gives inllruciion or intelli- 
 gence. 
 
 This writer is etrhcr biiifled by an inclination 
 lo believe the worft, or a want of judgment t'j 
 chufe his ifftnners. Sivift. 
 
 2. One who difcovers offenders to the 
 mar^iftrate. 
 
 Ti>cre were fpies and informers fet to woik to 
 watch the comp.tny. L' rjiravge. 
 
 Let no court fycqphant pervert my fcnfc, 
 Nor ily informer watch t'.;cfe woids to draw 
 Within the reach of titrafon. Pope. 
 
 hformers are a deteftible race of people, al- 
 though fomci-imcs neceflT.uy. Swift. 
 
 Info'rmidable. e:dj. [Jn aiid formida- 
 hilis^ Latin.] Not to be feared j not 
 lo be dicadtd. 
 
 I N F 
 
 of ftrength, of courage iiaughty, and of limb 
 Hcroick buili, though of terieiti ial mold ; 
 Foe not infonniaabit, exempt from wound. 
 
 Milton. 
 Info'kmity. n.f. [from iiiformls, Latin.] 
 ShapcltiTnefs. 
 
 From this narrow time of geftation may cnfue 
 a fmallnefs in the cxclufion ; but this infetreth no 
 informitv. Brown's I'ulgur Krrows. 
 
 Info'rmous. Oiij. [informs, French ; in- 
 fonnts, Latin.] Siiapelefsj of no re- 
 gular figure. 
 
 That a bear brings forth her young informoiis 
 and unfhapen, which the faitioncth iiftcr by 
 licking them over, is an opinion delivered by an- 
 cient writers. Broiun's Vulgar Enours. 
 
 Info'rtunate. adj. [infortune , French ; 
 Infortunatus, Latin.] Unhappy. See 
 Unfortunate, which is coranjonly 
 ufed. 
 
 Perkin, deftitute of all hope"^ having found 
 
 al; either falfc, fai it, or infoi tunate, did gladly 
 
 accept of the condition. B^cott's Henry vis-. 
 
 To Infra'ct. ^l. a. {jffraflns, Latin.] 
 
 To break. 
 
 Falling tall, from gradual flope to flopc,. 
 With wild inflated courfe and leffcn'd roar. 
 It gains a later bed. Tkomfon* s Summer. 
 
 Infraction, n.f. [ufraB'wn, French; 
 infradio, Latin.] The act of breaking ;. 
 breach ; violation of treaty. 
 
 By the fame gods, the jultice of whofe wrath 
 Punilli'd tnc injraiiion of my former faith. 
 
 iVaUer. 
 The wolves, pretending an inflation in the 
 abule of their holiages, fell upon the (heep with- 
 out their dogs. L' Ejirangc. 
 
 Infra'ngible. adj. [In znA frangible .^ 
 Not to be broken. 
 
 The primitive atoms arc (upfofei infrungitU, 
 cxM-emely compacted and hard, which compaftcd- 
 ncis and hardnefs is a demonltration that nothmg 
 could be produced by them, fince they could 
 ne\er cohere. . C/tcyni. 
 
 Infue quency. n.f. [iufrequentia, Latin.] 
 Uncommonnefs ; ranty. 
 
 Tii'e abfcnce of the gods, and the infretjiuney 
 of objci^s, made her yield. Broome. 
 
 Infre'quent. adj. [infrequens, Latin.] 
 
 P.are ; uncommon. 
 To Infri'gidate. -u. a. [inzndfrigidus-, 
 
 Latin.] To chill ; to make cold. 
 
 Ti;e drops reached li'.tlt fuuher than the fur- 
 face of the liquor, whofe coldncfs did not ;>- 
 frigidate thofe upper parts of the glafs. B-ryie. 
 
 7o INFRINGE, v. a. [infingo. Lat.]; 
 
 1. To violate ; to break laws or contratts. 
 
 Thofe many had iiutdar'd 10 tlo that evil, 
 If the fii'ft man that did tli' «ditl tnfrn'.ge. 
 Had anfwcr'd fur his deed. c'-l Sii.ikjpeare, 
 
 H.tvmg infringed th: l.TW, I wave my right 
 As king, and thus lubmit niytelf to fight. 
 
 n-'aUtr. 
 
 2. To dcftroy ; to hinder. 
 Homilies, being pkitn rnd popular infl ruc- 
 tions, do not infringe th6 efficacy, although but 
 read. Hcokir. 
 
 Bright as the deathlefs gods and happy, the 
 From all that m;iy infringe delight is free. 
 
 IV:<!ler. 
 Infringement, n.f. [from infringe.] 
 Breach ; violation. 
 
 The punilliiiig of this infringemeril is proper to 
 that jurifdidtion againtt which the contempt is. 
 
 Clarendon. 
 
 Infri'nger. n.f. [from infringe.] A 
 breaker ; a violator. 
 
 A clergyman's habit ought to be without any 
 lace, under ;i fcvere pennhy to be infiicflcd on 
 tiic infrin^enoi the provincial conftitulion. 
 
 yiyiijje's I'arcrgcn,
 
 INF 
 
 Infu'mdibumform. n.f. \jnfumUlulum 
 znd /'/, ma, Latin.] Ot the (hapc of ;i 
 funnel or tuiididi. 
 Infukiate. aJ/. [;n and /i/vj, Latin.] 
 Knraged ; raging. 
 
 At Ih" otlier bore, with touch of fire 
 Dil:itcd .ind inf;tri*tlc. AI:/torl, 
 
 Kir'i! by the toich of noon to tenfold rage, 
 Th' hifuriaie \\:\\ loilh Ihuuts the pillar'd flame. 
 
 Infusca'tion. ;;./. \infufcntus, Latin.] 
 The acl of darkening or biackiiiing-. 
 
 To INFUSE. 'J. a. {^infufcr, French; 
 iiyfufus, Latin.] 
 
 1. To pour in ; to Inftil. 
 
 Tho;i .-.Inioli mak'i^ nic waver in my faith, 
 To hold opiniuii \\ itn i'ythagora.<>. 
 That fuu's u)' animals i"fi>ji thcmlclves 
 Into rttc trunks of men. S^-.^kfpdiri, 
 
 My early niifticfs, now my andcnt niuTc, 
 That 11 long Ciiccan liijiior ceafe t' i'ljtft, 
 Wheicwith thou didll intoxicate my youth. 
 
 Why (hould he dcfire to have qualities in- 
 fufedmio his I'un, which himfelf never pofleficci r 
 
 Swif!. 
 
 2. To pour Into the mind ; to infplre. 
 
 For when God's hand had written in tiie hearts 
 Of our tirft parents all the rules of good. 
 So that their (kill infui'A furpafs'd all arts 
 That ever wcic before, or fince the Hood. Vavies. 
 
 Sublime ideas, and apt words iafufe ; 
 The mule inl^ru<fl my voice, and thou infplre 
 the niufe. R'.Jcom. 
 
 tic injui^d 
 
 Bad influence into th' unwary breaft. M:lton. 
 
 Infiife into their young breads fueh a noble 
 ardour as will make them renowned. Milieu, 
 
 Meat niuft be with money bought; 
 She therefore, upon fecond thought, 
 Injiiid, yet as it were by Ife.ihh, 
 Some fmall regard for fiate and wealth. S-ivifi. 
 
 3. To fteep in any hquor with a gentle 
 htat ; to macerate fo as to txtradl the 
 virtues of any thing without boiling. 
 
 Take violets, .and iufuje a good pugil of t'nein 
 in a q^uart of vinegar. Bucr,n\ Nat, Hip. 
 
 4. To make an infufion with any ingre- 
 dient ; to fiipply, to tinfture, to fa- 
 turate with any thing infilled. Nut 
 iifed. 
 
 Dunk., infiifeJ with flclh, will nourith fafter 
 and calici than meat and diink together. Bacon. 
 
 5. To infpire with. Not ufed. 
 
 • Tiiou didrt fmile, 
 Infufti with a t'o.-titude from heav'n, Siaifptarr. 
 
 lufijft his bieaft witli majnanimiiy. 
 And make him, naked, foil a man at arms. 
 
 Infu'sible. ai/j. [from infu/c] 
 
 1. Poffible to be infufed. 
 
 From whom tiie dodlrines being injufihh into 
 all, i; will be more neccffar)' to forewarn all of 
 the danger of them. Hu-kwdhJ^ 
 
 2. Incapable of diflblution; not fufible ; 
 not to be melted. 
 
 Vitrification is the laft work of fire, and a 
 fufion of the lalt and earth, wherein the fufible 
 fait draws the cattii and inf'jfhlt part into one 
 continuum. Broiuu'i Vulgiir Fiii>i/ii. 
 
 Ikfo'sion. n. /". [infiifion, French ; in- 
 fufio, Latin.] 
 
 1. The ad of pouring in ; inflillation. 
 
 Gur language has received innumerable ele- 
 gancies and improvements from that injufion of 
 Hebraifms, wliich are derived to it out of the 
 poetical palTagcs in holy writ. Addifon. 
 
 2. The ail of pouung into the mind ; in- 
 fpiration. 
 
 We participate Chrifi partly by imputation, as 
 Srkcn tiiofe things wiiich he did and I'iitFcred for 
 
 I N G 
 
 lis are imputed to in for righteoufnefs; partly 
 by habitual .a'nd real infujlo'i, as when grace is 
 iflwaully bellowed on earth, and tfl'ierwards 
 mote tu.ly both our fouls and bodies in givry. 
 
 3. Siifrgeftlon ; wliifpcr. 
 
 They found it would be ni.iiiei- uf threat di h.ue, 
 and fpend muct. time, during wiiich ilicy did nt*r 
 dclire their company, nor to be troubled witii 
 &.<'n ijifujiovs. . C/tiretidbn. 
 
 Heie liis folly and his wifdom are of his own 
 growth, not the echo or injufton of otiicr men. 
 
 Sxvijt. 
 
 4. The aft of keeping any thing in moif- 
 trfre without boiling. 
 
 Repeat the irtfitfc/rt of the hotly oftencr. Bacon. 
 
 5. The liquor made by infulion. 
 
 To have the infufion ilrong, in thofc bodies 
 wiiich have finer fpii its, repeat tlic infufion of 
 tl c body oftencr. Bac.n. 
 
 Infu'sive. adj. [from '«/uf.:} Having 
 the, power of infufion, or being infufed. 
 A word not authorized. 
 
 Stili let my fong a nobler note alTume, 
 Ar.d ling th' infuji'je force of fpring on man. 
 
 Inga'te. n.f. \ln zwA gale.'\ Entrance; 
 paffage in. An old word. 
 
 One noble perfoii lioppeih the ingatt of all that 
 evil which is looked for, and holdeth in all thofe 
 which arc at his back. H^^nj'tt. 
 
 Ingwna'tion. v. f. [ingamiare, Ital.] 
 Cheat; fraud; deception; inggle; de- 
 liilion ; impollnre ; trick; flight. Nei- 
 ther ufed nor neceffary. 
 
 Whoever fliall relign their reafons, either fiom 
 the root of deceit in thcinftlves, or inability to 
 refill fuch trivial ingcinnatiom from other-, are 
 within the line of vulgarity. Broxi-n, 
 
 Inga'therinc. 71. f. [in and^<7//w.7jf.] 
 The act of getting in the harvel}. 
 
 Thou flralt keep the feaft of ingnthciing, when 
 thou haft gathered in thy labours out of the field. 
 
 Exfidus. 
 
 In.ge, in the names of places, fignifies a 
 
 meadow, from the Saxon inp^, of the 
 
 fame import. Gilifon's Camdcti. 
 
 To Inge'minate. -u. a. \_in0emln9, Lat.] 
 
 To double ; to repeat. 
 
 He would often ingeminate the word peace, 
 
 peace. Cuntndon. 
 
 Ingemina'tion. n.f. \\n znd gem in at io, 
 
 Latin.] Repetition ; rednplication. 
 Inge'nerable. aJj. [in and g.-ncrnte.] 
 Not to be produced or brought into 
 being. 
 
 Divers naturalifts cfteem the air, as well as 
 other elements, to be ingLncia^U and incunupti- 
 ble. Bc^u■. 
 
 Inge'n'erate. 7 / r- , T T 
 
 7,. ; > erf/. r/nM/ii?rfl/«/, Lat. 
 
 XNOF.'nERATED. j .' L e> ' " J 
 
 1. Inborn; innate; inbred. 
 
 Tl-.ofe virtues were rather feigned and afFedfed 
 
 things to ferve his ambition, than true qualities 
 
 ingintijie in his judgment or nature. Bann. 
 
 In divers childien their ingfncrate and ferr.i- 
 
 nal powers lie deep, and are of How difelofuic. 
 
 H'otlon. 
 
 Thofe noble habits are ir.generated in the foul, 
 
 as religion, gr.atiiudc, obedience, and tranquillity. 
 
 li.iW's Origin of Miinlcind. 
 
 2. Unbegotten. Not commonly ufed. 
 
 • Yet Ihall we demoiillrate the fame, from per- 
 fons prclumed as far from us in condition as 
 time ; that is, our firll and ingenerated fore- 
 fathers. BruiL'i. 
 
 INGE NIOUS, adj. [ingenieux, French ; 
 
 ingcninfus, Latin.] 
 I. Witty; inventive; poflefled of genius. 
 
 I N G 
 
 'Tis a pcr'lous boy, 
 Bold, quick, ingeniou'., iofwzvi, capahle. ' 
 
 Shaiifpenre. 
 Our iircnhui friend Cowley not only has tit»- 
 ploycd much eloquence to peifuade that liuth in 
 hi; preface, but has in one of his poems given .1 
 nobic example of it. Bcv's. 
 
 Tlie more ingenious men arc, the more Ihey 
 arc apt lo trouble ihemfelvcs. Temp/e. 
 
 2. Mental; intelledlual. Not in ufe. 
 
 The king is mad ; how ftiff is my vile fenfe, 
 That I ftand up, and have ingeniovi feeling 
 Of my huge forrows ! better I were diftrai?>. 
 
 Inge'niously. adv. [frotn ingenious. j 
 Wittily; fubtilcly. 
 
 I will not pretend to judge by common fears, 
 or the fciiemcs of men too ingcnioujiy politick. 
 
 Te,npr,. 
 
 Inge'niousness. n.f. [from ingenious.^ 
 
 Wittinefs;,fubtilly ; Urength of genius; 
 
 The gre;rtcr appearance of if.genionf>;ft\ th^fc 
 
 is in the practice I am difappruving, the more 
 
 dangerous it is. Bir^le. 
 
 Ince'nitf.. adj. \jtigenittts , Lat.] Iiv- 
 nate ; inborn ; native ; ingtneratc. 
 
 Arillotle aHiims the mind to be at firll a mere 
 rnfi tiibula-; and that notions are not ingtnite, 
 and imprinted by the finger of nature, but by 
 the latter and more linguid impreflions of fenfe, 
 being only the reports of obfcrvalion, and tiie 
 refult ot fo many repeated eicpcriraents. Szutk. 
 
 We give them this inginiu, moving force, 
 That makes tiiem always downward take their 
 courfc. Elackmote, 
 
 Ingenu'itv. n.f. \jngenuitc, Fr. from 
 ingenuous .'\ 
 
 1. Openiiefs; fainiefs ; candour ; freedom 
 from diffimjilation.. 
 
 Such uf i.igh quality, or rather of particular 
 nore, as Ihall fall under my pen, I (hall not lee 
 I afi without their due charafler, being part of 
 my profefTed ingenuity, PVotttin. 
 
 My conftancy I to the planets give ; 
 My truth, to them who at the court do live ; 
 Mine ingenuity and opeimefs 
 To jefuTts ; to buffoons my penfivenefs. Donne. 
 
 I know not whether it be more (hame or won- 
 der, that men can fo put off ingenuity, and the 
 nstive greatnefs of their kind, as to defcend to fo 
 bafe, fo ignoble a vice. Gov. of Tonguf, 
 
 If a child, when quefiioned for any thing, 
 dire^ly confcfs, you mull commend his inge.^ 
 nuity, and pardon the fault, be it what it will. 
 
 2. [from ingenious.] Wit ; invention.; 
 
 genius ; fubtilty ; acutenefs. 
 
 Thcfe are but the frigidities of wit, and be- 
 come not the genius of m.iniy ingenuities. 
 
 Bto'wn' trulgar Errours. 
 
 The ancient atnmical bypothcfis might have 
 fiept for ever, had not the ingenuity of the prt- 
 feiit age recalled it fiom its urn and fileiice. 
 
 GlanviUe. 
 
 Such fots have neither parts nor wit,, ingenuity 
 ofdifcouife, nor finencfs of convcrfation, to en- 
 tertain or delight any one. , Souik. 
 
 A pregnant inftance how far virtue furpaflcs 
 ingenuity, and how much an honelt fimplicity is 
 pieferablc 10 fine paiii and fubtile fpcculaiions. 
 
 iVoodv.iard, 
 
 INGENUOUS, adj. [ingcnuus. Latin.] 
 
 I. Open ; fair ; candid ; generous; noblt-; 
 
 Many fpeeches there are of Job'i, whereby 
 
 his wifduni and other virtues may appear; but 
 
 the gloryof an ingenuous mind lie hath purclialcd , 
 
 by thcfe words only. Behold I will lay mine 
 
 hand upon my mouth ; I have fpoken once, yet 
 
 will I not therefore maintain argument ; yea 
 
 twice, howbcit for that caufc further I will not 
 
 proceed. ■ Hoodr, 
 
 Infufe into their young breafts fuch an in. 
 
 gfnujus and noble ardour, as would not fail to 
 
 make many of ihcni rcnowEcd. Miieon 
 
 6 L 2
 
 I N G 
 
 If an ingtnusui flcteftaiion of falfcliood be bill 
 piiel'Lilly '."id early inflilled, that is the true and 
 geniitne method to obviate dilhuncliy. L'j k>:. 
 2. Freeborn ; not of fervile extraflion. 
 
 Subjcaion, ns it prcferves property, pe:icc, 
 :>nrt lafcty, lo it will never diminifh rights nor 
 inscnwius liberties. i^' Charl:s. 
 
 Inge'nuously. adv. [from ingenuous.] 
 Openly ; fairly ; candidly ; generoutly. 
 
 Ingcnuajly I fpeak, 
 No blame belongs to thee. Sh.ikff. Thnon. 
 
 It W.1S a notable obfervatlon of a wife f.ithcr, 
 aild no lefs ingnmaifly confcffcd, that thofc which 
 held and jieriuaded preffure of conlcicnccs were 
 commonly iutcrcftcd. ^ Bacun. 
 
 I will ;«g'"""0'^)' confefs, that the helps were 
 taken from divines of the church of England. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Ikge'nuousnEss. n.f. \Jx(mi ingenuous .] 
 
 Opennefs ; fairnefs ; candour. 
 I'ngeny. n.f. \ingenium, Lat.] Genius j 
 wit. Not in ul'e. 
 
 Whatever of the prodinflion of his ir.gcny 
 comes into foreign parts, is highly valued. 
 
 Boyh. 
 7o INGE'ST. -y. a. [ingejus, Latin.] 
 To throw into the flomach. 
 
 Nor will we atfirm that iron, wgcjled, re- 
 
 ceivcth in the belly of the ofteridge no alteration 
 
 B'Oiuft*s Vulgar Ei'iufi. 
 
 Some the long fimnel's curious mouth extend, 
 
 Through which ingffied meats with cafe dcfce nd. 
 
 Blackniore 
 
 Inge'stion. n.f. [from ingejl.'] The afl 
 of throwing into the llomach. 
 
 It has got room enough to grow into its full 
 dimenfion, which iii pcrtormed by the daily in- 
 gtjiioi! of milk, and other food, that's in a Ihort 
 tune after diverted mto blood. JimrTjry. 
 
 INGLO'RlbUS. adj. [inglorius, Lat.] 
 
 Void of honour ; mean; without glory. 
 
 Lcll tear return them back to Egypt, chuliiig 
 
 Jr.ghrhui life with fervitude. hUlton. 
 
 It was never held ingloiious or derogatoiy for 
 
 a king to be guided by his great council, nor 
 
 dilhonourable for fubjetSs to yield and bow to 
 
 their king. Hou-t!. 
 
 Yet though our array brought not conijuell 
 
 home, 
 
 I did not from the fight ingltKioui come. Diyd. 
 
 Inglo'riously. adv. [from inglorious.^ 
 
 With ignominy ; with want of glory. 
 
 This vafe the ehjef o'ercome, 
 Rcfilenilli'd not -.nglorhijly at home. Po/>f. 
 
 I'ngot. n.f. [lingot, French; or from 
 ingegoten, melted, Dutch.] A mafs of 
 metal. 
 
 Some otlicrs were new driven, and diftent 
 Into great ingotsy and to wedges fqiiare. Spejfpr. 
 
 If thou art rich, tiiou'rt poor; 
 For like an afs, whofe back "s with ing^tti bound. 
 Thou beat'ft thy heavy riches but a journey. 
 And death unloadcth thee. ShukJ^tare. 
 
 Within tiic circle arms and tripods lie, 
 Jngais of gold and filver heap'd on high. Dry.ien. 
 
 Every one of his pieces is an ingot of gold, 
 intrmlically and folidly valuable. i'lioi. 
 
 yi Ingra'ff. v. a. \in 3.nA grajf.'\ 
 X. To propagate trees by infition. 
 
 Nor are the ways alike in all 
 How to ingrnffi how to inoculate. Mtiy's Vifgil. 
 
 2. To plant the fprig of one tree in the 
 flock of another : as, ke ingrafted an 
 apple upon a crab. 
 
 3. To phnt or introduce any tiring not 
 native. 
 
 All his works on me, 
 Good or not gocfl, iugrnff, my mcilts thofe 
 Shall perfect, .md for thole alone. Miltvn. 
 
 As next of kin, Achilles' arms I claim > 
 This teliow would i>igi»Jt a foreign name 
 Of on our iloclt. D^j dm. 
 
 I N G 
 
 4. To fi^ deep ; to fettle. 
 
 For a fpur of diligence, we have a natural 
 thint after kiiowltdge ingmftuixn us. Hooker. 
 
 'Tis great pity thai the noble Moor 
 Should hazard fuch a place as his own fecond, 
 With one of an ingrajt infiimity. Sha.kfpeare. 
 
 Ingrafted love he bears to Czcfar. hhakfp. 
 
 I N G R a'ft m e n t . «. /. [ from Ingraft, ] 
 
 r. The adl of ingrafting, 
 
 2. The fprig ingrafted, 
 
 Ingra'te. 1 tulj. [irigratus, Latin; 
 
 Ingr a'teful, J irigrat, French.] In- 
 grate is proper, but Ingrateful lefs pro- 
 per than iingrateftiL 
 
 1. Ungrateful; unthankful. 
 
 That we have been familiar, 
 Ingratt forgetfulncrs ih.ill poifon, rather 
 Than pity note how much. Shakfp. Cori-jfanus. 
 And you tlegen'r.Ttc, you /«^rd/c revolts, iiluk. 
 So will fall 
 He and his faithltfs progeny : whofc fault ? 
 Whole but his own ? higiate ; he hid of me 
 All he could have : I made him jult and light, 
 Sufficient to have rtoud, though fiee to fall. Mill. 
 
 Perfidious and htgratc ! 
 His ftoics ye ravage, and ufurp his rtate. Po^e. 
 
 2, Unpleafing to the fenfe. 
 
 The caufcs of that which Is unpleafing or in- 
 grate to the hearing, may receive light by that 
 which is plcafing and grateful to the fight 
 
 Baccti'i Natural Uijlory . 
 He gives no ingrateful food. Mihor.. 
 
 To Ingratiate, *v, a, [In and gratia, 
 Latin,] To put in favour; to recom- 
 mend to kindnefs. It has tuhh before 
 the perfon whofe favour is fought, 
 
 Thofe have been far from receiving the re- 
 wards of fuch ingratiatifigs ivith the people. 
 
 King Chailei. 
 
 Their managers make them fee armies in the 
 air, and give them their word, the more to //;- 
 gmti.tte thcmfelves ivith them, that they fignify 
 nothing lefs than future flaughter and defolation. 
 
 ^ddifon. 
 
 Politicians, who would rather /V;?rii//iji'f them- 
 felves ivith their foveretgn than promote bis real 
 fcrvice, accommodate his counfcU to his incii- 
 narion:;, Spe6}a!or. 
 
 Ingra'tituue. n.f. [Ingrat'itude^Yxtuch.; 
 in and gratitude, ] Retribution of evil 
 for good ; unthankfulnefs. 
 
 I/igTutitT^dc .' thou marble-hearted fiend, 
 More hideous, when thou fhcw'fr thee in a child, 
 Than tiic fca monrtcr. Shakfpear£\ King Ltar. 
 
 In^ratitudi. is ahhoned both by God and man, 
 and vengeance attends thofe that repay evil for 
 good. UEjitange. 
 
 Nor was it with inamtitudc retum'd, 
 In equal hrcs tlie blifsful couple burn'd ; 
 One joy poffefs'd 'em both, and in one grief 
 they mourn'd. DryAefi. 
 
 Ingre'dient. n.f, [ingredlcnty French; 
 
 itigrcdunsj Latin,] 
 I, Component part of a body, confifllng 
 of different materials. It is commonly 
 ufed of the fimples of a medicine. 
 
 The ointment ii made of divers tngiedifnts^ 
 whereof the hardeft to come by is the raols upon 
 the fkull of a dead man unburied. Bacoi. 
 
 So deep the pow'r of thcfe ingredienti picrc'd, 
 Ev'n to the inmoft feat of mental fight, 
 That Adam, now enforc'd to (hut his eyes, 
 Sunk down, and all his (pirits becanae entrancM. 
 
 A'filttn. 
 
 By this way of analyfis we may proceed from 
 compounds to ingredicnlSy and from motions to 
 the forces producing tljem ; and in g'-neral, from 
 cffe<£ts to their caulcs, and from particular caufes 
 to niore general ones, till the argument end in 
 the more general. Ncivton. 
 
 I have often wondered, that learning is not 
 thought a proper ingredient in the education uf a 
 woiaaji of quality or fortune., ^iddijiu. 
 
 IN H 
 
 ParH, knowledge, and expsrieiiee, are ex- 
 cellent ingrcd/enti in a public charai\cr. Kcgen. 
 
 Water i.s the chief ingrcdirit in all tlie animal 
 fluids and folids. ..-irhuthnct fin ,'ilimcnts. 
 
 2. It is ufed by Temple with into, properly, 
 but not according to cuftom. 
 
 Spleen is a bad ingredient into any otfiei- dif- 
 tcmpsr. T'mfi'r. 
 
 I'ngrees, n.f. [ingrejfus, Latin.] En- 
 trance ; power of entrance ; intro- 
 iniflion. 
 
 All putrcraclions come from the ambient 
 body; either by ingrcfi of the ful-flance of the 
 ambient body into the body putrefied ; or elfc 
 by excitation of the body putrefied by the body 
 ambient. Bacon's Natural Uijhry. 
 
 Thofe air-bladders, by a fudden lubfidcncc, 
 meet again by the ingreji and egrcfs of the air. 
 Arbuthnot on Aliment:. 
 
 Ingre'ssion. n.f. [ingreffion, French; 
 ingreffjo, 'L^X.m.l The ad of entering j 
 entrance. 
 
 The hrc would rtrain the pores of theglafs too 
 
 fuddenly, and break it all in pieces to get in- 
 
 grejfion. Oighy on Bodies, 
 
 I'm G u I N A L . ailj. [inguinal, French ; ingucrr^ 
 
 Latin.] Belonging to the groin. 
 
 The plague feems to be a particular difeafe, 
 
 charadterit'cd with eruptions in buboes, by the 
 
 inflammation and fuppuration of the axillary, 
 
 inguinal, and other glands. Ajhulhnot. 
 
 To Incu'lf. v. a. [ins.\\&gulf.~\ 
 
 1. To fwalluw up in a vaft profundity. 
 
 A river Urge 
 Pafs'd underneath ingulph\i. Milton. 
 
 Calf out from God, be falls. 
 Into utter darlinefs deep Ingulph'd. Milton. 
 
 The river flows redundant; 
 Then rowling hack, in his capacious lap 
 Ingulfs tticir whole militia, tjuick imraerlf. 7*.^.?, 
 
 2. To cad into a gulf. 
 
 If wc adjoin to the lords, whether they pre- 
 vail or not, wc /«^/^//" ourfelves into aifured dan- 
 ger. Huywnrd. 
 
 To Ingu'rgitate. v. a. [ingurgito. La- 
 tin.] To fwallow down. Diif, 
 
 Ingurgita'tion. n. f. [from ingiii-gi- 
 tate.'] The aiSt of fwallowing. 
 
 Ingu'stable. adj. [in a.nd gujlo, Lat.] 
 Not perceptible by the tafte. 
 
 As for their taflc, if the camelion's nutri-- 
 ment be air, neither can the tongue be an in- 
 firument thereof; for the body of the element 
 is ingiijlallc, void of all fapidity, and without 
 any ai^tion of the tongue, is, by the rough artery, 
 or wizzen, condu<ffed into the lungs. Broivn. 
 
 Inha'bile. adj. [iiihahile, French; in- 
 hahilis, Latin.] Unfliilfiil ; unready; 
 unfit ; unqualified. 
 To Inha'bit, lua. [/•jai/Vff, Latin.] To 
 dwell in ; to hold as a dweller. 
 
 Nut all are p.irlakers of that grace whereby 
 
 Ciirifl iriluihitith whom he favcth. hooker. 
 
 They Ihall build boufcs and inhabit them. 
 
 Ijaiak. 
 
 She fKall be inhahiteii of devils. Baruek. 
 
 Jb Ikha'bit. v.n. To dwell ; to live. 
 Learn what creatures there inhabit. Milton, 
 They fay, wild bealis inhabit here; 
 But grief and wrong fecure my fear. M'allera 
 
 Inh a'bit.able. tidj. [horn inkaHt.l 
 
 1. Capable of affording habitation. 
 
 The fixed flars are all of them funs, with 
 fy ffcms of :«//iti;/d/jV planets moving about them, 
 
 Locke. 
 
 2. [inhciMtalle, French.] Incapable of 
 inhtibitants ; not habitable ; uninhabit-. 
 able. Not in ufe. 
 
 The frozen ridges of the Alps, 
 Or any other ground iithaiilntie. Sia^/fU'O.
 
 I N H 
 
 Inha'bitance. «./ [from /w^^^/V.] Rc- 
 fidence of dwellers. 
 
 So the ruins yet rclHiig in the wild moors, 
 
 ttftify a fcrmer -nh-ibitiincc, Care-w. 
 
 iNUA'BrTANT. n,f, [from i;ihabh.'\ 
 
 DwL'Ucr; one that lives or rcfidcs in a 
 
 place. 
 
 In this place tliey report th-Jt they fjw inh.i' 
 hitantsj which were very fair and fat people 
 
 If the fervour of the fun were the fole caul'c 
 of hiackncfs in any I.inri of negroes, it were alfo 
 rcat'onablc that inh.ihitartti of the fame (atitudc, 
 fitbjcctctl unto the fame vicinity of the fun, 
 {h'juld alto partake of the fame hue. Btow:. 
 
 For his fuppofed love a third 
 Lays greedy hold upon a bird, 
 And Hands amaz'd to find his dear 
 A wild inhabitant of th' air. tVaUtr . 
 
 What happier natures (hrink at with aff.ight, 
 The haid inhuhitant contends is light. ^o^e. 
 
 Inhabita'tion. n.f. [^\:o\x\ inhabit .1 
 t. Abode; place of dwelling. 
 
 Univerfal groan, 
 As if the whole inhabitacion pciilh'd. Milton 
 Z* The a£l of inhabiting or planting 
 with dwellings; ilate of being inhabited. 
 By knowing tliis place we ihall the better 
 judge of the beginning of nations, and of the 
 world's inhabitation. RahitrH 
 
 3. Quantity of inhabitants. 
 
 We ihall rather admire how the earth con- 
 tained its inkabitiition than doubt it. B'o.ifi. 
 
 Inha'biter. n./i [from iuhabit.~\ One 
 that inhabits; a dweller. 
 
 The fame name is given unto the inlanders, 
 or midland in/tubitc' 1, of this idand. Bro-.vn. 
 
 Woe to the ink.ibiten of the cartJi. Revelation. 
 
 They ought to Uiidcilland, that there is not 
 only fome inhabiter in thib divine houfe, but ajfo 
 fome ruler. Derka^j:. 
 
 To Inha'le. ^^ a. lin.balo, Latin.] To 
 draw in with air ; to infpire : oppofed 
 to exhale or expire. 
 
 Martin was walking forth to i*ihah the frefli 
 breeze of the evening. Aybuthnot ar^l Pope. 
 
 But fvom the breezy deep the blcfi: ink.ile 
 The frr.giant murmurs of the wrftcni gale. P'j^e, 
 
 There fits the fhcphcrd on the graliy turf, 
 I-ih^ifig healthful tlie del'cending fun. Tmrnfcn. 
 
 Inharmo'nious. adj, [in and harmo- 
 nious.'] Unmufical; not fweet of found. 
 
 Catullus, though his lines be rough, and nls 
 n.imhcrs inkarmofuous, I could recommend for 
 the foftnels and delicacy, but mulV decline foi 
 the loofcnefs, of his thoughts. Fcltcn. 
 
 The identity of found may appear a littie 
 inkarmonioui^ and ihock ihe ear. Broome. 
 
 J'c/Inhe're. *:'.«. [//7/>^rf(7, Latin.] To 
 exiil in fomething elfe. 
 
 For, nor in nothing, nor in things 
 Extreme and fcatteiing bright, can love inhere. 
 
 Donne. 
 
 Tlicy do but inhere in their fuhjetfl which 
 fupports thera j their being, is a dependance on a 
 fubje^t. ^'^"Ay °" Bodiei. 
 
 Ikhe'rent. a<^i, [inherent^ French; in- 
 hisrens, Latin.] 
 
 1. Exiftlng in fomething elfe, fo as to be 
 infeparable from it. 
 
 I will not do't. 
 Left 1 furceafe to lionoui mine own truth ; 
 And, my body's ;nf\ion, teach my mind 
 A moft inherent bafcnefs. Shalcfpenre. 
 
 2. Naturally conjoined ; innate; inborn. 
 
 I mean not the authority which is annexed to 
 your ofticL- : I fpeak. of that only wliith is inoorn 
 and iyuiersnt to yourperfun. Drydin' % Juvenal 
 
 The power of drawing iron is one of tuc ideas 
 of .T loadrtune ; and a power to be fo drawn is j 
 part of the complex one of ironj which powers 
 y^^i^ for inhennt (qualities* Locke, 
 
 I N H 
 
 Animal oil is various according to principles 
 inherent in it. Afbuthnnt on .-ilimcru, 
 
 Tliey will be fiirc to decide in favour of tl-.em- 
 ftlvcs, .iiid talk much of their mhcjtnt right. 
 
 S'MJl. 
 
 The ideas of fuch modes can no more be fub- 
 fiftcnr, ihun t!ic idea of rednefs was juft :io\v 
 found to be inhertnt in the blood, or thit of 
 U'hitcncl"^ in the biain. Bfnt'cy. 
 
 The ohiig.itions we are under of diftinguifliing 
 ouriclvcs as miicli by an inherent and habitual, 
 as we are already diltinguilhed by an external 
 and rchitive liolinefs. Btntlcy. 
 
 7b Inhe'rit. "u. a. [enheriler, Frencli.] 
 
 1. Jo receive or poiTtfs by inlieritance. 
 
 Tieafoii is not inticritedj my lord. S/ruifp. 
 
 Why, all delights arc vain; but tiiat moll 
 v.'iin. 
 Which with pain purchas'd doth inherit p:iin. 
 
 Shakjpt-cire 
 
 Prince Harry is valiant ; for the cold blood he 
 did natur.iily inherit o( his father he hath, like 
 h.'.n, llcrile land, manured with excellent good 
 ftore of fertile (hcrris. Shakfpcue. 
 
 BlclTcd ate the meek, for they fhall inherit the 
 earth. Matthew. 
 
 The fon can receive from his father good 
 thing*:, without empire, that was velted in him 
 fur the good of others ; and therefore the fon 
 cinnot claim or inherit it by a title, wliich is 
 founded wholly on his own private good. Lccie. 
 
 We murt know how the firll rulci, from 
 whom any jne claims, came by his authority, 
 belorc we can know who has a riglit to fuccetii 
 him in if, ajid inherit it from him. Locke. 
 
 Unwilling ro fell an eftatc he had fome pruf- 
 peif\ of inlietitir'gj he formed delays. ./^dJtJon 
 
 2. To poflTefs ; to obtain pofleflion of: in 
 Shakf^eare. Not ufed. 
 
 He, that had wit, would think that 1 had 
 none. 
 To buy lb much gold under a tree. 
 And never after to inherit it. Titus AnJ'&rticu\. 
 
 Inhe'ritable. aa)'. [from wliertt.] 
 Tianfmiirible by inheritance ; obtain- 
 able by fucceflion. 
 A kind of inheritable ei{Me accrued unto them. 
 
 C(ireiu_ 
 
 Bv the ancient laws of the realm, they were 
 
 not iKheritahle to him by dcfcenf. H.iy^i'.irJ_ 
 
 Wa*; the power the fame, and from the fame 
 
 original in Mofes as it was in David ? And 
 
 was it inheritiihle m one and not in the other ? 
 
 Locke. 
 Imiie'ritance. n.f. [from /ni^nV.] 
 I. Patviinony ; hereditary poflefiion. 
 When the fon dies, let the inhr: itunce 
 Defecnd unto the d laijhrer. ihakjf. Henry v. 
 l^ rhere yet any portion or inheritance for us 
 in our father's houfe ? Genefii. 
 
 Claim our juH inheiitonce of old. Alilton. 
 
 O dear, inihappy babe ! muft I bequeath thee 
 Oi.iy a fad in'-^eriravce of woe.' 
 Gods! cruel gods I can't al! my pains atone, 
 Unlcfs they teach my infant's guiltlcfs head. 
 
 Smith. 
 
 3. The reception of poffcffion by liere- 
 dilary right. 
 
 Men arc not propiietors of what they have 
 merely for themfchcs, their children have a 
 title to part of it, wKich comes to be wholly 
 theirs, when de.;th has put an end to their pa- 
 rents ufc of it; and this we call inheiitiince. 
 
 Ltjeke. 
 3. In Shahfpeare, pofTeffion. 
 
 You vvill ratlicr fiiow cur general luwts 
 How you can frown, than fpend a fawn upon 
 
 them. 
 For the in-uritance of their loves, and fafcguard 
 Of what that want might ruin. Ccrioiantti, 
 
 Inhr'ritor. ti.f. [from inherit.'] An 
 heir ; one who receives any thing by 
 fuccclEon. 
 
 I N H 
 
 Yon, like a letcher, out of whorTlh loins, 
 Arc pleas'd to ijrtcd out your inheritor!, iici. 
 
 The very gonveyanccs of his lands will hardly 
 lie in this box j and niuft the inheriinr himftlf 
 have no ir.ore ? ihaf.fpcare. 
 
 Marriage without confent of parents thiy do 
 not make void, bur they mulft it in the i-iheri- 
 tiri; for f he children of fuch marriages a;e net 
 admitted to iiiiitrit above a third part of thi ir 
 parents inheritance. Binn'i New At:jnt,s. 
 
 Inhe'ritkes.s. n. f. [from iiiheriior.] 
 An lieircfs ; a woinan that inherits. 
 
 He hath given artificially foine hopes 10 Mary 
 Anne, inheriireji to the duchy of Bretagne. 
 
 Bjecn's Henry vit, 
 
 Inhe'ritrix. n.f. [irom inheritor.] An 
 heirefs. This is now more commonly 
 ufed, though iuhsritrefs be a word more 
 analogically Englifh. 
 
 No feme 
 Should be inheritri.-c in Salikc land. Shakfp, 
 
 7"o Jnhe'rse. v. a. [in z\\(\ Ijirfc] To 
 enclofe in a funeral monument. 
 
 Sec, where he lies, inherjed in the arms 
 Of the moll bloody nurfer of his harms. Shakf, 
 
 In he's ION. n.f. [inheefio, Latin.] In- 
 herence ; the Aate of exilling in fome- 
 thing elfe. 
 
 Jo Inhibit, -u. a. [inhibeo, Latin; /'«- 
 hiber, French. 3 
 
 1 . To rellrain ; to hinder ; to reprefs j 
 to check. 
 
 Holding of the breath doth help fomcwhat to 
 ccafe the hiccough ; and vinegar put to the 
 nofuils, or gargar fed, doth it alfo, for that it is 
 aUringcnr, and mhibiteth the motion of the fpirit. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 The ftars and planets being whirled about 
 with great velocity, would fuddcnly, did nothins 
 inhibit it, be Ihattcied in pieces. Aloy. 
 
 Tncir motions alfo a:e excited and inhihiteJ,- 
 arc moderated and managed, by the objeiffs 
 without them. Beniiey. 
 
 2. To prohibit ; to forbid. 
 
 All men were inhibited by proclamation, at 
 the tii.l'oluiio.n, fo much as to mention a pa:lia- 
 nnent. Cl.irendon, 
 
 Burial may not be /ffj^/^V^i/ or denied to any 
 one. ^lylije. 
 
 Inhibi'tion. n.f. [inhibition, Ytmch.; 
 inhibilio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Prohibition; embargo. 
 
 He might be judged to have impoftd an en. 
 vious inhibition on it, bccaufc himfelf has nof 
 ftock enough to maintain the trade. 
 
 G'JVcrnnHnt of the Tonrrue. 
 
 2. In law. 
 
 Inhibition is a writ to inhibit or forbid a judge 
 from faither proccerhng in the caufc depending 
 before him. Inhibition is moll conimoniy a 
 writ iiTuing out of a higher court chrillian to a 
 lower and inferior, upon an appeal; and prohi- 
 bition out of the king's court to a court chrillian, 
 or to an inferior temporal court. Coiue!,'. 
 
 To Inho'ld. v. a. [in and ho/J.] To 
 have inherent ; to contain in itfelf. 
 
 It is difputcd, whether this light firll created 
 be the fame which the fun inhotdeth and calitih 
 foith, or whether it had foniinuance any lon^tr 
 than till the fun's creation. ^ Ra/eiah. 
 
 Inho'spitable. itt/J. [in zni hofjfiiabk.]. 
 Affording no kinduefs or entci taiamcnl 
 to itrangers. 
 
 All places eife 
 hihojyitalle appear, and dcfolatc; 
 Nor knowing us, nor known. Xihen. 
 
 Since tofs'd fiom ihutcs to (hores, from lands 
 to lands, 
 hihtfpilatlf rucks, and barren faiids. Diyden. 
 IxHo'siMT.vBLY. a,!v. [(rata inhof/ti able.} 
 UnkiaJiy to lirarijjcrs.
 
 I N I 
 
 I N I 
 
 IN J 
 
 Of gucfts he mal«s thcra Aavcj ■ 
 Iihfpitahly ; anc'. kil'.s theit iiifant males. Milf- 
 
 In'ho'spitabt.eness. ? «■/• ['■« a"<j '•"?/- 
 IsfiospiTA'LiTV. 5 ' pitaUty;_ inhof- 
 
 pitalhe, French.] Want of hol'pitality ; 
 want of courtefy to ftrangers. 
 INHU'xMAN. adj. [inhumam, French; 
 inhumanm, Latin.] Barbarous ; favage ; 
 cruel ; uncompt^Cionate. 
 
 A juft war may be profecuted after a very 
 vniull manner; by perfttiious breaches of our 
 ■word, by inhuman cruelties, aiid by affaffiiiations. 
 
 Atterkury. 
 
 The more thefe praifes were enlarged, the more 
 ir.luiman was the punifhment, and the fuffcrer 
 more innocent. oivijt. 
 
 Princes and peers attend ! while we impart 
 To yoH the thoughts of no l-ihumnn heart. ?t,ye. 
 
 In'HI'Ma'nity. 71. f. [in/jumanile, French; 
 from inhuman.] Cruelty; favagenefs ; 
 ■barbarity. 
 
 Love which lover hurts is whimamiy. Sidney. 
 
 The rudcnefs of -thtife who mud make up 
 t4icir want of juftice wiln itihiinanity and impu- 
 <lcncc. -^''X? Chmki. 
 
 Each focinl feeling t'ell, 
 And joylefs itihumanhy pervade. 
 And petrifies the heart. Thi-rfwi's Spring. 
 
 Inhumanly, adv. [(mm inhuman.] Sa- 
 van'ely ; cruelly ; barbaroufly. 
 
 O H'h.ir are thcfe 
 Death'^ minifters, not men ; who thus deal 
 
 d. atli 
 Jrhmanly to men ; and multiply 
 Ten thouland fold the fin of him who (lew 
 His broli.er ! Mslio,,. 
 
 I, who have eftablifhed the whole fyftcm of 
 all true polittncfs and refinement in converfation, 
 think myfelf molt inhuvuinly treated by my coun- 
 trymen. 5-wijt. 
 To'I'nhumate.T 1'. a. \inhumer, Fr. 
 To iNHu'iME. 5 hamo, Latin.] To 
 bury ; to inter. 
 
 Weeping they hear the msnjled heaps of (lain, 
 Inhume tiic nr.tivcs in tlieir native plain. Fop:. 
 To Inje'ct. -o. a, [irijeUus, Latin.] 
 
 1. To throw in ; to dart in. 
 
 Angels injcSl tlioughts into our minds, and 
 know our cogitations. GUitvilU. 
 
 ■2. To throw up ; to cad up. 
 
 Though bold in open field, they yet furround 
 The tovvn with 'Walls, and mound inj^a on 
 m«und- Po/>f. 
 
 Inje'cticn. n./. [(Vi/Vfl/aH, French ; in- 
 
 jeSio, Latin.] 
 I.' The aft of calling in. 
 
 This fait powdered was, by the repeated in- 
 jiBiori of wcll-kindlcd charcoal, m.idc to flafh 
 like melted nitre. Bcylc. 
 
 2. Any medicine made to be injeftcd by 
 a fyringe, or any other inftrument, into 
 any part of tiie body. ^hiincy. 
 
 3. The acl of tilling the vefTek with wax, 
 or any other pr.)per mattei^, to fiiow 
 their fhapes and raniifications, often 
 done by anatomills. .<^tincy. 
 
 iNi'.Mic.\L. adj. [iwimia/j-, Latin.], Un- 
 friendly ; laikind ; hurtful; hofiile ; 
 adverfe. 
 jNiMlTAEi'Liry. «■/• [from inimitalk.] 
 Incapacity to he iinitated. 
 
 Truths mull liave an eternal eniftcnce in fomc 
 undtrfta^iding; or rather they are the fame witr. 
 that un'ieill.inding itfclf, confidcred as varioudy 
 rcprcfentativc, according tqVhe various modes ot 
 Uimitabtlity or paiticipation. Aorr/i. 
 
 Jni'mitable. adj. [inimiialilis, h-Atln; 
 inimitable, French.] Above imitation ; 
 not to be copied. 
 t 
 
 The portal (hone, inimitnbh on earth 
 By model, or by fliading pcn< il drawn, tffiltoti. 
 
 What i> moft excellent is moft inimitabls. 
 
 Denham. 
 
 And imitate the inimiiahU force. DryJen. 
 
 Virgil copied the ancient fculptors, in that 
 im-r.itabic defcription of military fury in the 
 tcmisle of Janus. Jiddijon. 
 
 Ini'mitabi.y. adv. [from inimitahle.] 
 In a manner not to be imitated ; to a 
 degree of excellence above iinitation. 
 
 A man could not have been always blind who 
 thus viimitMy copies nature. Po/f. 
 
 Thus terribly adoni'd the figures (hine, 
 Iniif.itablf wrought with (kill divine. Pope. 
 
 Charms fuch as thine, inimitahly great. Bronme. 
 
 ToImjo'iN. -y. a. \jnjoindre, French; 
 in'iungo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To command; to enforce by authority. 
 
 See Enjoin. 
 
 Laws do not only teach what is good, hut 
 thev in'i'An Ir ; they have in them a certain con- 
 llraining force. Hooiir. 
 
 This garden tend, our plcafant talk injoin'd. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. To join. Not ufed. 
 The Ottomites 
 
 Steering with due courfe towards the ille of 
 
 Rhodes, 
 Have there injoin'd them with a Heet. Shatfp. 
 
 Ini'quitous. adj. [itiique, French; from 
 inijulty.] Unjull ; wicked. 
 
 INI'QUITY. n. /. [iiiiquilas, Latin ; 
 iiiiquite, French.] 
 
 t. Iiijuftice; unrighteoufnefs. 
 
 There is greater or Icfs probability of an happy 
 ilTje to a tedious war, according to the right- 
 emifnefs or iniquity of the caufe for whicli it was 
 commenced. Smalridge. 
 
 2. Wickednefs ; crime. 
 
 Want of the knowledge of God is the caufe 
 of all iniquity amongfl men. Ihoket . 
 
 Till God at la(l, 
 Wearied with their iniquities, withdraw 
 His prefence from among them. Milton. 
 
 Ini'tial. adj. [iiii/ia/, French; initialis, 
 from inifium, Latin.] 
 
 1. Placed at the beginning. 
 Ill the editions, whTch had no more than the 
 
 initial letters of names, he was made by keys 
 to hurt the inoft'cnfive. Pope. 
 
 2. Incipient; not complete. 
 Moderate labour of the body conduces to the 
 
 prefervation of health, and cures many initiut 
 
 difcafes; but the toil of the mind deli roys health, 
 
 and generates mviladies. Hatvcy. 
 
 The fchools have ufed a middle term to cx- 
 
 prcfs this aftcaion, and have called it tlie initial 
 
 fear of God. Rogeis. 
 
 To Initiate, v. a. {initier, French; 
 
 initio, Latin.] To enter; to inllrncl 
 
 in the rudiments of an art; to place in 
 
 a new ftate ; to pat into a new fociety. 
 
 Providence would only initiate mankind into 
 
 the ufcfiil knowledge of her tieafutes, leaving 
 
 the rdl to employ our inriuftr)'. Mo't. 
 
 To initiate hi> pupil in any p,art of learning, 
 
 an ordinary (kill in the govcrnour is enough. 
 
 hf.cke on Eiluciitio't. 
 
 He was initialed into half a dozen clubs before 
 
 he was one and twenty. SpcBator. 
 
 No foor.er was a convert initiated, but, by an 
 
 cafy figure, he became a new man. MJiJon. 
 
 To Initiate, "v. n. To do the firft 
 
 part ; to perform the firft rite. 
 
 The king himfelf ini.'iatcs to the pow'r, 
 Scatters with quiv'tinj hand the facrcd flour, 
 And the llieani fprinklcs. Pope's Odyjpy. 
 
 Ini'tiate. adj. [;/uV/V, French ; initiatus, 
 Latin,] Unpiaflifed. 
 
 My I'trange and felf-abufr \ 
 
 Is the initiate fear ; tiiat wants hard ufe ; 
 We're yet but young. Sliahiptare's Macbetft. 
 
 Initia'tion. n.f. [iniliaiio, Lat. from 
 initiate.] The reception, admifllon, or 
 entrance of a new comer into any art 
 or Hate. 
 
 The ground of initiating or entering men into 
 chriltian life, is more fummaiily coroptifed in 
 the form of bapti(n), the ceremony of this initi- 
 ation inftituted by Chrift. Hammond. 
 Silence is the firtl thing that is taught us at 
 our initiation into (aeicd niylVcries. Bre.oir.;, 
 InJucu'ndity. n. J. \in ■a.w^ jucundity .'\ 
 
 Unpleafantnefs. t 
 
 Inju'dicable. adj. [/';/ ^ndjudico, Lat.] 
 
 Not cogniz-ablc by a judge. 
 Injudi'ci al. at.], [in ZBdjiddiciaL] Not 
 according to form of law. Diii. 
 
 Injvdi'cious. adj. [in and jtidicioiti.^ 
 Void of judgment; wanting judgment. 
 Ufed bcith of perfons and things. 
 
 A phiiofopher would either think me in jcR, 
 or very '.yudicious, if I took the earth for a body 
 regular in itfelf, if compared with the reft of 
 the univeife. Burnet. 
 
 A (harp wit may find fomething in the wifcll 
 man, whereby to cxf ofc him to the contempt of 
 injudicious people. Tiiiotjhr. 
 
 iNjfDi'ciousLV. adv. [horn injudicious.^ 
 With ill judgment ; not wifely. 
 
 Scaliger injudtcioujly condemns this defcrip- 
 tion. hrooir.e. 
 
 Inju'nction. n.f. [from injoin; hjunc- 
 tus, injunctiof Latin.] 
 
 1. Command ;' order ; precept. 
 
 The inliitution of God's law is dcfcrihcd as 
 being eltablJlhed by lolcmn injunElion. Hooker. 
 
 My duty cannot ("offer 
 T' obey in all your daughter's hard commands j 
 Though the injunction be to bar my doors, 
 And let this tyrannous night take hold upon you. 
 
 Sltakjp<aTe, 
 
 For, ftill they knew; and ought t' have ftiU 
 remembcr'd 
 The high injundion, not to tafte that fruit, 
 Whoever tempted. Mi/ton. 
 
 The ceremonies of the church arc necetfary 
 as the iujunHions of lawful authority, the prac- 
 tice of the primitive church, and the general 
 rules of decency. South. 
 
 2. In law. 
 Injuneiion is an interlocutory decree out of 
 
 the chancery, ("ometimcs to give polTeflion unto 
 the plaintiff for want of appearance in the de- 
 fendants, fometimes to llie king's ordinary 
 court, and fometimes to the court-chriflian, ib 
 (fay proceeding- CoiuelL 
 
 To In JURE. -v. a. [injuiier, French ; in- 
 juria, Latin.] 
 
 1. To hint unjufily ; to mifchief unde- 
 fervedly ; to wrong. 
 
 They injwe by chance in a crowd, and willi- 
 out a defign ; then hate always \»hom they have 
 once injured. Tciifple. 
 
 ForgivciKfs to the injured doth belong ; 
 But they ne'er pardon who commit the wrong. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. To annoy ; to afiecl with any incon- 
 venience. 
 
 Left hear (hould in/ure us, his timely care 
 Hath unbefought provided. Mi/ton. 
 
 I'n J u K E R . n.f. [ from it jure. ] He that 
 hurts another uiijulUy ; one who wrongs 
 another. 
 Ill deeds are well turn'd b.xk upon their au- 
 thors ; 
 And 'gainft an injurcr, the revenge is jull. 
 
 Ben Jonfin.. 
 
 The upright judge will countenance rigiit, 
 
 and rlifcountenance wrong, whoever be the in- 
 
 jurer ot the fuffcrer. Attirhurj.
 
 I N K 
 
 Inju'rious. a<lj. [from tnjuiy; injurius, 
 
 Latin; injurieiix, French ] 
 J. Uiijull; invaljv- of aiiotlR'r's rights. 
 Till ihc inji/rh s Roman did extort 
 This tiiljutc fioni us, wc were frci'. Siuiifp'-are. 
 
 Injiirioui ''rcngt , would rapine Hill cxcufc, 
 By oft 'ring t^rms thi- wrakn- iiiull refute. Drjd 
 
 2. Guilty of wrong or iijiiry. 
 
 Yet licaiity, tl'.oiigli injwious, hath ftrange 
 power, 
 After offence returning, to rcgu'ri 
 Lovcoi'ce [) ■deft, jMii/o'i'i .^gonijlet. 
 
 3. Mifcliievotis ; uiijudly hurtful. 
 
 Our icpcntancc is not real, l-ccaiifc we li.ive 
 not done wiut we can to undo our fault, or at 
 icart to hinder the injutioui confequences of it 
 fuim proceeding. Tilhifon. 
 
 4. Detrai5loiy ; contumelious ; reproach- 
 ful ; wrongful. 
 
 A prifon, indeed injurwiis, bccaiife a prifon, 
 but tlfc well teltifying affeftion, hccaufc ni all 
 rcl^jedVs ascomJii<>dion^ as a prifoncan he. Si^i-tfi. 
 
 It is n^'ural for a ruan, by dire'linv; his 
 prayers to an iniag^, to f .ppofc the being fjc 
 prays to icprcfenti-'d by that image : which how 
 injiitiouij how contumelious muft it be to tlie 
 glui ious nature of Got ! South, 
 
 If injiirhut appellau.-is were of any adv.iw- 
 tage to a caiife, wliat aj.pellalionv would thole 
 riel'ci vc who endeavour to fow the feeds of Ic- 
 dition ? Su'fr 
 
 Inju'k lOUSLY. (iJv. [from injurious.} 
 Wrongfully ; hurtfully with injuftice, 
 with contumely. 
 
 Nor ought I:: to ncgle<5 the vindication of 
 Ms ch.nafter, when it ii ir.jurfiujly attaciecd. 
 
 Po^f and Gay. 
 
 Inju'riovsness. 71./. [from injurious.] 
 Quality of b;ing injurious, 
 
 bonic niifcariiages might efcapc, rather 
 throneh fudden ncccffities of ftatc, than any 
 ]irupenf]ty either to injinioiijttfjs or opi>reflion 
 
 King C/iitr/n. 
 I'NJURY. n./. [injuria, Latin ; injure, 
 
 French.] 
 4. Hurt without juftice. 
 
 The places were acr.uired by jufl title of vie 
 tory ; and therefore in keeping of thcin lio ;/;- 
 Jury was oft'eretj. Hayiuard. 
 
 Riot afcends above their lofticrt tow'rs, 
 Anrl injury and outrage. Miltf^n 
 
 2. Alifchief ; detriment. 
 
 M.niy tinics wc <\o iniuty to a c.iufe by dwel- 
 ling upon trilling arguiiicnls. IVatti* Lo^ick. 
 
 3. Annoyance. 
 
 Great itijuiia mice and rats do in t'lc fi;-lds. 
 
 4. Contumelious Innguage ; reproachful 
 appellation. A French mode of fpecch, 
 not now in ufe. 
 
 Citfting otT tiie refpe«iU fit to Ijc continued 
 between great kings, he fell to hiit.'r invectives 
 again!} the Tiench king ; and fpake ail the /'.■/;/- 
 i/Vi he could dcvife of Charles. Ba.on. 
 
 Inju'stice. n. f. [injujice, Fr. iujujlitia, 
 
 Lat.] Iniquity ; wrong. 
 
 Cunning men can be guilty of a thoufand .••.■- 
 
 jujlic-s without being difcovered, or at lealt 
 
 without being punifhed. Sicjt. 
 
 INK. n /. [eiicrf, Fr. inchiojlro, Italian.] 
 I. The black, liquor with which men 
 wiite. 
 
 Mojrn boldly, my ;>;.f ; for while (lie looks 
 upon you, your blackn-fs will fliinc. SiMtv. 
 
 O ! Ihc 's fallen 
 Into a pit of ink, that the wide fca 
 Halh rirops too few to wa(h her clean again. 
 
 Sliidjiiiin . 
 Like madmen Ihcy hurl'd ftones and ink. 
 
 Ben yonjln. 
 Intending to have Iry'd 
 Tlis filvcr favour whicii you s^-Vfj 
 
 I N L 
 
 In inl the (Killing point I dyMj' 
 And drcnch'd it in the fable Viuvc, iJ'^Htr. 
 
 Vifiiol is the atfiivc or chief ingredient in 
 ink, and no other fait will ftiikc the colour with 
 galls. Bio'.vn. 
 
 I hax'c found pens b'ackcd almoft all ovei 
 when I had a while carried them about me in a 
 filver ill c.\\c. B'a-U. 
 
 The fecicrary poured the ink box all over the 
 writing!, and lo defaced them. How:I. 
 
 He that would live clear of envy miifi lay his 
 finger upon his mouth, and keep his hawd out of 
 the ink put. L'Euieitf^t. 
 
 I could hardly reftrain them from t^fro« ing 
 tl;c irk buttle at one another's he, ids. .-tbutli 
 
 2. Ink is ufed for any liquor with which 
 they write : as, red ink ; grccii ink. 
 
 To Ink. v. a, [from the noun.] To 
 black or daub with ink : as, his face is all 
 over inked. 
 Inkho'un. n. f. \_ink and /jorn.] A 
 jjortablc caic for the inllrumciils of 
 writing, commonly inade of horn. 
 
 Bid him bring his pen and i:':lrjTn to the 
 jail : wc are now to examine lliofe men. Skakjp. 
 
 Ere that we will fufftr tuch a prince 
 To be difg ac'd by an i':khorn mate, 
 We, and our wives and cnildren, all will fight. 
 
 SkakfpeaTt 
 
 What is niorc frequent than lo fay, a lilver 
 
 inhh'irn ? G'£ w. 
 
 I'nkle. n.f. A kind of narrow fillet ; 
 a tape. 
 
 Inhlfi, caddiffes, cambricks, lawns : why he 
 fongs tlicm ovei as they were gods and goddelTes. 
 
 S/hilJpeare, 
 I twitch'd his dangling garter from his knee ; 
 He v/ift not wiien the hempen firing I drew. 
 Now mine I quickly doft of inkle blue. Guv. 
 I'nkling. n.f. [This v. ord is derived 
 by Skinner from inllincken, to found 
 within. TJiis fenfe is Hill retained in 
 Scotland: as, I heard not an inkling.] 
 Hint; whifpcr ; iiuimation. 
 
 Our hufinels is not unknown to the fenate : 
 they have iiad ink/ing what we intend to do, 
 which now we'll (hew them in deeds. ShaiCp. 
 We in Europe, notwitiiHanding all the remote 
 difcoveries and navigations of this laft age, never 
 hcaid of any of the lealt inkling or glimpfc of 
 this ifland. Baron's Neiu .■itinntis. 
 
 They had fomc inkling of fecret meffages be- 
 tween the marquis of Newcaftle and young Ho- 
 tham. da'cnjo'i. 
 
 Aboard a Corinthian veffel he got an .>;fA''r 
 among the fliip's crew of a confpiracy. L' Kjlr . 
 I'NKM.tKER. n.f. link and maifr.] He 
 
 who makes ink. 
 I'nky. naj. [from i,';/f.] 
 1. Confiding of ink. 
 
 England Ixir.nd in with the triumphant fea, 
 Whofe rocsy flio'c bests back the envious I'icgc 
 Of wat'iy Neptune, is bound in with Ihame, 
 With inky blots and ro;ten parchment bonds. 
 
 Shakjpcarc. 
 z. Refem.blitig ink. 
 
 Tiie liquor prcl'ently iieran to grow pretty 
 
 clear and ti.Tnfp.iieui, lofmg. its /.-.-it.f)! Mackncls. 
 
 Boyle an Coloitn. 
 
 3. Black as ink. 
 
 'Tis not alone my h:}y clerk, good mother, 
 Nor cuftomary fiiits of fjlemn black. 
 That can denote me truly. Shakrp.aic. 
 
 I'nland. atlj. [in and /a-?^.] Interioui ; 
 lying remote from the fea. 
 
 In tins wide /W.iw/ i>.T, that liight by name, 
 The idle lake, my v/and'rii)glhip I row. Spenfir. 
 
 Goodly laws, like little i'l/an.l feas, will carry 
 even Ibins upon their waters Sjunfa. 
 
 An oB ic'igious uncle of mine was, in his 
 yCLtli, :v.\ inland ny.xn. Sijkf;^a •. 
 
 A fnbtiitutc fiilnes brightly as a kinr, ' 
 U,.t.i a king Ic by; acd ilieu his Hue 
 
 INL 
 
 Empticj itfclf, as doth an inlami brook 
 Into the main of waters. Saaifprare. 
 
 This perfun did puhlilh a pamphlet printed 
 in England lor a general excife, or inland duty. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 I'nland. n.f. Interiour or midland 
 parts. 
 
 Out of thefe fmall bcg;innlngs, gotten near to 
 the mountains, did they fpread themfclvcs into 
 the inland. Spent, r. 
 
 They of thofc marches (hall defend 
 Our inland from the pilfering borderers. Skat. 
 
 The icrt were all 
 Far to th' inland rctir'd, about the walls 
 Of I'.mdcrmoniiui). hlitlin^ 
 
 rNLAKvvn. n.f. [from /«/j7j(/.] Dwel- 
 ler I emote from the fea. 
 
 The fame name is giien unto the inlanders, 
 
 or midland inhabiteri ol this ifland Bnwn. 
 
 To iNLA'piD.KTf.. -v. a. [rn and Inp-do, 
 
 Latin.] To make iloney ; to turn to 
 
 (lone. 
 
 Some ratural fpring waters will inlaplJalt 
 Wood ; fi that you Ihall fee one piece of wood, 
 whereof the par; above the water (hall continue 
 wood, and the \r.\t t under the water (hall be turn- 
 ed into a ivind of gravelly ftone. Bacen. 
 To Jnla'y. -u. a. [in ..nd/iyi.] 
 
 1. To diverfify with different bodies in- 
 ferted into th^ ground or fub.ftratuin. 
 
 They are worthy 
 To i-day heav'n with flats. Shak/peare. 
 
 Look, how the floor of heav'n 
 Is thick nlaidw'iXh patens of blight gold. ShaJe. 
 
 A faphire throne, inlaid with pure 
 Aniher, a;id coloiii s of the (how'.-y arch. MilloW. 
 
 Tlie ti'mber bears a great price with the ca- 
 binet-makirs, when larje, for inlaying. Mort. 
 
 Here djuded canos 'midll heaps of toys are 
 found. 
 And ;W(;.-i/ tweezer-cafcs (Irow the ground. Ga<i. 
 
 2. To make variety by being inftrted into 
 bodies ; to v.iriegate. 
 
 Sea girt ifles, 
 That like to tich and various gems /«.'.yi 
 The uiiadoiiicd boforn of the deep. Milton. 
 
 Inla'y. n.f. [from the verb.] Matter 
 inlaid ; inatter cut ttj be inlaid. 
 
 Under foot the violet. 
 Crocus, and hy.acinth, with rich inlay, 
 Broidcr'd the ground. Miltim. 
 
 To Inla'w. v. a. [in and la'w.l To 
 clear of outlawry or attainder. 
 
 It (houid be a great incongruity to have them 
 to make laws, wtio thcmfehcs were not inlav.rd. 
 
 Ba-:an. 
 I'XLET. n. /. [in and /.7.] Paffage ; 
 place of ingrefs ; entrance. 
 
 Doors and windows, inlets of men and of light,. 
 I couple together; I find their dimenfions 
 brought under one. iVoiion. 
 
 She through the porch and inlet of each fenlc 
 Dropt in amhrofial oils till Ihe reviv'd.' Milttin, 
 I defite any one to alTign any fimple idea, 
 whicii is not received from one of thefe inleti. 
 
 Locke. 
 .\ (ine bargain indeed, to part with all our 
 commodious ports, which thu gieater the inlet ij 
 aie lo much the belter, for the imaginary plea- 
 fure of a (Ireight Ihorc. Bentlty. 
 
 Inleti amongit broken lands and idandsi Ellis. 
 I'nly. arlj. [from //;.] Intciiour; in- 
 ternal ; fecret. 
 
 Did'ft thou but know the inly touch of love, 
 Tliou would'ft as fooii go kindle lire with iVow, 
 As feck to quench the fire of love with words. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 I'a LY : arh). Internally; within ; ficret- 
 ly ; in the iieart. 
 
 Her heart with joy unwonted inly fwell'd. 
 As feeling wouu'roui conifori in hti weaker cItC 
 
 .s-pen/cr.
 
 I N N 
 
 I've it:ly wtpt, 
 Ot (Viciuld have fpoke ere this. Sh.ikfftire. 
 
 Whetcat lie inly rag'd, and as tlicy ulk'd, 
 Smute him into the midriff with a itone, 
 That beat out life. MUton. 
 
 Thefe growing thoughts, my mother fooii per- 
 ceiving 
 Bywords nt limes call forth, ik/v rejoic'd. Milt. 
 
 The loldiers Ihout around with gcn'rous rage ; 
 He piais'd tiicir ardor : inly plcas'd to fee 
 His hoft. Dryden'i Knight's Tale. 
 
 Inmate, n.f. [in and male.] Inmates 
 are thofe that be admitted to dwell for 
 their money jointly with another man, 
 though in feveral rooms of his inaiifion- 
 lioufe, paffing in and out by one door. 
 
 Convell. 
 So fpakc the enemy of mankind, inclos'd 
 In ferpcnt, inmate bad ! and toward E\'e 
 Addrclfcd his way. Milton. 
 
 Tliere lie dies, and leaves liis race 
 Growing into a na'.lon ; and now grown, 
 Sufpefled to a fequcnt king, who feeks 
 To ftop their overgrowth, as inmate guefts 
 Too numerous. Milton's Far.idlfe LcJI. 
 
 Home is the facred refuge of our life, 
 Sccur'd fiom all approaches but a wife : 
 It thence we fly, the caufe admits no doubt, 
 None but an inmate foe could force us out. DryJ. 
 
 Inmost. (;ifj. [from m.] Deepell with- 
 in ; remoteft frorn the furface. 
 
 Tis you muft dig with maitock and with 
 Ipade, 
 And pierce the iim^ centre of the earth. Sliakf. 
 
 Rifing fighs and tailing tears. 
 That (how too well the warin dtfires, 
 The filcnt, (low, confuming fires, 
 Which on my ii.niOj! vitals prey, 
 And melt my very foul away. Adiiifon. 
 
 Comparing the quantity of light rertccflcd 
 fiom the fevcial rings, I found that it was moft 
 copious from the firll or inmof, and in the exte- 
 rior rings became lefs and lefs. Newtcn. 
 
 He fends a dreadful groan : the rocks around 
 Through all. their iVimo/i hollow caves refound. 
 
 I'opr. 
 
 I got into the inmoj! court. Gulliver^ 
 
 INN. n.f. [inn, Saxon, a chamber.] 
 I. A houfe of entertainment for travellers. 
 How all this is but a fair inn, 
 Of ft;irer guefts which dwell within. Sidney. 
 
 Palmer, quoth he, death is an equal doom 
 To good and bad, the common inn of tell ; 
 
 But, .liter death, the trial is to come. 
 When bell Ihall be to them that lived bed. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 Now d.iy i? fpent, 
 Therefore with me ye may take up your inn. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 The well, that glimmers with fome itreaks of 
 
 day, 
 
 Kow fpuis the Intcd traveller apace 
 
 To gain the timely inn. Sliai/peare's Machcth. 
 
 Likt pilgrims to th' appointed place we tend; 
 
 The world's an inn, and death the journey's end. 
 
 Drytien. 
 
 One may learn more here in one day, than in 
 
 a year's lambling from one inn to another. Locke. 
 
 2. A houfe where ftiidents were boarded 
 and taught ; whence we dill call the col- 
 leo-es of common law inns of court. 
 
 Go fome and pull down the Savoy ; others to 
 the inm of courts : down viitii them all. Sluiifp. 
 
 3, It was anciently ufcd for the town 
 lioufes in which great men refided when 
 they attended tlv: coiiit. 
 
 To Inn. v.n. [from the noun.] To take 
 
 up temporaiy lodging. 
 In t.'.yfell dwell; 
 
 7"m any where : continuance makcth hell. Donne. 
 To Inn. i\ a. To houfe j to put under 
 
 •over. 
 
 I N N 
 
 He that cars my land, fparcs my team, snd 
 gi\es me leave to Inn the crop. Shakfpeare; 
 
 Howfuevcr the laws made in that parliament 
 did bear good fruit, yet the fubfidy bare a fruit 
 th^t proved harfti and bitter : all was inne.i at 
 lall into the king's barn. Bacon's henry vii. 
 
 Mow clover or rye-grafs, and make it Uxxoinn. 
 
 AUrtirner. 
 
 INNA'TE. 7 adj. [inne, French : iniiei- 
 INNA'TED. I /ur, Latin.] 
 
 1. Inborn; ingenerate ; natural; not fu- 
 peradded ; not adfcititious. Innated is 
 not proper. 
 
 The Druinian hath been cried up fur an innated 
 integrity, and accounted the uprightelt dealer on 
 earth. Huivel. 
 
 With eloquence innate his tongue was arm'd; 
 Though harlh the precept, yet the people charm'd. 
 
 JDrvdcn. 
 
 2. Innale is ufed in the following paffage 
 for inherent. Innate in perfons, inherent 
 in things. 
 
 Mutual gravitation, or fpontaneous attraiflion, 
 cannot polhbly be innate and elTcntial to matter. 
 
 Bentley. 
 
 Inna'teness. n.f. [from /n«a/i?.] 1 he 
 
 quality of being innate. 
 Inna'vig A BLE. adj. \_innavigal'ilis,\.3.\..~\ 
 Not to be paffed by failing. 
 
 If you fo hard a toil will undertake, 
 As twice to pafs th' innavigable lake. Dry den. 
 I'nner. aa)'. [from in.] Interiour ; not 
 outward. 
 
 But th' elfin knight with wonder all the way 
 Did feed his eyes, and fill'd his inner thonght 
 
 Sfenjer. 
 This attraifls the foul. 
 Governs the inner man, the nobler part; 
 Th.Tt other o'er the body only reigns. Milton. 
 
 Many families aie ellablilhcd in the Well In- 
 dies, and fome difcovered in the inner parts of 
 America. .riddi/on's SfeBntor 
 
 The kidney is a conglomerated gland, which 
 is to be underftoori only of the outer part; fur 
 the inner part, whereof the papillae are compcfed, 
 is mufciilar. Greiu. 
 
 Thus, fcii'd with facred fear, the monarch 
 pr.ny'd ; 
 Then to his tnner court the guefts convey'd. 
 
 Poje. 
 
 I'nnekmost. t7dj. ^from inner. It feems 
 lefs proper than inmojl. ] RemoteR from 
 the outward part. 
 
 The rttle4ted beam of light would be fo broad 
 at the diftance of fix feet from tiie fpeculum, 
 where the rings appeared, as to oblcurc one or 
 two of the inniini'^jl lings. Nei'-'tan. 
 
 Innho'lder. n.f. [i/jK and ^o/ir/. ] A 
 man who keeps an inn ; an innkeeper. 
 
 I'nnings. n.f. Lands lecovered from the 
 fea. Aitf^jjcrth. 
 
 Innke'eper. n.f. [/.•//! and /ff/ii-r.] One 
 who keeps lodgings and provifions for 
 the entertainment of travellers. 
 
 Clergymen muft not keep a tavern, nor a judge 
 be an i'lnkeepcr. Taylor's Rule of lining holy. 
 
 A hR\Q\x5 innkeeper was hanged, drawn, and 
 quartered. ,*lddif^ns Freeh'J.ler. 
 
 We were not fo inquifitive about the inn as the 
 innkreper ; and provided our landlord's principles 
 were found, did not take any notice of the fl.ile- 
 nefs of his provifions. Addijon. 
 
 I'nnocence. 7 ".y^ [innocence, F.ench ; 
 I'nnocency. J innocentia, Latin.] 
 
 1. Purity from injurious aftion ; untainted 
 integrity. 
 
 Simplicity and fpotlcfs Innocence. hlilton. 
 
 What comfoit does overflow the devout foul, 
 from a confcioufncfs of its own injtO'jence and in- 
 tegrity ! Tll'otjon. 
 
 2 . Freedom from guilt imputed. 
 
 I N N 
 
 It will help me nothing 
 To plead mine innocence ; for that dye ij on me 
 Which makes my whlt'ft part black. Shakfp. 
 
 If truth and upright innoeency fail me, 
 I'll to the king my mailer. Shahjptars. 
 
 3. HarmlefTnefs ; innoxioufnefs. 
 
 The air was calm and (ciene ; none of thofe 
 tumultuary motions and confiidts of vapours, 
 which the mountains and the winds caufe ia 
 ours ; 'twas fuitcri to a golden age, and to the 
 firft innoeency of nature. Burnet's Theory. 
 
 4. Simplicity of heart, perhaps with fome 
 degree of weaknefs. 
 
 I urge this childhood proof, 
 Becaufe what follows is pure innocence. Shakfp. 
 
 We laugh at the malice of apes, as well as at 
 the innocence of children. Temple. 
 
 I'NNOCENT. adj. [!,tnocent. French ; 
 ini'.ocens, Latin.] 
 
 1. Pure from mifchlef. 
 
 Something 
 You may deferve of him tliruugh me and vifdom* 
 To otfcr up a weak, poor, innocent lamb, 
 T' appeale an angry god. Skakfpeare. 
 
 Wieck on innocent frail man his lofs. Milte*. 
 
 2. Free from any particular guilt. 
 
 Good madam, keep yourfelf within yourfelf j 
 The man is innocent. Sliakjpeare, 
 
 The peafant, innocent of all thefe ills. 
 With crooked ploughs the fertile fiillows tills. 
 And the round year with daily labour tills. 
 
 DrydeH, 
 
 3. Unhurtful; harmlefs in efFefts. 
 
 The I'pcar 
 Sung in^tocent, and fpent its force in air. Pope. 
 I'nnocent. n.f. 
 
 1. One free from guilt or harm. 
 
 So pure an innocent as that fame lamb. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 Thou had kiU'd the fwectell innocent, 
 That e'er did lift up eye. S'laifper.re's Otkell; 
 
 If murth'ring innccents be e.xecuring, 
 Why, then thou art an executioner. Shak/pian, 
 
 2. A natural ; an ideot. 
 
 Innocents arc excluded by natural defers. 
 
 Hor.ker. 
 
 I'nnocently. adv. [from innocent.^ 
 
 1. Without guilt. 
 
 The humble and contented man pleafes hira- 
 fclf innocently and eafily, while the ambitious 
 man attempts to pieafe others finfulty and diili- 
 culily. So:.t)!. 
 
 2. With fimplicity ; with fillinefs or im- 
 prudence. 
 
 3. Without hurt. 
 
 B.ills at his feet lay innocently dead. Coiulev. 
 
 INNOCUOUS, adj. [imiocutis, Latin.'] 
 Harmlefs in effetts. 
 
 The moll dangerous poifons, f<ilfiil!y ma- 
 
 n.aged, m.ay be made nut only innocuo-^s, but of all 
 
 other medicines the moll cffeftuai. 6Vfa-. 
 
 Inno'cuously. adv. [from innocuous.^ 
 
 Without mifchievous effefts. 
 
 Whether quails, from any peculiarity of con- 
 ftitution, do inn'.cuoi'JIy feed upon hellebore, or 
 rather fomeiimcs but medically ufc the fame. 
 
 B'oiun's Vulgar Errours. 
 
 Inno'cuousness. n.f. [from innocuous.] 
 HarmlefTnefs. 
 
 The blow which (hakes a wall, or beats it 
 down, and kills men, hath a greater cffecft on the 
 mind than that which penetrates into a mud w.tll,-., 
 and duth little harm ; for that innocuoufnejs of the 
 eft'e£t m.ikes, that, although i.i itfelf it he as 
 great as the other, vtt 'tis little obfcrved. T>ishy, 
 
 To INNOVATE. V. a. [itmover, Fr, 
 innovo, Latin.] 
 
 I. To bring in fomcthing not known be- 
 fore. 
 
 Men purfuc fome few principles which they 
 have chanced upon, and care not to innovate, 
 which draws unknown iiiconveniencics. Mueon,
 
 I N N 
 
 Former tilings 
 Are fft aficle lii<c abdicated kings; 
 And every moment alters what is done, 
 And innoTalcs fome adl 'till tiK-ri unknown. 
 
 Dry.lcn. 
 Every man cannot dilHnguilh betwixt pedan- 
 try and poetry ; tvtry maji therefore is nut tit to 
 imiovitle. Dryjcn. 
 
 B. To change by introducing novelties. 
 From his attempts upon the civil power, he 
 proceeds to innwau God's worlhip. South. 
 
 iNNOV.i'TiON, n.f. ^innovalioii, French, 
 from innovate.] Change by the intro- 
 diiclion of novelty. 
 
 The love of things ancient doth nrguo ftaycd- 
 ncfs ; but levity and want of experience maketb 
 aj>t unto ;/(/;frT'fl/.-'p'/r. Ha^er. 
 
 It were good that men in i'lncvtiriofn would 
 follow tile example of time iifclf, which indeed 
 innovatcth greatly, but quietly anfl by degrees. 
 Bacon*! Effayi. 
 
 Great changes may be made in a government, 
 
 • .yet the foitn continue, but large intervals of 
 
 time mull pal's between every fucli hinovniio'Tf 
 
 enough to make it oi a piece with the conilitu- 
 
 tion. Siti/fi. 
 
 Innova'tor. n.f. [innovafeur, French ; 
 from iiincviite.] 
 
 1. An introducer of novelties. 
 
 I attach thcc as a traiterous innovator^ 
 A foe to th' publick weal. Shukfpeart. 
 
 He that will not apply new remedies, mull 
 cxpeit new evils ; fur time is the greateit itim^ 
 ■vjior : and if time of eourfe alter things to the 
 worfc, and wifdom and council (hall not alter 
 them to tiie better, wiiat H\M be the end f 
 
 Bacon^s KJfay^. 
 
 2. One that makes changes by introducing 
 
 novelties. 
 
 He counfcis them to detcft and perfecute all 
 inmvatun of divine worfiiip. South. 
 
 INNOXIOUS, adj. [mticxius, Latin.] 
 I. Free from mifchievoiis effects. 
 
 Inmxioui tiames are often fcen on the hair of 
 men's heads and horfes* manes. Dighy. 
 
 VVe may fafciy ufe purgatives, tbey being be- 
 nign, and of ifinosioui qualities. Breivu, 
 
 Sent by the better genius of the night, 
 Im'^x:o:ii gleaming on thehorfe's mane 
 Tiie meteor Ins. Thmfoii'l Autumn. 
 
 Z. Pure from crimes. 
 
 Stranger to civil and religious rage. 
 The good man walk'd innaxioui through his age. 
 
 Inno'xiously. adv. [from innoxiou!.'] 
 
 1. Harmlefsly ; without harm done. 
 
 2. Without harm fuflPered. 
 
 Animah, tl at can innoxiQuJiy digeft thcfe poi- 
 fons, become antidotal to ti:e poifon digelled. 
 
 Bi'jlvrCi l^uiguT Errours, 
 
 Inno'xiousness. n.f. [from innoxious.'} 
 HarmltfTnefs, 
 
 Innue'ndo. n. y. [i/mu^tdo, hoa\ i/iriuo, 
 Latin.] An oblique hint. 
 
 At if the comniandnients, that require obedi- 
 ence and forbid murder, were to be indiiftcd for 
 a libellous iiniuci.h upon all the great men that 
 come to be concerned. L* Rjir.iruft . 
 
 Mercury, though employed on a quite contrary 
 ciranH, owns it a niani.igc hy an innuendo. Dryj. 
 
 Purfuc your trade of Ican.lil-picking, 
 Your hints that Steil.i is no chicken; 
 Your ;7/7?/fne^uf (, when you tell us, 
 That Stella loves to talk witir fellows. S-ji'ift. 
 
 Innu'merable. adj. [_itimimerahh, Fr. 
 innumeratilis , Lat.] Not to be counted 
 for multitude. 
 
 You have fcnt iinumerall: fobfiance 
 To furnilh Rome, and to prepare the w.iys 
 'Vou have for dignities. Sha\'t)turi 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 I N O 
 
 Cover mc, ye pines, 
 Te cedars! with innunterabte boughs 
 Hide me where I may never fee them mpre. 
 
 Millcn. 
 
 In lines, which appear of an equal length, one 
 
 may be longei than the other by innumertibU parts 
 
 Lotkc. 
 
 Innu'merauly. adv. [from innumerable.] 
 
 Without number. 
 Innu'merous. adj. linnmnenis, Latin.] 
 Too many to be counted. 
 ' Twould be fome foLicc yet, fome little chear- 
 "'g, 
 In this clufe dimgeon of innufmr-ous boughs. 
 
 MUliU. 
 
 I take tl-.c wood. 
 And in thick Ihtltei of innum'rcus houghs, 
 Erjoy the comfort gentle flcep allows. VoJ'e. 
 
 To Ino'culate. v. a. [inocido, in and 
 ocidus, Lat.] To propagate any plant 
 by ir.ferting its bud Into another (lock; 
 to pracfife inocub.lion. See In'ocu- 
 
 LATION. 
 
 Nor are the ways alike in all 
 Mow ro ipgraS', hoM' to inoLulatg. M*t\*s Virgil. 
 
 Now is the fcalon for the budding of the 
 orange-tree; .'«P£:.v/iirf tneiefore at the cJninicnce- 
 nient of this month. K'^:clyn. 
 
 But various are the ways to change the ftate. 
 To plant, to bud, to graft, to inoatlute. Dryilen. 
 
 To Ino'citlate. 1). a. To yield a bud to 
 another flock. 
 
 Virtue cannot fo inoculate our old I^ock, but 
 we (hall relilh of it. Shakff^care'i Hamlet. 
 
 Thy (fock is too much out of date. 
 For tender plants t* inoculate. ClcaTcl.inJ. 
 
 Where lilies, in a lovely brown, 
 Inoculate carnation. Cleavcland. 
 
 Inocul.i'tion. n.f. [InocH/j^/o, Latin ; 
 from inoculate.] 
 
 1. The aft of Infertlug the eye of a bud 
 into another flock. 
 
 Inoculation is praftifed upon all forts of ftone 
 fruit, and upon oranges and jafmines. Cluife a 
 fmooth part of the (lock; then with your knife 
 make an horizontal cutcrols the rind of thc'ftock, 
 and from the middle of that cut make a Ilit down- 
 wards about two inches in length in tlie form of 
 a T; but be careful not to cut too deep, left you 
 wound the (fock : then having cut otf the leaf 
 from the bud, leaving the footftalk remaining, 
 makej crofs cut about half an inch below the 
 eye, and with your knife flit o^' the bud, with 
 part of the wood to it. This done, with your 
 knife pi:'l off th.it part of the wood which was 
 liikcn with the huti, obrcrving wlicther tire cje 
 of tiic bud be left to it or not; for all tliele buds 
 wiiich lofe their eyes in ftrtpping are good for 
 nothing : then railing the bark of tiie liock, thrtill 
 the bud therein, placing it fmootii between the 
 rind .?nd the wood of tire ifock ; and fo basing 
 exa<!lly fitted the bud to the (lock, tie them 
 clofely rovtnd, taking care not to bind round the 
 eye of the bud. A//'//- ^. 
 
 In the flem of Elaiana they all met, and came 
 to he inerafred all upon one ftock, nioH of them 
 by inocul.-.tion. Ucicii. 
 
 2. I'he prad'iceof tranfplanting the fmall- 
 pox, by infufion of the matter from ri- 
 pened piiiliilcs into the veins of the un- 
 in.*ecled, in hopes of procurinjr a milder 
 fort than what freq'Jtntly comes by in- 
 fecliou. Slui'iey. 
 
 It is csident, by inorvlaiion, th.it the fmallell 
 quantity of the mptter, mi.xed with the hlood, 
 produccth the dileafe. Ail^ithn'.t. 
 
 Inocula'tor. 71. f. \{xoxn inccidaic] 
 
 1. One that pracfifcs the inoculation of 
 trees. 
 
 2. One who propagates the fmallpos by 
 inoculation. 
 
 I N O 
 
 Had Jol.« a Gaddefden been now li'^ing, Ve 
 would have been at the In »d of the inorulaio't. 
 
 F,cincf, UiJIory of Vkyfui. 
 
 Ino'dorate. at//, [in And oaoralui, Lat.] 
 Having no fcent. 
 
 Whites arc more ino.htflte than flowers of the 
 
 fame kind coloured. Bacm't Hatur.it lltjio'y, 
 
 Ino'dorous. adj, [iiiodorus, Latin.] 
 
 Wanting fcent; not afTefting tl-.e nofe. 
 
 The while r»f an egg isa vifcous, unadSvc, in- 
 
 {i\>Kif iniJotoui liquor. yhbufh"or. 
 
 Ikoffe'nsi VE. adj. [in ^nAt^enffue.] 
 
 1. Giving no fcandal ; giving no provo- 
 cation. 
 
 A (tranger, incffenfire, unprovoking. Fleetv 
 
 Howe\ ci ir.^c'ijitie we may be in dhcr pait» 
 
 of our conduit, if we arc found wanting in thii 
 
 trial of our love, wc fhall be difowncd hy Cod 
 
 as I aitors. Rii^-n. 
 
 2. Giving no uneafinefs ; caufing no Icr- 
 rour. 
 
 Should Infants have taken offence at any thing, 
 miKiiig plealant and agreeable appearances with 
 it, muft be ufcd, 'till it be grown inojfer'fi-je to 
 them. Ltcke. 
 
 3. Harmlefs; hurtlcfs; innocent. 
 
 Tor drink the grape 
 Shcciulhes, iroffen/inc mci<i. Miiton. 
 
 With whate'cr gall thou fct'ft thyfelf to write. 
 Thy inoffenfnie fatires never bite. DryMn. 
 
 Hark, how the caimon, ir.jfenjrve now. 
 Gives ligiis of giatulatum. Fliiiipt. 
 
 4. UnembarrafTed ; without (lop or ob- 
 ftrutlion. A Latin mode of fpeech. 
 
 From hence a palT.ige broad, 
 Smooth, cafy, inojfenfive, down to hell. Milton. 
 
 Inoffe'nsively. adv. {^(rom ino^eti/ive,'] 
 Without appearance of harm j without 
 harm. 
 Inoffe'nsiveness. n. f. [from inoffen- 
 ftve,] HarmlelTncfs ; freedom from ap«^ 
 pearance of harm. 
 Inoffi'cious. a<^'. [in mi odious.] Not 
 civil ; not attentive to the accommoda- 
 tion of others. 
 Ino'pinate. adj. [inopinatus, Lat. ino- 
 
 pine, Fr. ] Not e.\peded. 
 Ihoppoutu'ne. adj. [iuopportunus, l^zt.^ 
 
 Unfeafonable ; inconvenient. 
 Ino'rdinacy. n f. [from inoidinat.:] 
 Irregularity ; diforder. It is faftr to 
 life inordination. 
 
 They become very (inful by the cxcefs, which 
 were not fo in tiieir nature : that inor.'.inacy fcts 
 them in oppolition to God's dclignation. 
 
 Gcraernmrnt of the Tor^'ie, 
 Ino'rdinate. adj. [in antl ordintitus, 
 Latin.] Irregular; diforderly; devi- 
 ating from right. 
 
 Thcfe people were wifely brought to allegiance; 
 but being ftraight left unto their own inordinate 
 life, tiicjr forgot what before they were taught 
 
 S/ienfercn IrclanJ. 
 Tlience raifc 
 At lafi diflemper'd, difcontcnted ihoughts ; 
 Vain liopcs, vain arms, inordinate defires. 
 Blown up with high conceits engcnd'ring prid«. 
 
 AJiiton. 
 
 From jKO'dinate love and vain fear comes ail 
 
 tuiquietnefs of fpirit. Taylot 'i Guide to Devotion. 
 
 Jno'r dinately. adv. [f torn inordinate. 1 
 
 IiTeguIarly ; not rightly. 
 
 -As foon as a niaatlefircsany ib.in^ inordinafrlyf 
 he is prefently dil'quieted in himfelf. Taylor. 
 
 Ino'rdinatemess. f(. f. [from inordi- 
 rate.] Want of regularity; intempe- 
 rance of any kind. 
 
 Inordin a'tion. n.f. [ftom inordinate,"} 
 
 Incgularity ; deviation from riglit. 
 
 6 M
 
 I N Q^ 
 
 INQ^ 
 
 I N C^ 
 
 Sclioolmeii and cafuifts, hiving too mucd phi- I 
 lofophy to clear a lye ficm that ii-.trinfitk i '■'.- 
 nation and deviaiion from ri^hc reafon, inlierciu 
 in tlie nature of it, held that a lye was abfolutcly 
 and univeTlaily finful. South. 
 
 Inorga'nicAL. adj. [/« and organiai-l.] 
 Void of organs or inltrumental parts. 
 
 We come to the lowett and the moft imrgnnical 
 
 paits of matter. Lwkf 
 
 To Ino'sculate. "v. n. [in and ofciilum, 
 
 Latin.] To unite hy appofitiun or 
 
 . coniaft. 
 
 This fifth conjugation of nerves is b.'iviched by 
 inojailating with nerves. Derham. 
 
 Inosculation, n.f. [from inofcuLiie.'] 
 Union by conjunction of the extremities. 
 
 The .i];noii intiniie raitiiiications and in''Jcu- 
 
 /n.'.o-i of all the f'.vcii.l foits of velTels may eafily 
 
 Lc dcteeted by glafles. Roy 
 
 I'nquest. n.f. \_ciiqncj}e, French; iiiqin- 
 
 filio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Judicial iiiquir)'- or examination. 
 
 What confufio'n of t".;cc (hall we be under, when 
 tliat grand inqnejl begins ; when an account of our 
 opportunities of doing good, and a piirticular of 
 our ufe or mii'ufe of thtra, is given in .' Aitcrb. 
 
 2. Inlaw. 
 
 The i'lijnejl of jurors, or by jury, is tlie moft 
 ufual trial of ali caules, both civil and crimin;il ; 
 for in civil caufes, after proof is m^de on cither 
 fide, fo imirli ^s each part thinivs good for r.im- 
 iclf, if the doubt be in the fa<5^, it is referred to 
 tiiedifcr3.tion of twelve iTTdircient men, impanel- 
 led by the Iheriii; and as they bring in their vcr- 
 difl ( 1 judgment pafTes : for the judge faith, The 
 jury finds the fact thus ; tiien is the law thus, and 
 I'owc judge. CqiucIL 
 
 3. Inquiry; fearch ; ftudy. 
 
 This is the laborious and vexatious irtfjueji that 
 
 tlie foul mull make after fcience Soiih- 
 
 Inqui'etude. n.f, [inquietude, Fr. iitqui- 
 
 cluito, inquielus, Lat. ] Diflurbed ftate ; 
 
 want of quiet ; attack, on the quiet. 
 
 Having had fuch expciiencc of his fidelity and 
 obfcrvance abroad, he found himfcif engaged in 
 honour to fupport him at home from any f.irthet 
 inquietude. IVfAt'.ti 
 
 Iron, that has fVood long in a window, being 
 
 thence taken, and by a coik bal.incerl in water, 
 
 where it may have a fiee mobility, will bewray a 
 
 kind Q^ inquietude and difcontentmciit 'till it at- 
 
 -lain the former pofition. IVottbn. 
 
 The youtiiful hero, with returning liglit. 
 Rofe anxious from th' inquietudes oi night. Pzj'e. 
 
 JorNQUiNATE. 'u.a, [i,/yK;/;o, Lat.] 
 To pollute ; to corrupt. 
 
 An old opinion it was, that the ibis feeding 
 upon Icrpenls, tliat venomous food fo inqu:- 
 nrt/iTt/ their ova! conceptions, tliat they fomeiimes 
 came foilh in fcrpentine fhapes. Btowri. 
 
 Inq.li IN A TI ON. H.y. yinquhiatiOy Latin; 
 ixovci'tnqinnate,'\ Corruption; polhition. 
 
 Their caiifcs and axioms ;irc fo full of imagi- 
 nation, and fo in:c«f^cd with tiie old leceivecl the- 
 ories, as they are mere inqui'iutiorn of experience, 
 and concoct it not. I^acon. 
 
 The middle a<5tion, which produceth fuch im- 
 perfcifV bodies, is fitly cajled by fomc of vhe an- 
 cients inquin.it ion ^ or inconco(?tion, wiiich is a 
 kind of putrcfaiftion. Bacon. 
 
 Inqui'rable. ad'], \{\Qi:i\ Inquire. ^ That 
 
 of which inquiiition or inquefl may be 
 
 made. 
 To INQUIRE. 1;. n, [ir«5'w/r^r,French ; 
 
 ;wyi//ro, Latin.] 
 1, To alk e^ucllions ; to make fearch ; to 
 
 exert curiofity on any occafion : witli of 
 
 before the pcrfon aflced. 
 
 You have o\t ir^:/ir^fi 
 
 Aftcrthc nKphtid th;ircomp!ain'd"of \ovc. S/nik. 
 Wc will c;i;l the damfcl, apd iK-iun^ At her 
 
 Hefod inquired of them diligciuly. Matthtio. 
 
 Tncy began to inquire among ihcmfclvcs, 
 ^thich_ of them it was that fhould do this thing ? 
 
 Luke. 
 
 He fent Hadoram to king David, to inquitc 
 of hh welfare. i Citron. 
 
 li is a fubjeifl of a \ery nuble inquiry, to /«- 
 qurte of the more fubtlle perceptions; for it is 
 another key to open natur.-, as well ai the houfe. 
 
 I/uan'i Natural Hjf.ory. 
 
 2. It is ufed with Into when fomething ib 
 already iinpeifec\ly known. 
 
 It m.jv dcferve our belt fki 1 to inquire into 
 thole rules, by which we may guide our judg- 
 ment. S'yf.th. 
 
 The ftcp-dame poifon for the fon prepares ; 
 The fon inquires inlo his father's yeais. Dtydcri. 
 
 3. Sometimes with of. 
 Under their grateful fhadc TEncas fat ; 
 
 His left young Pallas kept, fix'cl to his fide, 
 And oft of winds injuir'Hf and of the tide. 
 
 Dryden's j€.ncid 
 
 4. With after when fomething is loft or 
 m'fling ; in which cafe for is likewife 
 uf:d. 
 
 /',^,v;V(f/or one Saul of Tarfus. ABi. 
 
 They are more in dr.ngcr to go out of the way, 
 who are marching under a guide that will mif- 
 lead them, than he that is likelier to be pre- 
 vailed on to inquire <fter tiie right way. LotLc. 
 
 5. With about^ when fuller ir.tcUigence is 
 dcfirec). 
 
 To tliofc who inquired oho-.^t me, my lo\cr 
 would aniwcr, that I was an old dependent upon 
 his fiimily. Swift. 
 
 6. To make examination. 
 
 Awful Rhp.damanthus iiiles the ftate : 
 He hears ?.nd judges each committed crime, 
 Irquirei into the manner, place, and time. 
 
 £)rydin'i ^ncid. 
 
 To Inqui're, 1)* a. 
 
 1. To ailc about; to feek out : as, he in- 
 quired the way. 
 
 2. To call ; to name. Obfolete. 
 C.mute had his portion from ihc reft, 
 
 The which he call'd Canutium, for his hire. 
 Now Cantium, which Kent we commonly in- 
 quire. Spcnfe, . 
 
 I N QU 'i R E R . n. f. [ from inquire. ] 
 
 1, Searcher; examiner; one curious and 
 inqiilfitive. 
 
 \Vh;it fatisfa£tion may be obtained from tbofe 
 viulcni ililputcrs, and eager irruiters into what 
 day of the month tlie world Ugan : Biojun. 
 
 What 's good doth open to tii.* i?:qu}rer% Il:iiid, 
 And itfelf offers to th' accepting hand. Denham. 
 
 Supeilicial inquircn may latisfy thcmfelves 
 
 that the parts of matter are united by ligament-:. 
 
 Glamnlic'i S-epf.'s. 
 
 This is a queition onty of inquirers, not dif- 
 purers, who neither affirm nor deny, but exa- 
 mine. Lo.kf. 
 
 Li.rc inquirers by their glafTes f.nd, 
 That ev'ry inleitof each d'tTerent kind, 
 In its own egg, chear'd by the folarrays. 
 Organs involv'd and latent life difplays. Binckm. 
 
 2. One who inlerrogates; one who quef- 
 tions. 
 
 iNQt'i'RY. n.f. [from /rtyu/r^.] 
 
 1, Inte.Togation ; fearch Ly quelHon. 
 The men which were fent from Cornelius had 
 
 made inquiry foi Simon's houfe, and Hood be- 
 fore the gate. --/(7i. 
 
 2. Examination; fearch. 
 
 This ex;'.\"ncls is ahlolutely necefl'.iry in inqui- 
 ries alter philofopbical knowledge, and in cun- 
 trovcrfies about truth. Ij.tke. 
 
 As to the irijuiry about Hbcrty, 1 think the 
 (luettion is not proper, whether the will be free, 
 but whether a man be free? Lair. 
 
 I have been engaged in phyfical inquiries. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 It is a real inquiry^ concerning the nature uf a 
 
 bu<3, or a liat, to make their yet imperretft Wea$ 
 of it more complete. L'jcke, 
 
 Judgment or opinion, in a remoter fcnfe, may 
 be called invention : as when a judge or a phyfi- 
 cian makes an exact inquiry into any canfe. 
 
 Greiv's Cojmo!o''iii Siicrtt, 
 Inquisi'tion. n.f. [_inqui/iiion, ¥:. inqui* 
 Jilio, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Judicial inquiry. 
 
 When he maketh irquijition for blood, he le- 
 membe.elh them ; he fugettcrh not the cry of t!ie 
 humble. Pfulms. 
 
 When inquijition wlis made of the n.alier, ic 
 was found out. Effier, 
 
 Wi;ii nuich feveritv, and ftriot inquijitionj weiQ 
 punithtd tiie adr.erents and aiders of tlic lute re- 
 bels. B'ic&n''s Hsnry v 1 r. 
 
 Though ir may be impofiiblc to iccolje*^ 
 every tailirg, yet you are fo fai' to excrcife an t^- 
 qidjnion upon youil'clf, as, by obferving lcfr< ■• 
 pcirticu'iii s, you may the better difcovt r what tl.t; 
 corruption ctfyour natuic fways you to. Taylo', 
 
 Ry yom good leave, 
 Thefe men will be your judges: we nmft (land 
 The inquifiiion oi their raillery 
 Ow oui condition. Southern^ 
 
 2. Exaniination ; difcuflion. 
 
 Wc were willing to make a pattern or prece- 
 dent of an ca'A^ inquijition. B.icou'i Nijt. Uijl, 
 
 3. [In law.] A manner of proceeding in 
 matters criminal, by the office of the 
 judge. CoioelL 
 
 4. The couit eftablifhed in fome countries 
 fubjt6t to the pope for the dete£tion o£ 
 hercfy. 
 
 One kifs of bcr's, and but eighteen words. 
 Pur cjui^e down the SpaniOi inqufui^jn. Corbet^ 
 
 INQLU'SrriVE. adj. [/V.-^«//r/r/j, Lat.] 
 Cuiious ; bufy in fearch ; at^Hve to pry 
 into any thing : with ahout^ ^f^f^ inio^ 
 or of and fometimcs /o- 
 
 My boy at eighteen years became inquijitive 
 Jlfter his brother. Shakfp. Comedy of Errours. 
 
 This idlcnefs, together witli fear of imminent 
 mifchicfs, ba\e been the caufc-that the Irifh were 
 ever tlie WiO^Ci.iquift.vc people r>jt(r news of any 
 nation in the world. Vuvies, 
 
 He is not inqui/uive into tiie reafonableiiefs of 
 ind::i"crent and innocent commands. Ta^/or^ 
 
 It can be no duty to write his heart upon his 
 foiehe.id, and to give all the inquifitroc and raa- 
 liciL'US woild a furvey of thofe thoughts, which 
 is the prerogative of Goctonly to know. SautK 
 
 His old (haking fire, 
 lnq:tf:tii'e oj figiiti, liili luEigs in valn 
 To find him in the nimil ec of the flaln. Drydtn^ 
 
 Then what the Gallick arms will do, _ 
 Arfanxioufly inquifiti-ve to know. Drydat, 
 
 A Dutch ambafl'ador, entert.unmg the king of 
 Siam with the pai ticularitics of Hol'and, which 
 he was in-j:afitive <fier, told him tiiat the wa- 
 ter w ould, in cold weather, be fo hard that men 
 walked upon it. Lxic.hs, 
 
 The whole neighbourhood gtew inquiftti've 
 tfter my name and cliaratfter. AddiJ'.n's Spe^. 
 
 A wi'"c man is nut inqnifitive about things im- 
 pertinent. Brounie. 
 
 They cannot bear with the impenincnt qucf- 
 
 tions of a young inquifitivc and fprigbtly genius. 
 
 I'P'alti on ikf Mind. 
 
 Inqui'sitxvely. adi}. [from iiiqutfti'Dc.'\ 
 With curtolky ; with narrow fcrutiny. 
 
 Inqui'sitiveness. «, f [from iiiqui/i' 
 five.'] Curiofity; diligence to pry 
 into things hidden. 
 
 Though lie ihoUj^ht inquifitvvcnefi an uncomely 
 gacli; he could not but alk wlio fhc was. Stdr.ty. 
 Heights tliat fcorn our jnolpetSV, and depths ia 
 which reafon will nevi-r toucli the bottom, yet 
 fuicly the pleature aiilirg from ihcncc is gicac 
 and noble ; fur as much as they arford perpetual 
 maftLr to the inquiftivemfi of human reaf-in, .md 
 fcj arc Lirge enough for it to take its full itopcs 
 and range in. Hout^'i SeitK'':.^^
 
 I N S 
 
 Providence, delivering gicat conclufions to us, 
 ^Icfigiicd tu excite our cutiofity and inquijuivenej^ 
 after liic metliods hy wliici^ things weie brought 
 to pafs. B:anct- 
 
 Curiofity in c^'ldrcn nature has provided, to 
 remove tliat ignoiance tliey were born wilti ; 
 wliicii, without tins bufy infjiiijilivcncjij will 
 m; kc them dull. L<jch. 
 
 Inqui'sitor. n.f. [inqulfilor,'LsX\n; in- 
 qwfitcur, F'lench.] 
 
 1. One who examines judicially. 
 
 In thcfc pnrticulars I have played myfclf the 
 irfjuifitorf and find nothing connarv to religion 
 • r manners, but rather mcdicinable. JJ.tr^n. 
 
 Minos, the Itridt hiqi'ifite^ry appears. 
 And lives and crimes wiin hi safTelTors hears. Dy:l. 
 
 2. An officer in the popifh courts of in" 
 quifiiiou. 
 
 ToInra'il. v. a. [/'« and ri/.-'A] To en- 
 clofe with rails. 
 In things ind'Iferenr, what the whole church 
 ■»lolli ti.ink conveniiiit ('or the whole, the fame i( 
 ai.y pr.it do wi'fully violate, it may be reiornitd 
 and in>.:ilci! again, by that general authority 
 whereunto each paiticular is fuljjetf^. IhUcr. 
 
 W'hcic fam'd St. Giles's ancient limits fpte.ad, 
 An ;>;r^/.'y'(/ column rears its lofty head ; 
 Here to lev'n llrccts fev'n dials count ihe d.iv, 
 And iVom each other c.itch the circling rav. Gay.~ 
 I'nroad. n.f. [in nnd road.~\ Incuilion; 
 fudden and dciultory invafion. 
 
 Many hot inrsatis_ 
 
 They make in Italy. Sliatfpeare. 
 
 From Scotland we have had in former times 
 
 fomc ala'ms and ittrondi into the northern parts 
 
 of this kingdom. Bacon, 
 
 By proof we feel 
 Our pow'r futficient to dillurb his heav'n 
 And with perpetual hiror.d. to alarm, 
 Though inacceffible his fatal throne. MHion. 
 
 The lofs of Shrewfbuiy expofed all North 
 Wales to the daily inroadi iii the enemy. Clarcnd. 
 
 The country open l.iy wi'hout defence ; 
 For poets frequent inroadi there had made. Dryd. 
 Insa'nable. atij. [infanabilis, L,atin.] 
 
 Incurable ; infmedlable. 
 Insa'ne. adj. r/ff/an«.r, Latin.] 
 
 1. Mad. 
 
 2. Making mad. 
 
 Were fuch things here as we do fpeak about ? 
 Or have we eaten of the infant root. 
 That takes the icafon prifoncr.^ Shakfpeare 
 
 INSATIABLE, adi. IkfatlabiUs, La- 
 tin ; infaliabk, French.] Greedy be- 
 yond meafurc ; greedy fo as not to be 
 fatisfied. 
 Insa'tiableness. n.f. [from infatiable.'\ 
 Greedinefs not to be appeafed. 
 
 Some men's hydropick injatuUcmfs had 
 
 learned to thirll the more, by how mucli more 
 
 they drank. King Churlis. 
 
 Insa'tiably. adv. [from infaliabk.] 
 
 With greedinefs not to be appeafed. 
 
 They were extremely ambitious, and infaiiai/y 
 covetous ; and theiefore no impreifion, from ar- 
 gument or miracles, could reach them. S'/uih. 
 Insatiate, adj. [infatiatiis, Latin.] 
 Greedy fo as m)t to be fatisfied. 
 
 My mother went with child 
 Of that itjjaiiatf Ed*vard. Shakjp. Richard iJi. 
 
 Infitutu to puvfuc 
 Vain war with heav'n. ' i\/;.'/o/:. 
 
 Too oft has pride, 
 And licllirti d'fcord, and infiii.ite thiifl- 
 Of others rights, our quiet difcompos'd Pliiiipi. 
 Insatisfa'ction. n.f. [in and fatisfac- 
 tion.'} Want ; imfatisfied (late. Not in 
 life. 
 
 It is a profound contemplation in nature, to 
 xonfider the emptinefs or inJaiifiHion of feveral 
 iodics, and of their .ippetite to take in othcis. 
 SamCs Natural tiijivf. 
 
 I N S 
 
 Ins a'ti;rable. adj. [infiiurabilis, Lat.] 
 Not to be glutted ; not to be filled. 
 
 To Inscui'be. v. a. [infciibo, Latin; /'«- 
 fcrire, French.] 
 
 1. To write on any thing. It is generally 
 applied to foinething written on a mo- 
 nuincnt,or on the outfidc of fomelhin;;. 
 It is therefore more freqt:cntly ufed with 
 on than in. 
 
 I" all you writ to Rome, or clfc 
 To foreign princes, ego £3* ic.v tr.cus 
 Was (fill i'lfcrih^d. St'aljt>it^rc'i Hcrtry Vlll. 
 
 Connatuial piinciplcs .are in themlclvcs highly 
 reafon^bic, and dcduciblo by a flrorg procefs of 
 ratiocination to be nioft true ; and confeqtiently 
 the high cxcrcifc of ratiocination might evince 
 their truth, thouglitl.ercwerc no fuch originally in- 
 fcrihcd imhc nn.id. f/a/Vj Otii-in f Mi'ikinl. 
 Ycweeping loves ! thcrtrt-aTi with myrlleshide. 
 And with your golden daits, now ultlefs grown, 
 hijcribc a vcrfe oh th's relenting flone. Vope. 
 
 2. To mark any thing with wriling : as, I 
 infcriben the flone with my name. 
 
 3. To aflign to a patron without a formal 
 dedication. ■ 
 
 One ode, which pleafed me in the reading, I 
 have attempted to tianflatein Pindaiick' veife ; 
 'tis that wiiich is in^cjibed to the prelcnt earl of 
 Rochcfler. Dtydcn. 
 
 4. To draw a figure within another. 
 
 In tlie circle infctibc a fquare. 
 
 Nilei to Creech^ 1 Manifiui. 
 
 Inscri'ption. n.f. [infeription, Fr. in- 
 fcriptio, liatin.] 
 
 1. Something written or engraved. 
 
 This avarice of praife in time to come, 
 Thofe long infcriflioas crowded on the tomb. 
 
 Dryden, 
 
 2. Title. 
 
 Joubertus by the fame title led our expefla- 
 tion, whereby we reaped no advantage, it an- 
 fweiing fcarce at all the promile of the infer ip- 
 tioTt. Biown's Vulgar Erroun. 
 
 3. In law. 
 
 An obligation made in wiiring, whereby the 
 accufer binds himfelf to undergo the fame pu- 
 nilhment, if lie (hall not prove the crime which 
 he ohje(£ls to *he party accufed, in his accufarory 
 libel, as the defendant himfelf ought to fufifer, 
 if the fame be proved. .^yliffe'i Parcr^cn. 
 
 4. Confignmcnt of a book to a patron 
 without a formal dedication. 
 
 Tnscr u'ta BLE. adj. [infcrnfatifis, Lat. 
 infcni/ab/c,¥i.] L'nfearchablc ; not to 
 be traced out by inquiry or ftudy. 
 
 A jert unfecn, infcnitablif inviflble. 
 As a weather-cock on a fteeple. Shakfpcarc. 
 
 Tilts king had a large lieart, inJrrutahU for 
 good, and was wholly bent to make liis kingdom 
 and people happy. Bacon. 
 
 O how injcrut.d-le ! his equity 
 Twins with his power. Sandys. 
 
 Hereunto they have recouife as unto the oracle 
 of life, the great detcrmiiiator of virginity, con- 
 ception, fertility, and the inJcrutabU infirniities of 
 the whole body. Bioiuti. 
 
 We Ihould contemplate reverently the works 
 of nature and grace, the injcrutahh ways of pro- 
 vidence, and all the wonderful methods of God's 
 dealing with men. Jjitetbitry. 
 
 ToInscu'lp. v. a. [in/ta^o, Latin.] To 
 engrave ; to cut. 
 
 A coin that hears the figure of an angel 
 S;.amped in gold, but that //:/K//ir upon. S/i^iifp. 
 Inscu'lpture. n. f. [from in zndfu/p- 
 /nre.] Any thing engraved. 
 
 Timon is dead, 
 Enlomb'd upon the very hem o' th' fca ; 
 And o'A the grave- (lone tiiis infcit/pturcj which 
 Wirii wax I Drought away. Siia^jpcitn. 
 
 It was ufual to wear rings on either hand ; 
 but when precious gcuis and rich injculftura were 
 
 INS - 
 
 added, thecuftomof wearing them wag tranflated 
 unto the left. luo^iun. 
 
 To Inse'am. v. a. [/',i andyjam.] To im- 
 prefs or mark by a feam or cicatrix. 
 Deep o'er his knee injeam'd rcmain'd the fear. 
 
 fopr. 
 INSECT, n. f [infa'fa, Latin.] 
 
 1. Infccis may be confidered together as 
 one great tribe of animals : thty are 
 called infeiHs from a fcparation in the 
 middle of their bodies, whereby they 
 are cut into two part.":, which arc joined 
 together by a fmall ligature, as wc fee 
 in wafps and common flies. I..ocie, 
 
 Beaft, bird, i/tjcct, or worm, durft entrr none. 
 
 MUton, 
 
 2. Any thing fmall or contemptible^ 
 
 In ancient times the facied plough cmploy'd 
 The kings, and awfnl fathcis of mankind ; 
 And fome with whom compar'd, your infcSt 
 
 tribes 
 Arc but the beings of a fummcr's day. Thotnfn. 
 Inslcta'tor. n.f. [from fn/irffor, Latin.] 
 One liiat perftcutes or haraffes with 
 purfuit. Dicl. 
 
 Inse'ctile. adj. [from ;n/ffl.] Having 
 the nature of infefts. 
 
 InJ.Bilr animals, for want of blood, run ill 
 out into legs. Bacon. ^ 
 
 Insecto'loger, n.f. [;n/^i3 and >,iy&.] 
 One who liudies or dcfcribes infcifls. A 
 word, I believe, unauthorized. 
 
 The infciSt itlclf is, arcoidmg to modern ntjrc^ 
 tologers, of the ichnciimon-fiy kind. Dcrham, 
 
 Insecu're. adj. [in andy^jurc] 
 
 1. Not fecure ; not confident of fafety. 
 
 He is liable to a grear many inconveniences 
 every moment of his life, and is continually in- 
 fecure not only of the good things of this life, but 
 even of life itfelf. Tdiolfon, 
 
 2. Not fafe. 
 
 Insecu'slity. n.f. [in zn&feciirily.l 
 
 1. Uncertainty; want of confidence. 
 
 It may beeafily perceived with what trfecvrify 
 of truth wc afcrihc eff'tifts, depending upon the 
 natural period of time, unto aibitrary calcula- 
 tions, and fuch as vary at picafure. Biovin. 
 
 2. Want of fafety ; danger ; hazard. 
 
 The unieafonal Unci's and piefumption, the 
 danger and dclperate injeeuri/y of thofc that have 
 not 10 much as a thought, all their lives long, tu 
 advance fo far as attrition and contrition, forrow, 
 and refolutlon of amendment. tiammoftd , 
 
 Insemination, n. / [infemination, Fr. 
 infemino, Lat.] The a6t of fcattering 
 feed on ground. 
 Insecu'tion. n. f. [infecution, Fr. infe- 
 aitio, Lat.] Purfuit. Not in ufc. 
 Not the king's own hoi fc got more before' the 
 wheel 
 Of his rich chariot, that raiglit flill ihe infecution 
 
 feel. 
 
 With the extreme ha'rs of his tail. Cbapmar.. 
 
 Inse'nsate. adj. [irfaifi, French; 
 
 infenfato, Itahan.] Stupid; wanting 
 
 thought; wanting fenfibiiity. 
 
 Ye be reprobates ; ubduratc injerfate creatures. 
 
 Hamnior:d. 
 So fond are mortal men, 
 As their own ruin on themielvcs i' invite, 
 Injenftte left, or to fcnfe reprobate, 
 And with blindnefs internal llruck. A/.'.Vso. 
 
 Insensibi'lity. n.f. [infenftbiliie, Fr. 
 
 from infenftblc.'] 
 I. Inability to perceive. 
 
 l>^fetfiltHty of flow motions may be ihiw ac- 
 counted for : motion cannor^ic perceived without 
 perception of the parts of fp.icc which is lefr, 
 and thwic which it ne.\t acquires, GUnvi^tt. 
 
 M 2
 
 INS 
 
 4. Stupidity ; dtilnefs of mental percep- 
 tion. 
 3. Torpor; dulnefs of corporal fenfe. 
 Inse'nsible. adj. [;«/?n///5/f, French,.] 
 i. Imperceptible; not difcoverable by the 
 fenfes. 
 
 What ii that wr>id honour? air; a trim rec- 
 koning. Wiio hath- it? he tli.it died a WeHiicf- 
 <Jay. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? nu 
 Is it hiftnfihlt&.cwi yen, tm the dead : hul will 
 it nut live with the living? no. Why? rie- 
 traflion will not fuft'cr it. Shakffrare. 
 
 Two fmall and almoft inftvfthk pricks were 
 found upo)i Cleopatra's arm. Broixif. 
 
 The dcnfu aiid bright light of the circ'e will 
 obfcure the rare and weak light of thcfe d.n k 
 colours round about it, and render them almolt 
 inJtnfibU. Niiu:',K'i Opiicii. 
 
 2. Slowly gradual, fo as that no piogrefs 
 is perceived. 
 
 They fall away, 
 And langiiilh with infcrftlU decay. Viy.hn. 
 
 3. Void of feeling, cither mental or cor- 
 poral. 
 
 I thought 
 I then wa? palTing to my former ftate 
 InfcnfiHe, and forthwith to diflblve. Milton. 
 
 Accept an obligation without being a flavc to 
 the giver, or injinfibli of his kindnefs. H^oiton. 
 A. Void of emotion or afFettion. 
 
 You grow inJenftUt to the convcniency of 
 riches, the delights of honour and praife. Temple 
 You render mankind it^ferfihle to their beauties, 
 and have deftroyed the empire of love. Drydtn. 
 Inse'nsibleness. n.f. [from in/enJ!Ue.] 
 Abfence of perception ; inability to per- 
 ceive. 
 
 The infmfihlenefs of the pain proceeds rather 
 from the relaxation of the nerves than their ob- 
 ftruflion. R^y 
 
 Isse'nsibly. adv. [from infenftik.'] 
 
 1. Imperceptibly; in ftich a manner as is 
 not difcovered by the fenfes. 
 
 The planet earth, fo ftcdfart though (he feem, 
 Iifrnfit-ly three different motions moves. Milton 
 
 The hills rife injenfihly, and leave the eye a vart 
 uninterrupted profpecfV. JldJijon on Itoly. 
 
 2. By flow degrees. 
 
 Equal they were form'd, 
 Save what fin liaili impair-'d, which yet hath 
 
 wrought 
 I„fir/,ily. Milton. 
 
 Propofals agreeable to our palTions will infen- 
 Jthly prevail upon our weaknef... Roger,. 
 
 Cadcnus 
 Japnjihly came on her fide. ^ Sivijt. 
 
 -3. Without mental or corporal fenfe. 
 Is-separabi'lity. \ n.f. [from /n/J- 
 Inse'parableness. S parable.'\ The 
 quality of bein£r fnch as cannot be fe- 
 vered or divided. 
 
 The parts of pu:e fpacc are immoveable, 
 ■which follows from Ihcir i-ifepjrahi!ity, morion 
 being nothing but change of dirtancc between 
 sny two things; but this cannot be between parts 
 that are infeparable. Lorkf. 
 
 Imse'p ARABLE. a(^. [wfeparable, French; 
 infcparabUls, Latin.] Not to be dif- 
 joined ; united fo as not to be parted. 
 
 Ancient times figure both the incorporation 
 and /V:/Vy>.ir<iWf conjunAion of counfcl wiih kings, 
 and the wife and politick ui'e of counfcl by 
 kings. S"-""- 
 
 Thori, my (Hade 
 
 Infeparable, muft with me along ; 
 
 For death from fm nopow'rcan feparate. Miltcn. 
 
 Care and toil came into the world with fin, 
 
 anil remain ever finre infeparable from it. Sm/!i. 
 
 No body feels pain, that he wilhcs not to be 
 
 eafed of, with a dcfue equal to that pain, and 
 
 J -.J, parable from it. ■ Lode. 
 
 The paits of pure fpace arc irffparalle one 
 
 I N S 
 
 from the other, fo that the continuity cannot be 
 feparattd, neither re.rlly nor ment.illy. Lnke. 
 
 Together out they fjy, 
 Tr:repijr,ible now the truth, and lie ; 
 And this or that ur.mixt no mortal e'ei Ihall find. 
 
 Pop,. 
 
 Inse'parably. adv. [horn in/eparal-L.] 
 With indiffoluble union. 
 
 Drowning of metaU n, when tlie bafer metal is 
 fo incorporate with the moie rich as it cannot be 
 feparated ; as if filver Ihotild be inftpumbly rti- 
 corporatcd with gold. B.kou. 
 
 Him thou (halt enjoy, 
 Infefuirably thine. ' Millar}. 
 
 Rei^lclTncfs of mind focms !nfcparably^nnc\<:ti 
 to human nature. TanpU. 
 
 A-heilfs muft confcfs, that before that alTigned 
 pei-iod niattei had e.xilled eternally, i:feparably 
 endued with this principle of attraAion ; and 
 yet had never atlraijlcd nor convened before, 
 during that infinite duration. Benilcy. 
 
 To INSE'RT. V. a. [juferer, Fr. infero, 
 iiiferliim, Latin.] To place in or among 
 other things. 
 
 Thole words were very weakly inferte,l,where 
 they are fo liable to mifconthuflion. Siillingficet. 
 
 With the worthy gentieman's; name I will /«- 
 ft:t it at lengtli in one of my papers. A.IUJoti. 
 
 It is the editors intcreft to infcrt what tiie 
 author's judgment had rejcftcd. Sii'ift. 
 
 Poely and oratory omit things not efrcntial,diid 
 Infert little beautiful digrclfious, in oriier to 
 place cveiy thing in the molt .rft'efling light. 
 
 Il'alli. 
 
 Inse'rtioK. n.f. [liifcrtton,Yi. wfertio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft of placing any thing in or 
 among other matter. 
 
 The great difadvantage our hiftorians labour 
 under is too tedious an rnterruption, by the in- 
 Jeit-.on of records in their narration. Felicr. 
 
 An ileus, commonly called the twilling of the 
 guts, is either a circumvolution ot irijertion of one 
 part of the gut within the other. Atbuth'-ot. 
 
 2. The thing inferted. 
 
 He foftcns the relation by fuch Infcrtiam be- 
 fore he defcribes the event. Broome. 
 
 To Inse'rve. "v.a. [:n/Jrcio, Latin.] To 
 be of ufe to an end. 
 
 Inse'rvient. ailj. \jnfer-viens, Latin.] 
 Conducive; of ufe to an end. 
 
 The providence of God, which difpofeth of 
 no part in vain, where there is no digeftion to be 
 made, makes not any parts injervicnt to that in- 
 tention. Broiun. 
 
 ToInshe'll. -0. a. [in znA Jhell,^ To 
 hide in a (hell. Not ufed. 
 
 Aufidiiis, hearing of our Marcius' banifhment, 
 Thrufls forth his horns again into the world. 
 Which were mjlull'd when Marcius (food for 
 
 Rome, 
 And dur(V not once peep out. ' Shakjpeare. 
 
 To Inshi'p. "u. a. \in and_/5//).] To (liut 
 in a fhip ; to ilow ; to embark. Not 
 ufed. We fay fimply toyZr/|». 
 See tkcm fafely brougiit to Dover ; where, in- 
 Jhipp\l, 
 Commit them to the fortune of the fca. Sbakfp 
 To Inshri'ne. 1). a. [/h ^nifhrine.'] To 
 enclole in a (hrine or precious cafe. It 
 is written equally ettfhrine. 
 
 Warlike and martial Talbot, Burgundy 
 Injhritiei thee in his heart. Shakfpearc. 
 
 Not Babylon, 
 Equall'd in all its glories, to injiirine Belus. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 1'nside. n.f. \jnxs\& ftiie.~\ Interiour 
 part ; part within : oppofed to the fur- 
 face or outf.de. 
 
 Lock'd he o' th' if .If of the paper? 
 — Hi; did iinfeal them. Sliak^piart's Henry viii. 
 
 INS 
 
 SViCw the inftAs of your purfc to the oulfide of 
 his blind, and no mote udo. ^h.ikf^siire. 
 
 Here are the outficles of the one, tlic injldct 
 of the other, and there 's the moiety 1 promifcd 
 >c, VEf range. 
 
 As for the '.nfi-.lt of their neft, none but thcm- 
 fclvci were conc'.:rncd in it. Addifon, 
 
 Insidia'tor. ;;./. [Lat.] One who lies 
 In wait. D'lB, 
 
 INSI'DIOUS. adj. {jvjldkux, French; 
 zrjtdiofus^ Latin. j Sly; circumventlve; 
 dih'gent to entrap ; treacherous. 
 
 Since men mark all our Ucpb, and watch our 
 haltiNgs, let a Icnfc of their in/idious vigilance ex- 
 cite us fo to behave ourfelvcSj that ihey may find 
 a con\iȣtion of the riHghty pjuerof chriliiauity 
 towards rcgulahng the pafliuns. AticrOufy, 
 
 They wing theii cuuifc, 
 And dart on difiant coalh, if fomc fh.irp rock^ 
 , Oi!i fhoal frjjidiousj breaks not their caieer. 
 
 Insi'diously. adv, [hom in/idious.] lit 
 a fly and treacherous manner; with ma* 
 licious artifice. 
 
 The callle of Cadmus was taken by Phchidas 
 the Laccdem.onian, injidloujly and in violation of 
 iciigue. Bacon, 
 
 Simeon and Levi fpoke not only falfcl)" but 
 infi.iio'jjlyj nay hypocritically, abufing their pro- 
 Telytes and their religion, for the eftl-cting their 
 cruel defigiis. Gwcrnment cf the Tcngue, 
 
 I'n s I G H T. H. /. [irjichty Dutch. This 
 word had formerly the accent on the la/t 
 fyllable.] Introfpecllon ; deep view; 
 knowledge of the interiour parta ; tho- 
 rough flvill In any thing. 
 
 Hardy fhcpherd, fuch as thy merits, fuch may 
 be her i'^fight juitly to grant thee reward. Sidney, 
 
 Straiglitway font with careful diligence 
 To fetch a leech, the which had great infight 
 In that difeafe of grieved confciencc, 
 And well could cure the fame; his name waff 
 Patience. Spcnjet . 
 
 Now will be the right feafon of forming them 
 to be able writers, when they fhall be thus 
 fraught with an univerfal infigkt into things. 
 
 Milt an. 
 
 The ufe of a \\X\\(i injight in thofe parts of know- 
 ledge, which are not a man's proper btifinefs, 15 
 to accuftom our minds to alt foits of ideas. 
 
 Locke, 
 
 A garden gives us a great injight into the con- 
 trivance and wifdom of providence, and fug- 
 gcfls innumerable fubjedts of meditation. 
 
 Due confideration, and a deeper injight into 
 
 things, would foon have made them fenfible of 
 
 their error. PVcodiuard. 
 
 Insigni'ficance, 1 n, f. [injl^nijicance, 
 
 Insigni'ficancy, J French; from .'«- 
 
 fignificant.] 
 
 1, Want of meaning ; unmeaning terms. 
 
 To give an account of all the i.'ijtguijicancici 
 and verbal nothings of tliis phiiofophy, would be 
 to tranfcribe it. . GlanvHUt 
 
 2. Unimportance. 
 
 As I wa> ruminating on that I hnd fcen, I 
 could not furbcar reflecting on the infigniJiciiKiy 
 of human art, when fet in compariTon with tl^e 
 delign.s of providence. AAdiJin. 
 
 My annals are in mouidy mildews wroughr. 
 With caiy infigmjicunce of thoug.t, iiarch. 
 
 Insigni'fic ANT. udj, [mand^^^n/^cj/i/. ] 
 
 1. Wanting meaning; voiJof fignihcation. 
 
 'Till vou can weight and giavity explain, 
 Thofe words are injigtv^cant and vain. BUukm^ 
 
 2. Unimportant ; Wanting weight ; inef- 
 fectual. This fenfe, though fuppoited 
 by authority, Is not very proper. 
 
 Thar I migiktnot be vapouied down by /n^c'--- 
 ji:aiit teftimunies, I prefumcd to \.\{t rlie great 
 name of your focicty to annihilate tW. fuch ar- 
 guments. Gianv, Sce^Jis^ Prefiue,
 
 I N S 
 
 Calumny robs the puhlick of all that benefit 
 that it may juiiiy claim fium the wuilh anti vir- 
 tue of jnirticulnr pt-ifons, by rcndciiiig their vir- 
 tue Ultvily inftgnijicant. South. 
 
 All the arguments to :i good life wiU he veiy 
 injiiinijicant to a man ih.ir hani a mind to he 
 Wicked, when rcmitliou of fins m.iy he li.i:i 
 upon cheap teim;.. Tn'htj^'t. 
 
 Notiii:'g can be mote conlcmptjble and i"fi^ 
 nifcnnt tnan the fcum of a pcgplcy iniH^^icii 
 agjmtt a knig. .-id.ujon, 
 
 III a hLtnjrrhagc from the lungs, no remedy fo 
 proper as lileedi"g, often upcaicd : llypU:.ksa c 
 often infign:J}*^a>it, .hbuthnot, 
 
 InsignTficantly. adv. [ Uo qi mf.^nU 
 
 fie ant. ] 
 
 1. Without meaning. 
 
 Kirds a<c taught lu vifc aiticiilafc words, ytt 
 thry undeifiand not their import, hut ufe thcin 
 irifigniJicMitlyf as the organ or pipe renders the 
 tune, wliich it undciilands nut. Hale. 
 
 2. Without importance or c-fFefi, 
 Insince'ue. aJj. -\_tnfmccruiy Lat, in and 
 
 Jincere.^ 
 
 1. Not what he appears; not hearty j dif- 
 fcmhiing ; unfaithful : of perfons. 
 
 2. Nut found ; corrupted : of things. 
 
 Ah why, Psnclopc, this caufekfs leai 
 To tender Ikep's loft \)\c\\\n^sinfinfete ? 
 Ahke devote to for row's dire cxtirme, 
 Th« day reffc<ftion, and the midnight dream. 
 
 Ins ivce'rity. n. f, [from tnjiucere.] 
 
 Difiiinulation ; want of truth or fidelity. 
 
 a men fliould always a<5l undcramaflt, and 
 
 in difguifcj tital indeed betrays dcfign and injin- 
 
 ccrity. Broome on the O.iyjfty. 
 
 JoInsi'nevv. 13. a, [/K and^n^cf.] To 
 ftrengthen ; to confirm. Not ufed. 
 
 All members of our caufe. 
 That are infineivcd Xo tliis adtlon. Shakfpe^re. 
 
 Insi'nuant. adj. [French.] Having 
 the power to gain favour. 
 
 Men not fu quick perhaps of conceit as flow 
 to pafuoii:-, and comniotiiy Ufs inventive than 
 judicious, howfoever prove very plaufiblc, i'lfi- 
 nuiintj and fortunate men. f^ o:!o.'i. 
 
 To INSINUATE, -u. a. [infmeur, Fr, 
 tnjmuo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To introduce any tiling gently. 
 
 The warcr cafily infinnatis itklf into and pla- 
 citiiy (iillends the velTels of vegetables. IVoodw. 
 
 2. To pufh gently into favour or regard : 
 commonly with the reciprocal pronoun. 
 
 There is no p.uticular evil which hath not 
 fome appearance of goodncfs, wiiercby to hiftnu~ 
 ate itjeff. Hooker. 
 
 At the ifle of Rhee he infmimted h • mftff \\\io 
 the very good grace of the duke of Buckingham. 
 
 C/urcf:Jo7i. 
 
 3. To hint ; to impart Indiredly- 
 
 And all the fictions hards putfuc 
 Dn but ir/''!u.irc what 's true. Swif/. 
 
 4. To inftil ; to infufe gently. 
 
 AH the art of rhctorick, bcfide^ order and 
 cicarncfs, are for no'hing elfe but Ut infuiuutf 
 wiong ideas, move the palTiuns, and iheichy 
 miflead the judgment. Locke 
 
 To Insi'nuate. "v. n, 
 
 1 . To wheedle ; to gain on the afFctSlions 
 by gentle degrees. 
 
 f love no colours ; and witliout all colour 
 Of bale injinuctfhig flattery, 
 1 pluck thrs white role with Plantagenet. S/t,iif. 
 
 2. To {leal Into imperceptibly ; to be 
 conveyed infenfibly. 
 
 Peftilential miafms inftnuatc ifito the Ijumora 
 and confillent parts of the body. Haixuy. 
 
 3. I know not whether Milton does not 
 ufe this word, according to its ctymo- 
 
 I N s 
 
 lofjy, for, to enfold ; to wreath ; to 
 
 ■wiiui. 
 
 Clofc the ferpcnt fly 
 Injiiii.iting, ol \in h\3\ guile 
 Gare proof unlitcdtd. ^Hlmn. 
 
 Insinuation, n. f. [hjinuatio, Latin; 
 infiiiuation, French; from iti/iiiucile.] llie 
 power of pleafiiig or Healing upon tlie 
 affcdions; 
 
 When the induftiy of one man hath fettled 
 tlic woik. a new m.m, by infi'tunthn or mifm- 
 formatioii, may not Jupplant him witliout a jud 
 caufe. BiHun 
 
 He h;)d a natur.d infmuatir/t and addrefs, 
 which ni.ldi; liim acceptable in the beli: company, 
 
 Clitretuhn. 
 
 Insi'nv ATIVR. adj. ffrotn i/ijinuate.] 
 Stealing on the afFcflions. 
 
 It is a tVrangc injinuatii'c power which ex- 
 ample and cul^om have upon us. 
 
 GoVfr'Jtrifnt of the Tont^uf. 
 
 Insinua'tor. n. /. \_itifinualor, Latin.] 
 
 He that Iiirinuatcs. Ainfivort'i. 
 
 INSI'PID. adj. [inftpide, French; itifipi- 
 
 dus, Latin.] 
 I. Wanting tafte; wanting power of af- 
 
 feiling the organs of guft. 
 Some cnrtlis y.eld, by diftillation, a liquor 
 
 very far from being inodorous or h'Jipid. Boj/c. 
 Our fathers much admir'd their fauces fwcct. 
 
 And often call'd for fugar with rheir meat; . 
 
 InJii^iJ taftc, old friend, to them that Paris knew, 
 
 VVheic loc.imbole, Ihallot, and the rank girlick 
 
 grew. 
 
 Ki'tp 
 
 This cliyle is the natural and alimentary pi- 
 tuita, which the ancients dcfcribcd as inftfid. 
 
 Fhyet on the Hnynouri. 
 
 She lays fome ufeful bile afide, 
 To tinge tlie chyle's injipi.l tide. ^tle.r. 
 
 2. Wanting fpirit ; wanting pathos ; flat; 
 dull ; heavy. 
 
 The gods have made your noble mind for mc, 
 And her in/jpid foul for Ptolemy ; 
 A heavy lump of earth without defirc, 
 A heap of alhes that o'ei lays youi tire. Jyrydin. 
 
 Some fliuit cxcurlions of a broken vow 
 He made indeed, but flat infipid ftuff. Drydcn 
 
 Insipi'dity. \n.f. [injitid'ile , French; 
 Insi'pidness. ^ from injipid.^ 
 
 1 . Want of tafte. 
 
 2. Want of life or fpirit. 
 
 Diyden's lines Ihine ftrongly through the infi- 
 fiJiiy of Tate's. i'lfe 
 
 Insi'pidly. adi}. [from infipid.'\ 
 
 1. Without tafle. 
 
 2. Dully; without fpirit. 
 
 One gieat rcafon why many children abandon 
 
 theml'clvcs wholly to filly fpoits, and trifle away 
 
 all their time infifiid,'y, is becaufe they have found 
 
 their curiofity baulked. I.o.-ke. 
 
 Insi'pience. n. /. [tn/ipienliu; Latin.] 
 
 Folly ; want of underftanding. 
 To INSIST, -v. n. I'lnjijer, French ; in- 
 ' Jifo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To ftand or reft upon. 
 
 The combs being double, the cells on each 
 fide the putition arc fo oidered, that the angles 
 on one fide inftji upon the centers of t!ie bo:iom 
 of the Cells on the other fide. Rny. 
 
 2. Not to recede from terms or affertions; 
 to peiiirt in. 
 
 Ujion fuch lirge terms, and fo abfoljite. 
 As our conditions fllali i'lffji upon, 
 Our peace fliall Hand firm as rocky mount^iins. 
 
 Sfutkf^eare. 
 
 3. To dwell upon in difcourfe. 
 
 Were there no other afl of hoflilily but that 
 which we have hitherto infijied on, the intcrcept- 
 in^; of her fupplies were irreparably injurious to 
 her. Daay of J'Uly. 
 
 I N S 
 
 Insi'stent. adj. [iii/iJ2tns, Lal'in.'} Reft- 
 ing upon any thing. 
 
 Tlie breadth of the fubftruftion mud be at 
 lead double to the i^jijient wall. ty^tton. 
 
 Insi'sture. n. /. [from iri/ijl] Thii 
 word feems in Shakfpeare to fignify 
 conftaucy or regularity, but is now ngt 
 u(cd. 
 The heav'ns thcmfelves, the planets, and the 
 center, 
 Ohfcrvc degree, priority, and place, 
 hifijinrcy cuurfe, proportion, feafoti, form, 
 Ollice and cuJloin, in all line of ordei. Shakfp, 
 Insi'tiency. n.f. \tn and Jilio, Latin.] 
 Exemption from third. 
 
 Wiiat is muic admirable than the Btnefs of 
 every creature for the ufc: we make of him ? 
 The docility of an elephant, and the in/itUrrcy 6f 
 a camel for travelling in defarts. Grfw. 
 
 Insi'tion. n. /. [irifilio, Latin.] The 
 infcrtion or ingralfment of one branch 
 into another. 
 
 Without the ufc of thcfe we could have no- 
 thing of culture or civility : no tillage, grafting, 
 or irifitioii. Rtiy* 
 
 To Insna're. 11. a. [/n andynar^.] 
 t. To intrap ; to catch in a trap, gin, or 
 fnare ; to inveigle. 
 
 Why ftrew'll thou fugar on that bottled fpider, 
 Whofe deadly web inj'iareth thee about ? Shuk/ii. 
 
 She infnar'd 
 Mankind wim her fair looks. Milton. 
 
 By long experience Durfey may no doubt 
 Irpui'e a gudgeon, or perhaps a trout: 
 Though Dr\'dcn once cxclaim'd in partial fpite ; 
 He filU ! — becaufe the man attempts to write. 
 
 Fcntotl. 
 
 2. To entangle in difficulties or per- 
 plexities. 
 
 That which in a great part, in the weightieft 
 cajfcs belonging to this prefcnt controverfy, 
 harh infnared ttre judgments both of fundry 
 good and of fome well learned men, is the ma- 
 nifeft truth of certain general principles, where- 
 upon the oriKnanccs rhat fcrve for ufual practice 
 in the church of God arc grounded. Ihoker. 
 
 That the hypocrite reign not, left the people 
 be i"f'iiircd, ~ Job, 
 
 3. Enfnarc is more frequent. 
 Insna'rer. n.f. [from ;n//j«;-f.] He 
 
 tliat infnares. 
 Inso'ciable. nili. [infociable, French; 
 injbciaf'i/is, Latin.] 
 
 1. Avcrfe from converfation. 
 
 If this auftere ir.f'^rlafile life 
 Change not your offer matl& in heat of blood. 
 
 Shaupcare. 
 
 2. Incapable of connexion or union. 
 
 The Ur.veft ledge or row mull be merely of 
 flone, clofely laid, without mortar, which is a 
 g'ncial caution for all parts in building that are 
 contiguou.s to borrd or limb'rr, becaufe lime and 
 wood are ;nfoL;.n!e, fJ'^citon*i .■hchitiSfurc, 
 
 Insobri'etv. n.f. [in and yo^Wrfj».] 
 Drunkennefs ; want of fobriety. 
 
 He whole confcience upbraids him with pro- 
 fanenels tow.irds God, and itifobrhty towards 
 himlcif, if he is jull to his neighbour, he thinks 
 be has quit fcoies. • Decay of Piet)/. 
 
 To I'NSOLATE. v. a. [Itfok, Latin.] 
 To dry in the ftin ; to cxpofc to the 
 atftion of the fun. 
 Insola'tion. n.f. [injalation, French; 
 from infniate.l Expofuion to the fun. 
 
 We lift tiiefe towers for infolnthn, rcfiigcra- 
 tion, confetv.ntion, and for the view of divers 
 meteors. B'te:.ri. 
 
 If it h.ave not a fuflieient :i:fo!al:oi it looketh 
 pale, and attains not its l.wdable colour ; if it 
 be funned too long, it fuffereth a torrcfaiHon. 
 
 ^fo-iV7i*i l^itJgffr Erreurs.
 
 I N S 
 
 Insolekge. 1 n.f. \wjhknce, Frencli ; 
 rNsOLENCY. J hifokniia, Lat.] Pride 
 exerted In contemptuous and overbear- 
 ing treacnient of others ; petulant con- 
 tempt. 
 
 They couid not reftrain thf^.. infolency of 
 0'Nc;ii, wiio, finding ngnc now to witblianri 
 him, made hamfelf lord of thoie people rhat re- 
 mained, SpS'ijer <^n Ireland. 
 
 Such a nature 
 Tickled with good fucccfs, difdains the fliadow 
 Which he treads on at noon ; but I do wonder 
 His i'lfoI'^Kc: c:\n brook to bt couimaiidcd 
 Under Cominiut. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Blown with itij^Aence and wine. SCHton. 
 
 Publick judgmenls arc the banks and Ihores 
 upon whicii God bieaks the injcUncy of tinners, 
 and flays tluir proud wavvs. THhtfon. 
 
 Tl\e flcady tyrant man. 
 Who with ti.e thou^jhrk-f;* ifijVience of power, 
 For fpoil alone, purfucs the cruel chace. ThomJ 
 
 The fcnr of any violence, either againft her 
 own peifon or agnintl her fon, might deter Pene- 
 lope from uling any endeavouis to remove men 
 of (iicli inf'-Uncc and power. UroofMf. 
 
 To I'nsolenck. 1}, a. [from the noun.j 
 To infult ; to treat with contempt, A 
 very bad word. 
 
 The bilhops, who were firlt faulty, injoltnced 
 
 and affhiihcd. ^''^K Charta 
 
 I'nsolent. adj. [jtifolent^ French; wfo- 
 
 Icvis, Latin.] Contemptuous of others; 
 
 haughty ; overbearing. 
 
 Wo h ivc not pill:igcd ihofe rich provinces 
 which we icfcLied : victory itlclf hath not made 
 us infolcut mafters. yhtuhury. 
 
 I'NsOLENTLy, adii. [Itifokntery Latin.] 
 With contempt of others ; haughtily j 
 rudely. 
 
 What J miift difprove, 
 He iujolently taik'd lo me of love. Dryden. 
 
 Not fat^ion, when it Qiook thy regal feat, 
 Kut fcnates, ii'jolcntly loud, 
 Thofe echoes of .i ihoughtlefs crowd, 
 Couid warp thy foul to their ur.juft dt'cree. D'yd. 
 
 Bri-mt, naturally uf an hatigiity temper, trcUed 
 liim \e!y h^foicnrly, more like a criminal than a 
 prifoncr of war. ^ddifon. 
 
 Inso'lvable, adj. [wfolvahkj French; 
 tn andyj^te.] 
 
 1. Not, to be folved ; not to be cleared ; 
 inextricable ; fuch as admits of no fo- 
 iution, or explication. 
 
 Spend a few ihoiii^lits on the puzzling enqui- 
 ries conccrnirg vacuums, the do6irine of inh- 
 ni'cs, indivilibics, and incommenfurables, 
 wiKreia there appear feme '/Ti/c.'i.wi/:' difficulties. 
 JKitts 071 the Mind. 
 
 2. That cannot be paid. 
 Inso'lubi-L. adj, [;///c./k^/;^, French ; in- 
 
 JfJuhilisy Latin.] 
 
 1, Not to be cleared; not to be refolved. 
 
 Admit thl.-;, and wl.?.t fliall the fciipiurc be 
 but afnare and a torment to weak confcience?, 
 filling thfm with ir.tinite fcrupulofitics, dcaibts 
 i///c/.v^.'V, nr.d extreme dcrpair. Hooker. 
 
 2. Not to be difToIved oi fepa'ated. 
 
 Stony matter may grow in anv part of a 
 human body ; for when any thing ihjoluble fticks 
 in any part oi the body, it gathers- a cruli 
 about rt. Arbuthr.ot an Diet, 
 
 Jnso'lvent. adj. [in And /oho, Latin,] 
 Unable to pay. 
 
 By public dcch^ration he proclaimed himfclf 
 injOi'ven/ of thofe vaft fums he had taken upon 
 credit. HoiLr/ 
 
 A farmer accufcd his guards for robbing hint 
 •f oxen, and the emperor (hot the otTcntlcrs ; 
 but dcmar.ding rcpar.ition of the accufer for fo 
 m.tny brave fellows, and finding him inff^lvent^ 
 fu.-npyundcd the matter by taking his life. 
 
 ^ddijon. 
 
 I N S 
 
 Art btjolvent is a man that cannot pay his 
 debts. IVatti. 
 
 InftJvcnt tenant of incumbered fpace. Sm-nt. 
 Inso'lvency. n.f, [£i-Qn\infc!vent.^ Li- 
 ability to pay dtbts. An rtl of 'tTifol- 
 'vency is a Jav^^ by which imprifoned 
 debtors are releafed without payment. 
 Insomu'ch. re/;;, [info much.^ So il^at ; 
 to fuch a degree that. This word is 
 growing obfolete. 
 
 It hath ever been the ufe of the conqueror to 
 defpife the language of the conquered, 3v\^ to 
 force him to Ic.-.rn his : fo did tie Romans nlw.''y> 
 ufc, i/if-anuch that there is no natiun but is 
 fpiinklcd v/ith their Lmguagc. Spcnfcr. 
 
 To make ground fertile, nflies excel; injo- 
 rtiuc/i as the countries about vEaia l.avc amenc's 
 m.ide them^ for the n-ifch-efs ihe eruprions 
 do. Buron'i NnturnI Hrfzry. 
 
 SimoHidcs was an excellcni poet, iif'^^nuch that 
 he made his fortune by it. , L.^ Efiiiinge. 
 
 They made the grouTid imeven rLjut their 
 nefl , infotr.uch that the fla''e did not lie flal: ui:on 
 it, hut left a free parage underneath. jUdiJon. 
 To InsI'e'ct. V, a. [infplcioy inJpeCum, 
 Latin.] To look into by way of ex- 
 amination. 
 Inspe'ction. /i.f [irfpeciiony Fr. infpcc- 
 
 tioy Latin.] 
 I. Prying examination ; nanov/ and clofe 
 furvey. 
 
 With narrow fearch, and with inJj>c£Iion deep, 
 Cotilidcr every creature. MiUon 
 
 Our religion is a religion that dares to be undei - 
 ftood ; thdC otfcrs itl'elf to the feaich of the in- 
 quifuive, to tUe infj>e ft ion of the fevcreft and the 
 mofl awakened rcafon; for, being lecure of her 
 fubrtantial truth and purity, (he knows that for 
 her to be fecu and looked into, is to be em- 
 braced and admired, as there needs no greater 
 argument for men to love the I'ght than to fee 
 it. South. 
 
 z. Superintendence ; prefiding c^^e. In 
 the lirll fenfe it fliould have itilo before 
 the object, and in the Iccoiul Icnfe may 
 admit over ; but authors confoimd them. 
 
 We may fafcly conceal nur good deeds, when 
 they run no h-izard of being diverted to improper 
 ends, for want of our own infpccli'.n. Att(rhury. 
 
 We ihould apply ourfelves to rtufly the per- 
 fc(flions of God, and to procure lively and vigo- 
 lous impreflions of his perpetual prcfenue with 
 Ub, and ir}jpi6lion over us. Attcrhury. 
 
 The divine infpe^Iion into the affairs of the 
 world, doth neceiTarily follow from the nature 
 and being of God; and he that denies this, doth 
 implicitly deny his exiftence. Bcntley. 
 
 Inspl'ctor. n.f [Latin.] 
 
 1. A prying examiner. 
 
 With their new light our bold injpi^on prefs, 
 Like Cham, to (hew their father's nakednefs. 
 
 2. A fuperlntendent. 
 
 Young men may travel under a wife ir.Jpe&oi 
 or tutor to different parts, that they may bring 
 home ufcful knowledge. PFatf^. 
 
 Inspe'rsion, n. f. [_i"fpefJio, Latin.] A 
 fprlnkling upon. Ainf^vorth. 
 
 To Insphe're. -v. a, \in zxi^fphcre.^ To 
 place in an orb or fphere. 
 Where thofe immortal (hapes 
 Of bright aerial fpints live infph:r\if 
 In regions mild of calm and fercnc air. Mi!t07i. 
 
 Inspi'rable. adj, [ from /w^w^. ] Which 
 may be drawn in with the breath ; 
 which may be infufed. 
 
 To thefe infpir.ible hurts, we may enumerate 
 thofe they fuftain from their expiration of fuligi- 
 jious ftcams. Harvey. 
 
 Tnspira'tion, n.f. [from infpire.'} 
 I. The ad of drawing in the breath. 
 
 I N S 
 
 In any irifiammation of the diap'nragm, liic 
 fymptoms ^ire a vjulcnt fever, and a wo{\ tx- 
 quifite p-Jn iucieafed upon irfjiiialion, by which 
 it is diftinguilhed fi-om a plurify, in wliich Ihc 
 gicnteft p.iia i.' in expiration. Aihith:(it. 
 
 2. The aft of breathing into any thing. 
 
 3, Infuiion of ideas into the mind by a 
 fuperiour power. 
 
 I never fpoiic with iier in al! my life. 
 — Ho* can ihe then call ns by our np.mes, 
 UnlcT^ it be hy i'.fl'iration ? Shahfpfoye. 
 
 Your f.irl-er was ever virtuous, and itoly men 
 at their deatil have good iti^piratiom. Shakfptare^ 
 
 We to his higii iiifff^intion owe, 
 Tiiac what was done before tlie Hood wc know. 
 
 Dcnhain, 
 What the Iragedhm wrote, the late fucccfi - 
 Dcchies was i;ifpirnt:on, and not gucfs. 
 
 Dcnhitm. 
 Tnfpirathn is when an overpowering iniprelTioii 
 of rny propoHlion is made upon liie mind by 
 G.'d h'.-nlcli, that gives a convmcjng and indu- 
 bi.able evidence of the tru'.h and divinity of it : 
 fo were the prophets and the 3p<iftlcs infpircJ. 
 
 Wnlli. 
 
 To INSPI'RE. V. n. [injpiro, Lat. infpirer, 
 French.] To diaw in the breath : op- 
 pofed to empire. 
 
 If tie iiijpiiirg and expiring organ of any 
 animal be Itupr, it fuddcnly yields ;o nature and 
 ftes. ' ' H'nllaa. 
 
 Tc Inspi're. -v. a. 
 I.. To breathe into. 
 
 Ye nine, dcfccnd and fing, 
 The brcaih ng ir.Ili uments injpire. Fops. 
 
 2. To inU'.fc by brent'iing. 
 
 He knew not his Miikej-, and he that h'fplrcd 
 into him an adiive foul, and brea'.hed in a living 
 fpirit. JVifJom, 
 
 3. To infuCe into the mind ; to imprefs 
 upon the fancy. 
 
 I have been troubled in my fleep this night ; 
 But dawning day new comfoit hath injpir'd, 
 
 Shakfpeare, 
 Then to the heart irjjpir'd 
 Vernal delight. M:!ton, 
 
 4. To animate by ftipernatural infufion. 
 
 Nor 111' iiijpir'd 
 Caftali.in fpring. Miltm. 
 
 Erato, thy poet's mind infpire. 
 And fill his foul with thy ccleltial fire. Drydtn. 
 The letters ;ne often reau to the young religious, 
 to :iij'p:ic\.\.cm witliientiments of virtue, ^^ddifon, 
 
 5. To diaw ill with the breath. 
 
 By means of fulphuioiis coal fmoaksthc lungs 
 are itifiod and opprciTcd, whereby rhcy are forced 
 to infpire and expire the air with aifficuify, in 
 cnmparifon of the facility of -njpiring and ex- 
 piring the air in the country. Uarvty, 
 
 His baleful bieath infpiring :ii he glides ; 
 Now likea chain around her neck he rides. Drvd. 
 Inspi'rkr. n.f. [from iiifpire.'\ He that 
 infpirts. 
 
 To tiic' infinite God, the omnipotent creator 
 and prelctvei of the world, the molf gracious re- 
 deemer, fan*ilitier, and infpirer of mankind, be 
 all honotn-. Derhmtt, 
 
 To Inspi'kit. 1;. a. [in and fpint.'\ To 
 animate ; to acuiate ; to fill with life and 
 vigour ; to enliven ; to invigorate ; to 
 encourage. 
 
 \\ has picafcd God lo infpiui and afluate all 
 his cvangehc.il methods by a concurrence of fu- 
 pernaturjl Ifrength, which makes it not only 
 eligible but puiSble; eafy and pleafirt to do 
 whatever he commands us. Dtcti\' of Piety. 
 
 A difcreet ufc of becoming ceremonies renders 
 the fer\ice of tic church folen>n and affeifting, 
 infpiiiti the fliiggifh, and inflames even the 
 devout wolftlippcr. yj'teibuiy. 
 
 The cour.igcof Agamemnon Winfpirited hy 
 love of empire .nnd ambition. P«pe. 
 
 Let joy or cafe, let affluence or content, 
 And the jay conlcieuce of a lite well fpcnt,
 
 I N S 
 
 Calm cvVy thought, irfpirtt cv'ry gnc€, 
 Glow in thy hciit, and Imilc upon rhy face. Ttpf. 
 7o Insim'ssath. v. a. [in and JpiffuSy 
 Lat.] To thicken ; to make thick. 
 
 Sug.ir doth infftijj'ctf the Tpirits of tiic wine, 
 nnd maketh them not I'o cafy to refoivc info 
 vapour. Ba en. 
 
 This oil faither /'i//'/^/^</ by evaporation turns 
 into balm. jithuthnot un t-Uhncnti. 
 
 Inspissation. n.'f. [from tnfftj[atc.'\ 
 The a6l of making any liquid tliick. 
 
 The effect is wrousiiC by ihc inf^ijfation of t!ic 
 ail . B,icM, 
 
 Recent urine will cryflalize by iafpiffiitiniy and 
 afl^^ord ;x fait neither acid nor .ilkaiinc. .-t'huthnot. 
 Instabi'litv. n, y*. {InJlalWiley Fr. uvUi- 
 hilitas, hoxwhiJlAb'uts^ Lat.] Inconltan- 
 cy ; fickleneis; mutability of opinion 
 or conduf^. 
 
 irJhtbiHty of temper ought, to be checked, 
 
 vhen it difpofes men to w.mricr from otic fchcnu 
 
 of government CO another ; fuch a ficklcncfs cnn- 
 
 nol but be fatal to cur couuiiy. .'luUfoi. 
 
 Insta'ble. adj, [Injlab'dls, Lat.] Incoii- 
 
 llant ; chan;jing. Sec Unstaul:;. 
 To INSTALL. V. a, [rt/Ialkr, Fr. in and 
 jlciil.] To advraice to any rank or ofScc, 
 by placing in the feat or llall proper tg 
 that condition. 
 
 She reiij'ii a gocdefi now among the faints, 
 That whilum was the faint of Ihep'-.t-rds I'ght, 
 And is injh.'/ai now in l-.eavcn's liight. Spcnjcr. 
 
 Cranmer is reium/d with wcicomc^ 
 7«/?<//7'f/ archbjfhop of Canterbury. Shakfpeare. 
 The king chofc him mr.fter of the horl'c, after 
 this he was ifijfalUd of ihe moft noble order. 
 
 JflftOI. 
 
 Install A'TiOM.n. /I [ht/t a/Iaiiort, T rench ; 
 
 from :/i/]t:iI.] The a<lt of giving vifibk 
 pofletfion of a rank or office, by placing 
 in the proper feat. 
 
 Upon the clcitionthe biftiop gives a mandate 
 for his inji.iii.ition, ^'Iyiif,':'s I'ure.gon. 
 
 Installment, n.f. \^[rom in/IalLJ 
 
 1. The ad. of inllalliag. 
 
 Is it not ca.'y 
 To make lord Wi ii.un Hartings of our mind, 
 For the j.ijiJmcfit of this noble duke 
 In the fc^it royal? Shr.hfpearc. 
 
 2. The feat in which one is inlidled. 
 
 Search Windfui-ca'.^lc, elves, 
 The fevcral chairs of order look you fcour; 
 Each fair 'mfla'mcTi: ^ coat anri fcveral ctelt 
 With loy.il nhtzon evcimoic be Licft ! Sh^i^'r. 
 
 ., > n. /. Unjtancey It.] 
 
 Instancy, j -/ l ^ j 
 
 1. ImporUinity ; urgency; follcitation. 
 
 Cnriltian men Ihuuld much better frame thcm- 
 fnlves to thofe heavenly preccjJts which our Lord 
 and Saviour v^'ith fo great injiancy gave us ccn- 
 cen;inr; peace and unity, if we did concur to have 
 the ancient councils renewed. HcrArr^ 
 
 2. Motive; influence; prefling argument. 
 Not in life. 
 
 She dwells fo fecurcly upon her honour, that 
 folly dares not prcfent iUclf. Now, could I c-jrr.c 
 to her with any dire<flion in my hand, my riefiies 
 had injtntice and argument to commend thc-m- 
 felves. Shdkf^'€ttre's Merry f-Fn/cs -jf pyiuHfor. 
 
 The infiancfi that fcco-^n roaniagc move, 
 Aic bale refpe«£ts oi thnfr, but none of love. 
 
 Skakjp^ars. 
 
 J. Profecation or procefs of a fuit. 
 
 The i'tjiimce of a caufe is fuid to be that judi- 
 cial procefs which is made from the conteftatior. 
 of a fuit, even to the time of pronouncing fcn- 
 ttncc in the caufe, or till the end of ih.ee years. 
 ^ylijfe's rufirgon. 
 
 ^. Example ; document. 
 Yet dtith this accident 
 So far exceed all injiunrf^ ;)i| dlfcourfc, 
 That X am ready to dilbuU mine eyes. Shulfp. 
 
 I N S 
 
 Tn furnncti of copper and hrafs, wlieK vitriul 
 is often caft in, there rifclii fuddcnly a My, wlucli 
 fumetinics movcth on tlvc walls of the tiirnacc ; 
 fometimcs in the fire below ; and dicth prcfently 
 as foon as it is out of the furnuce : which is a noblo 
 injlance^ ami worthy to he weighed. Haan. 
 
 VVc find in hlftory injianax of pcrfons, who, 
 after their prifons have l)'?cn Hung open, have 
 chofcn lather to languifli in their dungeons, than 
 flake their mifcr.ihlc lives and fortunes upon the 
 fuccefsof a ic.ululion. .'liUiJui. 
 
 The grcit.-fi taints arc fometimcs nnde the 
 moll rcn\ itk.;il)!e infiunca of fuiTering. Atttrbuty. 
 
 Siippok- the earth (hould he removed nenrer 
 to the I'jii, and revoKe for i >f,-<ncc in the orbit of 
 Mcrcurv, the wiiole ocean would boil with l-.c.it 
 
 Btntly. 
 
 The life of hijlanca is to illuftrite and explain 
 adifiitulty; and this end is beft anfwered by fuch 
 injian^ci as are familiar and common. B^^ker. 
 
 5. State of r.ny thing. 
 
 Thelc feeni as if, in the time of Edward, the 
 fill!, they were dr.iwn up into the form of a law 
 in thefiift;'i/''-w- •'^•''-• 
 
 6. Occafion ; aft. 
 
 The'pciforn-.ancos rcqtired on our part, are no 
 otScr tlian what n.itiiral reafon has endeavoured 
 to recommend, even in the moft fcvcte and diffi- 
 cult i-fi-nc-s of duty. R'^gcn. 
 
 A foul fuprcme in each bard injiancc try'd 
 Above all pai:i, all anger, and a'.' pride. I'ofe. 
 
 If Eufebia ius lived as free from fin as it is 
 poCible for human n.iturc, it is bccaufe llie is .d- 
 ways watching and guatding againft all inlands 
 of piide. halves Saious Ciitt. 
 
 To I'nstance. v. n. [from the noun.] 
 To cive or offer an example. 
 
 As to fnlfc citations, that the world may fee 
 how lit;lc he is to h^ trulled, I (h-ill injianic in 
 two or tliree about which lie makes the loudefi 
 clamour. Tillotfin. 
 
 In trrgcdy and fatire, this age and the laft have 
 excelled the ancients; and 1 would tmluncc in 
 Shalcefpcare of the foimcr, in Dorfet of the latter. 
 
 FNSTANT. a^j. [mjlunt, Fr. injlans, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. Prefling; urgent; importunate; earned. 
 
 And they were i>:jiar.t with loud voices, ic- 
 quirirg that l.e might he crucified. huke. 
 
 Rejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation ; con- 
 tinuing injlont in prayer. Rtma/.-i. 
 
 2. Immediate; without any lime inter- 
 vening ; prefent. 
 
 Our good old friend, beftow 
 Your needful counicl to our bufinefTes, 
 Wliich cr.ivc the i'ljiant ufe. Shakfpeare 
 
 Th' hijhtfit (lroi<.e of dealli dcnounc'd to-<lay, 
 Rcmov'd far off. Milion 
 
 Nor native country thou, nor fi lend (halt fc. ; 
 Nor war hall thou to wage, nor year to come ; 
 Impend. ng death is tiiinc, and injiant dooni. 
 
 Pr.cr. 
 
 3. Quick; making no delay, 
 
 hijitutt without didurb ihey took, alarm. 
 
 Milion 
 Gric\'d that a vi/itant fo long fhould w.iit 
 Untjiark'd, unlionour'd, at a monarch's gate ; 
 Jnjtitnt lie flew wi^h hofpitablc hafic, 
 And the new friend with courteous air cmbMc'd 
 
 Vopc 
 Fnstant. ?!./. [inJIafU, French.] 
 I , Inflant is fuch a part of duration wherein 
 we perceive no fucccfiion. hochc\ 
 
 There is fcJrce an injiant between their fl'ui- 
 rilhing ;uid their not being. " H<Akr' 
 
 Hei nimble body yet in time muft move, • 
 And n^t in tnfiana through allpl.aces ftiidc;. 
 
 Hut fhe is nigh and fa."-, beneath, above, 
 In point of time, which thought cannot di\ idc. • 
 
 At any injlnnt of time the movtrg atom i» but 
 in o;ic f.ngle point of the line J therefore all but 
 that one point is tiihci futi:rc or paft, and no 
 
 INS 
 
 other parts aie co-cxiftcnt or contemporary with 
 if. BentUy'i Utrmont, 
 
 2. A particular time. 
 
 1 can at any unlcafonable inflant of the night 
 appoint her to look out at her lady's chamber 
 wmdnw. Sfiiikfpetirc. 
 
 3. Jt is iifcd ill low and commercial lan- 
 guage for a day of tiie prefent or cur- 
 rent month. 
 
 On the twentieth irfjiant it is my intention to 
 erc£l a lion's head. Ad.iijtini Gu.irtiiun, 
 
 I N s T A N T A ' N L o u s . flc//. [ injlanlaneus , Lat . ] 
 Done in an infiant ; atting at once 
 without any perceptible fuccclTion ; aft- 
 iaj wiih tfie utinoll fpecd ; done witli 
 tl.e utinofl fpeed. 
 
 This manneruf the beginning or ccafmg of th« 
 dclugf doth not at all :)gri;c Witii the injla^t'antaus 
 aiiions of creation and annihilation. Burmt. 
 
 The rapid rif.i nice ifji^ntamou* Itrikev 
 Th' il'unuiiM mountain. 'fh/infon. 
 
 J>.staNta'neousi,v. adv. [from injlan- 
 tc.ncous. ] Jn an indivifible point of time. 
 
 What I had h*'ard of [he rjining of frogs came 
 to my thoughts, there being rcalun to conclude 
 that thofe came from the clouds, ot were infin^i- 
 lansoujly generated. Dtrhum. 
 
 I'NSTANTLy. cdv. [jiJlanUr, Latin.] 
 
 1. Immediately; without any perceptible 
 ' intervention of time. 
 
 In a great wh de, the feiife and the afTcfls of 
 any one pjit of the body injijni/y make a trsHf- 
 cuifion throughout the whole body. ^(.\-c,*j. 
 
 Sleep ii:f.,intly fell on me. j\.' •./•.••.■. 
 
 As fev'ral wiiids arife^ 
 Juft fo their n.itures 3h(r inylititi/y. JSliv. 
 
 2. With urgent imporlunity. 
 
 To Insta'te. v. a. [in and Jlj'e.] 
 
 1 . To place in a certain tank or condition.- 
 
 This kind of conquUl does only injints the- 
 vi£torin thefe rights, wf.ich the conquered prince 
 h.id. H.,le. 
 
 ITad this glillcring monttcr been burn to tiiy 
 poverty, he could not have been io bad; nor, 
 perhaps, had thy hiith 'nijlatfd thee in tlic fame 
 grcatnels, wouldit tiiou liavc been better. Sotth. 
 
 The firll of them being. eminently holy and 
 dear to Gud, Ihould rlcrive a bicliing to his pof- 
 tetity on that .ircouni, and prevail at iall to have 
 them alfo accepted as holy, and inpaied in tht 
 f.uonr of God. Aiicrbury.. 
 
 2. Toiuvell. Obfolete. 
 
 For his poiTe;lions, 
 Although by confifc ition they are ours, 
 vVe do injlau- and widow 50U wnlial. Sia'./p, 
 
 Instaur a'tiox. n. /. [ii-jhutralion, Fr. 
 injlauratio, Lzl.J Relloration ; repara- 
 tion; renewal. 
 
 Ij.'ste'ad ly. prep. [ \ word formed by 
 the coalition of /« ^rxAJlead, place.] 
 
 1. In room of; in place of. 
 
 They, inflsad o/"friut, 
 Chcw'd bitter allies. Miltw. 
 
 Vary the foim of fpcech, and intend of the- 
 word chuicti m>.ke it a qucllion m politick*,, 
 whether the ntununieiit be in danger. Swiit, 
 
 2. Equal to. 
 
 Tiiis very cnnfidciMtion to a wife man is i''Jf:aJ 
 of ^ tboufand argun-rtuts, 10 fatisfy him, tliat, ui 
 thcfc times, no fucii thi;ig w;-3 heiicved. 
 
 Tilkljon, 
 
 3. Injlead is fometimcs ufed without of, 
 111 the place; in the ro.im. 
 
 He in deiiSoi; fe;s 
 ' ■ Upon their tongues a various fpirit, to rafc 
 Quite out Nieir native latiguage, and injUad' 
 I'o fow a jangling nuife ut tongues unk'nowrC • 
 
 AUItink 
 To Inste'f.?. <v. a. [Vn and j^cc/. ] 
 I. To foak; to macerate in raoiiiurti.
 
 I N S 
 
 Suffolk firft died, and York, all luggled aver, 
 Comes to lura where in gore he \iy injtcep'd. 
 
 2. Lying under water. 
 
 The guttered rocks, and coiigregatcd Taiids, 
 Traitors injieej>'d to dug the guili:cfs keel. 
 
 SUifpean. 
 
 In'Step. n.y. [rn anil^^s.] The tipper 
 
 part of the foot where it joiii5 to the leg. 
 
 The cnliga was a niiluai-y Ihoc with a very 
 
 thick folc, tied above the ifi/iep with leather 
 
 tl'.ongs. ' ^-^rbuthnot on Coins^ 
 
 To I'NSTIGATE. v. a. [Infll^o, Lat. 
 in/ii^uer, Fr.^ To urge to iil ; to pio- 
 voke or incite to a criine. 
 IjTstiga'tion-. ii.f. li'!/!i^atioi!, French ; 
 from iiijligate.'l Incitement to a crime ; 
 encouragement ; impulie to. ill. 
 
 W'liy, wiiac need we 
 Commune with you of this? But rather follow 
 Our forceful injfisfatwn. Si:.ikfpeare. 
 
 It w.is partly hy the inju^atio^i of fonre fac- 
 tious inalccontents that b^rc principal thoke 
 amongfl them. Bacon 
 
 Shall any man, that wilfully procures the cut- 
 ling of whole armies to pieces, fct up for an in- 
 rocent ? As if the lives that were t;i ken away Ky 
 his hiJiigat:on were nut to be charged upcm his ac- 
 count. L'Ffimnge. 
 VVe have an abridgment of all the bafencls and 
 villainy that both the corruption of nafire and 
 the tnjiigatifin of the devil could bring the Ions of 
 men to. Snuth. 
 Instiga'tor. n. f. \\njl\gati-ui; Fr. from 
 injl'tgate.\ Inciter to ill. 
 
 That fea of blood is enough to dro^rn in eternal 
 mifcry the malicious author or injiigtitor of its 
 cffufion. King C/urUs. 
 
 Either the eagernefs of acquiring, or the re- 
 venge of mifling digniiic:, have been the great 
 j7//?/^(7/orj of ccclcfiaftick feuds. Decay cf P/cty 
 
 To INSTI'L. -v. a. [i'iftillo, Lat. iiiJlUla-, 
 French.] 
 
 1. To infufe by drops. 
 
 He from the well of life three drops :nj}i!i\i. 
 
 MHtm. 
 
 2. To infinuate any thing imperceptibly 
 into the mind ; to infufe. 
 
 Though afl'embhes be had indeed for religion's 
 fake, hurtful ncverthtlefs they may cafily prove, 
 as well in regard of their fitnefs to fervc the turn 
 «)f heicticks, and I'uch as privily will fooncft ad- 
 venture to ifijiil their poifon into men's minds. 
 
 Uooktr. 
 
 He iiad a farther dcfign to injlil and inlinuite 
 good inl^rucfion, by contributing to men's hap- 
 pinefs in this prefeiit life. Calatny. 
 
 Thofe hearhens did in a particular manner /«- 
 ^il the principle into their children >ji loving their 
 country, which is far otherw^ifc now-a-days. 
 
 Instilla'tion. n. f. \\i:Jl'illatio; Latin ; 
 from tnji'il.'\ 
 
 1. The adt of pouring in by drops. 
 
 2. The aft of. infuling flowly into the 
 mind. 
 
 3. The thing infufed. 
 
 They imbilter the cup of life by infcnfiblc in- 
 JiiV.i\tion%. RamhUi. 
 
 Instilment, n.f. [from in/li/.] .Any 
 thing in.'illled. 
 The lepcrous irj}:'mi-nt. Sh'tkj'peat c- 
 
 Insti'sct. adj. [iii/ihiS, Fr. inJiiiiBus, 
 Lat.] Moved; animated. A word 
 not in ufe. 
 
 Forth rulh'd with whirlwind found 
 The chariot of paternal deity, 
 Flalhing thick flames, wheel within wheel un- 
 drawn, 
 lt(el( irjli'ift with fpirit, but convoy'd 
 Uy foui' chcrubick Oiapcj. Milina. 
 
 INS 
 
 rNSTINCT. n.f, [injlina, Fr. Ivfwdus, 
 Lat. This word had its accent for- 
 merly on the lafl fyllable.] Dcfue or 
 averfion afling hi the mind without the 
 intervention of rcaion or deliberation j 
 the power of determining the will of 
 brutes. 
 
 In iiim tliey fear yoOr highiiel%' death ; 
 And mere uijiir.ci of love aud loyalty 
 Mitkes tiicni tliui forward in liii banifhnicnt. 
 
 S/uiiJj-i'nrc. 
 
 Thou knowcH I am .is v.»li,int as Hcvcuics ; 
 but be«arc inJiitiO ; the lion \\i\\ rot tuuch the 
 ixxit piincc : v^jilnc} is a great matter. I wai 
 a coward on hijlin^ : I fli.ill think tiic bcticr of 
 myfcif and ihcc, during my life; I for a valiant 
 lion, and thee for a true priMce. ShakJ^ean. 
 
 But providence 01 /'y?///,5? of na: mc fccms, 
 O: jcafon though dillurb'd, and fcircc cunfultcd, 
 To have guided nic aright. ^li.'ton'i ^-i'gory^cs. 
 
 Nature iirfl pointed out my Fortius to niL, 
 And eafily taught nie by her fcciet force 
 To love tliy peifon, ere I knew thy merit; 
 Till what was injiin^i grew up into fiicndlhip. 
 
 TI1C philofopher avers, 
 That rcafon guides our deed, and hrjl-n^ ihc'ws. 
 Inf.biB and rcafon how (hall we divide? i^uor. 
 
 Reafon fervcs wiicn pici'i'd; 
 But huVit^J/ijlifiB comes a volunteer. P^^pf. 
 
 Insti'ncted. a<^j. [in/Iiti^usj Lat.] Im- 
 prefTed as an animated power. This, 
 neither mufical noi proper, was perhaps 
 introduced by Baitky. 
 
 What native unextinguilbablc beauty muft be 
 imprtlTed and injiin^cd through the whole, 
 which the defcdation of fo many parts by a bad 
 printer and a worle editor could not hinder from 
 Ihiiiing futth ! Brriilcy^i Vrefuf to M:/.'cn. 
 
 Instinctive, ai/j, [(rem rnfilnfl.] Act- 
 ing without the application of choice or 
 reafon ; rifing in the mind without ap- 
 parent caufe. 
 
 Rais'd 
 By quick irjf.in^Ii^e motion, up I fprung. 
 As thitherward endeavouring. JMHton. 
 
 It will be natural tiiat Uly]T:s's mind (hould 
 forbodc ; and it appears that the hij::n6}h'€ pre- 
 fage was a favourite opinion of Homer's. 
 
 B':ome un tkt Odyjfey. 
 
 iNsri'NCTivELY. odv* [(vom hi/iindive.] 
 By inftindl ; by the call of nature. 
 
 The \ery rats 
 I"J}!n6Ji'Vch had quit it. Shakfp. Tt-mpeji. 
 
 To rNSTITUTE. -v, n. rinpruo, inji- 
 tutum, Latin ; itiflUuer, French.] 
 
 1. To fix ; to efiablifh ; to appoint ; to 
 enadl ; to fctlk ; to prefcribe. 
 
 God then inJiUuted a law natural to he ob* 
 fervcd by creatures ; and therefore, according to 
 the manner of laws, the inlHtution llwieof is 
 dcfciibed a^ being elUblilhed by folemu injnnc* 
 tion Hc'Aer. 
 
 Here let us hrcatiie, and haply ir.jiitute 
 A courfe of learning, and ingenuous Ihidics. 
 
 ShAJpeure. 
 
 To the produ^ion of the f ffedt they are de- 
 tei mined bv the laws of their nature, inftiti.ted 
 and impiiiited on them by inimitable wifdum. 
 
 HaU's Ofigin of Mankind. 
 
 The theocracy of the Jews was injiitutcd by 
 God iumlVlf. Temple. 
 
 To injVitute a court and country party without 
 matciialj, would be a very new fyilcm in poli- 
 ticks. . Sivift. 
 
 2. To educate; to inftru^ ; to form by 
 inftru(ftIon. 
 
 Ifciuldrcn were early hijlitutedj knowledge 
 would infenfibly infinuate irfelf. Decay of Vie ty. 
 
 I'nstitute. n, f, \injliiuty French; in-' 
 
 Jlitutitmy Latin.] 
 1. Eftablilhed law ; fettled order, 
 8* 
 
 INS 
 
 This !awr, though cuf!om now dircAs th© 
 courfe. 
 As nature's infiiute is ytt in force, 
 U 11 cancel' d, though diluted. Dryden. 
 
 2. Precept ; maxim ; principle. 
 
 Thou art pale in migiiiy Itudics grown, 
 To maivcthe fiuxk. injiituta ihj own. D'vd'n, 
 
 Institu'tion. n.f. [jvjlttutlony French; 
 
 wjlhuiio, Latin.] 
 I. Atk of cftabiiihing, 
 
 3. EllabliHiment ; (ettlement. 
 
 Tiic ir.phution ol Gud's I.tw is dcfcribed as 
 being en«b!iflicd by folemn uijundfTJon. Hooker. 
 
 It became him by whom all things aie, to be 
 the way of faivatio:; to all, rh.ti ti c inJiituiicH 
 and reiiltution of the vioild might be h&'i\ 
 wrought with one liand. Ihohr . 
 
 This unlimited power placed fnndamcntly 1:1 
 the body of a pcuple, is u hat Icgiflators ha\e 
 endeavoured, iu il.cir fcvciai rchctr.ea (ji ifif.it u- 
 /.--'vt of government, to dcpoUc in fuch hands as 
 would prcfervc the people. Siviff. 
 
 3. Pofitive law. 
 
 They quarrel fomctimes with tl^e execution 
 of laws, and lumctimei ivith tlie ifijiitutior. 
 
 Temp'e. 
 
 The holincfi of the firft fruits and the lump is 
 an holincls meicly of irjiituti'jr:^ outward and 
 non.inal ; whereas tlx nolincfs of the loot is an 
 holtiteli of nature, inherent and real. Atterhu*y. 
 
 TiiC iaw unA iKjlitution founded by Mol*ei w.is 
 to efiahlilh leli^iuii, and to make mcicy and 
 peace known to the whole earth. Forbes. 
 
 4. Education. 
 
 Alter baptifm, when it is in infancy received, 
 
 fuccccds iniiriidbon and hijiitution in the nature 
 
 and fcvcral branches of that vow, which was 
 
 made at the font, in a ihort intelligible manner. 
 
 Hammond^ i Fundamentalt, 
 
 It is a neccffaiy piece of providence in th.e 
 /V^;V.v//o« of our children, to train them up to 
 fomcwhat in their youth, that may honcftly en- 
 teitain them in their age. UEjirangc. 
 
 His learning was not the cSc£l of pteccpt or 
 inj}i(ution. Benthy. 
 
 Institu'tionary. adj, [{rom irtfi it 1/110/1*1 
 Elemental ; containing the firli doc- 
 trines, or principles of dottrine. 
 
 That it was not out of fafhion Ariftotlc de- 
 clareth in his politicks among the injf.-tutio/iiirjf 
 rules of youih. Brov.>n. 
 
 rNSTiTUTisT. «. /. [from injlituic.1 
 Writer of inHrtutes or elemental in- 
 . llruif^ions. 
 
 Green gall the infiitvtijix would peifuadc us to 
 be an cffetft of an over-hut Ifomach. H.irtf.y, 
 
 I'nstitutor. n./. [tnflituteury French ; 
 itijliltitor, Lati n . ] 
 
 1. An eih^blilher ; one wlio fettles. 
 
 It might have fuccctded a little better, if it 
 had pleafcd the injUtufcr^ of tf.c civil months of 
 the fun to ha\eOrdered ihem alteinatcly odd and 
 even. holder ow TiiKc. 
 
 2. In(lru61or; educator. 
 
 Tlic two great aims which every in/iitutor of 
 youth litould mainly and intentionally drive at. 
 
 To Ini^to'p. 'V. a. [/nand^^/.J To clofe 
 up ; to ftop. 
 
 VVitii bo'ling pitch another near at hand 
 The re.im> :vjiQp%. Dtyden'i Ann. AUrai. 
 
 To INSTRU'CT. V. a. participle pre- 
 
 tt;iit inJlruSed or wjlrull, [infiruo, 
 
 Latin; iri/lruire, Frcncii.J 
 I. To teacli ; to form by precept; to 
 
 inform authoritatively ; to educate ; to 
 
 iii(lin>te ; to dircft. 
 Out of henven he made thee to hear his voice^ 
 
 that he might htjiiuc} thee. Vtuttrcticn.y. 
 
 His God doth injhull liim to difcrction, and 
 
 doth teach him. JJai.ih,
 
 I N S 
 
 Clienaniili, cliief of tlic Levitfj, lnp<u^td 
 ibout rlic tong, l>v-c.iul'c he wai ikilful. [ Chmi. 
 
 Thou appiovell the things th.it aic mi>rc ex- 
 cellent, Lcmg /rz/ri^i^/^j^ out tiF the law. Hom.i/it. 
 
 Jnj'ifuH me, tot tinm kjio\rc(l. AtiitQn. 
 
 He ever by cor.fulnng at thy (lirine 
 RcturuM file wife;, c..i t:ic more iTtjiru^ 
 To ily or follow xvhj; concern'd hint mod. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. It has commonly in before the thing 
 taught. 
 
 They that were infinSei it the fongs of the 
 Lord wcie two hundred fourlVoie and eight. 
 
 I Lffonicl^s. 
 
 Thefc arc the things ivhitein Solomon wa> 
 inprutled for building of the houl'e of God. 
 
 £ Ciiroric!ci. 
 
 3. To model ; to form. Little in life. 
 
 Th.cy ipe;ik to the merits of a caufe, after the 
 pro;5tor lias jireparcd and infuutUd the fame for 
 a licaiing bet'orc the judge. ^\-i-jJf. 
 
 Instru'cteu. n. f, [from injirulf.'] A 
 teacher ; an i:'lliti:tor ; one vvho deli- 
 Tcrs precepts or imparts knowledge. 
 It is often svritten iii/Iruffof. 
 
 Though yoa have ten thuufund injiru^on in 
 Chrill. I Corinthians. 
 
 After the flood arts to Chaldca fell, 
 The hither of the faithful there did dwell, 
 Who both their parent and injirui1;r w.ts. 
 
 Dinham, 
 
 tfou, who future things can'ft reprcfent 
 As prcfcnt, hcav'nly injtru:}r.r I Milton. 
 
 Poets, the fiift injlruQon oi mankind, 
 Brought all things to their n.itivc proper ufe. 
 
 Rojc'jmn:cu . 
 
 They fee how they are fcefet on every fide, 
 
 not only with temptationsi but mjitutlon to vice. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Several infiruSon were difpofcd among this 
 
 little heiplefs people. ./Iddifor.. 
 
 We have precepts of duty given us by our /«- 
 
 fruaors. Rcgerz. 
 
 Instru'ctiok. n.f. [ttijlrudton, French; 
 
 from inJlnS.] 
 I. The aci of teaching; information. 
 It lies on you to fpeak, 
 Not by your own i^ftrutl-oti^ nor by any matter 
 Which vour heart prompts you to. i^JiniJy _ 
 
 We are beholden to judicious writers of all 
 ages, for thofc difcoverics and difcuurfcs they 
 have left behind thcra for our i^jhuVtion. Locke. 
 Z. Precepts conveying knowledge. 
 
 Will ye not receive inJiruOicn to hearken to 
 receive my words ? yerevtiiik. 
 
 On ev'iv thorn delightful wifdoni grows. 
 In ev'ry if ream a I'wcct injhuii.on Hows ; 
 But fome untaught o'erhcar the whifp'iing lill, 
 In fpite of facred leifure, Llocil.head5 iiill. 
 
 Young. 
 3. Authoritative information ; mandate. 
 Sec this difpatch'd with all tiie halfe ihuu 
 can'lt ; 
 Anon 1*11 give thee more Injiruffion. Shakfpeare. 
 
 Instr'uctive. adj. [from hi/Iruci ; iri- 
 Jlrudif, Fr. ] Conveying knowledjre. 
 
 With varic"-y o(ir:/iiu&ive exprefTiuiis by fpcccli 
 " mail alone is endowed. Ho/dtr. 
 
 1 would not laugh but to inftruft j or if my 
 mirth ceat'cs to be inJiiuSircc^ it iHali never ccafe 
 to he iiiiiucent. ■ Jlddifon. 
 
 INSTRUMENT. «./ \\nPume,U, Fr. 
 
 iiiJlrumeiUum, Lat] 
 I. A tool ufed for any work or purpofe. 
 
 If he imitc him with an ir.Jrjment of iron, lo 
 that he die, he is a muidcrer. Numlien. 
 
 What artificial frame, what infniment^ 
 Did one fupeiior genius e'er invent ; 
 Whicli to the mufcles is prefcrr'd ? Blactmoie. 
 
 Bjx is iife.*'ul tor turners mdifijirument makers. 
 
 M'jrtimci . 
 
 i. A frame conflruded fo as to yield har- 
 nionious founds. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 I N S 
 
 He that flriketh an injinmint with (kill, may 
 c.mle nulwiihltaiiding a very pleal'.int found, it 
 the llring whereon he liriketh cliancc to be ca- 
 pable of harmony. li'*^ker. 
 
 She taketh ino(f delight 
 In mufick, irjh:imenti anil poetry. Sliakffearc. 
 
 In folitary groves he makes h.is moan. 
 Nor, mix'd in mitth, in youthful pleafure Iharcs, 
 But figlis when fongs and inliiuir.ent^ he hears. 
 
 Dr\.kn. 
 
 3. A writing containing any contract or 
 order. 
 
 He called Edna his wife, and took paper, and 
 did write an injlrummt of covenants, and fealcd 
 it. Tobit. 
 
 4. The agent. It is ufed of perfons as 
 well as things, but of perfons very often 
 in an ill feiile. 
 
 tf, haply, you my father do fufpeil, 
 An i'ljh iimtnt oi this your calling back, 
 Lay not your bla.me on me. Sli'ikfp. Othello. 
 
 5. 'I'hat by means whereof fomething is 
 done. 
 
 The gods would not have delivered a foul into 
 the body whicli hath arms and legs, only injirw 
 mcnti of doing ; but that it were intended the 
 mind fhould employ them, Sidney. 
 
 Ai) voluntary felt-denials and aulleritics which 
 chuff iaiiity commends become necelTary, not 
 fimply foi thcmfcives, but as f«/?''ftmf«/j towards 
 a higher end. Vccay of Fiety. 
 
 Reputation is the fmallefr facrilicc thofe can 
 make u^, who have been the injhumcnts of our 
 ruin. S-.v:ft. 
 
 There is one thing to be confidered concerning 
 rcafon, whether fyllogifm be the proper injiru- 
 >n!nt of it, and the ulefulleli way ofexercihiig 
 this faculiy. Locke. 
 
 6. One who afts only to ferve the purpofes 
 of another. 
 
 He fcaicely knew what was done in his own 
 chamber, but as it picafcd her iiifuumenti to 
 frame thenifelves. Sidney. 
 
 All the ifijlrtimenti which aided to cxpofe the 
 cliild, were e\en then loit when it was found. 
 
 Sliakfpcare's U'ir.tct's Talc. 
 
 in benefits as well as injuries, it is the prin- 
 cipal that wc are to cor.fider, not the irjlrument ; 
 that which a man does by another, is in truth his 
 own at!f. L' I'.jir.tnge. 
 
 The bold are but the injinmints of the wife, 
 They undertake the dangers they advile. Dryd 
 
 Instrume'ntal. adj. [^injlrumental, Fr. 
 itijlrumcntum, Lat.] 
 
 1. Conducive as means to fome end; 
 organical. 
 
 All Irtond and inffiimental caufcs, without 
 that operative faculty which God gave them, 
 would become altogether filent, viituelcfs, and 
 dead. RaU.^h'i Ui/lory. 
 
 Prayer, which is injlrumental to every thing, 
 hath a particular pioraife in this thing. 
 
 I'dylor^s Rule of living holy 
 
 It h not an elTential part of religion, but ra- 
 ther an auxiliary and injhumcntal duty. 
 
 Smairidge. 
 
 I difcern fome excellent final caufcs of con- 
 jundfion of body and foul ; but the injirumenta! 
 I know not, nor what invilible bands and fetters 
 unite them together. lUntl-y. 
 
 2. Acting io fome end ; contributing to 
 fome purpofe ; helpful ; ufed of perioiis 
 and things. 
 
 The prcfbyterian merit isof little weight, when 
 they .Ttlcge themfelves injhutncnt.^l towards the 
 rcHoiaiion. Sw.'ft. 
 
 3. Confifting not of voices but inltru- 
 ments ; produced by inllruments ; not 
 vocal. 
 
 They which, under pretence of the law cere- 
 monial abrogated, require the abrogation of ;>^r«- 
 meniul niufiek, approving nevcrthclcfs the ufe of 
 vocal melody to remain, mufl ibew funic reafon, 
 
 INS 
 
 wherefore the one fhould be thought a leg '1 ce- 
 icraony and not tiie other. Hooker. 
 
 Oft 111 hands. 
 While they keep watch, or nigl.lly rounding 
 
 walk, 
 With heav'nly touch u( injlrumtnial founds 
 In full harmonious number join'd, their foiigi 
 Divide the night, and lift out thoughts to heav'n. 
 
 Milton. 
 Sweet voices, mixt with injlrum-nlnl founds, 
 Afcend the vaulted roof, the vaulted tjjf ic- 
 bounds. Df.'ien, 
 
 I-nstrumenta'litv. n.f. [from mjUu- 
 mental.~\ Subordinate agmcy ; agency 
 of any tiling as means to an end. 
 
 Tiiole natural and involuntary avfings arc not 
 
 done by deliberation and formal coniniand, yet 
 
 they are done ly the virtue, enc-gy, and influx 
 
 ol the tuul, and the /«//rrt;7i^///(i///v of the fpints, 
 
 tlitle^i Origin of Manlird. 
 
 Lvstrume'ntallv. adv. [hominjlnimc-n- 
 ial.] Jn the nature of an iulhumcut ; 
 as means to an end. 
 
 Man's well-being here in this life is but infitu- 
 mtnially good, as being the means for him to le 
 well in the next life. Dig!".. 
 
 Habitual prcpaiation for the facrameni eon- 
 fiffs in a Handing, permanent habit, or principle 
 of holintfs, wrought chiefly by God's fpirit, and 
 injirumenlally by his word, in the heart or loiil 
 of man. Soutii. 
 
 Instp.ume'mtalvess. n.f. [from vijli-u- 
 mailal.] Ufefulnefs as means to au 
 end. 
 
 The injlrumentalncfs of riches to works of cha- 
 rity, has rendered it very political, in every 
 chriliian commonwealth, by laws to fctile and 
 fecure property. H.immond. 
 
 Insu'fferablE. adj. [in zndfuJeraLk.'\ ' 
 
 1. Intolerable; infupportable ; intenfe be- 
 yond endurance. 
 
 The one is oppreffcd with coiiftant heat, the 
 other with infi,Jfrr.il>it cold. Sroxvn's I'ld. l.r. 
 
 Eyes that confcfs'd him born for kingly Iw.iy, 
 So fierce, they flafh'd irfnfferj'jle day. Dryden. 
 
 Though gtcat light be injngeruble to oureyo, 
 yer the highcH degree of darkiicfs docs not at all 
 d;feafe them ; becaufe that caufuig nodifoideiiy 
 motion, loaves that curious organ unharmed. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 2. Deteftable ; contemptible ; difgufting 
 beyond endurance. 
 
 A multitude of fcrihblcrs, who daily pefler 
 
 the Horld with their infafi'eraile Huff, (hould be 
 
 difcoiiiagcd fiom writing any more. Srv.i.n, 
 
 iNsu'f FKR .ABLY. adv. [from infujfnalh.'\ 
 
 To a degree beyond endurance. 
 
 Thole heav'nly lha)>es 
 Will dazzle now this earthly, with their bl.ize 
 lnfnffir.,h!y bright. Milton. 
 
 There is noperfon remarkably ungrateful, who 
 was not alfo infujerubly pioud. South. 
 
 Insufei'cience. ■) n./ [itififftdence, Fr. 
 
 Insuffi'ciency. J imndfitjj'tc'icnt.] In- 
 
 adequatcnefs to any end or purpofe ; 
 
 want of requilite value or power : ufed 
 
 of tilings and perfons. 
 
 The minillei's ajuncfs or infnjjicieney, other- 
 wife tiian by reading to iniliua the fioek, 
 liandeth in this place as a flrangcr, with whom 
 our form of common prayer hath nothing 10 iu. 
 
 Ifc/ker. 
 
 The infufficiency of the light of nature is, ly 
 the light of fcriptuie, fo fully fupplied, that 
 further light than this hath added, there doth 
 not need unto that end. Hooker. 
 
 Wc will give you lleepy diir.ks, that your 
 
 feiifcs, uniiitclligent of-our miO-^fcMcf, niay^ 
 
 though they cannot pra'ife us, a's little acciifc us. 
 
 Shnkfjxare's ifinter'i T.ilr. 
 
 Till experience had difcovcred their defeat and 
 ir.fufficicncy, 1 did certainly conclude them to be 
 infallible. llilkins. 
 
 G N
 
 I N S 
 
 Confidcrthe pleas made ufe of to tKis purpofc, 
 and rt)cw the inj;,jjici-:ncy and weakntls of them. 
 
 j4ttirb-jry. 
 
 Insufficient. a//r. [jnfuffic'ient, French; 
 in and /ij^cirit.] Inadequate to any 
 need, afe, or purpofe ; wanting abili- 
 ties ; incapable; unfit. 
 
 The biihop to whom they (hall be piefcnted, 
 i-.i.iy jullly rejeit tt.em as incapabk ■^■.A ik/u^- 
 ^irnt. Spenjcr en IrcUrid. 
 
 We are weak, dependant creatures, irptfficUnt 
 to our own happnicfs, full of wants which of 
 ourfelve^ we cai'not relievcj expofed to a nume- 
 rous train of evils which we know not how to 
 divert. R'.gcn. 
 
 Faliiog kills by the bad flafe, not by the i-.- 
 f:.^.^:!nt cjuaiuity of fluids. Arhuihr.it. 
 
 i Ini^uffi'ciently. ad'o. [from ttifujfi- 
 Ltcnl.^ With want of proper ability; 
 not fkilfully. 
 Insuffl.^'tion. n.f. \_in d.nAfuJlo, Lat.] 
 The aft of breathing upon. 
 
 Impofition of hands is ;i curtom of parents in 
 blclung their children, but taken up by the apof- 
 tlcs inltead of that divine rjfujfintion wiiicb 
 Cnrili ufcd. Httmm'jnd' i FunJjmeituh. 
 
 Insular, lotfj. [infulaire, French; ir:- 
 I'nsulary. J yi//ar;V, Laiin.] Belong- 
 ing to an ifland. 
 
 Driun.T, bcinj lurrounded with the fea, is 
 
 )iard!y to be invaded, having many other inf://ary 
 
 advant.igrs. Hoiu.-i. 
 
 I'nsulated. aJJ. \Jnfula, Latin.] Not 
 
 contIguo\i« on any fide. 
 Insu'lse. ar!f. [iii/u/j'us, Latin. 3 Dull; 
 intipid ; heavy. Did. 
 
 I'nsult. n.f. [infuhiis, Latin; ittfulte, 
 French.] 
 
 1. The ad of leaping upon any thing. 
 In this fenfe it has the accent on the 
 laft fyllable : the fenfe is rare. 
 
 The bull's ;*:/"./.' at foui- the may fuflain, 
 Bui after ten from nupti.il rites refrain. D\\:Ur: 
 
 2. Aft or fpeech of infolence or con- 
 tempt. 
 
 The ruthkfs futer that iifult adds to grief. 
 
 Take the fentencc ferioudy, bccaufe railleries 
 are an infutt on the unfortunate. BriK'tf. 
 
 To INSU'LT. It. a. [in/ulur, French ; 
 infulio, Latin.] 
 
 1. To treat with infolence or contempt. 
 It is ufed fometiines with over, fome- 
 tiines without a prepofition. 
 
 Tnc poet makes his heio, after he was glutted 
 by the death of Hciftor, and the honour he did 
 his friend by hifulting over his mujdcrer, to be 
 moved hy the fears of king Priam. Pope. 
 
 2. To trample upon ; to triumph over. 
 
 It plcas'd the king his mjfter very lately 
 To ftrike at me upon ins milconlfruftion j 
 "When he conjuncl, an<l riatt'ring his dlfpleafure, 
 Tiipt me behind; being down, rr.fuliid, rail'd, 
 And put upon him fuch a deal of man, 
 Th»t worthied him. Shukfpcare'! King Lear. 
 
 So 'fcapes the i/ifuhing tire his narrow };iii, 
 And makes fmall outlets into open air. Vrydcn. 
 
 Ev'n when they fmg at eafe in full content, 
 Inlulting o'er the toil tney underwent. 
 Yet ilill they find a future talk remain. 
 To turn the foil. D'ydrn's Fhgil. 
 
 Insvj'lter. n.f. [from t'nyiiA.] One who 
 treats another with Infolent triumph. 
 
 Ev'n man, the mercikfs injulitr man, 
 Man, who rejoices in our fex's weaknefs, 
 Slial'i pity thee. Ra'.ve'l y,ir.t Shcre. 
 
 Insu'ltincly. aJv. [from in/u/ting.] 
 With contemptuous triumph. 
 
 Ir:/u.'fiftg/y, he made your hive his boaft. 
 Gave me "my life, aad told mt wli.it it coll. 
 
 I N S 
 
 Insuperabi'lity. ti, /. [^rorti Infuper-^ 
 ablf.^ The quality of being invincible. 
 INSU'PERABLE. atlj. linfupcrabihs, 
 Latin.] Invincible; infurmountable ; 
 not to be conquered ; not to be over- 
 come. 
 
 This appears to be an itfjfarabh objeiSion, 
 bccaufe of the CTidcnce that lenfe fcems to give 
 it. I^'Z<>y c* Botiies. 
 
 Much miglit be done, would we but endea- 
 vour; nothing is.'ny'/ptra^.'etopains and patience. 
 Rjy sn the Creation. 
 And middle natures how they long to join, 
 Yet n-'ver pafs til* />y/.^f;ii/< line. Pcpe. 
 
 Insu'perablekess. n. J. [from in/uper' 
 able.] Invinciblenefi ; impofTibility to 
 be furmounted. 
 Insuperably, adv. [from in/uperai/e.} 
 Invincibly ; infurmountably. 
 
 Between the grain and the vein of a diamond 
 there is this difference, mat the former furthers, 
 the latter, b.'ing fo irfuperably hard, hinders the 
 fpiiuing of It. Greiu'i Mujjtum 
 
 Insuppo'rtable. adj. [jnfupportahk, 
 French ; in 3.r\A fupportalrle.'\ Intolera- 
 ble ; infiifferable ; not to be endured. 
 
 A difgracc put upon a man m company is 
 infupp^rtable ; it is heightened according to the 
 greatncfs, and multiplied according to the num- 
 ber, of the perfons that hear. South. 
 
 The bafer the enemies are, the more infupport. 
 able is the infolence. L'Ejfiange. 
 
 The tiiougiit of being nothing after death is a 
 •burden irptpportable to a virtuous man : wc na- 
 turally aim at happinefs, and cannot beai to have 
 it confined to our prefent being. D'yJen 
 
 To thofe that dwell under or near the equator, 
 this fpring would be a moft pclfilent and tnfup- 
 porttib/e fummer; and as for thofe countries that 
 arc nearer the poles, a peipetual fpring will not 
 do their bulincfs. BentUy. 
 
 Insuppo'ktablenk.ss. n.f. [from »n- 
 fupportablc.'\ Infufferablenefi ; the (late 
 of being beyond endurance. 
 
 Then fell Iht to fo pitiful a declaration of the 
 irifupp^ytabienefs of her defircs, that Dorus's 
 cars procured his eyes with tears to give tcftl- 
 mony how much they fuffercd for her fuffering. 
 
 Sidney. 
 
 Insuppo'rtably. adv. [^trom infuppoit- 
 aMe.] Beyond endurance. 
 
 But fafeft he who flood aloof. 
 When i'tjupp'-.rtahiy (lis foot ad^■anc'd, 
 In fcorn of their proud arms, and warlike tools, 
 Sputii'd thtm to death by trcops. A//.'r»n. 
 
 The firft day's audience fufficicntly convinc'd 
 me, that the poem was itfupprirtabiy too long. 
 
 DtyJen. 
 
 iNSURMo'uNTABtE. aiij. [infurmotilaile, 
 French; in and furmoun/ab/(.^ Infuper- 
 able ; unconquerable. 
 
 Thii difficulty is infurnaunlahle, till I can 
 
 miike fimplicity and variety the fame. Lccie. 
 
 Hope thinks nothing difficult J defpair tells ui, 
 
 that diffiC'ilty is ivjufmountable. lf\itti^ 
 
 Insurmo'untably. adv. [from itifur- 
 mounlab/e.l Invincibly; unconquerably. 
 Insurre'ction. ti.f. [infurgo, Latin.] 
 A feditious rifing ; a rebellious com- 
 motion. 
 
 Between the acting of a dreadful thing, 
 And the hill motion, all the interim is 
 l^iite a phant.ifma, or a hideous dream ; 
 The genius and the mortal inftruments 
 Are then in council ; and the Hate of man, 
 Like to a little kingdom, fuffers then 
 "I'he nature of an inpnreclir.n, Shakjpeart . 
 
 This eiiy of old time hath made injurrc&inn 
 againft kings, and that rebellion and fedition 
 have been made therein. K7:ra 
 
 Tiiere fliall be a great infurrdiion upon thofe 
 that kit Che Luvd, i EJdrai. 
 
 I N T 
 
 InfurreHi-ni of bale people are commonly 
 
 more furijus ui ''leii faeginiiiiigs. Bacon. 
 
 The trade ol Runie had like to have fuffared 
 
 another great ftrokc by an injuneOion in Egypt. 
 
 Arhuti-.not. 
 
 iNsustJRRA'TiON. n.j. [ir.fufurro, Latin.]. 
 
 The ad of whifpiriing into fomttoing. 
 
 Inta'ctible. adj. [in and taSum, Lat.] 
 
 Not perceptible to the touch. Di3. 
 
 INTAGLIO, n.f [Italian.] Anything 
 
 that has figures engraved on it fo as. 
 
 to rife above the ground. 
 
 We meet witii the h^ures * ich Juvenal dc- 
 
 fcribcs oil antique ir^tjgtioi and medals. Addijon. 
 
 Inta'stable. adj. [in and taJU.I Not 
 
 raifing any fenfations ia the organs o£ 
 
 tafte. A word not elegant, nor ufed. 
 
 Something which is invifiulc, inttiJiabUf and 
 intangible, as exiftingonly in the fancy, may pro- 
 duce apleature fupenor ig that of fenfe. Gteim, 
 
 INTEGER, n.f [l^AUn.^ The whole 
 
 of any thing. 
 As not only I'lgiufied a piece of money,, but 
 
 any integer ; from whence is derived the word 
 
 ace, or unit. ArhuthiHt. 
 
 I'ntegral. adj. [integral, French; in* 
 
 ieger, Latin.] 
 
 1. Whole: applied to a thing confidered. 
 as comprifing all its conftituent parts. 
 
 A local motion keepeth bodies integral j and 
 their paits together. Buca'-^ 
 
 2. Uninjured; complete; not defeftive. 
 
 No wonder if" one lemam fpeechlcfs, chough 
 
 of integral piinciples, who, from an infant, 
 
 Ihould be bred up amongfl mutes, and have no 
 
 teaching. Mulder. 
 
 3- Not fraftional ; not broken into. 
 
 fraftions. 
 I'ntegral. n.f. The whole made up 
 of pans. 
 
 Phyficians, by the help of anatomical dilTec- 
 tions, have feaiched into thofe various meaiiders 
 of the veins, arteries, nerves, and integralt of the 
 human body. Htiie. 
 
 Confuler tl e infinite complications and com- 
 binations of fevcial concurrences to the conlti- 
 tution and operation of almofl every integral in 
 nature. Hate. 
 
 A mathematical whole is better called inte- 
 gral, when the fevc-ral parts, which make up the 
 whole, ate diftinfl, and each .may fiiblifi apart. 
 
 fratt!. 
 
 Inte'grity. n./. [iiitrgrite. Trench ; in- 
 Irgrilas, from integer, Latin.] 
 
 1. Hoiiefty ; uncorrupt mind; purity of 
 manners ; uncorruptednefs. 
 
 Your dilhont-ur 
 Mangles true judgment, and bereave* the ftate 
 Of that integrity which Ihould become it. iihak. 
 
 Macduff, this noble palfion, 
 Child of integrity, hath from my foul 
 Wip'd the black fcruples, reconcil'd my thoughts 
 To thy good truth and honour. Shakjpenre. 
 
 Whoever has examined both parries cannot 
 go far towards the extremes of cither, witiiout 
 violence to his integrity or underitanding. S-iuijt. 
 
 The libertine, inf^ead of attempting to cor- 
 rupt our integrity, will conceal and difguife his 
 own vices. Rogers. 
 
 2. Purity ; genuine unadulterate fiate. 
 
 Language continued long in its purity and in~ 
 tegiiiy. Hale. 
 
 3. Intirenefs ; unbroken whole. 
 
 Take away this transformation, and there is 
 no chafm, nor can it affeft the integrity of the 
 aft ion. Blame. 
 
 Inte'gument. n. f. \jntegumentum,inttg>>, 
 Latin.] .Any thing that covers or in- 
 velops another. 
 
 He could no more live without his frizc coat 
 than without his fkiu : it is not indeed iia pro-
 
 I N T 
 
 pcrly his coat, as what the anatomifts call one of 
 the ifiie^urn(nli of the body, Ad.Hfon. 
 
 I'NTKLLkCr. n.f. [ifUelha, Ficiich; 
 intel/ci'liis, Latin. J The intelligent 
 mind ; the power of undcrllanding. 
 
 All heart they live, all head, all eye, ail car, 
 All inle/hSl, all feiifi.-. ^ MUto:!. 
 
 All Ihofe arts, rarities, and inventions, which 
 vulg.M" minds gaze at, and the ingenious puifuc, 
 are but the icliqiics uf an inulliil defaced with 
 tin and rime. So»t/i. 
 
 iNTi^Lt.F.'cTiov. n. /. [mh/Zcclion, Fr. 
 inlelleilio, Latin.] Tlic a£l of undfi- 
 ftanding. 
 
 Simple apprch.cnfion denotes the foul's naked 
 inte'!t:^litn of an ohjefl, without either conipo- 
 fition or dcduv'"tion. Ghni'ilU*i Sce^/n. 
 
 They will lay 'tis not the bulk or fubft.rnce of 
 the animal fptrir, but its motion and agility, that 
 produces in:i-!U£}:e» and fcnfe. K-.nil^-y, 
 
 Intelle'ctive. adj. [iiileHetlif, French ; 
 from in/e/kfi.} Having power to un- 
 derllaiid. 
 
 If A man as inteUcdii'c be created, then either 
 he means the whole man, or only that by which 
 he is intclU&ive. Glart'viiie. 
 
 Intf.lle'ctual. adj. [intclkclucl, Fr. 
 irilellcBiiaris, low Latin.] 
 
 1 . Relating to the underllanding ; belong- 
 ing to the mind ; tiaiifa£led by the un- 
 derflanding. 
 
 Religion leachc! us to prcfcnt to Cod our bo- 
 dies as well as our fouls ; if tiie body fervcs ihe 
 foul in aflions natuial and civil, and intcllcSfiial, 
 it mull nut be eatcd in the only offices of reli- 
 gion. Tybr. 
 
 2. Mental ; comprifing the faculty of 
 underlianding ; belonging to the mind. 
 
 Locick is to teach us the light ufe of our rea- 
 fon, or /M/f//fi.7;/a/ poweis. ^I'utn. 
 
 3. Ideal ; perceived by the Inte!le<fl, not 
 the fenfes. 
 
 In a daik vifion's inlcUcBual fccne, 
 Beneath a bu\v*r for fonow made. 
 The melancholy Cowley lay. Ca-wley. 
 
 A train of phantoms in wild order rofe, 
 And, join'd, this /«/t7/e-^?«ii/fcene compote. Pope, 
 
 4. Having the power of underftanding. 
 
 Anasngoins and Plato term the Maker of the 
 world an //;/f//fc7wd/ worker. Hooker, 
 
 Who would lofc, 
 Though full of pain, this intcllefluni being, 
 Thofc tliought.s that wander tiirough eteriiityj 
 To perilli rather, fwallow'd up and loft, • 
 In tire wide womb of uncreated night, 
 Devoid of leni'e and motion } Milton, 
 
 5. Propofed as the oLjecl not of the fenfes 
 but intellcfl : as, Cudworlh names his 
 book tlie intelkdual fyftem of the uiii- 
 verfe. 
 
 Intelle'ctual. n.f. Intellefl ; tinder- 
 flanding ; mental powers or faculties. 
 Little in ufe. 
 
 Her hulband not nigh, 
 Whofe higher inidUau,il more 1 Ihun. Milton. 
 The fancies of moft, like the index of u clock, 
 are moved but by the inward fprings of the cor- 
 )iureal macliinc ; whicii, even on the moft fub- 
 limed intelUdual, is dangeroufly influential. 
 
 G/um:i//c"i Sct-pfi\. 
 
 1 have not confulted the rrpu'e of my innl- 
 
 lt{}uili, in bringing their weakneffes into fuch 
 
 difcerning ptefences. GUiiville. 
 
 Inte'lligence. 7 n.f. {intelligence, Fr. 
 Inte'lligency. 3 iiitelligcnlia, Latin.] 
 I. Commerce of information ; notice ; 
 
 mutual cominunication ; account of 
 
 things dirtant or fccret. 
 It was peiceivcd there had not been in the 
 
 tatholicks fo much forefight aa to provide that 
 
 I N T 
 
 true intcUtgtnct might pafs between th.cm of wlnr 
 was done, Hi'Atr 
 
 A mankind witch! hciicc wiih her, out \j>\ 
 door ! 
 A moI> i'!(i'liz<^"C)/ bawd ! ^hjlji-rurc. 
 
 He fuinilhed his employed men liberally with 
 money, to draw on and reward intcUigevets ; 
 gi\ ing them alio in ch.irgc toadvcrtifc contiiiuaily 
 what they found. Bacon' i Henry vir. 
 
 The aclvfrtifcuicnts of neighbour pi'inccs aic 
 always to he reg;irdcd, for th.it ihcy receive tfiicl- 
 hgemc from better auihois tlian pcifuns cf inferior 
 
 note. Uaj-warJ. 
 
 Let alt the pnftiiges 
 Be well fecui'd, that no inttUigencc 
 May pafs between (he prince and them. Venham. 
 Tloic talcs had been Tung to hill children 
 aflccp, before ever Bcrofus fet up his iKtcUigcnce 
 ofltce at Coos. Bcntlev. 
 
 2. Commerce of acquaintance; terms on 
 whicli men live one with another. 
 
 F;i(5^tioLis followers aic wurfc to be liked, 
 which follow not upon afFesftion to him with 
 wl.om they range thcmfelvts; whcieiipun com- 
 monly enfucih that ill inttlUgiucc that we fee 
 between great pcrloiiages. Bocan. 
 
 He lived rather in a fair intclligeticey than any 
 fricndfl\ip with tlic favourites. Uarmdan. 
 
 3. Spirit; unbodied mind. 
 
 How fully iiali thou futisficd me, pure 
 InteHigcncc of hc.iv'n, angel I Milton. 
 
 There arc divers ranks of created beings in- 
 tei mediate between the glorious Cod and man, 
 as the gloiious angcis and created intelti^cncei. 
 
 Tiiey hoped to get the favour of the houlci, 
 and by the favour uf the houics tlicy hoped fur 
 that of the intelligences, and by their favours, for 
 that of the fupreme God. Stil/i'igjlirt. 
 
 The rcguiaiity of motion, nibble in rhc great 
 v.Tricty and cunofity of bodies, is a demon li ration 
 that the whole mafs of matter is under tiie con- 
 dut^t of a mighty intelligence. Colii^'. 
 
 Satan, appealing like a cherub to Uriel, rhc 
 intelligence of ihc fun, circumvented him even in 
 his own province. Vrytien. 
 
 4. Underftanding ; flcill. 
 
 Heaps of huge words, up hoarded hidcoully, 
 Ti'.cy think to be chi-, f praile of poetry : 
 And thereby wanting due intelligencey 
 Have mari'd the face of goodly poefie. Spe>ijer, 
 
 I N T E L L I G e'n c e r . w. /. [ from hiteUi- 
 gence,^ One who fends or conveys 
 news ; one who gives notice of private 
 or diftant tranfat^ions ; one who carries 
 mefTages between parties. 
 
 His eyes, being his diligent inteirigencen^ 
 could cany unto him no other news but difcom- 
 fortable. Sidney. 
 
 How deep you were within the books of 
 heav'n ? 
 To us, th' imagin'd voice of heav'n itfcif; 
 The very opener and inttlUgcnccr 
 Kttwecn the grace and fan^ities of hcav*n, 
 And our dull workings. Sh.ikfpearr. 
 
 If they had inlhudtions to that puipofe, itTcy 
 might be the bcil intiHii'encfrs to the klnj; of 
 thf true ilatc of his whole kingdom. Bticon. 
 
 They arc the bcft fort of ifiielligencn t ^ for 
 they have away mto the inmoll clofelsof piinecs. 
 
 Howe/. 
 
 They have news-gatherers and inic/lig:ncers, 
 wiiu make them Hcquaintcd with the converfation 
 of the whole kmgdom. Sye^aUf. 
 
 Inte'lligent. adj, [intelligent, Yrench ; 
 
 intelligcnSi Latin, 3 
 I. Knowing; inftniv^ed ; ikilfuL 
 
 Ir IS not only in order of niture for liim 
 to govern that is the n\oxt I'lnllipe-nij as Arif- 
 iiitic would have u ; but there is no lefs required 
 fui guvernmenr, courage to protein, and aiiove 
 all honefty. B^to^-. 
 
 He of times, 
 I'.ti/.'igfntj kW h.irfti hyperborean ice 
 
 I N T 
 
 Shuns for our equal winters ; when our film 
 Cleave tic chill'd foil, he backwjids wnig> hij 
 war. }'hi'ii,Tt 
 
 Trace cut the numerous footlleps of the pie- 
 fcnce and interpnfition of a moil- wife and :iitl- 
 ligciil archite<ft thioughoul all thii ftupend,uiii 
 fabijck. IJ'joJw'jrj. 
 
 2. It has of before tlie tliin;:;. 
 
 }ntfli.t[rfj,t tjf (cafoirs, they let focth 
 Theii airy ciravan, MUtcitt 
 
 3. Giving information. 
 
 Servants who fcem no Icfj, 
 Which are to France the fpies and ipccul.itions 
 liuc'ligcni of our liate. ,^/f,itfjienre, 
 
 Ixtullige'ntial. adj. [from i/il(lli,^e»t.] 
 
 1. Confiding of unbodied mind. 
 
 Food .dike thofc pujc 
 Int'iHg-riuiul fuhltances require, 
 As doth your rational. AJt'fir. 
 
 2. Intelietlual; exercifing tinderftaiidin^'. 
 
 In at his mouth 
 Tl'.c devil enter'd; antl his biiital fcnfe, 
 His hCHrt or head poiTeihng, foon infpir'd 
 With ac£l inte'hgrntiai, Mi'tei. 
 
 Intelligibility, n.f. [ivom. iatelli- 
 
 glble.'] 
 
 1. Poffibility to be iindcrftood. 
 
 2. The power of underllanding; inld- 
 Icdtion. Not proper. 
 
 The foul's natu.s confrlU in intetligibitily. 
 
 Gi.inv:!le, 
 
 INTE'LLIGIBLE. adj. [wtMgiile.Fr. 
 intelligiiilis, Lat.J To be conceived 
 by the underllanding ; pofTlblc to bo 
 underllood. 
 
 We ihall give falisfstftion to l.hc mind, ro 
 fliew it a faif and iriteltigibit account of the de- 
 luge. Burr.et. 
 
 Something muil he lolt in all tranflations, but 
 the Icnfe will remain, which would otherwife 
 be maimed, when it is fcarce intclligihte. Dr\J. 
 
 Many natural duties relating to God, our- 
 fclves, and our neighbours, would be exceeding 
 ditlicult for the bulk, of mankind to find out hy 
 reafon : therefore it has plcifed God to exprel* 
 them in a plain manner, nueliigilU to fouls ttf 
 the loweft capacity. H'ntts. 
 
 Inte'lliciblf.ness. v.f. [from intelli- 
 gible. ] Poffibility to be underftood ; 
 perfpicuity. 
 
 It is in our ideas, that both the rigi.tncfs of 
 our knowledge, and the propriety or intcUigihh- 
 rifi of our fpeaking, condfls. Locke, 
 
 Inte'lligibly. ad-u. [from intelligible .^ 
 So as to be underflood; clearly; 
 plainly. 
 
 The genuine fenfe, inteUigihly told, 
 Shews a tranfl.itor both difcreet and bold. Rofc, 
 
 To wiltc of metals and minerals intelligibly^ 
 is a talk more difficult 'han to write of animals. 
 
 IT'ouJwar W i Niiturnl Hiflor\-. 
 
 Inte'merate. adj. [intemeratus, Latin. J 
 Undefiled ; unpolluted. 
 
 Intk'mper AMENT. n.f. [in nud tempe- 
 rament.] Bad conflitiition. 
 
 Some depend upon the inUmperiiment of the 
 pail ulcerated, and otheti upon the atMux of la- 
 ccrative humouis. Hurvey. 
 
 Inte'mperance. 7 n.f. [intempe. 
 Inte'mperancy. j Ftench ; in, 
 
 rantici, Latin.] 
 ' I. \S'ant of temperance ; want of mode- 
 ration : commonly excefs in meat or 
 drink. 
 
 Boundlefs intewfyerttnce 
 In aatuve is a tyranny. Shak/pearc's Mucieti. 
 Another l.iw of Lycurgus iiiduc<^ to intem- 
 pFfjrtcff and all kinds of incontincncv. Ihike^uiU. 
 Some, as thou faw'ft, by violent llroke fhall 
 die ; 
 By fire, liood, famine, by intemperance more 
 6 N 2 
 
 perance, 
 intempe-
 
 I N T 
 
 In meats and drinks, which on the earth ihall 
 
 biing 
 Difeafcs diie; of which a monftrous crew 
 Bet'oic thee (hall ajipcar; that thou may'ft know 
 What niifcry th' inabftincnce of Eve 
 Shall bring o« men. MHior.. 
 
 The Lacedemonians trained up their children 
 to iiate arunkcnnefs and intimptrance, by bring- 
 ing a drunken man info their company. JVatts. 
 2. Exceffive addiclion to any appetite or 
 
 affcflioii. 
 INTEMPERATE. aJj. [miempeiant, 
 
 French ; intemperatus, Latin.] 
 1. Immoderate in appetite; exceffive in 
 meat or drink ; drunken ; gluttonous. 
 
 More \von.c i lliould die than men, if the 
 r.nmbei- of buiials anfwered in proportion to that 
 of ficknefircs ; but men, being more inicmperate 
 than women, die as much by rcafon of their 
 vices, IS women do by the infiimity of their fex. 
 
 Grau7it. 
 Notwithftanding all their t.ilk of reafon and 
 philofophy, and thofe unanlwcrable doubts, 
 which, over their cups or their coftee, they pre- 
 tend to have againlt chiiflianity ; peifuade but 
 the covetous man not to deify his money, the 
 inumptrat^ man to abandon his revels, and 1 dare 
 undertake that all their giant-like ohjcftions Ihali 
 vanilh. Souih. 
 
 2. Faffionate; ungovernable ; witheut rule. 
 
 You arc more intem^fat-: 'v\ your blood 
 Than thofe pamper'd animals 
 That rage in favage fenfuality. Sh.tkfpeiirr. 
 
 Ufc not thy mouth to intcmptrale fwcaring; 
 for therein is the word of fin. Ecdus. 
 
 3. Exceffive ; exceeding the juil or con- 
 venient mean : as, an intemperate c!i-. 
 mate \ we hai<e intemperate •weather. 
 
 ltnt'M?SRATEl.Y.adv.l{r-ommiem/>erate.] 
 
 i . Wi^h breach of the laws of temperance. 
 
 How grossly do many t^f us contradict the 
 
 plain precepts of the gjfpcl, by living initn-.pt- 
 
 rat'-Jy or un^jultlv. Tillatjzn, 
 
 2. Immoderately; exceffively. 
 
 Do not too many believe no religion to be . 
 pure, but what is imcmperatdy rigid ? Whereas, 
 no religion is true, that is not peaceable as well 
 as pure. S^rat. 
 
 Inte'.mperateness. n. f. {uiom intem- 
 perate. ] 
 
 1. Want of moderation. 
 
 2. Unleafonablenefs of weather. Ainf-w. 
 Jnte'mpekature. n. f. [^hom intempe- 
 rate.] Excefs of fome quality. 
 
 Inte'nable. ailj. [in and tniahk.] In- 
 deftuiible : as, an intenable opinion ; an 
 inteaable fortrefs. 
 
 To INTEND, v. a. [;;;/«;>/o, Latin.] 
 
 1. To ftretch out. Obfolete. 
 
 Ti»e fame advancing high above iu's head. 
 With (harp iiittmUd iling fo rude him fmotc. 
 
 That to the earth him drove, as ftrickcn dead; 
 N« living wight would have him life hehot. 
 
 Tairy (^ucen. 
 
 2. To enforce; to-make intcnfe;^ to rtiafn. 
 
 What rt'cms to be the ground of the affeition, 
 
 is the magnified quality of this fVar, conceived 
 
 10 caufe or inu--::i the heat of this fr.ifon, wc 
 
 6nd tbit W'fer antiquity wit not of this opinion. 
 
 Brotijn^i l^uhai Rrrours. 
 
 By this tiie lungs are inicr.HiJ or remitted. 
 
 Hnk. 
 
 This vis inertijo is cffential to matter, beanife 
 
 it neither can be inltnJcdoT remitted m the fame 
 
 body ; hut is always proportional to the quantity 
 
 of matter. Chtynr, 
 
 Msgnetifm may be inlinieA and rcmitiad, 
 
 and is luur.d only in the m,.gnct and in iron. 
 
 Ntwtm's Optitii 
 
 3. To regard ; to attend ; to. take care of. 
 
 This thev (hoold carefully 
 irhen the facrament is admiui 
 
 to. take care of. 
 
 hitcKii, and nor, I ^ 
 liiltcied, iroag^ine 1 
 
 INT 
 
 thcmfelvcs called only to walk Up and down m 
 a white and Ihming garment. Ihokct. 
 
 Having no children, (he did with Angular caie 
 and tendeinefs intend \.\\c education of Philip. 
 
 £acO't'i He/iry vii. 
 
 The king prayed them to have patience 'till 
 a litrle fmoak, that w.is laifed in his country, 
 was over; flighting, as his manner w:\s, that 
 openly, which nevei thclefs he imen.iid rerioufly. 
 
 BacoH. 
 
 . To pay regard or attention to. This 
 fenfe is now little ufed. 
 
 They could not intend to the recovery of thnt 
 country of the noith. ■ Spenjer. 
 
 Neither w*is there any who might (hrire in 
 the go».ernn:ient, while the king intemied his 
 pleafuie. Bacon's Hen-y vii. 
 
 The earl was a very acute and lound Ipcake^, 
 whcri he would :'?/<rW it. IVotton. 
 
 Go therefore, mighty pow*rs! intend ^X. home, 
 While here fhall Le our Hume, what beft may cafe 
 The prefent mifciy. J^Ii/ton^s Par. Lrtj}. 
 
 Their beauty they, and v:c our loves fufpcnd ; 
 Nought can our wilhci, fave thy healthj/wr^-V. 
 
 fVMUr. 
 
 To mean ; to defign. 
 
 The opinion (he had ot his wifdoni was fuch, 
 as made her eftcem greatly of liis words; but 
 that the words therardvcs founded fo, as ihe 
 could not imagine what ihcy i/itendfd. Sidney. 
 
 The gods would not have delivered a foul into 
 the body, which hath armsand legs, only inltru- 
 mcntsof doing, but that it wck inf ended lUc mind 
 Ihould employ tliem. Sidney. 
 
 Ti^ou art fworn 
 As deeply Co aff-L;<;t what we intend, 
 As clolcly to conceal what we irnpjrt. Shnkfp. 
 
 According to this model Horace writ his odes 
 and epods, for his f.itires and epiftles, being in- 
 tended wholly for iiiftruilion, fcquired another 
 i^yle. Drydeu. 
 
 Intk'ndant. n.f. [French.] An ofRcer 
 of the highelt clafs, who overfees any 
 particular allotment of the publick bu- 
 imefs. 
 
 Nearchus, who commanded Alexander's 6cet, 
 and Oneficrates, his ifstcnd.int genera! of marine, 
 h.ive both left relations of the Indie.';. Arhuth. 
 lNTE'NDr>fENT. n,f, [entcnJem^t, Fr.] 
 Attention; patient hearing; accurate 
 examination. This word is only to be 
 foimd in Spenfcr. 
 
 Be nought hereaC dlfmay'd, 
 *Tiil; well. ye wot, by grave intaidimcnt, 
 What woman, and wherefore doth we upbraid. 
 
 Sfenjer. 
 
 Intendment, n. f, [entendement, Fr.] 
 Intention ; defign. 
 
 Out of my love to you, I came hither to ac- 
 quaint you wkhal.; that cither you might (lay 
 him from his intfnjjnenty or brook fuch difgracc 
 well as he fhall run into. Shakfpeare. 
 
 AU that worlhip for fear, profit, or fome other 
 by-end, f.ill moic or lefs within the intendment of 
 rjiis emblem. VF.ftrange. 
 
 To Inte'xerate, v. a. [In 2iuA iener, 
 Lat.]- To make tender ; to foften. 
 
 Autumn vigour g'ves, 
 Equal, intcnfrating, milky grain. Ph/h'ps. 
 
 Intenera'tiox. ri. Jl [from hiteneraie.~\ 
 Theadl of foftening or making tender. 
 In living creatures the noblcll ufe of nourifti- 
 menl is for the prolongation of life,, rcftoration 
 of fome degree, of youlh^ and jn/en~'ruei&n of the 
 p.uts. B^ccn. 
 
 Jnte'nible. a^ij. [/k and W^/r.] That 
 cannot hold; Not in ufe. 
 
 I Iciiow I love in vain, drive againlt hope; 
 Yet in this captious and intetdbfe fieve, 
 I ii'ill pour in theiAMters of my love. Shakfpeare. 
 INTE'NSE. cJj. [intenfus, Latin.] 
 Raifed to a !iigh degrte ; Itrained ; 
 forced ; not flight ; not lax. 
 
 I N T 
 
 Toobferve the eflfeiSs of a diflillatinn, profr- 
 cuted with fo intetife and unulual a degree of 
 he.it, we ventured to coijic near. Boyle. 
 
 Sublime or low, unbended or intcnpy 
 Thejound is ftilia comment to tlie fenfe. R'.fcsm. 
 
 2, Vehement ; ardent. 
 
 Hehraifms warm and animate our language, 
 and convey our thoughts in more ardent and in- 
 ttnfe phiatcs. AMiJun. 
 
 3. Kept on the ftretch ; anxioufly at- 
 tentive. 
 
 But in difparity 
 The one interjjt^ the other itill remifs, 
 Cannot well luit with either, Ljt loon prove 
 Tedious alike. Milton's V.iraMj'c L'yJI' 
 
 Inte'nskly. adv. [from /«/fn/?. ] To a 
 great degree; notflightly; not remifsly. 
 If an linglilhman conhdcrs our world, hotr 
 intinfcly it is healed, he cannot fuppofe that it 
 will cool again. AdJifon. 
 
 Inte'nseness. n. f. [from intenfe.} 
 The ftate of being enforced in a high 
 degree ; force ; contrariety to laxity or 
 reniiffion. 
 
 The water of fprings and rivers, that fuDains 
 a diminution from the heat above, beirg. evapo- 
 rated more or lefs, in proportion to the greater 
 _ or lefler /'."/fwyl'/rr/iof heat. if'oodtv.irJ. 
 
 Inte'ntion. n.f. [intenJlon,Yr. ititenjio, 
 Lat.] The aft of forcing or (training 
 any thing ; contrariety to remiffion or 
 relaxation. 
 
 Sounds will be carried further with the winf 
 
 than ag.rinft the wind ; and likewife to rife and 
 
 fall with the ir.ter.JiQn or remillion of the wind. 
 
 Bacon's Natur.ll Hijloty. 
 
 Faith differs from hope in the extcnhon of its 
 
 objetft, and in the intcKJion of degree. Tuy!cr^ 
 
 Inte'nsive. adj. [from inten/e.] 
 
 1. Stretched or increaled with rcfpefl to 
 ftfelf i that may admit increafc of de- 
 gree. 
 
 As his pcrfcflion is infinitely greater than the 
 perfcitionof a man, foil is infinitely greater thaa 
 the pcrfeclion of an angel ; and were it not m- 
 finitely greater than the perteition of an angel, 
 it could not be infinitely greater than the pcr- 
 feifiion of a man, hccaule the irtterJiTe diftance 
 between the perfection of an angel and of a ma« 
 ii Lui finite. ^ Bule, 
 
 2. Intent; unremitted. 
 
 Tired with ti-.at afiiduous attendance and :vten~ 
 fn'e circiimlpcdlion, which a long foitune did re- 
 quire, he was not unwilling to beftow upon ano- 
 ther fome part of the pains. IVotton. 
 Intensively, adv. By increafe of degree. 
 
 God and the good angels-arc more free th;.n we 
 are, that is, InteKJh-ely in the degree of freedom.^ 
 but not cxtenfively in the latitude of the objeft, 
 according to a liberty of cxercit'ej'but not of fpc* 
 cification. B> cmr.Rtl ijgaivji Houbss. 
 
 Inte'nt. adj. [intentus, Lat.] 
 
 1. Anxioufly diligent ; fi.\ed with clofe ap- 
 plication : formerly with to. 
 
 D.firaiJlions in Engiand made moft men intrnt 
 to their own fafcty. King O'larUs. 
 
 2. Commonly with on. 
 
 When we ufe but thofe means which God hath 
 laid before u5, it is a good fign that we are ra- 
 ther intent upon God's glory than our own con- 
 vcnicncy. Taylor, 
 
 The general himfilf had been more it:tcnt ufon> 
 his command. CUrenci'.n, 
 
 They on their mirth and dance 
 hitfnt. . ^fiiton. 
 
 Of aflion eajer, .ind iaitnt on thought, 
 The chiefs your honourable danger fought. 
 
 JJryden. 
 
 Were men as intent upoi this- as (Ui things of- 
 lower concernnjcnt, there are none fo enflaved to 
 the nrccffitics of life, who might not find nvjny 
 vacancies that might be hufbauded to this advan- 
 tags of their knowledge. Litie,
 
 INT 
 
 Wliilft they arc intent 91 one particuUr part 
 of tliL-ir theme, tlicy bend all tii<-ir tiiouglus lu 
 prove or difpnjvc Tome propniilioii thai relates t-j 
 tliat pait, witlmut attention to the confcqiunces 
 that may ati'cdl another. lyutn. 
 
 Be intent and lolicitous to take up the min- 
 ing of the fpeak.cr. IVatti. 
 
 Inte'nt. n.f. [from/n/w^/.] 
 
 1. A defign ; a pinpofe ; adrift; a vievv 
 formed ; meaning. 
 
 Although the fcupture of God be ftored with 
 infinite variety of matter in all kinds, although it 
 aliound with all forts of laws, yet the principal 
 intmi of Icnpture is to deliver the laws of duties 
 fui>rrnattn-al. Hoohr. 
 
 Whcieas commandment was given to deftroy 
 all places where the Canaanites had ferved the 
 gods, this precept had reference nnto a fpccial in- 
 tini and puipol'e, which was, that there Ihould be 
 but one plate whcieunto the people might bring 
 offerings. Ihaicr. 
 
 Thule that accufe him in his jntint towards 
 our wives, are a yoke of his difcarded men. 
 
 I'll urge his batied more to Clarence ; 
 And, if I fail not in my deep intent, 
 Clarence hath not another day to live. Shatfp. 
 
 This fury fit for her intent the chofe ; 
 One who deli(;lits in wars. Dryjen's JEneidi 
 
 Tlie Athenians fent their fleet to Sicily, upon 
 pretence only to .iflift the Leoiitines ; but with an 
 intent to make themfelves mailers of that illand. 
 
 Gtcvj. 
 
 Of darknefs vifihle fo much he lent. 
 As half to Ihcw, half veil the deep intent. 
 
 D<4nciaJ. 
 
 2. To all intents. In all fenfes, whatever 
 be meant or defigned. 
 
 There is an incurable blindnefs caufed by a 
 
 [ refolutioii not to fee ; and, to alt intents and 
 
 piirpofes, he who ^\ili not open his eyes is for the 
 
 picfent as blind as he that cannot. Soutii. 
 
 Re was mil'erable /o all intenti and purpofes. 
 
 U Kjlrange _ 
 
 Intf.'ntiojt. n, f. [^intention, Fr. intetitio, 
 
 Latin.] 
 J. Eagernefs of defire ; clofenefs of atten- 
 tion ; deep thought ; vehemence or ar- 
 dour of mind. 
 
 Intention is when the njind with great earneft- 
 rcfs, and of choice, fixes its view on any idea, 
 c»nliders it on every fide, and will not be called 
 off by the ordinaiy folicitation of other ideas. 
 
 Loeie. 
 EfTectual prayer is joined with a vehement in- 
 /ent:on of the inferior powers of the foul, which 
 cannot therein long continue without pain : it 
 hath been therefore thought go'id, by turns, to 
 intcrpofc rtill loniewhatfor the higiicr part of the 
 mind and the underlfanding to work upon. 
 
 FTooi-er. 
 She did courfe o'er my exteriors with fuch a 
 greedy intention, that the appetite of her eye did 
 feem to fcorch me up like a liuruiiig-glafs, 
 
 Sii.i^/l'ea^t's Merr\' ljli-ei of IVinAf'ir. 
 In pcrfoiis puffclTeri w itU other notions of reli- 
 gion, the underftanding cannot quit thcfc but by 
 great exarainalion ; which cannot be done with- 
 out fome labour and intention of the mind, and 
 the thoughts dwelling a cnnfidcrable time upcin 
 the furvey and difcuflioa of each paiticular. 
 
 South 
 2. Befirjn; piirpofe. 
 
 I wirti others tiio fame intention, and greater 
 
 fuccefles. Temple. 
 
 Moll part of chronical dil^cmpers proceed from 
 
 laxity of the fih'res ;. in which cale the principal 
 
 intention is to reitore the tone of the tolid parts. 
 
 Arbntlinot on A'i'n':>iti. 
 
 ». The (late of being intenfe or drained. 
 
 This for diiiin6tion is more generally 
 
 and more conveniently written in- 
 
 Unfion.. 
 
 The opeutiops of. agents admit of intention 
 
 I N T 
 
 and remiflaon J but effcnces arc not capable of 
 lueh v.iriation. }.uke. 
 
 Inte'ntion A I., ndj. [itilcnl!onel,Tr. from 
 intenlioti.'] Defigned ; done by defign. 
 The glory of God is tlieend which every intel- 
 ligent being is bound to confult, by a dircdl and 
 intenliontit lei\icc. Rcgeis. 
 
 Inte'ntion ALLY. ae!v.[from inlaitiona/.^ 
 
 1, By dclign ; with fixed choice. 
 
 1 find III myt'elf that this inward princl]i!e 
 doth exeit many of its aftions inleniional.y and 
 puipi'.ly. Unit. 
 
 2. In will, if not in aiflion. 
 
 VV'heiievcr I am wilhing to write to you, I fhall 
 conclude. you are intentioniiily doing fo to me, 
 
 jlttirhiny to l*Cf>e. 
 
 Inte'ntive. aeij. [from intent.'^ Dili- 
 gently applied ; bufily attentive. 
 
 Where the obiciil is fine and accurate, it con- 
 
 duccth much to have the fcnfc inttniive and erc(ft. 
 
 J3jron*t Naturiil Hijio'y. 
 
 The naked relation, at Icalt the intentive con- 
 
 fideration of that, is able ftill, and at this difad- 
 
 vantage of time, to rend the hearts of pious con- 
 
 tcmplaiors. Jitoivn's Vu^gor Eni,nn. 
 
 Inte'ntivelv. eiih. [from intentive.] 
 
 Willi application ; clofcly. 
 Inte'ntly. adv. [from intent.'] With 
 clofe attention ; with clofe application ; 
 with eager defire. 
 
 If we iiifift paffionately or fo intently on the 
 truth of our beliefs, as not to proceed to as 
 vigorous purfiut of all juft, fuber, and godly 
 living. Hnmmond on Fundninentnls. 
 
 The odd paintings of an Indian fcrccn may 
 pleafc a little ; but when you fix your eye intently 
 upon rheni, they appear fo dilproporiioned that 
 tiiey give a judicious eye pain. Atteihiny. 
 
 The Chian mcda) leats him with a volume 
 open, and reading intently. I'^i'-- . 
 
 Inte'ntness. n.f. [from iw/i-n/.] The 
 flate of being intent ; anxious applica- 
 tion. 
 
 He is more difcngaged from his intcntnefs on 
 aff.iirs. Swift. 
 
 To INTE'R. "u. a. [enlerrer, French.] 
 
 1. To cover under ground ; to bury. 
 
 Within their chiefell temple I'll erect 
 A tomb, wherein his corps Ihall be interr'd. 
 
 Shttkfpeare. 
 
 The evil that men do lives after them ; 
 The good is oft ;7i.'(-rrrr/ with their bones. Shakfp. 
 
 His body Hiall be royally interr'J, 
 And the lafl funeral pomps adorn his licrfc. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 The afhes, in an old record of the convent, are 
 faid to h.rve been interred between the very wail 
 and the alt.ir where they were taken up. Addif. 
 
 2, To cover with earth. 
 
 The belt way is to inter them as you furrow 
 peal'e. Mortimer. 
 
 Inte'rcAl.^ R. 1 ailj. [intercalairr, Fr. 
 
 Inte'rcalary. j^ inleicalaris, Latin.] 
 Inlerted out of the common order to 
 jireferve the equation of time, as the 
 twenty-ninth of Frebruary In a leap year 
 [i an intercalary 6zj. 
 
 To Inte'rCAI ATE. "v. a. [in!ercaler,Tf 
 intercede, Lat.] To inftrt an extraor- 
 dinary day. 
 
 Intercala'tion. n.f. [jntereahilion, Fr. 
 intcrcaleitio, I.,at.] iiifertion of days out 
 of the ordinary reckoning. 
 
 In fixty-lhrec years there may be loft almoll 
 eighteen days, omitting the inleieaititio'i of one 
 day every fourth year, allowed for this quadrant, 
 or fix lupcrnuincrai ics. Bi'jiun 
 
 TilNTERCE'DE. v.n. lir,terceder,Fr. 
 
 iiileicedo, Latin. j 
 I. To paf& betwetUk. 
 
 INT 
 
 lie fuppofcth that a vnft period intfreedrd be- 
 tween that origination .md the age wherein he 
 lived. i/,i/f'i Origin of M.inlird. 
 
 Thofc fupcrficies reflect the greateft quantity 
 of light, which have the grcateft reiiafting pow- 
 er, and which intercede mediums that diffri moft 
 in their rcfradlivc denfities. Neiuton. 
 
 2. To mediate ; to aft between two partic* 
 with a view of reconciling differences. 
 It has tvitli if only one part be named, 
 and betiueen if both be named. 
 
 Them the glad fun 
 Prcfentiiig, thus to intereede began. Chiton. 
 
 Nor was out bleiTcd Saviour only onr propiti- 
 ation to die for us, and piocrire uur atoncnienr, 
 bur he is Itilj our advocate, continually inter- 
 ceding wit/t his Father in behalf of all tiue pe- 
 nitents. Calumy. 
 
 I may reftore myfclf into the good graces of 
 my fair criticks, and your lordrtiip may intercede 
 ivith them on my promifc of amendment. Dryd. 
 
 Origen denies that any prayer is to be made to 
 them, although it be only to intercede tvitli God 
 for us, but only the Son of God. Stilling fleet. 
 
 Interce'der. n.f. \fxQm intercede. \ 
 One that intercedeb; a mediator. 
 
 ralNTERCETT. -u.a. [intercepter,Tf 
 inlerceptus, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To (lop and feize in the way. 
 
 The be'ter courfe fhould be by planting of gar- 
 rifons about him, which, vvhcnfocvcr he (hall 
 lookforth, or be drawn out, (hail be always ready- 
 to ;n/c'c<-«>/ his going or coming. Sfenfer. 
 
 Who intttcepti nic in my expedition ? 
 
 O, (he that might have intercepted thee. 
 
 By (irangling thee. S'l.iifprare', Richard ill. 
 
 I then in London, keeper of the king, 
 Mullcr'd my foldiers, gathcr'd (locks of friends,. 
 March'd towards St. Albans t' inicicept the 
 queen. Shalfpnire, 
 
 Your intercepted packets 
 You writ to the pope. Shalijpenre. 
 
 If we hope for things which are at too great .1 
 diftance from us, it is pofTible that we may he 
 intercepted by death in our progrefs towards 
 'hem. Addifon'i SpeClator. 
 
 2. To obftruft ; to cut off; to ftop from 
 being communicated; to liop in the pro- 
 grtk. It Is uitd of the thing or perfon 
 pairing. 
 
 Though they cannot anfwer my difirrfs. 
 Yet in fome I'ort they're better ti.'an the tribunes •. 
 For that they will not intircrpt my talc. Sh.iifp'. 
 
 Behind the hole I fattened to the palleboard, 
 with pitch, the blade of a iharp knife, to inter, 
 cept fome part of the light which palTed throii:;h' 
 the hole. N.zvto-rs Ojitich. 
 
 3. It is ufed of the aft of paffing.. 
 
 Since death 's near, and runs with fo much 
 force. 
 We mull meet fir/I, and intercept his courfe. 
 
 I^rydea. 
 
 4. It IS ufed of that to which the palTage 
 
 is direfted. 
 
 On barbed deeds they lode in proud array 
 Th.ick as the college of the bees in May, 
 When fwarming o'er the dufky f.Uds tiiev fly 
 New to the flow'rs, and intercept the Ay.' 
 
 Vrylen. 
 The direful woes. 
 Which voyaging from Troy tiic vlflors bore, 
 While flo'ms vindiitive;-.rerf,y.r the fnore. Ttp;,. 
 Interce'ption\ n.f. [interception, Fr. 
 inlcrceptio, L?Lt. from intercept.'] Stoppage 
 incoLirfe; hinderance ; obftruftion. 
 
 The pillars ftandin;; at a competent diflancc 
 from^ tie outmofl: wall, will, hy inle, repiion of 
 the fight, fomewiiat in apjicaraiicc diminifii the 
 '"cadth. irotlon-s Aitlvl,aH'e. 
 
 The word in Matthew dorh not onlv fujniiV 
 fulpenfion, but alfo fuffucal.oi.,. lirsrig^uiation or 
 inlereeptiiuiii bieaili. A>(««,
 
 INT 
 
 I^ttbrOe'ssion. n. /". [infcrref/ioni Tr. it!' 
 
 ' terc^:o, Lat.] Mtfuidlion ; Intcrpofitioii ; 
 
 agency between two parties ; agency in 
 
 the caufe of another, generally in his 
 
 favour, fometinnesagaintt him. 
 
 Lovii.g, and thcrcfo'c conftant, be ufed ftill 
 the tnttic-Jfiar: of diligence and faith, ever hopuig 
 brcaufc he would nut put iiimfelf into that hell 
 ■ to be hopelcfs. Si.bey. 
 
 Can you, when you pudi'd out of your gates 
 the vciy defender of ti.em, rliink to front his re- 
 venges with the pallUd iniirajfi'm of fuch a de- 
 cay'd dotard as you fccni to be? Skukfpeatc. 
 
 He makfth intcrcejfim to God againft Ifrael. 
 
 He bare the (in of many, and made intcrceffmn 
 foi the tranlgielTors. Ijniak. 
 
 Piay not thou for this people, neither make 
 itjurc-Jftsn to me ; for I will not hear thee, ^^r. 
 
 To pray to the faints to ob'ain things by their 
 nitrite and innrcrjjiom, is allowed and contended 
 toi by the Raman church. Stiliingjieet . 
 
 \oa\ initrcrffnn now is ncedlefs grown ; 
 Retire, and let me fpeak with her alone. Dtyl. 
 
 Interce'ssour. n. f. [intercejfeur, Fr. 
 iiitercfJfor.'Lzl.] Mediator; agent be- 
 tween two parties to procure reconcilia- 
 tion. 
 
 Behold the heav'r.s! thither thine eyefijht bend; 
 Thy look>, fighs, tears, im intcrcjjtun fend. 
 
 0:1 man's behalf. 
 Patron or inte'cf£iur none appcar'd. Mi'tan. 
 
 When we Ihall hear our eternal doom from our 
 i'itercfjjhur,'\t will convince us, that adcnial of 
 Chrirt is more tiian tranfitory words. Scu.'/i 
 
 Ta Interch a'in. v. a. [inJer and ciain.] 
 To chain ; to link together. 
 
 Two bofoms, intcrchainfd with an oath ; 
 So then two bofoms, and a lingle troth. Shakjp. 
 
 To Intercha'nge. v. a. [inter and 
 
 cha'igi- ] 
 I. To put each in the place of the other; 
 
 to give and take mutually ; to exchange. 
 
 Tiicy h.id left but one piece of one Ihip, 
 whereon they kept thcmfclves in all truth, hav- 
 ing intcfchei*ie^d thcij- cares, while cither caied 
 for other, each comforting and couufcUing how 
 to labour for the better, and to abide the w'lrfc. 
 
 Sidney. 
 I (hall iitcrciiiinge 
 My wained ilate ioi Henry's regal crown. 
 
 •Z. To i'ucceed alternately. 
 
 His faithful friend and brother Euarchus came 
 
 fo mightily to h|S fuccour, that, with fome in!ci- 
 
 e,'S«;..gi'rg changes of fortune, ihey begat of a juff 
 
 ■war, the belt child per.ce. Sidney. 
 
 Ikterch^'nce. n. f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. Commerce; permutation of commodi- 
 ties. 
 
 Thofe hare an ht£Tc!i.2Kge or trade with Etana. 
 
 Ihiuel. 
 
 2. Alternate fucccffion. 
 
 With what delights could I have walk'd thee 
 round ! 
 If I could joy in ought ! fwect inierck.mge 
 Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 The original meafurc of time, by help of the 
 lichts in the firmament, arc perceptible to us by 
 tiic ;»/frc/w:»rJ of light and darknefs, and fuc- 
 ceiT:on of feafons. Ih/dcr. 
 
 Removes and ir.terchnngts would often happen 
 in the til It ages after the flood. Burnet. 
 
 3. Mutual donation and reception. 
 
 Let Diomcdes bear him, 
 And b;ing us Crcffid hither. Good Dioniede, 
 Furnilli you fairly for this intrrekange. H.iifp. 
 
 Farewell ; the Icifure, and the fearful time, 
 Cuts off the ceremonious vows of love. 
 And ample inttrchangt of fwcct djfcourfe. ShakJ. 
 
 I N T 
 
 Since their move mature dignities made fepa- j 
 ration of cheir fociety, their encounters, though 
 not pcrfonal, have been royally attornicd with 
 intirch.iKge of gifts. Shakjpiare. 
 
 After fo vaft an obligation, owned by fo free 
 an ack.nowledgnicnt, could any thing be expe^cd 
 but a continual intercha'.ge of kindricffcs? South. 
 
 Intercha'ngeable. adj» [from inter- 
 change, ] 
 
 1, Given and taken mutually. 
 
 So many tellimonies, in f crc/uingeaitU W2rrantSj 
 and counterrolmenis, running through e«ie liands 
 and refting in the power of fo many feveral per- 
 fons, is fuj^cicnt to argue and convince all man- 
 ner of fallehood. Bacon's Off. cf Alitnation. 
 
 2. Following each other in alternate fuc- 
 cefTion. 
 
 Jult under the line they may feem to have 
 two winters and two fummers ; but there aJfo 
 tiicy have four intctchangeahk fcafon59 which is 
 encugh whticly to meafu:e. HoLiei. 
 
 All along the hiftory of the OldTcftament we 
 find the inrcrckangeah.'e providences of God, to- 
 wards the people of Ifrael, always fuitcd to their 
 manners. Tillotp.n. 
 
 Intekcha'ngeably, mhu [from ;///c^/-- 
 changeabh.~\ Alternately; in a manner 
 wliereby each gives and receives. 
 
 In thcfe two things the call and weft churches 
 did i'ttt-rckar}gfahiyhm\i confront the Jews and 
 concur with them. Ilecker. 
 
 This in myfclf I boldly will defend, 
 And interchangeably hurl down my gage 
 Up*"»n this overweening traitor's fool. Shukfp. 
 
 Thcfe articles were figned by our plenipoten- 
 tiaiies, and thofe of Holland ; but not by tlie 
 French, although it ought to have been done /«- 
 tetchangcably ; and the miniiters here prevailed 
 on the queen to execute a ratification of articles, 
 which only one part had figntd. Sivift. 
 
 Intercha'ngement, n» f. [inter and 
 change.] Exchange; mutual transfer- 
 ence. 
 
 A contrail of eternal bond of love, 
 Contirm'd by mutual joinder of your hands, 
 Atteftcd by the holy clofe of lips, 
 Stieugthen'd by inurchangtmtnt of your rings. 
 
 Shakfjpeare. 
 
 I \ T F. R CI 'p I E X T. a^f, {tntercipietts , Lat. ] 
 Obllrucling ; catching by the way. 
 
 Ikterci'pient, n.f* [intercipiens, Lat.] 
 An intercepting power; fomething that 
 caufes a floppage. 
 
 Tlioy commend repellents, but not with much 
 aftiingency, unlefs as i'HercipienU upon the paits 
 above, left the matter ftiould thereby be impaft- 
 cdin the parr. Ulj'cman 
 
 Interci'sion. n.f, [i«/^r and fipi/o, Lat. ] 
 Interruption. 
 
 By ccff.irion of oracles we may underftand 
 their intcrcifion^ not abfciflion, or confummate 
 (Icfolation. Bro-un. 
 
 To Interclu'de. i». w. [inter cIudo^lyAt.^ 
 To Hiutfrom a place or courfe by fome- 
 thing Intervening ; to Intercept. 
 
 The voice isforactimes/nrc-'f/tfi/rrf by a hoarfe- 
 
 nefs, or vifcous phlcgra cleaving to the altera 
 
 artrria. ♦ Ho.'M'. 
 
 Inter CLv'siON. n.yi [interclu/uj,L.^u'] 
 
 Obftru(i^ion ; interception. 
 
 Intercolumnma'tion. n. yi [inter vind 
 ffl//vm«f2, Latin.] The fpacc between 
 the pillars. 
 
 T^c &i^?ncc or iftfercoturfini.ieion may be near 
 four of his own diameter, becaufe the material* 
 commonly laid over this pillar were r.ithcr of 
 wood than I^one. ft'otion. 
 
 To Interco'mmon. -y. n. [inter and 
 common.] To feed at the fame table. 
 
 Wine is to be forboin in confumptions, for that 
 the fpirics of Che wiae do prey upon the rofcid 
 
 I N T 
 
 juice of the body, and ini-'ctmmon with the 
 faints of the body, and fo rob liiem of turtr 
 nourilhmc-nt. Bjcan' i N.ir.'al Hiftity. 
 
 Interco.m.\iu'nity. n.f. [inter and com- 
 munity. ] 
 
 1. A mutual communication or commu- 
 nity. 
 
 2. A mutual freedom or exercife of re» 
 ligion. 
 
 I-NTERCo'sTAl.. aifj. [infersqftaf.Yr. ir)tfr 
 and co/?<t, Latin.] Placed between die 
 ribs. 
 
 The diaphragm feems the principal inflriiracrt 
 of ordinary reij^iration, although to teAiauK'tl 
 refpiration the intercifiai mufcles may concur. 
 
 B»y!f. 
 
 By the afli (Vance of the inward /«rfrfs/?a/' mui 
 
 cles, in deep fufpiratuns, we take large gulps of 
 
 air. M,r,. 
 
 InterCovrse. n./ [entrec^urs, Frencii.J 
 
 1 . Commerce ; exchange. 
 
 This fweet inttrcouyfe 
 Of looks, and fmilcs ; for fmiles from reafon flow. 
 To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. 
 
 Milan. 
 
 2. Communlcatioa ; followed by w//A. 
 
 The choice of the place requireth many cir- 
 cumftances, as the fituation neat the fea, for the 
 commodioulnefs of an intcicimrje luilh England. 
 
 Bacttn- 
 
 What an honour is it that God (hould admit us 
 into fuch a participation ot himfelt ! That he 
 Riould give us minds capable of fuch an mt.r. 
 ciurjc iLitt'i the Si.prcme Mind ! Attetburj 
 
 Intercu'rrekce. rt.f. [from interctirrt>, 
 Latin.] Paflage between. 
 
 Conlider » hat fluidity faltpctre is capable of, 
 without the intctcurrcnce of a liquor. Bnle. 
 
 Intercu'rrent. aJJ. [intercurrenStLit.] 
 Running between. 
 
 If into a phial, filled with good fpirit of nitre, 
 you cali a piece of iron, the liquoi, whole paits 
 moved placidly before, meeting with particles in 
 the iron altering the motion of its parts, and 
 perhaps that of fome very fubtile interrurrcitt 
 matter, thofe aftive parts prefcntly begin to pc- 
 netiate, and fcatter abroad particles of the iron. 
 
 BovU. 
 Interde'al. r.f. [intcrzndideal.'\ Traf- 
 fick ; intercourfe. Obfolete. 
 
 The Gaulifli fpeech is the very Britifh, which 
 is yet retained of the Wclfhmen and Britons of 
 Fiance ; tiiough the alteration of the trading and 
 intetdeal with othei nations has greatly altered 
 the dialcfl. Spirfer. 
 
 roINTERDI'CT. v.a. [inttrdire,Yv. 
 inlertlico, Latin.] 
 
 1. To forbid ; to prohibit. 
 
 Alone I pafs'd, through ways 
 That brought me on a fiidden to the tree 
 Of inierditied knowledge. Milton's Pmr. LoJI. 
 By magic k fenc'd, by fpells encompals'd 
 round. 
 No mortal touch'd this interdided giound. 
 
 Tieirl. 
 
 2. To prohibit from the enjoyment of 
 communion with the church. 
 
 An archhilhop may not only excommunicate 
 and inttrdil^ his fuftragans, but his vicar-general 
 may do the fame. ^V>/.'^r. 
 
 Interdict, n.f. [[from the verb.] 
 I. Prohibition; prohibiting decree. 
 
 Amonglf his other funrinmcnral laws, he did 
 otdnin the intetdieti and prohibitions touching en- 
 trance of Itrangers. Buer^n. 
 
 Thofe are not fruits forbidden, nointtnhH 
 Defends the touching of thcfe viands pure ; 
 Their taftc no knowledge works at Icali of evil. 
 
 Miltcn. 
 
 Had he liv'd to fee her happy change. 
 He would have cancell'd that harfh interJift, 
 And join'd our hands himfelf, PrjJen,
 
 I N T 
 
 2. A papal prohibition to the clergy to 
 celebrate the holy oiTices. 
 
 Nani canied liimfcif mciitniiouny agninft the 
 
 ptipc, in the time of the intt'diil, which held up 
 
 his credit among the patriots. IVolioii. 
 
 Interdi'ction. n, f. [inturdidion, Yr. 
 
 interJitlio, Latin ; from interdid.] 
 
 1. Prohibition ; forbidding decree. 
 
 Sternly he pronount'd 
 The rigid imerdiiiro^if which refuunds 
 Yet dreadful in mine ear. ^U!ti.n'i Par, X,o/?. 
 
 2. Curfc : from the papal intcriiia. An 
 improper ufe of the word. 
 
 The truell ilTue of thy throne, 
 
 By hii own inurjieiitn ftaiids accm-ft. Shalfp. 
 
 Interdi'ctory. adj. [from/n/irrdVi'?. ] 
 
 Belonging to an interdiftion. A'tnf<w. 
 
 To Intere'ss. ) 1). (7. \_inlerejfer, Fr.] 
 
 To Intere'st. J Toconcern; toafFeft; 
 
 to give fliare in. 
 
 The myflical communion of all faithful men 
 is fuch as makcth every one to be intenjfcd in 
 thofc precijus biciiings, which any one of them 
 receiveth at God's hands. Ho'jhr. 
 
 Our joy, 
 Although our laft not Icalt ; to whofe young love, 
 Tiie vines of France and milk of Burgundy, 
 Sciive to be int'rtfi*d. Shukfp. Kni^ Lear. 
 
 To love our native country, and to Ifudy its 
 benefit and its glory, to be inttrrffed in its con- 
 cerns, is natural to all men. Dryden. 
 
 Scipio, rcftoring the Spanilh bride, gained a 
 great nation to tntciejl tncmfelves for Rome 
 againft Carthage. Dryitm. 
 
 This was a goddefs who ufed to itittrcfi hei- 
 felf in marriages. ylddifon on Medah. 
 
 Ill fuccelTcs did not difcourage that ambitious 
 and interejfed people. Ariuthnlt on Coim. 
 
 To Intere'st. ti. n. To afFedt ; to move ; 
 to touch with paflton ; to gain the af- 
 feclions : as, this is an tntercjling ttory. 
 Interest, n. f. [_inteie/l, hat, iutaet, 
 
 French.] 
 !. Corcern ; advantage; good. 
 
 O give us a ferious comprcheiifiun uf that one 
 gieat htterejj of others, as well as ourfelvcs. 
 
 Hainmciid. 
 Divifions hinder the common intereji and pub- 
 lick good. Temple, 
 There is no man but God hath put many 
 things into his polTctlion, to be uled for the com- 
 mon good and mter^fji. CaLvrty. 
 t. Influence over others. 
 
 They, who had hctherto prefcrved them, had 
 now lott their i'lttrej}, CUrendcTi. 
 
 Exert, g;cat God, thy Ini'reji in llie fky ; 
 Gain each kind pow'r, each gu.aidi m deity, 
 Tliat, conqucr'd by the publick vow, 
 Trtey bear the difnial mifctiicf far away. Vrior. 
 
 3. Share; part in anything; participa- 
 tion : as, this is a matter in which we 
 have interejl. 
 
 Endeavour to adjuft the degree; of influence, 
 that each c.iufc might have in producing the 
 clfe'fl, and the proper agency and intei iji of each 
 therein. > Watti. 
 
 4. Regard to private profit. 
 
 Wherever innnjl or power thinks fit to in- 
 terfere, it little imports whiit principles the op^ 
 pofite parties thinks fit to civarge upon each other. 
 
 Siulft . 
 When int'rcf calls off all her fneakiiig train. 
 
 Pope, 
 
 5. Money paid for ufe ; iifury. 
 
 Did he take iite>rji? 
 K©, not take inU'(j}\ not, as you would 
 
 fay, 
 
 Direftly, int'rfft. Sh.ihfpeaie. 
 
 It is a fad life we VtA, my dear, to he fo 
 
 teazed ; paying jntcrcji for old debts, and ilill 
 
 eonir.nling new ones. Aibuthn^t. 
 
 6. Any furplus of advantage. 
 
 I N T 
 
 With all fpeed 
 You fhall have your defires with interejl. Shaif. 
 To Interfe're. 11. n. [inter and ferio, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. To intcrpofe ; to intermeddle. 
 
 So cautious were our anccftors in convcrfation, 
 as never to interjnt with patty difputcs in the 
 flatc. Simjt. 
 
 2. To clafh ; to oppofe each other. 
 
 If each a(5\s by an indepcndcnr power, their 
 commands may inrcjeie. Smalridpc^ i ^Lrmoif. 
 
 3. A horfe is faid to interfere, when the 
 fide of one of his (hoes rtrlkes again (I 
 and hurts one of his fetlocks ; or the 
 liitting one leg againft another and 
 ftriking offtheliiln. Farrier's Dia. 
 
 Ii^te'reluent. adj. [interjiuens, Lat.] 
 Flowing between. 
 
 Air may coiihOof any terrene or aqueous cor- 
 pufcles, kept fwimraing in the inierjiuent celertial 
 m.Tttcr. Boyle. 
 
 Interfu'lgent. adj. [inter anifulgens, 
 
 Latin.] Shining between. 
 Interfu'sed, adj. [interfufus, Latin.] 
 
 Poured or fcattered between. 
 The ambient air wide interfui*df 
 
 Embracing round this florid earth. Miliott. 
 
 Interja'cehcy. n.f. [ixominterjacens, 
 Latin.] 
 
 1. The aft or (late of lying between. 
 
 England and Scotland is divided only by the 
 intetjacency of the Tweed and fome defer t ground. 
 
 Male. 
 
 2. The thing lying between. 
 
 Its flu«^uations are but motions, which winds, 
 fiorras, Dioars, and every intetjacency irregulates. 
 
 Broivn. 
 Imterj a'cent. adj. [tnterjacens, hat.] 
 Intervening ; lying between. 
 
 The fca itfelf mnft be very broad, and void of 
 little illands interjacent, clfe will it yield plenti- 
 ful argument of quarrel to the kingdoms which it 
 ferveth. Raleigh. 
 
 Through this hole objefls that were beyond 
 might be feen dif^incftly, which would not at alt 
 be fccii through other parts uf the glaffes, where 
 the air was interjacent, Netuton's Opticis 
 
 Interje'ction. «./. [interjeffion, Fr. 
 
 interjeSio, Latin.] 
 
 1. A part of fpcech that difcovers the 
 mind to be feized or affttied with fome 
 paflton : fuch as are In EngliHi, O ! alas ! 
 ah ! Clarke's Latin Grammar. 
 
 Their wild natural notes, when they would 
 e.vprefs their partions, are at the beft but like 
 natural interjehiom, to difcover their pafiions or 
 inipreffions. ' HaU'i Origin of Mankind. 
 
 2. Intervention ; interpofuion ; acl of 
 foraething coining between; aCl of put- 
 ting fomething between. 
 
 Laughing caufcth a continual expulfion of the 
 breath, with the loud noife which maketh the 
 interjection of laughing. Baton. 
 
 I'nterim. n,f. [/WWot, Latin.] Mean 
 time ; intervening time. 
 
 I a heavy interim Ihall fupport 
 By his dear abfence. Shaifpeare^s Othe'h. 
 
 One bird li.ippened to he foraging for iier young 
 ones, and in this Intr-im comes a torrent that 
 wafhes away ncll, buds, and ail. U Bjirari^i . 
 
 In this intctim my women alkcd what I 
 thought. TatUr. 
 
 To IntErjo'in. -v. a. \tntcr andy'o/H.] 
 To join inulually ; to intermarry. 
 
 So t'cileit foe^, 
 Wliofc palHuns and who .'c plots have broke their 
 
 flccp, 
 To take the one the otlicrj by fume chance, 
 
 1 N f 
 
 Some trick not worth an egg, (hall grow tl«»r 
 
 fi rends, 
 And inter join their ifTiics. Shahfprart, 
 
 Inte'riour. adj. [interior, l^at. interieur^ 
 French.] Internal; inner; not out* 
 ward ; not fuperiicial. 
 
 The fool-multitude, that chufe hy (how. 
 Not learning more than the foiid eye doth teach, 
 Wjiich pry not to th' /^i/c^/owr. S/t.ti/pea>e. 
 
 The gioifcr pnrts, thus funk down, would 
 harden, and conllituto the internur pans of u-.e 
 earth. Biirmt. 
 
 Interkno'wi.edge. n. f, [inter and 
 knowledge.] Mutual knowledge. 
 
 All nations have intcrknoiuledge one of another, 
 cither by voyage into foreign parts, or hy ilran- 
 gers that come to them. Baron. 
 
 To Interla'ce. V. a, [enlre/tifer, Fr.] 
 To intern;ii ; to put one thing within 
 another. 
 
 Some are to be interlaced between the divino- 
 Radings of the law and prophets. Ihsker. 
 
 The amhalTadors interlaced, in their conference, 
 the purpufc of their maScr to inatcft with the 
 djiii;liter of Maximili.in. Bf-on. 
 
 Tlicy acknowledged what fetvices he had done 
 for tile commonwealth, yet mterlaeinz fome er- 
 rors, wherewith tlicy teemed to reproach him. 
 
 Ifayward. 
 
 Your argument is as ftrong againfi the ufe of 
 rhyme in poems as in plays; for the epitk way 
 is every where interlaced with dialogue. Dryd^n. 
 
 Interla'pse. n.f, [inter and la/j'e.] The 
 flow of time between nny two events. 
 
 Thefe dregs are calcined into fuch lalts, which, 
 after a (hort intetlapfe of time, produce coughs. 
 
 Ha "vey. 
 
 To Interla'rd. i<. a. [entrelarder, Fr.} 
 
 1. To mix meat with bacon, or fat j to di- 
 verfify lean with fat. 
 
 2. To interpofe; to infert betweei^. 
 
 Jefts (hould be interlarded, alter the Per- 
 fian ciiltom, by ages young and old. Caieztt. 
 
 3. To diverfify by mixture. 
 
 The laws of Normandy were the defloration of 
 Die Engliih laws, and a tianfciipt of tiiem, 
 though mingled and interlarded with many par- 
 ticular laws of their own, which altered the fea- 
 tures of the original. Hale's Laws of F.ng!a':d. 
 
 4. Philips has ufed this word very har'flily, 
 and probably did not underftan'd it. 
 
 They (Vj/f/jr,/ their native drinks with choice 
 Of ftrongeft brandy. I'hilif,. 
 
 To Interle'ave. -j. a. [inter and leave'.] 
 To chequer a book by the infeition of 
 blank leaves. 
 
 ToInterli'ne. -v. a. [inter atid line, ] 
 
 1 . To write in alternate lines. 
 
 When, hy innrliring Latin and Englifh one 
 with another, he has got a muder-ite knowledge 
 of the Latin tongue, he may then be advanced 
 farther. / /. 
 
 2. To correft by Cjmething written be- 
 tween the lines. 
 
 He cancell'd an old will, and forg'd a new; 
 Made wealthy at the fniall tj^jcnce of fignii'.'- 
 With a wet leal, and a frefh interlir.:ng. X}r J. 
 
 Three things render a writing fufpeaed- "ti.-^ 
 pcrfon producing a fjlfc ii.ftiument, the titrCn 
 that frnmes it, and the hilerlining r.nd lafmg unz 
 of words contained in fuch inlhunients. 
 
 Tk- „ r • 1 , . /• J ^'y-M''' l'">rirgon, 
 1 he mufe invok'd, fit down to write. 
 Blot out, correifi, and ir.teiline. Swift 
 
 Interlinea'tion. n. /. [inter and ll'. 
 neation.] Correction made by writino- 
 between the lines. " 
 
 M..1.V clergymen wtitt in fo diminutive a man- 
 net, with luch frequent llots and tnteiln'u' i^,, 
 that tliey arc hardly able to ^a on without perre' 
 tu«l hcfitationt, f. ' ..^
 
 I N T 
 
 •y^rTffTERLi'NK. V. a. Jlnlff iind llhl.] 
 .To connect chains one to auothei ; to 
 join one in aiiotlier. - 
 
 The fair miiiture in pi<fturcs caufcs us tg enrer 
 into tUe fubjc<S which it imitates, and imprints ir 
 the more deeply into our imrigination and our 
 Jliemoiy ; thsle are two chains which are inlc>~ 
 lirikfj, wliicli contain, and are at ti:c Umc time 
 
 ■ contained. Dry.!:'!. 
 
 Interlocu'tion. II. /■ [inUrkculiori, 
 
 ■'■'■'French; iuler/ocuth, 'Lztln.] 
 
 J.; Dialogue; interchange of fpeech. 
 
 The plainefl and the moft intelligible rchearfal 
 
 of the pfalms they favour not, becaiife it is done 
 
 - by ini^rhatti'jn^ and With a miitual -rjetiu'n of 
 
 fentences from fid'.' to fide. i/«5^rT. 
 
 2. Preparatory proceeding In law; an in- 
 termediate aci before final decilicn. 
 Thtie things are called- accidental, becaufe- 
 . fom?, new. incident in jutiicature m^y emerge 
 upon ttieil^, ©n which' the Judge ouglit to pro- 
 ceed by •ytteikcut:tin, .-ij.ft'i 'Paretgo'i.. 
 i'NTERLo'c'uTO'R. ' n.f. [w/frand loquor, 
 Latin.] Dialogifl ; 'one that talks with 
 another. ' i 
 Some morofe readers (hall .find faijlt witfi niy' 
 having made. the^/'^f/^r/ptK/j;! compliment withf 
 one ajtothcf. . . . ■ ^ So\lf.\ 
 lNTERi,o'cuTORy. adj. {jnterJouUiAr 
 Frencli ; Uiler and loquvr, Latin.] 
 
 1. Conlilling of dialogue. 
 
 when the minillcr by exhorta:io;i ral;itii them, 
 
 up, and the people by protcibitiun cf their rca-; 
 
 dintfs declare he fpeakcth'liof in vam unto them ;! 
 
 thefe ir.icr'.r.cufjrx forms of fpeech, whit are'thcy' 
 
 ■cUe but mort ciVefliial, p.artly tertifications, and 
 
 • jiarrly inflammations of all piety .* livikcr. 
 
 f\ *• There .»-aiieveral fw/f/ect-iofydifcourfesia the 
 
 •!'-".hbJy fcripturcs, though the peffons fpcaking are 
 
 •BDt alternately ' mejiiiqoed or referred to; ! ". 
 
 ., - ■ ..FidJf.s'.Ssn;:Gni] 
 
 2. Preparatory to. declfion. ,. ->,.,/ ' 
 To Interlope, -v. n. [infer andJocfen,] 
 
 Dutch, to run.] To run betwe<!n par-' 
 
 ties and intercept the advantage that 
 
 one (hould gain from the other ; to traf- 
 
 fick without a proper licence,; to fore- 
 
 ftal ; to anticipate irregulatly. 
 
 The pan-on is defired to leave otf this inffriop-] 
 
 ■■.fie trade, or.aduilt the fcnights of tl(e indulby 
 
 Vao' theii (liase. _ . T"'!"'., 
 
 Intkrlo PER. «./. [iiom irtUrlope.] One 
 
 ,,\vho runs Into bufinels to which he has 
 
 rio.rig^ht.. ,■ . <^ _ 
 
 The fwallow -B-as a fly-caicher, and was no 
 
 more an iitieihfcr upon the fpider's rigKt, than' 
 
 the fpideVwas upon the fwailo'A''s. ISFJlruy^e'- 
 
 iNTtXLU.'cENT. adj ; [/9/fr^a^£n.rj,L3tin.] 
 
 Shining between, .-■-rrr .vy i;:''-^"'^- 
 1'nterh.ide. n.J. [/«/^r and/Biii/f/Lat.]. 
 Something played at the intervals of fef- 
 tivity ; a farce. 
 
 When there is a queen, and ladies of honour 
 attending her, there mult fomciiracs be luatquc!, 
 and revels, and int^htdii. Bacon. 
 
 The enemies of Socrates hired Ariftophanes to 
 peifonate him on the ifage, and, by the infinua- 
 tions of thofe interludes, conveyed a hatred of 
 him into the people. Grr.icmmtnt of the Tongue. 
 
 Dreams are but /'/i/f';/f/rj, which lancy makes ; 
 
 When monarch reafou fieeps, this mimick 
 
 wakes. Dry.ifn. 
 
 Intep.lu'ency. n, f. [inferluo, Lat.] 
 Water Jnterpofited ; interpofition of a 
 
 flood. 
 
 Thole parts of Afia and America, which are 
 now disj'-'ined by the in,\r!uencyol the fca, might 
 liave been formerly contiguous. liu.'i:. 
 
 Interlu'nar. ? adj. [inter and luna, 
 Interlu'narv. J Lat.] Belonging to 
 
 INT 
 
 the "liir.iE 'when the moon, about to 
 change, is invlfible. 
 
 We add the two Egyptian days in evciy 
 monih,- the^ iitcrluaary and plenilunary exemp- 
 tion*. . M't^^'n. 
 
 The fun to me is dark, 
 And fi-Ont as the moon. 
 When (he deierts the night, 
 Hid in ber vacant intcr!un,ir cave. Milton. 
 
 iNTERM.'i'RRi AGE. n. f. [inter ■&x A mar- 
 riage.^ Marriage bct'A-eentvvo fr.milies, 
 where each takes one and gives another. 
 
 Bccaufe the alliances and intertnavfia^ciy 
 among fo fmall a people, might obl}ru<ft Juifice, 
 they have a foreigner for judge of St. Marino. 
 
 .tld.iifjn on Jl.u'v. 
 
 To Interma'rs Y. f. n. [refer and marrj'.] 
 To marry fonie of each family with the 
 
 other. _• ■ '•■ ' 
 
 About tire TTtiddle of the fourth centiii-y, from 
 tiic building of Rome, it was declared iawful for. 
 nobles and plebeians to inteTtnurry. Suift. 
 
 7"o f NTERMS'DDLK. V. It. [inter and med- 
 dle.^ To intetpofe officioufly. 
 ■ ■" The practice of Spain hath been by war, and 
 ^by* conditions of treaty,'- io inUrmcelMe with fo- 
 reign ftates, and declare ::tbemfelves pruteiilois 
 g^nartl af citUwiicks., . - . . . £ami. 
 
 r. Seeing tl>e king w^s a fovcieign prince, the' 
 emperor ihouidnot jurtviw^t^ti/f y}\\\\ ordeiiiig lus 
 • lubjecls, or direcluig the affairs of his realm. 
 
 .■;j , ■ ii>.: .ir yr.TT. ; -'.- . H'ly-.vnr.-t. 
 
 Tlwre ,wej:e noUrtieSx wbq difpofedtuetnfdvesi 
 
 to int-er mi Utile .'in buGnefs: ,-: ■ ; . Li.iremion. 
 
 To Intermeddle. 11. a- [entreniejler, Fr.] 
 To intermix ; to mingle. This is per-i 
 liaps mifprinted for :W^;-»;f&i/. 
 
 ;. ,-,,,Many .otlief .adxpfimres. are iijtermedttltJ ; a 
 tlie love of 'liritomcrt,' ahti tbe vi'rtuourncfs of' 
 BelphiLe-. ^ ■' '' '"Sye'Kj'cr.'- 
 
 Interme'ddler. n. /. [£tomtnierniedd!e.] 
 One that interpofts oflicioufly ; one lliat 
 thrufts himfelf into bufincls to which he 
 has, no rights iV: .'-^,,t: i . 
 
 There 's hardly a greater peft ta government 
 and families, than pi^cious talerbcaiers,' aiid- 
 bufy mtei meddler's. ' , , , ' ' V KJlriirige. 
 
 Oar allies, tind o'tii; ttdck-jobb^.rs, dueft iier; 
 majefty ■hot to change her fccrctaiy of trcafurer, 
 who, fur the reafons that tliefe olfici'ous inter-' 
 Wti/t/Zdrj ■ demanded thch^ continuance, ought 
 never to havebecij adniiited into the lei^f^ Irull. 
 
 ... .,■ ..■ :,,,-, . - .. 5tl^>.l 
 
 Shall ftrangei.5j^,faijqj',iHffr».'i:.W/i-ri fay. 
 Thus far, andthus, are you allowM topunifhr • 
 ■^^■''■- ; ■ ■ " A. Phifijis.' 
 
 iNTERME'DlA-e*! n.^ [fr'om intermediate.] 
 Interpofition; inlei-vffition. An unau- 
 thorized word. '■ ■ ■ 
 
 In birasthe auditory nctye is *ff^aed,bj^"onIy 
 the in}effnc'di.:cy of tnc columella. ' ,' ' ' Vetliom. 
 
 Interme'diaj.. .'a<^,, [iitter znd- medlus, 
 Latin.] liiteryeniijg ; lying bttyi'pen ; 
 
 interveniejjt. , .. .,.■;■; ^ 
 The love of God makes a man; tcinperate in 
 
 the midli of fcafts, and is ailive ihftijgh witiiout 
 
 any inteirnedinl appetites.' "* '' T'ljlor. 
 
 A gardener prepares il.e grolind, and in all 
 
 the inttrmedial fpaccs he is careful to drefs it. 
 
 Evtiyn's KttlcTHlfir. 
 
 Ixterme'diate. adj. [internediat, Fr. 
 inter znd mediut, Lat.] Intervening; 
 interpofed ; holding the middle place or 
 degree between two extremes. . , 1 
 Do not tie moil tcfrangible r.ayA excite the' 
 fhortert vibiationi for making a fenfation of a 
 deep violet,, the. Icaft re/rangiblc the largeft for 
 making a fenfation of deep red, and the fcveral 
 irrKrm^iafe forts of rays, vibrations of feveral' 
 />;/;rm-i/;j/f bigneffes, to m.ike fenfjtiorts of the; 
 Icveral inttrmediate colours ? NewttiCt Vjitich. 
 I 
 
 I N T 
 
 Ar\ animal -cimfitU of folid anJ fluid parti, 
 unlefs one thouid reckon I'omc of an intetmedi.ite 
 nature, as fat and piiiegin. Arbitihnot. 
 
 Thole gcneial natures, which (land bf.wcen 
 the ncareii and molt remote, are calledyw^c'wf- 
 diutc. IVutti, 
 
 Interme'di \tely. adv. |^from inUniie- 
 diate.} By way of intervention. 
 
 To Interme'll. "u. a. [eutremejler, Fr.j 
 To mix ; to mingle. Not in ufe. 
 
 By occafion hereof ninny other nthentures arc 
 Intermelledj but rather as accidents thaii intend- 
 ments. • Sjicnjrr, 
 
 Interment, n. Jl [interment, French; 
 ircm inter.] Burial; fepultiire. 
 
 Intermigra'tion. n.f. [inlermio ration, 
 French ; inter and migro, Latin.] Aft 
 of removing from one place to another, 
 fo as that of two parties rtuioving, 
 each takes the place of the other. 
 
 Nlen have a If range variety in colour, ilature, 
 and humour ; and all arifing from the climate, 
 though the continent be but one, as to point of 
 acccfs, mutual inteicourfe, and podibility of m- 
 termigratiom. tlale'i Or i git: oj Mankind. 
 
 Interminable, adj. [interminable, Fr. 
 in and termino, Lat.] Inimmle ; ad- 
 mitting no boundary. ' 
 
 As it they would confine th' rnfermhra^it,^ 
 ■ A'ld tie liim to i.is own prefciipt. ' Mlfton, 
 
 Inte'rmtnatb. adj. [interminafe, French; 
 /«/t'/-7«i«a<aj-, Latin.] Unbounded; un- 
 limited. 
 
 ^ Wihin a thicket I repos'd ; when round 
 I ruffled up fall'n leaves in heaps, and found, 
 ■ Let fall from heaven, a deep interminate. 
 
 si ,1 tJiiijim. Odyjfey. 
 
 Intermina'tion. n. f. [intei-mination, 
 French; inlermino, Latin.] Menace ; 
 threat. . , . 
 
 The threats and /«//'rm;ia^/e'7f of Uic gofpel, 
 
 thofe teirors of the Lord, as goads, may drive 
 
 .thuLc biuiilh creatuics who will not be attia£ied. 
 
 Dectiy oj Pie/ v. 
 
 To Intermi'^ngle. V. a. [inter and m/n- 
 ^le. ] To mingle ; to mix ; to put fome 
 things among others. 
 
 The church in her liturgies hath intermingled, 
 
 with readings our of the New Tellament, Idfons 
 
 taken out of the law and prophets. Hooker. 
 
 His church hecompaicth unto a field, where 
 
 .; tares, lumifefHy known and fccn by all men," 
 
 , do grow ituerniiu^led with good coin. Booker, 
 
 My lord Ihrill never rell : 
 
 I'll intermingle every thing he docs 
 
 WitirCadio'ii'fuit. S/hiijfe<iri's Ojltflh. 
 
 Here failing (hips delight the wand'ring eyes ; 
 
 Theie trees and inurmingled temples rile. Pc^e. 
 
 To IntErmi'ngle. v.-a. -To be mixed 
 
 or incorporated. 
 iNTERMi'ssrcN. K. _/C [intemijpoh^sx, 
 
 inlcrmjjjio, Latin.] 
 
 1 . Ceflalion tor a time ; paufe ; .interme- 
 
 - di&te (lop. 
 
 Came a recking po(l, 
 Deliver'd letters, fpight of interwijpon, 
 Which prclently they read. Shiii.jp. King Jtear, 
 
 1 count .''fl/^'m^e-n almort .the fame thing As 
 change ; for that that hath been intertnitted, is 
 after a fort new. Bac^n. 
 
 The water afcends gently, and by intermijj'ions', 
 but It falls continuately, and with force. 
 
 WMlnC 'Da-d. 
 
 The peafants work on, in the hotteft part of 
 
 - the day, without intermtjjion. Loike, 
 
 2. Intervenient time. 
 
 But gentle heav*n 
 Cut Ihoit all initrmijj.in: front to front, 
 Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myfelf.
 
 I N T 
 
 3. State of being intermitted. 
 
 Wurds borrowed oi antft|uity, Iiave the au- 
 thoiiry of years, and out of clic-i; interin'JJion rto 
 win to thcmfclvcs a kind of gracc-lilcc ncwncfs. 
 
 Ben ^-■ttf'in. 
 
 4. The fpace between the paroxyfnio of a 
 fever, or any fits of pain ; rcil ; paufe 
 of forrow. 
 
 Rell or ii!!rm:ff^on none 1 fimi. M'llov. 
 
 Inter Mi'ssivE. fl<//. [(rominfermit.] Com- 
 ing by fits ; not continual. 
 
 1 reduced Iieland, afiet io nnny inttrmijjive 
 tears, to a psrfcft palTivc obedience. iio-Mil. 
 
 As though tlicrc were any fcfiation in nature, 
 or jullitiums imaginable in pro^'elfions, whofe 
 fubjc^ft is under no iritermijfr.^f but coniiant w.iy 
 ot mutation, rl-.is feaion 13 commonly termed the 
 piiyficians vacation. S'biva's i\tlgar l'ir(.urs. 
 
 To INTERMl'T.v. a. [ivtermllto, Lat.] 
 To forbear any thing for a time ; to 
 interrupt. 
 
 If nature Ihould :nt"mit hei courfe, and leave 
 altogether, tiiough it were but for a-while, the 
 6bten*ation of her own laws. Hook<r. 
 
 Run to your houfcs, fall upon your knees j 
 Pray to the godr, to inttrmii the plague 
 That needs muft light on this ingiiiiiude. 
 
 Shiiljieare. 
 
 His milled, lifcivious fon, 
 Edward the Second, inlermititi fo 
 The courfc of glory. lianitl'i Civil IVi'. 
 
 The fetting on /o«t fome of thole arts tiiai 
 were once well known, would be but the re- 
 viving of thole arts which were lung before prac- 
 tifed, though intttmiltid Mvi interrupted by war. 
 
 lUU. 
 
 Cettain Indians) when a horfe is running m 
 his full career, letp down, gather any tning 
 fr.im the ground, and immediately leap up again, 
 the horfe not iniirmiitin^ his courl'c. M'llkut^. 
 
 Speech inleiK.-llt.l, thus began. M.'.'lon, 
 
 \Ve are furnilhed with an armour from heaven, 
 but if we are rcmifs, or perfujded to lay by our 
 arms, and irtermit our guard, we may be fur- 
 (■Tifed. Rogrrs. 
 
 Jb Intermit, v. n. To grow mild 
 between the fits or paroxyfms. Ufed 
 of fevers. 
 
 I>fTER.Mt'TrENT. aJj. {Interm'ttlent, Fr. 
 inUrmhtens, Lat.] Coming by fits. 
 
 Next to thofe durable pains, (hurt i'litrmiiltnt 
 or fwift recurrent pains do precipitate patients 
 into confumptions. Hari'r^, 
 
 ■To Inter MIX. t'. a. [^inter and mix.] To 
 mingle ; to join ; to put fome things 
 among' others. 
 
 Her pcrfuallons Die itiifrinixei with teari, af- 
 Arming, that Ihe would depart fiom him. 
 
 Hay ward. 
 Reveal 
 To Adam what (hail come in future days, 
 As I ftiall thee enlighten : intermix 
 My cov'nant in the woman's feed renew'd. 
 
 Mi/nn. 
 In yonder fpring of rofes, intermix' J 
 With myrtle, find what to redrefs 'till noon. 
 
 Milror.. 
 
 I duubt not to perform the part of a jiirt hif- 
 
 torian to my royal marter, without intermixing 
 
 with it any thing n( the poet. Dryden. 
 
 rb Intermix, v. n. To be mingled to- 
 gether. 
 
 Iktermi'xture. n. f. [inter and mi.x- 
 tura, Latin.] 
 
 1. Mafs forined by mingling bodies. 
 
 The analytical preparations of gold or mercury, 
 leave peifons much unfatished, whether the fub- 
 ftances they produce be truly the hypoflaiical 
 principles, or only fome initrmixiurcs of the di- 
 vided bodies with thofe employed. Bo\Je- 
 
 2. Something additional mingled in a 
 jnafs. 
 
 Vol. I. 
 
 I N T 
 
 In ihij height of impiety there Wanted not »n 
 !i:tirmixlu-e of levity and folly. Baeoi. 
 
 iNTERMu'MD.tNF,. adj. [ir.l!r znAmutidus, 
 Latin.] SiibliHing between worlds, or 
 between orb and orb. 
 
 The vart dirtanccs between thcfe great bodies 
 arc called tntermun.iunc fpaccs ; in which though 
 there may be fome fluid, yet it is fo thin a.nd 
 fulitile, that it is as muth as nothing. Z.5i-'..- 
 
 Inter.mu'r AL. aiii. [inter, mura/h, mu- 
 ruj, Latin.] Lying between walls. 
 
 Ainfiuorth . 
 Intermu'tc Ai.. adj. [inter s.ti<i mutmil.J 
 Mutual ; interchanged. Inter before 
 mutual is improper. 
 
 A lolcinn oath religioufly t'hey take, 
 By intinr.:,iiiiil vosvs protcHing tlierc, 
 This never to reveal, nor to forfake 
 So good a caufe. O.wi.c/'j Civil ffar. 
 
 Inte'rn. adj. [$r:ternf,TT. intertiusjLiit.] 
 Inward; intelliiie ; not foreign. 
 
 TiiC midland towns arc nioft Houiilhing, which 
 Ihews that heriiches arc inurn and domcllitk. 
 
 //ci«/ 
 
 INTF.'nN.\I„ adj. [/W«-/KM, Latin.] 
 
 1. Inward; nut external. 
 
 Tiiat ye Ihall be a^ gods, fincc I as man, 
 Ir.ittnut man, is but pioportioii meet. AtHtin. 
 
 Myfcif, my confcicnce, and interna: p2ai-e. 
 
 Aliiten. 
 
 Bad comes of fetting our licarts upon the 
 Hiape, cok'Ur, and external beauty of things, 
 without legard to the internal eacelleiu-e and 
 virlae vf them. i^^ hjlrjng,-. 
 
 If we ll*ink moft men's a<5\ions to he ti^e in- 
 tetprettrj of ti-.cn' thoughts, tliey have no fuch 
 /'/rrr/?.i/ \ciicr:iti<jn fur good luies. Locke. 
 
 2. Intiinlick; not depending on external 
 accidents; real. 
 
 \Vc are to [novide things konelt ; to confider 
 not only the inf^-rmtt reflitude of our actions in 
 tiie fight of God, but whether th';y will he free 
 from all mark or fufpicion of evil. Rogert, 
 
 I N t E ' R N A L L y . ad-v. [from internal. ] 
 
 1. Inwardly. 
 
 2 . Mentally ; intelletftually. 
 
 We arc fynibolically in the facrament, and by 
 faith and the fpirit of God internally united to 
 Chrift. r.iyhr. 
 
 Inter ne'c IN E. adj. [internecinus, Lat.] 
 Endeavouring mutual de(lru<£lion. 
 
 Th' Egyptians worlhip'd dogs, and for 
 Their faitii made internecine war. Itu.litiai. 
 
 Interne'cion. n. /. [iitternecion,Yx. 
 internecio, Latin.] Mutual deftruclion ; 
 niaflacre ; (laughter. 
 
 That natural piopeiifion of felf-Iove, and na- 
 tural principle of felf-prcfcrvation, will neccffa- 
 rily break out into wars and /■.-/fTr.-.-o-ir. il.ile 
 Inter Nu'.Ne 10. n.f. [m/.'rnr/ni/.Y/, Lat.] 
 
 Mclftnger between two paities. 
 Interp.klla'tion. n.f. [interpellation, 
 Fr. in/i'r^£.'A;//t>, Latin.] A fummons ; a 
 call upon. 
 
 In all extrajudicial a^s one citation, monition, 
 or extrajudicial intt^feltatiin is (uiBcicni. 
 
 yiyti^e'i Pitrer^on. 
 
 To INTERPOLATE, v.'a. [interpoler, 
 French ; int.-rpoli, Latin.] 
 
 1. To foill any thing into a pkce to which 
 it docs not belong. 
 
 The Athenians were put in pofrelfion of Sa- 
 lamis by another law, which was ci;ed by Solon, 
 or, as fome think, inttr^ttlatcd by him for that 
 purpofe. Vttp;. 
 
 2. To renew ; to begin again ; to carry on 
 with intermiffions. In this fenfc it is 
 not In ufe. 
 
 Tilts 11! j;ioD of the heavenly badiej ihcmfelves 
 
 I N T 
 
 fcems tole partly continued and unintermftle<)» 
 as that mjtioii ot the tirll moveable, partly m- 
 re'pilared and interrupted. //<j/r. 
 
 That individual hath iirceiTirily a concomitant 
 fuccfflion of intcrf^aird menioni; namely, the 
 pulfes of the heart, and the fucceffivc motions of 
 refpiration. Uate. 
 
 Inter»ola'tJON. n.f. [inlerpolathm, 
 Fr. from inlerpoLlr.'] Something added 
 or put into ihe original matter. 
 
 I have changed the lituation of fome of the 
 Latin vcrfcs, and made fjnic ir'trpclair^ni. 
 
 C'OrnvjJl to Vtfe. 
 
 Interpol.\'tor. n. f. [Latin; interpcr 
 lateur, French ] One that foi lis in coun- 
 terfeit pafiagcs. 
 
 You 01 your interpcljfar ought to have con- 
 fidcicd. .Svt/t, 
 
 Interpo'sal. n.f. [from iWr/^/T*.] 
 
 1. Interpofiilon; agency between two 
 perfons. 
 
 The inter fnful of my lord of Canterliniv't 
 command for ih« puhiioation ot this mean dif- 
 couvle, m:iy (com to take avray my cliuict. 
 
 Sautl:. 
 
 2. Intervention. 
 
 Our overih idowcd t'oiiU may be etnblenird by 
 crufteil ghihc>, whole iMfliienii.iI cniir.ions arc iii- 
 teieeplcd by the interfij'al oi the bcnightirg cli-- 
 roent. Clamille'i Sefjii. 
 
 To INTERPOSE. *. a. [inlerpono, Lat. 
 ifiterpofer, French.] 
 
 1. To jilace between ; tu make interve- 
 nient. 
 
 Some weeks the king did honourably rrft-r- 
 {•of't both to give fpace to iii» brother's iiuer- 
 ceifion, and to fliow that he had a coiiHiet wtik 
 himfelfwii.1t he Ihould do. Baeon. 
 
 1. To tluuft in as an obdruftionj inter- 
 ruption, or inconvenience. 
 
 What watchful cares do /'i/^'-yw^i themfehcs 
 
 Betwixt your eyes and niglit } Shakffeare, 
 
 Death ready Itands to interff: his dirt. 
 
 Milint. 
 
 Human frailty will too often int-rfife iifelf 
 
 among peifons o\ the liulicit fun^'on. Sii-ift. 
 
 3. "^I'o offer as a fuccour or relief. 
 
 The cummon father of mankind fcafinably ;■»- 
 terjt'jfed bis hand, and rcfcued niiferable man out 
 of thcgrofs llupidity and feniuality whcrintohe 
 was plunged. ff'oi.iward. 
 
 To Interpose, v. n. 
 
 1. To mediate ; to adt between two parties. 
 
 2. To put in by way of intcrrHptioii. 
 
 But, interf)(,fti Eleutherius, this objection nwy 
 be made indeed aimoli againli any hypothcfis. 
 
 Hc)-te\ 
 Intf.rpo'ser. n.f. [from inlerpcfe.] 
 
 1. One that conies between ethers. 
 
 I will make halie ; but, till I conic again, 
 Kj beel ihall e'er be t:uilty of my ftay ; 
 No reft be .'i/rr/xiy-r-'iwixt us twain. Si,i(/fe.irt, 
 
 2. An Intervenient agent ; a medi.itor. 
 Interposition, n. /. [interp'Ji :(,n,\-{, 
 
 ititerprjiiio, Lat. from intcrpofe.^ 
 
 1. Intcrvenient agency. 
 
 I'here never was a linie when the •>.!'* pfiti'^n 
 of the magiilr.itc was laurc necclfary to fceure tl.c 
 honour tif religion. .l.-icrhury. 
 
 Though wailikc fiicceiTcs carry in tiiem often 
 the evidences of a divine intcptjition, yet arc 
 they no fore marks of tl-.e diviuc fivour. 
 
 .ittirhurf. 
 
 2. Meih'.ition ; agency between parties. 
 
 Tiic town and al.bey would have come to an 
 open rupture, hud it not been timely preventtd 
 Ly ttie in:erpc/iiii,n of their common proteiSors. 
 
 ^•td.l:/on. 
 
 3. Intervention ; (late of being placed be- 
 tween two. 
 
 CO
 
 yuttci 
 
 I N T 
 
 .• The nights sre fo cokl, frcfti, and equal, by 
 
 ■ »tpIo!i pr Ac imire ii/^rps/.'wn of the earth, a< 
 1 know of nu oilicr part of the world of bettti 
 or oqiui temper. . RMgl'. 
 
 She fits on a glohe that ftiiods in water, to 
 denote tl-.at (he is miltrefs of a new world, Itpa- 
 rate fro.n th:it which ti.c R^m.uis had betorc con- 
 qjcrct, by the inlcf-fwon of the fca. Ad.l:Jin. 
 
 L ■AT>r thing intcrpofed. 
 
 ^ A Ihdter, :and a kind of .fhjifingJMol 
 /'.■•i/fi'-A-cK, as a fommer'siclourf. 
 
 J» INTE-RPilEi:- ■»> f^ [ - 
 
 French; inttifretor, Latin.] io ex- 
 plain ; to trttnflate ; to decipher ; to 
 - jfive a folution to; to ckaf by expofition; 
 
 ; -. nied thus. 
 
 . .wv.. ./:-.:, -.;..thi; ;..,..:.- 
 
 El yond fclf-ev;i:ic.r.ion, ^ , - ....... 
 
 Von nii.ulabewor.-.. , 
 ' And vet vour beards forbid me to ;:uiffrrt 
 Thntyou are fo. ' ' ShAry.are, Machlh. 
 Pharaoh told tbem his dreams; but mere was 
 none tliat could inurp>ct tiiem unto him. Cr.'.-. 
 An excellent fpirit, knowledge, and undcr- 
 flruuiire, iniafreims "f d.cams, .uid fhewing of 
 l.ard fclitenccs, and din'olviiig of doubts, were 
 , found in the lame D.miel. D^mu. 
 
 Hear his fighs, thou tnute ! 
 .UnOcilful with what words to pray, let nie 
 "Intit^/tt for .him. MiUMsl'ar. UJ: 
 
 Iste'rpretabi.e. aitj. [from interpret.] 
 Capable of being expounded" or deci- 
 phered. .. ,, ., , . 
 
 Ki n-.^ti'i 'feei is aaiOTiaWe : tneTe Snsi.lan- 
 Ms^funUrpiclaikitiiia more innofcentcaufes. 
 
 Int BB.Lf-R fiT A'nONi r>f^ f,:.\intevpramn. 
 ■ Fr. lntert)relalw,\j3.\:.Uom}«terpi:et.\ 
 >. The aci of iirterpretiBg.; explanation. 
 
 Tl i? is a poos epirome nf yoiir's, ' 
 ■v Wivcn, by til' inr'fprirftir^n.oi fuH-Wr-.c, 
 
 M;ty (bcw'like all yburfelf. Shakj'fcarc. 
 
 •■■■ Lodkhov/ we.canr orfadormcrtily, _ ; 
 
 h:i.'rfitr.uci wil miiquote ouriouks. Slmtjp.- 
 
 i. The fenle given by an int'eijsteter;.^ ex- 
 
 .pofition. ., ' ... ■ . .,' • / ' 
 
 ■■■ If i! b; obfcyve or uncertain -wTiii J they meant^ 
 c't^ari"!-. I hcpc, " conllraineth no mar, which 
 
 fulof the-,' raincU, :g-lc:i!;to ■.In: 
 ,.n !.•■..,;, m;,''^'! \],ii t'.-tir words 
 
 ^ " [ Jhiii'- 
 
 . . • .-t :;-,-w liow.tfe jcw>j 
 
 ■..: S ivio,.r, niievpretcd thcle jirc- 
 Vhe" ma.ks Ky which. iKe Melfiah 
 
 >H I ;\,- f;c TcvVifll d-iL- 
 ,:n the h:- 
 
 I N T 
 
 Hitting a groffcr qu.ility, is ciy'd up 
 
 For our belt ail. Shatffiare'i Uinfy VIII. 
 
 In the. beginning the earth was without form 
 and void ; a Huid, dark, confufed mafs, and fo 
 it is underftood hy ImirfrtUn, both Hebrew and 
 Clirirtian. Bwncl. 
 
 \Vc think moft men's actions to be the .■i.'.i- 
 py.-tfn of their thoughts. L/jckc. 
 
 ilandcih d^ub: 
 liardeiT r.-.i"! %v 
 Cn car; 
 ' LTbc ; 
 
 who pjCC^-d.d 
 
 , dii^ions, aqd 
 woiilfl. bc.dirccve:*-" 
 l.ors, who'fuccecdc" 
 -/'/J)rf.'<j/i6KJ of.tlit" 
 
 a. The pfiwc'r of ex.])iaii.ing. 
 
 We ilcech tr.ro tD prof, « thii gf"' H^\ ="".1 
 ■ to civ . j.-iOT aiid ufe of it ui 
 
 iNTE'sPRtTATivK. adj, [UOTA interpret . ] 
 Colleiacd bv inteiprttation. 
 
 Thcu-h the' creed apoliolick were faffinent,^ 
 ,et when the church l.Mh ereftcdihat additio- 
 nal bulwark ".' • 1- c-,cKS,lhe rejecling tneir 
 
 sd«it,o:.s r, .-ecnicd aa.i"/£r^r,f<./."z« 
 
 firimg with :. ■ :■'- i*"'"""""^- 
 
 iKTE^RVRET-^rivELV. (zJ^>. [from Inler- 
 
 v prctative^ .^■^ rr.r.v.le colkaed by >"- 
 
 terpretat; 
 
 Bv this p.... ' ' ,' '•■''"'" 
 
 iiajmer ; 1 iiave now 
 
 tivih fpeaks to nmi m i!' 
 
 pUccd thrc in 1 wclI-fiirMihed world. . i 
 
 lNTE'RPP.F.Tr.a. . n. /. [interprae, 
 
 intarpris, Lnthi,] 
 1. An' explainer; an exf ohtor ; an 
 
 pounder. j^ " 
 
 What we oft d^btft, 
 
 By fick i<i/o/wf?'''rat weak v 
 
 IJoi ouis, or not allow'd ; wi.-i ^^^i.-j •■; 
 
 Fi 
 
 2. A tranflator. 
 
 Nor word for word be careful to transfer. 
 With the fame faith as an mitipntcr. Shcib:itnt 
 How Ihallanymao, who hath a genius for 
 hilloiy, undertake fuch a work with fpirit, when 
 he confidcrs that in an age or two lie fliall hardly 
 be underftood without an inttrpretir. _ Svijt. 
 Interpu'wctio^'. n.f. \jnterpun8ior.,Yr. 
 hiterpur.gc, Latin.] Pointing between 
 words or fentences. 
 nVTERREGNUM. «./. [Lat.] Tlie 
 time in which a throne is vacant between 
 the death of a prince and accdiion of 
 another. 
 
 N;xt enfuM a vacancy, 
 Thuiifand worfe paffioas than poflefs'd 
 The inlcrr^griuv. of my brcafi : 
 Blefs me from fuch an anarchy ! Caitiliy. 
 
 He would (hew tlic queen ray mcmoiial with 
 the firft opiiortunity, in order to Ifave it done in 
 this uitirrcg'nim or. fufpcnlion of title. Stuift. 
 iNTERRE'iGtr. n.f. \_wlc-rrfgne,Tr. inttr- 
 r£jn.vm,"Lat.3 Vacancy of the throne. 
 The king knew there could not be any """■- 
 rj/jn or fulpeniion of title. Su:on. 
 
 ■To 1nte'rrog.\te. 1). a. \jnierrogo, Lat. 
 /n.'wrsj^r, Fr.] To examine ; toquel- 
 tion. 
 To Inte'rrog.\te. v.n. To afli,; to; 
 put cjueilions. . i 
 
 Bv lus inftrua^ons touching the queen of Na- 
 ples^ it feemetji ha could iittcmgate touching 
 licaoty. Bacvn' s Htnry %■ i I ■ 
 
 His -proof will' be retorted by interrogating, 
 Sli-ail tii'e aduUercr and the diunkard inheitt tl-.o 
 k-tigdoni of God ? Hmi,K'->iJi 
 
 iKTiKitacsA'TiOTJ. «./. [mtcrroga.'ion , 
 
 French ; interrogtitio, Latin.] 
 I. The act of queilioning. _ 
 Z. A tp-ieftion pnt; an inquiry. 
 
 How dcmurelyfocvcr fuch 'men may pretend to 
 rui^liVyVthat M/t-ri^i-ariMofGodpnTio hard upon 
 thein. Shall 1 count them puie wilh the wicked 
 balances, and with the bagof dcceiifi.l weights f 
 Gncrlpncit c/ iJic- langnf. 
 This variety is obtained nby, inserttsalii^nf i^j 
 things inaniii-.Jtc j by. jjekiitiful digrtrtioji!, but 
 thole fhbrt. ^.. ' ' J'^'i. 
 
 .A.note t^at mark? a qne(llt3.n':,,.thus J 
 as. Docs Job fcrvc Qod for npuglit ? 
 Interro'Gative. fl<^. [ir.terrngatif, Fr. 
 inlerrosalivu!, Lat.] Denoting a quef- 
 tion ; tsprciTed in a<iUcllionai-y form o( 
 words. ^ 
 
 Interro'gative. n. f. A pronoun 
 iifed in afking quelliona : as, who .' 
 what? wliich? whether? 
 Interp.o'gatively, ad'u. [from inter- 
 
 rcjalrjc.} In form of 4k.qiiefiion. 
 Ikterro'gat&r. n./. [horn interrogate.] 
 
 An aflier of queillons. 
 Ikterro'gatouy. ti./. [intcrrogaloire, 
 French.] Aqueftion ; aa mqlii'T- 
 
 He witli no more civility began in captious 
 manner to put JniermgaKrla unto iiini. Sidney. 
 
 Nor lime, noi- place, 
 Will- fciYC Ion j irHetrogaioi ;!-s. Shakf^care. 
 
 W.h.^t eartiily namo to intcirzgal'iri.i . 
 Canrafk, the free bi-eath of'a tiCied ting? 
 
 '^kakjfearc. 
 
 The cjamination was Cimmed up wfth one 
 
 qucftion, Wiieti.cr lie was fieu.ired for dc;.ih ? 
 
 3- 
 
 I N T 
 
 Tlie boy was frighted out of his wits ly tl.e laft- 
 dreadful interrogatury, AiLiijcn. 
 
 Interro'catory. adj. Containing »• 
 queflion ; exprefling a queftion : as, an 
 
 Inlervogztorx fenlence. 
 To Interru'pt. f, a. [inlerrimpreyVr. 
 ////^r/vWw, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To hinder the proce& of any tiling by 
 brcakiiig in upon it. 
 
 Rage doth rend 
 L'ke ititerrufud waters, and o'crbcar 
 What tiiey are ufed to bear. . Sk^iiff. Ccriclamt. 
 
 He might tecurely enough have engaged his 
 body of horfe againft their whole inconhdcvable 
 army, there being nciilicr tree aor bafli to /•.-/«-- 
 rup: his charge. Clarendon. 
 
 This motion of tli« heavenly bodies feemj 
 partly uninterrupted, as that of the fifft move- 
 abb interpolated and /Kr;r/«/'<ii^. Hate^ 
 
 2. To hinder one from proceeding by in- 
 terpolition. . . 
 
 AnliVcr not before thou baft heard the eaufe ; 
 neither ir.tirruft men in the midlt of their talk. 
 
 Eccles, 
 
 3. To divide ; to- feparate i to refcrnd 
 from continuity. 
 
 Interru'pt. aJ-. Containing a chafm-. 
 Seeif thou what iag = 
 Tranrpoits our advcrfary, whom ro^bounds, 
 Nor yet tbe main aby f& wide intrrruftf can hol«i ? 
 
 'Afiiton. 
 Imterri-'ptedl?. ad'v. [from iriter- 
 rupted.] Not in continuity ; not with- 
 out ftoppages. .| 
 
 The ir.cident light that meets with a gfroftet li- 
 quor, wili have its hoams cither refrafled or im. 
 bibcd,.OT elfe reriefted more or l=fs intefrufl.-dly 
 than they would be,, if the body had been un- 
 moiftened. i'y-'f O" Cchjti. 
 
 Interri-'PTER. n.f. [from /K^crra^/.] 
 
 He who interrupts. 
 Interrd'ptign. n.f. [inters ub'wniTr. 
 
 interruptio, Latin.] 
 I. Interpofition ; br^eachjsf continuity. 
 Places fcvticcl from the coi tincnt hy the in- 
 terruplion of tl.e tea. H.tU'i Org. cf Manii':.!. 
 Intervention ; irteipofition. 
 You arc to touch the one as (oon as you have 
 given a ftrok-e of the pencil to the oihf-r, left the 
 interruption of time caufe you to lofe the idea of 
 one part. Dry.krr's Dufn/rmj,. 
 
 Hinderance; flop; let; obftruaion. 
 Bloody England into England gone, 
 O'erbeaiing ittterruptim fpite of France. 
 
 S/iakfpeare. 
 
 . Litcrmlflion. 
 
 This way of thinking on what we read, will 
 be a rub only in the hcginnng ; whf n ctlftom has 
 made it familiar, it will be difp.-itcl.ed- without 
 rclliiigor/'.Vifik/'/s^fin tiiecouife of out sieadiag. 
 
 LoLke, 
 
 Amidfl the inierruftims of his forrow, fofing 
 
 bis penitent overwhelmed with gtier, he was only 
 
 able' to bid her be comforted. Miiifcn. 
 
 Intersca'pular. ay. [infer znd fca- 
 
 puhi, Latin.] Placed between the 
 
 (boulders. 
 
 To Intersci'nd. v. a. [inter indfcindo, 
 
 Lat.] To cut off by Intcrtuiition. DiS, 
 
 7"o Interscri'be. -v. a. [inter and fcri/c, 
 
 Latin.] To write between. Bia. 
 
 Interseca^-t. adj. [interfcatis, l.zt.] 
 
 Dividing any thing into parts. 
 
 rolNTERSE'CT. v. a. [inlerfeco^Lnt.] 
 
 To cut ; to divide each other mutually. 
 
 Perfcift and viviparous quadrupeds lo (land in 
 
 ' "tbcir pofition of pronenefs, tiiat the oppoHte 
 
 jo nt; of neighbour legs confift; in tjiu fame plaj'c ; 
 
 ^aiid a line di-fct-nding from their n.nvel init'fifit
 
 INT 
 
 Kxclttd by a vigorous loadftonf, the needle will 
 fomiwliiit dcprefs rits animated c.\ri''me,'iuni i'l-' 
 tt/j!cf iW lioriiji'.Ml circumference. f JiiCMi. 
 
 To iNTKust'c r. V. II, To meet ^nijirofs 
 encli otfici-. 
 
 The l.ijjm.il future ufually begins at tHat point 
 
 where tiict'c lines inWrj-if. l/'iyt-wov'j S'trgciy. 
 
 Intersf-'ction. w. /. [iiiMfitlio, L;it. 
 
 from in's-r/ecl.] PoiiH wlitre lines ciofs 
 
 each other. 
 
 Tiicy did fpout over interc'-angentily from fide 
 to fide in forms of aiclies, without any infc/rnion 
 or meeting aloft, becaufc the pipes were iiotop- 
 pofitc. " tVittOn'i ArcitUc^urc. 
 
 The firll ftar of Aries, in the time of Meton 
 the Athenian, wis placed in the veiV inlcfeBioti, 
 which is now clnngated, "and moved e.iJV\\ai-ci 
 twenty'- tight decrees. lito-wi,' 
 
 SI'.ips would move in one and trie fame fiirfncc ; 
 and confequently miiii ' needs encounter,- whitn 
 i]\:y citi;Ji- adv. Mice rowaidi ouoaiiother \i\ direct 
 . lines, or meet in the intirJcCliM ef eiofs ones. 
 
 ,1 J .. . ■ ..Btiihv. 
 ToINTERSE'RT. -o.a. {i,i!erfero,L.,iU] 
 To put in between otlier things. 
 
 If I may iutcftri a Ihott Ipecul.ition, the 
 di pih ot tiie tea is determined in Pliny to he fif- 
 teen furlongs. Bwriu.cJ. 
 , In T E R s F. ' R r 1 N . ti. /. [from inlcifert. ] 
 An infertioii, or thing inferted bet«'cen 
 any thing;. j 
 
 Thcfe two i':l^firtIons \*ere clear eKplveations 
 of ihe-ajxirtlu's old form, God the father, ruler 
 of all, which cu.itaincd an acknowledgment of 
 the unity. . . tlammoiid. 
 
 To Interspe'rse. 1'. a, [inUrfperfus; 
 Latin.] To fcatter. here aiiid theie 
 atnonj; other things. ' ■''-■'■•' 
 
 The pofnbili^* of a budy's movhigiiito a void 
 fpace beyond ifc utmoft bounds of body, as well 
 as into a void fpacc infirj'perfe.i antonglt bodies, 
 will always rcm.iin clear. Locic. 
 
 It is tlie editor's iiUcrcll to infeit what the au- 
 thor's judgment had rcjotHod ; and care is taken 
 to hitcrf^crfe thefo additions, fo that fcarce any 
 book can be bought without jiurchafjng fonic- 
 thing unworthy of the author. - Six-'ift. 
 
 Interspe'rsion. n.f. [frotn inter fperfi.'] 
 The ail of Icattering here and there. 
 
 For want of rlic iyit^'Jpcifi^'j of now and then 
 
 an elegiack or a lyiick ode. IVutn on the M;-iJ. 
 
 Interste'llar. ncJ/. [inter and Jli/ia, 
 
 Latin.] Inttrvening between the Imrs. 
 
 The inltrpdlur fliy hath fo miicli .•'-jTmiiy wl:h 
 
 the rtar, that there is a rotati-ii ji" ■-'...: ,:s w il 
 
 as of the ftar. j'.'.; ■■•i. 
 
 I'.STF.nsTiCF.. n.f. [iri!eiJ!itium,X,aiuii 
 
 intcrjlicc, French.] 
 
 1. Space between one thing and another. 
 
 The lun fliining through a hirge prii'm upon a 
 comb placed ininiedintcly behind the [irifni, his 
 light, which padcd through the inttvjihti of the 
 teeth, fell upon a while paper ; thy breadths of 
 the tcelh were equal tii tiitir intetjiicesj .ind fc-. en 
 . tceih together with tlieir intcrjliia took up an 
 .inch., ' . ' .Ht^ivian, 
 
 The force of the fluid will feparaletlie fnuiHilji 
 particles which compofc the libres,fo as tolca\^ 
 v-aeant in'et/iita in thufc places where tiiCy co- 
 hered bt fore. .•(^•^.f^-';^.,^ 
 
 2. Time between one aft and another. 
 
 I will point out the i'ltirj'ict; of time which 
 ou„'iit to k(e between one citation and aijothcr. 
 
 y/j'/:^c's Vtirtre^Cf.', 
 
 Interstitial, adj. [from intujlfa. ] 
 Containing Inttrflices. 
 
 in oiled papeis the \nrrr^itia! riivilion being 
 aAuatcd by tht accefiioncf oil, beconieth more 
 tianfparenl. h'"j:u'i. 
 
 iKTEKTE'xTtJRE. n.f. [_inlerhxo, Latin.] 
 Diverfificatiou of things mingled or 
 ■wt)ven one among another. 
 
 1 N T 
 
 1 
 
 7i IsTERTwr>fE. ") V. a. [ir.tfr and 
 To Intf.rtwi'st. 3 iwiiie,ot tici/I.^ To 
 unite by t\vi,'ling one in anothu. 
 
 Under fomc'concourfo of (liades, 
 Whofj br.uiching arms thick .■■.■.'■"if.vj'i^ might 
 
 Ihicid. 
 From dews and damps ■ ; iheltcr'il' 
 
 he. id. ' ''/yfi. ' 
 
 I'NTERVAt. «. /. [iii.'eri:. ler; 
 
 Valium, Lat.j j 
 
 1. Space between places ; interfiice; 'va- 
 cuity; fpucc unoccupied; void place; 
 vacancy ; vacant fpscc. 
 
 With any obliaclc let all the light be now 
 flopped which paifcs through any one irieyi-ni of 
 the teeth, fo tliat the range of colours which 
 comes from thence may be taken away, and you 
 wiU fte the light: pf, the reft of the. ranges to hc^ 
 cxp;uided into the place of the range talte'n aw.iyf 
 and there to be coloured. ■NiWtvn'i Opiick%\ 
 
 2. Time paJTmg betvveen tvyO aifignable 
 points. , . ■- T . ' ,,, 
 
 The century antli li.-ilf. following was a-vcryi 
 bufy pt-riod, the htUrua/i between qveiy \'..ir 
 being lu Ihort. _ ,, , ,' ^ ,-. ■iSii.-i/'t, 
 
 3. KcmilTion of a delirium or, difteaijMrr. 
 
 Tnough he had a long .illr.cfs, contidc'jng the 
 greatlic.it/with which it ra^edj yctdiis.7q.T;i4/i 
 . of ftnfe pcing few a;vd^ioiti klVjbut.^ltthiXoonJ 
 for t lie' clTiccs.cif devotion. ,.;". . _^' .".^.'/itri/zryj 
 
 2o Intekve'ne. -p. «. :[w/<!fw»«ij, Lat. 
 in/ervenir, Ff. ] '.:, j j;a 7\T^' 
 
 1 . To come between things or.-perfons. 
 
 2. To make intervals. 
 
 Wliilc ftj nc.u each otlier tlius aj^-day; ■ : ,1 
 Ourtalli we chufc, what wuiidcrwiriH near. 
 Looks ; '/re-; T;f"<-, and fmilcs ? '" . ' ' ' AA7/5n^ 
 
 3. To crofs unexptdledly. . ,.,^'3',/",. ",1/ I 
 
 Ellccm the dangci of an a(^ion, and. /tbcpof-' 
 fibilitics of mi.i'cafriage, and every crols acci^ 
 dent that^can intnvt-nc, to be either a mercy on 
 God's parr, or a fault on ours. Tiij^or. 
 
 Intervene, n.f. [from the verb.] Op- 
 pofition, or pirhaps interview. Out of 
 
 They had forne iharpcriand feme milder dif-; 
 fcrences, which might cihly happen in fiich an 
 inUtvc'te of grandees, both vehement ; on ■ tho 
 parts which they fwayed. , ; ■.,? .W^xJloiU 
 Intep.ve'mient. a^/. [/«/it?j™/Wj Latin ^ 
 inleivenant, French.] Intercedent^; in-' 
 terpofed j pafling between. . j 
 
 There be iniirvcr.icnt in the rite pf.ciglit, iij 
 
 tones, two bemolU or half notes. Jiacon\ 
 
 Many arts were ufed to riikuls new affv.ftioh : 
 M which notwirhftanding, foi^ I omit'things ini 
 limniem, there is- conveyed to Mi\ ViJliets art 
 intimation of the king's plcafuie to be fwcn hii 
 
 I'ervant. , -. IV',ri'jn\ 
 
 , ' j.r^a:.'^: ,. ^ .■ I } 
 
 Intervention, n.f. [tnlervention, FrJ 
 
 iliierventio, Jj'at.] 
 
 1. -Agency between pcrfons. 
 
 J-ei us decide otu ^]uarrels at home,, withotit 
 the if:ttii-£/ition of any foreign power. ' 'ten;jiJi[ 
 
 God will judge the world in li^hteoufi.tfs by 
 rh.5 /iiicrjiiiieljx of the niAn-Ciiritt jeliis, .wt:o i^ 
 the Saviour as well as tue judge of tl\e w.^rld, T | 
 
 2. .'kgency between antecedents and cpp^ 
 
 fecntivcii. , , . ,,., , , ,• ,'. ^ }, 
 
 In the difpenfalion of God's mercies, to thtf 
 world, (lime things he docs by himfelf, 0;h'.*js 
 ^y the intcttientioji of natural means, and by t( 4 
 mediation of I'uch inflruments as he has appoinicd: 
 
 £';■->•■...■«: 
 
 3. Intei-pofitionj the (late of beings in| 
 terpofed. - - I 
 
 Sound is Ihut out by the inytrvt^tha 'of tliat 
 laj mcmlirane, and not fuffeicd it) pals into ihi 
 inward ear, - IfCuiiA 
 
 INT 
 
 To Intbrte'r r. V. a. [interverte, La<.] 
 
 1. 'I'o turnto anothencourfe. 
 
 The duk: irtttviiied the bargain, and' gave 
 tht pur widow of Erpenius for the book? Ii\e 
 htindied pounds, It'ii'.in, 
 
 2. To till u to another ufe. 
 Intervx'ew. n. f. [entreviie, Fn;nch.] 
 
 Mutual fight ; fight 01 eacli other. It 
 iscominciily ufed for a formal, appoint- 
 ' «d, or impoitant meeting or confer- 
 ence. 
 
 The d.iy will come, when the pafTiont of for- 
 me r enmity being allayed, we (I1.1II wjth ten 
 times redoubled tokens of reconciled love Riew 
 ourfcUes each towa ds other the fame, which 
 Joteph and the brethren of Jofeph were at the 
 time of their ihirrvlrxv in Egypt. ITajkcr. 
 
 His fears were, that the' .•/.■.•.-■: ■•:<■ hctniyf 
 
 , England and France might, i'v, 
 
 Breed hif.i Tirn'.' prfj'id'cc. ,Jt, 
 
 "Such i ' ' : ' 
 
 Pf '"*^- , g.-irl^nd£. 
 
 A' 
 Oi 
 
 ''ic Keart 
 
 TciNTERvo'LvE. v./t, [iriterviko, Lat,] 
 To involveion* within anotlier. 
 
 MyrticiiCil.-a.ci I wiVich yondei itarry fphere 
 O/'plauers, and of fi\'<l, m all herwlitcls 
 ' RclciliblcMnealijli; tnazcSiiiitricate,. ■ 
 .Eccentriekj: !«'«ii«/<>/i.'</i yettcg(j)ap, 
 'I hen molt, wLcn itiof; irregtiliM-, tlicy fcem. MOnt. 
 To Interweave, v. a. pretti. inlerwovr, 
 part. pall", iiilci -woven, ititerivove, or 
 internveavcd. [inter and -wefive.] TtJ 
 mix one with another in a regular tex- 
 ture; to iitterminglei — '■ 
 . ...',,i J,. Then titid him;do',vn 
 UnJer the faofpitable covert nigh 
 Ol uxes-ihick inUrvim'tn. Mnan 1 Par. LiJI 
 
 At laft . • 
 
 Words i'mfwwTOt with ftghsjound out thejr way. 
 
 .,,^I.i''-, ....1,,.., . ,:, ,,.,!,, ; ,,, I ,; . . Milton. 
 
 :'. -Ii^til^tedownte watch ^ipona bank, 1 
 
 With ivy cjwiopied, and interiprnje 
 
 With Haunting honeyl'uckle. J^UIton, 
 
 None 
 Can fay here nature ends, i\nA art begins, ,, 
 Sut inixt like th' elements, and burn like twin?, 
 Sa inteitucav'il, fo like, fo much the fame:, 
 Nontj, this mere nature, that mere art cm niime. 
 
 , The proud thentics difcloif? the fcene, 
 
 Which .Wfr'itJOtf;; fifitons fcenn'fbfaifr, ' - 
 And fliew the triumph which their ff|ame 
 difplays. \ p,yjr,,. 
 
 He fo /kCv zifrtwj tiuth with probable jicl ion, 
 that he puis a picafing fallacy utiii'ii.s.- hr^iUr.. 
 
 It appeared a vaft ocean planted witli in'a.ids, 
 that were Covered with friiits'aad flowers,'- anU 
 irinr-.uivm with a thouf.;::-' -'- :! ' . '.-as 
 tharran .imoiig ihcni. .... ' 
 
 Oichard .and flower. i;"- ,.;id 
 
 illrcr',Ll2/vi.\y'il^. (iiic . I . a 
 
 pstuial wildcrpefs. -r. 
 
 The Supieme Iniliii;; c 
 geii; cicaf jres, >yilhuuc 
 ..ir.ii,MU-,cs a moll ■■ '■ ■ • -' ,. 
 
 ,fubl).inqa of ;i , , 
 
 V' aii,!i%n.\<ith;!:.!- •:,_ 
 
 • - 1 ii'.i'tiot 'ir'tviioiJ.ei- dii.-pj.io^ I- . . 
 
 /'■£ tc.\:s of fcriptutc throopn 1:, .,^ 
 
 (ermon. ■. : ... 
 To Itt-rERvti'aH. v 1 
 
 To uilh miitu'Ally to cncli .^ 
 The veilom of all Hepdarnes, ' 
 .What tyiJiits and their fubjctts,. 
 AjlljUfaUfiii.f^ji^t.mafl.- . . ,,,^. 
 
 Inte'st.ablk. tiJJ. [inlfp.ii '.:.., ^.....u] 
 0ifqiialIlied to makes will.,./ ' 
 
 A perfua . evcjaniromiicat«U la rcivdi>»ed.infa. 
 nioavaad /Vi(f/)»i/f tiotl).a4tivelx,.-.iidpi(t«ily. 
 
 602
 
 INT 
 
 .iJims'sTJl'Tr. cid]. {inlfJiat,Vf. irttijlatus, 
 Lat. ] Wanting a will j dying without 
 
 .- ,a.vviji. , y . , . ^;. , ,_.---'vq-..^i i 
 
 ^ . \f hy (hould calamity be full .piF words ? • 
 't —Windy attorneys to (licircficnt woes, 
 "•''•Airy fucceeders to inff.att joys, 
 a^riteor breathing orators of mirtries. Shakffcarc. 
 ■i\-,r. Ptcfeat punifliment purrns liisrnaw, 
 
 ^. Wh^qfutfdtcc .-.nil fucU'd 'i-e peacock raw, 
 " "fte Bears jhto'tr-.e l>a;li ; whence wantof breath, 
 
 "' R«pJptfoifc,'T.poplex, i>:.v/wft' acatti.^- D<yUn. 
 
 lNT'tsTi''^"AL. ' ciijj. \hurjiinat, Tx, Ixova. 
 ' inti/ljn!.} BeiongiVig to the gttts. ' 
 
 ' The riio',itl':s 6f tl,t lacleaV* arc opened (Jy the i"- 
 ..Xefiuail tube, Hfii'i3ir-jj i ftiais"i;t iiriVe.id of a 
 l^ (pii.at cvhodar. A'Luthmt. 
 
 J;^TE'ST1NE. a^x. [iutejlin, Fr. inUfanus, 
 ..v-tatio.} .. .-.IOC i... ..•„.(-■.■.• ll 
 .^•ilnternali ■iovBaTii'-'not external. 
 
 6f tlicle iiwaKt and hit./:[ntfi\\(Ta\ci lo prrijcr, 
 ther^ are..OHr pail .tins to wound i^s, om prelciu 
 f,,<iires-tu diftrai.1 us, our d;ltnmpcred galuoos tt- 
 .liiforder us, mid a wiiole' fwarm of' loofe and 
 "floating imaginations to molcft us. Di'pp''. 
 
 '■ ■ Imjiirjivnt no moi* our p.ifiions i»3ge,i 
 Ev'n giddy faflions h«,ir away tljtir. rage, Po^r. 
 
 2. Contained in tlie body. 
 
 ; .- Ihttfiitu fione, and ulcer, fcfeoSicB p»ngS> " "•: - 
 At>d rnopn-^rtruck imdncfs. ■ ,W<<S''' f «»S -i'f- 
 
 A \Fooden jack, wl'.icb hjia'-nooft 
 J.oft, liy dri'ufc, -liie aiE-ta, t<M,l!,i,r\ bne n!:i.O 
 A; l»dden-ai:«rstipn feels, ^^j. Eixjiudqlu'l K; 
 Increas'd by new ■n!cj:-7tc wheels. Svjifl. 
 
 3. Dorael\i€k, rot foreign.. I know not 
 whether the \vord be properly iifcd in 
 
 ^•. the following esampie of Sbai/peare : 
 : -perhaps for mortal and intejl'tneinayAii be 
 , read tnorUlihterriecini:'' ^"['""i" '''* ^^ 
 * Since tbe mortal and /»i/(^/« iars 
 :.',Twixt Uiy faiHiou5-CDUncy.tuea8ndo%';i .1 - z ! 
 tt hat'n in folemn fynods been decreed, . -' J 
 T' admit no IraSck. to out adverse towns. Sli.ii. 
 But God, or Nature, while they tbus. contend, 
 To thfre/«/y?.'>£ difcorris put an Tnd. Drjdin. 
 
 Slie faw hti .I'ons with puiple death ejipire^ 
 And dreadful fctirs of ;"«/«,■'■>•'■ wa'S 
 ti^jiiK ibus triumphs and dilhoncft- fsars. Poj" 
 
 Int^'sti'se'. n.f. [in.'c/Iinrm, Lat. jVrt?;n« 
 . Fr.J The gut } the bowel, :; Jiq^ft: coi?i- 
 ..inoniy without a lingular. ■ • 
 
 : ThcVnri/mrtor guts may be ir.fia.Tied by an 
 
 -acrid-.fubj.ni-.ce taken inwardiv.: .'ijiulhict. 
 
 y*^ INJHRA'LL. .V, a.:im ind timlL] 
 
 To ep!kye ; . to ihacklf,; to redaci^ to 
 
 ffcvvittije. A word uow feldom irted, 
 
 ,:^tleaft in prnofe. ■ .- . j ; : i: 
 
 What liiougii 1 he .i<9Mr<»/W>; jKo.-feettis a 
 
 • . .. \ knighr, ■ ^ -""^ 
 
 And wti! not jny wsy difhonourme. Shntfp. 
 
 . •..Tie Turk has fought to ex'.msuifti- the ancient 
 
 snttmrv if thofc people which nc has-fubjeilcd 
 
 and I'^th, Jt':l. . . ■ ; ._ . Rakigi. 
 
 Authors to iberriftlvesirt all 
 Both whnf they judge, and what ih^ c!i\ife j 
 tor to 
 ., I ferra'd tliem frer, and free they niuit remain 
 ; Till tlicvmr»rmVth-v.;e.vcs. -Million' i Par. Lt.ft. 
 Sne foathcs, but never, can iutirtll my. JT.iud : 
 -Why may net peace and love for once be join'd .- 
 . . . . .- Prior. 
 
 Ihthra'lmehV: ^7"- .xES?"^ 'intbraJI.] 
 Servitude; flavery. , . . 
 
 Mofes and Aaron icot.fi;oin Ood to .claim 
 His people frorp ir.thraiirteni, tli'cy 'reVuij^ 
 . . with gloiy and'fpoil bac"lt to tlieir prd.im'd la-id. 
 
 ' M.'lflir!. 
 
 Tp 1nthro'!I£. 1'. a. [in nr.d throre.] 
 To raifi- to royalty -, to ftat on a throne : 
 Con-.moniy etithronc. 
 
 One, chief, in jracious dignity !r!t,-a'i\!, 
 SUiou a'tf the itfh 'J'.i<jKjua' i Summer. 
 
 IIT T 
 
 I'ntimacy. n.f. [from -ialtmalc] Clofe 
 
 familiarity. 
 
 It is in our power to confine our fricndlhips and 
 trirhnacjti to men of v'lrtuf,' Rogers. 
 
 I'NTIMATE. adj. [intimada, Spanifh ; 
 intimus, Liatin.] 
 
 1. Inmofl ; inward; inteftine. ; _ : 
 
 They knew nor ; v.dEfjf;-.,'/ 
 That wli?.t I mention'd was of Go«l,Ht11<?ir: 
 From /'nr.'OTijrf irripulfe, ^Uh^i J^gnriijlei. 
 
 Fear being fo ini-rridie tootit natures, it iss^the 
 Urongeft bohd (if laws. "iilUtj^i. 
 
 2. Near ; not kept at diftance. 
 
 Mofes was with him in the retirements oCthe 
 mount, received there his private iniliu^ions ; 
 and wticn ilie iiiuJtitudc were thundered away 
 from any ajiprcach, hs was honouied with an 
 intimate and immediate adaxitliuii. i'j^.r/i, 
 
 ^. Familiar; clofely acquainted. 
 
 Unirxid bv this fyrapatheticK bond,' 
 You grow familiar, Irriimattj and fond. .R'.-fccm. 
 
 I'NTirt.ATE. n.y^. [ihtmado, Spanifli ; in- 
 time, French; itUintus, Latin.] A familiar 
 friend ; one who is truiled \vith>^ our 
 thoughts. J ■ •• ; 
 
 Thcdefign was to enttrtain bb reafon i-ith a 
 
 '■'ititore equ.il con*erfc, afljgn him an intimate 
 
 'Tjfidft intellect as mach coricfpondcd with his as 
 did the outward'iiariil- Gov. «f the Tvrlguf. 
 
 Ze I'NTIMATE. *. a. [iiiiimer; French ; 
 wtimar?, low Latin.] To hint ; to point 
 ■put indirecll)', or not very plainly. 
 
 Alexander Van Suchtcn tells us, that by a 
 
 way he in/m.i/a, may be mide a mercury of 
 
 copper, not of li'.e filver colour of other jr.ctcu - 
 
 rics, but green.. h'ayie. 
 
 Tlie names of fimple ideas and ftibftanccs, 
 
 '='*irUbthe ahllraiit ideas in the mind, intimaii 
 fome teal exiltcnce,, frum which was derived 
 
 vrlbcir ongiuai pattern. :j.\: -i.v/ t.u'i ^-jJLockc. 
 
 ^ V 'Tis the divinity thatftiiS'trithittiiu \. ^ 
 'Tis Heav'ii iifelf that points out an hereafter, 
 Kwi irtirrtatts eteinity to man. .^ddif'tr^i Cato. 
 
 FNTiM.iTELy. adv. [from iiilimate.'\ 
 
 T.. dofcly ; with Intertnixtnre of parts. 
 The fame cecononiy is obfcrvcd in tlic circula- 
 tion .of the chyle with the blood, by m^\ing it 
 iniinuiitli with the parts of the 9iiid to wiiich it 
 isto'be affiiitrhitccl. Atluthrtot. 
 
 2v "Nearly ;-.uifepaiably. . > ' 
 
 • Quality, as it regards the rnind, has its rife 
 
 fro^n knowledge and virtue, and is that winch is 
 
 ■. m^rc .vfftqtial._taus>. ,and tEO*c irj/Jmatt/y united 
 
 with us.' . ' - ^: ...,'..'. '■fi-M'fit'O^P'^''''-'''- 
 
 3. Familvafly ; Avilh clofe friendfhip. 
 Intima'tjon. n.f. ^intimation y Fr. frori\ 
 
 intiina.'i.l Hint; obfcur* or ijiditcft 
 declaration or iiii«S.ionj ' 
 
 Let him ftiiflly ohfcrrc the fi.'ft-ftirrii>Js .ind 
 intirr.at!i,ns ; the firft hints aiirfwhifpsis of good 
 and evil that pafs in his heart. Svrth. 
 
 Of thofethat arc otily probable we have I'ome 
 reafunabic inrimalion, but not a demonlbiarive 
 certainty. .r. .? .Hi' .' ■ WKtiwarJ^, 
 
 Bcfides the more Ss^4 paf ■o^)(<?'™!'£i 'b<^rc 
 
 air levcuafjUt^ ■^'''?'"ffS'!'j(f'iJifi}"V'c ''^'fM" 
 medals. ' " o -' " ' AJiijcn. 
 
 I'ntime. adj. Inward; being vithin^the 
 mafs; not being external, or on' the 
 furface; internal. Not ufsd. 
 
 As to the compoliti^jn or.ditTolution of tnixed 
 bndies, which is the chief work of eleiTients, and 
 icquircs an ir.ttme application of the agents, 
 water bath ihe . priutfipality aijd cxcefs over 
 earth;- ' .--■.: .' , „ :. - .■.^:; .-^ Piyiiy.cri Bodies. 
 
 To Inti'mIdaTR; 'sj.i tf-'f/n/rmft/tr, Fr. 
 in end timidus, Lat.] To make fearful ; 
 to daftardize ; to inake cowardly. , 
 At that tribunal ftaods the writing tribe, 
 Which nothing can intimdulc Of bribe ) ^ 
 T.inc is tnejudse. Y^ung 
 
 I N T 
 
 Nowjtiiltonceharbour'dintlicconfciousbrearf, 
 /i/Zm/iVo/tj the bra\e, degrades tlic great. Irrne, 
 
 INTI'RE. n.f. [inlcgcr, Lat. entier, Fr. 
 better written entire, which fee, and all 
 its derivatives.] \¥hoIe,j undiminifhed ; 
 unbroken. /' j\''-- 
 
 Tl-.c lawful power, of making laws, to com- 
 mand whole pobtick. fucietici of men, be- 
 long^th iu properly unto the" fame /«ry/-f k^cietjes, 
 tbai for any prince to exctcife the fame of him- 
 fcif, and not either by cxprefs cummifii.m ini- 
 mcdiatcly and perfonaLly received fiem God, oc 
 cll'e hy authority dcriicit at the firft f'om their- 
 confent upon w'hofc pci.ons he irapofcs laws, it 
 is no hef.er tlan mere iyiaii:iy. Haitr. 
 
 iNTi'RfcNESs. n.f. [from inlire : better 
 eaiiiemj}.] Wholenefs ; integrity. 
 
 So Qiall all times find me the fame; 
 You-this itiireriefs better may fulfil. 
 Who have the pattern with you Itdl, Dinnt, 
 
 I'aro. frej). [/'« and /o.] 
 
 1 . Noting entrance with regard to place : 
 oppofcd to out vf. 
 
 U'atcr introduces inty vegetables the matter it 
 bears along with it. WrAi'ward' s Nut. Hljfl 
 
 Acrid fubl^ances, which pafs into the capillary 
 
 tubes, mull iriitate them intogreater contraftipn; 
 
 Arbutkiiot 67 AHmentt^ 
 
 2. Noting sntraijce' of one thing int» 
 
 .another, ";;;".^'^Vi' ■'" " 1. 
 
 lfi;on will icfluire by mere continuance att^^ 
 habitual inclinatiun to the Gtc it held, bow much 
 more may education, being a contf.uit plight and 
 ir.uremenr, induce hy cullum good habi:s int9 
 a rc.ifo;tab!c creiCure^ tfcttan. 
 
 To gi'/e life to that which has yet no being, ir 
 tofianie a livfng cre.iture, falhion the parts, and 
 having fitted tncm together, to put into them a 
 living foul. Loc^e. 
 
 .3. Noting penetration beyond theoutCde,. 
 or feme aftion which reaches beyond 
 the ftiperficies or open part. 
 
 To look into letters already opened or dropt is 
 held an ungenerous act. Pe}e, 
 
 4. Noting inclufion real or figurative. 
 
 They have denominated fome herbs folar and 
 
 fimc lunar, and fuch like toys put irtto great 
 
 woids. Bacat. 
 
 ^5. Noting a new ftate to which any thing 
 
 is brought by the agency of a caufe. 
 
 Compound bodies may be rcfolved iuro other 
 fubltances than fuoh as they aie divided itm by 
 the fire. Bo\lf. 
 
 A man muft fin himfelf />/a a love of other 
 mens fins ; for a bare notion of this black art 
 will not cairy him fo far. Scuth. 
 
 Sure thou art born to fome peculiar ftite, 
 V'hen the mad people rife againtt the ft-ite. 
 To louk them intc duty ; and command 
 An awful filence with thy lifted band. Drydri. 
 
 "It concerns every man that would not tiifie 
 away his foul, and fool himfelf /'.'.'a irrecoverable 
 mifery, with the greatcft fcrioufnefs to enquire 
 into thcfe matters. Tz/.i.'/'c-i. 
 
 He is not a frail being, that he fbouTd be tired 
 icti compliance by the force of albduous applica- 
 tion. Sma.'riJ^c. 
 
 In hollow bottoms, if any fountains chance 
 ! to rife, they natutally fpread themfclves intb 
 Jakes, before they can find any iffue. Addijcn, 
 
 It would have been all irretrievably loll, was 
 jt not by tliis means colUflcd and brought 
 JA79 one mafs. iVoodiuatd. 
 
 Why are thefe pofitions charged upon me as 
 their fole author j and the reader led into a belief^ 
 that they were never before maintaineu by any 
 pel foil of virtue ? .A tier bury. 
 
 It is no ways congruous, that God fhould be 
 always frightening men into an acknowledgment 
 of the tfuih, who were made to be wrought upon 
 by calm evidence. Aite>bu^\-. 
 
 A man may whore and diink himfelf into 
 atheiim ; but it is impolTille be Ihould ti.uik 
 himUll rn.'a it. Btsi.ti.
 
 I N T 
 
 iHTo'rERABLt. ddj. \_intolerabi!is, Latin; 
 •intolerable, Yrewch."] iv' ■, 
 
 f. Jnfufferablc ; not to b* end£i'rfe(i ; "not 
 to be born ; hnving any quality in a 
 diTf^iTC too powerful to be tudured. 
 
 It wc bring into one diiy'b t'loiighls rlic evil of 
 m.iiiy, certain imd uncertain,' wh.it will he .uii 
 U'h;ft will never be, our lo.td will be ;is intolrrabU 
 as it is mireafoTiablc. f^iylor. 
 
 Hrs .iwlul prcl>iice did the crowd rurprirt, 
 Nor durft tbc raOi Ipcdaror meet *is eyes ; 
 Eyes tbat confct\'d liirn born for king:ly ("way, 
 So fierce, they flalh'd /'!'o/<'r«i/r day. Diylni 
 Some men are quickly weaiy of one thing : 
 the fanu- ihidy long continued in is as hitolcr,thU 
 
 ' to tlicm, as the appealing loog in the fame clothes 
 is to a court lady. Locke. 
 
 I'loni Parani's top th' Almighty rode, 
 JnioUrnlilc day proclaira'd the God. Brosme. 
 
 a. Bad beyond luftciaace. 
 
 lNTo'LF,RAnLF.NE,ss. n.f. [[rom inlofera- 
 blf.l Q_uality of a thing not to be 
 enduitd. 
 
 Into'^er ABLY. adv. [from intohrable.l 
 To a degree beyond endurance. 
 
 Into'leraNT. ajj. [intolerant, French.] 
 Not enduring ; not able to endure. 
 
 Too great moilUirc itffc^i human bodies with 
 one cl'ah of diitales, and too great drynefs witii 
 
 '"'■anotlicr ; the powers of human bodies hcnig li- 
 mited and wtatcrant of exeeffes. yhhutnuot ^ 
 
 To Into'mb. v. a. \in and tornh.'\ To 
 enclofe in a fuiieial monument; to 
 bury. 
 
 What commandment had ti\e Jews ffr the 
 
 ^ cercmoTiy of odours ul'td about the bodies of 
 
 their dead, after which cullom notwithltanding 
 
 . «ur Loid was contented that his own motV prc- 
 
 €joiib idood thould be inio^nv\t^ Hwkcr, 
 
 Is 't night's predominance or the day's (liamc, 
 
 That diiknefs does the face of earth imn'tih ? 
 
 Migitty heroes more mnjeflick Hiadcs, 
 And youths int'.mb'd befoie their fathei^s eyes. 
 
 ■ -;''"j" v.." \t>'jdin 
 
 To TNTONATEr^.'^i^' [«7tfn&;Lpin.] 
 
 ; To thunder. ., ^j^fj ,v^„ ^ -^r^hJ^j^, 
 
 Intona'tion. n.f. [mf(ma^oni''Etiifrx>m 
 
 intonate.^ The aCl of thundering,- Z);fl. 
 
 To Into'ne. v. tt. [from i'ltono, or rather 
 
 from tone; tntonner, French.] To npake 
 
 a flow protracted noife. -, 
 
 So fwells each wind-pipe; afs,(»i/ii««.!,tp:af« 
 Harsionick twang, . ,, ; ■ I'ife'-fJJitncijJ. 
 
 To iNto'Rt.' *.'•&: ■[/flforti'oj Mt."}''To 
 
 twin ; to wreath ; to wring. ' '' ' ' 
 
 The brain is a congeries rfgUiuIs, that rej|ar.itc 
 
 tke finer parts of the blood, called animal fpnirs : 
 
 and a gland is nothirg.but a caiidl varioully ;'«- 
 
 torted and woAind up tt'gethcr. j^rbuthmt. 
 
 With rcv'rent bainj^ ||1^<; ^ingj|P^e(ems tlic 
 
 Wl-.ich j-ound th'/Wor/ri/Tiorns the gilder roU'd. 
 
 To INTOXICATE. 'n>. 'a.'\m. aiid toxi- 
 cum, Lat.] To inebriate; to make 
 drunk. 
 The more a man drinketh of the world, the 
 
 more It Intoxicnteth^rKwA age doth profit lather in 
 the powers of undei Handing, than in the virtues 
 <ff the will and allo^tiuns. Bacon. 
 
 As with new wine iritorrcnftj both, 
 Theyfwim in mirth, and fancy that tbcy feel 
 Pivinir^' Within them breeding wings, 
 AVhcrevrith to fcorn the earth. Ml.'ltm. 
 
 My early mirttefs, now my ancient miife. 
 That duM'g Citccin liquor ceafe t' infiife. 
 Wherewith thou didft intoxicate my youth. 
 
 What jart of wild fury was there in the bac; 
 
 n N T 
 
 tlianals which wc have not fccn cijuallM, if Hot 
 
 exceeded by fomc itils.'cicalcd ^talots ? ; 
 
 DccijyofVUt^. 
 
 Others, after ifi'Wlng jlonc fine things, yet fpoil 
 them by endeavouring to make theni bettei: ; and 
 .arc fo intoxicated with an carnell dcfirc of being 
 above all others, that they falTci themfelves to be 
 deceived. Drydtn't Ditfrefn-^y. 
 
 Vegetables by fermentationare wrought up to 
 fpiiiriiDUs liquors, having different qualiiiui from 
 the plant ; for no fruit taken crude Iwis the. I'l- 
 /oj/M/inj; quality of w-ine. ..jj/buthi'U, 
 
 , Intoxica'tion. n.f. [from »rKojf/V<irf.]' 
 Inebriation; ebricty; the aft of mak- 
 ing drunk ; the ftate of being drunk. 
 
 '1 hat king, being in amity with him, did {ti 
 burn in hatred towards hini, as to drink of the 
 lees and dregs of Pcrkin's inloxicntiott, who 
 was every where elfc deteifled. lit on. 
 
 Whence can tliis proceed, but from tli.1t belot- 
 
 ling mroAVfiirwd which vecb^l mlgick brings upon 
 
 the mind. ■ •> . '^ • Stxrt.h. 
 
 Jntiia'ctabi.e. adj. linlraHabiUs, Ij;it. 
 
 int rail able, V\fnz\\.'\ 
 
 1. Ungovernable; violent; fttibborn ; ob- 
 ilinatc. 
 
 To love them who love us is fo natural a paf- 
 fion, that even the moll i/itta3u6li xi:mpeii obey 
 its force. ■ .v ...ttr. ^^ ii^-titu; ■/!?(>«*"• 
 
 2. Unmanageable; furiousLu.wiiJo 2d; b ;. 
 
 By whati means fcipents, arid .Pthfr ndiiiaus 
 and more intr arable kinds, as well a$ the jiiorc 
 innocent and ufcful, got together^ H'i.o.lLuard. 
 
 lNTRA'cTABi.ENESs.,n./. [from in/r<it7a- 
 blf.] Obllinacy ; perverfcnefs. 
 
 iNTRA'cTAnLV. aJv. [from ititraSable.] 
 Unmanageably; Ihibbornly. 
 
 Intranqui'lmty. n.f. [in aai trcnguil- 
 /jjfy.] Unquietnefs ; want of reft, i 
 
 Jactations were ufed for nmufement, and allay 
 in conftant pains, and to relieve thar iniTdnif.iilliiy 
 v«-hieh makes men itnpatient of lying in their 
 beds. Tunpi:-. 
 
 Intr a'nsitiVf. adj. [inlranJt/iviiSfL.zt.^ 
 
 [In grammar.] A verb intranftti've is that 
 
 which fignifies an aflion, not conceived 
 
 95 having an eUeA upon any objeft : as, 
 
 . CMrro, 1 run. Clarke's- Latin Grammar. 
 
 Intr ansmu'table. adj.. [in ■ix\d tranf- 
 mutable.'] Unchangeable to any other 
 fiibdance. ' : ' ' , 
 
 Some of the .liibft extiti^fenecd tlWtrtifls do af- 
 firm quickfilver" to be intranjmutrd/e, and there- 
 fore call it liquor xternus. Jiay on the Cicntion- 
 
 To Imtre'asu RE. t}.a. \_in zvidLtFeafure.'] 
 To lay up as in a treahny. 
 
 There is a hiltory in ail men's lives, 
 Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd ; 
 Tl'.e which obferv'd, a man may prophefy. 
 With a near aim, of tiie main chance of things 
 As yet not come to life, which in their Iceds 
 And weak beginnings he intvcajur' d. Shakfp. 
 
 To iNTRE'rJCH.iJ.n. [/« and/rfni:/j«-, Fr, ] 
 To invade ; to encroach ; to cut off 
 pait of what belongs to another : with 
 
 ,,,(fln^- f J, ,.-,-,,; ..p' • ijT-'.-.]; .v^.> -■■.,•;■, ■ 
 ; l-i.ttlc I flelife rfty fceptcr fliourd mtrehc/i en 
 God's lovercignty-, which is t'he only king of 
 men's confcienees. ^'"^ C/iatlcs. 
 
 That craw ling infecS, who from mud began, 
 Warm'd by my beam', and kindled into man ! 
 Duirt he, who docs but for my picafure live, 
 i/i//eirAwi love, my great prerogative. Drydtn. 
 
 We are not to i'lm.-icli upon truih in any con- 
 verlalion, bui lealt of all with childicn. Lxli. 
 
 To Intre'nch. v. a. 
 
 I. To break with hollows. 
 
 His face 
 Peep fears of thunder liad intecnrh^d, and care 
 Sat on his faded cheek. MUttn'i Pm;L"J} 
 
 INT 
 
 -2. To fortify \vtth aj tr^suchi sii^ alltcB 
 were /'n/z-wc/jiT^in tl^eir caWp. , ' 
 
 Intre'nch ANT. adj. [This word,, vrhich 
 is, I believe, found only \n' S'oakfpearc, 
 is thus explained : The inlrintfiaitt air 
 means the air which fuddcnly encroaches 
 and tlofes upon the fpaceleftbyanyboily 
 which had paflTed thiough it. Hanmer. 
 I believe Sf.'ulfj.cAre Intended rather to 
 exprefs the idea of indivifib.ility or in- 
 vulnerablciiefs, and derived ititrenchant, 
 from in priviilivc, and trencher to cut ; 
 intrenchi:nt is indeed properly not cutting, 
 rather than not to be cut ; but this is i.ot 
 the only inllance in which Sbaifpeare 
 confounds wurJs of aClive and paffive 
 fignilicatitm. ] Not tw be dividtid-j • noc 
 ttJ be wounded ; flidiviflble.- ■ ■ 
 Aseaiy nny'rt f'lion rile //»r>r«>J(/>r/ *ir ' 
 With thy keen (word imprefj) as'raitkerpelilced. 
 ■ ■ • ■ ■■■ ^ : ■. . SholfpcuTri 
 
 .- . - -, -lo.r -j] jn'.wjr.:!.,-! ;;: % -;; 
 
 ItfTRiE'HCHMaNTi.. itj^rxfiJ [fipom intrercc.} 
 Fortification *t*ti1v it ir-ench.' 
 
 Intrs'hd. adj. [!Ntrepide,Vr.iittre/tiduj, 
 '.Lati]- Feai^lel's; daring; bold; brate. 
 
 ■• Ai-gyle ■'■■-. ■■ 
 
 Calm and /«/rry>,.rf in the very throat '■ ' 
 
 Of fulphuious war, on Teniei's dreadfuHwM. 
 
 ..1:1.'-..-. •-:'■■.. 'r . . Tft'jmjcn, 
 
 In T R EP i^} T Y.' V.'f.\hfrepidite, French. ] 
 Fcarlefnefs; courage; boldnefs. ' '■ 
 
 i-Could notJ'utSciently wf>nfieratthe/«rr/^l///jr 
 of thefc diaiinutivc moruds, who ri'jnit vcutjure 
 to walk upon my body, witbi^ut trembjlng. '. 
 
 GuTlh\c>^i'l'rai!r!s. 
 
 I N T R k'pi biiYi :a4v. \fr(aa.intrepidS] Fear- 
 
 lefly ; boldly ; d!\rlngly.'„""- -• ' '■;' .1' 
 
 He'takes the globe for the 'fc^Hd'l' K^la6jldie$ 
 forward intrepidly, tike onejlU v^hoffi'ijo plinc is 
 new. •■•.-. : y'. - -■. '. •. p,^.,^ 
 
 I'ntr tCAcy. n.f. \fior(\intr'iuits'.'] Stptc 
 of being entangled ; perplexity j Itivo- 
 lutiQC \. complication ot faftspr .nptioo,?* 
 The pait of t^lyhVs m rtomer'i' Odjffcj is 
 mtich admired by Anilotle,' as perplexing" tnac 
 f.il'le with veiy agreeable plots aiid ■.•«/rrV<i«V.:, ty 
 the many adventures in his Toyage,^and ihe luL- 
 tilty of Ms behaviour. ■•. : . :- ' ....-: :: jiddiji.n. 
 
 I'NTRIC.ATE. '■ aij, [;yiciiiVt,%ii\u.'i 
 Entangled ; perplexeti ; involved ; com- 
 plicated ; obfcure. 
 
 Much cf liiat wc are to fpeak it^ay fetiti. to 
 a'fium'ber'perh'aps'tfdiousi plrbapsoblcun:, dark, 
 znciintj'cate. ,:--..'. liooicr. 
 
 ■ Wis Ihlc waiS"'fif'ft)fcQ!W»y.'tlie:-m6il-«/«riAi.'f 
 biifiAefs tU' t6e undet*(hmil>^'.With'.tli? litmolt 
 ctcarnefs. • '.'• '• M'-« -^qi'v 5"-'" ' ■ ' ..Adsi^n. 
 
 To I'n T p. I c A T e.. [ from th^ ' 'sd]f iSivt'. ] 
 To perplex. J to darken.. Nui.picjifr, 
 nor in iife. , ■ 
 
 Alterations of fimamcs have io iiitricalnf, or 
 • r.ather obfcin-t-d,tlic truth of. our pedigrcci, that it 
 'Witl b^^no littlebard laboui toideduce them. 
 ' ; • : : Undt-, 
 
 I'lSTRiCATELy. adt>. [from /n/riV,?/..-.] 
 Willi' ii'iVolut ion of one ih- another-; 
 ■with pcrple.\ity. . ' ''' ' '' . 
 
 That vi.riety of faflions^rtth-WWcIi '\re arp fo 
 infiicatrly ctiaa£ed, ^avi: occSfibn ttt irhis (iif- 
 courfc. ' " • ' . ■ • . • I ■ 'Siijfr. 
 
 I'n t a I c A T.F.N E s s. ; «./. .[ frotn intf.iratf.] 
 Perplexity J inyolution; obfcurity,'^ 
 
 He found fuch /■.rr.'.'ar<-/:r/jj 11^11 Jie.co.i»l(| fc< 
 no way to lead lum out of the niaze. Sidney, 
 
 INTRl'GUE. 'n.f. (intrigue, Erenclii j 
 5
 
 INT 
 
 1. 'A^p!dE • a private ti-anfafllcn in w-Licli 
 many parties are engaged : uiually an 
 aflair of love. ; 
 
 Tftele ar<t the grand iitrigiei of man, 
 Thcfe his huge thoughts, and thefe bis vaft de- 
 ^ fifes. FUtman. 
 
 A yonng; fcHow long made love, with much 
 urAdic AnA :niri2,-", to a rich widow. AAdifon 
 - The V.ero of a coni;dy is rcprclenied vii5toi-i- 
 
 OUS in all \\\S inlrig:t!s. Srjjift. 
 
 Now love is dwindled to intrsgye, '. 
 
 And ni.irii.ige grown' a money Icngue. Stuift. 
 
 2. Intiicacy ; complication. "Little in life. 
 
 Though this vicinity of ouiTclves lo onrfclves 
 can'ijt give us the full profpcift of all the 
 'iiiiipm of our nature, yet we have much more 
 advantage to know ourfeUct, than to know 
 other things without us. H,i!f. 
 
 1,. The complication or perplexity of ^ 
 ruble or poem ; artful involution of 
 feigned traniaction. 
 
 As caufcs are tlie beginning of the aftioHj-the 
 
 oppofitc dcfigns .ngaiiill that of the hero are the 
 
 middle of it, and form th.-!t difliculry or intrigue 
 
 which makes up the greatcft^part of Che poenn. 
 
 :•'■'■ --■ ■ ■■■■■_'■ Pofe: 
 
 To Intri'gue. v. n. \inlri^usr, Pr. from 
 the noun.] To form plots ; to carry on 
 ^private dcfigns, commonly of love. / 
 In iri'guer. n.f. [iii!ri^u.'ur,¥r,.ifom.inri 
 tri^iis.'i One who buiies himfelf in pri- 
 vate tranfaftions ;, one who forms plots j 
 one w-ho purfues women. • ., , r 
 
 I delire that //!rivg;/«rj will nat,|nike*j»imp of 
 
 my lion, and caiivejr their thoughts t^» ,one pno- 
 
 tlwr. ■.:;: •■ rr . Aifdifm. 
 
 lNTui'c;tJi>rGi.v. aiJv. [from inlris;-ae.] 
 
 With intrigue; with ftcret plotting. 
 INTRI'NSECAL. art^. pKtniificus,!.^^ 
 jntr'wfeqiie, Frenciti This .word is now 
 "generally wnKXAVLintrinJical, contrary to 
 etymology.] .■-■.■■ : 
 
 >. Internal; folid; natural; ii'ot' .acijlden- 
 tal ; not merely apparent.' ■ -,, 
 
 Thefe Tneal'ure tiie laws of God not by the ;>/- 
 t'lrjicil oQOdncfs and cq^iity of them, hut by 
 reluftaiicy and. oppofition, which- ihej find iii 
 their own hearts againfl_lhem. ■ _. Tillotfon. 
 ' The near .and intnnfccnl, and convincing ar- 
 gument of -the being of God, is from human 
 nature itltlf. Benthy. 
 
 2. Intimate; clofely familiar. Out of ufc. 
 He falls into intrinfcal, fociety with fir John 
 Graham, iwho difTuaded hi,-r,jfroni inarri^gev 
 
 ' sir Fiilk Grcyille was a m:m in appcaiance 
 iKl'inJcc.iil w'lXh him, or at leafl admiiied to l.is^ 
 inelancV.oJy h.ours. IVotton 
 
 jNTtw'NSECiLLY. adv. [from hlrinficai.] 
 i. Internally; naturally; really. 
 
 A Uejs a Ihing ablolutcjy anil intrinfrctUt 
 
 evil. _ . '. . ■• - ; Swi'h. 
 
 Ewcvy'hher of Jifi'piects is an ingot of gold, /«- 
 
 fri! citfiy and fulidly v:duabie. ' ■' ' '■ fihr. 
 
 2. Within; at the'infide.' ■',*',..,,• ,j,.. ■ 
 
 In his countenarce ho opcti' aUcrafion; but 
 
 t -.c Icfs he (hewed Withtftit, the iiiore U 'wrought 
 
 tjtfir.kcaVy Wotton. 
 
 tf once bereaved of motion, matter caniiot of 
 
 i'fulf acquire it ng.->in : noi till it be tiiruft by 
 
 {'jmc other budy from without, or intrinferully 
 
 moved by ai itmmatcrial felf-aitivc tubftance 
 
 Tiuit can pervade iC. Bentu-i/, 
 
 J%-tki'nsecatf.. adj. [This word feems 
 
 to have been ignorantly formed between 
 
 intricate and i'lfiitifica/.] Perplexed; 
 
 entangled. Not in ufe. 
 
 Such fmittng rogjies as thefe, 
 J.ikc rats, oft bite the holy cords i;i twain, 
 Too intrii'Jrcutc t' unloofir. Shaiff. King Liar. 
 
 IN T 
 
 Com?, mortal \rfetcli, 
 With tr.y (harp tccrh this knot :>//' ■/■•':-■ . 'e 
 Of lile ac once untye. Shokjp. ^in! . o'^d C-r'ip. 
 Intri^nsick. aJJ. [inirinfecus,L.Mm.2 
 
 1 . Inward ; internal ; real ; true. 
 
 Intrh'Jlck goodnefi-coniilH in accardanccy and 
 fin in cofltrariety to the ftcret will of God, as 
 wejl as to bis revealed. H^ni'V.'iJ 
 
 2. Not depending on accident ; fixed in 
 
 ' ;rthe nature of the thing. ■ ^--r_ ' \ 
 
 The diifeience between worth at\d n^erir, 
 
 ftri^iyiaken: that is, a man*s intiin^ck; thisf 
 
 hjs current value. Grenu. 
 
 His f.ime, like gold, the fnotc *tis try'd 
 The more Ihail its intriftfick worth pioclaim." 
 
 FitQr. 
 
 Beautiful as a jewel fet in gold, which, though 
 it adds lirtle to intrtr.fich vahic, yet improve^ the 
 luftre, and altiVfts the eyes of the beholdti. 
 
 Kogeri. 
 
 roINTRODU'CE. 'J. a. [;'n/rM/«,Lat.] 
 
 i/!/;Wi««, French, j 
 I. To conduct or ulher into a place» or to 
 
 a perfon. 
 
 ilathematicians of advanced fpecnlaticns mav 
 , h^ve otlicr ways to injiodifce iuto their jiiinds 
 'ideas of infinity. ; Lic.ii. 
 
 3. To bring fomething UQtc> iiptlce or 
 ! ;„|!i;adliee., . ..-,..,■. ., , ;. ,>j : ■>-. i.;. ^ ; •;,. 
 
 I jr;iTWs vulgar error w.hofoevoris aUe,lo-reiqliiim, 
 he thai i initiHiitei a new way of eaie,' prcl'orv.ing 
 by thcoiy av well as praflijceioi > '■ ■lirott^n. 
 
 An author who (V^uld introduce a fport of 
 words upon the ftage, -wottld' iDcM -With fmall 
 appUufc. ■.......,.■- \- - : Broone. 
 
 3. To produce; to give.occafion to.: ' 'I 
 
 W'hatfocvcr i.ntroUiicii \y,ih\iA in childicji, 'de- 
 
 feives the cai£ and atteotjiui of .their gjvernyrs. 
 
 J * Licke 6n EJuitifiin. 
 
 4.. To briiig. Into writing or difcouife b)"- 
 _ proper preparatives. 
 
 .If he will introduce himfelf by prefacer, we 
 
 cannot help it. Z.«>'t-r'r Ttiu/. 
 
 Intro DuciiR. n.f. \jntrodu^iur, Fr. 
 
 i 'from infroducs.^ ■. n ; 
 
 i. One who condufts another to a.place or 
 
 ; perfon. :\ \-^^^^^'X'' '' 
 
 ^i Any one who lirings any 'thing into' 
 j ■ praflice or notice. 
 
 The beginning of the e.irl of ElTci I muft at- 
 tribute to my 'lord of Leicefler ; but yet as an 
 rar«<i<cfr or fopi'Ortfr, not as a teacher. 
 
 i , .,j .,u;;i'-> ,u.;.o;' v:-.- .' . .■" }f'otlr:>i. 
 
 It is commonly charged npoh'tlie army, th.it 
 
 the bealfly vice of di inking to cxcefs hjrb been 
 
 - (lately,, ff^jiri tlieir example, reLfored among us; 
 
 biitA^'hoever the /w/rW*«ri weix-, they ha\-e fuc- 
 
 cecde<l to a miracle. .-yf.'^— S^vifi. 
 
 iNTRopu'cTiQX.-' tiif. r^introduOicn, Fr. 
 
 iiiiitdttdlo, L.aX\n.^. : ;, . V 
 
 1. The acl of conducing or ufliering to 
 any place or perfon ; the ilale of being 
 nihered or conducted. 
 
 2. The aft of bringing any new- thing into 
 i iiotiee or pratlice. - 
 
 I 'ThcWhbiiliop of Caiiterbitry ii.id purfged the 
 • iuiT'-^.iiffli'.n of tlje liturgy and the canons into 
 I Scotland with great veliemence. Chrfidorr 
 
 3. The preface or part of a book con- 
 taiiiiog previous niattcr^v, ,, i 
 
 1ntrodi;'ctive1 at/j. [inirodiiil:/, Fr. 
 fr:jm im'nduce.] Serving as tlie means 
 to fi>methingelfe. 
 
 Thctrutiis ut Cbrill crucified, is the chriftian's 
 pbilofophy, and'4' good life Is the chriftian's lo- 
 gxkj that great inftrumental u:ti(>dii(five 'art, 
 that muft guide the rr.ind into the former. Srutfi, 
 In TUODU CTORY. adj. [hom hitrodviJiu, 
 Latin.] Previous; fcr\iiig as a means 
 to fomething fuither. 
 
 IN T 
 
 ■^his i'nl>oi/i/So'f 'difcouffe,ii;(ic)f is toibebut »n 
 
 eOay not a lipo|c., ...,,, ,-1 - "^^' ' . ilqu'i. 
 
 I N T RO G r re'ssi Ois:"\fi'.'\f [inlro^re/Jh, 
 
 Latin.] Entrance ; the aft of entering. 
 Jntro'it. n.f. [i'f/ro/V, French.] The 
 
 beginniiig of the mal's j the beginning 
 
 of publi<;k devotions 
 
 Intromi'ssiok. n.f. \jhlroiniUio,'L%l.j 
 
 1. The aftof fending in. 
 
 If light, be caufed by ifitroijuj/ionj or receiving 
 ID tiic form of that wh'ich is feen, contrary fpe- 
 cies or forms fliouM be received coniufedty to- 
 ge-licr, which Atiflotie (hews to be ablurd. 
 
 Pfa,:/ijt*j. 
 
 All the reafon that I cotild ever hear all.gtd 
 by the chief factors for a general ititxMiiJppn uf all 
 fe^ls and perluafions into our communion, is, 
 th.it tliiife who feparate from us are liiff and ol- 
 flinate, .hid will not fubmit to ti:e rules' of our 
 church, and that therefore they fliould be taken 
 aw.iy. . . . ..Scuik. 
 
 2. [In the Scottifh law.] Ths aft of in- 
 termeddling with another's eif^fts : as, X-tf 
 Jhallhe brought to an account Jok ms in- 
 
 tromiffions 'zviih/ucli aneJlaUi . . 
 To I'ntromit. 11. fl. [iBf/'cm//ifo, Lal.j 
 I. To fend in ; to let in ; to admit. 
 iz. To allow to enter; to be the inediuoi 
 \ by Avhich any thing enters. 
 
 Glafs in the u:invio«- intiimiti light without 
 
 : ■ coltJ to thofe in'ih'c itiom.'- ' ' Ihl.iir. 
 
 Tinged lx>diei and. liiiKirsrtflefl fome foriL uf 
 
 ray.s, and intia*>t:t oirtra^Jftnitotlicrf-irts. J^t^vroK, 
 
 To Introsp&'ct. w. a. [intro/pcHust 
 
 'Lat.] To-take a view of the infide. 
 
 Int-rospe'ciion'. n./, [fromiw/ro/^^t?.] 
 
 I A view of the infide. 
 
 t The jitings of the mind or imagination itfclf, 
 
 ■ byway ot retledtiun or introjpi^ion of Ihem- 
 
 felves, are difccinible by man. ' Jiu'i. 
 
 I' wft forced to make an intnfpiSiitn into my 
 
 own mind, and into that idea of beaut)* whictr 
 
 I liave formed in my own imiiginalion. Drydfn^ 
 
 iNTROVE'.^itNT, ad';, \inlro and venio, 
 Latin.] Entering; coming in. 
 
 Scarce-any condition which is nor eJchauHed 
 
 and obfcured, from the cumm'xture of int/O' 
 
 •iiinient nations, cither by commerce or conqncll. 
 
 Broxun's t^u!gar Errours. 
 
 7"o INTRUDE, v.n. [/W;Wo, Latin.] 
 
 1. To come ID unwelcome b)^ a kind of 
 violence ; to enter without invitation or 
 
 permifiion. 
 
 Thy years want w'lt, t'liy wit wants edge 
 And manners, to iturude where I am grac'd. 
 
 Sitakfptar-t. 
 
 The jewifli religion was yer in poflTelfion ; and 
 therefore that this mi^ht fo enter, as not to it: • 
 trudcj it was to bring its warrant from the fame 
 hand or omnipotence. Sot.!'^ 
 
 2. It is followed by a: before perfons, or 
 perfonal poiTeffions. 
 
 Forgive me, fairon^r, if officious friendfliip 
 I)!!r:iJci i'd your repotc, and comes thus lare 
 To grcct.you with the tidings of fucccfs. Eowe. 
 '■ Some thoughts rife and intrude upon us, whi4e 
 we Ihun theni ; others fly. from us, when we 
 wouid hold tiiem. ■ //'.ir/i. 
 
 3. To encroacii ; to force In uncalled or 
 unjiermitted : fometimes withw/9. 
 
 Let no man beguile you of your rev.-aid, in a 
 voluntary humility, and worlhippin^ of anfeU, 
 intrudinainio thofc things which he hatii not feen 
 by his fielhly mind. Cv.'c/i.r:!. 
 
 To Intbu'de. V. a. To force without 
 right or welcome : commonly with the 
 reciprocal pronuiui. 
 
 Nut to inliude cue's fi!f into the myficrles of 
 government, which the prince keeps fccrtt, is 
 icprtlcnted by the winds flidt up in a b^JJ hidc;
 
 I N T 
 
 wliich the componions of Ulyffes Would needs be 
 f(i foolilh :is to pry into. I'opi. 
 
 Ixtru'dek. k. f, [ixom. intrude. '\ One 
 who forces himfelf into company or af- 
 fairs without right or welcome. 
 ■Unmannerly intru.kr a> thou art ! Skntffrarc. 
 Go, bafo inlriider ! ovcr-« ccniiig (lave ! 
 Bcftow thy fawning fmiles on equal mates. 
 
 Slt.tkfj)eare. 
 
 They were but inlriidcn upon the pjlVcffion, 
 
 during the minori'y of the licii : they knew tnofc 
 
 lands were the rightful inhcrit-ince of that young 
 
 l.-idy. Diiviti on lu/atij. 
 
 Will you .1 hold inirUilfr riever learn 
 To know your buiket, and yuur bread difeern ? 
 
 She had feen a great variety of faces : they 
 were ail Grangers and intruden, fuch as Ihe liaci 
 no acquaintance with. Locke. 
 
 The whole fraternity of writers rile up in arms 
 
 agaiull every new iniriikir into tlie woi ^1 of fame. 
 
 ^itt(ifon*i FfiehiMi . 
 
 Intrusion, n. f. \jntrujiiin,l^.(.' inltu- 
 Jio, Latin.] ' . 
 
 1. The ac\ of thrufling or fon-ing any 
 thing or perfon into any place or liate. 
 
 Many excellent Itmins ha\e be-n jofllcd olTby 
 t^\e intruJioTit of poetical fi.51 ions. Broit-^n, 
 
 The reparation of the paits of one body, upon 
 the intiupon of another, and the change from rcfi 
 to motion upon impuUc, aiid the like, fcem tu 
 iiave fome cumiet^iotj. L^jcU 
 
 2. Encroacliment upon any perfon or place; 
 unwelcome entrance i entrance without 
 invitation or permifiion. 
 
 I think myl'clf in better plight fur a lender 
 than you aie, the wiiich hath fometh.ing embol- 
 dened me to this unfcafoiicd .'"/'///(//o/r ; for they 
 fay, if money %0 before, all ways do lie open. 
 
 Shjkfp€tirc, 
 
 Frogs, lice, and flies, muft all his palace till 
 With ioath'd ii!!iufii.n. I'lir. Lop 
 
 How 's this, my fon > V/iiy this iulrufiai ? 
 Weie no: my orders that I IhouUl he piivate ? 
 
 ^^lUiJon^i Csto. 
 
 I may clofct after, fo long an intrufi<,H upon 
 
 yoiir meditations. . IVoki'i Vny.for Deaih. 
 
 3. Voluntary and uncalled undertaking of 
 
 any thing. 
 
 It will be faid, I Tiandle an art no way ftiit- 
 able either to my employment or,foriiine,.and fo 
 flaii^ehargcd with '/o«iw/i<>" and linpcttnKncy. 
 
 \i '-^] ; /■f^oilon. 
 To Lntru'st. v. a. [ill pndYrw/?.] To 
 treat with confidence ;, to charge with 
 any fecret commifllon, orthin^ of value : 
 ;)s, we ir:!riijl aiiather tt//^ lomething ; 
 or.we «.»/■«/? fouiething/o another.. 
 
 His majcity had a follcitous care for the pay- 
 nicn'r of his debts; though in J'ucli a manner, 
 that none of ti>e duke's ofEcers were w.vrijfc:,.' 
 with the knowledge of it. Chr.'rxloi 
 
 .Receive my eounfel, and fecurely move;. 
 
 Ir.iruji thy lo'tiino to the pow'rs above. DrjJtn. 
 
 .^re not the lives of tnofe, who draw the fword 
 
 Ju Rome's defence, intruded to our caie ? Adi'J. 
 
 He compofcd his bibvl-dou-c, and at the time 
 
 appointed went to intruj! it to the hands of his 
 
 confidant. ^'t'huthn'jt. 
 
 In t u i't 1 o N. b. _/l [intu'itus, inliieor, Lat. ] 
 
 1. Sight of anything: ufcd commonly of 
 
 mental view. Immediate knowledge. 
 
 At our r.jrc of-judgmg, St. Paul had palTed 
 for a mull n^alicious pciftculor; wficrcas Goil 
 liiv ill' did it ignorantly in unbelief, and upon 
 ...'/4«,,,l)ad mercy on hi.tn. , .; ,, v 
 
 Ccvernuidit t^, ttK- Xotlfrut. 
 T.ic truth of thefe propofiiions we know by a 
 hjre ,firiiplc /«/«7.''9« of the ideas, and fuch pro- 
 p'ofitions arc called felf-cvidenr. Loci,. 
 
 i. Knowledge not obtained by dedutlinn 
 of reafon, b'jt inilantaneoully accom- 
 pa'jyifig tl'.e ideas which are its objcft. 
 
 I N V 
 
 All knowledge of caufes is dtduflive; for we 
 
 liiiow none by limple hilHUi'.rt, but through the 
 
 mediation of their ctfcfts j for the cafualty ilfcll 
 
 is infenfiblc. C/n'ivWc. 
 
 Diftourfc was then ahrioft as quick as intuir/oi 
 
 Soiit/i 
 ]Ie their finglc virtues did furvey, 
 By intuition in liisown large brcart. T>rydtn. 
 
 Intu'itive. aiVi. [»/;/a(.'/Vuj, low Latin ; 
 iiiluitify French.] 
 
 1. Seen by the mind linmediatcly without 
 the intervention of argument or tefli- 
 mony. 
 
 Immediate perception of the agrcennent_ and 
 difagrcement of two ideas, is when, by com- 
 paring them together in our minds, we fee thcii 
 agreement or difagieemenl j this therefore i^ 
 called intuitive knowledge. Lxfckc. 
 
 Lofty flights of thouglit, and almoft intuitivt 
 perception of abftrufc notions, or exalted diico- 
 vcrics of mathematical tiieorems, wc tometimcs 
 fee c-tiltent in one perfon. UentUy 
 
 2. ikeing, not barely btllevi'ng.^ ' ,. 
 
 Faith biginning h.erc with a wcalc Wp'prchcn- 
 fion of lhii;gs not fcen, endeth wiih the .'w/ttZ/foi- 
 vifion of God in the world to come. Booker. 
 
 3. Having the power of difcovering truth 
 immediately without latiocination. 
 
 The rule ol g'loHly or immatciial natures, as" 
 fpirits and angels, is their intuitive intellctftual 
 judgment, concerning the amiable be.iuty and 
 high goodnefs of that ohic6i, which, with un- 
 fpcakablc joy and dcligi^t, doth let them Ofi 
 work. I-Joiker. 
 
 The foul receives 
 Difcurfive of intuitive, Mi.'.'on. 
 
 Intuitively, aiiv. [^intiilllvemm/, Fr.] 
 Without deduftion of fea&il- j-; bV'im- 
 mediate perception. --•''' '■'' 
 
 Tiiat our ,'lovc is ftujnd arid fincere, ti>at it 
 Cometh from'';! pur^-IieaVt, arid a good eonfclence', 
 and a faith unfeigned, who can prohoui;ce. Pav- 
 ing only the fcarchcr of all men's hc.uts, who 
 
 ■ alone intuiUvcj doth know in tins kind who are 
 hi?.>-^-i,/,i>tsW V«l ,\ .K j; ji J ' ) ' I <W»*iy, 
 
 God Alrnighiy, who-fe'e3fiU4hi9g^,wi/a//,fi>f7), 
 does not want logical \\t.\ps^ Saktr on Lcittnit:^. 
 
 Intume'scence. 7 n. /. [^ititumefceac'j 
 
 Intum-e'scen(;v. j 'Er.intumcfcq, L,eit..'\ 
 
 SwcH ; tumour; the, ,fi6i qr . itate P^ 
 
 Iwtlllng. .j7^i_ t.j l-,,.. .,,(,,.,, ten ,,;, . ,1 
 
 According to til? tsfnper of itlie\teireoiis parts 
 at the bottom, as they are more hardly or eafily 
 moved, they varioufly begin, continue, or end 
 
 ■ their intutnej'c.encici , , , , Jirouun. 
 
 This fubteirancati heat caufes _a.great laiefac- 
 , tion .ipd intumij<tnce of llje -water of. lire abyfs, 
 ; putting it into very gicait jj^inimOtious, and uc- 
 [ cations an eat tiiquakc. ..*.;, ■; Hvod-ward 
 
 In'^urge'sce'Sce. »._/! [in and tiii-gefco, 
 Lat.] Swelling.; the a£t or (late of 
 fwelling. r.i ;h :i".rj ia Jit ->• L 
 
 Kot by attenuation .of tlic tipper pari) of the 
 fca, biu /«/w? /e;-n«>j caufcdi iif (I at the bottom, 
 and carrying the upper part of it lieforc tiicrn. 
 Brown's J^uls.ir F.nours. 
 
 Intu'se. n. f. £/■«/«/?//,' Latin. J Bruife. 
 
 She did feareh; the fwelling. brt.z:, 
 And having li^arcb'd the i':tuje tiec^, 
 Slic bound it with her fcarf. •'^/..'■/t' 
 
 To Intwi'ne. vi a. [iti and /lo.W.j 
 I ." To twill, or wreatli together. 
 
 This oil nion, tiiough Lrlfc, yet int~.vincd 
 
 with a (rue, that the fouls of men do never pe- 
 
 rilh, abated the fear of d^ftthvisi thsupt- ' ' < 
 
 T ■ .'. , ' ■ .1' , — Hceker. 
 
 2. To be inferted by being wreathed or 
 
 twilled. 
 
 The veil and veil divincj 
 Which wand'iiiig foliage and rich (low'rs !n- 
 tiL-inc. DryliK. 
 
 To INVA'DE. -v. a. [m-a^/o, Latin.] 
 
 IN V 
 
 1 . To attack a country ; to make a Koflile. 
 
 entrance. 
 
 He will /wiir/f them with troop*. \lnhl). 
 
 Should be invade any part of tiieir eountiy,' he 
 would foon fee that nation up in arms. Knoliei, 
 
 With dang'rous expedition they invade 
 }teav'i), whofe high Wd!ls fear no ilTault. Mi/ton, 
 
 Thy rice in tin.es tocon.c 
 Ehallfprcad the conqucft« of imperial Rome; 
 Konie,whofeafcendiiig tow'rs Ihhll heav'n ima (t. 
 Involving caith and ocean in her ftiade. Dnden. 
 
 Encouraged with fucccfl, ho invurfej-the pro- 
 vince of phdofophy. ■ ■ r Itrydin. 
 
 In vain did nature's wifr commaiid 
 Divide the wateis from liic land, 
 If daring lliip-, and men prophai.e, 
 Invade tir inviolable main, J^rvdefl, 
 
 2. To attai;k ; to afl'ail ;, to aflault. 
 
 There ili.di be fediiiuii aniotig men,, ?.nd /ir- 
 va.ling oiiC|another; thc^' <)i;ill , i)ot rigaid their 
 kings. : ' , ' ' ' ■ ' •' iJip,,,,', 
 
 Thou tlviik'fl *ti!i-miicli, tlittt'iliis cbatctrtious 
 ftorm 
 Invades- lis to the fkin ; fo 'tL^t fo ihec ; 
 But where the greater malady is tix'd. 
 The lefler is fcarcc felt. i/iak/),. King Lmr. 
 
 3. To violate by the fird ad of'Loflility ;. 
 
 to attack, nut defend. , , . . - .. 
 
 Youi foes atje fuch, as tliey, not ypu,, have 
 I '■'■' '. ' m,-^e;;." ' ''''■} " ■ ' ' ' . 1 ■ i'-' ■ 
 I And vh-tue ritay reitilS'ttidiigh Hut iriva/fe. Dryd., 
 Inva'uer.' H. /. [from invatlo, Latin.} 
 
 1 . One who enters with hoftility into the 
 poffefTions of another. 
 
 The bicath of Scotland the ^^^-I'larJ, "could 
 not endure ; ticfther durrt the;. . , land 
 
 in Ireland. ^ ';•■'-'• ' '• - ■:-' ll.ioti. 
 
 I •■ Tlieir piety 
 
 1 I In.vfcat^.cOdteltiof battle- fonnd no- aid- 
 
 Ag.iinif .wrt.fffr. . , j, .:y.jStiHtm'<t:furaJife L'J!. 
 
 1 That knowledge, like the|9oaVfr«"Vlho,ai:a,-^ 
 
 ! fcrvcs only to cinjbtbilan^J cbiifpme r' .• i'^- •, 
 giduiri'rt>*tfc/s.''i i -' .ay, '.■!■. .^, 
 
 Wierei ho lo(i,thV<irakod-'eiiipirer- 
 
 j Wotdd be a pity cspos'd to M in'.:_ei.^kn„ Renhc.tn . 
 I The CLouni;y about. A-tticj iwas'the, moll, baiircn 
 : of any in Greece, thiougn'w'nicK liicans it hap-' 
 
 pcned that t'ne barlveS'i-eri iiev'er expelled by 
 
 the fUry of /«>;iAyi'. \ Svuiit. 
 
 Secure', %y \Vil!iam's cart, iet Britain f.and ; 
 
 J>'<irtfread'ihe bold /(ri'rt.i'i'r's hand. Prio'}'. 
 
 ; Eiieem and judgtiieiit with fli ung fancy join, 
 ( To c.'^ll the fail .•"vtai^--, in'; ■' 
 
 I My dariing favourite 1-iclin.ition, t(io, -. ' > 
 
 All, 3ll coTifj-iiing v.-ith the foe. Grarrt^lU. 
 
 2. AnafTailant. • . ! 1' '. . - 
 
 3. Encroacher; intruder, 
 
 The fubrtancc was fortr^erly corr.p;.^,; ;,i ;;,,;: 
 unconipoui'dcd ftylc, but aftctwaids pjudently 
 cnlargett for the repe.'lirg and prcverfring hertti* 
 cdi\ itivfidhs:' '■ '• il.-i'n»Hr,,:. 
 
 In vale'sceNCE. n. /. [/«;.■,; '-y;-, Lat. ] 
 
 Strength; health j force. //'/.. 
 
 INVA'LID. aaj. [hval-iJe, Frencit ; 
 
 inva/ie/ii.t, Latin.] Weak ; of no weighi 
 
 or cogency. 
 
 But thisi ur-'-. 
 Admitting motion in the I. eav'ns, to ihew 
 Invalid, tiiat 'yvhjc^ flice, to doubt jt. inov'd, , 
 ■ * . .Mi/lin. 
 
 7u Inva'i.idate. v. .a. [from invejih/. } 
 To weaken ; to deprive of force or ef- 
 ficacy. "• : • •' ■ 
 
 To irrviHi.-taft ftich sr cdnfeqticncc, fome things 
 might 4-.C fpccioufly enough alleged. ' £ev,'r. 
 
 Ttll ^t -manj pafT.bn.rtely in love^ that be' is 
 jilteJ, hr I.,; a.fcore <)f witaelt'cs of the falffd-.oorf 
 tf i .i M.ii el';, and it U;t<n topn^ (lut ibice,,kuirt 
 w. idsuf hei's ftiiilV inViiJid<ii^\Jli flxir teflimi'- 
 
 uics. _ _ ."",';„, ,'r'-^'*- 
 
 iNVALi'nr. «./. " fPrlncK.] 'OoefHf- 
 abkU by Ccknefsgi'-hiins,. .,.;
 
 1 N V 
 
 - Whjt btjjrir 10 the invaliJn, 
 With Ijmciicfs broke, with l.lindntfs fmittert, 
 Wifli'd ever decently to die ? Prior 
 
 1 ;; V Ai. ID I T Y . n.f. [ /.'i and 'validity ; t'l- 
 
 va/ii/iti, French.] 
 I. W^-aknefs ; want of cogency. 
 3, Want of bodily ftrength. This is no 
 
 En^iifli meaning. 
 
 H ■ i:i ilcrcd.that n^ne who could work Ihould be 
 idle; iind that none who could not work, by as«i 
 ficki-.cfs, or />n-.:;V<sV/v, (hould want. '"j'f''': 
 
 Inva'lvable. aiij. ['» and ■valuable.] 
 Precious above cttimation; ineftimable. 
 Tne faith produced by terrour would not Ic fo 
 fee 311 3& as it ought, to which arc annexed all 
 the glorious and imaluahU privileges of believ- 
 ing. ^Itabuiy, 
 iN-VA'RfABLE. aJ}. [i* and <oar?Hj, Lut. 
 invariabk, Fr.]' Unchangeable; con- 
 
 ftaiit. 
 
 Being BQt able to defign times by days 
 rr.onths, or yeaii, they thought bell to dctci- 
 mine thefc alteia'ions by fonic known and in- 
 ■,:j,i.il>!t ligns, and fucli did ihcy conceive the 
 iiBng and felting of tnc f.xcd Ibirs. Br<i.vn 
 
 1 The rule of good and evil would not ap- 
 .jwar uniform and imutruiblc, but different, ac- 
 cording to men's diilerenc complexions and in- 
 clinations. Attybu,y. 
 
 Ikpa Ri.M!LKi?Ess.n./ [from »nv«n«i/«.] 
 
 Imnuitnbility ; conltaiicy. 
 Invariably, adv. [from invar'tahU.'] 
 ITnchangcably ; conftantly. 
 
 tac, who ftecis his courfe invaruiUy by this 
 
 rule, takes the furcft.way to mate alt men pr»ire 
 
 him. A.ttcrhny. 
 
 Inva'siov. n.f. \iat)afion, French; tn- 
 
 •onfto. Latin.^ 
 I. Hortile entrance upon the rights or pof- 
 ftflions of another; liodile encroach- 
 ment. 
 We made in Ir-vajim upon the Chcrethitcs. 
 
 I Sum. 
 
 RcafoB finds a fcctct grief and rctnorfc from 
 
 evtry i-nujion !b.it fin makes upon innocence, 
 
 and that mul) render ji^ firlt eiuiance and ad- 
 
 miffion of tin iineafy. Snutk. 
 
 The nations of th' Aufonian (hore 
 Shall hear the dre.idfiH rumour, from afar, 
 Of arm'd imta/hn, and embrace the war DryAen. 
 William the ConquiTor jiivaded E.ngland about 
 the vcar Io6o, which means this ; that taki'ig 
 the duration from our Saviour's time 'till now, 
 lor one entire length ol f.mc, it (hews at what 
 I'idance this :in»jhn was fiom the tv/oe»tremcs. 
 
 a. Attack of a difcafe. 
 
 What dcmonliraics the plagje to be endcmial 
 
 10 t.<ypt, is Its irrojjhn and going off at ceruni 
 
 feaio'ns. Arhuth.a. 
 
 Ikva'sive. adj. [from iKvad:.'] Entcr- 
 
 in'T hottilely upon other men's polTcl- 
 
 fioiis ; not defenfive. 
 
 I ma ft com: ciofcr to mx piirpofc, and not 
 riaitc r.ioic i'nnfive wars abroad, when, like 
 Hannib.J, I ar^i called tack to ti^^e defetvce of 
 ■jnv co.iii:ry. Dryjcn. 
 
 Let other monarcbs, with iin-a/ii-e binds, 
 Ltit'en their jieople, and ententl Ineir lands'; 
 J!y gafpmg nations hated and ubey'd, 
 Lords of ti>e defxtj that iheir iwoids had made. 
 
 Arlut^nof. 
 
 In've'ctivc. n.f. [invcijive, French; in- 
 veaiva, low Latin.] 
 
 I . A cenfure in fpecch oar wiiting ; a re- 
 proachful acciifation. 
 
 Plain men dcfiiins. to ferve God as they ought, 
 but being not foftilfuListo unwind thcnllelve^, 
 where the fnarcs of glofing fpcech do he to en- 
 Unglc them, are in mind not a little troubled, 
 when xhcy heat i"o bitter Jrvia!v<s aj.unft that 
 
 I N V 
 
 which tV.'is c'.iurch hath taught them to revetenr. 1 
 as holy, to approve as lawful, and to .•bfeivc a5 
 behovcful for the cxercif; of chiiUian duty... 
 
 lliy'Krr 
 
 If we take fatyr, in the general fignification ol 
 the word, for an •'•vcH-vc, 'tis almolt a. old 
 as \cr\c. ^ J • J 
 
 2. It isufed with againjl. .■ 
 
 So dcfp'iate tWevcs, all hopelefs of their lives, 
 Breathe out im-<:ilivei 'gJ"»/ the oiBcers. 5*d///>. 
 Cafting off refpeS, he leU to bitter :m-ia-v.s 
 aga.rf. the French king. Bacin'i H<>: vii. 
 
 J. Lefs properly with at. . , . , 
 
 Whillt we condemn otiicrs, we may indeed be : 
 in the wrong; and then all the i,K.■i:a•■v^^ wc 
 make at their foppofcd errour> fall b.ick with a 
 rebounUcd force upon our own real ones. 
 
 Decay if Fitly. 
 
 I^'VE'cTIV^!. aJi. [from the noun.] Sa- 
 tirical ; ab'.ifive. 
 
 Let him r.i:l on ; let i.is ■r.vichve ">"": 
 Have four and twenty lefe.s to abufc. DryJcr. 
 
 Inve'ctivelv. adv. Satirically ; abu- 
 
 Thus mofi imcaivilj he pierceth thrbiigh 
 The body of the countr)', .cny, court, 
 Yea, and of this our life ; fwe.u uig that we 
 Are mere ufiirpers, tyrants. SMifj,i^re. 
 
 To INVEIGH, v.a. [iWfZ'o, Lat.J lo 
 
 utter cenfHre or reproach : with agattyl. 
 
 I cannot blame him for i-r.Hii^hlr.g U Iharj.ly 
 
 at. unit the vices of theclergy in his age Dryltn. 
 
 He !<:vi%>:i fcvcrely «?a;»y.' the folly ot partie-, 
 
 in ictaining fcoundrcls to retail then lies 
 
 A<i!<i'"-ot. 
 
 Isve'igher. n.f. [from J«f«V*- ] Vehe- 
 ment railer. 
 
 One of thcfe iiivcighiri againit mcrcuiy, in 
 
 feven weeks, could not cute one fmall heipes m 
 
 the race. ,. '^^';'-'"'- 
 
 To INVE'IGLE. V. a. [m-vogliare, Ital. 
 
 Minfbfw; aveugler, or enavtugler. Fr. 
 
 Siii>.ier and Junius.] To perinade to 
 
 fomething bad or hurtful ; to wheedle ; 
 
 to allure ; to feduce. 
 
 Moll falfe Ducffa, roy.il richly dight. 
 That eafy was ioime:gl: weaker fight. 
 
 Was, bv her wicked arts and wily (kill, 
 Too falfe and liroiig for earthly feiU or might. 
 
 ttt.ry (^u-:en. 
 
 Acliilles hath iirvcigled his fool from him. 
 
 Rhakjfetirt. 
 
 Yet have I'ney many baits and guileful fpells. 
 To iit-.';^/'- and invite til' unwary fenfe 
 Of tUcm thatpafs unweeting by the way. Mittm. 
 
 Bj:h right ahle 
 T' imtigU and draw in the rabble. Uudibras. 
 
 Thofc drops of prcttinefs, fcatteringly fprinkled 
 amoiigrt the creatures, were defigned to exalt 
 our c.nceptiens, not imciglt or detain oui 
 palSons. , -^y''- 
 
 1 leave the ufc of garlick to fuch as are in- 
 v»f,hd into the gout by the ufe of too mncn 
 drinking. , ^ /.mjU. 
 
 The :'n!!i%!ing a woman, before (he is come 
 to ve.ns of"diCcietic>n, fhould be as ciiminal .-s 
 the (educing of her befuie (he is ten years old. 
 
 Sft^li'tor. 
 
 Inve'igler. n.f. [from inveigle.] Se- 
 ducer ; deceiver ; allurer to ill. 
 
 Biing piefcntcd to the emperor for his adrai 
 rable bcautv, the prince clapt him up as l.i 
 
 i.rv.iglfr. ' ^'"•■')' 
 
 To INVE'NT. V. a. [invenler, Fr. in- 
 •vrnio, Lut. j 
 
 I. Todifcover; to find out ; to excogi- 
 tate ; to produce fomexhing not made 
 
 bf^fore. , ^ J r f. 
 
 The fubftance of the fervice of God, lo tar 
 foitn as it hath in it any thing more than the law 
 of rcafon doth teach, may not be imirt,.! of 
 men, but rault be n:ceived fru.^ God birafelf. 
 
 1 N V 
 
 By their count, which lovers bocks irrveif, 
 Tiie'fphere of Cupid forty years contains. Sf:>:f. 
 Matter of mirth enough, tuoiigh there wete 
 none 
 She could devifc, and thoufand ways intxt 
 To fccd her fcolifh humour and vain jolhirient. 
 
 Furry <iu!ci. 
 
 Woe to them that ii:t:it to thcmlcivci infliu- 
 
 tneiits of mufick. ./Imoi. 
 
 We may iitvinl 
 With what more forcible we may offend 
 Our enemies. . *Wr«. 
 
 In the motion of the bones in their articu- 
 lations, a twofold ii'iuot is prepared for the in- 
 unftion i't their heaos ; both which make up the 
 mud apt misture, for this ufe, ihat can ^•"' 
 isiitid or thought upon. -^I*- 
 
 Ye (killul malters of Maciiaon's race, 
 V/ho natme's mazy intricacies tiace. 
 By manig'd iiic and late. ■/:•.;.•«.•{« i^yes. Bfjctn-.jrr, 
 But when long time the wretchei thoughts It- 
 fiii'd. 
 When wan; had fet an edge upon their mind. 
 Then various cares then working tiioughts 
 employ'd, 
 Apd that which each imt*tcd, all cnjoy'd. Ciicch. 
 The (bip, by help of a Icrew, invented hf 
 Archiinedef , wa-< Luixhcd into the water. A-h. 
 2. To forge; to contrive faliely ; to fa- 
 bricate. 
 
 1 never did fuch thirrs as thofe men have ma- 
 
 liciouily irv-nted ogainlt me. Sujann.-i. 
 
 Here is a flrange bgure invented, againtt the 
 
 plain fvnle of tlie words. Sriiling/lii!. 
 
 3. To feign; to make by the ima- 
 gination. 
 
 I would inrenl as bitter fearching terms, 
 Wiih foil as many figns of deadly ^'^"t 
 As Ican-f.ic'd envy inner loathfomc cave. 5*^-//'. 
 
 Hercuics's mcciing with Pkafute and Viiuie 
 was im'HHed by Pro<licus, who lived before So- 
 crates, and in the tirll dawnings of philofophy. 
 yiddifii's SftSatoT 
 
 4. To light on ; to meet with. Not ufed. 
 
 Far off he wondei s what them makes fo glad : 
 Or Bacchus' nieny fiuit they did invent, 
 Ol Cybel's fiantick rites have made tliem mad. 
 
 Spenjtr 
 
 Inve'nter. n.f. [from inver.teur, Fr.J 
 
 I. One who produces fomething new ; a 
 
 " devifer of fomething not knov.n before. 
 
 As a tranflator, be was juft ; as an imvnier, 
 
 he was rkh. ^^r/A. 
 
 z. A forger. 
 
 Invk'ntion. n.f. \jnvtntton, Frencli; 
 inventio, Latin.] 
 
 . Excogitation; the aft or power of 
 producing fomething new. 
 
 O for a nmfe of fire, that would afcend 
 Tt^e brigh-teft heaven of m-entien ! Shakff, 
 
 By improving what was writ before, 
 hwentim labouis lets, but judgment more. 
 
 Kcjeommin. 
 Innntic: is a kind of roufc, wVich, being 
 poffeiTed of the other advantages common lo her 
 liftcr.i, and being warmed by the 6te of Afollo, 
 is ra:fed higher than the reft. Dryden. 
 
 Mine is th' invtnticn oi- the charming lyre r 
 Sweet notes and heav'nly numbers I iiifpirp. 
 
 l^r\ den. 
 
 The chief excetlrnce of Virgil is judgment, 
 of Hoincr is imjtnlion. rife. 
 
 2. Difcovery. 
 
 Natuie hath provided fcveial glandules to fc- 
 piraie (pittle from the blood, and no lefs than 
 (oi:r pan of channels to convey it into the mouth, 
 which are of a late in'eni,<,>i, and called duSui 
 
 /...i^a/.!. R-'y <"• ''" '■>""■"■ 
 
 5. Forgery ; fiftion. 
 
 We ii«ar our bloody coufins, not confelhng 
 Their cruel parricide, filling their heaters 
 With ftiange invention. Sheijieare, 
 
 if thou can' 11 accufe. 
 Do it without imieniion (uddcnly. SM/feare. 
 
 4. The thing invented.
 
 I N V 
 
 Tlic g'rdcn, n place not fairer in n<ttuMl oma- 
 mcdts tnan iirtitirial invetifiom. SiJrtey. 
 
 Til' hit'tnlion all .Khnir'd ; and each how he 
 To he th' invcuior mils'd, lo c;\fy it fc-cm'd 
 Once found, -a l.icli ytt unfuuiul nioll would li;ivc 
 
 ihoiinht 
 InipoflSblt, MiUin'i Varnd'ift l.fj). 
 
 Inve'nti VE. ailj. [tn'uaU'if, FrLiicli ; fiom 
 Invent.^ 
 
 1. Quick at contrivance ; ready at expe- 
 dients. 
 
 Thofc have the invcn!iV''Ji hcad.s for all pui- 
 poleSf- »nd ruundefl coiiguc:> in :ilt nuutei's. 
 
 ^4fcham'% S^kanlmdfisr . 
 That imttnthie head 
 Her far^l image from the temple drew, 
 Tlio llct-ping yj.udiiijis of ihe cullle llcw. Dt^.l 
 The iriventhif god, wlif) never t.iils his p:irt, 
 Infpires the wit, when once he w.irins the he.irt. 
 
 Dry.h>, 
 
 2. Havincr tliL" power of excogltaiion or 
 iii'Uon. 
 
 As he had an imirnthif br.iin, fo there ncvei 
 lived nny niaii tnat believed better thereof, and 
 of himlclf. Rilrrvil. 
 
 Xoafon, ivnncmhiance, wit, /«'»«//ff art, . 
 No nature, hut inimujlal, can impait. Diiiham. 
 
 Inve'ntor. n.y". [inventor, Latin.] 
 
 1 . A (iiidtfr out of fomi-thing new. It 
 is written iikcwifc mvenlcr. 
 
 VVf h.tvc the ilatiie of your Columbus, that 
 dircovcrpd the W.ft Indies, alfo the /«w/.'foi of 
 ihip^; your ^to^k, that n'as the inventor of 
 •rdnance, and of gunpowder. liincn. 
 
 SruHiuii'; thty appear 
 Of arts that poluli life; itivtutf/n i*arc, 
 Vnniindful of their maker. A////t». 
 
 Why arc thcfe pofitions cliargcd upon me as 
 their folc author and irrvftttor, and the reader Ifd 
 into a belief, that they were never before main- 
 tained by any perfon of virtue } yitttrburt. 
 
 2. A contriver ; a framer. Tn an ill fenfe. 
 
 In this upHioi, purpofcs mirtook., 
 Fall'n on th' inventfin heads. Shakffcarc, 
 
 Invento'ri.^lly. ad-v. [from invmlovy, 
 whence perhaps /«-w?i^;W.] la mau- 
 iiei- of an inventory. 
 
 To divide />;t'(?«/of/a//y, wotild dizzy the aritli- 
 mctick of memory. ShukJ^earc' i HamUt. 
 
 inventory', n. f. ['mveriiclrcy Fr. 
 inventarium, Latin.] An account or 
 catalogue of moveables. 
 
 I (omul, 
 Forfootli, an inventoiyt ttius impoititip, 
 TKc' fcver.il j.riiccis of riis plate. ^/:tikjj>earc. 
 
 Tlte Uanncls th.-.t artii<fts us, the ()l>jcit uf uui 
 mifciy, is as an tii'entoty to p:iriiL-ulai'Jzc then 
 abundance : our (ufRertng!^ is a g»iii to rhnp. 
 
 Sha'Ajpiarc'i CsrieJit'iut. 
 Whoe'er looks, 
 Tor themfelvcs dare not go, o'er Ch'apfide 
 
 books, 
 
 Shall find tlitir wardrobe's inventory, JOorinc. 
 
 It were of much cunfetiuenec to have fuch an 
 
 imt^ntbivbi nature, wherein, as, on the one haiul, 
 
 liottiing (honld be wanting, fo nothing iRpf-at<;d 
 
 on rhc other. Grf':v\ iMn/'furfr. 
 
 In Pcifia rhc dnughtcw of Eve arc rttkttncd 
 
 ■ in the im'fntvy of their goods and chmtt-ls ; 
 
 \n(] It is uUial, when a nuiu i'elU a haU of filk, 
 
 lo tofs half a dozen women into the bai^^am. 
 
 Tis I'nventoky. v. a. [inventorier, I'r.] 
 To rcgifter; to place in a catalogue. 
 
 I will give out divers fchediilci ot my iieauly : 
 it (hall be irnvnuricd, and every panicle and 
 Mteiifil iahell'd. iihul:Jy,,i,'c. 
 
 A ni.in looks on t!ie love of his fi lend as one 
 of ihe rlchelt puircflions : the philol'ophrr 
 fhoiighl friends were to be invcntoiuJ m well tij 
 goods, Gviiertiment oj the lijn^iH. 
 
 Inve'ntress. n.f. [Invenlrice, French; 
 from inventor.] A female that invents. 
 Vol. I. 
 
 I N V 
 
 The arts, with all their retinue of lelTer iradr», 
 hiftoiy and tr.^dition tell us when Ihcy had then 
 bcKinr.ui;; ; and how many of their inventor', and 
 Imytatiijjei were deified. Huinci. 
 
 Cecilia came, 
 Xmciiire^\ of tlv: vocal fr.-me ; 
 The fwoet ciuhuuart, from iier lacicd flore, 
 Enl irg'd the fonnci narr.jw iiound.'.. V'yilt-n. 
 
 Inv k rsk. aifj. [imjerfe, Fn-ncli ; inver/us, 
 J^Btiti.] Inverted; rci-iprui-til: oppoled 
 to ilireff. It is fo cali'.d.iii propoition, 
 when the fourth term is fo much greate- 
 than the third as tlse fctoiid ij Ill's 
 than tiic fiilt ; or fo niuch lefi than th- 
 third as the fecoini is <rieatcr than the 
 iirrt. 
 
 ^vcfy part of matter tends to cverv part of 
 matiei witii-a ftjice, wh;ch i> always in a dj- 
 \xf\ piopurtion uf" the quaosity of matter, -and 
 an iminfe duplicate proporlioa of the iiniancc. 
 
 Gnril. 
 Inve'ijsIOK. n f. [in-Birfien, French; iih 
 vtrji:; Latin.] ., 
 
 1. Chaiigv- of Older or time, fo as that tlic 
 laft is f.rft, and fn-lMsil.- :- 
 
 If iie fpeaks truth, it ii'upo;i a fuhtle hrMrlUu 
 
 of the precept of God, to do gitid that evil 4ay 
 
 coinr of II . Ktohii.. 
 
 'Tis j.iil the i¥ivtrftim of an aifi of parliament : 
 
 -your lurdihip fiiU figned it, and then it was 
 
 palTed among the loids and commons. Jixi-i t. 
 
 2. Change of place, fo that each lakes 
 the room of the other. 
 
 To INVERT, v. a. [/nt'fr/o, Latin.] 
 
 1. To turn npfide down; to place in 
 contrary method or order to that which 
 was bef(ire. 
 
 With fate imierted, (hall I humbly woo ? 
 And fome proud prince, in wild Niimidi.i born, 
 Pray to accept me, and forget my (corn ! tViilUr. 
 
 Aflc not the caufe why fallen fpring 
 So loir.-^ delays her flow'rs to bear, 
 And winter ftoiins invert the year. Dr^d^n. 
 
 Pocly .-Hid oratory omit things effential, and 
 initrt times .-uid actions, to place every thini; in 
 the moft alfoaing light. if',:i/i. 
 
 2. To place the lall iirft. 
 
 Yci, every poet is a fool j 
 By dduunftraiion Ned can fhow It : 
 
 H.ippv, could N( d's im>ett£d rule 
 Prove every fool tJ he a .ppet. ^ , Priori 
 
 3. To divert ; to turn Into another chan- 
 nel ; to embezzle. Inilead of this 
 convert or intervert is now comnaouly 
 ufed. ■ ;•- 
 
 Si.lvriaan charged him bi'terly vith itvertirg 
 
 Ills ir .liuris to his own pii'vaie ufe-J aiiihaving 
 
 fecret intelligence with hti enemies. Ktc'/etj 
 
 Tnv^'rteduv. «c/f. [from Uiverttd^ In 
 
 contrary or reverfed order. 
 
 Placing the forepart of the ey,i^ to the liol; of 
 the window of a darkened room, wc Iwsl a 
 pretty lannlkip of the objects ahn ad. invfittd')/ 
 painted on the paper, on the bielt of Ihc eye. 
 
 Derhi^m, 
 To Inve'st. v. a. [iitv^ir, V lench ; in- 
 veflio, Latin. ] 
 
 1. To drefe ; to clothe; to array. It 
 has in or luith before the thing liipcrln- 
 duced or conferred. 
 
 'J'heir gcrture fad, 
 tnvefi in lank, lean checks ar.ci war-worn coats, 
 Prcfentcd them unto the gating moon 
 So many horrid ghorts. Sh,ikfi,ecirt. 
 
 Tiuju ijjith a mantle didit ir^uefi 
 The rifing world of waters. Ali.'.'on. 
 
 Let thycyes (hine forth in their full luflre ; 
 Irirji them ivit/i thy loveiicft fmiles, put on 
 Thy choiccll looKs. Ven.h^in'i S'^fliv. 
 
 2. 'i'o place in pofFeflion of a rank or 
 oflice. 
 
 I N V 
 
 Wh-n n-efanclily or hallow churches, that 
 which we do i.5 only to tettify ihm wc make 
 places of puhtick reloft, ilijw wo imiej! God hini- 
 (elf wiiA tlum, and that wc fever them from 
 common ules. Hiok-r. 
 
 After the death of the other arehbiSiop, he 
 wai. mvrjhd i; that high dignity, and reitleH in 
 hi. palate at Lamhcth. Clarml-.r. 
 
 The pia6ic« ot .141 .ige<, and nil countrit s, 
 f.atli been to do honour ta thoic wlio ar» imfjlrj 
 w///i publick authority. Wrr,rii.'). 
 
 3. To adorn; to grace: as clothes or 
 oniamcnts. 
 
 Honour mu(V, 
 Not aeconipanied, imi/jl him only ; 
 But figns of robleiiufi, like flats, Ihall ftinc 
 On a. I dif;rv.rs. Sialjpcnrc'\ Mi'^hck. 
 
 Ti c fo<jli(h, ovei'-carcful fathers foi Ihis en- 
 giofs'ci 
 The caiiker'd heaps of ftrong atchicved gold; 
 For tnis they ha»6 been thonglirful to iinifft 
 Their foHf with arts and i;i.irtial ezercifcs. Sink, 
 
 Some grcai ptTtent.itc, 
 Oi of the lUo.ies above,r fuch.injjefly ■ ', 
 Im JU him c«iTi<ng. htiittH. 
 
 4. 'I'o confer ; to give. 
 
 If tiicie con be fuund Ouh .m imviMniity he-, 
 twccn man and man, as thtic is b-.t'jvccn ni.ui 
 aiKHnjR,<3r httucca foul and body, \\. nr-'iji^ih 
 a right of ^.n-ermneiit. Bai'in. 
 
 5. To ciic'o.1' : to fiirrouiid fo as to in- 
 
 ins or provifigas : as, the 
 -: ; _, . . J. ..I live town. 
 
 iNVESTiENpr, ad}, \invepciis, Latitl.] 
 Covering :' clothing. 
 
 1 he Iheils fcived as" plafms ot ihoiilds to this 
 f-int', wliich, w-hen coulolidatcd and freed iicni 
 its ■mc/liiht ftiell, is of the fame (hapc as the ca- 
 vity of ihu (hell. /-HidiuarJ. 
 
 Inve'stigabi.e. adj. [from inv.Jli^aU:] 
 To be fearched out ; difcoverable by- 
 rational difquifition. 
 
 Finally, in luch luit they arc irmefi.r J'.'c^ that 
 the knowledge of them is geneial ; 'il.c weild 
 hath alw.ays been acquainted with them. Hcci.-r. 
 
 In doing evil, w-e prefer a lefs good before a 
 greater, the grcatnefs whereof is by rcafon //r- 
 vcfii^aiU, and may be known. fh^ici . 
 
 To INVE'STIG.ATE. v. a. [inwftuo, 
 Latin.] To feaichout; to find out 
 by rational difqu fition. 
 
 J-:TcJ:i^ate tiic vari-ty of motions and figures 
 made by the organs for articulation. lh.U,-r. 
 
 From the prefent- appearances i-n>efi:^ate the 
 powers and forces of n.iture, and from thefe ac- 
 count fur future oWervat ions. Lhep::. 
 
 lNVESTiGA'Ti6rf. n.f. [inve/Iiga.'ion, Fr. 
 vivejligjlio, Latin.] 
 
 1. Tlie ad of the mind by which un- 
 known truths are difcovered. 
 
 Not only the im"Jiign!!f>t of truth, I>nt 'the 
 communication of il alio, is often prafidVd in 
 fuch .1 nictiiud as neither agrees preeifciy to fyrf- 
 thctick or analytick. • Ifut:':. 
 
 Progiclnie triith, the pnlient force nf thoujiht 
 I'n'fi.fr.tiun cajni, whole lilei t ]iowcrs 
 Command the world. l If.mp-i'i Summer. 
 
 2. Exainination. 
 
 Your travels I hear much of: my own fh.dl 
 
 never mole be in .1 IJiange land, but a rtiiigrnt 
 
 "■■"■y''^'""" of my own territories. J'«/>r. 
 
 Inve'stitore. n.f. [French] 
 
 I. Ihe right of givli!' poffcnion of any 
 
 manor, oiHce, or benWice. 
 
 He had rrfiifcd to yield up to the pop< tl-.<? 
 ;>7-^iV»>-« of bilfiops, and collation of cci-lefuf. 
 tical dignities witi.in I. is dominions. , RaJc.^i. 
 
 I. The aft of giving pofrefiion. 
 Inve'stment. 11. /. [in and ■ve/lment.] 
 Drefs ; clothes ; garment : habit, i 
 6 1'
 
 1 N V 
 
 hath 
 
 Ophelia, do, not beJieve his vows j for they 
 arc brokers, 
 ""Not of that die which their invepm':l% (hew, 
 
 Sliakfjicarc. 
 
 - •-'i ■■ You, my lord archbifhop, 
 Whofe fee is by a civil peace maintained, 
 Whofe bcaid the filver hand of peace hath 
 
 touch'd, 
 Wliofc leatning and good letters peace 
 
 tutor'd, 
 Whofe white invtjimrtiti figure innocence. 
 The riovc, and every bleffed fpirit of peace ; 
 Wherefore do you fo ill tranflate yourfclf 
 Out of the fpcech of peace, that bears fuch 
 
 Lito the harlh and boi ft 'rous tongue of war? 
 
 Inveteracy, n.f. [Inveterailo, Latin.] 
 
 1. Long continuance of any thing bad ; 
 obilinacy confirmed by time. 
 
 The imtteracy of the paeple's prejudices com- 
 pelled their rulers to make ufe of all mejns fur 
 reducing them. yUJiJ'Ji. 
 
 2. [In phyfick.] Long continuance of a 
 difeafe, 
 
 INVETERATE. adj. [mveteratus,l.zX.'] 
 
 1. Old ; long eftablifhed. 
 
 The cuftom of chriftians was then, and had 
 hcen a long time, not to wear garlands, and 
 therefore that undoubtedly they did offend who 
 prcfunied to vioUtc fuch a cuftom by not obfcrv- 
 ing that tiring ; the very inveterate obfcrvatioa 
 whereof was a law, futjicienr to bind all men to 
 ebfcrve it, unlcfs they could Ihew fome higher 
 law, fome law of fcripture, to the contraiy. 
 
 U,x.h-r. 
 
 It is an invetcrjte and received opinion, th.it 
 canlharides, applied to any part ot the body, 
 touch tlic bladder, and cxukerate it. .Ajfo?. 
 
 2. Obftlnate by long continuance.. ■ 
 
 It* is not every ftnful violation of confcience 
 that can quench the fpirit; but it itiuft be a 
 long inveterate courfe and cuftom of finning, 
 , that V length produces and ends in fuch a curfcd 
 eficdt. So:a/i. 
 
 He who writes fatirc honcftly is no move an 
 enemy to the offender, than the phyfician to the 
 patient, when he prefcribcs harih remedies to an 
 ir.-ietcr.ite difeafe. Di_yd;>i. 
 
 In a well-inllitutod fiate the executive power 
 will never let abufcs grow ir.veterate, or mul- 
 tiply 10 far that it will be hard to find remedies. 
 . _■ -;^-:'.ii'.'.- ;... -fll-.-jl Svjijt. 
 
 ^^a Invfe'TfiRATK.-v. a. {mveterer, Fr. 
 invetero, Latin.] To fix and fettle by 
 long continuance. 
 
 The vulgar er.nceivcd, that row there was an 
 end given, and a confummalion to fuperftiiious 
 prophecies, and to an ancient tacit expeflation, 
 which had by tradition •been infufcd and inmte-\ 
 • J Tirferf intb hlen's'mirids. Bacon.] 
 
 : ' -Let net- athcifts lay the fault of their fins 
 upon hunii.n nature, which have their prevalence 
 from long cuft^jm and invcterated habit. Beni/ey. 
 Invt'teratenrss. n. f. [from iriivle- 
 ratc. ] Long continuance of any thing 
 bad ; obftinacy confirmed by time. 
 
 As lime hath lentlcied him more pcrfefl in 
 the art, fo hatii the i^neter^/emf! of his malice 
 jnadc him raorc ready in the e.^ecutlon. Sronn. 
 Neither the in-.-fleiattvtfi of the mifchicf, nor 
 the prcvalency of the fafhion, Jhall be any excufe 
 for tbofe who will not take care .iboul the me.in- 
 ii.g of tlTtir \*»ids. Lucke. 
 
 Invete.h a'tion. H.f. [rai'ri?ra;;o,_Lat.] 
 The aft of hardening or confirming by 
 long continuance. 
 INVl'DJOUS. adj. [inwW/o/:/.f, Latin.] 
 i. Envious ; malignant. 
 
 I (hall open to them tlie interior fccrcts of this 
 'inyrtcrious art, without jrogofiutc or inieli<,us 
 Kitive, ^-^'b"- 
 
 I N V 
 
 2. Likely to incur or to bring hatred. 
 Thij is the more wfual fenfe. 
 
 Agamemnon found it an inviilious affair to 
 give the preference to any one of the Grecian 
 heroes. Bto'.me. 
 
 Not to be further tedious, or rather imidicu!, 
 thefe are a few caufcs which have conliibutcd to 
 the ruin of our morals. Sioift. 
 
 Invi'uiously. adv. [from invidious.] 
 
 1. Malignantly; envioully. 
 
 2. In a manner likely to provoke hatred. 
 The clergy murmur againft the privileges of 
 
 the laiiy ; the laity invitlimjly aggravate the im- 
 munities of the clergy. Spirit. 
 Invi'diousness. n.f. {horn invidious.] 
 
 Quality of provoking envy or hatred. 
 To iNvrGOKATE. 1'. a. [in and "vigour.] 
 To endue with vigour ; to ftrengthen ; 
 to animate ; to enforce. 
 
 The fplcen is introduced to invigorate the fi- 
 niller fide, which, dilated, would rather infirm 
 and debilitate. Brown. ■ 
 
 Gentle warmth 
 Difclofes well the earth's all-teeming womb, 
 Invigoratifig tender feeds. Pft:!:ps. 
 
 1 have lived when the prince, inftcad of invi- 
 garaiine the laws, affumed a power of difpcnfing 
 with them. ylddijon. 
 
 No one can enjoy health, without he feci a 
 lightfome and invigorating principle, which fpurs 
 him to aiftion. Sjxtlator. 
 
 Chriflian gnccs and virtues they cannot be, 
 
 unlcfs fed, invigorated, and animated by univer- 
 
 f.il charily. .^tterbmy. 
 
 Ikvigora'tion. n.f. [from invigorate.] 
 
 1. The aft of invigorating. 
 
 2. The Hate of being invigorated, 
 1 find in inyfclf nii appetitive faculty, which 
 
 is always ii) the very height of aitivity and invi- 
 
 goration. 
 
 Nor,. 
 
 INVI'NCIBLE. adj. [invincilk, French; 
 irivin/ilii/is, Latin.] Inl'upeiable ; un- 
 conquerable ; not to be fubdued. 
 
 1 would have thought her fpirits had been 
 invincihir againll all atfaults of affeflion. Sh.lkjf. 
 
 Should he invade their countiy, he would foon 
 fee t\\M tJivinfibU i-awn with their united forces 
 up in arms. K>-o'.ies. 
 
 Tne fpiiit remains itrvincihie. Miltov. 
 
 That niiftakc, which is the confequence of /i>- 
 vincihk ei rour, tcarcc delerves the name of wrong 
 judgment. 
 
 Locke, 
 If an atUeift 'had had the making of himfelf, 
 he would have framed a conltitulion that could 
 have kept pace with his infatiable lull, been in- 
 Tini.ible by intemperance, and have held out a 
 thoufand years in a perpetual debauch. Bentley. 
 iNVi'NCiiiLEKESs. n. f. [froni invinci- 
 ble.] Unconquerablenefs ; infupera-' 
 blenefs. 
 Invi'ncibi.v. adv. [from invincible.] 
 Infuperabiy ; unconquerably. 
 
 Ye have been fearlcfs in his righteous taufe ; 
 And as ye have rccciv'd, fo have yc done 
 hivinahiy. ' MUton. 
 
 Neither invitations nor threats avail with thofe 
 who. are invincibly impeded, to apply them to ; 
 tl-.eir benefit. .. • .■ - Decay if I'itty. 
 
 INVrOLABLE. adj. [inviolahlc, Fr. 
 
 itiviolaHlis, Latin.] 
 I. Not to be profaned; not to be injured. 
 Thou, be fure, (halt give account 
 To him who fent us, whofe charge is to keep 
 Th.is place im:it,!.th!c, aiirl thefe from harm. Milt. 
 
 In vain (:id nature's wife command 
 Divide the w.aters from the l.uid, 
 If daring (hips, £nd men prophanc. 
 Invade th' invi<Jjblt main; 
 Th' eternal fences overleap. 
 And pafsat will the bountllefs deep. V-yden. 
 
 Ye lamps of heav'n, he f.ud, and lifted high 
 HU h?.iids, now fice ; t'.ion vcner.iLle iky ! 
 
 I N V 
 
 InvitUhle pow'rs ! .iriot'd.with dread, 
 
 Be all of you adjur'd. '-', ,. Sryifert, 
 
 This birthright, wheri'our author pleafes, muft 
 
 and muft not be facrt!d zuA' inviolable, hoike, 
 
 2. Not to be broken. 
 
 The prophet David thinks, that the very meet- 
 ing of m<-n togctlicr, and their accompanying 
 one another to the houfe cf God, (huuld make 
 the bond of their love iufoluble, and tie them in 
 a league of inifiolnb!^ amity. Hooker. 
 
 See, fee, they join, enibiace, and feem to kifs, 
 ■ As if they vow'd fome league inviolable. Shakj. 
 
 3. Infufceptible of hurt or wound. 
 
 Th' inviolable fjinis 
 In ctibick phalanx firm advanced intire. Milton. 
 Inviolably, adv. [from inviolable.\ 
 Without breach ; without failure. 
 
 Mere acquaintance you have none : you have 
 drawn them all into a nearer line ; and they who 
 have converfed with you, are for ever after /«- 
 violably yours. Dryden. 
 
 The true profefRon of chriftianity inviolably 
 engages all its foUoweis to do good to all men. 
 
 Sjf^at. 
 Invi'olate. adj. [inviolate, French; invio- 
 /,3/w, Latin.] Unhurt ; uninjured ; un- 
 profaned ; unpolluted ; unbroken. 
 His fortune of arms was dill inviolate. Bacon-, 
 But let inviolate truth be always dear 
 To thee, even before fricndflup, truth prefer. 
 
 iJeniam. 
 - If thepaft 
 Can hope a pardon, by thofe mutual bonds 
 Nature has I'cal'd between us, which, though I 
 Have cauceird, thou hali ilill prefeiv'd //JT'/c/d/i:r 
 I beg thy pardon. Denh.im'i ScpJiy. 
 
 My love your claim inviolate fecurcs ; 
 'Tis writ in fate, I can be only yours. Dryden.. 
 
 In all the changes of lus doubtful ftate, 
 His truth, like heav'u's, was )keffiin-{)iotate. 
 
 ' ' ° '. ■ Dryden. _ 
 
 In VIOLS, adj. [/nwax,. Latin.^ Impa&> 
 fable ; untrodden. 
 
 If nothing can oppugn his love. 
 And virtue mvious ways can prove, 
 What may not he confide to do, 
 That brings both love and virtue too? Hudibras. 
 
 To Invi'sc.ate. v. a. [in and vijcm, Lat.J 
 Tolime ; to entangle in glutinous mat- 
 ter. 
 
 The camcHon's food being flies, it hath in the 
 tongue a mucous and (limy .c-'ir^eraity, whereby, 
 upon a fudden emilTion, ii invijc at es and in— 
 tanglcth tliofc infedf 5. Broiun. 
 
 Invisisi'lity. n.f. [invifibilite, French ; 
 from invifibh.] The llate of being in- 
 vifible ; imperceptiblenefs to fight. 
 
 They may be dcmonilratcd to be innumcnU'le, 
 liibllituting their fmallucf:, fur the leal'on of their 
 inv:fibility. .,, ,0 -^.^ ; •,; ; '• Rciy. 
 
 INVI'SIBLE. adj^ [invifibh, Tt. invjfi- 
 biljs, Lat.] Not perceptible by the 
 fight ; not to be feen. 
 
 He was ini-ijible that luirt me fo ; 
 And no^e ini-ifiblcj but t'pirits, can go. Si.iiiey. 
 
 The thrcarirn fails, 
 Borne with th' itrj.fible and creeping wiiid,-. 
 Drew the huge. bottonif to.tlai-faifow'd fca. . 
 
 Skatjftare. 
 'Tis wonderful, ' ' 
 That an in-.-.-fihte inftinifl I'hould fiame them 
 To loyalty unlearn'd, honoiu uiUaughc. Shukf, 
 
 To us irivijible, or dimly fccii. 
 In iliefe thy lowed woi ks. Milton. 
 
 He that believes a God, believes fuch a being 
 as hath all perfc<5iior.5 ; among which this is 
 one, that he is a Ipiiir, and confcquently that he 
 is imfifihlCy and c.innut be leeo. lillotjon. 
 
 it feems calier to m.ika onc's-CiU invijibfe to 
 othrr.i, than to make anotiier'S rhoiiglits vifible 
 to me, which are not vifiblc to himUlf. Lccke. 
 
 adv. rfrom invifible.] Im« 
 
 iNVl'siIiLV. 
 
 perecptibly 
 
 rom mvtf 
 to the fij^bt. '
 
 f'N'tt 
 
 AfK <jfSit(!rts ittiii/l/>ly imK cififp,' " 
 ~ Wiir^ao we iVtn to tlic, but f.iU alkep. ,J9r/ii. 
 
 !fei'VTAViOiN*".7^ invitation, Ft.'ufvi- 
 tiilij, Lat.] 1 he ail of invitirig, biil- 
 diiig-, or calling to any thing with ce- 
 iTinony and civility. 
 
 Thar otl.rtr aiilwfi'cl with a lowly look," " 
 And loon tL= gi.icious invitntnn took.' Vry.i. 
 
 Invi'tatory. adj. [from invito, l.at.] 
 ' Ilfing invitation ; containing invitation. 
 7ff INVITE. <u.<f. [inwVc, Latin ; »«- 
 
 ri'/cr, French.], 
 I'. 'l!o bid ; to afk to any place, partlcii- 
 
 laily to one's own houle, with intveaty 
 
 and complaifance. 
 If tiiou l>e iiK'ittJ of a miglity man, witlidraw 
 
 tlyfulf. ' F.crlui. 
 
 He cnmcs .'«t>;.V£/ hy a yo«n»ct fo«. Afi/to'i. 
 
 " Wli'jii nuich cum^j.iny is //iT-i/Ai/, -.thcti be ,ts' 
 
 <yfj>aring as poftvblc^of yuiir ebaisi - ' ' Sv-rfi. 
 
 ^r To alliire ; to perfiia'de'; to inJiice by 
 ^..Jiope or plea lure, .. - - 
 
 A w;ir upon tlic Turks is more worthy tliaii 
 tlpoii any oth^r gciu"il:s, ihoiigb_ f.iciliry and 
 hopc^ofViWttfs m ; ' iinc otiici' choice 
 
 o*.v_a. ..v.;.,-. I ■ .1' ,1 Jiccn. 
 
 Nbf jirt thi'u f'lcii ' ■ 
 
 Crtar^d, oi fuchyV.ict^ liaft HerMa dwell, 
 "^■iAs.m.ty noCoft //;:'/7f, tiiough t^:irits of heav'n, 
 To vifit tl-.ee. ' '■ Miiim's I'lirndi/i LoJI. 
 
 The ItfteftiK-Tcf^tfibriions JVW' trachcrs mtt 
 with, fci-v«d ftilf'to'TA#;Vi niotc hibourcrs into 
 ttiar work. • < • -^- ■ ' -■"■ • ■ t)fcay of Victy. 
 , Shady groves, that eafy flccp r/rtv.v, 
 And after toilforae il.iys a foft lepofc at night. 
 
 To Invi'te; •». ri, [ihvitc, Latin.] To 
 a(k or call to any thing plcallng. 
 
 - _'■ 1- Atl.thjng* :'-.t/.7f . ] 
 
 " ''f »'pe;icefLil Counfelsl Milion. 
 
 In'vi'ter. n.f. [from .•'iT.'iV. ] . He who 
 invites. 
 
 Tiicy forcibly cut oiit aborli\e votes, fuch as 
 their irrjiteis and cncoura^^crs molt fancied, 
 
 i^'^g Chut Ui. 
 
 Honour was 'the aim of the gncfts, and inte- 
 
 reft was tile fcope of tbo irjito'. Smnlridgt. 
 
 Wines and ca:cs the tables giacc, y- 
 
 But moft tl\e kjind i'nitrr'i cheerful face, Po/e. 
 
 Invi'tinglt. ad's, [fronn inviting.] In 
 fucti a manner as invites or allures. 
 
 If 1.C can but drcfs up a tcni^.tatiun Co look 
 invitingiyj the bufincl's is <lone. Vi^'iy of V;i:\ . 
 
 7b Inu'mbr ATE. V. a. [^inum/ro, Lat.J 
 . To fhade ; to cover with fliades. Z>/t7. 
 -Inu'nction. n.f. [iiiungo, inunftus, Lat.] 
 , 1'he aCt of fnieating or anointing. 
 
 Tiic wife author of nature ii.uh pbtccd on the 
 runjp two glandules, whicii the bird calcht-s 
 hold upon with her bill, and kpjcezes I'ut an 
 oily liniment, (it for the itiun^hn o^ the feathers, 
 and ciuling their lilaments to cohere. Ray 
 
 Invnoa'tion. n.f. [JniWa/ienj French ;i 
 iHundatio, Latin.] •','•" ' ' ,■ I 
 
 I. The overflow of waters; flbist! ; de-' 
 liigc Inundation, fays Cuvjley, implies 
 lefs than deluge. 
 
 " • Her father counts it dangerous, 
 
 That fire would give her Ibi row fo mush fway ; 
 And in his wifdunr halfes our niarii;ige. 
 To flop the imindiition uf her tears. H/ukfpcare. 
 Trie fame inundiition was not paft forty foot 
 
 ■ in mort places ; fo that fonic ifx wild inhabi- 
 
 . rants of the woods ei'caped. Bacon. 
 
 AH fountains of the deep, 
 
 , Broice up, lh:ill heave the ocean "to ufurp 
 
 ! Beyond all b-junds, 'till inundatfot rife 
 
 .Above the iiigheft hills. Mi/ton'j P,ir. LoJI. 
 
 '"' Ttih I'mindjrioii unto the Egyptians hap;eneth 
 when it is winter unto the Ethiopians. CrKu/j. 
 
 I N V 
 
 Your care ahout youi- hanks Infer! » fear 
 Of tliieatcnitig Auuds, and iiainJalitiHi near, 
 
 li'yiin. 
 No fuelling inunJaiion hides the grounds,. 
 Dul cr) fhil currents glide within ihcir bounds. 
 
 i;..y. 
 2. A confluence of any kind. 
 
 Many good tou'n>, tlirougt. that inutdutioi of 
 
 tm Iiilh, WL-rc uttcily walled. S/i^/rr. 
 
 To I'nvocate. v. a. [invoco, Latin.] 
 
 Toinvoke; to implore ; to call upon ; 
 
 to pray to. 
 
 I'oor key-cold figure of a holy king! 
 Be 't lawhil, that I hn'ocnre thy j,holf, 
 To hear the lamentations of poor Anne. Sliat:f 
 I 1 ■ If D.igoir be thy god, 
 .Go to his temple, im-ocate hts aid 
 WitH folcmnclt devotion. Mill-jn's /tginijla. 
 Here rather kr me drudge, and earn my biead, 
 'Till vciniin or the dralf of fcrvllc food 
 " Confuinc me, and oft /nr;or/7rei/ death 
 Uallcn tire welcome end of all my pains. 
 
 Milttiyi\ .-igttiijl^i. 
 Invoca'tion. n.f. [invocation, French; 
 invocalio, Latin.] 
 
 1 . The act of calling upon in prayer. 
 
 Is not the name of prayer ulual to fignify 
 even all the fervice that ever we do unto (Sod r 
 And that for no other caufe, as 1 fuppofc, hut 
 to Ihew th.TC thero is in religion no acceptable 
 duty, wliich rievont invocation of ttic name of 
 God dotii tiot cither prefuppofe oi inter. U^',kct. 
 
 2. The form of calling for the affillance 
 or prefence of any being. 
 
 . My nn'oiiit'on is 
 Honcft and fair, and in his millicfs' name. 
 
 Shakfpcnrc. 
 
 The propoHtion of Gratius is contained in a 
 
 line, and that of inviaiion in half a line. tJ'.ifr. 
 
 I will Itrain myielf to breathe out this one />;- 
 
 ■ Tlie whole poem is a prayer to fortune, and 
 
 the /»i«eflf!/o«;js, divided between the two deities 
 
 ^ . ' r . ^iddifnn on Italy. 
 
 I'nvoice.' n.f. [This word is perhaps 
 corrupted from the French word eHvoyc%, 
 fend ] A catalogue of the freight of a 
 (hip, or of the articles and price of goods 
 fent by a factor. 
 To Invo'ke. ij. a, \fMoci,'\A^it\,\ in- 
 vsqutr, French.] To call upon ; to 
 implore ; to pray to ; to invocate. 
 The power I will /iii'0& dwells in her eyes. 
 
 Sidney. 
 One peculiar nation to fcleft 
 From all the r-^it of whom to be invoked: Milton 
 
 Tlic ikiliul bard, - t . ■. : 
 
 Strilting the Thtacian.harp, //rto-tt'r ^Apollo, 
 To make his hero and himl'elf immortal, 
 To InVo'i.ve. v. a. [involvo, Latin.] 
 
 1 . To inwrap ; to cover with any thing 
 circumfluent. • 
 
 Leave a lingedBt(rfiin'aii.i«i*/i'V 
 
 With ftench and (moke. Milton. 
 
 No nun cou'dmiis his way'to heaven for want 
 
 ofliglit; and yet yo vain arc they as to. think 
 
 -ttiey'ublijc't'hfe woflrt by /nt'o/v/7/» it in darknefs.i 
 
 - '','- ' :•■ "'" .'i'-'.-T Decay of Piety. 
 
 Id s cloud invoh'J, he takes his .Hight, 
 
 Where, Gitetfcs and Trojans' mix'd in-tiimal 
 
 .fisbt. r. •, .1 .■- Grffd'". 
 
 2. To Imply ; to comprife. j vj , 
 
 We cannot dcmoijllratc Ehcfc tilings fo as to 
 Ihcwthat the contrary neceiTarily invoirrs a con- 
 traditttion. . , , J'Ulotfon, 
 
 3. TointwIR; to join. , :/:_ ...'■[ 
 
 He kiiow% hiycud with mSae.iBimhi'A. Milion. 
 
 ■prior. I 
 
 ■ 
 
 , To take in ; to catch; to cfoiijijiti. ; ' j 
 The tath'ring nuinbcr, as it r^ovcs afoiig. | 
 Involves a vail involuntaiy iti^-'iig. ' PopcJ 
 
 Sin wc' fliould hate a!togeiher ; but o'iiiJatr>"d 
 of it may i'rvotiii the pcifqii wfiithwe (hoiril 
 noth.teatali; •••■ ■ '^ '■^'''^■"'- -S^ial^ 
 
 i N tJ 
 
 i;vt :«-■'■ ■OaiMHiln'.'ifyt. -^ 
 Tyi«nt! .iDt! (laves., ' "jC^wy/^i'i 5/'«»»fr. 
 
 5. 1 o entangle. 
 
 This reference of the<name to » ttiinj whereof 
 we have no idea, is (.> far from helping at all. 
 that it only lervcs the more to tiwtlvt us i<i dii - 
 ficultics. . Loeir 
 
 As obfcurc and imperfeiit .idea* x>ften im'^h'! 
 our rcafoii, fo du duliJuus WJ>ids puzzle men's, 
 teafoil. , , .,, ^\ . Z.»;*?. 
 
 6. To complicate ; to niake intricate. 
 
 Some invotv'tti\\ii\x fnaky lolds. Af/Vo-. 
 
 Syllogifm is of necclTar/ ufc, even to tie 
 loveis of trutli, to (hew ti em the fallacies that 
 arc often concealed in florid, witty, or in'-.-olt)' i 
 difcourfis. Locke. 
 
 7. I'o blend ; to mingle together coa- 
 
 fufedly. , ; 
 
 Earth witii hell mingle and in':i,he. Mi)ton. 
 In voLUNT ARILV. ailv. [from involur.. 
 
 lary.j Not bv choice ; not fpontaneoufly. 
 INVOLUNTARY, adj. [in and voJu'n. 
 
 tcifius, Latin; invvluntnire, French. J 
 t. Not having the power of choice. 
 Thcgath'ring number, as irmovc* along, 
 
 InvoUes a sail inv'jlu»taty throng, ; ; 
 
 Who gently draw, and Ihuggling lei's and lefs, > 
 
 Rt>ll in her vortex, antl licr pow'r confefs. P.ope, 
 
 2. Not chofen ; not done willingly. 
 
 The forl)eai.iiicc of rhat aflioii, <onlc<]uenl to 
 fuch command of the mind, is called- voluntiiy ; 
 and wliatfcever aclion is performed without fjeh 
 a thought of the mind, is called i)r.;oluntary. Ler^e. 
 
 But why, ah tell me, ah too dear ! 
 Steals down my cheek th' involuntary, tear ? 
 
 iNvoLUTtoK. n.f. [invohlio, Latin;] 
 
 1. The atSt of involving or inwrapping. 
 
 2. The fttite of being entangled ;, coin-, 
 plication. ^ 
 
 All things are mixed, and ca.ufcs blended; by 
 mutual ;>j7;o/«//&;;j, . . . - .^ Qfanville. 
 
 3. That which is wrapped round' any 
 thing. 
 
 Gieat conceits are raifed of tlie iiiivlutiori or 
 membranous Covering called the lilly-how, foine- 
 times ftuiidabciiit the heads of childiSn. . 
 
 ' '■ jfiroivn*i Vn^gai Sfrours, 
 
 To li!V RE. V. fi. [/n aiid »/-£.] To".ha- 
 bituate ; to make ready or willing by 
 practice and culiom ; to accuftom. It 
 had anciently fvith before the thing 
 pradlifed, now to. . .:,.\ - ■ ■ ,, 
 
 Becaufe they foproudly inftilt,: we .mjilla little 
 i'jure xhc\c ears tfrri hearjng huw otljers,< wtiom 
 they more regard, arc accutt-orncd to ufc the jclf- 
 famc Language with us. ilc^kcr. 
 
 If there might be added (rne art and leaning, 
 there \VDuld be as much ditVc-iencc, in. niaturity 
 ot judgment, between imnih.ifwtth Jnmed^^nd 
 that which now men arc, as between meiVithac 
 arc now and innocents. ilo9Jtir. 
 
 That it may no p:tinful w-ork cnditie," ■ '' " -■ 
 It to Ilrong labour can itfelf irti/re.' Iluh^ T'lie, 
 
 Engbnd U'as a peaceable kingdom, and hut 
 
 lately niured t<t the mild and goodly g<jvernnient 
 
 ■•pf the Confeflor... , ,'.^ .-, ^ , .: ,,,■ * ." . ^Spiiifcr. 
 
 The forward hap^, y'Riir.'y/ olAiWOunds, .^f kes 
 way . , V.-.-,.: . -, ..•• r.T.-'U 
 Upon the Iharpeft fiKWs of jb^inoft.4fi5<te.-'i 
 
 DaftleK 
 ' Then cruel, by their fpor!^ to. blood inur^^ 
 Of fighting bealU, and men to beaAs expus'd., 
 
 ^ *, ' '/J ' :"mtdn. 
 
 Our prompt obedience. ' ' AfiiBoa^j P^rn^Lf^Jf. 
 Tlii^', who had Iv^cn mvft ^ri.rr\{ ■ /o ■ ^»;(nicts, 
 
 Ii.id not in rtieir li^ps eygvumjcrgqnc jq ^ij-at ta- 
 
 liguc.for twcury d.iyyn'gft\icr. ^ '/ Qf.ycnWsn. 
 
 "We _niay'V>;wrf oi;rrcivfs by fuffoitt to bear 
 
 ithducli^juiy/'^* 
 
 ^UiltjQ ft ' i'Oudfiiian. 
 
 -.- .Jay' inure ouu- , .. 
 
 'tK<;Cxtk^miW<f5'^'Vc.*rt(iiv Vithiiuc li^juiy;'*' 
 
 6 P 2
 
 I N m 
 
 1>iu'rement. ». y. \from tnurt.i rrac- 
 ticei habitjiufs ; .cmtoox; frequency. 
 If iron will acquire by mere commu^iif c a I'e-- 
 tret npjytitf , and (j^iluannciination to the fite 
 it held,' then hoW much more" may education, 
 being nothing clfe but a conftant plight and i'l- 
 urrmfnti induce by'cullom^good habits into a lea- 
 foiiable creatute. /-flnc/i. 
 
 To Inu'rn. -v.a.^ [(■« and arn.] To in- 
 
 Jh^ (jpulcnre 
 VftKTtip we taw thee quietly hurn'<(, : .., , , • 
 Hath op'd its ponderous and marble jaws 
 ■Vf o cJW thee up again. • Sh^kfpehn'i H'an.'ct. 
 Amidit the tears of Trojan damei/K»rij'<i, 
 
 • AntV by his loyal daughters truly mourn'd. ZhjiJ. 
 
 Inv'stion. n.f.'ltnu/^iqf'Li^U.'i/ The 
 
 ad of butning.; ,".,''^ .',/'; .' '^ '"■'■-,■ 
 Inutile, adj. [itiuttle, |j.^f»i«At/w,.Lat.J 
 ; Ufeiefs ; ujiprofilable. . :< - -- 
 
 ; 'To refer to heat and cold is a cotTipendiousand 
 inuti/e fpecuiation. . j. Saca/i's IfMi llijlory. 
 
 tas, Lalin.J U^Uffnelkj upprpfita- 
 blencfs. ' ■>■ •_ ' r.' ; :. ■ '■;■. 
 
 Inv>j''-neR^abi.e. pdj. linvulinral'h, Fr. 
 invuinerabilis, Lat.]'Not to he wounded ; 
 fecure from wound. ■ -- !>j tjt '•■■j- -' 
 Our cannon's malice »aiiH^ ■ftSlVfe^tpeiit*'--' 
 "Agaihft fh" it- itl'-.trahk clouds of heav'n. SiiatJ. 
 :..-■/ '^-.i^foi^vBluly hope'. . \..» ..S2H10 
 -lEa bel«w>wi«-''-«i'^iin tMi^ljf'gh.t .3tn>% ■>''^,^' 
 That mortal dint none can refill. ( .f4'{tff- 
 
 Vaneffa, though by Pallas taught,. ' ", ' 
 By love invulntrnhh thought, 
 fearcoing in boijks foe wifdohi's aid, 
 
 rflYNWA'LLj.- V; a, i:/«|and ^a/AJivcT? 
 iccnel(t>fe;or':£oVufy vvitK-a vm. ,.,;,■: 
 , . ;^"hreft:fuph, towns in thofe places with, llie 
 V garrifons'v wa^W be, fo. augmented as they would 
 ■i)e sW= with little to inviait ihemfclvcs ftronjly. 
 
 SiienfcT on hdand. - 
 :,, -.'l --:■■■■ :^ '■-■ ■■■• " - ■ ■■■■'< 
 I^wARP. i aA,.. [mpearib, Saxon.], i 
 
 I'n WARDS. 5 . ; . . 
 
 1. .Toward tlie internal pirts; wuhm. 
 
 The parts of livmgcrta'iufcs" that be more /«- 
 
 .u.ara!, iiuutiUi;noteih4ii tjic putward ftcfli., 
 
 ' ■ '' ,'■'"'. ^ar^i ^olurnt H^ty. 
 
 ' ■ The tneili^ciiie? A'tiich gd to thcte magica!'oint ■ 
 
 n-.cnisarcfy t'lrong, that if t.iey were ufed /V;- 
 
 • V.irA they would kilfi and tiierrCore they 
 ■w6r!cfor':"''v. t^'oug''""'*'^''**- Bmoi 
 
 a With inSeaioSi or incUrvity ; con- 
 
 He (irJiches out liis arifi in f.gn of peace, with 
 l,is breali l>chd-.:;g /""'"•■'•'• Drydin 
 
 • Into the mind ur thoughts. 
 
 U'OiinAg i*'^"'-' we aie (iriciicn , dumb; 
 Jooicnig upward we fpcak and prevail. lla-.kcr. 
 
 ■Celcftt?Hi3ht 
 Shine fuwdr*, »»<* "><= ^<»''' thiough all her 
 
 IrradiatV: . ^'•'""'■ 
 
 I'SWATID. <J<f'. 
 
 I Internal ; placed not on the outUde but 
 
 within. , .;..- :i. 1 .-■ - „ ■ , 
 
 He could not rcfi, but dW his ftoiJt heart cat, 
 »tnd wall* liis itw'i gai' w,i:l).fteep,de!l"8ht. 
 . . , kairj Queen. 
 To each if 'Vfird pa(t 
 
 I, Ihoot? invifible.- ■ A^^'«". 
 
 •skkncCs, coniributing- no Icfs tban«ld a,gc to 
 iVeOviking down tliis rcaffokfing of the body, 
 mav dl'ic\ivi.'r the ,Bii-iffrf iVrufluremore pla:nly. 
 
 2. RierfleaVBg-v ^«ply thinking. 
 ' --Wiiti^HitwirdV™ih.sSh«ir-fiati'iy r 
 
 rcceiv'd ! 
 
 iiti^"'tw»rdVTnih.s-tf«ir-iiatv ly 
 B-.,: tr-.i: and imvur.l to myfclf again 
 PciLAcid, »«.le Biaucrs IitvvWjiis vnti. . 
 
 t ^ w 
 
 J.^ Jnttmafe ';' aomeftick ; larnnJar.' 
 
 Though the lord of the liberty do pain him- 
 felf all he m.iy to yield equal juflicc unto all, yet 
 can there not but great abufes lurk in fo inioard 
 and abfolutc a privilege, Speifei . 
 
 All my i/i'ivarii friends abhorred me. yob. 
 
 4.. Seated in the mind. 
 
 Princes have but their titles for their glories, 
 'An outward honour for an in':i:arA toil ; 
 And far unfclr imaginations, - 
 
 TtiQy often feel a world of rciilefs eves. SiatJ. 
 
 i'NVVARD. n. f. 
 
 i. Any thing' within, generally the 
 bowels. Seldom has this fsnfe a lin- 
 gular. 
 
 Then facrificing, laid 
 The rnwarJi, and their fat, with incenfe Itrew'd 
 ■On the cleft wood, and alt due rites perform'd. 
 
 Miilon. 
 
 { They e^e«m them-mod proficable, becaute of 
 
 1 the,: 'great quagtit]? <^f,£4C upon their inwini/r. 
 
 1 ■}..,'■ .-. .- ! Msrtimtr. 
 
 i. Tiiflinate'; hear acquaintance. Little 
 
 ufed. 
 ! ' Sir, I was an iiivard of his; a fly fellow was 
 ! the duke; and I know the caufe of his with- 
 drawing. . Shitkfptare. 
 
 Inwardlv. - i^d'tJ^Sttota.Jiituard.'^ 
 [.. J,t{tlich^rt ;,'pfivately. 
 
 ^. rrTha^t wiiich irfiifafiify each man fhould be, 
 
 the chuich outwardly ougiit to teilify. .Jiaoier. 
 1 bleed itiic.irJ:y for my lord. S^.ahj'pcare. 
 
 ' iMean time tlic king, though invarJly he 
 , .'"; , ".tnourn'd, .■. „ ',, T, ...j ,,.,'; . i , 
 I lii jiorap :rium]*haniFto'tlie towri'retitcn'd, 
 
 Attended by the chiefs. Vfj'den. 
 
 2. In the parts within ; internally. 
 .Let Bcncdii^, llTic (:overed fire, 
 
 doniTume away in nghs, wafte inii/ardly. Sf:.ti. 
 
 C.in:harides be prjfcriLes both outwardly and 
 
 i inivtirj/y. ■-" ■ i .'v\i:^ ■■'i; J .-* .V yfrtuthji9f. 
 
 3. With.:rifleaf6n-'orc6'n6avityi' ' 
 I'nw.'vrdness. n. /. [from /nwar</.] In- 
 timacy ; familiarity. 
 
 ' , You know my ^muar^rah zn^ love ., 
 . Is .very much unto the prince and Claudio. 
 j '■-■'■. i J TL,-;- ■ ,[■ :S>>^^fef'"''-< 
 
 jTb.lN.WE^AVE.^iret. tn'tvoveoT in-weaved, 
 I ipat't. pair. . /swOT.'i', inwoveHt ^-.osij.in- 
 j iiraveJ.z [ia mid weave.] r'.::: ■:''' 
 I . To mix any thing in weaving, fo that 
 it forms part of the texture. 
 
 A fair border, wrought of fundry flowers, 
 /«iri«wn with' an 'ivy binding trail. Spenfcr. 
 
 -cj '11 , Dowri thty caft I 
 
 ,Xhc>i fc«Swiis, ,<«wr"« w'tli amaranth^nd gold 
 ' . • .■ , Milloii. 
 
 And o'er foft palls of purple grain unfold 
 Riditap'llrj', flrrfficnM with ]r"«V»i«« gold. Vr.p!. 
 2v "i^Sirtertsvine V to i:'ompIicate. 
 .•.;.■. ■:-. The roof " ' • ■ ' 
 
 OT thickeft covert was inwoven (hade. Mi'lin 
 To Inwo'od. v. a. {_in and -wood.] To 
 hide in woods. Not ufed. 
 
 He got out' of the river, i nwotJc J h\mk\{ (o as 
 the latne. loft the marking his' fpottfulnefs. 
 
 Hidr.ey. 
 
 7b Inwra'p. v. a. [<Vi and Wra^.j 
 
 1. To cover by involution j to involve. 
 
 /Vnd over them Arachne high did lift 
 Her cunning wcbb, and ipicid her fobtil net, 
 Itjur,z^.ped \n fonl fnioak. Fairy (^ueeri. 
 
 T;iis, as an amber drop inwrapi a bee, 
 Cov'Jiing difcovers yQi;r quick foul ; that we 
 May i ; your throueh-fhine front our hearts 
 tnouglus Ice. . . , , . Uonne. 
 
 2. To perplex; to puzzle with difficulty 
 or oUcurity. 
 
 . .Tiiccai'e is no focner made than rcfolved ; if 
 it be made not inw/aJ^peJ, but plaiuly ."md per- 
 fpicuouHy, £jcoi. 
 
 J o c 
 
 3. It is doubtful whether the following 
 examples (hould not be enrap, or Iniap, 
 from in and rap, rapio, L,atin, to ravilh - 
 
 or tranfport. ;.; r : . . • 
 
 This pea t ihe gave me I do feel 't and fee* t; 
 And tholigh 'tis wonder that enwtaps me thus, 
 Yet 'tis not madnefs. Sftakfp-:jret 
 
 For if fuch holy tong 
 Kniurap oar fancy long. 
 Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold. 
 
 Milton, 
 Inwro'ught. adj. [In and •wrought.'^ 
 Adorned with work. 
 
 Camus, reverend fir, went footing flow, 
 His mantle hairy and his bonnet fedge, 
 Inwro-jght with figures dim, and on the edge 
 Like to that fanguinc flower inlcrib'd with woe. 
 
 Mihan. 
 
 To Inwre'athe. "v. a. [In and wreath.^ 
 
 To fuiround as with a v^Tealh. 
 
 Bind their rcfpleDdenc iocks i/Mur«rf'ii with 
 
 beams. ■ Mihon, 
 
 Kor lei's the palm of peace iawreat/in thy 
 
 brow. Thomfoji^ 
 
 JOB. n. f. [A low word now much in 
 
 uie, of which I cannot tell the etymology. ] 
 
 I. Petty, piddling work; a piece of 
 
 chance work. 
 '2. A low mean lucrative iufy affair. 
 
 He was now with his old friends, like an old 
 favourite of a cunning minilter after thtyoi is 
 over. ^'ijbut/:noi. ' 
 
 No cheek is known to blufh, no heart tothtob. 
 Save when they lofe a queltion, 01 i job. Pope. 
 Such p.itents as rhefe never were granted with 
 a view oi being a_;9^, for the intcrcil of a par- 
 ticular perfon to tiie damage ot the publick. 
 
 S-ui:ff. 
 3. A fudden ftab with a fharp inftrument. 
 To Job. v. a. 
 
 1. To Ilrike fuddenly with a Iharp inftru. 
 ment. 
 
 As an afs with a galled back was feeding in a 
 meadow, a raven pitched upon him, and fat 
 Jilibirrg of the fore. h'Efirangt, 
 
 2. To drive in a fliarp inftrument. 
 
 Let peacockc and turkey ieave^'»Ai;Vig '''P' 
 
 hex, ! ij,:;- :' ■< ' . '. ■ Tujjer, 
 
 The work wotdd, where a fmall irregularity of 
 
 , fluff ihould happen, draw orjti the er.ge into the 
 
 fiuif. M(jxon. 
 
 To Job. v. n. To play the llockjobber ; 
 
 to buy and fell as a broker. 
 
 T..e judge Ai.tH ,"o:^, the bilhop bite the town, 
 Ai.d mighty cukes pack cards fur half a crown. 
 
 Poft. 
 
 "J&B*s iiars. ri.J. An herb. A'tnfivcrtb. 
 JOBBER, n. f. [fromyc^.] .■ 
 
 1. A man who ftlU (lock in the p'ablick 
 funiis. 
 
 So caft it in the fsuthrrn fea5, 
 And view it through ^johher^^ hill ; 
 
 Put on what fpeflacles vr-u pleaV, 
 Your guinea 's but a guinea Itiil, Siuijt. 
 
 2. One who does ciiance work. 
 
 J o 3 3 E K N f> w 1. . 1. f. [ mod probably from 
 jcl'ie, Flemifh, dtill, and noiol, hnol, 
 Saxon, ahead.] Loggerhead; block- 
 head. 
 
 .'Vnd like the world, me.n's/ciif.'/.sWi 
 Turn round upon their cars, the pcks. lludHras. 
 
 Jo'cKEY. n. f. [horn Jaci, the diminu- 
 tive of yokn, comes Jfaciey, or as the 
 Scotch, yociey, ufed for any boy, and 
 particularly for a boy that rides race- 
 horfes.] . , , , ^- 
 
 4. A fellow that rides horfeslkthjeraie^ 
 
 Thefe were the wife ancients, who heaped up 
 greater honours «a Pindar's joilUi than on tnc 
 poet himfek", ^ddijom.
 
 JOG 
 
 2. A inaYi that deals in horfes. 
 
 3. A cheat ; a trickilh fellow. ,1.,' 
 To Jo'cKEY. V. a. [from the noim,]ii >.1 
 
 1. To juiUe by liJing againllone. 
 
 2. Tocheat; to tiiek. 
 
 JOCO'SE. adj. [jocofus, Latin.] Merry; 
 wagffifh ; given tojeli. 
 
 If the fubica Lc facrcd, all ludicrous turns, 
 and jecofc gr cumical airs, lliould be t.'.cluclcd, 
 Icil youni; minds Icjrn to tiifle with the awtui 
 Iblcmnitics ot" religion. v , .^ fKitfs. 
 
 Joco'sELY. ath. [from jocofe.'] Wag- 
 gilhly ; in jell ; in game. 
 
 Spondanus imagines I'har Ulyffes may poffibly 
 
 fptalt/oro/;/v, but in tiuili UljlTcj never behaves 
 
 with lc\-ity. Biotme. 
 
 Joco'sENKSs. 7 n. /. [from joenfc] 
 
 Joco'siTY. 3 Waggery ; merriment. 
 
 A l.iugh iheic is of conCcmpl or indignation, 
 
 as well as of tuiah urjocjiiy. Mntvn. 
 
 JO'CULAR. a<{j. [jocularh,- Latin.] 
 
 Ufcd in je!l ; merry ; jocofe ; wag- 
 
 girti ; not fcrioua : ufed both of men 
 
 and things. 
 
 4 Thcfe^jc-f^/jr (landers are often as raifcliievous 
 
 a$ thole of deepen dcfigii. Gon. of the 't'oigm. 
 
 The I'atiio is a diamatick poem ,- the ftiJe is 
 
 partly fciious, and partly yccK/af. Mliyici. 
 
 Good VtUum, don't he jocular, ■ AAiiJo-:. 
 
 Jocula'rity. n.f. [from ioctilar.] Mer- 
 riment; difpolition to jc(t. 
 
 The wits of thufc ages were (liort of thefe of 
 ours; when men could niaiutain immutable 
 facts, and pcrliH un.iltcrably at the etTorts m 
 
 iccujarity, BlUlvn'i f "/g-."' Lnoun. 
 
 JO CUND. pJJ. IhcunJus, Lai.'] Merry ; 
 gay; airy ; lively. . . v^ Jil .>?, 
 There 's coaiforl yet ; then bcthouyo-j/W. 
 
 ... S'utkf^care. 
 
 'So pcxnj health, that Denwark dtinks to day, 
 Bu: the great cannon to the clouds Ihall tell. 
 
 They on their mirth and dance 
 Intent \vithyW.v«.Y muhck ciiarm his car. MiUcn. 
 
 .Alccis fliun'd his tellow-fwHins, 
 Tneir rural Iports, and^or^mi llrains. Prior. 
 
 Jo'cuNDLV. ed-u. [irotajocundA Merrily; 
 
 He has no power of himfflf -ro leave itj but 
 he IS ruined iocuniih and pl^afantiy, and d.im- 
 ncd according to his heart's defire. S ttt^i 
 
 To JOG. V. a. [fchccien, Dutch.] To 
 pu!h'; to fliake by a fuiUlen impulfe ; 
 ,to give notice by a fudtlen pufli. 
 
 Now Icsps he upright, _/c^ I mc and ctits, Do 
 you fee 
 Yonder well favoured youth. Ptnne. 
 
 Tins faid, he ttga^H his good Heed niglier, 
 
 And ftcer'd him gently toward the ft^uuc. Hu^i^. 
 
 I was pretty well plcaftd while [ cxj^ited, 
 
 till fruition /og^^it mc out of my ple.»ling llum* 
 
 ker, ant! I itncw it was but a drcani. J^'on/s. 
 
 Sudden ]J:^i^'ti Ulyflcs, wiro was laid 
 Faii by my luie. Pojici OJtpy. 
 
 To Jog. "u. n. 
 
 1. To mtj^e by rwcciifTation ; to move with 
 fmali (hocks like thofe of a low trot. 
 
 Ttic doui is upen, fir, tiitie lies good way, 
 Vou may \yz jogging while your boots are gieei , 
 
 Shakf^cure. 
 Here lieth one, who did vao^ trtdy prove 
 That iie could never die while he could move ; 
 ■£0 tiung his ^Itl^iiry, never to rot 
 While he might Hill^^ on and keep his trot. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. To travel idly and heavily. 
 
 J'^l. '-■"> ,/ .6 on tiie foot-p.ath way, 
 And merrily heat the ftile-a, 
 ''■' A merry heart gne s all the day, 
 ■yaur fad tires in i niile-a, SfiaiJ^enrr. 
 
 J 01 
 
 Away they trotted tugciher : but ns they Wf re 
 j''^i^t"g on, tiic wolf l"|;y'd a bare place ;'l;oiit the 
 j "dSg's neCk. L'ijlriing!. 
 
 1 Thus they yi>|' on, f?ill trickingjjncvtr thriving, 
 And inuid'iing plays, whicu they mil'eal re- 
 viving. Drjdfn. 
 
 Jog. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 I. A pufli ; a f]ig!it fhake ; a Aidden in- 
 terruption by a pufh . or iliake ; a hint 
 given by a pulh. •<..-.,■ ■■.■■ 
 
 As a Icopaid was valuing himfcif upon his 
 party-colourtd Ikin, a fox gave him ^ pgt and 
 Whilpeted, that tlic beauty ot the mind w.is 
 above that of a p.iintcd uutlide. , L'BjJmnge. 
 
 Nick found the means to (lip a noie* into 
 Lewis's hands, wiiith Lewis as llily put into 
 [olin's pocket, with a pinch or a jog to waiti 
 iiim what he was about. .Irbniknoi. 
 
 A letter when 1 am inditing, 
 Comes Cup'd and gives nie a jogt 
 
 Aiitl I till all the paper with writit^ - 
 
 0( nolhuig but I'vveet ^lolly Mug, Slvfff. 
 
 z. A rub; a fmall llop ; an irregularity 
 of motion. 
 
 How that which penetrates all bodies without 
 
 the Icaft I'og or obiiruilioii, Ibould imprefs a 
 
 motion on any is inconceiveablc. Ghnviilc. 
 
 Jo'ggkb. n.f. [from /Of.] One who 
 
 moves heavily and dully. ," ' 
 
 They, with their fellow y'o^geri of Ih* plough. 
 
 To Jo'a a£<i-' 'v^'i/. "iTo'TJakei", '']'•■- ;■ 
 
 fn the 'head (>f manj'Vhc' b.ife 'of tfVe braih is 
 parallel lo the horizon; by wliicii there is lels 
 danger ot the two bi:ui}ijoggiingj or Hipping out 
 of (heii° place. ' Di'lum. 
 
 jo'HNAi'PiiE. «.y. 
 
 A Join'ipp/f is a good relilhed (harp apple the 
 
 fpruig fuilcwing, » hen moll other fruit is Ipciit : 
 
 ; tr.ey aie fit for the cyder plantations. Moi timer. 
 
 To. Join. v. a. [joindre, French.] 
 1. lo addons to another in contiguity, 
 
 . Woe tinto them that J9in houle 10 houlc, that 
 
 lay licit! tt' field. Ijai.th. 
 
 join tin m one to another into one ftick. Ezek. 
 
 The wall w'as yW«tcf together unto the half. 
 
 ■ ' ' ' ^ -' Ntliemriilt. 
 
 ^, To couple ; to combine. . . 
 
 In this "lacuhy'Vept'Vting 'diifijT/^/^^ together 
 
 its ideas, the niiltd has great powei-1 thtie. 
 
 3. To unite in league or marriage. ;> j; 
 
 Gne only (laughter heirs rny crown an^ A^te,, i 
 Whom nut our otacles, nor heav'ii,.iiot fate,,; 
 Nor frtc^uent prodigies permit 10 /sin 
 With any native of the ^ufonian line,. . Dryden. 
 
 4. To dafli together; to collide ; to en- 
 counter ; this fenf« is to be found ia the 
 pbrafe to join- battle, in which, iatile 
 icems not to fignify fight, but troops 
 in array ,Cii,iii>ifUer£.cx£ri::tus, though it 
 may liktvvile mean j^glitjjas, commiUcre 
 
 p'alium. ■•■ '^-i: ■ rvij ify ;'. '.[ 
 
 When they jW«af battle, I&acl \ras fmitten. 
 
 I Scmiul 
 They Htould with refolute minds enduie, 
 • until tlKy TOiglit7«/'« tattle »tith their enemies. 
 - KnoHes. 
 
 5. To affociate, „, ,, , ■ ^^ _,„ _,, ^ ,,_.,._,-, 
 
 Go near and join thyf^lf to this chariot. -.ASi. 
 
 TRo'u Aaft not h'tjointi'^W-.i'aiit.'itt^linkl. ' 
 
 6. To unite in one a6i. , 
 
 Our bell notes are ticalon to his fame, 
 yijtn'd with the loud applaufe of publico voice. 
 
 Thy tuneful voice with nuraher-ww"," 
 Tlky wouis will mure prev.tii than miiie. J^ryden. 
 
 7. To unite in coiM;ord. • '' 
 
 £c ^aieiXly jdimd together in th< fame mind. 
 ■_•'..-; I Co,. 
 
 S. To ad in concert with. 
 
 Wc jointly vow to_/"»m no6lJ*t b^d^'' S*fMi. 
 
 To Join. v. n. v : ^ , ., ..■,,■ i 
 
 I. To grow to; to idheie; lo'be con- 
 tiguous. . 
 
 Julius's houhjoinid liard to the fynagogue. 
 
 Mh. 
 t. Todofe; to cla(h,- 
 
 Luok you, all yt)u tVat kifs roy lady prace at 
 home, th.it our aimies ;o/i not in a hot day.- Siiu'^f. 
 
 Here 's the eail of Wiltfhire's blood, 
 Whom I cncoiintci'd, as the battlc5y'c^'</. Shtf. 
 
 3. To unite with in marriage, or any 
 
 other league. 
 
 Should we again break thy command/ncnt?, 
 
 ! ai^d/£i/« in adinity with the people r Hziti. 
 
 4.. To btcome confederate. • . " 
 
 ' Wiien there f^;l tib out any ^ar, theyy'ofi iinto 
 
 our eiioniies, hnd fight agatritt us.- • • KxoJut,. 
 
 Let us make pe. ICC with him, before ht 7^'" 
 
 wilhAlcsander ag;iii;(l us., •,:•■• ^ »l^'-c. 
 
 Ev'n you youil'clf ; , .•», ; ,,. 
 
 y<i//i with the relt ;, you arc,anned iigainft roe. 
 . '• • ! ' ' O'ydin. 
 
 AnyiAth'crTOay'_^riT-wii:h him' ihat 'is injur^, 
 and aUill him in rec.v/ering fatisf^^clion. Lo:\te. 
 Jo'iNDER. n.f. [fromyo;«.] Coiijundlio.o}. 
 
 Joining. Not ufcd. 
 j A contrjit of eternal bond of lov:, 
 , Con6rm'd by v&M\ujAjofnder. ui your hands. 
 I .-...'. . ' .. Shakfftarf, 
 
 Jo'^^fER. n.f. [from _;'o/«.J One whoTc 
 trade is' to make utcniib of wood com- 
 pafted. ■' 
 
 The people' wherewith you plant ought to be 
 
 fmiths, carpenteis, anA Joiners. Baeo't'sEffayi, 
 
 It.is counted good woikmanlhip in i joiner xtt 
 
 I bear his hand curioiilly even. M-^xon'i Mah. Ex, 
 
 Jo'iNERY;' if^.y'. litomjoiner.y '.'•"■^ '-' 
 - Jf""'y 'S'Sh art'whereby leve'raF'pis'c*i^of 
 Wi.od ire fo fitted and joined together by ftraic 
 lines, ftjuares, miters, or any, bevel, that they 
 Ihall fee in one entire piece. ^ ■• • ' Moxon, 
 
 JotNT. u.f. \_junaura, Lat. Join I are, Fr.j 
 
 ^I. Articulation of -limbs; juniSure ot' 
 moveable bones in animal bociies. ' 
 
 j Di-opficsandafihlnas/antiyi/fl/Jickiriirhcnms. 
 
 I ..... I ... .,,,;.„:,., ■'^':-:T^M//„.,_ 
 
 , i felt the fame pain in ihiTSnifyiJM/. 'Ter-rp/e: 
 [2. Hinge ; juniturcs which adinit mc^ion 
 ■ of the pans. ' '.'. 
 
 I Tie coach, the cover whercof.was, ni'a(ic- wjtii 
 ; iuchjoint! that as they niignt, -to avoid thc-w^- 
 j '.''^f' ptdl it up-clult.when Ihcy.'litUd ; fo when, . 
 , they would, they n.ight remain as riiicovcrcd ar.if 
 
 openfighted .as on hoifeback. ' Sidney. 
 
 ■3. J n joinery, '[jomie, Ti;ench'. ]' , , ''^ 
 ^ _ Straight lin^s,- in joineis language, , is' callj-H a 
 
 joint, that is, two pieces of rt'oud ari ihor,' Vn.-tt 
 ^ IS, jplancd. . •--•:■ -- Afc„„. 
 
 '4. A knot or comniiffure iji a planic. ' '' 
 
 5. One of the limbs of au animal cut up 
 by the butcher. 
 
 In bringing ayW>.-/ of meat, it falls out of your 
 '''"''■ ^ S-,vi/u 
 
 6. Out 0/ JoiuT. Luxated; flipped from 
 the locket, or coiTc:pondent part whctt; 
 it hatuftiliy moves.' ■•■" -1 , 
 
 1 Jacoh'.-. thigh was Our 'efyoi'Kt.' ^•';'. v L Qtr, 
 My head and wliole bjciy was fore hurr, and 
 alf J one of my arms and Itgj put out of joint. 
 
 7. Out of ]o\r.i: . Thrown into confufum 
 and difoidcr ;, confufed ; full of dilhirji- 
 
 ' awce. - ' - .. 
 
 The time is «((.*f.^«/a<,;«ti curfod fjijgUrj^ 
 That ever I w^i(6vru to fclilii^lj^t,' itk^iijietrt. 
 
 Joint, adj. ... ,' ' \'. ^ 
 
 ( . Si.iired among many.
 
 JOI' 
 
 J OP t 
 
 J'OV 
 
 3: 1.1 1 J|iii«fyxnnoifioKof it, • . 
 
 ri-an ij'jff bur:;ica uidupon ui aU*' ■:.S/:airj'p 
 
 Though lib? fprnniopiii wfpett of fome men, 
 it ii not fo:o ;i!I.iTV3.iik^:nd ; but u thejwit pro- 
 perty of th.isioiir.iry, or ihis'garllh. iarff 
 2.. United in the fame poffcGlon : as we 
 ^y» jf^'^l teirj or coljitrs, jo'wt hdrejfes or 
 ■coiiirefi. " " . > ' 
 
 : - 1 ; TJie fun SVfd maS did ftnve,-- 
 Jfim.tesaaa of jhe worid,'.who fliauldiuivi\c. 
 
 ... Qo^nt. 
 
 Pride then was not ; npr «ii,.tliatj>ride »> aid i 
 
 . kJaii walt'd with bcaftjW- tinant.of tbe.il>*de. 
 
 ■'- ■ ; \'" , ■ , . v^.ft. 
 
 J. Combined ; afting togetl'.er In concert. 
 
 On yjur pint vigour r.ow, 
 My hold of this new kingdom all depends. MVt. 
 In a war carried on by the h:^-t f-'^rce of fo 
 many nations, Frai>cfc could fend troops. J^i-i-K 
 
 To Jo'tST. tr; a. [from the noun.j 
 r. To fo5-m in articu^afiono. 
 
 The-hn'gcrs arc /iiVcW together ifof iTiothin, 
 and furniflied with fc\'cral mufcles. R.-y. 
 
 2. To form many parts into one. 
 ■ ' "' Agaiiul the rfeed i>c t!.rcw 
 His foFcetul fpcar, which hi!nnga5Tt Scw^ ' 
 Pierc'd througli the yielding planks of •'■■intcJ 
 
 ,', ' wood. : ;ji.'-.T;J • rtiryj/n 
 
 3. To join together in confederacy; • Not 
 
 J.-. ..i- The times 
 
 Madrfi^itis \if tiieai,jcij:i:i^ lijclr \totce 'Jaiufi 
 -, ..CacfjF.,- . c;.. _ jt.j .■..',l\t:S>blijpe^iS. 
 
 4. Ti) divide a jp}fit }; AoaSrt^ qr^.jitevter 
 into joints. . : It ?.;..•-■.- i ^t .." 
 
 HcjWnr^ the neckrandsrithaftrafcefoihong 
 .Tlie helin fiics off ; and beat* the he.-«i aloi'g. 
 .: _, -- .-. ..-;..■ . DryMn. 
 
 .Jo'iNTED. cdf, [^^Tom joint.'} ■ Full of 
 joints, knots, or cortimifTures." ' 
 
 -.. ; 1. 1 ^'- Xhree cubits' iiigh 
 
 ■ TlfeysrV/jihtTbagelliocts. P' .Vsj 
 
 Jo'ixTER../j,yi,^fromj/flj'«(.-3 • j^ -fort of 
 . pUne. V ! .-, • .: ,-. -^!. ■ .• •- -■• 
 
 ThcjcinttT is-.fomewhat longer than the' fore 
 ■ pl4iie, and hath its fole perfeiftly flrait; ic«oSfice 
 is to folio* the <oic-pt?-»e5aMd fliooi an ledgc per- 
 fectly lirait, when a joint is to be (het.. : Moxan. 
 
 Jo'i»*TLy; rtifo. ^frcrti_;o7n/.] 
 
 1. Together; not feparately. 
 
 I besm -a' ctniibat firl^ with him pittjculatly, 
 
 CaHtt iu'ra-Wsdcath with the others ys/»ir/v. SiJncy. 
 
 Bccaufe a'.l that are of the church caniict 
 
 juintly and equ:illy work ; the 6rft thing in polit)- 
 
 requil'ed is a diffi:reiice of pcifons in tbc' church. 
 
 -' . •- - . . ■(. ^''"^"■• 
 
 The prince'trtH Wm Ttc ciuid lav.no clainr. to 
 
 his gratitudCj buit "dcffred they tni^hr go'to/the 
 
 ittar tsgecber, and jointly return their tlfianks to 
 
 ■whom only it w-as due. " 'yJii/.J^'j 
 
 2. In a Uate of union or co-ojSe ration. 
 
 His name a great example ftaiidt, to.iliew- 
 How firangtly high endeavours may be, bleft^ 
 Where piety and vhloui j'^nth go. X)fytUn. 
 Jo'lNTRESi. r..f. [from iainlure.^ One 
 who holds any thing in jointure. - 
 
 , -^ ^. ^ Our queen 
 
 Tn' imperial w'.rri:/! of this wsr^ke. Jjaje, 
 We've taken now to wife. . SiK:i.jpim!'s Hnmltt. 
 JoiKTSTo'oi,. n.f, [:/»/«/ and j?ooA} -A 
 ftool made not merely by iiifertion of 
 the feet, but by inferting one part in 
 another. '•,'■- 
 
 He rides the wild mare with the boys, aiu! 
 
 jumps upon _/c/n(/fc5A, and wears' liis boat very 
 
 fmootb hke unto the fign of tl;e leg. Shjhfptiirt, 
 
 Could that be eternal which they had feen a 
 
 rude trunk, and perhapt the other piece of it a 
 
 ■jtinlfiKft • -■.:..;..-' Sv.itk. 
 
 •: He ufed to- Jay chairs "and /fl.*«(/?w/r in-thcir 
 
 i-w;ty, tiijt they might-break nofcs by falling. _ 
 
 Eilatq fettled oa a wife to be enjoj-ed 
 ..after her huiband's deceafe. 
 
 The /^w'r.l^ liiaE your feiiig tnuft make, 
 Witl-. her dow'ry ibali be couiiterpois'd. SUh'p. 
 
 The old countefs of Dcfmcnil, who lived in 
 ^jSoj-jud tiiany years fince, was married in 
 Edw'a-d the tour'th's time, aid held \\tx juinlurt 
 from all the earls of Defmond fince then. 
 
 ; ■ Rah-gi-! Hiji. c/ rhe IfdJ. 
 
 There 's a civil queliion us'd of late. 
 Where lies my JKratire, where your own eftr.te ? 
 
 Whet 's property r You fee it alter, 
 Or, in a mortgage, prove a lawyer's (hare, 
 Or, in fi jointure, vaii.Oi from the heir, P:/;-. 
 Joist, n.f. t_irom joinJre, Fc] The ie- 
 condary beam of a floor. : 
 Some wood is ro: good to ufe -for beams 01 
 Ji^M, btc.ulc of the brittleneCs. .iiitirtitier. 
 
 The kettle to the top was hoift, 
 And there liood fadcncd to a r'ci/f,' S-wifl. 
 
 To Joist, r. a. [from the noun.] To fit 
 
 in the fmalitu- beams of a flooring. 
 JOKE. n./. [pcus, Lat.] Ajeft; fome- 
 ■ thing not ferious. 
 
 Link towns to towns with avenues of oak, 
 Inclofc whole downs ij\ wallst 'tis ajl a_/oif-' 
 Inexorable dtath-lli^; level all. P'/"- 
 
 !.._:Wivy fliouid pubiick mockery in print, or a 
 .^ ;^neH}\:-i« upon ,-; uagc, be a better telt of truth 
 .ti'.^nf iibiit;k.peflecii:u.ns .- JJtiii:. 
 
 Z» Joke. w.Ji. [/«^7»-. Lat.] To jell; to 
 be mcny in words and actions. 
 
 Our neighbours tell me oft, ivJoHag talk, 
 Of allies, leather, oat-meal, bran, and chalk. 
 
 C;.n'. 
 
 Jo'ker. «./. [from Joie.] Ajeficr; a 
 meny fellow. . ■ ■ 
 
 Thou m.ad'ft thy firft appearance in the world 
 
 liki adryy£jf.'r,buffuon, or jack pudding. Dcir-Js. 
 
 JoLE. n.f. [gueule, Fr. crol, Saxon.] 
 
 1. The face or cheek. It is ftldom ufed 
 but in the phrafe chrei by jolc. 
 
 Follow! iiay,rilg9 with thee cheek by yoA. 
 
 -A^nd bv iijm in another hole 
 
 AlfiiacdRalpho, cheek by Jck. lluiibi/i< . 
 
 Your ; wan complexion, and ycut thin joiVs, 
 
 father. • ' ■ - l^'yUi"- 
 
 Amar, who iasdigcfied-aH tlte fatliers, lets 
 
 a pure Englifli divine go cheek, by/ic'* with him. 
 
 -■_. , OUIiir en I'rid;. 
 
 2. The head of a fi(h. 
 
 - A faiinon's ticllv, Helluo, was thy fate : 
 The doftor cali'd, dcclarci all help too late : 
 Mercy! cries Helluo, mercy on iriy foul 1 
 is there no hope? alas! then trrii>5tne/OTW. P»/>f. 
 Rfcd-fpeckled Uotits, llie falmon's M'/npU,- 
 ■ Thte jointed loblter, and unfc.ijy loale. Guy. 
 
 To JoLL. k\ a. [fj'bm •V//, the head.] To 
 beat the head againll any thing; to 
 clafh with violence. . :• 
 
 Howloc'cr their hearts are fcvcr'd in^ religion, 
 their heads are bath one; they may .7i./( lioms 
 together. . , Skuijl-cn'f. 
 
 The tortoif^s envied the cafmefs of the fibgs, 
 'till they faw them /s//?^ to pietes atid devoured 
 for want of a buckler. L'F.pa'^gt. 
 
 Jo'llily. ad'v. [from jolly.'}; Ina difpo- 
 fition to noify mirth. 
 
 The goodly eraprcfs,y5.'.'.7>- inirlin'd. 
 Is to the welcome bearer wond'rous kind. Dry.t. 
 JoLLiMENT. n./. [from ;>i/v.] Mirth; 
 merriment ; gayety. Ohfolece. 
 Matter of mirth enough, though there were 
 none. 
 She could devlfe, and thoufand ways invent 
 To feed herfoolilh humour, aai\3m jdiimcrt. 
 
 Fuiry Qt&n. 
 
 JO'LLINESS. ) ^y- |-fr„^y/ J 
 Jo J.LITY. 3 ■■' -•• - -t •' •" 
 
 1. Gayety ;■ «kvatiail « fpirift vaOHc, 
 He wrth a proud jaUHf coir.mafidfid Mm fo 
 
 -leave Sat quirrrel only . for bim, who was on ly 
 wortiiy to enter bno it. Atony. 
 
 2, Merriment; felHvity. ' -'vjir. 
 With joyance biing l.er, and with/offff?. 
 
 There fhall ihefe parrs of faithful lovers be 
 Wedded, with Thefeus, .-Ui in/rfflrjr. Skakff. 
 
 The brazen throat of w:r bad ce.rs'd to roar; 
 All now was turn'd tojfUi'y ar-dWVt: =. - C 
 To luxury and riot, feait and dance.. ^^ biiltjui. 
 
 Good meii are never fo uitprifcd asiri t)ie«iidlk 
 of thtir jViVVii!, nor fo fatally os'crtafccn and 
 cau?ht as when the ubie is roade tlieinace. . . 
 
 With brancbei We t^^elflI5cs ad(Sr;,.an(l whlic 
 InJM-iY the dav ordain'd to be the laft. Dn^cn. 
 
 My heart was filled with melancholy to lee 
 fcveral dropping in the mifflt of mirth andyc^/y. 
 
 f,)!'!.Sjit, 
 
 JO'LlY^" adj. [jeft, Vr.- jo-viu/et, UH.I 
 
 1. Gay; meny; airy; cheerful 5 hvelj- ; 
 jovial, ■ - 
 
 Like ayc/Zv troop of +.untfmen, come 
 Our lully Eiiglifh. ~ Shakjfian^i King'Jihn. 
 
 O nightingale! ■ " 
 Thou with^rclh hope the Ipver'^ i^?^\^ ^0'^ ^"> 
 While the /o//y hours lead ia'proifltious May. 
 
 ■ - :.,..;;■-..-. JtlltlW!. 
 
 All my griefs to rhir3rc_^.'/)', . . • .- ^--a 
 Nought lo ftdas melancholy. ' ''\ "Smim. 
 
 Ev'ii ghofts had Icain'dtogroailV T. 
 But free from punifhmcnt, as free from fin, " 
 The Ihades liv'dyV/y, anid without a king. Dryd. 
 
 This gentle knighr, infpir'd byjc/Zv May^ '■ 
 Forlook his eafy couch at early day. IJryien. 
 
 A fhepherd now along the plaiii he rbves, 
 And with his klty pipe delights the groves. P'/or. 
 
 2. Plump ; hke one in high health. 
 
 He catches at an apple of Sodom, which 
 though it may entertain his eye with a fiond, 
 jMy white and red, yet, upon the touch, it (ball 
 fill his hand only with llenca and fouUicfs.-Sm*. 
 
 To JOLT. 1). «. [I know not whence 
 derived.] To Ihake as a carriage on 
 rough ground. 
 
 Every little unevennefs of the ground will 
 caufe fuch a jolting of the chariot as to hinder 
 the motion of its fails. - :• - , H'ilntni. 
 
 Violent motion, a jolting in a coach, ni.iy be 
 ufed in this cafe. .^rtniimt »« tX(t. 
 
 A coach and fix horfcs is the utmoft exercile 
 you can bear, and how gl.id would yoit be, it it 
 coLild waft you in the air to avoid I'^'tinf^. Svijr. 
 T'j Jolt. v. a. To rtiake one as a car- 
 riage does. 
 Jolt. n.f. [from the verb.] Sheet; 
 violent agitation. 
 
 The fym|itoms are,, bloofiy water upon. a fud- 
 deiiyVr or violent motion. ./!rbuthnct en Diet. 
 
 The ill 11 ys// had like to have ihakcame out ; 
 
 but al'tcrwaids the mutlpa was ealy. Sia-J't. 
 
 Jo'lthe.^d. n.f. [I know not whence 
 
 derived.]. A great head; a dolt;, a 
 
 blockhead^ 
 Fie on thee, j'Jtiead, thou can'Jl not read ! 
 
 Shakjpsare. 
 Had maB been a dw.irf, he had ftirce beci; k 
 reafonable creature ; for he rauft then have either 
 had a fc.'il:eMi, and fo tiiere would not have been 
 body and bhjod enough to fupply his brain j»ith 
 fpiri'ts ; or he mull have had a fmail head, and fo 
 there would doc have been brain enough tor h^s 
 bufinefs. ^'='^■• 
 
 JoNQUILLE. «./. [>.ifW/?,-Fr.] A fpe- 
 cies of dafFodiJ. The flowers of this 
 plant are greatly efteemed for their ftrong 
 fweet fcent. j MV/rr. 
 
 Xor gradual bloom is wanting, ' .' *' 
 
 Nor hvacinths of pureft virgin wliite, ,,, 
 
 Low bent and bhifliitig mwatdi norjoi:jtf/'.W 
 Gf potent iragraiice. T/umjai'i Sjiring.
 
 J o u 
 
 Jo'rden. ». /. l^ofx f JJerctu, and ben, 
 • receMaculum.] A pot. 
 
 They will allow us ne'er a iorjert, and then we 
 leak in your chimney ; and your cliamberlyc 
 breeds (leas like a luach. Shakjpsdrc, 
 
 This c\\\\\:i jirM-n let the chief o*cixomc 
 
 Rcplcnifh, not ingUuioudy at home. rape. 
 
 The copper-pot c»n boil milk, heat porri<lge, 
 
 hold fmall-bccr, or, in cafe of ncccflity, fervc 
 
 for &J9rd£n. Si^ift- 
 
 Jo'seph's _/fo'u>fj'j'. n.f. A plant. Jlnfw^ 
 To Jo'sTLE. V. a. [joitjler, French.] To 
 
 juftle ; to ru(h againft. 
 Jot. n. /. [;i;r«.] A point ; a tittle ; 
 the lead quantity affignable. 
 
 As fuperfluous Hcfli did rot, 
 Amendment ready Hill at hand did wait, 
 
 To pluck it out with pincers fiery hot, 
 That loon in him was left no one corrupt j'l/. 
 
 Fairy ^ilten. 
 
 Go, Eros, fend his tr«arure after, do it; 
 Detain no jot, I charge thee. Shak/peare. 
 
 Let mc not Hay i jot from dinner; go, get it 
 ready. Sliiikjpcure. 
 
 This nor hurts l.im nor profits you »joi ; 
 Forbear it therefore; give your caufe to Hcav'n. 
 
 :,-..! ..^- .* , Shtikfptare. 
 
 "nws tond doth give thdp here np ;V of blood ; 
 The' words cxpiefsly are a pound of^flefh. SitakJ^. 
 
 1 argue not 
 Againft Hcav'n's hand, or will; nor bate one yV 
 Of heart or hope ; but flill bear up and ftcer 
 Right onwards. M;/tCf:. 
 
 You might, with every jo! as much juHice, 
 hang me up, bccatife I'm ol(l,.as beat mc becaulc 
 I'm impotent. L' Fjirange. 
 
 A man m.iy read the difcourfes of a veiy ra- 
 tional author, and yet acquire not one /s/ of 
 knuwlcdge. Ijocke. 
 
 The 6nal event will not be one jot lefs tl.c con- 
 fequcnce of our own choice a'nd actions, for 
 God's having from all eternity forefeeo and dc- 
 tcnnincd what that event (hall be. K-jgi". 
 
 JO VI.^L .aJj. [jovial, Fr. icv'iaUs, Lat-J 
 I. Under the influence of Jupiter. 
 
 The fixed ftarsare.iftrologically differenced by 
 
 the pl.nicts, and aie cltecmcd martial or jmiuii, 
 
 yceordiiig to the colours wheiel-y they anfu'Ci 
 
 thefc planets. Bro-iun'i Fulgar Errou'i 
 
 Z. Gay ; airy ; merry. ■ 
 
 My lord, (leek o'er your rugged look's. 
 
 Be blight and jwi^il 'niong your gucfis. Shakfp. 
 
 Our /sT-vW ftar reign'd at iii'^ birth. Skakjpemc. 
 
 Some men, of an ill and melanciioly naturcj 
 
 incline rhe company, into which they come, to be 
 
 fad and ill-difpufed; and contrariwife, others of 
 
 a jmnnl nature difpofe the company to be merry 
 
 and cheerful. Bacon's Natuial llipory. 
 
 His odes are fome of them panegyrical, others 
 
 moral, the reft jov:jl or bacchan.tlian. D'yM'i. 
 
 Perhaps' the jeft that charm'd the fprighlly 
 
 crowd, 
 
 And made the jovial table laugh fo loud, 
 
 To fomc falfe notion ow'd its poor pretence. Trier. 
 
 J'6'vi.\LLY. aih. [fiom yow'a/.] Merrily; 
 
 gayly. 
 Jo'vi ALNESS. «.y^ [from_;Vu.'w/.] Gayety; 
 
 raeniment. 
 Jo'uiSANCE. n.f. [rcjcutjfanct, Fr.] Jol- 
 lity ; merriment ; feftivity. Obfolcte. 
 
 Colin, my dear,, when ihall it plcafe thee lingj 
 As thou were wont, fongs of iomcjouifii^Lc? 
 
 Thy mufe too long Hum beret h in forrowing, 
 Lulled afleep through love's raifgovernance. 
 
 Spenfrr. 
 Jo'uRNAL. atlj. [journaL',. Fr. giornak, 
 Italian.] Daily ; tjuotidtan. Out of 
 ufe. 
 
 Now 'gan the g.olde)i Pl-.cebus for to fteep 
 His fiery face in billows of the weft, 
 
 And his f;iint Heeds water'd in ocean deep, 
 ■Whiiit from ihsir journal labours they did reft. 
 
 J QU 
 
 Ere tw'ici the fun has made Wxtjaurnal greet. 
 inj 
 To th' under generation, you (hall find 
 ■i'our fafety manife fled. Shikfpiarc. 
 
 Stick 10 your jwmal eourfe; the breach of 
 cultoni 
 Is breaeli of all. Sh.xkfpinrt's Cymhelific. 
 
 Jo'uRN-Ai.. n.f. \_jounial, Fr. giornaU, 
 Italian.] 
 
 1 . A dial y ; an account kept of daily 
 tranfattions. 
 
 Edward kept a moft judicious /oHrHn/ of all the 
 principal oaifagcs ol ilic ati'.iirsof his eftate. 
 
 litty^uard en Eihuord v I . 
 
 Time has deftroy'd two nolle jounmls of the 
 navigation of Haniio and of Hamilcar. ^Irbuth. 
 
 2. Any paper publiihed daily. 
 Jo'uRNALisT. 11. f. [from yourW.] A 
 
 writer of journals. 
 JOURNEY, n.f. [journcr, French.] 
 
 1. The travel of a day. 
 
 When Duncan is alleep, 
 Whereto the ratiicr Ihall this day's hard journiy 
 Soundly invite him. Shatfptare's M.icbith. 
 
 Scarce the fun 
 Hath 6ni(hed half his70vr«fy. Milton. 
 
 2. Travel by land : dillinguilhed from a 
 voyage or travel by fea. 
 
 So are the horfcs of the enemy, 
 In geiretal journiy bated and brought lovr. Shaljp. 
 
 Before the light of the gotpcl, mankind tra- 
 velled like people in the dark, without any cer- 
 tain prol'peft of the end of tlieir_/o.vrK9i, or of the 
 way that led to it. . , .Si^rrj. 
 
 He for the promis'd_/c'/r«£y bids prepare 
 The fmooth-hair'd horfcs andthe rapid car. Pope. 
 
 3. PafTage from place to place. 
 
 Some, lia\ing a long /our/iry from the upper 
 regions, would tloat up and down a good while. 
 JiuiTiLt's Theory. 
 Light of the world, ihernler of the year, 
 Still as thou do'il thy radi.Tiit ;e;'">.Vj run 
 Through every diOant climate own, 
 That in fair ,'^lbioii thou haft fecii 
 The greateft prince, the brighlclt queen. Trior. 
 To Jo'uRNEY. II. n. [from the noun.] To 
 travel ; to pafs from place 10 place. 
 
 Gentlemen of good eflcem 
 Are itufniying to falute the emperor. Shakfpeare. 
 We ^vG-jmiirviving unto the place, of which tlic 
 Lord faid, I will give it you. Numias. 
 
 Since fueh love's natural ftation is, may Hill 
 My love defcend, and loaraey down the hillj 
 Not punting after growing beauties, fo 
 1 ftiall ebb on with them who homeward go. 
 
 Donfie. 
 
 I have yoKroeyea' this morning, and it is now 
 
 the heat of the day; therefore your lordihip's 
 
 difcourfcs had need content my ears very well, 
 
 to make tliena inueat my eyes to keep open. 
 
 ; .. _, _ Macon. 
 
 ^baHfeft by day, a fiery gltam by night, ' 
 Save when thiyjourmy. Mi/ron't PifmUfc Loji. 
 Having heated his body "by jomnrying, he took 
 cold upon the ground. I}'ifiman's Surge: t. 
 
 Jo'uhNEYMAN. n.f. [joumee, a day's 
 work, Fr. and man.] A hired work- 
 man J a workman hired by the day. 
 
 They \r:ie cal!ed/;;."«V"'i"« that wrought with 
 othcis by. the d.iy, though now by Halute to be 
 extended to rhofc likcwile that covenant to work 
 in their occupation with aiiothev by the year. 
 
 Cove//. 
 
 Players have fo ftrutted and bellowed, that I 
 have thought feme of natuie's jii:i' nevmen had 
 made men, and nut inadt them well. Sliaifpinre. 
 
 I intend 10 work for tiic court my felt, r.nd 
 will have jc:/rneymin under me to fuir.llh the rcH 
 of the nation. - .^iid/or.. 
 
 Says Frog to Bull, this old rogue will take the 
 buGncfs into his nands : we muH Harve or turn 
 joutnefinea to old Lewis baboon. Ay/iutlinot, 
 
 Jo'uRN£yw.©».K. n.f. [jsurnee, Frccch, 
 
 J lOr Y; 
 
 and ivori.] Work performed for hire; 
 work done by the day. 
 
 Did nu committee fit, where he 
 MtgTVt cut our journe^uirk tor thee ? 
 And t'et thee a talk with fub(iini.tion, 
 To flitch up fale and fequcHratiun ' Hndiha!. 
 Her family Ihe was forced to hire ouT Jtj^ir- 
 nry-juork to her neighbours. ylibut/inot. 
 
 JousT. n.f. [Jou/l, Fr.] Tilt; tourna- 
 ment; mock fight. It is now written 
 lefs properly ju/i. 
 
 Bafes, iind tinlcl trappings; gorgeous kni^ti 
 At jo.yj and tournanient. Mi/ton' i Para'dife Loji. 
 
 7» JovsT. t). a. {joufier, Fr.] To run 
 in the tilt. 
 
 > . ^ . All who lince 
 youjtid in Afpramont or Montalban. Milton. 
 
 Jo'wLER. n.f. [perhaps corrupted from 
 ho'ivler, as making a hideous noile after 
 the game, whom the rell of the pack 
 JoUow as their Itadtr.] The name of 
 a hunting dog or beagle.. 
 
 See him di.ig iiis fecbie legs about. 
 Like hounds ill-coupled ; jotv/er lugs him HiU 
 Through hedges, ditches, and througii all this ill. 
 
 Drydir. 
 
 Jo'wTER. n.f. [perhaps corrupted from 
 
 joller.] ■ . 
 
 Plenty of fifh is vented to the fifh. drivers, 
 whom we call joiuten. ■ Cire-w, 
 
 JOY. n.f [ Joye,¥r. giogia, Italian.] 
 
 1. The paffioii produced by any happy ac- 
 cident ; gladnefs ; exultation. 
 
 jfcy is a deligl-.t of the mind, from the con- 
 fideratinn of the prefcnt, or alTurcd Tipptoaching 
 polTeflion of a good. Lxke. 
 
 There appears much jcy in him ; even fo much, 
 that /ev could not ftiew iifelf raodcft efiough 
 without a badge of bilterncfs. Skakfpearc, 
 
 There fhould not be fueh hcavincfs in their 
 dcHruifion, as Ihall be joy over them that ;are 
 perfuadcd to fahation. "" , 2 Efdras. 
 
 The lightfome palTion of joy ■waftiot^that trivial, 
 vanifhing, fuperticial thing, that only gilds the 
 apprehcuiion, and plays upon the furface of the 
 foul. Stti/k, 
 
 2. GayeLy ; merriment ; feftivity. ' 
 
 "rhe roofs with joy refound ^ ' 
 
 And hymen, io hymen, rpng-i^rQUn^..' iJ^rydeii. 
 
 3. Happinefs,; felicity. . ,., ; ■ •' ■ i '" 
 
 My lord B.itianio, and my gentle lady, 
 I with you all ihcjoy thar you can with. Shakfp. 
 
 Come love and health to all ; 
 Then I'll fit down ; give me fome wine : 
 I drink to the generah/sy of the whole table. 
 
 S/takfpeare. 
 Almeyda fDiiling came, 
 Attended with a train of all hei race, 
 W'honi in the rage of empire I had mur^er'd; 
 But liow, no longer foes, tlxy gave me: joy 
 Of my new conqueft. Dryden's Von Scui.jlian, 
 
 The bride, 
 Lovely herfe'f, and loiely by her fide, 
 A bevy of brisht nymphs, with fobcr grace, 
 Came glirt'ring like a itar, and took her place :- 
 Her hcav'niy form beheld, all wiHi'd her joy; 
 And little wanted, but in vain, thcir^wilhes all 
 employ. JjtjJea. 
 
 4. A term of fondnefs. 
 
 Now OUT joy,, ^ 
 
 Although out lafl, yet not our leaft young love, 
 What lay you? Sfia.kfp care's King Lear. 
 
 To Jov- "u. n. [from the noun.] 'To re»- 
 joice ; to be glad ; to exult. 
 
 Soraetimis I joy, when glad cKrc.ifion fits, . 
 A:Mi niafK: m miith like to a comedy ; 
 
 Scon after, when my ioy to furrow flits, 
 I will make ray wots a tragedy-f Sprxjcr, 
 
 I cannot ycy, until I be refolv'd 
 Where our right valjnt father is become. Siaifp. 
 
 He willycy over ttiee with finging. , 2.fph, 
 
 I will rejoice in the Lord, I wJllyy in ihe 
 Cod wi my lalvation, Hah^
 
 JOY 
 
 Exc^dingly the mure j'syid we for iV.e joy of 
 TituS| bccaufc his fpiric was rche(hcd by you. 
 
 2 Cor. 
 
 T(icy. laugh, wc weep; they yoy vhWs vre 
 
 lamsiit. Fsir/./x. 
 
 No vTiAw impartetit his joys to hii friend, bur 
 
 hz JQyetk the rocjc; ai(d no roan iaipartcth his 
 
 gJ^r's, but he giicvctU die lels. Bacon's Ej/ays. 
 
 Weil then, my foul, yov in the midlt ofp^in; 
 T.y Cliiil tb^t conquer'd hell, ftiall Trjin above 
 
 WfT:t grestcr :r!umpr> ycr return ag^in, 
 Ar.d concucr bi& own juiVicc U'ith bis lave. 
 
 f-Foffon. 
 *Tcv thou, 
 JFn wba: he gives to thee this paradifc, 
 Ant* thy fair Eve. Mi/to\-'s Pura^ffe Lofl. 
 
 Their chenrfut'Qge wish honouryouth attends, 
 J'-yd that from |;leafare's ilav'ry they are I'rec. 
 
 JOenkaml 
 
 To Jor. V. tf. 
 
 1. I'o congratulate ; to entertain kindly. 
 
 L-icc us They love or hiite, like us they know 
 To t':\ the r'ricrd. or gMpnIc wuli the foe. Prior. 
 
 2. To gladden ; to exiularate. 
 
 She went to Pamela, meaning to delight her 
 eyes, and joy her thoughts with the cunverfation 
 of her beloved lifter. Sidney, 
 
 My foul wasyeyV in vain; 
 For angry Neptune roui'd the raging main. Pope. 
 
 3. [JQuir de, French.] To enjoy; to 
 have happy poflcllion of. 
 
 Let us hence, 
 Arf! let her r^y hcrVavcn -ctjiour'd love. Shakfp. 
 
 1 loight have liv'd, andyoy'*/ im.niorta| blifs, 
 Yet wiiiingly chafe rather ciea;h wich thee. 
 
 Milton. 
 Th* ufurperyoy't/ not long 
 His ill-got crown. Drydgn*i ^fan:j% F'.'nr. 
 
 Jo'yance. n. /. [joyanff old French.] 
 Gayety ; fcrtivlty. Obfoltte. 
 
 Bring home with you the glorv of her gain ; 
 Withysytj/fff bring her, and with jollity. S^ofer. 
 
 There him rcfts in riotous fuftilance, 
 or all his gludfulnefs and )<.\r\^\y joyance. Sptrtjcr 
 Joyful, adj, [joy zx\6 full.] 
 i. FuU of joy ; glad; exulting. 
 
 They blclttd the king, and went unto their 
 
 teft"; yct/u/ and glad of iieart, i Kings. 
 
 My 1 oil I (h.TJI \}C }oyf.ji in my God. If-tiah. 
 
 2. Sometimes it has of before the caute of 
 joy. 
 
 Six brave companions from each (hip we loft : 
 With fails outfprcad we *ly th' unequal ftrlfe. 
 Sad for t^eir lofs, buty^v/Wof our life. Pope. 
 
 Jo'vFULLY. adv, [from joyful.'] With 
 joy ; gladly. 
 
 If wc no more meet till we mee? in heavV., 
 1 i.tn hyf.J/jft my noble lorxl of Bedford, 
 Anil n\j Kuid kinfmen, wsrriuurs all, adieu. 
 
 Sktikfpeitre . 
 
 Never did fr»en mo^t jfyfuffy obey, 
 Or fuoner uTidcrltuod the fign to flit : 
 
 Witli Cuch uUctity they bore aw.iy, 
 A"^ if to pratte t(icm all the Itatcs ftood by. Dryd. 
 
 The good chriftian confidcrs pains only as nc- 
 eeXtiy paffagcs to a glunous iinmort<iIity ; that, 
 t wough this Oark fccni of fancied (terror, fees 
 a crow.i and a liiroiic, ^nd everlaftuig DJ-trings 
 preputed ror him, hvfulh receives his fummf);i,s, 
 as he ha-i long impa(icnt(y e.xpeited it. tf ukt. 
 
 Jo'vFULNESs. n,f [from y'ojyi//.] Glad 
 ncfs ; joy. 
 
 Thou fc rv^dft not the Lord thy God with joyful- 
 r.ef^i and with gladnefs of heart, lor :iie abun- 
 dance of .t11 things. Deut, 
 Jo'vLESS. adj. [from joy.^ 
 1. Void of joy ; feeling no pleafure. 
 A liirlc joy enjoys the queen thereof ; 
 For ( am Ihe, and altogctlicryov/f/t. Skakfpeare 
 
 With dowiicalt eyes the />>'/y* viAor iat, 
 Ucvolving in his iilter'd foul 
 
 The various turns of chance below ; 
 Afid now and then a figh he Hole, 
 
 And tears begaa to flow. J^ryUsk'i Alex. Teaji. 
 
 I R E 
 
 2. It has ibmctiines of before tlie objecl. 
 
 With two f;iircyes liis miftrcfs bums Ills brcift ; 
 He loak^ and hnguiflies, and leaves his reft ; 
 Forf^kcs his food, and, piiiiiij for the iafs, 
 Is pyitfs of the grove, and fpuras the growing 
 grafs. Dnd.rr. 
 
 3. Giving no plcufiire. 
 
 A JmUJ:, difm;<l, bbck, and fotrowful iirue : 
 Here is a babe, as Ijathfome as a toad. Sfiaf/p 
 ' Here love his golden Ihafts employs; here 
 lights 
 His conftam lamp, and traves his purple wings ; 
 Reigns hciie, and revel.. : nut in the bought fniilcs 
 Of harlots, lovelofs, joylifi^ uneridcar'd, 
 Cafual fruition. MUmn's PataMfe L'Ji 
 
 T!ie pure in hcait (hall fee God ; and if anv 
 others could fo invade this their indofure, as to 
 take heaven by violence, it furely would be a 
 vef)' •i\lcj\ potieffion. Dtcay tf tUty. 
 
 He forgets his fl;?ep, ard loaths his food. 
 That youth, and health, and warareyof/iyi to him. 
 
 Jo'yous. adj. \ joyeii.s, French.] 
 
 1. Gl,>d ; ^ay ; merry. 
 
 M'jrt /svift! man, on whoni the (hining Ojn 
 Did iTiru- his face, myfcif I dirt eftecrii. 
 And tnat my falfcr friend did nu lefsyav^i/i deem. 
 
 Fiti'v Queen. 
 
 fiYO'i! the birds : fredi gales and gentle airs 
 \Vhifpcr"d it. Mi/ron. 
 
 Theny'/rw/i birds frequent the lonely grove, 
 And heafts, by nature (lung, renew Ihcir love. 
 
 Drydfl. 
 
 Fart by her flow'ry bank the fons of ArCTS, 
 Fav '1 ites df hcav'n, with happy care protc^ 
 Theii fleecy charge, and y^oui -drink her wave. 
 
 Fr-cr. 
 
 2. Giving joy. 
 
 They all as glad as birds of joyai/s prime. 
 Thence led het forth, about hci dancing round. 
 
 Fiii'v Qufsi. 
 
 3. It has 0/ fometimes before the caufe of 
 
 joy- 
 
 Round our death-bed cv'ry friend fhould run, 
 And Jcvouj of out conqueft cariy won ; 
 While tiie malicious world with envious tears 
 Should grudge out happy end, and wi(h it theirs. 
 
 X)r\Aefi. 
 
 Ipec.\ci'a'nh.4. n.f. An Intlian plant. 
 
 Ilicacuanha is a fmall irrfgularly contorted 
 root, rough, denfc, and firin. One fort is of a 
 dufky grcyifh colour on the furfacc, and of 3 
 paler grey when broken, brougl-.t from Peru : 
 tl-e othtr fort is a fmjlicr root, lefcmbling the 
 former ; but it is of a deep dufky brown on the 
 outlide, and white when broken, biouglit from 
 tie Brafils. The grey oughr to be prefiireri, bc- 
 caufe the brown is apt to operate more roughly. 
 Hi'r, y,M. Me J. 
 
 Ira'scible. aJj. {irpfcihilis, low Latin; 
 irnfcil/lf, Fr.j Pa.-tak.ing of the nature 
 of anger. 
 
 The nufcibit p:fiions fiiilow the temper of the 
 he.iit, and the concupifcible diftraiflions on the 
 crafts nf the liver. Mr»=ivn. 
 
 I know more than one inftance of imf.ii.'e 
 paflions fubdued by a vcget.ibic diet. Arit^/i&Kot. 
 
 Wc are here in the country fuirounded with 
 blc flings and pleafitres, without any occalion of 
 exerciting our itt!j..ihU faculties, l^ighy to PoDe. 
 
 IRE. n.f. [Ft. ira, Lat.] Anger; rage; 
 palHonate hatred. 
 
 She iik'd not his dcfire ; 
 Fain would be free, but dreaded parents in. 
 
 Sianey. 
 If I digg'd up thy forefathers graves, 
 And hung tlieir rotten coffios up in chains, 
 1 1 could not flake mine ht, uor eafe my heart. 
 
 Shakfpe^Te. 
 
 Ot Neptune's irt, or Juno's, that fo loiig 
 
 Pfrple»d the Greek and Cytherea's ton. Mi/101. 
 
 The Icntence, from thy he.^d remov'ri, may light 
 
 On me, lole cauie to thee of all this woe ; 
 
 Mc ! me ! only ^uft objeft of his m. Milan, 
 
 I R O 
 
 For this th' avenging pow'r employs liis darts, 
 And emp'ies all his quiver iii oui hearts; 
 Thus Will peifiA, relcntlcfs in his i'e, 
 Till the fail flave he renccid to his lire. DryJen. 
 
 1'reful. adj. lire and fvll.^ Angi7 ; 
 raging ; furious. 
 
 The i'ffuj baftard Orleans, that drew blood 
 From thee, my boy, I I'oon encountei'd. S'luiff. 
 
 By many hands your father was fubdu'd ; 
 But only fl.iughtcr'ti by the ireful aim 
 Of unrelenting Clifford. Si^ifp. Hen vi. 
 
 There learn'd this muidof arms rl.c'/Vy v.'gailc. 
 
 I ■• midfi of all the dome misfortune fat, 
 And gloomy difcontent, ard fell debate, 
 And madnefs laughing in his irefui m»od. Vry.t. 
 
 I'refvlly. adv. [from ;«.] V/ich iie ; 
 in an angr)- manner. 
 
 fR/S. n.f. [Latin.] 
 
 1. The rainbow. 
 
 Bcfidc the foiary irii, which God fliewcth unto 
 Noah, thcic is another luiiary, wl.ofe efficient is 
 Ihe moon. Brawn. 
 
 2. Any appearance of lig{it rcfc'mbling the 
 rainbow. 
 
 When both bows appeared more diftiiiA, I 
 mfaUired the breadth of the interior !':• z gr, 10' ; 
 and the breadth of the ted, yel.ow, and green, in 
 tlie exterior :<:s, was to the breadth of the fame 
 colours in tiie interior 3 to z. tfeziion'i 0^:. 
 
 3. The circle round the pupil of the eye. 
 
 4. The flower-de-luce. 
 
 I'ii all hues, rofes and jeffarair.ej Mihm. 
 
 To IRK. T. a. [yrk, iflandick.] This 
 word is ufed only imperfonally, it irks 
 vie ; mi'jt pan^ efl, it givts mc pain ; or, 
 I am weary of it. Thus the authors of 
 tlie accidence fay, tudet, it irketh. 
 
 Come, (ball we go and kill us venifon } 
 And yet it irki mc, tr.e-poor djppled fuuls 
 Should, in their own confines, witii forked heads, 
 Have their round haunches gor'd. Sk.jtfji. 
 
 It iriei his heart lie cannot be reveng'd. Shak. 
 Irksome, adj. [from iri.] Wearifome ; 
 tedious ; troublefome ; toilfome ; tire- 
 fome ; unpleafing. 
 I know Ihe is an irif'>me brawling fcold. 
 
 Shakjpettre. 
 Since that thou can'ft talk of love fo well, 
 Thy compniy, which erft was irkjcme ro me, 
 I will endure. SkAfptart, 
 
 Where he may likclieft find 
 Truce to his refilefs thoughts, and entertain 
 The irif:me hours till his great chief return. 
 
 Mi.'/(:n. 
 For n(^t to irkfome toil, Jiuf to delight 
 He made us, and delight to reafon join'd. 
 
 Mi.'ttn. 
 
 Ther6 is nothing fo irkfime as general dif- 
 
 couifes, efpeeially when they turn chiefly upon 
 
 words. AJeiifort'i ypetf.itor. 
 
 Frequent appeals from hence have teen verv 
 
 ifkf'.fti: to that illudrioiis body. S-uift. 
 
 I'RKSOMELY.WtJ. [from irifome.^ Wcari- 
 
 fomely ; tedioutly. 
 I'rksomen'ess. n.f. [horn Irifeme.] Te- 
 
 dioiifnels ; wearifoir.enefs. 
 I RON. n.f [haiarn, WtKh ; ife^n, ipt n, 
 
 Saxon; torn, Erfe.] 
 I. A metal common to all parts of the 
 world. Though thelight<.il of all me- 
 tals, except tin, it is conlidcrably the 
 liardeft ; and, when pure, naturally 
 malleable : when wrought into fteel, or 
 when in the impure ftate from its fitil 
 fufion, it is fcarce malleable. Moft of 
 the other metals are brittle while they 
 are hot ; but this is moft malleable as 
 it approaches nearell to fufion. Tlie 
 Xpcci&ck giavity of iroa is to water a>
 
 I R O 
 
 76321310 1000. It is the only known 
 lubitance that is attradled by the loaJ- 
 ilone. Iron has greater medicinal vir- 
 tues than any of the othtr nietals. Uill. 
 
 Nuraiiiels duiij^cop, nor ilroiig liiik^ of ita/iy 
 Can be retentive to the fti^iigth ol fpiiit. S/inij. 
 
 If he fmitc him with an iiinrumcnt of ;i'^i, 
 fo that he die, lie is a mindcrcr. Ntimbcn. 
 
 The power of drawing hon is one of the ideas 
 of a losdftone, and to be fo drawn is a part ui 
 "that of iron. h'nlc. 
 
 In a piece of htm ore, of a ferruginous coli>iir, 
 arc fcvcral thin plates placed parallel tu each 
 other. H^K-huiii J. 
 
 There arc incredible quantities of iicn flag in 
 various parts of the foreli of Dean. tFhmlw.trJ. 
 
 Iron ftone lies in ftrata. tVof>dtvtiril. 
 
 I treated of making iron work, and llet-l 
 work. Moxoi. 
 
 2. Any Inftrument or utenfil niadeof iron : 
 as, a flat iron, box iron, or fmoothing 
 iron. In this fenfe it has a plural. 
 
 Ir'^ns of a doit, doublets that hangmen would 
 Bury witli thufc that wore ihcni, thcl'c bale 
 
 Haves, 
 Ere yet rhc fight be done, pack up. Si.if./p. 
 
 O Thou I whofe capr:iin I account myfclf, 
 1,00k on my forces with a gracious rye ; 
 Put in their hands tiiy bruiling irorn of wrath. 
 That they inaycrulli down with a heavy fall 
 Th' ufurping helmets of our advcifaries. A'^tijt. 
 
 Can'll thou fill his ikin with baibed i'/ck, or 
 his head with filhfpcars? yr,.'.. 
 
 Foi- this your locks in paper-durance boinul r 
 For this with tort'ring irom wicalli'd aiouiiil ? 
 
 3. Chain; fliackle ; manacle: as, he was 
 put in irons. 
 
 The iron entered into his foul. Pfihm. 
 
 His feet they hurl with fetters : lie was laid 
 in irons, Tjalmi. 
 
 I'roN. adj. 
 
 1. Made of iron. 
 
 In iron walls they dccni'd mc not fcrure.5//>i^. 
 
 Get me an /row crow, and bring it ftraight 
 Unto my cell. Shakf^'fiire. 
 
 Some are of an iron red, Ihining and polite ; 
 others not polite, but as if powdered with iron 
 duft. /■yoodicirj. 
 
 Poll-cats and wcefelsdo a great deal of injury 
 to warrens ; the way of taking them is in hut- 
 ches, and iron traps. Mtrtinier^ 
 
 2. Refembling iron In colour. 
 
 A piece of fionc of a dai k ;') on grey colour, but 
 in fume parts of a fcriuginous colour. IVo'^Jiu. 
 
 Some of them are of an iron red, and very 
 bright, IVoodu-nrd. 
 
 3. Harfh ; fevcre ; rigid ; miferable ; ca- 
 lamitous : as, the iron age for an age of 
 hardlhip and wickednefs. Thefe ideas 
 may be found more or kTs in all the fol- 
 lowing examples. 
 
 Three vigorous virgins, waiting dill behind 
 Afuft the throne of th' iron fccpter'd king. 
 
 Crtijh^iu. 
 
 O fad virgin, that thy power 
 ,Migbt bid the foul of Orpheus ling 
 Such notes as warbled to the Ibiiig, 
 Drew iron tears from PI utoVs cheek. 
 And made hell giant what hive did feck. Milt. 
 
 In all my iron years of wars and dangcis, 
 From blooming youth down to decaying ai;c, 
 My fame ne'er knew a Itain of difhonour. Roivc. 
 
 J'jve crulh the nations with an iron rod. 
 And ev'ry monarch be the fcourge of God. 
 
 Pofe. 
 
 4. IndifTolublc ; unbroken. 
 
 Ra(h Elpcnor, in an evil hour, 
 Dry'd an immeafurable bowl, and thought 
 T' exhale his furfeit by irriguous llecp ; 
 Impiudenl ! him death's iron deep opptcft. 
 
 Philip!. 
 V0I-. I. 
 
 I R R 
 
 5. Hard ; impenetrable. 
 
 1 will convcrfe with /rc«-wlttcd fouls, 
 And uiircfiiciftivc boys : none arc for me, 
 'i'hal look mlo me with cunfidcrate eyes, 
 
 Sllakjfciire. 
 
 To I'ron. 1). a. [fiom the noun.] 
 
 1. Tti fmootli with an iron. 
 
 2. To fliacklc with irons. 
 Iko'nical. aJj. [ironique, Fiench ; from 
 
 irony.^ Expicdiiig one thing and mean- 
 ing another ; fpeaking by contraries. 
 
 in this f.illacy may be compril'cd alt iromatl 
 iiiiilakes, or exprcfiiuns receiving inverted fiy- 
 niHcations. Brtnun 
 
 I take all your ironical civilities in a literal 
 fenfc, and (hall expciil them to be literally per- 
 formed. SiL'ifi. 
 
 Iro'nicallv. aJiK [from Unii':c!il.'\ By 
 the ufe'of irony. 
 
 Siieratcs was pronounced by the oracle of 
 Dclphos lo be- the wilcft man of Greece, wliich 
 he' would turn from himfelf iionic.t'/y,' fayiiig. 
 There coulil be nothing in him to verify the 
 oracle, excopt this, that he was not wife, anrl 
 knew it J and others were not wife, and knew 
 it not. B.ico';. 
 
 The dean, iio'iically grave, 
 Silll lluinnM the fool, and lafii'd the knave. 
 
 S-wifi. 
 
 iRONMo'Nr.FR. n. f, [iron and monger.] 
 A dealer in Iron. 
 
 I'ronwood. n. J. A kind of wood ex- 
 tremely hard, and fo ponderous as to 
 fink in water. It grows in America. 
 
 Robhifon Crufoe, 
 
 I'ronwort. n. /. [JiJcrilis, Lat.] A 
 plant. Miller. 
 
 I'r o n y . aJj. [ fi om iroii.l Made of Iron ; 
 partaking of iron. 
 
 Tlic force they are under is real, and that nf 
 their fate but imaginary : it is not rtrange if the 
 irony chains have more lolidity than the con- 
 templative. B'lrnmonJ. 
 
 Some fprings of Hungary, highly i-mpreg- 
 nated witli virriolick faits, dilTolvc the body of 
 one metal, fuppofe iron, put into the fpring ; 
 and depofit, in lieu of the nony panicles carried 
 ot?", cnppery particles. iVoQ.itu.ird. 
 
 TRONY. ;/./. [ironie, Fr. U^c^y.^a.} A 
 mode of fpeech in which the nicariin<^ is 
 contrary to the words : as, Bohnghroke 
 
 <wns a boly man. 
 
 So grave a hotly, upon fo lolcmn an occjfion, 
 Ihould nui deal in irony, or explain ihtii" mean- 
 ing by contraries. Swift. 
 
 Ir R a'd I A N c E. 7 a. y. [irraJiancCf Fr. 
 
 I R R a'd I A N CY. 5 ^rrat/wy Latin. ] 
 
 t. Fminion of rays or beams of light upon 
 any objcd. 
 
 The principal aiI"c<^ion Is its tranfluccncy : the 
 iiradi.uu-^ and fpaikling, found in many gems, 
 ib not djlcovcrral'lc in tbii-. 2>icwn. 
 
 2. Beams of liglit emitted. 
 
 Love not the heav'nly fpiiits } Or do they mix 
 Lnuiiatuc virtual, 01 iaimcdiate touch ? Mi. ton. 
 
 To Irra'diate. 'V. a. \trradio, Latin,] 
 
 1. To adorn with liglit emitted upon it; 
 to brighten. 
 
 Wiicn he thus perceives that thefe opacoiis 
 bodies do not hinder the eye fiom jud-ring light 
 to h;ivc an equal plenary difFulion tl.ioii^^h ihe 
 whole place it irradititexy he tan have no dif- 
 ficulty to allow nir, that is diaphanous, to be 
 every where mingled with light, ^'g,h'- 
 
 It is not a converting but a crowning grace ; 
 fuch an one as irrndinta and puts a circle of 
 gloty aboQcthe head of him upon whom it dc- 
 I'ccnds. Srut/t. 
 
 2, To enlighten intcUci^lually ; to illumine; 
 tu illuminate. 
 
 I R R 
 
 Celtflial light i 
 
 Shine inward, and the mind through all \:t< 
 
 P'jw'rs 
 Irradiate; there plant eyes; all milt from thence 
 I'urgc and diiperle. Mi/ron. 
 
 3. To animate- by heot or light. 
 
 Ethereal or folar heat muft digelt, influence, 
 irradi.itc, and put tliofe meire fimple pans of 
 matter into motion. Halt. 
 
 4. To decorate with (hining ornaments. 
 
 No weeping orphan faw l.is fatl.er's ft.,ic. 
 Our (hiincs irr.ijiatt, or imbla7.e the floor. Vojre. 
 
 IiiRAniA'TioN. n.f. [irradiation, Tr. from 
 irnit/iale.'] 
 
 1. Tiic aft of emitting beam.? of light. 
 
 If light were a body, it (liould drive away the 
 air, which is likewilc a body wherever it is ad- 
 mitted ; for within the iviiole fpherc of the /'r«- 
 diuiion of It, there is no point but light is found. 
 '■■'■*' ... X)/gl>y on Bo.iin, 
 
 -The generation of bndies Is rot efftflcd by 
 trrai/i/itKi, or aiifucrubly ui to the prop.ig;ftion 
 of light ; but he'eiii a '.r.infmiliir)ii is made ma- 
 terially from fonie parts, and ioially from every 
 one. /!ro!tm'i fu/^n' Jirrours, 
 
 2. lihiminatioii ; intellcftua! light:. '■' 
 
 The me.ir.s of iqimediare union cf thefe in- 
 telligible (il.jefts to the underflanding, are fomc- 
 timss divine and lupernatutaj, as by iminediate 
 iiradi.itio'i or revelation. Hal'. 
 
 IRRATrON.M.. a^'j. [irr^tionalij.Lit.] 
 
 1. Void of rcafon ; voiJ of underftand- 
 iiig ; wanting the difcourlivc faculty, ' 
 
 Tlni=; hcg.m 
 Oiitiag'- from liiciefs ihingsj but difcord firft 
 Daughter of fin, amtiiig th" irrational 
 Death introduc'd. Milton. 
 
 He ha:h eat'n and lives, 
 And knows, and fpeaks, and reafuns and difv 
 
 cerns ; 
 Irrational till then. Milton. 
 
 2, Abfiird; contrai^ to reafon. 
 
 Since the brain is only a part tianfmittent, 
 and that humours oft arc precipitated lo tic 
 lungs before they arrive to the brain, no kind 
 of benefit can be cffciJled from fo irrational an 
 application. Harvryji Confumpti.-.,!!. 
 
 I (hall quietly fubmit, not wifliing fo irra- 
 tional a thin; as that every Lcdy fliould be dc- 
 ceiired. j.,^,_ 
 
 iRRATiONA'LiTv.n./ [from irratiottitl.] 
 
 Want of reafon. 
 Irr ACTION ALLY. aJv. [trom irrational .^ 
 
 Without reafon ; ahfin-tilv. 
 Irrecla'imaele. atlj. [in znd reclaim- 
 abk.'] Not to be reclaancd; not to be 
 changed to the better. 
 
 As for obllin.ue, ir<nlaimahU, profeffcd ene- 
 mies, we muft cxpca tiicit calumnies will con- 
 tinue- Mdihn. 
 Irreconci'lable. a,ii. [irrtcontnliabk, 
 Fr. in and reconcilable .'\ 
 
 1. Not to be recalled to kinJncfs ; not to 
 be appeafed. 
 
 Wage eternal war, 
 Jriiconcihhle to our grand foe. MiUttn. 
 
 A weak unequal fadiuii may animate a go- 
 venwi.cnl J but when it grows equal in ftrength, 
 and irrrronciLhlc by animofiiy, it cannot end 
 without fome crifis. Tcinplt. 
 
 2, Not to be made confiftcnt : it has 
 'uiith or to. 
 
 There are no fiiflions, though irrtconcilahU 
 :o one ariothcr, that arc not united in their af- 
 fcflion to you. Dryctcn. 
 
 \-i (he was ftriftly \Tiruous herfcif, fo flic 
 alw.iys put the beft conrtruttion upon the wordt 
 and aiSions of her neighbours, except where tl cy 
 were iirtnnciiable to the rules of honeHy anj 
 decency. Arl,utkr.,t. 
 
 Since the frnfc I oppofe is attended leitk fuch 
 gre-ifs /VrrcT.'r.'^i/f abfurditics, I prefumc 1 need 
 
 6Q.
 
 I R. R 
 
 not offer any tt.ing farthet ia fupport of the one, 
 or in Giiproof oV the other. R'ygcn. 
 
 This cifenti..! power of grsvitation or attrac- 
 tion is irrc.-om-iiMe tvith itie atheifts own doc- 
 trine of a cl-.aos. Bcml^y. 
 All thot can be trDnfmitted from the ftars !S 
 ■whohv unaccountable, and hrccorciUUlo any 
 lyftem bl fciencfi. iixi.y. 
 Irreconci'labi-evess. r. f. [from ir- 
 recor.aJaik.] ImpoffibiUty to be re- 
 concilcJ. 
 I&BEcoNcrLABLY. ad-0. [irom trrecoiici- 
 lalk. ] In a manner not admitting re- 
 conciiiation. -j j ^ 
 Irrecokci'led. ailj. [in 3iad reconciled.] 
 
 Not atoned. 
 A lerva.'.t dies in many irrcanciUd iniquitie?. 
 
 Trreco've;rable. adj. [:« and recover- 
 
 1. Not to be regained ; not to be re- 
 llored or repaired. 
 
 Time', in a natural fcnfe, is hrecm-iraiU : the 
 moment jult fled by us, it is impoSble torecal. 
 
 Rigcrs. 
 
 2. Not to be remedied. 
 
 The. irrccc-.;cr<i!,U lols of fo many livings of 
 principal valile. ' li',ikc.-. 
 
 It concerns every man, tbafwould not trine 
 away his fuui, and f(X.l liimfelf into hrcnvcr.ibl: 
 mile'iy, with thegrcatell ferioufnefs to enquiie. 
 
 I R R 
 
 The numbers of pind.iri,iues are wild and iV- 
 rtgular, and fometinies lecm h-tCi-and uncouth. 
 
 I R R 
 
 Irre me'diable. adj. [irremediuik, Ti; 
 in and remediable.] Admitting no cure ; 
 
 Ikreco'verably. adv. 
 
 [from irreccver 
 
 ihlr 
 
 .] Beyond recovery ; pad repair 
 
 O dark, dark, d.uk amid' the blaze of noun ; 
 Jrrm-y r^biy dark, total eclipfe. 
 Without :ill hope of day. t/uli'.iz. 
 
 T.ie credit of the exchequer is irricrnier.ib'y 
 loft by thelaft breach wi:h the bankers. Tempi:. 
 
 Irredu'cible. adj. [m and reducible.'} 
 Not to be brought or reduced. 
 
 Thcfe obfervationsfecm to argue the corpuf- 
 
 cles of air to be imducihic into water. iJy'f. 
 
 Jrrefragabi'hty. n.f. [from f>r</>-^- 
 
 Tfl^.'f] Strength of argument not to 
 
 be refuted. 
 
 JRREFRAG'ABLE. adj. [irre/raja- 
 
 hiUs, fcliool Latin ; irrefragable, Fr.] 
 
 Not to be confuted ; fuperitDur ,to argu- 
 
 mental oppofition. 
 
 «:roig and iirijr.^gahlc the evidences of 
 
 -ehri'lanity mull be ; they who lefifted llicm 
 
 would refift every thing. . '^'labury. 
 
 The danger of introducing uncicpcnenced men 
 
 ■was u-^ed as ail irrefragable tt^Koti for working 
 
 by flow degrees. - •^«"/'- 
 
 Ibrefra'gabi:Y. ad-v. [from »V,v/,-a 
 
 vahle.'X Vv'^ith force above confutation. 
 That they denied a future ftate is evident fr'im 
 St Pajl's reafoniiigs which arc of no force but 
 onivoti that fuppofition, as Origen largely and 
 ,V„/,„^f.'y proves. Attabwy 
 
 Irbefi-'table. adj. [irrefulahilis, L:it.] 
 
 .Not to be overthrown by argument. 
 IRRE'GULAR. adj. [irk'sulier, Fr. ir- 
 
 re7ularis, Latin] * 
 I. Deviat'o.? from rule.cuftom, or nature. 
 ■ The am'ro'js yoiith 
 Obuin-d of Venus nii dcfire, 
 H^-sre'cr irrrg:.Ur his fire. i ^.cr. 
 
 i. Immtthodical ; not conGned to any 
 ' ccr'ain rule or order. 
 
 T'-it motion ftems cxcentrique »nd irregulcr, 
 y«„otw.Utob.refiftcdorqui^d^^^_^^^ 
 
 Regular 
 Ticiimoft, wucn moft /'"g^/ar they fecm. 
 
 3. Not being according to the laws of vir- 
 tue. A foft word for villous. 
 
 Irregula'rity. n.f. [irregularite, Fr. 
 from irregular. ] 
 
 r. Deviation from rule. 
 
 z . N egletl of method and order. 
 
 This irr.'gularliy of its ur.iuly and lumiiltucus 
 motion might afford a beginning unto the com- 
 mon opinion. Broivn. 
 As thefe vaft heaps of moontains are thrown 
 together with fo raucii irregularity and confu- 
 fion, they form a great variety of hollow bot- 
 toms. Atulijon on llJ.y. 
 
 3. Inordinate praftice ; vice. 
 
 Religion is fomewhat lefs in danger of cor- 
 ruption, whiie the fmncr acknowledges the ob- 
 ligations of his duty, and is alharaed of his 
 
 irr.gularirUs. R^girs 
 
 Iure'gui-arly. adv. [from irregular.] 
 Without obfervation of rule or method. 
 
 Phaeton, 
 By the wild courfcs of his fancy drawn. 
 From eafl to weft irr'pi'arly hurl'd, 
 Firft fet on f.re himrcll", and then the world. 
 
 ]}ryden. 
 
 Your's is a foul irrcguhrly great, 
 Which wanting temper, yet abounds with heat. 
 
 Vryden. 
 It may give fome light to thofe whofe con- 
 cern for their little ones m.-,kes them fo irre- 
 gularly bold as to confult their own icafon, in 
 the education of their children, rather than to 
 rely upon o:d cuftom. L/^Kt. 
 
 To Irre'gulate. «. a. [from in and 
 rcgula, Lat.] To make irregular ; to 
 diforder. 
 
 Its fluftuations are but motions fubfcrvient, 
 which winds, fhelvcs, and every ir.tei^acency 
 irrcgulaUi. _ Br'i-vn. 
 
 Irre'lative. adj. \in-3\\\rehiivus, Lat.l 
 Having no reference to any thing ; 
 fingle ; unconnefted. 
 
 Separated by the voice of God, things in their 
 fpecies came out in uncommunicatcd varieties, 
 and /rrff/a/roirfeminalitics. Bro-.un. 
 
 Irreli'gioN. n. / lirretigion,Yr. in and 
 religion.] Contempt of religion; im- 
 piety. 
 
 The wcspons with which I combat irreJigioa 
 
 are already confecratcd. . Dryden. 
 
 We behold every inftance of prophanencfs 
 
 and irrdigh':, not only committed, but dirfended 
 
 and gloried i:). _ Rager:^ 
 
 Irrili'gious. adj. [irrelsgieux, Fr. in and 
 
 religious.] 
 I. Contemning rch'gion ; impious. 
 
 The iffuc of an irreligiui! Moor. Skatfp. 
 
 Whoever fees thefe irrcligieUfmtn, 
 With burthen of a ficknefs weak and faint. 
 
 But hears them talking of religion then. 
 And vowing of their fouls to ev'ry faint. 
 
 DiTvie^. 
 
 Shame and reproach is generally the portion 
 of tr.e impious and i'rtliginui. Sc^^iA. 
 
 2. Contrary to rehgii 
 
 Whcrehl that fcriptutt flandeth not the church 
 of God in any ftead, cr fcrvetli nothing at ai; to 
 direct, but may be let pafs asneedltfs to bccon- 
 fultird with, we judge it profane, impious, and 
 /•|rf'/i;.i;rs to think. Bocier. 
 
 Mlgi.t not the queen's domcfticks bo obliged 
 to avoid Cweaiing, and irreli^ioui profane oif- 
 courie ? . ■^■^"/'• 
 
 Irreli'g.iously. adv. [horn irreligious.] 
 
 With impiety; with in-cligion. 
 Irre'mf.asle. adj. [irremeucihs, Lat.] 
 Admitting no return. 
 
 The keeper chaim'd, the chitf without dt',iy 
 Pafs'd on, and took th' inemiabieiiay. B'y.i^i:. 
 
 not to be remedied. 
 
 They content ;hcmich-cs with that which was 
 \ks imneeUnhli error of former times, or the 
 ncccttty of the prcfent hath calt upoji them. 
 
 llaher. 
 A fieady hand, in military affairs, is more 
 rcquifire than in peace, becaufe an error com- 
 ■ mittcd in war may piovc irremeciinbie. Bac^r. 
 \\"halever he coufults you about, unlefs it 
 Jcad to fome fatal and />rfw.'i/ai7cmilcbicf, be 
 futc you advilc only as a tiiend. Lfieke. 
 
 Irrep^e'diab LY. ad'o. [from irremedi- 
 able.]. Without cure. 
 
 It happens to us irrtmediably and inevitably, 
 that we may perceive thcfe accidents arc not the 
 fruits cf our labour, but giiis of God. Tayhr^ 
 Ir REMISSIBLE, udj. \jn and reinilto, 
 Latin ; irremijfthle, French.] Not to 
 be pardoned. 
 Irremi'ssibleness. n. f. [from irre- 
 miffible, ] The quality of being not to 
 be pardoned. 
 
 Thence arifes the aggravation and irrcmiJ/ibU- 
 nefs of the Gn. MamimtiJ. 
 
 Irreko'vable. adj. [in and remove.] 
 Not to be moved ; not to be changed. 
 
 He is irranwahley 
 Refolv'd for Hight. Shciffean. 
 
 Irreno'wned. adj. [in and renoivn.] 
 - Void of honour. W^e now fay, unre- 
 nowned. 
 
 For all he did was to deceive good knights. 
 And draw them from purluit of praife and fame 
 
 To fluggiJh floih andlcni'ual de^lJs, 
 Aiid end their days with xV/caoiu/jfri'lhame. 
 
 Fairy Queen. 
 
 Irre'paRABLE. adj. [irreparalilis, Lat. 
 irreparable, French.] Not to be re- 
 covered ; not to be repaired. 
 
 Irrfp.irabU is the bfs, and patience fays it is 
 ni,t pa'.i her cnrc. Shaifpeare. 
 
 Toi.'d « ith lofs irref.iralle. l\ulun. 
 
 It is an irrefarable injuftice we are ^ilty of, 
 when v/c are prejudiced by the louks uf thoie 
 whon, we do not know. .^ddijcn. 
 
 The ftory of Dcucaiion a.id Pyrrha teaches, 
 that piety and innoceiice cannot mifs of the 
 dWinc ptotc^ion, and that tr.e only lots /Vr^jSo- 
 rai/c is thatof our probity. Cjrii. 
 
 Irre'par ABLY. adv. [from irrefiarabl.'.'} 
 Without recovery ; without amends. 
 Such adventures befall artifts irrepa/ub.y. 
 
 Boyle. 
 
 The cutting oft that lime, indullry.and gilts, 
 
 whcieby Ihc would be nouiilhed, wevc irtepa- 
 
 r.-.hly injurious t<j lur. Deejy of t'ietv. 
 
 Irrepleviable, adj. [in i:\di teflevy.'] 
 Not to. be redeemed. A law term. 
 
 Irreprehe'nsikle. adj. [irreprehenfible, 
 Fr. irreprehenfibijs, Latin.] Exempt 
 from blame. 
 
 Irreprehensibly. adv. [irom irrefre- 
 henjille.] Without blame. 
 
 Irreprese'ntable'. adj. [in and repre- 
 sent.] Not to be figured by any repre- 
 fentrttion. 
 
 God's irreprejentt^U nature doth hold .igainft 
 makmg imsgts o('G.>d. Sii'lrngfeet. 
 
 Irrepro'ach ABLE. adj. [in and reproach- 
 able.] Free from blame ; free from re- 
 proach. 
 
 He was a fcrions fincere chriftian, of an fn- 
 noccnt, irrefrcacbib.'e, nay, exemplary lite. 
 
 ^■iltirbury. 
 
 Their prayer may be, that they may i.ife up 
 
 and bieed 31 i'ltprctehnble a young family as 
 
 their p.ircntsiia»e done. I'l^t.
 
 I R R 
 
 Irrepro'achadi.y. adi>, [from irre- 
 froachubU.'\ Without {)lamc ; wilhoul 
 reproach. 
 
 iRREi'Ro'vrAHi.E. afj. [n; and rcprove- 
 ai/i,] Not to be blamed ; irreproach- 
 able. 
 
 Irresistibi'mty. ri.f. [from inpfjl'i- 
 
 l-kJ\ Power or force above oppolition. 
 
 Tlic (lofti itic of IrrffijuhiUty of griicc, if it t)c 
 
 ackiiowlcdi^cd) [here is nothing to be aflixt U' 
 
 gratiludc. Uammond. 
 
 Irresi'stihle. ailj. [irrrfJlUiIe, Fr. /;; 
 and refijUhlc. ] btiperiour to oppcfition. 
 
 l"c;ir (loth glow f om an apprfhcnlioii of tli: 
 Dciiy, inclititt wi'.h iritftjliblz |:o',vcr to liuit: 
 and is of ail nfl'i-ilions, aiigtr cM-'viitcil, the. 
 un^iplcll to admit confcicnc-c wit'i rctloti. \lwker. 
 
 In migUty quudiatt: join'd 
 Of union hrcf'Jiible. A/.'V/aw. 
 
 Fc.ir of God is inw.ird ftclcnowlcdgmcnt of 
 an Violy jull Being, aimed- witU almighty and 
 itriftjj-bl,' power. 'VHhtf'jn. 
 
 'I here can be no difference in the fubjctils, 
 m-lierc tlic application i^ almighty and irrt/ifiibl^y 
 as in creation. Rcgcn. 
 
 Irresi'stibly. aJv. [from irrefjliile.] 
 In a manner not to be oppofed. 
 
 God irrcfifiibly fways all manner of events on 
 earth. DryJin 
 
 Fond of pl^afing and cndfearing oiufctves to 
 tliofe ux eltecin, we are irrcftfiibly led into tlit 
 fame inclinations and avcrfions with them. 
 
 Irresi'stless. adj. [A barbarous un- 
 grammatical conjuntlion of two nega- 
 tives.] Irrefillible ; refiRlefs. 
 
 Thofc radiant eyes, wliofe irrtjijilcfi flame 
 Stril^cs envy duinl), and Ivceps fedition tame, 
 They can lo gazing mullicudes give law, 
 Conveic tiie fadtiuu", and tlic icbcl awe. 
 
 GlnttTiUf, 
 Irr e'soli'ble. adj. [in and refoluLUis, 
 Lat.] Not to be broken ; not to be 
 diflolvcd. 
 
 In factitious fal ammoniac the common and 
 lU'inous ia^ts are fo well mingled, that botii in 
 the open fire and in fubliming velTcls they rife to- 
 gether as one fair, which feeras in futh velTels 
 iriejdubUby fire alone. Boyl:. 
 
 Irre'solubleness. tt. f. [from irrefo- 
 lultc.'\ llefillance to feparation of the 
 parts. 
 
 Qncrcctanus has this confelTion of the irrrfo- 
 /aA/t;;f/l of diamonds. Uo^U. 
 
 Irreso'i-vedly. adv. [in znil refolved.^ 
 Without fettled determination. 
 
 Divers of my friends have thougiit it ftv:ini',e 
 to hear nie fpeaK fo //^c/(./^'Cf//y concerning thofc 
 things, which fome take to be tlie elements, 
 and others the principles of all mixed bodies. 
 
 Jioyii. 
 
 Irre'solute. adj. [irrefolu, Fr. in and 
 refolute.\ Notcoiillant in purpofe j not 
 determined. 
 
 Were he evil us'tl, he would outgo 
 His father, by as mucir as a performance 
 Djcs an irre[rjuu- purpofe. Shiikf^caie. 
 
 Him, after long dthaie, iirepluu 
 Of thoaghts rcvolv'd his final fentence chofc 
 Fit vcflel, fittcft imp of fraud, ia whom 
 To enter. ' Milton. 
 
 To nialce rcfief^'ons upon what i^pal^, is tl-.c 
 part of ingenuous but irnfdute men. Ttmjilc. 
 
 So Myrrha's mind, imjiell'd on cither fide, 
 Takes ev'ry bent, but cannot long abide ; 
 Jiufiluie on which (he fhonid rely, 
 At laft unfix'd in all, is only fix'd to die. Diy.i. 
 iKRE'soLUTELy. adv. [from irreJolats.'\ 
 Withotit firmnefs of mind j without 
 determined purpofe. 
 
 I R R 
 
 TrresoEv'tioV. n.f. [irrtfoliition, Fr. in 
 and rejo/iilion.} Want of firmnefs ol 
 mind. 
 
 It bath nioft force upon tilings that have tlic 
 llghtcl! moiion, and thetc'foic upon the fplrit.v 
 of incn, and in lliem upon fucli aSc^llions as 
 move liglitcft ; .is upon men ir\ Tear, or men in 
 irrffoliitiott. B<icin*i N-.itura! llij}^ry, 
 
 trrejohilion on the fchcnies of life, wliich offer 
 themfclvcs to our choice, and inconftancy in 
 purfuing them, arc the'greatctt caufes of .ill our 
 u'lhappincl's. AddljM. 
 
 Trrespe'ctive. (7(/t. [m zn^ refpe3ive.'\ 
 ITavIng no regard to an.y circumllances. 
 
 Thus .did the Jew, by perfuading himfclf of 
 his particular of/^fl/t/o clcCtiun, think it fafe 
 to run into all fins ! lianmifind. 
 
 According lo this doilinc, it mult be rcfolvcfl 
 wliolly in'o the abi'olu'.c imjpccJive will of 
 God. Rog^n. 
 
 Irrespe'ctively. adv. '[from Irrefpec- 
 tive.^ Without regard to circum- 
 ftanees. 
 
 He is convinced, that all the promifes'bclong 
 to iiim abfolutely and i^refprclivciy. IJaty.moi^i. 
 Irretrie'v^able. adj. [/n and retrieve.'] 
 Not to be repaired ; irrecoverable ; ir- 
 reparable. 
 Irretrie'v.ibly. adv. [from irrelrico- 
 a!)/e.] Irreparably; irrecoverably. 
 
 It woild not defray the charge of the extrac- 
 tion, and therefore muft have been all imltscv- 
 tib/y loft, and ufelcfs to mankind, wasjt not by 
 this means collected. IJ^oakvanl. 
 
 Ikre'Verence. n. f. [irreverentia, Lat. 
 irreverence, Fr. in and reverence.] 
 
 1. Want of reverence; want of venera- 
 tion ; want of refpeft. 
 
 Having I'een our fcaiid.Tlous in-n.>ere:tcf towards 
 God's wurfljip in general, 'tis eafy tom.nke ap- 
 plication to the fevcral parts of it. Decay of Piety. 
 
 They were a fort of attributes, with wliich it 
 was a matter of religion to falute them on all 
 occafions, and .which it was an incTcrcnee to 
 omit. Tope. 
 
 2. State of being difregarded. 
 
 The concurrence of the houfe of peers in that 
 fury can be imputetl to no one thing»mure than 
 to the irreverer.ee and fcorn the jurlges were 
 juftly in, who had been always looked upon 
 there as'thc oracles of the law. Oariridon. 
 
 Irre'verekt. adj. [irreverent, Fr. in 
 and reverent.] Not payhig due homage 
 or reverence ; not expreiling or con- 
 ceiving due veneration or refpeCl. 
 
 As oui fear cxcliidcrh not tliat boldncfs which 
 
 , becomcih f.iints, fo, if our familiarity with God 
 
 do not favonr of fear, it diaweth too near thitt 
 
 irrcnicreni confidence wherewith true humility 
 
 can never Hand. Ihoicr. 
 
 Knowledge men fought for, and coveted it 
 inim the vulgar fort as Jewels 'of incllimal.k 
 price, fearing.thc irreverent conftrudtion of the 
 ignorant and irreligii^us. R,i!eigls. 
 
 Witnefs the irreverent fnn 
 Of liim who built tiic aik; who, for the (hame 
 Done to his fatiier, heard i.is heavy curfe, 
 Servant of fervants, on his vicious race. ^Ji/toi. 
 
 Swearing, and the irre-jerent ufing the name 
 of God in common difcourfc, is another abufe 
 of tiic tongue. R.iy. 
 
 If an iirci;ereni cxprefiion diVthonght too wan- 
 tor, are crept into my veifes, tiirough my inad- 
 vertency, let their authors be anfweiablc for 
 them. DryJcn 
 
 iRREVEKENTtv. adv. [from irreverci.t.] 
 Without due refpecl or veneration. 
 
 'Tis but an ill cfliiy of reverence and godly 
 fear tj ufe the gofpcl irrexiirent.'y. G. ofTongue. 
 
 Irreve'rsiblp. adj. [in and revcrfc] 
 Not to be recalled ; not to be changed. 
 
 The fins of his chamber andhijclofet fliallbe 
 produced before men and angcb, and an eternal 
 irriveijibte fentence be pronounced. Rttirt. 
 
 Irreve'rsidly, ailv, [fmm irrever/ii/e.] 
 Without change. 
 
 Tl c title of fundamentals, being ordinarily 
 confined to the dodrines of fairt:, halli occ.ifior.ed 
 that great fcandnl in the church, at which fo. 
 many myriads of folifidians have ftumblod, and 
 fallen irtcverfibty, by conceiving heaven a re- 
 ward of true op;niou>. Hiirr.mtnJ, 
 
 Irre'vocadle. adj. [irrevocabiUs, Lat. 
 irrevocable, French.] N*ot to be re- 
 called ; not to be brought back ; not 
 to be rcvcrfeil. 
 
 Give thy hand to Warwick, 
 And, with ihy hand, thy faith /•ffro'ii/^, 
 That only Warwick's daughtec fhall I e thine. 
 
 Shitlcfpeare^ 
 
 Firm and irrevxable !s my doom, 
 
 Which I have pj ft upon her. i,l}alffer.ri, 
 
 Tliat which is paft is gone and irrcvi.cahle, 
 
 therefore tliey do but trifle, that lab'jur in paft 
 
 matters. Bacon. 
 
 The fccond, both for piety rcnown'i!. 
 And puiffant deeds, a piomife Ihall receive 
 Itrei'ociible, that his regal throne 
 For ever (hall endure. Millea, 
 
 Hy her irrevocable fate. 
 War iliall the country wafte, and change the 
 '^■l'<^- . • Dryden. 
 
 The other vl(?tor flame a moment flood. 
 Then fell, and lifclcfs left rh' cxtinguilh'd 
 
 wood J 
 For ever loft, th' irrevocable light 
 Forfook the black'ning coals, and funk to night. 
 
 Dryden. 
 Each facred accent bears eternal weight. 
 And each irre-ocabtc word is fate. ^'l.'. 
 
 Irre'voc.vbly. adv. [from irrcvocalk.'X 
 Without recall. 
 
 If air were kept out four or five minutes, the 
 fire would be irrevscahly extinguiflicd. Boyle, 
 roI'RRIGATE. v.a. [irrigo, Latin.] 
 To wet ; to moifttn ; to water. 
 
 The heart, which is one of the principal paitj 
 of the body, doth continually iriig,its, uourilh, 
 keep hot, and^^fupple all the members, Ray. 
 
 They keep a bulKy charger near their lips, 
 With which, in often interrupted fieep, 
 Thei r frying blood compels to irrigats 
 Their dry furr'd tongues. X PUlifs. 
 
 Irriga'tion. n.f. [from irrigate.] The 
 aft of watering or moiltening. 
 Help of ground is by watering and irrigation. 
 
 Bufon. 
 Irri'guous. adj. [from irrigates] 
 
 1. Watery ; watered. 
 
 The flow'ry l.ip 
 Of fome irrigaeus valley Iprcads her flore. jl/;./. 
 
 2. Dewy ; inoift. P.hUlps fcems to have 
 niiftaken the Latin phrafe irriguus f-bor. 
 
 RaO) Elepenor 
 Diy'd an imme.ifurable bowl, and thought 
 T' e.\halc his forfeit by irriguoui flccp ; 
 Imprudent ! him death's iron flecp oppr-l». 
 
 inhif.. 
 Irri'sion. n./. [irrifto, Lat. irrifton, Fr.] 
 The acl of laughing at another. 
 
 Ham, by his indifcreet and unnatural ;Vrj/;c», . 
 and expofing of his father, incurs his cu.fc. 
 
 tVooHivard, 
 
 To I'RRtTATE. v. a. [irrito, Latin; 
 
 irriter, P'lench.] 
 I. Topruvolie; toteafe; to exafperate. 
 . The carl, fpeaking to the freeholders in im- 
 perious language, did not irritate the people. 
 
 ^ Bacon. 
 
 Laud's power ^t court coji'd not qualifyldni 
 
 to go through with that d'iScult reformation, 
 
 whilll he lad a fiipcrior in the chiircii, who, 
 
 liavii'S til' reins fu liis han<:, could flackci. iheiii, 
 
 6 Q.Z
 
 I S H 
 
 and was tliougnt to be the more reniifsto irritate 
 his ciioierjctw difpofition. CUrendon. 
 
 "2. To fret ; to. put into motion or dif- 
 order by Eiiy irregular or unaccuftomed 
 contaiS ; to flimulate ; to vellicate. 
 
 Cold maketh the fpirits vigorous, and irrita- 
 
 t!th them. Biicnn. 
 
 3. To heighten ; to agitate; to enforce. 
 
 Air, if veiy cold, irritatttk the flame, and 
 
 maketh it bum more fiercely, as fire fcorcheth in 
 
 fioHy weather. Bucon, 
 
 When they are collcfled, the heat beeometh 
 
 more violent and irritatt, and (hereby eipellcth 
 
 fwcat. Bacn'i Natural U:f:irj_ 
 
 Rous'd 
 By daOj of clouds, or irritating war 
 Of fighting winds, while all is c.ilni below, 
 They ftirious fpring. Thomfon. 
 
 Irritation, n. /. [irritulio, Latin ; 
 inihiiion, French ; from irntalci\ 
 
 1. Provocation; exafperation, 
 
 2. Stimulation ; vtlllcation. 
 
 Violent atfcdlions and irri.'aticns of the neives, 
 in any pait of the body, is caufed by fometl.ing 
 acriinonioiis. ylrb!ithi:o.'. 
 
 Irru'ption. n. /". [irrupl!on,Tr. Irruptio, 
 Lat.] 
 
 1. The aft of any thing forcing an en- 
 trance. 
 
 I refrain too fuddenly. 
 To utterw'.iat will come at lalt too foon ; 
 Left evil tidings, vi-ith too rude irruption, 
 Hiltiog thy aged ear, Ihould pierce too deep. 
 
 J^'Htori. 
 There are frequent inundations made in mari- 
 time countries by the irruption .of the fca. 
 
 Burnet . 
 
 A full and fudden irriiftion of thick mtlaii- 
 
 tholick blood into the heart puts a flop to its pul- 
 
 fation. Hart-ty. 
 
 2. Inroad ; burft of invaders into any 
 place. 
 
 Nottt'ithftanding the irruftiom of the barba- 
 rous rations, one can fcarce iroagtne how fo 
 plentiful a foil Ihould become fo raii'erably un- 
 peopled, ^ddijon. 
 
 Is. [if, Saxon. See To Ee.] 
 
 1. The third perfon fingiilar of To bi : 
 I am, thoti art, he is. 
 
 Ke that ;j of God, hcavcth God's words. 
 
 . -• Joim. 
 
 Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do 
 
 evil ; neither /> it in them to do good. j^rr. 
 
 Mv thought, whofe murtheryci /ibut f.nitaf- 
 
 tical, . 
 
 Shakes fo my fingle ftate of man, that funAion 
 
 h fmothcr'd ii»fu;mife; and nothing /t. 
 
 Bit w"h It ij riot. i>liakffeare. 
 
 2. It is fometimes expreffed by '1. 
 
 There 'i fomc among you have beheld me 
 fighting. Hhskfpcuri. 
 
 Ischia'diCK. aa). [!V>;ioi-, .Vxi2?i«©- ; if- 
 cbiadiqtie, Fr.J In anatomy, an epithet 
 to the crural vein ; in pathology, the' 
 IfcSiiiiilci paffion is the gout in the hip, 
 or the fciatica. 
 
 IsCHUKETiCK. n.f. [i/?buretique,¥Ter\chi 
 from ifchtiry .~\ Such medicines as force 
 iirir.e when fuppreflied. 
 
 I'sCHURY. n. /. [liT^af'ia, 'i^yu and Sft,;, 
 urine ; i/cLuric; French ; ifchuria, Lat.] 
 A iloppage of urine, whether by gravel 
 or other caufe. 
 
 IsH. [if-c, Saxon.] 
 
 i. A termination added to an adjeftive to 
 exprefs diminution, a fuiall degree, or 
 incipient Hate of any quality : as, 
 lliijjh, tending to blue; Irightifh, forae- 
 what bright. 
 
 I S L 
 
 2. It is likewile fometimes the .termina- 
 tion of a gentile or poiTefiive adjeftive : 
 as, SiL'Ciii/I.\ Daii'iJh ; the Dan'ijli ter- 
 ritories, or territories of the Danes. 
 
 3. It likewife notes participation of the 
 qualities of the fubliantive to which it 
 is added : ^%,fool,fooiyh\ mmi, matii/J: ; 
 rogue, roguijh. 
 
 I'siCLE. n.f. [more properly zc'tcle, from 
 Ice; but /Vf Ihould rather be written 
 ife ; ij-jr, Saxon. ] A pendent fhoot of 
 Ice. 
 
 Do you know this lady ? 
 
 The moon (if Rome ? chafie as the iftch 
 
 That *s curdled by the froft from purcft fnbw 
 Hanging on Dian's temple. Shakfpcare, 
 
 The frofis and fnows her tender body fpare : 
 Tliofe are not lin^bs for iftcles to tear. Drydcn. 
 
 Isingla'ss. «./^[from;Vf, or ^,and^/a/}; 
 ichthyocolla, Lat.] A tough, firm, and 
 light fubftance, of a whitilli colour, and 
 in fome degree tranfparent, much rcfem- 
 bling glue. 
 
 The fifli from which ijinglafs is prepared, is 
 one of the cartilaginous kind ; it grows to eigi;- 
 tccn and twenty feet in length, and greatly re- 
 fembles the fturgeon. It is frequent in tiic 
 Danube, the Boiilihenes, the Volga, and the 
 larger rivers of Europe. From t:.e inieilines of 
 this fi(h the ifmglafi is prepared hy boiling. Hill. 
 The ciire of putrcfat^ion requires an incral- 
 faiing diet, as all vifcid broths, hattlhorn, ivory, 
 Zndififtglnfi. FIoyer_ 
 
 Some make it clear by reiterated fermenta- 
 tions, and others by additions, as ifirtglafs. 
 
 Alo'iimfr's Hujlaadry. 
 
 I'siHGhASS Slone. 71./. A foffil which is 
 one of the pureft and limpleft of the 
 natural bodies. The maffes are of a 
 brownifh or reddifh colour; but when 
 the plates are ftparated, they are per- 
 fe£lly colourlefs, and more bright and 
 pellucid than the fined glafs. It is 
 found in Mufcovy, PerSa, the ifland of 
 Cyprus, in the Alps and Apennines, 
 and the mountains of Germany. //;'//. 
 I'SLAND. /;. / [in/ula, Latin ; i/ola, 
 Italian; eelatid,^xie. It is pronounced 
 ilijtiii.] A traft of land furrounded by 
 water. 
 He will carry this i^aa.l home in his pocket, 
 
 and give it his fon for an apple. And fow- 
 
 ing the kernels of it in the fca, bring forth 
 more ijlii>:d^. SiiakJpeaiE. 
 
 Within a long recefs there lies a bay. 
 An ijtand ihades ic from the rolling fea, 
 And forms a port. Dryden, 
 
 IJl.,ndo(h\\h\ amid'tfie fubjcfl feas. fhmf. 
 
 Islander. «. f. [from ijlund. Pro- 
 nounced /7«nr/c/-. ] An inhabitant of a 
 country furrounded by water. 
 
 We, as all i/l.tndcii, arc lunares, or the moon's 
 men. Camdtn. 
 
 Your dinner^ and the generous ijtimdiri 
 . By you invited, do attend your prefence. ShakJ. 
 
 There .ire many bitter fayings .igainft ijlandtn 
 in general, rcprcfenting them as fierce, treache- 
 rous, and unhofpiiablc : thofe wlio live on the 
 continent Ijvc fych frequent intercourfe with 
 men of ditfcrenf rcligior.s and languages, that 
 they beconie more kind tnan thofe who are the 
 inhabitants of an iHind. Addijon. 
 
 A race of rugged mariners are thefe, 
 Unpolifli*d men, and boift'rous as their feas ; 
 The n;itive ijlandcn alone their care. 
 And hateful he that breathes a foreign air. Ttj^e. 
 
 Isle. n./. \ijle, French; /n/a/«, Latin. 
 Pronounced ik.\ 
 
 1 
 
 I s s 
 
 1. An ifland; a country furrounded by 
 water. 
 
 The inflalment of this noble duke 
 In the fe.it royal of this famous ijlc. Sl:atff:are, 
 
 The dreadful fight 
 Betwixt a nation and two whales I write : 
 Seas ftain'd with gore I fing, adveni'rous toil, 
 And how thefe raonfters did difarm an ijle. 
 
 trailer. 
 
 2. [Wiitten, I think, corruptly ior aile, 
 from nik, Fr. from ale, Latin, the aile 
 being probably at firll only a wing or 
 fide walk. It may come likewife from 
 it/L'e, French, a walk.] A long walk 
 in a church, or pubiick building. 
 
 O'er the twilight groves and duflcy caves, 
 Long founding i/les and intermingled graves, 
 Black melancholy fits. Pcfr. 
 
 Isoperime'trical. n.f. [icr®-, ■Trrfi, and 
 j/.h^c:.] In geometry, are fuch figures 
 as have equal perimeters or circumfe- 
 rences, of which the circle is the 
 greateft. Hanh. 
 
 Isosceles, n.f. [iffcele, Fr. or equian- 
 gular triangle.] That which hath only 
 two fides equal. Harris, 
 
 ISSUE, n.f [ifue, French.] 
 
 1. The acl of pafling out. 
 
 2. Exit; egrefs ; paflage out. 
 
 Unto the Lord belong the ijjiui from death. 
 
 Pfalm. 
 
 Let us examine what bodies touch a moveable 
 whilli in motion, as the only means to find an 
 ijfuf nut of this dirficulty. ^'g^y ^'^ Bodies. 
 
 We might have eafily prevented thole great 
 returns of money to France ; and if it be true 
 the French are io impoveriftied, in what con- 
 dition niuft they have been, if that ijfue of 
 wealth had been flopped ? Sivift. 
 
 3. Event ; confequence. 
 
 Spirits arc not finely touch'd, 
 But to fine ijfuei. Srujkjpeare. 
 
 If I were ever fearfal 
 To do a thing, were I the ijpti doubted. 
 Whereof the execution did cry out 
 Againft the non-performance, 'twas a fear 
 Which oft infc(fts the wifeft. S't^kjptare, 
 
 But let the ij[u€ corrcfpundent prove 
 To gnod beginnings of each enterprize. Fairfax. 
 
 If thiftgs were caft upon this iff:-e, that God 
 (hould never prevent fin 'till man dcferved it, the 
 beft would fin, and fin for ever. Soutli, 
 
 The wittieft fayings and fentences will be 
 found the i^:u-i of chance, and nothing elfe but 
 fo many lucky hits of a roving fancy. Soutii. 
 
 Our prefent condition is better for us in tlie 
 ijfftirj than that uninterrupted health and fecurity 
 that the athciftdefires. Bcntley. 
 
 4. Termination ; conclufion. 
 
 He hath preferved Argalus alive, under pre- 
 tence of having him publickly executed after 
 t:.cle wars, of which they hope for a foon ar/d 
 profperous iffue. Sidney. 
 
 What ijfue of my love remains for me ! 
 How wild a paffion works within my brcaft ! 
 With what prodigious flames am I polfcft ! 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Homer, at a lofs to bring difficult matters to 
 an ^/c, lays his hero afleep, and this folves the 
 difficulty. BrocTKi. 
 
 5. Sequel deduced from premifes. 
 
 I am to pray you not to lirain my f^ecc'n 
 To grofler ijfi'es, nor ro larger reach, 
 Than to fufpicion. Sha^fpeare^ i Otle'h. 
 
 6. A fontanel; a vent made in a mufcle 
 for the difcharge of humours. 
 
 Tl is tumour in his leu arm was caufed by 
 ilrli^i binding of his ijfuc. kViJcman. 
 
 7. Evacuation. 
 
 A woman was difcafed witk an ijf:ie of blood. 
 
 Hitthe-j;, 
 
 8. Progeny; offspring.
 
 I s s 
 
 O nation mifcrablc! 
 Since that the trm:rt iffiie of thy throne, 
 By his own interdiftion Hands accurft. Shakfp. 
 
 Nor where Ahjflin kii^s tt'Qbr ijfuc guard, 
 M™nt Amara, though this hy fonic fuppos'd 
 True Paradife, under the i&hiop line 
 By Nilus' head. M:lton's Para.l/r Lt>fi. 
 
 This old peaceful prince, as Heav'n decreed, 
 Was blefs'd with no male :[fut to fuccced. DryA 
 
 The frequent produflions of monftcis, in ah 
 
 the fjjecics of animals, and ftrangc ijfut^ of hum m 
 
 birth, carry witri them dilficultics, not polTibIc 
 
 to confift with this hypothcfis. Lock' 
 
 9. In law. 
 
 llfue hjth divers applications in the common 
 law : fometimcs ufed for the children I.egotten 
 between a man and his wife ; fometinies fur 
 profits growing from an amertcmenr, fine, oi- 
 cxpences of fuit; fometimcs for profits of lands 
 cr tenements ; fometimes for that point o 
 matter depending in fuit, wliercupon the parties 
 join and put their caule to the trial of the jury. 
 lft.e is either general or fpecial : general ijjue 
 feemeth to he that whereby ir is referred to 
 the jury to bring in their vordift, whether the 
 defendant have done any iuch thing as the plain- 
 tiff layeth to his charge. The fpecial ijfui then 
 jnuft be that, w'.cic fpecial matter being alleged 
 by the defendant for his defence, both the parties 
 join thereupon, and fo grow rather to a demur- 
 rer, if it he tju^jV'j jurh, or to trial by the jury, 
 if it be qucfJ)io Jaai. C-i-uitll. 
 
 To Issue, v. n. [from the noun; ijjh; 
 French; ujare, Italian.] 
 
 1 . To come cut ; to pais out of any place. 
 
 Waters ijjucJ out from ur.dcr the threlhold of 
 the houfc. ^z.ek. 
 
 From the utmoft end of the head branches there 
 iffueth out a gummy juice. Raliigh'i Uifitry. 
 
 Waters ijju'd from a cave. Aliltoti. 
 
 Ere Pallas //A'-' f' om the ihundcrer's head, 
 Dulnefs o'er all poiTcfs'd her ancient right. ¥ope 
 
 2. To make an eruption ; to break out. 
 
 Three of mafter I'ord's brothers watch the door 
 with piftols, that none (hould ijjiu out, other- 
 wife you might flip away. Sl:.ikffcitrc. 
 
 Sec that none hence iff:ie forth a fpy. Milton. 
 
 HalU, arm your Ardeans, igiie to the plain ; 
 With faith to friend, affault the Tiojan train. 
 
 D'y.lci. 
 
 At length there iffi-'H, from the grove behind, 
 A fair aflcmbly of the female kind. DryJin. 
 
 A buzzing nolle of bees his ears alarms; 
 Strait iihe through the fides aflembling fwarms. 
 
 DryMr.. 
 
 Full for the port the Ithacenfians ftand. 
 And furl their fails, and ijTue on the land. I'spe. 
 
 3. To proceed as an offspring. 
 
 Of tliy fons th.1t Ih.UI iJJin from thee, which 
 thou (halt beget, (hall they take .away. 2 Kings. 
 
 4. To be produced by any fund. 
 
 Thefe altarages /^•jj' out of the offerings made 
 
 to the altar, and were payable to the priefthood. 
 
 ^yliffc^i Farergori. 
 
 5. To nm out in lines. 
 
 Pipes made with a belly towards.the lower end, 
 and then /Jp'tig intoafttait concave .again. Bacon. 
 To I'ssuE. -v. a. 
 ■ 1. To fend out ; to fend forth. 
 
 A weak ritgree of heat is not able either to 
 digeft the paits or to iJi'C the fpirits. Bacon. 
 
 The comraiirioners fliould ijue money out to 
 no other life. Tcm/i'r. 
 
 2. To fend out judicially or authorita- 
 tively. This is the more frequent fenfe. 
 It is commonly followed by a particle, 
 out or forth. 
 
 If the council ijfuedoul any order againft them, 
 or if the king fent a proclamation for their re- 
 pair to their houfcs, fome noblemen puhliOied a 
 protcftation. Clarendon. 
 
 Deep in a rocky cave he makes abode, 
 A manfioii proper for 3 mourning god : 
 Here he gives audience, iffuing nut decrees 
 To livers, his dtpendcnt deities. Dtydtn. 
 
 I T 
 
 In vain the mafter ///!/« ml commands, 
 In vain the trembling failois ply their hands; 
 The tempelt unforcfeen prevents their care. ZJryi. 
 
 They conltantly wait in court to make a due 
 return of what they h.ivf done, and to receive 
 fuch other commands as the judge Ihall ijjuc 
 forth. j^yliffe's J'.iirr^c/i 
 
 I'ssoKLESS. aJj. [from iffiie.^ Having 
 no offspring ; wanting defcendants. 
 
 Carew, by virtue of this e:itail, fuccceded to 
 Hugh's portion, as Hying (^/r/<*/i. Curciu. 
 
 I have djne fin ; 
 For which the Hrav'ns, taking angry note, 
 Have lift me iff.'t'p ShAfp. IVlntct'i T,i/c. 
 
 I'sTHiviL'S. n. /. [ijihmus, Latin.] A neck 
 of land joining the peninfula to the con- 
 tinent. 
 
 Thci-c is a caftle Urongly fcatcd on a high 
 ruck, which joincth by an ijikm:i\ : 1 the land, 
 and is imprri;iiably fortified Snndyi' Travels. 
 
 The .-Mryiiao empire I^retchcth northward to 
 that ijihmui between the Uu.\inc and the C.ifpian 
 feas. Brcreivfiod on Ltm^uagfi. 
 
 O life, thiu nothing's younger brother ! 
 Thou weak liuili rjiimrn, that rioft proudly rile 
 Up betwixt two cternilies, 
 Yet can'rt nor wave nor wind fuftain ; 
 But broken and o'crwhelm'd the ocean meets 
 again. Co-why. 
 
 Our church of England Hands as Corinth be- 
 tween two fcas, and there are fome bufy in cut- 
 ting the iJihmui, to let in both at once upon it. 
 
 .Stillhigjlcct. 
 
 Cleomenes thinking it more advifable to for- 
 tify, not tlie ijl!:mus, but the mountains, put his 
 defign in execution. Critch. 
 
 Plac'd o-^ this ijihmui of a middle i^ate, 
 A being darkly wife, and rudely great. Pope. 
 IT. pronoun, [hit, Saxon.] 
 I. The neutral deniouflrative. Ufed in 
 fpeaking of things. For it, our ancef- 
 tois ufed he, as the neuLt^dl pronoun ; 
 and for its they ufed his. Thus in the 
 Accidence, a noun adjeP.ive is that ivhich 
 cannot Jlanii hy himfclf, but requireth an- 
 other 'word to be joined with him tojhoiu 
 h:s Jignification. 
 
 Nothing can give that to another which // hath 
 not itfelf. Bramhall againji Holihcs. 
 
 Will our great anger learn to floop fo low.' 
 I know .•/ cannot. Cotuliy. 
 
 Tell me, O tell, what kind of thing is wit, 
 Tlio'j-who mailer art of it. Cotuley. 
 
 His fon, // m.iy be, dreads no harm ; 
 But kintily waits his father's coming home. 
 
 FlntfViin. 
 
 The time will come, // will, when you (hall 
 know 
 The rage of love. Dryiin. 
 
 How can I (peak .' or how, fir, can you iiearr 
 Imagine that which you would molt deplore, 
 And that which 1 would focak, is it or more. 
 
 Dfy.{en. 
 
 A mind fo furnilhed, what rcafon has it to 
 acquiefce in iti conclulions ? Locke. 
 
 ■The glory which encompafTcd them covered 
 the place, and darted iti rays with fo much 
 ftrength, that tiie whole fabrick began ro melt. 
 Mdifon's Frechl.lcr. 
 
 If we find a grc.iter good in the prcfent coii- 
 (titution, than would have accrued cither from 
 the total privation of it, or from other frmics 
 and ftruf^ures, we may then reafonably conclude, 
 that the prcfent co^.iltirution proceeded from an 
 intelligent and good being, that formed // that 
 particuLir way out of choice. Bentliy. 
 
 The defign, ;/ fcemb,"is to avoid the dreadful 
 imputation of pedantry. Stvift. 
 
 1. It is ufed n!>fo!utely for the ftate of a 
 perfon or affair. 
 
 How is it with our general ? 
 
 Even fo 
 
 As with a man by his own alms iir.poifon'd, 
 And with his charity llain. Shjtjpcari. 
 
 ..3 
 
 I T C 
 
 3. // is ufed for the thing; the matter j 
 the affair. 
 
 It 's come to pafs, 
 That traiftable obedience is a Have 
 To each incenlcd will. Shokfp. Jftnry vlll, 
 
 4. // is fometimes exprcffed by 't. 
 
 He rallied, and again fell to 't; 
 For catching foe by nearer foot, 
 He lifted with fuch might and flrcngth. 
 As would have huil'd him thrice his length. 
 
 Huiiilira:, 
 
 5. It IS ufed ludicroufly after neutral verbs, 
 to give an emphafis. 
 
 It Abraham brought all with him, it is not 
 probable that he meant to walk // back again for 
 his picafiire. Ralegh. 
 
 The Lacedemonians, at the flraights of Ther- 
 mopylae, when their arms failed them, fought /r 
 out with their nails and teeth. Drydtn. 
 
 I have often fecn people lavilh // profufcly in 
 tricking up their children, and yet llarvc their 
 minds. Lzc^c, 
 
 The mole courfes /'/ not on the ground, like 
 the I at or moufe, but lives under the earth. Spe^. 
 
 Whether the charmer (inner //, or faint /'/, 
 If folly grows rom.iiitick, I mult paint/'/. Pope. 
 
 6. Sometimes applied familiarly", ludi-- 
 croufly, or rudely to perfons. 
 
 Let us after him, 
 Whofc care is gone before to bid us welcome : 
 // is a peeilefs kinfman. Shakfpenre's Macbeth, 
 
 Do, child, go ro // grandam, child: 
 Give grandam kingdom, and in grandam will 
 Give // up him. S/iakfpf are's Kir.g yohn. 
 
 7. // is fometimes ufed or the firil or fe- 
 cond peifon, fometimes of more. This 
 mode of fpeech, though ufed by good 
 authors, and fupported by the il y a of 
 the French, has yet an appearance of 
 barbarifm. 
 
 Who was 't came tv ' 
 — *Tis two or thiee, my lord, that bring you 
 
 word 
 Macduff is Hed to England. Shaifp, Maeteth, 
 
 City, 
 'Tis I, that m.idcihy widows. Sli.ikfp. Corial, 
 'Tis thefe that eaily taint the female foul. 
 
 Pope. 
 ITCH. n. f. [jicha, Saxon.] 
 [. A cutaneous difeafe extremely conta- 
 gioiis, which ovctfpreads the body with 
 fmall pufttilts filled with a thin ferum, 
 and raifed, as microfcopes have dif- 
 covercd, by a fmall animal. It is cured 
 by fulphur. 
 
 Luft and liberty 
 Creep in the minds and marrows of our youths, 
 Thar 'gatnlf the (beam ot viitue they may Ilrivc 
 And diowo theinfelvcs in riot, itches, blains. 
 
 Shakfpeare's Timort. 
 
 The Lord will fmitc thee with the fc.ib 
 
 and with the itch, whereof thou can'ft rot be 
 
 healed. J}eu\ 
 
 As if divinity had catch'd 
 The itch on -purpofe to be fcralch'd. IJiidihras, 
 
 2. The fenfation of uneafinefs in the fitin, 
 which is eafed by rubbing. 
 
 3. A conftant teafing dtfire. 
 
 A certain itch of mt-Mlling with other people's 
 matters, puts us upon (hifting. L^Ejirange. 
 
 He had tiill pedigree in his head, and ^n itch 
 of b-ing thought a divine king Dryden. 
 
 From fervants company a child is to lie kept, 
 not by prohibitions, for that will but give him an 
 itch after it, liut by other ways. L'jckt, 
 
 At half mankind when gen'rous Manly raves. 
 All know 'tis virtue, for he thinks them knaves ; 
 When univerfal homage Umbra pays. 
 All fee 'tis vice, and itch of vulgar praife. Pope, 
 To Itch. r. n. [from the noun.] 
 I. To feel that uneafincfi in the fldn whichs 
 is removed by rubbing.
 
 \ T E 
 
 J UD 
 
 J U D 
 
 A trouliWrunv: /'c/iik? <jf t'nj; part was o,CCJ- 
 fioi'.cri by wane of tranljJivation.- l-}'if:min. 
 
 Mv right eye itches ;■ fome good lacit is iie^C; 
 Plti .-ps iny Anwiyl'.is may apj-KSJl;. /)yi/.-a. 
 
 ;, To longv to liave continual tkfife. 
 Thisfcrift appears in the following ek- 
 nmpks, thougii Tome of thtm are equi- 
 vocal. . t , ,r , • ? 
 M.ificr Sballcw, y6u liave yourfelf been ^a 
 ei,L hgi.ter, tiioiigh now a man of, peace— 
 though now 1 lie ofrf, and of tl,e 
 
 gve 
 
 P=a 
 
 peace,, it I Ue a iVoid ^ut ray fingor /!V./:.'^ to. 
 
 Caffius, you yourfelf 
 Are nmcli coiidcmu'd Co have an iuhwgy^Xm, 
 To fcl! iiid "■•■irl your offices for gold. Si:a{[p. 
 The /.'f/i.->>i,' cars, being an cpiriemiek dilVale, 
 gave fair opportunity to evcjy mountebank. 
 ° i D^rr.y of Fiefv. 
 
 Allfuch have mil an ilcH.-'g to deride, 
 And fain would be upon ti-.e hiugliing fide. Pope. 
 I'rcHY. aaj. [from itcb.] Infefted ■ with 
 
 the itch. 
 TTEM. adv. [Latin.] , Alfo. A word 
 ufed when any article is added to the 
 former. 
 I'TEM. n.f._ 
 
 1. A new article. 
 
 I cuuUI have looked on lim without the help 
 
 of admiration, though the catalogue of his en- 
 
 ^ dowmcms had hcen tabled by his fide, and I to 
 
 perufo him by //.'«!. Shok],,ea,:. 
 
 2. A hint; an innuendo. 
 
 If this difcourfc have nut concluded our weak- 
 nefs, • have one item m'oic of mi:ie : if know- 
 led»<: "can be found, I muft lofc that which 1 
 thought I had, that there is none. GlarwilU^ 
 
 To Iterate, v^ a. [itero, Latin.} 
 I. To repeat; to utter again ; to incul- 
 cate by frequent mention. 
 We covet to make the pfalms cfpccially f.-.- 
 ■ miliar unto all ; thii is the very caule why we 
 iter.ilc the pfalms oftencr thaw any other part of 
 fcripturc-bcfides; the caufe wherefore we inure 
 the people together w,itl-. their minifter, and not 
 the minifter alone, to read them, as other parts 
 of fcripture he doth. HvM-r. 
 
 In the fir-t ages God gave laws unto our 
 fathers, and their memories fervcd inftead of 
 books • wlicieof the imperfcftions baing known 
 to God, he relieved the fame by .often putting 
 them in mind-: in wl.ich refpca we fee how 
 niaiiv limes one thing hath been mraled into the 
 b=flandwifeft. ^""f^'- 
 
 The king, to keep a decency towards the French 
 liing, lent new folcmn ambaffadors to intimate 
 unto him the decice of his eltates, and to iterate 
 fcis motion that the French would defift from 
 hoftility. , B.uo,i-> Henry yu. 
 
 The'-e be two kinds of refledlions of founc.s ; 
 the one at diftance, which is tlie echo, wherem 
 the oiiginai ii heard -diftinftJy, and the refleaion 
 aifo diftinaiy: the other in c..;,c.i:ic;ice, when 
 the found reiucneth immediately ujion the oiigi- 
 r.d, and lo itaatah it not, but aniplitieth it. 
 
 Bacon, 
 
 2. To do over again. 
 
 Adics butnt, and well reverbeiatcd by fire, 
 after t1>c fait thereof hith been drawn out by itera- 
 ted decoaions. Broun. 
 
 - Adam took no thought, 
 Eating his fill ; nor Eve to iterate 
 Her for.mcr trcfpafs fear'd, the more to footh 
 Him with het lov'd focicty. J\W«!«'i Tar. LoJI, 
 I'terant. adj. [ihraiis, Lat.J Repeat- 
 ing. 
 
 Wi-.tcrs being near, make a current echo ; 
 
 but being farther off, they make an iterant echo. 
 
 Jlacon'i Natural Uij/ory. 
 
 Itf.ra'tion. n.f. [itcralion, ¥r. ileratto, 
 Lat.] Repetition ; recital ovef again. 
 
 Truth tir'ri with iteration 
 As true as ftcel, as jilanta^e to the moon. Shaifi>. 
 
 My hufljand ! 
 
 Ay, 'twas he that told mc fitft. 
 
 My hutb.iiid ! 
 
 What needs this iteraiiort, woman ' 
 
 I lay, thyhun>and, Shakfpea-.e'i Othelir,. 
 
 Iterations arc commonly lofs of time ; but 
 
 there is no fuch gain of time, as to iterate often 
 
 the Itatc of the qucftion j for it chafcth away 
 
 many a frivolous fp^ech,, ^ Bacon'i Ejfayj. 
 
 In all thefe relpca.s it hath a pccuii.y. property 
 
 to engage the receiver ;o pcrfeveie in all pjety, 
 
 and is farther Impro.vcd by the frequent iteiatjon 
 
 and repetition. ■ ' IlamKcnd. 
 
 Iti'ner.anx. adj. {hhiermtt, Fr.] W.nn- 
 
 dering; not fcttkd. 
 
 It (hould be my care to (jweeten and mellov.- 
 the voices of. r/'-KraA/ traduimen, as alfo to ac- 
 commodate' their cries to their refpeilivc wares. 
 ..■Ja'.iifo':' \ Speiiator. 
 
 iTf'NERARY. n.f, [tthicrahe, Fr; itlni- 
 railiim, Lat.] A book of travels. 
 
 The cleigv arc fuflicitntly reproached, in moft 
 i-i'ierariesj/or the uiiucrial poverty one meets 
 with in this plentiful kingdom, ^efjili/on on Italy. 
 Iti'ner.'\ry. eidj. [ilmcrairc, Fr. liincni- 
 W«J-, Lat.] Travelling; done on a jour- 
 ney ; done during frequent change of 
 
 ' place. 
 
 He did make a progrefs from Lincoln to the 
 norilicrn parts, though it was rather ail itinerary 
 circuit of juftice than a progrefs. Bacon. 
 
 Itse'lf. pronoun, {it and ye//".] The neu- 
 tral reciprocal pronoun applied to things. 
 
 Who then (hall blame 
 His pefter'd fenfcs, to recoil and ftart. 
 When all tl'..it is within him docs condemn 
 /./■■/ for be ing there ? Shal-Jpeare' s Macbeth. 
 
 Bon owing of foreigners, \njife/j', makes not 
 
 the kingdom lich or poor. 
 
 Locke. 
 
 Ju'djlaNt., adj. [jubilans, Lat.] Utter- 
 ing fongs of triumph. 
 
 The planets lift'nlng liood, 
 Wl'.ile the bright pomp afcended/KW.iw/. _ Milt. 
 JuBitATioN. n.f. \_jidi!atioti,Yv. jiihila- 
 (■;o,Lat.] The act of declaring triumph. 
 Ju'bilee. n.f. {_iuhile,Tr.jiibUtim, from 
 juhilo, low Lat".] A publick felllvity; 
 a time of rejoicing ; a fcafon of joy. 
 
 Angels utt'rirg joy, hcav'n rung 
 With juhitee, and loud hofannas filled 
 Th' eternal regions. Mi.'ton's I'aradife Loji. 
 
 Joy was then a mafculine ancl a fevcre thing, 
 the recreation of the judgment, or rejoicing the 
 juhike of roafon. '^'""'''• 
 
 Tiie town was all i\jithilee of feafts. Dry.len. 
 Jucu'NDiTY. n.f. [ jucunJilas, jveunduj, 
 Lat.] Pleafantnefs ; agreeableuefs. 
 
 The jiew or unexpected jucitndiiies, which 
 
 prefent thcmfelvcs, will have aaivity enough to 
 
 excite the carthieft foul, and raifc a fmile from 
 
 llie mort compoferi tempers. Bioiun. 
 
 JVDAS Tire. rt.f. [filiquafnim, Lat.] A 
 
 plant. 
 
 JuJas trie -yields a fine purplifh, bright, red 
 blo'lTom in the fprir.g, and is increafedby layersr 
 Mo' liter's Ihjtandrj. 
 
 To Juda'ize. v.n. [judaifer, Fr.jiidaizo, 
 low Lat.] To conform to the manner 
 of the Jews. 
 Paul iudaiz'dvi\A the Jews, w.as all to all. 
 ^ .Sa„:!y!. 
 
 JUDGE, n.f. [Juge, Fr. jr.-de.r, ,Lat.] 
 I. One who is inverted with authority to 
 determine any caufe or queftion, real or 
 
 perfonal. 
 Shall mi Ac judge of all the earth do right ; 
 
 ' Gt nij: 5 . 
 
 A father of the fatlierlcfs, and a judge of the 
 
 widows, is Gjd in his. holy habitation. Tfahns. 
 
 Thou sn jtiAie 
 Of all things made, and judgell only right. 
 
 Milton. 
 
 2. One who preCdes in, a court of jud!ca« 
 ture. 
 
 My lord BalTanio gave his ring away 
 V mo .thi judge tihat begg'd it. Shbkfptar:. 
 
 A fingic voice ; and .that not pafl me, but 
 , By learned 3pp:obation of \hc judge. ShatJpea'C. 
 How dares ycur pritic. 
 As in a liiied 6cId'to fight your caufe, 
 Unafk'd the royal grant; nor mailhal^Lv, 
 As knightly rites require, not judgf to tiy. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 It is, not fuffipicnt to imitate nature in evciy 
 
 circuniilance dully : it,becomes a,paf(iter to tal^c 
 
 what is moll beautiful, as being tha foycreign 
 
 j-jdge of i'.is own art, Drydea. 
 
 3, One who has -Icill fufBcient lo decide 
 upon the merit of any thing. 
 
 One court there is in which he who knows 
 the fecrcts of every heart will (\t judge himfelf. 
 
 tiller lock. 
 A pcifeft/n./gs will read each piece of wit 
 Willi the fanac Ipirit that its author writ. Bope, 
 To Judge, v. n. \_juger, ir.jiidico, Lat.] 
 . To pafs fentence. 
 
 My wrong I.e upon thee; the hotii ju.ige be- 
 tween il-.ie and me. Genefis. 
 Vc judge not for man, but for the Lord, who 
 is with you in the judgment. 2 Ckron. 
 ',. To form or give an opinion. 
 Ecfhrew rae, but I love her heartily ; 
 For (he is wife, if I an judge aright. Shakjp. 
 
 Authors to themfelves. 
 Both what \.hzy judge and what they cliufe. 
 
 M.'ltOK. 
 
 If I did not knoW: the originals, 1 Ihculd' 
 never be ablq to judge, by. tlie copies, which 
 was Virgil, and which Ovid. Drydtn. 
 
 Whethtrit be a divine revelation or no, reafon 
 muft /V.'c'r;c, which can never pcimit the mind to 
 icjccS a" greater evidence, to embrace what is 
 Ids evident. Locke. 
 
 He proceeds in his inquiry into fcicnces, re- 
 
 folved to/'vigf of them -freely. Locke. 
 
 3. Todifcei-n; to dillingnifii ; to confider 
 
 acci'.rately. 
 
 How doth God know ? Can Vt: judge through 
 the dark cloud .^ 'jf'l'. 
 
 Judge in yourfclvcs : is it comely a woman 
 pray unto God uncovered ? I Cor. 
 
 How propcily tiie toiies may be called tiie 
 whole body of the Britifli nation, I leave to any 
 one's jtdging. ^ddifor. 
 
 To JODGE. V. a. 
 
 1. To pafs fentence upon ; to examine au- 
 thoritatively ; to determine finally. 
 
 Chios-Oiall judge the ftrife. Milton. 
 
 Then thofei whom form of laws 
 Condemn'd to <he, wlien traitors ji'dg'd their 
 caufe. Dryden. 
 
 2. To pafs fevcre cenfure ; to doom fci- 
 yerely. This Is a fenfe fcldora found 
 but in the fcrlptuvcs. 
 
 He (hall judge among the heathen ; he .fliali 
 
 fill the places with l,!.c deJdbodieis'. ■•' J'falms. 
 
 Judge not, thiit ye be not juJ^r.i. Matthew. 
 
 Let ho man judge you' in meat or drlrik Col. 
 
 Ju'dger. n.f. \ii-om judge. "] Oae who 
 forms judgment, or pufks fciitencc. 
 
 The vulgi.r thie3,rcncd to be their_ cppreftbrs, 
 and judgcrs of theirjudges. King Charley. 
 
 They who guide thcmreUcs meiily by what 
 appears, are .ill judgers of wh-..t they have not 
 well examined. Digl'y. 
 
 Ju'dGMENT.' n.f. IJu^. ■•::... I, 1 iCnch.] 
 I.' The power of difcerning the relatioiis 
 between one term 01 one propo.ltion 
 and another. 
 
 O iud"menl-: thou art fled to brutifti beafts, 
 
 Aiid'mcn h.ave loit their reafon. Sliakjprr.rt. 
 
 The faculty, which God has given man to f'..p- 
 
 ply the wrnt'of certain knowledge, \s judgment, 
 
 ■tt-ncreby the mind takes any propofuion to b:
 
 JUD 
 
 true or falfc, without perceiving a demottftrative 
 
 evidence ill the proofs. hocke. 
 
 'Judgment is that whereby we join idens loije- 
 
 ther by affirmation or negation ; fo this tree is 
 
 liigh. IVaiti. 
 
 2. Doom ; the right or power of pafTrng 
 judgment. - 
 
 If my fufpcft be falfc, forgive me, God ; 
 For jii.tgmt-nt only fiotU belong to thee. S/iuifp, 
 
 3. The aft of cxercilliig judicature; ju- 
 dicatory. » , I 
 
 Thcv %z\-tju(igir:er:t upon liim. 2 Ktngs.l 
 
 When tiiou, O Lord, Ihalt Itand difclos'J 
 
 In niyjcily fcvcrc, 
 
 And lit in jude'nrfit on my foul, 
 
 O liow ih til I ajpear ? yiddift^n^i SptSiitor,\ 
 
 4. Determination ; dtcifion. 1 
 
 Where diltinflions or indcniilics are purely 
 material, liic iud^mhit ii made by the imagina- 
 tion, otherwife l>y the underftandmg. GJam'l/k , 
 
 \Vc Ihali niDkt a cert:iin /i(dc'h!>/r what kind 
 of <!ifl';'Uition that cnith was capable of. Bwiiel. 
 
 Rf afon oJghl to accompany the excrcife of out 
 fenfeSj whenever we w.nilrl form a jiift j:*-'^- 
 n:nt of tbii:gs propofCd to our innrtiry. Il.fi: 
 
 5. The quah"ty of diftins^uifiiing propriety 
 and iinpiopricty ; crlticiini. , 
 
 yudgmint, a colli and fljw faculty, »t'tends 
 not a man in the rapture of poetical coinpolitifr. 
 
 'Tis with o\.\\ judgtncnts as our walches^^iiotit 
 Go jiill alike; yet each believes his own. l'!,p . 
 
 6. Opinion ; notion. 
 
 I Ue \n^i\*i judgmcttti are 
 A parcel of their forciinos, and thiifg-; outw.-.id 
 Draw the inward ((ualify after tl.cni, ' 
 To fuffSr ail alike- ' Viatffctirc. 
 
 When (he did tliink my mailer lov'-d •<ier4,'cli,' 
 She, Jn mY'j:id>fme>ft, Was as fair ni yriu. 
 
 •. a/iiifjfiarej 
 
 ■7. Sentence againfl a criminal. 
 
 ' When he wa,s broiij*l:t again tu th' bjr, to heiar 
 
 His knell rung- our, his /V/f/^WEwr, he was iiirr'd 
 
 With agony. Sha^fj-'ears^i tiefuy vtu. 
 
 The chief priefts inforii;ecl me, deliiing to 
 
 liave fudgmnit againft iiim'. ' ^£}t. 
 
 On Adam lilt thisyWgme'l/'hepranoUnt'd.- 
 
 : : • ' ' hhitnn, 
 
 8. Condemnation. This is a theological 
 ufe. 
 
 The judgment was hy one to condemnation ; 
 but the free j^ift is of many offcncci unto julti- 
 £cation. Roma/n 
 
 The prcccprs, pvomifcs, and thrc.itcnings of 
 tl* gdf^el will life up \\\ jufigmfnt againit usj 
 and the aiticles of our faith wiU be io nuny ar- 
 itcles of accuration. ' ^ TUlotfo'K 
 
 p. Punlfhmcnt inflicted by provklcncej 
 
 with refiivtucc tu fonic purlicular crime. 
 
 Thx'i judgment A)£ the heavens that makes us 
 
 tremble. 
 
 Touches us net with pi^^y. Shakfp. King Liar. 
 
 .We cannot be j^'^ilty uf gieatei ujichatilabic- 
 
 iicfs, than tu i[ircrpicc aflliitions :iS puniihments 
 
 Tin^JTui^tnffifi : it aggravates tlic evil lo hilii wlio 
 
 fufters^ when he looks upon himtcif as the mark 
 
 of divine vengeance yiddij'on*s Sipe^ator. 
 
 10. Diilribution of juftice, 
 
 Ttif Jews made infu. ted ioniagainft Paul, and 
 brought hira tu the juii^mnit feat, yl^s. 
 
 Your dilhonour 
 Mangles trac judgment j and bcreaveg the ftate 
 Of tiiat integrity which fhould become it. 
 
 Skakfpeurc*^ Coriolanus. 
 
 \x\ judgment a between rith and poor, confider 
 
 not what the poor man needs, but what is iii; 
 
 own. Tiiyl-A. 
 
 A bald and wifr petitioner goes ftrait to tUe 
 
 throne and jutigmctit Jeat of the monarch. 
 
 Ariuthmt and Pope. 
 
 11. Judiciary kw; ftatute. 
 
 If ye hearken to t'cuii: judpticnt i^ and kt-cp 
 and tlo them, lite Lord thy God fliall kcc^i 
 buto thee the covct.int, JJculcrom'.'.y. 
 
 J U G 
 
 1,2. The lall doom.. 
 
 The dieadfuiy/</gWK/ day 
 So dreadful will not be as was his fight. Sliaifp 
 
 Ju'niCATORY. n. f. [yW/Vo, Latin.] 
 
 1. Dillrlbution of jtiftice. 
 
 No Inch crime appeared ai the lords, the fu- 
 prcnio court of judic.itary, would judge worthy 
 oi liearh. Uaretidtn. 
 
 2. Qiui t of jiillice. 
 
 Hum^w jurli^cntiiricx give fcntencc on matters of 
 right and wrong, but inquire not into bounty 
 and beneficence. Atttrbury. 
 
 Ju'dicature. n.f. [y«<.';Va/H)f, French ; 
 judico, Latin.] 
 
 1. Power of ililliibnting juftice. 
 
 The lionour of the judges in tlieir judicatuii 
 Is thti king's honour. Bato'i. 
 
 If he IliDuId bat gain fir a pl.icc oijadhulurc, 
 lit him be r^jcdtcd with Ihamc. Siumi. 
 
 2. Court of jiilUce. 
 
 In judicaiure: lo take aw.iy the trumpet, the 
 
 fti'.rlcr, the attendance, niakci jufiicc naktd as 
 well as blind. S:u:!}. 
 
 JUDI'CIAL. aJj. [judicium, Latin.] 
 
 1. Practifed in the diftribiition of pubh'ck 
 j 11 (lice. 
 
 What government can be v/nhuut Ji'dicJal pro- 
 ceedings ; And what judicature without a itli- 
 ' gious oath f Bcrillcy. 
 
 2. InflidkJ Oil as a penalty. 
 
 ' ' "The relVrtahce of thofe Will catife a judicial 
 
 ' h.irrihef?. ' Stiuth. 
 
 .UDictALt-v. adv. [from judicial.] Li 
 
 the forms of logal-jullice. 
 
 It will behove us tcj think that we fee God flill 
 
 • looking, on,, and weighing all out thouglus, 
 
 . ^wordsi.and' .-i(9ior;s in the balance of infallible 
 
 jurticc,' and pafling the fame judgment which iie 
 
 intends hereafter /K.ftV/u//)/ to declare. Gtciu. 
 
 Ju£)'i^crARY. sdj. [jtrdklare.Tr. jndici- 
 flWux/Latiii.] Faffing judgment upon 
 any thing. 
 
 Eofi'ie v/cight be laid upon judiciary aftrolo- 
 gcis, the influence of conftellations ought to be 
 made out. Boyle, 
 
 JUD i'CIOUS. adj. ['jikfidnix, French.] 
 Prudent; wife; fkili'ul in any matter or 
 affair. 
 
 For your hufband, 
 He 's noble, wife, judlcicui, and beft knows 
 Tl'.c tits .0' th' feafon. , Siaiffiatc's Machrth. 
 
 Love hrt'i his feat , 
 In reafon, and is j.dirims. ' Miltcn 
 
 To each favour meaning yveappjy, 
 And palite call/«,//a'0Ks. "Mi/.>en( 
 
 \Vc are beholden tojiidichm winters of all ajcs 
 for thole difcoveries thtf/ have left behind tiicm 
 
 ■ — ^ LOCKC, 
 
 JuDi'ciousLV. adv. [from judicious.] 
 SkijfiiUy ; wifely; with jull determi- 
 nation. 
 
 So bold, yet fo /ai/;r/«»y?'.' you dare, 
 Thar your Ic.ift praife is to be rcguiai'. U'fvdirt. 
 
 l.onginus has j:tdicior,jl\' pieferred the fLblimc 
 genius that lometinics errs to the Vnitldling or in- 
 different one, which makes few taulti, but fel- 
 dom riles to excellence. Drydcr. 
 
 Jug. n.f. [jugge, Danifli,] A large 
 drinking vcficl with a gibbous ox fwelling 
 beily. 
 
 You'd mil upon the hoftefs of the houfe, , 
 Bccaufe (he bought rtone_;Vgi and no feal'd quarts. 
 
 SItaJkfpeaic. 
 H e fclbh'd 'cm driivk, 
 Fill'd a large y//g up to the brink. Stuift. 
 
 ToJu'ggi. E. ti. r;. [jcugler OX jonglcr,Fr. 
 
 jvculari, Latin.] 
 I. To play tricks by flight of Land ; to 
 
 JUI 
 
 fhow fa'fe appearances of extraordinary 
 performances. 
 
 The ancient miracle of Mcmnon'f flatuc Teems 
 to be »jugi!jing of the Ethiopian pricfts. 
 
 iJigoy en BodUt. 
 
 2. To praftife artifice or impofture. 
 
 Be ih:h jiif^li'ig fitndi no mute hchcv'd. 
 That p.ihcr with us in a double fciifc Sl'alj'pfare. 
 
 Is 't poflible that fpcll' of France f\n<M\''. juggle 
 \ Men into fuch ftranje mockeiics .' SAaH/jicuie. 
 
 They ne'er f'/rfwore th(*n,felve?, nor lied, 
 Difdain'd to flay for friends confents; 
 Kory,7irg/£-j^ about fcttlernenrs. Hudiirjis^ 
 
 Ju'ggle. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A trick by legerdemain. 
 
 2. An impollure ; a deception. 
 
 The notion was not the invention of ^ol;t!» 
 rians, and a juggle of rtatc to cozen the people 
 into obedience. Tilxijin. 
 
 Ju'oGLliR. n.f. [from iugglc] 
 
 1. One who p.at^ifts flight of hand ; one 
 who deceives the eye by nimble convey- 
 ance. 
 
 Tl.ey fay this town is full of cozenage, 
 As nimble /i/fg/fi J that deceive the eye. 
 Drug-working forctters that chapge the mind, 
 Dliguifod cl'.cf lers, pr.ating mountebanks. 
 And many fuch like libertines of fin. Shiilifftttre. 
 
 I faw a jttgglt'i- tiiac h.ad a pair of cards, and 
 would tell a man what card he thought. Bac-jn. 
 
 Ariftx;us w;ts a famous poer, that 6ouiilhc,d in 
 the days of Crafus, and a notable ^i^gj/^r. 
 
 Sandy.' Trarveh. 
 
 Fortune-tellers, juggles, and impoftors, ,di> 
 daily diludt them. Brown's Vulgar ErKfurs. 
 
 T]te Juggler which another's flight can (how. 
 But teaches how the world his own may know, 
 
 Gart/i. 
 
 One who is managed by a juggler falicies he 
 has money in hand; but let him grafp it never 
 fu careftilly, upon a word or two it increafes or 
 dwindles. Addifon's Freeholder, 
 
 What magick makes our money rife, 
 When dropt into tlic foulhein main : 
 Or do ihchjugghrs chest our eyes : Siulft, 
 
 2. A cheat ; a trickilh fellow. . 
 
 O me, you Jugg/cr ; tin, you ea;;kcr bloltom, 
 You xW'^i of love ; what, h,ive you come by nighty 
 And llol'n my love's heart from him r Shakfp, 
 
 I fing no haim 
 To vf^f:crf jits^glcrj or jultice of peace, Donne. 
 
 Ju'gglingly. adv. [horn juggle] In^a 
 
 deceptive manner. 
 Ju'gulak. adj. [fi/fu/wm, Latin.] Ee- 
 , longing to the thioat. 
 
 A gentlemati was wounded into the infernal 
 pigiila) f tlirougii his neck. IVifeman's Swgcry. 
 
 JUICE, n.f. [jus, French; /wji^Dutcb.] 
 
 1. The liquor, fap, 01 water of plants and 
 fruits. 
 
 If I define wine, I miilr f,iy, wine is a mice 
 not iiquid, or wine is a fubliance ; inj Juice in- 
 , 'duties both fubliance and li'iuid. U'a'ts, 
 
 Unnumbcrrt fruits, 
 A friendly /Wcf to cool .third's rage. contain; 
 
 'Pumfon. 
 
 2. The fluid in ariimal bodies. 
 
 ,'Yukr in i.inguage is iefs th in blood ; for }f the 
 words be bur becoming and figniiying, and the 
 fenie gentle, there m juice : but wr.cie liiaC 
 wantith, the language is thin, fcarce coVertng 
 the bone. B^n ^^'cV?"* Difjccry. 
 
 An animal wh.ofe iuices ave iinfoun<! can never 
 be nouriihcd : uuloun«^,':</Vcj can never repair ttie 
 
 fluids. Arlulhot. 
 
 Jui'CELESs. adj. [from juice.] t}r^'i 
 without moillure ; without juice 
 
 Divine Provit'.encc has fprcid Iter table every 
 where;' not with a ju.'celefs giten carpet, but T>ith^ 
 fucculent iuibagc and nuurifbing gtalS. Mure,
 
 JU M 
 
 When Boreas' fpirit blufiers for*, 
 Beware th" inclement heav'ns; now let thy 
 
 bi^rth 
 Crackle vhhjuicelcft boughs. Fi'tti'ips. 
 
 Ju'iciNEss. n. /. [from ;B»<r^.] Plenty of 
 
 juice ; fiicciilence. 
 Jl"'icy. </</•. [from juice.] Moift ; full of 
 juice ; fucculent. 
 
 Earth bcinj tjken out of watery woods, wijl 
 put forth herbs of a fat and/a/o' fubftnnce. 
 
 BticOKi Ntitural Hijicry. 
 •Each plant and juicitft gourd will pluck. 
 
 The mu&'s furpafTing worth ! that, in its youth, 
 Its tender non.igc, loads the ipreading boughs 
 With large andyi'y offspring. I'/ii/ifs, 
 
 To JvKB. V. n. [jucker, French.] 
 
 1. To perch upon any thing as birds. 
 
 2. y liking, in Scotland, denotes flill any 
 complailancehy bending of xhe head. 
 
 Twj ..ires travelled ; the one laden » ith oats, 
 the other with money : the money-merchant was 
 fo proud of his truft, that he vrenl juiing and 
 tolCng of his head. L'Ejirang!. 
 
 Ju'juB. 7 n.f. ^zlzyfihusil^zi.] A 
 Jju'iUBiiEs. J plant whole flower confifts 
 of feveral leaves, which are placed cir- 
 ctilarly, .and expand in form of a rofe. 
 The fruit is like a fmall plum, but it has 
 little flelh upon the flone. Jtfilkr^ 
 
 Ju'l.ip. t!./. [A word of Arabick origi- 
 nal; julap'miii, low L,-dl. ju/ej>, Fr.] An 
 e.xtemporaneous form of medicine, made 
 of fimple and compound water fwett- 
 ened, and feiving for a vehicle to other 
 forms not fo convenient to take alone. 
 .-,-.., _ . ^uincy. 
 Behold this cordial j"«A^ here. 
 That Barnes and dances in his cryftal bounds 
 With Ipiii.ts of balm and fragrant fyrups miit. 
 
 If any part of the .ifter-birth be left, endca- 
 •vour the bringing that away ; and by good I'udo- 
 lificks and cordials expel the venom, and con- 
 temperare the heat and acrimony by /:<.'/i/.i and 
 emulfions. }Vifeman'% Surgery. 
 
 Ju'tUS. n.f. 
 
 1. July Jhtuer. 
 
 2. Jiilus, I'ax©-, among botanifts, denotes 
 thofe long worm-like tufts or palms, as 
 they are called, in willows, which at the 
 beginning of the year grow out, and 
 hang pendular down from hazels, wal- 
 nut-trees, f f. Miller. 
 
 Ju'ly. n.f. [7«/i«J, Latin ;?;////f/, Fr.] 
 The month anciently called quintilis, or 
 the fifth from March, named Jiilj in 
 honour of yul'ius Cefar ; the feventh 
 niontU from January. 
 
 Julv I would have drawn in a jacket of light 
 yellow, eating cherries, with his face and bufom 
 
 • fun-buint. ^ach.im 
 
 fUMART. n.f. [French.] 
 
 Mulos andyVrnifl'/s, the one from the trixture 
 of a" afs iind a mare, ttie other fiom the mixture 
 of a bull and a mate,- are hequent. Lcckc 
 
 To Ju'mble v. a. \\n Chaucer, jomtrey 
 from eombler, French, Slinner.] To 
 mix violently and confufedly together. 
 
 Pet Tons and numours may be jumlfkd and dif- 
 guifcd i but iiatuic, like quickfilvcr, will never 
 ■be killed. L'Ejirang!. 
 
 A veibal concordance leads not always to 
 texts of the lame meaning ; and one may ob- 
 ferve, how apt that is xujumhli together paffages 
 of fciipture, and thereby difturb the true mean- 
 «ig of holy fcripture. Lxke. 
 
 J U M 
 
 Writing is but jul't like dice. 
 And lucky means make people wife ? 
 And yo»;/'<V<< words, if fortune throw them, 
 Shall, well as Drydcn, form a poem. Prior. 
 
 Is it not a firmer foundnion for tranquillity, 
 to believe that ail things were created, and are or- 
 dcted.for the left, than that the univerfe is mere 
 bungling and bUmdciing ; all ill-favouredly cob- 
 led and jtir.hUi together by the ungviided agita- 
 tion and ri;de (huifics of Btatter .* Biiinry. 
 
 How tr.igecly and comedy embrace. 
 How f.trce a.".d epick get ^ jumbUd r.\^c. Pope. 
 
 That the univofe was formed by a fortuitous 
 concourfe of atoms, I will no more believe, than 
 that the accidentalywwy.V'T^of the alphabet would 
 fall inU) a moll ingenious treatife of philofophy. 
 
 Sii'ift. 
 
 Te Ju'mble. ^•. n. To be agitated to- 
 gether. 
 
 They will all meet and /'umi.'i together into a 
 
 perfect harmony. Staift. 
 
 Ju'mble. n. f. [from the verb.] Con- 
 fufed mixture ; violent and confafed agi- 
 tation. 
 
 Had the world been coagmenred from that 
 fuppofcd fortuitous jungle, this hypothefis had 
 been tolerable. Giatrr'.IU. 
 
 Wbatji/mikhere is made of ecclefiaftical re- 
 venues, as if they were all alienated with equal 
 juftice. S'Mift. 
 
 Ju'ment. n f. [jument, Yrench ;j»mentum, 
 Latin.] Beaft of burden. 
 
 fumiits, as horfes, oxen, and aflfes, have no 
 eruiiation, or belching. Bro-L-n's Viilg. Err. 
 
 To Jump. s. n. [gumj:en, Dutch.]] 
 
 1 . To leap ; to ikip ; to move without 
 ftep or Aiding. 
 
 Not the word: of the three b\it Jumfs twelve 
 foot and an half by the fquare. Shntjpcart. 
 
 The herd comtjumpirg by me. 
 And fearlefs qucnth their third, while Hook on. 
 And take me for their fellow-citizen. Drjikn. 
 
 So iiave I feen from Severn's brink, 
 A flock of gtckjump down together, 
 
 Swim where the bird of Jove would (ink. 
 And fwimming never wet a feather. S-wift. 
 
 Candidates petition the emperor to entertain 
 the court with a dance on the rope ; and who- 
 e\er Jumps the higheft fucceeds in the office, 
 
 Gulfizer^s Trtnfeli. 
 
 2. To kap fuddenly. 
 
 One Peregtinus jumpiil into a fiery furnace at 
 the Olynipick games, only to (hew the com- 
 pany how far his vanity could carry i^im. Collier. 
 
 VVc fee a little, prel'ume a great deal, and fo 
 jump to the coQclufion. SpcHatar. 
 
 3. To jolt. 
 
 The noife of the prancing horfes, and of the 
 jumping chariots. ^akum. 
 
 4. To agree ; to tally ; to join. 
 
 Do not embrace me till each circumftance 
 Of place, time, fortune, do cohere and ^wm^ 
 That I am Viola. SJiakfp. Tvjsljth Night 
 
 In fome foit \X jumpi with my humour. 
 
 Shakfpeare. 
 
 But though thty jump not on a jufl account, 
 Yet do they all confirm a Turkiih fleet. 
 
 Shakfpiare. 
 
 Bcca\ifc I will noz Jump with common Ipirits, 
 And rank me with the barb'rous nations. Sh.^kfp, 
 
 Herein perchance he Jumpi not with Liplius. 
 
 , Hake^juilt. 
 
 Never did trufty fqtiirc with kniglitj 
 Or knight with Iqnire, e'ef/aM/i more right; 
 Their arms and equipage did fit, 
 As well as virtues, pans, and wit. HuMims. 
 
 Thi» Qiews how perfciSly the rump 
 And commonwealth in n-.'-Xv^iQ jutnp .- 
 For as a tiy that goes to bed, 
 Rcfts with his tail above his head ; 
 So in this mungrcl ftrite of ours, 
 The rabble arc the fupreme |)Owers. JJmiibrai. 
 
 Good v\xijuir.p, and mine the nimbler of the 
 two. ^'31 e. 
 
 J U N 
 
 Good now,bow your dew)tion.'y«*i^ with mme. 
 
 . Dry.l.K. 
 
 I am happier ibr finding our judgments ;V/i«/> 
 
 in the notion. Pcpt to Svjif;. 
 
 To Jump. v. a. To pa fs by a leap; to 
 
 pafs eagerly or careltfly over. 
 
 Here, upon this hank and (helve of time, 
 Vt't'AJump the l.fe to come. Shakfp. Macbdh 
 
 JUMP. adv. Exaaiy; nicely. Obfolete. 
 Otherwife one man could nut excel anotl;cr, 
 but all fbouid be either abfolutely good, as hit- 
 ting /<im/i that indivifible point or center wherein 
 goodnefs confilleth ; or elfe mifling it, thcv- 
 • (hotild be excluded out of the number of well- 
 doers. Hooker. 
 
 But fince fo rr/m^upon this hlrtody quefiion. 
 You from the Polack wars, and you fium Eng- 
 land, 
 Arc here arriv'd. Shukfpcan'i Uamlit, 
 
 Myfelf the while to draw the Moor apait, 
 And bring Wimjump, when he may Caflio find 
 Soliciting his wife. Shakfpeare'i Otlnlhc 
 
 Ju.MP. n.f. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. The aft of jumping ; a leap j a flilp ; 
 a bound. 
 
 The I'urcft way for a learner is, not to ad- 
 vance by Jumps and large (Irides; let that, which 
 he fcts himfclf to learn nest, be as nearly con- 
 joined with what he knows alreadv, as is pofTible. 
 
 L-,ck;. 
 
 2. A lucky chance. 
 
 Co not exceed 
 The prefcript of this fcrowl : our fortune lies 
 Upon this /um/>. ' Shakfp. j4nt. amiCltopiitr.i. 
 
 3. [_/a/i^ French ] A vvaiftcoat ; a kind 
 of loofe or limber ftays worn by fickly 
 ladies. 
 
 The weeping calTock fcar"d into ijutnp, 
 A fignthe prclbyter's worn to the (lump. 
 
 Cleaveland, 
 Ju'ncate. n.f [juncaJe, Fr. gioncata, 
 Italian.] 
 
 1 . Cheefecake ; a kind of Aveetmeat of 
 curds and fiigar. 
 
 2. Any dthcacy. 
 
 A goodly table of pure ivorj-, 
 All fpirad v\l\\Jumates, fit to entertain 
 The greatcfl prince. Sftnfer, 
 
 With ftones told of many a feat. 
 How fairy Mab ^he Juncates ear. Milten^ 
 
 3. A furtive or private entertainment. It 
 is now improperly wi'ilXtn juntet in this 
 fenfe, which alone remains much in ufe. 
 See JuxKET. 
 
 Ju'ncols. ^jj'?. [jur.ccus, "Lzl.] Full of 
 
 bulrulhes. 
 Ju'nction. n. yl [_/M)^;"on, Fr.] "Union; 
 
 coalition. 
 Upon i\\t JunSJion of the two corps, our fpies 
 
 difcovered a great cloud of A\i&. Addijon. 
 
 Ju'nctuke. n.f. [^yunffura, Latin.] 
 
 1. The line at which two things are 
 joined together. 
 
 Belidcs thole gioffer elements of bodies, fair, 
 fulphur, and mercury, there /nay be ingredients 
 of a more fubtile nature, wl :ch, being extremely 
 little, may elcapc unheeded :>t ^tjun^ures of the 
 diAillatory veflels, though never (o carefully 
 luted. BoyU. 
 
 2. Joint; articulation. 
 
 Slic has made ttie back-bone of feveral verte- 
 brx, as being ;cfs in danger of breaking than if 
 they were all one entiie bone without thofe 
 gnilly jurt€luris More. 
 
 .\{\ other animals have tranfverfe Ix>dies ; and 
 though fonie do raiie themuives upon their 
 hriidcr legs to an u^iiight pollure, yet they can- 
 not endure it leng, neither are the figures or 
 JuiiSurrs, or Older of their boues, fitted to luch 
 a pollute. i?"'.>.
 
 I v.o 
 
 3. Union ; amity. 
 
 Nor arc tlic fobcrcft of tlicm fo apt for tljal 
 dcvolion.ll compii.'incc and jur.^iire .of hcaiis, 
 which I dcfiic ti) bjar in ihofe holy officci to be 
 performed with me. ^^"g C/utr.'n. 
 
 4. A critical point or article of time. 
 
 By this [iioliinon in ^^)^rJuneIllrc of time, tliey 
 bid farcRrcl to all the pleafurcs of this life. ^JJif. 
 
 Wlicn any law dries not conduce to the pub- 
 lick fafety, hut in I'omc extraordinary junfiumsj 
 the very obfcrvatidn of it would endanger the 
 cjmmuniiy, that law ought to be laidalleep. 
 
 MJlfor.. 
 
 June. n. f. [yui", Fr. Junius, Lat.] 
 Tlie fixlli month fioni jaiiuiiry. 
 ,. yum is dnwn in a mantle of dark jrecn. 
 ' ' ' Pcachitm, 
 
 Ju'nior. ad't. I junior, Lat.] One younger 
 titan another. 
 
 The fools, my Ju'ticr^y Ly a year, 
 Are tortiir'd with lufpenfe and fear, 
 Who wiiely liioUjjht my age a fcrccii, 
 When death approach"*! to (land between. 
 
 S^vi/l. 
 
 According to the nature of men of years, I 
 
 was repining at the rile of my juni'ji i, and uii- 
 
 C'^JUal difttiluition of wealth. Talirr 
 
 Ju'niper. n.f. [ juniperus, Lat.] A tree. 
 A clylier may be made of the common dc- 
 coiflions, or of mallows, bay, Mxd junipir ber- 
 ries, witli oil of linfccd. iVifcy^.^tr. 
 
 JiJNK. n.f. [probably an Indian word.] 
 
 1. A fmall fliip of China. 
 
 America, wiiich have now hut junki and 
 canoes, abounded thc.t in tall Ihips. B*can. 
 
 2. Pieces oF old cable. 
 
 Ju'nket. n.f. [properly ^/KBfj/i-.] See 
 
 JuNCATK. 
 
 I. A fweetmeat. 
 
 You know thcie wants no junket t at the feaft. 
 
 .Shakjpeare. 
 
 7. A ftolcn entertainment. 
 tToJu'NKCT. V. n. [fiom the noun.] 
 I. To feaft fecretly ; to make entertain- 
 ments by fteakh. 
 
 Whatcvsrgood bits you can pilfer in the day, 
 fave them lajuitiit with your fellow-fervants at 
 night. Smf. 
 
 3. To feail. 
 
 Job's children juni'ted and feaftetl together 
 often, but the reckoning cott them dear at laft. 
 
 South. 
 
 The apoille would have no revelling or jut- 
 itting. Scjik. 
 
 JUNTO, n.f [Italian.] A cabal ; a 
 kind of men combined in any fccrti 
 delign. 
 
 WiiuM men have fpent toilforie d.ys and 
 watchful nights in the laborious qucl> of know- 
 ledge prt;)arativc to this work, at length dime 
 and daixe attendance for api'.n^l.Jtijn upon a 
 junie of petty tyrants, aited by patty and pre- 
 judice, who denied f.tnefs from learning ar.d 
 grace from morality } Siutli. 
 
 Prom this time began an intiiguc between lii< 
 maieily and a jwit-j of miniilcrs, wiiich had 
 hke to have ended in my defiruction. Guliiis:' . 
 
 I'tory. n. f. [iiti/Vf, Fr. i'iwr, Lat. ] A 
 hard, folid, and firm fubllance, of a fine 
 white colour : it is the dens exertus of 
 the elephant, who carrici on each fide 
 of his jaws a tooth of fix or ftvtn feet 
 in length ; the two foinctimes weighin<r 
 three hundred and thirty potiiids : thefe 
 ivory tu(]<s are hollow from the bafe to 
 a certain height, and the cavity is filled 
 with a compaft. medullary fubllance. 
 
 Hill. 
 
 There i?: more difference between thy Hcfli 
 and hers, tlisn bclwcen jcl and .rc^'. $kahj'p. 
 
 Vol.. I. 
 
 J U R 
 
 Draw Erato with a fweet and lovely Counte- 
 nance, bearing a hcait with an ivory key. 
 
 Fiom their ivory port the cherubim 
 Forth iffu'd. Milion. 
 
 T«i) gales the fiknt houfe of deep adorn, 
 Of polilh'd iv'iy this, tliat of tianfparcnt horn : 
 I'luc vilittns through trant'^arcnthorn aiit'e, 
 Tliruugh poiilh'd n''ry^,\U deluding lic«. Diyd. 
 Juppo'n. n.f. [jufjnn, Fr.] A fliort 
 clofc coat. 
 
 Suinc wore a btcaft-plate and a lighty«/i^o»:, 
 Tlicii horfes clothM with I'cli capaiifoii. DryA. 
 Jurat, n.f. [ fur^v/uj, Lat. jure, Fr.] 
 
 A magiftratc in feme corpoiations. 
 Ju'ratorv, adj. [ juratoin; Fr. jura, 
 L<at.] Comprifing an oath. 
 
 A contumaciuus petlon may be coropcllcil to 
 give yV/'fj.'e'j caution d: jiaren.hjuri. j^yliffe. 
 Juri'dical. adj. [juridicuj, Lat. juri- 
 dique, Fr.] 
 
 1. Ading in the diftribution of jufiice. 
 
 2. Ilfed in courts of jullice. 
 
 According to a juri^iical account and legal 
 fignihcation, time within memory, by the 
 ft.itute of \Vcftm;'hfter, was fettled in the begin- 
 ning of the reign of king Richard the l'"itlt. 
 
 lUle. 
 JuRi'iilCALlY. adv. [from juridical.^ 
 With legal authority ; according to 
 forms of jullice. 
 ju'RiscoNsui.T. n. f, [juris cnnfultus, 
 Lat.] One who gives his opinion in 
 cafes of law. 
 There is mention made, in a dccifion of the 
 jurifcmfult Javolcmus, of a Britannick fleet. 
 
 A'but'fKt. 
 JuRisDi'cTiov. n.f, \_jurifdi8io, Lat. 
 jurifdicliiin, Fr. ] 
 
 1 . l.,cgal authority ; extent of power. 
 
 Sometimes the practice of fuch jurijdi^ion 
 m„y Iwerve throjgh error even in the very befl, 
 and I'or otiier icfpccij, where lefs integrity is. - 
 
 Hcokcr. 
 You wrought to be a legate ; by which power 
 You maim'd the jittifdidion of all bithops. 
 
 Sft^kff'Hire. 
 
 All perfons exercifing eccleIiafticaiyKr//;//ff/o'r 
 
 (hould have the king's arms in their feals of 
 
 oliice. " H.iyiL'urd. 
 
 This place exempt 
 From Heav'n's hvghjurijliaioo. Millet. 
 
 As Adam had no fuch power as gave him 
 (uvcrn^n Jur'fdi^ion over mankind. Locit-. 
 
 This cuttom in a popular liate, of impearii- 
 ing particular men, may feem to be nothing elfe 
 but the peiiple's chufing to excicii'e their oun 
 jurifdiSlion in perfon. Sivift^ 
 
 2. DiftiiCl to which any authority ex- 
 tends. 
 
 JuRispRu'oENCE. n. f. [juriffrudcr.ci, 
 Fr. iurifprudciitia, Lat.] The fcience 
 of lavr. 
 
 Ju'r 1ST. n.f. [ itirlfle, Fr. jura, Latin.] 
 A civil hiwyer ; a man who profefles the 
 fcience of the law ; a civilian. 
 
 This is not to be mealu;e.-i by the principles 
 of jurifts. Jii'r'j'i. 
 
 Ju'ror. n.f. [i«/-3, Lat.] One that 
 ferves on the jury. 
 
 Were the y'^rort picked out of choice men, the 
 evidence will be as deceitful as the verdiifl. 
 
 Sp^nfer. 
 I (hall find your lordfhip judge andyursr. 
 You are fo merciful, I fee your end, 
 *Tis my undoing. Shdkfpf^'-:. 
 
 I fing no harm, good footh ! to any wight, 
 y«r:r, or judge. Doki:. 
 
 About noon the jurors went together, and be- 
 caufe they could not agree, they were (hut in. 
 
 lUiywdid. 
 
 J U R 
 
 Ju'rv. n.f [^juraia,LzUJur£,¥r.'} A 
 company of men, as twenty-four or 
 twcUr, fwoni ta deliver truth upo;i 
 fuch evidence as (hall be delivered them 
 touching the raatter in quellion. 
 
 There be three tnanncrs uf trials in EiigUiid : 
 on: by parliament, another by battle, and the 
 third b)' AXizc or J./ ry. The trijl by aflizt, be 
 the aifliun civil cr criminal, publick or piivare, 
 pcrfunal or real, is referred for the faft to ayw'^t 
 and as they And it, fu pafTeth the judgment. 
 This Jury is uTed nor only m circuits of jufliccs 
 errant, but mho in other courts, and matters of 
 office, 35, if the efciicalour mnkc intjuihiion 
 in any thing touching his office, l»c riorh it by a 
 Jury Of' in^jucfl : if the c jrorer inquire how a 
 fubjcct found dead came to t>is end, he ufcth an 
 inqucit : the juHices of peace in tlieif quartcr- 
 felTions, the fbcriff in hii; counEy and turn, the 
 bailiff of a hunriicd, the rtcwaid of a court-ieet 
 or C()iiH-haroii, if ilicy inquire of any oft'encc, 
 or decide any caufc between party and party^ 
 they do it by ri.c I'jmc manner ; fo rh;a where 
 it is faid, that all things be triable by parlia- 
 ment, battle, oraflize; iilfi^c, in this pUce, is 
 tak.cn fur a J^try or inqucrt, empanelled upon 
 ^ny caufe in a court wlicre this kind of trial is 
 ufcd. This Jurv, though i: appertain to moft 
 courts of the common !aw, yet it is raoft noto- 
 rious in the half-ycarcourtsof thcjuftices errants^ 
 commonly called the gicat aluzcs, and 111 the 
 qiMttcr-lcirion5, and in them it is mofl ordinarily 
 called aywrv, and that in civil caufcs; whereas 
 in otiiei' couits it is often termed an inqueft. In 
 the general aihz.^, there are ufuaily m^ny juriti, 
 Lecaufc there be ftcre of cnulcs, both civil and 
 criminal, commonly to be tried, whereof one is 
 called the grand /£/'■;•, and the reft pctity«r/«. 
 The grand ;k^v confilts ordinarily of twenty-four 
 grave and fubflantial gentlemen, or fomc of 
 them yeomen, cliofen indifferently out 01 the 
 whole ihirc by the flieriti", to confidcr of all bills 
 of indiekment preferred to the court ; which. 
 they do either approve by writing upon thcna 
 tliefe words, ^h'/u vera, or diUllow by writing 
 jgnorjmui. Such as they do approve, if they 
 touch life and death, are farther referred to 
 anotfier jury to be conHdcred of, becaufc the 
 cafe is of fuch impcjrt.mcc ; but others of lighter 
 momenr arc, upon their allowance, without 
 more work, fined by the bench, except the 
 party travcrfe the iudidlment, or challenge it 
 for infuiScierjcy, or remove the caufc to a higlier 
 court by cft.&rart -^ in which two foimer cafes 
 it is referred to another /«m', and in the latter 
 tranfmirtcd to the higher Thofe that pafs upon 
 civil cnufcs real, are all, or fo many as can 
 conveniently be had, of the Time hundred where 
 tfiC land or tenement in queftion doth lie, and 
 lour at the leafl ; and tliey, upon due examina- 
 ti.)n, b-ring in tiieir vcrdnit cither for the dt- 
 inandanc or tenant: according unro whichj 
 judgment pafTeth aftciward in tic court where 
 the c;!ur£:: firft began ; and the leafon hereof is, 
 becaufc ihelc juftiees of atTize are, in this cifc, 
 for ^t he eafc of the criuntiics only to take the 
 vtidiift of thcyw^ by the virtue of the writ called 
 niji ptiuif and lo rcturfi it to luecoutt where the 
 caufe is depending. CcitcV. 
 
 The ruTYf paHing on the prifoner's life. 
 May in the I'worn twelve have a tiiief or two 
 Guilder tnaa him they try. SJi4i^ffi*ir^^ 
 
 Ilow innocent I was,, 
 
 H'? noble Jury and foul raufecan witncfi. Shj^T. 
 
 Cloriius was acquitted by n cormpr /^r)', ti a: 
 
 h^id palpably taken Ih<itc& of mooey before they 
 
 gave up their verdiil. Ji^rori^ 
 
 ju'nyMAN. n.y. {jtiry and inan.l Oiie 
 who is impanncllcd oa a jury. 
 
 The hungry judges loon the icntencc (ign 
 And wretches iwng x.\\7iiJurymeK may dn)c. Pope^ 
 
 No judge was known, upon or oti'lhe heuchf 
 to ufc The leaft iiilinuatinn, that migiit aft'edi the 
 interefts tf any one fingleyVyw^w, much Icfs of 
 a whole jury, SiL-ift, 
 
 6 R
 
 JUS 
 
 Ju'RYNfAST. n. f. It fecras to be pro- 
 perly diiree majl, mat de duree, a majl 
 made to lajl for the prefent occafiou. 
 So the feamencall whatever they fet up 
 in the room of a mad loft in a fight or 
 by a ftorm ; being fome great yard 
 which they put down into the ftep of 
 that loll maft, faftening it into the 
 partners, and fitting to it the inKren or 
 fome lefler yard with fails and ropes, 
 and with it niakc a fiiifc to faiL Harris. 
 ■ JUST. W'. [hp,Yr. jujhs^tzt.'] 
 
 1. Uptight; incorrupt; equitable in the 
 dillribution of jullice. 
 
 Take it, while yet 'tis piailc, before my rage 
 VntzMy j<ift, brtali luofe on tliisbadage. Dryd. 
 
 Men ;iic commonlv to fuji to virtue and gycd- 
 ■iicfs, ss tuprjife tt-in otlicts, even wttcrnhcy do 
 not {tstOife, jttljcnifclycs. •; Tslht/cr. 
 
 2. HiiheftjwithoBtcirinisin dealing with 
 _■' dtfcrs; ■ ;■' "V ' • 
 
 'Ii.;S ^ij balsmfctsj 7(</2'We}Ats,;and ar/^ep\jah. 
 
 3.'Iknow not whether _/'«/? of has any 
 
 ptjier authority./ j , . : . ; r ■• ^ 
 , ..\ yujt of thy word, in ev*ry thought fincere. 
 Who knew iia ^tifli but •what tlic woild niight 
 - -hear.;.,^ -, ,, .;;.,, ;•, . ■ ,P«/f. 
 4. Exaft ; proper; accurate; .. 
 • J Boileau's mfaibers are excellent, his expref- 
 fions noble, his tboughtsyj^, hrs language pure, 
 and tiis fcnfe clofe. Drydin. 
 
 Thctc fcencs wci-e wioiighr, 
 : EmbellFlh'd with good raorals andji//? thought. 
 ' , ' I - I . .Gian'^i'lc. 
 
 ■ yi/*pceccpta thus from great examplcs:giv'n, 
 She drew from them wiiat they~deriv'd from 
 Heav'jr. v.-.,j - .:: >.....■■,.!; h.Ptjt:. 
 ■f^ujl to the tale, as prefent at the fray, 
 Cr taught theiatrjurs of the theadful way. Vn^e. 
 Once on a time La Mancha's knigi>t,.they fay, 
 A certain bard cncount'rmgon the way, 
 XJifcours'd in terms as/r^^, with looks as fage, 
 As ere could Pennis of the laws o' th* ftage. 
 
 _ Though tlie fyllogifm be irregular, yet the in- 
 ferences y^Tf: jufi and true. VVatt^ LogUk. 
 K, VirtBous ; innocent ; pare. 
 
 How fhould man bey'w/? with Goc^ ? y<i6. 
 
 '\ ^/^Jujl man fttleth feven times and rifeth. 
 
 .• _. Prc-Derhs. 
 
 He Htall'be recompcnrerl at the refur rerflinn of 
 
 the jufr.' Mnt/hriv 
 
 Thc/ufi th' tinjufi to ferve. MUion. 
 
 <). True ; not forged. 
 
 Crimes were lard to his charge too nnny, the 
 
 Icall whereof being //*/?,' had bereaved him of 
 
 cffrmai'ion and credir. Hooi^r. 
 
 5. Grounded on pnt>ciplfes'-©f juftice ; 
 
 rightfiiU-;!'"^';;, , , V, ,-._-."^ ' 
 
 , '• '; We tobugK 7«;Trighf 
 Did fiift cre'atVyoiir leader." '. A/i//w«. 
 
 8. Kqiiaily retribated. 
 
 l^e leccivedajtiyfrccomperceofrewaicl. Heir. 
 -■\Vunre damriarion is y./?. Rwm^n. 
 
 As.H,e!ipd,Xuigs,-.fprc,ul water o-cr thy licids, 
 . Aivil * laoiftyV/? and gl*! iucteali it yield*. 
 _ ^ , „ , ■ ' ;: ■ -. ^tnham. 
 
 9. Complete Without fuperfluity or defed. 
 
 He,, Was a cumcly pe^ft■^agc', a jittic above 
 
 jufi Itatuce, well and ftrait limbed, but ilender. 
 
 ■ Bt*ccn. 
 
 10. Regular; orderly. 
 
 When .i!l 
 The w.ir fli.ill fftind.raiigjd in its /ujf array, 
 And dtci<Hutpbmi>)- then- will I thini« on thee. 
 . ' . ■ . ^.{.tljon. 
 
 J I. lixaflly proportioned. 
 
 The prince is here at baud : pirafeth your 
 liirdfhtp 
 To meet Us gnce, jujl difiauce 'tween our 
 
 a:r.iies? Shatifciie. 
 
 i. 
 
 JUS 
 
 12. Full ; of full diinenfions. 
 
 His foldieis had (kirmifhcs with the Nimii- 
 diaiis, fj that once the (kirmilh was like to have 
 come to a jufi battle. KnoiUi. 
 
 There is not any one particular above men- 
 tioned, but would take up the Imfinefs of a/.//? 
 volume. liait 
 
 There feldom appeared 3JuJi array in the civil 
 wars. Dulchtfi c/ NeivcnjUt, 
 
 Just. ndv. 
 
 1. EKaclly ; nicely; accurately.. 
 
 The god P.:n guided my haaijuj} to the heart 
 of the beaft. SLt'cty. 
 
 They go about to make us believe that they 
 ar>' Ji'f'^of rhc fame opinion, and that they 
 only think fuoh ceremonies are not to he ufed 
 w\\^n tncy sre unprofitable, or when as good 01 
 better may be eliaVlilbed. Hd'Air, 
 
 Ti-.ere, cv'n juji there he flood ; and as Ihe 
 fpo^ce, 
 Where lall the fpcflre was, (he caft her look. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 A few u-ndcrftand him right ; /;//? as when 
 
 cur Saviour laid, in an allegoiical fenic, E.\cept 
 
 , ye eat the flelh of the fun of man, and drink 
 
 his blood, ye have no life in you. Bentlcv. 
 
 'Tis witi: our judgments as our watches, none 
 GqjuJI alike ; yet each believes his own. Pc/r. 
 
 2. Merely ; barely. 
 
 It is the humour of weak and trifling men to 
 vahie themlelves upon juji nothing at all. 
 ■■■ ,■ • ""'■■■' ' ' ■ VEjiraNgc. 
 
 The Nereids fvvam before 
 To fmooth the fcas ; a foft etefian g^Ie 
 But y'u/? infpit'd and gently iVell'd the fail. 
 
 DryJ-n. 
 Give me, ye gods, the produft of one field, 
 That fo I neither may be rich nor poor ; 
 And having j:tji enough, not covet more. Dty.i 
 
 3. Nearly ; alrr.oft ; tanlitm non. 
 
 ■Being fpcnt with age, AudjnJ: at the point of 
 death, Democrifus called for loaves of new 
 L^e.-'d'to be brotight, and with the fteam of them 
 under his nofe prolonged his life. TcmpU. 
 
 Jvs-T. n. J] [_/o;^?t-, French.] Mock en- 
 counter on horfeback ; tilt ; tourna- 
 ment, y^ii/i is more proper. 
 
 Nunc was either more grateful fo the be- 
 holders, or more noble in itfelf, tlwinyi^j, both 
 witir fword andlaunce. • Siditt-y. 
 
 What news .' hold thoiejufii and triumphs r 
 
 Sh.ikJ^earc. 
 Among themfelves the tourney they divide. 
 In equal fquadrnns rnng'd on either fide. 
 Then Inrrt'd their horfes heads, and man taman, 
 Andfteed to ftced oppos'd, thej^JIs began, i 
 
 ' * . •■ !'. JJryMn. 
 
 To JrsT. V. n. [JBvfcr, French. Ji. ^'I'Y 
 
 1 . 'I'o engage in a ni6ck Sght ; t^afifci 
 
 2. Topufh; todiive; to juftle. ■'^'ob 
 JUSTICE. »./f_fg.^HFfeiicfi^';^;/M, 
 
 Latin.] ^_ '.. . .'. t ... . 
 
 1. The virtue by which \J^^i'Je to evAy 
 man what is hio due : oppofed to //?/'«"".' 
 or 'wrong. It .1.3 n\l\\e.r jiifiiibuth'e,' be- 
 longing to magrthatcs'; oxcommutalk-, 
 refpefting co:r.;i.oii' irafifaftions* be- 
 tween men. . .,1 
 O that I tt cie it:-!.;? I woviltl h6)lijt;'ci.: i Sam. 
 ii:€ king-otcomijig giMces, ^ ,,_ ^ 
 As /i/y?/Ve, veiitVj temp'ianct, llableifelsj^' ' 
 I have no relifli of thchi. . /.'" " ' ' '^athe.nc 
 The iiatiife and ofacc of /.//?;'(:/ being to difpifc 
 the mind to a dbnliant and pcrpctlial readinefs 
 to render to every man his'chii-, it Is'evidentr, that 
 if gratitude be a part of /.//.Vcf, it nuifttecon- 
 vcilcTiit about fonictbing thAt'is due 'to a/)othei. 
 ■'■;•' Lidc, 
 
 2. Equity; agveeablenefs . to, nght > as, 
 
 if f>rovcJ tic j'iClice o_f' /.■ij c/iuni, ,j 
 
 3. Vindicative retributiph j piiai|}ira,ent' ": 
 oppofed to visrcy. 
 
 J US 
 
 He executed \ht jujiice of the Lord. Dc-Jt. 
 
 l^Qtj'iJllct overtake us. Ifu'ui. 
 
 Examples of Jt</lice njuft be made, for terror 
 to fome ; examples- of mercy, for comfort to- 
 others. Baioru 
 
 4. Right; affertion of right. 
 
 Draw thy iVoid, 
 That if my fpetch ol:i?nd a noble heart. 
 Thy arm may do \.\\ce juJlice. Si:ahfprarf, 
 
 5. [jufticiarius, Lat.] One |deputed by 
 the king to do right by way of judg- 
 ment. Cowe/l. 
 
 And thou, Efdras, ordain judges tinAjufliai,. 
 that they may judge in all Syiia. i- Efdras. 
 
 6. Ju'sTlCE of the Kiug^s Bench. \^jujll- 
 dar'tus de B'anquo lR.eg'i5.\ Is a lord by 
 his office, and the chief of the reft ; 
 wherefore he is alio calkdcapi'ii/isjujli- 
 ciarhis .^inglie. His office efpeciaily is 
 to hear and determine all pleas of the 
 crown ; that is, fuch as concern offences 
 committed againft the crown, dignity, 
 and peace of the king ; as treafons, fe- 
 lonies, mayhems, and fuch like : but 
 it is co.Tie to pafs, that he with his af- 
 fiflants liearcth all pcifi.'r.al adlions, and 
 real alio, if they be incident to any per- 
 fonal aftion depending before them. 
 
 Co'juelL 
 Givetiiat whipfler his errand. 
 He'll take my lord chief jitjiicc' warrant. Prkj^. 
 
 7. jv'sTiCE of the Common Pieas, [ r'tifii- 
 ciarius Commumum Pladlo>'um.'\ Js a 
 lord by his office, and is called dominus 
 
 jujliciarius commvtthim placitorum. He 
 with his afGftants originally did hear 
 and determine all caufes at the common 
 law ; thfit is, all civil caafes between 
 common perCons, as well psrfonal as 
 real ; for which caufe it was called the 
 court of common pleas, in oppofition to 
 the pleas of the crown, or the king'i 
 pitas, which are fpeoial, and apper- 
 taining to him only. Ca-aitU. 
 
 8. Ju'sTiCE of the Fcreji. [Jujikiariui 
 For^Jl:!.] Isalcrd by his office, andhath 
 the hearing and determining of all of- 
 fences within the king's fureif, coin- 
 n.ilted againll venifon or vert : of ihcfe 
 tlierc he two, whereof the one hath ju- 
 rifdiSion over all the forefts on this 
 fide Trent, and the other of all beyond, 
 
 -"■-•' '^^ ■-■ ■ _■• . • • : Coil:-//. 
 •J,". *'4 -•■:J to iiol»:vi.>.nc:j ar^-;.- .. '. ; 
 
 9. Jv's'tilCES'!af-A//i/ei ['jijliciarii ad ca- 
 pii'iidas Affl/iu.) Ar< fuch as were - 
 wont, by Ipectal commifiion, to be fent 
 into this or that Country to take affifeS; 
 the ground o\ which polity was the tfife 
 of thfe fubjcdls : for whereas thcfe' ac- 
 tions pafs. always by jury, fo many men 
 
 ., might not, withoutgreat hinderance, fee 
 "brought to London ; and therefore jus- 
 tices, fer^this-puipofej were by coin- 
 niiffioii particitfarly; authorized and fient 
 dov.'ii to tliciii. Coktfell. 
 
 T o. Ju'sTi* E s w Eyre, [jujlicicrii itine- 
 rants.^ Are fo termed oi the FreiK'h 
 erre^iter. The tife of thcfe, in ancient 
 ^'m^ 'viii'ij fen'dthem with commiffioa 
 irf{ri>iiiveTs^x'6unties to hear fuch catifes 
 ^efpeciMlV a\VWeVe'^t'^rVried 'the jileas of 
 . the (jfoivi^ and therefore I. niu(l ima- 
 giite they wt;re fent aliroad for the eafe
 
 JUS 
 
 Tsf die fubjefls, who muft clfc have been 
 hiiiried to the Kin^j's lioiich, if the 
 caiife were too high for the country 
 
 ' court. Thjy difiered from the Jiiftices 
 of Oyer and Terminer, heeaufe they 
 vere fent upon fome one or few efpecial 
 cafes, and to one j)lace ; whereas the 
 
 '\ jufiicss in Eyre were fent through the 
 provinces and countries of the laud, 
 
 ' with more indefinite and general coir.- 
 
 .■ niiilioT). CovtcU. 
 
 11. Ju'sTiCES of Gael DcUveiy. [jujli- 
 eiar'ii ad GaoLis a'dwciav.das . ] Are fuch 
 as are fent with comnilllion to hear and 
 determine all caiifes appertaining to fuch 
 as for any offenec are ca,!l ii'.to gaol, 
 partofwhofe authority. is to punifli fucli 
 as let to nialnprlfetliofe prllon'crs that 
 by law be not bailable. I'licfe by like- 
 lihood, in ancient time, weie fent to 
 countries upon ftveral occafions ; but 
 afteruaid iuftices of afilfe were likewife 
 authuvi/LJ Xj this. Co'weU. 
 
 12. Justices of Kiji Prius' -^rt all or.e 
 now-a-days will) juUices of atfife; for it 
 is a common adjournment of a caufe, in 
 the common pleas^ to pnt it off to fuch 
 a day : ii'sfi prius jii/Hc-'iaril venerint ad fas 
 parte.' aii capienilas aljifas ; and upon this 
 claufe of adjoumraent they are called 
 julHces of n'ift pr'ms as well as juftices of 
 afPife, by reafon of th'- writ or aftion 
 that they have to deal in. Co-well. 
 
 13. Jv'sTiCES of Peace. { jvJHeiarii ad 
 Facem.l Are they that are appointed 
 by the king's coinmifTion, with others, 
 to attend the peace of the country where 
 they dwell ; of whom fome, upon ef- 
 pecial refpecT, are made of the quorum, 
 becaufe fome bufinefs of importance may 
 not be dealt in without the prefence of 
 them, or one of them. Cowell. 
 
 In fair rouixd belly with good capon lin'd. 
 With eyes fcvere, and be.ird of foimal cut, 
 Fall ( f wife faws and modern inftances, 
 And fo he pliys his part. Shakjprare. 
 
 Thou hnft appointed jtif.ira of the peace to 
 <all poor men before them, about matters they 
 were not ab c to aufwer. Shjtfpiarc. 
 
 The juJUcr\ of pf.'ice arc of great ufe : an- 
 cienily they ucrc confcrvators of the peace : 
 thefc are the fame, faving that feccrsl .idis of 
 ILirliament have enlaiged Iheii junfdicftion. 
 
 7i) Jtj'sTicE. V. a. [from the noun.] To 
 adminifter jullice to any. Not in ufe. 
 
 As for tiie title of profcnpfion, wherein [he 
 emperor hath been juilge and party, and hath 
 JuJliccJ himfclf, God forbid but that it (huuld 
 endure an appeal to a war. Bacct. 
 
 Whereas one Stywaid, a Scot, was appre- 
 hended tor intending to poilun the young queen 
 of Scots ; ihc king delivcied him lo the French 
 king, to \ii jujilcid by him at his picafure. 
 
 Hayioard. 
 
 Ju'sTicEMFNT. n. f. \fixom jujiice.'\ Pro- 
 cedure in courts. 
 
 Ju'sTicER. n.f. [from Te Ju/llce.] Ad- 
 miniftrator of juflice. An old word. 
 
 He was a fmguiar good ji'Jlictr ; and if he hati 
 not died in ihc fecond ye.ir of his government, 
 was the likelieft perfon to have reformed the 
 EngliOi coloDicj. ZJoivVi sa Ireland, 
 
 J u s 
 
 Jl'sticeship. n.f. [ftomjujlice.'] Rink 
 or oflke of juliice, 'Swft. 
 
 JusTi'ciABLt. adj. \Jxom juflice.'] Pro- 
 per to be examined in courts of juliice. 
 Ju'sTiFi.inLE. adj. [fxixnjuflfy.'l Dc- 
 feufibk by law or reafon. 
 
 Jull uic ihc ways of Gad, 
 Atidjuj}i^a6.'eto men. Milton* i j^goniffi. 
 
 Although fornc.animajs in the water do earj;y 
 a j;iji:fitl>!/ refcnibfancc to fome at land, yet aic 
 the major pa(I which bear their ramts unlike. 
 
 Jj'ii'.un's J'ulgiir Eriouis. 
 
 Ju'sTiFUBLENESS. n.f. [{r am Jt//li/uiih:] 
 Reclitude; poffibility of being fairly 
 defended. 
 Men,je,ilousof the j'^ifir/i'iiknef! of their doint;s 
 
 ' ^before God, never tiiuik. they have human 
 flicngth enough. King C/ijr/ci_ 
 
 Ju'sfiFi-.\BLV'.' 'a^v.- [from juJlifalL-.] 
 Rightly ; fo as to be fupportcd by right; 
 defcnfibly. 
 
 A man may more JHjIifiaUy tlirow crofs and 
 pile (\)r his opln:i/;is, than take them up by fuch 
 raeafures'. L'-:ke. 
 
 Justifica'tion. n.f. \_juf}lpcal'wn,Yx. 
 
 jufiyicatio, low Latin.] 
 [. Abfolution. 
 
 1 irojjc for my hroth^x* ^ j:ff if :at!Ctt \ he wrote 
 this but as.an cffay of my virtue. Shnkfpatre. 
 
 2. Defence J maintenance; vindication; 
 fiipport. 
 
 An.ong tiicological arguments in jujlijication 
 of abfolute obtdieucc, was one of a Angular na- 
 ture. Swift. 
 
 3. Deliverance by pardon from fins paft. 
 
 Clarke. 
 
 In fuch righleoufnafs 
 To them by faith imputed, they may firxi 
 'Jujtipctition towards God, and peace 
 Of confcicnce. Miitcn'i Par. Lo/l. 
 
 'Tis the confummation of that former aC't of 
 faith hy tiiis latter, or, in the words of St. Paul 
 and Sr. James, the confummation of faith by 
 charny and good works, that God accvpreth in 
 Chritt io jujiijiciitiorij and not the bare aptnefs oi 
 faith to bring forth works, if thofc works, by the 
 fault of a rebellious intidei, wilt not be brought 
 forth. Hatnmcn.i. 
 
 Justifica'tor. n.f. Ifrom fujiljy. J One 
 who fupports, defej^ds, vindicates, or 
 jiilllfies. 
 
 Ju'sTiFiER. n.f [from jriflfy.] One 
 who juftifics ; one who defends or ab- 
 folvcs; one who frees froni^n by par- 
 don. . ■ ,; . " 
 
 That he might be jull, and tbey^^.'i; of tiini 
 which believc:h in Jefus. ^ }^r,mun: 
 
 T. jU'STIFY. V a. [jii/lifer,trt^Txch-, 
 jiiji'ifico, low Latin.] 
 
 1. To clear from imputed guilt ; to ab- 
 folve from an accufation. 
 
 The law barb juc^g'd th^ee, Eleanor; 
 I cannot /w/f/^y whom law condemns. Siulfpefire. 
 
 They fay, behold a man gluttonous, a/ritndof 
 public.ins and finners; but vMom.' is jljlijiirl oi 
 her children. , Afut//it:c. 
 
 How can man be jujlifitj vi\lh G6d?Or'tjow 
 can he be clean that is born of a woman } J:.b 
 
 There is an exqaifitc fubtilty,aud the fame is 
 unjuft ; and there is a wife min xhii juf.ifit: '; in 
 judgment. " J^cjus. 
 
 Sins may be forgiven through repentance, but 
 no .i£t of wit of man will ever fujfijy them. 
 
 ShgrUrl;. 
 
 You 're neither !u/iiJ!eJ nor vet accus'd. Urid 
 
 2. To maintain ; to defend ; to vindicate. 
 
 When we began in courteous manrier to lay 
 his unkindntfs uuto him, he fct.'ng liimfeif con- 
 
 JUS 
 
 {rontti by fo many, like a rcfoliile eralofl, wim't 
 not to denial, but tiju/ji/j, bis cruol hlfchoud. 
 
 Suiitry. 
 What flic did, whatever in ilfelf. 
 Her doing fcem'd toj^Jii/y the deed. Mlllin. 
 
 My unwilhng fligiit the godsiiifot'ce, ' ' 
 Aim that niuft i'ljufy oui- tad divorce. Den/nn. 
 
 Yet (till thy louU Hull Hand in thy de(eiic«, 
 And j-Jlijy their author's wiiit of fenfc. VnJ. 
 Let others iu/ify tlicir mitTions a, they can, wc 
 arc (ure wt can /u/'fy tbat of our f.itlicfs b^ aa 
 uninterrupted fuccelfion. AnertAkry. 
 
 3. To free from paft fin by pardon. - 
 By him all that believe arc jujlijiid from all 
 things, from which ye could nut he juj'.;jiid by the 
 law of Mofes. l/ilii. 
 
 To Jii'sTLE. -J. n. [from jiifl, joufier, 
 French.] To encounter; to tlalh ; to 
 lufh agaiiift each other. 
 
 While injii-y of chance 
 Puts back leave taking, ji.Jlhi rooghlv by 
 All time of p.iufe, rudely beguiles uiir lips 
 Of all rejoioduic. bn^ilfj). Tmilui and Crtffida, 
 The chariot iball rage in the Itrects, they (hall 
 juJIU one againft another in tbc broad ways. 
 
 Nahun. 
 Argo pafs'd, 
 Thiough Bofphorus, betwixt the /ii/f//»j rocks. 
 
 brill ton. 
 Late the clouds • ' 
 
 J:/:!ii:g, or puQi'd with winds, rude in their 
 
 (buck, : _ '^ -■ 
 
 Tine the flaut lightnings. ■ irMiltoi^s Par. Lojf. 
 
 Not Ode ttarry fpark. 
 But gods meet gods, indjyUc in the dark. Lie. 
 
 Courtiers thereforcyiy//e for a g'aiit ; 
 And, when they break their fnendlhip, plead 
 their want. Drydtn. 
 
 The more remote tun ftumbling with their 
 fear. 
 And, ill the dark, men jujlle as they meet. 
 
 Drydcn^ 
 When elephant 'gainft elephant did rear 
 His trunk, and c3ftles/i<^/Wm [he air, 
 My fword thy way to vu^ory had Ihown. 
 
 Drydtn. 
 Was there not one wha had fer bars and doors 
 to it, and faid, Hitherto (halt thou come, but no 
 farther, .ind here (hall tliy proud waves be ftaid ; 
 then might we well eipect luch vicilTitudes, locii 
 y«/(7/>/g!andclan>ings in nature. if'iijd\Lard. 
 
 \ I thought the dean harf been too proud: 
 To jufile r.creamong a cr oqil, Siuifr. 
 
 T'o Ju'sTLE. V. a. To pufT) ; to drive; 
 to force by rufhing againft it. It is 
 
 . QOtnmonly ufed with^B particle follow- 
 ing, as out or (Jf. . '; :■ 
 
 Private and fingk abilities (houlri vtotjufU tut 
 
 anddeptive th.e cbuich of the: joint •abi,r:ics of 
 
 nwny learned and godly meu. . KingChiuU! 
 
 ManytjiceUent ituim h^ve bec(i,,Wr.igf hv 
 
 their intruhons. ' Bro'.vr.', ITulguTjirr. 
 
 The furly comm^ms (hall rrfpccl deny, 
 Aud>/A peetage c„t with pioperty, Drydin 
 • II IS n.it to be imagined that the incongruous' 
 alphabets and abufes of writing can ever be 
 ■7»//(tf eirf'of TheirfrOfrelEonof all libt.iiies. 
 
 ■-''". ;R*n''?n^'«»' We diirlc^a man m:jjujlli a poll! 
 
 ••-• Akcnt good, though thought on, not making 
 
 any part of iml.lppliVtfs inits abfence, U jujlk-j 
 
 . c«, to make TV!«y fa '(jl.c removal of tbofc unea- 
 
 -im^,:^ vc(c^, ■"■■ -■ Locke. 
 
 .- We ^y.fj one another wt, .ind difputed the 
 port for a great while .,Jdd,Jon. 
 
 Ju STLY. adv. linmjuj}.] 
 I. Uprightly.; honeftly ; in a juft manner. 
 
 Nothing can/^.'.> be defpifed, that cannct/;.,l'y 
 be bfamed : where there is no.choice, there can 
 be no blarae. VcJ/T 
 
 With ignominy fcmirgMi m open fight •' ^ 
 Next view The Tarrjuin king, ; th' avenging f^-ord 
 Ot Biiftus /fj«/jr diawn, and Rome rcflord 
 
 6 R 2
 
 JUT 
 
 The foddeft, (hidious of her Grecians f;itc, 
 Taught thcra in laws and letters to excel, 
 In adling /y:/v, and iii writnig well. Prisr. 
 
 2. Properly ; exadly ; accurately. 
 
 Their artful hands inftruift the lute to found, 
 Their /eet aflilt their hands, and Ji-Jl/ji beat the 
 ground. Dryder., 
 
 Ju'sTNKss. n.f. \_UomiuJ}.] 
 
 1. Juftice; reafonablenefs ; equity, jftij}- 
 nefs is properly applied to things, and 
 jujlice to perfons ; tliough we now fav 
 
 the jujike of- a caufe, as well as of a 
 judge. 
 
 Vt mnketh unto the right of the waragaind him, 
 Whofe fiiccefs ufeth commonly to be according to 
 X\\(ij'tjijtsfs oi t?ic cauf<; for which it is made. 
 
 Spefi/er en Ireland. 
 
 We may rot think thejujlnefs of each art 
 Such and no other than event doth form ir. 
 
 5cvif/]&fart-. 
 
 2. Accuracy; cxa<flnefs ; propriety. In 
 this fenfe it is now mod ufed. 
 
 ; I value the fatisfaflion Thad in feeing it repre- 
 sented, with all the Jnjlnrft. and gnicefulnefs of 
 . aSion. DryJen. 
 
 I appeal to the people, was thcufml faying of 
 a very excellent dramatick. poet, when he had 
 . any difpute with particular perfons about the iuji- 
 nefi and regulniity of his produftions. Addifon. 
 3oJuT. .1^, ji. [Suppofed to be corrupted 
 from jet, perhaps fromTZ'so/.] To pufii 
 or iTioot Into prominences; to come out 
 beyond the main bulk. 
 
 J U V 
 
 InfiiUing tyi'anny begins tojuf 
 Upon theinnncent and awkfs thrown. Siaijp. 
 
 All the projcited or jut lir:g paits (hould be very 
 moderate, efpccially the cornices of the lower 
 orders. Ifcilen. 
 
 The land, if not reftrain'd, had met your way, 
 Projefted out a neck, and /.v(;«./ to the fea. Dryd. 
 
 Broke by the Junlng land on either fide ; 
 In double jrennis the briny waters glide. Drydfn. 
 
 It feems to //// out of the ftruiture of the 
 poetn, and be independent of it. Biaoms. 
 
 To Ju'tty. v. a. [homjut.'] To fltoot 
 out beyond. 
 
 Then lend the eye a terrible afpccl ; 
 Let ir pry througij the portage of tl.e head 
 Like a brafs cannon ; let the brow o'erwhelm it 
 As fearfully as doth a galled reck 
 0*erhang and^/.r/v his conl'oimdcd bafe, 
 Swill'd svith the wild and waiieful ocean. Shakff. 
 
 JU'VENILE. nr//. [jwventUs, Latin.] 
 Young ; youthful. 
 
 Learning hath its infancy when it is almoft 
 childifli ; then its youth, when it is luxuriant 
 intSjuvenili ; then its (Irength of years, when it 
 is folid ; and laftly, its old age, when it waxeth 
 dry and cxhauft. Bacon's EJJayi. 
 
 Juveni'lity. n.f. [{Tomjinenile.^ 
 
 1. Youthfulnefs. 
 
 The reftauration of grey heirs to juvenHiiyy and 
 renewing cxhauftcd marrow, may be efferted 
 
 without a miracle. GlunvilU. 
 
 2. Light and cardefs manner. 
 
 J Y M 
 
 Cuftomaiy ftrains and abftrafleri JuvintUiifs 
 have made it difficult to commend and fpeak 
 credibly in dedications. Glain-i!U. 
 
 Ju'xTAPOSiTlON. n.f. {^juKtapofitiony 
 ^r. juxta and pof.t'w, Latin.] Appofi- 
 tion ; the ftate of being placed by each 
 other. 
 
 Kor can it be a difference, that the parts of fo- 
 lid bodies are held togc'her by books, fince the 
 coherence of thefc will beof difficult conception ; 
 and we muft either luypofe an infinite number of 
 them holding together, or ut laft C'l.nc to parts- 
 that an; united by a Tnticjuxtnpofinon. GianviUe. 
 
 I'vY. ti.f. [ipij, Saxon ; ^^i/i-r.c, Lat.] 
 A plant. 
 
 It is a parafitick plant, fending. forth roots or 
 fibres from its branches, by which it is faftened 
 to either trees, walls, or plants which are near it, 
 and from thence receives a great (bare of its nou- 
 rilhnicnt. Miller. 
 
 A gown made of the fineft wool ; 
 A belt of itraw, and hy buds, 
 With coral clalps and amber ftuds ;. 
 And if tnele pleafures may thee move, 
 Come live with me and be ray love. Rahigfi. 
 
 Direft theclafping ri^v where to climb. MUlDn. 
 
 Jy'mctld. «^'.. S;e GlMAL. 
 
 Their poor jades 
 Lob down their heads, dropping the hide and 
 
 hips ; 
 And in their pale dull mouths thc_^'>wo/Jbit 
 Lies, foul withchew'd grafs, l\iU and motionlefs, 
 
 Shakfpcare.. 
 
 K 
 
 K A L 
 
 KA letter borrowed by the Englifh 
 , from the Greek alphabet. It has 
 before- all the vowels one invariable 
 found : as, keen, ken, kill. It is nfed 
 after c at the end of words-, as, knock, 
 (loch, crack, back, brick ,f.ick , pluck, check, 
 ■which were wiitten anciently with e 
 fi"nal; ?is clocie,e/jecke; Irlcie. It is alio 
 in ufe between a vowel and die filent e 
 tj.ial : as, o/oke, broke, brake, pike, duke, 
 eke. It likiwife ends a word after a 
 diphthong: as, look, break, foook, leek. 
 The EngHth never ufe <r at the end of a 
 word. K is filent in the prcfcnt pro- 
 nuiwriation before n : as, knife, knee, 
 knell. 
 
 Ka'i.ehd.\r. n.f. [now -written calen- 
 ilar.'\ An accotint of time. 
 I.ctthis pciiiicirushouf 
 Stand as arcnrfed in the kulendnr. Shaifptart 
 
 Ka'li.b./. [an Arabick word.]' Sea 
 weed, of the aihes of which glafs is 
 made j whence tiie word aikuli. 
 
 KAY 
 
 Tlie afhes of the weed iuli irt foldto the Ve- 
 netians for their glafs works. Bacon. 
 K.\M. adj. Crooked. 
 
 aVi-«, in Erfe, is fquint eyed, and applied to 
 any thing awry; clean k.im lignifies crooked, 
 a:hw.iit,awry, crofs from the ^y.ir\}olc: A-Jc/:eml'0,. 
 Italian i hence our Ejj;jiifli a-kimho. 
 
 Clean 4am is, by vulgar pioiiuuciation, brouglit 
 to kitn kam. 
 This is cXtinkam; merely awry. Siu:kjp""e. 
 
 To Kaw. -u. n. [fixim the found.] To 
 cry as a raven, crow, or rook. 
 
 Jick-daws ktiiui'ig and fitittcring about the 
 ncit, fet all their young unes'a-gaping ; but hav- 
 ing, nothing in their mouths but- air, leave them 
 as hungry as before. Lccke. 
 
 Kaw. n.f. [from the verb. ] The cry of 
 a raven or crov/. 
 
 The dafiard trow that to the wood made 
 wing, 
 With her loud kaxv% her cr.wen-kind doth bring, 
 Who, fafc in number;-, cuif ihc noble birth Vryd. 
 
 Kayle. n.f. [(7ai7A', French.] 
 I. Ninepin ; kettlepins, of which fliittles 
 fccriiS a corniplion. 
 
 K E C 
 
 And nowat i^t/i (iiey tiy a h.trmlefs charTCey- 
 And now their cur they leach to fetch and daiKC-, 
 
 Sidnty.' 
 
 The refidue of the time they wear out at coila,. 
 k.iytes, or the like idle exercifes; Carenv. 
 
 2. Pi. kind of play ftilt retained in Scotland,, 
 in which nine holes ranged in three's are 
 made in the ground, and an iron bullet 
 rolled in among them. 
 
 To Keck. -u. n. [4fr:l«/7, Dutch.] To 
 heave theftomach; to reach at vomiting. 
 All Ihofe diets do dry up humours-.uid rehums, 
 which they firft attCMiuate,,. and while the humour 
 is attenuated it troublcth the body a gieat deal 
 more ; and therefore patients mult rot kick at 
 them at the firft. B<ict,n's Nuiuial UijUry. 
 
 The fai^ion, is it not notcjrioiis } 
 Keck at the memory of glorious. S-ioife. 
 
 To Ke'ckle. v. a. To defend a cable 
 round with rope. jUnfuorlh. 
 
 Ke'cksy. n.f. [commonly i^.-< ; f/juf, 
 French; f/Vuia, Latin. Skinner.] Skin- 
 ner feenis to think keckfy or ^cv the fame 
 as hemlock. It is ufcd in StafFordlhirc
 
 K E E 
 
 Both for hemlock, and any othsr hol- 
 low-jointed plant. 
 
 Nothing teems 
 But ha;cful docks, rjiigh tiiiliks, kecifia, burs, 
 Lofini; Ok)th bciaiy and utility. Shctkjpciire. 
 
 Ke'cky. adj. [from /Jy.v. ] Refcmbling a 
 kex. 
 
 All Indian fccptie, mide of a fort of c.iiic, 
 witliout any joint, and pfrfo^lly lound, ton- 
 lilictU ot liard and blackilh cylinders, mi.vcd 
 witli a lit: kccky body; lb as at the end cut 
 tianrveiKly, it looks ai a bundle ofwiics. ii>cw. 
 
 To Kedc. E. 1!. a. [hgbs-, a fiiiall veird, 
 Dutch.] 
 
 In bringing a Ihipup or down a narrow river, 
 when the wind is ronlraiy to the tide, they fct 
 the forefail, or forctopfail and mi?.en, and i^j let 
 iicr drive with the tide. The fails arc to flat her 
 about, if the comes too near the lliorc. Tliey 
 alio carry out an anchor in the held of the buai, 
 wi;h a luwfer that conies from tlic fliip ; whicli 
 anchor, if the'lhip cuines too near the ihorr, tlicy 
 let fall in the flream, and fo wind her head about 
 it ; then weigh the anchor .again when (he is 
 about, which is called kcdging, and from this 
 ufe the anchor a kedger. llutiii 
 
 Ke'dger. n. /. [from ketlge.'} A fmall 
 anchor ulcd in a river. St;e KeDGt. 
 
 Ke'dlack. n.f. A weed that grows 
 among corn ; charnock. Tujpr. 
 
 Kei;. l"he provincial plural of coiu, pro- 
 perly kins. 
 
 A lafs that Cic'ly hight had won his heart, 
 Cic'ly the wcftcrn lafs mat t,:nds the kii. Cay. 
 
 Keel. n.f. [coele, Suxon ; /{;>/, Dutch ; 
 qiiille, French.} The bottom of a (hip. 
 
 Portunus 
 Hcav'd up his ligh.ten'd keelj and funk the faiid. 
 And l^cer'd the lacred vcflTel. Dryden. 
 
 Her (harp bill fcrves for a keel to cut tiie air 
 before her; her tail Ihe ufetli as her rudder. 
 
 Gri:<iJi''s Qrijmol. 
 Your cables burft, and you niull quickly feel 
 The waves impetuous eiil'ring at yout kal. 
 
 Keels, the fame with inv/w ; which fee. 
 2o Keel. v. a. [ckLui, Saxon.] This 
 word, which is prcferved in Shulfbearc, 
 Hanmer explains thus : 
 
 To .fff/fecms to mean to drink fo deep, as to 
 turn up the bcttum of the pot, like turning up 
 the >ffe/ of a Ihip Har.mcr. 
 
 In Ireland, to /w/ the pot is tofcum i*. 
 While grealy Joau dotii kxi the pot. S/uikJp. 
 
 Ke'elf.\t. n./. [ccelan, Saxon, to cool, 
 and Jilt or •D.3/, a vefTcl.] Cooler; tub 
 in which liquor is let to cool. 
 
 Ke'elson. n.f. The next piece of timber 
 in a (liip to her keel, lying right over 
 it next above the; floor timber. Harris^ 
 
 To Ke'elhale. v. a. \_kcel and iale-} 
 To punifli. in the faamen's way, by 
 dragging the ciiminal under water on 
 one llde of the, fhip and up again on the 
 other. -., . r, .;. . 
 
 Keen. adj. [cene, Saxon ; kii!}ii, German ; 
 
 ioen, JjJutch.] 
 I. Sharp; well edged; not blunt. We 
 fay ieen of an edge ; : and fiiarp, either 
 of edge or point. 
 
 Come thick night, 
 That my keei: knife fee not the wound it makes. 
 
 Shukfpcutc, 
 Here is my Mn-cdgcd fword, 
 Dcck'd with finc>fiow^«de-lu6eson f.ieh Sde. 
 
 Shakfp^tirf. 
 To me the cries of fiijhling fields .ire charms, 
 Karl be :uy fabic, and of proof my arms. Dryil. 
 
 K E E 
 
 A fword kien-fi^gW wilhin his liglit he held, 
 Tlic warlike cmbicm of ihc conqLici'd held. 
 
 2. Severe ; piercing;. 
 
 The winds 
 Blow moid and keciy (h.ittering the graceful 
 
 locks 
 OfthctL* fair fprcading trees; which bids us feck 
 home bitrcr Ihroud. /ili.'ion's PiZTMiijc Loji. 
 
 The Cold was very fiippoit.iljlc ; but a*; it 
 changed to the notch-wcit, or iiuith, it became 
 exccliivcly keen. Kllii* l^oyagc. 
 
 3. Eager; vehement. 
 
 Never did i know 
 A creature, Uiat did bear the ihapeof man, 
 So hen and greedy to confound a man. ShaLJp. 
 
 Keen dil'palch of real liuni;er. Milton. 
 
 The fliccp were (okcn upon the acorni, that 
 tlicy gobbled up a piece of the coat. U F-Jlrungc, 
 
 Thofc curi are fo extremely hungry, tliat tht-y 
 are \injkeen at the fport, and worry their game. 
 
 fatUr. 
 
 This was a profpc<fl fo very inviting, that it 
 could n6t be eafily witliftood by any who have 
 iokeen an appetite fi)r wealth. Swift, 
 
 4. Acrimonious; bitter of mind. 
 
 Good father cardinal, cry thou, amen, 
 To my kee7i cuilcs. Sruikfpeare, 
 
 I have known lomc of thefe abfent oificcrs as 
 keen .igainrt Ireland, ai if they had never been 
 indebted to her. Swift. 
 
 To Keen. 1;, a, [from the adjeflivc.] 
 To fharpcn. Au unauthorized word. 
 
 Nor when cold winter keem tho brigiitcning 
 tluod, 
 Wou'd 1 weak (hivering linger on the brink. 
 
 Thomfon. 
 
 Ke'enly. ailv, [from leen,'] Sharply ; 
 
 vehemently ; eagerly ; bitterly, 
 Kk'enness. n. /. \Jvom keen.\ 
 
 1. Sharpnefs; edge. 
 
 No, not the hangm*in's ax bcais half the 
 keenneji 
 Of thy (harp envy. Shakf^care. 
 
 2, Rigour of weather ; piercing cold, 
 "■3, Afperlty ; bitternefsof mind. . 
 
 That they might keep up the ktennefi againft 
 tlte court, his lurdftilp - fiirnilhcd them with 
 informations, to the king's difudvantage. 
 
 Clarendo':. 
 
 The fttng t'f every reproachful fpcceh is the 
 truth of It ; and to be confcious is that which 
 gives an edge and ketmifp to the invc»^ive. 
 
 .Sv..//:, 
 
 4. Ea^crncfs ; vehemence. 
 To Keep. v. a, [c^pan, Saxon ; lefeti^ 
 old Dutch.] 
 
 1. To retain ; not to lofe. 
 
 I kt{>( the field with tho death of fome^ and 
 fligiit uf other. Sidmy. 
 
 A''c have examples in the pvimiiive church of 
 fueh as by fear being compelled to OitriHce to 
 Hrangc gods rcp-ntcd, and ke^^ Iiii! tte office v^ 
 prcjchiiig iiic gulpcl, if hit^jjt. 
 
 Kee^ in nien*o(y what I preached unto you.- 
 
 \ This charge? I kee^ tiU my appointed day 
 
 Of rend*j:ing up,, iMi'ion. 
 
 His loyally he kept^ his love, his zeal. jMiltcn. 
 
 You have loR a child ; but you have keyt one 
 
 ' child, and arc iikcly to do fo long. 'J\mf/e. 
 
 If we would weigh, and keep in our minds, 
 
 what we arc c<inridering, that would iniliudt us 
 
 when wc (liould, or Ihouldnot, branch into dil- 
 
 tinvitions. Locke, 
 
 2. To have in cuftody. 
 
 The crown of Slephauus, firli king of Hun- 
 gaiy, was always kfp: in the caiUe of Viccgr.ide 
 
 K'lcHt s . 
 S\\2 kept the fatal key. AilUn. 
 
 3. To preferve ; not to let go. 
 
 The Lord Cjod mercitul ai"d gracious, keeping. 
 racicy for thouUuds, toigivirg inl<iuity. Kxodui. 
 
 K E E 
 
 r fparcd it greatly, and h.ivc ktfl me a ftape 
 of the clufier, and j plant of t great ]<eople. 
 
 2 F.fjrnt. 
 
 4. To prefetTfe in a lUte of fccurity. 
 
 Wc p.illed by wlicrc the duke ttipi his g.iMio. 
 
 5. To proteft ; to guard. 
 
 Behold I :im with thee to kiep thee. Ccrc/is. 
 
 6. 'I'o rcltrain from flight. 
 
 IHiul dtielt with ;i foldier that itfl liim. yliJt, 
 
 7. To detain, or hold as a motive. 
 
 Bm whnt's liic caiif-; i'n;<iie<-j>f you h^re w<th me * 
 
 — riiat I may know wliat itefi me her; with 
 
 ynu - ,Xijyain. 
 
 8. To hold for another. 
 
 A m.in delivers money or ftuJT to ^f^. . 
 
 • 1 .V&.7iiT. 
 
 Rclcrv'd from iiiijiir, .ind kept for tiicc in dorc, 
 
 9. To tend ; to have care of. 
 
 God put iiini ill liic s-iidea of Eden to krtji it. 
 
 1,1 I , . , . Gcncjti. 
 
 Wliilc ill hei- £irliflt , age ft^ fc/i/ihccp on the 
 
 mooi, it ch.rnced that .-i nicreliaiit faw her and 
 
 liked her. Carcufm 
 
 Count ir thine 
 To till and keep, and of the fruit to eat. Miittn, 
 
 10. To preferve in the fame tenour or 
 Hate. 
 
 To know the true flate, I will kttp this order. 
 ' . . _ Biicon, 
 
 Take this at Icjft, this Uft advicJ.my fon, 
 Keep a IlifiF rein, and move bur sently on : 
 The couriers of themfelvcs will Inn too faft. 
 Your ait muft be lo moderate their hafte. j^d.iif, 
 
 1 1. To regard ; to attend. 
 
 While the liars and courle of heaven I keep, 
 My weary 'd eyes weiefeii'd with fatal rtecp. Drjdi 
 
 12. To not fiiffer to fail. 
 
 My mercy will I kap for_him for t\tt.. JJ^U . 
 
 13. To ho!d in any liate. 
 
 Ingenuous (hamc, and the apprchenfions of 
 difpleafurc, are the only true rcliVaints : thele 
 alone oujht to hold the reins, zn&keep the child 
 in order. Liicke on EdudUion. 
 
 Men are guilty of many faults in the excrcile 
 of this faculty of the mind, which keep them iti 
 ignorance. , Locke. 
 
 Happy fouls ! who keep fuch a facrcd domiiiiua 
 over their inferior and animal powers, that the 
 fcnfilive cuniults never rife to diliuib the fupc- 
 rior and belter operations of the icafoiiing mind. 
 
 D'e^n:. 
 
 14. Toietain by fome decree of force in 
 any place or Itatt. ^ItJi often followed 
 ill lliisfenfeh)' particles: a.', doivti, underf. 
 ''- # ■ ■ • ■ ■ ;• ■ ■ ' ] " ■ 
 
 Trii» wickedncfs is fou'nd'by tnte; no good. 
 deeds 6f niineJiiiVe bteeft able lt> keep it dtitvn ill 
 Chte; ' ij V'li . ,. ..J, I .-.., isidiie): 
 
 It.iih.jtdly tojife^.jhojjgljt .tjixt.anB govr-inor 
 fliould fo much loaii^n his.fuccrflbt, as to fuffer 
 an evil to'ijroW'up^Phrch 'he niI[^Kt'tiTnHy hax-c 
 kept io\'L' : or pcrh.ips neurilh it with culouicd 
 counlen.ii'ifc of Inch fuiittsr means. Spti.Jer. 
 
 Wh'il,uld a^jUifiiir.'uice ! could not all ihi^, flelh 
 AV/f -■"« aliltl: life? Poor Jack, farewel, ShakT. 
 
 V'lius took the gn.ud of noble lltdioi's corlr, 
 
 And /tf/f thc'dugso^: night .-.nddiiy applying 
 
 Vovcrcigir -force .'i 
 
 Ofrofy balms,; that .tOjths dogs were hta:'rble in 
 
 tai^e. . - . Ch.ipnutn' i /V.k:'. 
 
 The Ciiinefc fail w-lieie they will; whicli 
 (heweth that then- law ci keeping cut fttongers is 
 a l.;w of piilillanimity and tear. Bttcon. 
 
 And thofc th.it cannot live from him afundci, 
 Ungi.iiefully Oiall (iri\e to keep him n/.v/ir, Milt, 
 
 If .iny alk me what wou'd faiijiy, 
 Til in^kc life eafy, thus 1 would leply : 
 As niLuh. as ket^': out hunger, thirty, and cold. 
 
 Dr\dtn. 
 
 M-itters, rccommerded by out* pafiio'is, take 
 piiiTeiriou ot out miiK^s, and wiil notbc kept -.u:. 
 
 L'.^kt.
 
 K-'E'E 
 
 Pro!iibit?(J .commodities fliouid be ^171/ out, 
 ^:id ufclefsoncs inipovefiDi us by being broiiglu 
 in. " ' , . , ^ Lccke 
 
 An officer .T(rith.<me of, tbere unbecoming qua- 
 lities, is Imikcrt lipon as a proper perfon to ktrp og 
 impertinence and folicitation from his fuperior. 
 
 And if two boots itrf tut tbe weather, 
 
 Wlmt need you bave two hides of leather .> Prior. 
 
 We bavd iV in obr power to keep in our breaths, 
 
 and CO fufpeiid the ctTicacy of this natural funiSion 
 
 <-.-. ■ > - * ':■■ ■ ■' Chfync. 
 
 ^IJI^TpboAtiniieiny ftate or aftion. 
 
 -,;'''~Meii gave' cat", waited, and /(c/ir filence at my 
 
 cbunfcl. yol)- 
 
 Anna made no . ftaJTj but ftill keft on his 
 
 court"*; ' "^ ','•;■ r'-" -■ Knollts. 
 
 It was thieinfucb #cShii,^that the (hips wen: not 
 
 "Slild to *«/" way with the gallics. Kmlhs. 
 
 The msoit tbatdUHnot k^.-fi till night. Milt. 
 
 ,-..iA«.h"'^y:of aiVS -on a hiilwck will more eafily 
 
 tt/t^^ritp Jiv unjfoimitj.in moiioii than thefe. 
 
 ^,, , ^, GlunrilU^iScepJi , 
 
 _ . ,^ ' He dy'd in 'fight ; . 
 . .:.-xt*m'y"perfen ; as in confort fought.: 
 ^A</* ;. arc, for pa:c, and bloir for blow. Drydcn. 
 ^ic, being come to. the eftatc, krepi on a very 
 "bufy family ; the niarkets are weekly -frequented, 
 indthV commodities nf his farm carried out and 
 "tdld,- L ■-''•■•^■■'- ";■'': ' - ' ' L'.cke. 
 IC' Inftftlro^'.fSes^ witb6ii» rcfiftance, 
 TVithcaie I make to ;t«/> iSirit diftance. Swift. 
 
 16. T<) prefep*e'in any ftate. 
 
 .. My fon, keep the flo^^el■ of thine age ftund. 
 
 t.i,. -' ^.-J - ' - -■-^■' ^- iLtctrJiafiicui. 
 
 17. -To. praftife; to ufe habitually. 
 
 "Irlile the famity ,very ill, and ifsef bad hours. 
 
 I S . To copy carefully. 
 
 He.- fervants eyes were fii'd upon lier face, 
 . Atjd ae Ihe inov'dor tuin'd; her motions vii-w'd, 
 Hermeafure>f«/'/', andftcpbyftep purfued. Drjd. 
 15. To obferv£ or fulcmaize any time. 
 
 This Ihall be fur a memorial f and you (hall 
 icep it a fcall to the Loi.d. ' '' . £.\ii!u!. 
 
 That day was not in ftlence boTy hft. Mi'tc:. 
 SO. To obferve ; not to violate. 
 It cannot be, 
 The king (hould itfp his word in loving us ; 
 He will fufpcfl us llill, aud find a time 
 To piinilh this oftence in otlicr faults. Skakfp. 
 
 Sworn for three years term to live with me. 
 
 My feliaw fcholars and to kerj> thofe (latutes 
 
 Tfl'at are recorded in thi» fchedult here. Siaktp 
 
 Lord GoH, there is none like tliee : wliu kecpeyl 
 
 ■<S3ver,ant and mercy with thy fervanls. j A'/ it;!. 
 
 Xord God of Ifracl,- ieiji with thy fervant that 
 
 -tJiou prumifedft hito; <.:■ •• ■"■■ '■''-• 'iKii'gs 
 
 '-' Obey and «r/> his great command. '■'■ Miltm 
 
 His pt\>mi(tFaIcmon"acccptS4:B<» pr.iy'd 
 To iff/^t bettrr thanthc fiilV he inadc. Dr^den. 
 
 My debtoi s tio .^ot k<,ij> their d.iy , 
 Deny their haivds and tt'.-n,tcfuU to pay, DiyJta 
 
 My wiiUcs ace, 
 That Ptoleniy may ^-'/; ,tii$ roy^^l wuid. Drydct.^ 
 I'l. To tnaintainj to fOpport with necef- 
 farits of life. 
 .Mucn moe a^iaio!»|b?n slrtidy felt 
 "They cannot we'i ipipoTe, nor I fbrtain, 
 if they intend advmitnge ofntiy lahouis, 
 ;Tiic : woi'k. ti( maivy ; hands,- whicli eains my 
 ■ ,. iM<l"''!g-:j. ,'Ji'!.:c!\ :-.:;... Mittun. 
 2.3. Tohayc i.n tlKi.koufe.' . 
 
 Bafe tyke, (.all'li thou me hoft? I fcorn the 
 term: liuV &.iil my Ne'4.Ct«/> lodgers. Sliaifp. 
 
 23. Not to intermit. ' T^. ■ 
 
 K<ep a lure watclrover^matncltfs iJaughier, 
 left- (he make thee a- laughihg-fiock to Ihine 
 tnenjics, anda bye-word iu. the. city.. Ecclm. 
 
 Ket iEtig/nj ftriitefl watch as (he was waroVi. 
 ., . : , , S^liltoit. 
 
 24. To malntai.n ; tp bold. 
 
 ,Thty were iiononrably btOMght To London, 
 where every one of them kept houfc by himfelf. 
 
 ilayipard. 
 
 K E E 
 
 Twelve Spartan virgins, noble, J'ourg, and 
 fair, 
 To the pompous palace did rcfort, 
 Wliere Mcneiaus k-:pt his royal court. Drydert. 
 
 25. To remain in ; not to leave a place. 
 I pr'ytlice tell me, doth he ktep his bed? 
 
 ahakfpearc. 
 
 26. Not to reveal ; not to betray. 
 
 A fool cannot keep counfcl. Ecehs. 
 
 Great are ti:y virtues, though kept from man. 
 
 /if(7r<.;;. 
 
 If he were wile, he would keep all this to 
 
 himfelf. Ttlhtftr.. 
 
 27. To reftrain ; to withhold. 
 If any rebel or vain fpirit of mine 
 
 Did, with the Icaft atfe^tum of a welcome, 
 Give entertainment tu the might uf it ; 
 Let heaven for ever keep it from my head. 
 
 L ■ '• ' ------ $}jakrpeare. 
 
 Some obfcure jjaiTagetf ih the infpir'cl volume 
 
 keep from the knowledge of tlc\'ine myiieries. 
 
 Bcyie on ^^rifture. 
 
 If the god of this wo-'ld did not blind their 
 
 eyes, it would be impoHibte, fo long as men love 
 
 thcmfelves, to kee^ tlicm from being religious 
 
 Tiliatjon. 
 
 There is no virtue children (hould be excited 
 
 to, nor f.'.ult they Ihould be kept from, whicii 
 
 i they may not 'be convincetl of by reafons. Locke. 
 
 If a thild :be coall.tntly kept horn drinking 
 
 cold liquoi wt.ilrt he js iiot, tile ctillora of for- 
 
 beai;ng;,»<iU .pie|'cive,hira. : Locke. 
 
 £y this tlifyjnaj'/^^ them fiom Uttle faults- 
 
 , - -._ , ; L<)cke. 
 
 28. To debar from any place. 
 JUfcnc'4 for Hcav'ii iokccp out fuch a foe. 
 
 - :-. - i .- -.- ■ A'i.'lCll. 
 
 ,29. To Kekf Biici. T'oreferve; to with- 
 hold. ^^.,, ^,_, /;\' . ^ ,.^ . 
 
 , Wuatfoever the torn (hall anfwer," X. wm de- 
 
 [ clare : 1 wili'le'fp notftlng I'aci from you. yer. 
 
 Some are fo clofe and refcrved, as they wiil 
 
 not (hew their wares but by a dark light, and 
 
 fecm always to kt:ep hack fomewhat. Br.con. 
 
 30. To Keep back. To withhold; to 
 reftrain. 
 Keep hack thy fervant from prefumptuous (ins. 
 
 Pfcilim 
 31.' To Keep company. To frequent any 
 one ; to accompany. 
 
 Hcav'n dotti know, fo (halUlie world ptrceive. 
 That 1 ha-vc turn'd away my former felf, 
 So will 1 Ihofe that kept me company. Shakfpent e. 
 Why (hould he caliber whore? W no keeps 
 her company ? 
 What place > What time -> Shakjp. Othelh. 
 
 ■ What mean'lt thou, bride I this company to 
 keep? -, 
 To fit up, till thou fain would fleep .' Dontie. 
 
 Netliicr will 1 wretched tliee 
 In deatji fortakt, tut keep thee company. Dry.ien. 
 
 32. To Keep company -itnllfi T0 have 
 familiar intcrcourle. ' 
 
 A virtuous woman is obliged not only to :ivoit! 
 imriiodefty, but the appearance of it ; and Ibe 
 could not approve of a young wonian keep'':g 
 ezrr.panyiiiith men, without the .permifHon of 
 father or- mother. Brctmie on the Odyjfey 
 
 H- To Keep in. To conceal; not to 
 telV-.;;,,, .,.;. 
 
 1 gcirceivc iii ydtifb excelHsni a touch of mo- 
 dcfty, that you will not extort ' from me what 1 
 am willing to keep in. Shakjpeixre. 
 
 Syphax, your zeal becomes impoititnate : 
 I have hitherto permitted it to rave, 
 And talk at laige ; but learn to keep it in, 
 Left it (hould take mote freedom than I'll give it. 
 
 .Adihjon. 
 
 34. To Keep tn. To reftrain ; to curb. 
 
 If thy daiigijtcr be (hamelefs, k.cp her in 
 llraigntiy, Icll fiie'abufe her(elf through over- 
 mucn libeity. Ecclefiajticus. 
 
 It will teach them to keef in, and fo mafter 
 their incUnatioos. Ltckc tn Education. 
 
 K E E 
 
 l^. To Keep off. To bear to diftance; 
 not to admit. 
 
 36. To Keep off. To hinder. 
 
 A fupcihcial reading, accompanied with the 
 common opinion of bis invincible ohfcurity, has 
 kci't off fomc fvom Ceeking in him tiic coherence 
 of his difcouife. Lock;. 
 
 37. To Keep up. To maintain without 
 
 abatement. , ^ \ ' 
 
 Lina kept »/» its'lpncc, and fold fof more years 
 
 puicliafe than coivefpondcd to the intcveft oi 
 
 money. -. Ltvk:^ 
 
 Tliis reftraint of their tongues Vf'iW ketp up irv 
 
 them the rcfpeft and reverence due to their 
 
 parents. Lech. 
 
 Albano keeps up its credit ftill for wine. AdiHf, 
 
 This dangerous diffenfion among us we keep up 
 
 and cheriCh wi:h mucli pains. AdJiftn. 
 
 Tiie ancients were cr\rcfui to coin money in 
 
 due weight and iinencls, and htep it up to the 
 
 Itnnd^rd. Arhuthmr. 
 
 38. To Keep w^. To continue ; to hin- 
 der from ceafing, 
 
 Yoti have enough to keep you aii^c, snd to 
 kecy up and improve your hopes of heaven. Tay'.o^ , 
 
 in joy, that which heps up the afftion is the 
 defire to continue it. Lockr. 
 
 Young heirs, Aom their own rcflefling upo.i 
 the ei^aUs they are borH to, are of no ufe but 
 to keep up their families, and tranfmir their 
 lands and h©ufcs in a line to poftcrity. Addrf^rr. 
 
 During his i^udies and travels he kept up a 
 punctual correfpondence with Eudoxus. r/t/ii^v,^ 
 
 39. To Keep under. To opprtfs ; to 
 fubdue, .• 
 
 O happy mixture! whcrehy things contrary 
 do To qualify and correct the one the danger o| 
 the other's eKCcl's, that neither botriiiefs can 
 make us prEfumc, as lung as we are kept uhdir 
 with the fcnfe of our own wreichednefs ; 'nor, 
 while wc truft in the mercy of God through 
 Chrift Tcfus, fear be able tu tyrannize over u.». 
 
 Truth m.iy he fmothered a long time, and kept 
 under by violence ; but ic will break, out at laft, 
 
 StiUifigfeet. 
 
 To live like thofe that have their hope in 
 another life implies, that we keep under out 
 appetites, and do not let theai loofe into the en- 
 joyments of Ccnfe. Astcrhury. 
 
 To Keep. v. n. 
 
 1. To remain by fome labour or effort in 
 a certain flate. 
 
 Wftn all ©ur force wc kfpt aloof to fe.!, 
 And gain'd the ifland wheie ourvcfTels lay. Vope, 
 
 2. locontiijue inany place orllate; toftay. 
 
 She would give her a Ic (Tun for walking fo 
 late, that (hould make her -t«y» within doors for 
 one fortnight, Sid.'iry, 
 
 What! keep 3 week away? fcvcn d.iys and 
 nights .' 
 Eightfcore hours ? and lovers abfent hours ! 
 Oh weary reckoning. Skakfp. Qthelh. 
 
 I think, it is our way, 
 If wc will keep in fasour with the king. 
 To be her men, and wear her livery. Shakfpeare, 
 
 Thou i>ialt keep faii by my young men, until 
 they have ended. Ruth. 
 
 The ncc'.flity o\ keeping well with the maririme 
 poweis, Will peifuadc ihem to follow our mca- 
 lurcs. Temp/f, 
 
 On my better hand Afcanius hong. 
 And with uncnu;tl paces tript along : 
 Ci:<:Ki(iktpt bet.ind. Drydtr*s jEneiJ, 
 
 The goddefs horn in lecrcrpin'd; 
 Nor vifitedrhe camp, nor in the cijuucil join*d ; 
 But keeping clofc, his gn.iwing heart he fed 
 Witli hopci of vengeance. Drydeni Homer, 
 
 And while it keeps there, it keeps within our 
 author's limitation. Locke, 
 
 A man that cannot fence will keep out of 
 bullies and gamefters company. Locke. 
 
 Ti.cre are cafes in which a man mufV guard, if 
 he intends to kap fair with the woiid, and rum 
 the penny. Collier,
 
 K E E 
 
 Tlic endeavours Achilles ufed to meer witli 
 Hcftor, tlic coiitraiy endeavours of ihc Trojan 
 tu trrp out of rcjch, are the iiUiiguc. Poj-r. 
 
 3. To remain unhurt ; to lall } to be du- 
 rable. 
 
 Difdain in; not, although t be nut fiir : 
 Doth beauty kftp which never lun can burn. 
 Nor fioims do tuin ! Sidnty 
 
 Grapes will ieep in a vcffcl half full of wine, 
 fo llut the grapes touch not the wine. Bacon. 
 
 If t/.e m.ilt be nut ihoioughly dried, the ale it 
 makes will not tetf. hhrn'mn'i Hujlandij. 
 
 4. To dvicll ; to live conllantly. 
 
 A breath ilioii art, 
 Servile to all the (kicy influences. 
 That do this habitation, where thou i'cf'JI, 
 Hourly allilift. i^hakjftari. 
 
 Knock at the fturiy, where, they fay, he kecf\, 
 To ruminate ftraiigc plots of dire revenge. Shakj. 
 
 5. To adhere llnttl)' : with to. 
 
 Did they krrf to one conHaiit drcis they would 
 fomctimcs be infalhion, which tlicy never are. 
 yLlUiftn*s S/>e&iifcr. 
 
 It is fo whilft we irrp to our rule ; but when 
 vc forlake that we go a-ftray. Baker. 
 
 6. To Keep on. To go forward. 
 
 So chenrfuUy he rook the doom ; 
 Nor (hrunk, nor llcpt from death. 
 But, with unallei'd p.ace, kept on. Dry.Un. 
 
 7. To Keep up. To continue unfubdued. 
 
 He grew fick of a confumpiion ; yet he Hill 
 i:ft vg, that he might free bis cuuntry. 
 < '» , 'Life of CliomeiHi. 
 
 8. The general idea of this word is care, 
 continuance, or duration, fometimes 
 with an intimation of cogency or coer- 
 cion. 
 
 Xeep. It./, [from the verb. J 
 I. Cullody ; guard. 
 
 Pan, thou-gtjd.of flrepherds all,( ■ 1 . 
 
 Whicn of our iarubkins tiktft kecf, Sftnftr. 
 
 .. The priibn flrong, 
 Within whofe keep the c.Tptive knighrs were laid : 
 Was one paitition of the pnlacc-wall. Dryden. 
 2 Guardianfhip ; reftraint. ,' 
 
 Youih is le.irt looked into w hen they ftand in 
 moil need of good ktep and regard. jifiham^ 
 
 Ke'epeA. n, f. [bava 1iecp.'\ 
 
 1. One who holds any thing, for the ufc 
 
 of another. - . . . , ; ' 
 
 Thf good old a^an having -neither reafoi) to 
 
 diduade, nor iwpos to petfuadc. received the 
 
 things with the mind of a ifcfyJJr, not fyf 'Sn 
 
 owner. ' ■ ■ '' ■ '^■'. .-^ ' ';- ' '? , ' '5^%- 
 
 -2. One who has prifonersm cuftody. 
 
 The kteptr I i the prilon, call to him. Skukf. 
 lo now ' 
 
 With>ioirns ei.iltcd itlixls," anVl'fcerr.s to lowc ; 
 A nohie chaige; htr/{iT//fr by herfidc 
 To walidi ifcr wallfs'iiis-liUiidrJtfVycs apply'd. 
 I. •.,-,. -i^fyda:. 
 A pTeafant: beveragi he prepai^d beftiix*, 
 Of wine" aiiri water mix'd, with added fture 
 Ofo,)ium i to his Jic.pcr thii lie brought, 
 Who fwallowcd uiiawa,-e the' ftecpy drauglit. 
 
 ' ; ■ D,fjt„. 
 
 3. One who has the care of parks, or 
 beafis of cliacc., . ,,. 
 
 Tiicre iiaitial<l.taltj«es,,tbatiHfrtve the hunter, 
 Sometiine a k:ip:' h.crc in Windfor forcd, 
 Do:h all tiic wirtdiiiinX?) at itiU of mtdnig.ht. 
 Walk round-about afrua.s with la-ggcd horns. 
 
 ' SA.iifpeare. 
 
 The firflifal buclfr of ;iU the.feafon's fen!. 
 And h'p'r takes d-j fee in compliment. V'ydefi 
 
 4. One tliat has -the fuperiutcndsnee or 
 care of any tUinj^^. ■ 
 
 Hilfciah wont' unto UiMih,' liiepir dP^the 
 
 wardrol«-. ' '"■"'■ i Ktyr^s. 
 
 Tkftr F.R of ihc grefll^ fi^tl- \_aijTos ni.^^ni 
 
 Ji^^HIi, L.?t.}. Is a, lord by his oflicc, 
 
 i and culled. lord; /fiTe/f/- bf the great fcal 
 
 KEN 
 
 of England, and is of the king's privy 
 council, under whofe hands pals all 
 chartcr.s, comminions, and grants of 
 the king. This lord keeper, by the 
 ftalute of 5 Eliz. c. 18. hath the like 
 jurifditlion, and all other advantages at 
 hath the lord chancellor of England. 
 
 eowell. 
 
 Ke'epership. n. f. [^irom keeper. 1 Of- 
 fice of the keeper. 
 
 Tiic gaol of the fhirc is kept at Launccflon : 
 this keeptrjhip is anncAed to tlic conllablefhip ol 
 the cdftie. Careiv. 
 
 Keg. n.f. [cague, Fr.] A fmall barrel, 
 commonly ufed for a fifli barrel. 
 
 Kell. n. /. a fort of pottHge. Ainfio. 
 It is fo called in Scotland, being a foup 
 made with fliredcd greens. 
 
 Kell.w./. The omentum J that which 
 inwraps the guts. 
 
 The very weight of bowels and kdl^ in f.^t 
 people, is the occ.ifion of a rupture. H'ijcmtin. 
 
 Kelp. n.f. A fait produced from calcined 
 fea weed. 
 
 In making alum, the workmen ufe the alhes 
 of a fca-tt'ccd cMed kfjp, and urine. Boyle. 
 
 Ke'lson. n.f. [more properly ieelfiti.] 
 The wood next the keel. 
 
 We have added dele pillars in the royal ffiips, 
 which being faftcned from the ke/fon to the beams 
 of the fctonddcck, keep theoD from fettling, or 
 giving way. RaUigh. 
 
 Ke'lter. h. f. [He is not in ifc//fr, that 
 i<i, he is not ready ; from killer, to gird, 
 Danilh. SMnr.er.'] 
 
 To Kemb. v^ a. [camban, Saxon ;' ham- 
 
 j . niei:, German : uow written, perhaps 
 
 ; lels properly, to comb. ] To feparate 01 
 difenrangle by a denticulated inllruthent. 
 Yet are the men more loofe than they, 
 
 I Morcjti3«i.'t'andbath'd, andrubb'dand trimm'd. 
 More flcek. Ben Jonfor'. 
 
 Thy head and hair are (leek j- - " ,, 
 And then thou kemb'Jl the tuzzes on thy cheek. 
 
 To Ken. ^. a'. [centi^n^,,Sjajtgi,;. keu^^n; 
 
 Diits;h,, to know.] '". 
 jl. To fee at a diftance ; to defcry. I 
 
 : . Ai.oace as- far as angels ktrn, h.e views 
 ! Tlu: difmal litu.ition, warte Hnd wild. MUton. 
 The ne.\r day about evening we faw, within a 
 
 ke>tningy thick clouds, which did put us in forje 
 
 hope yt land. Bacon. 
 
 If Mho\xken'Ji from far, 
 
 Anvng the pleiafls, a new-kmr.led liar; 
 
 ■ 'Til (lie that fliinc-s intSat propitious light. Dr)i/. 
 
 We kin them fiom afar, the fetiing fun ■ 
 PJ.-\ys .on their ihining aims. uiddifcn.. 
 
 2, To tnow. Obi'olete. 
 
 'Tis he, I ii-i the manner of his gait. Shutfp 
 Now pl.-.in I ken whence love his life begun : 
 Sure he was born fomc bloody bntchcr's ion, 
 Bred up in ihambics. Gny*i P.!fl. 
 
 Ken. n.f. [ftcra the verb.] View; reach 
 of Cght. 
 1,0 ! within a ken our armv lies. Shakfpxeare. 
 When fiom the nicuri tain top Pif.iniofhew'd thee, 
 ! .ThoU WAll within a ken. SJn'kfpci're'i Cytr.btiine. 
 
 ■ ' ■' .'',;',' ■■" it'w-as ahill 
 
 W Pafadife the highelt ; from whofe top 
 The hemifphete of earth, in clei-reit ken, 
 Strctch'dout to th' ampJeft teach of profpeii lay. 
 
 Millon. 
 He foon 
 
 ■ Saw within M; a glorious angel Hand. Milton. 
 
 ' Rode, as their (hips, was navigation then ; 
 N'J ufeful comp^Ts or meridian kntwn : 
 
 ■ CoalUng they kept the land within their km, 
 And knew the north but when tlie pole-flar 
 Cune, Dtjdtn. 
 
 K E R 
 
 When Wc confider the reafoiu we hav^ to 
 
 think, th.it what lies within ourkeii is but a 
 
 fmjil part of the unlvcrfej We (hall difcoveran 
 
 huge abyls of ignorance. Locke, 
 
 Ke'nnel. n.f. Ic/jcni/, French.] 
 
 1 . A cot for dogs. 
 
 A dog turc, if he could fpcak, had wit enough 
 to defcribc his ktnnel. Sidrey. 
 
 From forth the kernel ui thy worrh liatl. crept 
 A hell-hound, that duth liuiit us all to dram. 
 
 Sei'^tfpearg. 
 
 The fedilious remain within their lliiion, 
 which, by lea fun u( the luilincts uf.ihe bcalUy 
 multitude, iiiigbt be more fitly termed a Lnuel 
 tluin a camp. IfaywatS. 
 
 2. A number of dogs kept in a kennel. 
 
 A little held of Kn^'land'i tim'roUi^deer, 
 Mai'd with a yelping kennel of Ficnch curs. 
 
 Shjiefpcere. 
 
 3. The hole of a fox, or olhei beaft. 
 
 4. [kennel, Dutch ; cbenal, Fr. canalis, 
 Latin.] 'J'he watercourfe of a flreet. 
 
 Bad humours gcither In a bile ; or, as diners 
 kcfineh flow to one fnik, fo in fliorc time tnCiC 
 numbers iiicrenfed. Hoyiuiud. 
 
 He always came in fo dirty ;J'^asif he had been 
 dragged thiough the it«»e/ at S boarding-fcbool. 
 
 jirbulh^M, 
 
 To Ke'nnel. •». n. [from if i-nne A] To 
 lie ; to dwell: ufed of beads, and of 
 man in contempt. 
 
 Yet, when they lil^, would creep. 
 If ought dilturb'd their noife, into her womh. 
 And ke'uiel there : yetf tiictc AiU bark'd and 
 
 howl'd : .;,,, ,.,.,,-. 
 Within, urfcen. ' '' Millon'i Par. Lofl. 
 
 The dog-^^'.'fff//fi^ 'in- a liollow tree, and the 
 cock roolicd upon the bougies. L'Ejlrange. 
 
 Kept. The pret. and part., pafT. oi keep. 
 jKERCtTE'iF. n.f. [coTrecheif, Chaucer^ 
 
 coii-vrei to cover, and" che^, the bead ; 
 
 and hefipc ■a'^ fan^i^i/Ji^'toyvn^t ltli«' 
 
 face or hands'. 1 ''■ ;' "'' '' ''-'' 
 
 1. A-.headdrc-fs; ,.,,5:,. „i ,^,. ^s-,,- y.s :..-.t 
 
 I fee how liiiop./yo 5¥(^yld ^(nt^laj^ ^^^'^^ 
 moiid; thou halt the rirhl ai'cfeed oent of' ill e*^ 
 bi-oWj,_^t;Uat^Jiei:pm,e5_'th'e t'u-e yiii|,inti ..,-.(..-[- 
 
 •^ — 4^>l4ii", *<■'' '.i.-'-T, F(i-'joJ)'n;- (riy Tr^ws 
 .bcjrpBie holhin'g c'i'e. ■,'-' &liaifpeu>e. 
 
 'Vj'^i''i^)^-'''?'^?i'^'P^.'''fe'5'Fij'^"''^ '-''''''"'^ ""'' '*'"■' "^ 
 
 -..l;:9!'^?-', ;.'-}»> 01 bnr." _. ,, \.'. 
 
 To.:*;ear a ffc«.-^^.,-. j, „. S- .iJ.'CMt. 
 
 The jirpudt.ii^.JWK/.of t1;e court (li.i.'l rei't 
 
 We'll ftitisfy'd qfwliat they lo.-erhcbcil. /);>./. 
 
 2. Any loofe cloth uff d in drtfs. - 
 
 Everyman had a large^treA/V/" fo^ded fibcJUC 
 the -neck. . - -. Uayiunrd. 
 
 Ivfrche'ifed. 7 aJj. [^hom herchif^ 
 Kerche'ipt. J Drefled ; hooded,- - 
 
 The evening c.imej ' '-'•is-ji -.'K 
 /rrrrAf//> in a comely "cloudy h. '"n --:"5 -.- 
 While rackiig wiids arc piping loud. Miltm. 
 
 Kerf. n. f. [ce-oppan, Saxon, to cut.'\ 
 The f.twn-away flil between two pieces 
 of Huff. Alo.xrm. 
 
 Ke'rme";. n.f. A roiindifh body, of the 
 blgnefs of a pea, and of a brownifh 
 red colour. It cor.tains a multitude of 
 little diilitifl granuk.-i, foft, and vvlicti 
 crulhed, yield a fcailet juice. It till 
 lately was underllood to he a vegetable 
 cxcrcfcencc ; but v;e now know it to 
 be the extended body of an animal pa- 
 rtpt, filled with a numerous ofSsgring, 
 which are the Utile red granules, iiiil. 
 
 KEuN'.n.y". [an Irilh word.] Iriih foot- 
 foldier ; an hid', boor. 
 
 Out oi Ihc fi-y of ihefe rake-felt'hbrftbuys, 
 frowing Up in knavery and villainy, are their 
 
 . kcatJi lujn<licd, ->/! -..i:.
 
 K E S 
 
 Juftice had with valour arm'd, 
 CompcU'd thcfe tkipping kann to truft tlicir 
 heels. Sliahfftiirc. 
 
 If in g.iod plight thefc northern ^irrni airivc, 
 Then does fortune pioraile fair. Fii.'if! 
 
 IvERN. ti.f. A handmill confifting of two 
 pieces offtone, by which corn is grpund. 
 It is written likev.ife gu£m. It is ftill 
 iifed in feme parts of Scotland. 
 To Keun. •y. n. [probably from kernel, 
 or, by change of a vowel, corrupted 
 from corn.] 
 I. To harden as ripened corn. 
 
 When the price of corn falleth, men break no 
 more grountl than will I'upply their own turn, 
 wnercthrough it tLllelh out iliat an ill itrnJ or 
 laved harveil foon cmpticth llieir old (tore. 
 
 3. To take the form of grains ; to granu- 
 late. 
 
 The principal knack is in mnking the juice, 
 when fufficicatly boiled, to hni or granulaie. 
 
 Oretv. 
 
 KE'RNEL. ti.f. [cyrinel, a gland. Sax. 
 tame, Dutch ; centean, French. ] 
 
 1. The edible fubilance contained in a 
 
 ftiell. 
 
 As bro\rn in hue 
 As hazic nuts, and fwecttr than the hrnih. 
 
 Shakfptiirf . 
 
 There can he no kernel in this light nut; the 
 foul of thii man is his clothes. Shnkjprnre. 
 
 The kerne! of the nut ferves them for bread 
 and meat, aud the (hells for cups. A/o>c. 
 
 2. Any tbing included in a htif]< or inte- 
 gument. 
 
 The kernel of a grape, the fig's fnnU gr.iin, 
 Can cloath a mountain, and o'cifliadc a plain. 
 
 Denliciypi. 
 
 Onts are tipc when the flraw turns yellow and 
 the kernel hard. Mortimer. 
 
 9. The feed t)f pulpy fruits. 
 
 I think he will cjity this illand hojne in his 
 
 pocket, and give it his fon for an apple. — And 
 
 fowing the kerneh of it in the fea, brinj; forth 
 
 morein.inds. Shukffeare. 
 
 The apple inclofcd in wax was as Irelh as at 
 
 the f\\& 'putting ir, and the kcrKeii continued 
 
 wi-.ito. -P"'""- 
 
 A. The central part of any thing upon 
 
 which the ambient Itrata are concreted. 
 
 A folici body in the bladdtr makes the kerne! 
 
 of a (lone. ^rhuiknot. 
 
 r. Knobby concretions in children's flefh. 
 
 To KE'RNti.. 1'. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 To ripen to kernels. 
 
 In £t.ifibrdlliire, garden-rouncivals fown in 
 the fitXAi kernel well, and yield a goodincrcafc. 
 
 I^zrtirner. 
 
 Kf'rnelly. «.-/•'. [froni^f-iW.] Full of 
 kernels ; having the quality or refcm- 
 blance of kernels. 
 Ivf.'rnelwokt. n.f. [fcrofularlt.'] An 
 herb. - JtnJ^orth. 
 
 Kk'rsev. n.f. {iarfaye, UMicb; cunjee, 
 French.] Coarfe fluff. 
 
 Taffara phrafes, filken terms prccifc, 
 I do forfwtar them ; and I here prottft, 
 Henceforth ray wooirg mind dial! he expreft 
 In rulTet yea», and honeft kxfes nnct. St-.nkf. 
 
 His Uckt-y with a iincnfiock on one kg, and 
 a kerjet hoot-hofe oh the other. Shakfpcare. 
 
 The fame wool one man ftlts it into a hat, 
 another i.nt'X it into cloth, and another into 
 W,r>or (erge. ,. ._, ^''^'■ 
 
 Thy kerfet doublet fpreading wide, 
 Drew Cic'ly's eye .ifidc. Gay. 
 
 KtsT. The preter tenfe ol cajl. It is 
 itiU ufcd ia Scotland. 
 
 X E Y 
 
 Only that noifc heav'n's rolling circles kr.Jl. 
 
 Ke'strel. n.f. A little kind of baftard 
 hawk. Hannuv. 
 
 His kcjirel kind, 
 A plcafing vein of gloiy, vain did find. 
 
 F'*/rv Qireen. 
 
 Kites and kejl>eli have a refemblancc with 
 
 h.awlis. i?.i;jn. 
 
 Ketch, n.f. [from c/tirchia, Italian, a 
 barrel.] A heavy fliip : as, a bomb 
 
 iefc/j. 
 
 I wonder 
 That fuch a keicii can with his very bulk 
 Take up the rays, o' th' beneticial fun, 
 
 And keep it from the ^-arth. Shakfpeare. 
 
 KE'TTLE. n.f [cerl. Sax. -ff/i/.but.] 
 A vefTel in which liquor is boiled. In 
 the kitchen the name of pot is given to 
 the boikr that grows narrower toward 
 the top, and of kltlt to that which 
 grows wider. In authors they fire 
 confounded. 
 
 The fire thus form'd, fhe fcts the kctllc on ; 
 Like burnilh'd gold the little fcether (hone. 
 
 £).)./=•«. 
 
 Ke'ttledrum. n.f. [kettle and eirum.'\ 
 A drum of which the head is fpread 
 over a body of brafs. 
 
 As he drains his dr.aughts of Rhenilh down, 
 The ket:!ednnn and trumpet thus bray out 
 The triumph of his pkdgc. S/uk/peate. 
 
 KEY. n.f [cosj, Saxon.] 
 
 1. An indrument fonned with cavities 
 corrtfpondent to the wards of a lock, 
 by which the bolt of a lock is puflied 
 forward or backward. 
 
 If a man were porter of hell gate, he (hould 
 have old turning the key. S!'.'kjjjc,i:e. 
 
 Fortune, that arrant whore 
 Ne'er turns the key to th' poor. S':akfp. 
 
 The glorious ftandardhilUo hcav'nthcy fpread, 
 With Peter's keys ennobled and his crown. 
 
 Far'rJ'.t.x-. 
 
 Yet fume there be, that by due (tcps afpuc 
 To lay there jult hands on that golden ^fv, 
 That opes the palace of eternity. Millon. 
 
 Conlciencc is its own couufellor, the fole maf- 
 tcr of its own fccrcts ; and it is the privilege of 
 our nature, that every man fliould keep the key 
 of his own breaft. Sotuti 
 
 He camr, and knocking thrice, without delay 
 The longing lady heard, and turn'd the key. 
 
 DryJin^ 
 
 2. An indrument by which foniething is 
 Icrewed or turned. 
 
 Hide the key of the j.ick. Swift. 
 
 3. An explanation of any thing difficult. 
 
 An cmbkm witliout a key to 'i, is no mure 
 than a talc of a tub. V F-Jlr,ii:ge. 
 
 Thefe notions, in the writings of the ancients 
 darkly delivered, receive a clearer light when 
 compared with this theory, which reprefcnts cveiy 
 thing plainly, .ind is »kiy to then thoughts. 
 
 Btirnrt. 
 
 Thofe who are accuftomed to rcafon have got 
 the true (iy of books. Lo.:''e. 
 
 4. The parts of a mufical inftrument 
 which are ft ruck with the fingers. 
 
 Pamela loves to h.mdle the fpinntt, and touch 
 the keyi. P^imelu. 
 
 5. [In mufick.] Is a certain tone where- 
 to every compofitlon, whether long or 
 ftiort, ought to be littt;d ; and this key 
 is faid to be either fiat or (harp, not in 
 refpert of its own nature, but with re- 
 lation to the flat or fliarp third, which 
 is joined with it. Hanis. 
 
 K I C 
 
 Hippolita, I woo'd thee with my fword. 
 And won thy love doing thee injuries ; 
 But I will wed thee in anotncr ^rv. 
 With pomp, with triumph, and with revelling. 
 
 Shakjpen^e. 
 
 But fpcak you with a (:id brow ? Or do you 
 play the flouting Jack ! Come, in what key 
 (hall a man take you to go in the fong ? Sh^tkjp. 
 
 Not know my \oicel Oli, lime's extremity ' 
 Haft thou fo crack'd and I'plittcd my poor tongue 
 In fev'n (hort yeais, that her.: my only fon . 
 Knows not my feeble key of untun'd cares .* 
 
 Sltakfpeare. 
 
 6. [ifajv, Dutch ; quai, French.] A bank 
 raifed perpendicular for the tafe of 
 lading and unlading fliips. 
 
 A -t.^V of tire lan along the (bore. 
 And lighten'd all the ri\cr with a blaze. Vrv.len- 
 
 7. Key cold was a proverbial expreffion, 
 now out of ufe. 
 
 Poor ^y cc.'./ figure of a holy king! 
 Pale alhesof the houfc of Lancalicr. Sh:ih!'f). 
 Ke'yage. n. f. [from key.^ Money 
 paid for lying at the key, or quay. 
 
 Ainfiuorth. 
 Ke'yhole. n.f. \key and hok.'\ The 
 perforation in the door or lock through 
 which the key is put. 
 
 Make doors faft upon a woman's wit, and it 
 will out at the cafement ; (hut that, and 'twill 
 out at the keyhole. Sl:akfpe:irc. 
 
 I looked in at the keyh'Je, and faw a well- 
 made man. TatUr. 
 
 I keep her in one room ; I lock if ; 
 The key, look here, 'is in this pocket j 
 The keyhole is that left ? Moft certain. Vrvir. 
 Ke'ystone. n.f. [/(•«•_)' andy/on^.] The 
 middle ilrme of an arch. 
 
 If vou will add a keyjl'.ne and chaplicts to the 
 arch, lei ti;e breadth of the upper part of the 
 keyi'.ne be the height of the arch. Mt>.\on. 
 
 Kibe. n.f. [from kerli, a cut, German, 
 Skinner i from itiuie,\Vel(h, Aliii/Jsew.] 
 An ulcerated chilblain ; a chap in the 
 heel caufed by the cold. 
 
 If "tw ere a k:ie, 'twould i ut me to my flipper. 
 
 Slt.ikj'petire. 
 
 The toe of the peafant comes fo near the hetl 
 of our courtier, that it galls his k'lfe. Shitkjpeare. 
 
 One lioalled of thecuu, calling them a tew 
 kibes.. Pi^ifeman. 
 
 KtBED. W/. [from i;'^f.] Troubled with 
 
 kibes : as, klbeti heels. 
 To R ICK. ^l. a. [leitichen, German ; 
 cah'o. Tat.] To ftrike with the foot. 
 
 He m.Li(^ endure and digell all affronts, adore 
 the foot that kicks him, and kifs tlie hand that 
 Itrikes him. S'jutlt. 
 
 It angcr'd Turenne once upon a day, 
 To fee a footman kiek'd ih.it took his pay. Ftpe. 
 Another, whofe foil had employments at court, 
 valued not, now and then, a kicking or a caning. 
 
 S-w:jt. 
 To KIvJK. 1). n. To beat the foot in 
 anger or contempt. 
 
 Wliciefore i.ci ye at my fsciifice, which I 
 have cornmanded r i Stiinuet. 
 
 felhuiun waxed f.it and kicieei. Veut. 
 
 The doiflrincs of the holy fciipturcs are ter- 
 rible enemies to wicked men, and this is that 
 which makes them kiek againlt religion, and 
 fpiirn at the diifliincs of that ioly book. Tillctf. 
 Kick. n.f. [from the verb.] A blow 
 with the foot. 
 Whrt, are you dumb.' Quick, with your 
 anfwci, '|uick. 
 Before my foot falutes you with a kieK VryJen. 
 Kicker, n.f. [from kick.'] One who 
 
 ftrikes with his foot. 
 Ki'cKSHAW. n. f. [This word is fup- 
 poled, I think with truths to be only
 
 K 1 D 
 
 a corruption oi quslqut chofe, fomething' ; 
 yet Millin fecmi lo liavc undcrllood it 
 Dllitrwile ; for he writes it klckjhoe, as 
 if he thought it ultJ in conl(.iii;)t of 
 dancing.] 
 
 1. Soniethiiio; uncommon or fantafi.ic;il ; 
 fomcthiiig ridiculous. 
 
 Sh.iU wt iKcd the nMnfiL-uis of P.iris to t^ikc 
 our yuuth into tlu-ir Hi^ltt cuTiodieSi .ind fnul 
 thcru ovcrb.ickagiiiii traiufuriiicd intu niimicks, 
 upcs, and kickjh^ti ? Milton 
 
 2. A difh fo changed by the cookciy 
 that it can fcarcely be known. 
 
 Snnic piijcoiis, a jonit of iiiuuun, and .iny 
 picttjr liltk tiny kictJhtt-Mi. ShukJi^are . 
 
 In wit, as well MS war, tbcy give ii» v^iguur ; 
 CrclTy was loll by LickJIia'ut\ and (uup-incaj'rc. 
 
 Ki'cKSY-wiCKSEV. ti.f. [from //Vid and 
 ivince.'\ A made word in ridicule and 
 difdain of a wife. Hanmcr. 
 
 He wears Lis honour iu a box, uwfccn, 
 That hugs hi J hi(kjy-xuirkf;y licic at home, 
 Spending Lis fntmly marrow in her arms. Shak. 
 
 Kid. n.f. [kid, Dauilh.J 
 
 1. The young of a goat. 
 
 Leaping liiic wanton ki.ls in plcafant fpiini;. 
 Ftit'ry i^ue^ft. 
 
 There was a herd of goats with their young 
 ones, upcn which fight fir Richard Grahamtclh, 
 he would fnap one of the ir'iiif and carry him 
 clofc to their lodging. IJ'ollon. 
 
 Sporting the lion ramp'f), and in his paw 
 Dandled tlic iid. Miliin. 
 
 So </</i and whelps their (ires and dams cxprcfs; 
 And fo the grc.it 1 mcalnr'd by the lefs. Drytitu. 
 
 2. [from ciiltukn, Welfli, a faggot.] A 
 bundle of heath or furze. 
 
 Tu Kid. v. a. [from the noun.] To bring 
 
 forth kids. 
 Kidder. «. / An engrofler of co»n to 
 
 enhance its price. Ainfworlh. 
 
 To KiUNAT. v.a. [from ,{/W, Dutch, 
 
 a child, and nij/i.] To ileal children ; to 
 
 ftcal human beint;3. 
 Kidna'pper. n.f. [iram kidnap.'] One 
 
 who lltals human beings ; a innnlUaler. 
 The man compounded with tie mticlruit, 
 
 upon conditioit tliat he might have his child 
 
 again ; for he h.ia Imilt it out, tliat the nicr- 
 
 cl^ant himfelf was the kidnnyftr. L'E/iT,in^;. 
 Thcfe people lyc*in wait fr>r our children, and 
 
 may be confidcred as a kind of kulmippert within 
 
 the law. Sped.iiai. 
 
 Kl'DNEY. u.f. [etymology unknown.] 
 
 1. Thefe arc «two in number, one on 
 each fide : they have the fame figure as 
 kidneybeans : their length is four or 
 five lingers, their breadth three, and 
 their thickncfs two : the right is under 
 the liver, and the left under the fpkcn. 
 The ufe of the kidneys is to fepaiate the 
 urine from the blood, which by the 
 motion of the heart and arteries, is 
 thrult into the emulgent branches, 
 which carry it to the little glands, by 
 which the ferofity, being fcparated, is 
 received by the orifice of the little tubes, 
 which go from the glands to the pelvis, 
 and from thence it runs by the ureters 
 into the bladder. ^lincy. 
 
 A youth laboured under a complication of 
 ciifeaScs, fram his iticfentcry and kiMi.yi. 
 
 IVtfrmnn'i Siirpcry. 
 
 2. Sort; kind: in ludicrous language. 
 
 Think of that, a m:ur of my //V/z/e^' ; tliink of 
 tli;:t, that am as fubjeift to neat as buttt-r, a man 
 of cciiuinual dilTolutuon and thaw. Skdifpraic. 
 
 Vol. I, 
 
 K I L 
 
 Tlier ire millions in the world of thi' man's 
 kiifntv, tii:it f.ikc up the lame ixfalution without 
 nt>ifc. L' I'.Jiiiifigf. 
 
 KinNKYBi-AN'. n.y". [/>/'afeo/i/s. So named 
 from its fhape. ] A !c;;nininous plant. 
 
 Kithieyhc.in% arc 4 fort o( cuti ware, that arc 
 
 very plcafdiil u'holcfomo food. Myii'iter'i Ihi/j. 
 
 Ki'uN EYVKTCH. [anlhiUis.'] Inf. Plants. 
 
 Ki'dneywout. {_coly!idi,n.] \ Ainfiu. 
 
 Ki'i.DEiiK I N. n. /. \^Lindckin, a baby, 
 
 Du;th.] A fmall band. 
 
 Make in the kiUUikin a great bung-hole of 
 purpofe. Uttcon. 
 
 A tun of man in thy large bulk is writ ; 
 But furc thou *it but a kihlerkin of wit. Dryden. 
 
 To KILL. 1'. a. f anciently To quell-, 
 cfdlan, Saxon ; keUn, Dutch.] 
 
 1. 'lo deprive of life ; to put to death, as 
 an agent. 
 
 Dar'ft tl.tui refo'.ve to litl a fncnd of mine ? 
 — Plcafc you, I'd ia(her kill twoc-icmics. ShakJ. 
 
 Ye Jin\c bi\.ugit us foith into this M ildcrnefs, 
 tcy^/V/ this whole affembiy with hunj;er. Excdus. 
 
 There was killing oi younjj and old, making 
 away of men, wo:T^-n, and cliildien. A Mac. 
 
 2. 1 o dcftroy aiiiinals for food. 
 
 We're mcie ufurpcrs, tyianis, and what 's 
 woife, 
 To frig'.it the animals, and to///.' them up 
 In tbCT afljgn'd and native dwelling place. SItakf. 
 
 Siull I take my bread, and my flelh that 1 
 have killrd for my lKcarcr.s ? x Samuel. 
 
 3. To deprive of life, as a caufe or in- 
 ftrument. 
 
 The medicines, if t!;ey were ufed inwards*, 
 would jt/7/ tliofc that, ufe them; and therefore 
 they work potently, though outwards. B-jnn, 
 
 \. To deprive of vegetative or other mo- 
 tion, or aftive qualities. 
 
 Try with oil, or barm of drink, fo they be 
 
 fucli things as kill not the bougii. Bucm. 
 
 C.itharticks of mercurials mix with all animal 
 
 acids, as appears by killing it with fpitrlc. I'hycr. 
 
 Ki'i.LEU. n.f. [fiom /■;//.] One that de- 
 prives of life. 
 
 What forrow, what amazement, what Ihnmc 
 was in Amphiaius, wlicii he faw his dear folhr- 
 f.irhcr find liinr the k:llcr of his only fon ? Si.imy. 
 
 Wilt thou for tl'.e old lion hunt, or ^11 
 His hungry whelps .' and t'or the kHUf kill, 
 Whciicouch'd in dreadful dens } Stindys. 
 
 So rude a time, 
 Wl-.en love was held fo capital a crime, 
 That a crown'd head could no compalTion find. 
 But dy'd, bccaufe the killer had been kind. 
 
 Il'clicr. 
 Ki'i.Low. n.f. [This feems a corruption 
 of coal and low, a flame, as foot is 
 thereby produced.] An earth of a 
 blackifli or deep blue colour, and doubt- 
 lefs had its name from kolloiv, by which 
 name, in the north, the fmut or grime 
 on the back.s of chimneys is called. 
 
 Woodtvard. 
 
 KILN. n. f. [ryln, Saxon.] A (love; 
 
 a fahrick formed (or admitting heat, in 
 
 order to dry or burn things contained 
 
 in it. 
 
 I'll creep up into the ciiimney. There ilicy 
 
 always iile to difchaige their birdlni; pi-''ccs : 
 
 cicep into the kiln hole. Shitifpcttre 
 
 After the puttiiig forth n fprouts, and the 
 
 di7in^ upon the kiln, there will be gained a 
 
 bwlhcl in eightof malt. B.:co>i. 
 
 Phyficians chufc lime which is newly drawn 
 
 out of the kilrr, and not (lacked. .'V/o.vtyw. 
 
 Tc/ Ki'LNnuY. v.a. [kiln and dry.] To 
 
 dry by means of a kiln. 
 
 The bcrt w.iy is to h'l.'iJrj tl.c.ii. Mirtimcr. 
 
 K I N 
 
 Kilt for killed. S/)cii/ir, 
 
 Ki'mbo. adj. [afchmbo, Ital.] Crooked ; 
 bent ; arched. 
 
 The kimlio handles feem with bcart-foot rarv'd, 
 
 And never yet lot.tblc have hctti ferv'd. Lftydcn. 
 
 i1c obfersed litem cdt'.ing 'ow.irrls one anofl.'T 
 
 to whil^teri fu that John was forced lu fit wiia 
 
 his arms a I imbo^ to keep ihcoi afundcr. 
 
 j'i'huiliKin't llijhiy :J 'John Bi.ll. 
 Km. n.f. [cyime, Saxon.] 
 
 1. H elation cither of coiifauguinity or 
 alTiiiiiy. 
 
 You mod ufe them wilb fit rofi>cflf, accoid- 
 ing to il.c Irunds 01 nature ; but )ou art ofj(.-", 
 audio a fiicnd lo their pwfons, nut lo thi.ir 
 cnouri. Bamu't yl.hice u.l'illieii. 
 
 Tb' unhappy Talamon, 
 WhomThcleus holds in bonds, and will not free, 
 Without a crin.e, except his /fi» to me. Drydrn. 
 
 2. Relatives; thofe who are of the Oinie 
 race. 
 
 Tumultuous wars. 
 Shall ^f'r with kin, and kuid with kind confound. 
 
 Sliiikjpfatr. 
 The father, mother, and ihekin bcfidc. 
 Were overborne by furj' of the tide. ZjryJtn. 
 
 3. A relation ; one related. 
 
 Then is the foul fiom God ; fo pagans fay. 
 Which f.iw by nature's ligl;t her heavenly kind, 
 
 Naming her//« to CJod, and God's bright tav, 
 A cititen of heav'n, to earth cuuliii'd. Daxui. 
 
 4. The fame generlcal clafs, though per- 
 haps not the fame fpecies ; thing re- 
 lated. 
 
 The burft 
 
 And the ear-dcaf'uing voice of the oracle, 
 A'//r to Jove's thunder, fo turpi is'd my fcnfe, 
 Tliat I w.T^i nothing. Siji/p. Ifitlir'j Tuff. 
 
 The odour of the fixed nitre is very languid i 
 but that which it dilcovcrs, biiiig dilTulvcd in a 
 little hot w.Tter, is altcgethcr ditfering fiom t^.c 
 ftiiik of the other, being uf iln to that of oiler 
 altalizntc falts. Boylt. 
 
 y. A diminutive termination from iind, a 
 child, Dutch : as, mauikin, Kiin'ikin, 
 thomkin, luilkiit . 
 
 KIND. adj. [fromcynni, relation, Sax.] 
 
 1. Benevolent; (illed with geneial jcuoli- 
 will. 
 
 By the i/>j./gods, 'tis mod ignobly done 
 To pluck me by the beard. Shukjprarr. 
 
 Some of the ancients, like kind heaitcd men, 
 have talked much of .-uuiual refrigcriums, or in- 
 tervals of punillimcnt to the damned, a-, p.-.rticti- 
 larly on the great fcltivals of the refurrcdtion and 
 afcenfioii. St,:.:/i. 
 
 2. Favourable; benelicent. 
 
 He is kinJxo the unthankful and evil, L.nii, 
 
 Kind, k, f. [cynne, Sa.Ton.] 
 I, Race; generical clafs. Kind InTcn- 
 tonick linglifh anfwers to genus, and 
 fort iofficcies ; though this dillinilion, 
 in popular language, is not always ob- 
 fcrvcd. 
 
 Thus far we have endeavoured in part to open 
 of what nature and force laws air, according to 
 their kifjdi. Ihykcr, 
 
 As when the total kind 
 Of birds, in orderly array on wing. 
 Came fummon'd over Edeir, to receive 
 Their n.imes of thee. Alilicii's Par, LsR. 
 
 That both are animalia, 
 Igranr; but notrationalia ; 
 For though they do agree in kind, 
 Sprrifick difference wc find. VuJilrai, 
 
 God and Natuie iX'j rot piincipaily concern 
 thcnifelvcs in the prefcrvatioii of paiticulars, but 
 kindx and companies. South's Scimcnt. 
 
 He with his wife were only left behind 
 Of perilh'd nun j they two wcis humair fW. 
 
 c s
 
 K I N 
 
 Somf 31^5 of virtue aie common tb htailietis 
 and ct.tiftians ; but I fuppofe tlxm to be per- 
 formed by chiiftians iiftcr a mcuc fublimc 
 manner than amonj the hearhens ; and even 
 « hen they do not di&er in iinj Trom moral vir- 
 tues, yet differ :n the degrees of perfcftion. 
 
 He, with a hunrJieH ;!rts refiti'd 
 Shall Itr^tcl) thy con^ueih over half the tinti. 
 
 Pope. 
 
 2. Particular UBture. 
 
 No human laws arc exempt from faults, (ince 
 thofe that have been l.joke4 upon as mutt pcrfctft 
 in their iinu, have b«cn found to have fo many. 
 
 3. Natu«l [late. 
 
 He did ^ue thegoods of all the prifoners unto 
 tht-t'e that had taken them, either to take them 
 jq'.f.W, or compound for them. S-tc^n 
 
 The rax upon tilU»ge was often levied in LinA 
 uppn coru, and c*Ilcd duunuB^ or tithes. A^huth 
 
 4. Nature; natural deterciio.^tlon* •' ^ ■ | 
 ^ ' ■' Tnc fictlful ihcpherd peel'd nie rertain wands, 
 
 ■'-" i¥nd in the'doing jf ri:c deed-of ^:W 
 ■^Ifc ftuck- thca up before the fullome ewes. 
 
 - 'i -'■■■■■ ■ Skakfpfart. 
 
 ■~ Sortre-oTySuJ'wi'ptir* ih'ftihift ofnafuic, 
 Areled Hf tink\''iiAinm your feUtSr-cte-iturc. 
 !■"'''■"■ •■'-^r.',"- ■ ■•■■^ -n' Drydcn. 
 
 ^. UTuhnet ; way'.''' ' '" ■'''.,',., 
 
 Send me your prUoners„Wtb the fpecfiieil 
 mean;-, - . ; . " t, . 
 
 Or yoii (hall hear in fuch a ifn.i frfim me 
 iAi will difpleafe you. Shakjpeiire'i Henry iv. 
 ., This win encourage induftiious improvements, 
 fcecaufc many will rather venture in that kinA^ 
 than take five in the hundred. Baan. 
 
 6. Sort. It has a flight and 'Unimportant 
 
 fenfe. - ; i 0; , - . , 
 
 Diojenes was aftfd,' in a fo»iif of r«pfrt> Wha( 
 
 \ras .t!ic matter' that philofopliej-s haunted rich 
 raei, and not rich men pl.ildfophers ? He an- 
 iwcred, Bccaufe the one knew what they wanted, 
 the other did not. - . v v'l". ■- , Bacon. 
 
 Jo Ki'n D liE. oi-a. [vinMyiWdfh^-ic^belan, 
 
 1. To fet on fire ; to light; to make to 
 
 burn, i-.v.il ■\ ;• ^i-. -J,-;;,-;- 
 :: He will tahs thereof, andwjrm blmfelf; yea 
 lie^jrjv'^rA it and bakerh bread. Ijaiah. 
 
 {•■■1!^% not. forgetful ofjjifife (parks, which 
 tiroe' men's diCtCipeis_ji«!rmer)y ftudicd to k-nciu 
 Si paliaments. '' ' _ Kh:g Ck.ir'les. 
 
 It tne iSrc burns vigoroufly, it is no matter by 
 ■what means ii^was ar 6rft k.n.Hfd : there is the 
 (hme force 3X)± the Tame retrelhing virtue 
 in h, kin.iUil by a fpark from a Hint, as if it 
 were kin.lled from the f.in. South. 
 
 z. To intlame thepaflions ; to exafperate ; 
 to animate ; to heat; to fire the mind. 
 
 I 've been to'you a true and humble wife ; 
 At ailtiniCi li/ your will conformable : 
 tur in t'cir lo ki/iJJe your diUike. Shakffca'c. 
 
 He hath liadfd his wrath againft me, and 
 cuu ".tcth roe as one of his enemies. Jolr. 
 
 Thus one by o.ie A/>:rf//w|; each other's fire, 
 'Tiil all ii rtam"d, tliey aH m one ajree. Danitl. 
 
 Each was a cautc ali'r.e, and allcun'.liin'd 
 Tu Ui£c vengeance in her haughty mmd. Dniii 
 to Ki'NDLE. -v. n. 
 
 1. To catch fire. 
 
 Wlcn thou walkeft through the £re, thou 
 (halt not be burnt, ntillicr tfa.ill the fiaOie kin.ilt 
 wpOn thee. Ij>ti.ifi. 
 
 2. [Irotn centian, Kaxon.] To bring 
 ft)ith. It is ufeti of tome particular 
 
 animals- 
 
 Arc you natiye 0' this place ? 
 — ^At Iho cuney that you fee dwells where 
 (he is kimlltJ. S'l.itjjifnre 
 
 Ki'ndi.er. n.f. [from ijW.'c] One that 
 lights ; one who iuflan^es. 
 
 K I N 
 
 ITbwis the time that rakes tl-.cir re\e1s keep, 
 JCr'/iiiVrj of riot, enemies of deep. G.^v. 
 
 Kindly, atlv. [from h.'tiuh^ Benevo 
 kntly ; favourably ; with good-will. 
 
 Sir Thurio borrows his wit from your lady- 
 (hip's looks, and fpends what he borrows kimHy 
 in your company. Skukjpeais. 
 
 I fomctime lay here in .Curioli, 
 At a poor man's houfc: he us'd me k:ml!y. 
 
 Sr.okjp. C^Tttlanui. 
 
 Be kindly^ aHc^ioncd one to another, with 
 
 brotherly loye, in honoui' preferring one another. 
 
 Romani. 
 His grief fome pity, others blame ; 
 The fatal caufe alU;W/v feck. Prior. 
 
 Who with Ufs dcfigning ends, 
 Kindtier entcrt.iin their friends ; 
 With good words, and coiint'nance fprighfly, 
 Strive to treat them all politely. Siri/t, 
 
 Ki'ndly. anj. [from i in J ; probably from 
 iia/i the Uibltantive.] 
 
 1. Homogeneal; congeneal ; kindred; 
 of the fame nature. 
 
 This competency 1 befeech God I may Leablc 
 to digeft into ihidiy juice, that I may grow 
 thereby. Hamm'^nd. 
 
 Thefe foft fires 
 Not only enlighten, but with kindly 'near. 
 Of various influence, foment and warm, 
 ■ Temper or nounlh. M:!i^i's Patadlfe Lrjl 
 
 2. The foregoing fenfe feems to have been 
 originally implied by tbis word ; but 
 following writers, inattentive to its 
 etymology, confounded it with kind, 
 
 3. Bland; mild; foftening. 
 
 Through all the li\ing regions do'fi thou move, 
 
 Anri fcatter'll, where thou gocft, the kindly 
 
 : 1;. feeds of love. Drydin. 
 
 Ye heav'ns, from high the dewy ne'flar p.jur, 
 
 And in foft filtnce (hedthc kiadiy Ihow'r ! Pfpe , 
 
 Kindness, n. y; [from if/n</.] Benevo- 
 lence ; beneficence ; good-will ; favour ; 
 
 love. 
 
 If there be kindntfi, mceknefs, or comfort in 
 her tongue, then is aoi her hufband like other 
 men. ..-ri:,]-, 1 rj. 1 EccJeJiafiicm. 
 
 Old LeUut-profefi'e; h&.;ba4 tUr exti4)ui^din:iry 
 (f//i./nf/'s for feveral you.ng' people, CoJIitr. 
 
 Ever bled be Cytl.crca's (Irrine, 
 
 Since thy dear brcali has felt aii equikwound, 
 Since in thy kindnefs my defirei "are crown'd. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 Love and inclination can be producetl only by 
 ■ an experience oropinioii of k.'ndvrfs to us. Rogrrs'. 
 
 Ki'vDRF.D. n.yi .[bota ii"J i cynpene, 
 Saxon.] 
 
 1. Relation by birth or man-iage; cogna- 
 tion ; confanguiiiity ; aHiiiity'. - 
 
 Like her, of e<nial kiudtiJ to the throne. 
 You keep her conqucSs, and e.\tcnd your own 
 
 Dtydcn' 
 
 2. Relation; fuit. i 
 
 An old motliy laddie, and the ftirrups of no 
 kindred. Shakffetire. 
 
 3. Relatives. : , . -■ 
 
 I think there isnq rbaii Tecure ; ■ . ,^' . 
 But the queen's kT^d-ed: ^^" Staffp.KirharViii. 
 
 Nor needs thy juftcr title the foul |uilt . 
 Of caftern kings, who, to fecu're their rtfign, 
 Muit have theii brothers, foni, and fi»i/rfi/ flain 
 
 Ki'ndred. adj. Congeneal; related; 
 cognate. 
 
 , From Tiifcm Coritum he claim'd his SJrth ; 
 But after, when exempt from mortal earth, 
 From thence afcendcd to his kindred (kies 
 A god. Dryden, 
 
 Kine. n.f. plur. from fffw. 
 
 To milx. the kinfy 
 E'er the milk- maid fine 
 Hjtls opcn'd her eyne. Bt" Jor.fin. 
 
 K I N 
 
 A field I went, amid' the morning dew, 
 To milk my kine. Gay, 
 
 KING. 11. f. [A contratElion of the 
 Teutonick word cuning, or cyntng, the- 
 name o; fovereiirn dignity. In the 
 primitive tongue it ligniScs ftout or 
 valiant, the kings of moil nations being, 
 in the begisining, cliofen by the people 
 on account of-their valour and-ftrenglh- 
 FerJJegan.] 
 
 1. Monarch ; fupreine governour. 
 
 The great king of kingi. 
 Hath in the table oi his law coramflndcd, 
 That thou (Halt do no laurder. * Shakjpeare, 
 
 A fublbiute Ihines biightly as a kin^^. 
 Until a k:ng\t^ by j ai.d tt-en his itate 
 Enipties iifclf, .\> doth an ir.land brook 
 Into the main ot waters. i3h.ikfpfair. 
 
 True nope is Iwift, and flies with fiiblluws- 
 wings ; 
 Kin^i it makes gods^and meaner creatures tingi. 
 
 Skakjpeare, 
 The king becoming graces, 
 Asjufiice, verity, temp'rance, flablcnefs, 
 Bounty, perfcv'r.uicc, mercy, luwiiiiels. 
 Devotion, patience, courage, foititude, 
 I have no iclilh of tiiciij. ■ Shakfpeare, 
 
 Thus (^.Kes were form'd the name of kir.g un-- 
 known, 
 'Till common int'refl plac'd the fway in one ; 
 'Twas virtue only, or in artsorarms, 
 Did'uling bklhngs, or averting harms. 
 The fame whicii in a lire the I'onsohey'd 
 A prince the father of a people made. Pops. 
 
 2. It is taken by Bacon in the ferainijie ;: 
 SiS prince alfo is. 
 
 Ferdinand and Ifabella, kiji^uf Spain, re- 
 covered rlic grc It and rich kingdom of Granad^> 
 from the Mu'rs Biicon.i 
 
 3. A card with the pift«re-of a king. . 
 
 The kyjip unfecn 
 Lu!*'d in her hand,, and mourn'd his captive 
 qu<e:r. p7p^, 
 
 4. King- at armsy a principal ofEcer at 
 arms, that has the pre-eminence of the 
 fociety ; of whom there arc three in 
 number,, viz. Garter, Non oy, and Cla- 
 lencieux. Phillips,- 
 
 A letter under his own hand was lately (he-*ed 
 me-by tir WJli.inv-Bugdale,.jf/V:^urorffn.-/'/'tfi>c'r.- 
 
 To King. tr. a: [from the noun.] 
 
 1. To fupply witli.a kingjj iViWord rather 
 ludicrous.' , !.,;,n.i.! r.^.; 1. 
 
 England is fo.idly ifv^'*/, * 
 Her fccpire f-j fintaftic.nlly borne,- 
 That ftar alteiidi her not- ,^ Siakfpeare, 
 
 2. To make royal ; to raii^ tp royalty. 
 
 S-'inetimes am I a king ; 
 Then trearo.i mir.kes me wifh mytelf a beggar, 
 .\rid fo I am : then crulhing penury 
 Pcrfuadcs me, I was bettpr w,hq^,a king ; .,^ 
 Ti-.en, ani I /f/"^'.^ again. .1,, ,..j - $Jti^if^are. 
 Ki'ngapple. n.yi A kind of apple. 
 
 The /t///^(rp/>/f is preferred before the jenneting, 
 
 AU'tifyirr. 
 
 Ki'NGck.AFt. ri,f. [king zuAeraft. The 
 art of govieming. A word commonly 
 ufed by kin^ jf antes. 
 Ki'ngcuj. n. f. li'ij a»d cup. The 
 name is pioperly, according to Gerard, 
 iingcoi.] A flower; crowfoot. 
 
 June is drawn in a mantle of dark grafs green, 
 and upon his head a garland of bents, kin^cups^ 
 and maidenhair. Peai-hitm, 
 
 fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows. 
 Fair is the daify that befide her grows. Gay. 
 
 Ki'kgdom. n.f. [from Z-Htj.] 
 I. The dominion of a king ; the territo- 
 ries Cubjeft to a monarch.
 
 K I N 
 
 _>j ; You're welcome, 
 "Moft Icaincd, reverend fir, into pur Htgdom. 
 
 Mofes javi iinto tlicm tiie iingrfom q( Silioii 
 
 •king oTHic Amuritcs, and the iingJom of Og, 
 
 ki»E of Hrtlliaii. Niimben. 
 
 •2. A difterenl- clafs or order of beings. A 
 word cliitlly ulcd among iiaturalills. 
 
 Tiie nnimal and- vegetable iuigikiin are fo 
 nearly joinif5),.(l>at it yfiufiike.tlmluwettolr o"c, 
 ind the liigncll of the otiicr, thqre^jijl.ftaicc he 
 perceived any dirtcience, '" '' ^ L^ckc. 
 
 3. A regiMl.J-a^tfaft.' i 
 
 The wat'ry kine^.Lm^no h^r 
 To rtop thcfareign fpirit^ ; but ihcy come, 
 Afc o'er a brook, to fe« fair Portia; Shak/peart, 
 
 Ki'Nr.FiiHER. n /. \_halcy 011.1 ^ fpecits 
 of bird. 
 
 WHcn dew rcf:e(hinp on thepafttirc field? 
 The moon hci\tx,vtyk:>i^ ^jjier^ play on fhorc. 
 
 .1 'Blilcrns, herons, fea-piulli, l.'i/f /^ff/, *«nd I 
 ,i[WatciM\us, aic gi cat enemies to tifh. M^iiimef, 
 
 'Rl'-HQUlK.tS'f ' ,■ rf I- t 
 
 K.'Nciuv. If*)- [f'-on'^'-J'-] 
 
 1. Royal ; fuveVeign ; monarchical. 
 
 .- - There we'll lit 
 
 ^Riuling in large rind ample empery, ' 
 
 O'er France, and all her almolW/n^/y dukedoms.; 
 
 1 Siatj^carc. 
 
 Yet this place . . - 1 | 
 
 H.id been tliy kingly fe.it, and here thy rate, 
 
 From all the ends of peopled earth, harl come 
 
 To Tcv'rcncc thee. Dr^.Un's SUf^ cf Innocence. 
 
 In Sparta, a k:ngly government, tnougli the 
 
 people, were perfcfliy frre, the adminiftration 
 
 was in the two kings and the ephuri. S^vrjr. 
 
 ^ The cities of Greece, when they drove out 
 
 their tyrannical kings, cither chole others from a 
 
 new f.imily, or abulifhcd the .t;«^/y government, 
 
 and became free ftates. Swift. 
 
 2. Belonging to a king; fuitablc to a 
 king. 
 
 Why [left thou with the vile 
 In loathforae beds, and leav'ii the kingly couch 
 A watch-cafe to a common 'larum bell ? S'n.ihfp. 
 Then Ihalt thou give me with thy kingly hand, 
 What huiband in thy power I will command. 
 
 Shakjpea} e. 
 
 3. Noble; auguft; magnificent. 
 
 He was not born to live a fubjcft life, each 
 a(f^ion 01 his bearing in it majclty, fuch a kingly 
 entertainment, fuch a kingly magnificence, fuch 
 a kingly he.^rt for enterprizes. Suhey. 
 
 I am far better born tii.in is the king; 
 More like a king, riiorc kingly in my thoughts. 
 
 Siaijf.-.ire. 
 Ki'ngly. adv. With an air of royalty ; 
 with ftiperiour dignity. 
 
 Adam bow'd low ; he, kingly, from his flate 
 Inclin'd not. Milter.'t P.ir. Loji. 
 
 His hat, which never vail'd to human pride, 
 Walker with rev'rence took, and laid afide; 
 Low bow'd the reft, he, kingly, did but nod. 
 
 D unci .id. 
 
 Kingse'vil. n.f. [ling and evil] A 
 f'jrofulous difteniper, in which the glands 
 are ulcerated, commonly belitrved to be 
 cured by the touch of a king. 
 
 Sore eyes are frequently a fpccies of the kingf- 
 rt^ilf and take tlicfr beginning from vicious hu- 
 mours inflaming the tunaa .idnata. frijemnn. 
 
 Ki'ngship. n.f. [from/rVif.] Royalty; 
 monarchy. 
 
 Thtv dcfigned and propofcd to me the new- 
 modelUng of lovcreignty and kingjhip, without 
 any reality of power, or without any ncceflity of 
 fubjeiftion and obedience. King Chailcs. 
 
 We know how fuccefsful the late ufurpcr was, 
 while his aimy believed him real in his zeal 
 againft kiugjhip ; but when they found out the 
 iroporture, upon his afpiring to the fame himfclt', 
 
 K IS 
 
 he was preftntly d«forted ap4 eppvM ^J* them, 
 and ntvei able to crown, his vf'jrped. gvcajiets 
 with Uie addition of that title which licfairiou- 
 ateiythiilied after. ' ■ Smih 
 
 KiVgspeaR. n.f. [afphnMis.l Apljut. 
 KiNGSTOVft .ri.y. ifqiialintt.] A filh. 
 
 ' '" Jinfiuort/j. 
 
 Ki'nsfolk. «.•/' [tin znifvJi.] Rela- 
 tions ; thofe who are of the fame 
 family.' 
 
 Thofe lords, fmcc tlicir firft grants of thofe ; 
 lan^s, hav'c bciVo\wd thciii ai«ongft theii' *>"/-. 
 
 fi'/h. ^ / _ ^ SfCnf"- 
 
 My *//ti/l.>*'-liave failei,'''4nd my farnili.ir 
 friends forgotten me. J''l>. 
 
 Ki'nsman. n.f. '[itjn and ma«.] A man 
 of the fame race or family. 
 
 The inry he made to be choijrn out of their 
 
 neaicli kinjmtn, and their judges he itladc of tl-eir 
 
 own fathers. Xjicnftr. 
 
 Both fair, and both of royal blo^d they feeni'd, 
 
 Wi\ota'kin(nttit tO- [he CI own -the beralds detm ' d . 
 
 . . D,y,kn.: 
 
 Let me Hand excluded from my right, 
 
 Robb'd of my tinj.nun'i arms, who 6rlf apycar'd 
 
 in figlir. D'yrltn'i Fillies 
 
 There is a branch of the Medicis in N^^ilcs : 
 the head of it has been 9tvncdas ?.iinjmii'i by the 
 great duke, and 'tis..thought, will. fuce^c/J,to his; 
 dominions. .,;,.. yJJJifonin iiMyi 
 
 Ki'nswoman. n.f.[i'ma.ijii.wmieutf} Ai 
 
 female relation. .,,,,;, ; 
 
 A young noble lady, near H'fiuomni ro the- 
 
 fair Helen, queen of Corinth, was come thither; 
 
 Si.lniy. 
 
 The duke was as much in love with wit as ha 
 was with ills kinf^uo^n.ln. Dennii^ JLelters, 
 
 Kirk. n.f. [cyjice, Saxon ; xK^iaxr.] A 
 church. An old word yet retained i^ 
 Scotland. ' ■'^ j 
 
 Home they haften the poits ro dighfj ^''^ j 
 And all the hri pillars ere day-light, yr /..]-) : 
 With hawthorn buds and fwect eglantine., Spenf. 
 
 Nor is it all the nation hath thcCe fpots. 
 There is a church as well as kiik of Scots. 
 
 Cleiwehind. 
 What one "parly thought to rivet by the Scots, 
 that the other contemns, defpifing the kirk go- 
 vernment and difciplinc of the Scots. K. CJuulcs. 
 Ki'etle. n.f. [c)Ti-el, Saxon.] An up- 
 per garment ; a gown. 
 
 All m a kirtic of difcoloured fay 
 He clothed was. F.iiry Queen. 
 
 What fluff wilt thou have a kirtle of r Thou 
 (halt have a cip to- morrow. Sliakfpeare. 
 
 Thy gowns, thy fhoes, thy beds of lofes, 
 Thy cap, thy kiitlc, and thy poefies. 
 Soon break, foon wither, foon forgotten. 
 In fiillv ripe, in reafon rotten. Rnleigh. 
 
 To KISS. v.a. [ru>H, Welfh ; xJ..] 
 
 1. To touch with the lips. 
 
 But who thofe ruddy lips can mlfs, 
 Which bleffcd Hill themfclves dok:fs. SiJney. 
 
 He took 
 The bride about the neck, and k!jl her lips 
 With fuch a clamorous fmack, that at the parting 
 All the church echo'd. Shukfpeare. 
 
 Their lips were four red rofcs on a ftalk. 
 And in their fummer beauty kifs'd each other. 
 
 Shukheare, 
 
 2. To treat with fondnefs. 
 
 The hearts of princes kijs obedience. 
 So much they luve it, but toftubburn fpirits, 
 They fwcll and grow as terrible as fiorms. Slii'kf. 
 
 3. To touch gently. 
 
 The moon Ihines blight; in fuch a night as this, 
 When the fwcct wind did gently kiji the trees. 
 And they did make nonoil'e. Shiiklf>e.ire. 
 
 Kiss. n. f. [from the verb.] Salute 
 given by joining lips. 
 
 What fcnle had I of her flol'n hours or luft ? 
 I found not C.\^\<j'% i.!jjei on her lips. Shakjpeare. 
 
 Upon my livid lips bellow a kij\ : 
 O envy not tlie dead, they ftcl not Uifs ! D'jd. 
 
 K IjT 
 
 Ki',ssE8.. «./. (,frqp»,/{/J..]-,Q*Mh"t 
 letdes. .,,,,■, i.-i. 
 
 Kl'sslN-GCRUST. f. f. rhyf,„^w^M^.'\ 
 Crufi fomicd where ope /lo^f, j.n. ,ihc 
 oven touches another. ; f, 1 / '-i 
 
 ThU'e bak'd hini kijpng.-ruf.x, and thofe 
 Brought him (niall been. •i;-. . 'Kmg'hU^ktty. 
 
 Kir. n.f. {if-rV<^, Dti,tcht] 
 
 1. A htrgc bottle. Shnntr. 
 
 2. A fmall diminutive 'fidtffe. ' .' 
 
 'Tis kept ill a cafe fitted to i', timofl like a 
 dancing mSdei^s *i['. r,''(,-ro''i 'M"ff<-m. 
 
 3. A fmall wbodc.1 *efrel, in which Kew- 
 caflle falmon is fer:t up to town. - 
 
 KITCHEN, fl. /. [L'gin.Wi^^'', H' 
 Flemidi ; c/cdlii, Saxon ; cu'fine, Fr. 
 cucina, Italian ; k^tn, E.'fe.] The 
 room in a houfa where the provifions are 
 
 cooktd. ; . , -. , , ■:■■ , ;: i; 
 
 . Thefc being culp.ible of thi> cii'mc, or favow- 
 ers of their l.iciids, which arC; fuch by whora 
 their. y{/trAi-«j are fomctimcs amended, will not! 
 fuifer any fuch H.uuieto paVs. Spenjer. 
 
 Can wo judge it a ihntg feewly for any man 
 to go about the building of ati hovife to the God 
 of Jicav'n, witn no oilier appearance than il his 
 end were t9 rear up a kitcha^i^ a parjoiir, for hit 
 
 own ule r . , . „ v „" •,, .. '. '. '. ^'''■*" ■ 
 
 He was taken ""ihVo-ter^icein'hrseonrttoabarc 
 
 oflTicc in hh f:i!eh(r_; fo.that He turned a broach 
 
 that had woin a crown.' ' Bacon, 
 
 VVe fee no new-built patai^s afpife, 
 No kitckens emulate the veflal lire. Po/e. 
 
 Ki'tchengard*N. It. f. [kitchen and 
 garJen.\ Garden in vyhich efculent plaotj 
 are produced. 
 , ., Gardens, it planted with fuch things as are fit 
 .;.|6}rfood, arc called *i/.i-'«g-'rirJti. . Sacon. 
 
 '. ',A kitr.hengar^cn is il ii.ore jjlcafant fighcthan 
 thc.ti.ncft orangciy. ., _ i,f,c3ator. 
 
 K I 't c H E N M A 7 D . n.f {i'ltchtn and mat J. ] 
 A maid under the cookmaid, whofe bu- 
 iinefs is to clean the utenfils of the kit- 
 chen. 
 Ki'tchenctuff. n.f. [kilckemndjliif.] 
 The fat of meat fcummed off the pot, 
 or gatiieted out of the dripping-pan. 
 
 As a thrifty wench (asfci kitcheijluj, 
 And barrelling t'he droppings an^d the fnuiF 
 Of walling candles, which in thirty year, 
 Reliqucly kept, pei'chante bays wedding cheer. 
 
 Donne, 
 
 Inftcnd of kit'ehehfuff tome cry ' 
 
 A gofjicl-picachin^ niiiitftry Hudihrai. 
 
 Ki'tchenwencH.: n.f, \^jiilchett antj 
 ivencb.] Scullion; maid employed to 
 clean the inftruinents of cookery. 
 Laura to Ms lady was but a kilthtnivench. 
 
 Shj iff tare. 
 Roafling and boiling leave to the kitcheiiiuencit, 
 
 Smft. 
 
 Ki'tcheN'WOr K. n.f. [kitchen ani tvoii.l 
 
 Cookery ; work done in the kitchen. 
 Kite, n.f [cyta, Saxon ; milvus.] 
 
 1. A bird of prey that infells the fariliS, 
 and Heals the chickens. 
 
 More pity th;it tiice.igle ihoiild be mew'd, ' 
 While kites and buzzards prey at liberty, in.tk/. 
 
 The heror, when the foaretji high, fo aj fome- 
 times the is fcen to pafs over a cloud, fli, wtth 
 winds; but to«, flying aloft, (hew fair and dry 
 weather. Ja.iccn. 
 
 A leopard and a cat feem to differ juft as a 
 kite doth from an eagle. Grcur, 
 
 2. A name of reproach denoting rapacity. 
 
 Dctcfied >/Vr .' thou lieft. Siji/pture. 
 
 3. A fiditkous bird made of paper. 
 
 A man may ha\e a great eliate conveyed to 
 him i but if h« will madly burn, or childiflijjr 
 6 S 2
 
 K N A 
 
 nf,ike.piper^i//«pf^bis deeds, he forfeits Ms title 
 
 with nis cvid«oec. Oi'v. fit ih-> Tcnjue. 
 
 ". ^' v, ,1 ~ , ■ ■' ,' ■ -^ . 
 
 KiTESFooT. n.f. A plaat. A-vfiv. 
 Kitten, n./. [iaiifif<f.-(, Dutch. It is 
 prpbabk- that the true fin^^ular is /■;>, the 
 diminutive of taC, of which the old plu- 
 lal was litVcn or jo?ing aits, which was in 
 time taken fgr the Regular, UkcrAir^w.] 
 A young cat. •,;■:.-:■■.■ 
 
 That a m:.if will fooner droo-n than arvRorfc, 
 is not experienced; nor is'ftw fame oibtrrVcd'iii 
 - the drowning ot' wliclpsand iltnny. 'Bi^kvh, 
 It was fcratched in ptiying' with ? iifts'i. j 
 
 V . , ■ tViJurian. 
 
 Helen \V3S juft llipt into b*d ,- 
 HtT cychr^iws on the toilet iay. 
 
 Away Ihc k'uttn with them lied, 
 As fees belonging to her prey.' '.' P'/r. 
 
 To Ki'tten. v. n. [from the noun.] To 
 biirg forth ycung cats. 
 
 So it would have done 
 At the fame fcaron, if your mother's cat 
 Had kitttn^d, ihough youifcif had ne'er been 
 
 bom. Shiikfpiare. 
 
 The cask timbered upon the top of a high oak, 
 and the cat tituiud in the hollow trunk of it. 
 
 L'Eflrangc. 
 7c KtiCK. i». n. [fromc/ac/.] 
 
 1. To make a fmall fnarp noife. 
 
 2. In Scotland it denotes to pilfer, or fleal 
 away fuddenly with afna'ch. 
 
 Jo Knab. v. a. l^ina/>fen,TiMc]\-^ lnaa/>, 
 Eife. ]' To bite. Perhaps properly to 
 bits fbmelhing brittle, that makes a 
 Boife when it is broken ; fo that inai and 
 i-nap may "be the fame. 
 
 I had much rather lie in^&.'ng ctufts, without- 
 
 ftar, in my own hole, than be:, miltrcfs uf the 
 
 world with caresi : \^" -' -■ ■"" ■ - iJJtfiranve. 
 
 ^ hn afs was wifliiog, ip a hard winter, for a 
 
 little warm weather, «uid a mouthful. o^.frefh 
 
 grafs to kr.iil L*pon. X^Fjira»gf. 
 
 To Ksa'beLE. v. n. Qfrom h:ab.] To 
 
 oite ;d!y, or wantonly ; to nibble. This 
 
 word is perhaps fi)nnd no where elfe.,. 
 
 TlurCcs^wiil h-.ibh'.e at walls, and rats gnaw 
 iron. ... ,::-_'^.i J >;■•' ■• Bfir.un. 
 
 KNACK, n.J. [cnajinijje^ /kill, Saxon.] 
 1. A little madune J .a' petty contrivance ; 
 a toy. 
 
 When I Wis younp, I was wont 
 To load my ihe with knr^ki : I would have rin- 
 
 fack'd 
 The ped'.ar's filkcn treafuty, and have poufd it 
 To her accepta-.KC. ; Skakjfcart. 
 
 F..'r thee, fond boy, -' -■ V 
 Jf Imay ever know thou dort but figh 
 That thou no more fhalt fee this knackj as never 
 1 mean tbou (halt, -we'll bai thee from (uoccfs, 
 ;^ ■ . Shakf^earc . 
 
 TM»«a^wa» moulded on a porringer, 
 
 A velvtt dilTj ; fie, fi;, 'tis lewd and filthy : 
 
 Why 'tis a cockle, or a w.ilnuLlhell, 
 
 A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap. Shakjf. 
 
 But is 't not prefumption to write verfefo ygUy 
 Who make the better poems of the two? 
 For all thefe pretty knach ih.-it you compofe, 
 Alas! what are }i»ey but poetas in profe I 
 
 . • 1 ^ ' Dinkam. 
 
 He expopnded botTi his pockets. 
 And found a watch, with rings and lockets ; 
 A copper-fVatc, with alcnai'.acks 
 Engrai'd upon't, with other knjcki, Hudibra^. 
 
 2. A rcadincfs; an bebitual facility; a 
 lucky dexterity. 
 
 I'll tench yo^i the knacks 
 Of eating of fla*, 
 A;id oulof their nof« 
 Draw libbaniis and pofies. Ben 'Jtnfon'i Oyffies. 
 
 Tie imick of f^iS and bofe paflcs with foolilh 
 people for a torn of wit, but they are not aware 
 
 K N-A 
 
 .ill tliis wiiile of the dcfpeiatc confequences of an 
 ill habit. L'Kji'm^e. 
 
 There is a certairi knack in conveciation that 
 g:\ c5 a good grace by the manner and adrircfs. 
 
 L'KJjraftgc. 
 Knaves, who in full aflcmblies have U.e knack 
 Of luniing tri;th to lies, and white to bhick. 
 
 Orydcn. 
 
 My author has a great knark at remarks: in 
 
 the cud ho aiakfk anuthcr, about our refining in 
 
 contfoverfy, and corning nearer and nearer to the 
 
 church of R ime. AlUrbutj. 
 
 The dean was f:iinous in his rime. 
 And had a kind of knack atrhime. Swift. 
 
 3. A nice trick. 
 
 For how fiiould e^qfiat colours dolhc knack? '■ 
 Cameteotis who can paint ia white and black ? 
 
 J'ofc. 
 To Knack, v^n. [from the noun.] To 
 make a iliarp quick noife, as when a 
 ftick breaks. 
 Kna'cker. ti,/. [ftomlnaci.J 
 
 1 . A maker of fmall work. 
 
 One pan for plow-right, knuckcr and fmith. 
 
 Mortimer. 
 
 2. A ropeinaker. [rj^/o, Latin.] A'tnf'w. 
 Kkag. ti.f. [/-nc^, a wart, Danifli. It is 
 
 retained in Scotland.] A hard knot in 
 wood. 
 
 KN.A.'GGri. W/. [from ina».] Knotty; 
 fet with hard rough knots. 
 
 KnAt. n. f. \cnap, Welfh, a protuberance, 
 or a broken piece ; cn^p, Saxon, a pro- 
 tuberance.] Aprotubcrance ; a Iwelling 
 prominence. , 
 
 You fiiall fee many fine feats fet upon a knap of 
 ground, environed "with higher hills' round about 
 it,:wheicUy ihc heat of .the fun is pent in, and the 
 wind gathcrc<l as in troughs. ,..'■" B^icci'i. 
 
 To KsAP. V. a. [in/t/>pen,'D\it.i:'h.1 
 
 1. To bite ; to break (hort. • 
 
 ' He k'.-apfiii the fpear in fundcr. Ccm. Vrayir. 
 He will knaf the fpcars a-picces with his teeth. 
 
 2. t^naap, 'Erk.'\ To ftrike fo as to 
 nia;ke a fharp noife like that of breaking. 
 
 Kj2.Xf a pai4 cf toKgs fome depth in a veiTcl <>'. 
 
 water, and yuu Ihall heat the found of the tongs 
 
 - £af;r,Tii NaturitJ Uijlory. 
 
 To Knapi -w. n. To makea fliort iharp 
 noife.; ■■■'■■■-'■- :'i'--. -- '.j'-i' =■/ - 
 
 I reductfd-thi-flib&raers^ro foorij'that the fland- 
 crs-by lier.rd them kmi^ in before they knew they 
 were out. ■'^ iViJcman. 
 
 Kn- a 'p b o t t l e . n . /. [papaver fpumcum. ] 
 A plant. - 
 
 To Kna'pple. v.ii. [frorti Inap.^ To 
 break off with a fnarp quick noife. 
 
 Kna'psack. w.jC [from hiappen, to eat.] 
 The bag which a f)lditr carries on his 
 back ; a bag of provifions. 
 - The cor.fiiuitions of this church (hall not be 
 repealed, 'til! I fee more religious motives thar 
 foidicfs carry in ihcir knapf'cki. Ki'ig Chat hi 
 
 II you 'aie for a merry j.iunt, L'll try for unte 
 '. who, can foot ilfartheft :. there .ire hedges in 
 
 fummer, and bams in'wiii'ter : I with riiy injp- 
 fack, and you with your bottle at your back : 
 we'll leave honour to m:almen, jnd riches to 
 knaves, and travel till we come to the ridge of 
 the world. DryJcn. 
 
 Kna'p\veed. n.f. [yarM, Latin.] A 
 
 plant. ' A filler. 
 
 Knare. n.f. [;tj;or, German.] A hard 
 
 knot. 
 
 A cikeof fcurflics baking on the ground. 
 And prickly ftubs inft,5ad of trees ate fourids 
 Or woods wij^vl^nots and i/itrtj deform'd and 
 
 old,. .„ x^ t.-h -■^, » r:--^ " , •'- 
 Hcadlefs the nioft, and Uid^oiMr** behold. 
 
 K N E 
 
 KNAVE, n.f. [cnapa, Sason.} 
 
 1 . A boy ; a male child. 
 
 2, A fervant. Both thefe are obfolcte. 
 
 For as tlie mnon the eye' doth p'eafc 
 .. With gentle bi'anrs not hurting figlit, 
 "Vet hath fir fan the greater praife, 
 'Bccaufe frono him doih come hcrhgkt;' 
 So if my man inuft p'-aifes^rive, 
 What then mult I that keep the knars ' Sabr^y. 
 He eats and drinks with his domcAick flavcs, 
 A verier hi:id than any of his krnrvct. Drydcn. 
 
 5. A petty rafcal ; a fcoundrel ; a diftio- 
 neft fellow; 
 
 Moft men rather brook their being reputod 
 kna'v-:i^\\\^n for their lionelly be accounted fooU; 
 knavff in the meantime, palling for a name of 
 credit. SoLtk. 
 
 When both plaintiff and defendant happen to- 
 be crafiy knamcs, there 's equity againlf both. 
 
 L' £j!raigt. 
 
 An honeft man may take a kfavc^s advice ; 
 But idiots only may be cozen'd twice. Drydcn. 
 
 See all our fooU-afpiring to be krtu'vci. Fofc. 
 
 4. A card with afoldierpainted on it. 
 For 'twill return, and turn t' account. 
 If we ate brought in play upon't, " 
 Or but by cafting iwarji gst in. 
 What pow'r can hinder us to win ! Hudihrtt. 
 
 Kna'very. n.f. [ from /'/taw. ] 
 
 1. Dilbonefty ; tricks; petty villany. 
 
 Here's U'j A-w-ar^ry,' See, to beguile the old 
 folks, how the young folks lay their heads to- 
 gether I Shakjfeare. 
 
 If I thought it were not a piece of horefty to 
 acquaint the king withal, I would do it ; I held 
 it the more kr.i' cry to conceal it. Sh^ijpeare^ 
 
 The cunning courtier (hould be flighted too. 
 Who with duil kmtt'iry niakes fo mixb ado;, 
 'Till tht (hrewd fool, by thriving too too falf. 
 Like .'Bfop's fox, becomes a prey at laTt. Cryjcn. 
 
 2. Mifchlevous tricks or practices. In the 
 following paflage it feeins a general term 
 for any thing put to an ill ufe, or per- 
 haps of trifling things of more coft than- 
 ufe. 
 
 We'll revel it as bravely as the heft. 
 With amber bracelets, beads and alt tiiis in^ry 
 ,• Shakj^birti 
 
 Kna'vish. adj. [^irom i nave. "^ .: ' • /- 
 
 1 . Difttoneft ; wicked ; fraudulent. 
 
 'Tis foolilh to conceal it at all, and kniwtjh to- 
 do it from friends. Pete's Lc:i:ri. 
 
 2. Waggifli ; mifchievous. 
 
 Here ihe comes cui It and f.id; 
 Ctipid is a k^arvija lad. 
 Thus to make poor females road. Shakfpcare.. 
 
 Kna'viskly. adv. [from inait^'. ] 
 
 1. Difhoneftly ; fraudulently. 
 
 2. Waggilhly ; mifchievoufly. 
 
 To KNEAD. •». a. [cns?ban, Sa.xon; 
 ■hnedtmy Dutch.] To beat or mii\g!e 
 any fiufTor fubftrrnce. It is feldom ap- 
 plied in popiJar language but to the a4t 
 of making bread. 
 
 Here "s yet in the word hereafter, the kmaJitsg, 
 the making of the cakes, aud (he l.eating of the 
 oven. Sk.ikj'fniii, 
 
 It is a lump, where aU,bcafis kncar'ca be, 
 Wifdom makes him anark^ -nhere all agr€c.- 
 
 , ' Dame. 
 
 Thus kncaJed up with milk the new-made m:M 
 His kingdom o'er his kindred world began; 
 'Till knowledge mifappiy'd, m;runccrfiO'>d, 
 And pride of empire, four'd "r.is balmy blotid. 
 
 })rrdcn, 
 
 Onepideof flefh on all degrees be ftow"d. 
 And uncaM.i up alike with ntcift'ning blood. 
 
 ' Dryiicn, 
 
 Prometheus, in the i{>i<'<i./;'''f up of the heart, 
 
 feafoned it with fomc furious particles of the-lion. 
 
 yiddifoa'i SfcSt'.T,
 
 K N E 
 
 ITo man ever reapt his corn, 
 Or from the oven drew liis bre^f 
 
 EiC liind^ and b.tkcis yet wt-.c ijuio, 
 Tliil t.uiglit tlicm both to finv and i'ur.it. Vri'.r. 
 
 The cake (he hiradiJ via the fav'ry meat. 
 
 Vrior. 
 
 Kne'adingtrouGH, n. f. [inr.u/ and 
 /r*i/f A'.] A trough in which the pallc of 
 . bread is worked together. 
 
 Krugs Ihall come into thy InfiJirginuglii. 
 
 F.xoJkS 
 
 KNEE. n. /. [cuiop, Sax. inte, Dut.] 
 
 1. The joint <it the leg where the leg is 
 joined to the tUiph. 
 
 Thy royal father 
 
 W.15 ,1 mud faintrrl king ; the fiucen that bore thtc 
 
 "Ofititcr upon her iricft than on her feet, 
 
 Died every day (he Uv'd. i S/iaifpraie 
 
 ScoUh Ikiiik i« a kind of ftronj nouriftiment 
 
 ' made of the -t«tf j and lincws of beef long boiled 
 
 I beg and clafp thy hiets. ■ ■ ' ' 'Mfif^n 
 
 Wearied with length o/ way>, Worn out with 
 toil, . . - ., ,|.. 
 
 Id lay down, and leaning on hcri*«i, 
 Invok'd the caiifc o^ all licr mifVrics ; 
 A<idcaft her langiiilliing rcgaidi above. 
 For help from heav'n, and i\er ungrateful T"vc. 
 
 2. A piece of timbefgtoiving crooked, and 
 fo cut that the trunk and branch rnake 
 an angle. Aloxon's Mech. Exer. 
 
 Such difpofitions arethe fittell timber tOnjake 
 great politick^ of: like to indt timber, tbjr is 
 good for Ihips tliar are to be totted ; but not for 
 building houfcs, that (hallftand firm. Sxico/i. 
 To Knke. i: a. [from the pp^, ];,-,• To 
 fupplicate by kneeling. .. i, -t-,^. r, ; _i. 
 
 Go you that banilli'd him, a mile before his 
 cent, fall down, and ^//«liic way into bis meicy 
 
 '-''■- Return with htr!' ■• . 
 
 Wl>yi '^tlS! hot blooded Fra:icc that dow'rTefs >ook 
 Our youngcft born : 1 could as well he brought 
 To kfiee liis tlii\jiiCj and fquiie-like penfioii beg 
 
 Kneed, edj. [from InceJ] 
 1. Having knees : ?is,inineej, or out-iiieeil. 
 z. Having joints : as, /«f(<j' grafs. 
 Kne'edeep. adj. [ince and i/ir/>,^ 
 
 1. Riling to the knees. 
 
 2. Sunk to the knees. 
 
 Thctouniry pcaLint meditates na harm, 
 Wiien tlad with IkiDs of bcaiis to keep liim 
 
 warm ; 
 In winter weather imconccrn'd he goes, 
 Almoft knecd^cf, through mire in cliimfey (hoes. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 Kne'edgrass.«./. [granen genicu latum . ] 
 
 An herb. 
 Kne'eholm. »._/". [aqm/oliuml An herb. 
 
 Kne'epam. n.f. l^iiue zni pan.] A little 
 round bone about two inches broad, 
 pretty thick, a little convex on boili 
 fides, and covered v.'ith a fmooth carti- 
 lage on its forefide. It is foft in chil- 
 dren, but very hard in thofe of riper 
 years : it is called patella or mola. Over 
 it paifcs the tendon of the mufcles 
 rrhich extend the leg, to wiiich it fervcs 
 as a pully. ^incy. 
 
 Ti-.e buij.in mud be fliewn,. with the kiiilling 
 thereof, by a fiHe (hadow underneath the jjint. 
 Vtucfixijn on Vit;-im'K(r. 
 
 To Kneel, v. n. [from ince.] Toper- 
 form the aft of genuflexion ; to bend 
 the knee. 
 When thou do'fta(k me hlc(nrg, I'll {«i-f.'down 
 
 . And al!i,of thee furgivciicfs, Skukfj^nrc. 
 
 K N I 
 
 Eit I w.ns rifen from the place that (hcw'd 
 
 My duty kiutHni!, came a reeking poft, 
 
 Stcw'd ill his hnlte, half brcarhing, panting forth 
 
 I'roni Cionciil, his millrcf'., falutation. Shulfji. 
 
 A ccil.iin man hiefiirt^ down to bim, (aid, 
 
 Lord, have mercy ujjou my fon ; for he is 
 
 lunitick. . , ., Maiihnv. 
 
 A« foon as you are dreflfed, ii'tt and fay the 
 
 Lord's prayer. 'i'a\'l'y i GiiiUe to Drvotiaii. 
 
 Kne'htk iBUTE. n.f. [knee ind Irtbute.] 
 
 Genuflexion; wormiporobeilance (hown 
 
 by kneeling. 
 
 Receive from U! 
 Kiieelriiiiic yet unpaid, prodration vile. Millijii. 
 Knel. n.f. [cn'tl, Wellh, a fimeral pile ; 
 cnyllan, to ring, Sax.} The found of a 
 bell rung at a funeral. 
 
 1 would not wilh them to .T fairer death. 
 And I'o his knell is knoU'd. S/iuifpeare. 
 
 Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell : 
 Hark, now I hear thcinj -Sh.ikfjieutt^t Tempeji^ 
 Whenhe was brought again toth' Lar, to hear 
 Hi> k'irll rung out, his judgment, he was lUrr'd 
 With/uch an agony, he fwcal extremely. 
 
 Skakfjtcat€. 
 
 All thefe motions, which we faw. 
 
 Arc but as ice, which crackles at a thaw : 
 
 Or as a lute, which in moid we.ither rings 
 
 Her knell ■A\one, by cracking of her flrings.^ 
 
 i)<inne. 
 Unll.if)py (lave, and pupil to a beir, 
 Which his hours woi k, as well as hours do tell ; 
 I -I^^ilfip^y 'till the Uli, the kind relcafing >»(■//.. 
 [,' ' Coiulry. 
 
 "^f daWn pb'or'fitclia daiit'd and 1\ing ; ' 
 Til* am'ious'yotrtK around lier bow'd : 
 
 At night her f.ilai kn<-ll was rung; 
 I faw, and Icifs'd her in her iTirowd. Fiior. 
 
 Knew. The preterit of inor.u. 
 Kntfr. n.-'f. plur. inives. [cnip. Sax. 
 inij] Daniih.] An inftrnment edged 
 and pointed, wheremtiv meat is \ifii^, 
 and animals killed. ''"' .. J,'.- -u 
 _Comc, tliicX nighf,. ';, ... ; 
 And pall thee in tlie diinneit fmbke of hell,. 
 That my keen knife fc^e not the wqund. jt makes. 
 
 '^ ."','.-■- . SJt^ikJpjuirf,' 
 
 Pled powers, forVrd thy fciidtr life '' ->^''r" 
 Should bleed upon a Uarbarous knife. Cra^aiv. 
 
 Tiie facred' pricds with ready knives bereave 
 The heart of life, and in full bowls irccive 
 The Ih-cartiiag bkiod. . Dr\\leu'i JSaelil. 
 
 Ev*n in his llccp he (larts, and fears the knifcj 
 
 And trembling, in itis.arms takes his accomplice 
 
 wife. DijiUn. 
 
 Pain, is not in the t'llfe that cuts us; but we 
 call it cutting in theknr/e, and pain »nly in our-- 
 (elves. ir.i.-n. 
 
 KNIGHT. «./ fcnihr. Sax. lna-/:i, 
 Germ, a fervant, or pupil.] 
 
 1. J\ man advai>ced to a certain degree of 
 military rank. It was anciently the 
 cuftom to knight every man of rank or 
 fo\tune, ihat he might be qualified to 
 give ch-iliengcs, to fight in the liils, 
 and to per.foi m feats of arm j. In Eng- 
 land knighthood confers the title of 
 
 Jir : as, T'^'Thoma.syi'rRiehard. When 
 the name was not known, it v,'as ufual 
 to lay ,^r knight. 
 
 That lame knl^fil's own fword this is of yore, 
 Which Merlin made. Sjienfer. 
 
 Sir i-.>if, if knight thou be, 
 x\bandon this foreftallcd place. Sfenfer. 
 
 When even' cafe in law is riglit. 
 No fquire in flebt, aiid'no poor <'t;^//r. Sl:akfp. 
 
 TUi k'.ig/if; but yet why (houjd I call him 
 knlgHt) 
 To give impiety to this rcv'rent ftile.> 
 
 Daniel's Civil tVar. 
 
 No fquire with knight did better fit 
 In parts, in manncis, and in wit. Hudihfas. 
 
 2. Shak/fcarc ufss it of a ft male ; and it 
 
 9 
 
 K N I 
 
 muft therefore be underftood in its ori- 
 ginal meaning, pupil or follower. ' 
 
 Paidon, goddefs of the night, 
 Thofe thai (lew thy virgin knitrlrr; 
 For the svhich, witli fongi; of woCj 
 Round about her tomb they go. Sl:.zfpea'e. 
 
 3. A champion. 
 
 He fuddcnly unties the poke. 
 Which ojit of it fcnt fuch a fnuke, 
 As ready was them all to choke, 
 
 So giicvuus was the pother; 
 So tiiHc lire knlpkts each other lolt, 
 And llood as (till as any poll. Dmjter.. 
 
 Did I foi this my country brin^ 
 To help their knif^ki ag.iind thiir king, 
 And laife the (iril fcdition ? Det.kjm. 
 
 Knight errant, [chevalier errant. "] A 
 wandering knight ; one who went about 
 in quell of adventures, 
 
 Like a bold knigh; erra::t did proclaim 
 Combat to all, and bore away the danic. Veniim, 
 
 The ancient errant knigl.ts 
 Won »i( their miftrelTes in hghts; 
 They cut whole giants into fritters; 
 To put them into am'rous twitters. - -'Hitifiirau 
 
 Knight errantry. Jfrom In'igl:^ errant^'] 
 The chaiaCler or nutnncrs of wandciing 
 knights. ,1. i . .r . . ^' ' 
 
 Tn.it wlilch with ,th« vijlg^ir pa(r?s for coiii'aga 
 is a btutilh lort of /f«r>.;f trro^/y^' ftckingiout 
 tieedUfs encounters. Norrlsl 
 
 Knight of tht fojl. A" hireling evi- 
 dence; a kniglit dubbed at the wliip- 
 ping poft, or pillory. 
 
 There .\\q knlght\ ofthcfoji, and holy clwats 
 enough, to fwcar the truth uf the broadeft coii- 
 tiariiciions, where pious frauds (hall give tlicra an 
 cxtr.i'jrdiiiary call. ' S^i^k, 
 
 Knight uf the Jli'ire. One of the repre- 
 fentatlvcs of a county in parliament : he 
 1 E formerly was a military knight, but 
 -now any man hanng an cfiate inland of' 
 fix hundred pounds a-ycar is qualified. 
 To Knigbt. v. a. [from the noun.] To 
 , crea,te one a knight, which is done by 
 the -^irig, who gives the perfon kneel- 
 ing a bKiw with a fword, and bids hi» 
 rifo up Jir. 
 
 FaVouiS'-came {hick upon him: the next Sr. 
 GeorgeVdiy he was knighted. kKotton. 
 
 The ioid piolccSor knighted the king; and im- 
 mediately the king flood up, took the farorj 
 fmm the lord protestor, and dubbed the lord 
 mayor of London killgbr. Hayjvartl, 
 
 The hero William, and the martyr Ciiar!e«, 
 One knighted Elackmore, and one penfion'd 
 Q<iatles. Pc[i 
 
 Knightly. a^Z-o. [itom Inight.l Befit- 
 ting a knight ; befeeming a knight. 
 
 Let us take care of your wound, upon conditioit' 
 tlMt a .note kx-^h.'iy combat (hall be performed 
 between us. Sidney. 
 
 How dares your pride prefumc againft my lav?rf 
 As in a lifted (itld to fight your caufe : 
 Unalk'd the royal giant, no matfhal by. 
 As knightly rl'.es leijuitc, nor judge to try. 
 
 Kni'ghthood. n.f. [from itiigit.] The 
 charadcr or dignity of a knight. 
 
 The fword which Meilin made. 
 For that his nourfling, when he knightiio,! {vorc. 
 Therewith to docn his foes eternal fmart. 
 
 Fjiry Qiieen. 
 Speak truly on thy itilgitZtad, and thine oa::t> 
 And fo defend thee Heaven afld thy valo'ir. 
 
 I^iakfpeeire, 
 is this the (ir, who fome wsfle wife to win,^ 
 A knlgiiiooJ bought, to go a -wooing in r 
 
 kirn fbtffon. 
 If you needs mull wrirc, write Cxiai's pr«le. 
 You'll gain al Icart a kr.lghitM.i, or the buys.
 
 K NI 
 
 Xkt'ghtless. adj. [from knight.'] XJn- 
 bccomlng a knight. Obfolete, 
 
 .,, ,^Tife, thou curfed mifcreanc, 
 
 That hart wkU kni^ktleji guile, and treacherou? 
 
 tniln, 
 Fair knighthood foully (hamed. Fairy Queen. 
 
 To KNIT. V. a. pret. knit or knitieJ, 
 
 [cnirzan, Saxon.] 
 a. To make or unite by texture without 
 
 a loom. 
 
 Sleep, that l^iifs cp the ravelPdfiecve of care, 
 The birth of each d;iy's life, foie labour's bath, 
 Balm of hur" minds. ' ShakfpcaTe*^ Mazbetk. 
 
 A thoufand Cupids in thofe curls do fit; 
 Thofc curious nets thy flendcr fingers htit. 
 
 WaUer. 
 2. To tie. 
 
 Send for the coiinU- ; go tell him of this ; 
 I'll have this knot knit up to-rnurrow morning. 
 
 Shakfft.i'€. 
 
 5. To join; to unite. This was formerly 
 a word of extcnfive ufe; it is now lefs 
 frequent. 
 
 His gall did grate for grief and high dlfdaini 
 ^nd knitting all his force, got one hand free, 
 
 Sp€nje\ 
 Thefe, mine enemies, arc all knit up 
 III their diliraSions : they are in roy power, 
 
 SfMkJ^'eare. * 
 O let the vile world codt 
 ^nd the premifed flames of the laft day 
 Knit carlli and hciiv'n together! Sfiakf^snre. 
 
 Lay your iiighnefs' 
 Command upon me ; to the which my^luties 
 Are with a moft indllTuIublc tye 
 For ever trit. Shaifpeare. i 
 
 Tl.is royal hand and mine arc newly tnit, 
 And the conjunftion of our inward fouls 
 Married in league. Shakjptare.. 
 
 By the fimplicity of Venus' doves, 
 By that which knittetk fouls, andprofpers loves.. 
 
 Skakfptart. 
 
 If ye be come peaceably, mine heart (hall be 
 knit unto you. \ Chron. 
 
 Tiiat their hearts might be comforted, being 
 Jinit together in love. C'-JtJJtJni. 
 
 He doth fundamentally and mathematically 
 -demonfirate the firmeit knittings of the iy?per tim- 
 fceri, which make thcjoof. J^'ttfon^s ,'^rchiteflure. 
 
 Pride and impudence, in faif^ion i/iit, 
 ITfurp the chair of wit. Ben yofifon's Nev Inn. 
 
 Yc knit my heait to you by alkiirj^this queftion. 
 
 Bacon. 
 
 Thefe two princes were agreeable to be joined 
 an niarTi;)gc, and thereby kmii t>oth realms into 
 
 one. • Hayivard. 
 
 Come, knit h.nnd<, and beat the ground 
 Jrt a light fantaflicfc ruuntl. I^Ji/eo». 
 
 God ^avc ftvcral abiilries to feveral perfon>, 
 -that each might help to fuppiy the puMicfc necrls, 
 and by joining to .till up all wants, they be k'ut 
 xogether by ju^ice, as ihc parts of tKe world ;;rc 
 by nature. Tiyf^'t Rule t>f Uxingh^iy. 
 
 N.Uure c.iDnot /1// tlic bonts while liie parts 
 are under a difchargc. tVijtman' i Surgery. 
 
 j^. To contra(!il. 
 
 Wh.-it arc the thoughts that irit thy biow in 
 fiowns, 
 And turns thy cycjfo coldly on thy prince. 
 
 J^ttJifcn's Cafo 
 ^. To tie up. . ^ ., . ' - 
 
 He f-iw hca^'cn opened, anH J.<iErtaia .vcITrl 
 dcfccnriing unto him as it had been a great Oiecr, 
 k^if at the four corners, and Jet down to the 
 earth. ^-Jcfj 
 
 Ttf Knit. *i; r. 
 , J. To weave without a loom. 
 
 A young Ihcpiicrdcrs knir/ing and finging : 
 her voice comforted her hands to work, and her 
 hands kept lime to hep voice's mufick. Sidmy. 
 
 Make the world diAtnguifh fulia'.t Ton 
 From the vile offspring of a trull, tnat fits 
 f:y the t*)wn-waii, and fur hu living kn:ts. 
 
 J^fydin. 
 
 K N O 
 
 2. To join ; to clofe ; to unite. Not ufed. 
 
 Our fever'd nnvy too 
 Have' knit again ; andiloat, threat'iiing moft fta- 
 
 Knit. n. f. [from the rerb.] Texture. 
 
 Let their heads be Deckly conib'd, tlieir blue 
 
 cents btulh'd, and their garters of an indifferent 
 
 t"'<l- Shatfftorf. 
 
 Knitter, n. yi [from in//.] One who 
 
 weaves or knits. , . . :_ : 
 
 ,The fpinftcrs and ttie.knttteri in'tht fan. 
 And the three inaids ihat weave their thread 
 
 with bonesj 
 T>o ufe to chant it. Sk,itfj>ettrt 
 
 Kni'ttikgneedle. n./. [inrf and nffi/7f.] 
 A wire which women ufe in knitting. 
 
 He gave her a cuff on the ear, flic woul.t pl;ck 
 hino with her kuitliy.gnecdU, ^-Irhathrof. 
 
 Kni'ttle. n.J. [from ink.'] A liring 
 that gathers a purfe round. A'lnfwoiih. 
 
 KNOB. u. f. [cnasp, Sa.\on ; knoop, 
 Dutch.] A protuberance; any part 
 bluntly rifing above the reft. 
 
 Juft before tlie CDtrance of the right auricle of 
 the heart is a rcmatkabl*..cse^ or bunch, raiferi 
 up from the fubjacent fat. Ray ' 
 
 Kxo'bbed. adj. [from tnob-l Set wjth 
 knobs ; having protuberances. " ': 
 The hums of a roe deer of Greenland are ^ 
 pointed at the top, andi^oWc/ or tuberous .it the 
 bottom. Gteiu. 
 
 Knobbiness. n. f. {from kmbty .1 The 
 qualit)' of having knobs. 
 
 Knobby, aiij. [from knol>.'\ 
 
 1 . Full of kuobs. 
 
 2. Hard ; ftubbom. 
 
 The informers continued in a tnohhy kind of 
 obftinacy, refolving rtiil to conceal the names of 
 the authors. Hoil-cI. 
 
 To Kkock. v.n. [cnucian, Saxon J cnoce, 
 a blow, Welfh.] 
 
 1. To clafh ; to be driven fuddenly to-' 
 gether. . . - . 
 
 Any hard l>ody thruft forwards by another 
 body contiguous^ without i::s:h'ftgf givcth no 
 noife. B.icin'i iJun/r^l Hi/crv. 
 
 They may fay, the atoms of the chaos being 
 varioully moved according to this catholick law, 
 rouft needs kmck and interfere. Sentify. 
 
 2. To beat as at a door for admittance : 
 commonly with at. 
 
 Villain, I fay incji me at this gate, 
 And rap me well ; or I'll knock your knave's 
 pate ! Siit/t/penu. 
 
 Wliclher to ir'jci againft the gates of Rome, | 
 Or rudely viftt them in parts remote. 
 To fright them, ere defiroy. Sh'ikJ^tart. 
 
 I bid the rafcal kn'jck upon j-our gate. 
 And could not gee him for my heart to do it. 
 
 • •• • • S/tfifpfnri. 
 
 For harbour nt a thoufaod doors they kixck'J, 
 Not one of all the thoufand but was lock'd. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 Kr.cci at your own brcnd, and aflt voiir foul, 
 If thofc fair fatal eyesed^'d not your fworii. 
 
 Drydcn. 
 
 3. To Knock imtlfr. A common ex- 
 prcQlon, which denotes that a man 
 yields or fubmits. Siibmillion is expref- 
 fed among good fellows by knocking 
 utider the table. Followed commonly 
 by a particle : as, to Inock up, to roiife 
 by knocking ; to knock Juzva, to lell by 
 a blow. 
 
 To Knock, v. a. 
 
 I . To affeS or change in any refpeft by 
 blows. 
 
 How do you mean removing him ? 
 — Why, by making iiim incapable of Othello's 
 place; kiiich»g cut tilihnms. Shakjftari. 
 
 K N O 
 
 He that has his chains kaoikeJ if, and the 
 pvil'on doors fet ojjen to him, is pcrfeflly at 
 liberty. Ll^itc. 
 
 I'ime was, a fober Engliftman would i'^xk ■ 
 His fer\-ants tip, and rife by five o'clock; 
 Iilrtruift his family in every rule. 
 And feud his wife to church, his fon to fcbool. 
 
 rep!. 
 
 2. To dafh together; to (Irike; to col- 
 lide with a fliarp noife. 
 
 S 1 when the coot faw my jaws thus iiiiicy\t, 
 She would have made a pancake of mv pocket. 
 
 CUfrveUrd. 
 At him he latich'd his fpcar, ahd picrc'd his 
 breaB ; f 1 ■ 
 
 On the hard earth the Lycian tr.oci'd his head, 
 And lay fupine ; sind forth the fpirit fled. Oryd, 
 
 'Tis the fpoit of lia^efmen, . ' 
 
 When heroes knoci their knotty heads together, 
 And fall by one another. Rotve. 
 
 3. To l-i'socK down. To fell by a blow. 
 
 He began to insci Joivn his fellow-citizens 
 with a great deal of zeal,, and to fill all Arabia 
 with bloodflied. , Aidifin. 
 
 A mail who is grc^fs in a woman's com- 
 paiiy, ought to be knactfd'dtnvh with a club. 
 
 '- Clarljifa. 
 
 4. To Knock on tie head. To kill by a 
 blow ; to deftroy. 
 
 He betook himfelf to his orchard, a>5d walk- 
 ing there was knvkfd on the head by a tree. 
 
 South': Sermons, 
 Succefs either with an apoplexy, knKkt a man 
 o'l the head; or with a fever, like fire in a ftrong- 
 waicr-ihop, burns him down to the ground. 
 
 Gienv's Cofmol, 
 
 Knock, n. /. [from the verb.] 
 
 1. A fudden flroke ; a blow. 
 
 Some men never conceive how the motion of 
 the earth fltould wave ihem from a kr.cck perpen- 
 dicularly directed from a body in the air above. 
 BrQlvr:*i Vit'gar Erroun, 
 Ajai belabours there an harmlefs ox, 
 And thinks that Agamemnon feals the blocks. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. A loud (Iroke at a door for adraifSon. 
 
 Guiicard, in his le.irhcrn frock, 
 Siood reacy, with his chnce-repeated knock : 
 
 Thrice with a doleful found tlic jarring grate 
 Rung deaf and hollow. Drydtn's Boccact. 
 
 Kno'cker. n. /. [from inocjf.] 
 
 1. He that knocks. 
 
 2. The hammer which hangs at the door 
 for Itrangei-s to ilrike. 
 
 Shut, fhut the door, good John ! fatigu'd, I 
 faid, 
 Xieuptheixtr^fr, fay I'm fick, I'm dead. 
 
 . ; "■ • P^p'- 
 
 To KsoLL. V. a. [from ineli.] To ring 
 the bell, genei-ally for a funeral. 
 
 Had I as many fons as I have hairs 
 I would n-jt wilh them to a fairer death, 
 AikI io his knell is kno.Td. Shokf^eare* 
 
 To Knoll, v. n. To found as a bell. 
 
 If ever you have louk'd on better days. 
 If ever been where belis have knolPd tc church. 
 * S/ui^fftearf. 
 
 Knoll, tt.f. A little hill. Jinfworth. 
 
 Knop. n.J. [a corruption of hiiap.^ Any 
 tufty top. Ahiftuorlh. 
 
 Knot. n.f. [ranwicuius.'} A llower. 
 
 Knot. n.f. [cnorta, Saxon; inct, Ger- 
 man; ir.utif, Dutch; knolle, Erfe.] 
 
 I . A complication of a cord or itring not 
 eafily to be difentangled. 
 
 He found that reafon's felf now reafong found 
 Tij fallen knots, which fancy &rft had bound. 
 
 Sidney. 
 As the fair veftal to the fountain came. 
 Let none be ftaitlcd at a veil.il's name, 
 Tir'd with the walk, flic laid her down to reft ; 
 And to the winds exp os'd her slewing brcafty
 
 K N O 
 
 To take tlif frcOincfs of thr morning nir, 
 And g.itliciM in a ino! licr flowing li.ili. .IMfir, 
 3, Aisy figuix of wlucli the lines fre- 
 quently inleifcct each other. 
 
 Garden i'laii, the fiets of houfo!, and all 
 equal figures, plcale : whereas unequal rti;urc> 
 arc but ncformmCb, Jjttcon. 
 
 Our fia-wiili'd gntdcii, tVie whole linrfj 
 It full of weeds, her faircfl flowers choked up, 
 Her ^no.'i dilordtr'd. S/i,ii,Jp< arc's Kiii. ii. 
 
 Il fed tiow'rs worthy of paridifc, which not 
 nice art 
 In beds iiid curious knctsy bur nature boon, 
 Pour'd forth profufc on hiU and dale and plain. 
 
 Their qusrtcrjarc contrived into elegant ^»o/i, 
 adorned with the moft bcjutiful flowers. Mire. 
 
 Henry in knili involving Emma's name, 
 H.id half-eiprefi'd, ajid hali-conccal'd his flame 
 t'pon this tree ; and ai the tender niarlc 
 Grew with the year, ar.d \vi>icn'd with the bark, 
 Venus had heard the virgin's foft addrefs, 
 That, as the wound, the palTion might nicreafe. 
 
 Prior. 
 
 3. Any bond of afFociation or union, 
 
 Confiim that amity 
 Witli nuptial imt, if thou vouchfafc to grant 
 That virtuou'> lady Bona. S/iaiff. Hti'y vi. 
 
 Riciimjiid aims 
 At young Elizabeth, my hiothei's daughter. 
 And by that ki>(.t loolis proudly on tiic croiyn. 
 
 S^ukJ'^eare. 
 I woutd he had continued to hi« country 
 As he*>egan, and not unknii himfclf 
 The liobh: krtot he ni-ade. SAu^ff. Corioianui. 
 
 Why left vuu wife and children, 
 Thofe precioui muiivcs, Uiofe Itrong kimtt of 
 love } ^ Sh^kfpeare. 
 
 Not all that S.ui! could threaten or pcifujde. 
 In this clofe knel, the fmallefl loofc'ntfs made. 
 
 . ! , . . . . Cnvhy. 
 
 4. A hard pkrViii ? pTetie of wood caufed 
 by the proi.:bsrance of a boitj^h, and 
 conftqiicntly by a tranfverle direction 
 of the fibre.1. A joint iu an hertj.- 
 
 Tbking the very'tefufe among tHolc SrhicK 
 Ceived to no ufc, bcirg'a crooked piertof wood, 
 and-f^ll of jtncrj, he harh c.u'vcd it'<'.iligently, 
 when he r ad nothing elle to do. fP'ifiim. 
 
 Such kn-ifi aiid cioflneCs of fjrain is objctftcd 
 
 here, as w 11 hardly luffcr that loini, which tb.ey 
 
 cry up licre as the only jnlt reformation, to go 
 
 OB to tmtjothly hcrp as it might do in .Scotland. 
 
 . " ' -snt- Ki,igCia,i€S. 
 
 5. l)ifScuky ; iRtTWiicv. 
 ^ 'A man Ihall be perpiexcd with inol^ and 
 
 problems cf bufinefs, and contrary affairs, where 
 the deiernsiir.ation is dubious, and both parts of 
 the contrarifiy lecm ecjually weighty; io that, 
 wMch way foevir the choice determines, a man 
 is fuie to venture a great concern. Soiif'i. 
 
 6. Any intrigue, or ditincult perplesit}j of 
 
 aftairs.-. • •' ' ' ' -.' t 
 
 When the difcovery was ni^dc rtiat the King 
 
 was living, \''hich was the km/ of the play ohtied, 
 
 the relt is IhuC up in the compaU ot fume few 
 
 . lines. /■■ Dry:i-:u*i Dufrffnc\. 
 
 7. A confederacy ; an alTociation ; a fmall 
 " band.'^ 
 
 Oh yoii pahderly rafcals! there V a ifoW,'' a 
 
 ; gang, a'confplracy agatnlt me. Sfiaiffienre 
 
 W'liaf is there hiye i>T Rome that can delight 
 
 thee.' 
 
 Where not a foul, without thine own foul kmt. 
 
 Bur feats and hates thee. Btn Jonl:-!. 
 
 A, knot of good fellows borrowed a fum^ ot 
 
 money of a gentlc;nan upon the king's highway. 
 
 ■■ ■ ^f^is-"^ j*ifb., ,» ^"f' of his admirers, who 
 m.'iKc r^queft' that you w'ouid give notice of the 
 wnitlow where the kniglu i^iteods to appear. 
 
 '"'■ '■'- ' . Addijm. 
 
 8. A clufter ; a collection. 
 
 The way of fortune is like the milky w.ay in 
 the Iky, which is a ruecting or kr.'ji of a number 
 
 K N a 
 
 of fmall rt,ir», not fcen a(und?r, but giving ligVTi 
 tugethvr. ■ ' , , ^ Bncon't EJJi'y- 
 
 In a piftuVe,' belideS the principal figures 
 which coinpofc It, and are placed in the midii of 
 ir,. there are lef» groups or knot% of fitiurcs dif- 
 pofcd .It proper diilande?, which are paifs t>f the 
 p)ece, and letm to carry on the fame defign 
 
 moie inlenor manner. 
 
 D'iio 
 
 To Knot. t. a. [from the lioun.] 
 
 1. To complicate in knots. 
 H.rppy we who from fiich queens are freed, 
 
 That were always felling beads ; 
 
 hut here's a queen when file rides abroad 
 Is always ^no.'r/w^ fhieads. SetUcy 
 
 2. To entangle ; to perplex. 
 
 3. To unite. 
 The polity of the papifls in England arc be- 
 come m.-re knottrJ^ both in dependence towards 
 Spain, and amongtl ihemleUes. hmon 
 
 To Knot. v. n. 
 
 I. To form buds, knots, or joints in vege- 
 tation. 
 
 Cut h.iy when it begins to inil. Alor/imfr. 
 i. To knit knots for fringes, 
 Kno'tberrybi;sM. n.f. [ciamamoru!.] 
 A plant. Alnfiufirth. 
 
 Kno'tgrass, n.y. \hnot zxiAgrajs; po- 
 lygonvm.^ A plant. 
 V -u inuiimus of hind'ring knotgtafs made. 
 
 ShiikffteuTc 
 
 K^o'tted, adj. [from knot.'] Full of 
 knots. 
 The knotted Qilns lljall (how'rs of honey weep. 
 
 Drydeti. 
 
 Kno'ttikess. n. f. [from y?no//y.] Ful- 
 nefs of knots ;un?vennefs ; intricacy; 
 difficulty. 
 
 Virtue was reprefeuted by Heiculet naked, 
 Willi his lioo's^ftin and- knotted club: by his 
 oaken club is ifghlfied fcafon ruling the appetite ; 
 the knoit'yitji thrrtof, the difficulty they have 
 tliat leek after viitue. }\<ickAm (»t Drefwin^. 
 
 \ Kkio'tt\'. adi. [from ino/.j i '^ 
 
 1. FtiU oEkiiots. 
 I have feen tempcffs.'whcn tbefcBra^ng'Vtnds 
 
 Have riv'd the knotty oaks. Shakfpearc. 
 
 The timber in fomc trees more clem, iii fome 
 more knotty : try it by fpeakmg at one end, and 
 layini; the ear at the other; for if it be knotty, 
 the »0'ce wilitMir pal* well. . Jyaeoi. 
 
 The itiotty oaks (hoir.lilt'ning branches bow. 
 
 Rcfotmmon 
 
 Onc-^with a brand yet hiu-ning from tlieriamc, 
 
 Arni'd with a kmtty club another came. Dry.i. 
 
 Where the v.rles with violctsoncc were crown'd, 
 
 Now kmaji burrs and thurus di|grace tbe ground. 
 
 Dryden. 
 
 2. Hard; rugged. 
 Valiant fools 
 
 Were made bv nature for the wife ti»i work with r 
 Ttiey arc rhcir tools; and 'tis the I'port of Itatef- 
 
 nicn, 
 When reroes knock their knotty heads together, 
 An<l fall by unc another. Roivf. 
 
 3. Intricate; perplexed; difficult; em- 
 barraflcd. 
 
 King Hertry, in the very cnr-ance of his reign, 
 mtt wjch a point of great difficulty, and itt'^t\ t.t 
 folve, able to trouble and confound the wifcft 
 kings., Uttccn. 
 
 Princes exercifed Ikill in putting intrieatc 
 qucftions ; and t'.e that was the bell at tiie untying 
 ofjt^;o//j diflicnitifs, carried the prize, L'F.jir,mgt. 
 
 Some on the bench the A/7or/^ laws untie. VryJ. 
 
 They compliment, they fit, they chat. 
 Fight o'er the \vMrs ; reform the li.ite; 
 .1^ tl-.oiUand knotty points they clear, 
 'TillTupjier and my wiferappe?r. Ptior, 
 
 111 KNOW. -v. a. pret. I Ineiu, I have 
 
 hioivn. [cnapan, Saxon.] 
 I. To perceive witli certainty, whether 
 
 intuitive or difcurljve. 
 
 K N (? 
 
 O, thai a man tnighc bioto 
 Tltc cud of tliis diy's i>utkie(> c/f U come ! 
 
 The mczaoriar«f virtue ic immor(»l, litcrfuic 
 it is knr.wn with Gj^ ;>ntl with men. kyija-.m, 
 
 Tltc gorii all rljjngi hta^v. MUton. 
 
 N'ji tTom cxjKriciicc, («r tLr world wars new. 
 Hi: unly frum thV:r caufc liicir natures hnew. 
 
 Den ham, 
 
 ' W« doubt: noty neirfatr can wc pvoperly lay we 
 
 tluhk, wc admi"!: and iovc you ..hove aiU uti.cr 
 
 fuen : tbcr< i}-accic«tiiuy in thcf^upurui'iO, nnd 
 
 wc ^now it JJr\Jfft. 
 
 Wild) •! man makes ufc of the name i>i ftny 
 fiinple idea, which he p'^rceivcs i> i\M ixaacriijOi% 
 hu IS uLligcd by the Uwa uf iiig<.niiKyi unci the 
 end of fjjtcch, to make Aroxwn w-lat idc^ he- 
 mjkc5 il Itjiid fur. Lo^ke, 
 
 2. To be informed of J tobe taught, 
 
 Ve ihiill be hcaicd, and it fhill be kno'vn to 
 ygu wKy his hand is nut remuved from yuu. 
 
 Led tin with a dcHre to incu* 
 What ncartT might concern him. J^liftcn, 
 
 One would have tht-iiplii yuu iiad ktifvn better 
 things than tu c.spect a kindncfs from a cummciti 
 enemy. L* Ejl range. 
 
 3. To diilinguidi. 
 
 Numeration is but tf.c adding of one unit 
 mure, and giving to the whole a new name, 
 whereby to ino'iv it fioin thole before ;ind after, 
 and ditiiiiguilh it from every fmadcr or greater 
 multitude of units. Locke. 
 
 j{. To rccogaife. 
 
 What art thou, thus to rail on mCf that is nei- 
 ther kntnun of ihec, nui knows thcc ? Shatfp, 
 
 Tlicy told whnt tningb were done iiV the way, 
 and how he was known of them m breaking of 
 breail'. Luke, 
 
 At nearer view he thought he kneiv the dead. 
 And c:ih'd the wretched man to mind. FUitman; 
 
 .Tell mc how I riiay h:ow him, Millun, 
 
 5. To b;! no {Iranger to ; to be familiar' 
 with. 
 
 What arc you ? 
 ^ — A moft poor man, made tame to fortune's 
 
 blows, 
 
 Who, by the art of knonvn and feeling forrows, 
 Am (j^xgiiaui tw good iMty. ■ Shutjpeure, 
 
 6. To couverfe with another fex. 
 
 And Adam k*jciu Eve his wife. Genefis^ 
 
 To Know. v. n. 
 
 1, To have cl'enr and certain perception ;. 
 not to be doubtful, 
 
 I/';oTt;i>fal"urety fh.it the Lord hath fcnt hisan- 
 ge!| and delivered mc out of the hand of Heiod. 
 
 2. Not to be Ignorant. 
 
 When they inoiv within thcmfe!v« vhcf fpealc 
 of that they tlo not well iw/iv, they would 
 ncvcrthtlefs feem to otheis to hiciu of that whrch 
 they may not well fjicak. /imon. 
 
 Not fo hivjo of things remote, but hto-^v 
 That which bor'ore u& lies in daily life, 
 Is the prime wilriom. Mi/fcn, 
 
 In the other world there i» no confidcraiion 
 that will fting our confciences more cruelly than 
 this, that wc did wickedly when we if:ftv to 
 have done better ; and chofc to make ourfelves 
 mifcrable, wiien we undcrltood the way to have 
 bc^n happy. 'fifUtfon. 
 
 They mightunderftand thofe excellencies which 
 
 they bUncily valuc<^ fo as not to be farther impoled 
 
 upon by had picrc';, and ^o hioiu ■when natuic was 
 
 well^mitatid by the moft able matters. D'j-eien. 
 
 3^ To be informed. 
 
 The prince and Mr. Poins will put on our 
 jerkins and aprons, and fir John muft nut Jtt/nv 
 of it. Shukfprare. 
 
 Tiieie is but one mineral body, that wc kmiu 
 of, heavier than common f^utckfilver, Beyle. 
 
 4. To K^iow for. To have knowledge 
 of. A colloquial exprcflion. 
 
 He faid the w.iTer itfelf uas a good hcatthy 
 water; but for the party t!;at own'd il, h^ might 
 have more difcafes than he kmvjor, SAnk/p,.
 
 K N O 
 
 e. To Kn'ow of. In Shalfriare, Is to 
 take cognifance of, to examine. 
 
 F.iir Hcrmia, qucfticn your ricfiics j 
 A'.wii of your youth, examine wetlj-our b «ofl, 
 Whether, if vouvidd not to your fnOicr-s choice, 
 You can endure the liverv of a nun, 
 For ay to be in Ihady cl.,ifter mew d i*-*/ 
 
 nofclble ; poffible to be dilcovered or 
 
 underfiood. , ,. , . 
 
 Thefe ararcfc.lvcd into a confeiled ignorance, 
 and I (hall not inul'ue them to their old afylutii ; 
 ..and vet it may be, there is more tmiu^Mc in 
 thcfei than in lefs aci<nowledged myflenes. 
 
 'tis plain, that under the law of works is 
 comprehended alfo the law of nature, kn^n^abU 
 bv ceafon, as well as the law given by Mftfes. 
 
 Ti'efetwo argun>ents are the voiceiU)f nature, 
 the unanimous fuffrages of all real beings and 
 fubftances created, that are natui-ally kniw^,-' 
 without revelation. , , _ her.l ry. 
 
 Kno'wer. n.f. [from ^now.] One who 
 has flcill or knowledge. 
 
 If we look on a vegetable, and can only lay 
 'tis cold anddry^ we ate pitiful knfwcr^ 
 
 I know the refpeft and reverence which in 
 this addrefs I ougi-.t to appear in Irefore you, 
 who are a sencraUMti;"- 6f mankind and poeiiy. 
 
 Kn«'wing. adj. [from kno'w.'] 
 
 1. Skilful; well inftruaed ; remote from 
 
 ignorance. 
 
 You have heard, and with a imwivg t>r, 
 That he, which hath our noble father flam, 
 Tj r 'J i-r~ Snakffinre. 
 
 Purfu d my lite. , , ■ i' j 
 
 The ir.oMr.gifio'i thefehave of late reformed 
 
 their hvpothefis. . . ' ^ ^ '' 
 
 What makes the clergy gloviom is to ue ^ot^w- 
 hz, in their prof-.ffion, unfpMtted m their lives, 
 aftive and laborious in their charges. J^""""- 
 The neceiTuy of pfepanng for the offices ot 
 religion was a leffon which the mere light and 
 dictates of common- reafon, witaput the help of 
 rcvelati™, taught all the km'wiii and iritelhgent, 
 part of the world. ' ' ' 
 
 Bellino, one of the (irft who was of any con- 
 fidera.ion'at Venice, pV.nted very d-ly> ^coid- 
 ing-tothe manner of his Un^^ ^\lt\lP 
 kl'^ir.g both in architeflure aSS P='fp'^'^p^„ 
 
 All animals of the fame kind, which form a 
 • focie"tv, arc more t« a;./:^ than others. -CM,\. 
 
 2 . Confclous ; intelligent. 
 
 K N O 
 
 . Could any but a hw.jujng prudent caufe 
 Bcijiii fuch m-.iions and affign Kich laws > _ 
 If the Great Mind had form'd a ditletenl frame, 
 Mixht not your wanton wit the fyiicm blame } 
 
 i>V*^^r''e. 
 
 Kno'winG. n.f. [from inoiv.] Knowledge. 
 
 Let him be lo entertain'd as fuits gentlemen of 
 
 your *OT;u/»g to a ftranger of his quality. Sf.aif_ 
 
 Kno'wincly. ad-v. [from hw-wing.] 
 
 With Ikill; with knowledge. - 
 
 He >J^9w/Kg^ and wittingly brought *^ '•'"'_'' 
 
 the world. ,".'.' 
 
 They wlxo were rather fond of it than hiowmgiy 
 
 arimi-ed it, might defend their wcilnatioji by 
 
 their icafon. . < , 
 
 To the private duties of the clofct ne rcj>aircd, 
 
 as oftin as he entered up.in any bufinefs of con- 
 
 fequence : I fpeak fc.M<.:««/y. Aiurhu.y. 
 
 Kno'wledge. n.f. [from /no-zu.] 
 
 1. Certain perception; indubitable ap- 
 
 prehenfion. 
 
 KmxvUoi, which is the higheft degree ot the 
 fpccul:nive°facuitiei, conf.lrs in the perception of 
 the truth of affirmative or negative propohtions. 
 , ioolf. 
 
 Do but fay to me what I fliould do. 
 That in your^n^.^/^lge may by me be done. 
 And I am prert untoit. Sw V- -^'" • «/ \ "■•"■ 
 
 2. Learning ; illumination of the raind. - 
 lenoianceis the curfe of God, 
 
 ^„^/,^.the wing whcic.it. we fly^h^n. 
 
 ' X. Skill in anything. 
 
 ^ Shipmen that have h,o'xhSxe of the fea. K,ng,. 
 
 A. Acquaintance with any fiaa or perloa. 
 
 Tiiv dog fttaight fawned upon his mafter for 
 
 • old ^.•.■.■Tf.v^^.. _ - ^"^"'y- 
 
 c. CosrnifaKce ; notice. 
 
 ^ Whv have I found grace in thine eyes, that 
 thou fliouldfttakc&.w/<''V<'f'»'''""'S^^',^ 
 
 aftrangcr? , ' \. 
 
 A ftate's anger (hsuld not take 
 
 KrM'liJlii cither of fools or women. Ben J<,nl'.n. 
 
 6. Information ; powtr of knowing. ^ 
 
 . I pulled oft my h"''/-"'?':'™^™^ ^s 
 
 1 treated her E^nd^n-^'"-'^-'*:^*^ SiSmy 
 
 To Kno'wleuge. w. «. [not m ute.J 
 To acknowledge ; to avow. 
 
 The prupheT Hofta tells us that God faith of he 
 Tew*, the^have reigned, but not by me; wh ch 
 irmeth plainly, that there are governments which 
 g^od dot-h r.« avow : for though they be ordained 
 by his fecret providence, yet they are not W- 
 l\cd by his revealed will. .B-"""' ^<>fv '^■"■. 
 
 K Y D 
 
 To Knu'bblE. 11. a. \_hvplcr, Danifli.] Ta . 
 
 beat. .. Skinner, 
 
 KNU'CKLE. «. /. [cnuck, Saxon ; 
 
 ^r.-iJ/^, Dutch.] 
 
 1. The joints of the fingers protuberant 
 when the fingers clof-. 
 
 Thus often ai the Tern >>le flairs we 'vc feen 
 Two tritons of a rough athlcliek mien, 
 Souilv difpuie fomc quarrel of the fl<<od. 
 With' /■""•vt/ci bruis-d, and face b.fnr.ar'd in 
 
 blood. ; C-"-'*- 
 
 2. The knee joint of a calt. 
 lelly which they ufcd for a iciioiative, is chiefly 
 
 made of knuckh, of veal. Bacon'. Nat. Hiji. 
 
 3. The articulation or joint of a plant. 
 Divers herbs have joints or knu-thi, as it were 
 
 flops in their germination ; as gillyflowers, pinks, 
 
 and corn. ^'="'- 
 
 To Kn-u'ckle. -c'. n. [from the noun.] 
 
 To fubmit : I fuppofe from an odd 
 
 cuRom of ftriking the under fide of the 
 
 table with the kiuickks, m confeflion 
 
 of an argumenial defeat. 
 
 Knu'ckled. adj. [from inuclle.-\ Jointed. 
 
 •The reed or cane isawatry plant, and grewerh 
 
 not but in the water; it »'='''/jf ' F'^'];"''"' 
 
 that it is hollow, and it is knuckled \,ot\. flalk and 
 
 root; that, being dry. it is mnre hard and frag, e 
 
 •than other w5od-, that it putteth forth no boughs, 
 
 though many ftalks oat of one toot. ix--."- 
 
 Kmuff. n.f [perhaps coniipted from 
 
 knave, or the fame with ./..#] A lout. 
 
 An old word preferved in a rhyme ot 
 
 ^The'co!m?ry to/i. Hob, Dick, and Hick, 
 With clubs and clouted fhoor, 
 
 Shall fill up Dulfeudale 
 With flauglTler'd bodies f^on. Kyv'"!. 
 
 KvuR 7 "■/■ i^""'^ German.] A 
 KsuRLF ( knotjahardfubftance. 
 ^^''.^■^iJy nodules foui>d lodged in the flrata, 
 are callgd by the workmen -f— "/^.^J^j;^";, 
 
 itoNED, for;E«-^'. , , Wr. 
 
 To Kyd. t. n. [corrupted probably trom 
 
 cuts, Saxon.] To know. - 
 
 . But ah, unjuft and worthlefs Colin Clout, 
 
 That kyM the hidden kinds of msny a wefd ; 
 
 Yet *yrf/J not one to cure thy fore heart root, 
 Whofe ranklirs wound « yet doth r;fely bjccd.^^ 
 
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